 | Book 2 Chapter 23
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | pārthaḥ prāpya dhanuḥśreṣṭham akṣayyau ca maheṣudhī
rathaṃ dhvajaṃ sabhāṃ caiva yudhiṣṭhiram abhāṣata
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| 2 | dhanur astraṃ śarā vīryaṃ pakṣo bhūmir yaśo balam
prāptam etan mayā rājan duṣprāpaṃ yad abhīpsitam
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| 3 | tatra kṛtyam ahaṃ manye kośasyāsya vivardhanam
karam āhārayiṣyāmi rājñaḥ sarvān nṛpottama
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| 4 | vijayāya prayāsyāmi diśaṃ dhanadarakṣitām
tithāv atha muhūrte ca nakṣatre ca tathā śive
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| 5 | dhanaṃjayavacaḥ śrutvā dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
snigdhagambhīranādinyā taṃ girā pratyabhāṣata
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| 6 | svasti vācyārhato viprān prayāhi bharatarṣabha
durhṛdām apraharṣāya suhṛdāṃ nandanāya ca
vijayas te dhruvaṃ pārtha priyaṃ kāmam avāpnuhi
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| 7 | ity uktaḥ prayayau pārthaḥ sainyena mahatā vṛtaḥ
agnidattena divyena rathenādbhutakarmaṇā
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| 8 | tathaiva bhīmaseno 'pi yamau ca puruṣarṣabhau
sasainyāḥ prayayuḥ sarve dharmarājābhipūjitāḥ
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| 9 | diśaṃ dhanapater iṣṭām ajayat pākaśāsaniḥ
bhīmasenas tathā prācīṃ sahadevas tu dakṣiṇām
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| 10 | pratīcīṃ nakulo rājan diśaṃ vyajayad astravit
khāṇḍavaprastham adhyāste dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 11 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 11 | diśām abhijayaṃ brahman vistareṇānukīrtaya
na hi tṛpyāmi pūrveṣāṃ śṛṇvānaś caritaṃ mahat
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| 12 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 12 | dhanaṃjayasya vakṣyāmi vijayaṃ pūrvam eva te
yaugapadyena pārthair hi vijiteyaṃ vasuṃdharā
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| 13 | pūrvaṃ kuṇindaviṣaye vaśe cakre mahīpatīn
dhanaṃjayo mahābāhur nātitīvreṇa karmaṇā
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| 14 | ānartān kālakūṭāṃś ca kuṇindāṃś ca vijitya saḥ
sumaṇḍalaṃ pāpajitaṃ kṛtavān anusainikam
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| 15 | sa tena sahito rājan savyasācī paraṃtapaḥ
vijigye sakalaṃ dvīpaṃ prativindhyaṃ ca pārthivam
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| 16 | sakaladvīpavāsāṃś ca saptadvīpe ca ye nṛpāḥ
arjunasya ca sainyānāṃ vigrahas tumulo 'bhavat
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| 17 | sa tān api maheṣvāso vijitya bharatarṣabha
tair eva sahitaḥ sarvaiḥ prāgjyotiṣam upādravat
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| 18 | tatra rājā mahān āsīd bhagadatto viśāṃ pate
tenāsīt sumahad yuddhaṃ pāṇḍavasya mahātmanaḥ
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| 19 | sa kirātaiś ca cīnaiś ca vṛtaḥ prāgjyotiṣo 'bhavat
anyaiś ca bahubhir yodhaiḥ sāgarānūpavāsibhiḥ
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| 20 | tataḥ sa divasān aṣṭau yodhayitvā dhanaṃjayam
prahasann abravīd rājā saṃgrāme vigataklamaḥ
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| 21 | upapannaṃ mahābāho tvayi pāṇḍavanandana
pākaśāsanadāyāde vīryam āhavaśobhini
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| 22 | ahaṃ sakhā surendrasya śakrād anavamo raṇe
na ca śaknomi te tāta sthātuṃ pramukhato yudhi
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| 23 | kim īpsitaṃ pāṇḍaveya brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te
yad vakṣyasi mahābāho tat kariṣyāmi putraka
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| 24 | arjuna uvāca
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| 24 | kurūṇām ṛṣabho rājā dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
tasya pārthivatām īpse karas tasmai pradīyatām
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| 25 | bhavān pitṛsakhā caiva prīyamāṇo mayāpi ca
tato nājñāpayāmi tvāṃ prītipūrvaṃ pradīyatām
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| 26 | bhagadatta uvāca
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| 26 | kuntīmātar yathā me tvaṃ tathā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
sarvam etat kariṣyāmi kiṃ cānyat karavāṇi te
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