 | Book 13 Chapter 20
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| 1 | aṣṭāvakra uvāca
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| 1 | tathāstu sādhayiṣyāmi tatra yāsyāmy asaṃśayam
yatra tvaṃ vadase sādho bhavān bhavatu satyavāk
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | tato 'gacchat sa bhagavān uttarām uttamāṃ diśam
himavantaṃ giriśreṣṭhaṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam
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| 3 | sa gatvā dvijaśārdūlo himavantaṃ mahāgirim
abhyagacchan nadīṃ puṇyāṃ bāhudāṃ dharmadāyinīm
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| 4 | aśoke vimale tīrthe snātvā tarpya ca devatāḥ
tatra vāsāya śayane kauśye sukham uvāsa ha
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| 5 | tato rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ prātar utthāya sa dvijaḥ
snātvā prāduścakārāgniṃ hutvā caiva vidhānataḥ
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| 6 | rudrāṇīkūpam āsādya hrade tatra samāśvasat
viśrāntaś ca samutthāya kailāsam abhito yayau
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| 7 | so 'paśyat kāñcanadvāraṃ dīpyamānam iva śriyā
mandākinīṃ ca nalinīṃ dhanadasya mahātmanaḥ
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| 8 | atha te rākṣasāḥ sarve ye 'bhirakṣanti padminīm
pratyutthitā bhagavantaṃ maṇibhadrapurogamāḥ
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| 9 | sa tān pratyarcayām āsa rākṣasān bhīmavikramān
nivedayata māṃ kṣipraṃ dhanadāyeti cābravīt
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| 10 | te rākṣasās tadā rājan bhagavantam athābruvan
asau vaiśravaṇo rājā svayam āyāti te 'ntikam
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| 11 | vidito bhagavān asya kāryam āgamane ca yat
paśyainaṃ tvaṃ mahābhāgaṃ jvalantam iva tejasā
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| 12 | tato vaiśravaṇo 'bhyetya aṣṭāvakram aninditam
vidhivat kuśalaṃ pṛṣṭvā tato brahmarṣim abravīt
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| 13 | sukhaṃ prāpto bhavān kaccit kiṃ vā mattaś cikīrṣasi
brūhi sarvaṃ kariṣyāmi yan māṃ tvaṃ vakṣyasi dvija
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| 14 | bhavanaṃ praviśa tvaṃ me yathākāmaṃ dvijottama
satkṛtaḥ kṛtakāryaś ca bhavān yāsyaty avighnataḥ
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| 15 | prāviśad bhavanaṃ svaṃ vai gṛhītvā taṃ dvijottamam
āsanaṃ svaṃ dadau caiva pādyam arghyaṃ tathaiva ca
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| 16 | athopaviṣṭayos tatra maṇibhadrapurogamāḥ
niṣedus tatra kauberā yakṣagandharvarākṣasāḥ
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| 17 | tatas teṣāṃ niṣaṇṇānāṃ dhanado vākyam abravīt
bhavacchandaṃ samājñāya nṛtyerann apsarogaṇāḥ
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| 18 | ātithyaṃ paramaṃ kāryaṃ śuśrūṣā bhavatas tathā
saṃvartatām ity uvāca munir madhurayā girā
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| 19 | athorvarā miśrakeśī rambhā caivorvaśī tathā
alambusā ghṛtācī ca citrā citrāṅgadā ruciḥ
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| 20 | manoharā sukeśī ca sumukhī hāsinī prabhā
vidyutā praśamā dāntā vidyotā ratir eva ca
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| 21 | etāś cānyāś ca vai bahvyaḥ pranṛttāpsarasaḥ śubhāḥ
avādayaṃś ca gandharvā vādyāni vividhāni ca
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| 22 | atha pravṛtte gāndharve divye ṛṣir upāvasat
divyaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ tatra raman vai sumahātapāḥ
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| 23 | tato vaiśravaṇo rājā bhagavantam uvāca ha
sāgraḥ saṃvatsaro yātas tava vipreha paśyataḥ
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| 24 | hāryo 'yaṃ viṣayo brahman gāndharvo nāma nāmataḥ
chandato vartatāṃ vipra yathā vadati vā bhavān
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| 25 | atithiḥ pūjanīyas tvam idaṃ ca bhavato gṛham
sarvam ājñāpyatām āśu paravanto vayaṃ tvayi
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| 26 | atha vaiśravaṇaṃ prīto bhagavān pratyabhāṣata
arcito 'smi yathānyāyaṃ gamiṣyāmi dhaneśvara
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| 27 | prīto 'smi sadṛśaṃ caiva tava sarvaṃ dhanādhipa
tava prasādād bhagavan maharṣeś ca mahātmanaḥ
niyogād adya yāsyāmi vṛddhimān ṛddhimān bhava
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| 28 | atha niṣkramya bhagavān prayayāv uttarāmukhaḥ
kailāsaṃ mandaraṃ haimaṃ sarvān anucacāra ha
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| 29 | tān atītya mahāśailān kairātaṃ sthānam uttamam
pradakṣiṇaṃ tataś cakre prayataḥ śirasā naman
dharaṇīm avatīryātha pūtātmāsau tadābhavat
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| 30 | sa taṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā triḥ śailaṃ cottarāmukhaḥ
samena bhūmibhāgena yayau prītipuraskṛtaḥ
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| 31 | tato 'paraṃ vanoddeśaṃ ramaṇīyam apaśyata
sarvartubhir mūlaphalaiḥ pakṣibhiś ca samanvitam
ramaṇīyair vanoddeśais tatra tatra vibhūṣitam
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| 32 | tatrāśramapadaṃ divyaṃ dadarśa bhagavān atha
śailāṃś ca vividhākārān kāñcanān ratnabhūṣitān
maṇibhūmau niviṣṭāś ca puṣkariṇyas tathaiva ca
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| 33 | anyāny api suramyāṇi dadarśa subahūny atha
bhṛśaṃ tasya mano reme maharṣer bhāvitātmanaḥ
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| 34 | sa tatra kāñcanaṃ divyaṃ sarvaratnamayaṃ gṛham
dadarśādbhutasaṃkāśaṃ dhanadasya gṛhād varam
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| 35 | mahānto yatra vividhāḥ prāsādāḥ parvatopamāḥ
vimānāni ca ramyāṇi ratnāni vividhāni ca
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| 36 | mandārapuṣpaiḥ saṃkīrṇā tathā mandākinī nadī
svayaṃprabhāś ca maṇayo vajrair bhūmiś ca bhūṣitā
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| 37 | nānāvidhaiś ca bhavanair vicitramaṇitoraṇaiḥ
muktājālaparikṣiptair maṇiratnavibhūṣitaiḥ
manodṛṣṭiharai ramyaiḥ sarvataḥ saṃvṛtaṃ śubhaiḥ
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| 38 | ṛṣiḥ samantato 'paśyat tatra tatra manoramam
tato 'bhavat tasya cintā kva me vāso bhaved iti
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| 39 | atha dvāraṃ samabhito gatvā sthitvā tato 'bravīt
atithiṃ mām anuprāptam anujānantu ye 'tra vai
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| 40 | atha kanyāparivṛtā gṛhāt tasmād viniḥsṛtāḥ
nānārūpāḥ sapta vibho kanyāḥ sarvā manoharāḥ
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| 41 | yāṃ yām apaśyat kanyāṃ sa sā sā tasya mano 'harat
nāśaknuvad dhārayituṃ mano 'thāsyāvasīdati
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| 42 | tato dhṛtiḥ samutpannā tasya viprasya dhīmataḥ
atha taṃ pramadāḥ prāhur bhagavān praviśatv iti
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| 43 | sa ca tāsāṃ surūpāṇāṃ tasyaiva bhavanasya ca
kautūhalasamāviṣṭaḥ praviveśa gṛhaṃ dvijaḥ
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| 44 | tatrāpaśyaj jarāyuktām arajombaradhāriṇīm
vṛddhāṃ paryaṅkam āsīnāṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitām
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| 45 | svastīti cātha tenoktā sā strī pratyavadat tadā
pratyutthāya ca taṃ vipram āsyatām ity uvāca ha
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| 46 | aṣṭāvakra uvāca
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| 46 | sarvāḥ svān ālayān yāntu ekā mām upatiṣṭhatu
suprajñātā supraśāntā śeṣā gacchantu cchandataḥ
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| 47 | tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya kanyās tās tam ṛṣiṃ tadā
nirākrāman gṛhāt tasmāt sā vṛddhātha vyatiṣṭhata
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| 48 | atha tāṃ saṃviśan prāha śayane bhāsvare tadā
tvayāpi supyatāṃ bhadre rajanī hy ativartate
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| 49 | saṃlāpāt tena vipreṇa tathā sā tatra bhāṣitā
dvitīye śayane divye saṃviveśa mahāprabhe
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| 50 | atha sā vepamānāṅgī nimittaṃ śītajaṃ tadā
vyapadiśya maharṣer vai śayanaṃ cādhyarohata
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| 51 | svāgataṃ svāgatenāstu bhagavāṃs tām abhāṣata
sopāgūhad bhujābhyāṃ tu ṛṣiṃ prītyā nararṣabha
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| 52 | nirvikāram ṛṣiṃ cāpi kāṣṭhakuḍyopamaṃ tadā
duḥkhitā prekṣya saṃjalpam akārṣīd ṛṣiṇā saha
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| 53 | brahman na kāmakāro 'sti strīṇāṃ puruṣato dhṛtiḥ
kāmena mohitā cāhaṃ tvāṃ bhajantīṃ bhajasva mām
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| 54 | prahṛṣṭo bhava viprarṣe samāgaccha mayā saha
upagūha ca māṃ vipra kāmārtāhaṃ bhṛśaṃ tvayi
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| 55 | etad dhi tava dharmātmaṃs tapasaḥ pūjyate phalam
prārthitaṃ darśanād eva bhajamānāṃ bhajasva mām
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| 56 | sadma cedaṃ vanaṃ cedaṃ yac cānyad api paśyasi
prabhutvaṃ tava sarvatra mayi caiva na saṃśayaḥ
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| 57 | sarvān kāmān vidhāsyāmi ramasva sahito mayā
ramaṇīye vane vipra sarvakāmaphalaprade
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| 58 | tvadvaśāhaṃ bhaviṣyāmi raṃsyase ca mayā saha
sarvān kāmān upāśnāno ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ
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| 59 | nātaḥ paraṃ hi nārīṇāṃ kāryaṃ kiṃ cana vidyate
yathā puruṣasaṃsargaḥ param etad dhi naḥ phalam
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| 60 | ātmacchandena vartante nāryo manmathacoditāḥ
na ca dahyanti gacchantyaḥ sutaptair api pāṃsubhiḥ
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| 61 | aṣṭāvakra uvāca
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| 61 | paradārān ahaṃ bhadre na gaccheyaṃ kathaṃ cana
dūṣitaṃ dharmaśāstreṣu paradārābhimarśanam
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| 62 | bhadre niveṣṭukāmaṃ māṃ viddhi satyena vai śape
viṣayeṣv anabhijño 'haṃ dharmārthaṃ kila saṃtatiḥ
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| 63 | evaṃ lokān gamiṣyāmi putrair iti na saṃśayaḥ
bhadre dharmaṃ vijānīṣva jñātvā coparamasva ha
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| 64 | stry uvāca
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| 64 | nānilo 'gnir na varuṇo na cānye tridaśā dvija
priyāḥ strīṇāṃ yathā kāmo ratiśīlā hi yoṣitaḥ
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| 65 | sahasraikā yatā nārī prāpnotīha kadā cana
tathā śatasahasreṣu yadi kā cit pativratā
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| 66 | naitā jānanti pitaraṃ na kulaṃ na ca mātaram
na bhrātṝn na ca bhartāraṃ na putrān na ca devarān
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| 67 | līlāyantyaḥ kulaṃ ghnanti kūlānīva saridvarāḥ
doṣāṃś ca mandān mandāsu prajāpatir abhāṣata
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| 68 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 68 | tataḥ sa ṛṣir ekāgras tāṃ striyaṃ pratyabhāṣata
āsyatāṃ ruciraṃ chandaḥ kiṃ vā kāryaṃ bravīhi me
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| 69 | sā strī provāca bhagavan drakṣyase deśakālataḥ
vasa tāvan mahāprājña kṛtakṛtyo gamiṣyasi
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| 70 | brahmarṣis tām athovāca sa tatheti yudhiṣṭhira
vatsye 'haṃ yāvad utsāho bhavatyā nātra saṃśayaḥ
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| 71 | atharṣir abhisaṃprekṣya striyaṃ tāṃ jarayānvitām
cintāṃ paramikāṃ bheje saṃtapta iva cābhavat
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| 72 | yad yad aṅgaṃ hi so 'paśyat tasyā viprarṣabhas tadā
nāramat tatra tatrāsya dṛṣṭī rūpaparājitā
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| 73 | devateyaṃ gṛhasyāsya śāpān nūnaṃ virūpitā
asyāś ca kāraṇaṃ vettuṃ na yuktaṃ sahasā mayā
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| 74 | iti cintāviṣaktasya tam arthaṃ jñātum icchataḥ
vyagamat tad ahaḥśeṣaṃ manasā vyākulena tu
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| 75 | atha sā strī tadovāca bhagavan paśya vai raveḥ
rūpaṃ saṃdhyābhrasaṃyuktaṃ kim upasthāpyatāṃ tava
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| 76 | sa uvāca tadā tāṃ strīṃ snānodakam ihānaya
upāsiṣye tataḥ saṃdhyāṃ vāgyato niyatendriyaḥ
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