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The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 2.8

Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) 2.8

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Sanskrit

2.8.1

nārada uvāca |
kathayiṣye sabhāṃ yāmyāṃ yudhiṣṭhira nibodha tām |
vaivasvatasya yāṃ pārtha viśvakarmā cakāra ha ||

2.8.2

taijasī sā sabhā rājanbabhūva śatayojanā |
vistārāyāmasampannā bhūyasī cāpi pāṇḍava ||

2.8.3

arkaprakāśā bhrājiṣṇuḥ sarvataḥ kāmarūpiṇī |
nātiśītā na cātyuṣṇā manasaśca praharṣiṇī ||

2.8.4

na śoko na jarā tasyāṃ kṣutpipāse na cāpriyam |
na ca dainyaṃ klamo vāpi pratikūlaṃ na cāpyuta ||

2.8.5

sarve kāmāḥ sthitāstasyāṃ ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ |
sāravacca prabhūtaṃ ca bhakṣyaṃ bhojyamarindama ||

2.8.6

lehyaṃ coṣyaṃ ca peyaṃ ca hṛdyaṃ svādu manoharam |
puṇyagandhāḥ srajastasya nityaṃ kāmaphalā drumāḥ ||

2.8.7

rasavanti ca toyāni śītānyuṣṇāni caiva hi |
tasyāṃ rājarṣayaḥ puṇyāstathā brahmarṣayo'malāḥ ||

2.8.8

yamaṃ vaivasvataṃ tāta prahṛṣṭāḥ paryupāsate |
yayātirnahuṣaḥ pūrurmāndhātā somako nugaḥ ||

2.8.9

trasadasyuśca rājarṣiḥ kṛtavīryaḥ śrutaśravāḥ |
ariṣṭanemiḥ siddhaśca kṛtavegaḥ kṛtirnimiḥ ||

2.8.10

pratardanaḥ śibirmatsyaḥ pṛthulākṣo bṛhadrathaḥ |
vārto maruttaḥ kuṣikaḥ sāṅkāśyaḥ sāṅkṛtirdhruvaḥ ||

2.8.11

caturaśca sadasyormiḥ kārtavīryaśca pārthivaḥ |
bhārataḥ surathaścaiva sunītho niśaṭho'nalaḥ ||

2.8.12

divodāsaśca sumanā ambarīṣo bhagīrathaḥ |
vyaśvaḥ sadaśvo vaghryaśvaḥ pṛthuvegaḥ pṛthuśravāḥ ||

2.8.13

pṛṣadaśvā vasumanāḥ kṣupaśca sumahābalaḥ |
ruṣadrurvṛṣasenaśca purukutso dhvajī rathī ||

2.8.14

ārṣṭiṣeṇo dilīpaśca mahātmā cāpyuśīnaraḥ |
auśīnariḥ puṇḍarīkaḥ śaryātiḥ śarabhaḥ śuciḥ ||

2.8.15

aṅgoriṣṭaśca venaśca duṣyantaḥ sṛñjayo jayaḥ |
bhāṅgāsuriḥ sunīthaśca niṣadho'tha vahīnaraḥ ||

2.8.16

karandhamo bāhlikaśca sudyumno balavānmadhuḥ |
ailo maruttaśca tathā balavānpṛthivīpatiḥ ||

2.8.17

kapotaromā tṛṇakaḥ sahadevārjunau tathā |
vyaśvaḥ sāśvaḥ kṛśāśvaśca śaśabinduśca pārthivaḥ ||

2.8.18

rāmo dāśarathiścaiva lakṣmaṇo'tha pratardanaḥ |
alarkaḥ kakṣasenaśca gayo gaurāśva eva ca ||

2.8.19

jāmadagnyaśca rāmaśca nābhāgasagarau tathā |
bhūridyumno mahāśvaśca pṛthāśvo janakastathā ||

2.8.20

rājā vainyo vārisenaḥ purijijjanamejayaḥ |
brahmadattastrigartiśca rājoparicarastathā ||

2.8.21

indradyumno bhīmajānurgaurapṛṣṭho'nagho layaḥ |
padmo'tha mucukundaśca bhūridyumnaḥ prasenajit ||

2.8.22

ariṣṭanemiḥ sudyumnaḥ pṛthulāśvo'ṣṭakastathā |
śataṃ matsyā nṛpatayaḥ śataṃ nīpāḥ śataṃ hayāḥ ||

2.8.23

dhṛtarāṣṭrāścaikaśatamaśītirjanamejayāḥ |
śataṃ ca brahmadattānāṃ vīriṇāmīriṇāṃ śatam ||

2.8.24

bhīṣṇāṇāṃ dve śatepyatra bhīmānāṃ tu tathā śatam |
śataṃ ca prativindhyānāṃ śataṃ nāgāḥ śataṃ hayāḥ ||

2.8.25

palāśānāṃ śataṃ jñeyaṃ śataṃ kāśakuśādayaḥ |
śāntanuścaiva rājendra pāṇḍuścaiva pitā tava ||

2.8.26

uśaṅgavaḥ śataratho devarājo jayadrathaḥ |
vṛṣadarbhaśca rājarṣirbuddhimānsaha mantribhiḥ ||

2.8.27

athāpare sahasrāṇi ye gatāḥ śaśabindavaḥ |
iṣṭvāśvamedhairbahubhirmahadbhirbhūridakṣiṇaiḥ ||

2.8.28

ete rājarṣayaḥ puṇyāḥ kīrtimanto bahuśrutāḥ |
tasyāṃ sabhāyāṃ rājendra vaivasvatamupāsate ||

2.8.29

agastyo'tha mataṅgaśca kālo mṛtyustathaiva ca |
yajvānaścaiva siddhāśca ye ca yogaśarīriṇaḥ ||

2.8.30

agniṣvāttāśca pitaraḥ phenapāścoṣmapāśca ye |
sudhāvanto barhiṣado mūrtimantastathā'pare ||

2.8.31

kālacakraṃ ca sākṣācca bhagavānhavyavāhanaḥ |
narā duṣkṛtakarmāṇo dakṣiṇāyanamṛtyavaḥ ||

2.8.32

kālasya nayane yuktā yamasya puruṣāśca ye |
tasyāṃ śiṃśapapālāśāstathā kāśakuśādayaḥ ||

2.8.33

upāsate dharmarājaṃ mūrtimanto janādhipa |
ete cānye ca bahavaḥ pitṛrājasabhāsadaḥ |
na śakyāḥ parisaṅkhyātuṃ nāmabhiḥ karmabhistathā ||

2.8.34

asambādhā hi sā pārtha ramyā kāmagamā sabhā |
dīrghakālaṃ tapastaptvā nirmitā viśvakarmaṇā ||

2.8.35

jvalantī bhāsamānā ca tejasā svena bhārata |
tāmugratapaso yānti suvratāḥ satyavādinaḥ ||

2.8.36

śāntāḥ sanyāsinaḥ śuddhāḥ pūtāḥ puṇyena karmaṇā |
sarve bhāsvaradehāśca sarve ca virajombarāḥ ||

2.8.37

citrāṅgadāścitramālyāḥ sarve jvalitakuṇḍalāḥ |
sukṛtaiḥ karmabhiḥ puṇyaiḥ pāribarhaiśca bhūṣitāḥ ||

2.8.38

gandharvāśca mahātmānaḥ saṅghaśaścāpsarogaṇāḥ |
vāditraṃ nṛtyagītaṃ ca hāsyaṃ lāsyaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ ||

2.8.39

puṇyāśca gandhāḥ śabdāśca tasyāṃ pārtha samantataḥ |
divyāni caiva mālyāni upatiṣṭhanti nityaśaḥ ||

2.8.40

śataṃ śatasahasrāṇi dharmiṇāṃ taṃ prajeśvaram |
upāsate mahātmānaṃ rūpayuktā manasvinaḥ ||

2.8.41

īdṛśī sā sabhā rājanpitṛrājño mahātmanaḥ |
varuṇasyāpi vakṣyāmi sabhāṃ puṣkaramālinīm ||

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