Chapter 68

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca |
pratijñāya tu duḥṣante pratiyāte śakuntalā |
garbhaṃ suṣāva vāmoruḥ kumāramamitaujasam || 1 ||
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triṣu varṣeṣu pūrṇeṣu diptānalasamadyutim |
rūpaudāryaguṇopetaṃ dauḥṣantiṃ janamejaya || 2 ||
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jātakarmādisaṃskāraṃ kaṇvaḥ puṇyakṛtāṃ varaḥ |
tasyātha kārayāmāsa vardhamānasya dhīmataḥ || 3 ||
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dantaiḥ śuklaiḥ śikharibhiḥ siṃhasaṃhanano yuvā |
cakrāṅkitakaraḥ śrīmānmahāmūrdhā mahābalaḥ |
kumāro devagarbhābhaḥ sa tatrāśu vyavardhata || 4 ||
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ṣaḍvarṣa eva bālaḥ sa kaṇvāśramapadaṃ prati |
vyāghrānsiṃhānvarāhāṃśca gajāṃśca mahiṣāṃstathā || 5 ||
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baddhvā vṛkṣeṣu balavānāśramasya samantataḥ |
ārohandamayaṃścaiva krīḍaṃśca paridhāvati || 6 ||
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tato'sya nāma cakruste kaṇvāśramanivāsinaḥ |
astvayaṃ sarvadamanaḥ sarvaṃ hi damayatyayam || 7 ||
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sa sarvadamano nāma kumāraḥ samapadyata |
vikrameṇaujasā caiva balena ca samanvitaḥ || 8 ||
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taṃ kumāramṛṣirdṛṣṭvā karma cāsyātimānuṣam |
samayo yauvarājyāyetyabravīcca śakuntalām || 9 ||
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tasya tadbalamājñāya kaṇvaḥ śiṣyānuvāca ha |
śakuntalāmimāṃ śīghraṃ sahaputrāmito''śramāt |
bhartre prāpayatādyaiva sarvalakṣaṇapūjitām || 10 ||
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nārīṇāṃ ciravāso hi bāndhaveṣu na rocate |
kīrticāritradharmaghnastasmānnayata māciram || 11 ||
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tathetyuktvā tu te sarve prātiṣṭhantāmitaujasaḥ |
śakuntalāṃ puraskṛtya saputrāṃ gajasāhvayam || 12 ||
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gṛhītvāmaragarbhābhaṃ putraṃ kamalalocanam |
ājagāma tataḥ śubhrā duḥṣantaviditādvanāt || 13 ||
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abhisṛtya ca rājānaṃ viditā sā praveśitā |
saha tenaiva putreṇa taruṇādityavarcasā || 14 ||
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pūjayitvā yathānyāyamabravīttaṃ śakuntalā |
ayaṃ putrastvayā rājanyauvarājye'bhiṣicyatām || 15 ||
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tvayā hyayaṃ suto rājanmayyutpannaḥ suropamaḥ |
yathāsamayametasminvartasva puruṣottama || 16 ||
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yathā samāgame pūrvaṃ kṛtaḥ sa samayastvayā |
taṃ smarasva mahābhāga kaṇvāśramapadaṃ prati || 17 ||
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so'tha śrutvaiva tadvākyaṃ tasyā rājā smarannapi |
abravīnna smarāmīti kasya tvaṃ duṣṭatāpasi || 18 ||
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dharmakāmārthasaṃbandhaṃ na smarāmi tvayā saha |
gaccha vā tiṣṭha vā kāmaṃ yadvāpīcchasi tatkuru || 19 ||
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saivamuktā varārohā vrīḍiteva manasvinī |
visaṃjñeva ca duḥkhena tasthau sthāṇurivācalā || 20 ||
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saṃrambhāmarṣatāmrākṣī sphuramāṇoṣṭhasaṃpuṭā |
kaṭākṣairnirdahantīva tiryagrājānamaikṣata || 21 ||
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ākāraṃ gūhamānā ca manyunābhisamīritā |
tapasā saṃbhṛtaṃ tejo dhārayāmāsa vai tadā || 22 ||
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sā muhūrtamiva dhyātvā duḥkhāmarṣasamanvitā |
bhartāramabhisaṃprekṣya kruddhā vacanamabravīt || 23 ||
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jānannapi mahārāja kasmādevaṃ prabhāṣase |
na jānāmīti niḥsaṅgaṃ yathānyaḥ prākṛtastathā || 24 ||
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atra te hṛdayaṃ veda satyasyaivānṛtasya ca |
kalyāṇa bata sākṣī tvaṃ mātmānamavamanyathāḥ || 25 ||
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yo'nyathā santamātmānamanyathā pratipadyate |
kiṃ tena na kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ coreṇātmāpahāriṇā || 26 ||
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eko'hamasmīti ca manyase tvaṃ na hṛcchayaṃ vetsi muniṃ purāṇam |
yo veditā karmaṇaḥ pāpakasya tasyāntike tvaṃ vṛjinaṃ karoṣi || 27 ||
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manyate pāpakaṃ kṛtvā na kaścidvetti māmiti |
vidanti cainaṃ devāśca svaścaivāntarapūruṣaḥ || 28 ||
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ādityacandrāvanilānalau ca dyaurbhūmirāpo hṛdayaṃ yamaśca |
ahaśca rātriśca ubhe ca saṃdhye dharmaśca jānāti narasya vṛttam || 29 ||
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yamo vaivasvatastasya niryātayati duṣkṛtam |
hṛdi sthitaḥ karmasākṣī kṣetrajño yasya tuṣyati || 30 ||
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na tu tuṣyati yasyaiṣa puruṣasya durātmanaḥ |
taṃ yamaḥ pāpakarmāṇaṃ niryātayati duṣkṛtam || 31 ||
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avamanyātmanātmānamanyathā pratipadyate |
devā na tasya śreyāṃso yasyātmāpi na kāraṇam || 32 ||
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svayaṃ prāpteti māmevaṃ māvamaṃsthāḥ pativratām |
arghyārhāṃ nārcayasi māṃ svayaṃ bhāryāmupasthitām || 33 ||
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kimarthaṃ māṃ prākṛtavadupaprekṣasi saṃsadi |
na khalvahamidaṃ śūnye raumi kiṃ na śṛṇoṣi me || 34 ||
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yadi me yācamānāyā vacanaṃ na kariṣyasi |
duḥṣanta śatadhā mūrdhā tataste'dya phaliṣyati || 35 ||
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bhāryāṃ patiḥ saṃpraviśya sa yasmājjāyate punaḥ |
jāyāyā iti jāyātvaṃ purāṇāḥ kavayo viduḥ || 36 ||
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yadāgamavataḥ puṃsastadapatyaṃ prajāyate |
tattārayati saṃtatyā pūrvapretānpitāmahān || 37 ||
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punnāmno narakādyasmātpitaraṃ trāyate sutaḥ |
tasmātputra iti proktaḥ svayameva svayambhuvā || 38 ||
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sā bhāryā yā gṛhe dakṣā sā bhāryā yā prajāvatī |
sā bhāryā yā patiprāṇā sā bhāryā yā pativratā || 39 ||
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ardhaṃ bhāryā manuṣyasya bhāryā śreṣṭhatamaḥ sakhā |
bhāryā mūlaṃ trivargasya bhāryā mitraṃ mariṣyataḥ || 40 ||
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bhāryāvantaḥ kriyāvantaḥ sabhāryā gṛhamedhinaḥ |
bhāryāvantaḥ pramodante bhāryāvantaḥ śriyānvitāḥ || 41 ||
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sakhāyaḥ pravivikteṣu bhavantyetāḥ priyaṃvadāḥ |
pitaro dharmakāryeṣu bhavantyārtasya mātaraḥ || 42 ||
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kāntāreṣvapi viśrāmo narasyādhvanikasya vai |
yaḥ sadāraḥ sa viśvāsyastasmāddārāḥ parā gatiḥ || 43 ||
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saṃsarantamapi pretaṃ viṣameṣvekapātinam |
bhāryaivānveti bhartāraṃ satataṃ yā pativratā || 44 ||
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prathamaṃ saṃsthitā bhāryā patiṃ pretya pratīkṣate |
pūrvaṃ mṛtaṃ ca bhartāraṃ paścātsādhvyanugacchati || 45 ||
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etasmātkāraṇādrājanpāṇigrahaṇamiṣyate |
yadāpnoti patirbhāryāmiha loke paratra ca || 46 ||
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ātmātmanaiva janitaḥ putra ityucyate budhaiḥ |
tasmādbhāryāṃ naraḥ paśyenmātṛvatputramātaram || 47 ||
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bhāryāyāṃ janitaṃ putramādarśe svamivānanam |
hlādate janitā preṣkya svargaṃ prāpyeva puṇyakṛt || 48 ||
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dahyamānā manoduḥkhairvyādhibhiścāturā narāḥ |
hlādante sveṣu dāreṣu gharmārtāḥ salileṣviva || 49 ||
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susaṃrabdho'pi rāmāṇāṃ na brūyādapriyaṃ budhaḥ |
ratiṃ prītiṃ ca dharmaṃ ca tāsvāyattamavekṣya ca || 50 ||
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ātmano janmanaḥ kṣetraṃ puṇyaṃ rāmāḥ sanātanam |
ṛṣīṇāmapi kā śaktiḥ sraṣṭuṃ rāmāmṛte prajāḥ || 51 ||
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paripatya yadā sūnurdharaṇīreṇuguṇṭhitaḥ |
piturāśliṣyate'ṅgāni kimivāstyadhikaṃ tataḥ || 52 ||
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sa tvaṃ svayamanuprāptaṃ sābhilāṣamimaṃ sutam |
prekṣamāṇaṃ ca kākṣeṇa kimarthamavamanyase || 53 ||
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aṇḍāni bibhrati svāni na bhindanti pipīlikāḥ |
na bharethāḥ kathaṃ nu tvaṃ dharmajñaḥ sansvamātmajam || 54 ||
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na vāsasāṃ na rāmāṇāṃ nāpāṃ sparśastathā sukhaḥ |
śiśorāliṅgyamānasya sparśaḥ sūnoryathā sukhaḥ || 55 ||
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brāhmaṇo dvipadāṃ śreṣṭho gaurvariṣṭhā catuṣpadām |
gururgarīyasāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ putraḥ sparśavatāṃ varaḥ || 56 ||
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spṛśatu tvāṃ samāśliṣya putro'yaṃ priyadarśanaḥ |
putrasparśātsukhataraḥ sparśo loke na vidyate || 57 ||
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triṣu varṣeṣu pūrṇeṣu prajātāhamariṃdama |
imaṃ kumāraṃ rājendra tava śokapraṇāśanam || 58 ||
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āhartā vājimedhasya śatasaṃkhyasya paurava |
iti vāgantarikṣe māṃ sūtake'bhyavadatpurā || 59 ||
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nanu nāmāṅkamāropya snehādgrāmāntaraṃ gatāḥ |
mūrdhni putrānupāghrāya pratinandanti mānavāḥ || 60 ||
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vedeṣvapi vadantīmaṃ mantravādaṃ dvijātayaḥ |
jātakarmaṇi putrāṇāṃ tavāpi viditaṃ tathā || 61 ||
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aṅgādaṅgātsaṃbhavasi hṛdayādabhijāyase |
ātmā vai putranāmāsi sa jīva śaradaḥ śatam || 62 ||
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poṣo hi tvadadhīno me saṃtānamapi cākṣayam |
tasmāttvaṃ jīva me vatsa susukhī śaradāṃ śatam || 63 ||
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tvadaṅgebhyaḥ prasūto'yaṃ puruṣātpuruṣo'paraḥ |
sarasīvāmale''tmānaṃ dvitīyaṃ paśya me sutam || 64 ||
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yathā hyāhavanīyo'gnirgārhapatyātpraṇīyate |
tathā tvattaḥ prasūto'yaṃ tvamekaḥ sandvidhā kṛtaḥ || 65 ||
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mṛgāpakṛṣṭena hi te mṛgayāṃ paridhāvatā |
ahamāsāditā rājankumārī piturāśrame || 66 ||
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urvaśī pūrvacittiśca sahajanyā ca menakā |
viśvācī ca ghṛtācī ca ṣaḍevāpsarasāṃ varāḥ || 67 ||
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tāsāṃ māṃ menakā nāma brahmayonirvarāpsarāḥ |
divaḥ saṃprāpya jagatīṃ viśvāmitrādajījanat || 68 ||
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sā māṃ himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe suṣuve menakāpsarāḥ |
avakīrya ca māṃ yātā parātmajamivāsatī || 69 ||
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kiṃ nu karmāśubhaṃ pūrvaṃ kṛtavatyasmi janmani |
yadahaṃ bāndhavaistyaktā bālye saṃprati ca tvayā || 70 ||
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kāmaṃ tvayā parityaktā gamiṣyāmyahamāśramam |
imaṃ tu bālaṃ saṃtyaktuṃ nārhasyātmajamātmanā || 71 ||
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duḥṣanta uvāca |
na putramabhijānāmi tvayi jātaṃ śakuntale |
asatyavacanā nāryaḥ kaste śraddhāsyate vacaḥ || 72 ||
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menakā niranukrośā bandhakī jananī tava |
yayā himavataḥ pṛṣṭhe nirmālyeva praveritā || 73 ||
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sa cāpi niranukrośaḥ kṣatrayoniḥ pitā tava |
viśvāmitro brāhmaṇatve lubdhaḥ kāmaparāyaṇaḥ || 74 ||
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menakāpsarasāṃ śreṣṭhā maharṣīṇāṃ ca te pitā |
tayorapatyaṃ kasmāttvaṃ puṃścalīvābhidhāsyasi || 75 ||
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aśraddheyamidaṃ vākyaṃ kathayantī na lajjase |
viśeṣato matsakāśe duṣṭatāpasi gamyatām || 76 ||
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kva maharṣiḥ sadaivograḥ sāpsarā kva ca menakā |
kva ca tvamevaṃ kṛpaṇā tāpasīveṣadhāriṇī || 77 ||
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atikāyaśca putraste bālo'pi balavānayam |
kathamalpena kālena śālaskandha ivodgataḥ || 78 ||
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sunikṛṣṭā ca yoniste puṃścalī pratibhāsi me |
yadṛcchayā kāmarāgājjātā menakayā hyasi || 79 ||
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sarvametatparokṣaṃ me yattvaṃ vadasi tāpasi |
nāhaṃ tvāmabhijānāmi yatheṣṭaṃ gamyatāṃ tvayā || 80 ||
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