 | Book 9 Chapter 39
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | katham ārṣṭiṣeṇo bhagavān vipulaṃ taptavāṃs tapaḥ
sindhudvīpaḥ kathaṃ cāpi brāhmaṇyaṃ labdhavāṃs tadā
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| 2 | devāpiś ca kathaṃ brahman viśvāmitraś ca sattama
tan mamācakṣva bhagavan paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
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| 3 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 3 | purā kṛtayuge rājann ārṣṭiṣeṇo dvijottamaḥ
vasan gurukule nityaṃ nityam adhyayane rataḥ
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| 4 | tasya rājan gurukule vasato nityam eva ha
samāptiṃ nāgamad vidyā nāpi vedā viśāṃ pate
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| 5 | sa nirviṇṇas tato rājaṃs tapas tepe mahātapāḥ
tato vai tapasā tena prāpya vedān anuttamān
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| 6 | sa vidvān vedayuktaś ca siddhaś cāpy ṛṣisattamaḥ
tatra tīrthe varān prādāt trīn eva sumahātapāḥ
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| 7 | asmiṃs tīrthe mahānadyā adyaprabhṛti mānavaḥ
āpluto vājimedhasya phalaṃ prāpnoti puṣkalam
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| 8 | adyaprabhṛti naivātra bhayaṃ vyālād bhaviṣyati
api cālpena yatnena phalaṃ prāpsyati puṣkalam
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| 9 | evam uktvā mahātejā jagāma tridivaṃ muniḥ
evaṃ siddhaḥ sa bhagavān ārṣṭiṣeṇaḥ pratāpavān
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| 10 | tasminn eva tadā tīrthe sindhudvīpaḥ pratāpavān
devāpiś ca mahārāja brāhmaṇyaṃ prāpatur mahat
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| 11 | tathā ca kauśikas tāta taponityo jitendriyaḥ
tapasā vai sutaptena brāhmaṇatvam avāptavān
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| 12 | gādhir nāma mahān āsīt kṣatriyaḥ prathito bhuvi
tasya putro 'bhavad rājan viśvāmitraḥ pratāpavān
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| 13 | sa rājā kauśikas tāta mahāyogy abhavat kila
sa putram abhiṣicyātha viśvāmitraṃ mahātapāḥ
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| 14 | dehanyāse manaś cakre tam ūcuḥ praṇatāḥ prajāḥ
na gantavyaṃ mahāprājña trāhi cāsmān mahābhayāt
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| 15 | evam uktaḥ pratyuvāca tato gādhiḥ prajās tadā
viśvasya jagato goptā bhaviṣyati suto mama
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| 16 | ity uktvā tu tato gādhir viśvāmitraṃ niveśya ca
jagāma tridivaṃ rājan viśvāmitro 'bhavan nṛpaḥ
na ca śaknoti pṛthivīṃ yatnavān api rakṣitum
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| 17 | tataḥ śuśrāva rājā sa rākṣasebhyo mahābhayam
niryayau nagarāc cāpi caturaṅgabalānvitaḥ
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| 18 | sa gatvā dūram adhvānaṃ vasiṣṭhāśramam abhyayāt
tasya te sainikā rājaṃś cakrus tatrānayān bahūn
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| 19 | tatas tu bhagavān vipro vasiṣṭho 'śramam abhyayāt
dadṛśe ca tataḥ sarvaṃ bhajyamānaṃ mahāvanam
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| 20 | tasya kruddho mahārāja vasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ
sṛjasva śabarān ghorān iti svāṃ gām uvāca ha
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| 21 | tathoktā sāsṛjad dhenuḥ puruṣān ghoradarśanān
te ca tad balam āsādya babhañjuḥ sarvatodiśam
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| 22 | tad dṛṣṭvā vidrutaṃ sainyaṃ viśvāmitras tu gādhijaḥ
tapaḥ paraṃ manyamānas tapasy eva mano dadhe
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| 23 | so 'smiṃs tīrthavare rājan sarasvatyāḥ samāhitaḥ
niyamaiś copavāsaiś ca karśayan deham ātmanaḥ
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| 24 | jalāhāro vāyubhakṣaḥ parṇāhāraś ca so 'bhavat
tathā sthaṇḍilaśāyī ca ye cānye niyamāḥ pṛthak
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| 25 | asakṛt tasya devās tu vratavighnaṃ pracakrire
na cāsya niyamād buddhir apayāti mahātmanaḥ
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| 26 | tataḥ pareṇa yatnena taptvā bahuvidhaṃ tapaḥ
tejasā bhāskarākāro gādhijaḥ samapadyata
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| 27 | tapasā tu tathā yuktaṃ viśvāmitraṃ pitāmahaḥ
amanyata mahātejā varado varam asya tat
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| 28 | sa tu vavre varaṃ rājan syām ahaṃ brāhmaṇas tv iti
tatheti cābravīd brahmā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ
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| 29 | sa labdhvā tapasogreṇa brāhmaṇatvaṃ mahāyaśāḥ
vicacāra mahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ kṛtakāmaḥ suropamaḥ
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| 30 | tasmiṃs tīrthavare rāmaḥ pradāya vividhaṃ vasu
payasvinīs tathā dhenūr yānāni śayanāni ca
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| 31 | tathā vastrāṇy alaṃkāraṃ bhakṣyaṃ peyaṃ ca śobhanam
adadān mudito rājan pūjayitvā dvijottamān
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| 32 | yayau rājaṃs tato rāmo bakasyāśramam antikāt
yatra tepe tapas tīvraṃ dālbhyo baka iti śrutiḥ
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