 | Book 2 Chapter 17
|
| 1 | rākṣasy uvāca
|
| 1 | jarā nāmāsmi bhadraṃ te rākṣasī kāmarūpiṇī
tava veśmani rājendra pūjitā nyavasaṃ sukham
|
| 2 | sāhaṃ pratyupakārārthaṃ cintayanty aniśaṃ nṛpa
taveme putraśakale dṛṣṭavaty asmi dhārmika
|
| 3 | saṃśleṣite mayā daivāt kumāraḥ samapadyata
tava bhāgyair mahārāja hetumātram ahaṃ tv iha
|
| 4 | kṛṣṇa uvāca
|
| 4 | evam uktvā tu sā rājaṃs tatraivāntaradhīyata
sa gṛhya ca kumāraṃ taṃ prāviśat svagṛhaṃ nṛpaḥ
|
| 5 | tasya bālasya yat kṛtyaṃ tac cakāra nṛpas tadā
ājñāpayac ca rākṣasyā māgadheṣu mahotsavam
|
| 6 | tasya nāmākarot tatra prajāpatisamaḥ pitā
jarayā saṃdhito yasmāj jarāsaṃdhas tato 'bhavat
|
| 7 | so 'vardhata mahātejā magadhādhipateḥ sutaḥ
pramāṇabalasaṃpanno hutāhutir ivānalaḥ
|
| 8 | kasya cit tv atha kālasya punar eva mahātapāḥ
magadhān upacakrāma bhagavāṃś caṇḍakauśikaḥ
|
| 9 | tasyāgamanasaṃhṛṣṭaḥ sāmātyaḥ sapuraḥsaraḥ
sabhāryaḥ saha putreṇa nirjagāma bṛhadrathaḥ
|
| 10 | pādyārghyācamanīyais tam arcayām āsa bhārata
sa nṛpo rājyasahitaṃ putraṃ cāsmai nyavedayat
|
| 11 | pratigṛhya tu tāṃ pūjāṃ pārthivād bhagavān ṛṣiḥ
uvāca māgadhaṃ rājan prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā
|
| 12 | sarvam etan mayā rājan vijñātaṃ jñānacakṣuṣā
putras tu śṛṇu rājendra yādṛśo 'yaṃ bhaviṣyati
|
| 13 | asya vīryavato vīryaṃ nānuyāsyanti pārthivāḥ
devair api visṛṣṭāni śastrāṇy asya mahīpate
na rujaṃ janayiṣyanti girer iva nadīrayāḥ
|
| 14 | sarvamūrdhābhiṣiktānām eṣa mūrdhni jvaliṣyati
sarveṣāṃ niṣprabhakaro jyotiṣām iva bhāskaraḥ
|
| 15 | enam āsādya rājānaḥ samṛddhabalavāhanāḥ
vināśam upayāsyanti śalabhā iva pāvakam
|
| 16 | eṣa śriyaṃ samuditāṃ sarvarājñāṃ grahīṣyati
varṣāsv ivoddhatajalā nadīr nadanadīpatiḥ
|
| 17 | eṣa dhārayitā samyak cāturvarṇyaṃ mahābalaḥ
śubhāśubham iva sphītā sarvasasyadharā dharā
|
| 18 | asyājñāvaśagāḥ sarve bhaviṣyanti narādhipāḥ
sarvabhūtātmabhūtasya vāyor iva śarīriṇaḥ
|
| 19 | eṣa rudraṃ mahādevaṃ tripurāntakaraṃ haram
sarvalokeṣv atibalaḥ svayaṃ drakṣyati māgadhaḥ
|
| 20 | evaṃ bruvann eva muniḥ svakāryārthaṃ vicintayan
visarjayām āsa nṛpaṃ bṛhadratham athārihan
|
| 21 | praviśya nagaraṃ caiva jñātisaṃbandhibhir vṛtaḥ
abhiṣicya jarāsaṃdhaṃ magadhādhipatis tadā
bṛhadratho narapatiḥ parāṃ nirvṛtim āyayau
|
| 22 | abhiṣikte jarāsaṃdhe tadā rājā bṛhadrathaḥ
patnīdvayenānugatas tapovanarato 'bhavat
|
| 23 | tapovanasthe pitari mātṛbhyāṃ saha bhārata
jarāsaṃdhaḥ svavīryeṇa pārthivān akarod vaśe
|
| 24 | atha dīrghasya kālasya tapovanagato nṛpaḥ
sabhāryaḥ svargam agamat tapas taptvā bṛhadrathaḥ
|
| 25 | tasyāstāṃ haṃsaḍibhakāv aśastranidhanāv ubhau
mantre matimatāṃ śreṣṭhau yuddhaśāstraviśāradau
|
| 26 | yau tau mayā te kathitau pūrvam eva mahābalau
trayas trayāṇāṃ lokānāṃ paryāptā iti me matiḥ
|
| 27 | evam eṣa tadā vīra balibhiḥ kukurāndhakaiḥ
vṛṣṇibhiś ca mahārāja nītihetor upekṣitaḥ
|