Chapter 7

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca rambho napatyastatrāsīdvaṃśaṃ vakṣyāmyanenasaḥ || 1 ||
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anenasaḥ suto rājā pratikṣatro mahāyaśāḥ || 2 ||
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pratikṣatrasutaścāpi sṛñjayo nāma viśrutaḥ || 3 ||
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sṛñjayasya jayaḥ putro vijayastasya cātmajaḥ || 4 ||
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vijayasya kṛtiḥ putrastasya haryaśvataḥ sutaḥ || 5 ||
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haryaśvatasuto rājā sahadevaḥ pratāpavān || 6 ||
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sahadevasya dharmātmā nadīna iti viśrutaḥ || 7 ||
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nadīnasya jayatseno jayatsenasya saṃkṛtiḥ || 8 ||
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saṃkṛterapi dharmātmā kṣatradharmo mahāyaśāḥ || 9 ||
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anenasya samākhyātāḥ kṣatravṛddhasya me śṛṇu || 10 ||
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kṣatravṛddhātmajastatra sunahotro mahāyaśāḥ || 11 ||
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sunahotrasya dāyādāstrayaḥ paramadhārmikāḥ || 12 ||
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kāśaḥ śalaśca dvāvetau tathā gṛtsamadaḥ prabhuḥ || 13 ||
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putro gṛtsamadasyāpi śunako yasya śaunakāḥ || 14 ||
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brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyāścaiva vaiśyāḥ śūdrāstathaiva ca || 15 ||
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śalātmajaśca cārṣṭiceṇastanayastasya kāśyakaḥ || 16 ||
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kāśyasya kāsyayo rājanputro dīrghatamāstathā || 17 ||
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dhanvastu dīrghatamaso vidvāndhanvantariḥ sutaḥ || 18 ||
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yajñabhugvāsudevāṃśaḥ smṛtamātrārtināśanaḥ || 18 ||
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tapaso nte sumahato jāto vṛddhasya dhīmataḥ || 19 ||
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punardhanvantarirdevo mānuṣeṣviha jajñivān || 20 ||
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janamejaya uvāca kathaṃ dhanvantarirdevo mānuṣeṣviha jajñivān || 21 ||
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etadveditumicchāmi tvatto brūhi yathātatham || 22 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca dhanvantareḥ saṃbhavo yaṃ śrūyatāṃ bharatarṣabha || 23 ||
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sa saṃbhūtaḥ samudrāttu mathyamāne mṛte purā || 24 ||
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utpannaḥ kalaśātpūrvaṃ sarvataśca śriyā vṛtaḥ || 25 ||
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samutpannaḥ sakalaśaḥ pūrvaṃ sarvaśriyā vṛtaḥ || 25 ||
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sadyaḥsaṃsiddhakāryaṃ hi viṣṇurdṛṣṭvā hi tasthivān || 26 ||
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abjastvamiti hovāca tasmādabjastu sa smṛtaḥ || 27 ||
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abjaḥ provāca viṣṇuṃ vai tava putro smi vai prabho || 28 ||
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vidhatsva bhāgaṃ sthānaṃ ca mama loke sureśvara || 29 ||
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evamuktaḥ sa dṛṣṭvā vai tathyaṃ provāca taṃ prabhuḥ || 30 ||
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kṛto yajñavibhāgo hi yajñiyairhi suraiḥ saha || 31 ||
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deveṣu viniyuktaṃ hi viddhi hotraṃ maharṣibhiḥ || 32 ||
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na śakyamupahomo vai tubhyaṃ kartu kathaṃcana || 33 ||
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na śakyamiha vai kartuṃ mayā tubhyaṃ kathaṃcana || 33 ||
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arvāgbhūto si devānāṃ putra tvaṃ tu na hīśvaraḥ || 34 ||
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dvitīyāyāṃ tu saṃbhūtyāṃ loke khyātiṃ gamiṣyasi || 35 ||
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aṇimādiśca te siddhirgarbhasthasya bhaviṣyati || 36 ||
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tenaiva tvaṃ śarīreṇa devatvaṃ prāpsyase prabho || 37 ||
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carumantrairvratairjāpyairyakṣyanti tvāṃ dvijātayaḥ || 38 ||
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aṣṭadhā tvaṃ punaścaiva āyurvedaṃ vidhāsyasi || 39 ||
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avaśyaṃbhāvī hyartho yaṃ prāgdṛṣṭastvabjayoninā || 40 ||
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dvitīyaṃ dvāparaṃ prāpya bhavitā tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 41 ||
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imaṃ tasmai varaṃ dattvā viṣṇurantardadhe punaḥ || 42 ||
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dvitīye dvāpare prāpte saunahotriḥ sa kāśirāṭ || 43 ||
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putrakāmastapastepe dhanvo dīrghaṃ mahattadā || 44 ||
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prapadye devatāṃ tāṃ tu yā me putraṃ pradāsyati || 45 ||
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abjaṃ devaṃ sa putrārthe tadārādhitavānnṛpa || 46 ||
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tatastuṣṭaḥ sa bhagavānabjaḥ provāca taṃ nṛpam || 47 ||
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yadicchasi varaṃ sarvaṃ tatte dāsyāmi suvrata || 48 ||
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bhagavanyadi tuṣṭastvaṃ putro me khyātimānbhavet || 49 ||
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tatheti samanujñāya tatraivāntaradhīyata || 50 ||
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tasya gehe samutpanno devo dhanvantaristadā || 51 ||
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kāśirājo mahārājaḥ sarvarogapraṇāśanaḥ || 52 ||
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āyurvedaṃ bharadvājātprāpyeha sabhiṣakkriyam || 53 ||
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tamaṣṭadhā punarvyasya śiṣyebhyaḥ pratyapādayat || 54 ||
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dhanvantarestu tanayaḥ ketumāniti viśrutaḥ || 55 ||
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atha ketumataḥ putro vīro bhīmarathaḥ smṛtaḥ || 56 ||
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bhīmarathasyāpi suto divodāsaḥ prajeśvaraḥ || 57 ||
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divodāsastu dharmātmā vārāṇasyadhipo bhavat || 58 ||
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etasminneva kāle tu purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ nṛpaḥ || 59 ||
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śūnyāṃ niveśayāmāsa kṣemako nāma rākṣasaḥ || 60 ||
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śaptā hi sā matimatā nikumbhena mahātmanā || 61 ||
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śūnyā varṣasahasraṃ vai bhavitrīti na saṃśayaḥ || 62 ||
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tasyāṃ tu śaptamātrāyāṃ divodāsaḥ prajeśvaraḥ || 63 ||
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viṣayānte purīṃ ramyāṃ gomatyāṃ saṃnyaveśayat || 64 ||
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bhadraśreṇyasya pūrvaṃ tu purī vārāṇasītyabhūt || 64 ||
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bhadraśreṇyasya putrāṇāṃ śatamuttamadhanvināṃ || 65 ||
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hatvā niveśayāmāsa divodāso narādhipaḥ || 66 ||
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bhadraśreṇyasya tad rājyaṃ hṛtaṃ tena balīyasā || 67 ||
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janamejaya uvāca vārāṇasīṃ nikumbhastu kimarthaṃ śaptavānprabhuḥ || 68 ||
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nikumbhaḥ kaśca dharmātmā siddhikṣetraṃ śaśāpa yaḥ || 69 ||
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kāraṇaṃ tadaśeṣeṇa vada tvaṃ vadatāṃ vara || 69 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca divodāsastu rājarṣirnagaraṃ prāpya pārthiva || 70 ||
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vasati sma mahātejāḥ sphītāyāṃ tu narādhipaḥ || 71 ||
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etasminneva kāle tu kṛtadāro maheśvaraḥ || 72 ||
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devyāstu priyakāmārthaṃ nyavasacchvaśurāntike || 73 ||
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devājñayā pārṣadā ye tvabhirūpāstapodhanāḥ || 74 ||
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pūrvoktai rūpaveṣaśca toṣayanti sma pārvatīm || 75 ||
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hṛṣyate vai mahādevī menā naiva prahṛṣyati || 76 ||
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jugupsatyasakṛttaṃ vai devadevaṃ tathaiva ha || 77 ||
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sapārṣadastvanācārastava bhartā maheśvaraḥ || 78 ||
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daridraḥ sarvadaivāsau śīlaṃ tasya na vartate || 79 ||
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mātrā tathoktā varadā strīsvabhāvānna cukruve || 80 ||
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smitaṃ kṛtvā tu varadā bhavapārśvamathāgamat || 81 ||
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vivarṇavadanā devī mahādevamabhāṣata || 82 ||
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neha vatsyāmyahaṃ deva naya māṃ svaṃ niveśanam || 83 ||
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tathā kartuṃ mahādevaḥ sarvāṃl lokānavaikṣata || 84 ||
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vāsārthaṃ rocayāmāsa pṛthivyāṃ kurunandana || 85 ||
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vārāṇasī mahātejāḥ siddhakṣetraṃ maheśvaraḥ || 86 ||
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divodāsena tāṃ jñātvā niviṣṭāṃ nagarīṃ bhavaḥ || 87 ||
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pārśve tiṣṭhantamāhūya nikumbhamidamabravīt || 88 ||
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gaṇeśvara purīṃ gatvā śūnyāṃ vārāṇasīṃ kuru || 89 ||
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mṛdunaivābhyupāyena ativīryaḥ sa pārthivaḥ || 90 ||
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tato gatvā nikumbhastu purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ tadā || 91 ||
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svapne nidarśayāmāsa kaṇṭakaṃ nāma nāpitam || 92 ||
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śreyaste haṃ kariṣyāmi sthānaṃ me racayānagha || 93 ||
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madrūpāṃ pratimāṃ kṛtvā nagaryante tathaiva ca || 94 ||
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tataḥ svapne yathoddiṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ kāritavānnṛpa || 95 ||
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purīdvāre tu vijñāpya rājānaṃ tu yathāvidhi || 96 ||
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pūjāṃ ca mahatīṃ tasya nityameva prayojayat || 97 ||
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gandhaiśca dhūpamālyaiśca prokṣaṇīyaistathaiva ca || 98 ||
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annapānaprayogaiśca atyadbhutamivābhavat || 99 ||
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evaṃ saṃpūjyate tatra nityameva gaṇeśvaraḥ || 100 ||
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tato varasahasraṃ tu nāgarāṇāṃ prayacchati || 101 ||
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putrān hiraṇyamāyuśca sarvān kāmāṃstathaiva ca || 102 ||
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rājñastu mahiṣī śreṣṭhā suyaśā nāma viśrutā || 103 ||
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putrārthamāgatā devī sādhvī rājñā pracoditā || 104 ||
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pūjāṃ tu vipulāṃ kṛtvā devī putramayācata || 105 ||
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punaḥ punarathāgamya bahuśaḥ putrakāraṇāt || 106 ||
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na prayacchati putraṃ hi nikumbhaḥ kāraṇena hi || 107 ||
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rājā tu yadi saṃkruddhaḥ kāryasiddhistato bhavet || 108 ||
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atha dīrgheṇa kālena krodho rājānamāviśat || 109 ||
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bhūtametanmahaddūri nāgarāṇāṃ prayacchati || 110 ||
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prīto varānnaiḥ śataśo mama kiṃ na prayacchati || 111 ||
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māmakaiḥ pūjyate nityaṃ nagaryāṃ mama caiva hi || 112 ||
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vijñāpito mamārthaṃ vai devyā me putrakāraṇāt || 113 ||
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na dadāti ca putraṃ me kṛtaghnaḥ kena hetunā || 114 ||
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tato nārhati satkāraṃ matsakāśādviśeṣataḥ || 115 ||
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tasmāttu nāśayiṣyāmi sthānamasya durātmanaḥ || 116 ||
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evaṃ sa tu viniścitya durātmā rājakilbiṣī || 117 ||
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sthānaṃ gaṇapatestasya nāśayāmāsa durmatiḥ || 118 ||
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bhagnamāyatanaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājānamaśapatprabhuḥ || 119 ||
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yasmādanaparādhasya tvayā sthānaṃ vināśitam || 120 ||
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puryakasmādiyaṃ śūnyā tava nūnaṃ bhaviṣyati || 121 ||
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tatastena tu śāpena śūnyā vārāṇasī tadā || 122 ||
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śaptvā purīṃ nikumbhastāṃ mahādevamathāgamat || 123 ||
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akasmācca purī sā tu vidrutā sarvatodiśam || 124 ||
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tasyāṃ puryāṃ tato devo nirmame padamātmanaḥ || 125 ||
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ramate tatra vai devo ramamāṇo gireḥ sutām || 126 ||
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na ratiṃ tatra vai devī labhate gṛhavismayāt || 127 ||
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vasāmyatra na puryāṃ tu devī devamathābravīt || 128 ||
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mahādeva uvāca nāhaṃ veśma vimokṣyāmi avimuktaṃ hi me gṛham || 129 ||
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nāhaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi gaccha devi gṛhaṃ prati || 130 ||
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hasannuvāca bhagavāṃstryambakastripurāntakaḥ || 131 ||
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tasmāttadavimuktaṃ hi proktaṃ devena vai svayam || 132 ||
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evaṃ vārāṇasī śaptā avimuktaṃ ca kīrtitam || 133 ||
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yasminvasati vai devaḥ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ || 134 ||
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yugeṣu triṣu dharmātmā saha devyā maheśvaraḥ || 135 ||
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antardhānaṃ kalau yāti tatpuraṃ hi mahātmanaḥ || 136 ||
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antarhite pure tasminpurī tu vasate punaḥ || 137 ||
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evaṃ vārāṇasī śaptā niveśaṃ punarāgatā || 138 ||
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bhadraśreṇyasya putro vai durdamo nāma viśrutaḥ || 139 ||
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divodāsena bāleti ghṛṇayā sa vivarjitaḥ || 140 ||
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haihayasya tu dāyādyaṃ kṛtavānvai mahīpatiḥ || 141 ||
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ājahre pitṛdāyādyaṃ divodāsahṛtaṃ balāt || 142 ||
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bhadraśreṇyasya putreṇa durdamena mahātmanā || 143 ||
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vairasyāntaṃ mahārāja kṣatriyeṇa vidhitsatā || 144 ||
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divodāsāddṛṣadvatyāṃ vīro jajñe pratardanaḥ || 145 ||
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tena putreṇa bālena prahṛtaṃ tasya vai punaḥ || 146 ||
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tena bālena dāyādyaṃ pragṛhītaṃ punastadā || 146 ||
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evaṃ pratardano rājā brahmajñaḥ saṃbabhūva ha || 146 ||
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sa eva śatrujidvīra ṛtadhvaja itīritaḥ || 146 ||
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upabhujyāsya dehasya pāte brahmamayo bhavat || 146 ||
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pratardanasya putrau dvau vatsabhārgau suviśrutau || 147 ||
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vatsaputro hyalarkastu saṃnatistasya cātmajaḥ || 148 ||
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alarko nāma putrastu rājā saṃnatimānbhuvi || 148 ||
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aṣṭāratho nāma nṛpaḥ suto bhīmarathasya vai || 148 ||
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natiputreṣu bāleṣu prahṛtaṃ tasya bhārata || 148 ||
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alarkaḥ kāśirājastu brahmaṇyaḥ satyasaṃgaraḥ || 149 ||
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alarkaṃ prati rājarṣiṃ śloko gītaḥ purātanaiḥ || 150 ||
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ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣaśatāni ca || 151 ||
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alarkādaparo nānyo bubhuje medinīmimām || 151 ||
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yuvā rūpeṇa saṃpanna āsītkāśikulodvahaḥ || 152 ||
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lopāmudrāprasādena paramāyuravāpa saḥ || 153 ||
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tasyāsītsumahad rājyaṃ rūpayauvanaśālinaḥ || 154 ||
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śāpasyānte mahābāhurhatvā kṣemakarākṣasam || 155 ||
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ramyāṃ niveśayāmāsa purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ punaḥ || 156 ||
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saṃnaterapi dāyādaḥ sunītho nāma dhārmikaḥ || 157 ||
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sunīthasya tu dāyādaḥ kṣemo nāma mahāyaśāḥ || 158 ||
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kṣemasya ketumānputraḥ suketustasya cātmajaḥ || 159 ||
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suketutanayaścāpi dharmaketuriti śrutiḥ || 160 ||
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dharmaketostu dāyādaḥ satyaketurmahārathaḥ || 161 ||
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satyaketusutaścāpi vibhurnāma prajeśvaraḥ || 162 ||
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ānartastu vibhoḥ putraḥ sukumāraśca tatsutaḥ || 163 ||
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sukumārasya putrastu satyaketur sudhārmikaḥ || 164 ||
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dhṛṣṭaketostu dāyādo veṇuhotraḥ prajeśvaraḥ || 165 ||
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veṇuhotrasutaścāpi bhargo nāma prajeśvaraḥ || 166 ||
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vatsasya vatsabhūmiśca bhṛgubhūmistu bhārgavāt || 167 ||
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ete tvaṅgirasaḥ putrā jātā vaṃśe tha bhārgave || 168 ||
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brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ striyaḥ putrāḥ sahasraśaḥ || 169 ||
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ityete kāśayaḥ proktā nahuṣasya nibodhata || 170 ||
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