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Bhagavata Purana [sanskrit]
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This Sanskrit edition of the Bhagavatapurana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The extant edition contains 12 books originally written in 18,000 Sanskrit verses
Chapter 12
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rahūgaṇa uvāca |
namo namaḥ kāraṇavigrahāya svarūpatucchīkṛtavigrahāya |
namo'vadhūta dvijabandhuliṅga nigūḍhanityānubhavāya tubhyam || 1 ||
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jvarāmayārtasya yathāgadaṃ satnidāghadagdhasya yathā himāmbhaḥ |
kudehamānāhividaṣṭadṛṣṭeḥ brahmanvacaste'mṛtamauṣadhaṃ me || 2 ||
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tasmādbhavantaṃ mama saṃśayārthaṃ prakṣyāmi paścādadhunā subodham |
adhyātmayogagrathitaṃ tavoktamākhyāhi kautūhalacetaso me || 3 ||
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yadāha yogeśvara dṛśyamānaṃ kriyāphalaṃ sadvyavahāramūlam |
na hyañjasā tattvavimarśanāya bhavānamuṣminbhramate mano me || 4 ||
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brāhmaṇa uvāca |
ayaṃ jano nāma calanpṛthivyāṃ yaḥ pārthivaḥ pārthiva kasya hetoḥ |
tasyāpi cāṅghryoradhi gulphajaṅghā jānūrumadhyoraśirodharāṃsāḥ || 5 ||
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aṃse'dhi dārvī śibikā ca yasyāṃ sauvīrarājetyapadeśa āste |
yasminbhavānrūḍhanijābhimāno rājāsmi sindhuṣviti durmadāndhaḥ || 6 ||
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śocyānimāṃstvamadhikaṣṭadīnānviṣṭyā nigṛhṇanniranugraho'si |
janasya goptāsmi vikatthamāno na śobhase vṛddhasabhāsu dhṛṣṭaḥ || 7 ||
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yadā kṣitāveva carācarasya vidāma niṣṭhāṃ prabhavaṃ ca nityam |
tannāmato'nyadvyavahāramūlaṃ nirūpyatāṃ satkriyayānumeyam || 8 ||
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evaṃ niruktaṃ kṣitiśabdavṛttamasannidhānātparamāṇavo ye |
avidyayā manasā kalpitāste yeṣāṃ samūhena kṛto viśeṣaḥ || 9 ||
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evaṃ kṛśaṃ sthūlamaṇurbṛhadyadasacca sajjīvamajīvamanyat |
dravyasvabhāvāśayakālakarma nāmnājayāvehi kṛtaṃ dvitīyam || 10 ||
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jñānaṃ viśuddhaṃ paramārthamekamanantaraṃ tvabahirbrahma satyam |
pratyakpraśāntaṃ bhagavacchabdasaṃjñaṃ yadvāsudevaṃ kavayo vadanti || 11 ||
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rahūgaṇaitattapasā na yāti na cejyayā nirvapaṇādgṛhādvā |
na cchandasā naiva jalāgnisūryairvinā mahatpādarajo'bhiṣekam || 12 ||
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yatrottamaślokaguṇānuvādaḥ prastūyate grāmyakathāvighātaḥ |
niṣevyamāṇo'nudinaṃ mumukṣormatiṃ satīṃ yacchati vāsudeve || 13 ||
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ahaṃ purā bharato nāma rājā vimuktadṛṣṭaśrutasaṅgabandhaḥ |
ārādhanaṃ bhagavata īhamāno mṛgo'bhavaṃ mṛgasaṅgāddhatārthaḥ || 14 ||
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sā māṃ smṛtirmṛgadehe'pi vīra kṛṣṇārcanaprabhavā no jahāti |
atho ahaṃ janasaṅgādasaṅgo viśaṅkamāno'vivṛtaścarāmi || 15 ||
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tasmānnaro'saṅgasusaṅgajāta jñānāsinehaiva vivṛkṇamohaḥ |
hariṃ tadīhākathanaśrutābhyāṃ labdhasmṛtiryātyatipāramadhvanaḥ || 16 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 12
Bhagavata Purana: With the Commentary of Sridhara Svamin
by (1999)
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 829 pages. Edited By: Prof. J.L. Shastri
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The Bhagavata Purana (5 Volumes)
by G. P. Bhatt (2011)
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers Pvt. Ltd.; 2241 pages. Edited By: Prof. J.L. Shastri
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The Srimad Bhagavata Purana: Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation
by Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (2013)
Publisher: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust; 17691 pages; 18 volumes; Sanskrit Text, Word-to-Word Meaning, Hindi Translation and Detailed Explanation
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Srimad Bhagavat Mahapurana in Bengali
by (2018)
Publisher: Gita Press, Gorakhpur; 2035 pages.
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