Book 18 Chapter 4 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | tato yudhiṣṭhiro rājā devaiḥ sarṣimarudgaṇaiḥ
pūjyamāno yayau tatra yatra te kurupuṃgavāḥ |
2 | dadarśa tatra govindaṃ brāhmeṇa vapuṣānvitam
tenaiva dṛṣṭapūrveṇa sādṛśyenopasūcitam |
3 | dīpyamānaṃ svavapuṣā divyair astrair upasthitam
cakraprabhṛtibhir ghorair divyaiḥ puruṣavigrahaiḥ upāsyamānaṃ vīreṇa phalgunena suvarcasā |
4 | aparasminn athoddeśe karṇaṃ śastrabhṛtāṃ varam
dvādaśādityasahitaṃ dadarśa kurunandanaḥ |
5 | athāparasminn uddeśe marudgaṇavṛtaṃ prabhum
bhīmasenam athāpaśyat tenaiva vapuṣānvitam |
6 | aśvinos tu tathā sthāne dīpyamānau svatejasā
nakulaṃ sahadevaṃ ca dadarśa kurunandanaḥ |
7 | tathā dadarśa pāñcālīṃ kamalotpalamālinīm
vapuṣā svargam ākramya tiṣṭhantīm arkavarcasam |
8 | athaināṃ sahasā rājā praṣṭum aicchad yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
tato 'sya bhagavān indraḥ kathayām āsa devarāṭ |
9 | śrīr eṣā draupadīrūpā tvadarthe mānuṣaṃ gatā
ayonijā lokakāntā puṇyagandhā yudhiṣṭhira |
10 | drupadasya kule jātā bhavadbhiś copajīvitā
ratyarthaṃ bhavatāṃ hy eṣā nirmitā śūlapāṇinā |
11 | ete pañca mahābhāgā gandharvāḥ pāvakaprabhāḥ
draupadyās tanayā rājan yuṣmākam amitaujasaḥ |
12 | paśya gandharvarājānaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraṃ manīṣiṇam
enaṃ ca tvaṃ vijānīhi bhrātaraṃ pūrvajaṃ pituḥ |
13 | ayaṃ te pūrvajo bhrātā kaunteyaḥ pāvakadyutiḥ
sūryaputro 'grajaḥ śreṣṭho rādheya iti viśrutaḥ ādityasahito yāti paśyainaṃ puruṣarṣabha |
14 | sādhyānām atha devānāṃ vasūnāṃ marutām api
gaṇeṣu paśya rājendra vṛṣṇyandhakamahārathān sātyakipramukhān vīrān bhojāṃś caiva mahārathān |
15 | somena sahitaṃ paśya saubhadram aparājitam
abhimanyuṃ maheṣvāsaṃ niśākarasamadyutim |
16 | eṣa pāṇḍur maheṣvāsaḥ kuntyā mādryā ca saṃgataḥ
vimānena sadābhyeti pitā tava mamāntikam |
17 | vasubhiḥ sahitaṃ paśya bhīṣmaṃ śāṃtanavaṃ nṛpam
droṇaṃ bṛhaspateḥ pārśve gurum enaṃ niśāmaya |
18 | ete cānye mahīpālā yodhās tava ca pāṇḍava
gandharvaiḥ sahitā yānti yakṣaiḥ puṇyajanais tathā |
19 | guhyakānāṃ gatiṃ cāpi ke cit prāptā nṛsattamāḥ
tyaktvā dehaṃ jitasvargāḥ puṇyavāgbuddhikarmabhiḥ |