Chapter 21

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śrīsūta uvāca |
jaṭā tīrthābhidhe tīrthe sarvapātakanāśane |
snānaṃ kṛtvā viśuddhātmā lakṣmītīrthaṃ tato vrajet || 1 ||
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yaṃyaṃ kāmaṃ samuddiśya lakṣmītīrthe dvijottamāḥ |
snānaṃ samācarenmartyastaṃtaṃ kāmaṃ samaśnute || 2 ||
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mahādāridryaśamanaṃ mahādhānyasamṛddhidam |
mahāduḥkhapraśamanaṃ mahāsaṃpadvivardhanam || 3 ||
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atra snātvā dharmaputro mahadaiśvaryamāptavān |
indraprasthe vasanpūrvaṃ śrīkṛṣṇena pracoditaḥ || 4 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
yathaiśvaryaṃ dharmaputro lakṣmītīrthe nimajjanāt |
āptavānkṛṣṇavacanāttanno brūhi mahāmune || 5 ||
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śrīsūta uvāca |
indraprasthe purā viprā dhṛtarāṣṭreṇa coditāḥ |
nyavasanpāṃḍavāḥ paṃca mahābalaparākramāḥ || 6 ||
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indraprasthaṃ yayau kṛṣṇaḥ kadācittānnirīkṣitum |
tamāgatamebhiprekṣya pāṃḍavāste samutsukāḥ || 7 ||
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svagṛhaṃ prāpayāmāsurmudā paramayā yutāḥ |
kañcitkālamasau kṛṣṇastatrāvātsītpurottame || 8 ||
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kadācitkṛṣṇamāhūya pūjayitvā yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
papraccha puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ vāsudevaṃ jagatpatim || 9 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
kṛṣṇakṛṣṇa mahāprājña yena dharmeṇa mānavāḥ |
labhaṃte mahadaiśvaryaṃ tanno brūhi mahāmate |
ityukto dharmaputreṇa kṛṣṇaḥ prāha yudhiṣṭhiram || 10 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
dharmaputra mahābhāga gandhamādanaparvate || 11 ||
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lakṣmī tīrthamiti khyātamastyaiśvaryaikakāraṇam |
tatra snānaṃ kuruṣva tvamaiśvaryaṃ te bhaviṣyati || 12 ||
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tatra snānena vardhaṃte dhanadhānyasamṛddhayaḥ |
sarve sapatnā naśyaṃti kṣātrameṣāṃ vivarddhate || 13 ||
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tīrthe sasnuḥ purā devā lakṣmīnāmani puṇyade |
alabhantsarvamaiśvaryaṃ tena puṇyena dharmaja || 14 ||
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asurāṃśca mahāvīryānsamare jaghnuraṃjasā |
mahī lakṣmīśca dharmaśca tattīrthasnāyināṃ nṛṇām || 15 ||
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bhaviṣyatyacirādeva saṃśayaṃ mā kṛthā iha |
tapobhiḥ kratubhirdānairāśīrvādaiśca pāṃḍava || 16 ||
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aiśvaryaṃ prāpyate yadvallakṣmītīrthanimajjanāt |
sarvapāpāni naśyaṃti viprā yāṃti layaṃ sadā || 17 ||
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vyādhayaśca vinaśyaṃti lakṣmītīrthaniṣevaṇāt |
śreyaḥ suvipulaṃ loke labhyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 18 ||
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snānamātreṇa vai lakṣmyāstīrthe'smi ndharmanaṃdana |
raṃbhāmapsarasāṃ śreṣṭhāṃ labdhavānavadho nṛpaḥ || 19 ||
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snātvātra tīrthe puṇye tu kubero naravāhanaḥ |
sa mahāpadmamukhyānāṃ nidhīnāṃ nāyako' bhavat || 2 ||
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tasmāttvamapi rājeṃdra lakṣmītīrthe śubhaprade |
snātvā vṛkodaramukhairanujairapi saṃvṛtaḥ || 21 ||
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lapsyase mahatīṃ lakṣmīṃ jeṣyase ca ripūnapi |
saṃdeho nātra kartavyaḥ paitṛṣvaseya dharmaja || 22 ||
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ityukto dharmaputro'yaṃ kṛṣṇenādbhutadarśanaḥ |
sānujaḥ prayayau śīghraṃ gandhamādanaparvatam || 23 ||
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lakṣmī tīrthaṃ tato gatvā mahadaiśvaryakāraṇam |
sasnau yudhiṣṭhirastatra sānujo niyamānvitaḥ || 24 ||
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lakṣmatīrthasya toye sa sarvapātakanāśane |
sānujo māsamekaṃ tu sasnau niyamapūrvakam || 25 ||
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gobhūtilahiraṇyādīnbrāhmaṇebhyo dadau bahūn |
sānujo dharmaputro'sāviṃdraprasthaṃ yayau tataḥ || 26 ||
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rājasūyakratuṃ kartuṃ tata ecchadyudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
kṛṣṇaṃ samāhvayāmāsa yiyakṣurdharmanaṃdanaṃ || 27 ||
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kṛṣṇo dharmajadūtena samāhūtaḥ sasaṃbhramaḥ |
caturbhiraśvaiḥ saṃyuktaṃ rathamā ruhya veginam || 28 ||
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satyabhāmāsahacara iṃdraprasthaṃ samāyayau |
tamāgataṃ samālokya pramodāddharmanaṃdanaḥ || 29 ||
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nyavedayatsa kṛṣṇāya rājasūyodyamaṃ tadā |
anvamanyata kṛṣṇopi tathaiva kriyatāmiti || 30 ||
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vākyaṃ ca yuktisaṃyuktaṃ dharmaputramabhāṣata |
paitṛṣvasreya dharmātmañcchṛṇu pathyaṃ vaco mama || 31 ||
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duṣkaro rājasūyo'yaṃ sarvairapi mahīśvaraiḥ |
anekaśatapādātarathakuṃjaravājimān || 32 ||
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mahīpatirimaṃ yajñaṃ kartumarhati netaraḥ |
diśo daśa vijetavyā prathamaṃ valinā tvayā || 33 ||
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parājitebhyaḥ śatrubhyo gṛhītvā karamuttamam |
tena kāṃcanajātena kartavyo'yaṃ kratūttamaḥ || 34 ||
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rocaye yuktividahaṃ na hi tvāṃ bhīṣayāmi bhoḥ |
ataḥ kratusamāraṃbhātpūrvaṃ digvijayaṃ kuru || 35 ||
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tato dharmātmajaḥ śrutvā kṛṣṇasya vacanaṃ hitam |
praśaṃsandevakīputramājuhāva nijānujān || 36 ||
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āhūya caturo bhrātṝndharmajaḥ prāha harṣayan |
ayi bhīma mahābāho bahuvīrya dhanaṃjaya || 37 ||
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yamau ca sukumāgaṃgau śatrusaṃhāradīkṣitau |
cikīrṣāmi mahāyajñaṃ rājasūyamanuttamam || 38 ||
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sa ca sarvānraṇe jitvā kartavyaḥ pṛthivīpatīn |
ato vijetuṃ bhūpālāṃścatvaro'pi sasainikāḥ || 39 ||
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diśaścatasro gacchaṃtu bhavaṃto vīryavattarāḥ |
yuṣmābhirāhatairdravyaiḥ kariṣyāmi mahākratum || 40 ||
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ityuktāḥ sādaraṃ sarve vṛkodaramukhāstadā |
prasannavadanā bhūtvā dharmaputrānujāḥ purāt || 41 ||
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rājñāṃ jayāya sarvāsu niryayurdikṣu pāṃḍavāḥ |
te sarve nṛpatīñjitvā caturdikṣu sthitānbahūn || 42 ||
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svavaśe sthāpayitvā tānnṛpatīnpāṃḍunaṃdanāḥ |
tairdattaṃ bahudhā dravyamasaṃkhyātamanuttamam || 43 ||
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ādāya svapuraṃ tūrṇamāyayuḥ kṛṣṇasaṃśrayāḥ |
bhīmaḥ samāyayau tatra mahābalaparākramaḥ || 44 ||
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śatabhārasuvarṇāni samādāya purottamam |
sahasraṃ bhāramādāya suvarṇānāṃ tato'rjunaḥ || 45 ||
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śakraprasthaṃ samāyāto mahābalaparākramaḥ |
śatabhāraṃ suvarṇānāṃ pragṛhya nakulastathā || 46 ||
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samāgato mahātejāḥ śakraprasthaṃ purottamam |
dattānvibhīṣaṇenātha svarṇatālāṃścaturdaśa || 47 ||
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dākṣiṇātyamahīpānāṃ gṛhītvā dhanasaṃcayam |
sahadevopi sahasā samā yāto nijāṃ purīm || 48 ||
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lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi lakṣakoṭiśatānyapi |
suvarṇāni dadau kṛṣṇo dharmaputrāya yādavaḥ || 49 ||
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svānujairāhṛtairevamasaṃ khyātairmahādhanaiḥ |
kṛṣṇadattairasaṃkhyātairdhanairapi yudhiṣṭhiraḥ || 50 ||
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kṛṣṇāśrayo'yajadviprā rājasūyena pāṃḍavaḥ |
tasminyāge dadau dravyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo yatheṣṭataḥ || 51 ||
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annāni pradadau tatra brāhmaṇebhyo yudhiṣṭhiraḥ |
vastrāṇi gāśca bhūmiṃ ca bhūṣaṇāni dadau tathā || 52 ||
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arthinaḥ parituṣyaṃti yāvatā kāṃcanādinā |
tatopi dviguṇaṃ tebhyo dāpayāmāsa dharmajaḥ || 53 ||
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iyaṃti dattānyarthibhyo dhanāni vividhānyapi |
itīyattāṃ paricchettuṃ na śaktā brahmakoṭayaḥ || 54 ||
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arthibhirdīyamānāni dṛṣṭvā tatra dhanāni vai |
sarvasvamapyaho rājñā dattamityabravījjanaḥ || 55 ||
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dṛṣṭvā kośāstathā naṃtānanaṃtamaṇikāṃcanān || 5 ||
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svalpaṃ hi dattamarthibhya ityavocañjanāstadā |
iṣṭvaivaṃ rājasūyena dharmaputraḥ sahānujaḥ || 57 ||
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bahuvittasamṛddhaḥ sanreme tatra purottame |
lakṣmītīrthasya māhātmyāddharmaputro yudhiṣṭhiraḥ || 58 ||
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lebhe sarvamidaṃ viprā aho tīrthasya vaibhavam |
idaṃ tīrthaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ mahā dāridyanāśanam || 59 ||
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dhanadhānyapradaṃ puṃsāṃ mahāpātakanāśanam |
mahānarakasaṃhartṛ mahāduḥkhanivartakam || 60 ||
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mokṣadaṃ svargadaṃ nityaṃ mahāṛṇa vimocanam |
sukalatrapradaṃ puṃsāṃ suputrapradameva ca || 61 ||
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etattīrthasamaṃ tīrthaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati |
etadvaḥ kathitaṃ viprā lakṣmītīrthasya vaibhavam || 62 ||
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duḥsvapnanāśanaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvābhīṣṭaprasādhakam |
yaḥ paṭhedimamadhyāyaṃ śṛṇute vā sabhaktikam || 63 ||
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dhanadhānyasamṛddhaḥ syātsa naro nāsti saṃśayaḥ |
bhuktveha sakalānbhogāndehāṃte muktimāpnuyāt || 64 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasyā saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe setumāhātmye lakṣmītīrthapraśaṃsāyāṃ dharmaputraniratiśayasaṃpadavāptivarṇanaṃnāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 21 ||
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