 | Book 15 Chapter 16
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| 1 | brāhmaṇa uvāca
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| 1 | na tad duryodhanakṛtaṃ na ca tad bhavatā kṛtam
na karṇasaubalābhyāṃ ca kuravo yat kṣayaṃ gatāḥ
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| 2 | daivaṃ tat tu vijānīmo yan na śakyaṃ prabādhitum
daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa na śakyam ativartitum
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| 3 | akṣauhiṇyo mahārāja daśāṣṭau ca samāgatāḥ
aṣṭādaśāhena hatā daśabhir yodhapuṃgavaiḥ
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| 4 | bhīṣmadroṇakṛpādyaiś ca karṇena ca mahātmanā
yuyudhānena vīreṇa dhṛṣṭadyumnena caiva ha
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| 5 | caturbhiḥ pāṇḍuputraiś ca bhīmārjunayamair nṛpa
janakṣayo 'yaṃ nṛpate kṛto daivabalātkṛtaiḥ
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| 6 | avaśyam eva saṃgrāme kṣatriyeṇa viśeṣataḥ
kartavyaṃ nidhanaṃ loke śastreṇa kṣatrabandhunā
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| 7 | tair iyaṃ puruṣavyāghrair vidyābāhubalānvitaiḥ
pṛthivī nihatā sarvā sahayā sarathadvipā
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| 8 | na sa rājāparādhnoti putras tava mahāmanāḥ
na bhavān na ca te bhṛtyā na karṇo na ca saubalaḥ
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| 9 | yad vinaṣṭāḥ kuruśreṣṭhā rājānaś ca sahasraśaḥ
sarvaṃ daivakṛtaṃ tad vai ko 'tra kiṃ vaktum arhati
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| 10 | gurur mato bhavān asya kṛtsnasya jagataḥ prabhuḥ
dharmātmānam atas tubhyam anujānīmahe sutam
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| 11 | labhatāṃ vīralokān sa sasahāyo narādhipaḥ
dvijāgryaiḥ samanujñātas tridive modatāṃ sukhī
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| 12 | prāpsyate ca bhavān puṇyaṃ dharme ca paramāṃ sthitim
veda puṇyaṃ ca kārtsnyena samyag bharatasattama
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| 13 | dṛṣṭāpadānāś cāsmābhiḥ pāṇḍavāḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
samarthās tridivasyāpi pālane kiṃ punaḥ kṣiteḥ
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| 14 | anuvatsyanti cāpīmāḥ sameṣu viṣameṣu ca
prajāḥ kurukulaśreṣṭha pāṇḍavāñ śīlabhūṣaṇān
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| 15 | brahmadeyāgrahārāṃś ca parihārāṃś ca pārthiva
pūrvarājātisargāṃś ca pālayaty eva pāṇḍavaḥ
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| 16 | dīrghadarśī kṛtaprajñaḥ sadā vaiśravaṇo yathā
akṣudrasacivaś cāyaṃ kuntīputro mahāmanāḥ
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| 17 | apy amitre dayāvāṃś ca śuciś ca bharatarṣabha
ṛju paśyati medhāvī putravat pāti naḥ sadā
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| 18 | vipriyaṃ ca janasyāsya saṃsargād dharmajasya vai
na kariṣyanti rājarṣe tathā bhīmārjunādayaḥ
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| 19 | mandā mṛduṣu kauravyās tīkṣṇeṣv āśīviṣopamāḥ
vīryavanto mahātmānaḥ paurāṇāṃ ca hite ratāḥ
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| 20 | na kuntī na ca pāñcālī na colūpī na sātvatī
asmiñ jane kariṣyanti pratikūlāni karhi cit
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| 21 | bhavatkṛtam imaṃ snehaṃ yudhiṣṭhiravivardhitam
na pṛṣṭhataḥ kariṣyanti paurajānapadā janāḥ
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| 22 | adharmiṣṭhān api sataḥ kuntīputrā mahārathāḥ
mānavān pālayiṣyanti bhūtvā dharmaparāyaṇāḥ
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| 23 | sa rājan mānasaṃ duḥkham apanīya yudhiṣṭhirāt
kuru kāryāṇi dharmyāṇi namas te bharatarṣabha
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| 24 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 24 | tasya tad vacanaṃ dharmyam anubandhaguṇottaram
sādhu sādhv iti sarvaḥ sa janaḥ pratigṛhītavān
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| 25 | dhṛtarāṣṭraś ca tad vākyam abhipūjya punaḥ punaḥ
visarjayām āsa tadā sarvās tu prakṛtīḥ śanaiḥ
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| 26 | sa taiḥ saṃpūjito rājā śivenāvekṣitas tadā
prāñjaliḥ pūjayām āsa taṃ janaṃ bharatarṣabha
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| 27 | tato viveśa bhuvanaṃ gāndhāryā sahito nṛpaḥ
vyuṣṭāyāṃ caiva śarvaryāṃ yac cakāra nibodha tat
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