 | Book 3 Chapter 138
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| 1 | lomaśa uvāca
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| 1 | bharadvājas tu kaunteya kṛtvā svādhyāyam āhnikam
samitkalāpam ādāya praviveśa svam āśramam
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| 2 | taṃ sma dṛṣṭvā purā sarve pratyuttiṣṭhanti pāvakāḥ
na tv enam upatiṣṭhanti hataputraṃ tadāgnayaḥ
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| 3 | vaikṛtaṃ tv agnihotre sa lakṣayitvā mahātapāḥ
tam andhaṃ śūdram āsīnaṃ gṛhapālam athābravīt
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| 4 | kiṃ nu me nāgnayaḥ śūdra pratinandanti darśanam
tvaṃ cāpi na yathāpūrvaṃ kaccit kṣemam ihāśrame
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| 5 | kaccin na raibhyaṃ putro me gatavān alpacetanaḥ
etad ācakṣva me śīghraṃ na hi me śudhyate manaḥ
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| 6 | śūdra uvāca
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| 6 | raibhyaṃ gato nūnam asau sutas te mandacetanaḥ
tathā hi nihataḥ śete rākṣasena balīyasā
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| 7 | prakālyamānas tenāyaṃ śūlahastena rakṣasā
agnyāgāraṃ prati dvāri mayā dorbhyāṃ nivāritaḥ
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| 8 | tataḥ sa nihato hy atra jalakāmo 'śucir dhruvam
saṃbhāvito hi tūrṇena śūlahastena rakṣasā
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| 9 | lomaśa uvāca
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| 9 | bharadvājas tu śūdrasya tac chrutvā vipriyaṃ vacaḥ
gatāsuṃ putram ādāya vilalāpa suduḥkhitaḥ
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| 10 | brāhmaṇānāṃ kilārthāya nanu tvaṃ taptavāṃs tapaḥ
dvijānām anadhītā vai vedāḥ saṃpratibhāntv iti
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| 11 | tathā kalyāṇaśīlas tvaṃ brāhmaṇeṣu mahātmasu
anāgāḥ sarvabhūteṣu karkaśatvam upeyivān
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| 12 | pratiṣiddho mayā tāta raibhyāvasathadarśanāt
gatavān eva taṃ kṣudraṃ kālāntakayamopamam
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| 13 | yaḥ sa jānan mahātejā vṛddhasyaikaṃ mamātmajam
gatavān eva kopasya vaśaṃ paramadurmatiḥ
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| 14 | putraśokam anuprāpya eṣa raibhyasya karmaṇā
tyakṣyāmi tvām ṛte putra prāṇān iṣṭatamān bhuvi
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| 15 | yathāhaṃ putraśokena dehaṃ tyakṣyāmi kilbiṣī
tathā jyeṣṭhaḥ suto raibhyaṃ hiṃsyāc chīghram anāgasam
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| 16 | sukhino vai narā yeṣāṃ jātyā putro na vidyate
te putraśokam aprāpya vicaranti yathāsukham
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| 17 | ye tu putrakṛtāc chokād bhṛśaṃ vyākulacetasaḥ
śapantīṣṭān sakhīn ārtās tebhyaḥ pāpataro nu kaḥ
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| 18 | parāsuś ca suto dṛṣṭaḥ śaptaś ceṣṭaḥ sakhā mayā
īdṛśīm āpadaṃ ko nu dvitīyo 'nubhaviṣyati
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| 19 | vilapyaivaṃ bahuvidhaṃ bharadvājo 'dahat sutam
susamiddhaṃ tataḥ paścāt praviveśa hutāśanam
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