Book 9 Chapter 46 | |
1 | janamejaya uvāca |
1 | atyadbhutam idaṃ brahmañ śrutavān asmi tattvataḥ
abhiṣekaṃ kumārasya vistareṇa yathāvidhi |
2 | yac chrutvā pūtam ātmānaṃ vijānāmi tapodhana
prahṛṣṭāni ca romāṇi prasannaṃ ca mano mama |
3 | abhiṣekaṃ kumārasya daityānāṃ ca vadhaṃ tathā
śrutvā me paramā prītir bhūyaḥ kautūhalaṃ hi me |
4 | apāṃ patiḥ kathaṃ hy asminn abhiṣiktaḥ surāsuraiḥ
tan me brūhi mahāprājña kuśalo hy asi sattama |
5 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
5 | śṛṇu rājann idaṃ citraṃ pūrvakalpe yathātatham
ādau kṛtayuge tasmin vartamāne yathāvidhi varuṇaṃ devatāḥ sarvāḥ sametyedam athābruvan |
6 | yathāsmān surarāṭ śakro bhayebhyaḥ pāti sarvadā
tathā tvam api sarvāsāṃ saritāṃ vai patir bhava |
7 | vāsaś ca te sadā deva sāgare makarālaye
samudro 'yaṃ tava vaśe bhaviṣyati nadīpatiḥ |
8 | somena sārdhaṃ ca tava hānivṛddhī bhaviṣyataḥ
evam astv iti tān devān varuṇo vākyam abravīt |
9 | samāgamya tataḥ sarve varuṇaṃ sāgarālayam
apāṃ patiṃ pracakrur hi vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā |
10 | abhiṣicya tato devā varuṇaṃ yādasāṃ patim
jagmuḥ svāny eva sthānāni pūjayitvā jaleśvaram |
11 | abhiṣiktas tato devair varuṇo 'pi mahāyaśāḥ
saritaḥ sāgarāṃś caiva nadāṃś caiva sarāṃsi ca pālayām āsa vidhinā yathā devāñ śatakratuḥ |
12 | tatas tatrāpy upaspṛśya dattvā ca vividhaṃ vasu
agnitīrthaṃ mahāprājñaḥ sa jagāma pralambahā naṣṭo na dṛśyate yatra śamīgarbhe hutāśanaḥ |
13 | lokālokavināśe ca prādurbhūte tadānagha
upatasthur mahātmānaṃ sarvalokapitāmaham |
14 | agniḥ pranaṣṭo bhagavān kāraṇaṃ ca na vidmahe
sarvalokakṣayo mā bhūt saṃpādayatu no 'nalam |
15 | janamejaya uvāca |
15 | kimarthaṃ bhagavān agniḥ pranaṣṭo lokabhāvanaḥ
vijñātaś ca kathaṃ devais tan mamācakṣva tattvataḥ |
16 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
16 | bhṛgoḥ śāpād bhṛśaṃ bhīto jātavedāḥ pratāpavān
śamīgarbham athāsādya nanāśa bhagavāṃs tataḥ |
17 | pranaṣṭe tu tadā vahnau devāḥ sarve savāsavāḥ
anveṣanta tadā naṣṭaṃ jvalanaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitāḥ |
18 | tato 'gnitīrtham āsādya śamīgarbhastham eva hi
dadṛśur jvalanaṃ tatra vasamānaṃ yathāvidhi |
19 | devāḥ sarve naravyāghra bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ
jvalanaṃ taṃ samāsādya prītābhūvan savāsavāḥ punar yathāgataṃ jagmuḥ sarvabhakṣaś ca so 'bhavat |
20 | bhṛgoḥ śāpān mahīpāla yad uktaṃ brahmavādinā
tatrāpy āplutya matimān brahmayoniṃ jagāma ha |
21 | sasarja bhagavān yatra sarvalokapitāmahaḥ
tatrāplutya tato brahmā saha devaiḥ prabhuḥ purā sasarja cānnāni tathā devatānāṃ yathāvidhi |
22 | tatra snātvā ca dattvā ca vasūni vividhāni ca
kauberaṃ prayayau tīrthaṃ tatra taptvā mahat tapaḥ dhanādhipatyaṃ saṃprāpto rājann ailabilaḥ prabhuḥ |
23 | tatrastham eva taṃ rājan dhanāni nidhayas tathā
upatasthur naraśreṣṭha tat tīrthaṃ lāṅgalī tataḥ gatvā snātvā ca vidhivad brāhmaṇebhyo dhanaṃ dadau |
24 | dadṛśe tatra tat sthānaṃ kaubere kānanottame
purā yatra tapas taptaṃ vipulaṃ sumahātmanā |
25 | yatra rājñā kubereṇa varā labdhāś ca puṣkalāḥ
dhanādhipatyaṃ sakhyaṃ ca rudreṇāmitatejasā |
26 | suratvaṃ lokapālatvaṃ putraṃ ca nalakūbaram
yatra lebhe mahābāho dhanādhipatir añjasā |
27 | abhiṣiktaś ca tatraiva samāgamya marudgaṇaiḥ
vāhanaṃ cāsya tad dattaṃ haṃsayuktaṃ manoramam vimānaṃ puṣpakaṃ divyaṃ nairṛtaiśvaryam eva ca |
28 | tatrāplutya balo rājan dattvā dāyāṃś ca puṣkalān
jagāma tvarito rāmas tīrthaṃ śvetānulepanaḥ |
29 | niṣevitaṃ sarvasattvair nāmnā badarapācanam
nānartukavanopetaṃ sadāpuṣpaphalaṃ śubham |