 | Book 5 Chapter 137
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | evam uktas tu vimanās tiryagdṛṣṭir adhomukhaḥ
saṃhatya ca bhruvor madhyaṃ na kiṃ cid vyājahāra ha
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| 2 | taṃ vai vimanasaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃprekṣyānyonyam antikāt
punar evottaraṃ vākyam uktavantau nararṣabhau
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | śuśrūṣum anasūyaṃ ca brahmaṇyaṃ satyasaṃgaram
pratiyotsyāmahe pārtham ato duḥkhataraṃ nu kim
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| 4 | droṇa uvāca
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| 4 | aśvatthāmni yathā putre bhūyo mama dhanaṃjaye
bahumānaḥ paro rājan saṃnatiś ca kapidhvaje
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| 5 | taṃ cet putrāt priyataraṃ pratiyotsye dhanaṃjayam
kṣatradharmam anuṣṭhāya dhig astu kṣatrajīvikām
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| 6 | yasya loke samo nāsti kaś cid anyo dhanurdharaḥ
matprasādāt sa bībhatsuḥ śreyān anyair dhanurdharaiḥ
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| 7 | mitradhrug duṣṭabhāvaś ca nāstiko 'thānṛjuḥ śaṭhaḥ
na satsu labhate pūjāṃ yajñe mūrkha ivāgataḥ
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| 8 | vāryamāṇo 'pi pāpebhyaḥ pāpātmā pāpam icchati
codyamāno 'pi pāpena śubhātmā śubham icchati
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| 9 | mithyopacaritā hy ete vartamānā hy anu priye
ahitatvāya kalpante doṣā bharatasattama
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| 10 | tvam uktaḥ kuruvṛddhena mayā ca vidureṇa ca
vāsudevena ca tathā śreyo naivābhipadyase
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| 11 | asti me balam ity eva sahasā tvaṃ titīrṣasi
sagrāhanakramakaraṃ gaṅgāvegam ivoṣṇage
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| 12 | vāsa eva yathā hi tvaṃ prāvṛṇvāno 'dya manyase
srajaṃ tyaktām iva prāpya lobhād yaudhiṣṭhirīṃ śriyam
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| 13 | draupadīsahitaṃ pārthaṃ sāyudhair bhrātṛbhir vṛtam
vanastham api rājyasthaḥ pāṇḍavaṃ ko 'tijīvati
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| 14 | nideśe yasya rājānaḥ sarve tiṣṭhanti kiṃkarāḥ
tam ailavilam āsādya dharmarājo vyarājata
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| 15 | kuberasadanaṃ prāpya tato ratnāny avāpya ca
sphītam ākramya te rāṣṭraṃ rājyam icchanti pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 16 | dattaṃ hutam adhītaṃ ca brāhmaṇās tarpitā dhanaiḥ
āvayor gatam āyuś ca kṛtakṛtyau ca viddhi nau
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| 17 | tvaṃ tu hitvā sukhaṃ rājyaṃ mitrāṇi ca dhanāni ca
vigrahaṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ kṛtvā mahad vyasanam āpsyasi
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| 18 | draupadī yasya cāśāste vijayaṃ satyavādinī
tapoghoravratā devī na tvaṃ jeṣyasi pāṇḍavam
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| 19 | mantrī janārdano yasya bhrātā yasya dhanaṃjayaḥ
sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kathaṃ jeṣyasi pāṇḍavam
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| 20 | sahāyā brāhmaṇā yasya dhṛtimanto jitendriyāḥ
tam ugratapasaṃ vīraṃ kathaṃ jeṣyasi pāṇḍavam
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| 21 | punar uktaṃ ca vakṣyāmi yat kāryaṃ bhūtim icchatā
suhṛdā majjamāneṣu suhṛtsu vyasanārṇave
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| 22 | alaṃ yuddhena tair vīraiḥ śāmya tvaṃ kuruvṛddhaye
mā gamaḥ sasutāmātyaḥ sabalaś ca parābhavam
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