Chapter 70

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi  vinā muktiṃ paralokagatiḥ sadā |
kaṣṭā kaṣṭapradā syādvai hyātma svārjitajīvanaḥ || 1 ||
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mṛtasya yadi kārye'pi yogyapiṇḍādi nārpayet |
agre gatervilopaḥ syād duḥkhabāhulyamāpatet || 2 ||
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tasmātkarmagatiṃ yāsyan mariṣyaṃśca svayaṃ tadā |
jīvanneva svasaukhyārthaṃ kuryātpuṇyamatandritaḥ || 3 ||
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naro vā yadi vā nārī śarīrendriyayogataḥ |
sukhaṃ dharmaṃ duḥkhamadharmaṃ kurvanti svabhāvataḥ || 4 ||
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sukhārthaṃ dharmamākuryādadharmaṃ tu duḥkhāya vai |
svena naiva kṛtaṃ kiñcit pāścātyaḥ kiṃ kariṣyati || 5 ||
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tathāpi snehilo loko janaścāpi tathā vidhaḥ |
snehādhīnaḥ karotyeva pāścātye'pi janaḥ kvacit || 6 ||
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yadā jantuḥ śarīrādvai paralokāya yāti vai |
tadā prāṇairvihīnaṃ taccharīraṃ śavasaṃjñitam || 7 ||
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aspṛśyaṃ jāyate tūrṇaṃ kṛmiviṭbhasmasaṃjñitam |
mṛtasyotkrāntisamayāt ṣaṭpiṇḍān kramato'rpayet || 8 ||
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mṛtasthāne śavo nāma piṇḍastatra pradīyate |
tena bhūmirbhavet tuṣṭā tadadhiṣṭhātṛdevatā || 9 ||
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dvāradeśe bhavetpānthastena nāmnā pradīyate |
tena dattena tuṣyanti gṛhavāstvadhidevatāḥ || 10 ||
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catvare khecaro nāma tannāmnā tu pradīyate |
tena tatropaghātāya bhūtakoṭiḥ palāyate || 11 ||
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viśrāme bhūtasaṃjño'yaṃ tamuddiśya pradīyate |
piśācā rākṣasā yakṣā ye cānye tatra vāsinaḥ || 12 ||
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tasya hotavyadehasya naivā'yogyatvakārakāḥ |
citāyāṃ sādhako nāma pretastasmai pradīyate || 13 ||
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ityevaṃ pañcapiṇḍairhi śavasyā''hutiyogyatā |
dehadoṣavināśaśca tatognirjvālayeccitām || 14 ||
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saṃmṛjya copalipyā'tha ulikhyoddhṛtya vedikām |
abhyukṣīya samādhāya vahniṃ tatra vidhānataḥ || 15 ||
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puṣpākṣataiḥ susampūjya devaṃ kravyādasaṃjñakam |
svargaṃ mṛtaṃ nayetyuktvā śarīrāhutimācaret || 16 ||
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ardhadehe tathā dagdhe dadyādājyāhutiṃ tataḥ |
yamāya cāntakāyeti mṛtyave brahmaṇe tathā || 17 ||
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jātavedomukhe deyā hyekā pretamukhe tathā |
ūrdhvaṃ tu jvālayed vahniṃ pūrvabhāge citāṃ punaḥ || 18 ||
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asau svargāya lokāya svāhā jvalati pāvakaḥ |
evamājyāhutiṃ datvā tilamiśrāṃ samantrakām || 19 ||
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tato dāhaḥ prakartavyaḥ putreṇa kila niścitam |
roditavyaṃ tato gāḍhaṃ evaṃ tasya sukhaṃ bhavet || 20 ||
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dāhasyānantaraṃ tatra kṛtvā saṃcayanakriyām |
pretapiṇḍaṃ pradadyācca dāhārtiśamanaṃ kila || 21 ||
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tataḥ sacailakaṃ snānaṃ putraiḥ kṛtvā tilodakam |
śilāyāṃ nāmagotreṇa dadyācca karatāḍanīm || 22 ||
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viṣṇurviṣṇuriti brūyāt tatastasya gṛhaṃ janāḥ |
dvārasya dakṣiṇe gatvā gomayaṃ gaurasarṣapān || 23 ||
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nidhāya varuṇaṃ devamantardhāya svaveśmani |
bhakṣayennimbapatrāṇi ghṛtaṃ prāśyaṃ gṛhaṃ vrajet || 24 ||
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aśrupātaṃ na kurvīta datvā cātha jalāṃjalim |
śleṣmāśru bāndhavairbhuktaṃ preto bhuṃkte yato'vaśaḥ || 25 ||
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dugdhaṃ ca mṛnmaye pātre toyaṃ dadyād dinatrayam |
śmaśānaṃ catvaraṃ gehaṃ paśyan yāmyaiḥ sanīyate || 26 ||
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gartapiṇḍān daśāhāni pradadyācca dine dine |
jalāṃjalayo dātavyāḥ pretamuddiśya nityadā || 27 ||
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putro bhāryā ca vā śiṣyo bhrātā kriyāṃ karotu vai |
pratyahaṃ tu pradattasya piṇḍasyā'rdhe tu dehadam || 28 ||
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tṛtīyaṃ yamadūtānāṃ caturthenopajīvati |
ahorātraistu navabhiḥ preto niṣpattimāpnuyāt || 29 ||
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jantorniṣpannadehasya daśame tu kṣudhā bhavet |
dehabhūtaḥ kṣudhāviṣṭo gṛhopari sa tiṣṭhati || 30 ||
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tatra sthitvā yamamārge gacchantyatha yamālaye |
duḥkhānyanubhavan paścājjanma prāpsyan praśocati || 31 ||
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aho kiṃcinmayā naiva svāsthye mokṣapradaṃ kṛtam |
na harernāmajapanaṃ na kathāśravaṇaṃ kṛtam || 32 ||
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na mayā kīrtanaṃ gītaṃ smaraṇaṃ na hareḥ kṛtam |
ne kṛtaṃ tvarcanaṃ tasya satāṃ pādābhimardanam || 33 ||
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na stotraṃ na namaskāraḥ śarīreṇa kṛtaṃ nahi |
śarīra tanmadīyaṃ na yanmayā poṣitaṃ bahu || 34 ||
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rakṣitaṃ lālitaṃ samyak sevitaṃ ca muhurmuhuḥ |
vṛthaiva tatparityaktaṃ tena kāryaṃ na sādhitam || 35 ||
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indriyaiḥ saha sammīlya deho vyarthaṃ prayāpitaḥ |
samayo mokṣalābhārthaṃ na mayā sārthakīkṛtaḥ || 36 ||
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anukūlā'bhavannārī patiścāpyabhavat priyaḥ |
putra dāsāścānukulāstathā'pyātmā pravañcitaḥ || 37 ||
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dhanaṃ cāsīdvipulaṃ me dānārthaṃ vastujātayaḥ |
kevalena pralobhena mayā mokṣo na cārjitaḥ || 38 ||
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sādhusādhvījanānāṃ tu sevā naiva kṛtā mayā |
duṣkṛtasya phalaṃ bhuṃje kimidānīṃ bhavennanu || 39 ||
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mahatā puṇyayogena mānuṣaṃ janma labhyate |
tanmayā sārthakaṃ naiva kṛtamanyatkṛtaṃ bahu || 40 ||
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krīḍayā yāpitaṃ bālyaṃ yauvanaṃ kṣapitaṃ ratau |
vārdhakyaṃ cintayā kṣiptaṃ mṛtau kiṃ syādaśaktinā || 41 ||
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śarīraṃ tatkalpavṛkṣakāmadhenumaṇiprabham |
kṣapitaṃ cānyakāryeṣu nā''tmakāryaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā || 42 ||
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kiṃkaraiḥ pīḍyate'tyarthaṃ parādhīnaḥ karomi kim |
dānaṃ naiva pradattaṃ vai tapastaptaṃ na vai mayā || 43 ||
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vrataṃ vā pālitaṃ naiva hutaṃ sādhumukhe nahi |
tīrthaṃ naiva kṛtaṃ kiñcid vāpyādi naiva kāritam || 44 ||
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gocaraṃ na kṛtaṃ kvāpi sāhāyyaṃ kaḥ kariṣyati |
kṛtaḥ paropakāro na na kṛtaṃ pāralaukikam || 45 ||
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niyamā nādṛtāḥ samyak idānīṃ kiṃ bhavennanu |
guroḥ pitrostathā sevā naiva kvāpi mayā kṛtā || 46 ||
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nārīdeho mahākaṣṭaḥ parādhīnaḥ sadā'śuciḥ |
bhaktyā vā sevayā naiva mayā vai sārthakīkṛtaḥ || 47 ||
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naradeho mahābhāro naikatṛṣṇāvaho'śubhaḥ |
bhajanena ca puṇyena na mayā sārthakīkṛtaḥ || 48 ||
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evaṃ sa yātanāpreto brūte śocati roditi |
pīḍyate tāḍyate dūtaiḥ krandantyapi muhurmuhuḥ || 49 ||
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jāyādhanadharādhāmasukhaṃ smarati duḥkhitaḥ |
bhṛtyamitrasutāputrakuṭumbaṃ saṃpraśocati || 50 ||
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mārge gantuṃ samartho na dūtairākṛṣyate hyadhaḥ |
karuṇaṃ vilapatyeva re priye he sutādayaḥ || 51 ||
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mocayantu samāgatya māmetadduḥsahā'rdanāt |
putraḥ pautro bāndhavo vā puṇyaṃ karotu matkṛte || 52 ||
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dhenudānaṃ madarthaṃ vai karotu mama putraka |
vaitaraṇīṃ tariṣyāmyanyathā me tatra majjanam || 53 ||
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mayā pātheyamalpaṃ tu na nītaṃ puṇyanāmakam |
na taptaṃ na hutaṃ japtaṃ na dattaṃ kuta āvrajet || 54 ||
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uṣṇenārdreṇa śītena mārgeṇa gamyate yadā |
mūrchitastrāsitastatra hṛdi śocati kevalam || 55 ||
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yadi me bāndhavaḥ ko'pi vastrāderdānamarpayet |
tadaitaduḥkhanāśaḥ syānnānyathā bhoga eva ha || 56 ||
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kiṃkarāstu vadantyenaṃ kva te puṇyaṃ hi tādṛśam |
tadā hā daiva samprocya dhairyamālabhate kṣaṇam || 57 ||
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yadi vai mānuṣaṃ dehaṃ prāpnuyāṃ punareva cet |
avaśyaṃ muktidaṃ mārgamāśrayiṣye śapāmyaham || 58 ||
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itiśrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne mṛtaśavasya kriyāpiṇḍadānaśokapretaśokādipradarśananāmā saptatitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 70 ||
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