 | Book 3 Chapter 11
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | evam etan mahāprājña yathā vadasi no mune
ahaṃ caiva vijānāmi sarve ceme narādhipāḥ
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| 2 | bhavāṃs tu manyate sādhu yat kurūṇāṃ sukhodayam
tad eva viduro 'py āha bhīṣmo droṇaś ca māṃ mune
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| 3 | yadi tv aham anugrāhyaḥ kauraveṣu dayā yadi
anuśādhi durātmānaṃ putraṃ duryodhanaṃ mama
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| 4 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 4 | ayam āyāti vai rājan maitreyo bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
anvīya pāṇḍavān bhrātṝn ihaivāsmad didṛkṣayā
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| 5 | eṣa duryodhanaṃ putraṃ tava rājan mahān ṛṣiḥ
anuśāstā yathānyāyaṃ śamāyāsya kulasya te
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| 6 | brūyād yad eṣa rājendra tat kāryam aviśaṅkayā
akriyāyāṃ hi kāryasya putraṃ te śapsyate ruṣā
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| 7 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 7 | evam uktvā yayau vyāso maitreyaḥ pratyadṛśyata
pūjayā pratijagrāha saputras taṃ narādhipaḥ
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| 8 | dattvārghyādyāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā viśrāntaṃ munipuṃgavam
praśrayeṇābravīd rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro 'mbikāsutaḥ
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| 9 | sukhenāgamanaṃ kaccid bhagavan kurujāṅgale
kaccit kuśalino vīrā bhrātaraḥ pañca pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 10 | samaye sthātum icchanti kaccic ca puruṣarṣabhāḥ
kaccit kurūṇāṃ saubhrātram avyucchinnaṃ bhaviṣyati
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| 11 | maitreya uvāca
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| 11 | tīrthayātrām anukrāman prāpto 'smi kurujāṅgalam
yadṛcchayā dharmarājaṃ dṛṣṭavān kāmyake vane
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| 12 | taṃ jaṭājinasaṃvītaṃ tapovananivāsinam
samājagmur mahātmānaṃ draṣṭuṃ munigaṇāḥ prabho
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| 13 | tatrāśrauṣaṃ mahārāja putrāṇāṃ tava vibhramam
anayaṃ dyūtarūpeṇa mahāpāyam upasthitam
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| 14 | tato 'haṃ tvām anuprāptaḥ kauravāṇām avekṣayā
sadā hy abhyadhikaḥ snehaḥ prītiś ca tvayi me prabho
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| 15 | naitad aupayikaṃ rājaṃs tvayi bhīṣme ca jīvati
yad anyonyena te putrā virudhyante narādhipa
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| 16 | meḍhībhūtaḥ svayaṃ rājan nigrahe pragrahe bhavān
kimartham anayaṃ ghoram utpatantam upekṣase
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| 17 | dasyūnām iva yadvṛttaṃ sabhāyāṃ kurunandana
tena na bhrājase rājaṃs tāpasānāṃ samāgame
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| 18 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 18 | tato vyāvṛtya rājānaṃ duryodhanam amarṣaṇam
uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā maitreyo bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
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| 19 | duryodhana mahābāho nibodha vadatāṃ vara
vacanaṃ me mahāprājña bruvato yad dhitaṃ tava
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| 20 | mā druhaḥ pāṇḍavān rājan kuruṣva hitam ātmanaḥ
pāṇḍavānāṃ kurūṇāṃ ca lokasya ca nararṣabha
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| 21 | te hi sarve naravyāghrāḥ śūrā vikrāntayodhinaḥ
sarve nāgāyutaprāṇā vajrasaṃhananā dṛḍhāḥ
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| 22 | satyavrataparāḥ sarve sarve puruṣamāninaḥ
hantāro devaśatrūṇāṃ rakṣasāṃ kāmarūpiṇām
hiḍimbabakamukhyānāṃ kirmīrasya ca rakṣasaḥ
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| 23 | itaḥ pracyavatāṃ rātrau yaḥ sa teṣāṃ mahātmanām
āvṛtya mārgaṃ raudrātmā tasthau girir ivācalaḥ
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| 24 | taṃ bhīmaḥ samaraślāghī balena balināṃ varaḥ
jaghāna paśumāreṇa vyāghraḥ kṣudramṛgaṃ yathā
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| 25 | paśya digvijaye rājan yathā bhīmena pātitaḥ
jarāsaṃdho maheṣvāso nāgāyutabalo yudhi
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| 26 | saṃbandhī vāsudevaś ca yeṣāṃ śyālaś ca pārṣataḥ
kas tān yudhi samāsīta jarāmaraṇavān naraḥ
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| 27 | tasya te śama evāstu pāṇḍavair bharatarṣabha
kuru me vacanaṃ rājan mā mṛtyuvaśam anvagāḥ
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| 28 | evaṃ tu bruvatas tasya maitreyasya viśāṃ pate
ūruṃ gajakarākāraṃ kareṇābhijaghāna saḥ
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| 29 | duryodhanaḥ smitaṃ kṛtvā caraṇenālikhan mahīm
na kiṃ cid uktvā durmedhās tasthau kiṃ cid avāṅmukhaḥ
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| 30 | tam aśuśrūṣamāṇaṃ tu vilikhantaṃ vasuṃdharām
dṛṣṭvā duryodhanaṃ rājan maitreyaṃ kopa āviśat
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| 31 | sa kopavaśam āpanno maitreyo munisattamaḥ
vidhinā saṃprayuktaś ca śāpāyāsya mano dadhe
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| 32 | tataḥ sa vāry upaspṛśya kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ
maitreyo dhārtarāṣṭraṃ tam aśapad duṣṭacetasam
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| 33 | yasmāt tvaṃ mām anādṛtya nemāṃ vācaṃ cikīrṣasi
tasmād asyābhimānasya sadyaḥ phalam avāpnuhi
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| 34 | tvadabhidrohasaṃyuktaṃ yuddham utpatsyate mahat
yatra bhīmo gadāpātais tavoruṃ bhetsyate balī
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| 35 | ity evam ukte vacane dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ
prasādayām āsa muniṃ naitad evaṃ bhaved iti
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| 36 | maitreya uvāca
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| 36 | śamaṃ yāsyati cet putras tava rājan yathā tathā
śāpo na bhavitā tāta viparīte bhaviṣyati
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| 37 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 37 | sa vilakṣas tu rājendra duryodhanapitā tadā
maitreyaṃ prāha kirmīraḥ kathaṃ bhīmena pātitaḥ
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| 38 | maitreya uvāca
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| 38 | nāhaṃ vakṣyāmy asūyā te na te śuśrūṣate sutaḥ
eṣa te viduraḥ sarvam ākhyāsyati gate mayi
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| 39 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 39 | ity evam uktvā maitreyaḥ prātiṣṭhata yathāgatam
kirmīravadhasaṃvigno bahir duryodhano 'gamat
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