 | Book 12 Chapter 50
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tato rāmasya tat karma śrutvā rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatvā pratyuvāca janārdanam
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| 2 | aho rāmasya vārṣṇeya śakrasyeva mahātmanaḥ
vikramo yena vasudhā krodhān niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā
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| 3 | gobhiḥ samudreṇa tathā golāṅgūlarkṣavānaraiḥ
guptā rāmabhayodvignāḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ kulodvahāḥ
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| 4 | aho dhanyo hi loko 'yaṃ sabhāgyāś ca narā bhuvi
yatra karmedṛśaṃ dharmyaṃ dvijena kṛtam acyuta
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| 5 | tathā yāntau tadā tāta tāv acyutayudhiṣṭhirau
jagmatur yatra gāṅgeyaḥ śaratalpagataḥ prabhuḥ
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| 6 | tatas te dadṛśur bhīṣmaṃ śaraprastaraśāyinam
svaraśmijālasaṃvītaṃ sāyaṃsūryam ivānalam
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| 7 | upāsyamānaṃ munibhir devair iva śatakratum
deśe paramadharmiṣṭhe nadīmoghavatīm anu
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| 8 | dūrād eva tam ālokya kṛṣṇo rājā ca dharmarāṭ
catvāraḥ pāṇḍavāś caiva te ca śāradvatādayaḥ
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| 9 | avaskandyātha vāhebhyaḥ saṃyamya pracalaṃ manaḥ
ekīkṛtyendriyagrāmam upatasthur mahāmunīn
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| 10 | abhivādya ca govindaḥ sātyakis te ca kauravāḥ
vyāsādīṃs tān ṛṣīn paścād gāṅgeyam upatasthire
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| 11 | tapovṛddhiṃ tataḥ pṛṣṭvā gāṅgeyaṃ yadukauravāḥ
parivārya tataḥ sarve niṣeduḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
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| 12 | tato niśamya gāṅgeyaṃ śāmyamānam ivānalam
kiṃ cid dīnamanā bhīṣmam iti hovāca keśavaḥ
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| 13 | kaccij jñānāni te rājan prasannāni yathā purā
kaccid avyākulā caiva buddhis te vadatāṃ vara
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| 14 | śarābhighātaduḥkhāt te kaccid gātraṃ na dūyate
mānasād api duḥkhād dhi śārīraṃ balavattaram
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| 15 | varadānāt pituḥ kāmaṃ chandamṛtyur asi prabho
śaṃtanor dharmaśīlasya na tv etac chamakāraṇam
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| 16 | susūkṣmo 'pīha dehe vai śalyo janayate rujam
kiṃ punaḥ śarasaṃghātaiś citasya tava bhārata
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| 17 | kāmaṃ naitat tavākhyeyaṃ prāṇināṃ prabhavāpyayau
bhavān hy upadiśec chreyo devānām api bhārata
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| 18 | yad dhi bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyac ca bhavac ca puruṣarṣabha
sarvaṃ taj jñānavṛddhasya tava pāṇāv ivāhitam
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| 19 | saṃsāraś caiva bhūtānāṃ dharmasya ca phalodayaḥ
viditas te mahāprājña tvaṃ hi brahmamayo nidhiḥ
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| 20 | tvāṃ hi rājye sthitaṃ sphīte samagrāṅgam arogiṇam
strīsahasraiḥ parivṛtaṃ paśyāmīhordhvaretasam
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| 21 | ṛte śāṃtanavād bhīṣmāt triṣu lokeṣu pārthiva
satyasaṃdhān mahāvīryāc chūrād dharmaikatatparāt
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| 22 | mṛtyum āvārya tarasā śaraprastaraśāyinaḥ
nisargaprabhavaṃ kiṃ cin na ca tātānuśuśruma
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| 23 | satye tapasi dāne ca yajñādhikaraṇe tathā
dhanurvede ca vede ca nityaṃ caivānvavekṣaṇe
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| 24 | anṛśaṃsaṃ śuciṃ dāntaṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam
mahārathaṃ tvatsadṛśaṃ na kaṃ cid anuśuśruma
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| 25 | tvaṃ hi devān sagandharvān sasurāsurarākṣasān
śakta ekarathenaiva vijetuṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 26 | tvaṃ hi bhīṣma mahābāho vasūnāṃ vāsavopamaḥ
nityaṃ vipraiḥ samākhyāto navamo 'navamo guṇaiḥ
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| 27 | ahaṃ hi tvābhijānāmi yas tvaṃ puruṣasattama
tridaśeṣv api vikhyātaḥ svaśaktyā sumahābalaḥ
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| 28 | manuṣyeṣu manuṣyendra na dṛṣṭo na ca me śrutaḥ
bhavato yo guṇais tulyaḥ pṛthivyāṃ puruṣaḥ kva cit
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| 29 | tvaṃ hi sarvair guṇai rājan devān apy atiricyase
tapasā hi bhavāñ śaktaḥ sraṣṭuṃ lokāṃś carācarān
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| 30 | tad asya tapyamānasya jñātīnāṃ saṃkṣayeṇa vai
jyeṣṭhasya pāṇḍuputrasya śokaṃ bhīṣma vyapānuda
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| 31 | ye hi dharmāḥ samākhyātāś cāturvarṇyasya bhārata
cāturāśramyasaṃsṛṣṭās te sarve viditās tava
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| 32 | cāturvedye ca ye proktāś cāturhotre ca bhārata
sāṃkhye yoge ca niyatā ye ca dharmāḥ sanātanāḥ
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| 33 | cāturvarṇyena yaś caiko dharmo na sma virudhyate
sevyamānaḥ sa caivādyo gāṅgeya viditas tava
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| 34 | itihāsapurāṇaṃ ca kārtsnyena viditaṃ tava
dharmaśāstraṃ ca sakalaṃ nityaṃ manasi te sthitam
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| 35 | ye ca ke cana loke 'sminn arthāḥ saṃśayakārakāḥ
teṣāṃ chettā nāsti loke tvad anyaḥ puruṣarṣabha
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| 36 | sa pāṇḍaveyasya manaḥsamutthitaṃ; narendra śokaṃ vyapakarṣa medhayā
bhavadvidhā hy uttamabuddhivistarā; vimuhyamānasya janasya śāntaye
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