Chapter 14

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śrībhagavānuvāca |
tataḥ prabhāte dvādaśyāṃ kāryo matsyotsavo budhaiḥ |
mārgaśīrṣe śuklapakṣe yathāvidhyupacārataḥ || 1 ||
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atha mārgaśire māse daśamyāṃ niyatātmavān |
kṛtvā devārcanaṃ dhīmānagnikāryaṃ yathāvidhi || 2 ||
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śucivāsāḥ prasannātmā havyamannaṃ susaṃskṛtam |
paktvā paṃcapade gatvā punaḥ śaucaṃ tu pādayoḥ || 3 ||
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kṛtvā'ṣṭāṃgulamānaṃ tu kṣīravṛkṣe samudbhavam |
bhakṣayeddaṃtakāṣṭhaṃ tu tataścācamya yatnataḥ || 4 ||
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dṛṣṭvā'kāśāni sarvāṇi dhyātvā vai māṃ gadādharam |
śaṃkhacakragadāpāṇikirīṭaṃ pītavāsasam || 5 ||
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prasannavadanāṃ'bhojaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam |
dhyātvā punarjalaṃ haste gṛhītvā bhānumadhyagam || 6 ||
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dhyātvā'rghyaṃ dāpayettatra karatoyena mānavaḥ |
evamuccārayedvācaṃ tasminkāle caturmukha || 7 ||
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ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ sthitvā'hani pare hyaham |
bhokṣyāmi puṃḍarīkākṣa śaraṇaṃ me bhavā'cyuta || 8 ||
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evamuktvā tato rātrau mama mūrteśca sannidhau |
japennārāyaṇāyeti svayaṃ tatra vidhānataḥ || 9 ||
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tataḥ prabhāte vimalāṃ nadīṃ gatvā samudragām |
itarāṃ vā taḍāgaṃ vā gṛhe vā niyatātmavān || 10 ||
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ānīya mṛttikāṃ śuddhāṃ maṃtreṇā'nena mānavaḥ |
vaṃdayeddevadeveśaṃ tadā śuddho bhavennaraḥ || 11 ||
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dhāraṇaṃ poṣaṇaṃ tvatto bhūtānāṃ devi sarvadā |
tena satyena me pāpaṃ yāvanmocaya suvrate || 12 ||
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brahmāṃḍodaratīrthāni karaiḥ spṛṣṭāni daivataiḥ |
tenemāṃ mṛttikāṃ spṛṣṭā mā'labhāmi tvayoddhṛtām || 13 ||
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tvayi nityaṃ rasāḥ sarve sthitā varuṇa sarvadā |
tenemāṃ mṛttikāṃ plāvya pūtāṃ kuruṣva māciram || 14 ||
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evaṃ mṛdaṃ tathā toyaṃ prasādyā'tmānamālabhet |
triḥkṛtvā'śeṣamṛdayā piṃḍamālipya vai jale || 15 ||
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tasminnaraḥ sadā samyaṅnakrakacchapadūrataḥ |
snātvā cāvaśyakaṃ kṛtvā punarmama gṛhaṃ vrajet || 16 ||
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tatrā'rādhya mahāyogindevaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim |
keśavāya namaḥ pādau kaṭiṃ dāmodarāya ca || 17 ||
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jānuyugmaṃ nṛsiṃhāya uraḥ śrīvatsadhāriṇe |
kaṃṭhe kaustubhanābhāya vakṣaḥ śrīpataye tathā || 18 ||
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trailokyavijayāyeti bāhuṃ sarvātmane śiraḥ |
rathāṃgadhāriṇe vaktraṃ śrīkarāyeti vārijam || 19 ||
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gaṃbhīrāyeti ca gadāmaṃbhojaṃ śāṃtamūrtaye |
evamabhyarcya deveśaṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum || 20 ||
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punastasyā'grataḥ kuṃbhāṃścaturaḥ sthāpayedbudhaḥ |
jalapūrṇānsamālyāṃśca sitacaṃdanalepitān || 21 ||
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cūtapallavasaṃyuktānsitavastrāvaguṃṭhitān |
chāditāṃstāmrapātraiśca tilapūrṇaiḥ sakāṃcanaiḥ || 22 ||
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catvārastu samudrāśca kalaśāḥ saṃprakīrtitāḥ |
teṣāṃ madhye śubhaṃ pīṭhaṃ sthāpayedvastragarbhitam || 23 ||
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tasminsuvarṇaṃ raupyaṃ vā tāmraṃ vā dāravaṃ tathā |
alābhe sarvapātrāṇāṃ pālāśaṃ pātramiṣyate || 24 ||
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toyapūrṇaṃ ca tatkṛtvā tasminpātre tato nyaset |
sauvarṇaṃ matsyarūpaṃ ca kṛtvā devaṃ janārdanam || 25 ||
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devadevāṃgasaṃyuktaṃ śrutismṛtivibhūṣitam |
tatrā'nekavidhairbhakṣyaiḥ phalaiḥ puṣpaiśca śobhitam || 26 ||
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gandhairdhūpaiśca vastraiśca arcayitvā yathāvidhi |
rasātalagatā vedā yathādeva tvayoddhṛtāḥ || 27 ||
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matsyarūpeṇa tadvanmāṃ bhavāduddhara keśava |
evamuccārya tasyāgre jāgaraṃ tatra kārayet || 28 ||
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yathāvibhavasāreṇa prabhāte vimale tathā |
caturṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ ca caturo dāpayedghaṭān || 29 ||
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pūrvaṃ ca bahvṛce dadyācchāṃdogye dakṣiṇaṃ tathā |
yajuḥśākhānvite dadyātpaścimaṃ ghaṭamuttamam || 30 ||
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uttaraṃ kāmato dadyādeṣa eva vidhiḥ smṛtaḥ |
ṛgvedaḥ prīyatāṃ pūrvaṃ sāmavedastudakṣiṇe || 31 ||
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yajurvedaḥ paścimato hyatharvaścottareṇa tu |
anena kramayogena prīyatāmiti vācayet || 32 ||
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matsyarūpaṃ tu sauvarṇamācāryāya nivedayet |
gandhadhūpādi vastraistu saṃpūjya vidhivatkramāt || 33 ||
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yastvimaṃ sarahasyaṃ ca mantreṇaivopapādayet |
vidhānaṃ vidhivaddattvā dātā koṭiguṇottaram || 34 ||
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pratipadya guruṃ yastu mohādvipratipadyate |
sa janmakoṭiṃ narake pacyate puruṣādhamaḥ || 35 ||
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vidhānasya pradātā yo gururityucyate budhaiḥ |
evaṃ datvā vidhānena dvādaśyāṃ māṃ samarcayet || 36 ||
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viprāṇāṃ bhojanaṃ dadyādyathāśaktyā ca dakṣiṇām |
bhūriṇā paramānnena tataḥ paścātsvayaṃ naraḥ || 37 ||
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bhuñjīta sahito viprairvāgyataḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ |
anena vidhinā yastu kuryānmatsyotsavaṃ naraḥ || 38 ||
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tasya puṇyaphalaṃ cāgre śṛṇu satyavatāṃ vara |
yadi vaktra sahasrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi bhavaṃti hi || 39 ||
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āyuśca brahmaṇā tulyaṃ labhedyadi mahāvrata |
tadā vai hyasya dharmasya phalaṃ kathayituṃ bhavet || 40 ||
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ya imaṃ śrāvayedbhaktyā dvādaśīkalpamuttamam |
śṛṇoti vā sa pāpaistu sarvaireva vimucyate || 41 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusaṃvāde mārgaśīrṣamāsamāhātmye matsyotsavakathanaṃnāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 14 ||
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