< prakāśitaṁ 13 >
1 tataḥ paramahaṁ sāgarīyasikatāyāṁ tiṣṭhan sāgarād udgacchantam ekaṁ paśuṁ dṛṣṭavān tasya daśa śṛṅgāṇi sapta śirāṁsi ca daśa śṛṅgeṣu daśa kirīṭāni śiraḥsu ceśvaranindāsūcakāni nāmāni vidyante|
2 mayā dṛṣṭaḥ sa paśuścitravyāghrasadṛśaḥ kintu tasya caraṇau bhallūkasyeva vadanañca siṁhavadanamiva| nāgane tasmai svīyaparākramaḥ svīyaṁ siṁhāsanaṁ mahādhipatyañcādāyi|
3 mayi nirīkṣamāṇe tasya śirasām ekam antakāghātena cheditamivādṛśyata, kintu tasyāntakakṣatasya pratīkāro 'kriyata tataḥ kṛtsno naralokastaṁ paśumadhi camatkāraṁ gataḥ,
4 yaśca nāgastasmai paśave sāmarthyaṁ dattavān sarvve taṁ prāṇaman paśumapi praṇamanto 'kathayan, ko vidyate paśostulyastena ko yoddhumarhati|
5 anantaraṁ tasmai darpavākyeśvaranindāvādi vadanaṁ dvicatvāriṁśanmāsān yāvad avasthiteḥ sāmarthyañcādāyi|
6 tataḥ sa īśvaranindanārthaṁ mukhaṁ vyādāya tasya nāma tasyāvāsaṁ svarganivāsinaśca ninditum ārabhata|
7 aparaṁ dhārmmikaiḥ saha yodhanasya teṣāṁ parājayasya cānumatiḥ sarvvajātīyānāṁ sarvvavaṁśīyānāṁ sarvvabhāṣāvādināṁ sarvvadeśīyānāñcādhipatyamapi tasmā adāyi|
8 tato jagataḥ sṛṣṭikālāt cheditasya meṣavatsasya jīvanapustake yāvatāṁ nāmāni likhitāni na vidyante te pṛthivīnivāsinaḥ sarvve taṁ paśuṁ praṇaṁsyanti|
9 yasya śrotraṁ vidyate sa śṛṇotu|
10 yo jano 'parān vandīkṛtya nayati sa svayaṁ vandībhūya sthānāntaraṁ gamiṣyati, yaśca khaṅgena hanti sa svayaṁ khaṅgena ghāniṣyate| atra pavitralokānāṁ sahiṣṇutayā viśvāsena ca prakāśitavyaṁ|
11 anantaraṁ pṛthivīta udgacchan apara ekaḥ paśu rmayā dṛṣṭaḥ sa meṣaśāvakavat śṛṅgadvayaviśiṣṭa āsīt nāgavaccābhāṣata|
12 sa prathamapaśorantike tasya sarvvaṁ parākramaṁ vyavaharati viśeṣato yasya prathamapaśorantikakṣataṁ pratīkāraṁ gataṁ tasya pūjāṁ pṛthivīṁ tannivāsinaśca kārayati|
13 aparaṁ mānavānāṁ sākṣād ākāśato bhuvi vahnivarṣaṇādīni mahācitrāṇi karoti|
14 tasya paśoḥ sākṣād yeṣāṁ citrakarmmaṇāṁ sādhanāya sāmarthyaṁ tasmai dattaṁ taiḥ sa pṛthivīnivāsino bhrāmayati, viśeṣato yaḥ paśuḥ khaṅgena kṣatayukto bhūtvāpyajīvat tasya pratimānirmmāṇaṁ pṛthivīnivāsina ādiśati|
15 aparaṁ tasya paśoḥ pratimā yathā bhāṣate yāvantaśca mānavāstāṁ paśupratimāṁ na pūjayanti te yathā hanyante tathā paśupratimāyāḥ prāṇapratiṣṭhārthaṁ sāmarthyaṁ tasmā adāyi|
16 aparaṁ kṣudramahaddhanidaridramuktadāsān sarvvān dakṣiṇakare bhāle vā kalaṅkaṁ grāhayati|
17 tasmād ye taṁ kalaṅkamarthataḥ paśo rnāma tasya nāmnaḥ saṁkhyāṅkaṁ vā dhārayanti tān vinā pareṇa kenāpi krayavikraye karttuṁ na śakyete|
18 atra jñānena prakāśitavyaṁ| yo buddhiviśiṣṭaḥ sa paśoḥ saṁkhyāṁ gaṇayatu yataḥ sā mānavasya saṁkhyā bhavati| sā ca saṁkhyā ṣaṭṣaṣṭyadhikaṣaṭśatāni|
