Chapter 12

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maitreya uvāca |
iti te varṇitaḥ kṣattaḥ kālākhyaḥ paramātmanaḥ |
mahimā vedagarbho'tha yathāsrākṣīnnibodha me || 1 ||
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sasarjāgre'ndhatāmisraṃ atha tāmisramādikṛt |
mahāmohaṃ ca mohaṃ ca tamaścājñānavṛttayaḥ || 2 ||
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dṛṣṭvā pāpīyasīṃ sṛṣṭiṃ nātmānaṃ bahvamanyata |
bhagavaddhyānapūtena manasānyāṃ tato'sṛjat || 3 ||
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sanakaṃ ca sanandaṃ ca sanātanamathātmabhūḥ |
sanatkumāraṃ ca munīn niṣkriyān ūrdhvaretasaḥ || 4 ||
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tān babhāṣe svabhūḥ putrān prajāḥ sṛjata putrakāḥ |
tannaicchan mokṣadharmāṇo vāsudevaparāyaṇāḥ || 5 ||
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so'vadhyātaḥ sutairevaṃ pratyākhyātānuśāsanaiḥ |
krodhaṃ durviṣahaṃ jātaṃ niyantumupacakrame || 6 ||
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dhiyā nigṛhyamāṇo'pi bhruvormadhyātprajāpateḥ |
sadyo'jāyata tanmanyuḥ kumāro nīlalohitaḥ || 7 ||
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sa vai ruroda devānāṃ pūrvajo bhagavānbhavaḥ |
nāmāni kuru me dhātaḥ sthānāni ca jagad‍guro || 8 ||
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iti tasya vacaḥ pādmo bhagavān paripālayan |
abhyadhād bhadrayā vācā mā rodīstatkaromi te || 9 ||
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yadarodīḥ suraśreṣṭha sodvega iva bālakaḥ |
tatastvāṃ abhidhāsyanti nāmnā rudra iti prajāḥ || 10 ||
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hṛdindriyāṇyasurvyoma vāyuragnirjalaṃ mahī |
sūryaścandrastapaścaiva sthānānyagre kṛtāni me || 11 ||
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manyurmanurmahinaso mahān śiva ṛtadhvajaḥ |
ugraretā bhavaḥ kālo vāmadevo dhṛtavrataḥ || 12 ||
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dhīrdhṛtirasalomā ca niyutsarpirilāmbikā |
irāvatī sudhā dīkṣā rudrāṇyo rudra te striyaḥ || 13 ||
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gṛhāṇaitāni nāmāni sthānāni ca sayoṣaṇaḥ |
ebhiḥ sṛja prajā bahvīḥ prajānāmasi yatpatiḥ || 14 ||
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ityādiṣṭaḥ svaguruṇā bhagavān nīlalohitaḥ |
sattvākṛtisvabhāvena sasarjātmasamāḥ prajāḥ || 15 ||
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rudrāṇāṃ rudrasṛṣṭānāṃ samantād grasatāṃ jagat |
niśāmyāsaṃkhyaśo yūthān prajāpatiraśaṅkata || 16 ||
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alaṃ prajābhiḥ sṛṣṭābhiḥ īdṛśībhiḥ surottama |
mayā saha dahantībhiḥ diśaścakṣurbhirulbaṇaiḥ || 17 ||
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tapa ātiṣṭha bhadraṃ te sarvabhūtasukhāvaham |
tapasaiva yathāpūrvaṃ sraṣṭā viśvamidaṃ bhavān || 18 ||
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tapasaiva paraṃ jyotiḥ bhagavantamadhokṣajam |
sarvabhūtaguhāvāsaṃ añjasā vindate pumān || 19 ||
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maitreya uvāca |
evamātmabhuvā'diṣṭaḥ parikramya girāṃ patim |
bāḍhamityamumāmantrya viveśa tapase vanam || 20 ||
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athābhidhyāyataḥ sargaṃ daśa putrāḥ prajajñire |
bhagavat śaktiyuktasya lokasantānahetavaḥ || 21 ||
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marīciratryaṅgirasau pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ |
bhṛgurvasiṣṭho dakṣaśca daśamastatra nāradaḥ || 22 ||
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utsaṅgānnārado jajñe dakṣo'ṅguṣṭhātsvayambhuvaḥ |
prāṇādvasiṣṭhaḥ sañjāto bhṛgustvaci karātkratuḥ || 23 ||
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pulaho nābhito jajñe pulastyaḥ karṇayoḥ ṛṣiḥ |
aṅgirā mukhato'kṣṇo'triḥ marīcirmanaso'bhavat || 24 ||
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dharmaḥ stanād dakṣiṇato yatra nārāyaṇaḥ svayam |
adharmaḥ pṛṣṭhato yasmāt mṛtyurlokabhayaṅkaraḥ || 25 ||
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hṛdi kāmo bhruvaḥ krodho lobhaścādharadacchadāt |
āsyād vāksindhavo meḍhrān nirṛtiḥ pāyoraghāśrayaḥ || 26 ||
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chāyāyāḥ kardamo jajñe devahūtyāḥ patiḥ prabhuḥ |
manaso dehataścedaṃ jajñe viśvakṛto jagat || 27 ||
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vācaṃ duhitaraṃ tanvīṃ svayambhūrharatīṃ manaḥ |
akāmāṃ cakame kṣattaḥ sakāma iti naḥ śrutam || 28 ||
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tamadharme kṛtamatiṃ vilokya pitaraṃ sutāḥ |
marīcimukhyā munayo viśrambhāt pratyabodhayan || 29 ||
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naitatpūrvaiḥ kṛtaṃ tvadye na kariṣyanti cāpare |
yastvaṃ duhitaraṃ gaccheḥ anigṛhyāṅgajaṃ prabhuḥ || 30 ||
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tejīyasāmapi hyetanna suślokyaṃ jagad‍guro |
yadvṛttamanutiṣṭhan vai lokaḥ kṣemāya kalpate || 31 ||
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tasmai namo bhagavate ya idaṃ svena rociṣā |
ātmasthaṃ vyañjayāmāsa sa dharmaṃ pātumarhati || 32 ||
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sa itthaṃ gṛṇataḥ putrān puro dṛṣṭvā prajāpatīn |
prajāpatipatistanvaṃ tatyāja vrīḍitastadā |
tāṃ diśo jagṛhurghorāṃ nīhāraṃ yadvidustamaḥ || 33 ||
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kadācid dhyāyataḥ sraṣṭuḥ vedā āsaṃścaturmukhāt |
kathaṃ srakṣyāmyahaṃ lokān samavetān yathā purā || 34 ||
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cāturhotraṃ karmatantraṃ upavedanayaiḥ saha |
dharmasya pādāścatvāraḥ tathaivāśramavṛttayaḥ || 35 ||
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vidura uvāca |
sa vai viśvasṛjāmīśo vedādīn mukhato'sṛjat |
yad yad yenāsṛjad devastanme brūhi tapodhana || 36 ||
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maitreya uvāca |
ṛgyajuḥsāmātharvākhyān vedān pūrvādibhirmukhaiḥ |
śāstramijyāṃ stutistomaṃ prāyaścittaṃ vyadhātkramāt || 37 ||
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āyurvedaṃ dhanurvedaṃ gāndharvaṃ vedamātmanaḥ |
sthāpatyaṃ cāsṛjad vedaṃ kramāt pūrvādibhirmukhaiḥ || 38 ||
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itihāsapurāṇāni pañcamaṃ vedamīśvaraḥ |
sarvebhya eva vaktrebhyaḥ sasṛje sarvadarśanaḥ || 39 ||
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ṣoḍaśyukthau pūrvavaktrāt purīṣyagniṣṭutāvatha |
āptoryāmātirātrau ca vājapeyaṃ sagosavam || 40 ||
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vidyā dānaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ dharmasyeti padāni ca |
āśramāṃśca yathāsaṃkhyaṃ asṛjatsaha vṛttibhiḥ || 41 ||
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sāvitraṃ prājāpatyaṃ ca brāhmaṃ cātha bṛhattathā |
vārtā sañcayaśālīna śiloñcha iti vai gṛhe || 42 ||
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vaikhānasā vālakhilyau dumbarāḥ phenapā vane |
nyāse kuṭīcakaḥ pūrvaṃ bahvodo haṃsaniṣkriyau || 43 ||
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ānvīkṣikī trayī vārtā daṇḍanītistathaiva ca |
evaṃ vyāhṛtayaścāsan praṇavo hyasya dahrataḥ || 44 ||
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1 tasyoṣṇigāsīllomabhyo gāyatrī ca tvaco vibhoḥ |
2 triṣṭummāṃsātsnuto'nuṣṭub3 4 jagatyasthnaḥ5 prajāpateḥ || 45 ||
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majjāyāḥ paṅktirutpannā bṛhatī prāṇato'bhavat |
sparśastasyābhavajjīvaḥ svaro deha udāhṛta || 46 ||
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