Chapter 56

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| sūta uvāca |
tasyāpi nātidūrasthaṃ sāṃbādityaṃ sureśvaram |
dṛṣṭvā kāmānavāpnoti sarvānmartyo hṛdi sthitān || 1 ||
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yastu māghasya śuklāyāṃ saptamyāṃ ravivāsare |
bhaktyā saṃpaśyate martyo narakānna sa paśyati || 2 ||
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āsītpūrvaṃ dvijo nāma gālavaḥ sa mahāmuniḥ |
svādhyāyanirato nityaṃ vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ || 3 ||
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śucivrataparaḥ śāṃto devadvijaparāyaṇaḥ |
kṛtajñaśca suśīlaśca yajñakarmavicakṣaṇaḥ || 4 ||
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tasyaivaṃ vartamānasya saṃprāptaṃ paścimaṃ vayaḥ |
aputrasya dvijaśreṣṭhāstato duḥkhaṃ vyajāyata || 5 ||
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tataḥ sarvaṃ parityajya gṛhakṛtyaṃ sa bhaktimān |
sūryamārādhayāmāsa kṣetre'traiva samāhitaḥ || 6 ||
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vaṭavṛkṣaṃ samāśritya śraddhayā parayā yutaḥ |
sthāpayitvā raverarcāṃ yathoktāṃ paṃcarātrike || 7 ||
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varṣāsvākāśaśāyī ca hemaṃte jalasaṃśrayaḥ |
paṃcāgnisādhako grīṣme nirāhāro jitendriyaḥ || 8 ||
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tataḥ paṃcadaśe varṣe saṃprāpte bhagavānraviḥ |
vaṭavṛkṣaṃ samāśritya samīpasthamuvāca tam || 9 ||
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śrīsūrya uvāca |
varadosmyadya bhadraṃ te varaṃ prārthaya gālava |
atidurlabhamapyāśu tava dāsyāmyasaṃśayam || 10 ||
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gālava uvāca |
aputro'haṃ suraśreṣṭha paścime vayasi sthitaḥ |
tasmāddehi sutaṃ mahyaṃ vaṃśavṛddhikaraṃ param || 11 ||
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śrīsūrya uvāca |
vaṃśavṛddhikaro vipra putrastava bhaviṣyati |
tejasvī ca yaśasvī ca śāstrajño veda pāragaḥ || 2 ||
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yeyaṃ tvayā kṛtā me'rcā sāṃbasūryasya saṃnidhau |
sāṃbasūryābhidhāno'yaṃ bhaviṣyati dharātale || 3 ||
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anyo'pi śradrayopeto ya enaṃ pūjayiṣyati |
saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa yāvaddvādaśa bhāskarāḥ || 4 ||
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saptamyaśca dvijaśreṣṭha nirāhārastu bhaktitaḥ yā |
sa prāpsyati na saṃdehaḥ putraṃ vaṃśavivardhanam || 15 ||
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evamuktvā ca saptāśvo virarāma divākaraḥ |
gālavo'pi prahṛṣṭātmā jagāma nijamaṃdiram || 16 ||
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nātidīrgheṇa kālena tatastasyābhava tatsutaḥ |
yathoktastena devena sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitaḥ || 17 ||
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tataścakre pitā nāma vaṭeśvara iti svayam |
vaṭasthena yato dattaḥ saṃtuṣṭenāṃśumālinā || 18 ||
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vaṭeśvarasutāndṛṣṭvā pautrāṃśca dvijasattamāḥ |
gālavaḥ sūryamāpannaḥ kṛtvā suvipulaṃ tapaḥ || 19 ||
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vaṭeśvaro'pi saṃjñāya pitrā saṃsthāpitaṃ ravim |
tadarthaṃ kārayāmāsa prāsādaṃ sumanoharam || 20 ||
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tataḥprabhṛti loke ca sa vaṭādityasaṃjñitaḥ |
putraprado hyaputrāṇāṃ vikhyāto bhuvanatraye || 21 ||
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saptamyāṃ sūryavāreṇa upavāsaparāyaṇaḥ |
yastaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā saptarmārdvādaśa kramāt |
sa prāpnoti sutaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ svavaṃśasya vivardhanam || 22 ||
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niṣkāmo vā naro yastu taṃ pūjayati mānavaḥ |
sa mokṣamāpnuyānnūnaṃ durlabhaṃ tridaśairapi || 23 ||
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atha gāthā purā gītā nāradena surarṣiṇā |
dṛṣṭvā putrapradaṃ devaṃ vaṭādityaṃ sureśvaram || 24 ||
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api varṣaśatā nārī vaṃdhyā vā durbhagāpi vā |
sāṃbasūryaprasādena sadyo garbhavatī bhavet || 25 ||
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kiṃ dānaiḥ kiṃ vratairdhyānaiḥ kiṃ japaiḥ sopavāsakaiḥ |
putrārthaṃ vidyamāne'tha sāṃbasūrye sureśvare || 26 ||
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varṣamekaṃ naro bhaktyā yaḥ paśyetsūryavāsare |
kṛtakṣaṇo'tra putraṃ sa labhate cottamaṃ sukham || 27 ||
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena taṃ devaṃ yatnato dvijāḥ |
paśyedātmahitārthāya svavaṃśaparivṛddhaye || 28 ||
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