Chapter 248

śrīlakṣmīruvāca |
mokṣadātarhare kṛṣṇa janoddhārakara prabho |
pāpināṃ śāpināṃ cāpi śāpināṃ pāpanāśaka || 1 ||
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bhuktimuktipradaṃ divyaṃ tvayā pradarśitaṃ vratam |
śrutvā śrutvā praharṣāmi śravaṇe jāyate ruciḥ || 2 ||
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vada nātha kṛpāsindho vaiśākhakṛṣṇapakṣake |
kiṃnāmnyekādaśī tasyāḥ ko devaḥ ko vidhistathā || 3 ||
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śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
saubhāgyadāyinī putrapautrasampatpradāyinī |
atra paratra sukhadā smṛddhidā pāpanāśinī || 4 ||
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vaiśākhakṛṣṇapakṣīyā nāmnā cāsti varūthanī |
tasyā vratena vratinaḥ saukhyaṃ bhavati sarvathā || 5 ||
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pāpahāniśca bhavati saubhāgyaprāptirityapi |
durbhagā'pi vratakartrī sarvasaubhāgyamāpnuyāt || 6 ||
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vratināṃ tvatra sarveṣāṃ bhuktimuktipradāyinī |
sarvapāpaharā puṇyapradā janmaharā śubhā || 7 ||
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vāsanānāśinī nityānandamuktipradāyinī |
śāśvatyāśca sthiterdātrī kartavyā vratinā hi sā || 8 ||
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māndhātṛdhundhumārādyā vratinaḥ svargatiṃ gatāḥ |
nandayā sahitaḥ śaktyā tvatrārcyaḥ puruṣottamaḥ || 9 ||
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jātiphalādi pūjāyāṃ naivedye vaṭakāḥ śubhāḥ |
campakādini puṣpāṇi kundasya kalikāstathā || 10 ||
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sthalapadmāni deyāni deyaṃ dānaṃ bhuvastathā |
anyatsvaśaktyā kartavyaṃ vratinā pūrṇabhāvataḥ || 11 ||
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daśamyāmekabhaktaṃ vā naktaṃ bhuktvā'tha bhūśayaḥ |
brahmacārī bhaveccaiva prātaḥ smareddhariṃ vrate || 12 ||
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kāṃsyaṃ māṃsaṃ masūrāṃśca caṇakān kodravāṃstathā |
śākaṃ madhu parānnaṃ ca punarbhojanamaithune || 13 ||
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vaiṣṇavo vratakartā ca daśamyāṃ daśa varjayet |
dyūtakrīḍāṃ ca nidrāṃ ca tāmbūlaṃ dantadhāvanam || 14 ||
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parāpavādapaiśūnye steyaṃ hiṃsāṃ tathā ratim |
krodhaṃ tvanṛtavākyāni hyekādaśyāṃ vivarjayet || 15 ||
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kāṃsyaṃ māsaṃ surāṃ kṣaudraṃ tailaṃ patitabhāṣaṇam |
vyāyāmaṃ ca pravāsaṃ ca punarbhojanamaithune || 16 ||
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tāmasānnaṃ masūrānnaṃ dvādaśyāṃ parivarjayet |
ekādaśyāṃ vratī prātaḥ snātvā śrīpuruṣottamam || 17 ||
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pūjayennūtanadravyaiḥ ṣoḍaśottamavastubhiḥ |
āvāhanādikaṃ kuryāt pañcāmṛtavilepanam || 18 ||
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śuddhatīrthodakasnānaṃ vastrābhūṣaṇadhāraṇam |
śrāṃgārikadravādeśca dānaṃ kajjalakāṃjanam || 19 ||
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kuṃkumādimāṃgalikabhūrṇatilakacandrakam |
gucchaṃ pauṣpaṃ tathā hārān pauṣpāṃśca śekharādikān || 20 ||
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arpayeddharaye tatra dhūpadīpādi kārayet |
nīrājayitvā natvā ca pradakṣiṇaṃ vidhāya ca || 21 ||
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stutvā kṣamāpayitvā vai puṣpāṃjaliṃ samarpayet |
evaṃ prātaḥ pūjayitvā mahāpūjanamācaret || 22 ||
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kṛtvā dhānyaiḥ sarvatobhadrākhyaṃ vai maṇḍalaṃ śubham |
kadalīmaṇḍape yadvā śubhe śrīkṛṣṇamandire || 23 ||
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maṇḍale madhyadeśe ca pañcaratnasupallavam |
jalacandanatandulapuṣpaphalasamanvitam || 24 ||
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svarṇajaṃ tāmrajaṃ yadvā kalaśaṃ sthāpayennavam |
tatra ghaṭe tilasthālīṃ sthāpayet pūritāṃ navām || 25 ||
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puruṣottamamūrtiṃ ca nandayā sahitāṃ tathā |
varūthinyā ca sahitāṃ sthāpayet tilamaṇḍale || 26 ||
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pūjayedvidhinā tāṃ ca candanādibhirarcayet |
āvāhanādi kuryācca pañcāmṛtābhiṣecanam || 27 ||
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tīrthajalaistathā snānārpaṇaṃ bhūṣāmbarārpaṇam |
saśṛṅgārā'laṃkaraṇaṃ sugandhitailakārpaṇam || 28 ||
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candanādyarpaṇaṃ puṃḍrakajjalakuṃkumārpaṇam |
puṣparatnādimālādyarpaṇaṃ naivedyakārpaṇam || 29 ||
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jalatāmbūlamiṣṭāgryaphalādyarpaṇamityapi |
nīrājanaṃ namaskārān pradakṣiṇaṃ kṣamārthanam || 30 ||
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prakuryācca vratasiddhyai prārthanāṃ vighnanāśinīm |
dānaṃ śayyāgendukādivastūnāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ parām || 31 ||
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dadyāccaiva samāpyaiva bhaktikāryaṃ tataścaret |
madhyāhnepi vidhinaivaṃ pūjayedbhojayeddharim || 32 ||
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hariṃ sāyaṃ pūjayitvā samārārtrikamācaret |
bhojayejjalapānādi kārayejjāgaraṃ tathā || 33 ||
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nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ vādanaṃ ca kathāṃ kuryācca kīrtanam |
prātarvicintya lakṣmīśaṃ pūjanaṃ ca tataścaret || 34 ||
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aśvadānaṃ gajadānaṃ bhūmidānaṃ tilārpaṇam |
svarṇadānaṃ tvannadānaṃ kanyādānaṃ gavārpaṇam || 35 ||
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jñānadānaṃ tathā dadyād dānaṃ tvabhayasaṃjñakam |
evaṃ varūthinīṃ kāryā vāñchitārthapradāyinīm || 36 ||
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daśavarṣasahasrāṇi tapastapati yo naraḥ |
tattulyaṃ phalamāpnoti varūthinyā vratānnaraḥ || 37 ||
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sarvadānaphalaṃ vratyāpnoti kṛtvā varūthinīm |
lakṣmi pūrve kṛtayuge kathā jātā'tipāvanī || 38 ||
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yāṃ śrutvā tu varūthinyā māhātmyaṃ jñāyate mahat |
varūtho nāma vipraṣirbrahmaṇo mānasaḥ sutaḥ || 39 ||
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viṃśatinyūnavarṣīyo vedādyadhyayanavrataḥ |
gurusevāparaḥ śuddho marīcerāśrame vasan || 40 ||
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nirmāno nirahaṃkāraḥ svacchamānasadarpaṇaḥ |
brahmadhyānarato nityaṃ gururbrahmetipūjakaḥ || 41 ||
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gurorvākyaṃ vedavākyaṃ vedo gurumukhodgatam |
gururviṣṇurgururbrahma gururvedo vidhirguruḥ || 42 ||
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gururdharmo gururmuktirgururjñānaṃ gururmakhaḥ |
gurureva parabrahma gurvājñā baidikī śrutiḥ || 43 ||
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yena kena prakāreṇa toṣaṇīyo gururyataḥ |
gurau tuṣṭe brahma tuṣṭaṃ nāsti kaścid guroḥ paraḥ || 44 ||
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brahmatattvaṃ gurustvasti nāsti tattvaṃ guroḥ param |
gurorājñā paro dharmo gurvājñā svargamatra hi || 45 ||
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gurvājñā lokadharmaśca dharmaśca pāralaukikaḥ |
nānyaḥ kaścitparo dharma iti matvā'tibhāvataḥ || 46 ||
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gurubhakto'bhavacchreṣṭho guroḥ sevāṃ karoti ca |
yathā yathā gururvadet tathā tathā karoti saḥ || 47 ||
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gurukaiṃkaryavṛttyaiva vartate sukhapūrvakam |
marīceḥ sevayā nityamānandena pariplutaḥ || 48 ||
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vartate brahmasaṃsthaḥ saḥ śarīrabhānavarjitaḥ |
ātmārāmo'bhavat so'yaṃ gurorgehe vasan dvijaḥ || 49 ||
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guroḥ sevāṃ guroḥ patnyāḥ kalāyāḥ sevanaṃ tathā |
karotyabhinnabhāvena gurureva tu sā tviti || 50 ||
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kalā marīcapatnī tu marīcārdhāṃganā hi sā |
gurutvaṃ ca dvayorasti kalāyāṃ ca marīcake || 51 ||
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dampatyorgṛhasevā ca mārjanaṃ lepanaṃ tathā |
jalāharaṇaṃ pūjopakaraṇāharaṇaṃ tathā || 52 ||
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pādasaṃvāhanaṃ bhojanottaraṃ pātramañjanam |
śayyāvitānakaraṇaṃ śayyāsaṃharaṇaṃ tathā || 53 ||
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vastraprakṣālanaṃ keśaprasādhanaṃ ca kajjalam |
netrayoraṃjanaṃ hastatalā'laktakaraṃjanam || 54 ||
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tailena mardanaṃ dehe jalena snāpanaṃ tathā |
vastreṇa mārjanaṃ cāpi sugandhārpaṇamityapi || 55 ||
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vastrapuṣpavibhūṣādisaṃprasādhanamanvaham |
dampatyoḥ prakarotyeva saguṇabrahmabhāvataḥ || 56 ||
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dehaṃ na manute so'yaṃ tvātmānaṃ manute'tra hi |
dehānyadātmano rūpaṃ nirvikāraṃ niraṃjanam || 57 ||
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pāpapuṇyavihīnaṃ tadātmarūpaṃ nirāmayam |
pāpena badhyate nātmā pāpena lipyate na ca || 58 ||
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gurorbhaktiḥ paraṃ puṇyaṃ nānyatpuṇyamataḥ param |
guruṃ vihāya nānyasya pūjanaṃ dhyānameva vā || 59 ||
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karoti sa kadācidvai tṛptiṃ matvā gurau sadā |
mūrtiṃ na manute viṣṇoḥ pūjanaṃ na karoti ca || 60 ||
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naivedyaṃ viṣṇave naivā'rpayatyeṣo jalaṃ na ca |
na ṣoḍaśopacārādyairarcayatyacyutaṃ harim || 61 ||
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aprasādaṃ samaśnāti pibatyanarpitaṃ jalam |
valkalaṃ kandapuṣpādi gṛhṇātyanarpitaṃ svayam || 62 ||
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haryanarpitabhogena buddhiḥ kaluṣatāṃ gatā |
rajobhāvena saṃvyāptā'bhavad bhogānugāminī || 63 ||
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haryanarpitamannādi tvabhakṣyaṃ sarvamucyate |
abhakṣyabhakṣaṇāccāsya jātā dehātmabhāvanā || 64 ||
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deharūpo'bhavaccāyaṃ hīndriyārāmasadṛśaḥ |
indriyaṃ balavaccāsya jātaṃ dehātmavādinaḥ || 65 ||
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nāstikyaṃ yauvanaṃ guroḥ patnyāḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ tathā |
nityayogād gamayanti smarajvarātitāpanam || 66 ||
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tathāpi saṃyamaṃ so'pi rakṣati mānasād balāt |
evaṃ bahutithe kāle yāte saptarṣayaḥ khalu || 67 ||
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śaṃkarasya vivāhārthaṃ dakṣaputryā samaṃ tadā |
brahmaṇā saṃsmṛtāḥ satye loke te brahmaparṣati || 68 ||
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yayustadā varūthaṃ tu marīciḥ prāha putraka |
yathā madvacajaṃ samyak pālyate kriyate tathā || 69 ||
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kalāyāśca vacaḥ pālyaṃ kartavyaṃ sā yathā vadet |
madgṛhaṃ sarvathā rakṣyaṃ tvayā śiṣya yathā mayā || 70 ||
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ājñāṃ datvā yayau brahmasabhāṃ prati marīcikaḥ |
brahmaṇā preṣitā saptarṣayo dakṣagṛhaṃ prati || 71 ||
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satyāstu śaṃbhunā yoge vākpradānavinirṇaye |
yayuḥ sthitāḥ punaḥ satyaṃ cāyayuśca punaryayuḥ || 72 ||
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evaṃ bahutithaḥ kālo vyatītastatra nirṇaye |
kalā'pi cātituṣṭā'bhūd varūthasya prasevayā || 73 ||
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varūthasya sahayogātsevane dehamardane |
pādasaṃvāhane caikaśayyāsanasuvartane || 74 ||
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rajobhāvena saṃsaktā'bhavadvarūthavarṣmaṇi |
yuvānaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ prāpya tvekāntagṛhasevayā || 75 ||
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prahvībhūya kalā prāha varūtha bhaja māmiha |
smaratāpena saṃdagdhā śāntiṃ cārpaya me'nagha || 76 ||
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varūtho'pi gurorvākyaṃ manvānaśca kalāvacaḥ |
rājasībhāvajāyuktaḥ siṣeve tāṃ kalāṃ rahaḥ || 77 ||
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kāmakārye vinirvṛtte śāntirjātā tayoryadā |
kalā''śīrvacanānyāha svargaṃ te tvakṣayaṃ bhavet || 78 ||
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evaṃ kāmabalenaitau bhoginau kāmanānvitau |
remāte kāmabhāvena marīcervacanāśrayāt || 79 ||
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tāvatkāryaṃ harasyārthe kṛtvā saptarṣayo gṛham |
yayustadā marīciścāyayau svasyāśramaṃ śubham || 80 ||
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marīcervartamānena varūthaśca kalā tathā |
maryādayā hi vartete kāmanāvarjitāvubhau || 81 ||
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tathāpi gurupatnyāśca varūthasya ca bhālayoḥ |
āyurekhā'bhavatpūrvaṃ pūrṇā yā sā kṣatiṃ gatā || 82 ||
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vicchinnā'bhūt paridṛṣṭā pratyakṣeṇa marīcinā |
marīciḥ prāha tau tatra kathaṃ tvāyuḥ kṣayaṃ gatam || 83 ||
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prāhatustau yathā tathyaṃ marīcirvismayaṃ gataḥ |
akṛtaṃ tu kṛtaṃ hyābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ vai vacanānmama || 84 ||
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nirdoṣaṃ tad gurorbhaktakṛte vākyaṃ guroḥ sadā |
anena pālitaṃ vākyaṃ madīyaṃ kintu hānidam || 85 ||
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brahmasvaharaṇaṃ gurutalpagāmitvamityapi |
viśvāsaghātitā kṛtaghnatā hyāyurvināśakāḥ || 86 ||
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ābhyāṃ kṛtaṃ kṛtaṃ tattu mayā kāryaṃ śubhaṃ tayoḥ |
yāvadevaṃ cintayati tāvad yamasya sevakāḥ || 87 ||
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āyayustau samānetuṃ purīṃ yāmyāṃ prati dhruvam |
marīcistatra nā'vocad yāmyā nītvā yayurdrutam || 88 ||
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marīciranuyātaśca tadā tanaiva varṣmaṇā |
dūtaistau dharmarājasya purataḥ saṃkṛtāvubhau || 89 ||
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daṇḍaśca taptalohasya sūrmyā yogo'nayoḥ kṛtaḥ |
marīciḥ prāha dharmeśaṃ tvayā yogyaṃ kṛtaṃ vibho || 90 ||
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kintu madvacanātsarvaṃ kṛtaṃ doṣo na vai tayoḥ |
duṣṭaṃ yadi gurorvākyaṃ doṣapātraṃ bhavāmyaham || 91 ||
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yamasmṛtau tathā coktaṃ gurorvākyaṃ na doṣakṛt |
yamavākyaṃ tu cetsatyaṃ mamavākyaṃ na doṣakṛt || 92 ||
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mama vākyena saṃsaktau kathaṃ tau doṣasaṃyutau |
tasmānnaitau daṇḍapātre yathecchasi tathā kuru || 93 ||
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yāvadetau na muñcethāstāvannaiva jalādikam |
gṛhṇāmyatra tavātithyaṃ yathecchasi tathā kuru || 94 ||
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dharmastu pitṛvṛddhasya marīcervacanaṃ tadā |
śrutvā vicārayāmāsa naṣṭaṃ tvāyurvikarmaṇā || 95 ||
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sandhīyetā'nayoḥ kenopāyena prabalena tu |
madvākyaṃ ca gurorvākyaṃ supramāṇaṃ bhavettathā || 96 ||
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kiṃ kartavyaṃ mama tvatra viruddhe viṣaye khalu |
yadi vākyaṃ pramāṇaṃ me naitau daṇḍārhaṇau tadā || 97 ||
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yadi daṇḍārhaṇau tvetau nā'smadvākyapramāṇatā |
tasmāt kimatra kartavyaṃ tvāyuḥsandhānakarmaṇi || 98 ||
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varūthena tadā tatra saṃkalpitaṃ gurorbalam |
yadyahaṃ gurubhakto'smi gurvājñāṃ prakaromi ca || 99 ||
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tadā gurvātmakaḥ kṛṣṇo gurorvākyāt prarakṣatu |
smaratyevaṃ tu yāvat saḥ varūtho gururūpiṇam || 100 ||
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hariṃ tāvattadā tatra vyomavāṇī babhūva ha |
dharmarāja śṛṇu tvaitau nirjalau nā''ptabhojanau || 101 ||
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marīciścāpyannajalavihīno vartate'dya vai |
gururūpo'smyahaṃ cāpi guruṃ tau smarato yataḥ || 102 ||
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etairmadāśrayaṃ manye kṛtaṃ tvekādaśīvratam |
kalāvarūthayorāyūrekhā pūrṇā'dya jāyatām || 103 ||
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varūthasyoddharaṇena nāmnā tvekādaśī tvapi |
varūthinī prasiddhā'stu varūthoddhārakāriṇī || 104 ||
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kalā''yuṣaḥ pratisandhānena saṃjīvanī tu sā |
ānandapradayā vyomavāṇyā hyānanditā hyapi || 105 ||
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nandayā sahitaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ svāmyasyāḥ saṃbhavāmi ca |
nandayā sahitaṃ māṃ tu ye'rcayiṣyanti mānavāḥ || 106 ||
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gurudāraratāścāpi bhaviṣyanti hi pāvanāḥ |
śiṣyaratiprakartryaśca śuddhiṃ yāsyanti yoṣitaḥ || 107 ||
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varūthinyā vratinaśca niṣpāpā vai narāḥ striyaḥ |
cirāyuṣkā bhaviṣyanti naṣṭāyuṣo'pi madbalāt || 108 ||
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paradravyaharā ye ca paradāraprasaṃginaḥ |
varūthinīvratapūtā bhaviṣyanti dyuvāsinaḥ || 109 ||
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yamarājabhayaṃ teṣāṃ na syānnāyurvināśanam |
na vaidhavyaṃ na vai duḥkhaṃ vidhuratvaṃ na vā bhavet || 110 ||
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sūryaputrādatibhīto janaḥ kuryād varūthinīm |
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ prayāti paramāṃ gatim || 111 ||
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tasmāt sarvaprayatnena kartavyā pāpabhīrubhiḥ |
śravaṇāt paṭhanāttvasyā gosahasraphalaṃ bhavet || 112 ||
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ajñānācca haṭhāccāpi varūthinyā vrataṃ caret |
sarvapāpavinirmuktaṃ viṣṇulokaṃ nayāmyaham || 113 ||
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tasmādetau pramuñca tvaṃ yamarāja varūthakam |
kalāṃ cātharṣivaryaṃ ca marīciṃ tvatithiṃ kuru || 114 ||
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satkāraṃ kuru datvaiva patnīṃ śiṣyaṃ sukhī bhava |
anyathā vratapuṇyena śāpaṃ dāsyati cedṛṣiḥ || 115 ||
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bhasmībhūtaṃ tu te sarvaṃ sthalaṃ yāmyaṃ bhaviṣyati |
varūthinyā vratakarturgṛhaṃ mā yāntu te carāḥ || 116 ||
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varūthinīdine copoṣitāraṃ cāpyamānakam |
mā prayāntu ca te dūtā yato me vratakṛddhi saḥ || 117 ||
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ityuktvā virarāmā'sau vyomavāṇī harikṛtā |
yamarājo'pi tau pūrṇāyuṣau dṛṣṭvā mumoca ha || 118 ||
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nirdoṣau guruvākyasthau doṣā'liptau kalāruthau |
marīcinā samaṃ yātau nijā''vāsaṃ yamālayāt || 119 ||
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evaṃ te kathito lakṣmi varūthinīvratotsavaḥ |
kṛtvā śrutvā paṭhitvā taṃ viṣṇuloke mahīyate || 120 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne vaiśākhakṛṣṇavarūthinyekādaśīvratamāhātmyaṃ marīceḥ patnyāḥ kalāyāḥ varūthena śiṣyeṇa gurupatnīvākyabhaktena saṃgadoṣe'pi vratena taduddharaṇādītinirūpaṇanāmā'ṣṭacatvāriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 248 ||
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