 | Book 12 Chapter 149
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | śṛṇu pārtha yathāvṛttam itihāsaṃ purātanam
gṛdhrajambukasaṃvādaṃ yo vṛtto vaidiśe purā
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| 2 | duḥkhitāḥ ke cid ādāya bālam aprāptayauvanam
kulasarvasvabhūtaṃ vai rudantaḥ śokavihvalāḥ
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| 3 | bālaṃ mṛtaṃ gṛhītvātha śmaśānābhimukhāḥ sthitāḥ
aṅkenāṅkaṃ ca saṃkramya rurudur bhūtale tadā
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| 4 | teṣāṃ ruditaśabdena gṛdhro 'bhyetya vaco 'bravīt
ekātmakam imaṃ loke tyaktvā gacchata māciram
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| 5 | iha puṃsāṃ sahasrāṇi strīsahasrāṇi caiva hi
samānītāni kālena kiṃ te vai jātv abāndhavāḥ
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| 6 | saṃpaśyata jagat sarvaṃ sukhaduḥkhair adhiṣṭhitam
saṃyogo viprayogaś ca paryāyeṇopalabhyate
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| 7 | gṛhītvā ye ca gacchanti ye 'nuyānti ca tān mṛtān
te 'py āyuṣaḥ pramāṇena svena gacchanti jantavaḥ
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| 8 | alaṃ sthitvā śmaśāne 'smin gṛdhragomāyusaṃkule
kaṅkālabahule ghore sarvaprāṇibhayaṃkare
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| 9 | na punar jīvitaḥ kaś cit kāladharmam upāgataḥ
priyo vā yadi vā dveṣyaḥ prāṇināṃ gatir īdṛśī
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| 10 | sarveṇa khalu martavyaṃ martyaloke prasūyatā
kṛtāntavihite mārge ko mṛtaṃ jīvayiṣyati
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| 11 | karmāntavihite loke cāstaṃ gacchati bhāskare
gamyatāṃ svam adhiṣṭhānaṃ sutasnehaṃ visṛjya vai
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| 12 | tato gṛdhravacaḥ śrutvā vikrośantas tadā nṛpa
bāndhavās te 'bhyagacchanta putram utsṛjya bhūtale
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| 13 | viniścityātha ca tataḥ saṃtyajantaḥ svam ātmajam
nirāśā jīvite tasya mārgam āruhya dhiṣṭhitāḥ
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| 14 | dhvāṅkṣābhrasamavarṇas tu bilān niḥsṛtya jambukaḥ
gacchamānān sma tān āha nirghṛṇāḥ khalu mānavāḥ
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| 15 | ādityo 'yaṃ sthito mūḍhāḥ snehaṃ kuruta mā bhayam
bahurūpo muhūrtaś ca jīvetāpi kadā cana
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| 16 | yūyaṃ bhūmau vinikṣipya putrasnehavinākṛtāḥ
śmaśāne putram utsṛjya kasmād gacchatha nirghṛṇāḥ
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| 17 | na vo 'sty asmin sute sneho bāle madhurabhāṣiṇi
yasya bhāṣitamātreṇa prasādam upagacchatha
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| 18 | na paśyatha sutasnehaṃ yādṛśaḥ paśupakṣiṇām
na yeṣāṃ dhārayitvā tān kaś cid asti phalāgamaḥ
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| 19 | catuṣpāt pakṣikīṭānāṃ prāṇināṃ snehasaṅginām
paralokagatisthānāṃ muniyajñakriyā iva
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| 20 | teṣāṃ putrābhirāmāṇām iha loke paratra ca
na guṇo dṛśyate kaś cit prajāḥ saṃdhārayanti ca
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| 21 | apaśyatāṃ priyān putrān naiṣāṃ śoko 'nutiṣṭhati
na ca puṣṇanti saṃvṛddhās te mātāpitarau kva cit
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| 22 | mānuṣāṇāṃ kutaḥ sneho yeṣāṃ śoko bhaviṣyati
imaṃ kulakaraṃ putraṃ kathaṃ tyaktvā gamiṣyatha
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| 23 | ciraṃ muñcata bāṣpaṃ ca ciraṃ snehena paśyata
evaṃvidhāni hīṣṭāni dustyajāni viśeṣataḥ
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| 24 | kṣīṇasyāthābhiyuktasya śmaśānābhimukhasya ca
bāndhavā yatra tiṣṭhanti tatrānyo nāvatiṣṭhate
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| 25 | sarvasya dayitāḥ prāṇāḥ sarvaḥ snehaṃ ca vindati
tiryagyoniṣv api satāṃ snehaṃ paśyata yādṛśam
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| 26 | tyaktvā kathaṃ gacchethemaṃ padmalolāyatākṣakam
yathā navodvāhakṛtaṃ snānamālyavibhūṣitam
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| 27 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 27 | jambukasya vacaḥ śrutvā kṛpaṇaṃ paridevataḥ
nyavartanta tadā sarve śavārthaṃ te sma mānuṣāḥ
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| 28 | gṛdhra uvāca
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| 28 | aho dhik sunṛśaṃsena jambukenālpamedhasā
kṣudreṇoktā hīnasattvā mānuṣāḥ kiṃ nivartatha
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| 29 | pañcabhūtaparityaktaṃ śūnyaṃ kāṣṭhatvam āgatam
kasmāc chocatha niśceṣṭam ātmānaṃ kiṃ na śocatha
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| 30 | tapaḥ kuruta vai tīvraṃ mucyadhvaṃ yena kilbiṣāt
tapasā labhyate sarvaṃ vilāpaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati
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| 31 | aniṣṭāni ca bhāgyāni jānīta saha mūrtibhiḥ
yena gacchati loko 'yaṃ dattvā śokam anantakam
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| 32 | dhanaṃ gāś ca suvarṇaṃ ca maṇiratnam athāpi ca
apatyaṃ ca tapomūlaṃ tapoyogāc ca labhyate
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| 33 | yathākṛtā ca bhūteṣu prāpyate sukhaduḥkhatā
gṛhītvā jāyate jantur duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca
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| 34 | na karmaṇā pituḥ putraḥ pitā vā putrakarmaṇā
mārgeṇānyena gacchanti tyaktvā sukṛtaduṣkṛte
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| 35 | dharmaṃ carata yatnena tathādharmān nivartata
vartadhvaṃ ca yathākālaṃ daivateṣu dvijeṣu ca
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| 36 | śokaṃ tyajata dainyaṃ ca sutasnehān nivartata
tyajyatām ayam ākāśe tataḥ śīghraṃ nivartata
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| 37 | yat karoti śubhaṃ karma tathādharmaṃ sudāruṇam
tat kartaiva samaśnāti bāndhavānāṃ kim atra hi
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| 38 | iha tyaktvā na tiṣṭhanti bāndhavā bāndhavaṃ priyam
sneham utsṛjya gacchanti bāṣpapūrṇāvilekṣaṇāḥ
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| 39 | prājño vā yadi vā mūrkhaḥ sadhano nirdhano 'pi vā
sarvaḥ kālavaśaṃ yāti śubhāśubhasamanvitaḥ
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| 40 | kiṃ kariṣyatha śocitvā mṛtaṃ kim anuśocatha
sarvasya hi prabhuḥ kālo dharmataḥ samadarśanaḥ
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| 41 | yauvanasthāṃś ca bālāṃś ca vṛddhān garbhagatān api
sarvān āviśate mṛtyur evaṃbhūtam idaṃ jagat
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| 42 | jambuka uvāca
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| 42 | aho mandīkṛtaḥ sneho gṛdhreṇehālpamedhasā
putrasnehābhibhūtānāṃ yuṣmākaṃ śocatāṃ bhṛśam
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| 43 | samaiḥ samyak prayuktaiś ca vacanaiḥ praśrayottaraiḥ
yad gacchatha jalasthāyaṃ sneham utsṛjya dustyajam
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| 44 | aho putraviyogena mṛtaśūnyopasevanāt
krośatāṃ vai bhṛśaṃ duḥkhaṃ vivatsānāṃ gavām iva
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| 45 | adya śokaṃ vijānāmi mānuṣāṇāṃ mahītale
snehaṃ hi karuṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā mamāpy aśrūṇy athāgaman
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| 46 | yatno hi satataṃ kāryaḥ kṛto daivena sidhyati
daivaṃ puruṣakāraś ca kṛtāntenopapadyate
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| 47 | anirvedaḥ sadā kāryo nirvedād dhi kutaḥ sukham
prayatnāt prāpyate hy arthaḥ kasmād gacchatha nirdayāḥ
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| 48 | ātmamāṃsopavṛttaṃ ca śarīrārdhamayīṃ tanum
pitṝṇāṃ vaṃśakartāraṃ vane tyaktvā kva yāsyatha
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| 49 | atha vāstaṃ gate sūrye saṃdhyākāla upasthite
tato neṣyatha vā putram ihasthā vā bhaviṣyatha
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| 50 | gṛdhra uvāca
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| 50 | adya varṣasahasraṃ me sāgraṃ jātasya mānuṣāḥ
na ca paśyāmi jīvantaṃ mṛtaṃ strīpuṃnapuṃsakam
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| 51 | mṛtā garbheṣu jāyante mriyante jātamātrakāḥ
vikramanto mriyante ca yauvanasthās tathāpare
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| 52 | anityānīha bhāgyāni catuṣpāt pakṣiṇām api
jaṅgamājaṅgamānāṃ cāpy āyur agre 'vatiṣṭhate
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| 53 | iṣṭadāraviyuktāś ca putraśokānvitās tathā
dahyamānāḥ sma śokena gṛhaṃ gacchanti nityadā
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| 54 | aniṣṭānāṃ sahasrāṇi tatheṣṭānāṃ śatāni ca
utsṛjyeha prayātā vai bāndhavā bhṛśaduḥkhitāḥ
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| 55 | tyajyatām eṣa nistejāḥ śūnyaḥ kāṣṭhatvam āgataḥ
anyadehaviṣakto hi śāvaṃ kāṣṭham upāsate
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| 56 | bhrāntajīvasya vai bāṣpaṃ kasmād dhitvā na gacchatha
nirarthako hy ayaṃ sneho nirarthaś ca parigrahaḥ
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| 57 | na cakṣurbhyāṃ na karṇābhyāṃ saṃśṛṇoti samīkṣate
tasmād enaṃ samutsṛjya svagṛhān gacchatāśu vai
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| 58 | mokṣadharmāśritair vākyair hetumadbhir aniṣṭhuraiḥ
mayoktā gacchata kṣipraṃ svaṃ svam eva niveśanam
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| 59 | prajñāvijñānayuktena buddhisaṃjñāpradāyinā
vacanaṃ śrāvitā rūkṣaṃ mānuṣāḥ saṃnivartata
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| 60 | jambuka uvāca
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| 60 | imaṃ kanakavarṇābhaṃ bhūṣaṇaiḥ samalaṃkṛtam
gṛdhravākyāt kathaṃ putraṃ tyajadhvaṃ pitṛpiṇḍadam
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| 61 | na snehasya virodho 'sti vilāparuditasya vai
mṛtasyāsya parityāgāt tāpo vai bhavitā dhruvam
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| 62 | śrūyate śambuke śūdre hate brāhmaṇadārakaḥ
jīvito dharmam āsādya rāmāt satyaparākramāt
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| 63 | tathā śvetasya rājarṣer bālo diṣṭāntam āgataḥ
śvo 'bhūte dharmanityena mṛtaḥ saṃjīvitaḥ punaḥ
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| 64 | tathā kaś cid bhavet siddho munir vā devatāpi vā
kṛpaṇānām anukrośaṃ kuryād vo rudatām iha
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| 65 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 65 | ity uktāḥ saṃnyavartanta śokārtāḥ putravatsalāḥ
aṅke śiraḥ samādhāya rurudur bahuvistaram
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| 66 | gṛdhra uvāca
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| 66 | aśrupātapariklinnaḥ pāṇisparśanapīḍitaḥ
dharmarājaprayogāc ca dīrghāṃ nidrāṃ praveśitaḥ
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| 67 | tapasāpi hi saṃyukto na kāle nopahanyate
sarvasnehāvasānaṃ tad idaṃ tat pretapattanam
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| 68 | bālavṛddhasahasrāṇi sadā saṃtyajya bāndhavāḥ
dināni caiva rātrīś ca duḥkhaṃ tiṣṭhanti bhūtale
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| 69 | alaṃ nirbandham āgamya śokasya parivāraṇam
apratyayaṃ kuto hy asya punar adyeha jīvitam
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| 70 | naiṣa jambukavākyena punaḥ prāpsyati jīvitam
mṛtasyotsṛṣṭadehasya punar deho na vidyate
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| 71 | na vai mūrtipradānena na jambukaśatair api
śakyo jīvayituṃ hy eṣa bālo varṣaśatair api
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| 72 | api rudraḥ kumāro vā brahmā vā viṣṇur eva vā
varam asmai prayaccheyus tato jīved ayaṃ śiśuḥ
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| 73 | na ca bāṣpavimokṣeṇa na cāśvāsakṛtena vai
na dīrgharuditeneha punarjīvo bhaviṣyati
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| 74 | ahaṃ ca kroṣṭukaś caiva yūyaṃ caivāsya bāndhavāḥ
dharmādharmau gṛhītveha sarve vartāmahe 'dhvani
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| 75 | apriyaṃ paruṣaṃ cāpi paradrohaṃ parastriyam
adharmam anṛtaṃ caiva dūrāt prājño nivartayet
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| 76 | satyaṃ dharmaṃ śubhaṃ nyāyyaṃ prāṇināṃ mahatīṃ dayām
ajihmatvam aśāṭhyaṃ ca yatnataḥ parimārgata
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| 77 | mātaraṃ pitaraṃ caiva bāndhavān suhṛdas tathā
jīvato ye na paśyanti teṣāṃ dharmaviparyayaḥ
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| 78 | yo na paśyati cakṣurbhyāṃ neṅgate ca kathaṃ cana
tasya niṣṭhāvasānānte rudantaḥ kiṃ kariṣyatha
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| 79 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 79 | ity uktās taṃ sutaṃ tyaktvā bhūmau śokapariplutāḥ
dahyamānāḥ sutasnehāt prayayur bāndhavā gṛhān
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| 80 | jambuka uvāca
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| 80 | dāruṇo martyaloko 'yaṃ sarvaprāṇivināśanaḥ
iṣṭabandhuviyogaś ca tathaivālpaṃ ca jīvitam
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| 81 | bahv alīkam asatyaṃ ca prativādāpriyaṃvadam
imaṃ prekṣya punarbhāvaṃ duḥkhaśokābhivardhanam
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| 82 | na me mānuṣaloko 'yaṃ muhūrtam api rocate
aho dhig gṛdhravākyena saṃnivartatha mānuṣāḥ
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| 83 | pradīptāḥ putraśokena yathaivābuddhayas tathā
kathaṃ gacchatha sasnehāḥ sutasnehaṃ visṛjya ca
śrutvā gṛdhrasya vacanaṃ pāpasyehākṛtātmanaḥ
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| 84 | sukhasyānantaraṃ duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasyānantaraṃ sukham
sukhaduḥkhānvite loke nehāsty ekam anantakam
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| 85 | imaṃ kṣititale nyasya bālaṃ rūpasamanvitam
kulaśokākaraṃ mūḍhāḥ putraṃ tyaktvā kva yāsyatha
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| 86 | rūpayauvanasaṃpannaṃ dyotamānam iva śriyā
jīvantam enaṃ paśyāmi manasā nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 87 | vināśaś cāpy anarho 'sya sukhaṃ prāpsyatha mānuṣāḥ
putraśokāgnidagdhānāṃ mṛtam apy adya vaḥ kṣamam
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| 88 | duḥkhasaṃbhāvanāṃ kṛtvā dhārayitvā svayaṃ sukham
tyaktvā gamiṣyatha kvādya samutsṛjyālpabuddhivat
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| 89 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 89 | tathā dharmavirodhena priyamithyābhidhyāyinā
śmaśānavāsinā nityaṃ rātriṃ mṛgayatā tadā
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| 90 | tato madhyasthatāṃ nītā vacanair amṛtopamaiḥ
jambukena svakāryārthaṃ bāndhavās tasya dhiṣṭhitāḥ
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| 91 | gṛdhra uvāca
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| 91 | ayaṃ pretasamākīrṇo yakṣarākṣasasevitaḥ
dāruṇaḥ kānanoddeśaḥ kauśikair abhināditaḥ
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| 92 | bhīmaḥ sughoraś ca tathā nīlameghasamaprabhaḥ
asmiñ śavaṃ parityajya pretakāryāṇy upāsata
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| 93 | bhānur yāvan na yāty astaṃ yāvac ca vimalā diśaḥ
tāvad enaṃ parityajya pretakāryāṇy upāsata
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| 94 | nadanti paruṣaṃ śyenāḥ śivāḥ krośanti dāruṇāḥ
mṛgendrāḥ pratinandanti ravir astaṃ ca gacchati
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| 95 | citādhūmena nīlena saṃrajyante ca pādapāḥ
śmaśāne ca nirāhārāḥ pratinandanti dehinaḥ
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| 96 | sarve vikrāntavīryāś ca asmin deśe sudāruṇāḥ
yuṣmān pradharṣayiṣyanti vikṛtā māṃsabhojanāḥ
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| 97 | dūrāc cāyaṃ vanoddeśo bhayam atra bhaviṣyati
tyajyatāṃ kāṣṭhabhūto 'yaṃ mṛṣyatāṃ jāmbukaṃ vacaḥ
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| 98 | yadi jambukavākyāni niṣphalāny anṛtāni ca
śroṣyatha bhraṣṭavijñānās tataḥ sarve vinaṅkṣyatha
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| 99 | jambuka uvāca
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| 99 | sthīyatāṃ neha bhetavyaṃ yāvat tapati bhāskaraḥ
tāvad asmin sutasnehād anirvedena vartata
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| 100 | svairaṃ rudata visrabdhāḥ svairaṃ snehena paśyata
sthīyatāṃ yāvad ādityaḥ kiṃ vaḥ kravyādabhāṣitaiḥ
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| 101 | yadi gṛdhrasya vākyāni tīvrāṇi rabhasāni ca
gṛhṇīta mohitātmānaḥ suto vo na bhaviṣyati
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| 102 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 102 | gṛdhro 'nastamite tv āha gate 'stam iti jambukaḥ
mṛtasya taṃ parijanam ūcatus tau kṣudhānvitau
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| 103 | svakāryadakṣiṇau rājan gṛdhro jambuka eva ca
kṣutpipāsāpariśrāntau śāstram ālambya jalpataḥ
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| 104 | tayor vijñānaviduṣor dvayor jambukapatriṇoḥ
vākyair amṛtakalpair hi prātiṣṭhanta vrajanti ca
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| 105 | śokadainyasamāviṣṭā rudantas tasthire tadā
svakāryakuśalābhyāṃ te saṃbhrāmyante ha naipuṇāt
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| 106 | tathā tayor vivadator vijñānaviduṣor dvayoḥ
bāndhavānāṃ sthitānāṃ ca upātiṣṭhata śaṃkaraḥ
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| 107 | tatas tān āha manujān varado 'smīti śūlabhṛt
te pratyūcur idaṃ vākyaṃ duḥkhitāḥ praṇatāḥ sthitāḥ
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| 108 | ekaputravihīnānāṃ sarveṣāṃ jīvitārthinām
putrasya no jīvadānāj jīvitaṃ dātum arhasi
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| 109 | evam uktaḥ sa bhagavān vāripūrṇena pāṇinā
jīvaṃ tasmai kumārāya prādād varṣaśatāya vai
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| 110 | tathā gomāyugṛdhrābhyām adadat kṣudvināśanam
varaṃ pinākī bhagavān sarvabhūtahite rataḥ
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| 111 | tataḥ praṇamya taṃ devaṃ śreyoharṣasamanvitāḥ
kṛtakṛtyāḥ sukhaṃ hṛṣṭāḥ prātiṣṭhanta tadā vibho
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| 112 | anirvedena dīrgheṇa niścayena dhruveṇa ca
devadevaprasādāc ca kṣipraṃ phalam avāpyate
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| 113 | paśya devasya saṃyogaṃ bāndhavānāṃ ca niścayam
kṛpaṇānāṃ hi rudatāṃ kṛtam aśrupramārjanam
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| 114 | paśya cālpena kālena niścayānveṣaṇena ca
prasādaṃ śaṃkarāt prāpya duḥkhitāḥ sukham āpnuvan
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| 115 | te vismitāḥ prahṛṣṭāś ca putrasaṃjīvanāt punaḥ
babhūvur bharataśreṣṭha prasādāc chaṃkarasya vai
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| 116 | tatas te tvaritā rājañ śrutvā śokam aghodbhavam
viviśuḥ putram ādāya nagaraṃ hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
eṣā buddhiḥ samastānāṃ cāturvarṇye nidarśitā
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| 117 | dharmārthamokṣasaṃyuktam itihāsam imaṃ śubham
śrutvā manuṣyaḥ satatam iha pretya ca modate
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