 | Book 1 Chapter 224
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | mandapālo 'pi kauravya cintayānaḥ sutāṃs tadā
uktavān apy aśītāṃśuṃ naiva sa sma na tapyate
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| 2 | sa tapyamānaḥ putrārthe lapitām idam abravīt
kathaṃ nv aśaktāḥ plavane lapite mama putrakāḥ
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| 3 | vardhamāne hutavahe vāte śīghraṃ pravāyati
asamarthā vimokṣāya bhaviṣyanti mamātmajāḥ
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| 4 | kathaṃ nv aśaktā trāṇāya mātā teṣāṃ tapasvinī
bhaviṣyaty asukhāviṣṭā putratrāṇam apaśyatī
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| 5 | kathaṃ nu saraṇe 'śaktān patane ca mamātmajān
saṃtapyamānā abhito vāśamānābhidhāvatī
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| 6 | jaritāriḥ kathaṃ putraḥ sārisṛkvaḥ kathaṃ ca me
stambamitraḥ kathaṃ droṇaḥ kathaṃ sā ca tapasvinī
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| 7 | lālapyamānaṃ tam ṛṣiṃ mandapālaṃ tathā vane
lapitā pratyuvācedaṃ sāsūyam iva bhārata
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| 8 | na te suteṣv avekṣāsti tān ṛṣīn uktavān asi
tejasvino vīryavanto na teṣāṃ jvalanād bhayam
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| 9 | tathāgnau te parīttāś ca tvayā hi mama saṃnidhau
pratiśrutaṃ tathā ceti jvalanena mahātmanā
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| 10 | lokapālo 'nṛtāṃ vācaṃ na tu vaktā kathaṃ cana
samarthās te ca vaktāro na te teṣv asti mānasam
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| 11 | tām eva tu mamāmitrīṃ cintayan paritapyase
dhruvaṃ mayi na te sneho yathā tasyāṃ purābhavat
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| 12 | na hi pakṣavatā nyāyyaṃ niḥsnehena suhṛjjane
pīḍyamāna upadraṣṭuṃ śaktenātmā kathaṃ cana
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| 13 | gaccha tvaṃ jaritām eva yadarthaṃ paritapyase
cariṣyāmy aham apy ekā yathā kāpuruṣe tathā
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| 14 | mandapāla uvāca
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| 14 | nāham evaṃ care loke yathā tvam abhimanyase
apatyahetor vicare tac ca kṛcchragataṃ mama
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| 15 | bhūtaṃ hitvā bhaviṣye 'rthe yo 'valambeta mandadhīḥ
avamanyeta taṃ loko yathecchasi tathā kuru
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| 16 | eṣa hi jvalamāno 'gnir lelihāno mahīruhān
dveṣyaṃ hi hṛdi saṃtāpaṃ janayaty aśivaṃ mama
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| 17 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 17 | tasmād deśād atikrānte jvalane jaritā tataḥ
jagāma putrakān eva tvaritā putragṛddhinī
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| 18 | sā tān kuśalinaḥ sarvān nirmuktāñ jātavedasaḥ
rorūyamāṇā kṛpaṇā sutān dṛṣṭavatī vane
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| 19 | aśraddheyatamaṃ teṣāṃ darśanaṃ sā punaḥ punaḥ
ekaikaśaś ca tān putrān krośamānānvapadyata
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| 20 | tato 'bhyagacchat sahasā mandapālo 'pi bhārata
atha te sarva evainaṃ nābhyanandanta vai sutāḥ
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| 21 | lālapyamānam ekaikaṃ jaritāṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ
nocus te vacanaṃ kiṃ cit tam ṛṣiṃ sādhv asādhu vā
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| 22 | mandapāla uvāca
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| 22 | jyeṣṭhaḥ sutas te katamaḥ katamas tadanantaraḥ
madhyamaḥ katamaḥ putraḥ kaniṣṭhaḥ katamaś ca te
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| 23 | evaṃ bruvantaṃ duḥkhārtaṃ kiṃ māṃ na pratibhāṣase
kṛtavān asmi havyāśe naiva śāntim ito labhe
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| 24 | jaritovāca
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| 24 | kiṃ te jyeṣṭhe sute kāryaṃ kim anantarajena vā
kiṃ ca te madhyame kāryaṃ kiṃ kaniṣṭhe tapasvini
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| 25 | yas tvaṃ māṃ sarvaśo hīnām utsṛjyāsi gataḥ purā
tām eva lapitāṃ gaccha taruṇīṃ cāruhāsinīm
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| 26 | mandapāla uvāca
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| 26 | na strīṇāṃ vidyate kiṃ cid anyatra puruṣāntarāt
sāpatnakam ṛte loke bhavitavyaṃ hi tat tathā
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| 27 | suvratāpi hi kalyāṇī sarvalokapariśrutā
arundhatī paryaśaṅkad vasiṣṭham ṛṣisattamam
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| 28 | viśuddhabhāvam atyantaṃ sadā priyahite ratam
saptarṣimadhyagaṃ vīram avamene ca taṃ munim
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| 29 | apadhyānena sā tena dhūmāruṇasamaprabhā
lakṣyālakṣyā nābhirūpā nimittam iva lakṣyate
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| 30 | apatyahetoḥ saṃprāptaṃ tathā tvam api mām iha
iṣṭam evaṃgate hitvā sā tathaiva ca vartase
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| 31 | naiva bhāryeti viśvāsaḥ kāryaḥ puṃsā kathaṃ cana
na hi kāryam anudhyāti bhāryā putravatī satī
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| 32 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 32 | tatas te sarva evainaṃ putrāḥ samyag upāsire
sa ca tān ātmajān rājann āśvāsayitum ārabhat
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