 | Book 1 Chapter 167
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| 1 | gandharva uvāca
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| 1 | tato dṛṣṭvāśramapadaṃ rahitaṃ taiḥ sutair muniḥ
nirjagāma suduḥkhārtaḥ punar evāśramāt tataḥ
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| 2 | so 'paśyat saritaṃ pūrṇāṃ prāvṛṭkāle navāmbhasā
vṛkṣān bahuvidhān pārtha vahantīṃ tīrajān bahūn
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| 3 | atha cintāṃ samāpede punaḥ pauravanandana
ambhasy asyā nimajjeyam iti duḥkhasamanvitaḥ
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| 4 | tataḥ pāśais tadātmānaṃ gāḍhaṃ baddhvā mahāmuniḥ
tasyā jale mahānadyā nimamajja suduḥkhitaḥ
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| 5 | atha chittvā nadī pāśāṃs tasyāribalamardana
samasthaṃ tam ṛṣiṃ kṛtvā vipāśaṃ samavāsṛjat
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| 6 | uttatāra tataḥ pāśair vimuktaḥ sa mahān ṛṣiḥ
vipāśeti ca nāmāsyā nadyāś cakre mahān ṛṣiḥ
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| 7 | śoke buddhiṃ tataś cakre na caikatra vyatiṣṭhata
so 'gacchat parvatāṃś caiva saritaś ca sarāṃsi ca
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| 8 | tataḥ sa punar evarṣir nadīṃ haimavatīṃ tadā
caṇḍagrāhavatīṃ dṛṣṭvā tasyāḥ srotasy avāpatat
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| 9 | sā tam agnisamaṃ vipram anucintya saridvarā
śatadhā vidrutā yasmāc chatadrur iti viśrutā
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| 10 | tataḥ sthalagataṃ dṛṣṭvā tatrāpy ātmānam ātmanā
martuṃ na śakyam ity uktvā punar evāśramaṃ yayau
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| 11 | vadhvādṛśyantyānugata āśramābhimukho vrajan
atha śuśrāva saṃgatyā vedādhyayananiḥsvanam
pṛṣṭhataḥ paripūrṇārthaiḥ ṣaḍbhir aṅgair alaṃkṛtam
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| 12 | anuvrajati ko nv eṣa mām ity eva ca so 'bravīt
ahaṃ tv adṛśyatī nāmnā taṃ snuṣā pratyabhāṣata
śakter bhāryā mahābhāga tapoyuktā tapasvinī
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| 13 | vasiṣṭha uvāca
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| 13 | putri kasyaiṣa sāṅgasya vedasyādhyayanasvanaḥ
purā sāṅgasya vedasya śakter iva mayā śrutaḥ
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| 14 | adṛśyanty uvāca
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| 14 | ayaṃ kukṣau samutpannaḥ śakter garbhaḥ sutasya te
samā dvādaśa tasyeha vedān abhyasato mune
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| 15 | gandharva uvāca
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| 15 | evam uktas tato hṛṣṭo vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhabhāg ṛṣiḥ
asti saṃtānam ity uktvā mṛtyoḥ pārtha nyavartata
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| 16 | tataḥ pratinivṛttaḥ sa tayā vadhvā sahānagha
kalmāṣapādam āsīnaṃ dadarśa vijane vane
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| 17 | sa tu dṛṣṭvaiva taṃ rājā kruddha utthāya bhārata
āviṣṭo rakṣasogreṇa iyeṣāttuṃ tataḥ sma tam
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| 18 | adṛśyantī tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā krūrakarmāṇam agrataḥ
bhayasaṃvignayā vācā vasiṣṭham idam abravīt
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| 19 | asau mṛtyur ivogreṇa daṇḍena bhagavann itaḥ
pragṛhītena kāṣṭhena rākṣaso 'bhyeti bhīṣaṇaḥ
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| 20 | taṃ nivārayituṃ śakto nānyo 'sti bhuvi kaś cana
tvad ṛte 'dya mahābhāga sarvavedavidāṃ vara
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| 21 | trāhi māṃ bhagavan pāpād asmād dāruṇadarśanāt
rakṣo attum iha hy āvāṃ nūnam etac cikīrṣati
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