 | Book 10 Chapter 17
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | hateṣu sarvasainyeṣu sauptike tai rathais tribhiḥ
śocan yudhiṣṭhiro rājā dāśārham idam abravīt
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| 2 | kathaṃ nu kṛṣṇa pāpena kṣudreṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā
drauṇinā nihatāḥ sarve mama putrā mahārathāḥ
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| 3 | tathā kṛtāstrā vikrāntāḥ sahasraśatayodhinaḥ
drupadasyātmajāś caiva droṇaputreṇa pātitāḥ
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| 4 | yasya droṇo maheṣvāso na prādād āhave mukham
taṃ jaghne rathināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ kathaṃ nu saḥ
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| 5 | kiṃ nu tena kṛtaṃ karma tathāyuktaṃ nararṣabha
yad ekaḥ śibiraṃ sarvam avadhīn no guroḥ sutaḥ
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| 6 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 6 | nūnaṃ sa devadevānām īśvareśvaram avyayam
jagāma śaraṇaṃ drauṇir ekas tenāvadhīd bahūn
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| 7 | prasanno hi mahādevo dadyād amaratām api
vīryaṃ ca giriśo dadyād yenendram api śātayet
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| 8 | vedāhaṃ hi mahādevaṃ tattvena bharatarṣabha
yāni cāsya purāṇāni karmāṇi vividhāny uta
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| 9 | ādir eṣa hi bhūtānāṃ madhyam antaś ca bhārata
viceṣṭate jagac cedaṃ sarvam asyaiva karmaṇā
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| 10 | evaṃ sisṛkṣur bhūtāni dadarśa prathamaṃ vibhuḥ
pitāmaho 'bravīc cainaṃ bhūtāni sṛja māciram
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| 11 | harikeśas tathety uktvā bhūtānāṃ doṣadarśivān
dīrghakālaṃ tapas tepe magno 'mbhasi mahātapāḥ
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| 12 | sumahāntaṃ tataḥ kālaṃ pratīkṣyainaṃ pitāmahaḥ
sraṣṭāraṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ sasarja manasāparam
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| 13 | so 'bravīt pitaraṃ dṛṣṭvā giriśaṃ magnam ambhasi
yadi me nāgrajas tv anyas tataḥ srakṣyāmy ahaṃ prajāḥ
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| 14 | tam abravīt pitā nāsti tvad anyaḥ puruṣo 'grajaḥ
sthāṇur eṣa jale magno visrabdhaḥ kuru vai kṛtim
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| 15 | sa bhūtāny asṛjat sapta dakṣādīṃs tu prajāpatīn
yair imaṃ vyakarot sarvaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham
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| 16 | tāḥ sṛṣṭamātrāḥ kṣudhitāḥ prajāḥ sarvāḥ prajāpatim
bibhakṣayiṣavo rājan sahasā prādravaṃs tadā
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| 17 | sa bhakṣyamāṇas trāṇārthī pitāmaham upādravat
ābhyo māṃ bhagavān pātu vṛttir āsāṃ vidhīyatām
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| 18 | tatas tābhyo dadāv annam oṣadhīḥ sthāvarāṇi ca
jaṅgamāni ca bhūtāni durbalāni balīyasām
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| 19 | vihitānnāḥ prajās tās tu jagmus tuṣṭā yathāgatam
tato vavṛdhire rājan prītimatyaḥ svayoniṣu
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| 20 | bhūtagrāme vivṛddhe tu tuṣṭe lokagurāv api
udatiṣṭhaj jalāj jyeṣṭhaḥ prajāś cemā dadarśa saḥ
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| 21 | bahurūpāḥ prajā dṛṣṭvā vivṛddhāḥ svena tejasā
cukrodha bhagavān rudro liṅgaṃ svaṃ cāpy avidhyata
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| 22 | tat praviddhaṃ tadā bhūmau tathaiva pratyatiṣṭhata
tam uvācāvyayo brahmā vacobhiḥ śamayann iva
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| 23 | kiṃ kṛtaṃ salile śarva cirakālaṃ sthitena te
kimarthaṃ caitad utpāṭya bhūmau liṅgaṃ praveritam
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| 24 | so 'bravīj jātasaṃrambhas tadā lokagurur gurum
prajāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ pareṇemāḥ kiṃ kariṣyāmy anena vai
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| 25 | tapasādhigataṃ cānnaṃ prajārthaṃ me pitāmaha
oṣadhyaḥ parivarteran yathaiva satataṃ prajāḥ
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| 26 | evam uktvā tu saṃkruddho jagāma vimanā bhavaḥ
girer muñjavataḥ pādaṃ tapas taptuṃ mahātapāḥ
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