Chapter 2

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saptamaḥ skandhaḥatha dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ |
’ śrīmad‍bhāgavatamahāpurāṇam’ graṃthāta jñāna vairāgya va bhakti yāṃnī yukta nivṛttīmārga pratipādana kelelā āhe aśā yā śrīmad‍bhāgavatāce bhaktine śravaṇa paṭhana āṇi nididhyāsana karaṇārā manuṣya khātrīne vaikuṃṭhalokālā prāpta hoto |
hiraṇyākṣācyā vadhānaṃtara hiraṇyakaśipūkaḍuna mātā va kuṃṭuṃbiyāṃce sāṃtvana |
nārada uvāca |
bhrātaryevaṃ vinihate hariṇā kroḍamūrtinā |
hiraṇyakaśipaṃ rājana paryaṃtapyadruṣā śucā || 1 ||
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āha cedaṃ ruṣā ghurṇaḥ sandaṣṭa daśanacchadaḥ |
kopojvaladabhyāṃ cakṣubhyāṃ nirīkṣana dhrumamambarama || 2 ||
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karāladaṃṣṭrogradṛṣṭyā duṣprekṣyabhrukuṭīmukhaḥ |
śulamudyamya sadasi dānavānidamabravīta || 3 ||
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bho bho dānavadaiteyāḥ dvimūrdhastrakṣa śambara |
śatabāho hayagrīva namuce pāka ilvala || 4 ||
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vipracitte mama vacaḥ pulomana śakunādayaḥ |
śrṛṇutānantaraṃ sarva kriyatāmāśu mā cirama || 5 ||
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sapatnairghātitaḥkṣudrairbhrātā me dayitaḥ suhṛta |
pārṣṇigrāheṇa hariṇā samenāpyupadhāvanaiḥ || 6 ||
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tasya tyaktasvabhāvasya ghṛṇermāyāvanaukasaḥ |
bhajantaṃ bhajamānasya bālasyevāsthirātmanaḥ || 7 ||
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macchūlābhinnagrīvasya bhuriṇā rudhireṇa vai |
rudhirapriyaṃ tarpayiṣye bhrātaraṃ me gatavyathaḥ || 8 ||
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tasmina kuṭe'hite naṣṭe kṛttamūle vanaspatau |
viṭapā iva śuṣyanti viṣṇuprāṇā divaukasaḥ || 9 ||
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tāvadyāta bhuvaṃ yuyaṃ viprakṣatrasamedhitāma |
sudayadhvaṃ tapoyajñasvādhyāyavratadāninaḥ || 10 ||
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viṣṇūṃrdvijakriyāmulo yajño dharmamayaḥ pumāna |
devarṣipitṛbhutānāṃ dharmasya ca parayaṇama || 11 ||
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yatra yatra dvijā gāvo vedā varṇāśramaḥ kriyāḥ |
taṃ taṃ janapadaṃ yāta sandīpayata vṛścata || 12 ||
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iti te bhurtunirdeśamādāya śirasā'dutāḥ |
tathā prajānāṃ kadanaṃ vidadhuḥ kadanapriyāḥ || 13 ||
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puragrāmavrajodyānakṣetrārāmā śramākarāna |
kheṭavarvaṭaghoṣāṃśca dadahuḥ pattanāni ca || 14 ||
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kecitkhanitrairbibhiduḥ setuprākāragopurāna |
ājīvyāṃsciccidurvṛkṣāna kecitpaśurapāṇayaḥ |
prādahana śaraṇānyanye prajāṃnā jvālitolmukaiḥ || 15 ||
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evaṃ viprakṛte loke daityendarānucarairmuhuḥ |
divaṃ devāḥ parityajya bhuvi ceruralakṣitāḥ || 16 ||
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hiraṇyakaśipurbhrātuḥ samparetasya duḥkhitaḥ |
kṛtvā kaṭodakādinī bhrātuputrānasāntvayata || 17 ||
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śakuniṃ śambaraṃ dhṛṣṭaṃ bhūtasantāpanaṃ vṛkama |
kālanābhaṃ mahānābhaṃ hariśmaśrumathotkacama || 18 ||
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tanmātaraṃ ruṣābhānuṃ ditiṃ ca jananīṃ girā |
ś‍lakṣṇayā deśakālajña idamāha janeśvaraḥ || 19 ||
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hiraṇyakaśipuruvāca |
ambāmba he vadhuḥ putrā vīraṃ mārhatha śocituma |
riporabhimukhe ślāghyaḥ śurāṇāṃ vadha īpsitaḥ || 20 ||
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bhutānāmiha saṃvāhaḥ prapāyāmiva suvrate |
daivenaikatra nītānāmunnītānaṃ svakarmabhiḥ || 21 ||
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nitya ātmāvyayaḥśuddhaḥ sarvagaḥ sarvaviptaraḥ |
dhatte'sāvātmano liṃga māyayā visṛjanguṇāna || 22 ||
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yathā mabhasā pracalatā taravo'pi calā iva |
cakṣuṇā bhrāmyamāṇena dṛśyate calatīta bhūḥ || 23 ||
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evaṃ guṇairbhrāmyamāṇe manasyavikalaḥ pumāna |
yāti tatsāmytatāṃ bhadre hyāliṃgoliṃgavāniva || 24 ||
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eṣa ātmaviparyāso hyāliṃgeḥ liṃgabhāvanā |
eṣa priyāpriryairyogo viyogaḥ karmasaṃsṛtiḥ || 25 ||
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sambhavaśca vināśaśca śokaśca vividhaḥ smṛtaḥ |
avivekśca cintā ca vivekāsmṛtireva ca || 26 ||
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atrāpyudaharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanama |
yamasya pretabandhunāṃ saṃvādaṃ taṃ nibodhata || 27 ||
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uśīnareṣvabhudrācā suyajña iti viśrutaḥ |
sapatnairnihato yuddhe jñātayastamupāsata || 28 ||
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viśīrṇarat‍nakavacaṃ vibhraṣṭābahraṇasrajama |
śaranirbhinnahṛdayaṃ śayānamasṛgāvilama || 29 ||
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prakīrṇakeśaṃ dhvastākṣaṃ rabhasā daṣṭadacchadama |
rajaḥ kuṇṭhamukhāmbhojaṃ chinnāyudhabhujaṃ mṝdhe || 30 ||
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uśīnarendraṃ vidhinā tathā kṛtaṃ patiṃ mahiṣyaḥ prasamīkṣya duḥkhitāḥ |
hatāḥ sma nātheti karairuro bhṛśaṃ ghnantyo muhustatpadayorupāpatana || 31 ||
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rudatya uccerdayitāṃḍaghripaṃkaja sicaṃntya astraiḥ kucakuḍakumāruṇaiḥ |
visrastakeśābharaṇāḥ śucaṃ nṛṇāṃ sṛjantya ākrandanayā vilepire || 32 ||
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aho vidhātrākaruṇena naḥ prabho bhavāna praṇīto dṛdagocarāṃ daśāma |
uśīnarāṇāmāsi vṛttidaḥ purā kṛto'dhunā yena śucāṃ vivardhanaḥ || 33 ||
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tvayā kṛtajñena vayaṃ mahīpate kathaṃ vinā syāma suhṛttamena te |
tatrānuyānaṃ tava vīra pādayoḥ śuśruṣatīnāṃ diśaṃ yatra yāsyasi || 34 ||
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evaṃ vilapatīnāṃvai parigṛhyā mṛtaṃ patima |
anicchatīnāṃ nirhārakārko'staṃ saṃnyavartata || 35 ||
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tatra ha pretabandhunāmāśrutya paridevitama |
āha tāna bālako bhutvā yamaḥ svaymupāgataḥ || 36 ||
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yama uvāca |
aho amīṣāṃ vayasādhikāṃnī vipaśyatāṃ lokavidhi vimohaḥ |
yatragatastatra gataṃ manuṣyaṃ svayaṃ sadharmā api śocantyapārthama || 37 ||
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aho vayaṃ dhanyatamā yadatra tyaktā pitṛṣāṃ na vicintayāmaḥ |
abhakṣyamāṇā abalā vṛkādibhiḥ sa rakṣitā rakṣati yo hi narbhe || 38 ||
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ya icchayeśaḥ sṛjatīdamavyayo ya eva rakṣatyavalumpate ca yaḥ |
tasyābalāḥ krīḍanamāhureśitu ścarācaraṃ nigrahasaṃgrehe prabhuḥ || 39 ||
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pathi cyutaṃ tiṣṭhati diṣṭarakṣitaṃ gṛhe sthitaṃ tadvihataṃ vinaśyati |
jīvatyanātho'pi tadīkṣito vane gṛhe'pi gupto'sya hato na jīvati || 40 ||
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bhutāni taistairnijayonikarmabhirbhavanti kāle na bhavanti sarvaśaḥ |
na tatra hātmā prakṛtāvapi sthita stasyā guṇairanyatamo nibadhyate || 41 ||
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idaṃ śarīraṃ puruṣasya mohajaṃ yathā pṛthagbhītikamīyate gṛhama |
yathaudakaiḥ pārthivataijasairjanaḥ kālenaḥjāto vikṛto vinaśyati || 42 ||
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yathānalo dāruṣu bhinna īyate yathānilo dehagataḥ pṛthaka sthitaḥ |
yathā nabhaḥ sarvagataṃ ga sajjate tathā pumāna sarvaguṇāśrayaḥ paraḥ || 43 ||
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suyajño nanvayaṃ śete muḍhā yamanuśocatha |
yaḥ śrotā yo'nuvakteha sa na dṛśyeta karhicita || 44 ||
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na śrotā nānuvaktāyaṃ mukhyo'pyatra mahānasuḥ |
yastvihendriyavānātmā sa cānyaḥ prāṇadehayoḥ || 45 ||
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bhutendriyamanoliṃgana dehānuccāvacāna vibhūḥ |
bhajatyutsṛjati hyānyastaccapi svena tejasā || 46 ||
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yāvālliṃganvito hyātmā tāvata karma nibandhanama |
tato viparyayaḥ kleśo māyāyogo'nuvartate || 47 ||
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vitathābhiniveśo'yaṃ yada guṇaiṣvarthadṛgvacaḥ |
yathā manorathaḥ svapnaḥ sarvamaindriyakaṃ mṛṣā || 48 ||
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atha nityamanityaṃ vā neha śocanti tadvidaḥ |
nānyathā śakyate kartṛṃ svabhāvaḥ śocatāmiti || 49 ||
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lubdhako vipine kaścitpakṣiṇāṃ nirmito'ntakaḥ |
vitatya jālaṃ vidadhe tatra tatra pralobhayana || 50 ||
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kuliṃgamithunaṃ tatra vicaratsamadṛśyata |
tayoḥ kuliṃgīṃ sahasā lubdhakena pralobhitā || 51 ||
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sāsajjata śicastantyāṃ mahiṣī kālayantritā |
kuliṃgastāṃ tathā'pannāṃ nirīkṣya bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ |
snehādakalpaḥ kṛpaṇaḥ kṛpaṇāṃ paryadevayataḥ || 52 ||
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aho akaruṇo devaḥ striyā'karuṇayā vibhuḥ |
kṛpaṇaṃ mānuśocanttyā dīnayā kiṃ kariṣyati || 53 ||
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kāmaṃ nayatu māṃ devaḥ kimardhenātmano hi me |
dīnena jīvatā duḥkhamanena vidhurāyuṣā || 54 ||
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kathaṃ tvajātapakṣāṃstāna mātṛhīnānā bibharmyahama |
mandabhāgyaḥ pratīkṣante nīḍe me mātaraṃ prajāḥ || 55 ||
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evaṃ kuliṃga vilapantamārāta priyaviyogāturamaśrukaṇṭhama |
sa eva taṃ śākunikaḥ śareṇa vivyādha kālaprahito vilīnaḥ || 56 ||
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evaṃ yuyamapaśyantya ātmāpāyamabuddhayāḥ |
nainaṃ prāpsyatha śocantyaḥ patiṃ varṣaśatairapi || 57 ||
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hiraṇyakaśipuruvāca |
bāla evaṃ pravadati sarve vismitacetasaḥ |
jñātayo menire sarvamanityamayathotthitama || 58 ||
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yama etadupākhyāya tatraivāntaradhīyata |
jñātayo'pi suyajñasya cakruryatsāmparayikama || 59 ||
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tataḥ śocata mā yuyaṃ paraṃ cātmānameva ca |
ka ātmā kaḥ paro vātra svīyaḥ pārakya eva vā |
svaparābhiniveśena vinājñānena dehināma || 60 ||
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nārada uvāca |
iti daityapatervākyaṃ ditirākarṇya sasnuṣā |
putraśokaṃ kṣaṇātyaktvā tattve cittamadhārayata || 61 ||
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iti śrīmadbhāgavate mahāpurāṇe pāramahaṃsyāṃ saṃhitāṃyāṃ saptamaskandhe ditiśokāpanayanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 2 ||
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