Mahabharata · Chapter 5.113
ṛṣabhasya tataḥ śṛṅgaṃ nipatya dvijapakṣiṇau /
śāṇḍilīṃ brāhmaṇīṃ tatra dadṛśo taponvitām //
abhivādya suparṇastu gālavaścābhipūjya tām /
tayā ca svāgatenoktau viṣṭare sanniṣīdatuḥ //
siddhamannaṃ tayā dattaṃ balimantropabṛṃhitam /
bhuktvā tṛptāvubhau bhūmau suptau tāvanumohitau //
muhūrtātpratibuddhastu suparṇo gamanepsayā /
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā cārusarvāṅgī tāpasīṃ brahmacāriṇīm //
grahītuṃ hi manaścakre rūpātsākṣādiva śriyam . atha bhraṣṭatanūjāṅgamātmānaṃ dadṛśe khagaḥ //
māṃsapiṇḍopamo'bhūtsa mukhapādānvitaḥ khagaḥ /
gālavastaṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā vimanāḥ paryapṛcchata //
kimidaṃ bhavatā prāptamihāgamanajaṃ phalam /
vāso'yamiha kālaṃ tu kiyantaṃ nau bhaviṣyati //
kiṃ nu te manasā dhyātamaśubhaṃ dharmadūṣaṇam /
na hyayaṃ bhavataḥ svalpo vyabhicāro bhaviṣyati //
suparṇo'thābravīdvipraṃ pradhyātaṃ vai mayā dvija /
imāṃ siddhāmito netuṃ tatra yatra prajāpatiḥ //
yatra devo mahādevo yatra viṣṇuḥ sanātanaḥ /
yatra dharmaśca yajñaśca tatreyaṃ nivasediti //
so'haṃ bhagavatīṃ yāce praṇataḥ priyakāmyayā /
mayaitannāma pradhyātaṃ manasā śocasā kila //
tadevaṃ bahumānātte mayehānīpsitaṃ kṛtam /
sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ vā tvaṃ māhātmyātkṣantumarhasi //
sā tau tadā'bravīttuṣṭā patagendradvijarṣabhau /
na bhetavyaṃ suparṇo'si suparṇa tyaja sambhramam //
ninditāsmi tvayā vatsa na ca nindāṃ kṣamāmyaham /
lokebhyaḥ sapadi bhraśyedyo māṃ nindeta pāpakṛt //
hīnayā'lakṣaṇaiḥ sarvaistathā'ninditayā mayā /
ācāraṃ pratigṛhṇantyā siddhiḥ prāpteyamuttamā //
ācāraḥ phalate dharmamācāraḥ phalate dhanam /
ācārācchriyamāpnoti ācāro hantyalakṣaṇam //
tadāyuṣmankhagapate yatheṣṭaṃ gamyatāmitaḥ /
na ca te garhaṇīyā'haṃ garhitavyāḥ striyaḥ kvacit //
yadi tvamātmano hyarthe māṃ caivādātumicchasi /
tadeva naṣṭadehastu syā vai tvaṃ pannagāśana //
tasyaiva hi prasādena devadevasya cintanāt . tvaṃ tu sāṅgastu sañjātaḥ punareva bhaviṣyasi //
bhavitāsi yathāpūrvaṃ balavīryasamanvitaḥ /
nārada uvāca /
babhūvatustatastasya pakṣau draviṇavattarau //
anujñātastu śāṇḍilyā yathāgatamupāgamat /
naiva cāsādayāmāsa tathārūpāṃsturaṅgamān //
viśvāmitro'tha taṃ dṛṣṭvā gālavaṃ cādhvani sthitaḥ /
uvāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho vainateyasya sannidhau //
yastvayā svayamevārthaḥ pratijñāto mama dvija /
tasya kālo'pavargasya yathā vā manyate bhavān //
pratīkṣiṣyāmyahaṃ kālametāvantaṃ tathā param /
yathāsaṃsidhyate vipra sa mārgastu niśāmyatām //
suparṇo'thābravīddīnaṃ gālavaṃ bhṛśaduḥkhitam /
pratyakṣaṃ khalvidānīṃ me viśvāmitro yaduktavān //
tadāgaccha dvijaśreṣṭha mantrayiṣyāva gālava /
nādattvā gurave śakyaṃ kṛtsnamarthaṃ tvayā'situm //
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