 | Book 2 Chapter 43
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | vasan duryodhanas tasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ bharatarṣabha
śanair dadarśa tāṃ sarvāṃ sabhāṃ śakuninā saha
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| 2 | tasyāṃ divyān abhiprāyān dadarśa kurunandanaḥ
na dṛṣṭapūrvā ye tena nagare nāgasāhvaye
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| 3 | sa kadā cit sabhāmadhye dhārtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ
sphāṭikaṃ talam āsādya jalam ity abhiśaṅkayā
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| 4 | svavastrotkarṣaṇaṃ rājā kṛtavān buddhimohitaḥ
durmanā vimukhaś caiva paricakrāma tāṃ sabhām
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| 5 | tataḥ sphāṭikatoyāṃ vai sphāṭikāmbujaśobhitām
vāpīṃ matvā sthalam iti savāsāḥ prāpataj jale
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| 6 | jale nipatitaṃ dṛṣṭvā kiṃkarā jahasur bhṛśam
vāsāṃsi ca śubhāny asmai pradadū rājaśāsanāt
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| 7 | tathāgataṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
arjunaś ca yamau cobhau sarve te prāhasaṃs tadā
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| 8 | nāmarṣayat tatas teṣām avahāsam amarṣaṇaḥ
ākāraṃ rakṣamāṇas tu na sa tān samudaikṣata
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| 9 | punar vasanam utkṣipya pratariṣyann iva sthalam
āruroha tataḥ sarve jahasus te punar janāḥ
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| 10 | dvāraṃ ca vivṛtākāraṃ lalāṭena samāhanat
saṃvṛtaṃ ceti manvāno dvāradeśād upāramat
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| 11 | evaṃ pralambhān vividhān prāpya tatra viśāṃ pate
pāṇḍaveyābhyanujñātas tato duryodhano nṛpaḥ
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| 12 | aprahṛṣṭena manasā rājasūye mahākratau
prekṣya tām adbhutām ṛddhiṃ jagāma gajasāhvayam
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| 13 | pāṇḍavaśrīprataptasya dhyānaglānasya gacchataḥ
duryodhanasya nṛpateḥ pāpā matir ajāyata
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| 14 | pārthān sumanaso dṛṣṭvā pārthivāṃś ca vaśānugān
kṛtsnaṃ cāpi hitaṃ lokam ākumāraṃ kurūdvaha
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| 15 | mahimānaṃ paraṃ cāpi pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām
duryodhano dhārtarāṣṭro vivarṇaḥ samapadyata
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| 16 | sa tu gacchann anekāgraḥ sabhām evānucintayan
śriyaṃ ca tām anupamāṃ dharmarājasya dhīmataḥ
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| 17 | pramatto dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putro duryodhanas tadā
nābhyabhāṣat subalajaṃ bhāṣamāṇaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 18 | anekāgraṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā śakuniḥ pratyabhāṣata
duryodhana kutomūlaṃ niḥśvasann iva gacchasi
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| 19 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 19 | dṛṣṭvemāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ yudhiṣṭhiravaśānugām
jitām astrapratāpena śvetāśvasya mahātmanaḥ
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| 20 | taṃ ca yajñaṃ tathābhūtaṃ dṛṣṭvā pārthasya mātula
yathā śakrasya deveṣu tathābhūtaṃ mahādyute
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| 21 | amarṣeṇa susaṃpūrṇo dahyamāno divāniśam
śuciśukrāgame kāle śuṣye toyam ivālpakam
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| 22 | paśya sātvatamukhyena śiśupālaṃ nipātitam
na ca tatra pumān āsīt kaś cit tasya padānugaḥ
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| 23 | dahyamānā hi rājānaḥ pāṇḍavotthena vahninā
kṣāntavanto 'parādhaṃ taṃ ko hi taṃ kṣantum arhati
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| 24 | vāsudevena tat karma tathāyuktaṃ mahat kṛtam
siddhaṃ ca pāṇḍaveyānāṃ pratāpena mahātmanām
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| 25 | tathā hi ratnāny ādāya vividhāni nṛpā nṛpam
upatiṣṭhanti kaunteyaṃ vaiśyā iva karapradāḥ
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| 26 | śriyaṃ tathāvidhāṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalantīm iva pāṇḍave
amarṣavaśam āpanno dahye 'ham atathocitaḥ
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| 27 | vahnim eva pravekṣyāmi bhakṣayiṣyāmi vā viṣam
apo vāpi pravekṣyāmi na hi śakṣyāmi jīvitum
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| 28 | ko hi nāma pumāṃl loke marṣayiṣyati sattvavān
sapatnān ṛdhyato dṛṣṭvā hānim ātmana eva ca
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| 29 | so 'haṃ na strī na cāpy astrī na pumān nāpumān api
yo 'haṃ tāṃ marṣayāmy adya tādṛśīṃ śriyam āgatām
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| 30 | īśvaratvaṃ pṛthivyāś ca vasumattāṃ ca tādṛśīm
yajñaṃ ca tādṛśaṃ dṛṣṭvā mādṛśaḥ ko na saṃjvaret
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| 31 | aśaktaś caika evāhaṃ tām āhartuṃ nṛpaśriyam
sahāyāṃś ca na paśyāmi tena mṛtyuṃ vicintaye
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| 32 | daivam eva paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam
dṛṣṭvā kuntīsute śubhrāṃ śriyaṃ tām āhṛtāṃ tathā
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| 33 | kṛto yatno mayā pūrvaṃ vināśe tasya saubala
tac ca sarvam atikramya sa vṛddho 'psv iva paṅkajam
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| 34 | tena daivaṃ paraṃ manye pauruṣaṃ tu nirarthakam
dhārtarāṣṭrā hi hīyante pārthā vardhanti nityaśaḥ
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| 35 | so 'haṃ śriyaṃ ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sabhāṃ tāṃ ca tathāvidhām
rakṣibhiś cāvahāsaṃ taṃ paritapye yathāgninā
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| 36 | sa mām abhyanujānīhi mātulādya suduḥkhitam
amarṣaṃ ca samāviṣṭaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭre nivedaya
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