 | Book 1 Chapter 217
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tau rathābhyāṃ naravyāghrau dāvasyobhayataḥ sthitau
dikṣu sarvāsu bhūtānāṃ cakrāte kadanaṃ mahat
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| 2 | yatra yatra hi dṛśyante prāṇinaḥ khāṇḍavālayāḥ
palāyantas tatra tatra tau vīrau paryadhāvatām
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| 3 | chidraṃ hi na prapaśyanti rathayor āśuvikramāt
āviddhāv iva dṛśyete rathinau tau rathottamau
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| 4 | khāṇḍave dahyamāne tu bhūtāny atha sahasraśaḥ
utpetur bhairavān nādān vinadanto diśo daśa
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| 5 | dagdhaikadeśā bahavo niṣṭaptāś ca tathāpare
sphuṭitākṣā viśīrṇāś ca viplutāś ca vicetasaḥ
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| 6 | samāliṅgya sutān anye pitṝn mātṝṃs tathāpare
tyaktuṃ na śekuḥ snehena tathaiva nidhanaṃ gatāḥ
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| 7 | vikṛtair darśanair anye samutpetuḥ sahasraśaḥ
tatra tatra vighūrṇantaḥ punar agnau prapedire
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| 8 | dagdhapakṣākṣicaraṇā viceṣṭanto mahītale
tatra tatra sma dṛśyante vinaśyantaḥ śarīriṇaḥ
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| 9 | jalasthāneṣu sarveṣu kvāthyamāneṣu bhārata
gatasattvāḥ sma dṛśyante kūrmamatsyāḥ sahasraśaḥ
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| 10 | śarīraiḥ saṃpradīptaiś ca dehavanta ivāgnayaḥ
adṛśyanta vane tasmin prāṇinaḥ prāṇasaṃkṣaye
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| 11 | tāṃs tathotpatataḥ pārthaḥ śaraiḥ saṃchidya khaṇḍaśaḥ
dīpyamāne tataḥ prāsyat prahasan kṛṣṇavartmani
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| 12 | te śarācitasarvāṅgā vinadanto mahāravān
ūrdhvam utpatya vegena nipetuḥ pāvake punaḥ
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| 13 | śarair abhyāhatānāṃ ca dahyatāṃ ca vanaukasām
virāvaḥ śrūyate ha sma samudrasyeva mathyataḥ
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| 14 | vahneś cāpi prahṛṣṭasya kham utpetur mahārciṣaḥ
janayām āsur udvegaṃ sumahāntaṃ divaukasām
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| 15 | tato jagmur mahātmānaḥ sarva eva divaukasaḥ
śaraṇaṃ devarājānaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ puraṃdaram
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| 16 | devā ūcuḥ
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| 16 | kiṃ nv ime mānavāḥ sarve dahyante kṛṣṇavartmanā
kaccin na saṃkṣayaḥ prāpto lokānām amareśvara
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| 17 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 17 | tac chrutvā vṛtrahā tebhyaḥ svayam evānvavekṣya ca
khāṇḍavasya vimokṣārthaṃ prayayau harivāhanaḥ
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| 18 | mahatā meghajālena nānārūpeṇa vajrabhṛt
ākāśaṃ samavastīrya pravavarṣa sureśvaraḥ
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| 19 | tato 'kṣamātrā visṛjan dhārāḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
abhyavarṣat sahasrākṣaḥ pāvakaṃ khāṇḍavaṃ prati
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| 20 | asaṃprāptās tu tā dhārās tejasā jātavedasaḥ
kha eva samaśuṣyanta na kāś cit pāvakaṃ gatāḥ
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| 21 | tato namucihā kruddho bhṛśam arciṣmatas tadā
punar evābhyavarṣat tam ambhaḥ pravisṛjan bahu
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| 22 | arcir dhārābhisaṃbaddhaṃ dhūmavidyutsamākulam
babhūva tad vanaṃ ghoraṃ stanayitnusaghoṣavat
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