Book 5 Chapter 3 | |
1 | sātyakir uvāca |
1 | yādṛśaḥ puruṣasyātmā tādṛśaṃ saṃprabhāṣate
yathārūpo 'ntarātmā te tathārūpaṃ prabhāṣase |
2 | santi vai puruṣāḥ śūrāḥ santi kāpuruṣās tathā
ubhāv etau dṛḍhau pakṣau dṛśyete puruṣān prati |
3 | ekasminn eva jāyete kule klībamahārathau
phalāphalavatī śākhe yathaikasmin vanaspatau |
4 | nābhyasūyāmi te vākyaṃ bruvato lāṅgaladhvaja
ye tu śṛṇvanti te vākyaṃ tān asūyāmi mādhava |
5 | kathaṃ hi dharmarājasya doṣam alpam api bruvan
labhate pariṣanmadhye vyāhartum akutobhayaḥ |
6 | samāhūya mahātmānaṃ jitavanto 'kṣakovidāḥ
anakṣajñaṃ yathāśraddhaṃ teṣu dharmajayaḥ kutaḥ |
7 | yadi kuntīsutaṃ gehe krīḍantaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha
abhigamya jayeyus te tat teṣāṃ dharmato bhavet |
8 | samāhūya tu rājānaṃ kṣatradharmarataṃ sadā
nikṛtyā jitavantas te kiṃ nu teṣāṃ paraṃ śubham |
9 | kathaṃ praṇipatec cāyam iha kṛtvā paṇaṃ param
vanavāsād vimuktas tu prāptaḥ paitāmahaṃ padam |
10 | yady ayaṃ paravittāni kāmayeta yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
evam apy ayam atyantaṃ parān nārhati yācitum |
11 | kathaṃ ca dharmayuktās te na ca rājyaṃ jihīrṣavaḥ
nivṛttavāsān kaunteyān ya āhur viditā iti |
12 | anunītā hi bhīṣmeṇa droṇena ca mahātmanā
na vyavasyanti pāṇḍūnāṃ pradātuṃ paitṛkaṃ vasu |
13 | ahaṃ tu tāñ śitair bāṇair anunīya raṇe balāt
pādayoḥ pātayiṣyāmi kaunteyasya mahātmanaḥ |
14 | atha te na vyavasyanti praṇipātāya dhīmataḥ
gamiṣyanti sahāmātyā yamasya sadanaṃ prati |
15 | na hi te yuyudhānasya saṃrabdhasya yuyutsataḥ
vegaṃ samarthāḥ saṃsoḍhuṃ vajrasyeva mahīdharāḥ |
16 | ko hi gāṇḍīvadhanvānaṃ kaś ca cakrāyudhaṃ yudhi
māṃ cāpi viṣahet ko nu kaś ca bhīmaṃ durāsadam |
17 | yamau ca dṛḍhadhanvānau yamakalpau mahādyutī
ko jijīviṣur āsīded dhṛṣṭadyumnaṃ ca pārṣatam |
18 | pañcemān pāṇḍaveyāṃś ca draupadyāḥ kīrtivardhanān
samapramāṇān pāṇḍūnāṃ samavīryān madotkaṭān |
19 | saubhadraṃ ca maheṣvāsam amarair api duḥsaham
gadapradyumnasāmbāṃś ca kālavajrānalopamān |
20 | te vayaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya putraṃ śakuninā saha
karṇena ca nihatyājāv abhiṣekṣyāma pāṇḍavam |
21 | nādharmo vidyate kaś cic chatrūn hatvātatāyinaḥ
adharmyam ayaśasyaṃ ca śātravāṇāṃ prayācanam |
22 | hṛdgatas tasya yaḥ kāmas taṃ kurudhvam atandritāḥ
nisṛṣṭaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa rājyaṃ prāpnotu pāṇḍavaḥ |
23 | adya pāṇḍusuto rājyaṃ labhatāṃ vā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
nihatā vā raṇe sarve svapsyanti vasudhātale |