Chapter 6

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skaṃda uvāca |
atheśājñāṃ samādāya gajavaktraḥ pratasthivān |
śaṃbhoḥ kāśyāgamopāyaṃ ciṃtayanmaṃdarādritaḥ || 1 ||
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prāpya vārāṇasīṃ tūrṇamāśu syaṃdanago vibhuḥ |
vāḍavīṃ mūrtimālaṃbya prāviśacchakunaiḥ stutaḥ || 2 ||
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nakṣatrapāṭhako bhūtvā vṛddhaḥ pratyavarodhagaḥ |
cacāra madhye nagaraṃ paurāṇāṃ prītimāvahan || 3 ||
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svayameva niśābhāge svapnaṃ saṃdarśayannṛṇām |
prātasteṣāṃ gṛhāngatvā teṣāṃ vakti balābalam || 4 ||
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bhavadbhiradya rātrau yaddṛṣṭaṃ svapnaviceṣṭitam |
bhavatkautūhalotpattyai tadeva kathayāmyaham || 5 ||
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svapatā bhavatā rātrau turye yāme mahāhradaḥ |
adarśi tatra ca bhavānmajjanmajjaṃstaṭaṃgataḥ || 6 ||
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tadaṃbupicchile paṃke magnonmagnosi bhūriśaḥ |
duḥsvapnasyāsya ca mahānvipākoti bhayapradaḥ || 7 ||
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kāṣāyavasano muṃḍaḥ praikṣyaho bhavatāpi yaḥ |
paritāpaṃ mahāneṣa janayiṣyati dāruṇam || 8 ||
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rātrau sūryagraho dṛṣṭo mahāniṣṭakaro dhruvam |
aiṃdradhanurdvayaṃ rātrau yadaloki na tacchubham || 9 ||
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pratīcyāṃ ravirāgatya prodyaṃtaṃ vyomni śītagum |
pātayāmāsa bhūpṛṣṭhe tadrājyabhayasūcakam || 10 ||
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yugapatketuyugalaṃ yudhyamānaṃ parasparam |
yadadarśi na tadbhadraṃ rāṣṭrabhaṃgāya kevalam || 11 ||
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viśīryatkeśadaśanaṃ nīyamānaṃ ca dakṣiṇe |
ātmānaṃ yatsamadrākṣīḥ kuṭuṃbasyāpi bhīṣaṇam || 12 ||
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prāsādadhvajabhaṃgoyastvayaikṣata niśākṣaye |
rājyakṣayakaraṃ viddhi mahotpātāya niścitam || 13 ||
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nagarī plāvitā svapne taraṃgaiḥ kṣīranīradheḥ |
pakṣaistricaturaiḥ śaṃke mahāśaṃkāṃ puraukasām || 14 ||
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svapne vānarayānena yattvamūḍhosi dakṣiṇām |
atastadvaṃcanopāyaḥ puratyāgo mahāmate || 15 ||
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rudatī yā tvayā dṛṣṭā mahilaikā niśātyaye |
muktakeśī vivasanā sā nārī śrīrivodgatā || 16 ||
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devālayasya kalaśo yattvayā vīkṣitaḥ patan |
dinaiḥ katipayaireva rājyabhaṃgo bhaviṣyati || 17 ||
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purī parivṛtā svapne mṛgayūthaiḥ samaṃtataḥ |
rorūyamāṇairatyarthaṃ māsenaivodvasī bhavet || 18 ||
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ātāyiyūkagṛdhrādyaiḥ purīmuparicāribhiḥ |
sūcyatetyāhitaṃ kiṃciddhruvamatra nivāsinām || 19 ||
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svapnotpātāniti bahūñśaṃsañśaṃsannitastataḥ |
bahūnuccāṭayāṃcakre sa vighneśaḥ puraukasaḥ || 20 ||
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keṣāṃcitpurato vādīdgrahacāraṃ pradarśayan |
ekarāśisthitāḥ sauri sitabhaumā na śobhanāḥ || 21 ||
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soyaṃ dhūmagraho vyomni bhittvā saptarṣimaṃḍalam |
prayātaḥ paścimāmāśāṃ sa nāśāya viśāṃpateḥ || 22 ||
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aticāragato maṃdaḥ punarvakrādhva saṃsthitaḥ |
pāpagrahasamāyukto na yuktoyamiheṣyate || 23 ||
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vyatīte vāsare yoyaṃ bhūkaṃpaḥ samapadyata |
kaṃpaṃ janayate'tīva hṛdo mepi puraukasaḥ || 24 ||
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udīcyādakṣiṇāśāyāṃ yeyamulkā pradhāvitā |
vilīnā ca viyatyeva sa nirghātaṃ na sā śubhā || 25 ||
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unmūlito mahāmūlo mahānilarayeṇa yaḥ |
catvare caityavṛkṣoyaṃ mahotpātaṃ praśaṃsati || 26 ||
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sūryodayamanuprāpya prācyāṃ śuṣkatarūpari |
karaṭo rāraṭītyeṣa kaṭūtkaṭa bhayapradaḥ || 27 ||
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madhye vipaṇi yatūrṇaṃ kauciccāraṇyacāriṇau |
mṛgau mṛgayatāṃ yātau paurāṇāṃ purato'hitau || 28 ||
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rasālaśālamukulaṃ vīkṣyate yaccharadyadaḥ |
mahākālabhayaṃ manyepyakālepi puraukasām || 29 ||
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sādhvasaṃjanayitveti keciduccāṭitāḥ puraḥ |
tena vighnakṛtāpaurāḥ kapaṭadvijarūpiṇā || 30 ||
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atha madhyevarodhaṃ sa praviśya nijamāyayā |
dṛṣṭārthameva kathayanstrīṇāṃ visraṃbhabhūrabhūt || 31 ||
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tava putraśataṃ jajñe saptonaṃ śubhalakṣaṇe |
teṣvekasturagārūḍho bāhyālyāṃ patito mṛtaḥ || 32 ||
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aṃtarvatnī tviyaṃ kanyā janayiṣyati śobhanām |
eṣā hi durbhagā pūrvaṃ sāṃprataṃ subhagā'bhavat || 33 ||
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asau hi rājño rājñīnāmatyaṃtamihavallabhā |
muktālaṃkṛtiretasyai rājñā dattā nijorasaḥ || 34 ||
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paṃcasaptadinānyeva jātānītīha tarkyate |
asyai rājñā prasādena grāmau dātumudīritau || 35 ||
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iti dṛṣṭārthakathanai rājñīmānyobhavaddvijaḥ |
varṇayaṃti ca tā rājñaḥ parokṣepi guṇānbahūn || 36 ||
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aho yādṛgasau vipraḥ sarvatrātivicakṣaṇaḥ |
suśīlaśca surūpaśca satyavāṅmitabhāṣaṇaḥ || 37 ||
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alolupa udāraśca sadācāro jiteṃdriyaḥ |
api svalpena saṃtuṣṭaḥ pratigrahaparāṅmukhaḥ || 38 ||
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jitakrodhaḥ prasannāsyastvanasūyuravaṃcakaḥ |
kṛtajñaḥ prītisumukhaḥ parivādaparāṅmukhaḥ || 39 ||
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puṇyopadeṣṭā puṇyātmā sarvavrataparāyaṇaḥ |
śuciḥ śucicaritraśca śrutismṛtiviśāradaḥ || 40 ||
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dhīraḥ puṇyetihāsajñaḥ sarvadṛksarvasaṃmataḥ |
kalākalāpakuśalo jyotiḥśāstraviduttamaḥ || 41 ||
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kṣamī kulīno'kṛpaṇo bhoktā nirmalamānasaḥ |
ityādi guṇasaṃpannaḥ kopi kvāpi na dṛggataḥ || 42 ||
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itthaṃ tāstadguṇagrāmaṃ varṇayaṃtyaḥ padepade |
kālaṃ vinodayaṃti sma aṃtaḥpuracarāḥ striyaḥ || 43 ||
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ekadāvasaraṃ prāpya divodāsasya bhūbhujaḥ |
rājñī līlāvatī nāma rājñe taṃ vinyavedayat || 44 ||
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rājanvṛddho guṇairvṛddho brāhmaṇaḥ suvicakṣaṇaḥ |
ekosti sa tu draṣṭavyo mūrto brahmanidhiḥ paraḥ || 45 ||
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rājñī rājñā kṛtānujñā sakhīṃ preṣya vicakṣaṇām |
ānināya ca taṃ vipraṃ brāhmaṃ teja ivāṃgavat || 46 ||
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rājāpi dūrādāyāṃtaṃ ta vilokyamahīsuram |
yatrākṛtirguṇāstatra jaharṣeti vadanhṛdi || 47 ||
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padairdvitrairnṛpatinā kṛtābhyutthānasatkṛtiḥ |
caturnigamajābhiḥ sa tamāśīrbhiranaṃdayat || 48 ||
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kṛtapraṇāmo rājñā sa sādaraṃ dattamāsanam |
bhejetha kuśalaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ sa rājñā tena bhūpatiḥ || 49 ||
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parasparaṃ kuśalinau kuśalau ca kathāgame |
praśnottarābhyāṃ saṃtuṣṭau dvijavarya kṣamābhṛtau || 50 ||
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kathāvasāne rājñātha gehaṃ visasṛje dvijaḥ |
labdhamānamahāpūjaḥ sa svamāśramamāviśat || 51 ||
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gate'tha svāśramaṃ vipre divodāso nareśvaraḥ |
līlāvatyāḥ puro vipraṃ varṇayāmāsa bhūriśaḥ || 52 ||
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mahādevi mahāprājñe līlāvati guṇapriye |
yathāśaṃsi tathā viprastatopi guṇavattaraḥ || 53 ||
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atītaṃ vetti sakalaṃ vartamānamavaiti ca |
praṣṭavyaḥ prātarāhūya bhaviṣyaṃ kiṃcideṣa vai || 54 ||
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mahāvibhava saṃbhārairmahābhogairanekadhā |
vyuṣṭāyāṃ sa nṛpo rātryāṃ prātarāhūtavāndvijam || 55 ||
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satkṛtya taṃ dvijaṃ bhaktyā dukūlādi pradānataḥ |
ekāṃte taṃ dvijaṃ rājā papraccha nijahṛtsthitam || 56 ||
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rājovāca |
dvijavaryo bhavānekaḥ pratibhātīti niścitam |
yathātattvavatī te dhīrna tathānyasya me matiḥ || 57 ||
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dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ tu mahāprājñaṃ śāṃtaṃ dāṃtaṃ taponidhim |
kiṃcitpraṣṭumanā vipra tadākhyāhi yathārthavat || 58 ||
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śāsiteyaṃ mayā pṛthvī na tathānyaistu pārthivaiḥ |
yāvadbhūti mayā bhuktā divyā bhogā anekadhā || 59 ||
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nijaurasebhyopyadhikaṃ rātriṃdivamataṃdritam |
vinirjitya haṭhādduṣṭānprajeyaṃ paripālitā || 60 ||
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dvijapādārcanātkiṃcitsukṛtaṃ vedmi nāparam |
anenāparikathyena kathiteneha kiṃ mama || 61 ||
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nirvismamiva me cetaḥ sāṃprataṃ sarvakarmasu |
vicāryārya śubhodarkamata ākhyāhi sattama || 62 ||
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dvija uvāca |
api svalpataraṃ kṛtyaṃ yadbhavedbhūbhujāmiha |
ekāṃte tattu pṛṣṭena vaktavyaṃ sudhiyā sadā || 63 ||
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amātyenāpyapṛṣṭena na vaktavyaṃ nṛpāgrataḥ |
mahāpamānabhītena stokamapyatra kiṃcana || 64 ||
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pṛṣṭaścetkathayāmīha mā tatra kuru saṃśayam |
tatkṛte tava gaṃtā vai mano nirvedakāraṇam || 65 ||
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śṛṇu rājanmahābuddhe nāyathārthaṃ bravīmyaham |
vikrāṃtosyatiśūrosi bhāgyavānasi sarvadā || 66 ||
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puṇyena yaśasā buddhyā saṃpannosti bhavānyathā |
manye tathāmarāvatyāṃ tridaśeśopi naiva hi || 67 ||
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sudhiyā tvāṃ guruṃ manye prasādena sudhākaram |
tejasāsti bhavānarkaḥ pratāpenāśuśukṣaṇiḥ || 68 ||
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prabhaṃjano balenāsi śrīdosi śrīsamarpaṇaiḥ |
śāsanena bhavānrudro nirṛtistvaṃ raṇāṃgaṇe || 69 ||
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duṣṭapāśayitā pāśī yamo niyamane'satām |
iṃdanāttvaṃ maheṃdrosi kṣamayā tvamasi kṣamā || 70 ||
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maryādayā bhavānabdhirmahattve himavānasi |
bhārgavo rājanītyāsi rājyena manunā samaḥ || 71 ||
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saṃtāpahartāṃbudavatpavitro gāṃganāmavat |
sarveṣāmeva jaṃtūnāṃ kāśīva sugatipradaḥ || 72 ||
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rudraḥ saṃhārarūpeṇa pālanena caturbhujaḥ |
vidhivattvaṃ vidhātāsi bhāratī te mukhāṃbuje || 73 ||
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tvatpāṇipadme kamalā tvatkrodhesti halāhalaḥ |
amṛtaṃ tava vāgeva tvadbhujāvaśvinīsutau || 74 ||
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tatkiṃ yattvayi bhūjānau sarvadevamayo hyasi |
tasmāttava śubhodarko mayā jñātosti tattvataḥ || 75 ||
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ārabhyādya dinādbhūpa brāhmaṇo'ṣṭādaśehani |
udīcyaḥ kaścidāgatya dhruvaṃ tvāmupadekṣyati || 76 ||
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tasya vākyaṃ tvayā rājankartavyamavicāritam |
tataste hṛtsthitaṃ sarvaṃ setsyatyeva mahāmate || 77 ||
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ityuktvā pṛcchya rājānaṃ labdhānujño dvijottamaḥ |
viveśa svāśramaṃ tuṣṭo nṛpopyāścaryavānabhūt || 78 ||
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itthaṃ vighnajitā sarvā purī svātmavaśīkṛtā |
sapaurā sāvarodhā ca sanṛpā nijamāyayā || 79 ||
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kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ tato matvā sa vighnajit |
vidhāya bahudhātmānaṃ kāśyāṃ sthitimavāpa ca || 80 ||
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yadā sa na divodāsaḥ prāgāsītkuṃbhasaṃbhava |
tadātanaṃ nijaṃ sthānamalaṃcakre gaṇādhipaḥ || 81 ||
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divodāse narapatau viṣṇunoccāṭite sati |
punarnavīkṛtāyāṃ ca nagaryāṃ viśvakarmaṇā || 82 ||
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svayamāgatya devena maṃdarātsuṃdarāṃ purīm |
vārāṇasīṃ prathamatastuṣṭuve gaṇanāyakam || 83 ||
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agastya uvāca |
kathaṃ stuto bhagavatā devadevena vighnajit |
kathaṃ ca bahudhātmānaṃ sa cakāra vināyakaḥ || 84 ||
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kenakena sa vai nāmnā kāśipuryāṃ vyavasthitaḥ |
iti sarvaṃ samāsena kathayasva ṣaḍānana || 85 ||
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ityudīritamākarṇya kuṃbhayoneḥ ṣaḍānanaḥ |
yathāvatkathayāmāsa gaṇarāja kathāṃ śubhām || 86 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍa uttarārddhe gaṇeśamāyā prapaṃco nāma ṣaṭpaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 56 ||
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