 | Book 5 Chapter 177
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | evam uktas tadā rāmo jahi bhīṣmam iti prabho
uvāca rudatīṃ kanyāṃ codayantīṃ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 2 | kāśye kāmaṃ na gṛhṇāmi śastraṃ vai varavarṇini
ṛte brahmavidāṃ hetoḥ kim anyat karavāṇi te
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| 3 | vācā bhīṣmaś ca śālvaś ca mama rājñi vaśānugau
bhaviṣyato 'navadyāṅgi tat kariṣyāmi mā śucaḥ
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| 4 | na tu śastraṃ grahīṣyāmi kathaṃ cid api bhāmini
ṛte niyogād viprāṇām eṣa me samayaḥ kṛtaḥ
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| 5 | ambovāca
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| 5 | mama duḥkhaṃ bhagavatā vyapaneyaṃ yatas tataḥ
tat tu bhīṣmaprasūtaṃ me taṃ jahīśvara māciram
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| 6 | rāma uvāca
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| 6 | kāśikanye punar brūhi bhīṣmas te caraṇāv ubhau
śirasā vandanārho 'pi grahīṣyati girā mama
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| 7 | ambovāca
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| 7 | jahi bhīṣmaṃ raṇe rāma mama ced icchasi priyam
pratiśrutaṃ ca yadi tat satyaṃ kartum ihārhasi
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| 8 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 8 | tayoḥ saṃvadator evaṃ rājan rāmāmbayos tadā
akṛtavraṇo jāmadagnyam idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 9 | śaraṇāgatāṃ mahābāho kanyāṃ na tyaktum arhasi
jahi bhīṣmaṃ raṇe rāma garjantam asuraṃ yathā
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| 10 | yadi bhīṣmas tvayāhūto raṇe rāma mahāmune
nirjito 'smīti vā brūyāt kuryād vā vacanaṃ tava
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| 11 | kṛtam asyā bhavet kāryaṃ kanyāyā bhṛgunandana
vākyaṃ satyaṃ ca te vīra bhaviṣyati kṛtaṃ vibho
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| 12 | iyaṃ cāpi pratijñā te tadā rāma mahāmune
jitvā vai kṣatriyān sarvān brāhmaṇeṣu pratiśrutam
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| 13 | brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdraś caiva raṇe yadi
brahmadviḍ bhavitā taṃ vai haniṣyāmīti bhārgava
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| 14 | śaraṇaṃ hi prapannānāṃ bhītānāṃ jīvitārthinām
na śakṣyāmi parityāgaṃ kartuṃ jīvan kathaṃ cana
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| 15 | yaś ca kṣatraṃ raṇe kṛtsnaṃ vijeṣyati samāgatam
dṛptātmānam ahaṃ taṃ ca haniṣyāmīti bhārgava
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| 16 | sa evaṃ vijayī rāma bhīṣmaḥ kurukulodvahaḥ
tena yudhyasva saṃgrāme sametya bhṛgunandana
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| 17 | rāma uvāca
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| 17 | smarāmy ahaṃ pūrvakṛtāṃ pratijñām ṛṣisattama
tathaiva ca kariṣyāmi yathā sāmnaiva lapsyate
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| 18 | kāryam etan mahad brahman kāśikanyāmanogatam
gamiṣyāmi svayaṃ tatra kanyām ādāya yatra saḥ
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| 19 | yadi bhīṣmo raṇaślāghī na kariṣyati me vacaḥ
haniṣyāmy enam udriktam iti me niścitā matiḥ
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| 20 | na hi bāṇā mayotsṛṣṭāḥ sajjantīha śarīriṇām
kāyeṣu viditaṃ tubhyaṃ purā kṣatriyasaṃgare
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| 21 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 21 | evam uktvā tato rāmaḥ saha tair brahmavādibhiḥ
prayāṇāya matiṃ kṛtvā samuttasthau mahāmanāḥ
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| 22 | tatas te tām uṣitvā tu rajanīṃ tatra tāpasāḥ
hutāgnayo japtajapyāḥ pratasthur majjighāṃsayā
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| 23 | abhyagacchat tato rāmaḥ saha tair brāhmaṇarṣabhaiḥ
kurukṣetraṃ mahārāja kanyayā saha bhārata
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| 24 | nyaviśanta tataḥ sarve parigṛhya sarasvatīm
tāpasās te mahātmāno bhṛguśreṣṭhapuraskṛtāḥ
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