Vacaspatya 32.56.1

32.56.1

kurukṣetraṃ ca brahmarṣideśaḥ | "kurukṣetrañca matsyāśca pañcālāḥ
śūrasenakāḥ | eṣa brahmarṣideśo vai brahmāvarttādanantaraḥ”
manuktaḥ | idaṃ saṃvara suta kurunṛparājyāntargatabhata stannāmnā
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saṃvaraṇāhadevau tapatī suṣuve kurum | rājatre taṃ prajāḥ
sarvī dharmajña iti menire | tasya nāmnā'bhi vikhyātaṃ
pṛthivyāṃ kurujāṅgalam | kurukṣetraṃ ca tapasā puṇyaṃ
cakre mahātapāḥ” iti
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gaccheta rājendra ! kurukṣetramabhiṣṭatam | pāpebhyo
yata mucyante darśanāt sarvvajantavaḥ | kurukṣetraṃ gamiṣyāmi
kurukṣetre vasāmyaham | ya evaṃ satataṃ brūyāt so'pi
pāpaiḥ pramucyate | pāṃśavo'pi kurukṣetre vāyunā samudīritāḥ | api duṣkṛtakarmāṇaṃ nayanti paramāṃ gatim
dakṣiṇena sarasvatyāhaṣadvatyuttareṇa ca | ye vasanti kurukṣetre
te vasanti tripiṣṭape | tatra māmaṃ vasedvīra ! sarasvatyāṃ
yudhiṣṭhira ! | yatra brahmādayo devā ṛṣayaḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ
gandhavīpsaraso yakṣāḥ pannagāśca mahīpate ! | brahmacelaṃ
mahāpuṇyamabhigacchanti bhārata ! | manasāpyabhikāmasya kuruchataṃ yudhiṣṭhira ! | pāpāni vipraṇaśyanti brahmalokañca
gacchati | gatvā hi śraddhayā yuktaḥ kurukṣetraṃ kuruhaha !
phalaṃ prāpnoti ca tadā rājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ | tato maṅka
ṇakaṃ nāma dvārapālaṃ mahābalam | yacca sambhivādauva
gosahasraphalaṃ labhet | tato gaccheta dharmajño viṣṇoḥ
sthānamanuttamam | satataṃ nāma rājendra ! yatra sannihito