Mahabharata · Chapter 3.309
tato garbhaḥ samabhavatpṛthāyāḥ pṛthivīpate /
śukle daśottare pakṣe tārāpatirivāmbare //
sā bāndhavabhayādbālā garbhaṃ taṃ vinigūhatī /
dhārayāmāsa suśroṇī na caināṃ bubudhe janaḥ //
na hi tāṃ veda nāryanyā kāciddhātreyikāmṛte /
kanyāpuragatāṃ bālāṃ nipuṇāṃ parirakṣaṇe //
tataḥ kālena sā garbhaṃ suṣuve varavarṇinī /
kanyaiva tasya devasya prasādādamaraprabham //
tathaivābaddhakavacaṃ kanakojjvalakuṇḍalam /
haryakṣaṃ vṛṣabhaskandhaṃ yathāsya pitaraṃ tathā //
jātamātraṃ ca taṃ garbhaṃ dhātryā sammantrya bhāminī / utsraṣṭukāmā taṃ garbhaṃ kārayāmāsa bhārata /
mañjūṣāṃ śilpibhistūrṇaṃ sunaddhāṃ supratiṣṭhitām // plavairbahuvidhairbaddhāṃ plavanārthaṃ jale nṛpa /
ajinairmṛdubhiścaivaṃ saṃstīrṇaśayanāṃ tathā //
mañjūṣāyāṃ samādhāya svāstīrṇāyāṃ samantataḥ / madhūcciṣṭasthitāyāṃ taṃ sukhāyāṃ rudatī tathā /
ślakṣṇāyāṃ supidhānāyāmaśvanadyāmavāsṛjat //
jānatī cāpyakartavyaṃ kanyāyā garbhadhāraṇam /
putrasnehena sā rājankaruṇaṃ paryadevayat //
samutsṛjantī mañjūpāmaśvanadyāṃ tadā jale /
uvāca rudatīkuntī yāni vākyāni tacchṛṇu //
svasti te'stvāntarikṣebhyaḥ pārthivebhyaśca putraka /
divyebhyaścaiva bhūtebhyastathā toyacarāśca ye //
śivāste santu panthāno mā ca te paripanthinaḥ /
āgatāśca tathā putra bhavantyadrohacetasaḥ //
pātu tvāṃ varuṇo rājā salile salileśvaraḥ /
antarikṣe'ntarikṣasthaḥ pavanaḥ sarvagastathā //
pitā tvāṃ pātu sarvatra tapanastapatāṃvaraḥ /
yena dattosi me putra divyena vidhinā kila //
ādityā vasavo rudrāḥ sādhyā viśve ca devatāḥ /
marutaśca sahendreṇa diśaśca sadidīśvarāḥ //
rakṣantu tvāṃ surāḥ sarve sameṣu viṣameṣu ca /
vetsyāmi tvāṃvideśepi kavacenābhisūcitam //
dhanyaste putra janarako devo bhānurvibhāvasuḥ /
stvāṃ drakṣyati divyena cakṣuṣā vāhinīgatam //
dhanyā sā pramadā yā tvāṃ putratve kalpayiṣyati /
yasyāstvaṃ tṛṣitaḥ putra stanaṃ pāsyasi devaja //
konu svapnastayā dṛṣṭo yā tvāmādityavarcasam /
divyavarmasamāyuktaṃ divyakṛṇḍalabhūṣitam //
padmāyataviśālākṣaṃ padmatāmradalojjvalam /
sulalāṭaṃ sukeśāntaṃ putratve kalpayiṣyati //
dhanyā drakṣyanti putra tvāṃ bhūmau saṃsarpamāṇakam /
avyaktakalavākyāni vadantaṃ reṇuguṇṭhitam //
dhanyā drakṣyanti putra tvāṃ punaryauvanagocaram /
himavadvanasambhūtaṃ siṃhaṃ kesariṇaṃ yathā //
evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ rājanvilapya karuṇaṃ pṛthā /
avāmṛjatamajjūṣāmaśvanadyāṃ tadā jale //
rudatī putraśokārtā niśīthe kamalekṣaṇā /
dhātryā saha pṛthā rājanputradarśanalālasā //
visarjayitvā mañjūṣāṃ sambodhanabhayātpituḥ /
viveśa rājabhavanaṃ punaḥ śokāturā tataḥ //
mañjūṣā tvaśvanadyāḥ sā yayau carmayaṇvatīṃ nadīm /
carmaṇvatyāścayamunāṃ tato gaṅgāṃ jagāma ha //
gaṅgāyāḥ sūtaviṣayaṃ campāmanuyayau purīm /
sa mañjūṣāgato garbhastaraṅgairuhyamānakaḥ //
amṛtādutthitaṃ divyaṃ tanuvarma sakuṇḍalam /
dhārayāmāsa taṃ garbhaṃ daivaṃ ca vidhinirmitam //
etadguhyaṃ mahārāja sūryasyāsīnmahātmanaḥ / sa sūryasambhavo garbhaḥ kuntyā garbheṇa dhāritaḥ //
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