 | Book 15 Chapter 47
|
| 1 | nārada uvāca
|
| 1 | nāsau vṛthāgninā dagdho yathā tatra śrutaṃ mayā
vaicitravīryo nṛpatis tat te vakṣyāmi bhārata
|
| 2 | vanaṃ praviśatā tena vāyubhakṣeṇa dhīmatā
agnayaḥ kārayitveṣṭim utsṛṣṭā iti naḥ śrutam
|
| 3 | yājakās tu tatas tasya tān agnīn nirjane vane
samutsṛjya yathākāmaṃ jagmur bharatasattama
|
| 4 | sa vivṛddhas tadā vahnir vane tasminn abhūt kila
tena tad vanam ādīptam iti me tāpasābruvan
|
| 5 | sa rājā jāhnavīkacche yathā te kathitaṃ mayā
tenāgninā samāyuktaḥ svenaiva bharatarṣabha
|
| 6 | evam āvedayām āsur munayas te mamānagha
ye te bhāgīrathītīre mayā dṛṣṭā yudhiṣṭhira
|
| 7 | evaṃ svenāgninā rājā samāyukto mahīpate
mā śocithās tvaṃ nṛpatiṃ gataḥ sa paramāṃ gatim
|
| 8 | guruśuśrūṣayā caiva jananī tava pāṇḍava
prāptā sumahatīṃ siddhim iti me nātra saṃśayaḥ
|
| 9 | kartum arhasi kauravya teṣāṃ tvam udakakriyām
bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaḥ sarvair etad atra vidhīyatām
|
| 10 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
|
| 10 | tataḥ sa pṛthivīpālaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ dhuraṃdharaḥ
niryayau saha sodaryaiḥ sadāro bharatarṣabha
|
| 11 | paurajānapadāś caiva rājabhaktipuraskṛtāḥ
gaṅgāṃ prajagmur abhito vāsasaikena saṃvṛtāḥ
|
| 12 | tato 'vagāhya salilaṃ sarve te kurupuṃgavāḥ
yuyutsum agrataḥ kṛtvā dadus toyaṃ mahātmane
|
| 13 | gāndhāryāś ca pṛthāyāś ca vidhivan nāmagotrataḥ
śaucaṃ nivartayantas te tatroṣur nagarād bahiḥ
|
| 14 | preṣayām āsa sa narān vidhijñān āptakāriṇaḥ
gaṅgādvāraṃ kuruśreṣṭho yatra dagdho 'bhavan nṛpaḥ
|
| 15 | tatraiva teṣāṃ kulyāni gaṅgādvāre 'nvaśāt tadā
kartavyānīti puruṣān dattadeyān mahīpatiḥ
|
| 16 | dvādaśe 'hani tebhyaḥ sa kṛtaśauco narādhipaḥ
dadau śrāddhāni vidhivad dakṣiṇāvanti pāṇḍavaḥ
|
| 17 | dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ samuddiśya dadau sa pṛthivīpatiḥ
suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ gāś ca śayyāś ca sumahādhanāḥ
|
| 18 | gāndhāryāś caiva tejasvī pṛthāyāś ca pṛthak pṛthak
saṃkīrtya nāmanī rājā dadau dānam anuttamam
|
| 19 | yo yad icchati yāvac ca tāvat sa labhate dvijaḥ
śayanaṃ bhojanaṃ yānaṃ maṇiratnam atho dhanam
|
| 20 | yānam ācchādanaṃ bhogān dāsīś ca paricārikāḥ
dadau rājā samuddiśya tayor mātror mahīpatiḥ
|
| 21 | tataḥ sa pṛthivīpālo dattvā śrāddhāny anekaśaḥ
praviveśa punar dhīmān nagaraṃ vāraṇāhvayam
|
| 22 | te cāpi rājavacanāt puruṣā ye gatābhavan
saṃkalpya teṣāṃ kulyāni punaḥ pratyāgamaṃs tataḥ
|
| 23 | mālyair gandhaiś ca vividhaiḥ pūjayitvā yathāvidhi
kulyāni teṣāṃ saṃyojya tadācakhyur mahīpateḥ
|
| 24 | samāśvāsya ca rājānaṃ dharmātmānaṃ yudhiṣṭhiram
nārado 'py agamad rājan paramarṣir yathepsitam
|
| 25 | evaṃ varṣāṇy atītāni dhṛtarāṣṭrasya dhīmataḥ
vanavāse tadā trīṇi nagare daśa pañca ca
|
| 26 | hataputrasya saṃgrāme dānāni dadataḥ sadā
jñātisaṃbandhimitrāṇāṃ bhrātṝṇāṃ svajanasya ca
|
| 27 | yudhiṣṭhiras tu nṛpatir nātiprītamanās tadā
dhārayām āsa tad rājyaṃ nihatajñātibāndhavaḥ
|