Chapter 29

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu tvaṃ rādhike varṣe caturthe māghamāsi ca |
niyamaṃ jagṛhurmāghasnānasyā'śvasarojale || 1 ||
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brāhmaṇā ṛṣayaḥ kanyāstathā'nye tatra vāsinaḥ |
brāhmamuhūrtamārabhya janāḥ snānti sarovare || 2 ||
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nityaṃ jale nimajjanti pañcaṣo bālabālikāḥ |
akasmātte na dṛśyante snānakṛdbhirjalasthitaiḥ || 3 ||
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janairapīti tīrasthairvīkṣyate naiva kāraṇam |
kalpayanti janāstatra makarāḥ santi ghātakāḥ || 4 ||
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anye vadanti ca grāhā vidyante'tra samāgatāḥ |
pare tu tarkayantyevaṃ piśācāḥ santi vāsinaḥ || 5 ||
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rākṣasā bhakṣayantyetān bālān ghātakinaḥ khalu |
kimidaṃ kāraṇaṃ tattu pratyakṣaṃ jñāyate nahi || 6 ||
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ākrośo'bhūttadā deśe saurāṣṭre sarvatodiśi |
aśvapaṭṭasarovāri jīvān grasati pañcaṣaṭ || 7 ||
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snānaṃ tatra na kartavyaṃ mriyante bālakā yataḥ |
kenacidvai jale bālā hriyante'śvasarovare || 8 ||
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śrīrādhikovāca |
ko'yaṃ bālaprahartā vai jale tatrā'bhavattadā |
vada me kāraṇaṃ tasya bālānāmabhavacca kim || 9 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu tad rādhike sarvaṃ kathayāmi samāsataḥ |
paścime āraktadeśe rājā'bhūt śāvadīnakaḥ || 10 ||
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śave dehe bhavaścātmā śāvastatraiva dīnavat |
vartate jñānavṛttyeti śāvadīnā'bhidhānavān || 11 ||
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tasya bhāryāśataṃ cāsīt kintu putro na cā'bhavat |
putryastasya sahasraṃ vai vidyante putra eva na || 12 ||
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tataḥ śokaṃ gato rājā papraccha svaguruṃ yatim |
kathaṃ putraḥ prajāyeta kāraṇaṃ me vadā'tra nu || 13 ||
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yatidīno gurustasyovāca dhyātvā kṣaṇaṃ ca tam |
ṛṇānubandhanātputro jāyate ṛṇakāmyayā || 14 ||
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anirvṛtte ṛṇe mṛtyuryasya loke prajāyate |
ṛṇaṃ dātuṃ gṛhe tasya putro vṛṣo'śva eva vā || 15 ||
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uṣṭro'jaḥ khara evā'sau jāyate karmabandhanāt |
adhamarṇagṛhe yadvā uttamarṇaḥ suto bhavet || 16 ||
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pūrvaṃ dattaṃ dhanaṃ nītvā mṛtyuṃ gacchati nirṛṇaḥ |
rājaṃstvaṃ kasyacinnā''sse hyadhamarṇaḥ purā bhave || 17 ||
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tena ko'pi tava nā''sīduttamarṇo dhanapradaḥ |
tadṛṇaṃ te ca naivā'sti kaste suto'tra saṃbhavet || 18 ||
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ānṛṇyaṃ sarvathā śreṣṭhaṃ ceṣṭaṃ muktipradaṃ bhavet |
tathāpi cettavecchā'sti putrārthaṃ kuru pūjanam || 19 ||
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śāvadīnā mahākālī pūjitā balidānataḥ |
putraṃ te dāsyati sārvabhaumaṃ ciraprajīvinam || 20 ||
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śāvadīnāmahākālyai bālasya balidānataḥ |
bālalābho bhavettatra baliḥ śreṣṭha udāhṛtaḥ || 21 ||
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pañcamād vatsarānnyūno bālaścecchubhalakṣaṇaḥ |
dīyeta yadi śāvinyai tadā sāpi dahet sutam || 22 ||
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rājā prāha kathaṃ kīdṛglakṣaṇo bālako'rpyate |
vad tallakṣaṇaṃ yena sārvabhaumo bhavet sutaḥ || 23 ||
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yatidīno'vadattaṃ ca śṛṇu rājan vadāmi tat |
yasya haste matsyarekhā dhanuṣyaṃ jyāśarānvitam || 24 ||
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dhvajaḥ śūlaṃ svastikaṃ ca cakraṃ yavo bhavecca vā |
yasya pāde trigulphāni ca vā prāsādalekhanam || 25 ||
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yallalāṭe tvekarekhā kaṇṭhe śyāmatilaśca vā |
yadrūpaṃ campakābhaṃ ca netraprānte dalāyate || 26 ||
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yajjaghane puttalī ca rekhārūpā virājate |
yadvā vāme sakthini yat pāṇḍuraṃ kamalaṃ bhavet || 27 ||
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sa bālo vai mahākālyai deyo baliṃvidhānataḥ |
tena te bhavitā putraścakravartīmahānṛpaḥ || 28 ||
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yatidīnāttathā śrutvā śāvadīno nareśvaraḥ |
tādṛgbālānveṣaṇārthaṃ siddhayatīn yuyoja ha || 29 ||
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vyomagāḥ siddhayatayo hastarekhāparīkṣakāḥ |
nīlāmbaradharā urvyāṃ vicerurbālalabdhaye || 30 ||
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paśyanti bālarekhāste tathā jyotirgrahādikān |
sarvakhaṇḍeṣu yatayaścaranti sma tadā priye || 31 ||
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tatraikaḥ kāsadīnākhyaḥ saurāṣṭraṃ tvāyayau tadā |
aśvapaṭṭasarastīraṃ cāyayau lomaśāśramam || 32 ||
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uktalakṣaṇabālaṃ śrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇāhvayam |
śrutavān lomaśāt so'pi kambharānandanaṃ tadā || 33 ||
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vīkṣya lakṣaṇasampannaṃ sarvarekhānvitaṃ śubham |
yayau vyomnā drutam āraktadeśe nṛpatiṃ prati || 34 ||
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uvāca vidyate deśe saurāṣṭre bālakastathā |
kuṃkumavāpikākṣetre gopālakṛṣṇaputrakaḥ || 35 ||
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śrutvā sveṣṭaṃ tadā rājā yataye grāmapañcakam |
dadau cātha yatīn pañca tvindrajālavidastadā || 36 ||
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preṣayāmāsa saurāṣṭraṃ cāśvapaṭṭasarovaram |
māghe snānaparā lokā yatra snānti jale śubhe || 37 ||
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tatra te yatayo nityamacakṣurgocarāstaṭe |
bhramanti sma ca tadbālaṃ hartuṃ yatnapuraḥsarāḥ || 38 ||
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pañcaṣaḍ bālakān nityaṃ jale'ntarbhāvayanti te |
nayanti tān drutaṃ cāraktadeśaṃ bhūmipālaye || 39 ||
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jīvatastān prarakṣanti rājabhṛtyāḥ sukhapradāḥ |
yatayo'śvapaṭṭataṭe kurvantyevaṃ divāniśam || 40 ||
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rekhānvitasya bālasya lābhārthaṃ cā'vido hi te |
rekhā'nabhijñāste sarve haranti bahubālakān || 41 ||
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yatidīnastu rekhāṇāṃ vīkṣaṇaṃ prakaroti hi |
dṛśyate naiva rekhā sā tāvannaiva vimuñcati || 42 ||
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hriyante bālakāstatra hāhākāro hi vartate |
anādiśrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇaḥ snāti gṛhāntare || 43 ||
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yatīnāṃ karago nā'bhūdaśṛṇod bālanāśanam |
tato'sau bhagavān mātrā samaṃ prasahya vai gṛhāt || 44 ||
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vinirgatya yayau tvaśvapaṭṭasaro'vagāhitum |
mātā snāti taṭe bālo vartate sannidhau yadā || 45 ||
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taṃ jighṛkṣuryatistatrā'dṛśyaḥ śīghramupāyayau |
jalamānavarūpo'sau bhūtvā jagrāha bālakam || 46 ||
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rūpadvayadharo bālastasya hastagato'bhavat |
dvitīyena svarūpeṇa ramate mātṛsannidhau || 47 ||
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māṃ māṃ māī paśya ammāṃ jalamānuṣamulbaṇam |
bālakaṃ pratigṛhṇantaṃ māṃ paśyantaṃ muhurmuhuḥ || 48 ||
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aparaṃ bālakaṃ nītvā yāntaṃ jalatalaṃ ca māṃ |
paśya paśya sabālaṃ taṃ jale viśantamāyatam || 49 ||
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tritālamānaṃ candrābhaṃ piśaṃgakeśamastakam |
siṃhacakṣuḥsamabhrājaccakṣuḥpiśaṃgatārakam || 50 ||
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rajjuvaddīrghikāḥ sarvāṃgulayo bhujayordvayoḥ |
śākhāvallambamānau ca bhujau pīnau ca śuṇḍhavat || 51 ||
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mukhaṃ vānaratulyaṃ ca raktaśmaśrusamanvitam |
daṃṣṭrācatuṣṭayaṃ pārśve dṛśyate barhirulbaṇam || 52 ||
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śṛṃgaṃ cāṃkuśavattasya kapālordhve ca vidyate |
skandhe pucchadvayaṃ pucchadvayaṃ tasya nitambayoḥ || 53 ||
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rajjucatuṣṭayatulya vidyate'sya sudīrghakam |
hṛdye pṛṣṭhake cā'sya dīrgharogāḍhyatā'sti ca || 54 ||
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hastapādāṃgulimadhye jālacarmāṇi santyapi |
nābhau cāsya pataṃgo'sti dīpavadvai prakāśate || 55 ||
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sajālapādā'ṅgulikā dīrghā vidyanta eva ca |
udare koṣṭalī cāste bālaśālāsamā'sya tu || 56 ||
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pādau kurutaḥ karayoḥ karau kāryaṃ ca pādayoḥ |
astanaścāpyakarṇaśca vahniromā bhayapradaḥ || 57 ||
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ciṃciṃhuk ciṃciṃśabdaṃ kurvan jalatale gataḥ |
paśyainaṃ bālakānatra harantaṃ daityasannibham || 58 ||
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paśyantu ca janāḥ sarve mārayantu ca taṃ yataḥ |
ghātinaṃ hiṃsakaṃ śīghraṃ nāśayet sarvayatnakaiḥ || 59 ||
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ityuktvā taddhastagato harirviniryayau jalāt |
darśakāśca janāstatra narā nāryaśca saṃhatāḥ || 60 ||
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abhavan trāsamāpannāḥ śuśucurbahubālakān |
hṛtān bālāṃśca saṃsmṛtya hananopāyamācaran || 61 ||
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śataghnī rakṣitā tīre kṛtrimābālaputtalāḥ |
netuṃ tān puttalāṃścāyād yadā tīre jale'pi ca || 62 ||
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śataghnyā nāśayitavya ityevaṃ nirṇayaṃ vyadhuḥ |
athā'yaṃ vāyurūpeṇa jhaṃjhāvāte vidhāya ca || 63 ||
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siddhadīno'haradvegāt śataghnīṃ puttalīstathā |
trastāśca divase lokāḥ svasvagṛhamupāyayuḥ || 64 ||
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puttallyaśca śataghnī ca sarvaṃ naṣṭaṃ tadā'bhavat |
āścaryaṃ hi janāḥ prāptā lomaśaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ || 65 ||
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jalamānavanāśārthaṃ ki kāryamṛṣisattama |
bālān harati duṣṭātmā saṃhāro'yaṃ bhayaṃkaraḥ || 66 ||
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śrutvā vai lomaśaḥ prāha saṃvicārya kṣaṇaṃ hṛdi |
ete cāraktadeśīyāḥ yatayaḥ pañca santi te || 67 ||
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indrajālamahāvidyā bahurūpadharāstathā |
mlecchā mlecchakriyā mlecchanṛpā''jñayā'tra cāgatāḥ || 68 ||
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āsurāḥ kārmaṇakāśca hiṃsakā nirdayāstathā |
teṣāṃ vināśanaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ svayameva kariṣyati || 69 ||
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anādiśrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇo jānāti tadvidhām |
āsurāṇāṃ vināśārthaṃ prākaṭyaṃ śrīhareryataḥ || 70 ||
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rākṣasānāmauṣadhaṃ ca svayameva kariṣyati |
evamuktvā lomaśo'tra sasmāra bālakṛṣṇakam || 71 ||
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harirhasan samāyācca prabhuḥ kaiśorarūpadhṛk |
garuḍasthaḥ sacakraśca provāca lomaśādikān || 72 ||
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kathaṃ saṃsmṛtavānasmi vadantu śīghrameva me |
lomaśādyāstadā natvā prāhurbālādyupadravam || 73 ||
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jalamānuṣarūpeṇa rākṣasānāṃ saraḥsthitim |
śrutvā sarvaṃ hariḥ prāha matsyaśūladhanurdharam || 74 ||
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sadhvajaṃ bālakaṃ te ca mārgayanti jale sthitāḥ |
madarthaṃ te yatante ca śāvadīnāprapūjane || 75 ||
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arpaṇīyo bālakaḥ samatsyaśūladhanurdhvajaḥ |
balidānena rājā ca sutaṃ vai tādṛśaṃ labhet || 76 ||
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ahaṃ hastagatasteṣāṃ nā'bhavaṃ cā'ta eva te |
vyāpārayanti bālānāṃ haraṇe śikṣayāmi tān || 77 ||
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ityuktvā bhagavān bālo yayāvaśvasarastaṭam |
tāvat sa dhṛtavān kṛṣṇaṃ jalamānuṣarūpadhṛk || 78 ||
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sahasreṣu ca lokeṣu paśyatsveva hi rādhike |
atha hāhākṛtaṃ sarvaṃ cāsīt tatra sarastaṭe || 79 ||
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harirjale sacakraśca praviṣṭo divyarūpavān |
asureṇa dhṛtastena yuyudhe ca jalāntare || 80 ||
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cakreṇa bhagavāṃstasya rajjubandhacatuṣṭayam |
chedayitvā śiraḥśṛṃgaṃ hastapādaprakoṣṭhakān || 81 ||
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tālatrayasamaḥ kṛṣṇaścābaddhya taṃ ca rajjubhiḥ |
ānayāmāsa ca bahirjalājjīvantameva ca || 82 ||
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tālatrayapramāṇaṃ ca śvetaṃ taṃ jalamānuṣam |
dṛṣṭvā janā mahāścaryamavāpurvismayaṃ gatāḥ || 83 ||
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athā'nye yatayastatra catvāro ye jale sthitāḥ |
te'pi vārimanuṣyāṇāṃ rūpairbahiḥ samāyayuḥ || 84 ||
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prārthayāmāsuratyarthaṃ prāṇarakṣaṇahetave |
bālakā māritā naiva sarve jīvanti te jaguḥ || 85 ||
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ānayiṣyāma evā'tra prāṇadānaṃ tu dehi naḥ |
ityukto bhagavān viṣṇuḥ kṛṣṇanārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ || 86 ||
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jīvadānaṃ dadau tebhyaḥ samuvāca prabhuḥ punaḥ |
āgacchantu mayā sārdhaṃ vyomnā garuḍagāminā || 87 ||
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yatraite bālakāḥ santi rakṣitā jīvinaḥ khalu |
mlecchā vārimanuṣyāste śrutvā kṛṣṇavacastadā || 88 ||
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vyomnā yayurhariṃ nītvā deśamāraktamujjvalam |
raktavarṇaṃ raktajalaṃ raktamānavamaṇḍalam || 89 ||
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yatrāste sarvamāraktaṃ prāyaśo bhūstaraṃ tathā |
śāvadīno mahārājo yatidīno gurustathā || 90 ||
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śāvadīnā mahākālī yatrāste bhūmipālaye |
tatra kṛṣṇo yatayaste yayuḥ rājñā susatkṛtāḥ || 91 ||
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bālakā darśitāstatra pañcāśat sukhino'vyathāḥ |
sundaraṃ bālakṛṣṇaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā nṛpādayaḥ khalu || 92 ||
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jñātvā siddhayatibhyaśca camatkāraṃ paraṃ śubham |
rājapatnyo rājakanyāḥ śrīhariṃ puruṣottamam || 93 ||
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sammṛdya cottaratailaiḥ sugandhicūrṇakaistathā |
snapayāmāsuratyarthaṃ kavoṣṇairvāribhistadā || 94 ||
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rūpānurūpāvayavaṃ mīnaśūladhanurdharam |
sadhvajaṃ ca karaṃ dṛṣṭvā mumuhurmumudustathā || 95 ||
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aho'yaṃ baliyogyo'sti sa diṣṭyā'tra samāgataḥ |
evamāvedayāñcakruḥ rājānaṃ satvaraṃ striyaḥ || 96 ||
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rājā vicārya tūrṇaṃ hi bhaṭān senāpatīṃstathā |
kārāgāre tu taṃ dhartumājñāṃ dadau prahasya vai || 97 ||
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rūpamugdhāśca tāḥ kanyā necchanti maraṇaṃ hareḥ |
rājñyaḥ putrecchayā tatra balimicchanti vai harim || 98 ||
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bālarūpadharaḥ kṛṣṇo dhṛto bhaṭaistu tatkṣaṇam |
avādyanta ca vādyāni rājā mene kṛtārthatām || 99 ||
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sudarśanaṃ ca garuḍo bālau bhūtvā śubhāsyakau |
bāleṣu ca militvaiva dhairyaṃ dadatuḥ rakṣakau || 100 ||
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atha kṛṣṇo nigaḍasthaḥ kārāgāre kṛto bhaṭaiḥ |
kanyakā mohamāpannāḥ sahasrasaṃkhyakāstadā || 101 ||
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śāvadīnāmahākālīniyamaṃ jagṛhurmudā |
yadi bālo vimucyeta bhaveccāsmatpatistadā || 102 ||
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kariṣyāmo vrataṃ māsaṃ kevalaṃ hi payovratam |
śāvadīnāpūjanaṃ ca kariṣyāmo divāniśam || 103 ||
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adyatastyajyate miṣṭaṃ madhu śṛṃgārakādikam |
śāvadīnādevikāyāḥ kurmo mālādvipañcakam || 104 ||
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ityevaṃ niyamaṃ tāśca jagṛhurbālarakṣakam |
atha rātrau prasuptāśca prajā rājā bhaṭādayaḥ || 105 ||
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śrīharirbandhane supto lokalīlāpradarśakaḥ |
dvitīyena svarūpeṇa vartate svagṛhe prabhuḥ || 106 ||
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kuṃkumavāpikākṣetre sarvānandakaro hariḥ |
vakti cāraktadeśotthāṃ vārtāṃ śrīlomaśarṣaye || 107 ||
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śṛṇvanti sarve sāścaryaṃ manvate dūrabhūmijam |
evaṃ rātrirvyatītā ca prabhātaṃ samajāyata || 108 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye tretāsantāne āraktadeśīyarājñā putrārthaṃ śāvadīnākālyai bālabalidānārthakabaddhabālānāṃ mokṣaṇārthaṃ śrīharestatra gamanaṃ sahasrakanyakānāṃ harau mugdhatā cetyādinirūpaṇanāmā ekonatriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 29 ||
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