Chapter 16

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| lomaśa uvāca |
tataḥ śacī tānprovāca vācaṃ dharmārthasaṃyutām |
mā ciṃtā kriyatāṃ devā bṛhaspatipurogamaḥ || 1 ||
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gacchata tvaritāḥ sarve śakraṃ draṣṭuṃ vicakṣaṇāḥ |
brahmahatyābhibhūto'sau yatrāste surasattamaḥ || 2 ||
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bahūnāṃ kāraṇenaiva viśvarūpe hi maṃdadhīḥ |
hatastena maheṃdreṇa sarvaiḥ so'pi nirākṛtaḥ || 3 ||
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tasmātsarvairbhavadbhiśca gaṃtavyaṃ yatra sa prabhuḥ |
avajñā hi kṛtā pūrvaṃ maheṃdreṇa tavānagha || 4 ||
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avajñāmātrakṣubaṃdhena tvayā śaptaḥ puraṃdaraḥ |
tathaiva śāpitaścāsi mayā tvaṃ hi bṛhaspate || 5 ||
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nirasto'pi hi tasmāttvamavasānaparo bhava || 6 ||
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yathā madarthamānītau śakre jīvati tāvubhau |
tvayi jīvati bho brahamankāryaṃ tava kariṣyati || 7 ||
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ko'pi saubhāgyavāṃlloke tava kṣetre janiṣyati |
putraṃ vikhyātanāmānamatranaivāsti saṃśayaḥ || 8 ||
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gaccha śīghraṃ suraiḥsārddhaṃ śakramānaya ma ciram |
prayāsi tvarito no cetpunaḥ śāpaṃ dadāmi te || 9 ||
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śacyoktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā suraiḥ sārddhaṃ jagāma saḥ |
puraṃdaraṃ gatāḥ sarve brahmahatyābhipīḍitam || 10 ||
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sarasastīramāsādya te śakraṃ cābhyavādayan |
dṛṣṭāḥ śakrema te sarve tadā hyapsu sthitena vai || 11 ||
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uvāca devānedeveśaḥ kasmādyūyamihāgatāḥ |
ahaṃ hi pātakagrasto brahmahatyāparipsutaḥ |
apsu tiṣṭhāmi bho devā ekākī tapasānvitaḥ || 12 ||
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tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya sarve devāḥ śatakratoḥ |
ūcurvihvalitā enaṃ devarājānamadbhutam || 13 ||
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etādṛśaṃ na vācyaṃ te pareṣāmupakārataḥ |
kṛtaṃ tvayaiva yatkarma viśvarūpavadhādikam || 14 ||
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viśvakarmasutenaiva kṛtaṃ yājanamadbhutam |
yena devāḥ kṣayaṃ yāṃti ṛṣayo'pi mahāprabhāḥ || 15 ||
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tasmādvatastvayā deva pareṣāmupakārataḥ |
tataḥ sarve vayaṃ prāptāstvāṃ netumamarāvatīm || 16 ||
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evaṃ vivadamāneṣu deveṣu ca tadā'bravīt |
brahmahatyā tvarāyuktā deveṃdraṃ varayāmyaham || 17 ||
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tadā bṛhaspatirvākyamuvāca sahasaiva tu || 18 ||
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bṛhaspatiruvāca |
vāsārthaṃ ca kariṣyāmaḥ sthānāni tava sāṃpratam |
prasāṃtvitā tadā hatyā devaistatkāryagauravāt || 19 ||
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vimṛśya sarve vibhajuścaturddhā hatyāṃ surāste ṛṣayo manīṣiṇaḥ |
yakṣāḥ piśācā uragāḥ pataṃgāstathā ca sarve surasiddhacāraṇāḥ || 20 ||
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ādau kṣamāṃ prati tadā ūcuḥ sarve divaukasaḥ |
he kṣameṃ'śastvayā grāhyo hatyāyāḥ kāryasiddhaye || 21 ||
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surāṇāṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā dharitrī kaṃpitā'vadat |
kathaṃ grāhye mayā hyaṃśo hatyāyāstadvimṛśyatām || 22 ||
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ahaṃ hi sarvabhūtānāṃ dhātrī viśvaṃ dharāmyaham |
apavitrā bhaviṣyāmi enasā saṃvṛtā bhṛśam || 23 ||
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pṛthvayāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā bṛhaspatiruvāca tām |
mā bhauṣīścārusarvāṃgi niṣpāpāsi na cānyathā || 24 ||
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yadā yadukule śrīmānvāsudevo bhaviṣyati |
tadā tatpadavinyāsānnaṣpāpā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi || 25 ||
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kuru vākyaṃ tvamasmākaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 26 ||
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ityuktā pṛthivī teṣāṃ niṣpāpā sākarodvacaḥ |
tato vṛkṣānsamāhūya sarve devā'bruvanvacaḥ || 27 ||
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hatyāṃśo hi grahītavyo bhavadbhiḥ kāryasiddhaye |
evamuktā'bruvanvabṛkṣā devānsarve samāgatāḥ || 28 ||
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vayaṃ sarve tathā bhūtāstāpasānāṃ phalapradāḥ |
tadā hatyānvitāḥ sarve bhaviṣyaṃti tapasvinaḥ || 29 ||
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pāpino hi mahābhāgāstasmātsarvaṃ vimṛśyatām |
tadā purodhasā coktāḥ sarve vṛkṣāḥ samāgatāḥ || 30 ||
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mā ciṃtā kriyatāṃ sarvaiḥ prasādācca śatakratoḥ |
cheditāścaiva sarve vai hyanekāṃśatvamāgatāḥ || 31 ||
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tato viṭapino nityaṃ yūyaṃ sarve bhaviṣyatha |
ityuktāste tadā sarvegṛhṇanhatyāṃ vibhāgaśaḥ || 32 ||
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tato hyapaḥ samāhūya ūcuḥ sarve divaukasaḥ |
adbhiśca gṛhyatāmadya hatyāṃśaḥ kāryasiddhaye || 33 ||
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tadā hyāpo militvātha ūcuḥ sarvāḥ purodhasam |
yāni kāni ca pāpāni tathā duścaritāni ca || 34 ||
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asmatsaṃparkasaṃbaṃdhātsnānaśaucāśanādibhiḥ |
punaṃti prāṇinaḥ sarve pāpena pariveṣṭitāḥ || 35 ||
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tāsāṃ vacanamākarṇya bṛhaspatiruvāca ha |
mā bhayaṃ kriyatāmāpa enasā dustareṇa hi || 36 ||
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āpaḥ punaṃtu sarveṣāṃ carācaranivāsinām |
tadā striyaḥ samāhūya bṛhaspatiruvāca ha || 37 ||
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adyaiva grāhye hatyāṃśaḥ sarvakāryārthasiddhaye |
niśamya tadgurorvākyamūcuḥ sarvāścayopitaḥ || 38 ||
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pāpamācarate yoṣā tena pāpena nānyathā |
lipyaṃte bahavaḥ pakṣā iti vedānuśāsanam || 39 ||
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śrutamasti na te kiṃciddhepurodho vimṛśyatām |
yoṣidbhiḥ procyamāno'pi uvācātha bṛhaspatiḥ || 40 ||
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mā bhayaṃ kriyatāṃ sarvāḥ pāpādasmātsulocanāḥ |
bhaviṣyāṇāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ bhaviṣyati phalapradaḥ |
hatyāṃśo yo hi sarvāsāṃ yathākāmitvameva ca || 41 ||
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evamaṃśāśca tyāyāścatvāraḥ kalpitāḥ suraiḥ |
nivāsamakarotsadyasteṣuteṣu dvijottamāḥ || 42 ||
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niṣpāpo hi tadā jāto maheṃdro hyabhiṣecitaḥ |
devapuryāṃ suragaṇaistathaiva ṛṣabhiḥ saha || 43 ||
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śacyā sameto hi tadā puraṃdaro babhūva viśvādhipatirmahātmā |
devaiḥ sameto hi mahānubhāvairmunīśvaraiḥ siddhagaṇaistadānīm || 44 ||
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tadāgnayaḥ śobhanā vāyavaśca sarve grahāḥ suprabhāḥ śāṃtiyuktāḥ |
jātāḥ sadyaḥ pṛthivī śobhamānā tathādrayo maṇiprabhavā babhūvuḥ || 45 ||
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prasannāni tathā hyāsanmanāṃsi ca manasvinām || 46 ||
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nadyaścāmṛtavāhinyo vṛkṣā hyāsansadāphalāḥ |
akṛṣṭapacyauṣadhayo babhūvuścamṛtopamāḥ || 47 ||
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aikapadyena sarveṣāmiṃdralokanivāsinām |
babhūva paramotsāho mahāmodakarastathā || 48 ||
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lomaśa uvāca |
etasminnaṃtare tvaṣṭā dṛṣṭvā ceṃdramahotsavam |
babhūva ruṣi to'tīva putraśokaprapīḍitaḥ || 49 ||
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jagāma nirvedaparastapastaptuṃ sudāruṇam |
tapasā tena saṃtuṣṭo brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ || 50 ||
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tvaṣṭāramabravīttuṣṭo varaṃ varaya suvrata |
tadā vavre varaṃ tvaṣṭā sarvalokabhayāvaham |
varaṃ putro hi dātvoya devānāṃ hi bhayāvahaḥ || 51 ||
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tatheti ca varo datto brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā |
varadānātsadya eva babhūva puruṣastadā || 52 ||
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vṛtranāmāṃkitastatra daityo hi paramādbhutaḥ |
dhanuṣāṃ śatamātraṃ hi pratyahaṃ vavṛdhe'suraḥ || 53 ||
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pātālānnirgatā daityā ye purā'mṛtamaṃthane |
ghātitāḥ surasaṃghaiśca bhṛguṇā jīvitāstvarāt || 54 ||
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sarvaṃ mahītalaṃ vyāptaṃ tenaikena mahātmanā || 55 ||
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tadā sarve'pi ṛṣayo vadhyamānāstapasvinaḥ |
brahmāṇaṃ tvaritāḥ sarve ūcurvyasanamāgatam || 56 ||
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tathā ceṃdrādayo devā gaṃdharvāḥ samarudgaṇāḥ |
brahmaṇā kathitaṃ sarvaṃ tvaṣṭuścaitaccikīrṣitam || 57 ||
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bhavadvadhārthaṃ janitastapasā parameṇa tu |
vṛttronāma mahātejāḥ sarvadaityāpidho mahān || 58 ||
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tathāpi yatnaḥ kriyatāṃ yathā vadhyo bhavedasau |
niśamya brahmaṇo vākyamūcurddevāḥ savāsavāḥ || 59 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
yadā iṃdro hi hatyāyā vimuktaḥ sthāpito divi |
tadāsmābhirakāryaṃ vai kṛtamasti durāsadam || 60 ||
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śastrāṇyastrāṇyanekāni saṃkṣiptāni hyabuddhitaḥ |
dadhīca syāśrame brahmankiṃ kāryaṃ karavāmahe || 61 ||
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tacchrutvā prahasanvākyaṃ devānbrahmā tadā'bravīt |
ciraṃ sthitāni vijñāyāgacchadhvaṃ tāni vai surāḥ || 62 ||
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gatvā devāstadā sarve nāpaśyansvaṃ svamāyudham |
papracchuśca dadhīciṃ te so'vādīnnaiva vedbhayaham || 63 ||
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punarbrahmāṇamāgātya ūcuḥ sarve munervacaḥ || 64 ||
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brahmovāca tadā devānsarveṣāṃ kāryasiddhaye |
tasyāsthīnyeva yācadhvaṃ pradāsyati na saṃśayaḥ || 65 ||
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tacchrutvā brāhmaṇo vākyaṃ śakro vacanamabravīt || 66 ||
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viśvarūpo hato deva devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye |
eka eva tadā brahmanpāpiṣṭho'haṃ kṛtaḥ suraiḥ || 67 ||
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tathā purodhasā caiva niḥśrīkastatkṣaṇātkṛtaḥ |
diṣṭyā paramayā cāhaṃ praviṣṭo nijamaṃdiram || 68 ||
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dadhīcaṃ ghātayitvā vai tasyāsthīni bahūnyapi |
astrāṇi tāni bhagavankṛtāni hyaśubhāni vai || 69 ||
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tvaṣṭrā hi janito yo vai vṛtro nāmaiṣa daityarāṭ |
kathaṃ taṃ ghātayāmyevaṃ satataṃ pāpabhīruṇā |
śakreṇoktaṃ niśamyātha brahmā vākyamuvāca ha || 70 ||
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arthaśāstrapareṇaiva vidhinā tamabodhayat |
ātatāyinamāyāṃtaṃ brāhmaṇaṃ vā tapasvinam |
haṃtukāmaṃ jighāṃsīyānna tena brahmahā bhavet || 71 ||
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indra uvāca |
dadhīcasya vadhādbrahmannahaṃ bhīto na saṃśayaḥ |
tasmādbrahmavadhātsatyaṃ mahadeno bhaviṣyati || 72 ||
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ato na kāryamasmābhirbrāhmaṇānāṃ tu helanam |
helanādbahavo doṣā bhaviṣyaṃti na cānyathā || 73 ||
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adṛṣṭaṃ paramaṃ dharmyaṃ vidhinā parameṇa hi |
kartavyaṃ manasā caivaṃ puruṣeṇa vijānatā || 74 ||
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niḥspṛhaṃ tasya tadvākyaṃ śrutvā brahmā hyuvāca tam |
śakrasvabuddhyāvartasva dadhīciṃ gaccha satvaram || 75 ||
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yācasva tasya cāsthīni dadhīceḥ kāryagauravāt |
guruṇā sahitaḥ śakro devaiḥ saha samanvitaḥ || 76 ||
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tatheti gatvā te sarve dadhīcasyāśramaṃ śubham |
nānāsattvasamāyuktaṃ vairabāvavivarjitam || 77 ||
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mārjāramūṣakāścaiva parasparamudānvitāḥ |
aikapadyena siṃhāśca gajinyaḥ kalabhaiḥ saha || 78 ||
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tathā jātyaśca vividhāḥ krīḍāyuktāḥ parasparam |
nakulaiḥ saha sarpāśca krīḍāyuktāḥ parasparam || 79 ||
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evaṃvidhānyanekāni hyaścaryāṇi tadāśrame |
paśyaṃto vibudhāḥ sarve vismayaṃ paramaṃ yayuḥ || 80 ||
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athāsane muniśreṣṭhaṃ dadṛśuḥ paramāsthitam |
tejasā parameṇaiva bhrājamānaṃ yathā ravim || 81 ||
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vibhāvasuṃ dvitīyaṃ vā suvarcasahitaṃ tadā |
yathā brahmā hi sāvitryā tathāsau munisattamaḥ || 82 ||
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taṃ praṇamya tato devā vacanaṃ cedamabruvan |
tvaṃ dātā triṣu lokeṣu tvatsakāśamihagatāḥ || 83 ||
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niśamya vacanaṃ teṣāṃ devānāṃ bhunirabravīt |
kimartha māgatāḥ sarve vadadhvaṃ tatsurottamāḥ || 84 ||
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prayacchāmi na saṃdeho nānyathā mama bhāṣitam |
tadocuḥ sahitāḥ sarve dadhīciṃ svārthakāmukāḥ || 85 ||
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bhayabhītā vayaṃ vipra bhavaddarśanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ |
trātāraṃ tvāṃ samākarṇya brahmaṇā noditā vayam || 86 ||
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samprāptā viddhi tatsarvaṃ dātumarho'tha suvrata || 87 ||
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niśamya vacanaṃ teṣāṃ kiṃ dātavyaṃ taducyatām || 88 ||
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tato devābruvanvipra daityānāṃ nidhanāyanaḥ |
śastranirmāṇakāryārthaṃ tavāsthīni prayaccha vai || 89 ||
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prahasyovāca viprarṣistiṣṭhadhvaṃ kṣaṇameva hi |
svayameva tvahaṃ devāstyakṣyāmyadya kalevaram || 90 ||
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ityuktvā tānatho patnīṃ samāhūya suvarcasam |
provāca sa mahātejāḥ śrṛṇu devī śucismite || 91 ||
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asthyarthaṃ yācito devaistyajāmyetatkalevaram |
brahmalokaṃ vrajāmyadya parameṇa samādhinā || 92 ||
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mayi yāte brahmalokaṃ tvaṃ svadharmeṇa tatra mām |
prāpsyasyeva na saṃdeho vṛthā cintāṃ ca mā kṛthāḥ || 93 ||
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ityuktvā tāṃ svapatnīṃ sa preṣayāmāsa cāśramam |
tato devāgrato vipraḥ samādhimagamattadā || 94 ||
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samādhinā pareṇaiva visṛjya svaṃ kalevaram |
brahmalokaṃ gataḥ sadyaḥ punarnāvartate yataḥ || 95 ||
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dadhīcināmā munivṛṃdavaryaḥ śivapriyaḥ śivadīkṣābhiyuktaḥ |
paropakārārthamidaṃ kalevaraṃ śīghraṃ sa vipro'tyajadātmanā tadā || 96 ||
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