 | Book 5 Chapter 175
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| 1 | hotravāhana uvāca
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| 1 | rāmaṃ drakṣyasi vatse tvaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ mahāvane
ugre tapasi vartantaṃ satyasaṃdhaṃ mahābalam
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| 2 | mahendre vai giriśreṣṭhe rāmaṃ nityam upāsate
ṛṣayo vedaviduṣo gandharvāpsarasas tathā
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| 3 | tatra gacchasva bhadraṃ te brūyāś cainaṃ vaco mama
abhivādya pūrvaṃ śirasā tapovṛddhaṃ dṛḍhavratam
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| 4 | brūyāś cainaṃ punar bhadre yat te kāryaṃ manīṣitam
mayi saṃkīrtite rāmaḥ sarvaṃ tat te kariṣyati
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| 5 | mama rāmaḥ sakhā vatse prītiyuktaḥ suhṛc ca me
jamadagnisuto vīraḥ sarvaśastrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ
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| 6 | evaṃ bruvati kanyāṃ tu pārthive hotravāhane
akṛtavraṇaḥ prādurāsīd rāmasyānucaraḥ priyaḥ
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| 7 | tatas te munayaḥ sarve samuttasthuḥ sahasraśaḥ
sa ca rājā vayovṛddhaḥ sṛñjayo hotravāhanaḥ
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| 8 | tataḥ pṛṣṭvā yathānyāyam anyonyaṃ te vanaukasaḥ
sahitā bharataśreṣṭha niṣeduḥ parivārya tam
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| 9 | tatas te kathayām āsuḥ kathās tās tā manoramāḥ
kāntā divyāś ca rājendra prītiharṣamudā yutāḥ
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| 10 | tataḥ kathānte rājarṣir mahātmā hotravāhanaḥ
rāmaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ maharṣīṇām apṛcchad akṛtavraṇam
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| 11 | kva saṃprati mahābāho jāmadagnyaḥ pratāpavān
akṛtavraṇa śakyo vai draṣṭuṃ vedavidāṃ varaḥ
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| 12 | akṛtavraṇa uvāca
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| 12 | bhavantam eva satataṃ rāmaḥ kīrtayati prabho
sṛñjayo me priyasakho rājarṣir iti pārthiva
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| 13 | iha rāmaḥ prabhāte śvo bhaviteti matir mama
draṣṭāsy enam ihāyāntaṃ tava darśanakāṅkṣayā
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| 14 | iyaṃ ca kanyā rājarṣe kimarthaṃ vanam āgatā
kasya ceyaṃ tava ca kā bhavatīcchāmi veditum
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| 15 | hotravāhana uvāca
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| 15 | dauhitrīyaṃ mama vibho kāśirājasutā śubhā
jyeṣṭhā svayaṃvare tasthau bhaginībhyāṃ sahānagha
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| 16 | iyam ambeti vikhyātā jyeṣṭhā kāśipateḥ sutā
ambikāmbālike tv anye yavīyasyau tapodhana
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| 17 | sametaṃ pārthivaṃ kṣatraṃ kāśipuryāṃ tato 'bhavat
kanyānimittaṃ brahmarṣe tatrāsīd utsavo mahān
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| 18 | tataḥ kila mahāvīryo bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo nṛpān
avākṣipya mahātejās tisraḥ kanyā jahāra tāḥ
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| 19 | nirjitya pṛthivīpālān atha bhīṣmo gajāhvayam
ājagāma viśuddhātmā kanyābhiḥ saha bhārata
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| 20 | satyavatyai nivedyātha vivāhārtham anantaram
bhrātur vicitravīryasya samājñāpayata prabhuḥ
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| 21 | tato vaivāhikaṃ dṛṣṭvā kanyeyaṃ samupārjitam
abravīt tatra gāṅgeyaṃ mantrimadhye dvijarṣabha
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| 22 | mayā śālvapatir vīra manasābhivṛtaḥ patiḥ
na mām arhasi dharmajña paracittāṃ pradāpitum
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| 23 | tac chrutvā vacanaṃ bhīṣmaḥ saṃmantrya saha mantribhiḥ
niścitya visasarjemāṃ satyavatyā mate sthitaḥ
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| 24 | anujñātā tu bhīṣmeṇa śālvaṃ saubhapatiṃ tataḥ
kanyeyaṃ muditā vipra kāle vacanam abravīt
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| 25 | visarjitāsmi bhīṣmeṇa dharmaṃ māṃ pratipādaya
manasābhivṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ mayā tvaṃ pārthivarṣabha
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| 26 | pratyācakhyau ca śālvo 'pi cāritrasyābhiśaṅkitaḥ
seyaṃ tapovanaṃ prāptā tāpasye 'bhiratā bhṛśam
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| 27 | mayā ca pratyabhijñātā vaṃśasya parikīrtanāt
asya duḥkhasya cotpattiṃ bhīṣmam eveha manyate
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| 28 | ambovāca
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| 28 | bhagavann evam evaitad yathāha pṛthivīpatiḥ
śarīrakartā mātur me sṛñjayo hotravāhanaḥ
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| 29 | na hy utsahe svanagaraṃ pratiyātuṃ tapodhana
avamānabhayāc caiva vrīḍayā ca mahāmune
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| 30 | yat tu māṃ bhagavān rāmo vakṣyati dvijasattama
tan me kāryatamaṃ kāryam iti me bhagavan matiḥ
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