 | Book 3 Chapter 58
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| 1 | bṛhadaśva uvāca
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| 1 | tatas tu yāte vārṣṇeye puṇyaślokasya dīvyataḥ
puṣkareṇa hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ yac cānyad vasu kiṃ cana
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| 2 | hṛtarājyaṃ nalaṃ rājan prahasan puṣkaro 'bravīt
dyūtaṃ pravartatāṃ bhūyaḥ pratipāṇo 'sti kas tava
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| 3 | śiṣṭā te damayanty ekā sarvam anyad dhṛtaṃ mayā
damayantyāḥ paṇaḥ sādhu vartatāṃ yadi manyase
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| 4 | puṣkareṇaivam uktasya puṇyaślokasya manyunā
vyadīryateva hṛdayaṃ na cainaṃ kiṃ cid abravīt
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| 5 | tataḥ puṣkaram ālokya nalaḥ paramamanyumān
utsṛjya sarvagātrebhyo bhūṣaṇāni mahāyaśāḥ
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| 6 | ekavāsā asaṃvītaḥ suhṛcchokavivardhanaḥ
niścakrāma tadā rājā tyaktvā suvipulāṃ śriyam
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| 7 | damayanty ekavastrā taṃ gacchantaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nviyāt
sa tayā bāhyataḥ sārdhaṃ trirātraṃ naiṣadho 'vasat
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| 8 | puṣkaras tu mahārāja ghoṣayām āsa vai pure
nale yaḥ samyag ātiṣṭhet sa gacched vadhyatāṃ mama
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| 9 | puṣkarasya tu vākyena tasya vidveṣaṇena ca
paurā na tasmin satkāraṃ kṛtavanto yudhiṣṭhira
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| 10 | sa tathā nagarābhyāśe satkārārho na satkṛtaḥ
trirātram uṣito rājā jalamātreṇa vartayan
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| 11 | kṣudhā saṃpīḍyamānas tu nalo bahutithe 'hani
apaśyac chakunān kāṃś cid dhiraṇyasadṛśacchadān
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| 12 | sa cintayām āsa tadā niṣadhādhipatir balī
asti bhakṣo mamādyāyaṃ vasu cedaṃ bhaviṣyati
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| 13 | tatas tān antarīyeṇa vāsasā samavāstṛṇot
tasyāntarīyam ādāya jagmuḥ sarve vihāyasā
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| 14 | utpatantaḥ khagās te tu vākyam āhus tadā nalam
dṛṣṭvā digvāsasaṃ bhūmau sthitaṃ dīnam adhomukham
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| 15 | vayam akṣāḥ sudurbuddhe tava vāso jihīrṣavaḥ
āgatā na hi naḥ prītiḥ savāsasi gate tvayi
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| 16 | tān samīkṣya gatān akṣān ātmānaṃ ca vivāsasam
puṇyaślokas tato rājā damayantīm athābravīt
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| 17 | yeṣāṃ prakopād aiśvaryāt pracyuto 'ham anindite
prāṇayātrāṃ na vinde ca duḥkhitaḥ kṣudhayārditaḥ
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| 18 | yeṣāṃ kṛte na satkāram akurvan mayi naiṣadhāḥ
ta ime śakunā bhūtvā vāso 'py apaharanti me
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| 19 | vaiṣamyaṃ paramaṃ prāpto duḥkhito gatacetanaḥ
bhartā te 'haṃ nibodhedaṃ vacanaṃ hitam ātmanaḥ
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| 20 | ete gacchanti bahavaḥ panthāno dakṣiṇāpatham
avantīm ṛkṣavantaṃ ca samatikramya parvatam
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| 21 | eṣa vindhyo mahāśailaḥ payoṣṇī ca samudragā
āśramāś ca maharṣīṇām amī puṣpaphalānvitāḥ
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| 22 | eṣa panthā vidarbhāṇām ayaṃ gacchati kosalān
ataḥ paraṃ ca deśo 'yaṃ dakṣiṇe dakṣiṇāpathaḥ
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| 23 | tataḥ sā bāṣpakalayā vācā duḥkhena karśitā
uvāca damayantī taṃ naiṣadhaṃ karuṇaṃ vacaḥ
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| 24 | udvepate me hṛdayaṃ sīdanty aṅgāni sarvaśaḥ
tava pārthiva saṃkalpaṃ cintayantyāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 25 | hṛtarājyaṃ hṛtadhanaṃ vivastraṃ kṣucchramānvitam
katham utsṛjya gaccheyam ahaṃ tvāṃ vijane vane
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| 26 | śrāntasya te kṣudhārtasya cintayānasya tat sukham
vane ghore mahārāja nāśayiṣyāmi te klamam
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| 27 | na ca bhāryāsamaṃ kiṃ cid vidyate bhiṣajāṃ matam
auṣadhaṃ sarvaduḥkheṣu satyam etad bravīmi te
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| 28 | nala uvāca
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| 28 | evam etad yathāttha tvaṃ damayanti sumadhyame
nāsti bhāryāsamaṃ mitraṃ narasyārtasya bheṣajam
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| 29 | na cāhaṃ tyaktukāmas tvāṃ kimarthaṃ bhīru śaṅkase
tyajeyam aham ātmānaṃ na tv eva tvām anindite
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| 30 | damayanty uvāca
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| 30 | yadi māṃ tvaṃ mahārāja na vihātum ihecchasi
tat kimarthaṃ vidarbhāṇāṃ panthāḥ samupadiśyate
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| 31 | avaimi cāhaṃ nṛpate na tvaṃ māṃ tyaktum arhasi
cetasā tv apakṛṣṭena māṃ tyajethā mahāpate
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| 32 | panthānaṃ hi mamābhīkṣṇam ākhyāsi narasattama
atonimittaṃ śokaṃ me vardhayasy amaraprabha
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| 33 | yadi cāyam abhiprāyas tava rājan vrajed iti
sahitāv eva gacchāvo vidarbhān yadi manyase
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| 34 | vidarbharājas tatra tvāṃ pūjayiṣyati mānada
tena tvaṃ pūjito rājan sukhaṃ vatsyasi no gṛhe
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