 | Book 1 Chapter 220
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | kimarthaṃ śārṅgakān agnir na dadāha tathāgate
tasmin vane dahyamāne brahmann etad vadāśu me
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| 2 | adāhe hy aśvasenasya dānavasya mayasya ca
kāraṇaṃ kīrtitaṃ brahmañ śārṅgakānāṃ na kīrtitam
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| 3 | tad etad adbhutaṃ brahmañ śārṅgānām avināśanam
kīrtayasvāgnisaṃmarde kathaṃ te na vināśitāḥ
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| 4 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 4 | yadarthaṃ śārṅgakān agnir na dadāha tathāgate
tat te sarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ kathayiṣyāmi bhārata
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| 5 | dharmajñānāṃ mukhyatamas tapasvī saṃśitavrataḥ
āsīn maharṣiḥ śrutavān mandapāla iti śrutaḥ
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| 6 | sa mārgam āsthito rājann ṛṣīṇām ūrdhvaretasām
svādhyāyavān dharmaratas tapasvī vijitendriyaḥ
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| 7 | sa gatvā tapasaḥ pāraṃ deham utsṛjya bhārata
jagāma pitṛlokāya na lebhe tatra tat phalam
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| 8 | sa lokān aphalān dṛṣṭvā tapasā nirjitān api
papraccha dharmarājasya samīpasthān divaukasaḥ
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| 9 | kimartham āvṛtā lokā mamaite tapasārjitāḥ
kiṃ mayā na kṛtaṃ tatra yasyedaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam
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| 10 | tatrāhaṃ tat kariṣyāmi yadartham idam āvṛtam
phalam etasya tapasaḥ kathayadhvaṃ divaukasaḥ
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| 11 | devā ūcuḥ
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| 11 | ṛṇino mānavā brahmañ jāyante yena tac chṛṇu
kriyābhir brahmacaryeṇa prajayā ca na saṃśayaḥ
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| 12 | tad apākriyate sarvaṃ yajñena tapasā sutaiḥ
tapasvī yajñakṛc cāsi na tu te vidyate prajā
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| 13 | ta ime prasavasyārthe tava lokāḥ samāvṛtāḥ
prajāyasva tato lokān upabhoktāsi śāśvatān
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| 14 | punnāmno narakāt putras trātīti pitaraṃ mune
tasmād apatyasaṃtāne yatasva dvijasattama
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| 15 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 15 | tac chrutvā mandapālas tu teṣāṃ vākyaṃ divaukasām
kva nu śīghram apatyaṃ syād bahulaṃ cety acintayat
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| 16 | sa cintayann abhyagacchad bahulaprasavān khagān
śārṅgikāṃ śārṅgako bhūtvā jaritāṃ samupeyivān
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| 17 | tasyāṃ putrān ajanayac caturo brahmavādinaḥ
tān apāsya sa tatraiva jagāma lapitāṃ prati
bālān sutān aṇḍagatān mātrā saha munir vane
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| 18 | tasmin gate mahābhāge lapitāṃ prati bhārata
apatyasnehasaṃvignā jaritā bahv acintayat
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| 19 | tena tyaktān asaṃtyājyān ṛṣīn aṇḍagatān vane
nājahat putrakān ārtā jaritā khāṇḍave nṛpa
babhāra caitān saṃjātān svavṛttyā snehaviklavā
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| 20 | tato 'gniṃ khāṇḍavaṃ dagdhum āyāntaṃ dṛṣṭavān ṛṣiḥ
mandapālaś caraṃs tasmin vane lapitayā saha
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| 21 | taṃ saṃkalpaṃ viditvāsya jñātvā putrāṃś ca bālakān
so 'bhituṣṭāva viprarṣir brāhmaṇo jātavedasam
putrān paridadad bhīto lokapālaṃ mahaujasam
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| 22 | mandapāla uvāca
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| 22 | tvam agne sarvadevānāṃ mukhaṃ tvam asi havyavāṭ
tvam antaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ gūḍhaś carasi pāvaka
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| 23 | tvām ekam āhuḥ kavayas tvām āhus trividhaṃ punaḥ
tvām aṣṭadhā kalpayitvā yajñavāham akalpayan
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| 24 | tvayā sṛṣṭam idaṃ viśvaṃ vadanti paramarṣayaḥ
tvad ṛte hi jagat kṛtsnaṃ sadyo na syād dhutāśana
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| 25 | tubhyaṃ kṛtvā namo viprāḥ svakarmavijitāṃ gatim
gacchanti saha patnībhiḥ sutair api ca śāśvatīm
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| 26 | tvām agne jaladān āhuḥ khe viṣaktān savidyutaḥ
dahanti sarvabhūtāni tvatto niṣkramya hāyanāḥ
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| 27 | jātavedas tavaiveyaṃ viśvasṛṣṭir mahādyute
tavaiva karma vihitaṃ bhūtaṃ sarvaṃ carācaram
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| 28 | tvayāpo vihitāḥ pūrvaṃ tvayi sarvam idaṃ jagat
tvayi havyaṃ ca kavyaṃ ca yathāvat saṃpratiṣṭhitam
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| 29 | agne tvam eva jvalanas tvaṃ dhātā tvaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ
tvam aśvinau yamau mitraḥ somas tvam asi cānilaḥ
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| 30 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 30 | evaṃ stutas tatas tena mandapālena pāvakaḥ
tutoṣa tasya nṛpate muner amitatejasaḥ
uvāca cainaṃ prītātmā kim iṣṭaṃ karavāṇi te
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| 31 | tam abravīn mandapālaḥ prāñjalir havyavāhanam
pradahan khāṇḍavaṃ dāvaṃ mama putrān visarjaya
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| 32 | tatheti tat pratiśrutya bhagavān havyavāhanaḥ
khāṇḍave tena kālena prajajvāla didhakṣayā
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