 | Book 5 Chapter 123
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ śāṃtanavo bhīṣmo duryodhanam amarṣaṇam
keśavasya vacaḥ śrutvā provāca bharatarṣabha
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| 2 | kṛṣṇena vākyam ukto 'si suhṛdāṃ śamam icchatā
anupaśyasva tat tāta mā manyuvaśam anvagāḥ
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| 3 | akṛtvā vacanaṃ tāta keśavasya mahātmanaḥ
śreyo na jātu na sukhaṃ na kalyāṇam avāpsyasi
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| 4 | dharmyam arthaṃ mahābāhur āha tvāṃ tāta keśavaḥ
tam artham abhipadyasva mā rājan nīnaśaḥ prajāḥ
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| 5 | imāṃ śriyaṃ prajvalitāṃ bhāratīṃ sarvarājasu
jīvato dhṛtarāṣṭrasya daurātmyād bhraṃśayiṣyasi
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| 6 | ātmānaṃ ca sahāmātyaṃ saputrapaśubāndhavam
sahamitram asadbuddhyā jīvitād bhraṃśayiṣyasi
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| 7 | atikrāman keśavasya tathyaṃ vacanam arthavat
pituś ca bharataśreṣṭha vidurasya ca dhīmataḥ
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| 8 | mā kulaghno 'ntapuruṣo durmatiḥ kāpathaṃ gamaḥ
pitaraṃ mātaraṃ caiva vṛddhau śokāya mā dadaḥ
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| 9 | atha droṇo 'bravīt tatra duryodhanam idaṃ vacaḥ
amarṣavaśam āpannaṃ niḥśvasantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 10 | dharmārthayuktaṃ vacanam āha tvāṃ tāta keśavaḥ
tathā bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavas taj juṣasva narādhipa
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| 11 | prājñau medhāvinau dāntāv arthakāmau bahuśrutau
āhatus tvāṃ hitaṃ vākyaṃ tad ādatsva paraṃtapa
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| 12 | anutiṣṭha mahāprājña kṛṣṇabhīṣmau yad ūcatuḥ
mā vaco laghubuddhīnāṃ samāsthās tvaṃ paraṃtapa
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| 13 | ye tvāṃ protsāhayanty ete naite kṛtyāya karhi cit
vairaṃ pareṣāṃ grīvāyāṃ pratimokṣyanti saṃyuge
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| 14 | mā kurūñ jīghanaḥ sarvān putrān bhrātṝṃs tathaiva ca
vāsudevārjunau yatra viddhy ajeyaṃ balaṃ hi tat
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| 15 | etac caiva mataṃ satyaṃ suhṛdoḥ kṛṣṇabhīṣmayoḥ
yadi nādāsyase tāta paścāt tapsyasi bhārata
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| 16 | yathoktaṃ jāmadagnyena bhūyān eva tato 'rjunaḥ
kṛṣṇo hi devakīputro devair api durutsahaḥ
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| 17 | kiṃ te sukhapriyeṇeha proktena bharatarṣabha
etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yathecchasi tathā kuru
na hi tvām utsahe vaktuṃ bhūyo bharatasattama
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| 18 | tasmin vākyāntare vākyaṃ kṣattāpi viduro 'bravīt
duryodhanam abhiprekṣya dhārtarāṣṭram amarṣaṇam
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| 19 | duryodhana na śocāmi tvām ahaṃ bharatarṣabha
imau tu vṛddhau śocāmi gāndhārīṃ pitaraṃ ca te
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| 20 | yāv anāthau cariṣyete tvayā nāthena durhṛdā
hatamitrau hatāmātyau lūnapakṣāv iva dvijau
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| 21 | bhikṣukau vicariṣyete śocantau pṛthivīm imām
kulaghnam īdṛśaṃ pāpaṃ janayitvā kupūruṣam
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| 22 | atha duryodhanaṃ rājā dhṛtarāṣṭro 'bhyabhāṣata
āsīnaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ rājabhiḥ parivāritam
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| 23 | duryodhana nibodhedaṃ śauriṇoktaṃ mahātmanā
ādatsva śivam atyantaṃ yogakṣemavad avyayam
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| 24 | anena hi sahāyena kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā
iṣṭān sarvān abhiprāyān prāpsyāmaḥ sarvarājasu
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| 25 | susaṃhitaḥ keśavena gaccha tāta yudhiṣṭhiram
cara svastyayanaṃ kṛtsnaṃ bhāratānām anāmayam
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| 26 | vāsudevena tīrthena tāta gacchasva saṃgamam
kālaprāptam idaṃ manye mā tvaṃ duryodhanātigāḥ
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| 27 | śamaṃ ced yācamānaṃ tvaṃ pratyākhyāsyasi keśavam
tvadartham abhijalpantaṃ na tavāsty aparābhavaḥ
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