 | Book 1 Chapter 131
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tato duryodhano rājā sarvās tāḥ prakṛtīḥ śanaiḥ
arthamānapradānābhyāṃ saṃjahāra sahānujaḥ
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| 2 | dhṛtarāṣṭraprayuktās tu ke cit kuśalamantriṇaḥ
kathayāṃ cakrire ramyaṃ nagaraṃ vāraṇāvatam
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| 3 | ayaṃ samājaḥ sumahān ramaṇīyatamo bhuvi
upasthitaḥ paśupater nagare vāraṇāvate
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| 4 | sarvaratnasamākīrṇe puṃsāṃ deśe manorame
ity evaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya vacanāc cakrire kathāḥ
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| 5 | kathyamāne tathā ramye nagare vāraṇāvate
gamane pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ jajñe tatra matir nṛpa
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| 6 | yadā tv amanyata nṛpo jātakautūhalā iti
uvācainān atha tadā pāṇḍavān ambikāsutaḥ
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| 7 | mameme puruṣā nityaṃ kathayanti punaḥ punaḥ
ramaṇīyataraṃ loke nagaraṃ vāraṇāvatam
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| 8 | te tāta yadi manyadhvam utsavaṃ vāraṇāvate
sagaṇāḥ sānuyātrāś ca viharadhvaṃ yathāmarāḥ
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| 9 | brāhmaṇebhyaś ca ratnāni gāyanebhyaś ca sarvaśaḥ
prayacchadhvaṃ yathākāmaṃ devā iva suvarcasaḥ
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| 10 | kaṃ cit kālaṃ vihṛtyaivam anubhūya parāṃ mudam
idaṃ vai hāstinapuraṃ sukhinaḥ punar eṣyatha
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| 11 | dhṛtarāṣṭrasya taṃ kāmam anubuddhvā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
ātmanaś cāsahāyatvaṃ tatheti pratyuvāca tam
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| 12 | tato bhīṣmaṃ mahāprājñaṃ viduraṃ ca mahāmatim
droṇaṃ ca bāhlikaṃ caiva somadattaṃ ca kauravam
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| 13 | kṛpam ācāryaputraṃ ca gāndhārīṃ ca yaśasvinīm
yudhiṣṭhiraḥ śanair dīnam uvācedaṃ vacas tadā
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| 14 | ramaṇīye janākīrṇe nagare vāraṇāvate
sagaṇās tāta vatsyāmo dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śāsanāt
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| 15 | prasannamanasaḥ sarve puṇyā vāco vimuñcata
āśīrbhir vardhitān asmān na pāpaṃ prasahiṣyati
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| 16 | evam uktās tu te sarve pāṇḍuputreṇa kauravāḥ
prasannavadanā bhūtvā te 'bhyavartanta pāṇḍavān
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| 17 | svasty astu vaḥ pathi sadā bhūtebhyaś caiva sarvaśaḥ
mā ca vo 'stv aśubhaṃ kiṃ cit sarvataḥ pāṇḍunandanāḥ
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| 18 | tataḥ kṛtasvastyayanā rājyalābhāya pāṇḍavāḥ
kṛtvā sarvāṇi kāryāṇi prayayur vāraṇāvatam
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