Book 12 Chapter 163 | |
1 | bhīṣma uvāca |
1 | tasyāṃ niśāyāṃ vyuṣṭāyāṃ gate tasmin dvijottame
niṣkramya gautamo 'gacchat samudraṃ prati bhārata |
2 | sāmudrakān sa vaṇijas tato 'paśyat sthitān pathi
sa tena sārthena saha prayayau sāgaraṃ prati |
3 | sa tu sārtho mahārāja kasmiṃś cid girigahvare
mattena dviradenātha nihataḥ prāyaśo 'bhavat |
4 | sa kathaṃ cit tatas tasmāt sārthān mukto dvijas tadā
kāṃdigbhūto jīvitārthī pradudrāvottarāṃ diśam |
5 | sa sarvataḥ paribhraṣṭaḥ sārthād deśāt tathārthataḥ
ekākī vyadravat tatra vane kiṃpuruṣo yathā |
6 | sa panthānam athāsādya samudrābhisaraṃ tadā
āsasāda vanaṃ ramyaṃ mahat puṣpitapādapam |
7 | sarvartukair āmravanaiḥ puṣpitair upaśobhitam
nandanoddeśasadṛśaṃ yakṣakiṃnarasevitam |
8 | śālatāladhavāśvatthatvacāguruvanais tathā
candanasya ca mukhyasya pādapair upaśobhitam giriprastheṣu ramyeṣu śubheṣu susugandhiṣu |
9 | samantato dvijaśreṣṭhā valgu kūjanti tatra vai
manuṣyavadanās tv anye bhāruṇḍā iti viśrutāḥ bhūliṅgaśakunāś cānye samudraṃ sarvato 'bhavan |
10 | sa tāny atimanojñāni vihaṃgābhirutāni vai
śṛṇvan suramaṇīyāni vipro 'gacchata gautamaḥ |
11 | tato 'paśyat suramye sa suvarṇasikatācite
deśabhāge same citre svargoddeśasamaprabhe |
12 | śriyā juṣṭaṃ mahāvṛkṣaṃ nyagrodhaṃ parimaṇḍalam
śākhābhir anurūpābhir bhūṣitaṃ chatrasaṃnibham |
13 | tasya mūlaṃ susaṃsiktaṃ varacandanavāriṇā
divyapuṣpānvitaṃ śrīmat pitāmahasadopamam |
14 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā gautamaḥ prīto munikāntam anuttamam
medhyaṃ suragṛhaprakhyaṃ puṣpitaiḥ pādapair vṛtam tam āgamya mudā yuktas tasyādhastād upāviśat |
15 | tatrāsīnasya kauravya gautamasya sukhaḥ śivaḥ
puṣpāṇi samupaspṛśya pravavāv anilaḥ śuciḥ hlādayan sarvagātrāṇi gautamasya tadā nṛpa |
16 | sa tu vipraḥ pariśrāntaḥ spṛṣṭaḥ puṇyena vāyunā
sukham āsādya suṣvāpa bhāskaraś cāstam abhyagāt |
17 | tato 'staṃ bhāskare yāte saṃdhyākāla upasthite
ājagāma svabhavanaṃ brahmalokāt khagottamaḥ |
18 | nāḍījaṅgha iti khyāto dayito brahmaṇaḥ sakhā
bakarājo mahāprājñaḥ kaśyapasyātmasaṃbhavaḥ |
19 | rājadharmeti vikhyāto babhūvāpratimo bhuvi
devakanyāsutaḥ śrīmān vidvān devapatiprabhaḥ |
20 | mṛṣṭahāṭakasaṃchanno bhūṣaṇair arkasaṃnibhaiḥ
bhūṣitaḥ sarvagātreṣu devagarbhaḥ śriyā jvalan |
21 | tam āgataṃ dvijaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismito gautamo 'bhavat
kṣutpipāsāparītātmā hiṃsārthī cāpy avaikṣata |
22 | rājadharmovāca |
22 | svāgataṃ bhavate vipra diṣṭyā prāpto 'si me gṛham
astaṃ ca savitā yātaḥ saṃdhyeyaṃ samupasthitā |
23 | mama tvaṃ nilayaṃ prāptaḥ priyātithir aninditaḥ
pūjito yāsyasi prātar vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā |