Chapter 252

śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
athāpi rādhike devi rājā'śvapāṭalastataḥ |
punarbhāgavatān dharmān papracchā'tṛptamānasaḥ || 1 ||
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aśvapāṭala uvāca |
kiṃ vrataḥ kīdṛśācāraḥ kiṃ bodhaḥ kiṃ samāśrayaḥ |
akṣarākhyaṃ harerdhāma prayāti parataḥ param || 2 ||
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śrīlomaśa uvāca |
bhaktivrataḥ sadācāro brahmātmabodhavān śuciḥ |
parabrahmāśrayo yāti dhāmā'kṣaraṃ parātparam || 3 ||
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gṛhe gṛhe vasan śāntaḥ svārthā'narthau vihāya ca |
anutthitanavehaśca nirapekṣo'kṣaraṃ vrajet || 4 ||
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na doṣaṃ vivṛṇuyācca sākṣātparokṣameva vā |
kalpayennāntare cāpi nirdoṣako'kṣaraॆ vrajet || 6 ||
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adrohaḥ sarvabhūtānāmānandado bhavatyapi |
jīvanaṃ cā'jātaśatru kurvaṃstadakṣaraṃ vrajet || 6 ||
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vādatarkānna kuryācca nābhimānaṃ vivardhayet |
priyaṃ ca kuśalaṃ kuryāt so'kṣaraṃ dhāma saṃvrajet |
prāṇayātrikamātraḥ san viśeṣaṃ cārjayenna ca |
pūjito harṣayennaiva snigdhe snigdho na vai bhavet || 8 ||
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nānnaṃ nindenna vā'nyaṃ ca naraṃ nārīṃ pranindayet |
vṛkṣamūlamaraṇyaṃ vā guhāṃ vaset smaran harim || 9 ||
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ajñātacaryo vicaret nānurundhyāttu dehinam |
sadā tṛptaśca santoṣī prasannamānasānanaḥ || 10 ||
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japan kṛṣṇaṃ rāgahīno nispṛhaḥ samadṛṣṭimān |
parātmanā''tmānandaśca sarvavegapraśāntakaḥ || 11 ||
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madhyastha iva tiṣṭhaṃśca sarvodāsīnavartanaḥ |
parabrahmakṛtamaitryaḥ prayātyakṣaradhāma saḥ || 12 ||
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aśvapāṭala uvāca |
kadā sanyāsamāśritya gantavyaṃ brahmaṇaḥ padam |
kadā vā gṛhadharmāddhi yāyāt tadbrahmaṇaḥ padam || 13 ||
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śrīlomaśa uvāca |
putrapautrādi saṃvīkṣya nivṛttiṃ cābhivīkṣya ca |
abādhitasvabhāvaṃ cābhyasyāśritya ca sādhutām || 14 ||
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bhaktiṃ kṛtvā vihāyā'tra varṣma gantavyamakṣaram |
udyogino hi sānnidhye muktiścāyāti durlabhā || 15 ||
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kārtike mārgaśīrṣe vā māghe caitre'pyāṣāḍhake |
śrāvaṇe saṃpragṛhṇīyāt sanyāsaṃ sādhutānvitam || 16 ||
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yadā nivarteta jagatastadā pravrajettatsthalāt |
prajñayā ca tamaḥ sarvaṃ nirasya śrīharerbalāt || 17 ||
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brahmaprakāśamāsādya yāyāt kṛṣṇā'kṣaragṛham |
ayatnasādhyaṃ muktānāmanyeṣāṃ yatnagocaram || 18 ||
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yatnena ceyate svargaṃ pārameṣṭhyaṃ padaṃ tathā |
yatnena karmaṇā tacca mataṃ naṣṭaṃ bhavatyapi || 19 ||
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tapasā labhyate bhūyastapasā bhujyate divam |
tapasā''tmajuṣā dhāmā'kṣaraṃ cāpi pralabhyate || 20 ||
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dharmeṇa sāttvatenaiva harirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ |
prāpyate puruṣo'nanto'nādikṛṣṇanarāyaṇaḥ || 21 ||
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viṣṇuḥ kṛṣṇaḥ svarṇakeśaḥ hiraṇyaśmaśruracyutaḥ |
vaikuṇṭhagolokavāso brahmapriyāpriyo vibhuḥ || 22 ||
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tasmin sthitaṃ jagatsarvaṃ jaḍacaityaṃ carācaram |
sūkṣmaṃ sarvaṃ brahmajuṣṭaṃ sthaulyaṃ prāpya prajāyate || 23 ||
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puṣṭimeti tataścaiva tasminnapyeti sarvaśaḥ |
sa eṣo bhagavān prāpyo bhaktyā ca saṃyamena ca || 24 ||
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tadbhāvabhāvitaḥ prājño nirmalo brahmaniṣṭhakaḥ |
brāhmīṃ sthitiṃ vaśīkṛtya sukhānantyaṃ samaśnute || 25 ||
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svarṇaṃ vahnisahasrārciryojitaṃ dhmāyitaṃ muhuḥ |
śuddhaṃ sampadyate cātmā jñānabhaktyādiyojitaḥ || 26 ||
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janmāntaraśatenāpi vaikena janmanā'pi vā |
yatnena mahatā cātmā kalmaṣo'pi viśuddhyati || 27 ||
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anādiśrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇo hariḥ śriyāḥ patiḥ |
kṛpayā bhaktiyoge na sannidhiṃ bhajate'sya ca || 28 ||
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akṣare vā kṣare loke yathā tadvad bhavadgṛhe |
samāyāti ca ramate'nugrahapreritaḥ svayam || 29 ||
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brahmaloko'sya mūrdhā'stīśvaralokā hṛdādikam |
jīvalokāścaraṇau ca tredhā sṛṣṭirvyavasthitā || 30 ||
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karmaṇāṃ tapasāṃ vāpi jñānānāṃ vividhātmanām |
sevānāṃ cākarmaṇāṃ ca phalaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ svayam || 31 ||
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aṇḍāni yasya romāṃśe pārameṣṭhyadhikānyapi |
vedāḥ sarasvatī cāpi jihvā yasyāsti sṛṣṭiṣu || 32 ||
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dharmo bhaktirbrahmaparau brahma yaddhṛdaye sthitam |
tatra sthitaśca yo devo divyaḥ saḥ parameśvaraḥ || 33 ||
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mantrāḥ pravartanā devāḥ pātrāṇi ca tadātmakāḥ |
brahmā ca brāhmaṇācchaṃsī potā'gnīdhro yadātmakāḥ || 34 ||
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hotācchāvākako grāvaḥ stotā hyete yadātmakāḥ |
adhvaryuḥ pratiprasthātā neṣṭonnetā madātmakāḥ || 35 ||
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udgātā prastotā pratihartā subrahmaṇya ime |
yadātmakāḥ kraturyadātmakaḥ sa parameśvaraḥ || 36 ||
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muktā akṣaralokaśca golokaśca yadātmakāḥ |
vaikuṇṭhaṃ cāmṛtaṃ cāvyākṛtaṃ ca badarīvanam || 37 ||
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kṣīrālayaṃ śvetabhūmiryadātmakāḥ sa mādhavaḥ |
rādhā kṛṣṇastathā lakṣmīnārāyaṇaḥ sitāramaḥ || 38 ||
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ramākāntaḥ padmajeśa kṛṣṇanārāyaṇaḥ sa hi |
vāsudevādayo vyūhā avatāraprakoṭayaḥ || 39 ||
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bhūmādyā īśvarāścāpi vairājādyāḥ pradhānajāḥ |
brahmaviṣṇumaheśāśca rudrā yadātmakā hi saḥ || 40 ||
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ṛṣayaḥ pitaraścāpi vasavaḥ siddhasādhavaḥ |
ādityāścāśvinau sūryādayo yadātmakā hi saḥ || 41 ||
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dikpālā lokapālāśca surāśca mānavādayaḥ |
sarvaṃ tadātmakaṃ rājan pṛthak cāpṛthageva tat || 42 ||
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jñānena mahatā paśyan brahmaprakāśavān bhavet |
brāhmaprakāśatejasvī paśyatyeva pareśvaram || 43 ||
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sarvān svargān vijānāti sākṣāt karoti cāṃjasā |
tattaddṛṣṭipratāpena pareśvarānubhāvitaḥ || 44 ||
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aśvapāṭala uvāca |
tattatsṛṣṭau tu ke sargā anityā nityakāśca vā |
yān sa paśyati muktātmā tānme vada guro nviha || 45 ||
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śrīlomaśa uvāca |
brahmasṛṣṭau bhavantyeva pañcadhā brahmarūpaṇāḥ |
parabrahma brahmapriyāḥ akṣarabrahma ityapi || 46 ||
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muktā muktānya eveti pañcarūpaḥ sa eva saḥ |
īśasṛṣṭau bhavantyeva sadvā daśavidhastathā || 47 ||
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avatārā avatāriṇyaśca vyūhāḥ pradhānakam |
bhūmānaśca mahāviṣṇavaśca vairājakoṭayaḥ || 48 ||
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sādāśaivā gavādyāśca pārṣadāṇyaśca pārṣadāḥ |
gopā gopyaśca rūpāṇi dvādaśaitāni cāpi saḥ || 49 ||
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jīvasṛṣṭau daśadhā ca sargaścetanasaṃbhṛtaḥ |
tridevāḥ siddhapuruṣāḥ ṛṣayaḥ pitaraḥ surāḥ || 50 ||
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āsurā mānavāścāpi tiryañcaḥ kīṭajātayaḥ |
sthāvarāśceti mukhyāste tatrā'vāntarajātayaḥ || 51 ||
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asaṃkhyātāḥ prajāyante tridevecchānusārataḥ |
saptaviṃśakalpa evā'yaṃ mukhyo gauṇāstvanantakāḥ || 52 ||
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sthāvarāṇāṃ ca kīṭānāṃ tiraścāṃ śubhayogataḥ |
puṇyakṣetranivāsena tīrthayogena vā punaḥ || 53 ||
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satāṃ deveśvarāṇāṃ vā yogena mānavī januḥ |
āsurāṇāṃ kṛṣṇayogāt siddhayogācca mānavī || 54 ||
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tatra dharmādilābhena daivī vai jāyate gatiḥ |
ṣaṇṇāṃ bhaktyā ca vā puṇyaiḥ paitrī gatiḥ prajāyate || 55 ||
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śrāddhadānamahāpuṇyairārṣīgatistataḥ parā |
yogābhyāsavaśāsiddhagatistataḥ parā śubhā || 56 ||
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teṣāṃ yogajalabhyopāsanotthā brāhmavaiṣṇavī |
śāṃbhavī vā gatisteṣāṃ sattvaprakarṣalābhajā || 57 ||
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gatirvairājikī teṣāmupāstisamviśeṣataḥ |
jāyate ca gatirmahāvaiṣṇavī cā'thavā'parā || 58 ||
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sādāśaivī gatiścāpi tataścaupāsanābalāt |
bhūmnikā ca gatiścāpi prādhānapauruṣī tataḥ || 59 ||
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vyūhātmikā tataścāpyadhikopāsanayā gatiḥ |
gopagopīmayī cāpi pārṣadādimayī tathā || 60 ||
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avatāriṇī ca gatistathā muktasvarūpiṇī |
avatārasvarūpā ca muktānikāsvarūpiṇī || 61 ||
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brāhmī brahmapriyārūpā gatiścāpi prajāyate |
ākṣarī ca gatiścāpi hareścopāsanābalāt || 62 ||
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jāyate brahmaparyantā paravrahma na jāyate |
sa evaikaḥ paramātmā sarvāntaryāmimāpatiḥ || 63 ||
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parabrahmā'vatārī ca parameśvarasaṃjñakaḥ |
nārāyaṇaprakoṭīnāṃ nārāyaṇottamottamaḥ || 64 ||
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aśvapāla yadā dehī cādharmaṃ śrayati tviha |
tadā tiryakkīṭayoniṃ yāti sthāvaratāmapi || 65 ||
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āsurīṃ vā mānavīṃ vā nikṛṣṭāṃ janumeti ca |
tato yāmyāṃ bhuvaṃ prāpyayathāvaśeṣameti hi || 66 ||
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aśubhaṃ vā śubhaṃ janma dharmakṛccirakālikaḥ |
mucyata na tu cādharmamārgī kvacid viyonitaḥ || 67 ||
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śuddhena tu hṛdā kṛṣṇaṃ vicinvan brahmabhāvanaḥ |
śuddhaṃ ca śāśvataṃ brahmākṣaraṃ copaiti yatparam || 68 ||
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sarvā sṛṣṭirharerlokāt pravartate viśatyapi |
tameva bhaja cāntaḥsthaṃ pratyakṣaṃ kṛṣṇavallabham || 69 ||
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sṛjorṇanābhivat sūtraṃ granthasva yāvadarthakam |
punarnigila kāryānte nirbandho bhava jālake || 70 ||
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yadā tyaktvā mohajālaṃ punarnavaṃ prakāśaya |
tyaktvā dharmyaṃ cānyadeva vikāśaya sukhapradam || 71 ||
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jālaṃ jālanidhānaṃ vobhayaṃ tyaktvā sukhī bhava |
śāśvate brahmaṇi kṣmeśa bhuñjā'nantapramodanam || 72 ||
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granthayo hṛdayasyeha bhavanti vāsanāśritāḥ |
pradhvastā brahmavijñaptyā punarnavā na santi ca || 73 ||
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granthibandhanahīnaśca prayāti brahma śāśvatam |
naiva tāmyanti santo vai vijñānino hariṃ śritāḥ || 74 ||
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tāmyatyevormibhirlokā mohāśādisamanvitāḥ |
ye jānanti ca bhūtaṃ ca bhaviṣyad bhavyamityapi || 75 ||
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upakramaṃ ca saṃhāraṃ phalodayaṃ samā'samam |
teṣāṃ duḥkhaṃ ca vodvego jāyate na vijānatam || 76 ||
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karmaṇāṃ gatayo bhinnā dhanāḍhyā dhanavarjitāḥ |
sudṛḍhadehāścāpathyarugṇā vā cānnavarjitāḥ || 77 ||
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daridrā vā bahuputrāḥ satī ca duṣṭakāntakā |
aputrā vāpi rājāno devā daityādipīḍitāḥ || 78 ||
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vidvāṃso mānahīnā vā bhṛtyāścālasyasevakāḥ |
surūpā api durhṛdaḥ khyātāśca stenakarmiṇaḥ || 79 ||
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rājyabhogāśca satṛṣṇāḥ paśya saṃsāranimnatām |
sahasriṇo'pi jīvanti jīvanti śatino'pi ca || 80 ||
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daridrāḥ koṭipatayo jīvanti cānnabhojinaḥ |
sarve prayānti nidhanaṃ sāyāsā niṣprayatnakāḥ || 81 ||
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tadvicārya mahārāja bandhanaṃ mā'vamarśaya |
na bāndhavāḥ suvarṇādi kaulyaṃ vīryaṃ manurbalam || 82 ||
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duḥkhāt trātuṃ prabhavanti tasmānnārāyaṇaṃ śrayet |
priyaṃ yaddharṣajananaṃ garvadaṃ tat tyajet sadā || 83 ||
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brahmadaṃ mokṣadaṃ śāntipradaṃ priyaṃ bhajet sadā |
arthakāmau mahābandhau dharmamokṣanivartakau || 84 ||
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tāveva mādhave nyastau dharmamokṣakarau matau |
evaṃ ca vartato naiva mṛtyuḥ kālo'pi bādhate || 85 ||
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aśvapāṭala uvāca |
tattvajñānavihīnasya bahusaṃśayaśālinaḥ |
aprāptanirṇayasyeha śreyo yena vadā'tra tat || 86 ||
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śrīlomaśa uvāca |
sādhūnāṃ ca gurūṇāṃ ca vṛddhānāṃ sevanaṃ sadā |
devānāṃ pūjanaṃ cāpi śāstrāṇāṃ śravaṇaṃ tathā || 87 ||
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kartavyaṃ bhāvato nityaṃ mātāpitṛprasevanam |
patisevā satīsevā pūjyāśīrvādasaṃgrahaḥ || 88 ||
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harerbhajanamityeva śreyaḥpradāni santi vai |
paraṃ naiḥśreyasaṃ bhaktyā pareśasya prajāyate || 89 ||
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gauṇānyapi ca jāyante śreyāṃsi śubhasādhanaiḥ |
satāṃ śubhāśiṣo nityaṃ dānapuṇyasvabhāvitā || 90 ||
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devamandiravāsaśca śreyo naiḥśreyasapradam |
sarvatra brahmabhāvaśca sarvasevāvidhānakam || 91 ||
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devapitratithibhṛtyā'rhaṇā śreyastathāvidham |
māyābhramavihīnatvaṃ santoṣaśceṣaṇālayaḥ || 92 ||
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antarātmakṛtāvāsaḥ śreyo naiḥśreyasapradam |
ātmadhyānaṃ tathā mokṣasādhanādivratārjanam || 93 ||
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jñānadhanaṃ cātmaniṣṭhā śreyo naiḥśreyasapradam |
sarveṣāṃ śubhamicchedvai sarvotkarṣaṃ samācaret || 94 ||
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anyeṣāṃ śubhabhāvādīnatyutkarṣatayā vadet |
anyebhyo mānamutsāhaṃ dadyāt pūjāṃ samācaret || 951 ||
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asvapūjāparaścāpi parapūjyavicāravān |
prajñālābhaparaścāpi śreyo vindati sarvadā || 96 ||
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sādhuṣu vāsamicchecca vidvatsu mārjavaṃ bhajet |
puṇyaśīleṣu maitrīṃ ca kuryānniḥśreyasapradām || 97 ||
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śreyohīnā janā yatra tatra vāsaṃ na rocayet |
svāhāsvadhāvaṣaṭkārā vartante tatra vai vaset || 98 ||
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yatra sukhaṃ mokṣasukhaṃ vasenmokṣāya tatra ha |
muktā bandhanahīnāśca caranti sukhino janāḥ || 99 ||
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saṃcaye dattayatnāśca kīṭādyā api bhūpate |
asaktāḥ sukhinaścaite saktā duḥkhārṇavārditāḥ || 100 ||
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svajaneṣu na vai cintā kartavyā madvinā katham |
jīveyuriti viduṣā śreyo'rthinā vivekinā || 101 ||
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sarve karmavaśaṃ tiṣṭhennidhanaṃ yāti karmataḥ |
melanaṃ viprakarṣaśca yathākarma bhavatyapi || 102 ||
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maraṇaṃ sarvathā satyaṃ śreyo'rthaṃ maraṇaṃ śubham |
śreyāṃsi bahudhā kṛtvā maraṇaṃ maraṇāya tat || 103 ||
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parārthe kṛtadurgaśca svārthe khātaṃ prasevate |
na tasyeha bhavecchreyaḥ kathaṃ naiḥśreyasaṃ param || 104 ||
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tasmād rājan pramādaṃ vai tyaktvā naiḥśreyasaṃ bhaja |
divase divase kṛṣṇaṃ rātrau rātrau hariṃ bhaja || 105 ||
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ātmabhāvaṃ brahmabhāvaṃ paśya mukto'tra saṃbhava |
yasya loke na vai sthātuṃ samīhā vartate'gragā || 106 ||
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prāṇayātrauṣadhā'pekṣā vihārodāsatā tathā |
vicittasyeva viṣayāḥ sa vai mukto'tra niścitaḥ || 107 ||
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annavastrālayādyāśca yasya jīrṇatvaco yathā |
janarddhisaṃgamo yasya marmabhedāyate'pi ca || 108 ||
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indriyāṇāṃ sauṣṭhave'pi yasya nirindriyātmatā |
bhojyabhogyādisampattau vipattivad vivekitā || 109 ||
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so'yaṃ muktaḥ sadā cā'tra paratrā'pi ca bhūpate |
tadyogādanyalokānāṃ muktatā'pi bhavet khalu || 110 ||
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ṛṣīnnṛpān susamrājo bhuktvā bhuvaṃ gatā mṛtim |
evaṃ paśyan bhavenmukto bandhanā''śāvivarjitaḥ || 119 ||
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duḥkhāni sulabhānyatra sukhāni durlabhāni ca |
yatnalabdhāni naśyanti kathaṃ mokṣaṃ na pūjayet || 112 ||
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sati dravye'bhitaḥ sarve śaṃsamānā aho iti |
bhrātaḥ pitaḥ śubhāṃ vācaṃ vadanto'bhyarcayanti ca || 12 ||
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svārthamātraparāste vai gate dravye virodhinaḥ |
dāridrye vā na jānanti kva bhrātā kva pitā ca vā || 114 ||
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kathaṃ buddhvā svārthaparān na virajyeta buddhimān |
asāramiva mānuṣyaṃ niṣphalaṃ cāpi jīvanam || 115 ||
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tasmād bhagavato dharmaḥ śreyānatra paratra ca |
satāṃ dharmo'pi bhaktiśca naiḥśreyasapradāḥ sadā || 116 ||
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ityevaṃ rādhike śrīmān lomaśaścā'śvapāṭalam |
upādideśa bahudhā rājā papraccha taṃ punaḥ || 117 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye tretāsantāne lomaśagītāyāmaśvapāṭalasyā'kṣaragatisādhanapraśnaḥ sanyāsād gārhasthyādvā gatipraśnaḥ sṛṣṭitrayasargapraśnaḥ śreyaḥpraśnaḥ |
lomaśakṛtottarāṇi cetinirūpaṇanāmā dvipañcāśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 252 ||
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