Chapter 4

tataḥ prātaḥ samaṃ sainyaiḥ sa sumerutapovanāt |
tasmāt sūryaprabhaḥ prāyāc chrutaśarmajigīṣayā || 1 ||
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tannivāsasya nikaṭaṃ trikūṭādrer avāpya ca |
āvāsito 'bhūt tatrasthaṃ balenotsārya tadbalam || 2 ||
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āvāsite ca tatrāsmin sasumerumayādike |
āsthānasthe trikūṭeśasaṃbandhī dūta āyayau || 3 ||
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sa cāgatya jagādaivaṃ sumeruṃ khecareśvaram |
śrutaśarmapitā rājā tava saṃdiṣṭavān idam || 4 ||
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dūrasthasya na te 'smābhir ācāro jātucit kṛtaḥ |
adyāsmadviṣayaṃ prāptaḥ sa tvaṃ prāghuṇikaiḥ saha || 5 ||
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tad ātithyam idānīṃ vo vidhāsyāmo yathocitam |
śrutvaitaṃ śatrusaṃdeśaṃ sumeruḥ pratyuvāca tam || 6 ||
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sādhu nāsmatsamaṃ pātram atithiṃ prāpsyathāparam |
ātithyaṃ na pare loke dāsyatīhaiva tatphalam || 7 ||
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tad ime vayam ātithyaṃ kriyatām ity udāhṛte |
sumeruṇā tathaivāgāt sa dūtaḥ svaṃ prabhuṃ prati || 8 ||
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athonnatapradeśasthās te tu sūryaprabhādayaḥ |
sainyāni dadṛśuḥ svāni niviṣṭāni pṛthak pṛthak || 9 ||
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tataḥ sunīthaḥ pitaraṃ svam uvāca mayāsuram |
pravibhāgaṃ rathādīnām asmatsainye 'tra śaṃsa naḥ || 10 ||
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evaṃ karomi śṛṇutety uktvāṅgulyā nidarśayan |
dānavendraḥ sa sarvajño vaktum evaṃ pracakrame || 11 ||
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asau subāhur nirghāto muṣṭiko goharas tathā |
pralambaś ca pramāthaś ca kaṅkaṭaḥ piṅgalo 'pi ca || 12 ||
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vasudattādayaś caite rājāno 'rdharathā ime |
aṅkurī suviśālaś ca daṇḍibhūṣaṇasomilāḥ || 13 ||
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unmattako devaśarmā pitṛśarmā kumārakaḥ |
ete saharidattādyāḥ sarve pūrṇarathā matāḥ || 14 ||
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prakampano darpitaś ca kumbhīro mātṛpālitaḥ |
mahābhaṭaḥ sograbhaṭo vīrasvāmī surādharaḥ || 15 ||
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bhaṇḍīraḥ siṃhadattaś ca guṇavarmā sakīṭakaḥ |
bhīmo bhayaṃkaraś ceti sarve 'mī dviguṇā rathāḥ || 16 ||
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virocano vīraseno yajñaseno 'tha khujjaraḥ |
indravarmā śabarakaḥ krūrakarmā nirāsakaḥ || 17 ||
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bhaveyus triguṇā ete rathā rājasutāḥ suta |
suśarmā bāhuśālī ca viśākhaḥ krodhano 'py ayam || 18 ||
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pracaṇḍaś cety amī rājaputrā rathacaturguṇāḥ |
juñjarī vīravarmā ca pravīravara eva ca || 19 ||
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supratijño 'marārāmaś caṇḍadatto 'tha jālikaḥ |
trayaḥ siṃhabhaṭavyāghrabhaṭaśatrubhaṭā api || 20 ||
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rājāno rājaputrāś ca rathāḥ pañcaguṇā amī |
ugravarmā tv ayaṃ rājaputraḥ syāt ṣaḍguṇo rathaḥ || 21 ||
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rājaputro viśākhaś ca sutantuḥ sugamo 'pi ca |
narendraśarmā cety ete rathāḥ saptaguṇā matāḥ || 22 ||
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mahārathaḥ punar ayaṃ sahasrāyunṛpātmajaḥ |
mahārathānāṃ yūthasya śatānīkas tv ayaṃ patiḥ || 23 ||
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subhāsaharṣavimalāḥ sūryaprabhavayasyakāḥ |
mahābuddhyacalākhyau ca priyaṃkaraśubhaṃkarau || 24 ||
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ete mahārathā yajñarucidharmarucī tathā |
evaṃ viśvarucir bhāsaḥ siddhārthaś cety amī trayaḥ || 25 ||
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sūryaprabhasya sacivāḥ syur mahārathayūthapāḥ |
prahastaś ca mahārthaś ca tasyātirathayūthapau || 26 ||
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yūthapau rathayūthānāṃ prajñāḍhyasthirabuddhikau |
dānavaḥ sarvadamanas tathā pramathano 'py asau || 27 ||
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dhūmaketuḥ pravahaṇo vajrapañjara eva ca |
kālacakro marudvego rathātirathapā amī || 28 ||
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prakampanaḥ siṃhanādo rathātirathayūthapau |
mahāmāyaḥ kāmbalikaḥ kālakampanako 'py ayam || 29 ||
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prahṛṣṭaromā cety ete catvāro 'py asurādhipāḥ |
putr ātirathayūthādhipatīnām adhipā ime || 30 ||
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sūryaprabhasamaś cāyaṃ prabhāsaḥ sainyanāyakaḥ |
sumerutanayaś caiṣa śrīkuñjarakumārakaḥ || 31 ||
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dvau mahārathayūthādhipatiyūthādhipāv imau |
ity ete 'smadbale 'nye ca śūrāḥ svaiḥ svair balair vṛtāḥ || 32 ||
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parasainye 'dhikāḥ santi tathāpy asmadbalasya te |
na paryāptā bhaviṣyanti saprasāde maheśvare || 33 ||
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iti yāvat sunīthaṃ taṃ bravīti sa mayāsuraḥ |
śrutaśarmapituḥ pārśvād dūto 'nyas tāvad āyayau || 34 ||
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sa covāca trikūṭādhipatir evaṃ bravīti vaḥ |
saṅgrāmo nāma śūrāṇām utsavo hi mahān ayam || 35 ||
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tasyaiṣā saṃkaṭā bhūmis tasmād āgamyatām itaḥ |
yāmaḥ kalāpagrāmākhyaṃ pradeśaṃ vipulāntaram || 36 ||
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etac chrutvā sunīthādyāḥ sainyaiḥ saha tatheti te |
sarve kalāpagrāmaṃ taṃ sūryaprabhayutā yayuḥ || 37 ||
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śrutaśarmādayas te 'pi tathaiva samaronmukhāḥ |
tam eva deśam ājagmur vidyādharabalair vṛtāḥ || 38 ||
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śrutaśarmabale dṛṣṭvā gajān sūryaprabhādayaḥ |
ānāyayan gajānīkaṃ svaṃ vimānādhiropitam || 39 ||
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tataḥ senāpatiś cakre senāyāṃ śrutaśarmaṇaḥ |
dāmodaro mahāsūcivyūhaṃ vidyādharottamaḥ || 40 ||
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tatra pārśve svayaṃ tasthau śrutaśarmā samantrikaḥ |
agre dāmodaraś cāsīd anyatrānye mahārathāḥ || 41 ||
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sainye sūryaprabhasyāpi prabhāso 'nīkinīpatiḥ |
ardhacandraṃ vyadhād vyūhaṃ madhye tasyābhavat svayam || 42 ||
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sakuñjarakumāraś ca prahastaś cāsya koṇayoḥ |
sūryaprabhasunīthādyās tasthuḥ sarve 'tra pṛṣṭhataḥ || 43 ||
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sumerau tatsamīpasthe sasuvāsakumārake |
āhanyanta raṇātodyāny ubhayor api sainyayoḥ || 44 ||
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tāvac ca gaganaṃ devaiḥ saṅgrāmaṃ draṣṭum āgataiḥ |
sendraiḥ salokapālaiś ca sāpsaraskair apūryata || 45 ||
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āyayau cātra viśveśaḥ śaṃkaraḥ pārvatīyutaḥ |
devatābhir gaṇair bhūtair mātṛbhiś cāpy anudrutaḥ || 46 ||
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āgāc ca bhagavān brahmā sāvitryādibhir anvitaḥ |
mūrtair vedaiś ca śāstraiś ca nikhilaiś ca maharṣibhiḥ || 47 ||
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ājagāma ca devībhir lakṣmīkīrtijayādibhiḥ |
dhṛtacakrāyudho devaḥ pakṣirājaratho hariḥ || 48 ||
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sabhāryaḥ kaśyapo 'py āgād ādityā vasavo 'pi ca |
yakṣarākṣasanāgendrāḥ prahlādādyās tathāsurāḥ || 49 ||
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tair āvṛte nabhobhāge śastrasaṃpātadāruṇaḥ |
prāvartata mahānādaḥ saṅgrāmaḥ senayos tayoḥ || 50 ||
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dikcakre bāṇajālena ghanenācchādite tadā |
anyonyaśarasaṃgharṣajātānalataḍillate || 51 ||
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śastrakṣatagajāśvaugharaktadhārāvapūritāḥ |
vīrakāyavahadgrāhā niryayuḥ śoṇitāpagāḥ || 52 ||
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nṛtyatāṃ taratāṃ rakte nadatāṃ cotsavāya saḥ |
śūrāṇāṃ pheravāṇāṃ ca bhūtānaṃ cābhavad raṇaḥ || 53 ||
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śānte tumulasaṅgrāme nihatāsaṃkhyasainike |
lakṣyamāṇe vibhāge ca śanaiḥ svaparasainyayoḥ || 54 ||
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pratipakṣapravīrāṇāṃ prayuddhānāṃ sumerutaḥ |
nāmādau śrūyamāṇe ca kramāt sūryaprabhādibhiḥ || 55 ||
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pūrvaṃ subāhor nṛpater vidyādharapates tathā |
aṭṭahāsābhidhānasya dvandvayuddham abhūd dvayoḥ || 56 ||
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suciraṃ yudhyamānasya tasya viddhasya sāyakaiḥ |
aṭṭahāso 'rdhacandreṇa subāhor acchinac chiraḥ || 57 ||
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dṛṣṭvā subāhuṃ nihataṃ muṣṭiko 'bhyāpatat krudhā |
so 'pi tenāṭṭahāsena hṛdi bāṇahato 'patat || 58 ||
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muṣṭike nihate kruddhaḥ pralambo nāma bhūpatiḥ |
abhidhāvyāṭṭahāsaṃ taṃ śaravarṣair ayodhayat || 59 ||
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aṭṭahāso 'pi tatsainyaṃ hatvā hatvā ca marmaṇi |
pralambam api taṃ vīraṃ rathapṛṣṭhe nyapātayat || 60 ||
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vīkṣya pralambaṃ nihataṃ mohano nāma bhūpatiḥ |
saṃnipatyāṭṭahāsaṃ taṃ tāḍayām āsa sāyakaiḥ || 61 ||
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tato 'ṭṭahāsas taṃ chinnakodaṇḍaṃ hatasārathim |
dṛḍhaprahārābhihataṃ pātayām āsa mohanam || 62 ||
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dṛṣṭvāṭṭahāsena hatāṃś caturaś catureṇa tān |
śrutaśarmabalaṃ harṣād unnanāda jayonmukham || 63 ||
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tad dṛṣṭvā kupito harṣaḥ sūryaprabhavayasyakaḥ |
sasainyam abhyadhāvat tam aṭṭahāsaṃ sasainikaḥ || 64 ||
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nivārya ca śarais tasya śarān sainyaṃ nihatya ca |
vyāpādya sārathiṃ dvis trir dhanuś chittvā ca sadhvajam || 65 ||
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harṣo yad aṭṭahāsasya nirbibheda śaraiḥ śiraḥ |
tenāsau rudhirodgārī nipapāta rathād bhuvi || 66 ||
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aṭṭahāse hate tādṛk kṣobho 'bhūd atra saṃyuge |
kṣaṇād ardhāvaśeṣaṃ tad yena jajñe baladvayam || 67 ||
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nipetur eva nihatās tatrāśvagajapattayaḥ |
raṇamūrdhani cottasthuḥ kabandhā eva kevalam || 68 ||
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tato vikṛtadaṃṣṭrākhyo harṣaṃ vidyādhareśvaraḥ |
etyāṭṭahāsanidhanakruddho bāṇair avākirat || 69 ||
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harṣo 'pi tasya nirdhūya śarān sadhvajasārathīn |
hatvā rathāśvāṃś ciccheda śiro lalitakuṇḍalam || 70 ||
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hate vikṛtadaṃṣṭre tu cakravāla iti śrutaḥ |
rājā vidyādharo harṣam abhyadhāvad amarṣitaḥ || 71 ||
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sa yudhyamānam avadhīd asakṛcchinnakārmukam |
cakravālo yudhi śrāntaṃ harṣaṃ śīrṇāparāyudham || 72 ||
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tatkrodhād etya nṛpatiḥ pramāthas tam ayodhayat |
so 'py ahanyata tenātha cakravālena saṃyuge || 73 ||
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tathaiva tena cātrānye 'py ekaśo dhāvitāḥ kramāt |
catvāraś cakravālena rājamukhyā nipātitāḥ || 74 ||
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kaṅkaṭaś ca viśālaś ca pracaṇḍaś cāṅkurī tathā |
tad dṛṣṭvābhyapatat krodhān nirghāto nāma taṃ nṛpaḥ || 75 ||
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tau cakravālanirghātau yudhyamānau ciraṃ kramāt |
anyonyacūrṇitarathāv abhūtāṃ pādacāriṇau || 76 ||
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asicakradharau dvāv apy ākopamilitau ca tau |
khaḍgāhatidvidhābhūtamūrdhānau bhuvi petatuḥ || 77 ||
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vipannau vīkṣya tau vīrau viṣaṇṇe 'pi baladvaye |
raṇāgram āyayau vidyādharendraḥ kālakampanaḥ || 78 ||
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rājaputro 'bhyadhāvac ca taṃ prakampananāmakaḥ |
sa kālakampanenātra kṣaṇāt tena nyapātyata || 79 ||
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tasmin nipatite tasya pañcānye 'bhyapatan rathāḥ |
jālikaś caṇḍadattaś ca gopakaḥ somilo 'pi ca || 80 ||
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pitṛśarmā ca sarve te śarāṃs tasmin sahāmucan |
sa tu pañcāpi tān kālakampano virathīkṛtān || 81 ||
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jaghāna yugapad vidhyan nārācair hṛdi pañcabhiḥ |
praṇeduḥ khecarās tena vyaṣīdan manujāsurāḥ || 82 ||
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tato 'bhyadhāvann apare catvāras taṃ rathāḥ samam |
unmattakaḥ praśastaś ca vilambakadhuraṃdharau || 83 ||
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sa tān apy avadhīt kālakampano līlayākhilān |
tathaiva dhāvitān anyān ṣaḍ rathān nijaghāna saḥ || 84 ||
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tejikaṃ geyikaṃ caiva vegilaṃ śākhilaṃ tathā |
bhadraṃkaraṃ daṇḍinaṃ ca bhūrisainyān mahārathān || 85 ||
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aparāṃś ca punaḥ pañca so 'vadhīn militān yudhi |
bhīmabhīṣaṇakumbhīravikaṭān savilocanān || 86 ||
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tad dṛṣṭvā kadanaṃ kālakampanena kṛtaṃ raṇe |
adhāvat sugaṇo nāma rājaputro 'sya saṃmukhaḥ || 87 ||
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sa tena tāvad vidadhe samaṃ yuddham ubhāv api |
hatāśvasārathī yāvad virathau tau babhūvatuḥ || 88 ||
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tatas taṃ khaḍgayuddhena sugaṇaṃ pādacāriṇam |
sa kālakampanaḥ pādacāry eva bhuvi jaghnivān || 89 ||
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tāvac ca mānuṣair vidyādharāṇāṃ samam āhavam |
asaṃbhāvyaṃ vilokyeva khinno 'staṃ prayayau raviḥ || 90 ||
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raktāmbupūrabharitaṃ na paraṃ samarāṅgaṇam |
yāvat saṃdhyākṛtapadaṃ yayau vyomāpi śoṇatam || 91 ||
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kabandhaiḥ saha bhūteṣu saṃdhyānṛttodyateṣv atha |
saṃhṛtya yuddhaṃ yayatuḥ svaniveśāya te bale || 92 ||
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śrutaśarmabale tasmin dine vīrā hatās trayaḥ |
trayastriṃśat pravīrās tu bale sauryaprabhe hatāḥ || 93 ||
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tena bāndhavamittrādinidhanena sudurmanāḥ |
sūryaprabhas triyāmāṃ tām āsīd antaḥpurair vinā || 94 ||
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anidra eva sacivaiḥ saha saṅgrāmasaṃkathāḥ |
tās tāḥ kurvan nināyaitāṃ punaryuddhonmukho niśām || 95 ||
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tadbhāryāś ca milanti sma hatabāndhavaduḥkhitāḥ |
ekatra tasyāṃ rajanāv anyonyāśvāsanāgatāḥ || 96 ||
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ruditāvasare 'py atra kathā nānāvidhā vyadhuḥ |
strīṇāṃ na sa kṣaṇo yatra na kathāsv aparāśrayā || 97 ||
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tatprasaṅgena tatraikā rājaputrīdam abravīt |
āścaryam āryaputro 'dya kathaṃ supto niraṅganaḥ || 98 ||
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tac chrutvā vyājahārānyā saṅgrāme svajanakṣayāt |
duḥkhito hy āryaputro 'dya ramate strījane katham || 99 ||
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tato 'parā bravīti sma prāpnoty abhinavāṃ yadi |
varakanyāṃ sa tadduḥkhaṃ vismaraty adhunaiva tat || 100 ||
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athetarābravīn maivaṃ yady api strīṣu lampaṭaḥ |
tathāpi na sa duḥkhe 'sminn īdṛśaḥ syāt tathāvidhaḥ || 101 ||
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iti tāsu vadantīṣu jagādaikā savismayam |
brūta strīlampaṭaḥ kasmād āryaputro batedṛśaḥ || 102 ||
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āhṛtāsv api bhāryāsu bhūyasīṣu navā navāḥ |
aniśaṃ rājaputrīr yat sa gṛhṇan naiva tuṣyati || 103 ||
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etac chrutvā vidagdhaikā tāsu nāmnā manovatī |
uvāca śrūyatāṃ yena rājāno bahuvallabhāḥ || 104 ||
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deśarūpavayaśceṣṭāvijñānādivibhedataḥ |
bhinnā guṇā varastrīṇāṃ naikā sarvaguṇānvitā || 105 ||
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karṇāṭalāṭasaurāṣṭramadhyadeśādideśajāḥ |
yoṣā deśasamācārai rañjayanti nijair nijaiḥ || 106 ||
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kāścid dharanti sudṛśaḥ śāradendunibhair mukhaiḥ |
anyāḥ kanakakumbhābhaiḥ stanair unnatasaṃhataiḥ || 107 ||
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smarasiṃhāsanaprakhyair aparā jaghanasthalaiḥ |
itarāś cetarair aṅgaiḥ svasaundaryamanoramaiḥ || 108 ||
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kācit kāñcanagaurāṅgī priyaṅguśyāmalāparā |
anyā raktāvadātā ca dṛṣṭvaiva haratīkṣaṇe || 109 ||
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kācit pratyagrasubhagā kācit saṃpūrṇayauvanā |
kācit prauḍhatvasurasā prasaradvibhramojjvalā || 110 ||
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hasantī śobhate kācit kācit kope 'pi hāriṇī |
vrajantī gajavat kāpi haṃsavat kāpi rājate || 111 ||
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ālapanty amṛteneva kācid āsiñcati śrutim |
sabhrūvilāsaṃ paśyantī svabhāvād bhāti kācana || 112 ||
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nṛttena rocate kācit kācid gītena rājate |
vīṇādivādanajñānenānyā kāntā ca rocate || 113 ||
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kācid bāhyaratābhijñā kācid ābhyantarapriyā |
prasādhanojjvalā kācit kācid vaidagdhyaśobhitā || 114 ||
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bhartṛcittagrahābhijñā cānyā saubhāgyam aśrute |
kiyad vā vacmi bahavo 'py anye 'nyāsāṃ pṛthag guṇāḥ || 115 ||
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tad evam iha kasyāścid guṇaḥ ko'pi varastriyaḥ |
na tu sarvaguṇāḥ sarvās trilokyām api kāścana || 116 ||
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ato nānārasāsvādalabdhakakṣyāḥ kileśvarāḥ |
āhṛtyāpy āharantyeva bhāryā navanavāḥ sadā || 117 ||
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uttamās tu na vāñchanti paradārān kathaṃcana |
tann āryaputrasyaiṣa syād doṣo nerṣyā ca naḥ kṣamā || 118 ||
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evamādyā manovatyā proktāḥ sūryaprabhāṅganāḥ |
anyā madanasenādyās tathaivocuḥ kathāḥ kramāt || 119 ||
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tato 'tirasataś ca tā vigatayantraṇānargalāḥ parasparam upādiśan suratakāryatantrāṇy api |
prasaṅgamilitāḥ kathāprasarasaktacittā mithas tad asti na kim apy aho yad iha nodvamanti striyaḥ || 120 ||
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atha katham api dīrghā sā kathā cātra tāsām avasitim upayātā sā ca rātriḥ krameṇa |
timiravigamavelāvekṣaṇaikābhikāṅkṣo ripubalavijigīṣos tatra sūryaprabhasya || 121 ||
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