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saptamaḥ sargaḥ
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liṅgaṃ tataḥ śāstṛvidhipradiṣṭaṃ gātreṇa bibhranna tu cetasā tat|
bhāryāgataireva manovitarkairjehrīyamāṇo na nananda nandaḥ||1||
sa puṣpamāsasya ca puṣpalakṣmyā sarvābhisāreṇa ca puṣpaketoḥ|
yānīyabhāvena ca yauvanasya vihārasaṃstho na śamaṃ jagāma||2||
sthitaḥ saḥ dīnaḥ sahakāravīthyāmālīnasaṃmūrcchitaṣaṭpadāyām|
bhṛśaṃ jajṛmbhe yugadīrghabāhurdhyātvā priyāṃ cāpamivācakarṣa||3||
sa pītakakṣodamiva pratīcchan cūtadrumebhyastanupuṣpavarṣam|
dīrghaṃ niśaśvāsa vicintya bhāryāṃ navagraho nāga ivāvaruddhaḥ||4||
śokasya hartā śaraṇāgatānāṃ śokasya karttā pratigarvitānām|
aśokamālambya sa jātaśokaḥ priyāṃ priyāśokakavanāṃ śuśoca||5||
priyāṃ priyāyāḥ pratanuṃ priyaṅguṃ niśāmya bhītāmiva niṣpatantīm|
sasmāra tāmaśrumukhīṃ sabāṣpaḥ priyāṃ priyaṅguprasavāvadātām||6||
puṣpāvanaddhe tilakadrumasya dṛṣṭvānyapuṣṭāṃ śikhare niviṣṭām|
saṃkalpayāmāsa śikhāṃ priyāyāḥ śuklāṃśuke'ṭṭālapāśritāyāḥ||7||
latāṃ praphullāmatimuktakasya cūtasya pārśve parirabhya jātām|
niśāmya cintāmagamattadaivaṃ śliṣṭā bhavenmāmapi sundarīti||8||
puṣpotkarālā api nāgavṛkṣā dāntaiḥ samudgairiva hemagarbhaiḥ|
kāntāravṛkṣā iva duḥkhitasya na cakṣurācikṣipurasya tatra||9||
gandhaṃ vamanto'pi ca gandhaparṇā gandharvaveśyā iva gandhapūrṇāḥ|
tasyānyacittasya śugātmakasya ghrāṇaṃ na janhurhṛdayaṃ pratepuḥ||10||
saṃraktakaṇṭhaiśca vinīlakaṇṭhaistuṣṭaiḥ prahṛṣṭairapi cānyapuṣṭaiḥ|
lelihyamānaiśca madhu dvirephaiḥ svanadvanaṃ tasya mano nunoda||11||
sa tatra bhāryāraṇisaṃbhavena vitarkadhūmena tamaḥśikhena|
kāmāgnināntarhṛdi dahyamāno vihāya dhairyaṃ vilalāpa tattat||12||
adyāvagacchāmi suduṣkaraṃ te cakruḥ kariṣyanti ca kurvate ca|
tyaktvā priyāmaśrumukhīṃ tapo ye cerūścariṣyanti caranti caiva||13||
tāvad dṛḍhaṃ bandhanamasti loke na dāravaṃ tāntavamāyasaṃ vā|
yāvad dṛḍhaṃ bandhanametadeva mukhaṃ calākṣaṃ lalitaṃ ca vākyam||14||
chittvā ca bhittvā ca hi yānti tāni svapauruṣāccaiva suhṛdbalācca|
jñānācca raukṣyācca vinā vimoktuṃ na śakyate snehamayastu pāśaḥ||15||
jñānaṃ na me tacca śamāya yat syānna na cāsti raukṣyaṃ karuṇātmako'smi|
kāmātmakaścāsmi guruśca buddhaḥ sthito'ntare cakragaterivāsmi||16||
ahaṃ gṛhītvāpi hi bhikṣuliṅgaṃ bhrātṝṣiṇā dviguruṇānuśiṣṭaḥ|
sarvāsvavasthāsu labhe na śāntiṃ priyāviyogādiva cakravākaḥ||17||
adyāpi tanme hṛdi vartate ca yaddarpaṇe vyākulite mayā sā|
kṛtānutakrodhakamabravīnmāṃ kathaṃkṛto'sīti śaṭhaṃ hasantī||18||
yathaiṣyanāśyānaviśeṣakāyāṃ mayīti yanmāmavadacca sāśru|
pāriplavākṣeṇa mukhena bālā tanme vaco'dyāpi mano ruṇaddhi||19||
buddhvāsanaṃ parvatanirjharasthaḥ svastho yathā dhyāyati bhikṣureṣaḥ|
saktaḥ kvacinnāhamivaiṣa nūnaṃ śāntastathā tṛpta ivopaviṣṭaḥ||20||
puṃskokilānāmavicintya ghoṣaṃ vasantalakṣmyāmavicārya cakṣuḥ|
śāstraṃ yathābhyasyati caiṣa yuktaḥ śaṅke priyākarṣati nāsya cetaḥ||21||
asmai namo'stu sthiraniścayāya nivṛttakautūhalavismayāya|
śāntātmane'ntargatamānāsāya caṅkramyamāṇāya nirutsukāya||22||
nirīkṣamāṇasya jalaṃ sapadmaṃ vanaṃ ca phullaṃ parapuṣṭajuṣṭam|
kasyāsti dhairyaṃ navayauvanasya māse madhau dharmasapatnabhūte||23||
bhāvena garveṇa gatena lakṣmyā smitena kopena madena vāgbhiḥ|
jahruḥ striyo devanṛparṣisaṃghān kasmāddhi nāsmadvidhamākṣipeyuḥ||24||
kāmābhibhūto hi hiraṇyaretāḥ svāhāṃ siṣeve madhavānahalyām|
sattvena sargeṇa ca tena hīnaḥ strinirjitaḥ kiṃ bata mānuṣo'ham||25||
sūryaḥ saraṇyūṃ prati jātarāgastatprītaye taṣṭa iti śrutaṃ naḥ|
ratamaśvabhūto'śvavadhūṃ sametya yato'śvinau tau janayāṃbabhūva||26||
strīkāraṇaṃ vairaviśaktabuddhyorvaivasvatāgnyoścalitātmadhṛtyoḥ|
bahūni varṣāṇi babhūva yuddhaṃ kaḥ strīnimittaṃ na caledihānyaḥ||27||
bheje śvapākīṃ munirakṣamālāṃ kāmādvasiṣṭhaśca sa sadvariṣṭhaḥ|
yasyāṃ vivaśvāniva bhūjalādaḥ sutaḥ prasūto'sya kapiñjalādaḥ||28||
parāśaraḥ śāpaśarastatharṣiḥ kālīṃ siṣeve jhaṣagarbhayonim|
suto'sya yasyāṃ suṣuve mahātmā dvaipāyano vedavibhāgakarttā||29||
dvaipāyano dharmaparāyaṇaśca reme samaṃ kāśiṣu veśyavadhvā|
yayā hato'bhūccalanūpureṇa pādena vidyullatayeva meghaḥ||30||
tathāṅgirā rāgaparītacetāḥ sarasvatīṃ brahmasutaḥ siṣeve|
sārasvato yatra suto'sya jajñe naṣṭasya vedasya punaḥpravaktā||31||
tathā nṛparṣerdilīpasya yajñe svargastriyāṃ kāśyapa āgatāsthaḥ|
sruvaṃ gṛhītvā sravadātmatejaścikṣepa vahrāvasito yato'bhūt||32||
tathā'ṅgado'ntaṃ tapaso'pi gatvā kāmābhibhūto yamunāmagacchat|
dhīmattaraṃ yatra rathītaraṃ sa sāraṅgajuṣṭaṃ janayāmbabhūva||33||
niśāmya śāntāṃ naradevakanyāṃ vane'pi śānte'pi ca vartamānaḥ|
cacāla dhairyānmuniṛṣyaśrṛṅgaḥ śailo mahīkampa ivoccaśrṛṅgaḥ||34||
brahmarṣibhāvārthamapāsya rājyaṃ bheje vanaṃ yo viṣayeṣvanāsthaḥ|
sa gādhijaścāpahṛto ghṛtācyā samā daśaikaṃ divasaṃ viveda||35||
tathaiva kandarpaśarābhimṛṣṭo rambhāṃ prati sthūlaśirā mumūrccha|
yaḥ kāmaroṣātmatayānapekṣaḥ śaśāpa tāmapratigṛhyamāṇaḥ||36||
pramadvarāyāṃ ca ruruḥ priyāyāṃ bhujaṅgamenāpahṛtendriyāyām|
saṃdṛśya saṃdṛśya jaghāna sarpān priyaṃ na roṣeṇa tapo rarakṣa||37||
naptā śaśāṅkasya yaśoguṇāṅko budhasya sūnurvibudhaprabhāvaḥ|
tathorvaśīmapsarasaṃ vicintya rājarṣirunmādamagacchadaiḍaḥ||38||
rakto girermūrdhani menakāyāṃ kāmātmakatvācca sa tālajaṅghaḥ|
pādena viśvāvasunā saroṣaṃ vajreṇa hintāla ivābhijaghne||39||
nāśaṃ gatāyāṃ paramāṅganāyāṃ gaṃgājale'naṅgaparītacetāḥ|
janhuśca gaṅgāṃ nṛpatirbhujābhyāṃ rurodha maināka ivācalendraḥ||40||
nṛpaśca gaṅgāvirahājjughūrṇa gaṅgāmbhasā sāla ivāttamūlaḥ|
kulapradīpaḥ pratipasya sūnuḥ śrīmattanuḥ śantanurasvatantraḥ||41||
hṛtāṃ ca saunandakinānu'śocan prāptāmivorvīṃ striyamurvaśīṃ tām|
sadvṛttavarmā kila somavarmā babhrāma citodbhavabhinnavarmā||42||
bhāryāṃ mṛtāṃ cānumamāra rājā bhīmaprabhāvo bhuvi bhīmakaḥ saḥ|
balena senāka iti prakāśaḥ senāpatirdeva ivāttasenaḥ||43||
svargaṃ gate bhartari śantanau ca kālīṃ jihīrṣan janamejayaḥ saḥ|
avāpa bhīṣmāt samavetya mṛtyuṃ na tadgataṃ manmathamutsasarja||44||
śaptaśca pāṇḍurmadanena nūnaṃ strīsaṃgame mṛtyumavāpsyasīti|
jagāma mādrīṃ na maharṣiśāpādasevyasevī vimamarśa mṛtyum||45||
evaṃvidhā devanṛparṣisaṅghāḥ strīṇāṃ vaśaṃ kāmavaśena jagmuḥ|
dhiyā ca sāreṇa ca durbalaḥ san priyāmapaśyan kimu viklavo'ham||46||
yāsyāmi tasmād gṛhameva bhūyaḥ kāmaṃ kariṣye vidhivat sakāmam|
na hyanyacittasya calendriyasya liṅgaṃ kṣamaṃ dharmapathāccyutasya||47||
pāṇau kapālamavadhārya vidhāya mauṇḍyaṃ mānaṃ nidhāya vikṛtaṃ paridhāya vāsaḥ|
yasyoddhavo na dhṛtirasti na śāntirasti citrapradīpa iva so'sti ca nāsti caiva||48||
yo niḥsṛtaśca na ca niḥsṛtakāmarāgaḥ kāṣāyamudvahati yo na ca niṣkaṣāyaḥ|
pātraṃ bibharti ca guṇairna ca pātrabhūto liṅgaṃ vahannapi sa naiva gṛhī na bhikṣuḥ||49||
na nyāyyamanvayavataḥ parigṛhya liṅgaṃ bhūyo vimoktumiti yo'pi hi me vicāraḥ|
so'pi praṇaśyati vicintya nṛpapravīrāstānye tapovanamapāsya gṛhāṇyatīyuḥ||50||
śālbādhipo hi sasuto'pi tathāmbarīṣo rāmo'ndha eva sa ca sāṃskṛtirantidevaḥ|
cīrāṇyapāsya dadhire punaraṃśukāni chittvā jaṭāśca kuṭilā mukuṭāni babhruḥ||51||
tasmād bhikṣārthaṃ mama gururito yāvadeva prayāt-
styaktvā kāṣāyaṃ gṛhamahamitastāvadeva prayāsye|
pūjyaṃ liṅgaṃ hi skhalitamanaso bibhrataḥ kliṣṭabuddhe-
rnāmutrārthaḥ syādupahatamaternāpyayaṃ jīvalokaḥ||52||
saundarananda mahākāvye "nanda-vilāpa" nāma saptama sarga samāpta|