 | Book 12 Chapter 31
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tato rājā pāṇḍusuto nāradaṃ pratyabhāṣata
bhagavañ śrotum icchāmi suvarṇaṣṭhīvisaṃbhavam
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| 2 | evam uktaḥ sa ca munir dharmarājena nāradaḥ
ācacakṣe yathā vṛttaṃ suvarṇaṣṭhīvinaṃ prati
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| 3 | evam etan mahārāja yathāyaṃ keśavo 'bravīt
kāryasyāsya tu yac cheṣaṃ tat te vakṣyāmi pṛcchataḥ
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| 4 | ahaṃ ca parvataś caiva svasrīyo me mahāmuniḥ
vastukāmāv abhigatau sṛñjayaṃ jayatāṃ varam
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| 5 | tatra saṃpūjitau tena vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
sarvakāmaiḥ suvihitau nivasāvo 'sya veśmani
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| 6 | vyatikrāntāsu varṣāsu samaye gamanasya ca
parvato mām uvācedaṃ kāle vacanam arthavat
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| 7 | āvām asya narendrasya gṛhe paramapūjitau
uṣitau samaye brahmaṃś cintyatām atra sāṃpratam
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| 8 | tato 'ham abruvaṃ rājan parvataṃ śubhadarśanam
sarvam etat tvayi vibho bhāgineyopapadyate
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| 9 | vareṇa chandyatāṃ rājā labhatāṃ yad yad icchati
āvayos tapasā siddhiṃ prāpnotu yadi manyase
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| 10 | tata āhūya rājānaṃ sṛñjayaṃ śubhadarśanam
parvato 'numataṃ vākyam uvāca munipuṃgavaḥ
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| 11 | prītau svo nṛpa satkārais tava hy ārjavasaṃbhṛtaiḥ
āvābhyām abhyanujñāto varaṃ nṛvara cintaya
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| 12 | devānām avihiṃsāyāṃ yad bhaven mānuṣakṣamam
tad gṛhāṇa mahārāja pūjārho nau mato bhavān
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| 13 | sṛñjaya uvāca
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| 13 | prītau bhavantau yadi me kṛtam etāvatā mama
eṣa eva paro lābho nirvṛtto me mahāphalaḥ
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| 14 | nārada uvāca
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| 14 | tam evaṃvādinaṃ bhūyaḥ parvataḥ pratyabhāṣata
vṛṇīṣva rājan saṃkalpo yas te hṛdi ciraṃ sthitaḥ
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| 15 | sṛñjaya uvāca
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| 15 | abhīpsāmi sutaṃ vīraṃ vīryavantaṃ dṛḍhavratam
āyuṣmantaṃ mahābhāgaṃ devarājasamadyutim
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| 16 | parvata uvāca
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| 16 | bhaviṣyaty eṣa te kāmo na tv āyuṣmān bhaviṣyati
devarājābhibhūtyarthaṃ saṃkalpo hy eṣa te hṛdi
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| 17 | suvarṇaṣṭhīvanāc caiva svarṇaṣṭhīvī bhaviṣyati
rakṣyaś ca devarājāt sa devarājasamadyutiḥ
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| 18 | nārada uvāca
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| 18 | tac chrutvā sṛñjayo vākyaṃ parvatasya mahātmanaḥ
prasādayām āsa tadā naitad evaṃ bhaved iti
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| 19 | āyuṣmān me bhavet putro bhavatas tapasā mune
na ca taṃ parvataḥ kiṃ cid uvācendravyapekṣayā
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| 20 | tam ahaṃ nṛpatiṃ dīnam abruvaṃ punar eva tu
smartavyo 'haṃ mahārāja darśayiṣyāmi te smṛtaḥ
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| 21 | ahaṃ te dayitaṃ putraṃ pretarājavaśaṃ gatam
punar dāsyāmi tad rūpaṃ mā śucaḥ pṛthivīpate
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| 22 | evam uktvā tu nṛpatiṃ prayātau svo yathepsitam
sṛñjayaś ca yathākāmaṃ praviveśa svamandiram
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| 23 | sṛñjayasyātha rājarṣeḥ kasmiṃś cit kālaparyaye
jajñe putro mahāvīryas tejasā prajvalann iva
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| 24 | vavṛdhe sa yathākālaṃ sarasīva mahotpalam
babhūva kāñcanaṣṭhīvī yathārthaṃ nāma tasya tat
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| 25 | tad adbhutatamaṃ loke paprathe kurusattama
bubudhe tac ca devendro varadānaṃ mahātmanoḥ
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| 26 | tatas tv abhibhavād bhīto bṛhaspatimate sthitaḥ
kumārasyāntaraprekṣī babhūva balavṛtrahā
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| 27 | codayām āsa vajraṃ sa divyāstraṃ mūrtisaṃsthitam
vyāghro bhūtvā jahīmaṃ tvaṃ rājaputram iti prabho
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| 28 | vivṛddhaḥ kila vīryeṇa mām eṣo 'bhibhaviṣyati
sṛñjayasya suto vajra yathainaṃ parvato dadau
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| 29 | evam uktas tu śakreṇa vajraḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ
kumārasyāntaraprekṣī nityam evānvapadyata
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| 30 | sṛñjayo 'pi sutaṃ prāpya devarājasamadyutim
hṛṣṭaḥ sāntaḥpuro rājā vananityo 'bhavat tadā
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| 31 | tato bhāgīrathītīre kadā cid vananirjhare
dhātrīdvitīyo bālaḥ sa krīḍārthaṃ paryadhāvata
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| 32 | pañcavarṣakadeśīyo bālo nāgendravikramaḥ
sahasotpatitaṃ vyāghram āsasāda mahābalaḥ
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| 33 | tena caiva viniṣpiṣṭo vepamāno nṛpātmajaḥ
vyasuḥ papāta medinyāṃ tato dhātrī vicukruśe
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| 34 | hatvā tu rājaputraṃ sa tatraivāntaradhīyata
śārdūlo devarājasya māyayāntarhitas tadā
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| 35 | dhātryās tu ninadaṃ śrutvā rudatyāḥ paramārtavat
abhyadhāvata taṃ deśaṃ svayam eva mahīpatiḥ
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| 36 | sa dadarśa gatāsuṃ taṃ śayānaṃ pītaśoṇitam
kumāraṃ vigatānandaṃ niśākaram iva cyutam
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| 37 | sa tam utsaṅgam āropya paripīḍitavakṣasam
putraṃ rudhirasaṃsiktaṃ paryadevayad āturaḥ
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| 38 | tatas tā mātaras tasya rudantyaḥ śokakarśitāḥ
abhyadhāvanta taṃ deśaṃ yatra rājā sa sṛñjayaḥ
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| 39 | tataḥ sa rājā sasmāra mām antargatamānasaḥ
tac cāhaṃ cintitaṃ jñātvā gatavāṃs tasya darśanam
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| 40 | sa mayaitāni vākyāni śrāvitaḥ śokalālasaḥ
yāni te yaduvīreṇa kathitāni mahīpate
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| 41 | saṃjīvitaś cāpi mayā vāsavānumate tadā
bhavitavyaṃ tathā tac ca na tac chakyam ato 'nyathā
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| 42 | ata ūrdhvaṃ kumāraḥ sa svarṇaṣṭhīvī mahāyaśāḥ
cittaṃ prasādayām āsa pitur mātuś ca vīryavān
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| 43 | kārayām āsa rājyaṃ sa pitari svargate vibhuḥ
varṣāṇām ekaśatavat sahasraṃ bhīmavikramaḥ
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| 44 | tata iṣṭvā mahāyajñair bahubhir bhūridakṣiṇaiḥ
tarpayām āsa devāṃś ca pitṝṃś caiva mahādyutiḥ
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| 45 | utpādya ca bahūn putrān kulasaṃtānakāriṇaḥ
kālena mahatā rājan kāladharmam upeyivān
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| 46 | sa tvaṃ rājendra saṃjātaṃ śokam etan nivartaya
yathā tvāṃ keśavaḥ prāha vyāsaś ca sumahātapāḥ
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| 47 | pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyam āsthāya duram udvaha
iṣṭvā puṇyair mahāyajñair iṣṭāṃl lokān avāpsyasi
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