 | Book 12 Chapter 113
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kiṃ pārthivena kartavyaṃ kiṃ ca kṛtvā sukhī bhavet
tan mamācakṣva tattvena sarvaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ vara
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | hanta te 'haṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu kāryaikaniścayam
yathā rājñeha kartavyaṃ yac ca kṛtvā sukhī bhavet
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| 3 | na tv evaṃ vartitavyaṃ sma yathedam anuśuśrumaḥ
uṣṭrasya sumahad vṛttaṃ tan nibodha yudhiṣṭhira
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| 4 | jātismaro mahān uṣṭraḥ prājāpatyayugodbhavaḥ
tapaḥ sumahad ātiṣṭhad araṇye saṃśitavrataḥ
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| 5 | tapasas tasya cānte vai prītimān abhavat prabhuḥ
vareṇa chandayām āsa tataś cainaṃ pitāmahaḥ
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| 6 | uṣṭra uvāca
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| 6 | bhagavaṃs tvatprasādān me dīrghā grīvā bhaved iyam
yojanānāṃ śataṃ sāgraṃ yā gacchec carituṃ vibho
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| 7 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 7 | evam astv iti coktaḥ sa varadena mahātmanā
pratilabhya varaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ yayāv uṣṭraḥ svakaṃ vanam
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| 8 | sa cakāra tad ālasyaṃ varadānāt sa durmatiḥ
na caicchac carituṃ gantuṃ durātmā kālamohitaḥ
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| 9 | sa kadā cit prasāryaivaṃ tāṃ grīvāṃ śatayojanām
cacārāśrāntahṛdayo vātaś cāgāt tato mahān
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| 10 | sa guhāyāṃ śirogrīvaṃ nidhāya paśur ātmanaḥ
āstātha varṣam abhyāgāt sumahat plāvayaj jagat
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| 11 | atha śītaparītāṅgo jambukaḥ kṣucchramānvitaḥ
sadāras tāṃ guhām āśu praviveśa jalārditaḥ
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| 12 | sa dṛṣṭvā māṃsajīvī tu subhṛśaṃ kṣucchramānvitaḥ
abhakṣayat tato grīvām uṣṭrasya bharatarṣabha
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| 13 | yadā tv abudhyatātmānaṃ bhakṣyamāṇaṃ sa vai paśuḥ
tadā saṃkocane yatnam akarod bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ
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| 14 | yāvad ūrdhvam adhaś caiva grīvāṃ saṃkṣipate paśuḥ
tāvat tena sadāreṇa jambukena sa bhakṣitaḥ
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| 15 | sa hatvā bhakṣayitvā ca jambukoṣṭraṃ tatas tadā
vigate vātavarṣe ca niścakrāma guhāmukhāt
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| 16 | evaṃ durbuddhinā prāptam uṣṭreṇa nidhanaṃ tadā
ālasyasya kramāt paśya mahad doṣam upāgatam
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| 17 | tvam apy etaṃ vidhiṃ tyaktvā yogena niyatendriyaḥ
vartasva buddhimūlaṃ hi vijayaṃ manur abravīt
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| 18 | buddhiśreṣṭhāni karmāṇi bāhumadhyāni bhārata
tāni jaṅghājaghanyāni bhārapratyavarāṇi ca
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| 19 | rājyaṃ tiṣṭhati dakṣasya saṃgṛhītendriyasya ca
guptamantraśrutavataḥ susahāyasya cānagha
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| 20 | parīkṣyakāriṇo 'rthāś ca tiṣṭhantīha yudhiṣṭhira
sahāyayuktena mahī kṛtsnā śakyā praśāsitum
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| 21 | idaṃ hi sadbhiḥ kathitaṃ vidhijñaiḥ; purā mahendrapratimaprabhāva
mayāpi coktaṃ tava śāstradṛṣṭyā; tvam atra yuktaḥ pracarasva rājan
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