The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 8.1.1

8.1.1

nanu virāṭādiparvacatuṣṭayatātparyaṃ krameṇārthalubdhānāmarthaḥ sevayā nītyā kapaṭapūrvakeṇa kulavṛddhavadhena nṛśaṃsānṛtapūrvakeṇa mahāguruvadhena ca siddhyatītyuktam | tāvataivārthanirūpaṇaṃ samāptam ataḥ paraṃ kāmamokṣāveva nirūpaṇīyāviti karṇaparvāditrayaṃ nārambhaṇīyamiti cet satyam | yathā dharmārthau nirūpitau evaṃ dharmābhāso'rthābhāsaśca nirūpaṇīyaḥ parihārāya | evamadharmānarthau adharmābhāsānarthābhāsau ca nirūpaṇīyau hānāyopādānāya ca tadarthamuttaragranthaḥ kāmamokṣayoḥ prāgāvaśyakaḥ | tatra corebhyaḥ kārpaṭikamārgamupadiśataḥ satyavādinaḥ satyavadanaṃ dharmābhāsaḥ | evamavicārya ghrāṇacakṣuṣaṃ rākṣasaṃ ghnato vyādhasya hiṃsratvamadharmābhāsaḥ | tathā śokahetunā kulakṣayeṇa prāpto'rtho'rthābhāsaḥ | suptānāṃ hananamadharmaḥ | tatkṛto'śvatthāmno'bhibhavo'narthaḥ | śaraṇāgatasvasainikatrāṇārthamanyāyenāpi kṛto brahmavadho na itarabrahmavadhavadanarthaḥ | api tvanarthābhāsa eva | na ca tena brahmahā bhavedityātatāyivadhe doṣābhāvasmaraṇāt | ityeṣāmarthānāṃ nirūpaṇārtha uttaraḥ sandarbhaḥ | ākhyāyikā tu sukhapratipattyarthā | tasmādidamapi parvatrayamāvaśyakameva | tato droṇe hate rājanniti ||