 | Book 13 Chapter 51
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | nahuṣas tu tataḥ śrutvā cyavanaṃ taṃ tathāgatam
tvaritaḥ prayayau tatra sahāmātyapurohitaḥ
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| 2 | śaucaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyaṃ prāñjaliḥ prayato nṛpaḥ
ātmānam ācacakṣe ca cyavanāya mahātmane
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| 3 | arcayām āsa taṃ cāpi tasya rājñaḥ purohitaḥ
satyavrataṃ mahābhāgaṃ devakalpaṃ viśāṃ pate
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| 4 | nahuṣa uvāca
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| 4 | karavāṇi priyaṃ kiṃ te tan me vyākhyātum arhasi
sarvaṃ kartāsmi bhagavan yady api syāt suduṣkaram
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| 5 | cyavana uvāca
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| 5 | śrameṇa mahatā yuktāḥ kaivartā matsyajīvinaḥ
mama mūlyaṃ prayacchaibhyo matsyānāṃ vikrayaiḥ saha
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| 6 | nahuṣa uvāca
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| 6 | sahasraṃ dīyatāṃ mūlyaṃ niṣādebhyaḥ purohita
niṣkrayārthaṃ bhagavato yathāha bhṛgunandanaḥ
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| 7 | cyavana uvāca
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| 7 | sahasraṃ nāham arhāmi kiṃ vā tvaṃ manyase nṛpa
sadṛśaṃ dīyatāṃ mūlyaṃ svabuddhyā niścayaṃ kuru
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| 8 | nahuṣa uvāca
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| 8 | sahasrāṇāṃ śataṃ kṣipraṃ niṣādebhyaḥ pradīyatām
syād etat tu bhaven mūlyaṃ kiṃ vānyan manyate bhavān
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| 9 | cyavana uvāca
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| 9 | nāhaṃ śatasahasreṇa nimeyaḥ pārthivarṣabha
dīyatāṃ sadṛśaṃ mūlyam amātyaiḥ saha cintaya
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| 10 | nahuṣa uvāca
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| 10 | koṭiḥ pradīyatāṃ mūlyaṃ niṣādebhyaḥ purohita
yad etad api naupamyam ato bhūyaḥ pradīyatām
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| 11 | cyavana uvāca
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| 11 | rājan nārhāmy ahaṃ koṭiṃ bhūyo vāpi mahādyute
sadṛśaṃ dīyatāṃ mūlyaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ saha cintaya
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| 12 | nahuṣa uvāca
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| 12 | ardharājyaṃ samagraṃ vā niṣādebhyaḥ pradīyatām
etan mūlyam ahaṃ manye kiṃ vānyan manyase dvija
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| 13 | cyavana uvāca
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| 13 | ardharājyaṃ samagraṃ vā nāham arhāmi pārthiva
sadṛśaṃ dīyatāṃ mūlyam ṛṣibhiḥ saha cintyatām
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| 14 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 14 | maharṣer vacanaṃ śrutvā nahuṣo duḥkhakarśitaḥ
sa cintayām āsa tadā sahāmātyapurohitaḥ
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| 15 | tatra tv anyo vanacaraḥ kaś cin mūlaphalāśanaḥ
nahuṣasya samīpastho gavijāto 'bhavan muniḥ
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| 16 | sa samābhāṣya rājānam abravīd dvijasattamaḥ
toṣayiṣyāmy ahaṃ vipraṃ yathā tuṣṭo bhaviṣyati
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| 17 | nāhaṃ mithyāvaco brūyāṃ svaireṣv api kuto 'nyathā
bhavato yad ahaṃ brūyāṃ tat kāryam aviśaṅkayā
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| 18 | nahuṣa uvāca
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| 18 | bravītu bhagavān mūlyaṃ maharṣeḥ sadṛśaṃ bhṛgoḥ
paritrāyasva mām asmād viṣayaṃ ca kulaṃ ca me
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| 19 | hanyād dhi bhagavān kruddhas trailokyam api kevalam
kiṃ punar māṃ tapohīnaṃ bāhuvīryaparāyaṇam
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| 20 | agādhe 'mbhasi magnasya sāmātyasya sahartvijaḥ
plavo bhava maharṣe tvaṃ kuru mūlyaviniścayam
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| 21 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 21 | nahuṣasya vacaḥ śrutvā gavijātaḥ pratāpavān
uvāca harṣayan sarvān amātyān pārthivaṃ ca tam
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| 22 | anargheyā mahārāja dvijā varṇamahattamāḥ
gāvaś ca pṛthivīpāla gaur mūlyaṃ parikalpyatām
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| 23 | nahuṣas tu tataḥ śrutvā maharṣer vacanaṃ nṛpa
harṣeṇa mahatā yuktaḥ sahāmātyapurohitaḥ
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| 24 | abhigamya bhṛgoḥ putraṃ cyavanaṃ saṃśitavratam
idaṃ provāca nṛpate vācā saṃtarpayann iva
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| 25 | uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha viprarṣe gavā krīto 'si bhārgava
etan mūlyam ahaṃ manye tava dharmabhṛtāṃ vara
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| 26 | cyavana uvāca
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| 26 | uttiṣṭhāmy eṣa rājendra samyak krīto 'smi te 'nagha
gobhis tulyaṃ na paśyāmi dhanaṃ kiṃ cid ihācyuta
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| 27 | kīrtanaṃ śravaṇaṃ dānaṃ darśanaṃ cāpi pārthiva
gavāṃ praśasyate vīra sarvapāpaharaṃ śivam
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| 28 | gāvo lakṣmyāḥ sadā mūlaṃ goṣu pāpmā na vidyate
annam eva sadā gāvo devānāṃ paramaṃ haviḥ
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| 29 | svāhākāravaṣaṭkārau goṣu nityaṃ pratiṣṭhitau
gāvo yajñapraṇetryo vai tathā yajñasya tā mukham
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| 30 | amṛtaṃ hy akṣayaṃ divyaṃ kṣaranti ca vahanti ca
amṛtāyatanaṃ caitāḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtāḥ
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| 31 | tejasā vapuṣā caiva gāvo vahnisamā bhuvi
gāvo hi sumahat tejaḥ prāṇināṃ ca sukhapradāḥ
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| 32 | niviṣṭaṃ gokulaṃ yatra śvāsaṃ muñcati nirbhayam
virājayati taṃ deśaṃ pāpmānaṃ cāpakarṣati
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| 33 | gāvaḥ svargasya sopānaṃ gāvaḥ svarge 'pi pūjitāḥ
gāvaḥ kāmadughā devyo nānyat kiṃ cit paraṃ smṛtam
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| 34 | ity etad goṣu me proktaṃ māhātmyaṃ pārthivarṣabha
guṇaikadeśavacanaṃ śakyaṃ pārāyaṇaṃ na tu
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| 35 | niṣādā ūcuḥ
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| 35 | darśanaṃ kathanaṃ caiva sahāsmābhiḥ kṛtaṃ mune
satāṃ saptapadaṃ mitraṃ prasādaṃ naḥ kuru prabho
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| 36 | havīṃṣi sarvāṇi yathā hy upabhuṅkte hutāśanaḥ
evaṃ tvam api dharmātman puruṣāgniḥ pratāpavān
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| 37 | prasādayāmahe vidvan bhavantaṃ praṇatā vayam
anugrahārtham asmākam iyaṃ gauḥ pratigṛhyatām
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| 38 | cyavana uvāca
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| 38 | kṛpaṇasya ca yac cakṣur muner āśīviṣasya ca
naraṃ samūlaṃ dahati kakṣam agnir iva jvalan
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| 39 | pratigṛhṇāmi vo dhenuṃ kaivartā muktakilbiṣāḥ
divaṃ gacchata vai kṣipraṃ matsyair jāloddhṛtaiḥ saha
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| 40 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 40 | tatas tasya prasādāt te maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ
niṣādās tena vākyena saha matsyair divaṃ yayuḥ
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| 41 | tataḥ sa rājā nahuṣo vismitaḥ prekṣya dhīvarān
ārohamāṇāṃs tridivaṃ matsyāṃś ca bharatarṣabha
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| 42 | tatas tau gavijaś caiva cyavanaś ca bhṛgūdvahaḥ
varābhyām anurūpābhyāṃ chandayām āsatur nṛpam
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| 43 | tato rājā mahāvīryo nahuṣaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
param ity abravīt prītas tadā bharatasattama
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| 44 | tato jagrāha dharme sa sthitim indranibho nṛpaḥ
tatheti coditaḥ prītas tāv ṛṣī pratyapūjayat
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| 45 | samāptadīkṣaś cyavanas tato 'gacchat svam āśramam
gavijaś ca mahātejāḥ svam āśramapadaṃ yayau
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| 46 | niṣādāś ca divaṃ jagmus te ca matsyā janādhipa
nahuṣo 'pi varaṃ labdhvā praviveśa puraṃ svakam
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| 47 | etat te kathitaṃ tāta yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
darśane yādṛśaḥ snehaḥ saṃvāse ca yudhiṣṭhira
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| 48 | mahābhāgyaṃ gavāṃ caiva tathā dharmaviniścayam
kiṃ bhūyaḥ kathyatāṃ vīra kiṃ te hṛdi vivakṣitam
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