Book 15 Chapter 23 | |
1 | kunty uvāca |
1 | evam etan mahābāho yathā vadasi pāṇḍava
kṛtam uddharṣaṇaṃ pūrvaṃ mayā vaḥ sīdatāṃ nṛpa |
2 | dyūtāpahṛtarājyānāṃ patitānāṃ sukhād api
jñātibhiḥ paribhūtānāṃ kṛtam uddharṣaṇaṃ mayā |
3 | kathaṃ pāṇḍor na naśyeta saṃtatiḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ
yaśaś ca vo na naśyeta iti coddharṣaṇaṃ kṛtam |
4 | yūyam indrasamāḥ sarve devatulyaparākramāḥ
mā pareṣāṃ mukhaprekṣāḥ sthety evaṃ tat kṛtaṃ mayā |
5 | kathaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭho rājā tvaṃ vāsavopamaḥ
punar vane na duḥkhī syā iti coddharṣaṇaṃ kṛtam |
6 | nāgāyutasamaprāṇaḥ khyātavikramapauruṣaḥ
nāyaṃ bhīmo 'tyayaṃ gacched iti coddharṣaṇaṃ kṛtam |
7 | bhīmasenād avarajas tathāyaṃ vāsavopamaḥ
vijayo nāvasīdeta iti coddharṣaṇaṃ kṛtam |
8 | nakulaḥ sahadevaś ca tathemau guruvartinau
kṣudhā kathaṃ na sīdetām iti coddharṣaṇaṃ kṛtam |
9 | iyaṃ ca bṛhatī śyāmā śrīmaty āyatalocanā
vṛthā sabhātale kliṣṭā mā bhūd iti ca tat kṛtam |
10 | prekṣantyā me tadā hīmāṃ vepantīṃ kadalīm iva
strīdharmiṇīm anindyāṅgīṃ tathā dyūtaparājitām |
11 | duḥśāsano yadā mauḍhyād dāsīvat paryakarṣata
tadaiva viditaṃ mahyaṃ parābhūtam idaṃ kulam |
12 | viṣaṇṇāḥ kuravaś caiva tadā me śvaśurādayaḥ
yadaiṣā nātham icchantī vyalapat kurarī yathā |
13 | keśapakṣe parāmṛṣṭā pāpena hatabuddhinā
yadā duḥśāsanenaiṣā tadā muhyāmy ahaṃ nṛpa |
14 | yuṣmattejovivṛddhyarthaṃ mayā hy uddharṣaṇaṃ kṛtam
tadānīṃ vidurāvākyair iti tad vitta putrakāḥ |
15 | kathaṃ na rājavaṃśo 'yaṃ naśyet prāpya sutān mama
pāṇḍor iti mayā putra tasmād uddharṣaṇaṃ kṛtam |
16 | na tasya putraḥ pautrau vā kuta eva sa pārthiva
labhate sukṛtāṃl lokān yasmād vaṃśaḥ praṇaśyati |
17 | bhuktaṃ rājyaphalaṃ putrā bhartur me vipulaṃ purā
mahādānāni dattāni pītaḥ somo yathāvidhi |
18 | sāhaṃ nātmaphalārthaṃ vai vāsudevam acūcudam
vidurāyāḥ pralāpais taiḥ plāvanārthaṃ tu tat kṛtam |
19 | nāhaṃ rājyaphalaṃ putra kāmaye putranirjitam
patilokān ahaṃ puṇyān kāmaye tapasā vibho |
20 | śvaśrūśvaśurayoḥ kṛtvā śuśrūṣāṃ vanavāsinoḥ
tapasā śoṣayiṣyāmi yudhiṣṭhira kalevaram |
21 | nivartasva kuruśreṣṭha bhīmasenādibhiḥ saha
dharme te dhīyatāṃ buddhir manas te mahad astu ca |