Book 15 Chapter 31 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | tatas te pāṇḍavā dūrād avatīrya padātayaḥ
abhijagmur narapater āśramaṃ vinayānatāḥ |
2 | sa ca paurajanaḥ sarvo ye ca rāṣṭranivāsinaḥ
striyaś ca kurumukhyānāṃ padbhir evānvayus tadā |
3 | āśramaṃ te tato jagmur dhṛtarāṣṭrasya pāṇḍavāḥ
śūnyaṃ mṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ kadalīvanaśobhitam |
4 | tatas tatra samājagmus tāpasā vividhavratāḥ
pāṇḍavān āgatān draṣṭuṃ kautūhalasamanvitāḥ |
5 | tān apṛcchat tato rājā kvāsau kauravavaṃśabhṛt
pitā jyeṣṭho gato 'smākam iti bāṣpapariplutaḥ |
6 | tam ūcus te tato vākyaṃ yamunām avagāhitum
puṣpāṇām udakumbhasya cārthe gata iti prabho |
7 | tair ākhyātena mārgeṇa tatas te prayayus tadā
dadṛśuś cāvidūre tān sarvān atha padātayaḥ |
8 | tatas te satvarā jagmuḥ pitur darśanakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
sahadevas tu vegena prādhāvad yena sā pṛthā |
9 | sasvanaṃ prarudan dhīmān mātuḥ pādāv upaspṛśan
sā ca bāṣpāvilamukhī pradadarśa priyaṃ sutam |
10 | bāhubhyāṃ saṃpariṣvajya samunnāmya ca putrakam
gāndhāryāḥ kathayām āsa sahadevam upasthitam |
11 | anantaraṃ ca rājānaṃ bhīmasenam athārjunam
nakulaṃ ca pṛthā dṛṣṭvā tvaramāṇopacakrame |
12 | sā hy agre 'gacchata tayor daṃpatyor hataputrayoḥ
karṣantī tau tatas te tāṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃnyapatan bhuvi |
13 | tān rājā svarayogena sparśena ca mahāmanāḥ
pratyabhijñāya medhāvī samāśvāsayata prabhuḥ |
14 | tatas te bāṣpam utsṛjya gāndhārīsahitaṃ nṛpam
upatasthur mahātmāno mātaraṃ ca yathāvidhi |
15 | sarveṣāṃ toyakalaśāñ jagṛhus te svayaṃ tadā
pāṇḍavā labdhasaṃjñās te mātrā cāśvāsitāḥ punaḥ |
16 | tato nāryo nṛsiṃhānāṃ sa ca yodhajanas tadā
paurajānapadāś caiva dadṛśus taṃ narādhipam |
17 | nivedayām āsa tadā janaṃ taṃ nāmagotrataḥ
yudhiṣṭhiro narapatiḥ sa cainān pratyapūjayat |
18 | sa taiḥ parivṛto mene harṣabāṣpāvilekṣaṇaḥ
rājātmānaṃ gṛhagataṃ pureva gajasāhvaye |
19 | abhivādito vadhūbhiś ca kṛṣṇādyābhiḥ sa pārthivaḥ
gāndhāryā sahito dhīmān kuntyā ca pratyanandata |
20 | tataś cāśramam āgacchat siddhacāraṇasevitam
didṛkṣubhiḥ samākīrṇaṃ nabhas tārāgaṇair iva |