 | Book 12 Chapter 38
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | śrotum icchāmi bhagavan vistareṇa mahāmune
rājadharmān dvijaśreṣṭha cāturvarṇyasya cākhilān
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| 2 | āpatsu ca yathā nītir vidhātavyā mahīkṣitā
dharmyam ālambya panthānaṃ vijayeyaṃ kathaṃ mahīm
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| 3 | prāyaścittakathā hy eṣā bhakṣyābhakṣyavivardhitā
kautūhalānupravaṇā harṣaṃ janayatīva me
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| 4 | dharmacaryā ca rājyaṃ ca nityam eva virudhyate
yena muhyati me cetaś cintayānasya nityaśaḥ
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| 5 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 5 | tam uvāca mahātejā vyāso vedavidāṃ varaḥ
nāradaṃ samabhiprekṣya sarvaṃ jānan purātanam
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| 6 | śrotum icchasi ced dharmān akhilena yudhiṣṭhira
praihi bhīṣmaṃ mahābāho vṛddhaṃ kurupitāmaham
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| 7 | sa te sarvarahasyeṣu saṃśayān manasi sthitān
chettā bhāgīrathīputraḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvadharmavit
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| 8 | janayām āsa yaṃ devī divyā tripathagā nadī
sākṣād dadarśa yo devān sarvāñ śakrapurogamān
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| 9 | bṛhaspatipurogāṃś ca devarṣīn asakṛt prabhuḥ
toṣayitvopacāreṇa rājanītim adhītavān
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| 10 | uśanā veda yac chāstraṃ devāsuragurur dvijaḥ
tac ca sarvaṃ savaiyākhyaṃ prāptavān kurusattamaḥ
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| 11 | bhārgavāc cyavanāc cāpi vedān aṅgopabṛṃhitān
pratipede mahābuddhir vasiṣṭhāc ca yatavratāt
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| 12 | pitāmahasutaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ kumāraṃ dīptatejasam
adhyātmagatitattvajñam upāśikṣata yaḥ purā
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| 13 | mārkaṇḍeyamukhāt kṛtsnaṃ yatidharmam avāptavān
rāmād astrāṇi śakrāc ca prāptavān bharatarṣabha
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| 14 | mṛtyur ātmecchayā yasya jātasya manujeṣv api
tathānapatyasya sataḥ puṇyalokā divi śrutāḥ
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| 15 | yasya brahmarṣayaḥ puṇyā nityam āsan sabhāsadaḥ
yasya nāviditaṃ kiṃ cij jñānajñeyeṣu vidyate
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| 16 | sa te vakṣyati dharmajñaḥ sūkṣmadharmārthatattvavit
tam abhyehi purā prāṇān sa vimuñcati dharmavit
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| 17 | evam uktas tu kaunteyo dīrghaprajño mahādyutiḥ
uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vyāsaṃ satyavatīsutam
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| 18 | vaiśasaṃ sumahat kṛtvā jñātīnāṃ lomaharṣaṇam
āgaskṛt sarvalokasya pṛthivīnāśakārakaḥ
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| 19 | ghātayitvā tam evājau chalenājihmayodhinam
upasaṃpraṣṭum arhāmi tam ahaṃ kena hetunā
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| 20 | tatas taṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭhaṃ cāturvarṇyahitepsayā
punar āha mahābāhur yaduśreṣṭho mahādyutiḥ
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| 21 | nedānīm atinirbandhaṃ śoke kartum ihārhasi
yad āha bhagavān vyāsas tat kuruṣva nṛpottama
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| 22 | brāhmaṇās tvāṃ mahābāho bhrātaraś ca mahaujasaḥ
parjanyam iva gharmārtā āśaṃsānā upāsate
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| 23 | hataśiṣṭāś ca rājānaḥ kṛtsnaṃ caiva samāgatam
cāturvarṇyaṃ mahārāja rāṣṭraṃ te kurujāṅgalam
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| 24 | priyārtham api caiteṣāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām
niyogād asya ca guror vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ
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| 25 | suhṛdāṃ cāsmad ādīnāṃ draupadyāś ca paraṃtapa
kuru priyam amitraghna lokasya ca hitaṃ kuru
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| 26 | evam uktas tu kṛṣṇena rājā rājīvalocanaḥ
hitārthaṃ sarvalokasya samuttasthau mahātapāḥ
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| 27 | so 'nunīto naravyāghro viṣṭaraśravasā svayam
dvaipāyanena ca tathā devasthānena jiṣṇunā
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| 28 | etaiś cānyaiś ca bahubhir anunīto yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
vyajahān mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ saṃtāpaṃ ca mahāmanāḥ
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| 29 | śrutavākyaḥ śrutanidhiḥ śrutaśravyaviśāradaḥ
vyavasya manasaḥ śāntim agacchat pāṇḍunandanaḥ
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| 30 | sa taiḥ parivṛto rājā nakṣatrair iva candramāḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ puraskṛtya svapuraṃ praviveśa ha
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| 31 | pravivikṣuḥ sa dharmajñaḥ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
arcayām āsa devāṃś ca brāhmaṇāṃś ca sahasraśaḥ
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| 32 | tato rathaṃ navaṃ śubhraṃ kambalājinasaṃvṛtam
yuktaṃ ṣoḍaśabhir gobhiḥ pāṇḍuraiḥ śubhalakṣaṇaiḥ
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| 33 | mantrair abhyarcitaḥ puṇyaiḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ
āruroha yathā devaḥ somo 'mṛtamayaṃ ratham
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| 34 | jagrāha raśmīn kaunteyo bhīmo bhīmaparākramaḥ
arjunaḥ pāṇḍuraṃ chatraṃ dhārayām āsa bhānumat
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| 35 | dhriyamāṇaṃ tu tac chatraṃ pāṇḍuraṃ tasya mūrdhani
śuśubhe tārakārājasitam abhram ivāmbare
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| 36 | cāmaravyajane cāsya vīrau jagṛhatus tadā
candraraśmiprabhe śubhre mādrīputrāv alaṃkṛte
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| 37 | te pañca ratham āsthāya bhrātaraḥ samalaṃkṛtāḥ
bhūtānīva samastāni rājan dadṛśire tadā
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| 38 | āsthāya tu rathaṃ śubhraṃ yuktam aśvair mahājavaiḥ
anvayāt pṛṣṭhato rājan yuyutsuḥ pāṇḍavāgrajam
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| 39 | rathaṃ hemamayaṃ śubhraṃ sainyasugrīvayojitam
saha sātyakinā kṛṣṇaḥ samāsthāyānvayāt kurūn
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| 40 | narayānena tu jyeṣṭhaḥ pitā pārthasya bhārata
agrato dharmarājasya gāndhārīsahito yayau
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| 41 | kurustriyaś ca tāḥ sarvāḥ kuntī kṛṣṇā ca draupadī
yānair uccāvacair jagmur vidureṇa puraskṛtāḥ
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| 42 | tato rathāś ca bahulā nāgāś ca samalaṃkṛtāḥ
pādātāś ca hayāś caiva pṛṣṭhataḥ samanuvrajan
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| 43 | tato vaitālikaiḥ sūtair māgadhaiś ca subhāṣitaiḥ
stūyamāno yayau rājā nagaraṃ nāgasāhvayam
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| 44 | tat prayāṇaṃ mahābāhor babhūvāpratimaṃ bhuvi
ākulākulam utsṛṣṭaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanānvitam
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| 45 | abhiyāne tu pārthasya narair nagaravāsibhiḥ
nagaraṃ rājamārgaś ca yathāvat samalaṃkṛtam
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| 46 | pāṇḍureṇa ca mālyena patākābhiś ca vedibhiḥ
saṃvṛto rājamārgaś ca dhūpanaiś ca sudhūpitaḥ
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| 47 | atha cūrṇaiś ca gandhānāṃ nānāpuṣpaiḥ priyaṅgubhiḥ
mālyadāmabhir āsaktai rājaveśmābhisaṃvṛtam
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| 48 | kumbhāś ca nagaradvāri vāripūrṇā dṛḍhā navāḥ
kanyāḥ sumanasaś chāgāḥ sthāpitās tatra tatra ha
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| 49 | tathā svalaṃkṛtadvāraṃ nagaraṃ pāṇḍunandanaḥ
stūyamānaḥ śubhair vākyaiḥ praviveśa suhṛdvṛtaḥ
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