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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