 | Book 5 Chapter 95
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | jāmadagnyavacaḥ śrutvā kaṇvo 'pi bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
duryodhanam idaṃ vākyam abravīt kurusaṃsadi
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| 2 | akṣayaś cāvyayaś caiva brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
tathaiva bhagavantau tau naranārāyaṇāv ṛṣī
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| 3 | ādityānāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ viṣṇur ekaḥ sanātanaḥ
ajayyaś cāvyayaś caiva śāśvataḥ prabhur īśvaraḥ
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| 4 | nimittamaraṇās tv anye candrasūryau mahī jalam
vāyur agnis tathākāśaṃ grahās tārāgaṇās tathā
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| 5 | te ca kṣayānte jagato hitvā lokatrayaṃ sadā
kṣayaṃ gacchanti vai sarve sṛjyante ca punaḥ punaḥ
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| 6 | muhūrtamaraṇās tv anye mānuṣā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
tiryagyonyaś ca ye cānye jīvalokacarāḥ smṛtāḥ
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| 7 | bhūyiṣṭhena tu rājānaḥ śriyaṃ bhuktvāyuṣaḥ kṣaye
maraṇaṃ pratigacchanti bhoktuṃ sukṛtaduṣkṛtam
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| 8 | sa bhavān dharmaputreṇa śamaṃ kartum ihārhati
pāṇḍavāḥ kuravaś caiva pālayantu vasuṃdharām
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| 9 | balavān aham ity eva na mantavyaṃ suyodhana
balavanto hi balibhir dṛśyante puruṣarṣabha
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| 10 | na balaṃ balināṃ madhye balaṃ bhavati kaurava
balavanto hi te sarve pāṇḍavā devavikramāḥ
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| 11 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
mātaler dātukāmasya kanyāṃ mṛgayato varam
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| 12 | matas trailokyarājasya mātalir nāma sārathiḥ
tasyaikaiva kule kanyā rūpato lokaviśrutā
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| 13 | guṇakeśīti vikhyātā nāmnā sā devarūpiṇī
śriyā ca vapuṣā caiva striyo 'nyāḥ sātiricyate
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| 14 | tasyāḥ pradānasamayaṃ mātaliḥ saha bhāryayā
jñātvā vimamṛśe rājaṃs tatparaḥ paricintayan
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| 15 | dhik khalv alaghuśīlānām ucchritānāṃ yaśasvinām
narāṇām ṛddhasattvānāṃ kule kanyāprarohaṇam
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| 16 | mātuḥ kulaṃ pitṛkulaṃ yatra caiva pradīyate
kulatrayaṃ saṃśayitaṃ kurute kanyakā satām
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| 17 | devamānuṣalokau dvau mānasenaiva cakṣuṣā
avagāhyaiva vicitau na ca me rocate varaḥ
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| 18 | na devān naiva ditijān na gandharvān na mānuṣān
arocayaṃ varakṛte tathaiva bahulān ṛṣīn
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| 19 | bhāryayā tu sa saṃmantrya saha rātrau sudharmayā
mātalir nāgalokāya cakāra gamane matim
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| 20 | na me devamanuṣyeṣu guṇakeśyāḥ samo varaḥ
rūpato dṛśyate kaś cin nāgeṣu bhavitā dhruvam
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| 21 | ity āmantrya sudharmāṃ sa kṛtvā cābhipradakṣiṇam
kanyāṃ śirasy upāghrāya praviveśa mahītalam
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