Chapter 245

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agniruvāca |
cāmaro rukmadaṇḍo'gryaḥ chatraṃ rājñaḥ praśasyate |
haṃsapakṣairviracitaṃ mayūrasya śukasya ca || 1 ||
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pakṣairvātha balākāyā na kāryyaṃ miśrapakṣakaiḥ |
caturastraṃ brāhmaṇasya vṛttaṃ rājñaśca śuklakaṃ || 2 ||
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tricatuśpañcaṣaṭsaptāṣṭaparvaśca daṇḍakaḥ |
bhadrāsanaṃ kṣīravṛkṣaiḥ pañcāśadaṅgulocchrayaiḥ || 3 ||
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vistāreṇa trihastaṃ syāt suvarṇādyaiśca citritaṃ |
dhanurdravyatrayaṃ lohaṃ śrṛhgaṃ dāru dvijottama || 4 ||
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jyādravyatritayañcaiva vaṃśabhaṅgatvacastathā |
dārucāpapramāṇantu śreṣṭhaṃ hastacatuṣṭayaṃ || 5 ||
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tadeva samahīnantu proktaṃ madhyakanīyasi |
muṣṭigrāhanimittāni madhye dravyāṇi kārayet || 6 ||
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svalpakoṭistvacā śrṛṅgaṃ śarṅgalohamaye dvija |
kāminībhrūlatākārā koṭiḥ kāryyā susaṃyatā || 7 ||
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pṛthagvā vipra miśraṃ vā lauhaṃ śārṅgantu kārayet |
śarṅgaṃ samucitaṃ kāryyaṃ rukmavinduvibhūṣitaṃ || 8 ||
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kuṭilaṃ spuṭitañcāpaṃ sacchidrañca na śasyate |
suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ tāmraṃ kṛṣṇāyo dhanuṣi smṛtaṃ || 9 ||
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māhiṣaṃ śārabhaṃ śārṅga rauhiṣaṃ vā dhanuḥ śubhaṃ |
candanaṃ vetasaṃ sālaṃ dhāvalaṅgakubhantaruḥ || 10 ||
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sarvaśreṣṭhaṃ dhanurvaṃśairgṛhotaiḥ śaradi śritaiḥ |
pūjayettu dhanuḥ khaḍgamantraistrailokyamohanaiḥ || 11 ||
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ayasaścātha vaṃśasya śarasyāpyaśarasya ca |
ṛjavo hemavārṇabhāḥ snāyuśliṣṭāḥ supatrakāḥ || 12 ||
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rukmapuṅkhāḥ supuṅkāste tailadhautāḥ suvarṇakāḥ |
yātrāyāmabhiṣekādau yajedvāyaṇadhanurmukhān || 13 ||
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sapatākāśtrasaṅgrāhasaṃvatsarakarānnṛpaḥ |
brahmā vai meruśikhare svargagaṅgātaṭe'yajat || 14 ||
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lohadaityaṃ sa dadṛśe vighnaṃyajñe tu cintayan |
tasya cintayato vahneḥ puruṣo'bhūdbalī mahān || 15 ||
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vavande'jañca tandevā abhyanandanta harṣitāḥ |
tasmātsa nandakaḥ khaḍgo devokto hariragrahīt || 16 ||
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taṃ jagrāha śanairdevo vikoṣaḥ so'bhyapadyata |
khaḍgo nīlo ratnamuṣṭistato'bhūcchatabāhukaḥ || 17 ||
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daityaḥ sa gadayā devān drāvayāmāsa vai raṇe |
viṣṇunā khaḍgacchinnāni daityagātrāṇi bhūtale || 18 ||
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patitāni tu saṃsparśānnandakasya ca tāni hi |
lohabhūtāni sarvāṇi hatvā tasmai harirvaraṃ || 19 ||
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dadau pavitramaṅgante āyudhāya bhavedbhuvi |
hariprasādād brahmāpi vinā vighnaṃ hariṃ prabhuṃ || 20 ||
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pūjayāmāsa yajñena vakṣye'tho śaḍgalakṣaṇaṃ |
khaṭīkhaṭṭarajātā ye darśanīyāstu te smṛtāḥ || 21 ||
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kāyacchidastvārṣikāḥ syurdṛḍhāḥ sūrpārakodbavāḥ |
tīkṣṇāśchedasahā vaṅgāstīkṣṇāḥsyuścāṅgadeśajaḥ || 22 ||
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śātārddhamaṅgulānāñca śreṣṭhaṃ khaḍgaṃ prakīrttitaṃ |
tadarddhaṃ madhyamaṃ jñeyaṃ tato hīnaṃ na dhārayet || 23 ||
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dīrghaṃ sumadhuraṃ śabdaṃ yasya khaḍgasya sattama |
kiṅkiṇīsadṛśantasya dhāraṇaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate || 24 ||
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kha़़ḍa़gaḥ padmapalāśāgro maṇḍalāgraśca śasyate |
karavīradalāgrābho ghṛtagandho viyatprabhaḥ || 25 ||
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samāṅgulasthāḥ śasyante vraṇāḥ khaḍgeṣu liṅgavat |
kākolūkasavarṇābhā viṣamāste na śobhanāḥ || 26 ||
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khaḍge na paśyedvadanamucchiṣṭo na spṛśedasiṃ |
mūlyaṃ jātiṃ na kathayenniśi kuryānna śīrṣake || 27 ||
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