 | Book 3 Chapter 52
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| 1 | bṛhadaśva uvāca
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| 1 | tebhyaḥ pratijñāya nalaḥ kariṣya iti bhārata
athainān paripapraccha kṛtāñjalir avasthitaḥ
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| 2 | ke vai bhavantaḥ kaś cāsau yasyāhaṃ dūta īpsitaḥ
kiṃ ca tatra mayā kāryaṃ kathayadhvaṃ yathātatham
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| 3 | evam ukte naiṣadhena maghavān pratyabhāṣata
amarān vai nibodhāsmān damayantyartham āgatān
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| 4 | aham indro 'yam agniś ca tathaivāyam apāṃpatiḥ
śarīrāntakaro nṝṇāṃ yamo 'yam api pārthiva
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| 5 | sa vai tvam āgatān asmān damayantyai nivedaya
lokapālāḥ sahendrās tvāṃ samāyānti didṛkṣavaḥ
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| 6 | prāptum icchanti devās tvāṃ śakro 'gnir varuṇo yamaḥ
teṣām anyatamaṃ devaṃ patitve varayasva ha
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| 7 | evam uktaḥ sa śakreṇa nalaḥ prāñjalir abravīt
ekārthasamavetaṃ māṃ na preṣayitum arhatha
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| 8 | devā ūcuḥ
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| 8 | kariṣya iti saṃśrutya pūrvam asmāsu naiṣadha
na kariṣyasi kasmāt tvaṃ vraja naiṣadha māciram
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| 9 | bṛhadaśva uvāca
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| 9 | evam uktaḥ sa devais tair naiṣadhaḥ punar abravīt
surakṣitāni veśmāni praveṣṭuṃ katham utsahe
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| 10 | pravekṣyasīti taṃ śakraḥ punar evābhyabhāṣata
jagāma sa tathety uktvā damayantyā niveśanam
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| 11 | dadarśa tatra vaidarbhīṃ sakhīgaṇasamāvṛtām
dedīpyamānāṃ vapuṣā śriyā ca varavarṇinīm
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| 12 | atīva sukumārāṅgīṃ tanumadhyāṃ sulocanām
ākṣipantīm iva ca bhāḥ śaśinaḥ svena tejasā
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| 13 | tasya dṛṣṭvaiva vavṛdhe kāmas tāṃ cāruhāsinīm
satyaṃ cikīrṣamāṇas tu dhārayām āsa hṛcchayam
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| 14 | tatas tā naiṣadhaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃbhrāntāḥ paramāṅganāḥ
āsanebhyaḥ samutpetus tejasā tasya dharṣitāḥ
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| 15 | praśaśaṃsuś ca suprītā nalaṃ tā vismayānvitāḥ
na cainam abhyabhāṣanta manobhis tv abhyacintayan
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| 16 | aho rūpam aho kāntir aho dhairyaṃ mahātmanaḥ
ko 'yaṃ devo nu yakṣo nu gandharvo nu bhaviṣyati
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| 17 | na tv enaṃ śaknuvanti sma vyāhartum api kiṃ cana
tejasā dharṣitāḥ sarvā lajjāvatyo varāṅganāḥ
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| 18 | athainaṃ smayamāneva smitapūrvābhibhāṣiṇī
damayantī nalaṃ vīram abhyabhāṣata vismitā
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| 19 | kas tvaṃ sarvānavadyāṅga mama hṛcchayavardhana
prāpto 'sy amaravad vīra jñātum icchāmi te 'nagha
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| 20 | katham āgamanaṃ ceha kathaṃ cāsi na lakṣitaḥ
surakṣitaṃ hi me veśma rājā caivograśāsanaḥ
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| 21 | evam uktas tu vaidarbhyā nalas tāṃ pratyuvāca ha
nalaṃ māṃ viddhi kalyāṇi devadūtam ihāgatam
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| 22 | devās tvāṃ prāptum icchanti śakro 'gnir varuṇo yamaḥ
teṣām anyatamaṃ devaṃ patiṃ varaya śobhane
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| 23 | teṣām eva prabhāvena praviṣṭo 'ham alakṣitaḥ
praviśantaṃ hi māṃ kaś cin nāpaśyan nāpy avārayat
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| 24 | etadartham ahaṃ bhadre preṣitaḥ surasattamaiḥ
etac chrutvā śubhe buddhiṃ prakuruṣva yathecchasi
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