 | Book 2 Chapter 41
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | naiṣā cedipater buddhir yayā tvāhvayate 'cyutam
nūnam eṣa jagadbhartuḥ kṛṣṇasyaiva viniścayaḥ
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| 2 | ko hi māṃ bhīmasenādya kṣitāv arhati pārthivaḥ
kṣeptuṃ daivaparītātmā yathaiṣa kulapāṃsanaḥ
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| 3 | eṣa hy asya mahābāho tejoṃśaś ca harer dhruvam
tam eva punar ādātum icchat pṛthuyaśā hariḥ
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| 4 | yenaiṣa kuruśārdūla śārdūla iva cedirāṭ
garjaty atīva durbuddhiḥ sarvān asmān acintayan
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| 5 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 5 | tato na mamṛṣe caidyas tad bhīṣmavacanaṃ tadā
uvāca cainaṃ saṃkruddhaḥ punar bhīṣmam athottaram
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| 6 | śiśupāla uvāca
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| 6 | dviṣatāṃ no 'stu bhīṣmaiṣa prabhāvaḥ keśavasya yaḥ
yasya saṃstavavaktā tvaṃ bandivat satatotthitaḥ
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| 7 | saṃstavāya mano bhīṣma pareṣāṃ ramate sadā
yadi saṃstauṣi rājñas tvam imaṃ hitvā janārdanam
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| 8 | daradaṃ stuhi bāhlīkam imaṃ pārthivasattamam
jāyamānena yeneyam abhavad dāritā mahī
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| 9 | vaṅgāṅgaviṣayādhyakṣaṃ sahasrākṣasamaṃ bale
stuhi karṇam imaṃ bhīṣma mahācāpavikarṣaṇam
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| 10 | droṇaṃ drauṇiṃ ca sādhu tvaṃ pitāputrau mahārathau
stuhi stutyāv imau bhīṣma satataṃ dvijasattamau
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| 11 | yayor anyataro bhīṣma saṃkruddhaḥ sacarācarām
imāṃ vasumatīṃ kuryād aśeṣām iti me matiḥ
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| 12 | droṇasya hi samaṃ yuddhe na paśyāmi narādhipam
aśvatthāmnas tathā bhīṣma na caitau stotum icchasi
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| 13 | śalyādīn api kasmāt tvaṃ na stauṣi vasudhādhipān
stavāya yadi te buddhir vartate bhīṣma sarvadā
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| 14 | kiṃ hi śakyaṃ mayā kartuṃ yad vṛddhānāṃ tvayā nṛpa
purā kathayatāṃ nūnaṃ na śrutaṃ dharmavādinām
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| 15 | ātmanindātmapūjā ca paranindā parastavaḥ
anācaritam āryāṇāṃ vṛttam etac caturvidham
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| 16 | yad astavyam imaṃ śaśvan mohāt saṃstauṣi bhaktitaḥ
keśavaṃ tac ca te bhīṣma na kaś cid anumanyate
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| 17 | kathaṃ bhojasya puruṣe vargapāle durātmani
samāveśayase sarvaṃ jagat kevalakāmyayā
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| 18 | atha vaiṣā na te bhaktiḥ pakṛtiṃ yāti bhārata
mayaiva kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ bhūliṅgaśakunir yathā
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| 19 | bhūliṅgaśakunir nāma pārśve himavataḥ pare
bhīṣma tasyāḥ sadā vācaḥ śrūyante 'rthavigarhitāḥ
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| 20 | mā sāhasam itīdaṃ sā satataṃ vāśate kila
sāhasaṃ cātmanātīva carantī nāvabudhyate
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| 21 | sā hi māṃsārgalaṃ bhīṣma mukhāt siṃhasya khādataḥ
dantāntaravilagnaṃ yat tad ādatte 'lpacetanā
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| 22 | icchataḥ sā hi siṃhasya bhīṣma jīvaty asaṃśayam
tadvat tvam apy adharmajña sadā vācaḥ prabhāṣase
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| 23 | icchatāṃ pārthivendrāṇāṃ bhīṣma jīvasy asaṃśayam
lokavidviṣṭakarmā hi nānyo 'sti bhavatā samaḥ
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| 24 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 24 | tataś cedipateḥ śrutvā bhīṣmaḥ sa kaṭukaṃ vacaḥ
uvācedaṃ vaco rājaṃś cedirājasya śṛṇvataḥ
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| 25 | icchatāṃ kila nāmāhaṃ jīvāmy eṣāṃ mahīkṣitām
yo 'haṃ na gaṇayāmy etāṃs tṛṇānīva narādhipān
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| 26 | evam ukte tu bhīṣmeṇa tataḥ saṃcukrudhur nṛpāḥ
ke cij jahṛṣire tatra ke cid bhīṣmaṃ jagarhire
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| 27 | ke cid ūcur maheṣvāsāḥ śrutvā bhīṣmasya tad vacaḥ
pāpo 'valipto vṛddhaś ca nāyaṃ bhīṣmo 'rhati kṣamām
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| 28 | hanyatāṃ durmatir bhīṣmaḥ paśuvat sādhv ayaṃ nṛpaiḥ
sarvaiḥ sametya saṃrabdhair dahyatāṃ vā kaṭāgninā
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| 29 | iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā tataḥ kurupitāmahaḥ
uvāca matimān bhīṣmas tān eva vasudhādhipān
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| 30 | uktasyoktasya nehāntam ahaṃ samupalakṣaye
yat tu vakṣyāmi tat sarvaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ vasudhādhipāḥ
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| 31 | paśuvad ghātanaṃ vā me dahanaṃ vā kaṭāgninā
kriyatāṃ mūrdhni vo nyastaṃ mayedaṃ sakalaṃ padam
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| 32 | eṣa tiṣṭhati govindaḥ pūjito 'smābhir acyutaḥ
yasya vas tvarate buddhir maraṇāya sa mādhavam
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| 33 | kṛṣṇam āhvayatām adya yuddhe śārṅgagadādharam
yāvad asyaiva devasya dehaṃ viśatu pātitaḥ
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