Navasāhasāṅkacarita · Chapter 3

atha bahu carato 'sya cāpapāṇeś cakitavalanmṛgayūthavīkṣitasya
vanabhuvi sulabhaḥ pariśramo 'bhūn na tu hariṇaḥ sa hṛtendracāpaśobhaḥ //

dhanuṣi tanubharaṃ nidhāya kiṃcit taruṇatamālavane vinītakhedaḥ
mṛgarudhirakalaṅkitena devaḥ samaviṣameṇa pathā puraḥ pratasthe //

atha sa caṭulaṣaṭpadopagītaṃ vanagajadānasugandhigandhavāham
parisaram abhinṛttanīlakaṇṭhaṃ nyaviśata vindhyanagendrakandarasya //

caṭulakṛtakacagrahaḥ sa gacchan vanalatayā parihāsalolayeva
narapatir avaśaḥ kṛtaḥ sa kāmaṃ viyati mukhendum udañcayāṃ cakāra //

namad avanipatiḥ patiḥ prajānām ayi! capale nu vikṛṣyate kaceṣu
virama muhur itīva manyuguñjad dhvanibhir asāv alibhir latābhyadhāyi //

katicidalinipītadhūpagandhān anativilambiparārdhyamauliratnān
tvaritam atha ramāṅgado 'sya keśān vipinalatāviṭapāntarāc cakarṣa //

nṛpatir atha tadonmukhaś carantaṃ jhaṭiti sitacchadam ambare dadarśa
dadhatam adhigatāṃ kuto 'pi cañcvā bisalatikām iva tārahāralekhām //

vikasitakumudacchadāvadāte tatanibhṛte patatāṃ tatī dadhānam
viracayitum upāyanaṃ nṛpendor navaghaṭite iva dantapatralekhe //

citam atanu visarpatā samantāt kiraṇalatānikareṇa hārayaṣṭeḥ
sitamaṇimayasūcinirmitasya sthitam iva jaṅgamapañjarasya madhye //

taralamaṇirucāvṛtaṃ prakṛtyā vidalitavidrumakandakāñcituṇḍam
praṇayanihitapādayāvakāṅkaṃ kamalavanasthitilolayeva lakṣmyā //

caraṇayugatale vibhātakāla sphuṭitajapākusumābhitāmrabhāsi
svayam iva nalinīvanaprasūteḥ paricayataḥ kṛtakāntisaṃvibhāgam //

pratipadam atidīrghahārabhārāt avanamadunnamayantam uttamāṅgam
śirasi nipatato nikāmam uṣṇān ahimarucaḥ kiraṇān ivotkṣipantam //

vivṛtamukhadhṛtasya niṣpatadbhis taralamaṇer aruṇasya kāntileśaiḥ
aviratam aravindavṛndapītān madhupṛṣatān iva bhūyasodvamantam //

parikhacitam ayatnapūritāśair aviralamauktikadāmaraśmijālaiḥ
yaśa iva parabhūtabhṛtāṃ niruddhya prasabham upāhṛtam ātmano yaśobhiḥ //

abhinavabisaśaṅkayāpahṛtya sphaṭikamayīm asamakṣam akṣamālām
vihagam iva vimānahaṃsapaṅkter vighaṭitam ekataraṃ caturmukhasya //

cyutam iva sitacāmaraṃ maghoneḥ śramajaḍavāravilāsinīkarāgrāt
apahṛtam iva lolapatrajālaṃ surasaritaḥ pavanena puṇḍarīkam //

harahasitasitaṃ divāpi kānti stabakam ivāpatitam sudhākarasya
api patitam ivāntarikṣapīlor maghavadibhasya vilāsakarṇaśaṅkham //

sa ca pariṇatalodhradhūliśuklas taralam avantipateś cakāra cetaḥ
kisalayam iva bālacandanasya stimitagatir malayācalendravātaḥ //

avadad atha vibuddhapuṇḍarīka pratimam upāntacare nidhāya cakṣuḥ
daśanamaṇimayūkhabhinnavarṇāṃ girim iti mālavarājapūrṇacandraḥ //

surabhikusumacumbināvanamrām alipaṭalena latām imāṃ vinā me
khagam amum upadarśayet ka evaṃ gaganaramāpatipāñcajanyam anyaḥ //

smaravarakarihastaśīkarāṇām vidadhati rucayo navahāramauktikānām
vidadhati rucayo 'sya canncukoṭau kavalitabālamṛṇālasūtralīlām //

ayi! kathaya sitacchadaḥ kva cāyaṃ vananalinīpulināntabaddhavāsaḥ
avanipatikalatrakaṇṭhayogyaḥ kva ca śaśibandhur anargha eṣa hāraḥ //

vanabhuvipatitaḥ kuto 'yam asyāṃ katham ayam asya mukhātithitvam āptaḥ?
guruvibhavapadasya kasya vā syād ayam iti me na paricchinatti cetaḥ //

ayam ucitataraḥ phaṇistriyo vā kucakalaśāntaramartyayoṣito vā ?
niyatam udadhim udram īdṛśāni kṣititalam ābharaṇāni na spṛśanti //

kim aparam anugamya eṣa haṃsaḥ śramajaḍapakṣatirāvayor vanānte
ayi! yad ayam avāmanasya bhūmir mukhadhṛtahāralataḥ kutūhalasy //

iti viratavacasy udīrya tasmin kṛtini nṛpe paramāravaṃśaketau
sphuradadharavikīrṇadantakānti prasaram idaṃ jagade ramāṅgadena //

jaḍarucir api rocate na kasmai katham api dīrghaguṇena labdhasaṅgaḥ
naravara yad anena hāradāmnā tava patagaḥ spṛhaṇīya eṣa jātaḥ //

upavana iva sambhavaḥ kadācin nṛpa ghaṭate vipine 'pi hārayaṣṭeḥ
yad asurasuranāgarājakanyā iha viharanti nagendrakandareṣu //

śakunir ayam ito digantalagnair anupamamauktikanirgatair mayūkhaiḥ
tava viracayatīva sūtrapātaṃ sukṛtanidhāna! bhaviṣyataḥ śubhasya //

drutam ayam anugamyatām idānīm anugamanena yato 'sya hāralābhaḥ
phalam adhikam ato 'pi naḥ kadācit kim api bhaved ayam asya hetuḥ //

taruviṭapalatāntareṇa gacchan bhuvam abhajan bahumuktameghavartmā
ayam atiguruhārabhārajātāṃ śramajaḍatāmalam ātmano vyanakti //

nayanapatham ayaṃ yathā tavārāt tvam api tathāsya sitacchadasya yātaḥ
avanitalamṛgāṅka! yad vanāntaś cakitam ivāyam itas tataḥ prayāti //

niculavanam atītya vartate 'yam purata imām ayam abjinīm upetaḥ
navajaladharaśaṅkayeva śaṅke taruṇatamālavanādito nivṛttaḥ //

kisalayakalitāñjaliṃ tvarāvān ayam upasarpati nīlasinduvāram
kṣaṇam ayam iha bālacūtamaulau vicakilamālyavilāsam ādadhāti //

ayam abhinavakarṇikārayaṣṭiṃ jhaṭiti ghanastabakastanīm upaiti
ayam aticapalo nisargaraktāṃ sthalanalinīm avadhīrya deva! yātaḥ //

ayam iha hi latām upaiti kaundīṃ kusumavatīṃ navamādhavīṃ vilaṅghya
kvaṇadalivalayāsu nāsu tena skhalitam itaḥ sahakāramañjarīṣu //

abhisarati vanasthalīm ivaitāṃ madanavatīmayamūḍhakāmilīlaḥ
sphuradatanuśilīmukhasya cāgre vicarati karṇe ivāyam arjunasya //

śramam apaharatas tanūrmivātair ayam atithir vanapalvalasya jātaḥ
tarutatiṣu tirohito 'yam etāsv ayam aravindavanād ivojjihīte //

kurabakavanataḥ kadambarājiṃ vrajati tato mucakundakānanāni
iti nagam avagāhate sahāras tvam iva dhrtaklama eṣa rājahaṃsaḥ //

kuru vijayam ito mamārpya etad dhanur adhunā sasuvarṇapuṅkhabāṇam
yad ayam itagatir gato 'tidūraṃ jalapatagaḥ saha naḥ kutūhalena //

iti kathayati cāpam arpayitvā samam iṣubhiḥ sa ramāṅgade narendras
patagam anu tam āttahāraṃ harati na kaṃ navavastusaṃprayogaḥ //

ṛju tam atha vihāyasā vrajantam rabhasavaśād anugacchato nṛpasya
samajani bhṛśam āyato 'sya panthās taruviṭapāvaṭavarjanena vakraḥ //

nṛpatir anuyayau vane vihaṅgaṃ nṛpatim abhi praṇayī ramāṅgado 'pi
śrutam iva viśadaṃ śucir vivekaḥ kṛtini vivekam ivāntaraḥ prasādaḥ //

atha kamalasarastaraṅgadolā calayavilolarathāṅganāmayugmam
madakalakalahaṃsanādakṛṣṭaḥ śramaviveśaḥ saḥ sitacchadaḥ prapede //

vilulitakabarīkalāpamālyā mṛdunavaśaivalamekhalā vahantyaḥ
ratiraṇam avasāya yatra nityaṃ saha ramaṇair amarāṅganā ramante //

salilagatadhiyātha tena dūrāt sa gurur amucyata niḥsahena hāraḥ
jaḍahṛtahṛdayāḥ kiyac ciraṃ vā guṇamahatām iha bhāram udvahanti //

sa ca vitatamarīcicañculekho vigalitahāralatāmiṣeṇa haṃsaḥ
pariṇatabisakāṇḍabhaṅgapītaṃ paya iva vistṛtadhāram ujjagāra //

atha kanakamṛṇālikāyugasya dyutinicayena citaṃ visarpatādhaḥ
aśiśiramahaso visāriṇā khe valayitam aṃśulatākadambakena //

taṭabhuvi tam apaśyad āpatantaṃ patir avane ravataṃsitāyatākṣaḥ
sitam abhinavahemadaṇḍaśobhi sphaṭikaśalākam ivātapatram aindram //

sarasi dhavalite tataḥ samantād amṛtamarīciruceva tasya kāntyā
vyadhita balavatī viyogapīḍā padam apade hṛdayeṣu cakranāmnām //

ativitataguṇaikadhāmni tasmin vidhuram adhaḥpatite viśuddhibhāji
katham api vasudhādhipaḥ pramodaṃ jhaṭiti jagāma guṇiṣv amatsaro hi //

atha nabhasi piśaṅgasāndhyarāga cchurita ivāmbaranimnagātaraṅgam
kiyad api sarasas taṭe sa gatvā kamalarajaḥkapiśe dadarśa hāram //

sa ca sapadi ramāṅgadopanītaṃ kanakasaroruhakāntinā kareṇa
nijayaśa iva mūrtam ādade taṃ bhuvanatalābhayadānadīkṣitena //

sujanam iva guṇair upoḍhaśobhaṃ śucitarabālamṛṇālasūtradīrghaiḥ
ahamahamikayā kṛtapraveśaṃ taraṇikaraglapitair ivendupādaiḥ //

dadhatam aruṇam aṅgarāgaśeṣaṃ kvacid api yaṣṭiṣu tāramauktikāsu
ghaṭitam iva navātapena kiṃcid bahunavayā śaśalakṣmaṇas tviṣā ca //

ativitataruciṃ vahantam antas taralamaṇiṃ taruṇendragopaśr̆bham
aviralam asakṛnnivāsalagnaṃ lalitavadhūhṛdayād ivānurāgam //

katicid api latāntare dadhānaṃ mṛgamadaliptatalāni mauktikāni
śabalajalalavair ivāttajanmāny ayam aranadīyamunātither ghanasya //

anuguṇapadavīvinirgatāsu pratilatam āyatamauktikaprabhāsu
rajanikaramarīcisūcidīrghair bahubhir iva grathitaṃ mṛṇālasūtraiḥ //

atidṛḍham anuraktayā vitīrṇaṃ mukharamahodadhimekhalāṃ vahantyā
urasi nihitabandhujīvam urvyā vicakilamālyam iva svayaṃvarāya //

arucad atha kare sa tasya bibhrad yuvatiradacchadakāntimadhyaratnam
kim api manasijena śāsanāṅkaḥ prahitanijāyudhacitrapuṣpamudraḥ //

śaśikararucā sa tena reje mṛdukarapuṣkaravartinā narendraḥ
amarapuradhunīsamuddhṛtena tridaśakarīva mṛṇālakandalena //

urasi narapateḥ pataṃś cakāśe kanakaśilāvipule tadaṃśupūraḥ
akhilabhuvanakośarājalakṣmyā nihita ivādhikam utkyā kaṭākṣaḥ //

vikṛtir udadhiśuktieṣu cyutānāṃ dhruvam iyam indukalāsudhālavānām
jaladajalakaṇodbhaveṣu kāmaṃ nivasati kāntir iyaṃ na mauktikeṣu //

na kim ayam uḍumaṇḍalāpavādaḥ kumudavanāni puro 'sya na trapante
katham ayam avadhir na muktibhājām iti tam avekṣya sa cintayāṃ cakāra //

sphuradudaraniveśitendranīlāṃ madajalarājim iva smaradvipasya
avanipatir apaśyad akṣarāṇāṃ tatim atha hāramṛṇālikāntarāle //

abhinavalikhitām iva praśatiṃ madanamahānṛpateḥ sa pārthivendraḥ
iti nibiḍakutūhalākulas tāṃ lalitapadābharaṇām avācayac ca //

``manasijavaravīravaijantyās tribhuvanadurlabhavibhramaikabhūmeḥ
kucamukulavicitrapatravallī paricita eṣa sadā śaśiprabhāyāḥ'' //

kim u vipulam imaṃ manuṣyalokaṃ puram uta parvatapakṣaśātanasya
kim u yuvatir iyaṃ bhujaṅgabhartur bhuvanam alaṅkurute śaśiprabheti //

vadati śaśimukhīm itas na dūre taruṇavilepanabhinna eṣa hāraḥ
saritam iva vanāntare samīraḥ sphutitasaroruhareṇunā piśaṅgaḥ //

kusumaśarasakhasya kasya cit kiṃ samajani nākatalādhidevateyam
uta mukulitamanmathāvatāre pathi vicare 'dhinākakanyakānām //

api kṛtanayanotsavena tanvī taruṇasudhāmadhureṇa darśanena
mudam upajaned vane kim eṣā ? mama śaradindukaleva kairavasya //

iti kiyad api yāvad eva cintā vaśam agamat sa manuṣyalokapālaḥ
dhanur api niculaṃ vidhāya tāvat kusumaśaro 'sya babhūva pārśvavartī //

atha sambhramād anucareṇa nihitatamālapallave
āsta tarukusumasaṃvalite sarasaḥ saḥ saikataśilātale nṛpaḥ //

ālakṣya stanasakhyalakṣmaṇi tatas tasmin kuraṅgīdṛśo muktādāmni karodarapraṇayitām āpte tuṣāratviṣi
vismṛtyā sahasā hṛtaṃ caturayā kroḍīkṛtaṃ cintayā cetaḥ śrīnavasāhasāṅkanṛpater utkaṇṭhayākṛṣyata //