Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 05.04

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BhP_05.04.001/0 śrī-śuka uvāca
atha ha tam utpattyaivābhivyajyamāna-bhagaval-lakṣaṇaṃ sāmyopaśama-vairāgyaiśvarya-mahā-vibhūtibhir anudinam edhamānānubhāvaṃ prakṛtayaḥ prajā brāhmaṇā devatāś cāvani-tala-samavanāyātitarāṃ jagṛdhuḥ

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tasya ha vā itthaṃ varṣmaṇā varīyasā bṛhac-chlokena caujasā balena śriyā yaśasā vīrya-śauryābhyāṃ ca pitā ṛṣabha itīdaṃ nāma cakāra

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yasya hīndraḥ spardhamāno bhagavān varṣe na vavarṣa tad avadhārya bhagavān ṛṣabhadevo yogeśvaraḥ prahasyātma-yogamāyayā sva-varṣam ajanābhaṃ nāmābhyavarṣat

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nābhis tu yathābhilaṣitaṃ suprajastvam avarudhyāti-pramoda-bhara-vihvalo gadgadākṣarayā girā svairaṃ gṛhīta-naraloka-sadharmaṃ bhagavantaṃ purāṇa-puruṣaṃ māyā-vilasita-matir vatsa tāteti sānurāgam upalālayan parāṃ nirvṛtim upagataḥ

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viditānurāgam āpaura-prakṛti jana-pado rājā nābhir ātmajaṃ samaya-setu-rakṣāyām abhiṣicya brāhmaṇeṣūpanidhāya saha merudevyā viśālāyāṃ prasanna-nipuṇena tapasā samādhi-yogena nara-nārāyaṇākhyaṃ bhagavantaṃ vāsudevam upāsīnaḥ kālena tan-mahimānam avāpa

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BhP_05.04.006/0 yasya ha pāṇḍaveya ślokāv udāharanti----
ko nu tat karma rājarṣer nābher anv ācaret pumān /
apatyatām agād yasya hariḥ śuddhena karmaṇā

brahmaṇyo 'nyaḥ kuto nābher viprā maṅgala-pūjitāḥ /
yasya barhiṣi yajñeśaṃ darśayām āsur ojasā

atha ha bhagavān ṛṣabhadevaḥ sva-varṣaṃ karma-kṣetram anumanyamānaḥ pradarśita-gurukula-vāso labdha-varair gurubhir anujñāto gṛhamedhināṃ dharmān anuśikṣamāṇo jayantyām indra-dattāyām ubhaya-lakṣaṇaṃ karma samāmnāyāmnātam abhiyuñjann ātmajānām ātma-samānānāṃ śataṃ janayām āsa

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yeṣāṃ khalu mahā-yogī bharato jyeṣṭhaḥ śreṣṭha-guṇa āsīd yenedaṃ varṣaṃ bhāratam iti vyapadiśanti

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tam anu kuśāvarta ilāvarto brahmāvarto malayaḥ ketur bhadrasena indraspṛg vidarbhaḥ kīkaṭa iti nava navati pradhānāḥ

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kavir havir antarikṣaḥ prabuddhaḥ pippalāyanaḥ /
āvirhotro 'tha drumilaś camasaḥ karabhājanaḥ

iti bhāgavata-dharma-darśanā nava mahā-bhāgavatās teṣāṃ sucaritaṃ bhagavan-mahimopabṛṃhitaṃ vasudeva-nārada-saṃvādam upaśamāyanam upariṣṭād varṇayiṣyāmaḥ

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yavīyāṃsa ekāśītir jāyanteyāḥ pitur ādeśakarā mahā-śālīnā mahā-śrotriyā yajña-śīlāḥ karma-viśuddhā brāhmaṇā babhūvuḥ

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bhagavān ṛṣabha-saṃjña ātma-tantraḥ svayaṃ nitya-nivṛttānartha-paramparaḥ kevalānandānubhava īśvara eva viparītavat karmāṇy ārabhamāṇaḥ kālenānugataṃ dharmam ācaraṇenopaśikṣayann atad-vidāṃ sama upaśānto maitraḥ kāruṇiko dharmārtha-yaśaḥ-prajānandāmṛtāvarodhena gṛheṣu lokaṃ niyamayat

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yad yac chīrṣaṇyācaritaṃ tat tad anuvartate lokaḥ

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yadyapi sva-viditaṃ sakala-dharmaṃ brāhmaṃ guhyaṃ brāhmaṇair darśita-mārgeṇa sāmādibhir upāyair janatām anuśaśāsa

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dravya-deśa-kāla-vayaḥ-śraddhartvig-vividhoddeśopacitaiḥ sarvair api kratubhir yathopadeśaṃ śata-kṛtva iyāja

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bhagavatarṣabheṇa parirakṣyamāṇa etasmin varṣe na kaścana puruṣo vāñchaty avidyamānam ivātmano 'nyasmāt kathañcana kimapi karhicid avekṣate bhartary anusavanaṃ vijṛmbhita-snehātiśayam antareṇa

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sa kadācid aṭamāno bhagavān ṛṣabho brahmāvarta-gato brahmarṣi-pravara-sabhāyāṃ prajānāṃ niśāmayantīnām ātmajān avahitātmanaḥ praśraya-praṇaya-bhara-suyantritān apy upaśikṣayann iti hovāca