Chapter 24

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adhastātsavituryojanāyute svarbhānurnakṣatravaccaratītyeke yo'sāvamaratvaṃ grahatvaṃ cālabhata bhagavadanukampayā svayamasurāpasadaḥ saiṃhikeyo hyatadarhastasya tāta janma karmāṇi copariṣṭādvakṣyāmaḥ || 1 ||
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yadadastaraṇermaṇḍalaṃ pratapatastadvistarato yojanāyutamācakṣate dvādaśasahasraṃ somasya trayodaśasahasraṃ rāhoryaḥ parvaṇi tadvyavadhānakṛdvairānubandhaḥ sūryācandramasāvabhidhāvati || 2 ||
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tanniśamyobhayatrāpi bhagavatā rakṣaṇāya prayuktaṃ sudarśanaṃ nāma bhāgavataṃ dayitamastraṃ tattejasā durviṣahaṃ muhuḥ parivartamānamabhyavasthito muhūrtamudvijamānaścakitahṛdaya ārādeva nivartate taduparāgamiti vadanti lokāḥ || 3 ||
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tato'dhastātsiddhacāraṇavidyādharāṇāṃ sadanāni tāvanmātra eva || 4 ||
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tato'dhastādyakṣarakṣaḥpiśācapretabhūtagaṇānāṃ vihārājiramantarikṣaṃ yāvadvāyuḥ pravāti yāvanmeghā upalabhyante || 5 ||
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tato'dhastācchatayojanāntara iyaṃ pṛthivī yāvaddhaṃsabhāsaśyenasuparṇādayaḥ patattripravarā utpatantīti || 6 ||
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upavarṇitaṃ bhūmeryathāsanniveśāvasthānamavanerapyadhastātsapta bhūvivarā ekaikaśo yojanāyutāntareṇāyāmavistāreṇopakḷptā atalaṃ vitalaṃ sutalaṃ talātalaṃ mahātalaṃ rasātalaṃ pātālamiti || 7 ||
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eteṣu hi bilasvargeṣu svargādapyadhikakāmabhogaiśvaryānandabhūtivibhūtibhiḥ susamṛddhabhavanodyānākrīḍavihāreṣu daityadānavakādraveyā nityapramuditānuraktakalatrāpatyabandhusuhṛdanucarā gṛhapataya īśvarādapyapratihatakāmā māyāvinodā nivasanti || 8 ||
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yeṣu mahārāja mayena māyāvinā vinirmitāḥ puro nānāmaṇipravarapravekaviracitavicitrabhavanaprākāragopurasabhācaityacatvarāyatanādibhirnāgāsuramithunapārāvataśukasārikākīrṇakṛtrimabhūmibhirvivareśvaragṛhottamaiḥ samalaṅkṛtāścakāsati || 9 ||
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udyānāni cātitarāṃ manaindriyānandibhiḥ kusumaphalastabakasubhagakisalayāvanataruciraviṭapaviṭapināṃ latāṅgāliṅgitānāṃ śrībhiḥ samithunavividhavihaṅgamajalāśayānāmamalajalapūrṇānāṃ jhaṣakulollaṅghanakṣubhitanīranīrajakumudakuvalayakahlāranīlotpalalohitaśatapatrādivaneṣu kṛtaniketanānāmekavihārākulamadhuravividhasvanādibhirindriyotsavairamaralokaśriyamatiśayitāni || 10 ||
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yatra ha vāva na bhayamahorātrādibhiḥ kālavibhāgairupalakṣyate || 11 ||
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yatra hi mahāhipravaraśiromaṇayaḥ sarvaṃ tamaḥ prabādhante || 12 ||
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na vā eteṣu vasatāṃ divyauṣadhirasarasāyanānnapānasnānādibhirādhayo vyādhayo valīpalitajarādayaśca dehavaivarṇyadaurgandhyasvedaklamaglāniriti vayo'vasthāśca bhavanti || 13 ||
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na hi teṣāṃ kalyāṇānāṃ prabhavati kutaścana mṛtyurvinā bhagavattejasaścakrāpadeśāt || 14 ||
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yasmin praviṣṭe'suravadhūnāṃ prāyaḥ puṃsavanāni bhayādeva sravanti patanti ca || 15 ||
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athātale mayaputro'suro balo nivasati yena ha vā iha sṛṣṭāḥ ṣaṇṇavatirmāyāḥ kāścanādyāpi māyāvino dhārayanti yasya ca jṛmbhamāṇasya mukhatastrayaḥ strīgaṇā udapadyanta svairiṇyaḥ kāminyaḥ puṃścalya iti yā vai bilāyanaṃ praviṣṭaṃ puruṣaṃ rasena hāṭakākhyena sādhayitvā svavilāsāvalokanānurāgasmitasaṃlāpopagūhanādibhiḥ svairaṃ kila ramayanti yasminnupayukte puruṣa īśvaro'haṃ siddho'hamityayutamahāgajabalamātmānamabhimanyamānaḥ katthate madāndha iva || 16 ||
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tato'dhastādvitale haro bhagavān hāṭakeśvaraḥ svapārṣadabhūtagaṇāvṛtaḥ prajāpatisargopabṛṃhaṇāya bhavo bhavānyā saha mithunībhūta āste yataḥ pravṛttā saritpravarā hāṭakī nāma bhavayorvīryeṇa yatra citrabhānurmātariśvanā samidhyamāna ojasā pibati tanniṣṭhyūtaṃ hāṭakākhyaṃ suvarṇaṃ bhūṣaṇenāsurendrāvarodheṣu puruṣāḥ saha puruṣībhirdhārayanti || 17 ||
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tato'dhastātsutale udāraśravāḥ puṇyaśloko virocanātmajo balirbhagavatā mahendrasya priyaṃ cikīrṣamāṇenāditerlabdhakāyo bhūtvā vaṭuvāmanarūpeṇa parākṣiptalokatrayo bhagavadanukampayaiva punaḥ praveśita indrādiṣvavidyamānayā susamṛddhayā śriyābhijuṣṭaḥ svadharmeṇārādhayaṃstameva bhagavantamārādhanīyamapagatasādhvasa āste'dhunāpi || 18 ||
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no evaitatsākṣātkāro bhūmidānasya yattadbhagavatyaśeṣajīvanikāyānāṃ jīvabhūtātmabhūte paramātmani vāsudeve tīrthatame pātra upapanne parayā śraddhayā paramādarasamāhitamanasā sampratipāditasya sākṣādapavargadvārasya yadbilanilayaiśvaryam || 19 ||
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yasya ha vāva kṣutapatanapraskhalanādiṣu vivaśaḥ sakṛnnāmābhigṛṇan puruṣaḥ karmabandhanamañjasā vidhunoti yasya haiva pratibādhanaṃ mumukṣavo'nyathaivopalabhante || 20 ||
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tadbhaktānāmātmavatāṃ sarveṣāmātmanyātmada ātmatayaiva || 21 ||
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na vai bhagavānnūnamamuṣyānujagrāha yaduta punarātmānusmṛtimoṣaṇaṃ māyāmayabhogaiśvaryamevātanuteti || 22 ||
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yattadbhagavatānadhigatānyopāyena yācñācchalenāpahṛtasvaśarīrāvaśeṣitalokatrayo varuṇapāśaiśca sampratimukto giridaryāṃ cāpaviddha iti hovāca || 23 ||
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nūnaṃ batāyaṃ bhagavānartheṣu na niṣṇāto yo'sāvindro yasya sacivo mantrāya vṛta ekāntato bṛhaspatistamatihāya svayamupendreṇātmānamayācatātmanaścāśiṣo no eva taddāsyamatigambhīravayasaḥ kālasya manvantaraparivṛttaṃ kiyallokatrayamidam || 24 ||
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yasyānudāsyamevāsmatpitāmahaḥ kila vavre na tu svapitryaṃ yadutākutobhayaṃ padaṃ dīyamānaṃ bhagavataḥ paramiti bhagavatoparate khalu svapitari || 25 ||
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tasya mahānubhāvasyānupathamamṛjitakaṣāyaḥ ko vāsmadvidhaḥ parihīṇabhagavadanugraha upajigamiṣatīti || 26 ||
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tasyānucaritamupariṣṭādvistariṣyate yasya bhagavān svayamakhilajagadgururnārāyaṇo dvāri gadāpāṇiravatiṣṭhate nijajanānukampitahṛdayo yenāṅguṣṭhena padā daśakandharo yojanāyutāyutaṃ digvijaya uccāṭitaḥ || 27 ||
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tato'dhastāttalātale mayo nāma dānavendrastripurādhipatirbhagavatā purāriṇā trilokīśaṃ cikīrṣuṇā nirdagdhasvapuratrayastatprasādāllabdhapado māyāvināmācāryo mahādevena parirakṣito vigatasudarśanabhayo mahīyate || 28 ||
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tato'dhastānmahātale kādraveyāṇāṃ sarpāṇāṃ naikaśirasāṃ krodhavaśo nāma gaṇaḥ kuhakatakṣakakāliyasuṣeṇādipradhānā mahābhogavantaḥ patattrirājādhipateḥ puruṣavāhādanavaratamudvijamānāḥ svakalatrāpatyasuhṛtkuṭumbasaṅgena kvacitpramattā viharanti || 29 ||
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tato'dhastādrasātale daiteyā dānavāḥ paṇayo nāma nivātakavacāḥ kāleyā hiraṇyapuravāsina iti vibudhapratyanīkā utpattyā mahaujaso mahāsāhasino bhagavataḥ sakalalokānubhāvasya harereva tejasā pratihatabalāvalepā bileśayā iva vasanti ye vai saramayendradūtyā vāgbhirmantravarṇābhirindrādbibhyati || 30 ||
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tato'dhastātpātāle nāgalokapatayo vāsukipramukhāḥ śaṅkhakulikamahāśaṅkhaśvetadhanañjayadhṛtarāṣṭraśaṅkhacūḍakambalāśvataradevadattādayo mahābhogino mahāmarṣā nivasanti yeṣāmu ha vai pañcasaptadaśaśatasahasraśīrṣāṇāṃ phaṇāsu viracitā mahāmaṇayo rociṣṇavaḥ pātālavivaratimiranikaraṃ svarociṣā vidhamanti || 31 ||
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