Chapter 184

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| sūta uvāca |
tṛtīye ca dine prāpte trayodaśyāṃ dvijottamāḥ |
prātaḥsavanamādāya ṛtvijaḥ sarva eva te |
svesve karmaṇi saṃlagnā yajñakṛtyasamudbhave || 1 ||
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tataḥ pravartate yajñastadā paitāmaho mahān |
sarvakāmasamṛddhastu sarvaiḥ samudito guṇaiḥ || 2 ||
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dīyatāṃ dīyatāṃ tatra bhujyatāṃ bhujyatāmiti |
ekaḥ saṃśrūyate śabdo dvitīyo dvijasaṃbhavaḥ || 3 ||
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nānyastatra tṛtīyastu yajñe paitāmahe śubhe |
yo yaṃ kāmayate kāmaṃ hemaratnasamudbhavam || 4 ||
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sa tatprāpnotyasaṃdigdhaṃ vāṃchitācca caturguṇam |
pakvānnasya kṛtāstatra dṛśyaṃte parvatāḥ śubhāḥ || 5 ||
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ghṛtakṣīra mahānadyo dānārthaṃ vittarāśayaḥ |
etasminnaṃtare prāptaḥ kaścijjñānī dvijottamāḥ || 6 ||
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atītānāgatānvetti vartamānaṃ ca yaḥ sadā |
sa brahmāṇaṃ namaskṛtya niviṣṭaśca tadagrataḥ || 7 ||
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karmāṃtareṣu viprāṇāṃ sa sarveṣāṃ dvijottamāḥ |
kathayāmāsa yadvṛttaṃ bālyātprabhṛti kṛtsnaśaḥ || 8 ||
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tatasta ṛtvijaḥ sarve kautukāviṣṭacetasaḥ |
papracchurjñāninaṃ taṃ ca vismayotphullalocanāḥ || 9 ||
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vismṛtāni smaraṃtaste nijakṛtyāni vai tataḥ |
proktāni garhaṇīyāni hyasaṃkhyātāni sarvaśaḥ || 10 ||
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tataste punarevātha papracchurjñāninaṃ ca tam |
lokottaramidaṃ jñānaṃ kathaṃ te saṃsthitaṃ dvija || 11 ||
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ko guruste samācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ |
ahojñānamaho jñānaṃ naitaddṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ ca na || 12 ||
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yādṛśaṃ te dvijaśreṣṭha dṛśyate pārthasaṃsthitam |
kiṃ brahmaṇā svayaṃ vipra tvamevaṃ pratibodhitaḥ || 13 ||
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kiṃ vā hareṇa tuṣṭena kiṃ vā devena cakriṇā |
nānyaprabodhitasyaivaṃ jñānaṃ saṃjāyate sphuṭam || 14 ||
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atithiruvāca |
piṃgalā kuraraḥ sarpaḥ sāraṃgaścaiva yo vane |
iṣukāraḥ kumārī ca ṣaḍete guravo mama || 15 ||
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eteṣāṃ ceṣṭitaṃ dṛṣṭvā jñānaṃ me samupasthitam || 16 ||
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brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ |
kathayasva mahābhāga kathaṃ te guravaḥ sthitāḥ |
kīdṛśaṃ ca tvayā dṛṣṭaṃ teṣāṃ caiva viceṣṭitam || 17 ||
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kasmindeśe tvamutpannaḥ kasminsthāne vadasva naḥ |
kiṃnāmā kiṃ nu gotraśca sarvaṃ vistarato vada || 18 ||
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atithiruvāca |
āsannava pure viprāścatvāro ye vivāsitāḥ |
śunaḥśepo'tha śākreyo bauddho dāṃtaścaturthakaḥ || 19 ||
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teṣāṃ madhye tu yo bauddhaḥ śāṃto dāṃta iti smṛtaḥ |
chandogagotravikhyāto vedavedāṃgapāragaḥ || 20 ||
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nāgareṣu samutpannaḥ paścimevayasi sthitaḥ |
tasyāhaṃ prathamaḥ putraḥ prāṇebhyo'pi suhṛtpriyaḥ || 21 ||
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tato'haṃ yauvanaṃ prāpto yadā dvijavarottama ||
tadā me dayitastātaḥ paṃcatvaṃ samupāgataḥ || 22 ||
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etasminnaṃtare rājā hyānartādhipatirdvijāḥ |
sutapāstena nirdiṣṭo'haṃ tu kaṃcukikarmaṇi || 23 ||
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śāṃtaṃ dāṃtaṃ samālokya viśvastena mahātmanā |
tasya cāṃtaḥpure hyāsītpiṃgalānāma nāyikā || 24 ||
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daurbhāgyeṇa samopetā rūpeṇāpi samanvitā |
athānyāḥ śataśastasya bhāryāścāṃtaḥpure sthitāḥ || 25 ||
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tāḥ sarvā rajanīvaktre vyākulatvaṃ prayāṃti ca |
āharaṃti parāngandhāndhūpāṃśca kusumāni ca || 26 ||
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vilepanāni mukhyāni surabhīṇi tathā puraḥ || |
puṣpāṇi ca vicitrāṇi hyanyāḥ sūkṣmāṃbarāṇi ca || 27 ||
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tāvadyāvatsthitaḥ kālaḥ śayanīyasamudbhavaḥ |
manmathotsāhasaṃ yuktāḥ pulakena samanvitāḥ || 28 ||
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ekā jānāti māṃ suptāṃ nūnamākārayiṣyati |
anyā jānāti māṃ caiva parasparamamarṣataḥ || 29 ||
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spardhayanti prayudhyanti virūpāṇi vadanti ca |
tāsāṃ madhyāttataścaikā prayāti nṛpasaṃnidhau || 30 ||
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śeṣā vai lakṣyamāsādya niḥśvasya prasvapanti ca |
duḥkhārtā na labhanti sma tāśca nidrāṃ parābhavāt || 31 ||
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kāmena pīḍitāṃgāśca bāṣpapūrṇekṣaṇāḥ sthitāḥ || 32 ||
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āśā hi paramaṃ duḥkhaṃ nirāśā paramaṃ sukham |
āśānirāśāṃ kṛtvā ca sukhaṃ svapiti piṃgalā || 33 ||
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na karoti ca śṛṃgāraṃ na spardhāṃ ca kadācana |
na vyākulatvamāpede sukhaṃ svapiti piṃgalā || 34 ||
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tato mayāpi taddṛṣṭvā tasyāśceṣṭitamuttamam |
āśāḥ sarvāḥ parityaktāḥ svapimīha tataḥ sukhī || 35 ||
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ye svapaṃti sukhaṃ rātrau teṣāṃ kāyāgniridhyate |
āhāraṃ pratigṛhṇāti tataḥ puṣṭikaraṃ param || 36 ||
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tadetkāraṇaṃ jātaṃ mama tejo bhivṛddhaye |
gurutve piṃgalā jātā tena sā me dvijottamāḥ || 37 ||
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āśāpāśaiḥ parītāṃgā ye bhavanti naro rditāḥ |
te rātrau śerate naiva tadaprāptivicintayā || 38 ||
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naivāgnirdīpyate teṣāṃ jāṭharaśca tataḥ param |
āhāraṃ vāṃchate naiva tanna tejobhivardhanam || 39 ||
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sarvasya vidyate prāṃto na vāṃchāyāḥ kathaṃcana || 40 ||
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yathāyathā bhavellābho vāṃcitasya nṛṇāmiha |
haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva vṛddhiṃ yāti tathātathā || 41 ||
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yathā śṛṃgaṃ ruroḥ kāye vardhamānasya vardhate |
evaṃ tṛṣṇāpi yatnena vardhamānena vardhate || 42 ||
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evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāgaḥ puruṣeṇa vijānatā |
divā tatkarma kartavyaṃ yena rātrau sukhaṃ svapet || 43 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭhe nāgarakhaṇḍe hāṭakeśvarakṣetramāhātmye brahmayajñe tṛtīyadivase piṃgalopākhyānavarṇanaṃnāma caturaśītyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 184 ||
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