Chapter 48

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| adhyāya || 48 ||
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uttānapāda uvāca |
kasminsthāne'vasaddeva so'ndhako daityapuṃgavaḥ |
sarvāndevāṃśca nirjitya kasminsthāne samāsthitaḥ || 1 ||
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śrīmaheśa uvāca |
praviṣṭo dānavo yatra kathayāmi narādhipa |
pātālalokamāśritya kanyā vidhvaṃsate tu saḥ || 2 ||
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tatra sthitaṃ taṃ vijñāya cāpamādāya keśavaḥ |
vyasṛjadbāṇamāgneyaṃ dahyatāmiti cintayan || 3 ||
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dahyamāno'gninā so'pi vāruṇāstraṃ sa saṃdadhe |
vāruṇāstreṇa mahatā āgneyaṃ śamitaṃ tadā || 4 ||
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tato'sau cintayāmāsa kena bāṇo visarjitaḥ |
kasyaiṣā pauruṣī śaktiḥ ko yāsyati yamālayam || 5 ||
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tato'ndhako mṛdhe kruddho bāṇamārgeṇa nirgataḥ |
sa dṛṣṭvā bāṇamārgeṇa cāpahastaṃ janārdanam || 6 ||
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andhaka uvāca |
na śarma lapsyase hyadya mayā dṛṣṭyābhivīkṣitaḥ |
na śaknoṣi tathā gantuṃ nāgaḥ śārdūladarśanāt || 7 ||
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āgacchati yathā bhakṣyaṃ mārjārasya ca mūṣikaḥ |
na śaknoṣi tathā yātuṃ saṃsthitastvaṃ mamāgrataḥ || 8 ||
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ahaṃ tvāṃ preṣayiṣyāmi yamamārge sudāruṇe |
ahamanveṣayiṣyāmi kila yāsyāmi te gṛham || 9 ||
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upanīto'si kālena saṅgrāme mama keśava |
ye tvayā nirjitāḥ pūrvaṃ dānavā apyanekaśaḥ || 10 ||
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na bhavanti pumāṃsaste striyastāścaiva keśava |
paraṃ na śastrasaṅgrāmaṃ kariṣyāmi tvayā saha || 11 ||
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vadato dānavendrasya na cukopa sa keśavaḥ |
ayudhyamānaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā cintayāmāsa dānavaḥ || 12 ||
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dvandvayuddhaṃ kariṣyāmi niścitya yuyudhe nṛpa |
sa kṛṣṇena padākṣiptaḥ patitaḥ pṛthivītale || 13 ||
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muhūrtātsa samāśvasya utthāyedaṃ vyacintayat |
aśakto dvandvayuddhāya tataḥ sāma prayuktavān |
pāṇibhyāṃ sampuṭaṃ kṛtvā sāṣṭāṅgaṃ praṇataḥ śuciḥ || 14 ||
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andhaka uvāca |
jaya kṛṣṇāya haraye viṣṇave jiṣṇave namaḥ |
hṛṣīkeśa jagaddhātre acyutāya mahātmane || 15 ||
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namaḥ paṅkajanābhāya namaḥ paṅkajamāline |
janārdanāya śrīśāya śrīpate pītavāsase || 16 ||
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govindāya namo nityaṃ namo jaladhiśāyine |
namaḥ karālavaktrāya narasiṃhāya nādine || 17 ||
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śārṅgiṇe sitavarṇāya śaṅkhacakragadābhṛte |
namo vāmanarūpāya yajñarūpāya te namaḥ || 18 ||
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namo varāharūpāya krāntalokatrayāya ca |
vyāptāśeṣadigantāya keśavāya namonamaḥ || 19 ||
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vāsudeva namastubhyaṃ namaḥ kaiṭabhanāśine |
lakṣmyālaya suraśreṣṭha namaste suranāyaka || 20 ||
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viṣṇordevādhidevasya pramāṇaṃ ye'pi kurvate |
prajāpaterjagaddhātusteṣāmapi namāmyaham || 21 ||
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samastabhūtadevasya vāsudevasya dhīmataḥ |
praṇāmaṃ ye prakurvanti teṣāmapi namāmyaham || 22 ||
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tasya yajñavarāhasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ |
praṇāmaṃ ye prakurvanti teṣāmapi namāmyaham || 23 ||
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guṇānāṃ hi nidhānāya namaste'stu punaḥpunaḥ |
kāruṇyāmbunidhe deva sarvabhaktipriyāya ca || 24 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
tuṣṭaste dānavendrāhaṃ varaṃ vṛṇu yathepsitam |
dadāmi te varaṃ nūnamapi trailokyadurlabham || 25 ||
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andhaka uvāca |
yadi tuṣṭo'si me deva varaṃ dāsyasi cepsitam |
tadā dadasva me deva yuddhaṃ paramaśobhanam |
avaddhastapūto yenāhaṃ lokāngantāsmi śobhanān || 26 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
kathaṃ dadāmi te yuddhaṃ toṣito'haṃ tvayā punaḥ |
na tvāṃ tu prabhavetkopaḥ kathaṃ yudhyāmi te'ndhaka || 27 ||
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yadi te vartate buddhiryuddhaṃ prati na saṃśayaḥ |
tato gacchasva yuddhāya devaṃ prati maheśvaram || 28 ||
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andhaka uvāca |
na tatra sidhyate kāryaṃ devaṃ prati maheśvaram || 29 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
putra tvaṃ śikharaṃ gatvā dhūnayasva balena ca || 30 ||
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vidhūte tatra deveśaḥ kopaṃ kartā sudāruṇam |
kopitaḥ śaṅkaro raudraṃ yuddhaṃ dāsyati dānava || 31 ||
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viṣṇuvākyādasau pāpo gato yatra maheśvaraḥ |
kailāsaśikharaṃ prāpya dhunoti sma muhurmuhuḥ || 32 ||
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dhūnite tatra śikhare kampitaṃ bhuvanatrayam |
nipetuḥ śikharāgrāṇi kampamānānyanekaśaḥ || 33 ||
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catvāraḥ sāgarāḥ kṣipramekībhūtā mahīpate |
nipeturulkāpātāśca pādapā apyanekaśaḥ || 34 ||
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umayā sahito devo vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ |
gāḍhamāliṅgya girijā devaṃ vacanamabravīt || 35 ||
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kimarthaṃ kampate śailaḥ kimarthaṃ kampate dharā |
kimarthaṃ kampate nāgo martyaḥ pātālameva ca |
kiṃ vā yugakṣayo deva tanmamākhyātumarhasi || 36 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
kasyaiṣā durmatirjātā kṣiptaḥ sarpamukhe karaḥ |
lalāṭe ca kṛtaṃ varma sa yāsyati yamālayam || 37 ||
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kailāsamāśrito yena supto'haṃ yena bodhitaḥ |
taṃ vadhiṣye na sandehaḥ sammukho vā bhavedyadi || 38 ||
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cintayāmāsa deveśo hyandhako'yaṃ na saṃśayaḥ |
upāyaṃ cintayāmāsa yenāsau vadhyate kṣaṇāt || 39 ||
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āgatāśca surāḥ sarve brahmādyā vasubhiḥ saha |
rathaṃ devamayaṃ kṛtvā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam || 40 ||
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keciddevāḥ sthitāścakre kecittuṇḍāgrapārśvayoḥ |
kecinnābhyāṃ sthitā devāḥ keciddhuryeṣu saṃsthitāḥ || 41 ||
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dhurīṣu niścalāḥ kecitkecidyūpeṣu saṃsthitāḥ |
kecitsyandanasaṃstambhāḥ kecitsyandanaveṣṭakāḥ || 42 ||
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āmalasārake'nye'pi anye'pi kalaśe sthitāḥ |
riporbhayaṃkaraṃ divyaṃ dhvajamālādiśobhitam || 43 ||
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rathaṃ devamayaṃ kṛtvā tamārūḍho jagadguruḥ |
niryayau dānavo yatra kopāviṣṭo maheśvaraḥ || 44 ||
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tiṣṭha tiṣṭhetyuvācātha kva prayāsyasi durmate |
śarāsanaṃ kare gṛhya śarāṃścikṣepa dānave || 45 ||
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dānave'dhiṣṭhite yuddhe śaraiścicheda sāyakān |
śarāsaneṇa tatraiva andhakaśchāditastadā || 46 ||
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na tatra dṛśyate sūryo nākāśaṃ na ca candramāḥ |
āgneyamastraṃ vyasṛjaddānavo'pi śivaṃ prati || 47 ||
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dahyamānāḥ śarāṅgāraistatrasuḥ sarvadevatāḥ |
rakṣa rakṣa mahādeva dahyamānāṃstu dānavāt || 48 ||
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tato devādhidevo'sau vāruṇāstramayo'jayat |
vāruṇāstreṇa nimiṣādāgneyaṃ nāśitaṃ tadā || 49 ||
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dānavena tadā muktaṃ vāyavyāstraṃ raṇājire |
vāruṇaṃ ca gataṃ tāta vāyavyāstravināśitam || 50 ||
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devo vyasarjayatsārpaṃ krodhāviṣṭena cetasā |
mārutaṃ nāśitaṃ bāṇaiḥ sarpaistatra na saṃśayaḥ || 51 ||
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dānavena tato muktaṃ garuḍāstraṃ ca līlayā |
gāruḍāstraṃ ca taddṛṣṭvā sārpaṃ naiva vyadṛśyata || 52 ||
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tato devādhidevena nārasiṃhaṃ visarjitam |
nārasiṃhāstrabāṇena gāruḍāstraṃ praśāmitam || 53 ||
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astramastreṇa śamyeta na bādhyeta parasparam |
mahadyuddhamabhūttātasurāsurabhayaṃkaram || 54 ||
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cakranālīkanārācaistomaraiḥ khaḍgamudgaraiḥ |
vatsadantaistathā bhallaiḥ karṇikāraiśca śobhanaiḥ || 55 ||
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evaṃ na śakyate hantuṃ dānavo vividhāyudhaiḥ |
tadā jvālākarālāśca khaḍganārācatomarāḥ || 56 ||
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vṛṣāṅkena vimuktāstu samare dānavaṃ prati |
na saṃspṛśanti śastrāṇi gātraṃ gauḍavadhūriva || 57 ||
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āyudhāni tatastyaktvā bāhuyuddhamupasthitau |
karaṃ kareṇa saṃgṛhya praharantau svamuṣṭibhiḥ |
raṇaprayogairyudhyantau yuyudhāte śivāndhakau || 58 ||
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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
andhakaṃ prati deveśaścintayāmāsa nigraham |
haniṣyāmi na sandeho duṣṭātmānaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 59 ||
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sa śivena yadā kṣiptaḥ patitaḥ pṛthivītale |
ūrdhvabāhuradhovaktro dānavo nṛpasattama || 60 ||
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krodhāviṣṭena deveśaḥ saṅgrāme devaśatruṇā |
kakṣayoḥ kuhare kṣiptvā bandhenākramya pīḍitaḥ || 61 ||
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nispandaścābhavaddevo mūrcchāyukto maheśvaraḥ |
mūrcchāpannaṃ tu taṃ jñātvā cintayāmāsa dānavaḥ || 62 ||
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hāhā kaṣṭaṃ kṛtaṃ me'dya duṣkṛtaṃ pāpakarmaṇā |
kiṃ karomi kathaṃ karma kasminsthāne tu mocaye || 63 ||
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gṛhītvā devamutsaṅge gataḥ kailāsaparvatam |
śayyāyāṃ śaṅkaraṃ nyasya niryayau daityarāṭtataḥ || 64 ||
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śayyāyāṃ patito devaḥ prapede vedanāṃ tataḥ |
tāvaddadarśa cātmānaṃ svakīyabhavanasthitam || 65 ||
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parābhavaḥ kṛto madyaṃ kathaṃ tena durātmanā |
krodhavegasamāviṣṭo niryayau dānavaṃ prati || 66 ||
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āyasīṃ laguḍīṃ gṛhya prabhurbhārasahasrajām |
dānavaṃ ca tato dṛṣṭvā prākṣipattasya mūrdhani || 67 ||
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khaḍgena tāḍayāmāsa dānavaḥ prahasanraṇe |
devenāthasmṛtaṃ cāstraṃ kauccherākhyaṃ mahāhave || 68 ||
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dīpyamānaṃ samutsṛjya hṛdaye tāḍitaḥ kṣaṇāt |
tataḥ sa tāḍitastena rudhirodgāramudvaman || 69 ||
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patito'dhomukho bhūtvā tataḥ śūlena bheditaḥ |
punaśca devadevena śūlena dvidalīkṛtaḥ || 70 ||
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śūlāgre'sau sthitaḥ pāpo bhrāntavāṃścakravattadā |
ye ye bhūmyāṃ patanti sma tatkāyādraktabindavaḥ || 71 ||
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te te sarve samuttasthurdānavāḥ śāstrapāṇayaḥ |
vyākulastu tato devo dānavena tarasvinā || 72 ||
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devenātha smṛtā durgā cāmuṇḍā bhīṣaṇānanā |
āyātā bhīṣaṇākārā nānāyudhavirājitā || 73 ||
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mahādaṃṣṭrā mahākāyā piṅgākṣī lambakarṇikā |
ādeśo dīyatāṃ deva ko yāsyati yamālayam || 74 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
pibāsya rudhiraṃ bhadre yatheṣṭaṃ dānavasya ca |
nipatadrudhiraṃ bhūmau durge gṛhṇīṣva māciram || 75 ||
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nihanmi dānavaṃ yāvatsāhāyyaṃ kuru sundari |
evamuktā tu sā durgā papau ca rudhiraṃ tataḥ || 76 ||
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nihatā dānavāḥ sarve deveśena sahasraśaḥ |
andhako'pi ca tān dṛṣṭvā dānavānavaniṃ gatān |
tato vāgbhiḥ pratuṣṭāva devadevaṃ maheśvaram || 77 ||
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andhaka uvāca |
jayasva devadeveśa umārdhārdhāśarīradhṛk |
namaste devadeveśa sarvāya triguṇātmane || 78 ||
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vṛṣabhāsanamārūḍha śaśāṅkakṛtaśekhara |
jaya khaṭvāṅgahastāya gaṅgādhara namo'stu te || 79 ||
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namo ḍamaruhastāya namaḥ kapālamāline |
smaradehavināśāya maheśāya namo'stu te || 80 ||
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pūṣṇo dantanipātāya gaṇanāthāya te namaḥ |
jaya svarūpadehāya arūpabahurūpiṇe || 81 ||
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uttamāṅgavināśāya viriñcerapi śaṅkara |
śmaśānavāsine nityaṃ nityaṃ bhairavarūpiṇe || 82 ||
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tvaṃ sarvago'si tvaṃ kartā tvaṃ hartā nānya eva ca |
tvaṃ bhūmistvaṃ diśaścaiva tvaṃ gururbhārgavastathā || 83 ||
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sauristvaṃ devadeveśa bhūmiputrastathaiva ca |
ṛkṣagrahādikaṃ sarvaṃ yaddṛśyaṃ tattvameva ca || 84 ||
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evaṃ stutiṃ tadā kṛtvā devaṃ prati sa dānavaḥ |
saṃhatābhyāṃ tu pāṇibhyāṃ praṇanāma maheśvaram || 85 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
sādhu sādhu mahāsattva varaṃ yācasva dānava |
dātāhaṃ yācakastvaṃ hi dadāmīha yathepsitam || 86 ||
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andhaka uvāca |
yadi tuṣṭo'si deveśa yadi deyo varo mama |
tadātmasadṛśo'haṃ te kartavyo nāparo varaḥ || 87 ||
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bhasmī jaṭī trinetrī ca triśūlī ca caturbhujaḥ |
vyāghracarmottarīyaśca nāgayajñopavītakaḥ || 88 ||
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etadicchāmyahaṃ sarvaṃ yadi tuṣṭo maheśvara || 89 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
dadāmi te varaṃ hyadya yastvayā yācito'nagha |
gaṇeṣu me sthitaḥ putra bhṛṅgīśastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi || 90 ||
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