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sarga - 52

evamuktā vasiṣṭhena śabalā śatrusūdana .
vidadhe kāmadhukkāmānyasya yasya yathepsitam .. 1..

ikṣūnmadhūṃstathā lājānmaireyāṃśca varāsavān .
pānāni ca mahārhāṇi bhakṣyāṃścoccāvacāṃstathā .. 2..

uṣṇāḍhyasyaudanasyāpi rāśayaḥ parvatopamāḥ .
mṛṣṭānnāni ca sūpāśca dadhikulyāstathaiva ca .. 3..

nānāsvādurasānāṃ ca ṣāḍavānāṃ tathaiva ca .
bhājanāni supūrṇāni gauḍāni ca sahasraśaḥ .. 4..

sarvamāsītsusantuṣṭaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulam .
viśvāmitrabalaṃ rāma vasiṣṭhenābhitarpitam .. 5..

viśvāmitro.api rājarṣirhṛṣṭapuṣṭastadābhavat .
sāntaḥ puravaro rājā sabrāhmaṇapurohitaḥ .. 6..

sāmātyo mantrisahitaḥ sabhṛtyaḥ pūjitastadā .
yuktaḥ pareṇa harṣeṇa vasiṣṭhamidamabravīt .. 7..

pūjito.ahaṃ tvayā brahmanpūjārheṇa susatkṛtaḥ .
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi vākyaṃ vākyaviśārada .. 8..

gavāṃ śatasahasreṇa dīyatāṃ śabalā mama .
ratnaṃ hi bhagavannetadratnahārī ca pārthivaḥ .
tasmānme śabalāṃ dehi mamaiṣā dharmato dvija .. 9..

evamuktastu bhagavānvasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ .
viśvāmitreṇa dharmātmā pratyuvāca mahīpatim .. 10..

nāhaṃ śatasahasreṇa nāpi koṭiśatairgavām .
rājandāsyāmi śabalāṃ rāśibhī rajatasya vā .. 11..

na parityāgamarheyaṃ matsakāśādarindama .
śāśvatī śabalā mahyaṃ kīrtirātmavato yathā .. 12..

asyāṃ havyaṃ ca kavyaṃ ca prāṇayātrā tathaiva ca .
āyattamagnihotraṃ ca balirhomastathaiva ca .. 13..

svāhākāravaṣaṭkārau vidyāśca vividhāstathā .
āyattamatra rājarṣe sarvametanna saṃśayaḥ .. 14..

sarva svametatsatyena mama tuṣṭikarī sadā .
kāraṇairbahubhī rājanna dāsye śabalāṃ tava .. 15..

vasiṣṭhenaivamuktastu viśvāmitro.abravīttataḥ .
saṃrabdhataramatyarthaṃ vākyaṃ vākyaviśāradaḥ .. 16..

hairaṇyakakṣyāgraiveyānsuvarṇāṅkuśabhūṣitān .
dadāmi kuñjarāṇāṃ te sahasrāṇi caturdaśa .. 17..

hairaṇyānāṃ rathānāṃ ca śvetāśvānāṃ caturyujām .
dadāmi te śatānyaṣṭau kiṅkiṇīkavibhūṣitān .. 18..

hayānāṃ deśajātānāṃ kulajānāṃ mahaujasām .
sahasramekaṃ daśa ca dadāmi tava suvrata .. 19..

nānāvarṇavibhaktānāṃ vayaḥsthānāṃ tathaiva ca .
dadāmyekāṃ gavāṃ koṭiṃ śabalā dīyatāṃ mama .. 20..

evamuktastu bhagavānviśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā .
na dāsyāmīti śabalāṃ prāha rājankathaṃ cana .. 21..

etadeva hi me ratnametadeva hi me dhanam .
etadeva hi sarvasvametadeva hi jīvitam .. 22..

darśaśca pūrṇamāsaśca yajñāścaivāptadakṣiṇāḥ .
etadeva hi me rājanvividhāśca kriyāstathā .. 23..

adomūlāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā mama rājanna saṃśayaḥ .
bahūnāṃ kiṃ pralāpena na dāsye kāmadohinīm .. 24..




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