Chapter 4

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jaiminiruvāca |
gaṅgādvārasya māhātmyaṃ tvatprasādācchrutaṃ mayā |
prayāgasya ca māhātmyamidānīṃ śrotumiṣyase || 1 ||
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gaṅgābdhisaṅgamasyāpi māhātmyaṃ kathyatāṃ mune |
na samyakkathituṃ ko'pi śaknoti tvadṛte kṣitau || 2 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
prayāgasya phalaṃ vatsa gaṅgābdhisaṅgamasya ca |
samyagvaktuṃ na śaknomi saṃkṣepācchrūyatāṃ dvija || 3 ||
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koṭibrahmāṇḍamadhyeṣu yāni tīrthāni vai mune |
prayāṃti tāni sarvāṇi prayāgapratimāṃ tu kim || 4 ||
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gaṅgāyā yamunāyāśca sarasvatyāśca saṅgame |
praśaṃsaṃti surāḥ sarve brahmaviṣṇuśivādayaḥ || 5 ||
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makarasthe ravau māghe snānaṃ ye tatra kurvate |
teṣāmāgamanaṃ nāsti viṣṇulokātkadācana || 6 ||
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gavāṃ koṭisahasrāṇi vājimedhamukhādhvarāḥ |
merutulyasuvarṇāni dānānyanyāni ca dvija || 7 ||
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kurukṣetre puṣkare ca prabhāse ca gayāsu ca |
hutvā datvā ca viprebhyo yatphalaṃ prāpyate budhaiḥ || 8 ||
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māghe snātvā prayāge tu tasmātkoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet |
tasmātsamastatīrthānāṃ prayāgaḥ paramaḥ smṛtaḥ || 9 ||
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siṃharāśisthite sūrye godāvaryāṃ dvijottama |
ciramugratapastaptvā snānadānavratādibhiḥ || 10 ||
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vedāgamapurāṇoktaṃ yatpuṇyamakṣayaṃ bhavet |
māghe snātvā prayāge tu tatpuṇyaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ || 11 ||
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phālgune kṛṣṇapakṣe tu caturdaśyāmupoṣitaḥ |
kāśyāṃ yatphalamāpnoti tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu || 12 ||
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koṭijanmārjitaiḥ pāpairvimuktaḥ sarvarūpadhṛk |
uddhṛtya koṭipuruṣāñchivena saha modate || 13 ||
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māghemāse prayāge tu snātvā sakṛdapi dvijaḥ |
kalpakoṭiśataṃ viṣṇuṃ saṃpūjyānyatra yatphalam || 14 ||
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ekāhamapi saṃpūjya makarasthe divākare |
satyaṃ satyamahaṃ vacmi sarvamevākṣayaṃ bhavet || 15 ||
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yāvaddinaṃ māghamāse tatra tiṣṭhati mānavaḥ |
tāvatkalpaśataṃ vipra modate viṣṇunā saha || 16 ||
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gaṅgāyamunayostoye snānaṃ yena kṛtaṃ sakṛt |
sadyastaddarśanātpāpairmucyate sarvapātakaiḥ || 17 ||
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tartuṃ yadīcchaṃti janāḥ saṃsārābdhiṃ sudustaram |
gaṅgāyamunayoḥ snātvā bhaktyā paśyaṃtu mādhavam || 18 ||
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yajaṃti mānavāstatra yadyadiṣṭvā kalevaram |
sadyo labhaṃte viprarṣe tattadeva na saṃśayaḥ || 19 ||
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itihāsamihaivāhaṃ kathayāmi niśāmaya |
yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mukto bhavati mānavaḥ || 20 ||
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praṇidhirnāma tatrāsīdvaiśya eko mahādhanī |
devatātithipūjāsu viprabhaktyekatatparaḥ || 21 ||
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tasya padmāvatī nāma dharmapatnī pativratā |
cārvaṅgī śīlayuktā ca kulajā priyavādinī || 22 ||
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strīṇāṃ yogyā guṇā ye ye sṛṣṭāḥ śrīparameṣṭhinā |
taccharīre guṇāste te nivasaṃti dvijottama || 23 ||
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athāsaupraṇidhirvaiśyaḥ samādāyadhanaṃ bahu |
vāṇijyārthe gato vipra śubhe lagne śubhe tithau || 24 ||
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dhanāddharmaḥ prabhavati dhanācca vipulaṃ yaśaḥ |
dhanātkulamavāpnoti bhavetkiṃ vā dhanādṛte || 25 ||
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dhanahīnaṃ janaṃ dṛṣṭvā sakhāpi vā palāyate |
meghaḥśaradyaṃbuhīnaḥ khaṃḍaṃ khaṃḍaṃ nayenmahat || 26 ||
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khādituṃ prāpyate yāvattāvadeva hi bāṃdhavāḥ |
dhanaṃ yasya kulaṃ tasya buddhistasya sa paṃḍitaḥ || 27 ||
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arthairvihīnaḥ puruṣo jīvannapi mṛtopamaḥ |
dharmārthavidyārjanato matiryasya ni vartate || 28 ||
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jñeyaḥ sa mūrkhaḥ sutarāmadhikasyādhikaṃ phalam |
karttavyaḥ satataṃ dharmaścārjitavyaṃ sadādhanam || 29 ||
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śikṣitavyā sadā vidyā puṃbhireva vicakṣaṇaiḥ |
dānāddhanaṃ ca vidyā ca varddhate prativāsaram || 30 ||
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dharmastu varddhate naiva rakṣatena vinā nṛṇām |
kāṣṭhaṃ tṛṇaṃ tuṣaṃ vāpi saṃprāpya na parityajet || 31 ||
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pumānsaṃcayaśīlo'pi kadācinnāvasīdati |
tato'sau praṇidhirvaiśyo niyojya striyamālaye || 32 ||
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gṛhavyāpāraniṣṇāto vāṇijyena jagāma ha |
athaikadā tasya patnī gṛhītvodvartanādikam || 33 ||
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sakhībhiḥ saha viprarṣe jagāma snānahetave |
tato dhanurdhvajo nāma svayaṃ ca pātakāśrayaḥ || 34 ||
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nijecchayā prakurvaṃtīṃ snānakarma dadarśa tām |
vikasatsvarṇapuṣpāḍhyāṃ praphullakamalānanām || 35 ||
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mṛgaśāvadṛśaṃ cāru pīnonnatapayodharām |
tāṃ vaiśyapatnīmālokya śvapaco'sau smarāturaḥ || 36 ||
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uvāca prahasanvāṇīṃ nijamūrtimaciṃtayan |
dhanurdhvaja uvāca |
kāsi kalyāṇi suśroṇi cāruhāsini sundari || 37 ||
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mano harasi me kasmātsuyauvanarasaiḥ priye |
viśālajaghane tanvi mayā guṇavatā saha || 38 ||
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guṇavatyā tvayā sarvaṃ sukhamatyanubhūyatām |
dhanurdhvajavacaḥ śrutvā tasyāḥ sakhyastato dvija || 39 ||
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ūcurvākyaṃ tathā kruddhāḥ saṃdaṣṭadaśanacchadāḥ |
sakhya ūcuḥ |
are mūḍha durācāra durācārakulodbhava || 40 ||
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pādaniṣprekṣaṇamapi naitasyāste pradīyate |
iyaṃ pativratā nārī dharmakarmaparāyaṇā || 41 ||
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ātmānaṃ sukhamicchadbhiḥ pāpadṛṣṭyā na dṛśyate |
parastrīmukhasauṃdaryaṃ paradravyaṃ ca sarvadā || 42 ||
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dṛṣṭvā kāmāgnisaṃkhinnā dahyaṃte mūḍhamānasāḥ |
yāhi pāpamate dūraṃ mā vadoktiṃ suduḥsahām || 43 ||
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vayameva bhavaṃtaṃ na spṛśāmaścaraṇairapi |
dhanurdhvaja uvāca |
dhigastvamuṃ jātiśabdaṃ saṃjānannakhilaṃ guṇam || 44 ||
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saṃbhāvito na yuṣmābhiḥ śvapacatve yato'dhunā |
kanakaṃ madirāpūrṇaṃ kalaśābhyaṃtarasthitam || 45 ||
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saṃprāpya ko na gṛhṇāti tadguṇagrāmavitpumān |
ato'haṃ yuvatīmenāṃ yathā prāpnomi sāṃpratam || 46 ||
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tathā kuruta he sakhyaḥ śaraṇaṃ bho gatosmi yat |
iti bruvaṃtaṃ taṃ mūḍhaṃ bhūyobhūyo dvijottama || 47 ||
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ūcurvākyamidaṃ tāstu jātātyaṃtakutūhalāḥ |
sakhya ūcuḥ |
yadyetāṃ ramaṇīṃ nūnamicchasi tvaṃ sudurmmate || 48 ||
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gaṅgāyamunayoḥ śīghraṃ śarīraṃ saṃgame tyaja |
mithaḥkṛtamukhālokā hasaṃtyastāstato dvija || 49 ||
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tāṃ sādhupatnīmādāya yayurnijagṛhāṃtaram |
tato'sau śvapaco mohādbrahmahatyāsahasrakṛt || 50 ||
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gaṃgāyamunayostoye tāmiṣṭvā paṃcatāṃ gataḥ |
tatsvāmisadṛśākāraḥ samastaguṇavānbalī || 51 ||
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sa ca eva śvapāko'sau svavṛttāṃtaṃ smarannabhūt |
tato'sau praṇidhirvaiśyastasminneva dine śubhe || 52 ||
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kṛtvā vāṇijyamāyātaḥ svakīyaṃ nilayaṃ prati |
śvapāko'pi tato viprastasyā vāsaṃ viveśa ha || 53 ||
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praṇidheḥ sadṛśo rūpairvayobhiśca guṇairapi |
ekākārau samālokya puraḥsthau tau guṇākarau || 54 ||
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kasyāhaṃ dayitā ko vā mama bharttetyaciṃtayat |
tataḥ sā vismitā sādhvī vilokya tatpatidvayam || 55 ||
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tuṣṭāva mādhavaṃ devaṃ vacanaiḥ komalākṣaraiḥ || 56 ||
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padmāvatyuvāca |
namāmi govindamanantamūrtiṃ śakrādidevārcitapādapadmam |
yogeśvaraṃ yogavidāṃ nirīhaṃ yogapradaṃ yogibhirarcanīyam || 57 ||
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namo'stu te kaiṭabhamarddanāya namo madhudhvaṃsakarāya tubhyam |
namo'stu kaṃsāsuranāśanāya namo'stu cāṇūranipātanāya || 58 ||
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namo'stu vedoddharaṇāgranityaṃ namo'stu bhūmyuddharaṇāya tubhyam |
namostu pṛthvīdharaṇakṣamāya namostu daityāṃtakarāya tubhyam || 59 ||
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gaṅgāṃbudhau tāṃghriyugāya tubhyaṃ namostu rājanyakulāṃtakāya |
namostu te rāvaṇavaṃśahaṃtre alaṃ ca daityāṃtakarāya tubhyam || 60 ||
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namostu te cādhvaraniṃdakāya namostu te mlecchakulāṃtakāya |
namo'stu te hṛtkamalāsanāya namo'stu te sarvaripudhvajāya || 61 ||
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prasīda gopījanavallabha prabho dhṛtaikahastācaladevadeva |
prasīda lakṣmīmukhapadmabhṛṃga prasīda viṣṇo satataṃ namaste || 62 ||
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prasīda padmekṣaṇacakrapāṇe kaumodakīhastagadādhara tvam |
prasīda viṣṇo dhṛtapāṃcajanya namostu te padmadharāya nityam || 63 ||
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saṃsārakautuhalamaṃdire te mohāṃdhakāre ca vivekadīpe |
saṃmohitā keśava māyayā hi tvadīyayā nityamahaṃ bhramāmi || 64 ||
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virañci sendrārkamukhāḥ surendrā māyāṃ na jānanti tavāsurāre |
mānuṣyahaṃ kiṃ tava vedmi māyāṃ purobhramaṃ me harasānukaṃpam || 65 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
tasyāḥ stavaṃ samākarṇya bhagavānmādhavaḥ prabhuḥ |
samālokya jagannāthaścaturvargaphalapradaḥ || 66 ||
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āvirbabhūva sahasā sūryakoṭisamaprabhaḥ |
sā mūrdhnā bhūmimālokya vavaṃde tatpadadvayam || 67 ||
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namaste kamalākānta bhuktimuktiphalaprada |
hara me jñānahīnāyāḥ svakīya mativibhramam || 68 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
bhramaṃ jahīhi cārvaṃgi dvāvetau hi patī tava |
ekabhāvena suśroṇi kuru sevāṃ tayoḥ sadā || 69 ||
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yaśca te praṇidhiḥ svāmī madbhaktastaruṇaḥ sudhīḥ |
bhoktuṃ sukhaphalaṃ sādhvi so'bhavaddvividhaḥ svayam || 70 ||
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anantarūpiṇī lakṣmīryathā krīḍe mayā saha |
tathā tvamapi suśroṇi bhuṃkṣva tābhyāṃ sukhaṃ sadā || 71 ||
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padmāvatyuvāca |
ekasyā dvau patī deva na praśaṃsanti mānavāḥ |
magnāṃ lajjābdhikallole māmuddhara dayāmaya || 72 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
yadāpakīrtitaḥ sādhvi bibheṣi tvaṃ dhruvaṃ bhuvi |
tadā matpuramāgaccha tābhyāṃ saha varānane || 73 ||
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vimānamāgataṃ sadyastato bhagavadājñayā |
tau samādāya vaikuṇṭhaṃ sā gaṃtumupacakrame || 74 ||
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atha sā pathigacchantī bhartṛbhyāṃ saha jaimine |
dadarśaikaṃ mahātmānaṃ rathasthaṃ strīsamanvitam || 75 ||
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dhṛtaṃ kamalapatrākṣairatasīkusumaprabhaiḥ |
caturbhujairdūtagaṇairāsīnairgaruḍopari || 76 ||
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viṣṇudūtāṃstatastāṃstu viṣṇurūpānvarāṃganā |
ko'yaṃ rathasthaḥ puruṣa iti papraccha sā satī || 77 ||
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ke vā yūyaṃ mahātmānaḥ puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇāḥ |
sarvepi viṣṇusadṛśāḥ śaṅkhacakrādipāṇayaḥ || 78 ||
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tataste bhagavaddūtā viṣṇutulyaparākramāḥ |
vihasyocurmuhuḥ sarve paramāmodasaṃyutāḥ || 79 ||
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viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ |
viṣṇudūtā vayaṃ sādhvi puṇyātmānamimaṃjanam |
samādāya padaṃ yāma udāraṃ lokamuttamam || 80 ||
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padmāvatyuvāca |
kena puṇyaprabhāvena gato'yamīdṛśīṃ gatim |
viṣṇudūtā mahātmānaḥ kathyatāmityaho mama || 81 ||
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viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ |
ayaṃ bṛhaddhvajo nāma rākṣaso lokaśokakṛt |
araṇyādinivāsī ca mahābalaparākramaḥ || 82 ||
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paradāraparadravyahārako ripukodyataḥ |
gomāṃsāśī niṣṭhuroktibhāṣī ca devanindakaḥ || 83 ||
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yadyatpāparataṃ karmma tadanena kṛtaṃ sadā |
svapne'pi na kṛtaṃ karma śubhaṃ na ca pativrate || 84 ||
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ayaṃ rathaṃ samāruhya satataṃ kāmapīḍitaḥ |
parastrīharaṇārthāya suśroṇi nabhasi bhraman || 85 ||
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yāṃ yāṃ suyauvanāṃ nārīṃ yatra yatrāyamīkṣate |
balāccāliṅgitastāṃ tu tatra tatra smarāturaḥ || 86 ||
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athaikadā bhīmakeśa nāmno narapateḥ priyām |
dadarśa krīḍāmadhyasthāṃ suṃdarīṃ navayauvanām || 87 ||
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athāsau tāṃ samālokya suvarṇakusumaprabhām |
ityuvāca vacaḥ premṇā kā tvamatra karoṣi kim || 88 ||
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saivovāca tataḥ kāṃtā bhīmakeśasya bhūpateḥ |
ahaṃ surataśāstrajñā keśinī nāma bhūṣitā || 89 ||
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ayi sarvaguṇajñāṃ māṃ premahṛṣṭāṃ na bhūpatiḥ |
svavaṃśajāṃ doṣahīnāṃ paśyati kṣaṇamapyasau || 90 ||
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sthīyate nityamatraiva bhartrākhaṃḍitacarcayā |
mayā svakarmaśocaṃtyā virahānalataptayā || 91 ||
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kastvaṃ kathamidaṃ prāptamudyānaṃ pratisattama |
samāyāto'si tatsarvaṃ prasanno vaktumarhasi || 92 ||
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athāyamityāha vacaḥ pūrṇacandra nibhānane |
māyāvī rākṣaso'haṃ tvāmāliṅgitumihāgataḥ || 93 ||
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jahīhi ruṣṭabhartāraṃ sarvadā doṣadarśinam |
tanvi māṃ bhaja sarvaṃ te dāsyāmi sukhamuttamam || 94 ||
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tato vihasya sādhvīyaṃ rākṣasendramimaṃ mudā |
babaṃdha bāhulatayā vinyasya vadane mukham || 95 ||
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sa tāmāliṃgya yuvatīṃ vivekodvegavihvalām |
anayā saha suśroṇi divyamārūḍhavānratham || 96 ||
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daṃpatībhāvamāśritya tau jātāvatikautukam |
vāyuvegarathārūḍhau yātau gaganavartmani || 97 ||
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athaināmayamityāha paśyatanvivarānane |
tvadbhartṛdeśādāyātau gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame || 98 ||
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tato rathasthanārīyamadhigaṅgābdhisaṅgamam |
jagāma paṃcatāṃ sadyaḥ saṃdṛśyātyaṃtasādhvasaiḥ || 99 ||
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vilapya bahudhā sādhvīṃ tatrāyamapi rākṣasaḥ |
gataprāṇāṃ samālokya sadyo mṛtyuṃ jagāma ha || 100 ||
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vainateyadhvajādeśādimau galitakalmaṣau |
nayāmaḥ puṇyakarmāṇau vaikuṇṭhaṃ prati saṃprati || 101 ||
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jalesthale cāṃtarikṣe gaṅgāsāgarasaṅgame |
dehaṃ saṃtyajya gacchanti pāpino hi parāṃ gatim || 102 ||
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trailokyadurlabhaṃ tīrthaṃ gaṅgāsāgarasaṃgame |
māghe tapasi śuklāyāmekādaśyāmupoṣitaḥ || 103 ||
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tatra śuddhimavāpnoti brahmahāpi na saṃśayaḥ |
gaṅgābdhisaṅgame snātvā hariṃ dṛṣṭvā ca mādhavam || 104 ||
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kārtikeyamukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā punarjanma na vidyate |
kārtikeyo hariḥ sākṣādityabhedaḥ kṛtaḥ sadā || 105 ||
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ye kārtiṃkeyaṃ paśyaṃti te sarve mokṣagāminaḥ |
sarvatīrthādhikaṃ tīrthaṃ gaṅgābdhisaṅgamaṃ śṛṇu || 106 ||
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jale sthale cāṃtarikṣe mṛto mokṣamavāpnuyāt |
vyāsa uvāca |
ityuktvā viṣṇudūtāste tau samādāya jaimine || 107 ||
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jagmurviṣṇugṛhaṃ sarve saha sākāśavartmani |
yā ca padmāvatī sādhvī bhartṛdvayasamanvitā || 108 ||
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gatā sārūpyatāṃ viṣṇoścaturvargapradāyinaḥ |
tatra bhuktvākhilānbhogāndurllabhāndvijasattama || 109 ||
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paramaṃ jñānamāsādya yayuḥ sārūpyatāṃ hareḥ |
sarvatīrthamayī gaṅgā sarvatīrthamayo hariḥ || 110 ||
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gaṅgāyāśca hareścaiva tasmādbhaktirvidhīyate |
gaṅgābdhisaṃgame pūrvaṃ mādhavo nāma bhūbhujaḥ || 111 ||
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taptvā tapaściraṃ tatra sadāro mokṣamāptavān || 112 ||
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jaiminiruvāca |
tvayokto mādhavaḥ ko'sau kiṃ karma sa cakāra ha |
kathaṃ tepe tapastanme sarvaṃ kathaya sattama || 113 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
caritaṃ tasya viprarṣe mādhavasya mahātmanaḥ |
ākarṇaya pravakṣyāmi samāsena mahāmate || 114 ||
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iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre vyāsajaiminisaṃvāde prayāgavarṇanaṃnāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ || 4 ||
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