 | Book 5 Chapter 125
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | śrutvā duryodhano vākyam apriyaṃ kurusaṃsadi
pratyuvāca mahābāhuṃ vāsudevaṃ yaśasvinam
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| 2 | prasamīkṣya bhavān etad vaktum arhati keśava
mām eva hi viśeṣeṇa vibhāṣya parigarhase
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| 3 | bhaktivādena pārthānām akasmān madhusūdana
bhavān garhayate nityaṃ kiṃ samīkṣya balābalam
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| 4 | bhavān kṣattā ca rājā ca ācāryo vā pitāmahaḥ
mām eva parigarhante nānyaṃ kaṃ cana pārthivam
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| 5 | na cāhaṃ lakṣaye kaṃ cid vyabhicāram ihātmanaḥ
atha sarve bhavanto māṃ vidviṣanti sarājakāḥ
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| 6 | na cāhaṃ kaṃ cid atyartham aparādham ariṃdama
vicintayan prapaśyāmi susūkṣmam api keśava
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| 7 | priyābhyupagate dyūte pāṇḍavā madhusūdana
jitāḥ śakuninā rājyaṃ tatra kiṃ mama duṣkṛtam
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| 8 | yat punar draviṇaṃ kiṃ cit tatrājīyanta pāṇḍavāḥ
tebhya evābhyanujñātaṃ tat tadā madhusūdana
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| 9 | aparādho na cāsmākaṃ yat te hy akṣaparājitāḥ
ajeyā jayatāṃ śreṣṭha pārthāḥ pravrājitā vanam
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| 10 | kena cāpy apavādena virudhyante 'ribhiḥ saha
aśaktāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ kṛṣṇa prahṛṣṭāḥ pratyamitravat
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| 11 | kim asmābhiḥ kṛtaṃ teṣāṃ kasmin vā punar āgasi
dhārtarāṣṭrāñ jighāṃsanti pāṇḍavāḥ sṛñjayaiḥ saha
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| 12 | na cāpi vayam ugreṇa karmaṇā vacanena vā
vitrastāḥ praṇamāmeha bhayād api śatakratoḥ
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| 13 | na ca taṃ kṛṣṇa paśyāmi kṣatradharmam anuṣṭhitam
utsaheta yudhā jetuṃ yo naḥ śatrunibarhaṇa
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| 14 | na hi bhīṣmakṛpadroṇāḥ sagaṇā madhusūdana
devair api yudhā jetuṃ śakyāḥ kim uta pāṇḍavaiḥ
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| 15 | svadharmam anutiṣṭhanto yadi mādhava saṃyuge
śastreṇa nidhanaṃ kāle prāpsyāmaḥ svargam eva tat
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| 16 | mukhyaś caivaiṣa no dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ janārdana
yac chayīmahi saṃgrāme śaratalpagatā vayam
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| 17 | te vayaṃ vīraśayanaṃ prāpsyāmo yadi saṃyuge
apraṇamyaiva śatrūṇāṃ na nas tapsyati mādhava
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| 18 | kaś ca jātu kule jātaḥ kṣatradharmeṇa vartayan
bhayād vṛttiṃ samīkṣyaivaṃ praṇamed iha kasya cit
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| 19 | udyacched eva na named udyamo hy eva pauruṣam
apy aparvaṇi bhajyeta na named iha kasya cit
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| 20 | iti mātaṅgavacanaṃ parīpsanti hitepsavaḥ
dharmāya caiva praṇamed brāhmaṇebhyaś ca madvidhaḥ
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| 21 | acintayan kaṃ cid anyaṃ yāvajjīvaṃ tathācaret
eṣa dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ matam etac ca me sadā
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| 22 | rājyāṃśaś cābhyanujñāto yo me pitrā purābhavat
na sa labhyaḥ punar jātu mayi jīvati keśava
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| 23 | yāvac ca rājā dhriyate dhṛtarāṣṭro janārdana
nyastaśastrā vayaṃ te vāpy upajīvāma mādhava
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| 24 | yady adeyaṃ purā dattaṃ rājyaṃ paravato mama
ajñānād vā bhayād vāpi mayi bāle janārdana
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| 25 | na tad adya punar labhyaṃ pāṇḍavair vṛṣṇinandana
dhriyamāṇe mahābāho mayi saṃprati keśava
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| 26 | yāvad dhi sūcyās tīkṣṇāyā vidhyed agreṇa mādhava
tāvad apy aparityājyaṃ bhūmer naḥ pāṇḍavān prati
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