Chapter 12

tatas tasya punar gatvā śiṃśapāśākhino 'ntikam |
tathaivollambamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā naraśarīragam || 1 ||
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vetālam avatāryaiva kṛtvāsmai bahu vaikṛtam |
sa trivikramaseno drāg gantuṃ pravavṛte tataḥ || 2 ||
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āgacchantaṃ ca taṃ tūṣṇīṃ vetālaḥ pūrvavatpathi |
rātrau mahāśmaśāne 'tra skandhastho vyājahāra saḥ || 3 ||
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rājann abhiniviṣṭo 'si kaṣṭe 'tyantapriyo 'si ca |
tat te cetovinodāya varṇayāmi kathāṃ śṛṇu || 4 ||
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ujjayinyām abhūd vipraḥ puṇyasenasya bhūpateḥ |
anujīvī priyo 'mātyo harisvāmīti sadguṇaḥ || 5 ||
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tasyātmano 'nurūpāyāṃ bhāryāyāṃ gṛhamedhinaḥ |
guṇavān sadṛśaḥ putro devasvāmīty ajāyata || 6 ||
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tadvac cānanya sāmānya rūpalāvaṇya viśrutā |
kanyā somaprabhā nāma tasyānvarthodapadyata || 7 ||
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sā pradeyā satī kanyā rūpotkarṣābhimāninī |
mātur mukhena pitaraṃ bhrātaraṃ ca jagāda tam || 8 ||
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śūrasya jñānino vāhaṃ deyā vijñānino 'pi vā |
anyasmai nāsmi dātavyā kāryaṃ majjīvitena cet || 9 ||
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tac chrutvā tādṛśaṃ tasyāś cinvann ekatamaṃ varam |
tatpitā sa harisvāmī yāvac cintāṃ vahaty alam || 10 ||
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tāvad vyasarjī rajñā sa puṇyasenena dūtyayā |
saṃdhyarthaṃ vigrahāyāta dākṣiṇātyanṛpāntikam || 11 ||
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kṛtakāryaś ca tatrāsāv ekenābhyetya tāṃ sutām |
yācito 'bhūd dvijāgryeṇa śrutatadrūpasaṃpadā || 12 ||
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vijñānino jñānino vā śūrād vā nāparaṃ patim |
matputrīcchati tat teṣāṃ madhyāt kathaya ko bhavān || 13 ||
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ity uktas tena bhāryārthaḥ sa harisvāminā dvijaḥ |
ahaṃ jānāmi vijñānam iti taṃ pratyabhāṣata || 14 ||
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tarhi tad darśayasveti puna uktaś ca tena saḥ |
vijñānī kalpayāmāsa svaśaktyā dyucaraṃ ratham || 15 ||
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māyāyantrarathe tatra taṃ harisvāminaṃ kṣaṇāt |
āropya nītvā svargādīṃ lokāṃs tasmā adarśayat || 16 ||
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ānināya ca tuṣṭaṃ taṃ tatraiva kaṭakaṃ punaḥ |
dākṣiṇātyasya nṛpater yatrāyātaḥ sa kāryataḥ || 17 ||
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tataḥ so 'smai harisvāmī pratiśuśrāva tāṃ sutām |
vijñānine vivāhaṃ ca niścikāyāhni saptame || 18 ||
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tatkālam ujjayinyām apy anyenaitya dvijanmanā |
devasvāmī sa tatputraḥ svasāraṃ tām ayācyata || 19 ||
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jñānivijñāniśūrebhyo nānyam icchati sā patim |
iti tenāpi so 'py uktaḥ śūram ātmānam abhyadhāt || 20 ||
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tato darśitaśastrāstraśriye tasmai dvijo 'nujām |
devasvāmī sa śūrāya dātuṃ tāṃ pratyapadyata || 21 ||
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saptame 'hni ca tatraiva vivāhaṃ gaṇakoktitaḥ |
tasyāpi so 'bhyadhān mātuḥ parokṣaṃ kṛtaniścayaḥ || 22 ||
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tanmātāpi harisvāmibhāryā tatkalam eva sā |
kenāpy etya tṛtīyena sutāṃ tāṃ yācitā pṛthak || 23 ||
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jñānī śūro 'tha vijñānī bhartāsmad duhitur mataḥ |
ity uktaś ca tayā mātar ahaṃ jñānīti so 'bhyadhāt || 24 ||
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pṛṣṭvā bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyac ca tasmai tāṃ jñānine sutām |
pratijajñe pradātuṃ sāpy ahni tatraiva saptame || 25 ||
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anyedyuś cāgataḥ so 'tra harisvāmī yathā kṛtam |
patnyaiḥ putrāya cācakhyau taṃ kanyādānaniścayam || 26 ||
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tau ca taṃ svakṛtaṃ tasmai bhinnaṃ bhinnam avocatām |
so 'pi tenākulo jajñe varatrayanimantraṇāt || 27 ||
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athodvāhadine tasmin harisvāmigṛhe varāḥ |
āyayur jñānivijñāniśūrās tatra trayo 'pi te || 28 ||
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tatkālaṃ cātra sā citraṃ kanyā somaprabhā vadhuḥ |
aśaṅkitaṃ gatā kvāpi na vicityāpy alabhyata || 29 ||
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tato 'bravīd dharisvāmī jñāninaṃ taṃ sasaṃbhramaḥ |
jñāninn idānīṃ brūhy āśu duhitā me kva sā gatā || 30 ||
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tac chrutvā so 'vadaj jñānī rākṣasenāpahṛtya sā |
nītā vindhyāṭavīṃ dhūmaśikhena vasatiṃ nijām || 31 ||
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ity ukto jñāninā bhīto harisvāmī jagāda saḥ |
hā dhik kathaṃ sā prapyeta vivāhaś cāpi hā katham || 32 ||
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śrutvaitat prāha vijñānī dhīro bhava nayāmi vaḥ |
tatrādhunaiva yatraiṣo jñānī vadati tāṃ sthitām || 33 ||
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ity uktvā tatkṣaṇaṃ kṛtvā rathaṃ sarvāstrasaṃyutam |
tatrāropya harisvāmijñāniśūrān khagāmini || 34 ||
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tān sa saṃprāpayāmāsa kṣaṇād vindhyāṭavībhuvi |
jñāninā tāṃ samākhyātāṃ vasatiṃ tatra rakṣasaḥ || 35 ||
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tatra taṃ rākṣasaṃ kruddhaṃ jñātavṛttāntanirgatam |
śūro 'tha yodhayāmāsa harisvāmipuraskṛtaḥ || 36 ||
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tadāścaryam abhūd yuddhaṃ tayor mānuṣarakṣasoḥ |
citrāstrayodhinoḥ stryarthaṃ rāmarāvaṇayor iva || 37 ||
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kṣaṇena ca sa saṅgrāmadurmadasyāpi rakṣasaḥ |
ardhacandreṇa bāṇena śūras tasyācchinac chiraḥ || 38 ||
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hate rakṣasi tāṃ somaprabhām āptāṃ tadāspadāt |
ādāya vijñānirathenājagmus te tato 'khilāḥ || 39 ||
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harisvāmigṛhaṃ prāpya teṣāṃ lagne 'py upasthite |
jñānivijñāniśūrāṇāṃ vivāda udabhūn mahān || 40 ||
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jñānī jagāda nāhaṃ cej jānīyāṃ tad iyaṃ katham |
prāpyeta kanyā gūḍhasthā deyā mahyam asāv itaḥ || 41 ||
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vijñānī tv avadan nāhaṃ kuryāṃ ced vyomagaṃ ratham |
gamāgamau kathaṃ syātāṃ devānām iva vaḥ kṣaṇāt || 42 ||
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kathaṃ syāc cārathaṃ yuddhaṃ rathinā rakṣasā saha |
tasmān mahyam iyaṃ deyā lagno hy eṣa mayājitaḥ || 43 ||
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śūro 'py uvāca hanyāṃ cen nāhaṃ taṃ rākṣasaṃ raṇe |
tad yuvābhyāṃ kṛte yatne 'py etāṃ kanyāṃ ka ānayet || 44 ||
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tan mahyam eṣā dātavyety evaṃ teṣu vivādiṣu |
harisvāmī kṣaṇaṃ tūṣṇīm āsīd udbhrāntamānasaḥ || 45 ||
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tat kasmai sātra deyeti rājan vadatu me bhavān |
na vadiṣyasi jānaṃś cet tat te mūrdhā sphuṭiṣyati || 46 ||
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iti vetālatas tasmāc chrutvā maunaṃ vihāya ca |
sa trivikramasenas tam uvācaivaṃ mahīpatiḥ || 47 ||
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śūrāya sā pradātavyā yena prāṇapaṇodyamāt |
arjitā bahuvīryeṇa hatvā taṃ yudhi rākṣasam || 48 ||
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jñānivijñāninau tv asya dhātrā karmakarau kṛtau |
sadā gaṇakatakṣāṇau paropakaraṇe na kim || 49 ||
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ity uktaṃ manujapater niśamya tasya skandhāgrāt sapadi sa pūrvavaj jagāma |
vetālo nijapadam eva so 'pi rājānudvegaḥ punar api taṃ prati pratasthe || 50 ||
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