अध्याय 274
1 [मार्क]
ततः करुद्धॊ दशग्रीवः परियपुत्रे निपातिते
निर्ययौ रथम आस्थाय हेमरत्नविभूषितम
सीताराम, सीताराम, सीताराम कहिये .
जाहि विधि राखे, राम ताहि विधि रहिये ..
“Bhishma said, ‘Having spoken in this way (unto all things), theregenerate Rishi of austere penances, viz., Suka, stayed on his successcasting off the four kinds of faults.
1 [वै]
अजिनानि विधुन्वन्तः करकांश च दविजर्षभाः
ऊचुस तं भीर न कर्तव्या वयं यॊत्स्यामहे परान
1 भीष्म उवाच
सा निष्क्रमन्ती नगराच चिन्तयाम आस भारत
पृथिव्यां नास्ति युवतिर विषमस्थतरा मया
बान्धवैर विप्रहीनास्मि शाल्वेन च निराकृता
“Vaisampayana said, ‘When Duryodhana, the son of Dhritarashtra, showedlittle regard for the words spoken by Sanjaya, and when the rest remainedsilent, the assembled kings rose up and retired.
“Vaisampayana said, ‘Then, when the night had passed away, a largeconcourse of the townspeople came there in haste to see the sons ofPandu. After extinguishing the fire, they saw that the house just burntdown had been built of lac in materials and that (Duryodhana’s)counsellor Purochana had been burnt to death.
दुर्योधन के कपट-द्यूत में सर्वस्त्र हारकर पांडव द्रौपदी के साथ काम्यक वन में निवास कर रहे थे, परंतु दुर्योधन के चित्त को शांति नहीं थी| पांडवों को कैसे सर्वथा नष्ट कर दिया जाए, वह सदा इसी चिंता में रहता था|