Chapter 35

tataḥ prāptaḥ samutthāya tasmād varasaras taṭāt |
mṛgāṅkadattaḥ sacivair aśeṣair militaiḥ saha || 1 ||
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yuktaḥ śrutadhinā tena prāyādujjayinīṃ prati |
sa śaśāṅkavatīṃ prepsurnatvā taṃ vighnajiddrumam || 2 ||
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tatastāstā vanabhuvo bhūyo 'nekaśatahradāḥ |
tamālaśyāmalābhogā ghanāgamaniśā iva || 3 ||
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anyāś ca vicaradbhīmamattebhābhagnakīcakāḥ |
viparītārjunākārā virāṭanagarīnibhāḥ || 4 ||
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girīndrakaṃdarāścaiva śuddhāḥ puṣpavatīrapi |
krūrasattvāśritāḥ śāntair munibhiḥ saṃśritā api || 5 ||
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atikramya kramādvīraḥ sa sarvasacivānvitaḥ |
prāpadujjayinīpuryāḥ saṃnikarṣaṃ nṛpātmajaḥ || 6 ||
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tato gandhavatīṃ prāpya nadīṃ snānahṛtaklamaḥ |
tīrtvā ca tāṃ mahākālaśmaśānaṃ prāpa sānugaḥ || 7 ||
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dadarśa tac ca nānāsthikapālaśakalākulam |
dhṛtamānuṣakaṅkālakarālaṃ vīrasevitam || 8 ||
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bahubhūtagaṇākīrṇamākrīḍaḍḍākinīpriyam |
mahābhairava māsannacitādhūmamalīmasam || 9 ||
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tadatikramya cāpaśyatsa tāṃ yugapurātanīm |
purīmujjayinīṃ guptāṃ karmasenena bhūbhujā || 10 ||
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adhiṣṭhitapratolīkāṃ rakṣibhir vividhāyudhaiḥ |
pravīrakulajānekarājaputrābhir akṣitaiḥ || 11 ||
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girīndraśikharākāraiḥ prākāraiḥ pariveṣṭitām |
duṣpraveśāmavijñātair hastyaśvarathasaṃkulām || 12 ||
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vilokya tādṛśīṃ tāṃ ca sarvato 'py atidurgamām |
mṛgāṅkadatto vimanāḥ sacivānsvānuvāca saḥ || 13 ||
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kaṣṭaṃ kleṃśaśatair evamabhavyasyāgatasya me |
praveśa eva nāstīha priyāprāptau tu kā gatiḥ || 14 ||
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tac chrutvā te 'py avocaṃstaṃ kimeṣā pratibhāti te |
asmākamiyatāṃ deva balasādhyā mahāpurī || 15 ||
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upāyo 'tra vicetavyaḥ sa cāvaśyaṃ bhaviṣyati |
daivatair bahuśo hyetadādiṣṭaṃ vismṛtaṃ katham || 16 ||
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ity uktaḥ sacivais tasyā nagaryā bahir eva saḥ |
mṛgāṅkadatto divasān kāṃścit tasthau paribhraman || 17 ||
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prāksiddhamatha vetālaṃ dadhyau vikramakesarī |
tanmantrī vāsabhavanāttatpriyākarṣaṇecchayā || 18 ||
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so 'pi kṛṣṇacchaviḥ prāṃśuruṣṭragrīvo gajānanaḥ |
mahiṣāṅghrirulūkākṣo vetālaḥ kharakarṇakaḥ || 19 ||
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etya tatra praveṣṭuṃ yanna śaśāka jagāma tat |
śaṃbhorvarāttāṃ nagarīṃ nākrāmanti tathāvidhāḥ || 20 ||
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athāmātyair vṛtaṃ khinnaṃ praveśonmukhacetasam |
mṛgāṅkadattaṃ śrutadhirnītijñaḥ so 'bravīddvijaḥ || 21 ||
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kiṃ deva nītitattvajño 'py ajānanniva muhyasi |
svaparāntaramaprekṣya mataḥ kasyeha vikramaḥ || 22 ||
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ekaikasminnagaryāṃ hi dvāreṣv asyāṃ caturṣvapi |
kuñjarāṇāṃ sahasre dve vājināṃ pañcaviṃśatiḥ || 23 ||
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rathānāṃ daśalakṣaṃ ca padātīnāṃ divāniśam |
saṃnaddhamāste rakṣārthaṃ vīrādhiṣṭhānadurjayam || 24 ||
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tan naḥ katipayānāṃ yatsahasātra praveśanam |
paraṃ pataṅgavṛttiḥ sā nārthasiddhistu kācana || 25 ||
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sainyenāpi ca nālpena yuktā kṣeptum iyaṃ purī |
hastipādātayuddhaṃ tadvirodho 'dhibalena yat || 26 ||
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tanmāyābaṭunā tena pulindapṛthivībhṛtā |
suhṛdā narmadāgrāhabhayāttrātena dāruṇāt || 27 ||
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tanmittreṇa ca mātaṅgarājenātibalīyasā |
tena durgapiśācena tatsaṃbandhānurāgiṇā || 28 ||
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kirātarājena yathā bālasabrahmacāriṇā |
śaktirakṣitasaṃjñena tena vikramaśālinā || 29 ||
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sametya sabalaiḥ sarvaiḥ sainyapūritadiṅmukhaḥ |
samyaksahāyasaṃpannaḥ sādhayaitatsamīhitam || 30 ||
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kirātarājaś ca sa te dūtāgamanasaṃvidam |
pratīkṣamāṇaḥ sthita ityetatte vismṛtaṃ katham || 31 ||
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māyābaṭuś ca mātaṅgarājādeśāgato dhruvam |
sajjastena sahaivāste saṃvittasya kṛtā hy asau || 32 ||
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tattasya mātaṅgapatervindhyadakṣiṇapārśvagam |
nivāsakoṭṭaṃ gacchāmaḥ karabhagrīvanāmakam || 33 ||
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tatraivāhūyate rājā kair ātaḥ śaktirakṣitaḥ |
tataḥ saṃbhūya sarvaistair udyogaḥ siddhaye śubhaḥ || 34 ||
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śrutvaitac chrutadhervākyamarthavatprājñasaṃmatam |
mṛgāṅkadattaḥ sāmātyas tatheti śraddadhetarām || 35 ||
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anyedyuś ca namaskṛtya guṇibandhuṃ dhṛtodayam |
pradarśitāśaṃ viśvasya nabhonityādhvagaṃ ravim || 36 ||
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uccacāla tato vindhyapārśvaṃ taṃ dakṣiṇaṃ prati |
tasya durgapiśācasya mātaṅgendrasya ketanām || 37 ||
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tanmantriṇaś ca sa vyāghraseno bhīmaparākramaḥ |
guṇākaro meghabalaḥ samaṃ vimalabuddhinā || 38 ||
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sa vicitrakathaḥ sthūlabāhurvikramakesarī |
pracaṇḍaśaktiḥ śrutadhirdṛḍhamuṣṭistamanvaguḥ || 39 ||
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taiḥ samaṃ so 'tivistīrṇā nijacceṣṭā ivāṭavīḥ |
gahanāṃś ca vanoddeśānsvābhiprāyāniva kramāt || 40 ||
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atikrāmansarastīratarumūlaniśāśrayaḥ |
prāpyāruroha vindhyādrimātmacittamivonnatam || 41 ||
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tasyāgrāddakṣiṇaṃ pārśvamavaruhya ca dūrataḥ |
dantidattājinacitā bhillapallīrvilokayan || 42 ||
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kutra syādāspadaṃ tasya mātaṅgādhipateriha |
kuto jñāsyāma ityantardadhyau rājasuto 'tra saḥ || 43 ||
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tāvac ca saṃmukhāyātam ekaṃ munikumārakam |
sa dadarśa sahāmātyaiḥ papraccha ca kṛtānatiḥ || 44 ||
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api jānāsi kutreha gṛhaṃ mātaṅgabhūpateḥ |
saumya durgapiśācasya draṣṭavyo vartate hi naḥ || 45 ||
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tac chrutvā sa jagādaivaṃ sādhustāpasaputrakaḥ |
itaḥ pañcavaṭītyasti pradeśaḥ krośamātrake || 46 ||
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nātidūre ca tasyābhūdagastyasyāśramo muneḥ |
nākataḥ pātitotsiktanahuṣendrasya helayā || 47 ||
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yatra pitrājñayopāttavanavāsaḥ salakṣmaṇaḥ |
sītayānugato rāmo munimanvāsta taṃ ciram || 48 ||
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rakṣovināśapiśunau candrārkaviva yatra saḥ |
āskandituṃ pravṛtto 'bhūtkabandho rāmalakṣmaṇau || 49 ||
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yatra yojanabāhoś ca rāmo bhujamapātayat |
agastyaprārthanāyātanahuṣājagaropamam || 50 ||
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yatra meghāgame 'dyāpi śrutvā jaladharadhvanim |
smaranto rāmakodaṇḍaravasyāmbararodhinaḥ || 51 ||
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vīkṣya viṣvagdiśaḥ śūnyā gṛhṇantyudbāṣpalocanāḥ |
jānakīvardhitāḥ śaṣpakavalaṃ na jaranmṛgāḥ || 52 ||
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hataśeṣāniva trātuṃ hariṇānyatra rāghavam |
jahāra hemahariṇo vaidehīvirahapradaḥ || 53 ||
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kāverīvāribahale yatrānekamahāhrade |
pītvodgīrṇamivāgastyenābdhipāthaḥ pade pade || 54 ||
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tasyāśramasya nātyantadūre vindhyasya sānuni |
karabhagrīvanāmāsti koṭṭaḥ kuṭiladurgamaḥ || 55 ||
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tatra prativasatyantarbhūpālānirjito balī |
sa mātaṅgapatirdurgapiśācaścaṇḍavikramaḥ || 56 ||
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dhanurdharāṇāṃ lakṣasya teṣāmadhipatiś ca saḥ |
yodhapañcaśatī yeṣāmekaikamanudhāvati || 57 ||
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tair dasyubhiḥ sa muṣṇāti sārthāndalayati dviṣaḥ |
bhuṅkte mahāṭavīṃ caitāṃ tāṃstānagaṇayannṛpān || 58 ||
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etan munisutāc chrutvā tam āmantrya sa sānugaḥ |
mṛgāṅkadattas tenaiva mārgeṇa tvaritaṃ yayau || 59 ||
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prāpac ca tasya karabhagrīvasya nikaṭaṃ kramāt |
mātaṅgarājakoṭṭasya bhillapallīsamākulam || 60 ||
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dadarśādūrataścātra śabaraughānitas tataḥ |
barhibarhebhadaśanavyāghracarmamṛgāmiṣān || 61 ||
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tiryañca iva jīvanti paśyatāraṇyavṛttayaḥ |
citraṃ tadapyamī durgapiśācaṃ bruvate prabhum || 62 ||
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nāstyevārājakaṃ kiṃcidbata ko'pi prajāsvaho |
rājaśabdaḥ suraiḥ sṛṣṭo mātsyanyāyabhayādayam || 63 ||
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evaṃ mṛgāṅkadattas tān bhillān vīkṣya sakhīn bruvan |
yāvat sa karabhagrīvakoṭṭamārgaṃ vivitsati || 64 ||
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tāvanāyābaṭos tasya tatrādāvabhyupeyuṣaḥ |
taṃ pūrvadṛṣṭaṃ dadṛśuścārāḥ śabarabhūbhṛtaḥ || 65 ||
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te māyābaṭave tasmai gatvā sadyo nyavedayan |
tadāgamaṃ sasainyaś ca so 'pi pratyujjagāma tam || 66 ||
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nikaṭībhūya dṛṣṭvā ca muktavāhaḥ pradhāvya saḥ |
papāta pādayos tasya rājasūnoḥ pulindarāṭ || 67 ||
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kṛtakaṇṭhagrahaṃ rājā sa pṛṣṭakuśalaś ca tam |
sāmātyaṃ vāhanārūḍhamanaiṣītkaṭakaṃ nijam || 68 ||
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prāhiṇoc ca pratīhāraṃ tadāgamanaśaṃsinam |
tasmai mātaṅgarājāya nijaṃ sa śabarādhipaḥ || 69 ||
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ājagāma ca mātaṅgarājaḥ so 'pi svadeśataḥ |
drutaṃ durgapiśāco 'tra nāmno bibhradyathārthatām || 70 ||
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śilākūṭakaṭhorāṅgastamālamalinacchadhiḥ |
pulindāśritapāpaś ca vindhyācala ivāparaḥ || 71 ||
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bhrukuṭyā bhīṣaṇamukhaḥ prakṛtyaiva triśākhayā |
svīkartuṃ vindhyavāsinyā triśūleneva cihnitaḥ || 72 ||
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taruṇaḥ kṣapitāśeṣavayā apyasudarśanaḥ |
kṛṣṇo 'py ananyasevī ca bhūbhṛtpādopajīvyapi || 73 ||
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navābhra iva māyūrapicchacitradhanurdharaḥ |
hiraṇyākṣa ivoddāmavarāhakṣatavigrahaḥ || 74 ||
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ghaṭotkaca ivotsiktabhīmarūpadharo balī |
kalikāla ivādharmaniratocchṛṅkhalaprajaḥ || 75 ||
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āyayau ca balābhogastasyāpūritabhūtalaḥ |
mukto 'rjunabhujāsaṅgātpravāha iva nārmadaḥ || 76 ||
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śilākalāpo luṭhitaḥ kimañjanagirerayam |
kimutākālakalpāntameghaughaḥ patito bhuvi || 77 ||
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iti śaṅkāṃ sa vidadhaccaṇḍālānīkinīcayaḥ |
prasasarpāsitacchāyāmalinīkṛtadiṅmukhaḥ || 78 ||
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upagamya ca tatsvāmī dūrānnyastaśirāḥ kṣitau |
mṛgāṅkadattaṃ taṃ durgapiśācaḥ praṇanāma saḥ || 79 ||
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uvāsa cādya devī me prasannā vindhyavāsinī |
ucitocitavaṃśo yadgṛhān prāpto bhavān mama || 80 ||
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taddhanyo 'smi kṛtārtho 'smīty uktvā tasmādupāyanam |
mātaṅgarājaḥ sa dadau muktākastūrikādikam || 81 ||
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so 'py abhyanandat prītyā taṃ rājaputro yathocitam |
tatas tatraiva sarve te cakruḥ senāniveśanam || 82 ||
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ālānabaddhair dviradaisturagair mandurāśritaiḥ |
kṛtāspadaiś ca pādātaiḥ sthagitā sā mahāṭavī || 83 ||
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ājanmāpūrvanagarībhāvasaṃprāptisaṃpadā |
ghūrṇamāneva tatkālaṃ naiva svātmanyavartata || 84 ||
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tato 'tra kānanodyāne vihitasnānamaṅgalam |
kṛtāhāraṃ sukhāsīnamekānte sacivānvitam || 85 ||
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māyābaṭau sthite durgapiśāca sa kathāntare |
mṛgāṅkadattamavadatprītipraśrayapeśalam || 86 ||
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māyābaṭurayaṃ rājā bahukālamihāgataḥ |
tvannideśapratīkṣaḥ sansvāminsākaṃ mayā sthitaḥ || 87 ||
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tadrājaputra yuṣmābhiḥ kutra sthitam iyac ciram |
kiṃ kṛtaṃ ceti kāryaṃ svam asmān bodhayatādhunā || 88 ||
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etattadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājaputro jagāda saḥ |
tadā māyābaṭorasya gṛhādvimalabuddhinā || 89 ||
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guṇākareṇa ca samaṃ prāpya bhīmaparākramam |
gatvā śrutadhiyā sākaṃ cinvatānyānsakhīnmayā || 90 ||
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prāptaḥ pracaṇḍaśaktiś ca vicitrakatha eṣa ca |
mārgakrameṇa caiṣo 'pi tato vikramakesarī || 91 ||
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tato varasarastīre prāpya vighneśapādapam |
phalārthamadhiruhyaite tacchāpātphalatāṃ gatāḥ || 92 ||
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ārādhyātha gaṇeśaṃ taṃ kathaṃcinmocitā mayā |
śeṣāścādau tathābhūtās tatra muktās tathaiva me || 93 ||
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dṛḍhamuṣṭirayaṃ vyāghrasenameghabalāvimau |
sthūlabāhurasau ceti catvāraḥ sacivā ime || 94 ||
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dṛḍhamuṣṭirayaṃ vyāghrasenameghabalāvimau |
sthūlabāhurasau ceti catvāraḥ sacivā ime || 95 ||
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etaiḥ prāptaiḥ samaṃ sarvair ahamujjayinīmagām |
sainyahīnasya cābhūnme na dūtapreṣaṇārhatā || 96 ||
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tataḥ saṃmantrya yuṣmākamāgatā nikaṭaṃ vayam |
idānīṃ siddhaye yūyaṃ pramāṇamiha naḥ sakhe || 97 ||
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evaṃ mṛgāṅkadattena svavṛttānte 'bhyudīrite |
so 'tha urgapiśācastaṃ samāyābaṭurabravīt || 98 ||
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dhīro bhava kiyatkāryametadasmābhir añjasā |
prāṇāḥ prathamamevaite tvadartham upakalpitāḥ || 99 ||
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ānayāmo 'tra taṃ baddhvā karmasenaṃ mahībhṛtam |
prasahya ca harāmo 'sya tāṃ śaśāṅkavatīṃ sutān || 100 ||
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iti mātaṅgarājena samāyābaṭunodite |
mṛgāṅkadattaḥ saprītibahumānamabhāṣata || 101 ||
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kiṃ na saṃbhāvyate yuṣmāsviyameva hi vakti vaḥ |
pratipannasuhṛtkāryanirvāhaṃ dhīrasattvatā || 102 ||
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dārḍhyaṃ vindhyādritaḥ śauryaṃ vyāghrebhyo miśrarāgitām |
vanābjinībhyaś cādāya yūyaṃ dhātreha nirmitāḥ || 103 ||
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tadvicārya yathāyuktaṃ kurudhvam iti vādini |
mṛgāṅkadatte dinakṛdviśaśrāmāstamastake || 104 ||
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tatas tatra triyāmāṃ tāṃ skandhāvāre viśaśramuḥ |
te karmāntikakḷpteṣu niveśeṣu yathocitam || 105 ||
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prātar mṛgāṅkadattaś ca visasarja guṇākaram |
kirātarājamānetuṃ suhṛdaṃ śaktirakṣitam || 106 ||
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tena gatvoktavṛttāntaḥ svalpair eva dinaiś ca saḥ |
tadyukto 'timahāsainyaḥ kirātapatirāyayau || 107 ||
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padātilakṣadaśakaṃ dve lakṣe vājināmapi |
mahāvīrādhirūḍhānāmayutaṃ mattadantinām || 108 ||
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aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi rathānāṃ ca mahīpatim |
anvāyayur dhvajacchattrasaṃchāditanabhāṃsi tam || 109 ||
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mṛgāṅkadattaś ca mudā pratyudgamyābhipūjya tam |
prāveśayatsakaṭakaṃ sasuhṛtsacivo nṛpam || 110 ||
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tāvanmātaṅgarājasya ye 'py anye mittrabāndhavāḥ |
māyābaṭoś ca taddattadūtāḥ sarve 'py upāyayuḥ || 111 ||
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vavṛdhe ca lasannādaḥ saṃmiladvāhinīśataḥ |
mṛgāṅkadattahṛdayānandaḥ śibiravāridhiḥ || 112 ||
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muktāmṛgamadair vastrair māṃsabhāraiḥ phalāsavaiḥ |
tānsa durgapiśāco 'tra nṛpatīnsamamānayat || 113 ||
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snānānulepanāhārapānaśayyādyanuttamam |
sarvebhyaḥ śabarādhīśo māyābaṭurupāharat || 114 ||
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mṛgāṅkadattaś caikatra bubhuje nikhilaiḥ saha |
tair yathocitabhūbhāgeṣūpaviṣṭair nareśvaraiḥ || 115 ||
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api mātaṅgarājaṃ taṃ so 'gre dūrādabhojayat |
kāryaṃ deśaś ca kālaś ca garīyānna punaḥ pumān || 116 ||
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viśrānte ca navāyāte kirātādibale tataḥ |
mṛgāṅkadattaḥ so 'nyedyurdantidantāsanasthitaḥ || 117 ||
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asthāne rājalokasya yathārhakṛtasatkriyaḥ |
vijanīkṛtya mātaṅgarājādīnsuhrado 'bravīt || 118 ||
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idānīṃ kālahāraḥ kiṃ kriyate kiṃ na gamyate |
anena sarvasainyena śīghramujjayinīṃ prati || 119 ||
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tac chrutvā śrutadhīrvipro rājaputraṃ jagāda tam |
śṛṇu deva vadāmyatra yathā nītividāṃ matam || 120 ||
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kāryākāryavibhāgaḥ prāgboddhavyo vijigīṣuṇā |
asādhyaṃ yadupāyena tadakāryaṃ parityajet || 121 ||
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tatkāryaṃ yadupāyena sādhyaṃ tatra caturvidhaḥ |
upāyaḥ sāma dānaṃ ca bhedo daṇḍa iti smṛtaḥ || 122 ||
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pūrvaḥ pūrvo varasteṣāṃ nikṛṣṭaś ca paraḥ paraḥ |
tasmātsāmaprayogas te pūrvaṃ deveha yujyate || 123 ||
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nirlobhe karmasene hi rājñi dānaṃ na siddhaye |
na bhedo nahi santyasya kruddhalubdhāvamānitāḥ || 124 ||
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daṇḍaś ca durgadeśasthe tasminnatibalādhike |
nṛpair ajitapūrve 'nyaiḥ prayuktaḥ saṃśayāvahaḥ || 125 ||
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aviśvāsyā ca yuddheṣu jayaśrīr balinām api |
na ca kanyārthino yuktaḥ kartuṃ tadbāndhavakṣayaḥ || 126 ||
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tattasya rājñaḥ sāmnaiva dūtastāvadvisṛjyatām |
tadasiddhau haṭhāyāto daṇḍa eva prayokṣyate || 127 ||
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ityetac chrutadhervākyaṃ sarve tatra tatheti te |
śraddadhuḥ praśaśaṃsuś ca tasya mantrakramajñatām || 128 ||
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tataḥ saṃmantrya tair eva samaṃ dūtaguṇānvitam |
kirātarājānucaraṃ tadākhyātaṃ dvijottamam || 129 ||
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dūtaṃ suvigrahaṃ nāma karmasenāya bhūbhṛte |
mṛgāṅkadatto vyasṛjallekhasaṃdeśahāriṇam || 130 ||
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sa gatvojjayinīṃ dūtaḥ pratīhāraniveditaḥ |
vallabhāśvadvipākīrṇakakṣyāntaramanoramam || 131 ||
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praviśya rājabhavanaṃ siṃhāsanagataṃ nṛpam |
dadarśa karmasenaṃ taṃ mantribhiḥ parivāritam || 132 ||
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praṇamya cāsanāsīnaḥ sa pṛṣṭakuśalaḥ kramāt |
rājñābhinanditastena lekhaṃ tasmai samarpayat || 133 ||
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ādāya taṃ ca tanmantrī mudrākṣepaprasāritam |
prajñākoṣābhidhāno 'tra spaṣṭamevamavācayat || 134 ||
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svasti śrīkarabhagrīvakoṭṭamūlāṭavītaṭāt |
mahārājādhirājasya putro 'yodhyāpurīpateḥ || 135 ||
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śrīmato 'maradattasya mahīmaṇḍalamaṇḍanam |
śrīmānmṛgāṅkadatto 'tra prahvopanatarājakaḥ || 136 ||
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ujjayinyāṃ mahārājakarmasenasya sādaram |
nijavaṃśapayodhīndoridaṃ saṃdiśati sphuṭam || 137 ||
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kanyā tavāsti sāvaśyaṃ deyānyasmai prayaccha tat |
mahyaṃ tāṃ sadṛśī sā me bhāryādiṣṭā hi daivataiḥ || 138 ||
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evaṃ nau bandhubhāvaḥ syānnaśyetpūrvā ca vairitā |
no cennijabhujāveva prārthayiṣye 'tra vastuni || 139 ||
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ity atra vācite lekhe prajñākoṣeṇa mantriṇā |
rājā sakopaḥ sacivān karmaseno jagāda saḥ || 140 ||
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vipakṣāste sadāsmākamanātmajñena tena ca |
etat tathaiva saṃdiṣṭaṃ paśyatādyāsamañjasam || 141 ||
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ātmābhilikhitaḥ pūrvaṃ vayaṃ paścādavajñayā |
darpādhmātena paryante bāhuvīryam udīritam || 142 ||
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tan na me pratisaṃdeśo yogyaḥ kanyākathaiva kā |
gaccha dūta bhavatsvāmī yatsa vetti karotu tat || 143 ||
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ity uktaḥ karmasenena rājñā dūto 'tra sa dvijaḥ |
suvigrahastamojasvī kramāyātam abhāṣata || 144 ||
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adṛṣṭvā rājaputraṃ taṃ saṃpratyojāyase jaḍa |
sajjo bhavāgate tasminvetsyasi svaparāntaram || 145 ||
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iti tenodite rājasabhā kṣobhamiyāya sā |
gacchāvadhyo 'si kiṃ kurma iti kruddho 'bhyadhānnṛpaḥ || 146 ||
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anye 'tra dantadaṣṭauṣṭhā mṛdnantaḥ svān karān karaiḥ |
kiṃ nādhunaiva gatvā taṃ hanma ity abruvan mithaḥ || 147 ||
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yātvayaṃ baṭuvācāṭasyāsya kiṃ kupyate girā |
drakṣyate yatkariṣyāma ityūcurdhair yataḥ pare || 148 ||
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bhrūbhaṅgaiḥ kecidāsannacāparopaṇasūcanam |
kurvanta iva niḥśabdaṃ tasthuḥ kopāruṇair mukhaiḥ || 149 ||
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evaṃ sabhāyāṃ kruddhāyāṃ sa nirgatya suvigrahaḥ |
dūto mṛgāṅkadattasya pārśvaṃ svakaṭakaṃ yayau || 150 ||
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tasmai sa karmasenoktaṃ samitrāya śaśaṃsa tat |
so 'pyādideśa tac chrutvā yātrāṃ sainye nṛpātmajaḥ || 151 ||
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tataḥ svāmyādeśaprabalapavanāpātavidhuto balāmbhodhir dhāvan naraturagamātaṅgamakaraḥ |
sapakṣāṇāṃ tanvan manasi paritoṣaṃ kṣitibhṛtāṃ sa saṃprāpa kṣobhaṃ pratibhayakaraṃ kātaranṛṇām || 152 ||
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kṣitimatha vidadhadbalāśvalālā gajamadakardamitāṃ mṛgāṅkadattaḥ |
badhiritabhuvanaḥ sa tūryanādair udacaladujjayinīṃ śanair jayāya || 153 ||
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