Book 1 Chapter 222 | |
1 | jaritovāca |
1 | asmād bilān niṣpatitaṃ śyena ākhuṃ jahāra tam
kṣudraṃ gṛhītvā pādābhyāṃ bhayaṃ na bhavitā tataḥ |
2 | śārṅgakā ūcuḥ |
2 | na hṛtaṃ taṃ vayaṃ vidmaḥ śyenenākhuṃ kathaṃ cana
anye 'pi bhavitāro 'tra tebhyo 'pi bhayam eva naḥ |
3 | saṃśayo hy agnir āgacched dṛṣṭaṃ vāyor nivartanam
mṛtyur no bilavāsibhyo bhaven mātar asaṃśayam |
4 | niḥsaṃśayāt saṃśayito mṛtyur mātar viśiṣyate
cara khe tvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ putrān vetsyasi śobhanān |
5 | jaritovāca |
5 | ahaṃ vai śyenam āyāntam adrākṣaṃ bilam antikāt
saṃcarantaṃ samādāya jahārākhuṃ bilād balī |
6 | taṃ patantam ahaṃ śyenaṃ tvaritā pṛṣṭhato 'nvagām
āśiṣo 'sya prayuñjānā harato mūṣakaṃ bilāt |
7 | yo no dveṣṭāram ādāya śyenarāja pradhāvasi
bhava tvaṃ divam āsthāya niramitro hiraṇmayaḥ |
8 | yadā sa bhakṣitas tena kṣudhitena patatriṇā
tadāhaṃ tam anujñāpya pratyupāyāṃ gṛhān prati |
9 | praviśadhvaṃ bilaṃ putrā viśrabdhā nāsti vo bhayam
śyenena mama paśyantyā hṛta ākhur na saṃśayaḥ |
10 | śārṅgakā ūcuḥ |
10 | na vidma vai vayaṃ mātar hṛtam ākhum itaḥ purā
avijñāya na śakṣyāmo bilam āviśatuṃ vayam |
11 | jaritovāca |
11 | ahaṃ hi taṃ prajānāmi hṛtaṃ śyenena mūṣakam
ata eva bhayaṃ nāsti kriyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama |
12 | śārṅgakā ūcuḥ |
12 | na tvaṃ mithyopacāreṇa mokṣayethā bhayaṃ mahat
samākuleṣu jñāneṣu na buddhikṛtam eva tat |
13 | na copakṛtam asmābhir na cāsmān vettha ye vayam
pīḍyamānā bharasy asmān kā satī ke vayaṃ tava |
14 | taruṇī darśanīyāsi samarthā bhartur eṣaṇe
anugaccha svabhartāraṃ putrān āpsyasi śobhanān |
15 | vayam apy agnim āviśya lokān prāpsyāmahe śubhān
athāsmān na dahed agnir āyās tvaṃ punar eva naḥ |
16 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
16 | evam uktā tataḥ śārṅgī putrān utsṛjya khāṇḍave
jagāma tvaritā deśaṃ kṣemam agner anāśrayam |
17 | tatas tīkṣṇārcir abhyāgāj jvalito havyavāhanaḥ
yatra śārṅgā babhūvus te mandapālasya putrakāḥ |
18 | te śārṅgā jvalanaṃ dṛṣṭvā jvalitaṃ svena tejasā
jaritāris tato vācaṃ śrāvayām āsa pāvakam |