 | Book 3 Chapter 247
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| 1 | devadūta uvāca
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| 1 | maharṣe 'kāryabuddhis tvaṃ yaḥ svargasukham uttamam
saṃprāptaṃ bahu mantavyaṃ vimṛśasy abudho yathā
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| 2 | upariṣṭād asau loko yo 'yaṃ svar iti saṃjñitaḥ
ūrdhvagaḥ satpathaḥ śaśvad devayānacaro mune
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| 3 | nātaptatapasaḥ puṃso nāmahāyajñayājinaḥ
nānṛtā nāstikāś caiva tatra gacchanti mudgala
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| 4 | dharmātmāno jitātmānaḥ śāntā dāntā vimatsarāḥ
dānadharmaratāḥ puṃsaḥ śūrāś cāhatalakṣaṇāḥ
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| 5 | tatra gacchanti karmāgryaṃ kṛtvā śamadamātmakam
lokān puṇyakṛtāṃ brahman sadbhir āsevitān nṛbhiḥ
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| 6 | devāḥ sādhyās tathā viśve marutaś ca maharṣibhiḥ
yāmā dhāmāś ca maudgalya gandharvāpsarasas tathā
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| 7 | eṣāṃ devanikāyānāṃ pṛthak pṛthag anekaśaḥ
bhāsvantaḥ kāmasaṃpannā lokās tejomayāḥ śubhāḥ
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| 8 | trayastriṃśat sahasrāṇi yojanānāṃ hiraṇmayaḥ
meruḥ parvatarāḍ yatra devodyānāni mudgala
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| 9 | nandanādīni puṇyāni vihārāḥ puṇyakarmaṇām
na kṣutpipāse na glānir na śītoṣṇabhayaṃ tathā
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| 10 | bībhatsam aśubhaṃ vāpi rogā vā tatra ke cana
manojñāḥ sarvato gandhāḥ sukhasparśāś ca sarvaśaḥ
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| 11 | śabdāḥ śrutimanogrāhyāḥ sarvatas tatra vai mune
na śoko na jarā tatra nāyāsaparidevane
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| 12 | īdṛśaḥ sa mune lokaḥ svakarmaphalahetukaḥ
sukṛtais tatra puruṣāḥ saṃbhavanty ātmakarmabhiḥ
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| 13 | taijasāni śarīrāṇi bhavanty atropapadyatām
karmajāny eva maudgalya na mātṛpitṛjāny uta
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| 14 | na ca svedo na daurgandhyaṃ purīṣaṃ mūtram eva ca
teṣāṃ na ca rajo vastraṃ bādhate tatra vai mune
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| 15 | na mlāyanti srajas teṣāṃ divyagandhā manoramāḥ
paryuhyante vimānaiś ca brahmann evaṃvidhāś ca te
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| 16 | īrṣyāśokaklamāpetā mohamātsaryavarjitāḥ
sukhaṃ svargajitas tatra vartayanti mahāmune
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| 17 | teṣāṃ tathāvidhānāṃ tu lokānāṃ munipuṃgava
upary upari śakrasya lokā divyaguṇānvitāḥ
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| 18 | purastād brahmaṇas tatra lokās tejomayāḥ śubhāḥ
yatra yānty ṛṣayo brahman pūtāḥ svaiḥ karmabhiḥ śubhaiḥ
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| 19 | ṛbhavo nāma tatrānye devānām api devatāḥ
teṣāṃ lokāḥ paratare tān yajantīha devatāḥ
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| 20 | svayaṃprabhās te bhāsvanto lokāḥ kāmadughāḥ pare
na teṣāṃ strīkṛtas tāpo na lokaiśvaryamatsaraḥ
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| 21 | na vartayanty āhutibhis te nāpy amṛtabhojanāḥ
tathā divyaśarīrās te na ca vigrahamūrtayaḥ
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| 22 | na sukhe sukhakāmāś ca devadevāḥ sanātanāḥ
na kalpaparivarteṣu parivartanti te tathā
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| 23 | jarā mṛtyuḥ kutas teṣāṃ harṣaḥ prītiḥ sukhaṃ na ca
na duḥkhaṃ na sukhaṃ cāpi rāgadveṣau kuto mune
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| 24 | devānām api maudgalya kāṅkṣitā sā gatiḥ parā
duṣprāpā paramā siddhir agamyā kāmagocaraiḥ
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| 25 | trayastriṃśad ime lokāḥ śeṣā lokā manīṣibhiḥ
gamyante niyamaiḥ śreṣṭhair dānair vā vidhipūrvakaiḥ
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| 26 | seyaṃ dānakṛtā vyuṣṭir atra prāptā sukhāvahā
tāṃ bhuṅkṣva sukṛtair labdhāṃ tapasā dyotitaprabhaḥ
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| 27 | etat svargasukhaṃ vipra lokā nānāvidhās tathā
guṇāḥ svargasya proktās te doṣān api nibodha me
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| 28 | kṛtasya karmaṇas tatra bhujyate yat phalaṃ divi
na cānyat kriyate karma mūlacchedena bhujyate
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| 29 | so 'tra doṣo mama matas tasyānte patanaṃ ca yat
sukhavyāptamanaskānāṃ patanaṃ yac ca mudgala
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| 30 | asaṃtoṣaḥ parītāpo dṛṣṭvā dīptatarāḥ śriyaḥ
yad bhavaty avare sthāne sthitānāṃ tac ca duṣkaram
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| 31 | saṃjñāmohaś ca patatāṃ rajasā ca pradharṣaṇam
pramlāneṣu ca mālyeṣu tataḥ pipatiṣor bhayam
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| 32 | ā brahmabhavanād ete doṣā maudgalya dāruṇāḥ
nākaloke sukṛtināṃ guṇās tv ayutaśo nṛṇām
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| 33 | ayaṃ tv anyo guṇaḥ śreṣṭhaś cyutānāṃ svargato mune
śubhānuśayayogena manuṣyeṣūpajāyate
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| 34 | tatrāpi sumahābhāgaḥ sukhabhāg abhijāyate
na cet saṃbudhyate tatra gacchaty adhamatāṃ tataḥ
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| 35 | iha yat kriyate karma tat paratropabhujyate
karmabhūmir iyaṃ brahman phalabhūmir asau matā
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| 36 | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yan māṃ pṛcchasi mudgala
tavānukampayā sādho sādhu gacchāma māciram
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| 37 | vyāsa uvāca
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| 37 | etac chrutvā tu maudgalyo vākyaṃ vimamṛśe dhiyā
vimṛśya ca muniśreṣṭho devadūtam uvāca ha
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| 38 | devadūta namas te 'stu gaccha tāta yathāsukham
mahādoṣeṇa me kāryaṃ na svargeṇa sukhena vā
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| 39 | patanaṃ tan mahad duḥkhaṃ paritāpaḥ sudāruṇaḥ
svargabhājaś cyavantīha tasmāt svargaṃ na kāmaye
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| 40 | yatra gatvā na śocanti na vyathanti calanti vā
tad ahaṃ sthānam atyantaṃ mārgayiṣyāmi kevalam
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| 41 | ity uktvā sa munir vākyaṃ devadūtaṃ visṛjya tam
śiloñchavṛttim utsṛjya śamam ātiṣṭhad uttamam
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| 42 | tulyanindāstutir bhūtvā samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ
jñānayogena śuddhena dhyānanityo babhūva ha
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| 43 | dhyānayogād balaṃ labdhvā prāpya carddhim anuttamām
jagāma śāśvatīṃ siddhiṃ parāṃ nirvāṇalakṣaṇām
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| 44 | tasmāt tvam api kaunteya na śokaṃ kartum arhasi
rājyāt sphītāt paribhraṣṭas tapasā tad avāpsyasi
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| 45 | sukhasyānantaraṃ duḥkhaṃ duḥkhasyānantaraṃ sukham
paryāyeṇopavartante naraṃ nemim arā iva
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| 46 | pitṛpaitāmahaṃ rājyaṃ prāpsyasy amitavikrama
varṣāt trayodaśād ūrdhvaṃ vyetu te mānaso jvaraḥ
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| 47 | vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca
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| 47 | evam uktvā sa bhagavān vyāsaḥ pāṇḍavanandanam
jagāma tapase dhīmān punar evāśramaṃ prati
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