മഹാഭാരതം മൂലം/ആദിപർവം/അധ്യായം215
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      so 'bravīd arjunaṃ caiva vāsudevaṃ ca sātvatam
      lokapravīrau tiṣṭhantau khāṇḍavasya samīpataḥ
  2 brāhmaṇo bahu bhoktāsmi bhuñje 'parimitaṃ sadā
      bhikṣe vārṣṇeya pārthau vām ekāṃ tṛptiṃ prayacchatām
  3 evam uktau tam abrūtāṃ tatas tau kṛṣṇa pāṇḍavau
      kenānnena bhavāṃs tṛpyet tasyānnasya yatāvahe
  4 evam uktaḥ sa bhagavān abravīt tāv ubhau tataḥ
      bhāṣamāṇau tadā vīrau kim annaṃ kriyatām iti
  5 nāham annaṃ bubhukṣe vai pāvakaṃ māṃ nibodhatam
      yadannam anurūpaṃ me tad yuvāṃ saṃprayacchatam
  6 idam indraḥ sadā dāvaṃ khāṇḍavaṃ parirakṣati
      taṃ na śaknomy ahaṃ dagdhuṃ rakṣyamāṇaṃ mahātmanā
  7 vasaty atra sakhā tasya takṣakaḥ pannagaḥ sadā
      sagaṇas tat kṛte dāvaṃ parirakṣati vajrabhṛt
  8 tatra bhūtāny anekāni rakṣyante sma prasaṅgataḥ
      taṃ didhakṣur na śaknomi dagdhuṃ śakrasya tejasā
  9 sa māṃ prajvalitaṃ dṛṣṭvā meghāmbhobhiḥ pravarṣati
      tato dagdhuṃ na śaknomi didhakṣur dāvam īpsitam
  10 sa yuvābhyāṃ sahāyābhyām astravidbhyāṃ samāgataḥ
     daheyaṃ khāṇḍavaṃ dāvam etad annaṃ vṛtaṃ mayā
 11 yuvāṃ hy udakadhārās tā bhūtāni ca samantataḥ
     uttamāstravido samyak sarvato vārayiṣyathaḥ
 12 evam ukte pratyuvāca bībhatsur jātavedadam
     didhakṣuṃ khāṇḍavaṃ dāvam akāmasya śatakratoḥ
 13 uttamāstrāṇi me santi divyāni ca bahūni ca
     yair ahaṃ śaknuyāṃ yoddhum api vajradharān bahūn
 14 dhanur me nāsti bhagavan bāhuvīryeṇa saṃmitam
     kurvataḥ samare yatnaṃ vegaṃ yad viṣaheta me
 15 śaraiś ca me 'rtho bahubhir akṣayaiḥ kṣipram asyataḥ
     na hi voḍhuṃ rathaḥ śaktaḥ śarān mama yathepsitān
 16 aśvāṃś ca divyān iccheyaṃ pāṇḍurān vātaraṃhasaḥ
     rathaṃ ca meghanirghoṣaṃ sūryapratima tejasam
 17 tathā kṛṣṇasya vīryeṇa nāyudhaṃ vidyate samam
     yena nāgān piśāmāṃś ca nihanyān mādhavo raṇe
 18 upāyaṃ karmaṇaḥ siddhau bhagavan vaktum arhasi
     nivārayeyaṃ yenendraṃ varṣamāṇaṃ mahāvane
 19 pauruṣeṇa tu yat kāryaṃ tat kartārau svapāvaka
     karaṇāni samarthāni bhagavan dātum arhasi