 | Book 12 Chapter 53
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ praviśya bhavanaṃ prasupto madhusūdanaḥ
yāmamātrāvaśeṣāyāṃ yāminyāṃ pratyabudhyata
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| 2 | sa dhyānapatham āśritya sarvajñānāni mādhavaḥ
avalokya tataḥ paścād dadhyau brahma sanātanam
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| 3 | tataḥ śrutipurāṇajñāḥ śikṣitā raktakaṇṭhinaḥ
astuvan viśvakarmāṇaṃ vāsudevaṃ prajāpatim
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| 4 | paṭhanti pāṇisvanikās tathā gāyanti gāyanāḥ
śaṅkhānakamṛdaṅgāṃś ca pravādyanta sahasraśaḥ
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| 5 | vīṇāpaṇavaveṇūnāṃ svanaś cātimanoramaḥ
prahāsa iva vistīrṇaḥ śuśruve tasya veśmanaḥ
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| 6 | tathā yudhiṣṭhirasyāpi rājño maṅgalasaṃhitāḥ
uccerur madhurā vāco gītavāditrasaṃhitāḥ
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| 7 | tata utthāya dāśārhaḥ snātaḥ prāñjalir acyutaḥ
japtvā guhyaṃ mahābāhur agnīn āśritya tasthivān
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| 8 | tataḥ sahasraṃ viprāṇāṃ caturvedavidāṃ tathā
gavāṃ sahasreṇaikaikaṃ vācayām āsa mādhavaḥ
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| 9 | maṅgalālambhanaṃ kṛtvā ātmānam avalokya ca
ādarśe vimale kṛṣṇas tataḥ sātyakim abravīt
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| 10 | gaccha śaineya jānīhi gatvā rājaniveśanam
api sajjo mahātejā bhīṣmaṃ draṣṭuṃ yuthiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 11 | tataḥ kṛṣṇasya vacanāt sātyakis tvarito yayau
upagamya ca rājānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram uvāca ha
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| 12 | yukto rathavaro rājan vāsudevasya dhīmataḥ
samīpam āpageyasya prayāsyati janārdanaḥ
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| 13 | bhavatpratīkṣaḥ kṛṣṇo 'sau dharmarāja mahādyute
yad atrānantaraṃ kṛtyaṃ tad bhavān kartum arhati
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| 14 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 14 | yujyatāṃ me rathavaraḥ phalgunāpratimadyute
na sainikaiś ca yātavyaṃ yāsyāmo vayam eva hi
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| 15 | na ca pīḍayitavyo me bhīṣmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
ataḥ puraḥsarāś cāpi nivartantu dhanaṃjaya
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| 16 | adyaprabhṛti gāṅgeyaḥ paraṃ guhyaṃ pravakṣyati
tato necchāmi kaunteya pṛthagjanasamāgamam
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| 17 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 17 | tad vākyam ākarṇya tathā kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ
yuktaṃ rathavaraṃ tasmā ācacakṣe nararṣabha
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| 18 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā yamau bhīmārjunāv api
bhūtānīva samastāni yayuḥ kṛṣṇaniveśanam
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| 19 | āgacchatsv atha kṛṣṇo 'pi pāṇḍaveṣu mahātmasu
śaineyasahito dhīmān ratham evānvapadyata
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| 20 | rathasthāḥ saṃvidaṃ kṛtvā sukhāṃ pṛṣṭvā ca śarvarīm
meghaghoṣai rathavaraiḥ prayayus te mahārathāḥ
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| 21 | meghapuṣpaṃ balāhaṃ ca sainyaṃ sugrīvam eva ca
dārukaś codayām āsa vāsudevasya vājinaḥ
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| 22 | te hayā vāsudevasya dārukeṇa pracoditāḥ
gāṃ khurāgrais tathā rājaṃl likhantaḥ prayayus tadā
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| 23 | te grasanta ivākāśaṃ vegavanto mahābalāḥ
kṣetraṃ dharmasya kṛtsnasya kurukṣetram avātaran
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| 24 | tato yayur yatra bhīṣmaḥ śaratalpagataḥ prabhuḥ
āste brahmarṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ brahmā devagaṇair yathā
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| 25 | tato 'vatīrya govindo rathāt sa ca yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhīmo gāṇḍīvadhanvā ca yamau sātyakir eva ca
ṛṣīn abhyarcayām āsuḥ karān udyamya dakṣiṇān
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| 26 | sa taiḥ parivṛto rājā nakṣatrair iva candramāḥ
abhyājagāma gāṅgeyaṃ brahmāṇam iva vāsavaḥ
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| 27 | śaratalpe śayānaṃ tam ādityaṃ patitaṃ yathā
dadarśa sa mahābāhur bhayād āgatasādhvasaḥ
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