 | Book 5 Chapter 127
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | kṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ śrutvā dhṛtarāṣṭro janeśvaraḥ
viduraṃ sarvadharmajñaṃ tvaramāṇo 'bhyabhāṣata
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| 2 | gaccha tāta mahāprājñāṃ gāndhārīṃ dīrghadarśinīm
ānayeha tayā sārdham anuneṣyāmi durmatim
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| 3 | yadi sāpi durātmānaṃ śamayed duṣṭacetasam
api kṛṣṇāya suhṛdas tiṣṭhema vacane vayam
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| 4 | api lobhābhibhūtasya panthānam anudarśayet
durbuddher duḥsahāyasya samarthaṃ bruvatī vacaḥ
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| 5 | api no vyasanaṃ ghoraṃ duryodhanakṛtaṃ mahat
śamayec cirarātrāya yogakṣemavad avyayam
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| 6 | rājñas tu vacanaṃ śrutvā viduro dīrghadarśinīm
ānayām āsa gāndhārīṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya śāsanāt
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| 7 | dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca
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| 7 | eṣa gāndhāri putras te durātmā śāsanātigaḥ
aiśvaryalobhād aiśvaryaṃ jīvitaṃ ca prahāsyati
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| 8 | aśiṣṭavad amaryādaḥ pāpaiḥ saha durātmabhiḥ
sabhāyā nirgato mūḍho vyatikramya suhṛdvacaḥ
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| 9 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 9 | sā bhartur vacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputrī yaśasvinī
anvicchantī mahac chreyo gāndhārī vākyam abravīt
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| 10 | ānayeha sutaṃ kṣipraṃ rājyakāmukam āturam
na hi rājyam aśiṣṭena śakyaṃ dharmārthalopinā
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| 11 | tvaṃ hy evātra bhṛśaṃ garhyo dhṛtarāṣṭra sutapriyaḥ
yo jānan pāpatām asya tatprajñām anuvartase
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| 12 | sa eṣa kāmamanyubhyāṃ pralabdho moham āsthitaḥ
aśakyo 'dya tvayā rājan vinivartayituṃ balāt
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| 13 | rājyapradāne mūḍhasya bāliśasya durātmanaḥ
duḥsahāyasya lubdhasya dhṛtarāṣṭro 'śnute phalam
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| 14 | kathaṃ hi svajane bhedam upekṣeta mahāmatiḥ
bhinnaṃ hi svajanena tvāṃ prasahiṣyanti śatravaḥ
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| 15 | yā hi śakyā mahārāja sāmnā dānena vā punaḥ
nistartum āpadaḥ sveṣu daṇḍaṃ kas tatra pātayet
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| 16 | śāsanād dhṛtarāṣṭrasya duryodhanam amarṣaṇam
mātuś ca vacanāt kṣattā sabhāṃ prāveśayat punaḥ
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| 17 | sa mātur vacanākāṅkṣī praviveśa sabhāṃ punaḥ
abhitāmrekṣaṇaḥ krodhān niḥśvasann iva pannagaḥ
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| 18 | taṃ praviṣṭam abhiprekṣya putram utpatham āsthitam
vigarhamāṇā gāndhārī samarthaṃ vākyam abravīt
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| 19 | duryodhana nibodhedaṃ vacanaṃ mama putraka
hitaṃ te sānubandhasya tathāyatyāṃ sukhodayam
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| 20 | bhīṣmasya tu pituś caiva mama cāpacitiḥ kṛtā
bhaved droṇamukhānāṃ ca suhṛdāṃ śāmyatā tvayā
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| 21 | na hi rājyaṃ mahāprājña svena kāmena śakyate
avāptuṃ rakṣituṃ vāpi bhoktuṃ vā bharatarṣabha
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| 22 | na hy avaśyendriyo rājyam aśnīyād dīrgham antaram
vijitātmā tu medhāvī sa rājyam abhipālayet
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| 23 | kāmakrodhau hi puruṣam arthebhyo vyapakarṣataḥ
tau tu śatrū vinirjitya rājā vijayate mahīm
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| 24 | lokeśvaraprabhutvaṃ hi mahad etad durātmabhiḥ
rājyaṃ nāmepsitaṃ sthānaṃ na śakyam abhirakṣitum
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| 25 | indriyāṇi mahat prepsur niyacched arthadharmayoḥ
indriyair niyatair buddhir vardhate 'gnir ivendhanaiḥ
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| 26 | avidhyeyāni hīmāni vyāpādayitum apy alam
avidheyā ivādāntā hayāḥ pathi kusārathim
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| 27 | avijitya ya ātmānam amātyān vijigīṣate
ajitātmājitāmātyaḥ so 'vaśaḥ parihīyate
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| 28 | ātmānam eva prathamaṃ deśarūpeṇa yo jayet
tato 'mātyān amitrāṃś ca na moghaṃ vijigīṣate
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| 29 | vaśyendriyaṃ jitāmātyaṃ dhṛtadaṇḍaṃ vikāriṣu
parīkṣyakāriṇaṃ dhīram atyantaṃ śrīr niṣevate
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| 30 | kṣudrākṣeṇeva jālena jhaṣāv apihitāv ubhau
kāmakrodhau śarīrasthau prajñānaṃ tau vilumpataḥ
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| 31 | yābhyāṃ hi devāḥ svaryātuḥ svargasyāpidadhur mukham
bibhyato 'nuparāgasya kāmakrodhau sma vardhitau
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| 32 | kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca lobhaṃ ca dambhaṃ darpaṃ ca bhūmipaḥ
samyag vijetuṃ yo veda sa mahīm abhijāyate
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| 33 | satataṃ nigrahe yukta indriyāṇāṃ bhaven nṛpaḥ
īpsann arthaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca dviṣatāṃ ca parābhavam
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| 34 | kāmābhibhūtaḥ krodhād vā yo mithyā pratipadyate
sveṣu cānyeṣu vā tasya na sahāyā bhavanty uta
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| 35 | ekībhūtair mahāprājñaiḥ śūrair arinibarhaṇaiḥ
pāṇḍavaiḥ pṛthivīṃ tāta bhokṣyase sahitaḥ sukhī
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| 36 | yathā bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo droṇaś cāpi mahārathaḥ
āhatus tāta tat satyam ajeyau kṛṣṇapāṇḍavau
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| 37 | prapadyasva mahābāhuṃ kṛṣṇam akliṣṭakāriṇam
prasanno hi sukhāya syād ubhayor eva keśavaḥ
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| 38 | suhṛdām arthakāmānāṃ yo na tiṣṭhati śāsane
prājñānāṃ kṛtavidyānāṃ sa naraḥ śatrunandanaḥ
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| 39 | na yuddhe tāta kalyāṇaṃ na dharmārthau kutaḥ sukham
na cāpi vijayo nityaṃ mā yuddhe ceta ādhithāḥ
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| 40 | bhīṣmeṇa hi mahāprājña pitrā te bāhlikena ca
datto 'ṃśaḥ pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ bhedād bhītair ariṃdama
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| 41 | tasya caitat pradānasya phalam adyānupaśyasi
yadbhuṅkṣe pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ śūrair nihatakaṇṭakām
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| 42 | prayaccha pāṇḍuputrāṇāṃ yathocitam ariṃdama
yadīcchasi sahāmātyo bhoktum ardhaṃ mahīkṣitām
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| 43 | alam ardhaṃ pṛthivyās te sahāmātyasya jīvanam
suhṛdāṃ vacane tiṣṭhan yaśaḥ prāpsyasi bhārata
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| 44 | śrīmadbhir ātmavadbhir hi buddhimadbhir jitendriyaiḥ
pāṇḍavair vigrahas tāta bhraṃśayen mahataḥ sukhāt
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| 45 | nigṛhya suhṛdāṃ manyuṃ śādhi rājyaṃ yathocitam
svam aṃśaṃ pāṇḍuputrebhyaḥ pradāya bharatarṣabha
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| 46 | alam ahnā nikāro 'yaṃ trayodaśa samāḥ kṛtaḥ
śamayainaṃ mahāprājña kāmakrodhasamedhitam
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| 47 | na caiṣa śaktaḥ pārthānāṃ yas tvadartham abhīpsati
sūtaputro dṛḍhakrodho bhrātā duḥśāsanaś ca te
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| 48 | bhīṣme droṇe kṛpe karṇe bhīmasene dhanaṃjaye
dhṛṣṭadyumne ca saṃkruddhe na syuḥ sarvāḥ prajā dhruvam
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| 49 | amarṣavaśam āpanno mā kurūṃs tāta jīghanaḥ
sarvā hi pṛthivī spṛṣṭā tvat pāṇḍavakṛte vadham
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| 50 | yac ca tvaṃ manyase mūḍha bhīṣmadroṇakṛpādayaḥ
yotsyante sarvaśaktyeti naitad adyopapadyate
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| 51 | samaṃ hi rājyaṃ prītiś ca sthānaṃ ca vijitātmanām
pāṇḍaveṣv atha yuṣmāsu dharmas tv abhyadhikas tataḥ
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| 52 | rājapiṇḍabhayād ete yadi hāsyanti jīvitam
na hi śakṣyanti rājānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram udīkṣitum
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| 53 | na lobhād arthasaṃpattir narāṇām iha dṛśyate
tad alaṃ tāta lobhena praśāmya bharatarṣabha
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