 | Book 14 Chapter 57
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| 1 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 1 | sa mitrasaham āsādya tv abhijñānam ayācata
tasmai dadāv abhijñānaṃ sa cekṣvākuvaras tadā
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| 2 | saudāsa uvāca
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| 2 | na caivaiṣā gatiḥ kṣemyā na cānyā vidyate gatiḥ
etan me matam ājñāya prayaccha maṇikuṇḍale
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| 3 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 3 | ity uktas tām uttaṅkas tu bhartur vākyam athābravīt
śrutvā ca sā tataḥ prādāt tasmai te maṇikuṇḍale
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| 4 | avāpya kuṇḍale te tu rājānaṃ punar abravīt
kim etad guhyavacanaṃ śrotum icchāmi pārthiva
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| 5 | saudāsa uvāca
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| 5 | prajā nisargād viprān vai kṣatriyāḥ pūjayanti ha
viprebhyaś cāpi bahavo doṣāḥ prādurbhavanti naḥ
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| 6 | so 'haṃ dvijebhyaḥ praṇato viprād doṣam avāptavān
gatim anyāṃ na paśyāmi madayantīsahāyavān
svargadvārasya gamane sthāne ceha dvijottama
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| 7 | na hi rājñā viśeṣeṇa viruddhena dvijātibhiḥ
śakyaṃ nṛloke saṃsthātuṃ pretya vā sukham edhitum
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| 8 | tad iṣṭe te mayaivaite datte sve maṇikuṇḍale
yaḥ kṛtas te 'dya samayaḥ saphalaṃ taṃ kuruṣva me
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| 9 | uttaṅka uvāca
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| 9 | rājaṃs tatheha kartāsmi punar eṣyāmi te vaśam
praśnaṃ tu kaṃ cit praṣṭuṃ tvāṃ vyavasiṣye paraṃtapa
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| 10 | saudāsa uvāca
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| 10 | brūhi vipra yathākāmaṃ prativaktāsmi te vacaḥ
chettāsmi saṃśayaṃ te 'dya na me 'trāsti vicāraṇā
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| 11 | uttaṅka uvāca
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| 11 | prāhur vāksaṃgataṃ mitraṃ dharmanaipuṇyadarśinaḥ
mitreṣu yaś ca viṣamaḥ stena ity eva taṃ viduḥ
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| 12 | sa bhavān mitratām adya saṃprāpto mama pārthiva
sa me buddhiṃ prayacchasva samāṃ buddhimatāṃ vara
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| 13 | avāptārtho 'ham adyeha bhavāṃś ca puruṣādakaḥ
bhavatsakāśam āgantuṃ kṣamaṃ mama na veti vā
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| 14 | saudāsa uvāca
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| 14 | kṣamaṃ ced iha vaktavyaṃ mayā dvijavarottama
matsamīpaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha nāgantavyaṃ kathaṃ cana
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| 15 | evaṃ tava prapaśyāmi śreyo bhṛgukulodvaha
āgacchato hi te vipra bhaven mṛtyur asaṃśayam
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| 16 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 16 | ity uktaḥ sa tadā rājñā kṣamaṃ buddhimatā hitam
samanujñāpya rājānam ahalyāṃ prati jagmivān
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| 17 | gṛhītvā kuṇḍale divye gurupatnyāḥ priyaṃkaraḥ
javena mahatā prāyād gautamasyāśramaṃ prati
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| 18 | yathā tayo rakṣaṇaṃ ca madayantyābhibhāṣitam
tathā te kuṇḍale baddhvā tathā kṛṣṇājine 'nayat
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| 19 | sa kasmiṃś cit kṣudhāviṣṭaḥ phalabhārasamanvitam
bilvaṃ dadarśa kasmiṃś cid āruroha kṣudhānvitaḥ
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| 20 | śākhāsv āsajya tasyaiva kṛṣṇājinam ariṃdama
yasmiṃs te kuṇḍale baddhe tadā dvijavareṇa vai
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| 21 | viśīrṇabandhane tasmin gate kṛṣṇājine mahīm
apaśyad bhujagaḥ kaś cit te tatra maṇikuṇḍale
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| 22 | airāvatakulotpannaḥ śīghro bhūtvā tadā sa vai
vidaśyāsyena valmīkaṃ viveśātha sa kuṇḍale
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| 23 | hriyamāṇe tu dṛṣṭvā sa kuṇḍale bhujagena ha
papāta vṛkṣāt sodvego duḥkhāt paramakopanaḥ
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| 24 | sa daṇḍakāṣṭham ādāya valmīkam akhanat tadā
krodhāmarṣābhitaptāṅgas tato vai dvijapuṃgavaḥ
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| 25 | tasya vegam asahyaṃ tam asahantī vasuṃdharā
daṇḍakāṣṭhābhinunnāṅgī cacāla bhṛśam āturā
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| 26 | tataḥ khanata evātha viprarṣer dharaṇītalam
nāgalokasya panthānaṃ kartukāmasya niścayāt
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| 27 | rathena hariyuktena taṃ deśam upajagmivān
vajrapāṇir mahātejā dadarśa ca dvijottamam
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| 28 | sa tu taṃ brāhmaṇo bhūtvā tasya duḥkhena duḥkhitaḥ
uttaṅkam abravīt tāta naitac chakyaṃ tvayeti vai
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| 29 | ito hi nāgaloko vai yojanāni sahasraśaḥ
na daṇḍakāṣṭhasādhyaṃ ca manye kāryam idaṃ tava
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| 30 | uttaṅka uvāca
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| 30 | nāgaloke yadi brahman na śakye kuṇḍale mayā
prāptuṃ prāṇān vimokṣyāmi paśyatas te dvijottama
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| 31 | yadā sa nāśakat tasya niścayaṃ kartum anyathā
vajrapāṇis tadā daṇḍaṃ vajrāstreṇa yuyoja ha
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| 32 | tato vajraprahārais tair dāryamāṇā vasuṃdharā
nāgalokasya panthānam akaroj janamejaya
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| 33 | sa tena mārgeṇa tadā nāgalokaṃ viveśa ha
dadarśa nāgalokaṃ ca yojanāni sahasraśaḥ
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| 34 | prākāranicayair divyair maṇimuktābhyalaṃkṛtaiḥ
upapannaṃ mahābhāga śātakumbhamayais tathā
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| 35 | vāpīḥ sphaṭikasopānā nadīś ca vimalodakāḥ
dadarśa vṛkṣāṃś ca bahūn nānādvijagaṇāyutān
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| 36 | tasya lokasya ca dvāraṃ dadarśa sa bhṛgūdvahaḥ
pañcayojanavistāram āyataṃ śatayojanam
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| 37 | nāgalokam uttaṅkas tu prekṣya dīno 'bhavat tadā
nirāśaś cābhavat tāta kuṇḍalāharaṇe punaḥ
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| 38 | tatra provāca turagas taṃ kṛṣṇaśvetavāladhiḥ
tāmrāsyanetraḥ kauravya prajvalann iva tejasā
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| 39 | dhamasvāpānam etan me tatas tvaṃ vipra lalpsyase
airāvatasuteneha tavānīte hi kuṇḍale
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| 40 | mā jugupsāṃ kṛthāḥ putra tvam atrārthe kathaṃ cana
tvayaitad dhi samācīrṇaṃ gautamasyāśrame tadā
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| 41 | uttaṅka uvāca
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| 41 | kathaṃ bhavantaṃ jānīyām upādhyāyāśramaṃ prati
yan mayā cīrṇapūrvaṃ ca śrotum icchāmi tad dhy aham
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| 42 | aśva uvāca
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| 42 | guror guruṃ māṃ jānīhi jvalitaṃ jātavedasam
tvayā hy ahaṃ sadā vatsa guror arthe 'bhipūjitaḥ
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| 43 | satataṃ pūjito vipra śucinā bhṛgunandana
tasmāc chreyo vidhāsyāmi tavaivaṃ kuru mā ciram
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| 44 | ity uktaḥ sa tathākārṣīd uttaṅkaś citrabhānunā
ghṛtārciḥ prītimāṃś cāpi prajajvāla didhakṣayā
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| 45 | tato 'sya romakūpebhyo dhmāyamānasya bhārata
ghanaḥ prādurabhūd dhūmo nāgalokabhayāvahaḥ
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| 46 | tena dhūmena sahasā vardhamānena bhārata
nāgaloke mahārāja na prajñāyata kiṃ cana
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| 47 | hāhākṛtam abhūt sarvam airāvataniveśanam
vāsukipramukhānāṃ ca nāgānāṃ janamejaya
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| 48 | na prakāśanta veśmāni dhūmaruddhāni bhārata
nīhārasaṃvṛtānīva vanāni girayas tathā
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| 49 | te dhūmaraktanayanā vahnitejobhitāpitāḥ
ājagmur niścayaṃ jñātuṃ bhārgavasyātitejasaḥ
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| 50 | śrutvā ca niścayaṃ tasya maharṣes tigmatejasaḥ
saṃbhrāntamanasaḥ sarve pūjāṃ cakrur yathāvidhi
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| 51 | sarve prāñjalayo nāgā vṛddhabālapurogamāḥ
śirobhiḥ praṇipatyocuḥ prasīda bhagavann iti
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| 52 | prasādya brāhmaṇaṃ te tu pādyam arghyaṃ nivedya ca
prāyacchan kuṇḍale divye pannagāḥ paramārcite
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| 53 | tataḥ saṃpūjito nāgais tatrottaṅkaḥ pratāpavān
agniṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā jagāma gurusadma tat
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| 54 | sa gatvā tvarito rājan gautamasya niveśanam
prāyacchat kuṇḍale divye gurupatnyai tadānagha
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| 55 | evaṃ mahātmanā tena trīṃl lokāñ janamejaya
parikramyāhṛte divye tatas te maṇikuṇḍale
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| 56 | evaṃprabhāvaḥ sa munir uttaṅko bharatarṣabha
pareṇa tapasā yukto yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
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