Book 5 Chapter 21 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā prajñāvṛddho mahādyutiḥ
saṃpūjyainaṃ yathākālaṃ bhīṣmo vacanam abravīt |
2 | diṣṭyā kuśalinaḥ sarve pāṇḍavāḥ saha bāndhavaiḥ
diṣṭyā sahāyavantaś ca diṣṭyā dharme ca te ratāḥ |
3 | diṣṭyā ca saṃdhikāmās te bhrātaraḥ kurunandanāḥ
diṣṭyā na yuddhamanasaḥ saha dāmodareṇa te |
4 | bhavatā satyam uktaṃ ca sarvam etan na saṃśayaḥ
atitīkṣṇaṃ tu te vākyaṃ brāhmaṇyād iti me matiḥ |
5 | asaṃśayaṃ kleśitās te vane ceha ca pāṇḍavāḥ
prāptāś ca dharmataḥ sarvaṃ pitur dhanam asaṃśayam |
6 | kirīṭī balavān pārthaḥ kṛtāstraś ca mahābalaḥ
ko hi pāṇḍusutaṃ yuddhe viṣaheta dhanaṃjayam |
7 | api vajradharaḥ sākṣāt kim utānye dhanurbhṛtaḥ
trayāṇām api lokānāṃ samartha iti me matiḥ |
8 | bhīṣme bruvati tad vākyaṃ dhṛṣṭam ākṣipya manyumān
duryodhanaṃ samālokya karṇo vacanam abravīt |
9 | na tan na viditaṃ brahmaṃl loke bhūtena kena cit
punaruktena kiṃ tena bhāṣitena punaḥ punaḥ |
10 | duryodhanārthe śakunir dyūte nirjitavān purā
samayena gato 'raṇyaṃ pāṇḍuputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
11 | na taṃ samayam ādṛtya rājyam icchati paitṛkam
balam āśritya matsyānāṃ pāñcālānāṃ ca pārthivaḥ |
12 | duryodhano bhayād vidvan na dadyāt padam antataḥ
dharmatas tu mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ pradadyāc chatrave 'pi ca |
13 | yadi kāṅkṣanti te rājyaṃ pitṛpaitāmahaṃ punaḥ
yathāpratijñaṃ kālaṃ taṃ carantu vanam āśritāḥ |
14 | tato duryodhanasyāṅke vartantām akutobhayāḥ
adhārmikām imāṃ buddhiṃ kuryur maurkhyād dhi kevalam |
15 | atha te dharmam utsṛjya yuddham icchanti pāṇḍavāḥ
āsādyemān kuruśreṣṭhān smariṣyanti vaco mama |
16 | bhīṣma uvāca |
16 | kiṃ nu rādheya vācā te karma tat smartum arhasi
eka eva yadā pārthaḥ ṣaḍ rathāñ jitavān yudhi |
17 | na ced evaṃ kariṣyāmo yad ayaṃ brāhmaṇo 'bravīt
dhruvaṃ yudhi hatās tena bhakṣayiṣyāma pāṃsukān |
18 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
18 | dhṛtarāṣṭras tato bhīṣmam anumānya prasādya ca
avabhartsya ca rādheyam idaṃ vacanam abravīt |
19 | asmaddhitam idaṃ vākyaṃ bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo 'bravīt
pāṇḍavānāṃ hitaṃ caiva sarvasya jagatas tathā |
20 | cintayitvā tu pārthebhyaḥ preṣayiṣyāmi saṃjayam
sa bhavān pratiyātv adya pāṇḍavān eva māciram |
21 | sa taṃ satkṛtya kauravyaḥ preṣayām āsa pāṇḍavān
sabhāmadhye samāhūya saṃjayaṃ vākyam abravīt |