 | Book 13 Chapter 109
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | sarveṣām eva varṇānāṃ mlecchānāṃ ca pitāmaha
upavāse matir iyaṃ kāraṇaṃ ca na vidmahe
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| 2 | brahmakṣatreṇa niyamāś cartavyā iti naḥ śrutam
upavāse kathaṃ teṣāṃ kṛtyam asti pitāmaha
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| 3 | niyamaṃ copavāsānāṃ sarveṣāṃ brūhi pārthiva
avāpnoti gatiṃ kāṃ ca upavāsaparāyaṇaḥ
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| 4 | upavāsaḥ paraṃ puṇyam upavāsaḥ parāyaṇam
upoṣyeha naraśreṣṭha kiṃ phalaṃ pratipadyate
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| 5 | adharmān mucyate kena dharmam āpnoti vai katham
svargaṃ puṇyaṃ ca labhate kathaṃ bharatasattama
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| 6 | upoṣya cāpi kiṃ tena pradeyaṃ syān narādhipa
dharmeṇa ca sukhān arthāṃl labhed yena bravīhi tam
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| 7 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 7 | evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ kaunteyaṃ dharmajñaṃ dharmatattvavit
dharmaputram idaṃ vākyaṃ bhīṣmaḥ śāṃtanavo 'bravīt
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| 8 | idaṃ khalu mahārāja śrutam āsīt purātanam
upavāsavidhau śreṣṭhā ye guṇā bharatarṣabha
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| 9 | prājāpatyaṃ hy aṅgirasaṃ pṛṣṭavān asmi bhārata
yathā māṃ tvaṃ tathaivāhaṃ pṛṣṭavāṃs taṃ tapodhanam
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| 10 | praśnam etaṃ mayā pṛṣṭo bhagavān agnisaṃbhavaḥ
upavāsavidhiṃ puṇyam ācaṣṭa bharatarṣabha
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| 11 | aṅgirā uvāca
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| 11 | brahmakṣatre trirātraṃ tu vihitaṃ kurunandana
dvistrirātram athaivātra nirdiṣṭaṃ puruṣarṣabha
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| 12 | vaiśyaśūdrau tu yau mohād upavāsaṃ prakurvate
trirātraṃ dvistrirātraṃ vā tayoḥ puṣṭir na vidyate
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| 13 | caturthabhaktakṣapaṇaṃ vaiśyaśūdre vidhīyate
trirātraṃ na tu dharmajñair vihitaṃ brahmavādibhiḥ
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| 14 | pañcamyāṃ caiva ṣaṣṭhyāṃ ca paurṇamāsyāṃ ca bhārata
kṣamāvān rūpasaṃpannaḥ śrutavāṃś caiva jāyate
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| 15 | nānapatyo bhavet prājño daridro vā kadā cana
yajiṣṇuḥ pañcamīṃ ṣaṣṭhīṃ kṣaped yo bhojayed dvijān
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| 16 | aṣṭamīm atha kaunteya śuklapakṣe caturdaśīm
upoṣya vyādhirahito vīryavān abhijāyate
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| 17 | mārgaśīrṣaṃ tu yo māsam ekabhaktena saṃkṣipet
bhojayec ca dvijān bhaktyā sa mucyed vyādhikilbiṣaiḥ
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| 18 | sarvakalyāṇasaṃpūrṇaḥ sarvauṣadhisamanvitaḥ
kṛṣibhāgī bahudhano bahuputraś ca jāyate
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| 19 | pauṣamāsaṃ tu kaunteya bhaktenaikena yaḥ kṣapet
subhago darśanīyaś ca yaśobhāgī ca jāyate
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| 20 | pitṛbhakto māghamāsam ekabhaktena yaḥ kṣapet
śrīmatkule jñātimadhye sa mahattvaṃ prapadyate
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| 21 | bhagadaivaṃ tu yo māsam ekabhaktena yaḥ kṣapet
strīṣu vallabhatāṃ yāti vaśyāś cāsya bhavanti tāḥ
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| 22 | caitraṃ tu niyato māsam ekabhaktena yaḥ kṣapet
suvarṇamaṇimuktāḍhye kule mahati jāyate
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| 23 | nistared ekabhaktena vaiśākhaṃ yo jitendriyaḥ
naro vā yadi vā nārī jñātīnāṃ śreṣṭhatāṃ vrajet
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| 24 | jyeṣṭhāmūlaṃ tu yo māsam ekabhaktena saṃkṣapet
aiśvaryam atulaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ pumān strī vābhijāyate
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| 25 | āṣāḍham ekabhaktena sthitvā māsam atandritaḥ
bahudhānyo bahudhano bahuputraś ca jāyate
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| 26 | śrāvaṇaṃ niyato māsam ekabhaktena yaḥ kṣapet
yatra tatrābhiṣekeṇa yujyate jñātivardhanaḥ
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| 27 | prauṣṭhapadaṃ tu yo māsam ekāhāro bhaven naraḥ
dhanāḍhyaṃ sphītam acalam aiśvaryaṃ pratipadyate
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| 28 | tathaivāśvayujaṃ māsam ekabhaktena yaḥ kṣapet
prajāvān vāhanāḍhyaś ca bahuputraś ca jāyate
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| 29 | kārttikaṃ tu naro māsaṃ yaḥ kuryād ekabhojanam
śūraś ca bahubhāryaś ca kīrtimāṃś caiva jāyate
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| 30 | iti māsā naravyāghra kṣapatāṃ parikīrtitāḥ
tithīnāṃ niyamā ye tu śṛṇu tān api pārthiva
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| 31 | pakṣe pakṣe gate yas tu bhaktam aśnāti bhārata
gavāḍhyo bahuputraś ca dīrghāyuś ca sa jāyate
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| 32 | māsi māsi trirātrāṇi kṛtvā varṣāṇi dvādaśa
gaṇādhipatyaṃ prāpnoti niḥsapatnam anāvilam
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| 33 | ete tu niyamāḥ sarve kartavyāḥ śarado daśa
dve cānye bharataśreṣṭha pravṛttim anuvartatā
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| 34 | yas tu prātas tathā sāyaṃ bhuñjāno nāntarā pibet
ahiṃsānirato nityaṃ juhvāno jātavedasam
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| 35 | ṣaḍbhiḥ sa varṣair nṛpate sidhyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
agniṣṭomasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ
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| 36 | adhivāse so 'psarasāṃ nṛtyagītavinādite
taptakāñcanavarṇābhaṃ vimānam adhirohati
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| 37 | pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu brahmaloke mahīyate
tatkṣayād iha cāgamya māhātmyaṃ pratipadyate
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| 38 | yas tu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇam ekāhāro bhaven naraḥ
atirātrasya yajñasya sa phalaṃ samupāśnute
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| 39 | daśavarṣasahasrāṇi svarge ca sa mahīyate
tatkṣayād iha cāgamya māhātmyaṃ pratipadyate
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| 40 | yas tu saṃvatsaraṃ pūrṇaṃ caturthaṃ bhaktam aśnute
ahiṃsānirato nityaṃ satyavāṅ niyatendriyaḥ
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| 41 | vājapeyasya yajñasya phalaṃ vai samupāśnute
triṃśadvarṣasahasrāṇi svarge ca sa mahīyate
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| 42 | ṣaṣṭhe kāle tu kaunteya naraḥ saṃvatsaraṃ kṣapet
aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ
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| 43 | cakravākaprayuktena vimānena sa gacchati
catvāriṃśat sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate
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| 44 | aṣṭamena tu bhaktena jīvan saṃvatsaraṃ nṛpa
gavāmayasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ
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| 45 | haṃsasārasayuktena vimānena sa gacchati
pañcāśataṃ sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate
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| 46 | pakṣe pakṣe gate rājan yo 'śnīyād varṣam eva tu
ṣaṇmāsānaśanaṃ tasya bhagavān aṅgirābravīt
ṣaṣṭiṃ varṣasahasrāṇi divam āvasate ca saḥ
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| 47 | vīṇānāṃ vallakīnāṃ ca veṇūnāṃ ca viśāṃ pate
sughoṣair madhuraiḥ śabdaiḥ suptaḥ sa pratibodhyate
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| 48 | saṃvatsaram ihaikaṃ tu māsi māsi pibet payaḥ
phalaṃ viśvajitas tāta prāpnoti sa naro nṛpa
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| 49 | siṃhavyāghraprayuktena vimānena sa gacchati
saptatiṃ ca sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate
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| 50 | māsād ūrdhvaṃ naravyāghra nopavāso vidhīyate
vidhiṃ tv anaśanasyāhuḥ pārtha dharmavido janāḥ
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| 51 | anārto vyādhirahito gacched anaśanaṃ tu yaḥ
pade pade yajñaphalaṃ sa prāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ
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| 52 | divaṃ haṃsaprayuktena vimānena sa gacchati
śataṃ cāpsarasaḥ kanyā ramayanty api taṃ naram
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| 53 | ārto vā vyādhito vāpi gacched anaśanaṃ tu yaḥ
śataṃ varṣasahasrāṇāṃ modate divi sa prabho
kāñcīnūpuraśabdena suptaś caiva prabodhyate
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| 54 | sahasrahaṃsasaṃyukte vimāne somavarcasi
sa gatvā strīśatākīrṇe ramate bharatarṣabha
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| 55 | kṣīṇasyāpyāyanaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ kṣatasya kṣatarohaṇam
vyādhitasyauṣadhagrāmaḥ kruddhasya ca prasādanam
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| 56 | duḥkhitasyārthamānābhyāṃ dravyāṇāṃ pratipādanam
na caite svargakāmasya rocante sukhamedhasaḥ
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| 57 | ataḥ sa kāmasaṃyukto vimāne hemasaṃnibhe
ramate strīśatākīrṇe puruṣo 'laṃkṛtaḥ śubhe
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| 58 | svasthaḥ saphalasaṃkalpaḥ sukhī vigatakalmaṣaḥ
anaśnan deham utsṛjya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ
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| 59 | bālasūryapratīkāśe vimāne hemavarcasi
vaiḍūryamuktākhacite vīṇāmurajanādite
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| 60 | patākādīpikākīrṇe divyaghaṇṭāninādite
strīsahasrānucarite sa naraḥ sukham edhate
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| 61 | yāvanti romakūpāṇi tasya gātreṣu pāṇḍava
tāvanty eva sahasrāṇi varṣāṇāṃ divi modate
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| 62 | nāsti vedāt paraṃ śāstraṃ nāsti mātṛsamo guruḥ
na dharmāt paramo lābhas tapo nānaśanāt param
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| 63 | brāhmaṇebhyaḥ paraṃ nāsti pāvanaṃ divi ceha ca
upavāsais tathā tulyaṃ tapaḥkarma na vidyate
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| 64 | upoṣya vidhivad devās tridivaṃ pratipedire
ṛṣayaś ca parāṃ siddhim upavāsair avāpnuvan
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| 65 | divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ hi viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā
kṣāntam ekena bhaktena tena vipratvam āgataḥ
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| 66 | cyavano jamadagniś ca vasiṣṭho gautamo bhṛguḥ
sarva eva divaṃ prāptāḥ kṣamāvanto maharṣayaḥ
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| 67 | idam aṅgirasā pūrvaṃ maharṣibhyaḥ pradarśitam
yaḥ pradarśayate nityaṃ na sa duḥkham avāpnute
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| 68 | imaṃ tu kaunteya yathākramaṃ vidhiṃ; pravartitaṃ hy aṅgirasā maharṣiṇā
paṭheta yo vai śṛṇuyāc ca nityadā; na vidyate tasya narasya kilbiṣam
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| 69 | vimucyate cāpi sa sarvasaṃkarair; na cāsya doṣair abhibhūyate manaḥ
viyonijānāṃ ca vijānate rutaṃ; dhruvāṃ ca kīrtiṃ labhate narottamaḥ
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