Śiśupālavadha · Chapter 8

āyāsādalaghutarastanaiḥ svanadbhiḥ śrāntānāmavikacalocanāravindaiḥ /
abhyambhaḥ kathamapi yoṣitāṃ samūhaistairurvīnihitacalatpadaṃ pracele

yāntīnāṃ samamasitabhruvāṃ natatvādaṃsānāṃ mahati nitāntamantare 'pi /
saṃsaktaivipulatayā mitho nitambaiḥ sambādhaṃ bṛhadapi tadbabhūva vartma

nīrandhradruśiśirāṃ bhuvaṃ vrajantīḥ sāśaṅkaṃ muhuriva kautukātkaraistāḥ /
pasparśa kṣaṇamanilākulīkṛtānāṃ śākhānāmatuhinaraśmirantarālaiḥ

ekasyāstapanakaraiḥ karālitayā bibhrāṇaḥ sapadi sitoṣṇāvaraṇatvam /
sevāyai vadanasarojanirjitaśrīrāgasya priyamiva candramāścakāra

svaṃ rāgādupari vitanvatottarīyaṃ kāntena prativāritātapāyāḥ /
sacchatrādaparavilāsinīsamūhacchāyāsīdadhikatarā tadāparasyāḥ

saṃsparśasukhopacīyamāne sarvāṅge karatalalagnavallabhāyāḥ /
kauśeyaṃ vrajadapi gāḍhatāmajasraṃ sasraṃse vigalitanīvi nīrajākṣyāḥ

gacchantīralasamavekṣya vismayinyastāstanvīrna vidadhire gatāni haṃsyaḥ /
buddhvā vā jitamapareṇa kāmamāṣkurvīta svaguṇamapatrapaḥ ka eva

śrīmadbhirjitapulināni mādhavīnāmārohairnibiḍabṛhannitambabimbaiḥ /
pāṣāṇaskhalanavilolamāśu nūnaṃ vailakṣyādyayuravarodhanāni sindhoḥ

muktābhiḥ salilarayāstaśuktimuktābhiḥ kṛtaruci saikataṃ nadīnām /
strīlokaḥ parikalayāñcakāra tulyaṃ palyaṅkairvigalitahāracārubhiḥ svaiḥ

ādhrāya śramajamanindyabandhuṃ niśvāsaśvasanamasaktamaṅganānām /
āraṇyāḥ sumanasa īṣire na bhṛṅgairaucityaṃ gaṇayati ko viśeṣakāmaḥ

āyāntyāṃ nijayuvatau vanātsaśaṅkaṃ barhāṇāmaparaśikhaṇḍinīṃ bhareṇa /
ālokya vyavadadhataṃ puro mayūraṃ kāminyaḥ śradadhuranārjavaṃ nareṣu

ālāpaistulitaravāṇi mādhavīnāṃ mādhuryādamalapatatriṇāṃ kulāni /
antardhāmupayayurutpalāvalīṣu prāduṣkātka iva jitaḥ puraḥ pareṇa

mugdhāyāḥ smaralaliteṣu cakravākyā niśaṅkaṃ dayitatamena cumbitāyāḥ /
praṇeśānabhi vidadhurvadhūtahastāḥ sītkāraṃ samucitamuttaraṃ taruṇyaḥ

utkṣiptasphuṭitasaroruhārghyamuccaiḥ sasnehaṃ vihagarutairivālapanto /
nārīṇāmatha sarasī saphenahāsā prītyeva vyatanuta pādyamūrmihastaiḥ

nityāyā nijavasaternirāsire yadrāgeṇa śriyamaravindataḥ karāgraiḥ /
vyaktatvaṃ niyatamanena ninyurasyāḥ sāpatnyaṃ kṣitisutavidviṣo mahiṣyaḥ

āskandan kathamapi yoṣito na yāvadbhīmatyaḥ priyakaradhāryamāṇahastāḥ /
autsukyāttvaritamamūstadambu tāvatsaṃkrāntapratimatayā dadhāvivāntaḥ

tāḥ pūrvaṃ sacakitamāgamayya gādhaṃ kṛtvātho mṛdu padamantarāviśantyaḥ /
kāminyo mana iva kāminaḥ sarāgairaṅgaistajjalamanurañjayāṃbabhū

saṃkṣobhaṃ payasi muhurmahebhakumbhaśrībhājā kucayugalena nīyamāne /
viśleṣaṃ yugamagamadrathāṅganāmnorudvṛttaḥ ka iva sukhāvahaḥ pareṣāṃ

āsīnā taṭabhuvi sasmitena bhartrā rambhoruvatirutaṃ sarasyanicchuḥ /
dhunvānā karayugamīkṣituṃ vilāsāñśītāluḥ salilagatena sicyate sma

necchantī samamunā saro 'vagāḍhuṃ rodhastaḥ pratijalamīritā sakhībhiḥ /
āślakṣadbhayacakitekṣaṇaṃ navoḍhā voḍhāraṃ vipadi na dūṣitātibhūmiḥ

tiṣṭhantaṃ payasi pumāṃsamaṃsamātre taddaghnaṃ tadavayatī kilātmano 'pi /
abhyetuṃ sutanurabhīriyeṣa maugdhyādāśleṣi drutamamunā nimajjatīti

ānābheḥ sarasi natabhruvāvagāḍhe cāpalyādatha payasastaraṅgahastaiḥ /
ucchrāyistanayugamadhyarohi labdhasparśānāṃ bhavati kuto 'thavāvyavasthā

kāntānāṃ kuvalayamapyapāstamakṣṇoḥ śobhābhirna mukharucāhamekameva /
saṃharṣādalivirutairitīva gāyallolormau payasi mahotpalaṃ nanarta

trasyantī calaśapharīvighaṭṭitorūvāmorūratiśayamāpa vibhramasya /
kṣubhyanti pasabhamaho vināpi hetorlīlābhiḥ kimu sati kāraṇe ramaṇyaḥ

ākṛṣṭavapurlataistaradabhistasyāmbhastadatha saromahārṇavasya /
akṣobhi prasṛtavilobāhupakṣairyoṣāṇāṃmurubhirurojagaṇaḍasśailaiḥ

gāmbhīryaṃ dadhadapirantumaṅganābhiḥ saṃkṣobhaṃ jadhanavighaṭṭanena nītaḥ /
ambhodhivikasitavārijānano 'sau maryādāṃ sapadi vilaṅghayāṃbabhūva

ādātuṃ dayitamivāvagāḍhamārādūrmīṇāṃ tatibhirabhiprasāryamāṇaḥ /
kasyāścidvitatacalacchikhāṅgulīko lakṣmīvān sarasi rarāja keśahastaḥ

unnidrapriyakamanoramaṃ ramaṇyāḥ saṃreje sarasi vapuḥ prakāśameva /
yuktānāṃ vimalatayā tiraskriyāyai nākrāmannapi hi bhavatyalaṃ jalaughaḥ

kiṃ tāvatsarasi sarojametadāhosvinmukhamavabhāsate yuvatyāḥ /
saṃśayya kṣaṇamiti niścikāya kaścidvivyokairbakasahavāsināṃ parokṣaiḥ

śṛṅgāṇi drutakanakojvalāni gandhāḥ kausumbhaṃ pṛthukucakumbhasaṅgivāsaḥ /
mārdvīkaṃ prayatamasannidhānaṃmāsannārīṇāmiti jalakelisādhanāni

uttuṅgādanilacalāṃśukāstaṭāntāccetobhiḥ saha bhayadarśitanāṃ priyāṇāṃ /
śreṇibhirgurubhiratūrṇamutpatantayastoyeṣu drutataramaṅganā nipetuḥ

mugdhatvādaviditakaitavaprayogā gacchantyaḥ sapadi parājayaṃ taruṇyaḥ /
tā kāntaiḥ saha karapuṣkareritāmbuvyātyukṣīmabhisaraṇaglahāmadīvyan

yogyasya trinayanalocanārcirnidagdhasmarapūtanādhirājyalakṣmyāḥ /
kāntāyāḥ karakalaśodyataiḥ payobhiravaktrendorakṛtamahābhiṣekamekaḥ

śiñcantyāḥ kathamapi bāhumunnamayya preyāṃsaṃ manasijaduḥkhadurlāyāḥ /
sauvarṇaṃ valayamavāgalatkarāgrāllavaṇyaśriya iva śeṣamaṅganāyāḥ

snihyantī dṛśamaparā nidhāya pūrṇaṃ mūrtena praṇayarasena vāriṇeva /
kandarpapravaṇamānāḥ sakhīsisikṣālakṣyeṇa pratiyuvamañjaliṃ cakāra

ānandaṃ dadhati mukhe karodakena śyāmāyā dayitatamena sicyamāne /
īrṣyantyā vadanamasiktamapyanalpasvedāmbusnapitamajāyatetarasyāḥ

udvīkṣya priyakarakuḍmalāpaviddhairvakṣojadvayamabhiṣiktamanyanāryāḥ /
ambhobhirmuhurasicadvadhūramarṣadātmīyaṃ pṛthutaranetrayugamamuktaiḥ

kurvadbhimukharucimujjavalāmajasraṃ yaistoyairasicata vallabhāṃ vilāsī /
taireva pratiyuvaterakāri dūrātkāluṣyaṃ śaśadharadīdhiticchaṭācchaiḥ

rāgāndhīkṛtanayanena nāmadheyavyatyāsādabhimukhamīritaḥ priyeṇa /
māninyā vapuṣi patannisargamando bhindāno hṛdayamasāhi nodavajraḥ

premṇoraḥ praṇayini siñcati priyāyāḥ saṃtāpaṃ navajalavipruṣo gṛhītvā /
uddhūtāḥ kaṭhinakucasthalābhighātādāsannāṃ bhṛśamaparāṅganāmadhākṣuḥ

saṃkrāntaṃ priyatamavakṣaso 'ṅgarāgaṃsādhvasyāḥ sarasi hariṣyate 'dhunāmbhaḥ /
tuṣṭvaivaṃ sapadi hṛte 'pi tatra tepe kasyaścitsphuṭanakhalakṣmaṇaḥ sapatnyā

hṛtāyāḥ pratisakhikāminānyanāmnā hrīmatyāḥ sarasi galanmukhendukānteḥ /
antadhiṃ drutamiva kartumaśruvarṣairbhūmānaṃ gamayitumīṣire payāṃsi

siktāyāḥ kṣaṇamabhiṣicya pūrvamanyāmanyasyāḥ praṇayavatā batābalāyaḥ /
kālimnā samadhita man.reva vaktraṃ prāpākṣṇorgaladapaśabdamañjanāmbhaḥ

udvoḍhuṃ kanakavibhūṣaṇānyaśaktaḥ sadhrīcā valayitapadmanālasūtraḥ /
ārūḍhaprativanitākaṭākṣabhāraḥ sādhīyo gurarabhavadbhujastaruṇyāḥ

ābaddhapracuraparārghyakiṅkiṇīko rāmāṇāmanavaratodagāhabhājām /
nārāvaṃ vyatanuta mekhalākalāpaḥ kasminvā sajalaguṇe girāṃ paṭutvam

paryacche sarasi hṛteṃ'śuke payobhirlolākṣe suratagurāvapatrapiṣṇoḥ /
suśreṇyā dalavasanena vīcihastanyastena drutamakṛtābjini sakhātvam

nārībhirgurujaghanasthalānāṃ āsyaśrīvijitavikāsivārijānām /
lolatvādapaharatāṃ tadaṅgarāgasaṃjajñe sa kaluṣa āśayo jalānām

saugandhaṃ dadhadapi kāmamaṅganānāṃ dūratvādgatamānanopamānam /
nedīyo jitamiti lajjayeva tāsāmālole payasi manotpalaṃ mamajja

prabhraṣṭai sarabhasamambhaso 'vagāhakrīḍābhirvidalitayūthikāpiśaṅgaiḥ /
ākalpaiḥ sarasi hiraṇmayairvadhūnāmaurvāgnidyutiśakalairiva vyarāji

āsmākī yuvatidṛśāmasau tanoti cchāyeva śriyamanapāyinīṃ kimebhiḥ /
matvaivaṃ svaguṇapidhānasābhyasūyaiḥ panīyairiti vidadhāvire 'ñjanāni

nirdhaute sati haricandane jalaughairāpāṇḍorgataparabhāgayāṅganāyāḥ /
ahnāya stanakalaśadvayādupeye vicchedaḥ sahṛdayayeva hārayaṣṭyā

anyūnaṃ guṇamamṛtasya dhārayantī samphullasphuritasaroruhāvataṃsā /
preyobhiḥ saha sarasī niṣevyamāṇā raktatvaṃ vyadhita vadhūdṛśāṃ surā ca

snāntīnāṃ bṛhadamalodabinducitrai rejāte ruciradṛśāmurojakumbhau /
hārāṇāṃ maṇibhirupāśritau samantādutsūtrairguṇavadupaghnakāmyayeva

ārūḍhaḥ patita iti svasambhavo 'pi svacchānāṃ pariharaṇīyatāmupaiti /
karṇebhyaścyutamasitolpalaṃ vadhūnāṃ vīcibhistaṭamanu yannirāsurāpaḥ

dantānāmadharamayāvakaṃ padāni pratyagrāstanumavilepanāṃ nakhāṅgāḥ /
āninyuḥ śriyamadhitoyamaṅganānāṃ śobhāyai vipadi sadāśritā bhavanti

kasyāścinamukhamanu dhautapatralekhaṃ vyātene salilabharāvalambinībhiḥ /
kiñcalkavyatikarapiñcarāntarābhiścitraśrīralamalakāgravallarībhiḥ

vakṣebhyo ghanamanulepanaṃ yadūnāmuttaṃsānāharata vāri mūrdhajebhyaḥ /
netrāṇāṃ madarucirakṣataiva tasthau cakṣuṣyaḥ khalu mahatāṃ parairalaṅghyaḥ

yo bāhyaḥ sa khalu jalairnirāsi rāgo yaścitte sa tu tadavastha eva teṣām /
dhīrāṇāṃ vrajati hi sarva eva nāntaḥpātitvādabhibhavanīyatāṃ parasya

phenānāmurasiruheṣu hāralīlā celaśrīrjaghanasthaleṣu śaivalānām /
gaṇḍeṣu sphuṭaracanābjapatrtravallī paryāptaṃ payasi vibhūṣaṇaṃ vadhūnām

bhraśdbhirjalamabhi bhūṣaṇairvadhūnāmaṅgebhyo gurubhiramajji lajjayeva /
nirmālyairatha nanṛte 'vadhīritānāmapyuccairbhavati laghīyasāṃ hi dhārṣṭyam

āmṛṣṭastilakarucaḥ srajo nirastā nīraktaṃ vasanamapākṛtoṅgarāgaḥ /
kāmaḥ strīranuśāyavāniva svapakṣavyāghātāditi sutarāṃ cakāra cārūḥ

śītārtiṃ balavadupeyuṣateva nīrairāsekācchiśirasamīrakampitena /
rāmāṇāmabhinavayauvanoṣmabhājorāśleṣi stanataṭayornavaṃśukena

ścyotadbhiḥ samadhikamāttamaṅgasaṅgāllāvaṇyantanumadivāmbu vāsaso 'ntaiḥ /
uttere taralataraṅgalīlāniṣṇātairatha sarasaḥ priyāsamūhaiḥ

divyānāmapi kṛtavismayāṃ purastādambhastaḥ sphuradaravindacāruhastām /
udvīkṣyaśriyamiva kāñciduttarantīṃmasmārṣījjalanidhimanmathanasya śauriḥ

ślakṣṇaṃ yatparihitametayoḥ kilāntardhānārthaṃ tadukasekasaktamūrvoḥ /
nārīṇāṃ vimalatarau samullasantyā bhāsantardadhatururūdukūlameva

vāsāṃsi nyavasata yāni yoṣitastāḥ śubhrābhradyutibhirahāsi tairmudeva /
atyākṣuḥ snapanagalajjalāni yāni sthūlāśrusrutibhirarodiḥ taiḥ śuceva

ārdratvadatiśāyinīmupeyivadbhiḥ saṃsaktiṃ bhṛśamapi bhūriśovadhūtaiḥ /
aṅgebhyaḥ kathamapi vāmalocanāṃ viśleṣo bata navaraktakaiḥ prapede

pratyaṃsaṃ vilulitamūrdhajā cirāya snānārdraṃ vapurudavāpayat kilaikā /
nājānādabhimatamantike 'bhivīkṣya svedāmbudravamabhavattarāṃ punastat

sīmantaṃ nijamanubadhnatī karābhyāmālakṣyastanataṭabāhumūlabhāgā /
bhartrānyā muhurabhilaṣyatā nidadhye naivāho viramati kautukaṃ priyebhyaḥ

svacchāmbhaḥsnapanavidhautamaṅgamoṣṭhastāmbūladyutiviśado vlāsinīnām /
vāsaśca pratanu viviktamastvitīyānākalpo yadi kusumeṣuṇā na śūnyaḥ

iti dhautapurandhrimatsarānsarasimajjanena śriyamāptavato 'tiśāyinīmapamalāṅgabhāsaḥ /
avalokya tadaiva yādavānaparavārirāśeḥ śisiretararociṣāpyapāṃ tatiṣu maṅktumīṣe