Book 3 Chapter 238 | |
1 | duryodhana uvāca |
1 | citrasenaṃ samāgamya prahasann arjunas tadā
idaṃ vacanam aklībam abravīt paravīrahā |
2 | bhrātṝn arhasi no vīra moktuṃ gandharvasattama
anarhā dharṣaṇaṃ hīme jīvamāneṣu pāṇḍuṣu |
3 | evam uktas tu gandharvaḥ pāṇḍavena mahātmanā
uvāca yat karṇa vayaṃ mantrayanto vinirgatāḥ draṣṭāraḥ sma sukhād dhīnān sadārān pāṇḍavān iti |
4 | tasminn uccāryamāṇe tu gandharveṇa vacasy atha
bhūmer vivaram anvaicchaṃ praveṣṭuṃ vrīḍayānvitaḥ |
5 | yudhiṣṭhiram athāgamya gandharvāḥ saha pāṇḍavaiḥ
asmaddurmantritaṃ tasmai baddhāṃś cāsmān nyavedayan |
6 | strīsamakṣam ahaṃ dīno baddhaḥ śatruvaśaṃ gataḥ
yudhiṣṭhirasyopahṛtaḥ kiṃ nu duḥkham ataḥ param |
7 | ye me nirākṛtā nityaṃ ripur yeṣām ahaṃ sadā
tair mokṣito 'haṃ durbuddhir dattaṃ tair jīvitaṃ ca me |
8 | prāptaḥ syāṃ yady ahaṃ vīra vadhaṃ tasmin mahāraṇe
śreyas tad bhavitā mahyam evaṃbhūtaṃ na jīvitam |
9 | bhaved yaśaḥ pṛthivyāṃ me khyātaṃ gandharvato vadhāt
prāptāś ca lokāḥ puṇyāḥ syur mahendrasadane 'kṣayāḥ |
10 | yat tv adya me vyavasitaṃ tac chṛṇudhvaṃ nararṣabhāḥ
iha prāyam upāsiṣye yūyaṃ vrajata vai gṛhān bhrātaraś caiva me sarve prayāntv adya puraṃ prati |
11 | karṇaprabhṛtayaś caiva suhṛdo bāndhavāś ca ye
duḥśāsanaṃ puraskṛtya prayāntv adya puraṃ prati |
12 | na hy ahaṃ pratiyāsyāmi puraṃ śatrunirākṛtaḥ
śatrumānāpaho bhūtvā suhṛdāṃ mānakṛt tathā |
13 | sa suhṛcchokado bhūtvā śatrūṇāṃ harṣavardhanaḥ
vāraṇāhvayam āsādya kiṃ vakṣyāmi janādhipam |
14 | bhīṣmo droṇaḥ kṛpo drauṇir viduraḥ saṃjayas tathā
bāhlīkaḥ somadattaś ca ye cānye vṛddhasaṃmatāḥ |
15 | brāhmaṇāḥ śreṇimukhyāś ca tathodāsīnavṛttayaḥ
kiṃ māṃ vakṣyanti kiṃ cāpi prativakṣyāmi tān aham |
16 | ripūṇāṃ śirasi sthitvā tathā vikramya corasi
ātmadoṣāt paribhraṣṭaḥ kathaṃ vakṣyāmi tān aham |
17 | durvinītāḥ śriyaṃ prāpya vidyām aiśvaryam eva ca
tiṣṭhanti na ciraṃ bhadre yathāhaṃ madagarvitaḥ |
18 | aho bata yathedaṃ me kaṣṭaṃ duścaritaṃ kṛtam
svayaṃ durbuddhinā mohād yena prāpto 'smi saṃśayam |
19 | tasmāt prāyam upāsiṣye na hi śakṣyāmi jīvitum
cetayāno hi ko jīvet kṛcchrāc chatrubhir uddhṛtaḥ |
20 | śatrubhiś cāvahasito mānī pauruṣavarjitaḥ
pāṇḍavair vikramāḍhyaiś ca sāvamānam avekṣitaḥ |
21 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
21 | evaṃ cintāparigato duḥśāsanam athābravīt
duḥśāsana nibodhedaṃ vacanaṃ mama bhārata |
22 | pratīccha tvaṃ mayā dattam abhiṣekaṃ nṛpo bhava
praśādhi pṛthivīṃ sphītāṃ karṇasaubalapālitām |
23 | bhrātṝn pālaya visrabdhaṃ maruto vṛtrahā yathā
bāndhavās tvopajīvantu devā iva śatakratum |
24 | brāhmaṇeṣu sadā vṛttiṃ kurvīthāś cāpramādataḥ
bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāṃ caiva bhavethās tvaṃ gatiḥ sadā |
25 | jñātīṃś cāpy anupaśyethā viṣṇur devagaṇān iva
guravaḥ pālanīyās te gaccha pālaya medinīm |
26 | nandayan suhṛdaḥ sarvāñ śātravāṃś cāvabhartsayan
kaṇṭhe cainaṃ pariṣvajya gamyatām ity uvāca ha |
27 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā dīno duḥśāsano 'bravīt
aśrukaṇṭhaḥ suduḥkhārtaḥ prāñjaliḥ praṇipatya ca sagadgadam idaṃ vākyaṃ bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭham ātmanaḥ |
28 | prasīdety apatad bhūmau dūyamānena cetasā
duḥkhitaḥ pādayos tasya netrajaṃ jalam utsṛjan |
29 | uktavāṃś ca naravyāghro naitad evaṃ bhaviṣyati
vidīryet sanagā bhūmir dyauś cāpi śakalībhavet ravir ātmaprabhāṃ jahyāt somaḥ śītāṃśutāṃ tyajet |
30 | vāyuḥ śaighryam atho jahyād dhimavāṃś ca parivrajet
śuṣyet toyaṃ samudreṣu vahnir apy uṣṇatāṃ tyajet |
31 | na cāhaṃ tvad ṛte rājan praśāseyaṃ vasuṃdharām
punaḥ punaḥ prasīdeti vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha tvam eva naḥ kule rājā bhaviṣyasi śataṃ samāḥ |
32 | evam uktvā sa rājendra sasvanaṃ praruroda ha
pādau saṃgṛhya mānārhau bhrātur jyeṣṭhasya bhārata |
33 | tathā tau duḥkhitau dṛṣṭvā duḥśāsanasuyodhanau
abhigamya vyathāviṣṭaḥ karṇas tau pratyabhāṣata |
34 | viṣīdathaḥ kiṃ kauravyau bāliśyāt prākṛtāv iva
na śokaḥ śocamānasya vinivarteta kasya cit |
35 | yadā ca śocataḥ śoko vyasanaṃ nāpakarṣati
sāmarthyaṃ kiṃ tv ataḥ śoke śocamānau prapaśyathaḥ dhṛtiṃ gṛhṇīta mā śatrūñ śocantau nandayiṣyathaḥ |
36 | kartavyaṃ hi kṛtaṃ rājan pāṇḍavais tava mokṣaṇam
nityam eva priyaṃ kāryaṃ rājño viṣayavāsibhiḥ pālyamānās tvayā te hi nivasanti gatajvarāḥ |
37 | nārhasy evaṃgate manyuṃ kartuṃ prākṛtavad yathā
viṣaṇṇās tava sodaryās tvayi prāyaṃ samāsthite uttiṣṭha vraja bhadraṃ te samāśvāsaya sodarān |
38 | rājann adyāvagacchāmi taveha laghusattvatām
kim atra citraṃ yad vīra mokṣitaḥ pāṇḍavair asi sadyo vaśaṃ samāpannaḥ śatrūṇāṃ śatrukarśana |
39 | senājīvaiś ca kauravya tathā viṣayavāsibhiḥ
ajñātair yadi vā jñātaiḥ kartavyaṃ nṛpateḥ priyam |
40 | prāyaḥ pradhānāḥ puruṣāḥ kṣobhayanty arivāhinīm
nigṛhyante ca yuddheṣu mokṣyante ca svasainikaiḥ |
41 | senājīvāś ca ye rājñāṃ viṣaye santi mānavāḥ
taiḥ saṃgamya nṛpārthāya yatitavyaṃ yathātatham |
42 | yady evaṃ pāṇḍavai rājan bhavadviṣayavāsibhiḥ
yadṛcchayā mokṣito 'dya tatra kā paridevanā |
43 | na caitat sādhu yad rājan pāṇḍavās tvāṃ nṛpottama
svasenayā saṃprayāntaṃ nānuyānti sma pṛṣṭhataḥ |
44 | śūrāś ca balavantaś ca saṃyugeṣv apalāyinaḥ
bhavatas te sabhāyāṃ vai preṣyatāṃ pūrvam āgatāḥ |
45 | pāṇḍaveyāni ratnāni tvam adyāpy upabhuñjase
sattvasthān pāṇḍavān paśya na te prāyam upāviśan uttiṣṭha rājan bhadraṃ te na cintāṃ kartum arhasi |
46 | avaśyam eva nṛpate rājño viṣayavāsibhiḥ
priyāṇy ācaritavyāni tatra kā paridevanā |
47 | madvākyam etad rājendra yady evaṃ na kariṣyasi
sthāsyāmīha bhavatpādau śuśrūṣann arimardana |
48 | notsahe jīvitum ahaṃ tvadvihīno nararṣabha
prāyopaviṣṭas tu nṛpa rājñāṃ hāsyo bhaviṣyasi |
49 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
49 | evam uktas tu karṇena rājā duryodhanas tadā
naivotthātuṃ manaś cakre svargāya kṛtaniścayaḥ |