Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.49

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde sagaropākhyāne sagarapratijñāpālanaṃ nāmāṣṭācatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 48//
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athānujñāya sagaro vasiṣṭhamṛṣisattamam /
balena mahatā yukto vidarbhānabhyavarttata

tato vidarbharāṭ tasmai svasutāṃ prītipūrvakam /
keśinyākhyāmanupamāmanurūpāṃ nyavedayat

sa tasyā rājaśārdūlo vidhivadvahnisākṣikam /
śubhe muhūrte keśinyāḥ pārṇiṃ jagrāha bhūmipaḥ

sthitvā dināni katicidgṛhe tasyātisatkṛtaḥ /
vidarbharājñā saṃmantrya tato gantuṃ prajakrame

anujñātastatastena pāribarhaiśca satkṛtaḥ /
niṣkramya tatpurādrājā śūrasenānupeyivān

saṃbhāvitastataścaiva yādavairmātṛsodaraiḥ /
dhanaughaistarpitastaiśca madhurāyā viniryayau

evaṃ sa sagaro rājā vijitya vasudhāmimām /
karaiśca sa nṛpānsarvāṃścakre saṃketagānapi

tato 'numānya nṛpatīnnijarājyāya sānugān /
anujajñe narapatiḥ samastānanuyāyinaḥ

tato balena mahātā skandhāvārasamanvitaḥ /
śanairapīḍayandeśānsvarājyamupajagmivān

saṃbhāvyamānaśca muhurupadābhiranekaśaḥ /
nānājanapadaistūrmamayodhyāṃ samupāgamat

tadāgamanamājñāya nāgaraḥ sakalo janaḥ /
nagarīṃ tāmalañcakre mahotsavasamutsukaḥ

tataḥ sā nagarī sarvā kṛtakautukamaṅgalā /
siktasaṃmṛṣṭabhūbhāgā pūrṇakumbhaśatāvṛtā

samucchritadhvajaśatā patākābhiraṃlakṛtā /
sarvatrāgarudhūpāñaḍhyā vicitrakusumojjvalā

sadratnatoraṇottuṅgagopurāṭṭalabhūṣitā /
prasūnalājavarṣaiśca svalaṅkṛtamahāpathā

mahotsavasamāyuktā pratigehamabhūtpurī /
saṃbūjitāśeṣavāstudevatāgṛhamālinī

dikcakrajayino rājñaḥ saṃdarśanamudānvitaiḥ /
paurajānapadairtdṛṣṭaiḥ sarvataḥ samalaṅkṛtā

tataḥ prakṛtayaḥ sarve tathāntaḥ puravāsinaḥ /
vārakātākadabaiśca nagarībhiśca savṛtāḥ

abhyāyayustataḥ sarve samatya puravāsinaḥ /
sa taiḥ sametya nṛpatirlabdhāśīrvāda saktkriyaḥ

badhirīkṛtadikcakro jayaśabdena bhūriṇā /
nānāvāditrasaṃghoṣamiśreṇa madhureṇa ca

satkṛtya tānyathā yogaṃ sahitastairmudānvitaiḥ /
ānandayanprajāḥ sarvāḥ praviveśa purottamam

vedaghoṣaiḥ sumadhurairbrāhmaṇairabhinanditaḥ /
saṃstūyamānaḥ subhṛśaṃ sūtamāgadhavandibhiḥ

jayaśabdaiśca parito nānājanapaderitaiḥ /
kalatālaravonmiśravīṇāveṇutalasvanaiḥ

gāyadbhirgāyakajanairnṛtyadbhirgaṇikājanaiḥ /
anvīyamāno vilasacchvetacchatravirājitaḥ

vikīryamāṇaḥ paritaḥ sallājakusumotkaraiḥ /
purīmayodhyāmaviśatsvapurīmiva vāsavaḥ

dṛṣṭipūtena gandhena brāhmaṇānāṃ ca vartmanā /
jagāma madhyenagaraṃ gṛhaṃ śrīmadalaṅkṛtam

avaruhya tato yānādbhāryābhyāṃ sahito mudā /
praviveśa gṛhaṃ māturhṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāyutam

paryaṅkasthāmupāgamya mātaraṃ vinayānvitaḥ /
tatpādau saṃspṛśanmūrdhnā praṇāmamakarottadā

sābhinandya tamāśīrbhirharṣagadgadayā girā /
sasaṃbhramaṃ samutthāya paryaṣvajata cātmajam

saharṣaṃ bahudhāśīrbhirabhyanandadubhe snuṣe /
sa tāṃ saṃbhāvya kathayā tatra sthitvā cirādiva

anujñātastayā rājā niścakrāma tadālayāt /
tataḥ sānucaro rājā śvetavyajanavījitaḥ

surarāja iva śrīmānsabhāṃ samagamacchanaiḥ /
saṃpraviśya sabhāṃ divyāmanekanṛpasevitām

natvā gurujanaṃ sarvamāśīrbhiścābhinanditaḥ /
siṃhāsane śubhe divye niṣasāda nareśvaraḥ

saṃsevyamānaśca nṛpairnānājanapadeśvaraiḥ /
nānāvidhāḥ kathāḥ kurvansa tatra nṛpasattamaḥ

saṃprīyamāmaḥ sutarāmuvāsa saha bandhubhiḥ /
pratijñāṃ pālayitvaivaṃ jitadiṅmaṇḍalo nṛpaḥ

anvatiṣṭhadyanthānyāya marthatrayamudāradhīḥ /
svaprabhāvajitāśeṣavairirdiṅmaṇḍalādhipaḥ

ekātapatrāṃ pṛthivīmanvaśāsadvṛṣo yathā /
svaryātasya pituḥ pūrvaṃ paribhāvamamarṣitaḥ

sa yāṃ pratijñāmārūḍhastāṃ samyakparipūrya ca /
saptadvīpābdhinagaragrāmāyatanamālinīm

jitvā śatrūnaśeṣeṇa pālayāmāsa medinīma /
evaṃ gacchati kāle ca vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ

abhyajagāma taṃ bhūyo draṣṭukāmo jareśvaram /
tamāyāntamatiprekṣya munivaryaṃ sasaṃbhramaḥ

pratyujjagāmārghahastaḥ sahitastairnapairnṛpaḥ /
ardhyapādyādibhiḥ samyakpūjayitvā mahāmatiḥ

praṇāmamakarottasmai gurubhaktisamanvitaḥ /
āśīrbhirvarddhayitvā taṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ sagaraṃ tadā

āsyatāmiti hovāca saha sarvairnareśvaraiḥ /
upāviśattato rājā kāñcane paramāsane

muninā samanujñātaḥ sabhāryaḥ saha rājabhiḥ /
āpavastunṛpaśreṣṭhamupāsīnamupahvare

uvāca śṛṇvatāṃ rājñāṃ śanairmṛdvakṣaraṃ vacaḥ /
vasiṣṭha uvāca
kuśalaṃ nanu te rājanvāhyeṣvābhyantareṣu ca

mantriṣvamātyavargeṣu rājye vā sakale 'dhunā /
diṣṭyā ca vijitāḥ sarve samagrabalavāhanāḥ

ayatnenaiva yuddheṣu bhavatā ripavo hi yat /
diṣṭyārūḍhapratijñena mama mānayatā vacaḥ

arayastyaktadharmāṇastvayā jīvavisarjitāḥ /
tānvijityetarāñjetuṃ punardigvijayecchayā

gatassavāhanabalastvamityaśṛṇavaṃ vacaḥ /
jitadiṅmaṇḍalaṃ bhūyaḥ śrutvā tvāṃ nagarasthitam

prītyāhamāgato draṣṭumidānīṃ rājasattama /
jaiminiruvāca
vasiṣṭhenaivamuktastu sagarastālajaṅghajit

kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā pratyuvāca mahāmunim /
sagara uvāca
kuśalaṃ nanu sarvatra maharṣe nātra saṃśayaḥ

kalyāṇābhimukhāḥ sarve devatāśca mune 'niśam /
bhavāndhyāyati kalyāṇaṃ manasā yasya saṃtatam

tasya me copasargāśca saṃbhavanti kathaṃ mune /
bhavatānugṛhīto 'smi kṛtārthaścādhunā kṛtaḥ

yanmāṃ draṣṭumihāyātaḥ svayameva bhavānguro /
yanmahyamāha bhagavānvipakṣavijayādikam

tattathānuṣṭhitaṃ kiṃ tu sarvaṃ bhavadanugrahāt /
bhavatprasādataḥ sarvaṃ manye prāptaṃ mahīkṣitām

anyathā mama kā śaktiḥ śatrūnhantuṃ tathāvidhān /
analpī kurute phalyaṃ yanme vyavasitaṃ bhavān

phalamalpamapi prītyai syādagasyādhiropituḥ /
jaiminiruvāca
evaṃ saṃbhāvitaḥ samyaksageraṇa mahāmuniḥ

abhyanujñāya taṃ bhūyaḥ prajāgāma nijāśramam /
vasiṣṭe tu gate rājā sagaraḥprītamānasaḥ

ayodhyāyāmabhivasanpraśaśāsākhilāṃ bhuvam /
bhāryābhyāṃ samupetābhyāṃ rūpaśīlaguṇādibhiḥ

bubhuje viṣayānramyānyathākāmaṃ yathāsukham /
sumatiḥ keśinī cobhe vikasadvadanāṃbuje

rūpaudāryaguṇopete pīnavṛttapayodhare /
nīlakuñcitakeśāḍhye sarvābharaṇabhūṣite

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpanne navayauvanagocare /
priye sannihite tasya nityaṃ priyahite rate

svācārabhāvaceṣṭābhirjahratustanmano 'niśam /
sa cāpi bharaṇotkarṣapratītātmā mahīpatiḥ

ramamāṇo yathākāmaṃ saha tābhyāṃ pure 'vasat /
anyeṣāṃ bhuvi rājñāṃ tu rājaśabdo na cāpyabhūt

guṇena cābhavattasya sagarasya mahātmanaḥ /
alpo 'pi dharmaḥ satataṃ yathā bhavati mānase

rā5stasyārthakāmau tu na tathā vipulāvapi /
alubdhamānasor'thaṃ ca bheje dharmamapīḍayan

tadarthameva rājendra kāmaṃ cāpīḍayaṃstayoḥ