 | Book 3 Chapter 207
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | śrutvemāṃ dharmasaṃyuktāṃ dharmarājaḥ kathāṃ śubhām
punaḥ papraccha tam ṛṣiṃ mārkaṇḍeyaṃ tapasvinam
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| 2 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 2 | katham agnir vanaṃ yātaḥ kathaṃ cāpy aṅgirāḥ purā
naṣṭe 'gnau havyam avahad agnir bhūtvā mahān ṛṣiḥ
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| 3 | agnir yadā tv eka eva bahutvaṃ cāsya karmasu
dṛśyate bhagavan sarvam etad icchāmi veditum
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| 4 | kumāraś ca yathotpanno yathā cāgneḥ suto 'bhavat
yathā rudrāc ca saṃbhūto gaṅgāyāṃ kṛttikāsu ca
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| 5 | etad icchāmy ahaṃ tvattaḥ śrotuṃ bhārgavanandana
kautūhalasamāviṣṭo yathātathyaṃ mahāmune
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| 6 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 6 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
yathā kruddho hutavahas tapas taptuṃ vanaṃ gataḥ
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| 7 | yathā ca bhagavān agniḥ svayam evāṅgirābhavat
saṃtāpayan svaprabhayā nāśayaṃs timirāṇi ca
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| 8 | āśramastho mahābhāgo havyavāhaṃ viśeṣayan
tathā sa bhūtvā tu tadā jagat sarvaṃ prakāśayan
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| 9 | tapaś caraṃś ca hutabhuk saṃtaptas tasya tejasā
bhṛśaṃ glānaś ca tejasvī na sa kiṃ cit prajajñivān
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| 10 | atha saṃcintayām āsa bhagavān havyavāhanaḥ
anyo 'gnir iha lokānāṃ brahmaṇā saṃpravartitaḥ
agnitvaṃ vipranaṣṭaṃ hi tapyamānasya me tapaḥ
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| 11 | katham agniḥ punar ahaṃ bhaveyam iti cintya saḥ
apaśyad agnival lokāṃs tāpayantaṃ mahāmunim
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| 12 | sopāsarpac chanair bhītas tam uvāca tadāṅgirāḥ
śīghram eva bhavasvāgnis tvaṃ punar lokabhāvanaḥ
vijñātaś cāsi lokeṣu triṣu saṃsthānacāriṣu
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| 13 | tvam agne prathamaḥ sṛṣṭo brahmaṇā timirāpahaḥ
svasthānaṃ pratipadyasva śīghram eva tamonuda
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| 14 | agnir uvāca
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| 14 | naṣṭakīrtir ahaṃ loke bhavāñ jāto hutāśanaḥ
bhavantam eva jñāsyanti pāvakaṃ na tu māṃ janāḥ
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| 15 | nikṣipāmy aham agnitvaṃ tvam agniḥ prathamo bhava
bhaviṣyāmi dvitīyo 'haṃ prājāpatyaka eva ca
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| 16 | aṅgirā uvāca
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| 16 | kuru puṇyaṃ prajāsvargyaṃ bhavāgnis timirāpahaḥ
māṃ ca deva kuruṣvāgne prathamaṃ putram añjasā
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| 17 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 17 | tac chrutvāṅgiraso vākyaṃ jātavedās tathākarot
rājan bṛhaspatir nāma tasyāpy aṅgirasaḥ sutaḥ
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| 18 | jñātvā prathamajaṃ taṃ tu vahner āṅgirasaṃ sutam
upetya devāḥ papracchuḥ kāraṇaṃ tatra bhārata
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| 19 | sa tu pṛṣṭas tadā devais tataḥ kāraṇam abravīt
pratyagṛhṇaṃs tu devāś ca tad vaco 'ṅgirasas tadā
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| 20 | atra nānāvidhān agnīn pravakṣyāmi mahāprabhān
karmabhir bahubhiḥ khyātān nānātvaṃ brāhmaṇeṣv iha
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