Chapter 170

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
annadānaprasaṃgena mamāpi smṛtimāgatam |
tatte'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śrutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ ca yanmayā || 1 ||
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akṣadyūtena bhagavandhanaṃ rājyaṃ ca no hṛtam |
āhūya niṣkṛtiprājñaiḥ kitavairakṣakovidaiḥ || 2 ||
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vanaṃ prasthāpitāḥ sarve valkalājinavāsasaḥ |
draupadyā sahitāḥ kṛṣṇa karṇaduryo dhanādibhiḥ || 3 ||
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jñātvā vanagatānasmānbrāhmaṇāḥ saṃjiteṃdriyāḥ |
draṣṭumabhyāyayuḥ sarve paurāścāpyanujagmire || 4 ||
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asmānsnehātkliśyamānā dṛṣṭvā brāhmaṇasattamāḥ |
paurānkarmakarāṃścaiva nirvedādidamabruvan || 5 ||
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jīvato yasya jīvaṃti viprā mitrāṇi bāṃdhavāḥ |
jīvanaṃ tasya saphalamātmārthe ko na jīvati || 6 ||
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abhyāgataṃ suhṛdvargaṃ kuṭuṃbamapahāya ca |
jīvannapi mṛtaḥ pāpaḥ kevalaṃ svodaraṃbhariḥ || 7 ||
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ityevamavadhāryāhaṃ tānṛṣīnpunarabruvam |
bhavaṃtaḥ sarva evātra trikālajñā maharṣayaḥ || 8 ||
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samāgatā matpriyārthaṃ jñānavijñānapāragāḥ |
brūta kaṃcidupāyaṃ me bhavaṃtobhijanaṃ prati || 9 ||
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bhavadbhiḥ sahitāḥ sarve bhṛtyairbhrātṛbhireva ca |
nirgaccheyaṃ vane śūnye dvādaśemāḥ samā yathā || 10 ||
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māmuvācātha maitreyaḥ śṛṇu kauṃteya madvacaḥ |
pūrvavṛttaṃ pravakṣyāmi dṛṣṭaṃ divyena cakṣuṣā || 11 ||
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āsīttapovane kācidbrāhmaṇī brahmacāriṇī |
durbhagā durgatā duḥkhādārādhayati sā dvijān || 12 ||
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śaucena tuṣṭā munayaḥ praśrayeṇa damena ca |
procurvada viśālākṣi kiṃ kurmastava suvrate || 13 ||
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sā tānuvāca kiṃ tanme vrataṃ dānamathāpi vā |
kathayadhvaṃ bhaveyaṃ vai yena śrīsukhabhāginī || 14 ||
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ādhārabhūtā bhūtānāṃ bahvapatyā patipriyā |
spṛhaṇīyā trijagatāṃ trivargaphalabhāginī || 15 ||
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vasiṣṭhastāmuvācātha śṛṇuṣva kathayāmi te |
dānaṃ mānakaraṃ puṃsāṃ sarvakāmapradāyakam || 16 ||
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kṛtvā tāmramayīṃ sthālīṃ palānāṃ pañcabhiḥ śataiḥ |
aśaktastu tadarddhena caturthāṃśena vā punaḥ || 17 ||
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sarvaśaktivihīnastu mṛnmayīmapi kārayet |
sugaṃbhīrodaradarīdṛḍhadaṇḍakuṭuṃbakām || 18 ||
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mudgataṃdulaniṣpannasusvinnakṣiprapūritām |
upadaṃśodakayutāṃ ghṛtapātrasamanvitām || 19 ||
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dhautapārśvāṃ dhautakarṇāṃ carcitāṃ candanena ca |
sthāpya maṃḍalake vastraiḥ puṣpadhūpairathārcayet || 420 ||
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āditye'hani saṃkrāṃtau caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu vā |
ekādaśyāṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ viprāya pratipādayet || 21 ||
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jvalajjvalanapārśvasthaistaṃḍulaiḥ sajalairapi |
na bhavedbhojyasaṃsiddhirbhūtānāṃ piṭharīṃ vinā || 22 ||
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tvaṃ siddhiḥ siddhikāmānāṃ tvaṃ puṣṭiḥ puṣṭimicchatām |
atastvāṃ praṇamāmyāśu satyaṃ kuru vaco mama || 23 ||
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jñātibaṃdhusuhṛdvarge vipre preṣyajane tathā |
abhuktavati nāśnīyāttathā bhava varapradā || 24 ||
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ityuccārya pradātavyā haṃḍikā dvijapuṃgave |
tuṣṭipuṣṭipradā puṃsāṃ sarvānkāmānabhīpsatā || 25 ||
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vasiṣṭhavacanaṃ śrutvā sā cakāra tathaiva tu |
prādātsthālīṃ brāhmaṇāya bahūnāṃ bahudakṣiṇām || 26 ||
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sā caiṣā draupadī pārtha bhavadbhāryā'bhavatpriyā |
tena dānaprabhāveṇa bhavitā'śūnyapāṇikā || 27 ||
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eṣā satī śacī svāhā sāvitrī bhūraruṃdhatī |
śrīreṣā yatra vasati na kiṃcittatra durlabham || 28 ||
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anayā yā bhṛtā sthālī tayā sarvamidaṃ jagat |
bhojayiṣyasi kauṃteya kimato brāhmaṇā amī || 29 ||
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maitreyāttadupaśrutya tatra saṃhṛṣṭamānasaḥ |
pūrvaṃ bhojitavānasmi bahuviprajanā vane || 30 ||
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annadānaprasaṃgena sthālīdānamidaṃ mayā |
kathitaṃ puṇḍarīkākṣa kṣaṃtavyamanasūyayā || 31 ||
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sthālīṃ viśālavadanāṃ ca sataṃḍulāṃ ca yacchaṃti ye madhuraśulbamayīṃ dvijebhyaḥ |
teṣāṃ suhṛtsvajanaviprajanena bhojyaṃ saṃbhujyamānamapi kṛṣṇa na yāti nāśam || 32 ||
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iti śrībhaviṣye mahā purāṇa uttaraparvaṇi śrīkṛṣṇayudhiṣṭhirasaṃvāde sthālīdānavidhivarṇanaṃ nāma saptatyuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ || 170 ||
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