Texts

bhīṣma uvāca / (1.1) Par.?

sa pannagapatistatra prayayau brāhmaṇaṃ prati / (1.2) Par.?

tam eva manasā dhyāyan kāryavattāṃ vicārayan // (1.3) Par.?

tam abhikramya nāgendro matimān sa nareśvara / (2.1) Par.?

provāca madhuraṃ vākyaṃ prakṛtyā dharmavatsalaḥ // (2.2) Par.?

bho bho kṣāmyābhibhāṣe tvāṃ na roṣaṃ kartum arhasi / (3.1) Par.?

iha tvam abhisamprāptaḥ kasyārthe kiṃ prayojanam // (3.2) Par.?

ābhimukhyād abhikramya snehāt pṛcchāmi te dvija / (4.1) Par.?

vivikte gomatītīre kiṃ vā tvaṃ paryupāsase // (4.2) Par.?

brāhmaṇa uvāca / (5.1) Par.?

dharmāraṇyaṃ hi māṃ viddhi nāgaṃ draṣṭum ihāgatam / (5.2) Par.?

padmanābhaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ tatra me kāryam āhitam // (5.3) Par.?

tasya cāham asāṃnidhyaṃ śrutavān asmi taṃ gatam / (6.1) Par.?

svajanaṃ taṃ pratīkṣāmi parjanyam iva karṣakaḥ // (6.2) Par.?

tasya cākleśakaraṇaṃ svastikārasamāhitam / (7.1) Par.?

vartayāmyayutaṃ brahma yogayukto nirāmayaḥ // (7.2) Par.?

nāga uvāca / (8.1) Par.?

aho kalyāṇavṛttastvaṃ sādhusajjanavatsalaḥ / (8.2) Par.?

śravāḍhyastvaṃ mahābhāga paraṃ snehena paśyasi // (8.3) Par.?

ahaṃ sa nāgo viprarṣe yathā māṃ vindate bhavān / (9.1) Par.?

ājñāpaya yathā svairaṃ kiṃ karomi priyaṃ tava // (9.2) Par.?

bhavantaṃ svajanād asmi samprāptaṃ śrutavān iha / (10.1) Par.?

atastvāṃ svayam evāhaṃ draṣṭum abhyāgato dvija // (10.2) Par.?

samprāptaśca bhavān adya kṛtārthaḥ pratiyāsyati / (11.1) Par.?

visrabdho māṃ dvijaśreṣṭha viṣaye yoktum arhasi // (11.2) Par.?

vayaṃ hi bhavatā sarve guṇakrītā viśeṣataḥ / (12.1) Par.?

yastvam ātmahitaṃ tyaktvā mām evehānurudhyase // (12.2) Par.?

brāhmaṇa uvāca / (13.1) Par.?

āgato 'haṃ mahābhāga tava darśanalālasaḥ / (13.2) Par.?

kaṃcid artham anarthajñaḥ praṣṭukāmo bhujaṃgama // (13.3) Par.?

aham ātmānam ātmastho mārgamāṇo ''tmano hitam / (14.1) Par.?

vāsārthinaṃ mahāprājña balavantam upāsmi ha // (14.2) Par.?

prakāśitastvaṃ svaguṇair yaśogarbhagabhastibhiḥ / (15.1) Par.?

śaśāṅkakarasaṃsparśair hṛdyair ātmaprakāśitaiḥ // (15.2) Par.?

tasya me praśnam utpannaṃ chinddhi tvam anilāśana / (16.1) Par.?

paścāt kāryaṃ vadiṣyāmi śrotum arhati me bhavān // (16.2) Par.?