Chapter 57

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
khaṭvāṃgadasya putro vai barhiṣāṃgada īritaḥ |
mayūrāstapatastasya tiṣṭhantyāgatya mastake || 1 ||
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barhāṇi mocayantyatra na cāyaṃ tattu paśyati |
tatra mayūrapicchānāṃ samūhe samupasthite || 2 ||
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patnīvratena teṣāṃ vai mārjanī mahatī kṛtā |
mandiramārjanakārye rakṣitā mūrtisannidhau || 3 ||
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khaṭvāṃgadena sā dṛṣṭā gṛhītā karayoryadā |
mārjanāya pravṛttaḥ sa tāvadvṛṣṭirabhūcca khāt || 4 ||
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mārjanīṃ tāṃ gṛhītvā sa kuṭyāṃ praviśya tiṣṭhati |
divārātrau mahāvṛṣṭiḥ samabhūd bahuvarṣaṇā || 5 ||
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mārjanīpūlakaṃ coṣṇaṃ snigdhaṃ saṃkomalaṃ tathā |
citraṃ tathaiva susparśaṃ śītasaṃhārakaṃ tathā || 6 ||
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pārśve nidhāya śayyāyāṃ nīdrā'dhīno'bhavattadā |
tatrecchayā hareḥ rūpaṃ cāpsarasaṃ vyalokayat || 7 ||
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svāpnaḥ srāvo'bhavattasya dhātorbarhiṣu teṣu ca |
tasya drāgeva putro'bhūt prātaryāvadvipaśyati || 8 ||
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taṃ tu putraṃ mahāsiddhaṃ jātamātrasya yauvanam |
vīkṣya tadā'bhidhāṃ cakre bahiṣāṃgada ityayam || 9 ||
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tadrājye tvabhiṣiktaśca mānī śūro dhanurdharaḥ |
khaṭvāṃgadapure ramye rājadhānyāṃ tu pūjitaḥ || 10 ||
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bhaktaḥ sa ekadā'raṇye parimeyā'nugaḥ śuciḥ |
vicaran svapiturdivye vyāghrāraṇye paribhraman || 11 ||
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kuṃkumavāpīsattīrthe patnīvratadvijāśrame |
samāgacchattadā tatra darśanārthaṃ dvijanmanām || 12 ||
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gurūṇāṃ ca piturlakṣmīnārāyaṇasvarūpayoḥ |
devayordarśanaṃ kṛtvā yāvadāyāti sadguroḥ || 13 ||
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samīpe tatra samaye samādhau saṃsthito guruḥ |
nā''vait rājña akasmāccā''gamanaṃ cāntarasthiteḥ || 14 ||
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svāgataṃ cāpi sanmānaṃ cāsanaṃ cādaraṃ tathā |
naiva lebhe sa rājarṣirāśrame janavarjite || 15 ||
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rājā kṣaṇaṃ ca sanmānaṃ nā'dhyagacchad yadā tadā |
mānādhīno naṣṭabuddhiḥ kṣudraṃ svārthamakalpayat || 16 ||
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aho hyasmaddhānyabhoktā bhikṣuko no'vamanyate |
vāṇyā'pi naiva satkāraṃ karoti brahmamānyayam || 17 ||
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netre nimīlya kapaṭāt kīdṛśaṃ dhyānamāsthitaḥ |
yadi jāgarmi nṛpateḥ sammānaṃ kartumāpatet || 18 ||
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tasmātsamādhimāsthāya sthātavyamiti vañcanām |
puraskṛtya dvijo'yaṃ me'vamānaṃ tu karoti vai || 19 ||
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tasmānnaivedṛśo vipro hyupekṣitavya ityayam |
bahiṣāṃgadanṛpatirmahāsarpaṃ mṛtaṃ gale || 20 ||
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patnīvratasya nikṣipya gatavān svapuraṃ prati |
tāvattasya ṛṣeḥ brahmavrataḥ samāgataḥ || 21 ||
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ṛṣeḥ śiṣyaiḥ svayaṃprakāśādibhiḥ sahitaḥ sthitaḥ |
ṛṣergale mṛtaṃ sarpaṃ dṛṣṭvā jñātvā samādhinā || 22 ||
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rājñā sarpo mṛtaḥ kṣiptastaṃ śāpaṃ prairayatkhalam |
aho śvā vai gṛhapatiṃ bhaṣan padabhyāṃ vimānayan || 23 ||
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dhulīṃ prakṣipatītyetad vaicitryaṃ viṣamaṃ mahat |
brāhmaṇairabhiṣikto vai malakīṭo bhujaṃgatām || 24 ||
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nītastāneva daśati kīdṛśīyaṃ kupātratā |
mūṣako bhayamāpanno siṃhatve yena yojitaḥ || 25 ||
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samīhate tamovā'ttuṃ kā nāma kṣudratā'parā |
śveva balibhuk pāpātmā patnīvrataṃ nirāgasam || 26 ||
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avigaṇayya pitaraṃ pūjanīyaṃ sudaivatam |
gale'kṣipat śavaṃ sārpamavaśyaṃ daṇḍamarhati || 27 ||
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punarevaṃ kukurāste kuryurnaiva vimānanam |
ityāmatya jalaṃ dhṛtvā kare dakṣe'vadatsutaḥ || 28 ||
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yena sarpo gale kṣiptaḥ kuhakānmṛtyumetu saḥ |
māsābhyantara eveti salilaṃ vyasṛjadbhuvi || 29 ||
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datvā brahmavrataḥ śāpaṃ satīrthyaiḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ |
yāvad roditi gurvagre samādherutthito guruḥ || 30 ||
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paśyati sma gale svasya mṛtasarpaśavaṃ yadā |
rudantaṃ cā'śṛṇotsvīyaṃ sutaśiṣyasumaṇḍalam || 31 ||
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sāntvayāmāsa tān sarvān patnīvrato gurustadā |
yūyaṃ sarve kimarthaṃ vai rudathā'tra nibodhata || 32 ||
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śave mānuṣadehe vai śavaḥ sarpo dhṛto yataḥ |
hāraḥ sa vai tu mantavyaḥ śavasya śavapūjane || 33 ||
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nā'tra hānirna vā doṣo hyeṣaḥ snānaṃ karomyaham |
śuddhirvai snānamātreṇa kimarthaṃ rudatha bhṛśam || 34 ||
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śāntistu sarvadā rakṣyā kṣamā rakṣyā ca sarvathā |
śāntyā ca kṣamayā sarve ṛṣayaḥ pūjyatāṃ gatāḥ || 35 ||
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satyaṃ śīlaṃ tapo dhyānaṃ svādhyāyaḥ śaṃ titikṣaṇam |
kṣamā ceti dhanaṃ divyaṃ maurdhanyaṃ no mataṃ sadā || 36 ||
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tanna tyājyaṃ kadācidvai tadasmākaṃ tu daivatam |
kṣamā tu paramaṃ śastraṃ krodhaśastranibarhaṇam || 37 ||
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kṣamayā vāḍavāḥ sarve devaiḥ pūjāmavāpnuyuḥ |
putrāḥ  pṛcchāmi yuṣmābhistasyā'niṣṭaṃ nu cintitam || 38 ||
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iti praṣṭāstadā putrāḥ ṛṣiṃ tatra nyavedayan |
rājānaṃ bhinnamaryādaṃ māsāntare tu sarparāṭ || 39 ||
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kuhako'smannodito vai daṃkṣyatītyeva noditam |
ṛṣirvajramayaṃ śrutvā rājanāśanamulbaṇam || 40 ||
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tepe'tīva svahṛdaye kṣaṇaṃ tu maunamāsthitaḥ |
āha svayaṃprakāśaṃ vai tvanāhāryaṃ tvayā hṛtam || 41 ||
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svalpe drohe mahān daṇḍo na vai nyāyyaṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā |
rājñi śāstari caurādyā na prajāḥ pīḍayantyapi || 4 ||
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rājaśūnye prajāḥ svaṃ svaṃ ghnanti luṇṭanti dasyavaḥ |
apakvabuddhinā tāta  tvayā śaptaṃ tu dāruṇam || 43 ||
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ajñātena kṛtaṃ doṣaṃ bhagavān kṣantumarhati |
aparādhisahasreṣu satsvapi naiva śocati || 44 ||
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kliṣyati no pratikāraṃ karoti bhaktimān janaḥ |
tiraskṛtāstāḍitāścā''kruṣṭāśca kutsitīkṛtāḥ || 45 ||
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gālīdattāḥ praśaptāśca viprakṛtāśca pātitāḥ |
āpatsvapi na duṣṭānāṃ pratikurvanti sādhavaḥ || 46 ||
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tasmāt svayaṃprakāśa  tvaṃ yāhi śīghraṃ nivedaya |
māsā''bhyantara eva tvāṃ kuhako daṃkṣyatīti vai || 47 ||
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iti tu preritaḥ śiṣyo jagāma barhiṣāṃgadam |
rājarṣiḥ khedamāpanno duṣṭatāṃ svāṃ vyacintayat || 48 ||
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aho'nāryo'pi no kuryāt kṛtaṃ tādṛṅmayā hyagham |
brāhmaṇe pūjanīye me mahatpāpaṃ samarjitam || 49 ||
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sampattiryauvanaṃ garvo sattā caivā'vivekitā|| |
vipatteḥ kāraṇānyāhurmayyevā'nvarthatāmaguḥ || 50 ||
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aho me ko bhavelloko brahmadveṣṭurvijṛmbhṛtaḥ |
asya pāpasya pratyarthovaśyaṃ me bhavatu kṣayaḥ || 51 ||
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punarevaṃ na vai kuryāṃ tathā śāstu dharāmaraḥ |
athavā kṣemakuśale rājñāṃ viprābhisatkṛte || 52 ||
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tathāpi me mahān daṇḍo bhagavān dātumarhati |
evaṃ cintayatastasya brahmadaṇḍārthasaṃbhṛtā || 53 ||
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śiṣyavāṇī kuhakādvai mṛtyuśaṃsinyupasthitā |
śrutvā vinayasampanno'naśanavratamāsthitaḥ || 54 ||
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brāhmaṇaṃ tu namaskṛtya svātmānaṃ brahmaṇi nyadhāt |
khaṭvāṃgadapurātprācyāṃ raivatādhityakābhuvi || 55 ||
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bhaveśasaraso madhye dvīpe jalamaye tadā |
vrataṃ cānaśanaṃ kṛtvā niṣasāda udaṅmukhaḥ || 56 ||
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jñātvā samādhiyogena ṛṣayo manavastathā |
pitaro devagandharvāḥ surā yakṣāśca mānavāḥ || 57 ||
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brāhmaṇāḥ sādhavaḥ sādhvyo tīrthāni parvatāstathā |
graharkṣatārakā divyā auṣadhyaḥ kalpapādapāḥ || 58 ||
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kāmadughāḥ surabhyaśca mātaro lokapālakāḥ |
āyayustānsamabhyarcya vavande daṇḍavanmuhuḥ || 59 ||
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teṣu sukhopaviṣṭeṣu rājā mānasamarthitam |
ante kartavyamālakṣya nyavedayaccikīrṣitam || 60 ||
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aho dayābhṛtāṃ muktidātṝṇāṃ puṇyaśālinām |
darśanaṃ tvaghanāśāya paralokaprasattaye || 61 ||
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dvijaśāpo'nugraho me yanmiṣaṃ bhavadāgamaḥ |
nirvedamūlaṃ saṃjāto muktaye prerako'pi ca || 62 ||
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miṣṭaṃ vā kaṭu viproktaṃ sarvathā śreyase bhavet |
tad yūyaṃ me dṛṣṭipathaṃ yātāḥ santo mṛtikṣaṇe || 63 ||
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stheyaṃ kṛpālubhistāvad geyaṃ harerdaśastathā |
kuhako daśatu sveṣṭaṃ na me cintā'dya vartate || 64 ||
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satāṃ maṇḍalamadhye me prāṇo yātu sukhaṃjuṣaḥ |
yatra yāmi tatra brahmajuṣāṃ sevāṃ lasāmyaham || 65 ||
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iti kṛtvā ca natvā ca bhaveśvarasarovare |
madhyadvīpe nirāhāro niṣasāda mahīpatiḥ || 66 ||
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tadā devaiśca munibhirapsarobhirmuhurmuhuḥ |
praśasya vṛṣṭiḥ puṣpāṇāṃ kṛtā jayadhvaniśritā || 67 ||
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tāvattatrā''gato vyāsaḥ śvetavyāsamuniḥ svayam |
śvetarūpadharaḥ kalpe prathame yo hyajāyata || 68 ||
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tejasā sūryasaṃkāśo vidyayā jñānabhāsuraḥ |
yogena brahmasadṛśa aiśvaryeṇa hariḥ svayam || 69 ||
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āgatāya namaścakrurutthāya tatra ye'bhavan |
taṃ copaveśayāmāsuḥ samarhe tu mahāsane || 70 ||
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āsīnaṃ taṃ sa nṛpatiḥ praṇanāma kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
paripapraccha vinayāt śreyaskaramadaḥ śubham || 71 ||
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vayaṃ vai kṣatradāyādāḥ karmaṇā hyadhamāḥ punaḥ |
bhavādṛśaiḥ samāgatya lokānāmuparikṛtāḥ || 72 ||
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tirthībhavanti saudhāni yasyā'bhidhānakīrtanāt |
darśanaspṛśisānnidhyasevāmardanaprahvaṇaiḥ || 73 ||
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sevitāḥ sādhavaḥ samyak sevakānprapunanti hi |
yeṣāṃ pādarajaḥprāptyā śuddhyanti gṛhamedhinaḥ || 74 ||
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gṛhāṇyapi viśuddhayanti kiṃ punastatsamāgamāt |
bhavato darśanaṃ mahyaṃ dayāmṛte kathaṃ bhavet || 75 ||
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tasmānmokṣo mama dhruvaṃ bhavitā śāśvatīsamāḥ |
atha me kiṃ vidheyaṃ vai mriyamāṇasya sarvathā || 76 ||
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pṛcchāmi śravaṇaṃ jāpo bhajanaṃ vā yathocitam |
anyadvā donahomādi śreyaskaraṃ pradarśyatām || 77 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne barhiṣāṃgadotpattipatnīvratāśramagamanasanmānā'lābhaprayojyamaharṣigalamṛtasarpanikṣepatadṛṣiputrakṛtamāsābhyantarakuhakasarpadaṃśajamṛtyuśāpatajjñānottaraprāyopaveśanavratarṣisamāgamaśvetavyāsāgamanasvaśreyaskarajijñāsādipraśnanirūpaṇanāmā saptapaṃcāśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 57 ||
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