Padma Purana · Chapter 7.5

vyāsa uvāca-
asti tāladhvajā nāma nagarī tridaśopamā /
sarvalokeṣu vikhyātā prakīrṇā guṇināṃ gaṇaiḥ

tatrāsīdvikramo nāmā rājā śuddhakulodbhavaḥ /
dhārmikaḥ satyavādī ca prajāpālanatatparaḥ

tasya hārāvatī nāma vallabhā bhuvi durllabhā /
āsītsvakīyavadanaprabhājita śaśiprabhā

tasya saiva priyā rājñaḥ strīgaṇe'pi ca tiṣṭhati /
gaṅgeva saritāṃ bharttustiṣṭhatyapi saridgaṇe

bhūdevadaivaparataḥ kālena kiyatā dvija /
vyajāyata sutastasyāṃ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutaḥ

śāstroktavidhinā tasya sa rājā sarvaśāstravit /
mādhaveti tato nāma cakravartī cakāra ha

tato'sau mādhavo vipraḥ kālena kiyatā balī /
sarvavidyāsaritpāraṃgataḥ sadguṇasaṃgataḥ

athāsau yauvarājyena rājye narapatiḥ sutam /
siktavāṃstaṃ mahīdeva sarvadevagaṇārcakam

ekasmindivase vipra caturaṃgabalairvṛtaḥ /
jagāma kautukenāsau mṛgayāyai mahadvanam

tatra hatvā bahūñjantūnmadhyāhne samaye tataḥ /
kṛtavānnagare gaṃtumudyamaṃ vipinādasau

nagaraṃ svakamāgacchatsasainyo mādhavo mudā /
dadarśa yuvatīmekāṃ sarasi snānatatparām

snānārhadravyavasanairvyaktīkṛtakalevarām /
svakīyamukhasaundaryyajitapūrṇaniśākarām

suvarṇakuṇḍaladvandva vibhrājadgaṇḍamaṇḍalām /
sudīrghakeśakaiśchanna nitaṃbāṃ cāruhāsinīm

suvarṇapadmakalikāṃ cārūnnatapayodharām /
mṛgārikṛśamadhyāṃ ca vasaṃte kokilasvarām

yūnāṃ manoharā rājye kandarpeṇa mahātmanā /
āropitā patākeva sundarī sā vyajāyata

tādṛśīṃ tāṃ samālokya prāntare saṅgavarjite /
kaḥ kāmavaśago na syātkṣitau prāṇānvahanpumān

atha vikramaputro'sau tāmālokya varānanām /
kaṃdarpabāṇavraṇita hṛdayaśceti ciṃtayan

etasyāḥ sadṛśī kāpi na dṛṣṭā kṣitimaṇḍale /
etāmiha samāliṅgya saphalaṃ janma ceṣyate

śreṣṭho'smi sarvalokānāṃ vayastejoguṇairaham /
yadyapīndrāṃganeyaṃ syānnetavyādya tathāpi ca

parastrīharaṇe yo vā doṣo bhavati sāṃpratam /
ko vā śaknoti tadvaktuṃ yato rājā pitā mama

iti saṃciṃtya manasā sudṛḍhaṃ tena kāminā /
dūre saṃsthāpya sainyāni yayau sā snāti yatra ha

aiśvaryaṃ ca madaścaiva kāmaścaiva mahītale /
traya ete vivekasya tejo ghnaṃti kimadbhutam

pitāsya duritadhvaṃsī dharmarakṣākaro nṛṇām /
dhiksvayaṃ kāmadevo'sau mohayatyakhilaṃ jagat

tamāyātaṃ samālokya vegena mahatā tataḥ /
ekākinī sā ramate bhṛśaṃ ciṃtākulābhavat

ekākinīṃ samālokya kāṃtārasthāṃ sayauvanām /
ayaṃ dhāvati vegena tanme manasi vartate

jalpaṃti munayaḥ sarve dharmo rakṣati rakṣitaḥ /
na ca jñātavyamatraiva kimatra ca bhaviṣyati

sahāyahīnaṃ yatsthānaṃ puro dhāvati śatravaḥ /
ślāghyaṃ palāyanaṃ tatra nivāsaḥ prāṇanāśakaḥ

ityālocya varārohā savyakacche ghaṭaṃ tataḥ /
kṛtvā palāyane bhītyā manaścakre sarovarāt

tataḥ sa mādhavaścāpi javena mahatā dvija /
evaṃ tasyāḥ puro gatvā prasāritakaraḥ sthitaḥ

śrīmādhava uvāca-
varāṅgane cārudehe suyauvanabalānmama /
palāyase mano hṛtvā hatosmyahamacetanaḥ

kiṃ nāma caṃcalāpāṃgi cārvaṅgi tava kaḥ patiḥ /
svargātkiṃ vā gatāsi tvaṃ tvattulyā nāsti bhūtale

sundari tvamiha śreṣṭhā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā /
kathaṃ vahasi pānīyaṃ dāsīva kamalānane

payodharau śātakuṃbhau sadā vahasi vakṣasi /
kakṣeṇa jalakumbhaṃ ca komalāṅgīdamadbhutam

divākarakarātyaṃta saṃtapte pathi lohitāḥ /
pādāṃgulyaṃtarā bhāṃti japānāṃ kalikā iva

suśroṇi bhaja māṃ prītyā tyaja kuṃbhaṃ varānane /
tava duḥkhāvasāno'bhūnmama darśanamātrataḥ

śrīmadvikramabhūbharttuḥ putro'haṃ mādhavāhvayaḥ /
sarvabhāvairbhaviṣyāmi varāṅgastava sundari

mamastrīgaṇamadhyeṣu subhagā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi /
supuṣpavallī madhyeṣu dvirephasyeva mālatī

athavā mama vākyaṃ tvaṃ garvāllaṃghitumicchasi /
na tyakṣāmi tathāpi tvāṃ yato'haṃ nṛpateḥ sutaḥ

vyāsa uvāca-
tenoktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā paṃthānaṃ pravihāya sā /
tasthāvadhomukhī vipra prāheti ca śanaiḥ śanaiḥ

kadāpi cetparasyāpi na śṛṇoti vaco mama /
tathāpi lajjāṃ saṃtyajya vakṣyāmyeva bhavāgrataḥ

tathā hyahaṃ mahāvīra subāhukṣattriyapriyā /
nayāmi devapūjārthaṃ jalaṃ caṃdrakalā hyaham

yadvaco bhavatā proktaṃ na ca tattvatkulocitam /
tvadvaṃśaprabhavāḥ sarve parastrīṣunapuṃsakāḥ

ahamekākinī nārī vīrāṇāṃ prabhavo bhavān /
balādāliṅgya māmatra yaśaḥ kiṃ te bhaviṣyati

parastriyaṃ samāliṅgya kṣaṇamātrasukhaṃ bhavet /
ihāpakīrtiḥ śeṣaṃ ca duḥkhaṃ kalpaśatādhikam

karmabhūmiriyaṃ śūra puṇyamatra vidhīyatām /
parastrīharaṇe cittaṃ kadācinmāṃ kariṣyasi

lobhātpravartate kāmaḥ kāmātpāpaṃ pravarttate /
pāpānmṛtyurmṛte'pi syāddustare narake sthitiḥ

sarve'pi tvadguṇā vyarthaṃ tvajjanmāpi ca niṣphalam /
kāmasya vaśatāṃ gatvā raṃtumiccheḥ parastriyam

māṃsamūtrapūrīṣāsthinirmitaṃ me kalevaram /
etadeva samālokya smarasya vaśatāṃ gataḥ

bhūpālavaṃśotpattitvātpaurebhyo na bibheṣi kim /
mastakopari garjaṃtaṃ nekṣase samavarttinam

grasaṃti baḍiśaṃ matsyāste sarve jñānavarjitāḥ /
jñānīcetprāpya baḍiśaṃ bhavānkasmādgrasiṣyasi ५०

vivekastriṣu lokeṣu saṃpadāṃ paramaṃ padam /
aviveko hi lokānāmāpadāṃ paramaṃ padam

tayoktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā mādhavaḥ kāmamohitaḥ /
uvāca jaimine vācaṃ vinayāvanataḥ punaḥ

tavodvīkṣaṇanārāca dhārājarjaramānasam /
priye māṃ trāhi trāhīti tavāsmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

tāvatpriyatamā nārī yāvattiṣṭhati yauvane /
mṛṇālakoṣāṃ nalinīṃ hemabhṛṃgo na gacchati

prasīda hariṇīnetre rakṣa māṃ sevakaṃ svakam /
tvadvācaṃ nīrasāṃ śrutvā bhinatti hṛdayaṃ mama

candrakalovāca-
tyaja duḥkhaṃ mahāvīra śṛṇu madvacanaṃ śubham /
pravakṣyāmi manoduḥkhaṃ haṃtuṃ yadbhavataḥ kṣamām

samudrapāre vikhyātā puraṃdarapuropamā /
plakṣadvīpe'sti dīpyaṃtī vikhyātā saṃjñayā purī

guṇākarāhvayastatra rājā śreṣṭho mahāyaśāḥ /
āste sarvagaṇairyuktaḥ pratāpe'gnisamo balī

suśīlā nāma tadbhāryā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā /
sevāvaśīkṛtasvāmi hṛdayā sadayā janaiḥ

sulocanākhyā tatkanyā vīratatkukṣisaṃbhavā /
sadūharūpairajayatsakalānsundarīgaṇān

tasyā rūpaṃ guṇaughaṃ ca varṇituṃ bhuvi kaḥ kṣamaḥ /
tadrūpadarśamālokyāsṛjadanyāṃ svayaṃ vidhiḥ

ahamāsaṃ mahāvīra tasyā dāsī nṛpātmajaḥ /
samāgatāsmi daivena tvaddeśaṃ prati sundarī

tatsamā sundarī nāsti tvatsamo nāsti sundaraḥ /
gṛhāṇa tāṃ vivāhena svargabhogaṃ yadīcchasi

jaṃbukīṃ balavānsiṃho vihāyāṃkagatāmapi /
hastinīṃ na hi kiṃ dhatte yatnataḥ pratipattaye

udyogī puruṣo loke labhate paramāṃ śriyam /
udyogena vinā brūhi kiṃ kāryaṃ bhuvi vidyate

vyāsa uvāca-
tasyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā mādhavo mādhavārcakaḥ /
dūrīkṛtya smarodbhāvaṃ tāmityāha varānanām

mādhava uvāca-
kena cihnena tāṃ kanyāṃ jñāsyāmi kamalānane /
tanme kathaya suśroṇi yadi te mayyanugrahaḥ

siṃdhupāra pratīpājñaḥ kathaṃ yāsyāmi mānuṣaḥ /
bhaviṣyati tayā sārddhaṃ kathaṃ saṃdarśanaṃ mama

candrakalovāca-
tasyāstu vāmajaghane tilakaṃ tilasannibham /
asti taddarśanenaiva jñāsyasi tvaṃ sulocanām

uccaiḥśravasasaṃjñasya turagasya mahātmanaḥ /
tvanmaṃdurāyāṃ putrosti sarvagāmī hayottamaḥ

tamaśvaśreṣṭhamāruhya javena pavanopamam /
gamiṣyasi samudrāṃtaṃ sukhasādhyā mahīyataḥ

tato bhūpālaputro'sau sasainyo gṛhamāgataḥ /
sāpi candrakalā sādhvī suprītā svagṛhaṃ gatā

viciṃtya vacanaṃ tasyā mādhavo'ti tvarānvitaḥ /
ciṃtākulitacitto'sau sahasā maṃdurāṃ yayau

tatra baddhāñjalirbhūtvā vaikramirvikramānvitaḥ /
turaṃgamāniti prāha guṇayuktānmahābalān

mādhava uvāca-
yūyaṃ sarve mahātmānaḥ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutāḥ /
samudrapāre māṃ netuṃ kaḥ śaknoti turaṅgamaḥ

atha te turagāḥ sarve śrutvā tadvacanaṃ bhiyā /
parasparaṃ kṣitimukhāstasthurno netumudyatāḥ

athaikasturagastatra samastalakṣaṇairyutaḥ /
mādhavasya puro gatvā vācametāmuvāca ha

ahaṃ bhavaṃtaṃ neṣyāmi siṃdhupāraṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
kiṃ tvākarṇaya duḥkhāni madīyāni nṛpātmaja

anyabhuktāvaśiṣṭaṃ yattattṛṇaṃ mama bhakṣaṇam /
graṃthikoṭiprayuktābhīrajjubhirmama baṃdhanam

svapne'pi vrīhayo vīra na dṛṣṭā balinā mayā /
anyeṣāmapi bhogānāṃ kā kathātra nṛpātmaja

gauraveṇa vinā vīra na satāṃ vikramo bhavet /
janiṣyati kathaṃ vahnirvinā kāṣṭhaṃ ghṛtādibhiḥ

ahamīdṛgime sarve nānābhūṣāsamanvitāḥ /
na tu siṃhasamāḥ śvānaḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ

pradakṣiṇākāratayā saśailadvīpasāgarāḥ /
kṣaṇamātreṇa pṛthivīṃ śaknomi bhūpate prabho

mādhava uvāca-
kṣamasva doṣaṃ sakalaṃ matpitrā vihitaṃ haya /
adyaprabhṛti mukhyo'si maṃdurābhyaṃtare mama

pareṇa dattaḥ saṃtāpaḥ sadā tiṣṭhati nottame /
salilaṃ vahnisaṃtaptaṃ kṣaṇācchītalatāṃ vrajet

svamādhuryairbhavedikṣuḥ kṣaṇamapi hi tṛptaye /
ityuktvā taṃ namaskṛtya turaṃgaṃ nṛpanaṃdanaḥ

tataḥ śubhe kṣaṇe tasya pṛṣṭhamāruhya vājinaḥ /
praceṣṭākhyena bhṛtyena vilaṃghya jaladhiṃ yayau

purīṃ sarvaguṇairyuktāṃ puraṃdarapuropamām /
jagāma mādhavo bhrājansaudhāvalibhirujjvalām

tatropasthāṃ ca yuvatīṃ gaṃdhinīṃ mādhavo dvijaḥ /
dṛṣṭvāsmitamukho vākyamuvāceti ca komalam

vṛddhe mātarahaṃ pārtho dinamekaṃ tavālaye /
sthātumicchāmi kā'jñāte dhanavānmādhavāhvayaḥ

ātitheyī gaṃdhinī sā tamādāyātithiṃ tataḥ /
harṣitvā svagṛhaṃ tatra jagāmātyaṃtabhaktitaḥ

yathoktavidhinā vipra tayā tasyārhaṇā kṛtā /
mādhavastāṃ niśāṃ ninye ciṃtāvyākulamānasaḥ

atha prabhāte vimale gandhinyāḥ purato dvija /
mādhavaḥ sakalaṃ kāryaṃ kathayāmāsa bhūsuraḥ

devī sulocanāyāśca tasminneva dine śubhe /
gandhādivāsanaṃ karma racayāmāsa sā ca tat

śrutvādhivāsanaṃ karma rājaputryāstato dvija /
śokasāgarakallola nikaro mādhavo'bhavat

yadarthaṃ rājyavasatirmayā tyaktā tadicchunā /
yadarthaṃ bāṃdhavāstyaktā laṃghitaśca mahodadhiḥ

adyaiva tasyā daivena bhaviṣyatyadhivāsanam /
niṣphalāḥ sakalā eva yāvaṃto vihitāḥ śramāḥ

kiṃtu lokā na jalpaṃti mādhvyā mugdho gato'khilam /
ko'pi bhagnodyamo na syātprajñātvā kāryaniścayam

etadviciṃtya manasā mādhavo'sau punaḥ punaḥ /
mālāpuṣpādike kāryaṃ lilekha premavarṇitam

kanye mādhavanāmāhaṃ kumāro dharaṇīpateḥ /
tāladhvajādhirājasya vikramasya mahātmanaḥ १००

tvacceṭī tatra kāpyasti kanye candrakalāhvayā /
tayā tavaguṇagrāmaḥ kathito me purā kila

tvadguṇagrāmasaṃlagnacitto'haṃ nimnasāgaram /
vilaṅghya turagārūḍhaḥ samāyātaḥ purīṃ tava

adhunā māṃ varatvena vṛṇu kanye sulocane /
yataḥ saṃsāramadhye'smiṃstavāsmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

yathā guṇavatīṃ tvāṃ hi nānyo jānāti tatpumān

sarojinīguṇaṃ vetti bhṛṃga eva na darduraḥ /
śubhrasya jaladasyāpi gaganaikasya nodayaḥ

tathāpi na bhajedanyaṃ vinā candraṃ kumudvatī /
atha tallikhanaṃ vīro mālākārapriyā kare

svarṇāṃgulīya sahitaṃ dadau sa vinayo nṛpaḥ /
puṣpamālāṃtare kṛtvā taṃ lekhaṃ sāṃgulīyakam

rājaputrī samīpe sā gaṃdhinī tarasā yayau /
puṣpamālāṃ baliṃ tasyai datvā sā gaṃdhinī tataḥ

tasthau baddhāñjalirbhūtvā dūraṃ gatvā bhiyā kiyat /
tataḥ sā rājatanayā likhitaṃ sāṃgulīyakam

vilokya sakalaṃ mūlātpapāṭhātyaṃtapaṇḍitā /
sāpi tatpṛṣṭhapatre tu tadyogyamuttaraṃ dvija

alikhadvismitā kanyā yadyacca sarvamucyate /
rājaputra mahābāho tvadvākyamakhilaṃ śrutam

śṛṇu sattama vākyaṃ me yathocitamidaṃ vacaḥ /
adyādhivāsanaṃ karma śvo vivāho mama dhruvam

pituryatsaṃmataṃ kāryaṃ pṛthivyāṃko'pi natyajet /
kārye tu duḥkhasādhye tu kāryo nātiśramo janaiḥ

kāryesiddhe śramo na syādasiddhe śrama eva hi /
tathāpi śṛṇu vakṣyāmi yena prāpnoti māṃ bhavān

yadartho bhavatā caiva samudropi ca laṃghitaḥ /
mayā pradakṣaṇī kāryo varo vidyādharo hyayam

tatpuro'haṃ gamiṣyāmi nānābharaṇabhūṣitā /
vāmabāhūrddhvaṃ kṛtvā ca vīraḥ syānmama saṃmukhaḥ

yena māṃ śakyate netuṃ sa me bhartā bhaviṣyati /
satyaṃ satyamidaṃ satyaṃ patre'smiṃllikhitaṃ mayā

anyathā sudṛḍhaṃ kāryaṃ laṃghituṃ na hi śakyate /
etadvilikhya sā kanyā tasyā eva kare dadau

sāpi tatpatramādāya gatā mādhavasannidhim /
tayā yallikhitaṃ patre tatpaṭhitvā tu mādhavaḥ

bhūyopi likhitaṃ vipra lilekhātyaṃtakautukaiḥ /
tvayā yaduktaṃ he kanye dhanye dhanyakulodbhave

tadeva manmataṃ sarvaṃ ko'pi nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ /
tatastu gaṃdhinī bhūyo gatvā tannikaṭe dvija

dadau sulocanāyai sā likhanaṃ sundarākṣaram /
atha tallikhanaṃ jñātvā kumārāṃgī kṛtaṃ dvija

babhūvātyantasaṃhṛṣṭā vismitā ca punaḥ punaḥ /
tasminnasaṃśayaṃ kāryaṃ yadāsau svīkṛtaṃ dadau

tadā kiṃ svayamindro vā yanmāyā mādhavaḥ pumān /
ihaloke paratrāsti snehabhūmiḥ patiḥ sadā

vinā saṃdarśanenāpi na varatvedṛto mayā /
iti saṃcintya sā sādhvī niḥśvasya ca punaḥ punaḥ

snānavyājādgatāvāsaṃ gandhinyāśca sahālibhiḥ /
haste vidhṛtya tāṃ kanyāṃ gaṃdhinī sā puraṃdhrikā

mādhavaṃ darśayāmāsa śayānaṃ maṃcakopari /
taṃ samālokya sā kanyā kaṃdarpasadṛśaṃ tataḥ

romāṃcitaṃ samastāṅgamudāttaṃ paśyati kramāt /
tannetrayugalaṃ tasminyatra yatra nimajjati

kaṣṭadṛṣṭyā ca nānyatra tasmānnāmātra gacchati /
sākṣādayaṃ vā kandarpo devakīnandano'pi vā

śarvo vā viṣayādhīśaḥ sākṣādvā pārvatīpatiḥ /
rūpairetairjaganmadhye mānuṣo na hi jāyate

anena svāminā janmasaphalaṃ hariṇīdṛśaḥ /
madbhaktivaśago bhūtvā vidhātātyaṃtayatnataḥ

yadāhaṃ kanyakā jātā tadainaṃ kiṃ sasarja ha /
adyaprabhṛti nātho'yaṃ svayaṃ nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ

ityuktvā sā matiṃ cakre gaṃtuṃ nijagṛhaṃ prati /
gandhinyuvāca-
kanye yuktiriyaṃ bhadre tvayāpi hṛdi sevyatām

yathā sumūrtiḥ puruṣo na tathā bhāti nindayā /
ullāso gātrabhaṃgaśca mandadṛṣṭiśca vismitam

sarvāṇi viṣṇucihnāni nidrāyāṃ mṛgalocane /
saṃdaṣṭauṣṭhapuṭākṣepātprokto nottiṣṭhati dhruvam

śanaiḥ śanaiḥ karaṃ tasya svakarābhyāmadarśayat /
tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ rājakanyāyāḥ saṃdhṛtyāgamanaṃ śṛṇu

śrutvaitatsopi cottasthau saṃbhramākrāṃtamānasaḥ /
vinayāvanato vākyaṃ mādhavaścetyuvāca tām

mādhava uvāca-
kanye majjanmasaphalaṃ śramaśca saphalo mama /
tvaccāruvadanāṃbhojaṃ sākṣādeva mayekṣitam

sakalairyauvanaiḥ kanye tvaṃ varatvena māṃ vṛṇu /
tvadyogosti varo nānyo māṃ vinā bhuvi sundari

sulocanovāca-
sugate tvaṃ mama svāmī bhāgyena mahatā bhaveḥ /
mayā yadvacanaṃ proktaṃ tadeva sudṛḍhaṃ khalu

ājñāṃ kuru mahābhāga gacchāmi nijamaṃdiram /
mādhava uvāca-
tiṣṭheti yadi vā vacmi kanye garvastadā bhavet

gaccheti vacanaṃ vaktuṃ nāyāti vadanānmama /
svayaṃ vicārya cārvaṃgi yadyuktaṃ tadvidhīyatām

satyehavacanaṃ tasminbhaviṣyasi sutatparā /
ityuktā tena sā kanyā harṣitā svagṛhaṃ gatā

tatraiva mādhavastasthau vṛto bahuparicchadaiḥ /
cāruvidyādhara eva sthito vidyādharo varaḥ

tatrasthāśca janāḥ sarve srakcandanavibhūṣitāḥ /
divyāṃbaraparīdhānā rejurdevagaṇā iva

kvacidgītaṃ kvacinnṛtyaṃ kvacitkolāhaladhvaniḥ /
kvacitkena pradīpālistatpure samavartata

heṣitaiḥ saptivṛṃdānāṃ hastināṃ caiva bṛṃhitaiḥ /
harṣasvanaiśca patrīṇāṃ pūritāḥ kakubho daśa

nānāpatākānivahairdhavalairnṛpasadmabhiḥ /
samaṃtādgaganaṃ sarvaṃ vyāptaṃ hi yatra jaimine

ke'pi śaṅkhānsamādadhmurḍhakkāḍiṃḍimajharjharān /
vādayāṃcakrire ke'pi madhukohalakādikam

tato yuvatayaḥ sarvāḥ sarojakorakastasthā /
lalitāni sugītāni jaguścandranibhānanāḥ १५०

parasparaṃ yauvanato gharṣaṇacyutamālayā /
prasvedāmbugaladgaṃdhairbabhau kanyeva tatra bhūḥ

gaṃbhārīkāṣṭharacitaṃ pīṭhamāruhya sundarī /
jñātibhirveṣṭitā yātā varaṃ sthānaṃ sulocanā

atrāṃtare vikramaputra eṣa śayyopariṣṭātkila labdhanidraḥ /
na veda daivena vivāhakāryaṃ sulocanāyāśca sulocanāyāḥ

vidhātṛmāyāśatamohitānāṃ kadāpi na syādbhuvane sukhāya /
tataḥ svasaṃketavidhiṃ jano'yaṃ vismṛtya nidrāmabhajatsukhena

vanaṃ parityajya kṛśānubhītyā jalaṃ praviṣṭā nalinī sukhārtham /
saṃdahyate tatra himānalena yadyasya karma na tadanyathā syāt

vedādiśāstramakhilaṃ prapaṭhaṃtu lokāḥ kurvaṃtu nāmakṣitipālasevām /
ugraṃ tapaḥ pratidivaṃ pratisādhayaṃtu na śrīstathāpi ca bhajatyatibhāgyahīnam

mastakopari tiṣṭhaṃti duḥkhāni ca sukhāni ca /
anyakāle samāyānti haṭhādanyāni sattama

nidrāvaṃtaṃ samālokya mādhavaṃ duḥkhabhāginam /
praceṣṭaściṃtayāmāsa jānansaṃketametayoḥ

dhigastvamuṃ rājaputraṃ daivamāyāvimohitaḥ /
vismṛtya nijasaṃketaṃ nidrāṃ saṃprāpya sevate

asau duḥkhāgatā kanyā varasya nikaṭe'dhunā /
kiṃ bhavennayane tādṛksaṃketaṃ yāti niṣphalam

tiṣṭha tvaṃ vai pāpakarmannidrāṃ saṃsevya mastake /
mayā hayaṃ samāruhya netavyā sā varāṅganā

kanyāratnaṃ ca ratnaṃ ca mudā prāpnoti durllabham /
tadā kiṃ sevayā kāryaṃ mādhavasyāsya durmateḥ

dhanārthaṃ kriyate sevā sarvabhāvena bhūbhujām /
taccenmudā svayaṃ prāptaṃ sevāduḥkhena kiṃ tadā

praceṣṭa iti saṃciṃtya samāruhya turaṃgamam /
sā rājakanyā yatrāste yayau tatra nabhaḥ pathā

varaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya smaraṃtī samayaṃ svakam /
vāmahastaṃ samuddhṛtya tasthau vidyādharāgrataḥ

haste vidhṛtya tāṃ kanyāṃ praceṣṭo'tijavena saḥ /
pṛṣṭhe niveśayāmāsa saptestasya mahābalaḥ

tāṃ rājaputrīmādāya purīṃ kāṃcīṃ suśobhanām /
tāmathāsau samālokya praceṣṭo'titvarānvitaḥ

uvāca pravahanpāṇiṃ naṣṭamānasasādhvasaḥ /
praceṣṭa uvāca-
samudrāṃtaratīrasthāṃ kāṃcīṃ nāma purīmimām

paśya sarvatra vikhyātāṃ janasarvasukhapradām /
atra mādhavavīrasya tasya vidyādharasya vā

kasyāpi ca bhayaṃ nāsti paśya candranibhānane /
maccitteṃdhanasaṃlagnāṃ kāmānalaśikhāvalim

kucakuṃbhakaraiḥ siddhaṃ nirvāṇaṃ dehi suṃdari /
tvaccārumukhapadme'sminmanmukhabhramaro'dhunā

icchetpātuṃ madhūnyatra kā'jñāte tiṣṭhati priye /
tvaccārugātrasaṃsparśāccharaistudati māṃ smaraḥ

trāhi trāhi priye trāhi tavāsmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ /
iti bruvaṃtaṃ taṃ mūḍhamabhivīkṣya varāṃganā

śokāgnitaptasarvāṅgī ciṃtayāmāsa cetasā /
ayaṃ mūḍho duṣṭaceṣṭaḥ praceṣṭo nāma vedhasā

likhitaḥ kiṃ lalāṭe me yanmayā hā hatāsmyaham /
kva mātā kva ca me tātaḥ kva ca vidyādharo varaḥ

anenāhaṃ samānītā dhigastu ghaṭanāṃ vidheḥ /
alaṃ lokāḥ prakurvaṃti garvaṃ jagati sarvadā

vetti cchetuṃ garvavṛkṣaṃ vidhātā ghaṭanāsinā /
tathāpi vipade dhairyaṃ nirbhayatvaṃ ca tatparam

upāyāśceti catvāraḥ praśasyā dīrghadarśibhiḥ /
ityālokya hṛdā kanyā vacobhiḥ komalākṣaraiḥ

praceṣṭaṃ pratyuvācāsau sarvakāryavicakṣaṇā /
sulocanovāca/
dṛḍhaṃ kuru mano vīra kanyāhamavivāhitā

māṃ samāliṅgya mohena kathaṃ yāsyasi durmate /
śāstroktavidhinā vīra vivāhena gṛhāṇa mām

tava sevāṃ kariṣyāmi dāsīvatko'tra saṃśayaḥ /
tvaṃ me prāṇāśca mitraśca bhūṣaṇaṃ bāṃdhavastathā

ananyagatayo nāryo bhavānnītimavaiti kim /
vivāhayogyavastūni vivāhārthaṃ samānaya

matpāṇigrahaṇaṃ śīghraṃ kuru jāḍyaṃgṛhīti ca /
aṃtardṛḍhaṃ bahiḥ ślakṣṇaṃ badarīphalavadvacaḥ

ākarṇya tasyā mūḍho'sau paramāṃ prītimāyayau /
turaṃgamaṃ ca tāṃ kanyāṃ saṃsthāpyaikatra durmatiḥ

karakaṃkaṇamādāya tasyāstatpuramāyayau /
tataḥ sā ciṃtayāmāsa vidhiṃ nūnaṃ praśasyatam

yata āvāṃ parityajya mūḍho'sau harṣito yayau /
kiṃ kartavyaṃ kva gaṃtavyaṃ kva sthātavyaṃ mayādhunā

atisaṃkaṭakāryesminnistāro me bhavetkatham /
yadāhamatra tiṣṭhami kiṃ vadiṣyaṃti te tadā

puṇyatīrthaṃ samāsādya paratra janmakāmyayā /
paṃcatāṃ pratiyāsyāmi sāpi śreyaskarī yataḥ

madviyogādayaṃ mūḍho na vidyādhara mādhavau /
jīviṣyaṃti trayopyete kṣaṇamātramapi smaran

mayi sthitāyāmeteṣāṃ bhavejjīvanarakṣaṇam /
mṛtāyāmapi yāsyaṃti trayo'pyete tu paṃcatām

māmuddiśya yadā prāṇāḥ yakṣyaṃte te'tra me janāḥ /
bhaviṣyāmi tadā nūnamahaṃ tadvadhabhāginī

idānīṃ puṇyatīrtheṣu yaṣṭavyo bhagavānhariḥ /
tasminprasanne bhadraṃ me sarvameva bhaviṣyati

prāṇeṣu ca vinaṣṭeṣu sarvameva vinaśyati /
teṣu sthiteṣu sakalaṃ stokastokena sidhyati

niśāvaśiṣṭā nalinī himākare dūrīkṛte caṇḍakareṇa bhāsvatā /
sugandhapuṣpaprakaro'tisuṃdarī nāpnoti kiṃ bhṛṃgavarasya saṃgamam

hṛdā viciṃtyeti varāṃganā sā saptiṃ samāruhya mahājavaṃ tam /
taptuṃ tapaḥ sāgaraviṣṇupatnyorjagāma vijñottamasaṃgamāya

tasminkṣetravare puṇye gaṅgāsāgarasaṃgame /
vasedrājā suṣeṇākhyaḥ somavaṃśasamudbhavaḥ

gaṃtuṃ tasya sabhāṃ rājñaścetasā sā vyaciṃtayat /
mayā yuvatyā kartavyaṃ kathaṃ bhūpāladarśanam

adhivāsanasūtrāṇi sadūrvāṇi bhuje mama /
kanyāhaṃ turagārūḍhā yuvatī saṃgavarjitā

cāritraṃ māmakaṃ nūnaṃ manovismayakārakam /
ātmānaṃ gopayitvāhaṃ yāsyāmi nṛpateḥ sabhām

indrajālaprabhāveṇa sā bhūtvā puruṣākṛtiḥ /
praviveśa sabhāṃ rājñaḥ sudharmāmiva jaimine २००

taṃ sapannamivāyāṃtaṃ śaktihastaṃ hayāsanam /
svayaṃ papraccha bhūpālaḥ kastvaṃ kuta ihāgataḥ

tasyaitadvacanaṃ śrutvā sā kanyā puruṣākṛtiḥ /
praṇamyovāca rājānaṃ suhṛdaṃ sajjanāśrayam

deva vīravaro nāma putro'haṃ pṛthivīpateḥ /
vartanāya samāyātastvadrājyaṃ prati saṃprati

yadyatkāryamasādhyaṃ syāttadeva sādhayāmyaham /
mayi sthite na madbharttuḥ kutrāpi syātparājayaḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre vīravarapradarśonāma paṃcamo'dhyāyaḥ