 | Book 3 Chapter 287
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| 1 | janamejaya uvāca
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| 1 | kiṃ tad guhyaṃ na cākhyātaṃ karṇāyehoṣṇaraśminā
kīdṛśe kuṇḍale te ca kavacaṃ caiva kīdṛśam
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| 2 | kutaś ca kavacaṃ tasya kuṇḍale caiva sattama
etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ tan me brūhi tapodhana
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| 3 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 3 | ayaṃ rājan bravīmy etad yat tad guhyaṃ vibhāvasoḥ
yādṛśe kuṇḍale caiva kavacaṃ caiva yādṛśam
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| 4 | kuntibhojaṃ purā rājan brāhmaṇaḥ samupasthitaḥ
tigmatejā mahāprāṃśuḥ śmaśrudaṇḍajaṭādharaḥ
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| 5 | darśanīyo 'navadyāṅgas tejasā prajvalann iva
madhupiṅgo madhuravāk tapaḥsvādhyāyabhūṣaṇaḥ
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| 6 | sa rājānaṃ kuntibhojam abravīt sumahātapāḥ
bhikṣām icchāmy ahaṃ bhoktuṃ tava gehe vimatsara
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| 7 | na me vyalīkaṃ kartavyaṃ tvayā vā tava cānugaiḥ
evaṃ vatsyāmi te gehe yadi te rocate 'nagha
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| 8 | yathākāmaṃ ca gaccheyam āgaccheyaṃ tathaiva ca
śayyāsane ca me rājan nāparādhyeta kaś cana
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| 9 | tam abravīt kuntibhojaḥ prītiyuktam idaṃ vacaḥ
evam astu paraṃ ceti punaś cainam athābravīt
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| 10 | mama kanyā mahābrahman pṛthā nāma yaśasvinī
śīlavṛttānvitā sādhvī niyatā na ca māninī
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| 11 | upasthāsyati sā tvāṃ vai pūjayānavamanya ca
tasyāś ca śīlavṛttena tuṣṭiṃ samupayāsyasi
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| 12 | evam uktvā tu taṃ vipram abhipūjya yathāvidhi
uvāca kanyām abhyetya pṛthāṃ pṛthulalocanām
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| 13 | ayaṃ vatse mahābhāgo brāhmaṇo vastum icchati
mama gehe mayā cāsya tathety evaṃ pratiśrutam
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| 14 | tvayi vatse parāśvasya brāhmaṇasyābhirādhanam
tan me vākyaṃ na mithyā tvaṃ kartum arhasi karhi cit
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| 15 | ayaṃ tapasvī bhagavān svādhyāyaniyato dvijaḥ
yad yad brūyān mahātejās tat tad deyam amatsarāt
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| 16 | brāhmaṇā hi paraṃ tejo brāhmaṇā hi paraṃ tapaḥ
brāhmaṇānāṃ namaskāraiḥ sūryo divi virājate
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| 17 | amānayan hi mānārhān vātāpiś ca mahāsuraḥ
nihato brahmadaṇḍena tālajaṅghas tathaiva ca
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| 18 | so 'yaṃ vatse mahābhāra āhitas tvayi sāṃpratam
tvaṃ sadā niyatā kuryā brāhmaṇasyābhirādhanam
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| 19 | jānāmi praṇidhānaṃ te bālyāt prabhṛti nandini
brāhmaṇeṣv iha sarveṣu gurubandhuṣu caiva ha
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| 20 | tathā preṣyeṣu sarveṣu mitrasaṃbandhimātṛṣu
mayi caiva yathāvat tvaṃ sarvam ādṛtya vartase
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| 21 | na hy atuṣṭo jano 'stīha pure cāntaḥpure ca te
samyagvṛttyānavadyāṅgi tava bhṛtyajaneṣv api
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| 22 | saṃdeṣṭavyāṃ tu manye tvāṃ dvijātiṃ kopanaṃ prati
pṛthe bāleti kṛtvā vai sutā cāsi mameti ca
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| 23 | vṛṣṇīnāṃ tvaṃ kule jātā śūrasya dayitā sutā
dattā prītimatā mahyaṃ pitrā bālā purā svayam
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| 24 | vasudevasya bhaginī sutānāṃ pravarā mama
agryam agre pratijñāya tenāsi duhitā mama
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| 25 | tādṛśe hi kule jātā kule caiva vivardhitā
sukhāt sukham anuprāptā hradād dhradam ivāgatā
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| 26 | dauṣkuleyā viśeṣeṇa kathaṃ cit pragrahaṃ gatāḥ
bālabhāvād vikurvanti prāyaśaḥ pramadāḥ śubhe
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| 27 | pṛthe rājakule janma rūpaṃ cādbhutadarśanam
tena tenāsi saṃpannā samupetā ca bhāminī
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| 28 | sā tvaṃ darpaṃ parityajya dambhaṃ mānaṃ ca bhāmini
ārādhya varadaṃ vipraṃ śreyasā yokṣyase pṛthe
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| 29 | evaṃ prāpsyasi kalyāṇi kalyāṇam anaghe dhruvam
kopite tu dvijaśreṣṭhe kṛtsnaṃ dahyeta me kulam
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