Chapter 9

athānyedyuḥ punarimāṃ niśi prāgvadvinodayan |
naravāhanadattāya gomukho 'kathayatkathām || 1 ||
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babhūva nagare kvāpi bodhisattvāṃśasaṃbhavaḥ |
kasyāpyāḍhyasya vaṇijastanayo mṛtamāmṛkaḥ || 2 ||
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anyajāyāprasaktena pitrā tatpreritena saḥ |
nirasto vanavāsāya sabhāryo niragādgṛhāt || 3 ||
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svānujaṃ tu sahāyāntaṃ tadvatpitrā nirākṛtam |
aśāntacittamutsṛjya so 'nyenaiva pathā yayau || 4 ||
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prakrāmaṃś ca kramātprāpa nistoyatṛṇapādapām |
pātheyahīnaś caṇḍāṃśutaptāṃ marumahāṭavīm || 5 ||
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tasyāṃ vrajansa saptāhaṃ bhāryāṃ klāntāṃ kṣudhā tṛṣā |
ajīvayatsvamāṃsāsraḥ pāpā tānyāharac ca sā || 6 ||
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aṣṭame 'hni saridvīcivācālaṃ girikānanam |
prāpa satphalasacchāyapādapaṃ snigdhaśādvalam || 7 ||
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tatra saṃbhāvya bhāryāṃ tāṃ klāntāṃ mūlaphalāmbubhiḥ |
avātaradgirinadīṃ snātuṃ kallolamālinīm || 8 ||
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tasyāṃ dadarśa ca cchinnahastapādacatuṣṭayam |
hriyamāṇaṃ jalaughena puruṣaṃ trāṇakāṅkṣiṇam || 9 ||
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bahūpavāsaklānto 'pi tāṃ vigāhya nadīṃ tataḥ |
ujjahāra kṛpālus taṃ mahāsattvaḥ sa pūruṣam || 10 ||
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kenedaṃ te kṛtaṃ bhrātariti kāruṇikena ca |
tenāropya sthalaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ sa ruṇḍaḥ puruṣo 'bhyadhāt || 11 ||
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nikṛttahastacaraṇo nadyāṃ kṣipto 'smi śatrubhiḥ |
ditsubhiḥ kleśamaraṇaṃ tvayāhaṃ tūddhṛtas tataḥ || 12 ||
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evam uktavatas tasya sa buddhvā vraṇapaṭṭikām |
dattvāhāraṃ mahāsattvaḥ snānādi vyadhitātmanaḥ || 13 ||
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tato mūlaphalāhāro bhāryāyukto 'tra kānane |
sa tasthau bodhisattvāṃśo vaṇikputrastapaścaran || 14 ||
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ekadā phalamūlārthaṃ gate tasminsmarāturā |
tadbhāryā tena ruṇḍena reme rūḍhavraṇena sā || 15 ||
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tatsasktā tena saṃmantrya bhartus tasya vadhaiṣiṇī |
yuktyā cakāra sānyedyurmāndyaṃ duścāriṇī mṛṣā || 16 ||
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śvabhre duravatāre 'tha sthitāṃ dustaranimnage |
darśayitvauṣadhiṃ pāpā patiṃ sā tam abhāṣata || 17 ||
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jīvāmyahaṃ tvayaiṣā cenmamānītā mahauṣadhiḥ |
jāne hyetāmihasthāṃ me svapne vakti sma devatā || 18 ||
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tac chrutvā sa tathetyeva śvabhre tatrauṣadheḥ kṛte |
tṛṇaveṣṭitayā rajjvāvātarattarubaddhayā || 19 ||
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avatīrṇasya rajjuṃ tāṃ cikṣeponmucya tasya sā |
tataḥ sa patito nadyāṃ tayā jahre mahaughayā || 20 ||
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dūrāddavīyo nītvā ca tayā sukṛtarakṣitaḥ |
nadyā kasyāpi nagarasyāsanne so 'rpitastaṭe || 21 ||
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tataḥ sa sthalamāruhya cintayanstrīviceṣṭitam |
jalāvagāhanaklānto viśaśrāma tarostale || 22 ||
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tasmin kāle ca nagare rājā tatra mṛto 'bhavat |
mṛte rājani cānādirdeśe tatredṛśī sthitiḥ || 23 ||
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yanmaṅgalagajaḥ paurair bhrāmyamāṇaḥ kareṇa yam |
āropayati pṛṣṭhe sve so 'tra rājye 'bhiṣicyate || 24 ||
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sa dhairyatuṣṭo dhāteva bhraman prāpto 'ntikaṃ gajaḥ |
utkṣipyāropayām āsa svapṛṣṭhe taṃ vaṇiksutam || 25 ||
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tataḥ sa nagaraṃ nītvā rājye prakṛtibhiḥ kṣaṇāt |
vaṇiksuto 'bhiṣikto 'bhūdbodhisattvāṃśasaṃbhavaḥ || 26 ||
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sa rājyaṃ prāpya karuṇāmuditākṣāntibhiḥ saha |
araṃsta na tu pāpābhiḥ strībhiś capalavṛttibhiḥ || 27 ||
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tadbhāryā sāpi niḥśaṅkā matvā taṃ ca nadīhṛtam |
babhrāmetastato jāraṃ ruṇḍaṃ pṛṣṭhe 'dhiropya tam || 28 ||
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vair ikṛttāṅghrihasto 'yaṃ bhartā me 'haṃ pativratā |
bhikṣitvā jīvayāmyetaṃ tadbhikṣāṃ me prayacchata || 29 ||
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iti sā bhikṣamāṇā ca grāme grāme pure pure |
rājyasthasyātmano bharturnagaraṃ prāpa tasya tat || 30 ||
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tathaiva bhikṣamāṇātra rājñas tasya krameṇa sā |
pativratety arcyamānā pauraiḥ śrutipathaṃ yayau || 31 ||
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ānāyayatsa rājā ca tāṃ pṛṣṭhārūḍharuṇḍikām |
kā sā pativratetyārātparijñāya ca pṛṣṭavān || 32 ||
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sāhaṃ pativratā devetyaparijñāya sāpi tam |
bhartāram abravītpāpā rājaśrītejasā vṛtam || 33 ||
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tataḥ sa bodhisattvāṃśo hasanrājā jagāda tām |
dṛṣṭaṃ pativratātvaṃ te phalenedaṃ mayaiva ca || 34 ||
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svaraktamāṃsaṃ dattvāpi svīkartuṃ śaṅkitā na yā |
svenāviluptahastena bhartrā mānuṣarākṣasī || 35 ||
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sā sadā raktamāṃsāni harantī bata me katham |
ruṇḍena vikalenāpi svīkṛtya vahanīkṛtā || 36 ||
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kiṃsvidūḍhaḥ sa bhartā yo nadyāṃ kṣiptastvayānaghaḥ |
karmaṇā tena vahase ruṇḍametaṃ bibharṣi ca || 37 ||
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ity udghāṭitavṛttaṃ taṃ parijñāya patiṃ tataḥ |
bhayātsā mūrcchitevābhūllikhiteva mṛteva ca || 38 ||
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kimetadbrūhi deveti so 'tha rājā sakautukaiḥ |
pṛṣṭo 'mātyair yathāvṛttaṃ tebhyaḥ sarvamavarṇayat || 39 ||
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tato bhartṛgṛhaṃ buddhvā chittvā tāṃ karṇanāsikam |
kṛtvāṅkaṃ mantriṇo deśātsaruṇḍāṃ niravāsayan || 40 ||
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chinnanāsikayā ruṇḍaṃ bodhisattvaṃ nṛpaśriyā |
yuktaṃ sadṛśasaṃyogaṃ tadā vidhiradarśayat || 41 ||
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evaṃ duravadhāryaiva gatiścittasya yoṣitām |
daivasyevāvicārasya nīcaikābhimukhasya ca || 42 ||
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evaṃ cātyaktaśīlānāṃ sasattvānāṃ jitakrudhām |
tuṣṭvevācintitā eva svayamāyānti saṃpadaḥ || 43 ||
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ityākhyāya kathāṃ mantrī gomukhaḥ punareva saḥ |
naravāhanadattāya kathāmetāmavarṇayat || 44 ||
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ko 'pyāsīdbodhisattvāṃśo vane kvāpi kṛtoṭajaḥ |
karuṇaikāgrahṛdayo mahāsattvastapaścaran || 45 ||
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sa tatra jantūn āpannān piśācāṃś ca samuddharan |
aparāṃś ca jalair annaiḥ svaprabhāvād atarpayat || 46 ||
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ekadānyopakārārthaṃ bhramanso 'trāṭavībhuvi |
mahāntaṃ kūpamadrākṣīttadantaś ca dadau dṛśam || 47 ||
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tāvac ca strī tadantaḥsthā taṃ dṛṣṭvoccair abhāṣata |
bho mahātmannahaṃ nārī siṃhaḥ svarṇaśikhaḥ khagaḥ || 48 ||
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bhujagaś ceti catvāraḥ kūpe 'tra rajanau vayam |
patitās tad ataḥ kleśād uddhārāsmān kṛpāṃ kuru || 49 ||
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etac chrutvā jagādaitāṃ striyaṃ yūyaṃ trayo yadi |
tamasāndhā nipatitāḥ khago 'tra patitaḥ katham || 50 ||
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tathaivaiṣo 'pi patito vyādhajālena saṃyataḥ |
iti sāpi mahāsattvaṃ taṃ nārī pratyabhāṣata || 51 ||
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tatas tān sa tapaḥśaktyā yāvad uddhartum icchati |
tāvac chaśākas noddhartuṃ siddhis tasya tv ahīyata || 52 ||
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pāpeyaṃ strī dhruvaṃ siddhiretatsaṃbhāṣaṇāddhi me |
naṣṭā yatas tv atra tāvad yuktim anyāṃ karomy aham || 53 ||
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iti saṃcintya rajjvā tāṃstṛṇāveṣṭitayākhilān |
ujjahāra mahāsattvaḥ sa kūpātkurvataḥ stutim || 54 ||
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savismayaś ca papracchas siṃhapakṣibhujaṃgamān |
vyaktā vāg vaḥ kathaṃ kīdṛgvṛttāntaś cocyatām iti || 55 ||
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tataḥ siṃho 'bravīdvyaktavāco jātismarā vayam |
anyonyabādhakāścāsmadvṛttāntaṃ ca kramācchṛṇu || 56 ||
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ity uktvā sa svavṛttāntaṃ siṃho vaktuṃ pracakrame |
asti vaidūryaśṛṅgākhyaṃ tuṣārādrau purottamam || 57 ||
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padmavegābhidhāno 'sti tatra vidyādhareśvaraḥ |
vajravegābhidhānaś ca putrastasyodapadyata || 58 ||
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sa vajravego 'haṃkārī virodhaṃ yenakenacit |
sākaṃ śauryamadāccakre loke vaidyādhare vasan || 59 ||
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niṣedhataḥ pitus tasya yadā nāgaṇayadvacaḥ |
tadā pitā tamaśapanmartyaloke pateti saḥ || 60 ||
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tato naṣṭamado bhraṣṭavidyaḥ śāpahato rudan |
vajravegaḥ sa pitaraṃ śāpāntaṃ tamayācata || 61 ||
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tataḥ sa tatpitā padmavego dhyātvābravītkṣaṇāt |
bhuvi viprasuto bhūtvā kṛtvāpyevaṃ madaṃ punaḥ || 62 ||
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pituḥ śāpāttataḥ siṃho bhūtvā kūpe patiṣyasi |
mahāsattvaś ca kṛpayā kaś cittvāmuddhariṣyati || 63 ||
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tasya pratyupakāraṃ ca vidhāyāpadi mokṣyase |
śāpād asmād iti pitā śāpāntaṃ tasya sa vyadhāt || 64 ||
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atheha vajravego 'sau viprasyājani mālave |
haraghoṣābhidhānasya devaghoṣābhidhaḥ sutaḥ || 65 ||
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sa tatrāpyakarodvair aṃ bahubhiḥ śauryagarvataḥ |
bahubhir ma kṛthā vairamiti taṃ cāvadatpitā || 66 ||
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akurvāṇaṃ vacas tasya śaptavān sa pitā krudhā |
śauryābhimānī durbuddhe siṃhastvaṃ bhava sāṃpratam || 67 ||
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evaṃ tasya pituḥ śāpāddevaghoṣaḥ punaś ca saḥ |
vidyādharāvatāraḥ sansiṃho jāto 'tra kānane || 68 ||
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tam imaṃ viddhi māṃ siṃhaṃ so 'haṃ daivādbhramanniśi |
kūpe 'dya patito 'muṣminmahāsattvoddhṛtastvayā || 69 ||
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tadyāmi tāvadāpac ca yadā syātkvāpi te tadā |
māṃ smarerupakāraṃ te kṛtvā mokṣye svaśāpataḥ || 70 ||
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ityūdīrya gate siṃhe bodhisattvena tena saḥ |
pṛṣṭaḥ suvarṇacūlo 'tha pakṣī svodantam abhyadhāt || 71 ||
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asti vidyādharādhīśo vajradaṃṣṭro himācale |
tasya devyāmajāyanta pañca kanyā nirantarāḥ || 72 ||
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tataḥ sa haramārādhya tapasā prāptavānsutam |
rājā rajatadaṃṣṭrākhyaṃ jīvitādadhikapriyam || 73 ||
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sa tena pitrā bālo 'pi vidyāḥ snehena lambhitaḥ |
vṛddhiṃ rajatadaṃṣṭro 'tra bandhunetrotsavo yayau || 74 ||
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ekadā bhaginīṃ jyeṣṭhāṃ nāmnā somaprabhāṃ ca saḥ |
gauryāḥ puraḥ piñjarakaṃ vādayantīmavaikṣata || 75 ||
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dehi piñjarakaṃ mahyaṃ vādayāmy aham apy adaḥ |
ityayācata tāṃ so 'tha bālatvādanubandhataḥ || 76 ||
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sā tannādādyadā tasmai tadā cāpalataḥ svayam |
tasyāstatso 'pahṛtyaiva pakṣīvodapatan nabhaḥ || 77 ||
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sātha svasā tamaśapadyanme piñjarakaṃ haṭhāt |
hatvoḍḍīno 'si tatpakṣī svarṇacūlo bhaviṣyasi || 78 ||
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tac chrutvā pādapatitenaitya sā tena yācitā |
svasā rajatadaṃṣṭreṇa tasya śāpāntam abravīt || 79 ||
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pakṣī bhūtvāndhakūpe tvaṃ yadā mūḍha patiṣyasi |
uddhariṣyati kaścic ca tadā tvāṃ karuṇāparaḥ || 80 ||
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tasya kṛtvopakārāṃśaṃ śāpametaṃ tariṣyasi |
ity uktaḥ sa tayā bhrātā svarṇacūlaḥ khago 'jani || 81 ||
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sa eṣa svarṇacūlo 'haṃ pakṣī bhraṣṭo 'vaṭe niśi |
ihoddhṛto 'smi bhavatā tadidānīṃ vrajāmy aham || 82 ||
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āpadi tvaṃ smarermāṃ ca tava kṛtvā hyupakriyām |
śāpānmokṣye 'hamity uktvā so 'pi pakṣī yayau tataḥ || 83 ||
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tataḥ sa bodhisattvena tena pṛṣṭo bhujaṃgamaḥ |
svodantaṃ kathayām āsa tasmāyatra mahātmane || 84 ||
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purā munikumāro 'hamabhūvaṃ kaśyapāśrame |
abhavattatra caiko me vayasyo muniputrakaḥ || 85 ||
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ekadā cāvatīrṇe 'sminsaraḥ snātuṃ vayasyake |
taṭasthito 'hamadrākṣaṃ triphaṇaṃ sarpamāgatam || 86 ||
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tena bhīṣayituṃ taṃ ca vayasyaṃ narmaṇā mayā |
tatsaṃmukhaṃ taṭānte sa baddho mantrabalādahiḥ || 87 ||
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kṣaṇātsnātvā taṭaṃ prāpto madvayasyo vilokya saḥ |
aśaṅkitaṃ mahāhiṃ taṃ trasto moham upāgamat || 88 ||
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cirādāśvāsitaḥ so 'tha mayā dhyānādavetya tat |
matkṛtaṃ trāsanaṃ kopācchapati sma sakhāpi mām || 89 ||
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gacchedṛgeva triphaṇaḥ sarpo bhava mahāniti |
anunīto 'tha śāpāntamṛṣiputraḥ sa me 'vadat || 90 ||
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sarpībhūtaṃ cyutaṃ kūpe yo 'sau tvāmuddhariṣyati |
tasyopakṛtyāvasare śāpamukto bhaviṣyasi || 91 ||
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ity uktvaiva gate tasminneṣo 'haṃ sarpatāṃ gataḥ |
uddhṛto 'smi tvayā cādya kūpāttadyāmi saṃprati || 92 ||
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smṛtaścaityopakāraṃ te kṛtvā mokṣye svaśāpataḥ |
ity uktvā bhujage yāte strī svavṛttamavarṇayat || 93 ||
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ahaṃ kṣatriyaputrasya bhāryā rājopasevinaḥ |
śūrasya tyāgino yūnaścārurūpasya māninaḥ || 94 ||
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kṛto 'nyapuruṣāsaṅgo mayā tadapi pāpayā |
tadvijñāya sa bhartā me nigrahāyākaronmatim || 95 ||
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sakhīmukhāc ca tadbuddhvā tadaibāhaṃ palāyitā |
rātrau vanaṃ praviṣṭedaṃ kūpabhraṣṭoddhṛtā tvayā || 96 ||
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tvatprasādādidānīṃ ca gatvā jīvāmi kutracit |
bhūyāttanme dinaṃ yatra kuryāṃte pratyupakriyām || 97 ||
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ity uktvā bodhisattvaṃ taṃ kulaṭā nikaṭāttataḥ |
gotravardhanasaṃjñasya rājñaḥ sā nagaraṃ yayau || 98 ||
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tasya saṃgatimutpādya parivārajanaiḥ saha |
tasthau rājamahādevyā dāsībhāvāśrayeṇa sā || 99 ||
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tasyāpi bodhisattvasya tasyāḥ saṃbhāṣaṇātstriyāḥ |
nāvirāsīdvane naṣṭasiddhermūlaphalādikam || 100 ||
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tataḥ kṣuttṛṣṇayā klāntaḥ prāksa siṃhaṃ tamasmarat |
smṛtāgataḥ sa caitasya vyadhādvṛttiṃ mṛgāmiṣaiḥ || 101 ||
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kaṃcitkālaṃ sa tanmāṃsaiḥ prakṛtisthaṃ vidhāya tam |
kesarī so 'bravītkṣīṇaḥ saśāpo me vrajāmy aham || 102 ||
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ity uktvā siṃhatāṃ muktvā bhūtvā vidyādharaś ca saḥ |
jagāma tadanujñātastamāmantrya nijaṃ padam || 103 ||
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tataḥ sa bodhisattvāṃśo vṛttiglānaḥ punaḥ khagam |
sasmāra svarṇacūlaṃ tam upāgātso 'pi tatsmṛtaḥ || 104 ||
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āveditārtis tenāsau gatvānīya khagaḥ kṣaṇāt |
ratnābharaṇasaṃpūrṇāṃ dadau tasmai karaṇḍikām || 105 ||
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uvāca caitenārthena vṛttiḥ syāc chāśvatī tava |
mama jātaś ca śāpāntaḥ svasti te sādhayāmy aham || 106 ||
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ity uktvā so 'pi bhūtvaiva vidyādharakumārakaḥ |
svalokaṃ nabhasā gatvā prāpa rājyaṃ nijātpituḥ || 107 ||
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so 'pi ratnāni vikretuṃ bodhisattvaḥ paribhraman |
tatprāpa nagaraṃ yatra sā strī kūpoddhṛtā sthitā || 108 ||
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tatraikasyāś ca vṛddhāyā brāhmaṇyā vijane gṛhe |
nidhāya tānyābharaṇānyāpaṇaṃ yāvadeti sasḥ || 109 ||
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tāvaddadarśa tām eva vane kūpātsamuddhṛtām |
striyaṃ saṃmukhamāyāntīṃ sāpi strī paśyati sma tam || 110 ||
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saṃbhāṣaṇe kṛte 'nyonyamatha sā strī kathākramāt |
svaṃ rājamahiṣīpārśvasthitamasmai nyavedayat || 111 ||
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so 'pi pṛṣṭasvavṛttāntastayā tasyai śaśaṃsa tām |
ratnābharaṇasaṃprāptiṃ svarṇacūlakhagādṛjuḥ || 112 ||
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nītvā cābharaṇaṃ tasyai vṛddhāveśmany adarśayat |
sāpi gatvā śaṭhā rājñyai svasvāminyai śaśaṃsa tat || 113 ||
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tasyāś ca rājñyā gehāntaḥ svarṇacūlena pakṣiṇā |
nītaṃ chalena paśyantyā evābharaṇabhāṇḍakam || 114 ||
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tac ca sā svapuraprāptaṃ rājñī tasyā mukhātstriyāḥ |
biddhvā viditavedyāyā rājānaṃ taṃ vyajijñapat || 115 ||
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rājāpi bodhisattvaṃ taṃ darśitaṃ kustriyā tayā |
ānāyayatsābharaṇaṃ bhṛtyair baddhvā gṛhāttataḥ || 116 ||
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paripṛcchya ca vṛttāntaṃ satyaṃ matvāpi tadvacaḥ |
sthāpayām āsa baddhaṃ taṃ gṛhītvābharaṇāny api || 117 ||
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sa bandhastho 'tra sasmāra bodhisattvo bhujaṃgamam |
ṛṣiputrāvatāraṃ tam upatasthe ca so 'pi tam || 118 ||
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dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ sa pṛṣṭārthaḥ sarpaḥ sādhum abhāṣata |
gatvāhaṃ veṣṭayāmyetamā mūrdhāntaṃ mahīpatim || 119 ||
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na ca muñcāmyamuṃ yāvadāgatyokto 'smi na tvayā |
mokṣyāmyahaṃ nṛpaṃ sarpāditi tvaṃ ca vaderiha || 120 ||
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tvayyāgate tvadvacasā mokṣyāmy ahamato nṛpam |
manmuktaścaiṣa rājā te svarājyārdhaṃ pradāsyati || 121 ||
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ity uktvā taṃ sa gatvaiva pariveṣṭitavānahiḥ |
rājānamāsta caitasya mūrdhni kṛtvā phaṇatrayam || 122 ||
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hā hā daṣṭo 'hinā rājetyākrandati jane 'tha saḥ |
bodhisattvo 'bravīdrakṣāmyahaṃ nṛpamaheriti || 123 ||
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śrutavadbhiś ca tadvākyaṃ vijñaptaḥ so 'nujīvibhiḥ |
ānāyya bodhisattvaṃ taṃ sarpākrānto 'bravīnnṛpaḥ || 124 ||
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yadi māṃ mocayasyasmātsarpāttatte dadāmy aham |
rājyārdhamantarasthāś ca tavaite mantriṇo 'tra me || 125 ||
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tac chrutvā bāḍhamity ukte mantribhiḥ sa jagāda tam |
bhujaṃgaṃ bodhisattvāṃśo muñca rājānamāśviti || 126 ||
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tatastenāhinā mukto rājyārdhaṃ nṛpatirdadau |
sa tasmai bodhisattvāya so 'pi svastho 'bhavatkṣaṇāt || 127 ||
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sarpaś ca kṣīṇaśāpaḥ san bhūtvā munikumārakaḥ |
sadasyākhyātavṛttānto jagāma nijamāśramam || 128 ||
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evaṃ niścitamabhyeti śubham eva śubhātmanām |
evaṃ cātikramo nāma kleśāya mahatāmapi || 129 ||
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aviśvāsāspadaṃ caiva strīṇāṃ spṛśati nāśayam |
prāṇadānopakāro 'pi kiṃ tāsāmanyaducyate || 130 ||
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ityākhyāya kathāṃ vatsarājaputraṃ sa gomukhaḥ |
uvāca kathayāmyetāḥ punarmugdhakathāḥ śṛṇu || 131 ||
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babhūva śramaṇaḥ kaścidvihāre kvāpi mūḍhadhīḥ |
sa rathyāyāṃ bhramañjātu śunā jānunyadaśyata || 132 ||
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śvadaṣṭaḥ sa vihāraṃ svam upāgatya vyacintayat |
kiṃ vṛttaṃ jānuni tavetyekaikaḥ prakṣyatīha mām || 133 ||
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pratyāyayiṣyāmy evaṃ ca kiyato 'haṃ kiyac ciram |
tadupāyaṃ karomy atra sarvān bodhayituṃ sakṛt || 134 ||
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ityālocya samāruhya sa vihāropari drutam |
gṛhītvā granthimusalaṃ mūḍho bhikṣuravādayat || 135 ||
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akāraṇamakāle kiṃ granthiṃ vādayasīti tam |
śrutvāścasryeṇa militāḥ papracchuratha bhikṣavaḥ || 136 ||
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śunā me bhakṣitaṃ jānu tadekaikasya pṛcchataḥ |
bruve 'haṃ kiyadityevaṃ yūyaṃ saṃghaṭitā mayā || 137 ||
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tad budhyadhvaṃ samaṃ sarve jānu me paśyateti saḥ |
bhikṣūn pratyabravīd etāñ śvadaṣṭaṃ jānu darśayan || 138 ||
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tataḥ pārśvopapīḍaṃ te samagrā bhikṣavo 'hasan |
kiyanmātre kṛto 'nena saṃrambho 'yaṃ kiyāniti || 139 ||
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ākhyātaḥ śramaṇo mūrkhaṣṭakkvamūrkho niśamyatāsm |
kadaryaḥ ko 'py abhūtkvāpi mūrkhaṣṭakko mahādhanaḥ || 140 ||
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sabhāyaḥ sa sadā bhuṅkte saktūṃllavaṇavarjitān |
anyasyānnasya bubudhe naiva svādaṃ sa jātucit || 141 ||
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ekadā prerito dhātrā sa bhāryām abravīnnijām |
kṣīriṇīṃ prati jātā me śraddhā tāmadya me paca || 142 ||
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tatheti tasya sā bhāryā papāca kṣīriṇīṃ tadā |
tasthau cābhyantare guptaṃ sa ṭakkaḥ śayanaṃ śritaḥ || 143 ||
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dṛṣṭvā prāghuṇikaḥ kaścid atra me mā sma bhūditi |
tāvattasya suhṛddhūrtaṣṭakkastatraika yāyayau || 144 ||
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kva te bharteti papraccha sa ca tāṃ tasya gehinīm |
sāpy adattotarā tasya prāviśadbharturantikam || 145 ||
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ākhyātamittrāgamanā so 'pi bhāryāṃ jagāda tām |
upaviśyeha rudatī pādāvādāya tiṣṭha me || 146 ||
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bhartā me mṛta ityevaṃ vadeś ca suhṛdaṃ mama |
tato gate 'sminn āvābhyāṃ bhoktavyā kṣīriṇī sukham || 147 ||
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ity uktā tena yāvat sā pravṛttā rodituṃ tadā |
tāvat praviśya so 'pṛcchatkimetaditi tāṃ suhṛt || 148 ||
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bhartā mṛto me paśyeti tayāktaḥ sa vyacintayat |
kva pacantī mayā dṛṣṭā sukhitā kṣīriṇāmiyam || 149 ||
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kvādhunaiva vipanno 'yametadbhartā vinā rujam |
nūnaṃ māṃ prāghunaṃ dṛṣṭvā kṛtamābhyāmidaṃ mṛṣā || 150 ||
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tanmayā naiva gantavyamityalocyopaviśya saḥ |
dhūrto hā mittra hā mittretyākrandaṃs tatra tasthivān || 151 ||
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śrutākrandāḥ praviśyātra bāndhavā mṛtavatsthitam |
śmaśānaṃ bhautaṭakkaṃ taṃ netumāsansamudyatāḥ || 152 ||
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uttiṣṭha bāndhavair yāvadetair nītvā na dahyase |
ity upāṃśvavadatkarṇamūle bhāryā tadā ca tam || 153 ||
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maivaṃ śaṭho 'yaṃ ṭakko me kṣīriṇīṃ bhoktumicchati |
nottiṣṭhāmi tad etasminn agate 'haṃ mṛto yadi || 154 ||
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prāṇebhyo 'py annamuṣṭirhi mādṛśānāṃ garīyasi |
iti pratyabravīdbhāryām upāṃśveva sa tāṃ jaḍaḥ || 155 ||
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tatastena kumittreṇa nītvā taiḥ svajanaiś ca saḥ |
dahyamāno 'pi niśceṣṭo dadau nāmaraṇādvacaḥ || 156 ||
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evaṃ sa mūḍho vijahau prāṇānna kṣīriṇīṃ punaḥ |
kleśārjitaṃ ca bubhuje tasyānyair helayā dhanam || 157 ||
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śrutaḥ kadaryaḥ śrūyantāmamī mārjārabhautakāḥ |
ujjayinyām upādhyāyo mugdhaḥ ko 'py abhavanmaṭhe || 158 ||
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tatra nidrā na tasyābhūnmūṣakopadravānniśi |
tatkhinnastac ca suhṛde sa kasmaicidavarṇayast || 159 ||
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mārjāraṃ sthāpayānīya so 'tra khādati mūṣakān |
iti so 'pi suhṛdviprastamupādhyāyamabravīt || 160 ||
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mārjāraḥ kīdṛśaḥ kvāste na sa dṛṣṭacaro mayā |
ity uktavatyupādhyāye taṃ suhṛtso 'bravītpunaḥ || 161 ||
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kācare locane tasya varṇaḥ kapiladhūsaraḥ |
pṛṣṭhe ca lomaśaṃ carma rathyāsvaṭati ceha saḥ || 162 ||
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tadebhistvamabhijñānair anviṣyānāyayāśu tam |
mitra mārjāramity uktvā tatsuhṛtsa yayau gṛham || 163 ||
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tataḥ śiṣyānupādhyāyaḥ sa jagāda jaḍo nijān |
abhijñānāni yuṣmābhiḥ śrutānyeva sthitair iha || 164 ||
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tadanviṣyata mārjāraṃ rathyāsu tamiha kva cit |
tatheti te gatāḥ śiṣyās tatra bhremuritas tataḥ || 165 ||
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tathāpi na tu tair dṛṣṭo mārjāraḥ sa kadācana |
athaikaṃ te baṭuṃ rathyāmukhādaikṣanta nirgatam || 166 ||
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kācaraṃ netrayugale varṇe dhūsarapiṅgalam |
pṛṣṭhopari dadhānaṃ ca lomaśaṃ hariṇājinam || 167 ||
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dṛṣṭvā taṃ saiṣa mārjāraḥ prāpto 'smābhir yathāśrutaḥ |
ityavaṣṭabhya taṃ ninyurupādhyāyāntikaṃ ca te || 168 ||
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upādhyāyo 'pi mittroktair yuktaṃ mārjāralakṣaṇaiḥ |
dṛṣṭvā taṃ sthāpayām āsa rātrau tatra maṭhāntare || 169 ||
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mārjāro nūnamastīti mene so 'pi baṭurjaḍaḥ |
mārjārākhyāṃ kṛtāṃ śṛṇvannātmanastair abuddhibhiḥ || 170 ||
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sa ca bhauto baṭuḥ śiṣyas tasya viprasya yena tat |
upādhyāyasya tasyoktaṃ maitryā mārjāralakṣaṇam || 171 ||
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prātaḥ so 'trāgato vipro baṭumantarvilokya tam |
iha kenāyamānīta iti bhautānuvāca tān || 172 ||
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śrutopalakṣaṇastvatto mārjāro 'smābhir eṣa saḥ |
ānīta ity upādhyāyo bhautaḥ śiṣyāś ca te 'vadan || 173 ||
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tato vihasya so 'vādīdvipro mūḍhāḥ kva mānuṣaḥ |
kva ca tiryaksa mārjāraścatuṣpātpucchavānapi || 174 ||
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tac chrutvā taṃ baṭuṃ muktvā te 'bruvanmandabuddhayaḥ |
tarhyanviṣyānayāmastaṃ mārjāraṃ tādṛśaṃ punaḥ || 175 ||
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evam uktavato mūḍhāñjanas tatra jahāsa tān |
ajñatā nāma kasyeha nopahāsāya jāyate || 176 ||
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mārjārabhautaḥ kathitaḥ śrūyantāmapare 'py amī |
āsīdbahūnāṃ mugdhānāṃ mukhyo mugdho maṭhe kva cit || 177 ||
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sa kenacid vācyamānād dharmaśāstrāt kadācana |
taḍāgakartur aśrauṣīd amutra sumahatphalam || 178 ||
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tataḥ sa dhanasaṃpūrṇo vipulaṃ vāripūritam |
taḍāgaṃ kārayām āsa nātidūre nijānmaṭhāt || 179 ||
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ekadā sa taḍāgaṃ taṃ draṣṭuṃ mugdhāgraṇīrgataḥ |
kenāpyutpāṭitānyasya pulināni vyalokayat || 180 ||
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tathaivāgatya so 'nyedyurutkhātaṃ taṭamanyataḥ |
dṛṣṭvā tasya taḍāgasya sodvegaḥ samacintayat || 181 ||
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prātaḥ prabhātād ārabhya sthāsyāmīhaiva vāsaram |
drakṣyāmi kaḥ karoty etad ity ālocya yayau prage || 182 ||
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anyedyuryāvadetyāste tāvattatra dadarśa saḥ |
divo 'vatīrya śṛṅgābhyāṃ khanantaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ taṭam || 183 ||
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divyo vṛṣo 'yaṃ tatkiṃ na divaṃ yāmi sahāmunā |
ity upetya vṛṣasyāsya hastābhyāṃ pucchamagrahīt || 184 ||
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tataḥ pucchāgralagnaṃ taṃ bhautamutkṣipya vegataḥ |
kṣaṇānnināya kailāsaṃ svaṃ dhāma bhagavānvṛṣaḥ || 185 ||
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tatra divyāni bhakṣyāṇi modakādīny avāpya saḥ |
bhuñjāno nyavasad bhauto dināni katicit sukhaṃ || 186 ||
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gatātagāni kurvāṇaṃ sa dṛṣṭvā taṃ mahāvṛṣam |
acintayata bhautānāṃ mukhyo daivena mohitaḥ || 187 ||
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gacchāmi vṛṣapucchāgralagnaḥ paśyāmi bāndhavān |
kathayitvādbhutamidaṃ tathaivaiṣyāmyahaṃ punaḥ || 188 ||
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iti saṃcintya vṛṣabhasyaikadopetya tasya saḥ |
ālambya gacchataḥ pucchamāgādbhauto bhuvastalam || 189 ||
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tataḥ prāpto maṭhe bhautair anyair āśliṣya tatsthitaiḥ |
kva gato 'sīti pṛṣṭastaṃ svavṛttāntaṃ śaśaṃsa saḥ || 190 ||
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tataḥ sarve śrutāścasryā bhautāste prārthayanta tam |
prasīda naya tatrāsmānapi bhojaya modakān || 191 ||
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tac chrutvā sa tathetyetānyuktimuktvāpare dine |
taḍāgopāntamanayatsa ca tatrāyayau vṛṣaḥ || 192 ||
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jagrāha tasya lāṅgūlaṃ mukhyaḥ pāṇidvayena saḥ |
tasyāspyagṛhṇāccaraṇāvanyastasyāpi cetaraḥ || 193 ||
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ityanyonyāṅghrilagnaistair bhautair yāvac ca śṛṅkhalā |
racitā sa vṛṣastāvadutpapāta javānnabhaḥ || 194 ||
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yāti tasmiṃś ca vṛṣabhe lāṅgūlālambibhautake |
mukhyabhautaṃ tamaprākṣīdeko bhauto 'tha daivataḥ || 195 ||
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śraddhāmākhyāhi nastāvadyatheṣṭasulabhā divi |
kiyatpramāṇā bhavatā modakā bhakṣitā iti || 196 ||
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tato bhraṣṭānusaṃdhāno vṛṣapucchaṃ vimucya tam |
padmākārau karau kṛtvā saṃśliṣṭau bhautanāyakaḥ || 197 ||
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iyatpramāṇā ity āśu yāvat tān prativakti saḥ |
tāvat so 'nye ca te sarve khān nipatya vipedire || 198 ||
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vṛṣaḥ prāyāc ca kailāsaṃ jano dṛṣṭvā jahāsa ca |
doṣāya nirvimarśaivaṃ bhautapraśnottarakriyā || 199 ||
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śrutā dyugāmino bhautāḥ śrūyatāmaparo 'py ayam |
kaścidbhauto visasmāra mārgaṃ mārgāntaraṃ vrajan || 200 ||
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tarornadītaṭasthasya gacchāsyoparivartmanā |
ity ucyate sma panthānaṃ paripṛcchañjanaiś ca saḥ || 201 ||
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tatas tasya taroḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ gatvārūḍhaḥ sa mūḍhadhīḥ |
etatpṛṣṭhena me panthā upadiṣṭo janair iti || 202 ||
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tatpṛṣṭhe sarpataścāsya bharātparyantavartinī |
śākhā nanāma yatnena papātālambya naiṣa tām || 203 ||
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tāmālambya sthito yāvattāvattenāyayau pathā |
āroheṇoparisthena nadyāṃ pītajalaḥ karī || 204 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā taruśākhāgralambhī bhautaḥ sa dīnavāk |
mahātmanmāṃ gṛhāṇeti hastyāroham uvāca tam || 205 ||
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hastyārohaś ca bhautaṃ tam avatārayituṃ taroḥ |
pādayor agrahīd dvābhyāṃ pāṇibhyām ujjhitāṅkuśaḥ || 206 ||
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tāvac ca nirgatya gate gaje bhautasya tasya saḥ |
lalambe pādayohastipako vṛkṣāgralambinaḥ || 207 ||
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tataḥ sa tvarayan bhauto hastyārohaṃ tam abhyadhāt |
yadi jānāsi tacchrighraṃ yat kiṃcid gīyatāṃ tvayā || 208 ||
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ito 'vatārayejjātu yacchrutvāgatya nau janaḥ |
patitāvanyathādhastāddharedāvāmiyaṃ nadī || 209 ||
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ity uktaḥ sa gajārohastena mañju tathā jagau |
yathā sa eva bhauto 'tra paritoṣamagātparam || 210 ||
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sādhuvādaṃ ca sa dadadvismṛtyojjhitapādapaḥ |
dātuṃ prāvartata dvābhyāṃ hastābhyāṃ choṭikāṃ jaḍaḥ || 211 ||
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tatkṣaṇaṃ vinipatyaiva sahastyāroha eva saḥ |
nadyāṃ vipede mūrkhair hi saṅgaḥ kasyāsti śarmaṇe || 212 ||
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ityākhyāya kathāṃ bhūyo vatseśvarasutāya saḥ |
gomukhaḥ kathayām āsa hiraṇyākṣakathāmimām || 213 ||
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astīha himavatkukṣau deśaḥ pṛthvīśiromaṇiḥ |
kaśmīra iti vidyānāṃ dharmasya ca niketanam || 214 ||
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tatrādhiṣṭhānamabhavaddhiraṇyapuranāmakam |
kanakākṣa iti khyātastasminrājā babhūva ca || 215 ||
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tasya ratnaprabhādevyāṃ śaṃkarārādhanodbhavaḥ |
putro hiraṇyākṣa iti kṣmāpaterudapadyata || 216 ||
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sa jātu gulikākrīḍāṃ kurvan gulikayā chalāt |
tāpasīṃ rājatanayo mārgāyātām atāḍayat || 217 ||
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sā tāpasī jitakrodhā rājaputraṃ vihasya tam |
yogīśvarī hiraṇyākṣam uvāca vikṛtānanā || 218 ||
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svayauvanādikair īdṛg darpaś cet tava tāṃ yadi |
mṛgāṅkalekhām āpnoṣi bhāryāṃ tat kīdṛśo bhavet || 219 ||
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tac chrutvā kṣamayitvā tāṃ rājaputraḥ sa pṛṣṭavān |
keṣā mṛgāṅkalekhākhyā bhagavatyucyatāmiti || 220 ||
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tatas taṃ sābravīdasti śaśitejā iti śrutaḥ |
vidyādharendro himavatyacalendre mahāyaśāḥ || 221 ||
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mṛgāṅkalekhā tasyāsti tanayā varakanyakā |
rūpeṇa dyucarendrāṇā niśāsūnnidrakapradā || 222 ||
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sā cānurūpā bhāryā te tasyāstvamucitaḥ patiḥ |
ity uktaḥ siddhatāpasyā hiraṇyākṣo jagāda tām || 223 ||
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kathaṃ bhagavati prāpyā mayā sā tarhi kathyatām |
tac chrutvā sā hiraṇyākṣaṃ taṃ yogeśvaryabhāṣata || 224 ||
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gatvāhaṃ tvatkathākhyānādupalapsye tadāśayam |
āgatya cāham eva tvāṃ tatra neṣyāmyataḥ param || 225 ||
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ihāsti yo 'mareśākhyo devastatketane tvayā |
prātaḥ prāpsyāsmi nityaṃ hi tamarcitum upaimy aham || 226 ||
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ity uktvā nabhasā prāyāttāpasī sā svasiddhitaḥ |
tasyā mṛgāṅkalekhāyā nikaṭaṃ tuhinācalam || 227 ||
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tatra tasyai hiraṇyākṣaguṇān yuktyā śaśaṃsa sā |
tathā yathā divyakanyā sātyutkaivam uvāca tām || 228 ||
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tādṛśaṃ cenna bhartāraṃ prāpnuyāṃ bhagavaty aham |
tanniṣphalena kiṃ kāryamamunā jīvitena me || 229 ||
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ityārūḍhasmarāveśā nītvā tatkathayā dinam |
mṛgāṅkalekhā tāpasyā sahovāsa tayā niśām || 230 ||
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tāvat so 'pi hiraṇyākṣastaccintānītavāsaraḥ |
suptaḥ kathaṃcijjagade gauryā svapne niśākṣaye || 231 ||
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vidyādharaḥ san prāptas tvaṃ muniśāpena martyatām |
tāpasyāḥ karasaṃsparśādetasyā mokṣyase tataḥ || 232 ||
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mṛgāṅkalekhāṃ ca tatastāmāśu pariṇeṣyasi |
taccintā nātra kāryā te pūrvabhāryā hi sā tava || 233 ||
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ityādiśyaiva sā devī tiro 'bhūttasya so 'pi ca |
prabudhya prātar utthāya cakre snānādimaṅgalam || 234 ||
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tato 'vareśvarasyāgre gatvā tasthau praṇamya tam |
yatra saṃketakaṃ tasya tāpasyā vihitaṃ tayā || 235 ||
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atrāntare ca katham apy āptanidrāṃ svamandire |
mṛgāṅkalekhām apitāṃ gaurī svapne samādiśat || 236 ||
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kṣīṇaśāpaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ jātaṃ vidyādharaṃ punaḥ |
karasparśena tāpasyāḥ patiṃ prāpsyasy alaṃ śucā || 237 ||
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ity uktvāntarhitāyāṃ ca devyāṃ prātaḥ prabudhya sā |
mṛgāṅkalekhā tāpasyai tasyai svapnaṃ śaśaṃsa tam || 238 ||
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sā tac chrutvaiva cāgatya bhūlokaṃ siddhatāpasī |
sthitaṃ kṣetre 'mareśasya hiraṇyākṣaṃ tam abhyadhāt || 239 ||
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ehi vaidyādharaṃ lokaṃ putrety uktvā kareṇa sā |
praṇataṃ taṃ samādāya bāhāvudapatan nabhaḥ || 240 ||
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tāvat sa sa hiraṇyākṣo bhūtvā vidyādhareśvaraḥ |
smṛtvā śāpakṣayājjātiṃ tāpasīṃ tām abhāṣata || 241 ||
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himādrau vajrakūṭākhye pure jānīhi māmiyam |
vidyādharāṇāṃ rājānaṃ nāmnāpyamṛtatejasam || 242 ||
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so 'hamullaṅghanakrodhācchāpaṃ prāpya purā muneḥ |
martyayonim upāgacchaṃ tvatkarasparśanāvadhim || 243 ||
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śaptasya me tadā bhāryā yā duḥkhādajahattanum |
saiṣā mṛgāṅkalekhādya jātā pūrvapriyā mama || 244 ||
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idānīṃ ca tvayā sārdhaṃ gatvā prāpsyāmi tāmaham |
tvatkarasparśapūtasya śāntaḥ śāpo hi so 'dya me || 245 ||
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iti bruvaṃstayā sākaṃ tāpasyā gaganena saḥ |
jagāmāmṛtatejāstaṃ himādriṃ dyucarādhipaḥ || 246 ||
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mṛgāṅkalekhām udyānasthitāṃ tatra dadarśa saḥ |
sāpy apaśyat tam āyāntaṃ tāpasyāveditaṃ tayā || 247 ||
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citraṃ śrutipathenādau praviśyānyonyamānasam |
anirgatyāpyaviśatāṃ dṛṣṭimārgeṇa tau punaḥ || 248 ||
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vivāhasiddhaye pitre tvayedaṃ kathyatāmiti |
ūce mṛgāṅkalekhātra tāpasyā prauḍhayā tayā || 249 ||
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tato lajjānatamukhī sā gatvā pitaraṃ nijam |
sakhīmukhena tatsarvaṃ bodhayām āsa tatkṣaṇam || 250 ||
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so 'pi svapne 'mbikādiṣṭastatpitā khecareśvaraḥ |
tamanaiṣītsvabhavanaṃ saṃmānyāmṛtatejasam || 251 ||
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dadau mṛgāṅkalekhāṃ ca tasmai tāṃ sa yathāvidhi |
kṛtodvāhaś ca taṃ vajrakūṭaṃ svaṃ prayayau puram || 252 ||
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tatra so 'mṛtatejāḥ svaṃ rājyaṃ prāpya sabhāryakam |
ānītaṃ siddhatāpasyā martyatvātpitaraṃ nijam || 253 ||
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kanakākṣaṃ tamabhyarcya bhogaiḥ prāpayya bhūtalam |
mṛgāṅkalekhayā sākaṃ tāmṛddhiṃ bubhuje ciram || 254 ||
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iti pūrvakarmavihitaṃ bhavitavyaṃ jagati yasya jantoryat |
tadayatnena sa purataḥ patitaṃ prāpnotyasādhyamapi || 255 ||
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evaṃ gomukhakathitāṃ śaktiyaśasyutsuko niśamya kathām |
śayane niśi naravāhanadatto nidrāmasau bheje || 256 ||
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