Chapter 46

mantriṇa ūcuḥ |
tataḥ sa rājā rājendra skandhe tasya bhujaṃgamam |
muneḥ kṣutkṣāma āsajya svapuraṃ punarāyayau || 1 ||
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ṛṣestasya tu putro'bhūdgavi jāto mahāyaśāḥ |
śṛṅgī nāma mahātejāstigmavīryo'tikopanaḥ || 2 ||
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brahmāṇaṃ so'bhyupāgamya muniḥ pūjāṃ cakāra ha |
anujñāto gatastatra śṛṅgī śuśrāva taṃ tadā |
sakhyuḥ sakāśātpitaraṃ pitrā te dharṣitaṃ tathā || 3 ||
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mṛtaṃ sarpaṃ samāsaktaṃ pitrā te janamejaya |
vahantaṃ kuruśārdūla skandhenānapakāriṇam || 4 ||
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tapasvinamatīvātha taṃ munipravaraṃ nṛpa |
jitendriyaṃ viśuddhaṃ ca sthitaṃ karmaṇyathādbhute || 5 ||
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tapasā dyotitātmānaṃ sveṣvaṅgeṣu yataṃ tathā |
śubhācāraṃ śubhakathaṃ susthiraṃ tamalolupam || 6 ||
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akṣudramanasūyaṃ ca vṛddhaṃ maunavrate sthitam |
śaraṇyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ pitrā viprakṛtaṃ tava || 7 ||
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śaśāpātha sa tacchrutvā pitaraṃ te ruṣānvitaḥ |
ṛṣeḥ putro mahātejā bālo'pi sthavirairvaraḥ || 8 ||
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sa kṣipramudakaṃ spṛṣṭvā roṣādidamuvāca ha |
pitaraṃ te'bhisaṃdhāya tejasā prajvalanniva || 9 ||
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anāgasi gurau yo me mṛtaṃ sarpamavāsṛjat |
taṃ nāgastakṣakaḥ kruddhastejasā sādayiṣyati |
saptarātrāditaḥ pāpaṃ paśya me tapaso balam || 10 ||
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ityuktvā prayayau tatra pitā yatrāsya so'bhavat |
dṛṣṭvā ca pitaraṃ tasmai śāpaṃ taṃ pratyavedayat || 11 ||
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sa cāpi muniśārdūlaḥ preṣayāmāsa te pituḥ |
śapto'si mama putreṇa yatto bhava mahīpate |
takṣakastvāṃ mahārāja tejasā sādayiṣyati || 12 ||
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śrutvā tu tadvaco ghoraṃ pitā te janamejaya |
yatto'bhavatparitrastastakṣakātpannagottamāt || 13 ||
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tatastasmiṃstu divase saptame samupasthite |
rājñaḥ samīpaṃ brahmarṣiḥ kāśyapo gantumaicchata || 14 ||
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taṃ dadarśātha nāgendraḥ kāśyapaṃ takṣakastadā |
tamabravītpannagendraḥ kāśyapaṃ tvaritaṃ vrajan |
kva bhavāṃstvarito yāti kiṃ ca kāryaṃ cikīrṣati || 15 ||
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kāśyapa uvāca |
yatra rājā kuruśreṣṭhaḥ parikṣinnāma vai dvija |
takṣakeṇa bhujaṃgena dhakṣyate kila tatra vai || 16 ||
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gacchāmyahaṃ taṃ tvaritaḥ sadyaḥ kartumapajvaram |
mayābhipannaṃ taṃ cāpi na sarpo dharṣayiṣyati || 17 ||
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takṣaka uvāca |
kimarthaṃ taṃ mayā daṣṭaṃ saṃjīvayitumicchasi |
brūhi kāmamahaṃ te'dya dadmi svaṃ veśma gamyatām || 18 ||
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mantriṇa ūcuḥ |
dhanalipsurahaṃ tatra yāmītyuktaśca tena saḥ |
tamuvāca mahātmānaṃ mānayañślakṣṇayā girā || 19 ||
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yāvaddhanaṃ prārthayase tasmādrājñastato'dhikam |
gṛhāṇa matta eva tvaṃ saṃnivartasva cānagha || 20 ||
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sa evamukto nāgena kāśyapo dvipadāṃ varaḥ |
labdhvā vittaṃ nivavṛte takṣakādyāvadīpsitam || 21 ||
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tasminpratigate vipre chadmanopetya takṣakaḥ |
taṃ nṛpaṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭha pitaraṃ dhārmikaṃ tava || 22 ||
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prāsādasthaṃ yattamapi dagdhavānviṣavahninā |
tatastvaṃ puruṣavyāghra vijayāyābhiṣecitaḥ || 23 ||
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etaddṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ cāpi yathāvannṛpasattama |
asmābhirnikhilaṃ sarvaṃ kathitaṃ te sudāruṇam || 24 ||
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śrutvā caitaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha pārthivasya parābhavam |
asya carṣeruttaṅkasya vidhatsva yadanantaram || 25 ||
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janamejaya uvāca |
etattu śrotumicchāmi aṭavyāṃ nirjane vane |
saṃvādaṃ pannagendrasya kāśyapasya ca yattadā || 26 ||
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kena dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ cāpi bhavatāṃ śrotramāgatam |
śrutvā cātha vidhāsyāmi pannagāntakarīṃ matim || 27 ||
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mantriṇa ūcuḥ |
śṛṇu rājanyathāsmākaṃ yenaitatkathitaṃ purā |
samāgamaṃ dvijendrasya pannagendrasya cādhvani || 28 ||
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tasminvṛkṣe naraḥ kaścidindhanārthāya pārthiva |
vicinvanpūrvamārūḍhaḥ śuṣkaśākhaṃ vanaspatim |
abudhyamānau taṃ tatra vṛkṣasthaṃ pannagadvijau || 29 ||
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sa tu tenaiva vṛkṣeṇa bhasmībhūto'bhavattadā |
dvijaprabhāvādrājendra jīvitaḥ savanaspatiḥ || 30 ||
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tena gatvā nṛpaśreṣṭha nagare'sminniveditam |
yathāvṛttaṃ tu tatsarvaṃ takṣakasya dvijasya ca || 31 ||
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etatte kathitaṃ rājanyathāvṛttaṃ yathāśrutam |
śrutvā tu nṛpaśārdūla prakuruṣva yathepsitam || 32 ||
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sūta uvāca |
mantriṇāṃ tu vacaḥ śrutvā sa rājā janamejayaḥ |
paryatapyata duḥkhārtaḥ pratyapiṃṣatkare karam || 33 ||
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niḥśvāsamuṣṇamasakṛddīrghaṃ rājīvalocanaḥ |
mumocāśrūṇi ca tadā netrābhyāṃ pratataṃ nṛpaḥ |
uvāca ca mahīpālo duḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ || 34 ||
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śrutvaitadbhavatāṃ vākyaṃ piturme svargatiṃ prati |
niściteyaṃ mama matiryā vai tāṃ me nibodhata || 35 ||
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anantaramahaṃ manye takṣakāya durātmane |
pratikartavyamityeva yena me hiṃsitaḥ pitā || 36 ||
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ṛṣerhi śṛṅgervacanaṃ kṛtvā dagdhvā ca pārthivam |
yadi gacchedasau pāpo nanu jīvetpitā mama || 37 ||
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parihīyeta kiṃ tasya yadi jīvetsa pārthivaḥ |
kāśyapasya prasādena mantriṇāṃ sunayena ca || 38 ||
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sa tu vāritavānmohātkāśyapaṃ dvijasattamam |
saṃjijīvayiṣuṃ prāptaṃ rājānamaparājitam || 39 ||
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mahānatikramo hyeṣa takṣakasya durātmanaḥ |
dvijasya yo'dadaddravyaṃ mā nṛpaṃ jīvayediti || 40 ||
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uttaṅkasya priyaṃ kurvannātmanaśca mahatpriyam |
bhavatāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ yāsyāmyapacitiṃ pituḥ || 41 ||
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