Book 3 Chapter 232 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | asmān abhigatāṃs tāta bhayārtāñ śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ
kauravān viṣamaprāptān kathaṃ brūyās tvam īdṛśam |
2 | bhavanti bhedā jñātīnāṃ kalahāś ca vṛkodara
prasaktāni ca vairāṇi jñātidharmo na naśyati |
3 | yadā tu kaś cij jñātīnāṃ bāhyaḥ prārthayate kulam
na marṣayanti tat santo bāhyenābhipramarṣaṇam |
4 | jānāti hy eṣa durbuddhir asmān iha ciroṣitān
sa eṣa paribhūyāsmān akārṣīd idam apriyam |
5 | duryodhanasya grahaṇād gandharveṇa balād raṇe
strīṇāṃ bāhyābhimarśāc ca hataṃ bhavati naḥ kulam |
6 | śaraṇaṃ ca prapannānāṃ trāṇārthaṃ ca kulasya naḥ
uttiṣṭhadhvaṃ naravyāghrāḥ sajjībhavata māciram |
7 | arjunaś ca yamau caiva tvaṃ ca bhīmāparājitaḥ
mokṣayadhvaṃ dhārtarāṣṭraṃ hriyamāṇaṃ suyodhanam |
8 | ete rathā naravyāghrāḥ sarvaśastrasamanvitāḥ
indrasenādibhiḥ sūtaiḥ saṃyatāḥ kanakadhvajāḥ |
9 | etān āsthāya vai tāta gandharvān yoddhum āhave
suyodhanasya mokṣāya prayatadhvam atandritāḥ |
10 | ya eva kaś cid rājanyaḥ śaraṇārtham ihāgatam
paraṃ śaktyābhirakṣeta kiṃ punas tvaṃ vṛkodara |
11 | ka ihānyo bhavet trāṇam abhidhāveti coditaḥ
prāñjaliṃ śaraṇāpannaṃ dṛṣṭvā śatrum api dhruvam |
12 | varapradānaṃ rājyaṃ ca putrajanma ca pāṇḍava
śatroś ca mokṣaṇaṃ kleśāt trīṇi caikaṃ ca tat samam |
13 | kiṃ hy abhyadhikam etasmād yad āpannaḥ suyodhanaḥ
tvadbāhubalam āśritya jīvitaṃ parimārgati |
14 | svayam eva pradhāveyaṃ yadi na syād vṛkodara
vitato 'yaṃ kratur vīra na hi me 'tra vicāraṇā |
15 | sāmnaiva tu yathā bhīma mokṣayethāḥ suyodhanam
tathā sarvair upāyais tvaṃ yatethāḥ kurunandana |
16 | na sāmnā pratipadyeta yadi gandharvarāḍ asau
parākrameṇa mṛdunā mokṣayethāḥ suyodhanam |
17 | athāsau mṛduyuddhena na muñced bhīma kauravān
sarvopāyair vimocyās te nigṛhya paripanthinaḥ |
18 | etāvad dhi mayā śakyaṃ saṃdeṣṭuṃ vai vṛkodara
vaitāne karmaṇi tate vartamāne ca bhārata |
19 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
19 | ajātaśatror vacanaṃ tac chrutvā tu dhanaṃjayaḥ
pratijajñe guror vākyaṃ kauravāṇāṃ vimokṣaṇam |
20 | arjuna uvāca |
20 | yadi sāmnā na mokṣyanti gandharvā dhṛtarāṣṭrajān
adya gandharvarājasya bhūmiḥ pāsyati śoṇitam |
21 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
21 | arjunasya tu tāṃ śrutvā pratijñāṃ satyavādinaḥ
kauravāṇāṃ tadā rājan punaḥ pratyāgataṃ manaḥ |