Book 2 Chapter 40 | |
1 | bhīṣma uvāca |
1 | cedirājakule jātas tryakṣa eṣa caturbhujaḥ
rāsabhārāvasadṛśaṃ rurāva ca nanāda ca |
2 | tenāsya mātāpitarau tresatus tau sabāndhavau
vaikṛtaṃ tac ca tau dṛṣṭvā tyāgāya kurutāṃ matim |
3 | tataḥ sabhāryaṃ nṛpatiṃ sāmātyaṃ sapurohitam
cintāsaṃmūḍhahṛdayaṃ vāg uvācāśarīriṇī |
4 | eṣa te nṛpate putraḥ śrīmāñ jāto mahābalaḥ
tasmād asmān na bhetavyam avyagraḥ pāhi vai śiśum |
5 | na caivaitasya mṛtyus tvaṃ na kālaḥ pratyupasthitaḥ
mṛtyur hantāsya śastreṇa sa cotpanno narādhipa |
6 | saṃśrutyodāhṛtaṃ vākyaṃ bhūtam antarhitaṃ tataḥ
putrasnehābhisaṃtaptā jananī vākyam abravīt |
7 | yenedam īritaṃ vākyaṃ mamaiva tanayaṃ prati
prāñjalis taṃ namasyāmi bravītu sa punar vacaḥ |
8 | śrotum icchāmi putrasya ko 'sya mṛtyur bhaviṣyati
antarhitaṃ tato bhūtam uvācedaṃ punar vacaḥ |
9 | yenotsaṅge gṛhītasya bhujāv abhyadhikāv ubhau
patiṣyataḥ kṣititale pañcaśīrṣāv ivoragau |
10 | tṛtīyam etad bālasya lalāṭasthaṃ ca locanam
nimajjiṣyati yaṃ dṛṣṭvā so 'sya mṛtyur bhaviṣyati |
11 | tryakṣaṃ caturbhujaṃ śrutvā tathā ca samudāhṛtam
dharaṇyāṃ pārthivāḥ sarve abhyagacchan didṛkṣavaḥ |
12 | tān pūjayitvā saṃprāptān yathārhaṃ sa mahīpatiḥ
ekaikasya nṛpasyāṅke putram āropayat tadā |
13 | evaṃ rājasahasrāṇāṃ pṛthaktvena yathākramam
śiśur aṅke samārūḍho na tat prāpa nidarśanam |
14 | tataś cedipuraṃ prāptau saṃkarṣaṇajanārdanau
yādavau yādavīṃ draṣṭuṃ svasāraṃ tāṃ pitus tadā |
15 | abhivādya yathānyāyaṃ yathājyeṣṭhaṃ nṛpāṃś ca tān
kuśalānāmayaṃ pṛṣṭvā niṣaṇṇau rāmakeśavau |
16 | abhyarcitau tadā vīrau prītyā cābhyadhikaṃ tataḥ
putraṃ dāmodarotsaṅge devī saṃnyadadhāt svayam |
17 | nyastamātrasya tasyāṅke bhujāv abhyadhikāv ubhau
petatus tac ca nayanaṃ nimamajja lalāṭajam |
18 | tad dṛṣṭvā vyathitā trastā varaṃ kṛṣṇam ayācata
dadasva me varaṃ kṛṣṇa bhayārtāyā mahābhuja |
19 | tvaṃ hy ārtānāṃ samāśvāso bhītānām abhayaṃkaraḥ
pitṛṣvasāraṃ mā bhaiṣīr ity uvāca janārdanaḥ |
20 | dadāni kaṃ varaṃ kiṃ vā karavāṇi pitṛṣvasaḥ
śakyaṃ vā yadi vāśakyaṃ kariṣyāmi vacas tava |
21 | evam uktā tataḥ kṛṣṇam abravīd yadunandanam
śiśupālasyāparādhān kṣamethās tvaṃ mahābala |
22 | kṛṣṇa uvāca |
22 | aparādhaśataṃ kṣāmyaṃ mayā hy asya pitṛṣvasaḥ
putrasya te vadhārhāṇāṃ mā tvaṃ śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ |
23 | bhīṣma uvāca |
23 | evam eṣa nṛpaḥ pāpaḥ śiśupālaḥ sumandadhīḥ
tvāṃ samāhvayate vīra govindavaradarpitaḥ |