Chapter 3

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brahmovāca |
puṃḍraṃ katividhaṃ kāryaṃ prabrūhi mama keśava |
puṃḍrāṇāṃ śravaṇe'tīva kautukaṃ mama jāyate || 1 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
śṛṇu putra pravakṣyāmi puṃḍraṃ ca trividhaṃ smṛtam |
tulasīmṛtsnayā sārdhaṃ śrīgopīcaṃdanena ca || 2 ||
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haricaṃdanataḥ kāryaṃ puṃḍraṃ tatra vicakṣaṇaiḥ |
śrīkṛṣṇatulasīmūlamṛdamādāya bhaktimān |
dhārayedūrdhvapuṃḍrāṇi haristatra prasīdati || 3 ||
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gopīcaṃdana māhātmyaṃ nibodha gadato mama || 4 ||
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yo mṛttikāṃ dvāravatīsamudbhavāṃ kare samādāya lalāṭapaṭṭake |
karoti nityaṃ nara ūrdhvapuṃḍraṃ kriyāphalaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ tadā bhavet || 5 ||
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kriyāvihīnaṃ yadi mantrahīnaṃ śraddhāvihīnaṃ yadi kālavarjitam |
kṛtvā lalāṭe yadi gopicaṃdanaṃ prāpnoti tatkarmaphalaṃ sadā'vyayam || 6 ||
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gopīcaṃdanasaṃbhavaṃ suruciraṃ puṃḍraṃ lalāṭe dvijo nityaṃ dhārayate yadi pratidinaṃ rātrau divā sarvadā |
yatpuṇyaṃ kurujāṃgale ravigrahe māgha prayāge tathā tatprāpnoti tato'dhikaṃ mama gṛhe saṃtiṣṭhate devavat || 7 ||
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yasmingṛhe tiṣṭhati gopicaṃdanaṃ bhaktyā lalāṭe manujo bibharti cet |
tasmingṛhe'haṃ nivasāmi sarvadā śriyānvitaḥ kaṃsanihā caturmukha || 8 ||
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yo dhārayedddvāravatīsamudbhavāṃ mṛtsnāṃ pavitrāṃ kalikalmaṣāpahām |
nityaṃ lalāṭe mama mantrasaṃyutāṃ yamaṃ na paśyedapi pāpasaṃyutaḥ || 9 ||
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yasyāṃ'takāle suta gopicaṃdanaṃ bāhvorlalāṭe hṛdi mastake ca |
prayāti loke kamalāpatermama gobālaghātī yadi brahmahā syāt || 10 ||
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grahā na pīḍyaṃti na rakṣasāṃ gaṇā yakṣāḥ piśācoragabhūtanāyakāḥ |
lalāṭapaṭṭe suta gopicaṃdanaṃ saṃtiṣṭhate yasya mama prabhāvāt || 11 ||
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ūrdhvapuṃḍramṛjuṃ saumyaṃ lalāṭe yasya dṛśyate |
sa caṃḍālo'pi śuddhātmā pūjya eva na saṃśayaḥ || 12 ||
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asnāto yaḥ kriyāḥ kuryādaśuciḥ pāpasaṃyutaḥ |
gopīcaṃdanasaṃparkātpūto bhavati tatkṣaṇāt || 13 ||
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aśucirvāpyanācāro mahāpāpaṃ samācaret |
śucireva bhavennityamūrdhvapuṃḍrāṃ'kito naraḥ || 14 ||
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matpriyārthaṃ śubhārthaṃ vā rakṣārthaṃ caturānana |
matpūjāhomake caiva sāyaṃ prātaḥ samāhitaḥ |
madbhakto dhārayennityamūrdhvapuṃḍraṃ bhavāpaham || 15 ||
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ūrdhvapuṃḍradharo martyo mriyate yadi kutracit |
śvapāko'pi vimānastho mama loke mahīyate || 16 ||
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ūrdhvapuṃḍradharo martyo yadā yasyānnamaśnute |
tadā viṃśatkulaṃ tasya narakāduddharāmyaham || 17 ||
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vīkṣyā'darśe jale vā'pi yo vidadhyātprayatnataḥ |
ūrdhvapuṇḍraṃ mahābhāga sa yāti paramāṃ gatim || 18 ||
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anāmikā śāṃtidoktā madhyamā'yuṣkarī bhavet |
aṃguṣṭhaḥ puṣṭidaḥ proktastarjanī mokṣadāyinī || 19 ||
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gopīcaṃdanakhaṃḍaṃ tu yo dadāti ca vaiṣṇave |
kulamaṣṭottaraṃ tena tāritaṃ vai bhavecchatam || 20 ||
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yajño dānaṃ tapo homaḥ svādhyāyaḥ pitṛtarpaṇam |
vyarthaṃ bhavati tatsarvamūrdhvapuṇḍravinākṛtam || 21 ||
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yaccharīraṃ manuṣyāṇāmūrdhvapuṇḍravinākṛtam |
tanmukhaṃ naiva paśyāmi śmaśānasadṛśaṃ hi tat || 22 ||
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ūrdhvapuṇḍraṃ prakurvīta matsyakūrmādidhāraṇam |
kuryādviṣṇuprasādārthaṃ mahāviṣṇoratipriyam || 23 ||
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yatpunaḥ kalikāle tu matpurīsaṃbhavāṃ mṛdam |
matsyakūrmāṃ'kitaṃ cihnaṃ gṛhītvā kurute naraḥ || 24 ||
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dehe tasya praviṣṭaṃ māṃ jānīhi tridaśottama |
tasya me nāṃtaraṃ kiṃcitkartavyaṃ śreya icchatā || 25 ||
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mamāvatāracihnāni dṛśyaṃte yasya vigrahe |
martyo martyo na vijñeyaḥ sa nūnaṃ māmakī tanuḥ || 26 ||
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pāpaṃ sukṛtarūpaṃ tu jāyate tasya dehinaḥ |
mamā'yudhāni dṛśyaṃte likhitāni kalau yuge || 27 ||
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ubhābhyāmapi cihnābhyāṃ yoṃ'kito matsyamudrayā |
kūrmayā māmakaṃ tejo vikṣiptaṃ tasya vigrahe || 28 ||
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śaṃkha ca padmaṃ ca gadāṃ rathāṃgaṃ matsyaṃ ca kūrmaṃ racitaṃ svadehe |
karoti nityaṃ sukṛtasya vṛddhiṃ pāpakṣayaṃ janmaśatārjitasya || 29 ||
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nārāyaṇāyudhairnityaṃ cihnito yasya vigrahaḥ |
pāpakoṭiprayuktasya tasya kiṃ kurute yamaḥ || 30 ||
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śaṃkhoddhāre ca yatproktaṃ vasatā koṭijanmabhiḥ |
tatphalaṃ labhate śaṃkhe pratyahaṃ dakṣiṇe bhuje || 31 ||
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yatphalaṃ puṣkare proktaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣadarśanāt |
śaṃkhopari kṛte padme tatphalaṃ koṭisaṃmitam || 32 ||
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vāme bhuje gadā yasya likhitā dṛśyate kalau |
gadādharo gayāpuṇyaṃ pratyahaṃ tasya yacchati || 33 ||
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yaccānaṃdapure proktaṃ cakrasvāmisamīpataḥ |
gadācakre ca likhite tatphalaṃ liṃgadarśane || 34 ||
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mamāyudhāṃ'kitaṃ dehaṃ gopīcandanamṛtsnayā |
prayāgādiṣu tīrtheṣu sa gatvā kiṃ kariṣyati || 35 ||
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yadāyadā prapaśyeta dehaṃ śaṃkhādicihnitam |
tadātadā prasannohaṃ pāpaṃ tasya dahāmi vai || 36 ||
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tiṣṭhate yasya dehe tu ahorātraṃ dine dine |
śaṃkhacakragadāpadmalikhitaṃ sa madātmakaḥ || 37 ||
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nārāyaṇāyudhairyuktaṃ kṛtvātmānaṃ kalau yuge |
yatpuṇyaṃ karma kurute merutulyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 38 ||
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śaṃkhāyudhāṃ'kito bhaktyā yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute suta |
vidhihīnaṃ tu saṃpūrṇaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam || 39 ||
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yathā'gnirdahate kāṣṭhaṃ vāyunā preṣito bhṛśam |
tathā dahyaṃti pāpāni dṛṣṭvā ma āyudhāni vai || 40 ||
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mama nāmāṃkitāṃ mudrāmaṣṭākṣarasamanvitām |
śaṃkhādisvāyudhairyuktāṃ svarṇaraupyamayīmapi || 41 ||
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dhatte bhagavato yastu kalikāle viśeṣataḥ |
prahrādasya samo jñeyo nānyathā mama vallabhaḥ || 42 ||
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yasya nārāyaṇī mudrā dehaṃ śaṃkhādicihnitam |
dhātrīphalaiḥ kṛtā mālā tulasīkāṣṭhasaṃbhavā || 43 ||
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dvādaśākṣaramaṃtrastu niyuktāni kalevare |
āyudhāni ca viprasya matsamaḥ sa ca vaiṣṇavaḥ || 44 ||
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śaṃkhāṃkitatanurvipro bhuṃkte vai yasya veśmani |
tadannaṃ svayamaśnāmi pitṛbhiḥ saha putraka || 45 ||
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kṛṣṇāyudhāṃ'kitaṃ dṛṣṭvā sanmānaṃ na karoti yaḥ |
dvādaśābdārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ bāṣkaleyāya gacchati || 46 ||
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kṛṣṇāyudhāṃ'kito yastu śmaśāne mriyate yadi |
prayāge yā gatiḥ proktā sā gatistasya mānada || 47 ||
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mamā'yudhaiḥ kalau nityaṃ maṃḍito yasya vigrahaḥ |
tatrā'śramaṃ prakurvaṃti vibudhā vāsavādayaḥ || 48 ||
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yaḥ karoti ca me pūjāṃ mama śastrāṃkito naraḥ |
aparādhasahasrāṇi nityaṃ tasya harāmyaham || 49 ||
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kṛtvā kāṣṭhamayaṃ biṃbaṃ mama śastraiḥ sucihnitam |
yo vā aṃkayate dehaṃ tatsamo nāsti vaiṣṇavaḥ || 50 ||
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aṣṭākṣarāṃ'kitā mudrā yasya dhātumayī kare |
śaṃkhapadmādibhiryuktā pūjyate'sau surāsuraiḥ || 51 ||
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dhṛtā nārāyaṇī mudrā prahrādena purā kare |
vibhīṣaṇena balinā dhruveṇa ca śukena ca |
māṃdhātrā hyaṃbarīṣeṇa mārkaṃḍeyamukhairdvijaiḥ || 52 ||
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śaṃkhādicihnitaiḥ śastrairdehaṃ kṛtvā ca mānada |
evamārādhya māṃ prāptaṃ samīhitaphalaṃ mahat || 53 ||
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gopīcaṃdanamṛtsnayā likhito yasya vigrahaḥ |
śaṃkhacakrādipadmāṃ'ko dehe tasya vasāmyaham || 54 ||
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sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ tāmraṃ kāṃsyamāyasameva ca |
cakraṃ kṛtvā tu medhāvī dhārayīta vicakṣaṇaḥ |
dvādaśāraṃ tu ṣaṭkoṇaṃ valitrayavibhūṣitam || 55 ||
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evaṃ sudarśanaṃ cakraṃ kārayīta vicakṣaṇaḥ |
upavītādivaddhāryāḥ śaṃkhacakragadāḥ sadā || 56 ||
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brāhmaṇaiśca viśeṣeṇa vaiṣṇavaiśca viśeṣataḥ |
upavītaṃ śikhā yadvaccakraṃ lāṃchana saṃyutam || 57 ||
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cakralāṃchanahīnasya viprasya viphalaṃ bhavet |
mama cakrāṃ'kito dehaḥ pavitra iti vai śrutiḥ || 58 ||
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cakrāṃ'kitāya dātavyaṃ havyaṃ kavyaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ |
mama cakrāṃ'kakavacamabhedyaṃ devadānavaiḥ |
ajeyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ śatrūṇāṃ rakṣasāmapi || 59 ||
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mama cakrāṃ'kakavacaṃ śarīre yasya tiṣṭhati |
nā'śubhaṃ vidyate tasya gṛhaputrādikasya hi || 60 ||
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dakṣiṇe ca bhuje vipro bibhṛyādvai sudarśanam |
savye ca śaṃkhaṃ bibhṛyāditi vedavido viduḥ || 61 ||
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tattanmaṃtreṇa maṃtrajñaḥ pratiṣṭhāpya pṛthakpṛthak || 62 ||
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lalāṭe ca gadā dhāryā mūrdhni cāpaṃ śarastathā |
naṃdakaṃ caiva hṛnmadhye śaṃkhacakre bhujadvaye || 63 ||
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena cakrādīndhārayetsadā |
dhāraṇānantaraṃ brūyāttatra caivaṃ dvijottamaḥ || 64 ||
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putramitrakalatrādiryaḥ kaścinmatparigrahaḥ |
saha dehena sarvo'sau viṣṇuprītyai mayā'rpitaḥ || 65 ||
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paścātsvadharmamāsthāya tiṣṭhedājīvanaṃ mama |
bhaktyā cāvyabhicāriṇyā sarvadā'ptamanorathaḥ || 66 ||
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śaṃkhacakrāṃkitaṃ dṛṣṭvā ye niṃdaṃti narādhamāḥ |
avalokya mukhaṃ teṣāmādityamavalokayet |
śrīkṛṣṇanāma coccārya śuddho bhavati nānyathā || 67 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśātisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusaṃvāde gopīcandanādiśaṃkha cakrādyāyudhadhāraṇatattanmudrādhāraṇaprakārakathanaṃnāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 3 ||
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