 | Book 1 Chapter 39
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| 1 | takṣaka uvāca
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| 1 | daṣṭaṃ yadi mayeha tvaṃ śaktaḥ kiṃ cic cikitsitum
tato vṛkṣaṃ mayā daṣṭam imaṃ jīvaya kāśyapa
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| 2 | paraṃ mantrabalaṃ yat te tad darśaya yatasva ca
nyagrodham enaṃ dhakṣyāmi paśyatas te dvijottama
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| 3 | kāśyapa uvāca
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| 3 | daśa nāgendra vṛkṣaṃ tvaṃ yam enam abhimanyase
aham enaṃ tvayā daṣṭaṃ jīvayiṣye bhujaṃgama
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| 4 | sūta uvāca
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| 4 | evam uktaḥ sa nāgendraḥ kāśyapena mahātmanā
adaśad vṛkṣam abhyetya nyagrodhaṃ pannagottamaḥ
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| 5 | sa vṛkṣas tena daṣṭaḥ san sadya eva mahādyute
āśīviṣaviṣopetaḥ prajajvāla samantataḥ
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| 6 | taṃ dagdhvā sa nagaṃ nāgaḥ kāśyapaṃ punar abravīt
kuru yatnaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha jīvayainaṃ vanaspatim
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| 7 | bhasmībhūtaṃ tato vṛkṣaṃ pannagendrasya tejasā
bhasma sarvaṃ samāhṛtya kāśyapo vākyam abravīt
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| 8 | vidyābalaṃ pannagendra paśya me 'smin vanaspatau
ahaṃ saṃjīvayāmy enaṃ paśyatas te bhujaṃgama
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| 9 | tataḥ sa bhagavān vidvān kāśyapo dvijasattamaḥ
bhasmarāśīkṛtaṃ vṛkṣaṃ vidyayā samajīvayat
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| 10 | aṅkuraṃ taṃ sa kṛtavāṃs tataḥ parṇadvayānvitam
palāśinaṃ śākhinaṃ ca tathā viṭapinaṃ punaḥ
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| 11 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā jīvitaṃ vṛkṣaṃ kāśyapena mahātmanā
uvāca takṣako brahmann etad atyadbhutaṃ tvayi
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| 12 | viprendra yad viṣaṃ hanyā mama vā madvidhasya vā
kaṃ tvam artham abhiprepsur yāsi tatra tapodhana
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| 13 | yat te 'bhilaṣitaṃ prāptuṃ phalaṃ tasmān nṛpottamāt
aham eva pradāsyāmi tat te yady api durlabham
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| 14 | vipraśāpābhibhūte ca kṣīṇāyuṣi narādhipe
ghaṭamānasya te vipra siddhiḥ saṃśayitā bhavet
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| 15 | tato yaśaḥ pradīptaṃ te triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam
viraśmir iva gharmāṃśur antardhānam ito vrajet
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| 16 | kāśyapa uvāca
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| 16 | dhanārthī yāmy ahaṃ tatra tan me ditsa bhujaṃgama
tato 'haṃ vinivartiṣye gṛhāyoragasattama
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| 17 | takṣaka uvāca
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| 17 | yāvad dhanaṃ prārthayase tasmād rājñas tato 'dhikam
ahaṃ te 'dya pradāsyāmi nivartasva dvijottama
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| 18 | sūta uvāca
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| 18 | takṣakasya vacaḥ śrutvā kāśyapo dvijasattamaḥ
pradadhyau sumahātejā rājānaṃ prati buddhimān
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| 19 | divyajñānaḥ sa tejasvī jñātvā taṃ nṛpatiṃ tadā
kṣīṇāyuṣaṃ pāṇḍaveyam apāvartata kāśyapaḥ
labdhvā vittaṃ munivaras takṣakād yāvad īpsitam
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| 20 | nivṛtte kāśyape tasmin samayena mahātmani
jagāma takṣakas tūrṇaṃ nagaraṃ nāgasāhvayam
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| 21 | atha śuśrāva gacchan sa takṣako jagatīpatim
mantrāgadair viṣaharai rakṣyamāṇaṃ prayatnataḥ
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| 22 | sa cintayām āsa tadā māyāyogena pārthivaḥ
mayā vañcayitavyo 'sau ka upāyo bhaved iti
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| 23 | tatas tāpasarūpeṇa prāhiṇot sa bhujaṃgamān
phalapatrodakaṃ gṛhya rājñe nāgo 'tha takṣakaḥ
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| 24 | takṣaka uvāca
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| 24 | gacchadhvaṃ yūyam avyagrā rājānaṃ kāryavattayā
phalapatrodakaṃ nāma pratigrāhayituṃ nṛpam
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| 25 | sūta uvāca
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| 25 | te takṣakasamādiṣṭās tathā cakrur bhujaṃgamāḥ
upaninyus tathā rājñe darbhān āpaḥ phalāni ca
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| 26 | tac ca sarvaṃ sa rājendraḥ pratijagrāha vīryavān
kṛtvā ca teṣāṃ kāryāṇi gamyatām ity uvāca tān
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| 27 | gateṣu teṣu nāgeṣu tāpasacchadmarūpiṣu
amātyān suhṛdaś caiva provāca sa narādhipaḥ
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| 28 | bhakṣayantu bhavanto vai svādūnīmāni sarvaśaḥ
tāpasair upanītāni phalāni sahitā mayā
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| 29 | tato rājā sasacivaḥ phalāny ādātum aicchata
yad gṛhītaṃ phalaṃ rājñā tatra kṛmir abhūd aṇuḥ
hrasvakaḥ kṛṣṇanayanas tāmro varṇena śaunaka
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| 30 | sa taṃ gṛhya nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ sacivān idam abravīt
astam abhyeti savitā viṣād adya na me bhayam
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| 31 | satyavāg astu sa muniḥ kṛmiko māṃ daśatv ayam
takṣako nāma bhūtvā vai tathā parihṛtaṃ bhavet
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| 32 | te cainam anvavartanta mantriṇaḥ kālacoditāḥ
evam uktvā sa rājendro grīvāyāṃ saṃniveśya ha
kṛmikaṃ prāhasat tūrṇaṃ mumūrṣur naṣṭacetanaḥ
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| 33 | hasann eva ca bhogena takṣakeṇābhiveṣṭitaḥ
tasmāt phalād viniṣkramya yat tad rājñe niveditam
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