 | Book 12 Chapter 141
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | pitāmaha mahāprājña sarvaśāstraviśārada
śaraṇaṃ pālayānasya yo dharmas taṃ vadasva me
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | mahān dharmo mahārāja śaraṇāgatapālane
arhaḥ praṣṭuṃ bhavāṃś caiva praśnaṃ bharatasattama
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| 3 | nṛgaprabhṛtayo rājan rājānaḥ śaraṇāgatān
paripālya mahārāja saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ gatāḥ
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| 4 | śrūyate hi kapotena śatruḥ śaraṇam āgataḥ
pūjitaś ca yathānyāyaṃ svaiś ca māṃsair nimantritaḥ
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| 5 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 5 | kathaṃ kapotena purā śatruḥ śaraṇam āgataḥ
svamāṃsair bhojitaḥ kāṃ ca gatiṃ lebhe sa bhārata
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| 6 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 6 | śṛṇu rājan kathāṃ divyāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm
nṛpater mucukundasya kathitāṃ bhārgaveṇa ha
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| 7 | imam arthaṃ purā pārtha mucukundo narādhipaḥ
bhārgavaṃ paripapraccha praṇato bharatarṣabha
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| 8 | tasmai śuśrūṣamāṇāya bhārgavo 'kathayat kathām
iyaṃ yathā kapotena siddhiḥ prāptā narādhipa
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| 9 | dharmaniścayasaṃyuktāṃ kāmārthasahitāṃ kathām
śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājan gadato me mahābhuja
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| 10 | kaś cit kṣudrasamācāraḥ pṛthivyāṃ kālasaṃmataḥ
cacāra pṛthivīṃ pāpo ghoraḥ śakunilubdhakaḥ
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| 11 | kākola iva kṛṣṇāṅgo rūkṣaḥ pāpasamāhitaḥ
yavamadhyaḥ kṛśagrīvo hrasvapādo mahāhanuḥ
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| 12 | naiva tasya suhṛt kaś cin na saṃbandhī na bāndhavaḥ
sa hi taiḥ saṃparityaktas tena ghoreṇa karmaṇā
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| 13 | sa vai kṣārakam ādāya dvijān hatvā vane sadā
cakāra vikrayaṃ teṣāṃ pataṃgānāṃ narādhipa
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| 14 | evaṃ tu vartamānasya tasya vṛttiṃ durātmanaḥ
agamat sumahān kālo na cādharmam abudhyata
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| 15 | tasya bhāryāsahāyasya ramamāṇasya śāśvatam
daivayogavimūḍhasya nānyā vṛttir arocata
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| 16 | tataḥ kadā cit tasyātha vanasthasya samudgataḥ
pātayann iva vṛkṣāṃs tān sumahān vātasaṃbhramaḥ
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| 17 | meghasaṃkulam ākāśaṃ vidyunmaṇḍalamaṇḍitam
saṃchannaṃ sumuhūrtena nausthāneneva sāgaraḥ
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| 18 | vāridhārāsamūhaiś ca saṃprahṛṣṭaḥ śatakratuḥ
kṣaṇena pūrayām āsa salilena vasuṃdharām
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| 19 | tato dhārākule loke saṃbhraman naṣṭacetanaḥ
śītārtas tad vanaṃ sarvam ākulenāntarātmanā
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| 20 | naiva nimnaṃ sthalaṃ vāpi so 'vindata vihaṃgahā
pūrito hi jalaughena mārgas tasya vanasya vai
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| 21 | pakṣiṇo vātavegena hatā līnās tadābhavan
mṛgāḥ siṃhā varāhāś ca sthalāny āśritya tasthire
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| 22 | mahatā vātavarṣeṇa trāsitās te vanaukasaḥ
bhayārtāś ca kṣudhārtāś ca babhramuḥ sahitā vane
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| 23 | sa tu śītahatair gātrair jagāmaiva na tasthivān
so 'paśyad vanaṣaṇḍeṣu meghanīlaṃ vanaspatim
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| 24 | tārāḍhyaṃ kumudākāram ākāśaṃ nirmalaṃ ca ha
meghair muktaṃ nabho dṛṣṭvā lubdhakaḥ śītavihvalaḥ
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| 25 | diśo 'valokayām āsa velāṃ caiva durātmavān
dūre grāmaniveśaś ca tasmād deśād iti prabho
kṛtabuddhir vane tasmin vastuṃ tāṃ rajanīṃ tadā
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| 26 | so 'ñjaliṃ prayataḥ kṛtvā vākyam āha vanaspatim
śaraṇaṃ yāmi yāny asmin daivatānīha bhārata
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| 27 | sa śilāyāṃ śiraḥ kṛtvā parṇāny āstīrya bhūtale
duḥkhena mahatāviṣṭas tataḥ suṣvāpa pakṣihā
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