 | Book 3 Chapter 227
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | karṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā duryodhanas tadā
hṛṣṭo bhūtvā punar dīna idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 2 | bravīṣi yad idaṃ karṇa sarvaṃ me manasi sthitam
na tv abhyanujñāṃ lapsyāmi gamane yatra pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 3 | paridevati tān vīrān dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ
manyate 'bhyadhikāṃś cāpi tapoyogena pāṇḍavān
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| 4 | atha vāpy anubudhyeta nṛpo 'smākaṃ cikīrṣitam
evam apy āyatiṃ rakṣan nābhyanujñātum arhati
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| 5 | na hi dvaitavane kiṃ cid vidyate 'nyat prayojanam
utsādanam ṛte teṣāṃ vanasthānāṃ mama dviṣām
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| 6 | jānāsi hi yathā kṣattā dyūtakāla upasthite
abravīd yac ca māṃ tvāṃ ca saubalaṃ ca vacas tadā
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| 7 | tāni pūrvāṇi vākyāni yac cānyat paridevitam
vicintya nādhigacchāmi gamanāyetarāya vā
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| 8 | mamāpi hi mahān harṣo yad ahaṃ bhīmaphalgunau
kliṣṭāv araṇye paśyeyaṃ kṛṣṇayā sahitāv iti
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| 9 | na tathā prāpnuyāṃ prītim avāpya vasudhām api
dṛṣṭvā yathā pāṇḍusutān valkalājinavāsasaḥ
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| 10 | kiṃ nu syād adhikaṃ tasmād yad ahaṃ drupadātmajām
draupadīṃ karṇa paśyeyaṃ kāṣāyavasanāṃ vane
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| 11 | yadi māṃ dharmarājaś ca bhīmasenaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ
yuktaṃ paramayā lakṣmyā paśyetāṃ jīvitaṃ bhavet
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| 12 | upāyaṃ na tu paśyāmi yena gacchema tad vanam
yathā cābhyanujānīyād gacchantaṃ māṃ mahīpatiḥ
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| 13 | sa saubalena sahitas tathā duḥśāsanena ca
upāyaṃ paśya nipuṇaṃ yena gacchema tad vanam
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| 14 | aham apy adya niścitya gamanāyetarāya vā
kālyam eva gamiṣyāmi samīpaṃ pārthivasya ha
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| 15 | mayi tatropaviṣṭe tu bhīṣme ca kurusattame
upāyo yo bhaved dṛṣṭas taṃ brūyāḥ sahasaubalaḥ
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| 16 | tato bhīṣmasya rājñaś ca niśamya gamanaṃ prati
vyavasāyaṃ kariṣye 'ham anunīya pitāmaham
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| 17 | tathety uktvā tu te sarve jagmur āvasathān prati
vyuṣitāyāṃ rajanyāṃ tu karṇo rājānam abhyayāt
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| 18 | tato duryodhanaṃ karṇaḥ prahasann idam abravīt
upāyaḥ paridṛṣṭo 'yaṃ taṃ nibodha janeśvara
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| 19 | ghoṣā dvaitavane sarve tvatpratīkṣā narādhipa
ghoṣayātrāpadeśena gamiṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ
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| 20 | ucitaṃ hi sadā gantuṃ ghoṣayātrāṃ viśāṃ pate
evaṃ ca tvāṃ pitā rājan samanujñātum arhati
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| 21 | tathā kathayamānau tau ghoṣayātrāviniścayam
gāndhārarājaḥ śakuniḥ pratyuvāca hasann iva
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| 22 | upāyo 'yaṃ mayā dṛṣṭo gamanāya nirāmayaḥ
anujñāsyati no rājā codayiṣyati cāpy uta
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| 23 | ghoṣā dvaitavane sarve tvatpratīkṣā narādhipa
ghoṣayātrāpadeśena gamiṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ
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| 24 | tataḥ prahasitāḥ sarve te 'nyonyasya talān daduḥ
tad eva ca viniścitya dadṛśuḥ kurusattamam
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