 | Book 3 Chapter 161
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | tasmin nagendre vasatāṃ tu teṣāṃ; mahātmanāṃ sadvratam āsthitānām
ratiḥ pramodaś ca babhūva teṣām; ākāṅkṣatāṃ darśanam arjunasya
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| 2 | tān vīryayuktān suviśuddhasattvāṃs; tejasvinaḥ satyadhṛtipradhānān
saṃprīyamāṇā bahavo 'bhijagmur; gandharvasaṃghāś ca maharṣayaś ca
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| 3 | taṃ pādapaiḥ puṣpadharair upetaṃ; nagottamaṃ prāpya mahārathānām
manaḥprasādaḥ paramo babhūva; yathā divaṃ prāpya marudgaṇānām
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| 4 | mayūrahaṃsasvananāditāni; puṣpopakīrṇāni mahācalasya
śṛṅgāṇi sānūni ca paśyamānā; gireḥ paraṃ harṣam avāpya tasthuḥ
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| 5 | sākṣāt kubereṇa kṛtāś ca tasmin; nagottame saṃvṛtakūlarodhasaḥ
kādambakāraṇḍavahaṃsajuṣṭāḥ; padmākulāḥ puṣkariṇīr apaśyan
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| 6 | krīḍāpradeśāṃś ca samṛddharūpān; sucitramālyāvṛtajātaśobhān
maṇipravekān sumanoharāṃś ca; yathā bhaveyur dhanadasya rājñaḥ
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| 7 | anekavarṇaiś ca sugandhibhiś ca; mahādrumaiḥ saṃtatam abhramālibhiḥ
tapaḥpradhānāḥ satataṃ carantaḥ; śṛṅgaṃ gireś cintayituṃ na śekuḥ
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| 8 | svatejasā tasya nagottamasya; mahauṣadhīnāṃ ca tathā prabhāvāt
vibhaktabhāvo na babhūva kaś cid; aharniśānāṃ puruṣapravīra
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| 9 | yam āsthitaḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāni; vibhāvasur bhāvayate 'mitaujāḥ
tasyodayaṃ cāstamayaṃ ca vīrās; tatra sthitās te dadṛśur nṛsiṃhāḥ
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| 10 | raves tamisrāgamanirgamāṃs te; tathodayaṃ cāstamayaṃ ca vīrāḥ
samāvṛtāḥ prekṣya tamonudasya; gabhastijālaiḥ pradiśo diśaś ca
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| 11 | svādhyāyavantaḥ satatakriyāś ca; dharmapradhānāś ca śucivratāś ca
satye sthitās tasya mahārathasya; satyavratasyāgamanapratīkṣāḥ
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| 12 | ihaiva harṣo 'stu samāgatānāṃ; kṣipraṃ kṛtāstreṇa dhanaṃjayena
iti bruvantaḥ paramāśiṣas te; pārthās tapoyogaparā babhūvuḥ
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| 13 | dṛṣṭvā vicitrāṇi girau vanāni; kirīṭinaṃ cintayatām abhīkṣṇam
babhūva rātrir divasaś ca teṣāṃ; saṃvatsareṇaiva samānarūpaḥ
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| 14 | yadaiva dhaumyānumate mahātmā; kṛtvā jaṭāḥ pravrajitaḥ sa jiṣṇuḥ
tadaiva teṣāṃ na babhūva harṣaḥ; kuto ratis tadgatamānasānām
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| 15 | bhrātur niyogāt tu yudhiṣṭhirasya; vanād asau vāraṇamattagāmī
yat kāmyakāt pravrajitaḥ sa jiṣṇus; tadaiva te śokahatā babhūvuḥ
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| 16 | tathā tu taṃ cintayatāṃ sitāśvam; astrārthinaṃ vāsavam abhyupetam
māso 'tha kṛcchreṇa tadā vyatītas; tasmin nage bhārata bhāratānām
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| 17 | tataḥ kadā cid dharisaṃprayuktaṃ; mahendravāhaṃ sahasopayātam
vidyutprabhaṃ prekṣya mahārathānāṃ; harṣo 'rjunaṃ cintayatāṃ babhūva
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| 18 | sa dīpyamānaḥ sahasāntarikṣaṃ; prakāśayan mātalisaṃgṛhītaḥ
babhau maholkeva ghanāntarasthā; śikheva cāgner jvalitā vidhūmā
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| 19 | tam āsthitaḥ saṃdadṛśe kirīṭī; sragvī varāṇy ābharaṇāni bibhrat
dhanaṃjayo vajradharaprabhāvaḥ; śriyā jvalan parvatam ājagāma
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| 20 | sa śailam āsādya kirīṭamālī; mahendravāhād avaruhya tasmāt
dhaumyasya pādāv abhivādya pūrvam; ajātaśatros tadanantaraṃ ca
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| 21 | vṛkodarasyāpi vavanda pādau; mādrīsutābhyām abhivāditaś ca
sametya kṛṣṇāṃ parisāntvya caināṃ; prahvo 'bhavad bhrātur upahvare saḥ
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| 22 | babhūva teṣāṃ paramaḥ praharṣas; tenāprameyeṇa samāgatānām
sa cāpi tān prekṣya kirīṭamālī; nananda rājānam abhipraśaṃsan
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| 23 | yam āsthitaḥ sapta jaghāna pūgān; diteḥ sutānāṃ namucer nihantā
tam indravāhaṃ samupetya pārthāḥ; pradakṣiṇaṃ cakrur adīnasattvāḥ
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| 24 | te mātaleś cakrur atīva hṛṣṭāḥ; satkāram agryaṃ surarājatulyam
sarvaṃ yathāvac ca divaukasas tān; papracchur enaṃ kururājaputrāḥ
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| 25 | tān apy asau mātalir abhyanandat; piteva putrān anuśiṣya cainān
yayau rathenāpratimaprabheṇa; punaḥ sakāśaṃ tridiveśvarasya
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| 26 | gate tu tasmin varadevavāhe; śakrātmajaḥ sarvaripupramāthī
śakreṇa dattāni dadau mahātmā; mahādhanāny uttamarūpavanti
divākarābhāṇi vibhūṣaṇāni; prītaḥ priyāyai sutasomamātre
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| 27 | tataḥ sa teṣāṃ kurupuṃgavānāṃ; teṣāṃ ca sūryāgnisamaprabhāṇām
viprarṣabhāṇām upaviśya madhye; sarvaṃ yathāvat kathayāṃ babhūva
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evaṃ mayāstrāṇy upaśikṣitāni; śakrāc ca vātāc ca śivāc ca sākṣāt
tathaiva śīlena samādhinā ca; prītāḥ surā me sahitāḥ sahendrāḥ
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| 29 | saṃkṣepato vai sa viśuddhakarmā; tebhyaḥ samākhyāya divi praveśam
mādrīsutābhyāṃ sahitaḥ kirīṭī; suṣvāpa tām āvasatiṃ pratītaḥ
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