 | Book 3 Chapter 24
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tasmin daśārhādhipatau prayāte; yudhiṣṭhiro bhīmasenārjunau ca
yamau ca kṛṣṇā ca purohitaś ca; rathān mahārhān paramāśvayuktān
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| 2 | āsthāya vīrāḥ sahitā vanāya; pratasthire bhūtapatiprakāśāḥ
hiraṇyaniṣkān vasanāni gāś ca; pradāya śikṣākṣaramantravidbhyaḥ
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preṣyāḥ puro viṃśatir āttaśastrā; dhanūṃṣi varmāṇi śarāṃś ca pītān
maurvīś ca yantrāṇi ca sāyakāṃś ca; sarve samādāya jaghanyam īyuḥ
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| 4 | tatas tu vāsāṃsi ca rājaputryā; dhātryaś ca dāsyaś ca vibhūṣaṇaṃ ca
tad indrasenas tvaritaṃ pragṛhya; jaghanyam evopayayau rathena
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| 5 | tataḥ kuruśreṣṭham upetya paurāḥ; pradakṣiṇaṃ cakrur adīnasattvāḥ
taṃ brāhmaṇāś cābhyavadan prasannā; mukhyāś ca sarve kurujāṅgalānām
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| 6 | sa cāpi tān abhyavadat prasannaḥ; sahaiva tair bhrātṛbhir dharmarājaḥ
tasthau ca tatrādhipatir mahātmā; dṛṣṭvā janaughaṃ kurujāṅgalānām
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| 7 | piteva putreṣu sa teṣu bhāvaṃ; cakre kurūṇām ṛṣabho mahātmā
te cāpi tasmin bharataprabarhe; tadā babhūvuḥ pitarīva putrāḥ
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| 8 | tataḥ samāsādya mahājanaughāḥ; kurupravīraṃ parivārya tasthuḥ
hā nātha hā dharma iti bruvanto; hriyā ca sarve 'śrumukhā babhūvuḥ
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| 9 | varaḥ kurūṇām adhipaḥ prajānāṃ; piteva putrān apahāya cāsmān
paurān imāñ jānapadāṃś ca sarvān; hitvā prayātaḥ kva nu dharmarājaḥ
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| 10 | dhig dhārtarāṣṭraṃ sunṛśaṃsabuddhiṃ; sasaubalaṃ pāpamatiṃ ca karṇam
anartham icchanti narendra pāpā; ye dharmanityasya satas tavogrāḥ
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| 11 | svayaṃ niveśyāpratimaṃ mahātmā; puraṃ mahad devapuraprakāśam
śatakratuprastham amoghakarmā; hitvā prayātaḥ kva nu dharmarājaḥ
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| 12 | cakāra yām apratimāṃ mahātmā; sabhāṃ mayo devasabhāprakāśām
tāṃ devaguptām iva devamāyāṃ; hitvā prayātaḥ kva nu dharmarājaḥ
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| 13 | tān dharmakāmārthavid uttamaujā; bībhatsur uccaiḥ sahitān uvāca
ādāsyate vāsam imaṃ niruṣya; vaneṣu rājā dviṣatāṃ yaśāṃsi
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| 14 | dvijātimukhyāḥ sahitāḥ pṛthak ca; bhavadbhir āsādya tapasvinaś ca
prasādya dharmārthavidaś ca vācyā; yathārthasiddhiḥ paramā bhaven naḥ
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| 15 | ity evam ukte vacane 'rjunena; te brāhmaṇāḥ sarvavarṇāś ca rājan
mudābhyanandan sahitāś ca cakruḥ; pradakṣiṇaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭham
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| 16 | āmantrya pārthaṃ ca vṛkodaraṃ ca; dhanaṃjayaṃ yājñasenīṃ yamau ca
pratasthire rāṣṭram apetaharṣā; yudhiṣṭhireṇānumatā yathāsvam
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