 | Book 1 Chapter 152
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tena śabdena vitrasto janas tasyātha rakṣasaḥ
niṣpapāta gṛhād rājan sahaiva paricāribhiḥ
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| 2 | tān bhītān vigatajñānān bhīmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ
sāntvayām āsa balavān samaye ca nyaveśayat
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| 3 | na hiṃsyā mānuṣā bhūyo yuṣmābhir iha karhi cit
hiṃsatāṃ hi vadhaḥ śīghram evam eva bhaved iti
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| 4 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā tāni rakṣāṃsi bhārata
evam astv iti taṃ prāhur jagṛhuḥ samayaṃ ca tam
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| 5 | tataḥ prabhṛti rakṣāṃsi tatra saumyāni bhārata
nagare pratyadṛśyanta narair nagaravāsibhiḥ
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| 6 | tato bhimas tam ādāya gatāsuṃ puruṣādakam
dvāradeśe vinikṣipya jagāmānupalakṣitaḥ
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| 7 | tataḥ sa bhīmas taṃ hatvā gatvā brāhmaṇaveśma tat
ācacakṣe yathāvṛttaṃ rājñaḥ sarvam aśeṣataḥ
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| 8 | tato narā viniṣkrāntā nagarāt kālyam eva tu
dadṛśur nihataṃ bhūmau rākṣasaṃ rudhirokṣitam
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| 9 | tam adrikūṭasadṛśaṃ vinikīrṇaṃ bhayāvaham
ekacakrāṃ tato gatvā pravṛttiṃ pradaduḥ pare
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| 10 | tataḥ sahasraśo rājan narā nagaravāsinaḥ
tatrājagmur bakaṃ draṣṭuṃ sastrīvṛddhakumārakāḥ
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| 11 | tatas te vismitāḥ sarve karma dṛṣṭvātimānuṣam
daivatāny arcayāṃ cakruḥ sarva eva viśāṃ pate
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| 12 | tataḥ pragaṇayām āsuḥ kasya vāro 'dya bhojane
jñātvā cāgamya taṃ vipraṃ papracchuḥ sarva eva tat
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| 13 | evaṃ pṛṣṭas tu bahuśo rakṣamāṇaś ca pāṇḍavān
uvāca nāgarān sarvān idaṃ viprarṣabhas tadā
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| 14 | ājñāpitaṃ mām aśane rudantaṃ saha bandhubhiḥ
dadarśa brāhmaṇaḥ kaś cin mantrasiddho mahābalaḥ
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| 15 | paripṛcchya sa māṃ pūrvaṃ parikleśaṃ purasya ca
abravīd brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha āśvāsya prahasann iva
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| 16 | prāpayiṣyāmy ahaṃ tasmai idam annaṃ durātmane
mannimittaṃ bhayaṃ cāpi na kāryam iti vīryavān
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| 17 | sa tadannam upādāya gato bakavanaṃ prati
tena nūnaṃ bhaved etat karma lokahitaṃ kṛtam
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| 18 | tatas te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve kṣatriyāś ca suvismitāḥ
vaiśyāḥ śūdrāś ca muditāś cakrur brahmamahaṃ tadā
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| 19 | tato jānapadāḥ sarve ājagmur nagaraṃ prati
tad adbhutatamaṃ draṣṭuṃ pārthās tatraiva cāvasan
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