 | Book 1 Chapter 23
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| 1 | sūta uvāca
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| 1 | suparṇenohyamānās te jagmus taṃ deśam āśu vai
sāgarāmbuparikṣiptaṃ pakṣisaṃghanināditam
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| 2 | vicitraphalapuṣpābhir vanarājibhir āvṛtam
bhavanair āvṛtaṃ ramyais tathā padmākarair api
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| 3 | prasannasalilaiś cāpi hradaiś citrair vibhūṣitam
divyagandhavahaiḥ puṇyair mārutair upavījitam
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| 4 | upajighradbhir ākāśaṃ vṛkṣair malayajair api
śobhitaṃ puṣpavarṣāṇi muñcadbhir mārutoddhutaiḥ
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| 5 | kiradbhir iva tatrasthān nāgān puṣpāmbuvṛṣṭibhiḥ
manaḥsaṃharṣaṇaṃ puṇyaṃ gandharvāpsarasāṃ priyam
nānāpakṣirutaṃ ramyaṃ kadrūputrapraharṣaṇam
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| 6 | tat te vanaṃ samāsādya vijahruḥ pannagā mudā
abruvaṃś ca mahāvīryaṃ suparṇaṃ patagottamam
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| 7 | vahāsmān aparaṃ dvīpaṃ suramyaṃ vipulodakam
tvaṃ hi deśān bahūn ramyān patan paśyasi khecara
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| 8 | sa vicintyābravīt pakṣī mātaraṃ vinatāṃ tadā
kiṃ kāraṇaṃ mayā mātaḥ kartavyaṃ sarpabhāṣitam
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| 9 | vinatovāca
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| 9 | dāsībhūtāsmy anāryāyā bhaginyāḥ patagottama
paṇaṃ vitatham āsthāya sarpair upadhinā kṛtam
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| 10 | sūta uvāca
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| 10 | tasmiṃs tu kathite mātrā kāraṇe gaganecaraḥ
uvāca vacanaṃ sarpāṃs tena duḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ
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| 11 | kim āhṛtya viditvā vā kiṃ vā kṛtveha pauruṣam
dāsyād vo vipramucyeyaṃ satyaṃ śaṃsata lelihāḥ
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| 12 | śrutvā tam abruvan sarpā āharāmṛtam ojasā
tato dāsyād vipramokṣo bhavitā tava khecara
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