 | Book 15 Chapter 27
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | nāradasya tu tad vākyaṃ praśaśaṃsur dvijottamāḥ
śatayūpas tu rājarṣir nāradaṃ vākyam abravīt
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| 2 | aho bhagavatā śraddhā kururājasya vardhitā
sarvasya ca janasyāsya mama caiva mahādyute
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| 3 | asti kā cid vivakṣā tu mama tāṃ gadataḥ śṛṇu
dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ prati nṛpaṃ devarṣe lokapūjita
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| 4 | sarvavṛttāntatattvajño bhavān divyena cakṣuṣā
yuktaḥ paśyasi devarṣe gatīr vai vividhā nṛṇām
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| 5 | uktavān nṛpatīnāṃ tvaṃ mahendrasya salokatām
na tv asya nṛpater lokāḥ kathitās te mahāmune
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| 6 | sthānam asya kṣitipateḥ śrotum icchāmy ahaṃ vibho
tvattaḥ kīdṛk kadā veti tan mamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ
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| 7 | ity ukto nāradas tena vākyaṃ sarvamanonugam
vyājahāra satāṃ madhye divyadarśī mahātapāḥ
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| 8 | yadṛcchayā śakrasado gatvā śakraṃ śacīpatim
dṛṣṭavān asmi rājarṣe tatra pāṇḍuṃ narādhipam
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| 9 | tatreyaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya kathā samabhavan nṛpa
tapaso duścarasyāsya yad ayaṃ tapyate nṛpaḥ
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| 10 | tatrāham idam aśrauṣaṃ śakrasya vadato nṛpa
varṣāṇi trīṇi śiṣṭāni rājño 'sya paramāyuṣaḥ
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| 11 | tataḥ kuberabhavanaṃ gāndhārīsahito nṛpaḥ
vihartā dhṛtarāṣṭro 'yaṃ rājarājābhipūjitaḥ
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| 12 | kāmagena vimānena divyābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ
ṛṣiputro mahābhāgas tapasā dagdhakilbiṣaḥ
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| 13 | saṃcariṣyati lokāṃś ca devagandharvarakṣasām
svacchandeneti dharmātmā yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
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| 14 | devaguhyam idaṃ prītyā mayā vaḥ kathitaṃ mahat
bhavanto hi śrutadhanās tapasā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ
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| 15 | iti te tasya tac chrutvā devarṣer madhuraṃ vacaḥ
sarve sumanasaḥ prītā babhūvuḥ sa ca pārthivaḥ
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| 16 | evaṃ kathābhir anvāsya dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ manīṣiṇaḥ
viprajagmur yathākāmaṃ te siddhagatim āsthitāḥ
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