Mahabharata · Chapter 3.24
tatasteṣu prayāteṣu kaunteyaḥ satyasangaraḥ /
abhyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhrātṝnsarvānyudhiṣṭhiraḥ //
dvādaśemāḥ samā'smābhirvastavyaṃ nirjane vane /
samīkṣadhvaṃ mahāraṇye deśaṃ bahumṛgadvijam //
bahupuṣpaphalaṃ ramyaṃ śivaṃ puṇyajanocitam /
yatremā dvādaśa samāḥ sukhaṃ prativasemahi //
evamukte pratyuvāca dharmarājaṃ dhanañjayaḥ /
guruvanmānavavaraṃ mānayitvā manasvinam //
bhavāneva maharṣīṇāṃ vṛddhānāṃ paryupāsitā /
ajñātaṃ mānuṣe loke bhavato nāsti kiñcana //
tvayā hyupāsitā nityaṃ brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ /
dvaipāyanaprabhṛtayo nāradaśca mahātapāḥ //
yaḥ sarvalokadvārāṇi nityaṃ sañcarate vaśī /
devalokādbrahmalokaṃ gandharvāpsarasāmapi //
anubhāvāṃśca jānāsi brāhmaṇānāṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
prabhāvāṃścaiva vettha tvaṃ sarveṣāmeva pārthiva //
tvameva rājañjānāsi śreyaḥkāraṇameva ca /
yatrecchasi mahārāja nivāsaṃ tatra kuṃrmahe //
idaṃ dvaitavanaṃ nāma saraḥ puṇyajanoṣitam /
bahupuṣpaphalaṃ ramyaṃ nānādvijaniṣevitam //
atremā dvādaśa samā viharemeti rocaye /
yadi te'numataṃ rājankimanyanmanyate bhavān //
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca /
mamāpyetanmataṃ pārtha tvayā yatsamudāhṛtam /
gacchāmaḥ puṇyavikhyātaṃ mahaddvaitavanaṃ saraḥ //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
tataste prayayuḥ sarve pāṇḍavā dharmacāriṇaḥ /
brāhmaṇairbahubhiḥ sārdhaṃ puṇyaṃ dvaitavanaṃ saraḥ //
brāhmaṇāḥ sāgnihotrāśca tathaiva ca niragnayaḥ /
svādhyāyino bhikṣavaśca tathaiva vanavāsinaḥ //
bahavo brāhmaṇāstatra parivavruryudhiṣṭhiram /
tapasvinaḥ satyaśīlāḥ śataśaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ //
te yātvā pāṇḍavāstatrabrāhmaṇairbahubhiḥ saha /
puṇyaṃ dvaitavanaṃ ramyaṃ viviśurbaratarṣabhāḥ //
tatsālatālāmramadhūkanīpa- kadambasarjārjunakarṇikāraiḥ /
tapātyaye puṣpadharairupetaṃ mahāvanaṃ rāṣṭrapatirdadarśa //
mahādrumāṇāṃ śikhareṣu tasthu- rmanoramāṃ vācamudīrayantaḥ /
mayūradātyūhacakorasaṅghā- stasminvane barhiṇakokilāśca //
kareṇuyūthaiḥ saha yūthapānāṃ madotkaṭānāmacalaprabhāṇām /
mahānti yūthāni mahādvipānāṃ tasminvane rāṣṭrapatirdadarśa //
manoramāṃ bhogavatīmupetya pūtātmanāṃ cīrajaṭādharāṇām /
tasminvane dharmabhṛtāṃ nivāse dadarśa siddharṣigaṇānanekān //
tataḥ sa yānādavaruhya rājā sabhrātṛkaḥ sajanaḥ kānanaṃ tat /
viveśa dharmātmavatāṃ bariṣṭha- striviṣṭapaṃ śakra ivāmitaujāḥ //
taṃ satyasandhaṃ sahitā'bhipetu- rdidṛkṣavaścāraṇasiddhasaṅghāḥ /
vanaukasaścāpi nerandrasiṃhaṃ manasvinaṃ taṃ parivārya tasthuḥ //
sa tatravṛddhānabhivādya sarvān pratyarcito rājavaddevavacca /
viveśa sarvaiḥ sahito dvijāgryaiḥ kṛtāñjalirdharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭhaḥ //
sa puṇyaśīlaḥ pitṛvanmahātmā tapasvibhirmaparairupetya /
pratyarcitaḥ puṣpadharasya mūle mahādrumasyopaviveśa rājā //
bhīmaśca kṛṣṇā ca dhanañjayaśca yamau ca te cānucarā narendram /
vimucyavāhānavaśāśca sarve tatropatasthurbharataprabarhāḥ //
latāvatānāvanataḥ sa pāṇḍavai- rmahādrumaḥ pañcabhireva dhanvibhiḥ /
babhau nivāsopagatairmahātmabhi- rmahāgirirvāraṇayūthapairiva //
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