Chapter 99

janamejaya uvāca |
ya eṣa bhavatā pūrvaṃ śambaraghnetyudāhṛtaḥ |
pradyumnaḥ sa kathaṃ jaghne śambaraṃ tadbravīhi me || 1 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
rukmiṇyāṃ vāsudevasya lakṣmīkāmo dhṛtavrataḥ |
śambarāntakaro jajñe pradyumnaḥ kāmadarśanaḥ || 2 ||
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sanatkumāra iti yaḥ purāṇe parigīyate || 2ab ||
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taṃ saptarātre saṃpūrṇe niśīthe sūtikāgṛhāt |
jahāra kṛṣṇasya sutaṃ śiśuṃ vai kālaśambaraḥ || 3 ||
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viditaṃ tacca kṛṣṇasya devamāyānuvartinaḥ |
tato na nigṛhītaḥ sa dānavo yuddhadurmadaḥ || 4 ||
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sa mṛtyunā parītāyurmāyayābhijahāra tam |
dorbhyāmutkṣipya nagaraṃ svaṃ jagāma mahāsuraḥ || 5 ||
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anapatyā tu tasyāsīdbhāryā rūpaguṇānvitā |
nāmnā māyāvatī nāma māyeva śubhadarśana || 6 ||
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dadau taṃ vāsudevasya putraṃ putramivātmajam |
tasyā mahiṣyā nāthinyā dānavaḥ kālacoditaḥ || 7 ||
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māyāvatī tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhā || 7 ||
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harṣeṇa mahatā yuktā punaḥ punarudaikṣata || 7 ||
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atha tasyā nirīkṣantyāḥ smṛtiḥ prādurbabhūva ha || 7 ||
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ayaṃ sa mama kānto'bhūtsmṛtvaivaṃ cānvacintayat || 7 ||
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ayaṃ sa nātho bhartā me yasyārthaṃ hi divāniśam || 7 ||
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cintāśokahrade magnā na vindāmi ratiṃ kvacit || 7 ||
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ayaṃ bhagavatā pūrvaṃ devadevena śūlinā || 7 ||
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kheditena kṛto'naṅgo dṛṣṭo jātyantare mayā || 7 ||
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kathamasya stanaṃ dāsye mātṛbhāvena jānatī || 7 ||
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bharturbhāryā tvahaṃ bhūtvā vakṣye vā putra ityuta || 7 ||
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evaṃ saṃcintya manasā dhātryāstaṃ sā samarpayat || 7 ||
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rasāyanaprayogaiśca śīghramevānvavardhayat || 7 ||
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dhātryāḥ sakāśātsa ca tāṃ śṛṇvan rukmiṇinandanaḥ || 7 ||
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māyāvatīmavijñānānmene svāmeva mātaram || 7 ||
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sā taṃ saṃvardhayāmāsa kārṣṇiṃ kamalalocanam |
māyāścāsmai dadau sarvā dānavīḥ kāmamohitā || 8 ||
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sa yadā yauvanasthastu pradyumnaḥ kāmadarśanaḥ |
cikīrṣitajño nārīṇāṃ sarvāstravidhipāragaḥ || 9 ||
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taṃ sā māyāvatī kāntaṃ kāmayāmāsa kāminī |
iṅgitaiścāpi vīkṣantī prālobhayata sasmitā || 10 ||
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prasajjantīṃ tu tāṃ devīṃ babhāṣe cāruhāsinīm |
mātṛbhāvaṃ parityajya kimevaṃ vartase'nyathā || 11 ||
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aho duṣṭasvabhāvāsi strītvena calamānasā |
yā putrabhāvamutsṛjya mayi kāmātpravartase || 12 ||
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nanu te'haṃ sutaḥ saumye ko'yaṃ śīlavyatikramaḥ |
tattvamicchāmyahaṃ devi kathitaṃ kastvayaṃ vidhiḥ || 13 ||
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vidyutsaṃpātacapalaḥ svabhāvaḥ khalu yoṣitām |
yā nareṣu prasajjante nagāgreṣu ghanā iva || 14 ||
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yadi te'haṃ sutaḥ saumye yadi vā nātmajaḥ śubhe |
kathitaṃ tattvamicchāmi kimidaṃ te cikīrṣitam || 15 ||
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evamuktā tu sā bhīruḥ kāmena vyathitendriyā |
priyaṃ provāca vacanaṃ vivikte keśavātmajam || 16 ||
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na tvaṃ mama sutaḥ saumya nāpi te śambaraḥ pitā |
rūpavānasi vikrāntastvaṃ jātyā vṛṣṇinandanaḥ |
putrastvaṃ vāsudevasya rukmiṇyā nandivardhanaḥ || 17 ||
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divase saptame bālo jātamātro'pavāhitaḥ |
sūtikāgāramadhyāttvaṃ śiśuruttānaśāyitaḥ || 18 ||
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mama bhartrā hṛto vīra balavīryapravartinā |
pituste vāsudevasya dharṣayitvā gṛhaṃ mahat |
pākaśāsanakalpasya hṛtastvaṃ śambareṇa ha || 19 ||
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sā ca te karuṇaṃ mātā tvāṃ bālamanuśocatī |
atyarthaṃ śrāmyate vīra vivatsā saurabhī yathā || 20 ||
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sa hi śakrādapi mahānpitā te garuḍadhvajaḥ |
iha tvāṃ nābhijānāti bālamevāpavāhitam || 21 ||
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kānta vṛṣṇikumārastvaṃ na hi tvaṃ śambarātmajaḥ |
vīra naivaṃvidhānputrāndānavā janayanti hi || 22 ||
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tato'haṃ kāmayāmi tvāṃ na hi tvaṃ janito mayā |
rūpaṃ te saumya paśyantī sīdāmi hṛdi durbalā || 23 ||
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yanme vyavasitaṃ kānta yacca me hṛdi vartate |
tanme manasi vārṣṇeya pratisaṃdhātumarhasi || 24 ||
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eṣa te kathitaḥ saumya sadbhāvastvayi yo mama |
yathā na mama putrastvaṃ na putraḥ śambarasya ca || 25 ||
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kāmadevaśca vīra tvaṃ ratiṃ māṃ viddhi vai prabho || 25 ||
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śaṃkarasya ca śāpena tvamanaṅgagatiḥ purā || 25 ||
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tatkālamāyayā rūpaṃ kṛtvā daityasya veśmani || 25 ||
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viśīrṇā sāhamuṣitā daityasyāsya ca veśmani || 25 ||
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śrutvaitannikhilaṃ sarvaṃ māyāvatyā prabhāṣitam |
cakrāyudhātmajaḥ kruddhaḥ śambaraṃ sa samāhvayat || 26 ||
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samastamāyāmāyājño vikrāntaḥ samare'vyayaḥ |
aṣṭamyāṃ nihato yuddhe māyayā kālaśambaraḥ || 27 ||
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tamṛkṣavante nagare nihatyāsurasattamam |
gṛhya māyāvatīṃ devīṃ svāmagacchatpurīṃ pituḥ || 28 ||
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so'ntarikṣagato bhūtvā māyayā śīghravikramaḥ |
ājagāma purīṃ ramyāṃ rakṣitāṃ tejasā pituḥ || 29 ||
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so'ntarikṣātprapatitaḥ keśavāntaḥpure śiśuḥ |
māyāvatyā saha tayā rūpavāniva manmathaḥ || 30 ||
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tasmiṃstatrāvapatite mahiṣyaḥ keśavasya yāḥ |
vismitāścaiva hṛṣṭāśca bhīrāścaivābhavaṃstadā || 31 ||
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tatastaṃ kāmasaṃkāśaṃ kāntayā saha saṃgatam |
prekṣantyo hṛṣṭavadanāḥ pibantyo nayanāsavam || 32 ||
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taṃ vrīḍitamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā sajjamānaṃ pade pade |
abhavan snigdhasaṃkalpāḥ prahṛṣṭāḥ kṛṣṇayoṣitaḥ || 33 ||
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rukmiṇī tveva taṃ dṛṣṭvā śokārtā putragṛddhinī |
sapatnīśatasaṃkīrṇā sabāṣpā vākyamabravīt || 34 ||
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yādṛksvapno mayā dṛṣṭo niśāyā yauvane gate || 34 ||
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kaṃsāriṇā samānīya dattaṃ sāhārapallavam || 34 ||
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śaśiraśmipratīkāśaṃ muktādāma ca śobhanam || 34 ||
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keśavenāṅkamāropya mama kaṇṭhe nyabadhyata || 34 ||
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śyāmā sucārukeśā strī śuklāmbaravibhūṣitā || 34 ||
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padmahastā nirīkṣantī praviṣṭā mama veśmani || 34 ||
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tayā punarahaṃ gṛhya snāpitā rucirāmbunā || 34 ||
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kuśeśayamayīṃ mālāṃ strī saṃgṛhyātha pāṇinā || 34 ||
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mama mūrdhanyupāghrāya dattā sraksā tayā mama || 34 ||
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evaṃ svapnaṃ kīrtayantī rukmiṇī hṛṣṭamānasā || 34 ||
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sakhījanavṛtā devī kumāraṃ vīkṣya taṃ muhuḥ || 34 ||
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ityato'nantaraṃ tatra abravīdvākyameva tat || 34 ||
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dhanyāyāḥ khalvayaṃ putro dīrghāyuḥ priyadarśanaḥ |
idṛśaḥ kāmasaṃkāśo yauvane prathame sthitaḥ || 35 ||
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jīvaputrā tvayā putra kā sā bhāgyavibhūṣitā |
kimarthaṃ cāmbudaśyāma sabhāryastvamihāgataḥ || 36 ||
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asminvayasi suvyaktaṃ pradyumno mama putrakaḥ |
bhaved yadi na nītaḥ syātkṛtāntena balīyasā || 37 ||
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vyaktaṃ vṛṣṇikumāro'yaṃ na mithyā mama tarkitam |
vijñāto'si mayā cihnairvinā cakraṃ janārdanaḥ || 38 ||
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mukhaṃ nārāyaṇasyeva keśāḥ keśānta eva ca |
mūrdhavakṣobhujaistulyo halinaḥ śvaśurasya me || 39 ||
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kastvaṃ vṛṣṇikulaṃ sarvaṃ vapuṣā dyotayan sthitaḥ |
aho janārdanasyāsya divyā tvamaparā tanuḥ || 40 ||
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etasminnantare kṛṣṇaḥ sahasā praviveśa ha |
nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā śambarasya vadhaṃ prati || 41 ||
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so'paśyattaṃ sutaṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ siddhaṃ manmathalakṣaṇaiḥ |
snuṣāṃ māyāvatīṃ caiva hṛṣṭacetā janārdanaḥ || 42 ||
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so'bravītsahasā devīṃ rukmiṇīṃ devatāmiva |
ayaṃ te devi saṃprāptaḥ putraścāpadharaḥ prabhuḥ || 43 ||
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anena śambaraṃ hatvā māyāyuddhaviśāradam |
hatā māyāśca tāḥ sarvā yābhirdevānabādhata || 44 ||
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satī ceyaṃ śubhā sādhvī bhāryā vai tanayasya te |
māyāvatīti vikhyātā śambarasya gṛhoṣitā |
mā ca te śambarasyeyaṃ patnītyevaṃ vyathā bhavet || 45 ||
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manmathe tu gate nāśaṃ gate cānaṅgatāṃ purā |
netrāgninā tryambakasya śūlapāṇeḥ purā yuge |
kāmapatnī hi kanyaiṣā kāmakāmā ratiḥ śubhā |
māyārūpeṇa taṃ daityaṃ mohayatyasakṛcchubhā || 46 ||
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na caiṣā tasya kaumāre vaśe tiṣṭhati śobhanā |
atmamāyāmayaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtvā śambaramāviśat || 47 ||
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patnyeṣā mama putrasya snuṣā tava varāṅganā |
lokakāntasya sāhāyyaṃ kariṣyati manomayam || 48 ||
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praveśayaināṃ bhavanaṃ pūjyā hyeṣā snuṣā mama |
cirapranaṣṭaṃ ca sutaṃ bhajasya punarāgatam || 49 ||
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vaiśampāyana uvāca |
śrutvā tu vacanaṃ devī kṛṣṇenodāhṛtaṃ tadā || 49 ||
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praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe rukmiṇī vākyamabravīt || 49 ||
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aho dhanyatarāsmīti vīraputrasamāgamāt || 49 ||
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adya me saphalaḥ kāmaḥ pūrṇaścādya manorathaḥ || 49 ||
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cirapranaṣṭaputrasya darśanaṃ priyayā saha || 49 ||
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āgaccha putra bhavanaṃ viśasva saha bhāryayā || 49 ||
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tato'bhivādya caraṇau govindaṃ mātaraṃ ca saḥ || 49 ||
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pradyumnaḥ pūjayāmāsa halinaṃ ca mahābalam || 49 ||
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utthāpya taṃ pariṣvajya mūrdhnyupāghrāya vīryavān || 49 ||
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pradyumnaṃ balināṃ śreṣṭhaṃ keśavaḥ paravīrahā || 49 ||
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snuṣāṃ cotthāpya tāṃ devīṃ rukmiṇī rukmabhūṣaṇāṃ || 49 ||
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pariṣvajyopasaṃgṛhya snehādgadgadabhāṣiṇī || 49 ||
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sametaṃ bhavanaṃ patnyā śacyendramaditiryathā || 49 ||
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praveśayāmāsa tadā rukmiṇī sutamāgatam || 49 ||
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evamuktā tu kṛṣṇena rukmiṇī yoṣitāṃ varā || 49 ||
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putraṃ prītyā pariṣvajya mūrdhni cāghrāya tāṃ snuṣām || 49 ||
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gṛhaṃ praveśayāmāsa snuṣayā saha bhāminī || 49 ||
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