Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.55
iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde kapilāśramasthāśvānayanaṃ nāma catuṣpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 54//
Äḥ
abhinandyāśiṣātyarthaṃ lālayanpraśaśaṃsa ha
atha ṛtviksadasyaiśca sahito rājasattamaḥ /
upākramata taṃ yajñe vidhivadvedapāragaiḥ
tataḥ pravavṛte yajñaḥ sarvasaṃpadguṇānvitaḥ /
samyagaurvavasiṣṭhādyairmunibhiḥ saṃpravarttitaḥ
hiraṇmayamayī vediḥ pātrāṇyuccāvacāni ca /
susamṛddhaṃ yathāśāstraṃ yajñe sarvaṃ babhūva ha
evaṃ pravarttitaṃ yajñamṛtvijaḥ sarva eva te /
kramātsamāpayāmāsuryajamānapurassarāḥ
samāpayitvā taṃ yajñaṃ rājā vidhividāṃ varaḥ /
yathāvaddakṣiṇāṃ caiva ṛtvijāṃ pradadau tadā
atha ṛtviksadasyānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tathārthinām /
tatkāṅkṣitādabhyadhikaṃ pradadau vasu sarvaśaḥ
evaṃ saṃtarpya viprādīndakṣiṇābhiryathākramam /
kṣamāpayāmāsa gurūnsadasyānpraṇipatya ca
brāhmaṇādyaistato varṇairṛtvigbhiśca samanvitaḥ /
vārakīyākadaṃbaiśca sūtamāgadhavandibhiḥ
anvīyamānaḥ sastrīkaḥ śvetacchatravirājitaḥ /
dodhūyamānacamaro vālavyajanarājitaḥ
nānāvāditranirghoṣairbadhirīkṛtadiṅmukhaḥ /
sa gatvā sarayūtīraṃ yathāśāśtraṃ yathāvidhi
cakārāvabhṛthasnānaṃ muditaḥ sahabandhubhiḥ /
evaṃ snātvā sapatnīkaḥ suhṛdbhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ saha
vīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgādinānāvāditraniḥsvanaiḥ /
maṅgalyairvedaghoṣaiśca saha viprajaneritaiḥ
saṃstūyamānaḥ paritaḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ /
praviveśa purīṃ ramyāṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāyutam
śvetavyajana sacchatrapatākādhvajamālinīm /
siktasaṃmṛṣṭabhūbhāgāpaṇaśobhāsamanvitām
kailāsādriprakāśābhirujjvalāṃ saudhapaṅktibhiḥ /
sa tatrāgarudhūpotthagandhāmoditadiṅmukham
vikīryamāṇaḥ paritaḥ pauranārījanairmuhuḥ /
lājavarṣeṇa sānandaṃ vīkṣamāṇaśca nāgaraiḥ
upadābhiranekābhistatratatra vaṇigjanaiḥ /
saṃbhāvyamānaḥ śanakairjagama svapuraṃ prati
sa praviśya gṛhaṃ ramyaṃ sarvamaṇḍalamaṇḍitam /
samyaksaṃbhāvayāmāsa suhṛdo brāhmaṇānapi
saṃsevyamānaśca tadā nānādeśeśvarairnṛpaiḥ /
sabhāyāṃ rājaśārdūlo reme śakra ivāparaḥ
evaṃ suhṛdbhiḥ sahitaḥ pūrayitvā manoratham /
sagaraḥ saha bhāryābhyāṃ reme nṛpavarottamaḥ
aṃśumantaṃ tataḥ pautraṃ mudā vinayaśālinam /
vasiṣṭhānumate rājā yauvarājye 'bhyaṣecayat
paurajānapadānāṃ tu bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāmapi /
sa priyo 'bhavadatyarthamudāraiśca guṇairnṛpaḥ
prajāstamanvarajyanta bālamapyamitaujasam /
navaṃ ca śuklapakṣādauśītāṃśumaciroditam
sa tena sahitaḥ śrīmānsutdṛdbhiśca nṛpottamaḥ /
bhāryābhyāmanurūpābhyāṃ ramamāṇo 'vasacciram
yuvaiva rājaśārdūlaḥ sākṣāddharma ivāparaḥ /
pālayāmāsa vasudhāṃ saśailavanakānanām
evaṃ mahānahimadīdhitivaṃśamauliratnāya yamānavapuruttarakosaleśaḥ /
pūrṇenduvatsakalalokamano 'bhirāmaḥ sārddha prajābhirakhilābhiralaṃ jaharṣa
Original text: Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press (or a reprint thereof) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0