Chapter 1

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || |
tartuṃ saṃhṛtivāridhiṃ trijagatāṃ naurnāma yasya prabhoryenedaṃ sakalaṃ vibhāti satataṃ jātaṃ sthitaṃ saṃsṛtam |
yaścaitanyaghanapramāṇa vidhuro vedāṃtavedyo vibhustaṃ vande sahajaprakāśamamalaṃ śrīrāmacandraṃ param |
dārāḥ putrā dhanaṃ vā parijanasahito baṃdhuvargaḥ priyo vā mātā bhrātā pitā vā śvaśurakulajanā bhṛtyaaiśvaryyavitte |
vidyā rūpaṃ vimalabhavanaṃ yauvanaṃ yauvataṃ vā sarve vyarthaṃ maraṇasamaye dharma ekaḥ sahāyaḥ |
naimiṣe nimiṣakṣetre ṛṣayaḥ śaunakādayaḥ |
satraṃ svargāya lokāya sahasrasamamāsata || 1 ||
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ekadā sūtamāyāṃtaṃ dṛṣṭvā taṃ śaunakādayaḥ |
paraṃ harṣaṃ samāviṣṭāḥ papurnetraiḥ sucetasā |
citrāḥ śrotuṃ kathāstatra parivavrustapasvinaḥ || 2 ||
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atha teṣūpaviṣṭeṣu tapasviṣu mahātmasu |
nirdiṣṭamāsanaṃ bheje vinayāllomaharṣaṇiḥ || 3 ||
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sukhāsīnaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā vighnāṃtamupalakṣya ca |
athāpṛcchaṃsta ṛṣayaḥ kāścitprāstāvikīḥ kathāḥ || 4 ||
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purāṇamakhilaṃ tāta purā te'dhītavānpitā |
kaccittvayāpi tatsarvamadhītaṃ lomaharṣaṇe || 5 ||
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kathayasva kathāṃ sūta puṇyāṃ pāpaniṣūdinīm |
śrutvā yāṃ yāti vilayaṃ pāpaṃ janmaśatodbhavam || 6 ||
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sūta uvāca |
śrībhāratyaṃghriyugalaṃ gaṇanāthapadadvayam |
sarveṣāṃ caiva devānāṃ namaskṛtya vadāmyaham || 7 ||
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śaktīṃścaiva vasūṃścaiva grahānyajñādidevatāḥ |
namaskṛtya śubhānviprānkavimukhyāṃśca sarvaśaḥ || 8 ||
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abhīṣṭadevatāścaiva praṇamya gurusattamam |
namaskṛtya śubhāndevānrāmādīṃśca viśeṣataḥ || 9 ||
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yānsmṛtvā vividhaiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ |
teṣāṃ prasādādvakṣye'haṃ tīrthānāṃ phalamuttamam |
sarveṣāṃ ca niyaṃtāraṃ dharmātmānaṃ praṇamya ca || 10 ||
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dharmmāraṇyapatistriviṣṭapapatirnityaṃ bhavānīpatiḥ pāpādvaḥ sthirabhogayogasulabho devaḥ sa dharmeśvaraḥ |
sarveṣāṃ hṛdayāni jīvakalayā vyāpya sthitaḥ sarvadā dhyātvā yaṃ na punarviśaṃti manujāḥ saṃsārakārāgṛham || 11 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ekadā tu sa dharmmo vai jagāma brahmasaṃsadi |
tāṃ sabhāṃ sa samālokya jñānaniṣṭho'bhavattadā || 12 ||
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devairmunivaraiḥ krāṃtāṃ sabhāmālokya vismitaḥ |
devairyakṣaistathā nāgaiḥ pannagaiśca tathā'suraiḥ || 13 ||
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ṛṣibhiḥ siddhagaṃdharvaiḥ samākrāṃtocitāsanā |
sasukhā sā sabhā brahmanna śītā na ca gharmmadā || 14 ||
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na kṣudhaṃ na pipāsāṃ ca na glāniṃ prāpnuvantyuta |
nānārūpairiva kṛtā maṇibhiḥ sā sabhā varaiḥ || 19 ||
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staṃbhaiśca vidhṛtā sā tu śāśvatī na ca sakṣayā |
divyairnānāvidhairbhāvairbhāsadbhiramitaprabhā || 16 ||
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ati candraṃ ca sūryyaṃ ca śikhinaṃ ca svayaṃprabhā |
dīpyate nākapṛṣṭhasthā bhartsayaṃtīva bhāskaram || 17 ||
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tasyāṃ sa bhagavāñchāsti vividhāndevamānuṣān |
svayameko'niśaṃ brahmā sarvalokapitāmahaḥ || 18 ||
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upatiṣṭhaṃti cāpyenaṃ prajānāṃ patayaḥ prabhum |
dakṣaḥ pracetāḥ pulaho marīciḥ kaśyapaḥ prabhuḥ || 19 ||
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bhṛguratrirvasiṣṭhaśca gautamo'tha tathāṃgirāḥ |
pulastyaśca kratuścaiva prahlādaḥ karddamastathā || 20 ||
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atharvāṃgirasaścaiva vālakhilyā marīcipāḥ |
 manoṃ'tarikṣaṃ vidyāśva vāyustejo jalaṃ mahī || 21 ||
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śabdasparśau tathā rūpaṃ raso gaṃdhastathaiva ca |
prakṛtiśca vikāraśca sadasatkāraṇaṃ tathā || 22 ||
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agastyaśca mahātejā mārkaṃḍeyaśca vīryavān |
jamadagnirbharadvājaḥ saṃvartaścyavanastathā || 23 ||
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durvāsāśca mahābhāga ṛṣyaśrṛṃgaśca dhārmikaḥ |
sanatkumāro bhagavānyogācāryyo mahātapāḥ || 24 ||
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asito devalaścaiva jaigīṣavyaśca tattvavit |
āyurvedastathāṣṭāṃgo gāndharvaścaiva tatra hi || 29 ||
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caṃdramāḥ sah nakṣatrairādityaśca gabhastimān |
vāyavastaṃtavaścaiva saṃkalpaḥ prāṇa eva ca || 26 ||
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mūrtimaṃto mahātmāno mahāvrataparāyaṇāḥ |
ete cānye ca bahavo brahmāṇaṃ samupāsire || 27 ||
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artho dharmaśca kāmaśca harṣo dveṣastamo damaḥ |
āyāṃti tasyāṃ sahitā gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ || 28 ||
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śukrādyāśva grahāścaiva ye cānye tatsamīpagāḥ |
maṃtrā rathaṃtaraṃ caiva harimānvasumānapi || 29 ||
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mahito viśvakarmā ca vasavaścaiva sarvaśaḥ |
tathā pitṛgaṇāḥ sarve sarvāṇi ca havīṃṣyatha || 30 ||
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ṛgvedaḥ sāmavedaśca yajurvedastathaiva ca |
atharvavedaśca tathā sarvaśāstrāṇi caiva ha || 31 ||
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itihāsopavedāśca vedāṃgāni ca sarvaśaḥ |
medhā dhṛtiḥ smṛtiścaiva prajñā buddhiryaśaḥ samāḥ || 32 ||
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kālacakraṃ ca taddivyaṃ nityamakṣayamavyayam |
yāvantyo devapatnyaśca sarvā eva manojavāḥ || 33 ||
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gārhapatyā nākacarāḥ pitaro lokaviśrutāḥ |
somapā ekaśṛṃgāśca tathā sarve tapasvinaḥ || 31 ||
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nāgāḥ suparṇāḥ paśavaḥ pitāmahamupāsate |
sthāvarā jaṃgamāścāpi mahābhūtāstathā pare || 39 ||
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puraṃdaraśca deveṃdro varuṇo dhanadastathā |
mahādevaḥ sahomo'tra sadā gacchati sarvadaḥ || 36 ||
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gacchaṃti sarvadā devā nārāyaṇastatharṣayaḥ |
ṛṣayo vālakhilyāśca yonijāyonijāstathā || 37 ||
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yatkiṃcitriṣu lokeṣu dṛśyate sthāṇu jaṃgamam |
tasyāṃ sahopaviṣṭāyāṃ tatra jñātvā sa dharmavit || 38 ||
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devairmunivaraiḥ krāṃtāṃ samālokyātivismitaḥ |
harṣeṇa mahatā yukto romāṃcitatanūruhaḥ || 39 ||
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tatra dharmo mahātejāḥ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm |
vācyamānāṃ tu śuśrāva vyāsenāmitatejasā || 40 ||
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dharmāraṇyakathāṃ divyāṃ tathaiva sumanoharām |
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ phaladātrīṃ tathaiva ca || 41 ||
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putrapautraprapautrādi phaladātrīṃ tathaiva ca |
dhāraṇācchravaṇāccāpi paṭhanāccāvalokanāt || 42 ||
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tāṃ niśamya suvistīrṇāṃ kathāṃ brahmāṃḍasaṃbhavām || pra |
modotphullanayano brahmāṇamanumatya ca || 43 ||
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kṛtakāryopi dharmātmā gaṃtukāmastadābhavat |
namaskṛtya tadā dharmo brahmāṇaṃ sa pitāmaham || 44 ||
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anujñātastadā tena gato'sau yamaśāsanam |
pitāmahaprasādācca śrutvā puṇyapradāyinīm || 45 ||
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dharmāraṇyakathāṃ divyāṃ pavitrāṃ pāpanāśinīm |
sa gato'nucaraiḥ sārddhaṃ tataḥ saṃyaminīṃ prati || 46 ||
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amātyānucaraiḥ sārdhaṃ praviṣṭaḥ svapuraṃ yamaḥ |
tatrāṃtare mahātejā nārado munipuṃgavaḥ || 47 ||
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durnirīkṣyaḥ kṛpāyuktaḥ samadarśī taponidhiḥ |
tapasā dagdhadehopi viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ || 48 ||
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sarvagaḥ sarvaviccaiva nāradaḥ sarvadā śuciḥ |
vedādhyayanaśīlaśca tvāgata statra saṃsadi || 49 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā dharmo bhāryayā sevakaiḥ saha |
saṃmukho harṣasaṃyukto gacchanneva sa satvaraḥ || 50 ||
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adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalaṃ kulam |
adya me saphalo dharmastvayyāyāte tapodhane || 51 ||
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arghyapādyādividhinā pūjāṃ kṛtvā vidhānataḥ |
daṃḍavattaṃ praṇamyātha vidhinā copaveśitaḥ || 52 ||
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āsane sve mahādivye ratnakāṃcanabhūṣite |
citrārpitā sabhā sarvā dīpā nirvātagā iva || 53 ||
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vidhāya kuśalapraśnaṃ svāgatenābhinaṃdya tam |
praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe dharmāraṇyakathāṃ smaran || 54 ||
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nāradaṃ pūjayitvā tu prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā |
harṣitaṃ tu yamaṃ dṛṣṭvā nārado vismitānanaḥ || 55 ||
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ciṃtayāmāsa manasā kimidaṃ harṣito hariḥ |
atiharṣaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā yamarājasvarūpiṇam |
āścaryamanasaṃ caiva nāradaḥ pṛṣṭavāṃstadā || 56 ||
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nārada uvāca |
kiṃ dṛṣṭaṃ bhavatāścaryyaṃ kiṃ vā labdhaṃ mahatpadam |
duṣṭastvaṃ duṣṭakarmā ca duṣṭātmā krodharūpadhṛk || 57 ||
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pāpināṃ yamanaṃ caivametadrūpaṃ mahattaram |
saumyarūpaṃ kathaṃ jātametanme saṃśayaḥ prabho || 58 ||
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adya tvaṃ harṣasaṃyukto dṛśyase kena hetunā |
kathayasva mahākāya harṣasyaiva hi kāraṇam || 59 ||
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dharmarāja uvāca |
śrūyatāṃ brahmaputraitatkathayāmi na saṃśayaḥ |
purāhaṃ brahmasadanaṃ gatavānabhivaṃditum || 60 ||
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tatrāsīnaḥ sabhāmadhye sarvalokaikapūjite ||
nānākathāḥ śrutāstatra dharmmavargasamanvitāḥ || 61 ||
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kathāḥ puṇyā dharmayutā ramyā vyāsamukhācchrutāḥ |
dharmakāmārthasaṃyuktāḥ sarvāghaughavināśinīḥ || 62 ||
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yāḥ śrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyaṃte brahmahatyayā |
tārayaṃti pitṛgaṇāñchatamekottaraṃ mune || 63 ||
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nārada uvāca |
kīdṛśī tatkathā me tāṃ praśaṃsa bhavatā śrutām |
kathāṃ yama mahābāho śrotukāmosmyahaṃ ca tām || 64 ||
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yama uvāca |
ekadā brahmaloke'haṃ namaskartuṃ pitāmaham |
gatavānasmi taṃ deśaṃ kāryākāryavicāraṇe || 65 ||
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mayā tatrādbhutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ ca munisattama |
dharmmāraṇyakathāṃ divyāṃ kṛṣṇadvaipāyaneritām || 66 ||
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śrutvā kathāṃ mahāpuṇyāṃ brahmanbrahmāṃḍagāṃ śubhām |
guṇapūrṇāṃ satyayuktāṃ tena harṣeṇa harṣitaḥ || 67 ||
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anyaccaiva muniśreṣṭha tavāgamanakāraṇam |
śubhāya ca sukhāyaiva kṣemāya ca jayāya hi || 68 ||
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ādyāsmi kṛtakṛtyo'hamadyāhaṃ sukṛtī mune |
dharmonāmādya jāto'haṃ tava padyugmadarśanāt || 69 ||
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pūjyo'haṃ ca kṛtārthohaṃ dhanyohaṃ cādya nārada |
yuṣmatpādaprasādācca pūjyo'haṃ bhuvanatraye || 70 ||
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sūta uvāca |
evaṃvidhairvacobhiśca toṣito munisattamaḥ |
papraccha parayā bhaktyā dharmāraṇyakathāṃ śubhām || 71 ||
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nārada uvāca |
śrutā vyāsamukhāddharmma dharmāraṇyakathā śubhā |
tatsarvaṃ hi kathaya me vistīrṇaṃ ca yathātatham || 72 ||
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yama uvāca ||
vyagro'haṃ satataṃ brahmanprāṇināṃ sukhaduḥkhinām |
tattatkarmānusāreṇa gatiṃ dātuṃ sukhetarām || 73 ||
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tathāpi sādhusaṃgo hi dharmāyaiva prajāyate |
iha loke paratrāpi kṣemāya ca sukhāya ca || 74 ||
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brahmaṇaḥ sannidhau yañca śrutaṃ vyāsamukheritam |
tatsarvaṃ kathayiṣyāmi mānuṣāṇāṃ hitāya vai || 79 ||
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sūta uvāca |
yamena kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yacchrutaṃ brahmasaṃsadi |
ādimadhyāvasānaṃ ca sarvaṃ naivātra saṃśayaḥ || 76 ||
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kalidvāparayormadhye dharmaputraṃ yudhiṣṭhiram |
gato'sau nārado martye rājyaṃ dharmasutasya vai || 77 ||
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āgataḥ śrīhareraṃśo nāradaḥ pratyadṛśyata |
jvalitāgnipratīkāśo bālārkasadṛśekṣaṇaḥ || 78 ||
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savyāpavṛttaṃ vipulaṃ jaṭāmaṃḍalamudvahan |
caṃdrāṃśuśukle vasane vasāno rukmabhūṣaṇaḥ || 79 ||
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vīṇāṃ gṛhītvā mahatīṃ kakṣāsaktāṃ sakhīmiva |
kṛṣṇājinottarāsaṃgo hemayajñopavītavān || 80 ||
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daṇḍī kamaṃḍalukaraḥ sākṣādvahnirivāparaḥ |
bhettā jagati guhyānāṃ vigrahāṇāṃ guhopamaḥ || 81 ||
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maharṣigaṇasaṃsiddho vidvāngāṃdharvavedavit |
vairakelikalo vipro brāhmaḥ kalirivāparaḥ || 82 ||
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devagaṃdharvalokānāmādivaktā sunigrahaḥ |
gātā caturṇāṃ vedānāmudgātā harisadguṇān || 83 ||
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sa nārado'tha viprarṣirbrahmalokacaro'vyayaḥ |
āgato'tha purīṃ harṣāddharmarājena pālitām || 84 ||
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atha tatropaviṣṭeṣu rājanyeṣu mahātmasu |
mahatsu copaviṣṭeṣu gaṃdharveṣu ca tatra vai || 89 ||
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lokānanucaransarvānāgataḥ sa maharṣirāṭ |
nāradaḥ sumahātejā ṛṣibhiḥ sahitastadā || 86 ||
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tamāgatamṛṣiṃ dṛṣṭvā nāradaṃ sarvadharmavit |
siṃhāsanātsamutthāya prayayau sanmukhastadā || 87 ||
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abhyavādayataṃ prītyā vinayāva natastadā |
tadarhamāsanaṃ tasmai saṃpradāya yathāvidhi || 88 ||
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gāṃ caivaṃ madhuparkaṃ ca saṃpradāyārdhameva ca |
arcayāmāsa ratnaiśca sarvakāmaiśca dharmavit || 89 ||
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tutoṣa ca yathāvañca pūjāṃ prāpya ca dharmavit |
kuśalī tvaṃ mahābhāga tapasaḥ kuśalaṃ tava || 90 ||
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na kaścidbādhate duṣṭo daityo hi svargabhūpatim |
mune kalyāṇarūpastvaṃ namaskṛtaḥ surāsuraiḥ |
sarvvagaḥ sarvavettā ca brahmaputra kṛpānidhe || 91 ||
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nārada uvāca |
sarvataḥ kuśalaṃ medya prasādādbrahmaṇaḥ sadā |
kuśalī tvaṃ mahābhāga dharmaputra yudhiṣṭhira || 92 ||
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bhrātṛbhiḥ saha rājeṃdra dharmeṣu ramate manaḥ |
dāraiḥ putraiśca bhṛtyaiśca kuśalairgajavājibhiḥ || 93 ||
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aurasāniva putrāṃśca prajā dharmeṇa dharmaja |
pālayasi kimāścaryaṃ tvayā dhanyā hi sā prajā || 94 ||
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pālanātpoṣaṇānnṝṇāṃ dharmo bhavati vai dhruvam |
tattaddharmasya bhoktā tvamityevaṃ manurabravīt || 99 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
kuśalaṃ mama rāṣṭraṃ ca bhavatāmaṃghrisparśanāt |
darśanena mahābhāga jāto'haṃ gatakilbiṣaḥ || 96 ||
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dhanyo'haṃ kṛtakṛtyo'haṃ sabhāgyo'haṃ dharātale |
adyāhaṃ sukṛtī jāto hmaputre gṛhāgate || 97 ||
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kuta āgamanaṃ brahmannadya te munisattama |
anugrahārthaṃ sādhūnāṃ kiṃ vā kāryeṇa kena ca || 98 ||
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nārada uvāca |
āgato'haṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha sakāśācchamanasya ca |
vyāsenoktāṃ brahmaṇogre kathāṃ paurāṇikīṃ śubhām || 99 ||
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dharmāraṇyāśritāṃ divyāṃ sarvasaṃtāpahāriṇīm |
yāṃ śrutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate brahmahatyayā || 100 ||
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hatyāyutapraśamanīṃ tāpatrayavināśinīm |
yāṃ vai śrutvātibhaktyā ca kaṭhino mṛdutāṃ bhajet || 101 ||
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dharmarājena tāṃ śrutvā mamāgre ca niveditām |
tamapṛcchdameyātmā kathāṃ dharmavinodinīm || 2 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
dharmāraṇyāśritāṃ puṇyāṃ kathāṃ me dvijasattama |
kathayasva prasādena lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 3 ||
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nārad uvāca |
snānakāloyamasmākaṃ na kathāvasaro mama |
paraṃtu śrūyatāṃ rājannupadeśaṃ dadāmyaham || 4 ||
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māsānāmuttamo māghaḥ snānadānādike tathā |
tasminmāghe ca yaḥ snāti sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || 5 ||
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snānārthaṃ yāhi śīghraṃ tvaṃ gaṃgāyāṃ nṛpate'dhunā |
vyāsasyāgamanaṃ cādya bhaviṣyati nṛpottama || 6 ||
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taṃ pṛcchasva mahābhāga śrāvayiṣyati te śubham |
tīrthānāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ phalaṃ puṇyaṃ yadadbhutam || 7 ||
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bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca uttamādhamamadhyamāḥ |
vācayiṣyati tatsarvamitihāsasamudbhavam || 8 ||
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dharmāraṇyasya sakalaṃ vṛttaṃ yadyatpurātanam |
vyāsaḥ satyavatīputro vadiṣyati ca te'khilam || 9 ||
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sūta uvāca |
evamuktvā vidheḥ putrastatraivāṃtaradhīyata |
tasmingate sa nṛpatiḥ krīḍate sacivaiḥ saha || 110 ||
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etasminnaṃtare tatra prāptaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ |
vijñāpayāmāsa tadā viduraḥ pāṃḍavasya hi || 11 ||
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sūta uvāca |
āgataṃ tu muniṃ śrutvā sarve harṣasamākulāḥ |
samuttasthurhi bhīmādyāḥ sah dharmeṇa sarvaśaḥ || 12 ||
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tadā hi sanmukho bhūtvā mumude natakandharaḥ |
daṃḍavattaṃ praṇamyātha bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitastadā || 13 ||
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madhuparkeṇa vidhinā pūjāṃ kṛtvā suśobhanām |
siṃhāsane samāveśya papracchānāmayaṃ tadā || 11 ||
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tataḥ puṇyāṃ kathāṃ divyāṃ śrāvayāmāsa dharmavit |
kathāṃte muniśārdūlaṃ vacanaṃ cedamabravīt || 15 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
tvatprasādānmayā brahmañchrutāstu pravarāḥ kathāḥ |
āpaddharmmā rājadharmā mokṣadharmmā hyanekaśaḥ || 16 ||
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purāṇānāṃ ca dharmāśca vratāni bahuśastathā |
tīrthānyanekarūpāṇi sarvāṇyāyatanāni ca || 17 ||
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idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi dharmāraṇyakathāṃ śubhām |
śrutvā yāṃ hi vinaśyeta pāpaṃ brahmavadhādikam || 18 ||
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dharmmāraṇyasthatīrthānāṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ |
kasyedaṃ sthāpitaṃ sthānaṃ kasmādetadvinirmitam || 19 ||
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rakṣitaṃ pālitaṃ kena kasminkāle'tha nirmitam |
kiṃkiṃ tvatrābhavatpūrvaṃ śaṃśaitatpṛcchato mama || 120 ||
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bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyañca tasminsthāne ca yadbhavet |
tatsarvaṃ kathayasvādya tīrthānāṃ ca yathā sthitiḥ || 121 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrva bhāge dharmāraṇyamāhātmye yudhiṣṭhirapraśnavarṇanaṃnāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ || 1 ||
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