 | Book 2 Chapter 22
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | bhīmasenas tataḥ kṛṣṇam uvāca yadunandanam
buddhim āsthāya vipulāṃ jarāsaṃdhajighāṃsayā
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| 2 | nāyaṃ pāpo mayā kṛṣṇa yuktaḥ syād anurodhitum
prāṇena yaduśārdūla baddhavaṅkṣaṇavāsasā
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| 3 | evam uktas tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ pratyuvāca vṛkodaram
tvarayan puruṣavyāghro jarāsaṃdhavadhepsayā
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| 4 | yat te daivaṃ paraṃ sattvaṃ yac ca te mātariśvanaḥ
balaṃ bhīma jarāsaṃdhe darśayāśu tad adya naḥ
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| 5 | evam uktas tadā bhīmo jarāsaṃdham ariṃdamaḥ
utkṣipya bhrāmayad rājan balavantaṃ mahābalaḥ
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| 6 | bhrāmayitvā śataguṇaṃ bhujābhyāṃ bharatarṣabha
babhañja pṛṣṭhe saṃkṣipya niṣpiṣya vinanāda ca
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| 7 | tasya niṣpiṣyamāṇasya pāṇḍavasya ca garjataḥ
abhavat tumulo nādaḥ sarvaprāṇibhayaṃkaraḥ
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| 8 | vitresur māgadhāḥ sarve strīṇāṃ garbhāś ca susruvuḥ
bhīmasenasya nādena jarāsaṃdhasya caiva ha
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| 9 | kiṃ nu svid dhimavān bhinnaḥ kiṃ nu svid dīryate mahī
iti sma māgadhā jajñur bhīmasenasya nisvanāt
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| 10 | tato rājakuladvāri prasuptam iva taṃ nṛpam
rātrau parāsum utsṛjya niścakramur ariṃdamāḥ
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| 11 | jarāsaṃdharathaṃ kṛṣṇo yojayitvā patākinam
āropya bhrātarau caiva mokṣayām āsa bāndhavān
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| 12 | te vai ratnabhujaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ratnārhaṃ pṛthivīśvarāḥ
rājānaś cakrur āsādya mokṣitā mahato bhayāt
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| 13 | akṣataḥ śastrasaṃpanno jitāriḥ saha rājabhiḥ
ratham āsthāya taṃ divyaṃ nirjagāma girivrajāt
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| 14 | yaḥ sa sodaryavān nāma dviyodhaḥ kṛṣṇasārathiḥ
abhyāsaghātī saṃdṛśyo durjayaḥ sarvarājabhiḥ
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| 15 | bhīmārjunābhyāṃ yodhābhyām āsthitaḥ kṛṣṇasārathiḥ
śuśubhe rathavaryo 'sau durjayaḥ sarvadhanvibhiḥ
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| 16 | śakraviṣṇū hi saṃgrāme ceratus tārakāmaye
rathena tena taṃ kṛṣṇa upāruhya yayau tadā
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| 17 | taptacāmīkarābheṇa kiṅkiṇījālamālinā
meghanirghoṣanādena jaitreṇāmitraghātinā
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| 18 | yena śakro dānavānāṃ jaghāna navatīr nava
taṃ prāpya samahṛṣyanta rathaṃ te puruṣarṣabhāḥ
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| 19 | tataḥ kṛṣṇaṃ mahābāhuṃ bhrātṛbhyāṃ sahitaṃ tadā
rathasthaṃ māgadhā dṛṣṭvā samapadyanta vismitāḥ
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| 20 | hayair divyaiḥ samāyukto ratho vāyusamo jave
adhiṣṭhitaḥ sa śuśubhe kṛṣṇenātīva bhārata
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| 21 | asaṅgī devavihitas tasmin rathavare dhvajaḥ
yojanād dadṛśe śrīmān indrāyudhasamaprabhaḥ
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| 22 | cintayām āsa kṛṣṇo 'tha garutmantaṃ sa cābhyayāt
kṣaṇe tasmin sa tenāsīc caityayūpa ivocchritaḥ
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| 23 | vyāditāsyair mahānādaiḥ saha bhūtair dhvajālayaiḥ
tasthau rathavare tasmin garutmān pannagāśanaḥ
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| 24 | durnirīkṣyo hi bhūtānāṃ tejasābhyadhikaṃ babhau
āditya iva madhyāhne sahasrakiraṇāvṛtaḥ
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| 25 | na sa sajjati vṛkṣeṣu śastraiś cāpi na riṣyate
divyo dhvajavaro rājan dṛśyate devamānuṣaiḥ
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| 26 | tam āsthāya rathaṃ divyaṃ parjanyasamanisvanam
niryayau puruṣavyāghraḥ pāṇḍavābhyāṃ sahācyutaḥ
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| 27 | yaṃ lebhe vāsavād rājā vasus tasmād bṛhadrathaḥ
bṛhadrathāt krameṇaiva prāpto bārhadrathaṃ nṛpam
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| 28 | sa niryayau mahābāhuḥ puṇḍarīkekṣaṇas tataḥ
girivrajād bahis tasthau same deśe mahāyaśāḥ
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| 29 | tatrainaṃ nāgarāḥ sarve satkāreṇābhyayus tadā
brāhmaṇapramukhā rājan vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
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| 30 | bandhanād vipramuktāś ca rājāno madhusūdanam
pūjayām āsur ūcuś ca sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vacaḥ
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| 31 | naitac citraṃ mahābāho tvayi devakinandana
bhīmārjunabalopete dharmasya paripālanam
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| 32 | jarāsaṃdhahrade ghore duḥkhapaṅke nimajjatām
rājñāṃ samabhyuddharaṇaṃ yad idaṃ kṛtam adya te
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| 33 | viṣṇo samavasannānāṃ giridurge sudāruṇe
diṣṭyā mokṣād yaśo dīptam āptaṃ te puruṣottama
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| 34 | kiṃ kurmaḥ puruṣavyāghra bravīhi puruṣarṣabha
kṛtam ity eva taj jñeyaṃ nṛpair yady api duṣkaram
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| 35 | tān uvāca hṛṣīkeśaḥ samāśvāsya mahāmanāḥ
yudhiṣṭhiro rājasūyaṃ kratum āhartum icchati
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| 36 | tasya dharmapravṛttasya pārthivatvaṃ cikīrṣataḥ
sarvair bhavadbhir yajñārthe sāhāyyaṃ dīyatām iti
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| 37 | tataḥ pratītamanasas te nṛpā bharatarṣabha
tathety evābruvan sarve pratijajñuś ca tāṃ giram
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| 38 | ratnabhājaṃ ca dāśārhaṃ cakrus te pṛthivīśvarāḥ
kṛcchrāj jagrāha govindas teṣāṃ tadanukampayā
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| 39 | jarāsaṃdhātmajaś caiva sahadevo mahārathaḥ
niryayau sajanāmātyaḥ puraskṛtya purohitam
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| 40 | sa nīcaiḥ praśrito bhūtvā bahuratnapurogamaḥ
sahadevo nṛṇāṃ devaṃ vāsudevam upasthitaḥ
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| 41 | bhayārtāya tatas tasmai kṛṣṇo dattvābhayaṃ tadā
abhyaṣiñcata tatraiva jarāsaṃdhātmajaṃ tadā
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| 42 | gatvaikatvaṃ ca kṛṣṇena pārthābhyāṃ caiva satkṛtaḥ
viveśa rājā matimān punar bārhadrathaṃ puram
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| 43 | kṛṣṇas tu saha pārthābhyāṃ śriyā paramayā jvalan
ratnāny ādāya bhūrīṇi prayayau puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ
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| 44 | indraprastham upāgamya pāṇḍavābhyāṃ sahācyutaḥ
sametya dharmarājānaṃ prīyamāṇo 'bhyabhāṣata
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| 45 | diṣṭyā bhīmena balavāñ jarāsaṃdho nipātitaḥ
rājāno mokṣitāś ceme bandhanān nṛpasattama
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| 46 | diṣṭyā kuśalinau cemau bhīmasenadhanaṃjayau
punaḥ svanagaraṃ prāptāv akṣatāv iti bhārata
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| 47 | tato yudhiṣṭhiraḥ kṛṣṇaṃ pūjayitvā yathārhataḥ
bhīmasenārjunau caiva prahṛṣṭaḥ pariṣasvaje
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| 48 | tataḥ kṣīṇe jarāsaṃdhe bhrātṛbhyāṃ vihitaṃ jayam
ajātaśatrur āsādya mumude bhrātṛbhiḥ saha
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| 49 | yathāvayaḥ samāgamya rājabhis taiś ca pāṇḍavaḥ
satkṛtya pūjayitvā ca visasarja narādhipān
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| 50 | yudhiṣṭhirābhyanujñātās te nṛpā hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
jagmuḥ svadeśāṃs tvaritā yānair uccāvacais tataḥ
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| 51 | evaṃ puruṣaśārdūlo mahābuddhir janārdanaḥ
pāṇḍavair ghātayām āsa jarāsaṃdham ariṃ tadā
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| 52 | ghātayitvā jarāsaṃdhaṃ buddhipūrvam ariṃdamaḥ
dharmarājam anujñāpya pṛthāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ ca bhārata
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| 53 | subhadrāṃ bhīmasenaṃ ca phalgunaṃ yamajau tathā
dhaumyam āmantrayitvā ca prayayau svāṃ purīṃ prati
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| 54 | tenaiva rathamukhyena taruṇādityavarcasā
dharmarājavisṛṣṭena divyenānādayan diśaḥ
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| 55 | tato yudhiṣṭhiramukhāḥ pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabha
pradakṣiṇam akurvanta kṛṣṇam akliṣṭakāriṇam
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| 56 | tato gate bhagavati kṛṣṇe devakinandane
jayaṃ labdhvā suvipulaṃ rājñām abhayadās tadā
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| 57 | saṃvardhitaujaso bhūyaḥ karmaṇā tena bhārata
draupadyāḥ pāṇḍavā rājan parāṃ prītim avardhayan
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| 58 | tasmin kāle tu yad yuktaṃ dharmakāmārthasaṃhitam
tad rājā dharmataś cakre rājyapālanakīrtimān
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