Book 3 Chapter 295 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | evaṃ hṛtāyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ prāpya kleśam anuttamam
pratilabhya tataḥ kṛṣṇāṃ kim akurvata pāṇḍavāḥ |
2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
2 | evaṃ hṛtāyāṃ kṛṣṇāyāṃ prāpya kleśam anuttamam
vihāya kāmyakaṃ rājā saha bhrātṛbhir acyutaḥ |
3 | punar dvaitavanaṃ ramyam ājagāma yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
svādumūlaphalaṃ ramyaṃ mārkaṇḍeyāśramaṃ prati |
4 | anuguptaphalāhārāḥ sarva eva mitāśanāḥ
nyavasan pāṇḍavās tatra kṛṣṇayā saha bhārata |
5 | vasan dvaitavane rājā kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhīmaseno 'rjunaś caiva mādrīputrau ca pāṇḍavau |
6 | brāhmaṇārthe parākrāntā dharmātmāno yatavratāḥ
kleśam ārchanta vipulaṃ sukhodarkaṃ paraṃtapāḥ |
7 | ajātaśatrum āsīnaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaṃ vane
āgamya brāhmaṇas tūrṇaṃ saṃtapta idam abravīt |
8 | araṇīsahitaṃ mahyaṃ samāsaktaṃ vanaspatau
mṛgasya gharṣamāṇasya viṣāṇe samasajjata |
9 | tad ādāya gato rājaṃs tvaramāṇo mahāmṛgaḥ
āśramāt tvaritaḥ śīghraṃ plavamāno mahājavaḥ |
10 | tasya gatvā padaṃ śīghram āsādya ca mahāmṛgam
agnihotraṃ na lupyeta tadānayata pāṇḍavāḥ |
11 | brāhmaṇasya vacaḥ śrutvā saṃtapto 'tha yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
dhanur ādāya kaunteyaḥ prādravad bhrātṛbhiḥ saha |
12 | sannaddhā dhanvinaḥ sarve prādravan narapuṃgavāḥ
brāhmaṇārthe yatantas te śīghram anvagaman mṛgam |
13 | karṇinālīkanārācān utsṛjanto mahārathāḥ
nāvidhyan pāṇḍavās tatra paśyanto mṛgam antikāt |
14 | teṣāṃ prayatamānānāṃ nādṛśyata mahāmṛgaḥ
apaśyanto mṛgaṃ śrāntā duḥkhaṃ prāptā manasvinaḥ |
15 | śītalacchāyam āsādya nyagrodhaṃ gahane vane
kṣutpipāsāparītāṅgāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samupāviśan |
16 | teṣāṃ samupaviṣṭānāṃ nakulo duḥkhitas tadā
abravīd bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭham amarṣāt kurusattama |
17 | nāsmin kule jātu mamajja dharmo; na cālasyād arthalopo babhūva
anuttarāḥ sarvabhūteṣu bhūyaḥ; saṃprāptāḥ smaḥ saṃśayaṃ kena rājan |