Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 05.09

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atha kasyacid dvija-varasyāṅgiraḥ-pravarasya śama-dama-tapaḥ-svādhyāyādhyayana-tyāga-santoṣa-titikṣā-praśraya-vidyānasūyātma-jñānānanda-yuktasyātma-sadṛśa-śruta-śīlācāra-rūpaudārya-guṇā nava sodaryā aṅgajā babhūvur mithunaṃ ca yavīyasyāṃ bhāryāyām

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yas tu tatra pumāṃs taṃ parama-bhāgavataṃ rājarṣi-pravaraṃ bharatam utsṛṣṭa-mṛga-śarīraṃ carama-śarīreṇa vipratvaṃ gatam āhuḥ

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tatrāpi svajana-saṅgāc ca bhṛśam udvijamāno bhagavataḥ karma-bandha-vidhvaṃsana-śravaṇa-smaraṇa-guṇa-vivaraṇa-caraṇāravinda-yugalaṃ manasā vidadhad ātmanaḥ pratighātam āśaṅkamāno bhagavad-anugraheṇānusmṛta-sva-pūrva-janmāvalir ātmānam unmatta-jaḍāndha-badhira-svarūpeṇa darśayām āsa lokasya

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tasyāpi ha vā ātmajasya vipraḥ putra-snehānubaddha-manā āsamāvartanāt saṃskārān yathopadeśaṃ vidadhāna upanītasya ca punaḥ śaucācamanādīn karma-niyamān anabhipretān api samaśikṣayad anuśiṣṭena hi bhāvyaṃ pituḥ putreṇeti

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sa cāpi tad u ha pitṛ-sannidhāv evāsadhrīcīnam iva sma karoti chandāṃsy adhyāpayiṣyan saha vyāhṛtibhiḥ sapraṇava-śiras tripadīṃ sāvitrīṃ graiṣma-vāsantikān māsān adhīyānam apy asamaveta-rūpaṃ grāhayām āsa

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evaṃ sva-tanuja ātmany anurāgāveśita-cittaḥ śaucādhyayana-vrata-niyama-gurv-anala-śuśrūṣaṇādy-aupakurvāṇaka-karmāṇy anabhiyuktāny api samanuśiṣṭena bhāvyam ity asad-āgrahaḥ putram anuśāsya svayaṃ tāvad anadhigata-manorathaḥ kālenāpramattena svayaṃ gṛha eva pramatta upasaṃhṛtaḥ

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atha yavīyasī dvija-satī sva-garbha-jātaṃ mithunaṃ sapatnyā upanyasya svayam anusaṃsthayā patilokam agāt

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pitary uparate bhrātara enam atat-prabhāva-vidas trayyāṃ vidyāyām eva paryavasita-matayo na para-vidyāyāṃ jaḍa-matir iti bhrātur anuśāsana-nirbandhān nyavṛtsanta

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sa ca prākṛtair dvipada-paśubhir unmatta-jaḍa-badhira-mūkety abhibhāṣyamāṇo yadā tad-anurūpāṇi prabhāṣate karmāṇi ca kāryamāṇaḥ parecchayā karoti viṣṭito vetanato vā yācñyā yadṛcchayā vopasāditam alpaṃ bahu mṛṣṭaṃ kadannaṃ vābhyavaharati paraṃ nendriya-prīti-nimittam nitya-nivṛtta-nimitta-sva-siddha-viśuddhānubhavānanda-svātma-lābhādhigamaḥ sukha-duḥkhayor dvandva-nimittayor asambhāvita-dehābhimānaḥ

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śītoṣṇa-vāta-varṣeṣu vṛṣa ivānāvṛtāṅgaḥ pīnaḥ saṃhananāṅgaḥ sthaṇḍila-saṃveśanānunmardanāmajjana-rajasā mahāmaṇir ivānabhivyakta-brahma-varcasaḥ kupaṭāvṛta-kaṭir upavītenoru-maṣiṇā dvijātir iti brahma-bandhur iti saṃjñayātaj-jñajanāvamato vicacāra

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yadā tu parata āhāraṃ karma-vetanata īhamānaḥ sva-bhrātṛbhir api kedāra-karmaṇi nirūpitas tad api karoti kintu na samaṃ viṣamaṃ nyūnam adhikam iti veda kaṇa-piṇyāka-phalī-karaṇa-kulmāṣa-sthālīpurīṣādīny apy amṛtavad abhyavaharati

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atha kadācit kaścid vṛṣala-patir bhadra-kālyai puruṣa-paśum ālabhatāpatya-kāmaḥ

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tasya ha daiva-muktasya paśoḥ padavīṃ tad-anucarāḥ paridhāvanto niśi niśītha-samaye tamasāvṛtāyām anadhigata-paśava ākasmikena vidhinā kedārān vīrāsanena mṛga-varāhādibhyaḥ saṃrakṣamāṇam aṅgiraḥ-pravara-sutam apaśyan

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atha ta enam anavadya-lakṣaṇam avamṛśya bhartṛ-karma-niṣpattiṃ manyamānā baddhvā raśanayā caṇḍikā-gṛham upaninyur mudā vikasit a-vadanāḥ

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atha paṇayas taṃ sva-vidhinābhiṣicyāhatena vāsasācchādya bhūṣaṇālepa-srak-tilakādibhir upaskṛtaṃ bhuktavantaṃ dhūpa-dīpa-mālya-lāja-kisalayāṅkura-phalopahāropetayā vaiśasa-saṃsthayā mahatā gīta-stuti-mṛdaṅga-paṇava-ghoṣeṇa ca puruṣa-paśuṃ bhadra-kālyāḥ purata upaveśayām āsuḥ

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atha vṛṣala-rāja-paṇiḥ puruṣa-paśor asṛg-āsavena devīṃ bhadra-kālīṃ yakṣyamāṇas tad-abhimantritam asim ati-karāla-niśitam upādade

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iti teṣāṃ vṛṣalānāṃ rajas-tamaḥ-prakṛtīnāṃ dhana-mada-raja-utsikta-manasāṃ bhagavat-kalā-vīra-kulaṃ kadarthī-kṛtyotpathena svairaṃ viharatāṃ hiṃsā-vihārāṇāṃ karmāti-dāruṇaṃ yad brahma-bhūtasya sākṣād brahmarṣi-sutasya nirvairasya sarva-bhūta-suhṛdaḥ sūnāyām apy ananumatam ālambhanaṃ tad upalabhya brahma-tejasāti-durviṣaheṇa dandahyamānena vapuṣā sahasoccacāṭa saiva devī bhadra-kālī

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bhṛśam amarṣa-roṣāveśa-rabhasa-vilasita-bhru-kuṭi-viṭapa-kuṭila-daṃṣṭrāruṇekṣaṇāṭopāti-bhayānaka-vadanā hantu-kāmevedaṃ mahāṭṭa-hāsam ati-saṃrambheṇa vimuñcantī tata utpatya pāpīyasāṃ duṣṭānāṃ tenaivāsinā vivṛkṇa-śīrṣṇāṃ galāt sravantam asṛg-āsavam atyuṣṇaṃ saha gaṇena nipīyāti-pāna-mada-vihvaloccaistarāṃ sva-pārṣadaiḥ saha jagau nanarta ca vijahāra ca śiraḥ-kanduka-līlayā

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evam eva khalu mahad-abhicārāti-kramaḥ kārtsnyenātmane phalati

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na vā etad viṣṇudatta mahad-adbhutaṃ yad asambhramaḥ sva-śiraś-chedana āpatite 'pi vimukta-dehādy-ātma-bhāva-sudṛḍha-hṛdaya-granthīnāṃ sarva-sattva-suhṛd-ātmanāṃ nirvairāṇāṃ sākṣād bhagavatānimiṣāri-varāyudhenāpramattena tais tair bhāvaiḥ parirakṣyamāṇānāṃ tat-pāda-mūlam akutaścid-bhayam upasṛtānāṃ bhāgavata-paramahaṃsānām