 | Book 14 Chapter 62
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | śrutvaitad vacanaṃ brahman vyāsenoktaṃ mahātmanā
aśvamedhaṃ prati tadā kiṃ nṛpaḥ pracakāra ha
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| 2 | ratnaṃ ca yan maruttena nihitaṃ pṛthivītale
tad avāpa kathaṃ ceti tan me brūhi dvijottama
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| 3 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 3 | śrutvā dvaipāyanavaco dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhrātṝn sarvān samānāyya kāle vacanam abravīt
arjunaṃ bhīmasenaṃ ca mādrīputrau yamāv api
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| 4 | śrutaṃ vo vacanaṃ vīrāḥ sauhṛdād yan mahātmanā
kurūṇāṃ hitakāmena proktaṃ kṛṣṇena dhīmatā
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| 5 | tapovṛddhena mahatā suhṛdāṃ bhūtim icchatā
guruṇā dharmaśīlena vyāsenādbhutakarmaṇā
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| 6 | bhīṣmeṇa ca mahāprājña govindena ca dhīmatā
saṃsmṛtya tad ahaṃ samyak kartum icchāmi pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 7 | āyatyāṃ ca tadātve ca sarveṣāṃ tad dhi no hitam
anubandhe ca kalyāṇaṃ yad vaco brahmavādinaḥ
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| 8 | iyaṃ hi vasudhā sarvā kṣīṇaratnā kurūdvahāḥ
tac cācaṣṭa bahu vyāso maruttasya dhanaṃ nṛpāḥ
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| 9 | yady etad vo bahumataṃ manyadhvaṃ vā kṣamaṃ yadi
tad ānayāmahe sarve kathaṃ vā bhīma manyase
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| 10 | ity uktavākye nṛpatau tadā kurukulodvaha
bhīmaseno nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ prāñjalir vākyam abravīt
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| 11 | rocate me mahābāho yad idaṃ bhāṣitaṃ tvayā
vyāsākhyātasya vittasya samupānayanaṃ prati
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| 12 | yadi tat prāpnuyāmeha dhanam āvikṣitaṃ prabho
kṛtam eva mahārāja bhaved iti matir mama
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| 13 | te vayaṃ praṇipātena girīśasya mahātmanaḥ
tad ānayāma bhadraṃ te samabhyarcya kapardinam
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| 14 | taṃ vibhuṃ devadeveśaṃ tasyaivānucarāṃś ca tān
prasādyārtham avāpsyāmo nūnaṃ vāgbuddhikarmabhiḥ
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| 15 | rakṣante ye ca tad dravyaṃ kiṃkarā raudradarśanāḥ
te ca vaśyā bhaviṣyanti prasanne vṛṣabhadhvaje
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| 16 | śrutvaivaṃ vadatas tasya vākyaṃ bhīmasya bhārata
prīto dharmātmajo rājā babhūvātīva bhārata
arjunapramukhāś cāpi tathety evābruvan mudā
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| 17 | kṛtvā tu pāṇḍavāḥ sarve ratnāharaṇaniścayam
senām ājñāpayām āsur nakṣatre 'hani ca dhruve
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| 18 | tato yayuḥ pāṇḍusutā brāhmaṇān svasti vācya ca
arcayitvā suraśreṣṭhaṃ pūrvam eva maheśvaram
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| 19 | modakaiḥ pāyasenātha māṃsāpūpais tathaiva ca
āśāsya ca mahātmānaṃ prayayur muditā bhṛśam
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| 20 | teṣāṃ prayāsyatāṃ tatra maṅgalāni śubhāny atha
prāhuḥ prahṛṣṭamanaso dvijāgryā nāgarāś ca te
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| 21 | tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya śirobhiḥ praṇipatya ca
brāhmaṇān agnisahitān prayayuḥ pāṇḍunandanāḥ
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| 22 | samanujñāpya rājānaṃ putraśokasamāhatam
dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ sabhāryaṃ vai pṛthāṃ pṛthulalocanām
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| 23 | mūle nikṣipya kauravyaṃ yuyutsuṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrajam
saṃpūjyamānāḥ pauraiś ca brāhmaṇaiś ca manīṣibhiḥ
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