 | Book 3 Chapter 71
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| 1 | bṛhadaśva uvāca
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| 1 | tato vidarbhān saṃprāptaṃ sāyāhne satyavikramam
ṛtuparṇaṃ janā rājñe bhīmāya pratyavedayan
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| 2 | sa bhīmavacanād rājā kuṇḍinaṃ prāviśat puram
nādayan rathaghoṣeṇa sarvāḥ sopadiśo daśa
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| 3 | tatas taṃ rathanirghoṣaṃ nalāśvās tatra śuśruvuḥ
śrutvā ca samahṛṣyanta pureva nalasaṃnidhau
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| 4 | damayantī ca śuśrāva rathaghoṣaṃ nalasya tam
yathā meghasya nadato gambhīraṃ jaladāgame
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| 5 | nalena saṃgṛhīteṣu pureva nalavājiṣu
sadṛśaṃ rathanirghoṣaṃ mene bhaimī tathā hayāḥ
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| 6 | prāsādasthāś ca śikhinaḥ śālāsthāś caiva vāraṇāḥ
hayāś ca śuśruvus tatra rathaghoṣaṃ mahīpateḥ
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| 7 | te śrutvā rathanirghoṣaṃ vāraṇāḥ śikhinas tathā
praṇedur unmukhā rājan meghodayam ivekṣya ha
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| 8 | damayanty uvāca
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| 8 | yathāsau rathanirghoṣaḥ pūrayann iva medinīm
mama hlādayate ceto nala eṣa mahīpatiḥ
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| 9 | adya candrābhavaktraṃ taṃ na paśyāmi nalaṃ yadi
asaṃkhyeyaguṇaṃ vīraṃ vinaśiṣyāmy asaṃśayam
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| 10 | yadi vai tasya vīrasya bāhvor nādyāham antaram
praviśāmi sukhasparśaṃ vinaśiṣyāmy asaṃśayam
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| 11 | yadi māṃ meghanirghoṣo nopagacchati naiṣadhaḥ
adya cāmīkaraprakhyo vinaśiṣyāmy asaṃśayam
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| 12 | yadi māṃ siṃhavikrānto mattavāraṇavāraṇaḥ
nābhigacchati rājendro vinaśiṣyāmy asaṃśayam
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| 13 | na smarāmy anṛtaṃ kiṃ cin na smarāmy anupākṛtam
na ca paryuṣitaṃ vākyaṃ svaireṣv api mahātmanaḥ
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| 14 | prabhuḥ kṣamāvān vīraś ca mṛdur dānto jitendriyaḥ
raho 'nīcānuvartī ca klībavan mama naiṣadhaḥ
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| 15 | guṇāṃs tasya smarantyā me tatparāyā divāniśam
hṛdayaṃ dīryata idaṃ śokāt priyavinākṛtam
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| 16 | bṛhadaśva uvāca
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| 16 | evaṃ vilapamānā sā naṣṭasaṃjñeva bhārata
āruroha mahad veśma puṇyaślokadidṛkṣayā
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| 17 | tato madhyamakakṣāyāṃ dadarśa ratham āsthitam
ṛtuparṇaṃ mahīpālaṃ sahavārṣṇeyabāhukam
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| 18 | tato 'vatīrya vārṣṇeyo bāhukaś ca rathottamāt
hayāṃs tān avamucyātha sthāpayām āsatū ratham
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| 19 | so 'vatīrya rathopasthād ṛtuparṇo narādhipaḥ
upatasthe mahārāja bhīmaṃ bhīmaparākramam
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| 20 | taṃ bhīmaḥ pratijagrāha pūjayā parayā tataḥ
akasmāt sahasā prāptaṃ strīmantraṃ na sma vindati
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| 21 | kiṃ kāryaṃ svāgataṃ te 'stu rājñā pṛṣṭaś ca bhārata
nābhijajñe sa nṛpatir duhitrarthe samāgatam
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| 22 | ṛtuparṇo 'pi rājā sa dhīmān satyaparākramaḥ
rājānaṃ rājaputraṃ vā na sma paśyati kaṃ cana
naiva svayaṃvarakathāṃ na ca viprasamāgamam
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| 23 | tato vigaṇayan rājā manasā kosalādhipaḥ
āgato 'smīty uvācainaṃ bhavantam abhivādakaḥ
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| 24 | rājāpi ca smayan bhīmo manasābhivicintayat
adhikaṃ yojanaśataṃ tasyāgamanakāraṇam
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| 25 | grāmān bahūn atikramya nādhyagacchad yathātatham
alpakāryaṃ vinirdiṣṭaṃ tasyāgamanakāraṇam
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| 26 | naitad evaṃ sa nṛpatis taṃ satkṛtya vyasarjayat
viśrāmyatām iti vadan klānto 'sīti punaḥ punaḥ
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| 27 | sa satkṛtaḥ prahṛṣṭātmā prītaḥ prītena pārthivaḥ
rājapreṣyair anugato diṣṭaṃ veśma samāviśat
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| 28 | ṛtuparṇe gate rājan vārṣṇeyasahite nṛpe
bāhuko ratham āsthāya rathaśālām upāgamat
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| 29 | sa mocayitvā tān aśvān paricārya ca śāstrataḥ
svayaṃ caitān samāśvāsya rathopastha upāviśat
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| 30 | damayantī tu śokārtā dṛṣṭvā bhāṅgasvariṃ nṛpam
sūtaputraṃ ca vārṣṇeyaṃ bāhukaṃ ca tathāvidham
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| 31 | cintayām āsa vaidarbhī kasyaiṣa rathanisvanaḥ
nalasyeva mahān āsīn na ca paśyāmi naiṣadham
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| 32 | vārṣṇeyena bhaven nūnaṃ vidyā saivopaśikṣitā
tenāsya rathanirghoṣo nalasyeva mahān abhūt
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| 33 | āho svid ṛtuparṇo 'pi yathā rājā nalas tathā
tato 'yaṃ rathanirghoṣo naiṣadhasyeva lakṣyate
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| 34 | evaṃ vitarkayitvā tu damayantī viśāṃ pate
dūtīṃ prasthāpayām āsa naiṣadhānveṣaṇe nṛpa
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