स विष्णुं शिरसा पक्षी प्रणम्य विनतासुतः ॥
विचेता विह्वलो दीनः किं चिद् वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
भगवंल् लोकसारस्य सदृशेन वपुष्मता ॥
भुजेन स्वैरमुक्तेन निष्पिष्टो ऽस्मि महीतले ॥
क्षन्तुम् अर्हसि मे देव विह्वलस्याल्पचेतसः ॥
बलदाहविदग्धस्य पक्षिणो ध्वजवासिनः ॥
न विज्ञातं बलं देव मया ते परमं विभो ॥
तेन मन्याम्य् अहं वीर्यम् आत्मनो ऽसदृशं परैः ॥
ततश् चक्रे स भगवान् प्रसादं वै गरुत्मतः ॥
मैवं भूय इति स्नेहात् तदा चैनम् उवाच ह ॥
sa viṣṇuṃ śirasā pakṣī praṇamya vinatāsutaḥ ||
vicetā vihvalo dīnaḥ kiṃ cid vacanam abravīt ||
bhagavaṃl lokasārasya sadṛśena vapuṣmatā ||
bhujena svairamuktena niṣpiṣṭo 'smi mahītale ||
kṣantum arhasi me deva vihvalasyālpacetasaḥ ||
baladāhavidagdhasya pakṣiṇo dhvajavāsinaḥ ||
na vijñātaṃ balaṃ deva mayā te paramaṃ vibho ||
tena manyāmy ahaṃ vīryam ātmano 'sadṛśaṃ paraiḥ ||
tataś cakre sa bhagavān prasādaṃ vai garutmataḥ ||
maivaṃ bhūya iti snehāt tadā cainam uvāca ha ||
And he said: 'This prince of the nagas, born in the line of Airavata, is named Sumukha. He is the beloved grandson of Aryaka and the son of Vamana's daughter. This young man's father, O Matali, was a naga named Chikura. Not long ago he was slain by the son of Vinata.' Hearing this, Matali was greatly delighted, and turning to Narada the charioteer said: 'This foremost of nagas, O sire, is most acceptable to me as a son-in-law.'
0bc8aab7913a · प्रकाशित 17 जुल॰ 2026, 5:30:29 am UTC
उपलब्ध भाषाएँRUENश्लोक बदलें इन कुंजियों से
This fragment (5.103.26-30) develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds even as war becomes inevitable. Dharma is revealed here through speech, the choice of an embassy, faithfulness to promises, and the responsibility of kings for the consequences of their decisions.