Padma Purana [sanskrit]

462,305 words | ISBN-13: 9789385005305

The Padma-purana Book 7 Chapter 5 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Padmapurana is a one of the largest of the eighteen Major Puranas containing roughly 50,000 metrical verses. Although popular for its inclusion of the Ramayana and large sections on pilgrimage guides this is also known for its dedication to both Shiva and Vishnu.

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vyāsa uvāca |
asti tāladhvajā nāma nagarī tridaśopamā |
sarvalokeṣu vikhyātā prakīrṇā guṇināṃ gaṇaiḥ || 1 ||
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tatrāsīdvikramo nāmā rājā śuddhakulodbhavaḥ |
dhārmikaḥ satyavādī ca prajāpālanatatparaḥ || 2 ||
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tasya hārāvatī nāma vallabhā bhuvi durllabhā |
āsītsvakīyavadanaprabhājita śaśiprabhā || 3 ||
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tasya saiva priyā rājñaḥ strīgaṇe'pi ca tiṣṭhati |
gaṅgeva saritāṃ bharttustiṣṭhatyapi saridgaṇe || 4 ||
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bhūdevadaivaparataḥ kālena kiyatā dvija |
vyajāyata sutastasyāṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutaḥ || 5 ||
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śāstroktavidhinā tasya sa rājā sarvaśāstravit |
mādhaveti tato nāma cakravartī cakāra ha || 6 ||
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tato'sau mādhavo vipraḥ kālena kiyatā balī |
sarvavidyāsaritpāraṃgataḥ sadguṇasaṃgataḥ || 7 ||
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athāsau yauvarājyena rājye narapatiḥ sutam |
siktavāṃstaṃ mahīdeva sarvadevagaṇārcakam || 8 ||
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ekasmindivase vipra caturaṃgabalairvṛtaḥ |
jagāma kautukenāsau mṛgayāyai mahadvanam || 9 ||
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tatra hatvā bahūñjantūnmadhyāhne samaye tataḥ |
kṛtavānnagare gaṃtumudyamaṃ vipinādasau || 10 ||
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nagaraṃ svakamāgacchatsasainyo mādhavo mudā |
dadarśa yuvatīmekāṃ sarasi snānatatparām || 11 ||
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snānārhadravyavasanairvyaktīkṛtakalevarām |
svakīyamukhasaundaryyajitapūrṇaniśākarām || 12 ||
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suvarṇakuṇḍaladvandva vibhrājadgaṇḍamaṇḍalām |
sudīrghakeśakaiśchanna nitaṃbāṃ cāruhāsinīm || 13 ||
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suvarṇapadmakalikāṃ cārūnnatapayodharām |
mṛgārikṛśamadhyāṃ ca vasaṃte kokilasvarām || 14 ||
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yūnāṃ manoharā rājye kandarpeṇa mahātmanā |
āropitā patākeva sundarī sā vyajāyata || 15 ||
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tādṛśīṃ tāṃ samālokya prāntare saṅgavarjite |
kaḥ kāmavaśago na syātkṣitau prāṇānvahanpumān || 16 ||
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atha vikramaputro'sau tāmālokya varānanām |
kaṃdarpabāṇavraṇita hṛdayaśceti ciṃtayan || 17 ||
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etasyāḥ sadṛśī kāpi na dṛṣṭā kṣitimaṇḍale |
etāmiha samāliṅgya saphalaṃ janma ceṣyate || 18 ||
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śreṣṭho'smi sarvalokānāṃ vayastejoguṇairaham |
yadyapīndrāṃganeyaṃ syānnetavyādya tathāpi ca || 19 ||
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parastrīharaṇe yo vā doṣo bhavati sāṃpratam |
ko vā śaknoti tadvaktuṃ yato rājā pitā mama || 20 ||
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iti saṃciṃtya manasā sudṛḍhaṃ tena kāminā |
dūre saṃsthāpya sainyāni yayau sā snāti yatra ha || 21 ||
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aiśvaryaṃ ca madaścaiva kāmaścaiva mahītale |
traya ete vivekasya tejo ghnaṃti kimadbhutam || 22 ||
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pitāsya duritadhvaṃsī dharmarakṣākaro nṛṇām |
dhiksvayaṃ kāmadevo'sau mohayatyakhilaṃ jagat || 23 ||
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tamāyātaṃ samālokya vegena mahatā tataḥ |
ekākinī sā ramate bhṛśaṃ ciṃtākulābhavat || 24 ||
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ekākinīṃ samālokya kāṃtārasthāṃ sayauvanām |
ayaṃ dhāvati vegena tanme manasi vartate || 25 ||
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jalpaṃti munayaḥ sarve dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ |
na ca jñātavyamatraiva kimatra ca bhaviṣyati || 26 ||
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sahāyahīnaṃ yatsthānaṃ puro dhāvati śatravaḥ |
ślāghyaṃ palāyanaṃ tatra nivāsaḥ prāṇanāśakaḥ || 27 ||
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ityālocya varārohā savyakacche ghaṭaṃ tataḥ |
kṛtvā palāyane bhītyā manaścakre sarovarāt || 28 ||
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tataḥ sa mādhavaścāpi javena mahatā dvija |
evaṃ tasyāḥ puro gatvā prasāritakaraḥ sthitaḥ || 29 ||
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śrīmādhava uvāca |
varāṅgane cārudehe suyauvanabalānmama |
palāyase mano hṛtvā hatosmyahamacetanaḥ || 30 ||
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kiṃ nāma caṃcalāpāṃgi cārvaṅgi tava kaḥ patiḥ |
svargātkiṃ vā gatāsi tvaṃ tvattulyā nāsti bhūtale || 31 ||
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sundari tvamiha śreṣṭhā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā |
kathaṃ vahasi pānīyaṃ dāsīva kamalānane || 32 ||
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payodharau śātakuṃbhau sadā vahasi vakṣasi |
kakṣeṇa jalakumbhaṃ ca komalāṅgīdamadbhutam || 33 ||
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divākarakarātyaṃta saṃtapte pathi lohitāḥ |
pādāṃgulyaṃtarā bhāṃti japānāṃ kalikā iva || 34 ||
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suśroṇi bhaja māṃ prītyā tyaja kuṃbhaṃ varānane |
tava duḥkhāvasāno'bhūnmama darśanamātrataḥ || 35 ||
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śrīmadvikramabhūbharttuḥ putro'haṃ mādhavāhvayaḥ |
sarvabhāvairbhaviṣyāmi varāṅgastava sundari || 36 ||
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mamastrīgaṇamadhyeṣu subhagā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi |
supuṣpavallī madhyeṣu dvirephasyeva mālatī || 37 ||
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athavā mama vākyaṃ tvaṃ garvāllaṃghitumicchasi |
na tyakṣāmi tathāpi tvāṃ yato'haṃ nṛpateḥ sutaḥ || 38 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
tenoktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā paṃthānaṃ pravihāya sā |
tasthāvadhomukhī vipra prāheti ca śanaiḥ śanaiḥ || 39 ||
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kadāpi cetparasyāpi na śṛṇoti vaco mama |
tathāpi lajjāṃ saṃtyajya vakṣyāmyeva bhavāgrataḥ || 40 ||
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tathā hyahaṃ mahāvīra subāhukṣattriyapriyā |
nayāmi devapūjārthaṃ jalaṃ caṃdrakalā hyaham || 41 ||
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yadvaco bhavatā proktaṃ na ca tattvatkulocitam |
tvadvaṃśaprabhavāḥ sarve parastrīṣunapuṃsakāḥ || 42 ||
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ahamekākinī nārī vīrāṇāṃ prabhavo bhavān |
balādāliṅgya māmatra yaśaḥ kiṃ te bhaviṣyati || 43 ||
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parastriyaṃ samāliṅgya kṣaṇamātrasukhaṃ bhavet |
ihāpakīrtiḥ śeṣaṃ ca duḥkhaṃ kalpaśatādhikam || 44 ||
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karmabhūmiriyaṃ śūra puṇyamatra vidhīyatām |
parastrīharaṇe cittaṃ kadācinmāṃ kariṣyasi || 45 ||
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lobhātpravartate kāmaḥ kāmātpāpaṃ pravarttate |
pāpānmṛtyurmṛte'pi syāddustare narake sthitiḥ || 46 ||
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sarve'pi tvadguṇā vyarthaṃ tvajjanmāpi ca niṣphalam |
kāmasya vaśatāṃ gatvā raṃtumiccheḥ parastriyam || 47 ||
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māṃsamūtrapūrīṣāsthinirmitaṃ me kalevaram |
etadeva samālokya smarasya vaśatāṃ gataḥ || 48 ||
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bhūpālavaṃśotpattitvātpaurebhyo na bibheṣi kim |
mastakopari garjaṃtaṃ nekṣase samavarttinam || 49 ||
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grasaṃti baḍiśaṃ matsyāste sarve jñānavarjitāḥ |
jñānīcetprāpya baḍiśaṃ bhavānkasmādgrasiṣyasi || 50 ||
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vivekastriṣu lokeṣu saṃpadāṃ paramaṃ padam |
aviveko hi lokānāmāpadāṃ paramaṃ padam || 51 ||
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tayoktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā mādhavaḥ kāmamohitaḥ |
uvāca jaimine vācaṃ vinayāvanataḥ punaḥ || 52 ||
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tavodvīkṣaṇanārāca dhārājarjaramānasam |
priye māṃ trāhi trāhīti tavāsmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 53 ||
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tāvatpriyatamā nārī yāvattiṣṭhati yauvane |
mṛṇālakoṣāṃ nalinīṃ hemabhṛṃgo na gacchati || 54 ||
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prasīda hariṇīnetre rakṣa māṃ sevakaṃ svakam |
tvadvācaṃ nīrasāṃ śrutvā bhinatti hṛdayaṃ mama || 55 ||
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candrakalovāca |
tyaja duḥkhaṃ mahāvīra śṛṇu madvacanaṃ śubham |
pravakṣyāmi manoduḥkhaṃ haṃtuṃ yadbhavataḥ kṣamām || 56 ||
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samudrapāre vikhyātā puraṃdarapuropamā |
plakṣadvīpe'sti dīpyaṃtī vikhyātā saṃjñayā purī || 57 ||
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guṇākarāhvayastatra rājā śreṣṭho mahāyaśāḥ |
āste sarvagaṇairyuktaḥ pratāpe'gnisamo balī || 58 ||
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suśīlā nāma tadbhāryā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā |
sevāvaśīkṛtasvāmi hṛdayā sadayā janaiḥ || 59 ||
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sulocanākhyā tatkanyā vīratatkukṣisaṃbhavā |
sadūharūpairajayatsakalānsundarīgaṇān || 60 ||
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tasyā rūpaṃ guṇaughaṃ ca varṇituṃ bhuvi kaḥ kṣamaḥ |
tadrūpadarśamālokyāsṛjadanyāṃ svayaṃ vidhiḥ || 61 ||
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ahamāsaṃ mahāvīra tasyā dāsī nṛpātmajaḥ |
samāgatāsmi daivena tvaddeśaṃ prati sundarī || 62 ||
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tatsamā sundarī nāsti tvatsamo nāsti sundaraḥ |
gṛhāṇa tāṃ vivāhena svargabhogaṃ yadīcchasi || 63 ||
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jaṃbukīṃ balavānsiṃho vihāyāṃkagatāmapi |
hastinīṃ na hi kiṃ dhatte yatnataḥ pratipattaye || 64 ||
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udyogī puruṣo loke labhate paramāṃ śriyam |
udyogena vinā brūhi kiṃ kāryaṃ bhuvi vidyate || 65 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā mādhavo mādhavārcakaḥ |
dūrīkṛtya smarodbhāvaṃ tāmityāha varānanām || 66 ||
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mādhava uvāca |
kena cihnena tāṃ kanyāṃ jñāsyāmi kamalānane |
tanme kathaya suśroṇi yadi te mayyanugrahaḥ || 67 ||
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siṃdhupāra pratīpājñaḥ kathaṃ yāsyāmi mānuṣaḥ |
bhaviṣyati tayā sārddhaṃ kathaṃ saṃdarśanaṃ mama || 68 ||
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candrakalovāca |
tasyāstu vāmajaghane tilakaṃ tilasannibham |
asti taddarśanenaiva jñāsyasi tvaṃ sulocanām || 69 ||
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uccaiḥśravasasaṃjñasya turagasya mahātmanaḥ |
tvanmaṃdurāyāṃ putrosti sarvagāmī hayottamaḥ || 70 ||
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tamaśvaśreṣṭhamāruhya javena pavanopamam |
gamiṣyasi samudrāṃtaṃ sukhasādhyā mahīyataḥ || 71 ||
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tato bhūpālaputro'sau sasainyo gṛhamāgataḥ |
sāpi candrakalā sādhvī suprītā svagṛhaṃ gatā || 72 ||
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viciṃtya vacanaṃ tasyā mādhavo'ti tvarānvitaḥ |
ciṃtākulitacitto'sau sahasā maṃdurāṃ yayau || 73 ||
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tatra baddhāñjalirbhūtvā vaikramirvikramānvitaḥ |
turaṃgamāniti prāha guṇayuktānmahābalān || 74 ||
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mādhava uvāca |
yūyaṃ sarve mahātmānaḥ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutāḥ |
samudrapāre māṃ netuṃ kaḥ śaknoti turaṅgamaḥ || 75 ||
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atha te turagāḥ sarve śrutvā tadvacanaṃ bhiyā |
parasparaṃ kṣitimukhāstasthurno netumudyatāḥ || 76 ||
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athaikasturagastatra samastalakṣaṇairyutaḥ |
mādhavasya puro gatvā vācametāmuvāca ha || 77 ||
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ahaṃ bhavaṃtaṃ neṣyāmi siṃdhupāraṃ na saṃśayaḥ |
kiṃ tvākarṇaya duḥkhāni madīyāni nṛpātmaja || 78 ||
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anyabhuktāvaśiṣṭaṃ yattattṛṇaṃ mama bhakṣaṇam |
graṃthikoṭiprayuktābhīrajjubhirmama baṃdhanam || 79 ||
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svapne'pi vrīhayo vīra na dṛṣṭā balinā mayā |
anyeṣāmapi bhogānāṃ kā kathātra nṛpātmaja || 80 ||
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gauraveṇa vinā vīra na satāṃ vikramo bhavet |
janiṣyati kathaṃ vahnirvinā kāṣṭhaṃ ghṛtādibhiḥ || 81 ||
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ahamīdṛgime sarve nānābhūṣāsamanvitāḥ |
na tu siṃhasamāḥ śvānaḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ || 82 ||
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pradakṣiṇākāratayā saśailadvīpasāgarāḥ |
kṣaṇamātreṇa pṛthivīṃ śaknomi bhūpate prabho || 83 ||
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mādhava uvāca |
kṣamasva doṣaṃ sakalaṃ matpitrā vihitaṃ haya |
adyaprabhṛti mukhyo'si maṃdurābhyaṃtare mama || 84 ||
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pareṇa dattaḥ saṃtāpaḥ sadā tiṣṭhati nottame |
salilaṃ vahnisaṃtaptaṃ kṣaṇācchītalatāṃ vrajet || 85 ||
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svamādhuryairbhavedikṣuḥ kṣaṇamapi hi tṛptaye |
ityuktvā taṃ namaskṛtya turaṃgaṃ nṛpanaṃdanaḥ || 86 ||
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tataḥ śubhe kṣaṇe tasya pṛṣṭhamāruhya vājinaḥ |
praceṣṭākhyena bhṛtyena vilaṃghya jaladhiṃ yayau || 87 ||
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purīṃ sarvaguṇairyuktāṃ puraṃdarapuropamām |
jagāma mādhavo bhrājansaudhāvalibhirujjvalām || 88 ||
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tatropasthāṃ ca yuvatīṃ gaṃdhinīṃ mādhavo dvijaḥ |
dṛṣṭvāsmitamukho vākyamuvāceti ca komalam || 89 ||
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vṛddhe mātarahaṃ pārtho dinamekaṃ tavālaye |
sthātumicchāmi kā'jñāte dhanavānmādhavāhvayaḥ || 90 ||
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ātitheyī gaṃdhinī sā tamādāyātithiṃ tataḥ |
harṣitvā svagṛhaṃ tatra jagāmātyaṃtabhaktitaḥ || 91 ||
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yathoktavidhinā vipra tayā tasyārhaṇā kṛtā |
mādhavastāṃ niśāṃ ninye ciṃtāvyākulamānasaḥ || 92 ||
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atha prabhāte vimale gandhinyāḥ purato dvija |
mādhavaḥ sakalaṃ kāryaṃ kathayāmāsa bhūsuraḥ || 93 ||
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devī sulocanāyāśca tasminneva dine śubhe |
gandhādivāsanaṃ karma racayāmāsa sā ca tat || 94 ||
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śrutvādhivāsanaṃ karma rājaputryāstato dvija |
śokasāgarakallola nikaro mādhavo'bhavat || 95 ||
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yadarthaṃ rājyavasatirmayā tyaktā tadicchunā |
yadarthaṃ bāṃdhavāstyaktā laṃghitaśca mahodadhiḥ || 96 ||
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adyaiva tasyā daivena bhaviṣyatyadhivāsanam |
niṣphalāḥ sakalā eva yāvaṃto vihitāḥ śramāḥ || 97 ||
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kiṃtu lokā na jalpaṃti mādhvyā mugdho gato'khilam |
ko'pi bhagnodyamo na syātprajñātvā kāryaniścayam || 98 ||
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etadviciṃtya manasā mādhavo'sau punaḥ punaḥ |
mālāpuṣpādike kāryaṃ lilekha premavarṇitam || 99 ||
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kanye mādhavanāmāhaṃ kumāro dharaṇīpateḥ |
tāladhvajādhirājasya vikramasya mahātmanaḥ || 100 ||
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tvacceṭī tatra kāpyasti kanye candrakalāhvayā |
tayā tavaguṇagrāmaḥ kathito me purā kila || 101 ||
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tvadguṇagrāmasaṃlagnacitto'haṃ nimnasāgaram |
vilaṅghya turagārūḍhaḥ samāyātaḥ purīṃ tava || 102 ||
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adhunā māṃ varatvena vṛṇu kanye sulocane |
yataḥ saṃsāramadhye'smiṃstavāsmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ || 103 ||
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yathā guṇavatīṃ tvāṃ hi nānyo jānāti tatpumān || 104 ||
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sarojinīguṇaṃ vetti bhṛṃga eva na darduraḥ |
śubhrasya jaladasyāpi gaganaikasya nodayaḥ || 105 ||
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tathāpi na bhajedanyaṃ vinā candraṃ kumudvatī |
atha tallikhanaṃ vīro mālākārapriyā kare || 106 ||
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svarṇāṃgulīya sahitaṃ dadau sa vinayo nṛpaḥ |
puṣpamālāṃtare kṛtvā taṃ lekhaṃ sāṃgulīyakam || 107 ||
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rājaputrī samīpe sā gaṃdhinī tarasā yayau |
puṣpamālāṃ baliṃ tasyai datvā sā gaṃdhinī tataḥ || 108 ||
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tasthau baddhāñjalirbhūtvā dūraṃ gatvā bhiyā kiyat |
tataḥ sā rājatanayā likhitaṃ sāṃgulīyakam || 109 ||
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vilokya sakalaṃ mūlātpapāṭhātyaṃtapaṇḍitā |
sāpi tatpṛṣṭhapatre tu tadyogyamuttaraṃ dvija || 110 ||
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alikhadvismitā kanyā yadyacca sarvamucyate |
rājaputra mahābāho tvadvākyamakhilaṃ śrutam || 111 ||
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śṛṇu sattama vākyaṃ me yathocitamidaṃ vacaḥ |
adyādhivāsanaṃ karma śvo vivāho mama dhruvam || 112 ||
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pituryatsaṃmataṃ kāryaṃ pṛthivyāṃko'pi natyajet |
kārye tu duḥkhasādhye tu kāryo nātiśramo janaiḥ || 113 ||
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kāryesiddhe śramo na syādasiddhe śrama eva hi |
tathāpi śṛṇu vakṣyāmi yena prāpnoti māṃ bhavān || 114 ||
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yadartho bhavatā caiva samudropi ca laṃghitaḥ |
mayā pradakṣaṇī kāryo varo vidyādharo hyayam || 115 ||
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tatpuro'haṃ gamiṣyāmi nānābharaṇabhūṣitā |
vāmabāhūrddhvaṃ kṛtvā ca vīraḥ syānmama saṃmukhaḥ || 116 ||
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yena māṃ śakyate netuṃ sa me bhartā bhaviṣyati |
satyaṃ satyamidaṃ satyaṃ patre'smiṃllikhitaṃ mayā || 117 ||
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anyathā sudṛḍhaṃ kāryaṃ laṃghituṃ na hi śakyate |
etadvilikhya sā kanyā tasyā eva kare dadau || 118 ||
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sāpi tatpatramādāya gatā mādhavasannidhim |
tayā yallikhitaṃ patre tatpaṭhitvā tu mādhavaḥ || 119 ||
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bhūyopi likhitaṃ vipra lilekhātyaṃtakautukaiḥ |
tvayā yaduktaṃ he kanye dhanye dhanyakulodbhave || 120 ||
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tadeva manmataṃ sarvaṃ ko'pi nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ |
tatastu gaṃdhinī bhūyo gatvā tannikaṭe dvija || 121 ||
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dadau sulocanāyai sā likhanaṃ sundarākṣaram |
atha tallikhanaṃ jñātvā kumārāṃgī kṛtaṃ dvija || 122 ||
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babhūvātyantasaṃhṛṣṭā vismitā ca punaḥ punaḥ |
tasminnasaṃśayaṃ kāryaṃ yadāsau svīkṛtaṃ dadau || 123 ||
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tadā kiṃ svayamindro vā yanmāyā mādhavaḥ pumān |
ihaloke paratrāsti snehabhūmiḥ patiḥ sadā || 124 ||
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vinā saṃdarśanenāpi na varatvedṛto mayā |
iti saṃcintya sā sādhvī niḥśvasya ca punaḥ punaḥ || 125 ||
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snānavyājādgatāvāsaṃ gandhinyāśca sahālibhiḥ |
haste vidhṛtya tāṃ kanyāṃ gaṃdhinī sā puraṃdhrikā || 126 ||
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mādhavaṃ darśayāmāsa śayānaṃ maṃcakopari |
taṃ samālokya sā kanyā kaṃdarpasadṛśaṃ tataḥ || 127 ||
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romāṃcitaṃ samastāṅgamudāttaṃ paśyati kramāt |
tannetrayugalaṃ tasminyatra yatra nimajjati || 128 ||
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kaṣṭadṛṣṭyā ca nānyatra tasmānnāmātra gacchati |
sākṣādayaṃ vā kandarpo devakīnandano'pi vā || 129 ||
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śarvo vā viṣayādhīśaḥ sākṣādvā pārvatīpatiḥ |
rūpairetairjaganmadhye mānuṣo na hi jāyate || 130 ||
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anena svāminā janmasaphalaṃ hariṇīdṛśaḥ |
madbhaktivaśago bhūtvā vidhātātyaṃtayatnataḥ || 131 ||
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yadāhaṃ kanyakā jātā tadainaṃ kiṃ sasarja ha |
adyaprabhṛti nātho'yaṃ svayaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ || 132 ||
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ityuktvā sā matiṃ cakre gaṃtuṃ nijagṛhaṃ prati |
gandhinyuvāca |
kanye yuktiriyaṃ bhadre tvayāpi hṛdi sevyatām || 133 ||
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yathā sumūrtiḥ puruṣo na tathā bhāti nindayā |
ullāso gātrabhaṃgaśca mandadṛṣṭiśca vismitam || 134 ||
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sarvāṇi viṣṇucihnāni nidrāyāṃ mṛgalocane |
saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭākṣepātprokto nottiṣṭhati dhruvam || 135 ||
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śanaiḥ śanaiḥ karaṃ tasya svakarābhyāmadarśayat |
tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ rājakanyāyāḥ saṃdhṛtyāgamanaṃ śṛṇu || 136 ||
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śrutvaitatsopi cottasthau saṃbhramākrāṃtamānasaḥ |
vinayāvanato vākyaṃ mādhavaścetyuvāca tām || 137 ||
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mādhava uvāca |
kanye majjanmasaphalaṃ śramaśca saphalo mama |
tvaccāruvadanāṃbhojaṃ sākṣādeva mayekṣitam || 138 ||
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sakalairyauvanaiḥ kanye tvaṃ varatvena māṃ vṛṇu |
tvadyogosti varo nānyo māṃ vinā bhuvi sundari || 139 ||
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sulocanovāca |
sugate tvaṃ mama svāmī bhāgyena mahatā bhaveḥ |
mayā yadvacanaṃ proktaṃ tadeva sudṛḍhaṃ khalu || 140 ||
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ājñāṃ kuru mahābhāga gacchāmi nijamaṃdiram |
mādhava uvāca |
tiṣṭheti yadi vā vacmi kanye garvastadā bhavet || 141 ||
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gaccheti vacanaṃ vaktuṃ nāyāti vadanānmama |
svayaṃ vicārya cārvaṃgi yadyuktaṃ tadvidhīyatām || 142 ||
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satyehavacanaṃ tasminbhaviṣyasi sutatparā |
ityuktā tena sā kanyā harṣitā svagṛhaṃ gatā || 143 ||
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tatraiva mādhavastasthau vṛto bahuparicchadaiḥ |
cāruvidyādhara eva sthito vidyādharo varaḥ || 144 ||
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tatrasthāśca janāḥ sarve srakcandanavibhūṣitāḥ |
divyāṃbaraparīdhānā rejurdevagaṇā iva || 145 ||
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kvacidgītaṃ kvacinnṛtyaṃ kvacitkolāhaladhvaniḥ |
kvacitkena pradīpālistatpure samavartata || 146 ||
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heṣitaiḥ saptivṛṃdānāṃ hastināṃ caiva bṛṃhitaiḥ |
harṣasvanaiśca patrīṇāṃ pūritāḥ kakubho daśa || 147 ||
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nānāpatākānivahairdhavalairnṛpasadmabhiḥ |
samaṃtādgaganaṃ sarvaṃ vyāptaṃ hi yatra jaimine || 148 ||
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ke'pi śaṅkhānsamādadhmurḍhakkāḍiṃḍimajharjharān |
vādayāṃcakrire ke'pi madhukohalakādikam || 149 ||
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tato yuvatayaḥ sarvāḥ sarojakorakastasthā |
lalitāni sugītāni jaguścandranibhānanāḥ || 150 ||
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parasparaṃ yauvanato gharṣaṇacyutamālayā |
prasvedāmbugaladgaṃdhairbabhau kanyeva tatra bhūḥ || 151 ||
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gaṃbhārīkāṣṭharacitaṃ pīṭhamāruhya sundarī |
jñātibhirveṣṭitā yātā varaṃ sthānaṃ sulocanā || 152 ||
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atrāṃtare vikramaputra eṣa śayyopariṣṭātkila labdhanidraḥ |
na veda daivena vivāhakāryaṃ sulocanāyāśca sulocanāyāḥ || 153 ||
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vidhātṛmāyāśatamohitānāṃ kadāpi na syādbhuvane sukhāya |
tataḥ svasaṃketavidhiṃ jano'yaṃ vismṛtya nidrāmabhajatsukhena || 154 ||
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vanaṃ parityajya kṛśānubhītyā jalaṃ praviṣṭā nalinī sukhārtham |
saṃdahyate tatra himānalena yadyasya karma na tadanyathā syāt || 155 ||
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vedādiśāstramakhilaṃ prapaṭhaṃtu lokāḥ kurvaṃtu nāmakṣitipālasevām |
ugraṃ tapaḥ pratidivaṃ pratisādhayaṃtu na śrīstathāpi ca bhajatyatibhāgyahīnam || 156 ||
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mastakopari tiṣṭhaṃti duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca |
anyakāle samāyānti haṭhādanyāni sattama || 157 ||
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nidrāvaṃtaṃ samālokya mādhavaṃ duḥkhabhāginam |
praceṣṭaściṃtayāmāsa jānansaṃketametayoḥ || 158 ||
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dhigastvamuṃ rājaputraṃ daivamāyāvimohitaḥ |
vismṛtya nijasaṃketaṃ nidrāṃ saṃprāpya sevate || 159 ||
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asau duḥkhāgatā kanyā varasya nikaṭe'dhunā |
kiṃ bhavennayane tādṛksaṃketaṃ yāti niṣphalam || 160 ||
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tiṣṭha tvaṃ vai pāpakarmannidrāṃ saṃsevya mastake |
mayā hayaṃ samāruhya netavyā sā varāṅganā || 161 ||
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kanyāratnaṃ ca ratnaṃ ca mudā prāpnoti durllabham |
tadā kiṃ sevayā kāryaṃ mādhavasyāsya durmateḥ || 162 ||
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dhanārthaṃ kriyate sevā sarvabhāvena bhūbhujām |
taccenmudā svayaṃ prāptaṃ sevāduḥkhena kiṃ tadā || 163 ||
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praceṣṭa iti saṃciṃtya samāruhya turaṃgamam |
sā rājakanyā yatrāste yayau tatra nabhaḥ pathā || 164 ||
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varaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya smaraṃtī samayaṃ svakam |
vāmahastaṃ samuddhṛtya tasthau vidyādharāgrataḥ || 165 ||
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haste vidhṛtya tāṃ kanyāṃ praceṣṭo'tijavena saḥ |
pṛṣṭhe niveśayāmāsa saptestasya mahābalaḥ || 166 ||
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tāṃ rājaputrīmādāya purīṃ kāṃcīṃ suśobhanām |
tāmathāsau samālokya praceṣṭo'titvarānvitaḥ || 167 ||
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uvāca pravahanpāṇiṃ naṣṭamānasasādhvasaḥ |
praceṣṭa uvāca |
samudrāṃtaratīrasthāṃ kāṃcīṃ nāma purīmimām || 168 ||
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paśya sarvatra vikhyātāṃ janasarvasukhapradām |
atra mādhavavīrasya tasya vidyādharasya vā || 169 ||
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kasyāpi ca bhayaṃ nāsti paśya candranibhānane |
maccitteṃdhanasaṃlagnāṃ kāmānalaśikhāvalim || 170 ||
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kucakuṃbhakaraiḥ siddhaṃ nirvāṇaṃ dehi suṃdari |
tvaccārumukhapadme'sminmanmukhabhramaro'dhunā || 171 ||
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icchetpātuṃ madhūnyatra kā'jñāte tiṣṭhati priye |
tvaccārugātrasaṃsparśāccharaistudati māṃ smaraḥ || 172 ||
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trāhi trāhi priye trāhi tavāsmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ |
iti bruvaṃtaṃ taṃ mūḍhamabhivīkṣya varāṃganā || 173 ||
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śokāgnitaptasarvāṅgī ciṃtayāmāsa cetasā |
ayaṃ mūḍho duṣṭaceṣṭaḥ praceṣṭo nāma vedhasā || 174 ||
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likhitaḥ kiṃ lalāṭe me yanmayā hā hatāsmyaham |
kva mātā kva ca me tātaḥ kva ca vidyādharo varaḥ || 175 ||
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anenāhaṃ samānītā dhigastu ghaṭanāṃ vidheḥ |
alaṃ lokāḥ prakurvaṃti garvaṃ jagati sarvadā || 176 ||
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vetti cchetuṃ garvavṛkṣaṃ vidhātā ghaṭanāsinā |
tathāpi vipade dhairyaṃ nirbhayatvaṃ ca tatparam || 177 ||
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upāyāśceti catvāraḥ praśasyā dīrghadarśibhiḥ |
ityālokya hṛdā kanyā vacobhiḥ komalākṣaraiḥ || 178 ||
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praceṣṭaṃ pratyuvācāsau sarvakāryavicakṣaṇā |
sulocanovāca |
dṛḍhaṃ kuru mano vīra kanyāhamavivāhitā || 179 ||
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māṃ samāliṅgya mohena kathaṃ yāsyasi durmate |
śāstroktavidhinā vīra vivāhena gṛhāṇa mām || 180 ||
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tava sevāṃ kariṣyāmi dāsīvatko'tra saṃśayaḥ |
tvaṃ me prāṇāśca mitraśca bhūṣaṇaṃ bāṃdhavastathā || 181 ||
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ananyagatayo nāryo bhavānnītimavaiti kim |
vivāhayogyavastūni vivāhārthaṃ samānaya || 182 ||
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matpāṇigrahaṇaṃ śīghraṃ kuru jāḍyaṃgṛhīti ca |
aṃtardṛḍhaṃ bahiḥ ślakṣṇaṃ badarīphalavadvacaḥ || 183 ||
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ākarṇya tasyā mūḍho'sau paramāṃ prītimāyayau |
turaṃgamaṃ ca tāṃ kanyāṃ saṃsthāpyaikatra durmatiḥ || 184 ||
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karakaṃkaṇamādāya tasyāstatpuramāyayau |
tataḥ sā ciṃtayāmāsa vidhiṃ nūnaṃ praśasyatam || 185 ||
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yata āvāṃ parityajya mūḍho'sau harṣito yayau |
kiṃ kartavyaṃ kva gaṃtavyaṃ kva sthātavyaṃ mayādhunā || 186 ||
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atisaṃkaṭakāryesminnistāro me bhavetkatham |
yadāhamatra tiṣṭhami kiṃ vadiṣyaṃti te tadā || 187 ||
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puṇyatīrthaṃ samāsādya paratra janmakāmyayā |
paṃcatāṃ pratiyāsyāmi sāpi śreyaskarī yataḥ || 188 ||
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madviyogādayaṃ mūḍho na vidyādhara mādhavau |
jīviṣyaṃti trayopyete kṣaṇamātramapi smaran || 189 ||
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mayi sthitāyāmeteṣāṃ bhavejjīvanarakṣaṇam |
mṛtāyāmapi yāsyaṃti trayo'pyete tu paṃcatām || 190 ||
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māmuddiśya yadā prāṇāḥ yakṣyaṃte te'tra me janāḥ |
bhaviṣyāmi tadā nūnamahaṃ tadvadhabhāginī || 191 ||
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idānīṃ puṇyatīrtheṣu yaṣṭavyo bhagavānhariḥ |
tasminprasanne bhadraṃ me sarvameva bhaviṣyati || 192 ||
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prāṇeṣu ca vinaṣṭeṣu sarvameva vinaśyati |
teṣu sthiteṣu sakalaṃ stokastokena sidhyati || 193 ||
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niśāvaśiṣṭā nalinī himākare dūrīkṛte caṇḍakareṇa bhāsvatā |
sugandhapuṣpaprakaro'tisuṃdarī nāpnoti kiṃ bhṛṃgavarasya saṃgamam || 194 ||
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hṛdā viciṃtyeti varāṃganā sā saptiṃ samāruhya mahājavaṃ tam |
taptuṃ tapaḥ sāgaraviṣṇupatnyorjagāma vijñottamasaṃgamāya || 195 ||
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tasminkṣetravare puṇye gaṅgāsāgarasaṃgame |
vasedrājā suṣeṇākhyaḥ somavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ || 196 ||
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gaṃtuṃ tasya sabhāṃ rājñaścetasā sā vyaciṃtayat |
mayā yuvatyā kartavyaṃ kathaṃ bhūpāladarśanam || 197 ||
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adhivāsanasūtrāṇi sadūrvāṇi bhuje mama |
kanyāhaṃ turagārūḍhā yuvatī saṃgavarjitā || 198 ||
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cāritraṃ māmakaṃ nūnaṃ manovismayakārakam |
ātmānaṃ gopayitvāhaṃ yāsyāmi nṛpateḥ sabhām || 199 ||
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indrajālaprabhāveṇa sā bhūtvā puruṣākṛtiḥ |
praviveśa sabhāṃ rājñaḥ sudharmāmiva jaimine || 200 ||
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taṃ sapannamivāyāṃtaṃ śaktihastaṃ hayāsanam |
svayaṃ papraccha bhūpālaḥ kastvaṃ kuta ihāgataḥ || 201 ||
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tasyaitadvacanaṃ śrutvā sā kanyā puruṣākṛtiḥ |
praṇamyovāca rājānaṃ suhṛdaṃ sajjanāśrayam || 202 ||
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deva vīravaro nāma putro'haṃ pṛthivīpateḥ |
vartanāya samāyātastvadrājyaṃ prati saṃprati || 203 ||
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yadyatkāryamasādhyaṃ syāttadeva sādhayāmyaham |
mayi sthite na madbharttuḥ kutrāpi syātparājayaḥ || 204 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre vīravarapradarśonāma paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ || 5 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Padma Purana Chapter 5

Cover of edition (2016)

Sri Padma Purana (Sanskrit Text and Hindi Translation)
by Chaukhamba Surbharati Prakashan (2016)

Sanskrit Text and Hindi Translation with Sloka Index (Set of 7 Volumes)

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Cover of edition (2007)

Padma Purana (In Six Volumes)
by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office (2007)

Sanskrit Text Only

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Cover of Bengali edition

Padma Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

Set of 7 Volumes

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Cover of edition (2015)

Sri Padma Purana (Tamil)
by Azhwargal Aaivu Maiyam, Chennai (2015)

Translated by S. Jagatrakshgan

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Padma Purana in Gujarati
by Shree Harihar Pustakalay, Surat (0)

[પદમ પુરણ:]

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Cover of edition (2013)

Padma Mahapurana (Kannada)
by Vijeth Prakashan Gadag, Bangalore (2013)

[ಪದ್ಮ ಮಹಾಪುರಾಣಂ]

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