 | Book 1 Chapter 153
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | te tathā puruṣavyāghrā nihatya bakarākṣasam
ata ūrdhvaṃ tato brahman kim akurvata pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 2 | tatraiva nyavasan rājan nihatya bakarākṣasam
adhīyānāḥ paraṃ brahma brāhmaṇasya niveśane
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| 3 | tataḥ katipayāhasya brāhmaṇaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ
pratiśrayārthaṃ tad veśma brāhmaṇasyājagāma ha
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| 4 | sa samyak pūjayitvā taṃ vidvān viprarṣabhas tadā
dadau pratiśrayaṃ tasmai sadā sarvātithivratī
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| 5 | tatas te pāṇḍavāḥ sarve saha kuntyā nararṣabhāḥ
upāsāṃ cakrire vipraṃ kathayānaṃ kathās tadā
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| 6 | kathayām āsa deśān sa tīrthāni vividhāni ca
rājñāṃ ca vividhāś caryāḥ purāṇi vividhāni ca
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| 7 | sa tatrākathayad vipraḥ kathānte janamejaya
pāñcāleṣv adbhutākāraṃ yājñasenyāḥ svayaṃvaram
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| 8 | dhṛṣṭadyumnasya cotpattim utpattiṃ ca śikhaṇḍinaḥ
ayonijatvaṃ kṛṣṇāyā drupadasya mahāmakhe
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| 9 | tad adbhutatamaṃ śrutvā loke tasya mahātmanaḥ
vistareṇaiva papracchuḥ kathāṃ tāṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
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| 10 | kathaṃ drupadaputrasya dhṛṣṭadyumnasya pāvakāt
vedimadhyāc ca kṛṣṇāyāḥ saṃbhavaḥ katham adbhutaḥ
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| 11 | kathaṃ droṇān maheṣvāsāt sarvāṇy astrāṇy aśikṣata
kathaṃ priyasakhāyau tau bhinnau kasya kṛtena ca
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| 12 | evaṃ taiś codito rājan sa vipraḥ puruṣarṣabhaiḥ
kathayām āsa tat sarvaṃ draupadīsaṃbhavaṃ tadā
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