Book 5 Chapter 116 | |
1 | nārada uvāca |
1 | tathaiva sā śriyaṃ tyaktvā kanyā bhūtvā yaśasvinī
mādhavī gālavaṃ vipram anvayāt satyasaṃgarā |
2 | gālavo vimṛśann eva svakāryagatamānasaḥ
jagāma bhojanagaraṃ draṣṭum auśīnaraṃ nṛpam |
3 | tam uvācātha gatvā sa nṛpatiṃ satyavikramam
iyaṃ kanyā sutau dvau te janayiṣyati pārthivau |
4 | asyāṃ bhavān avāptārtho bhavitā pretya ceha ca
somārkapratisaṃkāśau janayitvā sutau nṛpa |
5 | śulkaṃ tu sarvadharmajña hayānāṃ candravarcasām
ekataḥśyāmakarṇānāṃ deyaṃ mahyaṃ catuḥśatam |
6 | gurvartho 'yaṃ samārambho na hayaiḥ kṛtyam asti me
yadi śakyaṃ mahārāja kriyatāṃ mā vicāryatām |
7 | anapatyo 'si rājarṣe putrau janaya pārthiva
pitṝn putraplavena tvam ātmānaṃ caiva tāraya |
8 | na putraphalabhoktā hi rājarṣe pātyate divaḥ
na yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yatra gacchanty anātmajāḥ |
9 | etac cānyac ca vividhaṃ śrutvā gālavabhāṣitam
uśīnaraḥ prativaco dadau tasya narādhipaḥ |
10 | śrutavān asmi te vākyaṃ yathā vadasi gālava
vidhis tu balavān brahman pravaṇaṃ hi mano mama |
11 | śate dve tu mamāśvānām īdṛśānāṃ dvijottama
itareṣāṃ sahasrāṇi subahūni caranti me |
12 | aham apy ekam evāsyāṃ janayiṣyāmi gālava
putraṃ dvija gataṃ mārgaṃ gamiṣyāmi parair aham |
13 | mūlyenāpi samaṃ kuryāṃ tavāhaṃ dvijasattama
paurajānapadārthaṃ tu mamārtho nātmabhogataḥ |
14 | kāmato hi dhanaṃ rājā pārakyaṃ yaḥ prayacchati
na sa dharmeṇa dharmātman yujyate yaśasā na ca |
15 | so 'haṃ pratigrahīṣyāmi dadātv etāṃ bhavān mama
kumārīṃ devagarbhābhām ekaputrabhavāya me |
16 | tathā tu bahukalyāṇam uktavantaṃ narādhipam
uśīnaraṃ dvijaśreṣṭho gālavaḥ pratyapūjayat |
17 | uśīnaraṃ pratigrāhya gālavaḥ prayayau vanam
reme sa tāṃ samāsādya kṛtapuṇya iva śriyam |
18 | kandareṣu ca śailānāṃ nadīnāṃ nirjhareṣu ca
udyāneṣu vicitreṣu vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca |
19 | harmyeṣu ramaṇīyeṣu prāsādaśikhareṣu ca
vātāyanavimāneṣu tathā garbhagṛheṣu ca |
20 | tato 'sya samaye jajñe putro bālaraviprabhaḥ
śibir nāmnābhivikhyāto yaḥ sa pārthivasattamaḥ |
21 | upasthāya sa taṃ vipro gālavaḥ pratigṛhya ca
kanyāṃ prayātas tāṃ rājan dṛṣṭavān vinatātmajam |