 | Book 12 Chapter 117
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
nidarśanakaraṃ loke sajjanācaritaṃ sadā
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| 2 | asyaivārthasya sadṛśaṃ yac chrutaṃ me tapovane
jāmadagnyasya rāmasya yad uktam ṛṣisattamaiḥ
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| 3 | vane mahati kasmiṃś cid amanuṣyaniṣevite
ṛṣir mūlaphalāhāro niyato niyatendriyaḥ
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| 4 | dīkṣādamaparaḥ śāntaḥ svādhyāyaparamaḥ śuciḥ
upavāsaviśuddhātmā satataṃ satpathe sthitaḥ
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| 5 | tasya saṃdṛśya sadbhāvam upaviṣṭasya dhīmataḥ
sarvasattvāḥ samīpasthā bhavanti vanacāriṇaḥ
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| 6 | siṃhavyāghrāḥ saśarabhā mattāś caiva mahāgajāḥ
dvīpinaḥ khaḍgabhallūkā ye cānye bhīmadarśanāḥ
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| 7 | te sukhapraśnadāḥ sarve bhavanti kṣatajāśanāḥ
tasyarṣeḥ śiṣyavac caiva nyagbhūtāḥ priyakāriṇaḥ
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| 8 | dattvā ca te sukhapraśnaṃ sarve yānti yathāgatam
grāmyas tv ekaḥ paśus tatra nājahāc chvā mahāmunim
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| 9 | bhakto 'nuraktaḥ satatam upavāsakṛśo 'balaḥ
phalamūlotkarāhāraḥ śāntaḥ śiṣṭākṛtir yathā
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| 10 | tasyarṣer upaviṣṭasya pādamūle mahāmuneḥ
manuṣyavad gato bhāvaḥ snehabaddho 'bhavad bhṛśam
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| 11 | tato 'bhyayān mahāvīryo dvīpī kṣatajabhojanaḥ
śvārtham atyantasaṃduṣṭaḥ krūraḥ kāla ivāntakaḥ
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| 12 | lelihyamānas tṛṣitaḥ pucchāsphoṭanatatparaḥ
vyāditāsyaḥ kṣudhābhagnaḥ prārthayānas tadāmiṣam
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| 13 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā krūram āyāntaṃ jīvitārthī narādhipa
provāca śvā muniṃ tatra yat tac chṛṇu mahāmate
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| 14 | śvaśatrur bhagavann atra dvīpī māṃ hantum icchati
tvatprasādād bhayaṃ na syāt tasmān mama mahāmune
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| 15 | munir uvāca
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| 15 | na bhayaṃ dvīpinaḥ kāryaṃ mṛtyutas te kathaṃ cana
eṣa śvarūparahito dvīpī bhavasi putraka
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| 16 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 16 | tataḥ śvā dvīpitāṃ nīto jāmbūnadanibhākṛtiḥ
citrāṅgo visphuran hṛṣṭo vane vasati nirbhayaḥ
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| 17 | tato 'bhyayān mahāraudro vyāditāsyaḥ kṣudhānvitaḥ
dvīpinaṃ lelihad vaktro vyāghro rudhiralālasaḥ
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| 18 | vyāghraṃ dṛṣṭvā kṣudhābhagnaṃ daṃṣṭriṇaṃ vanagocaram
dvīpī jīvitarakṣārtham ṛṣiṃ śaraṇam eyivān
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| 19 | tataḥ saṃvāsajaṃ sneham ṛṣiṇā kurvatā sadā
sa dvīpī vyāghratāṃ nīto ripubhir balavattaraḥ
tato dṛṣṭvā sa śārdūlo nābhyahaṃs taṃ viśāṃ pate
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| 20 | sa tu śvā vyāghratāṃ prāpya balavān piśitāśanaḥ
na mūlaphalabhogeṣu spṛhām apy akarot tadā
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| 21 | yathā mṛgapatir nityaṃ prakāṅkṣati vanaukasaḥ
tathaiva sa mahārāja vyāghraḥ samabhavat tadā
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| 22 | vyāghras tūṭajamūlasthas tṛptaḥ supto hatair mṛgaiḥ
nāgaś cāgāt tam uddeśaṃ matto megha ivotthitaḥ
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| 23 | prabhinnakaraṭaḥ prāṃśuḥ padmī vitatamastakaḥ
suviṣāṇo mahākāyo meghagambhīranisvanaḥ
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| 24 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā kuñjaraṃ mattam āyāntaṃ madagarvitam
vyāghro hastibhayāt trastas tam ṛṣiṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau
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| 25 | tato 'nayat kuñjaratāṃ taṃ vyāghram ṛṣisattamaḥ
mahāmeghopamaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ sa bhīto 'bhavad gajaḥ
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| 26 | tataḥ kamalaṣaṇḍāni śallakīgahanāni ca
vyacarat sa mudā yuktaḥ padmareṇuvibhūṣitaḥ
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| 27 | kadā cid ramamāṇasya hastinaḥ sumukhaṃ tadā
ṛṣes tasyoṭajasthasya kālo 'gacchan niśāniśam
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| 28 | athājagāma taṃ deśaṃ kesarī kesarāruṇaḥ
girikandarajo bhīmaḥ siṃho nāgakulāntakaḥ
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| 29 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā siṃham āyāntaṃ nāgaḥ siṃhabhayākulaḥ
ṛṣiṃ śaraṇam āpede vepamāno bhayāturaḥ
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| 30 | tataḥ sa siṃhatāṃ nīto nāgendro muninā tadā
vanyaṃ nāgaṇayat siṃhaṃ tulyajātisamanvayāt
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| 31 | dṛṣṭvā ca so 'naśat siṃho vanyo bhīsannavāgbalaḥ
sa cāśrame 'vasat siṃhas tasminn eva vane sukhī
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| 32 | na tv anye kṣudrapaśavas tapovananivāsinaḥ
vyadṛśyanta bhayatrastā jīvitākāṅkṣiṇaḥ sadā
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| 33 | kadā cit kālayogena sarvaprāṇivihiṃsakaḥ
balavān kṣatajāhāro nānāsattvabhayaṃkaraḥ
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| 34 | aṣṭapād ūrdhvacaraṇaḥ śarabho vanagocaraḥ
taṃ siṃhaṃ hantum āgacchan munes tasya niveśanam
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| 35 | taṃ muniḥ śarabhaṃ cakre balotkaṭam ariṃdama
tataḥ sa śarabho vanyo muneḥ śarabham agrataḥ
dṛṣṭvā balinam atyugraṃ drutaṃ saṃprādravad bhayāt
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| 36 | sa evaṃ śarabhasthāne nyasto vai muninā tadā
muneḥ pārśvagato nityaṃ śārabhyaṃ sukham āptavān
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| 37 | tataḥ śarabhasaṃtrastāḥ sarve mṛgagaṇā vanāt
diśaḥ saṃprādravan rājan bhayāj jīvitakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
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| 38 | śarabho 'py atisaṃduṣṭo nityaṃ prāṇivadhe rataḥ
phalamūlāśanaṃ śāntaṃ naicchat sa piśitāśanaḥ
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| 39 | tato rudhiratarṣeṇa balinā śarabho 'nvitaḥ
iyeṣa taṃ muniṃ hantum akṛtajñaḥ śvayonijaḥ
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| 40 | tatas tena tapaḥśaktyā vidito jñānacakṣuṣā
vijñāya ca mahāprājño muniḥ śvānaṃ tam uktavān
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| 41 | śvā tvaṃ dvīpitvam āpanno dvīpī vyāghratvam āgataḥ
vyāghro nāgo madapaṭur nāgaḥ siṃhatvam āptavān
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| 42 | siṃho 'tibalasaṃyukto bhūyaḥ śarabhatāṃ gataḥ
mayā snehaparītena na vimṛṣṭaḥ kulānvayaḥ
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| 43 | yasmād evam apāpaṃ māṃ pāpa hiṃsitum icchasi
tasmāt svayonim āpannaḥ śvaiva tvaṃ hi bhaviṣyasi
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| 44 | tato munijanadveṣād duṣṭātmā śvākṛto 'budhaḥ
ṛṣiṇā śarabhaḥ śaptaḥ svaṃ rūpaṃ punar āptavān
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