Book 3 Chapter 237 | |
1 | duryodhana uvāca |
1 | ajānatas te rādheya nābhyasūyāmy ahaṃ vacaḥ
jānāsi tvaṃ jitāñ śatrūn gandharvāṃs tejasā mayā |
2 | āyodhitās tu gandharvāḥ suciraṃ sodarair mama
mayā saha mahābāho kṛtaś cobhayataḥ kṣayaḥ |
3 | māyādhikās tv ayudhyanta yadā śūrā viyadgatāḥ
tadā no nasamaṃ yuddham abhavat saha khecaraiḥ |
4 | parājayaṃ ca prāptāḥ sma raṇe bandhanam eva ca
sabhṛtyāmātyaputrāś ca sadāradhanavāhanāḥ uccair ākāśamārgeṇa hriyāmas taiḥ suduḥkhitāḥ |
5 | atha naḥ sainikāḥ ke cid amātyāś ca mahārathān
upagamyābruvan dīnāḥ pāṇḍavāñ śaraṇapradān |
6 | eṣa duryodhano rājā dhārtarāṣṭraḥ sahānujaḥ
sāmātyadāro hriyate gandharvair divam āsthitaiḥ |
7 | taṃ mokṣayata bhadraṃ vaḥ sahadāraṃ narādhipam
parāmarśo mā bhaviṣyat kurudāreṣu sarvaśaḥ |
8 | evam ukte tu dharmātmā jyeṣṭhaḥ pāṇḍusutas tadā
prasādya sodarān sarvān ājñāpayata mokṣaṇe |
9 | athāgamya tam uddeśaṃ pāṇḍavāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
sāntvapūrvam ayācanta śaktāḥ santo mahārathāḥ |
10 | yadā cāsmān na mumucur gandharvāḥ sāntvitā api
tato 'rjunaś ca bhīmaś ca yamajau ca balotkaṭau mumucuḥ śaravarṣāṇi gandharvān pratyanekaśaḥ |
11 | atha sarve raṇaṃ muktvā prayātāḥ khacarā divam
asmān evābhikarṣanto dīnān muditamānasāḥ |
12 | tataḥ samantāt paśyāmi śarajālena veṣṭitam
amānuṣāṇi cāstrāṇi prayuñjānaṃ dhanaṃjayam |
13 | samāvṛtā diśo dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavena śitaiḥ śaraiḥ
dhanaṃjayasakhātmānaṃ darśayām āsa vai tadā |
14 | citrasenaḥ pāṇḍavena samāśliṣya paraṃtapaḥ
kuśalaṃ paripapraccha taiḥ pṛṣṭaś cāpy anāmayam |
15 | te sametya tathānyonyaṃ saṃnāhān vipramucya ca
ekībhūtās tato vīrā gandharvāḥ saha pāṇḍavaiḥ apūjayetām anyonyaṃ citrasenadhanaṃjayau |