Chapter 40

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atha vyāsaproktākāśagaṃgāsnānakālanirṇayaḥ |
śrīsūta uvāca |
aṃjanāpi varaṃ labdhvā bhartrā sākaṃ mumoda ha |
brahmādīnāgatāndṛṣṭvā vismayāviṣṭamānasā || 1 ||
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patyā sākaṃ tataḥ svasthā cāṃjanā maṃjubhāṣiṇī |
brahmādibhiranujñāto vyāso vedavidāṃ varaḥ || 2 ||
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añjanā tāmuvācedaṃ meghagambhīrayā girā || 3 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
añjane śṛṇu madvākyaṃ sarvalokopakārakam |
mataṅgasya ṛṣervākyaṃ śrutvā nirmalacetasā || 4 ||
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yasmāttu veṃkaṭaṃ gatvā tapaḥ kṛtvā suduṣkaram |
prasūyate tvayā putraḥ śūrastrailokyavikramaḥ || 5 ||
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idaṃ tīrthottamaṃ tasmātpratyakṣadivase tava |
gaṃgādyāni ca tīrthāni samāyāṃti jagattraye || 6 ||
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veṃkaṭādrisamaṃ tīrthaṃ brahmāṇḍe nāsti kiñcana |
tatrāpyatyantapuṇyā vai svāmipuṣkariṇī śubhā || 7 ||
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tato'dhikamidaṃ tīrthaṃ pratyakṣaṃ divase tava |
snānārthaṃ ye samāyāṃti citrāṛkṣasamanvite || 8 ||
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meṣaṃ pūṣaṇi saṃprāpte pūrṇimāyāṃ śubhe dine |
śṛṇu teṣāṃ phalaṃ devi vakṣyāmi tava suvrate || 9 ||
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gaṃgādisarvatīrtheṣu dvādaśābdaṃ varānane |
yatphalaṃ vidyate devi tatphalaṃ bhavati dhuvam || 10 ||
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dānāni kurvatāṃ puṃsāṃ teṣāṃ śṛṇu phalonnatim |
sthāne tūktaṃ phalaṃ devi viddhi teṣāṃ varānane || 11 ||
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añjanovāca |
kāryāṇi yāni dānāni veṃkaṭādrau nagottame |
tāni sarvāṇi viprendra vada vedavidāṃ vara || 12 ||
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atha vyāsaproktaśrīveṃkaṭācalakaraṇīyadānapraśaṃsā |
vyāsa uvāca |
annadānaṃ vastradānaṃ dvayametatpraśasyate |
pituḥ śrāddhaṃ viśeṣeṇa veṃkaṭādrau nagottame || 13 ||
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suvarṇaṃ ye prayacchanti prītaye madhughātinaḥ |
sarvalokaṃ samāsādya modante munisattamāḥ || 14 ||
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śālagrāmaśilādānaṃ ye kurvanti nagottame |
aṃgabhaṃgamavāpnoti svānubhūtiṃ ca vindati || 15 ||
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yo dadāti dvijendrāya godānaṃ ca kuṭumbine |
romasaṃkhyāpramāṇena viṣṇuloke virājate || 16 ||
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bhūmiṃ dadāti yo devi brāhmaṇāya kuṭumbine |
tasyāśca puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ kaḥ śakto divi vā bhuvi || 17 ||
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kanyāṃ dadāti yo devi śrotriyāya dvijātaye |
viṣṇulokaṃ samāsādya modate pitṛbhiḥ saha || 18 ||
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prapāṃ kurvanti ye devi śītalodakasaṃyutām |
teṣāṃ puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ śeṣeṇāpi na śakyate || 19 ||
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tilaṃ dadāti viprāya śrotriyāya kuṭuṃbine |
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 20 ||
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dhānyadānaṃ praśaṃsanti viprā vedavidāṃ varāḥ |
bahuputrā bhaviṣyanti dhānyadānaṃ prakurvatām || 21 ||
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gandhacampakapuṣpādīñchatravyajanacāmarān |
tāmbūlaghanasārādīnyo dadāti dvijātaye || 22 ||
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bhuktvā bhogaṃ ciraṃ kālaṃ svargalokaṃ tato vrajet |
divyavarṣasahasraṃ ca bhuktvā bhogānanekaśaḥ || 23 ||
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sārvabhaumastato bhūtvā tatra bhuktvā ciraṃ mahīm |
tato vipratvamāsādya vedavedāntapāragaḥ || 24 ||
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tato muktiṃ samāyāti prasādāccakrapāṇinaḥ |
ityetatkathitaṃ devi veṃkaṭācalavaibhavam || 25 ||
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ya etacchṛṇuyānnityaṃ yaścāpi parikīrtayet |
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 26 ||
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ityetatkathitaṃ pūrvaṃ vyāsenaiva mahātmanā |
śṛṇuyādvā paṭhedvāpi kṛtakṛtyo bhaviṣyati || 27 ||
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tasyaiva vaṃśajāḥ sarve muktiṃ yānti na saṃśayaḥ || 28 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe śrīveṃkaṭācalamāhātmye'ñjanāvaralabdhyākāśagaṃgā snānakālanirṇayādivarṇanaṃnāma catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 40 ||
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