 | Book 12 Chapter 2
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | sa evam uktas tu munir nārado vadatāṃ varaḥ
kathayām āsa tat sarvaṃ yathā śaptaḥ sa sūtajaḥ
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| 2 | evam etan mahābāho yathā vadasi bhārata
na karṇārjunayoḥ kiṃ cid aviṣahyaṃ bhaved raṇe
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| 3 | guhyam etat tu devānāṃ kathayiṣyāmi te nṛpa
tan nibodha mahārāja yathā vṛttam idaṃ purā
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| 4 | kṣatraṃ svargaṃ kathaṃ gacchec chastrapūtam iti prabho
saṃgharṣajananas tasmāt kanyāgarbho vinirmitaḥ
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| 5 | sa bālas tejasā yuktaḥ sūtaputratvam āgataḥ
cakārāṅgirasāṃ śreṣṭhe dhanurvedaṃ gurau tava
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| 6 | sa balaṃ bhīmasenasya phalgunasya ca lāghavam
buddhiṃ ca tava rājendra yamayor vinayaṃ tathā
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| 7 | sakhyaṃ ca vāsudevena bālye gāṇḍivadhanvanaḥ
prajānām anurāgaṃ ca cintayāno vyadahyata
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| 8 | sa sakhyam agamad bālye rājñā duryodhanena vai
yuṣmābhir nityasaṃdviṣṭo daivāc cāpi svabhāvataḥ
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| 9 | vidyādhikam athālakṣya dhanurvede dhanaṃjayam
droṇaṃ rahasy upāgamya karṇo vacanam abravīt
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| 10 | brahmāstraṃ vettum icchāmi sarahasyanivartanam
arjunena samo yuddhe bhaveyam iti me matiḥ
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| 11 | samaḥ putreṣu ca snehaḥ śiṣyeṣu ca tava dhruvam
tvatprasādān na māṃ brūyur akṛtāstraṃ vicakṣaṇāḥ
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| 12 | droṇas tathoktaḥ karṇena sāpekṣaḥ phalgunaṃ prati
daurātmyaṃ cāpi karṇasya viditvā tam uvāca ha
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| 13 | brahmāstraṃ brāhmaṇo vidyād yathāvac caritavrataḥ
kṣatriyo vā tapasvī yo nānyo vidyāt kathaṃ cana
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| 14 | ity ukto 'ṅgirasāṃ śreṣṭham āmantrya pratipūjya ca
jagāma sahasā rāmaṃ mahendraṃ parvataṃ prati
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| 15 | sa tu rāmam upāgamya śirasābhipraṇamya ca
brāhmaṇo bhārgavo 'smīti gauraveṇābhyagacchata
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| 16 | rāmas taṃ pratijagrāha pṛṣṭvā gotrādi sarvaśaḥ
uṣyatāṃ svāgataṃ ceti prītimāṃś cābhavad bhṛśam
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| 17 | tatra karṇasya vasato mahendre parvatottame
gandharvai rākṣasair yakṣair devaiś cāsīt samāgamaḥ
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| 18 | sa tatreṣv astram akarod bhṛguśreṣṭhād yathāvidhi
priyaś cābhavad atyarthaṃ devagandharvarakṣasām
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| 19 | sa kadā cit samudrānte vicarann āśramāntike
ekaḥ khaḍgadhanuṣpāṇiḥ paricakrāma sūtajaḥ
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| 20 | so 'gnihotraprasaktasya kasya cid brahmavādinaḥ
jaghānājñānataḥ pārtha homadhenuṃ yadṛcchayā
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| 21 | tad ajñānakṛtaṃ matvā brāhmaṇāya nyavedayat
karṇaḥ prasādayaṃś cainam idam ity abravīd vacaḥ
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| 22 | abuddhipūrvaṃ bhagavan dhenur eṣā hatā tava
mayā tatra prasādaṃ me kuruṣveti punaḥ punaḥ
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| 23 | taṃ sa vipro 'bravīt kruddho vācā nirbhartsayann iva
durācāra vadhārhas tvaṃ phalaṃ prāpnuhi durmate
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| 24 | yena vispardhase nityaṃ yadarthaṃ ghaṭase 'niśam
yudhyatas tena te pāpa bhūmiś cakraṃ grasiṣyati
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| 25 | tataś cakre mahīgraste mūrdhānaṃ te vicetasaḥ
pātayiṣyati vikramya śatrur gaccha narādhama
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| 26 | yatheyaṃ gaur hatā mūḍha pramattena tvayā mama
pramattasyaivam evānyaḥ śiras te pātayiṣyati
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| 27 | tataḥ prasādayām āsa punas taṃ dvijasattamam
gobhir dhanaiś ca ratnaiś ca sa cainaṃ punar abravīt
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| 28 | nedaṃ madvyāhṛtaṃ kuryāt sarvaloko 'pi vai mṛṣā
gaccha vā tiṣṭha vā yad vā kāryaṃ te tat samācara
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| 29 | ity ukto brāhmaṇenātha karṇo dainyād adhomukhaḥ
rāmam abhyāgamad bhītas tad eva manasā smaran
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