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sarga - 12

punaḥ prāpte vasante tu pūrṇaḥ saṃvatsaro.abhavat .
abhivādya vasiṣṭhaṃ ca nyāyataḥ pratipūjya ca .. 1..

abravītpraśritaṃ vākyaṃ prasavārthaṃ dvijottamam .
yajño me kriyatāṃ vipra yathoktaṃ munipuṅgava .. 2..

yathā na vighnaḥ kriyate yajñāṅgeṣu vidhīyatām .
bhavānsnigdhaḥ suhṛnmahyaṃ guruśca paramo bhavān .. 3..

voḍhavyo bhavatā caiva bhāro yajñasya codyataḥ .
tatheti ca sa rājānamabravīddvijasattamaḥ .. 4..

kariṣye sarvamevaitadbhavatā yatsamarthitam .
tato.abravīddvijānvṛddhānyajñakarmasu niṣṭhitān .. 5..

sthāpatye niṣṭhitāṃścaiva vṛddhānparamadhārmikān .
karmāntikāñśilpakārānvardhakīnkhanakānapi .. 6..

gaṇakāñśilpinaścaiva tathaiva naṭanartakān .
tathā śucīñśāstravidaḥ puruṣānsubahuśrutān .. 7..

yajñakarma samīhantāṃ bhavanto rājaśāsanāt .
iṣṭakā bahusāhasrī śīghramānīyatām iti .. 8..

aupakāryāḥ kriyantāṃ ca rājñāṃ bahuguṇānvitāḥ .
brāhmaṇāvasathāścaiva kartavyāḥ śataśaḥ śubhāḥ .. 9..

bhakṣyānnapānairbahubhiḥ samupetāḥ suniṣṭhitāḥ .
tathā paurajanasyāpi kartavyā bahuvistarāḥ .. 10..

āvāsā bahubhakṣyā vai sarvakāmairupasthitāḥ .
tathā jānapadasyāpi janasya bahuśobhanam .. 11..

dātavyamannaṃ vidhivatsatkṛtya na tu līlayā .
sarvavarṇā yathā pūjāṃ prāpnuvanti susatkṛtāḥ .. 12..

na cāvajñā prayoktavyā kāmakrodhavaśādapi .
yajñakarmasu ye.avyagrāḥ puruṣāḥ śilpinastathā .. 13..

teṣāmapi viśeṣeṇa pūjā kāryā yathākramam .
yathā sarvaṃ suvihitaṃ na kiṃ citparihīyate .. 14..

tathā bhavantaḥ kurvantu prītisnigdhena cetasā .
tataḥ sarve samāgamya vasiṣṭhamidamabruvan .. 15..

yathoktaṃ tatkariṣyāmo na kiṃ citparihāsyate .
tataḥ sumantramāhūya vasiṣṭho vākyamabravīt .. 16..

nimantrayasya nṛpatīnpṛthivyāṃ ye ca dhārmikāḥ .
brāhmaṇānkṣatriyānvaiśyāñśūdrāṃścaiva sahasraśaḥ .. 17..

samānayasva satkṛtya sarvadeśeṣu mānavān .
mithilādhipatiṃ śūraṃ janakaṃ satyavikramam .. 18..

niṣṭhitaṃ sarvaśāstreṣu tathā vedeṣu niṣṭhitam .
tamānaya mahābhāgaṃ svayameva susatkṛtam .
pūrvasambandhinaṃ jñātvā tataḥ pūrvaṃ bravīmi te .. 19..

tathā kāśipatiṃ snigdhaṃ satataṃ priyavādinam .
sadvṛttaṃ devasaṅkāśaṃ svayamevānayasva ha .. 20..

tathā kekayarājānaṃ vṛddhaṃ paramadhārmikam .
śvaśuraṃ rājasiṃhasya saputraṃ tamihānaya .. 21..

aṅgeśvaraṃ mahābhāgaṃ romapādaṃ susatkṛtam .
vayasyaṃ rājasiṃhasya tamānaya yaśasvinam .. 22..

prācīnānsindhusauvīrānsaurāṣṭhreyāṃśca pārthivān .
dākṣiṇātyānnarendrāṃśca samastānānayasva ha .. 23..

santi snigdhāśca ye cānye rājānaḥ pṛthivītale .
tānānaya yathākṣipraṃ sānugānsahabāndhavān .. 24..

vasiṣṭhavākyaṃ tacchrutvā sumantrastvaritastadā .
vyādiśatpuruṣāṃstatra rājñāmānayane śubhān .. 25..

svayameva hi dharmātmā prayayau muniśāsanāt .
sumantrastvarito bhūtvā samānetuṃ mahīkṣitaḥ .. 26..

te ca karmāntikāḥ sarve vasiṣṭhāya ca dhīmate .
sarvaṃ nivedayanti sma yajñe yadupakalpitam .. 27..

tataḥ prīto dvijaśreṣṭhastānsarvānpunarabravīt .
avajñayā na dātavyaṃ kasya cillīlayāpi vā .
avajñayā kṛtaṃ hanyāddātāraṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ .. 28..

tataḥ kaiścidahorātrairupayātā mahīkṣitaḥ .
bahūni ratnānyādāya rājño daśarathasya ha .. 29..

tato vasiṣṭhaḥ suprīto rājānamidamabravīt .
upayātā naravyāghra rājānastava śāsanāt .. 30..

mayāpi satkṛtāḥ sarve yathārhaṃ rājasattamāḥ .
yajñiyaṃ ca kṛtaṃ rājanpuruṣaiḥ susamāhitaiḥ .. 31..

niryātu ca bhavānyaṣṭuṃ yajñāyatanamantikāt .
sarvakāmairupahṛtairupetaṃ vai samantataḥ .. 32..

tathā vasiṣṭhavacanādṛṣyaśṛṅgasya cobhayoḥ .
śubhe divasa nakṣatre niryāto jagatīpatiḥ .. 33..

tato vasiṣṭhapramukhāḥ sarva eva dvijottamāḥ .
ṛṣyaśṛṅgaṃ puraskṛtya yajñakarmārabhaṃstadā .. 34..

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