# Bhāsa: Dūtavākya

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> ## Data entry: Yves Codet
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>    - T. K. Ramachandra Iyer Kalpathi: Palghat, S. India R. S. Vadhyar and Sons 1981 C. R. Devadhar Delhi Motilal Banarsidass 1962, reprinted in 1987 .
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> 	 Bhasa: Dutavakya
> Input by Yves Codet, Toulouse, June 2001
> T. K. Ramachandra Iyer Kalpathi: Palghat, S. India R. S.
> Vadhyar and Sons 1981 C. R. Devadhar Delhi Motilal Banarsidass 1962, reprinted in
> 1987
> 
> ## Revisions:
>    - 2020-07-31: TEI encoding by mass conversion of GRETIL's Sanskrit corpus
> 
> # Text
> 
> stage director chamberlain: badarayana, a servant of duryodhana duryodhana: eldest son of dhrtarastra vasudeva: krsna, incarnation of visnu sudarsana: vasudeva's discus dhrtarastra: king of hastinapura
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> dūtavākyam| nāndyante tataḥ praviśati sūtradhāraḥ|
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> sūtradhāraḥ pādaḥ pāyādupendrasya sarvalokotsavaḥ sa vaḥ| vyāviddho namuciryena tanutāmranakhena khe|| 1||
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> evamāryamiśrān vijñāpayāmi| aye kiṃ nu khalu mayi vijñāpanavyagre śabda iva śrūyate| aṅga paśyāmi|
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> nepathye|
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> bho bhoḥ pratihārādhikṛtāḥ mahārājo duryodhanaḥ samājñāpayati|
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> sūtradhāraḥ
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> bhavatu vijñātam|
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> utpanne dhārtarāṣṭrāṇāṃ virodhe pāṇḍavaiḥ saha| mantraśālāṃ racayati bhṛtyo duryodhanājñayā|| 2||
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> niṣkrāntaḥ| sthāpanā| tataḥ praviśati kāñcukīyaḥ| kāñcukīyaḥ
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> bho bhoḥ pratihārādhikṛtāḥ mahārājo duryodhanaḥ samājñāpayati| adya sarvapārthivaiḥ saha mantrayitumicchāmi| tadāhūyantāṃ sarve rājāna iti|parikramyāvalokya|aye ayaṃ mahārājo duryodhana ita evābhivartate| ya eṣaḥ
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> śyāmo yuvā sitadukūlakṛtottarīyaḥ sacchattracāmaravaro racitāṅgarāgaḥ| śrīmānvibhūṣaṇamaṇidyutirañjitāṅgo nakṣatramadhya iva parvagataḥ śaśāṅkaḥ|| 3||
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> tataḥ praviśati yathānirdiṣṭo duryodhanaḥ| duryodhanaḥ uddhūtaroṣamiva me hṛdayaṃ saharṣaṃ prāptaṃ raṇotsavamimaṃ sahasā vicintya| icchāmi pāṇḍavabale varavāraṇānā- mutkṛttadantamusalāni mukhāni kartum|| 4|| kāñcukīyaḥ
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> jayatu mahārājaḥ| mahārājaśāsanātsamānītaṃ sarvarājamaṇḍalam|
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> duryodhanaḥ
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> samyakkṛtam| praviśa tvamavarodhanam|
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> kāñcukīyaḥ
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> yadājñāpayati mahārājaḥ|
> 
> niṣkrāntaḥ| duryodhanaḥ
> 
> āryau vaikarṇavarṣadevau ucyatām| asti mamaikādaśākṣauhiṇībalasamudayaḥ| asya kaḥ senāpatirbhavitumarhatīti| kimāhaturbhavantau| mahānkhalvayamarthaḥ| mantrayitvā vaktavyamiti| sadṛśametat| tadāgamyatāṃ mantraśālāmeva praviśāmaḥ|
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> ācārya abhivādaye| praviśatu bhavānmantraśālām| pitāmaha abhivādaye| praviśatu bhavānmantraśālām| mātula abhivādaye| praviśatu bhavānmantraśālām| āryau vaikarṇavarṣadevau praviśatāṃ bhavantau| bho bhoḥ sarvakṣatriyāḥ svairaṃ praviśantu bhavantaḥ| vayasya karṇa praviśāvastāvat|
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> praviśya|ācārya etatkūrmāsanam| āsyatām| pitāmaha etatsiṃhāsanam| āsyatām| mātula etaccarmāsanam| āsyatām| āryau vaikarṇavarṣadevau āsātāṃ bhavantau| bho bhoḥ sarvakṣatriyāḥ svairamāsatāṃ bhavantaḥ| kimiti kimiti| mahārājo nāsta iti| aho sevādharmaḥ| nanvayamahamāse| vayasya karṇa tvamapyāssva|
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> upaviśya|āryau vaikarṇavarṣadevau ucyatām| asti mamaikādaśākṣauhiṇībalasamudayaḥ| asya kaḥ senāpatirbhavitumarhatīti|
> 
> kimāhaturbhavantau| atrabhavāngāndhārarājo vakṣyatīti| bhavatu mātulenābhidhīyatām|
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> kimāha mātulaḥ| atrabhavati gāṅgeye sthite ko.anyaḥ senāpatirbhavitumarhatīti| samyagāha mātulaḥ| bhavatu bhavatu pitāmaha eva bhavatu| vayamapyetadabhilaṣāmaḥ|
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> senāninādapaṭahasvanaśaṅkhanādai- ścaṇḍānilāhatamahodadhinādakalpaiḥ| gāṅgeyamūrdhni patitairabhiṣekatoyaiḥ sārdhaṃ patantu hṛdayāni narādhipānām|| 5|| praviśya| kāñcukīyaḥ
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> jayatu mahārājaḥ| eṣa khalu pāṇḍavaskandhāvārāddautyenāgataḥ puruṣottamo nārāyaṇaḥ|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
> 
> mā tāvat| bho bādarāyaṇa kiṃ kiṃ kaṃsabhṛtyo dāmodarastava puruṣottamaḥ| sa gopālakastava puruṣottamaḥ| bārhadrathāpahṛtaviṣayakīrtibhogastava puruṣottamaḥ| aho pārthivāsannamāśritya bhṛtyajanasya samudācāraḥ| sagarvaṃ khalvasya vacanam| ā apadhvaṃsa|
> 
> kāñcukīyaḥ
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> prasīdatu mahārājaḥ| saṃbhrameṇa samudācāro vismṛtaḥ|pādayoḥ patati|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
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> saṃbhrama iti| ā manuṣyāṇāmastyeva saṃbhramaḥ| uttiṣṭhotiṣṭha|
> 
> kāñcukīyaḥ
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> anugṛhīto.asmi|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
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> idānīṃ prasanno.asmi| ka eṣa dūtaḥ prāptaḥ|
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> kāñcukīyaḥ
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> dūtaḥ prāptaḥ keśavaḥ|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
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> keśava iti| evameṣṭavyam| ayameva samudācāraḥ| bho bho rājānaḥ dautyenāgatasya keśavasya kiṃ yuktam|
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> kimāhurbhavantaḥ| arghyapradānena pūjayitavyaḥ keśava iti| na me rocate| grahaṇamasyātra hitaṃ paśyāmi|
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> grahaṇamupagate tu vāsubhadre hṛtanayanā iva pāṇḍavā bhaveyuḥ| gatimatirahiteṣu pāṇḍaveṣu kṣitirakhilāpi bhavenmamāsapatnā|| 6||
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> api ca yo.atra keśavasya pratyutthāsyati sa mayā dvādaśasuvarṇabhāreṇa daṇḍyaḥ| tadapramattā bhavantu bhavantaḥ|ātmagatam|ko nu khalvidānīṃ mamāpratyutthānasyopāyaḥ| hanta dṛṣṭa upāyaḥ|prakāśam|bādarāyaṇa ānīyatāṃ sa citrapaṭo nanu yatra draupadīkeśāmbarāvakarṣaṇamālikhitam|ātmagatam|tasmindṛṣṭivinyāsaṃ kurvannotthāsyāmi keśavasya|
> 
> kāñcukīyaḥ
> 
> yadājñāpayati mahārājaḥ|niṣkramya praviśya|jayatu mahārājaḥ| ayaṃ sa citrapaṭaḥ|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
> 
> mamāgrataḥ prasāraya|
> 
> kāñcukīyaḥ
> 
> yadājñāpayati mahārājaḥ|prasārayati|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
> 
> aho darśanīyo.ayaṃ citrapaṭaḥ| eṣa duḥśāsano draupadīṃ keśahaste gṛhītavān| eṣā khalu draupadī|
> 
> duḥśāsanaparāmṛṣṭā saṃbhramotphullalocanā| rāhuvaktrāntaragatā candralekheva śobhate|| 7||
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> eṣa durātmā bhīmaḥ sarvarājasamakṣamavamānitāṃ draupadīṃ dṛṣṭvā pravṛddhāmarṣaḥ sabhāstambhaṃ tulayati| eṣa yudhiṣṭhiraḥ
> 
> satyadharmaghṛṇāyukto dyūtavibhraṣṭacetanaḥ| karotyapāṅgavikṣepaiḥ śāntāmarṣaṃ vṛkodaram|| 8||
> 
> eṣa idānīmarjunaḥ|
> 
> roṣākulākṣaḥ sphuritādharoṣṭhastṛṇāya matvā ripumaṇḍalaṃ tat| utsādayiṣyanniva sarvarājñaḥ śanaiḥ samākarṣati gāṇḍivajyām|| 9||
> 
> eṣa yudhiṣṭhiro.arjunaṃ nivārayati| etau nakulasahadevau
> 
> kṛtaparikarabandhau carmanistriṃśahastau paruṣitamukharāgau spaṣṭadaṣṭādharoṣṭhau| vigatamaraṇaśaṅkau satvaraṃ bhrātaraṃ me harimiva mṛgapotau tejasābhiprayātau||
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> 10||
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> eṣa yudhiṣṭhiraḥ kumārāvupetya nivārayati|
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> nīco.ahameva viparītamatiḥ kathaṃ vā roṣaṃ parityajatamadya nayānayajñau| dyūtādhikāramavamānamamṛṣyamāṇāḥ sattvādhikeṣu vacanīyaparākramāḥ syuḥ|| 11||
> 
> iti| eṣa gāndhārarājaḥ
> 
> akṣānkṣipansa kitavaḥ prahasansagarvaṃ saṃkocayanniva mudaṃ dviṣatāṃ svakīrtyā| svairāsano drupadarājasutāṃ rudantīṃ kākṣeṇa paśyati likhatyapi gāṃ nayajñaḥ|| 12||
> 
> etāvācāryapitāmahau tāṃ dṛṣṭvā lajjāyamānau paṭāntāntarhitamukhau sthitau| aho asya varṇāḍhyatā| aho bhāvopapannatā| aho yuktalekhatā| suvyaktamālikhito.ayaṃ citrapaṭaḥ| prīto.asmi| ko.atra|
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> kāñcukīyaḥ
> 
> jayatu mahārājaḥ|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
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> bādarāyaṇa ānīyatāṃ sa vihagavāhanamātravismito dūtaḥ|
> 
> kāñcukīyaḥ
> 
> yadājñāpayati mahārājaḥ|
> 
> niṣkrāntaḥ| duryodhanaḥ
> 
> vayasya karṇa prāptaḥ kilādya vacanādiha pāṇḍavānāṃ dautyena bhṛtya iva kṛṣṇamatiḥ sa kṛṣṇaḥ| śrotuṃ sakhe tvamapi sajjaya karṇa karṇau nārīmṛdūni vacanāni yudhiṣṭhirasya|| 13|| tataḥ praviśati vāsudevaḥ kāñcukīyaśca| vāsudevaḥ
> 
> adya khalu dharmarājavacanāddhanaṃjayākṛtrimamitratayā cāhavadarpamanuktagrāhiṇaṃ suyodhanaṃ prati mayāpyanucitadautyasamayo.anuṣṭhitaḥ| atha ca
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> kṛṣṇāparābhavabhuvā ripuvāhinībha- kumbhasthalīdalanatīkṣṇagadādharasya| bhīmasya kopaśikhinā yudhi pārthapattri- caṇḍānilaiśca kuruvaṃśavanaṃ vinaṣṭam|| 14||
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> idaṃ suyodhanaśibiram| iha hi
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> āvāsāḥ pārthivānāṃ surapurasadṛśāḥ svacchandavihitā vistīrṇāḥ śastraśālā bahuvidhakaraṇaiḥ śastrairupacitāḥ| heṣante mandurāsthāsturagavaraghaṭā bṛṃhanti kariṇa aiśvaryaṃ sphītametatsvajanaparibhavādāsannavilayam|| 15||
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> bhoḥ
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> duṣṭavādī guṇadveṣī śaṭhaḥ svajananirdayaḥ| suyodhano hi māṃ dṛṣṭvā naiva kāryaṃ kariṣyati||
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> 16||
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> bho bādarāyaṇa kiṃ praveṣṭavyam|
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> kāñcukīyaḥ
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> atha kimatha kim| praveṣṭumarhati padmanābhaḥ|
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> vāsudevaḥ
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> praviśya| kathaṃ kathaṃ māṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃbhrāntāḥ sarvakṣatriyāḥ| alamalaṃ saṃbhrameṇa| svairamāsatāṃ bhavantaḥ|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
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> kathaṃ kathaṃ keśavaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃbhrāntāḥ sarvakṣatriyāḥ| alamalaṃ saṃbhrameṇa| smaraṇīyaḥ pūrvamāśrāvito daṇḍaḥ| nanvahamājñaptā|
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
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> upagamya|bhoḥ suyodhana kimāsse|
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> duryodhanaḥ
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> āsanātpatitvātmagatam|suvyaktaṃ prāpta eva keśavaḥ|
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> utsāhena matiṃ kṛtvāpyāsīno.asmi samāhitaḥ| keśavasya prabhāvena calito.asmyāsanādaham|| 17||
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> aho bahumāyo.ayaṃ dūtaḥ|prakāśam|bho dūta etadāsanamāsyatām|
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
> 
> ācārya āsyatāṃ| gāṅgeyapramukhā rājānaḥ svairamāsatāṃ bhavantaḥ| vayamapyupaviśāmaḥ|upaviśya|aho darśanīyo.ayaṃ citrapaṭaḥ| mā tāvat| draupadīkeśāmbarākarṣaṇamatrālikhitam| aho nu khalu
> 
> suyodhano.ayaṃ svajanāvamānaṃ parākramaṃ paśyati bāliśatvāt| ko nāma loke svayamātmadoṣamudghāṭayennaṣṭaghṛṇaḥ sabhāsu|| 18||
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> āḥ apanīyatāmeṣa citrapaṭaḥ|
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> duryodhanaḥ
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> bādarāyaṇa apanīyatāṃ kila citrapaṭaḥ|
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> kāñcukīyaḥ
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> yadājñāpayati maharājaḥ|apanayati|
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> duryodhanaḥ
> 
> bho dūta
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> dharmātmajo vāyusutaśca bhīmo bhrātārjuno me tridaśendrasūnuḥ| yamau ca tāvaśvisutau vinītau sarve sabhṛtyāḥ kuśalopapannāḥ|| 19|| vāsudevaḥ
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> sadṛśametadgāndhārīputrasya| atha kimatha kim| kuśalinaḥ sarve| bhavato rājye śarīre bāhyābhyantare ca kuśalamanāmayaṃ ca pṛṣṭvā vijñāpayanti yudhiṣṭhirādayaḥ pāṇḍavāḥ|
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> anubhūtaṃ mahadduḥkhaṃ saṃpūrṇaḥ samayaḥ sa ca| asmākamapi dharmyaṃ yaddāyādyaṃ tadvibhajyatām|| 20||
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> iti|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
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> kathaṃ kathaṃ dāyādyamiti| bhoḥ
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> vane pitṛvyo mṛgayāprasaṃgataḥ kṛtāparādho muniśāpamāptavān| tadāprabhṛtyeva sa dāraniḥspṛhaḥ parātmajānāṃ pitṛtāṃ kathaṃ vrajet|| 21|| vāsudevaḥ
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> purāvidaṃ bhavantaṃ pṛcchāmi|
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> vicitravīryo viṣayī vipattiṃ kṣayeṇa yātaḥ punarambikāyām| vyāsena jāto dhṛtarāṣṭra eva labheta rājyaṃ janakaḥ kathaṃ te|| 22||
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> mā mā bhavān|
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> evaṃ parasparavirodhavivardhanena śīghraṃ bhavetkurukulaṃ nṛpa nāmaśeṣam| tatkartumarhati bhavānapakṛtya roṣaṃ yattvāṃ yudhiṣṭhiramukhāḥ praṇayādbruvanti|| 23||
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> duryodhanaḥ
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> bho dūta na jānāti bhavānrājyavyavahāram|
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> rājyaṃ nāma nṛpātmajaiḥ sahṛdairjitvā ripūnbhujyate talloke na tu yācyate na tu punardīnāya vā dīyate| kāṅkṣā cennṛpatitvamāptumacirātkurvantu te sāhasaṃ svairaṃ vā praviśantu śāntamatibhirjuṣṭaṃ śamāyāśramam|| 24|| vāsudevaḥ
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> bhoḥ suyodhana alaṃ bandhujane paruṣamabhidhātum|
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> puṇyasaṃcayaprāptāmadhigamya nṛpaśriyam| vañcayedyaḥ suhṛdbandhūnsa bhavedviphalaśramaḥ|| 25|| duryodhanaḥ
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> bho dūta
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> syālaṃ tava gurorbhūpaṃ kaṃsaṃ na te dayā| kathamasmākamevaṃ syātteṣu nityāpakāriṣu|| 26||
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> vāsudevaḥ
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> alaṃ tanmaddoṣato jñātum| kṛtvā putraviyogārtāṃ bahuśo jananīṃ mama| vṛddhaṃ svapitaraṃ baddhvā hato.ayaṃ mṛtyunā svayam|| 27|| duryodhanaḥ
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> sarvathā vañcitastvayā kaṃsaḥ| alamātmastavena| na śauryametat| paśya|
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> jāmātṛnāśavyasanābhitapte roṣābhibhūte magadheśvare.atha| palāyamānasya bhayāturasya śauryaṃ tadetatkva gataṃ tavāsīt|| 28|| vāsudevaḥ
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> bhoḥ suyodhana deśakālāvasthāpekṣitaṃ khalu śauryaṃ nayānugāminām| iha tiṣṭhatu tāvadasmadgataḥ parihāsaḥ| svakāryamanuṣṭhīyatām|
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> kartavyo bhrātṛṣu sneho vismartavyā guṇetarāḥ| saṃbandho bandhubhiḥ śreyānlokayorubhayorapi||
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> 29|| duryodhanaḥ devātmajairmanuṣyāṇāṃ kathaṃ vā bandhutā bhavet| piṣṭapeṣaṇametāvatparyāptaṃ chidyatāṃ kathā|| 30|| vāsudevaḥ
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> ātmagatam|
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> prasādyamānaḥ sāmnāyaṃ na svabhāvaṃ vimuñcati| hanta saṃkṣobhayāmyenaṃ vacobhiḥ paruṣākṣaraiḥ|| 31||
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> prakāśam|bhoḥ suyodhana kiṃ na jānīṣe.arjunasya balaparākramam|
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> duryodhanaḥ
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> na jāne|
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> vāsudevaḥ
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> bhoḥ śrūyatām|
> 
> kairātaṃ vapurāsthitaḥ paśupatiryuddhena saṃtoṣito vahneḥ khāṇḍavamaśnataḥ sumahatī vṛṣṭiḥ śaraiśchāditā| devendrārtikarā nivātakavacā nītāḥ kṣayaṃ līlayā nanvekena tadā virāṭanagare bhīṣmādayo nirjitāḥ|| 32||
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> api ca tavāpi pratyakṣamaparaṃ kathayāmi|
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> nanu tvaṃ citrasenena nīyamāno nabhastalam| vikrośanghoṣayātrāyāṃ phalgunenaiva mokṣitaḥ|| 33||
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> kiṃ bahunā|
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> dātumarhasi madvākyādrājyārdhaṃ dhṛtarāṣṭraja| anyathā sāgarāntāṃ gāṃ hariṣyanti hi pāṇḍavāḥ|| 34|| duryodhanaḥ
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> kathaṃ kathaṃ| hariṣyanti hi pāṇḍavāḥ|
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> praharati yadi yuddhe māruto bhīmarūpī praharati yadi sākṣātpārtharūpeṇa śakraḥ| paruṣavacanadakṣa tvadvacobhirna dāsye tṛṇamapi pitṛbhukte vīryagupte svarājye||
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> 35|| vāsudevaḥ
> 
> bhoḥ kurukulakalaṅkabhūta ayaśolubdha vayaṃ kila tṛṇāntarābhibhāṣakāḥ|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
> 
> bho gopālaka tṛṇānyabhibhāṣyo bhavān|
> 
> avadhyāṃ pramadāṃ hatvā hayaṃ govṛṣameva ca| mallānapi sunirlajjo vaktumicchasi sādhubhiḥ||
> 
> 36|| vāsudevaḥ
> 
> bhoḥ suyodhana nanu kṣipasi mām|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
> 
> nanu satyamevaitat|
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
> 
> gacchāmi tāvat|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
> 
> gaccha gaccha paśukhuroddhatareṇurūpitāṅgo vrajameva| viphalīkṛtaḥ kālaḥ|
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
> 
> evamastu| na vayamanuktasaṃdeśā gantumicchāmaḥ| tadākarṇyatāṃ yudhiṣṭhirasya saṃdeśaḥ|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
> 
> āḥ abhāṣyastvam|
> 
> ahamavadhṛtapāṇḍarātapatro dvijavarahastadhṛtāmbusiktamūrdhā| avanatanṛpamaṇḍalānuyātraiḥ saha kathayāmi bhavadvidhairna bhāṣe|| 37|| vāsudevaḥ
> 
> na vyāharati kila māṃ suyodhanaḥ| bhoḥ
> 
> śaṭha bāndhavaniḥsneha kāka kekara piṅgala| tvadarthātkuruvaṃśo.ayamacirānnāśameṣyati|| 38||
> 
> bho bho rājānaḥ gacchāmastāvat|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
> 
> kathaṃ yāsyati kila keśavaḥ| duḥśāsana durmarṣaṇa durmukha durbuddhe duṣṭeśvara dūtasamudācāramatikrāntaḥ keśavo badhyatām| kathamaśaktāḥ| duḥśāsana na samarthaḥ khalvasi|
> 
> karituraganihantā kaṃsahantā sa kṛṣṇaḥ paśupakulanivāsādānujīvyānabhijñaḥ| hṛtabhujabalavīryaḥ pārthivānāṃ samakṣaṃ svavacanakṛtadoṣo badhyatāmeṣa śīghram|| 39||
> 
> ayamaśaktaḥ| mātula badhyatāmayaṃ keśavaḥ| kathaṃ parāṅmukhaḥ patati| bhavatu| ahameva pāśairbadhnāmi|pāśamudyamyopasarpati|
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
> 
> kathaṃ baddhukāmo māṃ kila suyodhanaḥ| bhavatu| suyodhanasya sāmarthyaṃ paśyāmi|viśvarūpamāsthitaḥ|
> 
> duryodhanaḥ
> 
> bho dūta
> 
> sṛjasi yadi samantāddevamāyāḥ svamāyāḥ praharasi yadi vā tvaṃ durnivāraiḥ surāstraiḥ| hayagajavṛṣabhāṇāṃ pātanājjātadarpo narapatigaṇamadhye badhyase tvaṃ mayādya||
> 
> 40||
> 
> āḥ tiṣṭhedānīm| kathaṃ na dṛṣṭaḥ keśavaḥ| ayaṃ keśavaḥ| aho hrasvatvaṃ keśavasya| āḥ tiṣṭhedānīm| kathaṃ na dṛṣṭaḥ keśavaḥ| ayaṃ keśavaḥ| aho dīrghatvaṃ keśavasya| kathaṃ na dṛṣṭaḥ keśavaḥ| ayaṃ keśavaḥ| sarvatra mantraśālāyāṃ keśavā bhavanti| kimidānīṃ kariṣye| bhavatu dṛṣṭam| bho bho rājānaḥ ekenaikaḥ keśavo badhyatām| kathaṃ svayameva pāśairbaddhāḥ patanti rājānaḥ| sādhu bho jambhaka sādhu|
> 
> matkārmukodaraviniḥsṛtabāṇajālai- rviddhaṃ kṣaratkṣatajarañjitasarvagātram| paśyantu pāṇḍutanayāḥ śibiropanītaṃ tvāṃ bāṣparuddhanayanāḥ pariniśvasantaḥ|| 41||
> 
> niṣkrāntaḥ| vāsudevaḥ
> 
> bhavatu pāṇḍavānāṃ kāryamahameva sādhayāmi| bhoḥ sudarśana itastāvat|
> 
> tataḥ praviśati sudarśanaḥ| sudarśanaḥ
> 
> eṣa bhoḥ|
> 
> śrutvā giraṃ bhagavato vipulaprasādā- nnirdhāvito.asmi parivāritatoyadaughaḥ| kasminkhalu prakupitaḥ kamalāyatākṣaḥ kasyādya mūrdhani mayā pravijṛmbhitavyam|| 42||
> 
> kva nu khalu bhagavānnārāyaṇaḥ|
> 
> avyaktādiracintyātmā lokasaṃrakṣaṇodyataḥ| eko.anekavapuḥ śrīmāndviṣadbalaniṣūdanaḥ|| 43||
> 
> vilokya|aye ayaṃ bhagavānhastinapuradvāre dūtasamudācāreṇopasthitaḥ| kutaḥ khalvāpaḥ kutaḥ khalvāpaḥ| bhagavati ākāśagaṅge āpastāvat| hanta sravati|ācamyopasṛtya|jayatu bhagavānnārāyaṇaḥ|praṇamati|
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
> 
> sudarśana apratihataparākramo bhava|
> 
> sudarśanaḥ
> 
> anugṛhīto.asmi|
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
> 
> diṣṭyā bhavānkarmakāle prāptaḥ|
> 
> sudarśanaḥ
> 
> kathaṃ kathaṃ karmakāla iti| ājñāpayatu bhagavānājñāpayatu|
> 
> kiṃ merumandarakulaṃ parivartayāmi saṃkṣobhayāmi sakalaṃ makarālayaṃ vā| nakṣatravaṃśamakhilaṃ bhuvi pātayāmi nāśakyamasti mama deva tava prasādāt|| 44||
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
> 
> bhoḥ sudarśana itastāvat| bhoḥ suyodhana
> 
> yadi lavaṇajalaṃ vā kandaraṃ vā girīṇāṃ grahagaṇacaritaṃ vā vāyumārgaṃ prayāsi| mama bhujabalayogaprāptasaṃjātavegaṃ bhavatu capala cakraṃ kālacakraṃ tavādya|| 45||
> 
> sudarśanaḥ
> 
> bhoḥ suyodhanahataka tiṣṭha tiṣṭha|punarvicārya|prasīdatu bhagavānnārāyṇaḥ|
> 
> mahībhārāpanayanaṃ kartuṃ jātasya bhūtale| asminnevaṃ gate deva nanu syādviphalaśramaḥ|| 46||
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
> 
> sudarśana roṣātsamudācāro nāvekṣitaḥ| gamyatāṃ svanilayameva|
> 
> sudarśanaḥ
> 
> yadājñāpayati bhagavānnārāyaṇaḥ| kathaṃ kathaṃ gopālaka iti| tricaraṇātikrāntatriloko nārāyaṇaḥ khalvatra bhagavān| śaraṇaṃ vrajantu bhavantaḥ| yāvadgacchāmi| aye etadbhagavadāyudhavaraṃ śārṅgaṃ prāptam|
> 
> tanumṛdulalitāṅgaṃ strīsvabhāvopapannaṃ harikaradhṛtamadhyaṃ śatrusaṃghaikakālaḥ| kanakakhacitapṛṣṭhaṃ bhāti kṛṣṇasya pārśve navasaliladapārśve cāruvidyullekheva||
> 
> 47||
> 
> bho bhoḥ śārṅga praśāntaroṣo bhagavānnārāyaṇaḥ| gamyatāṃ svanilayameva| hanta nivṛttaḥ| yāvadgacchāmi| aye iyaṃ kaumodakī prāptā|
> 
> maṇikanakavicitrā citramālottarīyā suraripugaṇagātradhvaṃsane jātatṛṣṇā| girivarataṭarūpā durnivārātivīryā vrajati nabhasi śīghraṃ meghavṛndānuyātrā|| 48||
> 
> he kaumodaki praśāntaroṣo bhagavānnārāyaṇaḥ| hanta nivṛttā| yāvadgacchāmi| aye ayaṃ pāñcajanyaḥ prāptaḥ|
> 
> pūrṇendukundakumudodarahāragauro nārāyaṇānanasarojakṛtaprasādaḥ| yasya svanaṃ pralayasāgaraghoṣatulyaṃ garbhā niśamya nipatantyasurāṅganānām|| 49||
> 
> he pāñcajanya praśāntaroṣo bhagavān| gamyatāṃ svanilayameva| hanta nivṛttaḥ| aye nandakāsiḥ prāptaḥ|
> 
> vanitāvigraho yuddhe mahāsurabhayaṃkaraḥ| prayāti gagane śīghraṃ maholkeva vibhātyayam|| 50||
> 
> he nandaka praśāntaroṣo bhagavān| gamyatāṃ svanilayameva| hanta nivṛttaḥ| yāvadgacchāmi| aye etāni bhagavadāyudhavarāṇi|
> 
> so.ayaṃ khaḍgaḥ kharāṃśorapahasitatanuḥ svaiḥ karairnandakākhyaḥ seyaṃ kaumodakī yā suraripukaṭhinoraḥsthalakṣodadakṣā| saiṣā śārṅgābhidhānā pralayaghanaravajyāravā cāpayaṣṭiḥ so.ayaṃ gambhīraghoṣaḥ śaśikaraviśadaḥ śaṅkharāṭpāñcajanyaḥ|| 51|| he śārṅga kaumodaki pāñcajanya daityāntakṛnnandaka śatruvahne| praśāntaroṣo bhagavānmurāriḥ svasthānamevātra hi gaccha tāvat|| 52||
> 
> hanta nivṛttāḥ| yāvadgacchāmi| aye atyuddhūto vāyuḥ| atitapatyādityaḥ| calitāḥ parvatāḥ| kṣubdhāḥ sāgarāḥ| patitā vṛkṣāḥ| bhrāntā meghāḥ| pralīnā vāsukiprabhṛtayo bhujaṃgeśvarāḥ| kiṃ nu khalvidam| aye ayaṃ bhagavato vāhanaḥ garuḍaḥ prāptaḥ|
> 
> surāsurāṇāṃ parikhedalabdhaṃ yenāmṛtaṃ mātṛvimokṣaṇārthaṃ| ācchinnamāsīddviṣato murārestvāmudvahāmīti varo.api dattaḥ|| 53||
> 
> he kāśyapapriyasuta garuḍa praśāntaroṣo bhagavāndevadeveśaḥ| gamyatāṃ svanilayameva| hanta nivṛttaḥ| yāvadgacchāmi|
> 
> ete sthitā viyati kiṃnarayakṣasiddhāḥ devāśca saṃbhramacalanmukuṭottamāṅgāḥ| ruṣṭe.acyute vigatakāntiguṇāḥ praśāntaṃ śrutvā śrayanti sadanāni nivṛttatāpāḥ|| 54||
> 
> yāvadahamapi kāntāṃ meruguhāmeva yāsyāmi|
> 
> niṣkrāntaḥ| vāsudevaḥ
> 
> yāvadahamapi pāṇḍavaśibirameva yāsyāmi|
> 
> nepathye|
> 
> na khalu na khalu gantavyam|
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
> 
> aye vṛddharājasvara iva| bho rājan eṣa sthito.asmi|
> 
> tataḥ praviśati dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ| dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ
> 
> kva nu khalu bhagavānnārāyaṇaḥ| kva nu khalu bhagavānpāṇḍavaśreyaskaraḥ| kva nu khalu bhagavānviprapriyaḥ| kva nu khalu bhagavāndevakīnandanaḥ|
> 
> mama putrāparādhāttu śārṅgapāṇe tavādhunā| etanme tridaśādhyākṣa pādayoḥ patitaṃ śiraḥ|| 55|| patati| vāsudevaḥ
> 
> hā dhik| patito.atrabhavān| uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha|
> 
> dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ
> 
> anugṛhīto.asmi| bhagavan idamarghyaṃ pādyaṃ ca pratigṛhyatām|
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
> 
> sarvaṃ gṛhṇāmi| kiṃ te bhūyaḥ priyamupaharāmi|
> 
> dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ
> 
> yadi me bhagavānprasannaḥ kimataḥ paramicchāmi|
> 
> vāsudevaḥ
> 
> gacchatu bhavānpunardarśanāya|
> 
> dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ
> 
> yadājñāpayati bhagavannārāyaṇaḥ|
> 
> niṣkrāntaḥ| bharatavākyam| imāṃ sāgaraparyantāṃ himavadvindhyakuṇḍalām| mahīmekātapatrāṅkāṃ rājasiṃhaḥ praśāstu naḥ|| 56|| niṣkrāntāḥ sarve| dūtavākyaṃ samāptam| ka iti| tricaraṇātikrāntatriloko nārāyaṇaḥ khalvatra bhagavān| śaraṇaṃ vrajantu bhavantaḥ| yāvadga
>
> — *Bhāsa: Dūtavākya (Academic edition — see source file header)*