Chapter 28

saṃjaya uvāca |
tataḥ kruddhā mahārāja saubalasya padānugāḥ |
tyaktvā jīvitamākrande pāṇḍavānparyavārayan || 1 ||
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tānarjunaḥ pratyagṛhṇātsahadevajaye dhṛtaḥ |
bhīmasenaśca tejasvī kruddhāśīviṣadarśanaḥ || 2 ||
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śaktyṛṣṭiprāsahastānāṃ sahadevaṃ jighāṃsatām |
saṃkalpamakaronmoghaṃ gāṇḍīvena dhanaṃjayaḥ || 3 ||
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pragṛhītāyudhānbāhūnyodhānāmabhidhāvatām |
bhallaiściccheda bībhatsuḥ śirāṃsyapi hayānapi || 4 ||
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te hatāḥ pratyapadyanta vasudhāṃ vigatāsavaḥ |
tvaritā lokavīreṇa prahatāḥ savyasācinā || 5 ||
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tato duryodhano rājā dṛṣṭvā svabalasaṃkṣayam |
hataśeṣānsamānīya kruddho rathaśatānvibho || 6 ||
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kuñjarāṃśca hayāṃścaiva pādātāṃśca paraṃtapa |
uvāca sahitānsarvāndhārtarāṣṭra idaṃ vacaḥ || 7 ||
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samāsādya raṇe sarvānpāṇḍavānsasuhṛdgaṇān |
pāñcālyaṃ cāpi sabalaṃ hatvā śīghraṃ nivartata || 8 ||
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tasya te śirasā gṛhya vacanaṃ yuddhadurmadāḥ |
pratyudyayū raṇe pārthāṃstava putrasya śāsanāt || 9 ||
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tānabhyāpatataḥ śīghraṃ hataśeṣānmahāraṇe |
śarairāśīviṣākāraiḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samavākiran || 10 ||
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tatsainyaṃ bharataśreṣṭha muhūrtena mahātmabhiḥ |
avadhyata raṇaṃ prāpya trātāraṃ nābhyavindata |
pratiṣṭhamānaṃ tu bhayānnāvatiṣṭhata daṃśitam || 11 ||
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aśvairviparidhāvadbhiḥ sainyena rajasā vṛte |
na prājñāyanta samare diśaśca pradiśastathā || 12 ||
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tatastu pāṇḍavānīkānniḥsṛtya bahavo janāḥ |
abhyaghnaṃstāvakānyuddhe muhūrtādiva bhārata |
tato niḥśeṣamabhavattatsainyaṃ tava bhārata || 13 ||
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akṣauhiṇyaḥ sametāstu tava putrasya bhārata |
ekādaśa hatā yuddhe tāḥ prabho pāṇḍusṛñjayaiḥ || 14 ||
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teṣu rājasahasreṣu tāvakeṣu mahātmasu |
eko duryodhano rājannadṛśyata bhṛśaṃ kṣataḥ || 15 ||
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tato vīkṣya diśaḥ sarvā dṛṣṭvā śūnyāṃ ca medinīm |
vihīnaḥ sarvayodhaiśca pāṇḍavānvīkṣya saṃyuge || 16 ||
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muditānsarvasiddhārthānnardamānānsamantataḥ |
bāṇaśabdaravāṃścaiva śrutvā teṣāṃ mahātmanām || 17 ||
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duryodhano mahārāja kaśmalenābhisaṃvṛtaḥ |
apayāne manaścakre vihīnabalavāhanaḥ || 18 ||
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dhṛtarāṣṭra uvāca |
nihate māmake sainye niḥśeṣe śibire kṛte |
pāṇḍavānāṃ balaṃ sūta kiṃ nu śeṣamabhūttadā |
etanme pṛcchato brūhi kuśalo hyasi saṃjaya || 19 ||
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yacca duryodhano mandaḥ kṛtavāṃstanayo mama |
balakṣayaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā sa ekaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ || 20 ||
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saṃjaya uvāca |
rathānāṃ dve sahasre tu sapta nāgaśatāni ca |
pañca cāśvasahasrāṇi pattīnāṃ ca śataṃ śatāḥ || 21 ||
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etaccheṣamabhūdrājanpāṇḍavānāṃ mahadbalam |
parigṛhya hi yadyuddhe dhṛṣṭadyumno vyavasthitaḥ || 22 ||
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ekākī bharataśreṣṭha tato duryodhano nṛpaḥ |
nāpaśyatsamare kaṃcitsahāyaṃ rathināṃ varaḥ || 23 ||
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nardamānānparāṃścaiva svabalasya ca saṃkṣayam |
hataṃ svahayamutsṛjya prāṅmukhaḥ prādravadbhayāt || 24 ||
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ekādaśacamūbhartā putro duryodhanastava |
gadāmādāya tejasvī padātiḥ prasthito hradam || 25 ||
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nātidūraṃ tato gatvā padbhyāmeva narādhipaḥ |
sasmāra vacanaṃ kṣatturdharmaśīlasya dhīmataḥ || 26 ||
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idaṃ nūnaṃ mahāprājño viduro dṛṣṭavānpurā |
mahadvaiśasamasmākaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ ca saṃyuge || 27 ||
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evaṃ vicintayānastu pravivikṣurhradaṃ nṛpaḥ |
duḥkhasaṃtaptahṛdayo dṛṣṭvā rājanbalakṣayam || 28 ||
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pāṇḍavāśca mahārāja dhṛṣṭadyumnapurogamāḥ |
abhyadhāvanta saṃkruddhāstava rājanbalaṃ prati || 29 ||
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śaktyṛṣṭiprāsahastānāṃ balānāmabhigarjatām |
saṃkalpamakaronmoghaṃ gāṇḍīvena dhanaṃjayaḥ || 30 ||
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tānhatvā niśitairbāṇaiḥ sāmātyānsaha bandhubhiḥ |
rathe śvetahaye tiṣṭhannarjuno bahvaśobhata || 31 ||
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subalasya hate putre savājirathakuñjare |
mahāvanamiva chinnamabhavattāvakaṃ balam || 32 ||
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anekaśatasāhasre bale duryodhanasya ha |
nānyo mahāratho rājañjīvamāno vyadṛśyata || 33 ||
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droṇaputrādṛte vīrāttathaiva kṛtavarmaṇaḥ |
kṛpācca gautamādrājanpārthivācca tavātmajāt || 34 ||
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dhṛṣṭadyumnastu māṃ dṛṣṭvā hasansātyakimabravīt |
kimanena gṛhītena nānenārtho'sti jīvatā || 35 ||
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dhṛṣṭadyumnavacaḥ śrutvā śinernaptā mahārathaḥ |
udyamya niśitaṃ khaḍgaṃ hantuṃ māmudyatastadā || 36 ||
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tamāgamya mahāprājñaḥ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'bravīt |
mucyatāṃ saṃjayo jīvanna hantavyaḥ kathaṃcana || 37 ||
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dvaipāyanavacaḥ śrutvā śinernaptā kṛtāñjaliḥ |
tato māmabravīnmuktvā svasti saṃjaya sādhaya || 38 ||
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anujñātastvahaṃ tena nyastavarmā nirāyudhaḥ |
prātiṣṭhaṃ yena nagaraṃ sāyāhne rudhirokṣitaḥ || 39 ||
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krośamātramapakrāntaṃ gadāpāṇimavasthitam |
ekaṃ duryodhanaṃ rājannapaśyaṃ bhṛśavikṣatam || 40 ||
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sa tu māmaśrupūrṇākṣo nāśaknodabhivīkṣitum |
upapraikṣata māṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā dīnamavasthitam || 41 ||
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taṃ cāhamapi śocantaṃ dṛṣṭvaikākinamāhave |
muhūrtaṃ nāśakaṃ vaktuṃ kiṃcidduḥkhapariplutaḥ || 42 ||
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tato'smai tadahaṃ sarvamuktavāngrahaṇaṃ tadā |
dvaipāyanaprasādācca jīvato mokṣamāhave || 43 ||
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muhūrtamiva ca dhyātvā pratilabhya ca cetanām |
bhrātṝṃśca sarvasainyāni paryapṛcchata māṃ tataḥ || 44 ||
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tasmai tadahamācakṣaṃ sarvaṃ pratyakṣadarśivān |
bhrātṝṃśca nihatānsarvānsainyaṃ ca vinipātitam || 45 ||
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trayaḥ kila rathāḥ śiṣṭāstāvakānāṃ narādhipa |
iti prasthānakāle māṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyano'bravīt || 46 ||
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sa dīrghamiva niḥśvasya viprekṣya ca punaḥ punaḥ |
aṃse māṃ pāṇinā spṛṣṭvā putraste paryabhāṣata || 47 ||
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tvadanyo neha saṃgrāme kaścijjīvati saṃjaya |
dvitīyaṃ neha paśyāmi sasahāyāśca pāṇḍavāḥ || 48 ||
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brūyāḥ saṃjaya rājānaṃ prajñācakṣuṣamīśvaram |
duryodhanastava sutaḥ praviṣṭo hradamityuta || 49 ||
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suhṛdbhistādṛśairhīnaḥ putrairbhrātṛbhireva ca |
pāṇḍavaiśca hṛte rājye ko nu jīvati mādṛśaḥ || 50 ||
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ācakṣethāḥ sarvamidaṃ māṃ ca muktaṃ mahāhavāt |
asmiṃstoyahrade suptaṃ jīvantaṃ bhṛśavikṣatam || 51 ||
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evamuktvā mahārāja prāviśattaṃ hradaṃ nṛpaḥ |
astambhayata toyaṃ ca māyayā manujādhipaḥ || 52 ||
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tasminhradaṃ praviṣṭe tu trīnrathāñśrāntavāhanān |
apaśyaṃ sahitānekastaṃ deśaṃ samupeyuṣaḥ || 53 ||
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kṛpaṃ śāradvataṃ vīraṃ drauṇiṃ ca rathināṃ varam |
bhojaṃ ca kṛtavarmāṇaṃ sahitāñśaravikṣatān || 54 ||
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te sarve māmabhiprekṣya tūrṇamaśvānacodayan |
upayāya ca māmūcurdiṣṭyā jīvasi saṃjaya || 55 ||
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apṛcchaṃścaiva māṃ sarve putraṃ tava janādhipam |
kaccidduryodhano rājā sa no jīvati saṃjaya || 56 ||
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ākhyātavānahaṃ tebhyastadā kuśalinaṃ nṛpam |
taccaiva sarvamācakṣaṃ yanmāṃ duryodhano'bravīt |
hradaṃ caivāhamācaṣṭa yaṃ praviṣṭo narādhipaḥ || 57 ||
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aśvatthāmā tu tadrājanniśamya vacanaṃ mama |
taṃ hradaṃ vipulaṃ prekṣya karuṇaṃ paryadevayat || 58 ||
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aho dhiṅna sa jānāti jīvato'smānnarādhipaḥ |
paryāptā hi vayaṃ tena saha yodhayituṃ parān || 59 ||
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te tu tatra ciraṃ kālaṃ vilapya ca mahārathāḥ |
prādravanrathināṃ śreṣṭhā dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍusutānraṇe || 60 ||
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te tu māṃ rathamāropya kṛpasya supariṣkṛtam |
senāniveśamājagmurhataśeṣāstrayo rathāḥ || 61 ||
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tatra gulmāḥ paritrastāḥ sūrye cāstamite sati |
sarve vicukruśuḥ śrutvā putrāṇāṃ tava saṃkṣayam || 62 ||
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tato vṛddhā mahārāja yoṣitāṃ rakṣaṇo narāḥ |
rājadārānupādāya prayayurnagaraṃ prati || 63 ||
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tatra vikrośatīnāṃ ca rudatīnāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ |
prādurāsīnmahāñśabdaḥ śrutvā tadbalasaṃkṣayam || 64 ||
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tatastā yoṣito rājankrandantyo vai muhurmuhuḥ |
kurarya iva śabdena nādayantyo mahītalam || 65 ||
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ājaghnuḥ karajaiścāpi pāṇibhiśca śirāṃsyuta |
luluvuśca tadā keśānkrośantyastatra tatra ha || 66 ||
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hāhākāravinādinyo vinighnantya urāṃsi ca |
krośantyastatra ruruduḥ krandamānā viśāṃ pate || 67 ||
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tato duryodhanāmātyāḥ sāśrukaṇṭhā bhṛśāturāḥ |
rājadārānupādāya prayayurnagaraṃ prati || 68 ||
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vetrajarjharahastāśca dvārādhyakṣā viśāṃ pate |
śayanīyāni śubhrāṇi spardhyāstaraṇavanti ca |
samādāya yayustūrṇaṃ nagaraṃ dārarakṣiṇaḥ || 69 ||
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āsthāyāśvatarīyuktānsyandanānapare janāḥ |
svānsvāndārānupādāya prayayurnagaraṃ prati || 70 ||
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adṛṣṭapūrvā yā nāryo bhāskareṇāpi veśmasu |
dadṛśustā mahārāja janā yāntīḥ puraṃ prati || 71 ||
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tāḥ striyo bharataśreṣṭha saukumāryasamanvitāḥ |
prayayurnagaraṃ tūrṇaṃ hatasvajanabāndhavāḥ || 72 ||
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ā gopālāvipālebhyo dravanto nagaraṃ prati |
yayurmanuṣyāḥ saṃbhrāntā bhīmasenabhayārditāḥ || 73 ||
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api caiṣāṃ bhayaṃ tīvraṃ pārthebhyo'bhūtsudāruṇam |
prekṣamāṇāstadānyonyamādhāvannagaraṃ prati || 74 ||
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tasmiṃstadā vartamāne vidrave bhṛśadāruṇe |
yuyutsuḥ śokasaṃmūḍhaḥ prāptakālamacintayat || 75 ||
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jito duryodhanaḥ saṃkhye pāṇḍavairbhīmavikramaiḥ |
ekādaśacamūbhartā bhrātaraścāsya sūditāḥ |
hatāśca kuravaḥ sarve bhīṣmadroṇapuraḥsarāḥ || 76 ||
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ahameko vimuktastu bhāgyayogādyadṛcchayā |
vidrutāni ca sarvāṇi śibirāṇi samantataḥ || 77 ||
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duryodhanasya sacivā ye kecidavaśeṣitāḥ |
rājadārānupādāya vyadhāvannagaraṃ prati || 78 ||
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prāptakālamahaṃ manye praveśaṃ taiḥ sahābhibho |
yudhiṣṭhiramanujñāpya bhīmasenaṃ tathaiva ca || 79 ||
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etamarthaṃ mahābāhurubhayoḥ sa nyavedayat |
tasya prīto'bhavadrājā nityaṃ karuṇaveditā |
pariṣvajya mahābāhurvaiśyāputraṃ vyasarjayat || 80 ||
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tataḥ sa rathamāsthāya drutamaśvānacodayat |
asaṃbhāvitavāṃścāpi rājadārānpuraṃ prati || 81 ||
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taiścaiva sahitaḥ kṣipramastaṃ gacchati bhāskare |
praviṣṭo hāstinapuraṃ bāṣpakaṇṭho'śrulocanaḥ || 82 ||
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apaśyata mahāprājñaṃ viduraṃ sāśrulocanam |
rājñaḥ samīpānniṣkrāntaṃ śokopahatacetasam || 83 ||
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tamabravītsatyadhṛtiḥ praṇataṃ tvagrataḥ sthitam |
asminkurukṣaye vṛtte diṣṭyā tvaṃ putra jīvasi || 84 ||
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vinā rājñaḥ praveśādvai kimasi tvamihāgataḥ |
etanme kāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ vistareṇa nivedaya || 85 ||
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yuyutsuruvāca |
nihate śakunau tāta sajñātisutabāndhave |
hataśeṣaparīvāro rājā duryodhanastataḥ |
svakaṃ sa hayamutsṛjya prāṅmukhaḥ prādravadbhayāt || 86 ||
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apakrānte tu nṛpatau skandhāvāraniveśanāt |
bhayavyākulitaṃ sarvaṃ prādravannagaraṃ prati || 87 ||
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tato rājñaḥ kalatrāṇi bhrātṝṇāṃ cāsya sarvaśaḥ |
vāhaneṣu samāropya stryadhyakṣāḥ prādravanbhayāt || 88 ||
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tato'haṃ samanujñāpya rājānaṃ sahakeśavam |
praviṣṭo hāstinapuraṃ rakṣaṃllokāddhi vācyatām || 89 ||
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etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ vaiśyāputreṇa bhāṣitam |
prāptakālamiti jñātvā viduraḥ sarvadharmavit |
apūjayadameyātmā yuyutsuṃ vākyakovidam || 90 ||
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prāptakālamidaṃ sarvaṃ bhavato bharatakṣaye |
adya tvamiha viśrāntaḥ śvo'bhigantā yudhiṣṭhiram || 91 ||
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etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ viduraḥ sarvadharmavit |
yuyutsuṃ samanujñāpya praviveśa nṛpakṣayam |
yuyutsurapi tāṃ rātriṃ svagṛhe nyavasattadā || 92 ||
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