 | Book 13 Chapter 22
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | na bibheti kathaṃ sā strī śāpasya paramadyuteḥ
kathaṃ nivṛtto bhagavāṃs tad bhavān prabravītu me
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | aṣṭāvakro 'nvapṛcchat tāṃ rūpaṃ vikuruṣe katham
na cānṛtaṃ te vaktavyaṃ brūhi brāhmaṇakāmyayā
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| 3 | stry uvāca
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| 3 | dyāvāpṛthivīmātraiṣā kāmyā brāhmaṇasattama
śṛṇuṣvāvahitaḥ sarvaṃ yad idaṃ satyavikrama
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| 4 | uttarāṃ māṃ diśaṃ viddhi dṛṣṭaṃ strīcāpalaṃ ca te
avyutthānena te lokā jitāḥ satyaparākrama
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| 5 | jijñāseyaṃ prayuktā me sthirīkartuṃ tavānagha
sthavirāṇām api strīṇāṃ bādhate maithunajvaraḥ
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| 6 | tuṣṭaḥ pitāmahas te 'dya tathā devāḥ savāsavāḥ
sa tvaṃ yena ca kāryeṇa saṃprāpto bhagavān iha
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| 7 | preṣitas tena vipreṇa kanyāpitrā dvijarṣabha
tavopadeśaṃ kartuṃ vai tac ca sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā
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| 8 | kṣemī gamiṣyasi gṛhāñ śramaś ca na bhaviṣyati
kanyāṃ prāpsyasi tāṃ vipra putriṇī ca bhaviṣyati
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| 9 | kāmyayā pṛṣṭavāṃs tvaṃ māṃ tato vyāhṛtam uttaram
anatikramaṇīyaiṣā kṛtsnair lokais tribhiḥ sadā
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| 10 | gacchasva sukṛtaṃ kṛtvā kiṃ vānyac chrotum icchasi
yāvad bravīmi viprarṣe aṣṭāvakra yathātatham
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| 11 | ṛṣiṇā prasāditā cāsmi tava hetor dvijarṣabha
tasya saṃmānanārthaṃ me tvayi vākyaṃ prabhāṣitam
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| 12 | śrutvā tu vacanaṃ tasyāḥ sa vipraḥ prāñjaliḥ sthitaḥ
anujñātas tayā cāpi svagṛhaṃ punar āvrajat
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| 13 | gṛham āgamya viśrāntaḥ svajanaṃ pratipūjya ca
abhyagacchata taṃ vipraṃ nyāyataḥ kurunandana
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| 14 | pṛṣṭaś ca tena vipreṇa dṛṣṭaṃ tv etan nidarśanam
prāha vipraṃ tadā vipraḥ suprītenāntarātmanā
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| 15 | bhavatāham anujñātaḥ prasthito gandhamādanam
tasya cottarato deśe dṛṣṭaṃ tad daivataṃ mahat
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| 16 | tayā cāham anujñāto bhavāṃś cāpi prakīrtitaḥ
śrāvitaś cāpi tad vākyaṃ gṛham abhyāgataḥ prabho
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| 17 | tam uvāca tato vipraḥ pratigṛhṇīṣva me sutām
nakṣatratithisaṃyoge pātraṃ hi paramaṃ bhavān
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| 18 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 18 | aṣṭāvakras tathety uktvā pratigṛhya ca tāṃ prabho
kanyāṃ paramadharmātmā prītimāṃś cābhavat tadā
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| 19 | kanyāṃ tāṃ pratigṛhyaiva bhāryāṃ paramaśobhanām
uvāsa muditas tatra āśrame sve gatajvaraḥ
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