Chapter 134

maheśvara uvāca |
parāvarajñe dharmajñe tapovananivāsini |
sādhvi subhru sukeśānte himavatparvatātmaje || 1 ||
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dakṣe śamadamopete nirmame dharmacāriṇi |
pṛcchāmi tvāṃ varārohe pṛṣṭā vada mamepsitam || 2 ||
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sāvitrī brahmaṇaḥ sādhvī kauśikasya śacī satī |
mārtaṇḍajasya dhūmorṇā ṛddhirvaiśravaṇasya ca || 3 ||
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varuṇasya tato gaurī sūryasya ca suvarcalā |
rohiṇī śaśinaḥ sādhvī svāhā caiva vibhāvasoḥ || 4 ||
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aditiḥ kaśyapasyātha sarvāstāḥ patidevatāḥ |
pṛṣṭāścopāsitāścaiva tāstvayā devi nityaśaḥ || 5 ||
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tena tvāṃ paripṛcchāmi dharmajñe dharmavādini |
strīdharmaṃ śrotumicchāmi tvayodāhṛtamāditaḥ || 6 ||
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sahadharmacarī me tvaṃ samaśīlā samavratā |
samānasāravīryā ca tapastīvraṃ kṛtaṃ ca te |
tvayā hyukto viśeṣeṇa pramāṇatvamupaiṣyati || 7 ||
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striyaścaiva viśeṣeṇa strījanasya gatiḥ sadā |
gaurgāṃ gacchati suśroṇi lokeṣveṣā sthitiḥ sadā || 8 ||
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mama cārdhaṃ śarīrasya mama cārdhādviniḥsṛtā |
surakāryakarī ca tvaṃ lokasaṃtānakāriṇī || 9 ||
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tava sarvaḥ suviditaḥ strīdharmaḥ śāśvataḥ śubhe |
tasmādaśeṣato brūhi strīdharmaṃ vistareṇa me || 10 ||
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umovāca |
bhagavansarvabhūteśa bhūtabhavyabhavodbhava |
tvatprabhāvādiyaṃ deva vākcaiva pratibhāti me || 11 ||
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imāstu nadyo deveśa sarvatīrthodakairyutāḥ |
upasparśanahetostvā samīpasthā upāsate || 12 ||
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etābhiḥ saha saṃmantrya pravakṣyāmyanupūrvaśaḥ |
prabhavanyo'nahaṃvādī sa vai puruṣa ucyate || 13 ||
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strī ca bhūteśa satataṃ striyamevānudhāvati |
mayā saṃmānitāścaiva bhaviṣyanti saridvarāḥ || 14 ||
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eṣā sarasvatī puṇyā nadīnāmuttamā nadī |
prathamā sarvasaritāṃ nadī sāgaragāminī || 15 ||
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vipāśā ca vitastā ca candrabhāgā irāvatī |
śatadrurdevikā sindhuḥ kauśikī gomatī tathā || 16 ||
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tathā devanadī ceyaṃ sarvatīrthābhisaṃvṛtā |
gaganādgāṃ gatā devī gaṅgā sarvasaridvarā || 17 ||
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ityuktvā devadevasya patnī dharmabhṛtāṃ varā |
smitapūrvamivābhāṣya sarvāstāḥ saritastadā || 18 ||
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apṛcchaddevamahiṣī strīdharmaṃ dharmavatsalā |
strīdharmakuśalāstā vai gaṅgādyāḥ saritāṃ varāḥ || 19 ||
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ayaṃ bhagavatā dattaḥ praśnaḥ strīdharmasaṃśritaḥ |
taṃ tu saṃmantrya yuṣmābhirvaktumicchāmi śaṃkare || 20 ||
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na caikasādhyaṃ paśyāmi vijñānaṃ bhuvi kasyacit |
divi vā sāgaragamāstena vo mānayāmyaham || 21 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
evaṃ sarvāḥ saricchreṣṭhāḥ pṛṣṭāḥ puṇyatamāḥ śivāḥ |
tato devanadī gaṅgā niyuktā pratipūjya tām || 22 ||
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bahvībhirbuddhibhiḥ sphītā strīdharmajñā śucismitā |
śailarājasutāṃ devīṃ puṇyā pāpāpahāṃ śivām || 23 ||
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buddhyā vinayasaṃpannā sarvajñānaviśāradā |
sasmitaṃ bahubuddhyāḍhyā gaṅgā vacanamabravīt || 24 ||
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dhanyāḥ smo'nugṛhītāḥ smo devi dharmaparāyaṇā |
yā tvaṃ sarvajaganmānyā nadīrmānayase'naghe || 25 ||
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prabhavanpṛcchate yo hi saṃmānayati vā punaḥ |
nūnaṃ janamaduṣṭātmā paṇḍitākhyāṃ sa gacchati || 26 ||
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jñānavijñānasaṃpannānūhāpohaviśāradān |
pravaktṝnpṛcchate yo'nyānsa vai nā padamarcchati || 27 ||
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anyathā bahubuddhyāḍhyo vākyaṃ vadati saṃsadi |
anyathaiva hyahaṃmānī durbalaṃ vadate vacaḥ || 28 ||
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divyajñāne divi śreṣṭhe divyapuṇye sadotthite |
tvamevārhasi no devi strīdharmamanuśāsitum || 29 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
tataḥ sārādhitā devī gaṅgayā bahubhirguṇaiḥ |
prāha sarvamaśeṣeṇa strīdharmaṃ surasundarī || 30 ||
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strīdharmo māṃ prati yathā pratibhāti yathāvidhi |
tamahaṃ kīrtayiṣyāmi tathaiva prathito bhavet || 31 ||
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strīdharmaḥ pūrva evāyaṃ vivāhe bandhubhiḥ kṛtaḥ |
sahadharmacarī bharturbhavatyagnisamīpataḥ || 32 ||
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susvabhāvā suvacanā suvṛttā sukhadarśanā |
ananyacittā sumukhī bhartuḥ sā dharmacāriṇī || 33 ||
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sā bhaveddharmaparamā sā bhaveddharmabhāginī |
devavatsatataṃ sādhvī yā bhartāraṃ prapaśyati || 34 ||
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śuśrūṣāṃ paricāraṃ ca devavadyā karoti ca |
nānyabhāvā hyavimanāḥ suvratā sukhadarśanā || 35 ||
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putravaktramivābhīkṣṇaṃ bharturvadanamīkṣate |
yā sādhvī niyatācārā sā bhaveddharmacāriṇī || 36 ||
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śrutvā daṃpatidharmaṃ vai sahadharmakṛtaṃ śubham |
ananyacittā sumukhī bhartuḥ sā dharmacāriṇī || 37 ||
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paruṣāṇyapi coktā yā dṛṣṭā vā krūracakṣuṣā |
suprasannamukhī bharturyā nārī sā pativratā || 38 ||
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na candrasūryau na taruṃ puṃnāmno yā nirīkṣate |
bhartṛvarjaṃ varārohā sā bhaveddharmacāriṇī || 39 ||
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daridraṃ vyādhitaṃ dīnamadhvanā parikarśitam |
patiṃ putramivopāste sā nārī dharmabhāginī || 40 ||
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yā nārī prayatā dakṣā yā nārī putriṇī bhavet |
patipriyā patiprāṇā sā nārī dharmabhāginī || 41 ||
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śuśrūṣāṃ paricaryāṃ ca karotyavimanāḥ sadā |
supratītā vinītā ca sā nārī dharmabhāginī || 42 ||
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na kāmeṣu na bhogeṣu naiśvarye na sukhe tathā |
spṛhā yasyā yathā patyau sā nārī dharmabhāginī || 43 ||
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kalyotthānaratā nityaṃ guruśuśrūṣaṇe ratā |
susaṃmṛṣṭakṣayā caiva gośakṛtkṛtalepanā || 44 ||
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agnikāryaparā nityaṃ sadā puṣpabalipradā |
devatātithibhṛtyānāṃ nirupya patinā saha || 45 ||
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śeṣānnamupabhuñjānā yathānyāyaṃ yathāvidhi |
tuṣṭapuṣṭajanā nityaṃ nārī dharmeṇa yujyate || 46 ||
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śvaśrūśvaśurayoḥ pādau toṣayantī guṇānvitā |
mātāpitṛparā nityaṃ yā nārī sā tapodhanā || 47 ||
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brāhmaṇāndurbalānāthāndīnāndhakṛpaṇāṃstathā |
bibhartyannena yā nārī sā pativratabhāginī || 48 ||
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vrataṃ carati yā nityaṃ duścaraṃ laghusattvayā |
paticittā patihitā sā pativratabhāginī || 49 ||
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puṇyametattapaścaiva svargaścaiṣa sanātanaḥ |
yā nārī bhartṛparamā bhavedbhartṛvratā śivā || 50 ||
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patirhi devo nārīṇāṃ patirbandhuḥ patirgatiḥ |
patyā samā gatirnāsti daivataṃ vā yathā patiḥ || 51 ||
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patiprasādaḥ svargo vā tulyo nāryā na vā bhavet |
ahaṃ svargaṃ na hīccheyaṃ tvayyaprīte maheśvara || 52 ||
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yadyakāryamadharmaṃ vā yadi vā prāṇanāśanam |
patirbrūyāddaridro vā vyādhito vā kathaṃcana || 53 ||
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āpanno ripusaṃstho vā brahmaśāpārdito'pi vā |
āpaddharmānanuprekṣya tatkāryamaviśaṅkayā || 54 ||
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eṣa deva mayā proktaḥ strīdharmo vacanāttava |
yā tvevaṃbhāvinī nārī sā bhaveddharmabhāginī || 55 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
ityuktaḥ sa tu deveśaḥ pratipūjya gireḥ sutām |
lokānvisarjayāmāsa sarvairanucaraiḥ saha || 56 ||
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tato yayurbhūtagaṇāḥ saritaśca yathāgatam |
gandharvāpsarasaścaiva praṇamya śirasā bhavam || 57 ||
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