Book 1 Chapter 93 | |
1 | śaṃtanur uvāca |
1 | āpavo nāma ko nv eṣa vasūnāṃ kiṃ ca duṣkṛtam
yasyābhiśāpāt te sarve mānuṣīṃ tanum āgatāḥ |
2 | anena ca kumāreṇa gaṅgādattena kiṃ kṛtam
yasya caiva kṛtenāyaṃ mānuṣeṣu nivatsyati |
3 | īśānāḥ sarvalokasya vasavas te ca vai katham
mānuṣeṣūdapadyanta tan mamācakṣva jāhnavi |
4 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
4 | saivam uktā tato gaṅgā rājānam idam abravīt
bhartāraṃ jāhnavī devī śaṃtanuṃ puruṣarṣabham |
5 | yaṃ lebhe varuṇaḥ putraṃ purā bharatasattama
vasiṣṭho nāma sa muniḥ khyāta āpava ity uta |
6 | tasyāśramapadaṃ puṇyaṃ mṛgapakṣigaṇānvitam
meroḥ pārśve nagendrasya sarvartukusumāvṛtam |
7 | sa vāruṇis tapas tepe tasmin bharatasattama
vane puṇyakṛtāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ svādumūlaphalodake |
8 | dakṣasya duhitā yā tu surabhīty atigarvitā
gāṃ prajātā tu sā devī kaśyapād bharatarṣabha |
9 | anugrahārthaṃ jagataḥ sarvakāmadughāṃ varām
tāṃ lebhe gāṃ tu dharmātmā homadhenuṃ sa vāruṇiḥ |
10 | sā tasmiṃs tāpasāraṇye vasantī munisevite
cacāra ramye dharmye ca gaur apetabhayā tadā |
11 | atha tad vanam ājagmuḥ kadā cid bharatarṣabha
pṛthvādyā vasavaḥ sarve devadevarṣisevitam |
12 | te sadārā vanaṃ tac ca vyacaranta samantataḥ
remire ramaṇīyeṣu parvateṣu vaneṣu ca |
13 | tatraikasya tu bhāryā vai vasor vāsavavikrama
sā carantī vane tasmin gāṃ dadarśa sumadhyamā yā sā vasiṣṭhasya muneḥ sarvakāmadhug uttamā |
14 | sā vismayasamāviṣṭā śīladraviṇasaṃpadā
dive vai darśayām āsa tāṃ gāṃ govṛṣabhekṣaṇa |
15 | svāpīnāṃ ca sudogdhrīṃ ca suvāladhimukhāṃ śubhām
upapannāṃ guṇaiḥ sarvaiḥ śīlenānuttamena ca |
16 | evaṃguṇasamāyuktāṃ vasave vasunandinī
darśayām āsa rājendra purā pauravanandana |
17 | dyaus tadā tāṃ tu dṛṣṭvaiva gāṃ gajendrendravikrama
uvāca rājaṃs tāṃ devīṃ tasyā rūpaguṇān vadan |
18 | eṣā gaur uttamā devi vāruṇer asitekṣaṇe
ṛṣes tasya varārohe yasyedaṃ vanam uttamam |
19 | asyāḥ kṣīraṃ piben martyaḥ svādu yo vai sumadhyame
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi sa jīvet sthirayauvanaḥ |
20 | etac chrutvā tu sā devī nṛpottama sumadhyamā
tam uvācānavadyāṅgī bhartāraṃ dīptatejasam |
21 | asti me mānuṣe loke naradevātmajā sakhī
nāmnā jinavatī nāma rūpayauvanaśālinī |
22 | uśīnarasya rājarṣeḥ satyasaṃdhasya dhīmataḥ
duhitā prathitā loke mānuṣe rūpasaṃpadā |
23 | tasyā hetor mahābhāga savatsāṃ gāṃ mamepsitām
ānayasvāmaraśreṣṭha tvaritaṃ puṇyavardhana |
24 | yāvad asyāḥ payaḥ pītvā sā sakhī mama mānada
mānuṣeṣu bhavatv ekā jarārogavivarjitā |
25 | etan mama mahābhāga kartum arhasy anindita
priyaṃ priyataraṃ hy asmān nāsti me 'nyat kathaṃ cana |
26 | etac chrutvā vacas tasyā devyāḥ priyacikīrṣayā
pṛthvādyair bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ dyaus tadā tāṃ jahāra gām |
27 | tayā kamalapatrākṣyā niyukto dyaus tadā nṛpa
ṛṣes tasya tapas tīvraṃ na śaśāka nirīkṣitum hṛtā gauḥ sā tadā tena prapātas tu na tarkitaḥ |
28 | athāśramapadaṃ prāptaḥ phalāny ādāya vāruṇiḥ
na cāpaśyata gāṃ tatra savatsāṃ kānanottame |
29 | tataḥ sa mṛgayām āsa vane tasmiṃs tapodhanaḥ
nādhyagacchac ca mṛgayaṃs tāṃ gāṃ munir udāradhīḥ |
30 | jñātvā tathāpanītāṃ tāṃ vasubhir divyadarśanaḥ
yayau krodhavaśaṃ sadyaḥ śaśāpa ca vasūṃs tadā |
31 | yasmān me vasavo jahrur gāṃ vai dogdhrīṃ suvāladhim
tasmāt sarve janiṣyanti mānuṣeṣu na saṃśayaḥ |
32 | evaṃ śaśāpa bhagavān vasūṃs tān munisattamaḥ
vaśaṃ kopasya saṃprāpta āpavo bharatarṣabha |
33 | śaptvā ca tān mahābhāgas tapasy eva mano dadhe
evaṃ sa śaptavān rājan vasūn aṣṭau tapodhanaḥ mahāprabhāvo brahmarṣir devān roṣasamanvitaḥ |
34 | athāśramapadaṃ prāpya taṃ sma bhūyo mahātmanaḥ
śaptāḥ sma iti jānanta ṛṣiṃ tam upacakramuḥ |
35 | prasādayantas tam ṛṣiṃ vasavaḥ pārthivarṣabha
na lebhire ca tasmāt te prasādam ṛṣisattamāt āpavāt puruṣavyāghra sarvadharmaviśāradāt |
36 | uvāca ca sa dharmātmā sapta yūyaṃ dharādayaḥ
anu saṃvatsarāc chāpamokṣaṃ vai samavāpsyatha |
37 | ayaṃ tu yatkṛte yūyaṃ mayā śaptāḥ sa vatsyati
dyaus tadā mānuṣe loke dīrghakālaṃ svakarmaṇā |
38 | nānṛtaṃ tac cikīrṣāmi yuṣmān kruddho yad abruvam
na prajāsyati cāpy eṣa mānuṣeṣu mahāmanāḥ |
39 | bhaviṣyati ca dharmātmā sarvaśāstraviśāradaḥ
pituḥ priyahite yuktaḥ strībhogān varjayiṣyati evam uktvā vasūn sarvāñ jagāma bhagavān ṛṣiḥ |
40 | tato mām upajagmus te samastā vasavas tadā
ayācanta ca māṃ rājan varaṃ sa ca mayā kṛtaḥ jātāñ jātān prakṣipāsmān svayaṃ gaṅge tvam ambhasi |
41 | evaṃ teṣām ahaṃ samyak śaptānāṃ rājasattama
mokṣārthaṃ mānuṣāl lokād yathāvat kṛtavaty aham |
42 | ayaṃ śāpād ṛṣes tasya eka eva nṛpottama
dyau rājan mānuṣe loke ciraṃ vatsyati bhārata |
43 | etad ākhyāya sā devī tatraivāntaradhīyata
ādāya ca kumāraṃ taṃ jagāmātha yathepsitam |
44 | sa tu devavrato nāma gāṅgeya iti cābhavat
dvināmā śaṃtanoḥ putraḥ śaṃtanor adhiko guṇaiḥ |
45 | śaṃtanuś cāpi śokārto jagāma svapuraṃ tataḥ
tasyāhaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi śaṃtanor amitān guṇān |
46 | mahābhāgyaṃ ca nṛpater bhāratasya yaśasvinaḥ
yasyetihāso dyutimān mahābhāratam ucyate |