Chapter 25

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| sūta uvāca |
tatrāścaryamabhūtpūrvaṃ yattadbrāhmaṇasattamāḥ |
tadvo'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi gaṃgāmāhātmyasaṃbhavam || 1 ||
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camatkārapure vipraḥ purāsītsaṃśitavrataḥ |
caṃḍaśarmeti vikhyāto rūpaudāryaguṇānvitaḥ || 2 ||
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sa yadā yauvanopetastadā veśyānurāgakṛt |
śrotriyo'pyabhavadvipro yauvanodbhārapīḍitaḥ || 3 ||
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sa kadācinniśīthe'tha tṛṣārtaśca samutthitaḥ |
prārthayāmāsa tāṃ veśyāṃ pānīyaṃ pātumutsahe || 4 ||
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atha sā salilabhrāṃtyā karakaṃ madyasaṃbhavam |
samādāya dadau pānaṃ tasmai nidrākulāya ca || 5 ||
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mukhamadhyagate madye so'pi tāṃ kopasaṃyutaḥ |
veśyāṃ prabhartsayāmāsa dhigdhikśabdairmuhurmuhuḥ || 6 ||
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kimidaṃkimidaṃ pāpe tvayā karma vigarhitam |
kṛtaṃ yanmukhamadhye me prakṣiptā niṃditā surā || 7 ||
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brāhmaṇyamadya me naṣṭaṃ madyapānādasaṃśayam |
prāyaścittaṃ kariṣyāmi tasmādātmaviśuddhaye || 8 ||
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evamuktvā viniṣkramya tadgṛhādduḥkhasaṃyutaḥ |
rurodātha tadā gatvā karuṇaṃ nirjane vane || 9 ||
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tataḥ prabhātavelāyāṃ snātvā vastrasamanvitaḥ |
tyaktvā gātrasya romāṇi samastāni dvijottamāḥ || 10 ||
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saṃprāpto vipramukhyānāṃ sabhā yatra vyavasthitā |
paṭhaṃti sarvaśāstrāṇi vedāṃtāni ca kṛtsnaśaḥ || 11 ||
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athāsau praṇipatyoccaiḥ provāca dvijasattamān |
jalabhrāṃtyā surā pītā mayā kuruta nigraham || 12 ||
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atha te dharmaśāstrāṇi pravicārya punaḥpunaḥ |
tamūcurbrāhmaṇāḥ sarve prāyaścittakṛte sthitam || 13 ||
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brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ |
ajñānājjñānato vāpi surāṃ cedbrāhmaṇaḥ pibet |
agnivarṇaṃ ghṛtaṃ pītvā tāvanmātraṃviśu dhyati || 14 ||
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sa tvaṃ vāṃchasi cecchuddhimagnivarṇaṃ ghṛtaṃ piba |
yāvanmātrā surā pītā tāvanmātraṃ viśuddhaye || 15 ||
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sa tatheti pratijñāya ghṛtamādāya tatkṣaṇāt |
cakre vahnisamaṃ yāvatpānārthaṃ dvijasattamāḥ || 16 ||
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tāvattasya pitā prāptaḥ śrutvā vārtāṃ sabhāryakaḥ |
kimidaṃ kimidaṃ putra bruvāṇo duḥkha saṃyutaḥ |
aśrupūrṇekṣaṇo dīno vāṣpagadgadayā girā || 17 ||
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tataḥ sa kathayāmāsa sarvarātrisamudbhavam |
vṛttāṃtaṃ tacca viprāṇāṃ prāyaścittaṃ yathocitam || 8 ||
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atha sa brāhmaṇānprāha sarvāṃstāndvijasattamāḥ |
prāyaścittaṃ sutāyāsmai mamānyatsaṃpradīyatām || 9 ||
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saṃcintya dharmaśāstrāṇi vicārya ca punaḥ punaḥ |
sarvasvamapi dāsyāmi putrahetorasaṃśayam || 20 ||
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tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve bhūyobhūyaśca sādaram |
viciṃtya dharmaśāstrāṇi tamūcurmunisattamāḥ || 2 ||
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nānyadasti surāpāne prāyaścittaṃ dvijanmanām |
mauṃjīhomaṃ vinā vipra yadyuktaṃ tatsamācara || 22 ||
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tataḥ sa svasutaṃ prāha naiva tvaṃ kartumarhasi |
yaccha dānāni viprebhyastīrthayātrāṃ samācara || 23 ||
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tataḥ śuddhiṃ samāpnoṣi kramānniyamasaṃyutaḥ |
vrataiśca vividhaiścīrṇaiḥ satyametadbravīmyaham || 24 ||
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na brāhmaṇasamādiṣṭaṃ prāyaścitta viśuddhaye || 25 ||
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putra uvāca |
etanmama mahābhāgā yadbruvaṃti vratādikam |
tasmātkāryo mayā tāta mauṃjīhomo na saṃśayaḥ || 26 ||
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yanmayā tu kṛtaṃ bālye tatsarvaṃ kṣaṃtumarhasi || 27 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tasya taṃ niścayaṃ jñātvā sa pitā sutavatsalaḥ |
sarvasvaṃ pradadau ruṣṭo maraṇe kṛtaniścayaḥ || 28 ||
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sā'pi tasya satī bhāryā kṛtvā mṛtyuviniścayam |
tamuvāca sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvaṃ dattvā gṛhādikam || 29 ||
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āvābhyāṃ saṃpraviṣṭābhyāṃ vahnau putra tatastadā |
mauṃjīhomastvayā kāryo māṃ tātaṃ yadi manyase || 30 ||
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tatastau dampatī hṛṣṭau yāvadvahnisamīpagau |
saṃjātau maraṇārthāya sa ca tābhyāṃ samudbhavaḥ || 31 ||
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tāvatprāpto munirnāma śāṃḍilyo vedapāragaḥ |
tīrthayātrāprasaṃgena tatra deśe dvijottamāḥ || 32 ||
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sa vṛttāṃtaṃ samākarṇya kopasaṃraktalocanaḥ |
abravīdbrāhmaṇānsarvānbhartsamāno muhurmuhuḥ || 33 ||
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aho mūḍhatamā yūyaṃ yadetadbrāhmaṇatrayam |
vṛthā mṛtyumavāpnoti nigrahe sugame sati || 34 ||
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atra kātyāyanenoktaṃ yadvacaḥ sumahātmanā |
tacchṛṇvantu dvijāḥ sarve prāyaścittī tathāpyayam || 35 ||
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cāṃdrāyaṇāni kṛcchrāṇi tathā sāṃtapanāni ca |
prāyaścittāni dīyaṃte yatra gaṃgā na vidyate || 36 ||
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atra viṣṇupadī gaṃgā tatkṣetre tu dvijottamāḥ |
tasyāṃ snānaṃ karotveṣa tataḥ śuddhimavāpsyati || 37 ||
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mauṃjīhomaḥ pramāṇaṃ syānmunivākyena cedbhavet |
tadetadapi vākyaṃ hi kātyāyanamuneḥ sphuṭam || 38 ||
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tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve harṣeṇa mahatānvitāḥ |
sādhusādhviti taṃ procya procuḥ satyamidaṃ mune || 39 ||
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tataḥ prabodhya taṃ vipraṃ ninyustatra dvijottamāḥ |
yatra viṣṇupadī gaṃgā svayameva vyavasthitā || 40 ||
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tatra sa brāhmaṇo yāvadgaṃgātoyasamudbhavam |
gaṃḍūṣaṃ kurute vaktre tāvacchuddho babhūva saḥ |
udarādakhilaṃ toyaṃ niṣkrāṃtaṃ dvijasattamāḥ || 41 ||
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tato'vagāhate yāvattasyāstoyaṃ suśobhanam |
tāvadākāśasaṃbhūtā gambhīrovāca bhāratī || 42 ||
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śuddho'yaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ sākṣādviṣṇupadyāḥ samāgamāt |
snānādācamanādeva tasmādyātu gṛhaṃ nijam || 43 ||
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tataste brāhmaṇāḥ sarve caṃḍaśarmādayaśca ye |
diṣṭyādiṣṭyeti jalpantaḥ svāni harmyāṇi bhejire || 44 ||
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sūta uvāca |
evaṃ prabhāvā sā viprā gaṃgā viṣṇupadī sthitā |
tasya kṣetrasya sīmāṃte paścime pāpanāśinī || 45 ||
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etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ viṣṇupadyāḥ samudbhavam |
māhātmyaṃ brāhmaṇaśreṣṭhāḥ sarvapātakanāśanam || 46 ||
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