Book 13 Chapter 123 | |
1 | bhīṣma uvāca |
1 | evam uktaḥ sa bhagavān maitreyaṃ pratyabhāṣata
diṣṭyaivaṃ tvaṃ vijānāsi diṣṭyā te buddhir īdṛśī loko hy ayaṃ guṇān eva bhūyiṣṭhaṃ sma praśaṃsati |
2 | rūpamānavayomānaśrīmānāś cāpy asaṃśayam
diṣṭyā nābhibhavanti tvāṃ daivas te 'yam anugrahaḥ yat te bhṛśataraṃ dānād vartayiṣyāmi tac chṛṇu |
3 | yānīhāgamaśāstrāṇi yāś ca kāś cit pravṛttayaḥ
tāni vedaṃ puraskṛtya pravṛttāni yathākramam |
4 | ahaṃ dānaṃ praśaṃsāmi bhavān api tapaḥśrute
tapaḥ pavitraṃ vedasya tapaḥ svargasya sādhanam |
5 | tapasā mahad āpnoti vidyayā ceti naḥ śrutam
tapasaiva cāpanuded yac cānyad api duṣkṛtam |
6 | yad yad dhi kiṃ cit saṃdhāya puruṣas tapyate tapaḥ
sarvam etad avāpnoti brāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ |
7 | duranvayaṃ duṣpradhṛṣyaṃ durāpaṃ duratikramam
sarvaṃ vai tapasābhyeti tapo hi balavattaram |
8 | surāpo 'saṃmatādāyī bhrūṇahā gurutalpagaḥ
tapasā tarate sarvam enasaś ca pramucyate |
9 | sarvavidyas tu cakṣuṣmān api yādṛśatādṛśaḥ
tapasvinau ca tāv āhus tābhyāṃ kāryaṃ sadā namaḥ |
10 | sarve pūjyāḥ śrutadhanās tathaiva ca tapasvinaḥ
dānapradāḥ sukhaṃ pretya prāpnuvantīha ca śriyam |
11 | imaṃ ca brahmalokaṃ ca lokaṃ ca balavattaram
annadānaiḥ sukṛtinaḥ pratipadyanti laukikāḥ |
12 | pūjitāḥ pūjayanty etān mānitā mānayanti ca
adātā yatra yatraiti sarvataḥ saṃpraṇudyate |
13 | akartā caiva kartā ca labhate yasya yādṛśam
yady evordhvaṃ yady avāk ca tvaṃ lokam abhiyāsyasi |
14 | prāpsyase tv annapānāni yāni dāsyasi kāni cit
medhāvy asi kule jātaḥ śrutavān anṛśaṃsavān |
15 | kaumāradāravratavān maitreya nirato bhava
etad gṛhāṇa prathamaṃ praśastaṃ gṛhamedhinām |
16 | yo bhartā vāsitātuṣṭo bhartus tuṣṭā ca vāsitā
yasminn evaṃ kule sarvaṃ kalyāṇaṃ tatra vartate |
17 | adbhir gātrān malam iva tamo 'gniprabhayā yathā
dānena tapasā caiva sarvapāpam apohyate |
18 | svasti prāpnuhi maitreya gṛhān sādhu vrajāmy aham
etan manasi kartavyaṃ śreya evaṃ bhaviṣyati |
19 | taṃ praṇamyātha maitreyaḥ kṛtvā cābhipradakṣiṇam
svasti prāpnotu bhagavān ity uvāca kṛtāñjaliḥ |