Mahabharata · Chapter 3.5

pāṇḍavāstu vane vāsamuddiśya bharatarpabhāḥ /
prayayurjāhnavīkūlātkurukṣetraṃ sahānugāḥ //

sarasvatīdṛpadvatyau yamunāṃ ca niṣevya te /
yayurvananaiva vanaṃ satataṃ paścimāṃ diśam //

tataḥ sarasvatīkūle sameṣu marudhanvasu /
kāmyakaṃ nāma dadṛśurvanaṃ munijanapriyam //

tatra te nyavasanvīrā vane bahumṛgadvije /
anvāsyamānā munibhiḥ sāntvyamānāśca bhārata //

vidurastvatha pāṇḍūnāṃ sadā darśanalālasaḥ /
jagāmaikarathenaiva kāmyakaṃ vanamṛddhimat //

tato gatvā viduraḥ kāmyakaṃ ta- cchīghrairaśvairvāhitaḥ syandanena /
dadarśāsīnaṃ dharmātmānaṃ vivikte sārdhaṃ draupadyā bhrātṛbhirbrāhmaṇaiśca //

tato'paśyadviduraṃ tūrṇamārā- dabhyāyāntaṃ satyasandhaḥ sa rājā /
athābravīddhātaraṃ bhīmasenaṃ kinnu kṣattā vakṣyatinaḥ sametya //

kaccinnāyaṃ vacanātsaubalasya samāhvātuṃ devanāyopayāti /
kaccitkṣudraḥ kuśalī cā'yudhāni jeṣyatyasmākaṃ punarevākṣavatyām //

samāhūtaḥ kenacidāhavāya nāhaṃ śakto bhīmasenāpayātum /
gāṇḍīve ca saṃśayite kathaṃ nu rājyaprāptiḥ saṃśayitā bhavennaḥ //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /

tata utthāya viduraṃ pāṇḍaveyāḥ pratyagṛhṇannṛpate sarva eva /
taiḥ satkṛtaḥ sa ca tānājamīḍho yathocitaṃ pāṇḍuputrānsameyāt //

samāśvastaṃ viduraṃ te nararṣabhā- stato'pṛcchannāgamanāya hetum /
sa cāpi tebhyo vistarataḥ śaśaṃsa yathāvṛttaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭre'mbikeye //
vidura uvāca /

avocanmāṃ dhṛtarāṣṭro'bhigupta- majātaśatro parigṛhyābhipūjya /
evaṃ gate samatāmabhyupetya pathyaṃ teṣāṃ mama caiva bravīhi //

mayāpyuktaṃ yatkṣamaṃ kauravāṇāṃ hitaṃ pathyaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭrasya caiva /
tadvai pathyaṃ tanmano nābhyupaiti tataścāhaṃ kṣamamanyanna manye //

paraṃ śreyaḥ pāṇḍaveyā mayoktaṃ na me tacca śutavānāmbikeyaḥ /
yathā'turasyeva hi pathyamaupadhaṃ na rocanate smāsya taducyamānam //

na śreyase yatate'jātaśatro strī śrotriyasyeva gṛhe praduṣṭā /
dhruvaṃ na rocedbharatarṣabhasya patiḥ kumāryā iva ṣaṣṭivarṣaḥ //

dhruvaṃ vināśo nṛpa kauravāṇāṃ na vai śreyo dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ paraiti /
yathā ca parṇe puṣkarasyāvasiktaṃ jalaṃ na tiṣṭhetpathyamuktaṃ tathā'smin //

tataḥ kruddho dhṛtarāṣṭro'bravīnmāṃ yasmiñśraddhā tava tatra prayāhi /
nāhaṃ bhūyaḥ kāmaye tvāṃ sahāyaṃ mahīmimāṃ pālayituṃ puraṃ vā //

sohaṃ tyakto dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa rājñā praśāsituṃ tvāmupayāto narendra /
tadvai sarvaṃ yanmayoktaṃ sabhāyāṃ taddhāryatāṃ yatpravakṣyāmi bhūyaḥ //

kleśaistīrvraryujyamānaḥ sapatnaiḥ kṣamāṃ kurvankālamupāsate yaḥ /
saṃvardhayanstokamivāgrimātmavān sa vai bhuṅkte pṛthivīmeka eva //

yasyāvibhaktaṃ vasu rājansahāyai- stasya duḥkhasyāṃśabhājaḥ sahāyāḥ /
sahāyānāmeṣa sangragaṇe'bhyupāyaḥ sahāyāptau pṛthivīprāptimāhuḥ //

satyaṃ śreṣṭaṃ pāṇḍavā niṣpralāpaṃ tulyaṃ cānnaṃ saha bhojyaṃ sahāyaiḥ /
ātmā caiṣāmagrato nātivarte devaṃ vṛttirvardhate bhūmipāla //
yudhiṣṭhira uvāca /

evaṃ kariṣyāmi yathā bravīpi parāṃ buddhimupagamyāpramattaḥ /
yaccāpyanyaddeśakālopapannaṃ tadvai vācyaṃ tatkariṣyāmi kṛtsnam //