Raghuvamsha · Chapter 3

athepsitaṃ bhartur upasthitodayaṃ sakhījanodvīkṣaṇakaumudī mukham
nidānam ikṣvākukulasya saṃtateḥ sudakṣiṇā daurhṛda lakṣaṇaṃ dadhau //

śarīrasādād asamagrabhūṣaṇā mukhena sālakṣyata lo dhrapāṇḍunā
tanuprakāśena viceyatārakā pra bhātakalpā śaśineva śarvarī //

tato viśāṃpatyur ananyasaṃtater manorathaṃ kiṃcid ivodayonmukham
ananyasauhārdarasasya dohadaṃ priyā prapede prakṛtipriyaṃvadā //

mukhena sā ketakapattrapāṇḍunā kṛśāṅgayaṣṭiḥ parimeyabhūṣaṇā
sthitālpatārāṃ karuṇendumaṇḍalāṃ vibhātakalpāṃ rajanīṃ vyaḍambayat //

tadānanaṃ mṛtsurabhi kṣitīśvaro rah asy upā ghrāya na tṛptim āyayau
karīva siktaṃ pṛṣataiḥ payomucāṃ śucivyapāye vanarājipalvalam //

divaṃ marutvān iva bhokṣyate bhuvaṃ digantaviśrāntaratho hi tat sutaḥ
ato 'bhilāṣe prathamaṃ tathāvidhe mano babandhānyarasān vilaṅghya sā //

na me hriyā śaṃsati kiṃcid īpsitaṃ spṛhāvatī vastuṣu keṣu māgadhī
na hīṣṭam asy a tridive 'pi bhūpater priyāsakhīr uttarakosaleśvaraḥ //

upetya sā dohadaduḥkhaśīlatāṃ yad eva vavre tad apaśyad āhṛtam
na hīṣṭam asy a tridive 'pi bhūpater abhūd anāsādyam adhijyadhanvanaḥ //

krameṇa nistīrya ca dohadavyathāṃ pracīyamānāvayavā rarāja sā
purāṇapattrāpagamād anantaraṃ lateva saṃnaddhamanojñapallavā //

dineṣu gacchatsu nitāntapīvaraṃ tadīyam ā nīla mukhaṃ stanadvayam
tiraścakāra bhramar ābhilīnayoḥ sujātayoḥ paṅkajakośayoḥ śriyam) //

nidhānagarbhām iva sāgarāmbarāṃ śamīm ivābhyantaralīnapāvakām
nadīm ivāntaḥsalilāṃ sarasvatīṃ nṛpaḥ sasattvāṃ mahiṣīm amanyata //

priyānurāgasya manaḥsamunnater bhujārjitānāṃ ca digantasaṃpadām
yathākramaṃ puṃsavanādikāḥ kriyā dhṛteś ca dhīraḥ sadṛśīr vyadhatta saḥ //

surendramātrāśritagarbhagauravāt prayatnamuktāsanayā gṛhāgataḥ
tayopacārāñjalikhinnahastayā nananda pāriplavanetrayā nṛpaḥ //

kumārabhṛtyākuśalair anu ṣṭhite bhiṣagbhir āptair atha garbha bharmaṇi
patiḥ pratītaḥ prasavonmukhīm priyāṃ dadarśa kāle divam abhrītam iva //

grahais tataḥ pañcabhir uccasaṃśrayair asūryagaiḥ sūcitabhāgyasaṃpadam
asūta putraṃ samaye śacīsamā trisādhanā śaktir ivārtham akṣayam //

diśaḥ prasedur maruto vavuḥ sukhāḥ pradakṣiṇārcir havir agnir ādade
babhūva sarvaṃ śubhaśaṃsi tatkṣaṇaṃ bhavo hi lokābhyudayāya tādṛśām //

ariṣṭaśayyāṃ parito visāriṇā sujanmanas tasya nijena tejasā
niśīthadīpāḥ sahasā hatatviṣo babhūvur ālekhyasamarpitā iva //

janāya śuddhāntacarāya śaṃsate kumārajanmāmṛtasaṃmitākṣaram
adeyam āsīt trayam eva bhūpateḥ śaśiprabhaṃ chattram ubhe ca cāmare //

samīkṣya putrasya cirān mukhaṃ pitā nidhānakumbhasya yuveva durgataḥ
mudā śarīre prababhūva nātmanaḥ payodhir indūdayamūrchito yathā //

nivātapadmastimitena cakṣuṣā nṛpasya kāntaṃ pibataḥ sutānanam
mahodadheḥ pūra ivendudarśanād guruḥ praharṣaḥ prababhūva n ātmani //

sa jātakarmaṇy akhile tapasvinā tapovanād etya purodhasā kṛte
dilīpasūnur maṇir ākarodbhavaḥ prayuktasaṃskāra ivādhikaṃ babhau //

sukhaśravā maṅgalatūryanisvanāḥ pramodanṛtyaiḥ saha vārayoṣitām
na kevalaṃ sadmani māgadhīpateḥ pathi vyajṛmbhanta divaukasām api //

na saṃyatas tasya babhūva rakṣitur vi sarjayed yaṃ sutajanmaharṣitaḥ
ṛṇābhidhānāt svayam eva kevalaṃ tadā pitḥṇāṃ mumuce sa bandhanāt //

śutasya yāyād ayam antam arbhakas tathā pareṣāṃ yudhi ceti pārthivaḥ
avekṣya dhātor gamanārtham arthavic cakāra nāmnā raghum ātmasaṃbhavam //

pituḥ prayatnāt sa samagrasaṃpadaḥ śubhaiḥ śarīrāvayavair dine dine
pupoṣa vṛddhiṃ haridaśvadīdhiter anupraveśād iva bālacandramāḥ //

umāvṛṣāṅkau śarajanmanā yathā yathā jayantena śacīpuraṃdarau
tathā nṛpaḥ sā cu sutena māgadhī nanandatus tatsadṛśena tatsamau //

rathāṅganāmnor iva bhāvabandhanaṃ babhūva yat prema parasparāśrayam
vibhaktam apy ekasut ena tat tayoḥ parasparasyopari paryacīyata //

uvāca dhātryā prathamoditaṃ vaco yayau tadīyām avalambya cāṅgulim
abhūc ca namraḥ praṇipātaśikṣayā pitur mudaṃ tena tatāna so 'rbhakaḥ //

tam aṅkam āropya śarīrayogajaiḥ sukhair niṣiñcantam ivāmṛtaṃ tvaci
upāntasaṃmīlitalocano nṛpaś cirāt sutasparśarasjñatāṃ yayau //

tam aṅkam āropya śarīrayogajaiḥ sthiter abhettā sthitimantam anvayam
svamūrtibhedena guṇāgryavartinā patiḥ prajānām iva sargam ātmanaḥ //

sa vṛtta caulaś calakākapakṣakair amātyaputraiḥ savayobhir anvitaḥ
liper yathāvadgrahaṇena vāṅmayaṃ nadīmukheneva samudram āviśat //

athopanītaṃ vidhivad vipaścito vininyur enaṃ guravo gurupriyam
avandhyayatnāś ca babhūvur arbhake tatāra vidyāḥ pavanātipātibhir //

dhiyaḥ samagraiḥ sa guṇair udāradhīḥ kramāc catasraś caturarṇavopamāḥ
tatāra vidyāḥ pavanātipātibhir diśo haridbhir haritām iveśvaraḥ //

tvacaṃ sa medhyāṃ paridhāya rauravīm aśikṣatāstraṃ pitur eva mantra vat
na kevalaṃ tadgurur ekapārthivaḥ kṣitāv abhūd ekadhanurdharo 'pi saḥ //

mahokṣatāṃ vatsataraḥ spṛśann iva dvipendrabhāvaṃ kalabhaḥ śrayann iva
raghuḥ kramād yauvanabhinnaśaiśavaḥ pupoṣa gāmbhīrya manoharaṃ vapuḥ //

athāsya godānavidher anantaraṃ vivāhadīkṣāṃ niravartayad guruḥ
narendrakanyās tam avāpya satpatiṃ tamo nudaṃ dakṣasutā ivābabhuḥ //

yuvā yugavyāyatabāhur aṃsalaḥ kapāṭavakṣāḥ pariṇaddhakaṃdharaḥ
vapuḥprakarṣād ajayad guruṃ raghus tathāpi nīcair vinayād adṛśyata //

tataḥ prajānāṃ ciram ātmanā dhṛtāṃ nitāntagurvīṃ laghayiṣyatā dhuram
nisargasaṃskāravinīta ity asau nṛpeṇa cakre yuvarājaśabdabhāk //

narendramūlāyatanād anantaraṃ ghanavyapāyena gabhastimān iva
agacchad aṃśena guṇābhilāṣiṇī navāvatāraṃ kamalād ivotpalam //

vibhāvasuḥ sārathineva vāyunā ghanavyapāyena gabhastimān iva
babhūva tenātitarāṃ suduḥsahaḥ kaṭaprabhedena karīva pārthivaḥ //

niyujya taṃ homaturaṃgarakṣaṇe dhanurdharaṃ rājasutair anudrutam
apūrṇam ekena śatakratūpamaḥ śataṃ kratūnā apavighnam āpa saḥ //

tataḥ paraṃ tena makhāya vajvanā turaṃgam utsṛṣṭam anargalaṃ punaḥ
dhanurbhṛtām agrata eva rakṣ iṇāṃ jahāra śakraḥ kila gūḍhavigrahaḥ //

viṣādaluptapratipatt i vismitaṃ mamaiva yeneha turaṃgam īkṣase
dhenvā niśamyeti vacaḥ samīrtaṃ śrutaprabhāvā dadṛśe 'tha nandinī //

svedāmbunā mārjaya putra locane mamaiva yeneha turaṃgam īkṣase
dhenvā niśamyeti vacaḥ samīritaṃ mudaṃ parām āpa dilīpanandanaḥ //

tadaṅganisyandajalena locane pramṛjya puṇyena puraskṛtaḥ satām
atīndriyeṣv apy upapannadarśano babhūva bhāveṣu dilīpanandanaḥ //

sa pūrvataḥ parvatapakṣaśāt anaṃ dadarśa devaṃ naradevasaṃbhavaḥ
punaḥ punaḥ sūtaniṣiddhacāpalaṃ harantam aśvaṃ ratharaśmi saṃyatam //

sa pūrvataḥ parvatapakṣaśāt anaṃ hariṃ viditvā haribhiś ca vājibhiḥ
avocad enaṃ gangaspṛśā raghuḥ svareṇa dhīreṇa nivartayann iva //

makhāṃśabhājāṃ prathamo manīṣibhis tvam eva dev endra sadā nigadyase
ajasradīkṣāprayatasya madguroḥ kriyāvighātāya kathaṃ pravartase //

trilokanāthena sadā makhadviṣas tvayā niyamyā nanu divyacakṣuṣā
sa cet svayaṃ karamasu dharmacāriṇāṃ tvam antarāy o bhavasi cyuto vidhiḥ //

tad aṅgam agryaṃ maghavan mahākrator amuṃ turaṃgaṃ pratimoktum arhasi
pataḥ śruter darśayitāra īśvarā malīmasām ādadate na paddhatim //

iti pragalbhaṃ raghuṇā samīritaṃ vaco niśamyādhipatir divaukasām
nivartayām āsa rathaṃ savismayaḥ pracakrame ca prativaktum uttaram //

yad āttha rājanyakumāra tat tathā yaśas tu rakṣyaṃ parato yaśodhanaiḥ
jagatprakāśaṃ tad aśeṣam ijyayā bhavadgurur laṅghayituṃ mamodyataḥ //

harir yathaikaḥ puruśottamaḥ smṛto maheśvaras tryambaka eva nāparaḥ
tathā vidur māṃ munayaḥ śatakratuṃ dvitīyagāmī na hi śabda eṣa naḥ //

ato 'yam aśvaḥ kapil ānukāriṇā pitus tvadīyasya mayāpahāritaḥ
alaṃ prayatnena tavātra mā nidhāḥ padaṃ padavy āṃ sagarasya saṃtateḥ //

tataḥ prahasyāpabhayaḥ puraṃdaraṃ punar babhāṣe turagasya rakṣitā
gṛhāṇa śastraṃ yadi sarga eṣa te na khalv anirjitya raghuṃ kṛtī bhav ān //

sa evam uktvā maghavantam unmukhaḥ kariṣyamāṇaḥ saśaram śarāsanam
atiṣṭhad ālīḍhaviśeṣaśobhinā vapuḥprakarṣeṇa viḍambiteśvaraḥ //

raghor avaṣṭambhamayena pattriṇā hṛdi kṣato gotrabhid apy amarṣaṇaḥ
navāmbudānīkamuhūrtalāñchane dhanuṣy amoghaṃ samadhatta sāyakam //

dilīpasūnoḥ sa bṛhad (?) bhujāntaraṃ praviśya bhīmāsuraśoṇitocitaḥ
papāv anāsvāditapūrvam āśugaḥ kutūhaleneva manuṣyaśoṇitam //

hareḥ kumāro 'pi kumāravikramaḥ suradvipāsphālanakarkaśāṅgulau
bhuje śacīpattra viśeṣakāṅkite svanāmacihnaṃ nicakhāna sāyakam //

jahāra cānyena mayūra pattriṇā śareṇa śakrasya mahāśanidhvajam
cukopa tasmai sa bhṛśaṃ suraśriyaḥ prasahaya keśavyaparopaṇād iva //

tayor upāntasthitasiddhasainikaṃ garutmadāśīviśabhīmadarśan aiḥ
babhūva yuddhaṃ tumu u laṃ jayaiṣiṇor adhomukhair ūrdhvamukhaiś ca pattribhiḥ //

atiprabandhaprahitāstravṛṣṭibhis tam āśrayaṃ duṣprahasya tejasaḥ
śaśāka nirvāpayituṃ na vāsavaḥ svataś cyutaṃ vahnim ivādbhir ambudaḥ //

tataḥ prakoṣṭh e haricandanāṅkit e pramathyamānārṇava dhīra
raghuḥ śaśāṅkārdhamukhena pattriṇā śarāsanajyām alunād viḍaujasaḥ //

sa cāpam utsṛjya vivṛddhamatsaraḥ praṇāśanāya prabalasya vidviṣaḥ
mahīdhrapakṣavyaparopaṇ ocitaṃ sphuratprabhāmaṇḍalam astram ādade //

raghur bhṛśaṃ vakṣasi tena tāḍitaḥ papāta bhūmau saha sainikāśrubhiḥ
nimeṣamātrād avadhūya tad vyathāṃ sahotthitaḥ sainikaharṣa ni svanaiḥ //

tathāpi śastravyavahāraniṣṭhure bipakṣabhāve ciram asya tasthuṣaḥ
tutoṣa vīryātiśayena vṛtrahā padaṃ hi sarvatra guṇair nidhīyate //

asaṅgam adriṣv api sāravattayā na me tvadanyena visoḍh am āyudham
avehi māṃ prītam ṛte turaṃgamāt kim icchasīti sphuṭam āha vāsavaḥ //

tato niṣaṅgād asamagr am uddhṛtaṃ suvarṇapuṅkhadyutirañjitāṅgulim
narendra sūnuḥ pratisaṃharann iṣuṃ priyaṃvad aḥ pratyavadat sureśvaram //

amocyam aśvaṃ yadi manyase prabho tataḥ samāpte vidhinaiva karmaṇi
ajasradīkṣāprayat aḥ sa mad guruḥ krator aśeṣeṇa phalena yujyatām //

yathā ca vṛttāntam imaṃ sadogatas trilocanaikāṃśatayā durāsadaḥ
tavaiva saṃdeṣaharād viśaṃpatiḥ śṛṇoti lok eśa tathā vidhīyatām //

tatheti kāmaṃ pratiśuśruvān raghor yathāgataṃ mātalisārathir yayau
nṛpasya nātipramanāḥ sadogṛhaṃ sudakṣināsūnur api nyavartata //

tam abhyanandat prathamaṃ prabodhitaḥ prajeśvaraḥ śāsanahāriṇā hareḥ
parāmṛśan harṣa jaḍena pāṇinā tadīyam aṅgaṃ kuliśavraṇāṅkitam //

iti kṣitīśo navatiṃ navādhikāṃ mahākratūnāṃ mahanīyaśāsanaḥ
samāraurukṣur divam āyuṣaḥ kṣaye tatāna sopānaparaṃparām iva //

atha sa viṣavyāvṛttātmā yathāvidhi sūnave nṛpatikakudaṃ dattvā yūne sitātapavāraṇam
munivanatarucchāyāṃ devyā tayā saha śiśriye galitavayasām ikṣvākūṇā idaṃ hi kulavrtam //