 | Book 12 Chapter 224
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | ādyantaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ śrotum icchāmi kaurava
dhyānaṃ karma ca kālaṃ ca tathaivāyur yuge yuge
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| 2 | lokatattvaṃ ca kārtsnyena bhūtānām āgatiṃ gatim
sargaś ca nidhanaṃ caiva kuta etat pravartate
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| 3 | yadi te 'nugrahe buddhir asmāsv iha satāṃ vara
etad bhavantaṃ pṛcchāmi tad bhavān prabravītu me
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| 4 | pūrvaṃ hi kathitaṃ śrutvā bhṛgubhāṣitam uttamam
bharadvājasya viprarṣes tato me buddhir uttamā
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| 5 | jātā paramadharmiṣṭhā divyasaṃsthānasaṃsthitā
tato bhūyas tu pṛcchāmi tad bhavān vaktum arhati
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| 6 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 6 | atra te vartayiṣye 'ham itihāsaṃ purātanam
jagau yad bhagavān vyāsaḥ putrāya paripṛcchate
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| 7 | adhītya vedān akhilān sāṅgopaniṣadas tathā
anvicchan naiṣṭhikaṃ karma dharmanaipuṇadarśanāt
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| 8 | kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ vyāsaṃ putro vaiyāsakiḥ śukaḥ
papraccha saṃdeham imaṃ chinnadharmārthasaṃśayam
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| 9 | bhūtagrāmasya kartāraṃ kālajñāne ca niścayam
brāhmaṇasya ca yat kṛtyaṃ tad bhavān vaktum arhati
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| 10 | tasmai provāca tat sarvaṃ pitā putrāya pṛcchate
atītānāgate vidvān sarvajñaḥ sarvadharmavit
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| 11 | anādyantam ajaṃ divyam ajaraṃ dhruvam avyayam
apratarkyam avijñeyaṃ brahmāgre samavartata
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kāṣṭhā nimeṣā daśa pañca caiva; triṃśat tu kāṣṭhā gaṇayet kalāṃ tām
triṃśat kalāś cāpi bhaven muhūrto; bhāgaḥ kalāyā daśamaś ca yaḥ syāt
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| 13 | triṃśan muhūrtaś ca bhaved ahaś ca; rātriś ca saṃkhyā munibhiḥ praṇītā
māsaḥ smṛto rātryahanī ca triṃśat; saṃvatsaro dvādaśamāsa uktaḥ
saṃvatsaraṃ dve ayane vadanti; saṃkhyāvido dakṣiṇam uttaraṃ ca
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| 14 | ahorātre vibhajate sūryo mānuṣalaukike
rātriḥ svapnāya bhūtānāṃ ceṣṭāyai karmaṇām ahaḥ
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| 15 | pitrye rātryahanī māsaḥ pravibhāgas tayoḥ punaḥ
kṛṣṇo 'haḥ karmaceṣṭāyāṃ śuklaḥ svapnāya śarvarī
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| 16 | daive rātryahanī varṣaṃ pravibhāgas tayoḥ punaḥ
ahas tatrodagayanaṃ rātriḥ syād dakṣiṇāyanam
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| 17 | ye te rātryahanī pūrve kīrtite daivalaukike
tayoḥ saṃkhyāya varṣāgraṃ brāhme vakṣyāmy ahaḥkṣape
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| 18 | teṣāṃ saṃvatsarāgrāṇi pravakṣyāmy anupūrvaśaḥ
kṛte tretāyuge caiva dvāpare ca kalau tathā
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| 19 | catvāry āhuḥ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ tat kṛtaṃ yugam
tasya tāvac chatī saṃdhyā saṃdhyāṃśaś ca tathāvidhaḥ
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| 20 | itareṣu sasaṃdhyeṣu sasaṃdhyāṃśeṣu ca triṣu
ekāpāyena saṃyānti sahasrāṇi śatāni ca
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| 21 | etāni śāśvatāṃl lokān dhārayanti sanātanān
etad brahmavidāṃ tāta viditaṃ brahma śāśvatam
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| 22 | catuṣpāt sakalo dharmaḥ satyaṃ caiva kṛte yuge
nādharmeṇāgamaḥ kaś cit paras tasya pravartate
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| 23 | itareṣv āgamād dharmaḥ pādaśas tv avaropyate
caurikānṛtamāyābhir adharmaś copacīyate
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| 24 | arogāḥ sarvasiddhārthāś caturvarṣaśatāyuṣaḥ
kṛte tretādiṣv eteṣāṃ pādaśo hrasate vayaḥ
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| 25 | vedavādāś cānuyugaṃ hrasantīti ca naḥ śrutam
āyūṃṣi cāśiṣaś caiva vedasyaiva ca yat phalam
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| 26 | anye kṛtayuge dharmās tretāyāṃ dvāpare 'pare
anye kaliyuge dharmā yathāśaktikṛtā iva
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| 27 | tapaḥ paraṃ kṛtayuge tretāyāṃ jñānam uttamam
dvāpare yajñam evāhur dānam eva kalau yuge
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| 28 | etāṃ dvādaśasāhasrīṃ yugākhyāṃ kavayo viduḥ
sahasraṃ parivṛttaṃ tad brāhmaṃ divasam ucyate
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| 29 | rātris tāvat tithī brāhmī tadādau viśvam īśvaraḥ
pralaye 'dhyātmam āviśya suptvā so 'nte vibudhyate
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| 30 | sahasrayugaparyantam ahar yad brahmaṇo viduḥ
rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ te 'horātravido janāḥ
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| 31 | pratibuddho vikurute brahmākṣayyaṃ kṣapākṣaye
sṛjate ca mahad bhūtaṃ tasmād vyaktātmakaṃ manaḥ
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| 32 | brahma tejomayaṃ śukraṃ yasya sarvam idaṃ jagat
ekasya bhūtaṃ bhūtasya dvayaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam
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| 33 | ahar mukhe vibuddhaḥ san sṛjate vidyayā jagat
agra eva mahābhūtam āśu vyaktātmakaṃ manaḥ
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| 34 | abhibhūyeha cārciṣmad vyasṛjat sapta mānasān
dūragaṃ bahudhāgāmi prārthanāsaṃśayātmakam
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| 35 | manaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ vikurute codyamānaṃ sisṛkṣayā
ākāśaṃ jāyate tasmāt tasya śabdo guṇo mataḥ
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| 36 | ākāśāt tu vikurvāṇāt sarvagandhavahaḥ śuciḥ
balavāñ jāyate vāyus tasya sparśo guṇo mataḥ
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| 37 | vāyor api vikurvāṇāj jyotir bhūtaṃ tamonudam
rociṣṇu jāyate tatra tad rūpaguṇam ucyate
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| 38 | jyotiṣo 'pi vikurvāṇād bhavanty āpo rasātmikāḥ
adbhyo gandhaguṇā bhūmiḥ pūrvaiṣā sṛṣṭir ucyate
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| 39 | guṇāḥ pūrvasya pūrvasya prāpnuvanty uttarottaram
teṣāṃ yāvat tithaṃ yad yat tat tat tāvad guṇaṃ smṛtam
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| 40 | upalabhyāpsu ced gandhaṃ ke cid brūyur anaipuṇāt
pṛthivyām eva taṃ vidyād āpo vāyuṃ ca saṃśritam
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| 41 | ete tu sapta puruṣā nānāviryāḥ pṛthak pṛthak
nāśaknuvan prajāḥ sraṣṭum asamāgamya sarvataḥ
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| 42 | te sametya mahātmānam anyonyam abhisaṃśritāḥ
śarīrāśrayaṇaṃ prāptās tataḥ puruṣa ucyate
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| 43 | śrayaṇāc charīraṃ bhavati mūrtimat ṣoḍaśātmakam
tad āviśanti bhūtāni mahānti saha karmaṇā
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| 44 | sarvabhūtāni cādāya tapasaś caraṇāya ca
ādikartā mahābhūtaṃ tam evāhuḥ prajāpatim
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| 45 | sa vai sṛjati bhūtāni sa eva puruṣaḥ paraḥ
ajo janayate brahmā devarṣipitṛmānavān
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| 46 | lokān nadīḥ samudrāṃś ca diśaḥ śailān vanaspatīn
narakiṃnararakṣāṃsi vayaḥpaśumṛgoragān
avyayaṃ ca vyayaṃ caiva dvayaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam
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| 47 | teṣāṃ ye yāni karmāṇi prāk sṛṣṭyāṃ pratipedire
tāny eva pratipadyante sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
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| 48 | hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukrūre dharmādharme ṛtānṛte
ato yan manyate dhātā tasmāt tat tasya rocate
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| 49 | mahābhūteṣu nānātvam indriyārtheṣu mūrtiṣu
viniyogaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ dhātaiva vidadhāty uta
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| 50 | ke cit puruṣakāraṃ tu prāhuḥ karmavido janāḥ
daivam ity apare viprāḥ svabhāvaṃ bhūtacintakāḥ
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| 51 | pauruṣaṃ karma daivaṃ ca phalavṛttisvabhāvataḥ
traya ete 'pṛthagbhūtā navivekaṃ tu ke cana
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| 52 | evam etac ca naivaṃ ca yad bhūtaṃ sṛjate jagat
karmasthā viṣamaṃ brūyuḥ sattvasthāḥ samadarśinaḥ
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| 53 | tapo niḥśreyasaṃ jantos tasya mūlaṃ damaḥ śamaḥ
tena sarvān avāpnoti yān kāmān manasecchati
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| 54 | tapasā tad avāpnoti yad bhūtaṃ sṛjate jagat
sa tadbhūtaś ca sarveṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ bhavati prabhuḥ
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| 55 | ṛṣayas tapasā vedān adhyaiṣanta divāniśam
anādinidhanā nityā vāg utsṛṣṭā svayaṃbhuvā
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| 56 | ṛṣīṇāṃ nāmadheyāni yāś ca vedeṣu sṛṣṭayaḥ
śarvaryanteṣu jātānāṃ tāny evaibhyo dadāti saḥ
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| 57 | nāmabhedas tapaḥkarmayajñākhyā lokasiddhayaḥ
ātmasiddhis tu vedeṣu procyate daśabhiḥ kramaiḥ
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| 58 | yad uktaṃ vedavādeṣu gahanaṃ vedadṛṣṭibhiḥ
tadanteṣu yathāyuktaṃ kramayogena lakṣyate
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| 59 | karmajo 'yaṃ pṛthagbhāvo dvaṃdvayukto viyoginaḥ
ātmasiddhis tu vijñātā jahāti prāyaśo balam
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| 60 | dve brahmaṇī veditavye śabdabrahma paraṃ ca yat
śabdabrahmaṇi niṣṇātaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati
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| 61 | ārambhayajñāḥ kṣatrasya haviryajñā viśas tathā
paricārayajñāḥ śūdrās tu tapoyajñā dvijātayaḥ
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| 62 | tretāyuge vidhis tv eṣāṃ yajñānāṃ na kṛte yuge
dvāpare viplavaṃ yānti yajñāḥ kaliyuge tathā
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| 63 | apṛthagdharmiṇo martyā ṛksāmāni yajūṃṣi ca
kāmyāṃ puṣṭiṃ pṛthag dṛṣṭvā tapobhis tapa eva ca
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| 64 | tretāyāṃ tu samastās te prādurāsan mahābalāḥ
saṃyantāraḥ sthāvarāṇāṃ jaṅgamānāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 65 | tretāyāṃ saṃhatā hy ete yajñā varṇās tathaiva ca
saṃrodhād āyuṣas tv ete vyasyante dvāpare yuge
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| 66 | dṛśyante nāpi dṛśyante vedāḥ kaliyuge 'khilāḥ
utsīdante sayajñāś ca kevalā dharmasetavaḥ
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| 67 | kṛte yuge yas tu dharmo brāhmaṇeṣu pradṛśyate
ātmavatsu tapovatsu śrutavatsu pratiṣṭhitaḥ
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| 68 | adharmavratasaṃyogaṃ yathādharmaṃ yuge yuge
vikriyante svadharmasthā vedavādā yathāyugam
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| 69 | yathā viśvāni bhūtāni vṛṣṭyā bhūyāṃsi prāvṛṣi
sṛjyante jaṅgamasthāni tathā dharmā yuge yuge
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| 70 | yathartuṣv ṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye
dṛśyante tāni tāny eva tathā brahmāharātriṣu
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| 71 | vihitaṃ kālanānātvam anādinidhanaṃ tathā
kīrtitaṃ yat purastāt te tat sūte cātti ca prajāḥ
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| 72 | dadhāti prabhave sthānaṃ bhūtānāṃ saṃyamo yamaḥ
svabhāvenaiva vartante dvaṃdvayuktāni bhūriśaḥ
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| 73 | sargaḥ kālaḥ kriyā vedāḥ kartā kāryaṃ kriyā phalam
proktaṃ te putra sarvaṃ vai yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
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| 74 | pratyāhāraṃ tu vakṣyāmi śarvaryādau gate 'hani
yathedaṃ kurute 'dhyātmaṃ susūkṣmaṃ viśvam īśvaraḥ
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| 75 | divi sūryās tathā sapta dahanti śikhino 'rciṣā
sarvam etat tadārcirbhiḥ pūrṇaṃ jājvalyate jagat
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