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 15
paripāṭyā tataḥ prāptāstrayo hariśikhādayaḥ |
prabhāte māmavandanta na tu vegavataḥ sutām || 1 ||
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gomukhastvacirātprāptaḥ prathamaṃ māmavandata |
asmadāsannamāsīnāṃ bhaktyā vegavatīṃ tataḥ || 2 ||
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asau hariśikhenoktaḥ suṣṭhu khalvasi paṇḍitaḥ |
vandyāvandyavicāre hi paṇḍitāḥ samadarśinaḥ || 3 ||
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athoktaṃ tena matto'sti bhavānevātipaṇḍitaḥ |
vandyalakṣaṇayuktāṃ yo vandyāmapi na vandate || 4 ||
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bhaṇa kena na pūjyeyaṃ yā naḥ pūjyena pūjitā |
nanu mandamate lokaḥ pūjyapūjitapūjakaḥ || 5 ||
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svāminī svāmisaṃbandhātsvāmīvārhati vandanām |
candrāsannairhi nakṣatrairlokaḥ kāryāṇi kāryate || 6 ||
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ityādi vadatastasya pakṣamutkarṣayanniva |
ahaṃ vegavatīvṛttaṃ tadvarṇitamavarṇayam || 7 ||
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vidyādharakumārīṇāṃ pravṛttāvartanīti te |
vandato muditā gatvā senābhartre nyavedayan || 8 ||
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tenāpi tātapādebhyastairambābhyāṃ niveditam |
harṣadundubhivṛndaistu nadadbhirvṛtraśatrave || 9 ||
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gambhīrotpātajīmūtasaṃpātahrādabhīṣaṇe |
pramodadhvanite yātaṃ tanyamāne divāniśam || 10 ||
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atha senāpatiḥ prāptaḥ prātarmāmidamabravīt |
idānīmeva devībhyāṃ devo vijñāpito yathā || 11 ||
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dvitīyayā vadhukayā gṛhīto dārakaḥ svayam |
kasyāścidapi nāsmabhirdṛṣṭaḥ pariṇayotsave || 12 ||
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tena prasādo yadyasti vegavatyā tataḥ saha |
naravāhanadattasya vivāhaḥ kāryatāmiti || 13 ||
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devena tu vihasyoktamevamastu kimāsyate |
mamāpi hi manasyāsīdayameva manorathaḥ || 14 ||
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kiṃ tu mātā varasyātra devī bhavatu māgadhī |
pitāhaṃ varapakṣe'sya samastamavarodhanam || 15 ||
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astu vāsavadattāyāḥ sutā vegavataḥ sutā |
rumaṇvadādayaḥ pakṣe tasyā evaṃ bhavantviti || 16 ||
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athāntaḥpuramambāyāḥ padmāvatyāḥ suhṛdvṛtaḥ |
nīto'haṃ citravinyāsaratnamaṅgalamaṇḍalam || 17 ||
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sabhartṛbahuputrābhirnārībhirvegavatyapi |
jyeṣṭhāmbābhavanaṃ nītā kelikolāhalākulam || 18 ||
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tapantakastu māgadhyā preṣitaḥ prekṣituṃ vadhūm |
maṣīkālamukhoraskaḥ kārito jyeṣṭhayāmbayā || 19 ||
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kampamānaśca kopena tataḥ pratyāgato'bravīt |
aryaputra khalīkāraṃ paśyatemaṃ mamedṛśam || 20 ||
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śvaśrūste māṃ khalīkṛtya sāntarhāsamavocata |
kva yāsi jālma labdho'si preṣitastvaṃ caraḥ kila || 21 ||
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ekaiva mama bāleyamāyācitaśatārjitā |
asyāḥ saubhāgyamutpādyamavaśyaṃ kārmaṇairmayā || 22 ||
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mātā jāmātṛkasyaiva mahākārmaṇakārikā |
yayā hastatale bhartā gurudhairyo'pi nartitaḥ || 23 ||
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vardhayantyāściraṃ putraṃ tasyāḥ kārmaṇamālayā |
kiṃ mayā preṣitaḥ kaścidbhavāniva carastayā || 24 ||
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ityuktvālambhito bhīmāmardhacandraparaṃparām |
devyāḥ niṣkramitaḥ svasmādahamantaḥpurāditi || 25 ||
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tapantakena yā prāptā tatra gatvā viḍambanā |
tāmanekaguṇāṃ prāpañjyeṣṭhāmbāpreṣitāścarāḥ || 26 ||
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iti pravṛttavṛttānte matte'ntaḥpurasāgare |
mayā vegavatīpāṇirgṛhīto mantrasaṃskṛtaḥ || 27 ||
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atha gatvā svamāvāsaṃ vāsāvāsaṃ praviśya ca |
anyādṛśaprapañceva dṛṣṭā vegavatī mayā || 28 ||
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vyāhṛtā vacanaṃ nādādagādālambitāṃśukā |
śayanaṃ ca navoḍheva sevate sma parāṅmukhī || 29 ||
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upasṛtya śanaiścaināṃ bravīmi sma vilakṣakaḥ |
vrīḍākrīḍākṛtā pīḍā durbhagā tyajyatāmiti || 30 ||
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tayā tu kathamapyuktaṃ sphuṭitasmitacandrikam |
aryaputra kutaḥ krīḍā gurvājñeyaṃ garīyasī || 31 ||
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mayā hi śvaśurādeśādasminvivāhanāṭake |
duṣkarā kṣiptavelāpi vadhūkābhūmikā kṛtā || 32 ||
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tathā nāṭayitavyeyamujjvalā jāyate yathā |
tasmādguruniyogo'yamalaṅghyaḥ kṣamyatāmiti || 33 ||
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tayā saha visarpantyā vivāhakathayānayā |
anayaṃ kṣaṇasaṃkṣiptāmāyātāmapi yāminīm || 34 ||
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gate tu nātisaṃkṣipte kāle caṭulasambhramaḥ |
tvarāvān skhaladālāpo māmavocattapantakaḥ || 35 ||
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aryaputra mayā dṛṣṭāścatasraḥ puradevatāḥ |
bhrāmyatā nagarodyāne dainyamlānānanendavaḥ || 36 ||
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nṛpasyāniṣṭamāśaṅkya manye kimapi dāruṇam |
anyaduccalitāḥ sthānaṃ vihāyemāṃ purīmiti || 37 ||
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mayā vegavatī pṛṣṭā kāstā iti tayoditam |
krodhānmānasavegena mama sakhyo vivāsitāḥ || 38 ||
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mama prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ svayamādāya tāḥ sakhīḥ |
nayanonmeṣamātreṇa paśya māmāgatāmiti || 39 ||
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utpatantī mayā dṛṣṭā vegādvegavatī nabhaḥ |
āsīnā cāsane svasmin sakhībhiḥ parivāritā || 40 ||
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tadāgamanavārttā ca vyāpajjhagiti medinīm |
sadyaḥ svarbhānumuktasya tārābharturiva prabhā || 41 ||
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senāpatirathāgatya pravīṇairbrāhmaṇaiḥ saha |
prītisnigdhaviśālākṣaḥ sapraṇāmamabhāṣata || 42 ||
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rājā vegavatīmāha pratyāsannakaragrahāḥ |
catasraḥ kila tiṣṭhanti bhaginyaḥ kanyakāstava || 43 ||
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mamāpyakṛtavīvāhāyuvāno ramyadarśanāḥ |
putrāstiṣṭhanti catvāraḥ śastraśāstrakalāvidaḥ || 44 ||
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yadi saṃbandhayogyānno manyate rājadārikā |
tatastā dārikāstebhyaḥ putrebhyo me dadātviti || 45 ||
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tayoktaṃ dhīragaṇikāvaktrasaṃkrāntavākyayā |
devenānugṛhītāsmi prasādaiḥ phalitairiti || 46 ||
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abhūcca dārikāpakṣe tadā devī kanīyasī |
ahaṃ ca varapakṣe tu tātaḥ sāntaḥpuro'bhavat || 47 ||
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yā samṛddhistadā dṛṣṭā vatsarājakule mayā |
tāmadyāpi na paśyāmi prāpyāpi śriyamīdṛśam || 48 ||
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vidyādharakumārīṇāṃ tato hariśikhādayaḥ |
agrahīṣata sasvedānambhoruharucaḥ karān || 49 ||
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nivartitavivāhāstu rājarājasutā iva |
rājarājagṛhāṇīva gatāḥ pitṛgṛhāṇi te || 50 ||
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prabhāte tānahaṃ prāptān savrīḍāniva pṛṣṭavān |
yātā yasya yathā rātriḥ sa tathā varṇayatviti || 51 ||
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gomukhena tataḥ proktamuccaistāḍitapāṇinā |
tathaiteṣāṃ gatā rātrirmā sma gacchad yathā punaḥ || 52 ||
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ayaṃ hariśikhastāvatkanyārādhanakovidaḥ |
avehi mantriputreti bhāryayā bhartsitaḥ spṛśan || 53 ||
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tataḥ śayyāṃ samāliṅgya kūrmasaṃkocapiṇḍitaḥ |
dāruṇāmanayad rātriṃ nidrayāpi nirākṛtaḥ || 54 ||
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ayaṃ tu ghaṭṭyamāno'pi bhāryayāṃ marubhūtikaḥ |
śūro'hamiti bhāryāyāḥ pādasthānaṃ na muktavān || 55 ||
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tapantakaḥ punaḥ śayyāṃ tyaktvā supto mahītale |
prakṣālanāddhi paṅkasya dūrādasparśanaṃ varam || 56 ||
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tadevaṃ durbhagānetān kāntāsaṅgamakātarān |
pragalbhā ramayiṣyanti kathaṃ vidyādharāṅganāḥ || 57 ||
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tato hariśikhenoktamaho nāgarako bhavān |
bhāryayā yo'tisaubhāgyādgṛhādapi nirākṛtaḥ || 58 ||
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yo hi vāsagṛhe suptaḥ prītayā saha kāntayā |
sa kathaṃ paravṛttāntaiḥ kṣapāṃ kṣapitavāniti || 59 ||
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tathopahasatāmeṣāmālāpairapayantraṇaiḥ |
ramamāṇaḥ kṣaṇaṃ sthitvā sasuhṛtpānamācaram || 60 ||
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athāparasmindivase vegavatyā nimantritāḥ |
sabhāryāḥ suhṛdaste'pi tābhireva sahāgatāḥ || 61 ||
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mayoktaṃ yasya yasyāśca pānaṃ saha na duṣyati |
sa tayā sā ca tenaiva pānamāsevatāmiti || 62 ||
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bhāryāṃ hariśikhasyāpi pāṇāvākṛṣya gomukhaḥ |
śobhājitamṛṇālinyāṃ pānabhūmāv upāviśat || 63 ||
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bhāryayā gomukhasyoktaṃ yadi labhyaḥ svayaṃgrahaḥ |
gṛhītastarhi niḥśaṅkaṃ mayā hariśikhaḥ svayam || 64 ||
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āsīnāyāṃ tatastasyāṃ tena sārdhamanantaram |
tapantakasya gṛhiṇīmagṛhṇānmarubhūtikaḥ || 65 ||
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marubhūtikabhāryā tu samupetya tapantakam |
abravītpariśeṣo'yaṃ kimanyatkriyatāmiti || 66 ||
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evaṃ saha suhṛddāraiḥ suhṛdaḥ śuddhabuddhayaḥ |
vayaṃ ca sahitā dāraiḥ krīḍantaḥ sukhamāsmahi || 67 ||
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kadācitkupitā mahyaṃ yena kenāpi hetunā |
mayānunīyamānāpi suptā vegavatī pṛthak || 68 ||
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jāgaritvā ciraṃ suptastato'haṃ gāḍhanidrayā |
sahasā pratibuddhaśca sphurallocanatārakaḥ || 69 ||
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unmīlya ca cirānnetre bālanidrākaṣāyite |
kenāpyapaśyamātmānaṃ nīyamānaṃ vihāyasā || 70 ||
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amarāsuragandharvapiśācapretarākṣasām |
ko nu mā nayatītyāsaṃ saṃdehādhīnamānasaḥ || 71 ||
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devādīnāmayaṃ sparśo lakṣaṇairna hi vidyate |
tasmādvidyādhareṇāhaṃ gṛhīto duṣṭabuddhinā || 72 ||
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śatruhaste gatasyāpi kṣatriyasya na śobhate |
hastapādāstramitrasya paṅgoriva mudhā vadhaḥ || 73 ||
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tasmādahaṃ yathāśakti vyāyamya dviṣatā saha |
mariṣyāmīti nirdhārya taṃ tāḍayitumudyataḥ || 74 ||
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atha tena vihasyoktaṃ sādhu kṣatriyakuñjara |
svasyāḥ susadṛśaṃ jāteḥ karma vyavasitaṃ tvayā || 75 ||
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vandhyastu tava saṃkalpaḥ phūtkāro vāsukeriva |
mantrayantritavīryasya tasmāccintaya devatām || 76 ||
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prītaścāsmi tavānena śauryaśauṇḍena cetasā |
tasmāddadāmi te'bhīṣṭaṃ dvayoranyataraṃ varam || 77 ||
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brūhi kiṃ mriyase dṛṣṭvā priyāṃ madanamañjukām |
kiṃ mahāsāgarādhāraiḥ pāṭyase makarairiti || 78 ||
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mama tvāsīnmṛṇālīva cikkhalātkaluṣādiyam |
arāterapi niryātā bhāratī svacchakomalā || 79 ||
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yadi nāma priyāṃ dṛṣṭvā nyaseyaṃ kāyaśṛṅkhalām |
tato me śatrumitreṇa bhavedupakṛtaṃ mahat || 80 ||
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yaṃ yameva smaranbhāvaṃ tyajatyante kaḍevaram |
taṃ tameva kilāpnoti tadā tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ || 81 ||
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yastu paśyanpuraḥ prītyā priyāṃ prāṇairviyujyate |
tayānantaramevāsau sukṛtī saṃprayujyate || 82 ||
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iti saṃkalpayanneva raṇantīṃ kiṅkiṇīmadhaḥ |
śṛṇomi sma prabhātendoḥ paśyāmi sma tanuprabhām || 83 ||
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tāṃ diśaṃ prahitākṣeṇa dṛṣṭā vegavatī mayā |
nivārabāṇanistriṃsaprabhādalitacandrikā || 84 ||
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pīvarakrodhasaṃjātaprajvalajjvalanadyutiḥ |
lokāniva didhakṣantī pralayānalasaṃtatiḥ || 85 ||
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sāndraṃ maddarśanādeva prītiniśvasitānilaiḥ |
krodhānalamavicchinnaiḥ sthūlaiśca niravāpayat || 86 ||
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athāṃsayoḥ samāsajya natayorasicarmaṇī |
mūrdhni cāñjalimādhāya lajjādīnamabhāṣata || 87 ||
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vatsarājasutaṃ dāntamākāreṇa tamīdṛśam |
yuvarājaṃ mahārāja mā vadhīrbhaginīpatim || 88 ||
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yathāhaṃ tava mātuśca tathāyaṃ mama vallabhaḥ |
svadārasahitastasmādakṣato mucyatāmiti || 89 ||
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tataḥ saprabalākṣepo daṣṭadantacchedaḥ sphuran |
svasāramabravīdvācā siṃhaphūtkāraghorayā || 90 ||
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svayaṃgṛhītanirvāryadharāgocarabhartṛkām |
dhiktvāṃ śāradacandrābhamanaḥputrikapāṃsanīm || 91 ||
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tasyāḥ puro nihatyainaṃ yāsau māmavamanyate |
tāṃ ca tvāṃ ca tatastasya gamayiṣyāmi pṛṣṭhataḥ || 92 ||
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idānīṃ nihato'sīti sā bhrātaramabhāṣata |
tenāpi tvaritenāhamabhramadhye nipātitaḥ || 93 ||
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atha vegavatī dhyātvā kulavidyāmabhāṣata |
bhagavatyāryaputro'yaṃ svaputra iva rakṣyatām || 94 ||
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vātamaṇḍalikotkṣiptaṃ yathā pattraṃ bhramadbhramat |
śanaiḥ śanairmahīṃ yāyāttathāyaṃ nīyatāmiti || 95 ||
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atha nistriṃśamudgūrya nirdharmākaruṇaḥ khalaḥ |
hantuṃ vegavatīmeva pravṛttaḥ prārthitastayā || 96 ||
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strīṣu svasṛṣu bālāsu lālitāsvaṅkavakṣasi |
nipatanti na nistriṃśāḥ śūrāṇāṃ tvādṛśāmiti || 97 ||
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sa tu vegavatīmadhye dukūlasparśabhīluke |
vajrasthambhacchidādakṣāmasidhārāṃ nyapātayat || 98 ||
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atha vegavatīraṣṭau pracaṇḍāyudhamaṇḍalāḥ |
apaśyaṃ yuddhasaṃnaddhāścaṇḍikāgaṇikā iva || 99 ||
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ekamānasavegasya madhyaṃ kuliśakarkaśam |
rambhāsthambhamivāsāramalunādasidhārayā || 100 ||
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tato mānasavegau dvau vikarālāsibhāsurau |
utpannau sakalāveva śarīraśakaladvayāt || 101 ||
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ekā vegavatī kṛttā bhavantyaṣṭau tathāvidhāḥ |
tathā mānasavegau dvau prāgalbhetāmitastataḥ || 102 ||
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evaṃ mānasavegānāṃ vṛndairambaramāvṛtam |
kṣaṇādvegavatīnāṃ ca yudhyamānaiścaturguṇaiḥ || 103 ||
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ahaṃ tu tanmahāyuddhaṃ paśyanneva śanaiḥ śanaiḥ |
proṣitāmbhasi gambhīre patitaḥ kūpasāgare || 104 ||
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tatastīvraviṣādo'pi vihasya smṛtavānidam |
saṃjayasya vacaḥ kaṣṭe vartamānasya saṃkaṭe || 105 ||
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dhṛṣṭadyumnādahaṃ muktaḥ kathaṃcitkrāntavāhanaḥ |
patitaḥ sātyakānīke duṣkṛtī narake yathā || 106 ||
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kathaṃ duruttarādasmānmamottāro bhavediti |
upāyaṃ cintayanneva smarāmi sma kathāmimām || 107 ||
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babhūvurbhrātaraḥ kecittrayo brāhmaṇadārakāḥ |
ekataḥ pūrvajasteṣāṃ madhyamāntyau dvitatritau || 108 ||
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taiścādhītatrayīvidyairgururvijñāpitaḥ kila |
gurave dātumicchāmaḥ kāṅkṣitāṃ dakṣiṇāmiti || 109 ||
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tenoktaṃ svagṛhān gatvā kṛtvā dāraparigraham |
utpādyatāmapatyaṃ ca kratubhiścejyatāmiti || 110 ||
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tairuktamaparā kāciddakṣiṇā mṛgyatāmiti |
tenoktamalametena graheṇa bhavatāmiti || 111 ||
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tasmānnaivātinirbandhānnivartante sma te yadā |
tadā kruddhena guruṇā yācitā dakṣiṇāmimām || 112 ||
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ekataḥ śvetakarṇānāṃ gavāṃ kokilavarcasām |
kumbhodhnīnāṃ sahasraṃ me datta sthāta ca mā ciram || 113 ||
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te tu bhrāṃtvā mahīṃ kṛtsnāmārūḍhāstuhinācalam |
jñātāḥ kila kuvereṇa kauverīṃ prasthitā diśam || 114 ||
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kuverasyāpi kiṃ nāsti tena te gurudakṣiṇām |
dattvā prasthāpitāḥ prītāstuhinādreravātaran || 115 ||
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saṃcaranto bahūndeśāṃścārayantaśca gāḥ śanaiḥ |
prāptāścaṇḍeśvarāsannāścaṇḍārkakiraṇāḥ sthalīḥ || 116 ||
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kadācidekatenoktau gāḥ saṃprekṣya dvitatritau |
lobhanīyamidaṃ dravyaṃ na parityāgamarhati || 117 ||
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sādhukāraśruterlubdhaḥ kaścidunmattako yathā |
agnipraveśaṃ kurvīta tathedaṃ naścikīrṣitam || 118 ||
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tenedamupapannaṃ ca guruṇā ca mayoditam |
ramaṇīyavipākaṃ ca vākyaṃ naḥ kriyatāmiti || 119 ||
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athovāca dvitaḥ prīto yuktamāryeṇa cintitam |
na hi svārtheṣu muhyanti buddhayastvādṛśāmiti || 120 ||
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ekatastu tritaṃ dṛṣṭvā tūṣṇīmāsīnamuktavān |
yadatra yuktaṃ tadbrūtāṃ kimudāste bhavāniti || 121 ||
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tenoktaṃ ninditaṃ kurvanna kaścinna nivāryate |
pitāpi hi viṣaṃ khādannaiva putrairupekṣyate || 122 ||
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tena vijñāpayāmi tvāṃ kriyatāṃ ca vaco mama |
buddhivṛddhena hi grāhyaṃ bālādapi subhāṣitam || 123 ||
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anāryapriyamāryeṇa na kāryaṃ kāryamīdṛśam |
kāryaṃ cenmahyamātmīyamaṃśamāryaḥ prayacchatu || 124 ||
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tamahaṃ gurave dattvā dakṣiṇāyopakāriṇe |
pratijñābhāravikṣepād yāsyāmi laghutāmiti || 125 ||
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tataḥ kruddhau ca lubdhau ca kaniṣṭhaṃ jyeṣṭhamadhyamau |
dugdhagardhāndhabuddhitvātpramāpayitumicchataḥ || 126 ||
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taiḥ kadācitpipāsāndhaiḥ pānthasaṃhātasaṃkulam |
adṛśyamānapānīyaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ kūparasātalam || 127 ||
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jalamatrāsti nāstīti saṃdehavinivṛttaye |
teṣāmanyatamaḥ pānthaḥ kūpe loṣṭumapātayat || 128 ||
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tataḥ ṣvāditi kṛtvā tajjarjaraṃ ghaṭakarparam |
babhañja sa ca saṃdehaḥ pathikānāṃ nyavartata || 129 ||
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avatīrya tataḥ kūpaṃ tritaḥ karuṇayāvṛtaḥ |
pānthairuttārayāmāsa rajjubhirbhāṇḍamaṇḍalam || 130 ||
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tena gāvaśca pānthāśca bhrātarau ca mahātmanā |
uttāryottārya pānīyaṃ kṛtāḥ snāpitapāyitāḥ || 131 ||
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pathikeṣu tu yāteṣu kṛtārthāvekatadvitau |
kūpae eva tritaṃ tyaktvā sagoyuthau palāyitau || 132 ||
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tritastu ghaṭamālokya rajjvaiva saha pātitam |
nirāśiścintayāmāsa kṣaṇamuttārakāraṇam || 133 ||
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āṃ smṛtaṃ labdhamityuktvā vedavṛttāntapeśalaḥ |
māhendrīmakarodiṣṭiṃ manasaiva mahāmanāḥ || 134 ||
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athānantaramunnamya niśīthadhvāntakarburāḥ |
dhanuṣmantastaḍitvanto ghanā jalamapātayan || 135 ||
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śanakaiḥ śanakaiḥ kūpātpūryamāṇānnavāmbubhiḥ |
prataranpratarandhīraṃ golehyādutthitastritaḥ || 136 ||
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gatvā ca stokamadhvānaṃ gokhurālīṃ nirūpayan |
apavargamivādrākṣīnmūrtimantaṃ tridaṇḍinam || 137 ||
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abhivādya tamaprākṣīnmārge bhagavatā kvacit |
na dṛṣṭāvevamākārau sagoyūthau dvijāviti || 138 ||
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tenoktaṃ na mayā dṛṣṭau tau mahāpāpakāriṇau |
yau tvāṃ pātālagambhire kūpe bhrātaramaujjhatām || 139 ||
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praṣṭavyāvapi na kṣudrau draṣṭavyāvapi na tvayā |
yāvevaṃ ninditācārau praṣṭavyau kuta eva tau || 140 ||
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tamuvāca tritaḥ krodhāddhūrtaṃ kaluṣamānasam |
duṣṭamaskariṇaṃ dhiktvāṃ sādhunindāviśāradam || 141 ||
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jñānendukiraṇavyastasaṃmohadhvāntasaṃcayāḥ |
tādṛśā eva jānanti sādhavaṃ na bhavādṛśāḥ || 142 ||
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tatastasya parivrājaḥ śucitāmraghaṭāruṇam |
jātaṃ vikasitajyotiḥ kirīṭābharaṇaṃ śiraḥ || 143 ||
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śarīraṃ ca sahasrākṣaṃ karaṃ ca kuliśākulam |
kṛtaivamādikākāraḥ sa jātaḥ sarvathā hariḥ || 144 ||
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varaṃ brūhīti tenoktastritastuṣṭastamabravīt |
bhrātarau me sapāpau cedapāpau bhavatāmiti || 145 ||
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punarbrūhīti tenoktaḥ punarapyabravīttritaḥ |
gurū me gurave gāstāḥ prītau vitaratāmiti || 146 ||
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punaḥ prītatamenoktaṃ hariṇā yācyatāmiti |
paryāptamiti tenokte prītaḥ śakro divaṃ yayau || 147 ||
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evaṃ mahendradaivatyāmiṣṭiṃ nirvartya mānasīm |
tasmātpātālagambhīrādavaṭāduttithastritaḥ || 148 ||
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tathāhamapi tāmiṣṭiṃ kiṃ na kuryāṃ manomayīm |
yājakaistu vinā yajñaṃ kṣatriyasya virudhyate || 149 ||
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tasmādasmādupāyena kenottiṣṭheyamityaham |
iti ceti ca nirdhārya smṛtyāmitagatiṃ gataḥ || 150 ||
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śaṅkubandhanamuktena tenāhaṃ yācitastadā |
kaṣṭāmāpadamāpanno vidhaye māṃ smareriti || 151 ||
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asoḍhaprārthanāduḥkhaṃ varaṃ tyaktaṃ śarīrakam |
na tu pratyupakārāśārujājarjaritaṃ dhṛtam || 152 ||
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evaṃ ca cintayanneva kūpe kūpatarostale |
apaśyamahamātmānaṃ taṃ cāmitagatiṃ puraḥ || 153 ||
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māṃ cāvocatsa vanditvā harṣaghargharayā girā |
yuṣmatsmaraṇapūto'yaṃ janaḥ kiṃ kurutāmiti || 154 ||
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khe saṃgrāmayamāṇāyāḥ saha bhrātrā balīyasā |
vegavatyāḥ sahāyatvamācareti tamādiśam || 155 ||
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tenoktamaryaduhiturvegavatyāḥ sahāyatām |
kartumicchati yo mohānmahāgauriṃ sa rakṣati || 156 ||
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ājñā tu prathamaṃ dattā kartavyaivānujīvinā |
ājñāsaṃpattimātreṇa bhṛtyādbhartā hi bhidyate || 157 ||
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tāvatsarojajalajadhvajavajralakṣmyā tvatpādapaṅkajayugaṃ na namāmi yāvat |
śatrorgaladgalasirārudhireṇa mūrdhnā nābhyarcitaṃ madasilūnaśirodhareṇa || 158 ||
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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 15
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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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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