Chapter 5

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śrīsūta uvāca |
prastutya cakratīrthaṃ tu puṇyaṃ pāpavināśanam |
punarapyadbhutaṃ kiñcitprabravīmi munīśvarāḥ || 1 ||
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vidhūmanāmā hi vasurdevastrī cāpyalaṃbuṣā |
brahmaśāpānmahāghorātpurā prāptau manuṣyatām || 2 ||
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cakratīrthe mahāpuṇye snātvā śāpādvimocitau |
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
sūtasūta mahāprājña purāṇārthaviśārada || 3 ||
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prājñatvādvyāsaśiṣya tvādajñātaṃ te na kiṃcana |
brahmā kenāparādhena sahālaṃbusayā vasum || 4 ||
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purā vidhūmanāmānaṃ śaptavāṃścaturānanaḥ |
brahmaśāpena ghoreṇa kayostau putratāṃ gatau || 5 ||
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śāpasyāntaḥ kathamabhūdbrahmaṇā śaptayostayoḥ |
etannaḥ śraddadhānānāṃ vistarādvaktumarhasi || 6 ||
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śrīsūta uvāca |
purā hi bhagavānbrahmā svayambhūścaturānanaḥ |
sāvitryā ca sarasvatyā pārśvayoḥ pravirājitaḥ || 7 ||
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sanātanena muninā sanakena ca dhīmatā |
sanatkumāranāmnā ca nāradena mahātmanā || 8 ||
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sanandanādibhiścānyaiḥ sevyamāno munīśvaraiḥ |
suparvavṛndajuṣṭena stūyamāno biḍaujasā || 9 ||
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ādityādi grahaiścaiva stūyamānapadāṃbujaḥ |
siddhaiḥ sādhyairmarudbhiśca kiṃnaraiśca samāvṛtaḥ || 10 ||
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gaṇaiḥ kiṃpuruṣāṇāṃ ca vasubhiścāṣṭabhirvṛtaḥ |
urvaśīpramukhānāṃ ca svarveśyānāṃ manoramam || 11 ||
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nṛtyaṃ vāditrasahitaṃ vīkṣyamāṇo muhurmuhuḥ |
goṣṭhīṃ cakre sabhāmadhye satyaloke kadācana || 12 ||
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meghagarjitagambhīro janānāṃ naṃdayanmuhuḥ |
vīṇāveṇumṛdaṃgānāṃ dhvanistatra vyasarpata || 13 ||
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gaṃgātaraṃgamālānāṃ śīkarasparśaśītalaḥ |
pavamānaḥ sukhasparśo mandaṃ mandaṃ vavau tadā || 14 ||
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paryāyeṇa tadā sarvā nanṛturdevayoṣitaḥ |
nṛtyaśrameṇa khinnāsu veśyāsvanyāsu sādaram || 15 ||
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alaṃbusā devanārī rūpayau vanaśālinī |
madayantī janānsarvānsabhāmadhye nanarta vai || 16 ||
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tasminnavasare tasyā nṛtyaṃtyāḥ saṃsadi dvijāḥ |
vastramābhyaṃtaraṃ vāyurlīlayā samudakṣipat || 17 ||
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tatkṣipte vasane spaṣṭamūrumūlamadṛśyata |
tathābhūtāṃ tu tāṃ dṛṣṭvā sarve brahmādayo hriyā || 19 ||
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sabhāmadhye samāsīnā nimīlita dṛśo'bhavan |
vidhūmanāmā tu vasuḥ kāmabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ || 19 ||
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tāmeva brahmabhavane dṛṣṭvānilahṛtāṃśukām |
harṣasaṃphullanayano hṛṣṭaromā tato'bhavat || 20 ||
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alaṃbusāyāṃ tasyāṃ tu jātakāmaṃ vilokya tam |
vasuṃ vidhūmanāmānaṃ śaśāpa caturānanaḥ || 21 ||
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yasmāttvamīdṛśaṃ kāryaṃ vidhūma kṛtavānasi |
tasmāddhi martyaloke tvaṃ mānuṣatvamavāpsyasi || 22 ||
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iyaṃ ca devayoṣitte tatra bhāryā bhaviṣyati |
evaṃ sa brahmaṇā śapto vidhūmaḥ khinnamānasaḥ || 23 ||
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prasādayāmāsa vasurbrahmāṇaṃ praṇipatya tu |
vidhūma uvāca |
asya śāpasya ghorasya bhagavanbhaktavatsala || 24 ||
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nāhamarho'smi deveśa rakṣa māṃ karuṇānidhe |
evaṃ prasāditastena bhāratīpatiravyayaḥ || 25 ||
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kṛpayā parayā yukto vidhūmaṃ prāha sāṃtvayan |
brahmovāca |
tvayi śāpo'pyayaṃ datto na cāsatyaṃ bravīmyaham || 26 ||
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tato'vadhiṃ kalpayāmi śāpasyāsya tavādhunā |
martyabhāvaṃ samāpannaḥ sahālaṃbusayā'nayā || 27 ||
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tatra bhūtvā mahārājaḥ śāsayitvā ciraṃ mahīm |
putramapratimaṃ tvasyāṃ janayitvā mahīpatim || 28 ||
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abhiṣicya ca rājye taṃ rājyarakṣāvicakṣaṇam |
etacchāpasya śāṃtyarthaṃ dakṣiṇasyodadhestaṭe |
phullagrāmasamīpasthe cakratīrthe mahattare || 29 ||
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anayā bhāryayā sārddhaṃ yadā snānaṃ kariṣyasi |
tadā tvaṃ mānuṣaṃ bhāvaṃ jīrṇatvacamivoragaḥ || 30 ||
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visṛjya bhāryayā sārddhaṃ svaṃ lokaṃ pratipatsyase |
cakratīrthe vinā snānaṃ na naśyecchāpa īdṛśaḥ || 31 ||
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iti brahmavacaḥ śrutvā vidhūmo nātihṛṣṭavān |
svaveśma prāviśattūrṇamāmaṃtrya caturānanam || 32 ||
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ciṃtayāmāsa tatrāsau martyatāṃ yāsyato mama |
ko vā pitā bhavedbhūmau kā vā mātā bhaviṣyati || 33 ||
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bahudhetthaṃ samālocya vidhūmo niścikāya saḥ |
kauśāṃbīnagare rājā śatānīka iti śrutaḥ || 34 ||
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asti vīro mahābhāgo bhāryā cāpi pativratā |
tasya viṣṇumatīnāma viṣṇoḥ śrīriva vallabhā || 35 ||
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tameva pitaraṃ kṛtvā mātaraṃ ca vidhāya tām |
saṃbhaviṣyāmi bhūloke svakarmaparipākataḥ || 36 ||
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tataḥ sa mālyavantaṃ ca puṣpadaṃtaṃ balotkaṭam |
trīnāhūyātmano bhṛtyānvṛttametannyave dayat || 37 ||
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bhṛtyāḥ śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vo brahmaśāpānmahābhayāt |
janiṣyāmi śatānīkādviṣṇumatyāmahaṃ sutaḥ || 38 ||
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iti śrutvā vaco bhṛtyāstasyā prāṇā bahiścarāḥ |
vāṣpapūrṇamukhāḥ sarve vidhūmaṃ vākyamabruvan || 39 ||
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bhṛtyā ūcuḥ |
tvadviyogaṃ vayaṃ sarve trayo'pi na sahāmahe |
tasmānmānuṣa bhāvatvamasmābhiḥ saha yāsyasi || 40 ||
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śatānīkasya rājarṣermaṃtrī yo'yaṃ yugandharaḥ |
senānīrvipratīkaśca yo'yaṃ prāgrasaro raṇe || 41 ||
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narmakarmasu hṛdvipro vallabhākhyo mahāṃśca yaḥ |
teṣāṃ putrāstrayo'pyete bhaviṣyāmo na saṃśayaḥ || 42 ||
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śatānīkasya rājarṣeḥ putrabhāvaṃ gatasya te |
śuśrūṣāṃ saṃvidhāsyāmasteṣu teṣu ca karmasu |
tānevaṃvādinaḥ so'yaṃ vidhūmo vākyamabravīt || 43 ||
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vidhūma uvāca |
jāne'haṃ bhavatāṃ snehaṃ tādṛśaṃ mayya nuttamam || 44 ||
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tathāpi kathayāmyadya tacchṛṇudhvaṃ hitaṃ vacaḥ |
brahmaśāpena ghoreṇa svena duṣkarmaṇā kṛtam || 45 ||
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kutsitaṃ mānuṣaṃ bhāvamahameko'nuvartaye |
vihitaṃ na hi yuṣmākametacchāpānuvartanam || 46 ||
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jugupsite'to mānuṣye mā kurudhvaṃ mano'dhunā |
ataḥ śāpāvadhiryāvanmadviyogo viṣahyatām || 47 ||
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ityuktavantaṃ te sarve mālyavatpramukhāstadā |
ūcuḥ praṇamya śirasā prārthayaṃtaḥ punaḥpunaḥ || 48 ||
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rakṣitvā kṛpayā hyasmānmā kuruṣva ca sāhasam |
parityajasi naḥ sarvānbhaktānadya nirāgasaḥ || 49 ||
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tvadviyogānmahāghorānmānuṣyamapi kutsitam |
bahu manyāmahe deva tasmānnastrāhi sāṃpratam || 50 ||
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evaṃ sa yācamānāṃstrīnanvamanyata bhṛtyakān |
taistribhiḥ sahitaḥ so'yaṃ kauśāṃbīṃ gantumaicchata || 51 ||
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etasminneva kāle tu somavaṃśavivarddhanaḥ |
arjunābhijane jāto janamejayasaṃbhavaḥ || 52 ||
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śatānīko mahīpālaḥ pṛthivīmanvapālayat |
buddhimānnītimānvāgmī prajāpālanatatparaḥ || 53 ||
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caturaṃgabalopeto vikramaikadhano yuvā |
sa kauśāṃbīṃ mahārājo nagarīmadhyuvāsa vai || 54 ||
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tasya mantrarahasyajño mantrī jāto yugaṃdharaḥ |
senānīrvipratīkaśca tasya prāgrasaro raṇe || 55 ||
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narmakarmasu tasyāsīdvallabhākhyaḥ sakhā dvijaḥ |
tasya viṣṇumatī nāma viṣṇoḥ śrīriva vallabhā || 56 ||
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sa sarvaguṇasaṃpannaḥ śatānīko mahāmatiḥ |
putramātmasamaṃ tasyāṃ bhāryāyāṃ nānvaviṃdata || 57 ||
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ātmānamasutaṃ jñātvā sa bhṛśaṃ paryatapyata |
sa yugaṃdharamāhūya maṃtriṇaṃ mantravittamam || 58 ||
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putralābhaḥ kathaṃ me syāditi kāryamamantrayat |
yugandharo mahī pālaṃ putrālābhena pīḍitam |
harṣayanvacasā svena vākyametadabhāṣata || 59 ||
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yugandhara uvāca |
asti śāṃḍilyanāmā tu maharṣiḥ satyavākchuciḥ || 60 ||
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śatrumitrasamo dāṃtastapaḥsvādhyāyatatparaḥ |
tameva munimāsādya jvalaṃtamiva pāvakam || 61 ||
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putramātmasamaṃ rājanprārthayethā vinītavat |
kṛpāvānsa maharṣistu putraṃ te dāsyati dhruvam || 62 ||
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iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā harṣasaṃphullalocanaḥ |
maṃtriṇā tena saṃyuktastasyāgādāśramaṃ muneḥ || 63 ||
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tamāśrame samāsīnaṃ praṇanāma mahīpatiḥ |
śāṃḍilyastu mahātejā rājānaṃ prāptamāśramam || 64 ||
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dṛṣṭvā pādyādibhiḥ pūjya svāgataṃ vyājahāra saḥ |
śāṃḍilya uvāca |
śatānīka kimarthaṃ tvamāśramaṃ prāptavānmama || 65 ||
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yatkartavyamidānīṃ te tadvadasva karomyaham |
munimevaṃ vadaṃtaṃ taṃ pratyavādīdyugaṃdharaḥ || 66 ||
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bhagavanneṣa vai rājā putrālābhena karṣitaḥ |
bhavaṃtaṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptaḥ sāṃprataṃ putrakāraṇāt || 67 ||
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asyāputratvajaṃ duḥkhaṃ tvamapākartumarhasi |
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā śāṃḍilyo munisattamaḥ || 68 ||
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putralābhavaraṃ tasmai pratijajñe nṛpāya vai |
sa rājño varadaḥ śrīmānkauśāṃbīmetya sādaram || 69 ||
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putreṣṭyā putrakāmasya yājako'bhūnmahāmuniḥ |
tato muniprasādena rājā daśarathopamaḥ || 70 ||
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yajvā rāmamiva prāpa sahasrānīkamātmajam |
evaṃ vidhūmaḥ saṃjajñe śatānīkānnṛpottamāt || 71 ||
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atrāṃtare maṃtrivarassenānīstu mahīpateḥ |
dvijo narmavayasyaśca putrānprāpuḥ kulocitān || 72 ||
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putro yugaṃdharasyāsīnmālyavānnāma bhṛtyakaḥ |
yaugaṃdharāyaṇo nāmnā mantraśāstreṣu kovidaḥ || 73 ||
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vipratīkasya tanayaḥ puṣpadanto babhūva ha |
rumaṇvāniti vikhyātaḥ parasainyavimardanaḥ || 74 ||
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vallabhasya tadā jajñe tanayo vai balotkaṭaḥ |
vasaṃtaka iti khyāto narmakarmasu kovidaḥ || 75 ||
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atha te vavṛdhuḥ sarve rājaputrapurogamāḥ |
pañcahāyanatāṃ teṣu yāteṣu tadanaṃtaram || 76 ||
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alaṃbusāpi svarveśyā bhūpateḥ kṛtavarmaṇaḥ |
ayodhyāyāṃ mahāpuryāṃ kanyā jātā mṛgāvatī || 77 ||
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evaṃ vidhūmamukhyāste jajñire kṣitimaṇḍale |
atrāṃtare mahāsattvo duṣṭasānucaro balī || 78 ||
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ahidaṃṣṭra iti khyāto mahādaityo balotkaṭaḥ |
yuktaḥ sthūlaśironāmā sahāyena durātmanā || 79 ||
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rurodha devanagaraṃ babādha vibudhānapi |
vartamāne divi mahāsamare surarakṣasām || 80 ||
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ānināya śatānīkaṃ sahāyārthaṃ puraṃdaraḥ |
sa yauvarājye tanayaṃ vidhāya vidhinā nṛpaḥ || 81 ||
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pratasthe rathamāsthāya yuddhāya ditijaiḥ saha |
nīto mātalinābhyetya sādaraṃ sa dhanurdharaḥ || 82 ||
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vidhāya prekṣakāndevāñjaghāna ditijānraṇe |
atha daityādhipaḥ so'pi nihataḥ samare divi || 83 ||
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tataḥ śakrasya vacasā paretaṃ nṛpapuṃgavam |
rathamāropya sahasā kauśāṃbīṃ mātaliryayau || 84 ||
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nītvā mahītalamasau tatsutāya nyavedayat |
tataḥ sahasrānīkopi vilapya vahudukhitaḥ || 85 ||
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maṃtribhiḥ saha saṃbhūya pretakāryaṃ nyavartayat |
mṛtaṃ jñātvā patiṃ rājñī sahaivānumamāra ca || 86 ||
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mahiṣyā saha saṃprāpte bhūpāle kīrtiśeṣatām |
bheje rājyaṃ śatānīkatanayo maṃtriṇāṃ girā || 87 ||
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yugandhare vipratīke vallabhe ca mṛte sati |
yaugandharāyaṇamukhāstatputrāḥ sarva eva hi || 88 ||
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śatānīka sutasyāsya tattatkāryamakurvata |
evaṃ sa pālayāmāsa mahīṃ rājasuto balī || 89 ||
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yāte kāle mahendreṇa sanandanamahotsave |
nimaṃtritastatkathitāṃ bhāvinīmaśṛṇotkathām || 90 ||
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svaryoṣidbrahmaṇaḥ śāpādayodhyāyāyāmalaṃbusā |
jātā mṛgāvatī kanyā bhūpateḥ kṛtavarmaṇaḥ || 91 ||
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vidhūma nāmā ca vasustvaṃ nākalalanāṃ purā |
tāmeva brahmasadane dṛṣṭvānilahṛtāṃśukām || 92 ||
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tadaiva mādanākrāṃtaḥ śāpānmartyatvamāgataḥ |
saiva te dayitā rājanbhāvinī na cirātsakhe || 93 ||
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yadā tvamātmanaḥ putraṃ rājye saṃsthāpya bhūpate |
mṛgāvatyā striyā sārddhaṃ dakṣiṇasyodadhestaṭe || 94 ||
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cakratīrthe mahāpuṇye phullagrāmasamīpataḥ |
snānaṃ kariṣyasi tadā śāpānmukto bhaviṣyasi || 95 ||
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iti provāca bhagavansatyaloke pitāmahaḥ |
itīṃdravacanaṃ śrutvā sahasrānīkabhūpatiḥ || 96 ||
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tathodvāhakṛtotsāhaḥ samāmaṃtrya śacīpatim |
kauśāṃbīṃ prasthito hṛṣṭaḥ sa tilottamayā pathi || 97 ||
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smarankimapi tāṃ kāṃtāṃ bhāṣamāṇāmananyadhīḥ |
dhyāyañchatakratuvaco nāluloke mahīpatiḥ || 98 ||
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sā śaśāpa nṛpaṃ subhrūranādaratira skṛtā |
āhūyamānopi mayā sahasrānīka bhūpate || 99 ||
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mṛgāvatīṃ hṛdā dhyāyankimarthaṃ māmupekṣase |
saubhāgyamattā māninyo na sahaṃte'vadhīra ṇām || 100 ||
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māmavajñāya yāṃ rājanhṛdā dhyāyasi sāṃpratam |
tayā caturdaśasamā viyuktastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi || 101 ||
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iti śaptavatīṃ rājā tāmu vāca tilottamām |
tāmeva yadi labhyeyaṃ tanujāṃ kṛtavarmaṇaḥ || 102 ||
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caturdaśasamā duḥkhaṃ sahiṣye tadviyogajam |
ityuktvā tadgatamanā nṛpaḥ prāyā nnijāṃ purīm || 103 ||
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tataḥ kālena tanayā bhūpateḥ kṛtavarmaṇaḥ |
tamāsasāda dayitā sarvasvaṃ puṣpadhanvanaḥ || 104 ||
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mṛgāvatī samāsādya vilā sataruvallarīm |
vibhramāṃbhodhilaharīṃ nanaṃda madanadyutiḥ || 105 ||
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sā tasmādgarbhamādhatta bhavānīveṃduśekharāt |
pāṃḍimnā śaśilekheva pīpūṣakṣālitā babhau || 106 ||
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sundarī daurhṛdavyakteratha pauraṃdarīva dik |
rarāja rājamahiṣī rajanīkaragarbhiṇī || 107 ||
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sā daurhṛdavaśādrājñī yaṃyaṃ kāmamakāma yat |
sudurlabhamapipremṇā tattatsarvaṃ samāharat || 108 ||
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patyau samīhitakare sā kadācinmṛgāvatī |
svecchayā vai matiṃ cakre raktavāpīnimajjane || 109 ||
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abhilāṣaṃ savijñāya mṛgāvatyā mahīpatiḥ |
kausumbhasalilaiḥ pūrṇāṃ kṣaṇādvāpīmakārayat || 110 ||
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tasminraktajale rājñī snānaṃ sādaramātanot |
tatastāṃ raktatoyārdrāṃ phullakiṃśukasannibhām || 111 ||
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rājastrīmāmiṣadhiyā suparṇakulasaṃbhavaḥ |
jahāra vikaṭaḥ pakṣī mugdhāṃ dagdhavidhervaśāt || 112 ||
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nītvā vihāyasā dūraṃ sa tāmacalasannibhaḥ |
tatyājamohavivaśāmudayācalakaṃdare || 113 ||
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labdhasaṃjñā śanaiḥ kaṃpavilolatanuvallarī |
dṛgbhyāmutpalatulyābhyāṃ muhuraśrūṇyavartayat || 114 ||
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hā nātha maṃdabhāgyāhaṃ tvadviyogenapīḍitā |
kā gatiḥ kva nu gacchāmi drakṣyāmi tvanmukhaṃ kadā || 115 ||
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ityuktvā gajasiṃhānāṃ purobhūdvadhakāṃkṣiṇī |
sā sarvakesarigajaistyaktā na nidhanaṃ gatā || 116 ||
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āpatkāle nṛṇāṃ nūnaṃ maraṇaṃ naiva labhyate |
atidīnaṃ samākarṇya tasyāḥ kraṃditamunmukhāḥ || 117 ||
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mṛgā niṣpaṃdagatayo na tṛṇānyapyabhakṣayan |
tatastāṃ karuṇāsiṃdhurmuniputrastathāsthitām || 118 ||
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rudatīṃ kṛpayā rājñīṃ samānīya svamāśramam |
nyavedayacca tāṃ rājñīṃ gurave jamadagnaye |
jamadagnistu dharmātmā tāmāśvāsayadaṃtike || 119 ||
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jamadagniruvāca |
tathā jānīhi māṃ bhadre kṛtavarmā yathā tava || 120 ||
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evamāśvāsitā tatra kṛpayā jamadagninā |
cakre tatraiva sā vāsamāśrame munisaṃkule || 121 ||
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tatassvalpena kālena viśākhamiva pārvatī |
asūta tanayaṃ bālā śauryadhairyaguṇānvitam || 122 ||
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sūtikāgṛhakṛtyāni yāni kāryāṇi baṃdhubhiḥ |
cakrire mātṛvattāni mṛgāvatyā munistriyaḥ || 123 ||
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taṃ sujātaṃ nṛpasutaṃ kāpi vāgaśarīriṇī |
udayācalajātatvāccakārodayanābhidham || 124 ||
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āśrame sa munīndreṇa kṛtacūḍādikavrataḥ |
jagrāha sakalā vidyā jamadagnermahāmuneḥ || 125 ||
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yuvā nṛpasutaḥ so'yaṃ kadācinmṛgayāparaḥ |
apaśyadekaṃ bhujagaṃ vyādhena dṛḍhasaṃyatam || 126 ||
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uvāca sa kṛpāyukto vyādha muṃca bhujaṃgamam |
kiṃ kariṣyasyanena tvaṃ nainaṃ hiṃsiturmahasi || 127 ||
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tamuvāca tato vyādhaḥ sarpeṇānena pūruṣa |
dhanadhānyādikaṃ lapsye grāmeṣu nagareṣu ca || 128 ||
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atohaṃ jīvikāmenaṃ naiva mokṣye kathaṃcana |
ityuktvā peṭikāyāṃ taṃ vabaṃdha śabarādhamaḥ || 129 ||
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baddhamālokya bhujagaṃ śabarāya dhanārthine |
amocayatsvajananīdattaṃ dattvā sa kaṃkaṇam || 130 ||
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mocitastena sarpo'sau naro bhūtvā kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
sakhyaṃ kṛtvā ca sahasā taṃ pātālaṃ nināya vai || 131 ||
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kinnarākhyena nāgena dhṛtarāṣṭrasutena saḥ |
pātālaṃ prāviśattatra nyavasatpūjitassukham || 132 ||
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dhṛtarāṣṭrasya tanayāṃ bhaginīṃ kinnarasya ca |
lalitākhyāṃ guṇopetāṃ priyāṃ bheje nṛpātmajaḥ || 133 ||
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sā tasmājjanayāmāsa putramapratimaujasam |
tataḥ sā lalitā prāha tvaritodayanaṃ prati || 134 ||
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lalitovāca |
ahaṃ vidyā dharī pūrvaṃ sukarṇī nāma nāmataḥ |
śāpātsarpatvamāptāsmi śāpāṃto garbha eṣa me || 135 ||
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tato'muṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva putramapratimaujasam |
tāṃbūlīṃ srajamamlānāṃ vīṇāṃ ghoṣavatīmapi || 136 ||
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tatheti pratijagrāha tatsarvaṃ nṛpanaṃdanaḥ |
paśyatāṃ sarvasarpāṇāṃ sāpyagacchadvihāyasam || 137 ||
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tataḥ so'pi gṛhītvā tu vīṇāṃ mālāṃ ca putrakam |
duḥkhitāmātmajananīṃ draṣukāmastvarānvitaḥ || 138 ||
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śvaśurādīnanujñāpya sahasā svāśramaṃ yayau |
jananīṃ śokasaṃtaptāmāśvastāṃ jamadagninā || 139 ||
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sametya toṣayāmāsa vṛttaṃ cāsyai nyavedayat |
tadā prahṛṣṭahṛdayā sā babhūva mṛgāvatī || 140 ||
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atrāṃtare sa śabaraḥ kauśāṃbyāṃ vaṇijaṃ yayau |
sahasrānīkanāmāṃkaṃ vikretuṃ maṇikaṃkaṇam || 141 ||
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rājamudrāṃ samālokya kaṃkaṇe sa vaṇigvaraḥ |
śabareṇa samaṃ gatvā sarvaṃ rājñe nyavedayat || 142 ||
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tataḥ sahasrānīko'yaṃ tatprāpya maṇikaṃkaṇam |
mṛgāvatīviprayogaviṣāgniparipīḍitaḥ || 143 ||
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tadbāhusaṃgapīyūṣa śīkarāsāraśītalam |
kaṃkaṇaṃ hṛdaye nyasya vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ || 144 ||
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uvāca ca kathaṃ labdhaṃ kaṃkaṇaṃ śabara tvayā |
sa caivamuktastatprāpti kramaṃ tasmai nyavedayat || 145 ||
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śabarasya vacaḥ śrutvā sahasrānīkabhūpatiḥ |
pratasthe maṃtribhiḥ sārddhaṃ priyālokanakautukī || 146 ||
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yatreṃdubhāska ramukhā labhaṃte sahasodayam |
tameva girimuddiśya sahasā so'bhyagacchata || 147 ||
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kiṃcinmārgaṃ samullaṃghya tasthau viśrāṃtasainikaḥ |
tasminvinidre dayitāsaṃgamadhyānatatpare || 148 ||
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vasaṃtako vicitrāstu kathayāmāsa vai kathāḥ |
tatkathāśravaṇenaiva tāṃ rātriṃ sa nināya vai || 149 ||
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tataḥ kālena kakubhaṃ prāpya jaṃbhāripālitām |
jamadagnyāśramaṃ gatvā nirvairaharikuṃjaram || 150 ||
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tapasyaṃtaṃ muniṃ dṛṣṭvā śirasā praṇanāma saḥ |
āśīrvādena sa muniḥ pratijagrāha taṃ nṛpam || 151 ||
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vidhivatpūjayāmāsa pādyārghyācamanīyakaiḥ |
uvāca ca mahīpālaṃ dharmārthasahitaṃ vacaḥ || 152 ||
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naranātha mṛgāvatyāṃ jāto'yaṃ tanayastava |
yaśonidhirmahātejā rāmacaṃdra ivāparaḥ || 193 ||
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bhaviṣyati diśāṃ jetā siṃhasaṃhanano yuvā |
pautra eṣa mahābhāga tathā dyudayanātmajaḥ || 154 ||
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iyaṃ mṛgāvatī bhāryā pāti vratyaparāyaṇā |
tadetāṃstrīnmahārāja pratigṛhṇīṣva mā ciram || 155 ||
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uktvaivaṃ muninā dattāṃstāngṛhītvā mahīpatiḥ |
priyāsahāyaḥ svapurīṃ pratasthe maṃtribhirvṛtaḥ || 156 ||
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tataḥ praviśya kauśāṃbīṃ nagarīṃ sa nṛpottamaḥ |
smarañchakrasya vacanaṃ mānuṣaṃ janma kutsayan || 157 ||
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mahīmudayanāyaiva dadau putrāya dhīmate |
tasminnudayane putra rājyapālanadakṣiṇe || 158 ||
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rājyabhāraṃ vinikṣipya sa śāpavinivṛttaye |
vasaṃtakarumaṇvadbhyāṃ mṛgāvatyā ca bhāryayā || 159 ||
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yaugandharāyaṇenāpi maṃtriputreṇa saṃyutaḥ |
cakratīrthe mahāpuṇye dakṣiṇasyodadhestaṭe || 160 ||
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snānaṃ kartuṃ yayau tūrṇaṃ sarvatīrthotta mottame |
vāhanairvātaraṃhobhiracirāllavaṇodadhim || 161 ||
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saṃprāpya cakratīrthaṃ ca snānaṃ cakruryathāvidhi |
teṣu ca snātamātreṣu cakratīrthe nṛpādiṣu || 162 ||
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vinaṣṭaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva mānuṣyamatikutsitam |
tato vidhūtapāpāste svaṃ rūpaṃ pratipedire || 163 ||
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divyāṃbaradharāḥ sarve divyamālyānulepanāḥ |
vimānāni mahārhāṇi samāruhya vibhūṣitāḥ || 164 ||
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tattīrthaṃ bahu manvānāḥ svaśāpacchedakāraṇam |
paśyatāṃ sarvalokānāṃ svargalokaṃ yayustadā || 165 ||
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tadāprabhṛti te sarve jñātvā tattīrthavaibhavam |
pāvane cakratīrthe'sminsnānaṃ kurvaṃti sarvadā || 166 ||
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evaṃ prabhāvaṃ tattīrthaṃ ye samāgatya mānavāḥ |
snānaṃ sakṛcca kurvaṃti te sarve svargavāsinaḥ || 167 ||
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evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā vidhūmacaritaṃ mahat |
yaḥ paṭhedimamadhyāyaṃ śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ |
yaṃ yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ taṃ sarvaṃ śīghramāpnuyāt || 168 ||
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