Chapter 97

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| sūta uvāca |
tataḥ prabhṛti no mando rohiṇīśakaṭaṃ dvijāḥ |
bhinatti vacanāttasya rājño daśarathasya ca || 1 ||
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tadvṛttāṃtaṃ samākarṇya tasya śakraḥ praharṣitaḥ |
bhūpālaṃ taṃ samabhyetya tataścovāca sādaram || 2 ||
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atyadbhutataraṃ karma tvayaitatpṛthivīpate |
saṃsādhitaṃ yadanyena manasāpi na cintyate || 3 ||
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ata eva hi saṃtuṣṭiḥ sañjātādya tavopari |
varaṃ matto gṛhāṇādya tadabhīṣṭaṃ hṛdi sthitam || 4 ||
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rājovāca |
tvayā saha suraśreṣṭha maitrī saṃprārthayāmyaham |
śāśvatī sarvakṛtyeṣu paramāṃ lokasaṃsthitām || 5 ||
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indra uvāca |
evaṃ bhavatu rājeṃdra tvayā saha sadā mama |
saṃpatsyate sadā maitrī vasoriva ca śāśvatī || 6 ||
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tvayā sadaiva me pārśve sabhāyāṃ devasaṃnidhau |
āgantavyaṃ viśeṣeṇa yena maitrī pravardhate || 7 ||
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evamuktvā sahasrākṣo jagāma tridivālayam |
rājāpi cāgato harmye svakīye harṣasaṃyutaḥ || 8 ||
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rakṣayitvā jagatsarvaṃ śanaiścara kṛtādbhayāt |
aprāpyāṃ prāpya saṃkīrtiṃ stūyamānastu bandibhiḥ || 9 ||
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tataḥ prabhṛti nityaṃ sa sandhyākāla upasthite |
sāyāhnaṃ saṃvidhāyātha yāti śakrasya maṃdire || 10 ||
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tatra sthitvā ciraṃ śrutvā gaṃdharvāṇāṃ manoharam |
gītaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca nṛtyaṃ ca tānādivihitaṃ śubham || 11 ||
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vicitrārthāḥ kathāḥ śrutvā devarṣīṇāṃ mukhāccyutāḥ |
svayaṃ ca kīrtayitvātha prayāti nijamaṃdiram || 12 ||
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vimānavaramāruhya haṃsabarhiṇanāditam |
manoharapatākābhiḥ samaṃtācca vibhūṣitam || 13 ||
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yadāyadā sa niryāti śakrasthānānnijālayam |
tadātadā'sane tasya kriyate'bhyukṣaṇaṃ sadā || 14 ||
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śakrādeśāttadā vetti na sa bhūpaḥ kathaṃcana |
anyasmindivase tasya nārado munisattamaḥ |
kathayāmāsa tatsarvamabhyukṣaṇasamudbhavam || 15 ||
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vṛttāṃtaṃ tasya rājarṣestasyaiva gṛhamāgataḥ |
tīrthayātrā prasaṃgena vidveṣaparivṛddhaye || 16 ||
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tacchrutvā nāradenoktaṃ śraddheyamapi bhūpatiḥ |
na cakre hṛdaye'dharmamātmānaṃ pariciṃtayan || 17 ||
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tathāpi kautukāviṣṭo gatvā śakraniveśanam |
anyasmindivase sthitvā ciraṃ tatra samutthitaḥ || 18 ||
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alakṣyaṃ vīkṣayāmāsa svāsanaṃ dūramāsthitaḥ |
kiṃcitsadmāṃtaraṃ prāpya kautūhalasamanvitaḥ || 19 ||
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tataḥ śakrasamādeśādutthāya surakiṃkaraḥ |
prokṣayāmāsa toyena pārthivasya tadāsanam || 20 ||
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taddṛṣṭvā kopasaṃpannaḥ sa rājā'bhyetya vāsavam |
provāca kimidaṃ śakra prokṣyate yanmamāsanam || 21 ||
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kiṃ mayā nihatā viprāḥ kiṃ vā viprasamudbhavam |
śāsanaṃ lopitaṃ kiṃcitkiṃ vā viprā viniṃditāḥ || 22 ||
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kiṃ vā naṣṭo'smi saṃgrāme dṛṣṭvā śatrūnsamāgatān |
dainyaṃ vā jalpitaṃ teṣāṃ bhayatrastena cetasā || 23 ||
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mama rājye'thavā śakra durbalo balavattaraiḥ |
pīḍa़्yate vātha caurādyairmuṣyate vaṃcakaistathā || 24 ||
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kiṃ vā rājye madīye ca jāyate yoniviplavaḥ |
saṃkaro vātha varṇānāṃ parityaktavidhikramaḥ || 25 ||
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kiṃ vā durjanavākyena dūṣito doṣavarjitaḥ |
daṃḍyate mama rājye ca kenacittridaśeśvara || 26 ||
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kiṃ vā cauro'tha pāpo vā gṛhīto doṣavānsvayam |
mucyate dravyalobhena tathānyo vā jugupsitaḥ || 27 ||
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kiṃsvinmayā parityaktaḥ ko'pyatra śaraṇāgataḥ |
bhayatrastaḥ subhītena prāṇānāṃ tridaśādhipa || 28 ||
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kasya vā pṛṣṭhamāṃsāni bhakṣitāni mayā kvacit |
kaccicca tridaśādhīṣa brāhmaṇasya viśeṣataḥ || 29 ||
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kiṃ vā dānaṃ mayā dattvā brāhmaṇāya mahātmane || paścāttāpaḥ |
kṛtaḥ paścāddattaṃ copekṣitaṃ ca vā || 30 ||
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kiṃ vā rājye madīye ca dīnānāṃ prapataṃti ca |
aśrupātā divārātraṃ duḥkhitānāṃ samaṃtataḥ || 31 ||
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daivaṃ vā paitṛkaṃ vāpi kiṃ vā karma gṛhe mama |
lopaṃ gacchati devendra kriyate vā vidhicyutam || 32 ||
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yattvayā kriyate nityaṃ toyairabhyukṣaṇaṃ mama |
āsanasya drutaṃ brūyā yatpāpaṃ vihitaṃ mayā || 33 ||
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indra uvāca |
na vidyate mahārāja śarīre tava pātakam |
na rāṣṭre ca kule gehe bhṛtyavarge viśeṣataḥ || 34 ||
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paraṃ śṛṇu pravakṣyāmi yatte pāpaṃ bhaviṣyati |
tena saṃprokṣyate caiva āsanaṃ sarvadaiva tu || 35 ||
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aputrasya gatirnāsti na ca svargaṃ prapadyate |
paitṛkeṇa naro grasto ya ṛṇena sadā nṛpa || 36 ||
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dveṣyatāṃ yāti devānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ |
yadā paśyati putrasya vadanaṃ puruṣo nṛpa || 37 ||
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ānṛṇyaṃ samavāpnoti pitṝṇāṃ sa tadā dhruvam |
sa tvaṃ naiva gato rājannānṛṇyaṃ yanmayoditam || 38 ||
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pitṝṇāṃ tena te nityamāsane'bhyukṣaṇaṃ kṛtam |
tasmādyatasva putrārthaṃ yadīcchasi parāṃ gatim || 39 ||
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ātmānaṃ narakāttrātuṃ puṃsaṃjñācca tathā nṛpa |
evamuktaḥ sa śakreṇa rājā daśarathastadā || 40 ||
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duḥkhena mahatā yukto lajjayā'dhomukhaḥ sthitaḥ |
āmaṃtryātha sahasrākṣaṃ gatvā'yodhyāṃ nijāṃ purīm |
amātyānāṃ nijaṃ rājyamarpayāmāsa satvaraḥ || 41 ||
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tataḥ provāca tānsarvāṃstapaḥ kāryaṃ mayā'dhunā |
yāvatputrasya saṃprāptistāvadeva na saṃśayaḥ || 42 ||
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etadrājyaṃ prayatnena rakṣaṇīyaṃ yathāvidhi |
yuṣmābhirmama vākyena yāvadāgamanaṃ mama || 43 ||
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maṃtriṇa ūcuḥ |
yuktametanmahārāja putrārthaṃ yatsamudyamaḥ |
kriyate putrahīnasya kiṃ rājyena dhanena vā || 44 ||
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vayaṃ rakṣāṃ kariṣyāmastava rājye samaṃtataḥ |
nirvṛtiṃ tvaṃ samāsthāya kuru putrakṛte tapaḥ || 45 ||
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kārtikeyapuraṃ gatvā yatra pitrā purā tava |
tapastaptaṃ yathā labdhā siddhiśca manasepsitā || 46 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe śrīhāṭakeśvarakṣetra māhātmye daśarathakṛtatapaḥsamudyogavarṇanaṃnāma saptanavatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 97 ||
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