Kathasaritsagara [sanskrit]
by C. H. Tawney | 2014 | 226,424 words | ISBN-13: 9789350501351
The Sanskrit edition of the Kathasaritsagara referencing the English translation and grammatical analysis. Written by Somadeva and dating from the 12th century, the Kathasaritsagara (or Katha-sarit-sagara) represents an epic legend narrating the adventures of Naravahanadatta as he strives to become the destined emperor of the Vidyadharas. Alternative titles: (Kathāsaritsāgara, कथासरित्सागर, Kathā-sarit-sāgara)
Chapter 21
sa trivikramaseno 'tha gatvā taṃ śiṃśapātaroḥ |
bhūyo 'py āsādya vetālaṃ skandhe jagrāha bhūpatiḥ || 1 ||
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prasthitaṃ ca tam urvīśaṃ sa vetālo 'bhyadhāt punaḥ |
rājañ śrānto 'si tac citrāṃ kathām ākhyāmi te śṛṇu || 2 ||
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asty ayodhyeti nagarī rājadhānī babhūva yā |
rakṣaḥkulakṛtāntasya rāmarūpasya śārṅgiṇaḥ || 3 ||
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tasyāṃ rājābhavad vīraketur nāma rarakṣa yaḥ |
kṣoṇīm imāṃ mahābāhuḥ prākāro nagarīm iva || 4 ||
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tasmin mahīpatāv asyāṃ puryām eko mahāvaṇik |
ratnadattābhidhāno 'bhūd vaṇiṅnīvahanāyakaḥ || 5 ||
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nandayantyabhidhānāyāṃ patnyāṃ tasyodapadyata |
sutā ratnavatī nāma devatārādhanārjitā || 6 ||
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sā ca tasya pitur veśmany avardhata manasvinī |
rūpalāvaṇyavinayaiḥ sahaiva sahajair guṇaiḥ || 7 ||
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yauvanasthāṃ ca tāṃ tasmād ratnadattān na kevalam |
mahānto vaṇijo yāvad rājāno 'pi yayācire || 8 ||
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sā tu puṃdveṣiṇī naicchad bhartāram api vāsavam |
prāṇatyāgodyatā sehe na vivāhakathām api || 9 ||
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tena tasyāḥ pitā tūṣṇīṃ tasthau vātsalyaduḥsthitaḥ |
sa ca pravādo 'yodyāyāṃ tasyāṃ sarvatra paprathe || 10 ||
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atrāntare sadā caurair muṣyamāṇāḥ kilākhilāḥ |
saṃbhūyātra nṛpaṃ paurā vīraketuṃ vyajijñapan || 11 ||
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nityaṃ muṣyāmahe caurai rātrau rātrāv iha prabho |
lakṣyante te ca nāsmābhis tad devo vettu yat param || 12 ||
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iti pauraiḥ sa vijñapto rājā tām abhitaḥ purīm |
taskarānveṣaṇe channān ādiśad ratrirakṣakān || 13 ||
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te 'pi prāpur na yac caurān purī sāmuṣyataiva ca |
tadaikadā svayaṃ rājā niśi svairaṃ viniryayau || 14 ||
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ekākī cāttaśastro 'tra bhraman so 'paśyad ekataḥ |
ekaṃ prākārapṛṣṭena yāntaṃ kam api pūruṣam || 15 ||
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niḥśabdapadavinyāsavicitragatikauśalam |
saśaṅkalolanayanaṃ paśyantaṃ pṛṣṭato muhuḥ || 16 ||
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ayaṃ sa nūnaṃ cauro me muṣṇāty ekacaraḥ purīm |
iti matvaiva nikaṭaṃ sa tasyopayayau nṛpaḥ || 17 ||
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tataḥ sa cauro dṛṣṭvā taṃ nṛpaṃ ko 'sīty abhāṣata |
cauro 'ham iti rājā taṃ cauraṃ pratyabravīt sa tam || 18 ||
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so 'tha cauro 'bhyadhād dṛṣṭvā tarhi tulyo 'si me suhṛt |
tad ehi madgṛhaṃ tāvan mitrācāraṃ karomi te || 19 ||
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tac chrutvā sa tathety uktvā tenaiva saha bhūpatiḥ |
yayau vanāntardharaṇīkhātāntarvarti tadgṛham || 20 ||
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aśeṣabhogabhogāḍhyaṃ bhāsvaddīpaprakāśitam |
navīnam iva pātālaṃ balirājānadhiṣṭhitam || 21 ||
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tatra praviṣṭe tasmiṃś ca kṛtāsanaparigrahe |
rājñi so 'bhyantaragṛhaṃ praviveśātha taskaraḥ || 22 ||
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tat kṣaṇaṃ ca tam etyaikā dāsī tatrāvadan nṛpam |
mahābhāga praviṣṭas tvam iha mṛtyumukhe katham || 23 ||
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ekacauro hy asau pāpaṃ nirgatyātaḥ kariṣyati |
dhruvaṃ visvāsaghātīti tad itas tvaritaṃ vraja || 24 ||
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ity uktaḥ sa tayā rājā nirgatyaiva tato drutam |
gatvā svarājadhānīṃ ca niśi sainyāny asajjayat || 25 ||
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saṃnaddhasainyaś cāgatya dasyos tasya rurodha tat |
bhūgṛhadvāravivaraṃ rasattūryākulair balaiḥ || 26 ||
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tato ruddhe gṛhe vṛttaṃ pratibhedam avetya saḥ |
maraṇe niścitaś cauraḥ śūro yuddhāya niryayau || 27 ||
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nirgataś ca raṇe cakre parākramam amānuṣam |
karāṃś cakarta kariṇāṃ jaṅghāś ciccheda vājinām || 28 ||
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jahāra ca śirāṃsy eko bhaṭānāṃ khaḍgacarmabhṛt |
tatas taṃ kṣapitānīkam abhyadhāvat svayaṃ nṛpaḥ || 29 ||
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sa tasya khaḍgavidyājño rājā karaṇayuktitaḥ |
hastāj jahāra nistriṃśam atha tāṃ kṣurikām api || 30 ||
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aśastraṃ muktaśastro 'tha bāhuyuddhena taṃ nṛpaḥ |
cauraṃ nihatya dharaṇau sajīvagrāham agrahīt || 31 ||
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nināya taṃ ca saṃyamya sadhanaṃ nagarīṃ nijām |
prātaś cājñāpayat tasya śūlāropaṇanigraham || 32 ||
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nīyamānaṃ ca taṃ vadhyabhūmiṃ cauraṃ saḍiṇḍimam |
dadarśa sā ratnavatī vaṇikkanyātra harmyataḥ || 33 ||
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vraṇitaṃ dhūliliptāṅgam apy etaṃ māramohitā |
dṛṣṭvaiva gatvā pitaraṃ ratnadattam uvāca sā || 34 ||
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vadhāya nīyate yo 'yam eṣa bhartā vṛto mayā |
tan nṛpād rakṣa tātainaṃ na ced enam anu mriye || 35 ||
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tac chrutvā tāṃ pitāvādīt kim idaṃ putri bhāṣase |
yā tvaṃ necchasi bhūpālām api bhartṝn abhīpsataḥ || 36 ||
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sā pāpaṃ taskaram imaṃ vāñchasy āpadgataṃ katham |
ity ādi pitrā proktāpi niścayān na cacāla sā || 37 ||
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tataḥ sa tatpitā gatvā tasya caurasya satvaram |
sarvasvenāpi rājānaṃ vadhān mokṣam ayācata || 38 ||
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rājā tu taṃ na tatyāja hemakoṭiśatair api |
svaśarīrapaṇānītaṃ cauraṃ sarvāpahāriṇam || 39 ||
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tataḥ pitary upāyāte vimukhe sā vaṇiksutā |
anumartuṃ kṛtasnānā vāryamāṇāpi bandhubhiḥ || 40 ||
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āruhya śibikāṃ tasya dasyor vadhyabhuvaṃ yayau |
anvīyamānā rudatā pitrā mātrā janena ca || 41 ||
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tāvac ca vadhakaiḥ so 'tra cauraḥ śūle 'dhiropitaḥ |
tāṃ dadarśa galatprāṇas tathā sajñātim āgatām || 42 ||
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janāc chrutvā ca vṛttāntam aśru muktvā kṣaṇaṃ tataḥ |
hasan sa cauraḥ kim api prāṇāñ śūlagato jahau || 43 ||
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tato 'vatāritaṃ śūlāt sā taccaurakalevaram |
ādāya cārurohātra citāṃ sādhvī vaṇiksutā || 44 ||
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tat kṣaṇaṃ ca śmaśāne 'tra bhairavaḥ kṛtasaṃnidhiḥ |
adṛśyo bhagavān evaṃ tām uvācāntarikṣataḥ || 45 ||
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asmin svayaṃvarapatāv evaṃ bhaktyā tavānayā |
tuṣṭo 'smi tad varaṃ mattaḥ prārthayasva pativrate || 46 ||
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tac chrutvaiva varaṃ devād evaṃ vavre praṇamya sā |
nātha putraśataṃ bhūyād aputrasyāpi matpituḥ || 47 ||
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yenānanyasuto naiṣaḥ prāṇāñ jahyān mayā vinā |
iti proktavatīm enāṃ sādhvīṃ devo 'bravīt punaḥ || 48 ||
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pituḥ putraśataṃ te 'stu varam anyaṃ vṛṇīṣva ca |
tvādṛśī dṛḍhasattvā hi naitāvanmātram arhati || 49 ||
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tad ākarṇyātha sāvādīt prasanno mayi cet prabhuḥ |
taj jīvatv eṣa bhartā me dhārmikaś ca sadāstv iti || 50 ||
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evam astv akṣato jīvann uttiṣṭhatv eṣa te patiḥ |
dhārmikaś cāstu rājāsya vīraketuś ca tuṣyatu || 51 ||
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ity uktavaty anālakṣyamūrtau śarve nabhaḥsthite |
uttasthāv akṣatāṅgo 'tra cauro jīvaṃs tadaiva saḥ || 52 ||
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tato vismitahṛṣṭaḥ san ratnadattaḥ sutāṃ vaṇik |
ādāya tāṃ ratnavatīṃ cauraṃ jāmātaraṃ ca tam || 53 ||
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prahṛṣṭair bāndhavaiḥ sākaṃ praviśya nijamandiram |
labdhaputravaraś cakre svānandocitam utsavam || 54 ||
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jñātavṛttāntatuṣṭaś ca tadaivānāyya taṃ nṛpaḥ |
ekavīraṃ vīraketuś cauraṃ senāpatiṃ vyadhāt || 55 ||
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cauryān nivṛtto 'tha sa tāṃ pariṇīya vaṇiksutām |
ekavīraḥ sukhaṃ tasthau mārgastho rājasaṃmataḥ || 56 ||
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iti kathayitvā sa kathāṃ vetālo dattapūrvaśāpabhayam |
aṃsasthitas trivikramasenaṃ papraccha taṃ kṣitipam || 57 ||
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rājan brūhi sapitṛkām upasthitāṃ tāṃ vaṇiksutāṃ dṛṣṭvā |
caureṇa śūlapṛṣṭe ruditaṃ hasitaṃ ca kiṃ tena || 58 ||
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atha rājā pratyavadad ruditaṃ caureṇa duḥkhatas tena |
nāsyānṛṇyam akāraṇabandhor yāto 'smi vaṇija iti || 59 ||
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āścaryataś ca hasitaṃ kim iyaṃ kanyā nṛpān varān hitvā |
mayy asminn anuraktā strīcittam aho vicitram iti || 60 ||
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ity uktavākyasya mahībhṛto 'ṃsān māyī svaśaktyaiva tadā jagāma |
svaṃ dhāma vetālavaraḥ sa rājāpy etaṃ punaḥ pūrvavad anvagacchat || 61 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Kathasaritsagara Chapter 21
The Ocean of Story
by C.H. Tawney (2014)
Being C.H. Tawney's Translation of Somadeva's Katha Sarit Sagara (Kathasaritsagara): (Ten Volumes)
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Kathasaritsagar
by Kedarnath Sharma Saraswat (2005)
The Only Edition with the Sanskrit Text and its Hindi Translation (An Old and Rare Book) Set of 3 Vol.
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Kathasaritsagara of Somadeva Bhatta (Sanskrit Text Only)
by Vasudeva Laksmana Sastri (2013)
Katha Sarit Sagar in Marathi
by H. A Bhave (1995)
Set of 5 Volumes; Published by Varada Books, Pune. 2256 pages (Throughout B/W Illustrations).
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Katha Sarit Sagara (Tamil)
by S. V. Ganapati (எஸ். வி. கணபதி) (2014)
[கதா சரித் சாகரம்] Published by Alliance Publications.
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Galpa Shono
by Abhijit Chattopadhyay (2014)
[গল্প শোনো] Galpa Shono: Bengali Translation of 'Suno Kahani From Katha Sarit Sagar'; 9788126015436; Published by Sahitya Akademi, Delhi.
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