 | Book 2 Chapter 18
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| 1 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 1 | patitau haṃsaḍibhakau kaṃsāmātyau nipātitau
jarāsaṃdhasya nidhane kālo 'yaṃ samupāgataḥ
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| 2 | na sa śakyo raṇe jetuṃ sarvair api surāsuraiḥ
prāṇayuddhena jetavyaḥ sa ity upalabhāmahe
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| 3 | mayi nītir balaṃ bhīme rakṣitā cāvayorjunaḥ
sādhayiṣyāma taṃ rājan vayaṃ traya ivāgnayaḥ
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| 4 | tribhir āsādito 'smābhir vijane sa narādhipaḥ
na saṃdeho yathā yuddham ekenābhyupayāsyati
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| 5 | avamānāc ca lokasya vyāyatatvāc ca dharṣitaḥ
bhīmasenena yuddhāya dhruvam abhyupayāsyati
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| 6 | alaṃ tasya mahābāhur bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
lokasya samudīrṇasya nidhanāyāntako yathā
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| 7 | yadi te hṛdayaṃ vetti yadi te pratyayo mayi
bhīmasenārjunau śīghraṃ nyāsabhūtau prayaccha me
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| 8 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 8 | evam ukto bhagavatā pratyuvāca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhīmapārthau samālokya saṃprahṛṣṭamukhau sthitau
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| 9 | acyutācyuta mā maivaṃ vyāharāmitrakarṣaṇa
pāṇḍavānāṃ bhavān nātho bhavantaṃ cāśritā vayam
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| 10 | yathā vadasi govinda sarvaṃ tad upapadyate
na hi tvam agratas teṣāṃ yeṣāṃ lakṣmīḥ parāṅmukhī
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| 11 | nihataś ca jarāsaṃdho mokṣitāś ca mahīkṣitaḥ
rājasūyaś ca me labdho nideśe tava tiṣṭhataḥ
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| 12 | kṣiprakārin yathā tv etat kāryaṃ samupapadyate
mama kāryaṃ jagatkāryaṃ tathā kuru narottama
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| 13 | tribhir bhavadbhir hi vinā nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe
dharmakāmārtharahito rogārta iva durgataḥ
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| 14 | na śauriṇā vinā pārtho na śauriḥ pāṇḍavaṃ vinā
nājeyo 'sty anayor loke kṛṣṇayor iti me matiḥ
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| 15 | ayaṃ ca balināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ śrīmān api vṛkodaraḥ
yuvābhyāṃ sahito vīraḥ kiṃ na kuryān mahāyaśāḥ
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| 16 | supraṇīto balaugho hi kurute kāryam uttamam
andhaṃ jaḍaṃ balaṃ prāhuḥ praṇetavyaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ
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| 17 | yato hi nimnaṃ bhavati nayantīha tato jalam
yataś chidraṃ tataś cāpi nayante dhīdhanā balam
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| 18 | tasmān nayavidhānajñaṃ puruṣaṃ lokaviśrutam
vayam āśritya govindaṃ yatāmaḥ kāryasiddhaye
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| 19 | evaṃ prajñānayabalaṃ kriyopāyasamanvitam
puraskurvīta kāryeṣu kṛṣṇa kāryārthasiddhaye
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| 20 | evam eva yaduśreṣṭhaṃ pārthaḥ kāryārthasiddhaye
arjunaḥ kṛṣṇam anvetu bhīmo 'nvetu dhanaṃjayam
nayo jayo balaṃ caiva vikrame siddhim eṣyati
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| 21 | evam uktās tataḥ sarve bhrātaro vipulaujasaḥ
vārṣṇeyaḥ pāṇḍaveyau ca pratasthur māgadhaṃ prati
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| 22 | varcasvināṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ snātakānāṃ paricchadān
ācchādya suhṛdāṃ vākyair manojñair abhinanditāḥ
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| 23 | amarṣād abhitaptānāṃ jñātyarthaṃ mukhyavāsasām
ravisomāgnivapuṣāṃ bhīmam āsīt tadā vapuḥ
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| 24 | hataṃ mene jarāsaṃdhaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmapurogamau
ekakāryasamudyuktau kṛṣṇau yuddhe 'parājitau
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| 25 | īśau hi tau mahātmānau sarvakāryapravartane
dharmārthakāmakāryāṇāṃ kāryāṇām iva nigrahe
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| 26 | kurubhyaḥ prasthitās te tu madhyena kurujāṅgalam
ramyaṃ padmasaro gatvā kālakūṭam atītya ca
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| 27 | gaṇḍakīyāṃ tathā śoṇaṃ sadānīrāṃ tathaiva ca
ekaparvatake nadyaḥ krameṇaitya vrajanti te
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| 28 | saṃtīrya sarayūṃ ramyāṃ dṛṣṭvā pūrvāṃś ca kosalān
atītya jagmur mithilāṃ mālāṃ carmaṇvatīṃ nadīm
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| 29 | uttīrya gaṅgāṃ śoṇaṃ ca sarve te prāṅmukhās trayaḥ
kuravoraśchadaṃ jagmur māgadhaṃ kṣetram acyutāḥ
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| 30 | te śaśvad godhanākīrṇam ambumantaṃ śubhadrumam
gorathaṃ girim āsādya dadṛśur māgadhaṃ puram
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