Book 3 Chapter 257 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | evaṃ hṛtāyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ prāpya kleśam anuttamam
ata ūrdhvaṃ naravyāghrāḥ kim akurvata pāṇḍavāḥ |
2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
2 | evaṃ kṛṣṇāṃ mokṣayitvā vinirjitya jayadratham
āsāṃ cakre munigaṇair dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
3 | teṣāṃ madhye maharṣīṇāṃ śṛṇvatām anuśocatām
mārkaṇḍeyam idaṃ vākyam abravīt pāṇḍunandanaḥ |
4 | manye kālaś ca balavān daivaṃ ca vidhinirmitam
bhavitavyaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ yasya nāsti vyatikramaḥ |
5 | kathaṃ hi patnīm asmākaṃ dharmajñāṃ dharmacāriṇīm
saṃspṛśed īdṛśo bhāvaḥ śuciṃ stainyam ivānṛtam |
6 | na hi pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ kiṃ cit karma vā ninditaṃ kva cit
draupadyā brāhmaṇeṣv eva dharmaḥ sucarito mahān |
7 | tāṃ jahāra balād rājā mūḍhabuddhir jayadrathaḥ
tasyāḥ saṃharaṇāt prāptaḥ śirasaḥ keśavāpanam parājayaṃ ca saṃgrāme sasahāyaḥ samāptavān |
8 | pratyāhṛtā tathāsmābhir hatvā tat saindhavaṃ balam
tad dāraharaṇaṃ prāptam asmābhir avitarkitam |
9 | duḥkhaś cāyaṃ vane vāso mṛgayāyāṃ ca jīvikā
hiṃsā ca mṛgajātīnāṃ vanaukobhir vanaukasām jñātibhir vipravāsaś ca mithyā vyavasitair ayam |
10 | asti nūnaṃ mayā kaś cid alpabhāgyataro naraḥ
bhavatā dṛṣṭapūrvo vā śrutapūrvo 'pi vā bhavet |