 | Book 13 Chapter 5
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | ānṛśaṃsasya dharmasya guṇān bhaktajanasya ca
śrotum icchāmi kārtsnyena tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | viṣaye kāśirājasya grāmān niṣkramya lubdhakaḥ
saviṣaṃ kāṇḍam ādāya mṛgayām āsa vai mṛgam
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| 3 | tatra cāmiṣalubdhena lubdhakena mahāvane
avidūre mṛgaṃ dṛṣṭvā bāṇaḥ pratisamāhitaḥ
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| 4 | tena durvāritāstreṇa nimittacapaleṣuṇā
mahān vanatarur viddho mṛgaṃ tatra jighāṃsatā
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| 5 | sa tīkṣṇaviṣadigdhena śareṇātibalātkṛtaḥ
utsṛjya phalapatrāṇi pādapaḥ śoṣam āgataḥ
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| 6 | tasmin vṛkṣe tathābhūte koṭareṣu ciroṣitaḥ
na jahāti śuko vāsaṃ tasya bhaktyā vanaspateḥ
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| 7 | niṣpracāro nirāhāro glānaḥ śithilavāg api
kṛtajñaḥ saha vṛkṣeṇa dharmātmā sa vyaśuṣyata
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| 8 | tam udāraṃ mahāsattvam atimānuṣaceṣṭitam
samaduḥkhasukhaṃ jñātvā vismitaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ
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| 9 | tataś cintām upagataḥ śakraḥ katham ayaṃ dvijaḥ
tiryagyonāv asaṃbhāvyam ānṛśaṃsyaṃ samāsthitaḥ
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| 10 | atha vā nātra citraṃ hīty abhavad vāsavasya tu
prāṇinām iha sarveṣāṃ sarvaṃ sarvatra dṛśyate
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| 11 | tato brāhmaṇaveṣeṇa mānuṣaṃ rūpam āsthitaḥ
avatīrya mahīṃ śakras taṃ pakṣiṇam uvāca ha
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| 12 | śuka bhoḥ pakṣiṇāṃ śreṣṭha dākṣeyī suprajās tvayā
pṛcche tvā śuṣkam etaṃ vai kasmān na tyajasi drumam
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| 13 | atha pṛṣṭaḥ śukaḥ prāha mūrdhnā samabhivādya tam
svāgataṃ devarājāya vijñātas tapasā mayā
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| 14 | tato daśaśatākṣeṇa sādhu sādhv iti bhāṣitam
aho vijñānam ity evaṃ tapasā pūjitas tataḥ
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| 15 | tam evaṃ śubhakarmāṇaṃ śukaṃ paramadhārmikam
vijānann api tāṃ prāptiṃ papraccha balasūdanaḥ
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| 16 | niṣpatram aphalaṃ śuṣkam aśaraṇyaṃ patatriṇām
kimarthaṃ sevase vṛkṣaṃ yadā mahad idaṃ vanam
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| 17 | anye 'pi bahavo vṛkṣāḥ patrasaṃchannakoṭarāḥ
śubhāḥ paryāptasaṃcārā vidyante 'smin mahāvane
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| 18 | gatāyuṣam asāmarthyaṃ kṣīṇasāraṃ hataśriyam
vimṛśya prajñayā dhīra jahīmaṃ hy asthiraṃ drumam
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| 19 | tad upaśrutya dharmātmā śukaḥ śakreṇa bhāṣitam
sudīrgham abhiniḥśvasya dīno vākyam uvāca ha
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| 20 | anatikramaṇīyāni daivatāni śacīpate
yatrābhavas tatra bhavas tan nibodha surādhipa
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| 21 | asminn ahaṃ drume jātaḥ sādhubhiś ca guṇair yutaḥ
bālabhāve ca saṃguptaḥ śatrubhiś ca na dharṣitaḥ
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| 22 | kim anukrośavaiphalyam utpādayasi me 'nagha
ānṛśaṃsye 'nuraktasya bhaktasyānugatasya ca
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| 23 | anukrośo hi sādhūnāṃ sumahad dharmalakṣaṇam
anukrośaś ca sādhūnāṃ sadā prītiṃ prayacchati
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| 24 | tvam eva daivataiḥ sarvaiḥ pṛcchyase dharmasaṃśayān
atas tvaṃ deva devānām ādhipatye pratiṣṭhitaḥ
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| 25 | nārhasi tvaṃ sahasrākṣa tyājayitveha bhaktitaḥ
samartham upajīvyemaṃ tyajeyaṃ katham adya vai
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| 26 | tasya vākyena saumyena harṣitaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ
śukaṃ provāca dharmajñam ānṛśaṃsyena toṣitaḥ
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| 27 | varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti tadā sa ca vavre varaṃ śukaḥ
ānṛśaṃsyaparo nityaṃ tasya vṛkṣasya saṃbhavam
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| 28 | viditvā ca dṛḍhāṃ śakras tāṃ śuke śīlasaṃpadam
prītaḥ kṣipram atho vṛkṣam amṛtenāvasiktavān
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| 29 | tataḥ phalāni patrāṇi śākhāś cāpi manoramāḥ
śukasya dṛḍhabhaktitvāc chrīmattvaṃ cāpa sa drumaḥ
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| 30 | śukaś ca karmaṇā tena ānṛśaṃsyakṛtena ha
āyuṣo 'nte mahārāja prāpa śakrasalokatām
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| 31 | evam eva manuṣyendra bhaktimantaṃ samāśritaḥ
sarvārthasiddhiṃ labhate śukaṃ prāpya yathā drumaḥ
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