Chapter 22

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śrīprahlāda uvāca |
śṛṇudhvaṃ dvijaśārdūlā yathāvatkathayāmi vaḥ |
snāpayitvā jagannāthaṃ tathā gaṃdhairvilipya ca |
pūjayitvā tulasyā tu bhūṣayitvā ca bhūṣaṇaiḥ || 1 ||
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naivedyena ca santarpya tathā nīrājanādibhiḥ |
durvāsasaṃ tathā pūjya puṃḍarīkākṣameva ca || 2 ||
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anaṃtaṃ vainateyādīnbhaktyā sampūjya mānavaḥ |
dadyāddānaṃ svaśaktyā ca vittaśāṭhyavivarjitaḥ || 3 ||
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dīnāṃdhakṛpaṇāṃstatra tarpayecca samāśritān || 4 ||
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rukmiṇīṃ ca tato gacchedvidarbhatanayāṃ naraḥ |
upahṛtyopahārāṃśca balibhirgaṃdhadīpakaiḥ || 5 ||
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pīḍayaṃti grahāstāvadvyādhayo'bhibhavaṃti ca |
bhaktyā na paśyati naro yāvatkṛṣṇapriyāṃ kalau || 6 ||
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upasargabhayaṃ tāvadduḥkhaṃ ca bhūtasaṃbhavam |
bhaktyā na paśyati naro yāvatkṛṣṇapriyāṃ kalau || 7 ||
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bhaveddaridrī duḥkhī ca tāvadvai parayācakaḥ |
bhaktyā na paśyati naro yāvatkṛṣṇapriyāṃ kalau || 8 ||
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tāvanmṛtaprajā nārī durbhāgyā duḥkhasaṃyutā |
bhaktyā na paśyati yadā nārīkṛṣṇapriyāṃ tathā || 9 ||
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tāvacchatrubhayaṃ puṃsāṃ gṛhabhaṃgaṃ ca mūrkhatā |
bhaktyā na paśyati naro yāvatkṛṣṇapriyāṃ kalau || 10 ||
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saṃpūjya krṛṣṇaṃ vidhivadrukmiṇīṃ pūjayettataḥ |
snāpayeddadhidugdhābhyāṃ madhuśarkarayā tathā || 11 ||
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ghṛtena vividhairgandhaistathaivekṣurasena ca |
tīrthodakena saṃsnāpya sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt || 12 ||
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evaṃ yaḥ snāpaye ddevīṃ rukmiṇīṃ krṛṣṇavallabhām |
na tasya durllabhaṃ kiṃcidiha loke paratra ca || 13 ||
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śrīkhaṇḍakuṃkumenaiva tathā mṛgamadena ca |
vilepayedaputrastu sa putraṃ labhate dhuvam || 14 ||
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sadā sa bhogī bhavati rūpavāñjanapūjitaḥ |
pūjayenmālatīpuṣpaiḥ śatapatraiḥ sugandhibhiḥ || 15 ||
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karavīrairmallikābhiśca campakaistu viśeṣataḥ |
kamalairvārisaṃbhūtaiḥ ketakībhiśca pāṭalaiḥ || 16 ||
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dhūpenāguruṇā caiva pūjayedgauggu lena ca |
vastraiḥ sukomalaiḥ śubhrairnānādeśasamudbhavaiḥ || 17 ||
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bhaktyā saṃchādya vaidarbhīṃ rukmiṇīṃ kṛṣṇavallabhām |
bhūṣaṇairbhūṣayeddevīṃ maṇiratna samanvitaiḥ || 18 ||
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tasminkule nā'sukhaḥ syānnā'dharmo nā'dhanastathā |
nā'putro na vikarmasthaḥ kitavo nīcasevakaḥ || 19 ||
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yaiḥ pūjitā jaganmātā rukmiṇī mānavaiḥ kalau |
naivedyairbhakṣyabhojyādyairdevī me prīyatāmiti |
tāṃbūlaṃ ca sakarpūraṃ bhāvena vinivedayet || 20 ||
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gṛhītvā ca phalaṃ śubhraṃ hyakṣataiśca samanvitam |
mantreṇānena vai viprā hyarghyaṃ dadyādvidhānataḥ || 21 ||
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kṛṣṇapriye namastubhyaṃ vidarbhādhipanaṃdini |
sarvakāmaprade devi gṛhāṇārghyaṃ namo'stu te || 22 ||
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ārārtikaṃ tataḥ kuryājjvalantaṃ bhāvanānvitaḥ |
nīrājanaṃ prakartavyaṃ karpūreṇa viśeṣataḥ || 23 ||
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śaṃkhe kṛtvā tu pānīyaṃ bhrāmayedbhāvasaṃyutaḥ |
bhrāmayitvā ca śirasā dhāraṇīyaṃ viśuddhaye || 24 ||
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daṇḍavatpraṇamedbhūmau namaḥ kṛṣṇapriyeti ca |
viprapatnīśca viprāṃśca pūjayecchaktito dvijāḥ || 25 ||
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grīvāsūtrakasindūrairvāsobhiḥ kañcukaistathā |
sugandhakusumairarcya kuṃkumena vilipya ca || 26 ||
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kausuṃbhakaiḥ kajjalena tāṃbūlena ca toṣayet |
bhakṣyairbhojyaimodakaiśca ikṣubhirmadhusarpibhiḥ || 27 ||
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prīto bhavati deveśo rukmiṇyā saha keśavaḥ |
viśeṣataḥ phalānīha dātavyāni dvijottamāḥ || 28 ||
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unmattakaṃ tato devaṃ dvārapālaṃ prapūjayet |
snāpayitvā sugandhena kuṃkumena vilipya ca || 29 ||
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dhūpena dhūpayitvā tu puṣpādyaiḥ saṃprapūjayeta |
naivedyairbhakṣyabhojyaiśca māṃsena surayā tathā || 30 ||
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prabhūtabalibhiścaiva piṣṭena vividhena ca |
yoginīnāṃ catuḥṣaṣṭiṃ tasminpīṭhe prapūjayet || 31 ||
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arcayeddharasiddhiṃ ca kṣetrapālaṃ ca sarvaśaḥ |
virūpasvāminīṃ tatra tathā vai saptamātaraḥ || 32 ||
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aṣṭamūrtīḥ kṛṣṇapatnīḥ pīṭhe tasminprapūjayet |
rukmiṇīṃ satyabhāmāṃ ca śubhāṃ jāṃbavatīṃ tathā || 33 ||
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mitravindāṃ ca kālindīṃ bhadrāṃ nāgnajitīṃ tathā |
aṣṭamīṃ lakṣmaṇāṃ tatra pūjayetkṛṣṇavallabhāḥ || 34 ||
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etāḥ saṃpūjya vidhivatsaṃtarpya dadhipāyasaiḥ |
gītavāditraghoṣeṇa dīpairjāgaraṇena ca || 35 ||
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putra pautrasamāyukto dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ |
sarvānkāmānavāpnoti tasya viṣṇuḥ prasīdati || 36 ||
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kiṃ tasya vahudānaistu kiṃ vratairniyamaistathā |
yena dṛṣṭā jaganmātā rukmiṇī kṛṣṇavallabhā || 37 ||
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kiṃ yajñairbahubhistasya saṃpūrṇavaradakṣiṇaiḥ |
yena dṛṣṭā jaganmātā rukmiṇī kṛṣṇavallabhā || 38 ||
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tena dattaṃ hutaṃ tena japtaṃ tena sanātanam |
yena dṛṣṭā jaganmātā rukmiṇī kṛṣṇavallabhā || 39 ||
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helayā tena saṃprāptāḥ siddhayo'ṣṭau na saṃśayaḥ |
gatvā dvāravatīṃ yena dṛṣṭā keśavavallabhā || 40 ||
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saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ tasya saphalāśca manorathāḥ |
kalau kṛṣṇapurīṃ gatvā dṛṣṭvā mādhavavallabhām || 41 ||
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deva rājyena kiṃ tasya tathā muktipadena ca |
na dṛṣṭā cejjaganmātā rukmiṇī kṛṣṇavallabhā || 42 ||
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena rukmiṇī kṛṣṇavallabhā |
sadā'rcanīyā manujairdraṣṭavyā sarvakāmadā || 43 ||
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viśeṣataḥ pūjanīyā navarātre sadāśvine |
navamyāṃ tu narairyaistu pūjitā harivallabhā || 41 ||
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snānagandhādi vastraistu prabhūtabalibhistathā |
gītavāditraghoṣeṇa dīpajāgaraṇena ca |
toṣitā bhīṣmakasutā sarvānkāmānprayacchati || 45 ||
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tathā dīpotsavadine caturddaśyāṃ samāhitaḥ |
pūjayitvā yathāśāstramīpsitaṃ labhate phalam || 46 ||
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māghamāse sitāṣṭamyāṃ kandarppajananī tu yaiḥ |
pūjitā gandhapuṣpādyairupahārairanekaśaḥ |
saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ teṣāṃ saphalāśca manorathāḥ || 47 ||
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dvādaśyāṃ caitramāse tu kṛṣṇena saha rukmiṇīm |
ye paśyaṃti narā devīṃ rukmiṇīṃ madhumādhave |
kṛṣṇena saha gacchantīṃ dhanyāste mānavā bhuvi || 48 ||
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putrapautrasamāyuktā dhanadhānyasamanvitāḥ |
jīvite vyādhinirmuktāḥ padaṃ gacchantyanāmayam || 49 ||
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jyeṣṭhāṣṭamyāṃ narairyaistu pūjitā kuṣṇavallabhā |
teṣāṃ manorathāvāptirjāyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 50 ||
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tathā bhādrapade māsi mātuḥ pūjā kṛtā tu yaiḥ |
sarvapāpavinirmuktā yāṃti viṣṇupade narāḥ || 51 ||
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kārttike māsi dvādaśyāṃ rukmiṇīṃ kṛṣṇasaṃyutām |
ye paśyaṃti narāsteṣāṃ na bhayaṃ vidyate kvacit || 52 ||
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yastvekatra sthitāṃ paśyedrukmiṇīṃ kṛṣṇasaṃyutām |
saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ tasya hyakṣayā putrasaṃtatiḥ |
akṣayaṃ dhanadhānyaṃ ca kadā naiva daridratā || 53 ||
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ya evaṃ rukmiṇīṃ paśyetpūjayetkṛṣṇavallabhām |
sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati || 54 ||
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yaḥ snāyātsarvatīrtheṣu dānaṃ śaktyā dadāti yaḥ |
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ caiva loke yajjāyate dvijāḥ |
kathitaṃ tadaśeṣeṇa kalau kṛṣṇasya saṃsthitau || 55 ||
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dvārāvatīṃ vinā viprā muktirna prāpyate kalau |
purāṇasaṃhitāmetāṃ kṛtavānbalibandhanaḥ |
dadau sa tu prasādena pūrvaṃ mahyaṃ dvijottamāḥ || 56 ||
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ihārthe ca purā proktaṃ itihāso dvijottamāḥ |
pradyumnena susaṃvāde mārkaṇḍena mahātmanā || 57 ||
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