 | Book 1 Chapter 91
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | ikṣvākuvaṃśaprabhavo rājāsīt pṛthivīpatiḥ
mahābhiṣa iti khyātaḥ satyavāk satyavikramaḥ
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| 2 | so 'śvamedhasahasreṇa vājapeyaśatena ca
toṣayām āsa devendraṃ svargaṃ lebhe tataḥ prabhuḥ
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| 3 | tataḥ kadā cid brahmāṇam upāsāṃ cakrire surāḥ
tatra rājarṣayo āsan sa ca rājā mahābhiṣaḥ
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| 4 | atha gaṅgā saricchreṣṭhā samupāyāt pitāmaham
tasyā vāsaḥ samuddhūtaṃ mārutena śaśiprabham
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| 5 | tato 'bhavan suragaṇāḥ sahasāvāṅmukhās tadā
mahābhiṣas tu rājarṣir aśaṅko dṛṣṭavān nadīm
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| 6 | apadhyāto bhagavatā brahmaṇā sa mahābhiṣaḥ
uktaś ca jāto martyeṣu punar lokān avāpsyasi
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| 7 | sa cintayitvā nṛpatir nṛpān sarvāṃs tapodhanān
pratīpaṃ rocayām āsa pitaraṃ bhūrivarcasam
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| 8 | mahābhiṣaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā nadī dhairyāc cyutaṃ nṛpam
tam eva manasādhyāyam upāvartat saridvarā
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| 9 | sā tu vidhvastavapuṣaḥ kaśmalābhihataujasaḥ
dadarśa pathi gacchantī vasūn devān divaukasaḥ
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| 10 | tathārūpāṃś ca tān dṛṣṭvā papraccha saritāṃ varā
kim idaṃ naṣṭarūpāḥ stha kaccit kṣemaṃ divaukasām
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| 11 | tām ūcur vasavo devāḥ śaptāḥ smo vai mahānadi
alpe 'parādhe saṃrambhād vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā
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| 12 | vimūḍhā hi vayaṃ sarve pracchannam ṛṣisattamam
saṃdhyāṃ vasiṣṭham āsīnaṃ tam atyabhisṛtāḥ purā
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| 13 | tena kopād vayaṃ śaptā yonau saṃbhavateti ha
na śakyam anyathā kartuṃ yad uktaṃ brahmavādinā
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| 14 | tvaṃ tasmān mānuṣī bhūtvā sūṣva putrān vasūn bhuvi
na mānuṣīṇāṃ jaṭharaṃ praviśemāśubhaṃ vayam
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| 15 | ity uktā tān vasūn gaṅgā tathety uktvābravīd idam
martyeṣu puruṣaśreṣṭhaḥ ko vaḥ kartā bhaviṣyati
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| 16 | vasava ūcuḥ
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| 16 | pratīpasya suto rājā śaṃtanur nāma dhārmikaḥ
bhavitā mānuṣe loke sa naḥ kartā bhaviṣyati
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| 17 | gaṅgovāca
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| 17 | mamāpy evaṃ mataṃ devā yathāvadata mānaghāḥ
priyaṃ tasya kariṣyāmi yuṣmākaṃ caitad īpśitam
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| 18 | vasava ūcuḥ
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| 18 | jātān kumārān svān apsu prakṣeptuṃ vai tvam arhasi
yathā nacirakālaṃ no niṣkṛtiḥ syāt trilokage
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| 19 | gaṅgovāca
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| 19 | evam etat kariṣyāmi putras tasya vidhīyatām
nāsya moghaḥ saṃgamaḥ syāt putrahetor mayā saha
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| 20 | vasava ūcuḥ
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| 20 | turīyārdhaṃ pradāsyāmo vīryasyaikaikaśo vayam
tena vīryeṇa putras te bhavitā tasya cepsitaḥ
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| 21 | na saṃpatsyati martyeṣu punas tasya tu saṃtatiḥ
tasmād aputraḥ putras te bhaviṣyati sa vīryavān
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| 22 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 22 | evaṃ te samayaṃ kṛtvā gaṅgayā vasavaḥ saha
jagmuḥ prahṛṣṭamanaso yathāsaṃkalpam añjasā
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