Chapter 34

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śrīprahlāda uvāca |
evamadbhutamāhātmyaṃ dvārakāyāṃ munīśvarāḥ |
sarveṣāṃ kṣetratīrthānāṃ mahāpāpavidārakm || 1 ||
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varṇānāmaśramāṇāṃ ca patitānāṃ viśeṣataḥ |
mahāpāpaharaṃ proktaṃ mahāpuṇyavivarddhanaṃ || 2 ||
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atyugrapāparāśīnāṃ dāhasthānaṃ yathā smṛtam |
dvārakāgamanaṃ viprāḥ kiṃ punardvārakāsthitiḥ || 3 ||
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viśeṣeṇa tu viprendrāḥ kanyārāśisthite gurau |
brahmādayopi dṛśyaṃte yatra tīrthaiśca saṃyutāḥ || 4 ||
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prativarṣaṃ prakurvaṃti dvārakāgamanaṃ narāḥ |
teṣāṃ pādarajaḥ spṛṣṭvā divaṃ yāṃti ca pāpinaḥ || 5 ||
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gomatī nīrapūtānāṃ kṛṣṇavaktrāvalokinām |
darśanātpātakaṃ teṣāṃ yāti janmaśatārjitam || 6 ||
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itihāsena pūrvoktaṃ śrūyatāṃ munipuṅgavāḥ |
dilīpavasiṣṭha saṃvāde paramāścaryyavarddhanam || 7 ||
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kāśyāṃ tu vajralepo hi kṣetra ekatra naśyati |
yāturdarśanataḥ śrutvā dilīpo vākyamabravīt || 8 ||
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dilīpa uvāca |
vajralepaśca kāśyāṃ tu ghoro yatra vinaśyati |
kṛtsnaśo'tha mahāpuṇyaṃ prāpyaṃ yatra tadasti kim || 9 ||
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na prarohaṃti pāpāni yasminkṣetre dvijottama |
tatkṣetraṃ kathyatāṃ puṇyaṃ yatra pāpaṃ praṇaśyati || 10 ||
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vasiṣṭha uvāca |
āsītkāśyāṃ purā kaścittridaṇḍī mokṣadharmavit |
japandaśāśvemedhe tu gāyatrīṃ ca samāhitaḥ || 11 ||
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tatra kācitsamāyātā yuvatī gajagāminī |
tīre saṃsthāpya vāsāṃsi gaṃgāyāḥ śramaśāntaye |
praviṣṭā ca jale nagnā jalakrīḍāṃ cakāra ha || 12 ||
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nagnāṃ tāṃ krīḍatīṃ vīkṣya yatirmadanapūritaḥ |
daivāgnibhraṃśito mārgātsahasā ca vimohitaḥ || 13 ||
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manasā kāmayāmāsa sā'pi taṃ taruṇaṃ yatim |
tayośca saṃgatistatra saṃjātā pāpakarmaṇoḥ || 14 ||
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tayā vimohitaḥ sadyastāmevānusasāra saḥ |
tatprītyai cārjayāmāsa dhanamanyāyatastadā || 15 ||
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vārāṇasyāṃ hi na tyaktaścaṃḍālasya pratigrahaḥ |
snānahīnaḥ sadā pāpī rātrau cauryyeṇa varttate || 16 ||
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kasmiṃścitsamaye pāpī māṃsārthī tu vanaṃ gataḥ |
dadarśa pramadāṃ tatra mātaṃgīṃ madirekṣaṇām || 17 ||
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tasyāḥ prathamatāruṇyaṃ dṛṣṭvā garveṇa pāpmanā |
vane'tha nirjane tatra mātaṃgīsaṃgameyivān || 18 ||
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tayā sahānnapānādi kṛtavānpāpamohitaḥ |
aśnāti surayā paṃkaṃ gomāṃsaṃ pāpalaṃpaṭaḥ || 19 ||
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tadgṛhe nidhanaṃ prāptaḥ pāpātmā sarvabhakṣakaḥ |
vārāṇasīprabhāvena na prāpto narakaṃ tadā || 20 ||
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kiṃ tu tatra kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vajralepaṃ sudāruṇam |
śūdrīsaṃparka pāpena jāto'sau krūrayoniṣu || 21 ||
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vṛko vyāghroragaḥ śvānaḥ śṛgālaḥ sūkaro'bhavat |
duraṃtāṃ yātanāṃ prāptaḥ śamaleśaṃ na vindati || 22 ||
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evaṃ janmasahasraistu na tasya pāpakarmaṇaḥ |
mātaṃgyā saṃgajaṃ pāpaṃ vyanaśyata yugāyutaiḥ || 23 ||
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tato'sau saptame jātaḥ śaśakaścaiva janmani |
tato'sau rākṣaso jātaḥ pāpātmā sarvabhakṣakaḥ || 24 ||
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prāṇino bhakṣayansarvānsaṃprāpto viṃdhyaparvate |
asmādanantaraṃ bhāvyaṃ kṛkalāsatvamadbhutam || 25 ||
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śūdrīsaṃgajapāpena bhāvyaṃ ca kṛmiyoninā |
mātaṃgīsaṃgame proktaṃ phalaṃ hyatijugupsitam || 26 ||
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yugāyutaṃ sahasraistu bhokṣyamāṇaṃ sudāruṇam |
atyāścaryyamabhūttatra dilīpa śrūyatāṃ mahat || 27 ||
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ālokitaṃ ca viṃdhyādrau sarveṣāṃ vismayāspadam |
dṛṣṭvā dvārāvatīṃ kaścitkṛṣṇavaktraṃ suśobhanam || 28 ||
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gomatīnīrapūtastu viṃdhyaṃ prāptaḥ sa pāṃthikaḥ |
mātrāṃ kṛṣṇaprasādasya skandhe kṛtvā praharṣitaḥ || 29 ||
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prayāsyansvagṛhaṃ tatra dadarśa pathi rākṣasam |
drutaṃ ca krūrakarmāṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhakṣitumāgatam || 30 ||
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tasya darśanamātreṇa vajralepaḥ sudāruṇaḥ |
vārāṇasīsamudbhūto bhasmasādabhavatkṣaṇāt || 31 ||
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janmakoṭiśatenāpi yo na śakyo vyapohitum |
tatpāpaparvatānmuktaḥ kṛṣṇapāṃthikadarśanāt || 32 ||
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dagdhe'tha krūrabhāve tu ghanamukto yathā śaśī |
reje puṇyaprakāśena kṛṣṇapāṃthikadarśanāt || 33 ||
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tato'bhimukhamabhyetya dvārakāpathikaṃ mudā |
nanāma śraddhayā bhūmau taddarśanamahotsavaḥ || 34 ||
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natvā'tha vismitaḥ prāha aho'dya tava darśanāt |
gato ghoratamo bhāvaḥ prāptā saṃsiddhiruttamā || 35 ||
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kasmāttvamāgato bhadra prabhāvaḥ kīdṛśastava |
vajralepastu kāśyāṃ vai dagdhaste darśanādanu || 36 ||
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vasiṣṭha uvāca |
ityevaṃ rākṣasenoktaṃ śrutvā kṛṣṇasya pāṃthikaḥ |
vismayaṃ paramāpannaḥ prāha taṃ harṣamānasaḥ || 37 ||
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pāṃthika uvāca || |
śrīmaddvāravatīṃ dṛṣṭvā hyāgato'smyatra rākṣasa |
vajralepaharo'smākaṃ prabhāvaḥ kṛṣṇadarśanāt || 38 ||
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gomatyāṃ yaḥ sakṛtsnātvā paśyetkṛṣṇamukhāṃbujam || |
sarvānuddharate pāpādapi trailākyadāhakāt || 39 ||
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vasiṣṭha uvāca |
ityukto rākṣaso hṛṣṭaḥ śuddhātmā bhaktisaṃyutaḥ |
natvā pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā saṃprāpto dvārakāṃ tadā || 40 ||
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gomatyāṃ sa tanuṃ tyaktvā prāpto'sau vaiṣṇavaṃ padam |
stūyamānaḥ sureśānairgadharvaiḥ puṣpavṛṣṭibhiḥ || 41 ||
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itthaṃ mahāprabhāvo hi dvārakāyāḥ prakīrttitaḥ |
na prarohaṃti pāpāni yasyāḥ pāṃthikadarśanāt |
dvārakāyāṃ tu kiṃ vācyaṃ na prarohaṃti pātakam || 42 ||
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ityetatkathitaṃ rājanyatpṛṣṭohaṃ tvayā'nagha |
sarvakṣetrottamaṃ kṣetraṃ vajralepavināśanam || 43 ||
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śrīprahlāda uvāca |
vasiṣṭhenoditaṃ śrutvā dilīpo hṛṣṭa mānasaḥ |
dvārakāṃ kṣetrarājaṃ taṃ jñātvā ca vismayaṃ yayau || 44 ||
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yayau dvāravatīṃ hṛṣṭo devadevasya sādaram |
kṛṣṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā parāṃ siddhiṃ saṃprāpto devamaṃdire || 45 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe caturthe dvārakāmāhātmye dvārakāpānthadarśana mātrataḥ kāśyāṃ kṛtasya pāpavajralepasya vināśane yativṛttāntavarṇanapūrvakaṃ dilīpakṛtadvārakāyātrāvarṇanaṃnāma catustriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ || 34 ||
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