Chapter 24

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
atha pūrve mahāsarge brahmāṇḍe parameṣṭhinaḥ |
kṣīrodadhau śayānasya tatra nārāyaṇaprabhoḥ || 1 ||
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ekādaśendriyebhyo yā kanyā dānavanāśinī |
samudbhūtā mahāsādhvī saikādaśī mahālaye || 2 ||
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punarnārāyaṇamūrtau layaṃ prāptā ca yā tataḥ |
yāvadindriyasāmarthyātmakatejāṃsi tadvibhoḥ || 3 ||
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saṃsthitāni sadā mūrtau tāni nārāyaṇaḥ svayam |
mahāsargasamāraṃbhe ceśānāṃ vratakāmyayā || 4 ||
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tāḥ kanyāḥ svarṇavarṇāḍhyā divyā dvādaśahāyanāḥ |
sarvāṃgarūpasaṃpūrṇāstapastejaḥsamanvitāḥ || 5 ||
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prakaṭīkṛtavān tāśceśvarebhyo vratakāraṇāt |
arpitāḥ śrībhagavatā nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ || 6 ||
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nārāyaṇānna tā nyūnā mokṣadāne mahābalāḥ |
brahmā'kṣare pare dhāmni vartante muktimaṇḍitāḥ || 7 ||
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īśvarāstadvrataṃ kṛtvā muktiṃ yāntyakṣare pade |
brahmadehā brahmarūpā brahmaiśvaryasamanvitāḥ || 8 ||
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brahmamuktipradāḥ sarvā brahmāṇyo brahmadāyikāḥ |
yadā tu vedhasā svasya sṛṣṭāvāgamanāya ca || 9 ||
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prārthitāśca tadā nārāyaṇo'haṃ miṣamātrataḥ |
muranāmamahādveṣṭṛnāśāya saṃyato'bhavam || 10 ||
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kṣīre tu sāgare yāvat tatra svapimi dānavaḥ |
murākhyastu mahāghoro baliṣṭhaḥ samupāgataḥ || 11 ||
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yuddhārthaṃ tasya nāśāya mayā śaktiḥ prakāśitā |
sā caikādaśasaṃkhyākendriyasāmarthyasaṃbhṛtā || 12 ||
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kanyā mohakarī ramyā mayā tejovivardhitā |
dānavasya vināśāya preritā svarṇasundarī || 13 ||
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yāvadgacchati nāśāya dānavastāvadāsuraḥ |
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ mohamāpanno vavre tāṃ cakame muhuḥ || 14 ||
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kanyayā tu tadā'bhyukto yuddhe nārāyaṇaṃ ca mām |
jitvā patnīṃ kuru duṣṭa  nānyathā syāt tvadīpsitam || 15 ||
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dānavaḥ sa samākarṇya mugdho yāvattu yuddhayati |
tāvattu kanyayā pūrvaṃ khaṅgenacchinnamastakaḥ || 16 ||
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papāta dharaṇau tatra mamāra na samutthitaḥ |
tadārabhya mayā lakṣmi  kanyakāyai varo mahān || 17 ||
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dattastvadvratakartāro yāsyanti parama gatim |
tava pūjāprakartāraḥ prāpsyanti brahma cā'kṣaram || 18 ||
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tavodyāpanakartāro lapsyante svargamiṣṭadam |
tava dānaprakartāro muktiṃ yāsyanti pāpine || 19 ||
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tava puṇyapradātāro'vāpsyanti bhogavaibhavam |
sakāmāḥ kāmaśūnyā vā śaraṇaṃ te gatā janāḥ || 20 ||
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narā nāryo'tha vā cānye devā daityādayaśca ye |
te sveṣṭaṃ samavāpsyanti svargaṃ mokṣapradaṃ dhruvam || 21 ||
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mahāpāpā'tipāpānāṃ nāśayitrī sukhāvahā |
pāvayitrī janānāṃ ca mokṣadā bhava kanyake || 22 ||
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iti sā varaprāptyā sarvapāpapraṇāśinī |
mahāmokṣagaterdātrī vartate sarvato'dhikā || 23 ||
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māmatha prāha sā devī nāthaikā'haṃ tvayā kṛtā |
janā lokāśca bahavastatra vyāptiśca me katham || 24 ||
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tasmādbahusvarūpā'haṃ bhaveyaṃ tattathā kuru |
tato mayā tu sāmarthyaṃ dattaṃ tasyai mahattaram || 25 ||
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mukhyāścaturviṃśatisusvarūpā jātāstato'nantatanusvarūpāḥ |
brahmāṇḍavaipulyagatā nu caikādaśyobhavantyapramitasvarūpāḥ || 26 ||
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tato mayā'pi saṃkalpāccaikādaśyaḥ punaḥ punaḥ |
koṭiśaścā'pyanantāśca svamūrteḥ prakaṭīkṛtāḥ || 27 ||
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mukhyāstathā parāstāsāṃ dāsyo'nantā mayā kṛtāḥ |
brahmāṇḍeṣu ca sarvatra santi mokṣakarā nṛṇām || 28 ||
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atra tu vedhasaḥ satye loke taddhāma nirmitam |
tapasvinyastapaḥkartryastatra sādhvyo vasanti hi || 29 ||
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sarvadā'kṣatasaubhāgyā nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ |
kumāryo'kṣatasāmarthyā divyā dvādaśahāyanāḥ || 30 ||
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muktyātmikāṃ daśāmekāṃ susmṛddhāṃ prāpayantyataḥ |
ekādaśyo matā nāmnā bhavacchetryo'ghamarṣaṇāḥ || 31 ||
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divyā mūrtisvarūpāstāḥ pūjāṃ gṛhṇanti nityaśaḥ |
mayā samaṃ sadā pūjyāḥ sevyāḥ sādhvyo'nvahaṃ tvayā || 32 ||
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atheśānāṃ ca devānāmṛṣīṇāṃ paśupakṣiṇām |
mānavānāṃ ca daityānāṃ jalasthalanivāsinām || 33 ||
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samājeṣu yadā me syādāvirbhāvastadā tadā |
teṣāṃ jayaḥ suvijayo bhavatīti mayā saha || 34 ||
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jayākhyā vijayā''dhānā dāsī mattanujā śubhā |
prākaṭyākhyā susāmarthyā madabhinnā samāgatā || 35 ||
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vartate sarvathā divyā bhaktānāṃ jayadā śubhā |
kanyakā sukumārī sā bhaktānāṃ muktidā dhruvam || 36 ||
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nārāyaṇī jayantīti samākhyātā madātmikā |
brahmarūpā mama mūrtirmatsvarūpā tu sā sadā || 37 ||
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madvinā naiva kutrāpi vasatīti mayā saha |
vartamānā muktidātrī jayantīti jayāvahā || 38 ||
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tasyai cāpi mayā naikarūpadhāraṇaśaktayaḥ |
pradattāśca tataḥ sāpi naikakoṭisvarūpatām || 39 ||
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dhṛtvā jāyanta ityetā jayantyonantasaṃkhyakāḥ |
prāvirbhavāmi yatrā'haṃ śrīharistatra tatra vai || 40 ||
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jayantī jāyate sārdhaṃ sādhvī mokṣapradāyinī |
gauṇyaścāpi jayantyastu mayā'saṃkhyā navīkṛtāḥ || 41 ||
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tāstu dāsyaḥ sadā mukhyajayantībhiśca saṃgatāḥ |
sevanātpūjanāttāsāṃ vratācaraṇabhāvanāt || 42 ||
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mocayanti janān sarvān jīveśasṛṣṭisusthitān |
tāsāṃ vāso mayā sārdhaṃ yatrā'haṃ tatra tāḥ sthitāḥ || 43 ||
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brahmaloke ceśaloke jīvaloke'tha vedhasaḥ |
satyaloke jayantīnāṃ divyā lokāḥ sthirīkṛtāḥ || 44 ||
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jayantyaḥ koṭiśastatra tatrā''vasanti sarvathā |
yatrotsavo harestatra tatrā''gacchanti rūpataḥ || 45 ||
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sādhvīrūpāḥ surūpāścotsavarūpāstathaiva tāḥ |
arūpā vratarūpāstā mokṣadāḥ sarvathā matāḥ || 46 ||
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tasmājayantyo mama sarvadaiva saṃsevanīyā nijamuktikāmaiḥ |
naraistathā strībhiradabhrabhāvān muktiḥ sadā tatkarasaṃsthitā syāt || 47 ||
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ityevaṃ me jayantyo vai janmā'hassu samarcitāḥ |
madarhaṇasamā bhaktān bhāvayanti madātmakān || 48 ||
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śuddho vo malino vāpi yo bhakto vratamācaret |
tena prasādayitvā māṃ yāti matpadamavyayam || 49 ||
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śrutvā tattatkathāṃ ramyāṃ datvā dānāni bhūriśaḥ |
kṛtvā tattadvrataṃ śuddhaṃ pūjayitvā ca tāstataḥ || 50 ||
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kṛpātaḥ śrīhareste te sarve yānti parāṃ gatim |
vijayante jayantyo'tra mokṣadānavidhāpanāt || 51 ||
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nityaṃ garjati gāyatrī sarasvatī ca garjati |
ekādaśyaśca garjanti gītā garjati tāvatā || 52 ||
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yāvannaiva jayantyo vai garjanti bhuvanatraye |
muktidānāṃ tathā'nyāsāṃ garjanā'pi na tāvatī || 53 ||
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yāvatī garjanā kṛṣṇajayantyā mastakāyate |
tasmāddharerjayantī vai śreṣṭhā muktipradāpane || 54 ||
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itiśrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne ekādaśīnāṃ jayantīnāṃ ca māhātmyādikathananāmā caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 24 ||
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