Chapter 58

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vyāsa uvāca |
śākhināmeva sarveṣāṃ phalaṃ vakṣyāmi yādṛśam |
tacchṛṇudhvaṃ mahābhāgā ropaṇe ca pṛthakpṛthak || 1 ||
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yastu ropayate tīre puṇyavṛkṣānsamaṃtataḥ |
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ jñātuṃ kathituṃ naiva śakyate || 2 ||
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anyatra ropaṇaṃ kṛtvā śākhināṃ yatphalaṃ labhet |
tato jalasamīpe tu lakṣakoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet || 3 ||
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svayaṃ puṣkariṇī tīre tvanaṃtaṃ phalamaśnute |
tasmācchataguṇaṃ brūmaḥ śākhināṃ puṇyakāriṇām || 4 ||
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aśvattharopaṇaṃ kṛtvā jalāśayasamīpataḥ |
yatphalaṃ labhate martyo na tatkratuśatairapi || 5 ||
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pataṃti yāni patrāṇi jale parvaṇi parvaṇi |
tāni piṃḍasamānīha pitṝṇāmakṣayaṃ yayuḥ || 6 ||
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khādaṃti patagāstatra phalāni kāmato dhruvam |
brahmabhakṣyasamaṃ tasya puṇyaṃ bhavati cākṣayam || 7 ||
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aśvatthenaiva bhakṣyeṇa ropaṇenaiva yatphalam |
tadvai kratuśatairnaiva putraireva śatairapi || 8 ||
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uṣṇecchāyāṃ pragṛhṇaṃti gāvo devadvijātayaḥ |
kartuḥ pitṛgaṇānāṃ ca svargo bhavati cākṣayaḥ || 9 ||
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kartuṃ svasthasya vai vighnamakṣayatvānna śakyate |
tasmātsarvaprayatnena ropayedvṛkṣamādhavam || 10 ||
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ekaṃ vṛkṣaṃ samāropya naraḥ svargānna hīyate |
tasmādeva mahāvṛkṣaṃ ropayadhvaṃ dvijottamāḥ || 11 ||
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jalānāṃ nikaṭe ramye rasānāṃ krayavikraye |
mārge jalāśaye vṛkṣānropayedyo mahāśayaḥ || 12 ||
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aśvatthādīnsamāropya svargaṃ yāti manoramam |
arcayitvā tu yatpuṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi dvijātayaḥ || 13 ||
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snātvāśvatthaṃ spṛśedyastu sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate |
asnāto yaḥ spṛśenmartyo labhate snānajaṃ phalam || 14 ||
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dṛṣṭvā ca nāśayetpāpaṃ spṛṣṭvā lakṣmīṃ prapadyate |
pradakṣiṇe bhavedāyuḥ sadāśvattha namostu te || 15 ||
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caladdalāya vṛkṣāya sadā viṣṇusthitāya ca |
bodhisatvāya yogyāya sadāśvattha namostu te || 16 ||
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aśvatthāya tu havyaṃ tu payo naivedyameva ca |
puṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ dīpakaṃ ca datvā svargānna hīyate || 17 ||
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saputraṃ cākṣayaṃ viddhi dhanavṛddhiyaśaskaram |
vijayaṃ mānadaṃ bhadramaśvatthasya prapūjanam || 18 ||
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yajjaptaṃ ca hutaṃ stotraṃ yantramaṃtrādikaṃ ca yat |
sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ proktaṃ mūle caladalasya ca || 19 ||
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yasya mūle sthito viṣṇurmadhye tiṣṭhati śaṃkaraḥ |
agrabhāge sthito brahmā kastaṃ jagati nārcayet || 20 ||
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somavāre tvamāyāṃ ca snānaṃ yanmauninā kṛtam |
dānasya gosahasrasya phalaṃ cāśvatthavaṃdane || 21 ||
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saptapradakṣiṇenaiva gavāmayutajaṃ phalam |
pracurāllakṣakoṭiśca tasmātkāryā hi sā sadā || 22 ||
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yatkiṃciddīyate tatra phalamūlajalādikam |
sarvaṃ taccākṣayaphalaṃ janmajanmasu jāyate || 23 ||
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ahośvatthasamo nāsti vṛkṣarūpī harirbhuvi |
yathā pūjyo dvijo loke yathā gāvo yathāmarāḥ || 24 ||
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tathāśvatthavṛkṣarūpī devaḥ pūjyatamaḥ smṛtaḥ |
ropaṇe rakṣaṇe sparśe pūjākarmaṇi vai sadā || 25 ||
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dadāti vittaṃ putrāṃśca svargaṃ mokṣaṃ punaḥ kramāt |
kiṃcicchedaṃ tu yaḥ kuryādaśvatthasya tanau naraḥ || 26 ||
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kalpaikaṃ nirayaṃ bhuktvā cāṃḍālādau prajāyate |
mūlacchedena tasyaiva sa ca yātyapunarbhavam || 27 ||
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puruṣāstasya tiṣṭhaṃti raurave ghoradarśane |
aśvatthasyaikavṛkṣasya ropaṇe yatphalaṃ bhavet || 28 ||
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tathaiva caṃpakerke ca trayāṇāṃ ropaṇepi ca |
aṣṭau bilvasya vṛkṣāśca nyagrodhāścaiva sapta ca || 29 ||
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niṃbasya daśavṛkṣāśca phalaṃ caiṣāṃ samaṃ bhavet |
ekaikasya phalaṃ coktaṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ ropaṇe dvijāḥ || 30 ||
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evaṃ budhvā tu dharmātmā yaḥ kuryātkṛtrimaṃ vanam |
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca || 31 ||
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nākameti sa cūtasya samāropya sahasrakam |
tato dvitriguṇenaiva nyūne vā pracurepi vā || 32 ||
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bhuṃkte bhuktvā punaḥ kuryānnṛpo vātha sadīśvaraḥ |
svargaṃ bhogyaṃ tato rājyaṃ kalyāṇaṃ maṃgalaṃ śubham || 33 ||
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ārogyaṃ śauryasaṃpannamārāmādeva jāyate |
phalāni yasya khādaṃti jaṃtavotha sahasraśaḥ || 34 ||
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āśritā vihagāḥ kīṭāḥ patagāḥ śalabhādayaḥ |
chāyāśritāśca ye satvāstatsaṃkhyātāḥ pṛthagjanāḥ || 35 ||
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tasya kiṃkaratāṃ yāṃti śataśo devatārcitāḥ |
ye ca vṛkṣā mahāsatvāssarve te devarūpiṇaḥ || 36 ||
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tadarcā pitṛvatkāryā śuśrūṣāṃ jalapiṃḍakam |
martyaloke ca te putrāstasya janmani janmani || 37 ||
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surūpāḥ suvinītāśca sadāpuṇyakriyā śubhāḥ |
evaṃ gaṇeśatāṃ yāṃti jaṃtavaścūtalagnakāḥ || 38 ||
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dhātrī harītakī cānye kaṭutiktāmlasaṃbhavāḥ |
sarve cārāmataḥ śuddhāḥ phaladāḥ śivadāḥ sadā || 39 ||
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prāsādā yatra sauvarṇāḥ sarvaratnavibhūṣitāḥ |
sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktā vimānāścānilopamāḥ || 40 ||
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śātakuṃbhamayā vṛkṣāḥ sadaiva sarvadāyinaḥ |
sarvartusukhadāḥ saumyakanyakā apsarassamāḥ || 41 ||
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gītanṛtyaparādhīrāstatra tiṣṭhaṃti vṛkṣadāḥ |
puṣkariṇyo viśeṣeṇa khātānyanyāni yāni ca || 42 ||
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śuddhopalāṃtaracitā nadyaḥ pāyasakarddamāḥ |
punardugdhasaphenāśca annādiṣaḍrasānvitāḥ || 43 ||
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martyaloke yathā bhogyaṃ punaḥ svarge punarbhuvi |
punareva tadabhyāsātkhātamārāmakaṃ punaḥ || 44 ||
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yathā puṇyādikaṃ kṛtvā svargamartyādhipaḥ pumān |
aśaktastu prapāṃ kṛtvā puṣkariṇyāḥ phalaṃ labhet || 45 ||
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prapāyā lakṣaṇaṃ cātra sarvapāpaharaṃ paraṃ |
sarvabhogapradaṃ śuddhaṃ svargāpavargadaṃ sthiraṃ || 46 ||
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lakṣaṇaṃ ca pravakṣyāmi prapāyāḥ kīrtivardhanam |
nirjale'dhvani pṛkte ca sthāne kṛtvā ca maṃḍapam || 47 ||
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bahupānthe samāyāte grīṣmavarṣāśaratsvapi |
agarukādi saugaṃdhyaṃ jalaṃ pūgaṃ sacaṃdrakam || 48 ||
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āsanaṃ caiva tāṃbūlaṃ datvā svargānna hīyate |
evaṃ varṣatrayeṇaiva puṣkariṇyāḥ phalaṃ labhet || 49 ||
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svargāccaivācyuto martyo devairapi prapūjyate |
māsamekaṃ tu yo dadyātprapāṃ grīṣmetha nirjale || 50 ||
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kalpaikaṃ tu vasetsvarge svargādbhraṣṭo mahīyate |
prapādāstatra tiṣṭhaṃti yatra puṣkariṇīpradāḥ || 51 ||
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noceddharmaghaṭo deyaḥ puṇyaḥ pāpakṣayāya ca |
eṣa dharmaghaṭo jñeyo brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakaḥ || 52 ||
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tavaprasādātsaphalāḥ mama saṃtu manorathāḥ |
svarṇamāṣaṃ caturbhāgaṃ dakṣiṇārthaṃ ghaṭasya ca || 53 ||
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evaṃ varṣatrayeṇaiva prapādānaphalaṃ labhet |
yaḥ paṭhecchrāvayedvāpi puṣkariṇyādijaṃ phalam || 54 ||
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sākṣātpāpādbhavenmuktastatprasādāttu sadgatiḥ |
janeṣu śrāvayedyastu puṇyākhyānamidaṃ śubham || 55 ||
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kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi suraloke sa tiṣṭhati || 56 ||
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iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe puṣkariṇyādidharmakīrtanaṃnāmāṣṭapaṃcāśattamo |
'dhyāyaḥ || 58 ||
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