Chapter 5

tato vatseśvaraṃ prāha tatra yaugandharāyaṇaḥ |
rājan daivānukūlyaṃ ca vidyate pauruṣaṃ ca te || 1 ||
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nītimārge ca vayam apy atra kiṃcitkṛtaśramāḥ |
tad yathācintitaṃ śīghraṃ kuruṣva vijayaṃ diśām || 2 ||
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ity ukte mantrimukhyena rājā vatseśvaro 'bravīt |
astv etad bahuvighnās tu sadā kalyāṇasiddhayaḥ || 3 ||
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atas tadarthaṃ tapasā śaṃbhum ārādhayāmy aham |
vinā hi tatprasādena kuto vāñchitasiddhayaḥ || 4 ||
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tac chrutvā ca tapas tasya mantriṇo 'py anumenire |
setubandhodyatasyābdhau rāmasyeva kapīśvarāḥ || 5 ||
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tatas taṃ saha devībhyāṃ sacivaiś ca tapaḥsthitam |
trirātropoṣitaṃ bhūpaṃ śivaḥ svapnaṃ samādiśat || 6 ||
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tuṣṭo 'smi te tad uttiṣṭha nirvighnaṃ jayam āpsyasi |
sarvavidyādharādhīśaṃ putraṃ caivācirād iti || 7 ||
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tataḥ sa bubudhe rājā tatprasādahṛtaklamaḥ |
arkāṃśuracitāpyāyaḥ pratipaccandramā iva || 8 ||
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ānandayac ca sacivān prātaḥ svapnena tena saḥ |
vratopavāsaklānte ca devyau dve puṣpakomale || 9 ||
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tatsvapnavarṇanenaiva śrotrapeyena tṛptayoḥ |
tayoś ca vibhavāyaiva jātaḥ svādvauṣadhakramaḥ || 10 ||
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lebhe sa rājā tapasā prabhāvaṃ pūrvajaiḥ samam |
puṇyāṃ pativratānāṃ ca tatpatnyau kīrtim āpatuḥ || 11 ||
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utsavavyagrapaure ca vihite vratapāraṇe |
yaugandharāyaṇo 'nyedyur iti rājānam abravīt || 12 ||
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dhanyas tvaṃ yasya caivetthaṃ prasanno bhagavān haraḥ |
tad idānīṃ ripūñ jitvā bhaja lakṣmīṃ bhujārjitām || 13 ||
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sā hi svadharmasaṃbhūtā bhūbhṛtām anvaye sthirā |
nijadharmārjitānāṃ hi vināśo nāsti saṃpadām || 14 ||
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tathā ca cirabhūmiṣṭho nidhiḥ pūrvajasaṃbhṛtaḥ |
praṇaṣṭo bhavatā prāptaḥ kiṃ cātraitāṃ kathāṃ śṛṇu || 15 ||
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babhūva devadāsākhyaḥ pure pāṭaliputrake |
purā ko'pi vaṇikputro mahādhanakulodgataḥ || 16 ||
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abhavat tasya bhāryā ca nagarāt pauṇḍravardhanāt |
pariṇītā samṛddhasya kasyāpi vaṇijaḥ sutā || 17 ||
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gate pitari pañcatvaṃ krameṇa vyasanānvitaḥ |
sa devadāso dyūtena sarvaṃ dhanam ahārayat || 18 ||
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tataś ca tasya sā bhāryā duḥkhadāridryaduḥkhitā |
etya nītā nijaṃ gehaṃ svapitrā pauṇḍravardhanam || 19 ||
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śanaiḥ so 'pi vipatkhinnaḥ sthātum icchan svakarmaṇi |
mūlyārthī devadāsas taṃ śvaśuraṃ yācituṃ yayau || 20 ||
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prāptaś ca saṃdhyāsamaye tat puraṃ pauṇḍravardhanam |
rajorūkṣaṃ vivastraṃ ca vīkṣyātmānam acintayat || 21 ||
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īdṛśaḥ praviśāmīha kathaṃ śvaśuraveśmani |
varaṃ hi mānino mṛtyur na dainyaṃ svajanāgrataḥ || 22 ||
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ity ālocyāpaṇe gatvā sa kvāpi vipaṇer bahiḥ |
naktaṃ saṃkucitas tasthau tatkālaṃ kamalopamaḥ || 23 ||
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kṣaṇāc ca tasyāṃ vipaṇau praviśantaṃ vyalokayat |
yuvānaṃ vaṇijaṃ kaṃcid udghāṭitakavāṭakam || 24 ||
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kṣaṇāntare ca tatraiva niḥśabdapadam āgatām |
drutam antaḥ praviṣṭāṃ ca striyam ekāṃ dadarśa saḥ || 25 ||
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jvalatpradīpe yāvac ca dadau dṛṣṭiṃ tadantare |
pratyabhijñātavāṃs tāvat tāṃ nijām eva gehinīm || 26 ||
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tataḥ so 'rgalitadvārāṃ bhāryāṃ tām anyagāminīm |
dṛṣṭvā duḥkhāśanihato devadāso vyacintayat || 27 ||
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dhanahīnena deho 'pi hāryate strīṣu kā kathā |
nisarganiyataṃ vāsāṃ vidyutām iva cāpalam || 28 ||
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tad iyaṃ sā vipat puṃsāṃ vyasanārṇavapātinām |
gatiḥ seyaṃ svatantrāyāḥ striyāḥ pitṛgṛhasthiteḥ || 29 ||
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iti saṃcintayaṃs tasyā bhāryāyāḥ sa bahiḥ sthitaḥ |
ratāntavisrambhajuṣaḥ kathālāpam ivāśṛṇot || 30 ||
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upetya ca dadau dvāri sa karṇaṃ sāpi tatkṣaṇam |
ity abravīd upapatiṃ pāpā taṃ vaṇijaṃ rahaḥ || 31 ||
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śṛṇv idaṃ kathayāmy adya rahasyaṃ te 'nurāgiṇī |
madbhartur vīravarmākhyaḥ purābhūt prapitāmahaḥ || 32 ||
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svagṛhasyāṅgaṇe tena catvāraḥ svarṇapūritāḥ |
kumbhāś caturṣu koṇeṣu nigūḍhāḥ sthāpitā bhuvi || 33 ||
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tad ekasyāḥ svabhāryāyāḥ sa cakre viditaṃ tadā |
tadbhāryā cāntakāle sā snuṣāyai tad avocata || 34 ||
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sāpi snuṣāyai macchvaśrve macchvaśrūr abravīc ca me |
ity ayaṃ matpatikule śvaśrūkramamukhāgamaḥ || 35 ||
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svabhartus tac ca na mayā daridrasyāpi varṇitam |
sa hi dyūtarato dveṣyas tvaṃ tu me paramaḥ priyaḥ || 36 ||
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tat tatra gatvā madbhartuḥ sakāśāt tadgṛhaṃ dhanaiḥ |
krītvā tat prāpya ca svarṇam ihaitya bhaja māṃ sukham || 37 ||
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evam uktaḥ kuṭilayā sa tayopapatir vaṇik |
tutoṣa tasyai manvāno nidhiṃ labdham ayatnataḥ || 38 ||
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devadāso 'pi kuvadhūvākśalyais tair bahir gataḥ |
kīlitām iva tatkālaṃ dhanāśāṃ hṛdaye dadhau || 39 ||
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jagāma ca tataḥ sadyaḥ puraṃ pāṭaliputrakam |
prāpya ca svagṛhaṃ labdhvā nidhānaṃ svīcakāra tat || 40 ||
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athājagāma sa vaṇik tadbhāryācchannakāmukaḥ |
tam eva deśaṃ vāṇijyavyājena nidhilolupaḥ || 41 ||
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devadāsasakāśāc ca krīṇāti sma sa tadgṛham |
devadāso 'pi mūlyena bhūyasā tasya tad dadau || 42 ||
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tato gṛhasthitiṃ kṛtvā yuktyā śvaśuraveśmanaḥ |
sa devadāsaḥ śīghraṃ tām ānināya svagehinīm || 43 ||
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evaṃ kṛte ca tadbhāryākāmukaḥ sa vaṇik śaṭhaḥ |
alabdhanidhir abhyetya devadāsam uvāca tam || 44 ||
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etad bhavadgṛhaṃ jīrṇaṃ mahyaṃ na khalu rocate |
tad dehi me nijaṃ mūlyaṃ svagṛhaṃ svīkuruṣva ca || 45 ||
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iti jalpaṃś ca sa vaṇig devadāsaś ca vibruvan |
ubhau vivādasaktau tau rājāgram upajagmatuḥ || 46 ||
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tatra svabhāryāvṛttāntaṃ vakṣaḥsthaviṣaduḥsaham |
devadāso narendrāgre kṛtsnam udgirati sma tam || 47 ||
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tataś cānāyya tadbhāryāṃ tattvaṃ cānviṣya bhūpatiḥ |
adaṇḍayat taṃ sarvasvaṃ vaṇijaṃ pāradārikam || 48 ||
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devadāso 'pi kuvadhūṃ kṛtva tāṃ chinnanāsikām |
anyāṃ ca pariṇīyātra tasthau labdhanidhiḥ sukham || 49 ||
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itthaṃ dharmārjitā lakṣmīr āsaṃtaty anapāyinī |
itarā tu jalapātatuṣārakaṇanaśvarī || 50 ||
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ato yateta dharmeṇa dhanam arjayituṃ pumān |
rājā tu sutarāṃ yena mūlaṃ rājyataror dhanam || 51 ||
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tasmād yathāvat saṃmānya siddhaye mantrimaṇḍalam |
kuru digvijayaṃ deva labdhuṃ dharmottarāṃ śriyam || 52 ||
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śvaśuradvayabandhūnāṃ prasaktānuprasaktitaḥ |
vikurvate na bahavo rājānas te milanti ca || 53 ||
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yas tv eṣa brahmadattākhyo vārāṇasyāṃ mahīpatiḥ |
nityaṃ vairī sa te tasmād vijayasva tam agrataḥ || 54 ||
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tasmiñ jite jaya prācīprakrameṇākhilā diśaḥ |
uccaiḥ kuruṣva vai pāṇḍor yaśaś ca kumudojjvalam || 55 ||
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ity ukto mantrimukhyena tatheti vijayodyataḥ |
vatsarājaḥ prakṛtiṣu prayāṇārambham ādiśat || 56 ||
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dadau vaidehadeśe ca rājyaṃ gopālakāya saḥ |
satkārahetor nṛpatiḥ śvaśuryāyānugacchate || 57 ||
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kiṃ ca padmāvatībhrātre prāyacchat siṃhavarmaṇe |
saṃmānya cediviṣayaṃ sainyaiḥ samam upeyuṣe || 58 ||
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ānāyayac ca sa vibhur bhillarājaṃ pulindakam |
mittraṃ balair vyāptadiśaṃ prāvṛṭkālam ivāmbudaiḥ || 59 ||
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abhūc ca yātrāsaṃrambho rāṣṭre tasya mahāprabhoḥ |
ākulatvaṃ tu śatrūṇāṃ hṛdi citram ajāyata || 60 ||
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yaugandharāyaṇaś cāgre cārān vārāṇasīṃ prati |
prāhiṇod brahmadattasya rājño jñātuṃ viceṣṭitam || 61 ||
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tataḥ śubhe 'hani prīto nimittair jayaśaṃsibhiḥ |
brahmadattaṃ prati prācyāṃ pūrvaṃ vatseśvaro yayau || 62 ||
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ārūḍhaḥ procchritacchattraṃ prottuṅgaṃ jayakuñjaram |
giriṃ praphullaikataruṃ mṛgendra iva durmadaḥ || 63 ||
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prāptayā siddhidūtyeva śaradā dattasaṃmadaḥ |
darśayantyātisugamaṃ mārgaṃ svalpāmbunimnagam || 64 ||
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pūrayan bahunādābhir vāhinībhir bhuvas talam |
kurvann akāṇḍanirmeghavarṣāsamayasaṃbhramam || 65 ||
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tadā ca sainyanirghoṣapratiśabdākulīkṛtāḥ |
parasparam ivācakhyus tadāgamabhayaṃ diśaḥ || 66 ||
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celuś ca hemasaṃnāhasaṃbhṛtārkaprabhā hayāḥ |
tasya nīrājanaprītapāvakānugatā iva || 67 ||
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virejur vāraṇāś cāsya sitaśravaṇacāmarāḥ |
vigaladgaṇḍasindūraśoṇadānajalāḥ pathi || 68 ||
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śaratpāṇḍupayodāṅkāḥ sadhāturasanirjharāḥ |
yātrānupreṣitā bhītair ātmajā iva bhūdharaiḥ || 69 ||
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naivaiṣa rājā sahate pareṣāṃ prasṛtaṃ mahaḥ |
itīva taccamūreṇur arkatejas tirodadhe || 70 ||
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padāt padaṃ ca dve devyau mārge tam anujagmatuḥ |
nṛpaṃ nayaguṇākṛṣṭe iva kīrtijayaśriyau || 71 ||
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namatātha palāyadhvam ity ūce vidviṣām iva |
pavanākṣiptavikṣiptais tasya senādhvajāṃśukaiḥ || 72 ||
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evaṃ yayau sa digbhāgān paśyan phullasitāmbujān |
mahīmardabhayodbhrāntaśeṣotkṣiptaphaṇān iva || 73 ||
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atrāntare ca te cārā dhṛtakāpālikavratāḥ |
yaugandharāyaṇādiṣṭāḥ prāpur vārāṇasīṃ purīm || 74 ||
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teṣāṃ ca kuhakābhijño jñānitvam upadarśayan |
śiśriye gurutām ekaḥ śeṣās tacchiṣyatāṃ yayuḥ || 75 ||
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ācāryo 'yaṃ trikālajña iti vyājaguruṃ ca tam |
śiṣyās te khyāpayām āsur bhikṣāśinam itas tataḥ || 76 ||
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yad uvācāgnidāhādi sa jñānī bhāvi pṛcchatām |
tacchiṣyās tat tathā guptaṃ cakrus tena sa paprathe || 77 ||
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rañjitaṃ kṣudrasiddhyā ca tatratyaṃ nṛpavallabham |
svīcakre sa kam apy ekaṃ rājaputram upāsakam || 78 ||
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tanmukhenaiva rājñaś ca brahmadattasya pṛcchataḥ |
so 'bhūt tatra rahasyajñaḥ prāpte vatseśavigrahe || 79 ||
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athāsya brahmadattasya mantrī yogakaraṇḍakaḥ |
cakāra vatsarājasya vyājān āgacchataḥ pathi || 80 ||
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adūṣayat pratipathaṃ viṣādidravyayuktibhiḥ |
vṛkṣān kusumavalliś ca toyāni ca tṛṇāni ca || 81 ||
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vidadhe viṣakanyāś ca sainye paṇyavilāsinīḥ |
prāhiṇot puruṣāṃś caiva niśāsu cchadmaghātinaḥ || 82 ||
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tac ca vijñāya sa jñānaliṅgī cāro nyavedayat |
yaugandharāyaṇāyāśu svasahāyamukhais tadā || 83 ||
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yaugandharāyaṇo 'py etad buddhvā pratipadaṃ pathi |
dūṣitaṃ tṛṇatoyādi pratiyogair aśodhayat || 84 ||
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apūrvastrīsamāyogaṃ kaṭake niṣiṣedha ca |
avadhīd vadhakāṃs tāṃś ca labdhvā saha rumaṇvatā || 85 ||
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tad buddhvā dhvastamāyaḥ san sainyapūritadiṅmukham |
vatseśvaraṃ brahmadatto mene durjayam eva tam || 86 ||
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saṃmantrya dattvā dūtaṃ ca śiroviracitāñjaliḥ |
tataḥ sa nikaṭībhūtaṃ vatseśaṃ svayam abhyagāt || 87 ||
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vatsarājo 'pi taṃ prāptaṃ pradattopāyanaṃ nṛpam |
prītyā saṃmānayām āsa śūrā hi praṇatipriyāḥ || 88 ||
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itthaṃ tasmiñ jite prācīṃ śamayan namayan mṛdūn |
unmūlayaṃś ca kaṭhinān nṛpān vāyur iva drumān || 89 ||
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prāpa ca prabalaḥ prācyaṃ caladvīcivighūrṇitam |
vaṅgāvajayavitrāsavepamānam ivāmbudhim || 90 ||
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tasya velātaṭānte ca jayastambhaṃ cakāra saḥ |
pātālābhayayācñārthaṃ nāgarājam ivodgatam || 91 ||
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avanamya kare datte kaliṅgair agragais tataḥ |
āruroha mahendrādriṃ yaśas tasya yaśasvinaḥ || 92 ||
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mahendrābhibhavād bhītair vindhyakūṭair ivāgataiḥ |
gajair jitvāṭavīṃ rājñāṃ sa yayau dakṣiṇāṃ diśam || 93 ||
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tatra cakre sa niḥsārapāṇḍurān apagarjitān |
parvatāśrayiṇaḥ śatrūñ śaratkāla ivāmbudān || 94 ||
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ullaṅghyamānā kāverī tena saṃmardakāriṇā |
colakeśvarakīrtiś ca kāluṣyaṃ yayatuḥ samam || 95 ||
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na paraṃ muralānāṃ sa sehe mūrdhasu nonnatim |
karair āhanyamāneṣu yāvat kāntākuceṣv api || 96 ||
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yat tasya saptadhā bhinnaṃ papur godāvarīpayaḥ |
mātaṅgās tanmadavyājāt saptadhaivāmucann iva || 97 ||
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athottirya sa vatseśo revām ujjayinīm agāt |
praviveśa ca tāṃ caṇḍamahāsenapuraskṛtaḥ || 98 ||
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sa mālyaślathadhammillaśobhād vaiguṇyaśālinām |
mālavastrīkaṭākṣāṇāṃ yayau cātraiva lakṣyatām || 99 ||
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tasthau ca nirvṛtas tatra tathā śvaśurasatkṛtaḥ |
visasmāra yathābhīṣṭān api bhogān svadeśajān || 100 ||
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āsīd vāsavadattā ca pituḥ pārśvavivartinī |
smarantī bālabhāvasya saukhye 'pi vimanā iva || 101 ||
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rājā caṇḍamahāsenas tayā tanayayā yathā |
tathaiva padmāvatyāpi nandati sma sam āgataḥ || 102 ||
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viśramya ca niśāḥ kāścit prīto vatseśvaras tataḥ |
anvitaḥ śvāśuraiḥ sainyaiḥ prayayau paścimāṃ diśam || 103 ||
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tasya khaḍgalatā nūnaṃ pratāpānaladhūmikā |
yaccakre lāṭanārīṇām udaśrukaluṣā dṛśaḥ || 104 ||
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asau mathitum ambhodhiṃ mā mām unmūlayiṣyati |
itīva tadgajādhūtavano 'vepata mandaraḥ || 105 ||
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satyaṃ sa ko'pi tejasvī bhāsvadādivilakṣaṇaḥ |
pratīcyām udayaṃ prāpa prakṛṣṭam api yajjayī || 106 ||
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tataḥ kuberatilakām alakāsaṅgaśaṃsinīm |
kailāsahāsasubhagām āśām abhisasāra saḥ || 107 ||
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sindhurājaṃ vaśīkṛtya harisainyair anudrutaḥ |
kṣapayām āsa ca mlecchān rāghavo rākṣasān iva || 108 ||
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turuṣkaturagavrātāḥ kṣubdhasyābdher ivormayaḥ |
tadgajendraghaṭā velāvaneṣu dalaśo yayuḥ || 109 ||
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gṛhītārikaraḥ śrīmān pāpasya puruṣottamaḥ |
rāhor iva sa ciccheda pārasīkapateḥ śiraḥ || 110 ||
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hūṇahānikṛtas tasya mukharīkṛtadiṅmukhā |
kīrtir dvitīyā gaṅgeva vicacāra himācale || 111 ||
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nadantīṣv asya senāsu bhayastimitavidviṣaḥ |
pratīpaḥ śuśruve nādaḥ śailarandhreṣu kevalam || 112 ||
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apacchattreṇa śirasā kāmarūpeśvaro 'pi tam |
naman vicchāyatāṃ bheje yat tadā na tad adbhutam || 113 ||
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taddattair anvito nāgaiḥ samrāḍ vivavṛte 'tha saḥ |
adribhir jaṅgamaiḥ śailaiḥ karīkṛtyārpitair iva || 114 ||
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evaṃ vijitya vatseśo vasudhāṃ saparicchadaḥ |
padmāvatīpituḥ prāpa puraṃ magadhabhūbhṛtaḥ || 115 ||
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magadheśaś ca devībhyāṃ sahite 'sminn upasthite |
sotsavo 'bhūn niśājyotsnāvati candra iva smaraḥ || 116 ||
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avijñātasthitām ādau punaś ca vyaktim āgatām |
mene vāsavadattāṃ ca so 'dhikapraśrayāspadam || 117 ||
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tato magadhabhūbhṛtā sanagareṇa tenārcitaḥ samagrajanamānasair anugato 'nurāgāgataiḥ |
nigīrṇavasudhātalo balabhareṇa lāvāṇakaṃ jagāma viṣayaṃ nijaṃ sa kila vatsarājo jayī || 118 ||
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