Book 12 Chapter 29 | |
1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
1 | avyāharati kaunteye dharmaputre yudhiṣṭhire
guḍākeśo hṛṣīkeśam abhyabhāṣata pāṇḍavaḥ |
2 | jñātiśokābhisaṃtapto dharmarājaḥ paraṃtapaḥ
eṣa śokārṇave magnas tam āśvāsaya mādhava |
3 | sarve sma te saṃśayitāḥ punar eva janārdana
asya śokaṃ mahābāho praṇāśayitum arhasi |
4 | evam uktas tu govindo vijayena mahātmanā
paryavartata rājānaṃ puṇḍarīkekṣaṇo 'cyutaḥ |
5 | anatikramaṇīyo hi dharmarājasya keśavaḥ
bālyāt prabhṛti govindaḥ prītyā cābhyadhiko 'rjunāt |
6 | saṃpragṛhya mahābāhur bhujaṃ candanabhūṣitam
śailastambhopamaṃ śaurir uvācābhivinodayan |
7 | śuśubhe vadanaṃ tasya sudaṃṣṭraṃ cārulocanam
vyākośam iva vispaṣṭaṃ padmaṃ sūryavibodhitam |
8 | mā kṛthāḥ puruṣavyāghra śokaṃ tvaṃ gātraśoṣaṇam
na hi te sulabhā bhūyo ye hatāsmin raṇājire |
9 | svapnalabdhā yathā lābhā vitathāḥ pratibodhane
evaṃ te kṣatriyā rājan ye vyatītā mahāraṇe |
10 | sarve hy abhimukhāḥ śūrā vigatā raṇaśobhinaḥ
naiṣāṃ kaś cit pṛṣṭhato vā palāyan vāpi pātitaḥ |
11 | sarve tyaktvātmanaḥ prāṇān yuddhvā vīrā mahāhave
śastrapūtā divaṃ prāptā na tāñ śocitum arhasi |
12 | atraivodāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
sṛñjayaṃ putraśokārtaṃ yathāyaṃ prāha nāradaḥ |
13 | sukhaduḥkhair ahaṃ tvaṃ ca prajāḥ sarvāś ca sṛñjaya
avimuktaṃ cariṣyāmas tatra kā paridevanā |
14 | mahābhāgyaṃ paraṃ rājñāṃ kīrtyamānaṃ mayā śṛṇu
gacchāvadhānaṃ nṛpate tato duḥkhaṃ prahāsyasi |
15 | mṛtān mahānubhāvāṃs tvaṃ śrutvaiva tu mahīpatīn
śrutvāpanaya saṃtāpaṃ śṛṇu vistaraśaś ca me |
16 | āvikṣitaṃ maruttaṃ me mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruhi
yasya sendrāḥ savaruṇā bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ devā viśvasṛjo rājño yajñam īyur mahātmanaḥ |
17 | yaḥ spardhām anayac chakraṃ devarājaṃ śatakratum
śakrapriyaiṣī yaṃ vidvān pratyācaṣṭa bṛhaspatiḥ saṃvarto yājayām āsa yaṃ pīḍārthaṃ bṛhaspateḥ |
18 | yasmin praśāsati satāṃ nṛpatau nṛpasattama
akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī vibabhau caityamālinī |
19 | āvikṣitasya vai satre viśve devāḥ sabhāsadaḥ
marutaḥ pariveṣṭāraḥ sādhyāś cāsan mahātmanaḥ |
20 | marudgaṇā maruttasya yat somam apibanta te
devān manuṣyān gandharvān atyaricyanta dakṣiṇāḥ |
21 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
22 | suhotraṃ ced vaitithinaṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma
yasmai hiraṇyaṃ vavṛṣe magahvān parivatsaram |
23 | satyanāmā vasumatī yaṃ prāpyāsīj janādhipa
hiraṇyam avahan nadyas tasmiñ janapadeśvare |
24 | kūrmān karkaṭakān nakrān makarāñ śiṃśukān api
nadīṣv apātayad rājan maghavā lokapūjitaḥ |
25 | hairaṇyān patitān dṛṣṭvā matsyān makarakacchapān
sahasraśo 'tha śataśas tato 'smayata vaitithiḥ |
26 | tad dhiraṇyam aparyantam āvṛttaṃ kurujāṅgale
ījāno vitate yajñe brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ |
27 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ adakṣiṇam ayajvānaṃ śvaitya saṃśāmya mā śucaḥ |
28 | aṅgaṃ bṛhadrathaṃ caiva mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
yaḥ sahasraṃ sahasrāṇāṃ śvetān aśvān avāsṛjat |
29 | sahasraṃ ca sahasrāṇāṃ kanyā hemavibhūṣitāḥ
ījāno vitate yajñe dakṣiṇām atyakālayat |
30 | śataṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ vṛṣāṇāṃ hemamālinām
gavāṃ sahasrānucaraṃ dakṣiṇām atyakālayat |
31 | aṅgasya yajamānasya tadā viṣṇupade girau
amādyad indraḥ somena dakṣiṇābhir dvijātayaḥ |
32 | yasya yajñeṣu rājendra śatasaṃkhyeṣu vai punaḥ
devān manuṣyān gandharvān atyaricyanta dakṣiṇāḥ |
33 | na jāto janitā cānyaḥ pumān yas tat pradāsyati
yad aṅgaḥ pradadau vittaṃ somasaṃsthāsu saptasu |
34 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
35 | śibim auśīnaraṃ caiva mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
ya imāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ carmavat samaveṣṭayat |
36 | mahatā rathaghoṣeṇa pṛthivīm anunādayan
ekacchatrāṃ mahīṃ cakre jaitreṇaikarathena yaḥ |
37 | yāvad adya gavāśvaṃ syād āraṇyaiḥ paśubhiḥ saha
tāvatīḥ pradadau gāḥ sa śibir auśīnaro 'dhvare |
38 | nodyantāraṃ dhuraṃ tasya kaṃ cin mene prajāpatiḥ
na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyantaṃ sarvarājasu bhārata anyatrauśīnarāc chaibyād rājarṣer indravikramāt |
39 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ adakṣiṇam ayajvānaṃ taṃ vai saṃśāmya mā śucaḥ |
40 | bharataṃ caiva dauḥṣantiṃ mṛtaṃ sṛñjaya śuśruma
śākuntaliṃ maheṣvāsaṃ bhūridraviṇatejasam |
41 | yo baddhvā triṃśato hy aśvān devebhyo yamunām anu
sarasvatīṃ viṃśatiṃ ca gaṅgām anu caturdaśa |
42 | aśvamedhasahasreṇa rājasūyaśatena ca
iṣṭavān sa mahātejā dauḥṣantir bharataḥ purā |
43 | bharatasya mahat karma sarvarājasu pārthivāḥ
khaṃ martyā iva bāhubhyāṃ nānugantum aśaknuvan |
44 | paraṃ sahasrād yo baddhvā hayān vedīṃ vicitya ca
sahasraṃ yatra padmānāṃ kaṇvāya bharato dadau |
45 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
46 | rāmaṃ dāśarathiṃ caiva mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
yo 'nvakampata vai nityaṃ prajāḥ putrān ivaurasān |
47 | vidhavā yasya viṣaye nānāthāḥ kāś canābhavan
sarvasyāsīt pitṛsamo rāmo rājyaṃ yadānvaśāt |
48 | kālavarṣāś ca parjanyāḥ sasyāni rasavanti ca
nityaṃ subhikṣam evāsīd rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati |
49 | prāṇino nāpsu majjanti nānarthe pāvako 'dahat
na vyālajaṃ bhayaṃ cāsīd rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati |
50 | āsan varṣasahasrāṇi tathā putrasahasrikāḥ
arogāḥ sarvasiddhārthāḥ prajā rāme praśāsati |
51 | nānyonyena vivādo 'bhūt strīṇām api kuto nṛṇām
dharmanityāḥ prajāś cāsan rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati |
52 | nityapuṣpaphalāś caiva pādapā nirupadravāḥ
sarvā droṇadughā gāvo rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati |
53 | sa caturdaśa varṣāṇi vane proṣya mahātapāḥ
daśāśvamedhāñ jārūthyān ājahāra nirargalān |
54 | śyāmo yuvā lohitākṣo mattavāraṇavikramaḥ
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi rāmo rājyam akārayat |
55 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
56 | bhagīrathaṃ ca rājānaṃ mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
yasyendro vitate yajñe somaṃ pītvā madotkaṭaḥ |
57 | asurāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi bahūni surasattamaḥ
ajayad bāhuvīryeṇa bhagavān pākaśāsanaḥ |
58 | yaḥ sahasraṃ sahasrāṇāṃ kanyā hemavibhūṣitāḥ
ījāno vitate yajñe dakṣiṇām atyakālayat |
59 | sarvā rathagatāḥ kanyā rathāḥ sarve caturyujaḥ
rathe rathe śataṃ nāgāḥ padmino hemamālinaḥ |
60 | sahasram aśvā ekaikaṃ hastinaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ
gavāṃ sahasram aśve 'śve sahasraṃ gavy ajāvikam |
61 | upahvare nivasato yasyāṅke niṣasāda ha
gaṅgā bhāgīrathī tasmād urvaśī hy abhavat purā |
62 | bhūridakṣiṇam ikṣvākuṃ yajamānaṃ bhagīratham
trilokapathagā gaṅgā duhitṛtvam upeyuṣī |
63 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
64 | dilīpaṃ caivailavilaṃ mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
yasya karmāṇi bhūrīṇi kathayanti dvijātayaḥ |
65 | imāṃ vai vasusaṃpannāṃ vasudhāṃ vasudhādhipaḥ
dadau tasmin mahāyajñe brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ |
66 | tasyeha yajamānasya yajñe yajñe purohitaḥ
sahasraṃ vāraṇān haimān dakṣiṇām atyakālayat |
67 | yasya yajñe mahān āsīd yūpaḥ śrīmān hiraṇmayaḥ
taṃ devāḥ karma kurvāṇāḥ śakrajyeṣṭhā upāśrayan |
68 | caṣālo yasya sauvarṇas tasmin yūpe hiraṇmaye
nanṛtur devagandharvāḥ ṣaṭsahasrāṇi saptadhā |
69 | avādayat tatra vīṇāṃ madhye viśvāvasuḥ svayam
sarvabhūtāny amanyanta mama vādayatīty ayam |
70 | etad rājño dilīpasya rājāno nānucakrire
yat striyo hemasaṃpannāḥ pathi mattāḥ sma śerate |
71 | rājānam ugradhanvānaṃ dilīpaṃ satyavādinam
ye 'paśyan sumahātmānaṃ te 'pi svargajito narāḥ |
72 | trayaḥ śabdā na jīryante dilīpasya niveśane
svādhyāyaghoṣo jyāghoṣo dīyatām iti caiva hi |
73 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
74 | māndhātāraṃ yauvanāśvaṃ mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
yaṃ devā maruto garbhaṃ pituḥ pārśvād apāharan |
75 | saṃvṛddho yuvanāśvasya jaṭhare yo mahātmanaḥ
pṛṣad ājyodbhavaḥ śrīmāṃs trilokavijayī nṛpaḥ |
76 | yaṃ dṛṣṭvā pitur utsaṅge śayānaṃ devarūpiṇam
anyonyam abruvan devāḥ kam ayaṃ dhāsyatīti vai |
77 | mām eva dhāsyatīty evam indro abhyavapadyata
māndhāteti tatas tasya nāma cakre śatakratuḥ |
78 | tatas tu payaso dhārāṃ puṣṭihetor mahātmanaḥ
tasyāsye yauvanāśvasya pāṇir indrasya cāsravat |
79 | taṃ piban pāṇim indrasya samām ahnā vyavardhata
sa āsīd dvādaśasamo dvādaśāhena pārthiva |
80 | tam iyaṃ pṛthivī sarvā ekāhnā samapadyata
dharmātmānaṃ mahātmānaṃ śūram indrasamaṃ yudhi |
81 | ya āṅgāraṃ hi nṛpatiṃ maruttam asitaṃ gayam
aṅgaṃ bṛhadrathaṃ caiva māndhātā samare 'jayat |
82 | yauvanāśvo yadāṅgāraṃ samare samayodhayat
visphārair dhanuṣo devā dyaur abhedīti menire |
83 | yataḥ sūrya udeti sma yatra ca pratitiṣṭhati
sarvaṃ tad yauvanāśvasya māndhātuḥ kṣetram ucyate |
84 | aśvamedhaśateneṣṭvā rājasūyaśatena ca
adadād rohitān matsyān brāhmaṇebhyo mahīpatiḥ |
85 | hairaṇyān yojanotsedhān āyatān daśayojanam
atiriktān dvijātibhyo vyabhajann itare janāḥ |
86 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
87 | yayātiṃ nāhuṣaṃ caiva mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
ya imāṃ pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ vijitya sahasāgarām |
88 | śamyāpātenābhyatīyād vedībhiś citrayan nṛpa
ījānaḥ kratubhiḥ puṇyaiḥ paryagacchad vasuṃdharām |
89 | iṣṭvā kratusahasreṇa vājimedhaśatena ca
tarpayām āsa devendraṃ tribhiḥ kāñcanaparvataiḥ |
90 | vyūḍhe devāsure yuddhe hatvā daiteyadānavān
vyabhajat pṛthivīṃ kṛtsnāṃ yayātir nahuṣātmajaḥ |
91 | anteṣu putrān nikṣipya yadudruhyupurogamān
pūruṃ rājye 'bhiṣicya sve sadāraḥ prasthito vanam |
92 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
93 | ambarīṣaṃ ca nābhāgaṃ mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
yaṃ prajā vavrire puṇyaṃ goptāraṃ nṛpasattama |
94 | yaḥ sahasraṃ sahasrāṇāṃ rājñām ayuta yājinām
ījāno vitate yajñe brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samāhitaḥ |
95 | naitat pūrve janāś cakrur na kariṣyanti cāpare
ity ambarīṣaṃ nābhāgam anvamodanta dakṣiṇāḥ |
96 | śataṃ rājasahasrāṇi śataṃ rājaśatāni ca
sarve 'śvamedhair ījānās te 'bhyayur dakṣiṇāyanam |
97 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
98 | śaśabinduṃ caitrarathaṃ mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
yasya bhāryāsahasrāṇāṃ śatam āsīn mahātmanaḥ |
99 | sahasraṃ tu sahasrāṇāṃ yasyāsañ śāśabindavaḥ
hiraṇyakavacāḥ sarve sarve cottamadhanvinaḥ |
100 | śataṃ kanyā rājaputram ekaikaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ
kanyāṃ kanyāṃ śataṃ nāgā nāgaṃ nāgaṃ śataṃ rathāḥ |
101 | rathaṃ rathaṃ śataṃ cāśvā deśajā hemamālinaḥ
aśvam aśvaṃ śataṃ gāvo gāṃ gāṃ tadvad ajāvikam |
102 | etad dhanam aparyantam aśvamedhe mahāmakhe
śaśabindur mahārāja brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samādiśat |
103 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
104 | gayam āmūrtarayasaṃ mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
yaḥ sa varṣaśataṃ rājā hutaśiṣṭāśano 'bhavat |
105 | yasmai vahnir varān prādāt tato vavre varān gayaḥ
dadato me 'kṣayā cāstu dharme śraddhā ca vardhatām |
106 | mano me ramatāṃ satye tvatprasādād dhutāśana
lebhe ca kāmāṃs tān sarvān pāvakād iti naḥ śrutam |
107 | darśena paurṇamāsena cāturmāsyaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ
ayajat sa mahātejāḥ sahasraṃ parivatsarān |
108 | śataṃ gavāṃ sahasrāṇi śatam aśvaśatāni ca
utthāyotthāya vai prādāt sahasraṃ parivatsarān |
109 | tarpayām āsa somena devān vittair dvijān api
pitṝn svadhābhiḥ kāmaiś ca striyaḥ svāḥ puruṣarṣabha |
110 | sauvarṇāṃ pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā daśavyāmāṃ dvirāyatām
dakṣiṇām adadad rājā vājimedhamahāmakhe |
111 | yāvatyaḥ sikatā rājan gaṅgāyāḥ puruṣarṣabha
tāvatīr eva gāḥ prādād āmūrtarayaso gayaḥ |
112 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
113 | rantidevaṃ ca sāṅkṛtyaṃ mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
samyag ārādhya yaḥ śakraṃ varaṃ lebhe mahāyaśāḥ |
114 | annaṃ ca no bahu bhaved atithīṃś ca labhemahi
śraddhā ca no mā vyagaman mā ca yāciṣma kaṃ cana |
115 | upātiṣṭhanta paśavaḥ svayaṃ taṃ saṃśitavratam
grāmyāraṇyā mahātmānaṃ rantidevaṃ yaśasvinam |
116 | mahānadī carmarāśer utkledāt susruve yataḥ
tataś carmaṇvatīty evaṃ vikhyātā sā mahānadī |
117 | brāhmaṇebhyo dadau niṣkān sadasi pratate nṛpaḥ
tubhyaṃ tubhyaṃ niṣkam iti yatrākrośanti vai dvijāḥ sahasraṃ tubhyam ity uktvā brāhmaṇān sma prapadyate |
118 | anvāhāryopakaraṇaṃ dravyopakaraṇaṃ ca yat
ghaṭāḥ sthālyaḥ kaṭāhāś ca pātryaś ca piṭharā api na tat kiṃ cid asauvarṇaṃ rantidevasya dhīmataḥ |
119 | sāṅkṛte rantidevasya yāṃ rātrim avasad gṛhe
ālabhyanta śataṃ gāvaḥ sahasrāṇi ca viṃśatiḥ |
120 | tatra sma sūdāḥ krośanti sumṛṣṭamaṇikuṇḍalāḥ
sūpabhūyiṣṭham aśnīdhvaṃ nādya māṃsaṃ yathā purā |
121 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
122 | sagaraṃ ca mahātmānaṃ mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
aikṣvākaṃ puruṣavyāghram atimānuṣavikramam |
123 | ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇi yaṃ yāntaṃ pṛṣṭhato 'nvayuḥ
nakṣatrarājaṃ varṣānte vyabhre jyotirgaṇā iva |
124 | ekacchatrā mahī yasya praṇatā hy abhavat purā
yo 'śvamedhasahasreṇa tarpayām āsa devatāḥ |
125 | yaḥ prādāt kāñcanastambhaṃ prāsādaṃ sarvakāñcanam
pūrṇaṃ padmadalākṣīṇāṃ strīṇāṃ śayanasaṃkulam |
126 | dvijātibhyo 'nurūpebhyaḥ kāmān uccāvacāṃs tathā
yasyādeśena tad vittaṃ vyabhajanta dvijātayaḥ |
127 | khānayām āsa yaḥ kopāt pṛthivīṃ sāgarāṅkitām
yasya nāmnā samudraś ca sāgaratvam upāgataḥ |
128 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
129 | rājānaṃ ca pṛthuṃ vainyaṃ mṛtaṃ śuśruma sṛñjaya
yam abhyaṣiñcan saṃbhūya mahāraṇye maharṣayaḥ |
130 | prathayiṣyati vai lokān pṛthur ity eva śabditaḥ
kṣatāc ca nas trāyatīti sa tasmāt kṣatriyaḥ smṛtaḥ |
131 | pṛthuṃ vainyaṃ prajā dṛṣṭvā raktāḥ smeti yad abruvan
tato rājeti nāmāsya anurāgād ajāyata |
132 | akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī puṭake puṭake madhu
sarvā droṇadughā gāvo vainyasyāsan praśāsataḥ |
133 | arogāḥ sarvasiddhārthā manuṣyā akutobhayāḥ
yathābhikāmam avasan kṣetreṣu ca gṛheṣu ca |
134 | āpaḥ saṃstambhire yasya samudrasya yiyāsataḥ
saritaś cānudīryanta dhvajasaṅgaś ca nābhavat |
135 | hairaṇyāṃs trinalotsedhān parvatān ekaviṃśatim
brāhmaṇebhyo dadau rājā yo 'śvamedhe mahāmakhe |
136 | sa cen mamāra sṛñjaya caturbhadrataras tvayā
putrāt puṇyataraś caiva mā putram anutapyathāḥ |
137 |
kiṃ vai tūṣṇīṃ dhyāyasi sṛñjaya tvaṃ; na me rājan vācam imāṃ śṛṇoṣi
na cen moghaṃ vipralaptaṃ mayedaṃ; pathyaṃ mumūrṣor iva samyag uktam |
138 | sṛñjaya uvāca |
138 | śṛṇomi te nārada vācam etāṃ; vicitrārthāṃ srajam iva puṇyagandhām
rājarṣīṇāṃ puṇyakṛtāṃ mahātmanāṃ; kīrtyā yuktāṃ śokanirṇāśanārtham |
139 | na te moghaṃ vipralaptaṃ maharṣe; dṛṣṭvaiva tvāṃ nāradāhaṃ viśokaḥ
śuśrūṣe te vacanaṃ brahmavādin; na te tṛpyāmy amṛtasyeva pānāt |
140 | amoghadarśin mama cet prasādaṃ; sutāghadagdhasya vibho prakuryāḥ
mṛtasya saṃjīvanam adya me syāt; tava prasādāt sutasaṃgamaś ca |
141 | nārada uvāca |
141 | yas te putro dayito 'yaṃ viyātaḥ; svarṇaṣṭhīvī yam adāt parvatas te
punas te taṃ putram ahaṃ dadāmi; hiraṇyanābhaṃ varṣasahasriṇaṃ ca |