Chapter 3

atha tṛtīyaḥ paṭalaḥ ||
atha vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepād viṣṇorvaibhavamuttamam |
yena jñātena śuddhātmā vaiṣṇavaṃ padamāpnuyāt || 1 ||
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devateha paraṃ jyotireka eva paraḥ pumān |
sa eva bahudhā loke māyayā bhidyate svayā || 2 ||
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puruṣākhyaḥ svayaṃ māyāṃ prakṛtiṃ vyajya sa dvidhā |
sthitastridhā ca sattvādiguṇabhedāt pratīyate || 3 ||
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viṣṇubrahmaśivākhyo'sau sthityutpattyantakṛnmataḥ |
mūrtayo vāsudevādyā dharmajñānādibhedataḥ || 4 ||
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catasrastasya vijñeyā vedavarṇayugāśrayāḥ |
parameṣṭhī pumān viśvo nivṛttiḥ sarva ityasau || 5 ||
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pañcadhopaniṣadbhedānmahābhūtatvamāgataḥ |
manaḥ śrotrādibhiḥ ṣaṅbhiraṅgaiśca hṛdayādibhiḥ || 6 ||
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ṣaḍakṣarātmako nityamṛtubhiścaiṣa bhidyate |
saptavyāhṛtibhirlokaiśchandobhiḥ kratubhistathā || 7 ||
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saptadhā bhidyamāno'sau vijñātavyo vicakṣaṇaiḥ |
aṣṭaprakṛtibhiścāsāvaṣṭamūrtibhireva ca || 8 ||
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aṣṭākṣaramayo nityamaṣṭadhā caiṣa bhidyate |
nārāyaṇo nṛsiṃhaśca varāho vāmanastathā || 9 ||
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rāmabrahmendrasūryāśca candrastairnavadhā sthitaḥ |
indro'gniśca yamaścaiva nirṛtirvaruṇastathā || 10 ||
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vāyuśca soma īśāno brahmā'nantaśca te daśa |
ekādaśendriyairbhinnastathā dvādaśamāsapaiḥ || 11 ||
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sa trayodaśadhā caiva viśvedevādibhiḥ smṛtaḥ |
sa caturdaśadhā bhinno manubhiścākṣuṣādibhiḥ || 12 ||
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tithibhiścaiva vijñeyaḥ sa pañcadaśadhā sthitaḥ |
svaraiḥ ṣoḍaśadhā bhinno dikkoṇāvāntaraistathā || 13 ||
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mūrtyantaraiśca vijñeyo bahudhā tasya vistaraḥ |
ekadvitricatuṣpañcaṣaḍādyā viśvatomukhāḥ || 14 ||
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mukhabhedāḥ samākhyātāstasya viśvātmano hareḥ |
dvyādayo viśvataḥ pāṇerbhujabhedāstathā smṛtāḥ || 15 ||
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vividhābharaṇā dīrghā vividhāyudhadhāriṇaḥ |
mūrdhānaścaiva tasyoktā lasanmakuṭakuṇḍalāḥ || 16 ||
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sahasraṃ pauruṣe sūkte pādāścākṣīṇyanekaśaḥ |
hiraṇyagarbho'nekātmā vimalaḥ śyāma eva ca || 17 ||
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nīlaḥ pītaśca raktaśca nānāvarṇaśca kīrtitaḥ |
candrādityau smṛtau tasya vāmadakṣiṇalocane || 18 ||
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brahmāṇamāhurmurdhānaṃ keśāṃścāsya vanaspatīn |
bhruvermadhyaṃ tathā rudraṃ somaṃ ca manasi sthitam || 19 ||
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ekādaśāsya vijñeyā rudrāḥ kaṇṭhaṃ samāśritāḥ |
nakṣatragrahatārāśca darśanāstasya kīrtitāḥ || 20 ||
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dharmādharmau tathordhvādharoṣṭhasampuṭamāśritau |
idrāgnī tāluke tasya jihvā caiva sarasvatī || 21 ||
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diśaśca vidiśaścaiva śrotrayoḥ saṃvyavasthitāḥ |
vāyuḥ prāṇeṣu vijñeyo maruto'ṅgulayaḥ smṛtāḥ || 22 ||
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ṛṣayo romakūpasthāḥ samudrā bastigocarāḥ |
nadyaśca vasudhā cāsya nāgāśca nalake sthitāḥ || 23 ||
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jātusthāvaśvinau devau parvatāścorusaṃsthitāḥ |
guhye'sya guhyakā jñeyā vasavaścorasi sthitāḥ || 24 ||
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nakhāgreṣu ca vijñeyā divyā oṣadhayaḥ sthitāḥ |
nāsikāyāḥ puṭau jñeyāvayane dakṣiṇottare || 25 ||
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ṛtavo bāhumūlasthā māsāstasya kareṣu ca |
lalāṭāgre sthitāḥ siddhā bhruvormeghāḥ savidyutaḥ || 26 ||
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yakṣakinnaragandharvā daiteyā dānavāstathā |
rākṣasāścāraṇāścasya jaṭharaṃ tu samāśritāḥ || 27 ||
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pitaraḥ pretakūśmāṇḍavetālapramathāstathā |
pātālagocarāścāsya pādayugme vyavasthitāḥ || 28 ||
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pārśvayostasya vijñeyā yajñā vedikatāntrikāḥ |
agnihotrādikarmāṇi varṇāśramagatāni ca || 29 ||
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svāhāsvadhāvaṣaṭkārāḥ sarve'sya hṛdaye sthitāḥ |
ye vai sahasranāmāno viṣṇavaḥ parikīrtitāḥ || 30 ||
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sahasramūrtayaste'tra yathāyogamavasthitāḥ |
yataḥ sahasrasaṃkhyā'pi bahusaṃkhyā prakīrtitā || 31 ||
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mūrtayaścāsya sarvāstāḥ saṃkhyātītā hyanekaśaḥ |
devādīnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ mūrtayo'traiva kīrtitāḥ || 32 ||
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tasmāt sahasramūrtiḥ san viṣṇuḥ sarvātmako mataḥ |
darpaṇānāṃ bahutve tu dṛśyate naikatā yathā || 33 ||
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tadvad bahutvaṃ manyante viṣṇostasyālpacetasaḥ |
yathā'mbhasīndubimbāni pratiśabdāśca naikadhā || 34 ||
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eko'pyātmā bahuṣvevamityāhustattvadarśinaḥ |
paramārthamajānanto mūḍhāstvajñānamohitāḥ || 35 ||
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kṣetrajñasya bahutvaṃ hi vadantīha ramanti ca |
brāhmaṇā yasya mukhataḥ kṣatriyā yasya bāhutaḥ || 36 ||
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vaiśyā yasyoruto jātāstadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam |
īdṛśaṃ taṃ mahāviṣṇumaprameyamanāmayam || 37 ||
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tatprasādādṛte vaktuṃ jñātuṃ vā naiva śakyate |
sarvadevāśrayo viṣṇuḥ sarve devāstadātmakāḥ || 38 ||
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aśeṣaṃ vāṅmayaṃ cedaṃ lokālokaṃ carācaram |
vyāptaṃ viṣṇuśarīreṇa vāyunevāmbaraṃ sadā || 39 ||
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sarve viṣṇuparā devāḥ sarvaśāstreṣu kīrtitāḥ |
yato jātā'khilā sṛṣṭinte tallayabhāginī || 40 ||
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tato'nyaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣāt ko viśvaṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhati |
ādhārādheyabhāvena dvidhāvastho janārdanaḥ || 41 ||
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sarvabhūtahitāyāsau sthitaḥ sakalaniṣkalaḥ |
evaṃ cobhayarūpo'sau jñeyo viṣṇuḥ parāt paraḥ || 42 ||
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sthūlasūkṣmaparatvena tridhā ca bhagavān sthitaḥ |
prabhaviṣṇurmahāviṣṇuḥ sadāviṣṇuśca sa smṛtaḥ || 43 ||
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sa hyātmā cāntarātmā ca paramātmā ca sa smṛtaḥ |
vairājaṃ laiṅgikaṃ caiśaṃ vahirantaśca sarvaśaḥ || 44 ||
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śabdādiścinmayaṃ rūpaṃ jāgratsvapnasuṣuptigam |
mantrānusvāranādeṣu trayamanveṣayed budhaḥ || 45 ||
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vede sāṅkhye ca yoge ca pañcarātre ca kevale |
dharmaśāstre purāṇe ca munibhirdevamānuṣaiḥ || 46 ||
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paṭhyate nikhilairnityaṃ viśvaṃ viṣṇumayaṃ jagat |
atītānāgataṃ caiva vartamānaṃ ca kiñcana || 47 ||
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indriyāṇīndriyārthāśca bhūtāntaḥkaraṇāni ca |
avyaktaṃ triguṇā māyā vidyā dharmādayastathā || 48 ||
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niyatiśca kalā kālaḥ sarvamanyacca tanmayam |
viṣṇureva paro devaḥ sarvabhūteṣvavasthitaḥ || 49 ||
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sarvabhūtāni caivāsau na tadastīha yanna saḥ |
devāsurādayo martyāḥ paśavaśca sarīsṛpāḥ || 50 ||
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taruvallītṛṇauṣadhyo mahābhrāśanividyutaḥ |
śailābdhisaridārāmanagarāṇi sarāṃsi ca || 51 ||
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lokāścānantakālāgnipretāvāsoragālayāḥ |
sapta bhūrādayo brāhmaśaivavaiṣṇavasaṃjñitāḥ || 52 ||
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sarve ca viṣṇunaikena vyāptā ityavadhāraya |
varāho bhārgavaḥ siṃho rāmaśrīdharavāmanāḥ || 53 ||
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aśvakṛṣṇau ca dikṣveṣāṃ lokairaṇḍaṃ sahākhilam |
yaccānuktamaśeṣeṇa viṣṇoretā vibhūtayaḥ || 54 ||
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viśvavyāpitayaivaiṣa viṣṇutvaṃ prāptavān prabhuḥ |
vasanāt sarvabhūteṣu vāsudevatvameva ca || 55 ||
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ādimūrteḥ samākṛṣṭa iti saṅkarṣaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ |
pradyumno dyumnapuṣṭatvādaniruddho'nirodhanāt || 56 ||
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acyuto'cyavanād yogāt tridhāmā dhāmabhistribhiḥ |
vilomendriyagamyatvājjñeyo'ntaryāmyadhokṣajaḥ || 57 ||
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vaikuṇṭhāmalavarṇatvād vaikuṇṭhaścāyamucyate |
keśau sargāntayorasya sta ityevaiṣa keśavaḥ || 58 ||
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naranārīprakartṛtvānnarāṇāṃ cāyanādayam |
nārāyaṇo narotthānāmayanatvādapāṃ ca saḥ || 59 ||
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mādhavo madhuṣūtpattyā dhavatvād vā śriyaḥ smṛtaḥ |
gāṃ vindatīti govindo duḥkhānāṃ haraṇaddhariḥ || 60 ||
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madhvākhyāsuraghātitvāducyate madhusūdanaḥ |
tribhiḥ svairvikramairvyāpta iti jñeyastrivikramaḥ || 61 ||
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vāmano hrasvatāyogācchrīdharo vahanācchriyaḥ |
hṛṣīkākhyendriyeśatvāddhṛṣīkeśo'yamīritaḥ || 62 ||
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padmaṃ nābherabhūd yasya padmanābhastataḥ smṛtaḥ |
udarālambi dāmāsyetyukto dāmodaraśca saḥ || 63 ||
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sa rudro rodānājjāto brahmā bṛṃhaṇakarmaṇā |
indraśca paramaiśvaryād vahanād vahnirucyate || 64 ||
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yamaḥ saṃyamanāt pusāṃ varaṇād varumastathā |
vāyurvānāt savāt soma īśaśceṣṭo janeṣvataḥ || 65 ||
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ādityo'ditiputratvāccandraścandayatīti saḥ |
ityevaṃ guṇagṛttyohyaiḥ śabdaireko'pyanekadhā || 66 ||
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pratīyate'mbhasīvendurbahutvaṃ nāsya tāvatā |
yathā sarvagato vāyuratisūkṣmo na dṛśyate || 67 ||
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tathā sarvagato viṣṇurajñaistajjñaistu duśyate |
icchājñānakriyābhedāt tisro vai tasya śaktayaḥ || 68 ||
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yābhirdvādaśadhā bhinnāścatasrastasya mūrtayaḥ |
sā tu śaktiḥ parā sūkṣmā yecchākhyā kāmarūpiṇī || 69 ||
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otaṃ protaṃ yayā sarvaṃ dṛśyate sacarācaram |
dvidhā vibhajya sā'tmānaṃ kriyājñānapravartanam || 70 ||
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prakaroti jagat kṛtsnaṃ svatantramiva tadvaśāt |
kriyāśaktyāparo viṣṇuḥ jñānaśaktyā khageśvaraḥ || 71 ||
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taṃ yajñapuruṣaṃ prāhustapaśchandomayaṃ khagam |
icchāśaktyā tu vijñeyaḥ puruṣoḥ yaḥ paro'vyayaḥ || 72 ||
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jñānapūrvaṃ pravarteta kriyā kartā tataḥ punaḥ |
jñānādhārā kriyā jñeyā na caikā saṃpravartate || 73 ||
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kriyājñānaprabhedena śaktirekā parasya nuḥ |
dvidhā vyāpya jagat kṛtsnaṃ carācaramavasthitā || 74 ||
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śaktiśaktimatoryasmānna bhedo'sti parasparam |
abhinnaṃ tena boddhavyaṃ kriyājñānadvayaṃ budhaiḥ || 75 ||
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eka eva tridhārūpo bhedenānena saṃsthitaḥ |
kriyā jñāna tathecchā ca tritayaṃ caikameva hi || 76 ||
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upacāraḥ smṛto bheda ekasyaiva mahātmanaḥ |
khagopendraśivāścaivamabhinnāstena kirtitāḥ || 77 ||
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indriyāṇīndriyārthāśca buddhereva vibhūtayaḥ |
ahaṅkāravikārāśca jalabudbudavanmatāḥ || 78 ||
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goṣvapyanekavarṇāsu yathā kṣīraikavarṇatā |
tathā'śrayeṣu bhinneṣvapyekarūpamavekṣyatām || 79 ||
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kṣaṇabhaṅgi jagat sarvaṃ viddhyetat sacarācaram |
tadabhaṅgyekameveha yad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam || 80 ||
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tasyeśvarasya caiśvaryāt sarvametat pravartate |
seśvaraṃ hi jagat kṛtsnaṃ nānīśvaramidaṃ bhavet || 81 ||
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kṣetrajñasya bahutvaṃ ca vadantyajñānamohitāḥ |
na kṣetrajñabahutvaṃ tu tattvajñānāṃ tu sammatam || 82 ||
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upādhibhedād ye tvāhurbahutvaṃ paramātmanaḥ |
saṃsarantyeva te mūḍhā nāpnuvanti paraṃ padam || 83 ||
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yeṣāṃ viśvasṛjo'pyasya sarvajñatvamanīpsitam |
taiḥ pramāṇaprameyānāṃ sambandho no'vadhāritaḥ || 84 ||
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saṃsthānināṃ samutpattyā jagato janma yanmatam |
tadīśakṛtamanyo'laṃ prakṛterna hi codane || 85 ||
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tasmādīśakṛtaṃ viśvaṃ tadūḍhaṃ tanmayaṃ tathā |
tatpālitaṃ tadarthaṃ ca tadīyaṃ ceti gṛhyatām || 86 ||
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tasyedṛśasya devasya prabhāvo nanvadurgamaḥ |
svayameva sa taṃ veda yadi vā na tathā śruteḥ || 87 ||
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yato jātā'khilā sṛṣṭiriyaṃ ko veda tat param |
arvāgdevā hi tatsṛṣṭā brahmādyā api mūrtayaḥ || 88 ||
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tathā'pi mahimoddeśastasyokto'cintyarūpiṇaḥ |
vakti yanmahimānantyaṃ na te viṣṇāviti śrutiḥ || 89 ||
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