 | Book 3 Chapter 139
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| 1 | lomaśa uvāca
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| 1 | etasminn eva kāle tu bṛhaddyumno mahīpatiḥ
satram āste mahābhāgo raibhyayājyaḥ pratāpavān
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| 2 | tena raibhyasya vai putrāv arvāvasuparāvasū
vṛtau sahāyau satrārthe bṛhaddyumnena dhīmatā
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| 3 | tatra tau samanujñātau pitrā kaunteya jagmatuḥ
āśrame tv abhavad raibhyo bhāryā caiva parāvasoḥ
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| 4 | athāvalokako 'gacchad gṛhān ekaḥ parāvasuḥ
kṛṣṇājinena saṃvītaṃ dadarśa pitaraṃ vane
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| 5 | jaghanyarātre nidrāndhaḥ sāvaśeṣe tamasy api
carantaṃ gahane 'raṇye mene sa pitaraṃ mṛgam
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| 6 | mṛgaṃ tu manyamānena pitā vai tena hiṃsitaḥ
akāmayānena tadā śarīratrāṇam icchatā
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| 7 | sa tasya pretakāryāṇi kṛtvā sarvāṇi bhārata
punar āgamya tat satram abravīd bhrātaraṃ vacaḥ
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| 8 | idaṃ karma na śaktas tvaṃ voḍhum ekaḥ kathaṃ cana
mayā tu hiṃsitas tāto manyamānena taṃ mṛgam
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| 9 | so 'smadarthe vrataṃ sādhu cara tvaṃ brahmahiṃsanam
samartho hy aham ekākī karma kartum idaṃ mune
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| 10 | arvāvasur uvāca
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| 10 | karotu vai bhavān satraṃ bṛhaddyumnasya dhīmataḥ
brahmahatyāṃ cariṣye 'haṃ tvadarthaṃ niyatendriyaḥ
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| 11 | lomaśa uvāca
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| 11 | sa tasyā brahmahatyāyāḥ pāraṃ gatvā yudhiṣṭhira
arvāvasus tadā satram ājagāma punar muniḥ
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| 12 | tataḥ parāvasur dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ samupasthitam
bṛhaddyumnam uvācedaṃ vacanaṃ pariṣadgatam
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| 13 | eṣa te brahmahā yajñaṃ mā draṣṭuṃ praviśed iti
brahmahā prekṣitenāpi pīḍayet tvāṃ na saṃśayaḥ
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| 14 | preṣyair utsāryamāṇas tu rājann arvāvasus tadā
na mayā brahmahatyeyaṃ kṛtety āha punaḥ punaḥ
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| 15 | ucyamāno 'sakṛt preṣyair brahmahann iti bhārata
naiva sa pratijānāti brahmahatyāṃ svayaṃ kṛtām
mama bhrātrā kṛtam idaṃ mayā tu parirakṣitam
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| 16 | prītās tasyābhavan devāḥ karmaṇārvāvasor nṛpa
taṃ te pravarayām āsur nirāsuś ca parāvasum
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| 17 | tato devā varaṃ tasmai dadur agnipurogamāḥ
sa cāpi varayām āsa pitur utthānam ātmanaḥ
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| 18 | anāgastvaṃ tathā bhrātuḥ pituś cāsmaraṇaṃ vadhe
bharadvājasya cotthānaṃ yavakrītasya cobhayoḥ
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| 19 | tataḥ prādurbabhūvus te sarva eva yudhiṣṭhira
athābravīd yavakrīto devān agnipurogamān
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| 20 | samadhītaṃ mayā brahma vratāni caritāni ca
kathaṃ nu raibhyaḥ śakto mām adhīyānaṃ tapasvinam
tathāyuktena vidhinā nihantum amarottamāḥ
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| 21 | devā ūcuḥ
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| 21 | maivaṃ kṛthā yavakrīta yathā vadasi vai mune
ṛte gurum adhītā hi sukhaṃ vedās tvayā purā
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| 22 | anena tu gurūn duḥkhāt toṣayitvā svakarmaṇā
kālena mahatā kleśād brahmādhigatam uttamam
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| 23 | lomaśa uvāca
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| 23 | yavakrītam athoktvaivaṃ devāḥ sāgnipurogamāḥ
saṃjīvayitvā tān sarvān punar jagmus triviṣṭapam
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| 24 | āśramas tasya puṇyo 'yaṃ sadāpuṣpaphaladrumaḥ
atroṣya rājaśārdūla sarvapāpaiḥ pramokṣyase
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