 | Book 1 Chapter 129
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | prāṇādhikaṃ bhīmasenaṃ kṛtavidyaṃ dhanaṃjayam
duryodhano lakṣayitva paryatapyata durmatiḥ
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| 2 | tato vaikartanaḥ karṇaḥ śakuniś cāpi saubalaḥ
anekair abhyupāyais tāñ jighāṃsanti sma pāṇḍavān
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| 3 | pāṇḍavāś cāpi tat sarvaṃ pratyajānann ariṃdamāḥ
udbhāvanam akurvanto vidurasya mate sthitāḥ
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| 4 | guṇaiḥ samuditān dṛṣṭvā paurāḥ pāṇḍusutāṃs tadā
kathayanti sma saṃbhūya catvareṣu sabhāsu ca
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| 5 | prajñācakṣur acakṣuṣṭvād dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ
rājyam aprāptavān pūrvaṃ sa kathaṃ nṛpatir bhavet
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| 6 | tathā bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavaḥ satyasaṃdho mahāvrataḥ
pratyākhyāya purā rājyaṃ nādya jātu grahīṣyati
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| 7 | te vayaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ taruṇaṃ vṛddhaśīlinam
abhiṣiñcāma sādhv adya satyaṃ karuṇavedinam
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| 8 | sa hi bhīṣmaṃ śāṃtanavaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ ca dharmavit
saputraṃ vividhair bhogair yojayiṣyati pūjayan
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| 9 | teṣāṃ duryodhanaḥ śrutvā tāni vākyāni bhāṣatām
yudhiṣṭhirānuraktānāṃ paryatapyata durmatiḥ
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| 10 | sa tapyamāno duṣṭātmā teṣāṃ vāco na cakṣame
īrṣyayā cābhisaṃtapto dhṛtarāṣṭram upāgamat
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| 11 | tato virahitaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitaraṃ pratipūjya saḥ
paurānurāgasaṃtaptaḥ paścād idam abhāṣata
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| 12 | śrutā me jalpatāṃ tāta paurāṇām aśivā giraḥ
tvām anādṛtya bhīṣmaṃ ca patim icchanti pāṇḍavam
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| 13 | matam etac ca bhīṣmasya na sa rājyaṃ bubhūṣati
asmākaṃ tu parāṃ pīḍāṃ cikīrṣanti pure janāḥ
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| 14 | pitṛtaḥ prāptavān rājyaṃ pāṇḍur ātmaguṇaiḥ purā
tvam apy aguṇasaṃyogāt prāptaṃ rājyaṃ na labdhavān
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| 15 | sa eṣa pāṇḍor dāyādyaṃ yadi prāpnoti pāṇḍavaḥ
tasya putro dhruvaṃ prāptas tasya tasyeti cāparaḥ
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| 16 | te vayaṃ rājavaṃśena hīnāḥ saha sutair api
avajñātā bhaviṣyāmo lokasya jagatīpate
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| 17 | satataṃ nirayaṃ prāptāḥ parapiṇḍopajīvinaḥ
na bhavema yathā rājaṃs tathā śīghraṃ vidhīyatām
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| 18 | abhaviṣyaḥ sthiro rājye yadi hi tvaṃ purā nṛpa
dhruvaṃ prāpsyāma ca vayaṃ rājyam apy avaśe jane
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