Chapter 18

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athāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ |
śrīśuka uvāca |
pṛśnistu patnī savituḥ sāvitrīṃ vyāhṛtiṃ trayīm |
agnihotraṃ paśuṃ somaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ mahāmakhān || 1 ||
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siddhirbhagasya bhāryāṅga mahimānaṃ vibhuṃ prabhum |
āśiṣaṃ ca varārohāṃ kanyāṃ prāsūta suvratām || 2 ||
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dhātuḥ kuhūḥ sinīvālī rākā cānumatistathā |
sāyaṃ darśamatha prātaḥ pūrṇamāsamanukramāt || 3 ||
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agnīnpurīṣyānādhatta kriyāyāṃ samanantaraḥ |
carṣaṇī varuṇasyāsīdyasyāṃ jāto bhṛguḥ punaḥ || 4 ||
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vālmīkiśca mahāyogī valmīkādabhavatkila |
agastyaśca vasiṣṭhaśca mitrāvaruṇayorṛṣī || 5 ||
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retaḥ siṣicatuḥ kumbhe urvaśyāḥ sannidhau drutam |
revatyāṃ mitra utsargamariṣṭaṃ pippalaṃ vyadhāt || 6 ||
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paulomyāmindra ādhatta trīnputrāniti naḥ śrutam |
jayantamṛṣabhaṃ tāta tṛtīyaṃ mīḍhuṣaṃ prabhuḥ || 7 ||
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urukramasya devasya māyāvāmanarūpiṇaḥ |
kīrtau patnyāṃ bṛhacchlokastasyāsansaubhagādayaḥ || 8 ||
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tatkarmaguṇavīryāṇi kāśyapasya mahātmanaḥ |
paścādvakṣyāmahe'dityāṃ yathaivāvatatāra ha || 9 ||
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atha kaśyapadāyādāndaiteyānkīrtayāmi te |
yatra bhāgavataḥ śrīmānprahrādo balireva ca || 10 ||
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diterdvāveva dāyādau daityadānavavanditau |
hiraṇyakaśipurnāma hiraṇyākṣaśca kīrtitau || 11 ||
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hiraṇyakaśiporbhāryā kayādhurnāma dānavī |
jambhasya tanayā sā tu suṣuve caturaḥ sutān || 12 ||
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saṃhrādaṃ prāganuhrādaṃ hrādaṃ prahrādameva ca |
tatsvasā siṃhikā nāma rāhuṃ vipracito'grahīt || 13 ||
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śiro'haradyasya hariścakreṇa pibato'mṛtam |
saṃhrādasya kṛtirbhāryā sūta pañcajanaṃ tataḥ || 14 ||
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hrādasya dhamanirbhāryā sūta vātāpimilvalam |
yo'gastyāya tvatithaye pece vātāpimilvalaḥ || 15 ||
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anuhrādasya sūryāyāṃ1 bāṣkalo mahiṣastathā |
virocanastu prāhrādirdevyāṃ tasyābhavadbaliḥ || 16 ||
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bāṇajyeṣṭhaṃ putraśatamaśanāyāṃ tato'bhavat |
tasyānubhāvaṃ suślokyaṃ paścādevābhidhāsyate || 17 ||
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bāṇa ārādhya giriśaṃ lebhe tadgaṇamukhyatām |
yatpārśve bhagavānāste hyadyāpi purapālakaḥ || 18 ||
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marutaśca diteḥ putrāścatvāriṃśannavādhikāḥ |
ta āsannaprajāḥ sarve nītā indre ṇa sātmatām || 19 ||
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śrīrājovāca |
kathaṃ ta āsuraṃ bhāvamapohyautpattikaṃ guro |
indre ṇa prāpitāḥ sātmyaṃ kiṃ tatsādhu kṛtaṃ hi taiḥ || 20 ||
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ime śraddadhate brahmannṛṣayo hi mayā saha |
parijñānāya bhagavaṃstanno vyākhyātumarhasi || 21 ||
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śrīsūta uvāca |
tadviṣṇurātasya sa bādarāyaṇirvaco niśamyādṛtamalpamarthavat |
sabhājayansannibhṛtena cetasā jagāda satrāyaṇa sarvadarśanaḥ || 22 ||
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śrīśuka uvāca |
hataputrā ditiḥ śakra pārṣṇigrāheṇa viṣṇunā |
manyunā śokadīptena jvalantī paryacintayat || 23 ||
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kadā nu bhrātṛhantāramindri yārāmamulbaṇam |
aklinnahṛdayaṃ pāpaṃ ghātayitvā śaye sukham || 24 ||
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kṛmiviḍbhasmasaṃjñāsīdyasyeśābhihitasya ca |
bhūtadhruktatkṛte svārthaṃ kiṃ veda nirayo yataḥ || 25 ||
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āśāsānasya tasyedaṃ dhruvamunnaddhacetasaḥ |
madaśoṣaka indra sya bhūyādyena suto hi me || 26 ||
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iti bhāvena sā bharturācacārāsakṛtpriyam |
śuśrūṣayānurāgeṇa praśrayeṇa damena ca || 27 ||
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bhaktyā paramayā rājanmanojñairvalgubhāṣitaiḥ |
mano jagrāha bhāvajñā sasmitāpāṅgavīkṣaṇaiḥ || 28 ||
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evaṃ striyā jaḍībhūto vidvānapi manojñayā |
bāḍhamityāha vivaśo na taccitraṃ hi yoṣiti || 29 ||
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vilokyaikāntabhūtāni bhūtānyādau prajāpatiḥ |
striyaṃ cakre svadehārdhaṃ yayā puṃsāṃ matirhṛtā || 30 ||
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evaṃ śuśrūṣitastāta bhagavānkaśyapaḥ striyā |
prahasya paramaprīto ditimāhābhinandya ca || 31 ||
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śrīkaśyapa uvāca |
varaṃ varaya vāmoru prītaste'hamanindite |
striyā bhartari suprīte kaḥ kāma iha cāgamaḥ || 32 ||
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patireva hi nārīṇāṃ daivataṃ paramaṃ smṛtam |
mānasaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vāsudevaḥ śriyaḥ patiḥ || 33 ||
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sa eva devatāliṅgairnāmarūpavikalpitaiḥ |
ijyate bhagavānpumbhiḥ strībhiśca patirūpadhṛk || 34 ||
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tasmātpativratā nāryaḥ śreyaskāmāḥ sumadhyame |
yajante'nanyabhāvena patimātmānamīśvaram || 35 ||
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so'haṃ tvayārcito bhadre īdṛgbhāvena bhaktitaḥ |
taṃ te sampādaye kāmamasatīnāṃ sudurlabham || 36 ||
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ditiruvāca |
varado yadi me brahmanputramindra haṇaṃ vṛṇe |
amṛtyuṃ mṛtaputrāhaṃ yena me ghātitau sutau || 37 ||
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niśamya tadvaco vipro vimanāḥ paryatapyata |
aho adharmaḥ sumahānadya me samupasthitaḥ || 38 ||
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aho arthendri yārāmo yoṣinmayyeha māyayā |
gṛhītacetāḥ kṛpaṇaḥ patiṣye narake dhruvam || 39 ||
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ko'tikramo'nuvartantyāḥ svabhāvamiha yoṣitaḥ |
dhiṅmāṃ batābudhaṃ svārthe yadahaṃ tvajitendri yaḥ || 40 ||
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śaratpadmotsavaṃ vaktraṃ vacaśca śravaṇāmṛtam |
hṛdayaṃ kṣuradhārābhaṃ strīṇāṃ ko veda ceṣṭitam || 41 ||
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na hi kaścitpriyaḥ strīṇāmañjasā svāśiṣātmanām |
patiṃ putraṃ bhrātaraṃ vā ghnantyarthe ghātayanti ca || 42 ||
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pratiśrutaṃ dadāmīti vacastanna mṛṣā bhavet |
vadhaṃ nārhati cendro 'pi tatredamupakalpate || 43 ||
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iti sañcintya bhagavānmārīcaḥ kurunandana |
uvāca kiñcitkupita ātmānaṃ ca vigarhayan || 44 ||
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śrīkaśyapa uvāca |
putraste bhavitā bhadre indra hādevabāndhavaḥ |
saṃvatsaraṃ vratamidaṃ yadyañjo dhārayiṣyasi || 45 ||
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ditiruvāca |
dhārayiṣye vrataṃ brahmanbrūhi kāryāṇi yāni me |
yāni ceha niṣiddhāni na vrataṃ ghnanti yānyuta || 46 ||
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śrīkaśyapa uvāca |
na hiṃsyādbhūtajātāni na śapennānṛtaṃ vadet |
na chindyānnakharomāṇi na spṛśedyadamaṅgalam || 47 ||
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nāpsu snāyānna kupyeta na sambhāṣeta durjanaiḥ |
na vasītādhautavāsaḥ srajaṃ ca vidhṛtāṃ kvacit || 48 ||
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nocchiṣṭaṃ caṇḍikānnaṃ ca sāmiṣaṃ vṛṣalāhṛtam |
bhuñjītodakyayā dṛṣṭaṃ pibennāñjalinā tvapaḥ || 49 ||
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nocchiṣṭāspṛṣṭasalilā sandhyāyāṃ muktamūrdhajā |
anarcitāsaṃyatavāknāsaṃvītā bahiścaret || 50 ||
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nādhautapādāprayatā nārdra pādā udakśirāḥ |
śayīta nāparāṅnānyairna nagnā na ca sandhyayoḥ || 51 ||
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dhautavāsā śucirnityaṃ sarvamaṅgalasaṃyutā |
pūjayetprātarāśātprāggoviprāñśriyamacyutam || 52 ||
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striyo vīravatīścārcetsraggandhabalimaṇḍanaiḥ |
patiṃ cārcyopatiṣṭheta dhyāyetkoṣṭhagataṃ ca tam || 53 ||
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sāṃvatsaraṃ puṃsavanaṃ vratametadaviplutam |
dhārayiṣyasi cettubhyaṃ śakrahā bhavitā sutaḥ || 54 ||
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bāḍhamityabhyupetyātha ditī rājanmahāmanāḥ |
kaśyapādgarbhamādhatta vrataṃ cāñjo dadhāra sā || 55 ||
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mātṛṣvasurabhiprāyamindra ājñāya mānada |
śuśrūṣaṇenāśramasthāṃ ditiṃ paryacaratkaviḥ || 56 ||
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nityaṃ vanātsumanasaḥ phalamūlasamitkuśān |
patrāṅkuramṛdo'paśca kāle kāla upāharat || 57 ||
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evaṃ tasyā vratasthāyā vratacchidraṃ harirnṛpa |
prepsuḥ paryacarajjihmo mṛgaheva mṛgākṛtiḥ || 58 ||
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nādhyagacchadvratacchidraṃ tatparo'tha mahīpate |
cintāṃ tīvrāṃ gataḥ śakraḥ kena me syācchivaṃ tviha || 59 ||
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ekadā sā tu sandhyāyāmucchiṣṭā vratakarśitā |
aspṛṣṭavāryadhautāṅghriḥ suṣvāpa vidhimohitā || 60 ||
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labdhvā tadantaraṃ śakro nidrā pahṛtacetasaḥ |
diteḥ praviṣṭa udaraṃ yogeśo yogamāyayā || 61 ||
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cakarta saptadhā garbhaṃ vajreṇa kanakaprabham |
rudantaṃ saptadhaikaikaṃ mā rodīriti tānpunaḥ || 62 ||
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tamūcuḥ pāṭyamānāste sarve prāñjalayo nṛpa |
kiṃ na indra jighāṃsasi bhrātaro marutastava || 63 ||
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mā bhaiṣṭa bhrātaro mahyaṃ yūyamityāha kauśikaḥ |
ananyabhāvānpārṣadānātmano marutāṃ gaṇān || 64 ||
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na mamāra ditergarbhaḥ śrīnivāsānukampayā |
bahudhā kuliśakṣuṇṇo drau ṇyastreṇa yathā bhavān || 65 ||
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sakṛdiṣṭvādipuruṣaṃ puruṣo yāti sāmyatām |
saṃvatsaraṃ kiñcidūnaṃ dityā yaddharirarcitaḥ || 66 ||
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sajūrindre ṇa pañcāśaddevāste maruto'bhavan |
vyapohya mātṛdoṣaṃ te hariṇā somapāḥ kṛtāḥ || 67 ||
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ditirutthāya dadṛśe kumārānanalaprabhān |
indre ṇa sahitāndevī paryatuṣyadaninditā || 68 ||
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athendra māha tātāhamādityānāṃ bhayāvaham |
apatyamicchantyacaraṃ vratametatsuduṣkaram || 69 ||
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ekaḥ saṅkalpitaḥ putraḥ sapta saptābhavankatham |
yadi te viditaṃ putra satyaṃ kathaya mā mṛṣā || 70 ||
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indra uvāca |
amba te'haṃ vyavasitamupadhāryāgato'ntikam |
labdhāntaro'cchidaṃ garbhamarthabuddhirna dharmadṛk || 71 ||
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kṛtto me saptadhā garbha āsansapta kumārakāḥ |
te'pi caikaikaśo vṛkṇāḥ saptadhā nāpi mamrire || 72 ||
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tatastatparamāścaryaṃ vīkṣya vyavasitaṃ mayā |
mahāpuruṣapūjāyāḥ siddhiḥ kāpyānuṣaṅgiṇī || 73 ||
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ārādhanaṃ bhagavata īhamānā nirāśiṣaḥ |
ye tu necchantyapi paraṃ te svārthakuśalāḥ smṛtāḥ || 74 ||
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ārādhyātmapradaṃ devaṃ svātmānaṃ jagadīśvaram |
ko vṛṇīta guṇasparśaṃ budhaḥ syānnarake'pi yat || 75 ||
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tadidaṃ mama daurjanyaṃ bāliśasya mahīyasi |
kṣantumarhasi mātastvaṃ diṣṭyā garbho mṛtotthitaḥ || 76 ||
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śrīśuka uvāca |
indra stayābhyanujñātaḥ śuddhabhāvena tuṣṭayā |
marudbhiḥ saha tāṃ natvā jagāma tridivaṃ prabhuḥ || 77 ||
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evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi |
maṅgalaṃ marutāṃ janma kiṃ bhūyaḥ kathayāmi te || 78 ||
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