 | Book 11 Chapter 10
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | krośamātraṃ tato gatvā dadṛśus tān mahārathān
śāradvataṃ kṛpaṃ drauṇiṃ kṛtavarmāṇam eva ca
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| 2 | te tu dṛṣṭvaiva rājānaṃ prajñācakṣuṣam īśvaram
aśrukaṇṭhā viniḥśvasya rudantam idam abruvan
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| 3 | putras tava mahārāja kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram
gataḥ sānucaro rājañ śakralokaṃ mahīpatiḥ
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| 4 | duryodhanabalān muktā vayam eva trayo rathāḥ
sarvam anyat parikṣīṇaṃ sainyaṃ te bharatarṣabha
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| 5 | ity evam uktvā rājānaṃ kṛpaḥ śāradvatas tadā
gāndhārīṃ putraśokārtām idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 6 | abhītā yudhyamānās te ghnantaḥ śatrugaṇān bahūn
vīrakarmāṇi kurvāṇāḥ putrās te nidhanaṃ gatāḥ
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| 7 | dhruvaṃ saṃprāpya lokāṃs te nirmalāñ śastranirjitān
bhāsvaraṃ deham āsthāya viharanty amarā iva
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| 8 | na hi kaś cid dhi śūrāṇāṃ yudhyamānaḥ parāṅmukhaḥ
śastreṇa nidhanaṃ prāpto na ca kaś cit kṛtāñjaliḥ
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| 9 | etāṃ tāṃ kṣatriyasyāhuḥ purāṇāṃ paramāṃ gatim
śastreṇa nidhanaṃ saṃkhye tān na śocitum arhasi
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| 10 | na cāpi śatravas teṣām ṛdhyante rājñi pāṇḍavāḥ
śṛṇu yat kṛtam asmābhir aśvatthāmapurogamaiḥ
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| 11 | adharmeṇa hataṃ śrutvā bhīmasenena te sutam
suptaṃ śibiram āviśya pāṇḍūnāṃ kadanaṃ kṛtam
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| 12 | pāñcālā nihatāḥ sarve dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ
drupadasyātmajāś caiva draupadeyāś ca pātitāḥ
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| 13 | tathā viśasanaṃ kṛtvā putraśatrugaṇasya te
prādravāma raṇe sthātuṃ na hi śakyāmahe trayaḥ
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| 14 | te hi śūrā maheṣvāsāḥ kṣipram eṣyanti pāṇḍavāḥ
amarṣavaśam āpannā vairaṃ pratijihīrṣavaḥ
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| 15 | nihatān ātmajāñ śrutvā pramattān puruṣarṣabhāḥ
ninīṣantaḥ padaṃ śūrāḥ kṣipram eva yaśasvini
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| 16 | pāṇḍūnāṃ kilbiṣaṃ kṛtvā saṃsthātuṃ notsahāmahe
anujānīhi no rājñi mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ
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| 17 | rājaṃs tvam anujānīhi dhairyam ātiṣṭha cottamam
niṣṭhāntaṃ paśya cāpi tvaṃ kṣatradharmaṃ ca kevalam
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| 18 | ity evam uktvā rājānaṃ kṛtvā cābhipradakṣiṇam
kṛpaś ca kṛtavarmā ca droṇaputraś ca bhārata
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| 19 | avekṣamāṇā rājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ manīṣiṇam
gaṅgām anu mahātmānas tūrṇam aśvān acodayan
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| 20 | apakramya tu te rājan sarva eva mahārathāḥ
āmantryānyonyam udvignās tridhā te prayayus tataḥ
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| 21 | jagāma hāstinapuraṃ kṛpaḥ śāradvatas tadā
svam eva rāṣṭraṃ hārdikyo drauṇir vyāsāśramaṃ yayau
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| 22 | evaṃ te prayayur vīrā vīkṣamāṇāḥ parasparam
bhayārtāḥ pāṇḍuputrāṇām āgaskṛtvā mahātmanām
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| 23 | sametya vīrā rājānaṃ tadā tv anudite ravau
viprajagmur mahārāja yathecchakam ariṃdamāḥ
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