Chapter 6

janamejaya uvāca gandharvī urvaśī devī rājāṇaṃ manuṣaṃ katham || 1 ||
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devānutsṛjya saṃprāptā tanme brūhi bahuśruta || 2 ||
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śrutvorvaśīndrabhavane gīyamānaṃ surarṣiṇā || 2 ||
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tadantikamupeyā devī smaraśarārditā || 2 ||
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sa tāṃ vilokya nṛpatirharṣeṇotphullalocanaḥ || 2 ||
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uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā devīṃ hṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ || 2 ||
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svāgataṃ te varārohe āsyatāṃ karavāma kim || 2 ||
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saṃramasva mayā sārdhaṃ ratirnau śāśvatīḥ samāḥ || 2 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca brahmaśāpābhibhūtā sā mānuṣaṃ samupasthitā || 3 ||
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elaṃ tu sā varārohā samayātsamupasthitā || 4 ||
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evaṃ sā hyuṣitā tatra śāpasyāntamabhīpsatī || 4 ||
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ātmanaḥ śāpamokṣārthaṃ samayaṃ sā cakāra ha || 5 ||
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anagnadarśanaṃ caiva sakāmāyāśca maithunam || 6 ||
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etāv uraṇakau rājannyāsau rakṣasva mānada || 6 ||
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saṃraṃsye bhavatā sākaṃ ślāghya strīṇāṃ varaḥ smṛtaḥ || 6 ||
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dvau meṣau śayanābhyāse sadā baddhau ca tiṣṭhataḥ || 7 ||
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ghṛtamātraṃ tathāhāraḥ kalāmekaṃ tu pārthiva || 8 ||
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yadyeṣa samayo rājanyāvatkālaṃ ca te dṛḍham || 9 ||
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tadā tavaiva saṃyogo mayā saha bhaviṣyati || 9 ||
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tāvatkālaṃ kariṣyāmi yāvadevaṃ kariṣyāsi || 9 ||
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eṣa te samayo rājanvastuṃ tava gṛhe kṛtaḥ || 9 ||
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tāvatkālaṃ tu vatsyāmi kṛtaḥ samaya eṣa naḥ || 10 ||
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tasyāstaṃ samayaṃ sarvaṃ sa rājā samapālayat || 11 ||
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rājovāca aho rūpamaho bhāvo naralokavimohanam || 11 ||
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ko na seveta manujo devīṃ tvāṃ svayamāgatām || 11 ||
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evaṃ sā vasate tatra purūravasi bhāvinī || 12 ||
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varṣāṇyathaikaṣaṣṭiṃ tu tadbhaktyā śāpamohitā || 13 ||
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urvaśyāṃ mānuṣasthāyāṃ gandharvāścintayānvitāḥ || 14 ||
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apaśyannurvaśīmindro gandharvānabravīttadā || 14 ||
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urvaśīrahitaṃ mahyamāsthānaṃ nātiśobhate || 14 ||
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gandharvā ūcuḥ cintayadhvaṃ mahābhāgā yathā sā tu varāṅganā || 15 ||
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samāgacchetpunardevānurvaśī svargabhūṣaṇā || 16 ||
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tato viśvāvasurnāma tatrāha vadatāṃ varaḥ || 17 ||
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mayā tu samayastābhyāṃ kriyamāṇaḥ śrutaḥ purā || 18 ||
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vyutkrāntasamayan sā vai rājānaṃ tyakṣyate yathā || 19 ||
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tadahaṃ vedmyaśeṣeṇa yathā bhetsyatyasau nṛpaḥ || 20 ||
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sasahāyo gamiṣyāmi yuṣmākaṃ kāryasiddhaye || 21 ||
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evamuktvā gatastatra pratiṣṭhānaṃ mahāyaśāḥ || 22 ||
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niśāyāmatha cāgamya meṣamekaṃ jahāra saḥ || 23 ||
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mātṛvadvartate sā tu meṣayoścāruhāsinī || 24 ||
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gandharvāgamanaṃ jñātvā śāpāntaṃ ca yaśasvinī || 25 ||
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rājānamabravīttatra putro me'hriyateti sā || 26 ||
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evamukto viniścitya nagno naivodatiṣṭhata || 27 ||
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nagnaṃ māṃ drakṣyate devī samayo vitatho bhavet || 28 ||
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tato bhūyastu gandharvā dvitīyaṃ meṣamādaduḥ || 29 ||
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dvitīye tu hṛte meṣe elaṃ devyabravīdidam || 30 ||
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putrau me hriyate rājannanāthāyā iva prabho || 31 ||
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niśamyākranditaṃ devī putrayornīyamānayoḥ || 31 ||
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hatāsmyahaṃ kunāthena napuṃsā vīramāninā || 31 ||
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yadviśrambhādahaṃ naṣṭā hatāpatyā ca dasyubhiḥ || 31 ||
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yaḥ śete niśi saṃtrasto yathā nārī divā pumān || 31 ||
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evamuktastadotthāya nagno rājā pradhāvitaḥ || 32 ||
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meṣayoḥ padamanvicchan gandharvairvidyudapyatha || 33 ||
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utpāditā sumahatī yayā tadbhavanaṃ mahat || 34 ||
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prakāśitaṃ vai sahasā tato nagnamavaikṣata || 35 ||
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nagnaṃ dṛṣṭvā tirobhūtā gandharvī hyagamaddivam || 36 ||
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tirobhūtāṃ tu tāṃdṛṣṭvā gandharvā hyagamandivam || 36 ||
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tirobhūtāṃ tu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā gandharvāstatratāv ubhau || 36 ||
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utsṛjya meṣau śīghram tu yathākāmaṃ yayustataḥ || 36 ||
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utsṛṣṭau coraṇau dṛṣṭvā rājā gṛhyāgato gṛham || 37 ||
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apaśyannurvaśīṃ tatra vilālapa suduḥkhitaḥ || 38 ||
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cacāra pṛthivīṃ caiva mārgamāṇa itastataḥ || 39 ||
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athāpaśyatsa tāṃ rājā kurukṣetre mahābalaḥ || 40 ||
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sa tāṃ vīkṣya kurukṣetre sarasvatyāśca tatsakhīḥ || 40 ||
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pañca prahṛṣṭavadanaḥ prāha sūktaṃ purūravāḥ || 40 ||
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aho jāye jāye tiṣṭha ghore na tyaktumarhasi || 40 ||
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māṃ tvamaprāpya nirvṛttiṃ vacāṃsi kṛṇavāmahe || 40 ||
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sudeho'yaṃ patatvadya devi dūraṃ gatastvayā || 40 ||
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svādantyenaṃ vṛkā gṛdhrāstvatprasādasya nāspadam || 40 ||
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plakṣatīrthe puṣkariṇyāṃ himavatyāṃ samāplutām || 41 ||
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krīḍantīṃ apsarobhiśca pañcabhiḥ saha śobhanām || 42 ||
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tāṃ krīḍantīṃ tato dṛṣṭvā vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ || 43 ||
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sā cāpi tatra taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājānamavidūrataḥ || 44 ||
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urvaśī tāḥ sakhīḥ prāha sa eṣa puruṣottamaḥ || 45 ||
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yasminnahamavātsaṃ vai darśayāmāsa taṃ nṛpam || 46 ||
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samāvignāstu tāḥ sarvāḥ punareva narādhipaḥ || 47 ||
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jāye ha tiṣṭha manasi ghore vacasi tiṣṭha he || 48 ||
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evamādīni sūktāni parasparamabhāṣatām || 49 ||
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urvaśī cābravīdailaṃ sagarbhāhaṃ tvayā vibho || 50 ||
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saṃvatsarātkumāraste bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 51 ||
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niśāmekāṃ ca nṛpate nivatsyasi mayā saha || 52 ||
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hṛṣṭo jagāma rājātsa svapuraṃ sumahāyaśāḥ || 53 ||
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gate saṃvatsare bhūya urvaśī punarāgamat || 54 ||
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uṣitaśca tayā sārdhamekarātraṃ mahāyaśāḥ || 55 ||
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urvaśyathābravīdailaṃ gandharvā varadāstava || 56 ||
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tānvṛṇīṣva mahārāja brūhi caitāṃstvameva ha || 57 ||
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vṛṇīṣva samatāṃ rājan gandharvāṇāṃ mahātmanām || 58 ||
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tathetyuktvā varaṃ vavre gandharvāśca tahāstviti || 59 ||
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sthālīṃ nyasya vane gatvā gṛhamabhyāyayau niśi || 59 ||
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tretāyāṃ saṃpravṛttāyāṃ manasi trayyavartata || 59 ||
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pūrayitvāgninā sthālīṃ gandharvāśca tamabruvan || 60 ||
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aneneṣṭvā salokānnaḥ prāpsyasi tvaṃ narādhipa || 61 ||
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tānādāya kumārāṃstu gamanāyopacakrame || 62 ||
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nikṣipyāgnimaraṇye tu saputrastu gṛhaṃ yayau || 63 ||
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abhyetyāgniṃ tu nāpaśyadaśvatthaṃ tatra dṛṣṭavān || 64 ||
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śamījātaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā aśvatthaṃ vismitastataḥ || 65 ||
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gandharvebhyastadāśaṃsadagnināśaṃ tatastu saḥ || 66 ||
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śrutvā tamarthamakhilamaraṇīṃ tu samādiśan || 67 ||
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aśvatthādaraṇīṃ kṛtvā mathitvāgniṃ yathāvidhi || 68 ||
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mathitāgniṃ tridhā kṛtvā ayajatsa narādhipaḥ || 69 ||
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iṣṭvā yajñairbahuvidhairgatasteṣāṃ salokatām || 70 ||
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teneṣṭvā tu sa tāṃl lokānprāptavān sa narādhipaḥ || 70 ||
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gandharvebhyo varaṃ labdhvā tretāgniṃ samakalpayat || 71 ||
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eko'gniḥ pūrvamevāsīdailastretāmakārayat || 72 ||
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evaṃprabhāvo rājāsīdailastu puruṣottamaḥ || 73 ||
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