Chapter 2

tataḥ pūrvoktayā yuktyā vatsarājaṃ savallabham |
yaugandharāyaṇādyās te ninyur lāvāṇakaṃ prati || 1 ||
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sa rājā prāpa taṃ deśaṃ sainyaghoṣeṇa mūrcchatā |
abhivāñchitasaṃsiddhiṃ vadantamiva mantriṇām || 2 ||
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tatra prāptaṃ vidhitvā ca vatseśaṃ saparicchadam |
avaskandabhayāśaṅkī cakampe magadheśvaraḥ || 3 ||
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yaugandharāyaṇopāntaṃ sadbuddhirvisasarja ca |
sa dūtaṃ so 'pi sanmantrī kāryajño 'bhinananda tam || 4 ||
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vatseśvaro 'pi nivasaṃstasmindeśe davīyasīm |
ākheṭakārthamaṭavīmaṭati sma dine dine || 5 ||
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ekasmindivase tasminrājanyākheṭakaṃ gate |
kartavyasaṃvidaṃ kṛtvā gopālakasamanvitaḥ || 6 ||
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yaugandharāyaṇo dhīmānsarumaṇvadvasantakaḥ |
devyā vāsavadattāyā vijane nikaṭaṃ yayau || 7 ||
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tatra tāṃ rājakārye 'tra sāhāyye tataduktibhiḥ |
prahvām abhyarthayām āsa bhrātrā pūrvaṃ prabodhitām || 8 ||
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sānumene ca virahakleśadāyi tadāmanaḥ |
kiṃ nāma na sahante hi bhartṛbhaktāḥ kulāṅganāḥ || 9 ||
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tatastāṃ brāhmaṇīrūpāṃ devīṃ yaugandharāyaṇaḥ |
sa cakāra kṛtī dattvā yogaṃ rūpavivartanam || 10 ||
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vasantakaṃ ca kṛtavān kāṇaṃ baṭukarūpiṇam |
ātmanā ca tathaivābhūt sthavirabrāhmaṇākṛtiḥ || 11 ||
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tathārūpāṃ gṛhītvātha tāṃ devīṃ sa mahāmatiḥ |
vasantakasakhaḥ svairaṃ pratasthe magadhān prati || 12 ||
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tathā vāsavadattā sā svagṛhānnirgatā satī |
agāccittena bhartāraṃ panthānaṃ vapuṣā punaḥ || 13 ||
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tanmandiramathādīpya dahanena rumaṇvatā |
hā hā vasantakayutā devī dagdhetyaghoṣyata || 14 ||
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tathā ca dahanākrandau samaṃ tatrodatiṣṭhatām |
śanaiḥ śaśāma dahano na punaḥ kranditadhvaniḥ || 15 ||
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yaugandharāyaṇaḥ so 'tha saha vāsavadattayā |
vasantakena ca prāpa magadhādhipateḥ puram || 16 ||
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tatrodyānagatāṃ dṛṣṭvā samaṃ tābhyāmupāyayau |
padmāvatīṃ rājasutāṃ vāryamāṇo 'pi rakṣibhiḥ || 17 ||
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padmāvatyāśca dṛṣṭaiva brāhmaṇīrūpadhāriṇim |
devīṃ vāsavadattāṃ tāṃ dṛśoḥ prītirajāyata || 18 ||
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sā rakṣiṇo niṣidhyaiva tato yaugandharāyaṇam |
ānāyayad rājakanyā brāhmaṇākṛtimantikam || 19 ||
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papraccha ca mahābrahman kā te bālā bhavaty asau |
kim artham āgato 'sīti so 'pi tāṃ prayabhāṣata || 20 ||
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ityamāvantikā nāma rājaputrī sutā mama |
asyāśca bhartā vyasanī tyaktvemāṃ kutracidgataḥ || 21 ||
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tad etāṃ sthāpayāmy adya tava haste yaśasvini |
yāvattamānayāmyasyā gatvānviṣyācirātpatim || 22 ||
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bhrātā kāṇabaṭuścāyamihaivāsyāḥ samīpagā |
tiṣṭhatvekākinībhāvaduḥkhaṃ yena na yātyasau || 23 ||
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ityuktvā rājatanayāmaṅgīkṛtavacāstayā |
tāmāmantrya sa sanmantrī drutaṃ lāvāṇakaṃ yayau || 24 ||
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tato vāsavadattāṃ tāṃ sthitāmāvantikākhyayā |
vasantakaṃ cānugataṃ taṃ kāṇabaṭurūpiṇam || 25 ||
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sahādāya kṛtodārasatkārā snehaśālinī |
padmāvatī svabhavanaṃ viveśa bahukautukam || 26 ||
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tatra vāsavadattā ca praviṣṭā citrabhittiṣu |
paśyantī rāmacarite sītāṃ sehe nijavyathām || 27 ||
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ākṛtyā saukumāryeṇa śayanāsanasauṣṭhavaiḥ |
śarīrasaurabheṇāpi nīlotpalasugandhinā || 28 ||
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tāmuttamāṃ viniścitya mahārhairātmanaḥ samaiḥ |
padmāvatī yathākāmam upacārair upācarat || 29 ||
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acintayacca kāpyeṣā channā nūnamiha sthitā |
gūḍhā kiṃ draupadī nāsīdvirāṭavasatāviti || 30 ||
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atha vāsavadattāsyāścakre devyāḥ prasaṅgataḥ |
amlānamālātilakau vatseśātpūrvaśikṣitau || 31 ||
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tadbhūṣitāṃ ca dṛṣṭvā tāṃ mātā padmāvatīṃ rahaḥ |
papraccha mālātilakau kenemau nirmitāviti || 32 ||
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ūce padmāvatī caināmatra manmandire sthitā |
kācidāvantikā nāma tayā kṛtamidaṃ mama || 33 ||
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tacchrutvā sā babhāṣe tāṃ mātā putri na tarhi sā |
mānuṣī kāpi devī sā yasyā vijñānam īdṛśam || 34 ||
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devatā munayaścāpi vañcanārthaṃ satāṃ gṛhe |
tiṣṭhantyeva tathā caitāmantra putri kathāṃ śṛṇu || 35 ||
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babhūva kuntibhojākhyo rājā tasyāpi veśmani |
āgatya tasthau durvāsā vañcanaikaraso muniḥ || 36 ||
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sa tasya paricaryārthaṃ rājā kuntīṃ nijāṃ sutām |
ādideśa muniṃ sāpi yatnenopacacāra tam || 37 ||
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ekadā sa muniḥ kuntīṃ jijñāsuḥ sannabhāṣata |
paramānnaṃ paceḥ śīghraṃ snātvā yāvadupaimyaham || 38 ||
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ityuktvā tvaritaṃ snātva sa carṣirbhoktumāyayau |
kuntī tadannapūrṇāṃ ca tasmai pātrīmaḍhaukayat || 39 ||
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atitaptena cānnena jvalantīm iva tāṃ muniḥ |
mavā hastagrahāyogyāṃ kuntyā pṛṣthe dṛśaṃ dadau || 40 ||
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sāpi pṛṣṭhena tāṃ pātrīṃ dadhau labdhāśayā muneḥ |
tataḥ sa bubhuje svecchaṃ kuntīpṛṣṭhaṃ tvadahyata || 41 ||
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dahyamānāpi gāḍhaṃ sā yattasthāvavikāriṇī |
tena tuṣṭo munirbhuktvā dadau tasyāstato varam || 42 ||
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ityāsītsa munistatra tadeṣāvantikāpi te |
tadvadeva sthitā kāpi tattvamārādhayerimām || 43 ||
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iti māturmukhācchrutvā padmāvatyanyarūpiṇīm |
tatra vāsavadattāṃ tāṃ sutarāṃ bahvamanyata || 44 ||
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sāpi vāsavadattātra nijanāthavinākṛtā |
tasthau vidhuravicchāyā niśīthastheva padminī || 45 ||
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vasantakavikārāśca te te bālocitā muhuḥ |
mukhe tasyā viyoginyāḥ smitasyāvasaraṃ daduḥ || 46 ||
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atrāntare 'tidūrāsu bhrāntvākheṭakabhūmiṣu |
vatsarājaścirādāgātsāyaṃ lāvāṇakaṃ punaḥ || 47 ||
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bhasmīkṛtamapaśyacca tatrāntaḥpuramagninā |
devīṃ dagdhāṃ ca śuśrāva mantribhyaḥ savasantakām || 48 ||
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śrutvaiva cāpatadbhūmau mohena hṛtacetanaḥ |
tadduḥkhānubhavakleśamapākartumivecchatā || 49 ||
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kṣaṇācca labdhasaṃjñaḥ sañjajvāla hṛdaye śucā |
āviṣṭa iva tatrasthadevīdāhekṣaṇāgninā || 50 ||
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vilapann atha duḥkhārto dehatyāgaikasaṃmukhaḥ |
kṣaṇāntare sa nṛpatiḥ saṃsmṛtyaitadacintayat || 51 ||
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vidyādharādhipaḥ putro devyāstasyā bhaviṣyati |
etanme nāradamunirvakti sma na ca tanmṛṣā || 52 ||
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kaṃcitkālaṃ ca duḥkhaṃ me tenaiva muninoditam |
gopālakasya caitasya śokaḥ svalpa ivekṣyate || 53 ||
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yaugandharāyaṇādīnāṃ na caiṣāmatiduḥkhitā |
dṛśyate tena jāne sā devī jīvetkathaṃcana || 54 ||
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iyaṃ kimapi nītistu pratyuktā mantribhirbhavet |
ato mama bhavejjātu tayā devya samāgamaḥ || 55 ||
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tatpaśyāmyatra paryantamityālocya sa bhūpatiḥ |
nidadhe hṛdaye dhairyaṃ bodhyamānaśca mantribhiḥ || 56 ||
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gopālakaśca saṃdiśya tadyathāvastu tatkṣaṇam |
prajighāya tataścāraṃ dhṛtihetoralakṣitam || 57 ||
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evaṃ gate svavṛttānte lāvāṇakagataistadā |
gatvā magadharājāya cāraiḥ sarvaṃ niveditam || 58 ||
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sa tadbuddhvaiva kālajño vatsarājāya tāṃ sutām |
dātuṃ padmāvatīmaicchatpūrvaṃ tanmantrimārgitām || 59 ||
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tato dūtamukhenainamarthaṃ vatseśvarāya saḥ |
yaugandharāyaṇāyāpi saṃdideśa yathepsitam || 60 ||
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yaugandharāyaṇoktyā ca vatseśo 'ṅgīcakāra tat |
pracchāditaitadarthaṃ syāddevī jātviti cintayan || 61 ||
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tato lagnaṃ viniścitya tūrṇaṃ yaugandharāyaṇaḥ |
tasmai magadharājāya pratidūtaṃ vyasarjayat || 62 ||
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tvadicchāṅgīkṛtāsmābhistaditaḥ saptame dine |
padmāvatīvivāhāya vatseśo 'trāgamiṣyati || 63 ||
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śīghraṃ vāsavadattāṃ ca yenāsau vismariṣyati |
iti cāsmai mahāmantrī saṃdideśa sa bhūbhṛte || 64 ||
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pratidūtaḥ sa gatvā ca yathāsaṃdiṣṭamabhyaghāt |
tato magadharājāya sa cāpyabhinananda tam || 65 ||
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tataḥ sa duhitṛsnehanijecchāvibhavocitam |
vivāhotsavasaṃbhāraṃ cakāra magadheśvaraḥ || 66 ||
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sā cābhīṣṭavaraśrutyā mudaṃ padmāvatī yayau |
prāpa vāsavadattā ca tadvārtākarṇanācchucam || 67 ||
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sā vārtā karṇamāgatya tasyā vaivarṇyadāyinī |
pracchannavāsavairūpyasāhāyakamivākarot || 68 ||
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itthaṃ mitrīkṛtaḥ śatrurna ca bhartānyathā tvayi |
vasantakoktirityasyāḥ sakhīva vidadhe dhṛtim || 69 ||
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athāsannavivāhāyāḥ padmāvatyā manasvinī |
amlānamālātilakau divyau bhūyaścakāra sā || 70 ||
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tato vatseśvarastatra saṃprāpte saptame 'hani |
sasainyo mantribhiḥ sākaṃ pariṇetuṃ kilāyayau || 71 ||
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manasāpi tadudyogaṃ virahī sa kathaṃ spṛśet |
devīṃ labheya tāmevamityāśā na bhavedyadi || 72 ||
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pratyudyayau ca taṃ sadyaḥ sānando magadheśvaraḥ |
prajānetrotsavaṃ candramudayasthamivāmbudhiḥ || 73 ||
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viveśātha sa vatseśo magadhādhipateḥ puram |
samantātpauralokasya mānasaṃ ca mahotsavaḥ || 74 ||
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virahakṣāmavapuṣaṃ manaḥsaṃmohadāyinam |
dadṛśustatra nāryastaṃ ratihīnamiva smaram || 75 ||
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praviśya magadheśasya vatseśo 'pyatha mandiram |
sanāthaṃ pativatnībhiḥ kautukāgāramāyayau || 76 ||
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tatra padmāvatīmantardadarśa kṛtakautukām |
sa rājā pūrṇavaktrendujitapūrṇendumaṇḍalām || 77 ||
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tasyāśca mālātilakau divyāvālokya tau nijau |
etau kuto 'syā ityevaṃ vimamarśa sa bhūpatiḥ || 78 ||
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tataḥ sa vedīm āruhya tasyā jagrāha yatkaram |
tad evārambhatāṃ prāpa tasya pṛthvyāḥ karagrahe || 79 ||
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priyavāsavadatto 'yamidaṃ śaknoti nekṣitum |
itīva vedīdhūmo 'sya vāṣpeṇa pidadhe dṛśau || 80 ||
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agnipradakṣiṇe tāmraṃ tadā padmāvatīmukham |
vijñātabhartrabhiprāyaṃ kopākulamivābabhau || 81 ||
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mumoca sa kṛtodvāhaḥ karādvatseśvaro vadhūm |
na tu vāsavadattāṃ tāṃ tatyāja hṛdayātkṣaṇam || 82 ||
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tatas tathā dadau tasmai ratnāni magadhādhipaḥ |
nirdugdharatnarikteva pṛthivī bubudhe yathā || 83 ||
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sākṣīkṛtya ca tatkālamagniṃ yaugandharāyaṇaḥ |
adrohapratyayaṃ rājño magadheśamakārayat || 84 ||
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pradattavastrābharaṇaḥ pragītavaracāraṇaḥ |
pranṛttavaranārīkaḥ prasasāra mahotsavaḥ || 85 ||
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udayāpekṣiṇī patyuḥ suptevālakṣitasthitā |
tadā vāsavadattābhūddivā kāntirivaindavī || 86 ||
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antaḥpuramupāyāte rājñi vatseśvare tataḥ |
devīsaṃdarśanāśaṅkī kṛtī yaugandharāyaṇaḥ || 87 ||
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mantrabhedamayādevaṃ magadheśvaramabhyadhāt |
adyaiva nāha vatseśaḥ prayāti tvadgṛhāditi || 88 ||
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tathetyaṅgīkṛtaṃ tena tamevārthaṃ tadaiva saḥ |
vyajijñapad vatsarājaṃ so 'pi tacchraddadhe tathā || 89 ||
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athoccacāla vatseśo bhuktapītaparicchadaḥ |
mantribhiḥ samamādāya vadhūṃ padmāvatīṃ tataḥ || 90 ||
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padmāvatyā visṛṣṭaṃ ca sukhamāruhya vāhanam |
tayaiva ca samādiṣṭaistanmahattarakaiḥ saha || 91 ||
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āgādvāsavadattāpi guptaṃ sainyasya pṛṣṭhataḥ |
kṛtarūpavivartaṃ taṃ puraskṛtya vasantakam || 92 ||
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kramāllāvāṇakaṃ prāpya vatseśo vasatiṃ nijām |
praviveśa samaṃ vadhvā devīcittastu kevalaḥ || 93 ||
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etya vāsavadattāpi sā gopālakamandiram |
viveśātha niśīthe ca paristhāpya mahattarān || 94 ||
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tatra gopālakaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhrātaraṃ darśitādaram |
kaṇṭhe jagrāha rudatī bāṣpavyākulalocanam || 95 ||
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tatkṣaṇe sthitasaṃvicca tatra yaugandharāyaṇaḥ |
āyayau sarumaṇvatkas tayā devyā kṛtādaraḥ || 96 ||
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so 'syāḥ protsāhaviśleṣaduḥkhaṃ yāvadvyapohati |
tāvatpadmāvatīpārśvaṃ prayayuste mahattarāḥ || 97 ||
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āgatāvantikā devi kimapyasmānvihāya tu |
praviṣṭā rājaputrasya gṛhaṃ gopālakasya sā || 98 ||
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iti padmāvatī sā tairvijñaptā svamahattaraiḥ |
vatseśvarāgre sāśaṅkā tanevaṃ pratyabhāṣata || 99 ||
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gacchatāvantikāṃ brūtha nikṣepastvaṃ hi me sthitā |
tadatra kiṃ te yatrāhaṃ tattraivāgamyatāmiti || 100 ||
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tacchrutvā teṣu yāteṣu rājā padmāvatīṃ rahaḥ |
papraccha mālātilakau kenemau te kṛtāviti || 101 ||
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sāvocadatha madgehe nyastā vipreṇa kenacit |
āvantikābhidhā yaiṣā tasyāḥ śilpamidaṃ mahat || 102 ||
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tacchrutvaiva cavatseśo gopālagṛhamāyayau |
nūnaṃ vāsavadattā sā bhavedatreti cintayan || 103 ||
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praviveśa ca gatvā taddvārasthitamahattaram |
antasthadevīgopālamantridvayavasantakam || 104 ||
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tatra vāsavadattāṃ tāṃ dadarśa proṣitāgatām |
upaplavavinirmuktāṃ mūrtiṃ cāndramasīmiva || 105 ||
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papātātha mahīpṛṣṭhe sa śokaviṣavihvalaḥ |
kampo vāsavadattāyā hṛdaye tūdapadyata || 106 ||
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tataḥ sāpyapatadbhūmau gātrairvirahapāṇḍuraiḥ |
vilalāpa ca nindantī tadācaritamātmanaḥ || 107 ||
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atha tau daṃpatī śokadīnau rurudatustathā |
yaugandharāyaṇo 'pyāsīdvāṣpadhautamukho yathā || 108 ||
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tathāvidhaṃ ca tacchrutvā kāle kolāhalaṃ tadā |
padmāvatyapi tatraiva sākulā tamupāyayau || 109 ||
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kramād avagatārthā ca rājavāsavadattayoḥ |
tulyāvasthaiva sāpyāsītsnigdhamugdhā hi satstriyaḥ || 110 ||
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kiṃ jīvitena me kāryaṃ bhartṛduḥkhapradāyinā |
iti vāsavadattā ca jagāda rudatī muhuḥ || 111 ||
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magadheśasutālābhāttava sāmrājyakāṅkṣiṇā |
kṛtametanmayā deva devyā doṣo na kaścana || 112 ||
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iyaṃ tvasyāḥ sapatnyeva pravāse śīlasākṣiṇī |
ityuvācātha vatseśaṃ dhīro yaugandharāyaṇaḥ || 113 ||
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ahamatra viśāmyagnāvasyāḥ śuddhiprakāśane |
iti padmāvatī tatra jagādāmatsarāśayā || 114 ||
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ahamevāparādhyāmi yatkṛte sumahānayam |
soḍho devyāpi hi kleśa iti rājāpyabhāṣata || 115 ||
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agnipraveśaḥ kāryo me rājño hṛdayaśuddhaye |
iti vāsavadattā ca babhāṣe baddhaniścayā || 116 ||
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tataḥ sa kṛtināṃ dhuryo dhīmānyaugandharāyaṇaḥ |
ācamya prāṅmukhaḥ śuddha iti vācamudairayat || 117 ||
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yadyahaṃ hitakṛdrājño devī śuddhimatī yadi |
brūta bho lokapālāstanna ceddehaṃ tyajāmyaham || 118 ||
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ityuktvā virate tasmindivyā vāgudabhūdiyam |
dhanyastvaṃ nṛpate yasya mantrī yaugandharāyaṇaḥ || 119 ||
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yasya vāsavadattā ca bhāryā prāgjanmadevatā |
na doṣaḥ kaścid etasyā ity uktvā vāg upāramat || 120 ||
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ākarṇya tanmukharitākhiladigvibhāgamāmandranūtanaghanāghanagarjitaśri |
utkaṃdharāśca suciraṃ vihatābhitāpāḥ sarve 'pi te sphuṭaviḍambitanīlakaṇṭhāḥ || 121 ||
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gopālakasahito 'pi ca rājā yaugandharāyaṇācaritam |
stauti sma vatsarājo mene pṛthvīṃ ca hastagatām || 122 ||
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dadhad atha nṛpatiḥ sa mūrtimatyau nikaṭagate ratinirvṛtī ivobhe |
anudinasahavāsasānurāge nijadayite paramutsavaṃ babhāra || 123 ||
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