 | Book 1 Chapter 165
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| 1 | arjuna uvāca
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| 1 | kiṃnimittam abhūd vairaṃ viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ
vasator āśrame puṇye śaṃsa naḥ sarvam eva tat
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| 2 | gandharva uvāca
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| 2 | idaṃ vāsiṣṭham ākhyānaṃ purāṇaṃ paricakṣate
pārtha sarveṣu lokeṣu yathāvat tan nibodha me
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| 3 | kanyakubje mahān āsīt pārthivo bharatarṣabha
gādhīti viśruto loke satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ
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| 4 | tasya dharmātmanaḥ putraḥ samṛddhabalavāhanaḥ
viśvāmitra iti khyāto babhūva ripumardanaḥ
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| 5 | sa cacāra sahāmātyo mṛgayāṃ gahane vane
mṛgān vidhyan varāhāṃś ca ramyeṣu marudhanvasu
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| 6 | vyāyāmakarśitaḥ so 'tha mṛgalipsuḥ pipāsitaḥ
ājagāma naraśreṣṭha vasiṣṭhasyāśramaṃ prati
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| 7 | tam āgatam abhiprekṣya vasiṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭhabhāg ṛṣiḥ
viśvāmitraṃ naraśreṣṭhaṃ pratijagrāha pūjayā
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| 8 | pādyārghyācamanīyena svāgatena ca bhārata
tathaiva pratijagrāha vanyena haviṣā tathā
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| 9 | tasyātha kāmadhug dhenur vasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ
uktā kāmān prayaccheti sā kāmān duduhe tataḥ
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| 10 | grāmyāraṇyā oṣadhīś ca duduhe paya eva ca
ṣaḍrasaṃ cāmṛtarasaṃ rasāyanam anuttamam
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| 11 | bhojanīyāni peyāni bhakṣyāṇi vividhāni ca
lehyāny amṛtakalpāni coṣyāṇi ca tathārjuna
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| 12 | taiḥ kāmaiḥ sarvasaṃpūrṇaiḥ pūjitaḥ sa mahīpatiḥ
sāmātyaḥ sabalaś caiva tutoṣa sa bhṛśaṃ nṛpaḥ
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| 13 | ṣaḍāyatāṃ supārśvoruṃ tripṛthuṃ pañca saṃvṛtām
maṇḍūkanetrāṃ svākārāṃ pīnodhasam aninditām
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| 14 | suvāladhiṃ śaṅkukarṇāṃ cāruśṛṅgāṃ manoramām
puṣṭāyataśirogrīvāṃ vismitaḥ so 'bhivīkṣya tām
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| 15 | abhinandati tāṃ nandīṃ vasiṣṭhasya payasvinīm
abravīc ca bhṛśaṃ tuṣṭo viśvāmitro muniṃ tadā
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| 16 | arbudena gavāṃ brahman mama rājyena vā punaḥ
nandinīṃ saṃprayacchasva bhuṅkṣva rājyaṃ mahāmune
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| 17 | vasiṣṭha uvāca
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| 17 | devatātithipitrartham ājyārthaṃ ca payasvinī
adeyā nandinīyaṃ me rājyenāpi tavānagha
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| 18 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 18 | kṣatriyo 'haṃ bhavān vipras tapaḥsvādhyāyasādhanaḥ
brāhmaṇeṣu kuto vīryaṃ praśānteṣu dhṛtātmasu
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| 19 | arbudena gavāṃ yas tvaṃ na dadāsi mamepsitām
svadharmaṃ na prahāsyāmi nayiṣye te balena gām
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| 20 | vasiṣṭha uvāca
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| 20 | balasthaś cāsi rājā ca bāhuvīryaś ca kṣatriyaḥ
yathecchasi tathā kṣipraṃ kuru tvaṃ mā vicāraya
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| 21 | gandharva uvāca
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| 21 | evam uktas tadā pārtha viśvāmitro balād iva
haṃsacandrapratīkāśāṃ nandinīṃ tāṃ jahāra gām
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| 22 | kaśādaṇḍapratihatā kālyamānā tatas tataḥ
hambhāyamānā kalyāṇī vasiṣṭhasyātha nandinī
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| 23 | āgamyābhimukhī pārtha tasthau bhagavadunmukhī
bhṛśaṃ ca tāḍyamānāpi na jagāmāśramāt tataḥ
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| 24 | vasiṣṭha uvāca
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| 24 | śṛṇomi te ravaṃ bhadre vinadantyāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
balād dhriyasi me nandi kṣamāvān brāhmaṇo hy aham
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| 25 | gandharva uvāca
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| 25 | sā tu teṣāṃ balān nandī balānāṃ bharatarṣabha
viśvāmitrabhayodvignā vasiṣṭhaṃ samupāgamat
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| 26 | gaur uvāca
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| 26 | pāṣāṇadaṇḍābhihatāṃ krandantīṃ mām anāthavat
viśvāmitrabalair ghorair bhagavan kim upekṣase
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| 27 | gandharva uvāca
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| 27 | evaṃ tasyāṃ tadā partha dharṣitāyāṃ mahāmuniḥ
na cukṣubhe na dhairyāc ca vicacāla dhṛtavrataḥ
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| 28 | vasiṣṭha uvāca
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| 28 | kṣatriyāṇāṃ balaṃ tejo brāhmaṇānāṃ kṣamā balam
kṣamā māṃ bhajate tasmād gamyatāṃ yadi rocate
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| 29 | gaur uvāca
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| 29 | kiṃ nu tyaktāsmi bhagavan yad evaṃ māṃ prabhāṣase
atyaktāhaṃ tvayā brahman na śakyā nayituṃ balāt
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| 30 | vasiṣṭha uvāca
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| 30 | na tvāṃ tyajāmi kalyāṇi sthīyatāṃ yadi śakyate
dṛḍhena dāmnā baddhvaiṣa vatsas te hriyate balāt
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| 31 | gandharva uvāca
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| 31 | sthīyatām iti tac chrutvā vasiṣṭhasya payasvinī
ūrdhvāñcitaśirogrīvā prababhau ghoradarśanā
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| 32 | krodharaktekṣaṇā sā gaur hambhāravaghanasvanā
viśvāmitrasya tat sainyaṃ vyadrāvayata sarvaśaḥ
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| 33 | kaśāgradaṇḍābhihatā kālyamānā tatas tataḥ
krodhadīptekṣaṇā krodhaṃ bhūya eva samādadhe
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| 34 | āditya iva madhyāhne krodhadīptavapur babhau
aṅgāravarṣaṃ muñcantī muhur vāladhito mahat
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| 35 | asṛjat pahlavān pucchāc chakṛtaḥ śabarāñ śakān
mūtrataś cāsṛjac cāpi yavanān krodhamūrcchitā
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| 36 | puṇḍrān kirātān dramiḍān siṃhalān barbarāṃs tathā
tathaiva daradān mlecchān phenataḥ sā sasarja ha
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| 37 | tair visṛṣṭair mahat sainyaṃ nānāmlecchagaṇais tadā
nānāvaraṇasaṃchannair nānāyudhadharais tathā
avākīryata saṃrabdhair viśvāmitrasya paśyataḥ
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| 38 | ekaikaś ca tadā yodhaḥ pañcabhiḥ saptabhir vṛtaḥ
astravarṣeṇa mahatā kālyamānaṃ balaṃ tataḥ
prabhagnaṃ sarvatas trastaṃ viśvāmitrasya paśyataḥ
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| 39 | na ca prāṇair viyujyanta ke cit te sainikās tadā
viśvāmitrasya saṃkruddhair vāsiṣṭhair bharatarṣabha
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| 40 | viśvāmitrasya sainyaṃ tu kālyamānaṃ triyojanam
krośamānaṃ bhayodvignaṃ trātāraṃ nādhyagacchata
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| 41 | dṛṣṭvā tan mahad āścaryaṃ brahmatejobhavaṃ tadā
viśvāmitraḥ kṣatrabhāvān nirviṇṇo vākyam abravīt
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| 42 | dhig balaṃ kṣatriyabalaṃ brahmatejobalaṃ balam
balābalaṃ viniścitya tapa eva paraṃ balam
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| 43 | sa rājyaṃ sphītam utsṛjya tāṃ ca dīptāṃ nṛpaśriyam
bhogāṃś ca pṛṣṭhataḥ kṛtvā tapasy eva mano dadhe
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| 44 | sa gatvā tapasā siddhiṃ lokān viṣṭabhya tejasā
tatāpa sarvān dīptaujā brāhmaṇatvam avāpa ca
apibac ca sutaṃ somam indreṇa saha kauśikaḥ
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