 | Book 1 Chapter 209
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| 1 | vargovāca
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| 1 | tato vayaṃ pravyathitāḥ sarvā bharatasattama
āyāma śaraṇaṃ vipraṃ taṃ tapodhanam acyutam
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| 2 | rūpeṇa vayasā caiva kandarpeṇa ca darpitāḥ
ayuktaṃ kṛtavatyaḥ sma kṣantum arhasi no dvija
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| 3 | eṣa eva vadho 'smākaṃ suparyāptas tapodhana
yad vayaṃ saṃśitātmānaṃ pralobdhuṃ tvām ihāgatāḥ
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| 4 | avadhyās tu striyaḥ sṛṣṭā manyante dharmacintakāḥ
tasmād dharmeṇa dharmajña nāsmān hiṃsitum arhasi
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| 5 | sarvabhūteṣu dharmajña maitro brāhmaṇa ucyate
satyo bhavatu kalyāṇa eṣa vādo manīṣiṇām
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| 6 | śaraṇaṃ ca prapannānāṃ śiṣṭāḥ kurvanti pālanam
śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prapannāḥ sma tasmāt tvaṃ kṣantum arhasi
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| 7 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 7 | evam uktas tu dharmātmā brāhmaṇaḥ śubhakarmakṛt
prasādaṃ kṛtavān vīra ravisomasamaprabhaḥ
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| 8 | brāhmaṇa uvāca
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| 8 | śataṃ sahasraṃ viśvaṃ ca sarvam akṣayavācakam
parimāṇaṃ śataṃ tv etan naitad akṣayavācakam
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| 9 | yadā ca vo grāhabhūtā gṛhṇantīḥ puruṣāñ jale
utkarṣati jalāt kaś cit sthalaṃ puruṣasattamaḥ
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| 10 | tadā yūyaṃ punaḥ sarvāḥ svarūpaṃ pratipatsyatha
anṛtaṃ noktapūrvaṃ me hasatāpi kadā cana
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| 11 | tāni sarvāṇi tīrthāni itaḥ prabhṛti caiva ha
nārītīrthāni nāmneha khyātiṃ yāsyanti sarvaśaḥ
puṇyāni ca bhaviṣyanti pāvanāni manīṣiṇām
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| 12 | vargovāca
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| 12 | tato 'bhivādya taṃ vipraṃ kṛtvā caiva pradakṣiṇam
acintayāmopasṛtya tasmād deśāt suduḥkhitāḥ
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| 13 | kva nu nāma vayaṃ sarvāḥ kālenālpena taṃ naram
samāgacchema yo nas tad rūpam āpādayet punaḥ
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| 14 | tā vayaṃ cintayitvaivaṃ muhūrtād iva bhārata
dṛṣṭavatyo mahābhāgaṃ devarṣim uta nāradam
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| 15 | sarvā hṛṣṭāḥ sma taṃ dṛṣṭvā devarṣim amitadyutim
abhivādya ca taṃ pārtha sthitāḥ sma vyathitānanāḥ
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| 16 | sa no 'pṛcchad duḥkhamūlam uktavatyo vayaṃ ca tat
śrutvā tac ca yathāvṛttam idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 17 | dakṣiṇe sāgarānūpe pañca tīrthāni santi vai
puṇyāni ramaṇīyāni tāni gacchata māciram
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| 18 | tatrāśu puruṣavyāghraḥ pāṇḍavo vo dhanaṃjayaḥ
mokṣayiṣyati śuddhātmā duḥkhād asmān na saṃśayaḥ
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| 19 | tasya sarvā vayaṃ vīra śrutvā vākyam ihāgatāḥ
tad idaṃ satyam evādya mokṣitāhaṃ tvayānagha
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| 20 | etās tu mama vai sakhyaś catasro 'nyā jale sthitāḥ
kuru karma śubhaṃ vīra etāḥ sarvā vimokṣaya
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| 21 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 21 | tatas tāḥ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhaḥ sarvā eva viśāṃ pate
tasmāc chāpād adīnātmā mokṣayām āsa vīryavān
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| 22 | utthāya ca jalāt tasmāt pratilabhya vapuḥ svakam
tās tadāpsaraso rājann adṛśyanta yathā purā
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| 23 | tīrthāni śodhayitvā tu tathānujñāya tāḥ prabhuḥ
citrāṅgadāṃ punar draṣṭuṃ maṇalūrapuraṃ yayau
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| 24 | tasyām ajanayat putraṃ rājānaṃ babhruvāhanam
taṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavo rājan gokarṇam abhito 'gamat
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