Chapter 8

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
vivasvān kaśyapājjajñe dākṣāyaṇyāmariṃdama |
tasya bhāryābhavatsaṃjñā tvāṣṭrī devī vivasvataḥ |
sureṇuriti vikhyātā triṣu lokeṣu bhāminī || 1 ||
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sā vai bhāryā bhagavato mārtaṇḍasya mahātmanaḥ |
bhartṛrūpeṇa nātuṣyad rūpayauvanaśālinī |
saṃjñā nāma svatapasā dīpteneha samanvitā || 2 ||
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ādityasya hi tadrūpaṃ mārtaṇḍasya svatejasā |
gātreṣu paridagdhaṃ vai nātikāntamivābhavat || 3 ||
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na khalvayaṃ mṛto'ṇḍastha iti snehādabhāṣata |
ajānan kāśyapastasmānmārtaṇḍa iti cocyate || 4 ||
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tejastvabhyadhikaṃ tāta nityameva vivasvataḥ |
yenātitāpayāmāsa trīṃl lokān kaśyapātmajaḥ || 5 ||
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trīṇyapatyāni kauravya saṃjñāyāṃ tapatāṃ varaḥ |
ādityo janayāmāsa kanyāṃ dvau ca prajāpatī || 6 ||
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manurvaivasvataḥ pūrvaṃ śrāddhadevaḥ prajāpatiḥ |
yamaśca yamunā caiva yamajau saṃbabhūvatuḥ || 7 ||
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śyāmavarṇaṃ tu tadrūpaṃ saṃjñā dṛṣṭvā vivasvataḥ |
asahantī tu svāṃ chāyāṃ savarṇāṃ nirmame tataḥ |
māyāmayī tu sā saṃjñā tasyāśchāyā samutthitā || 8 ||
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prāñjaliḥ praṇatā bhūtvā chāyā saṃjñāṃ nareśvara |
uvāca kiṃ mayā kāryaṃ kathayasva śucismite |
sthitāsmi tava nirdeśe śādhi māṃ varavarṇini || 9 ||
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saṃjñovāca |
ahaṃ yāsyāmi bhadraṃ te svameva bhavanaṃ pituḥ |
tvayeha bhavane mahyaṃ vastavyaṃ nirviśaṅkayā || 10 ||
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imau ca bālakau mahyaṃ kanyā ceyaṃ sumadhyamā |
saṃbhāvyāste na cākhyeyamidaṃ bhagavate tvayā || 11 ||
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savarṇovāca |
ā kacagrahaṇāddevi ā śāpānnaiva karhicit |
ākhyāsyāmi mataṃ tubhyaṃ gaccha devi yathāsukham || 12 ||
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samādhāya savarṇāṃ tu tathetyuktā tayā ca sā |
tvaṣṭuḥ samīpamagamadvrīḍiteva manasvinī || 13 ||
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pituḥ samīpagā sā tu pitrā nirbhartsitā śubhā |
bhartuḥ samīpaṃ gaccheti niyuktā ca punaḥ punaḥ || 14 ||
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cintāmavāpa mahatīṃ strīṇāṃ dhikceṣṭitaṃ tviti || 14 ||
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nininda bahudhātmānaṃ strītvaṃ cātinininda sā || 14 ||
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sthātavyaṃ na kvacitstrīṇāṃ dhigasvātantryajīvitam || 14 ||
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śaiśave yauvane vārddhe pitṛbhartṛsutādbhayam || 14 ||
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tyaktaṃ bhartṛgṛhaṃ maugdhyādbata durvṛttayā mayā || 14 ||
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avijñātāpi vedhāyāmatha patyurniketanam || 14 ||
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tatrāsti sā savarṇā vai paripūrṇamanorathā || 14 ||
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naṣṭaṃ bhartṛgṛhaṃ maugdhyācchreyo'tra na piturgṛhe || 14 ||
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agacchadvaḍavā bhūtvācchādya rūpamaninditā |
kurūnathottarān gatvā tṛṇānyeva cacāra sā || 15 ||
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dvitīyāyāṃ tu saṃjñāyāṃ saṃjñeyamiti cintayan |
ādityo janayāmāsa putramātmasamaṃ tadā || 16 ||
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pūrvajasya manostāta sadṛśo'yamiti prabhuḥ |
manurevābhavannāmnā sāvarṇa iti cocyate || 17 ||
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saṃjñā tu pārthivī tāta svasya putrasya vai tadā |
cakārābhyadhikaṃ snehaṃ na tathā pūrvajeṣu vai || 18 ||
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manustasyāḥ kṣamattattu yamastasyā na cakṣame |
tāṃ vai roṣācca bālyācca bhāvino'rthasya vā balāt |
padā saṃtarjayāmāsa saṃjñāṃ vaivasvato yamaḥ || 19 ||
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taṃ śaśāpa tataḥ krodhātsavarṇā jananī tadā |
caraṇaḥ patatāmeṣa taveti bhṛśaduḥkhitā || 20 ||
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yamastu tatpituḥ sarvaṃ prāñjaliḥ pratyavedayat |
bhṛśaṃ śāpabhayodvignaḥ saṃjñāvākyairvivejitaḥ |
śāpo nivartediti ca provāca pitaraṃ tadā || 21 ||
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mātrā snehena sarveṣu vartitavyaṃ suteṣu vai |
seyamasmānapāhāya yavīyāṃsaṃ bubhūṣati || 22 ||
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tasyā mayodyataḥ pādo na tu dehe nipātitaḥ |
bālyādvā yadi vā mohāttadbhavān kṣantumarhati || 23 ||
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yasmātte pūjanīyāhaṃ tarjitāsmi tvayā suta || 23 ||
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tasmāttavaiṣa caraṇaḥ patiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 23 ||
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apatyaṃ durapatyaṃ syānnāmbā kujananī bhavet || 23 ||
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śapto'hamasmi lokeśa jananyā tapatāṃ vara |
tava prasādāccaraṇo na patenmama gopate || 24 ||
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vivasvānuvāca |
asaṃśayaṃ putra mahadbhaviṣyatyatra kāraṇam |
yastvaṃ dharmaparo nityaṃ dharmaṃ saṃtyaktavānimam |
yena tvāmāviśatkrodho dharmajñaṃ satyavādinam || 25 ||
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yuktameva hi te kartuṃ tava mātṛvaco'nagha || 25 ||
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na śakyametanmithyā tu kartuṃ mātṛvacastava |
kṛmayo māṃsamādāya yāsyanti tu mahītale || 26 ||
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tava pādānmahāprājña tataḥ saṃprāpsyase sukham || 26 ||
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kṛtamevaṃ vacastathyaṃ mātustava bhaviṣyati |
śāpasya parihāreṇa tvaṃ ca trāto bhaviṣyasi || 27 ||
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ādityaścābravītsaṃjñāṃ kimarthaṃ tanayeṣu vai |
tulyeṣvabhyadhikaḥ snehaḥ kriyate'ti punaḥ punaḥ |
sā tatpariharantī sma nācacakṣe vivasvataḥ || 28 ||
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ātmānaṃ sa samādhāya yogāttathyamapaśyata || 28 ||
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mūrdhajeṣu ca jagrāha sā cātmānaṃ śaśaṃsa ha || 28 ||
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ātmānaṃ gopayāmāsa saṃyogāttasya naiva tu || 28 ||
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tāṃ śaptukāmo bhagavānnāśāya kurunandana |
mūrdhajeṣu ca jagrāha samaye'tigate tu sā |
tataḥ sarvaṃ yathāvṛttamācacakṣe vivasvataḥ |
vivasvānatha tacchrutvā kruddhastvaṣṭāramabhyagāt || 29 ||
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tvaṣṭā tu taṃ yathānyāyamarcayitvā vibhāvasum |
nirdagdhukāmaṃ roṣeṇa sāntvayāmāsa vai tadā || 30 ||
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tvaṣṭovāca |
tavātitejasāviṣṭamidaṃ rūpaṃ na śobhate |
asahantī sma tatsaṃjñā vane carati śāḍvalam || 31 ||
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draṣṭā hi tāṃ bhavānadya svāṃ bhāryāṃ śubhacāriṇīm |
nityaṃ tapasyabhiratāṃ vaḍavārūpadhāriṇīm |
parṇāhārāṃ kṛśāṃ dīnāṃ jaṭilāṃ maladhāriṇīm |
hastihastaparikliṣṭāṃ vyākulāṃ padminīmiva |
ślāghyāṃ yogabalopetāṃ yogamāsthāya gopate || 32 ||
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anukūlaṃ tu te deva yadi syānmama tanmatam |
rūpaṃ nirvartayāmyadya tava kāntamariṃdama || 33 ||
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rūpaṃ vivasvataścāsīttiryagūrdhvasamaṃ tu vai || 33 ||
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tenāsau saṃbhṛto devo rūpeṇa tu vibhāvasuḥ || 33 ||
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tasmāttvaṣṭuḥ sa vai vākyaṃ bahu mene prajāpatiḥ || 33 ||
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samanujñātavāṃścaiva tvaṣṭāraṃ rūpasiddhaye || 33 ||
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tato'bhyupagamāttvaṣṭā mārtaṇḍasya vivasvataḥ |
bhramimāropya tattejaḥ śātayāmāsa bhārata || 34 ||
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kṛtavānaṣṭamaṃ bhāgaṃ na vyaśātayadavyayam || 34 ||
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yatsūryādvaiṣṇavaṃ tejaḥ śātitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā || 34 ||
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tvaṣṭaiva tejasā tena viṣṇoścakramakalpayat || 34 ||
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triśūlaṃ caiva śarvasya śibikāṃ dhanadasya ca || 34 ||
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śaktiṃ guhasya devānāmanyeṣāṃ ca varāyudham || 34 ||
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tatsarvaṃ tejasā tena viśvakarmā hyakalpayat || 34 ||
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tato nirbhāsitaṃ rūpaṃ tejasā saṃhṛtena vai |
kāntātkāntataraṃ draṣṭumadhikaṃ śuśubhe tadā || 35 ||
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mukhe nirvartitaṃ rūpaṃ tasya devasya gopateḥ || 35 ||
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tataḥprabhṛti devasya mukhamāsīttu lohitam || 35 ||
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mukharāgaṃ tu yatpūrvaṃ mārtaṇḍasya mukhacyutam || 35 ||
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ādityā dvādaśaiveha saṃbhūtā mukhasaṃbhavāḥ || 35 ||
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dhātāryamā ca mitraśca varuṇo'ṃśo bhagastathā || 35 ||
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indro vivasvānpūṣā ca parjanyo daśamastathā || 35 ||
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tatastvaṣṭā tato viṣṇurajaghanyo jaghanyajaḥ || 35 ||
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harṣaṃ lebhe tato devo dṛṣṭvādityān svadehajān || 35 ||
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gandhaiḥ puṣpairalaṃkārairbhāsvatā mukuṭena ca || 35 ||
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evaṃ saṃpūjayāmāsa tvaṣṭā vākyamuvāca ha || 35 ||
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gaccha deveśa svāṃ bhāryāṃ kurūṃścarati cottarān || 35 ||
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vaḍavārūpamāsthāya vane carati śāḍvale || 35 ||
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tāṃ tathārūpamāsthāya svāṃ bhāryāṃ śubhalīlayā || 35 ||
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dadarśa yogamāsthāya svāṃ bhāryāṃ vaḍavāṃ tataḥ |
adhṛṣyāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tejasā niyamena ca || 36 ||
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vaḍavāvapuṣā rājaṃścarantīmakutobhayām || 36 ||
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so'śvarūpeṇa bhagavāṃstāṃ mukhe samabhāvayat |
maithunāya viveṣṭantīṃ parapuṃso viśaṅkayā || 37 ||
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sā tanniravamacchukraṃ nāsikāyā vivasvataḥ |
devau tasyāmajāyetāmaśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau || 38 ||
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nāsatyaścaiva dasraśca smṛtau dvāvaśvināviti |
mārtaṇḍasyātmajāvetāvaṣṭamasya prajāpateḥ || 39 ||
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saṃjñāyāṃ janayāmāsa vaḍavāyāṃ sa bhārata || 39 ||
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tāṃ tu rūpeṇa krāntena darśayāmāsa bhāskaraḥ |
sā tu dṛṣṭvaiva bhartāraṃ tutoṣa janamejaya || 40 ||
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yamastu karmaṇā tena bhṛśaṃ pīḍitamānasaḥ |
dharmeṇa rañjayāmāsa dharmarāja imāḥ prajāḥ || 41 ||
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sa lebhe karmaṇā tena śubhena paramadyutiḥ |
pitṝṇāmādhipatyaṃ ca lokapālatvameva ca || 42 ||
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manuḥ prajāpatistvāsītsāvarṇaḥ sa tapodhanaḥ |
bhāvyaḥ so'nāgate tasminmanuḥ sāvarṇike'ntare || 43 ||
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merupṛṣṭhe tapo nityamadyāpi sa caratyuta |
bhrātā śanaiścaraścāsya grahatvaṃ sa tu labdhavān || 44 ||
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nāsatyau yau samākhyātau svarvaidyau tu babhūvatuḥ || 44 ||
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revanto'pi tathā rājannaśvānāṃ śāntido'bhavat || 44 ||
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tvaṣṭā tu tejasā tena viṣṇoścakramakalpayat |
tadapratihataṃ yuddhe dānavāntacikīrṣayā || 45 ||
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yavīyasī tayoryā tu yamī kanyā yaśasvinī |
abhavatsā saricchreṣṭhā yamunā lokabhāvanī || 46 ||
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manurityucyate loke sāvarṇa iti cocyate |
dvitīyo yaḥ sutastasya sa vijñeyaḥ śanaiścaraḥ || 47 ||
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grahatvaṃ sa tu lebhe vai sarvalokānupūjitam || 47 ||
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ya idaṃ janma devānāṃ śṛṇuyāddhārayeta vā |
āpadaṃ prāpya mucyeta prāpnuyācca mahad yaśaḥ || 48 ||
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