 | Book 2 Chapter 19
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| 1 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 1 | eṣa pārtha mahān svāduḥ paśumān nityam ambumān
nirāmayaḥ suveśmāḍhyo niveśo māgadhaḥ śubhaḥ
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| 2 | vaihāro vipulaḥ śailo varāho vṛṣabhas tathā
tathaivarṣigiris tāta śubhāś caityakapañcamāḥ
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| 3 | ete pañca mahāśṛṅgāḥ parvatāḥ śītaladrumāḥ
rakṣantīvābhisaṃhatya saṃhatāṅgā girivrajam
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| 4 | puṣpaveṣṭitaśākhāgrair gandhavadbhir manoramaiḥ
nigūḍhā iva lodhrāṇāṃ vanaiḥ kāmijanapriyaiḥ
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| 5 | śūdrāyāṃ gautamo yatra mahātmā saṃśitavrataḥ
auśīnaryām ajanayat kākṣīvādīn sutān ṛṣiḥ
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| 6 | gautamaḥ kṣayaṇād asmād athāsau tatra veśmani
bhajate māgadhaṃ vaṃśaṃ sa nṛpāṇām anugrahāt
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| 7 | aṅgavaṅgādayaś caiva rājānaḥ sumahābalāḥ
gautamakṣayam abhyetya ramante sma purārjuna
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| 8 | vanarājīs tu paśyemāḥ priyālānāṃ manoramāḥ
lodhrāṇāṃ ca śubhāḥ pārtha gautamaukaḥsamīpajāḥ
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| 9 | arbudaḥ śakravāpī ca pannagau śatrutāpanau
svastikasyālayaś cātra maṇināgasya cottamaḥ
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| 10 | aparihāryā meghānāṃ māgadheyaṃ maṇeḥ kṛte
kauśiko maṇimāṃś caiva vavṛdhāte hy anugraham
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| 11 | arthasiddhiṃ tv anapagāṃ jarāsaṃdho 'bhimanyate
vayam āsādane tasya darpam adya nihanma hi
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| 12 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 12 | evam uktvā tataḥ sarve bhrātaro vipulaujasaḥ
vārṣṇeyaḥ pāṇḍaveyau ca pratasthur māgadhaṃ puram
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| 13 | tuṣṭapuṣṭajanopetaṃ cāturvarṇyajanākulam
sphītotsavam anādhṛṣyam āseduś ca girivrajam
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| 14 | te 'tha dvāram anāsādya purasya girim ucchritam
bārhadrathaiḥ pūjyamānaṃ tathā nagaravāsibhiḥ
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| 15 | yatra māṣādam ṛṣabham āsasāda bṛhadrathaḥ
taṃ hatvā māṣanālāś ca tisro bherīr akārayat
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| 16 | ānahya carmaṇā tena sthāpayām āsa sve pure
yatra tāḥ prāṇadan bheryo divyapuṣpāvacūrṇitāḥ
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| 17 | māgadhānāṃ suruciraṃ caityakāntaṃ samādravan
śirasīva jighāṃsanto jarāsaṃdhajighāṃsavaḥ
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| 18 | sthiraṃ suvipulaṃ śṛṅgaṃ sumahāntaṃ purātanam
arcitaṃ mālyadāmaiś ca satataṃ supratiṣṭhitam
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| 19 | vipulair bāhubhir vīrās te 'bhihatyābhyapātayan
tatas te māgadhaṃ dṛṣṭvā puraṃ praviviśus tadā
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| 20 | etasminn eva kāle tu jarāsaṃdhaṃ samarcayan
paryagni kurvaṃś ca nṛpaṃ dviradasthaṃ purohitāḥ
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| 21 | snātakavratinas te tu bāhuśastrā nirāyudhāḥ
yuyutsavaḥ praviviśur jarāsaṃdhena bhārata
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| 22 | bhakṣyamālyāpaṇānāṃ ca dadṛśuḥ śriyam uttamām
sphītāṃ sarvaguṇopetāṃ sarvakāmasamṛddhinīm
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| 23 | tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvā samṛddhiṃ te vīthyāṃ tasyāṃ narottamāḥ
rājamārgeṇa gacchantaḥ kṛṣṇabhīmadhanaṃjayāḥ
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| 24 | balād gṛhītvā mālyāni mālākārān mahābalāḥ
virāgavasanāḥ sarve sragviṇo mṛṣṭakuṇḍalāḥ
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| 25 | niveśanam athājagmur jarāsaṃdhasya dhīmataḥ
govāsam iva vīkṣantaḥ siṃhā haimavatā yathā
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| 26 | śailastambhanibhās teṣāṃ candanāgurubhūṣitāḥ
aśobhanta mahārāja bāhavo bāhuśālinām
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| 27 | tān dṛṣṭvā dviradaprakhyāñ śālaskandhān ivodgatān
vyūḍhoraskān māgadhānāṃ vismayaḥ samajāyata
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| 28 | te tv atītya janākīrṇās tisraḥ kakṣyā nararṣabhāḥ
ahaṃkāreṇa rājānam upatasthur mahābalāḥ
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| 29 | tān pādyamadhuparkārhān mānārhān satkṛtiṃ gatān
pratyutthāya jarāsaṃdha upatasthe yathāvidhi
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| 30 | uvāca caitān rājāsau svāgataṃ vo 'stv iti prabhuḥ
tasya hy etad vrataṃ rājan babhūva bhuvi viśrutam
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| 31 | snātakān brāhmaṇān prāptāñ śrutvā sa samitiṃjayaḥ
apy ardharātre nṛpatiḥ pratyudgacchati bhārata
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| 32 | tāṃs tv apūrveṇa veṣeṇa dṛṣṭvā nṛpatisattamaḥ
upatasthe jarāsaṃdho vismitaś cābhavat tadā
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| 33 | te tu dṛṣṭvaiva rājānaṃ jarāsaṃdhaṃ nararṣabhāḥ
idam ūcur amitraghnāḥ sarve bharatasattama
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| 34 | svasty astu kuśalaṃ rājann iti sarve vyavasthitāḥ
taṃ nṛpaṃ nṛpaśārdūla vipraikṣanta parasparam
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| 35 | tān abravīj jarāsaṃdhas tadā yādavapāṇḍavān
āsyatām iti rājendra brāhmaṇacchadmasaṃvṛtān
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| 36 | athopaviviśuḥ sarve trayas te puruṣarṣabhāḥ
saṃpradīptās trayo lakṣmyā mahādhvara ivāgnayaḥ
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| 37 | tān uvāca jarāsaṃdhaḥ satyasaṃdho narādhipaḥ
vigarhamāṇaḥ kauravya veṣagrahaṇakāraṇāt
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| 38 | na snātakavratā viprā bahirmālyānulepanāḥ
bhavantīti nṛloke 'smin viditaṃ mama sarvaśaḥ
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| 39 | te yūyaṃ puṣpavantaś ca bhujair jyāghātalakṣaṇaiḥ
bibhrataḥ kṣātram ojaś ca brāhmaṇyaṃ pratijānatha
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| 40 | evaṃ virāgavasanā bahirmālyānulepanāḥ
satyaṃ vadata ke yūyaṃ satyaṃ rājasu śobhate
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| 41 | caityakaṃ ca gireḥ śṛṅgaṃ bhittvā kim iva sadma naḥ
advāreṇa praviṣṭāḥ stha nirbhayā rājakilbiṣāt
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| 42 | karma caitad viliṅgasya kiṃ vādya prasamīkṣitam
vadadhvaṃ vāci vīryaṃ ca brāhmaṇasya viśeṣataḥ
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| 43 | evaṃ ca mām upasthāya kasmāc ca vidhinārhaṇām
praṇītāṃ no na gṛhṇīta kāryaṃ kiṃ cāsmadāgame
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| 44 | evam uktas tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pratyuvāca mahāmanāḥ
snigdhagambhīrayā vācā vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ
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| 45 | snātakavratino rājan brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā viśaḥ
viśeṣaniyamāś caiṣām aviśeṣāś ca santy uta
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| 46 | viśeṣavāṃś ca satataṃ kṣatriyaḥ śriyam archati
puṣpavatsu dhruvā śrīś ca puṣpavantas tato vayam
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| 47 | kṣatriyo bāhuvīryas tu na tathā vākyavīryavān
apragalbhaṃ vacas tasya tasmād bārhadrathe smṛtam
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| 48 | svavīryaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca bāhvor dhātā nyaveśayat
tad didṛkṣasi ced rājan draṣṭāsy adya na saṃśayaḥ
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| 49 | advāreṇa ripor gehaṃ dvāreṇa suhṛdo gṛham
praviśanti sadā santo dvāraṃ no varjitaṃ tataḥ
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| 50 | kāryavanto gṛhān etya śatruto nārhaṇāṃ vayam
pratigṛhṇīma tad viddhi etan naḥ śāśvataṃ vratam
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