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rurur uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

kathaṃ hiṃsitavān sarpān kṣatriyo janamejayaḥ / (1.2) Par.?

sarpā vā hiṃsitāstāta kimarthaṃ dvijasattama // (1.3) Par.?

kimarthaṃ mokṣitāścaiva pannagāstena śaṃsa me / (2.1) Par.?

āstīkena tad ācakṣva śrotum icchāmyaśeṣataḥ // (2.2) Par.?

ṛṣir uvāca / (3.1) Par.?

*ityuktvāntarhite yogāt tasminn ṛṣivare prabho / (3.2) Par.?

*saṃbhramāviṣṭahṛdaya ṛṣir mene tad adbhutam / (3.3) Par.?

śroṣyasi tvaṃ ruro sarvam āstīkacaritaṃ mahat / (3.4) Par.?

brāhmaṇānāṃ kathayatām ityuktvāntaradhīyata // (3.5) Par.?

sūta uvāca / (4.1) Par.?

ruruścāpi vanaṃ sarvaṃ paryadhāvat samantataḥ / (4.2) Par.?

tam ṛṣiṃ draṣṭum anvicchan saṃśrānto nyapatad bhuvi / (4.3) Par.?

*sa mohaṃ paramaṃ gatvā naṣṭasaṃjña ivābhavat / (4.4) Par.?

*tad ṛṣer vacanaṃ tathyaṃ cintayānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ // (4.5) Par.?

labdhasaṃjño ruruścāyāt taccācakhyau pitustadā / (5.1) Par.?

*nyavedayata tat sarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ pitur dvijaḥ / (5.2) Par.?

*pitre tu sarvam ākhyāya ḍuṇḍubhasya vaco 'rthavat / (5.3) Par.?

*apṛcchat pitaraṃ bhūyaḥ so 'stikasya vacastadā / (5.4) Par.?

*yat tad ākhyānam akhilaṃ ḍuṇḍubhenātha kīrtitam / (5.5) Par.?

*tat kīrtyamānaṃ bhagavañchrotum icchāmi tattvataḥ / (5.6) Par.?

pitā cāsya tad ākhyānaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ sarvaṃ nyavedayat / (5.7) Par.?

*kimarthaṃ rājaśārdūla rājā sa janamejayaḥ / (5.8) Par.?

*sarpasatreṇa sarpāṇāṃ gato 'ntaṃ tad vadasva me / (5.9) Par.?

*iti śrīrāmāya namaḥ / (5.10) Par.?

*śrīgurubhyo namaḥ / (5.11) Par.?

*śrīvedavyāsāya namaḥ / (5.12) Par.?

*akṣaraṃ yat paribhraṣṭaṃ mātrāhīnaṃ tu yad bhavet / (5.13) Par.?

*kṣantum arhanti vidvāṃsaḥ kasya na syād vyatikramaḥ / (5.14) Par.?

*śiva śiva / (5.15) Par.?

*kapardi samartha bhūteśa bhaganetranipātana / (5.16) Par.?

*vyatikramaṃ me bhagavan kṣantum arhasi śaṃkara / (5.17) Par.?

*nārāyaṇāya namaḥ / (5.18) Par.?

*śrīvedavyāsāya namaḥ / (5.19) Par.?

*gaṇapataye namaḥ / (5.20) Par.?

*avighnam astu // (5.21) Par.?