 | Book 1 Chapter 62
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | tvattaḥ śrutam idaṃ brahman devadānavarakṣasām
aṃśāvataraṇaṃ samyag gandharvāpsarasāṃ tathā
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| 2 | imaṃ tu bhūya icchāmi kurūṇāṃ vaṃśam āditaḥ
kathyamānaṃ tvayā vipra viprarṣigaṇasaṃnidhau
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| 3 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 3 | pauravāṇāṃ vaṃśakaro duḥṣanto nāma vīryavān
pṛthivyāś caturantāyā goptā bharatasattama
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| 4 | caturbhāgaṃ bhuvaḥ kṛtsnaṃ sa bhuṅkte manujeśvaraḥ
samudrāvaraṇāṃś cāpi deśān sa samitiṃjayaḥ
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| 5 | āmlecchāṭavikān sarvān sa bhuṅkte ripumardanaḥ
ratnākarasamudrāntāṃś cāturvarṇyajanāvṛtān
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| 6 | na varṇasaṃkarakaro nākṛṣyakarakṛjjanaḥ
na pāpakṛt kaś cid āsīt tasmin rājani śāsati
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| 7 | dharmyāṃ ratiṃ sevamānā dharmārthāv abhipedire
tadā narā naravyāghra tasmiñ janapadeśvare
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| 8 | nāsīc corabhayaṃ tāta na kṣudhābhayam aṇv api
nāsīd vyādhibhayaṃ cāpi tasmiñ janapadeśvare
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| 9 | svair dharmai remire varṇā daive karmaṇi niḥspṛhāḥ
tam āśritya mahīpālam āsaṃś caivākutobhayāḥ
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| 10 | kālavarṣī ca parjanyaḥ sasyāni phalavanti ca
sarvaratnasamṛddhā ca mahī vasumatī tadā
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| 11 | sa cādbhutamahāvīryo vajrasaṃhanano yuvā
udyamya mandaraṃ dorbhyāṃ haret savanakānanam
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| 12 | dhanuṣy atha gadāyuddhe tsarupraharaṇeṣu ca
nāgapṛṣṭhe 'śvapṛṣṭhe ca babhūva pariniṣṭhitaḥ
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| 13 | bale viṣṇusamaś cāsīt tejasā bhāskaropamaḥ
akṣubdhatve 'rṇavasamaḥ sahiṣṇutve dharāsamaḥ
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| 14 | saṃmataḥ sa mahīpālaḥ prasannapurarāṣṭravān
bhūyo dharmaparair bhāvair viditaṃ janam āvasat
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