Book 3 Chapter 227 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | karṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā duryodhanas tadā
hṛṣṭo bhūtvā punar dīna idaṃ vacanam abravīt |
2 | bravīṣi yad idaṃ karṇa sarvaṃ me manasi sthitam
na tv abhyanujñāṃ lapsyāmi gamane yatra pāṇḍavāḥ |
3 | paridevati tān vīrān dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ
manyate 'bhyadhikāṃś cāpi tapoyogena pāṇḍavān |
4 | atha vāpy anubudhyeta nṛpo 'smākaṃ cikīrṣitam
evam apy āyatiṃ rakṣan nābhyanujñātum arhati |
5 | na hi dvaitavane kiṃ cid vidyate 'nyat prayojanam
utsādanam ṛte teṣāṃ vanasthānāṃ mama dviṣām |
6 | jānāsi hi yathā kṣattā dyūtakāla upasthite
abravīd yac ca māṃ tvāṃ ca saubalaṃ ca vacas tadā |
7 | tāni pūrvāṇi vākyāni yac cānyat paridevitam
vicintya nādhigacchāmi gamanāyetarāya vā |
8 | mamāpi hi mahān harṣo yad ahaṃ bhīmaphalgunau
kliṣṭāv araṇye paśyeyaṃ kṛṣṇayā sahitāv iti |
9 | na tathā prāpnuyāṃ prītim avāpya vasudhām api
dṛṣṭvā yathā pāṇḍusutān valkalājinavāsasaḥ |
10 | kiṃ nu syād adhikaṃ tasmād yad ahaṃ drupadātmajām
draupadīṃ karṇa paśyeyaṃ kāṣāyavasanāṃ vane |
11 | yadi māṃ dharmarājaś ca bhīmasenaś ca pāṇḍavaḥ
yuktaṃ paramayā lakṣmyā paśyetāṃ jīvitaṃ bhavet |
12 | upāyaṃ na tu paśyāmi yena gacchema tad vanam
yathā cābhyanujānīyād gacchantaṃ māṃ mahīpatiḥ |
13 | sa saubalena sahitas tathā duḥśāsanena ca
upāyaṃ paśya nipuṇaṃ yena gacchema tad vanam |
14 | aham apy adya niścitya gamanāyetarāya vā
kālyam eva gamiṣyāmi samīpaṃ pārthivasya ha |
15 | mayi tatropaviṣṭe tu bhīṣme ca kurusattame
upāyo yo bhaved dṛṣṭas taṃ brūyāḥ sahasaubalaḥ |
16 | tato bhīṣmasya rājñaś ca niśamya gamanaṃ prati
vyavasāyaṃ kariṣye 'ham anunīya pitāmaham |
17 | tathety uktvā tu te sarve jagmur āvasathān prati
vyuṣitāyāṃ rajanyāṃ tu karṇo rājānam abhyayāt |
18 | tato duryodhanaṃ karṇaḥ prahasann idam abravīt
upāyaḥ paridṛṣṭo 'yaṃ taṃ nibodha janeśvara |
19 | ghoṣā dvaitavane sarve tvatpratīkṣā narādhipa
ghoṣayātrāpadeśena gamiṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ |
20 | ucitaṃ hi sadā gantuṃ ghoṣayātrāṃ viśāṃ pate
evaṃ ca tvāṃ pitā rājan samanujñātum arhati |
21 | tathā kathayamānau tau ghoṣayātrāviniścayam
gāndhārarājaḥ śakuniḥ pratyuvāca hasann iva |
22 | upāyo 'yaṃ mayā dṛṣṭo gamanāya nirāmayaḥ
anujñāsyati no rājā codayiṣyati cāpy uta |
23 | ghoṣā dvaitavane sarve tvatpratīkṣā narādhipa
ghoṣayātrāpadeśena gamiṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ |
24 | tataḥ prahasitāḥ sarve te 'nyonyasya talān daduḥ
tad eva ca viniścitya dadṛśuḥ kurusattamam |