Purushottamakhanda 21
Puruṣottamakhaṇḍa 21
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21.1
jaiminiruvāca
iti bruvāṇaṃ rājarṣiṃ ¹kaścidṛgvedapāragaḥ
vedāntavijñānaśīlo dvijo vākyaṃ mudā jagau
21.2
aho tavāyaṃ khalu bhāgyarāśiyainā''virāsīdbhuvi dārumūrtiḥ
yasyātyupāstiṃ śrutirāha muktipradāmanātmajñavimohitānām
21.3
ya eṣa plavate dāruḥ sindhoḥ pāre hyapauruṣaḥ ²
tamupāsya durārādhyaṃ muktiṃ yānti sudurlabhām
21.4
brahmajñānanidhiḥ sākṣānnāradaḥ pratyuvāca hyat
na hi vedāntavacasaḥ parasya jñānamasya vai
21.5
na hi pravṛttirviṣṇostu vinā vedaṃ pravarttate
pareṣāṃ svasya vā sṛṣṭau śrutiprāmāṇyavānprabhuḥ
21.6
vinā śrutiṃ pravartteta kastatprāmāṇyamṛcchati
tasmācchrutiprasiddho'yamavatāro'tra bhūpate
21.7
vedāntavedyaṃ puruṣaṃ gītaṃ taṃ sāmagītiṣu
pratimāṃ na tu jānīhi niḥ śreyasakarīṃ nṛṇām
21.8
darśanādeva naḥ śāntaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ tama uttamam
santyeva śrutayaḥ pūrvametadarcāprakāśikāḥ
21.9
etadarcā praśastā vai sadarthe viniyojitā
aho bhāratavarṣasthā manuṣyāḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ
21.10
apavargaprado yeṣāmāvirāsījjanārdanaḥ
tatrāpyayaṃ ¹⁰coḍradeśaḥ sarveṣāmuttamaḥ¹¹ śrutaḥ
21.11
yatrasthāścarmanetreṇa paśyanti brahmarūpiṇam
śrutismṛtīnāṃ gahanaḥ panthāḥ karmabhirākulaḥ
21.12
yena yātā bhramantīha ghaṭīyantravadākulāḥ
nirvyalīkapadaprāptihetureṣa sa cinmayaḥ
21.13
śrutyādibhirvinopāyaiḥ paramānandamuktidaḥ
nirantaragatāyātaduḥsthitānāṃ durātmanām
21.14
eṣa dāruvapurviṣṇuḥ sukhadātā subāndhavaḥ
śrutismṛtyuktaniyamā vidyante¹² neha pārthiva
21.15
yathā tathā dṛṣṭipathamācaṇḍālādvimuktidaḥ
abhaktaścedamuṃ paśyedratānugatiko naraḥ
21.16
aśvamedhasahasrāṇāṃ phalantva vikalaṃ bhavet¹³
bhajeccenniyamastho hi bhaktimāndṛḍhamānasaḥ
21.17
asaṃśayaṃ sa sāyujyaṃ brahmaṇā labhate naraḥ
¹⁴kka duḥkhāyāsabahulamanāyāsavinaśvaram
21.18
acirasthaṃ kṣudraphalaṃ punarāvṛttilakṣaṇam
kedaṃ dārumayaṃ brahma pāparāśidavānalam
21.19
saccidānandakaivalyamuktidaṃ darśanādapi
vedānuvacanādīni duṣkarāṇi durātmanām
21.20
mahātmabhistairyatprāpyaṃ tadavyagramayaṃ dadet
anyakṣetreṣu bhagavānsuduro martyavāsinām
21.21
svakṣetre'sminnivasati nityaṃ muktiprado vibhuḥ
15tasmādatra mahārāja 16tiṣṭha 17sabalapauruṣaḥ
21.22
vidvattamo'si bhaktaśca sāṅgopāṅgamimuṃ bhaja
jaiminiruvāca
dvijasya tadvacaḥ śrutvā nārado hṛṣṭamānasaḥ
21.23
sādhūktaṃ dvijavaryeṇa veda18mārgānusāriṇā
sṛṣṭyādau brahmaniśvāsairabhavadvedasaṃhitiḥ
21.24
tatropaniṣadartho'yaṃ sāmprataṃ vyaktimāgataḥ
vetyetadarthaṃ bhagavānpadmayoniḥ pitāmaha19ḥ
21.25
ajñāsiṣaṃ ca bhūpāla sāṃprataṃ tanmukhādaham
tasyājñayā kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ yathābhilaṣitaṃ tava
21.26
enamārādhya tiṣṭhātra yāmyahaṃ brahmaṇo'ntikam
kṛtaṃ nivedayiṣyāmi prakāśaṃ ca muradviṣaḥ
21.27
prāsādaṃ kuru bhūpāla dhanena mahatā tathā
prāsāde narasiṃhaṃ tu pratiṣṭhāpya vimucyase
21.28
jaiminiruvāca
tacchrutvā sa tu bhūmīndraḥ pratyuvāca muniṃ tadā
maharṣe'haṃ tvayā sārddhaṃ yiyāsurbrahmaṇo'ntikam
21.29
yatprasādājjagannāthaścakre'haṃ²⁰ locanātithim²¹
nivedya taṃ ca sraṣṭāraṃ²² pratiṣṭhārthaṃ muradviṣaḥ
21.30
vijñāpayiṣye sānnidhye prāsādasthāpanotsave²³
yathā svayaṃ samāgatya brahmalokātpitāmahaḥ
21.31
mahotsavaṃ bhagavataḥ prāsāde'tra kariṣyati
tanmune māmapi vidheḥ sadane prāpayiṣyasi²⁴
21.32
garbhapratiṣṭhāṃ prāsāde samāpyeha sthito mune
paścādāvāṃ gamiṣyāvaḥ kaṃcitkālaṃ pratīkṣase²⁵
21.33
ataḥ²⁶ sa nṛpatiḥ śrīmān ²⁷śilpaśāstraviśāradān
pāṣāṇakhaṇḍaghaṭanākarmaṇyekaikayogataḥ
21.34
satkārairdānamānaiśca yojayāmāsa sādaram
dine dine sughaṭitaḥ prāsādo vavṛdhe dvijāḥ
21.35
paritaḥ pūryamāṇastu śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī
evaṃ 2⁸vighaṭṭamāno'pi prāsādaḥ parivarddhitaḥ
21.36
mahocchrayatvādalpena na kālenābhilakṣyate
pāṣāṇasaṃkhyā śakyā vā kathaṃcidghaṭanākramāt
21.37
vittavyayastu koṭīnāṃ na saṃkhyātuṃ²⁹ ca śakyate
yāvanto bhārate varṣe lokāḥ samayavartinaḥ
21.38
indradyumnasya nṛpaterniyuktāste mahībhṛtaḥ
ekaikaśo niyuktā ye parasparasamanvitāḥ
21.39
taiścāpyanye³⁰ niyuktāste sarve tatra pravartitāḥ
ajasraṃ tanniyuktānāṃ yo harṣottho mahāravaḥ
21.40
ākāśamaśnuvāno'sau diśāṃ bhāgānapūrayat
nṛpateḥ śraddhayā bhaktyā sāttvikena prasāditā
21.41
śrīḥ samṛddhā'bhavadviprāḥ kīrtyā saha mahīpateḥ
kacitkāñcanavinyastanānāratnamayojjvalaḥ ³¹
21.42
kacitsphāṭikabhittyā tu ³²ntaśāradābhranibhacchaviḥ ³³
kacinnīlāśmaghaṭitā bhittiḥ kālābhramedurā
21.43
evaṃ sughaṭite viṣṇoḥ prāsāde sumanohare
garbhapratiṣṭhāṃ vidhivatkṛtvā sa nṛpasattamaḥ
21.44
vajrapātādibhītyādivāraṇārthaṃ ³⁴ yathoditam
śilpaśāstro'pi maṇyādivinyāsaṃ pauruṣākṛtim
21.45
punaḥ prāsādaghaṭanāsaṃbhārocitameva vai
bahumūlyaṃ ³⁵ratnajātaṃ yatnāttatra nyaveśayat
21.46
tato ³⁶vimucyamāne'sminprāsāde kīrtivarddhane
manasā'pi na saṃbhāvye triṣu lokeṣu bhūbhujām
21.47
devānāmapi no lakṣye dvijāḥ kalpāntavāsinām
prāsāda īdṛśo bhūmau kacicca ghaṭito na hi
21.48
svarge vā itthamādityā āśaṃsanti³⁷ parasparam
aho subuddhirasyoccairyayamīdṛkpariṇatā
21.49
śraddhayā bhagavatpādapadmayoḥ sābhilāṣiṇī
alaukikāni karmāṇi paśyanti hi carantyapi
21.50
ke vā'tra bhūmau rājāno babhūvurnītiśālinaḥ
sārvabhaumāstu sāmrājyajetāraḥ sarvavidviṣām
21.51
vittāni yaiḥ saṃcitāni subahūni ca koṭiśaḥ
aśvamedhasahasraṃ tu yatkṛtaṃ tridiveśituḥ
21.52
śakyaṃ vā syādbhūbhujāṃ tu nātaḥ pūrvamanuṣṭhitam
na dṛṣṭaṃ na śrutaṃ vāpi vājimedhasahasrakam
21.53
mahīkṣitā'nuṣṭhitaṃ vai yatra trailokyavāsinaḥ
pṛthivyāmasya nṛpateḥ sahasthā bhogabhoginaḥ
21.54
brahmaloka ivābhāti sabhā yasya ca yajvinaḥ
mūrtimantastrayo vedāścatuṣpādo vṛṣastathā
21.55
surāḥ saṃkalpakāmāstu yatrādbhutadhiyo'bhavan
ayaṃ prāsādavaryo vai buddherviṣayatāṃ gataḥ
21.56
mano'pi yatra bhavati na vā trailokyavāsinām
bhūpaterdurlabhaṃ kiṃ syātsahāyo yasya nāradaḥ
21.57
pitāmahaśca jagatāṃ sraṣṭā kāryadhurandharaḥ38
athavā viṣṇubhaktasya nātidūraṃ cikīrṣitam
21.58
viṣṇostadbhaktalokasya nāntaraṃ vidyate dvijāḥ
tataḥ sa nāradaṃ prāha 39prāsādāntarmunīśvaram
21.59
sarvaṃ saṃpannamāsīnme yadaśakyaṃ surāsuraiḥ
sākṣādbhagavato viṣṇoradvaitopāsanārataḥ
21.60
bhagavadgapurābhāṣi prāsādastu ciraṃ mayi
ityuktvā pādayormūrdhnā praṇanāma sa nāradam
21.61
nārado'pi tamutthāpya pariṣvajya⁴⁰ nṛpottamam
tvatto na bhedo nṛpate mamāsti khalu tattvataḥ
21.62
yastu sākṣājjagannātha āvirbhūtaḥ kṛte tava⁴¹
avaśyamarcayasvainaṃ jīvanmukto'si sāṃpratam
21.63
tatpādapadme yādṛkte cetaḥ pravaṇatāṃ gatam⁴²
bhaktyā hyananyayā puṃsaḥ kimataḥ paramasti vai
21.64
āgamyābhyarccayasvainaṃ jīvanmukto'si sāmpratam
tīrthairmantrairjapairdānaiḥ kratubhi⁴³śreṣṭhadakṣiṇaiḥ
vratairadhyayanairbhūpa tapobhiśca yadarjitum
21.65
na śakyaṃ tava rājendra bhaktyā tatkaramāgatam
ataḥ paraṃ na śocasva bhaktiyoge namo'stu te
21.66
prakarṣaṃ bahurājendra sthitvā cāsmiṃściraṃ bhuvi
ārādhaya jagannāthamupacārairmahotsavaiḥ
21.67
pitāmahaṃ draṣṭukāmo gantā cedantikaṃ vibhoḥ
upadekṣyati so'pyasya yātrāstāstā mahotsavāḥ
21.68
svayaṃ ca bhagavāneva varaṃ tubhyaṃ pradāsyati
pratiṣṭhāpite prāsāde tasminkāle svayaṃbhuvā
21.69
ahamapyāgamiṣyāmi tadā saptarṣibhiḥ saha
tadā''vāṃ tatra gacchāvo brahmalokamakalmaṣam
21.70
tvāṃ vinā bhuvi kaḥ śakto brahmalokagatiṃ prati
ityuktvā nārado bhūpaṃ samuttasthau nabhastalam
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