 | Book 1 Chapter 81
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | evaṃ sa nāhuṣo rājā yayātiḥ putram īpsitam
rājye 'bhiṣicya mudito vānaprastho 'bhavan muniḥ
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| 2 | uṣitvā ca vane vāsaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ saha saṃśritaḥ
phalamūlāśano dānto yathā svargam ito gataḥ
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| 3 | sa gataḥ suravāsaṃ taṃ nivasan muditaḥ sukham
kālasya nātimahataḥ punaḥ śakreṇa pātitaḥ
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| 4 | nipatan pracyutaḥ svargād aprāpto medinītalam
sthita āsīd antarikṣe sa tadeti śrutaṃ mayā
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| 5 | tata eva punaś cāpi gataḥ svargam iti śrutiḥ
rājñā vasumatā sārdham aṣṭakena ca vīryavān
pratardanena śibinā sametya kila saṃsadi
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| 6 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 6 | karmaṇā kena sa divaṃ punaḥ prāpto mahīpatiḥ
sarvam etad aśeṣeṇa śrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ
kathyamānaṃ tvayā vipra viprarṣigaṇasaṃnidhau
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| 7 | devarājasamo hy āsīd yayātiḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
vardhanaḥ kuruvaṃśasya vibhāvasusamadyutiḥ
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| 8 | tasya vistīrṇayaśasaḥ satyakīrter mahātmanaḥ
caritaṃ śrotum icchāmi divi ceha ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 9 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 9 | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi yayāter uttarāṃ kathām
divi ceha ca puṇyārthāṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśinīm
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| 10 | yayātir nāhuṣo rājā pūruṃ putraṃ kanīyasam
rājye 'bhiṣicya muditaḥ pravavrāja vanaṃ tadā
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| 11 | anteṣu sa vinikṣipya putrān yadupurogamān
phalamūlāśano rājā vane saṃnyavasac ciram
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| 12 | saṃśitātmā jitakrodhas tarpayan pitṛdevatāḥ
agnīṃś ca vidhivaj juhvan vānaprasthavidhānataḥ
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| 13 | atithīn pūjayām āsa vanyena haviṣā vibhuḥ
śiloñchavṛttim āsthāya śeṣānnakṛtabhojanaḥ
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| 14 | pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ sa evaṃvṛttir abhūn nṛpaḥ
abbhakṣaḥ śaradas triṃśad āsīn niyatavāṅmanāḥ
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| 15 | tataś ca vāyubhakṣo 'bhūt saṃvatsaram atandritaḥ
pañcāgnimadhye ca tapas tepe saṃvatsaraṃ nṛpaḥ
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| 16 | ekapādasthitaś cāsīt ṣaṇ māsān anilāśanaḥ
puṇyakīrtis tataḥ svargaṃ jagāmāvṛtya rodasī
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