Chapter 3

viśvāmitravākyaṃ nāma sargaḥ |
tṛtīyaḥ sargaḥ |
vasiṣṭhaḥ |
pūrvamuktaṃ bhagavatā yajjñānaṃ padmajanmanā |
sargādau lokaśāntyarthaṃ tadidaṃ kathayāmyaham || 1 ||
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rāmaḥ |
kathayiṣyasi vistīrṇāṃ bhagavanmokṣasaṃhitāṃ |
imaṃ tāvatkṣaṇaṃ jātaṃ saṃśayaṃ me nivāraya || 2 ||
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pitā śukasya sarvajño gururvyāso mahāmuniḥ |
videhamukto na kathaṃ kathaṃ muktaḥ suto'sya saḥ || 3 ||
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vasiṣṭhaḥ |
paramārkaprakāśāntastrijagattrasareṇavaḥ |
utpatyotpatya līnā ye na saṅkhyāmupayānti te || 4 ||
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vartamāne ca yāḥ santi trailokyagaṇakoṭayaḥ |
śakyante naiva saṅkhyātuṃ tāśca kāścana kenacit || 5 ||
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bhaviṣyanti parāmbhodhau jagatsargataraṅgakāḥ |
ye tāṃśca parisaṅkhyātuṃ saṅkathaiva na vidyate || 6 ||
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rāmaḥ |
yā bhūtā yā bhaviṣyantyo jagatsargaparamparāḥ |
tāsāṃ vicāraṇaṃ yuktaṃ vartamānāsu kā kathā || 7 ||
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vasiṣṭhaḥ |
tiryakpuruṣadevāderyo yo rāma vinaśyati |
tasminneva pradeśe'sau tadaivedaṃ prapaśyati || 8 ||
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ātivāhikanāmnāntaḥ svahṛdyeva jagattrayam |
vyomni cittaśarīreṇa vyomātmānubhavatyajaḥ || 9 ||
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evaṃ mṛtā mriyante ca mariṣyanti ca koṭayaḥ |
bhūtānāṃ yā jagantyāsāmuditāni pṛthakpṛthak || 10 ||
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durvātabhūkampa iva piśācatrastabālavat |
muktālīvāmale vyomni nauspandataruyānavat || 11 ||
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svapnasaṃvittipuravatsmṛtijātakhavṛkṣavat |
jagatsaṃsaraṇaṃ svāntarmṛto'nubhavati svayam || 12 ||
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tatrātipariṇāmena tadeva ghanatāṃ gatam |
iha loko'yamityeva jīvākāśe vijṛmbhate || 13 ||
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punastatraiva janmehāmaraṇādyanubhūtimān |
paralokaṃ kalpayati mṛtastatra tathā punaḥ || 14 ||
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tadantaranye puruṣāsteṣāmantastathā pare |
saṃsārā iti bhāntīme kadalīdalapīṭhavat || 15 ||
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na pṛthvyādimahābhūtagaṇā na ca jagatkramāḥ |
mṛtānāṃ santi tatrāpi tathāpyeṣāṃ jagadbhramāḥ || 16 ||
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avidyaivamananteyaṃ nānāprasavaśālinī |
jaḍānāṃ saridādīrghā jagatsargataraṅgiṇī || 17 ||
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paramārthāmbudhau sphāre rāma sargataraṅgakāḥ |
bhūyo bhūyo vivartante ta evānye ca bhūriśaḥ || 18 ||
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sarvataḥ sadṛśāḥ kecitkulakramamanoguṇaiḥ |
kecidardhena sadṛśāḥ keciccātivilakṣaṇāḥ || 19 ||
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imaṃ vyāsamuniṃ tatra dvātriṃśaṃ saṃsmarāmyaham |
yathāsambhavayā jñānadṛśā darśasamānayā || 20 ||
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dvādaśānyadhiyastatra kulākārehitaiḥ samāḥ |
daśa sarvasamākārāśśiṣṭāḥ kulavilakṣaṇāḥ || 21 ||
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adyāpyanye bhaviṣyanti vyāsavālmīkayastathā |
bhṛgvaṅgiraḥpulastyāśca tathaivāthānya eva ca || 22 ||
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nānāsurarṣidevānāṃ gaṇāḥ sambhūya bhūriśaḥ |
utpadyante vilīyante kadācicca pṛthakpṛthak || 23 ||
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brahmadvāsaptatestretā āsīdasti bhaviṣyati |
sa evānyaśca lokaśca tvaṃ cāhaṃ ceti vedmyaham || 24 ||
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krameṇāsya muneritthaṃ vyāsasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ |
saṃlakṣyate'vatāro'yaṃ daśamo dīrghadarśinaḥ || 25 ||
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abhūma vyāsavālmīkiyuktā vayamanekaśaḥ |
abhūma vayameveme nānākārāḥ samāśayāḥ || 26 ||
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bhāvyamadyāpyaneneha nanu vārāṣṭakaṃ punaḥ |
bhūyo'pi bhārataṃ nāma svetihāsaṃ kariṣyati || 27 ||
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kṛtvā vedavibhāgaṃ ca nītvānena kulaṃ prathām |
brahmatvaṃ ca tato gatvā bhāvyaṃ vaidehamokṣiṇā || 28 ||
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vītaśokabhayaśśānto nirvāṇo gatakalpanaḥ |
jīvanmukto jitamanā vyāso'yamiti varṇitaḥ || 29 ||
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vittabandhuvayaḥkarmavidyāvijñānaceṣṭitaiḥ |
samāni santi bhūtāni sarge sarge punaḥ punaḥ || 30 ||
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kvacitsargaśataistāni bhavanti na bhavanti vā |
kadācidapi māyeyamitthamantavivarjitā || 31 ||
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gacchatīyaṃ viparyāsaṃ bhūribhūtaparamparā |
bījarāśirivājasramupyamānaḥ punaḥ punaḥ || 32 ||
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tenaiva sanniveśena tathānyena punaḥ punaḥ |
sargākārāḥ pravartante taraṅgāḥ kālavāridheḥ || 33 ||
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āśvastāntaḥkaraṇaḥ kṣīṇavikalpaḥ svarūpasāramayaḥ |
paramaśamāmṛtatṛptastiṣṭhati vidvānnirāvaraṇaḥ || 34 ||
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