Book 1 Chapter 4 | |
1 | lomaharṣaṇaputra ugraśravāḥ sūtaḥ paurāṇiko naimiṣāraṇye śaunakasya kulapater dvādaśavārṣike satre ṛṣe |
2 | paurāṇikaḥ purāṇe kṛtaśramaḥ sa tān kṛtāñjalir uvāca
kiṃ bhavantaḥ śrotum icchanti kim ahaṃ bruvāṇīti |
3 | tam ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
paramaṃ lomaharṣaṇe prakṣyāmas tvāṃ vakṣyasi ca naḥ śuśrūṣatāṃ kathāyogam tad bhagavāṃs tu tāvac chaunako 'gniśaraṇam adhyāste |
4 | yo 'sau divyāḥ kathā veda devatāsurasaṃkathāḥ
manuṣyoragagandharvakathā veda ca sarvaśaḥ |
5 | sa cāpy asmin makhe saute vidvān kulapatir dvijaḥ
dakṣo dhṛtavrato dhīmāñ śāstre cāraṇyake guruḥ |
6 | satyavādī śamaparas tapasvī niyatavrataḥ
sarveṣām eva no mānyaḥ sa tāvat pratipālyatām |
7 | tasminn adhyāsati gurāv āsanaṃ paramārcitam
tato vakṣyasi yat tvāṃ sa prakṣyati dvijasattamaḥ |
8 | sūta uvāca |
8 | evam astu gurau tasminn upaviṣṭe mahātmani
tena pṛṣṭaḥ kathāḥ puṇyā vakṣyāmi vividhāśrayāḥ |
9 | so 'tha viprarṣabhaḥ kāryaṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ yathākramam
devān vāgbhiḥ pitṝn adbhis tarpayitvājagāma ha |
10 | yatra brahmarṣayaḥ siddhās ta āsīnā yatavratāḥ
yajñāyatanam āśritya sūtaputrapuraḥsarāḥ |
11 | ṛtvikṣv atha sadasyeṣu sa vai gṛhapatis tataḥ
upaviṣṭeṣūpaviṣṭaḥ śaunako 'thābravīd idam |