Mahabharata · Chapter 13.90
varaśca gṛhyatāṃ matto yaśca te saṃśayo hṛdi /
taṃ prabrūdi naraśreṣṭha sarvaṃ sampādayāmi te //
kuśika uvāca /
yadi prītosi bhagavaṃstato me vada bhārgava /
kāraṇaṃ śrotusicchami madgṛhe vāsakāritam //
śayanaṃ caikapārśvena divasānekaviṃśatim /
na kiñciduktvā gamanaṃ bahiśca munipuṅgavaḥ //
antardhānamakasmācca punareva ca darśanam /
punaśca śayanaṃ vipra divasānekaviṃśatim //
tailābhyaktasya gamanaṃ bhojanaṃ ca gṛhe mama /
samupānīya vividhaṃ yaddagdhaṃ jātavedasā //
niryāṇāṃ ca rathenāśu sahasā yatkṛtaṃ tvayā /
dhanānāṃ ca visargaśca vanasyāpi ca darśanam //
prāsādānāṃ bahūnāṃ ca kāñcanānāṃ mahāmune /
maṇividrumapādānāṃ paryaṅkāṇāṃ ca darśanam //
punaścādarśanaṃ tasya śrotumicchāmi kāraṇam /
atīva hyatra muhyāmi cintayāno bhṛgūdvaha //
na caivātrādhigacchāmi sarvasyāsya viniścayam /
etadicchāmi kārtsnyena satyaṃ śrotuṃ tapodhana //
cyavana uvāca /
śṛṇu sarvamaśeṣeṇi yadidaṃ yena hetunā /
na hi śakyamanākhyātumevaṃ pṛṣṭena pārthiva //
pitāmahasya vadataḥ purā devasamāgame / śrutavānasmi yadrājaṃstanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu /
brahmakṣatravirodhena bhavitā kulasaṅkaraḥ /
pautraste bhavitā rājaṃstejovīryasamanvitaḥ //
tataḥ svakularakṣārthamahaṃ tvāṃ samupāgataḥ /
cikīrṣankuśikocchedaṃ sandidhakṣuḥ kulaṃ tava //
tato'hamāgamya pure tvāmavocaṃ mahīpate /
niyamaṃ kañcidārapsaye śuśrūṣā kriyatāmiti //
na ca te duṣkṛtaṃ kiñcidahamāsādayaṃ gṛhe /
tena jīvasi rājarṣe na bhavethāstvamanyathā //
evaṃ buddhiṃ samāsthāya divasānekaviṃśatim /
suptosmi yadi māṃ kaścidbodhayediti pārthiva //
yadā tvayā sabhāryeṇa saṃsupto na prabodhitaḥ /
ahaṃ tadaiva te prīto manasā rājasattama //
utthāya cāsmi niṣkrānto yadi māṃ tvaṃ mahīpate /
pṛccheḥ kva yāsyasītyevaṃ śapeyaṃ tvāmiti prabho //
antarhitaḥ punaścāsmi punareva ca te gṛhe /
yogamāsthāya saṃsupto divasānekaviṃśatim //
kṣudhitau māmasūyethāṃ śramādveti narādhipa /
etāṃ buddhiṃ samāsthāya karśitau vāṃ kṣudhā mayā //
na ca te'bhūtsusūkṣmopi manyurmanasi pārthiva /
sabhāryasya naraśreṣṭha tena te prītimānaham //
bhojanaṃ ca samānāyya yattadādīpitaṃ mayā /
krudhyethā yadi mātsaryāditi tanmarṣitaṃ ca me //
tato'haṃ rathamāruhya tvāmavocaṃ narādhipa /
sabhāryo māṃ vahasveti tacca tvaṃ kṛtavāṃstathā //
aviśaṅko narapate prīto'haṃ cāpi tena ha /
dhanotsarge'pi ca kṛte na tvāṃ krodhopyadharṣayat //
tataḥ prītena te rājanpunaretatkṛtaṃ tava /
sabhāryasya vanaṃ bhūyastadviddhi manujādhipa //
prītyarthaṃ tava caitanme svargasandarśanaṃ kṛtam /
yatte vane'sminnṛpate dṛṣṭaṃ divyaṃ sudarśanam //
svargoddeśastvayā rājansaśarīreṇa pārthiva /
muhūrtamanubhūto'sau sabhāryeṇa nṛpottama //
nidarśanārthaṃ tapaso dharmasya ca narādhipa /
tatra nāsītspṛhā rājaṃstaccāpi viditaṃ mayā //
brāhmaṇyaṃ kāṅkṣase hi tvaṃ tapaśca pṛthivīpate /
avamatya narendratvaṃ devendratvaṃ ca pārthiva //
evametadyathātatvaṃ brāhmaṇyaṃ tāta durlabham /
brāhmaṇye sati carṣitvamṛṣitve ca tapasvitā //
bhaviṣyatyeṣa te kāmaḥ kuśikātkauśiko dvijaḥ //
tṛtīyaṃ puruṣaṃ prāpya brāhmaṇatvaṃ gamiṣyati /
vaṃśaste pārthivaśreṣṭha bhṛgūṇāmeva tejasā //
pautraste bhavitā viprastapasvī pāvakadyutiḥ / jamadagnau mahābhāga tapasā bhāvitātmani //
yaḥ sa devamanuṣyāṇaāṃ bhayamutpādayiṣyati /
trayāṇāmeva lokānāṃ satyametadbravīmi te //
varaṃ gṛhāṇa rājarṣe yaste manasi vartate /
tīrthayātrāṃ gamiṣyāmi purā kālo'tivartate //
kuśika uvāca /
eṣa eva varo me'dya yattvaṃ prīto mahāmune /
bhavatvetadyathārthatvaṃ bhavetpautro mamānagha //
brāhmaṇyaṃ me kulasyāstu bhagavanneṣa me varaḥ /
punaścākhyātumicchāmi bhagavanvistareṇa vai //
kathameṣyati vipratvaṃ kulaṃ me bhṛgunandana /
kaścāsau bhavitā bandhurmama kaścāpi sammataḥ //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0