Chapter 158

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
te pratasthuḥ puraskṛtya mātaraṃ puruṣarṣabhāḥ |
samairudaṅmukhairmārgairyathoddiṣṭaṃ paraṃtapāḥ || 1 ||
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te gacchantastvahorātraṃ tīrthaṃ somaśravāyaṇam |
āseduḥ puruṣavyāghrā gaṅgāyāṃ pāṇḍunandanāḥ || 2 ||
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ulmukaṃ tu samudyamya teṣāmagre dhanaṃjayaḥ |
prakāśārthaṃ yayau tatra rakṣārthaṃ ca mahāyaśāḥ || 3 ||
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tatra gaṅgājale ramye vivikte krīḍayanstriyaḥ |
īrṣyurgandharvarājaḥ sma jalakrīḍāmupāgataḥ || 4 ||
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śabdaṃ teṣāṃ sa śuśrāva nadīṃ samupasarpatām |
tena śabdena cāviṣṭaścukrodha balavadbalī || 5 ||
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sa dṛṣṭvā pāṇḍavāṃstatra saha mātrā paraṃtapān |
visphārayandhanurghoramidaṃ vacanamabravīt || 6 ||
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saṃdhyā saṃrajyate ghorā pūrvarātrāgameṣu yā |
aśītibhistruṭairhīnaṃ taṃ muhūrtaṃ pracakṣate || 7 ||
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vihitaṃ kāmacārāṇāṃ yakṣagandharvarakṣasām |
śeṣamanyanmanuṣyāṇāṃ kāmacāramiha smṛtam || 8 ||
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lobhātpracāraṃ caratastāsu velāsu vai narān |
upakrāntā nigṛhṇīmo rākṣasaiḥ saha bāliśān || 9 ||
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tato rātrau prāpnuvato jalaṃ brahmavido janāḥ |
garhayanti narānsarvānbalasthānnṛpatīnapi || 10 ||
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ārāttiṣṭhata mā mahyaṃ samīpamupasarpata |
kasmānmāṃ nābhijānīta prāptaṃ bhāgīrathījalam || 11 ||
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aṅgāraparṇaṃ gandharvaṃ vitta māṃ svabalāśrayam |
ahaṃ hi mānī cerṣyuśca kuberasya priyaḥ sakhā || 12 ||
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aṅgāraparṇamiti ca khyātaṃ vanamidaṃ mama |
anu gaṅgāṃ ca vākāṃ ca citraṃ yatra vasāmyaham || 13 ||
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na kuṇapāḥ śṛṅgiṇo vā na devā na ca mānuṣāḥ |
idaṃ samupasarpanti tatkiṃ samupasarpatha || 14 ||
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arjuna uvāca |
samudre himavatpārśve nadyāmasyāṃ ca durmate |
rātrāvahani saṃdhau ca kasya kḷptaḥ parigrahaḥ || 15 ||
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vayaṃ ca śaktisaṃpannā akāle tvāmadhṛṣṇumaḥ |
aśaktā hi kṣaṇe krūre yuṣmānarcanti mānavāḥ || 16 ||
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purā himavataścaiṣā hemaśṛṅgādviniḥsṛtā |
gaṅgā gatvā samudrāmbhaḥ saptadhā pratipadyate || 17 ||
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iyaṃ bhūtvā caikavaprā śucirākāśagā punaḥ |
deveṣu gaṅgā gandharva prāpnotyalakanandatām || 18 ||
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tathā pitṝnvaitaraṇī dustarā pāpakarmabhiḥ |
gaṅgā bhavati gandharva yathā dvaipāyano'bravīt || 19 ||
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asaṃbādhā devanadī svargasaṃpādanī śubhā |
kathamicchasi tāṃ roddhuṃ naiṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ || 20 ||
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anivāryamasaṃbādhaṃ tava vācā kathaṃ vayam |
na spṛśema yathākāmaṃ puṇyaṃ bhāgīrathījalam || 21 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
aṅgāraparṇastacchrutvā kruddha ānamya kārmukam |
mumoca sāyakāndīptānahīnāśīviṣāniva || 22 ||
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ulmukaṃ bhrāmayaṃstūrṇaṃ pāṇḍavaścarma cottamam |
vyapovāha śarāṃstasya sarvāneva dhanaṃjayaḥ || 23 ||
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arjuna uvāca |
bibhīṣikaiṣā gandharva nāstrajñeṣu prayujyate |
astrajñeṣu prayuktaiṣā phenavatpravilīyate || 24 ||
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mānuṣānati gandharvānsarvāngandharva lakṣaye |
tasmādastreṇa divyena yotsye'haṃ na tu māyayā || 25 ||
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purāstramidamāgneyaṃ prādātkila bṛhaspatiḥ |
bharadvājasya gandharva guruputraḥ śatakratoḥ || 26 ||
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bharadvājādagniveśyo agniveśyādgururmama |
sa tvidaṃ mahyamadadāddroṇo brāhmaṇasattamaḥ || 27 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
ityuktvā pāṇḍavaḥ kruddho gandharvāya mumoca ha |
pradīptamastramāgneyaṃ dadāhāsya rathaṃ tu tat || 28 ||
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virathaṃ viplutaṃ taṃ tu sa gandharvaṃ mahābalam |
astratejaḥpramūḍhaṃ ca prapatantamavāṅmukham || 29 ||
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śiroruheṣu jagrāha mālyavatsu dhanaṃjayaḥ |
bhrātṝnprati cakarṣātha so'strapātādacetasam || 30 ||
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yudhiṣṭhiraṃ tasya bhāryā prapede śaraṇārthinī |
nāmnā kumbhīnasī nāma patitrāṇamabhīpsatī || 31 ||
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gandharvyuvāca |
trāhi tvaṃ māṃ mahārāja patiṃ cemaṃ vimuñca me |
gandharvīṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptāṃ nāmnā kumbīnasīṃ prabho || 32 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
yuddhe jitaṃ yaśohīnaṃ strīnāthamaparākramam |
ko nu hanyādripuṃ tvādṛṅmuñcemaṃ ripusūdana || 33 ||
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arjuna uvāca |
aṅgemaṃ pratipadyasva gaccha gandharva mā śucaḥ |
pradiśatyabhayaṃ te'dya kururājo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ || 34 ||
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gandharva uvāca |
jito'haṃ pūrvakaṃ nāma muñcāmyaṅgāraparṇatām |
na ca ślāghe balenādya na nāmnā janasaṃsadi || 35 ||
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sādhvimaṃ labdhavāṃllābhaṃ yo'haṃ divyāstradhāriṇam |
gāndharvyā māyayā yoddhumicchāmi vayasā varam || 36 ||
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astrāgninā vicitro'yaṃ dagdho me ratha uttamaḥ |
so'haṃ citraratho bhūtvā nāmnā dagdharatho'bhavam || 37 ||
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saṃbhṛtā caiva vidyeyaṃ tapaseha purā mayā |
nivedayiṣye tāmadya prāṇadāyā mahātmane || 38 ||
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saṃstambhitaṃ hi tarasā jitaṃ śaraṇamāgatam |
yo'riṃ saṃyojayetprāṇaiḥ kalyāṇaṃ kiṃ na so'rhati || 39 ||
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cakṣuṣī nāma vidyeyaṃ yāṃ somāya dadau manuḥ |
dadau sa viśvāvasave mahyaṃ viśvāvasurdadau || 40 ||
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seyaṃ kāpuruṣaṃ prāptā gurudattā praṇaśyati |
āgamo'syā mayā prokto vīryaṃ pratinibodha me || 41 ||
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yaccakṣuṣā draṣṭumicchettriṣu lokeṣu kiṃcana |
tatpaśyedyādṛśaṃ cecchettādṛṣaṃ draṣṭumarhati || 42 ||
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samānapadye ṣaṇmāsānsthito vidyāṃ labhedimām |
anuneṣyāmyahaṃ vidyāṃ svayaṃ tubhyaṃ vrate kṛte || 43 ||
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vidyayā hyanayā rājanvayaṃ nṛbhyo viśeṣitāḥ |
aviśiṣṭāśca devānāmanubhāvapravartitāḥ || 44 ||
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gandharvajānāmaśvānāmahaṃ puruṣasattama |
bhrātṛbhyastava pañcabhyaḥ pṛthagdātā śataṃ śatam || 45 ||
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devagandharvavāhāste divyagandhā manogamāḥ |
kṣīṇāḥ kṣīṇā bhavantyete na hīyante ca raṃhasaḥ || 46 ||
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purā kṛtaṃ mahendrasya vajraṃ vṛtranibarhaṇe |
daśadhā śatadhā caiva tacchīrṇaṃ vṛtramūrdhani || 47 ||
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tato bhāgīkṛto devairvajrabhāga upāsyate |
loke yatsādhanaṃ kiṃcitsā vai vajratanuḥ smṛtā || 48 ||
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vajrapāṇirbrāhmaṇaḥ syātkṣatraṃ vajrarathaṃ smṛtam |
vaiśyā vai dānavajrāśca karmavajrā yavīyasaḥ || 49 ||
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vajraṃ kṣatrasya vājino avadhyā vājinaḥ smṛtāḥ |
rathāṅgaṃ vaḍavā sūte sūtāścāśveṣu ye matāḥ || 50 ||
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kāmavarṇāḥ kāmajavāḥ kāmataḥ samupasthitāḥ |
ime gandharvajāḥ kāmaṃ pūrayiṣyanti te hayāḥ || 51 ||
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arjuna uvāca |
yadi prītena vā dattaṃ saṃśaye jīvitasya vā |
vidyā vittaṃ śrutaṃ vāpi na tadgandharva kāmaye || 52 ||
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gandharva uvāca |
saṃyogo vai prītikaraḥ saṃsatsu pratidṛśyate |
jīvitasya pradānena prīto vidyāṃ dadāmi te || 53 ||
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tvatto hyahaṃ grahīṣyāmi astramāgneyamuttamam |
tathaiva sakhyaṃ bībhatso cirāya bharatarṣabha || 54 ||
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arjuna uvāca |
tvatto'streṇa vṛṇomyaśvānsaṃyogaḥ śāśvato'stu nau |
sakhe tadbrūhi gandharva yuṣmabhyo yadbhayaṃ tyajet || 55 ||
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