Mahabharata · Chapter 16.5
yudhiṣṭhira mahābāho ********** kurunandanaḥ /
dhṛtarāṣṭro mahātejāstatkuruṣvāvicārayan //
ayaṃ hi vṛddho nṛpatirhataputro viśeṣataḥ /
nedaṃ kṛcchraṃ cirataraṃ sahediti matirmama //
gāndhārī ca mahābhāgā prājñā karuṇavedinī /
putraśokaṃ mahārāja dhairyeṇodvahate bhṛśam //
ahamapyetadeva tvāṃ bravīmi kuru me vacaḥ /
anujñāṃ labhatāṃ rājā māṃ vṛtheha mariṣyati //
svastho bhavatvayaṃ dhīmānvaneṣu madhugandhiṣu / rājarṣīṇāṃ purāṇānāmanuyātu gatiṃ nṛpaḥ / rājarṣīṇāṃ hi sarveṣāmante vanamupāśrayaḥ //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
ityuktaḥ sa tadā rājā vyāsenādbhutakarmaṇā /
pratyuvāca mahātejā dharmarājo mahāmunim //
bhagavāneva no mānyo bhagavāneva no guruḥ /
bhagavānasya rājyasya kulasya ca parāyaṇam //
ahaṃ tu putro bhagavanpitā rājā guruśca me /
nideśavatī ca pituḥ putro bhavati dharmataḥ //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
ityuktaḥ sa tu taṃ prāha vyāso vedavidāṃvaraḥ /
yudhiṣṭhiraṃ mahātejāḥ punareva mahākaviḥ //
evametanmahābhāga yathā vadasiṃ bhārata /
rājā'yaṃ vṛddhatāṃ prāptaḥ pramāṇe parame sthitaḥ //
soyaṃ mayā'bhyanujñātastvathā ca pṛthivīpatiḥ /
karotu svamabhiprāyaṃ mā sma vighnakaro bhava //
eṣa eva paro dharmo rājarṣīṇāṃ yudhiṣṭhira /
samare vā bhavenmṛtyurvane vā vidhipūrvakam //
pitrā tu tava rājendra pāṇḍunā pṛthivīkṣitā /
śiṣyabhūtena rājā'yaṃ guruvatparyupāsitaḥ //
kratubhirdakṣiṇāvadbhī ratnaparvataśobhitaiḥ /
mahadbhiriṣṭaṃ gaurbhuktā prajāśca paripālitāḥ //
putrasaṃsyaṃ ca vipulaṃ rājyaṃ viproṣite tvayi /
trayodaśasamā bhuktaṃ dattaṃ ca vividhaṃ vasu //
tvayā cāyaṃ naravyāghra guruśuśrūṣayā'nagha /
ārādhitaḥ sa bhṛtyena gāndhārī ca yaśasvinī //
anujānīhi pitaraṃ samayo'sma tapovidhau /
na manyurvidyate cāsya susūkṣmo'pi yudhiṣṭhira //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
etāvaduktvā vacanamanumānya ca pārthivam /
tathā'stviti ca tenoktaḥ kauteyena yayau vanam //
gate bhagavati vyāse rājā pāṇḍusutastadā /
provāca pitaraṃ vṛddhaṃ mandammandamivānataḥ //
yadāha bhagavānvyāso yaccāpi bhavato matam /
yathā'ha ca maheṣvāsaḥ kṛpo vidura eva ca //
yuyutsuḥ sañjayaścaiva tatkartāsmyahamañjasā /
sarva eva hi mānyā me kulasya hi hitaiṣiṇaḥ //
idaṃ tu yāce nṛpate tvāmahaṃ śirasā nataḥ /
kriyatāṃ tāvadāhārastato gacchāśramaṃ prati //
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