Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.29

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe voyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīya
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vasiṣṭha uvāca
jamadagnistato bhūyastamuvāca ruṣānvitaḥ /
brahmasvaṃ nāpaharttavyaṃ puruṣeṇa vijānatā

prasahya gāṃ me harato pāpamāpsyasi durmate /
āyurjāne parikṣīṇaṃ na cedetatkariṣyati

balādicchasi yannetuṃ tanna śakyaṃ kathañcana /
svayaṃ vā yadi sāyucyedvinaśiṣyati pārthivaḥ

dānaṃ vināpaharaṇaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tapasvinām /
śatāyuṣor'junādanyaḥ ko nvicchati jijīviṣuḥ

ityuktastena saṃkruddhaḥ sa mantrīkālacoditaḥ /
baddhvā tāṃ gāṃ dṛḍhaiḥ pāśairvicakarṣa balānvitaḥ

jamadagniratha krodhādbhāvikarmapracoditaḥ /
rurodha taṃ yathāśakti vikarṣantaṃ pāyasvinīm

jīvanna pratimokṣyāmi gāmenāmityamarṣitaḥ /
jagrāha sudṛḍhaṃ kaṇṭhe vāhubhyāṃ tāṃ mahāmuniḥ

tataḥ krodhaparītātmā candragupto 'tinirghṛṇaḥ /
utsārayadhvamityenamādideśa svasainikān

apradhṛṣyatamaṃ loke tamṛṣiṃ rājakiṅkarāḥ /
bhartrājñayā prasahyainaṃ parivavruḥ samantataḥ

daṇḍaiḥ kaśābhirlakuḍairvinighnantaśca muṣṭibhiḥ /
te samutsārayan dhenoḥ sudūrataramantikāt

sa tathā hanyamono 'pi vyathitaḥkṣamayānvitaḥ /
na cukrodhākrodhanatvaṃ sato hi paramaṃ dhanam

sa ca śaktaḥ svatapasā saṃharttumapi rakṣitum /
jagatsarvaṃ kṣayaṃ tasya cintayanna pracukrudhe

sapūrvaṃ krodhano 'tyarthaṃ māturarthe prasāditaḥ /
rāmeṇābhūttato nityaṃ śānta eva mahātapāḥ

sa hanyamānaḥ subhṛśaṃ cūrṇitāṅgāsthivandhanaḥ /
nipapāta mahātejā dharaṇyāṃ gatacetanaḥ

tasminmunau nipatite sa durātmā viśaṅkitaḥ /
kiṅkarānādiśacchīghraṃ dhenorānayane balāt

tataḥ savatsāṃ tā dhenuṃ baddhvā pāśairdṛḍhairnṛpaḥ /
kaśābhirabhihanyanta cakṛṣuśca ninīṣayā

ākṛṣyamāṇā bahubhiḥ kaśābhirlaguḍairapi /
hanyamānā bhṛśaṃ taiśca cukrudhe ca payasvinī

vyathitātikaśāpātaiḥ krodhena mahātānvitā /
ākṛṣya pāśān sudṛḍhān kṛtvātmānamamocayat

vimuktapāśavandhāsā sarvato 'bhivṛtā balaiḥ /
huṃhāravaṃ prakurvāṇā sarvato 'hyapatadruṣā

viṣāṇakhurapucchāgrairabhihatya samantataḥ /
rājamantribalaṃ sarvaṃ vyadrāvayadamarṣitā

vidrāvya kiṅkarānsarvāṃstarasaiva payasvinī /
paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ gaganaṃ pratyapadyata

tataste bhagnasaṃkalpāḥ saṃbhagnakṣatavigrahāḥ /
prasahya baddhvā tadvatsaṃ jagmurevātinirghṛṇāḥ

payasvinīṃ vinā vatsaṃ gṛhītvā kiṅkaraiḥ saha /
sa pāpastarasā rājñaḥ sannidhiṃ samupāgamat

gatvā samīpaṃ nṛpateḥ praṇamyāsmai praśaṃsakṛt /
tadvrattāntamaśeṣeṇa vyācacakṣe sasādhvasaḥ