Chapter 17

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sūta uvāca |
tatra gomithunaṃ rājā hanyamānamanāthavat |
daṇḍahastaṃ ca vṛṣalaṃ dadṛśe nṛpalāñchanam || 1 ||
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vṛṣaṃ mṛṇāladhavalaṃ mehantamiva bibhyatam |
vepamānaṃ padaikena sīdantaṃ śūdratāḍitam || 2 ||
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gāṃ ca gharmadughāṃ dīnāṃ bhṛśaṃ śūdrapadāhatām |
vivatsāmāśruvadanāṃ kṣāmāṃ yavasamicchatīm || 3 ||
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papraccha rathamārūḍhaḥ kārtasvaraparicchadam |
meghagambhīrayā vācā samāropitakārmukaḥ || 4 ||
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kastvaṃ maccharaṇe loke balāddhaṃsyabalān balī |
naradevo'si veṣeṇa naṭavatkarmaṇādvijaḥ || 5 ||
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yastvaṃ kṛṣṇe gate dūraṃ sahagāṇḍīvadhanvanā |
śocyo'syaśocyān rahasi praharan vadhamarhasi || 6 ||
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tvaṃ vā mṛṇāladhavalaḥ pādairnyūnaḥ padā caran |
vṛṣarūpeṇa kiṃ kaściddevo naḥ parikhedayan || 7 ||
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na jātu kauravendrāṇāṃ dordaṇḍaparirambhite |
bhūtale'nupatantyasmin vinā te prāṇināṃ śucaḥ || 8 ||
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mā saurabheyātra śuco vyetu te vṛṣalādbhayam |
mā rodīramba bhadraṃ te khalānāṃ mayi śāstari || 9 ||
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yasya rāṣṭre prajāḥ sarvāstrasyante sādhvyasādhubhiḥ |
tasya mattasya naśyanti kīrtirāyurbhago gatiḥ || 10 ||
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eṣa rājñāṃ paro dharmo hyārtānāmārtinigrahaḥ |
ata enaṃ vadhiṣyāmi bhūtadruhamasattamam || 11 ||
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ko'vṛścattava pādāṃstrīn saurabheya catuṣpada |
mā bhūvaṃstvādṛśā rāṣṭre rājñāṃ kṛṣṇānuvartinām || 12 ||
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ākhyāhi vṛṣa bhadraṃ vaḥ sādhūnāmakṛtāgasām |
ātmavairūpyakartāraṃ pārthānāṃ kīrtidūṣaṇam || 13 ||
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jane'nāgasyaghaṃ yuñjan sarvato'sya ca madbhayam |
sādhūnāṃ bhadrameva syādasādhudamane kṛte || 14 ||
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anāgaḥsviha bhūteṣu ya āgaskṛnniraṅkuśaḥ |
āhartāsmi bhujaṃ sākṣādamartyasyāpi sāṅgadam || 15 ||
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rājño hi paramo dharmaḥ svadharmasthānupālanam |
śāsato'nyān yathāśāstramanāpadyutpathāniha || 16 ||
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dharma uvāca |
etadvaḥ pāṇḍaveyānāṃ yuktamārtābhayaṃ vacaḥ |
yeṣāṃ guṇagaṇaiḥ kṛṣṇo dautyādau bhagavān kṛtaḥ || 17 ||
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na vayaṃ kleśabījāni yataḥ syuḥ puruṣarṣabha |
puruṣaṃ taṃ vijānīmo vākyabhedavimohitāḥ || 18 ||
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kecidvikalpavasanā āhurātmānamātmanaḥ |
daivamanye'pare karma svabhāvamapare prabhum || 19 ||
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apratarkyādanirdeśyāditi keṣvapi niścayaḥ |
atrānurūpaṃ rājarṣe vimṛśa svamanīṣayā || 20 ||
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sūta uvāca |
evaṃ dharme pravadati sa samrāḍdvijasattamāḥ |
samāhitena manasā vikhedaḥ paryacaṣṭa tam || 21 ||
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rājovāca |
dharmaṃ bravīṣi dharmajña dharmo'si vṛṣarūpadhṛk |
yadadharmakṛtaḥ sthānaṃ sūcakasyāpi tadbhavet || 22 ||
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athavā devamāyāyā nūnaṃ gatiragocarā |
cetaso vacasaścāpi bhūtānāmiti niścayaḥ || 23 ||
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tapaḥ śaucaṃ dayā satyamiti pādāḥ kṛte kṛtāḥ |
adharmāṃśaistrayo bhagnāḥ smayasaṅgamadaistava || 24 ||
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idānīṃ dharma pādaste satyaṃ nirvartayedyataḥ |
taṃ jighṛkṣatyadharmo'yamanṛtenaidhitaḥ kaliḥ || 25 ||
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iyaṃ ca bhūmirbhagavatā nyāsitorubharā satī |
śrīmadbhistatpadanyāsaiḥ sarvataḥ kṛtakautukā || 26 ||
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śocatyaśrukalā sādhvī durbhagevojjhitā satī |
abrahmaṇyā nṛpavyājāḥ śūdrā bhokṣyanti māmiti || 27 ||
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iti dharmaṃ mahīṃ caiva sāntvayitvā mahārathaḥ |
niśātamādade khaḍgaṃ kalaye'dharmahetave || 28 ||
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taṃ jighāṃsumabhipretya vihāya nṛpalāñchanam |
tatpādamūlaṃ śirasā samagādbhayavihvalaḥ || 29 ||
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patitaṃ pādayorvīraḥ kṛpayā dīnavatsalaḥ |
śaraṇyo nāvadhīcchlokya āha cedaṃ hasanniva || 30 ||
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rājovāca |
na te guḍākeśayaśodharāṇāṃ baddhāñjalervai bhayamasti kiñcit |
na vartitavyaṃ bhavatā kathañcana kṣetre madīye tvamadharmabandhuḥ || 31 ||
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tvāṃ vartamānaṃ naradevadeheṣvanupravṛtto'yamadharmapūgaḥ |
lobho'nṛtaṃ cauryamanāryamaṃho jyeṣṭhā ca māyā kalahaśca dambhaḥ || 32 ||
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na vartitavyaṃ tadadharmabandho dharmeṇa satyena ca vartitavye |
brahmāvarte yatra yajanti yajñairyajñeśvaraṃ yajñavitānavijñāḥ || 33 ||
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yasmin harirbhagavānijyamāna ijyātmamūrtiryajatāṃ śaṃ tanoti |
kāmānamoghān sthirajaṅgamānāmantarbahirvāyurivaiṣa ātmā || 34 ||
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sūta uvāca |
parīkṣitaivamādiṣṭaḥ sa kalirjātavepathuḥ |
tamudyatāsimāhedaṃ daṇḍapāṇimivodyatam || 35 ||
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kaliruvāca |
yatra kva vātha vatsyāmi sārvabhauma tavājñayā |
lakṣaye tatra tatrāpi tvāmātteṣuśarāsanam || 36 ||
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tanme dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha sthānaṃ nirdeṣṭumarhasi |
yatraiva niyato vatsya ātiṣṭhaṃste'nuśāsanam || 37 ||
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sūta uvāca |
abhyarthitastadā tasmai sthānāni kalaye dadau |
dyūtaṃ pānaṃ striyaḥ sūnā yatrādharmaścaturvidhaḥ || 38 ||
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punaśca yācamānāya jātarūpamadātprabhuḥ |
tato'nṛtaṃ madaṃ kāmaṃ rajo vairaṃ ca pañcamam || 39 ||
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amūni pañca sthānāni hyadharmaprabhavaḥ kaliḥ |
auttareyeṇa dattāni nyavasattannideśakṛt || 40 ||
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athaitāni na seveta bubhūṣuḥ puruṣaḥ kvacit |
viśeṣato dharmaśīlo rājā lokapatirguruḥ || 41 ||
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vṛṣasya naṣṭāṃstrīn pādān tapaḥ śaucaṃ dayāmiti |
pratisandadha āśvāsya mahīṃ ca samavardhayat || 42 ||
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sa eṣa etarhyadhyāsta āsanaṃ pārthivocitam |
pitāmahenopanyastaṃ rājñāraṇyaṃ vivikṣatā || 43 ||
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āste'dhunā sa rājarṣiḥ kauravendraśriyollasan |
gajāhvaye mahābhāgaścakravartī bṛhacchravāḥ || 44 ||
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itthambhūtānubhāvo'yamabhimanyusuto nṛpaḥ |
yasya pālayataḥ kṣauṇīṃ yūyaṃ satrāya dīkṣitāḥ || 45 ||
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iti śrīmadbhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramaṃhaṃsyā saṃhitāyāṃ prathamaskandhe kalinigraho nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 17 ||
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