Chapter 217

bhīṣma uvāca |
punareva tu taṃ śakraḥ prahasannidamabravīt |
niḥśvasantaṃ yathā nāgaṃ pravyāhārāya bhārata || 1 ||
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yattadyānasahasreṇa jñātibhiḥ parivāritaḥ |
lokānpratāpayansarvānyāsyasmānavitarkayan || 2 ||
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dṛṣṭvā sukṛpaṇāṃ cemāmavasthāmātmano bale |
jñātimitraparityaktaḥ śocasyāho na śocasi || 3 ||
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prītiṃ prāpyātulāṃ pūrvaṃ lokāṃścātmavaśe sthitān |
vinipātamimaṃ cādya śocasyāho na śocasi || 4 ||
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baliruvāca |
anityamupalakṣyedaṃ kālaparyāyamātmanaḥ |
tasmācchakra na śocāmi sarvaṃ hyevedamantavat || 5 ||
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antavanta ime dehā bhūtānāmamarādhipa |
tena śakra na śocāmi nāparādhādidaṃ mama || 6 ||
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jīvitaṃ ca śarīraṃ ca pretya vai saha jāyate |
ubhe saha vivardhete ubhe saha vinaśyataḥ || 7 ||
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tadīdṛśamidaṃ bhāvamavaśaḥ prāpya kevalam |
yadyevamabhijānāmi kā vyathā me vijānataḥ || 8 ||
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bhūtānāṃ nidhanaṃ niṣṭhā srotasāmiva sāgaraḥ |
naitatsamyagvijānanto narā muhyanti vajrabhṛt || 9 ||
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ye tvevaṃ nābhijānanti rajomohaparāyaṇāḥ |
te kṛcchraṃ prāpya sīdanti buddhiryeṣāṃ praṇaśyati || 10 ||
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buddhilābhe hi puruṣaḥ sarvaṃ nudati kilbiṣam |
vipāpmā labhate sattvaṃ sattvasthaḥ saṃprasīdati || 11 ||
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tatastu ye nivartante jāyante vā punaḥ punaḥ |
kṛpaṇāḥ paritapyante te'narthaiḥ paricoditāḥ || 12 ||
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arthasiddhimanarthaṃ ca jīvitaṃ maraṇaṃ tathā |
sukhaduḥkhaphalaṃ caiva na dveṣmi na ca kāmaye || 13 ||
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hataṃ hanti hato hyeva yo naro hanti kaṃcana |
ubhau tau na vijānīto yaśca hanti hataśca yaḥ || 14 ||
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hatvā jitvā ca maghavanyaḥ kaścitpuruṣāyate |
akartā hyeva bhavati kartā tveva karoti tat || 15 ||
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ko hi lokasya kurute vināśaprabhavāvubhau |
kṛtaṃ hi tatkṛtenaiva kartā tasyāpi cāparaḥ || 16 ||
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pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam |
etadyonīni bhūtāni tatra kā paridevanā || 17 ||
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mahāvidyo'lpavidyaśca balavāndurbalaśca yaḥ |
darśanīyo virūpaśca subhago durbhagaśca yaḥ || 18 ||
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sarvaṃ kālaḥ samādatte gambhīraḥ svena tejasā |
tasminkālavaśaṃ prāpte kā vyathā me vijānataḥ || 19 ||
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dagdhamevānudahati hatamevānuhanti ca |
naśyate naṣṭamevāgre labdhavyaṃ labhate naraḥ || 20 ||
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nāsya dvīpaḥ kutaḥ pāraṃ nāvāraḥ saṃpradṛśyate |
nāntamasya prapaśyāmi vidherdivyasya cintayan || 21 ||
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yadi me paśyataḥ kālo bhūtāni na vināśayet |
syānme harṣaśca darpaśca krodhaścaiva śacīpate || 22 ||
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tuṣabhakṣaṃ tu māṃ jñātvā praviviktajane gṛhe |
bibhrataṃ gārdabhaṃ rūpamādiśya parigarhase || 23 ||
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icchannahaṃ vikuryāṃ hi rūpāṇi bahudhātmanaḥ |
vibhīṣaṇāni yānīkṣya palāyethāstvameva me || 24 ||
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kālaḥ sarvaṃ samādatte kālaḥ sarvaṃ prayacchati |
kālena vidhṛtaṃ sarvaṃ mā kṛthāḥ śakra pauruṣam || 25 ||
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purā sarvaṃ pravyathate mayi kruddhe puraṃdara |
avaimi tvasya lokasya dharmaṃ śakra sanātanam || 26 ||
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tvamapyevamapekṣasva mātmanā vismayaṃ gamaḥ |
prabhavaśca prabhāvaśca nātmasaṃsthaḥ kadācana || 27 ||
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kaumārameva te cittaṃ tathaivādya yathā purā |
samavekṣasva maghavanbuddhiṃ vindasva naiṣṭhikīm || 28 ||
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devā manuṣyāḥ pitaro gandharvoragarākṣasāḥ |
āsansarve mama vaśe tatsarvaṃ vettha vāsava || 29 ||
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namastasyai diśe'pyastu yasyāṃ vairocano baliḥ |
iti māmabhyapadyanta buddhimātsaryamohitāḥ || 30 ||
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nāhaṃ tadanuśocāmi nātmabhraṃśaṃ śacīpate |
evaṃ me niścitā buddhiḥ śāstustiṣṭhāmyahaṃ vaśe || 31 ||
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dṛśyate hi kule jāto darśanīyaḥ pratāpavān |
duḥkhaṃ jīvansahāmātyo bhavitavyaṃ hi tattathā || 32 ||
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dauṣkuleyastathā mūḍho durjātaḥ śakra dṛśyate |
sukhaṃ jīvansahāmātyo bhavitavyaṃ hi tattathā || 33 ||
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kalyāṇī rūpasaṃpannā durbhagā śakra dṛśyate |
alakṣaṇā virūpā ca subhagā śakra dṛśyate || 34 ||
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naitadasmatkṛtaṃ śakra naitacchakra tvayā kṛtam |
yattvamevaṃgato vajrinyadvāpyevaṃgatā vayam || 35 ||
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na karma tava nānyeṣāṃ kuto mama śatakrato |
ṛddhirvāpyatha vā narddhiḥ paryāyakṛtameva tat || 36 ||
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paśyāmi tvā virājantaṃ devarājamavasthitam |
śrīmantaṃ dyutimantaṃ ca garjantaṃ ca mamopari || 37 ||
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etaccaivaṃ na cetkālo māmākramya sthito bhavet |
pātayeyamahaṃ tvādya savajramapi muṣṭinā || 38 ||
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na tu vikramakālo'yaṃ kṣamākālo'yamāgataḥ |
kālaḥ sthāpayate sarvaṃ kālaḥ pacati vai tathā || 39 ||
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māṃ cedabhyāgataḥ kālo dānaveśvaramūrjitam |
garjantaṃ pratapantaṃ ca kamanyaṃ nāgamiṣyati || 40 ||
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dvādaśānāṃ hi bhavatāmādityānāṃ mahātmanām |
tejāṃsyekena sarveṣāṃ devarāja hṛtāni me || 41 ||
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ahamevodvahāmyāpo visṛjāmi ca vāsava |
tapāmi caiva trailokyaṃ vidyotāmyahameva ca || 42 ||
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saṃrakṣāmi vilumpāmi dadāmyahamathādade |
saṃyacchāmi niyacchāmi lokeṣu prabhurīśvaraḥ || 43 ||
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tadadya vinivṛttaṃ me prabhutvamamarādhipa |
kālasainyāvagāḍhasya sarvaṃ na pratibhāti me || 44 ||
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nāhaṃ kartā na caiva tvaṃ nānyaḥ kartā śacīpate |
paryāyeṇa hi bhujyante lokāḥ śakra yadṛcchayā || 45 ||
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māsārdhamāsaveśmānamahorātrābhisaṃvṛtam |
ṛtudvāraṃ varṣamukhamāhurvedavido janāḥ || 46 ||
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āhuḥ sarvamidaṃ cintyaṃ janāḥ kecinmanīṣayā |
asyāḥ pañcaiva cintāyāḥ paryeṣyāmi ca pañcadhā || 47 ||
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gambhīraṃ gahanaṃ brahma mahattoyārṇavaṃ yathā |
anādinidhanaṃ cāhurakṣaraṃ parameva ca || 48 ||
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sattveṣu liṅgamāveśya naliṅgamapi tatsvayam |
manyante dhruvamevainaṃ ye narāstattvadarśinaḥ || 49 ||
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bhūtānāṃ tu viparyāsaṃ manyate gatavāniti |
na hyetāvadbhavedgamyaṃ na yasmātprakṛteḥ paraḥ || 50 ||
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gatiṃ hi sarvabhūtānāmagatvā kva gamiṣyasi |
yo dhāvatā na hātavyastiṣṭhannapi na hīyate |
tamindriyāṇi sarvāṇi nānupaśyanti pañcadhā || 51 ||
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āhuścainaṃ kecidagniṃ kecidāhuḥ prajāpatim |
ṛtumāsārdhamāsāṃśca divasāṃstu kṣaṇāṃstathā || 52 ||
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pūrvāhṇamaparāhṇaṃ ca madhyāhnamapi cāpare |
muhūrtamapi caivāhurekaṃ santamanekadhā |
taṃ kālamavajānīhi yasya sarvamidaṃ vaśe || 53 ||
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bahūnīndrasahasrāṇi samatītāni vāsava |
balavīryopapannāni yathaiva tvaṃ śacīpate || 54 ||
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tvāmapyatibalaṃ śakraṃ devarājaṃ balotkaṭam |
prāpte kāle mahāvīryaḥ kālaḥ saṃśamayiṣyati || 55 ||
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ya idaṃ sarvamādatte tasmācchakra sthiro bhava |
mayā tvayā ca pūrvaiśca na sa śakyo'tivartitum || 56 ||
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yāmetāṃ prāpya jānīṣe rājaśriyamanuttamām |
sthitā mayīti tanmithyā naiṣā hyekatra tiṣṭhati || 57 ||
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sthitā hīndrasahasreṣu tvadviśiṣṭatameṣviyam |
māṃ ca lolā parityajya tvāmagādvibudhādhipa || 58 ||
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maivaṃ śakra punaḥ kārṣīḥ śānto bhavitumarhasi |
tvāmapyevaṃgataṃ tyaktvā kṣipramanyaṃ gamiṣyati || 59 ||
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