Chapter 17

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|| brahmovāca |
gateṣu teṣu deveṣu śakraḥ sasmāra vai smaram |
pīḍitastārakenātidetyena ca durātmanā || 1 ||
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āgatastatkṣaṇātkāmassavasaṃto ratipriyaḥ |
sāvalepo yuto ratyā trailokya vijayī prabhuḥ || 2 ||
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praṇāmaṃ ca tataḥ kṛtvā sthitvā tatpuratassmaraḥ |
mahonnatamanāstāta sāṃjaliśśakramabravīt || 3 ||
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kāma uvāca |
kiṃ kāryyaṃ te samutpannaṃ smṛto'haṃ kena hetunā |
tattvaṃ kathaya deveśa tatkartuṃ samupāgataḥ || 4 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kaṃdarpasya sureśvaraḥ |
uvāca vacanaṃ prītyā yuktaṃ yuktamiti stuvan || 5 ||
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|| śakra uvāca |
tava sādhu samārambho yanme kāryyamupasthitam |
tatkaturmudyato'si tvaṃ dhanyo'si makaradhvaja || 6 ||
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prastutaṃ śṛṇu madvākyaṃ kathayāmi tavāgrataḥ |
madīyaṃ caiva yatkāryaṃ tvadīyaṃ tanna cānyathā || 7 ||
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mitrāṇi mama saṃtyeva bahūni sumahāṃti ca |
paraṃ tu smara sanmitraṃ tvattulyaṃ na hi kutracit || 8 ||
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jayārthaṃ me dvayaṃ tāta nirmitaṃ vajamuttamam |
vajraṃ ca niṣphalaṃ syādvai tvaṃ tu naiva kadācana || 9 ||
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yato hitaṃ prajāyeta tataḥ ko nu priyaḥ paraḥ |
tasmānmitravarastvaṃ hi matkāryyaṃ kartumarhasi || 10 ||
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mama duḥkhaṃ samutpannamasādhya cāpi kālajam |
kenāpi naiva tacchakyaṃ dūrīkartuṃ tvayā vinā || 11 ||
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dātuḥ parīkṣā durbhikṣe raṇe śūrasya jāyate |
āpatkāle tu mitrasyāśaktau strīṇāṃ kulasya hi || 12 ||
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vinaye saṃkaṭe prāpte'vitathasya parokṣataḥ |
susnehasya tathā tāta nānyathā satyamīritam || 13 ||
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prāptāyāṃ vai mamāpattāvavāryāyāṃ pareṇa hi |
parīkṣā ca tvadīyā'dya mitravarya bhaviṣyati || 14 ||
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na kevalaṃ madīyaṃ ca kāryyamasti sukhāvaham |
kiṃ tu sarvasurādīnāṃ kāryyametanna saṃśayaḥ || 15 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityetanmaghavadvākyaṃ śrutvā tu makaradhvajāḥ |
uvāca premagabhīraṃ vākyaṃ susmitapūrvakam || 16 ||
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|| kāma uvāca |
kimarthamitthaṃ vadasi nottaraṃ vacmyahaṃ tava |
upakṛtkṛtrimaṃ loke dṛśyate kathyate na ca || 17 ||
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saṅkaṭe bahu yo brūte sa kiṃ kāryyaṃ kariṣyati |
tathāpi ca mahārāja kathayāmi śṛṇu prabho || 18 ||
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padaṃ te karṣituṃ yo vai tapastapati dāruṇam |
pātayiṣyāmyahaṃ taṃ ca śatruṃ te mitra sarvathā || 19 ||
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kṣaṇena bhraṃśayiṣyāmi kaṭākṣeṇa varastriyāḥ |
devarṣidānavādīṃśca narāṇāṃ gaṇanā na me || 20 ||
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vajraṃ tiṣṭhatu dūre vai śastrāṇyanyānyanekaśaḥ |
kiṃ te kāryaṃ kariṣyaṃti mayi mitra upasthite || 21 ||
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brahmāṇaṃ vā hariṃ vāpi bhraṣṭaṃ kuryyāṃ na saṃśayaḥ |
anyeṣāṃ gaṇanā nāsti pātayeyaṃ haraṃ tvapi || 22 ||
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paṃcaiva mṛdavo bāṇāste ca puṣpamayā mama |
cāpastridhā puṣpamayaśśiṃjinī bhramarārjjitā |
balaṃ sudayitā me hi vasaṃtaḥ sacivassmṛtaḥ || 23 ||
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ahaṃ pañcabalodevā mitraṃ mama sudhānidhiḥ || 24 ||
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senādhipaśca śṛṃgāro hāvabhāvāśca sainikāḥ |
sarve me mṛdavaḥ śakra ahaṃ cāpi tathāvidhaḥ || 25 ||
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yadyena pūryate kāryyaṃ dhīmāṃstattena yojayet |
mama yogyaṃ tu yatkāryyaṃ sarvaṃ tanme niyojaya || 26 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
ityevaṃ tu vacastasya śrutvā śakrassuharṣitaḥ |
uvāca praṇamanvācā kāmaṃ kāṃtāsukhāvaham || 27 ||
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śakra uvāca |
yatkāryyaṃ manasoddiṣṭaṃ mayā tāta manobhava |
karttuṃ tattvaṃ samartho'si nānyasmāttasyasambhavaḥ || 28 ||
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śṛṇu kāma pravakṣyāmi yathārthaṃ mitrasattama |
yadarthe ca spṛhā jātā tava cādya manobhava || 29 ||
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tārakākhyo mahādaityo brahmaṇo varamadbhutam |
abhūdajeyassaṃprāpya sarveṣāmapi duḥkhadaḥ || 30 ||
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tena saṃpīḍyate loko naṣṭā dharmā hyanekaśaḥ |
duḥkhitā nirjarāssarve ṛṣayaśca tathākhilāḥ || 31 ||
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devaiśca sakalaistena kṛtaṃ yuddhaṃ yathābalam |
sarveṣāṃ cāyudhānyatra viphalānyabhavanpurā || 32 ||
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bhagnaḥ pāśo jaleśasya hariṃ cakraṃ sudarśanam |
tatkuṇṭhitamabhūttasya kaṇṭhe kṣiptaṃ ca viṣṇunā || 33 ||
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etasya maraṇaṃ proktaṃ prajeśena durātmanaḥ |
śambhorvīryodbhavādbālānmahāyogīśvarasya hi || 34 ||
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etatkāryyaṃ tvayā sādhu kartavyaṃ suprayatnataḥ |
tatassyānmitravaryyāti devānāṃ naḥ paraṃ sukham || 35 ||
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mamāpi vihitaṃ tasmātsarvalokasukhāvaham |
mitradharmaṃ hṛdi smṛtvā kartumarhasi sāṃpratam || 36 ||
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śaṃbhussa girirāje hi tapaḥ paramamāsthitaḥ |
sa prabhurnāpi kāmena svataṃtraḥ parameśvaraḥ || 37 ||
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tatsamīpe ca devātha pārvatī svasakhīyutā |
sevamānā tiṣṭhatīti pitrājñaptā mayā śrutam || 38 ||
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yathā tasyāṃ rucistasya śivasya niyatātmanaḥ |
jāyate nitarāṃ māra tathā kāryaṃ tvayā dhruvam || 39 ||
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iti kṛtvā kṛtī syāstvaṃ sarvaṃ duḥkhaṃ vinaṃkṣyati |
loke sthāyī pratāpaste bhaviṣyati na cānyathā || 40 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityuktasya tu kāmo hi praphullamukhapaṃkaja |
premṇovāceti deveśaṃ kariṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ || 41 ||
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ityuktvā vacanaṃ tasmai tathetyomiti tadvacaḥ |
agrahīttarasā kāmaḥ śivamāyāvimohitaḥ || 42 ||
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yatra yogīśvarassākṣāttapyate paramaṃ tapaḥ |
jagāma tatra suprītassadārassavasaṃtakaḥ || 43 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe śakra kāmasaṃvādavarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 17 ||
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