 | Book 12 Chapter 346
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | atha tena naraśreṣṭha brāhmaṇena tapasvinā
nirāhāreṇa vasatā duḥkhitās te bhujaṃgamāḥ
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| 2 | sarve saṃbhūya sahitās tasya nāgasya bāndhavāḥ
bhrātaras tanayā bhāryā yayus taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ prati
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| 3 | te 'paśyan puline taṃ vai vivikte niyatavratam
samāsīnaṃ nirāhāraṃ dvijaṃ japyaparāyaṇam
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| 4 | te sarve samabhikramya vipram abhyarcya cāsakṛt
ūcur vākyam asaṃdigdham ātitheyasya bāndhavāḥ
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| 5 | ṣaṣṭho hi divasas te 'dya prāptasyeha tapodhana
na cābhilaṣase kiṃ cid āhāraṃ dharmavatsala
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| 6 | asmān abhigataś cāsi vayaṃ ca tvām upasthitāḥ
kāryaṃ cātithyam asmābhir vayaṃ sarve kuṭumbinaḥ
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| 7 | mūlaṃ phalaṃ vā parṇaṃ vā payo vā dvijasattama
āhārahetor annaṃ vā bhoktum arhasi brāhmaṇa
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| 8 | tyaktāhāreṇa bhavatā vane nivasatā satā
bālavṛddham idaṃ sarvaṃ pīḍyate dharmasaṃkaṭāt
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| 9 | na hi no bhrūṇahā kaś cid rājāpathyo 'nṛto 'pi vā
pūrvāśī vā kule hy asmin devatātithibandhuṣu
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| 10 | brāhmaṇa uvāca
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| 10 | upadeśena yuṣmākam āhāro 'yaṃ mayā vṛtaḥ
dvirūnaṃ daśarātraṃ vai nāgasyāgamanaṃ prati
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| 11 | yady aṣṭarātre niryāte nāgamiṣyati pannagaḥ
tadāhāraṃ kariṣyāmi tannimittam idaṃ vratam
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| 12 | kartavyo na ca saṃtāpo gamyatāṃ ca yathāgatam
tannimittaṃ vrataṃ mahyaṃ naitad bhettum ihārhatha
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| 13 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 13 | tena te samanujñātā brāhmaṇena bhujaṃgamāḥ
svam eva bhavanaṃ jagmur akṛtārthā nararṣabha
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