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vivekāripurīdāhadharmasaṃgrāmapūrvakāḥ kumāre khuralīśastrabalaśāstrakalādayaḥ mahiṣyāṃ rūpalāvaṇyatrapāśṛṅgāramanmathāḥ cāturyapremadākṣiṇyaśīlamānamukhādayaḥ mantrī bhaktaḥ svadeśīyo'nuddhato buddhimānkṣamī senādhipaḥ svāmibhakto dhairyavānvijayī raṇe puryāṃ prasādaparikhātoraṇādhvaprapādhvajāḥ vaprāṭṭārāmakulaṭāveśyāvāpīsatīmukhāḥ deśe dravyajanādhikyanadīmātṛkatādayaḥ grāme dhānyasaraḥkṣetrāraghaṭṭāḥ pādapādayaḥ abdhau yādogajadvīpatnaurmyadrīnduvṛddhayaḥ vidyutpotaurvagāmbhīryadhvaninadyāgamādayaḥ udyāne phalapuṣpadrulatākrīḍāsaro'drayaḥ pikālikekihariṇahaṃsacakradhvajādayaḥ kāsāre laharīkañjacakrahaṃsamadhuvratāḥ tīrārāmavadhūkelībhramipānthajhaṣādayaḥ parvate'bhrauṣadhīśṛṅgavanakiṃnaranirjharāḥ dhātuvaṃśaguhāratnādhityako'patyakādayaḥ vane sarpavarāhebholūkabhilladavādayaḥ mantre sthairyopāyasiddhiṣāḍguṇyodayacintanam pañcāṅgaśaktisaunnatyanirjanasthānapūrvakāḥ dūte dākṣiṇyabhīrutvaṃ śatrukṣobhakarī kriyā svasvāmivikraunnatyavākyadhārṣṭyādayo matāḥ raṇe khaṅgarajastūryaśaravṛṣṭipalādrayaḥ chinnacchatradhvajā raktanadīkolāhalādayaḥ aśve vegitvasajjātikhurotkhātarajomukhāḥ ### [23.p1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.23.p1.2) mṛgayāyāṃ nīlaveṣo vāgurāmṛgasādhvasam śvapaktvaryasaṃcāro bhaṭṭahikkātvarādayaḥ virahe jāgaraśvāsaniṣādairghyakṛśāṅgatāḥ saṃtāpacintāmālinyamaunaraktākṣatādayaḥ surate svedakaṇikā sītkāro bhūṣaṇacyutiḥ mañjīrakaṅkaṇārāvanakhadantakṣatādayaḥ yātrāyāṃ dundubhidhvānakarabhadhvajavesarāḥ śakaṭokṣacchatradhūlipṛthvīkampabalādayaḥ gaje tu karṇacāpalyamuccatvaṃ vyūhabheditā sindūracitrayodhitvakumbhamuktāphalādayaḥ surāpāne gativacaḥskhalanaṃ nayanabhramaḥ lajjāmānacyutiścittabhramaraktākṣatādayaḥ sūryodaye'mbhojacakranetrapānthavikāsanam rāgo bhendutamodhūkakuvacoraviṣādanam candrodaye tu virahicakrābjakulatārtayaḥ abdhidampaticandrāśmacakoraprītipūrvakāḥ vasante pikagānāmramañjarīmandamārutāḥ puṣpāṇi drudalodbhedapalāśabhramarādayaḥ grīṣme pāṭalamallītāpasaraḥpathikaśoṣāgraphalapākāḥ mṛgatṛṣṇālapasamīraḥ kāntā pānīyaśālikā mukhyāḥ varṣāsu meghahaliketakanimnagānāṃ jhañjhānilasya śikhijātikadambakānām prītiśca haṃsagamanaṃ nalinīlatānāṃ patrodbhavo'rkalatikādalapātanādyāḥ śaradi sūryasudhākarapāṭavaṃ vimalatāmbhasi haṃsavṛṣassayāḥ kamalaśāradasaikatavistṛtiḥ suśikhipakṣmadāpagamādayaḥ hemante rajanīdairghyaṃ nalinīkusumakṣatiḥ dinālpatvaṃ himaprauḍhibakānandyavodbhavāḥ śiśire veṇukundābjadāhaḥ śikhiratotsavāḥ svayaṃvare satīpūjāvādyaghoṣanṛpāgamāḥ rājaputryā nṛpākārānvayaceṣṭāprakāśanam vivāhe maṅgalasnānaṃ bhūṣaṇaṃ kāminīravaḥ vedī saṃgītatārekṣālājāhomadvijādayaḥ vanakelau ca kusumāvacayaḥ kusumarpaṇam dayite gotravibhrāntisapakṣeṣyoktipūrvakāḥ ### [23.p1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.23.p1.3) jalakelau jalakṣobhaścakrahaṃsāpasarpaṇam padmagnānipayobindudṛgrāgābhūṣaṇacyutiḥ śvetāstvairāvataḥ śaṃbhuḥ kīrtiścandraḥ śaraddhanaḥ prāsādasaudhanagaramandāradruhimādrayaḥ sūryendukāntakarpūrasudhāṃśukarakā himam piṇḍīroccaiḥśravo jyotsnāśurambhābhasmacandanam nirmokahārorṇāmattattvasattvāsthiśarkarāḥ śeṣābhrakasudhāgaṅgāgajadantāmbucāmaram rambhāgarbhaḥ puṇḍarīkamṛṇālasikatātrakāḥ haṃsasiṃhadhvajacchatraketakīgarbhanirjharāḥ lodhramuktāpuṣpatāracūrṇaśuktikadarpikāḥ kailāsakāśakārpāsahāsahāsyośanaḥkṛtam nāradaḥ pāradaḥ puṇyavasanasphaṭikādayaḥ śyāmāstvadvidrukālīyavanabhairavarākṣasāḥ śivakaṇṭhaḥ śaniḥ śīrī kalicandrakarāhavaḥ bādarāyaṇavastrābhradraupadīkajjalārjunāḥ kālīkolyamāḥ keśakastūrīyamunāgajāḥ vipākāśakuhūpāparasaviṣṇutamoniśāḥ maṣīpaṅkamadāmbhodhitalatāpicchakokilāḥ golāṅgulāsyaguñjāsyadhūmaśṛṅgāravallayaḥ kekitejanabarhālikhalacittakanīnikāḥ tilendīvaraduṣkīrtimustānīlībhayānakāḥ bhillacchāyā mṛgīnetraṃ śastraṃ kāntādṛgādayaḥ nīlāḥ syuḥ śādvaśaivāladūrvāvaṃśāṅkurāḥ śukaḥ bībhatsasūryaturagāḥ parṇaṃ marakatādayaḥ raktāḥ syuḥ sūryagokarṇagundrakhadyotayāvakāḥ tāmrakuṅkumasindūradṛgvimbādharadhātavaḥ vidyutpadmakajihvāsṛktaptapāpalakiṃśukāḥ ambhojakukkuṭaśikhāhiṅgulāśokapāṭalāḥ kusumbho haṃsacañcvaṅgī nimbārkipākapallavau tretā nakhakṣataṃ raudraḥ śukamarkaṭayormukham prapātaśca cakorāhibukapotadṛgādayaḥ pītāḥ syurdvāparabrahmajīvaśakramanaḥśilāḥ gaurīgomūtragaruḍaṃmaṇḍūkeśvaradṛgjaṭāḥ madhu vīrādbhutau koko markaṭaḥ śārikāmukham ### [23.p1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.23.p1.4) karṇikāraḥ śālidīparocanāṃśukādayaḥ (?) dhūsarāḥ karuṇo dhūlilūtākākakharādayaḥ saṃpūrṇavṛttāstilakacakrapadmendudarpaṇāḥ mṛdaṅgapuṭaśāṇāsyāraghaṭṭaghuṭikādayaḥ alpavṛttāstāralūtā gṛhapūpakakacchapāḥ ālavāsamahīkaṃsanakhacarmādayo matāḥ trikoṇā vajraśṛṅgāṭakaśakaṭā vahnimaṇḍalam vakrāḥ kiṃśukabhālabhrūvidyutkuddālacandrakāḥ nakhāṅkuśukabālenduśukāsyendradhanuḥphaṇāḥ kaṭākṣadātrebhadantapurohitakarādayaḥ tīkṣṇāni durvacovahnikaṭākṣanakharādayaḥ guravaḥ sanmanaḥśroṇikapāṭastanabuddhayaḥ sukhadāḥ suspṛhā labdhirviyuktapriyasaṃgamaḥ dātṛsvātantryaputrāptividyāmitrendubuddhayaḥ duḥkhadāḥ pāratantryādhivyādhimānacyutidviṣaḥ kubhāryāśleṣakugrāmavāsakusvāmisevanam kanyābahutvaṃ vārdhi(rdha)kyaṃ nivāsaḥ paraveśmani sthirāḥ syurvāridhīrājau dharmādharmau satāṃ manaḥ asthirāḥ kāminīrājaprasādasvapnadurjanam mandagāśca śanijñānikāntāmātaṅgamāhiṣāḥ krūrasvarāḥ kākavṛkavarāhoṣṭrāśca gardabhāḥ baliṣṭhā viṣṇugaruḍasatyatijñā yamādayaḥ surūpāḥ kṛṣṇanakulanalakūbaramanmathāḥ duḥsahāḥ kāmatāpādipratāpā durbacastapaḥ madhurāḥ syurvidagdhoktikāntādharaśaśitviṣaḥ itthamete varṇanīyāḥ prabandheṣu yathocitam atha vakṣyāmi sarveṣāṃ kavīnāṃ samayaṃ sphuṭam sato'pi cānibandhaḥ syādasato'pi nibandhanam niyamena nibandhaśca vikalpena nibandhanam evaṃ kavīnāṃ samayaścaturdhā parikīrtitaḥ vastunaḥ sato'pyanibandhanaṃ yathā— ayane candrikāsaṃpatpakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ vasante mālatīpuṣpaṃ kāmidanteṣu raktatā phalapuṣpe candane ca phalaṃ cāśokapādape divā vikāsaḥ kumude varṣākāle ca mallikā ### [23.p1.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.23.p1.5) na varṇayetsato'pyetānprabandheṣu kadācana athāsato vastuno nibandhanaṃ nirūpyate— haṃse kīrtau ca śubhratvaṃ dārḍhyaṃ duṣkīrtipāpayoḥ añjaligrāhyatā kumbhapūryatvaṃ śaśidīdhiteḥ ratnāni yatra tatrādrau kamalāni nadīṣvapi mandākinyāṃ jalebhādihiṃsāḥ sarvajalāśaye jyotsnāpānaṃ cakorāṇāṃ pratāpe raktatoṣṇate dhvāntasya puṣṭimrgrāhyatvaṃ lepanaṃ sūcibhedyatā viśleṣaḥ kokayo rātryāṃ raktatvaṃ krodharāgayoḥ kāntāmadhye'pyadṛśyatvaṃ samudrāṇāṃ caturthatā niyamena nibandhanaṃ yathā— bahukālasthitasyāpi śivacandrasya bālatā manuṣyā maulito varṇyā devāścaraṇatastathā bhūrjatvaghimavatyeva malayeṣveva candanam raktatvaṃ ratnabandhūkabimbāmbhojavivasvatām kṛṣṇatvaṃ keśakāmālipikakākapayomucām sāmānyaśauklyaṃ chantrāmbhaḥ patākāpuṣpavāsasām vasanta eva varṇyaṃ syātparapuṣṭasya kūjitam varṣāsveva mayūrāṇāṃ rutaṃ nṛtyaṃ ca varṇayet lajjākopāyaśonāśaroṣākrandāsyakṛṣṇatāḥ rāgapāṇḍuratādainyaviṣapānatapojapāḥ duḥkhadveṣāmicārerṣyāsihanoddhrīvikādayaḥ varṇanīyā jitasyaite parābhavasamudbhavāḥ kṛṣṇatvaṃ haritatvaṃ vā kamalāsaṃpadormatam pītatvaṃ raktatā vāgnau parāge svarṇavidyutoḥ dānavāsuradaityānāmaikyamevātisaṃmatam kaṭākṣe śauklyakṛṣṇatve lobhre lohitapāṭalau candre śaśamṛgau kāmadhvaje makararohitau evaṃ kavīnāṃ samayo diṅmātraṃ parikīrtitaḥ ## Linked texts (3) - [Alaṅkāramaṇihāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.yasobhusana.devata-acarya.alankaramanihara.2.40.1249_158) — Śrīkṛṣṇa, Sanskrit - [Mandāramarandacampū](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.samgraha.daksinatya.mandaramarandacampu.10.255_260) — Kṛṣṇanātha 1600, Sanskrit - [Mandāramaganda](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.alamkara.sahitya.samgraha.other.mandaramaganda.22.p1.1) — Kṛṣṇamiśra, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.23.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.campu.katha.mandaramaranda.23.p1) · Pramāṇa