 | Book 1 Chapter 25
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| 1 | sūta uvāca
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| 1 | tasya kaṇṭham anuprāpto brāhmaṇaḥ saha bhāryayā
dahan dīpta ivāṅgāras tam uvācāntarikṣagaḥ
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| 2 | dvijottama vinirgaccha tūrṇam āsyād apāvṛtāt
na hi me brāhmaṇo vadhyaḥ pāpeṣv api rataḥ sadā
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| 3 | bruvāṇam evaṃ garuḍaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ samabhāṣata
niṣādī mama bhāryeyaṃ nirgacchatu mayā saha
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| 4 | garuḍa uvāca
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| 4 | etām api niṣādīṃ tvaṃ parigṛhyāśu niṣpata
tūrṇaṃ saṃbhāvayātmānam ajīrṇaṃ mama tejasā
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| 5 | sūta uvāca
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| 5 | tataḥ sa vipro niṣkrānto niṣādīsahitas tadā
vardhayitvā ca garuḍam iṣṭaṃ deśaṃ jagāma ha
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| 6 | sahabhārye viniṣkrānte tasmin vipre sa pakṣirāṭ
vitatya pakṣāv ākāśam utpapāta manojavaḥ
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| 7 | tato 'paśyat sa pitaraṃ pṛṣṭaś cākhyātavān pituḥ
ahaṃ hi sarpaiḥ prahitaḥ somam āhartum udyataḥ
mātur dāsyavimokṣārtham āhariṣye tam adya vai
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| 8 | mātrā cāsmi samādiṣṭo niṣādān bhakṣayeti vai
na ca me tṛptir abhavad bhakṣayitvā sahasraśaḥ
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| 9 | tasmād bhoktavyam aparaṃ bhagavan pradiśasva me
yad bhuktvāmṛtam āhartuṃ samarthaḥ syām ahaṃ prabho
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| 10 | kaśyapa uvāca
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| 10 | āsīd vibhāvasur nāma maharṣiḥ kopano bhṛśam
bhrātā tasyānujaś cāsīt supratīko mahātapāḥ
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| 11 | sa necchati dhanaṃ bhrātrā sahaikasthaṃ mahāmuniḥ
vibhāgaṃ kīrtayaty eva supratīko 'tha nityaśaḥ
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| 12 | athābravīc ca taṃ bhrātā supratīkaṃ vibhāvasuḥ
vibhāgaṃ bahavo mohāt kartum icchanti nityadā
tato vibhaktā anyonyaṃ nādriyante 'rthamohitāḥ
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| 13 | tataḥ svārthaparān mūḍhān pṛthag bhūtān svakair dhanaiḥ
viditvā bhedayanty etān amitrā mitrarūpiṇaḥ
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| 14 | viditvā cāpare bhinnān antareṣu patanty atha
bhinnānām atulo nāśaḥ kṣipram eva pravartate
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| 15 | tasmāc caiva vibhāgārthaṃ na praśaṃsanti paṇḍitāḥ
guruśāstre nibaddhānām anyonyam abhiśaṅkinām
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| 16 | niyantuṃ na hi śakyas tvaṃ bhedato dhanam icchasi
yasmāt tasmāt supratīka hastitvaṃ samavāpsyasi
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| 17 | śaptas tv evaṃ supratīko vibhāvasum athābravīt
tvam apy antarjalacaraḥ kacchapaḥ saṃbhaviṣyasi
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| 18 | evam anyonyaśāpāt tau supratīkavibhāvasū
gajakacchapatāṃ prāptāv arthārthaṃ mūḍhacetasau
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| 19 | roṣadoṣānuṣaṅgeṇa tiryagyonigatāv api
parasparadveṣaratau pramāṇabaladarpitau
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| 20 | sarasy asmin mahākāyau pūrvavairānusāriṇau
tayor ekataraḥ śrīmān samupaiti mahāgajaḥ
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| 21 | tasya bṛṃhitaśabdena kūrmo 'py antarjaleśayaḥ
utthito 'sau mahākāyaḥ kṛtsnaṃ saṃkṣobhayan saraḥ
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| 22 | taṃ dṛṣṭvāveṣṭitakaraḥ pataty eṣa gajo jalam
dantahastāgralāṅgūlapādavegena vīryavān
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| 23 | taṃ vikṣobhayamāṇaṃ tu saro bahujhaṣākulam
kūrmo 'py abhyudyataśirā yuddhāyābhyeti vīryavān
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| 24 | ṣaḍ ucchrito yojanāni gajas tad dviguṇāyataḥ
kūrmas triyojanotsedho daśayojanamaṇḍalaḥ
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| 25 | tāv etau yuddhasaṃmattau parasparajayaiṣiṇau
upayujyāśu karmedaṃ sādhayepsitam ātmanaḥ
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| 26 | sūta uvāca
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| 26 | sa tac chrutvā pitur vākyaṃ bhīmavego 'ntarikṣagaḥ
nakhena gajam ekena kūrmam ekena cākṣipat
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| 27 | samutpapāta cākāśaṃ tata uccair vihaṃgamaḥ
so 'lambatīrtham āsādya devavṛkṣān upāgamat
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| 28 | te bhītāḥ samakampanta tasya pakṣānilāhatāḥ
na no bhañjyād iti tadā divyāḥ kanakaśākhinaḥ
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| 29 | pracalāṅgān sa tān dṛṣṭvā manorathaphalāṅkurān
anyān atularūpāṅgān upacakrāma khecaraḥ
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| 30 | kāñcanai rājataiś caiva phalair vaiḍūryaśākhinaḥ
sāgarāmbuparikṣiptān bhrājamānān mahādrumān
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| 31 | tam uvāca khagaśreṣṭhaṃ tatra rohiṇapādapaḥ
atipravṛddhaḥ sumahān āpatantaṃ manojavam
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| 32 | yaiṣā mama mahāśākhā śatayojanam āyatā
etām āsthāya śākhāṃ tvaṃ khādemau gajakacchapau
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| 33 | tato drumaṃ patagasahasrasevitaṃ; mahīdharapratimavapuḥ prakampayan
khagottamo drutam abhipatya vegavān; babhañja tām aviralapatrasaṃvṛtām
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