Chapter 72

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| adhyāya || 72 ||
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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
tato gacchettu rājendra maṇināgeśvaraṃ śubham |
uttare narmadākūle sarvapāpakṣayaṃkaram |
sthāpitaṃ maṇināgena lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 1 ||
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yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
āśīviṣeṇa sarpeṇa īśvarastoṣitaḥ katham |
kṣudrāḥ sarvasya lokasya bhayadā viṣaśālinaḥ || 2 ||
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kathyatāṃ tāta me sarvaṃ pātakasyopaśāntidam |
mama santāpajaṃ duḥkhaṃ duryodhanasamudbhavam || 3 ||
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karṇabhīṣmodbhavaṃ raudraṃ duḥkhaṃ pāñcālisambhavam |
tava vaktrāmbujaughena plāvitaṃ nirvṛtiṃ gataḥ || 4 ||
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śrutvā tava mukhodgītāṃ kathāṃ vai pāpanāśinīm |
ayuktamidamasmākaṃ dvija kleśo na śāmyati || 5 ||
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athavā prāpsyate tāta vidyādānasya yatphalam |
tatphalaṃ prāpyate nityaṃ kathāśravaṇato hareḥ || 6 ||
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śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
yathāyathā tvaṃ nṛpa bhāṣase ca tathātathā me sukhameti bhāratī |
śaithilyatā vā jarayānvitasya tvatsauhṛdaṃ naśyati naiva tāta |
śṛṇuṣva tasmātsaha bāndhavaiśca kathāmimāṃ pāpaharāṃ praśastām || 7 ||
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kathayāmi yathāvṛttamitihāsaṃ purātanam || 8 ||
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kathitaṃ pūrvato vṛttaiḥ pāramparyeṇa bhārata || 9 ||
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dve bhārye kaśyapasyāstāṃ sarvalokeṣvanuttame |
garutmantaṃ ca vinatāsūta kadrūrahīnatha || 10 ||
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saṃtoṣeṇa ca te tāta tiṣṭhataḥ kāśyape gṛhe |
kadrūśca vinatā nāma hṛṣṭe ca vanite sadā || 11 ||
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tābhyāṃ sārddhaṃ krīḍate ca kaśyapo'pi prajāpatiḥ |
tatastvekadine prāpte āśramasthā śubhānanā || 12 ||
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uccaiḥśravaṃ hayaṃ dṛṣṭvā manovegasamanvitam |
paśya paśya hi tanvaṅgī hayaṃ sarvatra pāṇḍuram || 13 ||
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dhāvamānamaviśrāntaṃ javena manasopamam |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sahasā cāśvamīrṣyābhāvena cābravīt || 14 ||
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kadrūruvāca |
brūhi bhadre sahasrāṃśoraśvaḥ kiṃvarṇako bhavet |
ahaṃ bravīmi kṛṣṇo'yaṃ tvaṃ kiṃ vadasi tadvada || 15 ||
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vinatovāca |
paśyase nanu netraiśca kṛṣṇaṃ śvetaṃ na paśyasi |
asatyabhāṣaṇādbhadre yamalokaṃ gamiṣyasi || 16 ||
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satyānṛte tu vacane paṇastava mamaiva tu |
sahasraṃ caiva varṣāṇāṃ dāsyahaṃ tava mandire || 17 ||
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asatyā yadi me vāṇī kṛṣṇa uccaiḥśravā yadi |
tadāhaṃ tvadgṛhe dāsī bhavāmi sarpamātṛke || 18 ||
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yadi uccaiḥśravāḥ śveto'haṃ dāsī ca tavaiva tu |
evaṃ parasparaṃ dvābhyāṃ saṃvādo'yaṃ vyavardhata || 19 ||
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āśrameṣu gatā bālā rātrau cintāparā sthitā |
bandhuvargasya kathitaṃ samastaṃ tadviceṣṭitam || 20 ||
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putrāṇāṃ kathitaṃ pārtha paṇaṃ caiva mayā kṛtam |
hāhākāraḥ kṛtaḥ sarpaiḥ śrutvā mātrā paṇaṃ kṛtam || 21 ||
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jātā dāsī na sandehaḥ śveto bhāskaravāhanaḥ |
uccaiḥśravā hayaḥ śveto na kṛṣṇo vidyate kvacit || 22 ||
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kadrūruvāca |
yathāhaṃ na bhave dāsī tatkāryaṃ ca vicintyatām |
viśadhvaṃ romakūpeṣu hyuccaiḥśravahayasya tu || 23 ||
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ekaṃ muhūrtamātraṃ tu yāvatkṛṣṇaḥ sa dṛśyate |
kṣaṇamātreṇa caikena dāsī sā bhavate mama || 24 ||
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dāsīṃ kṛtvā tu tāṃ tanvīṃ vinatāṃ satyagarvitām |
tataḥ svasthānagāḥ sarve bhaviṣyatha yathāsukham || 25 ||
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sarpā ūcuḥ |
yathā tvaṃ jananī cāmba sarveṣāṃ bhuvi pūjitā |
tathā sāpi viśeṣeṇa vañcitavyā na mātaraḥ || 26 ||
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mātā ca pitṛbhāryā ca mātṛmātā pitāmahī |
karmaṇā manasā vācā hitaṃ tāsāṃ samācaret || 27 ||
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sā tatastena vākyena kruddhā kālānalopamā |
mama vākyamakurvāṇā ye kecidbhuvi pannagāḥ || 28 ||
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havyavāhamukhe sarve te yāsyantyavicāritam |
mātustadvacanaṃ śrutvā sarve caiva bhujaṅgamāḥ || 29 ||
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kecitpraviṣṭā romeṣu uccaiḥśravahayasya ca |
naṣṭāḥ keciddaśadiśaṃ kadrūśāpabhayāttataḥ || 30 ||
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kecidgaṅgājale naṣṭāḥ kecinnaṣṭāḥ sarasvatīm |
kecinmahodadhau līnāḥ praviṣṭā vindhyakandare || 31 ||
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āśritya narmadātoye maṇināgottamo nṛpa |
tapaścacāra vipulamuttare narmadātaṭe || 32 ||
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mātṛśāpabhayātpārtha dhyāyate kāmanāśanam |
acchedyamapratarkyaṃ ca vināśotpattivarjitam || 33 ||
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vāyubhakṣaḥ śataṃ sāgraṃ tadardhaṃ ravivīkṣakaḥ |
evaṃ dhyānaratasyaiva pratyakṣastripurāntakaḥ || 34 ||
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sādhu sādhu mahābhāga sattvavāṃstu bhujaṃgama |
tvayā bhaktyā gṛhīto'haṃ prītaste hyurageśvara |
varaṃ yācaya me kṣipraṃ yaste manasi vartate || 35 ||
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maṇināga uvāca |
mātṛśāpabhayānnātha kliṣṭo'haṃ narmadātaṭe |
tvatprasādena me nātha mātṛśāpo bhavedvṛthā || 36 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
havyavāhamukhaṃ vatsa na prāpsyasi mamājñayā |
mama loke nivāsaśca tava putra bhaviṣyati || 37 ||
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maṇināga uvāca |
atra sthāne mahādeva sthīyatāmaṃśabhāgataḥ |
sahasrāṃśena bhāgena sthīyatāṃ narmadājale |
upakārāya lokānāṃ mama nāmnaiva śaṅkara || 38 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
sthāpayasva paraṃ liṅgamājñayā mama pannaga |
ityuktvāntarhito devo jagāma hyumayā saha || 39 ||
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mārkaṇḍeya uvāca |
tatra tīrthe tu ye gatvā śuciprayatamānasāḥ |
pañcamyāṃ vā caturdaśyāmaṣṭamyāṃ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ || 40 ||
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arcayanti sadā pārtha nopasarpanti te yamam |
dadhnā ca madhunā caiva ghṛtena kṣīrayogataḥ || 41 ||
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snāpayanti virūpākṣamumādehārdhadhāriṇam |
kāmāṅgadahanaṃ devamaghāsuraniṣūdanam || 42 ||
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snāpyamānaṃ ca ye bhaktvā paśyanti parameśvaram |
te yānti ca pare loke sarvapāpavivarjitaiḥ || 43 ||
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śrāddhaṃ preteṣu ye pārtha cāṣṭamyāṃ pañcamīṣu ca |
brāhmaṇaiśca sadā yogyairvedapāṭhakacintakaiḥ || 44 ||
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svadāranirataiḥ ślakṣṇaiḥ paradāravivarjitaiḥ |
ṣaṭkarmanirataistāta śūdrapreṣaṇavarjitaiḥ || 45 ||
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khañjāśca dardurāḥ ṣaṇḍhā vārddhuṣyāśca kṛṣīvalāḥ |
bhinnavṛttikarāḥ putra niyojyā na kadācana || 46 ||
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vṛṣalīmandire yasya mahiṣīṃ yastu pālayet |
sa vipro dūratastyājyo vrate śrāddhe narādhipa || 47 ||
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kāṇāṣṭuṃṭāśca maṇṭāśca vedapāṭhavivarjitāḥ |
na te pūjyā dvijāḥ pārtha maṇināgeśvare śubhe || 48 ||
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yadīcchedūrdhvagamanamātmanaḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha |
sarvāṅgarucirāṃ dhenuṃ yo dadyādagrajanmane || 49 ||
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sa yāti paramaṃ lokaṃ yāvadābhūtasamplavam |
tataḥ svargāccyutaḥ so'pi jāyate vimale kule || 50 ||
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ye paśyanti paraṃ bhaktyā maṇināgeśvaraṃ nṛpa |
na teṣāṃ jāyate vaṃśe pannagānāṃ bhayaṃ nṛpa || 51 ||
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pannagaḥ śaṅkate teṣāṃ maṇināgapradarśanāt |
sauparṇarūpiṇaste vai dṛśyante nāgamaṇḍale || 52 ||
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phalāni caiva dānānāṃ śṛṇuṣvātha nṛpottama |
annaṃ saṃskārasaṃyuktaṃ ye dadante narottamāḥ || 53 ||
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toyaṃ śayyāṃ tathā chatraṃ kanyāṃ dāsīṃ subhāṣiṇīm |
pātre deyaṃ yato rājan yadīcchecchreya ātmanaḥ || 54 ||
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surabhīṇi ca puṣpāṇi gandhavastrāṇi dāpayet |
dīpaṃ dhānyaṃ gṛhaṃ śubhraṃ sarvopaskarasaṃyutam || 55 ||
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ye dadante paraṃ bhaktyā te vrajanti triviṣṭapam |
maṇināge nṛpaśreṣṭha yacca dānaṃ pradīyate || 56 ||
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tasya dānasya bhāvena svarge vāso bhaveddhruvam |
pātakāni pralīyante āmapātre yathā jalam || 57 ||
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narmadātoyasaṃsiddhaṃ bhojyaṃ vipre dadāti yaḥ |
so'pi pāpairvinirmuktaḥ krīḍate daivataiḥ saha || 58 ||
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tataḥ svargacyutānāṃ hi lakṣaṇaṃ pravadāmyaham |
dīrghāyuṣo jīvaputrā dhanavantaḥ suśobhanāḥ || 59 ||
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sarvavyādhivinirmuktāḥ sutabhṛtyaiḥ samanvitāḥ |
tyāgino bhogasaṃyuktā dharmākhyānaratāḥ sadā || 60 ||
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devadvijagurorbhaktāstīrthasevāparāyaṇāḥ |
mātāpitṛvaśā nityaṃ drohakrodhavivarjitāḥ || 61 ||
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ebhireva guṇairyuktā ye narāḥ pāṇḍunandana |
satyaṃ te svargādāyātāḥ svarge vāsaṃ vrajanti te || 62 ||
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sarvatīrthavaraṃ tīrthaṃ maṇināgaṃ nṛpottama |
tīrthākhyānamidaṃ puṇyaṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi || 63 ||
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so'pi pāpairvinirmuktaḥ śivaloke mahīyate |
na viṣaṃ kramate teṣāṃ vicaranti yathecchayā || 64 ||
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bhādrapadyāṃ ca yatṣaṣṭhyāṃ puṇyaṃ sūryasya darśane |
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti ākhyānaśravaṇena tu || 65 ||
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