 | Book 2 Chapter 51
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| 1 | śakunir uvāca
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| 1 | yāṃ tvam etāṃ śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍuputre yudhiṣṭhire
tapyase tāṃ hariṣyāmi dyūtenāhūyatāṃ paraḥ
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| 2 | agatvā saṃśayam aham ayuddhvā ca camūmukhe
akṣān kṣipann akṣataḥ san vidvān aviduṣo jaye
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| 3 | glahān dhanūṃṣi me viddhi śarān akṣāṃś ca bhārata
akṣāṇāṃ hṛdayaṃ me jyāṃ rathaṃ viddhi mamāstaram
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| 4 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 4 | ayam utsahate rājañ śriyam āhartum akṣavit
dyūtena pāṇḍuputrebhyas tat tubhyaṃ tāta rocatām
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| 5 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 5 | sthito 'smi śāsane bhrātur vidurasya mahātmanaḥ
tena saṃgamya vetsyāmi kāryasyāsya viniścayam
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| 6 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 6 | vihaniṣyati te buddhiṃ viduro muktasaṃśayaḥ
pāṇḍavānāṃ hite yukto na tathā mama kaurava
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| 7 | nārabhet parasāmarthyāt puruṣaḥ kāryam ātmanaḥ
matisāmyaṃ dvayor nāsti kāryeṣu kurunandana
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| 8 | bhayaṃ pariharan manda ātmānaṃ paripālayan
varṣāsu klinnakaṭavat tiṣṭhann evāvasīdati
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| 9 | na vyādhayo nāpi yamaḥ śreyaḥprāptiṃ pratīkṣate
yāvad eva bhavet kalpas tāvac chreyaḥ samācaret
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| 10 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 10 | sarvathā putra balibhir vigrahaṃ te na rocaye
vairaṃ vikāraṃ sṛjati tad vai śastram anāyasam
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| 11 | anartham arthaṃ manyase rājaputra; saṃgranthanaṃ kalahasyātighoram
tad vai pravṛttaṃ tu yathā kathaṃ cid; vimokṣayec cāpy asisāyakāṃś ca
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| 12 | duryodhana uvāca
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| 12 | dyūte purāṇair vyavahāraḥ praṇītas; tatrātyayo nāsti na saṃprahāraḥ
tad rocatāṃ śakuner vākyam adya; sabhāṃ kṣipraṃ tvam ihājñāpayasva
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| 13 | svargadvāraṃ dīvyatāṃ no viśiṣṭaṃ; tadvartināṃ cāpi tathaiva yuktam
bhaved evaṃ hy ātmanā tulyam eva; durodaraṃ pāṇḍavais tvaṃ kuruṣva
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| 14 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 14 | vākyaṃ na me rocate yat tvayoktaṃ; yat te priyaṃ tat kriyatāṃ narendra
paścāt tapsyase tad upākramya vākyaṃ; na hīdṛśaṃ bhāvi vaco hi dharmyam
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| 15 | dṛṣṭaṃ hy etad vidureṇaivam eva; sarvaṃ pūrvaṃ buddhividyānugena
tad evaitad avaśasyābhyupaiti; mahad bhayaṃ kṣatriyabījaghāti
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| 16 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 16 | evam uktvā dhṛtarāṣṭro manīṣī; daivaṃ matvā paramaṃ dustaraṃ ca
śaśāsoccaiḥ puruṣān putravākye; sthito rājā daivasaṃmūḍhacetāḥ
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| 17 | sahasrastambhāṃ hemavaiḍūryacitrāṃ; śatadvārāṃ toraṇasphāṭiśṛṅgām
sabhām agryāṃ krośamātrāyatāṃ me; tad vistārām āśu kurvantu yuktāḥ
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śrutvā tasya tvaritā nirviśaṅkāḥ; prājñā dakṣās tāṃ tathā cakrur āśu
sarvadravyāṇy upajahruḥ sabhāyāṃ; sahasraśaḥ śilpinaś cāpi yuktāḥ
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kālenālpenātha niṣṭhāṃ gatāṃ tāṃ; sabhāṃ ramyāṃ bahuratnāṃ vicitrām
citrair haimair āsanair abhyupetām; ācakhyus te tasya rājñaḥ pratītāḥ
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| 20 | tato vidvān viduraṃ mantrimukhyam; uvācedaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro narendraḥ
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ rājaputraṃ hi gatvā; madvākyena kṣipram ihānayasva
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| 21 | sabheyaṃ me bahuratnā vicitrā; śayyāsanair upapannā mahārhaiḥ
sā dṛśyatāṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdham etya; suhṛddyūtaṃ vartatām atra ceti
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| 22 | matam ājñāya putrasya dhṛtarāṣṭro narādhipaḥ
matvā ca dustaraṃ daivam etad rājā cakāra ha
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| 23 | anyāyena tathoktas tu viduro viduṣāṃ varaḥ
nābhyanandad vaco bhrātur vacanaṃ cedam abravīt
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| 24 | nābhinandāmi nṛpate praiṣam etaṃ; maivaṃ kṛthāḥ kulanāśād bibhemi
putrair bhinnaiḥ kalahas te dhruvaṃ syād; etac chaṅke dyūtakṛte narendra
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| 25 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 25 | neha kṣattaḥ kalahas tapsyate māṃ; na ced daivaṃ pratilomaṃ bhaviṣyat
dhātrā tu diṣṭasya vaśe kiledaṃ; sarvaṃ jagac ceṣṭati na svatantram
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| 26 | tad adya vidura prāpya rājānaṃ mama śāsanāt
kṣipram ānaya durdharṣaṃ kuntīputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
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