 | Book 1 Chapter 63
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | sa kadā cin mahābāhuḥ prabhūtabalavāhanaḥ
vanaṃ jagāma gahanaṃ hayanāgaśatair vṛtaḥ
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| 2 | khaḍgaśaktidharair vīrair gadāmusalapāṇibhiḥ
prāsatomarahastaiś ca yayau yodhaśatair vṛtaḥ
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| 3 | siṃhanādaiś ca yodhānāṃ śaṅkhadundubhinisvanaiḥ
rathanemisvanaiś cāpi sanāgavarabṛṃhitaiḥ
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| 4 | heṣitasvanamiśraiś ca kṣveḍitāsphoṭitasvanaiḥ
āsīt kilakilāśabdas tasmin gacchati pārthive
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| 5 | prāsādavaraśṛṅgasthāḥ parayā nṛpaśobhayā
dadṛśus taṃ striyas tatra śūram ātmayaśaskaram
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| 6 | śakropamam amitraghnaṃ paravāraṇavāraṇam
paśyantaḥ strīgaṇās tatra śastrapāṇiṃ sma menire
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| 7 | ayaṃ sa puruṣavyāghro raṇe 'dbhutaparākramaḥ
yasya bāhubalaṃ prāpya na bhavanty asuhṛdgaṇāḥ
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| 8 | iti vāco bruvantyas tāḥ striyaḥ premṇā narādhipam
tuṣṭuvuḥ puṣpavṛṣṭīś ca sasṛjus tasya mūrdhani
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| 9 | tatra tatra ca viprendraiḥ stūyamānaḥ samantataḥ
niryayau parayā prītyā vanaṃ mṛgajighāṃsayā
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| 10 | sudūram anujagmus taṃ paurajānapadās tadā
nyavartanta tataḥ paścād anujñātā nṛpeṇa ha
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| 11 | suparṇapratimenātha rathena vasudhādhipaḥ
mahīm āpūrayām āsa ghoṣeṇa tridivaṃ tathā
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| 12 | sa gacchan dadṛśe dhīmān nandanapratimaṃ vanam
bilvārkakhadirākīrṇaṃ kapitthadhavasaṃkulam
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| 13 | viṣamaṃ parvataprasthair aśmabhiś ca samāvṛtam
nirjalaṃ nirmanuṣyaṃ ca bahuyojanam āyatam
mṛgasaṃghair vṛtaṃ ghorair anyaiś cāpi vanecaraiḥ
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| 14 | tad vanaṃ manujavyāghraḥ sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ
loḍayām āsa duḥṣantaḥ sūdayan vividhān mṛgān
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| 15 | bāṇagocarasaṃprāptāṃs tatra vyāghragaṇān bahūn
pātayām āsa duḥṣanto nirbibheda ca sāyakaiḥ
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| 16 | dūrasthān sāyakaiḥ kāṃś cid abhinat sa nararṣabhaḥ
abhyāśam āgatāṃś cānyān khaḍgena nirakṛntata
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| 17 | kāṃś cid eṇān sa nirjaghne śaktyā śaktimatāṃ varaḥ
gadāmaṇḍalatattvajñaś cacārāmitavikramaḥ
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| 18 | tomarair asibhiś cāpi gadāmusalakarpaṇaiḥ
cacāra sa vinighnan vai vanyāṃs tatra mṛgadvijān
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| 19 | rājñā cādbhutavīryeṇa yodhaiś ca samarapriyaiḥ
loḍyamānaṃ mahāraṇyaṃ tatyajuś ca mahāmṛgāḥ
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| 20 | tatra vidrutasaṃghāni hatayūthapatīni ca
mṛgayūthāny athautsukyāc chabdaṃ cakrus tatas tataḥ
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| 21 | śuṣkāṃ cāpi nadīṃ gatvā jalanairāśyakarśitāḥ
vyāyāmaklāntahṛdayāḥ patanti sma vicetasaḥ
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| 22 | kṣutpipāsāparītāś ca śrāntāś ca patitā bhuvi
ke cit tatra naravyāghrair abhakṣyanta bubhukṣitaiḥ
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| 23 | ke cid agnim athotpādya samidhya ca vanecarāḥ
bhakṣayanti sma māṃsāni prakuṭya vidhivat tadā
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| 24 | tatra ke cid gajā mattā balinaḥ śastravikṣatāḥ
saṃkocyāgrakarān bhītāḥ pradravanti sma vegitāḥ
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| 25 | śakṛnmūtraṃ sṛjantaś ca kṣarantaḥ śoṇitaṃ bahu
vanyā gajavarās tatra mamṛdur manujān bahūn
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| 26 | tad vanaṃ balameghena śaradhāreṇa saṃvṛtam
vyarocan mahiṣākīrṇaṃ rājñā hatamahāmṛgam
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