Book 3 Chapter 195 | |
1 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
1 | dhundhur nāma mahātejās tayoḥ putro mahādyutiḥ
sa tapo 'tapyata mahan mahāvīryaparākramaḥ |
2 | atiṣṭhad ekapādena kṛśo dhamanisaṃtataḥ
tasmai brahmā dadau prīto varaṃ vavre sa ca prabho |
3 | devadānavayakṣāṇāṃ sarpagandharvarakṣasām
avadhyo 'haṃ bhaveyaṃ vai vara eṣa vṛto mayā |
4 | evaṃ bhavatu gaccheti tam uvāca pitāmahaḥ
sa evam uktas tatpādau mūrdhnā spṛśya jagāma ha |
5 | sa tu dhundhur varaṃ labdhvā mahāvīryaparākramaḥ
anusmaran pitṛvadhaṃ tato viṣṇum upādravat |
6 | sa tu devān sagandharvāñ jitvā dhundhur amarṣaṇaḥ
babādha sarvān asakṛd devān viṣṇuṃ ca vai bhṛśam |
7 | samudro vālukāpūrṇa ujjānaka iti smṛtaḥ
āgamya ca sa duṣṭātmā taṃ deśaṃ bharatarṣabha bādhate sma paraṃ śaktyā tam uttaṅkāśramaṃ prabho |
8 | antarbhūmigatas tatra vālukāntarhitas tadā
madhukaiṭabhayoḥ putro dhundhur bhīmaparākramaḥ |
9 | śete lokavināśāya tapobalasamāśritaḥ
uttaṅkasyāśramābhyāśe niḥśvasan pāvakārciṣaḥ |
10 | etasminn eva kāle tu sabhṛtyabalavāhanaḥ
kuvalāśvo narapatir anvito balaśālinām |
11 | sahasrair ekaviṃśatyā putrāṇām arimardanaḥ
prāyād uttaṅkasahito dhundhos tasya niveśanam |
12 | tam āviśat tato viṣṇur bhagavāṃs tejasā prabhuḥ
uttaṅkasya niyogena lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā |
13 | tasmin prayāte durdharṣe divi śabdo mahān abhūt
eṣa śrīmān nṛpasuto dhundhumāro bhaviṣyati |
14 | divyaiś ca puṣpais taṃ devāḥ samantāt paryavākiran
devadundubhayaś caiva neduḥ svayam udīritāḥ |
15 | śītaś ca vāyuḥ pravavau prayāṇe tasya dhīmataḥ
vipāṃsulāṃ mahīṃ kurvan vavarṣa ca sureśvaraḥ |
16 | antarikṣe vimānāni devatānāṃ yudhiṣṭhira
tatraiva samadṛśyanta dhundhur yatra mahāsuraḥ |
17 | kuvalāśvasya dhundhoś ca yuddhakautūhalānvitāḥ
devagandharvasahitāḥ samavaikṣan maharṣayaḥ |
18 | nārāyaṇena kauravya tejasāpyāyitas tadā
sa gato nṛpatiḥ kṣipraṃ putrais taiḥ sarvatodiśam |
19 | arṇavaṃ khānayām āsa kuvalāśvo mahīpatiḥ
kuvalāśvasya putrais tu tasmin vai vālukārṇave |
20 | saptabhir divasaiḥ khātvā dṛṣṭo dhundhur mahābalaḥ
āsīd ghoraṃ vapus tasya vālukāntarhitaṃ mahat dīpyamānaṃ yathā sūryas tejasā bharatarṣabha |
21 | tato dhundhur mahārāja diśam āśritya paścimām
supto 'bhūd rājaśārdūla kālānalasamadyutiḥ |
22 | kuvalāśvasya putrais tu sarvataḥ parivāritaḥ
abhidrutaḥ śarais tīkṣṇair gadābhir musalair api paṭṭiśaiḥ parighaiḥ prāsaiḥ khaḍgaiś ca vimalaiḥ śitaiḥ |
23 | sa vadhyamānaḥ saṃkruddhaḥ samuttasthau mahābalaḥ
kruddhaś cābhakṣayat teṣāṃ śastrāṇi vividhāni ca |
24 | āsyād vaman pāvakaṃ sa saṃvartakasamaṃ tadā
tān sarvān nṛpateḥ putrān adahat svena tejasā |
25 | mukhajenāgninā kruddho lokān udvartayann iva
kṣaṇena rājaśārdūla pureva kapilaḥ prabhuḥ sagarasyātmajān kruddhas tad adbhutam ivābhavat |
26 | teṣu krodhāgnidagdheṣu tadā bharatasattama
taṃ prabuddhaṃ mahātmānaṃ kumbhakarṇam ivāparam āsasāda mahātejāḥ kuvalāśvo mahīpatiḥ |
27 | tasya vāri mahārāja susrāva bahu dehataḥ
tadāpīyata tat tejo rājā vārimayaṃ nṛpa yogī yogena vahniṃ ca śamayām āsa vāriṇā |
28 | brahmāstreṇa tadā rājā daityaṃ krūraparākramam
dadāha bharataśreṣṭha sarvalokābhayāya vai |
29 | so 'streṇa dagdhvā rājarṣiḥ kuvalāśvo mahāsuram
suraśatrum amitraghnas trilokeśa ivāparaḥ dhundhumāra iti khyāto nāmnā samabhavat tataḥ |
30 | prītaiś ca tridaśaiḥ sarvair maharṣisahitais tadā
varaṃ vṛṇīṣvety uktaḥ sa prāñjaliḥ praṇatas tadā atīva mudito rājann idaṃ vacanam abravīt |
31 | dadyāṃ vittaṃ dvijāgryebhyaḥ śatrūṇāṃ cāpi durjayaḥ
sakhyaṃ ca viṣṇunā me syād bhūteṣv adroha eva ca dharme ratiś ca satataṃ svarge vāsas tathākṣayaḥ |
32 | tathāstv iti tato devaiḥ prītair uktaḥ sa pārthivaḥ
ṛṣibhiś ca sagandharvair uttaṅkena ca dhīmatā |
33 | sabhājya cainaṃ vividhair āśīrvādais tato nṛpam
devā maharṣayaś caiva svāni sthānāni bhejire |
34 | tasya putrās trayaḥ śiṣṭā yudhiṣṭhira tadābhavan
dṛḍhāśvaḥ kapilāśvaś ca candrāśvaś caiva bhārata tebhyaḥ paramparā rājann ikṣvākūṇāṃ mahātmanām |
35 | evaṃ sa nihatas tena kuvalāśvena sattama
dhundhur daityo mahāvīryo madhukaiṭabhayoḥ sutaḥ |
36 | kuvalāśvas tu nṛpatir dhundhumāra iti smṛtaḥ
nāmnā ca guṇasaṃyuktas tadā prabhṛti so 'bhavat |
37 | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
dhaundhumāram upākhyānaṃ prathitaṃ yasya karmaṇā |
38 | idaṃ tu puṇyam ākhyānaṃ viṣṇoḥ samanukīrtanam
śṛṇuyād yaḥ sa dharmātmā putravāṃś ca bhaven naraḥ |
39 | āyuṣmān dhṛtimāṃś caiva śrutvā bhavati parvasu
na ca vyādhibhayaṃ kiṃ cit prāpnoti vigatajvaraḥ |