 | Book 12 Chapter 54
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | dharmātmani mahāsattve satyasaṃdhe jitātmani
devavrate mahābhāge śaratalpagate 'cyute
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| 2 | śayāne vīraśayane bhīṣme śaṃtanunandane
gāṅgeye puruṣavyāghre pāṇḍavaiḥ paryupasthite
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| 3 | kāḥ kathāḥ samavartanta tasmin vīrasamāgame
hateṣu sarvasainyeṣu tan me śaṃsa mahāmune
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| 4 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 4 | śaratalpagate bhīṣme kauravāṇāṃ dhuraṃdhare
ājagmur ṛṣayaḥ siddhā nāradapramukhā nṛpa
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| 5 | hataśiṣṭāś ca rājāno yudhiṣṭhirapurogamāḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca kṛṣṇaś ca bhīmārjunayamās tathā
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| 6 | te 'bhigamya mahātmāno bharatānāṃ pitāmaham
anvaśocanta gāṅgeyam ādityaṃ patitaṃ yathā
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| 7 | muhūrtam iva ca dhyātvā nārado devadarśanaḥ
uvāca pāṇḍavān sarvān hataśiṣṭāṃś ca pārthivān
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| 8 | prāptakālaṃ ca ācakṣe bhīṣmo 'yam anuyujyatām
astam eti hi gāṅgeyo bhānumān iva bhārata
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| 9 | ayaṃ prāṇān utsisṛkṣus taṃ sarve 'bhyetya pṛcchata
kṛtsnān hi vividhān dharmāṃś cāturvarṇyasya vetty ayam
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| 10 | eṣa vṛddhaḥ purā lokān saṃprāpnoti tanutyajām
taṃ śīghram anuyuñjadhvaṃ saṃśayān manasi sthitān
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| 11 | evam uktā nāradena bhīṣmam īyur narādhipāḥ
praṣṭuṃ cāśaknuvantas te vīkṣāṃ cakruḥ parasparam
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| 12 | athovāca hṛṣīkeśaṃ pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
nānyas tvad devakīputra śaktaḥ praṣṭuṃ pitāmaham
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| 13 | pravyāhāraya durdharṣa tvam agre madhusūdana
tvaṃ hi nas tāta sarveṣāṃ sarvadharmavid uttamaḥ
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| 14 | evam uktaḥ pāṇḍavena bhagavān keśavas tadā
abhigamya durādharṣaṃ pravyāhārayad acyutaḥ
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| 15 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 15 | kaccit sukhena rajanī vyuṣṭā te rājasattama
vispaṣṭalakṣaṇā buddhiḥ kaccic copasthitā tava
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| 16 | kaccij jñānāni sarvāṇi pratibhānti ca te 'nagha
na glāyate ca hṛdayaṃ na ca te vyākulaṃ manaḥ
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| 17 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 17 | dāho mohaḥ śramaś caiva klamo glānis tathā rujā
tava prasādād govinda sadyo vyapagatānagha
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| 18 | yac ca bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyac ca bhavac ca paramadyute
tat sarvam anupaśyāmi pāṇau phalam ivāhitam
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| 19 | vedoktāś caiva ye dharmā vedāntanihitāś ca ye
tān sarvān saṃprapaśyāmi varadānāt tavācyuta
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| 20 | śiṣṭaiś ca dharmo yaḥ proktaḥ sa ca me hṛdi vartate
deśajātikulānāṃ ca dharmajño 'smi janārdana
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| 21 | caturṣv āśramadharmeṣu yo 'rthaḥ sa ca hṛdi sthitaḥ
rājadharmāṃś ca sakalān avagacchāmi keśava
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| 22 | yatra yatra ca vaktavyaṃ tad vakṣyāmi janārdana
tava prasādād dhi śubhā mano me buddhir āviśat
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| 23 | yuveva cāsmi saṃvṛttas tvadanudhyānabṛṃhitaḥ
vaktuṃ śreyaḥ samartho 'smi tvatprasādāj janārdana
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| 24 | svayaṃ kimarthaṃ tu bhavāñ śreyo na prāha pāṇḍavam
kiṃ te vivakṣitaṃ cātra tad āśu vada mādhava
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| 25 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 25 | yaśasaḥ śreyasaś caiva mūlaṃ māṃ viddhi kaurava
mattaḥ sarve 'bhinirvṛttā bhāvāḥ sadasadātmakāḥ
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| 26 | śītāṃśuś candra ity ukte ko loke vismayiṣyati
tathaiva yaśasā pūrṇe mayi ko vismayiṣyati
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| 27 | ādheyaṃ tu mayā bhūyo yaśas tava mahādyute
tato me vipulā buddhis tvayi bhīṣma samāhitā
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| 28 | yāvad dhi pṛthivīpāla pṛthivī sthāsyate dhruvā
tāvat tavākṣayā kīrtir lokān anu cariṣyati
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| 29 | yac ca tvaṃ vakṣyase bhīṣma pāṇḍavāyānupṛcchate
vedapravādā iva te sthāsyanti vasudhātale
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| 30 | yaś caitena pramāṇena yokṣyaty ātmānam ātmanā
sa phalaṃ sarvapuṇyānāṃ pretya cānubhaviṣyati
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| 31 | etasmāt kāraṇād bhīṣma matir divyā mayā hi te
dattā yaśo vipratheta kathaṃ bhūyas taveti ha
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| 32 | yāvad dhi prathate loke puruṣasya yaśo bhuvi
tāvat tasyākṣayaṃ sthānaṃ bhavatīti viniścitam
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| 33 | rājāno hataśiṣṭās tvāṃ rājann abhita āsate
dharmān anuyuyukṣantas tebhyaḥ prabrūhi bhārata
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| 34 | bhavān hi vayasā vṛddhaḥ śrutācārasamanvitaḥ
kuśalo rājadharmāṇāṃ pūrveṣām aparāś ca ye
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| 35 | janmaprabhṛti te kaś cid vṛjinaṃ na dadarśa ha
jñātāram anudharmāṇāṃ tvāṃ viduḥ sarvapārthivāḥ
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| 36 | tebhyaḥ piteva putrebhyo rājan brūhi paraṃ nayam
ṛṣayaś ca hi devāś ca tvayā nityam upāsitāḥ
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| 37 | tasmād vaktavyam eveha tvayā paśyāmy aśeṣataḥ
dharmāñ śuśrūṣamāṇebhyaḥ pṛṣṭena ca satā punaḥ
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| 38 | vaktavyaṃ viduṣā ceti dharmam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ
apratibruvataḥ kaṣṭo doṣo hi bhavati prabho
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| 39 | tasmāt putraiś ca pautraiś ca dharmān pṛṣṭaḥ sanātanān
vidvāñ jijñāsamānais tvaṃ prabrūhi bharatarṣabha
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