Chapter 11

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nārada uvāca |
bhagavanpraṣṭumicchāmi tvāmahaṃ vinayānvitaḥ |
tadvrataṃ brūhi me martyo mṛtyuṃ yena na paśyati || 1 ||
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brahmovāca |
yadi pṛcchasi viprendra vratānāmuttamaṃ vratam |
vrataṃ yamadvitīyākhyaṃ śṛṇu tvaṃ mṛtyunāśanam || 2 ||
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kārtike māsi śuddhāyāṃ dvitīyāyāṃ munīśvara |
kartavyaṃ tadvidhānena sarvamṛtyunivāraṇam || 3 ||
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brāhme muhūrte copthāya dvitīyāyāṃ munīśvara |
manasā ciṃtayedātmahitaṃ naivā'hitaṃ smaret || 4 ||
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prātaḥsnānaṃ tataḥ kuryāddantadhāvanapūrvakam || tataḥ |
śuklāṃbaradharaḥ śuklamālyānulepanaḥ || 5 ||
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kṛtanityakriyo hṛṣṭaḥ kuṇḍalāṃgadabhūṣitaḥ |
audumbara taruṃ gatvā kṛtvā maṇḍalamuttamam || 6 ||
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padmamaṣṭadalaṃ kṛtvā tasminnaudumbare śubhe |
vidhiṃ viṣṇuṃ ca rudraṃ ca varadāṃ ca sarasvatīm || 7 ||
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vīṇāpustakasaṃyuktāṃ pūjayetsvasthamānasaḥ |
candanāgarukastūrīkuṃkumairdvijasattama || 8 ||
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puṣpairdhūpaiśca naivedyairnārikelaphalādibhiḥ |
tato mṛtyuvināśātha sālaṃkārāṃ payasvinīm || 9 ||
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viprāya vedaviduṣe gāṃ dadyācca savatsakām |
apamṛtyuvināśārthaṃ saṃsārārṇavatārakām || 10 ||
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he vipra te tvimāṃ saumyāṃ dhenuṃ saṃpradadāmyaham |
iti maṃtreṇa gāṃ dadyādviprāya brahmavādine || 11 ||
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tadalābhe tu viprāya bhaktyā dadyādupānahau |
tataḥ pūjāṃ samāpyātha bhaktimānpuruṣottame || 12 ||
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jñātiśreṣṭhānvayovṛddhānsamyagbhaktyā'bhivādayet |
nānāvidhaiḥ phalai ramyaistarppayetsvajanānapi || 13 ||
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tataḥ sodarasaṃpannā bhaginī yā bhavenmune |
tasyā gṛhaṃ samāgatya samyagbhaktyā'bhivādayet || 14 ||
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bhagini subhage bhadre tvadaṃghrisarasīruham |
śreyase'tha namaskartumāgato'smi tavālayam || 19 ||
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ityuktvā bhaginīṃ tāṃ tu viṣṇubuddhyā'bhivādayet |
tadā tu bhaginī śrutvā bhrāturvacanamuttamam || 16 ||
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bhaginyā bhrātaraṃ vākyaṃ vaktavyaṃ prati nārada |
adya bhrātarahaṃ jātā tvatto dhanyā'smi maṃgalā || 17 ||
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bhoktavyaṃ te'dya madgehe svāyuṣe kuladīpaka |
kārtike śuklapakṣasya dvitīyāyāṃ sahodara || 18 ||
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yamo yamunayā pūrvaṃ bhojitaḥ svagṛhercitaḥ |
asmindine yamenā'pi nārakīyāśca mocitāḥ |
api baddhāḥ karmapāśaiḥ svecchayā paryaṭaṃti te || 19 ||
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svasurnaro veśmani yo na bhuṃkte yamadvitīyādinamatra labdhvā |
taṃ pāpinaṃ prāpya vayaṃ suhṛṣṭāḥ prabhakṣayāmo'dya ca bhakṣyahīnāḥ || 20 ||
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iti pāpā raṭaṃtīha brahmahatyādayastathā |
tasmādbhrātarmadgṛhe tu bhojanaṃ kuru kārtike || 21 ||
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śuklāyāṃ tu dvitīyāyāṃ viśrutāyāṃ jagattraye |
asyāṃ nijagṛhe putra bhujyate na budhairapi || 22 ||
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ityuktaḥ sa tathetyuktā bhaginīṃ pūjayedvratī |
praharṣāstumahābhāga vastrālaṃkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ || 23 ||
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agrajāmabhivaṃdyā'tha āśiṣaṃ ca pragṛhya ca |
sarvā bhaginyaḥ saṃtoṣyā vastrālaṃkāradānataḥ || 24 ||
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abhāve svasya tu svasuḥ pitṛvyāḥ svapituḥ svasā |
tasyā gṛhaṃ samāgatya kuryādbhojanamādarāt || 25 ||
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evaṃ yaḥ kurute putra dvitīyāṃ yamanāmikām |
apamṛtyuvinirmuktaḥ putrapautrādibhirvṛtaḥ || 26 ||
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iha bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogānanyānyathepsitān |
aṃte mokṣamavāpnoti nānyathā madvaco bhavet || 27 ||
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vratānyetāni sarvāṇi dānāni vividhāni ca |
gṛhasthasyaiva yujyaṃte tasmādgārhasthyamāśrayet || 28 ||
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kathāṃ yamadvitīyāyā vratasthaḥ śṛṇuyānnaraḥ |
tasya sarvāṇi pāpāni naśyaṃtītyāha mādhavaḥ || 29 ||
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sūta uvāca |
kārtike ca dvitīyāyāṃ pūrvāhṇe yamamarcayet |
bhānujāyāṃ naraḥ snātvā yamalokaṃ na paśyati || 30 ||
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kārtike śuklapakṣe tu dvitīyāyāṃ tu śaunaka |
yamo yamunayā pūrvaṃ bhojitaḥ svagṛhe'rcitaḥ || 31 ||
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dvitīyāyāṃ mahotsargo nārakīyāśca tarpitāḥ |
pāpebhyo viprayuktāste muktāḥ sarve nibaṃdhanāt || 32 ||
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atrā'śitāśca saṃtuṣṭāḥ sthitāḥ sarve yadṛcchayā |
teṣāṃ mahotsavo vṛtto yamarāṣṭrasukhāvahaḥ || 33 ||
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ato yamadvitīyeyaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutā |
tasmānnijagṛhe vipra na bhoktavyaṃ tato budhaiḥ || 34 ||
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snehena bhaginīhastādbhoktavyaṃ balavardhanam |
ūrje śukladvitīyāyāṃ pūjitastarpito yamaḥ || 39 ||
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mahiṣāsanamārūḍho daṃḍamudgarabhṛtprabhuḥ |
veṣṭitaḥ kiṃkarairhṛṣṭaistasmai yāmyātmane namaḥ || 36 ||
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yairbhaginyaḥ suvāsinyo vastradānāditoṣitāḥ |
na teṣāṃ vatsaraṃ yāvatkalaho na riporbhayam || 37 ||
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dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ dharmakāmārthasādhanam |
vyākhyātaṃ sakalaṃ putra sarahasyaṃ mayā'nagha || 38 ||
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yasyāṃ tithau yamunayā yamarājadevaḥ saṃbhojitaḥ pratitithau svasṛsauhṛdena |
tasmātsvasuḥ karatalādiha yo bhunakti prāpnoti vittaśubhasaṃpadamuttamāṃ saḥ || 39 ||
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sūta uvāca |
viśeṣaścātra saṃprokto vālakhilyairmaharṣibhiḥ |
tadahaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvaṃ munisattamāḥ || 40 ||
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vālakhilyā ūcuḥ |
kārtikasya site pakṣe dvitīyā yamasaṃjñitā |
tatrā'parāhne kartavyaṃ sarvathaiva yamārcanam || 41 ||
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pratyahaṃ yamunā'gatya yamaṃ saṃprārthayatpurā |
bhrātarmama gṛhe yāhi bhojanārthaṃ gaṇāvṛtaḥ || 42 ||
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adyaśvo vā paraśvo vā pratyahaṃ vadate yamaḥ |
kāryavyākulacittānāmavakāśo na jāyate || 43 ||
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tadaikadā yamunayā balātkārānnimaṃtritaḥ |
sa gataḥ kārtike māsi dvitīyāyāṃ munīśvarāḥ || 44 ||
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nārakīyajanānmuktvā gaṇaiḥ saha raveḥ sutaḥ |
kṛtā'tithyo yamunayā nānāpākāḥ kṛtāḥ khaga || 45 ||
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kṛtābhyaṃgo yamunayā tailairgaṃdhamanoharaiḥ |
udvartanaṃ lāpayitvā snāpitaḥ sūryanaṃdanaḥ || 46 ||
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tato'laṃkārakaṃ dattaṃ nānāvastrāṇi caṃdanam |
mālyāni ca pradattāni maṃcopari upāviśat || 47 ||
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pakvānnāni vicitrāṇi kṛtvā sā svarṇabhājane |
yamāyābhojayaddevī yamunā prītamānasā || 48 ||
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bhuktvā yamo'pi bhaginīmalaṃkāraiḥ samarcayat |
nānāvastraistataḥ prāha varaṃ varaya bhāmini |
iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā yamunā vākyamabravīt || 49 ||
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yamunovāca |
prativarṣaṃ samāgaccha bhojanārthaṃ tu madgṛhe || 50 ||
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adya sarve mocanīyāḥ pāpino narakādyama |
ye'dyaiva bhaginīhastātkariṣyaṃti ca bhojanam |
teṣāṃ saukhyaṃ pradehi tvametadeva vṛṇomyaham || 51 ||
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yama uvāca |
yamunāyāṃ tu yaḥ snātvā saṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ || 52 ||
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bhuṃkte ca bhaginīgehe bhaginīṃ pūjayedapi |
kadācidapi madvāraṃ na sa paśyati bhānuje || 53 ||
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vīreśaiśānadigbhāge yamatīrthaṃ prakīrtitam |
tatra snātvā ca vidhivatsaṃtarpya pitṛdevatāḥ || 54 ||
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paṭhedetāni nāmāni āmadhyāhnaṃ narottamaḥ |
sūryasyābhimukho maunī hṛtacittaḥ sthirāsanaḥ || 55 ||
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yamo nihaṃtā pitṛdharmarājo vaivasvato daṃḍadharaśca kālaḥ |
bhūtādhipo dattakṛtānusārī kṛtāṃtametaddaśabhirjapaṃti || 56 ||
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tato yameśvaraṃ pūjya bhaginīgṛhamāvrajet |
maṃtreṇā'nena ca tayā bhojitaḥ pūrvamādarāt || 57 ||
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bhrātastavānujātā'haṃ bhuṃkṣva bhaktamidaṃ śubham |
prītaye yamarājasya yamunāyā viśeṣataḥ || 58 ||
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tataḥ saṃtoṣya bhaginīṃ vastrālaṃkaraṇādibhiḥ |
svapne'pi yamalokasya bhaviṣyati na darśanam || 59 ||
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nṛpaiḥ kārāgṛhe ye ca sthāpitā mama vāsare |
avaśyaṃ te preṣaṇīyā bhojanārthaṃ svasurgṛhe || 60 ||
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vimoktavyā mayā pāpā narakebhyo'dya vāsare |
ye'dya baṃdī kariṣyaṃti te tāḍyā mama sarvathā || 61 ||
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kanīyasī svasā nāsti tadā jyeṣṭhāgṛhaṃ vrajet |
tadabhāve sapatyāyāḥ pitṛvyajāgṛhe tataḥ || 62 ||
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tadabhāve mātṛṣvasurmātulasyā'tmajā tathā |
sāpatnagotrasaṃbaṃdhaiḥ kalpayedathavā kramam || 63 ||
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sarvā'bhāve mānanīyā bhaginī kācideva hi |
gonadyādyathavā tasyā abhāve sati kārayet || 64 ||
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tadabhāvepyaraṇyānīṃ kalpayitvā sahodarām |
asyāṃ nijagṛhe devi na bhoktavyaṃ kadācana || 65 ||
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ye bhuṃjate durācārā narake te pataṃti ca |
evamuktvā dharmarājo yayau saṃyaminīṃ tataḥ || 66 ||
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tasmādṛṣivarāḥ sarve kārtikavratakāriṇaḥ |
bhuṃjate bhaginīhastātsatyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 67 ||
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yamadvitīyāṃ yaḥ prāpya bhaginīgṛhabhojanam |
na kuryādvarṣajaṃ puṇyaṃ naśyatīti raveḥ śrutiḥ || 68 ||
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yā tu bhojayate nārī bhrātaraṃ bhrātṛke tithau |
arcayeccā'pi tāṃbūlairna sā vaidhavyamāpnuyāt || 69 ||
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bhrāturāyuḥkṣayo nūnaṃ na bhavettatra karhicit |
aparāhnavyāpinī sā dvitīyā bhrātṛbhojane || 70 ||
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ajñānādyadi vā mohānna bhuktaṃ bhaginīgṛhe |
pravāsinā hyabhāvādvā jvaritenā'tha baṃdinā || 71 ||
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etadākhyānakaṃ śrutvā bhojanasya phalaṃ bhavet |
kārtike tu viśeṣeṇa dhātrīchāyāṃ samāśritaḥ || 72 ||
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bhojanaṃ kurute yastu sa vaikuṃṭhamavāpnuyāt || 73 ||
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