 | Book 1 Chapter 111
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tatrāpi tapasi śreṣṭhe vartamānaḥ sa vīryavān
siddhacāraṇasaṃghānāṃ babhūva priyadarśanaḥ
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| 2 | śuśrūṣur anahaṃvādī saṃyatātmā jitendriyaḥ
svargaṃ gantuṃ parākrāntaḥ svena vīryeṇa bhārata
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| 3 | keṣāṃ cid abhavad bhrātā keṣāṃ cid abhavat sakhā
ṛṣayas tv apare cainaṃ putravat paryapālayan
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| 4 | sa tu kālena mahatā prāpya niṣkalmaṣaṃ tapaḥ
brahmarṣisadṛśaḥ pāṇḍur babhūva bharatarṣabha
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| 5 | svargapāraṃ titīrṣan sa śataśṛṅgād udaṅmukhaḥ
pratasthe saha patnībhyām abruvaṃs tatra tāpasāḥ
upary upari gacchantaḥ śailarājam udaṅmukhāḥ
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| 6 | dṛṣṭavanto girer asya durgān deśān bahūn vayam
ākrīḍabhūtān devānāṃ gandharvāpsarasāṃ tathā
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| 7 | udyānāni kuberasya samāni viṣamāṇi ca
mahānadīnitambāṃś ca durgāṃś ca girigahvarān
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| 8 | santi nityahimā deśā nirvṛkṣamṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
santi ke cin mahāvarṣā durgāḥ ke cid durāsadāḥ
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| 9 | atikrāmen na pakṣī yān kuta evetare mṛgāḥ
vāyur eko 'tigād yatra siddhāś ca paramarṣayaḥ
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| 10 | gacchantyau śailarāje 'smin rājaputryau kathaṃ tv ime
na sīdetām aduḥkhārhe mā gamo bharatarṣabha
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| 11 | pāṇḍur uvāca
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| 11 | aprajasya mahābhāgā na dvāraṃ paricakṣate
svarge tenābhitapto 'ham aprajas tad bravīmi vaḥ
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| 12 | ṛṇaiś caturbhiḥ saṃyuktā jāyante manujā bhuvi
pitṛdevarṣimanujadeyaiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
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| 13 | etāni tu yathākālaṃ yo na budhyati mānavaḥ
na tasya lokāḥ santīti dharmavidbhiḥ pratiṣṭhitam
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| 14 | yajñaiś ca devān prīṇāti svādhyāyatapasā munīn
putraiḥ śrāddhaiḥ pitṝṃś cāpi ānṛśaṃsyena mānavān
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| 15 | ṛṣidevamanuṣyāṇāṃ parimukto 'smi dharmataḥ
pitryād ṛṇād anirmuktas tena tapye tapodhanāḥ
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| 16 | dehanāśe dhruvo nāśaḥ pitṝṇām eṣa niścayaḥ
iha tasmāt prajāhetoḥ prajāyante narottamāḥ
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| 17 | yathaivāhaṃ pituḥ kṣetre sṛṣṭas tena mahātmanā
tathaivāsmin mama kṣetre kathaṃ vai saṃbhavet prajā
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| 18 | tāpasā ūcuḥ
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| 18 | asti vai tava dharmātman vidma devopamaṃ śubham
apatyam anaghaṃ rājan vayaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā
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| 19 | daivadiṣṭaṃ naravyāghra karmaṇehopapādaya
akliṣṭaṃ phalam avyagro vindate buddhimān naraḥ
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| 20 | tasmin dṛṣṭe phale tāta prayatnaṃ kartum arhasi
apatyaṃ guṇasaṃpannaṃ labdhvā prītim avāpsyasi
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| 21 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 21 | tac chrutvā tāpasavacaḥ pāṇḍuś cintāparo 'bhavat
ātmano mṛgaśāpena jānann upahatāṃ kriyām
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| 22 | so 'bravīd vijane kuntīṃ dharmapatnīṃ yaśasvinīm
apatyotpādane yogam āpadi prasamarthayan
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| 23 | apatyaṃ nāma lokeṣu pratiṣṭhā dharmasaṃhitā
iti kunti vidur dhīrāḥ śāśvataṃ dharmam āditaḥ
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| 24 | iṣṭaṃ dattaṃ tapas taptaṃ niyamaś ca svanuṣṭhitaḥ
sarvam evānapatyasya na pāvanam ihocyate
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| 25 | so 'ham evaṃ viditvaitat prapaśyāmi śucismite
anapatyaḥ śubhāṃl lokān nāvāpsyāmīti cintayan
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| 26 | mṛgābhiśāpān naṣṭaṃ me prajanaṃ hy akṛtātmanaḥ
nṛśaṃsakāriṇo bhīru yathaivopahataṃ tathā
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| 27 | ime vai bandhudāyādāḥ ṣaṭ putrā dharmadarśane
ṣaḍ evābandhudāyādāḥ putrās tāñ śṛṇu me pṛthe
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| 28 | svayaṃjātaḥ praṇītaś ca parikrītaś ca yaḥ sutaḥ
paunarbhavaś ca kānīnaḥ svairiṇyāṃ yaś ca jāyate
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| 29 | dattaḥ krītaḥ kṛtrimaś ca upagacchet svayaṃ ca yaḥ
sahoḍho jātaretāś ca hīnayonidhṛtaś ca yaḥ
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| 30 | pūrvapūrvatamābhāve matvā lipseta vai sutam
uttamād avarāḥ puṃsaḥ kāṅkṣante putram āpadi
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| 31 | apatyaṃ dharmaphaladaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vindanti sādhavaḥ
ātmaśukrād api pṛthe manuḥ svāyambhuvo 'bravīt
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| 32 | tasmāt praheṣyāmy adya tvāṃ hīnaḥ prajananāt svayam
sadṛśāc chreyaso vā tvaṃ viddhy apatyaṃ yaśasvini
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| 33 | śṛṇu kunti kathāṃ cemāṃ śāradaṇḍāyanīṃ prati
yā vīrapatnī gurubhir niyuktāpatyajanmani
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| 34 | puṣpeṇa prayatā snātā niśi kunti catuṣpathe
varayitvā dvijaṃ siddhaṃ hutvā puṃsavane 'nalam
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| 35 | karmaṇy avasite tasmin sā tenaiva sahāvasat
tatra trīñ janayām āsa durjayādīn mahārathān
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| 36 | tathā tvam api kalyāṇi brāhmaṇāt tapasādhikāt
manniyogād yata kṣipram apatyotpādanaṃ prati
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