 | Book 5 Chapter 3
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| 1 | sātyakir uvāca
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| 1 | yādṛśaḥ puruṣasyātmā tādṛśaṃ saṃprabhāṣate
yathārūpo 'ntarātmā te tathārūpaṃ prabhāṣase
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| 2 | santi vai puruṣāḥ śūrāḥ santi kāpuruṣās tathā
ubhāv etau dṛḍhau pakṣau dṛśyete puruṣān prati
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| 3 | ekasminn eva jāyete kule klībamahārathau
phalāphalavatī śākhe yathaikasmin vanaspatau
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| 4 | nābhyasūyāmi te vākyaṃ bruvato lāṅgaladhvaja
ye tu śṛṇvanti te vākyaṃ tān asūyāmi mādhava
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| 5 | kathaṃ hi dharmarājasya doṣam alpam api bruvan
labhate pariṣanmadhye vyāhartum akutobhayaḥ
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| 6 | samāhūya mahātmānaṃ jitavanto 'kṣakovidāḥ
anakṣajñaṃ yathāśraddhaṃ teṣu dharmajayaḥ kutaḥ
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| 7 | yadi kuntīsutaṃ gehe krīḍantaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha
abhigamya jayeyus te tat teṣāṃ dharmato bhavet
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| 8 | samāhūya tu rājānaṃ kṣatradharmarataṃ sadā
nikṛtyā jitavantas te kiṃ nu teṣāṃ paraṃ śubham
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| 9 | kathaṃ praṇipatec cāyam iha kṛtvā paṇaṃ param
vanavāsād vimuktas tu prāptaḥ paitāmahaṃ padam
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| 10 | yady ayaṃ paravittāni kāmayeta yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
evam apy ayam atyantaṃ parān nārhati yācitum
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| 11 | kathaṃ ca dharmayuktās te na ca rājyaṃ jihīrṣavaḥ
nivṛttavāsān kaunteyān ya āhur viditā iti
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| 12 | anunītā hi bhīṣmeṇa droṇena ca mahātmanā
na vyavasyanti pāṇḍūnāṃ pradātuṃ paitṛkaṃ vasu
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| 13 | ahaṃ tu tāñ śitair bāṇair anunīya raṇe balāt
pādayoḥ pātayiṣyāmi kaunteyasya mahātmanaḥ
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| 14 | atha te na vyavasyanti praṇipātāya dhīmataḥ
gamiṣyanti sahāmātyā yamasya sadanaṃ prati
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| 15 | na hi te yuyudhānasya saṃrabdhasya yuyutsataḥ
vegaṃ samarthāḥ saṃsoḍhuṃ vajrasyeva mahīdharāḥ
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| 16 | ko hi gāṇḍīvadhanvānaṃ kaś ca cakrāyudhaṃ yudhi
māṃ cāpi viṣahet ko nu kaś ca bhīmaṃ durāsadam
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| 17 | yamau ca dṛḍhadhanvānau yamakalpau mahādyutī
ko jijīviṣur āsīded dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam
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| 18 | pañcemān pāṇḍaveyāṃś ca draupadyāḥ kīrtivardhanān
samapramāṇān pāṇḍūnāṃ samavīryān madotkaṭān
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| 19 | saubhadraṃ ca maheṣvāsam amarair api duḥsaham
gadapradyumnasāmbāṃś ca kālavajrānalopamān
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| 20 | te vayaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putraṃ śakuninā saha
karṇena ca nihatyājāv abhiṣekṣyāma pāṇḍavam
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| 21 | nādharmo vidyate kaś cic chatrūn hatvātatāyinaḥ
adharmyam ayaśasyaṃ ca śātravāṇāṃ prayācanam
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| 22 | hṛdgatas tasya yaḥ kāmas taṃ kurudhvam atandritāḥ
nisṛṣṭaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa rājyaṃ prāpnotu pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 23 | adya pāṇḍusuto rājyaṃ labhatāṃ vā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
nihatā vā raṇe sarve svapsyanti vasudhātale
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