 | Book 3 Chapter 98
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | bhūya evāham icchāmi maharṣes tasya dhīmataḥ
karmaṇāṃ vistaraṃ śrotum agastyasya dvijottama
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| 2 | lomaśa uvāca
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| 2 | śṛṇu rājan kathāṃ divyām adbhutām atimānuṣīm
agastyasya mahārāja prabhāvam amitātmanaḥ
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| 3 | āsan kṛtayuge ghorā dānavā yuddhadurmadāḥ
kāleyā iti vikhyātā gaṇāḥ paramadāruṇāḥ
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| 4 | te tu vṛtraṃ samāśritya nānāpraharaṇodyatāḥ
samantāt paryadhāvanta mahendrapramukhān surān
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| 5 | tato vṛtravadhe yatnam akurvaṃs tridaśāḥ purā
puraṃdaraṃ puraskṛtya brahmāṇam upatasthire
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| 6 | kṛtāñjalīṃs tu tān sarvān parameṣṭhī uvāca ha
viditaṃ me surāḥ sarvaṃ yad vaḥ kāryaṃ cikīrṣitam
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| 7 | tam upāyaṃ pravakṣyāmi yathā vṛtraṃ vadhiṣyatha
dadhīca iti vikhyāto mahān ṛṣir udāradhīḥ
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| 8 | taṃ gatvā sahitāḥ sarve varaṃ vai saṃprayācata
sa vo dāsyati dharmātmā suprītenāntarātmanā
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| 9 | sa vācyaḥ sahitaiḥ sarvair bhavadbhir jayakāṅkṣibhiḥ
svāny asthīni prayaccheti trailokyasya hitāya vai
sa śarīraṃ samutsṛjya svāny asthīni pradāsyati
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| 10 | tasyāsthibhir mahāghoraṃ vajraṃ saṃbhriyatāṃ dṛḍham
mahac chatruhaṇaṃ tīkṣṇaṃ ṣaḍaśraṃ bhīmanisvanam
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| 11 | tena vajreṇa vai vṛtraṃ vadhiṣyati śatakratuḥ
etad vaḥ sarvam ākhyātaṃ tasmāc chīghraṃ vidhīyatām
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| 12 | evam uktās tato devā anujñāpya pitāmaham
nārāyaṇaṃ puraskṛtya dadhīcasyāśramaṃ yayuḥ
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| 13 | sarasvatyāḥ pare pāre nānādrumalatāvṛtam
ṣaṭpadodgītaninadair vighuṣṭaṃ sāmagair iva
puṃskokilaravonmiśraṃ jīvaṃjīvakanāditam
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| 14 | mahiṣaiś ca varāhaiś ca sṛmaraiś camarair api
tatra tatrānucaritaṃ śārdūlabhayavarjitaiḥ
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| 15 | kareṇubhir vāraṇaiś ca prabhinnakaraṭāmukhaiḥ
saro 'vagāḍhaiḥ krīḍadbhiḥ samantād anunāditam
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| 16 | siṃhavyāghrair mahānādān nadadbhir anunāditam
aparaiś cāpi saṃlīnair guhākandaravāsibhiḥ
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| 17 | teṣu teṣv avakāśeṣu śobhitaṃ sumanoramam
triviṣṭapasamaprakhyaṃ dadhīcāśramam āgaman
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| 18 | tatrāpaśyan dadhīcaṃ te divākarasamadyutim
jājvalyamānaṃ vapuṣā yathā lakṣmyā pitāmaham
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| 19 | tasya pādau surā rājann abhivādya praṇamya ca
ayācanta varaṃ sarve yathoktaṃ parameṣṭhinā
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| 20 | tato dadhīcaḥ paramapratītaḥ; surottamāṃs tān idam abhyuvāca
karomi yad vo hitam adya devāḥ; svaṃ cāpi dehaṃ tv aham utsṛjāmi
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| 21 | sa evam uktvā dvipadāṃ variṣṭhaḥ; prāṇān vaśī svān sahasotsasarja
tataḥ surās te jagṛhuḥ parāsor; asthīni tasyātha yathopadeśam
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| 22 | prahṛṣṭarūpāś ca jayāya devās; tvaṣṭāram āgamya tam artham ūcuḥ
tvaṣṭā tu teṣāṃ vacanaṃ niśamya; prahṛṣṭarūpaḥ prayataḥ prayatnāt
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cakāra vajraṃ bhṛśam ugrarūpaṃ; kṛtvā ca śakraṃ sa uvāca hṛṣṭaḥ
anena vajrapravareṇa deva; bhasmīkuruṣvādya surārim ugram
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| 24 | tato hatāriḥ sagaṇaḥ sukhaṃ vai; praśādhi kṛtsnaṃ tridivaṃ diviṣṭhaḥ
tvaṣṭrā tathoktaḥ sa puraṃdaras tu; vajraṃ prahṛṣṭaḥ prayato 'bhyagṛhṇāt
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