 | Book 12 Chapter 312
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | sa mokṣam anucintyaiva śukaḥ pitaram abhyagāt
prāhābhivādya ca guruṃ śreyorthī vinayānvitaḥ
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| 2 | mokṣadharmeṣu kuśalo bhagavān prabravītu me
yathā me manasaḥ śāntiḥ paramā saṃbhavet prabho
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| 3 | śrutvā putrasya vacanaṃ paramarṣir uvāca tam
adhīṣva putra mokṣaṃ vai dharmāṃś ca vividhān api
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| 4 | pitur niyogāj jagrāha śuko brahmavidāṃ varaḥ
yogaśāstraṃ ca nikhilaṃ kāpilaṃ caiva bhārata
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| 5 | sa taṃ brāhmyā śriyā yuktaṃ brahmatulyaparākramam
mene putraṃ yadā vyāso mokṣavidyāviśāradam
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| 6 | uvāca gaccheti tadā janakaṃ mithileśvaram
sa te vakṣyati mokṣārthaṃ nikhilena viśeṣataḥ
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| 7 | pitur niyogād agaman maithilaṃ janakaṃ nṛpam
praṣṭuṃ dharmasya niṣṭhāṃ vai mokṣasya ca parāyaṇam
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| 8 | uktaś ca mānuṣeṇa tvaṃ pathā gacchety avismitaḥ
na prabhāveṇa gantavyam antarikṣacareṇa vai
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| 9 | ārjaveṇaiva gantavyaṃ na sukhānveṣiṇā pathā
nānveṣṭavyā viśeṣās tu viśeṣā hi prasaṅginaḥ
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| 10 | ahaṃkāro na kartavyo yājye tasmin narādhipe
sthātavyaṃ ca vaśe tasya sa te chetsyati saṃśayam
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| 11 | sa dharmakuśalo rājā mokṣaśāstraviśāradaḥ
yājyo mama sa yad brūyāt tat kāryam aviśaṅkayā
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| 12 | evam uktaḥ sa dharmātmā jagāma mithilāṃ muniḥ
padbhyāṃ śakto 'ntarikṣeṇa krāntuṃ bhūmiṃ sasāgarām
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| 13 | sa girīṃś cāpy atikramya nadīs tīrtvā sarāṃsi ca
bahuvyālamṛgākīrṇā vividhāś cāṭavīs tathā
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| 14 | meror hareś ca dve varṣe varṣaṃ haimavataṃ tathā
krameṇaiva vyatikramya bhārataṃ varṣam āsadat
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| 15 | sa deśān vividhān paśyaṃś cīnahūṇaniṣevitān
āryāvartam imaṃ deśam ājagāma mahāmuniḥ
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| 16 | pitur vacanam ājñāya tam evārthaṃ vicintayan
adhvānaṃ so 'ticakrāma khe 'caraḥ khe carann iva
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| 17 | pattanāni ca ramyāṇi sphītāni nagarāṇi ca
ratnāni ca vicitrāṇi śukaḥ paśyan na paśyati
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| 18 | udyānāni ca ramyāṇi tathaivāyatanāni ca
puṇyāni caiva tīrthāni so 'tikramya tathādhvanaḥ
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| 19 | so 'cireṇaiva kālena videhān āsasāda ha
rakṣitān dharmarājena janakena mahātmanā
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| 20 | tatra grāmān bahūn paśyan bahvannarasabhojanān
pallīghoṣān samṛddhāṃś ca bahugokulasaṃkulān
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| 21 | sphītāṃś ca śāliyavasair haṃsasārasasevitān
padminībhiś ca śataśaḥ śrīmatībhir alaṃkṛtān
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| 22 | sa videhān atikramya samṛddhajanasevitān
mithilopavanaṃ ramyam āsasāda maharddhimat
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| 23 | hastyaśvarathasaṃkīrṇaṃ naranārīsamākulam
paśyann apaśyann iva tat samatikrāmad acyutaḥ
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| 24 | manasā taṃ vahan bhāraṃ tam evārthaṃ vicintayan
ātmārāmaḥ prasannātmā mithilām āsasāda ha
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| 25 | tasyā dvāraṃ samāsādya dvārapālair nivāritaḥ
sthito dhyānaparo mukto viditaḥ praviveśa ha
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| 26 | sa rājamārgam āsādya samṛddhajanasaṃkulam
pārthivakṣayam āsādya niḥśaṅkaḥ praviveśa ha
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| 27 | tatrāpi dvārapālās tam ugravāco nyaṣedhayan
tathaiva ca śukas tatra nirmanyuḥ samatiṣṭhata
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| 28 | na cātapādhvasaṃtaptaḥ kṣutpipāsāśramānvitaḥ
pratāmyati glāyati vā nāpaiti ca tathātapāt
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| 29 | teṣāṃ tu dvārapālānām ekaḥ śokasamanvitaḥ
madhyaṃgatam ivādityaṃ dṛṣṭvā śukam avasthitam
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| 30 | pūjayitvā yathānyāyam abhivādya kṛtāñjaliḥ
prāveśayat tataḥ kakṣyāṃ dvitīyāṃ rājaveśmanaḥ
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| 31 | tatrāsīnaḥ śukas tāta mokṣam evānucintayan
chāyāyām ātape caiva samadarśī mahādyutiḥ
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| 32 | taṃ muhūrtād ivāgamya rājño mantrī kṛtāñjaliḥ
prāveśayat tataḥ kakṣyāṃ tṛtīyāṃ rājaveśmanaḥ
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| 33 | tatrāntaḥpurasaṃbaddhaṃ mahac caitrarathopamam
suvibhaktajalākrīḍaṃ ramyaṃ puṣpitapādapam
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| 34 | tad darśayitvā sa śukaṃ mantrī kānanam uttamam
arham āsanam ādiśya niścakrāma tataḥ punaḥ
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| 35 | taṃ cāruveṣāḥ suśroṇyas taruṇyaḥ priyadarśanāḥ
sūkṣmaraktāmbaradharās taptakāñcanabhūṣaṇāḥ
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| 36 | saṃlāpollāpakuśalā nṛttagītaviśāradāḥ
smitapūrvābhibhāṣiṇyo rūpeṇāpsarasāṃ samāḥ
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| 37 | kāmopacārakuśalā bhāvajñāḥ sarvakovidāḥ
paraṃ pañcāśato nāryo vāramukhyāḥ samādravan
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| 38 | pādyādīni pratigrāhya pūjayā parayārcya ca
deśakālopapannena sādhvannenāpy atarpayan
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| 39 | tasya bhuktavatas tāta tad antaḥpurakānanam
suramyaṃ darśayām āsur ekaikaśyena bhārata
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| 40 | krīḍantyaś ca hasantyaś ca gāyantyaś caiva tāḥ śukam
udārasattvaṃ sattvajñāḥ sarvāḥ paryacaraṃs tadā
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| 41 | āraṇeyas tu śuddhātmā trisaṃdehas trikarmakṛt
vaśyendriyo jitakrodho na hṛṣyati na kupyati
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| 42 | tasmai śayyāsanaṃ divyaṃ varārhaṃ ratnabhūṣitam
spardhyāstaraṇasaṃstīrṇaṃ dadus tāḥ paramastriyaḥ
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| 43 | pādaśaucaṃ tu kṛtvaiva śukaḥ saṃdhyām upāsya ca
niṣasādāsane puṇye tam evārthaṃ vicintayan
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| 44 | pūrvarātre tu tatrāsau bhūtvā dhyānaparāyaṇaḥ
madhyarātre yathānyāyaṃ nidrām āhārayat prabhuḥ
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| 45 | tato muhūrtād utthāya kṛtvā śaucam anantaram
strībhiḥ parivṛto dhīmān dhyānam evānvapadyata
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| 46 | anena vidhinā kārṣṇis tad ahaḥśeṣam acyutaḥ
tāṃ ca rātriṃ nṛpakule vartayām āsa bhārata
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