 | Book 12 Chapter 278
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | tiṣṭhate me sadā tāta kautūhalam idaṃ hṛdi
tad ahaṃ śrotum icchāmi tvattaḥ kurupitāmaha
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| 2 | kathaṃ devarṣir uśanā sadā kāvyo mahāmatiḥ
asurāṇāṃ priyakaraḥ surāṇām apriye rataḥ
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| 3 | vardhayām āsa tejaś ca kimartham amitaujasām
nityaṃ vairanibaddhāś ca dānavāḥ surasattamaiḥ
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| 4 | kathaṃ cāpy uśanā prāpa śukratvam amaradyutiḥ
ṛddhiṃ ca sa kathaṃ prāptaḥ sarvam etad bravīhi me
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| 5 | na yāti ca sa tejasvī madhyena nabhasaḥ katham
etad icchāmi vijñātuṃ nikhilena pitāmaha
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| 6 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 6 | śṛṇu rājann avahitaḥ sarvam etad yathātatham
yathāmati yathā caitac chrutapūrvaṃ mayānagha
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| 7 | eṣa bhārgavadāyādo muniḥ satyo dṛḍhavrataḥ
asurāṇāṃ priyakaro nimitte karuṇātmake
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| 8 | indro 'tha dhanado rājā yakṣarakṣodhipaḥ sa ca
prabhaviṣṇuś ca kośasya jagataś ca tathā prabhuḥ
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| 9 | tasyātmānam athāviśya yogasiddho mahāmuniḥ
ruddhvā dhanapatiṃ devaṃ yogena hṛtavān vasu
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| 10 | hṛte dhane tataḥ śarma na lebhe dhanadas tathā
āpannamanyuḥ saṃvignaḥ so 'bhyagāt surasattamam
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| 11 | nivedayām āsa tadā śivāyāmitatejase
devaśreṣṭhāya rudrāya saumyāya bahurūpiṇe
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| 12 | kubera uvāca
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| 12 | yogātmakenośanasā ruddhvā mama hṛtaṃ vasu
yogenātmagatiṃ kṛtvā niḥsṛtaś ca mahātapāḥ
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| 13 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 13 | etac chrutvā tataḥ kruddho mahāyogī maheśvaraḥ
saṃraktanayano rājañ śūlam ādāya tasthivān
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| 14 | kvāsvau kvāsāv iti prāha gṛhītvā paramāyudham
uśanā dūratas tasya babhau jñātvā cikīrṣitam
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| 15 | sa mahāyogino buddhvā taṃ roṣaṃ vai mahātmanaḥ
gatim āgamanaṃ vetti sthānaṃ vetti tataḥ prabhuḥ
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| 16 | saṃcintyogreṇa tapasā mahātmānaṃ maheśvaram
uśanā yogasiddhātmā śūlāgre pratyadṛśyata
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| 17 | vijñātarūpaḥ sa tadā tapaḥsiddhena dhanvinā
jñātvā śūlaṃ ca deveśaḥ pāṇinā samanāmayat
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| 18 | ānatenātha śūlena pāṇināmitatejasā
pinākam iti covāca śūlam ugrāyudhaḥ prabhuḥ
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| 19 | pāṇimadhyagataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhārgavaṃ tam umāpatiḥ
āsyaṃ vivṛtya kakudī pāṇiṃ saṃprākṣipac chanaiḥ
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| 20 | sa tu praviṣṭa uśanā koṣṭhaṃ māheśvaraṃ prabhuḥ
vyacarac cāpi tatrāsau mahātmā bhṛgunandanaḥ
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| 21 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 21 | kimarthaṃ vyacarad rājann uśanā tasya dhīmataḥ
jaṭhare devadevasya kiṃ cākārṣīn mahādyutiḥ
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| 22 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 22 | purā so 'ntarjalagataḥ sthāṇubhūto mahāvrataḥ
varṣāṇām abhavad rājan prayutāny arbudāni ca
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| 23 | udatiṣṭhat tapas taptvā duścaraṃ sa mahāhradāt
tato devātidevas taṃ brahmā samupasarpata
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| 24 | tapovṛddhim apṛcchac ca kuśalaṃ cainam avyayam
tapaḥ sucīrṇam iti ca provāca vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ
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| 25 | tatsaṃyogena vṛddhiṃ cāpy apaśyat sa tu śaṃkaraḥ
mahāmatir acintyātmā satyadharmarataḥ sadā
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| 26 | sa tenāḍhyo mahāyogī tapasā ca dhanena ca
vyarājata mahārāja triṣu lokeṣu vīryavān
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| 27 | tataḥ pinākī yogātmā dhyānayogaṃ samāviśat
uśanā tu samudvigno nililye jaṭhare tataḥ
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| 28 | tuṣṭāva ca mahāyogī devaṃ tatrastha eva ca
niḥsāraṃ kāṅkṣamāṇas tu tejasā pratyahanyata
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| 29 | uśanā tu tadovāca jaṭharastho mahāmuniḥ
prasādaṃ me kuruṣveti punaḥ punar ariṃdama
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| 30 | tam uvāca mahādevo gaccha śiśnena mokṣaṇam
iti srotāṃsi sarvāṇi ruddhvā tridaśapuṃgavaḥ
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| 31 | apaśyamānaḥ sa dvāraṃ sarvataḥpihito muniḥ
paryakrāmad dahyamāna itaś cetaś ca tejasā
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| 32 | sa viniṣkramya śiśnena śukratvam abhipedivān
kāryeṇa tena nabhaso nāgacchata ca madhyataḥ
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| 33 | niṣkrāntam atha taṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalantam iva tejasā
bhavo roṣasamāviṣṭaḥ śūlodyatakaraḥ sthitaḥ
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| 34 | nyavārayata taṃ devī kruddhaṃ paśupatiṃ patim
putratvam agamad devyā vārite śaṃkare ca saḥ
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| 35 | devy uvāca
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| 35 | hiṃsanīyas tvayā naiṣa mama putratvam āgataḥ
na hi devodarāt kaś cin niḥsṛto nāśam archati
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| 36 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 36 | tataḥ prīto 'bhavad devyāḥ prahasaṃś cedam abravīt
gacchatv eṣa yathākāmam iti rājan punaḥ punaḥ
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| 37 | tataḥ praṇamya varadaṃ devaṃ devīm umāṃ tathā
uśanā prāpa tad dhīmān gatim iṣṭāṃ mahāmuniḥ
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| 38 | etat te kathitaṃ tāta bhārgavasya mahātmanaḥ
caritaṃ bharataśreṣṭha yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
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