 | Book 3 Chapter 8
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | śrutvā ca viduraṃ prāptaṃ rājñā ca parisāntvitam
dhṛtarāṣṭrātmajo rājā paryatapyata durmatiḥ
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| 2 | sa saubalaṃ samānāyya karṇaduḥśāsanāv api
abravīd vacanaṃ rājā praviśyābuddhijaṃ tamaḥ
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| 3 | eṣa pratyāgato mantrī dhṛtarāṣṭrasya saṃmataḥ
viduraḥ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ suhṛd vidvān hite rataḥ
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| 4 | yāvad asya punar buddhiṃ viduro nāpakarṣati
pāṇḍavānayane tāvan mantrayadhvaṃ hitaṃ mama
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| 5 | atha paśyāmy ahaṃ pārthān prāptān iha kathaṃ cana
punaḥ śoṣaṃ gamiṣyāmi nirāsur niravagrahaḥ
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| 6 | viṣam udbandhanaṃ vāpi śastram agnipraveśanam
kariṣye na hi tān ṛddhān punar draṣṭum ihotsahe
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| 7 | śakunir uvāca
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| 7 | kiṃ bāliṣāṃ matiṃ rājann āsthito 'si viśāṃ pate
gatās te samayaṃ kṛtvā naitad evaṃ bhaviṣyati
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| 8 | satyavākye sthitāḥ sarve pāṇḍavā bharatarṣabha
pitus te vacanaṃ tāta na grahīṣyanti karhi cit
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| 9 | atha vā te grahīṣyanti punar eṣyanti vā puram
nirasya samayaṃ bhūyaḥ paṇo 'smākaṃ bhaviṣyati
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| 10 | sarve bhavāmo madhyasthā rājñaś chandānuvartinaḥ
chidraṃ bahu prapaśyantaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ susaṃvṛtāḥ
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| 11 | duḥśāsana uvāca
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| 11 | evam etan mahāprājña yathā vadasi mātula
nityaṃ hi me kathayatas tava buddhir hi rocate
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| 12 | karṇa uvāca
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| 12 | kāmam īkṣāmahe sarve duryodhana tavepsitam
aikamatyaṃ hi no rājan sarveṣām eva lakṣyate
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| 13 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 13 | evam uktas tu karṇena rājā duryodhanas tadā
nātihṛṣṭamanāḥ kṣipram abhavat sa parāṅmukhaḥ
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| 14 | upalabhya tataḥ karṇo vivṛtya nayane śubhe
roṣād duḥśāsanaṃ caiva saubaleyaṃ ca tāv ubhau
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| 15 | uvāca paramakruddha udyamyātmānam ātmanā
aho mama mataṃ yat tan nibodhata narādhipāḥ
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| 16 | priyaṃ sarve cikīrṣāmo rājñaḥ kiṃkarapāṇayaḥ
na cāsya śaknumaḥ sarve priye sthātum atandritāḥ
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| 17 | vayaṃ tu śastrāṇy ādāya rathān āsthāya daṃśitāḥ
gacchāmaḥ sahitā hantuṃ pāṇḍavān vanagocarān
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| 18 | teṣu sarveṣu śānteṣu gateṣv aviditāṃ gatim
nirvivādā bhaviṣyanti dhārtarāṣṭrās tathā vayam
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| 19 | yāvad eva paridyūnā yāvac chokaparāyaṇāḥ
yāvan mitravihīnāś ca tāvac chakyā mataṃ mama
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| 20 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā pūjayantaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
bāḍham ity eva te sarve pratyūcuḥ sūtajaṃ tadā
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| 21 | evam uktvā tu saṃkruddhā rathaiḥ sarve pṛthak pṛthak
niryayuḥ pāṇḍavān hantuṃ saṃghaśaḥ kṛtaniścayāḥ
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| 22 | tān prasthitān parijñāya kṛṣṇadvaipāyanas tadā
ājagāma viśuddhātmā dṛṣṭvā divyena cakṣuṣā
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| 23 | pratiṣidhyātha tān sarvān bhagavāṃl lokapūjitaḥ
prajñācakṣuṣam āsīnam uvācābhyetya satvaraḥ
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