Chapter 41

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| sūta uvāca |
tasyaivottaradigbhāge devasya jalaśāyinaḥ |
sthānamasti suvikhyātaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam || 1 ||
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yastatpūjayate bhaktyā śayane bodhane hareḥ |
upavāsaparo bhūtvā sa gacchedvaiṣṇavaṃ padam || 2 ||
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aśūnyaśayanānāma dvitīyā dayitā tithiḥ |
sadaiva devadevasya kṛṣṇā suptasya yā bhavet || 3 ||
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tasyāṃ yaḥ pūjayettatra taṃ devaṃ jalaśāyinam |
śāstroktena vidhānena sa gacchati hareḥ padam || 4 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
jalaśāyī kathaṃ tatra saṃprāptaḥ sūtanandana |
pūjyate vidhinā kena tatsarvaṃ vistarādvada || 5 ||
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sūta uvāca |
purāsīdbāṣkalirnāma dānavendro mahābalaḥ |
ajeyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ gandharvoragarakṣasām || 6 ||
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athāsau bhūtalaṃ sarvaṃ vaśīkṛtvā mahābalaḥ |
tato daityagaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ jagāma tridaśālayam || 7 ||
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tatrābhavanmahāyuddhaṃ devāsuravināśakam |
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca kruddhānāmitaretaram || 8 ||
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varṣāṇāmayutaṃ tāvadahanyahani dāruṇam |
tatrāsṛkkardamo jātaḥ parvataścāsthi saṃbhavaḥ || 9 ||
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tato varṣasahasrāṃte daśame samupasthite |
jitastena sahasrākṣaḥ sasainyaḥ saparigrahaḥ || 10 ||
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tataḥ svargaṃ parityajya sarvadevagaṇaiḥ saha |
jagāma śaraṇaṃ viṣṇoḥ śvetadvīpaṃ pratiśrayam || 11 ||
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yatrāste bhagavānviṣṇuryoganidrāvaśaṃgataḥ |
śayānaḥ śeṣaparyaṃke lakṣmyā saṃvāhitāṃghriyuk || 12 ||
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tato vedodbhavaiḥ sūktaiḥ stutiṃ cakruḥ samaṃtataḥ |
tasya devasya sadbhaktāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ || 13 ||
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athotthāya jagannāthaḥ provāca balasūdanam |
kaccitkṣemaṃ sahasrākṣa sāṃprataṃ bhuvanatraye |
yattvaṃ devagaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ svayameva ihāgataḥ || 14 ||
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śakra uvāca |
bāṣkalirnāma detyendro haralabdhavaro balī |
ajeyaḥ saṃgare devaistenāhaṃ vijito raṇe || 15 ||
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saṃsthitiśca kṛtā svarge sāṃprataṃ madhu sūdana |
tenaiṣa śaraṇaṃ prāpto devaiḥ sārddhaṃ surottama || 16 ||
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hiraṇyākṣabhayāddevā hiraṇyakaśipoḥ purā |
tvayā trātā vayaṃ sarve tathānyeṣāṃ durātmanām || 7 ||
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tasmādasmādapi trāhi dānavādbalavattarāt |
bāṣkalernāsti deveśa tvāṃ muktvānyā parā gatiḥ || 8 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
ahaṃ taṃ nigrahīṣyāmi saṃprāpte samaye svayam |
tasmāttvaṃ samayaṃyāvatkuru śakra tapo mahat || 19 ||
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yena te jāyate śaktistapovīryeṇa vāsava |
vadhāya tasya daityasya balayuktasya bāṣkaleḥ || 20 ||
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śakra uvāca |
kasminkṣetre jagannātha karomi sumahattapaḥ |
tasya daityasya nāśārthaṃ tada smākaṃ prakīrtaya || 21 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tacchrutvā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ provācātha puraṃdaram |
ciraṃ manasi niścitya kṣetrāṇyāyatanāni ca || 22 ||
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camatkārapuraṃ kṣetraṃ śakra siddhipradāyakam |
tasmāttatra drutaṃ gatvā tadvadhārthaṃ tapaḥ kuru || 23 ||
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śakra uvāca |
na vayaṃ bhavatā hīnā yāsyāmo'nyatra keśava |
bāṣkalerdānavendrasya bhayādbhītāḥ kathaṃcana || 24 ||
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tasmādāgaccha tatra tvaṃ svayameva sureśvara |
tvayā saṃrakṣito yena karomi sumahattapaḥ || 26 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tataḥ sa bhagavānviṣṇustathetyuktvā suraiḥ saha |
camatkārapuraṃ kṣetramājagāma saha śriyā || 26 ||
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atha devagaṇāḥ sarve tatra gatvā tadā'śramān |
cakruḥ pṛthakpṛthagghṛṣṭāstapo'rthaṃ kṛtaniścayāḥ || 27 ||
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vāsudevo'pi saṃsmṛtya kṣīrodaṃ tatra sāgaram |
ānināyāśu vistīrṇaṃ hrade tasminpurātane || 28 ||
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cakāra śayanaṃ tatra śvetadvīpe yathā purā |
stūyamānaḥ suraiḥ sarvaiḥ samaṃtādvinayānvitaiḥ || 29 ||
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athāṣāḍhasya saṃprāpte dvitīyādivase śubhe |
kṛṣṇapakṣe sahasrākṣaṃ svayameva bṛhaspatiḥ |
provāca vacanaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ bāṣpavyākula locanam || 30 ||
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bṛhaspatiruvāca |
aśūnyaśayanānāma dvitīyādya puraṃdara |
atīva dayitā viṣṇoḥ prasuptasya jalāśaye || 31 ||
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asyāṃ saṃpūjito viṣṇuryāvanmāsacatuṣṭayam |
dadāti sakalānkāmāndhyātaścetasi sarvadā |
śāstroktavidhinā samyagvratastho jalaśāyinam || 32 ||
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evaṃ sa caturo māsāndvitīyādivase harim |
pūjayitvā sahasrākṣastejasā sahito'bhavat || 33 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā tejasā yuktaṃ parituṣṭo janārdanaḥ |
provāca śakra gacchādya vadhārthaṃ tasya bāṣkaleḥ |
sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ vijayaste bhaviṣyati || 34 ||
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śakra uvāca |
bibhemi tasya devāhaṃ dānavendrasya durmateḥ |
tvayā vinā na gacchāmi sārdhaṃ sarvaiḥ surairapi || 35 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
tvayā saha sahasrākṣa cakrametatsudarśanam |
gamiṣyati vadhārthāya madīyaṃ suravidviṣām || 36 ||
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evamuktvā hariścakraṃ pramumoca sudarśanam |
vadhārthaṃ dānavendrāṇāṃ śakreṇa sahitaṃ tadā || 37 ||
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śakro'pi sahitastena gatvā cakreṇa kṛtsnaśaḥ |
sarvānutsādayāmāsa dānavānraṇamūrdhani || 38 ||
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sa cāpi bāṣkalistena cchinnaścakreṇa kṛtsnaśaḥ |
papāta dharaṇīpṛṣṭhe vajrāhata ivācalaḥ || 39 ||
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tathānye bahavaḥ śūrā dānavā baladarpitāḥ |
hatvā sudarśanaṃ cakraṃ bhūyaḥ prāptaṃ hareḥ karam || 40 ||
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te'pi śakrādayo devāḥ prahṛṣṭā gatasaṃśayāḥ |
bhūyo viṣṇuṃ sametyātha procurnatvā tataḥ param || 41 ||
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prabhāvāttava deveśa hatāḥ sarve'marārayaḥ |
prāptaṃ trailokyarājyaṃ ca bhūyo nihatakaṃṭakam || 42 ||
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tasmātkīrtaya yatkṛtyaṃ tacca śreyaskaraṃ mama |
sadā syātpuṃḍarīkākṣa tathā śatrubhayāvaham || 43 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
mayātraiva sadā stheyaṃ rūpeṇānena vāsava |
sarvalokahitārthāya hrade puṇya jalāśraye || 44 ||
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tvayā tasmātsamāgamya cāturmāsyaṃ śacīpate |
prayatnena prakartavyamaśūnyaśayanaṃ vratam || 45 ||
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na bhavaṃti sahasrākṣa yena te pari paṃthinaḥ |
tathābhīṣṭaphalāvāptirmatprasādādasaṃśayam || 46 ||
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anyo'pi yo naro bhaktyā pūjayiṣyati māmiha |
saṃprāpsyati sa tāṃllokāndurlabhāṃstri daśairapi || 47 ||
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tasmādgaccha sahasrākṣa kuru rājyaṃ triviṣṭape |
bhūyo'pyatraiva deveśa draṣṭavyo'smi na saṃśayaḥ |
kāryakāle samāyāte śvetadvīpe yathā tathā || 48 ||
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sūta uvāca |
tataḥ praṇamya taṃ dṛṣṭvā prajagāma śatakratuḥ |
vāsudevo'pi tatraiva sthito lokahitāya ca || 49 ||
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evaṃ tatra dvijaśreṣṭhā jalaśāyī janārdanaḥ |
sarvalokahitārthāya saṃsthitaḥ parameśvaraḥ || 50 ||
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yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ |
cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa sa yāti paramāṃ gatim || 51 ||
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tathā devagaṇaiḥ sarvairdvārakā tatra sā kṛtā |
saṃpūjya tu narā yāṃti cāturmāsye triviṣṭapam || 52 ||
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śeṣakāle'pi cittasthānkāmānmartyaḥ samāpnuyāt |
tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjyā sā dvārakā naraiḥ |
sarveṣvapi hi kāleṣu cātumāsye viśeṣataḥ || 53 ||
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etadvaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ sarvapātakanāśanam |
ākhyānaṃ devadevasya supuṇyaṃ jalaśāyinaḥ || 54 ||
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