Texts

bhagavān uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

evam etanmahābāho yathā vadasi pāṇḍava / (1.2) Par.?

sarvaṃ tvidaṃ samāyattaṃ bībhatso karmaṇor dvayoḥ // (1.3) Par.?

kṣetraṃ hi rasavacchuddhaṃ karṣakeṇopapāditam / (2.1) Par.?

ṛte varṣaṃ na kaunteya jātu nirvartayet phalam // (2.2) Par.?

tatra vai pauruṣaṃ brūyur āsekaṃ yatnakāritam / (3.1) Par.?

tatra cāpi dhruvaṃ paśyecchoṣaṇaṃ daivakāritam // (3.2) Par.?

tad idaṃ niścitaṃ buddhyā pūrvair api mahātmabhiḥ / (4.1) Par.?

daive ca mānuṣe caiva saṃyuktaṃ lokakāraṇam // (4.2) Par.?

ahaṃ hi tat kariṣyāmi paraṃ puruṣakārataḥ / (5.1) Par.?

daivaṃ tu na mayā śakyaṃ karma kartuṃ kathaṃcana // (5.2) Par.?

sa hi dharmaṃ ca satyaṃ ca tyaktvā carati durmatiḥ / (6.1) Par.?

na hi saṃtapyate tena tathārūpeṇa karmaṇā // (6.2) Par.?

tāṃ cāpi buddhiṃ pāpiṣṭhāṃ vardhayantyasya mantriṇaḥ / (7.1) Par.?

śakuniḥ sūtaputraśca bhrātā duḥśāsanastathā // (7.2) Par.?

sa hi tyāgena rājyasya na śamaṃ samupeṣyati / (8.1) Par.?

antareṇa vadhāt pārtha sānubandhaḥ suyodhanaḥ // (8.2) Par.?

na cāpi praṇipātena tyaktum icchati dharmarāṭ / (9.1) Par.?

yācyamānastu rājyaṃ sa na pradāsyati durmatiḥ // (9.2) Par.?

na tu manye sa tad vācyo yad yudhiṣṭhiraśāsanam / (10.1) Par.?

uktaṃ prayojanaṃ tatra dharmarājena bhārata // (10.2) Par.?

tathā pāpastu tat sarvaṃ na kariṣyati kauravaḥ / (11.1) Par.?

tasmiṃścākriyamāṇe 'sau lokavadhyo bhaviṣyati // (11.2) Par.?

mama cāpi sa vadhyo vai jagataścāpi bhārata / (12.1) Par.?

yena kaumārake yūyaṃ sarve viprakṛtāstathā // (12.2) Par.?

vipraluptaṃ ca vo rājyaṃ nṛśaṃsena durātmanā / (13.1) Par.?

na copaśāmyate pāpaḥ śriyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yudhiṣṭhire // (13.2) Par.?

asakṛccāpyahaṃ tena tvatkṛte pārtha bheditaḥ / (14.1) Par.?

na mayā tad gṛhītaṃ ca pāpaṃ tasya cikīrṣitam // (14.2) Par.?

jānāsi hi mahābāho tvam apyasya paraṃ matam / (15.1) Par.?

priyaṃ cikīrṣamāṇaṃ ca dharmarājasya mām api // (15.2) Par.?

sa jānaṃstasya cātmānaṃ mama caiva paraṃ matam / (16.1) Par.?

ajānann iva cākasmād arjunādyābhiśaṅkase // (16.2) Par.?

yaccāpi paramaṃ divyaṃ taccāpyavagataṃ tvayā / (17.1) Par.?

vidhānavihitaṃ pārtha kathaṃ śarma bhavet paraiḥ // (17.2) Par.?

yat tu vācā mayā śakyaṃ karmaṇā cāpi pāṇḍava / (18.1) Par.?

kariṣye tad ahaṃ pārtha na tvāśaṃse śamaṃ paraiḥ // (18.2) Par.?

kathaṃ goharaṇe brūyād icchañ śarma tathāvidham / (19.1) Par.?

yācyamāno 'pi bhīṣmeṇa saṃvatsaragate 'dhvani // (19.2) Par.?

tadaiva te parābhūtā yadā saṃkalpitāstvayā / (20.1) Par.?

lavaśaḥ kṣaṇaśaścāpi na ca tuṣṭaḥ suyodhanaḥ // (20.2) Par.?

sarvathā tu mayā kāryaṃ dharmarājasya śāsanam / (21.1) Par.?

vibhāvyaṃ tasya bhūyaśca karma pāpaṃ durātmanaḥ // (21.2) Par.?