Chapter 28

evaṃ vārāṇasīstaṃ māṃ dāramitrairupāsitam |
upātiṣṭhanta kāśikyāḥ śreṇayaḥ paṇyapāṇayaḥ || 1 ||
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tāṃśca bhāṣitavānasmi sarvavṛttāntakovidaḥ |
ayamāryakaniṣṭho vaḥ śreṇiśresṭhī bhavatviti || 2 ||
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atha yāte kvacitkāle saudhe sapriyadarśanaḥ |
sopāne tāramaśrauṣaṃ haṃsānāmiva nisvanam || 3 ||
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mama tvāsīnna haṃsānāṃ nūpurāṇāmayaṃ dhvaniḥ |
padamantharasaṃcāro yaccāvicchinnasaṃtatiḥ || 4 ||
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na caiṣa kulanārīṇāmupapattyā virudhyate |
utsavābhyudayeṣveva tā hi bibhrati bhūṣaṇam || 5 ||
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tenāntaḥpurasaṃcāravārastrīcaraṇocitaḥ |
kimarthamapi sopāne caratyābharaṇadhvani || 6 ||
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evaṃ ca vimṛśanneva tārābharaṇaśiñjitāḥ |
citrāṃśukadharā nārīrapaśyaṃ rūḍhayauvanāḥ || 7 ||
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tāsāṃ kumudikā nāma lokalocanakaumudī |
pragalbhāpi vinīteva vanditvā māmabhāṣata || 8 ||
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āryajyeṣṭhaṃ yaśobhāginbhavato bhartṛdārikā |
vijñāpayati vanditvā sādaraṃ rājadārikā || 9 ||
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mayā vratakamuddiśya pūjitā devatādvijāḥ |
vaṇṭakastasya yuṣmābhiḥ sadārairgṛhyatāmiti || 10 ||
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atha mahyaṃ susaṃskāraṃ sā samudraṃ samudgakam |
vāsaḥkusumagandhāṃśca hārigandhānupāsarat || 11 ||
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athodvṛtya jagatsārānasau mahyamadarśayat |
dviprakārānalaṃkārānnaranārījanocitān || 12 ||
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mayoktaṃ dvayamapyetadarhati priyadarśanā |
preṣitaṃ yoṣitā yattad yoṣideva yato'rhati || 13 ||
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idamākarṇya tāḥ prekṣya vismitāḥ sasmitāśca mām |
tasyai dattvā ca taddravyamagacchan kṛtavandanāḥ || 14 ||
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yaśobhāginniti śrutvā tayoktaṃ pīḍito'bhavam |
anabhyastaṃ hi yad yena tena tadvastu duḥsaham || 15 ||
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mamāmantrayate yāvānpuruṣaḥ pramadājanaḥ |
sarvo'sāvāryaputreti muktvaitāṃ puruṣāmiti || 16 ||
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kiṃ cānyatkulakanyānāṃ keyamīdṛksvatantratā |
yeyamasmadvidhaiḥ sārdhaṃ lokayātrā niraṅkuśaiḥ || 17 ||
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kiṃ tu kāmayamānāpi kāmini kāmini priye |
na dhanāyatyapi svāṅgaṃ kimaṅga dhanamadhruvam || 18 ||
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tadasyāḥ ko bhavedbhāvo mayītyetadvitarkayan |
andhakāramukhenāhaṃ gomukhena iti bhāṣitaḥ || 19 ||
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aryaputra duranteyamīdṛśībhirbhavādṛśām |
lokayātretyathāvocamenaṃ parihasanniva || 20 ||
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durantā vātha vā svantā na hīyaṃ prastutā mayā |
atha vā saṃkaṭāttrātā mamāstyeva bhavāniti || 21 ||
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iti tasminnahorātre gate kumudikādikāḥ |
āgatyedamabhāṣanta savrīḍāvinayā iva || 22 ||
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aryaputrāryaduhitā vanditvā rājadārikā |
asmaddoṣe kṛtavrīḍā vijñāpayati sāñjaliḥ || 23 ||
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kṣamaṇīyo'yamasmākamācārātikramo yataḥ |
muḍhabhṛtyakṛtā doṣāna grāhyāḥ svāmināmiti || 24 ||
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mayāpyuktaṃ na paśyāmi doṣamācaritaṃ tayā |
asti cetkṣānta evāsau tathāpyākhyāyatāmiti || 25 ||
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tataḥ kumudikācaṣṭe māmapṛcchannṛpātmajā |
āryajyeṣṭhastvayālāpānbhāṣitaḥ kīdṛśāniti || 26 ||
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āryajyeṣṭha yaśobhāginnityādau kathite mayā |
sāsūyā saviṣādeva vepamānedamabravīt || 27 ||
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ayi vairiṇi bhartāramevaṃ vadati kāṅganā |
yathokto mandayā jyeṣṭho yaśobhāginniti tvayā || 28 ||
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na ca tvadīyamevedaṃ vacaḥ saṃbhāvayatyasau |
parasaṃdeśahārī hi pratīto gaṇikājanaḥ || 29 ||
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yaḥ śreṣṭhiduhiturbhartā so'smākamapi dharmataḥ |
priyadarśanayā sārdhamabhinnaiva hi me tanuḥ || 30 ||
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aryaputrastvayā tasmādaryaputreti bhāṣyatām |
tathā vijñāpyatāṃ cedaṃ yathāvajñāṃ na manyate || 31 ||
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asmadarthaṃ mayā ceyamucyatāṃ priyadarśanā |
vratakotsavamāsevya sāyāhne pratiyāsyati || 32 ||
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iti śrutvedamāsīnme ko'nyaḥ paribhavaḥ paraḥ |
etasmād yadasāvāha bhāryā prasthāpyatāmiti || 33 ||
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yā vadhūstātapādānāṃ mama bhāryā ca sā katham |
kuṭumbijanayoṣeva gacchetparagṛhāniti || 34 ||
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atha māṃ gomukho'vocatkimasthāne viśaṅkayā |
nedaṃ paragṛhaṃ devyāstathā viditameva vaḥ || 35 ||
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maṅgalaṃ hi vivāhāntamasyāstatraiva kāritam |
taccaitacca gṛhaṃ tasmādabhinnaṃ dṛśyatāmiti || 36 ||
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tatastadvacanānnyāyyādanujñātā satī mayā |
prāsādāgrādavārohatsamaṃ tu priyadarśanā || 37 ||
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atha prāsādapṛṣṭhastho dāntairujjvalamaṇḍanaiḥ |
gobhiḥ pravahaṇaṃ yuktamapaśyaṃ rājavartmani || 38 ||
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rājakañcukibhirvṛddhairanantairvetrapāṇibhiḥ |
nārīvarṣavaraprāyajanavṛndaiśca saṃvṛtam || 39 ||
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tacca rājakulāddṛṣṭvā gacchatpravahaṇaṃ tataḥ |
taddinaṃ gamayāmi sma dīrghabandhanadurgamam || 40 ||
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sūryo'pi tadaharmanye bhagnākṣasyandano bhavet |
daityocchinnaturaṃgo vā yenāstaṃ kathamapyagāt || 41 ||
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atha prāsādamāruhya rājamārgaṃ nirūpayan |
tadeva yānamadrākṣaṃ dīpikāvalayāvṛtam || 42 ||
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avatīrya ca harmyāgrāddīpikācandrikāsakhīm |
sopāne dṛṣṭavānasmi śrāmyantīṃ priyadarśanām || 43 ||
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tāmādāya tataḥ pāṇau madapramadabādhitām |
cirādāropayāmi sma harmyāgraśayanāntikam || 44 ||
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kṣaṇaṃ ca tatra viśrāntāṃ tāmāliṅgamasau ca mām |
tataścaḍiti vicchinnaṃ tatkāñcīguṇabandhanam || 45 ||
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śarāṭikuraraśreṇiḥ pulinānnalinīmiva |
śiñjānā raśanā śayyāṃ tannitambādathāpatat || 46 ||
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tāṃ ca bhinnamaṇicchāyācchatracchāditadīpikām |
dṛṣṭvā pṛṣṭā mayā tasyāḥ saṃprāptiṃ priyadarśanā || 47 ||
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bahu śrotavyamatrāsti krameṇa śrūyatāmiti |
uktvā ruṣṭaiva tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sācaṣṭa sma kathāmimām || 48 ||
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astyahaṃ yuṣmadādeśādgatā kanyāvarodhanam |
na ca tatra mayā dṛṣṭā mārgayantyā nṛpātmajā || 49 ||
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tataḥ parijanastasyāḥ prāha māṃ rājadārikā |
gṛhopavanamadhyāste tatra saṃbhāvyatāmiti || 50 ||
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praviśya ca mayā dṛṣṭā tasminnudyānapālikā |
vasantasumanaḥkḹptamālābharaṇadhāriṇī || 51 ||
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sā ca pṛṣṭā mayāvocad yo'yaṃ saṃdhyāvadāruṇaḥ |
aśokaṣaṇḍastatrāste vivikte rājadārikā || 52 ||
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anena cāryaduhiturvakreṇāpi tathā vrajaḥ |
yo'yaṃ priyaṅguṣaṇḍasya yāti madhyena nirbhayaḥ || 53 ||
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dūrātkurabakānāṃ ca kānanam |
mādhavīsahakārānāmaṅkolānāṃ ca varjaya || 54 ||
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bhrāmyanmadhukarastenasenāsaṃbādhapādapam |
bhṛṅgadaṃśabhayātkastaṃ nāpramattastyajediti || 55 ||
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tena ca prasthitādrākṣaṃ kadambakuṭajānapi |
mālatīsaptaparṇāśca mañjarīcchannapallavān || 56 ||
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mama tvāsīdaho śaktirdohadasya varīyasī |
anṛtāvapi yenaite jṛmbhitāḥ pādapā iti || 57 ||
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sātha paṅkajinīkūle himavatkaṃdharājate |
śilāpṛṣṭhe mayā dṛṣṭā sāndracandanakardame || 58 ||
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samaśītātape'pyasminvasante śāradīva sā |
madhyaṃdine jvareṇaiva khedyamānā balīyasā || 59 ||
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saṃtataistālavṛntaiśca candanāpādramārutaiḥ |
vījyamānā vacobhiśca sāntvyamānātikomalaiḥ || 60 ||
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atha tasyā mayā gatvā samīpaṃ vandanā kṛtā |
tayāpi kṣiptacetastvānna kiṃcidapi bhāṣitam || 61 ||
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tataḥ kumudikā tasyāḥ pādamālambya niṣṭhuram |
pratibuddhāmavocattāṃ bhaginī dṛśyatāmiti || 62 ||
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tataḥ kumudikāhastamālambyotthāya māṃ ciram |
āliṅgitavatī svāṅgairdhvāntāṅgārāgniduḥsahaiḥ || 63 ||
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sukhāsīnāṃ ca māmāha bhartā te sukhabhāgini |
satataṃ kuśalītyādi tatheti ca mayoditam || 64 ||
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punarāha sa te bhartā chāttratvāddurjanaḥ kila |
āhārādyairdurārādhastvayā taditi me matiḥ || 65 ||
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prītyā nandopanandābhyāṃ yenāharati sādhitam |
tena naivopacaryo'sau mayeti kathitaṃ mayā || 66 ||
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punaruktaṃ tayā smitvā nedaṃ saṃbhāvyate tayoḥ |
rājyāṃśo daśamastābhyāmabhimānātkilojjhitaḥ || 67 ||
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tau tvadbharturavittasya pānthasyājñātajanmanaḥ |
dāsamabhyupagacchetāṃ kathaṃ nāmeti durghaṭam || 68 ||
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mayoktaṃ sarvamastyetatkiṃ tu tau divyacakṣuṣau |
yadevādiśataḥ kiṃcittattathaiva hi sidhyati || 69 ||
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jyeṣṭhasya ca guṇā jyeṣṭhāstābhyāṃ kasyeti mānuṣāḥ |
tenāṅgīkṛtavantau tau madbharturbhṛtyatāmiti || 70 ||
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bhagīrathayaśāḥ śrutvā niṣkampākṣī kathāmimām |
tanūruhavikāreṇa sāśruṇāliṅgitā balāt || 71 ||
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evaṃ ca kṣaṇamāsīnāmāha māṃ rājadārikā |
aṅgaṃ pravahaṇakṣobhātkhinnamabhyañjyatāmiti || 72 ||
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āstāmāstāmiti mayā anicchantyā yāvaducyate |
tāvadbalādbalātailaṃ nyadhātkumudikā mayi || 73 ||
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sarvathākṣinikocādyairuktvā kumudikādikāḥ |
sā me'bhyaṅgāpadeśena vivṛtyāṅgāni paśyati || 74 ||
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etattvatkaraśākhābhirlikhitaṃ mbhakam |
madīyamaṅgamālokya rājadārikayoditam || 75 ||
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aho sakhe salajjāsi bālikā kulapālikā |
yayeha duḥsahā soḍhā komalāṅgyā kadarthanā || 76 ||
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atha vā tvaṃ parādhīnā bhartaiva tava nirdayaḥ |
yena prabaladarpeṇa kṛtaṃ vaiṣamyamīdṛśam || 77 ||
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ko'nyo niṣkaruṇastasmāttvaṃ yenotpalakomalā |
dantineva mahāndhena mathitā puṇḍarīkiṇī || 78 ||
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matsaṃdeśaṃ ca vācyo'sau kimasthāne kṛtam tvayā |
na hi cūḍāmaṇiḥ pāde prabhavāmīti badhyate || 79 ||
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idaṃ hi karkaśāḥ soḍhuṃ śaktā rājanyakanyakāḥ |
chāyākomalagātryastu na hi vānijadārikāḥ || 80 ||
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ityādi bahu jalpitvā sā māmudvartanādibhiḥ |
satkārairannapānāntaiḥ saṃmānitavatī ciram || 81 ||
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tasyāśca kṣaṇasaṃkṣiptaṃ mama saṃvatsarāyatam |
yuṣmatkathāprasaṅgena sārkaṃ gatamidaṃ dinam || 82 ||
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athācalanitambābhātsvanitambādvimucya sā |
āmucanmekhalāmenāṃ mannitambe laghīyasi || 83 ||
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bahurvisraṃsamānāyāṃ granthirasyāṃ tayā kṛtaḥ |
svahastavilatairyatnānmṛṇālītantusūtrakaiḥ || 84 ||
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tataḥ prasthāpitavatī māmityādi vidhāya sā |
mekhalā skhalitā ceyaṃ chittvā tattantubandhanam || 85 ||
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iti tasyāstayā citre prapañce'sminnivedite |
saṃkalpajanmanāmṛṣṭaḥ saṃkalpayitumārabhe || 86 ||
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tayā yadguru saṃdiṣṭamupalabdhaṃ ca yattayā |
etadeva suparyāptamanurāgasya lakṣaṇam || 87 ||
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yatpunarmekhalā baddhā niḥsarairbisatantubhiḥ |
satsvapyanyeṣu sūtreṣu tatredaṃ cintitaṃ tayā || 88 ||
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nirdayāliṅganakṣobhādidaṃ vicchedameṣyati |
atheyaṃ mekhalā srastā śayyāyāṃ nipatiṣyati || 89 ||
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lambāṃ cemāmasau dṛṣṭvā mannitambaviśālatām |
anayā prītimādhāsyatyapi kāmiti || 90 ||
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ekaikato'pi vṛttānta upapanne tayā kṛte |
mayā tu jñātakāryatvādutprekṣeyamupekṣitā || 91 ||
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athāhamabravaṃ śyāmā bhagīrathayaśāḥ sphuṭam |
kathaṃ vettheti sāpṛcchadathetthamahamuktavān || 92 ||
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gaurāṇāmasitābhāsamasitānāṃ sitādhikam |
śyāmānāṃ maṇḍanaṃ tajjñais citravarṇaṃ tu varṇitam || 93 ||
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pārijātasragābhābhā yadiyaṃ mekhalā tataḥ |
bālā dūrvādalaśyāmā niyataṃ rājadārikā || 94 ||
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kiṃ ca nānyā tataḥ kāciddarśanīyatamā yataḥ |
darśanīyatamā śyāmā nārīṇāmiti darśanam || 95 ||
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tayoktaṃ dhigdhigastveṣāṃ ratnalakṣaṇakāriṇām |
janaḥ pracchādanīyo'pi khyāpito yaiḥ śaṭhairapi || 96 ||
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ityādyā kathayā tasyāḥ kṣapāyāḥ praharadvayam |
prāptyupāyavicāreṇa tṛtīyaḥ prerito mayā || 97 ||
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mama tvasīdiyaṃ cintā kiṃ mamopāyacintayā |
devatāstatkariṣyanti yena śāntirbhaviṣyati || 98 ||
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vegavatyādikāprāptāv upāyaḥ kaḥ kṛto mayā |
yathā tāḥ prāptavānasmi tathā rājasutāmiti || 99 ||
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atha māmekadāgatya sāyaṃ kumudikāvadat |
bhagīrathayaśā yuṣmānvanditvā yācate yathā || 100 ||
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ye mayāropitāścūtāmādhavīcampakādayaḥ |
te jātā mañjarībhārabharabhaṅgurapallavāḥ || 101 ||
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ataḥ śvastatra gatvāhaṃ mādhavīsahakārayoḥ |
kartrī vivāhasaṃskāramapareṣāṃ ca pūjanam || 102 ||
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tena yuṣmadgṛhadvārādgṛhītvā priyadarśanām |
prātareva prāyātāsmi tadeṣā mucyatāmiti || 103 ||
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atha tasyai pratijñāya gacchatvevaṃ bhavatviti |
draṣṭavyā rājaputrīti khidyamāno'nayaṃ niśām || 104 ||
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prātaḥ kumudikāgatya bhāṣate sma sasaṃbhramā |
bhagīrathayaśāḥ prāptā gacchatvaryasuteti mām || 105 ||
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atha tāṃ dṛṣṭavānasmi prasthāpya priyadarśanām |
prāsādāgrasthito dvāḥsthasvacchapravahaṇāsthitām || 106 ||
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āstāṃ ca mama tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣaṇaṃ mānasacakṣuṣī |
suṣuptāvasthitasyeva naṣṭasaṃkalpadarśane || 107 ||
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sarvathā puṇyavantaste surāsuranaroragāḥ |
asāvakālamṛtyuryairnārīrūpo na vīkṣitaḥ || 108 ||
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tayā cānanamunnamya hṛṣṭaḥ saṃdṛṣṭavānaham |
sahasrākṣaṃ svamātmānaṃ taccakṣuṣkādikojjvalam || 109 ||
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māṃ ca maddayitāṃ nāsau saṃmānitavatī samam |
mayi dṛṣṭamadāttasyāṃ gāḍha ṭhagrahārhaṇām || 110 ||
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atha svayānamāropya sā priyāṃ priyadarśanām |
kañcukyādicamūguptā nagaropavanaṃ gatā || 111 ||
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ahaṃ tu taddinaṃ nītvā kṛcchrānmandiraniṣkuṭe |
harmyamūrdhānamārohaṃ rājaputrīdidṛkṣayā || 112 ||
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atha pravahaṇenāsau nabhasvatpaṭuraṃhasā |
madgṛhadvāramāgacchaddūrādunnamitānanā || 113 ||
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sā ca māṃ tatra paśyantī saṃtataṃ priyadarśanām |
gāḍhaṃ niṣpīḍayantī ca ciramaṅgaṃ nyapīḍayat || 114 ||
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vandanācchadmanā paścānmāyyātmānaṃ nidhāya sā |
cetovinimayaṃ kṛtvā pravṛttā śibikāmiti || 115 ||
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ārādhayāmi nṛpasūnukṛte nu gaurīṃ kiṃ khānayāmi caturaistvaritaṃ suruṅgām |
ityādyupāyaśatacintanatāntacetāḥ kṛcchrānniśāmanayamapratilabdhanidraḥ || 116 ||
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