Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 09.09

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aṃśumāṃśca tapastepe gaṅgānayanakāmyayā /
kālaṃ mahāntaṃ nāśaknot tataḥ kālena saṃsthitaḥ

dilīpastatsutastadvadaśaktaḥ kālameyivān /
bhagīrathastasya sutastepe sa sumahat tapaḥ

darśayāmāsa taṃ devī prasannā varadāsmi te /
ityuktaḥ svamabhiprāyaṃ śaśaṃsāvanato nṛpaḥ

ko 'pi dhārayitā vegaṃ patantyā me mahītale /
anyathā bhūtalaṃ bhittvā nṛpa yāsye rasātalam

kiṃ cāhaṃ na bhuvaṃ yāsye narā mayyāmṛjantyagham /
mṛjāmi tadaghaṃ kvāhaṃ rājaṃstatra vicintyatām

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sādhavo nyāsinaḥ śāntā brahmiṣṭhā lokapāvanāḥ /
harantyaghaṃ te 'ṅgasaṅgāt teṣv āste hyaghabhiddhariḥ

dhārayiṣyati te vegaṃ rudrastv ātmā śarīriṇām /
yasminnotamidaṃ protaṃ viśvaṃ śāṭīva tantuṣu

ityuktvā sa nṛpo devaṃ tapasātoṣayac chivam /
kālenālpīyasā rājaṃstasyeśaścāśv atuṣyata

tatheti rājñābhihitaṃ sarvalokahitaḥ śivaḥ /
dadhārāvahito gaṅgāṃ pādapūtajalāṃ hareḥ

bhagīrathaḥ sa rājarṣirninye bhuvanapāvanīm /
yatra svapit-ṇāṃ dehā bhasmībhūtāḥ sma śerate

rathena vāyuvegena prayāntamanudhāvatī /
deśān punantī nirdagdhān āsiñcat sagarātmajān

yajjalasparśamātreṇa brahmadaṇḍahatā api /
sagarātmajā divaṃ jagmuḥ kevalaṃ dehabhasmabhiḥ

bhasmībhūtāṅgasaṅgena svaryātāḥ sagarātmajāḥ /
kiṃ punaḥ śraddhayā devīṃ sevante ye dhṛtavratāḥ

na hyetat paramāścaryaṃ svardhunyā yadihoditam /
anantacaraṇāmbhoja prasūtāyā bhavacchidaḥ

sanniveśya mano yasmiñ chraddhayā munayo 'malāḥ /
traiguṇyaṃ dustyajaṃ hitvā sadyo yātāstadātmatām

śruto bhagīrathāj jajñe tasya nābho 'paro 'bhavat /
sindhudvīpastatastasmādayutāyustato 'bhavat

ṛtūparṇo nalasakho yo 'śvavidyāmayān nalāt /
dattvākṣahṛdayaṃ cāsmai sarvakāmastu tatsutam

tataḥ sudāsastatputro damayantīpatirnṛpaḥ /
āhurmitrasahaṃ yaṃ vai kalmāṣāṅghrimuta kvacit /
vasiṣṭhaśāpādrakṣo 'bhūdanapatyaḥ svakarmaṇā

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kiṃ nimitto guroḥ śāpaḥ saudāsasya mahātmanaḥ /
etadveditumicchāmaḥ kathyatāṃ na raho yadi

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saudāso mṛgayāṃ kiñcic caran rakṣo jaghāna ha /
mumoca bhrātaraṃ so 'tha gataḥ praticikīrṣayā

sañcintayannaghaṃ rājñaḥ sūdarūpadharo gṛhe /
gurave bhoktukāmāya paktvā ninye narāmiṣam

parivekṣyamāṇaṃ bhagavān vilokyābhakṣyamañjasā /
rājānamaśapat kruddho rakṣo hyevaṃ bhaviṣyasi

rakṣaḥkṛtaṃ tadviditvā cakre dvādaśavārṣikam /
so 'pyapo 'ñjalimādāya guruṃ śaptuṃ samudyataḥ

vārito madayantyāpo ruśatīḥ pādayorjahau /
diśaḥ khamavanīṃ sarvaṃ paśyan jīvamayaṃ nṛpaḥ

rākṣasaṃ bhāvamāpannaḥ pāde kalmāṣatāṃ gataḥ /
vyavāyakāle dadṛśe vanaukodampatī dvijau

kṣudhārto jagṛhe vipraṃ tatpatnyāhākṛtārthavat /
na bhavān rākṣasaḥ sākṣādikṣvākūṇāṃ mahārathaḥ

madayantyāḥ patirvīra nādharmaṃ kartumarhasi /
dehi me 'patyakāmāyā akṛtārthaṃ patiṃ dvijam

deho 'yaṃ mānuṣo rājan puruṣasyākhilārthadaḥ /
tasmādasya vadho vīra sarvārthavadha ucyate

eṣa hi brāhmaṇo vidvāṃstapaḥśīlaguṇānvitaḥ /
ārirādhayiṣurbrahma mahāpuruṣasaṃjñitam /
sarvabhūtātmabhāvena bhūteṣv antarhitaṃ guṇaiḥ

so 'yaṃ brahmarṣivaryaste rājarṣipravarādvibho /
kathamarhati dharmajña vadhaṃ piturivātmajaḥ

tasya sādhorapāpasya bhrūṇasya brahmavādinaḥ /
kathaṃ vadhaṃ yathā babhrormanyate sanmato bhavān

yadyayaṃ kriyate bhakṣyastarhi māṃ khāda pūrvataḥ /
na jīviṣye vinā yena kṣaṇaṃ ca mṛtakaṃ yathā

evaṃ karuṇabhāṣiṇyā vilapantyā anāthavat /
vyāghraḥ paśumivākhādat saudāsaḥ śāpamohitaḥ

brāhmaṇī vīkṣya didhiṣuṃ puruṣādena bhakṣitam /
śocantyātmānamurvīśamaśapat kupitā satī

yasmān me bhakṣitaḥ pāpa kāmārtāyāḥ patistvayā /
tavāpi mṛtyurādhānādakṛtaprajña darśitaḥ

evaṃ mitrasahaṃ śaptvā patilokaparāyaṇā /
tadasthīni samiddhe 'gnau prāsya bharturgatiṃ gatā

viśāpo dvādaśābdānte maithunāya samudyataḥ /
vijñāpya brāhmaṇīśāpaṃ mahiṣyā sa nivāritaḥ

ata ūrdhvaṃ sa tatyāja strīsukhaṃ karmaṇāprajāḥ /
vasiṣṭhastadanujñāto madayantyāṃ prajāmadhāt

sā vai sapta samā garbhamabibhran na vyajāyata /
jaghne 'śmanodaraṃ tasyāḥ so 'śmakastena kathyate

aśmakādbāliko jajñe yaḥ strībhiḥ parirakṣitaḥ /
nārīkavaca ityukto niḥkṣatre mūlako 'bhavat

tato daśarathastasmāt putra aiḍaviḍistataḥ /
rājā viśvasaho yasya khaṭvāṅgaścakravartyabhūt

yo devairarthito daityān avadhīdyudhi durjayaḥ /
muhūrtamāyurjñātvaitya svapuraṃ sandadhe manaḥ

na me brahmakulāt prāṇāḥ kuladaivān na cātmajāḥ /
na śriyo na mahī rājyaṃ na dārāścātivallabhāḥ

na bālye 'pi matirmahyamadharme ramate kvacit /
nāpaśyamuttamaślokādanyat kiñcana vastv aham

devaiḥ kāmavaro datto mahyaṃ tribhuvaneśvaraiḥ /
na vṛṇe tamahaṃ kāmaṃ bhūtabhāvanabhāvanaḥ

ye vikṣiptendriyadhiyo devāste svahṛdi sthitam /
na vindanti priyaṃ śaśvadātmānaṃ kimutāpare

atheśamāyāraciteṣu saṅgaṃ guṇeṣu gandharvapuropameṣu /
rūḍhaṃ prakṛtyātmani viśvakartur bhāvena hitvā tamahaṃ prapadye

iti vyavasito buddhyā nārāyaṇagṛhītayā /
hitvānyabhāvamajñānaṃ tataḥ svaṃ bhāvamāsthitaḥ

yat tadbrahma paraṃ sūkṣmamaśūnyaṃ śūnyakalpitam /
bhagavān vāsudeveti yaṃ gṛṇanti hi sātvatāḥ