Chapter 71

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
te tu yuktvā rathavaraṃ sarva evāmitaujasaḥ |
kṛṣṇena sahitāḥ prāptāstathā saṃkarṣaṇena ca |
asasāda purīṃ rasyāṃ mathurāṃ kaṃsapālitām |
viviśuḥ pūḥpradhānāṃ vai kāle raktadivākare || 1 ||
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tau tu svabhavanaṃ vīrau kṛṣṇasaṃkarṣaṇāv ubhau |
praveśitau buddhimatā akrūreṇārkatejasā || 2 ||
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tāvāha varavarṇāṅgau bhīto dānapatistadā |
tyaktavyā tāta gamane vasudevagṛhe spṛhā || 3 ||
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yuvayorhi kṛte vṛddhaḥ kaṃsena sa nirasyate |
bhartsyate ca divā rātrau neha sthātavyamityapi || 4 ||
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tad yuvābhyāṃ hi kartavyaṃ pitrarthaṃ sukhamuttamam || 4 ||
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yathā sukhamavāpnoti tadvai kāryaṃ hitānvitam || 4 ||
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nāhaṃ yuvābhyāṃ rahitaḥ pravekṣye mathurāṃ purīm || 4 ||
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tyaktuṃ nārhasi māṃ nātha bhaktaṃ te bhaktavatsala || 4 ||
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āgaccha yāma gehānnaḥ sanāthān kurvadhokṣaja || 4 ||
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punīhi pādarajasā gṛhānno gṛhamedhinām || 4 ||
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yacchaucenānutṛpyanti pitaraḥ sāgnayaḥ surāḥ || 4 ||
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āpaste'ṅghryavanejanyastrīn lokān śucayo'punan || 4 ||
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śirasādhatta yāḥ śarvaḥ svayaṃ tāḥ sagarātmajāḥ || 4 ||
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devadeva jagannātha puṇyaśravaṇakīrtana || 4 ||
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yadūnāmuttamaḥśloka nārāyaṇa namo'stu te || 4 ||
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tamuvāca tataḥ kṛṣṇo yāsyāvo'vāmatarkitau |
prekṣantau mathurāṃ vīra rājamārgaṃ ca dhārmika || 5 ||
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tasyaiva tu gṛhaṃ sādho gacchāvo yadi manyase || 5 ||
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evamukto bhagavatā so'krūro vimanā iva || 5 ||
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purīṃ praviṣṭaḥ kaṃsāya karmāvedya gṛhaṃ yayau || 5 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
akrūro'pi namaskṛtya manasā viṣṇumavyayam || 5 ||
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jagāma kaṃsapārśvaṃ tu prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā || 5 ||
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tau ca devau jagannāthau balakeśavasaṃjñitau || 5 ||
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anuśiṣṭau ca tau vīrau prasthitau prekṣakāv ubhau |
ālānābhyāmivotsṛṣṭau kuñjarau yuddhakāṅkṣiṇau || 6 ||
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dārakāśca tayormārgamanuvavruḥ samantataḥ || 6 ||
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tau tu mārgagataṃ dṛṣṭvā rajakaṃ raṅgakārakam |
ayācetāṃ tatastāni vāsāṃsi virajāni vai || 7 ||
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rajakaḥ sa tu tau prāha yuvāṃ kasya vanecarau |
rājño vāsāṃsi yau mūrkhau yācetāṃ nirbhayāv ubhau || 8 ||
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ahaṃ kaṃsasya vāsāṃsi nānādeśodbhavāni ca |
kāmarāgāṇi śataśo rajāmi vividhāni ca || 9 ||
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yuvāṃ kasya vane jātau mṛgaiḥ saha vivardhitau |
jātarāgāvidaṃ dṛṣṭvā raktamācchādanaṃ bahu || 10 ||
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aho vāṃ jīvitaṃ tyaktaṃ yau bhavantāvihāgatau |
mūrkhau prākṛtavijñānau vāso yācitumarhatha || 11 ||
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tasmai cukrodha vai kṛṣṇo rajakāyālpamedhase |
prāptāriṣṭāya mūrkhāya sṛjate vāṅmayaṃ viṣam || 12 ||
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talenāśanikalpena sa taṃ mūrdhanyatāḍayat |
gatāsuḥ sa papātorvyāṃ rajako vyastamastakaḥ || 13 ||
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taṃ hataṃ paridevantyo bhāryāstasya vicukruśuḥ |
tvaritaṃ muktakeśyaśca jagmuḥ kaṃsaniveśanam || 14 ||
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kṛṣṇo'pi balabhadraśca vāsāṃsyādāya sarvataḥ || 14 ||
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paridhāya tu tau pūrvaṃ śobhayetāṃ mahāmatī || 14 ||
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dārakebhyastato dattvā suślakṣṇāni mṛdūni ca || 14 ||
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te ca sarve suvasanā virejuḥ śataśastathā || 14 ||
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śeṣāṇi tu tadā kṛṣṇo vāsāṃsi subahūnyapi || 14 ||
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ācchichācchidya sahasā ciccheda ca pipeṣa ca || 14 ||
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bhasmasādakarottasya rajakasya niveśanam || 14 ||
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tāvapyubhau suvasanau jagmaturmālyakāraṇāt |
yathāyogaṃ yathābhogyaṃ yathāyogaṃ nidarśya ca |
vīthīṃ mālyāpaṇānāṃ vai gandhāghrātau dvipāviva || 15 ||
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guṇako nāma tatrāsīnmālyavṛttiḥ priyaṃvadaḥ |
prabhūtamālyāpaṇavāl lakṣmīvānmālyajīvanaḥ || 16 ||
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taṃ kṛṣṇaḥ ślakṣṇayā vācā mālyārthamabhisṛṣṭayā |
dehītyuvāca tatkālaṃ mālākāramakātaram || 17 ||
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tābhyāṃ prīto dadau mālyaṃ prabhūtaṃ mālyajīvanaḥ |
bhavatoḥ svamidaṃ ceti provāca priyadarśanaḥ || 18 ||
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prītastu manasā kṛṣṇo guṇakāya varaṃ dadau |
śrīstvāṃ matsaṃśrayā saumya dhanaughairabhivartsyate || 19 ||
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sa labdhvā varamavyagro mālyavṛttiradhomukhaḥ |
kṛṣṇasya patito mūrdhnā pratijagrāha taṃ varam || 20 ||
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yakṣāvimāviti tadā sa mene mālyajīvanaḥ |
sa bhṛśaṃ bhayasaṃvigno nottaraṃ pratyapadyata || 21 ||
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adyāpi tasya prabhavo vaṃśo bhavati ratnavān || 21 ||
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kīrtimānbalavānnityaṃ keśavena tadā kṛtaḥ || 21 ||
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viṣṇoḥ prasādaḥ sumahān sadārakṣattadanvayam || 21 ||
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vasudevasutau tau tu rājamārgagatāv ubhau |
kubjāṃ dadṛśaturbhūyaḥ ānulepanabhājanām || 22 ||
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tāmāha kṛṣṇaḥ kubjeti kasyedamanulepanam |
nayasyambujapatrākṣi kṣipramākhyātumarhasi || 23 ||
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sā sthitāvekṣiṇī bhūtvā pratyuvācāmbujekṣaṇam |
kṛṣṇaṃ jaladagambhīraṃ vidyutkuṭilagāminī || 24 ||
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rājñaḥ snānagṛhaṃ yāmi tadgṛhāṇānulepanam |
dṛṣṭvaiva tvāravindākṣa vismitāsmi varānana |
sthitāsmyāgaccha bhadraṃ te hṛdayasyāsi me priyaḥ || 25 ||
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kutaścāgamyate saumya yanmāṃ tvaṃ nāvabudhyase |
mahārājasya dayitāṃ niyuktāmanulepane || 26 ||
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tāmuvāca hasantīṃ tu kṛṣṇaḥ kubjāmavasthitām |
tāmuvāca tataḥ kṛṣṇaḥ sairandhrīṃ prahasanniva |
sugandhametad rājārhaṃ ruciraṃ rucirānane |
āvayorgātrasadṛśaṃ dīyatāmanulepanam || 27 ||
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vayaṃ hi deśātithayo mallāḥ prāptā varānane |
draṣṭuṃ dhanurmahaṃ divyaṃ rāṣṭraṃ caiva maharddhimat || 28 ||
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pratyuvācātha sā kṛṣṇaṃ priyo'si mama darśane |
tataḥ sā praṇatā bhūtvā pradadāvanulepanam |
rājārhamidamagryaṃ ca tadgṛhāṇānulepanam || 29 ||
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kṛṣṇo'tha balabhadraśca tadādāyānulepanam || 29 ||
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aṅgāni cāpyalimpetāṃ śubhaṃ ca susugandhi ca || 29 ||
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mālayātha tadā viṣṇurbaddhayā bahupuṣpayā || 29 ||
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govindo gopatiḥ kṛṣṇo rarāja kṛtaśekharaḥ || 29 ||
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saṃkarṣaṇo'tha balavān rarāja bahumālayā || 29 ||
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tāv ubhāvanuliptāṅgāvārdragātrau virejatuḥ |
tīrthagau paṅkadigdhāṅgau yamunāyāṃ yathā vṛṣau || 30 ||
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dārakāśca tathā sarve virejuḥ kṛtaśekharāḥ || 30 ||
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vikṛtaṃ bhūṣayanto'pi prabhāvācchārṅgadhanvanaḥ || 30 ||
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tāṃ tu kubjāṃ tataḥ kṛṣṇo dvyaṅgulenāgrapāṇinā |
śanaiḥ saṃtolayāmāsa kṛṣṇo līlāvidhānavit || 31 ||
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sā tu magnastanayugā svāyatāṅgī śucismitā |
jahāsoccaiḥ stanataṭā ṛjuyaṣṭirlatā yathā || 32 ||
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praṇayāccāpi kṛṣṇaṃ sā babhāṣe mattakāśinī |
kva yāsyasi mayā ruddhaḥ kānta tiṣṭha gṛhāṇa mām || 33 ||
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tau jātahāsāvanyonyaṃ satalākṣepamavyayau |
vīkṣamāṇau prahasitau kubjāyāḥ śrutavistarau || 34 ||
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kṛṣṇastu kubjāṃ kāmārtāṃ sasmitaṃ visasarja ha |
yatheṣṭaṃ gamyatāṃ bhadre nāhaṃ tādṛgvidho naraḥ |
tatastau kubjayā muktau praviṣṭau rājasaṃsadam || 35 ||
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tāv ubhau vrajasaṃvṛddhau gopaveṣavibhūṣitau |
gūḍhaceṣṭānanau bhūtvā praviṣṭau rājaveṣma tat || 36 ||
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dhanuḥśālāṃ gatau tau tu bālāvapariśaṅkitau |
himavadvanasaṃbhūtau siṃhāviva balotkaṭau || 37 ||
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didṛkṣantau mahattatra dhanurāyāgabhūṣitam |
papracchatuśca tau vīrāvāyudhāgārikaṃ tadā || 38 ||
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bhoḥ kaṃsadhanuṣāṃ pāla śrūyatāmāvayorvacaḥ |
katarattaddhanuḥ saumya maho'yaṃ yasya vartate |
āyāgabhūtaṃ kaṃsasya darśayasva yadīcchasi || 39 ||
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sa tayordarśayāmāsa taddhanuḥ stambhasaṃnibham |
anāropyamasaṃbhedyaṃ devairapi savāsavaiḥ || 40 ||
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tadgṛhītvā tataḥ kṛṣṇastolayāmāsa vīryavān |
dorbhyāṃ kamalapatrākṣaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā || 41 ||
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tolayitvā yathākāmaṃ taddhanurdaityapūjitam |
āropayāmāsa balī nāmayāmāsa cāsakṛt || 42 ||
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ānamyamānaṃ kṛṣṇena prakarṣāduragopagam |
dvidhābhūtamabhūnmadhye dhanurāyāgabhūṣitam || 43 ||
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dhanuṣo bhajyamānasya śabdaḥ khaṃ rodasī diśaḥ || 43 ||
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pūrayāmāsa yaṃ śrutvā kaṃsastrāsamupāgamat || 43 ||
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tadrakṣiṇaḥ sānucarā kupitā ātatāyinaḥ || 43 ||
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gṛhītukāmā āvavrurgṛhyatāṃ vadhyatāmiti || 43 ||
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atha tāndurabhiprāyānvilokya balakeśavau || 43 ||
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kruddhau dhanvana ādāya śakale tāṃśca jaghnatuḥ || 43 ||
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balaṃ ca kaṃsaprahitaṃ hatvā śālāmukhāttataḥ || 43 ||
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niṣkramya ceraturdṛptau nirīkṣya purasaṃpadaḥ || 43 ||
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tayostadadbhutaṃ vīryaṃ niśamya puravāsinaḥ || 43 ||
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tejaḥ prāgalbhyarūpaṃ ca menire vibudhottamau || 43 ||
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bhaṅktvā tu taddhanuḥ śreṣṭhaṃ kṛṣṇastvaritavikramaḥ |
niścakrāma mahāvegaḥ sa ca saṃkarṣaṇo yuvā || 44 ||
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anuyuktau tatastau ca bhagne dhanuṣi rakṣibhiḥ |
dhanuṣo bhaṅganādena vāyunirghoṣakāriṇā |
cacālāntaḥpuraṃ sarvaṃ diśaścaiva pupūrire || 45 ||
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nirgamya tvāyudhāgārājjagmaturgopasaṃnidhau || 45 ||
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vegenāyudhapālastu gacchan saṃbhrāntamānasaḥ || 45 ||
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sa tvāyudhāgāranaro bhītastvaritavikramaḥ |
samīpaṃ nṛpatergatvā kākocchvāso'bhyabhāṣata || 46 ||
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śrūyatāṃ mama vijñāpyamāścaryaṃ dhanuṣo gṛhe |
nirvṛttamasmin kāle yajjagataḥ saṃbhramopamam || 47 ||
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narau kasyāpi sahitau śikhāvitatamūrdhajau |
nīlapitāmbaradharau pītaśvetānulepanau || 48 ||
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tāvantaḥpuramajñātau praviṣṭau kāmaveginau || 48 ||
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devaputropamau vīrau bālāviva hutāśanau |
sthitau dhanurgṛhe saumyau sahasā khādivāgatau |
saumyau mahasya codyuktāvāgatau puruṣarṣabhau |
mayā dṛṣṭau parivyaktaṃ rucirācchādanasrajau || 49 ||
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tābhyāmekastu padmākṣaḥ śyāmaḥ pītāmbarasrajaḥ |
jagrāha taddhanūratnaṃ durgrahaṃ daivatairapi || 50 ||
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tatsa bālo bṛhadrūpaṃ balād yantramivāyasam |
āropayitvā vegena nāmayāmāsa līlayā || 51 ||
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kṛṣyamāṇaṃ tu tattena vibāṇaṃ bāhuśālinā |
muṣṭideśe vikūjitvā dvidhābhūtamabhajyata || 52 ||
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tataḥ pracalitā bhūmirnaiva bhāti ca bhāskaraḥ || 52 ||
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dhanuṣo bhaṅganādena bhramatīva nabahstalam || 52 ||
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tadadbhutamahaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ || 52 ||
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bhayādbhayadasatrūṇāṃ tadihākhyātumāgataḥ || 52 ||
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na jānāmi mahārāja kau tāvamitavikramau || 52 ||
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ekaḥ kailāsasaṃkāśa eko'ñjanagiriprabhaḥ || 52 ||
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sa tu taccāparatnaṃ vai bhaṅktvā stambhamiva dvipaḥ |
niṣpapātānilagatiḥ sānugo'mitavikramaḥ |
jagāma taddvidhā kṛtvā na jāne ko'pyasau nṛpa || 53 ||
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śrutvaiva dhanuṣo bhaṅgaṃ kaṃso'pyudvignamānasaḥ |
visṛjyāyudhapālaṃ vai praviveśa gṛhottamam || 54 ||
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