Chapter 198

śatānīka uvāca |
kimekaṃ daivataṃ loke kiṃ vāpyekaṃ parāyaṇam |
stuvantaḥ kaṃ kamarcataḥ prāpnuyurmānavāḥ śubham || 1 ||
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ko dharmaḥ sarvadharmāṇāṃ kaśca pūjyo matastava |
brahmādayaḥ kamarcaṃti kaścādistridivaukasām || 2 ||
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sumanturuvāca |
atrāhaṃ te pravakṣyāmi saṃvādaṃ pāpanāśanam |
bhīṣmasya naraśārdūla vyāsasya ca mahātmanaḥ || 3 ||
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sukhāsīnaṃ mahāvyāsaṃ gaṃgākūle dvijottama |
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sumahātejā jvalaṃtamiva pāvakam || 4 ||
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sākṣānnārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ tejasādityasannibham |
praṇamya śirasā vīra sarvaśāstrālayaṃ param || 5 ||
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mahābhāratakartāraṃ vedārthanikaṣaṃ param |
ācāryaṃ paramarṣīṇāṃ rājarṣīṇāṃ ca bhārata || 6 ||
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kartāraṃ kuruvaṃśasya daivataṃ paramaṃ mama |
papraccha kuruśārdūlo dvijabhaktyā samanvitaḥ || 7 ||
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devadevasya māhātmyaṃ cittasthaṃ bhāskarasya tu |
sa mahātmā mahātejā bhīṣmaḥ pūrvaṃ muniṃ tathā || 8 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
bhagavandvijaśārdūla pārāśarya mahāmate |
mamākhyātaṃ tvayā sarvaṃ vāṅmayaṃ sacarācaram || 9 ||
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bhāskarasya muniśreṣṭha saṃśayodyāpi vartate |
ādau tasya namaskāramanyeṣāṃ tadanaṃtaram || 10 ||
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brahmādīnāṃ tu rudrādyairbrūhi tattvena hetunā |
ka eṣa bhāskaro brahmankuto jātaḥ ka ucyate || 11 ||
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kīrtayasva yathānyāyaṃ kautukaṃ hi paraṃ mama |
kuśalo hi bhavāṃlloke tasmāttvaṃ vaktumarhasi || 12 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
aho tava mahatkaṣṭaṃ pramūḍhosi na saṃśayaḥ |
stuvaṃtaśca tamarcābhiḥ siddhā brahmādayaḥ surāḥ || 13 ||
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sarveṣāmeva devānāmādirāditya ucyate |
sa haṃti timiraṃ sarvaṃ digvidikṣu vyavasthitam || 14 ||
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sa dharmaḥ sarvadharmāṇāṃ sa ca pūjyatamo mataḥ |
brahmādayastamarcaṃti sa cādistridivaukasām || 15 ||
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aditiḥ kaśyapasatī ādityastena cocyate |
ādikartātha vā yasmā ttasmādāditya ucyate || 16 ||
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tasmādetajjagatsarvamādityātsaṃpravartate |
sadevāsuragaṃdharvaṃ sayakṣoragarākṣasam || 17 ||
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rudropeṃdrau tatheṃdraśca brahmā dakṣotha kaśyapaḥ |
ādityadevatāḥ sarve tathānye devadānavāḥ || 18 ||
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mukhādbhūto viriṃcistu rudro vakṣasthalāttataḥ |
upeṃdro dakṣiṇāddhastāddhātā vāmakarāttathā || 19 ||
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vāmapādatalāddakṣo dakṣiṇātkaśyapastathā |
ityutpannāstathā cānye devāsuranarāḥ khagāḥ |
tenāsau deva ādityaḥ sarvadeveṣu pūjitaḥ || 20 ||
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bhīṣma uvāca |
yadītthaṃ gīyate vīra digvidikṣu sa bhāskaraḥ |
yadi tasya prabhāvoyaṃ pārāśarya jagatpateḥ || 21 ||
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sa kimarthaṃ trisaṃdhyaṃ tu rākṣasaiḥ paribhūyate |
dvijaiḥ saṃrakṣyate bhūyaścakravadbhramate punaḥ |
rāhuṇā gṛhyate'grāhyastatkimarthaṃ dvijottama || 22 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
piśācoragarakṣāṃsi ḍākinīdānavāṃstathā |
dakṣiṇāgnirdahetkrodhāttamākrāmati bhāskaraḥ || 23 ||
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trisaṃdhyaṃ tu trayo devāḥ sānnidhyaṃ ravimaṃḍale |
muhūrtasya prabhāvoyamasādhye dṛṣṭake tathā || 24 ||
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tamekamevamuddiśya loke dharmaḥ pravartate |
namaskṛte stute tasminsarve devā namaskṛtāḥ || 25 ||
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trisandhyaṃ vasudhādevairbhāskarastriḥ praṇamyate |
rāhurādityabiṃbasya sthitodhastānna saṃśayaḥ || 26 ||
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amṛtārthī vimānastho yāvatsaṃsravate'mṛtam |
vimānāṃtaritaṃ biṃbamādiśedgrahaṇaṃ tataḥ || 27 ||
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na kaściddharṣituṃ śakta ādityo dahate dhruvam |
divārātrimuhūrtānāṃ jñānāyākramate raviḥ || 28 ||
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nādityena vinā rātrirna dinaṃ na ca tarpaṇam |
nādharmmo nātha vā dharmmastena dṛṣṭaṃ carācaram || 29 ||
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ādityaḥ pāti vai sarvamādityaḥ sṛjate sadā |
etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭaṃ bhavatā mama || 30 ||
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