Book 1 Chapter 69 | |
1 | śakuntalovāca |
1 | rājan sarṣapamātrāṇi paracchidrāṇi paśyasi
ātmano bilvamātrāṇi paśyann api na paśyasi |
2 | menakā tridaśeṣv eva tridaśāś cānu menakām
mamaivodricyate janma duḥṣanta tava janmataḥ |
3 | kṣitāv aṭasi rājaṃs tvam antarikṣe carāmy aham
āvayor antaraṃ paśya merusarṣapayor iva |
4 | mahendrasya kuberasya yamasya varuṇasya ca
bhavanāny anusaṃyāmi prabhāvaṃ paśya me nṛpa |
5 | satyaś cāpi pravādo 'yaṃ yaṃ pravakṣyāmi te 'nagha
nidarśanārthaṃ na dveṣāt tac chrutvā kṣantum arhasi |
6 | virūpo yāvad ādarśe nātmanaḥ paśyate mukham
manyate tāvad ātmānam anyebhyo rūpavattaram |
7 | yadā tu mukham ādarśe vikṛtaṃ so 'bhivīkṣate
tadetaraṃ vijānāti ātmānaṃ netaraṃ janam |
8 | atīva rūpasaṃpanno na kiṃ cid avamanyate
atīva jalpan durvāco bhavatīha viheṭhakaḥ |
9 | mūrkho hi jalpatāṃ puṃsāṃ śrutvā vācaḥ śubhāśubhāḥ
aśubhaṃ vākyam ādatte purīṣam iva sūkaraḥ |
10 | prājñas tu jalpatāṃ puṃsāṃ śrutvā vācaḥ śubhāśubhāḥ
guṇavad vākyam ādatte haṃsaḥ kṣīram ivāmbhasaḥ |
11 | anyān parivadan sādhur yathā hi paritapyate
tathā parivadann anyāṃs tuṣṭo bhavati durjanaḥ |
12 | abhivādya yathā vṛddhān santo gacchanti nirvṛtim
evaṃ sajjanam ākruśya mūrkho bhavati nirvṛtaḥ |
13 | sukhaṃ jīvanty adoṣajñā mūrkhā doṣānudarśinaḥ
yatra vācyāḥ paraiḥ santaḥ parān āhus tathāvidhān |
14 | ato hāsyataraṃ loke kiṃ cid anyan na vidyate
yatra durjana ity āha durjanaḥ sajjanaṃ svayam |
15 | satyadharmacyutāt puṃsaḥ kruddhād āśīviṣād iva
anāstiko 'py udvijate janaḥ kiṃ punar āstikaḥ |
16 | svayam utpādya vai putraṃ sadṛśaṃ yo 'vamanyate
tasya devāḥ śriyaṃ ghnanti na ca lokān upāśnute |
17 | kulavaṃśapratiṣṭhāṃ hi pitaraḥ putram abruvan
uttamaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ tasmāt putraṃ na saṃtyajet |
18 | svapatnīprabhavān pañca labdhān krītān vivardhitān
kṛtān anyāsu cotpannān putrān vai manur abravīt |
19 | dharmakīrtyāvahā nṝṇāṃ manasaḥ prītivardhanāḥ
trāyante narakāj jātāḥ putrā dharmaplavāḥ pitṝn |
20 | sa tvaṃ nṛpatiśārdūla na putraṃ tyaktum arhasi
ātmānaṃ satyadharmau ca pālayāno mahīpate narendrasiṃha kapaṭaṃ na voḍhuṃ tvam ihārhasi |
21 | varaṃ kūpaśatād vāpī varaṃ vāpīśatāt kratuḥ
varaṃ kratuśatāt putraḥ satyaṃ putraśatād varam |
22 | aśvamedhasahasraṃ ca satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtam
aśvamedhasahasrād dhi satyam eva viśiṣyate |
23 | sarvavedādhigamanaṃ sarvatīrthāvagāhanam
satyaṃ ca vadato rājan samaṃ vā syān na vā samam |
24 | nāsti satyāt paro dharmo na satyād vidyate param
na hi tīvrataraṃ kiṃ cid anṛtād iha vidyate |
25 | rājan satyaṃ paraṃ brahma satyaṃ ca samayaḥ paraḥ
mā tyākṣīḥ samayaṃ rājan satyaṃ saṃgatam astu te |
26 | anṛte cet prasaṅgas te śraddadhāsi na cet svayam
ātmano hanta gacchāmi tvādṛśe nāsti saṃgatam |
27 | ṛte 'pi tvayi duḥṣanta śailarājāvataṃsakām
caturantām imām urvīṃ putro me pālayiṣyati |
28 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
28 | etāvad uktvā vacanaṃ prātiṣṭhata śakuntalā
athāntarikṣe duḥṣantaṃ vāg uvācāśarīriṇī ṛtvikpurohitācāryair mantribhiś cāvṛtaṃ tadā |
29 | bhastrā mātā pituḥ putro yena jātaḥ sa eva saḥ
bharasva putraṃ duḥṣanta māvamaṃsthāḥ śakuntalām |
30 | retodhāḥ putra unnayati naradeva yamakṣayāt
tvaṃ cāsya dhātā garbhasya satyam āha śakuntalā |
31 | jāyā janayate putram ātmano 'ṅgaṃ dvidhā kṛtam
tasmād bharasva duḥṣanta putraṃ śākuntalaṃ nṛpa |
32 | abhūtir eṣā kas tyajyāj jīvañ jīvantam ātmajam
śākuntalaṃ mahātmānaṃ dauḥṣantiṃ bhara paurava |
33 | bhartavyo 'yaṃ tvayā yasmād asmākaṃ vacanād api
tasmād bhavatv ayaṃ nāmnā bharato nāma te sutaḥ |
34 | tac chrutvā pauravo rājā vyāhṛtaṃ vai divaukasām
purohitam amātyāṃś ca saṃprahṛṣṭo 'bravīd idam |
35 | śṛṇvantv etad bhavanto 'sya devadūtasya bhāṣitam
aham apy evam evainaṃ jānāmi svayam ātmajam |
36 | yady ahaṃ vacanād eva gṛhṇīyām imam ātmajam
bhaved dhi śaṅkā lokasya naivaṃ śuddho bhaved ayam |
37 | taṃ viśodhya tadā rājā devadūtena bhārata
hṛṣṭaḥ pramuditaś cāpi pratijagrāha taṃ sutam |
38 | mūrdhni cainam upāghrāya sasnehaṃ pariṣasvaje
sabhājyamāno vipraiś ca stūyamānaś ca bandibhiḥ sa mudaṃ paramāṃ lebhe putrasaṃsparśajāṃ nṛpaḥ |
39 | tāṃ caiva bhāryāṃ dharmajñaḥ pūjayām āsa dharmataḥ
abravīc caiva tāṃ rājā sāntvapūrvam idaṃ vacaḥ |
40 | kṛto lokaparokṣo 'yaṃ saṃbandho vai tvayā saha
tasmād etan mayā devi tvacchuddhyarthaṃ vicāritam |
41 | manyate caiva lokas te strībhāvān mayi saṃgatam
putraś cāyaṃ vṛto rājye mayā tasmād vicāritam |
42 | yac ca kopitayātyarthaṃ tvayokto 'smy apriyaṃ priye
praṇayinyā viśālākṣi tat kṣāntaṃ te mayā śubhe |
43 | tām evam uktvā rājarṣir duḥṣanto mahiṣīṃ priyām
vāsobhir annapānaiś ca pūjayām āsa bhārata |
44 | duḥṣantaś ca tato rājā putraṃ śākuntalaṃ tadā
bharataṃ nāmataḥ kṛtvā yauvarājye 'bhyaṣecayat |
45 | tasya tat prathitaṃ cakraṃ prāvartata mahātmanaḥ
bhāsvaraṃ divyam ajitaṃ lokasaṃnādanaṃ mahat |
46 | sa vijitya mahīpālāṃś cakāra vaśavartinaḥ
cacāra ca satāṃ dharmaṃ prāpa cānuttamaṃ yaśaḥ |
47 | sa rājā cakravarty āsīt sārvabhaumaḥ pratāpavān
īje ca bahubhir yajñair yathā śakro marutpatiḥ |
48 | yājayām āsa taṃ kaṇvo dakṣavad bhūridakṣiṇam
śrīmān govitataṃ nāma vājimedham avāpa saḥ yasmin sahasraṃ padmānāṃ kaṇvāya bharato dadau |
49 | bharatād bhāratī kīrtir yenedaṃ bhārataṃ kulam
apare ye ca pūrve ca bhāratā iti viśrutāḥ |
50 | bharatasyānvavāye hi devakalpā mahaujasaḥ
babhūvur brahmakalpāś ca bahavo rājasattamāḥ |
51 | yeṣām aparimeyāni nāmadheyāni sarvaśaḥ
teṣāṃ tu te yathāmukhyaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi bhārata mahābhāgān devakalpān satyārjavaparāyaṇān |