 | Book 1 Chapter 55
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | gurave prāṅ namaskṛtya manobuddhisamādhibhiḥ
saṃpūjya ca dvijān sarvāṃs tathānyān viduṣo janān
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| 2 | maharṣeḥ sarvalokeṣu viśrutasyāsya dhīmataḥ
pravakṣyāmi mataṃ kṛtsnaṃ vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ
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| 3 | śrotuṃ pātraṃ ca rājaṃs tvaṃ prāpyemāṃ bhāratīṃ kathām
guror vaktuṃ parispando mudā protsāhatīva mām
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| 4 | śṛṇu rājan yathā bhedaḥ kurupāṇḍavayor abhūt
rājyārthe dyūtasaṃbhūto vanavāsas tathaiva ca
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| 5 | yathā ca yuddham abhavat pṛthivīkṣayakārakam
tat te 'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi pṛcchate bharatarṣabha
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| 6 | mṛte pitari te vīrā vanād etya svamandiram
nacirād iva vidvāṃso vede dhanuṣi cābhavan
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| 7 | tāṃs tathā rūpavīryaujaḥsaṃpannān paurasaṃmatān
nāmṛṣyan kuravo dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavāñ śrīyaśobhṛtaḥ
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| 8 | tato duryodhanaḥ krūraḥ karṇaś ca sahasaubalaḥ
teṣāṃ nigrahanirvāsān vividhāṃs te samācaran
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| 9 | dadāv atha viṣaṃ pāpo bhīmāya dhṛtarāṣṭrajaḥ
jarayām āsa tad vīraḥ sahānnena vṛkodaraḥ
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| 10 | pramāṇakoṭyāṃ saṃsuptaṃ punar baddhvā vṛkodaram
toyeṣu bhīmaṃ gaṅgāyāḥ prakṣipya puram āvrajat
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| 11 | yadā prabuddhaḥ kaunteyas tadā saṃchidya bandhanam
udatiṣṭhan mahārāja bhīmaseno gatavyathaḥ
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| 12 | āśīviṣaiḥ kṛṣṇasarpaiḥ suptaṃ cainam adaṃśayat
sarveṣv evāṅgadeśeṣu na mamāra ca śatruhā
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| 13 | teṣāṃ tu viprakāreṣu teṣu teṣu mahāmatiḥ
mokṣaṇe pratighāte ca viduro 'vahito 'bhavat
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| 14 | svargastho jīvalokasya yathā śakraḥ sukhāvahaḥ
pāṇḍavānāṃ tathā nityaṃ viduro 'pi sukhāvahaḥ
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| 15 | yadā tu vividhopāyaiḥ saṃvṛtair vivṛtair api
nāśaknod vinihantuṃ tān daivabhāvyartharakṣitān
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| 16 | tataḥ saṃmantrya sacivair vṛṣaduḥśāsanādibhiḥ
dhṛtarāṣṭram anujñāpya jātuṣaṃ gṛham ādiśat
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| 17 | tatra tān vāsayām āsa pāṇḍavān amitaujasaḥ
adāhayac ca visrabdhān pāvakena punas tadā
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| 18 | vidurasyaiva vacanāt khanitrī vihitā tataḥ
mokṣayām āsa yogena te muktāḥ prādravan bhayāt
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| 19 | tato mahāvane ghore hiḍimbaṃ nāma rākṣasam
bhīmaseno 'vadhīt kruddho bhuvi bhīmaparākramaḥ
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| 20 | atha saṃdhāya te vīrā ekacakrāṃ vrajaṃs tadā
brahmarūpadharā bhūtvā mātrā saha paraṃtapāḥ
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| 21 | tatra te brāhmaṇārthāya bakaṃ hatvā mahābalam
brāhmaṇaiḥ sahitā jagmuḥ pāñcālānāṃ puraṃ tataḥ
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| 22 | te tatra draupadīṃ labdhvā parisaṃvatsaroṣitāḥ
viditā hāstinapuraṃ pratyājagmur ariṃdamāḥ
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| 23 | ta uktā dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa rājñā śāṃtanavena ca
bhrātṛbhir vigrahas tāta kathaṃ vo na bhaved iti
asmābhiḥ khāṇḍavaprasthe yuṣmadvāso 'nucintitaḥ
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| 24 | tasmāj janapadopetaṃ suvibhaktamahāpatham
vāsāya khāṇḍavaprasthaṃ vrajadhvaṃ gatamanyavaḥ
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| 25 | tayos te vacanāj jagmuḥ saha sarvaiḥ suhṛjjanaiḥ
nagaraṃ khāṇḍavaprasthaṃ ratnāny ādāya sarvaśaḥ
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| 26 | tatra te nyavasan rājan saṃvatsaragaṇān bahūn
vaśe śastrapratāpena kurvanto 'nyān mahīkṣitaḥ
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| 27 | evaṃ dharmapradhānās te satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ
apramattotthitāḥ kṣāntāḥ pratapanto 'hitāṃs tadā
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| 28 | ajayad bhīmasenas tu diśaṃ prācīṃ mahābalaḥ
udīcīm arjuno vīraḥ pratīcīṃ nakulas tathā
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| 29 | dakṣiṇāṃ sahadevas tu vijigye paravīrahā
evaṃ cakrur imāṃ sarve vaśe kṛtsnāṃ vasuṃdharām
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| 30 | pañcabhiḥ sūryasaṃkāśaiḥ sūryeṇa ca virājatā
ṣaṭsūryevābabhau pṛthvī pāṇḍavaiḥ satyavikramaiḥ
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| 31 | tato nimitte kasmiṃś cid dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
vanaṃ prasthāpayām āsa bhrātaraṃ vai dhanaṃjayam
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| 32 | sa vai saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ māsaṃ caikaṃ vane 'vasat
tato 'gacchad dhṛṣīkeśaṃ dvāravatyāṃ kadā cana
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| 33 | labdhavāṃs tatra bībhatsur bhāryāṃ rājīvalocanām
anujāṃ vāsudevasya subhadrāṃ bhadrabhāṣiṇīm
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| 34 | sā śacīva mahendreṇa śrīḥ kṛṣṇeneva saṃgatā
subhadrā yuyuje prītā pāṇḍavenārjunena ha
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| 35 | atarpayac ca kaunteyaḥ khāṇḍave havyavāhanam
bībhatsur vāsudevena sahito nṛpasattama
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| 36 | nātibhāro hi pārthasya keśavenābhavat saha
vyavasāyasahāyasya viṣṇoḥ śatruvadheṣv iva
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| 37 | pārthāyāgnir dadau cāpi gāṇḍīvaṃ dhanur uttamam
iṣudhī cākṣayair bāṇai rathaṃ ca kapilakṣaṇam
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| 38 | mokṣayām āsa bībhatsur mayaṃ tatra mahāsuram
sa cakāra sabhāṃ divyāṃ sarvaratnasamācitām
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| 39 | tasyāṃ duryodhano mando lobhaṃ cakre sudurmatiḥ
tato 'kṣair vañcayitvā ca saubalena yudhiṣṭhiram
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| 40 | vanaṃ prasthāpayām āsa sapta varṣāṇi pañca ca
ajñātam ekaṃ rāṣṭre ca tathā varṣaṃ trayodaśam
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| 41 | tataś caturdaśe varṣe yācamānāḥ svakaṃ vasu
nālabhanta mahārāja tato yuddham avartata
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| 42 | tatas te sarvam utsādya hatvā duryodhanaṃ nṛpam
rājyaṃ vidrutabhūyiṣṭhaṃ pratyapadyanta pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 43 | evam etat purāvṛttaṃ teṣām akliṣṭakarmaṇām
bhedo rājyavināśaś ca jayaś ca jayatāṃ vara
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