Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 04.21

BhP_04.21.001/0 maitreya uvāca
mauktikaiḥ kusuma-sragbhir dukūlaiḥ svarṇa-toraṇaiḥ /
mahā-surabhibhir dhūpair maṇḍitaṃ tatra tatra vai

candanāguru-toyārdra- rathyā-catvara-mārgavat /
puṣpākṣata-phalais tokmair lājair arcirbhir arcitam

savṛndaiḥ kadalī-stambhaiḥ pūga-potaiḥ pariṣkṛtam /
taru-pallava-mālābhiḥ sarvataḥ samalaṅkṛtam

prajās taṃ dīpa-balibhiḥ sambhṛtāśeṣa-maṅgalaiḥ /
abhīyur mṛṣṭa-kanyāś ca mṛṣṭa-kuṇḍala-maṇḍitāḥ

śaṅkha-dundubhi-ghoṣeṇa brahma-ghoṣeṇa cartvijām /
viveśa bhavanaṃ vīraḥ stūyamāno gata-smayaḥ

pūjitaḥ pūjayām āsa tatra tatra mahā-yaśāḥ /
paurāñ jānapadāṃs tāṃs tān prītaḥ priya-vara-pradaḥ

sa evam ādīny anavadya-ceṣṭitaḥ karmāṇi bhūyāṃsi mahān mahattamaḥ /
kurvan śaśāsāvani-maṇḍalaṃ yaśaḥ sphītaṃ nidhāyāruruhe paraṃ padam

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tad ādi-rājasya yaśo vijṛmbhitaṃ guṇair aśeṣair guṇavat-sabhājitam /
kṣattā mahā-bhāgavataḥ sadaspate kauṣāraviṃ prāha gṛṇantam arcayan

BhP_04.21.009/0 vidura uvāca
so 'bhiṣiktaḥ pṛthur viprair labdhāśeṣa-surārhaṇaḥ /
bibhrat sa vaiṣṇavaṃ tejo bāhvor yābhyāṃ dudoha gām

ko nv asya kīrtiṃ na śṛṇoty abhijño yad-vikramocchiṣṭam aśeṣa-bhūpāḥ /
lokāḥ sa-pālā upajīvanti kāmam adyāpi tan me vada karma śuddham

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gaṅgā-yamunayor nadyor antarā kṣetram āvasan /
ārabdhān eva bubhuje bhogān puṇya-jihāsayā

sarvatrāskhalitādeśaḥ sapta-dvīpaika-daṇḍa-dhṛk /
anyatra brāhmaṇa-kulād anyatrācyuta-gotrataḥ

ekadāsīn mahā-satra- dīkṣā tatra divaukasām /
samājo brahmarṣīṇāṃ ca rājarṣīṇāṃ ca sattama

tasminn arhatsu sarveṣu sv-arciteṣu yathārhataḥ /
utthitaḥ sadaso madhye tārāṇām uḍurāḍ iva

prāṃśuḥ pīnāyata-bhujo gauraḥ kañjāruṇekṣaṇaḥ /
sunāsaḥ sumukhaḥ saumyaḥ pīnāṃsaḥ sudvija-smitaḥ

vyūḍha-vakṣā bṛhac-chroṇir vali-valgu-dalodaraḥ /
āvarta-nābhir ojasvī kāñcanorur udagra-pāt

sūkṣma-vakrāsita-snigdha- mūrdhajaḥ kambu-kandharaḥ /
mahā-dhane dukūlāgrye paridhāyopavīya ca

vyañjitāśeṣa-gātra-śrīr niyame nyasta-bhūṣaṇaḥ /
kṛṣṇājina-dharaḥ śrīmān kuśa-pāṇiḥ kṛtocitaḥ

śiśira-snigdha-tārākṣaḥ samaikṣata samantataḥ /
ūcivān idam urvīśaḥ sadaḥ saṃharṣayann iva

cāru citra-padaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ mṛṣṭaṃ gūḍham aviklavam /
sarveṣām upakārārthaṃ tadā anuvadann iva

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sabhyāḥ śṛṇuta bhadraṃ vaḥ sādhavo ya ihāgatāḥ /
satsu jijñāsubhir dharmam āvedyaṃ sva-manīṣitam

ahaṃ daṇḍa-dharo rājā prajānām iha yojitaḥ /
rakṣitā vṛttidaḥ sveṣu setuṣu sthāpitā pṛthak

tasya me tad-anuṣṭhānād yān āhur brahma-vādinaḥ /
lokāḥ syuḥ kāma-sandohā yasya tuṣyati diṣṭa-dṛk

ya uddharet karaṃ rājā prajā dharmeṣv aśikṣayan /
prajānāṃ śamalaṃ bhuṅkte bhagaṃ ca svaṃ jahāti saḥ

tat prajā bhartṛ-piṇḍārthaṃ svārtham evānasūyavaḥ /
kurutādhokṣaja-dhiyas tarhi me 'nugrahaḥ kṛtaḥ

yūyaṃ tad anumodadhvaṃ pitṛ-devarṣayo 'malāḥ /
kartuḥ śāstur anujñātus tulyaṃ yat pretya tat phalam

asti yajña-patir nāma keṣāñcid arha-sattamāḥ /
ihāmutra ca lakṣyante jyotsnāvatyaḥ kvacid bhuvaḥ

manor uttānapādasya dhruvasyāpi mahīpateḥ /
priyavratasya rājarṣer aṅgasyāsmat-pituḥ pituḥ

īdṛśānām athānyeṣām ajasya ca bhavasya ca /
prahlādasya baleś cāpi kṛtyam asti gadābhṛtā

dauhitrādīn ṛte mṛtyoḥ śocyān dharma-vimohitān /
varga-svargāpavargāṇāṃ prāyeṇaikātmya-hetunā

yat-pāda-sevābhirucis tapasvinām aśeṣa-janmopacitaṃ malaṃ dhiyaḥ /
sadyaḥ kṣiṇoty anvaham edhatī satī yathā padāṅguṣṭha-viniḥsṛtā sarit

vinirdhutāśeṣa-mano-malaḥ pumān asaṅga-vijñāna-viśeṣa-vīryavān /
yad-aṅghri-mūle kṛta-ketanaḥ punar na saṃsṛtiṃ kleśa-vahāṃ prapadyate

tam eva yūyaṃ bhajatātma-vṛttibhir mano-vacaḥ-kāya-guṇaiḥ sva-karmabhiḥ /
amāyinaḥ kāma-dughāṅghri-paṅkajaṃ yathādhikārāvasitārtha-siddhayaḥ

asāv ihāneka-guṇo 'guṇo 'dhvaraḥ pṛthag-vidha-dravya-guṇa-kriyoktibhiḥ /
sampadyate 'rthāśaya-liṅga-nāmabhir viśuddha-vijñāna-ghanaḥ svarūpataḥ

pradhāna-kālāśaya-dharma-saṅgrahe śarīra eṣa pratipadya cetanām /
kriyā-phalatvena vibhur vibhāvyate yathānalo dāruṣu tad-guṇātmakaḥ

aho mamāmī vitaranty anugrahaṃ hariṃ guruṃ yajña-bhujām adhīśvaram /
sva-dharma-yogena yajanti māmakā nirantaraṃ kṣoṇi-tale dṛḍha-vratāḥ

mā jātu tejaḥ prabhaven maharddhibhis titikṣayā tapasā vidyayā ca /
dedīpyamāne 'jita-devatānāṃ kule svayaṃ rāja-kulād dvijānām

brahmaṇya-devaḥ puruṣaḥ purātano nityaṃ harir yac-caraṇābhivandanāt /
avāpa lakṣmīm anapāyinīṃ yaśo jagat-pavitraṃ ca mahattamāgraṇīḥ

yat-sevayāśeṣa-guhāśayaḥ sva-rāḍ vipra-priyas tuṣyati kāmam īśvaraḥ /
tad eva tad-dharma-parair vinītaiḥ sarvātmanā brahma-kulaṃ niṣevyatām

pumān labhetānativelam ātmanaḥ prasīdato 'tyanta-śamaṃ svataḥ svayam /
yan-nitya-sambandha-niṣevayā tataḥ paraṃ kim atrāsti mukhaṃ havir-bhujām

aśnāty anantaḥ khalu tattva-kovidaiḥ śraddhā-hutaṃ yan-mukha ijya-nāmabhiḥ /
na vai tathā cetanayā bahiṣ-kṛte hutāśane pāramahaṃsya-paryaguḥ

yad brahma nityaṃ virajaṃ sanātanaṃ śraddhā-tapo-maṅgala-mauna-saṃyamaiḥ /
samādhinā bibhrati hārtha-dṛṣṭaye yatredam ādarśa ivāvabhāsate

teṣām ahaṃ pāda-saroja-reṇum āryā vaheyādhi-kirīṭam āyuḥ /
yaṃ nityadā bibhrata āśu pāpaṃ naśyaty amuṃ sarva-guṇā bhajanti

guṇāyanaṃ śīla-dhanaṃ kṛta-jñaṃ vṛddhāśrayaṃ saṃvṛṇate 'nu sampadaḥ /
prasīdatāṃ brahma-kulaṃ gavāṃ ca janārdanaḥ sānucaraś ca mahyam

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iti bruvāṇaṃ nṛpatiṃ pitṛ-deva-dvijātayaḥ /
tuṣṭuvur hṛṣṭa-manasaḥ sādhu-vādena sādhavaḥ

putreṇa jayate lokān iti satyavatī śrutiḥ /
brahma-daṇḍa-hataḥ pāpo yad veno 'tyatarat tamaḥ

hiraṇyakaśipuś cāpi bhagavan-nindayā tamaḥ /
vivikṣur atyagāt sūnoḥ prahlādasyānubhāvataḥ

vīra-varya pitaḥ pṛthvyāḥ samāḥ sañjīva śāśvatīḥ /
yasyedṛśy acyute bhaktiḥ sarva-lokaika-bhartari

aho vayaṃ hy adya pavitra-kīrte tvayaiva nāthena mukunda-nāthāḥ /
ya uttamaślokatamasya viṣṇor brahmaṇya-devasya kathāṃ vyanakti

nātyadbhutam idaṃ nātha tavājīvyānuśāsanam /
prajānurāgo mahatāṃ prakṛtiḥ karuṇātmanām

adya nas tamasaḥ pāras tvayopāsāditaḥ prabho /
bhrāmyatāṃ naṣṭa-dṛṣṭīnāṃ karmabhir daiva-saṃjñitaiḥ

namo vivṛddha-sattvāya puruṣāya mahīyase /
yo brahma kṣatram āviśya bibhartīdaṃ sva-tejasā