 | Book 1 Chapter 77
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | yayātiḥ svapuraṃ prāpya mahendrapurasaṃnibham
praviśyāntaḥpuraṃ tatra devayānīṃ nyaveśayat
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| 2 | devayānyāś cānumate tāṃ sutāṃ vṛṣaparvaṇaḥ
aśokavanikābhyāśe gṛhaṃ kṛtvā nyaveśayat
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| 3 | vṛtāṃ dāsīsahasreṇa śarmiṣṭhām āsurāyaṇīm
vāsobhir annapānaiś ca saṃvibhajya susatkṛtām
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| 4 | devayānyā tu sahitaḥ sa nṛpo nahuṣātmajaḥ
vijahāra bahūn abdān devavan mudito bhṛśam
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| 5 | ṛtukāle tu saṃprāpte devayānī varāṅganā
lebhe garbhaṃ prathamataḥ kumāraṃ ca vyajāyata
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| 6 | gate varṣasahasre tu śarmiṣṭhā vārṣaparvaṇī
dadarśa yauvanaṃ prāptā ṛtuṃ sā cānvacintayat
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| 7 | ṛtukālaś ca saṃprāpto na ca me 'sti patir vṛtaḥ
kiṃ prāptaṃ kiṃ nu kartavyaṃ kiṃ vā kṛtvā kṛtaṃ bhavet
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| 8 | devayānī prajātāsau vṛthāhaṃ prāptayauvanā
yathā tayā vṛto bhartā tathaivāhaṃ vṛṇomi tam
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| 9 | rājñā putraphalaṃ deyam iti me niścitā matiḥ
apīdānīṃ sa dharmātmā iyān me darśanaṃ rahaḥ
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| 10 | atha niṣkramya rājāsau tasmin kāle yadṛcchayā
aśokavanikābhyāśe śarmiṣṭhāṃ prāpya viṣṭhitaḥ
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| 11 | tam ekaṃ rahite dṛṣṭvā śarmiṣṭhā cāruhāsinī
pratyudgamyāñjaliṃ kṛtvā rājānaṃ vākyam abravīt
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| 12 | somasyendrasya viṣṇor vā yamasya varuṇasya vā
tava vā nāhuṣa kule kaḥ striyaṃ spraṣṭum arhati
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| 13 | rūpābhijanaśīlair hi tvaṃ rājan vettha māṃ sadā
sā tvāṃ yāce prasādyāham ṛtuṃ dehi narādhipa
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| 14 | yayātir uvāca
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| 14 | vedmi tvāṃ śīlasaṃpannāṃ daityakanyām aninditām
rūpe ca te na paśyāmi sūcyagram api ninditam
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| 15 | abravīd uśanā kāvyo devayānīṃ yadāvaham
neyam āhvayitavyā te śayane vārṣaparvaṇī
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| 16 | śarmiṣṭhovāca
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| 16 | na narmayuktaṃ vacanaṃ hinasti; na strīṣu rājan na vivāhakāle
prāṇātyaye sarvadhanāpahāre; pañcānṛtāny āhur apātakāni
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| 17 | pṛṣṭaṃ tu sākṣye pravadantam anyathā; vadanti mithyopahitaṃ narendra
ekārthatāyāṃ tu samāhitāyāṃ; mithyā vadantam anṛtaṃ hinasti
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| 18 | yayātir uvāca
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| 18 | rājā pramāṇaṃ bhūtānāṃ sa naśyeta mṛṣā vadan
arthakṛcchram api prāpya na mithyā kartum utsahe
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| 19 | śarmiṣṭhovāca
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| 19 | samāv etau matau rājan patiḥ sakhyāś ca yaḥ patiḥ
samaṃ vivāham ity āhuḥ sakhyā me 'si patir vṛtaḥ
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| 20 | yayātir uvāca
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| 20 | dātavyaṃ yācamānebhya iti me vratam āhitam
tvaṃ ca yācasi māṃ kāmaṃ brūhi kiṃ karavāṇi te
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| 21 | śarmiṣṭhovāca
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| 21 | adharmāt trāhi māṃ rājan dharmaṃ ca pratipādaya
tvatto 'patyavatī loke careyaṃ dharmam uttamam
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| 22 | traya evādhanā rājan bhāryā dāsas tathā sutaḥ
yat te samadhigacchanti yasya te tasya tad dhanam
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| 23 | devayānyā bhujiṣyāsmi vaśyā ca tava bhārgavī
sā cāhaṃ ca tvayā rājan bharaṇīye bhajasva mām
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| 24 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 24 | evam uktas tu rājā sa tathyam ity eva jajñivān
pūjayām āsa śarmiṣṭhāṃ dharmaṃ ca pratyapādayat
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| 25 | samāgamya ca śarmiṣṭhāṃ yathākāmam avāpya ca
anyonyam abhisaṃpūjya jagmatus tau yathāgatam
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| 26 | tasmin samāgame subhrūḥ śarmiṣṭhā cāruhāsinī
lebhe garbhaṃ prathamatas tasmān nṛpatisattamāt
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| 27 | prajajñe ca tataḥ kāle rājan rājīvalocanā
kumāraṃ devagarbhābhaṃ rājīvanibhalocanam
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