Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha [sanskrit]

35,982 words

The Sanskrit edition of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha: an epic story in the form of a narrative detailling Naravahanadatta’s quest to become the emperor of the Vidyadharas. Similair to the Kathasaritsagara, the Brhatkathaslokasamgraha also represents one of the several abridgements of the “Great Story” (Brihatkatha), said to have originally consisted of 700,000 shlokas (metrical verses). Alternative titles: Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha (बृहत्कथाश्लोकसंग्रह), Bṛhatkathāślokasaṅgraha (बृहत्कथाश्लोकसङ्ग्रह), Bṛhat-kathā-śloka-saṃgraha (बृहत्-कथा-श्लोक-संग्रह), Brihatkathashlokasamgraha, Brhatkathaslokasangraha, Brhat-katha-sloka-samgraha (sangraha).

Chapter 1

mahākhātā mahāśālā puryastyujjayinīti yā |
mahāmbhodhimahāśailamekhalaiva mahāmahī || 1 ||
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prāsādānyatra paśyantaḥ saṃtatān haimarājatān |
merukailāsakūṭebhyaḥ spṛhayanti na nāgarāḥ || 2 ||
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vedamaurvīvipañcīnāṃ dhvanayaḥ pratimandiram |
yatra saṃnipatanto'pi na bādhante parasparam || 3 ||
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kṛtaṃ varṇanayā tasyāyasyāṃ satatamāsate |
mahākālaprabhṛtayastyaktvā śivapuraṃ gaṇāḥ || 4 ||
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tasyāmāsīnmahāseno mahāsenaḥ kṣitīśvaraḥ |
yasya devīsahasrāṇi ṣoḍaśa śrīpateriva || 5 ||
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ciraṃ pālayatastasya prajāḥ śāstoktakāriṇaḥ |
gopālaḥ pālakaśceti sutau jātau guṇāmbudhī || 6 ||
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bṛhaspatisamaścāsya mantrī bharatarohakaḥ |
rohantakaḥ surohaśca tasyāstāṃ tatsamau sutau || 7 ||
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narendramantriputrāṇāṃ caturvidyārthavedinām |
prayogeṣu ca daṣāṇāṃ yānti sma divasāḥ sukham || 8 ||
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atha gāṃ pālayāmāsa gopālaḥ pitṛpālitām |
pālako'pi yavīyastvād yauvarājyamapālayat || 9 ||
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mantriputrau tu mantritvamatha bhūmirnaveśvarā |
navamantrikṛtārakṣā jāyate sma punarvā || 10 ||
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gajarājamatho rājā dānarājivirājitam |
adhiṣṭhāya jagatsāraṃ nirjagāma bahiḥ puraḥ || 11 ||
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taddarśanāśayāyātamanekaṃ nṛkadambakam |
bibhyadvyāḍādgajāttasmāditaścetaśca vidrutam || 12 ||
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kanyakānyatamā tatra gṛhyamāṇātha hastinā |
prāṃśuprākārataḥ prāṃśoragamyāṃ parikhāmagāt || 13 ||
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khātapātavyathājātasaṃjñānāśātkṣaṇaṃ tataḥ |
taṭasthā hastipṛṣṭhasthaṃ sābhāṣata ruṣā nṛpam || 14 ||
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avadhyamavadhīryastvaṃ pitaraṃ tasya kiṃ mayā |
adhītavedaṃ yo hanti brāhmaṇaṃ tasya ke mṛgāḥ || 15 ||
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iti kanyāvacaḥ śrutvā duḥśravaṃ śvapacairapi |
cinteṣu bhinnahṛdayaḥ praviveśa niveśanam || 16 ||
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ativāhya ca duḥkhena dinaśeṣaṃ samāsamam |
janavādopalambhāya pradoṣe niryayau gṛhāt || 17 ||
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kālakambalasaṃvītaḥ sāsicarmāsiputrikaḥ |
samantrāgadasaṃnāhaḥ saṃcacāra śanaiḥ śanaiḥ || 18 ||
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atha śuśrāva kasmiṃścitdevatāyatane dhvanim |
abhisārikayā sārdhaṃ bhāṣamāṇasya kāminaḥ || 19 ||
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hataṃ muṣṭibhirākāśaṃ tuṣāṇāṃ kaṇḍanaṃ kṛtam |
mayā yena tvayā sārdhaṃ baddhā prītirabuddhinā || 20 ||
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iyametāvatī velā khidyamānena yāpitā |
mayā tvaṃ tu gṛhādeva na niryāsi pativratā || 21 ||
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kaumāraḥ subhāgo bhartā yadi nāma priyastava |
khalīkṛtaiḥ kimasmābhirvṛtheva kulaputrakaiḥ || 22 ||
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evamādi tataḥ śrutvā sā pragalbhābhisārikā |
vihasya viṭamāha sma tvādṛśā hi hatatrapāḥ || 23 ||
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nanu cittaṃ mayārādhyaṃ tasyāpi bhavataḥ kṛte |
na hi bhartṝnaviśvāsya ramante kulaṭā viṭaiḥ || 24 ||
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atha nirmakṣikaṃ bhadra madhu pātuṃ manorathaḥ |
jahi ghātaya bālaṃ me patiṃ nityapramādinam || 25 ||
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atha pāpādasi trastaḥ sphuṭaṃ nāhaṃ tava priyā |
nanu durvārarāgāndhaḥ sutāṃ yāti prajāpatiḥ || 26 ||
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athavālaṃ vivādena vaidharmyaṃ kiṃ na paśyasi |
yena rājyasukhāndhena prajāpālaḥ pitā hataḥ || 27 ||
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suduḥśravamidaṃ śrutvā gopālo durvacaṃ vacaḥ |
gacchannanyatra śuśrāva dhvaniṃ viprasya jalpataḥ || 28 ||
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ayi brāhmaṇi jāgarṣi nandini krandate śiśuḥ |
tvaritaṃ yājate dehi stanyaṃ kaṇṭho'sya mā śuṣat || 29 ||
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iti śrutvā giraṃ bharturvinidrā brāhmaṇī sutam |
pitṛghātinmriyasveti nirdayaṃ nirabhartsayat || 30 ||
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āḥ pāpe kimasaṃbhaddhaṃ pitṛghātinniti tvayā |
bālo'yamuktetyenaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ kupito'bravīt || 31 ||
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kimāryaputra putreṇa yadā rājñā pitā hataḥ |
śrutismṛtividityetaduvāca brāhmaṇī patim || 32 ||
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śrutvaivamādi kaulīnaṃ praviśyāntaḥpuraṃ nṛpaḥ |
anayatkṣaṇadāśeṣamasaṃmīlitalocanaḥ || 33 ||
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atha gāḍhāndhakārāyāṃ velāyāṃ maṃtriṇau rahaḥ |
apṛcchatko'yamasmāsu pravādaḥ kathyatāmiti || 34 ||
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tatastāv ūcatustrastau satrāsaṃ nṛpacoditau |
kaulīnahetuśrutaye cittaṃ devāvadhīyatām || 35 ||
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sugṛhītābhidhānasya pradyotasya pitustava |
āsannavyabhicārīṇyariṣṭānyaṣṭau mumūrṣataḥ || 36 ||
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uddhārye dhavale keśe pramādātkṛṣṇae uddhṛte |
uddhartāraṃ mahīpālaḥ kartayāmāsa nāpitam || 37 ||
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bhuñjānena ca pāṣāṇe daśanāgreṇa khaṇḍite |
kulakramāgato vṛddhaḥ sūpakāraḥ pramāpitaḥ || 38 ||
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prakṛterviparītatvaṃ jānannapyevamādibhiḥ |
prabho vidhervidheyatvādbrāhmaṇānapyabādhata || 39 ||
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bharturīdṛśi vṛttānte mantrī tasyāvayoḥ pitā |
adṛṣṭabhartṛvyasanaḥ pūrvamevāgamaddivam || 40 ||
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śrutamantrivināśastu sa rājā rājayakṣmaṇā |
guruśokasahāyena sahasaivābhyabhūyata || 41 ||
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tatastāte divaṃ yāte yātukāme ca bhūpatau |
prajāsu ca viraktāsu jātau svaḥ kiṃkriyākulau || 42 ||
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prāptakālamidaṃ śreya iti buddhvā prasāritam |
kaulīnamidamāvābhyāṃ saparyanteṣvavantiṣu || 43 ||
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krodhabādhitabodhatvādbādhamānaṃ nijāḥ prajāḥ |
bandhayāmāsa rājānaṃ rājaputraḥ priyaprajaḥ || 44 ||
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śṛṅkhalātantracaraṇaḥ svatantrādbhraṃśitaḥ padāt |
sukhasya mahato dadhyau sa rājendro gajendravat || 45 ||
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cintāmuṣitanidratvādāhāraviraheṇa ca |
sa kṣapāḥ kṣapayan kṣīṇaḥ saṃvatsaraśatāyatāḥ || 46 ||
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putreṇaivamavastho'pi prajāpriyacikīrṣuṇā |
na mukta eva muktaśca yāvatprāṇaiḥ priyairiti || 47 ||
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nidānamidametasya kaulīnasya vigarhitam |
itaradvādhunā devaḥ prabhurityatha bhūpatiḥ || 48 ||
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adhomukhaḥ kṣaṇaṃ sthitvā talāhatamahītalaḥ |
dṛṣṭvā ca sāsramākāśamanātha idamabravīt || 49 ||
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tulyau śukrabṛhaspatyoryuvāṃ muktvā suhṛttamau |
anapāyamupāyaṃ kaḥ prayuñjītaitamīdṛśam || 50 ||
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kiṃ tu sattvavatāmeṣa śaṅkāśūnyadhiyāṃ kramaḥ |
dṛṣṭādṛṣṭabhayagrastacetasāṃ na tu mādṛśām || 51 ||
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tasmatpālayataṃ bhadrau pālakaṃ pālakaṃ buvaḥ |
idaṃ tvalīkakaulīnamaśakto'hamupekṣitum || 52 ||
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tasyaivaṃ bhāṣamāṇasya vrīḍādhomukhamantriṇaḥ |
kūjanprakāśayāmāsa kṣīṇāṃ tāmraśikhaḥ kṣapām || 53 ||
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atha śuśruvire vācaḥ sūtamāgadhabandinām |
yaśodhavalitānantadigantodbudhyatāmiti || 54 ||
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dīnadīnaṃ tadākarṇya karṇadāraṇamapriyam |
pidhāya pārthivaḥ karṇāv uttamāṅgamakampayat || 55 ||
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sa cāvocatpratīhārī nivāryantāmamī mama |
kṣate kṣārāvadekena kiṃ phalaṃ bhavatāmiti || 56 ||
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āsīccāsyātha vā dhiṅ māmevamātmāpavādinam |
nanu praśasyamātmānaṃ nāhamarhāmi ninditum || 57 ||
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niryantraṇavihāreṇa cirajīvini rājani |
rājaputreṇa laḍitaḥ kenānyena yathā mayā || 58 ||
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samucchinnadurucchedabāhyābhyantaravairiṇā |
varṇāśramāḥ svadharmebhyaḥ kiṃ vā vicalitā mayā || 59 ||
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avantivardhanasamo nijāhāryaguṇākaraḥ |
putraḥ punnarakāttrātā kasyānyasya yathā mama || 60 ||
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athavāstāmidaṃ sarvamekenaivāsmi vardhitaḥ |
naravāhanadevena jāmātrā cakravartinā || 61 ||
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eka eva tu me nāsīdguṇaḥ so'pyayamāgataḥ |
prasādānmantrivṛṣayoryattapovanasevanam || 62 ||
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iti niṣkampasaṃkalpaścodayāmāsa mantriṇau |
sasiṃhāsanamāsthānaṃ maṇḍape dīyatāmiti || 63 ||
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tayostu gatayoḥ keśānvāpayitvā savalkalaḥ |
kamaṇḍalusanāthaśca bhūpālo niryayau gṛhāt || 64 ||
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viṣādaviplutākṣeṇa vakṣonikṣiptapāṇinā |
dṛśyamāno'varodhena viveśāsthānamaṇḍapam || 65 ||
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trāsamlānakapolena dṛṣṭaḥ pṛthulacakṣuṣā |
pālakenābravīttaṃ ca sthita eva sthitaṃ sthitam || 66 ||
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prasādāttāta tātasya vatsarājasya ca tvayā |
buddheḥ svasyāśca śuddhāyāḥ kiṃ nāma na parīkṣitam || 67 ||
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ato'nuśāsitāraṃ tvāmanuśāsati bāliśāḥ |
yena loke tae ucyante viyātāḥ pitṛśikṣakāḥ || 68 ||
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etāvattu mayā vācyaṃ pitryaṃ siṃhāsanaṃ tvayā |
varṇāśramaparitrārthamidamadhyāsyatāmiti || 69 ||
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taccāvaśyamanuṣṭheyamasmākīnaṃ vacastvayā |
mādṛśāṃ hi na vākyāni vimṛśanti bhavādṛśāḥ || 70 ||
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itīdaṃ pālakaḥ śrutvā sthitvā cādhomukhaḥ kṣaṇam |
uttaraṃ cintayāmāsa nāsāgrāhitalocanaḥ || 71 ||
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kṛtakṛtrimaroṣastu rājā pālakamabravīt |
bhoḥ siṃhāsanamāroha kiṃ tavottaracintayā || 72 ||
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kiṃ cottaraśatenāpi tvayāhaṃ sopapattinā |
vegaḥ prāvṛṣi śoṇasya caraṇeneva durdharaḥ || 73 ||
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iti dvijātayaḥ śrutvā purohitapuraḥsarāḥ |
viṣādagadgadagiraḥ pramṛjyāśru babhāṣire || 74 ||
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pālakaste niyojyatvādājñāṃ mā sma vicārayat |
tvanniyogānniyoktāraḥ kasmādvayamudāsmahe || 75 ||
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dhriyamāṇe prajāpāle jyeṣṭhe bhrātari pālakaḥ |
mṛgendrāsanamārohan khaṭvārūḍho bhavennanu || 76 ||
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rājyāgnimādadhadvāpi tvayi varṣaśatāyuṣi |
parivettāramātmānamayaṃ manyeta ninditam || 77 ||
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tasmādasmānnivartasva saṃkalpadatibhīṣaṇāt |
śokajānyaśruvārīṇi bhavantvānandajāni naḥ || 78 ||
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baddhāñjalirathovāca kiṃcinnamitakaṃdharaḥ |
alaṃ vaḥ pīḍayitvā māṃ vacobhiriti pārthivaḥ || 79 ||
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mayāyamabhyanujñāto rakṣaṇe ca kṣamaḥ kṣiteḥ |
khaṭvārūḍho na bhavitā ninditaḥ śabdavedibhiḥ || 80 ||
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asamarthe ca rājyāgneḥ pālane patite mayi |
parivettāpi naivāyaṃ bhaviṣyati narādhipaḥ || 81 ||
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yaccāpi pihitāḥ karṇāākarṇya patitadhvanim |
prajābhistacca na mṛṣā mayā hi nihataḥ pitā || 82 ||
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tadidaṃ pātakaṃ kṛtvā yuṣmatpīḍāpraśāntaye |
prāyaścittaṃ vrajan kartuṃ na nivāryo'smi kenacit || 83 ||
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mayā cātyaktadharmeṇa yatprajānāṃ kṛte kṛtam |
tasya pratyupakārāya pālakaḥ pālyatāmayam || 84 ||
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itīdaṃ prakṛtīruktvā pālakaṃ punarabravīt |
avantivardhanaṃ putraṃ matprītyā pālayeriti || 85 ||
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vilakṣahasitaṃ kṛtvā gopālaṃ pālako'bravīt |
avantivardhano rājā rājan kasmānna jāyatām || 86 ||
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satsu bhārtṛṣu bhūpāla guṇavatsvapi bhūbhujaḥ |
nikṣiptavantaḥ śrūyante putreṣveva guruṃ dhuram || 87 ||
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gopālastamathovāca bhaviṣyati yuvā yadā |
tvaṃ ca vṛddhastadā yuktaṃ svayameva kariṣyasi || 88 ||
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evaṃ niruttarāḥ kṛtvā prakṛtīstāḥ sapālakāḥ |
sarvatīrthāmbukalaśairabhyaṣiñcatsa pālakam || 89 ||
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āropya cainaṃ tvaritaṃ siṃhāsanamudaṅmukhaḥ |
nirjagāma purātsvasmādekarātroṣito yathā || 90 ||
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atha rājani kānanāvṛte puramāspanditalokalocanām |
nibhṛtaśvasitāmayadhvaniṃ mṛtakalpāṃ praviveśa pālakaḥ || 91 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Brihat-katha-shloka-samgraha Chapter 1

Cover of edition (1990)

Brihat Katha Shloka Samgraha (Hindi translation)
by Shri Budhaswami (श्री बुधस्वामी) (1990)

340 pages; बृहत्कथा श्लोक संग्रह; [Publisher: Bihar Rashtrabhasha Parishad]

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Cover of edition (2019)

The Katha Sarit Sagara: The Ocean of the Streams of Story (2 Volumes)
by C.H. Tawney (2019)

1412 pages; (Translated from the Original Sanskrit); [Publisher: Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt. Lt.]; ISBN: 9788121505017

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