Chapter 29

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devahūtiruvāca |
lakṣaṇaṃ mahadādīnāṃ prakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca |
svarūpaṃ lakṣyate'mīṣāṃ yena tatpāramārthikam || 1 ||
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yathā sāṅkhyeṣu kathitaṃ yanmūlaṃ tatpracakṣate |
bhaktiyogasya me mārgaṃ brūhi vistaraśaḥ prabho || 2 ||
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virāgo yena puruṣo bhagavan sarvato bhavet |
ācakṣva jīvalokasya vividhā mama saṃsṛtīḥ || 3 ||
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kālasyeśvararūpasya pareṣāṃ ca parasya te |
svarūpaṃ bata kurvanti yaddhetoḥ kuśalaṃ janāḥ || 4 ||
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lokasya mithyābhimateracakṣuṣaḥ |
ciraṃ prasuptasya tamasyanāśraye |
śrāntasya karmasvanuviddhayā dhiyā |
tvamāvirāsīḥ kila yogabhāskaraḥ || 5 ||
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maitreya uvāca |
iti māturvacaḥ ślakṣṇaṃ pratinandya mahāmuniḥ |
ābabhāṣe kuruśreṣṭha prītastāṃ karuṇārditaḥ || 6 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
bhaktiyogo bahuvidho mārgairbhāmini bhāvyate |
svabhāvaguṇamārgeṇa puṃsāṃ bhāvo vibhidyate || 7 ||
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abhisandhāya yo hiṃsāṃ dambhaṃ mātsaryameva vā |
saṃrambhī bhinnadṛgbhāvaṃ mayi kuryātsa tāmasaḥ || 8 ||
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viṣayān abhisandhāya yaśa aiśvaryameva vā |
arcādau arcayedyo māṃ pṛthagbhāvaḥ sa rājasaḥ || 9 ||
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karmanirhāramuddiśya parasmin vā tadarpaṇam |
yajed yaṣṭavyamiti vā pṛthagbhāvaḥ sa sāttvikaḥ || 10 ||
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mad‍guṇaśrutimātreṇa mayi sarvaguhāśaye |
manogatiḥ avicchinnā yathā gaṅgāmbhaso'mbudhau || 11 ||
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lakṣaṇaṃ bhaktiyogasya nirguṇasya hyudāhṛtam |
ahaitukyavyavahitā yā bhaktiḥ puruṣottame || 12 ||
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sālokyasārṣṭisāmīpya sārūpyaikatvamapyuta |
dīyamānaṃ na gṛhṇanti vinā matsevanaṃ janāḥ || 13 ||
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sa eva bhaktiyogākhya ātyantika udāhṛtaḥ |
yenātivrajya triguṇaṃ mad‍bhāvāyopapadyate || 14 ||
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niṣevitenānimittena svadharmeṇa mahīyasā |
kriyāyogena śastena nātihiṃsreṇa nityaśaḥ || 15 ||
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maddhiṣṇya darśanasparśa pūjāstuti abhivandanaiḥ |
bhūteṣu mad‍bhāvanayā sattvenāsaṅgamena ca || 16 ||
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mahatāṃ bahumānena dīnānāṃ anukampayā |
maitryā caivātmatulyeṣu yamena niyamena ca || 17 ||
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ādhyātmikānuśravaṇāt nāmasaṅkīrtanācca me |
ārjavenāryasaṅgena nirahaṅkriyayā tathā || 18 ||
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mad dharmaṇo guṇaiḥ etaiḥ parisaṃśuddha āśayaḥ |
puruṣasyāñjasābhyeti śrutamātraguṇaṃ hi mām || 19 ||
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yathā vātaratho ghrāṇaṃ āvṛṅkte gandha āśayāt |
evaṃ yogarataṃ ceta ātmānaṃ avikāri yat || 20 ||
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ahaṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu bhūtātmāvasthitaḥ sadā |
taṃ avajñāya māṃ martyaḥ kurute'rcāviḍambanam || 21 ||
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yo māṃ sarveṣu bhūteṣu santamātmānamīśvaram |
hitvārcāṃ bhajate mauḍhyād bhasmanyeva juhoti saḥ || 22 ||
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dviṣataḥ parakāye māṃ mānino bhinnadarśinaḥ |
bhūteṣu baddhavairasya na manaḥ śāntimṛcchati || 23 ||
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ahamuccāvacairdravyaiḥ kriyayotpannayānaghe |
naiva tuṣye'rcito'rcāyāṃ bhūtagrāmāvamāninaḥ || 24 ||
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arcādau arcayettāvad īśvaraṃ māṃ svakarmakṛt |
yāvanna veda svahṛdi sarvabhūteṣvavasthitam || 25 ||
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ātmanaśca parasyāpi yaḥ karotyantarodaram |
tasya bhinnadṛśo mṛtyuḥ vidadhe bhayamulbaṇam || 26 ||
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atha māṃ sarvabhūteṣu bhūtātmānaṃ kṛtālayam |
arhayed dānamānābhyāṃ maitryābhinnena cakṣuṣā || 27 ||
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jīvāḥ śreṣṭhā hi ajīvānāṃ tataḥ prāṇabhṛtaḥ śubhe |
tataḥ sacittāḥ pravarāḥ tataścendriyavṛttayaḥ || 28 ||
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tatrāpi sparśavedibhyaḥ pravarā rasavedinaḥ |
tebhyo gandhavidaḥ śreṣṭhāḥ tataḥ śabdavido varāḥ || 29 ||
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rūpabhedavidastatra tataścobhayatodataḥ |
teṣāṃ bahupadāḥ śreṣṭhāḥ catuṣpādastato dvipāt || 30 ||
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tato varṇāśca catvāraḥ teṣāṃ brāhmaṇa uttamaḥ |
brāhmaṇeṣvapi vedajño hi arthajño'bhyadhikastataḥ || 31 ||
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arthajñātsaṃśayacchettā tataḥ śreyān svakarmakṛt |
muktasaṅgastato bhūyāt adogdhā dharmamātmanaḥ || 32 ||
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tasmānmayyarpitāśeṣa kriyārthātmā nirantaraḥ |
mayyarpitātmanaḥ puṃso mayi sannyastakarmaṇaḥ |
na paśyāmi paraṃ bhūtaṃ akartuḥ samadarśanāt || 33 ||
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manasaitāni bhūtāni praṇamed‍bahumānayan |
īśvaro jīvakalayā praviṣṭo bhagavāniti || 34 ||
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bhaktiyogaśca yogaśca mayā mānavyudīritaḥ |
yayorekatareṇaiva puruṣaḥ puruṣaṃ vrajet || 35 ||
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etad‍bhagavato rūpaṃ brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ |
paraṃ pradhānaṃ puruṣaṃ daivaṃ karmaviceṣṭitam || 36 ||
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rūpabhedāspadaṃ divyaṃ kāla ityabhidhīyate |
bhūtānāṃ mahadādīnāṃ yato bhinnadṛśāṃ bhayam || 37 ||
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yo'ntaḥ praviśya bhūtāni bhūtairattyakhilāśrayaḥ |
sa viṣṇvākhyo'dhiyajño'sau kālaḥ kalayatāṃ prabhuḥ || 38 ||
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na cāsya kaścid dayito na dveṣyo na ca bāndhavaḥ |
āviśatyapramatto'sau pramattaṃ janamantakṛt || 39 ||
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yad‍bhayād vāti vāto'yaṃ sūryastapati yad‍bhayāt |
yad‍bhayād varṣate devo bhagaṇo bhāti yad‍bhayāt || 40 ||
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yad vanaspatayo bhītā latāścauṣadhibhiḥ saha |
sve sve kāle'bhigṛhṇanti puṣpāṇi ca phalāni ca || 41 ||
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sravanti sarito bhītā notsarpatyudadhiryataḥ |
agnirindhe sagiribhiḥ bhūrna majjati yad‍bhayāt || 42 ||
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nabho dadāti śvasatāṃ padaṃ yanniyamādadaḥ |
lokaṃ svadehaṃ tanute mahān saptabhirāvṛtam || 43 ||
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guṇābhimānino devāḥ sargādiṣvasya yad‍bhayāt |
vartante'nuyugaṃ yeṣāṃ vaśa etaccarācaram || 44 ||
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so'nanto'ntakaraḥ kālo anādirādikṛdavyayaḥ |
janaṃ janena janayan mārayan mṛtyunāntakam || 45 ||
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iti śrīmadbhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃsyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ |
tṛtīyaskandhe ekonatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 29 ||
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