 | Book 1 Chapter 222
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| 1 | jaritovāca
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| 1 | asmād bilān niṣpatitaṃ śyena ākhuṃ jahāra tam
kṣudraṃ gṛhītvā pādābhyāṃ bhayaṃ na bhavitā tataḥ
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| 2 | śārṅgakā ūcuḥ
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| 2 | na hṛtaṃ taṃ vayaṃ vidmaḥ śyenenākhuṃ kathaṃ cana
anye 'pi bhavitāro 'tra tebhyo 'pi bhayam eva naḥ
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| 3 | saṃśayo hy agnir āgacched dṛṣṭaṃ vāyor nivartanam
mṛtyur no bilavāsibhyo bhaven mātar asaṃśayam
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| 4 | niḥsaṃśayāt saṃśayito mṛtyur mātar viśiṣyate
cara khe tvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ putrān vetsyasi śobhanān
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| 5 | jaritovāca
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| 5 | ahaṃ vai śyenam āyāntam adrākṣaṃ bilam antikāt
saṃcarantaṃ samādāya jahārākhuṃ bilād balī
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| 6 | taṃ patantam ahaṃ śyenaṃ tvaritā pṛṣṭhato 'nvagām
āśiṣo 'sya prayuñjānā harato mūṣakaṃ bilāt
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| 7 | yo no dveṣṭāram ādāya śyenarāja pradhāvasi
bhava tvaṃ divam āsthāya niramitro hiraṇmayaḥ
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| 8 | yadā sa bhakṣitas tena kṣudhitena patatriṇā
tadāhaṃ tam anujñāpya pratyupāyāṃ gṛhān prati
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| 9 | praviśadhvaṃ bilaṃ putrā viśrabdhā nāsti vo bhayam
śyenena mama paśyantyā hṛta ākhur na saṃśayaḥ
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| 10 | śārṅgakā ūcuḥ
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| 10 | na vidma vai vayaṃ mātar hṛtam ākhum itaḥ purā
avijñāya na śakṣyāmo bilam āviśatuṃ vayam
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| 11 | jaritovāca
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| 11 | ahaṃ hi taṃ prajānāmi hṛtaṃ śyenena mūṣakam
ata eva bhayaṃ nāsti kriyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama
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| 12 | śārṅgakā ūcuḥ
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| 12 | na tvaṃ mithyopacāreṇa mokṣayethā bhayaṃ mahat
samākuleṣu jñāneṣu na buddhikṛtam eva tat
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| 13 | na copakṛtam asmābhir na cāsmān vettha ye vayam
pīḍyamānā bharasy asmān kā satī ke vayaṃ tava
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| 14 | taruṇī darśanīyāsi samarthā bhartur eṣaṇe
anugaccha svabhartāraṃ putrān āpsyasi śobhanān
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| 15 | vayam apy agnim āviśya lokān prāpsyāmahe śubhān
athāsmān na dahed agnir āyās tvaṃ punar eva naḥ
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| 16 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 16 | evam uktā tataḥ śārṅgī putrān utsṛjya khāṇḍave
jagāma tvaritā deśaṃ kṣemam agner anāśrayam
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| 17 | tatas tīkṣṇārcir abhyāgāj jvalito havyavāhanaḥ
yatra śārṅgā babhūvus te mandapālasya putrakāḥ
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| 18 | te śārṅgā jvalanaṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalitaṃ svena tejasā
jaritāris tato vācaṃ śrāvayām āsa pāvakam
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