 | Book 12 Chapter 49
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| 1 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 1 | śṛṇu kaunteya rāmasya mayā yāvat pariśrutam
maharṣīṇāṃ kathayatāṃ kāraṇaṃ tasya janma ca
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| 2 | yathā ca jāmadagnyena koṭiśaḥ kṣatriyā hatāḥ
udbhūtā rājavaṃśeṣu ye bhūyo bhārate hatāḥ
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| 3 | jahnor ajahnus tanayo ballavas tasya cātmajaḥ
kuśiko nāma dharmajñas tasya putro mahīpatiḥ
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| 4 | ugraṃ tapaḥ samātiṣṭhat sahasrākṣasamo bhuvi
putraṃ labheyam ajitaṃ trilokeśvaram ity uta
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| 5 | tam ugratapasaṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaḥ puraṃdaraḥ
samarthaḥ putrajanane svayam evaitya bhārata
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| 6 | putratvam agamad rājaṃs tasya lokeśvareśvaraḥ
gādhir nāmābhavat putraḥ kauśikaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ
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| 7 | tasya kanyābhavad rājan nāmnā satyavatī prabho
tāṃ gādhiḥ kaviputrāya sorcīkāya dadau prabhuḥ
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| 8 | tataḥ prītas tu kaunteya bhārgavaḥ kurunandana
putrārthe śrapayām āsa caruṃ gādhes tathaiva ca
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| 9 | āhūya cāha tāṃ bhāryām ṛcīko bhārgavas tadā
upayojyaś carur ayaṃ tvayā mātrāpy ayaṃ tava
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| 10 | tasyā janiṣyate putro dīptimān kṣatriyarṣabhaḥ
ajayyaḥ kṣatriyair loke kṣatriyarṣabhasūdanaḥ
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| 11 | tavāpi putraṃ kalyāṇi dhṛtimantaṃ taponvitam
śamātmakaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ carur eṣa vidhāsyati
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| 12 | ity evam uktvā tāṃ bhāryām ṛcīko bhṛgunandanaḥ
tapasy abhirato dhīmāñ jagāmāraṇyam eva ha
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| 13 | etasminn eva kāle tu tīrthayātrāparo nṛpaḥ
gādhiḥ sadāraḥ saṃprāpta ṛcīkasyāśramaṃ prati
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| 14 | carudvayaṃ gṛhītvā tu rājan satyavatī tadā
bhartur vākyād athāvyagrā mātre hṛṣṭā nyavedayat
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| 15 | mātā tu tasyāḥ kaunteya duhitre svaṃ caruṃ dadau
tasyāś carum athājñātam ātmasaṃsthaṃ cakāra ha
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| 16 | atha satyavatī garbhaṃ kṣatriyāntakaraṃ tadā
dhārayām āsa dīptena vapuṣā ghoradarśanam
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| 17 | tām ṛcīkas tadā dṛṣṭvā dhyānayogena vai tataḥ
abravīd rājaśārdūla svāṃ bhāryāṃ varavarṇinīm
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| 18 | mātrāsi vyaṃsitā bhadre caruvyatyāsahetunā
janiṣyate hi te putraḥ krūrakarmā mahābalaḥ
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| 19 | janiṣyate hi te bhrātā brahmabhūtas tapodhanaḥ
viśvaṃ hi brahma tapasā mayā tatra samarpitam
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| 20 | saivam uktā mahābhāgā bhartrā satyavatī tadā
papāta śirasā tasmai vepantī cābravīd idam
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| 21 | nārho 'si bhagavann adya vaktum evaṃvidhaṃ vacaḥ
brāhmaṇāpasadaṃ putraṃ prāpsyasīti mahāmune
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| 22 | ṛcīka uvāca
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| 22 | naiṣa saṃkalpitaḥ kāmo mayā bhadre tathā tvayi
ugrakarmā bhavet putraś carur mātā ca kāraṇam
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| 23 | satyavaty uvāca
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| 23 | icchaṃl lokān api mune sṛjethāḥ kiṃ punar mama
śamātmakam ṛjuṃ putraṃ labheyaṃ japatāṃ vara
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| 24 | ṛcīka uvāca
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| 24 | noktapūrvaṃ mayā bhadre svaireṣv apy anṛtaṃ vacaḥ
kim utāgniṃ samādhāya mantravac carusādhane
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| 25 | satyavaty uvāca
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| 25 | kāmam evaṃ bhavet pautro mameha tava caiva ha
śamātmakam ṛjuṃ putraṃ labheyaṃ japatāṃ vara
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| 26 | ṛcīka uvāca
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| 26 | putre nāsti viśeṣo me pautre vā varavarṇini
yathā tvayoktaṃ tu vacas tathā bhadre bhaviṣyati
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| 27 | vāsudeva uvāca
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| 27 | tataḥ satyavatī putraṃ janayām āsa bhārgavam
tapasy abhirataṃ śāntaṃ jamadagniṃ śamātmakam
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| 28 | viśvāmitraṃ ca dāyādaṃ gādhiḥ kuśikanandanaḥ
prāpa brahmarṣisamitaṃ viśvena brahmaṇā yutam
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| 29 | ārcīko janayām āsa jamadagniḥ sudāruṇam
sarvavidyāntagaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ dhanurvede ca pāragam
rāmaṃ kṣatriyahantāraṃ pradīptam iva pāvakam
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| 30 | etasminn eva kāle tu kṛtavīryātmajo balī
arjuno nāma tejasvī kṣatriyo haihayānvayaḥ
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| 31 | dadāha pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ saptadvīpāṃ sapattanām
svabāhvastrabalenājau dharmeṇa parameṇa ca
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| 32 | tṛṣitena sa kauravya bhikṣitaś citrabhānunā
sahasrabāhur vikrāntaḥ prādād bhikṣām athāgnaye
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| 33 | grāmān purāṇi ghoṣāṃś ca pattanāni ca vīryavān
jajvāla tasya bāṇais tu citrabhānur didhakṣayā
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| 34 | sa tasya puruṣendrasya prabhāvena mahātapāḥ
dadāha kārtavīryasya śailān atha vanāni ca
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| 35 | sa śūnyam āśramāraṇyaṃ varuṇasyātmajasya tat
dadāha pavaneneddhaś citrabhānuḥ sahaihayaḥ
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| 36 | āpavas taṃ tato roṣāc chaśāpārjunam acyuta
dagdhe 'śrame mahārāja kārtavīryeṇa vīryavān
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| 37 | tvayā na varjitaṃ mohād yasmād vanam idaṃ mama
dagdhaṃ tasmād raṇe rāmo bāhūṃs te chetsyate 'rjuna
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| 38 | arjunas tu mahārāja balī nityaṃ śamātmakaḥ
brahmaṇyaś ca śaraṇyaś ca dātā śūraś ca bhārata
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| 39 | tasya putrāḥ subalinaḥ śāpenāsan pitur vadhe
nimittam avaliptā vai nṛśaṃsāś caiva nityadā
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| 40 | jamadagnidhenvās te vatsam āninyur bharatarṣabha
ajñātaṃ kārtavīryasya haihayendrasya dhīmataḥ
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| 41 | tato 'rjunasya bāhūṃs tu chittvā vai pauruṣānvitaḥ
taṃ ruvantaṃ tato vatsaṃ jāmadagnyaḥ svam āśramam
pratyānayata rājendra teṣām antaḥpurāt prabhuḥ
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| 42 | arjunasya sutās te tu saṃbhūyābuddhayas tadā
gatvāśramam asaṃbuddhaṃ jamadagner mahātmanaḥ
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| 43 | apātayanta bhallāgraiḥ śiraḥ kāyān narādhipa
samitkuśārthaṃ rāmasya nirgatasya mahātmanaḥ
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| 44 | tataḥ pitṛvadhāmarṣād rāmaḥ paramamanyumān
niḥkṣatriyāṃ pratiśrutya mahīṃ śastram agṛhṇata
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| 45 | tataḥ sa bhṛguśārdūlaḥ kārtavīryasya vīryavān
vikramya nijaghānāśu putrān pautrāṃś ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 46 | sa haihayasahasrāṇi hatvā paramamanyumān
cakāra bhārgavo rājan mahīṃ śoṇitakardamām
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| 47 | sa tathā sumahātejāḥ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ mahīm
kṛpayā parayāviṣṭo vanam eva jagāma ha
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| 48 | tato varṣasahasreṣu samatīteṣu keṣu cit
kṣobhaṃ saṃprāptavāṃs tīvraṃ prakṛtyā kopanaḥ prabhuḥ
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| 49 | viśvāmitrasya pautras tu raibhyaputro mahātapāḥ
parāvasur mahārāja kṣiptvāha janasaṃsadi
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| 50 | ye te yayātipatane yajñe santaḥ samāgatāḥ
pratardanaprabhṛtayo rāma kiṃ kṣatriyā na te
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| 51 | mithyāpratijño rāma tvaṃ katthase janasaṃsadi
bhayāt kṣatriyavīrāṇāṃ parvataṃ samupāśritaḥ
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| 52 | sa punaḥ kṣatriyaśataiḥ pṛthivīm anusaṃtatām
parāvasos tadā śrutvā śastraṃ jagrāha bhārgavaḥ
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| 53 | tato ye kṣatriyā rājañ śataśas tena jīvitāḥ
te vivṛddhā mahāvīryāḥ pṛthivīpatayo 'bhavan
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| 54 | sa punas tāñ jaghānāśu bālān api narādhipa
garbhasthais tu mahī vyāptā punar evābhavat tadā
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| 55 | jātaṃ jātaṃ sa garbhaṃ tu punar eva jaghāna ha
arakṣaṃś ca sutān kāṃś cit tadā kṣatriyayoṣitaḥ
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| 56 | triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ prabhuḥ
dakṣiṇām aśvamedhānte kaśyapāyādadat tataḥ
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| 57 | kṣatriyāṇāṃ tu śeṣārthaṃ kareṇoddiśya kaśyapaḥ
srukpragrahavatā rājañ śrīmān vākyam athābravīt
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| 58 | gaccha pāraṃ samudrasya dakṣiṇasya mahāmune
na te madviṣaye rāma vastavyam iha karhi cit
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| 59 | tataḥ śūrpārakaṃ deśaṃ sāgaras tasya nirmame
saṃtrāsāj jāmadagnyasya so 'parāntaṃ mahītalam
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| 60 | kaśyapas tu mahārāja pratigṛhya mahīm imām
kṛtvā brāhmaṇasaṃsthāṃ vai praviveśa mahāvanam
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| 61 | tataḥ śūdrāś ca vaiśyāś ca yathāsvairapracāriṇaḥ
avartanta dvijāgryāṇāṃ dāreṣu bharatarṣabha
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| 62 | arājake jīvaloke durbalā balavattaraiḥ
bādhyante na ca vitteṣu prabhutvam iha kasya cit
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| 63 | tataḥ kālena pṛthivī praviveśa rasātalam
arakṣyamāṇā vidhivat kṣatriyair dharmarakṣibhiḥ
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| 64 | ūruṇā dhārayām āsa kaśyapaḥ pṛthivīṃ tataḥ
nimajjantīṃ tadā rājaṃs tenorvīti mahī smṛtā
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| 65 | rakṣiṇaś ca samuddiśya prāyācat pṛthivī tadā
prasādya kaśyapaṃ devī kṣatriyān bāhuśālinaḥ
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| 66 | santi brahman mayā guptā nṛṣu kṣatriyapuṃgavāḥ
haihayānāṃ kule jātās te saṃrakṣantu māṃ mune
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| 67 | asti pauravadāyādo viḍūrathasutaḥ prabho
ṛkṣaiḥ saṃvardhito vipra ṛkṣavaty eva parvate
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| 68 | tathānukampamānena yajvanāthāmitaujasā
parāśareṇa dāyādaḥ saudāsasyābhirakṣitaḥ
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| 69 | sarvakarmāṇi kurute tasyarṣeḥ śūdravad dhi saḥ
sarvakarmety abhikhyātaḥ sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ
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| 70 | śibeḥ putro mahātejā gopatir nāma nāmataḥ
vane saṃrakṣito gobhiḥ so 'bhirakṣatu māṃ mune
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| 71 | pratardanasya putras tu vatso nāma mahāyaśāḥ
vatsaiḥ saṃvardhito goṣṭhe sa māṃ rakṣatu pārthivaḥ
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| 72 | dadhivāhanapautras tu putro divirathasya ha
aṅgaḥ sa gautamenāpi gaṅgākūle 'bhirakṣitaḥ
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| 73 | bṛhadratho mahābāhur bhuvi bhūtipuraskṛtaḥ
golāṅgūlair mahābhāgo gṛdhrakūṭe 'bhirakṣitaḥ
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| 74 | maruttasyānvavāye tu kṣatriyās turvasos trayaḥ
marutpatisamā vīrye samudreṇābhirakṣitāḥ
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| 75 | ete kṣatriyadāyādās tatra tatra pariśrutāḥ
samyaṅ mām abhirakṣantu tataḥ sthāsyāmi niścalā
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| 76 | eteṣāṃ pitaraś caiva tathaiva ca pitāmahāḥ
madarthaṃ nihatā yuddhe rāmeṇākliṣṭakarmaṇā
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| 77 | teṣām apacitiś caiva mayā kāryā na saṃśayaḥ
na hy ahaṃ kāmaye nityam avikrāntena rakṣaṇam
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| 78 | tataḥ pṛthivyā nirdiṣṭāṃs tān samānīya kaśyapaḥ
abhyaṣiñcan mahīpālān kṣatriyān vīryasaṃmatān
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| 79 | teṣāṃ putrāś ca pautrāś ca yeṣāṃ vaṃśāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ
evam etat purā vṛttaṃ yan māṃ pṛcchasi pāṇḍava
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| 80 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 80 | evaṃ bruvann eva yadupravīro; yudhiṣṭhiraṃ dharmabhṛtāṃ variṣṭham
rathena tenāśu yayau yathārko; viśan prabhābhir bhagavāṃs trilokam
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