Chapter 40

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arjuna uvāca |
mahākālastvasau kaśca kathaṃ siddhimupāgataḥ |
asmiṃstīrthe muniśreṣṭha mahadāścarya matra me || 1 ||
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sarvametatsamākhyāhi śraddadhānāya pṛcchate || 2 ||
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nārada uvāca |
namaskṛtya mahākālaṃ varadaṃ sthāṇumavyayam |
śaktitaścaritaṃ tasya vakṣye pāṃḍukulodvaha || 3 ||
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vārāṇasyāṃ puri purā babhūva japatāṃ varaḥ |
rudrajāpī mahābhāgo māṃṭirnāma mahāyaśāḥ || 4 ||
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tasyāputrasya putrārthe rudrānsaṃjapataḥ kila |
gataṃ varṣaśataṃ tuṣṭastatastaṃ prāha śaṃkaraḥ || 5 ||
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māṃṭe tava suto dhīmānmatprabhāvaparākramaḥ |
vaṃśasya tava sarvasya samuddhartā bhaviṣyati || 6 ||
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iti śrutvā rudravaco māṃṭirharṣaṃ paraṃ gataḥ |
tataḥ kāle kiyanmātre patnī māṃṭermahātmanaḥ || 7 ||
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dadhāra garbhaṃ caṭikā tapomūrtidharā yathā |
tasya garbhasya varṣāṇi catvāri kila saṃyayuḥ || 8 ||
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na punarmāturudaraṃtyaktvā nirgacchate bahiḥ |
tato māṃṭirupāmaṃtrya sāmabhistamavocata || 9 ||
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vatsa sāmānyaputro'pi pitroḥ sukhakaraḥ sadā |
śuddhāyāṃ mātarī bhavomattaḥ kiṃ pīḍayasyalam || 10 ||
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vatsa mānuṣyavāsasya spṛhā tubhyaṃ kathaṃ na hi |
yatra dharmārthakāmānāṃ mokṣasyāpi ca saṃtatiḥ || 11 ||
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kadāmanuṣyā jāyema pūjā yatra mahāphalā |
pitṝṇāṃ devatānāṃ ca nānādharmāśca yatra hi || 12 ||
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iti bhūtāni śocaṃti nānāyonigatānyapi |
tattvaṃ mānuṣyamatulaṃ spṛhaṇīyaṃ divaukasām |
anādṛtya kathaṃ brūhi sthitaścodara eva ca || 13 ||
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garbha uvāca |
tāta jānāmyahaṃ sarvametatparama durlabham |
kiṃ tu bibhemi cātimātraṃ kālamārgasya nityaśaḥ || 14 ||
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dvau mārgau kila vedeṣu proktau kālo'rcireva ca |
arciṣā mokṣamāyāṃti kālamārgeṇa karmaṇi || 15 ||
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svarge vā narake vāpi kālamārgagato hyayam |
na śarma labhate kvāpi vyādhaviddhamṛgo yathā || 16 ||
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tasyaiva hetoḥ prayatetkovido yanna duḥkhavit |
kālena ghorarupeṇa gaṃbhīreṇa samāhitaḥ || 17 ||
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taccenmama manastāta nānādoṣairna mohyate |
tato'haṃ durlabhaṃ janma mānuṣyaṃ śīghramāpnuyām || 18 ||
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tatastasya pitā pārtha kāṃdiśīko maheśvaram |
jagāma śaraṇaṃ devaṃ trāhitrāhi maheśvara || 19 ||
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tvāṃ vinā ko'paro deva putrasyābhīṣṭado'sti me |
tvayaiva dattastvaṃ cāmuṃ janma prāpaya me sutam || 20 ||
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tatastasyātibhaktyāsau prāha tuṣṭo maheśvaraḥ |
vibhūtīḥ svādharmajñānavairāgyaiśvaryameva ca || 21 ||
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viparītaśca śīghraṃ bho māṃṭiputraḥ prabodhyatām |
tatastā dyotayaṃtyaśca vibhūtyo garbhamūciṃre || 22 ||
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mahāmate māṃḍiputra na dhāryaṃ te bhayaṃ hṛdi |
catvārastvāṃ hi dharmādyā manastyakṣyāmahe na te || 23 ||
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tato'parāstvadharmādyāḥ procurnaiva tathā vayam |
bhaviṣyāmo manastubhyamasmattava bhayaṃ na hi || 24 ||
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ityukte sa vibhūtībhiḥ śīghrameva kumārakaḥ |
niḥsasāra bahirjātaścakaṃpetiruroda ca || 25 ||
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tato vibhūtayaḥ prāhurmāṃṭe tava sutastvasau |
adyāpi kālamārgasya bhītaḥ kampati roditi || 26 ||
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kālabhītiriti khyātastasmādeṣa bhaviṣyati |
iti dattvā varaṃ tāśca mahādevāṃtikaṃ yayuḥ || 27 ||
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so'pi bālaḥ pravavṛdhe śuklapakṣa ivoḍupaḥ |
saṃskṛtaḥ sa ca saṃskārairdhīmānpaśupativratī || 28 ||
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paṃcamaṃtrāñjapañchuddhastīrthayātrāparo'bhavat |
rudrakṣetreṣu sasnau sa japanmantrāṃśca bhārata || 29 ||
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kālabhītiguptakṣetraguṇāñchrutvābhyupāyayau |
snātvā tato mahītoye japtvā mantrāṃśca koṭiśaḥ || 30 ||
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nivṛtto nātidūretha bilvavṛkṣaṃ dadarśa saḥ |
dṛṣṭvā taṃ tasya cādhastallakṣamekaṃ jajāpa saḥ || 31 ||
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japatastasya viprasya iṃdriyāṇi layaṃ yayuḥ |
kevalaṃ paramānaṃdasvarūpo'sāvabhūtkṣaṇāt || 32 ||
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tasyānaṃdasya naupamyaṃ svargādīnāṃ bhavetkvacit |
gaṃgodakasyeva mānaṃ kevalaṃ so'pyasāvapi || 33 ||
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tatra līno muhurtena punaścābhūdyathā purā |
tato visiṣmiye pārtha kālabhītiruvāca ha || 34 ||
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nāyaṃ mama mahānando vārāṇasyāṃ na namiṣe |
na prabhāse na kedāre na cāpyamarakaṇṭake || 35 ||
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śrīparvate na cānyatra yādṛśodyapravarttate |
nirvikārāṇi svacchāni gaṃgāṃbāṃsīvakhāni me || 36 ||
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bhūteṣu paramā prītistrijagaddyotate sphuṭam |
dharmamekaṃ paraṃ mahyaṃ cetaścāpyavagacchati || 37 ||
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aho sthānaprabhāvo'yaṃ sphuṭaṃ cāpyatra procyate |
nirdoṣaṃ yacchuci stāna sarvopadravavarjitam || 38 ||
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tatra sthitasya dharmārthastadvadbhūyātsahasradhā |
tadasmācca prabhāvāddhi jānāmītaḥ svacetasi || 39 ||
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viśiṣṭaṃ kāśimukhyebhyastīrthebhyaḥ sthānakaṃ tvidam |
tasmādatraiva saṃsthohaṃ tapastapsyāmi puṣkalam || 40 ||
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idaṃ cedaṃ tīrthamiti sadā yastṛṣitaścaret |
na sa siddhimavāpnoti kleśenaiva mriyeta saḥ || 41 ||
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iti saṃciṃtya bilvasya vṛkṣasyādho vyavasthitaḥ |
jajāpa mantrānrudrasya aṃguṣṭhāgreṇa dhiṣṭhitaḥ || 42 ||
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gṛhītvā niyamaṃ toyabiṃduṃ varṣaśate'gnivat |
tato varṣaśate yāte japatastasya bhārata || 43 ||
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kaścitto yabhṛtaṃ kumbhaṃ gṛhītvā nara āvrajat |
sataṃ praṇamya prāhedaṃ kālabhītiṃ praharṣataḥ || 44 ||
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adya te niyamaḥ pūrṇastoyametanmahāmate |
gṛhāṇa saphalaṃ mahyaṃ śramaṃ kartumihārhasi || 45 ||
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kālabhītiruvāca |
ko bhavānvarṇato brūhi kimācāraśca tattvataḥ |
janmācārau viditvā te grahīṣyāmyanyathā na hi || 46 ||
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nara uvāca |
na jāne pitarau svīyau naṣṭau vā sarvathā na hi |
evamevāpi paśyāmi sarvadā'haṃ sa eva ca || 47 ||
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ācāraiścāpi dharmaiśca na kāryaṃ mama kiṃcana |
tasmādvakṣyāmi nāpyetanna cāpyasmi samācare || 48 ||
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kālabhītiruvāca |
yadyevaṃ nodakaṃ tubhyaṃ grahīṣyāmyasmi karhicit |
śrṛṇuṣvātra vaco yanme gururāha śrutīritam || 49 ||
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na jñāyate kulaṃ yasya bījaśuddhiṃ vinā tataḥ |
tasya khādanpibanvāpi sādhuḥ sīdati tatkṣaṇāt || 50 ||
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yaśca rudraṃ na jānāti rudrabhaktaśca yo nahi |
annodakaṃ tasya bhuñjanpātakī syānna saṃśayaḥ || 51 ||
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ajñātvā yaḥ śivaṃ bhukte kathyate so'tra brahmahā |
mārṣṭi ca brahmahānnāde tasmāttasya na bhakṣayet || 52 ||
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gaṃgodakumbhaḥ syādyadvattanmadhye madya biṃdunā |
aśivajñasya yo bhuṃkte śivajño'pi tathaiva saḥ || 53 ||
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hīnavarṇaśca yaḥ syāddhi śivabhakto'pi naiva saḥ |
pratigṛhyau guṇau tasmādvilokyau dvau pratigrahe || 54 ||
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nara uvāca |
etena tava vākyena hāsyaṃ saṃjāyate mama |
aho mugdho'si mithyā tvamapasmārī jaḍo'pi ca || 55 ||
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sadā sarveṣu bhūteṣu śivo vasati nityaśaḥ |
sādhvasādhu tato vākyaṃ naiva nindā śivasya sā || 56 ||
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ātmanaśca parasyāpi yaḥ karotyaṃtaro haram |
tasya bhinnadṛśo mṛtyurvidadhe bhayamulbaṇam || 57 ||
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athavā kā hi pānīye bhavedaśucitā vada |
mṛttikodbhavakumbho'yaṃ pāvakenāpi pācitaḥ || 58 ||
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pūrṇaśca payasā kasminneṣāmasucitā kutaḥ || 59 ||
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atha cenmama saṃsargādaśucitvaṃ ca mīyate |
tadasyāṃ saṃsthitaḥ pṛthvyāmahaṃtvaṃ ca kuto vada || 60 ||
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kutaḥ pṛthivyāṃ carasi khe tvaṃ naiva carasyuta |
evaṃ vicāryamāṇe te bhāṣitaṃ mugdhavadbhavet || 61 ||
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kālabhītiruvāca |
sarvabhūteṣu cedevaṃ śiva eveti cocyate |
nāstikāṃ mṛttikā kasmādbhakṣayaṃti nabhasyake || 62 ||
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śuddhyarthaṃ tena viśvasya sthāpitā saṃsthitiryathā |
phalena pālitā sā ca nānyathā tāṃ śrṛṇuṣva ca || 63 ||
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sasarjeti purā dhātā rūpātmakamidaṃ jagat |
tacca nāmaprapañcena baddhaṃ dāmnā ca gauryathā || 64 ||
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sa ca nāmaprapañcastu caturddhā bhidyate kila |
dhvanirvarṇāḥ padaṃ vākyamityāspadacatuṣṭayam || 65 ||
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tatra dhvanirnādamayo varṇāścākārapūrvakāḥ |
padaṃ śā vami ti proktaṃ vākyaṃ ceti śivaṃ bhajet || 66 ||
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taccāpi vākyaṃ trividhaṃ bhavediti śrutermatam |
prabhusammatamekaṃ ca suhṛtsaṃmatameva ca || 67 ||
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kāṃtāsaṃmatamevāpi vākyaṃ hi trividhaṃ viduḥ |
prabhuḥ svāmī yathā bhṛtyamādiśatyetadācara || 68 ||
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tathā śrutismṛtī cobhe prāhatuḥ prabhusaṃmatam |
itihāsapurāṇādi suhṛtsaṃmatamucyate || 69 ||
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suhṛdvatpratibodhyainaṃ pravartayati tattvataḥ |
kāvyālāpādikaṃ yacca kāṃtāsaṃmatamucyate || 70 ||
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prabhuvākyaṃ smṛtaṃ yacca sabāhyābhyaṃtaraṃ śuci |
suhṛdvākyaṃ tathā śaucaṃ pālayetsvargakāṃkṣayā || 71 ||
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tadetatpālanīyaṃ syādbhūmijānāṃ śrutirvadet |
tvayā nāstikyavākyena cedetadabhidhīyate || 72 ||
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etena śrutiśāstrāṇi purāṇaṃ ca vṛtaiva kim |
agre saptarṣipūrvā ye brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā bhavan || 73 ||
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mugdhāḥ sarve'bhavandakṣā ye hi vedaṃ gatā hyanu |
tathā vedāṃtavacanaṃ sattvasthā hyūrdhvagāminaḥ || 74 ||
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tiṣṭhaṃti rājasā madhye hyadho gacchaṃti tāmasāḥ |
sattvāhāraiḥ sattvavṛttyā svargagāmī bhavettataḥ || 75 ||
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na caitadapya sūyāmo yadbhūteṣu śivo na hi |
astyeva sarvabhūteṣu śrṛṇvatrāpyupamānakam || 76 ||
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yathā suvarṇajātāni bhūṣaṇāni bahūni ca |
kānicicchraddharūpāṇi hīnarūpāṇi kānicit || 77 ||
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svarṇaṃ sarveṣu cāstyeva tathaiva sa sadāśivaḥ |
hīnarūpaṃ śodhitaṃ sacchuddhimeti na caikatām || 78 ||
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tathedaṃ śodhitaṃ dehaṃ śuddhaṃ divi vrajetsphuṭam |
tasmātsarvātmanā hīnānna grāhyaṃ bata dhīmatā || 79 ||
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cedidaṃ śodhayeddehaṃ naiva grāhyaṃ samaṃtataḥ |
sarvato yaḥ prati grāhī nihārāhārayorna ca || 80 ||
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śuciḥ syādalpadivasātpāṣāṇo'sau bhavetsphuṭam |
tasmātsarvātmanā naiva grahīṣyehaṃ jalaṃ sphuṭam || 81 ||
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sādhuvāpyathavā'sādhu pramāṇaṃ naḥ śrutiḥ parā |
evamukte sa ca naraḥ prahasandakṣiṇena ca || 82 ||
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aṃguṣṭhena likhanbhūmiṃ cakre gartaṃ mahottamam |
tatra cikṣepa tattoyaṃ tena gartaḥ sma pūritaḥ || 83 ||
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atyaricyata toyaṃ ca cakre pādena saṃlikhan |
cakre saraḥ pūritaṃ cāpyatiriktajalena tat || 84 ||
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tadadbhutaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā naiva vipro visiṣmiye |
yato bahuvidhaṃ citraṃ bhavedbhūtādyupāsiṣu || 85 ||
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taccitreṇa na jahyācca śrutimārgaṃ sanātanam || 86 ||
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nara uvāca |
atimūrkhosi vipratvaṃ prajñāvādāṃśca bhāṣase |
kiṃ na śrutastvayā ślokaḥ purāvidbhirudīritaḥ |
kūponyasya ghaṭo'nyasya rajjuranyasya bhārata || 87 ||
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pāyaṃtyanye pibaṃtyanye sarve te samabhāginaḥ |
tajjalaṃ mama kasmāttvaṃ dharmajño na pibasyasi || 88 ||
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nārada uvāca |
tato vimamṛśe śloko bahudhā samabhāginām |
aniścayādvicāryāsau ghaṭādyaiḥ samabhāgitā || 89 ||
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bahupotadravyakṣepaḥ sarvaiḥ sā samabhāgitā |
evaṃ kartuḥ phalaiḥ sarvaiḥ samaṃ syācca punaḥpunaḥ || 90 ||
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yaḥ śuciśca śivaṃ dhyāyanprāsādakūpakartari |
jalapratigrahābhāvātpibato'sya samaṃ phalam || 91 ||
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iti niścitya provāca kālabhītirnaraṃ ca tam |
satyametkiṃ tu kuṃbhapayasā gartapūraṇe || 92 ||
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dṛṣṭvā pratyakṣato mādṛkkathaṃ pibati bho vada |
sādhu vāpyathavā'sādhu na pibeyaṃ kathaṃcana || 93 ||
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evaṃ viniścayaṃ dṛṣṭvāsya sthiraṃ kurunaṃdana |
puruṣo'sau prahasyaiva kṣaṇādaṃtardadhe tataḥ || 94 ||
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kālabhītiśca paramaṃ vismayaṃ samupāgataḥ |
vṛttāṃtaḥ koyamityeva ciṃtayāmāsa bhūyasā || 95 ||
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tataściṃtayatastasya bilvādhastātsuśobhanam |
ucchritaṃ sumahāliṃgaṃ pṛthivyā dyotayaddiśaḥ || 96 ||
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prādurbhāve tatastasya mahāliṃgasya bhārata |
nanarta khepsarovṛṃdaṃ gadharvā lalitaṃ jaguḥ || 97 ||
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pārijātamayīṃ puṣpavṛṣṭimiṃdro mumoca ha |
jayeti devā munayastuṣṭuvurvividhaiḥ stavaiḥ || 98 ||
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tasminmahati kauravya vartamāne mahotsave |
kālabhītiḥ pramuditaḥ praṇamya stotramairayat || 99 ||
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pāpasya kālaṃ bhavapaṃkakālaṃ kalākalaṃ kālamārgasya kālam |
devaṃ mahākālamahaṃ prapadye śrīkālakaṃṭhaṃ bhavakālarūpam || 100 ||
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īśānavaktraṃ praṇamāmi tvāhaṃ stauti śrutiḥ sarvavidyeśvarastvam |
bhūteśvarastvaṃ prapitāmahastvaṃ tasmai namastestu maheśvarāya || 101 ||
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yaṃ stauti vedastamahaṃ prapadye tatpuruṣasaṃjñaṃ śaraṇaṃ dvitīyam |
tvāṃ vidmahe tac nastvaṃ pradehi śrīrudra deveśa namonamaste || 102 ||
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aghoravaktraṃ tritayaṃ prapadye atharvajuṣṭaṃ tava rūpakāṇi |
aghoraghorāṇi ca ghoraghorāṇyahaṃ sadānaumi bhūtāni tubhyam || 103 ||
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caturthavaktraṃ ca sadā prapadye sadyobhijātāya namonamaste |
bhavebhavenādibhavo bhavasva bhavodbhavo māṃ śiva tatratatra || 104 ||
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namostu te vāmadevāya jyeṣṭharudrāya kālāya kalāvikāriṇe |
balaṃkarāyāpi balapramāthine bhūtāni haṃtre ca manonmanāya || 105 ||
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triyaṃbakaṃ tvāṃ ca yajāmahe vayaṃ supuṇyagaṃdhaiḥ śivapuṣṭivardhanam |
urvārukaṃ pakvamivograbaṃdhanādrakṣasva māṃ tryaṃbaka mṛtyumārgāt || 106 ||
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ṣaḍakṣaraṃ maṃtravaraṃ taveśa japaṃti ye munayo vītarāgāḥ |
teṣāṃ prasanno'si japāmahetaṃ tvoṃkārapūrvaṃ ca namaḥ śivāya || 107 ||
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evaṃ stuto mahādevo liṃgānniḥsṛtya bhārata |
trijagaddyotayanmabhāsā pratyakṣaḥ prāha ca dvijam || 108 ||
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yattvayātra mahātīrthe bhṛśamārādhito dvija |
tenāti tuṣṭaste vatsa neśaḥ kālaḥ kathaṃcana || 109 ||
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ahaṃ ca nararūpī yo dṛṣṭvā te dharmasaṃsthitim |
dhanyastaddharmamārgo'yaṃ pālyate yadbhavadvidhaiḥ || 110 ||
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sarvatīrthodakairgarataḥ pūrito me sarastathā |
jalametanmahāpuṇyaṃ tvadarthaṃ me samāhṛtam || 111 ||
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saptamaṃtrarahasyaṃ ca yatkṛtaṃ stavanaṃ mama |
anena paṭhyamānena saptamaṃtraphalaṃ bhavet || 112 ||
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abhīṣṭaṃ ca varaṃ matto vṛṇīṣva manasepsitam |
tvayātitoṣito hyasminādeyaṃ vidyate tava || 113 ||
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kālabhītiruvāca |
dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi yattvaṃ tuṣṭo'si śaṃkara |
tvattoṣātsaphalā dharmāḥ śramāyaivānyatāmatāḥ || 114 ||
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yadi tuṣṭo'si sāṃnidyaṃ liṃge'tra kriyatāṃ sadā |
akṣayaṃ tatkṛtaṃ cāstu yalliṃge kriyate'tra ca || 115 ||
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japato yatphalaṃ devapaṃcamaṃtrāyutena ca |
tatphalaṃ jāyatāṃ naṇāmasya liṃgasya darśane || 116 ||
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kālamārgādahaṃ yasmānmocito'haṃ maheśvara |
mahākālamiti khyātaṃ liṃgaṃ tasmādbhavatvidam || 117 ||
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asmiṃśca kūpe yo martyaḥ snātvā tarpayate pitṝn |
sarvatīrthaphalaṃ cāstu pitṝṇāmakṣayā gatiḥ || 118 ||
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iti tasyavacaḥ śrutvā prītastaṃ śaṃkaro'bravīt |
svāyaṃbhuvaṃ yatra liṃgaṃ tatra nityaṃ vasāmyaham || 119 ||
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svayaṃbhubāṇaratnotthadātupāṣāṇalohajam |
liṃgaṃ krameṇa phaladamaṃtyātpūrvaṃ daśottaram || 120 ||
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ākāśe tārakāliṃgaṃ pātāle hāṭakeśvaram |
svāyaṃbhuvaṃ dhārapṛṣṭhe tadetattritayaṃ samam || 121 ||
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viśeṣātprārthitaṃ yacca tacca bhaviṣyati |
atra puṣpaṃ phalaṃ pūjā naivedyaṃ stavanakriyā || 122 ||
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dānaṃ vānyaśca yatkiṃcidakṣayaṃ tadbhaviṣyati |
māghāsitacaturdaśyāṃ śivayoge ca putraka || 123 ||
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liṃgācca pūrvataḥ kūpesnātvā yastarpayetpitṝn |
sarvatīrthaphalāvāptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ cākṣayā gatiḥ || 124 ||
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tasyāṃ rātrau mahākālaṃ yāmeyāme prapūjayet |
yaḥ kṣipetsarvaliṃgeṣu sa jāgaraphalaṃ labhet || 125 ||
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jiteṃdriyaśca yo nityaṃ māṃ liṃgetra prapūjayet |
bhuktimuktī na dūrasthe tasya nityaṃ dvijottama || 126 ||
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māghe caturdaśyaṣṭamyāṃ somavāre ca parvaṇi |
snātvā sarasi yo'bhyarcya liṃgametacchivaṃ vrajet || 127 ||
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dānaṃ tapo rudrajāpaḥ sarvamakṣayameva ca |
tvaṃ ca nandī dvitīyo me pratīhāro bhaviṣyasi || 128 ||
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kālamārgajayādvatsa mahākālā bhidhaściram |
karaṃdhamo'tra rājarṣiracirādāgamiṣyati || 129 ||
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tasya procya bhavāndharmāṃstato mallokamāvraja |
ityuktvā bhagavānrudro liṃgamadhye nyalīyata || 130 ||
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mahākālo'pi muditastatra tepe mahattapaḥ || 131 ||
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iti mahākālaprādurbhāvaḥ |
nārada uvāca |
atha kenāpi kālena pārtha rājā karaṃdhamaḥ |
viśeṣamicchurdharmeṣu śrutvā tīrthamahāguṇān || 132 ||
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mahākālacaritraṃ ca tatraiva samupāyayau |
mahīsāgara toye'sau snātvā liṃgānyathārcayat || 133 ||
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mahākālamanuprāpya paramāṃ prītimāgataḥ |
sa paśyansumahāliṃgaṃ nātṛpyata janesvaraḥ || 134 ||
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yathā daridraḥ kṛpaṇo nidhikumbhamavāpya ca |
saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ mene mahākālaṃ nirīkṣya saḥ || 135 ||
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paṃcamaṃtrāyutajapaphalaṃ yasyeha darśanāt |
tataḥ saparyayākṣyarcya mahatyāsau praṇamya ca || 136 ||
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śrutvā ca liṃgapravaraṃ mahākālamupāsadat |
tato rudravacaḥ smṛtvā mahākālaḥ smayanniva || 137 ||
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pratyudgamya nṛpaṃ pūjāmarghaṃ ca pratyapādayat |
tataḥ kuśalapraśrādi kṛtvā śāṃtamukhaṃ nṛpaḥ || 138 ||
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mahākālamupāmaṃtrya kathāṃte vākyamabravīt |
bhagavansaṃśayo mahyaṃ sadā'yaṃ parivartate || 139 ||
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yadidaṃ tarpaṇaṃnāma pitṝṇāṃ kriyate nṛbhiḥ |
jalamadhye jalaṃ yāti kathaṃ tṛpyaṃti pūrvajāḥ || 140 ||
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evaṃ piṃḍādipūjā ca sarvamatraiva dṛśyate |
kathamevaṃ sma manyāmaḥ pitrādyairupabhujyate || 141 ||
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na caitadasti yatteṣāṃ nopatiṣṭhati kiṃcana |
svapne yathākramya naraṃ dṛśyaṃte yācakāśca te || 142 ||
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devānāṃ cāpi dṛśyaṃte pratyakṣāḥ pratyayāḥ sadā |
tatkathaṃ pratigṛhṇanti mano me'tra pramuhyati || 143 ||
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mahākāla uvāca |
yonirevaṃvidā teṣāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca divaukasām |
dūroktaṃ dūrapūjā ca dūrastutirathāpi yat || 144 ||
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bhavyaṃ bhūtaṃ bhaviṣyacca sarvaṃ jānaṃti yāṃti ca |
paṃcatanmātrarūpaṃ ca manobuddhirahaṃjaḍāḥ || 145 ||
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navatattavamayaṃ dehaṃ daśamaḥ puruṣo mataḥ |
tasmādgaṃdhena tṛpyaṃti rasatattvena te tathā || 146 ||
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śabdatattvena tuṣyaṃti sparśatattvaṃ ca gṛhṇate |
śuci dṛṣṭvā ta tuṣyaṃti nātra rājanbhavenmṛṣā || 147 ||
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yatā tṛṇaṃ paśūnāṃ ca narāṇāmannamucyate |
evaṃ daivatayonīnāmannasārasya bhojanam || 148 ||
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śaktayaḥ sarvabhāvānāmaciṃtyā jñānagocarāḥ |
tasmāttattvaṃ pragṛhṇanti śeṣamatraivadṛśyate || 149 ||
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karaṃdhama uvāca |
pitṛbhyo dīyate śrāddhaṃ svakarmavaśagāśca te |
svargasthā narakasthā vā kathaṃ tairupabhujyate || 150 ||
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atha svarge'tha nareka sthitāḥ karmābhiyaṃtritāḥ |
śaknuvaṃti varānetāndātuṃ te ceśvarāḥ katham || 151 ||
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āyuḥ prajāṃ dhanaṃ vidyāṃ svargaṃ mokṣaṃ sukāni ca |
prayacchantu tathā rājyaṃ prītā nṝṇāṃ pitāmahāḥ || 152 ||
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mahākāla uvāca |
satyametatasvakarmasthāḥ pitaro yannṛpottama |
kiṃ tu devāsurāṇāṃ ca yakṣādīnāmamūrtakāḥ || 153 ||
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mūrtāścaturṇāṃ varṇānāṃ pitaraḥ saptadhā smṛtāḥ |
te hi sarve prayacchaṃti dātuṃ sarvaṃ yatopsitam || 154 ||
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ekatriṃśadgaṇā yeṣāṃ pitṝṇāṃ prabalā nṛpa |
kṛtaṃ ca tadidaṃ śrāddhaṃ tarpayettānparānpitṝn || 155 ||
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te tṛptāstarpayantyasya pūrvajānyatra saṃsthitān |
evaṃ svānāṃ copatiṣṭhecchrāddhaṃ yacchaṃti te varān || 156 ||
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rājovāca |
bhūtādibhyo yathā vipra nāmnā voddiśya dīyate |
surādīnāṃ kathaṃ caiva saṃkṣepeṇa na dīyate || 157 ||
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idaṃ pitṛbhyo devebhyo dvijebhyaḥ pāvakāya ca |
evaṃ kasmādvistarāḥ syurmanaḥ kāyādikaṣṭadāḥ || 158 ||
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mahākāla uvāca |
ucitā pratipattiśca kāryā sarveṣu nityaśaḥ |
pratipattiṃ cocitāṃ te vinā gṛhṇanti naiva ca || 159 ||
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yathā śvā gṛhadvārasthobaliṃ gṛhṇāti kiṃ tathā |
pradhānapuruṣo rājangṛhṇāti ca śunā samaḥ || 160 ||
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evaṃ te bhūtavaddevā na hi gṛhṇanti karhicit |
śuci kāmaṃ juṣaṃte na haviraśraddadhānataḥ || 161 ||
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vinā maṃtraiśca yaddattaṃ na tadgṛhṇanti te'malāḥ |
śrutirapyatra prāhedaṃ maṃtrāṇāṃ viṣaye nṛpa || 162 ||
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maṃtrā daivatā yadyadvidvānmantravatkaroti devatābhireva tatkaroti yaddadāni devatabhireva taddadāti yatpratigṛhṇāti devatābhireva tatpratigṛhṇāti tasmānnāmantravatpratigṛhṇīyāt nāmantravatpratipadyate iti || 163 ||
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tasmānmaṃtraiḥ sadā deyaṃ paurāṇairvaidikairapi |
anyathā te na gṛhṇanti bhūtānāmupatiṣṭhati || 164 ||
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rājovāca |
darbhāṃstilānakṣatāṃśca toyaṃ caitaiḥ susaṃyutam |
kasmātpradīyate dānaṃ jñātumicchāmi kāraṇam || 165 ||
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mahākāla uvāca |
purā kila pradattāni bhūmerdānāni bhūriśaḥ |
pratyagṛhṇanta daityāśca praviśyābhyaṃtaraṃ balāt || 166 ||
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tato devāśca pitaraḥ pratyūcuḥ padmasaṃbhavam || 167 ||
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svāminnaḥ paśyatāmeva sarvaṃ daityaiḥ pragṛhyate |
vidhehi rakṣāṃ teṣāṃ tvaṃ na naṣṭaḥ smo yathā vayam || 168 ||
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tato vimṛśyaiva vidhī rakṣo pāyamacīkarat |
tilairyuktaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca devānāmakṣataiḥ saha || 169 ||
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toyaṃ darbhāṃśca sarvatra evaṃ gṛhṇanti nāsurāḥ |
etānvinā pradattaṃ yatphalaṃ daityaiḥ pragṛhyate || 170 ||
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niḥśvasya pitaro devā yāṃti dātuḥ phalaṃ na hi |
tasmādyugeṣu sarveṣu dānameva pradīyate || 171 ||
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karaṃdhama uvāca |
caturyugavyavasthānaṃ śrotumicchami tattvataḥ |
mahatīyaṃ vivitsā me sadaiva parivartate || 172 ||
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mahākāla uvāca |
ādyaṃ kṛtayugaṃ viddhitatastretāyugaṃ smṛtam |
dvāparaṃ ca kaliśceti catvāraśca samāsataḥ || 173 ||
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sattvaṃ kṛtaṃ rajastretā dvāparaṃ ca rajastamaḥ |
kalistamastu vijñeyaṃ yugavṛttaṃ yugeṣu ca || 174 ||
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dhyānaṃ paraṃ kṛkayuge tretāyāṃ yajña ucyate |
vṛttaṃ ca dvāpare satyaṃ dānameva kalau yuge || 175 ||
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kṛte tu mānasī sṛṣṭirvṛttiḥ sākṣādrasollasā |
tejomayyaḥ prajāstṛptāḥ sadānaṃdāśca bhoginaḥ || 176 ||
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adhamottamo na tāsāṃ tā nirviśeṣāḥ prajāḥ śubhāḥ |
tulyamāyuḥ sukhaṃ rūpaṃ tāsāṃ tasminkṛte yuge || 177 ||
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na cāprītirna ca dvaṃdvo na dveṣo nāpi ca klamaḥ |
parvatodadhivāsinyo hyanukrośapriyāstu tāḥ || 178 ||
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varṇāśramavyavasthā ca tadāsīnna hi saṃkaraḥ |
ekamanyaṃ na dhyāyaṃti paramaṃ te sadā śivam || 179 ||
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caturthe ca tataḥ pāde naṣṭa sā'bhūdrasollasā |
prādurāsaṃstatastāsāṃ vṛkṣāśvagṛhasaṃjñitāḥ || 180 ||
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vastrāṇi ca prasūyaṃte phalānyābharaṇāni ca |
teṣveva jāyate tāsāṃ gaṃdhavarṇarasānvitam || 181 ||
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sumākṣikaṃ mahāvīryaṃ puṭake puṭake madhu |
tena tā vartayaṃti sma kṛtasyāṃte prajāstadā || 182 ||
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hṛṣṭapuṣṭāstathā vṛddhāḥ prajā vai vigatajvarāḥ |
tataḥ kālena kenāpi tāsāṃ vṛddhe raseṃdriye || 183 ||
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yugabhāvāttathā dhyāne svalpībhūte śivasya ca |
vṛkṣāṃstānparyagṛhṇaṃta madhu vā mākṣikaṃ balāt || 184 ||
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tāsāṃ tenopacāreṇa lobhadoṣakṛtena vai |
pranaṣṭā madhunā sārdhaṃ kalpavṛkṣāḥ kvacitkvacit || 185 ||
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tasyāṃ cāpyalpaśiṣṭāyāṃ dvaṃdvānyabhyutthitāni vai |
śītātapairmanoduḥkhaistatastā duḥkhitā bhṛśam || 186 ||
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cakrurāvaraṇārthaṃ hi ketanāni tatastataḥ |
tataḥ pradurbabhau tāsāṃ siddhistretāyuge punaḥ || 187 ||
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vṛṣṭyā babhūvurauṣadhyo grāmyāraṇyāścaturdaśa |
akṛṣṭapacyānūptāstoyabhūmisamāgamāt || 188 ||
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ṛtu puṣpaphalaiścaiva vṛkṣagulmāśca jajñire |
taiśca vṛttirabhūttāsāṃ dhānyaiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalaistathā || 189 ||
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tataḥ punarabhūttāsāṃ rāgo lobhaśca sarvataḥ |
kālavīryeṇa vā gṛhya nadīkṣetrāṇi parvatān || 190 ||
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vṛkṣagulmauṣadhīścaiva prasahyāśu yathābalam |
viparyayeṇa cauṣadhyaḥ pranaṣṭāśca caturdaśa || 191 ||
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natvā dharāṃ praviṣṭāstā oṣadhyaḥ pīḍitāḥ prajāḥ |
dudoha gāṃ pṛthurvainyaḥ sarvabhūtahitāya vai || 192 ||
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tadāprabhṛti cauṣadhyaḥ phālakṛṣṭāḥ prajāstataḥ |
vārttayā vartayaṃti sma pālyamānāśca kṣatriyaiḥ || 193 ||
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varṇāśramapratiṣṭhā ca yajñastretāsu cocyate |
sadāśivadhyānamayaṃ tyaktvā mokṣamacetanāḥ || 194 ||
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puṣpitāṃ vācamāśritya rāgātsvargamasādhayan |
dvāpare ca pravartaṃte matibhedāstato nṛṇām || 195 ||
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manasā karmaṇā vācā kṛcchrādvārtā prasidhyati |
lobho'dhṛtiḥ śivaṃ tyaktvā dharmāṇāṃ saṃkarastathā || 196 ||
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varṇāśramaparidhvaṃsāḥ pravartaṃte ca dvāpare |
tadā vyāsaiścaturddhā ca vyasyate dvāparāttataḥ || 197 ||
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eko vedaścatuṣpādaiḥ kriyate dvijahetave |
itihāsapurāṇāni bhidyaṃte lokagauravāt || 198 ||
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brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā |
tathānyannāradīya ca mārkaṃḍeyaṃ ca saptamama || 199 ||
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āgneyamaṣṭamaṃ proktaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ navamaṃ smṛtam |
daśamaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ laiṃgamekādaśaṃ tathā || 200 ||
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vārāhaṃ dvādaśaṃ caiva skāṃdaṃ caiva trayodaśam |
caturdaśaṃ vāmanaṃ ca kaurmaṃ paṃcadaśaṃ smṛtam || 201 ||
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mātsyaṃ ṣoḍaśakaṃ proktaṃ gāruḍaṃ ca tataḥ param |
ataḥ paraṃ tu brahmāṃḍamevañcāṣṭādaśāni hi || 202 ||
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asminvārāhakalpe ca vyāsānākarṇayasva ca |
ṛtuḥ satyo bhārgavaśca aṃgirāḥ savitā tathā || 203 ||
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mṛtyuḥ śatakraturdhīmānvasiṣṭho bhavitā'dhunā |
sārasvatastridhāmā ca vedavittrivṛto muniḥ || 204 ||
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śatatejāḥ svayaṃ viṣṇurnārāyaṇa iti smṛtaḥ |
karakaścāruṇirdhīmāstathā deva ṛtaṃjayaḥ || 205 ||
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kṛtaṃjayo bharadvājo gautamaḥ kavisattamaḥ |
vājaśravā muniścaiva tathā yuṣmāyaṇo muniḥ || 206 ||
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tṛṇabiṃdustathā ṛkṣaḥ śaktiḥ pārāśarastathā |
jātūkarṇyo'tha viṣṇuśca svayaṃdvaipāyano muniḥ || 207 ||
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aśvatthāmamukhāścaite bhaviṣyāḥ sūcitāstava |
dharmaśāstrāṇi lokārthaṃ bhidyaṃte cāpi dvāpare || 208 ||
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manvatriviṣṇuhāritayājñavalkyośanoṃgirāḥ |
yamāpastaṃbasaṃvartāḥ kātyāyanabṛhaspatī || 209 ||
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parāśaravyāsaśaṃkhalikhitā dakṣagautamau |
śātātapo vasiṣṭhaśca dharmaśāstraprayojakāḥ || 210 ||
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tato dvāparasaṃdhyāyāṃ pravartati kalau yuge |
naśyamāne śaivayoge jāyaṃte yoganaṃdanāḥ || 211 ||
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ādye śvetakalaurudraḥ sutārastāraṇastathā |
suhotraḥ kaṃkaṇaścaiva lokākhyaśca mahāmuniḥ || 212 ||
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jaigīṣavyaśca bhāvyo vai bhagavāndadhivāhanaḥ |
ṛṣabhaśca munirdharmaugraścātriḥ sabālakaḥ || 213 ||
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gautamau vedaśīrṇaśca gokarṇaśca śikhaṃḍibhṛt |
gṛhāvāsī jaṭāmālī aṭṭahāsaśca dāruṇaḥ || 214 ||
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lāṃgalī saṃyamī śūlī ḍiṃḍī juṇḍīśvaraḥ svayam |
sahiṣṇuḥ somaśarmā ca lakulīśaśca pārthiva || 215 ||
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kāyāvarohaṇo bhāvītyādyā yogeśvarāḥ kramāt |
ete saṃkṣipta vakṣyaṃti śivadharmaṃ kalau yuge || 216 ||
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evaṃ kaliyuge rājañchāstrasaṃkṣepa ucyate |
śrṛṇu tiṣyapravṛttiṃ ca harṣodvegakarīṃ kila || 217 ||
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tiṣye māyāmasūyāṃ ca vadhaṃ caiva tapasvinām |
sādhayaṃti narāstatra tamasā vyākuleṃdriyāḥ || 218 ||
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kalau pramāthako rāgaḥ satataṃ kṣudbhayāni ca |
anāvṛṣṭibhayaṃ ghoraṃ deśānāṃ ca viparyayaḥ || 219 ||
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na pramāṇaṃ śruterasti nṛṇāṃ cādharmasevanāt |
adhārmikāstvanācārā mahākopālpatejasaḥ || 220 ||
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anṛtaṃ bruvate lubdhā nārīprāyāśca duṣprajāḥ |
duriṣṭairduradhītaiśca durācārairdurāgamaiḥ || 221 ||
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viprāṇāṃ karmadoṣaiśca prajānāṃ jāyate kṣayaḥ |
utsīdaṃti kṣatraviśo vardhaṃte śūdraviprakāḥ || 222 ||
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śūdrā vipraiḥ sahāsaṃte śayanāsanabhojanaiḥ |
śūdrāśca brāhmaṇācārāḥ śūdrācārāśca brāhmaṇāḥ || 223 ||
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rājavṛttyāṃ sthitāścaurāścaurācārāśca pārthivāḥ |
ekapatnyo na śiṣyaṃti vardhayaṃtyabhisārikāḥ || 224 ||
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tadā hyalpaphalā bhūmiḥ kvaciccāpi mahāphalā |
arakṣitāro hartāro rājānaḥ pāpanirbhayāḥ || 225 ||
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akṣatriyāstu rājāno viprāḥ śūdroṣajīvinaḥ |
śūdrā vivādinaḥ sarve brāhmaṇairabhinaṃditāḥ || 226 ||
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āsanasthāndvijāndṛṣṭvā calaṃtyatyalapabuddhayaḥ |
āsye nidhāya vai hastaṃ karṇe śūdrāsya ca dvijāḥ || 227 ||
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nīcasyāpi tadā vākyaṃ vakṣyaṃti vinayena tam |
uccāsanasthāñchūdrāṃśca dvijānāṃ paśyatāmapi || 228 ||
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jñātvā na hiṃsate rājā paśya kālabalaṃ nṛpa |
puṣpaiḥ śubhasitaiścaiva tathānyairmaṃḍanairdvijāḥ || 229 ||
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śūdrānabhyarcayaṃtyalpaśrutabhāgyabalānvitāḥ |
pāṣaṃḍināṃ ca gṛhṇaṃti brāhmaṇāḥ kupratigraham || 230 ||
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yena te rauravaṃ yāṃti sudustāraṃ dvijādhamāḥ |
tapoyajñaphalānāṃ ca vikretāro dvijāstathā || 231 ||
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yatayaśca bhaviṣyaṃti bahavaḥ koṭiśaḥ kalau |
puruṣālpabahustrīko nṛṇāṃ cāpatyasaṃbhavaḥ || 232 ||
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niṃdaṃti vedavākyāni vedārthāṃśca kalau yuge |
śūdraiḥ svayaṃ nirmitaṃ yatpramāṇaṃ śāstrameva tat || 233 ||
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śvāpadaprabalatvaṃ ca gavāṃ cāpi parikṣayaḥ |
kasyaciddānaprabhṛtidharmasyāsti na śuddhatā || 234 ||
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sādhūnāṃ bahavo nāśāḥ pārthivāścāpyarakṣiṇaḥ |
aṭṭaśūlā janapadāḥ śivaśūlāścatuṣpathāḥ || 235 ||
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pramadāḥ keśaśūlinyo bhaviṣyaṃti kalau yuge |
strīpradhānāni gehāni kucailāstāśca karkaśāḥ || 236 ||
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bahubhakṣyāvaliptāśca kṛtyā iva bhavaṃti ca |
sarve vaṇigjanāścāpi citravarṣī ca vāsavaḥ || 237 ||
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kuśīlacaryāpāṣaṃḍairvṛthārūpaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ |
bahuyācanako loko bhaviṣyati parasparī || 238 ||
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aśaṃkaścaiva pāpeṣu tadā loko bhaviṣyati |
hartāraḥ pararatnānāṃ paradārapradharṣakāḥ || 239 ||
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ūnaṣoḍaśavarṣāśca prajāyaṃte yugakṣaye |
tathā dvādaśavarṣāśca prasavaṃti striyastadā || 240 ||
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caurāścaurasya hartāro harturharttā tathāparaḥ |
jñānakarmaṇyuparate loke niṣkriyatāṃ gate || 241 ||
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kīṭamūṣakasarpāśca dharṣayiṣyaṃti mānavān |
varṇāśramāṇāṃ ye cānye pāṣaṃḍāḥ paripaṃthinaḥ || 242 ||
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te tadā prodbhaviṣyaṃti teṣaāṃ vṛddhiśca pārthiva |
duḥkhaṃ putrakalatrādyaṃ dehotsādaḥ sarogatā || 243 ||
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adharmābhiniveśatvāttamaso jāyate kalau |
kalerdoṣanidheścaiva śrṛṇuṣvaivaṃ mahāguṇam || 244 ||
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tadālpenaiva kāle na siddhiṃ gacchaṃti mānavāḥ |
triyugīnā vadaṃtyevaṃ dhanyā dharmaṃ caraṃti ye || 245 ||
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śrutismṛtipurāṇoktaṃ kalau śraddhāparāyaṇāḥ |
tretāyāṃ vārṣiko dharmo dvāpare māsikaḥ smṛtaḥ || 246 ||
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yathā kleśaṃ caranprājñastadahnā prāpyate kalau |
yugatrayeṇa tāvaṃtaḥ siddhiṃ gacchaṃti pārthivaḥ || 247 ||
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yāvaṃtaḥ siddhimāyāṃti kalau hariharavratāḥ |
aṣṭāviṃśe kalau yacca bhāvi tattvaṃ nibodha me || 248 ||
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triṣu varṣasahasreṣu kaleryāteṣu pārthivaḥ |
triśateṣu daśanyūneṣvasyāṃ bhuvi bhaviṣyati || 249 ||
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śūdrakonāma vīrāṇāmadhipaḥ siddhimatra saḥ |
carcitāyāṃ samārādhya lapsyate bhūbharāpahaḥ || 250 ||
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tatastriṣu sahasreṣu daśādhikaśatatraye |
bhaviṣyaṃ naṃdarājyaṃ ca cāṇakyo yānhaniṣyati || 251 ||
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śuklatīrthe sarvapāpanirmuktiṃ yo'bhilapsyati |
tatastriṣu sahasreṣu viṃśatyā cādhikeṣu ca || 252 ||
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bhaviṣyaṃ vikramādityarājyaṃ so'tha pralapsyate |
sidadhiprasādāddurgāṇāṃ dīnānyo hyuddhariṣyati || 253 ||
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tataḥ śatasahasreṣu śatenāpyadhikeṣu ca |
śakonāma bhaviṣyaśca yo'tidāridryahārakaḥ || 254 ||
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tatastriṣu sahasreṣu ṣaṭśatairadhikeṣu ca |
māgadhe hemasadanādaṃjanyāṃ prabhaviṣyati || 255 ||
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viṣṇoraṃśo dharmapātā budhaḥ sākṣātsvayaṃ prabhuḥ |
tasya karmāṇi bhūriṇi bhaviṣyaṃti mahātmanaḥ || 256 ||
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jyotirbidumukhānugrānsa haniṣyati koṭiśaḥ |
catuḥṣaṣṭiṃ sa varṣāṇi bhuktvā dvīpāni sapta ca || 257 ||
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bhaktebhyaḥ svayaśo muktvā divaṃ paścādgamiṣyati |
sarveṣāṃ cāvatārāṇaāṃ guṇaiḥ samadhiko yataḥ || 258 ||
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tato vakṣyaṃti taṃ bhaktyā sarvapāpaharaṃ budham |
caturṣu ca sahasreṣu śateṣvapi caturṣu ca || 259 ||
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sādhikeṣu mahānrājā pramitiḥ prabhaviṣyati |
gotreṣu vai caṃdramaso bahusenāpatirbalī || 260 ||
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mlecchānsa koṭiśo hatvā pāṣaṃḍāni ca sarvaśaḥ |
vaidikaṃ kevalaṃ śuddhaṃ saddharmaṃ vartayiṣyati || 261 ||
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gaṃgāyamunayormadhye niṣṭhāṃ yāsyati pārthivaḥ |
tataḥ prajāśca kālena kenāpi bhṛśapīḍitāḥ || 262 ||
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ghoraṃ vā dharmamāśritya śāṭhyena ca bhavaṃti tāḥ |
apragrahāstatastā vai lobhāviṣṭāśca vṛṃdaśaḥ || 263 ||
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upahiṃsaṃti cānyonyaṃ vyākulāḥ śramapīḍitāḥ |
naṣṭe śraute tathā smārte parasparahatāstadā || 264 ||
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nirmaryādā niṣkaruṇā nissnehā nirapatrapāḥ |
gṛhadārāṇi saṃtyajya hrasvakāḥ paṃṭaviṃśatiḥ || 265 ||
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hāhābhūtāścariṣyaṃti viṣādavyākuleṃdriyāḥ |
anāvṛṣṭihatāścaiva vārtāmutsṛjya duḥkhitāḥ || 266 ||
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pratyaṃtāṃstā niṣevaṃti hitvā janapadānsvakān |
saritsāgarakūlāṃśca sevaṃte parvatāṃstathā || 267 ||
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māṃsairmūlaphalaiscaiva vartayaṃti suduḥkhitāḥ |
cīrapatrājinadharā niṣkriyā niṣparigrahāḥ || 268 ||
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dharmasya vāsamātraṃ ca śālvo mleccho haniṣyati |
uttamādhamamadhyatvaṃ sarvamucchidya ghorakṛt || 269 ||
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tatastasya vadhārthāya viṣṇuḥ sākṣājjagatpatiḥ |
śaṃbhale viṣṇuyaśaso bhūtvā putro nṛpottama || 270 ||
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dvijottamaiḥ parivṛtaḥ śālvaṃ taṃ saṃhariṣyati |
koṭiśo'rbudaśaḥ pāpānnihatya ca nikharvaśaḥ || 271 ||
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pālayiṣyati taṃ dharmaṃ yo dharmaḥ śrutipūrvakaḥ || 272 ||
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kṛtvā potaṃ dharmarūpaṃ sādhūnāṃ parameśvaraḥ |
gamiṣyati paraṃ lokaṃ kṛtvā karmāmi bhūriśaḥ || 273 ||
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tataḥ kṛtayugaṃ bhūyaḥ pravartiṣyati pārthiva |
ādyaṃ kṛtayugaṃ cānyaṃ tadanyebhyo viśiṣyate || 274 ||
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aṣṭāviṃśakaliścaiva śeṣaḥ prāvarta anyataḥ |
tataḥ kṛte sūryavaṃśaḥ pravatsyati || 275 ||
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marurājācca devāpeḥ śrutadevācca brāhmaṇāḥ |
iti cāturyugī rājanvyavasthā parivartate |
caturyuge ca te dhanyā ye bhajaṃti harācyutau || 276 ||
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