Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 02.08

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brahmaṇā codito brahman guṇākhyāne 'guṇasya ca /
yasmai yasmai yathā prāha nārado devadarśanaḥ

etadveditum icchāmi tattvaṃ tattvavidāṃ vara /
hareradbhutavīryasya kathā lokasumaṅgalāḥ

kathayasva mahābhāga yathāham akhilātmani /
kṛṣṇe niveśya niḥsaṅgaṃ manastyakṣye kalevaram

śṛṇvataḥ śraddhayā nityaṃ gṛṇataśca svaceṣṭitam /
kālena nātidīrgheṇa bhagavān viśate hṛdi

praviṣṭaḥ karṇarandhreṇa svānāṃ bhāvasaroruham /
dhunoti śamalaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ salilasya yathā śarat

dhautātmā puruṣaḥ kṛṣṇa pādamūlaṃ na muñcati /
muktasarvaparikleśaḥ pānthaḥ svaśaraṇaṃ yathā

yadadhātumato brahman dehārambho 'sya dhātubhiḥ /
yadṛcchayā hetunā vā bhavanto jānate yathā

āsīdyadudarāt padmaṃ lokasaṃsthānalakṣaṇam /
yāvān ayaṃ vai puruṣa iyattāvayavaiḥ pṛthak /
tāvān asāviti proktaḥ saṃsthāvayavavān iva

ajaḥ sṛjati bhūtāni bhūtātmā yadanugrahāt /
dadṛśe yena tadrūpaṃ nābhipadmasamudbhavaḥ

sa cāpi yatra puruṣo viśvasthityudbhavāpyayaḥ /
muktvātmamāyāṃ māyeśaḥ śete sarvaguhāśayaḥ

puruṣāvayavairlokāḥ sapālāḥ pūrvakalpitāḥ /
lokairamuṣyāvayavāḥ sapālairiti śuśruma

yāvān kalpo vikalpo vā yathā kālo 'numīyate /
bhūtabhavyabhavacchabda āyurmānaṃ ca yat sataḥ

kālasyānugatiryā tu lakṣyate 'ṇvī bṛhatyapi /
yāvatyaḥ karmagatayo yādṛśīrdvijasattama

yasmin karmasamāvāyo yathā yenopagṛhyate /
guṇānāṃ guṇināṃ caiva pariṇāmam abhīpsatām

bhūpātālakakubvyoma grahanakṣatrabhūbhṛtām /
saritsamudradvīpānāṃ sambhavaścaitadokasām

pramāṇam aṇḍakośasya bāhyābhyantarabhedataḥ /
mahatāṃ cānucaritaṃ varṇāśramaviniścayaḥ

yugāni yugamānaṃ ca dharmo yaśca yuge yuge /
avatārānucaritaṃ yadāścaryatamaṃ hareḥ

nṛṇāṃ sādhāraṇo dharmaḥ saviśeṣaśca yādṛśaḥ /
śreṇīnāṃ rājarṣīṇāṃ ca dharmaḥ kṛcchreṣu jīvatām

tattvānāṃ parisaṅkhyānaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ hetulakṣaṇam /
puruṣārādhanavidhiryogasyādhyātmikasya ca

yogeśvaraiśvaryagatirliṅgabhaṅgastu yoginām /
vedopavedadharmāṇām itihāsapurāṇayoḥ

samplavaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ vikramaḥ pratisaṅkramaḥ /
iṣṭāpūrtasya kāmyānāṃ trivargasya ca yo vidhiḥ

yo vānuśāyināṃ sargaḥ pāṣaṇḍasya ca sambhavaḥ /
ātmano bandhamokṣau ca vyavasthānaṃ svarūpataḥ

yathātmatantro bhagavān vikrīḍatyātmamāyayā /
visṛjya vā yathā māyām udāste sākṣivadvibhuḥ

sarvam etac ca bhagavan pṛcchato me 'nupūrvaśaḥ /
tattvato 'rhasyudāhartuṃ prapannāya mahāmune

atra pramāṇaṃ hi bhavān parameṣṭhī yathātmabhūḥ /
apare cānutiṣṭhanti pūrveṣāṃ pūrvajaiḥ kṛtam

na me 'savaḥ parāyanti brahmann anaśanādamī /
pibato ñcyutapīyūṣam tadvākyābdhiviniḥsṛtam

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sa upāmantrito rājñā kathāyām iti satpateḥ /
brahmarāto bhṛśaṃ prīto viṣṇurātena saṃsadi

prāha bhāgavataṃ nāma purāṇaṃ brahmasammitam /
brahmaṇe bhagavatproktaṃ brahmakalpa upāgate

yadyat parīkṣidṛṣabhaḥ pāṇḍūnām anupṛcchati /
ānupūrvyeṇa tat sarvam ākhyātum upacakrame