 | Book 12 Chapter 216
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | yayā buddhyā mahīpālo bhraṣṭaśrīr vicaren mahīm
kāladaṇḍaviniṣpiṣṭas tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
vāsavasya ca saṃvādaṃ baler vairocanasya ca
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| 3 | pitāmaham upāgatya praṇipatya kṛtāñjaliḥ
sarvān evāsurāñ jitvā baliṃ papraccha vāsavaḥ
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| 4 | yasya sma dadato vittaṃ na kadā cana hīyate
taṃ baliṃ nādhigacchāmi brahmann ācakṣva me balim
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| 5 | sa eva hy astam ayate sa sma vidyotate diśaḥ
sa varṣati sma varṣāṇi yathākālam atandritaḥ
taṃ baliṃ nādhigacchāmi brahmann ācakṣva me balim
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| 6 | sa vāyur varuṇaś caiva sa raviḥ sa ca candramāḥ
so 'gnis tapati bhūtāni pṛthivī ca bhavaty uta
taṃ baliṃ nādhigacchāmi brahmann ācakṣva me balim
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| 7 | brahmovāca
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| 7 | naitat te sādhu maghavan yad etad anupṛcchasi
pṛṣṭas tu nānṛtaṃ brūyāt tasmād vakṣyāmi te balim
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| 8 | uṣṭreṣu yadi vā goṣu khareṣv aśveṣu vā punaḥ
variṣṭho bhavitā jantuḥ śūnyāgāre śacīpate
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| 9 | śakra uvāca
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| 9 | yadi sma balinā brahmañ śūnyāgāre sameyivān
hanyām enaṃ na vā hanyāṃ tad brahmann anuśādhi mām
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| 10 | brahmovāca
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| 10 | mā sma śakra baliṃ hiṃsīr na balir vadham arhati
nyāyāṃs tu śakra praṣṭavyas tvayā vāsava kāmyayā
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| 11 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 11 | evam ukto bhagavatā mahendraḥ pṛthivīṃ tadā
cacārairāvataskandham adhiruhya śriyā vṛtaḥ
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| 12 | tato dadarśa sa baliṃ kharaveṣeṇa saṃvṛtam
yathākhyātaṃ bhagavatā śūnyāgārakṛtālayam
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| 13 | śakra uvāca
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| 13 | kharayonim anuprāptas tuṣabhakṣo 'si dānava
iyaṃ te yonir adhamā śocasy āho na śocasi
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| 14 | adṛṣṭaṃ bata paśyāmi dviṣatāṃ vaśam āgatam
śriyā vihīnaṃ mitraiś ca bhraṣṭavīryaparākramam
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| 15 | yat tad yānasahasreṇa jñātibhiḥ parivāritaḥ
lokān pratāpayan sarvān yāsy asmān avitarkayan
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| 16 | tvanmukhāś caiva daiteyā vyatiṣṭhaṃs tava śāsane
akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī tavaiśvarye babhūva ha
idaṃ ca te 'dya vyasanaṃ śocasy āho na śocasi
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| 17 | yadātiṣṭhaḥ samudrasya pūrvakūle vilelihan
jñātibhyo vibhajan vittaṃ tadāsīt te manaḥ katham
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| 18 | yat te sahasrasamitā nanṛtur devayoṣitaḥ
bahūni varṣapūgāni vihāre dīpyataḥ śriyā
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| 19 | sarvāḥ puṣkaramālinyaḥ sarvāḥ kāñcanasaprabhāḥ
katham adya tadā caiva manas te dānaveśvara
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| 20 | chatraṃ tavāsīt sumahat sauvarṇaṃ maṇibhūṣitam
nanṛtur yatra gandharvāḥ ṣaṭsahasrāṇi saptadhā
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| 21 | yūpas tavāsīt sumahān yajataḥ sarvakāñcanaḥ
yatrādadaḥ sahasrāṇām ayutāni gavāṃ daśa
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| 22 | yadā tu pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ yajamāno 'nuparyayāḥ
śamyākṣepeṇa vidhinā tadāsīt kiṃ nu te hṛdi
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| 23 | na te paśyāmi bhṛṅgāraṃ na chatraṃ vyajanaṃ na ca
brahmadattāṃ ca te mālāṃ na paśyāmy asurādhipa
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| 24 | balir uvāca
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| 24 | na tvaṃ paśyasi bhṛṅgāraṃ na chatraṃ vyajanaṃ na ca
brahmadattāṃ ca me mālāṃ na tvaṃ drakṣyasi vāsava
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| 25 | guhāyāṃ nihitāni tvaṃ mama ratnāni pṛcchasi
yadā me bhavitā kālas tadā tvaṃ tāni drakṣyasi
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| 26 | na tv etad anurūpaṃ te yaśaso vā kulasya vā
samṛddhārtho 'samṛddhārthaṃ yan māṃ katthitum icchasi
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| 27 | na hi duḥkheṣu śocanti na prahṛṣyanti carddhiṣu
kṛtaprajñā jñānatṛptāḥ kṣāntāḥ santo manīṣiṇaḥ
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| 28 | tvaṃ tu prākṛtayā buddhyā puraṃdara vikatthase
yadāham iva bhāvī tvaṃ tadā naivaṃ vadiṣyasi
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