Book 1 Chapter 23 | |
1 | sūta uvāca |
1 | suparṇenohyamānās te jagmus taṃ deśam āśu vai
sāgarāmbuparikṣiptaṃ pakṣisaṃghanināditam |
2 | vicitraphalapuṣpābhir vanarājibhir āvṛtam
bhavanair āvṛtaṃ ramyais tathā padmākarair api |
3 | prasannasalilaiś cāpi hradaiś citrair vibhūṣitam
divyagandhavahaiḥ puṇyair mārutair upavījitam |
4 | upajighradbhir ākāśaṃ vṛkṣair malayajair api
śobhitaṃ puṣpavarṣāṇi muñcadbhir mārutoddhutaiḥ |
5 | kiradbhir iva tatrasthān nāgān puṣpāmbuvṛṣṭibhiḥ
manaḥsaṃharṣaṇaṃ puṇyaṃ gandharvāpsarasāṃ priyam nānāpakṣirutaṃ ramyaṃ kadrūputrapraharṣaṇam |
6 | tat te vanaṃ samāsādya vijahruḥ pannagā mudā
abruvaṃś ca mahāvīryaṃ suparṇaṃ patagottamam |
7 | vahāsmān aparaṃ dvīpaṃ suramyaṃ vipulodakam
tvaṃ hi deśān bahūn ramyān patan paśyasi khecara |
8 | sa vicintyābravīt pakṣī mātaraṃ vinatāṃ tadā
kiṃ kāraṇaṃ mayā mātaḥ kartavyaṃ sarpabhāṣitam |
9 | vinatovāca |
9 | dāsībhūtāsmy anāryāyā bhaginyāḥ patagottama
paṇaṃ vitatham āsthāya sarpair upadhinā kṛtam |
10 | sūta uvāca |
10 | tasmiṃs tu kathite mātrā kāraṇe gaganecaraḥ
uvāca vacanaṃ sarpāṃs tena duḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ |
11 | kim āhṛtya viditvā vā kiṃ vā kṛtveha pauruṣam
dāsyād vo vipramucyeyaṃ satyaṃ śaṃsata lelihāḥ |
12 | śrutvā tam abruvan sarpā āharāmṛtam ojasā
tato dāsyād vipramokṣo bhavitā tava khecara |