Chapter 66

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| sūta uvāca |
tathā tatrāsti vikhyātaṃ rāmahrada iti smṛtam |
yatra te pitarastena rudhireṇa pratarpitāḥ || 1 ||
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tatra bhādrapade māsi yo'māvāsyāmavāpya ca |
pitṝnsaṃtarpayedbhaktyā so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet || 2 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
atyāścaryamidaṃ sūta yadbravīṣi mahāmate |
yattena pitarastatra rudhireṇa pratarpitāḥ || 3 ||
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pitṛṇāṃ tarpaṇārthāya medhyāḥ saṃkīrtitā budhaiḥ |
padārthā rudhiraṃ proktaṃ rākṣasānāṃ pratarpaṇe || 4 ||
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śrutismṛtiviruddhaṃ ca karma sadbhirvigarhitam |
jāmadagnyena taccīrṇaṃ kasmātsūta vadasva naḥ || 5 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tena kopavaśātkarma pratijñāṃ parirakṣatā |
tatkṛtaṃ tarpitā yena pitaro rudhireṇa te || 6 ||
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pitā tasya purā viprā jamadagnirnipātitaḥ |
kṣatriyeṇa svadharmastho vinā doṣaṃ dvijottamāḥ || 7 ||
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tataḥ kopaparītena tena proktaṃ mahātmanā |
raktena kṣatriyotthena saṃtarpyāḥ pitaro mayā || 8 ||
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etasmātkāraṇāttena rudhireṇa mahātmanā |
pitarastarpitā samyaktilamiśreṇa bhaktitaḥ || 9 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
jamadagnirhataḥ kasmātkṣatriyeṇa mahāmuniḥ |
kiṃnāmā sa ca bhūpālo vistarādvada sūta tat || 10 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ṛcīkatanayaḥ pūrvaṃ jamadagniriti smṛtaḥ |
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre tatrāsīddagdhakalmaṣaḥ || 11 ||
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catvārastasya putrāśca babhūvurguṇasaṃyutāḥ |
jaghanyo'pi guṇajyeṣṭhasteṣāṃ rāmo babhūva ha || 12 ||
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kadācidvasatastasya jamadagnermahāvane |
putreṣu kandamūlārthaṃ nirgateṣu vanādbahiḥ || 13 ||
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etasminnaṃtare prāpto haihayādhipatirbalī |
sahasrārjuna ityeva vikhyāto yo mahītale || 14 ||
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mṛgalipsurvane tasminbhramamāṇa itastataḥ |
śramārto vṛṣarāśisthe bhāskare dinamadhyage || 15 ||
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tatastamāśramaṃ dṛṣṭvā nānādruma samākulam |
caturaṃgena sainyena sahitaḥ praviveśa ha || 6 ||
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athāpaśyatsa tatrasthaṃ jamadagniṃ mahāmunim |
upaviṣṭaṃ kṛtasnānaṃ devārcanaparāyaṇam || 7 ||
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atha taṃ pārthivaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa munistuṣṭisaṃyutaḥ |
arghaṃ dattvā yathānyāyaṃ svāgatenābhinaṃdya ca || 18 ||
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so'pi taṃ praṇipatyoccairvinayena samanvitaḥ |
pratisaṃbhāṣayāmāsa kuśalaṃ paryapṛcchata || 19 ||
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rājovāca |
kaccitte kuśalaṃ vipra putraśiṣyānvitasya ca |
sāgnihotra kalatrasya parivārayutasya ca || 20 ||
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adya me saphalaṃ janma jīvitaṃ saphalaṃ ca me |
yattvaṃ taponidhirdṛṣṭaḥ sarvalokanamaskṛtaḥ || 21 ||
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evamuktvā sa rājarṣirviśramya suciraṃ tataḥ |
pītvāpastamuvācedaṃ praṇipatya mahāmunim || 22 ||
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anujñāṃ dehi me brahmanprayāsyāmi nijaṃ gṛham |
mama kṛtyaṃ samādeśyaṃ yena te syātprayojanam || 23 ||
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jamadagniruvāca |
devatārcanavelāyāṃ tvaṃ me gṛhamupāgataḥ |
manoratha iva dhyātaḥ sarvadevamayo'tithiḥ || 24 ||
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tasmānme'sti parā prītirbhaktiśca nṛpasattama |
tatkuruṣva mayā dattaṃ svahastenaiva bhojanam || 25 ||
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rājā vā brāhmaṇo vātha śūdro vāpyaṃtyajo'pi vā |
vaiśvadevāntasaṃprāptaḥ so'tithiḥ svargasaṃkramaḥ || 26 ||
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rājovāca |
mamaite sainikā brahmañchataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ |
tairabhuktaiḥ kathaṃ bhoktuṃ yujyate mama kīrtaya || 27 ||
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jamadagniruvāca |
sarveṣāṃ sainikānāṃ te saṃpradāsyāmi bhojanam |
nātra ciṃtā tvayā kāryā munirniṣkiṃcano hyaham || 28 ||
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yaiṣā paśyati rājeṃdra dhenurbaddhā mamāṃtike |
eṣā sūte manobhīṣṭaṃ prārthitā sarvadaiva hi || 29 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tataśca kautukāviṣṭaḥ sa nṛpo dvijasattamāḥ |
bāḍhamityeva saṃprocya tasminnevāśrame sthitaḥ || 30 ||
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tataḥ saṃtarpya devāṃśca pitṝṃśca tadanaṃtaram |
pūjayitvā havirvāhaṃ brāhmaṇāṃśca tataḥ param || 31 ||
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upaviṣṭastataḥ sārdhaṃ sarvairbhṛtyairbubhukṣitaiḥ |
śramārtairvismayāviṣṭaiḥ kṛte tasya dvijottamāḥ || 32 ||
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tataḥ sa prārthayāmāsa tāṃ dhenuṃ munisattamaḥ |
yo yatprārthayate dehi bhojyārthaṃ tasya tacchubhe || 33 ||
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tataḥ sā suṣuve dhenurannamuccāvacaṃ śubham |
pakvānnaṃ ca viśeṣeṇa cittāhlādakaraṃ param || 34 ||
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tataḥ khādyaṃ ca cavyaṃ ca lehyaṃ coṣyaṃ tathaiva ca |
vyaṃjanāni vicitrāṇi kaṣāyakaṭukāni ca |
amlāni madhurāṇyeva tiktāni guṇavaṃti ca || 35 ||
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evaṃ prāpya parāṃ tṛptiṃ tayā dhenvā sa bhūpatiḥ |
sevakaiḥ sabalaiḥ sārdha mannairamṛtasaṃbhavaiḥ || 36 ||
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tato bhuktyavasāne tu prārthayāmāsa bhūpatiḥ |
tāṃ dhenuṃ vismayāviṣṭo jamadagniṃ mahāmunim || 37 ||
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kāmadhenuriyaṃ brahmannārhāraṇyanivāsinām |
munīnāṃ śāntacittānāṃ tasmādyaccha mama svayam || 38 ||
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yenā'karānkaromyadya lokāṃstasyāḥ prabhāvataḥ |
sādhayāmi ca durgasthāñchatrūnbhūribalānvitān || 39 ||
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evaṃ kṛte tava śreyo bhaviṣyati ca sadyaśaḥ |
iha loke pare caiva tasmātkuru mayoditam || 40 ||
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jamadagniruvāca |
homadhenuriyaṃ rājanmamaikā prāṇasaṃmatā |
adeyā sarvadā pūjyā tasmānnārhasi yācitum || 41 ||
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rājovāca || 1 ||
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ahaṃ śatasahasraṃ te yacchāmyasyāḥ kṛte dvija |
dhenūnāmaparaṃ vittaṃ yāvanmātraṃ pravāṃchasi || 42 ||
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jamadagniruvāca |
avikreyā mahārāja sāmānyāpi hi gauḥ smṛtā |
kiṃ punarhomadhenuryā prabhāvairīdṛśairyutā || 43 ||
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vimohādbrāhmaṇo yo gāṃ vikrīṇāti dhanecchayā |
vikrīṇāti na sandehaḥ sa nijāṃ jananīmiha || 44 ||
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surāṃ pītvā dvijaṃ hatvā dvijānāṃ niṣkṛtiḥ smṛtā |
dhenuvikrayakartṝṇāṃ prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate || 45 ||
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rājovāca |
yadi yacchasi no vipra sāmnā dhenumimāṃ mama |
balādapi hariṣyāmi tasmātsāmnā pradīyatām || 46 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tacchrutvā kopasaṃyukto jamadagnirdvijottamāḥ |
astramastramiti procya samuttasthau sabhātalāt || 47 ||
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tataste sevakāstasya nṛpateścittavedinaḥ |
aprāptaśastraṃ taṃ vipraṃ nijaghnurniśitāyudhaiḥ || 48 ||
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tasyaivaṃ vadhyamānasya jamadagnermahātmanaḥ |
reṇukākhyā priyā bhāryā papātopari duḥkhitā || 49 ||
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sā'pi nānāvidhaistīkṣṇaiḥ khaṇḍitā varavarṇinī |
āyuḥśeṣatayā prāṇairna kathaṃcidviyojitā || 50 ||
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evaṃ hatvā sa viprendraṃ jamadagniṃ mahīpatiḥ |
tāṃ dhenuṃ kālayāmāsa yatra māhiṣmatī purī || 51 ||
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atha sā kālyamānā ca dhenuḥ kopasamanvitā |
jamadagniṃ hataṃ dṛṣṭvā rarambha karuṇaṃ muhuḥ || 52 ||
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tasyāḥ saṃrambhamāṇāyā vaktramārgeṇa nirgatāḥ |
pulindā dāruṇā medāḥ śataśo'tha sahasraśaḥ || 53 ||
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nānāśastradharāḥ sarve yamadūtā ivāparāḥ |
procustāṃ sādaraṃ dhenumājñāṃ dehi drutaṃ hi naḥ || 54 ||
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sā'bravīddhanyatāmetaddhaihayādhipaterbalam |
atha taiḥ kopasaṃyuktairdāruṇairmlecchajātibhiḥ |
vināśayitumārabdhaṃ śitaiḥ śastrairnirargalam || 55 || || 1 ||
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na kaścitpuruṣasteṣāṃ sammukho'pyabhavadraṇe |
kiṃ punaḥ sahasā yoddhuṃ bhayena mahatānvitaḥ || 56 ||
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atha bhagnaṃ balaṃ dṛṣṭvā vadhyamānaṃ samaṃtataḥ |
pulindairdāruṇākāraiḥ procustaṃ mantriṇo nṛpam || 57 ||
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tejohāniḥ parā te'dya jātā brahmavadhādvibho |
tasmāddhenuṃ parityajya gamyatāṃ nijamaṃdiram || 58 ||
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yāvannāgacchate tasya rāmonāma suto balī |
no cettena hato'traiva sabalo vadhameṣyasi || 59 ||
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naiṣā śakyā balānnetuṃ kāmadhenurmahodayā |
śaktirūpā karotyevaṃ yā sṛṣṭiṃ svayameva hi || 60 ||
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tataḥ sa pārthivo bhītasteṣāṃ vākyādviśeṣataḥ |
jagāma hitvā tāṃ dhenuṃ svasthānaṃ hatasevakaḥ || 61 ||
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