Chapter 172

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
prapādānasya māhātmyaṃ vada devakinaṃdana |
kathaṃ deyā kadā deyā dāne tasyāśca kiṃ phalam || 1 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
atīte phālgune māsi prāpte caitre mahotsave |
puṇye'hni viprakathite grahacaṃdrabalānvite || 2 ||
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maṃḍapaṃ kārayedvidvānghanacchāyaṃ manoramam |
purasya madhye pathi vā kāṃtāre toyavarjite || 3 ||
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devatāyatane vāpi caityavṛkṣatale'pi vā |
suśītalaṃ ca ramyaṃ ca vicitrāsanasaṃyutam || 4 ||
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kārayenmaṃḍapaṃ bhavyaṃ śītavātasahaṃ dṛḍham |
tanmadhye sthāpayedbhaktyā maṇīnkuṃbhāṃśca śobhanān || 5 ||
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akālamūlānkarakānvastrairāveṣṭitānatha |
brāhmaṇaḥ śīlasaṃpanno vṛttiṃ dattvā yathocitām || 6 ||
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prapāpālaḥ prakartavyo bahuputraparicchadaḥ |
pānīyapānenāśrāṃtānyaḥ kārayati mānavān || 7 ||
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evaṃvidhāṃ prapāṃ kṛtvā śubhe'hni vidhipūrvakam |
yathāśaktyā naraśreṣṭha prāraṃbhe bhojayeddvijān || 8 ||
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tataścotsarjayedviprānmaṃtreṇānena mānavaḥ |
prapeyaṃ sarvasāmānyā bhūtebhyaḥ pratipāditā || 9 ||
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asyāḥ pradānātpitarastṛpyaṃtu ca pitāmahāḥ |
anivāryaṃ tato deyaṃ jalaṃ māsacatuṣṭayam || 10 ||
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tripakṣaṃ vā mahārāja jīvānāṃ jīvanaṃ param |
gaṃdhāḍhyaṃ surasaṃ śītaṃ śobhane bhājane sthitam || 11 ||
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pradadyādapratihataṃ mukhaṃ cānavalokayan |
pratyahaṃ kārayettasyāṃ śaktito dvijabhojanam || 12 ||
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anena vidhinā yastu grīṣmoṣmaśoṣanāśanam |
pānīyamuttamaṃ dadyāttasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu || 13 ||
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sarvatīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvadāneṣu yatphalam |
tatpuṇyaphalamāpnoti sarvadevaiḥ supūjitaḥ || 14 ||
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pūrṇacaṃdrapratīkāśaṃ vimānaṃ sodhiruhya ca |
yāti devendranagare pūjyamāno'psarogaṇaiḥ || 15 ||
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viṃśatkoṭyo hi varṣāṇāṃ yakṣagandharvasevitaḥ |
puṇyakṣayādihāgatya caturvedī dvijo bhavet || 16 ||
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tataḥ paraṃ padaṃ yāti punarāvṛttidurlabham |
prapādānāsamarthena viśeṣāddharmamīpsatā || 174 ||
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pratyahaṃ dharmaghaṭakaḥ karpaṭāveṣṭitānanaḥ |
brāhmaṇasya gṛhe neyaḥ śītāmalajalaḥ śuciḥ || 18 ||
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tasyaivodyāpanaṃ kāryaṃ māsimāsi narottama |
maṃḍakāveṣṭikābhiśca pakvānnaiḥ sārvakāmikaiḥ || 19 ||
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uddiśya śaṃkaraṃ viṣṇuṃ brahmāṇaṃ kurunandana |
salilaṃ prokṣayitvā tu maṃtreṇānena mānavaḥ || 20 ||
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eṣa dharmaghaṭo datto brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakaḥ |
asya pradānātsaphalā mama saṃtu manorathāḥ || 23 ||
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anena vidhinā yastu dharmakuṃbhaṃ prayacchati |
prapādānaphalaṃ so'pi prāpnotīha na saṃśayaḥ || 22 ||
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dharmakuṃbhapradāne'pi yadyaśaktaḥ pumānbhavet |
tenāśvatthatarormūlaṃ secyaṃ nityaṃ jitātmanā || 23 ||
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aśvattharūpī bhagavānprīyatāṃ me janārdanaḥ |
ityuccārya namaskṛtya pratyahaṃ pāpanāśanam || 24 ||
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yaḥ karoti tarormūle sekaṃ māsacatuṣṭayam |
sopi tatphalamāpnoti śrutireṣā sanātanī || 25 ||
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susvāduśītasalilā klamanāśinī ca prāṃte purasya pathi pāṃthasamājabhūmau |
yasya prapā bhavati sarvajanopabhogyā dharmottaraḥ sa khalu jīvati jīvaloke || 26 ||
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iti śrībhaviṣye mahāpurāṇa uttaraparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇayudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde prapādānavidhivarṇanaṃnāma dvisaptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 172 ||
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