Chapter 282

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi kathayāmi lakṣmīnārāyaṇavratam |
sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ yāvadduḥkhanibarhaṇam || 1 ||
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brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ yoṣitāṃ tathā |
samastakāmaphaladaṃ sarvavrataphalapradam || 2 ||
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duḥsvapnanāśakaṃ dharmyaṃ duṣṭagrahanivārakam |
yena cīrṇena pāpānāṃ koṭirāśiḥ praśāmyati || 3 ||
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mārgaśīrṣapūrṇimāyāṃ snātvā brāhme muhūrtake |
śuddhavastradharaḥ śuddhāsanastvācamya vāgyataḥ || 4 ||
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smarannārāyaṇaṃ nityaṃ kṛtvā devārcanaṃ tataḥ |
deśakālādisaṃkalpya lakṣmīnārāyaṇaṃ prabhum || 5 ||
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āvāhayetpūjayeccā''sanādyarpaṇamācaret |
pañcāmṛtādibhiḥ snapayitvā śṛgāramarpayet || 6 ||
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gandhacandanapuṣpādimālādhūpapradīpanaiḥ |
śṛgārairbhojanaiḥ peyaiḥ phalaistāmbūlagāyanaiḥ || 7 ||
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nṛtyastavanabhajanaiḥ kṣamāyācanakaistathā |
toṣayitvā purastasya sthaṇḍile caturasrake || 8 ||
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aratnimātraṃ tvanalaṃ sthāpayettu vidhānataḥ |
ājyabhāgāntaparyantaṃ kṛtvā puruṣasūktataḥ || 9 ||
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varuṇā ca tilaiḥ puṣpairvṛtena juhuyāt phalaiḥ |
rasaiścānyahaviṣyānnairjuhuyādvai yathābalam || 10 ||
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pāpanāśāya śuddhyādiprāyaścittaṃ samācaret |
homaṃ samāpya ca japecchāntisūktaṃ tataḥ punaḥ || 11 ||
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pūjayecchrīhariṃ samprārthayed vrataprapūrtaye |
nirāhāraśca pūrṇāyāṃ pāraṇākṛtpare'hani || 12 ||
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vartiṣye iti saṃkalpya dadyādardhyaṃ tadendave |
gṛhāṇā'rghyaṃ śuklapuṣpā'kṣatādyukta kṣapākara || 13 ||
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namaḥ śuklāṃśave tubhyaṃ lakṣmībhrātre namo namaḥ |
kuryājjāgaraṇaṃ rātrau kathākīrtananartanaiḥ || 14 ||
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prātaḥ sampūjayet kṛṣṇaṃ brāhmaṇān bhojayet sataḥ |
dānādidakṣiṇā dadyād bālān sādhvī prabhojayet || 15 ||
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svayaṃ bhṛtyādibhiḥ sārdha kuryādvai pāraṇāṃ vratī |
evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kṛtvā kārtikīpūrṇimādine || 16 ||
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udyāpanaṃ mahat kuryān maṇḍapaṃ kārayecchubham |
maṇḍale sarvatobhadre ghaṭe ratnadalānvite || 17 ||
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tilasthālyāṃ pūjayecchrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇaṃ prabhum |
āvāhanādikaṃ kuryāt pañcāmṛtādinā''plavam || 18 ||
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gandhabhūṣāmbarairmālādhūpadīpādinā'rcanam |
bhakṣyabhojyādinaivedyaṃ miṣṭaśītalavāri ca || 19 ||
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samarpayecca tāmbūlaṃ phalādyarpaṇamityapi |
jāgaraṃ nṛtyagānādi tathā nīrājanādikam || 20 ||
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kṛtvā prasvāpayet kṛṣṇaṃ punaḥ prātaḥ samarcayet |
ācāryāya dadenmūrti dakṣiṇāṃ bhojayed dvijān || 21 ||
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kuryāt tilādibhiścāgnau homaṃ dānāni cārpayet |
bhojayet sādhusādhvyādīn tilādyarpaṇamācaret || 22 ||
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evaṃ kṛtvā vratī samyak lakṣmīnārāyaṇavratam |
iha bhuktvā putrapautrakuṭumbasahitaḥ sukham || 23 ||
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bhogāṃśca vividhāṃścānte yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam |
yogināṃ durlabhaṃ sarvaṃ prāpnoti śrīharīkṣaṇāt || 24 ||
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śṛṇu lakṣmi dhvajāropavrataṃ te'tra vadāmi yat |
rājyadaṃ jayadaṃ viṣṇuprītikārakamuttamam || 241 ||
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devasya śrīhareryadvā tadvibhūteśca mandire |
dhvajadānaṃ prakuryādyaḥ sa syātpūjyo dyuvāsinām || 26 ||
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hemabhārasahasrasya dānajaṃ phalamāpnuyāt |
gaṃgāsnānasamaṃ puṇyaṃ śivārcanasamaṃ phalam || 27 ||
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tulasyarcāsamaṃ puṇyaṃ dhvajāropaṇato bhavet |
aho'pūrvamaho'pūrvamaho'pūrvamidaṃ vratam || 28 ||
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sarvapāpaharaṃ sarvapuṇyadaṃ dhvajaropaṇam |
kārtike vā'nyamāse vā daśamyāṃ sitapakṣake || 29 ||
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snātvā svanaityikī pūjāṃ kṛtvaikāśī bhaved vratī |
bhuvi svapenniśi smarennārāyaṇaṃ prage punaḥ || 30 ||
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ekādaśyāṃ ca vidhinā snātvā dhyātvā hariṃ tataḥ |
śrīviṣṇoḥ pūjanaṃ kṛtvā bhojanādisamanvitam || 31 ||
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atha vipraiścaturbhiśca svastivācanamarthayet |
nāndīśrāddhaṃ prakurvīta dhvajastaṃbhau samānayet || 32 ||
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vastrayutau ca tau kṛtvā gāyatryā prokṣayecca tau |
sūryaṃ candraṃ vidhātāraṃ dhātāraṃ garuḍaṃ tathā || 33 ||
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dhbajadaṇḍau pūjayecca śuklapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ |
kuṃkumacandanagandhairharidrāśarkarādibhiḥ || 34 ||
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tato gocarmamātraṃ tu sthaṇḍilaṃ copalipya ca |
ādhāyā'gniṃ vedamantrairājyabhāgādikaṃ tathā || 35 ||
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juhuyātpāyasaṃ dhānyaṃ sājyamaṣṭottaraṃ śatam |
pauruṣeṇa tu sūktena viṣṇornāmabhirityapi || 36 ||
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irāvatīmanuvākamuccārya juhuyād vratī |
tataśca vainateyāya svāhetyaṣṭāhutīḥ punaḥ || 37 ||
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somo dhenumudutyaṃ ca juhuyācca tataḥ punaḥ |
sauramantrājjapecchāntisūktāni ca vadettadā || 38 ||
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nirjalaṃ tu vrataṃ kṛtvā rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ caret |
dvādaśyāṃ prātarutthāya snātvā'bhyarcya hariṃ punaḥ || 39 ||
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maṃgalavādyagītyādyaiḥ sūktapāṭhastavādibhiḥ |
dhvajaṃ nayeddhareḥ sthānaṃ namaḥ kuryācca vai punaḥ || 40 ||
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devasya dvāradeśe vā śikhare staṃbhasaṃyutam |
saṃsthāpayed dhvajaṃ samyak sthiraṃ nīrājayeddṛḍham || 41 ||
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nārikelaphalaṃ tatra kṣipet sāraṃ prasādakam |
dadyātsarvebhya evātha viṣṇuṃ śṛṃgārayettadā || 42 ||
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gandhapuṣpākṣatairdevaṃ dhūpadīpasugandhibhiḥ |
bhakṣyabhojyādimiṣṭaiḥ sannaivedyaiśca hariṃ yajet || 43 ||
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tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā vratī kṣamāpayetprabhum |
yatra yatra hare kṛṣṇanārāyaṇa dhvajasya te || 44 ||
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śikharasya ca chāyāyā gatistatra ca tatra ca |
duḥkhadāridryadoṣāṇāṃ vināśaḥ sarvadā bhavet || 45 ||
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putrapautrādivistāro dhanadhānyādisampadaḥ |
ārogyotsāhabhūtyādi vṛddhiṃ yāntūttarottaram || 46 ||
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dhvajaḥ sarvopari te'sti māmapi tattathā kuru |
dhvajapucchaṃ tu vijñānaṃ dhvajaḥ saccitsukhātmakaḥ || 47 ||
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vaṃśāgraṃ brahmasadanaṃ vaṃśaḥ panthā samarciṣaḥ |
staṃbhāgraṃ satyasadanaṃ paṭṭikā surabhūmikā || 48 ||
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ghaṇṭikā jyotiṣāṃ cakraṃ staṃbho dharmaḥ svayaṃ sthitaḥ |
staṃbhamūlaṃ pūruṣārthāstvadātmastaṃbhine namaḥ || 49 ||
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yamāmananti vai santa saccidānandavigraham |
salakṣmīkaṃ prabhuṃ kṛṣṇanārāyaṇaṃ bhaje'nvaham || 50 ||
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itistutvā named viṣṇumācāryaṃ sadguruṃ dvijān |
pūjayedbhojayeddadyād dakṣiṇāṃ pāraṇāṃ caret || 51 ||
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paṭo dhvajasya kamale yāvaccalati vāyunā |
tāvanti pāpajālāni naśyantyeva dhvajārpiṇaḥ || 52 ||
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yāvaddināni santiṣṭhed dhvajau vai devatāgrahe |
tāvadyugasahasrāṇi hareḥ sārūpyamaśnute || 53 ||
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āropitaṃ dhvajaṃ dṛṣṭvā ye'bhinandanti harṣitāḥ |
teṣāṃ pāpāni naśyanti vajralepasamānyapi || 54 ||
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dhvajo dhunvanpaṭaṃ dhunotyarpiṇastvaghasaṃcayān |
dhvajāropakaro yāti vimānena divaṃ param || 55 ||
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purā kṛtayuge tvāsīt sumatiḥ somavaṃśajaḥ |
nṛpo irikathārakto rājñī satyamatistathā || 56 ||
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tāvubhau dampatī nityaṃ hareḥ pūjāparāyaṇau |
jātismarau jalānnadau dharmakāryāṇi tenatuḥ || 57 ||
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ropayati dhvajaṃ rājā dvādaśīdvādaśīdine |
tasya kīrtiṃ jagurdevāḥ śrutvā vibhāṇḍako yayau || 58 ||
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kṛtātithyaṃ muniṃ rājā prāñjaliḥ samuvāca ha |
bhagavan kṛtakṛtyo'smi bhavadabhyāgamena vai || 59 ||
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satāmāgamanaṃ sarvasaukhyārthaṃ gṛhiṇāṃ bhavet |
yatra satāṃ paraṃ prema tatra syuḥ sarvasampadaḥ || 60 ||
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tejaḥ kīrtirdhanaṃ dhānyaṃ putrā vṛddhiṃ prayānti ca |
śreyāṃsyanudinaṃ tatra yatra syādvai satāṃ kṛpā || 61 ||
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yo mūrdhni dhārayed bhāvāt mahatpādajalaṃ rajaḥ |
saḥ snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu yajñāvabhṛthakeṣu ca || 62 ||
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mama dārāśca putrāśca sampat tvayi samarpitāḥ |
māmājñāpaya śīghraṃ kiṃ supriyaṃ karavāṇi te || 63 ||
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śratvā kareṇa rājñaśca spṛṣṭvā śiro vibhāṇḍakaḥ |
prasannaḥ saṃstadā prāha rājan yaduktavān bhavān || 64 ||
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sarvaṃ kulocitaṃ te'sti bahuśreyāṃsyavāpnuhi |
dharmaścārthaśca kāmaśca mokṣaśceti catuṣṭayam || 65 ||
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mahatāṃ sevayā prāṇī labhate śāśvataṃ sukham |
svasti te satataṃ bhūyād yatpṛcchāmi taducyatām || 66 ||
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pūjā bahuvidhāḥ kṛṣṇatuṣṭidāḥ santi tāsu vai |
dhvajāropaṃ pradhānaṃ tvaṃ matvā karoṣi taṃ katham || 67 ||
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bhāryāpi te sadā nṛtyaparā tatra kathaṃ vada |
śrutvā rājā tu taṃ prāhā''ścaryakāri purābhavam || 68 ||
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ahamāsaṃ purā śūdro mālinīnāmako hyaghī |
madyamāṃsavyabhicāracauryādikārako'ghṛṇī || 69 ||
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hatyākṛt matprajābandhuparityakto vanaṃ gataḥ |
jīrṇaṃ devālayaṃ viṣṇorāśrayaṃ samupeyivān || 70 ||
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phalamūlāśano nityaṃ varṣāṇāṃ viṃśatiḥ sthitaḥ |
jīrṇasphuṭitasandhānaṃ tasya sarvamakāriṣam || 71 ||
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svanivāsāya sā bhūmirmayā liptā susaṃskṛtā |
vṛkṣāścāropitāstatra cābhisiktāḥ sarojalaiḥ || 72 ||
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sandhāya jīrṇavastrāṇi dhvajaścāropito mayā |
śalākārpaṇakāṇḍaiśca viṣṇubhittiḥ surakṣitā || 73 ||
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iyaṃ niṣādo nāmnā tu kokilā bandhutarjitā |
vindhyādrerdārukasutā tvāyātā daivayogataḥ || 74 ||
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puṃścalīyaṃ mayā prāptā patnītvenā'bhirakṣitā |
devasevāṃ prakurvantau dampatībhāvamāśritau || 75 ||
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sthitau varṣāṇi daśa caikadā rātrau parasparam |
madyapānena mattau ca muditau māṃsabhojanāt || 76 ||
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tanuvastrā'parijñānau nṛtyaṃ cakṛva mohitau |
prārabdhakarmabhogāntamāvāṃ yugapadāsthitau || 77 ||
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netumāvāṃ tadā''yātā yamadūtā bhayaṃkarāḥ |
tadā svasevakau matvā viṣṇurdevālayasthitaḥ || 78 ||
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svadūtānpreṣayāmāsa śaṃkhacakragadādharān |
te tūcurbho durācārā yāmyā muñcadhvamarcinau || 79 ||
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pūjakau mama bhaktau vai madāśritau vanasthitau |
śrutvocustāṃstadā yāmyā imau vai pāpinau parau || 80 ||
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yamena pāpino daṇḍyāstanneṣyāmo vayaṃ tvimau |
śrutvocurvaiṣṇavāstāṃśca pāpā''grahaṃ prakurvataḥ || 81 ||
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etau pāpavinirmuktau hareḥ śuśrūṣaṇe ratau |
hariṇā trāyamāṇau tu muñcadhvamavilambitam || 82 ||
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eṣā tu nartanaṃ cakre tathaiṣaḥ dhvajaropaṇam |
hareḥ saudhā'vanaparau svārthe parārthakārakau || 83 ||
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antakāle'pi yannāma śrutvoktvāpi ca vai sakṛt |
labhate mokṣaṇaṃ svargaṃ kimu śuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ || 84 ||
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kṛṣṇasevī yatisevī pāpo'pi yāti vaiṣṇavam |
muhūrtaṃ vā muhūrtārdhaṃ yastiṣṭheddharimandire || 85 ||
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so'pi yāti brahmalokaṃ kimu dvātriṃśavatsarān |
mārjanalepanajīrṇaśīrṇasandhānakārakau || 86 ||
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mandire dīpasalilavṛkṣachāyāvidhāyakau |
kathametau mahāpuṇyau yātanābhogayoginau || 87 ||
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ityuktvā saṃprasahyaiva yāmyapāśān nirasya ca |
gṛhītvā''vāṃ vimānāgrye yayurviṣṇoḥ sukhaṃ padam || 88 ||
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tatra divyān mahābhogān bhuktvā yātau mahīmimām |
atrāpi sadhvajaṃ rājyaṃ prāptaṃ sevāprasādataḥ || 89 ||
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anicchayā kṛtenāpi prāptaṃ rājyaṃ mahatphalam |
smṛtvā tacca mayā keturanayā nṛtyamarpyate || 90 ||
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icchayā''rādhya govindaṃ prāpsyāvaḥ paramāṃ gatim |
vivaśe'pi phalaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kiṃ punaḥ śraddhayā kṛte || 91 ||
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vibhāṇḍakastu tacchrutvā tau praśasya yayau vanam |
iti jānīhi kamale kṛṣṇanārāyaṇasya vai || 92 ||
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paricaryā tu sarveṣāṃ cintāmaṇisamā matā |
haribhaktiparāṇāṃ hi sarvakāmaprado hariḥ || 93 ||
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idṃ pavitramākhyānaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti paṭhettathā |
harisevāparo vaktā te'pi yānti parāṃ gatim || 94 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇavrataṃ tadudyāpanaṃ devālayadhvajāropaṇalepanarakṣa |
ṇādipuṇyaśālinorapi pāpakarmiṇormālinākhyaśūdraśūdryormaraṇe yamadūtāt mocitayoḥ prāptarājyakayoḥ sumati |
nṛpasatyamatirā्jñyorvibhāṇḍakaṃ prati vṛttāntakathanamityādinirūpaṇanāmā dvāśītyadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 282 ||
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