 | Book 3 Chapter 9
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| 1 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 1 | dhṛtarāṣṭra mahāprājña nibodha vacanaṃ mama
vakṣyāmi tvā kauravāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ hitam uttamam
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| 2 | na me priyaṃ mahābāho yad gatāḥ pāṇḍavā vanam
nikṛtyā nirjitāś caiva duryodhanavaśānugaiḥ
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| 3 | te smarantaḥ parikleśān varṣe pūrṇe trayodaśe
vimokṣyanti viṣaṃ kruddhāḥ karaveyeṣu bhārata
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| 4 | tad ayaṃ kiṃ nu pāpātmā tava putraḥ sumandadhīḥ
pāṇḍavān nityasaṃkruddho rājyahetor jighāṃsati
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| 5 | vāryatāṃ sādhv ayaṃ mūḍhaḥ śamaṃ gacchatu te sutaḥ
vanasthāṃs tān ayaṃ hantum icchan prāṇair vimokṣyate
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| 6 | yathāha viduraḥ prājño yathā bhīṣmo yathā vayam
yathā kṛpaś ca droṇaś ca tathā sādhu vidhīyatām
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| 7 | vigraho hi mahāprājña svajanena vigarhitaḥ
adharmyam ayaśasyaṃ ca mā rājan pratipadyathāḥ
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| 8 | samīkṣā yādṛśī hy asya pāṇḍavān prati bhārata
upekṣyamāṇā sā rājan mahāntam anayaṃ spṛśet
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| 9 | atha vāyaṃ sumandātmā vanaṃ gacchatu te sutaḥ
pāṇḍavaiḥ sahito rājann eka evāsahāyavān
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| 10 | tataḥ saṃsargajaḥ snehaḥ putrasya tava pāṇḍavaiḥ
yadi syāt kṛtakāryo 'dya bhaves tvaṃ manujeśvara
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| 11 | atha vā jāyamānasya yac chīlam anujāyate
śrūyate tan mahārāja nāmṛtasyāpasarpati
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| 12 | kathaṃ vā manyate bhīṣmo droṇo vā viduro 'pi vā
bhavān vātra kṣamaṃ kāryaṃ purā cārtho 'tivartate
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