 | Book 12 Chapter 135
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | atraiva cedam avyagraḥ śṛṇvākhyānam anuttamam
dīrghasūtraṃ samāśritya kāryākāryaviniścaye
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| 2 | nātigādhe jalasthāye suhṛdaḥ śakulās trayaḥ
prabhūtamatsye kaunteya babhūvuḥ sahacāriṇaḥ
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| 3 | atraikaḥ prāptakālajño dīrghadarśī tathāparaḥ
dīrghasūtraś ca tatraikas trayāṇāṃ jalacāriṇām
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| 4 | kadā cit taj jalasthāyaṃ matsyabandhāḥ samantataḥ
niḥsrāvayām āsur atho nimneṣu vividhair mukhaiḥ
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| 5 | prakṣīyamāṇaṃ taṃ buddhvā jalasthāyaṃ bhayāgame
abravīd dīrghadarśī tu tāv ubhau suhṛdau tadā
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| 6 | iyam āpat samutpannā sarveṣāṃ salilaukasām
śīghram anyatra gacchāmaḥ panthā yāvan na duṣyati
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| 7 | anāgatam anarthaṃ hi sunayair yaḥ prabādhate
na sa saṃśayam āpnoti rocatāṃ vāṃ vrajāmahe
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| 8 | dīrghasūtras tu yas tatra so 'bravīt samyag ucyate
na tu kāryā tvarā yāvad iti me niścitā matiḥ
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| 9 | atha saṃpratipattijñaḥ prābravīd dīrghadarśinam
prāpte kāle na me kiṃ cin nyāyataḥ parihāsyate
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| 10 | evam ukto nirākrāmad dīrghadarśī mahāmatiḥ
jagāma srotasaikena gambhīrasalilāśayam
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| 11 | tataḥ prasrutatoyaṃ taṃ samīkṣya salilāśayam
babandhur vividhair yogair matsyān matsyopajīvinaḥ
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| 12 | viloḍyamāne tasmiṃs tu srutatoye jalāśaye
agacchad grahaṇaṃ tatra dīrghasūtraḥ sahāparaiḥ
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| 13 | uddānaṃ kriyamāṇaṃ ca matsyānāṃ vīkṣya rajjubhiḥ
praviśyāntaram anyeṣām agrasat pratipattimān
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| 14 | grastam eva tad uddānaṃ gṛhītvāsta tathaiva saḥ
sarvān eva tu tāṃs tatra te vidur grathitā iti
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| 15 | tataḥ prakṣālyamāneṣu matsyeṣu vimale jale
tyaktvā rajjuṃ vimukto 'bhūc chīghraṃ saṃpratipattimān
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| 16 | dīrghasūtras tu mandātmā hīnabuddhir acetanaḥ
maraṇaṃ prāptavān mūḍho yathaivopahatendriyaḥ
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| 17 | evaṃ prāptatamaṃ kālaṃ yo mohān nāvabudhyate
sa vinaśyati vai kṣipraṃ dīrghasūtro yathā jhaṣaḥ
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| 18 | ādau na kurute śreyaḥ kuśalo 'smīti yaḥ pumān
sa saṃśayam avāpnoti yathā saṃpratipattimān
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| 19 | anāgatavidhānaṃ tu yo naraḥ kurute kṣamam
śreyaḥ prāpnoti so 'tyarthaṃ dīrghadarśī yathā hy asau
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| 20 | kalāḥ kāṣṭhā muhūrtāś ca dinā nāḍyaḥ kṣaṇā lavāḥ
pakṣā māsāś ca ṛtavas tulyāḥ saṃvatsarāṇi ca
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| 21 | pṛthivī deśa ity uktaḥ kālaḥ sa ca na dṛśyate
abhipretārthasiddhyarthaṃ nyāyato yac ca tat tathā
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| 22 | etau dharmārthaśāstreṣu mokṣaśāstreṣu carṣibhiḥ
pradhānāv iti nirdiṣṭau kāmeśābhimatau nṛṇām
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| 23 | parīkṣyakārī yuktas tu samyak samupapādayet
deśakālāv abhipretau tābhyāṃ phalam avāpnuyāt
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