 | Book 3 Chapter 57
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| 1 | bṛhadaśva uvāca
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| 1 | damayantī tato dṛṣṭvā puṇyaślokaṃ narādhipam
unmattavad anunmattā devane gatacetasam
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| 2 | bhayaśokasamāviṣṭā rājan bhīmasutā tataḥ
cintayām āsa tat kāryaṃ sumahat pārthivaṃ prati
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| 3 | sā śaṅkamānā tatpāpaṃ cikīrṣantī ca tatpriyam
nalaṃ ca hṛtasarvasvam upalabhyedam abravīt
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| 4 | bṛhatsene vrajāmātyān ānāyya nalaśāsanāt
ācakṣva yad dhṛtaṃ dravyam avaśiṣṭaṃ ca yad vasu
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| 5 | tatas te mantriṇaḥ sarve vijñāya nalaśāsanam
api no bhāgadheyaṃ syād ity uktvā punar āvrajan
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| 6 | tās tu sarvāḥ prakṛtayo dvitīyaṃ samupasthitāḥ
nyavedayad bhīmasutā na ca tat pratyanandata
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| 7 | vākyam apratinandantaṃ bhartāram abhivīkṣya sā
damayantī punar veśma vrīḍitā praviveśa ha
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| 8 | niśamya satataṃ cākṣān puṇyaślokaparāṅmukhān
nalaṃ ca hṛtasarvasvaṃ dhātrīṃ punar uvāca ha
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| 9 | bṛhatsene punar gaccha vārṣṇeyaṃ nalaśāsanāt
sūtam ānaya kalyāṇi mahat kāryam upasthitam
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| 10 | bṛhatsenā tu tac chrutvā damayantyāḥ prabhāṣitam
vārṣṇeyam ānayām āsa puruṣair āptakāribhiḥ
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| 11 | vārṣṇeyaṃ tu tato bhaimī sāntvayañ ślakṣṇayā girā
uvāca deśakālajñā prāptakālam aninditā
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| 12 | jānīṣe tvaṃ yathā rājā samyagvṛttaḥ sadā tvayi
tasya tvaṃ viṣamasthasya sāhāyyaṃ kartum arhasi
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| 13 | yathā yathā hi nṛpatiḥ puṣkareṇeha jīyate
tathā tathāsya dyūte vai rāgo bhūyo 'bhivardhate
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| 14 | yathā ca puṣkarasyākṣā vartante vaśavartinaḥ
tathā viparyayaś cāpi nalasyākṣeṣu dṛśyate
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| 15 | suhṛtsvajanavākyāni yathāvan na śṛṇoti ca
nūnaṃ manye na śeṣo 'sti naiṣadhasya mahātmanaḥ
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| 16 | yatra me vacanaṃ rājā nābhinandati mohitaḥ
śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prapannāsmi sārathe kuru madvacaḥ
na hi me śudhyate bhāvaḥ kadā cid vinaśed iti
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| 17 | nalasya dayitān aśvān yojayitvā mahājavān
idam āropya mithunaṃ kuṇḍinaṃ yātum arhasi
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| 18 | mama jñātiṣu nikṣipya dārakau syandanaṃ tathā
aśvāṃś caitān yathākāmaṃ vasa vānyatra gaccha vā
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| 19 | damayantyās tu tad vākyaṃ vārṣṇeyo nalasārathiḥ
nyavedayad aśeṣeṇa nalāmātyeṣu mukhyaśaḥ
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| 20 | taiḥ sametya viniścitya so 'nujñāto mahīpate
yayau mithunam āropya vidarbhāṃs tena vāhinā
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| 21 | hayāṃs tatra vinikṣipya sūto rathavaraṃ ca tam
indrasenāṃ ca tāṃ kanyām indrasenaṃ ca bālakam
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| 22 | āmantrya bhīmaṃ rājānam ārtaḥ śocan nalaṃ nṛpam
aṭamānas tato 'yodhyāṃ jagāma nagarīṃ tadā
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| 23 | ṛtuparṇaṃ sa rājānam upatasthe suduḥkhitaḥ
bhṛtiṃ copayayau tasya sārathyena mahīpate
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