Chapter 42

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agastiruvāca |
kathaṃ nikaṭataḥ kālo jñāyate haranaṃdana |
tāni cihnāni katicidbrūhi me paripṛcchataḥ || 1 ||
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kumāra uvāca |
vadāmi kālacihnāni jāyaṃte yāni dehinām |
mṛtyau nikaṭamāpanne mune tāni niśāmaya || 2 ||
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yāmyanāsāpuṭe yasya vāyurvāti divāniśam |
akhaṃḍameva tasyāyuḥ kṣayatyabdatrayeṇa hi || 3 ||
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ahorātraṃ tryahorātraṃ ravirvahati saṃtatam |
abdamekaṃ ca tasyeha jīvanāvadhirucyate || 4 ||
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vahennāsāpuṭayuge daśāhāni niraṃtaram |
vātaścetsaha saṃkrāṃtistayā jīveddinatrayam || 5 ||
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nāsāvartma dvayaṃ hitvā mātariśvā mukhādvahet |
śaṃseddinadvayādarvākprayāṇaṃ tasya cādhvani || 6 ||
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akasmādevayatkāle mṛtyuḥ sannihito bhavet |
ciṃtanīyaḥ prayatnena sa kālo mṛtyubhīruṇā || 7 ||
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sūrye saptamarāśisthe janmarkṣasthe niśākare |
pauṣṇaḥ sa kālo draṣṭavyo yadā yāmye ravirvahet || 8 ||
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akasmādvīkṣate yastu puruṣaṃ kṛṣṇapiṃgalam |
tasminneva kṣaṇe'rūpaṃ sa jīvedvatsaradvayam || 9 ||
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yasya bījaṃ malaṃ mūtraṃ kṣutaṃ mūtraṃ malaṃ tu vā |
ihaikadā patedyasya abdaṃ tasyāyuriṣyate || 10 ||
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iṃdranīlanibhaṃ vyomni nāgavṛṃdaṃ ya īkṣate |
itastataḥ prasṛmaraṃ ṣaṇmāsaṃ na sa jīvati || 1 ||
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vyabhrehni vāripūrṇāsyaḥ pṛṣṭhīkṛtya divākaram |
phūtkṛtyāśviṃdracāpaṃ na paśyetṣaṇmāsajīvitaḥ || 12 ||
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aruṃdhatīṃ dhruvaṃ caiva viṣṇostrīṇipadāni ca |
āsannamṛtyurnopaśyeccaturthaṃ mātṛmaṃḍalam || 13 ||
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aruṃdhatī bhavejjihvā dhruvo nāsāgramucyate |
viṣṇoḥ padāni bhrūmadhye netrayormātṛmaṃḍalam || 14 ||
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vetti nīlādivarṇasya kaṭamlādirasasyahi |
akasmādanyathābhāvaṃ ṣaṇmāsena sa mṛtyubhāk || 15 ||
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ṣaṇmāsamṛtyormartyasya kaṃṭhoṣṭharasanā radāḥ |
śuṣyaṃti satataṃ tadvadvicchāyāstālupaṃcamāḥ || 16 ||
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retaḥ karajanetrāṃtā nīlimānaṃ bhajaṃti cet |
tarhi kīnāśanagarīṃ ṣaṣṭhemāsi vrajennaraḥ || 17 ||
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saṃpravṛtte nidhuvane madhyeṃte kṣauti cennaraḥ |
niścitaṃ paṃcame māsi dharmarājātithirbhavet || 16 ||
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drutamāruhyaśaraṭhastrivarṇo yasya mastake |
prayāti yāti tasyāyuḥ ṣaṇmāsena parikṣayam || 19 ||
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susnātasyāpi yasyāśu hṛdayaṃ pariśuṣyati |
caraṇau ca karau vāpi trimāsaṃ tasya jīvitam || 20 ||
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pratibiṃbaṃ bhavedyasya padakhaṃḍapadākṛti |
pāṃsau vā kardame vāpi paṃcamāsānsa jīvati || 21 ||
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chāyā prakaṃpate yasya dehabaṃdhepi niścale |
kṛtāṃtadūtā badhnaṃti caturthe māsi taṃ naram || 22 ||
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nijasya pratibiṃbasya nīrājyamukurādiṣu |
uttamāṃgaṃ na yaḥ paśyetsamāsena vinaśyati || 23 ||
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matirbhraśyetskhaledvāṇī dhanuraidraṃ nirakṣitai |
rātrau caṃdradvayaṃ cāpi divā dvau ca divākarau || 24 ||
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divā ca tārakācakraṃ rātrau vyomavitārakam |
yugapacca caturdikṣu śākraṃ kodaṃḍamaṃḍalam || 25 ||
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bhūruhe bhūdharāgre ca gaṃdharvanagarālayam |
divāpiśāca nṛtyaṃ ca ete paṃcatvahetavaḥ || 26 ||
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sarveṣveteṣu cihneṣu yadyekamapi vīkṣate |
tadā māsāvadhiṃ mṛtyuḥ pratīkṣeta na cādhikam || 27 ||
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karāvaruddha śravaṇaḥ śṛṇoti na yadā dhvanim |
sthūlaḥ kṛśaḥ kṛśasthūlastadāmāsānnivartate || 28 ||
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yaḥ paśyedātmanaśchāyāṃ dakṣiṇāśā samāśritām |
dināni paṃca jīvitvā paṃcatvamupayāti saḥ || 29 ||
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prohyate bhakṣyate vāpi piśācāsuravāyasaiḥ |
bhūtaiḥ pretaiḥ śvabhirgṛdhrairgomāyukharasūkaraiḥ || 30 ||
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rāsabhaiḥ karabhaiḥ kīśaiḥ śvenairaśvatarairbakaiḥ |
svapne sa jīvitaṃ tyaktvā varṣāṃte yamamīkṣate || 31 ||
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gaṃdhapuṣpāṃśukaiḥ śoṇaiḥ svāṃ tanuṃ bhūṣitāṃ naraḥ |
yaḥ paśyetsvapnasamaye so'ṣṭau māsānanityaho || 32 ||
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pāṃsurāśi ca valmīkaṃ yūpadaṃḍamathāpi vā |
yodhirohati vai svapne sa ṣaṣṭhe māsi naśyati || 33 ||
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rāsabhārūḍhamātmānaṃ tailābhyaktaṃ ca muṃḍitam |
nīyamānaṃ yamāśāṃ yaḥ svapne paśyetsvapūrvajān || 34 ||
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svamaulau svatanau vāpi yaḥ paśyetsvapnago naraḥ |
tṛṇāni śuṣkakāṣṭhāni ṣaṣṭhe māsi na tiṣṭhati || 35 ||
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lohadaṃḍadharaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ puruṣaṃ kṛṣṇavāsasam |
svayaṃ yogre sthitaṃ paśyetsa trīnmāsānna laṃghayet || 36 ||
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kālī kumārī yaṃ svapne badnīyādbāhu pāśakaiḥ |
sa māsena samīkṣeta nagarīṃśamanoṣitām || 37 ||
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naro yo vānarārūḍho yāyātprācīdiśaṃ svapan |
dinaiḥ sa paṃcabhireva paśyetsaṃyaminīṃ purīm || 38 ||
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kṛpaṇopi vadānyaḥ syādvadānyaḥ kṛpaṇo yadi |
prakṛtervikṛtiścetsyāttadā paṃcatvamṛcchati || 39 ||
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etāni kālacihnāni saṃtyanyāni bahūnyapi |
jñātvābhyasennaro yogamathavākāśikāṃ śrayet || 40 ||
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na kālavaṃcanopāyaṃ munenyamavayāmyaham |
vinā mṛtyujayaṃ kāśīnāthaṃ garbhāvarodhakam || 41 ||
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tāvadgarjaṃti pāpāni tāvadgarjedyamo nṛpaḥ |
yāvadviśveśaśaraṇaṃ naro na nirato vrajet || 42 ||
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prāptaviśveśvarāvāsaḥ pītottaravahāpayāḥ |
spṛṣṭa viśveśasalliṃgaḥ kaśca yāti na vaṃdyatām || 43 ||
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kariṣyetkupitaḥkālaḥ kiṃkāśīvāsināṃ nṛṇām |
kāle śivaḥ svayaṃ karṇe yatra maṃtropadeśakaḥ || 44 ||
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yathā prayāti śiśutā kaumāraṃ ca yathā gatam |
satvaraṃ gatvaraṃ tadvadyauvanaṃ cāpi vārdhakama || 45 ||
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yāvannahi jarākrāṃtiryāvanneṃdriyavaiklavam |
tāvatsarvaṃ phalgurūpaṃ hitvā kāśīṃ śrayetsudhīḥ || 46 ||
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anyāni kālalakṣmāṇi tiṣṭhaṃtu kalaśodbhava |
jaraiva prathamaṃ lakṣma citraṃ tatrāpi bhīrnahi || 47 ||
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parābhūto hi jarayā sarvaiśca paribhūyate |
hṛtatāruṇyamāṇikyo dhanahīnaḥ pumāniva || 48 ||
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sutāvākyaṃ na kurvaṃti patnī premāpi muṃcati |
bāṃdhavā naiva manyaṃte jarasāśleṣitaṃ naram || 49 ||
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āśliṣṭaṃ jarayā dṛṣṭvā parayoṣidviśaṃkitā |
bhavetparāṅmukhī nityaṃ praṇayinyapi kāminī || 50 ||
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na jarā sadṛśo vyādhirna duḥkhaṃ jarayā samam |
kārayitryapamānasya jaraiva maraṇaṃ nṛṇām || 51 ||
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na jīyate tathā kālastapasā yogayuktibhiḥ |
yathā cireṇakālena kāśīvāsādvijīyate || 52 ||
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vināyajñairvinādānairvinā vratajapādibhiḥ |
vinātipuṇyasaṃbhāraiḥ kaḥ kāśīṃ prāptumīhate || 53 ||
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kāśīprāptirayaṃ yogaḥkāthīprāptiridaṃ tapaḥ |
kāśīprāptiridaṃ dānaṃ kāśīprāptiḥ śivaikatā || 54 ||
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kaḥ kalikothavā kālaḥ kā jarā kiṃ ca duṣkṛtam |
kā rujaḥ keṃtarāyā vā śritā vārāṇasī yadi || 55 ||
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kalistāneva bādheta kālastāṃśca jighāṃsati || 56 ||
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enāṃsi tāṃśca bādhaṃte ye na kāśīṃ samāśritāḥ |
kāśīsamāśritā yaiśca yaiśca viśveśvarorcitaḥ |
tārakaṃ jñānamāsādya te muktāḥ karmapāśataḥ || 57 ||
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dhanino na tathā saukhyaṃ prāpnuvaṃti narāḥ kvacit |
yathā nidhanataḥ kāśyāṃ labhate sukhamavyayam || 58 ||
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varaṃ kāśīsamāvāsī nāsīno dyusadāṃ padam |
duḥkhāṃtaṃ labhate pūrvaḥ sukhāṃtaṃ labhate paraḥ || 59 ||
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sthitopi bhagavanīśo maṃdaraṃ cārukaṃdaram |
kāśīṃ vinā ratiṃ nā'pa divodāsanṛpoṣitām || 60 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ caturthe kāśīkhaṃḍe pūrvārddhe kālavaṃcanopāyonāma dvicatvāriṃśodhyāyaḥ || 42 ||
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