 | Book 4 Chapter 1
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | kathaṃ virāṭanagare mama pūrvapitāmahāḥ
ajñātavāsam uṣitā duryodhanabhayārditāḥ
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| 2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 2 | tathā tu sa varāṃl labdhvā dharmād dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
gatvāśramaṃ brāhmaṇebhya ācakhyau sarvam eva tat
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| 3 | kathayitvā tu tat sarvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
araṇīsahitaṃ tasmai brāhmaṇāya nyavedayat
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| 4 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā dharmaputro mahāmanāḥ
saṃnivartyānujān sarvān iti hovāca bhārata
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| 5 | dvādaśemāni varṣāṇi rāṣṭrād viproṣitā vayam
trayodaśo 'yaṃ saṃprāptaḥ kṛcchraḥ paramadurvasaḥ
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| 6 | sa sādhu kaunteya ito vāsam arjuna rocaya
yatremā vasatīḥ sarvā vasemāviditāḥ paraiḥ
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| 7 | arjuna uvāca
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| 7 | tasyaiva varadānena dharmasya manujādhipa
ajñātā vicariṣyāmo narāṇāṃ bharatarṣabha
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| 8 | kiṃ tu vāsāya rāṣṭrāṇi kīrtayiṣyāmi kāni cit
ramaṇīyāni guptāni teṣāṃ kiṃ cit sma rocaya
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| 9 | santi ramyā janapadā bahvannāḥ paritaḥ kurūn
pāñcālāś cedimatsyāś ca śūrasenāḥ paṭaccarāḥ
daśārṇā navarāṣṭraṃ ca mallāḥ śālvā yugaṃdharāḥ
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| 10 | eteṣāṃ katamo rājan nivāsas tava rocate
vatsyāmo yatra rājendra saṃvatsaram imaṃ vayam
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| 11 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 11 | evam etan mahābāho yathā sa bhagavān prabhuḥ
abravīt sarvabhūteśas tat tathā na tad anyathā
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| 12 | avaśyaṃ tv eva vāsārthaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ śivaṃ sukham
saṃmantrya sahitaiḥ sarvair draṣṭavyam akutobhayam
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| 13 | matsyo virāṭo balavān abhirakṣet sa pāṇḍavān
dharmaśīlo vadānyaś ca vṛddhaś ca sumahādhanaḥ
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| 14 | virāṭanagare tāta saṃvatsaram imaṃ vayam
kurvantas tasya karmāṇi vihariṣyāma bhārata
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| 15 | yāni yāni ca karmāṇi tasya śakṣyāmahe vayam
kartuṃ yo yat sa tat karma bravītu kurunandanāḥ
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| 16 | arjuna uvāca
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| 16 | naradeva kathaṃ karma rāṣṭre tasya kariṣyasi
virāṭanṛpateḥ sādho raṃsyase kena karmaṇā
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| 17 | mṛdur vadānyo hrīmāṃś ca dhārmikaḥ satyavikramaḥ
rājaṃs tvam āpadā kliṣṭaḥ kiṃ kariṣyasi pāṇḍava
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| 18 | na duḥkham ucitaṃ kiṃ cid rājan veda yathā janaḥ
sa imām āpadaṃ prāpya kathaṃ ghorāṃ tariṣyasi
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| 19 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 19 | śṛṇudhvaṃ yat kariṣyāmi karma vai kurunandanāḥ
virāṭam anusaṃprāpya rājānaṃ puruṣarṣabham
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| 20 | sabhāstāro bhaviṣyāmi tasya rājño mahātmanaḥ
kaṅko nāma dvijo bhūtvā matākṣaḥ priyadevitā
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| 21 | vaiḍūryān kāñcanān dāntān phalair jyotīrasaiḥ saha
kṛṣṇākṣāṃl lohitākṣāṃś ca nirvartsyāmi manoramān
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| 22 | āsaṃ yudhiṣṭhirasyāhaṃ purā prāṇasamaḥ sakhā
iti vakṣyāmi rājānaṃ yadi mām anuyokṣyate
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| 23 | ity etad vo mayākhyātaṃ vihariṣyāmy ahaṃ yathā
vṛkodara virāṭe tvaṃ raṃsyase kena karmaṇā
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