 | Book 3 Chapter 55
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| 1 | bṛhadaśva uvāca
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| 1 | vṛte tu naiṣadhe bhaimyā lokapālā mahaujasaḥ
yānto dadṛśur āyāntaṃ dvāparaṃ kalinā saha
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| 2 | athābravīt kaliṃ śakraḥ saṃprekṣya balavṛtrahā
dvāpareṇa sahāyena kale brūhi kva yāsyasi
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| 3 | tato 'bravīt kaliḥ śakraṃ damayantyāḥ svayaṃvaram
gatvāhaṃ varayiṣye tāṃ mano hi mama tadgatam
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| 4 | tam abravīt prahasyendro nirvṛttaḥ sa svayaṃvaraḥ
vṛtas tayā nalo rājā patir asmatsamīpataḥ
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| 5 | evam uktas tu śakreṇa kaliḥ kopasamanvitaḥ
devān āmantrya tān sarvān uvācedaṃ vacas tadā
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| 6 | devānāṃ mānuṣaṃ madhye yat sā patim avindata
nanu tasyā bhaven nyāyyaṃ vipulaṃ daṇḍadhāraṇam
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| 7 | evam ukte tu kalinā pratyūcus te divaukasaḥ
asmābhiḥ samanujñāto damayantyā nalo vṛtaḥ
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| 8 | kaś ca sarvaguṇopetaṃ nāśrayeta nalaṃ nṛpam
yo veda dharmān akhilān yathāvac caritavrataḥ
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| 9 | yasmin satyaṃ dhṛtir dānaṃ tapaḥ śaucaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ
dhruvāṇi puruṣavyāghre lokapālasame nṛpe
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| 10 | ātmānaṃ sa śapen mūḍho hanyāc cātmānam ātmanā
evaṃguṇaṃ nalaṃ yo vai kāmayec chapituṃ kale
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| 11 | kṛcchre sa narake majjed agādhe vipule 'plave
evam uktvā kaliṃ devā dvāparaṃ ca divaṃ yayuḥ
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| 12 | tato gateṣu deveṣu kalir dvāparam abravīt
saṃhartuṃ notsahe kopaṃ nale vatsyāmi dvāpara
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| 13 | bhraṃśayiṣyāmi taṃ rājyān na bhaimyā saha raṃsyate
tvam apy akṣān samāviśya kartuṃ sāhāyyam arhasi
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