Book 1 Chapter 62 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | tvattaḥ śrutam idaṃ brahman devadānavarakṣasām
aṃśāvataraṇaṃ samyag gandharvāpsarasāṃ tathā |
2 | imaṃ tu bhūya icchāmi kurūṇāṃ vaṃśam āditaḥ
kathyamānaṃ tvayā vipra viprarṣigaṇasaṃnidhau |
3 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
3 | pauravāṇāṃ vaṃśakaro duḥṣanto nāma vīryavān
pṛthivyāś caturantāyā goptā bharatasattama |
4 | caturbhāgaṃ bhuvaḥ kṛtsnaṃ sa bhuṅkte manujeśvaraḥ
samudrāvaraṇāṃś cāpi deśān sa samitiṃjayaḥ |
5 | āmlecchāṭavikān sarvān sa bhuṅkte ripumardanaḥ
ratnākarasamudrāntāṃś cāturvarṇyajanāvṛtān |
6 | na varṇasaṃkarakaro nākṛṣyakarakṛjjanaḥ
na pāpakṛt kaś cid āsīt tasmin rājani śāsati |
7 | dharmyāṃ ratiṃ sevamānā dharmārthāv abhipedire
tadā narā naravyāghra tasmiñ janapadeśvare |
8 | nāsīc corabhayaṃ tāta na kṣudhābhayam aṇv api
nāsīd vyādhibhayaṃ cāpi tasmiñ janapadeśvare |
9 | svair dharmai remire varṇā daive karmaṇi niḥspṛhāḥ
tam āśritya mahīpālam āsaṃś caivākutobhayāḥ |
10 | kālavarṣī ca parjanyaḥ sasyāni phalavanti ca
sarvaratnasamṛddhā ca mahī vasumatī tadā |
11 | sa cādbhutamahāvīryo vajrasaṃhanano yuvā
udyamya mandaraṃ dorbhyāṃ haret savanakānanam |
12 | dhanuṣy atha gadāyuddhe tsarupraharaṇeṣu ca
nāgapṛṣṭhe 'śvapṛṣṭhe ca babhūva pariniṣṭhitaḥ |
13 | bale viṣṇusamaś cāsīt tejasā bhāskaropamaḥ
akṣubdhatve 'rṇavasamaḥ sahiṣṇutve dharāsamaḥ |
14 | saṃmataḥ sa mahīpālaḥ prasannapurarāṣṭravān
bhūyo dharmaparair bhāvair viditaṃ janam āvasat |