Chapter 2

tataḥ sa martyavapuṣā puṣpadantaḥ paribhraman |
nāmnā vararuciḥ kiṃ ca kātyāyana iti śrutaḥ || 1 ||
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pāraṃ saṃprāpya vidyānāṃ kṛtvā nandaya mantritām |
khinnaḥ samāyayau draṣṭuṃ kadācidvindhyavāsinīm || 2 ||
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tapasārādhitā devī svapnādeśena sā ca tam |
prāhiṇodvindhyakāntāraṃ kāṇabhūtimavekṣitum || 3 ||
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vyāghravānarasaṃkīrṇe nistoyaparuṣadrume |
bhramaṃstatra ca sa prāṃśu nyagrodhatarumaikṣata || 4 ||
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dadarśa ca samīpe 'sya piśācānāṃ śatairvṛtam |
kāṇabhūtiṃ piśācaṃ taṃ varṣmaṇā sālasaṃnibham || 5 ||
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sa kāṇabhūtinā dṛṣṭvā kṛtapādopasaṃgrahaḥ |
kātyāyano jagādainamupaviṣṭaḥ kṣaṇāntare || 6 ||
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sadācāro bhavānevaṃ kathametāṃ gatiṃ gataḥ |
tacchrutvā kṛtasauhārdaṃ kāṇabhūtistamabravīt || 7 ||
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svato me nāsti vijñānaṃ kiṃ tu śarvānmayā śrutam |
ujjayinyāṃ śmaśāne yacchṛṇu tatkathayāmi te || 8 ||
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kapāleṣu śmaśāneṣu kasmāddeva ratistava |
iti pṛṣṭastato devyā bhagavānidamabravīt || 9 ||
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purā kalpakṣaye vṛtte jātaṃ jalamayaṃ jagat |
mayā tato vibhidyoruṃ raktabindurnipātitaḥ || 10 ||
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jalāntastadabhūdaṇḍaṃ tasmāddvedhākṛtātpumān |
niragacchattataḥ sṛṣṭā sargāya prakṛtirmayā || 11 ||
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tau ca prajāpatīnanyānsṛṣṭavantau prajāśca te |
ataḥ pitāmahaḥ proktaḥ sa pumāñjagati priye || 12 ||
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evaṃ carācaraṃ sṛṣṭvā viśvaṃ darpamagādasau |
puruṣas tena mūrdhānam athaitasyāhamacchidam || 13 ||
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tato 'nutāpena mayā mahāvratamagṛhyata |
ataḥ kapālapāṇitvaṃ śmaśānapriyatā ca me || 14 ||
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kiṃ caitanme kapālātma jagaddevi kare sthitam |
pūrvoktāṇḍakapāle dve rodasī kīrtite yataḥ || 15 ||
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ityukte śaṃbhunā tatra śroṣyāmīti sakautuke |
sthite mayi tato bhūyaḥ pārvatī patimabhyadhāt || 16 ||
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sa puṣpadantaḥ kiyatā kālenāsmānupaiṣyati |
tadākarṇyābravīddevīṃ māmuddiśya maheśvaraḥ || 17 ||
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piśāco dṛśyate yo 'yameṣa vaiśravaṇānugaḥ |
yakṣo mitramabhūccāsya rakṣaḥ sthūlaśirā iti || 18 ||
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saṃgataṃ tena pāpena nirīkṣyainaṃ dhanādhipaḥ |
vindhyāṭavyāṃ piśācatvamādiśaddhanadeśvaraḥ || 19 ||
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bhrātrāsya dīrghajaṅghena patitvāf pādayostataḥ |
śāpāntaṃ prati vijñapto vadati sma dhanādhipaḥ || 20 ||
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śāpāvatīrṇād ākarṇya puṣpadantānmahākathām |
uktvā mālyavate tāṃ ca śāpātprāptāya martyatām || 21 ||
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tābhyāṃ gaṇābhyāṃ sahitaḥ śāpamenaṃ tariṣyati |
itīha dhanadenāsya śāpānto vihitastadā || 22 ||
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tvayā ca puṣpadantasya sa eveti smara priye |
etacchrutvā vacaḥ śambhoḥ saharṣo 'ham ihāgataḥ || 23 ||
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itthaṃ me śāpadoṣo 'yaṃ puṣpadantāgamāvadhiḥ |
ity uktvā virate tasmin kāṇabhūtau ca tatkṣaṇam || 24 ||
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smṛtvā vararucirjātiṃ suptotthita ivāvadat |
sa eva puṣpadanto 'haṃ mattastāṃ ca kathāṃ śṛṇu || 25 ||
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ityuktvā granthalakṣāṇi sapta sapta mahākathāḥ |
kātyāyanena kathitāḥ kāṇabhūtistato 'bravīt || 26 ||
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deva rudrāvatārastvaṃ ko 'nyo vetti kathāmimām |
tvatprasādādgataprāyaḥ sa śāpo me śarīrataḥ || 27 ||
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tadbrūhi nijavṛttantaṃ janmanaḥ prabhṛti prabho |
māṃ pavitraya bhūyo 'pi na gopyaṃ yadi mādṛśe || 28 ||
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tato vararucistasya praṇatasyānurodhataḥ |
sarvamājanmavṛttāntaṃ vistarādidamabravīt || 29 ||
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kauśāmbyāṃ somadattākhyo nāmnāgniśikha ityapi |
dvijo 'bhūttasya bhāryā ca vasudattābhidhābhavat || 30 ||
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munikanyā ca sā śāpāttasyāṃ jātāvavātarat |
tasyāṃ tasmāddvijavarādeṣa jāto 'smi śāpataḥ || 31 ||
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tato mamātibālasya pitā pañcatvamāgataḥ |
atiṣṭhadvardhayantī tu mātā māṃ kṛcchrakarmabhiḥ || 32 ||
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athābhyagacchatāṃ viprau dvāvasmadgṛhamekadā |
ekarātrinivāsārthaṃ dūrādhvaparidhūsarau || 33 ||
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tiṣṭhatos tatra ca tayor udabhūn murajadhvaniḥ |
tena māmabravīnmātā bhartuḥ smṛtvā sagadgadam || 34 ||
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nṛtyatyeṣa piturmittraṃ tava nando naṭaḥ suta |
ahamapyavadaṃ mātardraṣṭumetadvrajāmyaham || 35 ||
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tavāpi darśayiṣyāmi sapāṭhaṃ sarvameva tat |
etanmadvacanaṃ śrutvā viprau tau vismayaṃ gatau || 36 ||
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avocattau ca manmātā he putrau nātra saṃśayaḥ |
sakṛcchrutamayaṃ bālaḥ sarvaṃ vai dhārayeddhṛdi || 37 ||
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jijñāsārthamathābhyāṃ me prātiśākhyamapaṭhyata |
tathaiva tanmayā sarvaṃ paṭhitaṃ paśyatostayoḥ || 38 ||
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tatastābhyāṃ samaṃ gatvā dṛṣṭvā nāṭyaṃ tathaiva tat |
gṛhametyāgrato mātuḥ samagraṃ darśitaṃ mayā || 39 ||
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ekaśrutadharatvena māṃ niścitya kathāmimām |
vyāḍināmā tayoreko manmātuḥ praṇato 'bravīt || 40 ||
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vetasākhye pure mātardevasvāmikarambhakau |
abhūtāṃ bhrātarau viprāvatiprītau parasparam || 41 ||
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tayorekasya putro 'yamindradatto 'parasya ca |
ahaṃ vyāḍiḥ samutpanno matpitāstaṃ gatastataḥ || 42 ||
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tacchokādindradattasya pitā yāto mahāpatham |
asmajjananyośca tataḥ sphuṭitaṃ hṛdayaṃ śucā || 43 ||
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tenānāthau sati dhane 'py āvāṃ vidyābhikāṅkṣiṇau |
gatau prārthayituṃ svāmikumāraṃ tapasā tataḥ || 44 ||
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tapaḥsthitau ca tatrāvāṃ sa svapne prabhurādiśat |
asti pāṭalikaṃ nāma puraṃ nandasya bhūpateḥ || 45 ||
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tatrāsti caiko varṣākhyo viprastasmādavāpsyathaḥ |
kṛtsnāṃ vidyāmatastatra yuvābhyāṃ gamyatāmiti || 46 ||
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athāvāṃ tatpuraṃ yātau pṛcchatostatra cāvayoḥ |
astīha mūrkho varṣākhyo vipra ityavadajjanaḥ || 47 ||
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tato dolādhirūḍhena gatvā cittena tatkṣaṇam |
gṛhamāvāmapaśyāva varṣasya vidhurasthiti || 48 ||
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mūṣakaiḥ kṛtavalmīkaṃ bhittiviśleṣajarjaram |
vicchāyaṃ chadiṣā hīnaṃ janmakṣetramivāpadām || 49 ||
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tatra dhyānasthitaṃ varṣamālokyābhyantare tadā |
upāgatau svas tatpatnīṃ vihitātithyasatkriyām || 50 ||
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dhūsarakṣāmavapuṣaṃ viśīrṇamalināmbarām |
guṇarāgāgatāṃ tasya rūpiṇīmiva durgatim || 51 ||
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praṇāmapūrvamāvābhyāṃ tasyai so 'tha niveditaḥ |
svavṛttāntaśca tadbhartṛmaurkhyavārtā ca yā śrutā || 52 ||
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putrau yuvāṃ me kā lajjā śrūyatāṃ kathayāmi vām |
ityuktvā sāvayoḥ sādhvī kathāmetāmavarṇayat || 53 ||
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śaṃkarasvāmināmātra nagare 'bhūddvijottamaḥ |
madbhartā copavarṣaśca tasya putrāvimāvubhau || 54 ||
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ayaṃ mūrkho daridraśca viparīto 'sya cānujaḥ |
tena cāsya niyuktābhūtsvabhāryā gṛhapoṣaṇe || 55 ||
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kadācidatha saṃprāptā prāvṛṭ tasyāṃ ca yoṣitaḥ |
saguḍaṃ piṣṭaracitaṃ guhyarūpaṃ jugupsitam || 56 ||
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kṛtvā mūrkhāya viprāya dadatyeva kṛte hi tāḥ |
śītakāle nidāghe ca snānakleśaklamāpaham || 57 ||
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dattaṃ na pratipadyanta ityācāro hi kutsitaḥ |
taddevaragṛhiṇyā me dattamasmai sadakṣiṇam || 58 ||
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tadgṛhītvāyamāyāto mayā nirbhartsito bhṛśam |
mūrkhabhāvakṛtenāntarmanyunā paryatapyata || 59 ||
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tataḥ svāmikumārasya pādamūlaṃ gato 'bhavat |
tapastuṣṭena tenāsya sarvā vidyāḥ prakāśitāḥ || 60 ||
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sakṛcchrutadharaṃ vipraṃ prāpyaitāstvaṃ prakāśayeḥ |
ityādiṣṭaḥ sa tenaiva saharṣo 'yamihāgataḥ || 61 ||
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āgatyaiva ca vṛttāntaṃ sarvaṃ mahyaṃ nyavedayat |
tadā prabhṛtyavirataṃ japandhyāyaṃśca tiṣṭhati || 62 ||
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ataḥ śrutadharaṃ kaṃcidanviṣyānayataṃ yuvām |
tena sarvārthasiddhirvā bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 63 ||
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śrutvaitad dharṣapatnītas tūrṇaṃ daurgatyahānaye |
dattvā hemaśataṃ cāsyai nirgatau svastataḥ purāt || 64 ||
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athāvāṃ pṛthivīṃ bhrāntau na ca śrutadharaṃ kvacit |
labdhavantau tataḥ śrāntau prāptāvadya gṛhaṃ tava || 65 ||
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ekaśrutadharaḥ prāpto bālo 'thaṃ tanayastava |
tadenaṃ dehi gacchāvo vidyādraviṇasiddhaye || 66 ||
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iti vyāḍivacaḥ śrutvā manmātā sādarāvadat |
sarvaṃ sagmatamevaitadastyatra pratyayo mama || 67 ||
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tathāhi pūrvaṃ jāte 'sminn ekaputre mama sphuṭā |
gaganādevam udabhūd aśarīrā sarasvatī || 68 ||
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eṣa śrutadharo jāto vidyāṃ varṣādavāpsyati |
kiṃ ca vyakaraṇaṃ loke pratiṣṭhāṃ prāpayiṣyati || 69 ||
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nāmnā vararuciś cāyaṃ tat tad asmai hi rocate |
yad yad varaṃ bhavet kiṃcid ity uktvā vāg upāramat || 70 ||
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ata eva vivṛddhe 'smin bālake cintayāmy aham |
kva sa varṣa upādhyāyo bhaved iti divāniśam || 71 ||
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adya yuṣmanmukhājjñātvā paritoṣaśca me paraḥ |
tadenaṃ nayataṃ bhrātā yuvayoreṣa kā kṣatiḥ || 72 ||
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iti manmātṛvacanaṃ śrutvā tau harṣanirbharau |
vyāḍīndradattau tāṃ rātrimabudhyetāṃ kṣaṇopamām || 73 ||
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athotsavārthamambāyāstūrṇaṃ dattva nijaṃ dhanam |
vyāḍinaivopanīto 'haṃ vedārhatvaṃ mamecchatā || 74 ||
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tato mātrābhyanujñātaṃ kathaṃcidruddhabāṣpayā |
māmādāya nijotsāhaśamitāśeṣatadvyatham || 75 ||
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manyamānau ca kaumāraṃ puṣpitaṃ tadanugraham |
vyāḍīndradattau tarasā nagaryāḥ prasthitau tataḥ || 76 ||
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atha krameṇa varṣasya vayaṃ prāptā gṛhaṃ guroḥ |
skandaprasādamāyāntaṃ mūrtaṃ māṃ so 'yamanyata || 77 ||
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kṛtvāsmānagrato 'nyedyurupaviṣṭaḥ śucau bhuvi |
varṣopādhyāya oṃkāramakaroddivyayā girā || 78 ||
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tadanantaramevāsya vedāḥ sāṅgā upasthitāḥ |
adhyāpayitumasmāṃśca pravṛtto 'bhūdasau tataḥ || 79 ||
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sakṛcchrutaṃ mayā tatra dviḥśrutaṃ vyāḍinā tathā |
triśrutaṃ cendradattena guruṇoktamagṛhyata || 80 ||
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dhvanim atha tamapūrvaṃ divyam ākarṇya sadyaḥ sapadi vilasadantarvismayo vipravargaḥ |
kim idam iti samantād draṣṭum abhyetya varṣaṃ stutimukharamukhaśrīr arcati sma praṇāmaiḥ || 81 ||
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kimapi tadavalokya tatra citraṃ pramadavaśānna paraṃ tadopavarṣaḥ |
api vitatamahotsavaḥ samagraḥ samajani pāṭaliputrapauralokaḥ || 82 ||
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rājāpi taṃ giriśasūnuvaraprabhāvam ālokya tasya paritoṣamupetya nandaḥ |
varṣasya veśma vasubhiḥ sa kilādareṇa tatkālameva samapūrayadunnataśrīḥ || 83 ||
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