 | Book 4 Chapter 12
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | evaṃ matsyasya nagare vasantas tatra pāṇḍavāḥ
ata ūrdhvaṃ mahāvīryāḥ kim akurvanta vai dvija
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| 2 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 2 | evaṃ te nyavasaṃs tatra pracchannāḥ kurunandanāḥ
ārādhayanto rājānaṃ yad akurvanta tac chṛṇu
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| 3 | yudhiṣṭhiraḥ sabhāstāraḥ sabhyānām abhavat priyaḥ
tathaiva ca virāṭasya saputrasya viśāṃ pate
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| 4 | sa hy akṣahṛdayajñas tān krīḍayām āsa pāṇḍavaḥ
akṣavatyāṃ yathākāmaṃ sūtrabaddhān iva dvijān
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| 5 | ajñātaṃ ca virāṭasya vijitya vasu dharmarāṭ
bhrātṛbhyaḥ puruṣavyāghro yathārhaṃ sma prayacchati
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| 6 | bhīmaseno 'pi māṃsāni bhakṣyāṇi vividhāni ca
atisṛṣṭāni matsyena vikrīṇāti yudhiṣṭhire
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| 7 | vāsāṃsi parijīrṇāni labdhāny antaḥpure 'rjunaḥ
vikrīṇānaś ca sarvebhyaḥ pāṇḍavebhyaḥ prayacchati
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| 8 | sahadevo 'pi gopānāṃ veṣam āsthāya pāṇḍavaḥ
dadhi kṣīraṃ ghṛtaṃ caiva pāṇḍavebhyaḥ prayacchati
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| 9 | nakulo 'pi dhanaṃ labdhvā kṛte karmaṇi vājinām
tuṣṭe tasmin narapatau pāṇḍavebhyaḥ prayacchati
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| 10 | kṛṣṇāpi sarvān bhrātṝṃs tān nirīkṣantī tapasvinī
yathā punar avijñātā tathā carati bhāminī
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| 11 | evaṃ saṃpādayantas te tathānyonyaṃ mahārathāḥ
prekṣamāṇās tadā kṛṣṇām ūṣuś channā narādhipa
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| 12 | atha māse caturthe tu brahmaṇaḥ sumahotsavaḥ
āsīt samṛddho matsyeṣu puruṣāṇāṃ susaṃmataḥ
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| 13 | tatra mallāḥ samāpetur digbhyo rājan sahasraśaḥ
mahākāyā mahāvīryāḥ kālakhañjā ivāsurāḥ
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| 14 | vīryonnaddhā balodagrā rājñā samabhipūjitāḥ
siṃhaskandhakaṭigrīvāḥ svavadātā manasvinaḥ
asakṛllabdhalakṣās te raṅge pārthivasaṃnidhau
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| 15 | teṣām eko mahān āsīt sarvamallān samāhvayat
āvalgamānaṃ taṃ raṅge nopatiṣṭhati kaś cana
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| 16 | yadā sarve vimanasas te mallā hatacetasaḥ
atha sūdena taṃ mallaṃ yodhayām āsa matsyarāṭ
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| 17 | codyamānas tato bhīmo duḥkhenaivākaron matim
na hi śaknoti vivṛte pratyākhyātuṃ narādhipam
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| 18 | tataḥ sa puruṣavyāghraḥ śārdūlaśithilaṃ caran
praviveśa mahāraṅgaṃ virāṭam abhiharṣayan
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| 19 | babandha kakṣyāṃ kaunteyas tatas taṃ harṣayañ janam
tatas taṃ vṛtrasaṃkāśaṃ bhīmo mallaṃ samāhvayat
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| 20 | tāv ubhau sumahotsāhāv ubhau tīvraparākramau
mattāv iva mahākāyau vāraṇau ṣaṣṭihāyanau
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| 21 | cakarṣa dorbhyām utpāṭya bhīmo mallam amitrahā
vinadantam abhikrośañ śārdūla iva vāraṇam
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| 22 | tam udyamya mahābāhur bhrāmayām āsa vīryavān
tato mallāś ca matsyāś ca vismayaṃ cakrire param
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| 23 | bhrāmayitvā śataguṇaṃ gatasattvam acetanam
pratyapiṃṣan mahābāhur mallaṃ bhuvi vṛkodaraḥ
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| 24 | tasmin vinihate malle jīmūte lokaviśrute
virāṭaḥ paramaṃ harṣam agacchad bāndhavaiḥ saha
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| 25 | saṃharṣāt pradadau vittaṃ bahu rājā mahāmanāḥ
ballavāya mahāraṅge yathā vaiśravaṇas tathā
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| 26 | evaṃ sa subahūn mallān puruṣāṃś ca mahābalān
vinighnan matsyarājasya prītim āvahad uttamām
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| 27 | yadāsya tulyaḥ puruṣo na kaś cit tatra vidyate
tato vyāghraiś ca siṃhaiś ca dviradaiś cāpy ayodhayat
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| 28 | punar antaḥpuragataḥ strīṇāṃ madhye vṛkodaraḥ
yodhyate sma virāṭena siṃhair mattair mahābalaiḥ
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| 29 | bībhatsur api gītena sunṛttena ca pāṇḍavaḥ
virāṭaṃ toṣayām āsa sarvāś cāntaḥpurastriyaḥ
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| 30 | aśvair vinītair javanais tatra tatra samāgataiḥ
toṣayām āsa nakulo rājānaṃ rājasattama
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| 31 | tasmai pradeyaṃ prāyacchat prīto rājā dhanaṃ bahu
vinītān vṛṣabhān dṛṣṭvā sahadevasya cābhibho
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| 32 | evaṃ te nyavasaṃs tatra pracchannāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
karmāṇi tasya kurvāṇā virāṭanṛpates tadā
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