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Mahabharata · Chapter 3.23

3.23.1

tasmindaśārhādhipatau prayāte yudhiṣṭhiro bhīmasenārjunau ca /
yamau ca kṛṣṇa ca purohitaśca rathānmahārhānparamāśvayuktān //

3.23.2

asthāya vīrāḥ sahitā vanāya pratasthire bhūtapatiprakāśāḥ /
hiraṇyaniṣkānvasanāni gāśca gadāya śikṣākṣaramantravidbhyaḥ //

3.23.3

preṣyāḥ puro viṃśatirāttaśastrā dhanūṃṣi śastrāṇi śarāṃśca dīptān /
maurvīśca yantrāṇi ca sāyakāṃśca sarve samādāya jaghanyamīyuḥ //

3.23.4

tatsatu vāsāṃsi ca rājaputryā dhātryaśca dāsyaśca vibhūṣaṇaṃ ca /
tadindrasenastvaritaḥ pragṛhya jaghanyamevopayayau rathena //

3.23.5

tataḥ kuruśreṣṭhamupetya paurāḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ cakruradīnasatvāḥ /
taṃ brāhmaṇāścābhyavadanprasannā mukhyāśca sarve kurujāṅgalānām //

3.23.6

sa cāpi tānabhyavadatprasannaḥ sahaiva tairbhrātṛbhirdharmarājaḥ /
tasthau ca tatrādhipatirmahātmā dṛṣṭvā janaughaṃ kurujāṅgalānām //

3.23.7

piteva putreṣu sa teṣu bhāvaṃ cakre kurūṇāmṛṣabho mahātmā /
te cāpi tasminbharataprabarhe tathā babhūvuḥ pitarīva putrāḥ //

3.23.8

tatastamāsādya mahājanaughāḥ kurupravīraṃ parivārya tasthuḥ /
hānātha hādharma iti bruvāṇā hītāśca sarve'śrumukhā babhūvuḥ //

3.23.9

varaḥ kurūṇāmadhipaḥ prajānāṃ piteva putrānapahāya cāsmān /
paurānimāñjānapadāṃśca sarvān hitvā prayātaḥ kvanu dharmarājaḥ //

3.23.10

dhigdhārtarāṣṭraṃ sunṛśaṃsabuddhiṃ dhiksaubalaṃ pāpamatiṃ ca karṇam /
anarthamicchanti narendra pāpā ye dharmanityasya satastavogrāḥ //

3.23.11

svayaṃ niveśyāpratimaṃ mahātmā puraṃ mahādevapuraprakāśam /
śatakratuprasthamamoghakarmā hitvā prayātaḥ kvanu dharmarājaḥ //

3.23.12

cakāra yāmapratimāṃ mahātmā sabhāṃ mayo devasabhāprakāśām /
tāṃ devaguptāmiva devamāyāṃ hitvāprayātaḥ kvanu dharmarājaḥ //

3.23.13

tāndharmakāmārthaviduttamaujā bībhatsuruccaiḥ sahitānuvāca /
ādāsyate vāsamimaṃ niruṣya ravaneṣu rājā dviṣatāṃ yaśāṃsi //

3.23.14

dvijātimukhyāḥ sahitāḥ pṛthakva bhavadbhirāsādya tapasvinaśca /
prasādya dharmārthavidaśca vācyā yathārthasiddhiḥ paramā bhavennaḥ //

3.23.15

ityevamukte vacane'rjunena te brāhmaṇāḥ sarvavarṇāśca rājan /
mudā'bhyanandansahitāśca cakruḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃvariṣṭham //

3.23.16

āmantrya pārthaṃ ca vṛkodaraṃ ca dhanañjayaṃ yājñasenīṃ yamau ca /
pratasthire rāṣṭramarapetahārṣā yudhiṣṭhireṇānumatā yathāsvam //

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

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