Chapter XXVII

śrīvasiṣṭha uvāca |
tasmiṃstadā vartamāne ghore samarasaṃbhrame |
devāsuraśarīreṣu garteṣvabhrodareṣviva || 1 ||
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vahatsvasṛkpravāheṣu gaṅgāpūreṣvivāmbarāt |
dāmni veṣṭitadevaughakṛtakṣveḍāghanārave || 2 ||
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vyāle nijakarākṛṣṭipiṣṭasarvasurālaye |
kaṭe kaṭhinasaṃrambhasaṅgarakṣapitāmare || 3 ||
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airāvate kṣīṇarave palāyanaparāyaṇe |
pravṛddhe dānavānīke madhyāhna iva bhāskare || 4 ||
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patitāṅgavyathārtāni prasravadrudhirāṇi ca |
payāṃsīvāvasetūni devasainyāni dudruvuḥ || 5 ||
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dāmavyālakaṭāstāni ciramantarhitāni ca |
anujagmurlasannādasindhanānīva pāvakāḥ || 6 ||
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anviṣṭānapi yatnena nālabhantāsurāḥ surān |
ghanajālavanoḍḍīnānsiṃhā hariṇakāniva || 7 ||
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alabdheṣvamaraugheṣu dāmavyālakaṭāstadā |
jagmuḥ pātālakośasthaṃ prabhuṃ pramuditāśayāḥ || 8 ||
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atha devā viṣaṇṇāste kṣaṇamāśvāsya vai yayuḥ |
jayopāyāya vijitā brahmāṇamamitaujasam || 9 ||
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teṣāmāvirabhūdbrahmā raktaraktānanaśriyām |
sāyaṃ raktīkṛtāmbūnāmabdhīnāmiva candramāḥ || 10 ||
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praṇamya te surāstasmā anarthaṃ śambarehitam |
samyakprakathayāmāsurdāmavyālakaṭakramam || 11 ||
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tadākarṇyākhilaṃ brahmā vicārya sa vicāravit |
uvācedaṃ surānīkamāśvāsanakaraṃ vacaḥ || 12 ||
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śrībrahmovāca |
śatavarṣasahasrānte śambareṇa hareḥ karāt |
martavyaṃ samareśasya tatkālaṃ saṃpratīkṣatām || 13 ||
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dāmavyālakaṭānetānadya tvamarasattamāḥ |
yodhayantaḥ palāyadhvaṃ māyāyuddhena dānavān || 14 ||
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yuddhābhyāsavaśādeṣāṃ mukurāṇāmivāśaye |
ahaṃkāracamatkāraḥ pratibimbamupaiṣyati || 15 ||
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gṛhītavāsanāstvete dāmavyālakaṭāḥ surāḥ |
sujeyā vo bhaviṣyanti lagnajālāḥ khagā iva || 16 ||
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adya tvavāsanā hyete sukhaduḥkhavivarjitāḥ |
dhairyeṇārīnvinighnanto devā durjayatāṃ gatāḥ || 17 ||
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vāsanātantubaddhā ye āśāpāśavaśīkṛtāḥ |
vaśyatāṃ yānti te loke rajjubaddhāḥ khagā iva || 18 ||
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ye bhinnavāsanā dhīrāḥ sarvatrāsaktabuddhayaḥ |
na hṛṣyanti na kupyanti durjayāste mahādhiyaḥ || 19 ||
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yasyāntarvāsanārajjvā granthibandhaḥ śarīriṇaḥ |
mahānapi bahujño'pi sa bālenāpi jīyate || 20 ||
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ayaṃ so'haṃ mamedaṃ tadityākalpitakalpanaḥ |
āpadāṃ pātratāmeti payasāmiva sāgaraḥ || 21 ||
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iyanmātraparicchinno yenātmā bhavyabhāvitaḥ |
sa sarvajño'pi sarvatra parāṃ kṛpaṇatāṃ gataḥ || 22 ||
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anantasyāprameyasya yeneyattā prakalpitā |
ātmanastasya tenātmā svātmanaivāvaśīkṛtaḥ || 23 ||
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ātmano vyatiriktaṃ yatkiṃcidasti jagattraye |
yatropādeyabhāvena baddhā bhavatu vāsanā || 24 ||
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āsthāmātramanantānāṃ duḥkhānāmākaraṃ viduḥ |
anāsthāmātramabhitaḥ sukhānāmākaraṃ viduḥ || 25 ||
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dāmavyālakaṭā yāvadanāsthā bhavasaṃsthitau |
tāvanna nāma jeyāvo maśakānāmivānalāḥ || 26 ||
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antarvāsanayā janturdīnatāmanuyātayā |
jito bhavatyanyathā tu maśako'pyamarācalaḥ || 27 ||
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vidyate vāsanā yatra tatra sā yāti pīnatām |
guṇo guṇini hi dvitvaṃ sato dṛṣṭaṃ hi nāsataḥ || 28 ||
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ayaṃ so'haṃ mamedaṃ cetyevamantaḥ savāsanam |
yathā dāmādayaḥ śakra bhāvayanti tathā kuru || 29 ||
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yā yā janasya vipado bhāvābhāvadaśāśca yāḥ |
tṛṣṇākarañjavallyāstā mañjaryaḥ kaṭukomalāḥ || 30 ||
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vāsanātantubaddho yo loko viparivartate |
sā pravṛddhātiduḥkhāya sukhāyocchedamāgatā || 31 ||
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dhīro'pyatibahujño'pi kulajo'pi mahānapi |
tṛṣṇayā badhyate jantuḥ siṃhaḥ śṛṅkhalayā yathā || 32 ||
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dehapādapasaṃsthasya hṛdayālayagāminaḥ |
tṛṣṇā cittakhagasyeyaṃ vāgurā parikalpitā || 33 ||
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dīno vāsanayā lokaḥ kṛtāntenāpakṛṣyate |
rajjveva bālena khago vivaśo bhṛśamucchavasan || 34 ||
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alamāyudhabhāreṇa saṃgarabhramaṇena ca |
vāsanāyā viparyāsaṃ yuktyā yatnādripoḥ kuru || 35 ||
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antarā kṣubhite dhairye riporamaranāyaka |
na śastrāṇi na cāstrāṇi na śāstrāṇi jayanti ca || 36 ||
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dāmavyālakaṭāstvete yuddhābhyāsavaśena ca |
ahaṃkāramayīṃ mattāste grahīṣyanti vāsanām || 37 ||
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yadā te'tyajñapuruṣāḥ śambareṇa vinirmitāḥ |
vāsanāmāśrayiṣyanti tadā yāsyanti jeyatām || 38 ||
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tattāvadyuktiyuddhena tānprabodhayatāmarāḥ |
yāvadabhyāsavaśato bhaviṣyanti savāsanāḥ || 39 ||
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tato vaśyā bhaviṣyanti bhavatāṃ baddhavāsanāḥ |
tṛṣṇā'protāśayā loke na ca kecana pelavāḥ || 40 ||
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samaviṣamamidaṃ jagatsamagraṃ samupanataṃ sthiratāṃ svavāsanāntaḥ |
calacalalaharībharo yathābdhāvata iha saiva cikitsyatāṃ prayātā || 41 ||
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