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bhīṣma uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

tatastaṃ lubdhakaḥ paśyan kṛpayābhipariplutaḥ / (1.2) Par.?

kapotam agnau patitaṃ vākyaṃ punar uvāca ha // (1.3) Par.?

kim īdṛśaṃ nṛśaṃsena mayā kṛtam abuddhinā / (2.1) Par.?

bhaviṣyati hi me nityaṃ pātakaṃ hṛdi jīvataḥ // (2.2) Par.?

sa vinindann athātmānaṃ punaḥ punar uvāca ha / (3.1) Par.?

dhiṅ mām astu sudurbuddhiṃ sadā nikṛtiniścayam / (3.2) Par.?

śubhaṃ karma parityajya yo 'haṃ śakunilubdhakaḥ // (3.3) Par.?

nṛśaṃsasya mamādyāyaṃ pratyādeśo na saṃśayaḥ / (4.1) Par.?

dattaḥ svamāṃsaṃ dadatā kapotena mahātmanā // (4.2) Par.?

so 'haṃ tyakṣye priyān prāṇān putradāraṃ visṛjya ca / (5.1) Par.?

upadiṣṭo hi me dharmaḥ kapotenātidharmiṇā // (5.2) Par.?

adya prabhṛti dehaṃ svaṃ sarvabhogair vivarjitam / (6.1) Par.?

yathā svalpaṃ jalaṃ grīṣme śoṣayiṣyāmyahaṃ tathā // (6.2) Par.?

kṣutpipāsātapasahaḥ kṛśo dhamanisaṃtataḥ / (7.1) Par.?

upavāsair bahuvidhaiścariṣye pāralaukikam // (7.2) Par.?

aho dehapradānena darśitātithipūjanā / (8.1) Par.?

tasmād dharmaṃ cariṣyāmi dharmo hi paramā gatiḥ / (8.2) Par.?

dṛṣṭo hi dharmo dharmiṣṭhair yādṛśo vihagottame // (8.3) Par.?

evam uktvā viniścitya raudrakarmā sa lubdhakaḥ / (9.1) Par.?

mahāprasthānam āśritya prayayau saṃśitavrataḥ // (9.2) Par.?

tato yaṣṭiṃ śalākāśca kṣārakaṃ pañjaraṃ tathā / (10.1) Par.?

tāṃśca baddhā kapotān sa sampramucyotsasarja ha // (10.2) Par.?