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sarga - 62

pūrṇe varṣasahasre tu vratasnātaṃ mahāmunim .
abhyāgacchansurāḥ sarve tapaḥphalacikīrṣavaḥ .. 1..

abravītsumahātejā brahmā suruciraṃ vacaḥ .
ṛṣistvamasi bhadraṃ te svārjitaiḥ karmabhiḥ śubhaiḥ .. 2..

tamevamuktvā deveśastridivaṃ punarabhyagāt .
viśvāmitro mahātejā bhūyastepe mahattapaḥ .. 3..

tataḥ kālena mahatā menakā paramāpsarāḥ .
puṣkareṣu naraśreṣṭha snātuṃ samupacakrame .. 4..

tāṃ dadarśa mahātejā menakāṃ kuśikātmajaḥ .
rūpeṇāpratimāṃ tatra vidyutaṃ jalade yathā .. 5..

dṛṣṭvā kandarpavaśago munistāmidamabravīt .
apsaraḥ svāgataṃ te.astu vasa ceha mamāśrame .
anugṛhṇīṣva bhadraṃ te madanena sumohitam .. 6..

ityuktā sā varārohā tatrāvāsamathākarot .
tapaso hi mahāvighno viśvāmitramupāgataḥ .. 7..

tasyāṃ vasantyāṃ varṣāṇi pañca pañca ca rāghava .
viśvāmitrāśrame saumya sukhena vyaticakramuḥ .. 8..

atha kāle gate tasminviśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .
savrīḍa iva saṃvṛttaścintāśokaparāyaṇaḥ .. 9..

buddhirmuneḥ samutpannā sāmarṣā raghunandana .
sarvaṃ surāṇāṃ karmaitattapo.apaharaṇaṃ mahat .. 10..

ahorātrāpadeśena gatāḥ saṃvatsarā daśa .
kāmamohābhibhūtasya vighno.ayaṃ pratyupasthitaḥ .. 11..

viniḥśvasanmunivaraḥ paścāttāpena duḥkhitaḥ .. 12..

bhītāmapsarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā vepantīṃ prāñjaliṃ sthitām .
menakāṃ madhurairvākyairvisṛjya kuśikātmajaḥ .
uttaraṃ parvataṃ rāma viśvāmitro jagāma ha .. 13..

sa kṛtvā naiṣṭhikīṃ buddhiṃ jetukāmo mahāyaśāḥ .
kauśikītīramāsādya tapastepe sudāruṇam .. 14..

tasya varṣasahasraṃ tu ghoraṃ tapa upāsataḥ .
uttare parvate rāma devatānāmabhūdbhayam .. 15..

amantrayansamāgamya sarve sarṣigaṇāḥ surāḥ .
maharṣiśabdaṃ labhatāṃ sādhvayaṃ kuśikātmajaḥ .. 16..

devatānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ .
abravīnmadhuraṃ vākyaṃ viśvāmitraṃ tapodhanam .. 17..

maharṣe svāgataṃ vatsa tapasogreṇa toṣitaḥ .
mahattvamṛṣimukhyatvaṃ dadāmi tava kauśika .. 18..

brahmaṇaḥ sa vacaḥ śrutvā viśvāmitrastapodhanaḥ .
prāñjaliḥ praṇato bhūtvā pratyuvāca pitāmaham .. 19..

brahmarṣi śabdamatulaṃ svārjitaiḥ karmabhiḥ śubhaiḥ .
yadi me bhagavānāha tato.ahaṃ vijitendriyaḥ .. 20..

tamuvāca tato brahmā na tāvattvaṃ jitendriyaḥ .
yatasva muniśārdūla ityuktvā tridivaṃ gataḥ .. 21..

viprasthiteṣu deveṣu viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ .
ūrdhvabāhurnirālambo vāyubhakṣastapaś caran .. 22..

dharme pañcatapā bhūtvā varṣāsvākāśasaṃśrayaḥ .
śiśire salilasthāyī rātryahāni tapodhanaḥ .. 23..

evaṃ varṣasahasraṃ hi tapo ghoramupāgamat .
tasminsantapyamāne tu viśvāmitre mahāmunau .. 24..

sambhramaḥ sumahānāsītsurāṇāṃ vāsavasya ca .
rambhāmapsarasaṃ śakraḥ saha sarvairmarudgaṇaiḥ .. 25..

uvācātmahitaṃ vākyamahitaṃ kauśikasya ca .. 26..




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