Bṛhatkathāślokasaṃgraha · Chapter 21

tatra mitraprakāṇḍena gomukhena vinoditaḥ
māsam āsiṣi vipraiś ca prasannaiḥ saprasannakaiḥ ||

ekadā gomukhenoktaṃ yojane grāmakād itaḥ
avimuktāvimuktatvāt puṇyā vārāṇasī purī ||

āprāgjyotiṣakaśmīra dvārakātāmraparṇi yat
tat sarvaṃ sulabhaṃ tasyāṃ manohārivinodanam ||

kadācic copalabhyeta tatra pānthāt kutaścana
vārttā hariśikhādīnām ataḥ sāgamyatām iti ||

tam uktvā yuktam āttheti taṃ cāmantrya prasannakam
sākrandāt saṃbhavagrāmāt prati vārāṇasīm agām ||

atha stokāntarātītaṃ mām abhāṣata gomukhaḥ
vahāni kim ahaṃ yuṣmān yūyaṃ vahata mām iti ||

cintitaṃ ca mayā hanta vinaṣṭaḥ khalu gomukhaḥ
yūyaṃ māṃ vahatety eṣa no brūyāt katham anyathā ||

āsanasyāpi yaś chāyāṃ madīyasya namasyati
ariṣṭāviṣṭatāṃ muktvā katham itthaṃ sa vakṣyati ||

sa mayoktaḥ sadainyena bhavān gurupadaśramaḥ
tan madīyam aśaṅkena pṛṣṭham āruhyatām iti ||

tena coktaṃ vilakṣeṇa mā grahīta yathā śrutam
neyaṃ saṃbhāvyate cintā jātāriṣṭe 'pi mādṛśi ||

kiṃ tu yaḥ kiṃcid ācaṣṭe pānthasya pathikaḥ pathi
voḍhā bhavati tasyāsau khedavismaraṇād iti ||

sa mayokto bhavān eva sarvavṛttāntapeśalaḥ
ākhyātuṃ ca vijānāti yat tataḥ kathayatv iti ||

tenoktaṃ pañca kathyante kathāvastūni kovidaiḥ
dharmārthasukhanirvāṇa cikitsāḥ sahavistarāḥ ||

tatra sattvopakārārthā kāyavāṅmānasakriyā
prabhavaḥ sarvadharmāṇāṃ jagatī jagatām iva ||

yenopāyena mitratvaṃ yānti madhyasthaśatravaḥ
sarvārthānām asau hetur guṇānām iva sajjanaḥ ||

parastrīgaṇikātyāgaḥ saṃtoṣo mandaroṣatā
nātisaktiś ca dāreṣu sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ viparyayaḥ ||

sāṅgasya sukharāgāder anaṅgasya ca dehinaḥ
saṃbandhābhāvam atyantaṃ nirvāṇaṃ vidur īśvarāḥ ||

ardharātre 'pi bhuñjānaḥ paramārthabubhukṣitaḥ
kūṭavaidyaparityāgī rogair dūreṇa varjyate ||

dṛṣṭasaṃsārasārāṇām ṛṣīṇāṃ ko hi mādṛśaḥ
asāro gurusārāṇi darśanāni viḍambayet ||

tena yat kiṃcid ucchāstraṃ bālabhāvād udāhṛtam
śukavāśitaniḥsāram idaṃ me mṛṣyatām iti ||

idamādīḥ kathāḥ śṛṇvan nirantarasurālayām
gaṅgābharaṇam ākhyātāṃ prāpaṃ vārāṇasīṃ tataḥ ||

tatra bāhyaniviṣṭasya śūnyasya purasadmanaḥ
jaraddārusudhācitram adhyatiṣṭhāma maṇḍapam ||

gomukhas tu kṣaṇaṃ sthitvā mām avocad gataśramam
muhūrtakam anutkaṇṭhair iha yuṣmābhir āsyatām ||

yatra sthātavyam asmābhir upalabhya tam āśrayam
āgacchāmīti mām uktvā calair uccalitaḥ padaiḥ ||

gatvā ṣoḍaśaviṃśāni padāni sahasā sthitaḥ
tataḥ kim api niścitya nivṛtto mām abhāṣata ||

yad idaṃ yuṣmadaṅgeṣu divyaṃ bhūṣaṇam āhitam
idam ādāya gacchāmi sthātuṃ nāsyeha yujyate ||

tridaṇḍipāṇḍarāṅgādi pāṣaṇḍaiś chadmakaṅkaṭaiḥ
vārāṇasī mahācaurais tīrthadhvāṅkṣair adhiṣṭhitā ||

yuṣmān ekākino dṛṣṭvā sālaṅkārān nirāyudhān
teṣāṃ sāhasikaḥ kaścid anarthaṃ cintayed iti ||

evaṃ bhavatu nāmeti mayāsāv anumoditaḥ
tadābharaṇam ādāya prāviśat tvaritaḥ puram ||

athāciragate tasmin parivrāḍbrahmacāriṇau
paricaṅkramaṇaśrāntau tasminn eva nyasīdatām ||

āsīc ca mama tāv etau nūnaṃ pāṣaṇḍitaskarau
nirāyudhāsahāyaṃ māṃ muṣituṃ kila vāñchataḥ ||

tad eteṣāṃ sahasreṣu sakṛpāṇakareṣv api
gavām ivodviṣāṇānāṃ matir me mantharādarā ||

ūrumūlasthaśastreṣu pravrajyākaṅkaṭeṣu yaḥ
prayuṅkte nirghṛṇaḥ śastraṃ ko 'nyaḥ klībatamas tataḥ ||

evamādivikalpaṃ mām asāv ālokya maskarī
nirāśa iva vidrāṇo brahmacāriṇam uktavān ||

jalpākagrathitair granthaiḥ sāṃkhyayogādibhir vayam
vipralabdhāḥ sukhaṃ tyaktvā mokṣamārge kila sthitāḥ ||

yathā tṛṇam upādātum ambarāmbhojam eva vā
kaścin mahat tapaḥ kuryān mokṣārtho nas tathā śramaḥ ||

tṛṇavatsulabho mokṣo yadi khedo 'phalas tataḥ
atha khāmbojaduṣprāpas tato naṣṭā mumukṣavaḥ ||

paralokasya sadbhāve hetuḥ sarvajñabhāṣitaḥ
sarvajñasyāpi sadbhāvaḥ pañcadivyapramāṇakaḥ ||

yo 'py upādīyate hetuḥ sarvajñāstitvasiddhaye
so 'py asiddhaviruddhādi doṣāśīviṣadūṣitaḥ ||

tad alaṃ viṭavācāṭa ghaṭitaiḥ kāvyakarpaṭaiḥ
sevamānā yathācchandam āsmahe viṣayān iti ||

brahmacārī tu sāvegaḥ parivrājakam uktavān
prasāritas tvayā kasmād asāro malladaṇḍakaḥ ||

pratijñāhetudṛṣṭāntāḥ sādhavas tāvad āsatām
sarvatantrāviruddhena siddhāntenaiva bādhyase ||

asattāṃ paralokasya śuṣkatarkeṇa sādhayan
vitaṇḍāvādavārttārtaḥ sādhu śocyo bhaviṣyasi ||

atha vāstām idaṃ tāvad idaṃ tāvan nigadyatām
smṛtīnāṃ viṭakāvyatvaṃ kathaṃ veda bhavān iti ||

tenoktaṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ ca prāyaḥ sarvaśarīriṇām
nandīśapramukhair uktam ahaṃ jānāmi lakṣaṇam ||

yaś caiṣa puruṣaḥ ko 'pi pānthaḥ pāṃsulapādakaḥ
eṣa vidyādharendrāṇām indraḥ kila bhaviṣyati ||

enaṃ dṛṣṭvādhitiṣṭhantam etaṃ jarjaramaṇḍapam
malladaṇḍakaniḥsārān utprekṣe sakalāgamān ||

adṛṣṭārthāḥ kila granthā dṛṣṭārthair gāruḍādibhiḥ
arthavanto 'numīyante yācakair iva dāyakāḥ ||

yathā ca viṭakāvyatvān mṛṣā puruṣalakṣaṇam
śrutismṛtipurāṇādi tathā saṃbhāvyatām iti ||

itaras tam athāvocad atītabhavasaṃcitam
iṣṭāniṣṭaphalaṃ karma daivam āhur vicakṣaṇāḥ ||

yac cedaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ nāma śarīreṣu śarīriṇām
etad daivābhidhānasya lakṣaṇaṃ pūrvakarmaṇaḥ ||

na cāpuruṣakārasya daivaṃ phalati kasyacit
kālakāraṇasāmagrīm īśvaro 'pi hy apekṣate ||

ayaṃ tu taruṇaḥ kalyaḥ kāntikṣiptasurāsuraḥ
kuṇṭhayā gaṇḍamaṇḍānāṃ mandaceṣṭatayā samaḥ ||

yathā dhanur adhānuṣkaṃ yathā bījam avāpakam
sattāmātraphalaṃ puṃsas tathā daivam apauruṣam ||

parivrāḍ abravīd daivaṃ pauruṣād balavattaram
jñāpakaṃ cāsya pakṣasya śrūyatāṃ yan mayā śrutam ||

asti sindhutaṭe grāmo brahmasthalakanāmakaḥ
tatrāsīd vedaśarmeti caturvedo dvijottamaḥ ||

tasya yo 'nyatamaḥ śiṣyaḥ pāṭhaṃ prati dṛḍhodyamaḥ
tasmād eva ca sa chātrair āhūyata dṛḍhodyamaḥ ||

tamobhedakanāmnaś ca gṛhasthasya gṛhe sadā
dāpitaṃ bhojanaṃ tasya ācchādanaṃ vedaśarmaṇā ||

tatra bhinnatamā nāma parivrāṭ pāñcarātrikaḥ
vāsam āvasathe tasya karoti sma dṛḍhodyamaḥ ||

anena ca prakāreṇa paṭuśraddhānamedhasā
adhītaṃ daśabhir varṣais tena vedacatuṣṭayam ||

atha bhinnatamāḥ kṛtvā varṇāśramakathāṃ ciram
praśāntajanasaṃpāte pradoṣe tam abhāṣata ||

bahugomahiṣībhūmi dāsīdāsam idaṃ mayā
tantrasthānam upāntaṃ ca cāṭādibhyaś ca rakṣitam ||

dhyānādhyāyapradhānaṃ ca vihitaṃ bhikṣukarma yat
vaiśyakarmābhiyuktasya tasya nāmāpi nāsti me ||

adhunā tu vacaḥkāya parispandāpahāriṇī
paralokasamāsannā jarātandrīr ivāgatā ||

gṛhamedhivratasthānām alasānāṃ svakarmasu
dharmasādhanam uddiṣṭam ṛṣibhis tīrthasevanam ||

āha vedāntavādaś ca tārakaṃ brahma tantrayet
etasmān na vimuñceyur avimuktaṃ mumukṣavaḥ ||

śvaḥ prasthātāsmahe tasmāt prātar vārāṇasīṃ prati
buddhadharme praśastā hi dharmasya tvaritā gatiḥ ||

bhavatāpi śrutismṛtyoḥ prāmāṇyam anujānatā
niyogenaiva kartavyaḥ patnīputraparigrahaḥ ||

gṛhasthāśramadharmaś ca gavādidhanasādhanaḥ
na ca pratigrahād anyad viprasya dhanasādhanam ||

tat sukhopanataṃ caitad anindyam atibhūri ca
sadāsīdāsam asmākaṃ dhanam ādīyatām iti ||

tenoktaṃ yuṣmadādiṣṭam akāryam api mādṛśaḥ
na vikalpayituṃ śaktaḥ kiṃ punar nyāyyam īdṛśam ||

kiṃ tv āmantrya pitṛsthānau vidyājīvitadāyinau
kartāsmi bhavadādeśam ativāhya niśām iti ||

yātāyāṃ tu triyāmāyāṃ tam āmantrayituṃ gatam
saṃpratiṣṭhāsamāno 'pi ciraṃ bhikṣur udaikṣata ||

yadā tu divasārdhe 'pi gate chāttraḥ sa nāgataḥ
taṃ gaveṣayituṃ bhikṣuḥ svayam eva tadā gataḥ ||

sa tu tenāṅgaṇe dṛṣṭas tamobhedakaveśamanaḥ
śanaiś caṅkramaṇaṃ kurvan nīcaiś cāmnāyamānasam ||

uktaṃ ca bhavatā kasmād iyacciram iha sthitam
athārthenaiva tenārthas tathā naḥ kathyatām iti ||

tatas tenoktam etasmin gṛhe kenāpi hetunā
vyagraḥ parijanaḥ sarvas tatra tatrābhidhāvati ||

yāṃ yām eva ca pṛcchāmi kim etad iti dārikām
sā sā mām āha saṃrabdhā śivaṃ dhyātu bhavān iti ||

taṃ cādyāpi na pṛcchāmi tamobhedakam ākulam
tenāhaṃ nāgataḥ kṣipraṃ sakāśaṃ bhavatām iti ||

atha bhinnatamāḥ smitvā dṛḍhodyamam abhāṣata
yenāyam ākulo lokas tad ahaṃ kathayāmi te ||

tamobhedakabhāryāyāḥ prasūtiḥ pratyupasthitā
ayaṃ parijanas tatra tatratatrākulākulaḥ ||

dārikā jāyate cāsya tāṃ ca tvaṃ pariṇeṣyasi
sā ca rāgagrahāviṣṭā duṣṭaceṣṭā bhaviṣyati ||

iti tasmin kṛtādeśe gate svavivadhaṃ prati
itaraś cintayām āsa śaṅkākampitamānasaḥ ||

brāhmaṇī brāhmaṇasyāsya yadi kanyāṃ vijāyate
tato bhinnatamovākyam abhūtārthaṃ na jāyate ||

stobhāveśaviṣāccheda kriyāsu vyaktaśaktibhiḥ
śeṣāṇām api mantrāṇāṃ sāmarthyam anumīyate ||

iti cintayatas tasya dīno gṛhapatir gṛhāt
hā daivaṃ khalam ityādi lapan nīcair vinirgataḥ ||

kṣaṇāc ca śvagṛhītasya mārjārasyeva kūjataḥ
antarbhavanam udbhūtaḥ śvāgāraparuṣaśrutiḥ ||

tataḥ prasādhitā nāryo lajjāprāvṛtamastakāḥ
pakṣadvāreṇa nirjagmur nairāśyottānapāṇayaḥ ||

paricārakavargaś ca śocadbandhukadambakam
amantrayata vāmasya vidheḥ kiṃ kriyatām iti ||

evaṃprāyaprapañce tu gṛhe tasmin dṛḍhodyamaḥ
siddhapravrajitādeśa jātabhītir acintayat ||

parivrājakavākyena tathābhūtena sādhitam
daivaṃ puruṣakāreṇa janāḥ paśyantu bādhitam ||

sindhudeśaṃ parityajya de/ād deśaṃ parivrajan
ayaṃ pariharāmy enāṃ dūrataḥ kardamām iti ||

evamādi vimṛśyāsāv asaṃmantryaiva saṃskṛtān
daśayojanam adhvānam ekāhena palāyitaḥ ||

sadvīpāṃ ca parikramya varṣair dvādaśabhir mahīm
gaṅgātaṭam upāgacchat tīrthopāsanakāmyayā ||

athātapapipāsārtaś chāyāsalilavāñchayā
kasmiṃścid brāhmaṇagrāme kaṃcana prāviśad gṛham ||

tatra cālindakāsīnām arkatūlābhamūrdhajām
yayāce brāhmaṇīm amba pānīyaṃ dāpyatām iti ||

sā tv abhāṣata saṃbhrāntā hale putri tamālike
āsanodakam ādāya laghu nirgamyatām iti ||

tataḥ pīṭhālukāhastā vasitāsitakañcukā
āpiṅgāpāntakeśāntā kanyakā niragād gṛhāt ||

diśas taralayā dṛṣṭyā paśyantī saṃtatasmitā
paṅgubhaṅgurasaṃcārā cirāt prāpad dṛḍhodyamam ||

āsyatām atra mitreti vadantyā śūnyayā tayā
pīṭhabuddhyā puras tasya nikṣiptaṃ jalabhājanam ||

atha tām abravīd vṛddhā muktvaitām avinītatām
apareṇodapātreṇa jalam āvarjyatām iti ||

sā tu kṛtrimasaṃtrāsa janitotkaṭavepathuḥ
antarhasitabhugnauṣṭhī vṛddhājñāṃ samapādayat ||

tato gataśramaṃ vṛddhā pṛcchati sma dṛḍhodyamam
āgacchati kuto deśāt kaṃ vā yāti bhavān iti ||

tenoktaṃ na sa deśo 'sti nāgacchāmi yataḥ kṣitau
yac ca brūtha kva yāsīti tatra viñāpayāmi vaḥ ||

kasmiṃścid brāhmaṇagrāme kurvan baṭukapāṭhanām
saṃtuṣṭo grāmavāsobhir ninīṣe divasān iti ||

tatas tam abravīd vṛddhā nītijñaiḥ satyam ucyate
na hy ataptena lohena taptaṃ saṃdhīyate kvacit ||

mama dvau putranaptārāv adhunaivopanītakau
tau ca saṃyojitau puṇyair arthināv arthinā tvayā ||

bhavān adhyāpanenārthī tau cādhyayanakāṅkṣiṇau
naṣṭāśvadagdharathavad yogo 'stu bhavatām iti ||

tatas tasyai pratijñāya tau baṭū pāṭhayann asau
antevāsigaṇaṃ cānyam asthāt saṃvatsaradvayam ||

ekadā tām abhāṣanta vṛddhām āgatya bāndhavāḥ
kasmād dṛḍhodyamāyeyaṃ dīyate na tamālikā ||

ye jāmātṛguṇās teṣāṃ kaścid asti kvacid vare
dṛḍhodyame punaḥ paśya yadi kaṃcin na paśyasi ||

durlabhaḥ sulabhībhūtas tasmāt svīkriyatām ayam
kena vanyaḥ karī vārīm āgataḥ svayam ujjhitaḥ ||

iti tair bodhitā vṛddhā pratītā tān ayācata
yady evaṃ svayam evāyaṃ pūjyair abhyarthyatām iti ||

te tatas tam abhāṣanta bhautika brahmacāriṇā
āmnātāś cāvabuddhāś ca vedāḥ sasmṛtayas tvayā ||

avaśyaṃ cādhunā kāryaḥ śuddhapatnīparigrahaḥ
uraḥkaṇṭhauṣṭhaśoṣasya mā bhūd vaiphalyam anyathā ||

ataḥ pratīṣyatām eṣā sarvaśuddhā tamālikā
jyeṣṭhaṃ jyeṣṭhāśramasyāṅgaṃ trayī vidyeva dehinī ||

evamādi sa tair uktaḥ kṣaṇam etad acintayat
yuktaṃ yad brāhmaṇair uktam atra tāvat kim ucyate ||

yaś cāsau sindhuviṣaye dūṣitaḥ kṛtyayā tayā
pāre sāgaravat so 'pi dūratvāt sudurāgamaḥ ||

atha daivena saiveyam ānītā sindhudeśataḥ
sūcīsūtragate daivāt tataḥ kaḥ kutra mokṣyate ||

evamādi sa niścitya pratiśrutya tatheti ca
pariṇīya ca tāṃ kanyāṃ saṃvatsaram ayāpayat ||

atha yātatriyāmāyāṃ triyāmāyāṃ dṛḍhodyamaḥ
jṛmbhāveditanidrāntāṃ pṛcchati sma tamālikām ||

brūhi sundari paśyāma kuṭumbasyāsya kaḥ prabhuḥ
keyaṃ bhavati te vṛddhā kāv etau baṭukāv iti ||

tayā tv āyataniśvāsa kathitāyataduḥkhayā
srutāśrukaṇikāśreṇyā kathitaṃ skhaladakṣaram ||

asyā brāhmaṇavṛddhāyāḥ priyaḥ sādhur abhūt patiḥ
yasya vidyādhanais tṛptāḥ śiṣyayājakayācakāḥ ||

tena cāśeṣavedāya kṣamādiguṇaśāline
duhitā gṛhajāmātre chāttrāya pratipāditā ||

tāḍitaś caraṇenāpi yaḥ kṣamāvān abhūt purā
sa jāmātṛtayā krodhād gamitaḥ kṛṣṇasarpatām ||

mahāntam api saṃmānaṃ manyamāno vimānatām
śvaśrūśvaśurayoḥ khedam ātmanaś cākarod vṛthā ||

ekadā parihāsena syālakas tam abhāṣata
durvāsaḥsadṛśas tāta durārādho bhavān iti ||

yady evaṃ durdurūḍhena kiṃ mayārādhitena vaḥ
ity uktvā mantharālāpaḥ sadāro gata eva saḥ ||

śvaśrūśvaśuramitrāṇām avakarṇya kadarthanām
nirapekṣaṃ svadeśāya sindhudeśāya yātavān ||

tatra ca grāmam adhyāsya brahmasthalakanāmakam
acirān nityakāmyāni karmāṇi niravartayat ||

tasya tasyāṃ ca bhāryāyāṃ kālarātrisamā sutā
yamau ca tanayau jātau yamakālau kulasya yau ||

aham eva ca sā kanyā tau caitau kākatālukau
yair mātāpitarāv eva bālair eva samāhitau ||

sindhudeśaikadeśaś ca sindhunā caṇḍaraṃhasā
durvāragurupūreṇa sahasākṛṣya nīyate ||

atha mātāpitṛbhyāṃ nas tadbhayād avadhāritam
mātāmahagṛhaṃ yāntu bālā me niviśantv iti ||

tataḥ śaṅkeṣubhinnas tām abhāṣata dṛḍhodyamaḥ
śeṣaṃ sujñānam evāsyāḥ kathāyāḥ sthīyatām iti ||

āsīc cāsya sa sarvajñaḥ parivrājakabhāskaraḥ
sphuṭaṃ bhinnatamā eva bhinnājñānatamā yataḥ ||

anubhūtau tathābhūtau tadādeśau mayādhunā
tṛtīyaparihārāya tyajāmi pṛthivīm iti ||

atha dvādaśavarṣāni bhrāṃtvā dvīpāntarāṇi saḥ
nirviṇṇaś cintayām āsa kiṃcid dhavalamūrdhajaḥ ||

ādiṣṭaṃ yat parivrājā tat tayonmādamattayā
kālenaitāvatā nūnam akṛtyaṃ kṛtyayā kṛtam ||

asmābhiś ca na vedoktaṃ na vedāntoktamohitam
vraṇair iva visarpadbhiḥ kvāpītaṃ puruṣāyuṣam ||

tena vārāṇasīṃ gatvā tīrthopāsanahetukam
puṇyaṃ svargaphalaṃ kurvann ayāmi divasān iti ||

tataḥ sāgaram uttīrya gaṅgāsāgaram āgamat
tato vārāṇasīṃ prāpad amuñcann eva jāhnavīm ||

pāviśann eva cāpaśyan naradhātuparicchadam
skhaladālāpasaṃcāraṃ mahāpāśupataṃ puraḥ ||

taṃ cānu sphaṭikaprāya karṇakaṇṭhavibhūṣaṇām
madirātāmrajihmākṣāṃ vicitragalakaṇṭhikām ||

dviguṇīkurvatīṃ mārgaṃ vaṅkair gatinivartanaiḥ
amuktanijanirmokāṃ bhujaṃgīm iva yoṣitam ||

sā tu kāpālikenoktā drutam ehi kapālini
na yāvad avimuktasya dhūpavelātivartate ||

huṃhuṃkārādibhiḥ stutvā saṃsthātrayaparaṃ dhruvam
tataḥ śuṇḍikaśāleṣu mārgayāmi surām iti ||

evaṃprāye ca vṛttānte ciraṃ dṛṣṭvā dṛḍhodyamam
papāta pādayos tasya tārākrandā kapālinī ||

punaḥ kāpāliknoktaṃ muñca brāhmaṇam adhvagam
parihāsaś ciraṃ caṇḍi viruddhas tyajyatām iti ||

sābravīd eṣa me bhartā daivataiḥ pratipāditaḥ
tvaṃ tu dhṛṣṭaviṭo bhūtvā kiṃ vyāharasi mām iti ||

taṃ ca prapañcam ālokya sa pradeśaḥ sakautukaiḥ
janair agaṇitair vyāptaḥ śramaṇabrāhmaṇādibhiḥ ||

sā cāvocac caturveda riktavedo 'si sarvathā
savedaḥ ko hi nirvedaṃ vedoktaiḥ karmabhir vrajet ||

na tvayotpāditāḥ putrā nāgnihotram upāsitam
nārcitāḥ pitaraḥ piṇḍair vāyubhūtena hiṇḍitam ||

tvayā dṛḍhodyama tyaktā sāhaṃ mandā tamālikā
kulāt kulam aṭantīdaṃ carāmi kulaṭāvratam ||

avṛddhakulavāsinyas taruṇyaḥ pativarjitāḥ
yair aduṣṭāḥ striyo dṛṣṭās te dṛṣṭāḥ kenacit kvacit ||

tena tyaktavatā dārān yat tvayā pāpam arjitam
tān eva bharamāṇena tat samucchidyatām iti ||

atha lajjāviṣādāndham ūcur viprā dṛḍhodyamam
bhagavatyā yad uktaṃ tat tattvataḥ kathyatām iti ||

tenātmanaś ca tasyāś ca dvijādijanasaṃnidhau
brahmasthalakavāsādi yad vṛttaṃ tan niveditam ||

athoktaṃ brāhmaṇair brahman brāhmaṇī parigṛhyatām
raktadāraparityāgam ācaranti na sādhavaḥ ||

yac ca kiṃcid akartavyam anāthyād anayā kṛtam
tasya kṛcchratamaiḥ kṛcchrair viśuddhiḥ kriyatām iti ||

tenoktaṃ yādṛśaṃ pāpaṃ prāyaścittair apohyate
pūjyānām eva tad buddham idaṃ budhyata yādṛśam ||

hīnavarṇābhigāminyaḥ pātakinyaḥ kila striyaḥ
iyaṃ tv aśubhasāvarṇaṃ yam upāste sa dṛśyatām ||

tad upāstām iyaṃ bhadrā yam upāsac chivaṃ dhruvam
sukhānāṃ copahartāraṃ mahāpāśupataṃ patim ||

ity uktavati sā tasminn uvācopacitatrapā
ā mṛtyos tvatsamīpasthā nayāmi divasān iti ||

athaiko brāhmaṇas teṣu dṛḍhodyamam abhāṣata
madīyā duhitā brahman rūpiṇī pariṇīyatām ||

dhanaṃ me dhanadasyeva saiva caikā sutā yataḥ
tatas tasya ca tasyāś ca bhaved bhartā bhavān iti ||

āsīc cāsya kim adyāpi syān na syād iti cintayā
parivrājakavākyaṃ hi kṛtārthīkṛtam etayā ||

pratijñāya ca tāṃ kanyāṃ dadānād brāhmaṇāt svayam
samahādraviṇaskandhām upayeme dṛḍhodyamaḥ ||

tamālikāpi saṃhārya keśān kāṣāyacīvarā
dṛḍhodyamagṛhāsannā vasatī kālam akṣipat ||

dṛḍhoyamo 'pi saṃtataṃ dvijātikarma sādhayan
harottamāṅgalālitām upāsta jahnukanyakām ||

tat tena yena kṛtaduṣkarapauruṣeṇa vākyaṃ na bhinnatamasaḥ kṛtam apramāṇam
śūreṇa daivahariṇā prabhuṇā prasahya tasmāj jitaḥ puruṣakāragajādhirājaḥ ||