 | Book 5 Chapter 142
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | asiddhānunaye kṛṣṇe kurubhyaḥ pāṇḍavān gate
abhigamya pṛthāṃ kṣattā śanaiḥ śocann ivābravīt
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| 2 | jānāsi me jīvaputre bhāvaṃ nityam anugrahe
krośato na ca gṛhṇīte vacanaṃ me suyodhanaḥ
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| 3 | upapanno hy asau rājā cedipāñcālakekayaiḥ
bhīmārjunābhyāṃ kṛṣṇena yuyudhānayamair api
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| 4 | upaplavye niviṣṭo 'pi dharmam eva yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
kāṅkṣate jñātisauhārdād balavān durbalo yathā
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| 5 | rājā tu dhṛtarāṣṭro 'yaṃ vayovṛddho na śāmyati
mattaḥ putramadenaiva vidharme pathi vartate
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| 6 | jayadrathasya karṇasya tathā duḥśāsanasya ca
saubalasya ca durbuddhyā mithobhedaḥ pravartate
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| 7 | adharmeṇa hi dharmiṣṭhaṃ hṛtaṃ vai rājyam īdṛśam
yeṣāṃ teṣām ayaṃ dharmaḥ sānubandho bhaviṣyati
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| 8 | hriyamāṇe balād dharme kurubhiḥ ko na saṃjvaret
asāmnā keśave yāte samudyokṣyanti pāṇḍavāḥ
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| 9 | tataḥ kurūṇām anayo bhavitā vīranāśanaḥ
cintayan na labhe nidrām ahaḥsu ca niśāsu ca
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| 10 | śrutvā tu kuntī tad vākyam arthakāmena bhāṣitam
aniṣṭanantī duḥkhārtā manasā vimamarśa ha
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| 11 | dhig astv arthaṃ yatkṛte 'yaṃ mahāñ jñātivadhe kṣayaḥ
vartsyate suhṛdāṃ hy eṣāṃ yuddhe 'smin vai parābhavaḥ
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| 12 | pāṇḍavāś cedipāñcālā yādavāś ca samāgatāḥ
bhāratair yadi yotsyanti kiṃ nu duḥkham ataḥ param
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| 13 | paśye doṣaṃ dhruvaṃ yuddhe tathā yuddhe parābhavam
adhanasya mṛtaṃ śreyo na hi jñātikṣaye jayaḥ
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| 14 | pitāmahaḥ śāṃtanava ācāryaś ca yudhāṃ patiḥ
karṇaś ca dhārtarāṣṭrārthaṃ vardhayanti bhayaṃ mama
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| 15 | nācāryaḥ kāmavāñ śiṣyair droṇo yudhyeta jātu cit
pāṇḍaveṣu kathaṃ hārdaṃ kuryān na ca pitāmahaḥ
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| 16 | ayaṃ tv eko vṛthādṛṣṭir dhārtarāṣṭrasya durmateḥ
mohānuvartī satataṃ pāpo dveṣṭi ca pāṇḍavān
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| 17 | mahaty anarthe nirbandhī balavāṃś ca viśeṣataḥ
karṇaḥ sadā pāṇḍavānāṃ tan me dahati sāṃpratam
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| 18 | āśaṃse tv adya karṇasya mano 'haṃ pāṇḍavān prati
prasādayitum āsādya darśayantī yathātatham
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| 19 | toṣito bhagavān yatra durvāsā me varaṃ dadau
āhvānaṃ devasaṃyuktaṃ vasantyāḥ pitṛveśmani
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| 20 | sāham antaḥpure rājñaḥ kuntibhojapuraskṛtā
cintayantī bahuvidhaṃ hṛdayena vidūyatā
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| 21 | balābalaṃ ca mantrāṇāṃ brāhmaṇasya ca vāgbalam
strībhāvād bālabhāvāc ca cintayantī punaḥ punaḥ
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| 22 | dhātryā viśrabdhayā guptā sakhījanavṛtā tadā
doṣaṃ pariharantī ca pituś cāritrarakṣiṇī
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| 23 | kathaṃ nu sukṛtaṃ me syān nāparādhavatī katham
bhaveyam iti saṃcintya brāhmaṇaṃ taṃ namasya ca
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| 24 | kautūhalāt tu taṃ labdhvā bāliśyād ācaraṃ tadā
kanyā satī devam arkam āsādayam ahaṃ tataḥ
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| 25 | yo 'sau kānīnagarbho me putravat parivartitaḥ
kasmān na kuryād vacanaṃ pathyaṃ bhrātṛhitaṃ tathā
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| 26 | iti kuntī viniścitya kāryaṃ niścitam uttamam
kāryārtham abhiniryāya yayau bhāgīrathīṃ prati
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| 27 | ātmajasya tatas tasya ghṛṇinaḥ satyasaṅginaḥ
gaṅgātīre pṛthāśṛṇvad upādhyayananisvanam
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| 28 | prāṅmukhasyordhvabāhoḥ sā paryatiṣṭhata pṛṣṭhataḥ
japyāvasānaṃ kāryārthaṃ pratīkṣantī tapasvinī
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| 29 | atiṣṭhat sūryatāpārtā karṇasyottaravāsasi
kauravyapatnī vārṣṇeyī padmamāleva śuṣyatī
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| 30 | ā pṛṣṭhatāpāj japtvā sa parivṛtya yatavrataḥ
dṛṣṭvā kuntīm upātiṣṭhad abhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ
yathānyāyaṃ mahātejā mānī dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
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