 | Book 5 Chapter 147
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| 1 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 1 | evam ukte tu gāndhāryā dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ
duryodhanam uvācedaṃ nṛpamadhye janādhipa
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| 2 | duryodhana nibodhedaṃ yat tvāṃ vakṣyāmi putraka
tathā tat kuru bhadraṃ te yady asti pitṛgauravam
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| 3 | somaḥ prajāpatiḥ pūrvaṃ kurūṇāṃ vaṃśavardhanaḥ
somād babhūva ṣaṣṭho vai yayātir nahuṣātmajaḥ
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| 4 | tasya putrā babhūvuś ca pañca rājarṣisattamāḥ
teṣāṃ yadur mahātejā jyeṣṭhaḥ samabhavat prabhuḥ
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| 5 | pūrur yavīyāṃś ca tato yo 'smākaṃ vaṃśavardhanaḥ
śarmiṣṭhāyāḥ saṃprasūto duhitur vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ
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| 6 | yaduś ca bharataśreṣṭha devayānyāḥ suto 'bhavat
dauhitras tāta śukrasya kāvyasyāmitatejasaḥ
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| 7 | yādavānāṃ kulakaro balavān vīryasaṃmataḥ
avamene sa tu kṣatraṃ darpapūrṇaḥ sumandadhīḥ
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| 8 | na cātiṣṭhat pituḥ śāstre baladarpavimohitaḥ
avamene ca pitaraṃ bhrātṝṃś cāpy aparājitaḥ
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| 9 | pṛthivyāṃ caturantāyāṃ yadur evābhavad balī
vaśe kṛtvā sa nṛpatīn avasan nāgasāhvaye
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| 10 | taṃ pitā paramakruddho yayātir nahuṣātmajaḥ
śaśāpa putraṃ gāndhāre rājyāc ca vyaparopayat
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| 11 | ya cainam anvavartanta bhrātaro baladarpitam
śaśāpa tān api kruddho yayātis tanayān atha
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| 12 | yavīyāṃsaṃ tataḥ pūruṃ putraṃ svavaśavartinam
rājye niveśayām āsa vidheyaṃ nṛpasattamaḥ
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| 13 | evaṃ jyeṣṭho 'py athotsikto na rājyam abhijāyate
yavīyāṃso 'bhijāyante rājyaṃ vṛddhopasevayā
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| 14 | tathaiva sarvadharmajñaḥ pitur mama pitāmahaḥ
pratīpaḥ pṛthivīpālas triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ
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| 15 | tasya pārthivasiṃhasya rājyaṃ dharmeṇa śāsataḥ
trayaḥ prajajñire putrā devakalpā yaśasvinaḥ
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| 16 | devāpir abhavaj jyeṣṭho bāhlīkas tadanantaram
tṛtīyaḥ śaṃtanus tāta dhṛtimān me pitāmahaḥ
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| 17 | devāpis tu mahātejās tvagdoṣī rājasattamaḥ
dhārmikaḥ satyavādī ca pituḥ śuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ
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| 18 | paurajānapadānāṃ ca saṃmataḥ sādhusatkṛtaḥ
sarveṣāṃ bālavṛddhānāṃ devāpir hṛdayaṃgamaḥ
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| 19 | prājñaś ca satyasaṃdhaś ca sarvabhūtahite rataḥ
vartamānaḥ pituḥ śāstre brāhmaṇānāṃ tathaiva ca
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| 20 | bāhlīkasya priyo bhrātā śaṃtanoś ca mahātmanaḥ
saubhrātraṃ ca paraṃ teṣāṃ sahitānāṃ mahātmanām
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| 21 | atha kālasya paryāye vṛddho nṛpatisattamaḥ
saṃbhārān abhiṣekārthaṃ kārayām āsa śāstrataḥ
maṅgalāni ca sarvāṇi kārayām āsa cābhibhūḥ
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| 22 | taṃ brāhmaṇāś ca vṛddhāś ca paurajānapadaiḥ saha
sarve nivārayām āsur devāper abhiṣecanam
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| 23 | sa tac chrutvā tu nṛpatir abhiṣekanivāraṇam
aśrukaṇṭho 'bhavad rājā paryaśocata cātmajam
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| 24 | evaṃ vadānyo dharmajñaḥ satyasaṃdhaś ca so 'bhavat
priyaḥ prajānām api saṃs tvagdoṣeṇa pradūṣitaḥ
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| 25 | hīnāṅgaṃ pṛthivīpālaṃ nābhinandanti devatāḥ
iti kṛtvā nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ pratyaṣedhan dvijarṣabhāḥ
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| 26 | tataḥ pravyathitātmāsau putraśokasamanvitaḥ
mamāra taṃ mṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā devāpiḥ saṃśrito vanam
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| 27 | bāhlīko mātulakule tyaktvā rājyaṃ vyavasthitaḥ
pitṛbhrātṝn parityajya prāptavān puram ṛddhimat
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| 28 | bāhlīkena tv anujñātaḥ śaṃtanur lokaviśrutaḥ
pitary uparate rājan rājā rājyam akārayat
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| 29 | tathaivāhaṃ matimatā paricintyeha pāṇḍunā
jyeṣṭhaḥ prabhraṃśito rājyād dhīnāṅga iti bhārata
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| 30 | pāṇḍus tu rājyaṃ saṃprāptaḥ kanīyān api san nṛpaḥ
vināśe tasya putrāṇām idaṃ rājyam ariṃdama
mayy abhāgini rājyāya kathaṃ tvaṃ rājyam icchasi
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| 31 | yudhiṣṭhiro rājaputro mahātmā; nyāyāgataṃ rājyam idaṃ ca tasya
sa kauravasyāsya janasya bhartā; praśāsitā caiva mahānubhāvaḥ
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| 32 | sa satyasaṃdhaḥ satatāpramattaḥ; śāstre sthito bandhujanasya sādhuḥ
priyaḥ prajānāṃ suhṛdānukampī; jitendriyaḥ sādhujanasya bhartā
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| 33 | kṣamā titikṣā dama ārjavaṃ ca; satyavratatvaṃ śrutam apramādaḥ
bhūtānukampā hy anuśāsanaṃ ca; yudhiṣṭhire rājaguṇāḥ samastāḥ
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| 34 | arājaputras tvam anāryavṛtto; lubdhas tathā bandhuṣu pāpabuddhiḥ
kramāgataṃ rājyam idaṃ pareṣāṃ; hartuṃ kathaṃ śakṣyasi durvinītaḥ
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| 35 | prayaccha rājyārdham apetamohaḥ; savāhanaṃ tvaṃ saparicchadaṃ ca
tato 'vaśeṣaṃ tava jīvitasya; sahānujasyaiva bhaven narendra
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