Lakshminarayana Samhita [sanskrit]
by Shwetayan Vyas | 1,169,834 words | ISBN-10: 8170801818 | ISBN-13: 9788170801818
The Lakshminarayana Samhita Chapter 144 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Lakshmi-narayana-samhita is an encyclopaedic work devoted to Narayana although it deals with various deities. The work is written in Puranic style and divided into four books according to the four Yugas. In total, the work consists of roughly 120,000 metrical verses.
Chapter 144
śrīnārāyaṇīśrīruvāca |
yugadharmā hare nityā āhosvit parivartinaḥ |
yuge'nye cānyayugajā pravartante na vā vṛṣāḥ || 1 ||
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śrīpuruṣottama uvāca |
yugadharmā rame nityā yugo dharmātmako hi saḥ |
kintu baliṣṭhapuruṣairvivartyante'nyayaugikāḥ || 2 ||
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kalmaṣāḥ kalidharmā vai vivartyante ṛtaṃbharaiḥ |
dehadharmā vivartyante baliṣṭhairyogibhistathā || 3 ||
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kāladharmā vivartyante satībhiḥ sādhvikādibhiḥ |
doṣadharmā vivartyante siddhaiśca sādhubhistathā || 4 ||
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deśadharmā vivartyante samarthācāryapuṃgavaiḥ |
prajādharmā vivartyante rājabhiśca praśāsakaiḥ || 5 ||
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yatidharmā vivartyante camatkāryavatārakaiḥ |
kanyādharmā vivartyante samājairlokapūjitaiḥ || 6 ||
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utsavādyā vivartyante siddhavāgbhirjanairiha |
varṇadharmā vivartyante varṇāgryanītivedibhiḥ || 7 ||
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āśrayāḥ parivartyante tyāgividehibhirjanaiḥ |
mānasāni vivartyante tvākarṣaṇaparairjanaiḥ || 8 ||
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satyadharmā yatra satyaṃ puruṣe tatra santi vai |
tretādharmā rajoyuktaṃ sattvaṃ yatra pravartate || 9 ||
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dvāparasya rajoyuktaṃ tamo manāk pravartate |
kalerdharmāstāmasā vai tamo yatra pravartate || 10 ||
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sāttvike sattvadharmā vai tāmase kaliyojitāḥ |
sattvarajoyute tretārajastamoyute dvikaḥ || 11 ||
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kṛte yuge catuṣpādvai lakṣmi dharmaḥ pravartate |
prāpyate bhagavāṃstena dharmakāmārthamokṣadaḥ || 12 ||
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dharmo hi bhagavān kṛṣṇaḥ pūjā kṛṣṇo hi tarpaṇam |
homaḥ sandhyā tathā dhyānaṃ dhāraṇā sakalaṃ hariḥ || 13 ||
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pādā dharmasya catvāraḥ satyaṃ dānaṃ tapo dayā |
dharmapātā hariścā'haṃ pādāḥ satyādayo mama || 14 ||
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tretāyuge tripāddharmaḥ satyadānadayātmakaḥ |
yajñayāgādayaḥ sarvaṃ tretāyāmapyahaṃ rame || 15 ||
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dvāpare dvicaraṇaśca dānadayātmakastvaham |
kalau dānaṃ pādamekaṃ dānātmako'smyahaṃ rame || 16 ||
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satye śveto bhavāmyeva tretāyāṃ raktavarṇavān |
dvāpare'haṃ piśaṃgaśca kalau kṛṣṇo bhavāmyaham || 17 ||
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sattvaṃ rajastama iti vartante puruṣe guṇāḥ |
pūruṣanoditāste'pi parivartanta ātmasu || 18 ||
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prabhūtaṃ tu yadā sattvaṃ manobuddhīndriyāṇi ca |
tadā kṛtayugaṃ vidyājjñāne tapasi yadratiḥ || 19 ||
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yadā karmasu kāmyeṣu śaktiryaśasi dehinām |
tadā tretā hṛdaye vai rajobhūtirmato bahiḥ || 20 ||
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yadā lobhastvasantoṣo māno daṃbhaśca matsaraḥ |
kāmyakarmaratiścāpi dvāparaṃ tadrajastamaḥ || 21 ||
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yadā sadā'nṛtaṃ nidrā hiṃsā kleśaśca tandrikā |
śokamohau bhayaṃ dainyaṃ tiṣyastadā tamo mataḥ || 22 ||
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dvāpare vigate lakṣmi janāḥ kaṭukabhāṣiṇaḥ |
kāmapradhānabhāvāśca deśā dasyuviśeṣakāḥ || 23 ||
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dharmāḥ pākhaṇḍapūrṇāśca prajābhakṣā nṛpāstadā |
śiśnodarasparśatṛpāḥ prajā bhūbhṛta ārthikāḥ || 24 ||
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avratā baṭavo'śaucā vibhavaśca kuṭumbinaḥ |
tapasvino grāmavāsā nyāsino hyarthalolupāḥ || 25 ||
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mahāhārā mahātṛṣṇāḥ kalau tu sādhavastadā |
tyajanti svāminaṃ bhṛtyāstāpasastyajati vratam || 26 ||
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śūdrāstu pratigṛhṇanti vaiśyāstapaḥparāyaṇāḥ |
udvignāśca janāstiṣye piśācasadṛśīprajāḥ || 27 ||
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anyāyabhojakā devātithipūjāvivarjitāḥ |
strīparāstu narāḥ sarve pitryudakavivarjitāḥ || 28 ||
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bahuprajā'lpabhāgyāśca bhavantyeva kalau striyaḥ |
śiraḥkaṇḍūyanaparā ājñāṃ bhindanti sarvathā || 29 ||
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tathā māyāmasūyāṃ ca vadhaṃ cāpi tapasvinām |
sādhayanti svārthaparāḥ pāpena vyākulendriyāḥ || 30 ||
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kalau pramādako rogaḥ satataṃ kṣudbhayāni ca |
anāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ ghoraṃ deśānāṃ ca viparyayaḥ || 31 ||
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anṛtaṃ bruvate lubdhāṃ durācārairduriṣṭakāḥ |
sarveṣāṃ mānavānāṃ tu sambandhāḥ sarvajātiṣu || 32 ||
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śayanāsanabhojyāni caikakīrṇāni sarvathā |
bhrūṇahatyā vīrahatyā sādhuhatyā sthale sthale || 33 ||
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svalpāyuṣye'pi mriyante kramaṃ vinā kuṭumbinaḥ |
alpatejobalāścāpyanṛtaprāyā adhārmikāḥ || 34 ||
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rājavṛttisthitāścaurāḥ kāmācārāśca pārthivāḥ |
ekapatnyo na śiṣyanti vardhante cābhicārikāḥ || 35 ||
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kāṣāyiṇaśca niḥkacchā vṛttyarthaṃ daivaliṅginaḥ |
upahṛtya parānnādi sādhayanti nijārthakam || 36 ||
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śvapacā rājyakartāro viprāsteṣāṃ hi sevakāḥ |
sevante śvapacān viprāḥ śrutabhāgyabalākṣayāḥ || 37 ||
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vedaśāstrāgamadharmā vighnarūpāḥ kalau rame |
utsāditā bhavantyeva dharmasaṃkaratā'tra vai || 38 ||
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yajñā naiva bhavantyeva vivāhā na tadā kalau |
manaḥprasannatāheturdāmpatye sveṣṭacāritā || 39 ||
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mlecchācāraṃ prajāḥ sarvāḥ kalau śreṣṭhaṃ vadanti hi |
citravarṣī tadā devaḥ sasyānāṃ citrapākatā || 40 ||
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sarve lobhavaṇigvṛttāḥ kapaṭaivikrayārthinaḥ |
nā'vyāhṛtakrūravākyo nā''rjavī nā'nasūyakaḥ || 41 ||
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nopakārī na ca pratyupakārī pāpake yuge |
nṛpaśūnyā vasumatī na ca dhānyadhanāvṛtā || 42 ||
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nindakāśca patitāśca kalau bhavanti sarvathā |
maṇḍalāni bhavantyeva deśeṣu nagareṣu ca || 43 ||
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rājakāryakarāṇyeva dharmaghnāni kalau yuge |
alpodakā cālpaphalā vasuhīnā vasundharā || 44 ||
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goptāraścāpyagoptāro luṇṭakāścāpyaśāsakāḥ |
hartāraḥ paravittānāṃ parastrīputrayoṣitām || 45 ||
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sāhasrapriyaduṣṭāśāḥ pranaṣṭacetanā janāḥ |
mukhe miṣṭā hṛdi duṣṭā bhavanti suhṛdaḥ kalau || 46 ||
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caurāścaurasvahartāro harturhartā kalau paraḥ |
kīṭamūṣakasarpāśca dharṣayanti kalau hi tān || 47 ||
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bahavaścaiva panthānaḥ sampradāyāḥ kalau yuge |
pracchannādharmabhoktāro bahiśceṣṭapradarśinaḥ || 48 ||
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devasādhuyatiyogisādhvīdhanānnabhoginaḥ |
kṣuttṛptā mānavā puṣṭiṃ kurvanti kupathasya vai || 49 ||
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satye śatābdiko dharmastretāyāṃ vārṣikaḥ sa tu |
dvāpare māsikaḥ so'pi kalau cāhnika eva saḥ || 50 ||
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āhnikaṃ cāpi dharmaṃ taṃ jahatyeva kalau janāḥ |
vyākulāśca paribhrāntāḥ parasparabhayārditāḥ || 51 ||
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svān prāṇān parirakṣanto niṣkāruṇyāḥ sudukhitāḥ |
nirmaryādā nirākrāntā niḥsnehā nirapatrapāḥ || 52 ||
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udyamavarjitāścāpi māṃsāhārā janāḥ kalau |
samudratīravāsāśca matsyāhārāstu sarvathā || 53 ||
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aniketā valkalāḍhyā bhūśayyā mānavāstadā |
paśavo mānavā daivāḥ pakṣiṇo jalacāriṇaḥ || 54 ||
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samavṛttāḥ prāyaśo vai kalau sāṃkaryabhoginaḥ |
ahaṃ nārāyaṇastatra prerayāmi nijāśritān || 55 ||
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divyadehān pārṣadānme ṛṣirūpān hi tāpasān |
dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya te vasanti hyagocarāḥ || 56 ||
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parvateṣu śubhācārā vanyamūlaphalāśinaḥ |
yugalāni prajāyante tebhyo dharmamayāni ca || 57 ||
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sarvaiśvaryasamarthāni vedabhaktiyutāni ca |
mamā'vatārairbahavo hanyante duṣṭajātayaḥ || 58 ||
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ativātātivṛṣṭyādyairnaśyanti cābdhitīragāḥ |
tato vanānāmṛṣayo mama putrāśca pārṣadāḥ || 59 ||
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pravartante kārtavīryā bhūmau santānakāriṇaḥ |
evaṃ kṛtasya santānaḥ kaleścaiva kṣayastathā || 60 ||
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kṛtasya yogyatāyuktā jāyante pārṣadarṣayaḥ |
upabhogasamarthāśca divyadehāḥ ṛtavratāḥ || 61 ||
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vairāgyayoginaḥ sarve cātmabodhaparāstathā |
santuṣṭāstapaāsthāśca dharmiṣṭhā bhaktiśīlinaḥ || 62 ||
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saptarṣayastadā svargādāgatyaiṣu vasanti ca |
satyaṃ saptarṣayo dharmaṃ kathayantīha teṣu ca || 63 ||
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tiṣṭhanti ye kalau siddhā adṛṣṭā viharanti ca |
prakāśaṃ te samāyānti hyācāryāste bhavanti hi || 64 ||
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guravo lokarakṣārhāḥ prajāsu viharanti ca |
yogyabrahmamahāvaṃśotthebhyo rājyaṃ dadatyapi || 656 ||
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evaṃ kṛtaṃ yugaṃ lakṣmi punastatra pravartate |
tvaṃ kalau kṣīṇatāṃ yātā satye punaḥ pravardhase || 66 ||
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śuddhiṃ tvaṃ labhase lakṣmi sādhusādhvīsamāgamāt |
āsurī yātudhānī ca paiśācī yakṣarākṣasī || 67 ||
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tiṣyā tvaṃ satyarūpā vai daivī lakṣmīḥ prajāyase |
yugalāni tadā satye prāyaśo gṛhadharmiṇaḥ || 68 ||
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yatitulyāśca yatayo brahmacaryaparāyaṇāḥ |
akāmāścātiniṣkāmā ātmānandavihāriṇaḥ || 69 ||
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saṃkalpamātrayogāśca strīdṛṣṭimātrayoginaḥ |
mānasyaśca prajāścāpi putrapautrādayaḥ punaḥ || 70 ||
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sādhusādhvīsvarūpāste bhavanti cāgate kṛte |
devā'suramanuṣyāśca yakṣagandharvarākṣasāḥ || 71 ||
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dharmavratāḥ prajāyante satyayugabalāddhi te |
pariṇāhocchraye tulyā jāyante pūrvavatpunaḥ || 72 ||
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bale yoge tathaiśvarye sampatsu ca samādhiṣu |
vyomagatau jalagatau jāyante pūrvavatpunaḥ || 73 ||
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medhāyāṃ ca vikāse ca bhautikeṣu yathā purā |
tathā kṛte prajāyante mama saṃkalpanoditāḥ || 74 ||
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paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaścāpi dhenavaḥ kāmadhenavaḥ |
taravaḥ kalpataravo vallikāḥ kalpavallikāḥ || 75 ||
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mānavā divyadehāśca yoṣito divyayoṣitaḥ |
tathā kṛte prajāyante yathā pūrve kṛte'bhavan || 76 ||
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kintu lakṣmi brāhmasaṃjñānmuhūrtāt prātarūnakam |
prātaḥkālāt saṃgavaśca tato madhyāhnakaṃ tathā || 77 ||
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tato'parārdhā'rdhakālaḥ sāyaṃ nyūnabalaṃ tataḥ |
evaṃ kṛtā yugāḥ sarve pūrvapūrvatarūnakāḥ || 78 ||
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manāksvalpabalāścāpi manāk hrāsapramarditāḥ |
uttarottarahrāsayuktāstatastulyā na sarvathā || 79 ||
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sṛṣṭyāraṃbhasthasatyādvai pare satyayugāstataḥ |
nyūnabalā bhavantyeva nādisatyasamā hi te || 80 ||
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mama yogabalaṃ pūrṇaṃ yatra tatrādisadṛśāḥ |
mannyūnabalavadvyaktau nyūnabalaṃ kṛtaṃ yugam || 81 ||
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evameva vijānīhi madvinā nirbalaṃ jagat |
yatrā'haṃ tatra sarvatra gārhasthye'pi hi sādhutā || 82 ||
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yatra nā'haṃ tatra lakṣmi sādhutve'pi na sādhutā |
yasmin kasmin yuge lakṣmi yenā'haṃ samupārjitaḥ || 83 ||
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tenā'rjitaḥ satyayugaḥ sarvaṃ tenārjitaṃ priyam |
lakṣmi santaḥ pravakṣyāmi sādhūnatha tataśca vai || 84 ||
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saṃyujya brahmaṇā hyantastena santaḥ pracakṣate |
santaṃ śrīparamātmānaṃ tanvanti ye prajāsu ca || 85 ||
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santaste sādhnuvanti svakāryaṃ mokṣātmakaṃ tathā |
pareṣāṃ mokṣakāryaṃ ca sādhayanti ha sādhavaḥ || 86 ||
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divyānāṃ karmaṇāṃ lakṣmi sādhanāt sādhurucyate |
brahmaṇi caraṇāllakṣmi brahmacārī sa eva saḥ || 87 ||
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gurorhitaḥ svahitakṛt satye hite sadā rataḥ |
sādhurvai brahmacārī ca hitakṛt sādhusattamaḥ || 88 ||
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kāraṇāt sādhanāccaiva gṛhasthaḥ sādhurucyate |
satyayuge gṛhasthāste sādhutulyā hi sādhavaḥ || 89 ||
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tāpasāste tathā'raṇye vaikhānasā hi sādhavaḥ |
yatamānā yatayaśca sādhavo yogasādhanāt || 90 ||
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dharmaścoccagatiḥ proktaḥ kuśalānāṃ pradāyakaḥ |
nārāyaṇena ṛṣiṇā brahmaṇā nirmito vṛṣaḥ || 91 ||
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dārāgnihotrapūjādirvarṇāśramavibhāgaśaḥ |
sadbhirācaritastasyācchiṣṭācāraḥ sa ucyate || 92 ||
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śiṣṭā me pārṣadāḥ putrāḥ śiṣyā maharṣayastathā |
śiṣyante ye'tra dharmārthaṃ lokasantānakāriṇaḥ || 93 ||
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pūrvaiḥ pūrvataraiḥ śiṣṭairācaryate punaḥ punaḥ |
pūrvaiḥ pūrvairmatatvācca śiṣṭācāraḥ sa śāśvataḥ || 94 ||
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dānaṃ satyaṃ tapo bhaktirvidyejyā pūjanaṃ damaḥ |
aṣṭaitāni caritrāṇi śiṣṭācāro hi sammataḥ || 95 ||
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brahmacaryaṃ tapo maunaṃ nirāhāratvamityapi |
sevanaṃ nijapitrośca gurorāśrayaṇaṃ tathā || 96 ||
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ṣaṭkametatsādhudharmo gṛhasthāḥ sādhavastataḥ |
māyāpravāhamāsādya no vahate taratyapi || 97 ||
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tārakaḥ sādhurevā'yaṃ gṛhastho'pi hi sajjanaḥ |
śiṣṭācārapravṛddhaśca vṛṣo vai sādhusammataḥ || 98 ||
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karmaṇāṃ mayi nyāsastu sannyāsaḥ sādhudharmakaḥ |
brahmastotraṃ vidhistotraṃ guṇastotraṃ harermama || 99 ||
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pravartyante pūrvarītyā śiṣṭaiḥ sadbhiḥ sudhārmikaiḥ |
jñānaṃ vairāgyamaiśvaryaṃ dharmaśceti catuṣṭayam || 100 ||
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sāṃsiddhikāni yeṣāṃ vai sādhavaḥ ṛṣayaśca te |
ṛṣante paramaṃ brahma tataste ṛṣayo mataḥ || 101 ||
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gatyarthādṛṣaterdhātoḥ sārthakatvaṃ hi sādhuṣu |
īśvarāṇāṃ sutā ye ca mānasāścaurasāstathā || 102 ||
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ṛṣiputrāḥ ṛṣīkāśca ṛṣayaste tapodhanāḥ |
brahmaputrā brāhmaṇāśca kṣatriyāśca viśastathā || 103 ||
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ṛṣiputrāḥ ṛṣayaste lokasantānahetavaḥ |
ityevaṃ lakṣmi bahudhā satyadharmā hi sādhavaḥ || 104 ||
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satye punaḥ pravartante gṛhasthā api sādhavaḥ |
teṣāmāśrayaṇānmokṣo bhuktiśca jāyate dhruvam || 105 ||
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paṭhanācchravaṇāccāpi smaraṇāt sādhusaṃgateḥ |
phalaṃ bhuktimokṣarūpaṃ jāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 106 ||
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sarveṣvapi yugeṣveva guṇaścaiko mahān rame |
kṛṣṇasya me kīrtanādvai bhavedeva hi mokṣaṇam || 107 ||
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kṛte yajñe harirlabhyastretāyāṃ japato'rjyate |
dvāpare sevayā prāpyo hariḥ kalau tu kīrtanāt || 108 ||
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kalirdoṣanidhistatra guṇo hariprakīrtanam |
dvāparo'rdhadurito'pi guṇavān mama janmataḥ || 109 ||
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satyādau nā'tijanmā'haṃ sarvāḥ sādhuprajāyataḥ |
bhavāmyahaṃ kalau bhūyaścā'nyayugavyapekṣayā || 110 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye dvāparasantāne yugadharmāṇāṃ parivartanavivecanādinirūpaṇanāmā catuścatvāriṃśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 144 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Lakshminarayana Samhita Chapter 144
Shri Lakshmi Narayana Samhita
by Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office (2011)
शेतायनव्यास (Shwetayan Vyas)
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