Chapter 495

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi kathayiṣye kathāṃ pātakanāśinīm |
agnitīrthasamudbhūtāṃ camatkārapure purā || 1 ||
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somavaṃśe'bhavadrājā pratīpo nāmato balī |
tasya putradvayaṃ jyeṣṭho devāpiḥ śantanustataḥ || 2 ||
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rājā ca nidhanaṃ prāpto devāpistapase yayau |
prajābhiḥ śantanuḥ rājye satvaraṃ viniyojitaḥ || 3 ||
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evaṃ vyatikrame jāte śakro vavarṣa naiva tu |
tena kṛcchraṃ gato lokaḥ sarvo'pi kṣutprapīḍitaḥ || 4 ||
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santyaktāḥ patibhirnāryaḥ putrāśca pitṛbhirnijaiḥ |
mātaraśca tathā putrairlokeṣvanyeṣu kā kathā || 5 ||
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evaṃ varṣatraye jātaṃ mriyante mānavādayaḥ |
daivayogāt kvacit kiñcit kasyacid yadi dṛśyate || 6 ||
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sasyaṃ siddhamasiddhaṃ vā hriyate balibhiḥ paraiḥ |
śuṣkāḥ sarve drumā jātā āpagāśca jalāśayāḥ || 7 ||
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vastuhīno janaḥ sarvo yajñahīno'tināstikaḥ |
vratahīnā dharmahīnā narā nāryo'bhavaṃstadā || 8 ||
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kṣudhayā pīḍitāḥ sarve ṛṣayastu viśeṣataḥ |
etasminnantare'raṇye viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ || 9 ||
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carmāsthiśeṣasarvāṃgo bubhukṣārta itastataḥ |
paribhramaṃstataḥ prāpya kaṃcidgrāmaṃ vinodakam || 10 ||
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mṛtamartyodbhavairvyāptamasthiśeṣaiḥ samantataḥ |
mṛtānāṃ ca śavānāṃ ca māṃsādasya niveśanam || 11 ||
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caṇḍālasya gṛhaṃ tvāsīd durgandhena samāvṛtam |
tatrā'paśyatsārameyaṃ mṛtaṃ śuṣkaṃ ciroṣitam || 12 ||
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samādāya tatastaṃ ca hyāpaddharmaparāyaṇaḥ |
śuṣkaṃ daṇḍena santāḍya kṛtvā khaṇḍāni tāni ca || 13 ||
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nītvā yayau yatra deśe jalaṃ kāṣṭhaṃ ca labhyate |
prakṣālya salile tāni śrapayāmāsa cānale || 14 ||
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ādāya pitṝn tarpitvā yāvadagnau juhoti saḥ |
tāvad vahniraśuddhestu bhayenā'dṛśyatāṃ gataḥ || 15 ||
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sarvatra pṛthivyāmagniśālāyāṃ havanasthale |
citte kopaṃ tathā kṛtvā śakropari viśeṣataḥ || 16 ||
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athāgnivigame home naṣṭe devaprabhojanam |
niruddhaṃ tena devarṣibrahmaviṣṇupurassarāḥ || 17 ||
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vahneranveṣaṇārthāya babhramurdharaṇītalam |
athā'raṇye gajo dṛṣṭaḥ prapacchustaṃ himālaye || 18 ||
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vahnirhavyaprabhoktā cet tvayā dṛṣṭo'tra no vada |
gajaḥ prāhā'tra saṃkīrṇe vaṃśastambe pravartate || 19 ||
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gupto bhūtvā praviṣṭaḥ sa dagdhastenā'hamāgataḥ |
ityuktāste yayustatra vahniryatra hi vartate || 20 ||
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tāvadvahniḥ śaśāpainaṃ gajaṃ nirdeśakārakam |
guptaṃ me tvaṃ nivedayasyato jihvā sadā tava || 21 ||
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viparītā bhavatvevetyuktvā stambād viniryayau |
devaiḥ stambe na vai dṛṣṭo lagnāḥ pṛṣṭhe didṛkṣayā || 22 ||
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atha dṛṣṭaḥ śuko devairbhramamāṇo himālaye |
pṛṣṭaśca śuka vahniṃ tvaṃ dṛṣṭavānatra ced vada || 23 ||
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śukaḥ prāha kulāyo me śamyāmatra hi vartate |
vartante śiśavo me'pi vahnistatra samāgataḥ || 24 ||
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tena dagdhā vayaṃ sarve kṛcchrādeva vinirgatāḥ |
tatra śamyāṃ guptarūpaścāste vahnirvidantu tam || 25 ||
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evamuktastato vahniḥ kruddhaḥ śukaṃ śaśāpa ha |
ahaṃ yasmāt tvayā pakṣin devānāṃ viniveditaḥ || 26 ||
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tasmācchuka na te vāṇī vispaṣṭā saṃbhaviṣyati |
evaṃ śaptvā śukaṃ vahniḥ suraiḥ śamyāṃ sumārgitaḥ || 27 ||
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tāvat tato'dṛśyabhāvaṃ kṛtvā deśāntaraṃ yayau |
puṣkaraṃ tīrthamāsādya jalamadhye tale sthitaḥ || 28 ||
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devā dhyānena vai dṛṣṭvā matsyaṃ papracchurutsukāḥ |
vahniratrāgataḥ kutra vartate vada naḥ surān || 29 ||
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matsyaḥ prāha tale cātra puṣkare vartate hi saḥ |
tena dagdhā vayaṃ tīre tiṣṭhāmo duḥkhitā hyati || 30 ||
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ityuktavantaṃ matsyaṃ sa śaśāpa krodhito'nalaḥ |
svajñātibhakṣakā matsyā bhavantu sarvabhakṣakāḥ || 31 ||
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iti śaptvā tataḥ sthānād dudrāva bahuvegataḥ |
aśvapaṭṭasaraḥ prāpya saurāṣṭre cā''sthito'nalaḥ || 32 ||
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surā jñātvā dhyānavṛttyā yayuḥ kuṃkumavāpikām |
sarastīragataṃ kūrmaṃ papracchuḥ vahirāgataḥ || 33 ||
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cedatra vada naḥ kūrma sa prāhā'tra jale tale |
praviṣṭo vahnirāgatya dagdhā vayaṃ bahirgatāḥ || 34 ||
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devāstaṃ draṣṭumutkaṇṭhāyuktāstatra tadā'nalaḥ |
kūrmaṃ śaśāpa te vaṃśo vṛddhiṃ naiva gamiṣyati || 35 ||
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evaṃ śaptvā tataḥ sthānād devā'darśanavāñcchayā |
hāṭakaśvaraje kṣetre nāganadyāṃ yayau tataḥ || 36 ||
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jalāśayaṃ sugambhīraṃ praviṣṭastatra cā''śritaḥ |
tatra vahnipraveśena dagdhā matsyāśca dardurāḥ || 37 ||
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tīraṃ nirgatya yanti ca devā gatvā ca darduram |
papracchustaṃ vahniratra vartate vā naveti vai || 38 ||
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bhekaḥ prāhātra gambhīre jale vahnirupāgataḥ |
tena vai jalamadhyasthā dagdhā bhūrijalaukasaḥ || 39 ||
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ahaṃ kṛcchreṇa nirgatya jīvāmi devasaṃśrayāt |
tacchrutvā taṃ jale devā mārgayāmāsurutsukāḥ || 40 ||
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vahniḥ śaśāpa taṃ bhekaṃ devebhyo yanniveditaḥ |
tasmāt tvaṃ bhava vai nyūnaṃ vijihvo'tra dharātale || 41 ||
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evaṃ muktvā tataḥ sthānād yāvadvahnirvinirgataḥ |
tāvat sa brahmaṇā prokto bho bho vahne sthiro bhava || 42 ||
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kathaṃ dhāvasi guptātmā devān dṛṣṭvā pratisthalāt |
tvamādyaścaiva sarveṣāṃ devānāṃ vartase mukham || 43 ||
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tvayyāhutirhutā samyagādityamupatiṣṭhati |
ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ || 44 ||
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tasmād dhātā vidhātā ca tvameva jagatāṃ mataḥ |
santuṣṭe dhriyate viśvaṃ tvayi ruṣṭe vinaṣyati || 45 ||
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sarve yajñā rasāḥ sarve pākāḥ sarve tvayi sthitāḥ |
tavāśrayeṇa jīvāni jīvanti cāntaraścara || 46 ||
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brūhi kasmāt praguptastvaṃ jāyase sukhado bhava |
vahniḥ śrutvā hyajaṃ prāha śṛṇu guptestu kāraṇam || 47 ||
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anāvṛṣṭyā mahendrasya sañjātaścauṣadhikṣayaḥ |
tato'smyahaṃ tu māṃsena viśvāmitreṇa yojitaḥ || 48 ||
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abhakṣyabhakṣaṇādbhīto gupto bhavāmi nānyathā |
brahmā''karṇyā''ha deveśaṃ kimarthaṃ naiva varṣasi || 49 ||
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indraḥ prāhā'grajaṃ tyaktvā devāpiṃ bhrātaraṃ prajāḥ |
cakrire'nujaniṃ pṛthvīpatiṃ śantanumutpadam || 50 ||
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tatpāpena na varṣāmi kramalaṃghanakāraṇāt |
brahmā prāha ca tatpāpaṃ bhuktaṃ śantanunā yataḥ || 51 ||
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akālamṛtyavaḥ sarve durbhikṣamaraṇāḥ pare |
śantanu kṣudhitaścāste pāpaṃ bhuktaṃ tu tena vai || 52 ||
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vṛṣṭiṃ kuru mahendra tvaṃ mama vākyāt prajākṛte |
ityuktaḥ puṣkarāvartānmeghān samādideśa saḥ || 53 ||
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vavṛṣuśca mahāmeghāḥ pūrayāmāsurammayam |
brahmā vahniṃ tataḥ prāha pratyakṣo bhava pāvaka || 54 ||
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agnihotreṣu yajñeṣu viprāṇāṃ havaneṣu ca |
varaṃ vṛṇu yatheṣṭaṃ te dadāmi hitakāmyayā || 55 ||
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yatra yatrā'bhavo guptastattat tīrthaṃ tvadātmakam |
vahnitīrthaṃ prasiddhaṃ ca pāvanaṃ saṃbhaviṣyati || 56 ||
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vahniḥ prāha ca bhagavan varṣatrayaṃ hi bhojanam |
nāptavānasmi kutrāpi dehi me bhojanaṃ tataḥ || 57 ||
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brahmā viprān samāhūya vahnestṛptyarthameva tu |
vasordhārāpradānena ghṛtasya dhārayā mudā || 58 ||
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tarpayantvanalaṃ cetyuvāca te cakrire tathā |
vasordhārāpradānena varṣaparyantameva ha || 59 ||
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tatastuṣṭiṃ parāṃ prāpya parāṃ puṣṭiṃ gato'nalaḥ |
yasmād bhavati sampūrṇaṃ pūrṇāhutyā ca dhārayā || 60 ||
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evaṃ vahniṃ samprakāśya vṛṣṭiṃ kratuṃ vidhāya ca |
brahmādyā devatāḥ svargaṃ yayustato gajādayaḥ || 61 ||
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ṛṣyāśrameṣu vanyeṣu dṛṣṭvā vahniṃ prakāśitam |
yayuḥ pāvakaśaraṇaṃ prārthayāmāsurīśvaram || 62 ||
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yatra yatrā'bhavad vahniryena yatrā'valokitaḥ |
gajādyā analaṃ prāhuḥ prabho śāpaṃ nivāraya || 63 ||
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vahniḥ prāha gajendraṃ te jihvā kāryakṣamā'stu vai |
nṛpavāhanarūpaśca miṣṭānnaṃ bhakṣayiṣyasi || 64 ||
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śukaṃ prāha ca te jihvā nṛpapraśaṃsikā'stu vai |
bhekaṃ prāha ca te jihvā vṛṣṭisūcanadā'stviti || 65 ||
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matsyaṃ prāha ca te vaṃśaścaikasmācchatako'dhikaḥ |
sahasrāntaścaikasmin prasave prasave'stu vai || 66 ||
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kacchapaṃ prāha te cāyuḥ śatavarṣaparaṃ sthiram |
bhavatvapi bhavadvaṃśe bhagavān śrīhariḥ svayam || 67 ||
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kāryavaśājjanma labdhvā tārayiṣyati vaṃśajān |
matsyaḥ kūrmo'bhavat sākṣādbhagavān śrīhariḥ svayam || 68 ||
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gaṇeśaśca gajāsyo vai tathā lakṣmīrgajānanā |
jātau śrīkṛṣṇarūpau tau vyāsaputrātmakaḥ śukaḥ || 69 ||
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saṃjāto darduro rājā kāmarūpadharo hariḥ |
saurāṣṭre devanagare yenā''sīd vaiṣṇavaṃ jagat || 70 ||
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devanagararājaḥ sa babhūva vaiṣṇavaḥ paraḥ |
jājaliścā''gamat someśvaraṃ tīrthaṃ tu caikadā || 71 ||
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tataśca raivataṃ tīrthaṃ kṛtvā dvāravatīṃ yayau |
tato yayau camatkārapuraṃ nāganadītaṭe || 72 ||
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suṣvāpa svapnadoṣeṇa dhātuḥ praskhalito'bhavat |
kaupīnaṃ ca samutthāya tena prakṣālitaṃ jale || 73 ||
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bheko taṃ bhakṣyarūpeṇa nigīlitavatī drutam |
tasyāṃ putraḥ samabhavat tīre bhekī prapīḍitā || 74 ||
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samāgatya mṛtiṃ prāptā dhovareṇa dhṛtā hi sā |
udarasya pradeśaśca tasyā āsīt praphāṭitaḥ || 75 ||
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tatra dṛṣṭaḥ śubho bālaḥ śvasan saṃgṛhya taṃ sutam |
dhīvarastu dadau sūryasamaṃ rājavarāya tam || 76 ||
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camatkāreṇa rājñā sa vardhito gaurjareśvaraḥ |
rājā'bhavan mahābhakto vaiṣṇavo viṣṇurūpavān || 77 ||
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yasya rājye'bhavan sarve vaiṣṇavā mānavādayaḥ |
dardureṇa samudrasya taṭe dardurakaṃ puram || 78 ||
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sthāpitaṃ suviśālaṃ ca rājadhānīsvarūpakam |
mohamayaṃ divaḥ sāmye dakṣiṇe smṛddhipūritam || 79 ||
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atha bhekāya vahniḥ sa dvitīyaṃ tu varaṃ dadau |
cirañjīvā tava jātirbhavatvevaṃ navaṃ punaḥ || 80 ||
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prativarṣaṃ nūtanaṃ vai śarīraṃ prāgbhavād bhavet |
punarbhūstena varṣāyāṃ jāyate bheka eva ha || 81 ||
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ityevaṃ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ sāmarthyaṃ vahisaṃsthitam |
viśvāmitraśca taṃ vahniṃ luptaṃ jjva tu tatkṣaṇam || 82 ||
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dūrīcakāra māṃsaṃ tatsārameyamaśuddhakam |
upavāsaṃ tadā cakre tāvat tatra mahājanaḥ || 83 ||
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vrīhīn traivārṣikān bhūmeḥ khanitvā bhūdarasthitān |
samādāya yayau daivāt dadau tasmai maharṣaye || 84 ||
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snātvā śuddhiṃ parāṃ kṛtvā kṛtvā homaṃ cidambare |
ākāśavapuṣi kṛṣṇe bubhuje daivabhālitam || 85 ||
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atha yātrāṃ sa nirvartya yayau tīrthārthameva ca |
śravaṇātpaṭhanāccāsya pāpaprajvālanaṃ bhavet || 86 ||
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dharme śraddhā bhaveccāpi vahneḥ prasannatā bhavet |
pāvanaṃ mānasaṃ bhūtvā bhaktiyogyaṃ bhavet priye || 87 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyā prathame kṛtayugasantāne jyeṣṭhaṃ vihāyā'nujasya rājyābhiṣeke vṛṣṭyabhāve viśvāmitrahutamāṃsasaṃsargeṇa doṣabhītavahneranveṣakāṇāṃ devānāṃ sandeśapradagajaśukapuṣkaramatsyakūrmabhekānāṃ vahneḥ śāpaścānugrahaścetyādikathananāmā pañcanavatya |
dhikacatuśśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 495 ||
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