 | Book 2 Chapter 37
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ sāgarasaṃkāśaṃ dṛṣṭvā nṛpatisāgaram
roṣāt pracalitaṃ sarvam idam āha yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 2 | bhīṣmaṃ matimatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vṛddhaṃ kurupitāmaham
bṛhaspatiṃ bṛhattejāḥ puruhūta ivārihā
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| 3 | asau roṣāt pracalito mahān nṛpatisāgaraḥ
atra yat pratipattavyaṃ tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 4 | yajñasya ca na vighnaḥ syāt prajānāṃ ca śivaṃ bhavet
yathā sarvatra tat sarvaṃ brūhi me 'dya pitāmaha
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| 5 | ity uktavati dharmajñe dharmarāje yudhiṣṭhire
uvācedaṃ vaco bhīṣmas tataḥ kurupitāmahaḥ
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| 6 | mā bhais tvaṃ kuruśārdūla śvā siṃhaṃ hantum arhati
śivaḥ panthāḥ sunīto 'tra mayā pūrvataraṃ vṛtaḥ
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| 7 | prasupte hi yathā siṃhe śvānas tatra samāgatāḥ
bhaṣeyuḥ sahitāḥ sarve tatheme vasudhādhipāḥ
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| 8 | vṛṣṇisiṃhasya suptasya tatheme pramukhe sthitāḥ
bhaṣante tāta saṃkruddhāḥ śvānaḥ siṃhasya saṃnidhau
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| 9 | na hi saṃbudhyate tāvat suptaḥ siṃha ivācyutaḥ
tena siṃhīkaroty etān nṛsiṃhaś cedipuṃgavaḥ
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| 10 | pārthivān pārthivaśreṣṭha śiśupālo 'lpacetanaḥ
sarvān sarvātmanā tāta netukāmo yamakṣayam
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| 11 | nūnam etat samādātuṃ punar icchaty adhokṣajaḥ
yad asya śiśupālasthaṃ tejas tiṣṭhati bhārata
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| 12 | viplutā cāsya bhadraṃ te buddhir buddhimatāṃ vara
cedirājasya kaunteya sarveṣāṃ ca mahīkṣitām
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| 13 | ādātuṃ hi naravyāghro yaṃ yam icchaty ayaṃ yadā
tasya viplavate buddhir evaṃ cedipater yathā
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| 14 | caturvidhānāṃ bhūtānāṃ triṣu lokeṣu mādhavaḥ
prabhavaś caiva sarveṣāṃ nidhanaṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira
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| 15 | iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā tataś cedipatir nṛpaḥ
bhīṣmaṃ rūkṣākṣarā vācaḥ śrāvayām āsa bhārata
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