Chapter 7

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vyāsa uvāca |
saṃprāpya dharmavāpyāṃ ca yaḥ kuryātpitṛtarpaṇam |
tṛptiṃ prayāṃti pitaro yāvadiṃdrāścaturdaśa || 1 ||
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pitaraścātra pūjyāśca svargatā ye ca pūrvajāḥ |
piṃḍāṃśca nirvapetteṣāṃ prāpyemāṃ muktidāyikām || 2 ||
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tretāyāṃ paṃca divasairdvāpare tridinena tu |
ekacittena yo viprāḥ piṃḍaṃ dadyātkalau yuge || 3 ||
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lolupā mānavā loke saṃprāpte tu kalau yuge |
paradāraratā lokāḥ striyo'ticapalāḥ punaḥ || 4 ||
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paradroharatāḥ sarve naranārīnapuṃsakāḥ |
paranindāparā nityaṃ paracchidropadarśakāḥ || 5 ||
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parodvegakarā nūnaṃ kalahā mitrabhedinaḥ |
sarve te śuddhatāṃ yāṃti kājeśāḥ svayamabruvan || 6 ||
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etaduktaṃ mahābhāga dharmāraṇyasya varṇanam |
phalaṃ caivātra sarvaṃ hi yaduktaṃ śūlapāṇinā || 7 ||
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vāṅmanaḥ kāyaśuddhāśca paradāraparāṅmukhāḥ |
adrohāśca samāḥ kruddhā mātāpitṛparāyaṇāḥ || 8 ||
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alaulyā lobharahitā dānadharmaparāyaṇāḥ |
āstikāścaiva dharmajñāḥ svāmibhaktiratāśca ye || 9 ||
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pativratā tu yā nārī patiśuśrūṣaṇe ratā |
ahiṃsakā ātitheyāḥ svadharmaniratāḥ sadā || 10 ||
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śaunaka uvāca |
śṛṇu sūta mahābhāga sarvadharmavidāṃvara |
gṛhasthānāṃ sadācāraḥ śrutaśca tvanmukhānmayā || 11 ||
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ekaṃ manepsitaṃ medya tatkathayasva sūtaja |
pativratānāṃ sarvāsāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ kīdṛśaṃ vada || 12 ||
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sūta uvāca |
pativratā gṛhe yasya saphalaṃ tasya jīvanam |
yasyāṃgacchāyayā tulyā yatkathā puṇyakāriṇī || 13 ||
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pativratāstvaruṃdhatyā sāvitryāpyanasūyayā |
śāṃḍilyā caiva satyā ca lakṣmyā ca śatarūpayā || 14 ||
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menayā ca sunītyā ca saṃjñayā svāhayā samāḥ |
pativratānāṃ dharmā hi muninā ca prakīrtitāḥ || 15 ||
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bhuṃkte bhukte svāmini ca tiṣṭha ti tvanutiṣṭhati |
vinidrite yā nidrāti prathamaṃ paribudhyati || 16 ||
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analaṃkṛtamātmānaṃ deśāṃte bhartari sthite |
kāryārthaṃ proṣite kvāpi sarvvamaṃḍa navarjitā || 17 ||
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bharturnāma na gṛhṇāti hyāyuṣo'sya hi vṛddhaye |
puruṣāṃtaranāmāpi na gṛhṇati kadācana || 18 ||
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ākṛṣṭāpi ca nākrośettāḍitāpi prasīdati |
idaṃ kuru kṛtaṃ svāminmanyatāmiti vakti ca || 19 ||
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āhūtā gṛhakāryāṇi tyaktvā gacchati satvaram |
kimarthaṃ vyāhṛtā nātha sa prasādo vidhīyatām || 20 ||
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na ciraṃ tiṣṭhati dvāri na dvāramupasevate |
adātavyaṃ svayaṃ kiṃcitkarhicinna dadātyapi || 21 ||
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pūjopakaraṇaṃ sarvama nuktā sādhayetsvayam |
niyamodakabarhīṃṣi yatra puṣpākṣatādikam || 22 ||
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pratīkṣamāṇā ca varaṃ yathākālocitaṃ hi yat |
tadupasthāpayetsarvamanudvi gnātihṛṣṭavat || 23 ||
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sevate bhartturucchiṣṭamiṣṭamannaṃ phalādikam |
dūrato varjjayedeṣā samājotsavadarśanam || 24 ||
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na gacchettīrthayātrādivivāhaprekṣaṇā diṣu |
sukhasuptaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ ramamāṇaṃ yadṛcchayā || 25 ||
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aṃtarāye'pi kāryeṣu patiṃ notthāpayetkvacit |
strīdharmiṇī trirātraṃ tu svamukhaṃ naiva darśayet || 26 ||
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svavākyaṃ śrāvayennāpi yāvatsnātvā na śudhyati |
susnātā bhartṛvadanamīkṣetānyasya na kvacit |
athavā manasi dhyātvā patiṃ bhānuṃ vilokayet || 27 ||
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haridrāṃ kukumaṃ caiva siṃdūraṃ kajjalaṃ tathā |
kūrpāsakaṃ ca tāṃbūlaṃ māṃgalyābharaṇaṃ śubham || 28 ||
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keśasaṃskārakaṃ caiva karakarṇādibhūṣaṇam |
bharturāyuṣyamicchaṃtī dūrayenna pativratā || 29 ||
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bhartṛvidveṣiṇīṃ nārīṃ naiṣā saṃbhāṣate kvacit |
naikākinī kvacidbhūyānna nagnā snāti ca kvacit || 30 ||
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nolūkhale na muśale na varddhanyāṃ dṛṣadyapi |
na yaṃtrake na dehalyāṃ satī copaviśetkvacit || 31 ||
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vinā vyavāyasamayātprāgalbhyaṃ na kvaciccareta |
yatrayatra rucirbhartustatra premavatī sadā || 32 ||
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idameva vrataṃ strīṇāmayameva paro vṛṣaḥ |
iyameva ca pūjā ca bharturvākyaṃ na laṃghayet || 33 ||
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klībaṃ vā duravasthaṃ vā vyādhitaṃ vṛddhameva vā |
susthiraṃ duḥsthiraṃ vāpi patimekaṃ na laṃghayet || 34 ||
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sarpirlava ṇahiṃgvādikṣaye'pi va pati vratā |
patiṃ nāstīti na brūyādāyasīṣu na bhojayet || 35 ||
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tīrthasnānārthinī caiva patipādodakaṃ pibet |
śaṃkarādapi vā viṣṇoḥ patirevādhi kaḥ striyaḥ || 36 ||
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vratopavāmaniyamaṃ patimullaṃghya yā caret |
āyuṣyaṃ harate bharturmṛtā nirayamṛcchati || 37 ||
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uktā pratyuttaraṃ dadyānnārī yā krodhata tparā |
saramā jāyate grāme śṛgālī nirjane vane || 38 ||
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strīṇāṃ hi paramaścaiko niyamaḥ samudāhṛtaḥ |
abhyarcya caraṇau bhaturbho ktavyaṃ kṛtaniścayā || 39 ||
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uccāsanaṃ na seveta na vrajetparaveśmasu |
tatra pāruṣyavākyāni brūyānnaiva kadācana || 40 ||
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gurūṇāṃ sannidhau vāpi noccairbru yānnavāhayet || 41 ||
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yā bhartāraṃ parityajya rahaścarati durmatiḥ |
ulūkī jāyate krūrā vṛkṣakoṭaraśāyinī || 42 ||
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tāḍitā tāḍayeccettaṃ sā vyāghrī vṛṣadaṃśikā |
kaṭākṣayati yā'nyaṃ vai kekarākṣī tu sā bhavet || 43 ||
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yā bhartāraṃ parityajya miṣṭamaśnāti kevalam |
grāme sā sūkarī bhūyādvalgulī vātha viṅbhujā || 44 ||
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huntvaṃkṛtyāpriyaṃ brūte mūkā sā jāyate khalu |
yā sapatnīṃ sadairṣyeta durbhagā sā punaḥpunaḥ |
dṛṣṭiṃ vilupya bharturyā kaṃcidanyaṃ samīkṣate || 45 ||
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kāṇā ca vimukhā vāpi kurūpāpi ca jāyate |
bāhyādāyāṃtamālokya tvaritā ca jalāsanaiḥ |
tāṃbūlairvyajanaiścaiva pādasaṃvāhanādibhiḥ || 46 ||
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tathaiva cāruvacanaiḥ svedasaṃnodanaiḥ paraiḥ |
yā priyaṃ prīṇayetprītā trilokī prīṇitā tayā |
mitaṃ dadāti hi pitā mitaṃ bhrātā sutaṃ sutaḥ || 47 ||
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amitasya hi dātāraṃ bhartāraṃ kā na pūjayet |
bhartā devo gururbhartā dharmatīrthavratāni ca |
tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya patimekaṃ samarcayet || 48 ||
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jīvahīno yathā dehī kṣaṇādaśucitāṃ vrajet |
bhartṛhīnā tathā yoṣitsusnātāpya śuciḥ sadā || 49 ||
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amaṃgalebhyaḥ sarvebhyo vidhavā syādamaṃgalā |
vidhavādarśanātsiddhiḥ kvāpi jātu na jāyate || 50 ||
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vihāya mātaraṃ caikāṃ sarvā maṃgalavarjitāḥ |
tadāśiṣamapi prājñastyajedāśīviṣopamām || 51 ||
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kanyāvivāhasamaye vācayeyuriti dvijāḥ |
bhartuḥ sahacarī bhūyājjīvato 'jīvatopi vā || 52 ||
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anuvrajantī bhartāraṃ gṛhātpitṛvanaṃ mudā |
padepadeśvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam || 53 ||
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vyālagrāhī yathā vyālaṃ balāduddharate bilāt |
evamutkramya dūtebhyaḥ patiṃ svargaṃ vrajetsatī || 54 ||
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yamadūtāḥ palāyaṃte tāmālokya pativratām |
tapanastapyate nūnaṃ dahanopi ca dahyate || 55 ||
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kaṃpaṃte sarvatejāṃsi dṛṣṭvā pātivrataṃ mahaḥ |
yāvatsvalomasaṃkhyāsti tāvatkoṭyayutāni ca || 56 ||
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bhartrā svargasukhaṃ bhuṃkte ramamāṇā pativratā |
dhanyā sā jananī loke dhanyo'sau janakaḥ punaḥ || 57 ||
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dhanyaḥ sa ca patiḥ śrīmānyeṣāṃ gehe pativratā |
pitṛvaṃśyā mātṛvaṃśyāḥ pativaṃśyāstrayastrayaḥ |
pativratāyāḥ puṇyena svargasaukhyāni bhuṃjate || 58 ||
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śīlabhaṃgena durvṛttāḥ pātayaṃti kulatrayam |
piturmātustathā patyurihāramutra ca duḥkhitāḥ || 59 ||
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pativratāyāścaraṇo yatrayatra spṛśedbhuvam |
sā tīrthabhūmirmmānyeti nātra bhāro'sti pāvanaḥ || 60 ||
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bibhyatpativratāsparśaṃ kurute bhānumānapi |
somo gandharva evāpi svapāvitryāya nānyathā || 61 ||
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āpaḥ pativratāsparśamabhilaṣyaṃti sarvadā |
gāyatryāghavināśo no pātivratyena sā'ghanut || 62 ||
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gṛhegṛhe na kiṃ nāryyo rūpalāvaṇyagarvitāḥ |
paraṃ viśveśabhaktyaiva labhyate strī pati vratā || 63 ||
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bhāryā mūlaṃ gṛhasthasya bhāryā mūlaṃ sukhasya ca |
bhāryā dharmaphalāyaiva bhāryā saṃtānavṛddhaye || 64 ||
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paralokastvayaṃ loko jīyate bhāryayā dvayam |
devapitratithīnāṃ ca tṛptiḥ syādbhāryayā gṛhe |
gṛhasthaḥ sa tu vijñeyo gṛhe yasya pativratā || 65 ||
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yathā gaṃgāvagāhena śarīraṃ pāvanaṃ bhavet |
tathā pativratāṃ dṛṣṭvā sadanaṃ pāvanaṃ bhavet || 66 ||
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paryaṃkaśāyinī nārī vidhavā pātayetpatim |
tasmādbhūśayanaṃ kāryyaṃ patisaukhyasamīhayā || 67 ||
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naivāṃgodvarttanaṃ kāryyaṃ striyā vidhavayā kvacit |
gandhadravyasya saṃbhogo naiva kāryyastayā kvacit || 68 ||
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tarppaṇaṃ pratyahaṃ kāryaṃ bhartuḥ kuśatilodakaiḥ |
tatpitustatpituścāpi nāmagotrādipūrvakam || 69 ||
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viṣṇoḥ saṃpūjanaṃ kāryaṃ patibuddhyā na cānyathā |
patimeva sadā dhyāyedviṣṇurūpadharaṃ harim || 70 ||
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yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ loke yadyatpatyuḥ samīhitam |
tattadguṇavate deyaṃ patiprīṇanakāmyayā || 71 ||
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vaiśākhe kārttike māse viśeṣaniyamāṃścaret |
snānaṃ dānaṃ tīrthayātrāṃ purāṇaśravaṇaṃ muhuḥ || 72 ||
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vaiśākhe jalakumbhāśca kārttike ghṛtadīpikāḥ |
māghe dhānyatilotsargaḥ svargaloke viśiṣyate || 73 ||
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prapā kāryā ca vaiśākhe deve deyā galaṃtikā |
uśīraṃ vyajanaṃ chatraṃ sūkṣmavāsāṃsi caṃdanam || 74 ||
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sakarpūraṃ ca tāṃbūlaṃ puṣpadānaṃ tathaiva ca |
jalapātrāṇyanekāni tathā puṣpagṛhāṇi ca || 75 ||
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pānāni ca vicitrāṇi drākṣāraṃbhāphalāni ca |
deyāni dvijamukhyebhyaḥ patirme prīyatāmiti || 76 ||
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ūrjje yavānnamaśnīyādekānnamathavā punaḥ |
vṛntākaṃ sūraṇaṃ caiva śūkaśiṃbīṃ ca varjayet || 77 ||
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kārttike varjayettailaṃ kāṃsyaṃ cāpi vivarjayet |
kārttike maunaniyame cārughaṇṭāṃ pradāpayet || 78 ||
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patrabhojī kāṃsyapātraṃ ghṛtapūrṇaṃ prayacchati |
bhūmiśayyāvrate deyā śayyā ślakṣṇā satūlikā || 79 ||
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phalatyāge phalaṃ deyaṃ rasatyāge ca tadrasaḥ |
dhānyatyāge ca taddhānyamathavā śālayaḥ smṛtāḥ |
dhenuṃ dadyātprayatne na sālaṃkārā sakāṃcanām || 80 ||
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ekataḥ sarvadānāni dīpadānaṃ tathaikataḥ |
kārttike dīpadānasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm || 51 ||
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ityādividhavānāṃ ca niyamāḥ saṃprakīrtitāḥ |
teṣāṃ phalamidaṃ rājannānyeṣāṃ ca kadācana || 82 ||
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dharmavāpīṃ samāsādya dānaṃ dadyādvicakṣaṇaḥ |
koṭidhā varddhate nityaṃ brahmaṇo vacanaṃ yathā || 83 ||
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tiladhenuṃ ca yo dayāddharmeśvarapuraḥ sthitaḥ |
tilasaṃkhyāni varṣāṇi svarge loke mahīyate || 64 ||
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dharmakṣetre tu saṃprāpya śrāddhaṃ kuryādataṃdritaḥ |
tasya saṃvatsaraṃ yāvattṛptāḥ syuḥ pitaro dhuvam || 85 ||
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ye cānye pūrvajāḥ svarge ye cānye narakaukasaḥ |
ye ca tiryaktvamāpannā ye ca bhūtādisaṃsthitāḥ || 86 ||
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tānsarvāndharmakūpe vai śrāddhaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi |
atra prakiraṇaṃ yattu manuṣyaiḥ kriyate bhuvi |
tena te tṛptimāyāṃti ye piśācatvamāgatāḥ || 87 ||
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yeṣāṃ tu snānavastrotthaṃ bhūmau patati putraka |
tena ye tarutāṃ prāptāsteṣāṃ tṛptiḥ prajāyate || 88 ||
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yā vai yavānāṃ kaṇikāḥ pataṃti dharaṇītale |
tābhirāpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ ye tu devatvamāgatāḥ || 89 ||
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uddhṛteṣyatha piṃḍeṣu yāvānnakaṇikā bhuvi |
tābhirāpyāyanaṃ teṣāṃ ye ca pātālamāgatāḥ || 90 ||
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ye vā varṇāśramācārakriyālopā hyasaṃskṛtāḥ |
vipannāste bhavaṃtyatra saṃmārjanajalāśinaḥ || 91 ||
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bhuktvā vācamanaṃ yacca jalaṃ patati bhūtale |
brāhmaṇānāṃ tathaivānye tena tṛptiṃ prayāṃti vai || 92 ||
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evaṃ yo yajamānaśca yacca teṣāṃ dvijanmanām |
kvacijjalānnavikṣepaḥ śuciraspṛṣṭa eva ca || 93 ||
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ye cānye narake jātāstatra yonyaṃtaraṃ gatāḥ |
prayāṃtyāpyāyanaṃ vatsa samyakchrāddhakriyāvatām || 94 ||
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anyāyopārjitairdravyaiḥ śrāddhaṃ yatkriyate naraiḥ |
tṛpyaṃti tena caṇḍālapulkasādiṣu yoniṣu || 95 ||
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evamāpyāyitā vatsa tena cāneka |
bāṃdhavāḥ || śrāddhaṃ kartumaśaktiścecchākairapi hi jāyate || 96 ||
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tasmācchrāddhaṃ naro bhaktyā śākairapi yathāvidhi |
kurute kurvataḥ śrāddhaṃ kulaṃ kvacinna sīdati || 97 ||
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pāpaṃ yadi kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ pāpaṃ ca varddhate dhruvam |
kurvāṇo narake ghore pacyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 98 ||
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yathā puṇyaṃ tathā pāpaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham |
tatsarvaṃ varddhate nūnaṃ dharmāraṇye nṛpottama || 99 ||
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kāmikaṃ kāmadaṃ devaṃ yogināṃ muktidāyakam |
siddhānāṃ siddhidaṃ proktaṃ dharmāraṇyaṃ tu sarvadā || 100 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ sahitāyāṃ tṛtīye brahmakhaṇḍe pūrvabhāge dharmāṇyakṣetramāhātmye dharmācāravarṇanaṃnāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ || 7 ||
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