Chapter 3

evaṃ ratnaprabhākhyātakathākramavaśādatha |
naravāhanadattaṃ taṃ sacivo gomukho 'bravīt || 1 ||
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satyaṃ sādhvyaḥ praviralāścapalāstu sadā striyaḥ |
aviśvāsyāstathā caitām api deva kathāṃ śṛṇu || 2 ||
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ihāsyujjayinī nāma nagarī viśvaviśrutā |
tasyāṃ niścayadattākhyo vaṇikputro 'bhavatpurā || 3 ||
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sa dyūtakāro dyūtena dhanaṃ jitvā dine dine |
snātvā siprājale 'bhyarcya mahākālamudāradhīḥ || 4 ||
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dattvā dānaṃ dvijātibhyo dīnānāthebhya eva ca |
vyadhādvilepanāhāratāmbūlādyaviśeṣataḥ || 5 ||
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sadā snānārcanādyante mahākālālayāntike |
gatvā vyalimpadātmānaṃ śmaśāne ccandanādinā || 6 ||
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tatrasthe ca śilāstambhe sa vinyasya vilepanam |
vililepa kaṣan pṛṣṭhaṃ yuvā pratyaham ekakaḥ || 7 ||
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tena stambhaḥ sa suślakṣṇaḥ kālenābhavadekataḥ |
athāgācitrakṛttena pathā rūpakṛtā saha || 8 ||
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sa stambhaṃ vīkṣya suślakṣṇaṃ tatra gaurīṃ samālikhat |
rūpakāro 'pi śastreṇa krīḍayaivollilekha tām || 9 ||
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tatas tayorgatavatormahākālāranāgatā |
vidyādharasutaikātra stambhe devīṃ dadarśa tām || 10 ||
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sulakṣaṇatvāt sāṃnidhyaṃ tasyāṃ matvā kṛtārcanā |
adṛśyā viśramāyaitaṃ śilāstambhaṃ viveśa sā || 11 ||
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tāvanniścayadattaḥ sa tatrāgatya vaṇiksutaḥ |
sāścaryaḥ stambhamadhye tāṃ dadarśollikhitāmumām || 12 ||
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vilipyāṅgāni tatstambhabhāge 'nyatrānulepanam |
nyasya pṛṣṭhaṃ samalābdhuṃ prārebhe nikaṣaṃś ca saḥ || 13 ||
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tadvilokya vilolākṣī sā vidyādharakanyakā |
stambhāntarasthā tadrūpahṛtacittā vyacintayat || 14 ||
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īdṛśasyāpi ko 'py asya nāsti pṛṣṭhānulepakaḥ |
tadahaṃ tāvadadyāsya pṛṣṭhameṣā samālabhe || 15 ||
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ity ālocya prasāry aiva karaṃ stambhāntarāt tataḥ |
vyalipattasya sā pṛṣṭhaṃ snehādvidyādharī tadā || 16 ||
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tatkṣaṇaṃ labdhasaṃsparśaḥ śrutakaṅkaṇaniḥsvanaḥ |
jagrāha hastaṃ hastena sa tasyāstaṃ vaṇiksutaḥ || 17 ||
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mahābhāgāparāddhaṃ te kiṃ mayā muñca me karam |
ity adṛśyaiva taṃ vidyādharī stambhād uvāca sā || 18 ||
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pratyakṣā brūhi me kā tvaṃ tato mokṣyāmi te karam |
iti niścayadatto 'pi pratyuvāca sa tāṃ tataḥ || 19 ||
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pratyakṣadṛśyā sarvaṃ te vacmīti śapathottaram |
vidyādharyā tayokto 'tha karaṃ tasyā mumoca saḥ || 20 ||
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atha stambhādvinirgatya sākṣātsarvāṅgasundarī |
tanmukhāsaktanayanā taṃ jagādopaviśya sā || 21 ||
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asti prāleyaśailāgre nagarī puṣkarāvatī |
nāmnā vindhyaparas tasyāmāste vidyādharādhipaḥ || 22 ||
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anurāgaparā nāma tasyāhaṃ kanyakā sutā |
mahākālārcanāyātā viśrāntāsmīha saṃprati || 23 ||
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tāvac ca tvam ihāgatya kurvan pṛṣṭhavilepanam |
dṛṣṭaḥ stambhe 'tra mārīyamohanāstropamo mayā || 24 ||
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tataḥ prāganurāgeṇa rañjitaḥ svāntavānmama |
paścātpṛṣṭhavilepinyā aṅgarāgeṇa te karaḥ || 25 ||
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ataḥ paraṃ te viditaṃ tatpiturdhāma saṃprati |
gacchāmīti tayokto 'tha vaṇikputro jagāda saḥ || 26 ||
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svīkṛtaṃ tanmayā caṇḍi na svāntaṃ bhavatīhṛtam |
amuktasvīkṛtasvāntā katham evaṃ tu gacchasi || 27 ||
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iti tenoditā sā ca laghurāgavaśīkṛtā |
saṃgamiṣye tvayā kāmameṣyasyasmatpurīṃ yadi || 28 ||
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durgamā sā na te nātha setsyate te samīhitam |
na hi duṣkaramastīha kiṃcidadhyavasāyinām || 29 ||
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ity udīrya khamutpatya sānurāgaparā yayau |
agānniścayadatto 'pi sa tadgatamanā gṛham || 30 ||
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smarandrumādiva stambhādudbhinnaṃ karapallavam |
hā dhiktasyā gṛhītvāpi nāptaḥ pāṇigraho mayā || 31 ||
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tadvrajāmyantikaṃ tasyāḥ purīṃ tāṃ puṣkarāvatīm |
prāṇāṃstyakṣyāmi daivaṃ vā sāhāyyaṃ me kariṣyati || 32 ||
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iti saṃcintayannītvā smarārtaḥ so 'tra taddinam |
pratiṣṭhita tataḥ prātaravalambyottarāṃ diśam || 33 ||
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tataḥ prakrāmatas tasya trayo 'nye sahayāyinaḥ |
milanti sma vaṇikputrā uttarāpathagāminaḥ || 34 ||
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taiḥ samaṃ samatikrāman puragrāmāṭavīnadīḥ |
kramād uttaradigbhūmiṃ prāpa sa mlecchabhūyasīm || 35 ||
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tatra tair eva sahitaḥ pathi prāpy aiva tājikaiḥ |
nītvāparasmai mūlyena datto 'bhūttājikāya saḥ || 36 ||
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tenāpi tāvad bhṛtyānāṃ haste kośalikākṛte |
muravārābhidhānasya turuṣkasya vyasṛjyata || 37 ||
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tatra nītaḥ sa tadbhṛtyairyuktastairaparaistribhiḥ |
muravāraṃ mṛtaṃ buddhvā tatputrāya nyavedyata || 38 ||
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pituḥ kośalikā hy eṣā mittreṇa preṣitā mama |
tattasyaivāntike prātaḥ khāte kṣepyā ime mayā || 39 ||
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ity ātmanā caturthaṃ taṃ tatputro 'pi sa tāṃ niśām |
saṃyamya sthāpayām āsa turuṣko nigaḍairdṛḍham || 40 ||
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tato 'tra bandhane rātrau maraṇatrāsakātarān |
sakhīnniścayadattastānsa jagāda vaṇiksutān || 41 ||
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kā viṣādena vaḥ siddhirdhairyamālambya tiṣṭhata |
bhītā iva hi dhīrāṇaṃ yānti dūre vipattayaḥ || 42 ||
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smarataikāṃ bhagavatīṃ durgāmāpadvimocinīm |
iti tān dhīrayan bhaktyā devīṃ tuṣṭāva so 'tha tām || 43 ||
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namastubhyaṃ mahādevi pādau te yāvakāṅkṣitau |
mṛditāsuralagnāsrapaṅkāviva namāmy aham || 44 ||
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jitaṃ śaktyā śivasyāpi viśvaiśvaryakṛtā tvayā |
tvadanuprāṇitaṃ cedaṃ ceṣṭate bhuvanatrayam || 45 ||
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paritrātāstvayā lokā mahiṣāsurasūdini |
paritrāyasva māṃ bhaktavatsale śaraṇāgatam || 46 ||
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ity ādi samyag devīṃ tāṃ stutvā sahacaraiḥ saha |
so 'tha niścayadatto 'tra śrānto nidrāmagāddrutam || 47 ||
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uttiṣṭhata sutā yāta vigataṃ bandhanaṃ hi vaḥ |
ity ādideśa sā svapne devī taṃ cāparāṃś ca tān || 48 ||
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prabudhya ca tadā rātrau dṛṣṭvā bandhānsvataścyutān |
anyonyaṃ svapnam ākhyāya hṛṣṭās te niryayus tataḥ || 49 ||
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gatvā dūramathādhvānaṃ kṣīṇāyāṃ niśi te 'pare |
ūcurniścayadattaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭatrāsā vaṇiksutāḥ || 50 ||
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āstāṃ bahumlecchatayā digeṣā dakṣiṇāpatham |
vayaṃ yāmaḥ sakhe tvaṃ tu yathābhimatamācara || 51 ||
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ity uktastairanujñāya yatheṣṭāgamanāya tān |
ucīcīm eva tāmāśāmavalambya punaś ca saḥ || 52 ||
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eko niścayadatto 'tha pratasthe prasabhaṃ pathi |
anurāgaparāpremapāśakṛṣṭo nirastadhīḥ || 53 ||
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krameṇa gacchanmilitaḥ sa mahāvratikaiḥ saha |
caturbhiḥ prāpya saritaṃ vitastāmuttatāra saḥ || 54 ||
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uttīrya ca kṛtāhāraḥ sūrye 'stācalacumbini |
viveśa tair eva samaṃ vanaṃ mārgavaśāgatam || 55 ||
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tatra cāgrāgatāḥ kecittamūcuḥ kāṣṭhabhārikāḥ |
kva gacchatha dine yāte grāmaḥ ko 'py asti nāgrataḥ || 56 ||
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ekastu vipine 'muṣminnasti śūnyaḥ śivālayaḥ |
tatra tiṣṭhati yo rātrāvantarvā bahir eva vā || 57 ||
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taṃ śṛṅgotpādinī nāma śṛṅgotpādanapūrvakam |
mohayitvā paśūkṛtya bhakṣayatyeva yakṣiṇī || 58 ||
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etac chrutvāpi sāvajñāste mahāvratinastadā |
ūcurniścayadattaṃ te catvāraḥ sahayāyinaḥ || 59 ||
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ehi kiṃ kurute 'smākaṃ varākī sātra yakṣiṇī |
teṣu teṣu śmaśāneṣu niśāsu hi vayaṃ sthitāḥ || 60 ||
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ity uktavadbhis taiḥ sākaṃ gatvā prāpya śivālayam |
śūnyaṃ niścayadattastāṃ rātriṃ netuṃ viveśa saḥ || 61 ||
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tatrāṅgaṇe vidhāyāśu bhasmanā maṇḍalaṃ mahat |
praviśya cāntare tasya prajvālyāgniṃ sahendhanaiḥ || 62 ||
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dhīro niścayadattaḥ sa te mahāvratinastathā |
manttraṃ japanto rakṣārthaṃ sarva evāvatasthire || 63 ||
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athāyayau vādayantī dūrātkaṅkālakiṃnarīm |
nṛtyantī yakṣiṇī tatra sā śṛṅgotpādinī niśi || 64 ||
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etya teṣu caturṣvekaṃ sā mahāvratinaṃ prati |
dattadṛṅmanttramapaṭhatsanṛttaṃ maṇḍalādvahiḥ || 65 ||
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tena mantreṇa saṃjātaśṛṅgo mohita utthitaḥ |
nṛtyaṃstasmiñjvalatyagnau sa mahāvratiko 'patat || 66 ||
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patitaṃ cārdhadagdhaṃ tamākṛṣyaivāgnimadhyataḥ |
sā śṛṅgotpādinī hṛṣṭā bhakṣayām āsa yakṣiṇī || 67 ||
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tato dvitīye vratini nyastadṛṣṭistathaiva sā |
taṃ śṛṅgotpādanaṃ mantraṃ papāṭha ca nanarta ca || 68 ||
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so 'pi dvitīyas tanmantrajātaśṛṅgaḥ pranartitaḥ |
patito 'gnau tayākṛṣya paśyatsvanyeṣv abhakṣyata || 69 ||
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evaṃ krameṇa saṃmohya tānmahāvratino niśi |
tayābhakṣyanta yakṣiṇyā catvāro 'pi saśṛṅgakāḥ || 70 ||
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caturthaṃ bhakṣayantyā ca tayā māṃsāsramattayā |
svayaṃ kiṃnarikātodyaṃ daivādbhūmau nyadhīyata || 71 ||
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tāvac ca kṣipram utthāya tadgṛhītvaiva vādayan |
dhīro niścayadatto 'pi pranṛtyan vihasan bhraman || 72 ||
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taṃ śṛṅgotpādanaṃ mantramasakṛcchrutaśikṣitam |
pāpaṭhyate sma yakṣiṇyās tasyā nyastekṣaṇo mukhe || 73 ||
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tatprayogaprabhāveṇa vivaśā mṛtyuśaṅkinī |
utthātukāmaśṛṅgī sā prahvā taṃ prāha yakṣiṇī || 74 ||
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mā vadhīstvaṃ mahāsattva striyaṃ māṃ kṛpaṇāmimām |
idānīṃ śaraṇaṃ tvaṃ me mantrapāṭhādi saṃhara || 75 ||
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rakṣa māṃ vedmy ahaṃ sarvamīpsitaṃ sādhayāmi te |
anurāgaparā yatra tatra tvaṃ prāpayāmy aham || 76 ||
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iti saprayayaṃ proktastayā dhīrastatheti saḥ |
cakre niścayadatto 'tra mantrapāṭhādisaṃhṛtim || 77 ||
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tataḥ sa tasyā yakṣiṇyāḥ skandhamāruhya tadgirā |
nīyamānastayā vyomnā pratasthe tāṃ priyāṃ prati || 78 ||
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prabhātāyāṃ ca rajanau prāpyaikaṃ girikānanam |
namrā niścayadattaṃ taṃ kuhyakī sā vyajijñapat || 79 ||
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sūryodaye 'dhunā gantuṃ śaktir nāsi mamopari |
tad asmin kānane kānte gamayedaṃ dinaṃ prabho || 80 ||
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phalāni bhuṅkṣva svādūni nirjharāmbhaḥ śubhaṃ piba |
ahaṃ yāmi nijaṃ sthānameṣyāmi ca niśāgame || 81 ||
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neṣyāmi ca tadaiva tvāmanurāgaparāntikam |
maulimālāṃ himagirernagarīṃ puṣkarāvatīm || 82 ||
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ity uktvā tadanujñātā skandhāttatrāvatārya tam |
yakṣiṇī punarāgantuṃ satyasaṃdhā jagāma sā || 83 ||
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tato niścayadatto 'syāṃ gatāyāmaikṣatātra saḥ |
agādhamantaḥ saviṣaṃ svacchaśītaṃ bahiḥ saraḥ || 84 ||
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rāginstrīcittametādṛgityarkeṇa nidarśanam |
prasāritakareṇeva prakaṭīkṛtya darśitam || 85 ||
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sa tadviṣāktaṃ gandhena buddhvā mānuṣakṛtyataḥ |
tyaktvāmbhorthī tṛṣārtaḥ sandivye tatrābhramadgirau || 86 ||
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bhramannunnatabhūbhāge padmarāgamaṇī iva |
sphurantau dvāv apaśyac ca bhuvaṃ tāṃ nicakhāna ca || 87 ||
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apāstamṛttikaścāsya jīvato markaṭasya saḥ |
śiro dadarśa te cāsya padmarāgāvivākṣiṇī || 88 ||
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tato vismayate yāvatkimetad iti cintayan |
tāvanmanuṣyavācāsau markaṭastam abhāṣata || 89 ||
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mānuṣo markaṭībhūto vipro 'haṃ māṃ samuddhara |
kathayiṣyāmi te sādho svavṛttāntaṃ tato 'khilam || 90 ||
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etac chrutvaiva sāścaryo mṛttikāmapanīya saḥ |
bhūmerniścayadattastamujjahārātha markaṭam || 91 ||
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uddhṛtaḥ pādapatitastaṃ bhūyo 'pi sa markaṭaḥ |
uvāca dattāḥ prāṇā me kṛcchrāduddharatā tvayā || 92 ||
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tad ehi yāvac chrāntas tvam upayuṅkṣva phalāmbunī |
tvatprasādādahaṃ cāpi kariṣye pāraṇaṃ cirāt || 93 ||
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ity uktvā tamanaiṣītsa dūraṃ girinadītaṭam |
kapiḥ svādhīnasusvāduphalasacchāyapādapam || 94 ||
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tatra snātvopabhuktāmbuphalaḥ sa kṛtapāraṇam |
kapiṃ niścayadattastaṃ pratyāgatya tato 'bravīt || 95 ||
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kathaṃ tvaṃ markaṭībhūto mānuṣo 'py ucyatāmiti |
tataḥ sa markaṭo 'vādīcchṛṇvidānīṃ vadāmyadaḥ || 96 ||
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candrasvāmīti nāmnāsti vārāṇasyāṃ dvijottamaḥ |
tasya patnyāṃ suvṛttāyāṃ jāto 'smyeṣa sutaḥ sakhe || 97 ||
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somasvāmīti pitrā ca kṛtanāmā kramādaham |
ārūḍho madanavyālagajaṃ madaniraṅkuśam || 98 ||
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taṃ māṃ kadācidadrākṣīddūrādvātāyanāgragā |
śrīgarbhākhyasya vaṇijastatpurīvāsinaḥ sutā || 99 ||
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taruṇī bandhudattākhyā māthurasya vaṇikpateḥ |
bhāryā varāhadattasya piturveśmanyavasthitā || 100 ||
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sā madālokasaṃjātamanmathānviṣya nāma me |
vayasyāṃ prāhiṇodāptāṃ mahyaṃ matsaṃgamārthinī || 101 ||
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sā tadvayasyā kāmāndhāmupagamya janāntikam |
ākhyātatadabhiprāyā māmanaiṣīnnijaṃ gṛham || 102 ||
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tatra māṃ sthāpayitvā ca gatvā guptaṃ tadaiva sā |
tāṃ bandhudattām ānaiṣīd autsukyāgaṇitatrapām || 103 ||
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ānītaiva ca sā me 'tra kaṇṭhāśleṣam upāgamat |
ekavīro hi nārīṇāmatibhūmiṃ gataḥ smaraḥ || 104 ||
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evaṃ dine dine svairam āgatyātra piturgṛhāt |
araṃsta bandhudattā sā mayā saha sakhīgṛhe || 105 ||
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ekadā tāṃ nijagṛhaṃ netuṃ tatra cirasthitām |
āgataḥ sa patis tasyā mathurāto mahāvaṇik || 106 ||
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tataḥ pitrābhyanujñātā patyā tena ninīṣitā |
rahasyajñāṃ dvitīyāṃ sā bandhudattābravītsakhīm || 107 ||
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niścitaṃ sakhi netavyā bhartrāhaṃ mathurāṃ purīm |
na ca jīvāmy ahaṃ tatra somasvāmivinākṛtā || 108 ||
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tadatra ko 'bhyupāyo me kathayetyuditā tayā |
sakhī sukhaśayā nāma yoginī tāṃ jagāda sā || 109 ||
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dvau sto mantraprayogau me yayorekena sūtrake |
kaṇṭhabaddhe jhagityeva mānuṣo markaṭo bhavet || 110 ||
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dvitīyena ca mukte 'smin sūtrake saiṣa mānuṣaḥ |
punarbhavetkapitve ca nāsya prajñā vilupyate || 111 ||
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tadyadīcchati suśroṇi somasvāmī priyaḥ sa te |
tadetaṃ markaṭaśiśuṃ saṃpratyeva karomy aham || 112 ||
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tataḥ krīḍānibhādetaṃ gṛhītvā mathurāṃ vraja |
mantrayuktidvayaṃ caitad bhavatīṃ śikṣayāmy aham || 113 ||
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saṃvidhāsyasi yenainaṃ pārśvasthaṃ markaṭākṛtim |
rahaḥsthāne ca puruṣaṃ priyaṃ saṃpādayiṣyasi || 114 ||
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evam uktā tayā sakhyā bandhudattā tathaiva sā |
rahasyānāyya sasnehaṃ tadarthaṃ māmabodhayat || 115 ||
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kṛtānujñaṃ ca māṃ baddhamantrasūtraṃ gale kṣaṇāt |
tatsakhī sā sukhaśayā vyadhānmarkaṭapotakam || 116 ||
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tadrūpeṇa svabhartre sā bandhudattopanīya mām |
sakhyā mahyaṃ vinodāya datto 'sāv ity adarśayat || 117 ||
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atuṣyatsa ca māṃ dṛṣṭvā krīḍanīyaṃ tadaṅkagam |
ahaṃ ca kapirevāsaṃ prājño 'pi vyaktavāgapi || 118 ||
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aho strīcaritaṃ citramityantaś ca hasannapi |
tathātiṣṭhamahaṃ ko hi kāmena na viḍambyate || 119 ||
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sakhyā śikṣitatanmantrā bandhudattāhnyathāpare |
mathurāṃ prati sā prāyādbhartrā saha piturgṛhāt || 120 ||
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māṃ cāpy ekasya bhṛtyasya skandhamāropayattadā |
sa bhartā bandhudattāyāḥ pathi tatpriyakāmyayā || 121 ||
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tato vayaṃ te sarve 'pi yānto madhye pathi sthitam |
dinairdvitrair vanaṃ prāptā bahumarkaṭabhīṣaṇam || 122 ||
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tato 'bhyadhāvan dṛṣṭvā māṃ markaṭā gaṇaśo 'bhitaḥ |
kṣiptaṃ kilakilārāvairāhvayantaḥ parasparam || 123 ||
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āgatya khādituṃ te ca prārabhanta plavaṃgamāḥ |
durvārāstaṃ vaṇigbhṛtyaṃ yasya skandhe 'hamāsitaḥ || 124 ||
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sa tena vihvalaḥ skandhāttyaktvaiva bhuvi māṃ bhayāt |
palāyito 'bhūd atha mām agṛhṇaṃs te 'tra markaṭāḥ || 125 ||
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matsnehād bandhudattā ca tadbhartā tasya cānugāḥ |
pāṣāṇair laguḍair ghnanto jetuṃ tān nāśakan kapīn || 126 ||
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tatas te markaṭā mūḍhasyāṅge 'ṅge loma loma me |
nakhair vyalumpan dantaiś ca kukarmakupitā iva || 127 ||
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kaṇṭhasūtrasya māhātmyācchaṃbhoś ca smaraṇāt tataḥ |
ahaṃ labdhabalastebhyo bandhamunmucya vidrutaḥ || 128 ||
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praviśya gahane teṣāṃ vyatīto dṛṣṭigocarāt |
kramādvanādvanaṃ gacchannidaṃ prāpto 'smi kānanam || 129 ||
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bhraṣṭasya bandhudattāyā janmanyatraiva te katham |
markaṭatvaphalo jātaḥ paradārasamāgamaḥ || 130 ||
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iti duḥkhatamondhasya bhramataḥ prāvṛṣīha me |
duḥkhāntaram api prattamasaṃtuṣṭena vedhasa || 131 ||
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yanmāmakasmād āgatya karākrāntaṃ kareṇukā |
meghāmbhaḥplutavalmīkakardamāntarnyaveśayat || 132 ||
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bhavitavyaniyuktā ca jāne sā kāpi devatā |
yadyatnānnāśakaṃ tasmātpaṅkāccalitum apy alam || 133 ||
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āśvāsyamāne caitasmin na mṛto 'smi na kevalam |
yāvajjñānaṃ mamotpannamaniśaṃ dhyāyato haram || 134 ||
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tāvatkālaṃ ca naivāsītkṣuttṛṣṇā ca sakhe mama |
yāvadadyoddhṛtaḥ śuṣkapaṅkakūṭādahaṃ tvayā || 135 ||
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jñāne prāpte 'pi śaktirme tāvatī naiva vidyate |
mocayeyaṃ yayātmānamito markaṭabhāvataḥ || 136 ||
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kaṇṭhasūtraṃ yadā kāpi tanmantreṇaiva mokṣyati |
yoginī me tadā bhūyo bhavitāsmīha mānuṣaḥ || 137 ||
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ity eṣa mama vṛttāntastvaṃ tvagamyamidaṃ vanam |
kim āgataḥ kathaṃ ceti brūhīdānīṃ vayasya me || 138 ||
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evaṃ markaṭarūpeṇa somasvāmidvijena saḥ |
ukto niścayadattaḥ svaṃ tasmai vṛttāntam abravīt || 139 ||
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yathā vidyādharīhetorujjayinyāḥ sam āgataḥ |
ānīto dhairyajitayā yakṣiṇyā ca tayā niśi || 140 ||
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tataḥ śrutatadāścaryavṛttāntaḥ kapirūpadhṛt |
dhīmānniścayadattaṃ taṃ somasvāmī jagāda saḥ || 141 ||
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anubhūtaṃ tvayā duḥkhaṃ may aiva strīkṛte mahat |
na ca śriyaḥ striyaśceha kadācitkasyacitsthirāḥ || 142 ||
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saṃdhyāvatkṣaṇarāgiṇyo nadīvatkuṭilāśayāḥ |
bhujagīvadaviśvāsyā vidyudvaccapalāḥ striyaḥ || 143 ||
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tatsā vidyādharī raktāpyanurāgaparā kṣaṇāt |
prāpya kaṃcitsvajātīyaṃ virajyettvayi mānuṣe || 144 ||
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tadalaṃ strīnimittena prayāsenāmunādhunā |
kiṃpākaphalatulyena viṣākavirasena te || 145 ||
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mā gā vidyādharapurīṃ tāṃ sakhe puṣkarāvatīm |
yakṣiṇīskandhamāruhya tāmebojjayinīṃ vraja || 146 ||
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kuru madvacanaṃ mittraṃ pūrvaṃ mittravaco mayā |
na kṛtaṃ rāgiṇā tena paritapye 'dhunāpyaham || 147 ||
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bandhudattānuraktaṃ hi susnigdho brāhmaṇas tadā |
vārayan bhavaśarmākhyaḥ suhṛn mām evam abravīt || 148 ||
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striyāḥ sakhe vaśaṃ mā gāḥ strīcittaṃ hy atidurgamam |
tathā ca mama yadvṛttaṃ tad idaṃ vacmi te śṛṇu || 149 ||
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vārāṇasyām ihaivāsīttaruṇī rūpaśālinī |
brāhmaṇī somadā nāma capalā guptayoginī || 150 ||
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tayā ca saha me daivātsamabhūtsaṃgamo rahaḥ |
tatsaṃgamakramāttasyāṃ mama prītiravardhata || 151 ||
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ekadā tām ahaṃ svairamīrṣyākopādatāḍayam |
taccāsahiṣṭa sā krūrā kopaṃ pracchādya tatkṣaṇam || 152 ||
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anyedyuḥ praṇayakrīḍāvyājāc ca mama sūtrakam |
gale 'badhnādahaṃ dāntastatkṣaṇaṃ balado 'bhavam || 153 ||
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tato 'haṃ baladībhūtastayā dāntoṣṭrajīvinaḥ |
ekasya puṃso vikrīto gṛhītābhīṣṭamūlyayā || 154 ||
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tenāropitabhāraṃ māṃ kliśyamānamavaikṣata |
badhamocanikā nāma yoginyatra kṛpānvitā || 155 ||
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sā jñānataḥ somadayā viditvā māṃ paśūkṛtam |
mumoca kaṇṭhāt sūtraṃ me madgosvāminyapaśyati || 156 ||
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tato 'haṃ mānuṣībhūtaḥ sa ca kṣiprādvilokayan |
palāyitaṃ māṃ manvāno matsvāmī prābhramaddiśaḥ || 157 ||
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ahaṃ ca bandhamocinyā tayā saha tato vrajan |
daivādāgatayā dūrāddṛṣṭaḥ somadayā tayā || 158 ||
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sā krodhena jvalantī tāṃ jñāninīṃ bandhamocinīm |
avādītkimayaṃ pāpastiryaktvānmocitastvayā || 159 ||
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dhikprāpsyasi durācāre phalamasya kukarmaṇaḥ |
prātastvāṃ nihaniṣyāmi sahitāṃ pāpmanāmunā || 160 ||
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ity uktvaiva gatāyāṃ ca tasyāṃ sā siddhayoginī |
tatpratīghātahetormāmavocadbandhamocinī || 161 ||
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hantuṃ māṃ kṛṣṇaturagīrūpeṇaiṣābhyupaiṣyati |
mayā ca śoṇavaḍavārūpamatrāśrayiṣyate || 162 ||
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tato yuddhe pravṛtte nau pṛṣṭhataḥ khaḍgapāṇinā |
somadāyāṃ prahartavyaṃ tvayāsyāmapramādinā || 163 ||
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evametāṃ haniṣyāvastatprātastvaṃ gṛhe mama |
āgaccherityuditvā sā gṛhaṃ me svamadarśayat || 164 ||
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tatra tasyāṃ praviṣṭāyāmahaṃ nijagṛhānagām |
anubhūtādbhutānekajanāmutraiva janmani || 165 ||
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prātaḥ kṛpāṇapāṇiś ca gatavānasmi tadgṛham |
athāgāt somadā sātra kṛṣṇāśvārūpadhāriṇī || 166 ||
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sāpi śoṇahayārūpamakarodbandhamocinī |
khuradantaprahāraiś ca tato yuddhamabhūttayoḥ || 167 ||
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mayā pradattanistriṃśaprahārā kṣudraśākinī |
nihatā bandhamocinyā tayā sā somadā tataḥ || 168 ||
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athāhaṃ nirbhayībhūtastīrṇatiryaktvadurgatiḥ |
na kustrīsaṃgamaṃ bhūyo manasā samacintayam || 169 ||
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cāpalaṃ sāhasikatā śākinīśambarādayaḥ |
doṣāḥ strīṇāṃ trayaḥ prāyo lokatrayabhayāvahāḥ || 170 ||
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tacchākinīsakhīṃ bandhudattāṃ kimanudhāvasi |
sneho yasyā na patyau sve tasyāstu tvayy asau kutaḥ || 171 ||
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evam ukto 'py ahaṃ tena mitreṇa bhavaśarmaṇā |
nākārṣaṃ vacanaṃ tasya prāpto 'smīmāṃ gatiṃ tataḥ || 172 ||
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atastvāṃ vacmi mā kārṣīranurāgaparāṃ prati |
kleśaṃ sā hi svajātīye prāpte tvāṃ tyakṣyati dhruvam || 173 ||
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bhṛṅgīva puṣpaṃ puruṣaṃ strī vāñchati navaṃ navam |
ato 'nutāpo bhavitā mam eva bhavataḥ sakhe || 174 ||
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ity etatkapirūpasthasomasvāmivaco hṛdi |
tasya niścayadattasya nāviśadrāganirbhare || 175 ||
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uvāca sa kapiṃ taṃ hi na sā vyabhicarenmayi |
vidyādharādhipakule śuddhe jātā hy asāviti || 176 ||
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evaṃ tayorālapatoḥ saṃdhyārakto 'stabhūdharam |
yayau niścayadattasya priyecchur iva bhāskaraḥ || 177 ||
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athāgatāyāṃ rajanāvagradūtyāmivāyayau |
sā śṛṅgotpādinī tasya nikaṭaṃ tatra yakṣiṇī || 178 ||
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yayau niścayadattastatskandhārūḍhaḥ priyāṃ prati |
prayātum āpṛcchya kapiṃ smartavyo 'smīti vādinam || 179 ||
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niśīthe ca himādrau tām anurāgaparā pituḥ |
purīṃ vidyādharapateḥ prāptavān puṣkarāvatīm || 180 ||
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tāvatprabhāvato buddhvā tadabhyāgamanāya sā |
tato nagaryā niragādanurāgaparā bahiḥ || 181 ||
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iyamāyāti te kāntā niśi netrotsavapradā |
indumūrtirdvitīyeva tadidānīṃ vrajāmy aham || 182 ||
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ity uktvā darśayitvā tāmaṃsāgrādavatāritam |
natvā niścayadattaṃ tamatha sā yakṣiṇī yayau || 183 ||
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tataḥ sāpi cirautsukyasaṃrambhāliṅganādibhiḥ |
upagamyābhyanandattamanurāgaparā priyam || 184 ||
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so 'py āśliṣya bahukleśalabdhatatsaṃgamotsavaḥ |
avartamānaḥ sve dehe tanuṃ tasyā ivāviśat || 185 ||
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tena gāndharvavidhinā bhāryā bhūtvātha tasya sā |
anurāgaparā sadyo vidyayā nirmame puram || 186 ||
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tasmin niścayadatto 'sau bāhye tasthau tayā saha |
tadvidyācchannadṛṣṭibhyāṃ tatpitṛbhyāmatarkitaḥ || 187 ||
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pṛṣṭas tāṃs tādṛśāṃs tasyai mārgakleśāñ śaśaṃsa yat |
tena sā bahu mene taṃ bhogaiś ceṣṭair upācarat || 188 ||
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atha tanmarkaṭībhūtasīmasvāmikathādbhutam |
so 'tra niścayadattosyai vidyādharyai nyavedayat || 189 ||
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jagāda caitan mittraṃ me tvatprayatnena kenacit |
tiryaktvādyadi mucyeta tatpriye sukṛtaṃ bhavet || 190 ||
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ity uktā tena sāvocad anurāgaparāpi tam |
yoginyā mantramārgo 'yaṃ nāsmākaṃ viṣayaḥ punaḥ || 191 ||
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tathāpi sādhayiṣyāmi priyametadahaṃ tava |
abhyarthya bhadrarūpākhyāṃ vayasyāṃ siddhayoginīm || 192 ||
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tac chrutvā sa vaṇikputro hṛṣṭastām avadatpriyām |
tarhi taṃ paśya manmittramehi yāva tadantikam || 193 ||
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tadety ukte tayānyedyustadutsaṅgasthitaś ca saḥ |
vyomnā niścayadatto 'gāt sakhyus tasyāspadaṃ vanam || 194 ||
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tatra taṃ suhṛdasṃ dṛṣṭvā kapirūpamupetya saḥ |
praṇamatpriyayā sākamapṛcchatkuśalaṃ tadā || 195 ||
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adya me kuśalaṃ yattvamanurāgaparāyutaḥ |
dṛṣṭo mayeti so 'py uktvā somasvāmikapiḥ kila || 196 ||
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tam abhyanandatpradadau tatpriyāyai tathāśiṣam |
tataḥ sarve 'py upāvikṣaṃs tatra ramye śilātale || 197 ||
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cakruś ca tatkathālāpaṃ tattattasya kapeḥ kṛte |
ādau niścayadattena cintitaṃ kāntayā saha || 198 ||
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tatas taṃ kapimāpṛcchya preyasīsadanaṃ ca tat |
yayau niścayadatto dyāmutpatyāṅke dhṛtastayā || 199 ||
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anyedyustām avādīc ca so 'nurāgaparāṃ punaḥ |
ehi tasyāntikaṃ sakhyuḥ kṣaṇaṃ yāva kaperiti || 200 ||
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tataḥ sāpi tamāha sma tvamevādya vraja svayam |
gṛhāṇotpatanīṃ vidyāṃ matto 'vataraṇīṃ tathā || 201 ||
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ity uktaḥ sa tadādāya tadvidyādvitayaṃ tataḥ |
vyomnā niścayadatto 'gāt sakhyus tasyāntikaṃ kapeḥ || 202 ||
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tatra yāvatsa kurute tena sākaṃ ciraṃ kathāḥ |
sānurāgaparā tāvadudyānaṃ niryayau gṛhāt || 203 ||
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tatratasyāṃ niṣaṇṇāyāṃ vidyādharakumārakaḥ |
ko 'py ājagāma nabhasā paribhrāmyanyadṛcchayā || 204 ||
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sa dṛṣṭvaiva smarāveśavivaśastāmupāyayau |
vidyādharīṃ sa tāṃ buddhvā vidyayā martyabhartṛkām || 205 ||
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sāpy upetaṃ tam ālokya subhagaṃ vinatānanā |
kastvaṃ kim āgato 'sīti śanaiḥ papraccha kautukāt || 206 ||
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tataḥ sa pratyavocattāṃ svavidyājñānaśālinam |
viddhi vidyādharaṃ mugdhe nāmnā māṃ rājabhañjanam || 207 ||
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so 'haṃ saṃdarśanādeva sahasā hariṇekṣaṇe |
manobhuvā vaśīkṛtya tubhyam eva samarpitaḥ || 208 ||
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tadalaṃ devi sevitvā martyaṃ dharaṇigocaram |
pitā vetti na yāvatte tāvattulyaṃ bhajasva mām || 209 ||
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iti tasmin bruvāṇe sā kaṭākṣārdhavilokinī |
acintayadayaṃ yukto mameti capalāśayā || 210 ||
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tato labdhvāśayaṃ cakre bhāryā tenaiva tatra sā |
apekṣate dvayoraikacittye kiṃ rahasi smaraḥ || 211 ||
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atha vidyādhare tasmin saṃpratyapasṛte tataḥ |
āgānniścayadatto 'tra somasvāmisamīpataḥ || 212 ||
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āgatasya na sā cakre viratkāliṅganādikam |
anurāgaparā tasya vyapadiśya śirorujam || 213 ||
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sa tu tadvyājamavidannṛjuḥ snehavimohitaḥ |
asvāsthyam eva matvāsyā duḥkhaṃ tadanayaddinam || 214 ||
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prātaś ca durmanā bhūyastaṃ kapiṃ suhṛdaṃ prati |
sa somasvāminaṃ prāyānnabhasā vidyayorbalāt || 215 ||
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yāte tasminn upāgāt tāṃ so 'nurāgaparāṃ punaḥ |
kāmī vidyādharo rātrikṛtonnidrastayā vinā || 216 ||
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niśāvirahasotkaṇṭhāṃ kaṇṭhe tām avalambya ca |
suratāntapariśrānto nidrākrānto babhūva saḥ || 217 ||
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sāpyaṅkasuptaṃ pracchādya priyaṃ vidyābalena tam |
rātrijāgaraṇānnidrāmanurāgaparā yayau || 218 ||
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tāvanniścayadatto 'pi prāpa tasyāntikaṃ kapeḥ |
so 'pi papraccha taṃ kṛtvā svāgataṃ vānaraḥ suhṛt || 219 ||
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durmanaskamivādya tvāṃ kiṃ paśyāmyucyatāmiti |
tato niścayadatto 'pi sa taṃ vānaram abravīt || 220 ||
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anurāgaparātyarthamasvasthā mittra vartate |
tenāsmi duḥsthitaḥ sā hi prāṇebhyo 'pi priyā mama || 221 ||
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ity uktas tena sa jñānī markaṭastam abhāṣata |
gaccha suptāmidānīṃ tāṃ sthitāṃ kṛtvāṅgavartinīm || 222 ||
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taddattavidyayā vyomnā tāmānaya madantikam |
yāvanmahadihāścaryaṃ darśayāmyadhunaiva te || 223 ||
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tac chrutvā khena gatvaiva so 'nurāgaparāṃ tataḥ |
dṛṣṭvā niścayadattastāṃ suptām aṅke 'grahīllaghu || 224 ||
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taṃ tu vidyādharaṃ tasyā nāṅge lagnaṃ dadarśa saḥ |
suptaṃ vidyābalenādāvadṛśyaṃ vihitaṃ tayā || 225 ||
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utpatya cāntarikṣaṃ tām anurāgaparāṃ kṣaṇāt |
ānināya kapes tasya sa somasvāmino 'ntikam || 226 ||
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sa kapirdivyadṛktasmai tadā yogamupādiśat |
yena vidyādharaṃ tasyāḥ kaṇṭhe lagnaṃ dadarśa saḥ || 227 ||
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dṛṣṭvā ca hā dhigetatkimiti taṃ vādinaṃ kapiḥ |
sa eva tattvadarśī tadyathāvṛttam abodhayat || 228 ||
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kruddhe niścayadatte 'tha tasmin vidyādharo 'tra saḥ |
prabuddhastatpriyākāmī khamutpatya tirodadhe || 229 ||
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sāpi prabuddhā tatkālamanurāgaparātmanaḥ |
rahasyabhedaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā hriyā tasthavadhomukhī || 230 ||
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tato niścayadattastāmuvācodaśrulocanaḥ |
viśvasto 'haṃ kathaṃ pāpe tvay aivaṃ bata vañcitaḥ || 231 ||
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ayantacañcalasyeha pāradasya nibandhane |
kāmaṃ vijñāyate yuktir na strīcittasya kācana || 232 ||
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iti bruvati tasmin sānuttarā rudatī śanaiḥ |
anurāgaparotpatya divaṃ dhāma nijaṃ yayau || 233 ||
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tato niścayadattaṃ taṃ suhṛnmarkaṭako 'bravīt |
etāṃ yadanvadhāvastvaṃ vārito 'pi mayā priyām || 234 ||
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tasyedaṃ tīvrarāgāgneḥ phalaṃ yadanutapyase |
ko hi saṃpatsu capalāsvāśvāso vanitāsu ca || 235 ||
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tadalaṃ paritāpena tavedānīṃśamaṃ kuru |
bhavitavyaṃ hi dhātrāpi na śakyamativartitum || 236 ||
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iti tasmātkapeḥ śrutvā śokamohaṃ vihāya tam |
yayau niścayadatto 'tra viraktaḥ śaraṇaṃ śivam || 237 ||
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atha tatravane suhṛdā kapinā saha tiṣṭhatastato nikaṭam |
tasyājagāma daivāttapasvinī mokṣadā nāma || 238 ||
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sā taṃ krameṇa dṛṣṭvā praṇataṃ papraccha mānuṣasya sataḥ |
citraṃ katham iha jāto mittraṃ te markaṭo 'yamiti || 239 ||
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tataḥ svaṃ vṛttāntaṃ tadanu ca sa mittrasya caritaṃ samācakhyau tasyai kṛpaṇamatha tām evam avadat |
prayogaṃ mantraṃ vā yadi bhagavatī vetti tad imaṃ kapitvātsanmittraṃ suhṛdamadhunā mocayatu me || 240 ||
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tac chrutvā sā tasya bāḍhaṃ kapes tat sūtraṃ kaṇṭhān mantrayuktyā mumoca |
so 'tha tyaktvā mārkaṭīmākṛtiṃ tāṃ somasvāmī pūrvavanmānuṣo 'bhūt || 241 ||
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tasyāṃ tataś ca taḍitīva tirohitāyāṃ divyaprabhāvabhṛti bhūri tapo vidhāya |
kālena tatra kila niścayadattasomasvāmidvijau prayayatuḥ paramāṃ gatiṃ tau || 242 ||
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evaṃ nisargacapalā lalanā vivekavairāgyadāyibahuduścaritaprabandhāḥ |
sādhvī tu kācidapi tāsu kulaṃ viśālaṃ yālaṃkarotyabhinavā khamivendulekhā || 243 ||
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ity etāṃ naravāhanadattaḥ sacivasya gomukhasya mukhāt |
citrāmākarṇya kathāṃ tutoṣa ratnaprabhāsahitaḥ || 244 ||
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