 | Book 2 Chapter 35
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā śiśupālam upādravat
uvāca cainaṃ madhuraṃ sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vacaḥ
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| 2 | nedaṃ yuktaṃ mahīpāla yādṛśaṃ vai tvam uktavān
adharmaś ca paro rājan pāruṣyaṃ ca nirarthakam
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| 3 | na hi dharmaṃ paraṃ jātu nāvabudhyeta pārthiva
bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavas tv enaṃ māvamaṃsthā ato 'nyathā
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| 4 | paśya cemān mahīpālāṃs tvatto vṛddhatamān bahūn
mṛṣyante cārhaṇāṃ kṛṣṇe tadvat tvaṃ kṣantum arhasi
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| 5 | veda tattvena kṛṣṇaṃ hi bhīṣmaś cedipate bhṛśam
na hy enaṃ tvaṃ tathā vettha yathainaṃ veda kauravaḥ
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| 6 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 6 | nāsmā anunayo deyo nāyam arhati sāntvanam
lokavṛddhatame kṛṣṇe yo 'rhaṇāṃ nānumanyate
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| 7 | kṣatriyaḥ kṣatriyaṃ jitvā raṇe raṇakṛtāṃ varaḥ
yo muñcati vaśe kṛtvā gurur bhavati tasya saḥ
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| 8 | asyāṃ ca samitau rājñām ekam apy ajitaṃ yudhi
na paśyāmi mahīpālaṃ sātvatīputratejasā
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| 9 | na hi kevalam asmākam ayam arcyatamo 'cyutaḥ
trayāṇām api lokānām arcanīyo janārdanaḥ
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| 10 | kṛṣṇena hi jitā yuddhe bahavaḥ kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ
jagat sarvaṃ ca vārṣṇeye nikhilena pratiṣṭhitam
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| 11 | tasmāt satsv api vṛddheṣu kṛṣṇam arcāma netarān
evaṃ vaktuṃ na cārhas tvaṃ mā bhūt te buddhir īdṛśī
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| 12 | jñānavṛddhā mayā rājan bahavaḥ paryupāsitāḥ
teṣāṃ kathayatāṃ śaurer ahaṃ guṇavato guṇān
samāgatānām aśrauṣaṃ bahūn bahumatān satām
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| 13 | karmāṇy api ca yāny asya janmaprabhṛti dhīmataḥ
bahuśaḥ kathyamānāni narair bhūyaḥ śrutāni me
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| 14 | na kevalaṃ vayaṃ kāmāc cedirāja janārdanam
na saṃbandhaṃ puraskṛtya kṛtārthaṃ vā kathaṃ cana
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| 15 | arcāmahe 'rcitaṃ sadbhir bhuvi bhaumasukhāvaham
yaśaḥ śauryaṃ jayaṃ cāsya vijñāyārcāṃ prayujmahe
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| 16 | na hi kaś cid ihāsmābhiḥ subālo 'py aparīkṣitaḥ
guṇair vṛddhān atikramya harir arcyatamo mataḥ
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| 17 | jñānavṛddho dvijātīnāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ balādhikaḥ
pūjye tāv iha govinde hetū dvāv api saṃsthitau
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| 18 | vedavedāṅgavijñānaṃ balaṃ cāpy amitaṃ tathā
nṛṇāṃ hi loke kasyāsti viśiṣṭaṃ keśavād ṛte
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| 19 | dānaṃ dākṣyaṃ śrutaṃ śauryaṃ hrīḥ kīrtir buddhir uttamā
saṃnatiḥ śrīr dhṛtis tuṣṭiḥ puṣṭiś ca niyatācyute
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| 20 | tam imaṃ sarvasaṃpannam ācāryaṃ pitaraṃ gurum
arcyam arcitam arcārhaṃ sarve saṃmantum arhatha
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| 21 | ṛtvig gurur vivāhyaś ca snātako nṛpatiḥ priyaḥ
sarvam etad dhṛṣīkeśe tasmād abhyarcito 'cyutaḥ
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| 22 | kṛṣṇa eva hi lokānām utpattir api cāpyayaḥ
kṛṣṇasya hi kṛte bhūtam idaṃ viśvaṃ samarpitam
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| 23 | eṣa prakṛtir avyaktā kartā caiva sanātanaḥ
paraś ca sarvabhūtebhyas tasmād vṛddhatamo 'cyutaḥ
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| 24 | buddhir mano mahān vāyus tejo 'mbhaḥ khaṃ mahī ca yā
caturvidhaṃ ca yad bhūtaṃ sarvaṃ kṛṣṇe pratiṣṭhitam
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| 25 | ādityaś candramāś caiva nakṣatrāṇi grahāś ca ye
diśaś copadiśaś caiva sarvaṃ kṛṣṇe pratiṣṭhitam
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| 26 | ayaṃ tu puruṣo bālaḥ śiśupālo na budhyate
sarvatra sarvadā kṛṣṇaṃ tasmād evaṃ prabhāṣate
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| 27 | yo hi dharmaṃ vicinuyād utkṛṣṭaṃ matimān naraḥ
sa vai paśyed yathādharmaṃ na tathā cedirāḍ ayam
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| 28 | savṛddhabāleṣv atha vā pārthiveṣu mahātmasu
ko nārhaṃ manyate kṛṣṇaṃ ko vāpy enaṃ na pūjayet
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| 29 | athemāṃ duṣkṛtāṃ pūjāṃ śiśupālo vyavasyati
duṣkṛtāyāṃ yathānyāyaṃ tathāyaṃ kartum arhati
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