 | Book 12 Chapter 48
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ sa ca hṛṣīkeśaḥ sa ca rājā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
kṛpādayaś ca te sarve catvāraḥ pāṇḍavāś ca ha
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| 2 | rathais te nagarākāraiḥ patākādhvajaśobhitaiḥ
yayur āśu kurukṣetraṃ vājibhiḥ śīghragāmibhiḥ
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| 3 | te 'vatīrya kurukṣetraṃ keśamajjāsthisaṃkulam
dehanyāsaḥ kṛto yatra kṣatriyais tair mahātmabhiḥ
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| 4 | gajāśvadehāsthicayaiḥ parvatair iva saṃcitam
naraśīrṣakapālaiś ca śaṅkhair iva samācitam
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| 5 | citāsahasrair nicitaṃ varmaśastrasamākulam
āpānabhūmiṃ kālasya tadā bhuktojjhitām iva
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| 6 | bhūtasaṃghānucaritaṃ rakṣogaṇaniṣevitam
paśyantas te kurukṣetraṃ yayur āśu mahārathāḥ
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| 7 | gacchann eva mahābāhuḥ sarvayādavanandanaḥ
yudhiṣṭhirāya provāca jāmadagnyasya vikramam
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| 8 | amī rāmahradāḥ pañca dṛśyante pārtha dūrataḥ
yeṣu saṃtarpayām āsa pūrvān kṣatriyaśoṇitaiḥ
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| 9 | triḥsaptakṛtvo vasudhāṃ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ prabhuḥ
ihedānīṃ tato rāmaḥ karmaṇo virarāma ha
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| 10 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 10 | triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī kṛtā niḥkṣatriyā tadā
rāmeṇeti yad āttha tvam atra me saṃśayo mahān
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| 11 | kṣatrabījaṃ yadā dagdhaṃ rāmeṇa yadupuṃgava
kathaṃ bhūyaḥ samutpattiḥ kṣatrasyāmitavikrama
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| 12 | mahātmanā bhagavatā rāmeṇa yadupuṃgava
katham utsāditaṃ kṣatraṃ kathaṃ vṛddhiṃ punar gatam
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| 13 | mahābhāratayuddhe hi koṭiśaḥ kṣatriyā hatāḥ
tathābhūc ca mahī kīrṇā kṣatriyair vadatāṃ vara
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| 14 | evaṃ me chindhi vārṣṇeya saṃśayaṃ tārkṣyaketana
āgamo hi paraḥ kṛṣṇa tvatto no vāsavānuja
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| 15 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 15 | tato vrajann eva gadāgrajaḥ prabhuḥ; śaśaṃsa tasmai nikhilena tattvataḥ
yudhiṣṭhirāyāpratimaujase tadā; yathābhavat kṣatriyasaṃkulā mahī
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