Chapter 93

śaṃtanuruvāca |
āpavo nāma ko nveṣa vasūnāṃ kiṃ ca duṣkṛtam |
yasyābhiśāpātte sarve mānuṣīṃ tanumāgatāḥ || 1 ||
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anena ca kumāreṇa gaṅgādattena kiṃ kṛtam |
yasya caiva kṛtenāyaṃ mānuṣeṣu nivatsyati || 2 ||
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īśānāḥ sarvalokasya vasavaste ca vai katham |
mānuṣeṣūdapadyanta tanmamācakṣva jāhnavi || 3 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
saivamuktā tato gaṅgā rājānamidamabravīt |
bhartāraṃ jāhnavī devī śaṃtanuṃ puruṣarṣabham || 4 ||
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yaṃ lebhe varuṇaḥ putraṃ purā bharatasattama |
vasiṣṭho nāma sa muniḥ khyāta āpava ityuta || 5 ||
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tasyāśramapadaṃ puṇyaṃ mṛgapakṣigaṇānvitam |
meroḥ pārśve nagendrasya sarvartukusumāvṛtam || 6 ||
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sa vāruṇistapastepe tasminbharatasattama |
vane puṇyakṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ svādumūlaphalodake || 7 ||
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dakṣasya duhitā yā tu surabhītyatigarvitā |
gāṃ prajātā tu sā devī kaśyapādbharatarṣabha || 8 ||
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anugrahārthaṃ jagataḥ sarvakāmadughāṃ varām |
tāṃ lebhe gāṃ tu dharmātmā homadhenuṃ sa vāruṇiḥ || 9 ||
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sā tasmiṃstāpasāraṇye vasantī munisevite |
cacāra ramye dharmye ca gaurapetabhayā tadā || 10 ||
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atha tadvanamājagmuḥ kadācidbharatarṣabha |
pṛthvādyā vasavaḥ sarve devadevarṣisevitam || 11 ||
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te sadārā vanaṃ tacca vyacaranta samantataḥ |
remire ramaṇīyeṣu parvateṣu vaneṣu ca || 12 ||
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tatraikasya tu bhāryā vai vasorvāsavavikrama |
sā carantī vane tasmingāṃ dadarśa sumadhyamā |
yā sā vasiṣṭhasya muneḥ sarvakāmadhuguttamā || 13 ||
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sā vismayasamāviṣṭā śīladraviṇasaṃpadā |
dive vai darśayāmāsa tāṃ gāṃ govṛṣabhekṣaṇa || 14 ||
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svāpīnāṃ ca sudogdhrīṃ ca suvāladhimukhāṃ śubhām |
upapannāṃ guṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ śīlenānuttamena ca || 15 ||
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evaṃguṇasamāyuktāṃ vasave vasunandinī |
darśayāmāsa rājendra purā pauravanandana || 16 ||
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dyaustadā tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvaiva gāṃ gajendrendravikrama |
uvāca rājaṃstāṃ devīṃ tasyā rūpaguṇānvadan || 17 ||
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eṣā gauruttamā devi vāruṇerasitekṣaṇe |
ṛṣestasya varārohe yasyedaṃ vanamuttamam || 18 ||
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asyāḥ kṣīraṃ pibenmartyaḥ svādu yo vai sumadhyame |
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi sa jīvetsthirayauvanaḥ || 19 ||
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etacchrutvā tu sā devī nṛpottama sumadhyamā |
tamuvācānavadyāṅgī bhartāraṃ dīptatejasam || 20 ||
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asti me mānuṣe loke naradevātmajā sakhī |
nāmnā jinavatī nāma rūpayauvanaśālinī || 21 ||
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uśīnarasya rājarṣeḥ satyasaṃdhasya dhīmataḥ |
duhitā prathitā loke mānuṣe rūpasaṃpadā || 22 ||
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tasyā hetormahābhāga savatsāṃ gāṃ mamepsitām |
ānayasvāmaraśreṣṭha tvaritaṃ puṇyavardhana || 23 ||
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yāvadasyāḥ payaḥ pītvā sā sakhī mama mānada |
mānuṣeṣu bhavatvekā jarārogavivarjitā || 24 ||
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etanmama mahābhāga kartumarhasyanindita |
priyaṃ priyataraṃ hyasmānnāsti me'nyatkathaṃcana || 25 ||
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etacchrutvā vacastasyā devyāḥ priyacikīrṣayā |
pṛthvādyairbhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ dyaustadā tāṃ jahāra gām || 26 ||
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tayā kamalapatrākṣyā niyukto dyaustadā nṛpa |
ṛṣestasya tapastīvraṃ na śaśāka nirīkṣitum |
hṛtā gauḥ sā tadā tena prapātastu na tarkitaḥ || 27 ||
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athāśramapadaṃ prāptaḥ phalānyādāya vāruṇiḥ |
na cāpaśyata gāṃ tatra savatsāṃ kānanottame || 28 ||
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tataḥ sa mṛgayāmāsa vane tasmiṃstapodhanaḥ |
nādhyagacchacca mṛgayaṃstāṃ gāṃ munirudāradhīḥ || 29 ||
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jñātvā tathāpanītāṃ tāṃ vasubhirdivyadarśanaḥ |
yayau krodhavaśaṃ sadyaḥ śaśāpa ca vasūṃstadā || 30 ||
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yasmānme vasavo jahrurgāṃ vai dogdhrīṃ suvāladhim |
tasmātsarve janiṣyanti mānuṣeṣu na saṃśayaḥ || 31 ||
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evaṃ śaśāpa bhagavānvasūṃstānmunisattamaḥ |
vaśaṃ kopasya saṃprāpta āpavo bharatarṣabha || 32 ||
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śaptvā ca tānmahābhāgastapasyeva mano dadhe |
evaṃ sa śaptavānrājanvasūnaṣṭau tapodhanaḥ |
mahāprabhāvo brahmarṣirdevānroṣasamanvitaḥ || 33 ||
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athāśramapadaṃ prāpya taṃ sma bhūyo mahātmanaḥ |
śaptāḥ sma iti jānanta ṛṣiṃ tamupacakramuḥ || 34 ||
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prasādayantastamṛṣiṃ vasavaḥ pārthivarṣabha |
na lebhire ca tasmātte prasādamṛṣisattamāt |
āpavātpuruṣavyāghra sarvadharmaviśāradāt || 35 ||
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uvāca ca sa dharmātmā sapta yūyaṃ dharādayaḥ |
anu saṃvatsarācchāpamokṣaṃ vai samavāpsyatha || 36 ||
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ayaṃ tu yatkṛte yūyaṃ mayā śaptāḥ sa vatsyati |
dyaustadā mānuṣe loke dīrghakālaṃ svakarmaṇā || 37 ||
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nānṛtaṃ taccikīrṣāmi yuṣmānkruddho yadabruvam |
na prajāsyati cāpyeṣa mānuṣeṣu mahāmanāḥ || 38 ||
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bhaviṣyati ca dharmātmā sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ |
pituḥ priyahite yuktaḥ strībhogānvarjayiṣyati |
evamuktvā vasūnsarvāñjagāma bhagavānṛṣiḥ || 39 ||
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tato māmupajagmuste samastā vasavastadā |
ayācanta ca māṃ rājanvaraṃ sa ca mayā kṛtaḥ |
jātāñjātānprakṣipāsmānsvayaṃ gaṅge tvamambhasi || 40 ||
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evaṃ teṣāmahaṃ samyakśaptānāṃ rājasattama |
mokṣārthaṃ mānuṣāllokādyathāvatkṛtavatyaham || 41 ||
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ayaṃ śāpādṛṣestasya eka eva nṛpottama |
dyau rājanmānuṣe loke ciraṃ vatsyati bhārata || 42 ||
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etadākhyāya sā devī tatraivāntaradhīyata |
ādāya ca kumāraṃ taṃ jagāmātha yathepsitam || 43 ||
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sa tu devavrato nāma gāṅgeya iti cābhavat |
dvināmā śaṃtanoḥ putraḥ śaṃtanoradhiko guṇaiḥ || 44 ||
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śaṃtanuścāpi śokārto jagāma svapuraṃ tataḥ |
tasyāhaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śaṃtanoramitānguṇān || 45 ||
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mahābhāgyaṃ ca nṛpaterbhāratasya yaśasvinaḥ |
yasyetihāso dyutimānmahābhāratamucyate || 46 ||
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