 | Book 1 Chapter 208
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ samudre tīrthāni dakṣiṇe bharatarṣabhaḥ
abhyagacchat supuṇyāni śobhitāni tapasvibhiḥ
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| 2 | varjayanti sma tīrthāni pañca tatra tu tāpasāḥ
ācīrṇāni tu yāny āsan purastāt tu tapasvibhiḥ
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| 3 | agastyatīrthaṃ saubhadraṃ paulomaṃ ca supāvanam
kāraṃdhamaṃ prasannaṃ ca hayamedhaphalaṃ ca yat
bhāradvājasya tīrthaṃ ca pāpapraśamanaṃ mahat
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| 4 | viviktāny upalakṣyātha tāni tīrthāni pāṇḍavaḥ
dṛṣṭvā ca varjyamānāni munibhir dharmabuddhibhiḥ
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| 5 | tapasvinas tato 'pṛcchat prājñaliḥ kurunandanaḥ
tīrthānīmāni varjyante kimarthaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ
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| 6 | tāpasā ūcuḥ
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| 6 | grāhāḥ pañca vasanty eṣu haranti ca tapodhanān
ata etāni varjyante tīrthāni kurunandana
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| 7 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 7 | teṣāṃ śrutvā mahābāhur vāryamāṇas tapodhanaiḥ
jagāma tāni tīrthāni draṣṭuṃ puruṣasattamaḥ
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| 8 | tataḥ saubhadram āsādya maharṣes tīrtham uttamam
vigāhya tarasā śūraḥ snānaṃ cakre paraṃtapaḥ
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| 9 | atha taṃ puruṣavyāghram antarjalacaro mahān
nijagrāha jale grāhaḥ kuntīputraṃ dhanaṃjayam
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| 10 | sa tam ādāya kaunteyo visphurantaṃ jalecaram
udatiṣṭhan mahābāhur balena balināṃ varaḥ
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| 11 | utkṛṣṭa eva tu grāhaḥ so 'rjunena yaśasvinā
babhūva nārī kalyāṇī sarvābharaṇabhūṣitā
dīpyamānā śriyā rājan divyarūpā manoramā
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| 12 | tad adbhutaṃ mahad dṛṣṭvā kuntīputro dhanaṃjayaḥ
tāṃ striyaṃ paramaprīta idaṃ vacanam abravīt
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| 13 | kā vai tvam asi kalyāṇi kuto vāsi jalecarī
kimarthaṃ ca mahat pāpam idaṃ kṛtavatī purā
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| 14 | nāry uvāca
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| 14 | apsarāsmi mahābāho devāraṇyavicāriṇī
iṣṭā dhanapater nityaṃ vargā nāma mahābala
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| 15 | mama sakhyaś catasro 'nyāḥ sarvāḥ kāmagamāḥ śubhāḥ
tābhiḥ sārdhaṃ prayātāsmi lokapālaniveśanam
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| 16 | tataḥ paśyāmahe sarvā brāhmaṇaṃ saṃśitavratam
rūpavantam adhīyānam ekam ekāntacāriṇam
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| 17 | tasya vai tapasā rājaṃs tad vanaṃ tejasāvṛtam
āditya iva taṃ deśaṃ kṛtsnaṃ sa vyavabhāsayat
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| 18 | tasya dṛṣṭvā tapas tādṛg rūpaṃ cādbhutadarśanam
avatīrṇāḥ sma taṃ deśaṃ tapovighnacikīrṣayā
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| 19 | ahaṃ ca saurabheyī ca samīcī budbudā latā
yaugapadyena taṃ vipram abhyagacchāma bhārata
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| 20 | gāyantyo vai hasantyaś ca lobhayantyaś ca taṃ dvijam
sa ca nāsmāsu kṛtavān mano vīra kathaṃ cana
nākampata mahātejāḥ sthitas tapasi nirmale
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| 21 | so 'śapat kupito 'smāṃs tu brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyarṣabha
grāhabhūtā jale yūyaṃ cariṣyadhvaṃ śataṃ samāḥ
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