Chapter 18

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bhīṣmauvāca |
atyadbhutamidaṃ brahmanśrutavānasmi tattvataḥ |
abhiṣekaṃ tu gāyatryāḥ sadasyatra tathā kṛtam || 1 ||
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virodhaṃ caiva sāvitryā śāpadānaṃ tathā kṛtam |
viṣṇunā ca yathā devī sarvasthāneṣu kīrtitā || 2 ||
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gāyatrī cāpi rudreṇa stutā ca varavarṇinī |
taṃ śrutvā pratimātmānaṃ vistareṇa pitāmaham || 3 ||
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prahṛṣṭāni ca romāṇi praśāṃtaṃ ca mano mama |
śrutvā me paramā prītiḥ kautūhalamathaiva hi || 4 ||
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nārāyaṇastu bhagavānkṛtvā tāṃ paramāṃ ca vai |
brahmapatnyāḥ stutiṃ bhaktyā nyasyatāṃ parvatopari || 5 ||
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uvāca vacanaṃ viṣṇustuṣṭipuṣṭipradāyakam |
śrīmati hrīmatī caiva yā ca devīśvarī tathā || 6 ||
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etadeva śrutaṃ brahmaṃstava vaktrādviniḥsṛtam |
uttaraṃ tatra yadbhūtaṃ yacca tasminsthale kṛtam || 7 ||
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ānupūrvyā ca tatsarvaṃ bhagavānvaktumarhati |
śrutena me dehaśuddhirbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 8 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
yajataḥ puṣkare tasya devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ |
śṛṇurājannidaṃ citraṃ pūrvameva yathākṛtam || 9 ||
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ādau kṛtayuge tasminyajamāne pitāmahe |
marīciraṃgirāścaiva pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ || 10 ||
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dakṣaḥ prajāpatiścaiva namaskāraṃ pracakrire |
vidyotamānāḥ puruṣāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ || 11 ||
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upanṛtyaṃti deveśaṃ viṣṇumapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ |
tato gaṃdharvatūryaistu pratinaṃdya vihāyasi || 12 ||
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bahubhiḥ saha gaṃdharvaiḥ pragāyati ca tuṃbaruḥ |
mahāśrutiścitrasena ūrṇāyuranaghastathā || 13 ||
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gomāyussūryavarcāśca somavarcāśca kaurava |
yugapacca tṛṇāyuśca naṃdiścitrarathastathā || 14 ||
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trayodaśaḥ śāliśirāḥ parjanyaśca caturdaśaḥ |
kaliḥ paṃcadaśaścātra tārakaścātra ṣoḍaśaḥ || 15 ||
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hāhāhūhūśca gaṃdharvo haṃsaścaiva mahādyutiḥ |
ityete devagaṃdharvā upagāyaṃti te vibhum || 16 ||
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tathaivāpsaraso divyā upanṛtyaṃti taṃ vibhuṃ |
dhātāryamā ca savitā varuṇoṃśo bhagastathā || 17 ||
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iṃdro vivasvānpūṣā ca tvaṣṭā parjanya eva ca |
ityete dvādaśādityā jvalaṃto dīptatejasaḥ || 18 ||
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cakrurasminsureśāśca namaskāraṃ pitāmahe |
mṛgavyādhaśca śarvaśca nirṛtiśca mahāyaśāḥ || 19 ||
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ajaikapādahirbudhnyaḥ pinākī cāparājitaḥ |
bhavo viśveśvaraścaiva kapardī ca viśāṃpate || 20 ||
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sthāṇurbhagaśca bhagavānrudrāstatrāvatasthire |
aśvinau vasavaścāṣṭau marutaśca mahābalāḥ || 21 ||
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viśvedevāśca sādhyāśca tasmai prāṃjalayaḥ sthitāḥ |
śeṣādyāstu mahānāgā vāsukipramukhāhayaḥ || 22 ||
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kāśyapaḥ kaṃbalaścāpi takṣakaśca mahābalaḥ |
ete nāgā mahātmānastasmai prāṃjalayaḥ sthitāḥ || 23 ||
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tārkṣyaścāriṣṭanemiśca garuḍaśca mahābalaḥ |
vāruṇiścaivāruṇiśca vainateyā vyavasthitāḥ || 24 ||
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nārāyaṇaśca bhagavānsvayamāgatya lokavān |
prāha lokaguruṃ śrīmānsahasarvairmaharṣibhiḥ || 25 ||
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tvayā tatamidaṃ sarvaṃ tvayā sṛṣṭaṃ jagatpate |
tasmāllokeśvaraścāsi padmayone namostu te || 26 ||
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yadatra te mayā kāryaṃ kartavyaṃ ca tadādiśa |
evaṃ provāca bhagavānsārdhaṃ devarṣibhiḥ prabhuḥ || 27 ||
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namaskṛtya sureśāya brahmaṇe'vyaktajanmane |
sa ca tatrasthito brahmā tejasā bhāsayandiśaḥ || 28 ||
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śrīvatsalomasaṃcchanno hemasūtreṇa rājatā |
surarṣipratimaḥ śrīmānsvayaṃbhūrbhūtabhāvanaḥ || 29 ||
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śuciromā mahāvakṣāḥ sarvatejomayaḥ prabhuḥ |
yo gatiḥ puṇyaśīlānāmagatiḥ pāpakarmaṇāṃ || 30 ||
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yogasiddhā mahātmāno yaṃ vidurlokamuttamaṃ |
yasyāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ yamāhurdevasattamam || 31 ||
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yaṃ prāpya śāśvataṃ viprā niyatā mokṣakāṃkṣiṇaḥ |
janmano maraṇāccaiva mucyaṃte yogabhāvitāḥ || 32 ||
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yadetattapa ityāhuḥ sarvāśramanivāsinaḥ |
sevaṃsevaṃ yatāhārā duścaraṃ vratamāsthitāḥ || 33 ||
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yonaṃta iti nāgeṣu procyate sarvayogibhiḥ |
sahasramūrddhā raktākṣaḥ śeṣādibhiranuttamaiḥ || 34 ||
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yo yajña iti vipreṃdrairijyate svargalipsubhiḥ |
nānāsthānagatiḥ śrīmānekaḥ kaviranuttamaḥ || 35 ||
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yaṃ devaṃ vetti vettāraṃ yajñabhāgapradāyinaṃ |
vṛṣāgnisūryacaṃdrākṣaṃ devamākāśavigrahaṃ || 36 ||
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taṃ prapadyāmahe devaṃ bhagavanśaraṇārthinaḥ |
śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ sarvadevabhavodbhavaṃ || 37 ||
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ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva sraṣṭāraṃ lokānāṃ ca sureśvaraṃ |
priyārthaṃ caiva devānāṃ sarvasya jagataḥ sthitau || 38 ||
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kavyaṃ pitṝṇāmucitaṃ surāṇāṃ havyamuttamaṃ |
yena pravartitaṃ sar taṃ natāsmassurottamaṃ || 39 ||
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tretāgninā tu yajatā devena parameṣṭhinā |
yathāsṛṣṭiḥ kṛtā pūrvaṃ yajñasṛṣṭistathā punaḥ || 40 ||
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tathā brahmāpyanaṃtena lokānāṃ sthitikāriṇā |
anvāsyamāno bhagavānvṛddhopyatha ca buddhimān || 41 ||
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yajñavāṭamaciṃtyātmā gatastatra pitāmahaḥ |
dhanāḍhyairṛtvijaiḥ pūrṇaṃ sadasyaiḥ paripālitam || 42 ||
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gṛhītacāpena tadā viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā |
daityadānavarājāno rākṣasānāṃ gaṇāḥ sthitāḥ || 43 ||
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ātmānamātmanā caiva ciṃtayāmāsa vai drutaṃ |
ciṃtayitvā yathātatvaṃ yajñaṃ yajñaḥ sanātanaḥ || 44 ||
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varaṇaṃ tatra bhagavānkārayāmāsa ṛtvijām |
bhṛgvādyā ṛtvijaścāpi yajñakarmavicakṣaṇāḥ || 45 ||
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cakrurbahvṛcamukhyaiśca proktaṃ puṇyaṃ yadakṣaraṃ |
śuśruvuste muniśreṣṭhā vitate tatra karmaṇi || 46 ||
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yajñavidyā vedavidyā padakramavidāṃ tathā |
ghoṣeṇa paramarṣīṇāṃ sā babhūva ninādinā || 47 ||
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yajñasaṃstaravidbhiśca śikṣāvidbhistathā dvijaiḥ |
śabdanirvacanārthajñaiḥ sarvavidyāviśāradaiḥ || 48 ||
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mīmāṃsā hetuvākyajñaiḥ kṛtā nānāvidhā mukhe |
tatra tatra ca rājeṃdra niyatānsaṃśitavratān || 49 ||
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japahomaparānmukhyāndadṛśustatravai dvijān |
yajñabhūmau sthitastasyāṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ || 50 ||
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surāsuraguruḥ śrīmānsevyamānaḥ surāsuraiḥ |
upāsate ca tatrainaṃ prajānāṃ patayaḥ prabhuṃ || 51 ||
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dakṣo vasiṣṭhaḥ pulaho marīciśca dvijottamaḥ |
aṃgirā bhṛguratriśca gautamo nāradastathā || 52 ||
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vidyāmānamaṃtarikṣaṃ vāyustejo jalaṃ mahī |
śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gaṃdhastathaiva ca || 53 ||
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vikṛtaśca vikāraśca yaccānyatkāraṇaṃ mahat |
ṛgyajuḥ sāmātharvākhyā vedāścatvāra eva ca || 54 ||
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śabdaḥ śikṣā niruktaṃ ca kalpaścchaṃdaḥ samanvitāḥ |
āyurveda dhanurvedau mīmāṃsā gaṇitaṃ tathā || 55 ||
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hastyaśvajñānasahitā itihāsasamanvitāḥ |
etairaṃgairupāṃgaiśca vedāḥ sarve vibhūṣitāḥ || 56 ||
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upāsate mahātmānaṃ sahoṃkāraṃ pitāmahaṃ |
tapaśca kratavaścaiva saṃkalpaḥ prāṇa eva ca || 57 ||
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ete cānye ca bahavaḥ pitāmahamupasthitāḥ |
artho dharmaśca kāmaśca dveṣo harṣaśca sarvadā || 58 ||
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śukro bṛhaspatiścaiva saṃvarto budha eva ca |
śanaiścaraśca rāhuśca grahāḥ sarve tathaiva ca || 59 ||
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maruto viśvakarmā ca pitaraścāpi bhārata |
divākaraśca somaśca brahmāṇaṃ paryupāsate || 60 ||
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gāyatrī durgataraṇī vāṇī saptavidhā tathā |
akṣarāṇi ca sarvāṇi nakṣatrāṇi tathaiva ca || 61 ||
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bhāṣyāṇi sarvaśāstrāṇi dehavaṃti viśāṃpate |
kṣaṇā lavā muhūrtāśca dinaṃ rātristathaiva ca || 62 ||
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arddhamāsāśca māsāśca kratavaḥ sarva eva ca |
upāsate mahātmānaṃ brahmāṇaṃ daivataiḥ saha || 63 ||
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anyāśca devyaḥ pravarā hrīḥ kīrtirdyutireva ca |
prabhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā bhūtirnītirvidyā matistathā || 64 ||
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śrutiḥ smṛtistathā kṣāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ puṣṭistathā kriyā |
sarvāścāpsaraso divyā nṛtyagītaviśāradāḥ || 65 ||
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upatiṣṭhaṃti brahmāṇaṃ sarvāstā devamātaraḥ |
vipracittiḥ śiviḥ śaṃkurayaḥśaṃkustathaiva ca || 66 ||
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vegavānketumānugraḥ sogro vyagro mahāsuraḥ |
parighaḥ puṣkaraścaiva sāṃbośvapatireva ca || 67 ||
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prahlādotha bali kuṃbhaḥ saṃhrādo gaganapriyaḥ |
anuhrādo hariharau varāhaśca kuśo rajaḥ || 68 ||
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yonibhakṣo vṛṣaparvā liṃgabhakṣotha vai kuruḥ |
niḥprabhaḥ saprabhaḥ śrīmāṃstathaiva ca nirūdaraḥ || 69 ||
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ekacakro mahācakro dvicakraḥ kulasaṃbhavaḥ |
śarabhaḥ śalabhaścaiva krapathaḥ krāpathaḥ krathaḥ || 70 ||
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bṛhadvāṃtirmahājihvaḥ śaṃkukarṇo mahādhvaniḥ |
dīrghajihvorkanayano mṛḍakāyo mṛḍapriyaḥ || 71 ||
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vāyurgariṣṭho namuciśśambaro vijvaro vibhuḥ |
viṣvaksenaścaṃdrahartā krodhavarddhana eva ca || 72 ||
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kālakaḥ kalakāṃtaśca kuṃḍadaḥ samarapriyaḥ |
gariṣṭhaśca variṣṭhaśca pralaṃbo narakaḥ pṛthuḥ || 73 ||
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iṃdratāpana vātāpī ketumānbaladarpitaḥ |
asilomā sulomā ca bāṣkali pramado madaḥ || 74 ||
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sṛgālavadanaścaiva keśī ca śaradastathā |
ekākṣaścaiva rāhuśca vṛtraḥ krodhavimokṣaṇaḥ || 75 ||
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ete cānye ca bahavo dānavā balavarddhanāḥ |
brahmāṇaṃ paryupāsaṃta vākyaṃ cedamathocire || 76 ||
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tvayā sṛṣṭāḥ sma bhagavaṃstrailokyaṃ bhavatā hi naḥ |
dattaṃ suravaraśreṣṭha devebhyadhikāḥ kṛtāḥ || 77 ||
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bhagavanniha kiṃ kurmo yajñe tava pitāmaha |
yaddhitaṃ tadvadāsmākaṃ samarthāḥ kāryanirṇaye || 78 ||
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kimebhiste varākaiśca aditergarbhasaṃbhavaiḥ |
daivatairnihataiḥ sarvaiḥ parābhūtaiśca sarvadā || 79 ||
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pitāmahosi sarveṣāmasmākaṃ daivataiḥ saha |
tava yajñasamāptau ca punarasmāsu daivataiḥ || 80 ||
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śriyaṃ prati virodhaśca bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |
idānīṃ prekṣaṇaṃ kurmaḥ sahitāḥ sarvadānavaiḥ || 81 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
sagarvaṃ tu vacasteṣāṃ śrutvā devo janārdanaḥ |
śakreṇa sahitaḥ śaṃbhumidamāha mahāyaśāḥ || 82 ||
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vighnaṃ prakartuṃ vai rudra āyātā danupuṃgavāḥ |
brahmaṇāmaṃtritāśceha vighnārthaṃ prayataṃti te || 83 ||
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asmābhistu kṣamākāryā yāvadyajñaḥ samāpyate |
samāpte tu kratāvasminyuddhaṃ kāryaṃ divaukasāṃ || 84 ||
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yathānirdānavā bhūmistathā kāryaṃ tvayā vibho |
jayārthaṃ ceha śakrasya bhavatā ca mayā saha || 85 ||
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dvijānāṃ pariveṣṭāro marutaḥ parikalpitāḥ |
dānavānāṃ dhanaṃ yacca gṛhītvā tadyajāmahe || 86 ||
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atrāgateṣu vipreṣu duḥkhiteṣu janeṣviha |
vyayaṃ tasya kariṣyāmo dāsabhāve niveśitāḥ || 87 ||
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vadaṃtamevaṃ taṃ viṣṇuṃ brahmā vacanamabravīt |
ete danusutāḥ kruddhā yuṣmākaṃ kopanepsitāḥ || 88 ||
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bhavatā ca kṣamā kāryā rudreṇa saha daivataiḥ |
kṛte yugāvasāne tu samāptiṃ cakratau gate || 89 ||
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mayā ca preṣitā yūyamete ca danupuṃgavāḥ |
saṃdhirvā vigraho vāpi sarvaiḥ kāryastadaiva hi || 90 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
punastāndānavānbrahmā vākyamāha svayaṃprabhuḥ |
dānavairna virodhotra yajñe mama kathaṃcana || 91 ||
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maitrabhāvasthitā yūyamasmatkārye ca nityaśaḥ |
dānavā ūcuḥ |
sarvametatkariṣyāmaḥ śāsanaṃ te pitāmaha || 92 ||
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asmākamanujā devā bhayaṃ teṣāṃ na vidyate |
pulastya uvāca |
etacchutvā tadā teṣāṃ parituṣṭaḥ pitāmahaḥ || 93 ||
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muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭhatāṃ teṣāmṛṣikoṭirupāgatā |
śrutvā paitāmahaṃ yajñaṃ teṣāṃ pūjāṃ tu keśavaḥ || 94 ||
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āsanāni dadau teṣāṃ tadā devaḥ pinākadhṛt |
vasiṣṭhorghaṃ dadau teṣāṃ brahmaṇā paricoditaḥ || 95 ||
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gāmarghaṃ ca tato datvā pṛṣṭvā kuśalamavyayam |
niveśaṃ puṣkare datvā sthīyatāmiti cābravīt || 96 ||
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tataste ṛṣayaḥ sarve jaṭājinadharāstathā |
śobhayaṃtaḥ saraḥśreṣṭhaṃ gaṅgāmiva divaukasaḥ || 97 ||
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muṃḍāḥ kāṣāyiṇaścaike dīrghaśmaśrudharāḥ pare |
viralairdaśanaiḥ keciccipiṭākṣāstathā pare || 98 ||
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bṛhattanūdarāḥ kepi kekarākṣāstathāpare |
dīrghakarṇā vikarṇāśca karṇaiśca truṭitāstathā || 99 ||
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dīrghaphālā viphālāśca snāyucarmāvaguṃṭhitāḥ |
nirgataṃ codaraṃ teṣāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanāṃ || 100 ||
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dṛṣṭvā tu puṣkaraṃ tīrthaṃ dīpyamānaṃ samaṃtataḥ |
tīrthalobhānnaravyāghra tasya tīre vyavasthitāḥ || 101 ||
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vālakhilyā mahātmāno hyaśmakuṭṭāstathāpare |
daṃtolūkhalinaścānye saṃprakṣālāstathāpare || 102 ||
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vāyubhakṣā jalāhārāḥ parṇāhārāstathāpare |
nānā niyamayuktāśca tathā sthaṃḍilaśāyinaḥ || 103 ||
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sarasyasminmukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā surūpāsyāḥ kṣaṇādabhuḥ |
kimetaditi ciṃtyātha nirīkṣya ca parasparam || 104 ||
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asmiṃstīrthe darśanena mukhasyeha surūpatā |
mukhadarśanamityeva nāma kṛtvā tu tāpasāḥ || 105 ||
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snātā niyamayuktāśca surūpāste tadābhavan |
devaputropamā jātā anaupamya guṇānvitāḥ || 106 ||
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śobhamānā naraśreṣṭha sthitāḥ sarve vanaukasaḥ |
yajñopavītamātreṇa vyabhajaṃstīrthamaṃjasā || 107 ||
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juhvataścāgnihotrāṇi cakruśca vividhāḥ kriyāḥ |
ciṃtayaṃto hi rājeṃdra tapasā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ || 108 ||
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na yāsyāmo paraṃ tīrthaṃ jyeṣṭhabhāvetvidaṃ saraḥ |
jyeṣṭhapuṣkaramityeva nāma cakrurdvijātayaḥ || 109 ||
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tatra kubjānbahūndṛṣṭvā sthitāṃstīrthasamīpataḥ |
babhūvurvismitāstatra janā ye ca samāgatāḥ || 110 ||
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datvā dānaṃ dvijātibhyo bhāṃḍāni vividhāni ca |
śrutvā sarasvatīṃ prācīṃ snātukāmā dvijāgatāḥ || 111 ||
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sarasvatītīrthavarā nānādvijagaṇairyutā |
badareṃgudakāśmarya plakṣāśvatthavibhītakaiḥ || 112 ||
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paulomaiśca palāśaiśca karīraiḥ pīlubhistathā |
sarasvatītīrtharuhairdhanvanaiḥ syaṃdanaistathā || 113 ||
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kapitthaiḥ karavīraiśca bilvairāmlātakaistathā |
atimuktakapaṃḍaiśca pārijātaiśca śobhitā || 114 ||
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kadaṃbavanabhūyiṣṭhā sarvasatvamanoramā |
vāyvaṃbuphalaparṇādairdaṃtolūkhalikairapi || 115 ||
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tathāśmakuṭṭamukhyaiśca variṣṭhairmunibhirvṛtā |
svādhyāyaghoṣasaṃghuṣṭā mṛgayūthaśatākulā || 116 ||
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ahiṃsairdharmaparamaistathā cātīva śobhitā |
suprabhā kāṃcanākhyā ca prācī naṃdā viśālakā || 117 ||
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srotobhiḥ paṃcabhistatra vartate puṣkare nadī |
pitāmahasya sadasi varttamāne mahītale || 118 ||
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vitate yajñavāṭe tu svāgateṣu dvijādiṣu |
puṇyāhaghoṣairvitatairdevānāṃ niyamaistathā || 119 ||
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deveṣu caiva vyagreṣu tasminyajñavidhau tathā |
tatra caiva mahārāja dīkṣite ca pitāmahe || 120 ||
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yajatastasya satreṇa sarvakāmasamṛddhinā |
manasā ciṃtitā hyarthā dharmārthakuśalāstathā || 121 ||
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upatiṣṭhaṃti rājeṃdra dvijātīṃstatra tatra ha |
jaguśca devagaṃdharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ || 122 ||
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vāditrāṇi ca divyāni vādayāmāsuraṃjasā |
tasya yajñasya saṃpatyā tutuṣudervatā api || 123 ||
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vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmuḥ kimu mānuṣayonayaḥ |
vartamāne tathā yajñe puṣkarasthe pitāmahe || 124 ||
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abruvannṛṣayo bhīṣma tadā tuṣṭāssarasvatīm |
suprabhāṃ nāma rājeṃdra nāmnā caiva sarasvatīm || 125 ||
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te dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ sarve vegayuktāṃ sarasvatīm |
pitāmahaṃ bhāsayaṃtīṃ kratuṃ te bahu menire || 126 ||
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evameṣā saricchreṣṭhā puṣkareṣu sarasvatī |
pitāmahārthaṃ sambhūtā tuṣṭyarthaṃ ca manīṣiṇām || 127 ||
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puṇyasya puṇyatākāri paṃcasrotāssarasvatī |
suprabhā nāma rājeṃndra nāmnā caiva sarasvatī || 128 ||
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yatra te munayaśśāntā nānāsvādhyāyavādinaḥ |
te samāgatya ṛṣayassasmarurvai sarasvatīm || 129 ||
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sābhidhyātā mahābhāgā ṛṣibhiḥ satrayājibhiḥ |
samāsthitā diśaṃ pūrvāṃ bhaktiprītā mahānadī || 130 ||
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prācī pūrvāvahā nāmnā munivaṃdyā sarasvatī |
idamanyanmahārāja śṛṇvāścaryavaraṃ bhuvi || 131 ||
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kṣato maṃkaṇako vipraḥ kuśāgreṇeti naḥ śrutam |
kṣatātkila kare tasya rājanśākarasosravat || 132 ||
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sa vai śākarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣāviṣṭaḥ pranṛttavān |
tatastasminpranṛtte tu sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ ca yat || 133 ||
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prānṛtyata jagatsarvaṃ tejasā tasya mohitam |
śakrādibhissurai rājannṛṣibhiśca tapodhanaiḥ || 134 ||
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vijñaptastatra vai brahmā nāyaṃ nṛtyettathā kuru |
ādiṣṭo brahmaṇā rudra ṛṣerarthe narādhipa || 135 ||
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nāyaṃ nṛtyedyathā bhīma tathā tvaṃ vaktumarhasi |
gatvā rudro muniṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣāviṣṭamatīva hi || 136 ||
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bho bho viprarṣabha tvaṃ hi nṛtyase kena hetunā |
nṛtyamānena bhavatā jagatsarvaṃ ca nṛtyati || 137 ||
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tenāyaṃ vāritaḥ prāha nṛtyanvai munisattamaḥ |
muniruvāca |
kiṃ na paśyasi me deva karācchākarasosravat || 138 ||
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taṃ tu dṛṣṭvāpra nṛttohaṃ harṣeṇa mahatāvṛtaḥ |
taṃ prahasyābravīddevo muniṃ rāgeṇa mohitam || 139 ||
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ahaṃ na vismayaṃ vipra gacchāmīha prapaśya māṃ |
evamukto muniśreṣṭho mahādevena kaurava || 140 ||
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dhyāyamānastadā koyaṃ pratiṣiddhosmi yena hi |
aṃgulyagreṇa rājeṃdra svāṃguṣṭhastāḍitastathā || 141 ||
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tato bhasmakṣatādrājannirgataṃ himapāṃḍuraṃ |
taddṛṣṭvā vrīḍitaścāsau prāha tatpādayoḥ patan || 142 ||
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nānyaddevādahaṃ manye rudrātparataraṃ mahat |
carācarasya jagato gatistvamasi śūladhṛt || 143 ||
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tvayā sṛṣṭamidaṃ sarvaṃ vadaṃtīha manīṣiṇaḥ |
tvāmeva sarvaṃ viśati punareva yugakṣaye || 144 ||
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devairapi na śakyastvaṃ parijñātuṃ mayā kutaḥ |
tvayi sarve ca dṛśyante surā brahmādayopi ye || 145 ||
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sarvastvamasi devānāṃ kartā kārayitā ca yaḥ |
tvatprasādātsurāḥ sarve bhavaṃtīhākutobhayāḥ || 146 ||
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evaṃ stutvā mahādevamṛṣiśca praṇatobravīt |
bhagavaṃstvatprasādena tapo na kṣīyate tviha || 147 ||
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tato devaḥ prītamanāstamṛṣiṃ punarabravīt |
tapaste varddhatāṃ vipra matprasādātsahasradhā || 148 ||
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prācīmeveha vatsyāmi tvayā sārddhamahaṃ sadā |
sarasvatī mahāpuṇyā kṣetre cāsminviśeṣataḥ || 149 ||
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na tasya durlarbhaṃ kiṃcidiha loke paratra ca |
sarasvatyuttare tīre yastyajedātmanastanum || 150 ||
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prācītaṭe jāpyaparo na ceha mriyate punaḥ |
āpluto vājimedhasya phalamāpsyati puṣkalaṃ || 151 ||
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niyamaiścopavāsaiśca karśayandehamātmanaḥ |
jalāhāro vāyubhakṣaḥ parṇāhāraśca tāpasaḥ || 152 ||
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tathā sthaṃḍilaśāyī ca ye cānye niyamāḥ pṛthak |
karoti yo dvijaśreṣṭho niyamāṃstānvratāni ca || 153 ||
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sa yāti śuddhadehaśca brahmaṇaḥ paramaṃ padaṃ |
tasmiṃstīrthe tu yairdattaṃ tilamātraṃ tu kāṃcanaṃ || 154 ||
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merudānasamaṃ tatsyātpurā prāha prajāpatiḥ |
tasmiṃstīrthe tu ye śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti hi mānavāḥ || 155 ||
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ekaviṃśakulopetāḥ svargaṃ yāsyaṃti te narāḥ |
pitṝṇāṃ ca śubhaṃ tīrthaṃ piṃḍenaikena tarpitāḥ || 156 ||
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brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyaṃti svaputreṇeha tāritāḥ |
bhūyaścānnaṃ na cecchaṃti mokṣamārgaṃ vrajaṃti te || 157 ||
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prācīnatvaṃ sarasvatyā yathā bhūtaṃ śṛṇuṣva tat |
sarasvatī purā proktā devaiḥ sarvaiḥ savāsavaiḥ || 158 ||
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taṭaṃ tvayā prayātavyaṃ pratīcyāṃ lavaṇodadheḥ |
vaḍavāgnimimaṃ nītvā samudre nikṣipasva ha || 159 ||
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evaṃ kṛte surāḥ sarve bhavaṃti bhayavarjitāḥ |
anyathā vāḍavāgnistu dahate svena tejasā || 160 ||
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tasmādrakṣasva vibudhānetasmādacirādbhayāt |
māteva bhava suśroṇi surāṇāmabhayapradā || 161 ||
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evamuktā tu sā devī viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā |
āha nāhaṃ svataṃtrāsmi pitā me vriyatāṃ svarāṭ || 162 ||
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tadājñākāriṇī nityaṃ kumārīha dhṛtavratā |
pitrādeśādvinā nāhaṃ padamekamapi kvacit || 163 ||
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gacchāmi tasmātkopyanya upāyaściṃtyatāmaho |
tadāśayaṃ viditvāhuste sametya pitāmahaṃ || 164 ||
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nānyena śakyate netuṃ vaḍavāgniḥ pitāmaha |
adṛṣṭadoṣāmmuktvaikāṃ kumārīṃ tanayāṃ tava || 165 ||
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sarasvatīṃ samānīya kṛtvāṃke varavarṇinīṃ |
śirasyāghrāyasasnehamuvācāthasarasvatīm || 166 ||
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māṃ ca devi surāḥ prāhuḥ sa tvaṃ brūhi yaśasvinīm |
nītvā vinikṣipedenaṃ bāḍavaṃ lavaṇāṃbuni || 167 ||
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piturvākyaṃ hi tacchrutvā viyuktā kurarī yathā |
pitrā tadaiva sā kanyā rurude dīnamānasā || 168 ||
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śobhate tanmukhaṃ tasyāḥ śokabāṣpāvilekṣaṇaṃ |
sitaṃ vikasitaṃ tadvatpadmaṃ toyakaṇokṣitam || 169 ||
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tattathāvidhamālokya pitāmahapurassarāḥ |
vibudhāḥ śokabhāvasya sarve vaśamupāgatāḥ || 170 ||
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saṃstabhya hṛdayaṃ tasyāḥ śokasaṃtāpitaṃ tadā |
pitāmahastāmuvāca mā rodīrnāsti te bhayam || 171 ||
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māna lābhaśca bhavitā tava devānubhāvataḥ |
nītvā kṣārodamadhye tu kṣipasva jvalanaṃ sute || 172 ||
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evamuktā tu sā bālā bāṣpākulitalocanā |
praṇamya padmajanmānaṃ gacchāmyuktavatī tu sā || 173 ||
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mā bhairuktā punastaistu pitrā cāpi tathaiva sā |
tyaktvā bhayaṃ hṛṣṭamanāḥ prayātuṃ samavasthitā || 174 ||
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tasyāḥ prayāṇasamaye śaṃkhaduṃdubhinisvanaiḥ |
maṃgalānāṃ ca nirghoṣairjagadāpūritaṃ śubhaiḥ || 175 ||
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sitāṃbaradharādhanyā sitacaṃdanamaṃḍitā |
śaradaṃbujasacchāya tārahāravibhūṣitā || 176 ||
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saṃpūrṇacaṃdravadanā padmapatrāyatekṣaṇā |
śubhāṃ kīrtiṃ sureśasya pūrayaṃtī diśo daśa || 177 ||
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svatejasā taddhṛdayānniḥsṛtā bhāsayajjagat |
anuvrajantī tāṃ gaṃgā tayoktā varavarṇinī || 178 ||
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drakṣyāmi tvāṃ punarahaṃ prayāsi kutra me sakhi |
evamuktā tu sā gaṃgā provāca madhurāṃ giram || 179 ||
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yadaivāyāsyasi prācīṃ diśaṃ māṃ paśyase śubhe |
vibudhaistvaṃ parivṛtā darśanaṃ tava saṃśraye || 180 ||
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udaṅmukhī tadā bhūtvā tyaja śokaṃ śucismite |
ahaṃ codaṅmukhī puṇyā tvaṃ tu prācī sarasvati || 181 ||
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tatra kratuśataṃ puṇyaṃ snānadānena suvrate |
śrāddhadāne tathā nityaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam || 182 ||
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ye kariṣyaṃti manujā vimuktāstte ṛṇaistribhiḥ |
mokṣamārgaṃ gamiṣyaṃti vicāro nātra vidyate || 183 ||
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tāmuvāca tato gaṃgā punardarśanamastu te |
gaccha svamālayaṃ bhadre smartavyāhaṃ tvayānaghe || 184 ||
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yamunāpi tathaivaṃ sā gāyatrī ca manoramā |
sāvitryā sahitāḥ sarvāḥ sakhīṃ saṃpraiṣayaṃstathā || 185 ||
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tato visṛjya tāndevānnadī bhūtvā sarasvatī |
uttaṃkasyāśramapada udbhūtā sā manasvinī || 186 ||
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adhastātplakṣavṛkṣasya avaropya ca tāṃ tanum |
avatīrṇā mahābhāgā devānāṃ paśyatāṃ tadā || 187 ||
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viṣṇurūpastaruḥ sotra sarvadevaistu vaṃditaḥ |
saṃsevyaśca dvijairnityaṃ phalahetormahodayaḥ || 188 ||
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anekaśākhāvitataścaturmukha ivāparaḥ |
tatkoṭarakuṭīkoṭi praviṣṭānāṃ dvijanmanām || 189 ||
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śrūyaṃte vividhā vācaḥ surāṇāṃ raktacetasām |
vanaspatirapuṣpopi puṣpitaścopalakṣyate || 190 ||
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jātīcaṃpakavatpuṣpaiḥ śākhālagnaiḥ śukaiḥ śubhaiḥ |
ketakībhiḥ surabhibhiraśobhata saridvarā || 191 ||
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kokilābhissa māleva phenakaiḥ puṣpiteva sā |
hareṇeva yathā gaṃgā plakṣeṇaiva hi sā tathā || 192 ||
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tatrāṃbhasthā tadā devaṃ provācātha janārdanam |
samarpayasva taṃ vahniṃ devādeśaṃ karomyaham || 913 ||
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evamuktena sā tena pratyuktā viṣṇunā tadā |
na te dāhabhayaṃ tyājyastvayāyaṃ vahnirāṭsvayam || 194 ||
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paścimaṃ sāgaraṃ netuṃ vāḍavajvalanaṃ śubhe |
evaṃ krameṇa gacchaṃtyā tadāpaṃ prāpsyate śubhe || 195 ||
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tatastaṃ śātakuṃbhasthaṃ kṛtvāsau vaḍavānalaṃ |
samarpayata goviṃdaḥ sarasvatyā mahodare || 196 ||
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sā taṃ gṛhītvā suśroṇī pratīcyabhimukhī yayau |
aṃtarddhānena saṃprāptā puṣkaraṃ sā mahānadī || 197 ||
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maryādāparvate tasminsaṃbhūtā vimalā sarit |
puṣkarāraṇyaṃ vipulaṃ surasiddhaniṣevitam || 198 ||
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pitāmahena yatrāsīdyajñasatraṃ niṣevitam |
sidhyarthaṃ munimukhyānāmāgatāsau mahānadī || 199 ||
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yeṣu tatra kṛto homaḥ kuṃḍeṣvāsīdviriṃcinā |
tāni sarvāṇi saṃplāvya toyenāpyudgatā hi sā || 200 ||
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tatra kṣetre mahāpuṇyā puṣkare sā tathotthitā |
tena tatpūraṇaṃ proktaṃ vāyunā jagadāyuṣā || 201 ||
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sāpi tatkṣetramāsādya puṇyaṃ puṇyā mahānadī |
sarasvatī sthitā devī martyānāṃ pāpanāśinī || 202 ||
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tatra ye śubhakarmāṇaḥ puṣkarasthāṃ sarasvatīm |
paśyaṃti te na paśyaṃti sughorāṃ tāmadhogatiṃ || 203 ||
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yaḥ punastatra bhāvena naraḥ snānaṃ samācaret |
sa brahmalokamāsādya brahmaṇā saha modate || 204 ||
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yastu dadyāttatra dadhi brāhmaṇāya manoramam |
sopyagnilokamāsādya bhuṃkte bhogānsuśobhanān || 205 ||
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varaṃ prāvaraṇaṃ yopi bhaktyā dadyāddvijātaye |
sopi sadvastradānasya phalaṃ daśaguṇaṃ labhet || 206 ||
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jyeṣṭhakuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā yaḥ saṃtarpayate pitṝn |
sa tānuddharate sarvānnarakādapi śuddhadhīḥ || 207 ||
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kṣetre paitāmahe pūte puṇyāṃ prāpya sarasvatīm |
naraḥ kiṃ prārthayedanyattīrthaṃ brahmasutobravīt || 208 ||
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tasmātsarveṣu tīrtheṣu snātaḥ prāpnoti yatphalam |
tatsarvaṃ prāpnuyānmartyo jyeṣṭhakuṃḍe sakṛtplutaḥ || 209 ||
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kimatra bahunoktena kṣetraṃ tīrthaṃ gatiśśubhā |
yenaitattritayaṃ prāptaṃ prāptā tena gatiḥ parā || 210 ||
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kāle kṣetre tathā tīrthe snātvā hutvāpi tatra yaḥ |
prayacchate dvijāyārthaṃ sonaṃtaṃ sukhamaśnute || 211 ||
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kārttike māsi śukle ca vaiśākhe śaśibhūṣaṇe |
caṃdrasūryoparāge ca kāle ca kurujāṃgale || 212 ||
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kṣetreṣveteṣu tīrthāni yānyuktāni munīśvaraiḥ |
teṣāṃ puṇyatamaṃ tīrthamidamāha pitāmahaḥ || 213 ||
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kuṃḍe tu madhyame snātvā kārtikyāṃ yaḥ pumāndvije |
prayacchate cāpi dravyaṃ sośvamedhamavāpnuyāt || 214 ||
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evaṃ kaniṣṭhakepyatra kuṃḍe snātvā samādhinā |
yaḥ prayacchati viprāya surūpāmapi śālikām || 215 ||
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sa prayāti naraḥ kṣipramagnilokaṃ manoramam |
triḥsaptakulasaṃyukto bhuṃkte tatra mahāphalam || 216 ||
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena gamanāya matiḥ sthirā |
puruṣeṇa tu kartavyā puṣkarāvāptaye śubhā || 217 ||
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puṣkarāraṇyamāsādya prācī yatra sarasvatī |
matiḥ smṛtiḥ śubhā prajñā medhā buddhirdayāparā || 218 ||
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sarasvatyāstu paryāyāṣṣaḍete saṃprakīrtitāḥ |
tataḥ prabhṛti yatrāsau prācībhūtā sarasvatī || 219 ||
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tatrasthaṃ tajjalaṃ yepi paśyaṃti taṭasaṃsthitāḥ |
tepyaśvamedhasyaphalaṃ labhaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ || 220 ||
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yovatīrya punastatra kaścitsnānaṃ samācaret |
naraḥ samādhiyukto vai brahmaṇonucaro bhavet || 221 ||
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śākādināpi hi pitṝnyastatrārcayate naraḥ |
sopyeti vipulānbhogāṃsteṣāmevānubhāvataḥ || 222 ||
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ye punarvidhinā tatra śrāddhaṃ kurvaṃti mānavāḥ |
te nayaṃti pitṝnsvargaṃ narakādapi duḥkhadāt || 223 ||
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tṛpyaṃti pitarastasya yastatra kuśamiśritam |
snātvā prayacchate toyaṃ pūtaṃ teṣāṃ tilānvitam || 224 ||
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sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāmidamevādhikaṃ smṛtam |
āditīrthamidaṃ tasmāttīrthānāṃ bhuvi viśrutam || 225 ||
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dharmāpavargayoḥnakrīḍānanidhibhūtamavasthitam |
sarasvatyānapunaścaivanasametaṃnaguṇavattaram || 226 ||
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dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ caturṇāmapi dāyakam |
yepyatra malanāśāya pumāṃso viviśurjalam || 227 ||
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gopradānasamaṃ teṣāṃ sukhenaiva phalaṃ bhavet |
suvarṇadānena samamevamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ || 228 ||
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tarpaṇātpiṇḍadānācca narakeṣvapi saṃsthitāḥ |
svargaṃ prayānti pitarastatra putreṇa tāritāḥ || 229 ||
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puṣkarepi sarasvatyāṃ ye pibanti jalaṃ janāḥ |
te labhante'kṣayānlokānbrahmaviśveśavaṃditān || 230 ||
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svarganiśreṇikābhūtā puṣkare ca sarasvatī |
sā puṇyavadbhissaṃprāptuṃ puṃbhiśśakyā mahānadī || 231 ||
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munibhardharmatattvajñaistatra tatra niṣevitā |
tasmātsarvatra sā devī pavitrā sarvatassthitā || 232 ||
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puṣkare tu viśeṣeṇa pūtātpūtatamā hi sā |
nadī sarasvatī puṇyā sulabhā jagati sthitā || 233 ||
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durlabhā sā kurukṣetre prabhāse puṣkare tathā |
tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ vihitaṃ bhuvi || 234 ||
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dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ caturṇāmapi sādhakam |
prācīṃ sarasvatīṃ prāpya yonyattīrthaṃ hi mārgate || 235 ||
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sa karasthaṃ samutsṛjya hyamṛtaṃ viṣamicchati |
jyeṣṭhe jyeṣṭhā prayāgasya madhyame madhyamā smṛtā || 236 ||
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pradakṣiṇaṃ tato gacchetkanīyāṃsaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ |
triṣvapyeteṣu snāyīta kuryāccāpi pradakṣiṇam || 237 ||
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prayacchati pitṛbhyo yastoyaṃ teṣāṃ tilānvitam |
tepi tuṣṭāḥ punastasya prayacchaṃtyamitaṃ phalam || 238 ||
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yaḥ snātvā prayato nityaṃ tataḥ paśyetpitāmaham |
anulomavilomābhyāṃ tathā vyastasamastayoḥ || 239 ||
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snātavyaṃ puṣkare nityaṃ brahmalokamabhīpsitā |
trīṇi śṛṃgāṇi śubhrāṇi trīṇi prasravaṇāni ca || 240 ||
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puṣkarāṇi prasiddhāni na vidmastatra kāraṇaṃ |
kanīyāṃsaṃ madhyamaṃ ca tṛtīyaṃ jyeṣṭhapuṣkaraṃ || 241 ||
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śṛṃgaśadbābhidhānāni śubhaprasravaṇāni ca |
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ saṃkalpairaphalaṃ naraḥ || 242 ||
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yastatra saṃtyajeddehaṃ mokṣaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam |
prayataḥ saṃyatastasyāṃ snātvā dadyādvije śubhām || 243 ||
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gāmekāṃ maṃtrapūtāṃ ca lokānāpnotimokṣadān |
kimatra bahunoktena rātrāvapi hi yorthine || 244 ||
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arthaṃ prayacchate snātvā sonantaṃ sukhamaśnute |
tatra dānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tilānāṃ munisattamāḥ || 245 ||
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kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ snānaṃ ca vihitaṃ sadā |
piṇyākena guḍenāpi piṃḍaṃ yotra prayacchati || 246 ||
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pitṝṇāṃ prayato bhūtvā pitṛlokaṃ sa yachati |
puṣkarāraṇyamāsādya punastasmātsarasvatī || 247 ||
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aṃtarddhānaṃ gatā gaṃtuṃ pravṛttāgapaścimāmukhī |
nātidūre tatastasya puṣkarasya suśobhanā || 248 ||
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kharjūravanamāsādya phalapuṣpopaśobhitaṃ |
tatroṣitvā punardevī vane munimanorame || 249 ||
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sarvartukusumākīrṇe siddhacāraṇasevite |
naṃdā nāma saricchreṣṭhā triṣulokeṣu viśrutā || 250 ||
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mīnanakrajhaṣopetā vimalodakapūritā |
sūta uvāca |
atha devavrataḥprāha kimanyā sā saridvarā || 251 ||
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etanme kautukaṃ brahmannaṃdā śabdā sarasvatī |
yathābhūtā yena kṛtā kāraṇena saridvarā || 252 ||
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evamukte pulastyaḥ sa bhīṣmāyaitatpurātanaṃ |
ākhyātumupacakrāma naṃdā nāma yatassmṛtaṃ || 253 ||
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kṣatravratadharo nityamāsīdrājā prabhaṃjanaḥ |
pravṛttosau mṛgānhaṃtuṃ vane tasminmahābalaḥ || 254 ||
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sa dadarśa tatastasminmṛgīṃ gulmāṃtare sthitāṃ |
mārgaṇena sutīkṣṇena tāṃ vivyādha purogatāṃ || 255 ||
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sā vilokya diśaḥ sarvāstaṃ dṛṣṭvā śarapāṇinaṃ |
āha kiṃ te kṛtaṃ mūḍha tvayaitatkarmaduṣkaraṃ || 256 ||
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stanaṃ tāvatprayacchāmi sutasyādhomukhī sthitā |
māṃsalobhena viddhāhaṃ tarasā hyakutobhayā || 257 ||
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pibaṃtaṃ guptavatsaṃ ca gūḍhamaithunamāgataṃ |
evaṃvidhaṃ mṛgaṃ rājanna hanyātprāṅmayā śrutaṃ || 258 ||
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stanaṃ tu tanayasyāsya prayacchaṃtī tvayā hatā |
bāṇenāśanikalpena nirdoṣā vanamāgatā || 259 ||
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tasmāttvamapi durbuddhe kravyādatvamavāpsyasi |
vanesminkaṃṭakākīrṇe vyāghrarūpaṃ tvamāpnuhi || 260 ||
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śāpapradānaṃ śrutvaivaṃ sa rājāpurataḥ sthitaḥ |
provāca prāṃjalirbhūtvā tāṃ mṛgīṃ vyathitendriyaḥ || 261 ||
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stanaṃ tu tanayasyeha prayacchaṃtī na me matā |
ajñānena hatā bhadre prasīda susamādhinā || 262 ||
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vyāghrarūpamahaṃ tyaktvā prāpsyāmi mānuṣaṃ kadā |
evaṃvidhasya śāpasya vimokṣaṃ śaṃsa me mṛgi || 263 ||
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evamukte mṛgī tasya provāca vacanaṃ śubham |
rājannabdaśatāṃte tu śāpasyāgatayā gavā || 264 ||
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naṃdayā saha saṃvādamāsādyāṃto bhaviṣyati |
mṛgyokte vacane rājā vyāghra evābhavattadā || 265 ||
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nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhopeto vyāghrarūpoti bhīṣaṇaḥ |
tatrāsau bhakṣayannāste mṛgānhatvā catuṣpadaḥ || 266 ||
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dvipadānapi tatrasthānkālena kramayojitān |
evaṃ tatra vane tasya saṃvatsaraśataṃ gatam || 267 ||
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ātmānaṃ niṃdamānasya mṛgamāṃsāni khādataḥ |
kadāhaṃ mānuṣaṃ bhāvaṃ gamiṣyāmīdṛśaṃ punaḥ || 268 ||
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kutsitaṃ na kariṣyāmi viyonikaraṇaṃ mahat |
kurvatā māṃsalobhena mṛgayāṃ paridhāvatā || 269 ||
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āpadāsahitaṃ prāptaṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ bhayāvaham |
darśanaṃ duḥkhadaṃ mahyaṃ mṛgāṇāṃ mānuṣaiḥ saha || 270 ||
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pāpena pāpatāṃ nīto hyapāpe'pi satāṃ kule |
utpanno vikṛtiṃ nītaḥ paśya kālasya paryayam || 271 ||
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tasmānme sukṛtaṃ nāsti hiṃsāpyekā vigarhitā |
tayā tu prāpyate duḥkhaṃ na ca mokṣo bhaviṣyati || 272 ||
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kathaṃ me bhavitā mokṣaḥ kathaṃ satyā mṛgī bhavet |
gate varṣaśate tasya vasatastadvane tadā || 273 ||
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āyātaṃ gokulaṃ kāle yavasodakakāraṇāt |
govāṭavāṭīsaṃsthānaṃ tattatra samavasthitam || 274 ||
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vanopakaṇṭhe maṃthānaraveṇāpūritaṃ ca yat |
kṣībairgopaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ pādapairapitadvanam || 275 ||
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niśivaṃśaravopetaṃ gopīnāṃ ca śubhapradam |
evaṃ tu vasatastasya kharjūravanasaṃsadi || 276 ||
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hṛṣṭā tuṣṭā ca puṣṭā ca naṃdā vai nāma nāmataḥ |
gomaṃḍalasya sāmukhyā haṃsavarṇā ghaṭasravā || 277 ||
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dīrghaghoṇā vibhaktāṃgī baṃdhurāṃgī tanutvacā |
nīlakaṃṭhā śubhagrīvā ghaṃṭālī madhurasvanā || 278 ||
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sā ca yūthasya sarvasya puraścarati nirbhayā |
ghāsasthānaṃ carecchannaṃ gatvaikā ca yathāsukham || 279 ||
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yatheṣṭakāmā surabhī channaṃ carati vai tṛṇam |
rohito nāma tatrānyaḥ parvataḥ saritastaṭe || 280 ||
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anekakaṃdaradarī guhāsatva niṣevitaḥ |
tasya pūrvottarebhāge ghore tṛṇasamākule || 281 ||
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saṃkaṭe viṣame durge bhairave lomaharṣaṇe |
mṛgasiṃhasamākīrṇe bahu śvāpada sevite || 282 ||
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vallīvṛkṣādigahane śivāśata ninādite |
durgesminvasate raudraḥ kāmarūpī bhayaṃkaraḥ || 283 ||
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dvīpī śoṇita digdhāṃso ghoradaṃṣṭrānakhāyudhaḥ |
naṃdo nāma sa dharmātmā sa ca gopīhite rataḥ || 284 ||
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acchinnāgraistṛṇairdīrghairgodhanaṃ parirakṣati |
tasya yūthaparibhraṣṭā sānaṃdā tṛṇalipsayā || 285 ||
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caraṃtī vyāghrapurataḥ sā dhenuḥ pratyupasthitā |
abhyadravacca tāṃ dvīpī tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt || 286 ||
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tvamadya vihito bhakṣaḥ svayaṃ prāptāsi dhenuke |
dvīpinaśca vacaḥ śrutvā niṣṭhuraṃ romaharṣaṇaṃ || 287 ||
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śuklarūpānvitaṃ bālaṃ bhadramiṃdusamaprabham |
vatsaṃ smarati sā dhenuḥ snehāktā gadgadākṣaram || 288 ||
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dahyaṃtī putraśokena naṃdā sā putravatsalā |
rudaṃtī karuṇaṃ caiva nirāśā putradarśane || 289 ||
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dvīpī dṛṣṭvā tu tāṃ dhenuṃ kraṃdamānāṃ suduḥkhitām |
uvāca vacanaṃ ghoraṃ dhenuke kiṃ prarudyate || 290 ||
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daivātsukhopapannāsi bhakṣastvaṃ me yadṛcchayā |
rudaṃtyā vā hasaṃtyā vā tavāttaṃ jīvitaṃ bhavet || 291 ||
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vihitaṃ bhujyate loke svayaṃprāptāsi dhenuke |
mṛtyuste vihitodyaiva vṛthā kimanuśocasi || 292 ||
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papraccha tāṃ punardvīpī kimarthaṃ ruditaṃ tvayā |
kautukaṃ cātra me jātaṃ mahanme kathayasva vai || 293 ||
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vyāghrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā naṃdā vākyamathābravīt |
kṣaṃtumarhasi me nātha kāmarūpinnamostu te || 294 ||
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tvāṃ samāsādya lokasya paritrāṇaṃ na vidyate |
jīvitārthaṃ na śocāmi prāptavyaṃ maraṇaṃ mayā || 295 ||
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jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca |
tasmādaparihāryerthe na śocāmi mṛgādhipa || 296 ||
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devairapi yathā sarvairmarttavyamavaśairdhruvam |
tasmāttu nāhamevaikā vyāghra śocāmi jīvitam || 297 ||
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kiṃtu snehena vai sādho duḥkhena ruditaṃ mayā |
asti me hṛdi saṃtāpastaṃ ca tvaṃ śrotumarhasi || 298 ||
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prathame vayasi prāpte prasūtāhaṃ mṛgādhipa |
iṣṭaḥ prathamajātaśca sutastu mama bālakaḥ || 299 ||
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kṣīrapāyī ca me vatsastṛṇaṃ nādyāpi jighrati |
sa ca gopakule baddhaḥ kṣudhārto māmavekṣate || 300 ||
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tamahaṃ cānuśocāmi kathaṃ jīviṣyate sutaḥ |
tasyecchāmi stanaṃ dātuṃ putrasnehavaśaṃ gatā || 301 ||
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pāyayitvā stanaṃ vatsamavalihya ca mūrddhani |
sakhīnāmarpayitvā tu saṃdiśya ca hitāhitam || 302 ||
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punaḥ pratyāgamiṣyāmi yatheṣṭaṃ bhakṣayiṣyasi |
sa naṃdāyā vacaḥ śrutvā mṛgeṃdraḥ punarabravīt || 303 ||
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kiṃ te putreṇa karttavyaṃ maraṇaṃ kiṃ na budhyase |
trasyaṃti sarvabhūtāni mriyaṃte māṃ nirīkṣya ca || 304 ||
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tvaṃ punaḥ kṛpayāviṣṭā putraputreti bhāṣase |
na putrā na tapo dānaṃ na mātā na pitā guruḥ || 305 ||
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śaknuvaṃti paritrātuṃ naraṃ kālaprapīḍitam |
kathaṃ tvaṃ gokulaṃ gatvā gopījanasamākulam || 306 ||
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vṛṣabhairnāditaṃ divyaṃ bālavatsavibhūṣitam |
bhūṣaṇaṃ devalokasya svargatulyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 307 ||
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nityaṃ pramuditaṃ divyaṃ sarvadevaprapūjitam |
yatpavitraṃ pavitrāṇāṃ maṃgalānāṃ ca maṃgalam || 308 ||
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yattīrthaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ dhanyānāṃ dhanyamuttamam |
samastaguṇasaṃpannamīśvarāyatanaṃ mahat || 309 ||
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yatkhyātaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ bhūmisvargamanuttamam |
gopīmaṃthanaśabdena bālavatsaraveṇa ca || 310 ||
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gavāṃ huṃkāraśabdena alakṣmīḥ pratihanyate |
yatra vatsāśca huṃkāraṃ karuṇaṃ mātṛkāṃkṣayā || 311 ||
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yadgopaiḥ pālitaṃ śūrairbāhuyuddhakṛtaśramaiḥ |
pragītanṛtyasaṃlāpaṃ naṃditāsphoṭanāditam || 312 ||
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itastataḥ sthitairvatsairnardyamānaṃ samaṃtataḥ |
sarovadrājate goṣṭaṃ caladbhiriva paṃkajaiḥ || 313 ||
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taṃ śrīniketanaṃ saumyaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulam |
golokapratimaṃ dṛṣṭvā kathaṃ pratyāgamiṣyasi || 314 ||
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paṃcabhūtāni me bhadre pibaṃtu rudhiraṃ tava |
na nirviṇṇāni bhūtāni vāṅmātreṇa karomyaham || 315 ||
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naṃdovāca |
evaṃ prathamavatsāyā mṛgeṃdra śṛṇu me vacaḥ |
dṛṣṭvā sakhīḥ sutaṃ bālaṃ gopāṃśca pratipālakān || 316 ||
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gopījanamupāmaṃtrya jananīṃ ca viśeṣataḥ |
śapathairāgamiṣyāmi manyase yadi muṃca māṃ || 317 ||
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yatpāpaṃ brahmavadhyāyāṃ mātṛpitṛvadheṣu ca |
tena pāpena lipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ || 318 ||
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yatpāpaṃ lubdhakānāṃ tu mlecchānāṃ garadāyinām |
tena pāpena lipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ || 319 ||
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goṣu vighnāṃśca ye kuryuḥ svapaṃtīṃ tāḍayaṃti ca |
tena pāpe nalipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ || 320 ||
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sakṛddatvā tu yaḥ kanyāṃ dvitīye dātumicchati |
tasya pāpena lipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ || 321 ||
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yastvanarhānbalīvardānviṣame vāhayetpumān |
kathāyāṃ kathyamānāyāṃ vighnaṃ kārayate tu yaḥ || 322 ||
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tena pāpena lipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ |
gṛhe yasyāgataṃ mitraṃ nirāśaṃ pratigacchati || 323 ||
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tasya pāpena lipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ |
ityetaiḥ pātakairghorairāgamiṣyāmyahaṃ punaḥ || 324 ||
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budhvā saṃpratyayaṃ dvīpī punarvacanamabravīt |
vyāghra uvāca |
saṃjātaḥ pratyayosmākaṃ śapathairdhenuke tava || 325 ||
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kadācinmanyase gatvā mūrkhoyaṃ vaṃcito mayā |
atrāpi kecidvakṣyaṃti śapathe nāsti pātakam || 326 ||
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kāminīṣu vivāheṣu gavāṃ muktau tathaiva ca |
prāṇatyāge samutpanne śraddhātavyaṃ na ca tvayā || 327 ||
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lokesminnāstikāḥ kecinmūrkhāḥ paṃḍitamāninaḥ |
bhrāmayiṣyaṃti te cittaṃ cakrārūḍhamiva kṣaṇāt || 328 ||
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kutarkahetuvṛttāṃtairajñānāvṛtacetasaḥ |
mohayaṃti narāḥ kṣudrā āgamānaviśāradāḥ || 329 ||
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atathyānyapi tathyāni darśayaṃtyatipeśalāḥ |
same nimnonnatānīva citrakarmavido janāḥ || 330 ||
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prāyaḥ kṛtārtho lokoyaṃ manyate nopakāriṇam |
vatsaḥ kṣīrakṣayaṃ dṛṣṭvā parityajati mātaram || 331 ||
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na taṃ paśyāmi lokesminkṛte pratikaroti yaḥ |
sarvasya hi kṛtārthasya matiranyā pravartate || 332 ||
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ṛṣidevāsuranaraiḥ śapathāḥ kāryasiddhaye |
kṛtāḥ parasparaṃ pūrvaṃ tānna manyāmahe vayam || 333 ||
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satyenāpi śapedyastu devāgnigurusannidhau |
tasya vaivasvato rājā dharmasyārddhaṃ nikṛṃtati || 334 ||
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mā te buddhirbhavedevaṃ śapathaireṣa vaṃcitaḥ |
tvayaiva darśitaṃ sarvaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ kuru sāṃprataṃ || 335 ||
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naṃdovāca |
evameva mahāsādho kastvāṃ vaṃcayituṃ kṣamaḥ |
ātmaiva vaṃcitastena yaḥ paraṃ vaṃcayiṣyati || 336 ||
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dvīpyuvāca |
dhenuke paśya gaccha tvaṃ putrakaṃ putravatsale |
pāyayitvā stanaṃ vatsamavalihya ca mūrddhani || 337 ||
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mātaraṃ bhrātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā sakhīsvajanabāṃdhavān |
satyamevāgrataḥ kṛtvā śīghramāgamanaṃ kuru || 338 ||
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evaṃ sā śapathaṃ kṛtvā dhenurvai satyavādinī |
anujñātā mṛgeṃdreṇa prayātā putravatsalā || 339 ||
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aśrupūrṇamukhīdīnā vepamānā suduḥkhitā |
haṃbhāravaṃ pramuṃcaṃtī patitā śokasāgare || 340 ||
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karīva caraṇagrāhaṃ gṛhītaḥ salilāśaye |
aśaktā svaparitrāṇe vilapaṃtī muhurmuhuḥ || 341 ||
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sā tatra gokulaṃ prāptā harinnadyāstaṭe sthitam |
śrutvā vatsaṃ tu krośaṃtaṃ paryadhāvata saṃmukhī || 342 ||
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upasṛpya ca taṃ bālaṃ bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇam |
saṃprāpya mātaraṃ vatsaḥ śaṃkitaḥ paripṛcchati || 343 ||
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na te paśyāmyahaṃ svāsthyaṃ dhairyaṃ naivādya lakṣaye |
udvignā cāpi te dṛṣṭirbhītā cātīva lakṣyase || 344 ||
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nandovāca |
piba putra stanaṃ medya kāraṇaṃ yadi pṛcchasi |
aśaktāhaṃ tavākhyātuṃ kuru tṛptiṃ yathepsitām || 345 ||
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apaścimaṃ tu te putra durlabhaṃ mātṛdarśanam |
ekāhamadya me pītvā prabhāte kasya pāsyasi || 346 ||
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tvāṃ tyaktvā putra gaṃtavyaṃ śapathairāgatā hyaham |
kṣutkṣāmasya ca vyāghrasya dātavyamātmajīvitam || 347 ||
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naṃdāyāśca vacaḥ śrutvā vatso vacanamabravīt |
vatsa uvāca |
ahaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi yatra tvaṃ gaṃtumicchasi || 348 ||
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ślāghyaṃ mamāpi maraṇaṃ tvayā saha na saṃśayaḥ |
ekākināpi martavyaṃ mayārtena tvayā vinā || 349 ||
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yadi māṃ saṃhitaṃ mātarvane vyāghro haniṣyati |
yā gatirmātṛbhaktānāṃ dhruvaṃ sā me bhaviṣyati || 350 ||
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tasmādavaśyaṃ yāsyāmi tvayā saha na saṃśayaḥ |
athavā tiṣṭha mātastvaṃ śapathāḥ saṃtu te mama || 351 ||
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jananyā ca viyuktasya jīvite kiṃ prayojanam |
anāthasya vane nityaṃ ko me nātho bhaviṣyati || 352 ||
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nāsti mātṛsamo baṃdhurbālānāṃ kṣīrajīvinām |
nāsti mātṛsamo nātho nāsti mātṛsamā gatiḥ || 353 ||
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nāsti mātṛsamaḥ sneho nāsti mātṛsamaṃ mukham |
nāsti mātṛsamo deva ihaloke paratra ca || 354 ||
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evaṃ vai paramo dharmaḥ prajāpativinirmitaḥ |
ye tiṣṭhaṃti sadā putrāste yāṃti paramāṃ gatim || 355 ||
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naṃdovāca |
mamaiva vihito mṛtyurna tvaṃ putrāgamiṣyasi |
na cāyamanyajīvānāṃ mṛtyuḥ syādanyamṛtyunā || 356 ||
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apaścimamimaṃ putra mātṛsaṃdeśamuttamam |
atrātiṣṭhasva madvākyāttataḥ śuśūṣaṇaṃ punaḥ || 357 ||
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jalesthale ca vicaranpramādaṃ tāta mā kuru |
pramādātsarvabhūtāni vinaśyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ || 358 ||
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na ca lobhena cartavyaṃ viṣamasthaṃ tṝṇaṃ kvacit |
lobhādvināśaḥ sarveṣāmihaloke paratra ca || 359 ||
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samudramaṭavīṃ putra viśaṃti lobhamohitāḥ |
lobhādakāryamatyugraṃ vidvānapi samācaret || 360 ||
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lobhātpramādādvisraṃbhāttribhirnāśo bhavennṝṇām |
tasmāllobhaṃ na kurvīta na pramādaṃ na viśvaset || 361 ||
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ātmā hi satataṃ putra rakṣitavyaḥ prayatnaḥ |
sarvebhyaḥ śvāpadebhyaśca mlecchacorādisaṃkaṭāt || 362 ||
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tiraścāṃ pāpayonīnāmekatra vasatāmapi |
viparītāni cittāni vijñāyaṃte na putraka || 363 ||
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nakhināṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca śṛṃgiṇāṃ śastradhāriṇām |
na viśvāsastvayā kāryaḥ strīṇāṃ preṣyajanasya ca || 364 ||
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na viśvasedaviśvaste viśvastenāti viśvaset |
viśvāsādbhayamutpannaṃ mūlānyapi nikṛṃtati || 365 ||
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na viśvasetsvadehepi baliṣṭhe bhītacetasi |
vakṣyaṃti gūḍhamatyarthaṃ suptaṃ mattaṃ pramādataḥ || 366 ||
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gaṃdhaḥ sarvatra satatamāghrātavyaḥ prayatnataḥ |
gāvaḥ paśyaṃti gaṃdhena rājānaścāracakṣuṣā || 367 ||
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naikastiṣṭhedvaneghore dharmamekaṃ ca ciṃtayet |
nacodvegastvayākāryaḥ sarvasya maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ || 368 ||
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yathā hi pathikaḥ kaścicchāyāmāśritya tiṣṭhati |
viśramya ca punaryāti tadvadbhūtasamāgamaḥ || 369 ||
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putra nityaṃ jagatsarvaṃ tatraikaḥ śocase kathaṃ |
tāvattvaṃ śokamutsṛjya madvākyamanupālaya || 370 ||
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śirasyāghrāya taṃ putramavalihya ca mūrddhani |
śokena mahatāviṣṭā bāṣpavyākulalocanā || 371 ||
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viniḥśvasaṃtī nāgīva dīrghamuṣṇaṃ muhurmuhuḥ |
putrahīnaṃ jagacchūnyaṃ prapaśyaṃtīva sā'bhavat || 372 ||
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mahāpaṃkanimagneva tiṣṭhaṃtī cāvasīdatī |
vilapya naṃdinī putramuvācedaṃ punarvacaḥ || 373 ||
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nāsti putrasamaḥ sneho nāstiputrasamaṃ sukhaṃ |
nāsti putrasamā prītirnāsti putrasamā gatiḥ || 374 ||
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aputrasya jagacchūnyamaputrasya gṛhe'sukham |
putreṇa labhate lokamaputro narakaṃ vrajet || 375 ||
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loko vadati vākyāni caṃdanaṃ kila śītalaṃ |
putragātrapariṣvaṃgaścaṃdanādatiśītalaḥ || 376 ||
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iti putraguṇānuktvā nirīkṣya ca punaḥpunaḥ |
svamātaraṃ sakhīrgopīstvaramāṇā ca pṛcchati || 377 ||
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yūthasyāgre caraṃtīṃ māmāsasāda mṛgādhipaḥ |
muktāhaṃ tena śapathaiḥ punaryāsyāmi tatra vai || 378 ||
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sutaṃ ca mātaraṃ caiva sakhīrdraṣṭuṃ ca gokulaṃ |
āgatā satyavākyena punaryāsyāmi tatra vai || 379 ||
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mātaḥ kṣamasva tatsarvaṃ dauḥśīlyādi kṛtaṃ mama |
bālastavāyaṃ dauhitraḥ kimatrānyadbravīmyahaṃ || 380 ||
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vipule caṃpake mātarbhadre surabhi mānini |
vasudhāre priyānaṃde mahānaṃde ghaṭasrave || 381 ||
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ajñānājjñānato vāpi yaduktaṃ kiṃcidapriyaṃ |
tatkṣamadhvaṃ mahābhāgā yaccānyacca kṛtaṃ mayā || 382 ||
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sarvāḥ sarvaguṇopetāḥ sarvā lokasya mātaraḥ |
sarvāḥ sarvapradā nityaṃ rakṣadhvaṃ mama bālakaṃ || 383 ||
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anāthaṃ vikalaṃ dīnaṃ rakṣadhvaṃ mama putrakaṃ |
mātṛśokābhisaṃtaptaṃ bhaginyaḥ pālayiṣyatha || 384 ||
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yasmādanāthamabalaṃ putravatpālayiṣyatha |
kṣamadhvaṃ ca mahābhāgā yāsyāmi satyasaṃśrayāt || 385 ||
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na ciṃtā mahatī kāryā sakhībhiśca kathaṃcana |
prathamasyāsya jātasya sthitaṃ maraṇamagrataḥ || 386 ||
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śrutvā tu naṃdāvacanaṃ mātā sakhyaśca duḥkhitāḥ |
viṣādaṃ paramaṃ jagmuridamūcuśca vismitāḥ || 387 ||
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aho'tra mahadāścaryaṃ yadvyāghravacanaṃ tvayā |
prakartumudyataṃ bhīmaṃ naṃdā tvaṃ satyavādinī || 388 ||
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śapathaiḥ satyavākyena vaṃcayitvā mahābhayaṃ |
nāśanīyaṃ prayatnena na gaṃtavyaṃ kathaṃcana || 389 ||
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naṃde na caiva gaṃtavyamadharmaḥ kriyate tvayā |
yadbālaṃ svasutaṃ tyaktvā satyalobhena gamyate || 390 ||
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atra gāthā purā proktā ṛṣibhirbrahmavādibhiḥ |
prāṇatyāge samutpanne śapathairnāsti pātakaṃ || 391 ||
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uktvānṛtaṃ bhavedyatra prāṇināṃ prāṇarakṣaṇaṃ |
anṛtaṃ tatra satyaṃ syātsatyamapyanṛtaṃ bhavet || 392 ||
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kāminīṣu vivāheṣu gavāṃ muktau tathaiva ca |
brāhmaṇānāṃ vipattau ca śapathairnāsti pātakaṃ || 393 ||
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naṃdovāca |
pareṣāṃ prāṇarakṣārthaṃ vadāmyevānṛtaṃ vacaḥ |
nātmārthamutsahe vaktuṃ jīvitārthe kathaṃcana || 394 ||
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ekaḥ saṃśliṣyate garbhe maraṇe bharaṇe tathā |
bhuṃkte caikaḥ sukhaṃ duḥkhamataḥ satyaṃ vadāmyaham || 395 ||
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satye pratiṣṭhitā lokā dharmaḥ satye pratiṣṭhitaḥ |
udadhissatyavākyena maryādāṃ na vilaṃghate || 396 ||
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viṣṇave pṛthivīṃ datvā bali pātālamāśritaḥ |
chadmanāpi balirbaddhaḥ satyavākyaṃ na cātyajat || 397 ||
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pravardhamānaḥ śaileṃdraḥ śataśṛṃgaḥ samutthitaḥ |
satyena saṃsthito viṃdhyaḥ prabandhaṃ nātivartate || 398 ||
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svargāpavarganarakāḥ satyavāci pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
yastu lopayate vācamaśeṣaṃ tena lopitaṃ || 399 ||
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yo'nyathā saṃtamātmānamanyathā pratipadyate |
kiṃ tena na kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ coreṇātmāpahāriṇā || 400 ||
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yāsyāmi narakaṃ ghoraṃ vilopyātmānamātmanā |
tasya vaivasvato rājā dharmasyārdhaṃ nikṛṃtati || 401 ||
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agādhe salile śuddhe satya tīrthe kṣamā hrade |
snātvā pāpavinirmuktaḥ prayāti paramāṃ gatiṃ || 402 ||
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aśvamedhasahasraṃ ca satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtaṃ |
aśvamedhasahasrāddhi satyameva viśiṣyate || 403 ||
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satyaṃ sādhuphalaṃ śrutaṃ ca paramaṃ kleśādibhirvarjitaṃ |
sādhūnāṃ nikaṭaṃ satāṃ kuladhanaṃ sarvāśramāṇāṃ phalaṃ |
yasmāttaṃ samavāpya gacchati divaṃ saṃtyajyate'sau kathaṃ |
lokairatra samāgame pratidinaṃ satyaṃ vadadhvaṃ dhruvaṃ || 404 ||
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sakhya ūcuḥ |
naṃde sā tvaṃ namaskāryā sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ |
yā tvaṃ paramasatvena prāṇāṃstyajasi dustyajān || 405 ||
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brūmaḥ kiṃ tatra kalyāṇi yā tvaṃ dharmadhuraṃdharā |
tyāgenānena nā'prāpyaṃ trailokye vastu kiṃcana || 406 ||
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aviyogaṃ ca paśyāmastyāgādasmātsutena hi |
nāryāḥ kalyāṇacittāyānāpadaḥ saṃti kutracit || 407 ||
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dṛṣṭvā gopījanaṃ sarvaṃ parikramya ca gokulaṃ |
naṃdā saṃprasthitā devānvṛkṣāṃścāpṛcchya sā punaḥ || 408 ||
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kṣitiṃ varuṇamagniṃ ca vāyuṃ cāpi niśākaraṃ |
daśadigdevatāvṛkṣānnakṣatrāṇi grahaiḥ saha || 409 ||
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sarvānvijñāpayāmāsa praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ |
ye saṃśritā vane siddhāḥ sarvāśca vanadevatāḥ || 410 ||
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vane caraṃtaṃ ca tṛṇaṃ te rakṣaṃtu sutaṃ mama |
caṃpakāśoka punnāgāssaralārjunakiṃśukāḥ || 411 ||
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śṛṇvaṃtu pādapāḥ sarve saṃdeśaṃ mama viklavaṃ |
vatsamekākinaṃ dīnaṃ caraṃtaṃ viṣame vane || 412 ||
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rakṣadhvaṃ vatsakaṃ bālaṃ snehātputramivaurasaṃ |
mātrāpitrāvihīnaṃ ca anāthaṃ dīnamānasaṃ || 413 ||
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vicaraṃtamimāṃ bhūmiṃ kraṃdamānaṃ suduḥkhitaṃ |
tasyeha kraṃdamānasya matputrasya mahāvane || 414 ||
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mahāśokābhibhūtasya kṣutpipāsāturasya ca |
śūnyasyaikākinaḥ sarvaṃ jagacchūnyaṃ prapaśyataḥ || 415 ||
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caramāṇasya kartavyaṃ sānukrośaistu rakṣaṇaṃ |
saṃdiśya naṃdā prītyaivaṃ putrasnehavaśaṃ gatā || 416 ||
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śokāgninā ca sandīptā vicchinnā putradarśane |
viyuktā cakravākīva lateva patitā taroḥ || 417 ||
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aṃdheva dṛṣṭirahitā praskhalaṃtī pade pade |
agacchatsā punastatra yatrāsau piśitāśanaḥ || 418 ||
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āste visphūrjitamukhastīkṣṇadaṃṣṭro bhayāvahaḥ |
tāvattasyāḥ suto vatsa ūrddhvapucchotivegavān || 419 ||
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āgatya māturagresau mṛgeṃdrasyāgrato'bhavat |
āgataṃ tu sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛtyuṃ tamagrataḥ sthitaṃ || 420 ||
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vyāghraṃ dṛṣṭvā tu sā dhenuridaṃ vacanamabravīt |
bhobho mṛgeṃdrāgatāhaṃ satyadharmavrate sthitā || 421 ||
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kuru tṛptiṃ yathākāmamasmanmāṃsena sāṃpratam |
saṃtarpaya svabhūtāni piba tvaṃ śoṇitaṃ mama || 422 ||
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mṛtāyāṃ tu mayi tvaṃ bho bhakṣayemaṃ tu bālakam |
dvīpyuvāca |
svāgataṃ tava kalyāṇi dhenuke satyavādinī || 423 ||
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na hi satyavatāṃ kiṃcidaśubhaṃ bhavati kvacit |
tvayoktaṃ dhenuke pūrvaṃ satyaṃ pratyāgame punaḥ || 424 ||
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tena me kautukaṃ prāptaṃ prāptā gacchetkathaṃ punaḥ |
tava satyaparīkṣārthaṃ preṣitāsi mayā punaḥ || 425 ||
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anyathā māṃ samāsādya jīvaṃtī yāsyase katham |
yacca naḥ kautukaṃ jātaṃ satyamanveṣaṇaṃ mama || 426 ||
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tasmādanena satyena muktāsi ca mayā'dhunā |
bhaginī bhavatī mahyaṃ bhāgineyaḥ sutastava || 427 ||
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dattopadeśasya śubhe mama pāpiṣṭhakarmaṇaḥ |
satye pratiṣṭhitā lokā dharmaḥ satye pratiṣṭhitaḥ || 428 ||
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satyena gauḥ kṣīradhārāṃ pramuṃcati haviḥ priyām |
sa vai dhanyatamo gopo yastvatkṣīreṇa jīvati || 429 ||
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bhūmipradeśā dhanyāste satṛṇā vīrudhaḥ śubhe |
te dhanyāśca kṛtārthāśca taireva sukṛtaṃ kṛtam || 430 ||
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tairāptaṃ janmanaḥ sāraṃ ye pibaṃti payastava |
mṛgeṃdraḥ pratyayaṃ gatvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ || 431 ||
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pratyādeśo'yamasmākaṃ satyaṃ devaiḥ pradarśitaḥ |
satyamiṣṭaṃ gavāṃ dṛṣṭvā na me vāñchāsti jīvitum || 432 ||
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tatkariṣyāmyahaṃ karma yena mucyeya kilbiṣāt |
mayā jīvasahasrāṇi bhakṣitāni śatāni ca || 433 ||
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gatiṃ kāmiha gacchāmi dṛṣṭvā goḥ satyamīdṛśam |
ahaṃ pāpo durācāro nṛśaṃso jīvaghātakaḥ || 434 ||
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kāṃstu lokāngamiṣyāmi kṛtvā karma sudāruṇam |
gamiṣye puṇyatīrthāni kariṣye pāpaśodhanam || 435 ||
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patiṣye girimāruhya pravekṣye vā hutāśanam |
dheno'dya yanmayā kāryaṃ tapaḥ pāpādviśuddhaye || 436 ||
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tadādiśasva saṃkṣepānna kālo vistarasya tu |
dhenuruvāca |
tapaḥ kṛte praśaṃsaṃti tretāyāṃ jñānameva ca || 437 ||
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dvāpare yajñamityāhurdānamekaṃ kalau yuge |
sarveṣāmeva dānānāmidamevaikamuttamam || 438 ||
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abhayaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ nāsti dānamataḥ param |
carācarāṇāṃ bhūtānāmabhayaṃ yaḥ prayacchati || 439 ||
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sa ca sarvabhayānmuktaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati |
nāstyahiṃsā samaṃ dānaṃ nāstyahiṃsā samaṃ tapaḥ || 440 ||
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yathā hastipadeṣvanyatpadaṃ sarvaṃ pralīyate |
sarve dharmāstathā vyāghra pralīyaṃte hyahiṃsayā || 441 ||
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yogavṛkṣasya chāyā yā tāpatrayavināśinī |
dharmajñāne ca puṣpāṇi svargamokṣau phalāni ca || 442 ||
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duḥkhatrayābhitaptasya chāyā yogataroḥ smṛtā |
na bādhyate punarduḥkhaiḥ prāpya nirvāṇamuttamam || 443 ||
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ityetatparamaṃ śreyaḥ kīrtitaṃ te samāsataḥ |
jñātaṃ caiva tvayā sarvaṃ kevalaṃ māṃ tu pṛcchasi || 444 ||
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dvīpyuvāca |
ahaṃ mṛgyā purā śapto vyāghrarūpeṇa saṃsthitaḥ |
tataḥ prāṇivadhātsarvamaśeṣaṃ mama vismṛtam || 445 ||
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tvatsaṃparkopadeśābhyāṃ saṃjātaṃ smaraṇaṃ punaḥ |
tvaṃ cāpyanena satyena gamiṣyasi parāṃ gatiṃ || 446 ||
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tadahaṃ tvāṃ punaḥ pṛcche praśnamekaṃ hṛdi sthitam |
sāgraṃ varṣaśataṃ jātaṃ ciṃtayānasya me śubhe || 447 ||
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bhavatyā bhāgyayogena kadācitsvargaśobhane |
kṛtaṃ dharmasya saṃsthānaṃ satāṃ mārge pratiṣṭhitam || 448 ||
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kiṃ te'bhidhānaṃ kalyāṇi brūhi me'jñasya suvrate |
naṃdovāca |
mama naṃdeti saṃjñā tu kṛtā naṃdena svāminā || 449 ||
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sāṃprataṃ bhakṣayāmīti hyatiṣṭhaḥ kena hetunā |
naṃdeti śrutvā tannāma muktaśāpaḥ prabhaṃjanaḥ || 450 ||
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punarnṛpatvamāpanno balarūpasamanvitaḥ |
etasminnaṃtare dharmastāṃ jñātvā satyavādinīm || 451 ||
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draṣṭuṃ samāgatastatra prābravīcca payasvinīm |
tava satyavratāddhṛṣṭo dharmohamiha cāgataḥ || 452 ||
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naṃde vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te varaṃ varatamaṃ hi yat |
evamuktā hi sā devī naṃdā taṃ prārthayadvaram || 453 ||
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tavānubhāvātsasutā gacchāmi padamuttamam |
bhavedidaṃ śubhaṃ tīrthaṃ munīnāṃ dharmadāyakam || 454 ||
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mannāmnā ca saridiyaṃ naṃdā nāma sarasvatī |
varapradānāddeveśa tadetatprārthitaṃ mayā || 455 ||
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pulastya uvāca |
sā tatkṣaṇādgatā devī sthānaṃ satyavatāṃ śubham |
prabhaṃjanopi tadrājyaṃ saṃprāptaḥ prāgupārjitam || 456 ||
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naṃdā yena gatā svargaṃ naṃdāṃ prāpya sarasvatīm |
tenākhyayā budhaistasyāḥ proktā naṃdā sarasvatī || 457 ||
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sarasvatī punastasmādvanātkharjūrasaṃjñitāt |
dakṣiṇena punaryātā plāvayaṃtī dharātalam || 458 ||
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āgacchannapi yastasyā nāma gṛhṇāti mānavaḥ |
jīvansukhaṃ sa āpnoti mṛto bhavati khecaraḥ || 459 ||
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tatra ye śubhakarmāṇastyajaṃti svāṃ tanuṃ narāḥ |
te vidyādhararājāno bhavaṃti sukhino janāḥ || 460 ||
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narāṇāṃ svarganiḥśreṇī snānātpānātsarasvatī |
tatra snānaṃ prakurvanti yeṣṭamyāṃ susamāhitāḥ || 461 ||
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te mṛtāḥ svargamāsādya modaṃte sumanoramāḥ |
sarasvatī sadā strīṇāṃ tatra saubhāgyadāyikā || 462 ||
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upoṣitā tṛtīyāyāmapi saubhāgyabhājanā |
tatra taddarśanenāpi mucyate pāpasaṃcayāt || 463 ||
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spṛśaṃti ye narāḥ kecittepi jñeyā munīśvarāḥ |
rajatasya pradānena rūpavānjāyate naraḥ || 464 ||
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puṇyā puṇyajalopetā nadīyaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutā |
naṃdā nāmeti vipulā pravṛttā dakṣiṇāmukhī || 465 ||
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gatvā tato nātidūraṃ punaryātā parāṅmukhī |
tataḥ prabhṛti sā devī prasabhaṃ prakaṭā sthitā || 466 ||
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tasyāstaṭeṣu puṇyeṣu tīrthānyāyatanāni ca |
saṃsevitāni munibhiḥ siddhaiścāpi samaṃtataḥ || 467 ||
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teṣu sarveṣu bhavati dharmahetussarasvatī |
snānātpānātpradānādvā hiraṇyasya mahānadī || 468 ||
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hāṭakakṣitigaurīṇāṃ naṃdātīrthe mahodayaṃ |
dānaṃ dattaṃ naraiḥ snātairjanayatyakṣayaṃ phalaṃ || 469 ||
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dhānyapradānaṃ pravadaṃti śastaṃ vasupradānaṃ ca tathā munīṃdrāḥ |
yaisteṣu tīrtheṣu naraiḥ pradattaṃ taddharmahetuḥ pravaraṃ pradiṣṭam || 470 ||
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prāyopaveśaṃ prayataḥ prayatnādyastatra kuryātpramadā pumānvā |
tīrtheṣu sāyujyamavāpya so'yaṃ bhuṅkte phalaṃ brahmagṛhe yatheṣṭaṃ || 471 ||
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tasyopakaṃṭhe tu mṛtāstu ye vai karmakṣayātsthāvarajaṃgamāśca |
taiścāpi sarvaiḥ sahasā prasahya labhyeta yajñasya phalaṃ durāpam || 472 ||
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tatastu sā dharmaphalapradā bhavejjanmādi duḥkhārdita cetasāṃ nṛṇām |
sarvātmanā puṇyaphalā sarasvatī sevyā prayatnātpuruṣairmahānadī || 473 ||
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