Chapter 2

atha bibhraddurucchedaṃ śokaṃ bhrātṛviyogajam |
utsṛṣṭapṛthivīcintaḥ pālakaḥ kālamakṣipat || 1 ||
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taṃ purodhaḥprabhṛtayaḥ kadācidavadanprajāḥ |
utsīdantīḥ prajā rājannārhasi tvamupekṣitum || 2 ||
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bhrātuḥ puraḥ pratijñāya dūrakṣāṃ rakṣituṃ kṣitim |
kiṃ śocasi na śoko'yamupāyaḥ kṣitirakṣaṇe || 3 ||
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ṣaṣṭhaṃ pāpāṃśamādatte rakṣannapi nṛpaḥ prajāḥ |
nikṣiptakṣitirakṣastu sarvameva na muñcati || 4 ||
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tasmājjighāṃsatā pāpaṃ puṇyaṃ copacicīṣatā |
rājandhanyāḥ prajāḥ kāryāḥ sukhaṃ cānububhūṣatā || 5 ||
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na cedarthayamānānāṃ vacanaṃ naḥ kariṣyasi |
dhruvaṃ drakṣyasi saṃkrāntādeśān rājanvataḥ prajāḥ || 6 ||
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avṛttapūrvamasmābhirudāsīne tvayi śrutam |
balādagnigṛhānnītaḥ puroḍāśaḥ śunā kila || 7 ||
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baṭośca bhrāmyato bhikṣāṃ bhikṣāpātrādanāvṛtāt |
baṭutvātkṣiptacittasya hṛtaḥ kākena modakaḥ || 8 ||
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iti śrutvā sasaṃtrāso rājā tāḍitadundubhiḥ |
mṛgendrāsanamadhyāste sumeruṃ maghavāniva || 9 ||
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tasminnārūḍhamātre ca samaṃ vikasitāḥ prajāḥ |
udayācalakūṭasthe nalinya iva bhāskare || 10 ||
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athātīte kvacitkāle viprānpapraccha pārthivaḥ |
dharmamācakṣatāṃ pūjyāḥ śuddhamityatha te'bruvan || 11 ||
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sarvavidyāvidā dharmaḥ kastvayā nāvalokitaḥ |
ācāro'yamiti vyaktamanuyuktāstvayā vayam || 12 ||
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rāgādimantaḥ puruṣāstairuktā hyapramāṇatā |
sāṃkhyādīnāmakāryatvādvedasyaiva pramāṇatā || 13 ||
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tasmādvedeṣu vihitaṃ yattadāsevyatāmiti |
śrutvedaṃ nṛpatiryajñairīje niḥsaṃkhyadakṣiṇaiḥ || 14 ||
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athotsṛṣṭaprajākāryaṃ dīkṣāsantānasevayā |
mantrinau jātasaṃtrāsau taṃ kadācidavocatām || 15 ||
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uddhṛtaḥ śokapaṅkāttvaṃ balibhirdvijakuñjaraiḥ |
uddhāryaḥ sāṃprataṃ kena dīkṣāpaṅkādduruttarāt || 16 ||
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kāmārthau yadyapi tyaktau sevyāveva tathāpi tau |
durlabho hi vinā tābhyāṃ dharmaḥ suddho nṛpairiti || 17 ||
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upapannamidaṃ śrutvā pratiśrutya tatheti ca |
devatāyācanavyagrastrīkamantaḥpuraṃ yayau || 18 ||
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pānābharaṇavāsaḥ srakpriyavāgdānamānitāḥ |
antaḥpuracarīḥ praiśyāścacāra paritoṣitāḥ || 19 ||
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anantaramanujyeṣṭhaṃ devīḥ saṃmānya bhūpatiḥ |
vāsukinyā mahādevyā nināya saha yāminīm || 20 ||
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sa tāmracūḍarutibhirbandivṛndairvibodhitaḥ |
upāsiṣṭa puraḥsaṃdhyāmādivākaradarśanāt || 21 ||
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tato dhavalavāsaḥ sragalaṃkārānulepanaḥ |
stūyamāno jayāśīrbhirāsthānasthānamāgataḥ || 22 ||
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purodhaḥprabhṛtīstatra prakṛtīḥ prakṛtipriyaḥ |
mānayitvā yathāyogyaṃ sopacāraṃ vyasarjayat || 23 ||
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smayamānastato rājā mantriṇāvidamabravīt |
āpānabhūmirudyāne ramaṇīyā prakalpyatām || 24 ||
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ko hi yuṣmadvidhasuhṛdvihitāpatpratikriyaḥ |
viṣayānna niṣeveta dṛṣṭādṛṣṭāvirodhinaḥ || 25 ||
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so'haṃ paurajanaṃ bhṛtyānantaḥpuravicāriṇaḥ |
ātmānaṃ ca bhavannāthaṃ yojayāmi sukhairiti || 26 ||
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atha tau prahvamūrdhānau svāmyabhiprāyavedinau |
pānopakaraṇaṃ sarvaṃ sajjamevetyavocatām || 27 ||
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vyāhārya sa tatastatra sabālasthavirāṃ purīm |
vastrābharaṇamālyānnadānaiḥ prītāmakārayat || 28 ||
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padmarāgādiśuktiṣṭhamutpalādyadhivāsitam |
kṛtajotkāramanyo'nyaṃ pīyate sma tato madhu || 29 ||
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madhupānāntarāleṣu savipañcīsvanaṃ muhuḥ |
gīyate sma manohāri naṭādyairnṛtyate sma ca || 30 ||
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vihṛtya dinamevaṃ ca śītaraśmau divākare |
visṛjya prakṛtī rājā viveśāntaḥpuraṃ tataḥ || 31 ||
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tatrāpi śrutasaṃgīto dṛṣṭastrīpātranāṭakaḥ |
pāyitāśeṣabhāryaśca paścānnidrāmasevata || 32 ||
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evamāsevamānasya sārtavaṃ viṣayān gatāḥ |
vivṛddhasukharāgasya bahavastasya vāsarāḥ || 33 ||
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sa kadāciddvijādibhyaḥ saviṣādo nyavedayat |
svapno mayādya yo dṛṣṭaḥ praśasyaiḥ śrūyatāmasau || 34 ||
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vāhyāvalokanāyāhaṃ nirgatastatra dṛṣṭavān |
mattaṃ mahāntamāyāntaṃ mātaṅgaṃ vanacāriṇam || 35 ||
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tanmadāmodamāghrāya rājyahastyapi māmakaḥ |
krodhādunmūlitālāno yātaḥ prati vanadvipam || 36 ||
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vanyastu hastamutkṣipya kiṃcidākuñcitāṅguliḥ |
āhūtavāniva yuddhaṃ sagarvaiḥ kaṇṭhagarjitaiḥ || 37 ||
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madīyenātha nāgena vegenāpatya dūrataḥ |
saṃnipāto mahāndatto dantayorvanadantinaḥ || 38 ||
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sphaṭikastambhaśubhrābhyāṃ dantābhyāṃ tena māmakaḥ |
dūramutkṣipya nikṣiptastato yātaḥ parāṅmukhaḥ || 39 ||
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parājitaṃ pareṇātha dṛṣṭvā svaṃ rājyahastinam |
nivarttayitukāmo'hamāsannānidamuktavān || 40 ||
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nivartayāmi rājyebhaṃ śīghramānayatāṅkuśam |
śikṣito vatsarājena hastiśikṣāmahaṃ nanu || 41 ||
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iti mantrayamāṇo'hamalabdhaprārthitāṅkuśaḥ |
pratibuddhaḥ sasaṃtrāsaḥ kimetaditi cintayan || 42 ||
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iti svapno mayā dṛṣṭaḥ kṣaṇadāyāḥ parikṣaye |
phalamiṣṭamaniṣṭaṃ vā pūjyairatrocyatāmiti || 43 ||
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athāniṣṭaphalaṃ svapnaṃ jānanto'pi dvijātayaḥ |
rājopacāracaturāḥ sthāpayāmāsuranyathā || 44 ||
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yau'sau rājan gajo vanyastaṃ budhyasva vināyakam |
yaścābhiṣekahastī taṃ rājyavighnaṃ śarīriṇam || 45 ||
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tatte gaṇapatiḥ prītaḥ prasahyoddharati prabhuḥ |
tvamapyunmūlitānarthaściraṃ pāhi mahīmiti || 46 ||
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iti duḥśliṣṭamākarṇya phalaṃ svapnasya kalpitam |
sukhaṃ nālabhatāthainamabrūtāṃ mantriṇāvidam || 47 ||
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śrūyatāṃ deva yadvṛttaṃ vṛddhasya jagatīpateḥ |
āvābhyāṃ śrutametacca gṛhe kathayataḥ pituḥ || 48 ||
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mṛgendrāsanamāroḍhuṃ pradyotena kilecchatā |
yathāpradhānamilitāḥ pṛṣṭāḥ svapnaṃ dvijātayaḥ || 49 ||
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mama siṃhāsanasthasya sthito mūrdhni vihaṃgamaḥ |
vicitraiḥ saptabhiḥ pakṣaiḥ ko'sau vyākriyatāmiti || 50 ||
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teṣu nirvacaneṣveko dvijaḥ śāṇḍilyanāmakaḥ |
sakampavacano'vocannīcaiścañcalabhīrukaḥ || 51 ||
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rājñā svapnaphalaṃ pṛṣṭāḥ kiṃ tūṣṇīmāstha kathyatām |
trasyadbhiḥ paruṣādvāpi mādṛkkasmānna yujyatām || 52 ||
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aniṣṭamapi vaktavyaṃ svanuṣṭhānapratikriyam |
duṣkarapratikāre tu yuktamitthamudāsitum || 53 ||
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iti śrutvā mahāsenaḥ saṃśayāmṛṣṭamānasaḥ |
śāṇḍilyamidamaprākṣīdvivakṣuṃ sphuritādharam || 54 ||
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brahman kathaya viśrabdhamanujñāto dvijairapi |
yasmāt vyāhartumārabdhaḥ pratiṣiddho na kenacit || 55 ||
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ityuktaḥ kṣitipālena vyāhartumupacakrame |
ahitādi hitāntaṃ ca śrūyatāṃ deva mā kupaḥ || 56 ||
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yo'sau saptacchadaḥ pakṣī so'śanirduḥśravadhvaniḥ |
sapta pakṣāstu ye tasya sapta pakṣānnibodha tān || 57 ||
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sarvathā vistareṇālamalaṃ siṃhāsanena te |
kaścidāropyatāmetad yasya necchasi jīvitam || 58 ||
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kañcidadyedamārūḍhamardhamāseṣu saptāsu |
atīteṣvaśanirhanti patitvā mūrdhani dhruvam || 59 ||
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iti śrutvā sphuratkrodhaḥ prabhūrbharatarohakam |
akṣiṇī mukharasyāsya khanyetāmityacodayat || 60 ||
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yathājñāpayasītyuktvā badhnanparikaraṃ dvijān |
mantrī sākṣinikocena grāhyavākyānasūcayat || 61 ||
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mṛdupūrvaṃ tato viprāmahīpālamabodhayan |
deva nonmattavākyāni gṛhyante paṭubuddhibhiḥ || 62 ||
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na ca kevalamunmatto brāhmaṇaścaiṣa mūḍhakaḥ |
tenāpi nayanoddhāraṃ naiva nigrahamarhati || 63 ||
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kiṃ tu tāvadayaṃ baddhaḥ sthāpyatāṃ vidhavāsutaḥ |
pakṣāḥ sapta gatā yāvattataḥ prāpsyati nigraham || 64 ||
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siṃhāsanamapi kṣipramārohatu narādhipaḥ |
lagne'sminneva sauvarṇaḥ parīkṣārthaṃ dvijanmanaḥ || 65 ||
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yadi satyaiva vāgasya tataḥ satkāramāpsyati |
viparyaye khalīkāraṃ manvādiparibhāṣitam || 66 ||
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devo'pi divasānetānvidbhiḥ brāhmaṇaiḥ saha |
kurvadbhiḥ śāntikarmāṇi mahākālaṃ niṣevatām || 67 ||
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iti śrutvā dvijātibhyo yuktamityavadhārya ca |
bandhayitvā ca śāṇḍilyaṃ mahākālaṃ yayau nṛpaḥ || 68 ||
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tatra sapta sthitaḥ pakṣānapaśyaddivase'ntime |
madhyaṃdine payodālīmunnamantīṃ raviṃ prati || 69 ||
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atha sā kṣaṇamātreṇa vyāptānantadigantarā |
nīlakaṇṭhagalacchāyā pravṛṣṭā vṛṣṭimaśmanām || 70 ||
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caṇḍaṃ caṭacaṭāghoṣamudghoṣyāśanirutkaṭaḥ |
rājapratikṛtiṃ piṣṭvā tatraivāntardadhe tataḥ || 71 ||
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atha śāṇḍilyamāhvāyya kṛtvā vigatabandhanam |
kṣamayitvā ca vipulaiḥ saṃpradānairatoṣayat || 72 ||
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rājñā cāsya kṛtaṃ nāma tacca loke pratiṣṭhitam |
so'yaṃ mukharaśāṇḍilyaḥ siddhādeśo'nuyujyatām || 73 ||
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tena cāhūya pṛṣṭena niḥśaṅkena niveditam |
śṛṇu rājanna kopaṃ ca pitṛvatkartumarhasi || 74 ||
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yo'sau vanyo gajaḥ so'nyo rājā rājannupāgataḥ |
bhavadīyo bhavāneva sarvathā śrūyatāmidam || 75 ||
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tvamanyena mahīpāla mahīpālena rājyataḥ |
svataḥ pracyāvitastasmād yuktamāsthīyatāmiti || 76 ||
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iti śrutvā mahīpāle viṣādānatamūrdhani |
śanairmukharaśāṇḍilyapramukhā niryayurdvijāḥ || 77 ||
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mantrimātrasahāyastu rājā kṛtvā avaguṇṭhanam |
kaḥ syād rājeti cintāvānniṣasāda nṛpāsane || 78 ||
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siddhādeśasya tu vacaḥ śraddadhānaḥ surohakaḥ |
viṣādāddīnayā vācā mahīpālamabhāṣata || 79 ||
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mahāsenena duḥsvapnaḥ sa yathā vañcitastathā |
vañcaya tvamapi kṣipramatyāsannaphalo hyasau || 80 ||
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tiryagyonigataḥ kaścidadhyāstāṃ pārthivāsanam |
devo'pi divasān kāṃcidvanavāsī bhavatviti || 81 ||
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tuṣṇībhūtaṃ tu rājānameva bruvati mantriṇi |
gopālatanayastatra viveśāvantivardhanaḥ || 82 ||
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tasya saṃkrīḍamānasya dūramutpatya kandukaḥ |
nipatyotpatya ca punaḥ siṃhāsanatalaṃ gataḥ || 83 ||
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avantivardhanayaśā bhagini tena coditā |
siṃhāsanatalādeva kandukaḥ kṛṣyatāmiti || 84 ||
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tayoktaṃ svayameva tvaṃ kiṃ na karṣasi kandukam |
kiṃ cāhaṃ bhavataḥ praiṣyā yenādiśasi māmiti || 85 ||
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tataḥ paśyeti tāmuktvā tadutkṣipya nṛpāsanam |
avantivardhano'nyatra sthāpayāmāsa nirvyathaḥ || 86 ||
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sa tu kandukamādātumārabdhaśca nṛpeṇa tu |
siṃhāsanādavaplutya pariṣvaktastrapānataḥ || 87 ||
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athānantaramāhūya rājā prakṛtimaṇḍalam |
uvāca rājaputro'yamadya rajye'bhiṣicyatām || 88 ||
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yuṣmatsamakṣamukto ahaṃ bhrātrā jyeṣṭhena gacchatā |
avantivardhanaṃ putraṃ matprītyā pālayeriti || 89 ||
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tadādeśātsutatvācca so'yaṃ saṃvardhito'dhunā |
pitryamāsanamadhyāstāṃ nyāsaṃ pratyarpitaṃ mayā || 90 ||
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athāsmin saṃkaṭe kārye pālakena pradarśite |
sabhāyāmānatāṅgāyāṃ na kaścid kiṃciduktavān || 91 ||
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tato dharmārthakāmānāṃ mātrāmākhyāya pālakaḥ |
putramāropayāmāsa siṃhāsanamavantiyam || 92 ||
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kṛṣṇājināmbaradharaḥ kṛtakeśanāśaḥ skandhāvasaktakarako nṛpatiḥ purāṇaḥ |
adhyāsita munivaraiḥ saha kāśyapena mandaspṛho'sitagiriṃ tapase jagāma || 93 ||
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