Chapter 46

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agastya uvāca |
kṛpṇadvaipāyanaḥ skaṃda śaṃbhubhaktiparo yadi |
yadi kṣetrarahasyajñaḥ kṣetrasaṃnyāsakṛdyadi || 1 ||
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tathā dṛṣṭaprabhāvaścettathā cejjñānināṃ varaḥ |
purīṃ vārāṇasīṃ śreṣṭhāṃ kathaṃ kila śapiṣyati || 2 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
satyametattvayā pṛcchi kathayāmi mune śṛṇu |
tasya vyāsasya caritaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ tvayi pṛcchati || 3 ||
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yadārabhya munestasya naṃdī staṃbhitavānbhujam |
tadārabhya maheśānaṃ saṃstauti paramādṛtaḥ || 4 ||
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kāśyāṃ tīrthānyanekāni kāśyāṃ ligānyanekaśaḥ |
tathāpi sevyo viśveśaḥ snātavyā maṇikarṇikā || 5 ||
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liṃgeṣveko hi viśveśastīrtheṣu maṇikarṇikā |
iti saṃvyāharanvyāsastaddvayaṃ bahu manyate || 6 ||
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tyaktvā sa bahu vāgjālaṃ prātaḥ snātvā dinedine |
nirvāṇamaṃḍape vakti mahimānaṃ maheśituḥ || 7 ||
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śiṣyāṇāṃ purato nityaṃ kṣetrasya mahimā mahān |
vyākhyāyate mudā tena vyāsena paramarṣiṇā || 8 ||
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atra yatkriyate kṣetre śubhaṃ vā'śubhameva vā |
saṃvartepi na tasyāṃtastasmācchreyaḥ samācaret || 9 ||
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kṣetrasiddhiṃ samīhaṃte ye cātra kṛtino janāḥ |
yāvajjīvaṃ na taistyājyā sudhībhirmaṇikarṇikā || 10 ||
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cakrapuṣkariṇī tīrthe snātavyaṃ prativāsaram |
puṣpaiḥ patraiḥ phalaistoyairarcyo viśveśvaraḥ sadā || 11 ||
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svavarṇāśramadharmaśca tyaktavyo na manāgapi |
pratyahaṃ kṣetramahimā śrotavyaḥ śraddhayā sakṛt || 12 ||
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yathāśakti ca deyāni dānānyatra suguptavat |
annānyapi ca deyāni vighnānparijihīrṣuṇā || 13 ||
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paropakaraṇaṃ cātra kartavyaṃ sudhiyā sadā |
parvasvapi viśeṣeṇa snānadānādikāḥ kriyāḥ || 14 ||
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viśeṣapūjā kartavyā sumahotsavapūrvakama |
kāryāstathādhikā yātrāḥ samarcyāḥ kṣetradevatāḥ || 35 ||
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atra marma na vaktavyaṃ sudhiyāṃ kasyacitkvacit |
paradāra paradravya parāpakaraṇaṃ tyajet || 16 ||
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parāpavādo no vācyaḥ parerṣyāṃ na ca kārayet |
asatyaṃ naiva vaktavyaṃ prāṇaiḥ kaṃṭhagatairapi || 17 ||
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atratya jaṃturakṣārthamasatyamapi bhāṣayet |
yenakenaprakāreṇa śubhenāpyaśubhena vā || 18 ||
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atratyaḥ prāṇimātropi rakṣaṇīyaḥ prayatnataḥ |
ekasminrakṣite jaṃtāvatra kāśyāṃ prayatnataḥ |
trailokyarakṣaṇātpuṇyaṃ yatsyāttatsyānna saṃśayaḥ || 19 ||
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ye vasaṃti sadā kāśyāṃ kṣetrasaṃnyāsakāriṇaḥ |
ta eva rudrā maṃtavyā jīvanmuktā na saṃśayaḥ || 20 ||
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te pūjyāste namaskāryāste saṃtoṣyāḥ prayatnataḥ |
teṣu vai parituṣṭeṣu tuṣyedviśveśvaraḥ svayam || 21 ||
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kāśyāṃ vasaṃti ye martyā dūrasthairapi sannaraiḥ |
yogakṣemo vidhātavyasteṣāṃ viśveśiturmude || 22 ||
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prasarastviṃdriyāṇāṃ ca nivāryotra nivāsibhiḥ |
manasopi hi cāṃcalyamiha vāryaṃ prayatnataḥ || 23 ||
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maraṇaṃ nābhikāṃkṣeddhi kāṃkṣyo mokṣo'pino punaḥ |
śarīraśoṣaṇopāyaḥ kartavyaḥ sudhiyā nahi || 24 ||
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śarīrasauṣṭhavaṃ kāṃkṣyaṃ vratasnānādisiddhaye |
āyurbahvatra vai ciṃtyaṃ mahāphalasamṛddhaye || 285 ||
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ātmarakṣātra kartavyā mahāśreyobhivṛddhaye |
atrātma tyajanopāyaṃ manasāpi na ciṃtayet || 25 ||
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ekasminnapi yaccāhni kāśyāṃ śreyobhilabhyate |
na tu varṣaśatenāpi tadanyatrāpyate kvacit || 27 ||
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anyatra yogābhyasanādyāvajjanma yadarjyate |
vārāṇasyāṃ tadekena prāṇāyāmena labhyate || 28 ||
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sarvatīrthāvagāhācca yāvajjanma yadarjyate |
tadānaṃdavane prāpyaṃ maṇikarṇyekamajjanāt || 29 ||
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sarvaliṃgārcanātpuṇyaṃ yāvajjanma yadarjyate |
sakṛdviśveśamabhyarcya śraddhayā tadavāpyate || 30 ||
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yajjanmanāṃ sahasreṇa nirmalaṃ puṇyamarjitam |
tatpuṇyaparivartena bhavedviśveśadarśanam || 3 ||
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gavāṃ koṭi pradānena samyagdattena yatphalama |
tatphalaṃ samyagāpyeta viśveśvara vilokanāt || 32 ||
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yatṣoḍaśamahādānaiḥ puṇyaṃ proktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ |
tatpuṇyaṃ jāyate puṃsāṃ viśveśe puṣpadānataḥ || 33 ||
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aśvamedhādibhiryajñairyatphalaṃ prāpyatekhilaiḥ |
paṃcāmṛtānāṃ snapanādviśveśe tadavāpyate || 34 ||
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vājapeyasahasreṇa samyagiṣṭena yatphalam |
sakṛnmahārhairnaivedyairviśveśe tacchatādhikam || 32 ||
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dhvajātapatraṃ camaraṃ viśveśe yaḥ samarpayet |
ekacchatraṃ sa vai rājyaṃ prāpnuyādvasudhātale || 35 ||
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mahāpūjopakaraṇaṃ yorpayedviśvabhartari |
na taṃ saṃpattisaṃbhārā vimuṃcaṃtīha kutracit || 37 ||
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sarvartukusumāḍhyāṃ ca yaḥ kuryātpuṣpavāṭikām |
tadaṃgaṇe kalpavṛkṣāśchāyāṃ kurvaṃti śītalām || 38 ||
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yaḥ kṣīrasnapanārthaṃ vai viśveśe dhenumarpayet |
kṣīrārṇavataṭe tasya nivaseyuḥ pitāmahāḥ || 39 ||
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viśveśarājasadane yaḥ sudhāṃ citrameva vā |
kārayettasya bhavanaṃ kailāsacitritaṃ bhavet || 40 ||
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brāhmaṇānyatino vāpi tathaiva śivayoginaḥ |
bhojayedyotra vai kāśyāmekaika gaṇanā kramāt || 41 ||
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koṭibhojyaphalaṃ tasya śraddhayā nātra saṃśayaḥ |
tapastvatra prakartavyaṃ dānamatra pradāpayet || 42 ||
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viśveśastoṣaṇīyotra snānahomajapādibhiḥ |
anyatra koṭijapyena yatphalaṃ prāpyate naraiḥ |
aṣṭottaraśataṃ japtvā tadatra samavāpyate || 43 ||
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koṭihomena yatproktaṃ phalamanyatra sūribhiḥ |
aṣṭottarāhutiśatāttadatrānaṃdakānane || 44 ||
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yo japedrudrasūktāni kāśyāṃ viśveśasannidhau |
pārāyaṇena vedānāṃ sarveṣāṃ phalamāpyate || 45 ||
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tasya puṇyaṃ na jānāmi ciṃtite cākṣare pare |
kāśyāṃ nityaṃ pravastavyaṃ sevyottaravahā sadā || 46 ||
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āpadyapi hi ghorāyāṃ kāśī tyājyā na kutracit |
yataḥ sarvāpadāṃhartā trātā viśvapatiḥ prabhuḥ || 47 ||
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avaṃdhyaṃ divasaṃ kuryātsnānadānajapādibhiḥ |
yataḥ kāśyāṃ kṛtaṃ karma mahattvāya prakalpate || 48 ||
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kṛcchracāṃdrāyaṇādīni kartavyāni prayatnataḥ |
tatheṃdriyavikārāśca na bādhaṃtetra karhicit || 49 ||
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yadīṃdriyāṇi kurvaṃti vikriyāmiha dehinām |
tadātravāsasaṃ siddhirvighnebhyo naiva labhyate || 50 ||
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agastya uvāca |
kṛcchra cāṃdrāyaṇādīni vyāso vakṣyati yāni vai |
teṣāṃ svarūpamākhyāhi skaṃdeṃdriya viśuddhaye || 51 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
kathayāmi mahābuddhe kṛcchrādīni tavāgrataḥ |
yāni kṛtvātra manujo dehaśuddhiṃ labhetparām || 52 ||
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ekabhaktena naktena tathaivāyācitena ca |
upavāsena caikena pādakṛcchraḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 53 ||
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vaṭoduṃbararājīva bilvapatrakuśodakam |
pratyekaṃ pratyahaṃ pītaṃ parṇakṛcchraḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 54 ||
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piṇyākaghṛtatakrāṃbu saktūnāṃ prativāsaram |
ekaikamupavāsaśca kṛcchraḥ saumyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ || 55 ||
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haviṣā prātaraśnīta haviṣā sāyameva ca |
haviṣā yācitaṃ trīṃstu sopavāsastrayahaṃ vaset || 56 ||
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ekaikagrāsamaśnīyādahāni trīṇi pūrvavat |
tryahaṃ copavasedaṃtyamatikṛcchraṃ carandvijaḥ || 57 ||
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kṛcchrātikṛcchraṃ payasā divasānekaviṃśatiḥ |
dvādaśāhopavāsena parākaḥ parikīrtitaḥ || 58 ||
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tryahaṃ prātastrayahaṃ sāyaṃ tryahamadyādayācitam |
tryahaṃ copavasedaṃtyaṃ prājāpatyaṃ carandvijaḥ || 59 ||
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gomūtraṃ gomayaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhisarpiḥ kuśodakam |
ekarātropavāsaśca kṛcchraḥ sāṃtapanaḥ smṛtaḥ || 60 ||
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pṛthaksāṃtapanadravyaiḥ ṣaḍahaḥ sopavāsakaḥ |
saptāhena tu kṛcchroyaṃ mahāsāṃtapanaḥ smṛtaḥ || 61 ||
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taptakṛcchraṃ caranvipro jalakṣīraghṛtānilān |
etāṃstryahaṃ pibeduṣṇānsakṛtsnāyī samāhitaḥ || 62 ||
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tryahamuṣṇāḥ pibedāpastryahamuṣṇaṃ payaḥ pibet |
tryahamuṣṇaghṛtaṃ prāśya vāyubhakṣo dinatrayam || 63 ||
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palamekaṃ payaḥ pītvā sarpiṣaśca paladvayam |
palamekaṃ tu toyasya taptakṛcchra udāhṛtaḥ || 64 ||
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gomūtreṇa samāyuktaṃ yāvakaṃ yaḥ prayojayet |
kṛcchramekāhnkiṃ proktaṃ śarīrasya viśodhanam || 65 ||
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hastāvuttānataḥ kṛtvā divasaṃ mārutāśanaḥ |
rātrau jale sthito vyuṣṭaḥ prājāpatyena tatsamam || 66 ||
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ekaikaṃ hrāsayedgrāsaṃ kṛṣṇe śukle ca vardhayet |
upaspṛśaṃ striṣavaṇametaccāṃdrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam || 67 ||
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ekaikaṃ vardhayedgrāsaṃ śukle kṛṣṇe ca hrāsayet |
bhuṃjīta darśe no kiṃcideṣa cāṃdrāyaṇo vidhiḥ || 68 ||
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caturaḥ prātaraśnīyātpiṃḍānvipraḥ samāhitaḥ |
caturostamite sūrye śiśucāṃdrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam || 69 ||
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aṣṭāvaṣṭau samaśnīyātpiṃḍānmadhyaṃdine sthite |
niyatātmā haviṣyasya yaticāṃdrāyaṇaṃ smṛtam || 70 ||
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yathākathaṃcitpiṃḍānāṃ tisrośītīḥ samāhitaḥ |
māsenāśnanhaviṣyasya caṃdrasyaiti salokatām || 71 ||
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adbhirgātrāṇi śudhyaṃti manaḥ satyena śuddhyati |
vidyā tapobhyāṃ bhūtātmā buddhirjñānena śuddhyati || 72 ||
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tacca jñānaṃ bhavetpuṃsāṃ samyakkāśīniṣevaṇāt |
kāśīniṣevaṇena syādviśveśakaruṇodayaḥ || 73 ||
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tato mahodayāvāptiḥ karmanirmūlanakṣamā |
ataḥ kāśyāṃ prayatnena snāna dāna tapo japaḥ || 74 ||
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vrataṃ purāṇaśravaṇaṃ smṛtyuktādhva niṣevaṇam |
pratikṣaṇe pratidinaṃ viśveśa padaciṃtanam || 75 ||
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liṃgārcanaṃ trikālaṃ ca liṃgasyāpi pratiṣṭhitiḥ |
sādhubhiḥ saha saṃlāpo jalpaḥ śivaśiveti ca || 76 ||
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atitheścāpi satkāro maitrītīrthanivāsibhiḥ |
āstikyabuddhirvinayo mānāmāna samānadhīḥ || 77 ||
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akāmitā tvanauddhatyamarāgitvamahiṃsanam |
apratigrahavṛttiśca matiścānugrahātmikā || 78 ||
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adaṃbhitātvamātsaryamaprārthitadhanāgamaḥ |
alobhitvamanālasyamapāruṣyamadīnatā || 79 ||
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ityādi satpravṛttiśca kartavyā kṣetravāsinā |
pratyahaṃ ceti śiṣyebhyaḥ sadharmamupadekṣyati || 80 ||
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nityaṃ triṣavaṇasnāyī nityaṃ bhikṣākṛtāśanaḥ |
liṃgapūjārcako nityamitthaṃ vyāso vasetpurā || 81 ||
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ekadā tasya jijñāsāṃ kartuṃ devīṃ harovadat |
adya bhikṣāṭanaṃ prāpte vyāse paramadhārmike || 82 ||
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api sarvagate kvāpi bhikṣāṃ mā yaccha suṃdari |
tathetyuktā bhavānī sā bhavaṃ bhavanivāraṇam || 83 ||
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namaskṛtya pratigṛhaṃ tasya bhikṣāṃ nyaṣedhayat |
sa muniḥ sahitaḥ śiṣyairbhikṣāmaprāpya dūnavat || 84 ||
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velātikramamālokya punarbabhrāma tāṃ purīm |
gṛhegṛhe pariprāptā bhikṣānyaiḥ sarvabhikṣukaiḥ || 85 ||
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tadahninālabhadbhikṣāṃ saśiṣyaḥ sa muniḥ kvacit |
atha sāyaṃtanaṃ karma kṛtvā chātraiḥ samanvitaḥ || 86 ||
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upoṣaṇaparo bhūtvā tathaivāsīdaharniśam |
athānyedyurmunirvyāsaḥ kṛtvā mādhyāhnikaṃ vidhim || 87 ||
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yayau bhikṣāṭanaṃ kartuṃ saśiṣyaḥ paritaḥ purīm |
sarvatra sa paribhrāṃtaḥ pratisaudhaṃ muhurmuhuḥ || 88 ||
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na kvāpi labdhavānbhikṣāṃ bhāgyahīno dhanaṃ yathā |
atha ciṃtitavānvyāsaḥ pariśrāṃtaḥ paribhraman || 89 ||
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ko heturyanna labhyeta bhikṣā yatnena rakṣitā |
aṃtevāsina āhūya vyāsaḥ papraccha cākhilān || 90 ||
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bhavadbhirapi no bhikṣā pariprāpteti gamyate |
kimatra puri saṃvṛttaṃ dvitrā yāta mamājñayā || 91 ||
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dvitīyehnyapi yadbhikṣā na labhyetātiyatnataḥ |
aniṣṭaṃ kiṃcidatrāsīnmahāgurunipātajam || 92 ||
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annakṣayo vā sarvasyāṃ nagaryāmabhavatkṣaṇāt |
rājadaṃḍotha yugapajjātaḥ sarvapuraukasām || 93 ||
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athavā vāritā bhikṣā kenāpyasmāsu cerṣyayā |
puraukasobhavandusthāstūpasargeṇa kenacit || 94 ||
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kimetadakhilamajñātvā samāgacchata satvaram |
dvitrāḥ pavitracaraṇātprāpyānujñāṃ guroratha |
samācakhyuḥ samāgamya dṛṣṭvarddhi tatpuraukasām || 95 ||
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śiṣyā ūcuḥ |
śṛṇvaṃtvārādhyacaraṇā nopasargotra kaścana |
nānnakṣayo vā sarvasyāṃ nagaryāmiha kutracit || 96 ||
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yatra viśveśvaraḥ sākṣādyatrā'maradhunī svayam |
tvādṛśā yatra munayaḥ kva bhīstatropasargajā || 97 ||
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samṛddhiryā gṛhasthānāmiha viśveśituḥ puri |
na sarddhirasti vaikuṃṭhe svalpāstā alakādayaḥ || 98 ||
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ratnākareṣu ratnāni na tāvaṃti mahāmune |
yāvaṃti saṃti viśveśanirmālyopabhujāṃ gṛhe || 99 ||
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gṛhegṛhetra dhānyānāṃ rāśayo yādṛśaḥ punaḥ |
na tādṛśaḥ kalpavṛkṣadattā aiṃdre pure kvacit || 100 ||
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yatra sākṣādviśālākṣī suvistāraphalapradā |
na tatra puri sarvasyāṃ naro vai nirdhanaḥ kvacit || 1 ||
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nirvāṇalakṣmyāḥ sadane tvasminnānaṃdakānane |
mokṣopi yatra sulabhaḥ kimanyattatra durlabham || 2 ||
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sīmaṃtinyaḥ striyaḥ sarvāḥ pativrataparāyaṇāḥ |
sarvā bhavānī rūpiṇyo viśveśārpitasatkriyāḥ || 3 ||
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yāvaṃtaḥ puruṣāḥ kāśyāṃ sarva eva gaṇādhipāḥ |
sarva eva kumārā vai sarve tārakadṛṣṭayaḥ || 4 ||
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tripuṃḍrāṃkitabhālā ye te sarve caṃdramaulayaḥ |
upasargasahasraiśca pīḍyamānā apīha ye || 5 ||
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na tyajaṃti sadā kāśīṃ sarvajñā eva tekhilāḥ |
gṛhegṛhepi vaṭavo brahmavādavivādinaḥ || 6 ||
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svardhunī dhūtakaluṣāḥ saṃtīha caturānanāḥ |
nirvāṇalakṣmīpatayaḥ kṣetrasaṃnyāsakāriṇaḥ || 7 ||
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sarva eva hṛṣīkeśāḥ sarve vai puruṣottamāḥ |
acyutā eva vijñeyā etatkṣetraparigrahāḥ || 8 ||
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striyo vā puruṣā vāpi sarva eva na saṃśayaḥ |
sarva eva trinayanāḥ sarva eva caturbhujāḥ || 9 ||
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śrīkaṃṭhāḥ sarva evātra sarve mṛtyuṃjayā dhruvam |
mokṣaśrī śritavarṣmāṇastvardhanārīśvarāyataḥ || 110 ||
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dharmarāśiḥ paraścātra mahāṃto'trārtharāśayaḥ |
sarve kāmāḥ phalaṃtyatra kaivalyaṃ cātra nirmalam || 11 ||
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na garbhavāsasaṃsargaḥ kāśīsaṃsthitikāriṇām |
na kaliścātra bādheta kālo naiva prabādhate || 12 ||
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enāṃsi nātra bādhaṃte viśveśaśaraṇārthinaḥ |
yatra viśveśvaraḥ sākṣānnādabiṃdukalātmakaḥ || 13 ||
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dhvanirūpī hi tatrāsti praṇavo maṃtravigrahaḥ |
ato vigrahavaṃtotra saṃti vedā viniścitam || 14 ||
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sarasvatī saridrūpā hyataḥ śāstraniketanam |
ānaṃdakānanaṃ sarvaṃ dharmaśāstrakṛtālayam || 15 ||
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yāvaṃto divi vai devāstāvaṃtotra mṛṣā na hi |
nīrājayaṃti viśveśaṃ rātrau rātrau sadā'hayaḥ || 16 ||
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svaphaṇāmaṇidīpaiśca prāpya kāśīṃ rasātalāt |
samudrāḥ sarva evātra kāmadhenuvrajānvitāḥ || 17 ||
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paṃcapīyūṣadhārābhirviśveśaṃ snapayaṃti hi |
maṃdāraḥ pārijātaśca saṃtāno haricaṃdanaḥ || 18 ||
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kalpadrumaśca paṃcaite tarubhiḥ saha sarvadā || 19 ||
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sarve suranikāyāśca sarva eva maharṣayaḥ |
yoginaḥ sarva evātra kāśīnāthamupāsate || 120 ||
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vidyānāṃ sadanaṃ kāśī kāśī lakṣmyāḥ parālayaḥ |
muktikṣetramidaṃ kāśī kāśī sarvā trayīmayī || 21 ||
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iti śrutvā munivaraḥ pārāśaryo mahātapāḥ |
evaṃ babhāṣe tāñśiṣyānpunaḥślokaṃ paṭhaṃtvamum || 22 ||
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śiṣyā ūcuḥ |
vidyānāṃ cāśrayaḥ kāśī kāśī lakṣmyāḥ parālayaḥ |
muktikṣetramidaṃ kāśī kāśī sarvā trayīmayī || 23 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
niśamyeti tadā vyāsaḥ krodhāṃdhīkṛtalocanaḥ |
kṣutkṛśānujvalanmūrtiḥ kāśīṃ śapsyati kuṃbhaja || 24 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
mā bhūttraipūruṣīvidyā mā bhūttraipūruṣaṃ dhanam |
mā bhūttraipṛruṣī muktiḥ kāśīṃ vyāsaḥ śapanniti || 25 ||
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garvaḥ parotra vidyānāṃ dhanagarvotra vai mahān |
muktigarveṇa no bhikṣāṃ prayacchaṃtyatra vāsinaḥ || 26 ||
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iti kṛtvā matiṃ vyāsaḥ kāśyāṃ śāpamadāttadā |
dattvāpi śāpaṃ sa munirbhikṣituṃ krodhavānyayau || 27 ||
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pratigehaṃ tvarāyuktaḥ praviśanvyomadattadṛk |
babhrāma nagarīṃ sarvāṃ kvāpi bhaikṣaṃ na labdhavān || 28 ||
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aṃśumālinamāvīkṣya manāglohitamaṃḍalam |
bhikṣāpātraṃ parikṣipya niryayāvāśramaṃ prati || 29 ||
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atha gacchanmahādevyā gṛhadvāri niṣaṇṇayā |
prākṛtastrīsvarūpiṇyā bhikṣāyai prārthitotithiḥ || 130 ||
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gṛhiṇyuvāca |
bhagavanbhikṣukāstāvadadya dṛṣṭā na kutracit |
asatkṛtyātithiṃ nātho na me bhokṣyati karhicit || 31 ||
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vaiśvadevādikaṃ karma kṛtvā gṛhapatirmama |
pratīkṣetātithipathaṃ tasmāttvamatithirbhava || 32 ||
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vinātithi gṛhasthoyastvannameko niṣevate |
niṣevate'ghaṃ sa paraṃ sahitaḥ svapitāmahaiḥ || 33 ||
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tasmāttvaritamāyāhi kuru me patyurīhitam |
gārhasthyaṃ saphalaṃ kartumicchato'tithipūjanāt || 34 ||
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iti śrutvā gatāmarṣo vyāsastāmāha vismitaḥ |
vyāsa uvāca |
bhadre kā tvaṃ kutaḥ prāptā pūrvaṃ dṛṣṭā na kutracit || 35 ||
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manye dharmamayī mūrtiḥ kāpi tvaṃ śucimānasā |
tvaddarśanātparāṃ prītiṃ saṃprāptānīṃdriyāṇi me || 36 ||
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tvaṃ sudhaiva bhaveḥ prāyaḥ sarvāvayavasuṃdari |
maṃdarāghātasaṃtrāsātyaktakṣīrārṇavasthitiḥ || 37 ||
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kalāsudhākarasyātha kuhū rāhubhayārditā |
sīmaṃtinī svarūpeṇa tiṣṭheḥ kāśyāmanirbhayā || 38 ||
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athavā kamalāsi tvaṃ vihāya kamalālayam |
niśi saṃkocinaṃ kāśyāṃ vikāśinyāṃ vaseḥ sadā || 39 ||
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kiṃvā nu karuṇāmūrtiriha kāśinivāsinām |
sarvaduḥkhaughahariṇī parānaṃdapradāyinī || 140 ||
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vārāṇasyāḥ kimathavā'dhiṣṭhātrī devatā tvamu |
kiṃ vā nirvāṇalakṣmīstvaṃ yā kāśyāṃ parigīyate || 41 ||
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śvapākaṃ yāyajūkaṃ vā prāṃte'laṃkurvatī samam |
madbhāgyaṃ vā pariṇatametadyoṣitsvarūpataḥ || 42 ||
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athavā sā bhavennūnaṃ yā kṣetre parigīyate |
bhaktapotapradā bhaktyā bhavānī bhavanāśinī || 43 ||
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sarvathaiva na nārī tvaṃ nāsurī naiva kinnarī |
vidyādharā na no nāgī no gaṃdharvī na yakṣiṇī || 44 ||
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tvamiṣṭadevataivāsi kācinme mohahāriṇī |
keyaṃ ciṃtāthavāmetra kācittvaṃ bhava suṃdari || 45 ||
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paravānasmyahaṃ jātastavadarśanato'dhunā |
avaśyamevakartāsmi tavādeśyaṃ tadādiśa || 46 ||
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ekaṃ tapovyayaṃ hitvā kārayiṣyasi yatpunaḥ |
tadevāhaṃ kariṣyāmi vidheyaḥ śubhalocane || 47 ||
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na vacastvādṛśīnāṃhi mahattvaṃ hāpayetsatām |
paraṃ tvaṃ kāsi subhage satyaṃ brūhi mamāgrataḥ || 48 ||
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athavā tava dehesminkvā satyaṃ nirmalekṣaṇe |
iti pṛṣṭāha muninā sā viśvāyurghaṭodbhava || 49 ||
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atratyasyaiva hi mune gṛhiṇī gṛhamedhinaḥ |
nityaṃ vīkṣe caraṃtaṃ tvāṃ bhikṣāṃ śiṣyagaṇairvṛtam || 150 ||
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tvameva māṃ no jānīṣe jāne tvāmahameva hi |
tapasvinkiṃ bahūktena yāvannāstaṃ vrajedraviḥ || 51 ||
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prāṇanāthasya me tāvadātithyaṃ saphalīkuru |
tacchutvā sa muniḥ prāha vinayānatakaṃdharaḥ || 52 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
asti me niyamaḥ kaścitsa siddhiṃ cedvrajecchubhe |
ekabhikṣāṃ tadāhaṃ tu kariṣye nānyathā punaḥ || 53 ||
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tapasvyudīritaṃ śrutvā sā provāca vacastataḥ |
aviśaṃka vada mune kastesti niyamaḥ sudhīḥ || 54 ||
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mama bhartuḥ prasādena kiṃcinnyūnaṃ yato'tra na |
iti śrutvā prahṛṣṭātmā sa tāmāha tapodhanaḥ || 55 ||
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ayutaṃ mama śiṣyā ye taiḥ sapaktimahaṃ vṛṇe |
astaṃ yāvanna yātyarkastāvadbhokṣyenyathā nahi || 56 ||
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niśamyeti prahṛṣṭāsyā sā provāca muniṃtataḥ |
kiṃ vilaṃbena tadyāhi sarvāñśiṣyānsamāhvaya || 57 ||
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punaḥ prāha sa tāṃ sādhvi tvetāvatsiddhirasti te |
yena tṛptiṃ gamiṣyaṃti macchiṣyāḥ sarva eva te || 58 ||
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smitvātha sābravīttaṃ tu mune bharturanugrahāt |
siddhameva sadaivāste sarvaṃ tāvanmamālaye || 59 ||
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yāvatārthijanastṛptimeti sarvopi sarvaśaḥ |
vayaṃ na tādṛṅmahilā bhartṛsaṃdehakārikāḥ || 160 ||
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āyātorthī yadā gehe siddhaṃ kāryaṃ tadaiva hi |
paripūrṇā diśaḥ sarvāḥ paripūrṇāmanorathāḥ || 61 ||
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paripūrṇagṛhaṃ sarvaṃ patyuḥpāda prasādataḥ |
yāhi tūrṇaṃ samāyāhi yāvadannārthibhiḥ saha || 62 ||
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patirme bahukālīnaḥ kālaṃ na sahate ciram |
priyātithiḥ priyatamastadātithyasamṛddhaye || 63 ||
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āśu gatvā samāgaccha yāvannāstamito raviḥ |
iti prahṛṣṭastvaritaḥ śiṣyānāhūya sarvataḥ || 64 ||
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āgatyatāṃ punaḥ prāha dṛṣṭvā tanmārgalocanām |
mātaḥ sarve samāyātāstvaritaṃ dehi bhojanam || 65 ||
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astācalaṃ hi samayā samiyādeṣa bhāskaraḥ |
ityuktvā maṃdirasyāṃtarviviśuste tapodhanāḥ || 66 ||
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tanmaṃḍapamaṇijyotistatyāhitadinaśriyaḥ |
yāvadgacchatitatsaudhamadhyamāśu tapasvinaḥ || 67 ||
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pādauprakṣālya tāvatte kaiścitkaiścitsamarcya ca |
katicitpariviṣṭānnā bhoktumevopaveśitāḥ || 68 ||
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taddivyapākasaṃbhārāndṛṣṭavā taddṛṣṭayaḥ kṣaṇāt |
parātṛptimupāgacchanghrāṇanyāmodarājibhiḥ || 69 ||
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atitṛptiṃ samāpannāste tadannaniṣevaṇāt |
ācāṃtāścaṃdanaiḥ sragbhiraṃbaraiḥ paribhūṣitāḥ || 170 ||
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atha sāṃdhyaṃ vidhiṃ kṛtvā propaviśya tadagrataḥ |
abhinaṃdya mahāśīrbhiryāvadgaṃtuṃ pracakramuḥ || 71 ||
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tāvadvṛddhagṛhasthena gṛhiṇī sā kaṭākṣitā |
papraccha tīrthe vasatāṃ ko dharmo mukhya eva hi || 72 ||
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tathā tadanusāreṇa tīrthe vartāmahe vayam |
sarvadharmavidāṃ śreṣṭhaḥ śrutvā tadgṛhiṇī vacaḥ || 73 ||
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tadādarasudhāklinna mahānnasvādatarpitaḥ |
pratyuvāca munirvyāsaḥ smitvā tāṃ sarvavittamām || 74 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
svacchāṃtaḥkaraṇemātarmahāmiṣṭānnamānade |
sa eṣa dharmo nānyosti yattvayā paricaryate || 75 ||
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tvameva dharmaṃ jānāsi patiśuśrūṣaṇe ratā |
yadi pṛcchasi māṃ satyaṃ tadā kiṃcana vacmi te || 76 ||
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vaktavyameva pṛṣṭena manāgapi vijānatā |
sa eva dharmaḥ subhage nānyo dharmosti kaścana || 77 ||
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yenaiṣa toṣamāyāti tava bhartā ciraṃtanaḥ |
gṛhiṇyuvāca |
ayaṃ dharmo bhavennūnaṃ kriyate ca svaśaktitaḥ || 78 ||
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sādhāraṇāni dharmāṇi saṃpṛcche tāni me vada |
vyāsa uvāca |
anudvegakaraṃ vākyaṃ parotkarṣasahiṣṇutā || 79 ||
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vicārya kāritā nityaṃ svadhiṣṇyodaya ciṃtanam |
gṛhastha uvāca |
eṣu dharmeṣu bho vidvaṃstvayi kostīha tadvada || 180 ||
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tataḥ sthagitavadvyāsastasthau kiṃcinna coktavān |
tataḥ punargṛhasthena sa hi proktastapodhanaḥ || 81 ||
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yadyeta eva vai dharmāstvayā ye pratipāditāḥ |
taddāṃtatā tavaivaikṣi dānaṃ śāpasya cottamam || 82 ||
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tvayyeva hi dayā samyagdhairyaṃ tvayyeva cottamam |
tvayi saṃbhāvanāstyeva kāmakrodhavinigrahe || 83 ||
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tvameva samyagjānīṣe vaktuṃ codvegavarjitam |
tvayyeva samyagdṛśyeta parotkarṣa sahiṣṇutā || 84 ||
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vicārya kāritāyāśca tvameva nilayomahān |
svasyadhiṣṇyasya ca bhavāṃściṃtayedudayaṃ dhruvam || 85 ||
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mamaikaṃ brūhi bho vidvañchāpaṃ dadyācca yaḥ krudhā |
alabhansvārthasaṃsiddhimabhāgyāttasya kasya saḥ || 86 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
yaḥ svārthasiddhimalabhannabhāgyācchapati krudhā |
sa śāpaḥ pratyuta bhavecchapturevāvivekinaḥ || 87 ||
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gṛhastha uvāca |
bhavatā bhramatā vipra nāptābhikṣā yadāpyaho |
tadāparāddhaṃ kimiha varākaiḥ kṣetravāsibhiḥ || 88 ||
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tapasviñśṛṇu me vākyaṃ rājadhānyāṃ mameha yaḥ |
ṛddhiṃ draṣṭuṃ na śaknoti pariśaptaḥ sa eva hi || 89 ||
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adya prabhṛti na kṣetre madīye śāpavarjite |
āvasa krodhana mune na vāse yogyatātra te || 190 ||
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idānīmeva nirgaccha bahiḥ kṣetrādito bhava |
tvadvidhānāṃ na yogyaṃ me kṣetraṃ mokṣaikasādhanam || 91 ||
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atrālpamapi yaddauṣṭyaṃ kṛtaṃ matkṣetravāsinām |
taddauṣṭyasya parīpāko rudrapaiśācyameva hi || 92 ||
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tacchrutvā vepamānaḥ sa pariśuṣkauṣṭhatālukaḥ |
jagāma śaraṇaṃ gaurīṃ luṭhaṃstaccaraṇāgrataḥ || 93 ||
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uvāca ca vaco mātastrāhi trāhi bhṛśaṃ rudan |
anāthastvatsanāthohaṃ bāliśastava bālakaḥ || 94 ||
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śaraṇāgataṃ ca saṃtrāhi rakṣa māṃ śaraṇāgatam |
bahūnāmāgasāṃ gehamasmākaṃ duṣṭamānasam || 95 ||
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śaṃbhuśāpo'nyathākartuṃ bhavatyāpi na śakyate |
ahaṃ ca śaraṇāyātastadekaṃ kriyatāṃ śive || 96 ||
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pratyaṣṭami sadā kṣetre pratibhūtaṃ ca pārvati |
diśa praveśanādeśaṃ neśastvadvākyalaṃghakaḥ || 97 ||
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ityuktā tena muninā bhavānī karuṇājaniḥ |
mukhaṃ maheśiturvīkṣya tathetyāha tadājñayā || 98 ||
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athāṃtarhitavaṃtau tau śivau kṣetraśivaṃkarau |
vyāsopi niryayau kṣetrātsvāparādhavaśaṃ vadan || 99 ||
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ahorātraṃ sa paśyanvai kṣetraṃ dṛṣṭeradūragam |
prāpyāṣṭamīṃ ca bhūtāṃ ca madhye kṣetraṃ sadā viśet || 200 ||
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lolārkādagnidigbhāge svardhunīṃ pūrvarodhasi |
sthito hyadyāpi paśyetsa kāśīprāsādarājikām || 1 ||
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skaṃda uvāca |
itthaṃ kuṃbhaja sa vyāsaḥ kṣetre śāpaṃ pradāsyati |
kṣetraśāpapradānācca bahiryāsyati tatkṣaṇāt || 2 ||
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ataevāvimuktasya kṣetrasya śubhaśaṃsinaḥ |
bhaviṣyati śubhaṃ nityamanyathā tvanyathaiva hi || 3 ||
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śrutvādhyāyamimaṃ puṇyaṃ vyāsaśāpa vimokṣaṇam |
mahādurgopasargebhyo bhayaṃ tasya na kutracit || 204 ||
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