Chapter 23

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sanatkumāra uvāca |
śṛṇu vyāsa mahābuddhe dehasyāśucitāṃ mune |
mahattvaṃ ca svabhāvasya samāsātkathayāmyaham || 1 ||
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śukraśoṇitasaṃyogāddehassaṃjāyate yataḥ |
nityaṃ viṇmūtrasaṃpūrṇastenāyamaśucissmṛtaḥ || 2 ||
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yathāṃtarviṣṭhayā pūrṇaśśucimānna bahirghaṭaḥ |
śodhyamāno hi deho'yaṃ tenāyamaśucistataḥ || 3 ||
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saṃprāpyātipavitrāṇi paṃcagavyahavīṃṣi cā |
aśucitvaṃ kṣaṇādyāṃti kimanyadaśucistataḥ || 4 ||
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hṛdyānyapyannapānāni yaṃ prāpya surabhīṇi ca |
aśucitvaṃ prayāṃtyāśu kimanyadaśucistataḥ || 5 ||
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he janāḥ kinna paśyaṃti yanniryāti dinedine |
svadehātkaśmalaṃ pūtistadādhāraḥ kathaṃ śuciḥ || 6 ||
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dehassaṃśodhyamāno'pi paṃcagavyakuśāṃbubhiḥ |
ghṛṣyamāṇa ivāṃgāro nirmalatvaṃ na gacchati || 7 ||
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srotāṃsi yasya satataṃ prabhavaṃti gireriva |
kaphamūtrapurīṣādyaissa dehaśśudhyate katham || 8 ||
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sarvāśucinidhānasya śarīrasya na vidyate |
śucirekaḥ pradeśo'pi viṇmūtrasya dṛteriva || 9 ||
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sṛṣṭvātmadehasrotāṃsi mṛttoyaiḥ śodhyate karaḥ |
tathāpyaśucibhāṃḍasya na vibhraśyati kiṃ karaḥ || 10 ||
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kāyassugaṃdhadhūpādyairya nnenāpi susaṃskṛtaḥ |
na jahāti svabhāvaṃ sa śvapucchamiva nāmitam || 11 ||
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yathā jātyaiva kṛṣṇorthaḥ śuklassyānna hyupāyataḥ |
saṃśoddhyamānāpi tathā bhavenmūrtirna nirmalā || 12 ||
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jighrannapi svadurgaṃdhaṃ paśyannapi svakaṃ malam |
na virajyeta loko'yaṃ pīḍayannapi nāsikām || 13 ||
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aho mohasya māhātmyaṃ yenedaṃ chāditaṃ jagat |
śīghraṃ paśyansvakaṃ doṣaṃ kāyasya na virajyate || 14 ||
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svadehasya vigaṃdhena na virajyeta yo naraḥ |
virāgakāraṇaṃ tasya kimetadupadiśyate || 15 ||
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sarvasyaiva jaganmadhye deha evāśucirbhavet |
tanmalāvayavasparśācchucirapyaśucirbhavet || 16 ||
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gaṃdhalepāpanodārtha śaucaṃ dehasya kīrtitam |
dvayasyāpagamācchuddhiśśuddhasparśādviśudhyati || 17 ||
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gaṃgātoyena sarveṇa mṛdbhāraiḥ parvatopamaiḥ |
āmṛtyorācarecchaucaṃ bhāvaduṣṭo na śudhyati || 18 ||
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tīrthasnānaistapobhirvā duṣṭātmā naiva śudhyati |
śvadṛtiḥ kṣālitā tīrthe kiṃ śuddhimadhigacchati || 19 ||
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aṃtarbhāvapraduṣṭasya viśato'pi hutāśanam |
na svargo nāpavargaśca dehanirdahanaṃ param || 20 ||
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sarveṇa gāṃgena jalena samyaṅ mṛtparvatenāpyatha bhāvaduṣṭaḥ |
ājanmanaḥ snānaparo manuṣyo na śudhyatītyeva vayaṃ vadāmaḥ || 21 ||
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prajvālya vahniṃ ghṛtatailasiktaṃ pradakṣiṇāvartaśikhaṃ mahāṃtam |
praviśya dagdhastvapi bhāvaduṣṭo na dharmamāpnoti phalaṃ na cānyata || 22 ||
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gaṃgāditīrtheṣu vasaṃti matsyā devālaye pakṣigaṇāśca nityam |
bhāvojjhitāste na phalaṃ labhaṃte tīrthāvagāhācca tathaiva dānāt || 23 ||
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bhāvaśuddhiḥ paraṃ śaucaṃ pramāṇe sarvakarmasu |
anyathā''liṃgyate kāṃtā bhāvena duhitānyathā || 24 ||
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manaso bhidyate vṛttirabhinneṣvapi vastuṣu |
anyathaiva sutaṃ nārī cintayatyanyathā patim || 25 ||
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paśyadhvamasya bhāvasya mahābhāgyamaśeṣataḥ |
pariṣvaktopi yannāryyā bhāvahīnaṃ na kāmayet || 26 ||
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nādyādvividhamannādyaṃ bhakṣyāṇi surabhīṇi ca |
yadi ciṃtāṃ samādhatte citte kāmādiṣu triṣu || 27 ||
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gṛhyate tena bhāvena naro bhāvādvimucyate |
bhāvataśśuci śuddhātmā svargaṃ mokṣaṃ ca viṃdati || 28 ||
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bhāvenaikātmaśuddhātmā dahañjuhvanstuvanmṛtaḥ |
jñānāvāpteravāpyāśu lokānsubahuyājinām || 29 ||
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jñānāmalāṃbhasā puṃsāṃ sadvairāgyamṛdā punaḥ |
avidyārāgaviṇmūtralepagaṃdhaviśodhanam || 30 ||
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evametaccharīraṃ hi nisargādaśuci smṛtam |
tvaṅmātrasāraṃ niḥsāraṃ kadalīsārasannibham || 31 ||
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jñātvaivaṃ doṣavaddehaṃ yaḥ prājñaśśithilo bhavet |
deha bhogodbhavādbhāvācchamacittaḥ prasannadhīḥ || 32 ||
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so'tikrāmati saṃsāraṃ jīvanmuktaḥ prajāyate |
saṃsāraṃ kadalīsāradṛḍhagrāhyavatiṣṭhate || 33 ||
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evametanmahākaṣṭaṃ janma duḥkhaṃ prakīrtitam |
puṃsāmajñānadoṣeṇa nānākārmavaśena ca || 34 ||
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ślokārdhena tu vakṣyāmi yaduktaṃ granthakoṭibhiḥ |
mameti paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ na mameti paraṃ sukham || 35 ||
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bahavopīha rājānaḥ paraṃ loka mito gatāḥ |
nirmamatvasametāstu baddhāśśatasahasraśaḥ || 36 ||
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garbhasthasya smṛtiryāsītsā ca tasya praṇaśyati |
saṃmūrchitena duḥkhena yoniyantranipīḍanāt || 37 ||
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bāhyena vāyunā vāsya mohasaṅgena dehinaḥ |
spṛṣṭamātreṇa ghoreṇa jvarassamupajāyate || 38 ||
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tena jvāreṇa mahatā sammohaśca prajāyate |
sammūḍhasya smṛtibhraṃśaśśīghraṃ saṃjāyate punaḥ || 39 ||
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smṛtibhraṃśāttatastasya smṛtirnno'pūrvakarmaṇaḥ |
ratiḥ saṃjāyate tūrṇaṃ jantostatraiva janmani || 40 ||
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rakto mūḍhaśca loko'yaṃ na kāryye sampravartate |
na cātmānaṃ vijānāti na paraṃ na ca daivatam || 41 ||
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na śṛṇoti paraṃ śreyassati karṇe'pi sanmune |
na paśyati paraṃ śreyassati cakṣuṣi tatkṣame || 42 ||
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same pathi śanairgacchan skhalatīva padepade |
satyāṃ buddhau na jānāti bodhyamāno budhairapi || 43 ||
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saṃsāre kliśyate tena garbhalobhavaśānugaḥ |
garbhasmṛtena pāpena samujjhitamatiḥ pumān || 44 ||
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itthaṃ mahatparaṃ divyaṃ śāstramuktaṃ śivena tu |
tapasaḥ kathanārthāya svargamokṣaprasādhanam || 45 ||
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ye satyasmicchive jñāne sarvakāmārtha sādhane |
na kurvantyātmanaḥ śreyastadatra mahadadbhutam || 46 ||
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avyaktendriyavṛttitvādbālye duḥkhaṃ mahatpunaḥ |
icchannapi na śaknoti vaktuṃ karttuṃ pratikriyām || 47 ||
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daṃtotthāne mahadduḥkhamalpena vyādhinā tathā || |
bālarogaiśca vividhai pīḍā bālagrahairapi || 48 ||
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kvacitkṣuttṛṭparītāṃgaḥ kvacittiṣṭhati saṃraṭan |
viṇmūtrabhakṣaṇādyaṃ ca mohādbālassamācaret || 49 ||
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kaumāre karṇapīḍāyāṃ mātāpitrośca sādhanaḥ |
akṣarādhyayanādyaiśca nānāduḥkhaṃ pravartate || 50 ||
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bālye duḥkhamatītyaiva paśyannapi vimūḍhadhīḥ |
na kurvītātmanaḥ śreyastadatra mahadadbhutam || 51 ||
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pravṛttendriyavṛttitvātkāmarogaprapīḍanāt |
tadaprāpte tu satataṃ kutassaukhyaṃ tu yauvane || 52 ||
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īrṣyayā ca mahadduḥkhaṃ mohādraktasya tasya ca |
netrasya kupitasyeva tyāgī duḥkhāya kevalam || 53 ||
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na rātrau viṃdate nidrāṃ kāmāgnipariveditaḥ |
divāpi ca kutassaukhyamarthopārjanaciṃtayā || 54 ||
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strīṣvadhyāsitacittasya ye puṃsaḥ śukrabindavaḥ |
te sukhāya na manyante svedajā iva te tathā || 55 ||
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kṛmibhistudyamānasya kuṣṭhino vānarasya ca |
kaṃḍūyanābhitāpena yadbhavetstriṣu tadvidaḥ || 56 ||
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yādṛśaṃ manyate saukhyaṃ gaṃḍe pūtivinirgamāt |
tādṛśaṃ strīṣu mantavyaṃ nādhikaṃ tāsu vidyate || 57 ||
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viṇmūtrasya samutsargātsukhaṃ bhavati yādṛśam |
tādṛśaṃ strīṣu vijñeyaṃ mūḍhaiḥ kalpitamanyathā || 58 ||
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nārīṣvavastubhūtāsu sarvadoṣāśrayāsu vā |
nāṇumātraṃ sukhaṃ tāsu kathitaṃ paṃcacūḍayā || 59 ||
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sammānanāvamānābhyāṃ viyogeneṣṭasaṃgamāt |
yauvanaṃ jarayā grastaṃ kva saukhyamanupadravam || 60 ||
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valīpalitakhālityaiśśithilikṛtavigraham |
sarvakriyāsvaśaktiṃ ca jarayā jarjarīkṛtam || 61 ||
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strīpuṃsayauvanaṃ hṛdyamanyo'nyasya priyaṃ purā |
tadeva jarayāgrastamanayorapi na priyam || 62 ||
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apūrvavatsvamātmānaṃ jarayā parivartitam |
yaḥ paśyannapi rajyeta ko'nyastasmādacetanaḥ || 63 ||
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jarābhibhūtaḥ puruṣaḥ putrīputrādibāṃdhavaiḥ |
āsaktatvāddurādharṣairbhṛtyaiśca paribhūyate || 64 ||
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dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ vā mokṣaṃ vātijarāturaḥ |
aśaktassādhituṃ tasmādyuvā dharmaṃ samācaret || 65 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe pañcamyāmumāsaṃhitāyāṃ saṃsāracikitsāyāṃ dehā śucitvabālyādyavasthāduḥkhavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 23 ||
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