Mahabharata Condensed in the Poet's Own Words /458

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Tfalling of the skies and the cooling of
fire. And, bereft of Krishna, I do not
want to stay in this world. HE Mear of this,
O sage, more painful to me than that :
Sage, even as I was seeing, the AHABHARATA
 
falling of the sbhiras
of the Panchanada region overpowered
in battle and carried away by thousands
the Vrishni ladies. I tookies and the the bow there
but cooling of
fireuld not string it. And, bereft of Krishna, I do not
want to stay in this world. Hear of this,
O sage, more painful to me than that :
Sage, even as I was seeing, the Abhiras
of the Panchanada region overpowered
in battle and carried away by thousands
the Vrishni ladies. I took the bow there
 
but could not string it. O great sage, the
great sage, the
prowess of my arm is not as it was

before. O best of men, you must

advise what is good for me."
 

 
व्यास:-

'देवांशा देवभूतेन सम्भूतास्ते गतास्सह ।

धर्मव्यवस्था रक्षार्थथं न तान्शोचितुमर्हसि ॥

कृत्वा भारावतरणं पृथिव्याः पृथुलोचनः ।

मोक्षयित्वा तनुं प्राप्तः कृष्णस्स्वस्थानमुत्तमम् ॥

त्वयाऽपीह महत्कर्म देवानां पुरुषर्षभ ।
 

कृतं भीमसहाययेन यमाभ्यां च महाभुज ॥