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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

prakṛtīnāṃ tu tad vākyaṃ deśakālopasaṃhitam / (1.2) Par.?

śrutvā yudhiṣṭhiro rājāthottaraṃ pratyabhāṣata // (1.3) Par.?

dhanyāḥ pāṇḍusutā loke yeṣāṃ brāhmaṇapuṃgavāḥ / (2.1) Par.?

tathyān vāpyatha vātathyān guṇān āhuḥ samāgatāḥ // (2.2) Par.?

anugrāhyā vayaṃ nūnaṃ bhavatām iti me matiḥ / (3.1) Par.?

yatraivaṃ guṇasampannān asmān brūtha vimatsarāḥ // (3.2) Par.?

dhṛtarāṣṭro mahārājaḥ pitā no daivataṃ param / (4.1) Par.?

śāsane 'sya priye caiva stheyaṃ matpriyakāṅkṣibhiḥ // (4.2) Par.?

etadarthaṃ hi jīvāmi kṛtvā jñātivadhaṃ mahat / (5.1) Par.?

asya śuśrūṣaṇaṃ kāryaṃ mayā nityam atandriṇā // (5.2) Par.?

yadi cāham anugrāhyo bhavatāṃ suhṛdāṃ tataḥ / (6.1) Par.?

dhṛtarāṣṭre yathāpūrvaṃ vṛttiṃ vartitum arhatha // (6.2) Par.?

eṣa nātho hi jagato bhavatāṃ ca mayā saha / (7.1) Par.?

asyaiva pṛthivī kṛtsnā pāṇḍavāḥ sarva eva ca / (7.2) Par.?

etanmanasi kartavyaṃ bhavadbhir vacanaṃ mama // (7.3) Par.?

anugamya ca rājānaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ gamyatām iti / (8.1) Par.?

paurajānapadān sarvān visṛjya kurunandanaḥ / (8.2) Par.?

yauvarājyena kauravyo bhīmasenam ayojayat // (8.3) Par.?

mantre ca niścaye caiva ṣāḍguṇyasya ca cintane / (9.1) Par.?

viduraṃ buddhisampannaṃ prītimān vai samādiśat // (9.2) Par.?

kṛtākṛtaparijñāne tathāyavyayacintane / (10.1) Par.?

saṃjayaṃ yojayāmāsa ṛddham ṛddhair guṇair yutam // (10.2) Par.?

balasya parimāṇe ca bhaktavetanayostathā / (11.1) Par.?

nakulaṃ vyādiśad rājā karmiṇām anvavekṣaṇe // (11.2) Par.?

paracakroparodhe ca dṛptānāṃ cāvamardane / (12.1) Par.?

yudhiṣṭhiro mahārājaḥ phalgunaṃ vyādideśa ha // (12.2) Par.?

dvijānāṃ vedakāryeṣu kāryeṣvanyeṣu caiva hi / (13.1) Par.?

dhaumyaṃ purodhasāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ vyādideśa paraṃtapaḥ // (13.2) Par.?

sahadevaṃ samīpasthaṃ nityam eva samādiśat / (14.1) Par.?

tena gopyo hi nṛpatiḥ sarvāvastho viśāṃ pate // (14.2) Par.?

yān yān amanyad yogyāṃśca yeṣu yeṣviha karmasu / (15.1) Par.?

tāṃstāṃsteṣveva yuyuje prīyamāṇo mahīpatiḥ // (15.2) Par.?

viduraṃ saṃjayaṃ caiva yuyutsuṃ ca mahāmatim / (16.1) Par.?

abravīt paravīraghno dharmātmā dharmavatsalaḥ // (16.2) Par.?

utthāyotthāya yat kāryam asya rājñaḥ pitur mama / (17.1) Par.?

sarvaṃ bhavadbhiḥ kartavyam apramattair yathātatham // (17.2) Par.?

paurajānapadānāṃ ca yāni kāryāṇi nityaśaḥ / (18.1) Par.?

rājānaṃ samanujñāpya tāni kāryāṇi dharmataḥ // (18.2) Par.?