Book 14 Chapter 62 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | śrutvaitad vacanaṃ brahman vyāsenoktaṃ mahātmanā
aśvamedhaṃ prati tadā kiṃ nṛpaḥ pracakāra ha |
2 | ratnaṃ ca yan maruttena nihitaṃ pṛthivītale
tad avāpa kathaṃ ceti tan me brūhi dvijottama |
3 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
3 | śrutvā dvaipāyanavaco dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
bhrātṝn sarvān samānāyya kāle vacanam abravīt arjunaṃ bhīmasenaṃ ca mādrīputrau yamāv api |
4 | śrutaṃ vo vacanaṃ vīrāḥ sauhṛdād yan mahātmanā
kurūṇāṃ hitakāmena proktaṃ kṛṣṇena dhīmatā |
5 | tapovṛddhena mahatā suhṛdāṃ bhūtim icchatā
guruṇā dharmaśīlena vyāsenādbhutakarmaṇā |
6 | bhīṣmeṇa ca mahāprājña govindena ca dhīmatā
saṃsmṛtya tad ahaṃ samyak kartum icchāmi pāṇḍavāḥ |
7 | āyatyāṃ ca tadātve ca sarveṣāṃ tad dhi no hitam
anubandhe ca kalyāṇaṃ yad vaco brahmavādinaḥ |
8 | iyaṃ hi vasudhā sarvā kṣīṇaratnā kurūdvahāḥ
tac cācaṣṭa bahu vyāso maruttasya dhanaṃ nṛpāḥ |
9 | yady etad vo bahumataṃ manyadhvaṃ vā kṣamaṃ yadi
tad ānayāmahe sarve kathaṃ vā bhīma manyase |
10 | ity uktavākye nṛpatau tadā kurukulodvaha
bhīmaseno nṛpaśreṣṭhaṃ prāñjalir vākyam abravīt |
11 | rocate me mahābāho yad idaṃ bhāṣitaṃ tvayā
vyāsākhyātasya vittasya samupānayanaṃ prati |
12 | yadi tat prāpnuyāmeha dhanam āvikṣitaṃ prabho
kṛtam eva mahārāja bhaved iti matir mama |
13 | te vayaṃ praṇipātena girīśasya mahātmanaḥ
tad ānayāma bhadraṃ te samabhyarcya kapardinam |
14 | taṃ vibhuṃ devadeveśaṃ tasyaivānucarāṃś ca tān
prasādyārtham avāpsyāmo nūnaṃ vāgbuddhikarmabhiḥ |
15 | rakṣante ye ca tad dravyaṃ kiṃkarā raudradarśanāḥ
te ca vaśyā bhaviṣyanti prasanne vṛṣabhadhvaje |
16 | śrutvaivaṃ vadatas tasya vākyaṃ bhīmasya bhārata
prīto dharmātmajo rājā babhūvātīva bhārata arjunapramukhāś cāpi tathety evābruvan mudā |
17 | kṛtvā tu pāṇḍavāḥ sarve ratnāharaṇaniścayam
senām ājñāpayām āsur nakṣatre 'hani ca dhruve |
18 | tato yayuḥ pāṇḍusutā brāhmaṇān svasti vācya ca
arcayitvā suraśreṣṭhaṃ pūrvam eva maheśvaram |
19 | modakaiḥ pāyasenātha māṃsāpūpais tathaiva ca
āśāsya ca mahātmānaṃ prayayur muditā bhṛśam |
20 | teṣāṃ prayāsyatāṃ tatra maṅgalāni śubhāny atha
prāhuḥ prahṛṣṭamanaso dvijāgryā nāgarāś ca te |
21 | tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya śirobhiḥ praṇipatya ca
brāhmaṇān agnisahitān prayayuḥ pāṇḍunandanāḥ |
22 | samanujñāpya rājānaṃ putraśokasamāhatam
dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ sabhāryaṃ vai pṛthāṃ pṛthulalocanām |
23 | mūle nikṣipya kauravyaṃ yuyutsuṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrajam
saṃpūjyamānāḥ pauraiś ca brāhmaṇaiś ca manīṣibhiḥ |