Mahabharata · Chapter 3.307
gate tasmindvijaśreṣṭhe kasmiṃścitkālaparyaye /
cintayāmāsa sā kanyā mantragrāmabalābalam //
ayaṃ vai kīdṛśastena mama datto hamātmanā /
mantragrāmo balaṃ tasya jñāsye nāticirāditi //
evaṃ sañcintayantī sā dadarśartuṃ yadṛcchayā /
vrīḍitā sā'bhavadbālā kanyābhāve rajasvalā //
tato harmyatalasthā sā mahārhaśayanocitā /
prācyāṃ diśi samudyantaṃ dadarśādityamaṇḍalam //
tatra baddhamanodṛṣṭirabhavatsā sumadhyamā /
na cātapyata rūpeṇa bhānoḥ sandhyāgatasya sā //
tasyā dṛṣṭirabhūddivyā sā'paśyaddivyadarśanam /
āmuktakavacaṃ devaṃ kuṇḍalābhyāṃ vibhūṣitam //
tasyāḥ kautūharalaṃ tvāsīnmantraṃ prati narādhipa /
āhvānamakarotsā'tha tasya devasya bhāminī //
prāṇānupaspṛśya tadā hyājuhāva divākaram /
ājagāma tato rājaṃstvaramāṇo divākaraḥ //
madhupiṅgo mahābāhuḥ kambugrīvo hasanniva /
aṅgadī baddhamukuṭo diśaḥ prajvālayanniva //
yogātkṛtvā dvidhā'tmānamājagāma tatāpa ca /
ābabhāṣe tataḥ kuntīṃ sāmnā paramabalgunā //
āgatosmi vaśaṃ bhadre tava mantrabalātkṛtaḥ /
kiṃ karomi vaśo rājñi brūhi kartā tadasmi te //
kuntyuvāca /
gamyatāṃ bhagavaṃstatra yata evāgato hyasi /
kautūhalātsamāhūtaḥ prasīda bhagavanniti //
sūrya uvāca /
gamiṣye'haṃ yathā mā tvaṃ bravīṣi tanumadhyame /
na tu devaṃ samāhūya nyāyyaṃ preṣayituṃ vṛthā //
tavābhisandhi subhage rasūryātputro bhavediti /
vīryeṇāpratimo loke kavacī kuṇḍalīti ca //
sā tvamātmapradānaṃ vai kuruṣva gajagāmini / utpatsyati hi putraste yathāsankalpamaṅgane /
atha gacchāmyahaṃ bhadre tvayā sangamya susmite //
yadi tvaṃvacanaṃ nādya kariṣyasi mama priyam /
śapsye kanye'nyathā kruddho brāhmaṇaṃ pitaraṃ ca te //
tvatkṛte tānpradhakṣyāmi sarvānapi na saṃśayaḥ /
pitaraṃ caiva te mūḍhaṃ yo na vetti tavānayam //
tas ca brāhmaṇasyādya yosau mantramadāttava /
śīlavṛttamavijñāya dhāsyāmi vinayaṃ param //
ete hi vibudhāḥ sarvepurandaramukhā divi /
tvayā pralabdhaṃ paśyanti smayanta iva māṃ śubhe //
paśya cainānsuragaṇāndivyaṃ cakṣuridaṃ hi te /
pūrvameva mayā dattaṃ dṛṣṭavatyasi yena mām //
vaiśampāyana uvāca /
tato'paśyatridaśānrājaputrī sarvānava sveṣu dhiṣṇyeṣu khasthān /
prabhāvantaṃ bhānumantaṃ mahāntaṃ yathā'dityaṃ rocamānāṃstathaiva //
sā tāndṛṣṭvā tridaśāneva bālā sūryaṃ devī vacanaṃ prāha bhītā /
gaccha tvaṃ vai gopate svaṃ vimānaṃ kanyābhāvādduḥkha evāpacāraḥ //
pitā mātā guravaścaivaye'nye dehasyāsya prabhavanti pradāne /
nāhaṃ dharmaṃ lopayiṣyāmi loke strīṇāṃ vṛttaṃ pūjyate deharakṣā //
mayā mantrabalaṃ jñātumāhūtastvaṃ vibhāvaso /
bālyādbāleti tatkṛtvā kṣantumarhasi me vibho //
sūrya uvāca /
bāleti kṛtvā'nunayaṃ tavāhaṃ dadāni nānyānunayaṃ labheta /
ātmapradānaṃ kuru kuntikanye śāntistavaivaṃ hi bhavecca bhīru //
na cāpi gantuṃ yuktaṃ hi mayā mithyākṛtena vai /
asametya tvayā bhīru mantrāhūtena bhāmini //
gamiṣyāmyanavadyāṅgi loke samavahāsyatām / gaccheyameva suśroṇi gato'haṃ vai nirākṛtaḥ /
sarveṣāṃ vibudhānāṃ ca vaktavyaḥ syāṃ tathā śubhe //
sā tvaṃ mayā samāgaccha putraṃ lapsyasi mādhśam /
viśiṣṭā sarvalokeṣu bhaviṣyasi na saṃśaya //
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