 | Book 18 Chapter 1
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | svargaṃ triviṣṭapaṃ prāpya mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ
pāṇḍavā dhārtarāṣṭrāś ca kāni sthānāni bhejire
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| 2 | etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ sarvavic cāsi me mataḥ
maharṣiṇābhyanujñāto vyāsenādbhutakarmaṇā
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| 3 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 3 | svargaṃ triviṣṭapaṃ prāpya tava pūrvapitāmahāḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraprabhṛtayo yad akurvata tac chṛṇu
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| 4 | svargaṃ triviṣṭapaṃ prāpya dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
duryodhanaṃ śriyā juṣṭaṃ dadarśāsīnam āsane
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| 5 | bhrājamānam ivādityaṃ vīralakṣmyābhisaṃvṛtam
devair bhrājiṣṇubhiḥ sādhyaiḥ sahitaṃ puṇyakarmabhiḥ
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| 6 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro dṛṣṭvā duryodhanam amarṣitaḥ
sahasā saṃnivṛtto 'bhūc chriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā suyodhane
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| 7 | bruvann uccair vacas tān vai nāhaṃ duryodhanena vai
sahitaḥ kāmaye lokāṃl lubdhenādīrghadarśinā
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| 8 | yatkṛte pṛthivī sarvā suhṛdo bāndhavās tathā
hatāsmābhiḥ prasahyājau kliṣṭaiḥ pūrvaṃ mahāvane
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| 9 | draupadī ca sabhāmadhye pāñcālī dharmacāriṇī
parikliṣṭānavadyāṅgī patnī no gurusaṃnidhau
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| 10 | svasti devā na me kāmaḥ suyodhanam udīkṣitum
tatrāhaṃ gantum icchāmi yatra te bhrātaro mama
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| 11 | maivam ity abravīt taṃ tu nāradaḥ prahasann iva
svarge nivāso rājendra viruddhaṃ cāpi naśyati
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| 12 | yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho maivaṃ vocaḥ kathaṃ cana
duryodhanaṃ prati nṛpaṃ śṛṇu cedaṃ vaco mama
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| 13 | eṣa duryodhano rājā pūjyate tridaśaiḥ saha
sadbhiś ca rājapravarair ya ime svargavāsinaḥ
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| 14 | vīralokagatiṃ prāpto yuddhe hutvātmanas tanum
yūyaṃ sarve surasamā yena yuddhe samāsitāḥ
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| 15 | sa eṣa kṣatradharmeṇa sthānam etad avāptavān
bhaye mahati yo 'bhīto babhūva pṛthivīpatiḥ
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| 16 | na tan manasi kartavyaṃ putra yad dyūtakāritam
draupadyāś ca parikleśaṃ na cintayatum arhasi
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| 17 | ye cānye 'pi parikleśā yuṣmākaṃ dyūtakāritāḥ
saṃgrāmeṣv atha vānyatra na tān saṃsmartum arhasi
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| 18 | samāgaccha yathānyāyaṃ rājñā duryodhanena vai
svargo 'yaṃ neha vairāṇi bhavanti manujādhipa
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| 19 | nāradenaivam uktas tu kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhrātṝn papraccha medhāvī vākyam etad uvāca ha
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| 20 | yadi duryodhanasyaite vīralokāḥ sanātanāḥ
adharmajñasya pāpasya pṛthivīsuhṛdadruhaḥ
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| 21 | yatkṛte pṛthivī naṣṭā sahayā sarathadvipā
vayaṃ ca manyunā dagdhā vairaṃ praticikīrṣavaḥ
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| 22 | ye te vīrā mahātmāno bhrātaro me mahāvratāḥ
satyapratijñā lokasya śūrā vai satyavādinaḥ
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| 23 | teṣām idānīṃ ke lokā draṣṭum icchāmi tān aham
karṇaṃ caiva mahātmānaṃ kaunteyaṃ satyasaṃgaram
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| 24 | dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ sātyakiṃ ca dhṛṣṭadyumnasya cātmajān
ye ca śastrair vadhaṃ prāptāḥ kṣatradharmeṇa pārthivāḥ
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| 25 | kva nu te pārthivā brahman naitān paśyāmi nārada
virāṭadrupadau caiva dhṛṣṭaketumukhāṃś ca tān
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| 26 | śikhaṇḍinaṃ ca pāñcālyaṃ draupadeyāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ
abhimanyuṃ ca durdharṣaṃ draṣṭum icchāmi nārada
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