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VIRATA PARVA
 
संमन्त्र्य रात्रौ बहुभिस्सुहृद्धि-
भीष्मोऽब्रवीद्धार्तराष्ट्र महात्मा ।
 
'तीर्णप्रतिज्ञेन धनञ्जयेन
 
विष्फारितं गाण्डिवमाजिमध्ये ।
 
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नेच्छन्त्यसत्येन सुरेन्द्रलोकं
पाण्डोस्सुता ब्रह्मणश्चापि लोकम् ॥
 
Consulting with the many friends in the
night, the high-souled Bhishma told
Duryodhana : "The Ganliva was twanged
in the midst of the battle by Arjuna who
had observed the condition (of twelve
years of exile and a year of incognito
life ). The sons of Pandu do not want to
enjoy the world of the king of gods or
even the world of Brahma through untruth.
 
सञ्चिन्त्य सर्वे सहितास्सुहृद्भि
स्पार्थिवास्स्वानि गृहाणि जग्मुः ॥
 
After thinking this over well, all of
them, with their friends
 
and king
 
Duryodhana, went to their homes.