Vacaspatya 12.6.11

12.6.11

jetavyau kalikālau ca labdhavyā muktirakṣunā | prāpyāpi kāśoṃ durbuddhiyoṃ na māṃ paryyavevate | tasya hastagatāpyāśu keva
lakṣmīḥ praṇaśyati | dhanyā madbhaktikakṣyāśco brāhmaṇāḥ
kāśivāsinaḥ| yūyaṃ, yasma taso hantau na dūre'haṃ na kāśikā
dātavyo vo varaḥ ko'la mriyatāṃ sa yathāruci | preyāṃso me
yato yūyaṃ cetasaścāptakāriṇaḥ | iti pītvā maheśamasukhakṣīrāmbijāṃ sudhām | parituptā dvijāḥ sarvve
vavṛrvaramanuttamam | brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ | umāpate maheśāna! sarvvaśa ! vara eṣa maḥ| kāśī kadāpi na tyājyā bhavatā bhavatāpahṛt ! | vacanādbrāhmaṇānāntu śāpo mā prabhavatviha | kadācidapi keṣāṃcit kāśyāṃ vocchedanarāyataḥ
tava pādāmbu jahance nirdandhā bhaktirastu naḥ | āūlevarapātācca kāśīvāseo'stu no'niśam | kimanthe na varekheha deya eṣa varo himaḥ| avaśyaṃdeyamekaścetsindhu ! varamanyaṃ
vṛṇīmahe | tava pratinivodhaktyāvyābhistvaṅgaktibhāviteḥ
pratiṣṭhiteṣu liṅgeṣu sānidhyaṃ bhavato'stviha | mutveti
teṣāṃ vākyāni tathāstviti pinākinā | proce'nyo'pivaro datto jñānaṃ vatra bhaviṣyati | punaḥ provāca deveśo
niśāmayata bho dvijāḥ ! | hitaṃ vaḥ kathayiṣyāmi tacchṛṇoyatāṃ bhṛśam | sevyottaravaṅgā nityaṃ liṅgamaṅgaraṃ prayatnataḥ | damodānaṃ dayā nityaṃ karttavyaṃ mukti kāṅkṣibhiḥ
idameva rahasyañca kathitaṃ, kṣetravāsinā | matiḥ para hite
kāthyāṃ yātra' nodvegalakṣaṇaḥ | manasā'pi na karttavyameno'tra vijīgīṣuṇā | alpadharmacayaṃ yatkāt sukṛtaṃ
sukṛtetarat | anyatra yat kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tat kāśyāṃ parinaśyati | vārāṇasyāṃ kṛtaṃ pāpamantargehe vinaśyati