Chapter 135

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sūta uvāca |
tathānyāpi ca tatrāsti dīrghikākhyā suśobhanā |
sarasī lokavikhyātā sarvapātakanāśanī || 1 ||
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yasyāṃ snāto naraḥ samyagbhāskarasyodayaṃ prati |
jyeṣṭhaśuklacaturdaśyāṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ || 2 ||
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āsītpūrvaṃ dvijo vīraśarmanāmātiviśrutaḥ |
vedavidyāvratasnāto vardhamāne purottame || 3 ||
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tasya kanyā samutpannā kadācillakṣaṇāccyutā |
atidīrghā pramāṇena janahāsyavivarddhinī || 4 ||
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tataḥ sā yauvanaṃ prāptā tadrūpāpi kumārikā |
na kaścidvarayāmāsa śāstravākyamanusmaran || 5 ||
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atisaṃkṣiptakeśā yā atidīrghātivāmanā |
udvāhayati yaḥ kanyāṃ puruṣaḥ kāmamohitaḥ || 6 ||
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ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtare mṛtyuṃ sa prāpnoti naro dhruvam |
etasmātkāraṇātsarve tāṃ tyajaṃti kumārikām || 7 ||
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puruṣā atidīrghatvayuktāṃ vīkṣya samaṃtataḥ |
tato vairāgyamāpannā tapastepe'tidāruṇam || 8 ||
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cāṃdrāyaṇāni kṛcchrāṇi tayā cīrṇānyanekaśaḥ |
pārākāṇi yathoktāni tathā sāṃtapanāni ca || 9 ||
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vrataṃ yadvidyate kiṃcinniyamaḥ saṃyamastathā |
anyaccāpi śubhaṃ kṛtyaṃ tatsarvaṃ ca tayā kṛtam || 10 ||
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evaṃ tasyā vratasthāyā jarā samyagupasthitā |
tathāpi tejaso vṛddhirvavṛdhe tapasā kṛtā || 11 ||
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sā ca nityaṃ mahendrasya sabhāṃ yātyatikautukāt |
devarṣīṇāṃ mataṃ śrotuṃ devatānāṃ viśeṣataḥ || 12 ||
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yadā sā svāsanaṃ tyaktvā prayāti svagṛhonmukhī |
tadaivābhyukṣaṇaṃ cakrustatra śakrasya kiṃkarāḥ || 13 ||
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tathānyadivase dṛṣṭaṃ kriyamāṇaṃ tayā hi tat |
abhyukṣaṇaṃ svakīye ca āsane dvijasattamāḥ || 14 ||
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tataḥ kopaparītāṃgī dīrghikā sā kumārikā |
triśākhāṃ bhṛkuṭīṃ kṛtvā tataḥ prāha puraṃdaram || 15 ||
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kiṃ doṣaṃ vīkṣya me śakra prokṣitaṃ cāsanaṃ tvayā |
paradvā rakṛtaṃ doṣaṃ kiṃ mayaitatkṛtaṃ kvacit || 16 ||
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tasmānme pātakaṃ brūhi no cecchāpaṃ sudāruṇam |
tvayi dāsyāmyasaṃdigdhaṃ satye nātmānamālabhe || 17 ||
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indra uvāca |
na te dīrghe'stidoṣotra kaścidekaṃ vinā śubhe |
tenātha kriyate caitadāsanasyābhiṣecanam || 18 ||
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tvaṃ kumāryapi saṃprāptā ṛtukālaṃ vigarhitā |
tena doṣaṃ tvamāpannā nānyadastīha kāraṇam || 19 ||
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tasmādadyāpi tvāṃ kaścidudvāhayati tāpasaḥ |
tvaṃ taṃ varaya bharttāraṃ yena gacchasi medhyatām || 20 ||
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tataśca lajjayā yuktā sā tadā dīrghakanyakā |
gatvā bhūmitale tūrṇaṃ vardhamāne purottame || 21 ||
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tataḥ phūtkartumārabdhā catvareṣu trikeṣu ca |
ucchritya dakṣiṇaṃ pāṇiṃ bhramamāṇā itastataḥ || 22 ||
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yadi kaściddvijo jātyā karoti mama sāṃpratam |
pāṇigrāhaṃ tapo'rddhasya śreyo yacchāmi tasya ca || 23 ||
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evaṃ tāṃ pravijalpantīṃ śrutvā lokā divāniśam |
unmattāmiti manvānā hāsyaṃ cakruḥ parasparam || 24 ||
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tataḥ katipayāhasya prakurvaṃtī ca dīrghikā |
kuṣṭhavyādhigṛhītena brāhmaṇena pariśrutā || 25 ||
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tataḥ provāca mandaṃ sa samāhūya suduḥkhitām || 26 ||
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ahaṃ tvāmudvahāmyadya kṛtvā pāṇigrahaṃ tava |
yadi madvacanaṃ sarvaṃ sarvadaivānutiṣṭhasi || 27 ||
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kumārikovāca |
kariṣyāmi na saṃdehastava vākyaṃ dvijādhipa |
kuru pāṇigrahaṃ me'dya vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā || 28 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tatastasyāḥ kumāryāḥ sa pāṇiṃ jagrāha dakṣiṇam |
gṛhyoktena vidhānena devāgnigurusaṃnidhau || 29 ||
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atha sā prāha bhūyo'pi vivāhakṛtamaṃgalā |
ādeśaṃ dehi me nātha yaṃ karomi tavādhunā || 30 ||
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patiruvāca |
aṣṭaṣaṣṭiṣu tīrtheṣu snātumicchāmi sundari |
sāhāyyena tvadīyena yadi śaknoṣi tatkuru || 31 ||
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bāḍhamityeva sā procya tatastūrṇaṃ pativratā |
tatpramāṇaṃ dṛḍhaṃ kṛtvā ramyaṃ vaṃśakuṭīrakam || 32 ||
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mṛdu tūlasamāyuktaṃ tataḥ prāha nijaṃ patim |
kṛtāṃjalipuṭā bhūtvā prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā || 33 ||
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etattava kṛte ramyaṃ kṛtaṃ vaṃśakuṭīrakam |
mama nāthāruhāśu tvaṃ yena kṛtvātha mūrdhani |
nayāmi sarvatīrtheṣu kṣetreṣu suśubheṣu ca || 34 ||
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tataḥ kuṣṭhī prahṛṣṭātmā śanairutthāya bhūtalāt |
tayā coddhṛtadehaḥ sansupto vaṃśakuṭīrake || 35 ||
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tatastaṃ mastake kṛtvā sarvatīrthe yathāsukham |
sarvakṣetreṣu babhrāma snāpayantī nijaṃ patim || 36 ||
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yathā yathā sa cakre'tha snānaṃ tīrtheṣu kuṣṭhabhāk |
tathātathāsya gātreṣu tejo vṛddhiṃ pragacchati || 37 ||
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tataḥ krameṇa sā sādhvī bhramamāṇā mahītale |
hāṭakeśvaraje kṣetre saṃprāptā rajanī mukhe || 38 ||
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klāntā vaiklavyamāpannā bhārākrāntā pativratā |
nidrāndhā niśvasantī ca praskhalantī padepade || 39 ||
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atha tatra pradeśe tu māṇḍavyo munipuṃgavaḥ |
śūlāropitagātrastu saṃtiṣṭhati suduḥkhitaḥ || 40 ||
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atha sā taṃ samāsādya śūlaṃ rātrau pativratā |
nijagātreṇa bhārārttā gacchamānā mahāsatī || 41 ||
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tayā saṃcālitaḥ so'tha māṃḍavyo munipuṃgavaḥ |
parāṃ pīḍāṃ samāsādya tataḥ prāha suduḥkhitaḥ || 42 ||
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kenedaṃ pāpmanā śalyaṃ mamāṃtaḥ paricālitam |
yenāhaṃ duḥkhayukto'pi bhūyo duḥkhāspadīkṛtaḥ || 43 ||
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dīrghikovāca |
na mayā tvaṃ mahābhāga nidropahatayā dṛśā |
dṛṣṭastena parispṛṣṭo hyaspṛśyaḥ pāpakṛttamaḥ || 44 ||
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na tvayā sadṛśaścānyaḥ pāpātmāsti dharātale |
śirasyudbhūtaśūlo'pi yo mṛtyuṃ nādhigacchati || 45 ||
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ahaṃ pativratā mūḍha vahāmi śirasā dhṛtam |
tīrthayātrākṛte kāṃtaṃ vikalāṃgaṃ suvallabham || 46 ||
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kasmāttasyāstiraskāraṃ mama yacchasi niṣṭhuram |
ajñātāṃ mūḍhabuddhiḥ sanviśeṣānmānuṣodbhavām || 47 ||
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māṇḍavya uvāca |
ahaṃ yādṛktvayā proktastādṛgeva na saṃśayaḥ |
pāpātmā mūḍhabuddhiśca aspṛśyaḥ sarvadehinām || 48 ||
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yadi prātastavāyaṃ ca bharttā jīvati niṣṭhure |
yena me janitā pīḍā prāṇāṃtakaraṇī dṛḍhā || 49 ||
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tasmādeṣa tavābhīṣṭaḥ spṛṣṭaḥ sūryasya raśmibhiḥ |
mayā śaptaḥ parityāgaṃ jīvitasya kariṣyati || 50 ||
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dīrghikovāca |
yadyevaṃ maraṇaṃ patyuḥ prabhāte saṃbhaviṣyati |
madīyasya tataḥ prātarnodgamiṣyati bhāskaraḥ || 51 ||
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evamuktvā tataḥ sātha niṣasāda dharātale |
bhūmau tadbhartṛsaṃyuktaṃ muktvā vaṃśakuṭīrakam || 52 ||
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atha tāṃ prāha kuṣṭhī sa pipāsā saṃpravartate |
tasmāttoyaṃ samānehi pānārthamatiśītalam || 53 ||
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tathaiva sā samākarṇya bharturādeśamutsukā |
itastataśca babhrāma jalārthaṃ na prapaśyati |
na ca niryāti dūraṃ sā tyaktvāraṇye tathāvidham || 54 ||
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bhartāraṃ śvāpadotthaṃ ca bhayaṃ hṛdi vitanvatī |
upaviśya tato bhūmau spṛṣṭvā pādau patestadā |
provāca dīrghikā vākyaṃ tāravākyena duḥkhitā || 55 ||
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pativratā tvamācīrṇaṃ yadi samyaṅmayā sphuṭam |
tena satyena bhūpṛṣṭhānnirgacchatu jalaṃ śubham || 56 ||
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evamuktvā jaghānātha pādāghātena medinīm |
kāntabhaktiṃ puraskṛtya tasya jīvitavāṃchayā || 57 ||
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etasminnantare toyaṃ pādāghātādanantataram |
niṣkrāṃtaṃ nirmalaṃ svādu māṇḍavyasya ca paśyataḥ || 58 ||
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tatastaṃ snāpayāmāsa tasmiṃstoye śramāturam |
apāyayattataḥ paścātsvayaṃ snātvā papau jalam || 59 ||
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etasminnaṃtare sūryaḥ pativratakṛtādbhayāt |
nābhyudeti samutpannastataḥ kālātyayo mahān || 60 ||
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atha rātriṃ samālokya dīrghāṃ ye kāmukā janāḥ |
te sarve tuṣṭimāpannāstathā ca kula striyaḥ || 61 ||
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kauśikā rākṣasāścāpi corā jārāśca ye narāḥ |
te sarve procuḥ saṃhṛṣṭāḥ samāliṃgya parasparam || 62 ||
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adyāsmākaṃ vidhistuṣṭo bhagavānmanmathastathā |
yena dīrghā kṛtā rātrirnāśaṃ nītaśca bhāskaraḥ || 63 ||
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ye punarbrāhmaṇāḥ śāṃtā yajñakarmasamudyatāḥ |
te sarve duḥkhamāpannāḥ sūryodayavinākṛtāḥ || 64 ||
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na kaścidyajanaṃ cakre yājanaṃ na ca saddvijaḥ |
na śrāddhaṃ na ca saṃkalpaṃ na svādhyāyaṃ kathaṃcana || 65 ||
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na snānaṃ na ca dānaṃ ca lokayātrāṃ viśeṣataḥ |
vyavahāraṃ na kṛtyaṃ ca kiṃciddharmasamudbhavam || 66 ||
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etasminnantare devāḥ sarve śakrapurogamāḥ |
paraṃ dauḥsthyaṃ samāpannā yajñabhāgavivarjitāḥ || 67 ||
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tato bhāskaramāsādya ūcurduḥkhasamanvitāḥ |
kasmānnodgamanaṃ deva prakaroṣi divākara || 68 ||
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etattvayā vinā sarvaṃ jagadvyākulatāṃ gatam || 69 ||
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tasmāllokahitārthāya tvamudgaccha yathāpurā |
agniṣṭomādikā yajñā vartaṃte yena bhūtale || 70 ||
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sūrya uvāca ||
pativratāsamādeśāttyaktaścābhyudayo mayā |
tasmādgatvā surāḥ sarve tāṃ vadaṃtu kṛte mama || 71 ||
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yena tadvākyamāsādya pravarttāmi yathāsukham |
anyathā māṃ śapetkruddhā nūnaṃ sā hi pativratā || 72 ||
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evaṃ sā tapasā yuktā protkṛṣṭaṃ hi surottamāḥ |
pativratātvamādhatte tathānyadaparaṃ mahat || 73 ||
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kastasyā vacanaṃ śaktaḥ kartumevamato'nyathā |
etasmātkāraṇādbhīto nodgacchāmi kathaṃcana || 74 ||
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na tatkratusahasreṇa yajaṃtaḥ prāpnuyuḥ phalam |
pativratātvamāpannā yatstrī viṃdati kevalam || 79 ||
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tataste vibudhāḥ sarve gatvā tatkṣetramuttamam |
procustāṃ dīrghikāṃ vākyairmṛdubhiḥ purataḥ sthitāḥ || 76 ||
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tvayā pativrate sūryo yanniṣiddho na tatkṛtam |
śubhaṃ yato hatāḥ sarvā bhūtale śobhanāḥ kriyāḥ || 77 ||
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tasmādudgacchatu prājñe tvadvākyāttīkṣṇadīdhitiḥ |
yajñakriyā viśeṣeṇa yena vartaṃti bhūtale || 78 ||
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pativratovāca |
ayaṃ ca me patiḥ sadyaḥ prāṇebhyo'pi ca yaḥ priyaḥ |
so'bhyeti nidhanaṃ devāḥ prodgate ravimaṃḍale || 79 ||
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śaptaścānena duṣṭena māṃḍavyena supāpmanā |
kāryaṃ vināpi nirdiṣṭastadbrūyāṃ bhāskaraṃ katham || 80 ||
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udayārthaṃ na me yajñaiḥ kāryaṃ kiṃcinna cāparaiḥ |
śrāddhadānādikaiḥ kṛtyaiḥ saṃjātairdaryitaṃ vinā || 81 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tataste vibudhāḥ sarve samālokya parasparam |
cirakālaṃ suduḥkhārtāstāmūcurvinayānvitāḥ || 82 ||
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udgacchatu ravirbhadre tavāyaṃ dayitaḥ patiḥ |
prayātu nidhanaṃ sadyo bhūyādeṣa munīśvaraḥ || 83 ||
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punarjīvāpayiṣyāmo vayamenamapi drutam |
mṛtyumārgamanuprāptaṃ tvatkṛte pativatsale || 84 ||
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pañcaviṃśativarṣīyaṃ kāmadevamivāparam |
tvaṃ drakṣyasi sudīptāṃgaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam || 85 ||
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bhūtvā paṃcadaśābdīyā padmapatrāyatekṣaṇā |
martyaloke sukhaṃ samyaktvecchayā sādhayiṣyasi || 86 ||
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eṣo'pi muniśārdūlo vipāpmā sāṃprataṃ śubhe |
śūlavedhena nirmuktaḥ sukhabhāgī bhavatklama || 87 ||
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sūta uvāca |
bāḍhamityeva ca prokte tayā sa dvijasattamāḥ |
udgato bhagavānsūryastatkṣaṇādeva vegataḥ || 88 ||
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tataḥ sūryāṃśusaṃspṛṣṭaḥ sa mṛtaśca sukuṣṭhabhāk |
vibudhānāṃ karaiḥ spṛṣṭaḥ punareva samutthitaḥ || 89 ||
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paṃcaviṃśativarṣīyaḥ kāmadeva ivāparaḥ |
saṃsmaranpūrvikāṃ jātiṃ sarvā harṣa samanvitaḥ || 90 ||
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dīrghikāpi parispṛṣṭā svayaṃ devena śaṃbhunā |
saṃjātā yauvanopetā divyalakṣaṇalakṣitā || 91 ||
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padmapatrekṣaṇā ramyā candrabimbasamānanā |
madhye kṣāmā sugaurāṃgī pīnonnatapayodharā || 92 ||
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tatastaṃ muniśārdūlaṃ śūlāgrādavatārya ca |
procuśca vibudhaśreṣṭhāḥ sādaraṃ harṣasaṃyutāḥ || 93 ||
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etatsatyaṃ kṛtaṃ vākyaṃ mune tava yathoditam |
mṛto'pi brāhmaṇaḥ kuṣṭhī saṃspṛṣṭo raviraśmibhiḥ || 94 ||
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punarutthāpito'smābhiḥ kṛtaśca taruṇaḥ punaḥ |
anayā bhāryayā sārdhaṃ tasmāttvaṃ svāśramaṃ vraja || 95 ||
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nāsmākaṃ darśanaṃ vyarthaṃ kathaṃcidapi jāyate |
tasmātprārthaya yaccitte tava nityaṃ samāśritam || 96 ||
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