 | Book 12 Chapter 263
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| 1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca
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| 1 | dharmam arthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca vedāḥ śaṃsanti bhārata
kasya lābho viśiṣṭo 'tra tan me brūhi pitāmaha
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| 2 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 2 | atra te vartayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam
kuṇḍadhāreṇa yat prītyā bhaktāyopakṛtaṃ purā
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| 3 | adhano brāhmaṇaḥ kaś cit kāmād dharmam avaikṣata
yajñārthaṃ sa tato 'rthārthī tapo 'tapyata dāruṇam
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| 4 | sa niścayam atho kṛtvā pūjayām āsa devatāḥ
bhaktyā na caivādhyagacchad dhanaṃ saṃpūjya devatāḥ
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| 5 | tataś cintāṃ punaḥ prāptaḥ katamad daivataṃ nu tat
yan me drutaṃ prasīdeta mānuṣair ajaḍīkṛtam
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| 6 | atha saumyena vapuṣā devānucaram antike
pratyapaśyaj jaladharaṃ kuṇḍadhāram avasthitam
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| 7 | dṛṣṭvaiva taṃ mahātmānaṃ tasya bhaktir ajāyata
ayaṃ me dhāsyati śreyo vapur etad dhi tādṛśam
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| 8 | saṃnikṛṣṭaś ca devasya na cānyair mānuṣair vṛtaḥ
eṣa me dāsyati dhanaṃ prabhūtaṃ śīghram eva ca
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| 9 | tato dhūpaiś ca gandhaiś ca mālyair uccāvacair api
balibhir vividhaiś cāpi pūjayām āsa taṃ dvijaḥ
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| 10 | tataḥ svalpena kālena tuṣṭo jaladharas tadā
tasyopakāre niyatām imāṃ vācam uvāca ha
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| 11 | brahmaghne ca surāpe ca core bhagnavrate tathā
niṣkṛtir vihitā sadbhiḥ kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ
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| 12 | āśāyās tanayo 'dharmaḥ krodho 'sūyāsutaḥ smṛtaḥ
putro lobho nikṛtyās tu kṛtaghno nārhati prajām
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| 13 | tataḥ sa brāhmaṇaḥ svapne kuṇḍadhārasya tejasā
apaśyat sarvabhūtāni kuśeṣu śayitas tadā
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| 14 | śamena tapasā caiva bhaktyā ca nirupaskṛtaḥ
śuddhātmā brāhmaṇo rātrau nidarśanam apaśyata
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| 15 | maṇibhadraṃ sa tatrasthaṃ devatānāṃ mahādyutim
apaśyata mahātmānaṃ vyādiśantaṃ yudhiṣṭhira
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| 16 | tatra devāḥ prayacchanti rājyāni ca dhanāni ca
śubhaiḥ karmabhir ārabdhāḥ pracchidanty aśubheṣu ca
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| 17 | paśyatām atha yakṣāṇāṃ kuṇḍadhāro mahādyutiḥ
niṣpatya patito bhūmau devānāṃ bharatarṣabha
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| 18 | tatas tu devavacanān maṇibhadro mahāyaśāḥ
uvāca patitaṃ bhūmau kuṇḍadhāra kim iṣyate
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| 19 | kuṇḍadhāra uvāca
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| 19 | yadi prasannā devā me bhakto 'yaṃ brāhmaṇo mama
asyānugraham icchāmi kṛtaṃ kiṃ cit sukhodayam
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| 20 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 20 | tatas taṃ maṇibhadras tu punar vacanam abravīt
devānām eva vacanāt kuṇḍadhāraṃ mahādyutim
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| 21 | uttiṣṭhottiṣṭha bhadraṃ te kṛtakāryaḥ sukhī bhava
yāvad dhanaṃ prārthayate brāhmaṇo 'yaṃ sakhā tava
devānāṃ śāsanāt tāvad asaṃkhyeyaṃ dadāmy aham
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| 22 | vicārya kuṇḍadhāras tu mānuṣyaṃ calam adhruvam
tapase matim ādhatta brāhmaṇasya yaśasvinaḥ
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| 23 | kuṇḍadhāra uvāca
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| 23 | nāhaṃ dhanāni yācāmi brāhmaṇāya dhanaprada
anyam evāham icchāmi bhaktāyānugrahaṃ kṛtam
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| 24 | pṛthivīṃ ratnapūrṇāṃ vā mahad vā dhanasaṃcayam
bhaktāya nāham icchāmi bhaved eṣa tu dhārmikaḥ
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| 25 | dharme 'sya ramatāṃ buddhir dharmaṃ caivopajīvatu
dharmapradhāno bhavatu mamaiṣo 'nugraho mataḥ
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| 26 | maṇibhadra uvāca
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| 26 | yadā dharmaphalaṃ rājyaṃ sukhāni vividhāni ca
phalāny evāyam aśnātu kāyakleśavivarjitaḥ
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| 27 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 27 | tatas tad eva bahuśaḥ kuṇḍadhāro mahāyaśāḥ
abhyāsam akarod dharme tatas tuṣṭāsya devatāḥ
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| 28 | maṇibhadra uvāca
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| 28 | prītās te devatāḥ sarvā dvijasyāsya tathaiva ca
bhaviṣyaty eṣa dharmātmā dharme cādhāsyate matiḥ
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| 29 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 29 | tataḥ prīto jaladharaḥ kṛtakāryo yudhiṣṭhira
īpsitaṃ manaso labdhvā varam anyaiḥ sudurlabham
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| 30 | tato 'paśyata cīrāṇi sūkṣmāṇi dvijasattamaḥ
pārśvato 'bhyāgato nyastāny atha nirvedam āgataḥ
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| 31 | brāhmaṇa uvāca
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| 31 | ayaṃ na sukṛtaṃ vetti ko nv anyo vetsyate kṛtam
gacchāmi vanam evāhaṃ varaṃ dharmeṇa jīvitum
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| 32 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 32 | nirvedād devatānāṃ ca prasādāt sa dvijottamaḥ
vanaṃ praviśya sumahat tapa ārabdhavāṃs tadā
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| 33 | devatātithiśeṣeṇa phalamūlāśano dvijaḥ
dharme cāpi mahārāja ratir asyābhyajāyata
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| 34 | tyaktvā mūlaphalaṃ sarvaṃ parṇāhāro 'bhavad dvijaḥ
parṇaṃ tyaktvā jalāhāras tadāsīd dvijasattamaḥ
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| 35 | vāyubhakṣas tataḥ paścād bahūn varṣagaṇān abhūt
na cāsya kṣīyate prāṇas tad adbhutam ivābhavat
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| 36 | dharme ca śraddadhānasya tapasy ugre ca vartataḥ
kālena mahatā tasya divyā dṛṣṭir ajāyata
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| 37 | tasya buddhiḥ prādurāsīd yadi dadyāṃ mahad dhanam
tuṣṭaḥ kasmai cid evāhaṃ na mithyā vāg bhaven mama
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| 38 | tataḥ prahṛṣṭavadano bhūya ārabdhavāṃs tapaḥ
bhūyaś cācintayat siddho yat paraṃ so 'bhyapadyata
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| 39 | yadi dadyām ahaṃ rājyaṃ tuṣṭo vai yasya kasya cit
sa bhaved acirād rājā na mithyā vāg bhaven mama
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| 40 | tasya sākṣāt kuṇḍadhāro darśayām āsa bhārata
brāhmaṇasya tapoyogāt sauhṛdenābhicoditaḥ
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| 41 | samāgamya sa tenātha pūjāṃ cakre yathāvidhi
brāhmaṇaḥ kuṇḍadhārasya vismitaś cābhavan nṛpa
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| 42 | tato 'bravīt kuṇḍadhāro divyaṃ te cakṣur uttamam
paśya rājñāṃ gatiṃ vipra lokāṃś cāvekṣa cakṣuṣā
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| 43 | tato rājñāṃ sahasrāṇi magnāni niraye tadā
dūrād apaśyad vipraḥ sa divyayuktena cakṣuṣā
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| 44 | kuṇḍadhāra uvāca
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| 44 | māṃ pūjayitvā bhāvena yadi tvaṃ duḥkham āpnuyāḥ
kṛtaṃ mayā bhavet kiṃ te kaś ca te 'nugraho bhavet
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| 45 | paśya paśya ca bhūyas tvaṃ kāmān icchet kathaṃ naraḥ
svargadvāraṃ hi saṃruddhaṃ mānuṣeṣu viśeṣataḥ
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| 46 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 46 | tato 'paśyat sa kāmaṃ ca krodhaṃ lobhaṃ bhayaṃ madam
nidrāṃ tandrīṃ tathālasyam āvṛtya puruṣān sthitān
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| 47 | kuṇḍadhāra uvāca
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| 47 | etair lokāḥ susaṃruddhā devānāṃ mānuṣād bhayam
tathaiva devavacanād vighnaṃ kurvanti sarvaśaḥ
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| 48 | na devair ananujñātaḥ kaś cid bhavati dhārmikaḥ
eṣa śakto 'si tapasā rājyaṃ dātuṃ dhanāni ca
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| 49 | bhīṣma uvāca
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| 49 | tataḥ papāta śirasā brāhmaṇas toyadhāriṇe
uvāca cainaṃ dharmātmā mahān me 'nugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ
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| 50 | kāmalobhānubandhena purā te yad asūyitam
mayā sneham avijñāya tatra me kṣantum arhasi
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| 51 | kṣāntam eva mayety uktvā kuṇḍadhāro dvijarṣabham
saṃpariṣvajya bāhubhyāṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata
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| 52 | tataḥ sarvān imāṃl lokān brāhmaṇo 'nucacāra ha
kuṇḍadhāraprasādena tapasā yojitaḥ purā
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| 53 | vihāyasā ca gamanaṃ tathā saṃkalpitārthatā
dharmāc chaktyā tathā yogād yā caiva paramā gatiḥ
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| 54 | devatā brāhmaṇāḥ santo yakṣā mānuṣacāraṇāḥ
dhārmikān pūjayantīha na dhanāḍhyān na kāminaḥ
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| 55 | suprasannā hi te devā yat te dharme ratā matiḥ
dhane sukhakalā kā cid dharme tu paramaṃ sukham
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