 | Book 3 Chapter 73
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| 1 | bṛhadaśva uvāca
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| 1 | damayantī tu tac chrutvā bhṛśaṃ śokaparāyaṇā
śaṅkamānā nalaṃ taṃ vai keśinīm idam abravīt
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| 2 | gaccha keśini bhūyas tvaṃ parīkṣāṃ kuru bāhuke
ābruvāṇā samīpasthā caritāny asya lakṣaya
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| 3 | yadā ca kiṃ cit kuryāt sa kāraṇaṃ tatra bhāmini
tatra saṃceṣṭamānasya saṃlakṣyaṃ te viceṣṭitam
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| 4 | na cāsya pratibandhena deyo 'gnir api bhāmini
yācate na jalaṃ deyaṃ samyag atvaramāṇayā
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| 5 | etat sarvaṃ samīkṣya tvaṃ caritaṃ me nivedaya
yac cānyad api paśyethās tac cākhyeyaṃ tvayā mama
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| 6 | damayantyaivam uktā sā jagāmāthāśu keśinī
niśāmya ca hayajñasya liṅgāni punar āgamat
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| 7 | sā tat sarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ damayantyai nyavedayat
nimittaṃ yat tadā dṛṣṭaṃ bāhuke divyamānuṣam
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| 8 | keśiny uvāca
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| 8 | dṛḍhaṃ śucyupacāro 'sau na mayā mānuṣaḥ kva cit
dṛṣṭapūrvaḥ śruto vāpi damayanti tathāvidhaḥ
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| 9 | hrasvam āsādya saṃcāraṃ nāsau vinamate kva cit
taṃ tu dṛṣṭvā yathāsaṅgam utsarpati yathāsukham
saṃkaṭe 'py asya sumahad vivaraṃ jāyate 'dhikam
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| 10 | ṛtuparṇasya cārthāya bhojanīyam anekaśaḥ
preṣitaṃ tatra rājñā ca māṃsaṃ subahu pāśavam
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| 11 | tasya prakṣālanārthāya kumbhas tatropakalpitaḥ
sa tenāvekṣitaḥ kumbhaḥ pūrṇa evābhavat tadā
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| 12 | tataḥ prakṣālanaṃ kṛtvā samadhiśritya bāhukaḥ
tṛṇamuṣṭiṃ samādāya āvidhyainaṃ samādadhat
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| 13 | atha prajvalitas tatra sahasā havyavāhanaḥ
tad adbhutatamaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitāham ihāgatā
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| 14 | anyac ca tasmin sumahad āścaryaṃ lakṣitaṃ mayā
yad agnim api saṃspṛśya naiva dahyaty asau śubhe
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| 15 | chandena codakaṃ tasya vahaty āvarjitaṃ drutam
atīva cānyat sumahad āścaryaṃ dṛṣṭavaty aham
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| 16 | yat sa puṣpāṇy upādāya hastābhyāṃ mamṛde śanaiḥ
mṛdyamānāni pāṇibhyāṃ tena puṣpāṇi tāny atha
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| 17 | bhūya eva sugandhīni hṛṣitāni bhavanti ca
etāny adbhutakalpāni dṛṣṭvāhaṃ drutam āgatā
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| 18 | bṛhadaśva uvāca
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| 18 | damayantī tu tac chrutvā puṇyaślokasya ceṣṭitam
amanyata nalaṃ prāptaṃ karmaceṣṭābhisūcitam
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| 19 | sā śaṅkamānā bhartāraṃ nalaṃ bāhukarūpiṇam
keśinīṃ ślakṣṇayā vācā rudatī punar abravīt
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| 20 | punar gaccha pramattasya bāhukasyopasaṃskṛtam
mahānasāc chṛtaṃ māṃsaṃ samādāyaihi bhāmini
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| 21 | sā gatvā bāhuke vyagre tan māṃsam apakṛṣya ca
atyuṣṇam eva tvaritā tatkṣaṇaṃ priyakāriṇī
damayantyai tataḥ prādāt keśinī kurunandana
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| 22 | socitā nalasiddhasya māṃsasya bahuśaḥ purā
prāśya matvā nalaṃ sūdaṃ prākrośad bhṛśaduḥkhitā
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| 23 | vaiklavyaṃ ca paraṃ gatvā prakṣālya ca mukhaṃ tataḥ
mithunaṃ preṣayām āsa keśinyā saha bhārata
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| 24 | indrasenāṃ saha bhrātrā samabhijñāya bāhukaḥ
abhidrutya tato rājā pariṣvajyāṅkam ānayat
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| 25 | bāhukas tu samāsādya sutau surasutopamau
bhṛśaṃ duḥkhaparītātmā sasvaraṃ prarudoda ha
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| 26 | naiṣadho darśayitvā tu vikāram asakṛt tadā
utsṛjya sahasā putrau keśinīm idam abravīt
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| 27 | idaṃ susadṛśaṃ bhadre mithunaṃ mama putrayoḥ
tato dṛṣṭvaiva sahasā bāṣpam utsṛṣṭavān aham
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| 28 | bahuśaḥ saṃpatantīṃ tvāṃ janaḥ śaṅketa doṣataḥ
vayaṃ ca deśātithayo gaccha bhadre namo 'stu te
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