Chapter 17

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bhīṣma uvāca |
tasminyajñe kimāścaryaṃ tadāsīddvijasattama |
kathaṃ rudraḥ sthitastatra viṣṇuścāpi surottamaḥ || 1 ||
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gāyatryā kiṃ kṛtaṃ tatra patnītve sthitayā tayā |
ābhīraiḥ kiṃ suvṛttajñairjñātvā taiśca kṛtaṃ mune || 2 ||
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etadvṛttaṃ samācakṣva yathāvṛttaṃ yathākṛtam |
ābhīrairbrahmaṇā cāpi mamaitatkautukaṃ mahat || 3 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
tasminyajñe yadāścaryaṃ vṛttamāsīnnarādhipa |
kathayiṣyāmi tatsarvaṃ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā nṛpa || 4 ||
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rudrastu mahadāścaryaṃ kṛtavānvai sado gataḥ |
niṃdyarūpadharo devastatrāyāddvijasannidhau || 5 ||
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viṣṇunā na kṛtaṃ kiṃcitprādhānye sa yataḥ sthitaḥ |
nāśaṃ tu gopakanyāyā jñātvā gopakumārakāḥ || 6 ||
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gopyaśca tāstathā sarvā āgatā brahmaṇoṃtikam |
dṛṣṭvā tāṃ mekhalābaddhāṃ yajñasīmavyasthitām || 7 ||
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hā putrīti tadā mātā pitā hā putriketi ca |
svaseti bāndhavāḥ sarve sakhyaḥ sakhyena hā sakhi || 8 ||
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kena tvamiha cānītā alaktāṃkā tu saṃdarī |
śāṭīṃ nivṛttāṃ kṛtvā tu kena yuktā ca kaṃbalī || 9 ||
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kena ceyaṃ jaṭā putri raktasūtrāvakalpitā |
evaṃvidhāni vākyāni śrutvovāca svayaṃ hariḥ || 10 ||
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iha cāsmābhirānītā patnyarthaṃ viniyojitā |
brahmaṇālaṃbitā bālā pralāpaṃ mā kṛthāstviha || 11 ||
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puṇyā caiṣā subhāgyā ca sarveṣāṃ kulanaṃdinī |
puṇyā cenna bhavatyeṣā kathamāgacchate sadaḥ || 12 ||
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evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāga na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi |
kanyaiṣā te mahābhāgā prāptā devaṃ viriṃcanam || 13 ||
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yogino yogayuktā ye brāhmaṇā vedapāragāḥ |
na labhaṃte prārthayantastāṃ gatiṃ duhitā gatā || 14 ||
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dharmavaṃtaṃ sadācāraṃ bhavaṃtaṃ dharmavatsalam |
mayā jñātvā tataḥ kanyā dattā caiṣā viraṃcaye || 15 ||
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anayā tārito gaccha divyānlokānmahodayān |
yuṣmākaṃ ca kule cāpi devakāryārthasiddhaye || 16 ||
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avatāraṃ kariṣyehaṃ sā krīḍā tu bhaviṣyati |
yadā naṃdaprabhṛtayo hyavatāraṃ dharātale || 17 ||
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kariṣyaṃti tadā cāhaṃ vasiṣye teṣu madhyataḥ |
yuṣmākaṃ kanyakāḥ sarvā vasiṣyaṃti mayā saha || 18 ||
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tatra doṣo na bhavitā na dveṣo na ca matsaraḥ |
kariṣyaṃti tadā gopā bhayaṃ ca na manuṣyakāḥ || 19 ||
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na cāsyā bhavitā doṣaḥ karmaṇānena karhicit |
śrutvā vākyaṃ tadā viṣṇoḥ praṇipatya yayustadā || 20 ||
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evameṣa varo deva yo datto bhavitā hi me |
avatāraḥ kulesmākaṃ kartavyo dharmasādhanaḥ || 21 ||
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bhavato darśanādeva bhavāmaḥ svargavāsinaḥ |
śubhadā kanyakā caiṣā tāriṇī me kulaiḥ saha || 22 ||
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evaṃ bhavatu deveśa varadānaṃ vibho tava |
anunītāstadā gopāḥ svayaṃ devena viṣṇunā || 23 ||
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brahmaṇāpyevamevaṃ tu vāmahastena bhāṣitam |
trapānvitā darśane tu baṃdhūnāṃ varavarṇinī || 24 ||
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kairahaṃ tu samākhyātā yenemaṃ deśamāgatāḥ |
dṛṣṭvā tu tāṃstataḥ prāha gāyatrī gopakanyakā || 25 ||
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vāmahastena tānsarvānprāṇipātapuraḥsaram |
atra cāhaṃ sthitā mātarbrahmāṇaṃ samupāgatā || 26 ||
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bhartā labdho mayā devaḥ sarvasyādyo jagatpatiḥ |
nāhaṃ śocyā bhavatyā tu na pitrā na ca bāṃdhavaiḥ || 27 ||
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sakhīgaṇaśca me yātu bhaginyo dārakaiḥ saha |
sarveṣāṃ kuśalaṃ vācyaṃ sthitāsmi saha daivataiḥ || 28 ||
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gateṣu teṣu sarveṣu gāyatrī sā sumadhyamā |
brahmaṇā sahitā reje yajñavāṭaṃ gatā satī || 29 ||
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yācito brāhmaṇairbrahmā varānno dehi cepsitān |
yathepsitaṃ varaṃ teṣāṃ tadā brahmāpyayacchata || 30 ||
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tayā devyā ca gāyatryā dattaṃ taccānumoditam |
sā tu yajñe sthitā sādhvī devatānāṃ samīpagā || 31 ||
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divyaṃvarṣaśataṃ sāgraṃ sa yajño vavṛdhe tadā |
yajñavāṭaṃ kapardī tu bhikṣārthaṃ samupāgataḥ || 32 ||
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bṛhatkapālaṃ saṃgṛhya paṃcamuṇḍairalaṃkṛtaḥ |
ṛtvigbhiśca sadasyaiśca dūrāttiṣṭhanjugupsitaḥ || 33 ||
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kathaṃ tvamiha saṃprāpto niṃdito vedavādibhiḥ |
evaṃ protsāryamāṇopi niṃdyamānaḥ sa tairdvijaiḥ || 34 ||
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uvāca tāndvijānsarvānsmitaṃ kṛtvā maheśvaraḥ |
atra paitāmahe yajñe sarveṣāṃ toṣadāyini || 35 ||
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kaścidutsārya tenaiva ṛtemāṃ dvijasattamāḥ |
uktaḥ sa taiḥ kapardī tu bhuktvā cānnaṃ tato vraja || 36 ||
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kapardinā ca te uktā bhuktvā yāsyāmi bho dvijāḥ |
evamuktvā niṣaṇṇaḥ sa kapālaṃ nyasya cāgrataḥ || 37 ||
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teṣāṃ nirīkṣya tatkarma cakre kauṭilyamīśvaraḥ |
muktvā kapālaṃ bhūmau tu tāndvijānavalokayan || 38 ||
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uvāca puṣkaraṃ yāmi snānārthaṃ dvijasattamāḥ |
tūrṇaṃ gaccheti tairuktaḥ sa gataḥ parameśvaraḥ || 39 ||
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viyatsthitaḥ kautukena mohayitvā divaukasaḥ |
snānārthaṃ puṣkaraṃ yāte kapardini dvijātayaḥ || 40 ||
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kathaṃ homotra kriyate kapāle sadasi sthite |
kapālāṃtānyaśaucāni purā prāha prajāpatiḥ || 41 ||
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viprobhyadhātsadasyekaḥ kapālamutkṣipāmyahaṃ |
uddhṛtaṃ tu sadasyena prakṣiptaṃ pāṇinā svayam || 42 ||
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tāvadanyatsthitaṃ tatra punareva samuddhṛtam |
evaṃ dvitīyaṃ tṛtīyaṃ viṃśatistriṃśadapyaho || 43 ||
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paṃcāśacca śataṃ caiva sahasramayutaṃ tathā |
evaṃ nāṃtaḥ kapālānāṃ prāpyate dvijasattamaiḥ || 44 ||
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natvā kapardinaṃ devaṃ śaraṇaṃ samupāgatāḥ |
puṣkarāraṇyamāsādya japyaiśca vaidikairbhṛśam || 45 ||
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tuṣṭuvuḥ sahitāḥ sarve tāvattuṣṭo haraḥ svayam |
tataḥ sadarśanaṃ prādāddvijānāṃ bhaktitaḥ śivaḥ || 46 ||
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uvāca tāṃstato devo bhaktinamrāndvijottamān |
puroḍāśasya niṣpattiḥ kapālaṃ na vinā bhavet || 47 ||
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kurudhvaṃ vacanaṃ viprāḥ bhāgaḥ sviṣṭakṛto mama |
evaṃ kṛte kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ madīyaṃ śāsanaṃ bhavet || 48 ||
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tathetyūcurdvijāśśaṃbhuṃ kurmo vai tava śāsanam |
kapālapāṇirāheśo bhagavaṃtaṃ pitāmaham || 49 ||
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varaṃ varaya bho brahmanhṛdi yatte priyaṃ sthitam |
sarvaṃ tava pradāsyāmi adeyaṃ nāsti me prabho || 50 ||
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brahmovāca |
na te varaṃ grahīṣyāmi dīkṣitohaṃ sadaḥ sthitaḥ |
sarvakāmapradaścāhaṃ yo māṃ prārthayate tviha || 51 ||
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evaṃ vadaṃtaṃ varadaṃ kratau tasminpitāmaham |
tatheti coktvā rudraḥ sa varamasmādayācata || 52 ||
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tato manvaṃtaretīte punareva prabhuḥ svayam |
brahmottaraṃ kṛtaṃ sthānaṃ svayaṃ devena śaṃbhunā || 53 ||
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caturṣvapi hi vedeṣu pariniṣṭhāṃ gato hi yaḥ |
tasminkāle tadā devo nagarasyāvalokane || 54 ||
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saṃbhāṣaṇe dvijānāṃ tu kautukena sado gataḥ |
tenaivonmattaveṣeṇa hutaśeṣe maheśvaraḥ || 55 ||
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praviṣṭo brahmaṇaḥ sadma dṛṣṭo devairdvijottamaiḥ |
prahasaṃti ca kepyenaṃ kecinnirbhartsayaṃti ca || 56 ||
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apare pāṃsubhiḥ siñcantyunmattaṃ taṃ tathā dvijāḥ |
loṣṭaiśca laguḍaiścānye śuṣmiṇo balagarvitāḥ || 57 ||
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praharanti smopahāsaṃ kurvāṇā hastasaṃvidam |
tatonye vaṭavastatra jaṭāsvāgṛhya cāṃtikam || 58 ||
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pṛcchaṃti vratacaryāṃ tāṃ kenaiṣā te nidarśitā |
atra vāmāstriyaḥ saṃti tāsāmarthe tvamāgataḥ || 59 ||
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kenaiṣā darśitā caryā guruṇā pāpadarśinā |
yenaconmattavadvākyaṃ vadanmadhye pradhāvasi || 60 ||
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śiśnaṃ me brahmaṇo rūpaṃ bhagaṃ cāpi janārdanaḥ |
upyamānamidaṃ bījaṃ lokaḥ kliśnāti cānyathā || 61 ||
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mayāyaṃ janitaḥ putro janitonena cāpyaham |
mahādevakṛte sṛṣṭiḥ sṛṣṭā bhāryā himālaye || 62 ||
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umādattā tu rudrasya kasya sā tanayā vada |
mūḍhā yūyaṃ na jānītha vadatāṃ bhagavāṃstu vaḥ || 63 ||
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brahmaṇā na kṛtā caryā darśitā naiva viṣṇunā |
giriśenāpi devena brahmavadhyā kṛtena tu || 64 ||
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kathaṃsvidgarhase devaṃ vadhyosmākaṃ tvamadya vai |
evaṃ tairhanyamānastu brāhmaṇaistatra śaṃkaraḥ || 65 ||
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smitaṃ kṛtvābravītsarvānbrāhmaṇānnṛpasattama |
kiṃ māṃ na vittha bho viprā unmattaṃ naṣṭacetanam || 66 ||
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yūyaṃ kāruṇikāḥ sarve mitrabhāve vyavasthitāḥ |
vadamānamidaṃ chadma brahmarūpadharaṃ haram || 67 ||
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māyayā tasya devasya mohitāste dvijottamāḥ |
kapardinaṃ nijaghnuste pāṇipādaiśca muṣṭibhiḥ || 68 ||
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daṃḍaiścāpi ca kīlaiśca unmattaveṣadhāriṇam |
pīḍyamānastatastaistu dvijaiḥ kopamathāgamat || 69 ||
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tato devena te śaptā yūyaṃ vedavivarjitāḥ |
ūrdhvajaṭāḥ kratubhraṣṭāḥ paradāropasevinaḥ || 70 ||
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veśyāyāṃ tu ratā dyūte pitṛmātṛvivarjitāḥ |
na putraḥ paitṛkaṃ vittaṃ vidyāṃ vāpi gamiṣyati || 71 ||
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sarve ca mohitāḥ saṃtu sarveṃdriyavivarjitāḥ |
raudrīṃ bhikṣāṃ samaśnaṃtu parapiṃḍopajīvinaḥ || 72 ||
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ātmānaṃ vartayaṃtaśca nirmamā dharmavarjitāḥ |
kṛpārpitā tu yairviprairunmatte mayi sāṃpratam || 73 ||
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teṣāṃ dhanaṃ ca putrāśca dāsīdāsamajāvikam |
kulotpannāśca vai nāryo mayi tuṣṭe bhavanviha || 74 ||
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evaṃ śāpaṃ varaṃ caiva datvāṃtarddhānamīśvaraḥ |
gato dvijāgate deve matvā taṃ śaṃkaraṃ prabhum || 75 ||
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anviṣyaṃtopi yatnena na cāpaśyaṃta te yadā |
tadā niyamasaṃpannāḥ puṣkarāraṇyamāgatāḥ || 76 ||
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snātvā jyeṣṭhasaro viprā jepuste śatarudriyam |
jāpyāvasāne devastānaśīraragirā'bravīt || 77 ||
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anṛtaṃ na mayā proktaṃ svaireṣvapi kutaḥ punaḥ |
āgate nigrahe kṣemaṃ bhūyopi karavāṇyaham || 78 ||
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śāṃtā dāṃtā dvijā ye tu bhaktimaṃto mayi sthirāḥ |
na teṣāṃ chidyate vedo na dhanaṃ nāpi saṃtatiḥ || 79 ||
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agnihotraratā ye ca bhaktimaṃto janārdane |
pūjayaṃti ca brahmāṇaṃ tejorāśiṃ divākaram || 80 ||
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nāśubhaṃ vidyate teṣāṃ yeṣāṃ sāmye sthitā matiḥ |
etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ tūṣṇīṃ bhūtastu so'bhavat || 81 ||
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labdhvā varaṃ saprasādaṃ devadevānmaheśvarāt |
ājagmuḥ sahitāssarve yatra devaḥ pitāmahaḥ || 82 ||
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viriñciṃ saṃhitājāpyaistoṣayaṃto'grataḥ sthitāḥ |
tuṣṭastānabravīdbrahmā mattopi vriyatāṃ varaḥ || 83 ||
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brahmaṇastenavākyena hṛṣṭāḥ sarve dvijottamāḥ |
ko varo yācyatāṃ viprāḥ parituṣṭe pitāmahe || 84 ||
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agnihotrāṇi vedāśca śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca |
sāṃtānikāśca ye lokā varadānādbhavaṃtu naḥ || 85 ||
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evaṃ prajalpatāṃ tatra viprāṇāṃ kopamāviśat |
ke yūyaṃ ketra pravarā vayaṃ śreṣṭhāstathāpare || 86 ||
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netineti tathā viprā dvijāṃstāṃstatra saṃsthitān |
brahmovācābhisaṃprekṣya brāhmaṇānkrodhapūritān || 87 ||
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yasmādyūyaṃ tribhirbhāgaiḥ sabhāyāṃ bāhyataḥ sthitāḥ |
tasmādāmūliko gulmo hyeko bhavatu vo dvijāḥ || 88 ||
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udāsīnāḥ sthitā ye tu udāsīnā bhavaṃtu te |
sāyudhābaddhanistriṃśā yoddhukāmā vyavasthitāḥ || 89 ||
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kauśikīti gaṇo nāma tṛtīyo bhavatu dvijāḥ |
tridhābaddhamidaṃ sthānaṃ sarvaṃ yuṣmadbhaviṣyati || 90 ||
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bāhyato lokaśabdena procyamānāḥ prajāstviha |
avijñeyamidaṃ sthānaṃ viṣṇuḥ pālayitā dhruvam || 91 ||
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mayā dattaṃ cirasthāyi abhaṃgaṃ ca bhaviṣyati |
evamuktvā tadā brahmā samāptiṃ tāmavaikṣata || 92 ||
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brāhmaṇāḥ sahitāste tu krodhāmarṣasamanvitāḥ |
atithiṃ bhojayānāśca vedābhyāsaratāstu te || 93 ||
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etacca paramaṃ kṣetraṃ puṣkaraṃ brahmasaṃjñitam |
tatrasthā ye dvijāḥ śāṃtā vasaṃti kṣetravāsinaḥ || 94 ||
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na teṣāṃ durlabhaṃ kiṃcidbrahmaloke bhaviṣyati |
kokāmukhe kurukṣetre naimiṣe ṛṣisaṃgame || 95 ||
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vārāṇasyāṃ prabhāse ca tathā badarikāśrame |
gaṃgādvāre prayāge ca gaṃgāsāgarasaṃgame || 96 ||
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rudrakoṭyāṃ virūpākṣe mitrasyāpi tathā vane |
tīrtheṣveteṣu sarveṣu siddhiryā dvādaśābdikā || 97 ||
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prāpyate mānavairloke ṣaṇmāsādrājasattama |
puṣkare tu na saṃdeho brahmacaryamanā yadi || 98 ||
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tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ kṣetrāṇāmapi cottamam |
sadā tu pūjitaṃ pūjyairbhaktiyuktaiḥ pitāmahe || 99 ||
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ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi sāvitryā brahmaṇā saha |
vādo yathānubhūtastu parihāsakṛto mahān || 100 ||
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sāvitrīgamane sarvā āgatā devayoṣitaḥ |
bhṛgoḥ khyātyāṃ samutpannā viṣṇupatnī yaśasvinī || 101 ||
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āmantritā sadā lakṣmīstatrāyātā tvarānvitā |
madirā ca mahābhāgā yoganidrā vibhūtidā || 102 ||
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śrīḥ kamalālayābhūtiḥ kīrtiḥ śraddhā manasvinī |
puṣṭituṣṭipradā yā tu devyā etāḥ samāgatāḥ || 103 ||
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satī yā dakṣatanayā umeti pārvatī śubhā |
trailokyasuṃdarī devī strīṇāṃ saubhāgyadāyinī || 104 ||
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jayā ca vijayā caiva madhucchaṃdāmarāvatī |
supriyā janakāṃtā ca sāvitryā maṃdire śubhe || 105 ||
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gauryā saha samāyātāssuveṣā bharaṇānvitāḥ |
pulomaduhitā caiva śakrāṇī ca sahāpsarāḥ || 106 ||
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svāhā cāpi svadhā''yātā dhūmorṇā ca varānanā |
yakṣī tu rākṣasī caiva gaurī caiva mahādhanā || 107 ||
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manojavā vāyupatnī ṛddhiśca dhanadapriyā |
devakanyāstathā''yātā dānavyo danuvallabhāḥ || 108 ||
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saptarṣīṇāṃ mahāpatnya ṛṣīṇāṃ ca varāṃganāḥ |
evaṃ bhaginyo duhitā vidyādharīgaṇāstathā || 109 ||
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rākṣasyaḥ pitṛkanyāśca tathānyā lokamātaraḥ |
vadhūbhiḥ sasnuṣābhiśca sāvitrī gaṃtumicchati || 110 ||
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adityādyāstathā sarvā dakṣakanyāssamāgatāḥ |
tābhiḥ parivṛtā sādhvī brahmāṇī kamalālayā || 111 ||
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kācinmodakamādāya kācicchūrpaṃ varānanā |
phalapūritamādāya prayātā brahmaṇoṃtikam || 112 ||
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āḍhakīḥ saha niṣpāvā gṛhītvānyāstathāparā |
dāḍimāni vicitrāṇi mātuliṃgāni śobhanā || 113 ||
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karīrāṇi tathā cānyā gṛhītvā kamalāni ca |
kausuṃbhakaṃ jīrakaṃ ca kharjūramaparā tathā || 114 ||
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uttamānyaparādāya nālikerāṇi sarvaśaḥ |
drākṣayāpūritaṃ kācitpātraṃ śṛṃgāṭakaṃ tathā || 115 ||
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karpūrāṇi vicitrāṇi jaṃbūkāni śubhāni ca |
akṣoṭāmalakāngṛhya jaṃbīrāṇi tathāparā || 116 ||
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bilvāni paripakvāni cipiṭāni varānanā |
kārpāsatūlikāścānyā vastraṃ kausuṃbhakaṃ tathā || 117 ||
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evamādyāni cānyāni kṛtvā śūrpe varānanāḥ |
sāvitryā sahitāḥ sarvāḥ saṃprāptāḥ sahasā śubhāḥ || 118 ||
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sāvitrīmāgatāṃ dṛṣṭvā bhītastatra puraṃdaraḥ |
adhomukhaḥ sthito brahmā kimeṣā māṃ vadiṣyati || 119 ||
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trapānvitau viṣṇurudrau sarve cānye dvijātayaḥ |
sabhāsadastathā bhītāstathā cānye divaukasaḥ || 120 ||
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putrāḥ pautrā bhāgineyā mātulā bhrātarastathā |
ṛbhavo nāma ye devā devānāmapi devatāḥ || 121 ||
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vailakṣyevasthitāḥ sarve sāvitrī kiṃ vadiṣyati |
brahmapārśve sthitā tatra kiṃtu vai gopakanyakā || 122 ||
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maunībhūtā tu śṛṇvānā sarveṣāṃ vadatāṃ giraḥ |
addhvaryuṇā samāhūtā nāgatā varavarṇinī || 123 ||
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śakreṇānyāhṛtābhīrā dattā sā viṣṇunā svayam |
anumoditā ca rudreṇa pitrā'dattā svayaṃ tathā || 124 ||
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kathaṃ sā bhavitā yajñe samāptiṃ vā vrajetkatham |
evaṃ ciṃtayatāṃ teṣāṃ praviṣṭā kamalālayā || 125 ||
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vṛto brahmāsadasyaistu ṛtvigbhirdaivataistathā |
hūyaṃte cāgnayastatra brāhmaṇairvaidapāragaiḥ || 126 ||
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patnīśālāsthitā gopī saiṇaśṛṃgā samekhalā |
kṣaumavastraparīdhānā dhyāyaṃtī paramaṃ padam || 127 ||
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pativratā patiprāṇā prādhānye ca niveśitā |
rūpānvitā viśālākṣī tejasā bhāskaropamā || 128 ||
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dyotayaṃtī sadastatra sūryasyeva yathā prabhā |
jvalamānaṃ tathā vahniṃ śrayaṃte ṛtvijastathā || 129 ||
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paśūnāmiha gṛhṇānā bhāgaṃ svasva carormudā |
yajñabhāgārthino devā vilaṃbādbruvate tadā || 130 ||
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kālahīnaṃ na kartavyaṃ kṛtaṃ na phaladaṃ yataḥ |
vedeṣvevamadhīkāro dṛṣṭaḥ sarvairmanīṣibhiḥ || 131 ||
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prāvargye kriyamāṇe tu brāhmaṇairvedapāragaiḥ |
kṣīradvayena saṃyukta śṛtenādhvaryuṇā tathā || 132 ||
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upahūtenāgate na cāhūteṣu dvijanmasu |
kriyamāṇe tathā bhakṣye dṛṣṭvā devī ruṣānvitā || 133 ||
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uvāca devī brahmāṇaṃ sadomadhye tu mauninam |
kimetadyujyate deva kartumetadviceṣṭitam || 134 ||
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māṃ parityajya yatkāmātkṛtavānasi kilbiṣam |
na tulyā pādarajasā mamaiṣā yā śiraḥ kṛtā || 135 ||
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yadvadaṃti janāssarve saṃgatāḥ sadasi sthitāḥ |
ājñāmīśvarabhūtānāṃ tāṃ kuruṣva yadīcchasi || 136 ||
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bhavatā rūpalobhena kṛtaṃ lokavigarhitam |
putreṣu na kṛtā lajjā pautreṣu ca na te prabho || 137 ||
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kāmakārakṛtaṃ manya etatkarmavigarhitam |
pitāmahosi devānāmṛṣīṇāṃ prapitāmahaḥ || 138 ||
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kathaṃ na te trapā jātā ātmanaḥ paśyatastanum |
lokamadhye kṛtaṃ hāsyamahaṃ cāpakṛtā prabho || 139 ||
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yadyeṣa te sthiro bhāvastiṣṭha deva namostute |
ahaṃ kathaṃ sakhīnāṃ tu darśayiṣyāmi vai mukham || 140 ||
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bhartrā me vidhṛtā patnī kathametadahaṃ vade |
brahmovāca |
ṛtvigbhistvaritaścāhaṃ dīkṣākālādanaṃtaram || 141 ||
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patnīṃ vinā na homotra śīghraṃ patnīmihānaya |
śakreṇaiṣā samānītā datteyaṃ mama viṣṇunā || 142 ||
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gṛhītā ca mayā subhru kṣamasvaitaṃ mayā kṛtam |
na cāparādhaṃ bhūyonyaṃ kariṣye tava suvrate || 143 ||
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pādayoḥ patitastehaṃ kṣamasveha namostute |
pulastya uvāca |
evamuktā tadā kruddhā brahmāṇaṃ śaptumudyatā || 144 ||
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yadi mesti tapastaptaṃ guravo yadi toṣitāḥ |
sarvabrahmasamūheṣu sthāneṣu vividheṣu ca || 145 ||
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naiva te brāhmaṇāḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyaṃti kadācana |
ṝte tu kārtikīmekāṃ pūjāṃ sāṃvatsarīṃ tava || 146 ||
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kariṣyaṃti dvijāḥ sarve martyā nānyatra bhūtale |
etadbrahmāṇamuktvāha śatakratumupasthitam || 147 ||
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bhobhoḥ śakra tvayānītā ābhīrī brahmaṇoṃtikam |
yasmātte kṣudrakaṃ karma tasmātvaṃ lapsyase phalam || 148 ||
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yadā saṃgrāmamadhye tvaṃ sthātā śakra bhaviṣyasi |
tadā tvaṃ śatrubhirbaddho nītaḥ paramikāṃ daśām || 149 ||
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akiṃcano naṣṭasatvaḥ śatrūṇāṃ nagare sthitaḥ |
parābhavaṃ mahatprāpya na cirādeva mokṣyase || 150 ||
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śakraṃ śaptvā tadā devī viṣṇuṃ vākyamathābravīt |
bhṛguvākyena te janma yadā martye bhaviṣyati || 151 ||
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bhāryāviyogajaṃ duḥkhaṃ tadā tvaṃ tatra bhokṣyase |
hṛtā te śatruṇā patnī pare pāro mahodadheḥ || 152 ||
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na ca tvaṃ jñāsyase nītāṃ śokopahatacetanaḥ |
bhrātrā saha paraṃ kaṣṭāmāpadaṃ prāpya duḥkhitaḥ || 153 ||
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yadā yadukule jātaḥ kṛṣṇasaṃjño bhaviṣyasi |
paśūnāṃ dāsatāṃ prāpya cirakālaṃ bhramiṣyasi || 154 ||
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tadāha rudraṃ kupitā yadā dāruvane sthitaḥ |
tadā ta ṝṣayaḥ kruddhāḥ śāpaṃ dāsyaṃti vai hara || 155 ||
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bhobhoḥ kāpālika kṣudra strīrasmākaṃ jihīrṣasi |
tadetaddarpitaṃ tedya bhūmau ligaṃ patiṣyati || 156 ||
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vihīnaḥ pauruṣeṇa tvaṃ muniśāpācca pīḍitaḥ |
gaṃgādvāre sthitā patnī sā tvāmāśvāsayiṣyati || 157 ||
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agne tvaṃ sarvabhakṣosi pūrvaṃ putreṇa me kṛtaḥ |
bhṛguṇā dharmanityena kathaṃ dagdhaṃ dahāmyaham || 158 ||
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jātavedassa rudrastvāṃ retasā plāvayiṣyati |
amedhyeṣu ca te jihvā adhikaṃ prajvaliṣyati || 159 ||
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brāhmaṇānṛtvijaḥ sarvānsāvitrī vai śaśāpa ha |
pratigrahārthāgnihotro vṛthāṭavyāśrayāstathā || 160 ||
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sadā tīrthāni kṣetrāṇi lobhādeva bhajiṣyatha |
parānneṣu sadā tṛptā atṛptāssvagṛheṣu ca || 161 ||
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ayājyayājanaṃ kṛtvā kutsitasya pratigraham |
vṛthādhanārjanaṃ kṛtvā vyayaṃ caiva tathā vṛthā || 162 ||
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pretānāṃ tena pretatvaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |
evaṃ śakraṃ tathā viṣṇuṃ rudraṃ vai pāvakaṃ tathā || 163 ||
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brahmāṇaṃ brāhmaṇāṃścaiva sarvāṃstānāśapadruṣā |
śāpaṃ datvā tathā teṣāṃ niṣkrāṃtā sadasastathā || 164 ||
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jyeṣṭhaṃ puṣkaramāsādya tadā sā ca vyavasthitā |
lakṣmīṃ prāha satīṃ tāṃ ca śakrabhāryāṃ varānanām || 165 ||
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yuvatīstāstathovāca nātra sthāsyāmi saṃsadi |
tatra cāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi yatra śroṣye na ca dhvanim || 166 ||
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tatastāḥ pramadāḥ sarvāḥ prayātāḥ svaniketanam |
sāvitrī kupitā tāsāmapi śāpāya codyatā || 167 ||
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yasmānmāṃ tu parityajya gatāstā devayoṣitaḥ |
tāsāmapi tathā śāpaṃ pradāsye kupitā bhṛśam || 168 ||
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naikatravāso lakṣmyāstu bhaviṣyati kadācana |
kṣudrā sā calacittā ca mūrkheṣu ca vasiṣyati || 169 ||
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mleccheṣu pārvatīyeṣu kutsite kutsite tathā |
mūrkheṣu cāvalipteṣu abhiśapte durātmani || 170 ||
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evaṃvidhe nare syātte vasatiḥ śāpakāritā |
śāpaṃ datvā tatastasyā iṃdrāṇīmaśapattatadā || 171 ||
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brahmahatyā gṛhīteṃdre patyau te duḥkhabhāgini |
nahuṣāpahṛte rājye dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ yācayiṣyati || 172 ||
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ahamiṃdraḥ kathaṃ caiṣā nopasthāsyati bāliśā |
sarvāndevānhaniṣyāmi na lapsyehaṃ śacīṃ yadi || 173 ||
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naṣṭā tvaṃ ca tadā trastā vākpaterduḥkhitā gṛhe |
vasiṣyase durācāre mama śāpena garvite || 174 ||
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devabhāryāsu sarvāsu tadā śāpamayacchata |
na cāpatyakṛtāṃ prītimetāḥ sarvā labhiṣyatha || 175 ||
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dahyamānā divārātrau vaṃdhyāśabdena dūṣitāḥ |
gauryyapyevaṃ tadā śaptā sāvitryā varavarṇinī || 176 ||
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rudamānā tu sā dṛṣṭā viṣṇunā ca prasāditā |
mā rodīstvaṃ viśālākṣi ehyāgaccha sadā śubhe || 177 ||
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praviśya ca sabhāṃ dehi mekhalāṃ kṣaumavāsasī |
gṛhāṇa dīkṣāṃ brahmāṇi pādau ca praṇamāmi te || 178 ||
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evamuktā'bravīdenaṃ na karomi vacastava |
tatra cāhaṃ gamiṣyāmi yatra śroṣye na vai dhvanim || 179 ||
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etāvaduktvā sāruhya tasmātsthānadgirau sthitā |
viṣṇustadagrataḥ sthitvā badhvā ca karasaṃpuṭaṃ || 180 ||
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tuṣṭāva praṇato bhūtvā bhaktyā paramayā sthitaḥ |
viṣṇuruvāca |
sarvagā sarvabhūteṣu draṣṭavyā sarvatodbhutā || 181 ||
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sadasaccaiva yatkiṃciddṛśyaṃ tanna vinā tvayā |
tathāpi yeṣu sthāneṣu draṣṭavyā siddhimīpsubhiḥ || 182 ||
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smartavyā bhūmikāmairvā tatpravakṣyāmi tegrataḥ |
sāvitrī puṣkare nāma tīrthānāṃ pravare śubhe || 183 ||
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vārāṇasyāṃ viśālākṣī naimiṣe liṃgadhāriṇī |
prayāge lalitādevī kāmukā gaṃdhamādane || 184 ||
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mānase kumudā nāma viśvakāyā tathāṃbare |
gomaṃte gomatī nāma maṃdare kāmacāriṇī || 185 ||
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madotkaṭā caitrarathe jayaṃtī hastināpure |
kānyakubje tathā gaurī raṃbhā malayaparvate || 186 ||
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ekāmrake kīrtimatī viśvā viśveśvarī tathā |
karṇike puruhasteti kedāre mārgadāyikā || 187 ||
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naṃdā himavataḥ pṛṣṭe gokarṇe bhadrakālikā |
sthāṇvīśvare bhavānī tu bilvake bilvapatrikā || 188 ||
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śrīśaile mādhavīdevī bhadrā bhadreśvarī tathā |
jayā varāhaśaile tu kamalā kamalālaye || 189 ||
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rudrakoṭyāṃ tu rudrāṇī kālī kālaṃjare tathā |
mahāliṃge tu kapilā karkoṭe maṃgaleśvarī || 190 ||
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śāligrāme mahādevī śivaliṃge jalapriyā |
māyāpuryāṃ kumārī tu saṃtāne lalitā tathā || 191 ||
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utpalākṣī sahasrākṣe hiraṇyākṣe mahotpalā |
gayāyāṃ maṃgalā nāma vimalā puruṣottame || 192 ||
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vipāśāyāmamoghākṣī pāṭalā puṇyavarddhane |
nārāyaṇī supārśve tu trikūṭe bhadrasuṃdarī || 193 ||
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vipule vipulā nāma kalyāṇī malayācale |
koṭavī koṭitīrthe tu sugaṃdhā mādhavīvane || 194 ||
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kubjāmrake trisaṃdhyā tu gaṃgādvāre haripriyā |
śivakuṃḍe śivānaṃdā naṃdinī devikātaṭe || 195 ||
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rukmiṇī dvāravatyāṃ tu rādhā vṛṃdāvane tathā |
devakī mathurāyāṃ tu pātāle parameśvarī || 196 ||
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citrakūṭe tathā sītā viṃdhye viṃdhyanivāsinī |
sahyādrāvekavīrā tu hariścaṃdre tu caṃdrikā || 197 ||
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ramaṇā rāmatīrthe tu yamunāyāṃ mṛgāvatī |
karavīre mahālakṣmī rumādevī vināyake || 198 ||
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arogā vaidyanāthe tu mahākāle maheśvarī |
abhayā puṣpatīrthe tu amṛtā viṃdhyakaṃdare || 199 ||
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māṃḍavye māṃḍavī devī svāhā māheśvare pure |
vegale tu pracaṃḍātha caṃḍikāmarakaṃṭake || 200 ||
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someśvare varārohā prabhāse puṣkarāvatī |
devamātā sarasvatyāṃ pārāpāre taṭe sthitā || 201 ||
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mahālaye mahāpadmā payoṣṇyāṃ piṃgaleśvarī |
siṃhikā kṛtaśauce tu kārtikeye tu śaṃkarī || 202 ||
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utpalāvartake lolā subhadrā siṃdhusaṃgame |
umā siddhavane lakṣmīranaṃgā bharatāśrame || 203 ||
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jālaṃdhare viśvamukhī tārā kiṣkiṃdhaparvate |
devadāruvane puṣṭirmedhā kāśmīramaṃḍale || 204 ||
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bhīmā devī himādrau ca tuṣṭirvastreśvare tathā |
kapālamocane śraddhā mātā kāyāvarohaṇe || 205 ||
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śaṃkhoddhāre dhvanirnāma dhṛtiḥ piṃḍārake tathā |
kālā tu caṃdrabhāgāyāmacchode siddhidāyinī || 206 ||
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veṇāyāmamṛtā devī badaryāmūrvaśī tathā |
auṣadhī cottarakurau kuśadvīpe kuśodakā || 207 ||
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manmathā hemakūṭe tu kumude satyavādinī |
aśvatthevaṃdanīyā tu nidhirvai śravaṇālaye || 208 ||
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gāyatrī vedavadane pārvatī śivasannidhau |
devaloke tatheṃdrāṇī brahmāsye tu sarasvatī || 209 ||
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sūryabiṃbe prabhānāma mātṝṇāṃ vaiṣṇavī tathā |
aruṃdhatī satīnāṃ tu rāmāsu ca tilottamā || 210 ||
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citre brahmakalā nāma śaktiḥ sarvaśarīriṇāṃ |
etadbhaktyā mayā proktaṃ nāmāṣṭaśatamuttamaṃ || 211 ||
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aṣṭottaraṃ ca tīrthānāṃ śatametadudāhṛtaṃ |
yo japecchruṇuyādvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 212 ||
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yeṣu tīrtheṣu yaḥ kṛtvā snānaṃ paśyennarottamaḥ |
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ kalpaṃ brahmapure vaset || 213 ||
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nāmāṣṭakaśataṃ yastu śrāvayedbrahmasannidhau |
paurṇamāsyāmamāyāṃ vā bahuputro bhavennaraḥ || 214 ||
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godāne śrāddhadāne vā ahanyahani vā punaḥ |
devārcanavidhau śṛṇvanparaṃ brahmādhigacchati || 215 ||
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evaṃ stuvaṃtaṃ sāvitrī viṣṇuṃ provāca suvratā |
samyakstutā tvayā putra tvamajayyo bhaviṣyasi || 216 ||
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avatāre sadārastvaṃ pitṛmātṛṣu vallabhaḥ |
iha cāgatya yo māṃ tu stavenānena saṃstuyāt || 217 ||
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sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ paraṃ sthānaṃ gamiṣyati |
gaccha yajñaṃ viriñcasya samāptiṃ naya putraka || 218 ||
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kurukṣetre prayāge ca bhaviṣye cānnadāyinī |
samīpagā sthitā bharttuḥ kariṣye tava bhāṣitam || 219 ||
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evamukto gato viṣṇurbrahmaṇaḥ sada uttam |
gatāyāmatha sāvitryāṃ gāyatrī vākyamabravīt || 220 ||
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śṛṇvaṃtu vākyamṛṣayo madīyaṃ bhartṛsannidhau |
yadidaṃ vacmyahaṃ tuṣṭā varadānāya codyatā || 221 ||
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brahmāṇaṃ pūjayiṣyaṃti narā bhaktisamanvitāḥ |
teṣāṃ vastraṃ dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ dārāḥ saukhyaṃ dhanāni ca || 222 ||
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avicchinnaṃ tathā saukhyaṃ gṛhe vai putrapautrakam |
bhuktvāsau suciraṃ kālamaṃte mokṣaṃ gamiṣyati || 223 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
brahmāṇaṃ ca pratiṣṭhāpya sarvayatnairvidhānataḥ |
yatpuṇyaphalamāpnoti tadekāgramanāḥ śṛṇu || 224 ||
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sarvayajña tapo dāna tīrtha vedeṣu yatphalam |
tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ labhetaitatpratiṣṭhayā || 225 ||
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paurṇamāsyupavāsaṃ tu kṛtvā bhaktyā narādhipa |
anena vidhinā yastu viriṃciṃ pūjayennaraḥ || 226 ||
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pratipadi mahābāho sa yāti brahmaṇaḥ padam |
viriṃciṃ vāsudevaṃ tu ṛtvigbhiśca viśeṣataḥ || 227 ||
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kārtike māsi devasya rathayātrā prakīrtitā |
yāṃ kṛtvā mānavā bhaktyā saṃyāṃti brahmalokatām || 228 ||
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kārtike māsi rājeṃdra paurṇamāsyāṃ caturmukham |
mārgeṇa brahmaṇā sārddhaṃ sāvitryā ca paraṃtapa || 229 ||
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bhrāmayennagaraṃ sarvaṃ nānāvādyasamanvitaḥ |
snapayedbhramayitvā tu salokaṃ nagaraṃ nṛpa || 230 ||
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brāhmaṇānbhojayitvāgre śāṃḍileyaṃ prapūjya ca |
āropayedrathe devaṃ puṇyavāditraniḥsvanaiḥ || 231 ||
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rathāgre śāṃḍilīputraṃ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ |
brāhmaṇānvācayitvā tu kṛtvā puṇyāhamaṅgalam || 232 ||
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devamāropayitvā ca rathe kuryātprajāgaraṃ |
nānāvidhaiḥ prekṣaṇikairbrahmaghauṣaiśca puṣkalaiḥ || 233 ||
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kṛtvā prajāgaraṃ devaṃ prabhāte brāhmaṇānnṛpa |
bhojayitvā yathāśakti bhakṣyabhojyairanekaśaḥ || 234 ||
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pūjayitvā janaṃ dhīra maṃtreṇa vidhivannṛpa |
ājyena tu mahābāho payasā pāyasena ca || 235 ||
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brāhmaṇānvācayitvā tu svastyā tu vidhivannṛpa |
kṛtvā puṇyāhaśabdaṃ ca tadrathaṃ bhrāmayetpure || 236 ||
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vipraiścaturvedavidbhirbhrāmayedbrahmaṇo ratham |
bahvṛcātharvaṇairvīrachaṃdogādhvaryubhistathā || 237 ||
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bhrāmayeddevadevasya suraśreṣṭhasya taṃ rathaṃ |
pradakṣiṇaṃ puraṃ sarvaṃ mārgeṇa susamena tu || 238 ||
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na voḍhavyo ratho vīra śūdreṇa hitamicchatā |
na cārohedrathaṃ prājño muktvaikaṃ bhojakaṃ nṛpaḥ || 239 ||
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brahmaṇo dakṣiṇe pārśve gāyatrīṃ sthāpayennṛpa |
bhojakaṃ vāmapārśve tu purataḥ paṃṅkajaṃ nyeset || 240 ||
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evaṃ tūryaninādaistu śaṃkhaśabdaiśca puṣkalaiḥ |
bhrāmayitvā rathaṃ vīra puraṃ sarvaṃ pradakṣiṇam || 241 ||
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svasthāne sthāpayeddevaṃ datvā nīrājanaṃ budhaḥ |
ya evaṃ kurute yātrāṃ yo vā bhaktyāpi paśyati || 242 ||
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rathaṃ vā karṣayedyastu sa gacchedbrahmaṇaḥ padaṃ |
kārtike māsyamāvāsyāṃ yaśca dīpapradīpanaṃ || 243 ||
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śālāyāṃ brahmaṇaḥ kuryātsa gacchetparamaṃ padam |
gaṃdhapuṣpairnavairvastrairātmānaṃ pūjayettu yaḥ || 244 ||
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tasyāṃ pratipadāyāṃ tu sa gacchedbrahmaṇaḥ padam |
mahāpuṇyātithiriyaṃ balirājyapravartinī || 245 ||
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brahmaṇaḥ supriyā nityaṃ bāleyī parikīrtitā |
brahmāṇaṃ pūjayedyo'syāmātmānaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ || 246 ||
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sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ |
caitre māsi mahābāho puṇyā pratipadāṃ varā || 247 ||
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tasyāṃ yaḥ śvapacaṃ spṛṣṭvā snānaṃ kuryānnarottamaḥ |
na tasya duritaṃ kiṃcinnādhayo vyādhayo nṛpa || 248 ||
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bhavaṃti kuruśārdūla tasmātsnānaṃ samācaret |
divyaṃ nīrājanaṃ taddhi sarvarogavināśanaṃ || 249 ||
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gomahiṣyādi yatkiṃcittatsarvaṃ karṣayennṛpa |
tena vastrādibhiḥ sarvaistoraṇaṃ bāhyato nyaset || 250 ||
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brāhmaṇānāṃ tathā bhojyaṃ kuryātkurukulodvaha |
tisro hyetāḥ purā proktāstithayaḥ kurunaṃdana || 251 ||
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kārtikāśvayuje māsi caitremāsi tathā nṛpa |
snānaṃ dānaṃ śataguṇaṃ kārttike yā tithirnṛpa || 252 ||
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balirājñastu śubhadā paśūnāṃ hitakāriṇī |
gāyatryuvāca |
yaduktaṃ tu tayā vākyaṃ sāvitryā kamalodbhavaṃ || 253 ||
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na tu te brāhmaṇāḥ pūjāṃ kariṣyaṃti kadācana |
madīyaṃ tu vacaḥ śrutvā ye kariṣyaṃti cārcanaṃ || 254 ||
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iha bhuktvā tu bhogāṃste paratra mokṣabhāginaḥ |
etāṃ jñātvā parāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ varaṃ tuṣṭaḥ prayacchati || 255 ||
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śakrāhaṃ te varaṃ dāsye saṃgrāme śatrunigrahe |
tadā brahmā mocayitā gatvā śatruniketanam || 256 ||
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svapuraṃ lapsyase naṣṭaṃ śatrunāśātparāṃ mudaṃ |
akaṃṭakaṃ mahadrājyaṃ trailokye te bhaviṣyati || 257 ||
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martyaloke yadā viṣṇo avatāraṃ kariṣyasi |
bhrātrā saha paraṃ duḥkhaṃ svabhāryāharaṇādijaṃ || 258 ||
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hatvā śatruṃ punarbhāryāṃ lapsyase surasannidhau |
gṛhītvā tāṃ punā rājyaṃ kṛtvā svargaṃ gamiṣyasi || 259 ||
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ekādaśasahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ ca punardivaṃ |
khyātiste vipulā loke anurāgaṃ janaissaha || 260 ||
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sāṃtānikā nāma teṣāṃ lokā sthāsyaṃti bhāvitāḥ |
tvayā te tāritā deva rāmarūpeṇa mānavāḥ || 261 ||
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gāyatrī tu tadā rudraṃ varadā pratyabhāṣata |
patitepi ca te liṃge pūjāṃ kurvaṃti ye narāḥ || 262 ||
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te pūtāḥ puṇyakarmāṇaḥ svargalokasya bhāginaḥ |
na tāṃ gatiṃ cāgnihotre na kratau hutapāvake || 263 ||
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yāṃ gatiṃ manujā yāṃti tava liṃgasya pūjanāt |
gaṃgātīre sadā liṃgaṃ bilbapatreṇa ye tava || 264 ||
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pūjayiṣyaṃti suprātā rudralokasya bhāginaḥ |
prāpyāpi śarvabhaktatvamagne tvaṃ bhava pāvanaḥ || 265 ||
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tvayi prīte surāḥ sarve prītā vai nātra saṃśayaḥ |
tvanmukhena havirdevaiḥ prītāḥ prīte tvayi dhruvam || 266 ||
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bhuṃjate nātra saṃdeho vedoktaṃ vacanaṃ yathā |
gāyatrī brāhmaṇāṃstāṃśca sarvāṃścaivābravīdidaṃ || 267 ||
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yuṣmākaṃ prīṇanaṃ kṛtvā sarvatīrtheṣu mānavāḥ |
padaṃ sarve gamiṣyaṃti vairājākhyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 268 ||
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annaprakārānvividhāndatvā dānānyanekaśaḥ |
śrāddheṣu prīṇanaṃ kṛtvā devadevā bhavaṃti te || 269 ||
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ye ca vai brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāsteṣāmāsye divaukasaḥ |
bhuṃjate ca haviḥ kṣipraṃ kavyaṃ caiva pitāmahāḥ || 270 ||
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yūyaṃ hi dhāraṇe śaktāstrailokyasya na saṃśayaḥ |
prāṇāyāmena caikena sarve pūtā bhaviṣyatha || 271 ||
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viśeṣātpuṣkare snātvā māṃ japtvā vedamātaraṃ |
pratigrahakṛtāndoṣānna prāpsyatha dvijotamāḥ || 272 ||
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puṣkare cānnadānena prītāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ |
ekasminbhojite vipre koṭyāḥ phalamavāpsyate || 273 ||
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brahmahatyādipāpāni duṣkṛtāni kṛtāni ca |
kariṣyaṃti narāssarve datvā yuṣmatkare dhanam || 274 ||
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madīyena tu jāpyena pūjanīyastribhiḥ kṛtaiḥ |
brahmahatyāsamaṃ pāpaṃ tatkṣaṇādeva naśyati || 275 ||
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daśabhirjanmabhirjātaṃ śatena ca purā kṛtaṃ |
triyugena sahasreṇa gāyatrī haṃti kilbiṣaṃ || 276 ||
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evaṃ jñātvā sadā pūtā jāpye tu mama vai kṛte |
bhaviṣyadhvaṃ na saṃdeho nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 277 ||
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praṇavena trimātreṇa sārddhaṃ japtvā viśeṣataḥ |
pūtāḥ sarve na saṃdeho japtvā māṃ śirasā saha || 278 ||
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aṣṭākṣarā sthitā cāhaṃ jagadvyāptaṃ mayā ttvidaṃ |
mātāhaṃ sarvavedānāṃ padaiḥ sarveralaṃkṛtā || 279 ||
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japtvā māṃ bhaktitaḥ siddhiṃ yāsyaṃti dvijasattamāḥ |
prādhānyaṃ mama jāpyena sarveṣāṃ vo bhaviṣyati || 280 ||
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gāyatrīsāramātropi varaṃ vipraḥ susaṃyataḥ |
nāyaṃtritaścaturvedī sarvāśī sarvavikrayī || 281 ||
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yasmādvipreṣu sāvitryā śāpo dattaḥ sadasyatha |
atra dattaṃ hutaṃ cāpi sarvamakṣayakārakam || 282 ||
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datto varo mayā tena yuṣmākaṃ dvijasattamāḥ |
agnihotraparā viprāstrikālaṃ homadāyinaḥ || 283 ||
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svargaṃ te tu gamiṣyaṃti saikaviṃśatibhiḥ kulaiḥ |
evaṃ śakrasya viṣṇośca rudrasya pāvakasya ca || 284 ||
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brahmaṇo brāhmaṇānāṃ ca gāyatrīvaramuttamam |
tasminvai puṣkare dattvā brahmaṇaḥ pārśvagā'bhavat || 285 ||
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cāraṇaistu tadā''khyātaṃ lakṣmyā vai śāpakāraṇam |
yuvatīnāṃ ca sarvāsāṃ śāpānjñātvā pṛthakpṛthak || 286 ||
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lakṣmyāścaiva varaṃ prādādgāyatrī brahmaṇaḥ priyā |
akutsitānsadā sarvānkurvantī dhanaśobhanā || 287 ||
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śobhiṣyase na saṃdehaḥ sarvebhyaḥ prītidāyinī |
ye tvayā vīkṣitāḥ putri sarve te puṇyabhojanāḥ || 288 ||
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parityaktāstvayā ye tu sarve te duḥkhabhāginaḥ |
teṣāṃ jātiḥ kulaṃ śīlaṃ dharmaścaiva varānane || 289 ||
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sabhāyāṃ te ca śobhaṃte dṛśyaṃte caiva pārthivaiḥ |
arthitvaṃ caiva teṣāṃ tu kariṣyaṃti dvijottamāḥ || 290 ||
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saujanyaṃ teṣu kurvaṃti tvaṃ no bhrātā pitā guruḥ |
bāṃdhavopi na saṃdeho na jīveyaṃ tvayā vinā || 291 ||
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tvayi dṛṣṭe prasannā me dṛṣṭirbhavati śobhanā |
manaḥ prasīdatetyarthaṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmi te || 292 ||
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evaṃvidhāni vākyāni tvaddṛṣṭyā ye nirīkṣitāḥ |
sajjanāste tu śroṣyaṃti janānāṃ prītidāyakāḥ || 293 ||
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iṃdratvaṃ nahuṣaḥ prāpya dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ yācayiṣyati |
tvaddṛṣṭyā tu hataḥ pāpo hyagastyavacanāddhruvam || 294 ||
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sarpatvaṃ samanuprāpya prārthayiṣyati taṃ tu saḥ |
darpeṇāhaṃ vinaṣṭosmi śaraṇaṃ me mune bhava || 295 ||
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vākyena tena tasyāsau nṛpasya bhagavānṛṣiḥ |
kṛtvā manasi kāruṇyamidaṃ vākyaṃ vadiṣyati || 296 ||
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utpatsyate kule rājā tvadīye kulanaṃdanaḥ |
sarparūpadharaṃ dṛṣṭvā sa te śāpaṃ hi bhetsyati || 297 ||
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tadā tvaṃ sarpatāṃ tyaktvā punaḥ svargaṃ gamiṣyasi |
aśvamedhakṛtena tvaṃ bhartrā saha punardivam || 298 ||
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prāpsyase varadānena madīyena sulocane |
pulastya uvāca |
devapatnyastadā sarvāstuṣṭayā paribhāṣitāḥ || 299 ||
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apatyairapi hīnānāṃ naiva duḥkhaṃ bhaviṣyati |
gaurī caiva tu gāyatryā tadā sāpi vibodhitā || 300 ||
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bṛṃhitā paritoṣeṇa varāndattvā manasvinī |
samāptiṃ tasya yajñasya kāṃkṣaṃtī brahmaṇaḥ priyā || 301 ||
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varadāṃ tāṃ tathā dṛṣṭvā gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram |
praṇipatya tadā rudraḥ stutimetāṃ cakāra ha || 302 ||
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rudra uvāca |
namostu te vedamātaraṣṭākṣaraviśodhite |
gāyatrī durgataraṇī vāṇī saptavidhā tathā || 303 ||
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sarvāṇi stutiśāstrāṇi gāthāśca nikhilāstathā |
akṣarāṇi ca sarvāṇi lakṣaṇāni tathaiva ca || 304 ||
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bhāṣyādi sarvaśāstrāṇi ye cānye niyamāstathā |
akṣarāṇi ca sarvāṇi tvaṃ tu devi namostute || 305 ||
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śvetā tvaṃ śvetarūpāsi śaśāṃkena samānanā |
bibhratī vipulau bāhū kadalīgarbhakomalau || 306 ||
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eṇaśṛṃgaṃ kare gṛhya paṃkajaṃ ca sunirmalam |
vasānā vasane kṣaume raktenottaravāsasā || 307 ||
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śaśiraśmiprakāśena hāreṇorasi rājitā |
divyakuṃḍalapūrṇābhyāṃ karṇābhyāṃ suvibhūṣitā || 308 ||
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caṃdrasāpatnyabhūtena mukhena tvaṃ virājase |
makuṭenātiśuddhena keśabaṃdhena śobhitā || 309 ||
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bhujaṃgābhogasadṛśau bhujau te bhūṣaṇandivaḥ |
stanau te rucirau devi vartulau samacūcukau || 310 ||
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jaghanenātiśubhreṇa trivalībhaṃgadarpitā |
sumadhyavarttinī nābhirgaṃbhīrā śubhadarśinī || 311 ||
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vistīrṇajaghanā devī suśroṇī ca varānane |
sujātavṛttoruyugā sujānu caraṇā tathā || 312 ||
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trailokyadhāriṇī sā tvaṃ bhuvi satyopayācanā |
bhaviṣyasi mahābhāge varadā varavarṇinī || 313 ||
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puṣkare ca kṛtā yātrā dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ saṃbhaviṣyati |
jyeṣṭhe māse paurṇamāsyāmagryāṃ pūjāṃ ca lapsyase || 314 ||
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ye ca vā tvatprabhāvajñāḥ pūjayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ |
na teṣāṃ durlabhaṃ kiṃcitputrato dhanatopi vā || 315 ||
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kāṃtāreṣu nimagnānāmaṭavyāṃ vā mahārṇave |
dasyubhirvāniruddhānāṃ tvaṃ gatiḥ paramā nṛṇām || 316 ||
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tvaṃ siddhiḥ śrīrdhṛtiḥ kīrtirhrīrvidyā sannatirmatiḥ |
saṃdhyā rātriḥ prabhā nidrā kālarātristvameva ca || 317 ||
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aṃbā ca kamalā māturbrahmāṇī brahmacāriṇī |
jananī sarvadevānāṃ gāyatrī paramāṃganā || 318 ||
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jayā ca vijayā caiva puṣṭistvaṃ ca kṣamā dayā |
sāvitryavarajā cāsi sadā ceṣṭā pitāmahe || 319 ||
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bahurūpā viśvarūpā sunetrā brahmacāriṇī |
surūpā tvaṃ viśālākṣī bhaktānāṃ parirakṣiṇī || 320 ||
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nagareṣu ca puṇyeṣu āśrameṣu varānane |
vāsastava mahādevi vaneṣūpavaneṣu ca || 321 ||
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brahmasthāneṣu sarveṣu brahmaṇo vāmataḥ sthitā |
dakṣiṇena tu sāvitrī madhye brahmā pitāmahaḥ || 322 ||
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aṃtarvedī ca yajñānāmṛtvijāṃ cāpi dakṣiṇā |
siddhistvaṃ hi nṛpāṇāṃ ca velā sāgarajā matā || 323 ||
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brahmacāriṇi yā dīkṣā śobhā ca paramā matā |
jyotiṣāṃ ca prabhā devī lakṣmīrnārāyaṇe sthitā || 324 ||
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kṣamā siddhirmunīnāṃ ca nakṣatrāṇāṃ ca rohiṇī |
rājadvāreṣu tīrtheṣu nadīnāṃ saṃgameṣu ca || 325 ||
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pūrṇimā pūrṇacaṃdre ca buddhirnītyāṃ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ |
umādevī ca nārīṇāṃ śrūyase varavarṇinī || 326 ||
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iṃdrasya cārudṛṣṭistvaṃ sahasranayanopagā |
ṝṣīṇāṃ dharmabuddhistvaṃ devānāṃ ca parāyaṇā || 327 ||
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karṣakāṇāṃ ca sītā tvaṃ bhūtānāṃ dharaṇī tathā |
strīṇāmavaidhavyakarī dhanadhānyapradā sadā || 328 ||
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vyādhiṃ mṛtyuṃ bhayaṃ caiva pūjitā śamayiṣyasi |
tathā tu kārtike māsi paurṇamāsyāṃ supūjitā || 329 ||
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sarvakāmapradā devī bhaviṣyasi śubhaprade |
yaścedaṃ paṭhate stotraṃ śṛṇuyādvāpyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ || 330 ||
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sarvārthasiddhiṃ labhate naro nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ |
gāyatryuvāca |
bhaviṣyatyevamevaṃ tu yattvayā putra bhāṣitam || 331 ||
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