 | Book 3 Chapter 280
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| 1 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 1 | tataḥ kāle bahutithe vyatikrānte kadā cana
prāptaḥ sa kālo martavyaṃ yatra satyavatā nṛpa
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| 2 | gaṇayantyāś ca sāvitryā divase divase gate
tad vākyaṃ nāradenoktaṃ vartate hṛdi nityaśaḥ
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| 3 | caturthe 'hani martavyam iti saṃcintya bhāminī
vrataṃ trirātram uddiśya divārātraṃ sthitābhavat
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| 4 | taṃ śrutvā niyamaṃ duḥkhaṃ vadhvā duḥkhānvito nṛpaḥ
utthāya vākyaṃ sāvitrīm abravīt parisāntvayan
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| 5 | atitīvro 'yam ārambhas tvayārabdho nṛpātmaje
tisṛṇāṃ vasatīnāṃ hi sthānaṃ paramaduṣkaram
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| 6 | sāvitry uvāca
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| 6 | na kāryas tāta saṃtāpaḥ pārayiṣyāmy ahaṃ vratam
vyavasāyakṛtaṃ hīdaṃ vyavasāyaś ca kāraṇam
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| 7 | dyumatsena uvāca
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| 7 | vrataṃ bhindhīti vaktuṃ tvāṃ nāsmi śaktaḥ kathaṃ cana
pārayasveti vacanaṃ yuktam asmadvidho vadet
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| 8 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 8 | evam uktvā dyumatseno virarāma mahāmanāḥ
tiṣṭhantī cāpi sāvitrī kāṣṭhabhūteva lakṣyate
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| 9 | śvobhūte bhartṛmaraṇe sāvitryā bharatarṣabha
duḥkhānvitāyās tiṣṭhantyāḥ sā rātrir vyatyavartata
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| 10 | adya tad divasaṃ ceti hutvā dīptaṃ hutāśanam
yugamātrodite sūrye kṛtvā paurvāhṇikīḥ kriyāḥ
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| 11 | tataḥ sarvān dvijān vṛddhāñ śvaśrūṃ śvaśuram eva ca
abhivādyānupūrvyeṇa prāñjalir niyatā sthitā
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| 12 | avaidhavyāśiṣas te tu sāvitryarthaṃ hitāḥ śubhāḥ
ūcus tapasvinaḥ sarve tapovananivāsinaḥ
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| 13 | evam astv iti sāvitrī dhyānayogaparāyaṇā
manasā tā giraḥ sarvāḥ pratyagṛhṇāt tapasvinām
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| 14 | taṃ kālaṃ ca muhūrtaṃ ca pratīkṣantī nṛpātmajā
yathoktaṃ nāradavacaś cintayantī suduḥkhitā
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| 15 | tatas tu śvaśrūśvaśurāv ūcatus tāṃ nṛpātmajām
ekāntastham idaṃ vākyaṃ prītyā bharatasattama
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| 16 | śvaśurāv ūcatuḥ
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| 16 | vrato yathopadiṣṭo 'yaṃ yathāvat pāritas tvayā
āhārakālaḥ saṃprāptaḥ kriyatāṃ yad anantaram
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| 17 | sāvitry uvāca
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| 17 | astaṃ gate mayāditye bhoktavyaṃ kṛtakāmayā
eṣa me hṛdi saṃkalpaḥ samayaś ca kṛto mayā
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| 18 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 18 | evaṃ saṃbhāṣamāṇāyāḥ sāvitryā bhojanaṃ prati
skandhe paraśum ādāya satyavān prasthito vanam
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| 19 | sāvitrī tv āha bhartāraṃ naikas tvaṃ gantum arhasi
saha tvayāgamiṣyāmi na hi tvāṃ hātum utsahe
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| 20 | satyavān uvāca
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| 20 | vanaṃ na gatapūrvaṃ te duḥkhaḥ panthāś ca bhāmini
vratopavāsakṣāmā ca kathaṃ padbhyāṃ gamiṣyasi
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| 21 | sāvitry uvāca
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| 21 | upavāsān na me glānir nāsti cāpi pariśramaḥ
gamane ca kṛtotsāhāṃ pratiṣeddhuṃ na mārhasi
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| 22 | satyavān uvāca
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| 22 | yadi te gamanotsāhaḥ kariṣyāmi tava priyam
mama tv āmantraya gurūn na māṃ doṣaḥ spṛśed ayam
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| 23 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 23 | sābhigamyābravīc chvaśrūṃ śvaśuraṃ ca mahāvratā
ayaṃ gacchati me bhartā phalāhāro mahāvanam
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| 24 | iccheyam abhyanujñātum āryayā śvaśureṇa ca
anena saha nirgantuṃ na hi me virahaḥ kṣamaḥ
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| 25 | gurvagnihotrārthakṛte prasthitaś ca sutas tava
na nivāryo nivāryaḥ syād anyathā prasthito vanam
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| 26 | saṃvatsaraḥ kiṃ cid ūno na niṣkrāntāham āśramāt
vanaṃ kusumitaṃ draṣṭuṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
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| 27 | dyumatsena uvāca
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| 27 | yataḥ prabhṛti sāvitrī pitrā dattā snuṣā mama
nānayābhyarthanāyuktam uktapūrvaṃ smarāmy aham
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| 28 | tad eṣā labhatāṃ kāmaṃ yathābhilaṣitaṃ vadhūḥ
apramādaś ca kartavyaḥ putri satyavataḥ pathi
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| 29 | mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
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| 29 | ubhābhyām abhyanujñātā sā jagāma yaśasvinī
saha bhartrā hasantīva hṛdayena vidūyatā
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| 30 | sā vanāni vicitrāṇi ramaṇīyāni sarvaśaḥ
mayūraravaghuṣṭāni dadarśa vipulekṣaṇā
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| 31 | nadīḥ puṇyavahāś caiva puṣpitāṃś ca nagottamān
satyavān āha paśyeti sāvitrīṃ madhurākṣaram
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| 32 | nirīkṣamāṇā bhartāraṃ sarvāvastham aninditā
mṛtam eva hi taṃ mene kāle munivacaḥ smaran
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| 33 | anuvartatī tu bhartāraṃ jagāma mṛdugāminī
dvidheva hṛdayaṃ kṛtvā taṃ ca kālam avekṣatī
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