Chapter 200

śrīlakṣmīruvāca |
nāradasya punarjanma dāsīputratvamityapi |
kadā jātamiti brūhi śrotumicchāmi mādhava || 1 ||
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śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
śṛṇu lakṣmi kathāṃ divyāṃ sarvathā pāpanāśinīm |
brahmā viśvaṃ vinirmāya sāvitryāṃ gṛhadharmataḥ || 2 ||
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cakāra vīryādhānaṃ ca śatavarṣottaraṃ tu sā |
suṣuve caturo vedān tadaṃgāni ca sarvathā || 3 ||
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ṣaṭtriṃśadrāgiṇīścaiva ṣaḍrāgān tālasaṃyutān |
caturyugāṃśca kālaśca yogāṃśca ṣaṭsukṛttikāḥ || 4 ||
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devasenāṃ mahāṣaṣṭhīṃ kārtikeyapriyāṃ satīm |
mātṛkāsu pradhānāṃ tāṃ bālānāmiṣṭadevatām || 5 ||
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caturvidhaṃ layaṃ mṛtyukanyāṃ vyādhigaṇāṃstathā |
pṛṣṭhādadharmaṃ cālakṣmīṃ vāmapārśvata eva ca || 6 ||
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nābhestu viśvakarmāṇaṃ vasūnaṣṭau mahābalān |
mānasāt caturaḥ putrān kumārān sanakādikān || 7 ||
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mukhāt svāyaṃbhuvaṃ putraṃ śatarūpāsamanvitam |
tānsarvān sṛṣṭikṛdbrahmā sṛṣṭiṃ kartumuvāca ha || 8 ||
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jagmuste ca nahītyuktvā taptuṃ kṛṣṇaparāyaṇāḥ |
cukopa hetunā tena brahmā tasya lalāṭataḥ || 9 ||
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rudrā ekādaśotpannāsteṣāmeko vināśakṛt |
pulastyo dakṣakarṇācca pulaho vāmakarṇataḥ || 10 ||
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dakṣanetrāttathā'triśca vāmanetrāt kratuḥ svayam |
araṇirnāsikārandhrādaṅgirāśca mukhādruciḥ || 11 ||
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bhṛgustu vāmapārśvācca dakṣo dakṣiṇapārśvataḥ |
chāyāyāḥ kardamo jāto nābheḥ paṃcaśikhastathā || 12 ||
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vakṣasaścaiva voḍuśca kaṇṭhadeśācca nāradaḥ |
marīciḥ skandhadeśāccaivā'pāntaratamā galāt || 13 ||
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vasiṣṭho rasanādeśātpracetā adharauṣṭhataḥ |
haṃsaśca vāmakukṣeśca dakṣakukṣeryatistathā || 14 ||
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sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ sutānsarvānājñāṃ cakāra viśvasuṭ |
nāradastu tadā prāha yuktiyuktaṃ śubhaṃ vacaḥ || 15 ||
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pūrvamānaya majjyeṣṭhānsanakādīn pitāmaha |
kārayitvā dārayuktānasmānvada jagatpate || 16 ||
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te tapaḥsu yojitāścet saṃsārāya vayaṃ katham |
ekasmāyamṛtaṃ dattamanyasmai tu viṣaṃ katham || 17 ||
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ghore saṃsāravārdhau saṃpatitasya na nistariḥ |
koṭikalpe'pi bhavati tasmātsaṃsārasāgare || 18 ||
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mā'smānpātaya hitakṛtpitā bhūtvā'jñavat pitaḥ |
nārāyaṇaḥ svayaṃ bījaṃ nistārasyeha kathyate || 19 ||
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sarvado bhaktido mokṣapradaścāpi sa eva hi |
bhaktekaśaraṇo bhaktavatsalaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ || 20 ||
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bhaktapriyo bhaktanātho bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ |
bhaktārādhyo bhaktasādhyaḥ sa eva tārakaḥ svayam || 21 ||
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vihāya taṃ paraṃbrahma ko mūḍho viṣaye bhramet |
kṛṣṇasevāmṛtaṃ tyaktvā viṣamaśnāti ko'budhaḥ || 25 ||
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viṣayā naśvarāḥ sarve tucchāśca mṛtyuhetavaḥ |
svapnavanna sthirāḥ santi dīpajvālāgravartanāḥ || 23 ||
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baḍiśapiṣṭavat matsyāpātā'bhikārakā iva |
duḥkhadā mṛtyudāstāpāḥ kastānseveta sanmatiḥ || 24 ||
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tasmādayaṃ brahmabhājo brahmānvayaprakāśakāḥ |
vicintayāmo brahmaiva na kurmaḥ sarjanaṃ pitaḥ || 25 ||
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ityuktvā nārado mauno'bhavat pratyuttarecchukaḥ |
tāvadbrahmā'bhavat kruddhaḥ provāca sphuritā'dharaḥ || 16 ||
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nārad tvaṃ piturvākyamanādṛtyā'bhimānavān |
jñānīvopadiśanmāṃ ca niṣedhasi tu sarjanam || 27 ||
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tasmājjñānavihīnastvaṃ bhava yoṣitsu lampaṭaḥ |
sthirayauvanayuktānāṃ surūpāṇāṃ vilāsakṛt || 28 ||
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pañcāśatkāminīnāṃ tvaṃ bhartā śṛṃgāravidbhava |
śṛṃgāraśāstravettā ca mahāśṛṃgārakārakaḥ || 29 ||
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nānāśṛṃgāravijñānāṃ gurūṇāṃ ca gururbhava |
gandharvāṇāmagragaṇyo gāyakaḥ susvaro bhava || 30 ||
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vīṇāvādananiṣṇātaḥ sarvadā sthirayauvanaḥ |
bhaviṣyasi na sandeho dvilakṣābdasujīvanaḥ || 31 ||
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punarmadīyaśāpena dāsīputro bhaviṣyasi |
tadā vaiṣṇavasaṃsargād vaiṣṇavocchiṣṭabhojanāt || 32 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇasya prasādena bhaviṣyasi mamātmajaḥ |
jñānaṃ dāsyāmi te divyaṃ punareva purātanam || 33 ||
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adhunā bhava naṣṭastvaṃ matsuto nipata dhruvam |
nāradaḥ prāha pitaraṃ krodhaṃ saṃhara viśvasṛṭ || 34 ||
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śapetparityajedvidvān putramutpathagāminam |
tapasvinaṃ sutaṃ śaptuṃ kathamarhasi me pitaḥ || 35 ||
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yatra janiśca me tatra vaiṣṇavatvaṃ sadā bhavet |
na jahātu harerbhaktirmāṃ vedo dehi me varam || 26 ||
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janma yadi mahallakṣmīsampadvatsu bhavedapi |
bhaktihīnaṃ tu tatsarvamadhamaṃ cā'gatipradam || 37 ||
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sūkare'pi yadi janma jātismaraṃ bhavedyadi |
bhaktiyuktaṃ tu tacchreṣṭhaṃ golokadhāmadaṃ hi tat || 38 ||
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śrīhareścaraṇe bhaktirmadhu divyaṃ prakīrtitam |
tadaśnatāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ pādapūtā dharā bhavet || 39 ||
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tīrthāni vaiṣṇavānāṃ tu sparśamicchanti sarvadā |
pāpināṃ snānasaṃsṛṣṭapāpānāṃ kṣālanāya vai || 40 ||
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śrīkṛṣṇamantragrahaṇānnarā muktā bhavanti vai |
koṭimuktā nāmagrahājjātā jāyanta eva ca || 41 ||
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bhaviṣyanti tathā muktā nāmabhaktyā tu koṭiśaḥ |
koṭijanmārjita pāpapuñjā naśyanti mantrataḥ || 42 ||
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śuddhyanti ca bhavantyeva muktā naiṣkarmyamātrataḥ |
pūrvaṃ cāpi kṛtaṃ karma nāmnā nirmūlayanti te || 43 ||
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gṛhaṃ dāsāṃstathā dāsīrapatyāni ca bāndhavān |
sutāndārāṃstathā śiṣyānsevakāṃśca kuṭumbinaḥ || 44 ||
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yo darśayati sanmārgaṃ sopi sadgatimṛcchati |
sa kiṃguruḥ sa kiṃtātaḥ sa kiṃsvāmī sa kiṃsutaḥ || 45 ||
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yo darśayatyasanmārgaṃ taistairviśvasito janaḥ |
yaśca kṛṣṇapadāmbhoje bhaktiṃ dātumanīśvaraḥ || 46 ||
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tvaṃ na dadāsi me bhaktiṃ nirodhayasi māmuta |
tatastvamapi vedā''syā'pūjyo bhava jagattraye || 47 ||
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ityuktvā nāradastatra virarāma kṣaṇaṃ yataḥ |
viśvasṛjaśca śāpena gandharvaśca babhūva ha || 48 ||
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gandharvarājasya patnyāmupabarhaṇanāmadhṛk |
kathayāmi suvistīrṇaṃ tadvṛttāntaṃ niśāmaya || 49 ||
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gandharvarājaḥ sarveṣāṃ gandharvāṇāmadhiprabhuḥ |
paramaiśvaryasaṃyuktaḥ putrahīno'bhavaddhi saḥ || 50 ||
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gurvājñayā puṣkare saḥ tapaścacāra dāruṇam |
dadau tasmai vaśiṣṭhaśca stotraṃ tu dvādaśākṣaram || 51 ||
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śivasya kavacaṃ mantraṃ varṣaśataṃ jajāpa saḥ |
nirāhārastapaḥ kurvan dadarśa purataḥ śivam || 52 ||
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mahattejaḥsvarūpaṃ ca bhaktānugrahakārakam |
īṣaddhāsaṃ prasannāsyaṃ tapasyāphaladāyakam || 53 ||
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śaraṇāgatabhaktāya dātāraṃ sarvasampadām |
triśūlapaṭṭiśadharaṃ vṛṣasthaṃ candraśekharam || 54 ||
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taptasvarṇajaṭājūṭaṃ nīlakaṇṭhaṃ trinetrakam |
nāgayajñopavītaṃ ca carmavastraṃ subhaktidam || 55 ||
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dṛṣṭvā nanāma gandharvarājaḥ sa daṇḍavat bhuvi |
tuṣṭāva paramantreṇa prasannaṃ dhavalaṃ haram || 56 ||
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varaṃ vṛṇuṣveti harastaṃ provāca tapasvinam |
sa yayāce harerbhaktiṃ bhaktaṃ putraṃ ca vaiṣṇavam || 57 ||
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śaṃbhuḥ prāha kṛtārthastvaṃ sarvaṃ bhaktau pratiṣṭhitam |
varādekād vṛtaṃ sarvamanyaccarvitacarvaṇam || 58 ||
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yasya bhaktirharau tasya sarvaṃ caiśvaryamasti hi |
sarvāśca siddhayastasya na nyūnaṃ vidyate'pyaṇu || 59 ||
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saḥ samarthaḥ sarvaviśvān pātuṃ kartuṃ bhavediha |
ātmanaḥ kulakoṭiṃ ca śataṃ mātāmahasya ca || 60 ||
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puruṣāṇāṃ samuddhṛtya golokaṃ dhāma yāti saḥ |
koṭijanmaprapāpāni hatvā dāsyaṃ harerlabhet || 61 ||
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tāvatpatiśca patnī ca sutāḥ putrā dhanādayaḥ |
sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ nṛṇāṃ tāvad yāvadbhaktirharau nahi || 62 ||
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harau bhaktiḥ kalpavṛkṣaḥ sarvepsitaṃ dadāti vai |
bhaktirmahāṃstīkṣṇakhaḍgaḥ karmadrumūlakṛntanaḥ || 63 ||
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harau tu mānase lagne sarvaṃ siddhaṃ bhavatyapi |
yeṣāṃ tu sukṛtaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ teṣāṃ putrāstu vaiṣṇavāḥ || 64 ||
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bhavantyuddhārayantyeva kulakoṭiṃ tu sevayā |
sukhe vaiṣayike yadvā sāmrājye pārameṣṭhyake || 65 ||
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prāpte sarvavidhe cāpi maṃgale naiva tuṣyati |
bhaktirbhaktaśca putraḥ syādityekātsarvamarthitam || 66 ||
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caritārthaḥ pumānekādīdṛśāttu varottamāt |
kiṃ vareṇa dvitīyena yasmāt tṛptirna śāśvatī || 67 ||
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vaiṣṇavānāṃ dhanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ kṛṣṇe bhaktirhi śāśvatī |
sañcitaṃ bhaktidāsyaṃ yat sarvaṃ tena hi sañcitam || 68 ||
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yadyapi tvarthitaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sarvasmāchreṣṭhameva ca |
tathāpi na vayaṃ dātuṃ samarthāstādṛśaṃ varam || 69 ||
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varayā'nyaṃ varaṃ rājan yatte manasi vartate |
mahendratvamamaratvaṃ brahmatvamīśatāṃ labha || 70 ||
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siddhīryogaṃ ca vijñānaṃ mṛtyuñjayabalaṃ tathā |
sarvaṃ dāsyāmi labha tat kṛṣṇadāsyaṃ tyaja dhruvam || 71 ||
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śrutvā gandharvarājaścovāca śrīśaṃkaraṃ tadā |
yatpakṣmacālanenaiva brahmādeḥ patanaṃ bhavet || 72 ||
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tadbrahmatvaṃ mahendratvamamaratvaṃ na me priyam |
siddhayaśca mahaiśvaryaṃ yogo mṛtyuñjayastathā || 73 ||
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na me'styatipriyaṃ deva jñānaṃ ca bhaktimantarā |
sālokyasārṣṭisāmīpyasāyujyaikatvamityapi || 74 ||
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vaiṣṇavā nahi vāñcchanti vinā tatsevanaṃ kvacit |
vāñcchanti dāsyabhaktiṃ ca śāśvatīṃ svāpajāgratoḥ || 75 ||
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tasmāt taddāsyabhaktiṃ ca bhaktaputraṃ vṛṇomyaham |
anyatsarvaṃ parityajya tuṣṭāt tvatto varapradāt || 76 ||
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na vā dāsyasi cecchaṃbho duṣkṛtaṃ me'sti niścitam |
śiraśchitvā sannidhau te pradāsyāmi hutāśane || 77 ||
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śrutvā kṛpānidhirbhaktadayāluḥ prāha śaṃkaraḥ |
labhasva śrīharerdāsyabhaktiṃ putraṃ suvaiṣṇavam || 78 ||
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gāndharvavidyākuśalaṃ cirāyuṣaṃ jitendriyam |
jñāninaṃ gurubhaktaṃ ca śaśvatsusthirayauvanam || 79 ||
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varaṃ datvā yayau śaṃbhurgandharvaḥ svālayaṃ yayau |
kālena tasya bhāryāyāṃ lebhe janma ca nāradaḥ || 80 ||
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vaśiṣṭhastannāma cakre gandhamādanaparvate |
upabarhaṇanāmā'sau gandharvaḥ khyātimāptavān || 81 ||
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upārthaścādhiko bodhyaḥ pūjyaśca barhaṇārthakaḥ |
adhikapūjya ityarthe upabarhaṇa nāma tat || 82 ||
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cakāra saḥ sutajanmamahotsavaṃ mudānvitaḥ |
dadau ratnāni dhānyāni dravyāṇi hīrakāṇi ca || 83 ||
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dhanāni kṣetravastrāṇi paśūn dānāni bhūriśaḥ |
upabarhaṇagandharvo vaśiṣṭhānmantramuttamam || 84 ||
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prāpya kṛṣṇā''rādhanāyāścakāra duṣkaraṃ tapaḥ |
gaṇḍakyāḥ saritastīre vṛkṣajālasamāvṛte || 85 ||
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tapantaṃ projjvalaṃ prāptayauvanaṃ sumanoharam |
dṛṣṭvā kāmāt tadā mūrchāmavāpuḥ pramadā muhuḥ || 86 ||
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snānārthaṃ ca jalāptyarthaṃ yā yāstatra samāgatāḥ |
gandharvapatnyastāḥ sarvā mumuhuḥ kāmabhāvataḥ || 87 ||
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tāśca tīvraṃ tapaḥ kṛtvā prāṇān santyajya yogataḥ |
pañcāśat tā babhūvuśca kanyāścitrarathasya vai || 88 ||
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upabarhaṇagandharvaṃ tāśca taṃ vavrire patim |
kāmukyaḥ kanyakā mālā dadustasmai tapasvine || 89 ||
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patnyastasya babhūvuśca tābhiḥ saha yayau gṛham |
divyaṃ dvilakṣavarṣaṃ ca tābhiḥ reme sa kāmukaḥ || 90 ||
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atha kālāntare satyaloke devasamājake |
sabhāyāṃ brahmaṇastatra jagāma gāyanaṃ jagau || 91 ||
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tatra rambhā'psaronṛtyakrame tu samupasthite |
tasyā ūrū stane rūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā mūrchāmavāpa saḥ || 92 ||
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kāmavegena sattvapraskhalanaṃ saṃbabhūva ha |
tyaktvā saṃgītamevā'yaṃ niṣasāda sabhātale || 93 ||
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uccaiḥ prajahasurdevā brahma krodhācchaśāpa tam |
upabarhaṇa jānāsi pañcāśatpramadāpatiḥ || 94 ||
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bhūtvāpi mohamāpanno raṃbhāṃ dṛṣṭvā hyadhīravat |
tasmādvihāya gāndharvī tanuṃ śūdro bhava drutam || 95 ||
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tatra prāpya harerbhaktiṃ sāttvatānāṃ samāgamam |
punaḥ kāle samāpanne matputrastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi || 96 ||
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vinā vipattimahimā sukhaśāntyorbhavennahi |
ataḥ kramātsukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ sarveṣāṃ bhāvyameva yat || 97 ||
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ityuktvā virarāmā'sau brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ |
upabarhaṇagandharvo jagāma svagṛhaṃ prati || 98 ||
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sarvāḥ patnīḥ samāhūya vṛttāntamabhidhāya ca |
āsane yogamāsthāya jahau tāṃ tanumādarāt || 99 ||
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mūlādhāraṃ svādhiṣṭhānaṃ maṇipūramanāhatam |
viśuddhamājñācakraṃ ca bhittvā ṣaṭcakrameva saḥ || 100 ||
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iḍāṃ suṣumṇāṃ medhāṃ ca piṃgalāṃ prāṇahāriṇīm |
sarvajñānapradāṃ cāpi manaḥsaṃyaminīṃ tathā || 101 ||
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viśuddhāṃ ca niruddhāṃ ca vāyusaṃcāriṇīṃ tathā |
tejaḥśuṣkarīṃ caiva balapuṣṭikarīṃ tathā || 102 ||
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buddhisaṃcāriṇīṃ caiva jñānajṛmbhaṇakāriṇīm |
etāḥ ṣoḍaśadhā nāḍīrbhitvā haṃsaṃ manoyutam || 103 ||
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brahmarandhraṃ samānīyā''tmānaṃ yuyoja keśave |
dehaṃ tatyāja yogīndraḥ samprāpa brahma śāśvatam || 104 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne brahmaṇā sāvitryāṃ mānasaputrā utpāditāḥ nāradotpattiḥ sṛṣṭyarthaṃ niyoge nāradasya tanniṣedhaḥ brahmaṇaḥ śāpādupabarhaṇākhyagandharvabhavanam punaḥ brahmasabhāyāṃ gāyanakāle śāpāt tanutyāgaścetyādinirūpaṇanāmā dviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 200 ||
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