Śiśupālavadha · Chapter 16

damaghoṣasutena kaścana pratiśiṣṭaḥ pratibhānavānatha /
upagamyahariṃ sadasyadaḥ sphuṭabhinnārthamudāharadvacaḥ

abhidhāya tadā tadapriyaṃ śiśupālo 'nuśayaṃ paraṃ gataḥ /
bhavato 'bhimanāḥ samīhate saruṣaḥ kartumupetya mānanām

vipulena nipīḍya nirdayaṃ mudamāyātu nitāntamunmanāḥ /
pracurādhigatāṅganirvṛtiṃ paritastvāṃ khalu vigraheṇa saḥ

praṇataḥ śirasā kariṣyate sakalairetya samaṃ dharādhipaiḥ /
tava śāsanamāśu bhūpatiḥ paravānadya yatastvayaiva saḥ

adhivahnipataṅgatejaso niyatasvāntasamarthakarmaṇaḥ /
tava sarvavidheyavartinaḥ praṇatiṃ bibhrati kena bhūbhṛtaḥ

janatāṃ bhayaśūnyadhīḥ parairabhibhūtāmavalambase yataḥ /
tava kṛṣṇa guṇāstato narairasamānasya dadhatyagaṇyatām

ahitādanapatrapastrasannatimātrojjhitabhīranāstikaḥ /
vinayopahitastvayā kutaḥ sadṛśonyo guṇavānavismayaḥ

kṛtagopavadhūraterghnato vṛṣamugre narake 'pi saṃprati /
pratipattiradhaḥkṛtainaso janatābhistava sādhu varṇyate

vihitāpacitirmahībhṛtāṃ dviṣatāmāhitasādhvaso balaiḥ /
bhava sānucarastvamuccakairmahatāmapyupari kṣamābhṛtām

ghanajālanibhairdurāsadāḥ parito nāgakadambakaistava /
nagareṣu bhavantu vīthayaḥ parikīrṇā vanajairmṛgādibhiḥ

sakalāpihitasvapauruṣo niyatavyāpadavardhitodayaḥ /
ripurunnatadhīracetasaḥ satatavyādhiranītirastu te

vikacotpalacārulocanastava caidyena ghaṭāmupeyuṣaḥ /
yadupuṅgava bandhusauhṛdāttvayi pātā sasuro navāsavaḥ

calitānakadundubhiḥ puraḥ sabalastvaṃ saha sāraṇena tam /
samitau rabhasādupāgataḥ sagadaḥ saṃpratipattumarhasi

samareṣu ripūnvinighnatā śiśupālena sametya saṃprati /
suciraṃ saha sarvasātvatairbhava viśvastavilāsinījanaḥ

vijitakrudhamīkṣatāmasau mahatāṃ tvāmahitaṃ mahībhṛtām /
asakṛjjitasaṃyataṃ puro muditaḥ sapramadaṃ mahīpatiḥ

iti joṣamavasthitaṃ dviṣaḥ praṇidhiṃ gāmabhidhāya sātyakiḥ /
vadati sma vaco 'tha coditaścalitaikabhrū rathāṅgapāṇinā

madhuraṃ bahirantarapriyaṃ kṛtināvāci vacastathā tvayā /
sakalārthatayā vibhāvyate priyamantarbahirapriyaṃ yathā

atikomalamekatonyataḥ sarasāmbhoruhavṛntakarkaśam /
vahati sphuṭamekameva te vacanaṃ śākapalāśadeśyatām

prakaṭaṃ mṛdu nāma jalpataḥ paruṣaṃ sūcayatorthamantarā /
śakunādiva mārgavartibhiḥ paruṣādudvijitavyamīdṛśāt

harimarcitavānmahīpatiryadi rājñastava ko 'tra matsaraḥ /
nyasanāya sasaurabhasya kastarusūnasya śirasyasūyati

sukumāramaho laghīyasāṃ hṛdayaṃ tadgatamapriyaṃ yataḥ /
sahasaiva samudgirantyamī jarayantyeva hi tanmanīṣiṇaḥ

upakāraparaḥ svabhāvataḥ satataṃ sarvajanasya sajjanaḥ /
asatāmaniśaṃ tathāpyaho guruhṛdrogakarī tadunnatiḥ

paritapyata eva nottamaḥ paritapto 'pyaparaḥ susaṃvṛtiḥ /
paravṛddhibhirāhitavyathaḥ sphuṭanirbhinnadurāśayo 'dhamaḥ

anirākṛtatāpasaṃpadaṃ phalahīnāṃ sumanobhirujjhitām /
khalatāṃ khalatāmivāsatīṃ pratipadyeta kathaṃ budho janaḥ

prativācamadatta keśavaḥ śapamānāya na cedibhūbhuje /
anuhuṅkurute ghanadhvaniṃ na hi gomāyurutāni kesarī

jitaroṣarayā mahādhiyaḥ sapadi krodhajito laghurjanaḥ /
vijitena jitasya durmatermatimadbhiḥ saha kā virodhitā

vacanairasatāṃ mahīyaso na khalu vyeti gurutvamuddhataiḥ /
kimapaiti rajobhiraurvarairavakīrṇasya maṇermahārghatā

paritoṣayitā na kaścana svagato yasya guṇo 'sti dehinaḥ /
paradoṣakathābhiralpakaḥ svajanaṃ toṣayituṃ kilecchati

sahajāndhadṛśaḥ svadurnaye paradoṣekṣaṇadivyacakṣuṣaḥ /
svaguṇoccagiro munivratāḥ paravarṇagrahaṇeṣvasādhavaḥ

prakaṭānyapi naipuṇaṃ mahatparavācyāni cirāya gopitum /
vivarītumathātmano guṇānbhṛśamākauśalamāryacetasām

kimivākhilalokakīrtitaṃ kathayatyātmaguṇaṃ mahāmanāḥ /
vaditā na laghīyaso 'paraḥ svaguṇaṃ tena vadatyasau svayam

visṛjantyavikatthinaḥ pare viṣamāśīviṣavannarāḥ krudham /
dadhato 'ntarasārarūpatāṃ dhvanisārāḥ paṭahā ivetare

narakacchidamicchatīkṣituṃ vidhinā yena sa cedibhūpatiḥ /
drutametu na hāpayiṣyate sadṛśaṃ tasya vidhātumuttaram

samanaddha kimaṅga bhūpatiryadi saṃdhitsurasau sahāmunā /
harirākramaṇena saṃnati kila vibhrati bhiyetyasaṃbhavaḥ

mahatastarasā vilaṅghayannijadoṣeṇa kudhīrvinaśyati /
kurute na khalu svayecchayā śalabhānindhanamiddhadīdhitiḥ

yadapūri purā mahīpatirna mukhena svayamagasā śatam /
atha saṃprati paryapūpurattadasau dūtamukhena śārṅgiṇaḥ

yadanargalagopurānanastvamito vakṣyasi kiñcidapriyam /
vivariṣyati taccirasya naḥ samayodvīkṣaṇarakṣitāṃ krudham

niśamya tadūrjitaṃ śinervacanaṃ napturanāpturenasām /
punarujjhitasādhvaso dviṣāmabhidhatte sma vaco vacoharaḥ

vivinakti na buddhidurvidhaḥ svayameva svahitaṃ pṛthagjanaḥ /
yadudīritamapyadaḥ parairna vijānāti tadadbhutaṃ mahat

vidureṣyadapāyamātmanā parataḥ śraddadhate 'thavā budhāḥ /
na paropahitaṃ na ca svataḥ pramimīte 'nubhavādṛte 'lpadhīḥ

kuśalaṃ khalu tubhyameva tadvacanaṃ kṛṣṇa yadabhyadhāmaham /
upadeśaparāḥ pareṣvapi svavināśābhimukheṣu sādhavaḥ

ubhayaṃ yugapanmayoditaṃ tvarayā sāntvamathetaracca te /
pravibhajya pṛthaṅmanīṣayā svaguṇaṃ yatkila tatkariṣyasi

athavābhiniviṣṭabuddhiṣu vrajati vyarthakatāṃ subhāṣitam /
ravirāgiṣu śītarociṣaḥ karajālaṃ kamalākareṣviva

anapekṣya guṇāguṇau janaḥ svaruciṃ niścayatonudhāvati /
apahāya mahīśamarcicatsadati tvāṃ nanu bhīmapūrvajaḥ

tvayi bhaktimatā na satkṛtaḥ kururājā gurureva cedipaḥ /
priyamāṃsamṛgādhipojjhitaḥ kimavadyaḥ karikumbhajo maṇiḥ

kriyate dhavalaḥ khalūccakairdhavalaireva sitetarairadhaḥ /
śirasaudhamadhatta śṅkaraḥ surasindhormadhujittamaṅghriṇā

abudhaiḥ kṛtamānasamvidastava pārthaiḥ kuta eva yogyatā /
sahasi plavagairupāsitaṃ na hi guñjāphalameti soṣmatām

aparādhaśatakṣamaṃ nṛpaḥ kṣamayātyeti bhavantamekayā /
hṛtavatyapi bhīṣmakātmajāṃ tvayi cakṣāma samartha eva yat

gurubhiḥ pratipāditāṃ vadhūmapahṛtya svajanasya bhūpateḥ /
janako 'si janārdana sphuṭaṃ hatadharmārthatayā manobhuvaḥ

anirūpirūpasaṃpadastamaso vānyabhṛtacchadacchaveḥ /
tava sarvagatasya saṃprati kṣitipaḥ kṣipnurabhīśumāniva

kṣubhitasya mahībhṛtastvayi praśamopanyasanaṃ vṛthā mama /
pralayollasitasya vāridheḥ parivāho jagataḥ karoti kim

prahitaḥ pradhanāya mādhavānahamākārayituṃ mahībhṛtā /
na pareṣu mahaujasaśchalādapakurvanti malimlucā iva

tadayaṃ samupaiti bhūpatiḥ payasāṃ pūra ivānivāritaḥ /
avilambitamedhi vetasastaruvanmādhava mā sma bhajyathāḥ

paripāti sa kevalaṃ śiśūniti tannāmani mā sma viśvasīḥ /
taruṇānapi rakṣati kṣamī sa śaraṇyaḥ śaraṇāgatāndviṣaḥ

na vidadhyuraśaṅkamapriyaṃ mahataḥ svārthaparāḥ pare katham /
bhajate kupito 'pyudāradhīranunītiṃ natimātrakeṇa saḥ

hitamapriyamicchasi śrutaṃ yadi saṃdhatsva purā na naśyasi /
anṛtairatha tuṣyasi priyairjayatājjīva bhavāvanīśvaraḥ

pratipakṣajidapyasaṃśayaṃ yudhi caidyena vijeṣyate bhavān /
grasate hi tamopahaṃ muhurnanu rāhvāhvamaharpatiṃ tamaḥ

acirājjitamīnaketano vilasanvṛṣṇigaṇairnamaskṛtaḥ /
kṣitipaḥ kṣayitoddhatāntako haralīlāṃ sa viḍambayiṣyati

nihatonmadaduṣṭakuñjarāddadhato bhūri yaśaḥ kramārjitam /
na bibheti raṇe harerapi kṣitipaḥ kā gaṇanāsya vṛṣṇiṣu

na tadadbhutamasya yanmukhaṃ yudhi paśyanti bhiyā na śatravaḥ /
dravatāṃ nanu pṛṣṭhamīkṣate vadanaṃ so 'pi na jātu vidviṣām

pratanūllasitāciradyutaḥ śaradaṃ prāpya vikhaṇḍitāyudhāḥ /
dadhate 'ribhirasya tulyatāṃ yadi nāsārabhṛtaḥ payobhṛtaḥ

malinaṃ raṇareṇubhirmuhurdviṣatāṃ kṣālitamaṅganāśrubhiḥ /
nṛpamaulimarīcivarṇakairatha yasyāṅghiyugaṃ vilipyate

samarāya nikāmakarkaśaṃ kṣaṇamākṛṣṭamupaiti yasya ca /
dhanuṣā samamāśu vidviṣāṃ kulamāśaṅkitabhaṅgamānatim

tuhināṃśumamuṃ suhṛjjanāḥ kalayantyuṣṇakaraṃ virodhinaḥ /
kṛtibhiḥ kṛtadṛṣṭivibhramāḥ srajameke bhujagaṃ yathāpare

dadhato 'sulabhakṣayāgamāstanumekāntaratāmamānuṣīm /
bhuvi samprati na pratiṣṭhitāḥ sadṛśā yasya surairarātayaḥ

ativismayanīyakarmaṇo nṛpateryasya virodhi kiñcana /
yadumuktanayo nayatyasāvahitānāṃ kulamakṣayaṃ kṣayam

calitordhvakabandhasampado makaravyūhanirūddhavartmanaḥ /
ataratsvabhujaujasā muhurmahataḥ saṅgarasāgarānasau

na cikīrṣati yaḥ smayoddhato nṛpatittaccaraṇopapagaṃ śiraḥ /
caraṇaṃ kurute gatasmayaḥ smasāveva tadīyamūrdhani

svabhujadvayakevalāyudhaścaturaṅgāmapahāya vāhinīm /
bahuśaḥ saha śakradantinā sa caturdantamagacchadāhavam

avicālitacārucakrayoranurāgādupagūḍhayoḥ śriyā /
yuvayoridameva bhidyate yadupendrastvamatīndra eva saḥ

bhūtabhūtirahīnabhogabhāgvijitānekapuro 'pi vidviṣām /
rucimindudale karotyajaḥ paripūrṇendurucirmahīpatiḥ

nayati drutamuddhatiśritaḥ prasabhaṃ bhaṅgamabhaṅgurodayaḥ /
gamayatyavanītalasphuradbhujaśākhaṃ bhṛśamanyamunnatim

adhigamya ca randhramantarā janayanmaṇḍalabhedamanyataḥ /
khanati kṣatasaṃhati kṣaṇādapi mūlāni mahānti kasyacit

ghanapatrabhṛto 'nugāminastarasākṛṣya karoti kāṃścana /
dṛḍhamapyaparaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ pratikūlaṃ nitarāṃ nirasyati

iti pūra ivodakasya yaḥ saritāṃ prāvṛṣijas taṭadrumaiḥ /
kvacanāpi mahānakhaṇḍitaprasaraḥ krīḍati bhūbhṛtāṃ gaṇaiḥ

alaghūpalapaṅktiśālinīḥ parito ruddhanirantarāmbarāḥ /
adhirūḍhanitambabhūmayo na vimuñcanti cirāya mekhalāḥ

kaṭakāni bhajanti cārubhirnavamuktāphalabhūṣaṇairbhujaiḥ /
niyataṃ dadhate ca citrakairaviyogaṃ pṛthugaṇḍaśailataḥ

itiyasya sasaṃpadaḥ purā yadavāpurbhavaneṣvaristriyaḥ /
sphuṭameva samastamāpadā tadidānīmavanīdhramūrdhasu

mahataḥ kukurāndhakadrumānatimātraṃ davavaddahannapi /
aticitramidaṃ mahīpatiryadakṛṣṇāmavanīṃ kariṣyati

paritaḥ pramitākṣarāpi sarvaṃ viṣayaṃ vyāptavatī gatā pratiṣṭhām /
na khalu pratihanyate kutaścitparibhāṣeva garīyasī yadājñā

yāmūḍhavānūḍhavarāhamūrtirmuhūrtamādau puruṣaḥ purāṇaḥ /
tenohyate sāṃpratamakṣataiva kṣatāriṇā samyagasau punarbhūḥ

bhūyāṃsa kvacidapi kāmamaskhalantastuṅgatvaṃ dadhati ca yadyapi dvaye 'pi /
kallolāḥ salilanidheravāpya pāraṃ śīryante na guṇamahormayastadīyāḥ

lokālokavyāhataṃ gharmaraśmeḥ śālīnaṃ vā dhāma nālaṃ prasartum /
lokasyāgre paśyato dhṛṣṭamāśu krāmatyuccairbhūbhṛto yasya tejaḥ

vicchittirnavacandanena vapuṣo bhinno 'dharo 'laktakair acchācche patitāñjane ca nayane śroṇyo 'lasanmekhalāḥ /
prāpto mauktikahāramunnatakucābhogastadīyadviṣām itthaṃ nityavibhūṣaṇā yuvatayaḥ saṃpatsu cāpatsvapi

vinihatya bhavantamūrjitaśrīyudhi sadyaḥ śiśupālatāṃ yathārthām /
rudatāṃ bhavadaṅganāgaṇānāṅkaruṇāntaḥkaraṇaḥ kariṣyate 'sau