Book 3 Chapter 53 | |
1 | bṛhadaśva uvāca |
1 | sā namaskṛtya devebhyaḥ prahasya nalam abravīt
praṇayasva yathāśraddhaṃ rājan kiṃ karavāṇi te |
2 | ahaṃ caiva hi yac cānyan mamāsti vasu kiṃ cana
sarvaṃ tat tava viśrabdhaṃ kuru praṇayam īśvara |
3 | haṃsānāṃ vacanaṃ yat tat tan māṃ dahati pārthiva
tvatkṛte hi mayā vīra rājānaḥ saṃnipātitāḥ |
4 | yadi ced bhajamānāṃ māṃ pratyākhyāsyasi mānada
viṣam agniṃ jalaṃ rajjum āsthāsye tava kāraṇāt |
5 | evam uktas tu vaidarbhyā nalas tāṃ pratyuvāca ha
tiṣṭhatsu lokapāleṣu kathaṃ mānuṣam icchasi |
6 | yeṣām ahaṃ lokakṛtām īśvarāṇāṃ mahātmanām
na pādarajasā tulyo manas te teṣu vartatām |
7 | vipriyaṃ hy ācaran martyo devānāṃ mṛtyum ṛcchati
trāhi mām anavadyāṅgi varayasva surottamān |
8 | tato bāṣpakalāṃ vācaṃ damayantī śucismitā
pravyāharantī śanakair nalaṃ rājānam abravīt |
9 | asty upāyo mayā dṛṣṭo nirapāyo nareśvara
yena doṣo na bhavitā tava rājan kathaṃ cana |
10 | tvaṃ caiva hi naraśreṣṭha devāś cāgnipurogamāḥ
āyāntu sahitāḥ sarve mama yatra svayaṃvaraḥ |
11 | tato 'haṃ lokapālānāṃ saṃnidhau tvāṃ nareśvara
varayiṣye naravyāghra naivaṃ doṣo bhaviṣyati |
12 | evam uktas tu vaidarbhyā nalo rājā viśāṃ pate
ājagāma punas tatra yatra devāḥ samāgatāḥ |
13 | tam apaśyaṃs tathāyāntaṃ lokapālāḥ saheśvarāḥ
dṛṣṭvā cainaṃ tato 'pṛcchan vṛttāntaṃ sarvam eva tat |
14 | devā ūcuḥ |
14 | kaccid dṛṣṭā tvayā rājan damayantī śucismitā
kim abravīc ca naḥ sarvān vada bhūmipate 'nagha |
15 | nala uvāca |
15 | bhavadbhir aham ādiṣṭo damayantyā niveśanam
praviṣṭaḥ sumahākakṣyaṃ daṇḍibhiḥ sthavirair vṛtam |
16 | praviśantaṃ ca māṃ tatra na kaś cid dṛṣṭavān naraḥ
ṛte tāṃ pārthivasutāṃ bhavatām eva tejasā |
17 | sakhyaś cāsyā mayā dṛṣṭās tābhiś cāpy upalakṣitaḥ
vismitāś cābhavan dṛṣṭvā sarvā māṃ vibudheśvarāḥ |
18 | varṇyamāneṣu ca mayā bhavatsu rucirānanā
mām eva gatasaṃkalpā vṛṇīte surasattamāḥ |
19 | abravīc caiva māṃ bālā āyāntu sahitāḥ surāḥ
tvayā saha naraśreṣṭha mama yatra svayaṃvaraḥ |
20 | teṣām ahaṃ saṃnidhau tvāṃ varayiṣye narottama
evaṃ tava mahābāho doṣo na bhaviteti ha |
21 | etāvad eva vibudhā yathāvṛttam udāhṛtam
mayāśeṣaṃ pramāṇaṃ tu bhavantas tridaśeśvarāḥ |