Book 3 Chapter 14 | |
1 | vāsudeva uvāca |
1 | nedaṃ kṛcchram anuprāpto bhavān syād vasudhādhipa
yady ahaṃ dvārakāyāṃ syāṃ rājan saṃnihitaḥ purā |
2 | āgaccheyam ahaṃ dyūtam anāhūto 'pi kauravaiḥ
āmbikeyena durdharṣa rājñā duryodhanena ca |
3 | vārayeyam ahaṃ dyūtaṃ bahūn doṣān pradarśayan
bhīṣmadroṇau samānāyya kṛpaṃ bāhlīkam eva ca |
4 | vaicitravīryaṃ rājānam alaṃ dyūtena kaurava
putrāṇāṃ tava rājendra tvannimittam iti prabho |
5 | tatra vakṣyāmy ahaṃ doṣān yair bhavān avaropitaḥ
vīrasenasuto yaiś ca rājyāt prabhraṃśitaḥ purā |
6 | abhakṣitavināśaṃ ca devanena viśāṃ pate
sātatyaṃ ca prasaṅgasya varṇayeyaṃ yathātatham |
7 | striyo 'kṣā mṛgayā pānam etat kāmasamutthitam
vyasanaṃ catuṣṭayaṃ proktaṃ yai rājan bhraśyate śriyaḥ |
8 | tatra sarvatra vaktavyaṃ manyante śāstrakovidāḥ
viśeṣataś ca vaktavyaṃ dyūte paśyanti tadvidaḥ |
9 | ekāhnā dravyanāśo 'tra dhruvaṃ vyasanam eva ca
abhuktanāśaś cārthānāṃ vākpāruṣyaṃ ca kevalam |
10 | etac cānyac ca kauravya prasaṅgi kaṭukodayam
dyūte brūyāṃ mahābāho samāsādyāmbikāsutam |
11 | evam ukto yadi mayā gṛhṇīyād vacanaṃ mama
anāmayaṃ syād dharmasya kurūṇāṃ kurunandana |
12 | na cet sa mama rājendra gṛhṇīyān madhuraṃ vacaḥ
pathyaṃ ca bharataśreṣṭha nigṛhṇīyāṃ balena tam |
13 | athainān abhinīyaivaṃ suhṛdo nāma durhṛdaḥ
sabhāsadaś ca tān sarvān bhedayeyaṃ durodarān |
14 | asāṃnidhyaṃ tu kauravya mamānarteṣv abhūt tadā
yenedaṃ vyasanaṃ prāptā bhavanto dyūtakāritam |
15 | so 'ham etya kuruśreṣṭha dvārakāṃ pāṇḍunandana
aśrauṣaṃ tvāṃ vyasaninaṃ yuyudhānād yathātatham |
16 | śrutvaiva cāhaṃ rājendra paramodvignamānasaḥ
tūrṇam abhyāgato 'smi tvāṃ draṣṭukāmo viśāṃ pate |
17 | aho kṛcchram anuprāptāḥ sarve sma bharatarṣabha
ye vayaṃ tvāṃ vyasaninaṃ paśyāmaḥ saha sodaraiḥ |