Chapter 36

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sūta uvāca |
manorvaivasvatasyāsanputrā vai nava tatsamāḥ |
paścānmahonnatā dhīrāḥ kṣatradharmaparāyaṇāḥ || 1 ||
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ikṣvākuḥ śibinābhāgau dhṛṣṭaḥ śaryātireva ca |
nariṣyanto'tha nābhāgaḥ karūṣaśca priyavrataḥ || 2 ||
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akarotputtrakāmastu manuriṣṭiṃ prajāpati |
anutpanneṣu putreṣu tatreṣṭyāṃ munipuṃgavaḥ || 3 ||
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sā hi divyāṃbaradharā divyābharaṇabhūṣitā |
divyasaṃhananā caivamilā jajñe hi viśrutā || 4 ||
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tāmiḍetyeva hovāca manurdaṇḍadharastathā |
anugacchatva māmeti tamiḍā pratyuvāca ha || 5 ||
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iḍovāca |
dharmayuktamidaṃ vākyaṃ putrakāmaṃ prajāpatim |
mitrāvaruṇayoraṃśairjātāsmi vadatāṃ vara || 6 ||
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tayossakāśaṃ yāsyāmi na me dharme rucirbhavet |
evamuktvā satī sā tu mitrāvaruṇayostataḥ || 7 ||
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gatvāṃtikaṃ varārohā prāṃjalirvākyamabravīt |
aṃśaistu yuvayorjātā manuyajñe mahāmunī || 8 ||
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āgatā bhavatoraṃti brūtaṃ kiṃ karavāṇi vām |
anyānputrānsṛja vibho tairvaṃśaste bhaviṣyati || 9 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tāṃ tathāvādinīṃ sādhvīmiḍāṃ manvadhvarodbhavām |
mitrāvaruṇānāmānau munī ūcaturādarāt || 10 ||
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mitrāvaruṇāvūcatuḥ |
anena tava dharmajñe praśrayeṇa damena ca |
satyena caiva suśroṇi prītau dvau varavarṇini || 11 ||
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āvayostvaṃ mahābhāge khyātiṃ caiva gamiṣyasi |
manorvaśakaraḥ putrastvameva ca bhaviṣyasi || 12 ||
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sudyumna iti vikhyātastriṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ |
jagatpriyo dharmaśīlau manuvaṃśavivarddhanaḥ || 13 ||
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sūta uvāca |
nivṛttā sā tu tacchrutvā gacchaṃtī pituraṃtike |
budhenāṃtaramāsādya maidhunāyopamaṃtritā || 14 ||
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somaputrāttato jajñe tasyāṃ rājā purūravāḥ |
putro'tisundaraḥ prājña urvaśī patirunnataḥ || 15 ||
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janayitvā ca sā tatra purūravasamādarāt |
putraṃ śivaprasādāttu punassudyumnatāṃ gataḥ || 16 ||
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sudyumnasya tu dāyādāstrayaḥ paramadhārmikāḥ |
utkalaśca gayaścāpi vinatāśvaśca vīryavān || 17 ||
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utkalasyotkalā viprā vinatāśvasya paścimāḥ |
dikpūrvā muni śārdūla gayasya tu gayā smṛtāḥ || 18 ||
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praviṣṭe tu manau tāta divākaratanuṃ tadā |
daśadhā tatra tatkṣetramakarotpṛthivīṃ manuḥ || 19 ||
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ikṣvākuḥ śreṣṭhadāyādo madhyadeśamavāptavān |
vasiṣṭhavacanādāsītpratiṣṭhānaṃ mahātmanaḥ || 20 ||
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pratiṣṭhāṃ dharmarājyasya sudyumnotha tato dadau |
tatpurūravase prādādrājyaṃ prāpya mahāyaśāḥ || 21 ||
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mānavo yo muniśreṣṭhāḥ strīpuṃsorlakṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ |
nariṣyaṃtācchakāḥ putrā nabhagasya suto 'bhavat || 22 ||
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aṃbarīṣastu bāhleyo bāhlakaṃ kṣetrāmāptavān |
śaryātirmithunaṃ tvāsīdānarto nāma viśrutaḥ || 23 ||
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putrassukanyā kanyā ca yā patnī cyavanasya hi |
ānartasya hi dāyādo raibhyo nāma sa raivataḥ || 24 ||
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ānartaviṣaye yasya purī nāma kuśasthalī |
mahādivyā saptapurīmadhye yā saptamī matā || 25 ||
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tasya putraśataṃ tvāsītkakudmī jyeṣṭha uttamaḥ |
tejasvī subalaḥ pāro dharmiṣṭho brahmapālakaḥ || 26 ||
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kakudminastu saṃjātā revatī nāma kanyakā |
mahālāvaṇyasaṃyuktā divyalakṣmīrivāparā || 27 ||
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praṣṭuṃ kanyāvaraṃ rājā kakudmī kanyayā saha |
brahmaloke vidhessamyaksarvādhīśo jagāma ha || 28 ||
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āvartamāne gāṃdharve sthito labdhakṣaṇaḥ kṣaṇam |
śuśrāva tatra gāṃdharvaṃ nartane brahmaṇoṃ'tike || 29 ||
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muhūrtabhūtaṃ tatkāle gataṃ bahuyugaṃ tadā |
na kiṃcidbubudhe rājā kakudmī munayassa tu || 30 ||
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tadāsau vidhimā namya svābhiprāyaṃ kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
nyavedayadvinītātmā brahmaṇe paramātmane || 31 ||
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tadabhiprāyamākarṇya sa prahasya prajāpatiḥ |
kakudminaṃ mahārājaṃ samābhāṣya samabravīt || 32 ||
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brahmovāca |
śṛṇu rājanraibhyasuta kakudminpṛthivapite |
madvacaḥ prītitassatyaṃ pravakṣyāmi viśeṣataḥ || 33 ||
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kālena saṃhṛtāste vai varā ye te kṛtā hṛdi |
na tadgotraṃ hi tatrāsti kālassarvasya bhakṣakaḥ || 34 ||
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tvatpuryyapi hatā puṇyajanaissā rākṣasairnṛpa |
aṣṭāviṃśaddvāpare'dya kṛṣṇena nirmitā punaḥ || 35 ||
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kṛtā dvārāvatī nāmnā bahudvārā manoramā |
bhojavṛṣṇyaṃdhakairguptā vāsudevapurogamaiḥ || 36 ||
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tadgaccha tatra prītātmā vāsudevāya kanyakām |
baladevāya dehi tvamimāṃ svatanayāṃ nṛpa || 37 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ityādiṣṭo nṛpo'yaṃ taṃ natvā tāṃ ca purīṃ gataḥ |
gatānbahūnyugāñjñātvā vismitaḥ kanyayā yutaḥ || 38 ||
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tatastu yuvatīṃ kanyāṃ tāṃ ca svāṃ suvidhānataḥ |
kṛṣṇabhrātre balāyāśu prādāttatra sa revatīm || 39 ||
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tato jagāma śikharaṃ merordivyaṃ mahāprabhuḥ |
śivamārādhayāmāsa sa nṛpastapasi sthitaḥ || 40 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
tatra sthito bahuyugaṃ brahmaloke sa revataḥ |
yuvaivāgānmartyalokametannaḥ saṃśayo mahān || 41 ||
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sūta uvāca |
na jarā kṣutpipāsā vā vikārāstatra saṃti vai |
apamṛtyurna keṣāṃcinmunayo brahmaṇoṃ'tike || 42 ||
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ato na rājā saṃprāpa jarāṃ mṛtyuṃ ca sā sutā |
sa yuvaivāgatastatra saṃmaṃtrya tanayāvaram || 43 ||
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gatvā dvārāvatīṃ divyāṃ purīṃ kṛṣṇavinirmitām |
vivāhaṃ kārayāmāsa kanyāyāḥ sa balena hi || 44 ||
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tasya putraśataṃ tvāsīddhārmikasya mahāprabho |
kṛṣṇasyāpi sutā jātā bahustrībhyo'mitāstataḥ || 45 ||
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anvavāyo mahāṃstatra dvayorapi mahātmanoḥ |
kṣatriyā dikṣu sarvāsu gatā hṛṣṭāssudhārmikāḥ || 46 ||
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iti prokto hi śaryātervaṃśo'nyeṣāṃ vadāmyaham |
mānavānāṃ hi saṃkṣepācchṛṇutādarato dvijāḥ || 47 ||
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nābhāgo diṣṭaputro'bhūtsa tu brāhmaṇatāṃ gataḥ |
svakṣatravaṃśaṃ saṃsthāpya brahmakarmabhirāvṛtaḥ || 48 ||
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dhṛṣṭāddhārṣṭamabhūtkṣatraṃ brahmabhūyaṃ gataṃ kṣitau |
karūṣasya tu kārūṣāḥ kṣatriyā yuddhadurmadāḥ || 49 ||
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nṛgo yo manuputrastu mahādātā viśeṣataḥ |
nānāvasūnāṃ suprītyā viprebhyaśca gavāṃ tathā || 50 ||
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godātavyatyayādyastu svakubuddhyā svapāpataḥ |
kṛkalāsatvamāpannaḥ śrīkṛṣṇena samuddhṛtaḥ || 51 ||
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tasyekobhūtsutaḥ śreṣṭhaḥ prayātirdharmavittathā |
iti śrutaṃ mayā vyāsāttatproktaṃ hi samāsataḥ || 52 ||
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vṛṣaghnastu manoḥ putro gopālo guruṇā kṛtaḥ |
pālayāmāsa gā yatto rātryāṃ vīrāsanavrataḥ || 53 ||
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sa ekadā''gataṃ goṣṭhe vyāghraṃ gā hiṃsituṃ balī |
śrutvā gokadanaṃ buddho haṃtuṃ taṃ khaḍgadhṛgyayau || 54 ||
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ajānannahanadbabhrośśiraśśārdūlaśaṃkayā |
niścakrāma sabhīrvyāghro dṛṣṭvā taṃ khaḍginaṃ prabhum || 55 ||
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manyamāno hataṃ vyāghraṃ svasthānaṃ sa jagāma ha |
rātryāṃ tasyāṃ bhramāpanno varṣavātavinaṣṭadhīḥ || 56 ||
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vyuṣṭāyāṃ niśi cotthāya prage tatra gato hi saḥ |
adrākṣītsa hatāṃ babhruṃ na vyāghraṃ duḥkhito'bhavat || 57 ||
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śrutvā tadvṛttamājñāya taṃ śaśāpa kṛtāgasam |
akāmatovicāryyeti śūdro bhava na kṣatriyaḥ || 58 ||
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evaṃ śaptastu guruṇā kulācāryyeṇa kopataḥ |
nissṛtaśca pṛṣadhrastu jagāma vipinaṃ mahat || 59 ||
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nirviṇṇaḥ sa tu kaṣṭena virakto'bhūtsa yogavān |
vanāgnau dagdhadehaśca jagāma paramāṃ gatim || 60 ||
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kaviḥ putro manoḥ prājñaśśivānugrahato'bhavat |
bhuktvā sukhaṃ divyaṃ muktiṃ prāpa sudurlabhām || 61 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ manunavaputravaṃśavarṇanaṃnāma ṣaṭtriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ || 36 ||
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