Book 3 Chapter 286 | |
1 | karṇa uvāca |
1 | bhagavantam ahaṃ bhakto yathā māṃ vettha gopate
tathā paramatigmāṃśo nānyaṃ devaṃ kathaṃ cana |
2 | na me dārā na me putrā na cātmā suhṛdo na ca
tatheṣṭā vai sadā bhaktyā yathā tvaṃ gopate mama |
3 | iṣṭānāṃ ca mahātmāno bhaktānāṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ
kurvanti bhaktim iṣṭāṃ ca jānīṣe tvaṃ ca bhāskara |
4 | iṣṭo bhaktaś ca me karṇo na cānyad daivataṃ divi
jānīta iti vai kṛtvā bhagavān āha maddhitam |
5 | bhūyaś ca śirasā yāce prasādya ca punaḥ punaḥ
iti bravīmi tigmāṃśo tvaṃ tu me kṣantum arhasi |
6 | bibhemi na tathā mṛtyor yathā bibhye 'nṛtād aham
viśeṣeṇa dvijātīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ sarvadā satām pradāne jīvitasyāpi na me 'trāsti vicāraṇā |
7 | yac ca mām āttha deva tvaṃ pāṇḍavaṃ phalgunaṃ prati
vyetu saṃtāpajaṃ duḥkhaṃ tava bhāskara mānasam arjunaṃ prati māṃ caiva vijeṣyāmi raṇe 'rjunam |
8 | tavāpi viditaṃ deva mamāpy astrabalaṃ mahat
jāmadagnyād upāttaṃ yat tathā droṇān mahātmanaḥ |
9 | idaṃ tvam anujānīhi suraśreṣṭha vrataṃ mama
bhikṣate vajriṇe dadyām api jīvitam ātmanaḥ |
10 | sūrya uvāca |
10 | yadi tāta dadāsy ete vajriṇe kuṇḍale śubhe
tvam apy enam atho brūyā vijayārthaṃ mahābala |
11 | niyamena pradadyās tvaṃ kuṇḍale vai śatakratoḥ
avadhyo hy asi bhūtānāṃ kuṇḍalābhyāṃ samanvitaḥ |
12 | arjunena vināśaṃ hi tava dānavasūdanaḥ
prārthayāno raṇe vatsa kuṇḍale te jihīrṣati |
13 | sa tvam apy enam ārādhya sūnṛtābhiḥ punaḥ punaḥ
abhyarthayethā deveśam amoghārthaṃ puraṃdaram |
14 | amoghāṃ dehi me śaktim amitravinibarhiṇīm
dāsyāmi te sahasrākṣa kuṇḍale varma cottamam |
15 | ity evaṃ niyamena tvaṃ dadyāḥ śakrāya kuṇḍale
tayā tvaṃ karṇa saṃgrāme haniṣyasi raṇe ripūn |
16 | nāhatvā hi mahābāho śatrūn eti karaṃ punaḥ
sā śaktir devarājasya śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ |
17 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
17 | evam uktvā sahasrāṃśuḥ sahasāntaradhīyata
tataḥ sūryāya japyānte karṇaḥ svapnaṃ nyavedayat |
18 | yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathātattvaṃ yathoktam ubhayor niśi
tat sarvam ānupūrvyeṇa śaśaṃsāsmai vṛṣas tadā |
19 | tac chrutvā bhagavān devo bhānuḥ svarbhānusūdanaḥ
uvāca taṃ tathety eva karṇaṃ sūryaḥ smayann iva |
20 | tatas tattvam iti jñātvā rādheyaḥ paravīrahā
śaktim evābhikāṅkṣan vai vāsavaṃ pratyapālayat |