Chapter 194

śrīpuruṣottama uvāca |
śṛṇu nārāyaṇīśri tvaṃ bhaktāsarojinīpateḥ |
caritraṃ pramadāghnasya devaviśrāmanāminaḥ || 1 ||
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āsīccakradharo rājā virāmanagarādhipaḥ |
tasyā'mātyo'bhavad devaviśrāmākhyaḥ sudhārmikaḥ || 2 ||
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rājyābhyunnatikartā sa prajodayābhilāṣukaḥ |
rāṣṭrarakṣaṇayatnasthaḥ sadā devādipūjakaḥ || 3 ||
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dharmamārgaparaścāpi satyadharmaparāyaṇaḥ |
sādhusādhvīsatīsevāparāyaṇo'tisevakaḥ || 4 ||
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ye kecid dravyahīnāste yācante devaviśramam |
so'pi dadātyabhīṣṭaṃ ca toṣayatyeva bhikṣukān || 5 ||
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arthino'pi pratuṣṭāśca mahāśīrvādavādinaḥ |
svargaṃ rājyaṃ mahārājyaṃ tavā'stviti vadanti ca || 6 ||
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rājā'pi dhārmiko nityaṃ sevate parameśvaram |
na caurā nāpi dhūrtāśca na śaṭhā na pratārakāḥ || 7 ||
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rocante nṛpateḥ svasya rājye nāpi chalapriyāḥ |
yathā rājā tathā'mātyaścaurādidaṇḍakṛt sadā || 8 ||
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abhicāraparā ye ca mantratantrādijīvinaḥ |
ghātakā mārakā ye te rocante nā'sya vai kvacit || 9 ||
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athaikadā bahucarāmātustu sevikā striyaḥ |
yoginyo mantravettryaśca bhikṣārthaṃ niryayū rame || 10 ||
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yatra dāneśvarā bhūpā yatra dānijanāstathā |
śrūyante tatra tatraitā bhikṣante vai dhanaṃ rame || 11 ||
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svarṇaṃ rūpyaṃ cāmbarāṇi yānāni vāhanānyapi |
hīrakān māṇikyavarṇān ratnāni vividhāni ca || 12 ||
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vibhūṣāścāpi bhikṣante prāpayanti ca bhikṣitam |
bahucarāṃ mahādevīṃ samarpayanti tāstathā || 13 ||
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mātā bahucarā lakṣaguṇaṃ dāsyati dānine |
evaṃ vacaḥ paraṃ smṛtvā dānaṃ gṛhṇanti tāḥ striyaḥ || 14 ||
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atha yena dadatyābhyaḥ śreṣṭhino vā nṛpā janāḥ |
tadā teṣāṃ gopureṣu gṛhadvāreṣu tāḥ striyaḥ || 15 ||
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āsanāni sthirīkṛtya kīrtayanti tu saṃghaśaḥ |
vrataṃ dhṛtvā hyanaśanaṃ kaliṃ kurvanti tāstapaḥ || 16 ||
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jaya jaya mātarbahucare jaya jaya mātarbahucare |
dāninastvaṃ dhanaṃkare jaya jaya mātarbahucare || 17 ||
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evaṃ tālīṃ vādayantyaḥ pragāyanti gṛhāṃgaṇe |
pañca vā sapta vā'hāni tiṣṭhanti na prayānti tāḥ || 18 ||
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gṛhādhīśāstataḥ prāpya parājayaṃ dadatyapi |
tāśca gṛhṇanti bahudhā svarṇaṃ rūpyaṃ dhanādikam || 19 ||
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atha cennaivā'rpayanti dhanaṃ dravyaṃ yathepsitam |
prasahyā'naśanaṃ kṛtvā yatante kalahairapi || 20 ||
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gṛhītvaiva prayāntyeva nā'nyathā haṭhataḥ striyaḥ |
evaṃvidhāstāḥ sarvāśca yoginyo daśasaṃkhyakāḥ || 21 ||
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haṭhaṃ cakrurdhanārthaṃ vai tadā'mātyo dadau dhanam |
śataṃ suvarṇamudrāṇāṃ labdhvāpi toṣavarjitāḥ || 22 ||
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yathācire sahasraṃ vai suvarṇānāṃ tathetarat |
ratnahīrakabhūṣādi nṛpādapi pṛthag dhanam || 23 ||
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daśasahasramudrāśca maṇimauktikamālikāḥ |
evaṃ haṭhena yuktāstā yayācire na niryayuḥ || 24 ||
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atha yāte tu saptāhe dīyamāne sahasrake |
sauvarṇātmakamudrāṇāṃ yadā toṣaṃ gatā na tāḥ || 26 ||
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tadā'mātyasya nāśārthaṃ mantraṃ cāpyabhicārakam |
rājñaścāpi vināśārthaṃ mantraṃ malinaṃ cakrire || 26 ||
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athā'mātyastu patito vyagro'bhavat sumūrcchitaḥ |
ghaṭyantare punaḥ saṃjñāṃ prāpya samutthito'bhavat || 27 ||
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rājā'pi ca tathā'vasthāṃ prāpto mūrcchāṃ tataḥ punaḥ |
utthitaśceti tatsarvaṃ kartavyaṃ cābhicārakam || 28 ||
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amātyaścā'sahamāno'sahamāno nṛpo'pi ca |
svabhaṭairagrapūjyāyāḥ śiraśchedamakārayat || 29 ||
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athā'nyā abalāḥ krūrā mṛtyubhayena dudruvuḥ |
dattaṃ dhanaṃ gṛhītvaiva tyaktvā śavaṃ mṛtastriyāḥ || 30 ||
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pradhāvanaṃ pracakrustāḥ prayayurnagarāntaram |
loke prajāyāṃ sarvatra strīhatyāṃ kṛtavānnṛpaḥ || 31 ||
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strīhatyāṃ kṛtavāṃścā'syā'mātyo'pītyayaśo'bhavat |
agnidā garadā śastrodyatā mantrābhicārikā || 22 ||
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tā etā ātatāyinyaḥ śāpadā śatrudā tathā |
tāsāṃ nāśe na vai doṣaḥ prāṇahā hi vadhārhaṇā || 33 ||
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ato lakṣmi tathārūpāvighāte naiva dūṣaṇam |
tathāpi lokavādāśca jāyante strīhanātmakāḥ || 34 ||
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ayaśobodhakāḥ sarve lokasya citritā gatiḥ |
dhikkurvanti prajāścā'syā'mātyasya nṛpaterapi || 35 ||
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kāraṇaṃ cābhicārādi hyaviditvaiva vai mṛṣā |
ayaśaḥ saṃpragāyanti strīghno'mātyo nṛpastviti || 36 ||
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atha rājā cakradharo'mātyaṃ prāha śubhaṃ vacaḥ |
devaviśrāmanāmānaṃ kalaṃkasyā'panuttaye || 37 ||
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kathaṃkāryaṃ kuvadantyāḥ prakṣālanaṃ mahāmate |
yathā prajāyāṃ santoṣaḥ pravādakṣālanaṃ bhavet || 38 ||
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pāpaṃ yadyapi hanane nāstyabhicārayoṣitaḥ |
tathāpi kuvadantyā vai śāntaye vratamācaret || 39 ||
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yathā vicārya sukhadaṃ brūhi cāmātya śobhanam |
kartavyaṃ tadyathāyogyaṃ dharmakāryaṃ yathā bhavet || 40 ||
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amātyaḥ prāha bhūpa tvaṃ sabhāmāhvaya śobhanām |
vṛddhaprajājanānāṃ ca tatrā''vedaya mānasam || 41 ||
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rājā śrutvā tathā cakre sabhāṃ tatra ca mānavāḥ |
prajāvṛddhā āyayuśca narā nāryaḥ sahasraśaḥ || 42 ||
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athā'mātyena nirdiṣṭaḥ purohito'tidhārmikaḥ |
bahuśrutastathā śāstrasampanno vedapāragaḥ || 43 ||
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dharmaviddeśakālajñaḥ prerito'mātyavākyataḥ |
rājñā cājñākṛto dharmān sabhāyāṃ vyājahāra saḥ || 44 ||
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śṛṇvantu pūjyavargāśca vṛddhā nāryo narāstathā |
dharmasya lakṣaṇaṃ vacmi yathāśāstrānusārataḥ || 45 ||
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nodanālakṣaṇo dharmo'rthakṛnmokṣaprado'pi ca |
anarthakṛd viruddhārthaścādhogatiprado'vṛṣaḥ || 46 ||
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yamāryāḥ pālyamānaṃ vai praśaṃsanti vṛṣo hi saḥ |
yaṃ tu nindanti lokāḥ sa tvadharmaḥ parikīrtitaḥ || 47 ||
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lokānāṃ dhāraṇaṃ yena poṣaṇaṃ rakṣaṇaṃ tathā |
sukhaṃ kṣemaṃ ca kuśalaṃ bhaveddharmaḥ sa ucyate || 48 ||
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deśe kāle ca satpātre sthitaścācāra eva yaḥ |
sukhadaḥ syāt sa dharmaḥ syād duḥkhadaḥ syādadharmakaḥ || 49 ||
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dharmeṇa jāyate kīrtiḥ sukhaṃ śāntiḥ sadā tathā |
unnatiścodayaścāpi svargaṃ mokṣaśca śāśvataḥ || 50 ||
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sa eva dharma udito yena rājā prajāḥ sukhāḥ |
devapūjā tathā dānaṃ vrataṃ dayā ca dakṣiṇā || 51 ||
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paropakāraḥ satataṃ dharmo'yaṃ sarvadehinām |
snānaṃ japo devanamaskāro devārpaṇaṃ tathā || 92 ||
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vṛddhābhipūjanaṃ dharmo nṛpābhipūjanaṃ tathā |
ācāraḥ prathamo dharmo hyadharmastadviparyaye || 53 ||
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satāmācāra evā'sti dharmo na tvasatāṃ tathā |
ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ brahmavrataṃ tapo damaḥ || 54 ||
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dharma eva paraḥ prokto vṛddhasevā'pi durlabhā |
sādhusevā ca satsaṃgaḥ paro dharmaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 65 ||
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bhūtānāmupakāraśca yathāśakti vṛṣo mataḥ |
prasannīkaraṇaṃ dharmaḥ prasannatvaṃ hi durlabham || 56 ||
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aprasādastathodvego'nupakāro hyasevanam |
hiṃsā'nṛtaṃ prasahyā'paharaṇaṃ duṣṭasaṃgitā || 97 ||
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adharma eva bhavati tyājyāścāyaṃ sadā janaiḥ |
śraddhayā dīyate dānaṃ dharma eva mato hi saḥ || 98 ||
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prasahya hriyate yattu sa tvadharmo hi luṇṭakṛt |
abhicāro bhavenmantraiḥ prāṇānāṃ ghātako yadi || 99 ||
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adharma eva rājñāṃ vā prāṇanāśo'pyadharmakaḥ |
pradhānasyābhicāreṇa māraṇaṃ cāpyadharmakaḥ || 60 ||
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deśe kāle ca pātre ca hiṃsā duṣṭāśayastathā |
ātatāyikriyā cāpi hyadharma eva kīrtitaḥ || 61 ||
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etādṛśo yadā'dharmo nare nāryāṃ ca bālake |
vālāyāṃ vā pravarteta cātatāyisvarūpadhṛk || 62 ||
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intavya eva śastrādyairadharmo'dharmavāṃstathā |
ātatāyī prahantavyaḥ sarvathā prāṇarakṣaṇe || 63 ||
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ātatāyī yadā naiva hanyate yena so'pi vai || 3 ||
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drutaṃ hato bhavettasmāddhantavya ātatāyakṛt || 64 ||
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etaddharmasvarūpaṃ vai mayoktaṃ bhavatāṃ puraḥ |
bahucarāyā bhaktānāṃ strīṇāmatra prapūjanam || 65 ||
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kṛtaṃ sahasramudrābhiḥ suvarṇānāṃ yathāyatham |
tathāpi ca balānnāryo haṭhānnetuṃ dṛḍhāśayāḥ || 66 ||
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abhicāraṃ pracakrustā nṛpe'mātye'timārakam |
atastā ātatāyinyo mārikāḥ pūtanā yathā || 67 ||
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rākṣasya eva tāḥ proktā hiṃsikāstāmasātmikāḥ |
mantravettryaścātatāyyabhicārakāryayojikāḥ || 68 ||
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hantavyā eva nāstyatra doṣo dharma itisthitiḥ |
vadhārhāstāḥ samastā vai kintvekā vihatā''su tu || 69 ||
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dayā kṛtā na krauryaṃ taddharma eva na cetaraḥ |
dharma eva hi tatrā'sti duṣṭānāṃ māraṇaṃ tu yat || 70 ||
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prāṇahānāṃ prāṇanāśo dharma eva yataḥ prajāḥ |
strīvadho dūṣaṇaṃ nāsti pūtanāvadha eva saḥ || 71 ||
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kṛtyāvadhe na vai doṣo dharma taṃ vai nibodhata |
siṃhyā nāmyāṃ tathā vyādhyā vṛścikyāṃ na dayālutā || 72 ||
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prāṇaghnāyāṃ tu rākṣasyāṃ tathā dayā na sammatā |
ata eva na ghātinyāṃ dayā kāryā kvacijjanaiḥ || 73 ||
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pravṛttāyāṃ prāṇanāśe dayā kāryā na sarvathā |
aprāṇanāśe pravṛttāvupekṣā tatra yujyate || 74 ||
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evaṃdharmo bhavatyeva tasmāt prajāgragāminaḥ |
bhavanto yadbravantvatrā'bhicāriṇīvināśane || 75 ||
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pāpaṃ vā yadi vā puṇyaṃ nobhayaṃ cobhayaṃ ca vā |
śrutvaivaṃ te sabhāpūjyā ūcuścātīva dhārmikam || 76 ||
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ātatāyivadhe doṣo na ghātinyā vadhena ca |
abhicāraparāyāśca vadhe doṣo na vidyate || 77 ||
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kintu nārīti prahatetyevaṃvādaviśuddhaye |
viṣṇuyajñaḥ prakartavyaḥ sarvāpavādaśāntidaḥ || 78 ||
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ityasmākaṃ mataṃ puṇye kārye rājā karotvidam |
prajājanānāṃ vacanaṃ lakṣmi bhūpena mānitam || 79 ||
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amātyena svīkṛtaṃ ca sabhāyāṃ sarvaśuddhaye |
athā''dāya muhūrtaṃ sa śubhaṃ makhamakārayat || 80 ||
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maṇḍapaṃ kuṇḍamutkṛṣṭaṃ devānāṃ sthāpanāni ca |
pūjanāni ca dānāni bhojanāni ghṛtāni ca || 81 ||
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dakṣiṇā vividhāścāpi havyāni samidhastathā |
viṣṇave pūjanādīni kavyāni hyambarāṇi ca || 82 ||
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annadhanāni yogyāni rājā'mātyaprajā daduḥ |
pūrṇāhutiṃ pracakruśca tadā nārāyaṇo hyaham || 83 ||
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agacchaṃ śvapaco bhūtvā bhojanaṃ cā'rthayaṃ tataḥ |
amātyaḥ pradadau bhojyaṃ dūrānme tu tadā rame || 84 ||
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tadā bhuktaṃ mayā cānnaṃ paṃktipāvanakāriṇā |
culukaṃ ca kṛtaṃ hastaprakṣālanaṃ tathā kṛtam || 85 ||
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jalaṃ prapītaṃ yāvadvai tāvad rājñastu dehataḥ |
kṛṣṇavarṇo dhūmra eva nirgatyā'mātyago'bhavat || 86 ||
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amātyadehataḥ kṛṣṇā nārī pāpā hi nirgatā |
mṛtā sā yoginī hatyārūpā strī hyabhavaddhi sā || 87 ||
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ākṛṣṭā śvapacenaiva śvapace sā tirohitā |
agnidagdhā drutaṃ tasya śvapacasya tu mastakāt || 88 ||
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vidyudrūpā prabhutvaiva śīghraṃ sā vyoma'gābhavat |
astaud divyasvarūpā ca śrīpatiṃ māṃ ramāpatim || 89 ||
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abhicārikanāryā me mokṣārthaṃ bhagavān bhavān |
upasthito'sti yajñe'tra pūrtyarthaṃ nṛpayajñayoḥ || 90 ||
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bhaktahastena yā hatyā sā'pi mokṣāya jāyate |
pāpāyā mama hatyā'pi tvadyogena divaṃpradā || 91 ||
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mokṣapradā bhavatyeva puṇyaṃ me jāyate'dhunā |
harekṛṣṇa bālakṛṣṇa śrīpate parameśvara || 92 ||
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bahucarāyāste śakteḥ sevikāṃ māṃ samuddhara |
ityuktvā bhagavaddṛṣṭyā tūrṇaṃ sā svargatiṃ gatā || 93 ||
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kālāntare harerbhaktyā vaikuṇṭhaṃ sā yayau satī |
atha rājā kuṭumbaṃ cā'mātyo'pi parameśvaram || 94 ||
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māṃ vijñāya hariṃ cā'pi pupūjuśca prajājanāḥ |
tada'haṃ drāk caturbāhurbhūtvā'dhvare śubhāsane || 95 ||
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niveśito niṣasāda prasādaṃ me dadau tadā |
sarvebhyaḥ kaṇakārūpaṃ carūsthaṃ te'pi jagṛhuḥ || 96 ||
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pāvanāste samastā vai jātāḥ sarve mamā''gamāt |
evaṃ hatyākalaṃkaṃ vai mayā vināśitaṃ tayoḥ || 97 ||
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kāṇḍikānāmikāyā vai yoginyā mokṣaṇaṃ kṛtam |
rājā'mātyau varadānaiḥ svargārthaṃ mokṣaṇāya ca || 98 ||
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āśīrvādairyojitau ca kuṭumbe cāpi vai tayoḥ |
atha kālāntare svargavāsinau tau mayā kṛtau || 99 ||
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mokṣabhājau tathā tasmāt kṛtau lakṣmi nṛpā'nugau |
evaṃ yajñottaraṃ sarvaṃ kṛpayā kṛtavānaham || 100 ||
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tiro'bhavaṃ tvadhvare cākaṣaryan tanmanāṃsyapi |
sasmarurthe narā nāryo'pi taṃ dhāmā'kṣaraṃ yayuḥ || 101 ||
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evaṃ mayā strīhatyāyāḥ pāpaṃ vināśitaṃ priye |
bhuktiṃ muktiṃ labhetāpi pāṭhakaḥ śrāvako'sya ca || 102 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye dvāparasantāne cakradharanṛpājñayā devaviśrāmākhyāmātyasya kāṇḍikāyoginīstrīhatyāyāḥ pāpasya yajñe śrīhariṇā |
nivṛttiḥ kṛtetyādinirūpaṇanāmā caturnavatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 194 ||
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