 | Book 13 Chapter 96
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| 1 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 1 | atraivodāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
yad vṛttaṃ tīrthayātrāyāṃ śapathaṃ prati tac chṛṇu
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| 2 | puṣkarārthaṃ kṛtaṃ stainyaṃ purā bharatasattama
rājarṣibhir mahārāja tathaiva ca dvijarṣibhiḥ
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| 3 | ṛṣayaḥ sametāḥ paścime vai prabhāse; samāgatā mantram amantrayanta
carāma sarve pṛthivīṃ puṇyatīrthāṃ; tan naḥ kāryaṃ hanta gacchāma sarve
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| 4 | śukro 'ṅgirāś caiva kaviś ca vidvāṃs; tathāgastyo nāradaparvatau ca
bhṛgur vasiṣṭhaḥ kaśyapo gautamaś ca; viśvāmitro jamadagniś ca rājan
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| 5 | ṛṣis tathā gālavo 'thāṣṭakaś ca; bharadvājo 'rundhatī vālakhilyāḥ
śibir dilīpo nahuṣo 'mbarīṣo; rājā yayātir dhundhumāro 'tha pūruḥ
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| 6 | jagmuḥ puraskṛtya mahānubhāvaṃ; śatakratuṃ vṛtrahaṇaṃ narendra
tīrthāni sarvāṇi parikramanto; māghyāṃ yayuḥ kauśikīṃ puṇyatīrthām
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| 7 | sarveṣu tīrtheṣv atha dhūtapāpā; jagmus tato brahmasaraḥ supuṇyam
devasya tīrthe jalam agnikalpā; vigāhya te bhuktabisaprasūnāḥ
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| 8 | ke cid bisāny akhanaṃs tatra rājann; anye mṛṇālāny akhanaṃs tatra viprāḥ
athāpaśyan puṣkaraṃ te hriyantaṃ; hradād agastyena samuddhṛtaṃ vai
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| 9 | tān āha sarvān ṛṣimukhyān agastyaḥ; kenādattaṃ puṣkaraṃ me sujātam
yuṣmāñ śaṅke dīyatāṃ puṣkaraṃ me; na vai bhavanto hartum arhanti padmam
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| 10 | śṛṇomi kālo hiṃsate dharmavīryaṃ; seyaṃ prāptā vardhate dharmapīḍā
purādharmo vardhate neha yāvat; tāvad gacchāmi paralokaṃ cirāya
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| 11 | purā vedān brāhmaṇā grāmamadhye; ghuṣṭasvarā vṛṣalāñ śrāvayanti
purā rājā vyavahārān adharmyān; paśyaty ahaṃ paralokaṃ vrajāmi
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| 12 | purāvarān pratyavarān garīyaso; yāvan narā nāvamaṃsyanti sarve
tamottaraṃ yāvad idaṃ na vartate; tāvad vrajāmi paralokaṃ cirāya
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| 13 | purā prapaśyāmi pareṇa martyān; balīyasā durbalān bhujyamānān
tasmād yāsyāmi paralokaṃ cirāya; na hy utsahe draṣṭum īdṛṅ nṛloke
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| 14 | tam āhur ārtā ṛṣayo maharṣiṃ; na te vayaṃ puṣkaraṃ corayāmaḥ
mithyābhiṣaṅgo bhavatā na kāryaḥ; śapāma tīkṣṇāñ śapathān maharṣe
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| 15 | te niścitās tatra maharṣayas tu; saṃmanyanto dharmam evaṃ narendra
tato 'śapañ śapathān paryayeṇa; sahaiva te pārthiva putrapautraiḥ
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| 16 | bhṛgur uvāca
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| 16 | pratyākrośed ihākruṣṭas tāḍitaḥ pratitāḍayet
khādec ca pṛṣṭhamāṃsāni yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 17 | vasiṣṭha uvāca
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| 17 | asvādhyāyaparo loke śvānaṃ ca parikarṣatu
pure ca bhikṣur bhavatu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 18 | kaśyapa uvāca
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| 18 | sarvatra sarvaṃ paṇatu nyāse lobhaṃ karotu ca
kūṭasākṣitvam abhyetu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 19 | gautama uvāca
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| 19 | jīvatv ahaṃkṛto buddhyā vipaṇatv adhamena saḥ
karṣako matsarī cāstu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 20 | aṅgirā uvāca
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| 20 | aśucir brahmakūṭo 'stu śvānaṃ ca parikarṣatu
brahmahānikṛtiś cāstu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 21 | dhundhumāra uvāca
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| 21 | akṛtajño 'stu mitrāṇāṃ śūdrāyāṃ tu prajāyatu
ekaḥ saṃpannam aśnātu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 22 | pūrur uvāca
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| 22 | cikitsāyāṃ pracaratu bhāryayā caiva puṣyatu
śvaśurāt tasya vṛttiḥ syād yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 23 | dilīpa uvāca
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| 23 | udapānaplave grāme brāhmaṇo vṛṣalīpatiḥ
tasya lokān sa vrajatu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 24 | śukra uvāca
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| 24 | pṛṣṭhamāṃsaṃ samaśnātu divā gacchatu maithunam
preṣyo bhavatu rājñaś ca yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 25 | jamadagnir uvāca
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| 25 | anadhyāyeṣv adhīyīta mitraṃ śrāddhe ca bhojayet
śrāddhe śūdrasya cāśnīyād yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 26 | śibir uvāca
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| 26 | anāhitāgnir mriyatāṃ yajñe vighnaṃ karotu ca
tapasvibhir virudhyeta yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 27 | yayātir uvāca
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| 27 | anṛtau jaṭī vratinyāṃ vai bhāryāyāṃ saṃprajāyatu
nirākarotu vedāṃś ca yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 28 | nahuṣa uvāca
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| 28 | atithiṃ gṛhastho nudatu kāmavṛtto 'stu dīkṣitaḥ
vidyāṃ prayacchatu bhṛto yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 29 | ambarīṣa uvāca
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| 29 | nṛśaṃsas tyaktadharmo 'stu strīṣu jñātiṣu goṣu ca
brāhmaṇaṃ cāpi jahatu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 30 | nārada uvāca
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| 30 | gūḍho 'jñānī bahiḥ śāstraṃ paṭhatāṃ visvaraṃ padam
garīyaso 'vajānātu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 31 | nābhāga uvāca
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| 31 | anṛtaṃ bhāṣatu sadā sadbhiś caiva virudhyatu
śulkena kanyāṃ dadatu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 32 | kavir uvāca
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| 32 | padā sa gāṃ tāḍayatu sūryaṃ ca prati mehatu
śaraṇāgataṃ ca tyajatu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 33 | viśvāmitra uvāca
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| 33 | karotu bhṛtako 'varṣāṃ rājñaś cāstu purohitaḥ
ṛtvig astu hy ayājyasya yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 34 | parvata uvāca
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| 34 | grāme cādhikṛtaḥ so 'stu kharayānena gacchatu
śunaḥ karṣatu vṛttyarthe yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 35 | bharadvāja uvāca
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| 35 | sarvapāpasamādānaṃ nṛśaṃse cānṛte ca yat
tat tasyāstu sadā pāpaṃ yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 36 | aṣṭaka uvāca
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| 36 | sa rājāstv akṛtaprajñaḥ kāmavṛttiś ca pāpakṛt
adharmeṇānuśāstūrvīṃ yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 37 | gālava uvāca
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| 37 | pāpiṣṭhebhyas tv anarghārhaḥ sa naro 'stu svapāpakṛt
dattvā dānaṃ kīrtayatu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 38 | arundhaty uvāca
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| 38 | śvaśrvāpavādaṃ vadatu bhartur bhavatu durmanāḥ
ekā svādu samaśnātu yā te harati puṣkaram
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| 39 | vālakhilyā ūcuḥ
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| 39 | ekapādena vṛttyarthaṃ grāmadvāre sa tiṣṭhatu
dharmajñas tyaktadharmo 'stu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 40 | paśusakha uvāca
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| 40 | agnihotram anādṛtya sukhaṃ svapatu sa dvijaḥ
parivrāṭ kāmavṛtto 'stu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 41 | surabhy uvāca
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| 41 | bālvajena nidānena kāṃsyaṃ bhavatu dohanam
duhyeta paravatsena yā te harati puṣkaram
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| 42 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 42 | tatas tu taiḥ śapathaiḥ śapyamānair; nānāvidhair bahubhiḥ kauravendra
sahasrākṣo devarāṭ saṃprahṛṣṭaḥ; samīkṣya taṃ kopanaṃ vipramukhyam
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| 43 | athābravīn maghavā pratyayaṃ svaṃ; samābhāṣya tam ṛṣiṃ jātaroṣam
brahmarṣidevarṣinṛparṣimadhye; yat tan nibodheha mamādya rājan
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| 44 | śakra uvāca
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| 44 | adhvaryave duhitaraṃ dadātu; cchandoge vā caritabrahmacarye
ātharvaṇaṃ vedam adhītya vipraḥ; snāyīta yaḥ puṣkaram ādadāti
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| 45 | sarvān vedān adhīyīta puṇyaśīlo 'stu dhārmikaḥ
brahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ yātu yas te harati puṣkaram
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| 46 | agastya uvāca
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| 46 | āśīrvādas tvayā proktaḥ śapatho balasūdana
dīyatāṃ puṣkaraṃ mahyam eṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ
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| 47 | indra uvāca
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| 47 | na mayā bhagavaṃl lobhād dhṛtaṃ puṣkaram adya vai
dharmaṃ tu śrotukāmena hṛtaṃ na kroddhum arhasi
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| 48 | dharmaḥ śrutisamutkarṣo dharmasetur anāmayaḥ
ārṣo vai śāśvato nityam avyayo 'yaṃ mayā śrutaḥ
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| 49 | tad idaṃ gṛhyatāṃ vidvan puṣkaraṃ munisattama
atikramaṃ me bhagavan kṣantum arhasy anindita
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| 50 | ity uktaḥ sa mahendreṇa tapasvī kopano bhṛśam
jagrāha puṣkaraṃ dhīmān prasannaś cābhavan muniḥ
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| 51 | prayayus te tato bhūyas tīrthāni vanagocarāḥ
puṇyatīrtheṣu ca tathā gātrāṇy āplāvayanti te
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| 52 | ākhyānaṃ ya idaṃ yuktaḥ paṭhet parvaṇi parvaṇi
na mūrkhaṃ janayet putraṃ na bhavec ca nirākṛtiḥ
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| 53 | na tam āpat spṛśet kā cin na jvaro na rujaś ca ha
virajāḥ śreyasā yuktaḥ pretya svargam avāpnuyāt
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| 54 | yaś ca śāstram anudhyāyed ṛṣibhiḥ paripālitam
sa gacched brahmaṇo lokam avyayaṃ ca narottama
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