Chapter 377

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi svayaṃ rādhā golokasthā haripriyā |
putrīṃ lakṣmīṃ tathā gaṃgāṃ sarasvatīṃ ca padmikām || 1 ||
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prāha dharmān pātivratyaparān prabhāṃ śivāṃ tathā |
śṛṇvantu ca sutāḥ sarvā dharmān vadāmi śāśvatān || 2 ||
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strīṇāṃ dharmāḥ pātivratyaṃ nā'smātparo'sti kaścana |
tatra bhuktirmahāmuktirātmānandaśca śāśvataḥ || 3 ||
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varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ ca tyāgināṃ gṛhiṇāmapi |
vidhavānāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ satāṃ strīṇāṃ ca sarvathā || 4 ||
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putrāṇāṃ cāpi kanyānāṃ śiṣyāṇāṃ bhṛtyaśālinām |
pātivratyaṃ paro dharmaḥ prajānāṃ sarvathā sutāḥ || 5 ||
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dhyānapūtā sadā nārī kurute patisevanam |
nityaṃ bhuṃkte tatprasādaṃ kṛṣṇe nivedya sarvathā || 6 ||
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viṣṇuprasādabhoktrī ca jīvanmuktā satī bhavet |
nityaṃ tapasyāniratā śuddhā śāntā dhiyā yutā || 7 ||
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vratatīrthāśritā nārī sarvadā'sti pativratā |
viṣṇumantraṃ gṛhītvā ca kṛtvā sadgurusevanam || 8 ||
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prāpyā''śiṣo guroḥ śiṣyā sampadyate pativratā |
gurvājñā tu sadā pālyā sarvaṃ tasmai nivedayet || 9 ||
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sarveṣāmapi vandyānāṃ pitā cāsti mahān guruḥ |
pituḥ śataguṇā mātā mātuḥ śataguṇaḥ suraḥ || 10 ||
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mantradaḥ sadgurustatra surāṇāṃ vai caturguṇaḥ |
nārāyaṇaśca bhagavān guruḥ pratyakṣa īśvaraḥ || 11 ||
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patireva gururdevaḥ kṛṣṇanārāyaṇātmakaḥ |
pratyakṣabhoktā svaguruḥ svayaṃ dehī janārdanaḥ || 12 ||
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gururbrahmā gururviṣṇurgurureva svayaṃ śivaḥ |
gurau patyau sarvadevāstiṣṭhanti satataṃ mudā || 13 ||
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gurau tuṣṭe haristuṣṭastasmiṃstuṣṭe ca devatāḥ |
guroḥ pādodakaṃ pītvā tīrthasnātā bhavet satī || 14 ||
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mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokāya kalpate |
sā snātā sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣitā || 15 ||
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patipādodakairyā strī hyabhiṣekaṃ svayaṃ caret |
gaṃgājalād daśaguṇaṃ śālagrāmajalaṃ śubham || 16 ||
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tato'pi daśadhā śreṣṭhaṃ patipādodakaṃ matam |
nityaṃ yā sevate patnī jīvanmuktā suropamā || 17 ||
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sādhvīnāṃ nityakṛtyaṃ tu svāmiprasādabhojanam |
yatnena pūjanaṃ tasya tatpādodakasevanam || 18 ||
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pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni patipādodake priye |
tiṣṭhanti patnikāsevāphalasiddhyai hi sarvadā || 19 ||
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patipādodakaklinnā yāvat tiṣṭhati medinī |
tāvatpatnī mahālakṣmīsvarūpā pūjyate suraiḥ || 20 ||
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svāmiprasādabhoktrī vai pavitrāṃ kurute mahīm |
tīrthāni ca prajāścāpi jīvanmuktā yato hi sā || 21 ||
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patiṃ prati padā gacched vratānāṃ phalabhāginī |
pade pade'śvamedhasya labhate sā phalaṃ satī || 22 ||
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vahnivāyusamā pūtā tejasā bhāskaropamā |
vaikuṇṭhe modate paścātpatyā ca hariṇā samam || 23 ||
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viṣṇumantropāsikā yā vaiṣṇavī patisevinā |
na hi tasyāḥ parā devī pāvanī vidyate bhuvi || 24 ||
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harerbhaktā mahāsādhvī svāmisevāparāyaṇā |
vaiṣṇavī yā bhavettasyā mukhānnārāyaṇeti vai || 25 ||
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nirgalitaṃ harernāma mantrarūpaṃ prajāyate |
yasya karṇaṃ viśet so'pi mahāpūtaḥ prajāyate || 26 ||
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bhittvā brahmāṇḍamakhilaṃ sopi yāyāddhareḥ padam |
pūrvānsapta parānsapta sapta mātāmahādikān || 27 ||
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sodarānuddharedbhaktā tatprasūṃ tatprasūprasūm |
aikāntikī vaiṣṇavī tu puṃsāṃ lakṣaṃ samuddharet || 28 ||
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vayohīnā jñānahīnā vidyāhīnā'pi sarvathā |
jātihīnā kriyāhīnā pātivratyaparā yadi || 29 ||
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sarvaśreṣṭhā ramātulyā koṭidharmānvitā hi sā |
uddhārayati lokāṃśca pātivratyabalātsatī || 30 ||
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vayohinastathā'lpāyurjñānahīno'pyapaṇḍitaḥ |
vidyāhīno jātihīno mūrkhānmūrkho'tipātakī || 31 ||
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anāśramī yaśohīno rogī vyādhisamanvitaḥ |
nirvaṃśo vaṃśahīnaśca bhāryāhīno daridrakaḥ || 32 ||
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viṣṇubhaktivihīnaśca dharmakarmādivarjitaḥ |
udāsīno durācāro dhanahīno'pi mānavaḥ || 33 ||
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satyāḥ pativratāyāśca sādhvyā āśīrvayobalaiḥ |
svargaṃ sveṣṭaṃ sukhasmṛddhiṃ bhuktiṃ muktiṃ prapadyate || 34 ||
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sannyāsārjanamātreṇa naro nārāyaṇo bhavet |
patisevāpralābhena nārī nārāyaṇī bhavet || 35 ||
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pūrvakarmāṇi dagdhvā ca parakarmanikṛntanam |
kurute sadhavā sādhvī gacchati harimandiram || 36 ||
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sannyāsināṃ padasparśāt sadyaḥ pūtā dharā yathā |
satīnāṃ tu padasparśāttathā pūtā vasundharā || 37 ||
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sadyaḥ punanti tīrthāni vaiṣṇavī vai pativratā |
pativratānāṃ vacanānniṣpāpā jāyate prajā || 38 ||
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pativratāṃ bhojayitvā tvaśvamedhaphalaṃ labhet |
natvā tāṃ bhāvato dṛṣṭvā rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet || 39 ||
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phalaṃ sannyāsināṃ tulyaṃ yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām |
pativratānāṃ sādhvīnāṃ vaiṣṇavīnāṃ sadā sutāḥ || 40 ||
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brāhmaṇī patihīnāpi bhavenniṣkāminī sadā |
ekabhuktā dinānte sā haviṣyānnaratā bhavet || 41 ||
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na dhatte divyavastraṃ ca gandhidravyaṃ sutailakam |
srajaṃ ca candanaṃ cāpi śaṃkhasindūrabhūṣaṇam || 42 ||
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sadā'rājasavastrā syānnityaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ bhajet |
kṛṣṇanārāyaṇasevāṃ kuryāttu nityameva sā || 43 ||
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tannāmoccāraṇaṃ putryaḥ kuryācca bhaktitaḥ sadā |
putratulyaṃ ca puruṣaṃ paśyed vaidhavyadharmataḥ || 44 ||
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na tathā'dyācca miṣṭānnaṃ kāmavṛddhikaraṃ tu yat |
vaibhavānnopayuñjyācca patiṃ nārāyaṇamṛte || 45 ||
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sāpi pativratātulyā patikṛṣṇaparāyaṇā |
śṛṇuyāttu satāṃ dharmān guroḥ sevāṃ samācaret || 46 ||
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pātivratyaparā sādhvī mucyeta bhavabandhanāt |
putryaḥ śṛṇuta sādhvīnāṃ kartavyaṃ pravadāmi vai || 47 ||
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nityaṃ tu bhartaryautsukyāt hṛdā stheyaṃ tu yoṣitā |
tasya pādodakaṃ bhaktyā bhoktavyaṃ tadanujñayā || 48 ||
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vrataṃ tapasyāṃ devārcāṃ kuryātpatikṛtā''jñayā |
kuryāccaraṇasevāṃ ca stavanaṃ paritoṣaṇam || 49 ||
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patyājñārahitaṃ kāryaṃ kuryānnaiva pativratā |
nārāyaṇādadhikaṃ vai kāntaṃ dhyāyettu vai satī || 50 ||
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parapuṃsāṃ rajobhāvaprasaṃgaṃ nā''caret satī |
yātrotsavaṃ nartanaṃ ca gāyanaṃ krīḍanaṃ tathā || 51 ||
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patyarthamācaret sādhvī nānyārthaṃ vai kadācana |
yadbhakṣyaṃ svāmino nityaṃ sādhvīnāṃ tu tadeva vai || 52 ||
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na tyajetpatisaṃgaṃ sā sādhvī sevāparāyaṇā |
uttare nottaraṃ dadyātsvāminastu pativratā || 53 ||
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na kopaḥ kurute śuddhā tāḍitā cāpi kopataḥ |
kṣudhitaṃ bhojayetkāntaṃ dadyātpānaṃ ca bhojanam || 54 ||
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nidrāsthaṃ taṃ bodhayenna prerayennaiva karmasu |
putrasnehācchataguṇaṃ snehaṃ kuryāt priye satī || 55 ||
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patirbandhurgatirbhartā daivataṃ kulayoṣitaḥ |
sudhādhāvalyavadanaṃ kāntaṃ sādhvī smitānanā || 56 ||
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paśyedvai bhaktibhāvena sarvasampatkarī bhavet |
puruṣāṇāṃ sahasraṃ ca satī strī vai samuddharet || 57 ||
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patiḥ pativratānāṃ ca mucyate sarvapātakāt |
nāsti teṣāṃ karmabhogaḥ pātivratyabalāt khalu || 58 ||
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tayā sārdhaṃ karmaśūnyā modante harimandire |
pṛthvyāṃ yāni tu tīrthāni satīpādeṣu tānyapi || 59 ||
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devānāṃ ca munīnāṃ ca tejaḥ satīṣu vidyate |
tapasvināṃ tapaḥ sarvaṃ vratināṃ vidyate vratam || 60 ||
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dātṝṇāṃ ca phalaṃ dāne tatphalaṃ tāsu vidyate |
svayaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ śaṃbhurvidhātā devatādayaḥ || 61 ||
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ṛṣayo munayaścāpi sādhvīto bibhyati dhruvam |
pativratāṃ namaskṛtya mucyate pāpabandhanāt || 62 ||
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trailokyaṃ bhasmasāt kartuṃ kṣaṇenaiva pativratā |
svatejasā samarthā vai mahāpuṇyavatī satī || 63 ||
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satīnāṃ ca patiḥ sādhuḥ putraścāpi śuciḥ sadā |
nahi tasya bhayaṃ kiñcid devebhyaśca yamādapi || 64 ||
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śatajanmapuṇyavatāṃ gehe jātā pativratā |
pativratāprasūḥ pūtā jīvanmuktaḥ pitā tathā || 69 ||
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satī strī prātarutthāya santyaktvā rātrivāsasam |
bhartāraṃ ca namaskṛtya karoti stavanaṃ mudā || 66 ||
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gṛhakāryaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā snātvā dhaute ca vāsasī |
gṛhītvā śuklapuṣpaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ pūjayet patim || 67 ||
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snāpayitvā sugandhāḍhyajalena nirmalena vai |
tasmai datvā dhautavastre tatpādau kṣālayenmudā || 68 ||
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āsane vāsayitvā ca dattvā bhāle'sya candanam |
sarvāṃgagandhalepaṃ ca datvā mālāṃ gale'pi ca || 69 ||
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upacāraiḥ patiṃ stutvā prapūjya praṇamet satī |
dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ jalaṃ bhojyaṃ datvā tāmbūlīmityatha || 70 ||
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nīrājayetpatiṃ prītyā kṛṣṇanārāyaṇātmakam |
pradakṣiṇaṃ namaskāraṃ kṛtvā ca stavanaṃ caret || 71 ||
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namaḥ kāntāya sadbhartre śiraśchatrasvarūpiṇe |
namo yāvatsaukhyadāya sarvadevamayāya ca || 72 ||
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namo brahmasvarūpāya satīsatyodbhavāya iva |
namasyāya prapūjyāya hṛdādhārāya te namaḥ || 73 ||
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satīprāṇasvarūpāya saubhāgyaśrīpradāya ca |
patnīnāṃ paramānandasvarūpiṇe ca te namaḥ || 74 ||
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patirbrahmā patirviṣṇuḥ patireva maheśvaraḥ |
patirvaṃśadharo devo brahmātmane ca te namaḥ || 75 ||
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kṣamasva bhagavan doṣān jñānā'jñānavidhāpitān |
patnībandho dayāsindho dāsīdoṣān kṣamasva vai || 76 ||
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rādhā prāha tataḥ putrīḥ svasvapatiṃ prati dhruvam |
stavanaṃ cedṛśaṃ kāryaṃ sarvepsitapradaṃ tu vaḥ || 77 ||
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tataḥ stotramidaṃ puṇyaṃ sṛṣṭyādau padmayā kṛtam |
sarasvatyā ca dharayā gaṃgayā ramayā kṛtam || 78 ||
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sāvitryā'tha ca pārvatyā munipatnībhirityapi |
gītaṃ svasvapatiṃ prāpya sarvasāmarthyadaṃ tataḥ || 79 ||
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pativratānāṃ sarvāsāṃ stotrametacchubhāvaham |
prasādarūpaṃ caitadvai kaṃbharayā kṛte yuge || 80 ||
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mahālakṣmyā tathā gītaṃ prabhayā jayayā tathā |
māṇikyayā lalitayā mohinyā kīrtitaṃ purā || 81 ||
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naro nārīṃ śṛṇuyāccellabhate sarvavāñcchitam |
aputrā labhate putraṃ nirdhanā labhate dhanam || 82 ||
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rogiṇī rogamuktā syāt patihīnā patiṃ labhet |
pativratā patiṃ stutvā tīrthasnānaphalaṃ labhet || 83 ||
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phalaṃ ca sarvatapasāṃ vratānāṃ ca phalaṃ labhet |
svargaṃ mokṣaṃ ca labhate patisantoṣaṇāt satī || 84 ||
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yasya mātā gṛhe nāsti nāsti bhāryā pativratā |
araṇyo tena gantavyaṃ narakānmuktireva sā || 85 ||
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patiṃ dveṣṭi sadā duṣṭā viṣatulyaṃ ca paśyati |
dadāti tasmai nā''hāraṃ bhartsanaṃ kurute sadā || 86 ||
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pūjanīyaṃ munitulyaṃ pāpīyasī tu māninī |
satataṃ tṛṇavanmatvā nyakkāraṃ kurute patim || 87 ||
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durvākyavahninā dagdho mṛtatulyastu jīvati |
yāvajjīvanaparyantaṃ saṃprāpya kulaṭāṃ striyam || 88 ||
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tādṛśī na gṛhiṇyuktā nirayā kathitā tu sā |
gṛhiṇī tu patibhaktā devadaivatapūjitā || 89 ||
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sā śuddhā prātarutthāya namaskṛtya patiṃ surān |
prāṃgaṇe maṃgalaṃ dadyād gomayena jalena ca || 90 ||
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gṛhakṛtye ca nirvartya snātvā''gatya gṛhaṃ satī |
suraṃ guruṃ patiṃ natvā pūjayed gṛhadevatām || 91 ||
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patiṃ saṃbhojayitvā sā'tithiṃ satkṛtya bhāvataḥ |
putrapautrādisahitā svayaṃ bhuṃkte sukhaṃ satī || 92 ||
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gurau pitari patyau ca mātari śvaśure'pi ca |
śvaśrvā kuryānnarabuddhiṃ na kadāpi pativratā || 93 ||
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pitā mātā gururbhāryā śiṣyaḥ putraḥ sadā''śritaḥ |
anāthā bhaginī kanyā śvaśrūḥ śvaśura ityapi || 94 ||
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patistadbhrātaraścaite sevyāḥ patyājñayā sadā |
strījātirvāstavī śuddhā tāśca sarvāḥ pativratāḥ || 95 ||
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sarvā jātistvekarūpā tvādau sṛṣṭā svayaṃbhuvā |
tāḥ sarvāḥ prakṛteraṃśāḥ pavitrāḥ sukhadāḥ sadā || 96 ||
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uttamā patibhaktā sā patidharmasamanvitā |
madhyamā patibhaktā sā svārthasaṃsādhikā'pi yā || 97 ||
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kaniṣṭhā patibhaktā'pi patnī bhaktaṃ patiṃ śritā |
tadanyā tu kāmamātraparā pare'pi saṃgatā || 98 ||
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tisrastatra tu dharmāya caturthī dharmahānaye |
boddhavyā dehinā śaśvajjñātvā yogyāṃ samudvahet || 99 ||
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iti te kathitaṃ lakṣmi yad rādhoktaṃ sutāḥ prati |
tāśca dharmānpātivratyaparān śrutvā mudaṃ yayuḥ || 100 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne pativratāmāhātmye goloke rādhikayā svaputrībhyaḥ kathitapativratācāradharmapālanamāhātmyādinirūpaṇanāmā saptasaptatyadhikatriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 377 ||
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