 | Book 4 Chapter 45
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| 1 | aśvatthāmovāca
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| 1 | na ca tāvaj jitā gāvo na ca sīmāntaraṃ gatāḥ
na hāstinapuraṃ prāptās tvaṃ ca karṇa vikatthase
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| 2 | saṃgrāmān subahūñ jitvā labdhvā ca vipulaṃ dhanam
vijitya ca parāṃ bhūmiṃ nāhuḥ kiṃ cana pauruṣam
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| 3 | pacaty agnir avākyas tu tūṣṇīṃ bhāti divākaraḥ
tūṣṇīṃ dhārayate lokān vasudhā sacarācarān
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| 4 | cāturvarṇyasya karmāṇi vihitāni manīṣibhiḥ
dhanaṃ yair adhigantavyaṃ yac ca kurvan na duṣyati
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| 5 | adhītya brāhmaṇo vedān yājayeta yajeta ca
kṣatriyo dhanur āśritya yajetaiva na yājayet
vaiśyo 'dhigamya dravyāṇi brahmakarmāṇi kārayet
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| 6 | vartamānā yathāśāstraṃ prāpya cāpi mahīm imām
sat kurvanti mahābhāgā gurūn suviguṇān api
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| 7 | prāpya dyūtena ko rājyaṃ kṣatriyas toṣṭum arhati
tathā nṛśaṃsarūpeṇa yathānyaḥ prākṛto janaḥ
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| 8 | tathāvāpteṣu vitteṣu ko vikatthed vicakṣaṇaḥ
nikṛtyā vañcanāyogaiś caran vaitaṃsiko yathā
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| 9 | katamad dvairathaṃ yuddhaṃ yatrājaiṣīr dhanaṃjayam
nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca dhanaṃ yeṣāṃ tvayā hṛtam
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| 10 | yudhiṣṭhiro jitaḥ kasmin bhīmaś ca balināṃ varaḥ
indraprasthaṃ tvayā kasmin saṃgrāme nirjitaṃ purā
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| 11 | tathaiva katamaṃ yuddhaṃ yasmin kṛṣṇā jitā tvayā
ekavastrā sabhāṃ nītā duṣṭakarman rajasvalā
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| 12 | mūlam eṣāṃ mahat kṛttaṃ sārārthī candanaṃ yathā
karma kārayithāḥ śūra tatra kiṃ viduro 'bravīt
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| 13 | yathāśakti manuṣyāṇāṃ śamam ālakṣayāmahe
anyeṣāṃ caiva sattvānām api kīṭapipīlike
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| 14 | draupadyās taṃ parikleśaṃ na kṣantuṃ pāṇḍavo 'rhati
duḥkhāya dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ prādurbhūto dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 15 | tvaṃ punaḥ paṇḍito bhūtvā vācaṃ vaktum ihecchasi
vairāntakaraṇo jiṣṇur na naḥ śeṣaṃ kariṣyati
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| 16 | naiṣa devān na gandharvān nāsurān na ca rākṣasān
bhayād iha na yudhyeta kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 17 | yaṃ yam eṣo 'bhisaṃkruddhaḥ saṃgrāme 'bhipatiṣyati
vṛkṣaṃ garuḍavegena vinihatya tam eṣyati
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| 18 | tvatto viśiṣṭaṃ vīryeṇa dhanuṣy amararāṭsamam
vāsudevasamaṃ yuddhe taṃ pārthaṃ ko na pūjayet
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| 19 | daivaṃ daivena yudhyeta mānuṣeṇa ca mānuṣam
astreṇāstraṃ samāhanyāt ko 'rjunena samaḥ pumān
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| 20 | putrād anantaraḥ śiṣya iti dharmavido viduḥ
etenāpi nimittena priyo droṇasya pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 21 | yathā tvam akaror dyūtam indraprasthaṃ yathāharaḥ
yathānaiṣīḥ sabhāṃ kṛṣṇāṃ tathā yudhyasva pāṇḍavam
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| 22 | ayaṃ te mātulaḥ prājñaḥ kṣatradharmasya kovidaḥ
durdyūtadevī gāndhāraḥ śakunir yudhyatām iha
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| 23 | nākṣān kṣipati gāṇḍīvaṃ na kṛtaṃ dvāparaṃ na ca
jvalato niśitān bāṇāṃs tīkṣṇān kṣipati gāṇḍivam
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| 24 | na hi gāṇḍīvanirmuktā gārdhrapatrāḥ sutejanāḥ
antareṣv avatiṣṭhanti girīṇām api dāraṇāḥ
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| 25 | antakaḥ śamano mṛtyus tathāgnir vaḍavāmukhaḥ
kuryur ete kva cic cheṣaṃ na tu kruddho dhanaṃjayaḥ
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| 26 | yudhyatāṃ kāmam ācāryo nāhaṃ yotsye dhanaṃjayam
matsyo hy asmābhir āyodhyo yady āgacched gavāṃ padam
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