Chapter 197

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sūta uvāca |
etasminneva kāle tu nāgaro dvijasattamāḥ |
viśvāvasuriti khyāto vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ || 1 ||
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paścime vayasi prāpte tasya putro babhūva ha |
parāvasuriti khyātastasya prāṇasamaḥ sadā || 2 ||
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sa vedādhyayanaṃ cakre yauvane samupasthite |
vayasyaiḥ saṃmataiḥ sārdhaṃ sadā hāsya parāyaṇaiḥ || 3 ||
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kasyacittvatha kālasya māghamāsa upasthite |
rātrau so'dhyayanaṃ cakra upādhyāyagṛhaṃ gataḥ || 4 ||
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niśīthe sa samutthāya sarvairmi traiśca rakṣitaḥ |
veśyāgṛhaṃ samāsādya prasupto veśyayā saha || 5 ||
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jalapūrṇaṃ samādhāya jalapātraṃ samīpagam |
nijācamanayogyaṃ ca jalapānārthameva ca || 6 ||
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niśāśeṣe tu saṃprāpte sa pipāsāsamākulaḥ |
nidrālasyasamopetaḥ śayyāṃ tyaktvā samutthitaḥ || 7 ||
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veśyāyā madyapātraṃ tu hyadhastātsaṃ vyavasthitam |
tadādāya papau madyaṃ jalabhrāṃtyā yadaiva saḥ || 8 ||
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tadā madyaṃ parijñāya pātraṃ tyaktvā suduḥkhitaḥ |
vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gatvā pralāpānakaro dbahūn || 9 ||
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aho nidrānvitenādya kiṃ mayā vikṛtaṃ kṛtam |
yadadya madyamāpītaṃ jalabhrāṃtyā vigarhitam || 10 ||
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kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kathaṃ śuddhirbhavenmama |
prāyaścittaṃ kariṣyāmi yadyapi syātsuduṣkaram || 11 ||
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evaṃ niścitya manasā prabhāte samupasthite |
śaṃkhatīrthaṃ samāsādya kṛtvā snānaṃ tathā param || 12 ||
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saśikhaṃ vapanaṃ paścātkārayitvā tvarāvitaḥ |
gataśca tiṣṭhate yatra brahmaghoṣaparāyaṇaḥ || 13 ||
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upādhyāyaḥ saśiṣyaśca brahmasthānaṃ samāśritaḥ |
sa gatvā dūrataḥ sthitvā saṃniviṣṭo yathāntyajaḥ || 14 ||
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śmaśrumūrdhajahīnastu yadā mitrairvilokitaḥ |
tadā hāsyāddhato mūrdhni hastāgraiśca muhurmuhuḥ || 15 ||
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upādhyāyastu taṃ dṛṣṭvā dīnaṃ bāṣpapariplutam |
śmaśrumūrdhajasaṃtyaktaṃ tataḥ provāca sādaram || 16 ||
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kimadya vatsa dūre tvamupaviṣṭastu dainyadhṛk |
ehi me saṃnidhau brūhi parābhūto'si kena vā || 17 ||
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parāvasuruvāca |
ayogyo'haṃ guro jātaḥ sevāyāstava sāṃpratam |
veśyāyā maṃdirasthena jñātvā nijakamaṃḍalum || 18 ||
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veśyāyā madyapātraṃ tu madyapūrṇaṃ pragṛhya ca |
tasmāddehi vibho mahyaṃ prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhaye || 19 ||
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dharmadroṇeṣu yatproktaṃ tatkariṣyāmyasaṃśayam || 20 ||
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atha taṃ baṭavaḥ procurvayasyāstasya ye sthitāḥ |
hāsyaṃ kṛtvā prakāmāśca veśyā yā gurusaṃnidhau || 21 ||
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yā eṣā nṛpateḥ kanyā khyātā ratnāvatī jane |
asyāḥ stanau gṛhītvā tvamadharaṃ pibasi drutam |
tataste syādviśuddhiśca nānyathā prabhaviṣyati || 22 ||
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parāvasuruvāca |
na vayasyā narmakālo viṣame mama saṃsthite |
mamopari yadi sneho vālamitratvasaṃbhavaḥ |
tadānīya dvijānanyānvadadhvaṃ niṣkṛtiṃ mama || 23 ||
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atha te narmamutsṛjya tadduḥkhena ca duḥkhitāḥ |
viśvāvasuṃ samāsādya tadvṛttāṃtamathābruvan || 24 ||
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so'pi teṣāṃ samākarṇya tatkarṇakaṭukaṃ vacaḥ |
sabhāryaḥ prayayau tatra yatra putro vyavasthitaḥ || 25 ||
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duḥkhena mahatā yuktaḥ skhalamānaḥ padepade |
vṛddhabhāvāttathā śokātputrākṛtyasamudbhavāt || 26 ||
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tatastau procatuḥ putraṃ bāṣpagadgadayā girā |
daṃpatī bahuśokārtau hā putra kimidaṃ kṛtam |
so'pi sarvaṃ samācakhyau tābhyāṃ vṛtāṃtamātmanaḥ || 27 ||
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prāyaścittaṃ kariṣyāmi tasmādātmaviśuddhaye |
tato viśvāvasurviprānsmārtāñchrutisamanvitān |
tadarthamānayāmāsa vedavidyāvicakṣaṇān || 28 ||
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tataḥ parāvasusteṣāṃ puraḥ sthitvā kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
provāca svāditaṃ madyaṃ mayā rātrāvajānatā |
veśyā bhāṃḍaṃ samādāya jñātvā nijakamaṃḍalum || 29 ||
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evaṃ jñātvā yadarhaṃ ca prāyaścittaṃ pradīyatām |
yena me jāyate śuddhiḥ prasādādvo dvijottamāḥ || 3 ||
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evamuktāstatastena viprāste smṛtivādinaḥ |
dharmaśāstraṃ samālokya tataḥ procuśca taṃ dvijāḥ || 31 ||
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atimānādatikrodhātsnehādvā yadi vā bhayāt |
prāyaścittamanarhaṃ tu dadattatpāpamaśnute || 32 ||
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prāyaścittaṃ pradāsyāmastasmādyuktaṃ vayaṃ tava |
yadi śaknoṣi tatkartuṃ tatkuruṣva samāhitaḥ || 33 ||
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parāvasuruvāca |
karomi vo na cedvākyaṃ tatpṛcchāmi kuto dvijāḥ |
nāhaṃ kenāpi saṃdṛṣṭo madyapānaṃ samācaran || 34 ||
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tasmādbrūta yathārhaṃ me prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhaye |
api prāṇaharaṃ raudraṃ no cetpāpamavāpsyatha || 35 ||
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brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ |
budhyamāno dvijo yastu madyapānaṃ samācaret |
tāvanmātraṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca taptaṃ pītvā viśudhyati || 36 ||
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ajñānato yadā pītaṃ madyaṃ vipreṇa karhicit |
agnitulyaṃ ghṛtaṃ pītvā tāvanmātraṃ viśudhyati || 37 ||
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evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhaye |
yadi śaktoṣi cetkartuṃ kuruṣva tvaṃ dvijottama || 38 ||
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parāvasuruvāca |
gaṃḍūṣamekaṃ madyasya mayā pītaṃ dvijottamāḥ |
tāvanmātraṃ pibāmyeva ghṛtaṃ vahnisamaṃ kṛtam || 39 ||
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yuṣmadādeśato'dyaiva svaśarīraviśuddhaye |
viśvāvasuśca tacchrutvā vajrapātopamaṃ vacaḥ || 40 ||
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viprāṇāṃ cātha putrasya tadovāca suduḥkhitaḥ |
kṛtvāśrumokṣaṇaṃ bhūri bāṣpagadgadayā girā || 41 ||
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sarvasvamapi dāsyāmi putrasyāsya viśuddhaye |
prāyaścittaṃ samācartuṃ na dāsyāmi kathaṃcana || 42 ||
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aśrāddheyo vipāṃkteyaḥ saputro vā bhavāmyaham |
sthānaṃ vā saṃtyajāmyetatputra maivaṃ samācara || 43 ||
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tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya piturvighnakaraṃ param |
prāyaścittasya sasnehaṃ putro vacanamabravīt || 44 ||
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tyaja tāta mama snehaṃ mā vighnaṃ me samācara |
prāyaścittaṃ kariṣyāmi niścayo'yaṃ mayā kṛtaḥ || 45 ||
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mātovāca |
yadi putra tvayā kāryaṃ prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhaye |
tadahaṃ patinā sārdhaṃ pravekṣyāmi puro'nalam || 46 ||
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tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ naiva śakromi pibaṃtamagnivadghṛtam |
paścātprāṇaparityaktaṃ satyenā tmānamālabhe || 47 ||
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pitovāca |
yuktaṃ putrānayā proktaṃ mātrā tava hitaṃ tathā |
mamāpi saṃmataṃ hyetatkariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ || 48 ||
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sūta uvāca |
etasminnaṃtare sarve suhṛdastasya ye sthitāḥ || 1 ||
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tacchrutvā taṃ samāyātā vṛttāṃtaṃ duḥkhasaṃyutāḥ || 49 ||
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procuśca vividhairvākyaiḥ sapatnīkaṃ vibhāvasum |
putraśokena saṃtaptaṃ maraṇe kṛtaniścayam || 5 ||
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putraṃ prabodhayāmāsuḥ prāyaścittanivṛttaye |
tadā na śaknuvaṃti sma nivartayitumaṃ jasā || 51 ||
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tāvubhau ca pitāputrau prāṇatyāgakṛtādarau || 52 ||
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tato vāstupadaṃ jagmuḥ sarvajño yatra tiṣṭhati |
bhartṛyajño mahābhāgaḥ sarvasaṃdeha vārakaḥ || 53 ||
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tasya sarvaṃ samācakhyuḥ parāvasusamudbhavam |
vṛttāṃtaṃ madyapānotthaṃ yanmitraistasya kīrtitam || 54 ||
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prāyaścittaṃ tu hāsyena yacca smārtaiḥ prakīrtitam |
viśvāvasośca saṃkalpaṃ vahnisādhanasaṃbhavam || 55 ||
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sapatnīkasya mitrāṇāṃ yacca duḥkhamupasthitam |
nivedya tattathā procurbhū yo'pivinayānvitam || 56 ||
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atītaṃ vartamānaṃ ca bhaviṣyadvāpi yadbhavet |
na te'styaviditaṃ kiṃcitsarvaṃ jānīmahe vayam || 57 ||
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etacca nagaraṃ sarvaṃ viśvāvasukṛte'dhunā |
saṃśayaṃ paramaṃ prāptaṃ tena prāptāstavāṃtikam || 58 ||
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tasmādbrūhi mahābhāga yadyastyaparameva hi |
prāyaścittaṃ dvijasyāsya madyapānaviśuddhaye || 59 ||
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na te hyaviditaṃ kiṃcittava vedasamudbhavam |
bhartṛyajño vihasyoccaistato vacanamabravīt || 60 ||
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brāhmaṇasyāsya śuddhyarthamapyayupāyaḥ sukhāvahaḥ |
vidyamāno'pi nāstyeva matireṣā sthitā mama || 61 ||
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brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ || pūrvāparavirodhe navākyametanmahāmate |
kathamasti kathaṃ nāsti tasmāttvaṃ vaktumarhasi |
vismayo'yaṃ mahāñjātaḥ sarveṣāṃ ca dvijanmanām || 62 ||
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bhartṛyajña uvāca |
japacchidraṃ tapaśchidraṃ yacchidraṃ yajñakarmaṇi |
sarvaṃ bhavati niśchidraṃ yasya cecchaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ || 63 ||
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acchidramiti yadvākyaṃ vadaṃti kṣitidevatāḥ |
viśeṣānnāgarodbhūtāstattathaiva na cānyathā || 64 ||
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tathā ca brahmaśālāyāṃ saṃsthitairyadudāhṛtam |
nānyathā tatparijñeyaṃ hāsyenāpi smṛtiṃ vinā || 65 ||
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sa eṣa hāsyabhāvena prokto mitraiḥ parāvasuḥ || 66 ||
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ratnavatyāḥ stanau gṛhya yadyāsvādayate'dharam |
tadbhaviṣyati me śuddhirmadyapāna samudbhavā || 67 ||
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tadupāyo mayā prokto viprasyāsya sukhāvahaḥ |
parāśaramatenaiva karoti yadi śudhyati || 68 ||
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brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ |
yadyetacchuṇute rājā vākyamīrṣyāparāyaṇaḥ |
tatsarveṣāṃ vadhaṃ kuryādviprāṇāmanyathā bhavet || 69 ||
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tasmātkarotu cābhīṣṭameṣa vipraḥ parāvasuḥ |
mātāpitṛsamopeto vayaṃ yāsyāmahe gṛham || 70 ||
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bhartṛyajña uvāca |
sa rājā nītimānvijñaḥ sarvadharmaparāyaṇaḥ |
bhakto devadvijānāṃ ca sarvaśāstra vicakṣaṇaḥ || 71 ||
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tasmānmayā samaṃ sarve nāgarāyāṃtu tadgrahe || 72 ||
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madhyagaṃ purataḥ kṛtvā tadvaktreṇa ca tatpuraḥ |
kathayaṃtu ca vṛttāṃtaṃ madyapāna samudbhavam || 73 ||
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parāvasośca yatproktaṃ vayasyairhāsyamāśritaiḥ |
parāśarasamutthaṃ ca yadvākyaṃ tatsmṛteḥ param || 74 ||
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tacchrutvā yadi bhūpāla īrṣyā lobhasamanvitaḥ |
bhaviṣyati tato'haṃ taṃ dhārayiṣyāmi satpathe || 75 ||
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sūtauvāca |
tataste nāgarāḥ sarve santoṣaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ |
sādhuvādaiḥ samabhyarcya bhartṛyajñaṃ pṛthagvidhaiḥ || 76 ||
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tenaiva sahitaṃ tūrṇaṃ madhye kṛtvā ca madhyagam |
garttātīrthasamudbhūtaṃ vedavedāṃgapāragam || 77 ||
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smṛtijñaṃ lakṣaṇajñaṃ tamāhitāgniṃ yaśasvinam |
yaṣṭāraṃ bahuyajñānāṃ bhartṛyajñamate sthitam || 78 ||
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ānartenāpi bhūpena svargabhraṣṭena vai purā |
karṇotpalājanitreṇa yaśca pūrvaṃ cirantanaḥ || 79 ||
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camatkārapure nyastaḥ sthāne'sminvipragauravāt |
yena sidhyaṃti kāryāṇi sarveṣāṃ ca dvijanmanām || 80 ||
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tathā caiva tu cānyāni camatkārapurasya ca |
haribhadrābhidhānaṃ taṃ bhartṛyajñasamanvitam || 81 ||
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kṛtvā te nāgarāḥ sarve rājadvāramupāgatāḥ |
parāvasuṃ samādāya mātāpitṛsamanvitam || 82 ||
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atha dvāḥstho drutaṃ gatvā bhūpatestānnyavedayat |
brāhmaṇānbhartṛyajñena haribhadreṇa saṃyutān || 83 ||
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ānarto'pi ca tāñchrutvā rājadvārasamāgatān |
purodhasā samāyuktaḥ saṃmukhaṃ prayayau tadā || 84 ||
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dattvārghaṃ madhuparkaṃ ca viṣṭaraṃ gāṃ tathā nṛpaḥ |
prathamaṃ bhartṛyajñāya haribhadrāya vai tataḥ || 85 ||
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caturṇāṃ mudgahastānāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ dvijanmanām |
ādyaṛgyajuḥsāmnāṃ ca pragṛhyāśīrvacaḥ param || 86 ||
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sabhāmaṃḍapamāsādya sarvānsamupaveśayat |
varāsaneṣu haimeṣu yathāvadanupūrvaśaḥ || 97 ||
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tathā teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu sarveṣu pṛthivīpatiḥ |
upaviśya dharāpṛṣṭhe kṛtāṃjalira bhāṣata || 88 ||
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dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi yanme gṛhamupāgataḥ |
sarvo'yaṃ nāgaro loko bhartṛyajñasamanvitaḥ || 89 ||
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tadādiśatu māṃ loko yatkṛtyaṃ prakaromi vaḥ |
adeyamapi yacchāmi gṛhāyātasya sāṃpratam || 90 ||
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agamyamapi yāsyāmi kariṣye'kṛtyameva ca |
tacchrutvā haribhadraḥ sa samutthāya tvarānvitaḥ || 91 ||
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papracchādyāṃstadarthaṃ ca bahvṛcāṃstadanaṃtaram |
adhvaryūṃścaiva chāṃdogyānanujñātaśca taistadā || 92 ||
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prāṇarudrānvadaṃtvādyā jīvasūktaṃ ca bahvṛcāḥ |
eṣāṃ caiva pṛthivyādisavanaṃ yatpurā kṛtam || 93 ||
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paṭhantvadhvaryavaḥ sarve chāṃdogyāśca pṛthakpṛthak |
madhucyutena saṃyuktaṃ prapaṭhantu ca siddhaye || 94 ||
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bhartṛyajñamatenaivaṃ tena proktā dvijottamāḥ |
papracchuścaiva tatsarvaṃ yatproktaṃ tena dhīmatā || 95 ||
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tataḥ pāṭhāvasāne tu madhyagaḥ prāha sādaram |
parāvasusamudbhūtaṃ vṛttāṃtaṃ tasya bhūpateḥ || 96 ||
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yathā tenā'savaḥ pīto yathā mitraiḥ prajalpitam |
prāyaścittaṃ samādiṣṭaṃ yathā smārtairghṛtodbhavam || 97 ||
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bhartṛyajñena cānītā yathā sarve dvijātayaḥ |
tacchrutvā pārthivo hṛṣṭaḥ kṛtāṃjalipuṭo'bravīt || 98 ||
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dhanyohaṃ kṛtapuṇyo'smi yasya me nāgarairdvijaiḥ |
vipratrayaprarakṣārthaṃ prasādo'yaṃ mahānkṛtaḥ || 99 ||
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dhanyā me kanyakā ceyaṃ rakṣayiṣyati ca svayam |
brāhmaṇatritayaṃ hyetanmaraṇe kṛtaniścayam || 100 ||
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athā'sāvānayāmāsa tāṃ kanyāṃ tatkṣaṇāddvijāḥ |
upaviṣṭaṃ sabhāmadhye brāhmaṇebhyo nyavedayat || 101 ||
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eṣā kanyā mayānītā yuṣmadvākyāddvijottamāḥ |
bhartṛyajñena yatproktaṃ tatkarotu ca sa dvijaḥ || 102 ||
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tatastatra samānīya brāhmaṇa taṃ parāvasum |
bhartṛyajña idaṃ vākyaṃ kanyāyāḥ purato'bravīt || 103 ||
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imāṃ tvaṃ kanyakāṃ citte jananīṃ yadi manyase |
adharāsvādanaṃ kurvaṃstataḥ siddhimavāpsyasi || 104 ||
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anurāgaparo bhūtvā yadyāsvādanatatparaḥ |
bhaviṣyati tato raktaṃ tava vaktre parāvaso || 105 ||
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śuddhasya tvatha dugdhaṃ ca bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 106 ||
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stanābhyāṃ tava hastābhyāṃ sparśātkṣīraṃ bhavedyadi |
tatte śuddhiḥ parijñeyā raktaṃ vā na bhaviṣyati || 107 ||
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evamuktvātha taṃ kanyāṃ tataḥ provāca sa dvijaḥ |
enaṃ tvaṃ putravatpaśya putri brāhmaṇasattamam || 108 ||
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yena śuddhimavāpnoti tvadoṣṭhāsvādane kṛte |
sparśitābhyāṃ stanābhyāṃ ca prāyaścittaṃ yataḥ smṛtam || 109 ||
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etadasya dvijeṃdrasya vayasyairhāsyasaṃyutaiḥ |
yena śuddhimavāpnoti no cenmṛtyumavāpsyati || 110 ||
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sūta uvāca |
sā tatheti pratijñāya savrīḍaṃ tamuvāca ha |
ehi vatsa kuruṣva tvaṃ prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhaye || 111 ||
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mātṛbhāvaṃ samādhāya mayā tvaṃ kalpitaḥ sutaḥ |
so'pi tāṃ mātṛvanmatvā tasyāḥ sāṃnidhyamāgataḥ || 112 ||
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spṛṣṭavāṃśca stanau tasyāḥ sarvalokasya paśyataḥ |
spṛṣṭābhyāṃ ca stanābhyāṃ ca tatkṣaṇāddvijasattamāḥ || 113 ||
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kṣīradhāre viniṣkrāṃte kundeṃduhimasaṃnibhe || 114 ||
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athauṣṭhāsvādanaṃ yāvattasyāḥ sa kurute dvijaḥ |
tāvatkṣīraṃ viniṣkrāṃtaṃ tādṛgrūpaṃ tadānanāt || 115 ||
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etasminnaṃtare sarvaistālā dattā dvijātibhiḥ |
rājñā'yaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ śuddho vadamānairmuhurmuhuḥ || 116 ||
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so'pi pradakṣiṇīkṛtya tāṃ ca kanyāṃ muhurmuhuḥ |
namaskṛtya kṣamasveti tvaṃ mātaḥ putravatsale || 117 ||
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taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryamānarto vismayānvitaḥ |
śaśaṃsa bhatṛyajñaṃ taṃ prāyaścittapradāyakam || 118 ||
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aho'tīva subhā gyo'haṃ yasya me gṛhamāgatāḥ |
īdṛśā brāhmaṇāḥ sarve camatkārapurodbhavāḥ || 119 ||
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tathā caitādṛśī kanyā hyasāmānyapravartinī |
ratnāvatī mahābhāgā satyaśaucasamanvitā || 120 ||
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tathā'yaṃ naiva sāmānyo brāhmaṇaśca parāvasuḥ |
yaścedṛśīṃ samāsādya kanyāṃ no vikṛtaḥ sthitaḥ || 121 ||
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evamuktvā visṛjyātha tānviprānpārthivottamāḥ |
tāṃ ca kanyāṃ samādāya tataścāṃtaḥpuraṃ yayau || 122 ||
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atha te nāgarāḥ sarve maryādāṃ cakrire tataḥ |
adyaprabhṛti yā veśyā sthāne'sminvāsameṣyati || 123 ||
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tayā naiva gṛhe dhāryaṃ surāmāṃsaṃ kathaṃcana |
dūṣayaṃti sadā duṣṭā nāgarāṇāṃ sutāniha || 124 ||
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atha vyavasthāmutkramya yā hi taddhārayiṣyati |
sā daṇḍyāsmācca nirvāsyā pretya syātpāpabhāginī || 125 ||
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audumbaryā madhyagena dattaṃ tālatrayaṃ tadā || 126 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye parāvasuprāyaścittavidhānavṛttāṃtavarṇanaṃnāma saptanavatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 197 ||
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