 | Book 1 Chapter 147
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tayor duḥkhitayor vākyam atimātraṃ niśamya tat
bhṛśaṃ duḥkhaparītāṅgī kanyā tāv abhyabhāṣata
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| 2 | kim idaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhārtau roravītho anāthavat
mamāpi śrūyatāṃ kiṃ cic chrutvā ca kriyatāṃ kṣamam
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| 3 | dharmato 'haṃ parityājyā yuvayor nātra saṃśayaḥ
tyaktavyāṃ māṃ parityajya trātaṃ sarvaṃ mayaikayā
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| 4 | ity artham iṣyate 'patyaṃ tārayiṣyati mām iti
tasminn upasthite kāle tarataṃ plavavan mayā
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| 5 | iha vā tārayed durgād uta vā pretya tārayet
sarvathā tārayet putraḥ putra ity ucyate budhaiḥ
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| 6 | ākāṅkṣante ca dauhitrān api nityaṃ pitāmahāḥ
tān svayaṃ vai paritrāsye rakṣantī jīvitaṃ pituḥ
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| 7 | bhrātā ca mama bālo 'yaṃ gate lokam amuṃ tvayi
acireṇaiva kālena vinaśyeta na saṃśayaḥ
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| 8 | tāte 'pi hi gate svargaṃ vinaṣṭe ca mamānuje
piṇḍaḥ pitṝṇāṃ vyucchidyet tat teṣām apriyaṃ bhavet
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| 9 | pitrā tyaktā tathā mātrā bhrātrā cāham asaṃśayam
duḥkhād duḥkhataraṃ prāpya mriyeyam atathocitā
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| 10 | tvayi tv aroge nirmukte mātā bhrātā ca me śiśuḥ
saṃtānaś caiva piṇḍaś ca pratiṣṭhāsyaty asaṃśayam
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| 11 | ātmā putraḥ sakhā bhāryā kṛcchraṃ tu duhitā kila
sa kṛcchrān mocayātmānaṃ māṃ ca dharmeṇa yojaya
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| 12 | anāthā kṛpaṇā bālā yatrakvacanagāminī
bhaviṣyāmi tvayā tāta vihīnā kṛpaṇā bata
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| 13 | athavāhaṃ kariṣyāmi kulasyāsya vimokṣaṇam
phalasaṃsthā bhaviṣyāmi kṛtvā karma suduṣkaram
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| 14 | athavā yāsyase tatra tyaktvā māṃ dvijasattama
pīḍitāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi tad avekṣasva mām api
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| 15 | tad asmadarthaṃ dharmārthaṃ prasavārthaṃ ca sattama
ātmānaṃ parirakṣasva tyaktavyāṃ māṃ ca saṃtyaja
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| 16 | avaśyakaraṇīye 'rthe mā tvāṃ kālo 'tyagād ayam
tvayā dattena toyena bhaviṣyati hitaṃ ca me
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| 17 | kiṃ nv ataḥ paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ yad vayaṃ svargate tvayi
yācamānāḥ parād annaṃ paridhāvemahi śvavat
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| 18 | tvayi tv aroge nirmukte kleśād asmāt sabāndhave
amṛte vasatī loke bhaviṣyāmi sukhānvitā
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| 19 | evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ tasyā niśamya paridevitam
pitā mātā ca sā caiva kanyā prarurudus trayaḥ
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| 20 | tataḥ praruditān sarvān niśamyātha sutas tayoḥ
utphullanayano bālaḥ kalam avyaktam abravīt
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| 21 | mā rodīs tāta mā mātar mā svasas tvam iti bruvan
prahasann iva sarvāṃs tān ekaikaṃ so 'pasarpati
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| 22 | tataḥ sa tṛṇam ādāya prahṛṣṭaḥ punar abravīt
anena taṃ haniṣyāmi rākṣasaṃ puruṣādakam
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| 23 | tathāpi teṣāṃ duḥkhena parītānāṃ niśamya tat
bālasya vākyam avyaktaṃ harṣaḥ samabhavan mahān
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| 24 | ayaṃ kāla iti jñātvā kuntī samupasṛtya tān
gatāsūn amṛteneva jīvayantīdam abravīt
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