Chapter 389

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi pravakṣyāmi merudevyāḥ kathāṃ śubhām |
pativratāyā nābheśca patnyā yadṛṣabhaḥ sutaḥ || 1 ||
[Analyze grammar]

jambūdvīpādhipaḥ pūrvamāsīdāgnīdhrarājakaḥ |
tasya putro'bhavannābhiranapatyo'bhajaddharim || 2 ||
[Analyze grammar]

nābheḥ patnī merudevī pātivratyaparāyaṇā |
patiṃ devaṃ patiṃ kṛṣṇaṃ patiṃ nārāyaṇaṃ param || 3 ||
[Analyze grammar]

patiṃ dharmaṃ patiṃ karma varma nārāyaṇātmakam |
parabrahma patiṃ matvā sevate svātmavat sadā || 4 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sa ca brahmarṣipatnīnāṃ brahmajñā brahmavittamā |
brahmatantuvedavidyāvatī homaparāyaṇā || 5 ||
[Analyze grammar]

karmakāṇḍakriyābhijñā pūjāpāṭhaparāyaṇā |
brahmaśaktisvarūpā sā sarasvatyaparā yathā || 6 ||
[Analyze grammar]

vartatesma brahmaparā sati rājye'pi pāvanī |
prātaḥ snātvā patiṃ natvā devān saṃpūjya vastubhiḥ || 7 ||
[Analyze grammar]

patyuḥ pūjāṃ vidhātuṃ sā prāvartate patipriyā |
patiṃ saṃsnāpya vastrādyairalaṃkṛtya tataḥ satī || 8 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tadaṃguṣṭhajalaṃ pītvā mahāpūjāṃ karoti sā |
suvarṇasya śubhe pīṭhe saṃniṣādya patiṃ mudā || 9 ||
[Analyze grammar]

viṣṇave patirūpāya samarpayāmi cāsanam |
arghaṃ pādyaṃ cācamanaṃ matsvāmine'rpayāmi ca || 10 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dantaśuddhikaraṃ cāṅgaṃ kāṣṭhaṃ dadāmi rakṣiṇe |
gaṇḍūṣārthaṃ jalaṃ tairthaṃ sugandhiyuk dadāmi ca || 11 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śaucādyarthaṃ jalaṃ cānyat pradadāmi madarthine |
mṛttikādyaiḥ parāṃ śuddhiṃ kārayitvā'mṛtāni ca || 12 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dadhi dugdhaṃ ghṛtaṃ miṣṭaṃ madhu dadāmi svāmine |
abhiṣekārthasalilaṃ samarpayāmi svāmine || 13 ||
[Analyze grammar]

snapayāmi patiṃ tailaṃ mardayāmi sugandhakṛt |
siñcāmi ca jalaṃ yogyaṃ snānārthaṃ mama svāmini || 14 ||
[Analyze grammar]

komalenā'mbareṇā'haṃ mārjayāmi jalaṃ tanoḥ |
vastraṃ suvarṇavarṇaṃ ca dhautraṃ yajñopavītakam || 15 ||
[Analyze grammar]

uttarīyaṃ yajñapaṭṭaṃ svāmine tvarpayāmi ca |
keśaprasādhanaṃ puṣpasugandhatailayogataḥ || 16 ||
[Analyze grammar]

kurve matsvāminastuṣṭyai samarpayāmi candanam |
tilakaṃ candrakaṃ bhāle kārayāmi suśobhitam || 17 ||
[Analyze grammar]

netrayoḥ kajjalaṃ ramyaṃ samanajmi satīpateḥ |
mastake mukuṭaṃ ramyaṃ karṇayoḥ kuṇḍale śubhe || 18 ||
[Analyze grammar]

kaṇṭhe maṇigrathitātyuttamahārān dadāmi ca |
hastayoḥ śṛṃkhale dve ca bhujayoḥ kaṭake śubhe || 19 ||
[Analyze grammar]

prakoṣṭhayoḥ kaṭake ca kaṭyāṃ ca raśanāṃ tathā |
pādayornūpure ramye puṣpahārāṃśca śekharān || 20 ||
[Analyze grammar]

gale mālāḥ kare gucchaṃ pāduke pādayoḥ śubhe |
samarpayāmi pataye sauvarṇasya kṛtāni vai || 21 ||
[Analyze grammar]

chatraṃ ca cāmare ramye siṃhāsanaṃ suvarṇajam |
dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ cā'kṣatāṃśca kuṃkumaṃ svarṇayaṣṭikām || 22 ||
[Analyze grammar]

samarpayāmi pataye naivedyaṃ miṣṭabhojanam |
svarṇasthālyāṃ pradattaṃ ca śaṣkulīlaḍḍukādikam || 23 ||
[Analyze grammar]

pāyasānnaṃ vyañjanāni dadhi dugdhādikaṃ phalam |
bhakṣyabhojye lehyacośye peyaṃ miṣṭaṃ jalādikam || 24 ||
[Analyze grammar]

samarpayāmi pataye kṛṣṇanārāyaṇātmane |
ārārtrikaṃ tāmbūlakaṃ jalaṃ śaṃkhasya śītalam || 25 ||
[Analyze grammar]

pradakṣiṇāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ ca puṣpāñjaliṃ samarpaye |
natiṃ kṣamārpaṇaṃ cāpi dāsyaṃ sarvaṃ samarpaye || 26 ||
[Analyze grammar]

pādasaṃvāhanaṃ cānyāṃ sevāṃ sarvāṃ karomi ca |
kṛṣṇanārāyaṇarūpasvāmino'haṃ pativratā || 27 ||
[Analyze grammar]

admi prasādaṃ devasya patyurme pāpanāśanam |
evaṃ pūjayate nityaṃ prātaḥ patiṃ yadā satī || 28 ||
[Analyze grammar]

patyau divyaṃ kṛṣṇanārāyaṇaṃ tatra caturbhujam |
paśyati sma tadā pātivratyabhaktyā mahāsatī || 29 ||
[Analyze grammar]

evaṃ prātaśca madhyāhne sāyaṃ rātrau ca sevate |
ekadā sā sthitā dhyāne sevayitvā patiṃ satī || 30 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dadarśa sā mahattejo brahmalokā'vadhipratham |
āviścakāra bhagavān kṛṣṇanārāyaṇo hariḥ || 31 ||
[Analyze grammar]

hiraṇmayaḥ pītakauśeyāmbaradhṛk śriyā yutaḥ |
śaṃkhacakragadāpadmacarmakhaḍgasuveṇumān || 32 ||
[Analyze grammar]

lasanmukuṭakuṇḍalakaṭakakaṭisūtrakaḥ |
hārakeyūranūpurādyaṃgabhūṣaṇabhūṣitaḥ || 33 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tādṛśaṃ śrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇaṃ cā''rhat pativratā |
tulasīdaladūrvā'dbhiḥ kusumaiśca nivedanaiḥ || 34 ||
[Analyze grammar]

arhattamo'si bhagavan divyaguṇasamanvitaḥ |
guṇagānaṃ sevanaṃ te bhaktāyā me'stu gocaram || 35 ||
[Analyze grammar]

rājarṣirme patiḥ śaśvatprajākāmo'sti bhaktarāṭ |
tvatsamaḥ syādasya putro yenā'haṃ sukhamāpnuyām || 36 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhagavānāha me dāsi tvanmukhaṃ manmukhaṃ sati |
tvayā'rthitaṃ satīvākyaṃ satyaṃ bhavatu tattathā || 37 ||
[Analyze grammar]

āgnīdhrīyoṃ'śakalayā'vatariṣyāmi te gṛhe |
ityuktvā satkṛtiṃ labdhvā tvantardadhe pumuttamaḥ || 38 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tasmindine niśākāle merudevyāṃ narāyaṇaḥ |
prāviveśā'tha prātaścāvātatāra tadgṛhe || 39 ||
[Analyze grammar]

jātamātro yuvā sarvajñānasiddhiprapūritaḥ |
sāmyopaśamavairāgyaiśvaryavibhūtisaṃbhṛtaḥ || 40 ||
[Analyze grammar]

etādṛśaṃ sutaṃ kīrtibalaujaḥśrīguṇādibhiḥ |
vīryaśauryadharmabhaktiyutaṃ taṃ ṛṣabhaṃ jagau || 41 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ṛṣabho'yaṃ kṛṣṇanārāyaṇāvatāra eva saḥ |
yatspardhayā mahendraśca na vavarṣa samātrayam || 42 ||
[Analyze grammar]

yogeśvaraḥ sa ṛṣabhaḥ prahasya yogamāyayā |
ajanābhe svīyarājye megho bhūtvā'bhyavarṣayat || 43 ||
[Analyze grammar]

nābhiḥ putraṃ tamṛṣabhaṃ rājye'bhiṣicya cātmanā |
parātmani mahāyogaṃ merudevyā yuto'labhat || 44 ||
[Analyze grammar]

naranārāyaṇaṃ dhyātvā dampatī mokṣamīyatuḥ |
ṛṣabhaḥ sthāpayāmāsa vidyāśikṣāpradaṃ śubham || 45 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dharmaśikṣaṇalābhārthaṃ vidyāgurukulaṃ mahat |
svayaṃ rājā svayaṃ śikṣācāryo bhūtvā'pyaśikṣayat || 46 ||
[Analyze grammar]

indraḥ svayaṃ samāgatya jayantyākhyāṃ svaputrikām |
lakṣmīrūpāṃ bhagavate ṛṣabhāya dadau satīm || 47 ||
[Analyze grammar]

gṛhadharmeṇa ṛṣabhastasyāṃ putraśataṃ śubham |
yogināṃ maṇḍalaṃ tadvai janayāmāsa sadṛśam || 48 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tatra vai bharato rājā bhāratādhipatirbabhau |
kavirharirantarikṣaḥ prabuddhaḥ pippalāyanaḥ || 49 ||
[Analyze grammar]

āvirhotro'tha drumilaścamasaḥ karabhājanaḥ |
mahābhāgavatāścaite brahmamārgāśca yoginaḥ || 50 ||
[Analyze grammar]

anye kuśāvartakādyā rājāno'pyabhavan sutāḥ |
brāhmaṇā yajñaśīlāśca śrotrīyāścā'bhavanpare || 51 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ṛṣabho bhagavān kāruṇikaḥ śāntiprado nṛṇām |
dravyadeśavayaḥśraddhākālojitavṛṣe'carat || 52 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ekadā'bhūt samālakṣāvadhibrahmarṣisaṃkulā |
brahmāvarte jagāma śrīṛṣabho bodhamādadau || 53 ||
[Analyze grammar]

rājyaṃ smṛddhiḥ sukhaṃ sarvaṃ svīyaṃ ceti prakalpitam |
pārthivena prapuṣṭaṃ ca dehaṃ pārakyamityapi || 54 ||
[Analyze grammar]

klidyamānairbhojanādyaiḥ kledadharmaṃ ca pāśavam |
saṃjñānaṃ tattanuṃ labdhvā brahmārjanaṃ praśasyate || 55 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sattvaśuddhirdehabhāve kathaṃ syād bhogasaṃbhṛte |
brahmasaukhye śāśvatike kurvantu śramaṇaṃ prajāḥ || 56 ||
[Analyze grammar]

brahmātmāno brahmarūpā brahmasaukhyā hi sādhavaḥ |
yogino yatayaḥ sevyā mahābhāgavatā janaiḥ || 57 ||
[Analyze grammar]

gṛhadārā'patyavāṭīpaśukṣetrāṇi yāni ca |
māṃ tu nārāyaṇaṃ tyaktvā bandhanāni tu tāni vai || 58 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tāneva māṃ puraskṛtya yojitāni pare yadi |
mokṣadvārāṇi jāyante suhṛdaḥ sādhavo yathā || 59 ||
[Analyze grammar]

māṃ vihāyendriyagrāme lubdhaśca viṣayeṣviha |
ramate yaḥ sadā baddho na sa sādhuḥ prajāyate || 60 ||
[Analyze grammar]

yasyātmendriyaviṣayā'ntaḥkaraṇāḍhyavarṣmaṇaḥ |
ātmatattvāptyānukūlyaṃ sa vai pāśātpramucyate || 61 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tatsarvaṃ matprītiyuktaṃ yod syāt karmakṛd yadi |
nirguṇaṃ matpadaprāptipradaṃ syādātmanaḥ priyam || 62 ||
[Analyze grammar]

svārthaṃ bandhakaraṃ sarvaṃ parārthaṃ mokṣadaṃ yataḥ |
strīpuṃbhāvaṃ hṛdayasthaṃ granthirūpaṃ vicintya yaḥ || 63 ||
[Analyze grammar]

mohaṃ vihāya vijñaḥ syāttadā''ślatheta bandhanam |
karmāśayo vilīyeta muktaḥ syādātmanā''tmani || 64 ||
[Analyze grammar]

icchālaye yatnalayo niṣtṛṣṇasya prajāyate |
pūrṇakāmāśraye prāpte tṛṣṇā sarvā nivartate || 65 ||
[Analyze grammar]

duḥkhadoṣāntakṛtsarvaṃ nāhaṃ tathā nirīhakaḥ |
iti vimṛśya vidyāvān paramahaṃsamāśrayet || 66 ||
[Analyze grammar]

mayi karmāṇi sannyasya matkathāśravaṇādibhiḥ |
mama satāṃ prasaṃgena mama līlāprakīrtanaiḥ || 67 ||
[Analyze grammar]

mayi nirguṇabhāvena yuñjānā muktimāpnuyuḥ |
dṛśye śravye tathā spṛśye māṃ vibhāvyātmano gurum || 68 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sādhuśīlo jano bhūtvā hyuparameta yogataḥ |
bhakttyānuvṛttyā kṣamayā vitṛṣṇayā titikṣayā || 69 ||
[Analyze grammar]

māyāyāṃ doṣavṛttyā ca jijñāsayā'pyanīhayā |
matkathayā sevayā matsāmyadṛṣṭyā jihāsayā || 70 ||
[Analyze grammar]

adhyātmabuddhyā prahaṃsasevayā brahmacaryayā |
śraddhayendriyajayayā yamaniyamavārtayā || 71 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhāvanayā pramādādivarjitayā ca vidyayā |
yogavṛttyā sattvabuddhyā maddayayā prasannayā || 72 ||
[Analyze grammar]

madanugrahasaṃprāptyoddharannuddhārayetparān |
āśāvādagatān jīvānnisargagṛdhnasaṃvahān || 73 ||
[Analyze grammar]

avidyāyāṃ vartamānān kāmakāmānanāratān |
karmamūḍhājjaḍabhāvān sukhaleśārthamūrchitān || 74 ||
[Analyze grammar]

utpathagān ruḍdviḍvyāptānnandhakūpe na pātayet |
prayojayecca naiṣkarmye yena śāntirhi śāśvatī || 75 ||
[Analyze grammar]

putraḥ patnī gururmātā pitā bandhuḥ patiḥ svasā |
suhṛnmitraṃ sutāḥ sārthaḥ sa eva yo vimocayet || 76 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dharmaṃ tu vakṣasi kṛtvā pṛṣṭhe vihāya cā'vṛṣam |
yuñjyāta sarvātmanā kṛṣṇe ṛṣabho haṃsa eva saḥ || 77 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dharmato mānavāḥ pūjyāḥ puṇyaśreṣṭhā hi devatāḥ |
sattvaśreṣṭhāstu ṛṣayo brahmādyā brahmaśaktibhiḥ || 78 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ta eva brāhmaṇāḥ proktā brahmaśaktyanvitāstu ye |
matparā brāhmaṇāḥ sarve mahābhāgavatāḥ priyāḥ || 79 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sādhavo hṛdayāsyā me tolaye netarat samam |
yatra vai śraddhayā dattaṃ hutaṃ gṛhṇāmyahaṃ sthitaḥ || 80 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ta eva sevanīyā vai prajābhirmatsvarūpiṇaḥ |
pade pade pāvakāste yatrā'rhaṇaṃ kṛtaṃ tu me || 81 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sākṣāt so'haṃ sādhumūrtiścetanaḥ kṣmābhujāṃ guruḥ |
paraḥ so'haṃ haṃsarūpo dhāvalyadaḥ śubhātmanām || 82 ||
[Analyze grammar]

mahāmohalayaṃ prāptaḥ kṛtāntapāśakartanaḥ |
granthigrathitagrāmāḍhyaiḥ sukhaprāpyo'tra haṃsakaḥ || 83 ||
[Analyze grammar]

svahaṃseṣu parahaṃsaṃ gṛhṇantu haṃsakalpakāḥ |
ityupadeśamādatvā śiṣyān haṃsān vidhāya ca || 84 ||
[Analyze grammar]

digvāsā brahmabhoktā sa yayāvareṇyamekalaḥ |
jaḍāndhamūkabadhironmattavadvyacarad vane || 85 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ātmārpitasvaparadharmamatā'haṃvivarjitaḥ |
brahmānandaparipūrṇatṛptihāsapraphullitaḥ || 86 ||
[Analyze grammar]

anantakāmasaundaryo naijatejaḥsamujjvalaḥ |
vikarṣan prauḍhavanitāmanāṃsi bhagavadguṇaḥ || 87 ||
[Analyze grammar]

kṣetre vane hyaṭavyāṃ cājagarīṃ vṛttimāśritaḥ |
śayāno'śnāti pibati khādatyapi ca mehati || 88 ||
[Analyze grammar]

evaṃ gomṛgakākādicaryayā vicacāra saḥ |
kaivalyādhipatiścātmamahānandānuveśitaḥ || 89 ||
[Analyze grammar]

jalasthalāmbaragatiḥ siddhasarvārthasaṃbhṛtaḥ |
yadṛcchāptaiśvaryasiddhīrnābhyanandat hṛdāpi vai || 90 ||
[Analyze grammar]

asthire manasi sakhyaṃ naiva kuryāddharerjanaḥ |
viśvastaṃ taccirāccīrṇaṃ tapo nāśayati drutam || 91 ||
[Analyze grammar]

miṣṭaṃ miṣṭaṃ pradarśyaiva garte kṣipati yoginam |
kāmaṃ krodhaṃ kaliṃ mohaṃ bhayaṃ dainyaṃ dadāti yat || 92 ||
[Analyze grammar]

so'yaṃ bhagavadrūpo'pi darśayannaiśvarīṃ prathām |
avadhūtakṛtiṃ tiṣṭhan jihāsuḥ svakalevaram || 93 ||
[Analyze grammar]

pāṣāṇaṃ kavalaṃ kṛtvā dadāha veṇuje'nale |
avatārā hareryāne netuṃ tatra samāgatāḥ || 94 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sādhuṃ purāṇapuruṣaṃ kalyāṇasaṃbhṛtakriyam |
ninyuḥ satkāravādyādyaiḥ sthānipāvitryalabdhaye || 95 ||
[Analyze grammar]

svarga janaṃ tapo mahaḥ satyaṃ vairājakaṃ staram |
hairaṇyagarbhaṃ bhaumaṃ cāmṛtaṃ kṛtvā sa pāvanam || 96 ||
[Analyze grammar]

yayau brahmaparaṃ lokaṃ saccidānandapauruṣam |
yatra vai naiṣṭhikā yogā brāhmā brahmavidaḥ surāḥ || 97 ||
[Analyze grammar]

pibanti brahma paramaṃ nityatṛptā athāpi te |
iti te kathitaṃ lakṣmi merudevyāstathā śubham || 98 ||
[Analyze grammar]

nābheścaritraṃ yasya vai putro'bhūdṛṣabho hariḥ |
kṣudrajīvā yamāśritya bhaviṣyanti sajīvanāḥ || 99 ||
[Analyze grammar]

haṃsā bhūtvā brahmalokaṃ yāsyanti kevalaṃ padam |
paṭhanācchravaṇāttvasya kaivalyapadabhāg bhavet || 100 ||
[Analyze grammar]

āśrayaṇād gṛhatyāgād dīkṣāgrahād vanāsanāt |
yo lābhaḥ sa bhavedasya śraddhayā śravaṇāt priye || 101 ||
[Analyze grammar]

iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne pativratāmāhātmye nābhermerudevīkṛtayā pātivratyadharmeṇa mahāpūjayā bhagavadavatāraḥ ṛṣabhaḥ putro babhūva tasya yogeśvarādayaḥ putrāḥ tasyopadeśaḥ vanacaryā cirantanaparamahaṃsarītivivecanam vivekajñānamityādi nirūpaṇanāmaikona |
navatyadhikatriśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 389 ||
[Analyze grammar]