 | Book 1 Chapter 197
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| 1 | vidura uvāca
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| 1 | rājan niḥsaṃśayaṃ śreyo vācyas tvam asi bāndhavaiḥ
na tv aśuśrūṣamāṇeṣu vākyaṃ saṃpratitiṣṭhati
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| 2 | hitaṃ hi tava tad vākyam uktavān kurusattamaḥ
bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo rājan pratigṛhṇāsi tan na ca
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| 3 | tathā droṇena bahudhā bhāṣitaṃ hitam uttamam
tac ca rādhāsutaḥ karṇo manyate na hitaṃ tava
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| 4 | cintayaṃś ca na paśyāmi rājaṃs tava suhṛttamam
ābhyāṃ puruṣasiṃhābhyāṃ yo vā syāt prajñayādhikaḥ
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| 5 | imau hi vṛddhau vayasā prajñayā ca śrutena ca
samau ca tvayi rājendra teṣu pāṇḍusuteṣu ca
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| 6 | dharme cānavamau rājan satyatāyāṃ ca bhārata
rāmād dāśaratheś caiva gayāc caiva na saṃśayaḥ
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| 7 | na coktavantāv aśreyaḥ purastād api kiṃ cana
na cāpy apakṛtaṃ kiṃ cid anayor lakṣyate tvayi
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| 8 | tāv imau puruṣavyāghrāv anāgasi nṛpa tvayi
na mantrayetāṃ tvac chreyaḥ kathaṃ satyaparākramau
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| 9 | prajñāvantau naraśreṣṭhāv asmiṃl loke narādhipa
tvannimittam ato nemau kiṃ cij jihmaṃ vadiṣyataḥ
iti me naiṣṭhikī buddhir vartate kurunandana
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| 10 | na cārthahetor dharmajñau vakṣyataḥ pakṣasaṃśritam
etad dhi paramaṃ śreyo menāte tava bhārata
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| 11 | duryodhanaprabhṛtayaḥ putrā rājan yathā tava
tathaiva pāṇḍaveyās te putrā rājan na saṃśayaḥ
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| 12 | teṣu ced ahitaṃ kiṃ cin mantrayeyur abuddhitaḥ
mantriṇas te na te śreyaḥ prapaśyanti viśeṣataḥ
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| 13 | atha te hṛdaye rājan viśeṣas teṣu vartate
antarasthaṃ vivṛṇvānāḥ śreyaḥ kuryur na te dhruvam
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| 14 | etadartham imau rājan mahātmānau mahādyutī
nocatur vivṛtaṃ kiṃ cin na hy eṣa tava niścayaḥ
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| 15 | yac cāpy aśakyatāṃ teṣām āhatuḥ puruṣarṣabhau
tat tathā puruṣavyāghra tava tad bhadram astu te
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| 16 | kathaṃ hi pāṇḍavaḥ śrīmān savyasācī paraṃtapaḥ
śakyo vijetuṃ saṃgrāme rājan maghavatā api
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| 17 | bhīmaseno mahābāhur nāgāyutabalo mahān
kathaṃ hi yudhi śakyeta vijetum amarair api
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| 18 | tathaiva kṛtinau yuddhe yamau yamasutāv iva
kathaṃ viṣahituṃ śakyau raṇe jīvitum icchatā
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| 19 | yasmin dhṛtir anukrośaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ parākramaḥ
nityāni pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhe sa jīyeta kathaṃ raṇe
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| 20 | yeṣāṃ pakṣadharo rāmo yeṣāṃ mantrī janārdanaḥ
kiṃ nu tair ajitaṃ saṃkhye yeṣāṃ pakṣe ca sātyakiḥ
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| 21 | drupadaḥ śvaśuro yeṣāṃ yeṣāṃ śyālāś ca pārṣatāḥ
dhṛṣṭadyumnamukhā vīrā bhrātaro drupadātmajāḥ
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| 22 | so 'śakyatāṃ ca vijñāya teṣām agreṇa bhārata
dāyādyatāṃ ca dharmeṇa samyak teṣu samācara
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| 23 | idaṃ nirdigdham ayaśaḥ purocanakṛtaṃ mahat
teṣām anugraheṇādya rājan prakṣālayātmanaḥ
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| 24 | drupado 'pi mahān rājā kṛtavairaś ca naḥ purā
tasya saṃgrahaṇaṃ rājan svapakṣasya vivardhanam
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| 25 | balavantaś ca dāśārhā bahavaś ca viśāṃ pate
yataḥ kṛṣṇas tatas te syur yataḥ kṛṣṇas tato jayaḥ
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| 26 | yac ca sāmnaiva śakyeta kāryaṃ sādhayituṃ nṛpa
ko daivaśaptas tat kārtuṃ vigraheṇa samācaret
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| 27 | śrutvā ca jīvataḥ pārthān paurajānapado janaḥ
balavad darśane gṛdhnus teṣāṃ rājan kuru priyam
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| 28 | duryodhanaś ca karṇaś ca śakuniś cāpi saubalaḥ
adharmayuktā duṣprajñā bālā maiṣāṃ vacaḥ kṛthāḥ
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| 29 | uktam etan mayā rājan purā guṇavatas tava
duryodhanāparādhena prajeyaṃ vinaśiṣyati
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