 | Book 3 Chapter 229
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | atha duryodhano rājā tatra tatra vane vasan
jagāma ghoṣān abhitas tatra cakre niveśanam
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| 2 | ramaṇīye samājñāte sodake samahīruhe
deśe sarvaguṇopete cakrur āvasathaṃ narāḥ
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| 3 | tathaiva tatsamīpasthān pṛthagāvasathān bahūn
karṇasya śakuneś caiva bhrātṝṇāṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ
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| 4 | dadarśa sa tadā gāvaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ
aṅkair lakṣaiś ca tāḥ sarvā lakṣayām āsa pārthivaḥ
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| 5 | aṅkayām āsa vatsāṃś ca jajñe copasṛtās tv api
bālavatsāś ca yā gāvaḥ kālayām āsa tā api
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| 6 | atha sa smāraṇaṃ kṛtvā lakṣayitvā trihāyanān
vṛto gopālakaiḥ prīto vyaharat kurunandanaḥ
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| 7 | sa ca paurajanaḥ sarvaḥ sainikāś ca sahasraśaḥ
yathopajoṣaṃ cikrīḍur vane tasmin yathāmarāḥ
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| 8 | tato gopāḥ pragātāraḥ kuśalā nṛttavādite
dhārtarāṣṭram upātiṣṭhan kanyāś caiva svalaṃkṛtāḥ
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| 9 | sa strīgaṇavṛto rājā prahṛṣṭaḥ pradadau vasu
tebhyo yathārham annāni pānāni vividhāni ca
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| 10 | tatas te sahitāḥ sarve tarakṣūn mahiṣān mṛgān
gavayarkṣavarāhāṃś ca samantāt paryakālayan
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| 11 | sa tāñ śarair vinirbhindan gajān badhnan mahāvane
ramaṇīyeṣu deśeṣu grāhayām āsa vai mṛgān
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| 12 | gorasān upayuñjāna upabhogāṃś ca bhārata
paśyan suramaṇīyāni puṣpitāni vanāni ca
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| 13 | mattabhramarajuṣṭāni barhiṇābhirutāni ca
agacchad ānupūrvyeṇa puṇyaṃ dvaitavanaṃ saraḥ
ṛddhyā paramayā yukto mahendra iva vajrabhṛt
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| 14 | yadṛcchayā ca tadaho dharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
īje rājarṣiyajñena sadyaskena viśāṃ pate
divyena vidhinā rājā vanyena kurusattamaḥ
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| 15 | kṛtvā niveśam abhitaḥ sarasas tasya kauravaḥ
draupadyā sahito dhīmān dharmapatnyā narādhipaḥ
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| 16 | tato duryodhanaḥ preṣyān ādideśa sahānujaḥ
ākrīḍāvasathāḥ kṣipraṃ kriyantām iti bhārata
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| 17 | te tathety eva kauravyam uktvā vacanakāriṇaḥ
cikīrṣantas tadākrīḍāñ jagmur dvaitavanaṃ saraḥ
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| 18 | senāgraṃ dhārtarāṣṭrasya prāptaṃ dvaitavanaṃ saraḥ
praviśantaṃ vanadvāri gandharvāḥ samavārayan
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| 19 | tatra gandharvarājo vai pūrvam eva viśāṃ pate
kuberabhavanād rājann ājagāma gaṇāvṛtaḥ
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| 20 | gaṇair apsarasāṃ caiva tridaśānāṃ tathātmajaiḥ
vihāraśīlaḥ krīḍārthaṃ tena tat saṃvṛtaṃ saraḥ
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| 21 | tena tat saṃvṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā te rājaparicārakāḥ
pratijagmus tato rājan yatra duryodhano nṛpaḥ
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| 22 | sa tu teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sainikān yuddhadurmadān
preṣayām āsa kauravya utsārayata tān iti
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| 23 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā rājñaḥ senāgrayāyinaḥ
saro dvaitavanaṃ gatvā gandharvān idam abruvan
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| 24 | rājā duryodhano nāma dhṛtarāṣṭrasuto balī
vijihīrṣur ihāyāti tadartham apasarpata
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| 25 | evam uktās tu gandharvāḥ prahasanto viśāṃ pate
pratyabruvaṃs tān puruṣān idaṃ suparuṣaṃ vacaḥ
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| 26 | na cetayati vo rājā mandabuddhiḥ suyodhanaḥ
yo 'smān ājñāpayaty evaṃ vaśyān iva divaukasaḥ
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| 27 | yūyaṃ mumūrṣavaś cāpi mandaprajñā na saṃśayaḥ
ye tasya vacanād evam asmān brūta vicetasaḥ
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| 28 | gacchata tvaritāḥ sarve yatra rājā sa kauravaḥ
dveṣyaṃ mādyaiva gacchadhvaṃ dharmarājaniveśanam
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| 29 | evam uktās tu gandharvai rājñaḥ senāgrayāyinaḥ
saṃprādravan yato rājā dhṛtarāṣṭrasuto 'bhavat
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