Chapter 26

vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca saṃprāpya mānuṣaṃ lokaṃ narako dānavottamaḥ || 1 ||
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dvāravatyāṃ jagannāthe tasmin rakṣati bhūtalam || 2 ||
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babādhe mānuṣān sarvānṛṣīnviprāṃśca dānavaḥ || 3 ||
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rakṣatyeva jagannāthe viprānmunigaṇāṃstathā || 4 ||
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bādhate sma tadā daityo viprānmunigaṇāṃśca saḥ || 5 ||
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tataḥ kadāciddaityendra urvaśīvacanaṃ smaran || 6 ||
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badaryāṃ hi mahārāja yaṣṭuṃ munigaṇāṃstadā || 7 ||
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satreṇa śakraṃ deveśaṃ tathā devagaṇānapi || 8 ||
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dṛṣṭvā tānmunivīrāṃstu narako dānavottamaḥ || 9 ||
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provāca vacanaṃ kāle yaṣṭavyo'smi munīśvarāḥ || 10 ||
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asmin kāle jagannātha indro'haṃ vibudhādhipaḥ || 11 ||
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jitaḥ śakro raṇe viprā lokapālaiḥ sahāmaraiḥ || 12 ||
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tata ijyo namaskāryo vandyo lokahitāya vai || 13 ||
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tadetadvacanaṃ śrutvā narakasya durātmanaḥ || 14 ||
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āhuste munayaḥ sarve badarīvāsatatparāḥ || 15 ||
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yakṣyāmo na vayaṃ daitya dānavo'si durātmavān || 16 ||
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indraṃ devagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ yakṣyāmo vigatajvarāḥ || 17 ||
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tacchrutvā roṣatāmrākṣo dānavānidamabravīt || 18 ||
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vadhyantāmṛṣayaḥ sarve bhidyantāṃ yajñabhūmayaḥ || 19 ||
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na tvāṃ yakṣyāma he daitya ityūcuḥ kila tāpasāḥ || 20 ||
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te ca sarvaṃ tathā cakrurdānavā duṣṭacetasaḥ || 21 ||
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yajñabhūmiṃ samāloḍya yajñabhārāṃs ca sarvaśaḥ || 22 ||
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agnīn saṃmiśrayāmāsurdadahurdarbhapuñjakān || 23 ||
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kamaṇḍalūndvidhākṛtya jaṭā ācchidya dūrataḥ || 24 ||
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prakṣipya dānavāḥ sarve narakeṇa samanvitāḥ || 25 ||
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yajñavāṭaṃ samāloḍya cakrurbhasma tadā nṛpa || 26 ||
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tāvattāni havīṃṣyatra bhakṣayāmāsurojasā || 27 ||
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ānītānyajñasiddhyarthaṃ paśūnyajñasamāgame || 28 ||
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teṣveva cāgnimukhyeṣu dagdhvā te dānavottamāḥ || 29 ||
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evaṃ te dānavāḥ sarve cakrurvighnakriyāṃ tadā || 30 ||
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te ca sarve munivarāḥ palāyanti diśo daśa || 31 ||
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tatra yā munikanyāstu jahāra narakastadā || 32 ||
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prāgjyotiṣaṃ jagāmāśu kanyābhistābhireva ca || 33 ||
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yatheṣṭaṃ mumude tatra priyābhiḥ saha dānavaḥ || 34 ||
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vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca gateṣu daityasainyeṣu munayo dainyapīḍitāḥ || 35 ||
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tasminnevāśrame ramye mantrayitvā parasparam || 36 ||
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devāya lokanāthāya kṛṣṇāya ca mahātmane || 37 ||
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nivedayāmaḥ pāpasya dānavasya kṛtaṃ punaḥ || 38 ||
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nivedayiṣyāma kṛtaṃ tena dānavapāpinā || 38 ||
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yadi sa pratikuryādd hi tannaḥ śreyo bhaviṣyati || 39 ||
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yadi jīvedasau pāpo narako dānavottamaḥ || 40 ||
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jaganna sthāsyate samyagvinaṣṭaśca bhavejjanaḥ || 41 ||
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iti saṃmantrya munayo badarīsaṃniveśinaḥ || 42 ||
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yajñabhāraṃ tadācchinnaṃ narakeṇa durātmanā || 43 ||
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gṛhītvā munayaḥ sarve śiṣyairdhamanisaṃtatāḥ || 44 ||
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keśavāya ca tasmai tu badarīphalasaṃhatim || 45 ||
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keśavenopabhuktāṃ tu tasminnāśramasaṃpuṭe || 46 ||
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te gatvā dūramadhvānaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ mārgamāsthitāḥ || 47 ||
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vasiṣṭho vāmadevaśca jābāliratha kāśyapaḥ || 48 ||
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kaṇvo dhūmro bṛhaddurgo bharadvājaśca gālavah || 49 ||
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kavaṣo dhūmraketuśca kāśyaḥ kāpilakastathā || 50 ||
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ete cānye ca munayo narakeṇa durātmanā || 51 ||
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bādhitāḥ puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ draṣṭukāmāstapasvinaḥ || 52 ||
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śiṣyaiḥ saha samāyātā ārtā dānavapāpinā || 53 ||
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kṛtavedārthatattvajñā draṣṭukāmā janārdanam || 54 ||
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gaṅgāṃ ca samanuprāpya sthitāstasyāstaṭe taḍā || 55 ||
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tatra snātuṃ samārabdhā munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ || 56 ||
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atra snātvā vayaṃ yāmo draṣṭuṃ lokahitaiṣiṇaṃ || 57 ||
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nityaśuddhaṃ jagannāthaṃ vasantaṃ dvārakāpure || 58 ||
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iti saṃcintya munayaḥ snānaṃ cakruryathāvidhi || 59 ||
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yena yogyā munivarā draṣṭuṃ keśavamavyayam || 60 ||
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tasmin gaṅgāmbhasi snātvā sarve śuddhāstapodhanāḥ || 61 ||
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avatīrya tato gaṅgāṃ naubhirmunivarāstadā || 62 ||
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krameṇa samanuprāptā dvārakāṃ kṛṣṇapālitām || 63 ||
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praviśya dvārakāṃ te tu vasiṣṭhādyā munīśvarāḥ || 64 ||
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atītya yadumukhyānāṃ bhavanāni sahasraśaḥ || 65 ||
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yā sabhā lokavikhyātā sudharmeti ca viśrutā || 66 ||
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tasyā dvāraṃ samāsthāya dvāḥsthaṃ procurmaharṣayaḥ || 67 ||
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nivedyatāṃ dvārapāla keśavāya mahātmane || 68 ||
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badaryāṃ vai samuṣitā munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ || 69 ||
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draṣṭuṃ tvāṃ samanuprāptā pīḍitā dānavottamaiḥ || 70 ||
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tacchrutvā dvārapālo'pi keśavāya mahātmane || 71 ||
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nivedayāmāsa tadā yaduktaṃ munisattamaiḥ || 72 ||
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śrutvā tu devadeveśo munīnyaduvarārcitaḥ || 73 ||
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praveśyantāmiti proktāḥ pradyumnaṃ samacodayat || 74 ||
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arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tadā pātramāsanāni samantataḥ || 75 ||
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ānīyantāṃ yathāyogaṃ sa ca sarvaṃ cakāra ha || 76 ||
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te praviṣṭā munivarāstāṃ sabhāṃ sabhyapūjitām || 77 ||
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