 | Book 12 Chapter 175
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | kutaḥ sṛṣṭam idaṃ viśvaṃ jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam
pralaye ca kam abhyeti tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | sasāgaraḥ sagaganaḥ saśailaḥ sabalāhakaḥ
sabhūmiḥ sāgnipavano loko 'yaṃ kena nirmitaḥ
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| 3 | kathaṃ sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni kathaṃ varṇavibhaktayaḥ
śaucāśaucaṃ kathaṃ teṣāṃ dharmādharmāv atho katham
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| 4 | kīdṛśo jīvatāṃ jīvaḥ kva vā gacchanti ye mṛtāḥ
asmāl lokād amuṃ lokaṃ sarvaṃ śaṃsatu no bhavān
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| 5 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 5 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
bhṛguṇābhihitaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bharadvājāya pṛcchate
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| 6 | kailāsaśikhare dṛṣṭvā dīpyamānam ivaujasā
bhṛguṃ maharṣim āsīnaṃ bharadvājo 'nvapṛcchata
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| 7 | sasāgaraḥ sagaganaḥ saśailaḥ sabalāhakaḥ
sabhūmiḥ sāgnipavano loko 'yaṃ kena nirmitaḥ
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| 8 | kathaṃ sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni kathaṃ varṇavibhaktayaḥ
śaucāśaucaṃ kathaṃ teṣāṃ dharmādharmāv atho katham
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| 9 | kīdṛśo jīvatāṃ jīvaḥ kva vā gacchanti ye mṛtāḥ
paralokam imaṃ cāpi sarvaṃ śaṃsatu no bhavān
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| 10 | evaṃ sa bhagavān pṛṣṭo bharadvājena saṃśayam
maharṣir brahmasaṃkāśaḥ sarvaṃ tasmai tato 'bravīt
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| 11 | mānaso nāma vikhyātaḥ śrutapūrvo maharṣibhiḥ
anādinidhano devas tathābhedyo 'jarāmaraḥ
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| 12 | avyakta iti vikhyātaḥ śāśvato 'thākṣaro 'vyayaḥ
yataḥ sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni jāyante ca mriyanti ca
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| 13 | so 'sṛjat prathamaṃ devo mahāntaṃ nāma nāmataḥ
ākāśam iti vikhyātaṃ sarvabhūtadharaḥ prabhuḥ
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| 14 | ākāśād abhavad vāri salilād agnimārutau
agnimārutasaṃyogāt tataḥ samabhavan mahī
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| 15 | tatas tejomayaṃ divyaṃ padmaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ svayaṃbhuvā
tasmāt padmāt samabhavad brahmā vedamayo nidhiḥ
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| 16 | ahaṃkāra iti khyātaḥ sarvabhūtātmabhūtakṛt
brahmā vai sumahātejā ya ete pañca dhātavaḥ
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| 17 | śailās tasyāsthisaṃjñās tu medo māṃsaṃ ca medinī
samudrās tasya rudhiram ākāśam udaraṃ tathā
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| 18 | pavanaś caiva niḥśvāsas tejo 'gnir nimnagāḥ sirāḥ
agnīṣomau tu candrārkau nayane tasya viśrute
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| 19 | nabhaś cordhvaṃ śiras tasya kṣitiḥ pādau diśo bhujau
durvijñeyo hy anantatvāt siddhair api na saṃśayaḥ
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| 20 | sa eva bhagavān viṣṇur ananta iti viśrutaḥ
sarvabhūtātmabhūtastho durvijñeyo 'kṛtātmabhiḥ
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| 21 | ahaṃkārasya yaḥ sraṣṭā sarvabhūtabhavāya vai
yataḥ samabhavad viśvaṃ pṛṣṭo 'haṃ yad iha tvayā
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| 22 | bharadvāja uvāca
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| 22 | gaganasya diśāṃ caiva bhūtalasyānilasya ca
kāny atra parimāṇāni saṃśayaṃ chindhi me 'rthataḥ
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| 23 | bhṛgur uvāca
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| 23 | anantam etad ākāśaṃ siddhacāraṇasevitam
ramyaṃ nānāśrayākīrṇaṃ yasyānto nādhigamyate
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| 24 | ūrdhvaṃ gater adhastāt tu candrādityau na dṛśyataḥ
tatra devāḥ svayaṃ dīptā bhāsvarāś cāgnivarcasaḥ
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| 25 | te cāpy antaṃ na paśyanti nabhasaḥ prathitaujasaḥ
durgamatvād anantatvād iti me viddhi mānada
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| 26 | upariṣṭopariṣṭāt tu prajvaladbhiḥ svayaṃprabhaiḥ
niruddham etad ākāśam aprameyaṃ surair api
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| 27 | pṛthivyante samudrās tu samudrānte tamaḥ smṛtam
tamaso 'nte jalaṃ prāhur jalasyānte 'gnir eva ca
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| 28 | rasātalānte salilaṃ jalānte pannagādhipaḥ
tadante punar ākāśam ākāśānte punar jalam
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| 29 | evam antaṃ bhagavataḥ pramāṇaṃ salilasya ca
agnimārutatoyebhyo durjñeyaṃ daivatair api
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| 30 | agnimārutatoyānāṃ varṇāḥ kṣititalasya ca
ākāśasadṛśā hy ete bhidyante tattvadarśanāt
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| 31 | paṭhanti caiva munayaḥ śāstreṣu vividheṣu ca
trailokye sāgare caiva pramāṇaṃ vihitaṃ yathā
adṛśyāya tv agamyāya kaḥ pramāṇam udāharet
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| 32 | siddhānāṃ devatānāṃ ca yadā parimitā gatiḥ
tadā gauṇam anantasya nāmānanteti viśrutam
nāmadheyānurūpasya mānasasya mahātmanaḥ
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| 33 | yadā tu divyaṃ tadrūpaṃ hrasate vardhate punaḥ
ko 'nyas tad vedituṃ śakto yo 'pi syāt tadvidho 'paraḥ
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| 34 | tataḥ puṣkarataḥ sṛṣṭaḥ sarvajño mūrtimān prabhuḥ
brahmā dharmamayaḥ pūrvaḥ prajāpatir anuttamaḥ
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| 35 | bharadvāja uvāca
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| 35 | puṣkarād yadi saṃbhūto jyeṣṭhaṃ bhavati puṣkaram
brahmāṇaṃ pūrvajaṃ cāha bhavān saṃdeha eva me
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| 36 | bhṛgur uvāca
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| 36 | mānasasyeha yā mūrtir brahmatvaṃ samupāgatā
tasyāsanavidhānārthaṃ pṛthivī padmam ucyate
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| 37 | karṇikā tasya padmasya merur gaganam ucchritaḥ
tasya madhye sthito lokān sṛjate jagataḥ prabhuḥ
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