Chapter 49

vāsudeva uvāca |
śṛṇu kaunteya rāmasya mayā yāvatpariśrutam |
maharṣīṇāṃ kathayatāṃ kāraṇaṃ tasya janma ca || 1 ||
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yathā ca jāmadagnyena koṭiśaḥ kṣatriyā hatāḥ |
udbhūtā rājavaṃśeṣu ye bhūyo bhārate hatāḥ || 2 ||
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jahnorajahnustanayo ballavastasya cātmajaḥ |
kuśiko nāma dharmajñastasya putro mahīpatiḥ || 3 ||
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ugraṃ tapaḥ samātiṣṭhatsahasrākṣasamo bhuvi |
putraṃ labheyamajitaṃ trilokeśvaramityuta || 4 ||
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tamugratapasaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ |
samarthaḥ putrajanane svayamevaitya bhārata || 5 ||
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putratvamagamadrājaṃstasya lokeśvareśvaraḥ |
gādhirnāmābhavatputraḥ kauśikaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ || 6 ||
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tasya kanyābhavadrājannāmnā satyavatī prabho |
tāṃ gādhiḥ kaviputrāya sorcīkāya dadau prabhuḥ || 7 ||
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tataḥ prītastu kaunteya bhārgavaḥ kurunandana |
putrārthe śrapayāmāsa caruṃ gādhestathaiva ca || 8 ||
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āhūya cāha tāṃ bhāryāmṛcīko bhārgavastadā |
upayojyaścarurayaṃ tvayā mātrāpyayaṃ tava || 9 ||
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tasyā janiṣyate putro dīptimānkṣatriyarṣabhaḥ |
ajayyaḥ kṣatriyairloke kṣatriyarṣabhasūdanaḥ || 10 ||
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tavāpi putraṃ kalyāṇi dhṛtimantaṃ taponvitam |
śamātmakaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ carureṣa vidhāsyati || 11 ||
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ityevamuktvā tāṃ bhāryāmṛcīko bhṛgunandanaḥ |
tapasyabhirato dhīmāñjagāmāraṇyameva ha || 12 ||
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etasminneva kāle tu tīrthayātrāparo nṛpaḥ |
gādhiḥ sadāraḥ saṃprāpta ṛcīkasyāśramaṃ prati || 13 ||
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carudvayaṃ gṛhītvā tu rājansatyavatī tadā |
bharturvākyādathāvyagrā mātre hṛṣṭā nyavedayat || 14 ||
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mātā tu tasyāḥ kaunteya duhitre svaṃ caruṃ dadau |
tasyāścarumathājñātamātmasaṃsthaṃ cakāra ha || 15 ||
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atha satyavatī garbhaṃ kṣatriyāntakaraṃ tadā |
dhārayāmāsa dīptena vapuṣā ghoradarśanam || 16 ||
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tāmṛcīkastadā dṛṣṭvā dhyānayogena vai tataḥ |
abravīdrājaśārdūla svāṃ bhāryāṃ varavarṇinīm || 17 ||
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mātrāsi vyaṃsitā bhadre caruvyatyāsahetunā |
janiṣyate hi te putraḥ krūrakarmā mahābalaḥ || 18 ||
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janiṣyate hi te bhrātā brahmabhūtastapodhanaḥ |
viśvaṃ hi brahma tapasā mayā tatra samarpitam || 19 ||
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saivamuktā mahābhāgā bhartrā satyavatī tadā |
papāta śirasā tasmai vepantī cābravīdidam || 20 ||
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nārho'si bhagavannadya vaktumevaṃvidhaṃ vacaḥ |
brāhmaṇāpasadaṃ putraṃ prāpsyasīti mahāmune || 21 ||
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ṛcīka uvāca |
naiṣa saṃkalpitaḥ kāmo mayā bhadre tathā tvayi |
ugrakarmā bhavetputraścarurmātā ca kāraṇam || 22 ||
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satyavatyuvāca |
icchaṃllokānapi mune sṛjethāḥ kiṃ punarmama |
śamātmakamṛjuṃ putraṃ labheyaṃ japatāṃ vara || 23 ||
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ṛcīka uvāca |
noktapūrvaṃ mayā bhadre svaireṣvapyanṛtaṃ vacaḥ |
kimutāgniṃ samādhāya mantravaccarusādhane || 24 ||
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satyavatyuvāca |
kāmamevaṃ bhavetpautro mameha tava caiva ha |
śamātmakamṛjuṃ putraṃ labheyaṃ japatāṃ vara || 25 ||
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ṛcīka uvāca |
putre nāsti viśeṣo me pautre vā varavarṇini |
yathā tvayoktaṃ tu vacastathā bhadre bhaviṣyati || 26 ||
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vāsudeva uvāca |
tataḥ satyavatī putraṃ janayāmāsa bhārgavam |
tapasyabhirataṃ śāntaṃ jamadagniṃ śamātmakam || 27 ||
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viśvāmitraṃ ca dāyādaṃ gādhiḥ kuśikanandanaḥ |
prāpa brahmarṣisamitaṃ viśvena brahmaṇā yutam || 28 ||
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ārcīko janayāmāsa jamadagniḥ sudāruṇam |
sarvavidyāntagaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dhanurvede ca pāragam |
rāmaṃ kṣatriyahantāraṃ pradīptamiva pāvakam || 29 ||
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etasminneva kāle tu kṛtavīryātmajo balī |
arjuno nāma tejasvī kṣatriyo haihayānvayaḥ || 30 ||
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dadāha pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ saptadvīpāṃ sapattanām |
svabāhvastrabalenājau dharmeṇa parameṇa ca || 31 ||
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tṛṣitena sa kauravya bhikṣitaścitrabhānunā |
sahasrabāhurvikrāntaḥ prādādbhikṣāmathāgnaye || 32 ||
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grāmānpurāṇi ghoṣāṃśca pattanāni ca vīryavān |
jajvāla tasya bāṇaistu citrabhānurdidhakṣayā || 33 ||
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sa tasya puruṣendrasya prabhāvena mahātapāḥ |
dadāha kārtavīryasya śailānatha vanāni ca || 34 ||
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sa śūnyamāśramāraṇyaṃ varuṇasyātmajasya tat |
dadāha pavaneneddhaścitrabhānuḥ sahaihayaḥ || 35 ||
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āpavastaṃ tato roṣācchaśāpārjunamacyuta |
dagdhe''śrame mahārāja kārtavīryeṇa vīryavān || 36 ||
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tvayā na varjitaṃ mohādyasmādvanamidaṃ mama |
dagdhaṃ tasmādraṇe rāmo bāhūṃste chetsyate'rjuna || 37 ||
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arjunastu mahārāja balī nityaṃ śamātmakaḥ |
brahmaṇyaśca śaraṇyaśca dātā śūraśca bhārata || 38 ||
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tasya putrāḥ subalinaḥ śāpenāsanpiturvadhe |
nimittamavaliptā vai nṛśaṃsāścaiva nityadā || 39 ||
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jamadagnidhenvāste vatsamāninyurbharatarṣabha |
ajñātaṃ kārtavīryasya haihayendrasya dhīmataḥ || 40 ||
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tato'rjunasya bāhūṃstu chittvā vai pauruṣānvitaḥ |
taṃ ruvantaṃ tato vatsaṃ jāmadagnyaḥ svamāśramam |
pratyānayata rājendra teṣāmantaḥpurātprabhuḥ || 41 ||
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arjunasya sutāste tu saṃbhūyābuddhayastadā |
gatvāśramamasaṃbuddhaṃ jamadagnermahātmanaḥ || 42 ||
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apātayanta bhallāgraiḥ śiraḥ kāyānnarādhipa |
samitkuśārthaṃ rāmasya nirgatasya mahātmanaḥ || 43 ||
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tataḥ pitṛvadhāmarṣādrāmaḥ paramamanyumān |
niḥkṣatriyāṃ pratiśrutya mahīṃ śastramagṛhṇata || 44 ||
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tataḥ sa bhṛguśārdūlaḥ kārtavīryasya vīryavān |
vikramya nijaghānāśu putrānpautrāṃśca sarvaśaḥ || 45 ||
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sa haihayasahasrāṇi hatvā paramamanyumān |
cakāra bhārgavo rājanmahīṃ śoṇitakardamām || 46 ||
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sa tathā sumahātejāḥ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ mahīm |
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo vanameva jagāma ha || 47 ||
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tato varṣasahasreṣu samatīteṣu keṣucit |
kṣobhaṃ saṃprāptavāṃstīvraṃ prakṛtyā kopanaḥ prabhuḥ || 48 ||
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viśvāmitrasya pautrastu raibhyaputro mahātapāḥ |
parāvasurmahārāja kṣiptvāha janasaṃsadi || 49 ||
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ye te yayātipatane yajñe santaḥ samāgatāḥ |
pratardanaprabhṛtayo rāma kiṃ kṣatriyā na te || 50 ||
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mithyāpratijño rāma tvaṃ katthase janasaṃsadi |
bhayātkṣatriyavīrāṇāṃ parvataṃ samupāśritaḥ || 51 ||
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sa punaḥ kṣatriyaśataiḥ pṛthivīmanusaṃtatām |
parāvasostadā śrutvā śastraṃ jagrāha bhārgavaḥ || 52 ||
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tato ye kṣatriyā rājañśataśastena jīvitāḥ |
te vivṛddhā mahāvīryāḥ pṛthivīpatayo'bhavan || 53 ||
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sa punastāñjaghānāśu bālānapi narādhipa |
garbhasthaistu mahī vyāptā punarevābhavattadā || 54 ||
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jātaṃ jātaṃ sa garbhaṃ tu punareva jaghāna ha |
arakṣaṃśca sutānkāṃścittadā kṣatriyayoṣitaḥ || 55 ||
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triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ prabhuḥ |
dakṣiṇāmaśvamedhānte kaśyapāyādadattataḥ || 56 ||
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kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu śeṣārthaṃ kareṇoddiśya kaśyapaḥ |
srukpragrahavatā rājañśrīmānvākyamathābravīt || 57 ||
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gaccha pāraṃ samudrasya dakṣiṇasya mahāmune |
na te madviṣaye rāma vastavyamiha karhicit || 58 ||
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tataḥ śūrpārakaṃ deśaṃ sāgarastasya nirmame |
saṃtrāsājjāmadagnyasya so'parāntaṃ mahītalam || 59 ||
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kaśyapastu mahārāja pratigṛhya mahīmimām |
kṛtvā brāhmaṇasaṃsthāṃ vai praviveśa mahāvanam || 60 ||
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tataḥ śūdrāśca vaiśyāśca yathāsvairapracāriṇaḥ |
avartanta dvijāgryāṇāṃ dāreṣu bharatarṣabha || 61 ||
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arājake jīvaloke durbalā balavattaraiḥ |
bādhyante na ca vitteṣu prabhutvamiha kasyacit || 62 ||
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tataḥ kālena pṛthivī praviveśa rasātalam |
arakṣyamāṇā vidhivatkṣatriyairdharmarakṣibhiḥ || 63 ||
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ūruṇā dhārayāmāsa kaśyapaḥ pṛthivīṃ tataḥ |
nimajjantīṃ tadā rājaṃstenorvīti mahī smṛtā || 64 ||
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rakṣiṇaśca samuddiśya prāyācatpṛthivī tadā |
prasādya kaśyapaṃ devī kṣatriyānbāhuśālinaḥ || 65 ||
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santi brahmanmayā guptā nṛṣu kṣatriyapuṃgavāḥ |
haihayānāṃ kule jātāste saṃrakṣantu māṃ mune || 66 ||
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asti pauravadāyādo viḍūrathasutaḥ prabho |
ṛkṣaiḥ saṃvardhito vipra ṛkṣavatyeva parvate || 67 ||
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tathānukampamānena yajvanāthāmitaujasā |
parāśareṇa dāyādaḥ saudāsasyābhirakṣitaḥ || 68 ||
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sarvakarmāṇi kurute tasyarṣeḥ śūdravaddhi saḥ |
sarvakarmetyabhikhyātaḥ sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ || 69 ||
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śibeḥ putro mahātejā gopatirnāma nāmataḥ |
vane saṃrakṣito gobhiḥ so'bhirakṣatu māṃ mune || 70 ||
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pratardanasya putrastu vatso nāma mahāyaśāḥ |
vatsaiḥ saṃvardhito goṣṭhe sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ || 71 ||
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dadhivāhanapautrastu putro divirathasya ha |
aṅgaḥ sa gautamenāpi gaṅgākūle'bhirakṣitaḥ || 72 ||
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bṛhadratho mahābāhurbhuvi bhūtipuraskṛtaḥ |
golāṅgūlairmahābhāgo gṛdhrakūṭe'bhirakṣitaḥ || 73 ||
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maruttasyānvavāye tu kṣatriyāsturvasostrayaḥ |
marutpatisamā vīrye samudreṇābhirakṣitāḥ || 74 ||
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ete kṣatriyadāyādāstatra tatra pariśrutāḥ |
samyaṅmāmabhirakṣantu tataḥ sthāsyāmi niścalā || 75 ||
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eteṣāṃ pitaraścaiva tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ |
madarthaṃ nihatā yuddhe rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā || 76 ||
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teṣāmapacitiścaiva mayā kāryā na saṃśayaḥ |
na hyahaṃ kāmaye nityamavikrāntena rakṣaṇam || 77 ||
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tataḥ pṛthivyā nirdiṣṭāṃstānsamānīya kaśyapaḥ |
abhyaṣiñcanmahīpālānkṣatriyānvīryasaṃmatān || 78 ||
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teṣāṃ putrāśca pautrāśca yeṣāṃ vaṃśāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
evametatpurā vṛttaṃ yanmāṃ pṛcchasi pāṇḍava || 79 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
evaṃ bruvanneva yadupravīro yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭham |
rathena tenāśu yayau yathārko viśanprabhābhirbhagavāṃstrilokam || 80 ||
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