 | Book 13 Chapter 50
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | darśane kīdṛśaḥ snehaḥ saṃvāse ca pitāmaha
mahābhāgyaṃ gavāṃ caiva tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi purāvṛttaṃ mahādyute
nahuṣasya ca saṃvādaṃ maharṣeś cyavanasya ca
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| 3 | purā maharṣiś cyavano bhārgavo bharatarṣabha
udavāsakṛtārambho babhūva sumahāvrataḥ
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| 4 | nihatya mānaṃ krodhaṃ ca praharṣaṃ śokam eva ca
varṣāṇi dvādaśa munir jalavāse dhṛtavrataḥ
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| 5 | ādadhat sarvabhūteṣu visrambhaṃ paramaṃ śubham
jalecareṣu sattveṣu śītaraśmir iva prabhuḥ
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| 6 | sthāṇubhūtaḥ śucir bhūtvā daivatebhyaḥ praṇamya ca
gaṅgāyamunayor madhye jalaṃ saṃpraviveśa ha
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| 7 | gaṅgāyamunayor vegaṃ subhīmaṃ bhīmaniḥsvanam
pratijagrāha śirasā vātavegasamaṃ jave
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| 8 | gaṅgā ca yamunā caiva saritaś cānugās tayoḥ
pradakṣiṇam ṛṣiṃ cakrur na cainaṃ paryapīḍayan
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| 9 | antarjale sa suṣvāpa kāṣṭhabhūto mahāmuniḥ
tataś cordhvasthito dhīmān abhavad bharatarṣabha
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| 10 | jalaukasāṃ sa sattvānāṃ babhūva priyadarśanaḥ
upājighranta ca tadā matsyās taṃ hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
tatra tasyāsataḥ kālaḥ samatīto 'bhavan mahān
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| 11 | tataḥ kadā cit samaye kasmiṃś cin matsyajīvinaḥ
taṃ deśaṃ samupājagmur jālahastā mahādyute
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| 12 | niṣādā bahavas tatra matsyoddharaṇaniścitāḥ
vyāyatā balinaḥ śūrāḥ salileṣv anivartinaḥ
abhyāyayuś ca taṃ deśaṃ niścitā jālakarmaṇi
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| 13 | jālaṃ ca yojayām āsur viśeṣeṇa janādhipa
matsyodakaṃ samāsādya tadā bharatasattama
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| 14 | tatas te bahubhir yogaiḥ kaivartā matsyakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
gaṅgāyamunayor vāri jālair abhyakiraṃs tataḥ
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| 15 | jālaṃ suvitataṃ teṣāṃ navasūtrakṛtaṃ tathā
vistārāyāmasaṃpannaṃ yat tatra salile kṣamam
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| 16 | tatas te sumahac caiva balavac ca suvartitam
prakīrya sarvataḥ sarve jālaṃ cakṛṣire tadā
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| 17 | abhītarūpāḥ saṃhṛṣṭās te 'nyonyavaśavartinaḥ
babandhus tatra matsyāṃś ca tathānyāñ jalacāriṇaḥ
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| 18 | tathā matsyaiḥ parivṛtaṃ cyavanaṃ bhṛgunandanam
ākarṣanta mahārāja jālenātha yadṛcchayā
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| 19 | nadīśaivaladigdhāṅgaṃ hariśmaśrujaṭādharam
lagnaiḥ śaṅkhagaṇair gātraiḥ koṣṭhaiś citrair ivāvṛtam
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| 20 | taṃ jālenoddhṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā te tadā vedapāragam
sarve prāñjalayo dāśāḥ śirobhiḥ prāpatan bhuvi
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| 21 | parikhedaparitrāsāj jālasyākarṣaṇena ca
matsyā babhūvur vyāpannāḥ sthalasaṃkarṣaṇena ca
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| 22 | sa munis tat tadā dṛṣṭvā matsyānāṃ kadanaṃ kṛtam
babhūva kṛpayāviṣṭo niḥśvasaṃś ca punaḥ punaḥ
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| 23 | niṣādā ūcuḥ
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| 23 | ajñānād yat kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ prasādaṃ tatra naḥ kuru
karavāma priyaṃ kiṃ te tan no brūhi mahāmune
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| 24 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 24 | ity ukto matsyamadhyasthaś cyavano vākyam abravīt
yo me 'dya paramaḥ kāmas taṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ samāhitāḥ
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| 25 | prāṇotsargaṃ vikrayaṃ vā matsyair yāsyāmy ahaṃ saha
saṃvāsān notsahe tyaktuṃ salilādhyuṣitān imān
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| 26 | ity uktās te niṣādās tu subhṛśaṃ bhayakampitāḥ
sarve viṣaṇṇavadanā nahuṣāya nyavedayan
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