 | Book 13 Chapter 69
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | atraiva kīrtyate sadbhir brāhmaṇasvābhimarśane
nṛgeṇa sumahat kṛcchraṃ yad avāptaṃ kurūdvaha
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| 2 | niviśantyāṃ purā pārtha dvāravatyām iti śrutiḥ
adṛśyata mahākūpas tṛṇavīrutsamāvṛtaḥ
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| 3 | prayatnaṃ tatra kurvāṇās tasmāt kūpāj jalārthinaḥ
śrameṇa mahatā yuktās tasmiṃs toye susaṃvṛte
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| 4 | dadṛśus te mahākāyaṃ kṛkalāsam avasthitam
tasya coddharaṇe yatnam akurvaṃs te sahasraśaḥ
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| 5 | pragrahaiś carmapaṭṭaiś ca taṃ baddhvā parvatopamam
nāśaknuvan samuddhartuṃ tato jagmur janārdanam
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| 6 | kham āvṛtyodapānasya kṛkalāsaḥ sthito mahān
tasya nāsti samuddhartety atha kṛṣṇe nyavedayan
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| 7 | sa vāsudevena samuddhṛtaś ca; pṛṣṭaś ca kāmān nijagāda rājā
nṛgas tadātmānam atho nyavedayat; purātanaṃ yajñasahasrayājinam
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tathā bruvāṇaṃ tu tam āha mādhavaḥ; śubhaṃ tvayā karma kṛtaṃ na pāpakam
kathaṃ bhavān durgatim īdṛśīṃ gato; narendra tad brūhi kim etad īdṛśam
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śataṃ sahasrāṇi śataṃ gavāṃ punaḥ; punaḥ śatāny aṣṭa śatāyutāni
tvayā purā dattam itīha śuśruma; nṛpa dvijebhyaḥ kva nu tad gataṃ tava
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| 10 | nṛgas tato 'bravīt kṛṣṇaṃ brāhmaṇasyāgnihotriṇaḥ
proṣitasya paribhraṣṭā gaur ekā mama godhane
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| 11 | gavāṃ sahasre saṃkhyātā tadā sā paśupair mama
sā brāhmaṇāya me dattā pretyārtham abhikāṅkṣatā
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| 12 | apaśyat parimārgaṃś ca tāṃ yāṃ paragṛhe dvijaḥ
mameyam iti covāca brāhmaṇo yasya sābhavat
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| 13 | tāv ubhau samanuprāptau vivadantau bhṛśajvarau
bhavān dātā bhavān hartety atha tau māṃ tadocatuḥ
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| 14 | śatena śatasaṃkhyena gavāṃ vinimayena vai
yāce pratigrahītāraṃ sa tu mām abravīd idam
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| 15 | deśakālopasaṃpannā dogdhrī kṣāntātivatsalā
svādukṣīrapradā dhanyā mama nityaṃ niveśane
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| 16 | kṛśaṃ ca bharate yā gaur mama putram apastanam
na sā śakyā mayā hātum ity uktvā sa jagāma ha
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| 17 | tatas tam aparaṃ vipraṃ yāce vinimayena vai
gavāṃ śatasahasraṃ vai tatkṛte gṛhyatām iti
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| 18 | brāhmaṇa uvāca
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| 18 | na rājñāṃ pratigṛhṇāmi śakto 'haṃ svasya mārgaṇe
saiva gaur dīyatāṃ śīghraṃ mameti madhusūdana
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| 19 | rukmam aśvāṃś ca dadato rajataṃ syandanāṃs tathā
na jagrāha yayau cāpi tadā sa brāhmaṇarṣabhaḥ
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| 20 | etasminn eva kāle tu coditaḥ kāladharmaṇā
pitṛlokam ahaṃ prāpya dharmarājam upāgamam
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| 21 | yamas tu pūjayitvā māṃ tato vacanam abravīt
nāntaḥ saṃkhyāyate rājaṃs tava puṇyasya karmaṇaḥ
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| 22 | asti caiva kṛtaṃ pāpam ajñānāt tad api tvayā
carasva pāpaṃ paścād vā pūrvaṃ vā tvaṃ yathecchasi
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| 23 | rakṣitāsmīti coktaṃ te pratijñā cānṛtā tava
brāhmaṇasvasya cādānaṃ trividhas te vyatikramaḥ
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| 24 | pūrvaṃ kṛcchraṃ cariṣye 'haṃ paścāc chubham iti prabho
dharmarājaṃ bruvann evaṃ patito 'smi mahītale
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| 25 | aśrauṣaṃ pracyutaś cāhaṃ yamasyoccaiḥ prabhāṣataḥ
vāsudevaḥ samuddhartā bhavitā te janārdanaḥ
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| 26 | pūrṇe varṣasahasrānte kṣīṇe karmaṇi duṣkṛte
prāpsyase śāśvatāṃl lokāñ jitān svenaiva karmaṇā
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| 27 | kūpe 'tmānam adhaḥśīrṣam apaśyaṃ patitaṃ ca ha
tiryagyonim anuprāptaṃ na tu mām ajahāt smṛtiḥ
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| 28 | tvayā tu tārito 'smy adya kim anyatra tapobalāt
anujānīhi māṃ kṛṣṇa gaccheyaṃ divam adya vai
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| 29 | anujñātaḥ sa kṛṣṇena namaskṛtya janārdanam
vimānaṃ divyam āsthāya yayau divam ariṃdama
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| 30 | tatas tasmin divaṃ prāpte nṛge bharatasattama
vāsudeva imaṃ ślokaṃ jagāda kurunandana
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| 31 | brāhmaṇasvaṃ na hartavyaṃ puruṣeṇa vijānatā
brāhmaṇasvaṃ hṛtaṃ hanti nṛgaṃ brāhmaṇagaur iva
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| 32 | satāṃ samāgamaḥ sadbhir nāphalaḥ pārtha vidyate
vimuktaṃ narakāt paśya nṛgaṃ sādhusamāgamāt
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| 33 | pradānaṃ phalavat tatra drohas tatra tathāphalaḥ
apacāraṃ gavāṃ tasmād varjayeta yudhiṣṭhira
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