Chapter 255

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dilīpa uvāca |
kathitaṃ bhavatā brahmansarvadharmamaśeṣataḥ |
sāmānyaṃ ca viśiṣṭaṃ ca svarūpaṃ parajīvayoḥ || 1 ||
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svargāpavargau kathitau sādhanaṃ ca tayorapi |
dhanyo'smyahaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha tvatprasādātsadāguro || 2 ||
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ekamanyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha pṛcchāmi tvāṃ kutūhalāt |
kathayasva yathātathyamapi vātsalyagauravāt || 3 ||
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mahābhāgavataśreṣṭho rudrastripurahaṃtakaḥ |
kasmādvigarhitaṃ rūpaṃ prāptavānsaha bhāryyayā || 4 ||
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yoniliṃgasvarūpaṃ ca kathaṃ syātsumahātmanaḥ |
paṃcavaktraścaturbāhuḥ śūlapāṇistrilocanaḥ || 5 ||
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kathaṃ vigarhitaṃ rūpaṃ prāptavāndvijapuṃgava |
evaṃ sarvaṃ samācakṣva mitrāvaruṇanaṃdana || 6 ||
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vasiṣṭha uvāca |
śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi yanmāṃ pṛcchasi gauravāt |
viśuddhahṛdaye puṃsāṃ buddhiḥ śreyasi jāyate || 7 ||
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svāyaṃbhuvo manuḥ pūrvaṃ maṃdare parvatottame |
jagāma munibhiḥ sārddhaṃ dīrghasatramanuttamam || 8 ||
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tasminsamāgatāḥ sarve munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ |
nānāśāstravidaḥ śreṣṭhā bālasūryyānalaprabhāḥ || 9 ||
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sarvavedavido viprāḥ sarvadharmaparāyaṇāḥ |
vartamāne mahāsatre munayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ || 10 ||
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anveṣṭuṃdevatātatvaṃmithaḥ procustapodhanāḥ |
viprāṇāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ kaḥ pūjyo devatā varaḥ || 11 ||
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brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ kaḥ stuto muktido nṛṇām |
kasyapādodakaṃ sevyaṃ bhuktocchiṣṭaṃ ca pāvanam || 12 ||
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ko'vyayaḥ paramaṃ dhāma paramātmā sanātanaḥ |
kasya prasādaṃ tīrthaṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ tṛptidaṃ bhavet || 13 ||
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teṣāṃ samupaviṣṭānāṃ iti vādo mahānabhūt |
rudramekamiti procuḥ kecidatra maharṣayaḥ || 14 ||
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brahmaiva pūjya ityanye vadaṃti munisattamāḥ |
sūrya evātmanāṃ pūjya ityanye prāhuruttamāḥ || 15 ||
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yo'so sarvagataḥ śrīmāñchrīpatiḥ puruṣottamaḥ |
avyayaḥ puṃḍarīkākṣo vāsudevaḥ parātparaḥ || 16 ||
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anādinidhano viṣṇuḥ sa eva parameśvaraḥ |
saṃpūjyo devatāśreṣṭha ityanye cocire dvijāḥ || 17 ||
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teṣāṃ vivadatāṃ tatra manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo'bravīt |
śuddhasatvamayo yo'sau kalyāṇaguṇavānprabhuḥ || 18 ||
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puṃḍarīkekṣaṇaḥ śrīmāñchrīpatiḥ puruṣottamaḥ |
viprāṇāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ eka evārcitaḥ prabhuḥ || 19 ||
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viprāṇāṃ netare pūjyā rajastamavimiśritāḥ |
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sarva eva maharṣayaḥ |
bhṛguṃ taponidhiṃ vipraṃ procuḥ prāṃjalayastathā || 20 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
asmākaṃ saṃśayaṃ chettuṃ tvaṃ samartho'si suvrata |
brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāmaṃtikaṃ vraja suvrata || 21 ||
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gatvā teṣāṃ samīpaṃ tu tathā dṛṣṭvā tu vigrahān |
śuddhasatvaguṇaṃ teṣāṃ yasminsaṃvidyate mune || 22 ||
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sa eva pūjyo viprāṇāṃ netarastu kadācana |
śuddhasatvamayaḥ sākṣādbrahmaṇyaḥ sa bhaviṣyati || 23 ||
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tīrthaprasādavāṃlloke viprāṇāṃ sa bhaviṣyati |
devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tasyocchiṣṭaṃ supāvanam || 24 ||
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tasmādyāhi muniśreṣṭha vibudhānāṃ nivāsanam |
kṣipraṃ kuru muniśreṣṭha sarvalokahitaṃ prabho || 25 ||
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evamuktastatastūrṇaṃ kailāsaṃ munisattamaḥ |
jagāma vāmadevena yatrāste vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ || 26 ||
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gṛhadvāramupāgamya śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ |
śūlahastaṃ mahāraudraṃ naṃdiṃ ddaṣṭvābravīddivajaḥ || 27 ||
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saṃprāpto'haṃ bhṛgurvipro haraṃ draṣṭuṃ surottamam |
nivedayasva māṃ śīghraṃ śaṃkarāya mahātmane || 28 ||
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tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā naṃdī sarvagaṇeśvaraḥ |
uvāca paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ maharṣimamitaujasam || 29 ||
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asāṃnidhyaṃ prabhostasya devyā krīḍati śaṃkaraḥ |
nivarttasva muniśreṣṭha yadi jīvitumicchasi || 30 ||
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evaṃ nirākṛtastena tatrātiṣṭhanmahātapāḥ |
bahūni divasānyasmingṛhadvāri maheśituḥ || 31 ||
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nārīsaṃgamamatto'sau yasmānmāmavamanyate |
yoniliṃgasvarūpaṃ vai tasmāttasya bhaviṣyati || 32 ||
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brāhmaṇaṃ māvajānāti tamasā samupāgataḥ |
abrahmaṇyatvamāpanno hyapūjyo'sau dvijanmanām || 33 ||
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tasmādannaṃ jalaṃ puṣpaṃ tasmai dattaṃ havistathā |
nirmālyamasya tatsarvaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ || 34 ||
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evaṃ śaptvā mahātejāḥ śaṃkaraṃ lokapūjitam |
uvāca gaṇamatyugraṃ naṃdiṃ śūladharaṃ nṛpa || 35 ||
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rudra bhaktāśca ye loke bhasmaliṃgāsthidhāriṇaḥ |
te pākhaṃḍatvamāpannā vedabāhyā bhavaṃtu vai || 36 ||
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evaṃ śaptvā munistatra rudraṃ tripurahaṃtakam |
jagāma brahmalokaṃ vai sarvalokanamaskṛtam || 37 ||
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tatra daivaiḥ sahāsīnaṃ brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam |
dṛṣṭvā prāṃjalinā devaṃ praṇanāma mahāmatiḥ || 38 ||
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praṇamya puratastasya tūṣṇīmāsa mahātapāḥ |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā muniśārdūlaṃ rajoguṇa samāvṛtaḥ || 39 ||
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nārcayāmāsa dhātā'sau maharṣiṃ samupāgatam |
pratyutthānaṃ priyaṃ vākyaṃ na kṛtaṃ tasya vedhasā || 40 ||
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aiśvaryeṇaiva mahatā tasthau tatrāṃbujāsanaḥ |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā rajasodriktaṃ maharṣiḥ paṃkajāsanam || 41 ||
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vyājahāra mahātejā vākyaṃ lokapitāmahaḥ |
rajasā mahatodrikto yasmānmāmavamanyase || 42 ||
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tasmāttvaṃ sarvalokānāmapūjyatvaṃ samāpnuhi |
evaṃ śaptvā mahātmānaṃ brahmāṇaṃ lokapūjitam || 43 ||
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jagāma sahasā vipro bhagavanmaṃdiraṃ bhṛguḥ |
praviśya vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ kṣīrābdheruttare taṭe || 44 ||
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tatrasthitairmahābhāgaiḥ pūjyamāno yathārhataḥ |
tatrānivāryyamāṇastu praviṣṭoṃtaḥpuraṃ dvijaḥ || 45 ||
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praviśya tasminvimale vimāne ravisannibhe |
śayānaṃ nāgaparyaṃke dadarśa kamalāpatim || 46 ||
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lakṣmīkarasarojābhyāṃ mṛjyamānapadadvayam |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā muniśārdūlo bhṛguḥ kopasamanvitaḥ || 47 ||
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savyaṃ pādaṃ pracikṣepa viṣṇorvakṣasi śobhane |
tūrṇamutthāya bhagavāndhanyosmīti vadanmudā || 48 ||
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hastābhyāṃ caraṇaṃ tasya pīḍayāmāsa harṣitaḥ |
śanairmṛditvā tatpādaṃ madhuraṃ vākyamabravīt || 49 ||
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dhanyosmyadyaiva viprarṣe kṛtakṛtyosmi sarvadā |
tvatpādasparśanāddehe maṃgalaṃ me bhaviṣyati || 50 ||
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samastasaṃpatsamavāptihetavaḥ samutthitāpatkuladhūmaketavaḥ |
apārasaṃsārasamudra setavaḥ punaṃtu māṃ brāhmaṇapādapāṃsavaḥ || 51 ||
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viprapādarajo yasya dehe tiṣṭhati sarvadā |
gaṃgādisarvatīrthāni tasya tiṣṭhaṃtyasaṃśayam || 52 ||
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ityuktvā sahasotthāya devyā sārddhaṃ janārdanaḥ |
bhaktyā samarcayāmāsa divyasrakcaṃdanādibhiḥ || 53 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā muniśārdūlo harṣapūrṇo'śrulocanaḥ |
utthāyāsanamukhyāttaṃ praṇanāma dayānidhim |
kṛtāṃjalipuṭobhūtvā harṣātprāha mahātapāḥ || 54 ||
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śrībhṛguruvāca |
ahorūpamahośāṃtirahojñānamaho dayā |
aho sunirmalā kṣāṃtiraho satvaguṇaṃ hareḥ || 55 ||
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naisargikaṃ śubhaṃ satvaṃ tathaiva guṇavāridheḥ |
nānyeṣāṃ vidyate kiṃcitsarveṣāṃ tridivaukasām || 56 ||
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brahmaṇyaśca śaraṇyaśca tvameva puruṣottamaḥ |
brāhmaṇānāṃ tvameveśo nānyaḥ pūjyaḥ suraḥ kvacit || 57 ||
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ye'rcayaṃti surānanyāṃstvāṃ vinā puruṣottama |
te pākhaṃḍatvamāpannāḥ sarvalokavigarhitāḥ || 58 ||
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viprāṇāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ tvamevejyo janārdanaḥ |
nānyaḥ kaścitsurāṇāṃ tu pūjanīyaḥ kadācana || 59 ||
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anarcyābrahmarudrādyā rajastamovimiśritāḥ |
tvaṃ śuddhasatvaguṇavānpūjanīyo'grajanmanām || 60 ||
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tvatpādasalilaṃ sevyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca divaukasām |
sarveṣāṃ bhūsurāṇāṃ ca muktidaṃ kalmaṣāpaham || 61 ||
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tvadbhuktocchiṣṭaśeṣaṃ vai pitṝṇāṃ ca divaukasām |
bhūsurāṇāṃ ca sevyaṃ syānnānyeṣāṃ tu kadācana || 62 ||
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itareṣāṃ tu devānāmannaṃ puṣpaṃ jalaṃ tathā |
aspṛśyaṃ tu bhavetsarvaṃ nirmālyaṃ surayāsamam || 63 ||
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tasmādvai brāhmaṇo nityaṃ pūjayitvā sanātanam |
tvattīrthaṃ bhuktamannaṃ ca bhajetaivāniśaṃ budhaḥ || 64 ||
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nānyaṃ devaṃ tu vīkṣeta brāhmaṇo na ca pūjayet |
nānyaprasādaṃ bhuṃjīta nānyadāyatanaṃ viśet || 65 ||
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na dadātīha yo vipraḥ pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhakarmaṇi |
tvadbhuktamannaṃ tīrthaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ niṣphalaṃ bhavet || 66 ||
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kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca |
pataṃti pitarastasya narake pūyaśoṇite || 67 ||
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niveditaṃ tava vibho yo juhoti dadāti vā |
devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tṛptirānaṃtyamaśnute || 68 ||
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tasmāttvameva viprāṇāṃ pūjyo nānyosti kaścana |
mohādyaḥ pūjayedanyānsa pākhaṃḍī bhaviṣyati || 69 ||
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tvaṃ hi nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānvāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ |
viṣṇuḥ sarvagato nityaḥ paramātmā maheśvaraḥ || 70 ||
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tvameva sevyo viprāṇāṃ brahmaṇyaḥ śuddhasatvavān |
pūjyatvādbrāhmaṇānāṃ vai śuddhasatvaguṇādapi || 71 ||
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sarveṣāmeva devānāṃ brāhmaṇatvamavāpnuhi |
tvāmeva hi sadā viprā bhajaṃti puruṣottamam || 72 ||
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brāhmaṇāste babhūvustu nānyāstatra na saṃśayaḥ |
brahmaṇyo devakīputro brahmaṇyo madhusūdanaḥ || 73 ||
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brahmaṇyaḥ puṃḍarīkākṣo brahmaṇyo viṣṇuracyutaḥ |
brahmaṇyo bhagavānkṛṣṇo vāsudevo'cyuto hariḥ || 74 ||
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brahmaṇyo nārasiṃhaḥ syāttathā nārāyaṇo'vyayaḥ |
brahmaṇyaḥ śrīdharaḥ śrīśo goviṃdo vāmanastathā || 75 ||
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brahmaṇyo yajñavārāhaḥ keśavaḥ puruṣottamaḥ |
brahmaṇyo rāghavaḥ śrīmānrāmo rājīvalocanaḥ || 76 ||
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brahmaṇyaḥ padmanābhaḥ syāttathā dāmodaraḥ prabhuḥ |
brahmaṇyo mādhavo yajñastathā trivikramaḥ prabhuḥ || 77 ||
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brahmaṇyaśca hṛṣīkeśaḥ pītavāsā janārdanaḥ |
namo brahmaṇyadevāya vāsudevāya śārṅgiṇe || 78 ||
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nārāyaṇāya śrīśāya puṃḍarīkekṣaṇāya ca |
namo brahmaṇyadevāya vāsudevāya viṣṇave || 79 ||
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kalyāṇaguṇapūrṇāya namaste paramātmane |
namo brahmaṇyadevāya sarvadevasvarūpiṇe || 80 ||
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vārāhavapuṣe nityaṃ trayīnāthāya te namaḥ |
namo brahmaṇyadevāya nāgaparyyaṃkaśāyine || 81 ||
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rājīvadalanetrāya rāghavāya namo namaḥ |
māyayā mohitāḥ sarve devāśca ṛṣayastava || 82 ||
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na jānaṃti mahātmānaṃ sarvalokeśvaraṃ prabho |
tvāṃ na jānaṃti bhagavansarvavedavido'pi hi || 83 ||
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nāmarūpaguṇaiḥ śrīśa cāritrairapi duṣkṛtaiḥ |
paratvasūcakaṃ satvaṃ tava veditumīśvaraḥ || 84 ||
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maharṣibhiḥ preṣito'hamāgatosmi tavāṃtikam |
tava śīlaguṇāñjñātuṃ caraṇaṃ mama keśava || 85 ||
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dattaṃ vakṣasi goviṃda tatkṣaṃtavyaṃ kṛpānidhe |
evamuktvā bhṛgurdevaṃ praṇamya ca muhurmuhuḥ || 86 ||
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divyairmaharṣibhistatra pūjyamāno mahātmabhiḥ |
punarjagāma hṛṣṭātmā yajñabhūmiṃ śubhāhvayām || 87 ||
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samāgataṃ mahātmānaṃ tatra dṛṣṭvā maharṣayaḥ |
pratyutthāya namaskṛtvā pūjāṃ cakrurvidhānataḥ || 88 ||
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teṣāṃ vijñāpayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ munipuṃgavaḥ |
rajastamaguṇodrikto vidhīśānau surottamau || 89 ||
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śaptau mayā na pūjyau tau viprāṇāmṛṣisattamāḥ |
abrahmaṇyatvamāpanno garhitaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ || 90 ||
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śaptaḥ kailāsaśikhare śaṃkarastamasāvṛtaḥ |
śuddhasatvamayo viṣṇuḥ kalyāṇaguṇasāgaraḥ || 91 ||
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nārāyaṇaḥ paraṃ brahma viprāṇāṃ daivataṃ hariḥ |
brahmaṇyaḥ śrīpatirviṣṇurvāsudevo janārdanaḥ || 92 ||
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brahmaṇyaḥ puṃḍarīkākṣo goviṃdo hariracyutaḥ |
sa eva pūjyo viprāṇāṃ netaraḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ || 93 ||
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mohādyaḥ pūjayedanyaṃ sa pākhaṃḍī bhaviṣyati |
smaraṇādeva kṛṣṇasya vimuktiḥ pāpināmapi || 94 ||
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tasya pādodakaṃ sevyaṃ bhuktocchiṣṭaṃ ca pāvanam |
svargāpavargadaṃ nṝṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ || 95 ||
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viṣṇorniveditaṃ nityaṃ devebhyo juhuyāddhaviḥ |
pitṛbhyaścaiva taddadyātsarvamānaṃtyamaśnute || 96 ||
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yo na dadyāddharerbhuktaṃ pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhakarmaṇi |
aśnaṃti pitarastasya viṇmūtraṃ satataṃ dvijāḥ || 97 ||
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tasmādviṣṇoḥ prasādo vai sevitavyo dvijanmanām |
itareṣāṃ tu devānāṃ nirmālyaṃ garhitaṃ bhavet || 98 ||
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sakṛdeva hi yośnāti brāhmaṇo jñānadurbalaḥ |
nirmālyaṃ śaṃkarādīnāṃ sa cāṃḍālo bhaveddhruvam || 99 ||
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kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi pacyate narakāgninā |
nirmālyaṃ bho dvijaśreṣṭhā rudrādīnāṃ divaukasām || 100 ||
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rakṣoyakṣapiśācānnaṃ madyamāṃsasamaṃ smṛtam |
tadbrāhmaṇairna bhoktavyaṃ devānāṃ bhuṃjitaṃ haviḥ || 101 ||
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tasmādanyaṃ parityajya viṣṇumeva sanātanam |
pūjayadhvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā yāvajjīvamataṃdritāḥ || 102 ||
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tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ dhāmamanyaṃto gatasaṃśayāḥ |
tāpādipaṃcasaṃskārairanviṣṭāḥ śubhacetasaḥ || 103 ||
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aprākṛtaṃ hariṃ samyagarcayadhvaṃ dvijarṣabhāḥ |
cakrāṃkitabhujā viprā bhavaṃtyaprākṛtāḥ śubhāḥ || 104 ||
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cakralāṃchanahīnāstu prākṛtāstāmasā smṛtāḥ |
tasmātprākṛtasaṃsarga pāpaugha dahanaṃ hareḥ || 105 ||
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prataptaṃ bibhṛyāccakraṃ śaṃkhaṃ ca bhujamūlayoḥ |
urddhvapuṃḍrāṇi cāṃgeṣu dhṛtvā śāstroktamārgataḥ || 106 ||
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arcayenmaṃtraratnena vidhinā puruṣottamam |
tasya prasādasevāṃ ca kuryyānnityamataṃdritaḥ || 107 ||
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tasyāvaraṇapūjāyāṃ tridaśānarcayetsadā |
tameva sarvayajñānāṃ bhoktāraṃ parameśvaram || 108 ||
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jñātvā vai juhuyāddadyājjapedvai satataṃ dvijāḥ || 109 ||
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vasiṣṭha uvāca |
evamuktāstu te sarve ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ |
namaskṛtya bhṛguṃ samyagūcuḥ prāṃjalayastadā || 110 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
bhagavansaṃśayachettā tvameva dvijasattama |
tvaṃ vai lokagatirbrahmaṃstvameva paramā gatiḥ || 111 ||
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tvameva paramodharmastvameva paramaṃ tapaḥ |
tvatprasādādvayaṃ vipra bhaviṣyāmo hi nānyathā || 112 ||
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vasiṣṭha uvāca |
evaṃ stutvā bhṛguṃ vipraṃ sarva eva maharṣayaḥ |
tasmātsaṃprāptamaṃtrā vai pūjayāmāsuracyutam || 113 ||
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etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ prasaṃgātpārthivottama |
rāmasya hastakamalasparśanādvai nṛpottama || 114 ||
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bhaviṣyatyamalaṃ tacca rūpaṃ lokavigarhitam |
rāghavaḥ sarvadevānāṃ pāvanaḥ puruṣottamaḥ || 115 ||
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spṛṣṭā dṛṣṭāśca tenaiva vimalāḥ śaṃkarādayaḥ |
sarveṣāmapi devānāṃ pitā mātā janārdanaḥ || 116 ||
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trātā ca sarvalokānāṃ vātsalyaguṇasāgaraḥ |
tameva śaraṇaṃ gaccha yadīcchetparamaṃ padam || 117 ||
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etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam |
brahmaṇā kathitaṃ rājanmanu svāyaṃbhuvoṃtare || 118 ||
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viṣṇubhaktivinītasya śuddhasatvasya nānyathā |
tasya saṃśrāvayennityaṃ vimuktā sā hareḥ kathā || 119 ||
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śaṃkhacakrorddhvapuṃḍrādi vihito vācakaḥ pumān |
tanmukhācchrūyatāṃ nityaṃ putrī bhavasi nānyathā || 120 ||
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yastvidaṃ śrāvayennityaṃ paṭhedvā susamāhitaḥ |
ananyabhaktiḥ śrīśasya jāyate tasya sarvadā || 121 ||
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vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ dharmārthī dharmamāpnuyāt |
mokṣārthī labhate mokṣaṃ kāmārthī labhate sukham || 122 ||
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dvādaśyāṃ śravaṇārke ca saṃkrāṃtau grahaṇe tathā |
amāvasyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ paṭhedbhaktisamanvitaḥ || 123 ||
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ślokārddhaṃ ślokapādaṃ vā paṭhedyastu samāhitaḥ |
aśvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ || 124 ||
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ityetatkathitaṃ guhyaṃ purāṇaṃ saṃhitātmakam |
arcayasva hṛṣīkeśaṃ yadīcchasi paramaṃ padam || 125 ||
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sūta uvāca |
evamukto vasiṣṭhena guruṇā nṛpasattamaḥ |
praṇamya ca guruṃ rājā pūjayitvā yathārhataḥ || 126 ||
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tasmātsaṃprāptamaṃtro'sau vidhinā dvijasattamāt |
arcayitvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ yāvajjīvamataṃdritaḥ |
kāle haripadaṃ prāpa yogigamyaṃ sanātanam || 127 ||
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iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāmuttarakhaṃḍe bhṛguparīkṣākathanaṃnāma paṃcapaṃcāśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 255 ||
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