 | Book 2 Chapter 45
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | anubhūya tu rājñas taṃ rājasūyaṃ mahākratum
yudhiṣṭhirasya nṛpater gāndhārīputrasaṃyutaḥ
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| 2 | priyakṛn matam ājñāya pūrvaṃ duryodhanasya tat
prajñācakṣuṣam āsīnaṃ śakuniḥ saubalas tadā
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| 3 | duryodhanavacaḥ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janādhipam
upagamya mahāprājñaṃ śakunir vākyam abravīt
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| 4 | duryodhano mahārāja vivarṇo hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ
dīnaś cintāparaś caiva tad viddhi bharatarṣabha
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| 5 | na vai parīkṣase samyag asahyaṃ śatrusaṃbhavam
jyeṣṭhaputrasya śokaṃ tvaṃ kimarthaṃ nāvabudhyase
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| 6 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 6 | duryodhana kutomūlaṃ bhṛśam ārto 'si putraka
śrotavyaś cen mayā so 'rtho brūhi me kurunandana
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| 7 | ayaṃ tvāṃ śakuniḥ prāha vivarṇaṃ hariṇaṃ kṛśam
cintayaṃś ca na paśyāmi śokasya tava saṃbhavam
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| 8 | aiśvaryaṃ hi mahat putra tvayi sarvaṃ samarpitam
bhrātaraḥ suhṛdaś caiva nācaranti tavāpriyam
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| 9 | ācchādayasi prāvārān aśnāsi piśitaudanam
ājāneyā vahanti tvāṃ kenāsi hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ
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| 10 | śayanāni mahārhāṇi yoṣitaś ca manoramāḥ
guṇavanti ca veśmāni vihārāś ca yathāsukham
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| 11 | devānām iva te sarvaṃ vāci baddhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
sa dīna iva durdharṣaḥ kasmāc chocasi putraka
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| 12 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 12 | aśnāmy ācchādaye cāhaṃ yathā kupuruṣas tathā
amarṣaṃ dhāraye cograṃ titikṣan kālaparyayam
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| 13 | amarṣaṇaḥ svāḥ prakṛtīr abhibhūya pare sthitāḥ
kleśān mumukṣuḥ parajān sa vai puruṣa ucyate
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| 14 | saṃtoṣo vai śriyaṃ hanti abhimānaś ca bhārata
anukrośabhaye cobhe yair vṛto nāśnute mahat
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| 15 | na mām avati tad bhuktaṃ śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhire
jvalantīm iva kaunteye vivarṇakaraṇīṃ mama
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| 16 | sapatnān ṛdhyato 'tmānaṃ hīyamānaṃ niśāmya ca
adṛśyām api kaunteye sthitāṃ paśyann ivodyatām
tasmād ahaṃ vivarṇaś ca dīnaś ca hariṇaḥ kṛśaḥ
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| 17 | aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi snātakā gṛhamedhinaḥ
triṃśaddāsīka ekaiko yān bibharti yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 18 | daśānyāni sahasrāṇi nityaṃ tatrānnam uttamam
bhuñjate rukmapātrībhir yudhiṣṭhiraniveśane
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| 19 | kadalīmṛgamokāni kṛṣṇaśyāmāruṇāni ca
kāmbojaḥ prāhiṇot tasmai parārdhyān api kambalān
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| 20 | rathayoṣidgavāśvasya śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
triṃśataṃ coṣṭravāmīnāṃ śatāni vicaranty uta
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| 21 | pṛthagvidhāni ratnāni pārthivāḥ pṛthivīpate
āharan kratumukhye 'smin kuntīputrāya bhūriśaḥ
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| 22 | na kva cid dhi mayā dṛṣṭas tādṛśo naiva ca śrutaḥ
yādṛg dhanāgamo yajñe pāṇḍuputrasya dhīmataḥ
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| 23 | aparyantaṃ dhanaughaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā śatror ahaṃ nṛpa
śarma naivādhigacchāmi cintayāno 'niśaṃ vibho
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| 24 | brāhmaṇā vāṭadhānāś ca gomantaḥ śatasaṃghaśaḥ
traikharvaṃ balim ādāya dvāri tiṣṭhanti vāritāḥ
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| 25 | kamaṇḍalūn upādāya jātarūpamayāñ śubhān
evaṃ baliṃ samādāya praveśaṃ lebhire tataḥ
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| 26 | yan naiva madhu śakrāya dhārayanty amarastriyaḥ
tad asmai kāṃsyam āhārṣīd vāruṇaṃ kalaśodadhiḥ
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| 27 | śaikyaṃ rukmasahasrasya bahuratnavibhūṣitam
dṛṣṭvā ca mama tat sarvaṃ jvararūpam ivābhavat
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| 28 | gṛhītvā tat tu gacchanti samudrau pūrvadakṣiṇau
tathaiva paścimaṃ yānti gṛhītvā bharatarṣabha
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| 29 | uttaraṃ tu na gacchanti vinā tāta patatribhiḥ
idaṃ cādbhutam atrāsīt tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu
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| 30 | pūrṇe śatasahasre tu viprāṇāṃ pariviṣyatām
sthāpitā tatra saṃjñābhūc chaṅkho dhmāyati nityaśaḥ
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| 31 | muhur muhuḥ praṇadatas tasya śaṅkhasya bhārata
uttamaṃ śabdam aśrauṣaṃ tato romāṇi me 'hṛṣan
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| 32 | pārthivair bahubhiḥ kīrṇam upasthānaṃ didṛkṣubhiḥ
sarvaratnāny upādāya pārthivā vai janeśvara
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| 33 | yajñe tasya mahārāja pāṇḍuputrasya dhīmataḥ
vaiśyā iva mahīpālā dvijātipariveṣakāḥ
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| 34 | na sā śrīr devarājasya yamasya varuṇasya vā
guhyakādhipater vāpi yā śrī rājan yudhiṣṭhire
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| 35 | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍuputrasya śriyaṃ paramikām aham
śāntiṃ na parigacchāmi dahyamānena cetasā
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| 36 | śakunir uvāca
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| 36 | yām etām uttamāṃ lakṣmīṃ dṛṣṭavān asi pāṇḍave
tasyāḥ prāptāv upāyaṃ me śṛṇu satyaparākrama
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| 37 | aham akṣeṣv abhijñātaḥ pṛthivyām api bhārata
hṛdayajñaḥ paṇajñaś ca viśeṣajñaś ca devane
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| 38 | dyūtapriyaś ca kaunteyo na ca jānāti devitum
āhūtaś caiṣyati vyaktaṃ dīvyāvety āhvayasva tam
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| 39 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 39 | evam uktaḥ śakuninā rājā duryodhanas tadā
dhṛtarāṣṭram idaṃ vākyam apadāntaram abravīt
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| 40 | ayam utsahate rājañ śriyam āhartum akṣavit
dyūtena pāṇḍuputrasya tad anujñātum arhasi
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| 41 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 41 | kṣattā mantrī mahāprājñaḥ sthito yasyāsmi śāsane
tena saṃgamya vetsyāmi kāryasyāsya viniścayam
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| 42 | sa hi dharmaṃ puraskṛtya dīrghadarśī paraṃ hitam
ubhayoḥ pakṣayor yuktaṃ vakṣyaty arthaviniścayam
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| 43 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 43 | nivartayiṣyati tvāsau yadi kṣattā sameṣyati
nivṛtte tvayi rājendra mariṣye 'ham asaṃśayam
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| 44 | sa mayi tvaṃ mṛte rājan vidureṇa sukhī bhava
bhokṣyase pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ kiṃ mayā tvaṃ kariṣyasi
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| 45 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 45 | ārtavākyaṃ tu tat tasya praṇayoktaṃ niśamya saḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭro 'bravīt preṣyān duryodhanamate sthitaḥ
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| 46 | sthūṇāsahasrair bṛhatīṃ śatadvārāṃ sabhāṃ mama
manoramāṃ darśanīyām āśu kurvantu śilpinaḥ
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| 47 | tataḥ saṃstīrya ratnais tām akṣān āvāpya sarvaśaḥ
sukṛtāṃ supraveśāṃ ca nivedayata me śanaiḥ
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| 48 | duryodhanasya śāntyartham iti niścitya bhūmipaḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭro mahārāja prāhiṇod vidurāya vai
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| 49 | apṛṣṭvā viduraṃ hy asya nāsīt kaś cid viniścayaḥ
dyūtadoṣāṃś ca jānan sa putrasnehād akṛṣyata
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| 50 | tac chrutvā viduro dhīmān kalidvāram upasthitam
vināśamukham utpannaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭram upādravat
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| 51 | so 'bhigamya mahātmānaṃ bhrātā bhrātaram agrajam
mūrdhnā praṇamya caraṇāv idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 52 | nābhinandāmi te rājan vyavasāyam imaṃ prabho
putrair bhedo yathā na syād dyūtahetos tathā kuru
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| 53 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 53 | kṣattaḥ putreṣu putrair me kalaho na bhaviṣyati
divi devāḥ prasādaṃ naḥ kariṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ
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| 54 | aśubhaṃ vā śubhaṃ vāpi hitaṃ vā yadi vāhitam
pravartatāṃ suhṛddyūtaṃ diṣṭam etan na saṃśayaḥ
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| 55 | mayi saṃnihite caiva bhīṣme ca bharatarṣabhe
anayo daivavihito na kathaṃ cid bhaviṣyati
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| 56 | gaccha tvaṃ ratham āsthāya hayair vātasamair jave
khāṇḍavaprastham adyaiva samānaya yudhiṣṭhiram
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| 57 | na vāryo vyavasāyo me viduraitad bravīmi te
daivam eva paraṃ manye yenaitad upapadyate
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| 58 | ity ukto viduro dhīmān naitad astīti cintayan
āpageyaṃ mahāprājñam abhyagacchat suduḥkhitaḥ
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