 | Book 13 Chapter 1
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | śamo bahuvidhākāraḥ sūkṣma uktaḥ pitāmaha
na ca me hṛdaye śāntir asti kṛtvedam īdṛśam
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| 2 | asminn arthe bahuvidhā śāntir uktā tvayānagha
svakṛte kā nu śāntiḥ syāc chamād bahuvidhād api
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| 3 | śarācitaśarīraṃ hi tīvravraṇam udīkṣya ca
śamaṃ nopalabhe vīra duṣkṛtāny eva cintayan
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| 4 | rudhireṇāvasiktāṅgaṃ prasravantaṃ yathācalam
tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā puruṣavyāghra sīde varṣāsv ivāmbujam
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| 5 | ataḥ kaṣṭataraṃ kiṃ nu matkṛte yat pitāmahaḥ
imām avasthāṃ gamitaḥ pratyamitrai raṇājire
tathaivānye nṛpatayaḥ sahaputrāḥ sabāndhavāḥ
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| 6 | vayaṃ hi dhārtarāṣṭrāś ca kālamanyuvaśānugāḥ
kṛtvedaṃ ninditaṃ karma prāpsyāmaḥ kāṃ gatiṃ nṛpa
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| 7 | ahaṃ tava hy antakaraḥ suhṛdvadhakaras tathā
na śāntim adhigacchāmi paśyaṃs tvāṃ duḥkhitaṃ kṣitau
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| 8 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 8 | paratantraṃ kathaṃ hetum ātmānam anupaśyasi
karmaṇy asmin mahābhāga sūkṣmaṃ hy etad atīndriyam
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| 9 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
saṃvādaṃ mṛtyugautamyoḥ kālalubdhakapannagaiḥ
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| 10 | gautamī nāma kaunteya sthavirā śamasaṃyutā
sarpeṇa daṣṭaṃ svaṃ putram apaśyad gatacetanam
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| 11 | atha taṃ snāyupāśena baddhvā sarpam amarṣitaḥ
lubdhako 'rjunako nāma gautamyāḥ samupānayat
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| 12 | tāṃ cābravīd ayaṃ te sa putrahā pannagādhamaḥ
brūhi kṣipraṃ mahābhāge vadhyatāṃ kena hetunā
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| 13 | agnau prakṣipyatām eṣa cchidyatāṃ khaṇḍaśo 'pi vā
na hy ayaṃ bālahā pāpaś ciraṃ jīvitum arhati
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| 14 | gautamy uvāca
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| 14 | visṛjainam abuddhis tvaṃ na vadhyo 'rjunaka tvayā
ko hy ātmānaṃ guruṃ kuryāt prāptavye sati cintayan
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| 15 | plavante dharmalaghavo loke 'mbhasi yathā plavāḥ
majjanti pāpaguravaḥ śastraṃ skannam ivodake
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| 16 | na cāmṛtyur bhavitā vai hate 'smin; ko vātyayaḥ syād ahate 'smiñ janasya
asyotsarge prāṇayuktasya jantor; mṛtyor lokaṃ ko nu gacched anantam
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| 17 | lubdhaka uvāca
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| 17 | jānāmy evaṃ neha guṇāguṇajñāḥ; sarve niyuktā guravo vai bhavanti
svasthasyaite tūpadeśā bhavanti; tasmāt kṣudraṃ sarpam enaṃ haniṣye
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| 18 | samīpsantaḥ kālayogaṃ tyajanti; sadyaḥ śucaṃ tv arthavidas tyajanti
śreyaḥ kṣayaḥ śocatāṃ nityaśo hi; tasmāt tyājyaṃ jahi śokaṃ hate 'smin
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| 19 | gautamy uvāca
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| 19 | na caivārtir vidyate 'smadvidhānāṃ; dharmārāmaḥ satataṃ sajjano hi
nityāyasto bālajano na cāsti; dharmo hy eṣa prabhavāmy asya nāham
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| 20 | na brāhmaṇānāṃ kopo 'sti kutaḥ kopāc ca yātanā
mārdavāt kṣamyatāṃ sādho mucyatām eṣa pannagaḥ
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| 21 | lubdhaka uvāca
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| 21 | hatvā lābhaḥ śreya evāvyayaṃ syāt; sadyo lābho balavadbhiḥ praśastaḥ
kālāl lābho yas tu sadyo bhaveta; hate śreyaḥ kutsite tvīdṛśe syāt
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| 22 | gautamy uvāca
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| 22 | kārthaprāptir gṛhya śatruṃ nihatya; kā vā śāntiḥ prāpya śatruṃ namuktvā
kasmāt saumya bhujage na kṣameyaṃ; mokṣaṃ vā kiṃ kāraṇaṃ nāsya kuryām
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| 23 | lubdhaka uvāca
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| 23 | asmād ekasmād bahavo rakṣitavyā; naiko bahubhyo gautami rakṣitavyaḥ
kṛtāgasaṃ dharmavidas tyajanti; sarīsṛpaṃ pāpam imaṃ jahi tvam
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| 24 | gautamy uvāca
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| 24 | nāsmin hate pannage putrako me; saṃprāpsyate lubdhaka jīvitaṃ vai
guṇaṃ cānyaṃ nāsya vadhe prapaśye; tasmāt sarpaṃ lubdhaka muñca jīvam
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| 25 | lubdhaka uvāca
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| 25 | vṛtraṃ hatvā devarāṭ śreṣṭhabhāg vai; yajñaṃ hatvā bhāgam avāpa caiva
śūlī devo devavṛttaṃ kuru tvaṃ; kṣipraṃ sarpaṃ jahi mā bhūd viśaṅkā
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| 26 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 26 | asakṛt procyamānāpi gautamī bhujagaṃ prati
lubdhakena mahābhāgā pāpe naivākaron matim
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| 27 | īṣad ucchvasamānas tu kṛcchrāt saṃstabhya pannagaḥ
utsasarja giraṃ mandāṃ mānuṣīṃ pāśapīḍitaḥ
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| 28 | ko nv arjunaka doṣo 'tra vidyate mama bāliśa
asvatantraṃ hi māṃ mṛtyur vivaśaṃ yad acūcudat
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| 29 | tasyāyaṃ vacanād daṣṭo na kopena na kāmyayā
tasya tat kilbiṣaṃ lubdha vidyate yadi kilbiṣam
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| 30 | lubdhaka uvāca
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| 30 | yady anyavaśagenedaṃ kṛtaṃ te pannagāśubham
kāraṇaṃ vai tvam apy atra tasmāt tvam api kilbiṣī
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| 31 | mṛtpātrasya kriyāyāṃ hi daṇḍacakrādayo yathā
kāraṇatve prakalpyante tathā tvam api pannaga
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| 32 | kilbiṣī cāpi me vadhyaḥ kilbiṣī cāsi pannaga
ātmānaṃ kāraṇaṃ hy atra tvam ākhyāsi bhujaṃgama
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| 33 | sarpa uvāca
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| 33 | sarva ete hy asvavaśā daṇḍacakrādayo yathā
tathāham api tasmān me naiṣa hetur matas tava
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| 34 | atha vā matam etat te te 'py anyonyaprayojakāḥ
kāryakāraṇasaṃdeho bhavaty anyonyacodanāt
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| 35 | evaṃ sati na doṣo me nāsmi vadhyo na kilbiṣī
kilbiṣaṃ samavāye syān manyase yadi kilbiṣam
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| 36 | lubdhaka uvāca
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| 36 | kāraṇaṃ yadi na syād vai na kartā syās tvam apy uta
vināśe kāraṇaṃ tvaṃ ca tasmād vadhyo 'si me mataḥ
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| 37 | asaty api kṛte kārye neha pannaga lipyate
tasmān nātraiva hetuḥ syād vadhyaḥ kiṃ bahu bhāṣase
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| 38 | sarpa uvāca
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| 38 | kāryābhāve kriyā na syāt saty asaty api kāraṇe
tasmāt tvam asmin hetau me vācyo hetur viśeṣataḥ
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| 39 | yady ahaṃ kāraṇatvena mato lubdhaka tattvataḥ
anyaḥ prayoge syād atra kilbiṣī jantunāśane
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| 40 | lubdhaka uvāca
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| 40 | vadhyas tvaṃ mama durbuddhe bālaghātī nṛśaṃsakṛt
bhāṣase kiṃ bahu punar vadhyaḥ san pannagādhama
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| 41 | sarpa uvāca
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| 41 | yathā havīṃṣi juhvānā makhe vai lubdhakartvijaḥ
na phalaṃ prāpnuvanty atra paraloke tathā hy aham
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| 42 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 42 | tathā bruvati tasmiṃs tu pannage mṛtyucodite
ājagāma tato mṛtyuḥ pannagaṃ cābravīd idam
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| 43 | kālenāhaṃ praṇuditaḥ pannaga tvām acūcudam
vināśahetur nāsya tvam ahaṃ vā prāṇinaḥ śiśoḥ
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| 44 | yathā vāyur jaladharān vikarṣati tatas tataḥ
tadvaj jaladavat sarpa kālasyāhaṃ vaśānugaḥ
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| 45 | sāttvikā rājasāś caiva tāmasā ye ca ke cana
bhāvāḥ kālātmakāḥ sarve pravartante hi jantuṣu
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| 46 | jaṅgamāḥ sthāvarāś caiva divi vā yadi vā bhuvi
sarve kālātmakāḥ sarpa kālātmakam idaṃ jagat
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| 47 | pravṛttayaś ca yā loke tathaiva ca nivṛttayaḥ
tāsāṃ vikṛtayo yāś ca sarvaṃ kālātmakaṃ smṛtam
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| 48 | ādityaś candramā viṣṇur āpo vāyuḥ śatakratuḥ
agniḥ khaṃ pṛthivī mitra oṣadhyo vasavas tathā
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| 49 | saritaḥ sāgarāś caiva bhāvābhāvau ca pannaga
sarve kālena sṛjyante hriyante ca tathā punaḥ
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| 50 | evaṃ jñātvā kathaṃ māṃ tvaṃ sadoṣaṃ sarpa manyase
atha caivaṃgate doṣo mayi tvam api doṣavān
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| 51 | sarpa uvāca
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| 51 | nirdoṣaṃ doṣavantaṃ vā na tvā mṛtyo bravīmy aham
tvayāhaṃ codita iti bravīmy etāvad eva tu
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| 52 | yadi kāle tu doṣo 'sti yadi tatrāpi neṣyate
doṣo naiva parīkṣyo me na hy atrādhikṛtā vayam
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| 53 | nirmokṣas tv asya doṣasya mayā kāryo yathā tathā
mṛtyo vidoṣaḥ syām eva yathā tan me prayojanam
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| 54 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 54 | sarpo 'thārjunakaṃ prāha śrutaṃ te mṛtyubhāṣitam
nānāgasaṃ māṃ pāśena saṃtāpayitum arhasi
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| 55 | lubdhaka uvāca
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| 55 | mṛtyoḥ śrutaṃ me vacanaṃ tava caiva bhujaṃgama
naiva tāvad vidoṣatvaṃ bhavati tvayi pannaga
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| 56 | mṛtyus tvaṃ caiva hetur hi jantor asya vināśane
ubhayaṃ kāraṇaṃ manye na kāraṇam akāraṇam
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| 57 | dhiṅ mṛtyuṃ ca durātmānaṃ krūraṃ duḥkhakaraṃ satām
tvāṃ caivāhaṃ vadhiṣyāmi pāpaṃ pāpasya kāraṇam
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| 58 | mṛtyur uvāca
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| 58 | vivaśau kālavaśagāv āvāṃ tad diṣṭakāriṇau
nāvāṃ doṣeṇa gantavyau yadi samyak prapaśyasi
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| 59 | lubdhaka uvāca
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| 59 | yuvām ubhau kālavaśau yadi vai mṛtyupannagau
harṣakrodhau kathaṃ syātām etad icchāmi veditum
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| 60 | mṛtyur uvāca
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| 60 | yāḥ kāś cid iha ceṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvāḥ kālapracoditāḥ
pūrvam evaitad uktaṃ hi mayā lubdhaka kālataḥ
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| 61 | tasmād ubhau kālavaśāv āvāṃ tad diṣṭakāriṇau
nāvāṃ doṣeṇa gantavyau tvayā lubdhaka karhi cit
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| 62 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 62 | athopagamya kālas tu tasmin dharmārthasaṃśaye
abravīt pannagaṃ mṛtyuṃ lubdham arjunakaṃ ca tam
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| 63 | kāla uvāca
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| 63 | naivāhaṃ nāpy ayaṃ mṛtyur nāyaṃ lubdhaka pannagaḥ
kilbiṣī jantumaraṇe na vayaṃ hi prayojakāḥ
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| 64 | akarod yad ayaṃ karma tan no 'rjunaka codakam
praṇāśahetur nānyo 'sya vadhyate 'yaṃ svakarmaṇā
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| 65 | yad anena kṛtaṃ karma tenāyaṃ nidhanaṃ gataḥ
vināśahetuḥ karmāsya sarve karmavaśā vayam
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| 66 | karmadāyādavāṃl lokaḥ karmasaṃbandhalakṣaṇaḥ
karmāṇi codayantīha yathānyonyaṃ tathā vayam
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| 67 | yathā mṛtpiṇḍataḥ kartā kurute yad yad icchati
evam ātmakṛtaṃ karma mānavaḥ pratipadyate
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| 68 | yathā chāyātapau nityaṃ susaṃbaddhau nirantaram
tathā karma ca kartā ca saṃbaddhāv ātmakarmabhiḥ
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| 69 | evaṃ nāhaṃ na vai mṛtyur na sarpo na tathā bhavān
na ceyaṃ brāhmaṇī vṛddhā śiśur evātra kāraṇam
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| 70 | tasmiṃs tathā bruvāṇe tu brāhmaṇī gautamī nṛpa
svakarmapratyayāṃl lokān matvārjunakam abravīt
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| 71 | naiva kālo na bhujago na mṛtyur iha kāraṇam
svakarmabhir ayaṃ bālaḥ kālena nidhanaṃ gataḥ
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| 72 | mayā ca tat kṛtaṃ karma yenāyaṃ me mṛtaḥ sutaḥ
yātu kālas tathā mṛtyur muñcārjunaka pannagam
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| 73 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 73 | tato yathāgataṃ jagmur mṛtyuḥ kālo 'tha pannagaḥ
abhūd viroṣo 'rjunako viśokā caiva gautamī
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| 74 | etac chrutvā śamaṃ gaccha mā bhūś cintāparo nṛpa
svakarmapratyayāṃl lokāṃs trīn viddhi manujarṣabha
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| 75 | na tu tvayā kṛtaṃ pārtha nāpi duryodhanena vai
kālena tat kṛtaṃ viddhi vihatā yena pārthivāḥ
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| 76 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 76 | ity etad vacanaṃ śrutvā babhūva vigatajvaraḥ
yudhiṣṭhiro mahātejāḥ papracchedaṃ ca dharmavit
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