 | Book 3 Chapter 282
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| 1 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 1 | etasminn eva kāle tu dyumatseno mahāvane
labdhacakṣuḥ prasannātmā dṛṣṭyā sarvaṃ dadarśa ha
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| 2 | sa sarvān āśramān gatvā śaibyayā saha bhāryayā
putrahetoḥ parām ārtiṃ jagāma manujarṣabha
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| 3 | tāv āśramān nadīś caiva vanāni ca sarāṃsi ca
tāṃs tān deśān vicinvantau dampatī parijagmatuḥ
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| 4 | śrutvā śabdaṃ tu yat kiṃ cid unmukhau sutaśaṅkayā
sāvitrīsahito 'bhyeti satyavān ity adhāvatām
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| 5 | bhinnaiś ca paruṣaiḥ pādaiḥ savraṇaiḥ śoṇitokṣitaiḥ
kuśakaṇṭakaviddhāṅgāv unmattāv iva dhāvataḥ
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| 6 | tato 'bhisṛtya tair vipraiḥ sarvair āśramavāsibhiḥ
parivārya samāśvāsya samānītau svam āśramam
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| 7 | tatra bhāryāsahāyaḥ sa vṛto vṛddhais tapodhanaiḥ
āśvāsito vicitrārthaiḥ pūrvarājñāṃ kathāśrayaiḥ
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| 8 | tatas tau punar āśvastau vṛddhau putradidṛkṣayā
bālye vṛttāni putrasya smarantau bhṛśaduḥkhitau
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| 9 | punar uktvā ca karuṇāṃ vācaṃ tau śokakarśitau
hā putra hā sādhvi vadhūḥ kvāsi kvāsīty arodatām
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| 10 | suvarcā uvāca
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| 10 | yathāsya bhāryā sāvitrī tapasā ca damena ca
ācāreṇa ca saṃyuktā tathā jīvati satyavān
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| 11 | gautama uvāca
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| 11 | vedāḥ sāṅgā mayādhītās tapo me saṃcitaṃ mahat
kaumāraṃ brahmacaryaṃ me guravo 'gniś ca toṣitāḥ
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| 12 | samāhitena cīrṇāni sarvāṇy eva vratāni me
vāyubhakṣopavāsaś ca kuśalāni ca yāni me
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| 13 | anena tapasā vedmi sarvaṃ paricikīrṣitam
satyam etan nibodha tvaṃ dhriyate satyavān iti
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| 14 | śiṣya uvāca
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| 14 | upādhyāyasya me vaktrād yathā vākyaṃ viniḥsṛtam
naitaj jātu bhaven mithyā tathā jīvati satyavān
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| 15 | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
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| 15 | yathāsya bhāryā sāvitrī sarvair eva sulakṣaṇaiḥ
avaidhavyakarair yuktā tathā jīvati satyavān
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| 16 | bhāradvāja uvāca
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| 16 | yathāsya bhāryā sāvitrī tapasā ca damena ca
ācāreṇa ca saṃyuktā tathā jīvati satyavān
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| 17 | dālbhya uvāca
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| 17 | yathā dṛṣṭiḥ pravṛttā te sāvitryāś ca yathā vratam
gatāhāram akṛtvā ca tathā jīvati satyavān
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| 18 | māṇḍavya uvāca
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| 18 | yathā vadanti śāntāyāṃ diśi vai mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ
pārthivī ca pravṛttis te tathā jīvati satyavān
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| 19 | dhaumya uvāca
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| 19 | sarvair guṇair upetas te yathā putro janapriyaḥ
dīrghāyur lakṣaṇopetas tathā jīvati satyavān
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| 20 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 20 | evam āśvāsitas tais tu satyavāgbhis tapasvibhiḥ
tāṃs tān vigaṇayann arthān avasthita ivābhavat
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| 21 | tato muhūrtāt sāvitrī bhartrā satyavatā saha
ājagāmāśramaṃ rātrau prahṛṣṭā praviveśa ha
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| 22 | brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ
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| 22 | putreṇa saṃgataṃ tvādya cakṣuṣmantaṃ nirīkṣya ca
sarve vayaṃ vai pṛcchāmo vṛddhiṃ te pṛthivīpate
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| 23 | samāgamena putrasya sāvitryā darśanena ca
cakṣuṣaś cātmano lābhāt tribhir diṣṭyā vivardhase
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| 24 | sarvair asmābhir uktaṃ yat tathā tan nātra saṃśayaḥ
bhūyo bhūyaś ca vṛddhis te kṣipram eva bhaviṣyati
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| 25 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 25 | tato 'gniṃ tatra saṃjvālya dvijās te sarva eva hi
upāsāṃ cakrire pārtha dyumatsenaṃ mahīpatim
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| 26 | śaibyā ca satyavāṃś caiva sāvitrī caikataḥ sthitāḥ
sarvais tair abhyanujñātā viśokāḥ samupāviśan
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| 27 | tato rājñā sahāsīnāḥ sarve te vanavāsinaḥ
jātakautūhalāḥ pārtha papracchur nṛpateḥ sutam
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| 28 | prāg eva nāgataṃ kasmāt sabhāryeṇa tvayā vibho
virātre cāgataṃ kasmāt ko 'nubandhaś ca te 'bhavat
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| 29 | saṃtāpitaḥ pitā mātā vayaṃ caiva nṛpātmaja
nākasmād iti jānīmas tat sarvaṃ vaktum arhasi
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| 30 | satyavān uvāca
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| 30 | pitrāham abhyanujñātaḥ sāvitrīsahito gataḥ
atha me 'bhūc chiroduḥkhaṃ vane kāṣṭhāni bhindataḥ
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| 31 | suptaś cāhaṃ vedanayā ciram ity upalakṣaye
tāvat kālaṃ ca na mayā suptapūrvaṃ kadā cana
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| 32 | sarveṣām eva bhavatāṃ saṃtāpo mā bhaved iti
ato virātrāgamanaṃ nānyad astīha kāraṇam
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| 33 | gautama uvāca
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| 33 | akasmāc cakṣuṣaḥ prāptir dyumatsenasya te pituḥ
nāsya tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ vettha sāvitrī vaktum arhati
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| 34 | śrotum icchāmi sāvitri tvaṃ hi vettha parāvaram
tvāṃ hi jānāmi sāvitri sāvitrīm iva tejasā
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| 35 | tvam atra hetuṃ jānīṣe tasmāt satyaṃ nirucyatām
rahasyaṃ yadi te nāsti kiṃ cid atra vadasva naḥ
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| 36 | sāvitry uvāca
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| 36 | evam etad yathā vettha saṃkalpo nānyathā hi vaḥ
na ca kiṃ cid rahasyaṃ me śrūyatāṃ tathyam atra yat
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| 37 | mṛtyur me bhartur ākhyāto nāradena mahātmanā
sa cādya divasaḥ prāptas tato nainaṃ jahāmy aham
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| 38 | suptaṃ cainaṃ yamaḥ sākṣād upāgacchat sakiṃkaraḥ
sa enam anayad baddhvā diśaṃ pitṛniṣevitām
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| 39 | astauṣaṃ tam ahaṃ devaṃ satyena vacasā vibhum
pañca vai tena me dattā varāḥ śṛṇuta tān mama
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| 40 | cakṣuṣī ca svarājyaṃ ca dvau varau śvaśurasya me
labdhaṃ pituḥ putraśataṃ putrāṇām ātmanaḥ śatam
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| 41 | caturvarṣaśatāyur me bhartā labdhaś ca satyavān
bhartur hi jīvitārthaṃ tu mayā cīrṇaṃ sthiraṃ vratam
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| 42 | etat satyaṃ mayākhyātaṃ kāraṇaṃ vistareṇa vaḥ
yathā vṛttaṃ sukhodarkam idaṃ duḥkhaṃ mahan mama
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| 43 | ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
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| 43 | nimajjamānaṃ vyasanair abhidrutaṃ; kulaṃ narendrasya tamomaye hrade
tvayā suśīle dhṛtadharmapuṇyayā; samuddhṛtaṃ sādhvi punaḥ kulīnayā
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| 44 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 44 | tathā praśasya hy abhipūjya caiva te; varastriyaṃ tām ṛṣayaḥ samāgatāḥ
narendram āmantrya saputram añjasā; śivena jagmur muditāḥ svam ālayam
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