 | Book 1 Chapter 48
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| 1 | śaunaka uvāca
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| 1 | sarpasatre tadā rājñaḥ pāṇḍaveyasya dhīmataḥ
janamejayasya ke tv āsann ṛtvijaḥ paramarṣayaḥ
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| 2 | ke sadasyā babhūvuś ca sarpasatre sudāruṇe
viṣādajanane 'tyarthaṃ pannagānāṃ mahābhaye
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| 3 | sarvaṃ vistaratas tāta bhavāñ śaṃsitum arhati
sarpasatravidhānajñā vijñeyās te hi sūtaja
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| 4 | sūta uvāca
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| 4 | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi nāmānīha manīṣiṇām
ye ṛtvijaḥ sadasyāś ca tasyāsan nṛpates tadā
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| 5 | tatra hotā babhūvātha brāhmaṇaś caṇḍabhārgavaḥ
cyavanasyānvaye jātaḥ khyāto vedavidāṃ varaḥ
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| 6 | udgātā brāhmaṇo vṛddho vidvān kautsāryajaiminiḥ
brahmābhavac chārṅgaravo adhvaryur bodhapiṅgalaḥ
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| 7 | sadasyaś cābhavad vyāsaḥ putraśiṣyasahāyavān
uddālakaḥ śamaṭhakaḥ śvetaketuś ca pañcamaḥ
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| 8 | asito devalaś caiva nāradaḥ parvatas tathā
ātreyaḥ kuṇḍajaṭharo dvijaḥ kuṭighaṭas tathā
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| 9 | vātsyaḥ śrutaśravā vṛddhas tapaḥsvādhyāyaśīlavān
kahoḍo devaśarmā ca maudgalyaḥ śamasaubharaḥ
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| 10 | ete cānye ca bahavo brāhmaṇāḥ saṃśitavratāḥ
sadasyā abhavaṃs tatra satre pārikṣitasya ha
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| 11 | juhvatsv ṛtvikṣv atha tadā sarpasatre mahākratau
ahayaḥ prāpataṃs tatra ghorāḥ prāṇibhayāvahāḥ
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| 12 | vasāmedovahāḥ kulyā nāgānāṃ saṃpravartitāḥ
vavau gandhaś ca tumulo dahyatām aniśaṃ tadā
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| 13 | patatāṃ caiva nāgānāṃ dhiṣṭhitānāṃ tathāmbare
aśrūyatāniśaṃ śabdaḥ pacyatāṃ cāgninā bhṛśam
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| 14 | takṣakas tu sa nāgendraḥ puraṃdaraniveśanam
gataḥ śrutvaiva rājānaṃ dīkṣitaṃ janamejayam
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| 15 | tataḥ sarvaṃ yathāvṛttam ākhyāya bhujagottamaḥ
agacchac charaṇaṃ bhīta āgaskṛtvā puraṃdaram
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| 16 | tam indraḥ prāha suprīto na tavāstīha takṣaka
bhayaṃ nāgendra tasmād vai sarpasatrāt kathaṃ cana
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| 17 | prasādito mayā pūrvaṃ tavārthāya pitāmahaḥ
tasmāt tava bhayaṃ nāsti vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ
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| 18 | evam āśvāsitas tena tataḥ sa bhujagottamaḥ
uvāsa bhavane tatra śakrasya muditaḥ sukhī
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| 19 | ajasraṃ nipatatsv agnau nāgeṣu bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ
alpaśeṣaparīvāro vāsukiḥ paryatapyata
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| 20 | kaśmalaṃ cāviśad ghoraṃ vāsukiṃ pannageśvaram
sa ghūrṇamānahṛdayo bhaginīm idam abravīt
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| 21 | dahyante 'ṅgāni me bhadre diśo na pratibhānti ca
sīdāmīva ca saṃmohād ghūrṇatīva ca me manaḥ
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| 22 | dṛṣṭir bhramati me 'tīva hṛdayaṃ dīryatīva ca
patiṣyāmy avaśo 'dyāhaṃ tasmin dīpte vibhāvasau
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| 23 | pārikṣitasya yajño 'sau vartate 'smajjighāṃsayā
vyaktaṃ mayāpi gantavyaṃ pitṛrājaniveśanam
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| 24 | ayaṃ sa kālaḥ saṃprāpto yadartham asi me svasaḥ
jaratkāroḥ purā dattā sā trāhy asmān sabāndhavān
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| 25 | āstīkaḥ kila yajñaṃ taṃ vartantaṃ bhujagottame
pratiṣetsyati māṃ pūrvaṃ svayam āha pitāmahaḥ
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| 26 | tad vatse brūhi vatsaṃ svaṃ kumāraṃ vṛddhasaṃmatam
mamādya tvaṃ sabhṛtyasya mokṣārthaṃ vedavittamam
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