Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 04.03

BhP_04.03.001/0 maitreya uvāca
sadā vidviṣator evaṃ kālo vai dhriyamāṇayoḥ /
jāmātuḥ śvaśurasyāpi sumahān aticakrame

yadābhiṣikto dakṣas tu brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā /
prajāpatīnāṃ sarveṣām ādhipatye smayo 'bhavat

iṣṭvā sa vājapeyena brahmiṣṭhān abhibhūya ca /
bṛhaspati-savaṃ nāma samārebhe kratūttamam

tasmin brahmarṣayaḥ sarve devarṣi-pitṛ-devatāḥ /
āsan kṛta-svastyayanās tat-patnyaś ca sa-bhartṛkāḥ

tad upaśrutya nabhasi khe-carāṇāṃ prajalpatām /
satī dākṣāyaṇī devī pitṛ-yajña-mahotsavam

vrajantīḥ sarvato digbhya upadeva-vara-striyaḥ /
vimāna-yānāḥ sa-preṣṭhā niṣka-kaṇṭhīḥ suvāsasaḥ

dṛṣṭvā sva-nilayābhyāśe lolākṣīr mṛṣṭa-kuṇḍalāḥ /
patiṃ bhūta-patiṃ devam autsukyād abhyabhāṣata

BhP_04.03.008/0 saty uvāca
prajāpates te śvaśurasya sāmprataṃ niryāpito yajña-mahotsavaḥ kila /
vayaṃ ca tatrābhisarāma vāma te yady arthitāmī vibudhā vrajanti hi

tasmin bhaginyo mama bhartṛbhiḥ svakair dhruvaṃ gamiṣyanti suhṛd-didṛkṣavaḥ /
ahaṃ ca tasmin bhavatābhikāmaye sahopanītaṃ paribarham arhitum

tatra svasṝr me nanu bhartṛ-sammitā mātṛ-ṣvasṝḥ klinna-dhiyaṃ ca mātaram /
drakṣye cirotkaṇṭha-manā maharṣibhir unnīyamānaṃ ca mṛḍādhvara-dhvajam

tvayy etad āścaryam ajātma-māyayā vinirmitaṃ bhāti guṇa-trayātmakam /
tathāpy ahaṃ yoṣid atattva-vic ca te dīnā didṛkṣe bhava me bhava-kṣitim

paśya prayāntīr abhavānya-yoṣito 'py alaṅkṛtāḥ kānta-sakhā varūthaśaḥ /
yāsāṃ vrajadbhiḥ śiti-kaṇṭha maṇḍitaṃ nabho vimānaiḥ kala-haṃsa-pāṇḍubhiḥ

kathaṃ sutāyāḥ pitṛ-geha-kautukaṃ niśamya dehaḥ sura-varya neṅgate /
anāhutā apy abhiyanti sauhṛdaṃ bhartur guror deha-kṛtaś ca ketanam

tan me prasīdedam amartya vāñchitaṃ kartuṃ bhavān kāruṇiko batārhati /
tvayātmano 'rdhe 'ham adabhra-cakṣuṣā nirūpitā mānugṛhāṇa yācitaḥ

BhP_04.03.015/0 ṛṣir uvāca
evaṃ giritraḥ priyayābhibhāṣitaḥ pratyabhyadhatta prahasan suhṛt-priyaḥ /
saṃsmārito marma-bhidaḥ kuvāg-iṣūn yān āha ko viśva-sṛjāṃ samakṣataḥ

BhP_04.03.016/0 śrī-bhagavān uvāca
tvayoditaṃ śobhanam eva śobhane anāhutā apy abhiyanti bandhuṣu /
te yady anutpādita-doṣa-dṛṣṭayo balīyasānātmya-madena manyunā

vidyā-tapo-vitta-vapur-vayaḥ-kulaiḥ satāṃ guṇaiḥ ṣaḍbhir asattametaraiḥ /
smṛtau hatāyāṃ bhṛta-māna-durdṛśaḥ stabdhā na paśyanti hi dhāma bhūyasām

naitādṛśānāṃ sva-jana-vyapekṣayā gṛhān pratīyād anavasthitātmanām /
ye 'bhyāgatān vakra-dhiyābhicakṣate āropita-bhrūbhir amarṣaṇākṣibhiḥ

tathāribhir na vyathate śilīmukhaiḥ śete 'rditāṅgo hṛdayena dūyatā /
svānāṃ yathā vakra-dhiyāṃ duruktibhir divā-niśaṃ tapyati marma-tāḍitaḥ

vyaktaṃ tvam utkṛṣṭa-gateḥ prajāpateḥ priyātmajānām asi subhru me matā /
tathāpi mānaṃ na pituḥ prapatsyase mad-āśrayāt kaḥ paritapyate yataḥ

pāpacyamānena hṛdāturendriyaḥ samṛddhibhiḥ pūruṣa-buddhi-sākṣiṇām /
akalpa eṣām adhiroḍhum añjasā paraṃ padaṃ dveṣṭi yathāsurā harim

pratyudgama-praśrayaṇābhivādanaṃ vidhīyate sādhu mithaḥ sumadhyame /
prājñaiḥ parasmai puruṣāya cetasā guhā-śayāyaiva na deha-mānine

sattvaṃ viśuddhaṃ vasudeva-śabditaṃ yad īyate tatra pumān apāvṛtaḥ /
sattve ca tasmin bhagavān vāsudevo hy adhokṣajo me namasā vidhīyate

tat te nirīkṣyo na pitāpi deha-kṛd dakṣo mama dviṭ tad-anuvratāś ca ye /
yo viśvasṛg-yajña-gataṃ varoru mām anāgasaṃ durvacasākarot tiraḥ

yadi vrajiṣyasy atihāya mad-vaco bhadraṃ bhavatyā na tato bhaviṣyati /
sambhāvitasya sva-janāt parābhavo yadā sa sadyo maraṇāya kalpate