Chapter 157

śrīnārāyaṇīśrīruvāca |
ruciḥ prajāpatirvijño hyanicchannapi bhāminīm |
gārhasthyaṃ parijagrāha vistarāt tad vadasva me || 1 ||
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śrīpuruṣottama uvāca |
śṛṇu nārāyaṇīśri tvaṃ yathā gārhasthyamāptavān |
sādhudharmān rarakṣāpi gṛhadharmānavāptavān || 2 ||
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nirmamo nirahaṃkāro mitaśāyī mitāśanaḥ |
vartate sma rucirlakṣmi sarvasaṃgavivarjitaḥ || 3 ||
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anagnimaniketaṃ tamekāhāramanāśramam |
vimuktasaṃgaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā procustatpitaro rucim || 4 ||
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vatsa kasmād bhavānnaiva karoti dārasaṃgraham |
puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ sukhadaṃ dharmyaṃ svargādisādhanam || 5 ||
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ṛṇahaṃ mokṣadaṃ vaṃśayaśolābhapradaṃ śubham |
bandhavināśanaṃ sarvavāsanākṣayakāriṇam || 6 ||
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sadāraḥ sarvadevānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca satāmapi |
ṛṣīṇāmatithīnāṃ ca sevābhiḥ svargamāpnuyāt || 7 ||
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sa tvaṃ daivamṛṇaṃ pitṛṛṇaṃ ṛṣiṛṇaṃ tathā |
avāpnoṣi vinā dārān bandhanaṃ ca dine dine || 8 ||
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sutotpattiṃ vinā putra devasantarpaṇaṃ vinā |
ṛṣitṛptiṃ vinā naiva prayāsyasi parāṃ gatim || 9 ||
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kleśo dāragrahe yo'sti vinā dārān tato'dhikaḥ |
aihikaśca paratrā'pi tasmāt putra gṛhī bhava || 10 ||
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adārasyā'pyayajñasya vaṃśavirahitasya ca |
mṛtasya nirayaḥ syādvai tasmātputra gṛhī bhava || 11 ||
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śrutvā ruciḥ pratyuvāca pitṝn dharmyaṃ vacaḥ śubham |
manye'haṃ pitaro vo'stu namo yathā vadāmi tat || 12 ||
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brahmacaryaṃ brahmarūpaṃ brahmatulyaṃ ca muktidam |
muktimicchāmi tenā'haṃ svargaṃ me naiva rocate || 13 ||
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ityevaṃ kṛtabodhasya mama dāraprasaṃgrahaḥ |
pāpakleśātiduḥkhā''rttivyādhyadhogatido mataḥ || 14 ||
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ātmendriyāditattvānāṃ nigraho mokṣado mataḥ |
dāragrahe sa na syācca kāmarāgābhipūrite || 15 ||
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kardamo dārayogottho vāsanātmā vivardhate |
anekabhavasaṃbhūtaḥ karmapaṃko'pi tuṣyati || 16 ||
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kardamitaścā'yamātmā brahmatīrthāplavādibhiḥ |
bhāvanābhaktitoyādyai prakṣālyo vai vivekibhiḥ || 17 ||
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kṣālayāmi purālagnaṃ kardamaṃ vāsanāmayam |
yogyaṃ karomi pitaro brahmacaryaparastvaham || 18 ||
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bhavatāṃ tu samuddhārī mayā kartuṃ hi śakyate |
brahmacaryabalenaiva bandhaṃ doṣān jahāmi ca || 19 ||
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ityuktāḥ pitaraḥ prāhuḥ putra yuktaṃ hi tattathā |
mokṣamārgo brahmacaryaṃ bhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ || 20 ||
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mārge vighnāḥ purā prāptāḥ pāpā'śubhadurītikāḥ |
ahaṃmamatvamāyādyāḥ karmāṇyasaṃkhyakānyapi || 21 ||
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purākṛtāni sarvāṇi bhogāya kalpitāni ca |
puṇyā'puṇyāni cātraiva kṣālanīyāni sarvathā || 22 ||
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tāni bhuñjan kṣālayaṃśca navaṃ kurvan sunirguṇam |
sarvārpaṇātmakaṃ kṛṣṇe bandhaṃ jahan vimuktaye || 23 ||
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yo yātrāṃ vartayatyatra tasya bandho na jāyate |
prākkṛtasya samāptiśca phalaṃ nirvighnamokṣaṇam || 24 ||
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evaṃ prakṣālanaṃ yuktaṃ krameṇa karmaṇāṃ suta |
nā'yaṃ vai gaṇyate putrā'vivekaḥ pāpapaṃkadaḥ || 25 ||
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tasmād dārānvito bhūtvā bhuṃkṣva tyaja vimocaya |
upakāraṃ paraṃ kṛtvā yāhi śāśvatamakṣaram || 26 ||
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itipitṛvacaḥ śrutvā rucirāha pitāmahān |
karmamārgo'styavidyā vai tatra mā yojayantu mām || 27 ||
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ajñānaṃ cāpi karmāpi narakaṃ tulyameva tat |
naiṣkarmyaṃ procyate siddhirnairṣkarmyaṃ sādhayāmyaham || 28 ||
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śrutvaitat pitarastasya satyaṃ jagaduruttaram |
karma tādṛk prakartavyaṃ yena vidyā samarjyate || 29 ||
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vidyayā vilayaṃ yāyādavidyā'jñānasaṃjñikā |
vihitā'karaṇāt putrā'vidyā'jñānaṃ prapuṣyati || 30 ||
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vihitā'karaṇaṃ cānyatkaraṇaṃ bandhadaṃ bhavet |
vihitā'karaṇe cet syāt saṃyamaḥ so'pi dharmahā || 31 ||
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sa na syānmuktaye kintu cā'nte'dhogatikārakaḥ |
prakṣālanaṃ na pāpānāṃ pratyutā'rjanameva tat || 22 ||
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vihitā'karaṇodbhūtaiḥ pāpaiḥ sarvaṃ pradahyati |
pratyavāyā'nudbhavārthaṃ vihitaṃ tvācarecchubham || 33 ||
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brahmacaryottaraṃ putra gārhasthyaṃ vihitaṃ yataḥ |
tatkarma yadi nirayo viṣavad viṣahārakam || 34 ||
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gārhasthyaviṣayogena pratyavāyaviṣaṃ jahi |
gārhasthyaṃ samanuṣṭhāya vaninā tadviṣaṃ jahi || 35 ||
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sannyāsena tataḥ putra vaniviṣaṃ sadā jahi |
brahmātmārpaṇalābhena dehendriyādikaṃ jahi || 36 ||
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paramātmaprasaṃgena svātmabhāvaṃ tato jahi |
evaṃ kramaṃ samāruhya paramārohaṇaṃ kuru || 37 ||
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ityuktvā pitaraḥ sarve'dṛśyā yayurnijālayam |
rucirmanasā sañcintya bhāryārthaṃ matimādadhāt || 38 ||
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brahmāṇaṃ pitaraṃ smṛtvā tapo vyadhāt punarbahu |
brahmā tvāgatyā''ha ruciṃ bhavitā tvaṃ prajāpatiḥ || 39 ||
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prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā sutān labdhvā kṛtvā ca vaidikī kriyāḥ |
cāturāśramyamāsthāya saṃsthāpya ca prajāsu tat || 40 ||
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dārayogottaraṃ karmaphalaṃ bhuktvā navaṃ navam |
pitṛtṛptiṃ tataḥ kṛtvā parāṃ siddhimavāpsyasi || 41 ||
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tuṣṭāste pitaraḥ patnīṃ sutān dāsyanti cepsitān |
ājñāṃkite prasantuṣṭāḥ kinna dadyaḥ pitāmahāḥ || 42 ||
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iti vākyaṃ vedhaso'pi lakṣmi śrutvā ruciḥ svayam |
tuṣṭāva vedhasaṃ cāpi pupūja jalapuṣpakaiḥ || 43 ||
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brahmā tiro'bhavattatra nadītīre rucistataḥ |
pitṝn santarpya tuṣṭāva praṇato bhaktigauravaḥ || 44 ||
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namasye śrīharikṛṣṇaṃ śāśvataṃ vai pitāmaham |
anādiśrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇaṃ śrīpuruṣottamam || 45 ||
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namasye śrībrahmadhāmā'kṣaraṃ muktān maheśvarān |
namasye sarvaśaktyaiśvaryāṇi guṇān pitāmahān || 46 ||
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hetīn samastabhūtīśca vibhūtīrīśvarīṃstathā |
muktānikā avatārān mātṝṃśca śrīramādikāḥ || 47 ||
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namasye vyūhasaṃjñāṃśca namasye ca virājakān |
namasye satyalokasthān sādhūn brahmavidaḥ sataḥ || 48 ||
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namasye tān śrāddhapitṝn śrāddhe ye cādhidevatāḥ |
devairapi ca tarpyante ye śrāddhe tānnamāmyaham || 49 ||
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namasye'haṃ ca tān svarge tarpyante ye maharṣibhiḥ |
tathā siddhajanaiścāpi tarpyante tānnamāmyaham || 50 ||
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guhyakairapi ye''rcyante ṛddhyarthaṃ tānnamāmyaham |
namasye'haṃ ca tān pitṝn ye'rcyante mānavairbhuvi || 51 ||
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namasye'haṃ ca tān pitṝn sveṣṭalokapradāyinaḥ |
ye'rcyante śraddhayā vipraiḥ śrāddhakarmasu tarpitāḥ || 2 ||
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prājāpatyapadadātṝn namasye vanitarpitāḥ |
tānnamasye naiṣṭhikānāṃ phaladātṝn prapūjitān || 53 ||
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rājanyatarpitān pitṝnnamasye makhapūjitān |
vaiśyaprapūjitān pitṝn namasye kavyabhojanān || 54 ||
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śūdrā'rcitānnamasye tān sukālino'nnapūjitān |
āsurā'rcitapitṝṃśca ravadhāhārānnamāmi ca || 55 ||
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pātālavāsino yān ye tarpyante śrāddhakarmasu |
svadhāhārān namasye'haṃ rāsātalaiḥ prapūjitān || 56 ||
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bhogairaśeṣairnāgādyaiḥ sarvaiścāpi prapūjitān |
pitṝnnamasye dyusthāṃścā'ntarikṣāsthān mahīsthitān || 57 ||
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vimānasthān mūrtarūpān pitṝnnamāmi sarvadā |
yogijanaiḥ pūjitāṃstān kleśamuktipradān śubhān || 58 ||
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pitṝṃstāṃśca namasye'haṃ mūrtān svadhābhujaḥ sadā |
kāmyaphalapradān sarvān svargasthān mokṣadānapi || 59 ||
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tṛpyantvicchāvatāṃ kāmapradāḥ suratvaputradāḥ |
aindrasaurapadadāśca paśusvagṛhaśaktidāḥ || 60 ||
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candre sūrye raśmivāsā vimānasthā jalānnakaiḥ |
gandharasādibhiḥ sarve tṛpyantāṃ cāmṛtapradāḥ || 61 ||
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agnau hutānnabhoktāro havirbhujo'pi ye'pare |
vipradehanivāsāśca sādhudehanivāsinaḥ || 62 ||
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piṇḍādāstṛptimāyāntu mayā'rpitā'pkalādibhiḥ |
kṛṣṇatilaiḥ śākapatraiḥ prīṇitā yantu te mudam || 63 ||
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kavyādāścāmarapūjyāḥ puṣpagandhānnabhojanaiḥ |
tṛptimāyāntu te sarve pitaraḥ svargadāyinaḥ || 64 ||
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pratyahaṃ pūjitā māsapūjitā ye'ṣṭakāsu ca |
samānte'bhyudaye pūjyāstṛpyantu pitaro'pi me || 65 ||
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śvetā viprā'rcitāsvā'rkavarṇāḥ kṣatriyapūjitāḥ |
svarṇavarṇā vaiśyapūjyā nīlāḥ śūdraprapūjitāḥ || 66 ||
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puṣpagandharasairdhūpaistoyānnaphalapatrakaiḥ |
agnihutena cājyena tṛptiṃ yāntu nato'smi tān || 67 ||
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devapūrvāḥ kavyabhujo bhūtisrajo bhavanti ye |
bhūtapretā'surarakṣaugrapitṝn namāmyapi || 68 ||
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agniṣvāttā barhiṣada ājyapāḥ somapāstathā |
te'pi tṛptiṃ prapadyantāṃ tarpitāḥ śraddhayā mayā || 69 ||
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prācīṃ rakṣantvagniṣvāttā yāmyāṃ barhiṣadastathā |
pratīcīmājyapā rakṣantvudīcīṃ somapā mama || 70 ||
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rakṣobhūtapiśācebhyo duṣṭābhicāramantrataḥ |
āsurapretadehibhyo yamo rakṣatu māṃ sadā || 71 ||
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ekatriṃśatpitṛgaṇāstuṣṭā yacchantu me hitam |
viśvā viśvabhujo dharmā dhanyāḥ śubhānanāstathā || 72 ||
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ārādhyā bhūtidā bhūtikṛtaśca bhūtayo nava |
kalyāṇāḥ kalyatāḥ kartāraśca kalpatvahetavaḥ || 73 ||
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kalyatarāśrayāśceti ṣaṭṭepitṛgaṇāstathā |
varā vareṇyā varadāḥ puṣṭidāstuṣṭidāstathā || 74 ||
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dhātāro viśvapātāraḥ sapta pitṛgaṇāśca te |
mahāntaśca mahātmāno mahitāśca mahābalāḥ || 75 ||
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mahimavantaityete pañca pitṛgaṇāstathā |
sukhadā dhanadaścāpi dharmadā bhūtidāstathā || 76 ||
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gaṇāścatvāra evāpi sarve tuṣyantu me'rcitāḥ |
evaṃ vai stuvatastasya rucestu tejasāṃ cayaḥ || 77 ||
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samutthitaḥ purataśca taṃ tuṣṭāva rucistadā |
amūrtānarcitānatra tejomayānupasthitān || 78 ||
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namasyāmi dhyānagamyān pitṝṃstān divyavigrahān |
indrādīśān dakṣamārīcarṣinetṝn namāmi ca || 79 ||
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manumunīndracandrā'rkeśvarān pitṝnnamāmi ca |
jalevāsān grahanakṣatreśān vāyvagnipūjitān || 80 ||
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nabhaḥsthān bhūsvargavāsān namasyāmi kṛtāñjaliḥ |
devarṣijanakāṃścāpyakṣayyadātṝn namāmi ca || 81 ||
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prajeśāya kaśyapāya somāya varuṇāya ca |
yogeśvarebhyaḥ siddhebhyaḥ sadbhyo namāmi sāñjaliḥ || 82 ||
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saptalokagaṇebhyaśca svayaṃbhūparameṣṭhine |
somadhrebhyaśca namaḥ somāya ca namo namaḥ || 83 ||
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agnirūpān yoginaśca namasyāmyadhvarasthitān |
tejaḥsthān somasūryāgnimūrtīnnamāmi vai pitṝn || 84 ||
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vrahmasvarūpiṇaḥ siddhān brahmacaryaparāyaṇān |
namāmi satyalokasthānīśvarānāvṛtisthitān || 85 ||
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vairājān vaiṣṇavān bhaumān śrīpurasthāḥ śrīyoṣitaḥ |
avyākṛtā'mṛtasthāṃśca golokasthān namāni ca || 86 ||
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vaikuṇṭhasthānakṣarasthānavatārān namāmi ca |
avatāriṇīśca sarvā muktānikā namāmi ca || 87 ||
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muktāṃśca pārṣadān sarvānaiśvaryāṇi namāmi ca |
anādiśrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇaṃ śrīvallabham prabhum || 88 ||
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brahmapriyāḥ samastāśca mātṝrharipriyāstathā |
hetīn guṇān vibhūtīṃśca namāmi prasīdantu me || 89 ||
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itistutāste pitarastejaso niryayuḥ śubhāḥ |
niveditānnapuṣpādyairyuktāśca purataḥ sthitāḥ || 90 ||
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punarnatāstu te prāhuḥ putra patnīyuto bhava |
tasyāṃ sutaste bhavitā raucyo nāma mahāmanuḥ || 91 ||
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anye sutā bhaviṣyanti te'pi te pṛthivībhujaḥ |
tvaṃ ca prajāpatirbhūtvā prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā caturvidhāḥ || 92 ||
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kṣīṇādhikāro bhakto naḥ siddhimāpsyasi muktigām |
etatstotrapravaktṛṃśca kariṣyāmaḥ samṛddhigān || 93 ||
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etatstotraprapāṭhena tṛptirdvādaśavārṣikī |
vikale'pi kṛte śrāddhe saguṇaṃ stotrakīrtanāt || 94 ||
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ityukte sahasā lakṣmi nadīmadhyāt pramlocanā |
apsarā vai samuttasthau sakanyā śubhadarśanā || 95 ||
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varuṇasya tu putrasya puṣkarasya priyā hi sā |
uvāca taṃ ruciṃ ruce bhāryāṃ gṛhāṇa matsutām || 96 ||
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mayā dattāṃ mama putrīṃ manurasyāṃ bhaviṣyati |
tatheti ruciṇoktā sā mālinīṃ putrikāṃ dadau || 97 ||
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ruciḥ pāṇiṃ prajagrāha putrastasyāṃ tato'bhavat |
raucyo devo manuḥ so'yaṃ bhavitā vai trayodaśaḥ || 98 ||
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mahābhāgavato bhakto'dhikārānte vimokṣyate |
etatpavitramanaghaṃ pitrākhyānārcanādikam || 99 ||
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paṭhitvā mucyate kaṣṭād vibhūtyā yujyate tathā |
lakṣmi bhuktiṃ labhetā'tra muktiṃ cānte labhedapi || 100 ||
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pitṛpūjāphalaṃ cāpi vaṃśaṃ svargaṃ labhedapi |
sampallakṣmīṃ labhetāpi paraṃ mokṣamavāpnuyāt || 101 ||
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dharmavṛddhiṃ tathā''rogyaṃ dhanaṃ dhānyādikaṃ labhet |
sarvān kāmānavāpnoti pitṛprasannatārjitān || 102 ||
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sarvānandapramodāṃśca sarvasaukhyāni cāśnute |
gārhasthyaṃ nirguṇaṃ tasya jāyate pitṛbhaktitaḥ || 103 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye dvāparasantāne ruciprajāpateḥ pitṛdarśanaṃ stavanaṃ gārhasthyārthamādeśo gārhasthyaṃ cetinirūpaṇanāmā saptapañcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 157 ||
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