 | Book 13 Chapter 86
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | uktāḥ pitāmaheneha suvarṇasya vidhānataḥ
vistareṇa pradānasya ye guṇāḥ śrutilakṣaṇāḥ
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| 2 | yat tu kāraṇam utpatteḥ suvarṇasyeha kīrtitam
sa kathaṃ tārakaḥ prāpto nidhanaṃ tad bravīhi me
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| 3 | uktaḥ sa devatānāṃ hi avadhya iti pārthiva
na ca tasyeha te mṛtyur vistareṇa prakīrtitaḥ
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| 4 | etad icchāmy ahaṃ śrotuṃ tvattaḥ kurukulodvaha
kārtsnyena tārakavadhaṃ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me
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| 5 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 5 | vipannakṛtyā rājendra devatā ṛṣayas tathā
kṛttikāś codayām āsur apatyabharaṇāya vai
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| 6 | na devatānāṃ kā cid dhi samarthā jātavedasaḥ
ekāpi śaktā taṃ garbhaṃ saṃdhārayitum ojasā
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| 7 | ṣaṇṇāṃ tāsāṃ tataḥ prītaḥ pāvako garbhadhāraṇāt
svena tejovisargeṇa vīryeṇa parameṇa ca
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| 8 | tās tu ṣaṭ kṛttikā garbhaṃ pupuṣur jātavedasaḥ
ṣaṭsu vartmasu tejo 'gneḥ sakalaṃ nihitaṃ prabho
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| 9 | tatas tā vardhamānasya kumārasya mahātmanaḥ
tejasābhiparītāṅgyo na kva cic charma lebhire
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| 10 | tatas tejaḥparītāṅgyaḥ sarvāḥ kāla upasthite
samaṃ garbhaṃ suṣuvire kṛttikās tā nararṣabha
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| 11 | tatas taṃ ṣaḍadhiṣṭhānaṃ garbham ekatvam āgatam
pṛthivī pratijagrāha kāntīpurasamīpataḥ
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| 12 | sa garbho divyasaṃsthāno dīptimān pāvakaprabhaḥ
divyaṃ śaravaṇaṃ prāpya vavṛdhe priyadarśanaḥ
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| 13 | dadṛśuḥ kṛttikās taṃ tu bālaṃ vahnisamadyutim
jātasnehāś ca sauhārdāt pupuṣuḥ stanyavisravaiḥ
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| 14 | abhavat kārttikeyaḥ sa trailokye sacarācare
skannatvāt skandatāṃ cāpa guhāvāsād guho 'bhavat
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| 15 | tato devās trayastriṃśad diśaś ca sadigīśvarāḥ
rudro dhātā ca viṣṇuś ca yajñaḥ pūṣāryamā bhagaḥ
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| 16 | aṃśo mitraś ca sādhyāś ca vasavo vāsavo 'śvinau
āpo vāyur nabhaś candro nakṣatrāṇi grahā raviḥ
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| 17 | pṛthag bhūtāni cānyāni yāni devārpaṇāni vai
ājagmus tatra taṃ draṣṭuṃ kumāraṃ jvalanātmajam
ṛṣayas tuṣṭuvuś caiva gandharvāś ca jagus tathā
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| 18 | ṣaḍānanaṃ kumāraṃ taṃ dviṣaḍakṣaṃ dvijapriyam
pīnāṃsaṃ dvādaśabhujaṃ pāvakādityavarcasam
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| 19 | śayānaṃ śaragulmasthaṃ dṛṣṭvā devāḥ saharṣibhiḥ
lebhire paramaṃ harṣaṃ menire cāsuraṃ hatam
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| 20 | tato devāḥ priyāṇy asya sarva eva samācaran
krīḍataḥ krīḍanīyāni daduḥ pakṣigaṇāṃś ca ha
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| 21 | suparṇo 'sya dadau patraṃ mayūraṃ citrabarhiṇam
rākṣasāś ca dadus tasmai varāhamahiṣāv ubhau
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| 22 | kukkuṭaṃ cāgnisaṃkāśaṃ pradadau varuṇaḥ svayam
candramāḥ pradadau meṣam ādityo rucirāṃ prabhām
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| 23 | gavāṃ mātā ca gā devī dadau śatasahasraśaḥ
chāgam agnir guṇopetam ilā puṣpaphalaṃ bahu
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| 24 | sudhanvā śakaṭaṃ caiva rathaṃ cāmitakūbaram
varuṇo vāruṇān divyān bhujaṃgān pradadau śubhān
siṃhān surendro vyāghrāṃś ca dvīpino 'nyāṃś ca daṃṣṭriṇaḥ
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| 25 | śvāpadāṃś ca bahūn ghorāṃś chatrāṇi vividhāni ca
rākṣasāsurasaṃghāś ca ye 'nujagmus tam īśvaram
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| 26 | vardhamānaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā prārthayām āsa tārakaḥ
upāyair bahubhir hantuṃ nāśakac cāpi taṃ vibhum
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| 27 | senāpatyena taṃ devāḥ pūjayitvā guhālayam
śaśaṃsur viprakāraṃ taṃ tasmai tārakakāritam
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| 28 | sa vivṛddho mahāvīryo devasenāpatiḥ prabhuḥ
jaghānāmoghayā śaktyā dānavaṃ tārakaṃ guhaḥ
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| 29 | tena tasmin kumāreṇa krīḍatā nihate 'sure
surendraḥ sthāpito rājye devānāṃ punar īśvaraḥ
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| 30 | sa senāpatir evātha babhau skandaḥ pratāpavān
īśo goptā ca devānāṃ priyakṛc chaṃkarasya ca
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| 31 | hiraṇyamūrtir bhagavān eṣa eva ca pāvakiḥ
sadā kumāro devānāṃ senāpatyam avāptavān
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| 32 | tasmāt suvarṇaṃ maṅgalyaṃ ratnam akṣayyam uttamam
sahajaṃ kārttikeyasya vahnes tejaḥ paraṃ matam
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| 33 | evaṃ rāmāya kauravya vasiṣṭho 'kathayat purā
tasmāt suvarṇadānāya prayatasva narādhipa
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| 34 | rāmaḥ suvarṇaṃ dattvā hi vimuktaḥ sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
triviṣṭape mahat sthānam avāpāsulabhaṃ naraiḥ
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