 | Book 2 Chapter 6
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | saṃpūjyāthābhyanujñāto maharṣer vacanāt param
pratyuvācānupūrvyeṇa dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 2 | bhagavan nyāyyam āhaitaṃ yathāvad dharmaniścayam
yathāśakti yathānyāyaṃ kriyate 'yaṃ vidhir mayā
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| 3 | rājabhir yad yathā kāryaṃ purā tat tan na saṃśayaḥ
yathānyāyopanītārthaṃ kṛtaṃ hetumad arthavat
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| 4 | vayaṃ tu satpathaṃ teṣāṃ yātum icchāmahe prabho
na tu śakyaṃ tathā gantuṃ yathā tair niyatātmabhiḥ
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| 5 | evam uktvā sa dharmātmā vākyaṃ tad abhipūjya ca
muhūrtāt prāptakālaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā lokacaraṃ munim
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| 6 | nāradaṃ svastham āsīnam upāsīno yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
apṛcchat pāṇḍavas tatra rājamadhye mahāmatiḥ
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| 7 | bhavān saṃcarate lokān sadā nānāvidhān bahūn
brahmaṇā nirmitān pūrvaṃ prekṣamāṇo manojavaḥ
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| 8 | īdṛśī bhavatā kā cid dṛṣṭapūrvā sabhā kva cit
ito vā śreyasī brahmaṃs tan mamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ
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| 9 | tac chrutvā nāradas tasya dharmarājasya bhāṣitam
pāṇḍavaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ smayan madhurayā girā
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| 10 | mānuṣeṣu na me tāta dṛṣṭapūrvā na ca śrutā
sabhā maṇimayī rājan yatheyaṃ tava bhārata
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| 11 | sabhāṃ tu pitṛrājasya varuṇasya ca dhīmataḥ
kathayiṣye tathendrasya kailāsanilayasya ca
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| 12 | brahmaṇaś ca sabhāṃ divyāṃ kathayiṣye gataklamām
yadi te śravaṇe buddhir vartate bharatarṣabha
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| 13 | nāradenaivam uktas tu dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
prāñjalir bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ taiś ca sarvair nṛpair vṛtaḥ
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| 14 | nāradaṃ pratyuvācedaṃ dharmarājo mahāmanāḥ
sabhāḥ kathaya tāḥ sarvāḥ śrotum icchāmahe vayam
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| 15 | kiṃdravyās tāḥ sabhā brahman kiṃvistārāḥ kimāyatāḥ
pitāmahaṃ ca ke tasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ paryupāsate
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| 16 | vāsavaṃ devarājaṃ ca yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ ca ke
varuṇaṃ ca kuberaṃ ca sabhāyāṃ paryupāsate
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| 17 | etat sarvaṃ yathātattvaṃ devarṣe vadatas tava
śrotum icchāma sahitāḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ
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| 18 | evam uktaḥ pāṇḍavena nāradaḥ pratyuvāca tam
krameṇa rājan divyās tāḥ śrūyantām iha naḥ sabhāḥ
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