Chapter 13

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
etadbrahmāṇḍamānaṃ tu pañcāśatkoṭiyojanam |
bhūmyāvaraṇamityetat kaṭāhaṃ prathamaṃ matam || 1 ||
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athotpanneṣvasaṃkhyeṣu brahmāṇḍeṣu ca teṣu vai |
madhyotpannoṣmaṇā bhaumaṃ kaṭāhaṃ śīrṇatonmukham || 2 ||
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dṛṣṭvā tu brahmaṇā tattacchāntyarthaṃ cāparaṃ tataḥ |
tādṛgguṇaṃ kaṭāhaṃ tu salilāvaraṇātmakam || 3 ||
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āhitaṃ tatsamāvṛttaṃ pañcā'bjayojanāvṛtam |
jalātiśaityaniyamakṛte taijasamāvṛtam || 4 ||
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tṛtīyaṃ jalatastadvai daśottaraguṇaṃ matam |
tanniyamakṛte vāyostato'pi daśapuṣṭikam || 5 ||
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tasyākāśaṃ tatastasyā'haṃkārastasya vai mahān |
mahataḥ prakṛtiḥ proktā cā'ṣṭamā'varaṇātmikī || 6 ||
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etānyaṣṭakaṭāhāni brahmāṇḍā'varaṇāni vai |
pratyekaṃ tatra lagnāni teṣāṃ dārḍhyakarāṇi hi || 7 ||
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brahmāṇḍānāṃ ca sṛṣṭīnāṃ vairājādeśca kṛtsnaśaḥ |
āyuṣyaniyamārthaṃ tu parabrahma svayaṃ hariḥ || 8 ||
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mahākālaṃ svamūrtestu prakaṭīkṛtavāṃstataḥ |
mahākālasya rūpaṃ vai samayaḥ parikathyate || 9 ||
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kālaḥ kalayate lokān kālaḥ saṃharate prajāḥ |
kṣaṇādārabhya ca mahāpralayā'vadhikāryakṛt || 10 ||
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sa evā''yuṣyasaṃkṣeptā hariṇā parikalpitaḥ |
kṣaṇaḥ syād yā paramāṇvorvibhāgajanikā kriyā || 11 ||
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kriyāviśiṣṭakālaḥ saḥ kṣaṇākhyāṃ labhate tataḥ |
vibhāgenā'pyabhivyāptaḥ kālaḥ kṣaṇo dvitīyakaḥ || 12 ||
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pūrvasaṃyoganāśāḍhyaḥ kālaḥ kṣaṇastṛtīyakaḥ |
uttaradeśasaṃyogavyāptaḥ kṣaṇaścaturthakaḥ || 13 ||
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caturbhiśca kṣaṇaiḥ kālaḥ kūṭa ityabhidhīyate |
tribhiḥ kūṭaistruṭiḥ proktā tisrastruṭayo lavo mataḥ || 14 ||
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lavatrayaṃ nimeṣaḥ syānnimeṣā daśa paṃca ca |
kāṣṭhā proktā tathā pañcadaśakāṣṭhāstu nāḍikā || 15 ||
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te dve muhūrtaḥ saṃproktaḥ praharaḥ ṣaṇmuhūrtakāḥ |
praharāḥ sapta yāmaḥ syāt divā yāmacatuṣṭayam || 16 ||
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tathā yāmāśca catvāro niśā rātryahanī hyubhe |
pañcadaśa bhavetpakṣaḥ dvau pakṣau māsa ucyate || 17 ||
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māso'yantu manuṣyāṇāṃ pitṝṇāṃ tadaharniśam |
dvau tāvṛtuḥ ṣaḍayanaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ cottaraṃ matam || 18 ||
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dakṣiṇantu niśā proktottaraṃ tu divaso divi |
ayane dve tu māsānāṃ dvādaśa vatsaro'pi saḥ || 19 ||
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divyavarṣapramāṇena yugāḥ samanukīrtitāḥ |
kṛtaṃ tretā dvāparaṃ ca kaliśceti yugāḥ smṛtāḥ || 20 ||
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catvāri trīṇi dve caikaṃ varṣāṇāṃ tu yathākramam |
tattadyugānāṃ samayo varṣadaśasahasrakam || 21 ||
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tathā sandhyaṃśayosteṣāṃ samayo dvisahasrakam |
aṣṭa ṣaḍatha catvāri dve varṣāṇi yathākramam || 22 ||
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tādṛśaṃ yugasāhasraṃ brahmaṇo dinamucyate |
tāvatyeva niśā tasya yatra triloki naśyati || 23 ||
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prātaḥ punaḥ samudeti sāyaṃ nāśo yathākramam |
brahmaṇastu dine yānti manavo vai caturdaśa || 24 ||
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manuḥ svaṃ samayaṃ bhuṃkte catuṣkīmekasaptatim |
indro'pi samayaṃ bhuṃkte svacatuṣkyekasaptatim || 25 ||
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brahmaṇo'pi svadivasaiḥ paramāyurvayaḥśatam |
pañcāśadvarṣamānantu pūrvārdhamiti tanmatam || 26 ||
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evameva parārdhaṃ tatpañcāśadvarṣamānakam |
brahmaṇo yadbhavedvarṣaṃ vairājasya divā hi saḥ || 27 ||
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vairājasya ca yadvarṣaṃ mahāviṣṇordivā tu saḥ |
mahāviṣṇostu yadvarṣaṃ pradhānapuruṣasya saḥ || 28 ||
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divaso'thā'sya yadvarṣaṃ prakṛtipūruṣasya saḥ |
divasastatpramāṇena varṣāṇāṃ śatamityayam || 29 ||
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sṛṣṭimayaḥ samayaḥ sa unmeṣo'kṣarabrahmaṇaḥ |
tasya pratinimeṣastu mahāpralaya ucyate || 30 ||
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nimeṣonmeṣayostasya sṛṣṭayo'nantarītayaḥ |
vilīyante ca jāyante tatpravāhasya nā'ditā || 31 ||
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athavā kālamānaṃ tu sūkṣmaṃ kṣaṇacatuṣṭayam |
ṣaṣṭiḥ kṣaṇacatuṣkāṇāṃ vipalaḥ parikīrtitaḥ || 32 ||
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vipalānāṃ tu yā ṣaṣṭiḥ palaḥ sa samayo mataḥ |
palānāṃ tu ca yā ṣaṣṭiḥ sā ghaṭiketi sammatā || 33 ||
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sārdhadvayaghaṭikānāṃ ghaṇṭākālaḥ prakīrtitaḥ |
caturviśatighaṇṭānāṃ rātridinaṃ tu mānuṣam || 34 ||
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varṣantvahnāṃ ca rātrīṇāṃ pañcaṣaṣṭiḥ śatatrayam |
evaṃ kālaḥ sadā sarvān svāyattīkṛtya vartate || 35 ||
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pakṣo yo mānuṣaścātra cāndraḥ sa divaso mataḥ |
rātriśca tādṛśī lambā māso rātridivaṃ tataḥ || 36 ||
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cāndraṃ bodhyaṃ tathā sauryaṃ rātriśūnyaṃ tu maṇḍalam |
dhruve'ti divaso nityo yataḥ sṛṣṭarvibhinnagā || 37 ||
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itiśrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne āyuḥpramāpakasamayavyavacchedādinirūpanāmā trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 13 ||
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