 | Book 1 Chapter 56
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | kathitaṃ vai samāsena tvayā sarvaṃ dvijottama
mahābhāratam ākhyānaṃ kurūṇāṃ caritaṃ mahat
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| 2 | kathāṃ tv anagha citrārthām imāṃ kathayati tvayi
vistaraśravaṇe jātaṃ kautūhalam atīva me
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| 3 | sa bhavān vistareṇemāṃ punar ākhyātum arhati
na hi tṛpyāmi pūrveṣāṃ śṛṇvānaś caritaṃ mahat
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| 4 | na tat kāraṇam alpaṃ hi dharmajñā yatra pāṇḍavāḥ
avadhyān sarvaśo jaghnuḥ praśasyante ca mānavaiḥ
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| 5 | kimarthaṃ te naravyāghrāḥ śaktāḥ santo hy anāgasaḥ
prayujyamānān saṃkleśān kṣāntavanto durātmanām
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| 6 | kathaṃ nāgāyutaprāṇo bāhuśālī vṛkodaraḥ
parikliśyann api krodhaṃ dhṛtavān vai dvijottama
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| 7 | kathaṃ sā draupadī kṛṣṇā kliśyamānā durātmabhiḥ
śaktā satī dhārtarāṣṭrān nādahad ghoracakṣuṣā
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| 8 | kathaṃ vyatikraman dyūte pārthau mādrīsutau tathā
anuvrajan naravyāghraṃ vañcyamānaṃ durātmabhiḥ
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| 9 | kathaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ suto dharmasya dharmavit
anarhaḥ paramaṃ kleśaṃ soḍhavān sa yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
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| 10 | kathaṃ ca bahulāḥ senāḥ pāṇḍavaḥ kṛṣṇasārathiḥ
asyann eko 'nayat sarvāḥ pitṛlokaṃ dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 11 | etad ācakṣva me sarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ tapodhana
yad yac ca kṛtavantas te tatra tatra mahārathāḥ
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| 12 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 12 | maharṣeḥ sarvalokeṣu pūjitasya mahātmanaḥ
pravakṣyāmi mataṃ kṛtsnaṃ vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ
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| 13 | idaṃ śatasahasraṃ hi ślokānāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām
satyavatyātmajeneha vyākhyātam amitaujasā
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| 14 | ya idaṃ śrāvayed vidvān yaś cedaṃ śṛṇuyān naraḥ
te brahmaṇaḥ sthānam etya prāpnuyur devatulyatām
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| 15 | idaṃ hi vedaiḥ samitaṃ pavitram api cottamam
śrāvyāṇām uttamaṃ cedaṃ purāṇam ṛṣisaṃstutam
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| 16 | asminn arthaś ca dharmaś ca nikhilenopadiśyate
itihāse mahāpuṇye buddhiś ca parinaiṣṭhikī
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| 17 | akṣudrān dānaśīlāṃś ca satyaśīlān anāstikān
kārṣṇaṃ vedam imaṃ vidvāñ śrāvayitvārtham aśnute
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| 18 | bhrūṇahatyākṛtaṃ cāpi pāpaṃ jahyād asaṃśayam
itihāsam imaṃ śrutvā puruṣo 'pi sudāruṇaḥ
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| 19 | jayo nāmetihāso 'yaṃ śrotavyo vijigīṣuṇā
mahīṃ vijayate sarvāṃ śatrūṃś cāpi parājayet
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| 20 | idaṃ puṃsavanaṃ śreṣṭham idaṃ svastyayanaṃ mahat
mahiṣīyuvarājābhyāṃ śrotavyaṃ bahuśas tathā
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| 21 | arthaśāstram idaṃ puṇyaṃ dharmaśāstram idaṃ param
mokṣaśāstram idaṃ proktaṃ vyāsenāmitabuddhinā
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| 22 | saṃpraty ācakṣate caiva ākhyāsyanti tathāpare
putrāḥ śuśrūṣavaḥ santi preṣyāś ca priyakāriṇaḥ
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| 23 | śarīreṇa kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vācā ca manasaiva ca
sarvaṃ tat tyajati kṣipram idaṃ śṛṇvan naraḥ sadā
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| 24 | bhāratānāṃ mahaj janma śṛṇvatām anasūyatām
nāsti vyādhibhayaṃ teṣāṃ paralokabhayaṃ kutaḥ
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| 25 | dhanyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ svargyaṃ puṇyaṃ tathaiva ca
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanenedaṃ kṛtaṃ puṇyacikīrṣuṇā
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| 26 | kīrtiṃ prathayatā loke pāṇḍavānāṃ mahātmanām
anyeṣāṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca bhūridraviṇatejasām
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| 27 | yathā samudro bhagavān yathā ca himavān giriḥ
khyātāv ubhau ratnanidhī tathā bhāratam ucyate
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| 28 | ya idaṃ śrāvayed vidvān brāhmaṇān iha parvasu
dhūtapāpmā jitasvargo brahmabhūyaṃ sa gacchati
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| 29 | yaś cedaṃ śrāvayec chrāddhe brāhmaṇān pādam antataḥ
akṣayyaṃ tasya tac chrāddham upatiṣṭhet pitṝn api
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| 30 | ahnā yad enaś cājñānāt prakaroti naraś caran
tan mahābhāratākhyānaṃ śrutvaiva pravilīyate
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| 31 | bhāratānāṃ mahaj janma mahābhāratam ucyate
niruktam asya yo veda sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
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| 32 | tribhir varṣaiḥ sadotthāyī kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ
mahābhāratam ākhyānaṃ kṛtavān idam uttamam
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| 33 | dharme cārthe ca kāme ca mokṣe ca bharatarṣabha
yad ihāsti tad anyatra yan nehāsti na tat kva cit
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