 | Book 3 Chapter 176
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | sa bhīmasenas tejasvī tathā sarpavaśaṃ gataḥ
cintayām āsa sarpasya vīryam atyadbhutaṃ mahat
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| 2 | uvāca ca mahāsarpaṃ kāmayā brūhi pannaga
kas tvaṃ bho bhujagaśreṣṭha kiṃ mayā ca kariṣyasi
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| 3 | pāṇḍavo bhimaseno 'haṃ dharmarājād anantaraḥ
nāgāyutasamaprāṇas tvayā nītaḥ kathaṃ vaśam
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| 4 | siṃhāḥ kesariṇo vyāghrā mahiṣā vāraṇās tathā
samāgatāś ca bahuśo nihatāś ca mayā mṛdhe
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| 5 | dānavāś ca piśācāś ca rākṣasāś ca mahābalāḥ
bhujavegam aśaktā me soḍhuṃ pannagasattama
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| 6 | kiṃ nu vidyābalaṃ kiṃ vā varadānam atho tava
udyogam api kurvāṇo vaśago 'smi kṛtas tvayā
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| 7 | asatyo vikramo nṝṇām iti me niścitā matiḥ
yathedaṃ me tvayā nāga balaṃ pratihataṃ mahat
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| 8 | ity evaṃvādinaṃ vīraṃ bhīmam akliṣṭakāriṇam
bhogena mahatā sarpaḥ samantāt paryaveṣṭayat
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| 9 | nigṛhya taṃ mahābāhuṃ tataḥ sa bhujagas tadā
vimucyāsya bhujau pīnāv idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 10 | diṣṭyā tvaṃ kṣudhitasyādya devair bhakṣo mahābhuja
diṣṭyā kālasya mahataḥ priyāḥ prāṇā hi dehinām
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| 11 | yathā tv idaṃ mayā prāptaṃ bhujaṃgatvam ariṃdama
tad avaśyaṃ mayā khyāpyaṃ tavādya śṛṇu sattama
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| 12 | imām avasthāṃ saṃprāpto hy ahaṃ kopān manīṣiṇām
śāpasyāntaṃ pariprepsuḥ sarpasya kathayāmi tat
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| 13 | nahuṣo nāma rājarṣir vyaktaṃ te śrotram āgataḥ
tavaiva pūrvaḥ pūrveṣām āyor vaṃśakaraḥ sutaḥ
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| 14 | so 'haṃ śāpād agastyasya brāhmaṇān avamanya ca
imām avasthām āpannaḥ paśya daivam idaṃ mama
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| 15 | tvāṃ ced avadhyam āyāntam atīva priyadarśanam
aham adyopayokṣyāmi vidhānaṃ paśya yādṛśam
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| 16 | na hi me mucyate kaś cit kathaṃ cid grahaṇaṃ gataḥ
gajo vā mahiṣo vāpi ṣaṣṭhe kāle narottama
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| 17 | nāsi kevalasarpeṇa tiryagyoniṣu vartatā
gṛhītaḥ kauravaśreṣṭha varadānam idaṃ mama
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| 18 | patatā hi vimānāgrān mayā śakrāsanād drutam
kuru śāpāntam ity ukto bhagavān munisattamaḥ
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| 19 | sa mām uvāca tejasvī kṛpayābhipariplutaḥ
mokṣas te bhavitā rājan kasmāc cit kālaparyayāt
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| 20 | tato 'smi patito bhūmau na ca mām ajahāt smṛtiḥ
smārtam asti purāṇaṃ me yathaivādhigataṃ tathā
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| 21 | yas tu te vyāhṛtān praśnān pratibrūyād viśeṣavit
sa tvāṃ mokṣayitā śāpād iti mām abravīd ṛṣiḥ
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| 22 | gṛhītasya tvayā rājan prāṇino 'pi balīyasaḥ
sattvabhraṃśo 'dhikasyāpi sarvasyāśu bhaviṣyati
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| 23 | iti cāpy aham aśrauṣaṃ vacas teṣāṃ dayāvatām
mayi saṃjātahārdānām atha te 'ntarhitā dvijāḥ
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| 24 | so 'haṃ paramaduṣkarmā vasāmi niraye 'śucau
sarpayonim imāṃ prāpya kālākāṅkṣī mahādyute
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| 25 | tam uvāca mahābāhur bhīmaseno bhujaṃgamam
na te kupye mahāsarpa na cātmānaṃ vigarhaye
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| 26 | yasmād abhāvī bhāvī vā manuṣyaḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
āgame yadi vāpāye na tatra glapayen manaḥ
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| 27 | daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa ko nivartitum arhati
daivam eva paraṃ manye puruṣārtho nirarthakaḥ
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| 28 | paśya daivopaghātād dhi bhujavīryavyapāśrayam
imām avasthāṃ saṃprāptam animittam ihādya mām
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| 29 | kiṃ tu nādyānuśocāmi tathātmānaṃ vināśitam
yathā tu vipine nyastān bhrātṝn rājyaparicyutān
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| 30 | himavāṃś ca sudurgo 'yaṃ yakṣarākṣasasaṃkulaḥ
māṃ ca te samudīkṣantaḥ prapatiṣyanti vihvalāḥ
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| 31 | vinaṣṭam atha vā śrutvā bhaviṣyanti nirudyamāḥ
dharmaśīlā mayā te hi bādhyante rājyagṛddhinā
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| 32 | atha vā nārjuno dhīmān viṣādam upayāsyati
sarvāstravid anādhṛṣyo devagandharvarākṣasaiḥ
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| 33 | samarthaḥ sa mahābāhur ekāhnā sumahābalaḥ
devarājam api sthānāt pracyāvayitum ojasā
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| 34 | kiṃ punar dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putraṃ durdyūtadevinam
vidviṣṭaṃ sarvalokasya dambhalobhaparāyaṇam
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| 35 | mātaraṃ caiva śocāmi kṛpaṇāṃ putragṛddhinīm
yāsmākaṃ nityam āśāste mahattvam adhikaṃ paraiḥ
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| 36 | kathaṃ nu tasyānāthāyā madvināśād bhujaṃgama
aphalās te bhaviṣyanti mayi sarve manorathāḥ
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| 37 | nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca yamajau guruvartinau
madbāhubalasaṃstabdhau nityaṃ puruṣamāninau
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| 38 | nirutsāhau bhaviṣyete bhraṣṭavīryaparākramau
madvināśāt paridyūnāv iti me vartate matiḥ
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| 39 | evaṃvidhaṃ bahu tadā vilalāpa vṛkodaraḥ
bhujaṃgabhogasaṃruddho nāśakac ca viceṣṭitum
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| 40 | yudhiṣṭhiras tu kaunteya babhūvāsvasthacetanaḥ
aniṣṭadarśanān ghorān utpātān paricintayan
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| 41 | dāruṇaṃ hy aśivaṃ nādaṃ śivā dakṣiṇataḥ sthitā
dīptāyāṃ diśi vitrastā rauti tasyāśramasya ha
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| 42 | ekapakṣākṣicaraṇā vartikā ghoradarśanā
rudhiraṃ vamantī dadṛśe pratyādityam apasvarā
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| 43 | pravavāv anilo rūkṣaś caṇḍaḥ śarkarakarṣaṇaḥ
apasavyāni sarvāṇi mṛgapakṣirutāni ca
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| 44 | pṛṣṭhato vāyasaḥ kṛṣṇo yāhi yāhīti vāśati
muhur muhuḥ prasphurati dakṣiṇo 'sya bhujas tathā
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| 45 | hṛdayaṃ caraṇaś cāpi vāmo 'sya parivartate
savyasyākṣṇo vikāraś cāpy aniṣṭaḥ samapadyata
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| 46 | sa dharmarājo medhāvī śaṅkamāno mahad bhayam
draupadīṃ paripapraccha kva bhīma iti bhārata
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| 47 | śaśaṃsa tasmai pāñcālī cirayātaṃ vṛkodaram
sa pratasthe mahābāhur dhaumyena sahito nṛpaḥ
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| 48 | draupadyā rakṣaṇaṃ kāryam ity uvāca dhanaṃjayam
nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca vyādideśa dvijān prati
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| 49 | sa tasya padam unnīya tasmād evāśramāt prabhuḥ
dadarśa pṛthivīṃ cihnair bhīmasya paricihnitām
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| 50 | dhāvatas tasya vīrasya mṛgārthe vātaraṃhasaḥ
ūruvātavinirbhagnān drumān vyāvarjitān pathi
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| 51 | sa gatvā tais tadā cihnair dadarśa girigahvare
gṛhītaṃ bhujagendreṇa niśceṣṭam anujaṃ tathā
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