Chapter 15

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vyāsa uvāca |
nārāyaṇasya māhātmyaṃ punarvacmi śṛṇu dvija |
yacchrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mukto bhavati mānavaḥ || 1 ||
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viṣṇvaṃśabhūtaṃ sakalaṃ jagadetaddivajottama |
tasmādviṣṇumayaṃ dhīrāḥ paśyaṃti paramārthinaḥ || 2 ||
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brahmaśaṃkararudrādyā viṣṇvaṃśāḥ sakalāḥ surāḥ |
tasmātsamastadevārcā viṣṇumekaṃ prapadyate || 3 ||
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smaratāṃ viṣṇunāmāni sarvapāpaharāṇi ca |
yenakenāpyupāyena vidyate nāśubhaṃ kvacit || 4 ||
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sarvameva dvijaśreṣṭha karmaṇā pāpamucyate |
anapāyi idaṃ viṣṇoḥ smaraṇaṃ pāpanāśanam || 5 ||
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svapanbhuñjanvadaṃstiṣṭhannuttiṣṭhaṃśca vrajaṃstathā |
smaredavirataṃ viṣṇuṃ mumukṣurvaiṣṇavojanaḥ || 6 ||
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uttuṃgairmunibhiḥ sarvaiḥ smaraṇe kamalāpateḥ |
na kālaniyamaḥ proktaḥ sarvaduḥkhavināśanaḥ || 7 ||
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nāmaprabhāvaṃ viprarṣe keśavasya mahātmanaḥ |
bravīmyahaṃ samāsena setihāsaṃ niśāmaya || 8 ||
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āsītsa paraśurnāma pūrvaṃ kṛtayuge śuciḥ |
vaiśyo vaiśyakulaśreṣṭhaḥ samastaguṇapāragaḥ || 9 ||
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sa vaiśyo daivayogena prathame vayasi dvija |
jagāma vaśatāṃ mṛtyoḥ kāsaśvāsagadārditaḥ || 10 ||
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jīvaṃtī nāma tatpatnī sumadhyā navayauvanā |
mṛte bhartari tātasya jagāma nilayaṃ yataḥ || 11 ||
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sā jīvaṃtī dvijaśreṣṭha navayauvanagarvitā |
gatiṃ cakāra jāreṣu bādhyamānāpi bāṃdhavaiḥ || 12 ||
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vratasya niyamaṃ vāpi gṛhavyāpārameva ca |
jārānuraktacittā sā tatyājya navayauvanā || 13 ||
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aṃdhīkṛtā sā kāmena suśroṇī pīvarastanī |
dharmamārgaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha na kadāciddadarśa ha || 14 ||
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duḥśīlāṃ caiva tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tatpitā dharmatatparaḥ |
apakīrtibhayādbhīrurityāhātyaṃta kopavān || 15 ||
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duṣṭe pāpini madvaṃśe sarvadoṣavivarjite |
āsādya janma kimiti kriyate pātakaṃ tvayā || 16 ||
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yadi te pātake cittaṃ hyadituṃ naiva ehi vai |
abhadre gaccha sadanājjahīhi mama maṃdiram || 17 ||
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tāteneti niruktā sā krodhāruṇitalocanā |
piturgehaṃ parityajya sājagāma yathāsukham || 18 ||
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atha sā svecchayā nārī bhramaṃtī jārakāṃkṣayā |
veśyāvṛttiṃ samāśritya tasthau lajjāvivarjitā || 19 ||
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puliṃdaḥ śabaro vāpi cāṇḍālo vāpi tadgṛham |
āyāti tasyāstenāpi mudā krīḍati sā'satī || 20 ||
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paralokabhayaṃ vipra kadācidapi cetasā |
na ciṃtayāmāsa ca sā vāranārī yathākramāt || 21 ||
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kadācidbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭha kaścidvyādhastadālaye |
śukaśāvaṃ samādāya vikrayārthaṃ samāyayau || 22 ||
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sāpi vārāṅganā taṃ ca śukaśāvakamuttamam |
jagṛhe paramaprītyā dhanaiḥ saṃpūjya lubdhakam || 23 ||
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tadyogyāhāradānena vārastrī nityameva sā |
śukasya poṣaṇaṃ cakre tasya jātakutūhalā || 24 ||
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vārāṃganānapatyā sā tameva śukaśāvakam |
matvā putramivātmānaṃ cakre tatpratipālanam || 25 ||
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so'pi pakṣī dvijaśreṣṭha nityameva tadājñayā |
jñātivaccittavātsalya vyavahāraṃ karoti ca || 26 ||
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tato'sau labdhabhāvaśca śuko gaṇikayā tadā |
rāmeti satataṃ nāma pāṭhyate suṃdarākṣaram || 27 ||
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rāmanāma paraṃ brahma sarvadevādhikaṃ mahat |
samastapātakadhvaṃsi sa śukastu sadā paṭhan || 28 ||
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rāmoccāraṇamātreṇa tayośca śukaveśyayoḥ |
vinaṣṭamabhavatpāpaṃ sarvameva sudāruṇam || 29 ||
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kadācidvāramukhyā sā śuko'pi ca dvijottama |
ubhāvapi ca paṃcatvamekakāle gatau tataḥ || 30 ||
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samānetuṃ tatastau tu vihitākhilapātakau |
kiṃkarānpreṣayāmāsa caṃḍādyāndharmarāṭtataḥ || 31 ||
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tataste kiṃkarāḥ sarve caṃḍādyāḥ ativeginaḥ |
yamājñayā samāyātāḥ pāśamudgarapāṇayaḥ || 32 ||
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ānetuṃ tau samāyātāḥ sarve viṣṇuparākramāḥ |
pāśabaddhau tu tau dṛṣṭvā patitau viṣṇukiṃkarāḥ || 33 ||
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ūcurvākyamidaṃ kruddhā yamadūtānsurāsadān || 34 ||
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viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ |
aho citramidaṃ vākyaṃ yamadūtā mukhācchrutam || 35 ||
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bhaktāvapi hareretau daṃḍyau bhāskarasūnunā |
aho caritraṃ duṣṭānāṃ kadācidapi nottamam || 36 ||
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yatnādapi yato hiṃsāṃ kurvaṃti satataṃ satām |
duṣṭānāṃ kṛtapāpānāṃ caritramidamadbhutam || 37 ||
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niṣpāpamapi paśyanti puṇyātmāno'khilaṃ jagat |
pāpinastu na paśyanti kṛtapāpamivākhilam || 38 ||
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śrutvā puṇyātmanāṃ puṇyamabhitṛpyaṃti dharmiṇaḥ |
tṛpyaṃti pātakaṃ śrutvā pāpināṃ pāpino janāḥ || 39 ||
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pāpacarcāṃ samākarṇya yathā tṛpyaṃti pāpinaḥ |
na tṛpyanti yathā prāpya svarṇabhāraśatānyapi || 40 ||
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aho balavatī māyā mahāviṣṇormahātmanaḥ |
ātmapīḍākaramapi pāpaṃ kurvaṃti te dvija || 41 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
ityuktvā viṣṇudūtāste viṣṇubhakti parāyaṇāḥ |
chinnavaṃtastayorvipra baṃdhanaṃ cakradhārayā || 42 ||
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tatastu śamanapreṣyāḥ kruddhāste vahnisaṃnnibhāḥ |
vavarṣuḥ sahasā tatra jvaladaṃgārasaṃcayān || 43 ||
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daṃḍa uvāca |
vihitaṃ ca mayāpyevaṃ śukaṃ veśyāṃ ca pāpinīm |
netuṃ yūyaṃ samāyātā ityadbhutamivābhavat || 44 ||
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nūnametau yadā netuṃ yūyamicchatasattamāḥ |
tadā kuruta saṃgrāmamasmābhiḥ saha saṃprati || 45 ||
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ityuktvā rāmadūtāste balino vidhṛtāyudhāḥ |
siṃhanādairdiśaḥ sarve pūrayāmāsuruddhatāḥ || 46 ||
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viṣṇudūtā mahātmānaḥ supratīkādayastathā |
śaṅkhanādaiḥ sulalitaiścakruḥ śabdamayaṃ jagat || 47 ||
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yāmyaistato mahādūtairdhanurmuktaiḥ śilīmukhaiḥ |
chāditā viṣṇudūtāste saṃgrāme'tyaṃtadāruṇe || 48 ||
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śūlānyadhyakṣipuḥ kecicchaktiṃ kecinmahārṇave |
keciccharasahasrāṇi keciccakrāṇi te ruṣā || 49 ||
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tairmuktāni mahāstrāṇi viṣṇudūtā mahāmarāḥ |
bāṇānvicūrṇayāmāsurgadāpraharaṇādibhiḥ || 50 ||
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tato bhāgavatairetairyāmyānāṃ cakradhārayā |
keṣāṃciccaraṇāśchinnāḥ keṣāṃcidbāhavastathā || 51 ||
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kecidvicchinnaśirasaḥ kecinnirbhinnavakṣasaḥ |
atyadbhuta kṣatāḥ kecidvyāsyāḥ peturgatāsavaḥ || 52 ||
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chinnaikacaraṇāḥ kecitkecicchinnaikapāṇayaḥ |
saṃtyajya sahasā yāmyāḥ saṃgrāmācca pradudruvuḥ || 53 ||
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tānālokya tato dūtānpalāyanaparāyaṇān |
praviveśa ruṣā caṃḍaḥ saṃgrāmaṃ dhṛtamudgaraḥ || 54 ||
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yamadūtagaṇaśreṣṭhaścaṃḍo'tyaṃta pratāpavān |
tāḍayāmāsa śataśo mudgarairviṣṇukiṅkarān || 55 ||
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atha bhāgavatā dūtā niśitāyudhavarṣaṇaiḥ |
vavarṣustarasā kruddhāstaṃ caṃḍaṃ caṃḍavikramam || 56 ||
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mudgareṇa tataścaṇḍo viṣṇudūtānpṛthakpṛthak |
tāḍayāmāsa vigaladraktasaṃsiktavigrahaḥ || 57 ||
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caṃḍena tāḍitāstena dūtā bhagavato yudhi |
tyaktasatvāḥ pṛṣṭhabhāgaṃ suprakāśasya vai yayuḥ || 58 ||
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suprakāśastataḥ kruddho japāpuṣpanibhekṣaṇaḥ |
praviveśa raṇe yuddhaṃ gadāpāṇirmahābalaḥ || 59 ||
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tāḍayāmāsa saṃkruddho viṣṇutulyaparākramaḥ |
mudgarāccaṃḍahastācca prekṣya janabhayapradāt || 60 ||
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samuttasthau mahābhīṣmaḥ sadhūmaḥ pūtigandhavān |
sa mudgareṇa caṃḍena tāḍitastasya veginā || 61 ||
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sphuliṃgā varṣaṇaṃ sadyo mumocātyaṃtabhītidam |
tataḥ kruddhena caṃḍo'sau tenaiva mudgareṇa ca || 62 ||
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tāḍayāmāsa viprarṣe suprakāśaṃ mahābalam |
suprakāśastato vipra vyathāṃ vismṛtya kopavān || 63 ||
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gadayā tāḍayāmāsa caṃḍaṃ śamanakiṃkaram |
tena pratāḍitaścaṃḍastatra raktaḥ pariplutaḥ || 64 ||
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papāta mūrcchito bhūmau bālārka iva jaimine |
yāmyadūtāstataste ca caṃḍamādāya mūrcchitam || 65 ||
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hāhākāraṃ prakurvaṃto yuddhādbhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ |
viṣṇudūtāstato vipra sarve cātipraharṣitāḥ || 66 ||
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atha śaṃkhānsamādadhmurjaimine dvijasattama |
yamadūtāstataste ca śoṇitaughapariplutāḥ || 67 ||
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yamasyasannidhiṃ jagmuḥ kraṃdaṃto bhayavihvalāḥ || 68 ||
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yamadūtā ūcuḥ |
sūryaputra mahābāho tavājñākāriṇo vayam |
tathāpi viṣṇudūtairnaḥ kṛtā durgatirīdṛśī || 69 ||
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mahāpātakināṃ śreṣṭhau prabho yadyapi tau khalu |
rāmanāmaprabhāveṇa gatau nārāyaṇālayam || 70 ||
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bhavatā daṃḍanīyā ye durātmānaḥ kṛtainasaḥ |
te'pi viṣṇupuraṃ yāṃti prabhutvaṃ tava kiṃ tadā || 71 ||
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nāsmākaṃ viṣṇudūtātstaiḥ kṛtaḥ paribhavastvayam |
tavaiva kevalaṃ nātha yato vai kiṃkarā vayam || 72 ||
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yama uvāca |
dūtāḥ smaraṃtau tau rāma rāmanāmākṣaradvayam |
tadā na me daṃḍanīyau tayornārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ || 73 ||
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saṃsāre nāsti tatpāpaṃ yadrāmasmaraṇairapi |
na yāti saṃkṣayaṃ sadyo dṛḍhaṃ śṛṇuta kiṃkarāḥ || 74 ||
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ye mānavāḥ pratidinaṃ madhusūdanasya nāmāni ghoraduritaughavināśanāni |
bhaktyā smaraṃti vibudhapravarārcitasya te pāpino'pi hi bhaṭā mama naiva daṃḍyāḥ || 75 ||
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govinda keśava hare jagadīśa viṣṇo nārāyaṇapraṇatavatsalamādhaveti |
bhaktyā vadaṃti puruṣāḥ satataṃ kṣitau ye daṃḍyā na te mama bhaṭā atipāpino'pi || 76 ||
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bhaktārtināśanasureśvaradīnabaṃdho lakṣmīpate sakalapāpavināśakārin |
etadvadāṃtasatataṃ bhuvi ye manuṣyāste pāpino'pi na bhaṭā mama daṃḍanīyāḥ || 77 ||
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dāmodareśvaramukhāmaravṛndasevya śrīvāsudeva puruṣottama mādhaveti |
yeṣāṃ vadaṃti vadaneṣu sadaiva śabdā dūtā namāmyahamapi prativāsaraṃ tān || 78 ||
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nārāyaṇasya jagadekapatermurāreścarcāsu cittamatihārddi nṛṇāṃ ca yeṣām |
teṣāmahaṃ ca satataṃ subhaṭā hyadhīno ye te praphullakamalekṣaṇarūpabhājaḥ || 79 ||
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ye viṣṇupūjanaratā haribhaktabhaktā ekādaśīvrataratāḥ kapaṭairvihīnāḥ |
ye viṣṇupādasalilaṃ śirasā vahaṃti te pāpino'pi na bhaṭā mama daṃḍanīyāḥ || 80 ||
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ye bhuñjate bhagavato madhusūdanasya naivedyaśeṣamakhilaughavināśakāri |
ye karṇayośca śirasicchadanaṃ tulasyā nityaṃ vahaṃti ca bhaṭāḥ praṇamāmyahaṃ tān || 81 ||
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ye kṛṣṇapādakamalārcanatatparāśca ye brāhmaṇārcanaratā guṇasevinaśca |
ye dīnalokahṛdayātisukhapradāśca teṣāmahaṃ satatameva bhaṭā adhīnaḥ || 82 ||
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ye satyavākyakathaneṣu sadānuraktā lokapriyāśca śaraṇāgatalokapālāḥ |
paśyaṃti ye ca satataṃ viṣavatparasvaṃ te mānavā mama bhaṭā na hi daṃḍanīyāḥ || 83 ||
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ye cānnadānaniratāḥ salilapradāśca bhūmipradā nikhilalokahitaiṣiṇaśca |
ye vṛttihīnajanatṛptikarāḥ praśāṃtā dūtā na te khalu kadāpi ca daṃḍanīyāḥ || 84 ||
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ye jñātipoṣaṇaratāḥ priyavādinaśca ye dambhakopamadamatsarahīnacittāḥ |
ye pāpadṛṣṭirahitā vijiteṃdriyāśca teṣāmahaṃ na vidadhāmi kadāpi carcām || 85 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
evaṃ prabodhitāstena yamena yamakiṃkarāḥ |
jñātavaṃto jagadbhartuḥ prabhāvamatulaṃ hareḥ || 86 ||
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viṣṇornāmāni viprendra sarvadevādhikāni vai |
teṣāṃ madhye tu tattvajñā rāmanāmavaraṃ smṛtam || 87 ||
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rāmetyakṣarayugmaṃ hi sarvaṃ maṃtrādhikaṃ dvija |
yaduccāraṇamātreṇa pāpī yāti parāṅgatim || 88 ||
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rāmanāmaprabhāvaṃ hi sarvadevaprapūjanam |
maheśa eva jānāti nānyo jānāti jaimine || 89 ||
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viṣṇornāmasahasrāṇāṃ paṭhanāllabhate phalam |
tatphalaṃ labhate martyo rāmanāmasmarannapi || 90 ||
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aho citraṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ caritramidamucyate |
rāmeti muktidaṃ nāma na smaraṃti durāśayāḥ || 91 ||
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vaktuṃ śramo na cālpo'pi śrotumatyaṃtasundaram |
tathāpi rāmarāmeti na vadaṃti durāśayāḥ || 92 ||
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atyaṃtaduḥkhalabhyāpi muktirjagati mānavaiḥ |
labhyate rāmanāmnaiva karmāsti kimataḥ param || 93 ||
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tāvattiṣṭhaṃti pāpāni deheṣu dehināṃ vara |
rāmarāmeti yāvadvai na smaraṃti sukhapradam || 94 ||
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śrāddhe ca tarpaṇe caiva balidāne tathotsave |
yajñe dāne vrate caiva devatārādhane'pi ca || 95 ||
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anyeṣvapi ca kāryeṣu vaidikeṣu vicakṣaṇaḥ |
smaredyastatphalaprepsū rāmarāmeti bhaktitaḥ || 96 ||
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namo rāmāyeti viprendra mantramoṅkārapūrvakam |
ṣaḍakṣaraṃ japedyastu sāyujyaṃ prāpyate hareḥ || 97 ||
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ṣaḍakṣareṇa maṃtreṇa haripūjanakṛnnaraḥ |
sarvānkāmānavāpnoti prasādāccakrapāṇinaḥ || 98 ||
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mṛtyukāle dvijaśreṣṭha rāmarāmeti yaḥ smaret |
sa pāpiṣṭho'pi paramaṃ mokṣamāpnoti mānavaḥ || 99 ||
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rāmeti nāma yātrāyāṃ ye smaraṃti manīṣiṇaḥ |
sarvasiddhirbhavetteṣāṃ yātrāyāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ || 100 ||
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araṇye prāṃtarevāpi śmaśāne yo bhayānake |
rāmanāmasmarettasya vidyaṃte nāpado dvija || 101 ||
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rājadvāre tathā durge videśe dasyusaṃmukhe |
duḥsvapnadarśane caiva grahapīḍāsu jaimine || 102 ||
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autpātike bhaye caiva vātarogabhaye tathā |
rāmanāma smaranmartyo labhate nāśubhaṃ kvacit || 103 ||
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rāmanāma dvijaśreṣṭha sarvāśubhanivāraṇam |
kāmadaṃ mokṣadaṃ caiva smartavyaṃ satataṃ budhaiḥ || 104 ||
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rāmanāmeti viprarṣe yasminna smaryate kṣaṇe |
kṣaṇaḥ sa eva vyarthaḥ syātsatyameva mayocyate || 105 ||
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smaraṃto harināmāni nāvasīdaṃti mānavāḥ || 106 ||
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janmakoṭiduritakṣayamicchuḥ saṃpadaṃ ca labhate bhuvi martyaḥ |
viṣṇunāma satataṃ bhuvi bhaktyā mokṣadātimadhuraṃ smarati sma || 107 ||
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