 | Book 5 Chapter 102
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| 1 | nārada uvāca
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| 1 | sūto 'yaṃ mātalir nāma śakrasya dayitaḥ suhṛt
śuciḥ śīlaguṇopetas tejasvī vīryavān balī
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| 2 | śakrasyāyaṃ sakhā caiva mantrī sārathir eva ca
alpāntaraprabhāvaś ca vāsavena raṇe raṇe
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| 3 | ayaṃ harisahasreṇa yuktaṃ jaitraṃ rathottamam
devāsureṣu yuddheṣu manasaiva niyacchati
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| 4 | anena vijitān aśvair dorbhyāṃ jayati vāsavaḥ
anena prahṛte pūrvaṃ balabhit praharaty uta
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| 5 | asya kanyā varārohā rūpeṇāsadṛśī bhuvi
sattvaśīlaguṇopetā guṇakeśīti viśrutā
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| 6 | tasyāsya yatnāc caratas trailokyam amaradyute
sumukho bhavataḥ pautro rocate duhituḥ patiḥ
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| 7 | yadi te rocate saumya bhujagottama māciram
kriyatām āryaka kṣipraṃ buddhiḥ kanyāpratigrahe
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| 8 | yathā viṣṇukule lakṣmīr yathā svāhā vibhāvasoḥ
kule tava tathaivāstu guṇakeśī sumadhyamā
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| 9 | pautrasyārthe bhavāṃs tasmād guṇakeśīṃ pratīcchatu
sadṛśīṃ pratirūpasya vāsavasya śacīm iva
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| 10 | pitṛhīnam api hy enaṃ guṇato varayāmahe
bahumānāc ca bhavatas tathaivairāvatasya ca
sumukhasya guṇaiś caiva śīlaśaucadamādibhiḥ
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| 11 | abhigamya svayaṃ kanyām ayaṃ dātuṃ samudyataḥ
mātales tasya saṃmānaṃ kartum arho bhavān api
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| 12 | kaṇva uvāca
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| 12 | sa tu dīnaḥ prahṛṣṭaś ca prāha nāradam āryakaḥ
vriyamāṇe tathā pautre putre ca nidhanaṃ gate
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| 13 | na me naitad bahumataṃ devarṣe vacanaṃ tava
sakhā śakrasya saṃyuktaḥ kasyāyaṃ nepsito bhavet
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| 14 | kāraṇasya tu daurbalyāc cintayāmi mahāmune
asya dehakaras tāta mama putro mahādyute
bhakṣito vainateyena duḥkhārtās tena vai vayam
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| 15 | punar eva ca tenoktaṃ vainateyena gacchatā
māsenānyena sumukhaṃ bhakṣayiṣya iti prabho
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| 16 | dhruvaṃ tathā tad bhavitā jānīmas tasya niścayam
tena harṣaḥ pranaṣṭo me suparṇavacanena vai
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| 17 | mātalis tv abravīd enaṃ buddhir atra kṛtā mayā
jāmātṛbhāvena vṛtaḥ sumukhas tava putrajaḥ
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| 18 | so 'yaṃ mayā ca sahito nāradena ca pannagaḥ
trilokeśaṃ surapatiṃ gatvā paśyatu vāsavam
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| 19 | śeṣeṇaivāsya kāryeṇa prajñāsyāmy aham āyuṣaḥ
suparṇasya vighāte ca prayatiṣyāmi sattama
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| 20 | sumukhaś ca mayā sārdhaṃ deveśam abhigacchatu
kāryasaṃsādhanārthāya svasti te 'stu bhujaṃgama
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| 21 | tatas te sumukhaṃ gṛhya sarva eva mahaujasaḥ
dadṛśuḥ śakram āsīnaṃ devarājaṃ mahādyutim
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| 22 | saṃgatyā tatra bhagavān viṣṇur āsīc caturbhujaḥ
tatas tat sarvam ācakhyau nārado mātaliṃ prati
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| 23 | tataḥ puraṃdaraṃ viṣṇur uvāca bhuvaneśvaram
amṛtaṃ dīyatām asmai kriyatām amaraiḥ samaḥ
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| 24 | mātalir nāradaś caiva sumukhaś caiva vāsava
labhantāṃ bhavataḥ kāmāt kāmam etaṃ yathepsitam
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| 25 | puraṃdaro 'tha saṃcintya vainateyaparākramam
viṣṇum evābravīd enaṃ bhavān eva dadātv iti
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| 26 | viṣṇur uvāca
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| 26 | īśas tvam asi lokānāṃ carāṇām acarāś ca ye
tvayā dattam adattaṃ kaḥ kartum utsahate vibho
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| 27 | kaṇva uvāca
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| 27 | prādāc chakras tatas tasmai pannagāyāyur uttamam
na tv enam amṛtaprāśaṃ cakāra balavṛtrahā
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| 28 | labdhvā varaṃ tu sumukhaḥ sumukhaḥ saṃbabhūva ha
kṛtadāro yathākāmaṃ jagāma ca gṛhān prati
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| 29 | nāradas tv āryakaś caiva kṛtakāryau mudā yutau
pratijagmatur abhyarcya devarājaṃ mahādyutim
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