Chapter 18

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| sūta uvāca |
tataḥ so'pi mahīpālaḥ kṣutpipāmāsamākulaḥ |
papāta dharaṇīpṛṣṭhe padbhyāṃ gatvā vanāṃtaram || 1 ||
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athā'paśyadviyatsthānātsa trīnpretānsu dāruṇān |
ūrdhvakeśānsuraktākṣānkṛṣṇadantānkṛśodarān || 2 ||
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tāndṛṣṭvā bhayasaṃtrasto viśeṣeṇa sa bhūpatiḥ |
nirāśo jīvite kṛcchrādidaṃ vacanamabravīt || 3 ||
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ke yūyaṃ vikṛtākārā mayā dṛṣṭā na karhicit |
evaṃvidhā nṛloke'tra bhramatā prāgvibhīṣaṇāḥ || 4 ||
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vidūratho narendro'haṃ kṣutpipāsātipīḍitaḥ |
mṛgalipsuriha prāpto vane jantuvivarjite || 5 ||
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tatasteṣāṃ tu yo jyeṣṭho māṃsādaḥ pratyuvāca tam |
kṛtāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā vinayāvanataḥ sthitaḥ || 6 ||
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vayaṃ pretā mahārāja nivasāmo'tra kānane |
svakarmajanitāddoṣādduḥkhena mahatā vṛtāḥ || 7 ||
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ahaṃ māṃsādakonāma dvitīyo'yaṃ vidaivataḥ |
kṛtaghnaśca tṛtīyastu trayāṇāmeṣa pāpakṛt || 8 ||
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rājovāca |
sarveṣāṃ dehi nāṃ nāma jāyate pitṛmātṛjam |
kimetatkāraṇaṃ yena sarve yūyaṃ svanāmakāḥ || 9 ||
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tacchrutvā prāha māṃsādaḥ karmanāmāni pārthiva |
mithaḥ kṛtāni saṃjñārthamasmābhiḥ svayameva hi || 10 ||
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śṛṇuṣvā'vahito bhūtvā sarveṣāṃ naḥ pṛthakpṛthak |
karmaṇā yena saṃjātaṃ pretatvamiha bhūmipa || 11 ||
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vayaṃ hi brāhmaṇā jātyā vaidiśākhye pure nṛpa |
devarātasya viprasya gṛhe jātā mahātmanaḥ || 12 ||
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nāstikā bhinnamaryādāḥ paradāraratāḥ sadā |
pāpa karmaratāstatra śubhakarmavivarjitāḥ || 13 ||
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jihvālaulyaprasaṃgena mayā bhuktaṃ sadā'miṣam |
tena me karmajaṃ nāma māṃsādākhyaṃ vyavasthitam || 14 ||
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dvitīyo'yaṃ mahārāja yastiṣṭhati tavā'grataḥ |
anenā'nnaṃ sadā bhuktamakṛtvā devatārcanam || 15 ||
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tena karmavipākena pretayoniṃ samāśritaḥ |
vidaivata iti khyāto dvitīyo'yaṃ supāpakṛt || 16 ||
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sadaivā'nuṣṭhitā'nena supāpena kṛtaghnatā |
kṛtaghnaḥ procyate tena karmaṇā nṛpasattama || 17 ||
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rājovāca |
āhāreṇa nṛloke'sminsarve jīvanti jantavaḥ |
yuṣmākaṃ katamo yo'tra procyatāṃ me savistaram || 18 ||
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māṃsāda uvāca |
bhojyakāle gṛhe yatra strīṇāṃ yuddhaṃ pravartate |
api mantrauṣadhīprāyaṃ pretā bhuṃjati tatra hi || 19 ||
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bhujyate yatra bhūpāla veṃśvadevaṃ vinā naraiḥ |
pākasyāgramadattvā ca pretā bhuṃjati tatra ca || 20 ||
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rātrau yatkriyate śrāddhaṃ dānaṃ vā parvavarjitam |
tatsarvaṃ nṛpaśārdūla pretānāṃ bhojanaṃ bhavet || 21 ||
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yasminno mārjanaṃ harmye kriyate nopalepanam |
na māṃgalyaṃ ca satkāraḥ pretā bhuṃjati tatra hi || 22 ||
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bhinnabhāṇḍaparityāgo yatra na kriyate gṛhe |
na ca vedadhvaniryatra pretā bhuñjaṃti tatra hi || 23 ||
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yacchrāddhaṃ dakṣiṇāhīnaṃ kriyāhīnaṃ ca vā nṛpa |
tathā rajasvalādṛṣṭaṃ tadasmākaṃ prajāyate || 24 ||
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hīnāṃgā hyadhikāṃgā vā yasmiñcchrāddhe dvijātayaḥ |
bhuṃjate vṛṣalīnāthāstadasmākaṃ prajāyate || 25 ||
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atithiryatra saṃprāptaḥ śrāddhakāla upasthite |
apūjito gṛhādyāti tacchrāddhaṃ pretatṛptidam || 26 ||
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kiṃ vā te bahunoktena śṛṇu saṃkṣepato nṛpa |
asmākaṃ bhojanaṃ nityaṃ yattvaṃ śrutvā vigarhasi || 27 ||
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yadannaṃ keśasūtrāsthiśleṣmādibhirupaplutam |
hīnajātyaiśca saṃspṛṣṭaṃ tadasmākaṃ prajāyate || 28 ||
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rājovāca |
kena karmavipākena pretatvaṃ jāyate nṛṇām |
etanme sarvamācakṣva māṃsāda mama pṛcchataḥ || 29 ||
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māṃsāda uvāca |
yo bhavenmānavaḥ kṣudrastathā paiśunyasūcakaḥ |
mṛṣṭamāṃsāśane saktaḥ sa preto jāyate naraḥ || 3 ||
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akṛtvā devakāryaṃ ca tathā ca pitṛtarpaṇam |
yo'śnātyadattvā bhṛtyebhyaḥ sa preto jāyate naraḥ || 3 ||
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paradārarataścaiva paravittāpahārakaḥ |
parāpavādasaṃtuṣṭaḥ sa preto jāyate naraḥ || 32 ||
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kanyāṃ yacchati vṛddhāya nīcāya dhanalipsayā |
kurūpāya kuśīlāya sa preto jāyate naraḥ || 33 ||
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kule jātāṃ vinītāṃ ca dharmapatnīṃ sukhocchritām |
yastyajeddoṣanirmuktāṃ sa preto jāyate naraḥ || 34 ||
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devastrīguruvittāni yo gṛhītvā na yacchati |
viśeṣādbrāhmaṇasvaṃ ca sa preto jāyate naraḥ || 35 ||
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paravyasanasaṃtuṣṭaḥ kṛtaghno gurutalpagaḥ |
dūṣako devaviprāṇāṃ sa preto jāyate naraḥ || 36 ||
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dīyamānasya vittasya brāhmaṇebhyaḥ supāpakṛt |
vighnamārabhate yastu sa preto jāyate naraḥ || 37 ||
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śūdrānnenodarasthena brāhmaṇo mriyate yadi |
sa preto jāyate rājanyadyapi syātṣaḍaṃgavit || 38 ||
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kuladeśocitaṃ dharmaṃ yastyaktvā'nyatsamācaret |
kāmādvā yadi vā lobhātsa preto jāyate naraḥ || 39 ||
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etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ mayā pārthivasattama |
yena karmavipākena pretaḥ saṃjāyate naraḥ || 40 ||
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rājovāca |
kṛtena karmaṇā yena na preto jāyate naraḥ |
tanme kīrtaya māṃsāda vistareṇa viśeṣataḥ || 41 ||
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māṃsāda uvāca |
mātṛvatparadārānyaḥ paradravyāṇi loṣṭavat |
yaḥ paśyatyātmavajjaṃtūnna preto jāyate naraḥ || 42 ||
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annadānaparo nityaṃ viśeṣeṇātithipriyaḥ |
svādhyāyavrataśīlo yo na preto jāyate naraḥ || 43 ||
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samaḥ śatrau ca mitre ca samaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanaḥ |
samo mānāpamāneṣu na preto jāyate naraḥ || 44 ||
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dānadharmapravṛttānāṃ dharmamārgā nuyāyinām |
protsāhaṃ vardhayedyastu na preto jāyate naraḥ || 49 ||
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yūkāmatkuṇadaṃśādīnsarvasattvāni yo naraḥ |
putravatpālayennityaṃ na preto jāyate naraḥ || 46 ||
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sadā yajñakriyopetaḥ sadā tīrthaparāyaṇaḥ |
śāstraśravaṇasaṃyukto na preto jāyate naraḥ || 47 ||
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vāpīkūpataḍāgānāmārāmāṇāṃ viśe ṣataḥ |
āropakaḥ prapāṇāṃ ca na preto jāyate naraḥ || 48 ||
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etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ svaguhyaṃ vasudhādhipa |
nirviṇṇāḥ pretabhāvena tasmāttvaṃ no gatirbhava || 49 ||
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gatvā gayāśiraḥ puṇyamekaikasya pṛthakpṛthak |
śrāddhaṃ dehi mahīpāla trayāṇāmapi sādaram || 50 ||
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pretatvaṃ yāti yenedaṃ tvatpra sādātsudāruṇam |
nā'nyathā muktirasmākaṃ bhaviṣyati kathaṃcana || 51 ||
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rājovāca |
īdṛgjātismṛtiryasyāṃ pretayonau ca khe gatiḥ |
dharmādharmaparijñānaṃ tacca kasmātpraniṃdasi || 52 ||
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māṃsāda uvāca |
pretayoniriyaṃ rājannavamī devasaṃjñitā |
guṇatrayasamāyuktā śeṣairdoṣaiḥ samaṃtataḥ || 53 ||
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ekā jātismṛtiḥ samyagasyāmevaprajāyate |
khecaratvaṃ tathaivānyaddharmādharmaviniścayaḥ || 54 ||
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etadguṇatrayaṃ proktaṃ pretayonau nṛpottama |
doṣānapi ca te vacmi tāñcchṛṇuṣva samāhitaḥ || 55 ||
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yadi tāvadvanādasmādyāmonyatra vayaṃ nṛpa |
adṛṣṭamudgarāghātairnūnaṃ hanyāmahe tataḥ || 56 ||
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tathā dharmakriyāḥ sarvā mānuṣāṇāmudāhṛtāḥ |
na pretānāṃ na devānāṃ nānyeṣāṃ mānuṣaṃ vinā || 57 ||
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paśyāmo dūrato rājañjalapūrṇāñjalā śayān |
pipāsākulitāḥ śrāṃtā bhāskare vṛṣasaṃsthite || 58 ||
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gacchāmaḥ saṃnidhau teṣāṃ yadi pārthivasatama |
adṛṣṭamudgarāghātairvayaṃ hanyāmahe tataḥ || 59 ||
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tathā rasavatī siddhāḥ paśyāmo dūrasaṃsthitāḥ |
kṣudhāviṣṭā gṛhasthānāṃ gṛheṣu vividhā nṛpa || 60 ||
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tathā suphalino vṛkṣānkalapakṣibhirāvṛtān |
snigdhānsacchāyayopetānsevituṃ na labhāmahe || 61 ||
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kiṃvā te bahunoktena yadyatkarma vigarhitam |
kleśadaṃ ca tadasmākaṃ svayamevopatiṣṭhate || 62 ||
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na cchidreṇa vinā'smākaṃ prāṇayātrā prajāyate |
na jalāni na ca cchāyā na yānaṃ na ca vāhanam || 63 ||
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etasmātkāraṇānnityaṃ bhramāmaśchidrahetave |
prāpte rātrimukhe rājanna prātarna ca vāsare || 64 ||
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yattvaṃ śaṃsasi cā'smākaṃ khecaratvaṃ mahīpate |
vyarthaṃ tadapi na śreyaḥ śṛṇu tatrāpi kāraṇam || 65 ||
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kriyate khecaratvena kiṃkiṃ dharmaṃ viniścayaiḥ |
yato na sidhyate mokṣo jāti smṛtyādikaṃ tathā || 66 ||
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tasmāddoṣādime rājanguṇā yadyapi kīrtitāḥ |
pretānāṃ yānsamāśritya kācitsiddhirna jāyate || 67 ||
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viṣādo jāyate bhūyo guṇairetairnarādhipa |
aśaktāḥ pretayogādvai sarvasya śubhakarmaṇaḥ || 68 ||
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rājovāca ||
yadi yāsyāmi bhūyo'haṃ gṛhamasmānmahāvanāt |
tatkariṣyāmi sarveṣāṃ gayāśrāddhamasaṃśayam || 69 ||
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tārayiṣyāmi sarvāṃśca sarvapāpaiḥ prayatnataḥ |
apyātmadehadānena satyenātmānamālabhe || 70 ||
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yasmāddhṛdgataśaṃkā me hṛtā yuṣmābhiradya vai |
yena tatprāpya yuṣmākamupakāraṃ karomyaham || 71 ||
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māṃsāda uvāca |
itaḥ sthānānmahārāja nātidūre jalāśayaḥ |
asti nānādrumopetaścittāhlādakaraḥ paraḥ || 72 ||
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tasmādudaṅmukho gaccha yatra te jalapakṣiṇaḥ |
dṛśyaṃte vyomamārgeṇa pragacchataḥ samaṃtataḥ || 73 ||
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sūta uvāca |
athāsau nṛpaśārdūlaḥ samutthāya śanaiḥśanaiḥ |
saumyāṃ diśaṃ samuddiśya pratasthe sa tu duḥkhitaḥ || 74 ||
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evaṃ pragacchatā tena kṣutpipāsākulena ca |
adūrādeva saṃdṛṣṭaṃ nīlaṃ drumakadaṃbakam |
bhramamāṇairbakairhaṃsaiḥ sārasairmadgubhistathā || 76 ||
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sa gatvā salilaṃ tatra tadvātena mahīpatiḥ |
āhūta iva śītena prayayau tvarayānvitaḥ || 76 ||
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athā'paśyanmanohāri saumyasattvaniṣevitam |
āśramaṃ hradatīrasthaṃ tāpasaiḥ sarvato vṛtam || 77 ||
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puṣpitaiḥ phalitairvṛkṣaiḥ samaṃtātpariveṣṭitam |
vicitrairmadhurārāvairnāditaṃ vihagottamaiḥ || 78 ||
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tatrāpaśyannagādhastāttapasvigaṇasevitam |
śivadharmaparaṃ śāṃtaṃ jaiminiṃ munisattamam || 79 ||
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atha gatvā sa rājeṃdraḥ praṇipatya munīśvaram |
tathānyānapi tacchiṣyānnipapāta dharātale || 80 ||
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te dṛṣṭvā'dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ taṃ rājalakṣaṇalakṣitam |
dhūlidhūsaritāṃgaṃ ca bhasmāvṛtamivācalam || 81 ||
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manyamānā mahīpālaṃ vismayotphullalocanāḥ |
procuśca madhurairvākyairāśīrvādapuraḥsaraiḥ || 82 ||
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kutastvamanusaṃprāpto vane'smiñjanavarjite |
ekākī sukumārāṃgaḥ padātiḥ śramavihvalaḥ || 93 ||
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pārthivasyeva liṃgāni dṛśyaṃte tava bhūriśaḥ |
na vidmo niścayaṃ tasmādvadāgamanakāraṇam || 84 ||
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athovāca nṛpaḥ kṛcchrātpipāsā māṃ prabādhate |
tasmādvadata pānīyaṃ yatpītvā kīrtayāmyaham || 85 ||
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tatastairdarśitaṃ toyaṃ samīpe yanmahīpateḥ |
so'pi pītvā'vagāhyātha vitṛṣṇaḥ samapadyata || 86 ||
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tataḥ phalāni pakvāni tarūṇāṃ patitānyadhaḥ |
sumṛṣṭāni samādāya bhakṣayāmāsa vāṃchayā || 87 ||
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tatastṛptiṃ parāṃ prāpya gatvā jaiminisaṃnidhau |
upaviṣṭaḥ praṇamyoccaistathānyāṃśca munīnkramāt || 88 ||
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uvāca ca nijāṃ vārtāṃ kṛtāṃjalipuṭaḥ sthitaḥ |
sa pṛṣṭastāpasaiḥ sarvaiḥ suvismayasamanvitaiḥ || 89 ||
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vidūratho mahīpo'haṃ māhiṣmatyāṃ kṛtāspadaḥ |
mṛgalipsurvane ghore praviṣṭaḥ sainikaiḥ saha || 90 ||
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tato me bhramamāṇasya praṇaṣṭāḥ sarvasainikāḥ |
gulmairaṃtaritāścā'nye na jāne'haṃ kathaṃ sthitāḥ || 91 ||
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āsīddhayo mamā'dhastājjātyaḥ sarvaguṇānvitaḥ |
so'pi karmavipākena pañcatvaṃ samupasthitaḥ |ा || 92 ||
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bhramamāṇastvahaṃ prāpta āyuḥśeṣatayātra ca |
tadbrūta kaḥ pradeśo'yaṃ kiyaddūre ca me purī || 93 ||
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tataste tāpasāḥ procurvidmahe na vayaṃ purīm |
tvāṃ ca deśaṃ ca te rājanko'yaṃ deśaśca kīrtyate || 94 ||
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narendrairnaiva naḥ kāryaṃ na diśairna purairnṛpa |
vanecarā vayaṃ nityaṃ śivārādhanatatparāḥ || 95 ||
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sarve śīrṇāni vṛkṣāṇāṃ puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca |
bhakṣayāmo'tha patrāṇi śarī rasthitihetunā || 96 ||
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mānuṣaiḥ saha saṃsargaṃ saṃbhāṣaṃ ca narādhipa |
na kurmo na ca paśyāmo gacchāmo'nyatra dūrataḥ || 97 ||
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ekaikasya tarormūle divasaṃ vā dinadvayam |
tiṣṭhāmo na bhavedyena mamatvaṃ tatsamudbhavam || 98 ||
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kāraṇāttava rājeṃdra niśāmetāṃ vanaspatau |
neṣyāmo'nyatra yāsyāmaḥ prabhā te'nyatra kānane || 99 ||
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ekākinaṃ padātiṃ ca viśastraṃ śramavihvalam |
tvāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhūpate'smākaṃ dayā jātā tato'dhikā || 18 ||
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ekākī pārthivendro'yaṃ neṣyati ca kathaṃ niśām |
vane'sminmaṃtrayitvaivaṃ tato'traiva vyavasthitāḥ || 101 ||
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tasmādatraiva neṣyāmaḥ sametāḥ śarvarīmimām |
gaṃtavyaṃ prātarutthāya tataḥ sarvairyadṛcchayā || 102 ||
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evaṃ saṃvadatāṃ teṣāṃ bhagavāṃstīkṣṇadīdhitiḥ |
astācalamanuprāptaḥ kuṃkumakṣodasaṃnibhaḥ || 103 ||
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atha tāstāpasānrājā provāca praṇataḥ sthitaḥ |
saṃdhyākālaḥ samāyātaḥ sāṃprataṃ munisattamāḥ |
tasmātsaṃdhyāvidhiḥ kāryaḥ sarvaireva yathocitaḥ || 104 ||
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atha te munayaḥ sarve sa ca rājā tathā dvijāḥ |
cakruḥ sāyaṃtanaṃ karma yathoddiṣṭaṃ purātanaiḥ || 105 ||
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kāmibhiḥ kāminīlokaiḥ priyoktairabhivāṃ chitā |
asatstrībhirviśeṣeṇa saṃprāptā rajanī tataḥ || 106 ||
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pīyūṣārṇavaveleva viṣavṛkṣalateva ca |
ulūkaiścakravākaiśca yugapadyā vilokyate || 107 ||
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ulūkā rākṣasāścaurāḥ kāminaḥ kulaṭāṃ'ganāḥ |
yāṃ vāṃchaṃti sadā sotkāḥ suvṛṣṭimiva karṣukāḥ || 108 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye māṃsādavacanādṛṣyāśramapadaṃ prāptasya vidūrathasya munibhiḥ saha saṃvādapūrvakasāṃyatanakarmādividhānavarṇanaṃnāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 18 ||
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