 | Book 2 Chapter 16
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| 1 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 1 | jātasya bhārate vaṃśe tathā kuntyāḥ sutasya ca
yā vai yuktā matiḥ seyam arjunena pradarśitā
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| 2 | na mṛtyoḥ samayaṃ vidma rātrau vā yadi vā divā
na cāpi kaṃ cid amaram ayuddhenāpi śuśrumaḥ
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| 3 | etāvad eva puruṣaiḥ kāryaṃ hṛdayatoṣaṇam
nayena vidhidṛṣṭena yad upakramate parān
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| 4 | sunayasyānapāyasya saṃyuge paramaḥ kramaḥ
saṃśayo jāyate sāmye sāmyaṃ ca na bhaved dvayoḥ
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| 5 | te vayaṃ nayam āsthāya śatrudehasamīpagāḥ
katham antaṃ na gacchema vṛkṣasyeva nadīrayāḥ
pararandhre parākrāntāḥ svarandhrāvaraṇe sthitāḥ
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| 6 | vyūḍhānīkair anubalair nopeyād balavattaram
iti buddhimatāṃ nītis tan mamāpīha rocate
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| 7 | anavadyā hy asaṃbuddhāḥ praviṣṭāḥ śatrusadma tat
śatrudeham upākramya taṃ kāmaṃ prāpnuyāmahe
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| 8 | eko hy eva śriyaṃ nityaṃ bibharti puruṣarṣabha
antarātmeva bhūtānāṃ tatkṣaye vai balakṣayaḥ
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| 9 | atha cet taṃ nihatyājau śeṣeṇābhisamāgatāḥ
prāpnuyāma tataḥ svargaṃ jñātitrāṇaparāyaṇāḥ
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| 10 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 10 | kṛṣṇa ko 'yaṃ jarāsaṃdhaḥ kiṃvīryaḥ kiṃparākramaḥ
yas tvāṃ spṛṣṭvāgnisadṛśaṃ na dagdhaḥ śalabho yathā
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| 11 | kṛṣṇa uvāca
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| 11 | śṛṇu rājañ jarāsaṃdho yadvīryo yatparākramaḥ
yathā copekṣito 'smābhir bahuśaḥ kṛtavipriyaḥ
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| 12 | akṣauhiṇīnāṃ tisṛṇām āsīt samaradarpitaḥ
rājā bṛhadratho nāma magadhādhipatiḥ patiḥ
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| 13 | rūpavān vīryasaṃpannaḥ śrīmān atulavikramaḥ
nityaṃ dīkṣākṛśatanuḥ śatakratur ivāparaḥ
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| 14 | tejasā sūryasadṛśaḥ kṣamayā pṛthivīsamaḥ
yamāntakasamaḥ kope śriyā vaiśravaṇopamaḥ
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| 15 | tasyābhijanasaṃyuktair guṇair bharatasattama
vyāpteyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā sūryasyeva gabhastibhiḥ
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| 16 | sa kāśirājasya sute yamaje bharatarṣabha
upayeme mahāvīryo rūpadraviṇasaṃmate
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| 17 | tayoś cakāra samayaṃ mithaḥ sa puruṣarṣabhaḥ
nātivartiṣya ity evaṃ patnībhyāṃ saṃnidhau tadā
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| 18 | sa tābhyāṃ śuśubhe rājā patnībhyāṃ manujādhipa
priyābhyām anurūpābhyāṃ kareṇubhyām iva dvipaḥ
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| 19 | tayor madhyagataś cāpi rarāja vasudhādhipaḥ
gaṅgāyamunayor madhye mūrtimān iva sāgaraḥ
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| 20 | viṣayeṣu nimagnasya tasya yauvanam atyagāt
na ca vaṃśakaraḥ putras tasyājāyata kaś cana
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| 21 | maṅgalair bahubhir homaiḥ putrakāmābhir iṣṭibhiḥ
nāsasāda nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ putraṃ kulavivardhanam
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| 22 | atha kākṣīvataḥ putraṃ gautamasya mahātmanaḥ
śuśrāva tapasi śrāntam udāraṃ caṇḍakauśikam
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| 23 | yadṛcchayāgataṃ taṃ tu vṛkṣamūlam upāśritam
patnībhyāṃ sahito rājā sarvaratnair atoṣayat
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| 24 | tam abravīt satyadhṛtiḥ satyavāg ṛṣisattamaḥ
parituṣṭo 'smi te rājan varaṃ varaya suvrata
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| 25 | tataḥ sabhāryaḥ praṇatas tam uvāca bṛhadrathaḥ
putradarśananairāśyād bāṣpagadgadayā girā
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| 26 | bṛhadratha uvāca
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| 26 | bhagavan rājyam utsṛjya prasthitasya tapovanam
kiṃ vareṇālpabhāgyasya kiṃ rājyenāprajasya me
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| 27 | kṛṣṇa uvāca
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| 27 | etac chrutvā munir dhyānam agamat kṣubhitendriyaḥ
tasyaiva cāmravṛkṣasya chāyāyāṃ samupāviśat
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| 28 | tasyopaviṣṭasya muner utsaṅge nipapāta ha
avātam aśukādaṣṭam ekam āmraphalaṃ kila
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| 29 | tat pragṛhya muniśreṣṭho hṛdayenābhimantrya ca
rājñe dadāv apratimaṃ putrasaṃprāptikārakam
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| 30 | uvāca ca mahāprājñas taṃ rājānaṃ mahāmuniḥ
gaccha rājan kṛtārtho 'si nivarta manujādhipa
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| 31 | yathāsamayam ājñāya tadā sa nṛpasattamaḥ
dvābhyām ekaṃ phalaṃ prādāt patnībhyāṃ bharatarṣabha
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| 32 | te tad āmraṃ dvidhā kṛtvā bhakṣayām āsatuḥ śubhe
bhāvitvād api cārthasya satyavākyāt tathā muneḥ
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| 33 | tayoḥ samabhavad garbhaḥ phalaprāśanasaṃbhavaḥ
te ca dṛṣṭvā narapatiḥ parāṃ mudam avāpa ha
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| 34 | atha kāle mahāprājña yathāsamayam āgate
prajāyetām ubhe rājañ śarīraśakale tadā
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| 35 | ekākṣibāhucaraṇe ardhodaramukhasphije
dṛṣṭvā śarīraśakale pravepāte ubhe bhṛśam
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| 36 | udvigne saha saṃmantrya te bhaginyau tadābale
sajīve prāṇiśakale tatyajāte suduḥkhite
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| 37 | tayor dhātryau susaṃvīte kṛtvā te garbhasaṃplave
nirgamyāntaḥpuradvārāt samutsṛjyāśu jagmatuḥ
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| 38 | te catuṣpathanikṣipte jarā nāmātha rākṣasī
jagrāha manujavyāghra māṃsaśoṇitabhojanā
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| 39 | kartukāmā sukhavahe śakale sā tu rākṣasī
saṃghaṭṭayām āsa tadā vidhānabalacoditā
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| 40 | te samānītamātre tu śakale puruṣarṣabha
ekamūrtikṛte vīraḥ kumāraḥ samapadyata
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| 41 | tataḥ sā rākṣasī rājan vismayotphullalocanā
na śaśāka samudvoḍhuṃ vajrasāramayaṃ śiśum
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| 42 | bālas tāmratalaṃ muṣṭiṃ kṛtvā cāsye nidhāya saḥ
prākrośad atisaṃrambhāt satoya iva toyadaḥ
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| 43 | tena śabdena saṃbhrāntaḥ sahasāntaḥpure janaḥ
nirjagāma naravyāghra rājñā saha paraṃtapa
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| 44 | te cābale pariglāne payaḥpūrṇapayodhare
nirāśe putralābhāya sahasaivābhyagacchatām
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| 45 | atha dṛṣṭvā tathābhūte rājānaṃ ceṣṭasaṃtatim
taṃ ca bālaṃ subalinaṃ cintayām āsa rākṣasī
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| 46 | nārhāmi viṣaye rājño vasantī putragṛddhinaḥ
bālaṃ putram upādātuṃ meghalekheva bhāskaram
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| 47 | sā kṛtvā mānuṣaṃ rūpam uvāca manujādhipam
bṛhadratha sutas te 'yaṃ maddattaḥ pratigṛhyatām
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| 48 | tava patnīdvaye jāto dvijātivaraśāsanāt
dhātrījanaparityakto mayāyaṃ parirakṣitaḥ
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| 49 | tatas te bharataśreṣṭha kāśirājasute śubhe
taṃ bālam abhipatyāśu prasnavair abhiṣiñcatām
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| 50 | tataḥ sa rājā saṃhṛṣṭaḥ sarvaṃ tad upalabhya ca
apṛcchan navahemābhāṃ rākṣasīṃ tām arākṣasīm
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| 51 | kā tvaṃ kamalagarbhābhe mama putrapradāyinī
kāmayā brūhi kalyāṇi devatā pratibhāsi me
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