Chapter 40

śrīnaranārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu badrīpriye devi tathaiva pāvanīṃ kathām |
dyūtakārastriyā nāmnā bhāṇavāṇītiyoṣitaḥ || 1 ||
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sindhunadyāstaṭe ramye śarkarāpattane purā |
dyūtajñavaṃśajā lokā nyavasan vai narāḥ striyaḥ || 2 ||
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dyūtaṃ jānanti bahudhā śaṃkāranagare tathā |
dyūte prāyo vijayaṃ vai striyo yānti na saṃśaya || 3 ||
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evaṃvidhāḥ prajāḥ sindhe deśe dyūtaparāyaṇāḥ |
rājā'pi rājalokāśca rājabhṛtyāstathāvidhāḥ || 4 ||
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āsan dyūtakalāvijñāḥ prajāśca prāyaśastathā |
nirdhanā dhanavantaśca dyūte sīdanti vai muhuḥ || 5 ||
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rājā sindhupradeśānāṃ nāmnā rāyaharīti vai |
dyūtotsavān prativarṣaṃ karotyāmantritairnṛpaiḥ || 6 ||
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āyānti dyūtavijñāśca nṛpā rāṣṭrāntarodbhavāḥ |
dīvyanti bahuratnādyairharanti hārayantyapi || 7 ||
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jayanti pracuraṃ lābhaṃ rājyaṃ tadā''pnuvanti ca |
arāṣṭrāśca prajāyante rāṣṭrādhipāstadā nṛpāḥ || 8 ||
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viparītāśca jāyante dyūtakarmābhibhūtinaḥ |
dyūtajñeṣu tadā kāle bhāṇavāṇītibhāminī || 9 ||
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prasiddhā'bhūjjaye dhrauvye yatrasthā tatra vai jayaḥ |
yasyārthe sā pratinidhirbhūtvā dyūte niṣīdati || 10 ||
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tasya jayo bhavatyeva pāśaiḥ samanukūlagaiḥ |
bahūnāṃ dyūtasamaye karoti dhanahīnatām || 11 ||
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śarkarānagareśastāṃ bhāṇavāṇīṃ rarakṣa ha |
nijālaye sadā dyūtadevanārthaṃ tu mānavaḥ || 12 ||
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saudhabhojanapānādyairvastrālaṃkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ |
udyānayānavāhādyairdāsadāsībhirādṛtām || 13 ||
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rājñīmiva nṛpo nityaṃ manyate tāṃ kṛtādarām |
jātyā ca kṣatriyāṃ nimnakṣatragṛhodbhavāmapi || 14 ||
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sājātyena ca lābhena rājñīmiva sa manyate |
sā'pi mānaṃ vihāyaiva dāsīva nṛpatiṃ prati || 15 ||
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prati rājñīṃ kiṃkarīva vartate guṇaśālinī |
ataḥ prasādapātraṃ sā rājñyā rājñaśca bhāminī || 16 ||
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rājaśayyāṃ sevate'pi patiputrādimatyapi |
rāyaharirnṛpastasyā guṇaṃ lābhaṃ vicārya ca || 17 ||
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svīyāṃ matvā sevate'pi bhujiṣyāmuttamāmiva |
evaṃ rājāśrayaṃ prāpyaidhitā kīrtyā ca sampadā || 18 ||
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sakuṭumbā nṛpasaudhe tato vāsaṃ vyadhānmudā |
rājyalābhaṃ pragṛhṇāti bhuṃkte sukhaṃ navaṃ navam || 19 ||
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athaikadā rāyaharirnṛpaḥ śrīśarkarādhipaḥ |
āhvayāmāsa rājānaṃ hayodarādhipaṃ śubham || 20 ||
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koṭirāyā'bhidhaṃ dyūte devanārthaṃ nijālaye |
koṭirāyo'pi sahasā śrutvā dyūtādyamantraṇam || 21 ||
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saharṣaṃ tvājagāmāpi rāyaharipramandiram |
dyūtadevanamevā'pi samāje sarvaśobhane || 22 ||
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yojayāmāsa nṛpatiḥ rāyahariḥ samutsukaḥ |
rāyahareḥ pratinidhirbhāṇavāṇī tadā'bhavat || 23 ||
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devane sā sthitā pūrvaṃ pāśān jagrāha bhāminī |
tadā'nye'pi ca rājanyā amātyāḥ śreṣṭhino'pi ca || 24 ||
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mahāsanāni sadasi bhejire dyūtavīkṣakāḥ |
prāvartata tato dyūtaṃ parasparāpahārakam || 25 ||
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koṭirāyastataḥ prāha hāro'yaṃ maṇiśobhitaḥ |
kānakaḥ kaṇṭhabhūṣā me dhanaṃ paṇe'tra yojitam || 26 ||
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kaste'tra sadṛśaḥ pratipaṇo'sti paṭṭake kuru |
rāyaharistadovāca maṇyo me'tra santi ye || 27 ||
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hārāścāpi dhanaṃ cāpi yojitaṃ vijayasva tat |
tataḥ sā'kṣān pracikṣepa bhāṇavāṇī durodare || 28 ||
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koṭirāya jitaṃ tvetat prasannā satyabhāṣata |
koṭirāyastadā tatra niṣkasahasraśobhanām || 29 ||
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mañjūṣāṃ sthāpayāmāsa prāha jayasva me dhanam |
koṭirāya jitaṃ tvetad bhāṇavāṇī hyabhāṣata || 30 ||
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atha lakṣaṃ suvarṇānāṃ raupyāṇāṃ daśalakṣakam |
sthāpayāmāsa ca koṭirāyaḥ prasannamānasaḥ || 31 ||
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bhāṇavāṇī pracikṣepa pāśān jitamabhāṣata |
atha ratnānyuttamāni mauktikānyuttamānyapi || 32 ||
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paṇe mumoca ca koṭirāyaḥ koṭisamāni vai |
koṭimūlyān hīrakāṃśca paṇe mumoca sa nṛpaḥ || 33 ||
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bhāṇavāṇī nyasya pāśān jitamityabhyabhāṣata |
atha rājā koṭirāyaḥ svabhūṣāḥ svarṇanirmitāḥ || 34 ||
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ratnahīrakanaddhāśca koṭyarbudādimūlyakāḥ |
asthāpayat paṇe tatra maṇīnasaṃkhyamūlyakān || 35 ||
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bhāṇavāṇyāḥ prasaṃkṣiptāḥ pāśā devāt parāṅmukhāḥ |
koṭirāyajayārthaṃ vai patitā harṣamuttamam || 36 ||
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sabhāyā janayāmāsurmahāścaryamatarkitam |
bhāṇavāṇī gatā parājayaṃ kalāvatī hyapi || 37 ||
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rājā rāyahariryāvajjitavān dhanamuttamam |
tat sarvaṃ ca svīyamanyat sarvaṃ paṇe tu maṇḍitam || 38 ||
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parājitavān saṃśokaṃ prāptavān kṣaṇamityapi |
tataḥ sa nijaratnāni maṇīṃśca mauktikānyapi || 39 ||
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hīrakān svarṇabhūṣāśca mañjūṣā ratnanirmitāḥ |
rathaṃ svarṇamayaṃ divyaṃ caturhastisamanvitam || 40 ||
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glahe saṃsthāpya covāca dīvyabhyanena vai tvayā |
śrutvā koṭirayaścāpi paṇe sābhyadhanaṃ dadhau || 41 ||
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koṭirāyastataḥ pāśān mumoca vijayaṃ gataḥ |
atha rāyaharistatra śataṃ dāsī surūpiṇīḥ || 42 ||
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sarvābharaṇasaṃśobhāḥ paṇo'maṇḍayadutsukaḥ |
koṭirayo nyasya pāśān jitā ityabhyabhāṣata || 43 ||
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atha rāyaharistatra sahasraṃ dāsyakarmiṇaḥ |
sarvābharaṇayuktāṃśca glahe'maṇḍayadutsukaḥ || 44 ||
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koṭirayo nyasya pāśān jitā ityabhyabhāṣata |
atha rāyaharirnāgān sahasrasaṃkhyakottamān || 45 ||
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svarṇakūthā'mbālikāḍhyān hemamālān sudantinaḥ |
paṇe'nyasattathā hastinikāsahasramityapi || 46 ||
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koṭirāyo nyasya pāśān jitā ityabhyabhāṣata |
atha rāyahariḥ svarṇarathān sahasrasaṃkhyakān || 47 ||
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svarṇadaṇḍān svarṇaratnamaṇyāḍhyān dantiyojitān |
glahe'maṇḍapadevāpi sotsāhaḥ svarṇacakrakān || 48 ||
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koṭirāyo nyasya pāśān jitā ityabhyabhāṣata |
atha rāyaharistatra vājinaścitracarmiṇaḥ || 49 ||
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lakṣaṃ vai saindhavāṃstatra glahe'maṇḍayadutsukaḥ |
koṭirāyo nyasya pāśān jitā ityabhyabhāṣata || 50 ||
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atha rāyaharistatra naravāhanakānyapi |
kānakāni śibikāśca svarṇahīrakanirmitāḥ || 51 ||
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lakṣaṃ glahe'maṇḍayadvai chatracāmaraśobhitāḥ |
koṭirāyo nyasya pāśān jitamityabhyabhāṣata || 52 ||
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atha rāyaharistatra daśasāhasrasaṃkhyakān |
yoddhṝn śastrānvitān svarṇavarmaveṣasamanvitān || 53 ||
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glahe'maṇḍayadevāpi sarvābharaṇabhūṣitān |
koṭirāyo nyasya pāśān jitā ityabhyabhāṣata || 54 ||
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atha rāyaharistatra kośān daśa suvarṇakaiḥ |
saṃbhṛtān rājyasarvasvānamaṇḍayadrūpavyarthai || 55 ||
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koṭirāyo nyasya pāśān jitā ityabhya |
atha rāyahariḥ rājyamandirāṇi mahānti ca || 56 ||
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saudhān śaśāṃkadhavalān glahe'bhyamaṇḍayattadā |
koṭirāyo nyasya pāśān jitānītyabhyabhāṣata || 57 ||
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atha rāyahariḥ rājyaṃ samastaṃ cāpyamaṇḍayat |
anena mama rājyena dīvyāmyadya tvayā saha || 58 ||
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tvayā pratiglahe kiṃ vā nyasyate vada me drutam |
ityuktaḥ sahasā koṭirāyo rājyamamaṇḍayat || 59 ||
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atha pāśān mumocāpi parāvṛttiṃ tadā hyaguḥ |
parājayaṃ dattavantaḥ pāśā koṭirayāya vai || 60 ||
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rāyaharirjayaṃ labdhvā sabhāvandyo babhūva ha |
asthāpayad glahe tatra bhāryāṃ nijāṃ dineśvarīm || 61 ||
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koṭirāyaṃ tathā prāha glahe kiṃ sthāpyate tvayā |
koṭirāyo nijāṃ patnīṃ candreśvarīmamaṇḍayat || 62 ||
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bhāṇavāṇī tataḥ pāśān pracikṣepa kalānvitā |
nikṛtyā''ha jitā rājñī śrīrāyahariṇā tviha || 63 ||
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sabhāyāṃ prāsarat śokaḥ koṭirāyo vibhāryakaḥ |
rājyahīnaḥ kṛtaścātra bhāṇavāṇyā glahe'ntime || 64 ||
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candreśvarī tadā pātivratyadharmaparāyaṇā |
bhāṇavāṇīṃ śaśāpaiva parahastā'ghaduḥkhitā || 65 ||
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galatkuṣṭhā bhavaśīghraṃ vicittā durbhagā tathā |
kṣayarogavatī cāpi yonirugṇā sadā bhava || 66 ||
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unmattā śūkarītulyā bhava viṣṭhādanī sadā |
anena varṣmaṇā duṣṭe rājñā samaṃ tu rākṣasī || 67 ||
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bhava rāyahariṇaiva sākaṃ duṣṭavane'niśam |
evaṃ śaptā drutaṃ tatra sabhāyāṃ bhāṇavāṇikā || 68 ||
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rājā rāyahariścāpi tathābhāvamavāpatuḥ |
utthāyotthāya sahasā'kūrdayatāmubhau tadā || 69 ||
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nagnau bhūtvā nijadantānadarśayatāmudvratau |
evaṃ dṛṣṭvā samājastau śokaparo'bhavat tadā || 70 ||
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rājyajaye'pi tu buddheḥ parājaye nu kiṃ kṛtam |
dravyajaye'pi lajjāyā vigame'pi nu kiṃ kṛtam || 71 ||
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sarvajaye'pi tu duḥkhā'jaye tatra nu kiṃ kṛtam |
nārījaye'pi tadvākyā'jaye tatra nu kiṃ kṛtam || 72 ||
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arthajaye'pi dharmasyā'jaye tatra nu kiṃ kṛtam |
evaṃ tatra samājo vai tayoḥ kṛte tvabhāṣata || 73 ||
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pativratāyāḥ śāpo'tra bhāṇavāṇyā jito nahi |
jito rājā jitā rājñī jitaṃ rājyaṃ dhanaṃ gṛham || 74 ||
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rājñyātmā na jitastatra sarvaṃ jitaṃ tu niṣphalam |
dineśvarī tadā rājñī prārthayaccandrikeśvarīm || 75 ||
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mātaḥ rājyaṃ dhanaṃ sarvaṃ yad glahe'tra pramaṇḍitam |
svāminā te tavaivā'stu patirme svasthatāmiyāt || 76 ||
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bhāṇavāṇī svasthacittā bhavatvatra sukhānvitā |
kṛpāṃ kuru mahārājñi dāsyahaṃ te vadāmi vai || 77 ||
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ityuktvā caraṇau dhṛtvā sā ruroda kṣaṇaṃ tadā |
satī candreśvarīṃ prāha śṛṇu tvaṃ hitamuttamam || 78 ||
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durodaraṃ tvasya nāma duṣṭaṃ phalaṃ tadātmanām |
anyatarasya vā tvanyatamasya sarvanāśakam || 79 ||
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āyatiṃ sāmpratabhāvaṃ vināśayati cobhayam |
akṣāḥ kṣayakarā loke mumūrṣūṇāṃ nipātinaḥ || 80 ||
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satṛṣṇāśca madāndhāśca hyapariśramasampadaḥ |
rājāno naiva jānanti kāṃ daśāṃ prāpnumo glahe || 81 ||
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ātmalābhaḥ paro lābho lābhaśca paramātmanaḥ |
alābho rājyalābhādiścā'sthiraḥ sarvaduḥkhakṛt || 82 ||
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bhāṇavāṇī dyūtapāṇiḥ paranāśavināśinī |
svasyā nāśakarī cāpi rājño nāśavidhāyinī || 83 ||
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akṣairanakṣitulyaiḥ sā sarvasvaṃ harate sadā |
sarvasvajīvikāhantrī mahāpāpaprayogiṇī || 84 ||
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bhuṃkte pāpaphalaṃ tvadya śāpo nimittamātrakam |
rājā'pi dyūtinīsaṅgī phalaṃ bhuṃkte svakarmajam || 88 ||
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śāpo me na nivṛttaḥ syāt kintu rājyaṃ patirmama |
sarvaṃ kuryācchanaiḥ svāsthyaṃ patyuste saṃbhaviṣyati || 86 ||
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rājyaṃ tato'rdhabhāgena svāminaste bhaviṣyati |
tvaṃ svasā me na vai dāsī prasannā'smi sukhaṃ bhavet || 87 ||
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ityuktā sā tathā mene sarvaṃ rājyaṃ satīkare |
dadau dīneśvarī devī patyurhitāya sarvathā || 88 ||
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candreśvarī satī dineśvarīṃ mene'tibhāvataḥ |
candreśvaryāḥ patiḥ koṭirāyo mene nṛpaṃ bahu || 89 ||
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bahubhāvena satataṃ kurvan rājyaṃ samastakam |
rāyahariṃ samaicchat sa śīghraṃ tu sukhinaṃ sadā || 90 ||
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śāpanivāraṇaṃ svāsthyaṃ tvaritaṃ tu yathā bhavet |
tathopāyān samapṛcchad daivibhyaste'vadaṃstataḥ || 91 ||
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satāṃ sevāsamaṃ nāsti sādhanaṃ duḥkhavārakam |
sādhavaḥ khalu saṃpūjyāḥ smartavyā vipadāṃ harāḥ || 92 ||
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toṣaṇīyāḥ sarvadānairvighnānāṃ nāśakāriṇaḥ |
sarvasaubhāgyadāścāpi bhāgyottamatvakāriṇaḥ || 93 ||
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satsaṃgaḥ sarvadā kāryaḥ sādhusaṃgapradaḥ śubhaḥ |
lakṣmīnārāyaṇasaṃhitā yā divyā'sti bhūtale || 94 ||
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tatkathāvācanaṃ varṣaparyantaṃ yojayatviha |
tatrā''mantraṇamāsādya tvāyāsyanti hi sādhavaḥ || 95 ||
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sādhvyo'pi yoginaścāpi mahāśīrvādayojinaḥ |
teṣāṃ kṛpāṃ'śataḥ sarvaṃ svāsthyaṃ suṣṭhu bhaviṣyati || 96 ||
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iti daivijanairukte koṭirāyo nṛpastataḥ |
kārayāmāsa vai śreṣṭhaṃ sabhāmaṇḍapamuttamam || 97 ||
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viṣṇumūrtiṃ śriyā yuktāṃ svarṇamayīṃ suśobhanām |
vedikāṃ homalābhārthaṃ kārayāmāsa cottamām || 98 ||
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rasaśālā vāsaśālāḥ kathāśālāṃ vyadhāttadā |
samāhvayat saṃhitājñān tvaśvapaṭṭasarovarāt || 99 ||
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vimānenā''yayuḥ santaḥ saṃhitājñāstu vaiṣṇavāḥ |
saurāṣṭratīrtharūpāste pāvanāḥ pāvakā iva || 100 ||
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avaterurmaṇḍapāgre divyadṛṣṭyā vimāninaḥ |
jayakāraṃ prakurvantaḥ śrīpateḥ paramātmanaḥ || 101 ||
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sindhutulyā saṃhitā'pi lakṣmīnārāyaṇā'bhidhā |
pañcaviṃśatisāhasrā'dhikalakṣābhisaṃkhyayā || 102 ||
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ślokānāṃ rājamānā sā sādhubhiḥ saha cāyayau |
lakṣmītulyā svarūpeṇātmanā sarasvatīsamā || 103 ||
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vijñānena samā vaidaiścamatkāre ramāsamā |
mokṣaṇe śrīkṛṣṇanārāyaṇatulyā suśobhanā || 104 ||
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śaitye prabhānvitā tyāge pārvatīśāsamā śubhā |
sarvābharaṇaśobhāḍhyā puruṣārthasamanvitā || 105 ||
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āyayau sā vimānena śreyase sarvadehinām |
badrike yatra santo me tatrā'haṃ sādhuvallabhaḥ || 106 ||
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tatra lakṣmīḥ saṃhitā ca lalitā maṃjulā jayā |
suguṇā haṃsikā rādhā virājante na saṃśayaḥ || 107 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ caturthe tiṣyasantāne sindhunadīpradeśānāṃ nṛpayordyūtakhelane sarvasvāpaharaṇe pativratāyāḥ śāpena unmattatāṃ gatayorbhāṇavāṇīrāyaharinṛpayoḥ śreyase śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇasaṃhitāyāḥ kathāprastāve'śvapaṭṭasarovarāt sādhūnāmāgamanamityādinirūpaṇanāmā catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 40 ||
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