Mahabharata · Chapter 2.95
rājankiṃ karavāmaste praśādhyasmāṃstvamīśvaraḥ /
nityaṃ hi sthātumicchāmastava bhārata śāsane //
dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca //
ajātaśatro bhadraṃ te ariṣṭaṃ svasti gacchata /
anujñātāḥ sahadhanāḥ svarājyamanuśāsata //
idaṃ caivāvaboddhavyaṃ vṛddhasya mama śāsanam /
mayā nigaditaṃ sarvaṃ pathyaṃ niḥśreyasaṃ param //
vettha tvaṃ tāta dharmāṇāṃ gatiṃ sūkṣmāṃ yudhiṣṭhira /
vinīto'si mahāprājña vṛddhānāṃ paryupāsitā //
yato buddhistataḥ śāntiḥ praśamaṃ gaccha bhārata /
nādāruṇi patecchastraṃ dāruṇyetannipātyate //
na vairāṇyabhijānanti guṇānpaśyanti nāguṇān /
virodhaṃ nādhigacchanti ye ta uttamapūruṣāḥ //
smaranti sukṛtānyeva na vairāṇi kṛtānyapi /
santaḥ parārthaṃ kurvāṇā nāvekṣanti pratikriyām //
saṃvāde paruṣāṇyāhuryudhiṣṭhira narādhamāḥ / pratyāhurmadhyamāstvete'nuktāḥ narādhamāḥ /
na coktā naiva cānuktāstvahitāḥ paruṣā giraḥ /
pratijalpanti vai dhīrāḥ sadā tūttamapuruṣāḥ //
smaranti sukṛtānyeva na vairāṇi kṛtānyapi /
santaḥ prativijānanto labdhvā pratyayamātmanaḥ //
asambhinnāryamaryādāḥ sādhavaḥ priyadarśanāḥ /
tathā carittammāryeṇa tvayā'sminsatsamāgame //
duryodhanasya pāruṣyaṃ tattāta hṛdi mā kṛthāḥ /
mātaraṃ caiva gāndhārīṃ māṃ ca tvaṃ guṇakāṅkṣayā //
upasthitaṃ vṛddhamandhaṃ pitaraṃ paśya bhārata /
prekṣāpūrvaṃ mayā dyūtamidamāsīdupekṣitam //
mitrāṇi draṣṭukāmena putrāṇāṃ ca balābalam /
aśocyāḥ kuravo rājanyeṣāṃ tvamanuśāsitā //
mantrī ca viduro dhīmānsarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ /
tvayi dharmo'rjune dhairyaṃ bhīmasene parākramaḥ //
śuddhā ca guruśuśrūṣā yamayoḥ puruṣāgryayoḥ / ajātaśatro bhadraṃ te khāṇḍavaprasthamāviśa /
bhrātṛbhiste'stu saubhrātraṃ dharme te dhīyatāma manaḥ //
vaiśampāyana uvāca //
ityukto bharataśreṣṭha dharmarājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ /
kṛtvā'ryasamayaṃ sarvaṃ pratasthe bhrātṛbhiḥ saha //
te rathānmeghasaṅkāśānāsthāya saha kṛṣṇayā /
prayayurhṛṣṭamanasa indraprasthaṃ purottamam //
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