Book 5 Chapter 82 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | prayāntaṃ devakīputraṃ paravīrarujo daśa
mahārathā mahābāhum anvayuḥ śastrapāṇayaḥ |
2 | padātīnāṃ sahasraṃ ca sādināṃ ca paraṃtapa
bhojyaṃ ca vipulaṃ rājan preṣyāś ca śataśo 'pare |
3 | janamejaya uvāca |
3 | kathaṃ prayāto dāśārho mahātmā madhusūdanaḥ
kāni vā vrajatas tasya nimittāni mahaujasaḥ |
4 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
4 | tasya prayāṇe yāny āsann adbhutāni mahātmanaḥ
tāni me śṛṇu divyāni daivāny autpātikāni ca |
5 | anabhre 'śaninirghoṣaḥ savidyutsamajāyata
anvag eva ca parjanyaḥ prāvarṣad vighane bhṛśam |
6 | pratyag ūhur mahānadyaḥ prāṅmukhāḥ sindhusattamāḥ
viparītā diśaḥ sarvā na prājñāyata kiṃ cana |
7 | prājvalann agnayo rājan pṛthivī samakampata
udapānāś ca kumbhāś ca prāsiñcañ śataśo jalam |
8 | tamaḥsaṃvṛtam apy āsīt sarvaṃ jagad idaṃ tadā
na diśo nādiśo rājan prajñāyante sma reṇunā |
9 | prādurāsīn mahāñ śabdaḥ khe śarīraṃ na dṛśyate
sarveṣu rājan deśeṣu tad adbhutam ivābhavat |
10 | prāmathnād dhāstinapuraṃ vāto dakṣiṇapaścimaḥ
ārujan gaṇaśo vṛkṣān paruṣo bhīmanisvanaḥ |
11 | yatra yatra tu vārṣṇeyo vartate pathi bhārata
tatra tatra sukho vāyuḥ sarvaṃ cāsīt pradakṣiṇam |
12 | vavarṣa puṣpavarṣaṃ ca kamalāni ca bhūriśaḥ
samaś ca panthā nirduḥkho vyapetakuśakaṇṭakaḥ |
13 | sa gacchan brāhmaṇai rājaṃs tatra tatra mahābhujaḥ
arcyate madhuparkaiś ca sumanobhir vasupradaḥ |
14 | taṃ kiranti mahātmānaṃ vanyaiḥ puṣpaiḥ sugandhibhiḥ
striyaḥ pathi samāgamya sarvabhūtahite ratam |
15 | sa śālibhavanaṃ ramyaṃ sarvasasyasamācitam
sukhaṃ paramadharmiṣṭham atyagād bharatarṣabha |
16 | paśyan bahupaśūn grāmān ramyān hṛdayatoṣaṇān
purāṇi ca vyatikrāman rāṣṭrāṇi vividhāni ca |
17 | nityahṛṣṭāḥ sumanaso bhāratair abhirakṣitāḥ
nodvignāḥ paracakrāṇām anayānām akovidāḥ |
18 | upaplavyād athāyāntaṃ janāḥ puranivāsinaḥ
pathy atiṣṭhanta sahitā viṣvaksenadidṛkṣayā |
19 | te tu sarve sunāmānam agnim iddham iva prabhum
arcayām āsur arcyaṃ taṃ deśātithim upasthitam |
20 | vṛkasthalaṃ samāsādya keśavaḥ paravīrahā
prakīrṇaraśmāv āditye vimale lohitāyati |
21 | avatīrya rathāt tūrṇaṃ kṛtvā śaucaṃ yathāvidhi
rathamocanam ādiśya saṃdhyām upaviveśa ha |
22 | dāruko 'pi hayān muktvā paricarya ca śāstrataḥ
mumoca sarvaṃ varmāṇi muktvā cainān avāsṛjat |
23 | abhyatītya tu tat sarvam uvāca madhusūdanaḥ
yudhiṣṭhirasya kāryārtham iha vatsyāmahe kṣapām |
24 | tasya tan matam ājñāya cakrur āvasathaṃ narāḥ
kṣaṇena cānnapānāni guṇavanti samārjayan |
25 | tasmin grāme pradhānās tu ya āsan brāhmaṇā nṛpa
āryāḥ kulīnā hrīmanto brāhmīṃ vṛttim anuṣṭhitāḥ |
26 | te 'bhigamya mahātmānaṃ hṛṣīkeśam ariṃdamam
pūjāṃ cakrur yathānyāyam āśīrmaṅgalasaṃyutām |
27 | te pūjayitvā dāśārhaṃ sarvalokeṣu pūjitam
nyavedayanta veśmāni ratnavanti mahātmane |
28 | tān prabhuḥ kṛtam ity uktvā satkṛtya ca yathārhataḥ
abhyetya teṣāṃ veśmāni punar āyāt sahaiva taiḥ |
29 | sumṛṣṭaṃ bhojayitvā ca brāhmaṇāṃs tatra keśavaḥ
bhuktvā ca saha taiḥ sarvair avasat tāṃ kṣapāṃ sukham |