 | Book 3 Chapter 143
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | te śūrās tatadhanvānas tūṇavantaḥ samārgaṇāḥ
baddhagodhāṅgulitrāṇāḥ khadgavanto 'mitaujasaḥ
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| 2 | parigṛhya dvijaśreṣṭhāñ śreṣṭhāḥ sarvadhanuṣmatām
pāñcālīsahitā rājan prayayur gandhamādanam
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| 3 | sarāṃsi saritaś caiva parvatāṃś ca vanāni ca
vṛkṣāṃś ca bahulacchāyān dadṛśur girimūrdhani
nityapuṣpaphalān deśān devarṣigaṇasevitān
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| 4 | ātmany ātmānam ādhāya vīrā mūlaphalāśanāḥ
cerur uccāvacākārān deśān viṣamasaṃkaṭān
paśyanto mṛgajātāni bahūni vividhāni ca
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| 5 | ṛṣisiddhāmarayutaṃ gandharvāpsarasāṃ priyam
viviśus te mahātmānaḥ kiṃnarācaritaṃ girim
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| 6 | praviśatsv atha vīreṣu parvataṃ gandhamādanam
caṇḍavātaṃ mahad varṣaṃ prādurāsīd viśāṃ pate
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| 7 | tato reṇuḥ samudbhūtaḥ sapatrabahulo mahān
pṛthivīṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca dyāṃ caiva tamasāvṛṇot
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| 8 | na sma prajñāyate kiṃ cid āvṛte vyomni reṇunā
na cāpi śekus te kartum anyonyasyābhibhāṣaṇam
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| 9 | na cāpaśyanta te 'nyonyaṃ tamasā hatacakṣuṣaḥ
ākṛṣyamāṇā vātena sāśmacūrṇena bhārata
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| 10 | drumāṇāṃ vātabhagnānāṃ patatāṃ bhūtale bhṛśam
anyeṣāṃ ca mahījānāṃ śabdaḥ samabhavan mahān
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| 11 | dyauḥ svit patati kiṃ bhūmau dīryante parvatā nu kim
iti te menire sarve pavanena vimohitāḥ
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| 12 | te yathānantarān vṛkṣān valmīkān viṣamāṇi ca
pāṇibhiḥ parimārganto bhītā vāyor nililyire
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| 13 | tataḥ kārmukam udyamya bhīmaseno mahābalaḥ
kṛṣṇām ādāya saṃgatyā tasthāv āśritya pādapam
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| 14 | dharmarājaś ca dhaumyaś ca nililyāte mahāvane
agnihotrāṇy upādāya sahadevas tu parvate
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| 15 | nakulo brāhmaṇāś cānye lomaśaś ca mahātapāḥ
vṛkṣān āsādya saṃtrastās tatra tatra nililyire
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| 16 | mandībhūte ca pavane tasmin rajasi śāmyati
mahadbhiḥ pṛṣatais tūrṇaṃ varṣam abhyājagāma ha
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| 17 | tato 'śmasahitā dhārāḥ saṃvṛṇvantyaḥ samantataḥ
prapetur aniśaṃ tatra śīghravātasamīritāḥ
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| 18 | tataḥ sāgaragā āpaḥ kīryamāṇāḥ samantataḥ
prādurāsan sakalusāḥ phenavatyo viśāṃ pate
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| 19 | vahantyo vāri bahulaṃ phenoḍupapariplutam
parisasrur mahāśabdāḥ prakarṣantyo mahīruhān
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| 20 | tasminn uparate varṣe vāte ca samatāṃ gate
gate hy ambhasi nimnāni prādurbhūte divākare
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| 21 | nirjagmus te śanaiḥ sarve samājagmuś ca bhārata
pratasthuś ca punar vīrāḥ parvataṃ gandhamādanam
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