 | Book 3 Chapter 232
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | asmān abhigatāṃs tāta bhayārtāñ śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ
kauravān viṣamaprāptān kathaṃ brūyās tvam īdṛśam
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| 2 | bhavanti bhedā jñātīnāṃ kalahāś ca vṛkodara
prasaktāni ca vairāṇi jñātidharmo na naśyati
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| 3 | yadā tu kaś cij jñātīnāṃ bāhyaḥ prārthayate kulam
na marṣayanti tat santo bāhyenābhipramarṣaṇam
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| 4 | jānāti hy eṣa durbuddhir asmān iha ciroṣitān
sa eṣa paribhūyāsmān akārṣīd idam apriyam
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| 5 | duryodhanasya grahaṇād gandharveṇa balād raṇe
strīṇāṃ bāhyābhimarśāc ca hataṃ bhavati naḥ kulam
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| 6 | śaraṇaṃ ca prapannānāṃ trāṇārthaṃ ca kulasya naḥ
uttiṣṭhadhvaṃ naravyāghrāḥ sajjībhavata māciram
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| 7 | arjunaś ca yamau caiva tvaṃ ca bhīmāparājitaḥ
mokṣayadhvaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ hriyamāṇaṃ suyodhanam
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| 8 | ete rathā naravyāghrāḥ sarvaśastrasamanvitāḥ
indrasenādibhiḥ sūtaiḥ saṃyatāḥ kanakadhvajāḥ
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| 9 | etān āsthāya vai tāta gandharvān yoddhum āhave
suyodhanasya mokṣāya prayatadhvam atandritāḥ
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| 10 | ya eva kaś cid rājanyaḥ śaraṇārtham ihāgatam
paraṃ śaktyābhirakṣeta kiṃ punas tvaṃ vṛkodara
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| 11 | ka ihānyo bhavet trāṇam abhidhāveti coditaḥ
prāñjaliṃ śaraṇāpannaṃ dṛṣṭvā śatrum api dhruvam
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| 12 | varapradānaṃ rājyaṃ ca putrajanma ca pāṇḍava
śatroś ca mokṣaṇaṃ kleśāt trīṇi caikaṃ ca tat samam
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| 13 | kiṃ hy abhyadhikam etasmād yad āpannaḥ suyodhanaḥ
tvadbāhubalam āśritya jīvitaṃ parimārgati
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| 14 | svayam eva pradhāveyaṃ yadi na syād vṛkodara
vitato 'yaṃ kratur vīra na hi me 'tra vicāraṇā
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| 15 | sāmnaiva tu yathā bhīma mokṣayethāḥ suyodhanam
tathā sarvair upāyais tvaṃ yatethāḥ kurunandana
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| 16 | na sāmnā pratipadyeta yadi gandharvarāḍ asau
parākrameṇa mṛdunā mokṣayethāḥ suyodhanam
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| 17 | athāsau mṛduyuddhena na muñced bhīma kauravān
sarvopāyair vimocyās te nigṛhya paripanthinaḥ
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| 18 | etāvad dhi mayā śakyaṃ saṃdeṣṭuṃ vai vṛkodara
vaitāne karmaṇi tate vartamāne ca bhārata
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| 19 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 19 | ajātaśatror vacanaṃ tac chrutvā tu dhanaṃjayaḥ
pratijajñe guror vākyaṃ kauravāṇāṃ vimokṣaṇam
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| 20 | arjuna uvāca
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| 20 | yadi sāmnā na mokṣyanti gandharvā dhṛtarāṣṭrajān
adya gandharvarājasya bhūmiḥ pāsyati śoṇitam
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| 21 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 21 | arjunasya tu tāṃ śrutvā pratijñāṃ satyavādinaḥ
kauravāṇāṃ tadā rājan punaḥ pratyāgataṃ manaḥ
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