 | Book 12 Chapter 24
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | bhagavan karmaṇā kena sudyumno vasudhādhipaḥ
saṃsiddhiṃ paramāṃ prāptaḥ śrotum icchāmi taṃ nṛpam
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| 2 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 2 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
śaṅkhaś ca likhitaś cāstāṃ bhrātarau saṃyatavratau
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| 3 | tayor āvasathāv āstāṃ ramaṇīyau pṛthak pṛthak
nityapuṣpaphalair vṛkṣair upetau bāhudām anu
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| 4 | tataḥ kadā cil likhitaḥ śaṅkhasyāśramam āgamat
yadṛcchayāpi śaṅkho 'tha niṣkrānto 'bhavad āśramāt
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| 5 | so 'bhigamyāśramaṃ bhrātuḥ śaṅkhasya likhitas tadā
phalāni śātayām āsa samyak pariṇatāny uta
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| 6 | tāny upādāya visrabdho bhakṣayām āsa sa dvijaḥ
tasmiṃś ca bhakṣayaty eva śaṅkho 'py āśramam āgamat
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| 7 | bhakṣayantaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṅkho bhrātaram abravīt
kutaḥ phalāny avāptāni hetunā kena khādasi
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| 8 | so 'bravīd bhrātaraṃ jyeṣṭham upaspṛśyābhivādya ca
ita eva gṛhītāni mayeti prahasann iva
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| 9 | tam abravīt tadā śaṅkhas tīvrakopasamanvitaḥ
steyaṃ tvayā kṛtam idaṃ phalāny ādadatā svayam
gaccha rājānam āsādya svakarma prathayasva vai
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| 10 | adattādānam evedaṃ kṛtaṃ pārthivasattama
stenaṃ māṃ tvaṃ viditvā ca svadharmam anupālaya
śīghraṃ dhāraya caurasya mama daṇḍaṃ narādhipa
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| 11 | ity uktas tasya vacanāt sudyumnaṃ vasudhādhipam
abhyagacchan mahābāho likhitaḥ saṃśitavrataḥ
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| 12 | sudyumnas tv antapālebhyaḥ śrutvā likhitam āgatam
abhyagacchat sahāmātyaḥ padbhyām eva nareśvaraḥ
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| 13 | tam abravīt samāgatya sa rājā brahmavittamam
kim āgamanam ācakṣva bhagavan kṛtam eva tat
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| 14 | evam uktaḥ sa viprarṣiḥ sudyumnam idam abravīt
pratiśrauṣi kariṣyeti śrutvā tat kartum arhasi
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| 15 | anisṛṣṭāni guruṇā phalāni puruṣarṣabha
bhakṣitāni mayā rājaṃs tatra māṃ śādhi māciram
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| 16 | sudyumna uvāca
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| 16 | pramāṇaṃ cen mato rājā bhavato daṇḍadhāraṇe
anujñāyām api tathā hetuḥ syād brāhmaṇarṣabha
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| 17 | sa bhavān abhyanujñātaḥ śucikarmā mahāvrataḥ
brūhi kāmān ato 'nyāṃs tvaṃ kariṣyāmi hi te vacaḥ
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| 18 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 18 | chandyamāno 'pi brahmarṣiḥ pārthivena mahātmanā
nānyaṃ vai varayām āsa tasmād daṇḍād ṛte varam
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| 19 | tataḥ sa pṛthivīpālo likhitasya mahātmanaḥ
karau pracchedayām āsa dhṛtadaṇḍo jagāma saḥ
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| 20 | sa gatvā bhrātaraṃ śaṅkham ārtarūpo 'bravīd idam
dhṛtadaṇḍasya durbhuddher bhagavan kṣantum arhasi
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| 21 | śaṅkha uvāca
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| 21 | na kupye tava dharmajña na ca dūṣayase mama
dharmas tu te vyatikrāntas tatas te niṣkṛtiḥ kṛtā
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| 22 | sa gatvā bāhudāṃ śīghraṃ tarpayasva yathāvidhi
devān pitṝn ṛṣīṃś caiva mā cādharme manaḥ kṛthāḥ
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| 23 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 23 | tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā śaṅkhasya likhitas tadā
avagāhyāpagāṃ puṇyām udakārthaṃ pracakrame
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| 24 | prādurāstāṃ tatas tasya karau jalajasaṃnibhau
tataḥ sa vismito bhrātur darśayām āsa tau karau
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| 25 | tatas tam abravīc chaṅkhas tapasedaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā
mā ca te 'tra viśaṅkā bhūd daivam eva vidhīyate
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| 26 | likhita uvāca
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| 26 | kiṃ nu nāhaṃ tvayā pūtaḥ pūrvam eva mahādyute
yasya te tapaso vīryam īdṛśaṃ dvijasattama
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| 27 | śaṅkha uvāca
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| 27 | evam etan mayā kāryaṃ nāhaṃ daṇḍadharas tava
sa ca pūto narapatis tvaṃ cāpi pitṛbhiḥ saha
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| 28 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 28 | sa rājā pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha śreṣṭho vai tena karmaṇā
prāptavān paramāṃ siddhiṃ dakṣaḥ prācetaso yathā
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| 29 | eṣa dharmaḥ kṣatriyāṇāṃ prajānāṃ paripālanam
utpathe 'smin mahārāja mā ca śoke manaḥ kṛthāḥ
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| 30 | bhrātur asya hitaṃ vākyaṃ śṛṇu dharmajñasattama
daṇḍa eva hi rājendra kṣatradharmo na muṇḍanam
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