 | Book 12 Chapter 165
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ sa vidito rājñaḥ praviśya gṛham uttamam
pūjito rākṣasendreṇa niṣasādāsanottame
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| 2 | pṛṣṭaś ca gotracaraṇaṃ svādhyāyaṃ brahmacārikam
na tatra vyājahārānyad gotramātrād ṛte dvijaḥ
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| 3 | brahmavarcasahīnasya svādhyāyaviratasya ca
gotramātravido rājā nivāsaṃ samapṛcchata
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| 4 | kva te nivāsaḥ kalyāṇa kiṃgotrā brāhmaṇī ca te
tattvaṃ brūhi na bhīḥ kāryā viśramasva yathāsukham
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| 5 | gautama uvāca
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| 5 | madhyadeśaprasūto 'haṃ vāso me śabarālaye
śūdrā punarbhūr bhāryā me satyam etad bravīmi te
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| 6 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 6 | tato rājā vimamṛśe kathaṃ kāryam idaṃ bhavet
kathaṃ vā sukṛtaṃ me syād iti buddhyānvacintayat
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| 7 | ayaṃ vai jananād vipraḥ suhṛt tasya mahātmanaḥ
saṃpreṣitaś ca tenāyaṃ kāśyapena mamāntikam
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| 8 | tasya priyaṃ kariṣyāmi sa hi mām āśritaḥ sadā
bhrātā me bāndhavaś cāsau sakhā ca hṛdayaṃgamaḥ
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| 9 | kārttikyām adya bhoktāraḥ sahasraṃ me dvijottamāḥ
tatrāyam api bhoktā vai deyam asmai ca me dhanam
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| 10 | tataḥ sahasraṃ viprāṇāṃ viduṣāṃ samalaṃkṛtam
snātānām anusaṃprāptam ahatakṣaumavāsasām
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| 11 | tān āgatān dvijaśreṣṭhān virūpākṣo viśāṃ pate
yathārhaṃ pratijagrāha vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
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| 12 | bṛsyas teṣāṃ tu saṃnyastā rākṣasendrasya śāsanāt
bhūmau varakuthāstīrṇāḥ preṣyair bharatasattama
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| 13 | tāsu te pūjitā rājñā niṣaṇṇā dvijasattamāḥ
vyarājanta mahārāja nakṣatrapatayo yathā
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| 14 | tato jāmbūnadāḥ pātrīr vajrāṅkā vimalāḥ śubhāḥ
varānnapūrṇā viprebhyaḥ prādān madhughṛtāplutāḥ
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| 15 | tasya nityaṃ tathāṣāḍhyāṃ māghyāṃ ca bahavo dvijāḥ
īpsitaṃ bhojanavaraṃ labhante satkṛtaṃ sadā
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| 16 | viśeṣatas tu kārttikyāṃ dvijebhyaḥ saṃprayacchati
śaradvyapāye ratnāni paurṇamāsyām iti śrutiḥ
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| 17 | suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ caiva maṇīn atha ca mauktikam
vajrān mahādhanāṃś caiva vaiḍūryājinarāṅkavān
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| 18 | ratnarāśīn vinikṣipya dakṣiṇārthe sa bhārata
tataḥ prāha dvijaśreṣṭhān virūpākṣo mahāyaśāḥ
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| 19 | gṛhṇīta ratnāny etāni yathotsāhaṃ yatheṣṭataḥ
yeṣu yeṣu ca bhāṇḍeṣu bhuktaṃ vo dvijasattamāḥ
tāny evādāya gacchadhvaṃ svaveśmānīti bhārata
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| 20 | ity uktavacane tasmin rākṣasendre mahātmani
yatheṣṭaṃ tāni ratnāni jagṛhur brāhmaṇarṣabhāḥ
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| 21 | tato mahārhais te sarve ratnair abhyarcitāḥ śubhaiḥ
brāhmaṇā mṛṣṭavasanāḥ suprītāḥ sma tadābhavan
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| 22 | tatas tān rākṣasendraś ca dvijān āha punar vacaḥ
nānādigāgatān rājan rākṣasān pratiṣidhya vai
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| 23 | adhyaikadivasaṃ viprā na vo 'stīha bhayaṃ kva cit
rākṣasebhyaḥ pramodadhvam iṣṭato yāta māciram
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| 24 | tataḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve viprasaṃghāḥ samantataḥ
gautamo 'pi suvarṇasya bhāram ādāya satvaraḥ
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| 25 | kṛcchrāt samudvahan vīra nyagrodhaṃ samupāgamat
nyaṣīdac ca pariśrāntaḥ klāntaś ca kṣudhitaś ca ha
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| 26 | tatas tam abhyagād rājan rājadharmā khagottamaḥ
svāgatenābhyanandac ca gautamaṃ mitravatsalaḥ
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| 27 | tasya pakṣāgravikṣepaiḥ klamaṃ vyapanayat khagaḥ
pūjāṃ cāpy akarod dhīmān bhojanaṃ cāpy akalpayat
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| 28 | sa bhuktavān suviśrānto gautamo 'cintayat tadā
hāṭakasyābhirūpasya bhāro 'yaṃ sumahān mayā
gṛhīto lobhamohād vai dūraṃ ca gamanaṃ mama
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| 29 | na cāsti pathi bhoktavyaṃ prāṇasaṃdhāraṇaṃ mama
kiṃ kṛtvā dhārayeyaṃ vai prāṇān ity abhyacintayat
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| 30 | tataḥ sa pathi bhoktavyaṃ prekṣamāṇo na kiṃ cana
kṛtaghnaḥ puruṣavyāghra manasedam acintayat
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| 31 | ayaṃ bakapatiḥ pārśve māṃsarāśiḥ sthito mama
imaṃ hatvā gṛhītvā ca yāsye 'haṃ samabhidrutam
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