Mahabharata · Chapter 3.160
yudhiṣṭhirastamāsādya tapasā dagdhakilbiṣam /
abhyavādayata prītaḥ śirasā nāma kīrtayan //
tataḥ kṛṣṇā ca bhīmaśca yamau ca sutapasvinau /
śirobhiḥ prāpya rājarṣiṃ parivāryopatasthire //
tathaiva dhaumyo dharmajñaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ purohitaḥ /
yathānyāyamupākrāntastamṛṣiṃ saṃśitavratam //
anvajānātsa dharmajño munirdivyena cakṣuṣā /
pāṇḍoḥ putrānkuruśreṣṭhānāsyatāmiti cābravīt //
kurūṇāmṛpabhaṃ prājñaṃ pūjayitvā mahātapāḥ /
saha bhrātṛbhirasīnaṃ paryapṛcchadanāmayam //
nānṛte kurupe bhāvaṃ kacciddharme pravartase /
mātāpitrośca te vṛttiḥ kaccitpārtha na sīdati //
kaccitte guravaḥ sarve vṛddhā vaidyāśca pūjitāḥ /
kaccinna kurupe bhāvaṃ pārtha pāpeṣu karmasu //
sukṛtampratikartuṃ ca kacciddhātuṃ ca duṣkṛtam /
yathānyāyaṃ kuruśraṣṭha jānāsi na vikatthase //
yathārhaṃ mānitāḥ kaccittvayā nandanti sādhavaḥ /
vaneṣvapi vasankacciddharmamevānuvartase //
kacciddhaumyastvadācārairna pārtha paritapyate /
dānadharmatapaḥśaucairārjavena titikṣayā //
pitṛpaitāmahaṃ vṛttaṃ kaccitpārthānuvartase /
kaccidrājarṣiyātena pathā gacchasi pāṇḍava //
svesve kila kule jāte putre naptari vā punaḥ /
pitaraḥ pitṛlokasthāḥ śocanti ca ramanti ca //
kiṃ tasya duṣkṛte'smābhiḥ samprāptavyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
kiṃ cāsya sukṛte'smābhiḥ prāptavyamiti śobhanaṃ //
pitā mātā tathaivāgnirgururātmā ca pañcamaḥ /
yasyaitepūjitāḥ pārtha tas lokāvubhau jitau //
[yudhiṣṭhira uvāca /
bhagavannārya mā'haitadyathāvaddharmaniścayam /
yathāśakti yathānyāyaṃ kriyate vidhivanmayā //
ārṣṭiṣeṇa uvāca.]
abbhakṣā vāyubhakṣāśca plavamānā vihāyasā /
juṣante parvataśreṣṭhamṛṣayaḥ parvasandhiṣu //
kāminaḥ saha kāntābhiḥ parasparamanuvratāḥ /
dṛśyante śailaśṛṅgasthā yathā kimpuruṣā nṛpa //
arajāṃsi ca vāsāṃsi vasānāḥ kauśikāni ca /
dṛśyante bahavaḥ pārtha gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ //
vidyādharagaṇāścaiva sragviṇaḥ priyadarśanāḥ /
mahoragagaṇāścaiva suparṇāścāraṇādayaḥ //
asya copari śailasya śrūyate parvasandhiṣu /
bherīpaṇavaśaṅkhānāṃ mṛdaṅgānāṃ ca niḥkhanaḥ //
ihasthaireva tatsarvaṃ śrotavyaṃ bharatarṣabhāḥ /
na kāryā vaḥ kathañcitsyāttatrābhigamane matiḥ //
na cāpyataḥ paraṃ śakyaṃ gantuṃ bharatasattamāḥ /
vihārastatra devānāmamānuṣagatistu sā //
īṣaccapalakarmāṇaṃ manuṣyamiha bhārata /
dviṣanti sarvabhūtāni tāḍayanti ca rākṣasāḥ //
asyātikramya śikharaṃ kailāsasya yudhiṣṭhira /
gatiḥ paramasiddhānāṃ devarṣīṇāṃ prakāśate //
cāpalāddhi na gantavyaṃ pārta yānaistataḥ param /
ayaḥśūlādibhirghnanti rākṣasāḥ śatrusūdana //
apsarobhiḥ parivṛtaḥ samṛddhyā naravāhanaḥ /
iha vaiśravaṇastāta parvasandhiṣu dṛśyate //
śikhare taṃ samāsīnamadhipaṃ yakṣarakṣasām /
prekṣante sarvabhūtāni bhānumantamivoditam //
devadānavasiddhānāṃ tathā vaiśravaṇasya ca /
gireḥ śikharamudyānamidaṃ bharatasattama //
upāsīnasya dhanadaṃ tumburoḥ parvasandhiṣu /
gītasāmasvanastāta śrūyate gandhamādane //
etadevaṃvidhaṃ citramiha tāta yudhiṣṭhira /
prekṣante sarvabhūtāni bahuśaḥ parvasandhiṣu //
bhuñjānā munibhojyāni rasavanti phalāni ca /
vasadhvaṃ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭhā yāvadarjunadarśanāt //
na tāta capalairbhāvyamiha prāptaiḥ kathañcana /
capalaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ dveṣyo bhavati mānavaḥ //
uṣitveha yathākāmaṃ yathāśraddhaṃ vihṛtya ca / tataḥ śastrajitāṃ śreṣṭha pṛthivīṃ pālayiṣyasi //
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