Mahabharata · Chapter 13.89
tataḥ sa rājā rātryante pratibuddho mahāmanāḥ /
kṛtapūrvāhṇikaḥ prāyātsabhāryastadvanaṃ prati //
tato dadarśa nṛpatiḥ prāsādaṃ sarvakāñcanam / maṇistambhasahasrāḍhyaṃ gandharvanagaropamam /
tatra divyānabhiprāyāndadarśa kuśikastadā //
parvatānrūpyasānūṃśca nalinīśca sapaṅkajāḥ / citraśālāśca vividhāstoraṇāni ca bhārata /
śādvalopacitāṃ bhūmiṃ tathā kāñcanakuṭṭimām //
sahakārānpraphullāṃśca ketakoddālakānvarān /
aśokānsahakundāṃśca phullāṃścaivātimuktakān //
campakāṃstilakānbhavyānpanasānvañjulānapi /
puṣpitānkarṇikārāṃśca tatratatra dadarśa ha //
śyāmānvāraṇapuṣpāṃśca tathā'ṣṭapadikā latāḥ /
tatratatra pariklṛptā dadarśa sa mahīpatiḥ //
ramyānpadmotpaladharānsarvartukusumāṃstathā /
vimānapratimāṃścāpi prāsādāñśailasannibhān //
śītalāni ca toyāni kvaciduṣṇāni bhārata /
āsanāni vicitrāṇi śayanapravarāṇi ca //
paryaṅkānratnasauvarṇānparārdhyāstaraṇāstṛtān /
bhakṣyaṃ bhojyamanantaṃ ca tatratatropakalpitam //
vāṇīvādāñchukāṃścaiva śārikā bhṛṅgarājakān /
kokilāñchatapatrāṃśca sakoyaṣṭikakukkubhān //
mayūrānkukkuṭāṃścāpi dātyūhāñjīvajīvakān /
cakorānvānarānhaṃsānsārasāṃścakrasāhvayān //
samantataḥ praṇadato dadarśa sumanoharān /
kvacidapsarasāṃ saṅghāngandharvāṇāṃ ca pārthiva //
kāntābhiraparāṃstatra pariṣvakrāndadarśa ha /
na dadarśa ca tānbhūyo dadarśa ca punarnṛpaḥ //
gītadhvaniṃ sumadhuraṃ tathaivādhyayanadhvanim /
haṃsānasumadhurāṃścāpi tatra śuśrāva pārthivaḥ //
taṃ dṛṣṭvā'tyadbhutaṃ rājā manasā'cintayattadā /
svapno'yaṃ cittavibhraṃśa utāho satyameva tu //
aho saha śarīreṇa prāptosmi paramāṃ gatim /
uttarānvā kurūnpuṇyānathavā'pyamarāvatīm //
kiñcedaṃ mahadāścaryaṃ sampaśyāmītyacintayat /
evaṃ sañcintayanneva dadarśa munipuṅgavam //
tasminvimāne sauvarṇe maṇistambhasamākule /
mahārhe śayane divye śayānaṃ bhṛgunandanam //
tamabhyayātpraharṣeṇa narendraḥ saha bhāryayā /
antarhitastato bhūyaścyavanaḥ śayanaṃ va tat //
tato'nyasminvanoddeśe punareva dadarśa tam /
kauśyāṃ bṛsyāṃ samāsīnaṃ japamānaṃ mahāvratam //
evaṃ yogabalādvipro mohayāmāsa pārthivam //
kṣaṇena tadvanaṃ caiva te caivāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ /
gandharvāḥ pādapāścaiva sarvamantaradhīyata //
niḥśabdamabhavaccāpi gaṅgākūlaṃ punarnṛpa /
kuśavalmīkabhūyiṣṭhaṃ babhūva ca yathā purā //
tataḥ sa rājā kuśikaḥ sabhāryastena karmaṇā /
vismayaṃ paramaṃ prāptastaddṛṣṭvā mahadadbhutam //
tataḥ provāca kuśiko bhāryā harṣasamanvitaḥ / paśya bhadre yathābhāvāścitrā dṛṣṭāḥ sudurlabhāḥ /
prasādādbhṛgumukhyasya kimanyatra tapobalāt //
tapasā tadavāpyaṃ hi yanna śakyaṃ manorathaiḥ /
trailokyarājyādapi hi tapa eva viśiṣyate //
tapasā hi sutapteni krīḍatyeṣa tapodhanaḥ /
aho prabhāvo brahmarṣeścyavanasya mahātmanaḥ //
icchayaiṣa tapovīryādanyām̐llokānsṛjedapi /
brāhmaṇā eva jāyeranpuṇyavāgbuddhikarmaṇā //
utsahediha kṛtvaiva ko'nyo vai cyavanādṛte /
brāhmaṇyaṃ durlabhaṃ loke rājyaṃ hi sulabhaṃ naraiḥ //
brāhmaṇyasya prabhāvāddhi rathe yuktau svadhuryavat /
ityevaṃ cintayānaḥ sa viditaścyavanasya vai //
samprekṣyovāca nṛpatiṃ kṣipramāgamyatāmiti /
ityuktaḥ sahabhāryastu sobhyagacchanmahāmunim //
śirasā vandanīyaṃ tamavandata ca pārthivaḥ / tasyāśiṣaḥ prayujyātha sa munistaṃ narādhipam /
niṣīdetyabravīddhīmānsāntvayanpuruṣarṣabhaḥ //
tataḥ prakṛtimāpanno bhārgavo nṛpate nṛpam /
uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā tarpayanniva bhārata //
rājansamyagjitānīha pañcapañca svayaṃ tvayā /
manaḥṣaṣṭhānīndriyāṇi kṛcchrānmuktosi tena vai //
samyagārādhitaḥ putra tvayā'haṃ vadatāṃvara /
na hi te vṛjitaṃ kiñcitsusūkṣmamapi dṛśyate //
anujānīhi māṃ rājangamiṣyāmi yathāgatam /
prītosmi tava rājendra varaśca pratigṛhyatām //
kuśika uvāca /
agnimadhye gateneva bhagavansannidhau mayā /
vartitaṃ bhṛguśārdūla yanna dagdhosmi tadbahu //
eṣa eva varo mukhyaḥ prāpto me bhṛgunandana /
yatprītosi mamācāraiḥ kulaṃ trātaṃ ca me'nagha //
etha me'ndragraho vipra jīvite ca prayojanam /
etadrājyaphalaṃ caiva tapasaśca phalaṃ mama //
yadi tvaṃ prītimānvipra mayi vai bhṛgunandana /
asti me saṃśayaḥ kaścittanme vyākhyātumarhasi //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0