Chapter XVIII

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
itthaṃ vinodayāmīdaṃ duḥkhadaṃ cittamityalam |
bodhayitveṅgitairbhūpānāsthānādutthitātha sā || 1 ||
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praviśyāntaḥpuraṃ bhartuḥ pārśve'ntaḥpuramaṇḍape |
viveśa puṣpaguptasya cintayāmāsa cetasā || 2 ||
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aho vicitrā māyeyamete'smatpuramānavāḥ |
bahirantaravaddeśe tatra ceha ca saṃsthitāḥ || 3 ||
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tālītamālahiṃtālamālitā girayo'pyamī |
yathā tatra tathehāpi bata māyeyamātatā || 4 ||
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ādarśe'ntarbahiścaiva yathā śailo'nubhūyate |
bahirantaścidādarśe tathā sargo'nubhūyate || 5 ||
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tatra bhrāntimayaḥ sargaḥ kaḥ syātkaḥ pāramārthikaḥ |
iti pṛcchāmi vāgīśāmabhyarcyoktamasaṃśayam || 6 ||
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iti niścitya tāṃ devīṃ pūjayāmāsa sā tadā |
dadarśa ca puraḥ prāptāṃ kumārīrūpadhāriṇīm || 7 ||
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bhadrāsanagatāṃ devīmupaviśya purogatā |
paramārthamahāśaktiṃ līlā'pṛcchadbhuvi sthitā || 8 ||
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līlovāca |
anukampyasya no devi bhajantyudvegamuttamāḥ |
tvayeva kila sargādau sthāpitā sthitiruttamā || 9 ||
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tadidaṃ yatpuraḥ prahvā pṛcchāmi parameśvari |
tadbrūhi tvatkṛto nūnaṃ saphalo me'stvanugrahaḥ || 10 ||
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asyādarśo jagannāmnaḥ khādapyadhikanirmalaḥ |
yasya yojanakoṭīnāṃ koṭayo'vayavo manāk || 11 ||
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niḥsaṃdhitavacojyotirghano mṛdusuśītalaḥ |
acetyaciditi khyāto nāmnā nirbhittiragrataḥ || 12 ||
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dikkālakalanākāśaprakāśaniyatikramāḥ |
yatreme pratibimbanti parāṃ pariṇatiṃ gatāḥ || 13 ||
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trijagatpratibimbaśrīrbahirantaśca saṃsthitā |
tatra vai kṛtrimā kā syātkāsau vā syādakṛtrimā || 14 ||
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śrīdevyuvāca |
akṛtrimatvaṃ sargasya kīdṛśaṃ vada sundari |
kīdṛśaṃ kṛtrimatvaṃ syādyathāvatkathayeti me || 15 ||
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līlovāca |
yathāhamiha tiṣṭhāmi tvaṃ ca devi sthitāmbike |
asāvakṛtrimaḥ sarga iti deveśi vedmyaham || 16 ||
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yatrādhunā sa bhartā me sthitaḥ sargaḥ sa kṛtrimaḥ |
ahaṃ manye yataḥ śūnyo deśakālādyapūrakaḥ || 17 ||
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śrīdevyuvāca |
kṛtrimo'kṛtrimātsargānna kadācana jāyate |
nahi kāraṇataḥ kāryamudetyasadṛśaṃ kvacit || 18 ||
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līlovāca |
dṛśyate kāraṇātkāryaṃ suvilakṣaṇamambike |
ambvādātumaśaktā mṛddhaṭastajjastadāspadam || 19 ||
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śrīdevyuvāca |
saṃpadyate hi yatkāryaṃ kāraṇaiḥ sahakāribhiḥ |
mukhyakāraṇavaicitryaṃ kiṃcittatrāvalokyate || 20 ||
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vada tadbhartṛsargasya kiṃ pṛthvyādiṣu kāraṇam |
tadbhūmaṇḍalato bhūtirjātā tatra varānane || 21 ||
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gataṃ cedita uḍḍīya kutaḥ syādiha bhūtalam |
sahakārīṇi kānīva kāraṇānyatra kāraṇe || 22 ||
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kāraṇānāmabhāve'pi yodeti sahakāritā |
tatpūrvakāraṇānnānyatsarveṇetyanubhūyate || 23 ||
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līlovāca |
smṛtiḥ sā devi madbhartustathā sphāratvamāgatā |
smṛtistatkāraṇaṃ vedmi sargo'yamiti niścayaḥ || 24 ||
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śrīdevyuvāca |
smṛtirākāśarūpā ca yathā tajjastathaiva te |
bhartuḥ sargo'nubhūto'pi sa vyomaiva tathābale || 25 ||
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līlovāca |
smṛtyākāśamayaḥ sargo yathā bharturmamoditaḥ |
tathaivemamahaṃ manye sa sargo'tra nidarśanam || 26 ||
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śrīdevyuvāca |
evametadasatsargo bhartustairbhāti bhāsuraḥ |
tathaivāyamihābhāti paśyāmyetadahaṃ sute || 27 ||
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līlovāca |
yathā patyuramūrto'smātsargātsargo bhramātmakaḥ |
jātastathā kathaya me jagadbhramanivṛttaye || 28 ||
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śrīdevyuvāca |
prāksmṛterbhrāntimātrātmā sargo'yamudito yathā |
svapnabhramātmako bhāti tathedaṃ kathyate śṛṇu || 29 ||
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asti kvaciccidākāśe kvacitsaṃsāramaṇḍapaḥ |
ākāśakācadalavatsaṃsthānācchāditākṛtiḥ || 30 ||
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merustambhasthalokeśapurandhrīśālabhañjikaḥ |
caturdaśāpavarakastrigarto bhānudīpakaḥ || 31 ||
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koṇasthabhūtavalmīkavyāptaparvataloṣṭakaḥ |
anekaputrajaraṭhaprajeśabrāhmaṇāspadam || 32 ||
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jīvaughakośakārāḍhyo vyomordhvatalakālimā |
nabhonivāsasiddhaughamaśakāhitaghuṃghumaḥ || 33 ||
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payodagṛhadhūmograjālāvalitakoṇakaḥ |
vātamārgamahāvaṃśasthitavaimānakīṭakaḥ || 34 ||
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surāsurādidurbālalīlākalakalākulaḥ |
lokāntarapuragrāmabhāṇḍopaskaranirbharaḥ || 35 ||
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saraḥsrotobdhisarasījalokṣitamahītalaḥ |
pātālabhūtalasvargabhāgabhāsurakoṭaraḥ || 36 ||
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tatra kasmiṃścidekasminkoṇeṣvambarakoṭare |
śailaloṣṭataleṣveko girigrāmakagartakaḥ || 37 ||
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tasminnadīśailavanopagūḍhe sāgniḥ sadāraḥ sutavānarogaḥ |
gokṣīravān rājabhayādvimuktaḥ sarvātithirdharmaparo dvijo'bhūt || 8 ||
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