Chapter 2

gatvātha dūramadhvānaṃ rājā vasatimagrahīt |
dine tasmin sa kasmiṃścid araṇyasarasastaṭe || 1 ||
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śayanīyagataḥ śrāntastatra sevārasāgatam |
sāyaṃ saṃgatakaṃ nāma jagāda kathakaṃ nṛpaḥ || 2 ||
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kathāmākhyāhi me kāṃciddhṛdayasya vinodinīm |
mṛgāvatīmukhāmbhojadarśanotsavakāṅkṣiṇaḥ || 3 ||
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atha saṃgatako 'vādīddeva kiṃ tapyase vṛthā |
āsanna eva devyāste kṣīṇaśāpaḥ samāgamaḥ || 4 ||
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saṃyogā viprayogāśca bhavanti bahavo nṛṇām |
tatha cātra kathāmekāṃ kathayāmi śṛṇu prabho || 5 ||
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mālave yajñasomākhyo dvijaḥ kaścidabhūtpurā |
tasya ca dvau sutau sādhorjāyete sma janapriyau || 6 ||
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ekastayorabhūnnāmnā kālanemiriti śrutaḥ |
dvitīyaścāpi vigatabhaya ityākhyayābhavat || 7 ||
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pitari svargate tau ca bhrātarau tīrṇaśaiśavau |
vidyāprāptyai prayayatuḥ puraṃ pāṭaliputrakam || 8 ||
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tatraivopāttavidyābhyāmupādhyāyo nije sute |
devaśarmā dadau tābhyāṃ mūrte vidye ivāpare || 9 ||
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athānyān vīkṣya tānāḍhyān gṛhasthān īrṣyayā śriyam |
homaiḥ sa sādhayām āsa kālanemiḥ kṛtavrataḥ || 10 ||
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sā ca tuṣṭā satī sākṣādevaṃ śrīstamabhāṣata |
bhūri prāpsyasi vittaṃ ca putraṃ ca pṛthivīpatim || 11 ||
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kiṃ tvante caurasadṛśo vadhastava bhaviṣyati |
hutamagnau tvayā yasmadamarṣakaluṣātmanā || 12 ||
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ityuktvāntardadhe lakṣmīḥ kālanemirapi kramāt |
mahādhano 'bhūt kiṃ cāsya dinaiḥ putro 'pyajāyata || 13 ||
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śrīvarādeṣa saṃprāpta iti nāmnā tamātmajam |
śrīdattamakarotso 'pi pitā pūrṇamanorathaḥ || 14 ||
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kramātsa vṛddhiṃ saṃprāptaḥ śrīdatto brāhmaṇo 'pi san |
astreṃṣu bāhuyuddheṣu babhūvāpratimo bhuvi || 15 ||
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kālanemeratha bhrātā tīrthārthī sarpabhakṣitām |
bhāryāmuddiśya vigatabhayo deśāntaraṃ yayau || 16 ||
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śrīdatto 'pi guṇajñena rājñā vallabhaśaktinā |
tatra vikramaśakteḥ sa svaputrasya kṛtaḥ sakhā || 17 ||
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rājaputreṇa tenāsya sahavāso 'bhimāninā |
bālye duryodhaneneva bhīmasyāsīttarasvinā || 18 ||
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dvāvetasyātha mittratvaṃ viprasyāvantideśajau |
kṣatriyau bāhuśālī ca vajramuṣṭiśca jagmatuḥ || 19 ||
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bāhuyuddhajitāścānye dākṣiṇātyā guṇapriyāḥ |
svayaṃvarasuhṛttvena mantriputrāstamāśrayan || 20 ||
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mahābalavyāghrabhaṭāvupendrabala ityapi |
tathā niṣṭhurako nāma sauhārdaṃ tasya cakrire || 21 ||
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kadācidatha varṣāsu vihartuṃ jāhnavītaṭe |
śrīdattaḥ saha tairmitrai rājaputrasakho yayau || 22 ||
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svabhṛtyāstatra taṃ cakrurnijaṃ rājasutaṃ nṛpam |
śrīdatto 'pi sa tatkālaṃ rājā mittrairakalpyata || 23 ||
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tāvatā jātaroṣeṇa rājaputreṇa tena saḥ |
vipravīro raṇāyāśu samāhūto madaspṛśā || 24 ||
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sa tena bāhuyuddhena śrīdattenātha nirjitaḥ |
cakāra hṛdi vadhyaṃ tu varddhamānaṃ kalaṅkitam || 25 ||
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jñātvā ca tamabhiprāyaṃ rājaputrasya śaṅkitaḥ |
śrīdattaḥ saha tairmittraistatsamīpādapāsarat || 26 ||
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upasarpansa cāpaśyadgaṅgāmadhyagatāṃ striyam |
hriyamāṇāṃ jalaughena sāgarasthāmiva śriyam || 27 ||
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tataś cāvatatāraitām uddhartuṃ jalamadhyataḥ |
ṣaḍbāhuśālipramukhān sthāpayitvā taṭe sakhīn || 28 ||
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tāṃ ca keśeṣvapi prāptāṃ nimagnāṃ dūramambhasi |
anusartuṃ striyaṃ so 'pi vīrastatraiva magnavān || 29 ||
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nimajjya ca dadarśātra sa śrīdattaḥ kṣaḍāditi |
śaivaṃ devakulaṃ divyaṃ na punarvāri na striyam || 30 ||
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taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ śrānto natvā vṛṣadhvajam |
udyāne sundare tatra tāṃ nināya vibhāvarīm || 31 ||
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prāptaśca devamīśānaṃ sā pūjayitumāgatā |
dadṛśe tena mūrteva rūpaśrīḥ strīguṇānvitā || 32 ||
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īśvaraṃ pūjayitvā ca sā tato nijamandiram |
yayāvindumukhī so 'pi śrīdatto 'nujagāma tām || 33 ||
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dadarśa mandiraṃ tacca tasyāḥ surapuropamam |
praviveśa ca saṃbhrāntā sāvamāneva māninī || 34 ||
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sāpyasaṃbhāṣamāṇaiva tamantarvāsaveśmani |
tanvī nyapīdat paryaṅke strīsahasropasevitā || 35 ||
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śrīdatto 'pi sa tatraiva niṣasāda tadantike |
athākasmāt pravavṛtte tayā sādhvyā praroditum || 36 ||
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nipetuḥ stanayos tasyāḥ saṃtaptā bāṣpabindavaḥ |
śrīdattasya ca tatkālaṃ kāruṇyaṃ hṛdaye gatam || 37 ||
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tataḥ sa caināṃ papraccha kā tvaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca kiṃ tava |
vada sundari śakto 'haṃ tannivārayituṃ yataḥ || 38 ||
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tataḥ kathaṃcit sāvādīd vayaṃ daityapater bale |
pautryo daśaśataṃ tāsāṃ jyeṣṭhā vidyutprabhetyaham || 39 ||
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sa naḥ pitāmaho nīto viṣṇunā dīrghabandhanam |
pitā ca bāhuyuddhena hatastenaiva śauriṇā || 40 ||
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taṃ hatvā tena ca nijātpurānnirvāsitā vayam |
praveśarodhakṛttatra siṃhaśca sthāpito 'ntare || 41 ||
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āvṛtaṃ tatpadaṃ tena duḥkhena hṛdayaṃ ca naḥ |
sa ca yakṣaḥ kuberasya śāpāsiṃhatvamāgataḥ || 42 ||
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martyaiścābhibhavastasya śāpāntaḥ kathitaḥ purā |
purapraveśopāyārthe vijñapto viṣṇur ādiśat || 43 ||
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ataḥ sa śatrurasmākaṃ kesarī jīyatāṃ tvayā |
tadarthameva cānīto mayā vīra bhavāniha || 44 ||
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mṛgāṅkakākhyaṃ khaḍgaṃ ca jitāttasmādavāpsyasi |
pṛthivīṃ yatprabhāveṇa jitvā rājā bhaviṣyasi || 45 ||
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tacchrutvā sa tathetyatra śrīdatto 'tītataddinaḥ |
anyedyurdaityakanyāstāḥ kṛtvāgre tatpuraṃ yayau || 46 ||
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jigāya bāhuyuddhena tatra taṃ siṃham uddhatam |
so 'pi śāpavimuktaḥ san babhūva puruṣākṛtiḥ || 47 ||
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dattvā cāsmai sa khaḍgaṃ svaṃ tuṣṭaḥ śāpāntakāriṇe |
sahāsurāṅganāduḥkhabhāreṇādarśanaṃ yayau || 48 ||
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so 'tha sānujayā sākaṃ śrīdatto daityakanyayā |
bahirgatamivānantaṃ tadviveśa purottamam || 49 ||
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aṅgulīyaṃ viṣaghnaṃ ca sāsmai daityasutā dadau |
tataḥ so 'tra sthitastasyāṃ sābhilāṣo 'bhavadyuvā || 50 ||
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sātha yuktyā jagādainaṃ vāpyāṃ snānamitaḥ kuru |
adāyainaṃ ca majjestvaṃ khaḍgaṃ grāhabhayāpaham || 51 ||
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tatheti vāpyāṃ magnaḥ sañ śrīdatto jāhnavītaṭāt |
tasmād eva samuttasthau yasmāt pūrvam avātarat || 52 ||
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khaḍgāṅgulīyake paśyan pātālād utthito 'tha saḥ |
viṣaṇṇo vismitaś cāsīd vañcito 'surakanyayā || 53 ||
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tatastānsuhṛdo 'nveṣṭuṃ svagṛhābhimukhaṃ yayau |
gacchanniṣṭhurakākhyaṃ ca mittraṃ mārge dadarśa saḥ || 54 ||
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sa copetya praṇamyātha nītvaikānte ca satvaram |
taṃ pṛṣṭasvajanodantamevaṃ niṣṭhurako 'bravīt || 55 ||
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gaṅgāntas tvāṃ tadā magnam anviṣya divasān bahūn |
svaśirāṃsi śucā chettum abhūma vayam udyatāḥ || 56 ||
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na putrāḥ sāhasaṃ kāryaṃ jīvanneṣyati vaḥ sakhā |
ity antarikṣā dvāṇī nas tam udyogaṃ nyavārayat || 57 ||
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tataśca tvatpituḥ pārśvamasmākaṃ pratigacchatām |
mārge satvaramabhyetya pumāneko 'bravīdidam || 58 ||
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nagaraṃ na praveṣṭavyaṃ yuṣmābhiriha sāṃpratam |
yato vallabhaśaktiḥ sa vipanno 'tra mahīpatiḥ || 59 ||
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datto vikramaśaktiśca rājye saṃbhūya mantribhiḥ |
prāptarājyaḥ sa cānyedyuḥ kālanemeragādgṛham || 60 ||
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śrīdattaḥ kva sa te putra iti cāmarṣanirbharaḥ |
tamapṛcchatsa cāpyenaṃ nāhaṃ vedmītyabhāṣata || 61 ||
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pracchādito 'munā putra iti tena niṣūditaḥ |
kālanemiḥ sa śūlāyāṃ rājñā caura iti krudhā || 62 ||
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taddṛṣṭvā tasya bhāryāyāḥ svayaṃ hṛdayamasphuṭat |
pāpaṃ pāpāntarākṣepakrūraṃ hi krūrakarmaṇām || 63 ||
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tena cānviṣyate hantuṃ so 'pi vikramaśaktinā |
śrīdattastadvayasyāśca yūyaṃ tadgamyatāmitaḥ || 64 ||
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iti tenoditāḥ puṃsā śokārtāste nijāṃ bhuvam |
bāhuśālyādayaḥ pañca saṃmantryojjayinīṃ gatāḥ || 65 ||
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pracchannaḥ sthāpitaścāhaṃ tvadarthamiha taiḥ sakhe |
tadehi tāvad gacchāvas tatraiva suhṛdantikam || 66 ||
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evaṃ niṣṭhurakāc chrutvā pitarāv anuśocya saḥ |
nidadhe pratikārāsthām iva khaḍge dṛśaṃ muhuḥ || 67 ||
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kālaṃ pratīkṣamāṇo 'tha vīro niṣṭhurakānvitaḥ |
pratasthe tān sakhīn prāptuṃ sa tām ujjayinīṃ purīm || 68 ||
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āmajjanāntaṃ vṛttāntaṃ sakhyus tasya ca varṇayan |
śrīdattaḥ sa dadarśaikāṃ krośantīmabalāṃ pathi || 69 ||
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abalā bhraṣṭamārgāhaṃ mālavaṃ prasthiteti tām |
bruvantīṃ dayayā so 'tha sahapasthāyinīṃ vyadhāt || 70 ||
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tayā dayānurodhācca striyā niṣṭhurakānvitaḥ |
kasmiṃścicchūnyanagare dine tasminnuvāsa saḥ || 71 ||
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tatra rātrāvakasmācca muktanidro dadarśa tām |
striyaṃ niṣṭhurakaṃ hatvā harṣāttanmāṃsamaśnatīm || 72 ||
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udatiṣṭhat samākṛṣya so 'tha khaḍgaṃ mṛgāṅkakam |
sāpi strī rākṣasīrūpaṃ ghoraṃ svaṃ pratyapadyata || 73 ||
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sa ca keśeṣu jagrāha nihantuṃ tāṃ niśācarīm |
tatkṣaṇaṃ divyarūpatvaṃ saṃprāptā tamuvāca sā || 74 ||
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mā māṃ vadhīrmahābhāga muñca naivāsmi rākṣasī |
ayamevaṃvidhaḥ śāpo mamābhūtkauśikānmuneḥ || 75 ||
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tapasyato hi tasyāhaṃ dhanādhipatināmunā |
vighnāya preṣitā pūrvaṃ tatpadaprāptikāṅkṣiṇaḥ || 76 ||
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tataḥ kāntena rūpeṇa taṃ kṣobhayitumakṣamā |
lajjitā trāsayantyenamakārṣaṃ bhairavaṃ vapuḥ || 77 ||
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taddṛṣṭvā sa muniḥ śāpaṃ sadṛśaṃ mayyatho dadhe |
rākṣasī bhava pāpe tvaṃ nighnantī mānuṣāniti || 78 ||
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tvattaḥ keśagrahe prāpte śāpāntaṃ me sa cākarot |
ityahaṃ rākṣasībhāvamimaṃ kaṣṭamupāgamam || 79 ||
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mayaiva nagaraṃ caitadgrastamadya ca me cirāt |
tvayā kṛtaḥ sa śāpāntastadgṛhāṇādhunā varam || 80 ||
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iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā śrīdattaḥ sādaro 'bhyadhāt |
kimanyena vareṇādhya jīvatveṣa sakhā mama || 81 ||
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evamastviti sā cāsmai varaṃ dattvā tirodhadhe |
akṣatāṅgaḥ sa cottasthau jīvanniṣṭhurakaḥ punaḥ || 82 ||
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tenaiva saha ca prātaḥ prahṛṣṭo vismitaśca saḥ |
tataḥ pratasthe śrīdattaḥ prāpa cojjayinīṃ kramāt || 83 ||
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tatra saṃbhāvayāmāsa sakhīnmārgonmukhānsa tān |
darśanena yathāyāto nīlakaṇṭhānivāmbudaḥ || 84 ||
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kṛtātithyavidhiścāsau svagṛhaṃ bāhuśālinā |
nīto 'bhūtkathitāśeṣanijavṛttāntakautukaḥ || 85 ||
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tatropacaryamāṇaḥ san pitṛbhyāṃ bāhuśālinaḥ |
sa uvāsa samaṃ mittraiḥ śrīdattaḥ svagṛhe yathā || 86 ||
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kadācitso 'tha saṃprāpte madhumāsamahotsave |
yātrāmupavane draṣṭuṃ jagāma sakhibhiḥ saha || 87 ||
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tatra kanyāṃ dadarśaikāṃ rājñaḥ śrībimbakeḥ sutām |
āgatāmākṛtimatīṃ sākṣādiva madhuśriyam || 88 ||
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sā mṛgāṅkavatī nāma hṛdayaṃ tasya tatkṣaṇam |
viveśa dattamārgeva dṛṣṭyāsya savikāsayā || 89 ||
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tasyā api muhuḥ snigdhā prathamapremaśaṃsinī |
nyastā taṃ prati dūtīva dṛṣṭiścakre gatāgatam || 90 ||
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praviṣṭāṃ vṛkṣagahanaṃ tāmapaśyannatha kṣaṇāt |
śrīdattaḥ śūnyahṛdayo diśo 'pi na dadarśa saḥ || 91 ||
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jñātaṃ mayā te hṛdayaṃ sakhe māpahnavaṃ kṛthāḥ |
tadehi tatra gacchāvo yatra rājasutā gatā || 92 ||
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ityuktaśceṅgitajñena suhṛdā bāhuśālinā |
tatheti sa yayau tasyāḥ saṃnikarṣaṃ suhṛtsakhaḥ || 93 ||
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hā kaṣṭamahinā daṣṭā rājaputrīti tatkṣaṇam |
ākranda udabhūttatra śrīdattahṛdayajvaraḥ || 94 ||
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viṣaghnamaṅgulīyaṃ ca vidyā ca suhṛdo 'sya me |
astīti gatvā jagade kañcukī bāhuśālinā || 95 ||
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sa ca tatkṣaṇamabhyetya kañcukī caraṇānataḥ |
nikaṭaṃ rājaduhituḥ śrīdattamanayaddrutam || 96 ||
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so 'pi tasyāstadaṅgulyāṃ nicikṣepāṅgulīyakam |
tato jajāpa vidyāṃ ca tena pratyujjijīva sā || 97 ||
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atha sarvajane hṛṣṭe śrīdattastutitatpare |
tatraiva jñātavṛttānto rājā bimbakirāyayau || 98 ||
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tenāsau sakhibhiḥ sārdhamagṛhītāṅgulīyakaḥ |
pratyājagāma śrīdatto bhavanaṃ bāhuśālinaḥ || 99 ||
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tatra tasmai suvarṇādi yatprītaḥ prāhiṇonnṛpaḥ |
tadbāhuśālinaḥ pitre samagraṃ sa samarpayat || 100 ||
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atha tāṃ cintayan kāntāṃ sa tathā paryatapyata |
yathā kiṃkāryatāmūḍhā vayasyas tasya jajñire || 101 ||
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tato bhāvanikā nāma rājaputryāḥ priyā sakhī |
aṅgulīyārpaṇavyājāttasyāntikamupāyayau || 102 ||
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uvāca cainaṃ matsakhyās tasyāḥ subhaga sāṃpratam |
tvaṃ vā prāṇaprado bhartā mṛtyurvāpyeṣa niścayaḥ || 103 ||
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ityukte bhāvanikayā śrīdattaḥ sa ca sāpi ca |
bāhuśālī ca te 'nye ca mantraṃ saṃbhūya cakrire || 104 ||
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harāmo nibhṛtaṃ yuktyā rājaputrīmimāṃ vayam |
nivāsahetor guptaṃ ca gacchāmo mathurāmitaḥ || 105 ||
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iti saṃmantrite samyakkāyasiddhyai ca saṃvidi |
anyonyaṃ sthāpitāyāṃ sā yayau bhāvanikā tataḥ || 106 ||
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anyedyurbāhuśālī ca vayasyatritayānvitaḥ |
vaṇijyāvyapadeśena jagāma mathurāṃ prati || 107 ||
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sa gacchansthāpayāmāsa vāhanāni pade pade |
rājaputryabhisārāya gūḍhāni caturāṇi ca || 108 ||
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śrīdatto 'pi tataḥ kācmidduhitrā sahitāṃ striyam |
sāyaṃ rājasutāvāse pāyayitvā madhu nyadhāt || 109 ||
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tato 'tra dīpoddeśena dattvāgniṃ vāsaveśmani |
pracchannaṃ bhāvanikayā ninye rājasutā bahiḥ || 110 ||
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tatkṣaṇaṃ tāṃ ca saṃprāpya śrīdattaḥ sa bahiḥ sthitaḥ |
prākprasthitasya nikaṭaṃ prāhiṇodbāhuśālinaḥ || 111 ||
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dadau mitradvayaṃ cāsyāḥ paścādbhāvanikāṃ tathā |
tanmandire ca dagdhā sā kṣībā strī sutayā saha || 112 ||
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lokastu tāṃ sakhīyuktāṃ mene dagdhāṃ nṛpātmajām |
prātaśca pūrvavattatra śrīdatto dadṛśe janaiḥ || 113 ||
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tato rātrau dvitīyasyāṃ sa gṛhītamṛgāṅkakaḥ |
śrīdattaḥ prayayau pūrvaprasthitāṃ tāṃ priyāṃ prati || 114 ||
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tayā ca rātryātikramya dūramadhvānam utsukaḥ |
vindhyāṭavīmatha prāpa sa prātaḥ prahare gate || 115 ||
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tatrādāvanimittāni paścāt pathi dadarśa tān |
sarvān prahārābhihatān sahabhāvanikān sakhīn || 116 ||
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te ca dṛṣṭvā nijagadustaṃ saṃbhrāntamupāgatam |
muṣitāḥ smo nipatyādya bahvaśvārohasenayā || 117 ||
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ekena cāśvāroheṇa rājaputrī bhayākulā |
asmāsvetadavastheṣu nītāśvamadhiropya sā || 118 ||
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dūraṃ na yāvan nītā ca tāvadgacchānayā diśā |
asmākamantike mā sthāḥ sarvathābhyadhikā ca sā || 119 ||
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iti taiḥ preṣito mittrairmuhuḥ paśyanvivṛtya saḥ |
javena rājatanayāṃ śrīdatto 'nusasāra tām || 120 ||
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gatvā sudūraṃ lebhe ca tāmaśvārohavāhinīm |
yuvānamekaṃ tanmadhye kṣatriyaṃ sa dadarśa ca || 121 ||
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tenopari ruraṃgasya gṛhītāṃ taṃ nṛpātmajām |
apaśyacca yayau cāsya kṣatrayūno 'ntikaṃ kramāt || 122 ||
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sāntvena rājaputrīṃ tāmamuñcantaṃ ca pādataḥ |
aśvādākṣipya dṛṣadi śrīdattastamacūrṇayat || 123 ||
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taṃ hatvā ca tam evāśvam āruhya nijaghāna tān |
anyān api bahūn kruddhān aśvārohān pradhāvitān || 124 ||
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hataśeṣāstataste ca taddṛṣṭvā tasya tādṛśam |
vīrasyāmānuṣaṃ vīryaṃ palāyya sabhayaṃ yayuḥ || 125 ||
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sa cāpi turagārūḍho rājaputryā tayā saha |
mṛgāṅkavatyā śrīdattaḥ prayayau tān sakhīn prati || 126 ||
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stokaṃ gatvā ca tasyāśvaḥ saṃgrāme vraṇito bhṛśam |
sabhāryasyāvatīrṇasya papāta prāpa pañcatām || 127 ||
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tatkālaṃ cāsya tatraiva sā mṛgāṅkavatī priyā |
trāsāyāsapariśrāntā tṛṣārtā samapadyata || 128 ||
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sthāpayitvā ca tāṃ tatra gatvā dūramitastataḥ |
jalamanviṣyataścāsya savitāstamupāyayau || 129 ||
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tataḥ sa labdhe 'pi jale mārganāśavaśādbhraman |
cakravākavadutkūjaṃstāṃ nināya niśāṃ vane || 130 ||
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prātaḥ prāpa ca tatsthānaṃ patitāśvopalakṣitam |
na ca tatra kacitkāntāṃ rājaputrīṃ dadarśa tām || 131 ||
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tataḥ sa mohād vinyasya bhuvi khaḍgaṃ mṛgāṅkakam |
vṛkṣāgramārurohaināmavekṣitumitastataḥ || 132 ||
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tatkṣaṇaṃ tena mārgeṇa ko 'pyagācchavarādhipaḥ |
sa cāgatyaiva jagrāha vṛkṣamūlānmṛgāṅkakam || 133 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvāpi sa vṛkṣāgrādavatīryaiva pṛṣṭavān |
priyāpravṛttimatyārtaḥ śrīdattaḥ śavarādhipam || 134 ||
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itastvaṃ gaccha matpallīṃ jāne sā tatra te gatā |
ahaṃ tatraiva caiṣyāmi dāsyāsyasimimaṃ ca te || 135 ||
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ityuktvā preṣitastena śabareṇa sa cotsukaḥ |
śrīdattastāṃ yayau pallīṃ tadīyaiḥ puruṣaiḥ saha || 136 ||
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śramaṃ tāvadvimuñceti tatroktaḥ puruṣaiśca taiḥ |
prāpya pallīpatergehaṃ śrānto nidrāṃ kṣaṇādyayau || 137 ||
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prabuddhaśca dadarśa svau pādau nigaḍasaṃyutau |
alabdhatadgatī kāntāprāptyupāyodyamāviva || 138 ||
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atha kṣaṇaṃ dattasukhāṃ kṣaṇāntaravimāthinīm |
daivasyeva gatiṃ tatra tasthau śocansa tāṃ priyām || 139 ||
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ekadā tamuvācaitya ceṭī mocanikābhidhā |
āgato 'si mahābhāga kutreha bata mṛtyave || 140 ||
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kāryasiddhyai sa hi kāpi prayātaḥ śabarādhipaḥ |
āgatya caṇḍikāyāstvāmupahārīkariṣyati || 141 ||
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etadarthaṃ hi tena tvamito vindhyāṭavītaṭāt |
prāpya yuktyā visṛjyeha nītaḥ saṃprati bandhanam || 142 ||
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bhagavatyupahāratve yata evāsi kalpitaḥ |
ata eva sadā vastrairbhojanaiścopacaryase || 143 ||
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ekastu muktyupāyaste vidyate yadi manyase |
astyasya sundarī nāma śabarādhipateḥ sutā || 144 ||
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atyarthaṃ sā ca dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ jāyate madanāturā |
tāṃ bhajasva vayasyāṃ me tataḥ kṣemamavāpsyasi || 145 ||
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tayetyukto vimuktyarthī sa śrīdattastatheti tām |
gāndharvavidhinā guptaṃ bhāryāṃ vyadhita sundarīm || 146 ||
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rātrau rātrau ca sā tasya bandhanāni nyavārayat |
acirācca sagarbhā sā sundarī samapadyata || 147 ||
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tatsarvamatha tanmātā buddhvā mocanikāmukhāt |
jāmātṛsnehato gatvā svairaṃ śrīdattamabravīt || 148 ||
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putra śrīcaṇḍanāmāsau kopanaḥ sundarīpitā |
na tvāṃ kṣameta tadgaccha vismartavyā na sundarī || 149 ||
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ityuktvā mocitaḥ śvaśrvā khaḍgaṃ śrīcaṇḍahastagam |
sundaryai nijamāvedya śrīdattaḥ prayayau tataḥ || 150 ||
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viveśa cādyāṃ tāmeva cintākrānto nijāṭavīm |
mṛgāṅkavatyāḥ padavīṃ tasya jijñāsituṃ punaḥ || 151 ||
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nimittaṃ ca śubhaṃ dṛṣṭvā tamevoddeśamāyayau |
yatrāsyāśvo mṛtaḥ so 'tha yatra sā hāritā vadhūḥ || 152 ||
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tatra caikaṃ dadarśārāllubdhakaṃ saṃmukhāgatam |
dṛṣṭvā ca pṛṣṭavāṃstasyāḥ pravṛttiṃ hariṇīdṛśaḥ || 153 ||
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kiṃ śrīdattastvamityukto lubdhakena ca tatra saḥ |
sa eva mandabhāgyo 'hamityuvāca viniḥśvasan || 154 ||
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tataḥ sa lubdhako 'vādīttarhi vacmi sakhe śṛṇu |
dṛṣṭā sā te mayā bhāryā krandantī tvāmitastataḥ || 155 ||
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pṛṣṭvā tataśca vṛttāntamāśvāsya ca kṛpākulaḥ |
nijāṃ pallīmito 'raṇyāddīnāṃ tāṃ nītavānaham || 156 ||
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tatra cālokya taruṇān pulindān sabhayena sā |
mathurānikaṭaṃ grāmaṃ nītā nāgasthalaṃ mayā || 157 ||
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tatra ca sthāpitā gehe sthavirasya dvijanmanaḥ |
viśvadattābhidhānasya nyāsīkṛtya sagauravam || 158 ||
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tataś cāham ihāyāto buddhvā tvannāma tanmukhāt |
tām anveṣṭuṃ tato gaccha śīghraṃ nāgasthalaṃ prati || 159 ||
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ityukto lubdhakenāśu sa śrīdattastato yayau |
taṃ ca nāgasthalaṃ prāpadaparedyurdinātyaye || 160 ||
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bhavanaṃ viśvadattasya praviśyātha vilokya tam |
yayāce dehi me bhāryāṃ lubdhakasthāpitāmiti || 161 ||
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tacchrutvā viśvadattastaṃ śrīdattaṃ nijagāda saḥ |
mathurāyāṃ suhṛnme 'sti brāhmaṇo guṇināṃ priyaḥ || 162 ||
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upādhyāyaśca mantrī ca śūrasenasya bhūpateḥ |
tasya haste tvadīyā sā gṛhiṇī sthāpitā mayā || 163 ||
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bhayaṃ hi vijano grāmo na tadrakṣākṣamo bhavet |
tatprātastatra gaccha tvamadya viśramyatāmiha || 164 ||
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ityukto viśvadattena sa nītvātraiva tāṃ niśām |
prātaḥ pratasthe prāpacca mathurāmapare dine || 165 ||
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dīrghādhvamalinastasminnagare bahireva saḥ |
snānaṃ cakre pariśrānto nirmale dīrghikājale || 166 ||
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tata evāmbumadhyācca vastraṃ cauraniveśitam |
prāptavānañcalagranthibaddhahāramaśaṅkitam || 167 ||
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atha tadvastramādāya sa taṃ hāramalakṣayan |
priyāṃ didṛkṣuḥ śrīdatto viveśa mathurāṃ purīm || 168 ||
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tatra tatpratyabhijñāya vastraṃ hāramavāpya ca |
sa caura ityavaṣṭabhya ninye nagararakṣibhiḥ || 169 ||
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darśitaśca tathābhūto nagarādhipateśca taiḥ |
tenāpyāvedito rājñe rājāpyasyādiśadvadham || 170 ||
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tato vadhyabhuvaṃ hantuṃ nīyamānaṃ dadarśa tam |
sā mṛgāṅkavatī dūrātpaścātprahataḍiṇḍimam || 171 ||
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so 'yaṃ me nīyate bhartā vadhāyeti sasaṃbhramam |
sā gatvā mantrimukhyaṃ tamabravīdyadgṛhe sthitā || 172 ||
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nivārya vadhakānso 'tha mantrī vijñapya bhūpatim |
śrīdattaṃ mocayitvā taṃ vadhādānāyayadgṛham || 173 ||
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kathaṃ so 'yaṃ pitṛvyo me gatvā deśāntaraṃ purā |
ihaiva daivādvigatabhayaḥ prāpto 'dya mantritām || 174 ||
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iti taṃ mantriṇaṃ so 'tha śrīdattas tadgṛhāgataḥ |
pratyabhijñātavān pṛṣṭvā papātāsya ca pādayoḥ || 175 ||
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so 'pi taṃ pratyabhijñāya bhrātuḥ putraṃ savismayaḥ |
kaṇṭhe jagrāha sarvaṃ ca vṛttāntaṃ paripṛṣṭavān || 176 ||
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tatastasmai sa nikhilaṃ śrīdattaḥ svapiturvadhāt |
ārabhya nijavṛttāntaṃ pitṛvyāya nyavedayat || 177 ||
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so 'pi muktvāśru vijane bhrātuḥ putraṃ tamabhyadhāt |
adhṛtiṃ mā kṛthāḥ putra mama siddhā hi yakṣiṇī || 178 ||
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pañca vājisahasrāṇi hemakoṭīśca sapta sā |
prādānmahyamaputrāya tattavaivākhilaṃ dhanam || 179 ||
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ityuktvā sa pitṛvyastāṃ śrīdattāyārpayatpriyām |
śrīdatto 'pyāttavibhavastatra tāṃ pariṇītavān || 180 ||
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tataśca tasthau tatraiva saṃgataḥ kāntayā tayā |
mṛgāṅgavatyā sānando rātryeva kumudākaraḥ || 181 ||
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bāhuśālyādicintā tu tasyābhūtpūrṇasaṃpadaḥ |
indoḥ kalaṅkalekheva hṛdi mālinyadāyinī || 182 ||
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ekadā sa pitṛvyastaṃ rahaḥ śrīdattamabhyadhāt |
putra rājñaḥ sutāstyasya śūrasenasya kanyakā || 183 ||
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mayā cāvantideśe sā neyā dātuṃ tadājñayā |
tattenaivāpadeśena hṛtvā tubhyaṃ dadāmi tām || 184 ||
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tatastadanuge prāpte bale sati ca māmake |
yadrājyaṃ te śriyādiṣṭaṃ tatprāpsyasyacirāditi || 185 ||
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niścityaitacca tāṃ kanyāṃ gṛhītvā yayatustataḥ |
śrīdattastatpitṛvyaśca sasainyau saparigrahau || 186 ||
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tato vindhyāṭavīm etau prāptamātrāvatarkitau |
caurasenātimahatī rurodha śaravarṣiṇī || 187 ||
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prahāramūrcchitaṃ baddhvā śrīdattaṃ bhagnasainikam |
ninyuścaurāḥ svapallīṃ te svīkṛtya sakalaṃ dhanam || 188 ||
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te ca taṃ prāpayāmāsuścaṇḍikāsadma bhīṣaṇam |
upahārāya ghaṇṭānāṃ nādairmṛtyurivāhvayat || 189 ||
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tatrāpaśyacca taṃ patnī sā pallīpatiputrikā |
sundarī draṣṭumāyātā devīṃ bālasutānvitā || 190 ||
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niṣiddhavatyā madhyasthāndasyūnānandapūrṇayā |
sa śrīdattastayā sākaṃ tanmandiramathāviśat || 191 ||
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tadaiva pallīrājyaṃ tat prāpa pitrā yad arpitam |
prāg evānanyaputreṇa sundaryai gacchatā divam || 192 ||
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taṃ ca caurasamākrāntaṃ sapitṛvyaparicchadam |
sakalatraṃ ca lebhe 'sau taṃ khaḍgaṃ ca mṛgāṅkakam || 193 ||
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taraiva śūrasenasya sutāṃ tāṃ pariṇīya ca |
śrīdatto 'pi mahānrājā nagare samapadyata || 194 ||
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prajighāya sa dūtāṃśca tataḥ śvaśurayostayoḥ |
bimbakestasya tasyāpi śūrasenasya bhūpateḥ || 195 ||
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tamupājagmatustau ca senāsamudayānvitau |
taṃ vijñāyaiva saṃbandhaṃ mudā duhitṛvatsalau || 196 ||
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te 'pi rūḍhavraṇāḥ svasthāstadviyuktā vayasyakāḥ |
bāhuśāliprabhṛtayastadbuddhvā tamupāyayuḥ || 197 ||
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atha śvaśurasaṃyukto gatvā taṃ pitṛghātinam |
cakre vikramaśaktiṃ sa vīraḥ krodhānalāhutim || 198 ||
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tataśca sābdhivalayāṃ śrīdattaḥ prāpya medinīm |
nananda virahottīrṇaḥ sa mṛgāṅkavatīsakhaḥ || 199 ||
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itthaṃ narapate dīrghaviyogavyasanārṇavam |
taranti ca labhante ca kalyāṇaṃ dhīracetasaḥ || 200 ||
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iti saṃgatakācchrutvā kathāṃ sa dayitotsukaḥ |
tāṃ nināya niśāṃ mārge sahasrānīkabhūpatiḥ || 201 ||
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tato manorathārūḍhaḥ puraḥ prahitamānasaḥ |
prātaḥ sahasrānīko 'sau pratasthe svāṃ priyāṃ prati || 202 ||
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dinaiḥ katipayaistaṃ ca jamadagneravāpa saḥ |
mṛgairapi parityaktacāpalaṃ śānamāśramam || 203 ||
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dadarśa kalpitātithyaṃ jamadagniṃ ca tatra tam |
praṇataḥ pāvanālokamākāraṃ tapasāmiva || 204 ||
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sa ca tasmai munī rājñe saputrāṃ tāṃ samarpayat |
cirānmṛgāvatīṃ rājñīṃ sānandāmiva nirvṛtim || 205 ||
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śāpānte tac ca daṃpatyostayor anyonyadarśanam |
ānandabāṣpapūrṇāyāṃ vavarṣevāmṛtaṃ dṛśi || 206 ||
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tatpūrvadarśanaṃ putramāliṅgyodayanaṃ sa tam |
mumoca nṛpatiḥ kṛcchrādromāñceneva kīlitam || 207 ||
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tataḥ sodayanāṃ rājñīṃ tāmādāya mṛgāvatīm |
ā tapovanamudvāṣpairanuyāto mṛgairapi || 208 ||
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āmantrya jamadagniṃ ca pratasthe svāṃ purīṃ prati |
praśāntādāśramāttasmātsahasrānīkabhūpatiḥ || 209 ||
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śṛṇvan virahavṛttāni priyāyā varṇayaṃś ca saḥ |
uttoraṇapatākāṃ tāṃ kauśāmbīṃ prāptavān kramāt || 210 ||
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samaṃ ca patnīputrābhyāṃ praviveśa sa tāṃ purīm |
pīyamāna ivotpakṣmarājibhiḥ pauralocanaiḥ || 211 ||
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abhyaṣiñcacca taṃ tatra jhagityudayanaṃ sutam |
yauvarājye mahārājaḥ preryamāṇaḥ sa tadguṇaiḥ || 212 ||
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svamantriputrāṃs tasmai sa mantrahetoḥ samarpayat |
vasantakarumaṇvantau tathā yaugandharāyaṇam || 213 ||
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ebhirmantrivaraireṣa kṛtsnāṃ prāpsyati medinīm |
iti vāgudabhūddivyā puṣpavṛṣṭyā samaṃ tadā || 214 ||
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tataḥ sute nyastabharaḥ sa rājā cirakāṅkṣitam |
jīvalokasukhaṃ bheje mṛgāvatyā tayā saha || 215 ||
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atha tasya jarāṃ praśāntidūtīm upayātāṃ kṣitipasya karṇamūlam |
sahasaiva vilokya jātakopā bata dūre viṣayaspṛhā babhūva || 216 ||
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tatas taṃ kalyāṇaṃ tanayam anuraktaprakṛtikaṃ niveśya sve rājye jagadudayahetor udayanam |
sahasrānīko 'sau sacivasahitaḥ sapriyatamo mahāprasthānāya kṣitipatir agacchad dhimagirim || 217 ||
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