Chapter 5 - rāhucārādhyāyaḥ [rāhucāra-adhyāya]

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amṛtāsvādaviśeṣāccchinnamapi śiraḥ kilāsurasyedam |
prāṇairaparityaktaṃ grahatāṃ yātaṃ vadantyeke || 1 ||
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indvarkamaṇḍalākṛtirasitatvātkila na dṛśyate gagane |
anyatra parvakālādvarapradānātkamalayoneḥ || 2 ||
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mukhapucchavibhaktāṅgaṃ bhujaṅgamākāramupadiśantyanye |
kathayantyamūrtamapare tamomayaṃ saiṃhikeyākhyākhyam || 3 ||
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yadi mūrto bhavicārī śiro'tha vā bhavati maṇḍalī rāhuḥ |
bhagaṇārdhenāntaritau gṛhṇāti kathaṃ niyatacāraḥ || 4 ||
[antarito]
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aniyatacāraḥ khalu cedupalabdhiḥ saṃkhyayā kathaṃ tasya |
pucchānanābhidhāno'ntareṇa kasmānna gṛhṇāti || 5 ||
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atha tu bhujagendrarūpaḥ pucchena mukhena vā sa gṛhṇāti |
mukhapucchāntarasaṃsthaṃ sthagayati kasmānna bhagaṇārdham || 6 ||
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rāhudvayaṃ yadi syādgraste'stamite'tha vodite candre |
tatsamagatinānyena grastaḥ sūryo'pi dṛśyate || 7 ||
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bhūcchāyāṃ svagrahaṇe bhāskaramarkagrahe praviśatīnduḥ |
pragrahaṇamataḥ paścānnendorbhānośca pūrvārdhāt || 8 ||
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vṛkṣasya svacchāyā yathaikapārśve bhavati dīrghacayā |
niśi niśi tadvadbhūmerāvaraṇavaśāddineśasya || 9 ||
[ekapārśvena | dīrghā ca]
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sūryātsaptamarāśau yadi codagdakṣiṇena nātigataḥ |
candraḥ pūrvābhimukhaśchāyāmaurvīm tadā viśati || 10 ||
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candro'dhaḥsthaḥ sthagayati ravimambudavatsamāgataḥ paścāt |
pratideśamataścitraṃ dṛṣṭivaśādbhāskaragrahaṇam || 11 ||
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āvaraṇaṃ mahadindoḥ kuṇṭhaviṣāṇastato'rdhasaṃcchannaḥ |
svalpam raveryato'tastīkṣṇaviṣāṇo ravirbhavati || 12 ||
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evamuparāgakāraṇamuktamidaṃ divyadṛgbhirācāryaiḥ |
rāhurakāraṇamasminnityuktaḥ śāstrasadbhāvaḥ || 13 ||
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yo'sāvasuro rāhustasya varo brahmaṇāyamājñaptaḥ |
āpyāyanamuparāge dattahutāṃśena te bhavitā || 14 ||
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tasmin kāle sānnidhyamasya tenopacaryate rāhuḥ |
yāmyottarā śaśigatirgaṇite'pyupacaryate tena || 15 ||
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na kathaṃ cidapi nimittairgrahaṇaṃ vijñāyate nimittāni |
anyasminnapi kāle bhavantyathotpātarūpāṇi || 16 ||
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pañcagrahasaṃyogānna kila grahaṇasya sambhavo bhavati |
tailaṃ ca jale'ṣṭamyāṃ na vicintyamidaṃ vipaścidbhiḥ || 17 ||
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avanatyārke grāso digjñeyā valanayāvanatyā ca |
tithyavasānādvelā karaṇe kathitāni tāni mayā || 18 ||
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ṣaṇmāsottaravṛddhyā parveśāḥ sapta devatāḥ kramaśaḥ |
brahmaśaśīndrakuberā varuṇāgniyamāśca vijñeyāḥ || 19 ||
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brāhme dvijapaśuvṛddhiḥ kṣemārogyāṇi sasyasampacca |
tadvatsaumye tasminpīḍā viduṣāmavṛṣṭiśca || 20 ||
[vṛddhikṣemārogyāṇi]
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aindre bhūpavirodhaḥ śāradasasyakṣayo na ca kṣemam |
kaubere'rthapatīnāmarthavināśaḥ subhikṣaṃ ca || 21 ||
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vāruṇamavanīśāśubhamanyeṣāṃ kṣemasasyavṛddhikaram |
āgneyaṃ mitrākhyaṃ sasyārogyābhayāmbukaram || 22 ||
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yāmyaṃ karotyavṛṣṭiṃ durbhikṣaṃ saṃkṣayaṃ ca sasyānām |
yadataḥ paraṃ tadaśubhaṃ kṣutmārāvṛṣṭidaṃ parva || 23 ||
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velāhīne parvaṇi garbhavipattiśca śastrakopaśca |
ativele kusumaphalakṣayo bhayaṃ sasyanāśaśca || 24 ||
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hīnātiriktakāle phalamuktaṃ pūrvaśāstradṛṣṭatvāt |
sphuṭagaṇitavidaḥ kālaḥ kathañcidapi nānyathā bhavati || 25 ||
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yadyekasminmāse grahaṇaṃ ravisomayostadā kṣitipāḥ |
svabalakṣobhaiḥ saṃkṣayamāyāntyatiśastrakopaśca || 26 ||
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grastāv uditāstamitau śāradadhānyāvanīśvarakṣayadau |
sarvagrastau durbhikṣamarakadau pāpasandṛṣṭau || 27 ||
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ardhoditoparakto naikṛtikān hanti sarvayajñāṃśca |
agnyupajīviguṇādhikaviprāśramiṇo yuge'bhyuditaḥ || 28 ||
[ayugābhyuditaḥ]
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karṣakapākhaṇḍivaṇikkṣatriyabalanāyakāndvitīyāṃśe |
kārukaśūdramlecchān khatṛtīyāmśe samantrijanān || 29 ||
[pāṣaṇḍi | dvitīye'ṃśe]
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madhyāhne narapatimadhyadeśahā śobhanaśca dhānyārghaḥ |
tṛṇabhugamātyāntaḥpuravaiśyaghnaḥ pañcame khāṃśe || 30 ||
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strīśūdrān ṣaṣṭhe'ṃśe dasyupratyantahāstamayakāle |
yasmin khāṃśe mokṣastatproktānāṃ śivaṃ bhavati || 31 ||
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dvijanṛpatīnudagayane viṭśūdrāndakṣiṇāyane hanti |
rāhurudagādidṛṣṭaḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ hanti viprādīn || 32 ||
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mlecchānvidiksthito yāyinaśca hanyāddhutāśasaktāṃśca |
salilacaradantighātī yāmyenodaggavāmaśubhaḥ || 33 ||
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pūrveṇa salilapūrṇāṃ karoti vasudhāṃ samāgato daityaḥ |
paścātkarṣakasevakabījavināśāya nirdiṣṭaḥ || 34 ||
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pāñcālakaliṅgaśūrasenāḥ kāmbojoḍrakirātaśastravārttāḥ |
jīvanti ca ye hutāśavṛttyā te pīḍāmupayānti meṣasaṃsthe || 35 ||
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gopāḥ paśavo'tha gomino manujā ye ca mahattvamāgatāḥ |
pīḍāmupayānti bhāskare graste śītakare'tha vā vṛṣe || 36 ||
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mithune pravarāṅganā nṛpā nṛpamātrā balinaḥ kalāvidaḥ |
yamunātaṭajāḥ sabāhlikā matsyāḥ suhmajanaiḥ samanvitāḥ || 37 ||
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ābhīrāñśabarān sapahlavānmallānmatsyakurūñchakānapi |
pāñcālānvikalāṃśca pīḍayatyannaṃ cāpi nihanti karkaṭe || 38 ||
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siṃhe pulindagaṇamekalasattvayuktān rājopamānnarapatīnvanagocarāṃśca |
ṣaṣṭhe tu sasyakavilekhakageyasaktān hantyaśmakatripuraśāliyutāṃśca deśān || 39 ||
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tulādhare'vantyaparāntyasādhūnvaṇigdaśārṇānmarukacchapāṃśca |
alinyathodumbaramadracolāndrumān sayaudheyaviṣāyudhīyān || 40 ||
[bharukacchapāṃś]
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dhanvinyamātyavaravājividehamallānpāñcālavaidyavaṇijo viṣamāyudhajñān |
hanyānmṛge tu jhaṣamantrikulāni nīcānmantrauṣadhīṣu kuśalān sthavirāyudhīyān || 41 ||
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kumbhe'ntargirijān sapaścimajanānbhārodvahāṃstaskarānābhīrāndaradāryasiṃhapurakān hanyāttathā barbarān |
mīne sāgarakūlasāgarajaladravyāṇi vanyān janānprājñānvāryupajīvinaśca bhaphalaṃ kūrmopadeśādvadet || 42 ||
[mānyān]
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savyāpasavyalehagrasananirodhāvamardanārohāḥ |
āghrātaṃ madhyatamastamo'ntya iti te daśa grāsāḥ || 43 ||
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savyagate tamasi jagajjalaplutaṃ bhavati muditamabhayaṃ ca |
apasavye narapatitaskarāvamardaiḥ prajānāśaḥ || 44 ||
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jihvopaleḍhi paritastimiranudo maṇḍalaṃ yadi sa lehaḥ |
pramuditasamastabhūtā prabhūtatoyā ca tatra mahī || 45 ||
[jihvevaleḍhi]
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grasanamiti yadā tryaṃśaḥ pādo vā gṛhyate'tha vāpyardham |
sphītanṛpavittahāniḥ pīḍā ca sphītadeśānām || 46 ||
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paryanteṣu gṛhītvā madhye piṇḍīkṛtaṃ tamastiṣṭhet |
sa nirodho vijñeyaḥ pramodakṛtsarvabhūtānām || 47 ||
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avamardanamiti niḥśeṣameva sañchādya yadi ciraṃ tiṣṭhet |
hanyātpradhānabhūpānpradhānadeśāṃśca timiramayaḥ || 48 ||
[pradhānadeśānpradhānabhūpāṃś]
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vṛtte grahe yadi tamastatkṣaṇamāvṛtya dṛśyate bhūyaḥ |
ārohaṇamityanyonyamardanairbhayakaraṃ rājñām || 49 ||
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darpaṇa ivaikadeśe sabāṣpaniḥśvāsamārutopahataḥ |
dṛśyetāghrātaṃ tatsuvṛṣṭivṛddhyāvahaṃ jagataḥ || 50 ||
[savāṣpa]
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madhye tamaḥ praviṣṭaṃ vitamaskaṃ maṇḍalaṃ ca yadi paritaḥ |
tanmadhyadeśanāśaṃ karoti kukṣyāmayabhayaṃ ca || 51 ||
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paryanteṣvatibahulaṃ svalpaṃ madhye tamastamontyākhye |
sasyānāmītibhayaṃ bhayamasmiṃstaskarāṇāṃ ca || 52 ||
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śvete kṣemasubhikṣaṃ brāhmaṇapīḍāṃ ca nirdiśed rāhau |
agnibhayamanalavarṇe pīḍā ca hutāśavṛttīnām || 53 ||
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harite rogolbaṇatā sasyānāmītibhiśca vidhvaṃsaḥ |
kapile śīghragasattvamlecchadhvaṃso'tha durbhikṣam || 54 ||
[ulvaṇatā]
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aruṇakiraṇānurūpe durbhikṣāvṛṣṭayo vihagapīḍā |
ādhūmre kṣemasubhikṣamādiśetmandavṛṣṭiṃ ca || 55 ||
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kāpotāruṇakapilaśyāvābhe kṣudbhayaṃ vinirdeśyam |
kāpotaḥ śūdrāṇāṃ vyādhikaraḥ kṛṣṇavarṇaśca || 56 ||
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vimalakamaṇipītābho vaiśyadhvaṃsī bhavetsubhikṣāya |
sārciṣmatyagnibhayaṃ gairikarūpe tu yuddhāni || 57 ||
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dūrvākāṇḍaśyāme hāridre vāpi nirdiśetmarakam |
aśanibhayasampradāyī pāṭalakusumopamo rāhuḥ || 58 ||
[pāṭali]
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pāṃśuvilohitarūpaḥ kṣatradhvaṃsāya bhavati vṛṣṭeśca |
bālaravikamalasuracāparūpabhṛt śastrakopāya || 59 ||
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paśyan grastaṃ saumyo ghṛtamadhutailakṣayāya rājṇāṃ ca |
bhaumaḥ samaravimardaṃ śikhikopaṃ taskarabhayaṃ ca || 60 ||
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śukraḥ sasyavimardaṃ nānākleśāṃśca janayati dharitryām |
ravijaḥ karotyavṛṣṭiṃ durbhikṣaṃ taskarabhayaṃ ca || 61 ||
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yadaśubhamavalokanābhiruktaṃ grahajanitaṃ grahaṇe pramokṣaṇe vā |
surapatiguruṇāvalokite tacchamamupayāti jalairivāgniriddhaḥ || 62 ||
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graste kramānnimittaiḥ punargraho māsaṣaṭkaparivṛddhyā |
pavanolkāpātarajaḥ kṣitikampatamo'śaninipātaiḥ || 63 ||
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āvantikā janapadāḥ kāverīnarmadātaṭāśrayiṇaḥ |
dṛptāśca manujapatayaḥ pīḍyante kṣitisute graste || 64 ||
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antarvedīṃ sarayūṃ nepālaṃ pūrvasāgaraṃ śoṇam |
strīnṛpayodhakumārān saha vidvadbhirbudho hanti || 65 ||
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grahaṇopagate jīve vidvannṛpamantrigajahayadhvaṃsaḥ |
sindhutaṭavāsināmapyudagdiśaṃ saṃśritānāṃ ca || 66 ||
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bhṛgutanaye rāhugate dāśeraka kaikayāḥ sayaudheyāḥ |
āryāvarttāḥ śibayaḥ strīsacivagaṇāśca pīḍyante || 67 ||
[daserakāḥ]
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saure marubhavapuṣkara saurāṣṭrikadhātavo'rbudāntyajanāḥ |
gomantapāriyātrāśritāśca nāśaṃ vrajantyāśu || 68 ||
[saurāṣṭrā | gomantaḥ pāriyātrā]
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kārttikyāmanalopajīvimagadhānprācyādhipān kośalān kalmāṣānatha śūrasenasahitān kāśīśca santāpayet |
hanyādāśu kaliṅgadeśanṛpatiṃ sāmātyabhṛtyaṃ tamo dṛṣṭaṃ kṣatriyatāpadaṃ janayati kṣemaṃ subhikṣānvitam || 69 ||
[hanyād ca]
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kāśmīrakān kauśalakān sapuṇḍrānmṛgāṃśca hanyādaparāntakāṃśca |
ye somapāstāṃśca nihanty saumye suvṛṣṭikṛtkṣemasubhikṣakṛcca || 70 ||
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pauṣe dvijakṣatrajanoparodhaḥ sasaindhavākhyāḥ kukurā videhāḥ |
dhvaṃsaṃ vrajantyatra ca mandavṛṣṭiṃ bhayaṃ ca vindyādasubhikṣayutam || 71 ||
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māghe tu mātṛpitṛbhaktavasiṣṭhagotrān svādhyāyadharmaniratān kariṇasturaṅgān |
vaṅgāṅgakāśimanujāṃśca dunoti rāhurvṛṣṭiṃ ca karṣakajanābhimatāṃ karoti || 72 ||
[anumatāṃ]
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pīḍākaraṃ phālgunamāsi parva vaṅgāśmakāvantikamekalānām |
nṛtyajñasasyapravarāṅganānāṃ dhanuṣkarakṣatratapasvināṃ ca || 73 ||
[vantaka | nṛttajña]
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caitryāṃ tu citrakaralekhageyasaktān rūpopajīvinigamajñahiraṇyapaṇyān |
pauṇḍrauḍrakaikayajanānatha cāśmakāṃśca tāpaḥ spṛśatyamarapo'tra vicitravarṣī || 74 ||
[caitre]
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vaiśākhamāse grahaṇe vināśamāyānti karpāsatilāḥ samudgāḥ |
ikṣvākuyaudheyaśakāḥ kaliṅgāḥ sopaplavāḥ kintu subhikṣamasmin || 75 ||
[māsi | sopadravāḥ]
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jyeṣṭhe narendradvijarājapatnyaḥ sasyāni vṛṣṭiśca mahāgaṇāśca |
pradhvaṃsamāyānti narāśca saumyāḥ sālvaiḥ sametāśca niṣādasaṅghāḥ || 76 ||
[jyaiṣṭhe]
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āṣāḍhaparvaṇyudapānavapranadīpravāhānphalamūlavārttān |
gāndhārakāśmīrapulindacīnān hatānvadedmaṇḍalavarṣamasmin || 77 ||
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kāśmīrān sapulindacīnayavanān hanyātkurukṣetrajān gāndhārānapi madhyadeśasahitānvṛṣṭo grahaḥ śrāvaṇe |
kāmbojaikaśaphāṃśca śāradamapi tyaktvā yathoktānimānanyatra pracurānnahṛṣṭamanujairdhātrīṃ karotyāvṛtām || 78 ||
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kaliṅgavaṅgānmagadhān surāṣṭrānmlecchān suvīrāndaradāśmakāṃśca |
strīṇāṃ ca garbhānasuro nihanti subhikṣakṛdbhādrapade'bhyupetaḥ || 79 ||
[daradāñchakāṃś]
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kāmbojacīnayavanān saha śalyahṛdbhirbāhlīkasindhutaṭavāsijanāṃśca hanyāt |
ānarttapauṇḍrabhiṣajaśca tathā kirātāndṛṣṭo'suro'śvayuji bhūrisubhikṣakṛcca || 80 ||
[vālhīka | ānarta]
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hanukukṣipāyubhedā dvirdviḥ sañchardanaṃ ca jaraṇaṃ ca |
madhyāntayośca vidaraṇamiti daśa śaśisūryayormokṣāḥ || 81 ||
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āgneyyāmapagamanaṃ dakṣiṇahanubhedasaṃjñitaṃ śaśinaḥ |
sasyavimardo mukharugnṛpapīḍā syātsuvṛṣṭiśca || 82 ||
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pūrvottareṇa vāmo hanubhedo nṛpakumārabhayadāyī |
mukharogaṃ śastrabhayaṃ tasminvindyātsubhikṣaṃ ca || 83 ||
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dakṣiṇakukṣivibhedo dakṣiṇapārśvena yadi bhavenmokṣaḥ |
pīḍā nṛpaputrāṇāmabhiyojyā dakṣiṇā ripavaḥ || 84 ||
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vāmastu kukṣibhedo yadyuttaramārgasaṃsthito rāhuḥ |
strīṇāṃ garbhavipattiḥ sasyāni ca tatra madhyāni || 85 ||
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nairṛtavāyavyasthau dakṣiṇavāmau tu pāyubhedau dvau |
guhyarugalpā vṛṣṭirdvayostu rājñīkṣayo vāme || 86 ||
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pūrveṇa pragrahaṇaṃ kṛtvā prāgeva cāpasarpeta |
sañchardanamiti tatkṣemasasyahārdipradaṃ jagataḥ || 87 ||
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prākpragrahaṇaṃ yasminpaścādapasarpaṇaṃ tu tajjaraṇam |
kṣucchastrabhayodvignā na śaraṇamupayānti tatra janāḥ || 88 ||
[udvignāḥ kva]
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madhye yadi prakāśaḥ prathamaṃ tanmadhyavidaraṇaṃ nāma |
antaḥkopakaraṃ syātsubhikṣadaṃ nātivṛṣṭikaram || 89 ||
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paryanteṣu vimalatā bahulaṃ madhye tamo'ntyadaraṇākhyaḥ |
madhyākhyadeśanāśaḥ śāradasasyakṣayaścāsmin || 90 ||
[anta]
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ete sarve mokṣā vaktavyā bhāskare'pi kintvatra |
pūrvā dik śaśini yathā tathā ravau paścimā kalpyā || 91 ||
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mukte saptāhāntaḥ pāṃśunipāto'nnasaṃkṣayaṃ kurute |
nīhāro rogabhayaṃ bhūkampaḥ pravaranṛpamṛtyum || 92 ||
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ulkā mantrivināśaṃ nānāvarṇā ghanāśca bhayamatulam |
stanitaṃ garbhavināśaṃ vidyunnṛpadaṃṣṭriparipīḍām || 93 ||
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pariveṣo rukpīḍāṃ digdāho nṛpabhayaṃ ca sāgnibhayaṃ |
rūkṣo vāyuḥ prabalaścaurasamutthaṃ bhayaṃ dhatte || 94 ||
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nirghātaḥ suracāpaṃ daṇḍaśca kṣudbhayaṃ saparacakram |
grahayuddhe nṛpayuddhaṃ ketuśca tadeva sandṛṣṭaḥ || 95 ||
[grahayuddhaṃ]
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avikṛtasalila nipātaiḥ saptāhāntaḥ subhikṣamādeśyam |
yaccāśubhaṃ grahaṇajaṃ tatsarvaṃ nāśanupayāti || 96 ||
[nipāte]
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somagrahe nivṛtte pakṣānte yadi bhavedgraho'rkasya |
tatrānayaḥ prajānāṃ dampatyorvairamanyonyam || 97 ||
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arkagrahāttu śaśino grahaṇaṃ yadi dṛśyate tato viprāḥ |
naikakratuphalabhājo bhavanti muditāḥ prajāścaiva || 98 ||
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