The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 12.352: dvipañcāśadadhikatriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

Mahābhārata 12.352

brāhmaṇa uvāca |
āścaryaṃ nātra saṃdehaḥ suprīto'smi bhujaṃgama |
anvarthopagatairvākyaiḥ panthānaṃ cāsmi darśitaḥ || 1 ||

svasti te'stu gamiṣyāmi sādho bhujagasattama |
smaraṇīyo'smi bhavatā saṃpreṣaṇaniyojanaiḥ || 2 ||

nāga uvāca |
anuktvā madgataṃ kāryaṃ kvedānīṃ prasthito bhavān |
ucyatāṃ dvija yatkāryaṃ yadarthaṃ tvamihāgataḥ || 3 ||

uktānukte kṛte kārye māmāmantrya dvijarṣabha |
mayā pratyabhyanujñātastato yāsyasi brāhmaṇa || 4 ||

na hi māṃ kevalaṃ dṛṣṭvā tyaktvā praṇayavāniha |
gantumarhasi viprarṣe vṛkṣamūlagato yathā || 5 ||

tvayi cāhaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha bhavānmayi na saṃśayaḥ |
loko'yaṃ bhavataḥ sarvaḥ kā cintā mayi te'nagha || 6 ||

brāhmaṇa uvāca |
evametanmahāprājña vijñātārtha bhujaṃgama |
nātiriktāstvayā devāḥ sarvathaiva yathātatham || 7 ||

ya evāhaṃ sa eva tvamevametadbhujaṃgama |
ahaṃ bhavāṃśca bhūtāni sarve sarvatragāḥ sadā || 8 ||

āsīttu me bhogapate saṃśayaḥ puṇyasaṃcaye |
so'hamuñchavrataṃ sādho cariṣyāmyarthadarśanam || 9 ||

eṣa me niścayaḥ sādho kṛtaḥ kāraṇavattaraḥ |
āmantrayāmi bhadraṃ te kṛtārtho'smi bhujaṃgama || 10 ||

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