 | Book 1 Chapter 95
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tato vivāhe nirvṛtte sa rājā śaṃtanur nṛpaḥ
tāṃ kanyāṃ rūpasaṃpannāṃ svagṛhe saṃnyaveśayat
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| 2 | tataḥ śāṃtanavo dhīmān satyavatyām ajāyata
vīraś citrāṅgado nāma vīryeṇa manujān ati
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| 3 | athāparaṃ maheṣvāsaṃ satyavatyāṃ punaḥ prabhuḥ
vicitravīryaṃ rājānaṃ janayām āsa vīryavān
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| 4 | aprāptavati tasmiṃś ca yauvanaṃ bharatarṣabha
sa rājā śaṃtanur dhīmān kāladharmam upeyivān
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| 5 | svargate śaṃtanau bhīṣmaś citrāṅgadam ariṃdamam
sthāpayām āsa vai rājye satyavatyā mate sthitaḥ
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| 6 | sa tu citrāṅgadaḥ śauryāt sarvāṃś cikṣepa pārthivān
manuṣyaṃ na hi mene sa kaṃ cit sadṛśam ātmanaḥ
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| 7 | taṃ kṣipantaṃ surāṃś caiva manuṣyān asurāṃs tathā
gandharvarājo balavāṃs tulyanāmābhyayāt tadā
tenāsya sumahad yuddhaṃ kurukṣetre babhūva ha
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| 8 | tayor balavatos tatra gandharvakurumukhyayoḥ
nadyās tīre hiraṇvatyāḥ samās tisro 'bhavad raṇaḥ
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| 9 | tasmin vimarde tumule śastravṛṣṭisamākule
māyādhiko 'vadhīd vīraṃ gandharvaḥ kurusattamam
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| 10 | citrāṅgadaṃ kuruśreṣṭhaṃ vicitraśarakārmukam
antāya kṛtvā gandharvo divam ācakrame tataḥ
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| 11 | tasmin nṛpatiśārdūle nihate bhūrivarcasi
bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo rājan pretakāryāṇy akārayat
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| 12 | vicitravīryaṃ ca tadā bālam aprāptayauvanam
kururājye mahābāhur abhyaṣiñcad anantaram
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| 13 | vicitravīryas tu tadā bhīṣmasya vacane sthitaḥ
anvaśāsan mahārāja pitṛpaitāmahaṃ padam
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| 14 | sa dharmaśāstrakuśalo bhīṣmaṃ śāṃtanavaṃ nṛpaḥ
pūjayām āsa dharmeṇa sa cainaṃ pratyapālayat
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