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Bhavishya Purana [sanskrit]
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This Sanskrit edition of the Bhavishya Purana. It is one of the traditional eighteen Mahapuranas presented as an encyclopedia of ancient Indian history and knowledge. The Bhavishyapurana contains 4 books and over 26,000 Sanskrit verses. It is famous for detailing the history and legends of ancient times as well as future times, narrating the genealogy of the kings and sages. The last part is considered an independent work known as the Bhavishyottara-Purana.
Chapter 154
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
ghṛtadhenuṃ pravakṣyāmi tāṃ śṛṇuṣva narottama |
dīyate yena vidhinā yādṛgrūpāṃ ca kārayet || 1 ||
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gavyasya sarpiṣaḥ kumbhāngaṃdhamālyavibhūṣitān |
kāṃsyopadohasaṃyuktānsitavastrāvaguṇṭhitān || 2 ||
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ikṣuyaṣṭimayāḥ pādāḥ khurā raupyamayāstathā |
sauvarṇe cākṣiṇī kārye śṛṃge cāgurukāṣṭhake || 3 ||
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saptadhānyamaye pārśve paṭorṇena ca kambalam |
kuryātturuṣkakarpūrairghrāṇaṃ phalamayānstanān || 4 ||
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tadvaccharkarayā jihvāṃ guḍakṣīramayaṃ mukham |
kṣaumasūtreṇa lāṃgūlaṃ romāṇi sitasarṣapaiḥ || 5 ||
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tāmrapātramayaṃ pṛṣṭhaṃ kuryācchraddhāsamanvitaḥ |
īdṛgrūpāṃ tu saṃkalpya ghṛtadhenuṃ narādhipa || 6 ||
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tadvatkalpanayā dhenorvatsaṃ ca parikalpayet |
maṃtreṇānena rājendra tāṃ samabhyarcya buddhimān || 7 ||
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ājyaṃ tejaḥ samuddiṣṭamājyaṃ pāpaharaṃ param |
ājyaṃ surāṇāmāhāraḥ sarvamājye pratiṣṭhitam || 8 ||
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tvaṃ caivājyamayī devi kalpitāsi mayā kila |
sarvapāpāpanodāya sukhāya bhava bhāmini || 9 ||
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taṃ ca vipraṃ mahābhāga manaseva ghṛtārciṣā |
kalpayitvā tatastasmai prayataḥ pratipādayet || 10 ||
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dakṣiṇāsahitā dhenuḥ kalpitājyamayī śubhā |
etāṃ mamopakārāya gṛhāṇa tvaṃ dvijottama || 11 ||
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ityudāhṛtya viprāya tāṃ gāṃ tu pratipādayet |
dattvaikarātraṃ sthitvā ca ghṛtāhāro yatavrataḥ || 12 ||
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anena ca vidhānena navanītamayī śubhā |
dātavyā nṛpate dhenurnyūnādhikavivarjitā || 13 ||
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śṛṇu pārtha mahābāho pradānaphalamuttamam |
ghṛtakṣīramahānadyo yatra pāyasakardamāḥ || 14 ||
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ghṛtadhenupradā yāṃti tatra kāmaiḥ supūritāḥ |
piturūrdhvaṃ ca ye sapta puruṣāstasya ye'pyadhaḥ || 15 ||
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tāṃsteṣu nṛpa lokeṣu sa nayatyastakalmaṣān |
sakāmānāmiyaṃ vyuṣṭiḥ kathitā nṛpasattama || 16 ||
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niṣkilviṣaṃ padaṃ yāṃti niṣkāmā ghṛtadhenudāḥ |
ghṛtamagnirghṛtaṃ somastanmayāḥ sarvadevatāḥ || 17 ||
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ghṛtaṃ prayacchatāṃ bhītā bhavaṃtyakhiladevatāḥ || 18 ||
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māyājalaṃ sutakalatramahormimālaṃ lobhogranakraviṣamaṃ bahupuṇyabhājaḥ |
lagnā nimagnavapuṣo ghṛtadhenupucche saṃsārasāgaramapāramaho taraṃti || 19 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Chapter 154
Bhavishya Purana: Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation
by S. N. Khandelwal (2022)
Publisher: Chaukhamba Sanskrit Pratishthan; Pages: 2538.
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Complete Bhavisya Mahapurana (English translation)
by Shantilal Nagar (2023)
Publisher: Parimal Publication Pvt. Ltd.; Pages: 2496; ISBN-10: 817110729X; ISBN-13: 9788171107292
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