Kumarasambhava · Chapter 3

tasmin maghonas tridaśān vihāya sahasram akṣṇāṃ yugapat papāta
prayojanāpekṣitayā prabhūṇāṃ prāyaś calaṃ gauravam āśriteṣu //

sa vāsavenāsanasaṃnikṛṣṭam ito niṣīdeti visṛṣṭabhūmiḥ
bhartuḥ prasādaṃ pratinandya mūrdhnā vaktuṃ mithaḥ prākramataivam enam //

ājñāpaya jñātaviśeṣa puṃsāṃ lokeṣu yat te karaṇīyam asti
anugrahaṃ saṃsmaraṇapravṛttam icchāmi saṃvardhitam ājñayā te //

kenābhyasūyā padakāṅkṣiṇā te nitāntadīrghair janitā tapobhiḥ
yāvad bhavaty āhitasāyakasya matkārmukasyāsya nideśavartī //

asaṃmataḥ kas tava muktimārgaṃ punarbhavakleśabhayāt prapannaḥ
baddhaś ciraṃ tiṣṭhatu sundarīṇām ārecitabhrūcaturaiḥ kaṭākṣaiḥ //

adhyāpitasyośanasāpi nītiṃ prayuktarāgapraṇidhir dviṣas te
kasyārthadharmau vada pīḍayāmi sindhos taṭāv ogha iva pravṛddhaḥ //

kām ekapatnīvrataduḥkhaśīlāṃ lolaṃ manaś cārutayā praviṣṭām
nitambinīm icchasi muktalajjāṃ kaṇṭḥe svayaṃgrāhaniṣaktabāhum //

kayāsi kāmin suratāparādhāt pādānataḥ kopanayāvadhūtaḥ
yasyāḥ kariṣyāmi dṛḍhānutāpaṃ pravālaśayyāśaraṇaṃ śarīram //

prasīda viśrāmyatu vīra vajraṃ śarair madīyaiḥ katamaḥ surāriḥ
bibhetu moghīkṛtabāhuvīryaḥ strībhyo 'pi kopasphuritādharābhyaḥ //

tava prasādāt kusumāyudho 'pi sahāyam ekaṃ madhum eva labdhvā
kuryāṃ harasyāpi pinākapāṇer dhairyacyutiṃ ke mama dhanvino 'nye //

athorudeśād avatārya pādam ākrāntisaṃbhāvitapādapīṭham
saṃkalpithārthe vivṛtātmaśaktim ākhaṇḍalaḥ kāmam idaṃ babhāṣe //

sarvaṃ sakhe tvayy upapannam etad ubhe mamāstre kuliśaṃ bhavāṃś ca
vajraṃ tapovīryamahatsu kuṇṭḥaṃ tvaṃ sarvatogāmi ca sādhakaṃ ca //

avaimi te sāram ataḥ khalu tvāṃ kārye guruṇy ātmasamaṃ niyokṣye
vyādiśyate bhūdharatām avekṣya kṛṣṇena dehodvahanāya śeṣaḥ //

āśaṃsatā bāṇagatiṃ vṛṣāṅke kāryaṃ tvayā naḥ pratipannakalpam
nibodha yajñāṃśabhujām idānīm uccairdviṣām īpsitam etad eva //

amī hi vīryaprabhavaṃ bhavasya jayāya senānyam uśanti devāḥ
sa ca tvadekeṣunipātasādhyo brahmāṅgabhūr brahmaṇi yojitātmā //

tasmai himādreḥ prayatāṃ tanūjāṃ yatātmane rocayituṃ yatasva
yoṣitsu tadvīryaniṣekabhūmiḥ saiva kṣamety ātmabhuvopadiṣṭam //

guror niyogāc ca nagendrakanyā sthāṇuṃ tapasyantam adhityakāyām
anvāsta ity apsarasāṃ mukhebhyaḥ śrutaṃ mayā matpraṇidhiḥ sa vargaḥ //

tad gaccha siddhyai kuru devakāryam artho 'yam arthāntarabhāvya eva
apekṣate pratyayam uttamaṃ tvāṃ bījāṅkuraḥ prāg udayād ivāmbhaḥ //

tasmin surāṇāṃ vijayābhyupāye tavaiva nāmāstragatiḥ kṛtī tvam
apy aprasiddhaṃ yaśase hi puṃsām ananyasādhāraṇam eva karma //

surāḥ samabhyarthayitāra ete kāryaṃ trayāṇām api viṣṭapānām
cāpena te karma na cātihiṃsram aho batāsi spṛhaṇīyavīryaḥ //

madhuś ca te manmatha sāhacaryād āsav anukto 'pi sahāya eva
samīraṇo nodayitā bhaveti vyādiśyate kena hutāśanasya //

tatheti śeṣām iva bhartur ājñām ādāya mūrdhnā madanaḥ pratasthe
airāvatāsphālanakarkaśena hastena pasparśa tadaṅgam indraḥ //

sa mādhavenābhimatena sakhyā ratyā ca sāśaṅkam anuprayātaḥ
aṅgavyayaprārthitakāryasiddhiḥ sthāṇvāśramaṃ haimavataṃ jagāma //

tasmin vane saṃyamināṃ munīnāṃ tapaḥsamādheḥ pratikūlavartī
saṃkalpayoner abhimānabhūtam ātmānam ādhāya madhur jajṛmbhe //

kuberaguptāṃ diśam uṣṇaraśmau gantuṃ pravṛtte samayaṃ vilaṅghya
dig dakṣiṇā gandhavahaṃ mukhena vyalīkaniḥśvāsam ivotsasarja //

asūta sadyaḥ kusumāny aśokaḥ skandhāt prabhṛty eva sapallavāni
pādena nāpaikṣata sundarīṇāṃ saṃparkam āsiñjitanūpureṇa //

sadyaḥ pravālodgamacārupatre nīte samāptiṃ navacūtabāṇe
niveśayām āsa madhur dvirephān nāmākṣarāṇīva manobhavasya //

varṇaprakarṣe sati karṇikāraṃ dunoti nirgandhatayā sma cetaḥ
prāyeṇa sāmagryavidhau guṇānāṃ parāṅmukhī viśvasṛjaḥ pravṛttiḥ //

bālenduvakrāṇy avikāsabhāvād babhuḥ palāśāny atilohitāni
sadyo vasantena samāgatānāṃ nakhakṣatānīva vanasthalīnām //

lagnadvirephāñjanabhakticitram mukhe madhuśrīs tilakaṃ prakāśya
rāgeṇa bālāruṇakomalena cūtapravāloṣṭham alaṃcakāra //

mṛgāḥ priyāladrumamañjarīṇāṃ rajaḥkaṇair vighnitadṛṣṭipātāḥ
madoddhatāḥ pratyanilaṃ vicerur vanasthalīr marmarapatramokṣāḥ //

cūtāṅkurāsvādakaṣāyakaṇṭhaḥ puṃskokilo yan madhuraṃ cukūja
manasvinīmānavighātadakṣaṃ tad eva jātaṃ vacanaṃ smarasya //

himavyapāyād viśadādharāṇām āpāṇḍurībhūtamukhacchavīnām
svedodgamaḥ kiṃpuruṣāṅganānāṃ cakre padaṃ patraviśeṣakeṣu //

tapasvinaḥ sthāṇuvanaukasas tām ākālikīṃ vīkṣya madhupravṛttim
prayatnasaṃstambhitavikriyāṇāṃ kathaṃ cid īśā manasāṃ babhūvuḥ //

taṃ deśam āropitapuṣpacāpe ratidvitīye madane prapanne
kāṣṭhāgatasneharasānuviddhaṃ dvandvāni bhāvaṃ kriyayā vivavruḥ //

madhu dvirephaḥ kusumaikapātre papau priyāṃ svām anuvartamānaḥ
śṛṅgeṇa ca sparśanimīlitākṣīṃ mṛgīm akaṇḍūyata kṛṣṇasāraḥ //

dadau rasāt paṅkajareṇugandhi gajāya gaṇḍūṣajalaṃ kareṇuḥ
ardhopabhuktena bisena jāyāṃ saṃbhāvayām āsa rathāṅganāmā //

gītāntareṣu śramavārileśaiḥ kiṃcitsamucchvāsitapatralekham
puṣpāsavāghūrṇitanetraśobhi priyāmukhaṃ kiṃpuruṣaś cucumbe //

paryāptapuṣpastabakastanābhyaḥ sphuratpravālauṣṭhamanoharābhyaḥ
latāvadhūbhyas taravo 'py avāpur vinamraśākhābhujabandhanāni //

śrutāpsarogītir api kṣaṇe 'smin haraḥ prasaṃkhyānaparo babhūva
ātmeśvarāṇāṃ na hi jātu vighnāḥ samādhibhedaprabhavo bhavanti //

latāgṛhadvāragato 'tha nandī vāmaprakoṣṭhārpitahemavetraḥ
mukhārpitaikāṅgulisaṃjñayaiva mā cāpalāyeti gaṇān vyanaiṣīt //

niṣkampavṛkṣaṃ nibhṛtadvirephaṃ mūkāṇḍajaṃ śāntamṛgapracāram
tacchāsanāt kānanam eva sarvaṃ citrārpitārambham ivāvatasthe //

dṛṣṭiprapātaṃ parihṛtya tasya kāmaḥ puraḥśukram iva prayāṇe
prānteṣu saṃsaktanameruśākhaṃ dhyānāspadaṃ bhūtapater viveśa //

sa devadārudrumavedikāyāṃ śārdūlacarmavyavadhānavatyām
āsīnam āsannaśarīrapātas tryambakaṃ saṃyaminaṃ dadarśa //

paryaṅkabandhasthirapūrvakāyam ṛjvāyataṃ saṃnamitobhayāṃsam
uttānapāṇidvayasaṃniveśāt praphullarājīvam ivāṅkamadhye //

bhujaṃgamonnaddhajaṭākalāpaṃ karṇāvasaktadviguṇākṣasūtram
kaṇṭhaprabhāsaṅgaviśeṣanīlāṃ kṛṣṇatvacaṃ granthimatīṃ dadhānam //

kiṃcitprakāśastimitogratārair bhrūvikriyāyāṃ virataprasaṅgaiḥ
netrair avispanditapakṣmamālair lakṣyīkṛtaghrāṇam adhomayūkhaiḥ //

avṛṣṭisaṃrambham ivāmbuvāham apām ivādhāram anuttaraṅgam
antaścarāṇāṃ marutāṃ nirodhān nivātaniṣkampam iva pradīpam //

kapālanetrāntaralabdhamārgair jyotiḥprarohair uditaiḥ śirastaḥ
mṛṇālasūtrādhikasaukumāryāṃ bālasya lakṣmīṃ glapayantam indoḥ //

mano navadvāraniṣiddhavṛtti hṛdi vyavasthāpya samādhivaśyam
yam akṣaraṃ kṣetravido vidus tam ātmānam ātmany avalokayantam //

smaras tathābhūtam ayugmanetraṃ paśyann adūrān manasāpy adhṛṣyam
nālakṣayat sādhvasasannahastaḥ srastaṃ śaraṃ cāpam api svahastāt //

nirvāṇabhūyiṣṭham athāsya vīryaṃ saṃdhukṣayantīva vapurguṇena
anuprayātā vanadevatābhyām adṛśyata sthāvararājakanyā //

aśokanirbhartsitapadmarāgam ākṛṣṭahemadyutikarṇikāram
muktākalāpīkṛtasinduvāraṃ vasantapuṣpābharaṇaṃ vahantī //

āvarjitā kiṃ cid iva stanābhyāṃ vāso vasānā taruṇārkarāgam
paryāptapuṣpastabakāvanamrā saṃcāriṇī pallavinī lateva //

srastāṃ nitambād avalambamānā punaḥ-punaḥ kesaradāmakāñcīm
nyāsīkṛtāṃ sthānavidā smareṇa maurvīṃ dvitīyām iva kārmukasya //

sugandhiniḥśvāsavivṛddhatṛṣṇaṃ bimbādharāsannacaraṃ dvirepham
pratikṣaṇaṃ saṃbhramaloladṛṣṭir līlāravindena nivārayantī //

tāṃ vīkṣya sarvāvayavānavadyāṃ rater api hrīpadam ādadhānām
jitendriye śūlini puṣpacāpaḥ svakāryasiddhiṃ punar āśaśaṃse //

bhaviṣyataḥ patyur umā ca śaṃbhoḥ samāsasāda pratihārabhūmim
yogāt sa cāntaḥ paramātmasaṃjñaṃ dṛṣṭvā paraṃ jyotir upārarāma //

tato bhujaṃgādhipateḥ phaṇāgrair adhaḥ kathaṃ cid dhṛtabhūmibhāgaḥ
śanaiḥ kṛtaprāṇavimuktir īśaḥ paryaṅkabandhaṃ nibiḍaṃ bibheda //

tasmai śaśaṃsa praṇipatya nandī śuśrūṣayā śailasutām upetām
praveśayām āsa ca bhartur enāṃ bhrūkṣepamātrānumatapraveśām //

tasyāḥ sakhībhyāṃ praṇipātapūrvaṃ svahastalūnaḥ śiśirātyayasya
vyakīryata tryambakapādamūle puṣpoccayaḥ pallavabhaṅgabhinnaḥ //

umāpi nīlālakamadhyaśobhi visraṃsayantī navakarṇikāram
cakāra karṇacyutapallavena mūrdhnā praṇāmaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajāya //

ananyabhājaṃ patim āpnuhīti sā tathyam evābhihitā bhavena
na hīśvaravyāhṛtayaḥ kadā cit puṣyanti loke viparītam artham //

kāmas tu bāṇāvasaraṃ pratīkṣya pataṅgavad vahnimukhaṃ vivikṣuḥ
umāsamakṣaṃ harabaddhalakṣyaḥ śarāsanajyāṃ muhur āmamarśa //

athopaninye giriśāya gaurī tapasvine tāmrarucā kareṇa
viśoṣitāṃ bhānumato mayūkhair mandākinīpuṣkarabījamālām //

pratigrahītuṃ praṇayipriyatvāt trilocanas tām upacakrame ca
saṃmohanaṃ nāma ca puṣpadhanvā dhanuṣy amoghaṃ samadhatta bāṇam //

haras tu kiṃcitpariluptadhairyaś candrodayārambha ivāmburāśiḥ
umāmukhe bimbaphalādharoṣṭhe vyāpārayām āsa vilocanāni //

vivṛṇvatī śailasutāpi bhāvam aṅgaiḥ sphuradbālakadambakalpaiḥ
sācīkṛtā cārutareṇa tasthau mukhena paryastavilocanena //

athendriyakṣobham ayugmanetraḥ punar vaśitvād balavan nigṛhya
hetuṃ svacetovikṛter didṛkṣur diśām upānteṣu sasarja dṛṣṭim //

sa dakṣiṇāpāṅganiviṣṭamuṣṭiṃ natāṃsam ākuñcitasavyapādam
dadarśa cakrīkṛtacārucāpaṃ prahartum abhyudyatam ātmayonim //

tapaḥparāmarśavivṛddhamanyor bhrūbhaṅgaduṣprekṣyamukhasya tasya
sphurann udarciḥ sahasā tṛtīyād akṣṇaḥ kṛśānuḥ kila niṣpapāta //

krodhaṃ prabho saṃhara saṃhareti yāvad giraḥ khe marutāṃ caranti
tāvat sa vahnir bhavanetrajanmā bhasmāvaśeṣaṃ madanaṃ cakāra //

tīvrābhiṣaṅgaprabhaveṇa vṛttim mohena saṃstambhayatendriyāṇām
ajñātabhartṛvyasanā muhūrtaṃ kṛtopakāreva ratir babhūva //

tam āśu vighnaṃ tapasas tapasvī vanaspatiṃ vajra ivāvabhajya
strīsaṃnikarṣaṃ parihartum icchann antardadhe bhūtapatiḥ sabhūtaḥ //

śailātmajāpi pitur ucchiraso 'bhilāṣaṃ vyarthaṃ samarthya lalitaṃ vapur ātmanaś ca
sakhyoḥ samakṣam iti cādhikajātalajjā śūnyā jagāma bhavanābhimukhī kathaṃ cit //

sapadi mukulitākṣīṃ rudrasaṃrambhabhītyā duhitaram anukampyām adrir ādāya dorbhyām
suragaja iva bibhrat padminīṃ dantalagnāṃ pratipathagatir āsīd vegadīrghīkṛtāṅgaḥ //