Chapter 4

sanatkumāra uvāca ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi kriyākalpaṃ yathāvidhi || 1 ||
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kāmyanaimittikājasra śrāddhakarmaṇi nityaśaḥ || 2 ||
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āgrahāyaṇamūlāḥ syuraśṭakāstisra eva ca || 3 ||
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kṛṣṇapakṣe variṣṭhā ca pūrvā caindrī ca bhāṣitā || 4 ||
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prājāpatyā dvitīyā syāttṛtīyā vaiśvadevikī || 5 ||
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ādyāpūpaiḥ smṛtā nityaṃ māṃsairanyā bhavetsadā || 6 ||
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śākaiḥ kāryā tṛtīyā syādeṣa dravyagato vidhiḥ || 7 ||
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anvaṣṭakyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ vai nityameva vidhīyate || 8 ||
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yā cāpyanyā caturthī syāttāṃ ca kuryātprayatnataḥ || 9 ||
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āyuḥśrāddhaṃ budhaḥ kuryātsarvasvenāpi nityaśaḥ || 10 ||
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śreyāṃsi kṣipramāyānti paratreha ca modate || 11 ||
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pitaraḥ sarvakāleṣu tithikāleṣu devatāḥ || 12 ||
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sarve puruṣamāyānti nipāneṣviva dhenavaḥ || 13 ||
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mā sma śreyaḥ prayaccheyuraṣṭakāyāmapūjitāḥ || 14 ||
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moghāstasya bhavantyāśāḥ paratreha ca nityaśaḥ || 15 ||
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pūjakānāṃ sadotkarṣo nāstikānāmavāggatiḥ || 16 ||
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devāṃśca dāyino yānti tiryaggacchantyadāyinaḥ || 17 ||
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puṣṭiṃ prajāṃ smṛtiṃ medhāṃ putrānaiśvaryameva ca || 18 ||
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kurvāṇaḥ paurṇamāsyāṃ tu sarvaṃ saṃpūrṇamaśnute || 19 ||
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pratipaddhanalābhāya labdhaṃ cāsya na naśyati || 20 ||
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dvitīyāyāṃ tu yaḥ kuryāddvipadādhipatirbhavet || 21 ||
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phalārthināṃ tṛtīyā tu śatrughnī pāpanāśanī || 22 ||
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caturthyāṃ vai prakurvāṇaḥ śatrucchidrāṇi paśyati || 23 ||
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pañcamyāmapi kurvāṇaḥ prāpnoti mahatīṃ śriyam || 24 ||
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ṣaṣṭhyāṃ śrāddhāni kurvāṇaḥ prāpnoti dvijapūjanam || 25 ||
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kurute yastu saptamyāṃ śrāddhāni satataṃ naraḥ || 26 ||
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mahāsatramavāpnoti gaṇānāṃ cādhipo bhavet || 27 ||
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pūrṇāṃ vṛttimavāpnoti yo'ṣṭamyāṃ kurute naraḥ || 28 ||
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śrāddhaṃ navamyāṃ kartavyamaiśvaryaṃ nṛṣu kāṅkṣatā || 29 ||
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kurvandaśamyāṃ tu naro brāhmīṃ śriyamavāpnuyāt || 30 ||
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vedāṃścaivāpnuyātsarvānviprāṇāṃ saṃmato bhavet || 31 ||
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ekādaśyāṃ paraṃ dānamaiśvaryaṃ saṃtatiṃ tathā || 32 ||
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dvādaśyāṃ jayalābhāya rājyamāyurvasūni ca || 33 ||
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prajāvṛddhiṃ maśūnmedhyān svātantryaṃ puṣṭimuttamām || 34 ||
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dīrghamāyurathaiśvaryaṃ kurvāṇasya trayodaśīm || 35 ||
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yuvānastu gṛhe yasya mṛtāsteṣāṃ pradāpayet || 36 ||
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śastreṇa vā hatā ye tu teṣāṃ dadyāccaturdaśīm || 37 ||
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amāvāsyāṃ prayatnena śrāddhaṃ kuryācchuciḥ sadā || 38 ||
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sarvān kāmānavāpnoti svarge cānantyamaśnute || 39 ||
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annaṃ dadyādamāvāsyāṃ somasyāpyāyanaṃ bhavet || 40 ||
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lokaṃ mānavamāpnoti tatra sarvaṃ samaśnute || 40 ||
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evamāpyāyitaḥ somastrīṃl lokāndhārayiṣyati || 41 ||
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siddhacāraṇagandharvaiḥ stūyate nityamūrjitaḥ || 42 ||
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stavaiḥ puṇyairmanojñaiśca sarvakāmaparicchadaiḥ || 43 ||
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nṛttavāditragītaiśca apsarobhiḥ sahasraśaḥ || 44 ||
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upanṛtto vimānasthaḥ pitṛbhakto dṛḍhavrataḥ || 45 ||
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stuvanti devagandharvāḥ siddhasaṃghāśca taṃ sadā || 46 ||
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pitṛbhaktastvamāvāsyāṃ sarvān kāmānavāpnuyāt || 47 ||
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maghāsu kurvañchrāddhāni sarvān kāmānavāpnuyāt || 48 ||
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pratyakṣamarcitāstena bhavanti pitaraḥ sadā || 49 ||
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pitṛdevā maghā yasmāttasmāttāsvakṣayaṃ viduḥ || 50 ||
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yamastu yāni śrāddhāni provāca śaśabindave || 51 ||
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tāni me śṛṇu kāmyāni nakṣatreṣu pṛthakpṛthak || 52 ||
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śrāddhaṃ yaḥ kṛttikāyoge kurvīta satataṃ naraḥ || 53 ||
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agnīnādhāya sāpatyo yajeta vigatajvaraḥ || 54 ||
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durgāṇi tarate nityaṃ dhṛtimānpuṣṭimānbhavet || 54 ||
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apatyakāmo rohiṇyāṃ saumyenaujasvitāṃ vrajet || 55 ||
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krūrakarmaṇi bhāgī syādārdrāyāṃ śrāddhamācaran || 56 ||
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kṣetre putreṣu bhāgī syācchrāddhaṃ kurvanpunarvasau || 57 ||
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mṛgaśīrṣe tu kīrtimān || 57 ||
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ārdrāyāṃ nītimān saumyaḥ puṣṭimāṃśca punarvasau || 57 ||
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puṣṭikāmaḥ punaḥ puṣye śrāddhaṃ kurvīta mānavaḥ || 58 ||
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āśleṣāsu punardattvā vīrānputrānavāpnuyāt || 59 ||
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śreṣṭho bhavati bandhūnāṃ maghāsu śrāddhamācaran || 60 ||
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phalgunīṣu punaḥ kṛtvā saubhāgyaṃ labhate naraḥ || 61 ||
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pradānaśīlaḥ sāpatya uttarāsu karoti yaḥ || 62 ||
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saṃsatsu mukhyo bhavati haste yastarpayetpitṝn || 63 ||
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citrāyāṃ kurute yastu putrān rūpavato labhet || 64 ||
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svātinā tu dvijaḥ kuryādvāṇijyena jijīviṣuḥ || 65 ||
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putrārthaṃ tu viśākhāsu śrāddhamīheta mānavaḥ || 66 ||
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anurādhāsu kurvāṇo naraścakraṃ pravartayet || 67 ||
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ādhipatyaṃ labhecchrāddhaṃ jyeṣṭhāyāṃ kurute hi yaḥ || 68 ||
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mūlenārogyalābhaḥ syādāṣāḍhāsu mahadyaśaḥ || 69 ||
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tathottarāsvaṣāḍhāsu vītaśoko bhavennaraḥ || 70 ||
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śravaṇena tu lokeṣu prāpnuyātparamāṃ gatiṃ || 71 ||
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rājyabhogāñchraviṣṭhāsu prāpnuyādvipulaṃ dhanam || 72 ||
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śrāddhaṃ tvabhijitā kurvanvedān sāṅgānavāpnuyāt || 73 ||
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nakṣatre vāruṇe kurvanbhiṣaksiddhimavāpnuyāt || 74 ||
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pūrvaproṣṭhapade kurvanvindate jīvitaṃ bahu || 75 ||
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uttarāsu punaḥ kurvaṃl labhate gāḥ sahasraśaḥ || 76 ||
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revatyāṃ kurute yastu rūpyaṃ bahu labhennaraḥ || 77 ||
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aśvinīṣu hayāñchreṣṭhānbharaṇyāmāyuruttamam || 78 ||
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imaṃ śrāddhavidhiṃ kurvañchaśabindurmahīmimām || 79 ||
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akleśenālabhatkṛtsnāṃ labdhvā ca praśaśāsa ha || 80 ||
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rājataṃ rajatāktaṃ vā pitṝṇāṃ pātramucyate || 81 ||
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rajatasya kathā vāpi darśanaṃ dānameva ca || 82 ||
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ānantyamakṣayaṃ svargyaṃ rājataṃ dānamucyate || 83 ||
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pitṝṇāṃ tena dānena satputrāstārayantyuta || 84 ||
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paṭhyamānaḥ sadā śrāddhe niyato brahmavādibhiḥ || 85 ||
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rājate hi svadhā dugdhā pātre'sminpitṛbhiḥ purā || 86 ||
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akṣayārthaṃ mahī yasmāttasmindattamato'kṣayam || 87 ||
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kṛṣṇājinasya sāṃnidhyaṃ darśanaṃ dānameva ca || 88 ||
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rakṣoghnaṃ brahmavarcasyaṃ paśūnputrāṃśca tārayet || 89 ||
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kāñcanaṃ rājataṃ pātraṃ dauhitraḥ kutapastilāḥ || 90 ||
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bastaśca pāvanīyāni tridaṇḍī yoginastathā || 91 ||
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śrāddhakarmaṇyayaṃ śreṣṭho vidhirbrahman sanātanaḥ || 92 ||
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āyuḥ puṣṭiryaśaḥ kīrtiḥ prajñā saṃtativardhanaḥ || 93 ||
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diśi dakṣiṇapūrvasyāṃ vedisthānaṃ niveśayet || 94 ||
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sarvato'ratnimātraṃ tu caturasraṃ susaṃvṛtam || 95 ||
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vakṣyāmi vidhivatsthānaṃ pitṝṇāmiti śāstrataḥ || 96 ||
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dhanyamāyuṣyamārogyaṃ puṣṭikīrtivivardhanam || 97 ||
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tatra gartāstrayaḥ kāryāstrayo daṇḍāśca khādirāḥ || 98 ||
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aratnimātrāste kāryā rajatena vibhūṣitāḥ || 99 ||
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te vitastyāyatā gartāḥ sarvataścaturaṅgulāḥ || 100 ||
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prāgdakṣiṇāyatāḥ kāryāḥ sthirā naśuṣirāstathā || 101 ||
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adbhiḥ pavitrapūtābhiḥ plāvayetsatataṃ śuciḥ || 102 ||
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payobhyāmājagavyābhyāṃ śodhanaṃ vāgbhireva ca || 103 ||
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tarpaṇaṃ satataṃ hyetattṛptirbhavati śāśvatī || 104 ||
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iha cāmutra ca śrīmān sarvakāmasamanvitaḥ || 105 ||
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evaṃ triṣavaṇasnāto yo'rcayetprayataḥ sadā || 106 ||
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mantreṇa vidhivatsamyakso'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet || 107 ||
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triḥsaptasaṃjñāste yasmāttrailokyaṃ dhāryate hi taiḥ || 108 ||
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tasya puṣṭirathaiśvaryamāyuḥ saṃtatireva ca || 109 ||
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divi ca bhrājate lakṣmyā mokṣaṃ ca labhate kramāt || 110 ||
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pāpmāpahaṃ pāvanīyamaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet || 111 ||
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mantraṃ tasmādahaṃ vakṣye amṛtaṃ brahmasaṃmitam || 112 ||
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devatābhyaḥ pitṛbhyaśca mahāyogibhya eva ca || 113 ||
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namaḥ svadhāyai svāhāyai nityameva namo namaḥ || 114 ||
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ādyāvasāne śrāddhasya trirāvṛttaṃ japetsadā || 115 ||
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aśvamedhaphalaṃ hyetadvipraiḥ satkṛtya pūjitam || 116 ||
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piṇḍanirvāpaṇe cāpi japedevaṃ samāhitaḥ || 117 ||
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pitaraḥ kṣipramāyānti rākṣasāḥ pradravanti ca || 118 ||
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pitryo'yaṃ triṣu lokeṣu mantro'yaṃ tārayatyuta || 119 ||
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paṭhyamānaḥ sadā śrāddhe niyatairbrahmavādibhiḥ || 120 ||
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rājyakāmo japedevaṃ sadā mantramatandritaḥ || 121 ||
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vīryaśauryārthabuddhiśrī cirāyuḥkīrtivardhanaḥ || 122 ||
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prīyante pitaro yena japena niyamena ca || 123 ||
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saptarcaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi sarvakāmapradaṃ śubham || 124 ||
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amūrtānāṃ mūrtimatāṃ pitṝṇāṃ dīptatejasām || 125 ||
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namasyāmi sadā teṣāṃ dhyāyināṃ yogacakṣuṣām || 126 ||
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indrādīnāṃ ca pitaro dakṣamārīcayostathā || 127 ||
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pitaraḥ saptarṣīṇāṃ ca tānnamasyāmi kāmadān || 128 ||
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manvādīnāṃ janitṝṃśca sarvalokanamaskṛtān || 129 ||
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tānnamaskṛtya sarvānvai pitṝñjalasamudrayoḥ || 130 ||
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nakṣatrāṇāṃ grahāṇāṃ ca vāyvagnipitaraśca ye || 131 ||
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dyāvāpṛthivyośca sadā namasye'haṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ || 132 ||
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devarṣīṇāṃ saṃjanitṝn sarvalokanamaskṛtān || 133 ||
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etacca vidhinā yuktaḥ śrīmān kuryānnarādhipa || 133 ||
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saṃghātṝn sarvalokānāṃ namasye'haṃ pitāmahān || 134 ||
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prajāpatergavāṃ vahneḥ somāya ca yamāya ca || 135 ||
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yogeśvarebhyaśca sadā namasye'haṃ kṛtāñjaliḥ || 136 ||
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namaḥ pitṛgaṇebhyaḥ saptabhyo ye ca kīrtitāḥ || 137 ||
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svayaṃbhuve namasye'haṃ brahmaṇe yogacakṣuṣe || 138 ||
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etaduktaṃ ca saptarcaṃ devarṣigaṇapūjitam || 139 ||
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pavitraṃ paramaṃ hyetacchrīmad rakṣoghnameva ca || 140 ||
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etena vidhinā yuktastrīnvarāṃl labhate naraḥ || 141 ||
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bhaktyā paramayā yuktaḥ śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ || 142 ||
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saptarcaṃ tu japed yastu nityameva samāhitaḥ || 143 ||
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saptadvīpasamudrāyāḥ pṛthivyā ekarāḍbhavet || 144 ||
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yena proktastvayaṃ kalpo namastasmai svayaṃbhuve || 145 ||
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mahāyogeśvarebhyaśca sadā saṃpraṇato'smyaham || 146 ||
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vartante pitarastāta devānāṃ divi devatāḥ || 147 ||
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saptasvete sthitā nityaṃ sthāneṣu pitaro'vyayāḥ || 148 ||
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prajāpatisutā ete sarveṣāṃ tu mahātmanām || 149 ||
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ādyo gaṇastu yogīnāṃ sa nityo yogavardhanaḥ || 150 ||
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dvitīyo devatānāṃ tu tṛtīyo dānavādinām || 151 ||
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yugadharmamanuprāptā yogadharmānusāriṇaḥ || 151 ||
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śeṣāstu varṇināṃ jñeyā iti sarve prakīrtitāḥ || 152 ||
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pitṝnprīṇāti yo bhaktyā pitaraḥ prīṇayanti tam || 153 ||
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yacchanti pitaraḥ prītāḥ prajāṃ puṣṭiṃ tathaiva ca || 154 ||
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svargamāyuṣyamārogyaṃ yadanyadapi vāñchitam || 155 ||
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devakāryādapi mune pitṛkāryaṃ praśasyate || 156 ||
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devatānāṃ hi pitaraḥ pūrvamāyatanaṃ smṛtam || 157 ||
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te suprasādāḥ suprītā lokasyāpyāyanaṃ param || 158 ||
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sthiraprasādāśca sadā tānnamasyasva bhārgava || 159 ||
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