Chapter 15

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atha rāmakṛṣṇatīrthamāhātmyam |
śrīsūta uvāca |
veṃkaṭākhye mahāpuṇye sarvapātakanāśane |
kṛṣṇatīrthasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ || 1 ||
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yatra majjanamātreṇa kṛtaghno'pi vimucyate |
pitṝnmātṝrgurūṃścāvamanyaṃte mohamohitāḥ || 2 ||
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ye cāpyanye durātmānaḥ kṛtaghnā nirapatrapāḥ |
te sarve kṛṣṇatīrthesmiñchuddhyanti snānamātrataḥ || 3 ||
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kṛṣṇanāmā muniḥ pūrvaṃ veṃkaṭāhṛyabhūdhare |
avartata tapaḥ kurvanviṣṇuṃ dhyāyansamāhitaḥ || 4 ||
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sa tatra kalpayāmāsa snānārthaṃ tīrthamuttamam |
tatra snātvā sakṛnmartyaḥ kṛtaghno'pi vimucyate || 5 ||
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atretihāsaṃ vakṣyāmi purāṇaṃ pāpanāśanam |
yasya śravaṇamātreṇa naro muktimavāpnuyāt || 6 ||
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purā babhūva viprendro rāmakṛṣṇo mahāmuniḥ |
satyavāñchīlavānvāgmī sarvabhūtadayānvitaḥ || 7 ||
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śatrumitrasamo dāntastapasvī vijiteṃdriyaḥ |
pare brahmaṇi niṣṇāto brahmatattvaikasaṃśrayaḥ || 8 ||
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evaṃprabhāvaḥ sa munistapastepe sudāruṇam |
sa vai niścalasarvāṃgastiṣṭhansarvatra bhūtale || 9 ||
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paramāṇvantaraṃ vāpi na svasthānāccacāla saḥ |
sthitvā tatra tapasyaṃtamanekaśatavatsarān || 10 ||
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taṃ cākramata valmīkaṃ chāditāṃgaṃ cakāra vai |
valmīkākrāntadeho'pi rāmakṛṣṇo mahāmuniḥ || 11 ||
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akarottapa evāsau valmīkaṃ na tvabudhyata |
tasmiṃśca tapyati tapo vāsavo munipuṃgave || 12 ||
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visṛjya meghajālāni varṣayāmāsa vegavān |
evaṃ dināni saptāyaṃ vavarṣa ca nirantaram || 13 ||
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dhārāvarṣeṇa mahatā vṛṣyamāṇopi vai muniḥ |
tadvarṣaṃ pratijagrāha nimīlitavilocanaḥ || 14 ||
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mahatā stanitenāśu tadā badhirayanchrutīḥ |
valmīkasyopariṣṭādvai nipapāta mahāśaniḥ || 15 ||
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tasminvarṣati parjanye śītavātādiduḥsahe || 16 ||
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atha rāmakṛṣṇākhyamaharṣitapaḥprasannabhagavadāvirbhāvaḥ |
valmīkaśikharaṃ dhvastaṃ babhūvāśanitāḍitam |
tadāprādurabhūddevaḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ || 17 ||
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vinatānandanārūḍho vanamālāvibhūṣitaḥ |
rāmakṛṣṇasya tapasā toṣito vākyamabravīt || 18 ||
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taponidhe rāmakṛṣṇa vedaśāstrārthapāraga |
madāvirbhāvadivase yaḥ snāti manujottamaḥ || 19 ||
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tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ śeṣeṇāpi na śakyate |
makarasthe ravau vipra paurṇamāsyāṃ mahātithau || 20 ||
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puṣyanakṣatrayuktāyāṃ snānakālo vidhīyate |
taddine snāti yo martyaḥ kṛṣṇatīrthaṃ mahāmatiḥ || 21 ||
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sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sarvānkāmāṃllabheta saḥ |
madāvirbhāvadivase kṛṣṇatīrthajale śubhe || 22 ||
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snātuṃ tatra samāyāṃti svapāpapariśuddhaye |
devā manuṣyāḥ sarve ca dikpālāśca mahaujasaḥ || 23 ||
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ete sarve mahātmānaḥ koṭisūryasamaprabhāḥ |
te sarve kṛṣṇatīrthesminsnānātpūtā bhavaṃti hi || 24 ||
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tvannāmnedaṃ mahātīrthaṃ loke prakhyātimeṣyati |
ityuktvā śrīnivāsaśca tatraivāntaradhīyata || 25 ||
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evaṃ prabhāvaṃ tattīrthaṃ mahāpāpaviśodhanam |
buddhiśuddhipradaṃ pusāṃ sarvaiśvaryapradāyakam || 26 ||
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evaṃ vaḥ kathitaṃ viprāḥ kṛṣṇatīrthasya vaibhavam |
śṛṇvatāṃ paṭhatāṃ caiva viṣṇulokapradāyakam || 27 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye rāmakṛṣṇatīrthamahimānuvarṇanaṃnāma pañcadaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 15 ||
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