 | Book 3 Chapter 295
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | evaṃ hṛtāyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ prāpya kleśam anuttamam
pratilabhya tataḥ kṛṣṇāṃ kim akurvata pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 2 | evaṃ hṛtāyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ prāpya kleśam anuttamam
vihāya kāmyakaṃ rājā saha bhrātṛbhir acyutaḥ
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| 3 | punar dvaitavanaṃ ramyam ājagāma yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
svādumūlaphalaṃ ramyaṃ mārkaṇḍeyāśramaṃ prati
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| 4 | anuguptaphalāhārāḥ sarva eva mitāśanāḥ
nyavasan pāṇḍavās tatra kṛṣṇayā saha bhārata
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| 5 | vasan dvaitavane rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhīmaseno 'rjunaś caiva mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau
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| 6 | brāhmaṇārthe parākrāntā dharmātmāno yatavratāḥ
kleśam ārchanta vipulaṃ sukhodarkaṃ paraṃtapāḥ
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| 7 | ajātaśatrum āsīnaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaṃ vane
āgamya brāhmaṇas tūrṇaṃ saṃtapta idam abravīt
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| 8 | araṇīsahitaṃ mahyaṃ samāsaktaṃ vanaspatau
mṛgasya gharṣamāṇasya viṣāṇe samasajjata
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| 9 | tad ādāya gato rājaṃs tvaramāṇo mahāmṛgaḥ
āśramāt tvaritaḥ śīghraṃ plavamāno mahājavaḥ
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| 10 | tasya gatvā padaṃ śīghram āsādya ca mahāmṛgam
agnihotraṃ na lupyeta tadānayata pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 11 | brāhmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā saṃtapto 'tha yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
dhanur ādāya kaunteyaḥ prādravad bhrātṛbhiḥ saha
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| 12 | sannaddhā dhanvinaḥ sarve prādravan narapuṃgavāḥ
brāhmaṇārthe yatantas te śīghram anvagaman mṛgam
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| 13 | karṇinālīkanārācān utsṛjanto mahārathāḥ
nāvidhyan pāṇḍavās tatra paśyanto mṛgam antikāt
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| 14 | teṣāṃ prayatamānānāṃ nādṛśyata mahāmṛgaḥ
apaśyanto mṛgaṃ śrāntā duḥkhaṃ prāptā manasvinaḥ
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| 15 | śītalacchāyam āsādya nyagrodhaṃ gahane vane
kṣutpipāsāparītāṅgāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samupāviśan
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| 16 | teṣāṃ samupaviṣṭānāṃ nakulo duḥkhitas tadā
abravīd bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭham amarṣāt kurusattama
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| 17 | nāsmin kule jātu mamajja dharmo; na cālasyād arthalopo babhūva
anuttarāḥ sarvabhūteṣu bhūyaḥ; saṃprāptāḥ smaḥ saṃśayaṃ kena rājan
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