 | Book 7 Chapter 23
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 1 | vyathayeyur ime senāṃ devānām api saṃyuge
āhave ye nyavartanta vṛkodaramukhā rathāḥ
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| 2 | saṃprayuktaḥ kilaivāyaṃ diṣṭair bhavati pūruṣaḥ
tasminn eva tu sarvārthā dṛśyante vai pṛthagvidhāḥ
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| 3 | dīrghaṃ viproṣitaḥ kālam araṇye jaṭilo 'jinī
ajñātaś caiva lokasya vijahāra yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 4 | sa eva mahatīṃ senāṃ samāvartayad āhave
kim anyad daivasaṃyogān mama putrasya cābhavat
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| 5 | yukta eva hi bhāgyena dhruvam utpadyate naraḥ
sa tathākṛṣyate tena na yathā svayam icchati
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| 6 | dyūtavyasanam āsādya kleśito hi yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
sa punar bhāgadheyena sahāyān upalabdhavān
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| 7 | ardhaṃ me kekayā labdhāḥ kāśikāḥ kosalāś ca ye
cedayaś cāpare vaṅgā mām eva samupāśritāḥ
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| 8 | pṛthivī bhūyasī tāta mama pārthasya no tathā
iti mām abravīt sūta mando duryodhanas tadā
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| 9 | tasya senāsamūhasya madhye droṇaḥ surakṣitaḥ
nihataḥ pārṣatenājau kim anyad bhāgadheyataḥ
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| 10 | madhye rājñāṃ mahābāhuṃ sadā yuddhābhinandinam
sarvāstrapāragaṃ droṇaṃ kathaṃ mṛtyur upeyivān
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| 11 | samanuprāptakṛcchro 'haṃ saṃmohaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ
bhīṣmadroṇau hatau śrutvā nāhaṃ jīvitum utsahe
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| 12 | yan mā kṣattābravīt tāta prapaśyan putragṛddhinam
duryodhanena tat sarvaṃ prāptaṃ sūta mayā saha
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| 13 | nṛśaṃsaṃ tu paraṃ tat syāt tyaktvā duryodhanaṃ yadi
putraśeṣaṃ cikīrṣeyaṃ kṛcchraṃ na maraṇaṃ bhavet
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| 14 | yo hi dharmaṃ parityajya bhavaty arthaparo naraḥ
so 'smāc ca hīyate lokāt kṣudrabhāvaṃ ca gacchati
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| 15 | adya cāpy asya rāṣṭrasya hatotsāhasya saṃjaya
avaśeṣaṃ na paśyāmi kakude mṛdite sati
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| 16 | kathaṃ syād avaśeṣaṃ hi dhuryayor abhyatītayoḥ
yau nityam anujīvāmaḥ kṣamiṇau puruṣarṣabhau
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| 17 | vyaktam eva ca me śaṃsa yathā yuddham avartata
ke 'yudhyan ke vyapākarṣan ke kṣudrāḥ prādravan bhayāt
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| 18 | dhanaṃjayaṃ ca me śaṃsa yad yac cakre ratharṣabhaḥ
tasmād bhayaṃ no bhūyiṣṭhaṃ bhrātṛvyāc ca viśeṣataḥ
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| 19 | yathāsīc ca nivṛtteṣu pāṇḍaveṣu ca saṃjaya
mama sainyāvaśeṣasya saṃnipātaḥ sudāruṇaḥ
māmakānāṃ ca ye śūrāḥ kāṃs tatra samavārayan
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