 | Book 14 Chapter 63
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tatas te prayayur hṛṣṭāḥ prahṛṣṭanaravāhanāḥ
rathaghoṣeṇa mahatā pūrayanto vasuṃdharām
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| 2 | saṃstūyamānāḥ stutibhiḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ
svena sainyena saṃvītā yathādityāḥ svaraśmibhiḥ
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| 3 | pāṇḍureṇātapatreṇa dhriyamāṇena mūrdhani
babhau yudhiṣṭhiras tatra paurṇamāsyām ivoḍurāṭ
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| 4 | jayāśiṣaḥ prahṛṣṭānāṃ narāṇāṃ pathi pāṇḍavaḥ
pratyagṛhṇād yathānyāyaṃ yathāvat puruṣarṣabhaḥ
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| 5 | tathaiva sainikā rājan rājānam anuyānti ye
teṣāṃ halahalāśabdo divaṃ stabdhvā vyatiṣṭhata
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| 6 | sa sarāṃsi nadīś caiva vanāny upavanāni ca
atyakrāman mahārājo giriṃ caivānvapadyata
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| 7 | tasmin deśe ca rājendra yatra tad dravyam uttamam
cakre niveśanaṃ rājā pāṇḍavaḥ saha sainikaiḥ
śive deśe same caiva tadā bharatasattama
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| 8 | agrato brāhmaṇān kṛtvā tapovidyādamānvitān
purohitaṃ ca kauravya vedavedāṅgapāragam
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| 9 | prāṅ niveśāt tu rājānaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ sapurodhasaḥ
kṛtvā śāntiṃ yathānyāyaṃ sarvataḥ paryavārayan
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| 10 | kṛtvā ca madhye rājānam amātyāṃś ca yathāvidhi
ṣaṭpathaṃ navasaṃsthānaṃ niveśaṃ cakrire dvijāḥ
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| 11 | mattānāṃ vāraṇendrāṇāṃ niveśaṃ ca yathāvidhi
kārayitvā sa rājendro brāhmaṇān idam abravīt
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| 12 | asmin kārye dvijaśreṣṭhā nakṣatre divase śubhe
yathā bhavanto manyante kartum arhatha tat tathā
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| 13 | na naḥ kālātyayo vai syād ihaiva parilambatām
iti niścitya viprendrāḥ kriyatāṃ yad anantaram
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| 14 | śrutvaitad vacanaṃ rājño brāhmaṇāḥ sapurodhasaḥ
idam ūcur vaco hṛṣṭā dharmarājapriyepsavaḥ
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| 15 | adyaiva nakṣatram ahaś ca puṇyaṃ; yatāmahe śreṣṭhatamaṃ kriyāsu
ambhobhir adyeha vasāma rājann; upoṣyatāṃ cāpi bhavadbhir adya
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| 16 | śrutvā tu teṣāṃ dvijasattamānāṃ; kṛtopavāsā rajanīṃ narendrāḥ
ūṣuḥ pratītāḥ kuśasaṃstareṣu; yathādhvareṣu jvalitā havyavāhāḥ
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| 17 | tato niśā sā vyagaman mahātmanāṃ; saṃśṛṇvatāṃ viprasamīritā giraḥ
tataḥ prabhāte vimale dvijarṣabhā; vaco 'bruvan dharmasutaṃ narādhipam
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