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sarga - 32

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā kuśanābhasya dhīmataḥ .
śirobhiścaraṇau spṛṣṭvā kanyāśatamabhāṣata .. 1..

vāyuḥ sarvātmako rājanpradharṣayitumicchati .
aśubhaṃ mārgamāsthāya na dharmaṃ pratyavekṣate .. 2..

pitṛmatyaḥ sma bhadraṃ te svacchande na vayaṃ sthitāḥ .
pitaraṃ no vṛṇīṣva tvaṃ yadi no dāsyate tava .. 3..

tena pāpānubandhena vacanaṃ na pratīcchatā .
evaṃ bruvantyaḥ sarvāḥ sma vāyunā nihatā bhṛṣam .. 4..

tāsāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā rājā paramadhārmikaḥ .
pratyuvāca mahātejāḥ kanyāśatamanuttamam .. 5..

kṣāntaṃ kṣamāvatāṃ putryaḥ kartavyaṃ sumahatkṛtam .
aikamatyamupāgamya kulaṃ cāvekṣitaṃ mama .. 6..

alaṅkāro hi nārīṇāṃ kṣamā tu puruṣasya vā .
duṣkaraṃ tacca vaḥ kṣāntaṃ tridaśeṣu viśeṣataḥ .. 7..

yādṛśīrvaḥ kṣamā putryaḥ sarvāsāmaviśeṣataḥ .
kṣamā dānaṃ kṣamā yajñaḥ kṣamā satyaṃ ca putrikāḥ .. 8..

kṣamā yaśaḥ kṣamā dharmaḥ kṣamāyāṃ viṣṭhitaṃ jagat .
visṛjya kanyāḥ kākutstha rājā tridaśavikramaḥ .. 9..

mantrajño mantrayāmāsa pradānaṃ saha mantribhiḥ .
deśe kāle pradānasya sadṛśe pratipādanam .. 10..

etasminneva kāle tu cūlī nāma mahāmuniḥ .
ūrdhvaretāḥ śubhācāro brāhmaṃ tapa upāgamat .. 11..

tapyantaṃ tamṛṣiṃ tatra gandharvī paryupāsate .
somadā nāma bhadraṃ te ūrmilā tanayā tadā .. 12..

sā ca taṃ praṇatā bhūtvā śuśrūṣaṇaparāyaṇā .
uvāsa kāle dharmiṣṭhā tasyāstuṣṭo.abhavadguruḥ .. 13..

sa ca tāṃ kālayogena provāca raghunandana .
parituṣṭo.asmi bhadraṃ te kiṃ karomi tava priyam .. 14..

parituṣṭaṃ muniṃ jñātvā gandharvī madhurasvaram .
uvāca paramaprītā vākyajñā vākyakovidam .. 15..

lakṣmyā samudito brāhmyā brahmabhūto mahātapāḥ .
brāhmeṇa tapasā yuktaṃ putramicchāmi dhārmikam .. 16..

apatiścāsmi bhadraṃ te bhāryā cāsmi na kasya cit .
brāhmeṇopagatāyāśca dātumarhasi me sutam .. 17..

tasyāḥ prasanno brahmarṣirdadau putramanuttamam .
brahmadatta iti khyātaṃ mānasaṃ cūlinaḥ sutam .. 18..

sa rājā brahmadattastu purīmadhyavasattadā .
kāmpilyāṃ parayā lakṣmyā devarājo yathā divam .. 19..

sa buddhiṃ kṛtavānrājā kuśanābhaḥ sudhārmikaḥ .
brahmadattāya kākutstha dātuṃ kanyāśataṃ tadā .. 20..

tamāhūya mahātejā brahmadattaṃ mahīpatiḥ .
dadau kanyāśataṃ rājā suprītenāntarātmanā .. 21..

yathākramaṃ tataḥ pāṇiṃ jagrāha raghunandana .
brahmadatto mahī pālastāsāṃ devapatiryathā .. 22..

spṛṣṭamātre tataḥ pāṇau vikubjā vigatajvarāḥ .
yuktāḥ paramayā lakṣmyā babhuḥ kanyāśataṃ tadā .. 23..

sa dṛṣṭvā vāyunā muktāḥ kuśanābho mahīpatiḥ .
babhūva paramaprīto harṣaṃ lebhe punaḥ punaḥ .. 24..

kṛtodvāhaṃ tu rājānaṃ brahmadattaṃ mahīpatiḥ .
sadāraṃ preṣayāmāsa sopādhyāya gaṇaṃ tadā .. 25..

somadāpi susaṃhṛṣṭā putrasya sadṛśīṃ kriyām .
yathānyāyaṃ ca gandharvī snuṣāstāḥ pratyanandata .. 26..




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