 | Book 13 Chapter 19
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | yad idaṃ sahadharmeti procyate bharatarṣabha
pāṇigrahaṇakāle tu strīṇām etat kathaṃ smṛtam
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| 2 | ārṣa eṣa bhaved dharmaḥ prājāpatyo 'tha vāsuraḥ
yad etat sahadharmeti pūrvam uktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ
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| 3 | saṃdehaḥ sumahān eṣa viruddha iti me matiḥ
iha yaḥ sahadharmo vai pretyāyaṃ vihitaḥ kva nu
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| 4 | svarge mṛtānāṃ bhavati sahadharmaḥ pitāmaha
pūrvam ekas tu mriyate kva caikas tiṣṭhate vada
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| 5 | nānākarmaphalopetā nānākarmanivāsinaḥ
nānānirayaniṣṭhāntā mānuṣā bahavo yadā
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| 6 | anṛtāḥ striya ity evaṃ sūtrakāro vyavasyati
yadānṛtāḥ striyas tāta sahadharmaḥ kutaḥ smṛtaḥ
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| 7 | anṛtāḥ striya ity evaṃ vedeṣv api hi paṭhyate
dharmo 'yaṃ paurvikī saṃjñā upacāraḥ kriyāvidhiḥ
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| 8 | gahvaraṃ pratibhāty etan mama cintayato 'niśam
niḥsaṃdeham idaṃ sarvaṃ pitāmaha yathā śrutiḥ
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| 9 | yad etad yādṛśaṃ caitad yathā caitat pravartitam
nikhilena mahāprājña bhavān etad bravītu me
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| 10 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 10 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
aṣṭāvakrasya saṃvādaṃ diśayā saha bhārata
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| 11 | niveṣṭukāmas tu purā aṣṭāvakro mahātapāḥ
ṛṣer atha vadānyasya kanyāṃ vavre mahātmanaḥ
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| 12 | suprabhāṃ nāma vai nāmnā rūpeṇāpratimāṃ bhuvi
guṇaprabarhāṃ śīlena sādhvīṃ cāritraśobhanām
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| 13 | sā tasya dṛṣṭvaiva mano jahāra śubhalocanā
vanarājī yathā citrā vasante kusumācitā
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| 14 | ṛṣis tam āha deyā me sutā tubhyaṃ śṛṇuṣva me
gaccha tāvad diśaṃ puṇyām uttarāṃ drakṣyase tataḥ
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| 15 | aṣṭāvakra uvāca
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| 15 | kiṃ draṣṭavyaṃ mayā tatra vaktum arhati me bhavān
tathedānīṃ mayā kāryaṃ yathā vakṣyati māṃ bhavān
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| 16 | vadānya uvāca
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| 16 | dhanadaṃ samatikramya himavantaṃ tathaiva ca
rudrasyāyatanaṃ dṛṣṭvā siddhacāraṇasevitam
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| 17 | prahṛṣṭaiḥ pārṣadair juṣṭaṃ nṛtyadbhir vividhānanaiḥ
divyāṅgarāgaiḥ paiśācair vanyair nānāvidhais tathā
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| 18 | pāṇitālasatālaiś ca śamyātālaiḥ samais tathā
saṃprahṛṣṭaiḥ pranṛtyadbhiḥ śarvas tatra niṣevyate
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| 19 | iṣṭaṃ kila girau sthānaṃ tad divyam anuśuśruma
nityaṃ saṃnihito devas tathā pāriṣadāḥ śubhāḥ
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| 20 | tatra devyā tapas taptaṃ śaṃkarārthaṃ suduścaram
atas tad iṣṭaṃ devasya tathomāyā iti śrutiḥ
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| 21 | tatra kūpo mahān pārśve devasyottaratas tathā
ṛtavaḥ kālarātriś ca ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ
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| 22 | sarve devam upāsante rūpiṇaḥ kila tatra ha
tad atikramya bhavanaṃ tvayā yātavyam eva hi
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| 23 | tato nīlaṃ vanoddeśaṃ drakṣyase meghasaṃnibham
ramaṇīyaṃ manogrāhi tatra drakṣyasi vai striyam
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| 24 | tapasvinīṃ mahābhāgāṃ vṛddhāṃ dīkṣām anuṣṭhitām
draṣṭavyā sā tvayā tatra saṃpūjyā caiva yatnataḥ
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| 25 | tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vinivṛttas tvaṃ tataḥ pāṇiṃ grahīṣyasi
yady eṣa samayaḥ satyaḥ sādhyatāṃ tatra gamyatām
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