 | Book 11 Chapter 12
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tata enam upātiṣṭhañ śaucārthaṃ paricārakāḥ
kṛtaśaucaṃ punaś cainaṃ provāca madhusūdanaḥ
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| 2 | rājann adhītā vedās te śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca
śrutāni ca purāṇāni rājadharmāś ca kevalāḥ
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| 3 | evaṃ vidvān mahāprājña nākārṣīr vacanaṃ tadā
pāṇḍavān adhikāñ jānan bale śaurye ca kaurava
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| 4 | rājā hi yaḥ sthiraprajñaḥ svayaṃ doṣān avekṣate
deśakālavibhāgaṃ ca paraṃ śreyaḥ sa vindati
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| 5 | ucyamānaṃ ca yaḥ śreyo gṛhṇīte no hitāhite
āpadaṃ samanuprāpya sa śocaty anaye sthitaḥ
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| 6 | tato 'nyavṛttam ātmānaṃ samavekṣasva bhārata
rājaṃs tvaṃ hy avidheyātmā duryodhanavaśe sthitaḥ
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| 7 | ātmāparādhād āyastas tat kiṃ bhīmaṃ jighāṃsasi
tasmāt saṃyaccha kopaṃ tvaṃ svam anusmṛtya duṣkṛtam
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| 8 | yas tu tāṃ spardhayā kṣudraḥ pāñcālīm ānayat sabhām
sa hato bhīmasenena vairaṃ praticikīrṣatā
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| 9 | ātmano 'tikramaṃ paśya putrasya ca durātmanaḥ
yad anāgasi pāṇḍūnāṃ parityāgaḥ paraṃtapa
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| 10 | evam uktaḥ sa kṛṣṇena sarvaṃ satyaṃ janādhipa
uvāca devakīputraṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro mahīpatiḥ
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| 11 | evam etan mahābāho yathā vadasi mādhava
putrasnehas tu dharmātman dhairyān māṃ samacālayat
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| 12 | diṣṭyā tu puruṣavyāghro balavān satyavikramaḥ
tvadgupto nāgamat kṛṣṇa bhīmo bāhvantaraṃ mama
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| 13 | idānīṃ tv aham ekāgro gatamanyur gatajvaraḥ
madhyamaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ vīraṃ spraṣṭum icchāmi keśava
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| 14 | hateṣu pārthivendreṣu putreṣu nihateṣu ca
pāṇḍuputreṣu me śarma prītiś cāpy avatiṣṭhate
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| 15 | tataḥ sa bhīmaṃ ca dhanaṃjayaṃ ca; mādryāś ca putrau puruṣapravīrau
pasparśa gātraiḥ prarudan sugātrān; āśvāsya kalyāṇam uvāca cainān
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