 | Book 5 Chapter 21
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā prajñāvṛddho mahādyutiḥ
saṃpūjyainaṃ yathākālaṃ bhīṣmo vacanam abravīt
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| 2 | diṣṭyā kuśalinaḥ sarve pāṇḍavāḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ
diṣṭyā sahāyavantaś ca diṣṭyā dharme ca te ratāḥ
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| 3 | diṣṭyā ca saṃdhikāmās te bhrātaraḥ kurunandanāḥ
diṣṭyā na yuddhamanasaḥ saha dāmodareṇa te
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| 4 | bhavatā satyam uktaṃ ca sarvam etan na saṃśayaḥ
atitīkṣṇaṃ tu te vākyaṃ brāhmaṇyād iti me matiḥ
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| 5 | asaṃśayaṃ kleśitās te vane ceha ca pāṇḍavāḥ
prāptāś ca dharmataḥ sarvaṃ pitur dhanam asaṃśayam
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| 6 | kirīṭī balavān pārthaḥ kṛtāstraś ca mahābalaḥ
ko hi pāṇḍusutaṃ yuddhe viṣaheta dhanaṃjayam
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| 7 | api vajradharaḥ sākṣāt kim utānye dhanurbhṛtaḥ
trayāṇām api lokānāṃ samartha iti me matiḥ
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| 8 | bhīṣme bruvati tad vākyaṃ dhṛṣṭam ākṣipya manyumān
duryodhanaṃ samālokya karṇo vacanam abravīt
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| 9 | na tan na viditaṃ brahmaṃl loke bhūtena kena cit
punaruktena kiṃ tena bhāṣitena punaḥ punaḥ
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| 10 | duryodhanārthe śakunir dyūte nirjitavān purā
samayena gato 'raṇyaṃ pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 11 | na taṃ samayam ādṛtya rājyam icchati paitṛkam
balam āśritya matsyānāṃ pāñcālānāṃ ca pārthivaḥ
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| 12 | duryodhano bhayād vidvan na dadyāt padam antataḥ
dharmatas tu mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ pradadyāc chatrave 'pi ca
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| 13 | yadi kāṅkṣanti te rājyaṃ pitṛpaitāmahaṃ punaḥ
yathāpratijñaṃ kālaṃ taṃ carantu vanam āśritāḥ
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| 14 | tato duryodhanasyāṅke vartantām akutobhayāḥ
adhārmikām imāṃ buddhiṃ kuryur maurkhyād dhi kevalam
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| 15 | atha te dharmam utsṛjya yuddham icchanti pāṇḍavāḥ
āsādyemān kuruśreṣṭhān smariṣyanti vaco mama
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| 16 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 16 | kiṃ nu rādheya vācā te karma tat smartum arhasi
eka eva yadā pārthaḥ ṣaḍ rathāñ jitavān yudhi
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| 17 | na ced evaṃ kariṣyāmo yad ayaṃ brāhmaṇo 'bravīt
dhruvaṃ yudhi hatās tena bhakṣayiṣyāma pāṃsukān
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| 18 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 18 | dhṛtarāṣṭras tato bhīṣmam anumānya prasādya ca
avabhartsya ca rādheyam idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 19 | asmaddhitam idaṃ vākyaṃ bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo 'bravīt
pāṇḍavānāṃ hitaṃ caiva sarvasya jagatas tathā
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| 20 | cintayitvā tu pārthebhyaḥ preṣayiṣyāmi saṃjayam
sa bhavān pratiyātv adya pāṇḍavān eva māciram
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| 21 | sa taṃ satkṛtya kauravyaḥ preṣayām āsa pāṇḍavān
sabhāmadhye samāhūya saṃjayaṃ vākyam abravīt
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