Book 1 Chapter 172 | |
1 | gandharva uvāca |
1 | evam uktaḥ sa viprarṣir vasiṣṭhena mahātmanā
nyayacchad ātmanaḥ kopaṃ sarvalokaparābhavāt |
2 | īje ca sa mahātejāḥ sarvavedavidāṃ varaḥ
ṛṣī rākṣasasatreṇa śākteyo 'tha parāśaraḥ |
3 | tato vṛddhāṃś ca bālāṃś ca rākṣasān sa mahāmuniḥ
dadāha vitate yajñe śakter vadham anusmaran |
4 | na hi taṃ vārayām āsa vasiṣṭho rakṣasāṃ vadhāt
dvitīyām asya mā bhāṅkṣaṃ pratijñām iti niścayāt |
5 | trayāṇāṃ pāvakānāṃ sa satre tasmin mahāmuniḥ
āsīt purastād dīptānāṃ caturtha iva pāvakaḥ |
6 | tena yajñena śubhreṇa hūyamānena yuktitaḥ
tad vidīpitam ākāśaṃ sūryeṇeva ghanātyaye |
7 | taṃ vasiṣṭhādayaḥ sarve munayas tatra menire
tejasā divi dīpyantaṃ dvitīyam iva bhāskaram |
8 | tataḥ paramaduṣprāpam anyair ṛṣir udāradhīḥ
samāpipayiṣuḥ satraṃ tam atriḥ samupāgamat |
9 | tathā pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuś caiva mahākratum
upājagmur amitraghna rakṣasāṃ jīvitepsayā |
10 | pulastyas tu vadhāt teṣāṃ rakṣasāṃ bharatarṣabha
uvācedaṃ vacaḥ pārtha parāśaram ariṃdamam |
11 | kaccit tātāpavighnaṃ te kaccin nandasi putraka
ajānatām adoṣāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ rakṣasāṃ vadhāt |
12 | prajocchedam imaṃ mahyaṃ sarvaṃ somapasattama
adharmiṣṭhaṃ variṣṭhaḥ san kuruṣe tvaṃ parāśara rājā kalmāṣapādaś ca divam āroḍhum icchati |
13 | ye ca śaktyavarāḥ putrā vasiṣṭhasya mahāmuneḥ
te ca sarve mudā yuktā modante sahitāḥ suraiḥ sarvam etad vasiṣṭhasya viditaṃ vai mahāmune |
14 | rakṣasāṃ ca samuccheda eṣa tāta tapasvinām
nimittabhūtas tvaṃ cātra kratau vāsiṣṭhanandana sa satraṃ muñca bhadraṃ te samāptam idam astu te |
15 | evam uktaḥ pulastyena vasiṣṭhena ca dhīmatā
tadā samāpayām āsa satraṃ śāktiḥ parāśaraḥ |
16 | sarvarākṣasasatrāya saṃbhṛtaṃ pāvakaṃ muniḥ
uttare himavatpārśve utsasarja mahāvane |
17 | sa tatrādyāpi rakṣāṃsi vṛkṣān aśmāna eva ca
bhakṣayan dṛśyate vahniḥ sadā parvaṇi parvaṇi |