Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 05.08

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ekadā tu mahā-nadyāṃ kṛtābhiṣeka-naiyamikāvaśyako brahmākṣaram abhigṛṇāno muhūrta-trayam udakānta upaviveśa

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tatra tadā rājan hariṇī pipāsayā jalāśayābhyāśam ekaivopajagāma

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tayā pepīyamāna udake tāvad evāvidūreṇa nadato mṛga-pater unnādo loka-bhayaṅkara udapatat

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tam upaśrutya sā mṛga-vadhūḥ prakṛti-viklavā cakita-nirīkṣaṇā sutarām api hari-bhayābhiniveśa-vyagra-hṛdayā pāriplava-dṛṣṭir agata-tṛṣā bhayāt sahasaivoccakrāma

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tasyā utpatantyā antarvatnyā uru-bhayāvagalito yoni-nirgato garbhaḥ srotasi nipapāta

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tat-prasavotsarpaṇa-bhaya-khedāturā sva-gaṇena viyujyamānā kasyāñcid daryāṃ kṛṣṇa-sārasatī nipapātātha ca mamāra

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taṃ tv eṇa-kuṇakaṃ kṛpaṇaṃ srotasānūhyamānam abhivīkṣyāpaviddhaṃ bandhur ivānukampayā rājarṣir bharata ādāya mṛta-mātaram ity āśrama-padam anayat

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tasya ha vā eṇa-kuṇaka uccair etasmin kṛta-nijābhimānasyāhar-ahas tat-poṣaṇa-pālana-lālana-prīṇanānudhyānenātma-niyamāḥ saha-yamāḥ puruṣa-paricaryādaya ekaikaśaḥ katipayenāhar-gaṇena viyujyamānāḥ kila sarva evodavasan

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aho batāyaṃ hariṇa-kuṇakaḥ kṛpaṇa īśvara-ratha-caraṇa-paribhramaṇa-rayeṇa sva-gaṇa-suhṛd-bandhubhyaḥ parivarjitaḥ śaraṇaṃ ca mopasādito mām eva mātā-pitarau bhrātṛ-jñātīn yauthikāṃś caivopeyāya nānyaṃ kañcana veda mayy ati-visrabdhaś cāta eva mayā mat-parāyaṇasya poṣaṇa-pālana-prīṇana-lālanam anasūyunānuṣṭheyaṃ śaraṇyopekṣā-doṣa-viduṣā

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nūnaṃ hy āryāḥ sādhava upaśama-śīlāḥ kṛpaṇa-suhṛda evaṃ-vidhārthe svārthān api gurutarān upekṣante

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iti kṛtānuṣaṅga āsana-śayanāṭana-snānāśanādiṣu saha mṛga-jahunā snehānubaddha-hṛdaya āsīt

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kuśa-kusuma-samit-palāśa-phala-mūlodakāny āhariṣyamāṇo vṛkasālā-vṛkādibhyo bhayam āśaṃsamāno yadā saha hariṇa-kuṇakena vanaṃ samāviśati

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pathiṣu ca mugdha-bhāvena tatra tatra viṣakta-mati-praṇaya-bhara-hṛdayaḥ kārpaṇyāt skandhenodvahati evam utsaṅga urasi cādhāyopalālayan mudaṃ paramām avāpa

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kriyāyāṃ nirvartyamānāyām antarāle 'py utthāyotthāya yadainam abhicakṣīta tarhi vāva sa varṣa-patiḥ prakṛti-sthena manasā tasmā āśiṣa āśāste svasti stād vatsa te sarvata iti

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anyadā bhṛśam udvigna-manā naṣṭa-draviṇa iva kṛpaṇaḥ sakaruṇam ati-tarṣeṇa hariṇa-kuṇaka-viraha-vihvala-hṛdaya-santāpas tam evānuśocan kila kaśmalaṃ mahad abhirambhita iti hovāca

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api bata sa vai kṛpaṇa eṇa-bālako mṛta-hariṇī-suto 'ho mamānāryasya śaṭha-kirāta-mater akṛta-sukṛtasya kṛta-visrambha ātma-pratyayena tad avigaṇayan sujana ivāgamiṣyati

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api kṣemeṇāsminn āśramopavane śaṣpāṇi carantaṃ deva-guptaṃ drakṣyāmi

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api ca na vṛkaḥ sālā-vṛko 'nyatamo vā naika-cara eka-caro vā bhakṣayati

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nimlocati ha bhagavān sakala-jagat-kṣemodayas trayy-ātmādyāpi mama na mṛga-vadhū-nyāsa āgacchati

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api svid akṛta-sukṛtam āgatya māṃ sukhayiṣyati hariṇa-rāja-kumāro vividha-rucira-darśanīya-nija-mṛga-dāraka-vinodair asantoṣaṃ svānām apanudan

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kṣvelikāyāṃ māṃ mṛṣā-samādhināmīlita-dṛśaṃ prema-saṃrambheṇa cakita-cakita āgatya pṛṣad-aparuṣa-viṣāṇāgreṇa luṭhati

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āsādita-haviṣi barhiṣi dūṣite mayopālabdho bhīta-bhītaḥ sapady uparata-rāsa ṛṣi-kumāravad avahita-karaṇa-kalāpa āste

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kiṃ vā are ācaritaṃ tapas tapasvinyānayā yad iyam avaniḥ savinaya-kṛṣṇa-sāra-tanaya-tanutara-subhaga-śivatamākhara-khura-pada-paṅktibhir draviṇa-vidhurāturasya kṛpaṇasya mama draviṇa-padavīṃ sūcayanty ātmānaṃ ca sarvataḥ kṛta-kautukaṃ dvijānāṃ svargāpavarga-kāmānāṃ deva-yajanaṃ karoti

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api svid asau bhagavān uḍu-patir enaṃ mṛga-pati-bhayān mṛta-mātaraṃ mṛga-bālakaṃ svāśrama-paribhraṣṭam anukampayā kṛpaṇa-jana-vatsalaḥ paripāti

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kiṃ vātmaja-viśleṣa-jvara-dava-dahana-śikhābhir upatapyamāna-hṛdaya-sthala-nalinīkaṃ mām upasṛta-mṛgī-tanayaṃ śiśira-śāntānurāga-guṇita-nija-vadana-salilāmṛtamaya-gabhastibhiḥ svadhayatīti ca

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evam aghaṭamāna-manorathākula-hṛdayo mṛga-dārakābhāsena svārabdha-karmaṇā yogārambhaṇato vibhraṃśitaḥ sa yoga-tāpaso bhagavad-ārādhana-lakṣaṇāc ca katham itarathā jāty-antara eṇa-kuṇaka āsaṅgaḥ sākṣān niḥśreyasa-pratipakṣatayā prāk-parityakta-dustyaja-hṛdayābhijātasya tasyaivam antarāya-vihata-yogārambhaṇasya rājarṣer bharatasya tāvan mṛgārbhaka-poṣaṇa-pālana-prīṇana-lālanānuṣaṅgeṇāvigaṇayata ātmānam ahir ivākhu-bilaṃ duratikramaḥ kālaḥ karāla-rabhasa āpadyata

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tadānīm api pārśva-vartinam ātmajam ivānuśocantam abhivīkṣamāṇo mṛga evābhiniveśita-manā visṛjya lokam imaṃ saha mṛgeṇa kalevaraṃ mṛtam anu na mṛta-janmānusmṛtir itaravan mṛga-śarīram avāpa

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tatrāpi ha vā ātmano mṛgatva-kāraṇaṃ bhagavad-ārādhana-samīhānubhāvenānusmṛtya bhṛśam anutapyamāna āha

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aho kaṣṭaṃ bhraṣṭo 'ham ātmavatām anupathād yad-vimukta-samasta-saṅgasya vivikta-puṇyāraṇya-śaraṇasyātmavata ātmani sarveṣām ātmanāṃ bhagavati vāsudeve tad-anuśravaṇa-manana-saṅkīrtanārādhanānusmaraṇābhiyogenāśūnya-sakala-yāmena kālena samāveśitaṃ samāhitaṃ kārtsnyena manas tat tu punar mamābudhasyārān mṛga-sutam anu parisusrāva

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ity evaṃ nigūḍha-nirvedo visṛjya mṛgīṃ mātaraṃ punar bhagavat-kṣetram upaśama-śīla-muni-gaṇa-dayitaṃ śālagrāmaṃ pulastya-pulahāśramaṃ kālañjarāt pratyājagāma

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tasminn api kālaṃ pratīkṣamāṇaḥ saṅgāc ca bhṛśam udvigna ātma-sahacaraḥ śuṣka-parṇa-tṛṇa-vīrudhā vartamāno mṛgatva-nimittāvasānam eva gaṇayan mṛga-śarīraṃ tīrthodaka-klinnam ut-sasarja