Chapter 64

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nārada uvāca |
cāturmāsyāṃ tu niyamā ye kecidbhuvi viśrutāḥ |
tānahaṃ śrotumicchāmi kathayasva maheśvara || 1 ||
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cāturmāsye harau supte karttavyaṃ kiṃ janārdane |
ṣaḍrasānāṃ parityāge nakhakeśavidhāraṇe |
anyaiśca niyamaiḥ svāminyatphalaṃ tad bravīhi me || 2 ||
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sūta uvāca |
etacchrutvā tvasau devaḥ prahasyotphullalocanaḥ |
provāca taṃ dvijavaraṃ nāradaṃ tapasānnidhim || 3 ||
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mahādeva uvāca |
śṛṇu tvamiha devarṣe kathayāmi savistaram |
āṣāḍhasya site pakṣe ekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ || 4 ||
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cāturmāsyavratānīha gṛhṇīyādbhaktipūrvakam |
bhūmiśayyāsamārūḍho yoganidrāṃ gate harau || 5 ||
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nayeta caturo māsānyāvadbhavati kārtikī |
pratiṣṭhā na pravarttaṃte tathā yajñādikāḥ kriyāḥ || 6 ||
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vivāhavratasaṃbaṃdha anyanmāṅgalyakarma ca |
bhūpayānaṃ tathā yātrā anyāśca vividhāḥ kriyāḥ || 7 ||
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prasupte ca jagannāthe acyute garuḍadhvaje |
vratakriyāṃ caredyastu tasya vrataphalaṃ śṛṇu || 8 ||
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aśvamedhasahasraistu yatphalaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ |
cāturmāsyavrataiścīrṇaistatphalaṃ samavāpnuyāt || 9 ||
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mithunasthe sahasrāṃśau svāpayenmadhusūdanam |
tulārāśau gate sūrye punarutthāpayeddharim || 10 ||
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adhimāse tu patite tadā caiṣa vidhikramaḥ |
sthāpayetpratimāṃ viṣṇoḥ śaṃkhacakragadādharīm || 11 ||
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pītāṃbaradharāṃ saumyāṃ paryaṃke sthāpayetśucau |
śvetavastrasamācchanne sopadhāne tu nārada || 12 ||
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itihāsapurāṇajño viṣṇubhakto'thavā punaḥ |
snāpayitvā dadhikṣīramadhulājaghṛtastathā || 13 ||
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samālabhya śubhairgaṃdhairdhūpaiḥ puṣpairmanoramaiḥ |
pūjitāṃ kusumaiḥ śubhrairmaṃtreṇānena vāḍava || 14 ||
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supte tvayi jagannāthe jagatsuptaṃ bhavedidam |
vibuddhe tvayi budhyeta jagatsarvaṃ carācaram || 15 ||
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evaṃ tāṃ pratimāṃ viṣṇoḥ sthāpayitvā tu nārada |
tasyaivāgre svayaṃ vācā gṛhṇīyānniyamaṃ tataḥ || 16 ||
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strī vā naro vā tadbhakto dharmādharmavibhāgataḥ |
caturo vārṣikānmāsāndevasyotthāpanāvadhi || 17 ||
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gṛhṇīyānniyamānetāndaṃtadhāvanapūrvakam |
upavāsaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā prabhāte vimale sati || 18 ||
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nityaṃ karma caritvā tu viṣṇoragre jitātmavān |
teṣāṃ phalāni vakṣyāmi tatkartṝṇāṃ pṛthakpṛthak || 19 ||
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madhuratvaṃ labhedvidvānpuruṣo guḍavarjanāt |
tathaiva saṃtatiṃ dīrghāṃ tailasya varjanādyataḥ || 20 ||
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ghṛtasya varjanādvipra suṃdarāṃgaḥ prajāyate |
kaṭutailaparityāgī śatrunāśamavāpnuyāt || 21 ||
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sugaṃdhatailatyāgena saubhāgyamatulaṃ labhet |
puṣpabhogaparityāgī svarge vidyādharo bhavet || 22 ||
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yogābhyāsī naro yastu sa brahmapadamāpnuyāt |
kaṭvamlamadhurakṣāratīkṣṇakāṣāya ṣaḍrasān || 23 ||
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varjayedyastu vairūpyaṃ daurgaṃdhyaṃ nāpnuyānnaraḥ |
tāṃbūlavarjanādbhogī raktakaṃṭhastu jāyate || 24 ||
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ghṛtatyāgācca lāvaṇyaṃ sadā snigdhatanurbhavet |
phalatyāgācca vipeṃdra bahuputraśca jāyate || 25 ||
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palāśapatrāśanakṛdrūpavānbhogavānbhavet |
dīptimāndīptikaraṇaḥ sākṣāddravyapatirbhavet || 26 ||
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dadhidugdhaparityāgī golokaṃ labhate naraḥ |
maunavratī bhavedyastu tasyājñā'skhalitā bhavet || 27 ||
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iṃdrāsanamavāpnoti sthālīpākasya varjanāt |
evamādi parityāgāddharmastho dharmanaṃdanaḥ || 28 ||
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namonārāyaṇāyeti japtvā śataguṇaṃ phalam |
eka eva sa vai svarge vidyādharapatirbhavet || 29 ||
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puṣkarasnānamātreṇa gaṃgāyāḥ snānajaṃ phalam || 30 ||
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bhūmau bhuṃkte sadā yastu sa pṛthivyadhipo bhavet |
viṣṇoścaiva gṛhe kuryādupalepanamārjanam || 31 ||
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kalpasthāyī bhavedvidvanvaikuṃṭhe nātra saṃśayaḥ |
pradakṣiṇaṃ ca yaḥ kuryācchatamaṣṭottaraṃ naraḥ || 32 ||
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haṃsayuktavimānena divyena saha gacchati |
gītavādyakaro viṣṇorgāṃdharvaṃ lokamāpnuyāt || 33 ||
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paṃcagavyāśano vidvancāṃdrāyaṇaphalaṃ labhet |
nityaṃ śāstravinodena lokānyastu prabodhayet || 34 ||
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sa vyāsarūpī viṣṇvagre tato viṣṇupadaṃ labhet |
tulasīdalapūjāṃ tu kṛtvā viṣṇupuraṃ vrajet || 35 ||
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kṛtvā prokṣaṇakaṃ divyaṃ sthānamapsarasāṃ labhet |
śītāṃbunā gṛhe snānātnirmalaṃ dehamāpnuyāt || 36 ||
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uṣṇodakaṃ parityajya snānaṃ vai pauṣkaraṃ labhet |
patreṣu yo naro bhuṃkte kurukṣetraphalaṃ labhet || 37 ||
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bhuṃkte śilāyāṃ yo nityaṃ tasya puṇyaṃ prayāgajam |
dharmodayajalatyāgī na rogaiḥ paribhūyate || 38 ||
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tāmrapātreṣu bhuṃjāno naimiṣaṃ phalamāpruyāt |
kāṃsyapātraṃ parityajya śeṣapātramupācaret || 39 ||
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alābhe sarvapātrāṇāṃ mṛnmayaṃ pātramuttamam |
svagṛhītaiḥ kṛtairvāpi pātraiḥ pālāśasaṃbhavaiḥ || 40 ||
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yastu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇa agnihotramupāsate |
pātrairvā bhojanaṃ vidvānsevate tatsamaṃ smṛtam || 41 ||
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cāṃdrāyaṇasamaṃ proktaṃ brahmapātreṣu bhojane |
ekaikaṃ bhojanaṃ vidvanbrahmapatreṣu bhuṃjataḥ || 42 ||
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trirātreṇa samaṃ proktaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam |
ekādaśyupavāsena yatpuṇyaṃ parikīrtitam || 43 ||
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sarvadānaphalaṃ caiva sarvatīrthaphalaṃ labhet |
na cāpi narakaṃ paśyetpadmapatreṣu bhojanāt || 44 ||
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brāhmaṇo yāti vaikuṃṭhe'nyo janaḥ svargamāpnuyāt |
eṣa brahma mahāvṛkṣaḥ pāpahā sarvakāmadaḥ || 45 ||
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madhyamaṃ varjitaṃ patraṃ śūdrajāternṛpottama |
bhuṃjannarakamāpnoti yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa || 46 ||
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varjayenmadhyamaṃ patraṃ śeṣapatreṣu bhojanam |
madhyapatre ca yaḥ śūdro bhojanaṃ kurute dvija || 47 ||
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kapilāṃ brahmaṇe dattvā śuddhirbhavati nānyathā |
kapilāṃ dohayedyastu śūdro bhuṃkte nije gṛhe || 48 ||
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daśavarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṃ jāyate kṛmiḥ |
kṛmiyonivinirmuktaḥ paśuyonimavāpnuyāt || 49 ||
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kapilaṃ yohyanaḍvāhaṃ śūdro bhūtvātra vāhayet |
yāvaṃti tasya romāṇi tāvadvarṣāṇi nārada || 50 ||
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kuṃbhīpākeṣu pacyeta sa naro nātra saṃśayaḥ |
ajā caiva gṛhe tasya śūdrasya ca viśeṣataḥ || 51 ||
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tasyā vai dugdhapānena śūdro yātīha rauravam |
brāhmaṇaiḥ saha vyāpāro yasya śūdrasya dṛśyate || 52 ||
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sa vipro vedabāhyaḥ syācchūdraḥ kaulika ucyate |
vyāpāre prerito vipraḥ śūdrājñāṃ ca karoti yaḥ || 53 ||
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yāvatpadāni calate tāvadbhavati nārakī |
udakārthaṃ tu yo vipraḥ śūdreṇa preṣito gṛhe || 54 ||
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tadudakaṃ madyatulyaṃ pītvā vai narakaṃ vrajet |
śūdreṇa sarvadā nityaṃ dānaṃ deyaṃ dvijanmane || 55 ||
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teṣāṃ caiva tu vai bhaktiḥ karttavyā ca viśeṣataḥ |
ihaloke sukhaṃ bhuktvā paralokaṃ ca gacchati || 56 ||
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pāṃcabhautikametaddhi anarthakamudāhṛtam |
ato deyaṃ hi gurave yato'naṃtaphalaṃ labhet || 57 ||
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asminkaliyuge ghore pāpācāre durātmanaḥ |
niṃdāṃ kurvaṃti vipreṃdra janānāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām || 58 ||
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niṃdayā labhate duḥkhaṃ yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam |
nānādharmāḥ pravarttaṃte kalau caiva mahāmate || 59 ||
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dharmo'yaṃ durllabho loke dharmakāmārthamokṣadaḥ |
bhūmiśāyī bhavedyastu naraḥ ko'pi mahītale || 60 ||
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daśavarṣasahasrāṇi na rogaiḥ paripīḍyate |
bahuputro dhanairyukto hyakuṣṭhī jāyate naraḥ || 61 ||
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naktabhojī naro yastu tīrthayātrāphalaṃ labhet |
ayācitena cāpnoti vāpīkūpakriṃyā phalam || 62 ||
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varjayedyastu vai drohaṃ prāṇahiṃsāparāṅmukhaḥ |
ahiṃsā paramo dharma iti vedeṣu gīyate || 63 ||
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dānaṃ dayā dama iti sarvatra hi śrutaṃ mayā |
tasmātsarvaprayatnena kāryaṃ vai mahatāmapi || 64 ||
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gurave ye prayacchaṃti śarīraṃ putrapautrakam |
tatra dānaprabhāvena viṣṇorvallabhatāmiyāt || 65 ||
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śūdreṇa dīkṣito yastu śūdraḥ śūdreṇa dīkṣitaḥ |
ubhau tau pāpinau proktau yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam || 66 ||
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hiṃsāmatiṃ yadādatte śūdro vai pāpasattamaḥ |
ekaviṃśatikulaṃ tena narakaṃ pratipātyate || 67 ||
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kalau pākhaṃḍinaḥ śūdrā dṛśyaṃte bahavo bhuvi |
teṣāṃ saṃbhāṣaṇādeva narako bhavati dvija || 68 ||
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brahmajñānaratā ye ca gāyatrījāpino dvija |
teṣāṃ darśanamātreṇa brahmahatyā dine dine || 69 ||
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śaṃkhacakradharā viprā viṣṇudharmeṣu saṃmatāḥ |
vedadharmaratā nityaṃ paṃktipāvanapāvanāḥ || 70 ||
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cāturmāsyamidaṃ karma karttavyaṃ taiḥ sadā naraiḥ |
kimanyadbahunoktena bhūyobhūyaśca vāḍava || 71 ||
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te dhanyāḥ pṛthivī madhye narā ye vaiṣṇavā bhuvi |
teṣāṃ kulaṃ dhanyatamaṃ jātirdhanyatamā smṛtā || 72 ||
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madhu bhakṣayate yastu supte deve janārdane |
mahatpāpaṃ bhavettasya varjane yacchṛṇuṣva tat || 73 ||
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sarvayajñaiśca vividhairyatphalaṃ tadavāpnuyāt |
dāḍimaṃ mātuligaṃ ca nālikeraṃ ca varjayet || 74 ||
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devo vaimāniko bhūtvā hyaṃte viṣṇupadaṃ vrajet |
vittavānsubhagaścaiva kule śrīmati jāyate || 75 ||
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yaḥ kṣipedekabhaktena naro māsacatuṣṭayam |
yāvaṃti ca muhūrtāni uditoditabhāskare || 76 ||
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tādvarṣasahasrāṇi viṣṇuloke mahīyate |
vrīhīṃśca yavagodhūmānvarjayedyastu mānavaḥ || 77 ||
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aśvamedhādike kṛte vidhivadvai sadakṣiṇe |
yatphalaṃ munibhiḥ proktaṃ tatphalaṃ labhate naraḥ || 78 ||
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dhanadhānyasamāyukto bahuputraśca jāyate |
tulasītiladarbhaiśca ye kurvaṃti ca tarpaṇam || 79 ||
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tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ |
yadā supte hṛṣīkeśe kuryāccaitattrayānvitam || 80 ||
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te'pi yugasahasrāṇi modaṃte viṣṇusaṃnidhau |
padaṃ vā padamarddhaṃ vā ṛcāṃ cārddhaṛcāṃ tathā || 81 ||
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viṣṇvagre ye pragāyaṃti muktāste vai na saṃśayaḥ |
maithunaṃ varjayedyastu supte deve janārdane || 82 ||
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ekamanvaṃtaraṃ so'pi viṣṇuloke mahīyate |
dadhidugdhaṃ tathā takraṃ guḍaṃ śākaṃ tathaiva ca || 83 ||
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varjanādeva bho vipra muktibhāgī na saṃśayaḥ |
snānamāmalakenaiva ye kurvaṃti ca mānavāḥ || 84 ||
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dinedine mahatpuṇyaṃ prāpnuvaṃti ca te mune |
dhātrīphalaṃ pāpaharaṃ pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ || 85 ||
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trailokyatāraṇārthāya nirmitā brāhmaṇā purā |
saṃdhyāmaunaṃ caredyastu bhuṃkte māsacatuṣṭayam || 86 ||
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manvaṃtarāṇi catvāri vaikuṃṭhe modate punaḥ |
svayaṃpākī naro yastu bhuṃkte māsacatuṣṭayam || 87 ||
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daśavarṣasahasrāṇi iṃdraloke mahīyate |
caturo vārṣikānmāsānmaunaṃ caiva samācaret || 88 ||
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sa ca viṣṇupuraṃ gacchedbrāhmaṃ ca tadanaṃtaram |
maunabhojī naro yastu kadācinnāvasīdati || 89 ||
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maunena bhuṃjamānāstu rākṣasāstridivaṃ gatāḥ |
kṛmikīṭasamāyuktaṃ pakvānnamaśucī bhavet || 90 ||
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gavāṃ māṃsasamaṃ jñeyamannaṃ cāpi dvijottama |
tadannamaśuci jñeyaṃ grasate mānuṣo yadi || 91 ||
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etadvai bhojanaṃ proktaṃ rākṣasānāṃ priyaṃ sadā |
toṣito hi purā brahmā tena dattaṃ mahātmanā || 92 ||
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maunena bhojayitvā tu svargaṃ prāptā na saṃśayaḥ |
saṃjalpanbhuṃjate yastu tenānnamaśucī bhavet || 93 ||
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pāpaṃ sa kevalaṃ bhuṃkte tasmānmaunaṃ samācaret |
upavāsasamaṃ bhojyaṃ jñeyaṃ maunena nārada || 94 ||
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paṃcaprāṇāhutīryastu maunabhojī narottamaḥ |
paṃca vai pātakānyasya naśyaṃti nātra saṃśayaḥ || 95 ||
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na kuryātsaṃdhitaṃ vastraṃ pitṛkarmaṇi vāḍava |
aśucyaṃge sthitaṃ caiva vastraṃ tadaśucī bhavet || 96 ||
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kaṭipṛṣṭhasthite vastre purīṣaṃ kurute tu yaḥ |
mūtraṃ vā maithunaṃ vāpi tadvastraṃ parivarjayet || 97 ||
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pitṛkarmaviśeṣeṇa varjanīyaṃ ca vāḍava |
sarvadā ca mune prājñairdevārcā cakrapāṇinaḥ || 98 ||
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karttavyā ca viśeṣeṇa śucibhirvijiteṃdriyaiḥ |
saṃprasupte hṛṣīkeśe tṛṇaśākakusuṃbhikāḥ || 99 ||
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saṃdhitāni ca vastrāṇi varjitāni prayatnataḥ |
cāturmāsye harau supte yastu etāni varjayet || 100 ||
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narakaṃ na tu saṃgacchetyāvadābhūtasaṃplavam |
madyaṃ māṃsaṃ na bhakṣeta śāśakaṃ saukaraṃ tathā || 101 ||
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cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa supte deve janārdane |
so'pi devatvamāpnoti ahiṃsānirato naraḥ || 102 ||
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mithyākrodhaṃ tathā raukṣyaṃ tathā parvasu maithunam |
varjitaṃ yena vipreṃdra so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet || 103 ||
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brahmacarye prajāvṛddhirāyurvṛddhistathaiva ca |
puṣpaṃ patraṃ phalaṃ śayyā abhyaṃgaṃ ca vilepanam || 104 ||
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vṛthādugdhāni māṃsaṃ ca madyaṃ ca parivarjayet |
cāturmāsye harau supte niyataṃ yadvivarjitam || 105 ||
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prathamaṃ tattu dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇāya na saṃśayaḥ |
taddhanaṃ cākṣayaṃ vidvanpradattaṃ yaddivajātaye || 106 ||
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koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ vipra labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ |
yenakenāpi vipreṃdra niyamenārcito hariḥ || 107 ||
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dadāti viṣṇubhavanaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā |
cāturmāsye harau supte niyamaṃ yo na kārayet || 108 ||
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so'pi narakamāpnoti tasya janma vṛthāgatam |
yatpumānkārayennityaṃ dvijoktaṃ vidhimuttamam || 109 ||
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tathoktānniyamāṃścaiva sa yāti paramaṃ padam |
trivargarahitaṃ dānaṃ dattaṃ bhavati niṣphalam || 110 ||
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena devadevaṃ janārdanam |
toṣayenniyamairdānairyathāśaktyā narottamaḥ || 111 ||
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akṛtasnānadānaṃ ca brāhmaṇānāṃ ca pūjanam |
vṛthāgataṃ tu tatsarvaṃ yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa || 112 ||
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nārada uvāca |
kīdṛśaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca vada viśveśvara prabho |
yena cīrṇena goviṃdaḥ parituṣṭo bhavennṛṇām || 113 ||
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mahādeva uvāca |
svadāranirataścaiva brahmacārī smṛto budhaiḥ |
cāṃḍālādadhiko vidvanyaḥ svabhāryāṃ parityajet || 114 ||
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ṛtāvabhigamaṃ kṛtvā brahmacaryaṃ vidhīyate |
parityajati yo bhāryāṃ bhaktāṃ doṣavivarjitām || 115 ||
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pāpakarmā naro loke bhrūṇahatyāmavāpnuyāt |
aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca || 116 ||
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ekādaśyupavāsasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm |
snānaṃ dānaṃ japo homaḥ svādhyāyaṃ devatārcanam || 117 ||
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cāturmāsyakṛtaṃ yacca sarvaṃ hi cākṣayaṃ bhavet |
ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā purāṇaṃ śṛṇute tu yaḥ || 118 ||
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sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati |
harau supte viśeṣeṇa harernāmapaṭhanjapan || 119 ||
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tatphalaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ labhate dvijasattama |
vaiṣṇavo brāhmaṇo yastu pūjanaṃ yaḥ karoti hi || 120 ||
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sa eva sarvadharmātmā pūjya eva na saṃśayaḥ |
cāturmāsyamidaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam |
śrutvā tu labhate puṇyaṃ gaṃgāsnānaphalaṃ labhet || 121 ||
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iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsahasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmumāpatināradasaṃvāde uttarakhaṃḍe cāturmāsyamahimānāma catuḥṣaṣṭitamo'dhyāyaḥ || 64 ||
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