Chapter 38

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sūta uvāca |
satyavratastu tadbhaktyā kṛpayā ca pratijñayā |
viśvāmitrakalatraṃ ca poṣayāmāsa vai tadā || 1 ||
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hatvā mṛgānvarāhāṃśca mahiṣāṃśca vanecarān |
viśvāmitrāśramābhyāśe tanmāṃsaṃ cākṣipanmune || 2 ||
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tīrthaṃ gāṃ caiva rātraṃ ca tathaivāṃtaḥpuraṃ muniḥ |
yājyopādhyāyasaṃyogādvasiṣṭhaḥ paryyarakṣata || 3 ||
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satyavratasya vākyādvā bhāvinorthasya vai balāt |
vasiṣṭho'bhyadhikaṃ manyuṃ dhārayāmāsa nityaśaḥ || 4 ||
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pitrā tu taṃ tadā rāṣṭrātparityaktaṃ svamātmajam |
na vārayāmāsa munirvasiṣṭhaḥ kāraṇena ca || 5 ||
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pāṇigrahaṇamaṃtrāṇāṃ niṣṭhā syātsaptame pade |
na ca satyavratasthasya tamupāṃśumabuddhyata || 6 ||
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tasminsa paritoṣāya piturāsīnmahātmanaḥ |
kulasya niṣkṛtiṃ vipra kṛtavānvai bhavediti || 7 ||
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na taṃ vasiṣṭho bhagavānpitrā tyaktaṃ nyavārayat |
abhiṣekṣyāmyahaṃ putramasyāṃ naivābravīnmuniḥ || 8 ||
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sa tu dvādaśa varṣāṇi dīkṣāṃ tāmudvahadbalī |
avidyāmāne māṃse tu vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ || 9 ||
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sarvakāmaduhāṃ dogdhrīṃ dadarśa sa nṛpātmajaḥ |
tāṃ vai krodhācca lobhācca śramādvai ca kṣudhānvitaḥ || 10 ||
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dāśadharmagato rājā tāṃ jaghāna sa vai mune |
sa taṃ māṃsaṃ svayaṃ caiva viśvāmitrasya cātmajam || 11 ||
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bhojayāmāsa tacchrutvā vasiṣṭho hyasya cukrudhe |
uvāca ca muniśreṣṭhastaṃ tadā krodhasaṃyutaḥ || 12 ||
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vasiṣṭha uvāca |
pātayeyamahaṃ krūraṃ tava śaṃkumayomayam |
yadi te dvāvimau śaṃkū naśyetāṃ vai kṛtau purā || 13 ||
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pituścāparitoṣeṇa gurordogdhrīvadhena ca |
aprokṣitopayogācca trividhaste vyatikramaḥ || 14 ||
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triśaṃkuriti hovāca triśaṃkuriti sa smṛtaḥ |
viśvāmitrastu dārāṇāmāgato bharaṇe kṛte || 15 ||
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tena tasmai varaṃ prādānmuniḥ prītastriśaṃkave |
chandyamāno vareṇātha varaṃ vavre nṛpātmajaḥ || 16 ||
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anāvṛṣṭibhaye cāsmiñjāte dvādaśavārṣike |
abhiṣicya pitṛ rājye yājayāmāsa taṃ muniḥ || 17 ||
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miṣatāṃ devatānāṃ ca vasiṣṭhasya ca kauśikaḥ |
saśarīraṃ tadā taṃ tu divamāroha yatprabhuḥ || 18 ||
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tasya satyarathā nāma bhāryā kekayavaṃśajā |
kumāraṃ janayāmāsa hariścandramakalmaṣam || 19 ||
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sa vai rājā hariścandro traiśaṃkava iti smṛtaḥ |
āhartā rājasūyasya samrāḍiti ha viśrutaḥ || 20 ||
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hariścandrasya hi suto rohito nāma viśrutaḥ |
rohitasya vṛkaḥ putro vṛkādbāhustu jajñivān || 21 ||
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haihayāstālajaṃghāśca nirasyaṃti sma taṃ nṛpam |
nātmārthe dhārmiko vipraḥ sa hi dharmaparo'bhavata || 22 ||
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sagaraṃ sasutaṃ bāhurjajñe saha gareṇa vai |
aurvasyāśramamāsādya bhārgaveṇābhirakṣitaḥ || 23 ||
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āgneyamastraṃ labdhvā ca bhārgavātsagaro nṛpaḥ |
jigāya pṛthivīṃ hatvā tālajaṃghānsahaihayāna || 24 ||
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śakānbahūdakāṃścaiva pāradāṃtagaṇānkhaśān |
sudharmaṃ sthāpayāmāsa śaśāsa vṛṣataḥ kṣitim || 25 ||
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śaunaka uvāca |
sa vai gareṇa sahitaḥ kathaṃ jātastu kṣatriyāt |
jitavānetadācakṣva vistareṇa hi sūtaja || 26 ||
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sūta uvāca |
pārīkṣitena saṃpṛṣṭo vaiśaṃpāyana eva ca |
yadācaṣṭa sma tadvakṣye śṛṇuṣvaikamanā mune || 27 ||
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|| pārīkṣito uvāca |
kathaṃ sa sagaro rājā gareṇa sahito mune |
jātassa jaghnivānbhūyānetadākhyātumarhasi || 28 ||
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vaiśampāyana uvāca |
bāhorvyasaninastāta hṛtaṃ rājyamabhūtkila |
haihayaistālajaṃghaiśca śakaissārddhaṃ viśāṃpate || 29 ||
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yavanāḥ pāradāścaiva kāmbojāḥ pāhnavāstathā |
bahūdakāśca paṃcaiva gaṇāḥ proktāśca rakṣasām || 30 ||
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ete paṃca gaṇā rājanhaihayārtheṣu rakṣasām |
kṛtvā parākramān bāho rājyaṃ tebhyo dadurbalāt || 31 ||
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hṛtarājyastato viprāḥ sa vai bāhurvanaṃ yayau |
patnyā cānugato duḥkhī sa vai prāṇānavāsṛjat || 32 ||
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patnī yā yādavī tasya sagarbhā pṛṣṭhato gatā |
sapatnyā ca garastasyai dattaḥ pūrvaṃ suterṣyayā || 33 ||
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sā tu bhartuścitāṃ kṛtvā jvalanaṃ cāvarohata |
aurvastāṃ bhārgavo rājankāruṇyātsamavārayat || 34 ||
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tasyāśrame sthitā rājñī garbharakṣaṇahetave |
siṣeve munivaryaṃ taṃ smarantī śaṃkaraṃ hṛdā || 35 ||
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ekadā khalu tadgarbho gareṇaiva saha cyutaḥ |
sumuhūrtte sulagne ca paṃcoccagrahasaṃyute || 36 ||
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tasmiṃllagne ca balini sarvathā munisattama |
vyajāyata mahābāhussagaro nāma pārthivaḥ || 37 ||
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aurvastu jātakarmādi tasya kṛtvā mahātmanaḥ |
adhyāpya vedaśāstrāṇi tato'straṃ pratyapādayat || 38 ||
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āgneyaṃ taṃ mahābhāgo hyamarairapi dussaham |
jagrāha vidhinā prītyā sagarosau nṛpottamaḥ || 39 ||
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sa tenāstrabalenaiva balena ca samanvitaḥ |
haihayānvijaghānāśu saṃkuddho'strabalena ca || 40 ||
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ājahāra ca lokeṣu kīrtiṃ kīrtimatāṃ varaḥ |
dharmaṃ saṃsthāpayāmāsa sagaro'sau mahītale || 41 ||
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tataśśakāssayavanāḥ kāmbojāḥ pāhnavāstathā |
hanyamānāstadā te tu vasiṣṭhaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ || 42 ||
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vasiṣṭho vaṃcanāṃ kṛtvā samayena mahādyutiḥ |
sagaraṃ vārayāmāsa teṣāṃ dattvābhayaṃ nṛpam || 43 ||
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sagarassvāṃ pratijñāṃ tu gurorvākyaṃ niśamya ca |
dharmaṃ jaghāna teṣāṃ vai keśānyatvaṃ cakāra ha || 44 ||
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arddhaṃ śakānāṃ śiraso muṃḍaṃ kṛtvā vyasarjayat |
yavanānāṃ śirassarvaṃ kāṃbojānāṃ tathaiva ca || 45 ||
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pāradā muṃḍakeśāśca pāhnavāśśmaśrudhāriṇaḥ |
nissvādhyāyavaṣaṭkārāḥ kṛtāstena mahātmanā || 46 ||
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jitā ca sakalā pṛthvī dharmatastena bhūbhujā |
sarve te kṣatriyāstāta dharmahīnāḥ kṛtāḥ purāḥ || 47 ||
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sa dharmavijayī rājā vijitvemāṃ vasuṃdharām |
aśvaṃ saṃskārayāmāsa vājimedhāya pārthivaḥ || 48 ||
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tasya cāsyatesso'śvassamudre pūrvadakṣiṇe |
gataḥ ṣaṣṭisahasraistu tatputrairanvito mune || 49 ||
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devarājena śakreṇa so'śvo hi svārthasādhinā |
velāsamīpe'pahṛto bhūmiṃ caiva praveśitaḥ || 50 ||
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mahārājo'tha sagarastaddhayānveṣaṇāya ca |
sa taṃ deśaṃ tadā putraiḥ khānayāmāsa sarvataḥ || 51 ||
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āseduste tatastatra khanyamāne mahārṇave |
tamādipuruṣaṃ devaṃ kapilaṃ viśvarūpiṇam || 52 ||
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tasya cakṣussamutthena vahninā pratibudhyataḥ |
dagdhāḥ ṣaṣṭisahasrāṇi catvārastvavaśeṣitāḥ || 53 ||
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harṣaketussuketuśca tathā dharmarathoparaḥ |
śūraḥ paṃcajanaścaiva tasya vaṃśakarā nṛpāḥ || 54 ||
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prādācca tasmai bhagavān hariḥ paṃcavarānsvayam |
vaṃśaṃ medhāṃ ca kīrtiñca samudraṃ tanayaṃ dhanam || 55 ||
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sāgaratvaṃ ca lebhe sa karmaṇā tasya tena vai |
taṃ cāśvamedhikaṃ so'śvaṃ samudrādupalabdhavān || 56 ||
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ājahārāśvamedhānāṃ śataṃ sa tu mahāyaśāḥ |
īje śaṃbhuvibhūtīśca devatāstatra suvratāḥ || 57 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ satyavratādisagaraparyaṃta vaṃśavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 38 ||
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