Chapter 314

bhīṣma uvāca |
etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ kṛtātmā kṛtaniścayaḥ |
ātmanātmānamāsthāya dṛṣṭvā cātmānamātmanā || 1 ||
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kṛtakāryaḥ sukhī śāntastūṣṇīṃ prāyādudaṅmukhaḥ |
śaiśiraṃ girimuddiśya sadharmā mātariśvanaḥ || 2 ||
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etasminneva kāle tu devarṣirnāradastadā |
himavantamiyāddraṣṭuṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam || 3 ||
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tamapsarogaṇākīrṇaṃ gītasvananināditam |
kiṃnarāṇāṃ samūhaiśca bhṛṅgarājaistathaiva ca || 4 ||
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madgubhiḥ khañjarīṭaiśca vicitrairjīvajīvakaiḥ |
citravarṇairmayūraiśca kekāśatavirājitaiḥ |
rājahaṃsasamūhaiśca hṛṣṭaiḥ parabhṛtaistathā || 5 ||
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pakṣirājo garutmāṃśca yaṃ nityamadhigacchati |
catvāro lokapālāśca devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstathā |
yatra nityaṃ samāyānti lokasya hitakāmyayā || 6 ||
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viṣṇunā yatra putrārthe tapastaptaṃ mahātmanā |
yatraiva ca kumāreṇa bālye kṣiptā divaukasaḥ || 7 ||
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śaktirnyastā kṣititale trailokyamavamanya vai |
yatrovāca jagatskandaḥ kṣipanvākyamidaṃ tadā || 8 ||
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yo'nyo'sti matto'bhyadhiko viprā yasyādhikaṃ priyāḥ |
yo brahmaṇyo dvitīyo'sti triṣu lokeṣu vīryavān || 9 ||
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so'bhyuddharatvimāṃ śaktimatha vā kampayatviti |
tacchrutvā vyathitā lokāḥ ka imāmuddharediti || 10 ||
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atha devagaṇaṃ sarvaṃ saṃbhrāntendriyamānasam |
apaśyadbhagavānviṣṇuḥ kṣiptaṃ sāsurarākṣasam |
kiṃ nvatra sukṛtaṃ kāryaṃ bhavediti vicintayan || 11 ||
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sa nāmṛṣyata taṃ kṣepamavaikṣata ca pāvakim |
sa prahasya viśuddhātmā śaktiṃ prajvalitāṃ tadā |
kampayāmāsa savyena pāṇinā puruṣottamaḥ || 12 ||
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śaktyāṃ tu kampamānāyāṃ viṣṇunā balinā tadā |
medinī kampitā sarvā saśailavanakānanā || 13 ||
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śaktenāpi samuddhartuṃ kampitā sā na tūddhṛtā |
rakṣatā skandarājasya dharṣaṇāṃ prabhaviṣṇunā || 14 ||
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tāṃ kampayitvā bhagavānprahrādamidamabravīt |
paśya vīryaṃ kumārasya naitadanyaḥ kariṣyati || 15 ||
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so'mṛṣyamāṇastadvākyaṃ samuddharaṇaniścitaḥ |
jagrāha tāṃ tasya śaktiṃ na caināmapyakampayat || 16 ||
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nādaṃ mahāntaṃ muktvā sa mūrchito girimūrdhani |
vihvalaḥ prāpatadbhūmau hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sutaḥ || 17 ||
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yatrottarāṃ diśaṃ gatvā śailarājasya pārśvataḥ |
tapo'tapyata durdharṣastāta nityaṃ vṛṣadhvajaḥ || 18 ||
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pāvakena parikṣipto dīpyatā tasya cāśramaḥ |
ādityabandhanaṃ nāma durdharṣamakṛtātmabhiḥ || 19 ||
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na tatra śakyate gantuṃ yakṣarākṣasadānavaiḥ |
daśayojanavistāramagnijvālāsamāvṛtam || 20 ||
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bhagavānpāvakastatra svayaṃ tiṣṭhati vīryavān |
sarvavighnānpraśamayanmahādevasya dhīmataḥ || 21 ||
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divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ hi pādenaikena tiṣṭhataḥ |
devānsaṃtāpayaṃstatra mahādevo dhṛtavrataḥ || 22 ||
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aindrīṃ tu diśamāsthāya śailarājasya dhīmataḥ |
vivikte parvatataṭe pārāśaryo mahātapāḥ |
vedānadhyāpayāmāsa vyāsaḥ śiṣyānmahātapāḥ || 23 ||
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sumantuṃ ca mahābhāgaṃ vaiśaṃpāyanameva ca |
jaiminiṃ ca mahāprājñaṃ pailaṃ cāpi tapasvinam || 24 ||
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ebhiḥ śiṣyaiḥ parivṛto vyāsa āste mahātapāḥ |
tatrāśramapadaṃ puṇyaṃ dadarśa pituruttamam |
āraṇeyo viśuddhātmā nabhasīva divākaraḥ || 25 ||
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atha vyāsaḥ parikṣiptaṃ jvalantamiva pāvakam |
dadarśa sutamāyāntaṃ divākarasamaprabham || 26 ||
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asajjamānaṃ vṛkṣeṣu śaileṣu viṣameṣu ca |
yogayuktaṃ mahātmānaṃ yathā bāṇaṃ guṇacyutam || 27 ||
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so'bhigamya pituḥ pādāvagṛhṇādaraṇīsutaḥ |
yathopajoṣaṃ taiścāpi samāgacchanmahāmuniḥ || 28 ||
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tato nivedayāmāsa pitre sarvamaśeṣataḥ |
śuko janakarājena saṃvādaṃ prītamānasaḥ || 29 ||
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evamadhyāpayañśiṣyānvyāsaḥ putraṃ ca vīryavān |
uvāsa himavatpṛṣṭhe pārāśaryo mahāmuniḥ || 30 ||
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tataḥ kadācicchiṣyāstaṃ parivāryāvatasthire |
vedādhyayanasaṃpannāḥ śāntātmāno jitendriyāḥ || 31 ||
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vedeṣu niṣṭhāṃ saṃprāpya sāṅgeṣvatitapasvinaḥ |
athocuste tadā vyāsaṃ śiṣyāḥ prāñjalayo gurum || 32 ||
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mahatā śreyasā yuktā yaśasā ca sma vardhitāḥ |
ekaṃ tvidānīmicchāmo guruṇānugrahaṃ kṛtam || 33 ||
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iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā brahmarṣistānuvāca ha |
ucyatāmiti tadvatsā yadvaḥ kāryaṃ priyaṃ mayā || 34 ||
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etadvākyaṃ guroḥ śrutvā śiṣyāste hṛṣṭamānasāḥ |
punaḥ prāñjalayo bhūtvā praṇamya śirasā gurum || 35 ||
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ūcuste sahitā rājannidaṃ vacanamuttamam |
yadi prīta upādhyāyo dhanyāḥ smo munisattama || 36 ||
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kāṅkṣāmastu vayaṃ sarve varaṃ dattaṃ maharṣiṇā |
ṣaṣṭhaḥ śiṣyo na te khyātiṃ gacchedatra prasīda naḥ || 37 ||
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catvāraste vayaṃ śiṣyā guruputraśca pañcamaḥ |
iha vedāḥ pratiṣṭheranneṣa naḥ kāṅkṣito varaḥ || 38 ||
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śiṣyāṇāṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā vyāso vedārthatattvavit |
parāśarātmajo dhīmānparalokārthacintakaḥ |
uvāca śiṣyāndharmātmā dharmyaṃ naiḥśreyasaṃ vacaḥ || 39 ||
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brāhmaṇāya sadā deyaṃ brahma śuśrūṣave bhavet |
brahmaloke nivāsaṃ yo dhruvaṃ samabhikāṅkṣati || 40 ||
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bhavanto bahulāḥ santu vedo vistāryatāmayam |
nāśiṣye saṃpradātavyo nāvrate nākṛtātmani || 41 ||
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ete śiṣyaguṇāḥ sarve vijñātavyā yathārthataḥ |
nāparīkṣitacāritre vidyā deyā kathaṃcana || 42 ||
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yathā hi kanakaṃ śuddhaṃ tāpacchedanigharṣaṇaiḥ |
parīkṣeta tathā śiṣyānīkṣetkulaguṇādibhiḥ || 43 ||
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na niyojyāśca vaḥ śiṣyā aniyoge mahābhaye |
yathāmati yathāpāṭhaṃ tathā vidyā phaliṣyati || 44 ||
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sarvastaratu durgāṇi sarvo bhadrāṇi paśyatu |
śrāvayeccaturo varṇānkṛtvā brāhmaṇamagrataḥ || 45 ||
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vedasyādhyayanaṃ hīdaṃ tacca kāryaṃ mahatsmṛtam |
stutyarthamiha devānāṃ vedāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā || 46 ||
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yo nirvadeta saṃmohādbrāhmaṇaṃ vedapāragam |
so'padhyānādbrāhmaṇasya parābhūyādasaṃśayam || 47 ||
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yaścādharmeṇa vibrūyādyaścādharmeṇa pṛcchati |
tayoranyataraḥ praiti vidveṣaṃ vādhigacchati || 48 ||
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etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ svādhyāyasya vidhiṃ prati |
upakuryācca śiṣyāṇāmetacca hṛdi vo bhavet || 49 ||
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