Book 12 Chapter 349 | |
1 | bhīṣma uvāca |
1 | sa pannagapatis tatra prayayau brāhmaṇaṃ prati
tam eva manasā dhyāyan kāryavattāṃ vicārayan |
2 | tam abhikramya nāgendro matimān sa nareśvara
provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ prakṛtyā dharmavatsalaḥ |
3 | bho bho kṣāmyābhibhāṣe tvāṃ na roṣaṃ kartum arhasi
iha tvam abhisaṃprāptaḥ kasyārthe kiṃ prayojanam |
4 | ābhimukhyād abhikramya snehāt pṛcchāmi te dvija
vivikte gomatītīre kiṃ vā tvaṃ paryupāsase |
5 | brāhmaṇa uvāca |
5 | dharmāraṇyaṃ hi māṃ viddhi nāgaṃ draṣṭum ihāgatam
padmanābhaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ tatra me kāryam āhitam |
6 | tasya cāham asāṃnidhyaṃ śrutavān asmi taṃ gatam
svajanaṃ taṃ pratīkṣāmi parjanyam iva karṣakaḥ |
7 | tasya cākleśakaraṇaṃ svastikārasamāhitam
vartayāmy ayutaṃ brahma yogayukto nirāmayaḥ |
8 | nāga uvāca |
8 | aho kalyāṇavṛttas tvaṃ sādhu sajjanavatsalaḥ
śravāḍhyas tvaṃ mahābhāga paraṃ snehena paśyasi |
9 | ahaṃ sa nāgo viprarṣe yathā māṃ vindate bhavān
ājñāpaya yathā svairaṃ kiṃ karomi priyaṃ tava |
10 | bhavantaṃ svajanād asmi saṃprāptaṃ śrutavān iha
atas tvāṃ svayam evāhaṃ draṣṭum abhyāgato dvija |
11 | saṃprāptaś ca bhavān adya kṛtārthaḥ pratiyāsyati
visrabdho māṃ dvijaśreṣṭha viṣaye yoktum arhasi |
12 | vayaṃ hi bhavatā sarve guṇakrītā viśeṣataḥ
yas tvam ātmahitaṃ tyaktvā mām evehānurudhyase |
13 | brāhmaṇa uvāca |
13 | āgato 'haṃ mahābhāga tava darśanalālasaḥ
kaṃ cid artham anarthajñaḥ praṣṭukāmo bhujaṃgama |
14 | aham ātmānam ātmastho mārgamāṇo 'tmano hitam
vāsārthinaṃ mahāprājña balavantam upāsmi ha |
15 | prakāśitas tvaṃ svaguṇair yaśogarbhagabhastibhiḥ
śaśāṅkakarasaṃsparśair hṛdyair ātmaprakāśitaiḥ |
16 | tasya me praśnam utpannaṃ chindhi tvam anilāśana
paścāt kāryaṃ vadiṣyāmi śrotum arhati me bhavān |