Chapter 29C

janamejaya uvāca śruto'yaṃ ṣaṭpuravadho ramyo munivarottama || 1 ||
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puroktamandhakavadhaṃ vaiśaṃpāyana kīrtaya || 2 ||
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bhānumatyāśca haraṇaṃ nikumbhasya vadhaṃ tathā || 3 ||
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prabrūhi vadatāṃ śreṣṭha paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me || 4 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca ditirhateṣu putreṣu viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā || 5 ||
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tapasārādhayāmāsa mārīcaṃ kaśyapaṃ purā || 6 ||
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tapasā kālayuktena tathā śuśrūṣayā muneḥ || 7 ||
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ānukūlyena ca tathā mādhuryeṇa ca bhārata || 8 ||
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parituṣṭaḥ kaśyapastu tāmuvāca tapodhanām || 9 ||
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parituṣṭo'haṃ te bhadre varaṃ varaya suvrate || 10 ||
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ditiruvāca hataputrāsmi bhagavandevairdharmabhṛtāṃ vara || 11 ||
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avaśyaṃ putramicchāmi devairamitavikramam || 12 ||
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kaśyapa uvāca avadhyaste suto devi dākṣāyaṇi bhavediti || 13 ||
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devānāṃ saṃśayo nātra kaścitkamalalocane || 14 ||
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devadevamṛte rudraṃ tasya na prabhavāmyaham || 15 ||
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ātmā tataste putreṇa rakṣitavyo hi sarvathā || 16 ||
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anvālabhata tāṃ devīṃ kaśyapaḥ satyavāgatha || 17 ||
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aṅgulyodaradeśe tu sā putraṃ suṣuve tataḥ || 18 ||
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sahasrabahuṃ kauravya sahasraśirasaṃ tathā || 19 ||
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dvisahasrekṣaṇaṃ caiva tāvaccaraṇameva ca || 20 ||
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sa vrajatyandhavad yasmādanandho'pi hi bhārata || 21 ||
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tamandhako'yaṃ nāmneti procustatranivāsinaḥ || 22 ||
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avadhyo'smīti lokān sa sarvānbādhati bhārata || 23 ||
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haratyapi ca ratnāni sarvāṇyātmabalāśrayāt || 24 ||
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vāsayatyātmavīryeṇa nigṛhyāpsarasāṃ guṇān || 25 ||
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sa veśmanyūrjito'tyarthaṃ sarvalokabhayaṃkaraḥ || 26 ||
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paradārāpaharaṇaṃ pararatnavilopanam || 27 ||
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cakāra satataṃ mohādandhakaḥ pāpaniścayaḥ || 28 ||
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trailokyavijayaṃ kartumudyataḥ satu bhārata || 29 ||
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sahāyairasuraiḥ sārdhaṃ bahubhiḥ sarvadharṣibhiḥ || 30 ||
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taṃ śrutvā bhagavāñchakraḥ kaśyapaṃ pitaraṃ bravīt || 31 ||
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andhakenedamārabdhamīdṛśaṃ munisattama || 32 ||
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ājñāpaya vibho kāryamasmākaṃ samanantaram || 33 ||
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yavīyasaḥ kathaṃ nāma soḍhavyaṃ syānmune mayā || 34 ||
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iṣṭaputre prahartavyaṃ kathaṃ nāma mayā vibho || 35 ||
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ihātrabhavatī kuryānmanyuṃ mayi hate sute || 36 ||
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devendravacanaṃ śrutvā kaśyapo'bravīnmuniḥ || 37 ||
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vārayiṣyāmi devendra sarvathā bhadramastu te || 38 ||
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andhakaṃ vārayāmāsa dityā saha tu kaśyapaḥ || 39 ||
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trailokyavijayādvīra kṛcchrakṛcchreṇa bharata || 40 ||
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vārito'pi sa duṣṭātmā bādhatyeva divaukasaḥ || 41 ||
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taistairupāyairduṣṭātmā pramathya ca tathā parān || 42 ||
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babhañja kānane vṛkānudyānāni ca durmatiḥ || 43 ||
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uccaiḥśravaḥsutānaśvānbalādapyānayaddivaḥ || 44 ||
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nāgāndiśāgajasutāndivyānāpi ca bhārata || 45 ||
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balāddharati devānāṃ paśyatāṃ baladarpitaḥ || 46 ||
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devānāpyāyante tu ye yajñaistapasā balāt || 47 ||
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teṣāṃ cakāra vidhvaṃsaṃ duṣṭātmā devakaṇṭakaḥ || 48 ||
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nejuryajñaistrayo varṇāstepurnaiva tapāṃsyapi || 49 ||
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andhakasya bhayād rājanyajñavighnāni kurvataḥ || 50 ||
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tasyecchayā vāti vāyurādityaśca tapatyuta || 51 ||
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candramāśca sanakṣatro dṛśyate naiva vā punaḥ || 52 ||
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na bhajanti vimānāni vihāyasy prabhāṃ prabho || 53 ||
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andhakasyātighorasya baladṛptasya durmateḥ || 54 ||
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niroṃkāravaṣaṭkāraṃ jagadvīra tadābhavat || 55 ||
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andhakasyātighorasya bhayātkurukulodvaha || 56 ||
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kurūnathottarānpāpo drāvayāmāsa bhārata || 57 ||
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bhadrāśvān ketumālāṃśca jambudvīpāṃstathaiva ca || 58 ||
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mānayanti ca taṃ devā dānavāśca durāsadāḥ || 59 ||
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bhūtāni ca tathānyāni samarthānyapi sarvathā || 60 ||
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ṛṣayo vadhyamānāstu sametā brahmavādinaḥ || 61 ||
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acintayannandhakasya vadhaṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ vara || 62 ||
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teṣāṃ bṛhaspatirmadhye dhīmānidamathābravīt || 63 ||
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nāsya rudrādṛte mṛtyurvidyate ca kathaṃcana || 64 ||
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tathā vare dīyamāne kaśyapenāpi śabditaḥ || 65 ||
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nāhaṃ rudrātparitrātuṃ śakta ityeva dhīmatā || 66 ||
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tadupāyaṃ cintayāmaḥ śarvo yena sanātanaḥ || 67 ||
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jānīyātsarvabhūtāni pīḍyamānāni śaṃkaraḥ || 68 ||
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viditārtho hi bhagavānavaśyaṃ jagataḥ prabhuḥ || 69 ||
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aśrupramarjanaṃ devaḥ kariṣyati satāṃ gatiḥ || 70 ||
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vrataṃ hi devadevasya bhavasya jagato guroḥ || 71 ||
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santo'sadbhyo rakṣitavyā brāhmaṇāstu viśeṣataḥ || 72 ||
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te vayaṃ nāradaṃ sarve prayāmaḥ śaraṇaṃ dvijaṃ || 73 ||
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upāyaṃ vetsyate tatra vayasyo hi bhavasya saḥ || 74 ||
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bṛhaspativacaḥ śrutvā sarve te'tha tapodhanāḥ || 75 ||
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tāvaddadṛśurākāśe prāptaṃ devarṣisattamam || 75 ||
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pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ satkṛtya vidhivanmunim || 75 ||
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devā ūcuḥ devarṣe bhagavan sādho kailāsaṃ vraja satvaram || 75 ||
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vijñaptumarhase devamandhakasya vadhe haram || 75 ||
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trāṇārthaṃ nāradaṃ procustāṃstatheti sa coktavān || 76 ||
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ṛṣiṣvatha prayāteṣu tatkāryaṃ nārado muniḥ || 77 ||
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vicārya manasā vidvāniti kāryaṃ sa dṛṣṭavān || 78 ||
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sa devadevaṃ bhagavāndraṣṭuṃ munirathāyayau || 79 ||
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mandāravanamadhyastho yatra nityaṃ vṛṣadhvajaḥ || 80 ||
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sa tatra rajanīmekāmuṣitvā munisattamaḥ || 81 ||
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mandārāṇāṃ vane ramnye dayitaḥ śūlapāṇinaḥ || 82 ||
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ājagāma punaḥ svargaṃ labdhvānujñāṃ vṛṣadhvajāt || 83 ||
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mandārapuṣpaiḥ sukṛtāṃ mālāmābadhya bhārata || 84 ||
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grathitāṃ saviśeṣāṃ tāṃ sarvagandhottamottamām || 85 ||
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saṃtānamālyadāmaṃ ca sarvaistaiḥ kusumaiḥ kṛtam || 86 ||
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tacca kaṇṭhe samāsajya mahāgandhaṃ nārādhipa || 87 ||
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āyayāvandhako yatra durātmā baladarpitaḥ || 88 ||
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andhakastvatha taṃ dṛṣṭvā gandhamāghrāya cottamam || 89 ||
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saṃtānakānāṃ sraṅmālāṃ mahāgandhāṃ mahāmuneḥ || 90 ||
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kuto'yaṃ puṣpajātirvā kamanīyā tapodhana || 91 ||
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gandhānvarṇāñchubhāṃstān hi bhoḥ puṣyati muhurmuhuḥ || 92 ||
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svarge saṃtānakusumānyativartanti sarvathā || 93 ||
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kaḥ prabhustasya deśasya yaḥ sa sukṛtavānmune || 94 ||
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ācakṣya yadyanugrāhyā vayaṃ te devatātithe || 95 ||
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ācakṣva me mune sarvaṃ saṃsiśasva varaṃ hi vai || 95 ||
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yad yadiṣṭaṃ mamāpi syāttaddeyaṃ devatātithau || 95 ||
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tamuvāca muniśreṣṭhaḥ prahasanniva bhārata || 96 ||
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grahāya dakṣiṇe haste mahatastapaso nidhiḥ || 97 ||
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mandaraḥ parvataśreṣṭho vīra kāmagamaṃ vanam || 98 ||
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tatra caivaṃvidhaṃ puṣpaṃ bhoḥ sṛṣṭiḥ śūlapāṇinaḥ || 99 ||
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na tu tatra vanaṃ kaścidacchandena mahātmanaḥ || 100 ||
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praveṣṭuṃ labhate taddhi rakṣanti pramathottamāḥ || 101 ||
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nānāpraharaṇā ghorā nānāveṣā durāsadāḥ || 102 ||
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avadhyāḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ mahādevābhirakṣitāḥ || 103 ||
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nityaṃ prakrīḍate tatra somaḥ sapravaro haraḥ || 104 ||
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mandāradrumaṣaṇḍeṣu sarvātmā sarvabhāvanaḥ || 105 ||
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tapoviśeṣairārādhya haraṃ tribhuvaneśvaram || 106 ||
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śakyaṃ mandārapuṣpāṇi prāptuṃ kaśyapavaṃśaja || 107 ||
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strīratnamaṇiratnāni yāni cānyāni cāpyatha || 108 ||
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kāṅkṣitāni phalanti sma te drumā haravallabhāḥ || 109 ||
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na tatra sūryaḥ somo'tha tapatyatulavikrama || 110 ||
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svayaṃprabhaṃ taruvanaṃ tadbho duḥkhavivarjitam || 111 ||
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tatra gandhāḥ sravantyanye ratnānyanye mahādrumāḥ || 112 ||
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vāsāṃsi vividhānyanye sugandhāni mahābala || 113 ||
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bhakṣyaṃ bhojyaṃ ca peyaṃ ca coṣyaṃ lehyaṃ tathaiva ca || 114 ||
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tarubhyaḥ sravate tebhyo vividhaṃ manasepsitam || 115 ||
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pipāsā vā bubhukṣā vā glāniścintāpi vānagha || 116 ||
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na mandāravane vīra bhavatītyupadhāryatām || 117 ||
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na te varṇayituṃ śakyā guṇā varṣaśatairapi || 118 ||
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guṇā ye tatra vartante svargādbahuguṇottarāḥ || 119 ||
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atīva vijayel lokān samahendrānna saṃśayaḥ || 120 ||
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ekāhamapi yastatra vasedvai ditijottama || 121 ||
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svargasyāpi hi tatsvargaṃ sukhānāmapi satsukham || 122 ||
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babhūva jagataḥ sarvamiti me dhīyate manaḥ || 123 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca andhako nāradavacaḥ śrutvā tattvena bhārata || 124 ||
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mandaraṃ parvataṃ gantuṃ mano dadhre mahāsuraḥ || 125 ||
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so'surān sumahātejāḥ samānīya mahābalaḥ || 126 ||
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jagāma mandaraṃ kruddho mahādevālayaṃ tadā || 127 ||
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taṃ mahābhrapraticchannaṃ mahauṣadhisamākulam || 128 ||
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nānāsiddhasamākīrṇaṃ maharṣigaṇasevitam || 129 ||
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candanāgaruvṛkṣāḍhyaṃ saraladrumasaṃkulam || 130 ||
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kiṃnarodgītaramyaṃ ca bahunāgakulākulam || 131 ||
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vātoddhūtairvanaiḥ phullairnṛtyantamiva ca kvacit || 132 ||
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prasrutairdhātubhiścitrairviliptamiva ca kvacit || 133 ||
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pakṣisvanaiḥ sumadhurairnadantamiva ca kvacit || 134 ||
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haṃsaiḥ śucipadaiḥ kīrṇaṃ saṃpatadbhiritastataḥ || 135 ||
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mahābalaiśca mahiṣaiścaradbhirdaityanāśanaiḥ || 136 ||
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candrāṃśuvimalaiḥ siṃhairbhūṣitaṃ himasaṃcayam || 137 ||
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mṛgarājaśatākīrṇaṃ mṛgavṛndaniṣevitam || 138 ||
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camarīgaṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ śabarīgaṇasaṃkulam || 138 ||
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sa mandaraṃ giriṃ prāha rūpiṇaṃ baladarppitaḥ || 139 ||
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vetsi tvaṃ hi yathāvadhyo varadānādahaṃ pituḥ || 140 ||
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mama caiva vaśe sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram || 141 ||
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pratiyoddhuṃ na māṃ kaścidicchatyapi gire bhayāt || 142 ||
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pārijātavanaṃ cāsti tava sānau mahāgire || 143 ||
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sarvakāmapradaiḥ puṣpairbhūṣitaṃ ratnamuttamam || 144 ||
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tadācakṣvopabhokṣyāmi tadvanaṃ tava sānujam || 145 ||
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kiṃ kariṣyasi kruddhastvaṃ mano hi tvarate mama || 146 ||
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trātāraṃ nānupaśyāmi mayā khalvarditasya te || 147 ||
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ityukto mandarastena tatraivāntarhito'bhavat || 148 ||
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tato'ndhako'tiruṣito varadānena darpitaḥ || 149 ||
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mumoca nādaṃ sumahadidaṃ vacanamabravīt || 150 ||
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mayā nāma yācyamāno yasmānna bahu manyase || 151 ||
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ahaṃ cūrṇīkaromi tvāṃ balaṃ parvata paśya me || 152 ||
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evamuktvā gireḥ śṛṅgamutpāṭya bahuyojanam || 153 ||
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niṣpipeṣa girestasya śṛṅge'thānyatra vīryavān || 154 ||
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saha tairasuraiḥ sarvairvaradānena darpitaḥ || 155 ||
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taṃ pracchannanadījālaṃ bhajyamānaṃ mahāgirim || 156 ||
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viditvā bhagavān rudraścakārānugrahaṃ gireḥ || 157 ||
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saviśeṣataraṃ vīra mattadvipamṛgāyutam || 158 ||
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nadījālairbahutarairācitaṃ citrakānanam || 159 ||
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nabhaścyutaiḥ purā yadvattadvadeva virājate || 160 ||
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atha devaprabhāvena śṛṅgāṇyutpāṭitāni tu || 161 ||
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kṣiptāni cāsurāneva ghnanti ghorāṇi bhārata || 162 ||
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kṣiptvā ye prapalāyante śṛṅgāṇi tu mahāsurāḥ || 163 ||
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śṛṅaistaistaiḥ sma vadhyante parvatasya janādhipa || 164 ||
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ye svasthāstvasurāstatra tiṣṭhanti girisānuṣu || 165 ||
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śṛṅgaiste tasya vadhyante mandarasya mahāgireḥ || 166 ||
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tato'ndhakastadā dṛṣṭvā senāṃ tāṃ sūditāṃ tathā || 167 ||
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ruṣitaḥ sumahānādaṃ naditvedaṃ tadābravīt || 168 ||
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āhvayaitaṃ vanaṃ yasya yuddhārthamupatiṣṭhatu || 169 ||
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kiṃ tvayācala yuddhena hatāḥ sma cchadmanā raṇe || 170 ||
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evamukte tvandhakena vṛṣabheṇa maheśvaraḥ || 171 ||
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saṃprāptaḥ śūlamudyamya devo'ndhakajighāṃsayā || 172 ||
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pramathānāṃ gaṇairdhīmānvṛto vai bahulocanaḥ || 173 ||
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tathā bhūtagaṇaiścaiva dhīmānbhūtagaṇeśvaraḥ || 174 ||
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pracakampe tataḥ kṛtsnaṃ trailokyaṃ ruṣite hare || 175 ||
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sindhavaśca pratisrotamūhuḥ prajvalitodakāḥ || 176 ||
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jagmurdiśo'gnidāhaṃ ca sarvato haratejasā || 177 ||
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yuyudhuśca grahāḥ sarve viparītā janādhipa || 178 ||
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celuśca girayastatra kāle kurukulodvaha || 179 ||
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pravavarṣātha parjanyaḥ sadhūmāṅgāravṛṣṭimān || 180 ||
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uṣṇabhāścandramāścāsītsūryaḥ śītaprabhastathā || 181 ||
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na brahma vividustatra munayyo brahmavādinaḥ || 182 ||
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vaḍavāḥ suṣuvurgāśca gāvo'śvānapi cānagha || 183 ||
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peturvṛkṣāśca medinyāmacchinna bhasmasātkṛtāḥ || 184 ||
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bādhante vṛṣabhā gāśca gāvaścāruruhurvṛṣān || 185 ||
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rākṣasā yātudhānāśca piśācāścāpi sarvaśaḥ || 186 ||
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andhakaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā parivavrurvṛṣabhadhvajam || 86 ||
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andhako'pi mahātejā bāṇairapi vavarṣa tam || 86 ||
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viparītaṃ jagaddṛṣṭvā mahādevastathā gatam || 187 ||
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mumoca bhagavāñchūlaṃ pradīptāgnisamaprabham || 188 ||
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tatpapāta harotsṛṣṭamandhakorasi durdharam || 189 ||
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bhasmasāccākarod raudramandhakaṃ sādhukaṇṭakam || 190 ||
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tato devagaṇāḥ sarve munayaśca tapodhanāḥ || 191 ||
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śaṃkaraṃ tuṣṭuvuścaiva jagacchatrau nibarhite || 192 ||
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devaduṃdubhayo neduḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ papāta ha || 193 ||
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trailokyaṃ virvṛtaṃ cāsīnnarendra vigatajvaram || 194 ||
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prajagurdevagandharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ || 195 ||
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jepuśca brāhmaṇā vedānījuśca kratubhistathā || 196 ||
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grahāḥ prakṛtimāpedurūhurnadyo yathā purā || 197 ||
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na jajvāla jale vahnirāśāḥ sarvāḥ prasedire || 198 ||
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mandaraḥ parvataśreṣṭhaḥ pureva virarāja ha || 199 ||
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śriyā paramayā juṣṭaḥ sarvatejaḥsamucchrayāt || 200 ||
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reme somaśca bhagavānpārijātavane haraḥ || 201 ||
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supracārān surān kṛtvā śakrādīndharmataḥ prabhuḥ || 202 ||
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