 | Book 3 Chapter 56
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| 1 | bṛhadaśva uvāca
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| 1 | evaṃ sa samayaṃ kṛtvā dvāpareṇa kaliḥ saha
ājagāma tatas tatra yatra rājā sa naiṣadhaḥ
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| 2 | sa nityam antaraprekṣī niṣadheṣv avasac ciram
athāsya dvādaśe varṣe dadarśa kalir antaram
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| 3 | kṛtvā mūtram upaspṛśya saṃdhyām āste sma naiṣadhaḥ
akṛtvā pādayoḥ śaucaṃ tatrainaṃ kalir āviśat
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| 4 | sa samāviśya tu nalaṃ samīpaṃ puṣkarasya ha
gatvā puṣkaram āhedam ehi dīvya nalena vai
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| 5 | akṣadyūte nalaṃ jetā bhavān hi sahito mayā
niṣadhān pratipadyasva jitvā rājan nalaṃ nṛpam
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| 6 | evam uktas tu kalinā puṣkaro nalam abhyayāt
kaliś caiva vṛṣo bhūtvā gavāṃ puṣkaram abhyayāt
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| 7 | āsādya tu nalaṃ vīraṃ puṣkaraḥ paravīrahā
dīvyāvety abravīd bhrātā vṛṣeṇeti muhur muhuḥ
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| 8 | na cakṣame tato rājā samāhvānaṃ mahāmanāḥ
vaidarbhyāḥ prekṣamāṇāyāḥ paṇakālam amanyata
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| 9 | hiraṇyasya suvarṇasya yānayugyasya vāsasām
āviṣṭaḥ kalinā dyūte jīyate sma nalas tadā
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| 10 | tam akṣamadasaṃmattaṃ suhṛdāṃ na tu kaś cana
nivāraṇe 'bhavac chakto dīvyamānam acetasam
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| 11 | tataḥ paurajanaḥ sarvo mantribhiḥ saha bhārata
rājānaṃ draṣṭum āgacchan nivārayitum āturam
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| 12 | tataḥ sūta upāgamya damayantyai nyavedayat
eṣa paurajanaḥ sarvo dvāri tiṣṭhati kāryavān
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| 13 | nivedyatāṃ naiṣadhāya sarvāḥ prakṛtayaḥ sthitāḥ
amṛṣyamāṇā vyasanaṃ rājño dharmārthadarśinaḥ
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| 14 | tataḥ sā bāṣpakalayā vācā duḥkhena karśitā
uvāca naiṣadhaṃ bhaimī śokopahatacetanā
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| 15 | rājan paurajano dvāri tvāṃ didṛkṣur avasthitaḥ
mantribhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvai rājabhaktipuraskṛtaḥ
taṃ draṣṭum arhasīty evaṃ punaḥ punar abhāṣata
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| 16 | tāṃ tathā rucirāpāṅgīṃ vilapantīṃ sumadhyamām
āviṣṭaḥ kalinā rājā nābhyabhāṣata kiṃ cana
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| 17 | tatas te mantriṇaḥ sarve te caiva puravāsinaḥ
nāyam astīti duḥkhārtā vrīḍitā jagmur ālayān
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| 18 | tathā tad abhavad dyūtaṃ puṣkarasya nalasya ca
yudhiṣṭhira bahūn māsān puṇyaślokas tv ajīyata
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