Chapter 1

śrīḥ |
|| śrīmate rāmānujāya namaḥ |
|| śrīraṅganāthaparabrahmaṇe namaḥ ||
|| prathamo'dhyāyaḥ |
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oṃ || namaḥ sakalakalyāṇadāyine cakrapāṇaye |
viṣayārṇavamagnānāṃ samuddharaṇahetave || 1 ||
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totādriśikharakṣetre devagandharvasevite |
puṇyatīrthasamāyukte sarvartukusumānvite || 2 ||
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praśastāśramasaṃyukte puṇyakṣetropaśobhite |
vedavedāntaniṣṭhaistu taponiṣṭhairmaharṣibhiḥ || 3 ||
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sāṃkhyasiddhāntasaṃyuktaiḥ yogasiddhāntavedibhiḥ |
itihāsapurāṇajñairdharmaśāstrārthakovidaiḥ || 4 ||
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vedāṅgajñānakuśalairyukte devarṣibhistathā |
rājarṣibhiḥ samāyukte mantrasiddhairmahātmabhiḥ || 5 ||
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sanako nāma yogarṣirbrahmaputro mahātapāḥ |
bhagavajjñānasiddhyarthaṃ tapastepe suduścaram || 6 ||
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śatavarṣaṃ dhyāyamāne paramātmānamātmani |
na lebhe'bhi mataṃ so'pi taptvā ghorataraṃ tapaḥ || 7 ||
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śokena mahatā'viṣṭo babhūva sa munistadā ||
tataḥ śokārṇave magnaṃ jitakrodhaṃ jitendriyam || 8 ||
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dāntaṃ yogāṅganirataṃ taṃ bhaktaṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ |
vākyametajjagaddhātā jagāda jagato hitam || 9 ||
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vāsudevaḥ paraṃjyotiradṛśyaḥ puruṣottamaḥ |
śrībhagavānuvāca |
tvayā yogīśvareṇeha sutaptaṃ tapa uttamam || 10 ||
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prāpsyase na cirādbrahman mahatastapasaḥ phalam |
samāśvasihi bhadraṃ te mā viṣīda mahāmate || 11 ||
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kṛtakṛtyo jagatyasmin śāṇ‍ḍilyaḥ śrūyate mahān |
tamāśrayasva bhadraṃ te bhagavaddharmasiddhaye || 12 ||
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etasmin parvataśreṣṭhe purā'nena mahātmanā |
sākṣādbhagavato vyaktādacyutādacyutābhidhāt || 13 ||
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adhītāstrisuparṇādyāḥ sākṣātsadbrahmavācakāḥ |
śākhāśca niṣadaḥ sarvāḥ saṃhitā brāhmaṇābhidhāḥ || 14 ||
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niruktāni tato jñātāḥ padārthāḥ sapta ca kramāt |
jñānaṃ ca dvividhaṃ jñātaṃ śāstrāṇi vividhāni ca || 15 ||
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trayodaśavidhaṃ karma dvādaśādyātmasaṃyutam |
śrutvaivaṃ prathamaṃ śāstraṃ rahasyāmnāyasaṃjñitam || 16 ||
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divyamantrakramopetaṃ mokṣaikaphalalakṣaṇam |
bhūyaḥ saṃcoditāttasmāttena lokahitaiṣiṇā || 17 ||
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śrutaṃ vistarataḥ śāstraṃ bhogamokṣapradaṃ hi yat |
anuṣṭupchandoba ddhena proktaṃ bhagavatā svayam || 18 ||
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sātvataṃ pauṣkaraṃ caiva jayākhyetyevamādikam |
tatsarvaṃ viditaṃ samyak śāṇḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ || 19 ||
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evaṃ sakalaśāstrajñaḥ śāṇḍilyaḥ paramo guruḥ |
āste śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaḥ svāśrame śramanāśane || 20 ||
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pāñcakālyaṃ paraṃ yajñaṃ kurvāṇaḥ sarvadā vaśī |
sa te vakṣyati dharmajño dharmaṃ bhāgavataṃ mune || 21 ||
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tamāśrayasva bhadraṃ te bhagavajjñānasiddhaye |
ityuktvā'stamitā vāṇī vāsudevasamīritā || 22 ||
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ityadbhutatamaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā hṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ |
tadā kṛtārthamātmānaṃ manyamāno mahāmuniḥ || 23 ||
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śāṇḍilyadarśanākāṅkṣī saṃcacārācalādhipam |
apaśyadāśramaśreṣṭhaṃ śāṇḍilyasya mahātmanaḥ || 24 ||
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nānāpuṣpasamākīrṇaṃ nānāphalasamanvitam |
nānāpakṣigaṇairjuṣṭaṃ nānāmṛganiṣevitam || 25 ||
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kamalotpalasaṃkī rṇaiḥ śobhitaṃ kamalākaraiḥ |
bhagavaddharmajijñāsāparaiḥ śāntairamatsaraiḥ || 26 ||
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munimukhyaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ sarvatra ca mumukṣubhiḥ |
sapraviśya tamadrākṣīnmunimukhyairupāsitam || 27 ||
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śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaṃ śāntairātmaniṣṭhaṃ dayāparam |
divyajñānopapannaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā divyakriyāparam || 28 ||
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udvahantaṃ parāṃ bhaktiṃ vāsudeve parātpare |
abhyavandiṣṭa sanako vinayāttasya pādayoḥ || 29 ||
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tiṣṭhantaṃ bhagavaddharme dṛṣṭvā divyena cakṣuṣā |
śāṇḍilyo muniśārdūlaḥ sanakaṃ brahmasaṃbhavam || 30 ||
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abravīnmadhuraṃ vākyaṃ kṛtārtho'si mahāmune |
bhagavān suprasannaste sutaptaṃ tapa uttamam || 31 ||
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ādiṣṭo'haṃ bhagavatā bhavadarthe taponidhe |
ityuktvā'dhyāpayāmāsa vedamekāyanābhidham || 32 ||
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mūlabhūtastu mahato vedavṛkṣasya yo mahān |
sadbrahmavāsudevākhya paratatvaikasaṃśrayam || 33 ||
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divyairbalādikairmantraiḥ sākṣāttatpratipādakaiḥ |
alaṅkṛtamasandigdhamavidyātimirāpaham || 34 ||
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adhyāpya saṃjagādāsya svarūpaṃ ca samāgati m |
śāṇḍilyaḥ |
eṣa kārtayugo dharmo nirāśīḥkarmasaṃjñitaḥ || 35 ||
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yogākhyo yogadharmākhyaḥ śāstrākhyaśca samāgamaḥ |
pravartyate bhagavatā prathame prathame yuge || 36 ||
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yugeṣu mandasañcāra itareṣvitareṣvapi |
anantaceṣṭādadhyakṣādaniruddhāt sanātanāt || 37 ||
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brahmaṇo mānasaṃ janma prathamaṃ cākṣuṣaṃ smṛtam |
dvitīyaṃ vācikaṃ cānyaccaturthaṃ śrotrasaṃbhavam || 38 ||
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nāsikyamaparaṃ cānyadaṇḍajaṃ padmajaṃ tathā |
eteṣvapi ca sarveṣu sākṣādbhagavato vibhoḥ || 39 ||
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brahmaṇā munimukhyaiśca suparṇādyairmaharṣibhiḥ |
vālakhilyamukhaiścānyaiḥ kramādrājarṣibhistathā || 40 ||
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eṣa prakṛtidharmākhyaḥ prādhītaḥ prathamo dvija |
saptame padmaje sarge prāpto bhagavatastathā || 41 ||
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vivasvatā tataḥ prāpto manunekṣvākuṇā tataḥ |
ikṣvākuṇā ca kathito vyāpya lokānavasthitaḥ || 42 ||
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eṣa eva mahān dharma ādyo vipra sanātanaḥ ||
durvijñeyo duṣkaraśca sātvatairdhāryate sadā || 43 ||
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cāturātmyaparairnityaṃ pañcakālaparāyaṇaiḥ |
balādimantraniratairdevatāntaravarjitaiḥ || 44 ||
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eṣa dharmo yathā prāpto mayā tadga dataḥ śrṛṇu |
sāṅgopaniṣadā vedāḥ samadhītā mayā purā || 45 ||
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ṛgyajussāmasaṃjñāstu saṃkīrṇā devatāntaraiḥ |
vyāmiśrayāgasaṃyuktāḥ pravṛttiphaladāyinaḥ || 46 ||
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tadarthāśca parijñātā yathānyāyaṃ yathāvidhi |
kvacit kvacit pradeśeṣu bhagavantaṃ jagatpatim || 47 ||
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tadīyaṃ karma ca jñānamapraṇāḍyā vadanti hi |
tathā tadatisaṃkṣiptamanabhivyaktalakṣaṇam || 48 ||
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agnīndrādipraṇāḍyaiva pradeśeṣu bahuṣvapi |
pravadanti jagannāthaṃ tathā ca sakalāḥ kriyāḥ || 49 ||
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nityādikā muniśreṣṭha pravṛttiphalasaṃyutāḥ |
devatāntaranāḍyaiva prabruvanti suvistarāt || 50 ||
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tathā kvacit kvacidvipra pravadanti ca kevalam |
indrādidevatāvarjaṃ tatkarmā'pi suvistaram || 51 ||
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mantrāḥ prācuryatastatra phalasaṅgasamanvitāḥ |
evaṃ vyāmiśrarūpatvātteṣu niṣṭhāṃ na labdhavān || 52 ||
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yastu sarvaparo dharmo yasmānnāsti mahattaraḥ |
vāsudevaikaniṣṭhastu devatāntaravarjitaḥ || 53 ||
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tajjijñāsā balavatī tadā tvāvirabhūnmama |
tato'tra parvataśreṣṭhe tapastaptaṃ mayottamam || 54 ||
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anekāni sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tapaso'ntataḥ ||
dvāparasya yugasyānte ādau kaliyugasya ca || 55 ||
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sākṣātsaṅkarṣaṇādvyaktāt prāpta eva mahattaraḥ |
eṣa ekāyano vedaḥ prakhyātaḥ sātvato vidhiḥ || 56 ||
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durvijñeyo duṣkaraśca pratibuddhairniṣevyate |
mokṣāyanāya vaipanthā etadanyo na vidyate || 57 ||
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tasmādekāyanaṃ nāma pravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ |
śvetadvīpe purā'dhīto nāradena surarṣiṇā || 58 ||
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sanaḥ sanatsujātaśca bhavānapi sananda naḥ |
sanatkumāraḥ kapilaḥ saptamaśca sanātanaḥ || 59 ||
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ete ekāntidharmasya ācāryāśca pravartakāḥ |
marīciratryaṅgirasau pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ || 60 ||
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vasiṣṭhaśca mahātejā ete citraśikhaṇḍinaḥ |
manuḥ svāyabhbhuvaścāpi samārādhya jagatpatim || 61 ||
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mahatā tapasā caiva devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum |
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tadante samadhītya ca || 62 ||
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mūlaśrutiṃ yathāvaccā ṛṣayo'dhyāpitāstu taiḥ |
tataste ṛṣayastvaṣṭau lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 63 ||
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ślokānāṃ śatasāhasrairmūlavedaṃ nirīkṣya ca |
tathā divyāni tantrāṇi sātvatādīni cakrire || 64 ||
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anyacchāstraṃ tu tantrākhyamasmānmanvādayo'pi ca |
dharmaśāstrāṇyanekāni kariṣyanti yathātatham || 65 ||
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anyeṣāmapi śāstrāṇāṃ yoniretadbhaviṣyati |
asmin dharmaśca arthaścoktaḥ suvistaram || 66 ||
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mokṣaśca sūcitaḥ paścādatroktaśca yathātatham ||
aśvamedhādayo yajñā adhikṛtyācyutaṃ harim || 67 ||
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yathā kriyante ca tathā dviṣaṭkārṇapurassaraiḥ |
nivṛttiphaladairmantraistasyāsādhāraṇairhareḥ || 68 ||
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pūjitā viniyujyante tasmiṃstasmiṃśca karmaṇi |
ṛgādimantrāḥ sarve'pi tathā cāsmin prakīrtitāḥ || 69 ||
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vasūrājoparicaro mūlavedena saṃskṛtaḥ |
svargalokādhikārārthametaduktaprakārataḥ || 70 ||
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aśvamedhādikān yajñānanvaśiṣṭadyathāvidhi |
anyāṃśca bhagavadyāgān khinnavṛttyadhikārataḥ || 71 ||
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iti śruta mayā pūrvaṃ sa cārthaḥ pratibhāti me |
sumanturjaiminirbrahman bhṛguścaivaupagāyanaḥ || 72 ||
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mauñjyāyanaśca tatsarvaṃ samyagadhyāpitā mayā |
naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ tu jagato hitakāmyayā || 73 ||
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tathā'nuṣṭhīyate mūladharmo badarikāśrame |
eṣa prakṛtidharmākhyo vāsudevaikagocaraḥ || 74 ||
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pravartate kṛtayuge tatastretāyugādiṣu |
vikāravedāḥ sarvatra devatāntaragocarāḥ || 75 ||
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mahato vedavṛkṣasya mūlabhūto mahānayam |
skandhabhūtā ṛgādyāste śākhābhūtāstathā mune || 76 ||
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jaganmūlasya devasya vāsudevasya mukhyataḥ |
pratipādakatāsiddhā mūlavedākhyatā dvija || 77 ||
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ādyaṃ bhāgavataṃ dharmamādibhūte kṛte yuge |
mānavā yogyabhūtāstu anutiṣṭhanti nityaśaḥ || 78 ||
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tatastretāyuge sarve nānākāmasamanvitāḥ ||
vyāmiśrayājino bhūtvā tyajantyādyaṃ sanātanam || 79 ||
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antardadhāti sarvo'yaṃ vāsudevasamāhṛtaḥ |
tato yogyāya bhagavān prādurbhāvayati svayam || 80 ||
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yathā purā mayā prāpto devād jñānabalātmanaḥ |
tathā prakāśito vedaḥ sarahasyo mahāmune || 81 ||
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evaṃ nigadite samyak śāṇḍilyena mahātmanā |
tataḥ kṛtārthamātmānaṃ manyamānaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ || 82 ||
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sanakaḥ praśritaṃ vākyaṃ śāṇḍilyaṃ munimabravīt |
sanakaḥ |
bhagavan sarvadharmajña sarvaśāstrārthapāraga || 83 ||
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tvatprasādena saṃprāpto mayā dharmavaro mahān |
nivṛttilakṣaṇākhyo'yaṃ pratibuddhairniṣevitaḥ || 84 ||
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kathamapratibuddhaistairmagnairbhavamahāmbudhau |
prāpyate bhagavaddharma ekāntibhiranuṣṭhitaḥ || 85 ||
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śāṇḍilyaḥ |
śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi yadahaṃ coditastvayā |
etadarthaṃ mayā pṛṣṭaḥ purā saṅkarṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ || 86 ||
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parityajya paraṃ dharmaṃ miśradharmamupeyuṣām |
bhūyastatpadakāṅkṣāṇāṃ śraddhābhaktī upeyuṣām || 87 ||
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anugrahārthaṃ varṇāṇāṃ yogyatāpāda nāya ca |
tathā janānāṃ sarveṣāmabhīṣṭaphalasiddhaye || 88 ||
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sātvatādīni śāstrāṇi bhogamokṣapradāni ca |
upadiśya tu divyāni śāstrāṇi tadanantaram || 89 ||
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pārameśvaraśāstrāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ munipuṅgava ||
sārabhūtaṃ viśeṣeṇa pauṣkarārthopapādakam || 90 ||
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mūlavedānusāreṇa chandasā'nuṣṭubhena ca |
lakṣagranthena sarvārthakriyājñānopalabdhaye || 91 ||
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sa me'bravīnma hāśāstraṃ pārameśvarasaṃjñayā |
tasmāttu sāramuddhṛtya sarvaśāstropayoginam || 92 ||
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ślokaiḥ ṣoḍaśasāhasraiḥ pārameśvarasaṃjñayā |
saṃpravakṣyāmi te śāstramidānīmavadhāraya || 93 ||
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nārado'pi purā caitadapi saṃkṣepato vibhoḥ |
kṣīrodaśāyino devāt sākṣāt saṃśrutavān dvija || 94 ||
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jñānakāṇḍakriyākāṇḍabhedenai va dvidhākṛtam |
yatra saṃkīrtyate samyagvāsudevasya vai vibhoḥ || 95 ||
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divyamātmasvarūpaṃ ca nityā jñānādayo guṇāḥ |
pradhānā ṣaṭ samastāśca vyastā yugmatrayeṇa hi || 96 ||
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kīrtyādayo guṇāścānye ākṛtiśca parātparā |
nityaikā vāsudevākhyā tataḥ sṛṣṭyādihetunā || 97 ||
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saṅkakarṣaṇādivyūhaśca jagajjanmādayo'pi ca |
upāsanārthaṃ bhaktānāmāstikānāṃ mahātmanām || 98 ||
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jagatāmupakārārthaṃ vāsudevasya vai vibhoḥ |
parātparasvarūpasya caturvyūhasturīyakaḥ || 99 ||
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vyūhaḥ suṣuptisaṃjñaśca svapnavyūhastathaiva ca |
jāgradvyūhastathā'nye ca vyūhā mūrtyantarā api || 100 ||
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mūrtayo vibhavākhyāśca prādurbhāvāntarāṇyapi |
lakṣmīpuṣṭyoḥ svarūpe ca nitye bhagavatā saha || 101 ||
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kāntyādayo'vatārāśca bhūṣaṇānāṃ tu vigrahāḥ |
nityāḥ kirīṭapūrvāṇāmanityāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ || 102 ||
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cakrādīnāṃ svarūpaṃ ca nityānityobhayātmakam |
garuḍapramukhānāṃ tu anyeṣāmātmanāmapi || 103 ||
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vibhoḥ sādhanabhūtānāṃ svaṃ svaṃ nityaṃ svarūpiṇām |
eteṣāṃ mūrtayo nityā anityāśca pṛthagvidhāḥ || 104 ||
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vibhorvai vāsudevasya sthānaṃ nityaṃ parātparam |
anyeṣāṃ vyūharūpāṇāṃ vibhavānāṃ tathaiva ca || 105 ||
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nānāvidhāni sthānāni virajāṃsi bahūni ca |
teṣāṃ vistāramānaṃ ca tathā svaṃ svaṃ vyavasthitam || 106 ||
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tatsālānāṃ pratolīnāṃ saṃkhyāmānaṃ ca lakṣaṇam |
jīvātmanāṃ svarūpa ca muktāmuktobhayātmakam || 107 ||
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teṣāṃ gativiśeṣāśca procyante yatra vistarāt |
bhagavanmantramūrtīnāṃ tathā'nyeṣāṃ krameṇa tu || 108 ||
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ma ntradhyānaṃ tathā mudrā yogarūpaṃ ca kīrtitam |
jñānakāṇḍābhidhānena tadetat parikīrtitam || 109 ||
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yatra nityāni karmāṇi snānādīnyakhilāni ca |
naimittikāni kāmyāni prāyaścittāni vistarāt || 110 ||
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tulābhārādikādīni karmāṇi vividhānyapi |
tathā ca karṣaṇādīni sthāpanāntānyaśeṣataḥ || 111 ||
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prāsādapratimābhadrapīṭhādīnāṃ ca lakṣaṇam |
evamādīni cānyāni deveśayajanārthataḥ || 112 ||
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kīrtyante vistarādyatra kriyākāṇḍaṃ tu viddhi tat |
evaṃ dvividharūpaṃ tu śāstraṃ vakṣye'vadhāraya || 113 ||
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