 | Book 4 Chapter 64
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tato rājñaḥ suto jyeṣṭhaḥ prāviśat pṛthivīṃjayaḥ
so 'bhivādya pituḥ pādau dharmarājam apaśyata
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| 2 | sa taṃ rudhirasaṃsiktam anekāgram anāgasam
bhūmāv āsīnam ekānte sairandhryā samupasthitam
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| 3 | tataḥ papraccha pitaraṃ tvaramāṇa ivottaraḥ
kenāyaṃ tāḍito rājan kena pāpam idaṃ kṛtam
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| 4 | virāṭa uvāca
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| 4 | mayāyaṃ tāḍito jihmo na cāpy etāvad arhati
praśasyamāne yaḥ śūre tvayi ṣaṇḍhaṃ praśaṃsati
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| 5 | uttara uvāca
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| 5 | akāryaṃ te kṛtaṃ rājan kṣipram eva prasādyatām
mā tvā brahmaviṣaṃ ghoraṃ samūlam api nirdahet
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| 6 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 6 | sa putrasya vacaḥ śrutvā virāṭo rāṣṭravardhanaḥ
kṣamayām āsa kaunteyaṃ bhasmacchannam ivānalam
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| 7 | kṣamayantaṃ tu rājānaṃ pāṇḍavaḥ pratyabhāṣata
ciraṃ kṣāntam idaṃ rājan na manyur vidyate mama
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| 8 | yadi hy etat pated bhūmau rudhiraṃ mama nastataḥ
sarāṣṭras tvaṃ mahārāja vinaśyethā na saṃśayaḥ
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| 9 | na dūṣayāmi te rājan yac ca hanyād adūṣakam
balavantaṃ mahārāja kṣipraṃ dāruṇam āpnuyāt
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| 10 | śoṇite tu vyatikrānte praviveśa bṛhannaḍā
abhivādya virāṭaṃ ca kaṅkaṃ cāpy upatiṣṭhata
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| 11 | kṣamayitvā tu kauravyaṃ raṇād uttaram āgatam
praśaśaṃsa tato matsyaḥ śṛṇvataḥ savyasācinaḥ
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| 12 | tvayā dāyādavān asmi kaikeyīnandivardhana
tvayā me sadṛśaḥ putro na bhūto na bhaviṣyati
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| 13 | padaṃ padasahasreṇa yaś caran nāparādhnuyāt
tena karṇena te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ
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| 14 | manuṣyaloke sakale yasya tulyo na vidyate
yaḥ samudra ivākṣobhyaḥ kālāgnir iva duḥsahaḥ
tena bhīṣmeṇa te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ
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| 15 | ācāryo vṛṣṇivīrāṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca yo dvijaḥ
sarvakṣatrasya cācāryaḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
tena droṇena te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ
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| 16 | ācāryaputro yaḥ śūraḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtām api
aśvatthāmeti vikhyātaḥ kathaṃ tena samāgamaḥ
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| 17 | raṇe yaṃ prekṣya sīdanti hṛtasvā vaṇijo yathā
kṛpeṇa tena te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ
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| 18 | parvataṃ yo 'bhividhyeta rājaputro maheṣubhiḥ
duryodhanena te tāta katham āsīt samāgamaḥ
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| 19 | uttara uvāca
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| 19 | na mayā nirjitā gāvo na mayā nirjitāḥ pare
kṛtaṃ tu karma tat sarvaṃ devaputreṇa kena cit
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| 20 | sa hi bhītaṃ dravantaṃ māṃ devaputro nyavārayat
sa cātiṣṭhad rathopasthe vajrahastanibho yuvā
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| 21 | tena tā nirjitā gāvas tena te kuravo jitāḥ
tasya tat karma vīrasya na mayā tāta tat kṛtam
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| 22 | sa hi śāradvataṃ droṇaṃ droṇaputraṃ ca vīryavān
sūtaputraṃ ca bhīṣmaṃ ca cakāra vimukhāñ śaraiḥ
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| 23 | duryodhanaṃ ca samare sanāgam iva yūthapam
prabhagnam abravīd bhītaṃ rājaputraṃ mahābalam
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| 24 | na hāstinapure trāṇaṃ tava paśyāmi kiṃ cana
vyāyāmena parīpsasva jīvitaṃ kauravātmaja
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| 25 | na mokṣyase palāyaṃs tvaṃ rājan yuddhe manaḥ kuru
pṛthivīṃ bhokṣyase jitvā hato vā svargam āpsyasi
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| 26 | sa nivṛtto naravyāghro muñcan vajranibhāñ śarān
sacivaiḥ saṃvṛto rājā rathe nāga iva śvasan
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| 27 | tatra me romaharṣo 'bhūd ūrustambhaś ca māriṣa
yad abhraghanasaṃkāśam anīkaṃ vyadhamac charaiḥ
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| 28 | tat praṇudya rathānīkaṃ siṃhasaṃhanano yuvā
kurūṃs tān prahasan rājan vāsāṃsy apaharad balī
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| 29 | ekena tena vīreṇa ṣaḍrathāḥ parivāritāḥ
śārdūleneva mattena mṛgās tṛṇacarā vane
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| 30 | virāṭa uvāca
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| 30 | kva sa vīro mahābāhur devaputro mahāyaśāḥ
yo me dhanam avājaiṣīt kurubhir grastam āhave
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| 31 | icchāmi tam ahaṃ draṣṭum arcituṃ ca mahābalam
yena me tvaṃ ca gāvaś ca rakṣitā devasūnunā
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| 32 | uttara uvāca
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| 32 | antardhānaṃ gatas tāta devaputraḥ pratāpavān
sa tu śvo vā paraśvo vā manye prādurbhaviṣyati
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| 33 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 33 | evam ākhyāyamānaṃ tu channaṃ satreṇa pāṇḍavam
vasantaṃ tatra nājñāsīd virāṭaḥ pārtham arjunam
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| 34 | tataḥ pārtho 'bhyanujñāto virāṭena mahātmanā
pradadau tāni vāsāṃsi virāṭaduhituḥ svayam
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| 35 | uttarā tu mahārhāṇi vividhāni tanūni ca
pratigṛhyābhavat prītā tāni vāsāṃsi bhāminī
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| 36 | mantrayitvā tu kaunteya uttareṇa rahas tadā
itikartavyatāṃ sarvāṃ rājany atha yudhiṣṭhire
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| 37 | tatas tathā tad vyadadhād yathāvat puruṣarṣabha
saha putreṇa matsyasya prahṛṣṭo bharatarṣabhaḥ
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