kaś cit kāntāvirahaguruṇā svādhikārapramattaḥ śāpenāstaṅgamitamahimā varṣabhogyeṇa bhartuḥ
yakṣaś cakre janakatanayāsnānapuṇyodakeṣu snigdhacchāyātaruṣu vasatiṃ rāmagiryāśrameṣu //
tasminn adrau kati cid abalāviprayuktaḥ sa kāmī nītvā māsān kanakavalayabhraṃśariktaprakoṣṭhaḥ
āṣāḍhasya prathamadivase megham āśliṣṭasānuṃ vaprakrīḍāpariṇatagajaprekṣaṇīyaṃ dadarśa //
tasya sthitvā katham api puraḥ ketakādhānahetor antarbāṣpaś ciram anucaro rājarājasya dadhyau
meghāloke bhavati sukhino 'py anyathāvṛtti cetaḥ kaṇṭhāśleṣapraṇayini jane kiṃ punar dūrasaṃsthe //
pratyāsanne nabhasi dayitājīvitālambanārthī jīmūtena svakuśalamayīṃ hārayiṣyan pravṛttim
sa pratyagraiḥ kuṭajakusumaiḥ kalpitārghāya tasmai prītaḥ prītipramukhavacanaṃ svāgataṃ vyājahāra //
dhūmajyotiḥsalilamarutāṃ saṃnipātaḥ kva meghaḥ saṃdeśārthāḥ kva paṭukaraṇaiḥ prāṇibhiḥ prāpaṇīyāḥ
ity autsukyād aparigaṇayan guhyakas taṃ yayāce kāmārtā hi prakṛtikṛpaṇāś cetanācetaneṣu //
jātaṃ vaṃśe bhuvanavidite puṣkarāvartakānāṃ jānāmi tvāṃ prakṛtipuruṣaṃ kāmarūpaṃ maghonaḥ
tenārthitvaṃ tvayi vidhivaśād dūrabandhur gato 'haṃ yācñā moghā varam adhiguṇe nādhame labdhakāmā //
saṃtaptānāṃ tvam asi śaraṇaṃ tat payoda priyāyāḥ saṃdeśaṃ me hara dhanapatikrodhaviśleṣitasya
gantavyā te vasatir alakā nāma yakṣeśvarāṇāṃ bāhyodyānasthitaharaśiraścandrikādhautaharmyā //
tvām ārūḍhaṃ pavanapadavīm udgṛhītālakāntāḥ prekṣiṣyante pathikavanitāḥ pratyayād āśvasantyaḥ
kaḥ saṃnaddhe virahavidhurāṃ tvayy upekṣeta jāyāṃ na syād anyo 'py aham iva jano yaḥ parādhīnavṛttiḥ //
mandaṃ mandaṃ nudati pavanaś cānukūlo yathā tvāṃ vāmaś cāyaṃ nadati madhuraṃ cātakas te sagandhaḥ
garbhādhānakṣaṇaparicayān nūnam ābaddhamālāḥ seviṣyante nayanasubhagaṃ khe bhavantaṃ balākāḥ //
tāṃ cāvaśyaṃ divasagaṇanātatparām ekapatnīm avyāpannām avihatagatir drakṣyasi bhrātṛjāyām
āśābandhaḥ kusumasadṛśaṃ prāyaśo hy aṅganānāṃ sadyaḥpāti praṇayi hṛdayaṃ viprayoge ruṇaddhi //
kartuṃ yac ca prabhavati mahīm ucchilīndhrām avandhyāṃ tac chrutvā te śravaṇasubhagaṃ garjitaṃ mānasotkāḥ
ā kailāsād bisakisalayacchedapātheyavantaḥ saṃpatsyante nabhasi bhavato rājahaṃsāḥ sahāyāḥ //
āpṛcchasva priyasakham amuṃ tuṅgam āliṅgya śailaṃ vandyaiḥ puṃsāṃ raghupatipadair aṅkitaṃ mekhalāsu
kāle kāle bhavati bhavatā yasya saṃyogam etya snehavyaktiś ciravirahajaṃ muñcato bāṣpam uṣṇam //
mārgaṃ tāvac chṛṇu kathayatas tvatprayāṇānurūpaṃ saṃdeśaṃ me tadanu jalada śroṣyasi śrotrapeyam
khinnaḥ khinnaḥ śikhariṣu padaṃ nyasya gantāsi yatra kṣīṇaḥ kṣīṇaḥ parilaghu payaḥ srotasāṃ copabhujya //
adreḥ śṛṅgaṃ harati pavanaḥ kiṃ svid ity unmukhībhir dṛṣṭotsāhaś cakitacakitaṃ mugdhasiddhāṅganābhiḥ
sthānād asmāt sarasaniculād utpatodaṅmukhaḥ khaṃ diṅnāgānāṃ pathi pariharan sthūlahastāvalepān //
ratnacchāyāvyatikara iva prekṣyam etat purastād valmīkāgrāt prabhavati dhanuḥkhaṇḍam ākhaṇḍalasya
yena śyāmaṃ vapur atitarāṃ kāntim āpatsyate te barheṇeva sphuritarucinā gopaveṣasya viṣṇoḥ //
tvayy āyattaṃ kṛṣiphalam iti bhrūvikārānabhijñaiḥ prītisnigdhair janapadavadhūlocanaiḥ pīyamānaḥ
sadyaḥsīrotkaṣaṇasurabhikṣetram āruhya mālaṃ kiṃ cit paścād vraja laghugatir bhūya evottareṇa //
tvām āsārapraśamitavanopaplavaṃ sādhu mūrdhnā vakṣyaty adhvaśramaparigataṃ sānumān āmrakūṭaḥ
na kṣudro 'pi prathamasukṛtāpekṣayā saṃśrayāya prāpte mitre bhavati vimukhaḥ kiṃ punar yas tathoccaiḥ //
channopāntaḥ pariṇataphaladyotibhiḥ kānanāmrais tvayy ārūḍhe śikharam acalaḥ snigdhaveṇīsavarṇe
nūnaṃ yāsyaty amaramithunaprekṣaṇīyām avasthāṃ madhye śyāmaḥ stana iva bhuvaḥ śeṣavistārapāṇḍuḥ //
sthitvā tasmin vanacaravadhūbhuktakuñje muhūrtaṃ toyotsargadrutataragatis tatparaṃ vartma tīrṇaḥ
revāṃ drakṣyasy upalaviṣame vindhyapāde viśīrṇāṃ bhakticchedair iva viracitāṃ bhūtim aṅge gajasya //
tasyās tiktair vanagajamadair vāsitaṃ vāntavṛṣṭir jambūkuñjapratihatarayaṃ toyam ādāya gaccheḥ
antaḥsāraṃ ghana tulayituṃ nānilaḥ śakṣyati tvāṃ riktaḥ sarvo bhavati hi laghuḥ pūrṇatā gauravāya //
nīpaṃ dṛṣṭvā haritakapiśaṃ kesarair ardharūḍhair āvirbhūtaprathamamukulāḥ kandalīś cānukaccham
dagdhāraṇyeṣv adhikasurabhiṃ gandham āghrāya corvyāḥ sāraṅgās te jalalavamucaḥ sūcayiṣyanti mārgam //
utpaśyāmi drutam api sakhe matpriyārthaṃ yiyāsoḥ kālakṣepaṃ kakubhasurabhau parvate parvate te
śuklāpāṅgaiḥ sajalanayanaiḥ svāgatīkṛtya kekāḥ pratyudyātaḥ katham api bhavān gantum āśu vyavasyet //
pāṇḍucchāyopavanavṛtayaḥ ketakaiḥ sūcibhinnair nīḍārambhair gṛhabalibhujām ākulagrāmacaityāḥ
tvayy āsanne pariṇataphalaśyāmajambūvanāntāḥ saṃpatsyante katipayadinasthāyihaṃsā daśārṇāḥ //
teṣāṃ dikṣu prathitavidiśālakṣaṇāṃ rājadhānīṃ gatvā sadyaḥ phalam api mahat kāmukatvasya labdhā
tīropāntastanitasubhagaṃ pāsyasi svādu yat tat sabhrūbhaṅgaṃ mukham iva payo vetravatyāś calormi //
nīcairākhyaṃ girim adhivases tatra viśrāmahetos tvatsamparkāt pulakitam iva prauḍhapuṣpaiḥ kadambaiḥ
yaḥ paṇyastrīratiparimalodgāribhir nāgarāṇām uddāmāni prathayati śilāveśmabhir yauvanāni //
viśrāntaḥ san vraja vananadītīrajātāni siñcann udyānānāṃ navajalakaṇair yūthikājālakāni
gaṇḍasvedāpanayanarujāklāntakarṇotpalānāṃ chāyādānāt kṣaṇaparicitaḥ puṣpalāvīmukhānām //
vakraḥ panthā yad api bhavataḥ prasthitasyottarāśāṃ saudhotsaṅgapraṇayavimukho mā sma bhūr ujjayinyāḥ
vidyuddāmasphuritacakitais tatra paurāṅganānāṃ lolāpāṅgair yadi na ramase locanair vañcito 'si //
vīcikṣobhastanitavihagaśreṇikāñcīguṇāyāḥ saṃsarpantyāḥ skhalitasubhagaṃ darśitāvartanābheḥ
nirvindhyāyāḥ pathi bhava rasābhyantaraḥ saṃnipatya strīṇām ādyaṃ praṇayavacanaṃ vibhramo hi priyeṣu //
veṇībhūtapratanusalilā tām atītasya sindhuḥ pāṇḍucchāyā taṭaruhatarubhraṃśibhir jīrṇaparṇaiḥ
saubhāgyaṃ te subhaga virahāvasthayā vyañjayantī kārśyaṃ yena tyajati vidhinā sa tvayaivopapādyaḥ //
prāpyāvantīn udayanakathākovidagrāmavṛddhān pūrvoddiṣṭām anusara purīṃ śrīviśālāṃ viśālām
svalpībhūte sucaritaphale svargiṇāṃ gāṃ gatānāṃ śeṣaiḥ puṇyair hṛtam iva divaḥ kāntimat khaṇḍam ekam //
dīrghīkurvan paṭu madakalaṃ kūjitaṃ sārasānāṃ pratyūṣeṣu sphuṭitakamalāmodamaitrīkaṣāyaḥ
yatra strīṇāṃ harati surataglānim aṅgānukūlaḥ siprāvātaḥ priyatama iva prārthanācāṭukāraḥ //
jālodgīrṇair upacitavapuḥ keśasaṃskāradhūpair bandhuprītyā bhavanaśikhibhir dattanṛttopahāraḥ
harmyeṣv asyāḥ kusumasurabhiṣv adhvakhinnāntarātmā nītvā rātriṃ lalitavanitāpādarāgāṅkiteṣu //
bhartuḥ kaṇṭhacchavir iti gaṇaiḥ sādaraṃ vīkṣyamāṇaḥ puṇyaṃ yāyās tribhuvanaguror dhāma caṇḍeśvarasya
dhūtodyānaṃ kuvalayarajogandhibhir gandhavatyās toyakrīḍāniratayuvatisnānatiktair marudbhiḥ //
apy anyasmiñ jaladhara mahākālam āsādya kāle sthātavyaṃ te nayanaviṣayaṃ yāvad atyeti bhānuḥ
kurvan saṃdhyābalipaṭahatāṃ śūlinaḥ ślāghanīyām āmandrāṇāṃ phalam avikalaṃ lapsyase garjitānām //
pādanyāsakvaṇitaraśanās tatra līlāvadhūtai ratnacchāyāracitavalibhiś cāmaraiḥ klāntahastāḥ
veśyās tvatto nakhapadasukhān prāpya varṣāgrabindūn āmokṣyante tvayi madhukaraśreṇidīrghān kaṭākṣān //
paścād uccairbhujataruvanaṃ maṇḍalenābhilīnaḥ sāṃdhyaṃ tejaḥ pratinavajapāpuṣparaktaṃ dadhānaḥ
nṛttārambhe hara paśupater ārdranāgājinecchāṃ śāntodvegastimitanayanaṃ dṛṣṭabhaktir bhavānyā //
gacchantīnāṃ ramaṇavasatiṃ yoṣitāṃ tatra naktaṃ ruddhāloke narapatipathe sūcibhedyais tamobhiḥ
saudāmanyā kanakanikaṣasnigdhayā darśayorvīṃ toyotsargastanitamukharo mā sma bhūr viklavās tāḥ //
tāṃ kasyāṃ cid bhavanavalabhau suptapārāvatāyāṃ nītvā rātriṃ ciravilasanāt khinnavidyutkalatraḥ
dṛṣṭe sūrye punar api bhavān vāhayed adhvaśeṣaṃ mandāyante na khalu suhṛdām abhyupetārthakṛtyāḥ //
tasmin kāle nayanasalilaṃ yoṣitāṃ khaṇḍitānāṃ śāntiṃ neyaṃ praṇayibhir ato vartma bhānos tyajāśu
prāleyāsraṃ kamalavadanāt so 'pi hartuṃ nalinyāḥ pratyāvṛttas tvayi kararudhi syād analpābhyasūyaḥ //
gambhīrāyāḥ payasi saritaś cetasīva prasanne chāyātmāpi prakṛtisubhago lapsyate te praveśam
tasmād asyāḥ kumudaviśadāny arhasi tvaṃ na dhairyān moghīkartuṃ caṭulaśapharodvartanaprekṣitāni //
tasyāḥ kiṃ cit karadhṛtam iva prāptavānīraśākhaṃ hṛtvā nīlaṃ salilavasanaṃ muktarodhonitambam
prasthānaṃ te katham api sakhe lambamānasya bhāvi jñātāsvādo vivṛtajaghanāṃ ko vihātuṃ samarthaḥ //
tvanniṣyandocchvasitavasudhāgandhasaṃparkaramyaḥ srotorandhradhvanitasubhagaṃ dantibhiḥ pīyamānaḥ
nīcair vāsyaty upajigamiṣor devapūrvaṃ giriṃ te śīto vāyuḥ pariṇamayitā kānanodumbarāṇām //
tatra skandaṃ niyatavasatiṃ puṣpameghīkṛtātmā puṣpāsāraiḥ snapayatu bhavān vyomagaṅgājalādreḥ
rakṣāhetor navaśaśibhṛtā vāsavīnāṃ camūnām atyādityaṃ hutavahamukhe saṃbhṛtaṃ tadd hi tejaḥ //
jyotirlekhāvalayi galitaṃ yasya barhaṃ bhavānī putrapremṇā kuvalayadalaprāpi karṇe karoti
dhautāpāṅgaṃ haraśaśirucā pāvakes taṃ mayūraṃ paścād adrigrahaṇagurubhir garjitair nartayethāḥ //
ārādhyainaṃ śaravaṇabhavaṃ devam ullaṅghitādhvā siddhadvandvair jalakaṇabhayād vīṇibhir muktamārgaḥ
vyālambethāḥ surabhitanayālambhajāṃ mānayiṣyan srotomūrtyā bhuvi pariṇatāṃ rantidevasya kīrtim //
tvayy ādātuṃ jalam avanate śārṅgiṇo varṇacaure tasyāḥ sindhoḥ pṛthum api tanuṃ dūrabhāvāt pravāham
prekṣiṣyante gaganagatayo dūram āvarjya dṛṣṭīr ekaṃ muktāguṇam iva bhuvaḥ sthūlamadhyendranīlam //
tām uttīrya vraja paricitabhrūlatāvibhramāṇāṃ pakṣmotkṣepād uparivilasatkṛṣṇaśāraprabhāṇām
kundakṣepānugamadhukaraśrīmuṣām ātmabimbaṃ pātrīkurvan daśapuravadhūnetrakautūhalānām //
brahmāvartaṃ janapadam adhaśchāyayā gāhamānaḥ kṣetraṃ kṣatrapradhanapiśunaṃ kauravaṃ tad bhajethāḥ
rājanyānāṃ śitaśaraśatair yatra gāṇḍīvadhanvā dhārāpātais tvam iva kamalāny abhyavarṣan mukhāni //
hitvā hālām abhimatarasāṃ revatīlocanāṅkāṃ bandhuprītyā samaravimukho lāṅgalī yāḥ siṣeve
kṛtvā tāsām abhigamam apāṃ saumya sārasvatīnām antaḥśuddhas tvam asi bhavitā varṇamātreṇa kṛṣṇaḥ //
tasmād gaccher anukanakhalaṃ śailarājāvatīrṇāṃ jahnoḥ kanyāṃ sagaratanayasvargasopānapaṅktim
gaurīvaktrabhrukuṭiracanāṃ yā vihasyeva phenaiḥ śambhoḥ keśagrahaṇam akarod indulagnormihastā //
tasyāḥ pātuṃ suragaja iva vyomni paścārdhalambī tvaṃ ced acchasphaṭikaviśadaṃ tarkayes tiryag ambhaḥ
saṃsarpantyā sapadi bhavataḥ srotasi cchāyayā sā syād asthānopagatayamunāsaṃgam evābhirāmā //
āsīnānāṃ surabhitaśilaṃ nābhigandhair mṛgāṇāṃ tasyā eva prabhavam acalaṃ prāpya gauraṃ tuṣāraiḥ
vakṣyasy adhvaśramavinayane tasya śṛṅge niṣaṇṇaḥ śobhāṃ śubhratrinayanavṛṣotkhātapaṅkopameyām //
taṃ ced vāyau sarati saralaskandhasaṃghaṭṭajanmā bādhetolkākṣapitacamarībālabhāro davāgniḥ
arhasy enaṃ śamayitum alaṃ vāridhārāsahasrair āpannārtipraśamanaphalāḥ saṃpado hy uttamānām //
ye tvāṃ muktadhvanim asahanāḥ svāṅgabhaṅgāya tasmin darpotsekād upari śarabhā laṅghayiṣyanty alaṅghyam
tān kurvīthās tumulakarakāvṛṣṭihāsāvakīrṇān ke vā na syuḥ paribhavapadaṃ niṣphalārambhayatnāḥ //
tatra vyaktaṃ dṛṣadi caraṇanyāsam ardhendumauleḥ śaśvat siddhair upahṛtabaliṃ bhaktinamraḥ parīyāḥ
yasmin dṛṣṭe karaṇavigamād ūrdhvam uddhūtapāpāḥ kalpante 'sya sthiragaṇapadaprāptaye śraddadhānāḥ //
śabdāyante madhuram anilaiḥ kīcakāḥ pūryamāṇāḥ saṃraktābhis tripuravijayo gīyate kiṃnarībhiḥ
nirhrādī te muraja iva cet kandareṣu dhvaniḥ syāt saṃgītārtho nanu paśupates tatra bhāvī samastaḥ //
prāleyādrer upataṭam atikramya tāṃs tān viśeṣān haṃsadvāraṃ bhṛgupatiyaśovartma yat krauñcarandhram
tenodīcīṃ diśam anusares tiryagāyāmaśobhī śyāmaḥ pādo baliniyamanābhyudyatasyeva viṣṇoḥ //
gatvā cordhvaṃ daśamukhabhujocchvāsitaprasthasaṃdheḥ kailāsasya tridaśavanitādarpaṇasyātithiḥ syāḥ
śṛṅgocchrāyaiḥ kumudaviśadair yo vitatya sthitaḥ khaṃ rāśībhūtaḥ pratidiśam iva tryambakasyāṭṭahāsaḥ //
utpaśyāmi tvayi taṭagate snigdhabhinnāñjanābhe sadyaḥkṛttadviradadaśanacchedagaurasya tasya
līlām adreḥ stimitanayanaprekṣaṇīyāṃ bhavitrīm aṃsanyaste sati halabhṛto mecake vāsasīva //
hitvā tasmin bhujagavalayaṃ śambhunā dattahastā krīḍāśaile yadi ca viharet pādacāreṇa gaurī
bhaṅgībhaktyā viracitavapuḥ stambhitāntarjalaughaḥ sopānatvaṃ kuru padasukhasparśam ārohaṇeṣu //
tatrāvaśyaṃ valayakuliśodghaṭṭanodgīrṇatoyaṃ neṣyanti tvāṃ surayuvatayo yantradhārāgṛhatvam
tābhyo mokṣas tava yadi sakhe gharmalabdhasya na syāt krīḍālolāḥ śravaṇaparuṣair garjitair bhāyayes tāḥ //
hemāmbhojaprasavi salilaṃ mānasasyādadānaḥ kurvan kāmāt kṣaṇamukhapaṭaprītim airāvaṇasya
dhunvan vātaiḥ sajalapṛṣataiḥ kalpavṛkṣāṃśukāni cchāyābhinnaḥ sphaṭikaviśadaṃ nirviśes taṃ nagendram //
tasyotsaṅge praṇayina iva srastagaṅgādukūlāṃ na tvaṃ dṛṣṭvā na punar alakāṃ jñāsyase kāmacārin
yā vaḥ kāle vahati salilodgāram uccairvimānā muktājālagrathitam alakaṃ kāminīvābhravṛndam //
vidyutvantaṃ lalitavanitāḥ sendracāpaṃ sacitrāḥ saṃgītāya prahatamurajāḥ snigdhagambhīraghoṣam
antastoyaṃ maṇimayabhuvas tuṅgam abhraṃlihāgrāḥ prāsādās tvāṃ tulayitum alaṃ yatra tais tair viśeṣaiḥ //
haste līlākamalam alakaṃ bālakundānuviddhaṃ nītā lodhraprasavarajasā pāṇḍutām ānanaśrīḥ
cūḍāpāśe navakuravakaṃ cāru karṇe śirīṣaṃ sīmante ca tvadupagamajaṃ yatra nīpaṃ vadhūnām //
yasyāṃ yakṣāḥ sitamaṇimayāny etya harmyasthalāni jyotiśchāyākusumaracanāny uttamastrīsahāyāḥ
āsevante madhu ratiphalaṃ kalpavṛkṣaprasūtaṃ tvadgambhīradhvaniṣu śanakaiḥ puṣkareṣv āhateṣu //
yatra strīṇāṃ priyatamabhujocchvāsitāliṅgitānām aṅgaglāniṃ suratajanitāṃ tantujālāvalambāḥ
tvatsaṃrodhāpagamaviśadaiś cotitāś candrapādair vyālumpanti sphuṭajalalavasyandinaś candrakāntāḥ //
netrā nītāḥ satatagatinā yad vimānāgrabhūmīr ālekhyānāṃ salilakaṇikādoṣam utpādya sadyaḥ
śaṅkāspṛṣṭā iva jalamucas tvādṛśā yatra jālair dhūmodgārānukṛtinipuṇā jarjarā niṣpatanti //
nīvībandhocchvasitaśithilaṃ yatra yakṣāṅganānāṃ vāsaḥ kāmād anibhṛtakareṣv ākṣipatsu priyeṣu
arcistuṅgān abhimukham api prāpya ratnapradīpān hrīmūḍhānāṃ bhavati viphalapreraṇā cūrṇamuṣṭiḥ //
gatyutkampād alakapatitair yatra mandārapuṣpaiḥ patracchedaiḥ kanakakamalaiḥ karṇavibhraṃśibhiś ca
muktājālaiḥ stanaparicitacchinnasūtraiś ca hārair naiśo mārgaḥ savitur udaye sūcyate kāminīnām //
matvā devaṃ dhanapatisakhaṃ yatra sākṣād vasantaṃ prāyaś cāpaṃ na vahati bhayān manmathaḥ ṣaṭpadajyam
sabhrūbhaṅgaprahitanayanaiḥ kāmilakṣyeṣv amoghais tasyārambhaś caturavanitāvibhramair eva siddhaḥ //
tatrāgāraṃ dhanapatigṛhād uttareṇāsmadīyaṃ dūrāl lakṣyaṃ tad amaradhanuś cāruṇā toraṇena
yasyodyāne kṛtakatanayaḥ kāntayā vardhito me hastaprāpyastabakanamito bālamandāravṛkṣaḥ //
vāpī cāsmin marakataśilābaddhasopānamārgā haimaiḥ syūtā kamalamukulaiḥ snigdhavaiḍūryanālaiḥ
yasyās toye kṛtavasatayo mānasaṃ saṃnikṛṣṭaṃ nādhyāsyanti vyapagataśucas tvām api prekṣya haṃsāḥ //
tasyās tīre racitaśikharaḥ peśalair indranīlaiḥ krīḍāśailaḥ kanakakadalīveṣṭanaprekṣaṇīyaḥ
madgehinyāḥ priya iti sakhe cetasā kātareṇa prekṣyopāntasphuritataḍitaṃ tvāṃ tam eva smarāmi //
raktāśokaś calakisalayaḥ kesaraś cātra kāntaḥ pratyāsannau kuravakavṛter mādhavīmaṇḍapasya
ekaḥ sakhyās tava saha mayā vāmapādābhilāṣī kāṅkṣaty anyo vadanamadirāṃ dohadacchadmanāsyāḥ //
tanmadhye ca sphaṭikaphalakā kāñcanī vāsayaṣṭir mūle baddhā maṇibhir anatiprauḍhavaṃśaprakāśaiḥ
tālaiḥ śiñjadvalayasubhagair nartitaḥ kāntayā me yām adhyāste divasavigame nīlakaṇṭhaḥ suhṛd vaḥ //
ebhiḥ sādho hṛdayanihitair lakṣaṇair lakṣayethā dvāropānte likhitavapuṣau śaṅkhapadmau ca dṛṣṭvā
kṣāmacchāyaṃ bhavanam adhunā madviyogena nūnaṃ sūryāpāye na khalu kamalaṃ puṣyati svām abhikhyām //
gatvā sadyaḥ kalabhatanutāṃ śīghrasaṃpātahetoḥ krīḍāśaile prathamakathite ramyasānau niṣaṇṇaḥ
arhasy antarbhavanapatitāṃ kartum alpālpabhāsaṃ khadyotālīvilasitanibhāṃ vidyudunmeṣadṛṣṭim //
tanvī śyāmā śikharadaśanā pakvabimbādharoṣṭhī madhye kṣāmā cakitahariṇīprekṣaṇā nimnanābhiḥ
śroṇībhārād alasagamanā stokanamrā stanābhyāṃ yā tatra syād yuvativiṣaye sṛṣṭir ādyeva dhātuḥ //
tāṃ jānīyāḥ parimitakathāṃ jīvitaṃ me dvitīyaṃ dūrībhūte mayi sahacare cakravākīm ivaikām
gāḍhotkaṇṭhāṃ guruṣu divaseṣv eṣu gacchatsu bālāṃ jātāṃ manye śiśiramathitāṃ padminīṃ vānyarūpām //
nūnaṃ tasyāḥ prabalaruditocchūnanetraṃ bahūnāṃ niḥśvāsānām aśiśiratayā bhinnavarṇādharoṣṭham
hastanyastaṃ mukham asakalavyakti lambālakatvād indor dainyaṃ tvadupasaraṇakliṣṭakānter bibharti //
āloke te nipatati purā sā balivyākulā vā matsādṛśyaṃ virahatanu vā bhāvagamyaṃ likhantī
pṛcchantī vā madhuravacanāṃ sārikāṃ pañjarasthāṃ kac cid bhartuḥ smarasi rasike tvaṃ hi tasya priyeti //
utsaṅge vā malinavasane saumya nikṣipya vīṇāṃ madgotrāṅkaṃ viracitapadaṃ geyam udgātukāmā
tantrīr ārdrā nayanasalilaiḥ sārayitvā kathaṃ cid bhūyo bhūyaḥ svayam api kṛtāṃ mūrcchanāṃ vismarantī //
śeṣān māsān virahadivasasthāpitasyāvadher vā vinyasyantī bhuvi gaṇanayā dehalīmuktapuṣpaiḥ
sambhogaṃ vā hṛdayanihitārambham āsvādayantī prāyeṇaite ramaṇaviraheṣv aṅganānāṃ vinodāḥ //
savyāpārām ahani na tathā pīḍayed viprayogaḥ śaṅke rātrau gurutaraśucaṃ nirvinodāṃ sakhīṃ te
matsaṃdeśaiḥ sukhayitum ataḥ paśya sādhvīṃ niśīthe tām unnidrām avaniśayanāsannavātāyanasthaḥ //
ādhikṣāmāṃ virahaśayane saṃniṣaṇṇaikapārśvāṃ prācīmūle tanum iva kalāmātraśeṣāṃ himāṃśoḥ
nītā rātriḥ kṣaṇa iva mayā sārdham icchāratair yā tām evoṣṇair virahamahatīm aśrubhir yāpayantīm //
niḥśvāsenādharakisalayakleśinā vikṣipantīṃ śuddhasnānāt paruṣamalakaṃ nūnam āgaṇḍalambam
matsaṃyogaḥ katham upanamet svapnajo 'pīti nidrām ākāṅkṣantīṃ nayanasalilotpīḍaruddhāvakāśām //
ādye baddhā virahadivase yā śikhā dāma hitvā śāpasyānte vigalitaśucā tāṃ mayodveṣṭanīyām
sparśakliṣṭām ayamitanakhenāsakṛt sārayantīṃ gaṇḍābhogāt kaṭhinaviṣamām ekaveṇīṃ kareṇa //
pādān indor amṛtaśiśirāñjālamārgapraviṣṭān pūrvaprītyā gatam abhimukhaṃ saṃnivṛttaṃ tathaiva
cakṣuḥ khedāt salilagurubhiḥ pakṣmabhiś chādayantīṃ sābhre 'hnīva sthalakamalinīṃ na prabuddhāṃ na suptām //
sā saṃnyastābharaṇam abalā pelavaṃ dhārayantī śayyotsaṅge nihitam asakṛd duḥkhaduḥkhena gātram
tvām apy asraṃ navajalamayaṃ mocayiṣyaty avaśyaṃ prāyaḥ sarvo bhavati karuṇāvṛttir ārdrāntarātmā //
jāne sakhyās tava mayi manaḥ saṃbhṛtasneham asmād itthaṃbhūtāṃ prathamavirahe tām ahaṃ tarkayāmi
vācālaṃ māṃ na khalu subhagaṃmanyabhāvaḥ karoti pratyakṣaṃ te nikhilam acirād bhrātar uktaṃ mayā yat //
ruddhāpāṅgaprasaram alakair añjanasnehaśūnyaṃ pratyādeśād api ca madhuno vismṛtabhrūvilāsam
tvayy āsanne nayanam uparispandi śaṅke mṛgākṣyā mīnakṣobhāc calakuvalayaśrītulām eṣyatīti //
vāmaś cāsyāḥ kararuhapadair mucyamāno madīyair muktājālaṃ ciraparicitaṃ tyājito daivagatyā
saṃbhogānte mama samucito hastasaṃvāhanānāṃ yāsyaty ūruḥ sarasakadalīstambhagauraś calatvam //
tasmin kāle jalada yadi sā labdhanidrāsukhā syād anvāsyaināṃ stanitavimukho yāmamātraṃ sahasva
mā bhūd asyāḥ praṇayini mayi svapnalabdhe kathaṃ cit sadyaḥ kaṇṭhacyutabhujalatāgranthi gāḍhopagūḍham //
tām utthāpya svajalakaṇikāśītalenānilena pratyāśvastāṃ samam abhinavair jālakair mālatīnām
vidyudgarbhe stimitanayanāṃ tvatsanāthe gavākṣe vaktuṃ dhīrastanitavacanair māninīṃ prakramethāḥ //
bhartur mitraṃ priyam avidhave viddhi mām ambuvāhaṃ tatsaṃdeśān manasi nihitād āgataṃ tvatsamīpam
yo vṛndāni tvarayati pathi śrāmyatāṃ proṣitānāṃ mandrasnigdhair dhvanibhir abalāveṇimokṣotsukāni //
ity ākhyāte pavanatanayaṃ maithilīvonmukhī sā tvām utkaṇṭhocchvasitahṛdayā vīkṣya saṃbhāvya caiva
śroṣyaty asmāt param avahitā saumya sīmantinīnāṃ kāntodantaḥ suhṛdupanataḥ saṃgamāt kiṃ cid ūnaḥ //
tām āyuṣman mama ca vacanād ātmanaś copakartuṃ brūyā evaṃ tava sahacaro rāmagiryāśramasthaḥ
avyāpannaḥ kuśalam abale pṛcchati tvāṃ viyuktaḥ pūrvāśāsyaṃ sulabhavipadāṃ prāṇinām etad eva //
aṅgenāṅgaṃ tanu ca tanunā gāḍhataptena taptaṃ sāsreṇāsradravam aviratotkaṇṭham utkaṇṭhitena
uṣṇocchvāsaṃ samadhikatarocchvāsinā dūravartī saṃkalpais tair viśati vidhinā vairiṇā ruddhamārgaḥ //
śabdākhyeyaṃ yad api kila te yaḥ sakhīnāṃ purastāt karṇe lolaḥ kathayitum abhūd ānanasparśalobhāt
so 'tikrāntaḥ śravaṇaviṣayaṃ locanābhyām adṛṣṭas tvām utkaṇṭhāviracitapadaṃ manmukhenedam āha //
śyāmāsv aṅgaṃ cakitahariṇīprekṣite dṛṣṭipātaṃ vaktracchāyāṃ śaśini śikhināṃ barhabhāreṣu keśān
utpaśyāmi pratanuṣu nadīvīciṣu bhrūvilāsān hantaikasthaṃ kva cid api na te caṇḍi sādṛśyam asti //
tvām ālikhya praṇayakupitāṃ dhāturāgaiḥ śilāyām ātmānaṃ te caraṇapatitaṃ yāvad icchāmi kartum
asrais tāvan muhur upacitair dṛṣṭir ālupyate me krūras tasminn api na sahate saṃgamaṃ nau kṛtāntaḥ //
mām ākāśapraṇihitabhujaṃ nirdayāśleṣahetor labdhāyās te katham api mayā svapnasaṃdarśaneṣu
paśyantīnāṃ na khalu bahuśo na sthalīdevatānāṃ muktāsthūlās tarukisalayeṣv aśruleśāḥ patanti //
bhittvā sadyaḥ kisalayapuṭān devadārudrumāṇāṃ ye tatkṣīrasrutisurabhayo dakṣiṇena pravṛttāḥ
āliṅgyante guṇavati mayā te tuṣārādrivātāḥ pūrvaṃ spṛṣṭaṃ yadi kila bhaved aṅgam ebhis taveti //
saṃkṣipyeta kṣaṇa iva kathaṃ dīrghayāmā triyāmā sarvāvasthāsv ahar api kathaṃ mandamandātapaṃ syāt
itthaṃ cetaś caṭulanayane durlabhaprārthanaṃ me gāḍhoṣmābhiḥ kṛtam aśaraṇaṃ tvadviyogavyathābhiḥ //
nanv ātmānaṃ bahu vigaṇayann ātmanā nāvalambe tat kalyāṇi tvam api sutarāṃ mā gamaḥ kātaratvam
kasyātyantaṃ sukham upanataṃ duḥkham ekāntato vā nīcair gacchaty upari ca daśā cakranemikrameṇa //
śāpānto me bhujagaśayanād utthite śārṅgapāṇau māsān anyān gamaya caturo locane mīlayitvā
paścād āvāṃ virahaguṇitaṃ taṃ tam ātmābhilāṣaṃ nirvekṣyāvaḥ pariṇataśaraccandrikāsu kṣapāsu //
bhūyaś cāha tvam asi śayane kaṇṭhalagnā purā me nidrāṃ gatvā kim api rudatī sasvaraṃ viprabuddhā
sāntarhāsaṃ kathitam asakṛt pṛcchataś ca tvayā me dṛṣṭaḥ svapne kitava ramayan kām api tvaṃ mayeti //
etasmān māṃ kuśalinam abhijñānadānād viditvā mā kaulīnād asitanayane mayy aviśvāsinī bhūḥ
snehān āhuḥ kim api virahe hrāsinas te hy abhogād iṣṭe vastuny upacitarasāḥ premarāśībhavanti //
kac cit saumya vyavasitam idaṃ bandhukṛtyaṃ tvayā me pratyādeśān na khalu bhavato dhīratāṃ kalpayāmi
niḥśabdo 'pi pradiśasi jalaṃ yācitaś cātakebhyaḥ pratyuktaṃ hi praṇayiṣu satām īpsitārthakriyaiva //
etat kṛtvā priyam anucitaprārthanāvartmano me sauhārdād vā vidhura iti vā mayy anukrośabuddhyā
iṣṭān deśān vicara jalada prāvṛṣā saṃbhṛtaśrīr mā bhūd evaṃ kṣaṇam api ca te vidyutā viprayogaḥ //
|| iti kālidāsaviracitaṃ meghadūtaṃ samāptam ||