 | Book 2 Chapter 66
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | anujñātāṃs tān viditvā saratnadhanasaṃcayān
pāṇḍavān dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ katham āsīn manas tadā
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| 2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 2 | anujñātāṃs tān viditvā dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa dhīmatā
rājan duḥśāsanaḥ kṣipraṃ jagāma bhrātaraṃ prati
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| 3 | duryodhanaṃ samāsādya sāmātyaṃ bharatarṣabha
duḥkhārto bharataśreṣṭha idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 4 | duḥkhenaitat samānītaṃ sthaviro nāśayaty asau
śatrusād gamayad dravyaṃ tad budhyadhvaṃ mahārathāḥ
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| 5 | atha duryodhanaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniś cāpi saubalaḥ
mithaḥ saṃgamya sahitāḥ pāṇḍavān prati māninaḥ
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| 6 | vaicitravīryaṃ rājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ manīṣiṇam
abhigamya tvarāyuktāḥ ślakṣṇaṃ vacanam abruvan
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| 7 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 7 | na tvayedaṃ śrutaṃ rājan yaj jagāda bṛhaspatiḥ
śakrasya nītiṃ pravadan vidvān devapurohitaḥ
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| 8 | sarvopāyair nihantavyāḥ śatravaḥ śatrukarṣaṇa
purā yuddhād balād vāpi prakurvanti tavāhitam
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| 9 | te vayaṃ pāṇḍavadhanaiḥ sarvān saṃpūjya pārthivān
yadi tān yodhayiṣyāmaḥ kiṃ vā naḥ parihāsyati
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| 10 | ahīn āśīviṣān kruddhān daṃśāya samupasthitān
kṛtvā kaṇṭhe ca pṛṣṭhe ca kaḥ samutsraṣṭum arhati
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| 11 | āttaśastrā rathagatāḥ kupitās tāta pāṇḍavāḥ
niḥśeṣaṃ naḥ kariṣyanti kruddhā hy āśīviṣā yathā
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| 12 | saṃnaddho hy arjuno yāti vivṛtya parameṣudhī
gāṇḍīvaṃ muhur ādatte niḥśvasaṃś ca nirīkṣate
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| 13 | gadāṃ gurvīṃ samudyamya tvaritaś ca vṛkodaraḥ
svarathaṃ yojayitvāśu niryāta iti naḥ śrutam
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| 14 | nakulaḥ khaḍgam ādāya carma cāpy aṣṭacandrakam
sahadevaś ca rājā ca cakrur ākāram iṅgitaiḥ
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| 15 | te tv āsthāya rathān sarve bahuśastraparicchadān
abhighnanto rathavrātān senāyogāya niryayuḥ
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| 16 | na kṣaṃsyante tathāsmābhir jātu viprakṛtā hi te
draupadyāś ca parikleśaṃ kas teṣāṃ kṣantum arhati
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| 17 | punar dīvyāma bhadraṃ te vanavāsāya pāṇḍavaiḥ
evam etān vaśe kartuṃ śakṣyāmo bharatarṣabha
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| 18 | te vā dvādaśa varṣāṇi vayaṃ vā dyūtanirjitāḥ
praviśema mahāraṇyam ajinaiḥ prativāsitāḥ
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| 19 | trayodaśaṃ ca sajane ajñātāḥ parivatsaram
jñātāś ca punar anyāni vane varṣāṇi dvādaśa
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| 20 | nivasema vayaṃ te vā tathā dyūtaṃ pravartatām
akṣān uptvā punardyūtam idaṃ dīvyantu pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 21 | etat kṛtyatamaṃ rājann asmākaṃ bharatarṣabha
ayaṃ hi śakunir veda savidyām akṣasaṃpadam
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| 22 | dṛḍhamūlā vayaṃ rājye mitrāṇi parigṛhya ca
sāravad vipulaṃ sainyaṃ satkṛtya ca durāsadam
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| 23 | te ca trayodaśe varṣe pārayiṣyanti ced vratam
jeṣyāmas tān vayaṃ rājan rocatāṃ te paraṃtapa
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| 24 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 24 | tūrṇaṃ pratyānayasvaitān kāmaṃ vyadhvagatān api
āgacchantu punardyūtam idaṃ kurvantu pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 25 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 25 | tato droṇaḥ somadatto bāhlīkaś ca mahārathaḥ
viduro droṇaputraś ca vaiśyāputraś ca vīryavān
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| 26 | bhūriśravāḥ śāṃtanavo vikarṇaś ca mahārathaḥ
mā dyūtam ity abhāṣanta śamo 'stv iti ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 27 | akāmānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ suhṛdām arthadarśinām
akarot pāṇḍavāhvānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ sutapriyaḥ
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| 28 | athābravīn mahārāja dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ janeśvaram
putrahārdād dharmayuktaṃ gāndhārī śokakarśitā
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| 29 | jāte duryodhane kṣattā mahāmatir abhāṣata
nīyatāṃ paralokāya sādhv ayaṃ kulapāṃsanaḥ
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| 30 | vyanadaj jātamātro hi gomāyur iva bhārata
anto nūnaṃ kulasyāsya kuravas tan nibodhata
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| 31 | mā bālānām aśiṣṭānām abhimaṃsthā matiṃ prabho
mā kulasya kṣaye ghore kāraṇaṃ tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi
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| 32 | baddhaṃ setuṃ ko nu bhindyād dhamec chāntaṃ ca pāvakam
śame dhṛtān punaḥ pārthān kopayet ko nu bhārata
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| 33 | smarantaṃ tvām ājamīḍha smārayiṣyāmy ahaṃ punaḥ
śāstraṃ na śāsti durbuddhiṃ śreyase vetarāya vā
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| 34 | na vai vṛddho bālamatir bhaved rājan kathaṃ cana
tvannetrāḥ santu te putrā mā tvāṃ dīrṇāḥ prahāsiṣuḥ
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| 35 | śamena dharmeṇa parasya buddhyā; jātā buddhiḥ sāstu te mā pratīpā
pradhvaṃsinī krūrasamāhitā śrīr; mṛduprauḍhā gacchati putrapautrān
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| 36 | athābravīn mahārājo gāndhārīṃ dharmadarśinīm
antaḥ kāmaṃ kulasyāstu na śakṣyāmi nivāritum
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| 37 | yathecchanti tathaivāstu pratyāgacchantu pāṇḍavāḥ
punardyūtaṃ prakurvantu māmakāḥ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha
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