Chapter 16

jagatyākāśapratipādanāya maṇḍapopākhyāne rājavarṇanaṃ nāma sargaḥ |
ṣoḍaśaḥ sargaḥ |
vasiṣṭhaḥ |
bhūtalāpsarasā sārdhamananyavanitāpatiḥ |
akṛtrimapremarasaṃ sa reme kāntayā tayā || 1 ||
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udyānavanagulmeṣu tamālagahaneṣu ca |
puṣpamaṇḍapatalpeṣu latāvalayasadmasu || 2 ||
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puṣpāntaḥpuraśayyāsu puṣpasambhāravīthiṣu |
vasantodyānadolāsu krīḍāpuṣkariṇīṣu ca || 3 ||
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candanadrumaṣaṇḍeṣu santānakataleṣu ca |
kadambanimbageheṣu pāribhadrodareṣu ca || 4 ||
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śailakandarakaccheṣu vātāyanapureṣu ca |
sarittaṭakaṭapreṣu vāraṇoparisadmasu || 5 ||
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grīṣme tuṣāraharmyeṣu latāmaṇḍapakeṣu ca |
hemamandiravṛkṣeṣu muktāmāṇikyabhittiṣu || 6 ||
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vikasatkundamandāramakarandasugandhiṣu |
vasantavanajāleṣu kūjatkokilamāliṣu || 7 ||
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nānāratnatṛṇānāṃ ca sthaleṣu mṛdudīptiṣu |
nirjhareṣu tarattāraśīkarāsāravarṣiṣu || 8 ||
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śailānāṃ hemamāṇikyaśilāphalahakeṣu ca |
devarṣimunigeheṣu dūrapuṇyāśrameṣu ca || 9 ||
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kumudvatīṣu phullāsu smerāsu nalinīṣu ca |
vanasthalīṣu phullāsu phullāsūtpalinīṣu ca || 10 ||
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prahelikābhirākhyānaistathaivākṣaramuṣṭibhiḥ |
aṣṭāpadairbahūddyotaistathā gūḍhacaturthakaiḥ || 11 ||
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nāṭakākhyāyikābhiśca ślokairbindumatībhramaiḥ |
deśabhāṣāvibhāgaiśca nagaragrāmaceṣṭitaiḥ || 12 ||
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sragdāmamālyavalanairnānābharaṇayojanaiḥ |
līlāvilolacalanairvicitrarasabhājanaiḥ || 13 ||
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ārdrakramukakarpūratāmbūlīdalacarvaṇaiḥ |
samālambhanalīlābhirdolārohaṇavibhramaiḥ || 14 ||
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gṛhe kusumadolābhiranyo'nyāndolanakramaiḥ |
phullapuṣpalatākuñjadehagopanakharvaṇaiḥ || 15 ||
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nauyānayugyahastyaśvadāntoṣṭrādigamāgamaiḥ |
jalakelivilāsena parasparasamukṣaṇaiḥ || 16 ||
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nṛttagītakalālāsyatāṇḍavodbhaṭavṛttibhiḥ |
saṅgītakaiḥ saṅkathanairvīṇāmurajavādanaiḥ || 17 ||
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udyāneṣu sarittīravṛkṣeṣu vanavīthiṣu |
antaḥpureṣu harmyeṣu teṣu teṣu tathā tathā || 18 ||
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sā bālā sukhasaṃvṛddhā tasya praṇayinī priyā |
ekadā cintayāmāsa śubhasaṅkalpaśālinī || 19 ||
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prāṇebhyo'pi priyo bhartā mamaiṣa jagatīpatiḥ |
yauvanollāsalakṣmīvān kathaṃ syādajarāmaraḥ || 20 ||
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bhartrānena sahottuṅgastanī kusumasadmasu |
kathaṃ svairaṃ ciraṃ kāntā rameyābdaśatānyaham || 21 ||
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tathā yateya kramatastapojapayamehitaiḥ |
rajanīśarucī rājā yathā syādajarāmaraḥ || 22 ||
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jñānavṛddhāṃstapovṛddhānvidyāvṛddhānahaṃ dvijān |
pṛcchāmi tāvanmaraṇaṃ kathaṃ na syānnṛṇāmiti || 23 ||
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athānāyyāśu sampūjya dvijānpapraccha sānatā |
amaratvaṃ kathaṃ viprā bhavediti punaḥ punaḥ || 24 ||
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viprāḥ |
tapojapayamairdevi samastāḥ siddhasiddhayaḥ |
samprāpyante'maratvaṃ tu na kadācana labhyate || 25 ||
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ityākarṇya dvijamukhāccintayāmāsa sā punaḥ |
idaṃ svaprajñayaivāśu bhītā priyaviyogataḥ || 26 ||
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maraṇaṃ bharturagre me yadi daivādbhaviṣyati |
tatsarvaduḥkhanirmuktā saṃsthāsye sukhamātmani || 27 ||
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atha varṣasahasreṇa bhartādau cenmariṣyati |
tatkariṣye tathā yena jīvo gehānna yāsyati || 28 ||
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udbhramadbhartṛjīve'sminnije śuddhāntamaṇḍape |
bhartrāvalokitā nityaṃ nivatsyāmi yathāsukham || 29 ||
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adyaivārabhyaitadarthaṃ devīṃ jñaptiṃ sarasvatīm |
japopavāsaniyamairātoṣaṃ pūjayāmyaham || 30 ||
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iti niścitya sā nāthamanuktvaiva varāṅganā |
yathāśāstraṃ cacārograṃ tapo niyamamāsthitā || 31 ||
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trirātrasya trirātrasya paryante kṛtapāraṇā |
devadvijaguruprājñavidvatpūjāparāyaṇā || 32 ||
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snānadānatapodhyānanityodyuktaśarīrikā |
sarvāstikyasadācārakāriṇī kleśabhāriṇī || 33 ||
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yathākālaṃ yathodyogaṃ yathāśāstraṃ yathākramam |
toṣayāmāsa bhartāramaparijñātatatsthitim || 34 ||
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trirātraśatamevaṃ sā bālā niyamaśālinī |
anāratataponiṣṭhamatiṣṭhatkaṣṭaceṣṭayā || 35 ||
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trirātrāṇāṃ śatenātha pūjitā pratimāmitā |
tuṣṭā bhagavatī gaurī vāgīśīdamuvāca tām || 36 ||
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sarasvatī |
nirantareṇa tapasā bhartṛbhaktyatiśāyinā |
parituṣṭāsmi te vatse gṛhāṇa varamīpsitam || 37 ||
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rājñī |
jaya janmajarājvālādāhadoṣaśaśiprabhe |
jaya hārdāndhakāraughanivāraṇaraviprabhe || 38 ||
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amba māṃ trijaganmātastrāyasva kṛpaṇāmimām |
idaṃ varadvayaṃ dehi yadiha prārthaye śubham || 39 ||
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ekaṃ tāvadvidehasya bharturjīvo mamāmbike |
asmādeva hi mā yāsīnnijāntaḥpuramaṇḍapāt || 40 ||
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dvitīyaṃ tvāṃ mahādevi prārthaye'haṃ yadā yadā |
darśanāya varārthena tadā me dehi darśanam || 41 ||
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ityākarṇya jaganmātā tathāstvevamiti kṣaṇāt |
uktvāntardhānamagamadutthāyormirivārṇave || 42 ||
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atha sā rājamahiṣī parituṣṭeṣṭadevatā |
śrutagīteva hariṇī babhūvānandadhāriṇī || 43 ||
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parāvṛttyugrakaṭake dināre varṣadaṇḍake |
kṣaṇanābhau spandamaye kālacakre vahatyapi || 44 ||
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antardhimājagāmāsyāḥ patyustaccetanaṃ tanau |
sandṛśyamāna evāśu śuṣkaparṇe raso yathā || 45 ||
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raṇakhaṇḍitadehe'sminmṛte'ntaḥpuramaṇḍape |
nirjalā nalinīvāsau parāṃ mlānimupāyayau || 46 ||
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viṣoṣṇaśvasanastabdhasakalādharapallavā |
prāpa sā maraṇāvasthāṃ malayādhityakāmiva || 47 ||
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prāpa sā tamasāndhatvaṃ tasminmaraṇamāgate |
dīpajvālālave kṣīṇe sadmaśrīriva bhūṣitā || 48 ||
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kārśyamāpa kṣaṇenāsau bālā virasatāṃ gatā |
yathā srotasvinī srotaḥkṣaye kṣāmavidhūsarā || 49 ||
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kṣipramākrandinī kṣipraṃ maunāsaktā viyoginī |
babhūva cakravākīva māninī maraṇonmukhī || 50 ||
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atha tāmatimātravihvalāṃ sakṛdākāśabhavā sarasvatī |
śapharīṃ hradaśoṣavihvalāṃ prathamā vṛṣṭirivānvakampata || 51 ||
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