Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 03.25

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kapilas tattva-saṅkhyātā bhagavān ātma-māyayā /
jātaḥ svayam ajaḥ sākṣād ātma-prajñaptaye nṛṇām

na hy asya varṣmaṇaḥ puṃsāṃ varimṇaḥ sarva-yoginām /
viśrutau śruta-devasya bhūri tṛpyanti me 'savaḥ

yad yad vidhatte bhagavān svacchandātmātma-māyayā /
tāni me śraddadhānasya kīrtanyāny anukīrtaya

BhP_03.25.004/0 sūta uvāca
dvaipāyana-sakhas tv evaṃ maitreyo bhagavāṃs tathā /
prāhedaṃ viduraṃ prīta ānvīkṣikyāṃ pracoditaḥ

BhP_03.25.005/0 maitreya uvāca
pitari prasthite 'raṇyaṃ mātuḥ priya-cikīrṣayā /
tasmin bindusare 'vātsīd bhagavān kapilaḥ kila

tam āsīnam akarmāṇaṃ tattva-mārgāgra-darśanam /
sva-sutaṃ devahūty āha dhātuḥ saṃsmaratī vacaḥ

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nirviṇṇā nitarāṃ bhūmann asad-indriya-tarṣaṇāt /
yena sambhāvyamānena prapannāndhaṃ tamaḥ prabho

tasya tvaṃ tamaso 'ndhasya duṣpārasyādya pāragam /
sac-cakṣur janmanām ante labdhaṃ me tvad-anugrahāt

ya ādyo bhagavān puṃsām īśvaro vai bhavān kila /
lokasya tamasāndhasya cakṣuḥ sūrya ivoditaḥ

atha me deva sammoham apākraṣṭuṃ tvam arhasi /
yo 'vagraho 'haṃ mametīty etasmin yojitas tvayā

taṃ tvā gatāhaṃ śaraṇaṃ śaraṇyaṃ sva-bhṛtya-saṃsāra-taroḥ kuṭhāram /
jijñāsayāhaṃ prakṛteḥ pūruṣasya namāmi sad-dharma-vidāṃ variṣṭham

BhP_03.25.012/0 maitreya uvāca
iti sva-mātur niravadyam īpsitaṃ niśamya puṃsām apavarga-vardhanam /
dhiyābhinandyātmavatāṃ satāṃ gatir babhāṣa īṣat-smita-śobhitānanaḥ

BhP_03.25.013/0 śrī-bhagavān uvāca
yoga ādhyātmikaḥ puṃsāṃ mato niḥśreyasāya me /
atyantoparatir yatra duḥkhasya ca sukhasya ca

tam imaṃ te pravakṣyāmi yam avocaṃ purānaghe /
ṛṣīṇāṃ śrotu-kāmānāṃ yogaṃ sarvāṅga-naipuṇam

cetaḥ khalv asya bandhāya muktaye cātmano matam /
guṇeṣu saktaṃ bandhāya rataṃ vā puṃsi muktaye

ahaṃ mamābhimānotthaiḥ kāma-lobhādibhir malaiḥ /
vītaṃ yadā manaḥ śuddham aduḥkham asukhaṃ samam

tadā puruṣa ātmānaṃ kevalaṃ prakṛteḥ param /
nirantaraṃ svayaṃ-jyotir aṇimānam akhaṇḍitam

jñāna-vairāgya-yuktena bhakti-yuktena cātmanā /
paripaśyaty udāsīnaṃ prakṛtiṃ ca hataujasam

na yujyamānayā bhaktyā bhagavaty akhilātmani /
sadṛśo 'sti śivaḥ panthā yogināṃ brahma-siddhaye

prasaṅgam ajaraṃ pāśam ātmanaḥ kavayo viduḥ /
sa eva sādhuṣu kṛto mokṣa-dvāram apāvṛtam

titikṣavaḥ kāruṇikāḥ suhṛdaḥ sarva-dehinām /
ajāta-śatravaḥ śāntāḥ sādhavaḥ sādhu-bhūṣaṇāḥ

mayy ananyena bhāvena bhaktiṃ kurvanti ye dṛḍhām /
mat-kṛte tyakta-karmāṇas tyakta-svajana-bāndhavāḥ

mad-āśrayāḥ kathā mṛṣṭāḥ śṛṇvanti kathayanti ca /
tapanti vividhās tāpā naitān mad-gata-cetasaḥ

ta ete sādhavaḥ sādhvi sarva-saṅga-vivarjitāḥ /
saṅgas teṣv atha te prārthyaḥ saṅga-doṣa-harā hi te

satāṃ prasaṅgān mama vīrya-saṃvido bhavanti hṛt-karṇa-rasāyanāḥ kathāḥ /
taj-joṣaṇād āśv apavarga-vartmani śraddhā ratir bhaktir anukramiṣyati

bhaktyā pumān jāta-virāga aindriyād dṛṣṭa-śrutān mad-racanānucintayā /
cittasya yatto grahaṇe yoga-yukto yatiṣyate ṛjubhir yoga-mārgaiḥ

asevayāyaṃ prakṛter guṇānāṃ jñānena vairāgya-vijṛmbhitena /
yogena mayy arpitayā ca bhaktyā māṃ pratyag-ātmānam ihāvarundhe

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kācit tvayy ucitā bhaktiḥ kīdṛśī mama gocarā /
yayā padaṃ te nirvāṇam añjasānvāśnavā aham

yo yogo bhagavad-bāṇo nirvāṇātmaṃs tvayoditaḥ /
kīdṛśaḥ kati cāṅgāni yatas tattvāvabodhanam

tad etan me vijānīhi yathāhaṃ manda-dhīr hare /
sukhaṃ buddhyeya durbodhaṃ yoṣā bhavad-anugrahāt

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viditvārthaṃ kapilo mātur itthaṃ jāta-sneho yatra tanvābhijātaḥ /
tattvāmnāyaṃ yat pravadanti sāṅkhyaṃ provāca vai bhakti-vitāna-yogam

BhP_03.25.032/0 śrī-bhagavān uvāca
devānāṃ guṇa-liṅgānām ānuśravika-karmaṇām /
sattva evaika-manaso vṛttiḥ svābhāvikī tu yā

animittā bhāgavatī bhaktiḥ siddher garīyasī /
jarayaty āśu yā kośaṃ nigīrṇam analo yathā

naikātmatāṃ me spṛhayanti kecin mat-pāda-sevābhiratā mad-īhāḥ /
ye 'nyonyato bhāgavatāḥ prasajya sabhājayante mama pauruṣāṇi

paśyanti te me rucirāṇy amba santaḥ prasanna-vaktrāruṇa-locanāni /
rūpāṇi divyāni vara-pradāni sākaṃ vācaṃ spṛhaṇīyāṃ vadanti

tair darśanīyāvayavair udāra- vilāsa-hāsekṣita-vāma-sūktaiḥ /
hṛtātmano hṛta-prāṇāṃś ca bhaktir anicchato me gatim aṇvīṃ prayuṅkte

atho vibhūtiṃ mama māyāvinas tām aiśvaryam aṣṭāṅgam anupravṛttam /
śriyaṃ bhāgavatīṃ vāspṛhayanti bhadrāṃ parasya me te 'śnuvate tu loke

na karhicin mat-parāḥ śānta-rūpe naṅkṣyanti no me 'nimiṣo leḍhi hetiḥ /
yeṣām ahaṃ priya ātmā sutaś ca sakhā guruḥ suhṛdo daivam iṣṭam

imaṃ lokaṃ tathaivāmum ātmānam ubhayāyinam /
ātmānam anu ye ceha ye rāyaḥ paśavo gṛhāḥ

visṛjya sarvān anyāṃś ca mām evaṃ viśvato-mukham /
bhajanty ananyayā bhaktyā tān mṛtyor atipāraye

nānyatra mad bhagavataḥ pradhāna-puruṣeśvarāt /
ātmanaḥ sarva-bhūtānāṃ bhayaṃ tīvraṃ nivartate

mad-bhayād vāti vāto 'yaṃ sūryas tapati mad-bhayāt /
varṣatīndro dahaty agnir mṛtyuś carati mad-bhayāt

jñāna-vairāgya-yuktena bhakti-yogena yoginaḥ /
kṣemāya pāda-mūlaṃ me praviśanty akuto-bhayam

etāvān eva loke 'smin puṃsāṃ niḥśreyasodayaḥ /
tīvreṇa bhakti-yogena mano mayy arpitaṃ sthiram