Kathasaritsagara [sanskrit]
by C. H. Tawney | 2014 | 226,424 words | ISBN-13: 9789350501351
The Sanskrit edition of the Kathasaritsagara referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. Written by Somadeva and dating from the 12th century, the Kathasaritsagara (or Katha-sarit-sagara) represents an epic legend narrating the adventures of Naravahanadatta as he strives to become the destined emperor of the Vidyadharas. Alternative titles: (Kathāsaritsāgara, कथासरित्सागर, Kathā-sarit-sāgara)
Chapter 3
tato vatseśvaro 'nyedyuḥ saha vāsavadattayā |
padmāvatyā ca saṃsaktapānalīlo viviktagaḥ || 1 ||
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sagopālakamānīya sarumaṇvadvasantakam |
yaugandharāyaṇaṃ tāśca cakre visrambhiṇīḥ kathāḥ || 2 ||
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tatra svavirahodghātaprasaṅge ca mahīpatiḥ |
sarveṣu teṣu śṛṇvatsu kathāmetāmavarṇayat || 3 ||
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āsītpurūravā nāma rajā paramavaiṣṇavaḥ |
abhudbhuvīva nāke 'pi yasyāpratihatā gatiḥ || 4 ||
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bhramantaṃ nandane jātu taṃ dadarśa kilāpsarāḥ |
urvaśī nāma kāmasya mohanāstramivāparam || 5 ||
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dṛṣṭamātreṇa tenābhūtsā tathā hṛtacetanā |
yathā sabhayarambhādisakhīcetāṃsyakampayat || 6 ||
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so 'pi tāṃ vīkṣya lāvaṇyarasanirjhariṇīṃ nṛpaḥ |
yanna prāpa pariṣvaṅgaṃ tṛṣākrānto mumūrccha tat || 7 ||
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athādideśa sarvajño hariḥ kṣīrāmbudhisthitaḥ |
nāradākhyaṃ munivaraṃ darśanārthamupāgatam || 8 ||
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devarṣe nandanodyānavartī rājā purūravāḥ |
urvaśīhṛtacittaḥ sansthito virahaniḥsahaḥ || 9 ||
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tadgatvā mama vākyena bodhayitvā śatakratum |
dāpaya tvaritaṃ tasmai rājñe tāmurvaśīṃ mune || 10 ||
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ityādiṣṭaḥ sa hariṇā tathetyāgatya nāradaḥ |
prabodhya taṃ tathābhūtaṃ purūravasamabravīt || 11 ||
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uttiṣṭha tvatkṛte rājan prahito 'smīha viṣṇunā |
sa hi nirvyājabhaktānāṃ naivāpadam upekṣate || 12 ||
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ityuktvāśvāsitenātha sa purūravasā saha |
jagāma devarājasya nikaṭaṃ nārado muniḥ || 13 ||
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harer nirdeśam indrāya nivedya praṇatātmane |
urvaśīṃ dāpayām āsa sa purūravase tataḥ || 14 ||
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tadabhūdurvaśīdānaṃ nirjīvakaraṇaṃ divaḥ |
urvaśyāstu tadevāsīnmṛtasaṃjīvanauṣadham || 15 ||
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athājagāma bhūlokaṃ tāmādāya purūravāḥ |
svarvadhūdarśanāścaryamarpayanmartyacakṣuṣām || 16 ||
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tato 'napāyinau tau dvāvurvaśī ca nṛpaśca saḥ |
anyonyadṛṣṭipāśena nibaddhāviva tasthatuḥ || 17 ||
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ekadā dānavaiḥ sākaṃ prāptayuddhena vajriṇā |
sāhāyakārthamāhūto yayau nākaṃ purūravāḥ || 18 ||
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tatra tasmin hate māyādharanāmnyasurādhipe |
pranṛttasvarvadhūsārthaḥ śakrasyābhavad utsavaḥ || 19 ||
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tataśca rambhāṃ nṛtyantīmācārye tumburau sthite |
calitābhinayāṃ dṛṣṭvā jahāsa sa purūravāḥ || 20 ||
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jāne divyam idaṃ nṛttaṃ kiṃ tvaṃ jānāsi mānuṣa |
iti rambhāṇi tatkālaṃ sāsuyaṃ tam abhāṣata || 21 ||
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jāne 'hamurvaśī saṅgāttadyadvetti na tumburuḥ |
yuṣmadgururapītyenāmuvācātha purūravāḥ || 22 ||
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tacchrutvā tumburuḥ kopāttasmai śāpamathādiśat |
urvaśyā te viyogaḥ syadā kṛṣṇārādhanāditi || 23 ||
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śrutaśāpaśca gatvaiva tamurvaśyai purūravāḥ |
akālāśanipātograṃ svavṛttāntaṃ nyavedayat || 24 ||
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tato 'kasmānnipatyaiva ninye kvāpyapahṛtya sā |
adṛṣṭaistena bhūpena gandharvairurvaśī kila || 25 ||
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avetya śāpadoṣaṃ taṃ so 'tha gatvā purūravāḥ |
harerārādhanaṃ cakre tato badarikāśrame || 26 ||
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urvaśī tu viyogārtā gandharvaviṣayasthitā |
āsīnmṛteva supteva likhiteva vicetanā || 27 ||
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āścaryaṃ yanna sā prāṇaiḥ śāpāntāśāvalambinī |
muktā virahadīrghāsu cakravākīva rātriṣu || 28 ||
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purūravāśca tapasā tenācyutamatoṣayat |
tatprasādena gandharvā mumucustasya corvaśīm || 29 ||
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śāpāntalabdhayā yuktaḥ punar apsarasā tayā |
divyān sa rājā bubhuje bhogān bhūtalavarty api || 30 ||
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ityuktvā virate rājñi śrutorvaśyanurāgayā |
prāpi soḍhaviyogatvādvrīḍā vāsavadattayā || 31 ||
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tāṃ dṛṣṭvā yuktyupālabdhāṃ rājñā devīṃ vilakṣitām |
athāpyāyayituṃ bhūpamāha yaugandharāyaṇaḥ || 32 ||
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na śrutā yadi tad rājan katheyaṃ śrūyatāṃ tvayā |
astīha timirānāma nagarī mandiraṃ śriyaḥ || 33 ||
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tasyāṃ vihitasenākhyaḥ khyātimānabhavannṛpaḥ |
tasya tejovatītyāsīdbhāryā kṣititalāpsarāḥ || 34 ||
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tasyāḥ kaṇṭhagrahaikāgraḥ sa rājā sparśalolubhaḥ |
na sehe kañcukenāpi kṣipramācchuritaṃ vapuḥ || 35 ||
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kadācit tasya rājñaś ca jajñe jīrṇajvarāmayaḥ |
vaidyā nivārayāmāsustayā devyāsya saṃgamam || 36 ||
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devīsaṃparkahīnasya hṛdaye tasya bhūbhṛtaḥ |
auṣadhopakramāsādhyo vyādhiḥ samudapadyata || 37 ||
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bhayācchokābhighātādvā rājño rogaḥ kadācana |
sphuṭed ayam iti smāhur bhiṣajo mantriṇaṃ rahaḥ || 38 ||
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yaḥ purā pṛṣṭhapatite na tatrāsa mahorage |
nāntaḥpurapraviṣṭe 'pi parānīke ca cukṣubhe || 39 ||
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tasyāsya rājño jāyeta bhayaṃ sattvavataḥ katham |
nāstyatropāyabuddhirnaḥ kiṃ kurmastena mantriṇaḥ || 40 ||
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iti saṃcintya saṃmantrya te devyā saha mantriṇaḥ |
tāṃ pracchādya tamūcuśca mṛtā devīti bhūpatim || 41 ||
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tena śokātibhāreṇa mathyamānasya tasya saḥ |
pusphoṭa hṛdayavyādhirvihvalasya mahībhṛtaḥ || 42 ||
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uttirṇarogavipade tasmai rājñe 'tha mantribhiḥ |
arpitā sā mahādevī sukhasaṃpadivāparā || 43 ||
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bahu mene ca so 'pyenāṃ rājā prāṇapradāyinīm |
na punarmatimānasyai cukrodhācchāditātmane || 44 ||
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hitaiṣitā hi yā patyuḥ sā devītvasya kāraṇam |
priyakāritvamātreṇa devīśabdo na labhyate || 45 ||
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sā mantritā ca yadrājyakāryabhāraikacintanam |
cittānuvartanaṃ yattadupajīvakalakṣaṇam || 46 ||
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ato magadharājena saṃdhātuṃ paripanthinā |
pṛthvīvijayahetos te yatno 'smābhiriyaṃ kṛtaḥ || 47 ||
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tena deva bhavadbhaktisoḍhāsahyaviyogayā |
devyā naivāparāddhaṃ te pūrṇā tūpakṛtiḥ kṛtā || 48 ||
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etacchrutyā vacastasya yathārthaṃ mukhyamantriṇaḥ |
mene 'parāddhamātmānaṃ vatsarājastutoṣa ca || 49 ||
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uvāca caitaj jāne 'haṃ devyā yuṣmatprayuktayā |
ākāravatyā nītyeva mama dattaiva medinī || 50 ||
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kiṃ tvatipraṇayādetanmayoktamasamañjasam |
anurāgāndhamanasāṃ vicārasahatā kutaḥ || 51 ||
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ityādibhiḥ samālāpairvatsarājaḥ sa taddinam |
lajjoparāgaṃ devyāśca samamevāpanītavān || 52 ||
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anyedyurmagadheśena preṣito jñānavastunā |
dūto vatseśamabhyetya tadvākyena vyajijñapat || 53 ||
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mantribhiste vayaṃ tāvadvañcitā tattathādhunā |
kuryāḥ śokamayo yena jīvaloko bhavenna naḥ || 54 ||
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etacchrutvātha saṃmānya vatseśaḥ prajighāya tam |
dūtaṃ padmāvatīpārśvaṃ pratisaṃdeśalabdhaye || 55 ||
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sāpi vāsavadattaikanamrā tatsaṃnidhau dadau |
dūtasya darśanaṃ tasya vinayo hi satīvratam || 56 ||
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vyājena putri nītā tvamanyāsaktaśca te patiḥ |
iti śokānmayā labdhaṃ kanyājanakatāphalam || 57 ||
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ityuktapitṛsaṃdeśaṃ dūtaṃ padmāvatī tadā |
jagāda bhadra vijñāpyastāto 'mbā ca girā mama || 58 ||
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kiṃ śokenāryaputro hi paramaṃ sadayo mayi |
devī vāsavadattā ca sasnehā bhaginīva me || 59 ||
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tattātenāryaputrasya bhāvyaṃ naiva vikāriṇā |
nijasatyamivātyājyaṃ madīyaṃ jīvitaṃ yadi || 60 ||
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ityukte pratisaṃdeśe padmāvatyā yathocite |
dūtaṃ vāsavadattā taṃ satkṛtya prāhiṇottataḥ || 61 ||
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dūte pratigate tasminsmarantī pitṛveśmanaḥ |
kiṃcitpadmāvatī tatsthāvutkaṇṭhāvimanā iva || 62 ||
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tatastasya vinodārthamukto vāsavadattayā |
vasantako 'ntikaprāptaḥ kathāmitthamavarṇayat || 63 ||
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asti pāṭaliputrākhyaṃ puraṃ pṛthvīvibhūṣaṇam |
tasmiṃśca dharmaguptākhyo babhūvaiko mahāvaṇik || 64 ||
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tasya candraprabhety āsīd bhāryā sā ca kadācana |
sagarbhābhūt prasūtātha kanyāṃ sarvāṅgasundarīm || 65 ||
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sā kanyā jātamātraiva kāntidyotitavāsakā |
cakre savyaktamālāpamutthāyopaviveśa ca || 66 ||
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tato vismitavitrastaṃ strījanaṃ jātaveśmani |
dṛṣṭvā sa dharmagupto 'tra sabhayaḥ svayamāyayau || 67 ||
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papraccha kanyakāṃ tāṃ ca praṇatastatkṣaṇaṃ rahaḥ |
bhagavatyavatīrṇāsi kā tvaṃ mama gṛheṣviti || 68 ||
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sāpyavādīttvayā naiva deyā kasmaicidapyaham |
gṛhasthitā śubhāhaṃ te pṛṣṭenānyena tāta kim || 69 ||
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ityuktaḥ sa tayā bhīto dharmaguptaḥ svamandire |
guptaṃ tāṃ sthāpayāmāsa mṛteti khyāpitāṃ bahiḥ || 70 ||
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tataḥ somaprabhā nāmnā sā kanyā vavṛdhe kramāt |
mānuṣeṇa śarīreṇa rūpakāntyā tu divyayā || 71 ||
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ekadā tu pramodena madhūtsavavilokinīm |
harmyasthāṃ guhacandrākhyo vaṇikputro dadarśa tām || 72 ||
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sa manobhavabhallyeva sadyo hṛdayalagnayā |
tayā mumūrccheva tadā kṛcchācca gṛhamāyayau || 73 ||
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smarārtividhurastatra pitrorasvāsthyakāraṇam |
nirbandhapṛṣṭo vakti sma svavayasyamukhena saḥ || 74 ||
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tato 'sya guhasenākhyaḥ pitā snehena yācitum |
āṃ kanyāṃ dharmaguptasya vaṇijo bhavanaṃ yayau || 75 ||
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tatra taṃ kṛtayācñaṃ sa guhasenaṃ snuṣārthinam |
kanyā kuto me mūḍheti dharmagupto nirākarot || 76 ||
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nihnutāṃ tena kanyāṃ tāṃ matvā gatvā gṛhe sutam |
dṛṣṭvā smarajvarākrāntaṃ guhaseno vyacintayat || 77 ||
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rājānaṃ prerayāmyatra sa hi me pūrvasevitaḥ |
dāpayatyapi putrāya sa kanyāṃ tāṃ mumūrṣave || 78 ||
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iti niścitya gatvā ca dattvāsmai ratnamuttamam |
nṛpaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa sa vaṇiksvābhikāṅkṣitam || 79 ||
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nṛpo 'pi prītimānasya sāhāyye nagarādhipam |
dadau tena samaṃ cāsau dharmaguptagṛhaṃ yayau || 80 ||
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rurodha ca gṛhaṃ tasya dharmaguptasya tadbalaiḥ |
asubhiḥ kaṇṭhadeśaṃ ca sarvanāśaviśaṅkinaḥ || 81 ||
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tataḥ somaprabhā sā taṃ dharmaguptamabhāṣata |
dehi māṃ tāta mā bhūtte mannimittamupadravaḥ || 82 ||
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āropaṇīyā śayyāyāṃ nāhaṃ bhartrā kadācana |
īdṛktu vācā niyamo grāhyaḥ saṃbandhināṃ tvayā || 83 ||
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ityuktaḥ sa tayā putryā dātuṃ tāṃ patyapadyata |
dharmaguptastadābhāṣya śayyāropaṇavarjanam || 84 ||
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guhaseno 'numene ca sāntarhāsastathaiva tat |
vivāho mama putrasya tāvadatviti cintayan || 85 ||
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athādāya kṛtodvāhāṃ tāṃ sa somaprabhāṃ vadhūm |
guhasenasutaḥ prāyādguhacandro nijaṃ gṛham || 86 ||
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sāyaṃ cainaṃ pitāvādītputra śayyāmimāṃ vadhūm |
āropaya svabhāryā hi kasyāśayyā bhaviṣyati || 87 ||
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tacchrutvā śvaśuraṃ taṃ sā vadhūḥ somaprabhā krudhā |
vilokya bhrāmayāmāsa yamājñāmiva tarjanīm || 88 ||
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tāṃ dṛṣṭaivāṅguliṃ tasyāḥ snuṣāyāstasya tatkṣaṇam |
vaṇijaḥ prayayuḥ prāṇā anyeṣāmāyayau bhayam || 89 ||
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guhacandro 'pi saṃprāpte tasmin pitari pañcatām |
mārī mama gṛhe bhāryā praviṣṭeti vyacintayat || 90 ||
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tataścānupabhuñjāno bhāryāṃ tāṃ gṛhavartinīm |
siṣeve guhacandro 'sāvasidhāramiva vratam || 91 ||
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tadduḥkhadahyamāno 'ntarvirakto bhogasaṃpadi |
brāhmaṇān bhojayām āsa pratyahaṃ sa kṛtavrataḥ || 92 ||
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tadbhāryāpi ca sā tebhyo dvijebhyo maunadhāriṇī |
bhuktavadbhyo dadau nityaṃ dakṣiṇāṃ divyarūpadhṛt || 93 ||
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ekadā brāhmaṇo vṛddhastāmeko bhojanāgataḥ |
dadarśa jagadāścaryajananīṃ rūpasaṃpadā || 94 ||
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sakautuko dvijo 'prākṣīdguhacandraṃ rahastadā |
kā tebhavati bāleyaṃ tvayā me kathyatāmiti || 95 ||
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nirbandhapṛṣṭaḥ so 'pyasmai guhacandro dvijanmane |
śaśaṃsa tadgataṃ sarvaṃ vṛttāntaṃ khinnamānasaḥ || 96 ||
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tadbuddhvā sa tatastasmai sānukampo dvijottamaḥ |
agnerārādhanaṃ mantraṃ dadāvīpsitasiddhaye || 97 ||
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tena mantreṇa tasyātha japaṃ rahasi kurvataḥ |
udabhūdguhacandrasya puruṣo bahnimadhyataḥ || 98 ||
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sa cāgnirdvijarūpī taṃ jagāda caraṇānatam |
adyāhaṃ tvadgṛhe bhokṣye rātrau sthāsyāmi tatra ca || 99 ||
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darśayitvā ca tattvaṃ te sādhayiṣyāmi vāñchitam |
ityuktvā guhacandraṃ sa brāhmaṇastadgṛhaṃ yayau || 100 ||
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tatrānyavipravadbhuktvā guhacandrāntike ca saḥ |
siṣeve śayanaṃ rātrau yāmamātramatandritaḥ || 101 ||
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tāvacca saṃsuptajanātsā tasmāttasya mandirāt |
niryayau guhacandrasya bhāryā somaprabhā niśi || 102 ||
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tatkālaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ so 'tra guhacandramabodhayat |
ehi svabhāryāvṛttāntaṃ paśyety enam uvāca ca || 103 ||
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yogena bhṛṅgarūpaṃ ca kṛtvā tasyātmanastathā |
nirgatyādarśayattasya bhāryāṃ tāṃ gṛhanirgatām || 104 ||
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sā jagāma sudūraṃ ca sundarī nagarādbahiḥ |
guhacandreṇa sākaṃ ca dvijo 'pyanujagāma tām || 105 ||
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tatastatra mahābhogaṃ sacchāyaskandhasundaram |
guhacandro dadarśāsāvekaṃ nyaprodhapādapam || 106 ||
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tasyādhastācca śuśrāva vīṇāveṇuravānvitam |
ullasadgītamadhuraṃ divyaṃ saṃgītakadhvanim || 107 ||
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skandhadeśe ca tasyaikāṃ svabhāryāsadṛśākṛtim |
apaśyatkanyakāṃ divyāmupaviṣṭāṃ mahāsane || 108 ||
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nijakāntijitajyotsnāṃ śuklacāmaravījitām |
indorlāvaṇyasarvasvakoṣasyevādhidevatām || 109 ||
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atraivāruhya vṛkṣe ca tasyā ardhāsane tadā |
upaviṣṭāṃ svabhāryāṃ tāṃ guhacandro dadarśa saḥ || 110 ||
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tatkālaṃ tulyakāntī te saṃgate divyakanyake |
paśyatastasya bhāti sma sā tricandreva yāminī || 111 ||
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tataḥ sa kautukāviṣṭaḥ kṣaṇam evam acintayat |
kiṃ svapno 'yam uta bhrāntir dhig etad athavā dvayam || 112 ||
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yā sanmārgataroreṣā vidvatsaṃgatimañjarī |
asau puṣpodgatistasyā mamocitaphalonmukhī || 113 ||
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iti cintayati svairaṃ tasmiṃste divyakanyake |
bhuktvā nijocitaṃ bhojyaṃ divyaṃ papaturāsavam || 114 ||
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adyāgato mahātejā dvijaḥ ko'pi gṛheṣu naḥ |
tasmādbhagini ceto me śaṅkitaṃ tadvrajāmyaham || 115 ||
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ityuktvā tāmathāmantrya dvitīyāṃ divyakanyakām |
guhacandrasya gṛhiṇī taroravaruroha sā || 116 ||
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taddṛṣṭvā bhṛṅgarūpau tau guhacandro dvijaśca saḥ |
pratyāgatyāgrato gehe pūrvavattasthaturniśi || 117 ||
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tataḥ sā divyakanyāpi guhacandrasya gehinī |
āgatyālakṣitātraiva praviveśa svamandiram || 118 ||
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tataḥ sa brāhmaṇaḥ svairaṃ guhacandramabhāṣata |
dṛṣṭaṃ tvayā yadeṣā te bhāryā divyā na mānuṣī || 119 ||
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dvitīyā sāpi caitasyā dṛṣṭādya bhaginī tvayā |
divyā strī tu manuṣyeṇa kathamicchati saṃgamam || 120 ||
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tadetatsiddhaye mantraṃ dvārollekhyaṃ dadāmi te |
tasyopabṛṃhaṇīṃ bāhyāṃ yuktiṃ copadiśāmyaham || 121 ||
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viśuddho 'pi jvalayagnirvātyāyoge tu kā kathā |
evaṃ mantro 'rthado 'pyekaḥ kiṃ punaryuktisaṃyutaḥ || 122 ||
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ityuktvā guhacandrāya dattvā mantraṃ dvijottamaḥ |
upadiśya ca tāṃ yuktiṃ prabhāte sa tirodave || 123 ||
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guhacandro 'pi bhāryāyā gṛhadvāre 'bhilikhya tam |
mantraṃ punaścakāraivaṃ sāyaṃ yuktiṃ prarocanīm || 124 ||
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gatvā sa tasyāḥ paśyantyā kayāpi varayoṣitā |
saha cakre samālāpaṃ racitodāramaṇḍanaḥ || 125 ||
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taddṛṣṭaiva tamāhūya mantronmudritayā girā |
eṣā kāstīti papraccha sā serṣyā divyakanyakā || 126 ||
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asau varāṅganā baddhabhāvā mayy aham adya ca |
etadgṛhaṃ vrajāmīti praty avocat sa tāṃ mṛṣā || 127 ||
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tataḥ sācīkṛtadṛśā mukhena valitabhruṇā |
dṛṣṭvā nivārya vāmena kareṇa tamuvāca sā || 128 ||
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huṃ jñātametadartho 'yaṃ veṣastatra ca mā sma gāḥ |
kiṃ tayā māmuṣehi tvamahaṃ hi tava gehinī || 129 ||
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ityuktaḥ pulakotkampasaṃkṣobhākulayā tayā |
āviṣṭayeva tanmantradūtadurgrahayāpi saḥ || 130 ||
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praviśya vāsake sadyastayaiva samamanvabhūt |
martyo 'pi divyasaṃbhogamasaṃspṛṣṭaṃ manorahaiḥ || 131 ||
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itthaṃ tāṃ prāpya sapremāṃ mantrasiddhiprasādhitām |
tyaktadivyasthitiṃ tasthau guhacandro yathāsukham || 132 ||
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evaṃ yāgapradānādisukṛtaiḥ śubhakarmaṇām |
divyāḥ śāpacyutā nāryastiṣṭhanti gṛhiṇīpade || 133 ||
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devadvijasaparyā hi kāmadhenurmatā satām |
kiṃ hi na prāpyate tasyāḥ śaiṣāḥ sāmādivarṇanāḥ || 134 ||
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duṣkṛtaṃ tvayi divyānāmatyuccapadajanmanām |
pravātamiva puṣpāṇāmadhaḥ pātaikakāraṇam || 135 ||
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ityuktvā rājaputryāḥ sa punarāha vasantakaḥ |
kiṃ cātra yadahalyāyā vṛttaṃ tacchrūyatāmidam || 136 ||
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purābhūd gautamo nāma trikālajño mahāmuniḥ |
ahalyeti ca tasyāsīd bhāryā rūpajitāpsarāḥ || 137 ||
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ekadā rūpalubdhastāmindraḥ prārthitavānrahaḥ |
prabhūṇāṃ hi vibhūtyandhā dhāvatyaviṣaye matiḥ || 138 ||
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sānumene ca taṃ mūḍhā vṛṣasyantī śacīpatim |
tacca prabhāvato buddhvā tatrāgādgautamo muniḥ || 139 ||
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mārjārarūpaṃ cakre ca bhayādindro 'pi tatkṣaṇam |
kaḥ sthito 'treti so 'pṛcchadahalyāmatha gautamaḥ || 140 ||
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eso ṭhio khu majjāro ity apabhraṣṭavakrayā |
girā satyānurodhinyā sā taṃ pratyabravītpatim || 141 ||
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satyaṃ tvajjāra ityuktvā vihasansa tato muniḥ |
satyānurodhakḷptāntaṃ śāpaṃ tasyāmapātayat || 142 ||
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pāpaśīle śilābhāvaṃ bhūrikālamavāpnuhi |
ā vanāntarasaṃcāriraghavālokanāditi || 143 ||
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varāṅgalubdhasyāṅge te tatsahasraṃ bhaviṣyati |
divyastrīṃ viśvakarmā yāṃ nirmāsyati tilottamām || 144 ||
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tāṃ vilokya tadaivākṣṇāṃ sahasraṃ bhavitā ca te |
itīndramapi tatkālaṃ śapati sma sa gautamaḥ || 145 ||
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dattaśāpo yathākāmaṃ tapase sa muniryayau |
ahalyāpi śilābhāvaṃ dāruṇaṃ pratyapadyata || 146 ||
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indro 'pyāvṛtasarvāṅgo varāṅgairabhavattataḥ |
aśīlaṃ tasya nāma syān na khalīkārakāraṇam || 147 ||
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evaṃ kukarma sarvasya phalatyātmani sarvadā |
yo yadvapati bījaṃ hi labhate so 'pi tatphalam || 148 ||
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tasmātparaviruddheṣu notsahante mahāśayāḥ |
etaduttamasattvānāṃ vidhisiddhaṃ hi sadvratam || 149 ||
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yuvāṃ pūrvabhaginyau ca devyau śāpacyute ubhe |
tadvadanyonyahitakṛnnirdvandvaṃ hṛdayaṃ hi vām || 150 ||
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etadvasantakācchrutvā mitho vāsavadattayā |
padmāvatyā ca sutarāmīrṣyāleśo 'pyamucyata || 151 ||
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devī vāsavadattā ca kṛtvā sādhāraṇaṃ patim |
ātmanīva priyaṃ cakre padmāvatyāṃ hitonmukhī || 152 ||
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tasyā mahānubhāvatvaṃ tattādṛṅmagadheśvaraḥ |
buddhvā padmāvatīsṛṣṭadūtebhyo 'pi tutoṣa saḥ || 153 ||
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anyedyuratha vatseśaṃ mantrī yaugandharāyaṇaḥ |
upetya saṃnidhau devyāḥ sthiteṣvanyeṣvabhāṣata || 154 ||
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udyogāyādhunā deva kauśāmbī kiṃ na gamyate |
nāśaṅkā magadheśācca vidyate vañcitādapi || 155 ||
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kanyāsaṃbandhanāmnā hi sāmnā samyaksa bādhitaḥ |
vigṛhya ca kathaṃ jahyājjīvitādadhikāṃ sutām || 156 ||
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satyaṃ tasyānupālyaṃ ca tvayā ca sa na vañcitaḥ |
mayā svayaṃ kṛtaṃ hyetanna ca tasyāsukhāvaham || 157 ||
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cārebhyaśca mayā jñātaṃ yathā vikurute na saḥ |
tadarthameva cāsmābhiḥ sthitaṃ ca divasānamūn || 158 ||
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evaṃ vadati nirvyūḍhakārye yaugandharāyaṇe |
magadheśvarasaṃbandhī dūto 'tra samupāyayau || 159 ||
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tatkṣaṇaṃ sa praviṣṭo 'tra pratihāraniveditaḥ |
praṇāmāntaramāsīno vatsarājaṃ vyajijñapat || 160 ||
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devīpadmāvatīdattasaṃdeśaparitoṣiṇā |
magadheśena nirdiṣṭamidaṃ devasya sāṃpratam || 161 ||
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bahunā kiṃ mayā sarvaṃ jñātuṃ prīto 'smi ca tvayi |
tadyadartho 'yamārambhastatkuru praṇatā vayam || 162 ||
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etaddūtavacaḥ svecchaṃ vatseśo 'bhinananda saḥ |
yaugandharāyaṇīyasya puṣpaṃ nayataroriva || 163 ||
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tataḥ padmāvatīṃ rājñyā samānāyya samaṃ tayā |
taṃ dattaprābhṛtaṃ dūtaṃ sa saṃmānya vyasarjayat || 164 ||
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atha caṇḍamahāsenadūto 'pyatra samāyayau |
praviśya sa yathāvacca rājānaṃ praṇato 'bravīt || 165 ||
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deva caṇḍamahāsenabhūpatiḥ kāryatatvavit |
tava vijñātavṛttānto hṛṣṭaḥ saṃdiṣṭavān idam || 166 ||
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prāśastyaṃ bhavatastāvadiyataivopavarṇitam |
yaugandharāyaṇo yatte manrī kimadhikoktibhiḥ || 167 ||
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dhanyā vāsavadattā tu tvadbhaktyā tatkṛtaṃ tayā |
yenāsmābhiḥ satāṃ madhye ciramunnamitaṃ śiraḥ || 168 ||
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na ca vāsavadattāto bhinnā padmāvatī mama |
tayorekaṃ hi hṛdayaṃ tacchīghraṃ kurutodyamam || 169 ||
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etan nijaśvaśuradūtavaco niśamya vatseśvarasya hṛdaye sapadi pramodaḥ |
devyaṃ ca ko'pi vavṛdhe praṇayaprakarṣo bhūyāṃś ca mantrivṛṣabhe praṇayānubandhaḥ || 170 ||
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tatastaṃ devībhyāṃ samamucitasatkāravidhinā kṛtātithyaṃ dūtaṃ sarabhasamanāḥ preṣya muditam |
vidhāsyannudyogaṃ tvaritamatha saṃmantrya sacivaiḥ sa cakre kauśāmbīṃ prati gamanabuddhiṃ narapatiḥ || 171 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Kathasaritsagara Chapter 3
The Ocean of Story
by C.H. Tawney (2014)
Being C.H. Tawney's Translation of Somadeva's Katha Sarit Sagara (Kathasaritsagara): (Ten Volumes)
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Kathasaritsagar
by Kedarnath Sharma Saraswat (2005)
The Only Edition with the Sanskrit Text and its Hindi Translation (An Old and Rare Book) Set of 3 Vol.
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Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva Bhatta (Sanskrit Text Only)
by Vasudeva Laksmana Sastri (2013)
Katha Sarit Sagar in Marathi
by H. A Bhave (1995)
Set of 5 Volumes; Published by Varada Books, Pune. 2256 pages (Throughout B/W Illustrations).
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Katha Sarit Sagara (Tamil)
by S. V. Ganapati (எஸ். வி. கணபதி) (2014)
[கதா சரித் சாகரம்] Published by Alliance Publications.
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Galpa Shono
by Abhijit Chattopadhyay (2014)
[গল্প শোনো] Galpa Shono: Bengali Translation of 'Suno Kahani From Katha Sarit Sagar'; 9788126015436; Published by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi.
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