Narada Purana · Chapter 2.17

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge pativratopākhyānaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
putra uvāca
tasmādīrṣyāṃ parityajya mohinīmanubhojaya /
na mātarīdṛśo dharmo lokeṣu triṣu labhyate

svahastena priyāṃ bharturbhāryāṃ yā tu prabhojayet /
sapatnīṃ tu sapatnī hi kiñcidannaṃ dadāti ca

tadanantaṃ bhaveddevi mātarityāha nābhijaḥ /
kuru vākyaṃ mayoktaṃ hi svāmini tvaṃ prasīda me

tātasya saukhyaṃ kartavyamāvābhyāṃ varavarṇinī /
bhavetpāpakṣayaḥ samyak svargaprāptistathākṣayā

putrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā devī saṃdhyāvalī tadā /
abhimantrya pariṣvajya tanayaṃ sā punaḥ punaḥ

mūrdhni cainamupāghrāya vacanaṃ cedamabravīt /
kariṣye vacanaṃ putra tvadīyaṃ dharmasaṃyutam

irṣyāṃ mānaṃ parityajya bhojayiṣyāmi mohinīm /
śataputrā hyahaṃ putra tvayaikena sutena hi

niyamairbahubhirjāto dehakleśakarairbhavān /
vratarājena cīrṇena prāptastvamacirātsutaḥ

nahīdṛśaṃ vrataṃ loke phaladāyi pradṛśyate /
sadyaḥ pratyayakārīdaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam

kiṃ jātairbahubhiḥ putraiḥ śokasaṃtāpakārakaiḥ /
varamekaḥ kulālaṃbī yatra viśramate kulam

trailokyādupariṣṭhāhaṃ tvāṃ prāpya jaṭhare sthitam /
dhanyāni tāni śūlāni yairjātastvaṃ suto 'nagha

saptadvīpapatiḥ śūraḥ piturvacanakārakaḥ /
āhlādayati yastātaṃ jananīṃ vāpi putrakaḥ

taṃ putraṃ kavayaḥ prāhurvākhyamaparaṃ sutam /
evamuktvā tu vacanaṃ devī saṃdhyāvalī tadā

vīkṣāṃ cakre 'tha bhāṇḍāni ṣaḍrasasya tu hetave /
tasyā vīkṣaṇamātreṇa paripūrṇāni bhūpate

ṣaḍrasatya sukhoṣṇasya mohinībhojanecchayā /
amṛtasvādukalpasya janasya tu mahīpate

tato darvīṃ samādāya kāñcanīṃ ratnasaṃyutām /
pariveṣayadavyagrā moḍinyāścāruhāsinī

kāñcane bhājane ślekṣṇe mānabhojanaveṣṭite /
śanaiḥ śanaiśca bubhuje iṣṭamannaṃ susaṃskṛtam

upaviśyāsane devī śātakaubhamaye śubhe /
vījyamānā varārohā vyājanena sugītinā

dharmāṅgadagṛhī tena śikhipucchabhavena tu /
sā bhuktā brahmatanayā tadannamamṛtopamam

caturguṇena śītena kṛtvā śaucamathātmanaḥ /
jagṛhe putradattaṃ tu tāṃbūlaṃ tatsugandhimat

varacandanayuktena hastena varavarṇinī /
tataḥ prahasya śanakaiḥ prāha saṃdhyāvalīṃ nṛpa

jananī kiṃ tu devi tvaṃ vṛṣāṅgadanṛpasya tu /
na mayā hi parijñātā śramasveditayā śubhe

vadatyevaṃ brahmasutā yāvatsaṃdhyāvalīṃ napa /
tāvatpraṇamya nṛpateḥ putro vacanamabravīt

udare hyanayā devyā ghṛtaḥ saṃvatsaratrayam /
tava bhartuḥ prasādena vṛddhiṃ saṃprāptavānaham

saṃtyanekāni mātṝṇāṃ śatāni mama suṃdari /
asyāḥ pītaṃ payo bhūri kucayoḥ snehasaṃplutam

anayā sā rujā tīvrā vidhṛtā prāyaśo jarā /
iyaṃ māṃ janayitvaiva jātā śithilabandhanā

tannāsti truṣu lokeṣu yaddatvā cānṛṇo bhavet /
mātuḥ putrasya cārvaṅgi satyametanmayeritam

so 'haṃ dhanyataro loke nāsti matto 'dhikaḥ pumān /
utsaṃge vartayiṣyāmi mātṛsaṃghasya nityaśaḥ

notsaṃge cejjananyā hi tanayo viśati kvacit /
mātṛsaukhyaṃ na jānāti kumārī bhartṛjaṃ yathā

māturutsaṃgamārūḍhaḥ putro darpānvito bhavet /
hāramuttamadehasthaṃ hastenāhartumicchati

pālyamāno jananyā hi pitṛhīno 'pi darpitaḥ /
samīhate jagaddhartuṃ savīryaṃ mātṛjaṃ payaḥ

etajjaṭharasaṃsargi bhavatyutsaṃgaśaṅkitaḥ /
asyāścaivāparāṇāṃ ca viśeṣo yadi me na cet

tena satyena me tāto jīvatāccharadāṃ śatam /
evaṃ bruvāṇe tanaye mohinī vismayaṃ gatā

kathamasya prahartavyaṃ mayā nirghṛṇaśīlayā /
vinītasya hyapāpasya aucityaṃ pāpino gṛhe

pituḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ yasya na tasya sadṛśaṃ kṣitau /
evaṃ guṇādhikasyāhaṃ kartuṃ karma jugupsitām

putrasya dharmaśīlasya bhūttvā tu jananī kṣitau /
evaṃ vimṛśya bahudhā mohinī lokasuṃdarī

uvāca tanayaṃ bālā śīghramānaya me patim /
na śaknomi vinā tena muhūrtamapi vartitum

tataḥ sa tvaritaṃ gatvā praṇamya pitaraṃ nṛpa /
kaniṣṭhā jananī tāta śīghraṃ tvāṃ draṣṭumicchati

prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ tasyāḥ pūjyatāṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutā /
putravākyena nṛpatiratatkṣaṇādgantumudyataḥ

prahṛṣṭavadano bhūtvā saṃdhyāvalyā niveśanam /
saṃpraviśya gṛhe rājā dadarśa śayanasthitām

mohinīṃ mohasaṃyuktāṃ taptakāñcanasaprabhām /
upāsya mānāṃ priyayā saṃdhyāvalyā śanaiḥ śanaiḥ

putravākyātparityajya krodhaṃ sāpatnyajaṃ tathā /
dṛṣṭvā rukmāṅgadaṃ prāptaṃ śayane mohya suṃdarī

prahṛṣṭavadanā prāha rājānaṃ bhūridakṣiṇam /
ihopaviśyatāṃ kānta paryaṅke mṛdutūlake

sarvaṃ nirīkṣitaṃ bhūpa rājyatantraṃ tvayā ciram /
adyāpi nahi te vāñchā rājye parinivartate

manye duṣkṛtinaṃ bhūpa tvāmatra dharaṇītale /
yaḥ samarthaṃ sutaṃ jñātvā svayaṃ paśyennṛpaśriyam

tasmāttvatto 'dhiko nāsti duḥkhī lokeṣu kaścana /
suputrāṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ hi sukhaṃ yāti kṣaṇaṃ nṛpa

duḥkhena pāpabhoktṝṇāṃ viṣayāsaktacetasām /
sarvāśca prakṛtī rājaṃstaveṣṭāḥ pūrṇapuṇyajāḥ

dharmāṅgade pālayāne kathaṃ tvaṃ vīkṣase 'dhunā /
parityajya priyāsaukhyaṃ kīnāśa iva durbalaḥ

yadi pālayase rājyaṃ mayā kiṃ te prayojanam /
niṣprayojanamānītā kṣīrasāgaramastakāt

viḍbhojyā hi bhaviṣyāmi pakṣiṇāmāmiṣaṃ yathā /
yo bhāryāṃ yauvanopetāṃ na sevediha durmatiḥ

kṛtyācaraṇasaktastu kutastasya bhavetpriyā /
asevitā vrajedbhāryā adattaṃ hi dhanaṃ vrajet

arakṣitaṃ vrajedrājyaṃ anabhyastaṃ śrutaṃ vrajet /
nālasaiḥ prāpyate vidyā na bhāryā vratasaṃsthitaiḥ

nānuṣṭhānaṃ vinā lakṣmīrnābhaktaiḥ prāpyate yaśaḥ /
nodyamī sukhamāpnoti nābhāryaḥ saṃtatiṃ labhet

nāśucirddharmamāpnoti na vipro 'priyavāgdhanam /
apṛcchannaiva jānāti agacchanna kvacidvrajet

aśiśyo na kriyāṃ vetti na bhayaṃ vetti jāgarī /
kasmādbhūpāla māṃ tyaktvā dharmāṅgadagṛhe śubhe

vīkṣyase rājyapadavīṃ samarthe tanaye vibho

evaṃ brubāṇāṃ tanayāṃ vidhestu ratipriyāṃ cāruviśālanetrām /
vrīḍānvitaḥ putrasamīpavartī provāca vākyaṃ nṛpatiḥ priyāntām