Chapter 176

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śrībhagavānuvāca |
ādimasyaivamākhyānamudīritamanuttamam |
śṛṇu māhātmyamanyeṣāmadhyāyānāmapīṃdire || 1 ||
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dakṣiṇasyāṃ diśi śrīmānāsīdāmnāyavādinām |
pure puraṃdarāhvāne devaśarmeti viśrutaḥ || 2 ||
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arcitātithirāmnāto vedaśāstraviśāradaḥ |
āhartā kratusaṃghānāṃ tāpasānāṃ priyaḥ sadā || 3 ||
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devānsaṃtarpayāmāsa havyairhutavahaṃ ciram |
na copalebhe dharmātmā śāṃtimekāṃtikīṃ tataḥ || 4 ||
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niḥśreyasaṃ sa jijñāsustāpasānanuvāsaram |
siṣeve satyasaṃkalpānanalpaireva kalpakaiḥ || 5 ||
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evamācaratastasya kāle mahati gacchati |
muktakarmā tataḥ kaścitprādurāsītpurā bhuvi || 6 ||
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anubhūtanirākāṃkṣī nāsāgranyastalocanaḥ |
śāṃtacetāḥ paraṃ brahma dhyāyannānaṃdanirbharaḥ || 7 ||
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pādau tasyopasaṃgṛhya praṇatenāṃtarātmanā |
cakāra vidhivattasmai vidvānatithisatkriyām || 8 ||
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taṃ ca śuddhena bhāvena parituṣṭaṃ tapasvinam |
praṇataḥ paripapraccha nirvāṇasthitimātmanaḥ || 9 ||
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sa tasmai kathayāmāsa pure'sau puranāmani |
mitravaṃtamajāpālamupadeṣṭāramātmavit || 10 ||
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sa cābhivaṃdya tatpādāvetyasau puramūrjitam |
tasyottaradiśobhāge dadarśa vipulaṃ vanam || 11 ||
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mārutāṃdolitāneka kusumāmodasuṃdaram |
unmattabhramarodgīta nādāpūritadiṅmukham || 12 ||
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tasminvane sarittīre niṣīdaṃtaṃ śilātale |
mitravaṃtaṃ dadarśātha sānaṃdastimitekṣaṇam || 13 ||
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api svābhāvikaṃ vairaṃ hitvānyonyaṃ virodhibhiḥ |
satvairāvṛtamudyāne maṃdasyaṃdanabhāsvati || 14 ||
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śāṃteṣu mṛgayūtheṣu daśānaṃdamanojñayā |
kṛpānuviddhayā bhūmiṃ niṣiṃcaṃtamivāmṛtam || 15 ||
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upetya vinayenāmumunmanāḥ prītamānasaḥ |
kiṃcidānamraśirasā tenāpi sa tu satkṛtaḥ || 16 ||
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upatasthe tato vidvānmitravaṃtamananyadhīḥ |
samāptadhyānakālaṃ sa paryapṛcchatsamāhitaḥ || 17 ||
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devaśarmovāca |
ātmānaṃ vettumicchāmi tadamuṣminmanorathe |
labdhasiddhimupāyaṃ māmupadeṣṭuṃ tvamarhasi || 18 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
parāmṛśya kṣaṇaṃ so'pi mitravānidamabravīt |
mitravānuvāca |
vidvanviddhi purāvṛttamucyamānamidaṃ mayā || 19 ||
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asti godāvarītīre pratiṣṭhānābhidhaṃ puram |
tatra durdamanāmāsīdanvaye ca manīṣiṇām || 20 ||
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tatrāsti vikramo nāma sevyamāno mahīpatiḥ |
dānāni pratyahaṃ gṛhṇanvarttate udaraṃbharaḥ || 21 ||
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kālena kālapāśena baddhānīto yamālayam |
nirayeṣu samagreṣu yātanā anubhūya ca || 22 ||
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kasmiṃścitsa kule jāto durvṛttānāṃ dvijanmanām |
bhavāṃtarānuvartinyā vidyayā sa puraskṛtaḥ || 23 ||
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upayeme durādharṣāṃ kanyakāmadhame kule |
kālena sā vayo hitvā śaiśavaṃ yauvanaṃ yayau || 24 ||
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pīnastanī ca suśroṇī madavihvalalocanā |
patiṃ na sehe durvṛttaṃ cakame svapatīnparān || 25 ||
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vṛttimāhartukāmasminnirgatā sā purādbahiḥ |
saṃgatā kāmukenāsau ciraṃ cāṃḍālajanmanā || 26 ||
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dadhe garbhamasau tasmātsā ca kanyopapadyate |
saiva bhāryāpi tasyāsītpūrvapāpaprasaṃgataḥ || 27 ||
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saiva vṛddhā tataḥ kāle ḍākinī samajāyata |
kusaṃgātkumatirjātā duṣṭanārīprasaṃgataḥ || 28 ||
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cakhāda vyādhitaṃ vyādhamasṛgāsvādalālasā |
bhramaṃtī vipine ghore janairdṛṣṭvā bahiṣkṛtā || 29 ||
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paretalokamāsādya vyādhau vyāghro'bhyavarttata |
narakāndāruṇānbhuktvā jīvahiṃsā prabhāvataḥ || 30 ||
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sāpi kālena duṣṭātmā mṛtyuvegamupāgatā |
nirayānetya durddharṣānajājāyata madgṛhe || 31 ||
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tāmanyā apyahaṃ vidvanpālayankānanāṃtare |
apaśyandvīpinaṃ ghoraṃ jighāṃsaṃtamivākhilam || 32 ||
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samālokya tamāyāṃtaṃ bhayena prapalāyitam |
ajāyūthaṃ parityajya mayā maraṇabhīruṇā || 33 ||
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upadudrāva sa dvīpī pūrvavairamanusmaran |
ajā tu tatsamīpe'gātsatvaraṃ saridaṃtike || 34 ||
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tatra sā bhayamutsṛjya hitvā vairamanargalā |
avatasthe sa ca dvīpī tūṣṇīmāsīdamatsaraḥ || 35 ||
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taṃ tathāvidhamālokya sā vaktumupacakrame |
dvīpinnabhīpsitaṃ bhuṃkṣva māṃsamuddhṛtya sādaraḥ || 36 ||
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neyaṃ bhavati te buddhiḥ kathaṃ vairamatiṃ tyajaḥ |
ityākarṇya tadā vākyaṃ prāha dvīpī vimatsaraḥ || 37 ||
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sthāne'sminme gato dveṣaḥ kṣutpipāsā ca niryayau |
na prārthayāmi tena tvāṃ samīpe samupasthitām || 38 ||
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saivamuktā punaḥ prāha jātāhaṃ nirbhayā katham |
kimatra kāraṇaṃ vetsi yadi me vaktumarhasi || 39 ||
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evamuktaḥ punardvīpī tāmāhājāṃ na vedmyaham |
purogatamimaṃ praṣṭuṃ mahāṃtamiti nirgatau || 40 ||
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tābhyāmubhābhyāmāgatya pṛṣṭo'haṃ bahuvismayaḥ |
ahaṃ ca sahitastābhyāmapṛcchaṃ vānareśvaram || 41 ||
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mayā pṛṣṭaḥ sa vipredamabravītsādaraṃ kapiḥ |
śṛṇu vakṣyāmyajāpāla vṛttamatra purātanam || 42 ||
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idamāyatanaṃ paśya purovanagataṃ mahat |
atra tryaṃbakaliṃgaṃ hi druhiṇena pratiṣṭhitam || 43 ||
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sukarmānāma medhāvī paryupāste tapaścaran |
vanapuṣpāṇyapāhṛtya surapūjyaṃ purobhavam || 44 ||
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saṃsnāpya saridaṃbhobhiḥ kevalaṃ karmaṇā vasan |
kāle mahati tasyāgādatithiḥ kaścidaṃtikam || 45 ||
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upāhṛtya phalāhāraṃ sa tasmai paryakalpayat |
tenātithyena saṃprītaḥ sukarmāṇamabhāṣata || 46 ||
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kimidaṃ karmaṇo mūlaṃ phalaṃ bhuktvā tu tiṣṭhasi |
gatānugatayā vṛttyā kiṃ vā kevalamīhase || 47 ||
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sa evamuktaḥ prāyeṇa prītenātmavidā tadā |
pratyuvāca vacaḥ spaṣṭamātmano hitamuttamam || 48 ||
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vidvanna vedmi tatvena phalametasya karmaṇaḥ |
bubhutsayā paraḥ śaṃbhuḥ sevyate kevalaṃ yayā || 49 ||
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phalametasya sevāyāḥ paripākaṃ kapardinaḥ |
yanmāṃsamanugṛhṇāsi saṃspṛśyātmamanoratham || 50 ||
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tasyaivaṃ sūnṛtaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā prītastapodhanaḥ |
dvitīyamālilekhā'sau gītādhyāyaṃ śilātale || 51 ||
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ādideśāśu taṃ vipraṃ paṭhanābhyasanāya ca |
phaliṣyatyātmanaḥ svairaṃ paritaste manorathaḥ || 52 ||
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ityuktvāṃtardadhe dhīmānpuratastasya paśyataḥ |
vismitastasya cādeśātso'nvatiṣṭhadanāratam || 53 ||
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tataḥ kālena mahatā bhāvitātmā prasannadhīḥ |
yatrayatra cacārāsau śāṃtaṃ tattattapovanam || 54 ||
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na dvaṃdvabādhā naiva kṣutpipāsā na ca vā bhayam |
tapasā tasya jānīhi dvitīyādhyāyajāpinaḥ || 55 ||
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mitravānuvāca |
evamuktaśca tenā'haṃ khyāpayitvā parāṃ kathām |
anujñātaprasaṃnena cchāgīvyāghrayutogamam || 56 ||
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gatvā śilātale paśyamadhyāyaṃ likhitaṃ paṭhet |
tasyaivāvarttanādāptaṃ tapasaḥ pāramuttamam || 57 ||
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tena tvamapi kalyāṇa nityamāhartumarhasi |
adhyāyaṃ tena te muktiradūrasthā bhaviṣyati || 58 ||
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devaśarmā samādiṣṭastena mitravatā svayam |
abhyarcya praṇato bhūtvā puraṃdarapuraṃ yayau || 59 ||
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tatrātmavidamāsādya devatāyatane kvacit |
vṛttametannivedyādāvadhyāyamapaṭhattataḥ || 60 ||
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śikṣitastena pūtātmā paṭhannadhyāyamādarāt |
dvitīyamāsasādoccairniravadyaṃ paraṃ padam || 61 ||
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dvitīyasyedamākhyānaṃ kathitaṃ śṛṇu sāṃpratam |
tṛtīyasyātha vakṣyāmi māhātmyamapi ceṃdire || 62 ||
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iti śrīpādmemahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe gītā |
māhātmye satīśvarasaṃvāde ṣaṭsaptatyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 176 ||
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