Chapter 1

gaurīnavapariṣvaṅge vibhoḥ svedāmbu pātu vaḥ |
netrāgnibhītyā kāmena vāruṇastramivāhitam || 1 ||
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kailāse dhūrjaṭervaktrātpuṣpadantaṃ gaṇottamam |
tasmādvararucībhūtātkāṇabhūtiṃ ca bhūtale || 2 ||
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kāṇabhūterguṇāḍhyaṃ ca guṇāḍhyātsātavāhanam |
yatprāptaṃ śṛṇutedaṃ tadvidyādharakathādbhutam || 3 ||
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asti vatsa iti khyāto deśo darpopaśāntaye |
svargasya nirmito dhātrā pratimalla iva kṣitau || 4 ||
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kauśāmbī nāma tatrāsti madhyabhāge mahāpurī |
lakṣmīvilāsavasatirbhūtalasyeva karṇikā || 5 ||
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tasyāṃ rājā śatānīkaḥ pāṇḍavānvayasaṃbhavaḥ |
janamejayaputro 'bhūtpautro rājñaḥ parīkṣitaḥ || 6 ||
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abhimanyuprapautraśca yasyādipuruṣo 'rjunaḥ |
tripurāribhujastambhadṛṣṭadordaṇḍavikramaḥ || 7 ||
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kalatraṃ bhūrabhūttasya rājñī viṣṇumatī tathā |
ekā ratnāni suṣuve na tāvadaparā sutam || 8 ||
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ekadā mṛgayāsaṅgādbhrāmyataścāsya bhūpateḥ |
abhūcchāṇḍilyamuninā samaṃ paricayo vane || 9 ||
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so 'sya putrārthino rājñaḥ kauśāmbīmetya sādhitam |
mantrapūtaṃ caruṃ rājñīṃ prāśayanmunisattamaḥ || 10 ||
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tatastasya suto jajñe sahasrānīkasaṃjñakaḥ |
śuśubhe sa pitā tena vinayena guṇo yathā || 11 ||
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yuvarājaṃ kramātkṛtvā śatānīko 'tha taṃ sutam |
saṃbhogaireva rājābhūnna tu bhūbhāracintanaiḥ || 12 ||
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athāsuraiḥ samaṃ yuddhe prāpte sāhāyakecchayā |
dūtastasmai visṛṣṭo 'bhūdrājñe śakreṇa mātaliḥ || 13 ||
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tato yugaṃdharākhyasya haste dhūryasya mantriṇaḥ |
supratīkābhidhānasya mukhyasenāpateśca saḥ || 14 ||
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samarpya putraṃ rājyaṃ ca nihantumasurānraṇe |
śakrāntikaṃ śatānīkaḥ saha mātalinā yayau || 15 ||
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asurān yamadaṃṣṭrādīn bahūn paśyati vāsave |
hatvā tatraiva saṅgrāme prāpa mṛtyuṃ sa bhūpatiḥ || 16 ||
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mātalyānītadehaṃ ca devī taṃ nṛpamanvagāt |
rājalakṣmīśca tatputraṃ sahasrānīkamāśrayat || 17 ||
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citraṃ tasminsamārūḍhe pitryaṃ siṃhāsanaṃ nṛpe |
bhareṇa sarvato rājñāṃ śirāṃsi natimāyayuḥ || 18 ||
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tataḥ śakraḥ suhṛtputraṃ vipakṣavijayotsave |
svargaṃ sahasrānīkaṃ taṃ nināya preṣya mātalim || 19 ||
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sa tatra nandane devān krīḍataḥ kāminīsakhān |
dṛṣṭvā svocitabhāryārthī rājā śokam ivāviśat || 20 ||
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vijñāyaitamabhiprāyaṃ tamuvācātha vāsavaḥ |
rājannalaṃ viṣādena vāñcheyaṃ tava setsyati || 21 ||
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utpannā hi kṣitau bhāryā tulyā te pūrvanirmitā |
imaṃ ca śṛṇu vṛttāntamatra te varṇayāmyaham || 22 ||
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purā pitāmahaṃ draṣṭumagacchaṃ tatsabhāmaham |
vidhūmo nāma paścācca mamaiko vasurāgamat || 23 ||
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sthiteṣvasmāsu tatraiva viriñcaṃ draṣṭumapsarāḥ |
āgādalambuṣā nāma vātavisraṃsitāṃśukā || 24 ||
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tāṃ dṛṣṭvaiva sa kāmasya vaśaṃ vasurupāgamat |
sāpyapsarā jhagityāsīttadrūpākṛṣṭalocanā || 25 ||
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tad ālokya mamāpaśya nmukhaṃ kamalasaṃbhavaḥ |
abhiprāyaṃ viditvāsya tāvahaṃ śaptavān krudhā || 26 ||
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martyaloke 'vatāro 'stu yuvayoravinītayoḥ |
bhaviṣyathaśca tatraiva yuvāṃ bhāryāpatī iti || 27 ||
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sa vasustvaṃ samutpannaḥ sahasrānīkabhūpate |
śatānīkasya tanayo bhūṣaṇaṃ śaśinaḥ kule || 28 ||
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sāpyapsarā ayodhyāyāṃ kṛtavarmanṛpātmajā |
jātā mṛgāvatī nāma sā te bhāryā bhaviṣyati || 29 ||
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itīndravākyapavanairudbhūto hṛdi bhūpateḥ |
sasnehe tasya jhagiti prājvalanmadanānalaḥ || 30 ||
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tataḥ saṃmānya śakreṇa preṣitastadrathena saḥ |
saha mātalinā rājā pratasthe svāṃ purīṃ prati || 31 ||
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gacchantaṃ cāpsarāḥ prītyā tamuvāca tilottamā |
rājanvakṣyāmi te kiṃcitpratīkṣasva manāgiti || 32 ||
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tadaśrutvaiva hi yayau sa tāṃ dhyāyanmṛgāvatīm |
tataḥ sā lajjitā kopāttaṃ śaśāpa tilottamā || 33 ||
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yayā hṛtamanā rājan na śṛṇoṣi vaco mama |
tasyāścaturdaśasamā viyogaste bhaviṣyati || 34 ||
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mātalistacca śuśrāva sa ca rājā priyotsukaḥ |
yayau rathena kauśāmbīmayodhyāṃ manasā punaḥ || 35 ||
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tato yugaṃdharādibhyo mantribhyo vāsavācchrutam |
mṛgāvatīgataṃ sarvaṃ śaśaṃsotsukayā dhiyā || 36 ||
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yācituṃ tāṃ sa kanyāṃ ca tatpituḥ kṛtavarmaṇaḥ |
ayodhyāṃ prāhiṇoddūtaṃ kālakṣepāsaho nṛpaḥ || 37 ||
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kṛtavarmā ca taddūtācchrutvā saṃdeśamabhyadhāt |
harṣāddevyai kalāvatyai tataḥ sāpyenamabravīt || 38 ||
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rājan sahasrānīkāya deyāvaśyaṃ mṛgāvatī |
imam arthaṃ ca me svapne jāne ko 'py avadad dvijaḥ || 39 ||
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atha hṛṣṭo mṛgāvatyā nṛttagītādikauśalam |
rūpaṃ cāpratimaṃ tasmai dūtāyādarśayan nṛpaḥ || 40 ||
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dadau tāṃ ca sa kāntānāṃ kalānām ekam āspadam |
kṛtavarmā sutāṃ tasmai rājñe mūrtim ivaindavīm || 41 ||
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parasparaguṇāvāptyai sa śrutaprajñayoriva |
abhūt sahasrānīkasya mṛgāvatyāś ca saṃgamaḥ || 42 ||
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atha tasyācirādrājño mantriṇāṃ jajñire sutāḥ |
jajñe yugaṃdharasyāpi putro yaugandharāyaṇaḥ || 43 ||
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supratīkasya putraśca rumaṇvānityajāyata |
yo 'sya narmasuhṛttasya putro 'jani vasantakaḥ || 44 ||
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tatastasyāpi divasaiḥ sahasrānīkabhūpateḥ |
babhāra garbhamāpāṇḍumukhī rājñī mṛgāvatī || 45 ||
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yayāce sātha bhartāraṃ darśanātṛptalocanam |
dohadaṃ rudhirāpūrṇalīlāvāpīnimajjanam || 46 ||
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sa cecchāṃ pūrayan rājñyā lākṣādirasanirbharām |
cakāra dhārmiko rājā vāpīṃ raktāvṛtām iva || 47 ||
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tasyāṃ snāntīmakasmācca lākṣāliptāṃ nipatya tām |
garuḍānvayajaḥ pakṣī jahārāmiṣaśaṅkayā || 48 ||
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pakṣiṇā kvāpi nītāṃ tāmanveṣṭumiva tatkṣaṇam |
yayau sahasrānīkasya dhairyaṃ vihvalacetasā || 49 ||
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priyānuraktaṃ ceto 'pi nūnaṃ tasya patattriṇā |
jahre yena sa niḥsaṃjñaḥ papāta bhuvi bhūpatiḥ || 50 ||
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kṣaṇācca labdhasaṃjñe 'sminrājñi buddhvā prabhāvataḥ |
avatīrya dyumārgeṇa tatra mātalirāyayau || 51 ||
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sa rājānaṃ samāśvāsya sāvadhiṃ prāgyathā śrutam |
tasmai tilottamāśāpaṃ kathayitvā tato 'gamat || 52 ||
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hā priye pūrṇakāmā sā jātā pāpā tilottamā |
ityādi ca sa śokārto vilalāpa mahīpatiḥ || 53 ||
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vijñātaśāpavṛttānto bodhitaśca sa mantribhiḥ |
kathaṃcijjīvitaṃ dadhne punaḥ saṃgamavāñchayā || 54 ||
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tāṃ ca rājñīṃ sa pakṣīndraḥ kṣaṇānnītvā mṛgāvatīm |
jīvantīṃ vīkṣya tatyāja daivādudayaparvate || 55 ||
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tyaktvā tasmin gate cātha rājñī śokabhayākulā |
dadarśānātham ātmānaṃ durgamādritaṭasthitam || 56 ||
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ekākinīm ekavastrāṃ krandantīm atha tāṃ vane |
grāsīkartuṃ pravṛtto 'bhūdutthāyājagaro mahān || 57 ||
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nihatyājagaraṃ taṃ ca śubodarkā tathaiva sā |
divyena mocitā puṃsāṃ dṛṣṭanaṣṭena kenacit || 58 ||
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tato vanagajasyāgre sā svayaṃ maraṇārthinī |
ātmānamakṣipatso 'pi rarakṣa dayayeva tām || 59 ||
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citraṃ yacchvāpado 'pyenāṃ patitāmapi gocare |
nāvadhīdathavā kiṃ hi na bhavedīśvarecchayā || 60 ||
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atha prapātābhimukhī bālā garbhabharālasā |
smarantī taṃ ca bhartāraṃ muktakaṇṭhaṃ ruroda sā || 61 ||
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tacchrutvā muniputro 'tha tatraikastāṃ samāyayau |
āgataḥ phalamūlārthaṃ śucaṃ mūrtimatīmiva || 62 ||
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sa ca pṛṣṭvā yathāvṛttamāśvāsya ca kathaṃcana |
jamadagnyāśramaṃ rājñīṃ nināyaināṃ dayārdradhīḥ || 63 ||
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tatra mūrtamivāśvāsaṃ jamadagniṃ dadarśa sā |
tejasā sthirabālārkaṃ kurvāṇamudayācalam || 64 ||
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so 'pi tāṃ pādapatitāṃ munirāśritavatsalaḥ |
rājñīṃ viyogaduḥkhārtāṃ divyadṛṣṭirabhāṣata || 65 ||
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iha te janitā putri putro vaṃśadharaḥ pituḥ |
bhaviṣyati ca bhartā te saṃgamo mā śucaṃ kṛthāḥ || 66 ||
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ityuktā muninā sādhvī sā jagrāha mṛgāvatī |
āśrame 'vasthitiṃ tasminnāśāṃ ca priyasaṃgame || 67 ||
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tataśca divasaistatra ślāghanīyamaninditā |
satsaṃgatirivācāraṃ putraratnamasūta sā || 68 ||
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śrīmānudayano nāmnā rājā jāto mahāyaśāḥ |
bhaviṣyati ca putro 'sya sarvavidyādharādhipaḥ || 69 ||
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ity antarikṣād udabhūt tasmin kāle sarasvatī |
ādadhānā mṛgāvatyāś cittavismṛtam utsavam || 70 ||
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kramādudayanaḥ so 'tha bālastasmiṃstapovane |
avardhata nijaiḥ sārdhaṃ vayasyair iva sadguṇaiḥ || 71 ||
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kṛvā kṣatrocitānsarvānsaṃskārāñjamadagninā |
vyanīyata sa vidyāsu dhanurvede ca vīryavān || 72 ||
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kṛṣṭvā ca svakarānmātā tasya snehānmṛgāvatī |
sahasrānīkanāmāṅkaṃ cakāra kaṭakaṃ kare || 73 ||
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hariṇākheṭake jātu bhrāmyannudayano 'tha saḥ |
śabareṇa haṭhākrāntamaṭavyāṃ sarpamaikṣata || 74 ||
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sadayaḥ sundare tasminsarpe taṃ śabaraṃ ca saḥ |
uvāca mucyatāmeṣa sarpo madvacanāditi || 75 ||
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tataḥ sa śabaro 'vādījjīvikeyaṃ mama prabho |
kṛpaṇo 'haṃ hi jīvāmi bhujagaṃ khelayansadā || 76 ||
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vipanne pannage pūrvaṃ mantrauṣadhibalādayam |
vaṣṭabdhaśca mayā labdhaś cinvataitāṃ mahāṭavīm || 77 ||
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śrutvetyudayanasyāgī dattvāsmai śabarāya tam |
kaṭakaṃ jananīdattaṃ sa taṃ sarpamamocayat || 78 ||
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gṛhītakaṭake yāte śabare purato gatim |
kṛtvā sa bhujagaḥ prīto jagādodayanaṃ tadā || 79 ||
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vasunemiriti khyāto jyeṣṭho bhrātāsmi vāsukeḥ |
imāṃ vīṇāṃ gṛhāṇa tvaṃ mattaḥ saṃrakṣitāttvayā || 80 ||
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tantrīnirghoṣaramyāṃ ca śrutibhāgavibhājitām |
tāmbūlīśca sahāmlānamālātilakayuktibhiḥ || 81 ||
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tadyukto jamadagnestaṃ nāgotkṣiptaḥ sa cāśramam |
āgādudayano māturdṛśi varṣannivāmṛtam || 82 ||
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atrāntare sa śabaro 'pyaṭavīṃ prāpya paryaṭan |
ādāyodayanātprāptaṃ kaṭakaṃ tadvidhervaśāt || 83 ||
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vikrīṇānaśca tattatra rājanāmāṅkamāpaṇe |
vaṣṭabhya rājapuruṣairninye rājakulaṃ ca saḥ || 84 ||
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kutastvayedaṃ kaṭakaṃ saṃprāptamiti tatra saḥ |
rājñā sahasrānīkena svayaṃ śokād apṛcchata || 85 ||
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athodayādrau sarpasya grahaṇātprabhṛti svakam |
kaṭakaprāptivṛttāntaṃ śabaraḥ sa jagāda tam || 86 ||
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tadbuddhvā śabarāddṛṣṭvā dayitāvalayaṃ ca tam |
vicāra dolām ārohat sahasrānīkabhūpatiḥ || 87 ||
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kṣīṇaḥ śāpaḥ sa te rājannudayādrau ca sā sthitā |
jamadagnyāśrame jāyā saputrā te mṛgāvatī || 88 ||
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iti divyā tadā vāṇī nandayāmāsa taṃ nṛpam |
viprayoganidāghārtaṃ vāridhāreva barhiṇam || 89 ||
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athotkaṇṭhādīrghe kathamapi dine 'sminnavasite tamevāgre kṛtvā śabaramaparedyuḥ sa nṛpatiḥ |
sahasrānīkastāṃ sarabhasamavāptuṃ priyatamāṃ pratasthe tatsainyaiḥ samamudayaśailāśramapadam || 90 ||
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