 | Book 1 Chapter 4
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lomaharṣaṇaputra ugraśravāḥ sūtaḥ paurāṇiko naimiṣāraṇye śaunakasya kulapater dvādaśavārṣike satre ṛṣe
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| 2 | paurāṇikaḥ purāṇe kṛtaśramaḥ sa tān kṛtāñjalir uvāca
kiṃ bhavantaḥ śrotum icchanti
kim ahaṃ bruvāṇīti
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| 3 | tam ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
paramaṃ lomaharṣaṇe prakṣyāmas tvāṃ vakṣyasi ca naḥ śuśrūṣatāṃ kathāyogam
tad bhagavāṃs tu tāvac chaunako 'gniśaraṇam adhyāste
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| 4 | yo 'sau divyāḥ kathā veda devatāsurasaṃkathāḥ
manuṣyoragagandharvakathā veda ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 5 | sa cāpy asmin makhe saute vidvān kulapatir dvijaḥ
dakṣo dhṛtavrato dhīmāñ śāstre cāraṇyake guruḥ
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| 6 | satyavādī śamaparas tapasvī niyatavrataḥ
sarveṣām eva no mānyaḥ sa tāvat pratipālyatām
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| 7 | tasminn adhyāsati gurāv āsanaṃ paramārcitam
tato vakṣyasi yat tvāṃ sa prakṣyati dvijasattamaḥ
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| 8 | sūta uvāca
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| 8 | evam astu gurau tasminn upaviṣṭe mahātmani
tena pṛṣṭaḥ kathāḥ puṇyā vakṣyāmi vividhāśrayāḥ
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| 9 | so 'tha viprarṣabhaḥ kāryaṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ yathākramam
devān vāgbhiḥ pitṝn adbhis tarpayitvājagāma ha
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| 10 | yatra brahmarṣayaḥ siddhās ta āsīnā yatavratāḥ
yajñāyatanam āśritya sūtaputrapuraḥsarāḥ
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| 11 | ṛtvikṣv atha sadasyeṣu sa vai gṛhapatis tataḥ
upaviṣṭeṣūpaviṣṭaḥ śaunako 'thābravīd idam
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