 | Book 14 Chapter 80
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tathā vilapyoparatā bhartuḥ pādau pragṛhya sā
upaviṣṭābhavad devī socchvāsaṃ putram īkṣatī
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| 2 | tataḥ saṃjñāṃ punar labdhvā sa rājā babhruvāhanaḥ
mātaraṃ tām athālokya raṇabhūmāv athābravīt
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| 3 | ito duḥkhataraṃ kiṃ nu yan me mātā sukhaidhitā
bhūmau nipatitaṃ vīram anuśete mṛtaṃ patim
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| 4 | nihantāraṃ raṇe 'rīṇāṃ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varam
mayā vinihataṃ saṃkhye prekṣate durmaraṃ bata
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| 5 | aho 'syā hṛdayaṃ devyā dṛḍhaṃ yan na vidīryate
vyūḍhoraskaṃ mahābāhuṃ prekṣantyā nihataṃ patim
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| 6 | durmaraṃ puruṣeṇeha manye hy adhvany anāgate
yatra nāhaṃ na me mātā viprayujyeta jīvitāt
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| 7 | aho dhik kuruvīrasya hy uraḥsthaṃ kāñcanaṃ bhuvi
vyapaviddhaṃ hatasyeha mayā putreṇa paśyata
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| 8 | bho bho paśyata me vīraṃ pitaraṃ brāhmaṇā bhuvi
śayānaṃ vīraśayane mayā putreṇa pātitam
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| 9 | brāhmaṇāḥ kurumukhyasya prayuktā hayasāriṇaḥ
kurvantu śāntikāṃ tv adya raṇe yo 'yaṃ mayā hataḥ
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| 10 | vyādiśantu ca kiṃ viprāḥ prāyaścittam ihādya me
sunṛśaṃsasya pāpasya pitṛhantū raṇājire
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| 11 | duścarā dvādaśa samā hatvā pitaram adya vai
mameha sunṛśaṃsasya saṃvītasyāsya carmaṇā
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| 12 | śiraḥkapāle cāsyaiva bhuñjataḥ pitur adya me
prāyaścittaṃ hi nāsty anyad dhatvādya pitaraṃ mama
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| 13 | paśya nāgottamasute bhartāraṃ nihataṃ mayā
kṛtaṃ priyaṃ mayā te 'dya nihatya samare 'rjunam
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| 14 | so 'ham apy adya yāsyāmi gatiṃ pitṛniṣevitām
na śaknomy ātmanātmānam ahaṃ dhārayituṃ śubhe
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| 15 | sā tvaṃ mayi mṛte mātas tathā gāṇḍīvadhanvani
bhava prītimatī devi satyenātmānam ālabhe
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| 16 | ity uktvā sa tadā rājā duḥkhaśokasamāhataḥ
upaspṛśya mahārāja duḥkhād vacanam abravīt
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| 17 | śṛṇvantu sarvabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
tvaṃ ca mātar yathā satyaṃ bravīmi bhujagottame
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| 18 | yadi nottiṣṭhati jayaḥ pitā me bharatarṣabhaḥ
asminn eva raṇoddeśe śoṣayiṣye kalevaram
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| 19 | na hi me pitaraṃ hatvā niṣkṛtir vidyate kva cit
narakaṃ pratipatsyāmi dhruvaṃ guruvadhārditaḥ
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| 20 | vīraṃ hi kṣatriyaṃ hatvā gośatena pramucyate
pitaraṃ tu nihatyaivaṃ dustarā niṣkṛtir mayā
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| 21 | eṣa hy eko mahātejāḥ pāṇḍuputro dhanaṃjayaḥ
pitā ca mama dharmātmā tasya me niṣkṛtiḥ kutaḥ
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| 22 | ity evam uktvā nṛpate dhanaṃjayasuto nṛpaḥ
upaspṛśyābhavat tūṣṇīṃ prāyopeto mahāmatiḥ
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