Chapter 11

bṛhaspatiruvāca |
purā tu naimiṣāraṇye vipraścājagaro'bhavat |
vedāntaśāstranipuṇo jñānavāñchambhupūjakaḥ || 1 ||
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dvādaśābdāntare rudrastuṣṭo'bhūtpārthivārcanāt |
tadāgatya dadau jñānaṃ jīvanmokṣatvamāgataḥ || 2 ||
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saṅkarṣaṇaṃ samārādhya tajjñānena dvijottamaḥ |
tuṣṭāva puṣkalābhiśca stutibhiḥ parameśvaram || 3 ||
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ajagara uvāca |
sadaivyaṃ pradhānaṃ paraṃ jyotirūpaṃ nirākāramavyaktamānandanityam |
tridhā tattu jātaṃ triliṅgaikyabhinnaṃ pumānsattvarūpo rajorūpanārī |
tayoryattu śeṣaṃ tamorūpameva tataśśeṣanāmne namastenamaste || 4 ||
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rajaścādibhūto guṇasyaiva māyā tathā madhyabhūto narassattvarūpam |
tathaivāntabhūto napuṃskaṃ tamovatsadaivādya nāgeśa tubhyaṃ namaste || 5 ||
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narādhārarūpo bhavānkālakartā narākarṣaṇastvaṃ hi saṅkarṣaṇaśca |
ramante munīśāstvayi brahmadhāmni namastenamaste punaste namo'stu |
narāṅgeṣu cādhārabhūtā śivā yā smṛtā yoganidrā hi śaktistvadīyā || 6 ||
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jīva uvāca |
evaṃ hi saṃstuto devo dvijaṃ cājagaraṃ prabhuḥ |
sāyujyaṃ kṛtavānsvāṅge rudraḥ sarpo hi so'bhavat || 7 ||
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phaṇāsahasrasahito gaurāṅgo gauravigrahaḥ |
kṣīrābdhau mandiraṃ yasya babhūva ca guṇākaram || 8 ||
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taṃ sarpākhyaṃ mahārudraṃ pratyāgatyātmabhūḥ svayam |
karkarāśisthite sūrye candre bhagaṇamaṇḍale || 9 ||
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taṃ rudraṃ sthāpayāmāsa candramāḥ sa tu cābhavat |
iti śrutvā śeṣanāgo rudraḥ śrīgurubhāṣitam || 10 ||
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vacanaṃ sa prasannātmā teja utpādya vai mukhāt |
vindhyādrau janayāmāsa devadattadvijālaye || 11 ||
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giriśarmā sa vai vipro vijitya viduṣāṃ gaṇān |
kāśīpurīṃ samāyātaḥ śiṣyobhūcchaṅkarasya vai || 12 ||
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iti te kathitaṃ vipra yathā rudro babhūva ha |
punaḥ śṛṇu kathāṃ vipra yathā jīvena bhāṣitām || 13 ||
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jīva uvāca |
prayāge ca purā hyāsīdbrāhmaṇo harisevakaḥ |
dāridryārtto mandabhāgyo nairṛto nāma viśrutaḥ || 14 ||
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mahākaṣṭena tasyaiva bhikṣā prāptā dināntake |
nairṛtaḥ putrapatnīko dāridryārto dinedine || 15 ||
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ekadā nārado yogī samprāpto vaiṣṇavapriyaḥ |
pūjitastena vipreṇa viṣṇulokamupāyayau || 16 ||
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dṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ namaskṛtya punaḥpunaḥ |
vacanaṃ prāha namrātmā sadaiva bhagavatpriyaḥ || 17 ||
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bhagavanye surāḥ sarve sadā tvatpūjane ratāḥ |
teṣāṃ bhaktāśca ye bhūmau dhanadhānyasamanvitāḥ || 18 ||
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tvadbhaktāśca mayā dṛṣṭā dāridyārtāḥ sadā bhuvi |
kimarthaṃ brūhi me svāmiñjanārdana namo'stu te || 19 ||
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ityukto nāradenaiva bhagavānbhaktavatsalaḥ |
tamāha vacanaṃ ramyaṃ tacchṛṇu tvaṃ surottama || 20 ||
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madbhakto bhagavānbrahmā dṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇapriyān |
janāṃśca svavaśīkṛtya lokakāryaṃ karoti hi || 21 ||
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dharmo'dharmastena kṛto dharmo vedamayaḥ smṛtaḥ |
sapta lokāśca dharmasya nirmitāstena dhīmatā || 22 ||
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bhūrbhuvaḥ svo mahaścaiva janaścaiva tapastathā |
satyaṃ tathaiva kramato nṛṇāṃ dviguṇadaṃ sukham || 23 ||
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adharmo vedarahito bhuvi śabdānyakartṛkaḥ |
ye śabdāśca mahāvāṇyā dūṣitāste hi lokagāḥ || 24 ||
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vedetara pāpamayā daityavṛddhikarāḥ sadā |
adharmaḥ sa tu vijñeyaḥ saptalokāśca tasya vai || 25 ||
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bhūmigarteṣu vidhinā nirmitāḥ sukhadāyakāḥ |
atalaṃ vitalaṃ caiva sutalaṃ ca talātalam |
mahātalaṃ rasā caiva pātālaṃ cānyadharmajam || 26 ||
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anyadharmo hyadharmaśca devāstvanye hi te'surāḥ |
dharmapakṣāḥ surā jñeyā asurāścānyadharmajāḥ || 27 ||
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tayorvihīno yo dharmo devairdetyaiśca dūṣitaḥ |
vidharmaḥ sa nu vijñeyastatra lokā vyathākulāḥ || 28 ||
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tāmisramandhatāmisraṃ kumbhīpākaśca rauravam |
mahārauravamevāpi tathāmūrtirayastathā || 29 ||
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ikṣuyantraṃ śālmalaṃ ca hyasipatravanaṃ tathā |
jñeyamityeva racitaṃ vidhinā caikaviṃśatiḥ || 30 ||
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brahmāṇḍo'yaṃ lokamayaḥ paraṃ tasmācca matpadam |
madbhaktā bhūtale ye vai te gacchanti paraṃ padam || 31 ||
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devabhaktāśca ye lokāḥ sapta lokānvrajanti te |
ye tu vai tāmasā lokā daityapūjanatatparāḥ |
te gacchanti bhahīlokānatalādimayāṃstathā || 32 ||
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pātālādyojanaṃ lakṣamadholokaḥ prakīrtitaḥ |
vidharmatatparā lokāste gacchanti hyadhogatim |
ato vai vidhinā bhraṣṭā madbhaktāśca daridragāḥ || 33 ||
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ye madbhaktāḥ surānpūrvaṃ pūjayitvā bhajanti mām |
lakṣmīvantaśca te jñeyā bhuktimuktiparāyaṇāḥ || 34 ||
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prayāge nairṛto viprastyaktvā devānmama priyān |
bhajatyananyabhāvena tasmātsa hi daridravān || 35 ||
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devairdattaṃ hi yaddravyaṃ bhoktavyaṃ sarvadā janaiḥ |
mayā dattaṃ hi yadvastu brahmāṇḍe nāsti nārada |
ato madājñayā vipra dehi tasmai varaṃ śubham || 36 ||
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ityukto nārado yogī hariṇā viśvakāriṇā |
dvijapatnī sthitā gehe tatra prāpya vaco'bravīt || 37 ||
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varaṃ varaya he sādhvi tvayā yadvāñchitaṃ hṛdi |
sāha dehi varaṃ svāminbhūparājñī bhavāmyaham || 38 ||
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ityuktvā vacanaṃ tatra divyarūpā babhūva sā |
āgatastatra nṛpatirgṛhītvā gehamāyayau || 39 ||
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sāyaṅkāle tu samprāpte dvijastatra samāgataḥ |
nāradastaṃ vacaḥ prāha śṛṇu vipra haripriya || 40 ||
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varadānācca te patnī bhūparājñī hi vartate |
tvayā kiṃ vāñchitaṃ vastu mattaḥ prāpya sukhī bhava || 41 ||
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iti śrutvā daivavaśo vacaḥ prāha ruṣānvitaḥ |
kroṣṭrī bhavecca matpatnī dehi vipra varaṃ mama || 42 ||
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ityuktvā vacanātkroṣṭrī sā babhūva dvijapriyā |
ekasminnantare prāstastatputro gurupūjakaḥ || 43 ||
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śrutvā tatkāraṇaṃ sarvaṃ nāradaṃ sa vaco'bravīt |
mama mātā yathā svāmiṃstathā śīghraṃ varādbhavet || 44 ||
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etattribhirvaraiḥ prāptaṃ daivamāyāvimohitaiḥ |
tadā tu nārado duḥkhī nairṛtaṃ prāha vai vacaḥ || 45 ||
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brahmāṇḍo'yaṃ devamayo bhavastasya maheśvaraḥ |
ato bhavaṃ bhajāśu tvaṃ sa te kāryaṃ kariṣyati || 46 ||
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ityuktavacano vipro bhavaṃ taṃ pārthivārcanaiḥ |
tuṣṭāva parayā bhaktyā varṣamātraṃ hi nairṛtaḥ || 47 ||
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tadā prasanno bhagavānmaheśo bhaktavatsalaḥ |
kuberasadṛśaṃ divyaṃ dadau tasmai mahaddhanam || 48 ||
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taddhanena sa vai vipro dharmakāryaṃ cakāra ha |
prasiddho'bhūnmahīpṛṣṭhe nāmnā puṇyajano dhanaiḥ || 49 ||
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śivabhaktiprabhāveṇa prāpya dravyamakaṇṭakam |
sahasrābdavapurbhūtvā tyaktvā prāṇāndivaṃ yayau || 50 ||
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vṛṣarāśisthite sūrye rājā candrasya somavat |
nairṛto nāma vikhyāto rudraḥ sarvajanapriyaḥ || 51 ||
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iti śrutvā nairṛtastu bhṛguvarya gurūditam |
svāṃśādbhūtalamāgamya girinālagirau vane || 52 ||
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yoginaḥ siddhasāṅkhyasya putro'bhūdvanavāsinaḥ |
vanaśarmeti vikhyāto vedaśāstraparāyaṇaḥ || 53 ||
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dvādaśābdavapurbhūtvā jitvā vidvajjanānbahūn |
kāśīmāgamya tattvārthī śaṅkarācāryamuttamam |
praṇamya tasya śiṣyo'bhūdvanaśarmā viśāradaḥ || 54 ||
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bṛhaspatiruvāca |
vasuśarmā dvijaḥ kaścinmāhiṣmatyāṃ purābhavat |
śivavrataparo nityaṃ putrārthī pārthivārcaka || 55 ||
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caturviṃśativarṣāṇi pūjatastasya dhīmata |
vyatītāni surāstatra na prasanno'bhavacchivaḥ || 56 ||
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tadā tu duḥkhito vipro vahniṃ prajvālya bhairavam |
juhāva svāṅgamāṃsāni mukhataścaraṇāntakam || 57 ||
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na prasannobhavadrudrastadā vipraḥ śucānvitaḥ |
gṛhītvā cottamaṃ meṣaṃ saṃskāraṃ kṛtavāñchuciḥ |
tena meṣeṇa sahito jvaladagnau samāyayau || 58 ||
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prasanno bhagavānrudrastatrāgatya gaṇairyutaḥ |
svarūpaṃ darśayāmāsa śuddhasphaṭikasundaram |
varaṃ brūhi vacaḥ prāha vasuśarmāṇamuttamam || 59 ||
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tacchrutvā sa prasannātmā natvā pārvativallabham |
praśrayāvanato bhūtvā vacanaṃ prāha śaṅkaram || 60 ||
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dehi me tanayaṃ svāmiñcharaṇāgatavatsala |
ityuktaśśaṅkarastena vihasyovāca taṃ dvijam || 61 ||
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putradātā svayaṃ brahmā bhāgyakarttā parātparaḥ |
tubhyaṃ ca śatajanmāntaṃ tena putro na nirmitaḥ |
tasmādahaṃ sutaṃ svāṃśāttava vipra dadāmi bhoḥ || 62 ||
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ityuktvā svamukhāttejo nirākṛtya maheśvaraḥ |
tatpatnyāṃ janayāmāsa sakāśādvasuvarmaṇaḥ || 63 ||
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daśamāsāntare jātaḥ suputro madhurānanaḥ |
ajasyeva padaścaiko dvitīyo naravattataḥ |
ajaikapāda iti sa prasiddho'bhūnmahītale || 64 ||
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catuśśatābdavapuṣi prāpte tasminsute priye |
samprāpto bhagavānmṛtyustadā rogagaṇairyutaḥ || 65 ||
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tasya tairabhavadyuddhamajaikacaraṇasya vai || 66 ||
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varṣamātreṇa tānsarvāñjitvā mallaraṇotkaṭaḥ |
mṛtyuñjayaḥ sa vai nāmnā prasiddho'bhūnmahītale || 67 ||
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duḥkhito bhagavānmṛtyustena vipreṇa nirjitaḥ |
parameṣṭhinamāgamya kathayāmāsa kāraṇam || 68 ||
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tadā tu bhagavānbrahmā sarvadevagaṇairyutaḥ |
kumbhage dyumaṇau deve candramaṇḍalagaṃ nṛpam |
taṃ dvijaṃ ca cakārāśu rudrarūpaṃ bhayāpaham || 69 ||
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sūta uvāca |
iti śrutvā mahādevaḥ sa vipraśca tadājapād |
purīṃ māhiṣmatīṃ prāptaḥ kaliśuddhikaraḥ prabhuḥ |
purīśarmeti vikhyāto yatidattasya vai sutaḥ || 70 ||
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ṣoḍaśābdavapurbhūtvā jitvā veda parāyaṇān |
śaṅkarācāryamāgamya tasya śiṣyo babhūva ha |
iti te kathitaṃ vipra yathā mṛtyuñjayobhavat || 7 ||
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