Chapter 16

śrāddhe pratiṣṭhito lokaḥ śrāddhād yogaḥ pravartate || 0 ||
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hanta te vartayiṣyāmi śrāddhasya phalamuttamam |
brahmadattena yatprāptaṃ saptajātiṣu bhārata || 1 ||
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tata eva hi dharmasya buddhirnirvartate śanaiḥ |
pīḍayāpyatha dharmasya kṛte śrāddhe purānagha || 2 ||
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yatprāptaṃ brāhmaṇaiḥ pūrvaṃ tannibodha narottama || 2 ||
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tato'haṃ nātidharmiṣṭhān kurukṣetre pitṛvratān |
sanatkumāranirdiṣṭānapaśyaṃ sapta vai dvijān || 3 ||
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divyena cakṣuṣā tena yānuvāca purā vibhuḥ || 3 ||
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vāgduṣṭaḥ krodhano hiṃsraḥ piśunaḥ kavireva ca |
khasṛmaḥ pitṛvartī ca nāmabhiḥ karmabhistathā || 4 ||
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kauśikasya sutāstāta śiṣyā gārgyasya bhārata |
pitaryuparate sarve vratavantastadābhavan || 5 ||
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niyogātte gurostasya gāṃ dogdhrīṃ samakālayan |
samānavatsāṃ kapilāṃ sarve nyāyāgatāṃ tadā || 6 ||
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teṣāṃ pathi kṣudhārtānāṃ bālyānmohācca bhārata |
krūrā buddhiḥ samabhavattāṃ gāṃ vai hiṃsituṃ tadā || 7 ||
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tān kaviḥ khasṛmaścaiva yācete neti vai tadā |
na cāśakyanta te tābhyāṃ tadā vārayituṃ dvijāḥ || 8 ||
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pitṛvartī tu yasteṣāṃ nityaṃ śrāddhāhniko dvijaḥ |
sa sarvānabravīdbhrātṝn kopāddharmasamanvitaḥ || 9 ||
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yadyavaśyaṃ prakartavyā pitṝnuddiśya sādhvimāṃ |
prakurvīmahi gāṃ samyaksarva eva samāhitāḥ || 10 ||
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evameṣā ca gaurdharmaṃ prāpsyate nātra saṃśayaḥ |
pitṝnabhyarcya dharmeṇa nādharmo'sminbhaviṣyati || 11 ||
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tathetyuktvā ca te sarve prokṣayitvā ca gāṃ tataḥ |
pitṛbhyaḥ kalpayitvaināmupayujyanta bhārata || 12 ||
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upayujya ca gāṃ sarve gurostasya nyavedayat |
śārdūlena hatā dhenurvatso'yaṃ gṛhyatāmiti |
ārjavātsa tu vatsaṃ taṃ pratijagrāha vai dvijaḥ || 13 ||
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mithyopacarya te taṃ tu gurumanyāyato dvijāḥ |
kālena samayujyanta sarva evāyuṣaḥ kṣaye || 14 ||
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te vai hiṃsratayā krūrā anāryatvādgurostadā |
ugrā hiṃsāvihārāśca saptājāyanta sodarāḥ |
lubdhakasyātmajāstāta balavanto manasvinaḥ || 15 ||
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pitṝnabhyarcya dharmeṇa prokṣayitvā ca gāṃ tadā |
smṛtiḥ pratyavamarśaśca teṣāṃ jātyantare'bhavat || 16 ||
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jātā vyādhā daśārṇeṣu sapta dharmavicakṣaṇāḥ |
svadharmaniratāḥ sarve lobhānṛtavivarjitāḥ || 17 ||
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tāvanmātraṃ prakurvanti yāvatā prāṇadhāraṇam |
śeṣaṃ dharmaparāḥ kālamanudhyānti svakarma tat || 18 ||
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nāmadheyāni cāpyeṣāmimānyāsannarādhipa |
nirvairo nirvṛtaḥ kṣānto nirmanyuḥ kṛtireva ca |
vaidhaso mātṛvartī ca vyādhāḥ paramadhārmikāḥ || 19 ||
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tairevamuṣitaistāta hiṃsādharmaparairvane |
mātā ca pūjitā vṛddhā pitā ca paritoṣitaḥ || 20 ||
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yadā mātā pitā caiva saṃyuktau kāladharmaṇā |
tadā dhanūṃṣi te tyaktvā vane prāṇānavāsṛjan || 21 ||
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śubhena karmaṇā tena jātā jātismarā mṛgāḥ |
trāsodvegena saṃvignā ramye kālaṃjare girau || 22 ||
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unmukho nityavitrastaḥ stabdhakarṇo vilocanaḥ |
paṇḍito ghasmaro nādī nāmabhiste'bhavanmṛgāḥ || 23 ||
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tamevārthamanudhyānto jātismaraṇasaṃbhavam |
āsanvanecarāḥ kṣāntā nirdvandvā niṣparigrahāḥ || 24 ||
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te sarve śubhakarmāṇaḥ sadharmāṇo vanecarāḥ |
maruṃ sādhya jahuḥ prāṇāṃl laghvāhārāstapasvinaḥ || 25 ||
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teṣāṃ maruṃ sādhayatāṃ padasthānāni bhārata |
tathaivādyāpi dṛśyante girau kālañjare'cyuta || 26 ||
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karmaṇā tena te tāta śubhenāśubhavarjitāḥ |
śubhācchubhatarāṃ yoniṃ cakravākatvamāgatāḥ || 27 ||
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śubhe deśe sariddvīpe saptaivāsañjalaukasaḥ |
tyaktvā sahacarīdharmaṃ munayo dharmacāriṇaḥ || 28 ||
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niḥspṛho nirmamaḥ kṣānto nirdvaṃdvo niṣparigrahaḥ || 28 ||
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nirvṛttirnibhṛtaścaiva śakunā nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ || 28 ||
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te brahmacāriṇaḥ sarve śakunā dharmacāriṇaḥ || 28 ||
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nirāhārā jahuḥ prāṇāṃstapoyuktāḥ sarittaṭe || 28 ||
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atha te sodarā jātā haṃsā mānasacāriṇaḥ || 28 ||
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jātismarāḥ susaṃbaddhāḥ saptaiva brahmacāriṇaḥ || 28 ||
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viprayonau yato mohānmithyopacarito guruḥ || 28 ||
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tiryagyonau tato jātāḥ saṃsāre paribabhramuḥ || 28 ||
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yadā tu pitṛkāryārthaḥ kṛtaḥ svārthe vyavasthitaiḥ || 28 ||
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tato jñānaṃ ca jātiṃ ca te hi prāpurguṇottaram || 28 ||
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sumanā muniḥ suvāk śuddhaḥ pañcamaśchidradarśanaḥ |
sunetraśca svatantraśca śakunā nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ || 29 ||
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pañcamaḥ pañcikastatra saptajātiṣvajāyata |
ṣaṣṭhastu kaṇḍarīko'bhūdbrahmadattastu saptamaḥ || 30 ||
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teṣāṃ tu tapasā tena saptajātikṛtena vai |
yogasya cābhinirvṛttyā pratibhānācca śobhanāt || 31 ||
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pūrvajātiṣu yadbrahma śrutaṃ gurukuleṣu vai |
tathaiva tatsthitaṃ brahma saṃsāreṣvapi vartatām || 32 ||
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te brahmacāriṇaḥ sarve vihaṅgāḥ kāmacāriṇaḥ |
yogadharmamanudhyānto viharanti sma tatra ha || 33 ||
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mānasaṃ tu saraḥ prāpya haṃsā bhūtvā jalaukasaḥ || 33 ||
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teṣāṃ tatra vihaṅgānāṃ caratāṃ sahacāriṇām |
nīpānāmīśvaro rājā vibhrājaḥ pauravānvayaḥ || 34 ||
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vibhrājamāno vapuṣā prabhāvena samanvitaḥ |
śrīmānantaḥpuravṛto vanaṃ tatpraviveśa ha || 35 ||
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svatantraścakravākastu spṛhayāmāsa taṃ nṛpam |
dṛṣṭvāyāntaṃ śriyopetaṃ bhaveyamahamīdṛśaḥ || 36 ||
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yadyasti sukṛtaṃ kiṃcittapo vā niyamo'pi vā |
khinno hyasmyupavāsena tapasā niṣphalena ca || 37 ||
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nṛpatvamahamicchāmi yadi me sukṛtaṃ bhavet || 37 ||
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