 | Book 3 Chapter 94
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ saṃprasthito rājā kaunteyo bhūridakṣiṇaḥ
agastyāśramam āsādya durjayāyām uvāsa ha
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| 2 | tatra vai lomaśaṃ rājā papraccha vadatāṃ varaḥ
agastyeneha vātāpiḥ kimartham upaśāmitaḥ
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| 3 | āsīd vā kiṃprabhāvaś ca sa daityo mānavāntakaḥ
kimarthaṃ codgato manyur agastyasya mahātmanaḥ
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| 4 | lomaśa uvāca
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| 4 | ilvalo nāma daiteya āsīt kauravanandana
maṇimatyāṃ puri purā vātāpis tasya cānujaḥ
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| 5 | sa brāhmaṇaṃ tapoyuktam uvāca ditinandanaḥ
putraṃ me bhagavān ekam indratulyaṃ prayacchatu
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| 6 | tasmai sa brāhmaṇo nādāt putraṃ vāsavasaṃmitam
cukrodha so 'suras tasya brāhmaṇasya tato bhṛśam
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| 7 | samāhvayati yaṃ vācā gataṃ vaivasvatakṣayam
sa punar deham āsthāya jīvan sma pratidṛśyate
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| 8 | tato vātāpim asuraṃ chāgaṃ kṛtvā susaṃskṛtam
taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ bhojayitvā punar eva samāhvayat
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| 9 | tasya pārśvaṃ vinirbhidya brāhmaṇasya mahāsuraḥ
vātāpiḥ prahasan rājan niścakrāma viśāṃ pate
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| 10 | evaṃ sa brāhmaṇān rājan bhojayitvā punaḥ punaḥ
hiṃsayām āsa daiteya ilvalo duṣṭacetanaḥ
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| 11 | agastyaś cāpi bhagavān etasmin kāla eva tu
pitṝn dadarśa garte vai lambamānān adhomukhān
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| 12 | so 'pṛcchal lambamānāṃs tān bhavanta iha kiṃparāḥ
saṃtānahetor iti te tam ūcur brahmavādinaḥ
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| 13 | te tasmai kathayām āsur vayaṃ te pitaraḥ svakāḥ
gartam etam anuprāptā lambāmaḥ prasavārthinaḥ
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| 14 | yadi no janayethās tvam agastyāpatyam uttamam
syān no 'smān nirayān mokṣas tvaṃ ca putrāpnuyā gatim
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| 15 | sa tān uvāca tejasvī satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ
kariṣye pitaraḥ kāmaṃ vyetu vo mānaso jvaraḥ
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| 16 | tataḥ prasavasaṃtānaṃ cintayan bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
ātmanaḥ prasavasyārthe nāpaśyat sadṛśīṃ striyam
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| 17 | sa tasya tasya sattvasya tat tad aṅgam anuttamam
saṃbhṛtya tatsamair aṅgair nirmame striyam uttamām
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| 18 | sa tāṃ vidarbharājāya putrakāmāya tāmyate
nirmitām ātmano 'rthāya muniḥ prādān mahātapāḥ
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| 19 | sā tatra jajñe subhagā vidyutsaudāminī yathā
vibhrājamānā vapusā vyavardhata śubhānanā
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| 20 | jātamātrāṃ ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vaidarbhaḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
praharṣeṇa dvijātibhyo nyavedayata bhārata
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| 21 | abhyanandanta tāṃ sarve brāhmaṇā vasudhādhipa
lopāmudreti tasyāś ca cakrire nāma te dvijāḥ
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| 22 | vavṛdhe sā mahārāja bibhratī rūpam uttamam
apsv ivotpalinī śīghram agner iva śikhā śubhā
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| 23 | tāṃ yauvanasthāṃ rājendra śataṃ kanyāḥ svalaṃkṛtāḥ
dāśīśataṃ ca kalyāṇīm upatasthur vaśānugāḥ
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| 24 | sā sma dāsīśatavṛtā madhye kanyāśatasya ca
āste tejasvinī kanyā rohiṇīva divi prabho
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| 25 | yauvanasthām api ca tāṃ śīlācārasamanvitām
na vavre puruṣaḥ kaś cid bhayāt tasya mahātmanaḥ
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| 26 | sā tu satyavatī kanyā rūpeṇāpsaraso 'py ati
toṣayām āsa pitaraṃ śīlena svajanaṃ tathā
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| 27 | vaidarbhīṃ tu tathāyuktāṃ yuvatīṃ prekṣya vai pitā
manasā cintayām āsa kasmai dadyāṃ sutām iti
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