Book 3 Chapter 52 | |
1 | bṛhadaśva uvāca |
1 | tebhyaḥ pratijñāya nalaḥ kariṣya iti bhārata
athainān paripapraccha kṛtāñjalir avasthitaḥ |
2 | ke vai bhavantaḥ kaś cāsau yasyāhaṃ dūta īpsitaḥ
kiṃ ca tatra mayā kāryaṃ kathayadhvaṃ yathātatham |
3 | evam ukte naiṣadhena maghavān pratyabhāṣata
amarān vai nibodhāsmān damayantyartham āgatān |
4 | aham indro 'yam agniś ca tathaivāyam apāṃpatiḥ
śarīrāntakaro nṝṇāṃ yamo 'yam api pārthiva |
5 | sa vai tvam āgatān asmān damayantyai nivedaya
lokapālāḥ sahendrās tvāṃ samāyānti didṛkṣavaḥ |
6 | prāptum icchanti devās tvāṃ śakro 'gnir varuṇo yamaḥ
teṣām anyatamaṃ devaṃ patitve varayasva ha |
7 | evam uktaḥ sa śakreṇa nalaḥ prāñjalir abravīt
ekārthasamavetaṃ māṃ na preṣayitum arhatha |
8 | devā ūcuḥ |
8 | kariṣya iti saṃśrutya pūrvam asmāsu naiṣadha
na kariṣyasi kasmāt tvaṃ vraja naiṣadha māciram |
9 | bṛhadaśva uvāca |
9 | evam uktaḥ sa devais tair naiṣadhaḥ punar abravīt
surakṣitāni veśmāni praveṣṭuṃ katham utsahe |
10 | pravekṣyasīti taṃ śakraḥ punar evābhyabhāṣata
jagāma sa tathety uktvā damayantyā niveśanam |
11 | dadarśa tatra vaidarbhīṃ sakhīgaṇasamāvṛtām
dedīpyamānāṃ vapuṣā śriyā ca varavarṇinīm |
12 | atīva sukumārāṅgīṃ tanumadhyāṃ sulocanām
ākṣipantīm iva ca bhāḥ śaśinaḥ svena tejasā |
13 | tasya dṛṣṭvaiva vavṛdhe kāmas tāṃ cāruhāsinīm
satyaṃ cikīrṣamāṇas tu dhārayām āsa hṛcchayam |
14 | tatas tā naiṣadhaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃbhrāntāḥ paramāṅganāḥ
āsanebhyaḥ samutpetus tejasā tasya dharṣitāḥ |
15 | praśaśaṃsuś ca suprītā nalaṃ tā vismayānvitāḥ
na cainam abhyabhāṣanta manobhis tv abhyacintayan |
16 | aho rūpam aho kāntir aho dhairyaṃ mahātmanaḥ
ko 'yaṃ devo nu yakṣo nu gandharvo nu bhaviṣyati |
17 | na tv enaṃ śaknuvanti sma vyāhartum api kiṃ cana
tejasā dharṣitāḥ sarvā lajjāvatyo varāṅganāḥ |
18 | athainaṃ smayamāneva smitapūrvābhibhāṣiṇī
damayantī nalaṃ vīram abhyabhāṣata vismitā |
19 | kas tvaṃ sarvānavadyāṅga mama hṛcchayavardhana
prāpto 'sy amaravad vīra jñātum icchāmi te 'nagha |
20 | katham āgamanaṃ ceha kathaṃ cāsi na lakṣitaḥ
surakṣitaṃ hi me veśma rājā caivograśāsanaḥ |
21 | evam uktas tu vaidarbhyā nalas tāṃ pratyuvāca ha
nalaṃ māṃ viddhi kalyāṇi devadūtam ihāgatam |
22 | devās tvāṃ prāptum icchanti śakro 'gnir varuṇo yamaḥ
teṣām anyatamaṃ devaṃ patiṃ varaya śobhane |
23 | teṣām eva prabhāvena praviṣṭo 'ham alakṣitaḥ
praviśantaṃ hi māṃ kaś cin nāpaśyan nāpy avārayat |
24 | etadartham ahaṃ bhadre preṣitaḥ surasattamaiḥ
etac chrutvā śubhe buddhiṃ prakuruṣva yathecchasi |