 | Book 13 Chapter 102
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | śrutaṃ me bharataśreṣṭha puṣpadhūpapradāyinām
phalaṃ balividhāne ca tad bhūyo vaktum arhasi
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| 2 | dhūpapradānasya phalaṃ pradīpasya tathaiva ca
balayaś ca kimarthaṃ vai kṣipyante gṛhamedhibhiḥ
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| 3 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 3 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
nahuṣaṃ prati saṃvādam agastyasya bhṛgos tathā
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| 4 | nahuṣo hi mahārāja rājarṣiḥ sumahātapāḥ
devarājyam anuprāptaḥ sukṛteneha karmaṇā
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| 5 | tatrāpi prayato rājan nahuṣas tridive vasan
mānuṣīś caiva divyāś ca kurvāṇo vividhāḥ kriyāḥ
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| 6 | mānuṣyas tatra sarvāḥ sma kriyās tasya mahātmanaḥ
pravṛttās tridive rājan divyāś caiva sanātanāḥ
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| 7 | agnikāryāṇi samidhaḥ kuśāḥ sumanasas tathā
balayaś cānnalājābhir dhūpanaṃ dīpakarma ca
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| 8 | sarvaṃ tasya gṛhe rājñaḥ prāvartata mahātmanaḥ
japayajñān manoyajñāṃs tridive 'pi cakāra saḥ
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| 9 | daivatāny arcayaṃś cāpi vidhivat sa sureśvaraḥ
sarvāṇy eva yathānyāyaṃ yathāpūrvam ariṃdama
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| 10 | athendrasya bhaviṣyatvād ahaṃkāras tam āviśat
sarvāś caiva kriyās tasya paryahīyanta bhūpate
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| 11 | sa ṛṣīn vāhayām āsa varadānamadānvitaḥ
parihīnakriyaś cāpi durbalatvam upeyivān
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| 12 | tasya vāhayataḥ kālo munimukhyāṃs tapodhanān
ahaṃkārābhibhūtasya sumahān atyavartata
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| 13 | atha paryāyaśa ṛṣīn vāhanāyopacakrame
paryāyaś cāpy agastyasya samapadyata bhārata
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| 14 | athāgamya mahātejā bhṛgur brahmavidāṃ varaḥ
agastyam āśramasthaṃ vai samupetyedam abravīt
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| 15 | evaṃ vayam asatkāraṃ devendrasyāsya durmateḥ
nahuṣasya kimarthaṃ vai marṣayāma mahāmune
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| 16 | agastya uvāca
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| 16 | katham eṣa mayā śakyaḥ śaptuṃ yasya mahāmune
varadena varo datto bhavato viditaś ca saḥ
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| 17 | yo me dṛṣṭipathaṃ gacchet sa me vaśyo bhaved iti
ity anena varo devād yācito gacchatā divam
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| 18 | evaṃ na dagdhaḥ sa mayā bhavatā ca na saṃśayaḥ
anyenāpy ṛṣimukhyena na śapto na ca pātitaḥ
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| 19 | amṛtaṃ caiva pānāya dattam asmai purā vibho
mahātmane tadarthaṃ ca nāsmābhir vinipātyate
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| 20 | prāyacchata varaṃ devaḥ prajānāṃ duḥkhakārakam
dvijeṣv adharmayuktāni sa karoti narādhamaḥ
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| 21 | atra yat prāptakālaṃ nas tad brūhi vadatāṃ vara
bhavāṃś cāpi yathā brūyāt kurvīmahi tathā vayam
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| 22 | bhṛgur uvāca
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| 22 | pitāmahaniyogena bhavantam aham āgataḥ
pratikartuṃ balavati nahuṣe darpam āsthite
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| 23 | adya hi tvā sudurbuddhī rathe yokṣyati devarāṭ
adyainam aham udvṛttaṃ kariṣye 'nindram ojasā
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| 24 | adyendraṃ sthāpayiṣyāmi paśyatas te śatakratum
saṃcālya pāpakarmāṇam indrasthānāt sudurmatim
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| 25 | adya cāsau kudevendras tvāṃ padā dharṣayiṣyati
daivopahatacittatvād ātmanāśāya mandadhīḥ
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| 26 | vyutkrāntadharmaṃ tam ahaṃ dharṣaṇāmarṣito bhṛśam
ahir bhavasveti ruṣā śapsye pāpaṃ dvijadruham
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| 27 | tata enaṃ sudurbuddhiṃ dhikśabdābhihatatviṣam
dharaṇyāṃ pātayiṣyāmi prekṣatas te mahāmune
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| 28 | nahuṣaṃ pāpakarmāṇam aiśvaryabalamohitam
yathā ca rocate tubhyaṃ tathā kartāsmy ahaṃ mune
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| 29 | evam uktas tu bhṛguṇā maitrāvaruṇir avyayaḥ
agastyaḥ paramaprīto babhūva vigatajvaraḥ
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