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The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 5.18

Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text) 5.18

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Sanskrit

5.18.1

śalya uvāca |
tataḥ śakraḥ stūyamāno gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇaiḥ |
airāvataṃ samāruhya dvipendraṃ lakṣaṇairyutam ||

5.18.2

pāvakaḥ sumahātejā maharṣiśca bṛhaspatiḥ |
yamaśca varuṇaścaiva kuberaśca dhaneśvaraḥ ||

5.18.3

sarvairdevaiḥ parivṛtaḥ śakro vṛtraniṣūdanaḥ |
gandharvairapsarobhiśca yātastribhuvanaṃ prabhuḥ ||

5.18.4

sa sametya mahendrāṇyā devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ |
mudā paramayā yuktaḥ pālayāmāsa devarāṭ ||

5.18.5

tataḥ sa bhagavāṃstatra aṅgirāḥ samadṛśyata |
atharvavedamantraiśca devendraṃ samapūjayat ||

5.18.6

tatastu bhagavānindraḥ saṃhṛṣṭaḥ samapadyata |
varaṃ ca pradadau tasmai atharvāṅgirase tadā ||

5.18.7

atharvāṅgiraso nāma vede'smin vai bhaviṣyati |
udāharaṇametaddhi yajñabhāgaṃ ca lapsyase ||

5.18.8

evaṃ sampūjya bhagavānatharvāṅgirasaṃ tadā |
vyasarjayanmahārāja devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ ||

5.18.9

sampūjya sarvāṃstridaśānṛṣīṃścāpi tapodhanān |
indraḥ pramudito rājan dharmeṇāpālayat prajāḥ ||

5.18.10

evaṃ duḥkhamanuprāptamindreṇa saha bhāryayā |
ajñātavāsaśca kṛtaḥ śatrūṇāṃ vadhakāṅkṣayā ||

5.18.11

nātra manyustvayā kāryo yatkliṣṭo'si mahāvane |
draupadyā saha rājendra bhrātṛbhiśca mahātmabhiḥ ||

5.18.12

evaṃ tvamapi rājendra rājyaṃ prāpsyasi bhārata |
vṛtraṃ hatvā yathā prāptaḥ śakraḥ kauravanandana ||

5.18.13

durācāraśca nahuṣo brahmadviṭ pāpacetanaḥ |
agastyaśāpābhihato vinaṣṭaḥ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ ||

5.18.14

evaṃ tava durātmānaḥ śatravaḥ śatrusūdana |
kṣipraṃ nāśaṃ gamiṣyanti karṇaduryodhanādayaḥ ||

5.18.15

tataḥ sāgaraparyantāṃ bhokṣyase medinīmimām |
bhrātṛbhiḥ sahito vīra draupadyā ca sahānayā ||

5.18.16

upākhyānamidaṃ śakravijayaṃ vedasammitam |
rājñā vyūḍheṣvanīkeṣu śrotavyaṃ jayamicchatā ||

5.18.17

tasmāt saṃśrāvayāmi tvāṃ vijayaṃ jayatāṃ vara |
saṃstūyamānā vardhante mahātmāno yudhiṣṭhira ||

5.18.18

kṣatriyāṇāmabhāvo'yaṃ yudhiṣṭhira mahātmanām |
duryodhanāparādhena bhīmārjunabalena ca ||

5.18.19

ākhyānamindravijayaṃ ya idaṃ niyataḥ paṭhet |
dhūtapāpmā jitasvargaḥ paratreha ca modate ||

5.18.20

na cārijaṃ bhayaṃ tasya nāputro vā bhavennaraḥ |
nāpadaṃ prāpnuyāt kiñciddīrghamāyuśca vindati |
sarvatra dayamāpnoti na kadācit parājayam ||

5.18.21

vaiśampāyana uvāca |
evamāśvāsito rājā śalyena bharatarṣabha |
pūjayāmāsa vidhivacchalyaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ ||

5.18.22

śrutvā tu śalyavacanaṃ kuntīputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
pratyuvāca mahābāhurmadrarājamidaṃ vacaḥ ||

5.18.23

bhavān karṇasya sārathyaṃ kariṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |
tatra tejovadhaḥ kāryaḥ karṇasyārjunasaṃstavaḥ ||

5.18.24

śalya uvāca |
evametat kariṣyāmi yathā māṃ samprabhāṣase |
yaccānyadapi śakṣyāmi tat kariṣyāmyahaṃ tava ||

5.18.25

vaiśampāyana uvāca |
tatastvāmantrya kaunteyāñchalyo madrādhipastadā |
jagāma sabalaḥ śrīmān duryodhanamarindama ||

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