Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 05.20

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ataḥ paraṃ plakṣādīnāṃ pramāṇa-lakṣaṇa-saṃsthānato varṣa-vibhāga upavarṇyate

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jambūdvīpo 'yaṃ yāvat-pramāṇa-vistāras tāvatā kṣārodadhinā pariveṣṭito yathā merur jambv-ākhyena lavaṇodadhir api tato dvi-guṇa-viśālena plakṣākhyena parikṣipto yathā parikhā bāhyopavanena plakṣo jambū-pramāṇo dvīpākhyākaro hiraṇmaya utthito yatrāgnir upāste sapta-jihvas tasyādhipatiḥ priyavratātmaja idhmajihvaḥ svaṃ dvīpaṃ sapta-varṣāṇi vibhajya sapta-varṣa-nāmabhya ātmajebhya ākalayya svayam ātma-yogenopararāma

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śivaṃ yavasaṃ subhadraṃ śāntaṃ kṣemam amṛtam abhayam iti varṣāṇi teṣu girayo nadyaś ca saptaivābhijñātāḥ

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maṇikūṭo vajrakūṭa indraseno jyotiṣmān suparṇo hiraṇyaṣṭhīvo meghamāla iti setu-śailāḥ aruṇā nṛmṇāṅgirasī sāvitrī suptabhātā ṛtambharā satyambharā iti mahā-nadyaḥ yāsāṃ jalopasparśana-vidhūta-rajas-tamaso haṃsa-pataṅgordhvāyana-satyāṅga-saṃjñāś catvāro varṇāḥ sahasrāyuṣo vibudhopama-sandarśana-prajananāḥ svarga-dvāraṃ trayyā vidyayā bhagavantaṃ trayīmayaṃ sūryam ātmānaṃ yajante

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pratnasya viṣṇo rūpaṃ yat satyasyartasya brahmaṇaḥ /
amṛtasya ca mṛtyoś ca sūryam ātmānam īmahīti

plakṣādiṣu pañcasu puruṣāṇām āyur indriyam ojaḥ saho balaṃ buddhir vikrama iti ca sarveṣām autpattikī siddhir aviśeṣeṇa vartate

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plakṣaḥ sva-samānenekṣu-rasodenāvṛto yathā tathā dvīpo 'pi śālmalo dvi-guṇa-viśālaḥ samānena surodenāvṛtaḥ parivṛṅkte

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yatra ha vai śālmalī plakṣāyāmā yasyāṃ vāva kila nilayam āhur bhagavataś chandaḥ-stutaḥ patattri-rājasya sā dvīpa-hūtaye upalakṣyate

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tad-dvīpādhipatiḥ priyavratātmajo yajñabāhuḥ sva-sutebhyaḥ saptabhyas tan-nāmāni sapta-varṣāṇi vyabhajat surocanaṃ saumanasyaṃ ramaṇakaṃ deva-varṣaṃ pāribhadram āpyāyanam avijñātam iti

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teṣu varṣādrayo nadyaś ca saptaivābhijñātāḥ svarasaḥ śataśṛṅgo vāmadevaḥ kundo mukundaḥ puṣpa-varṣaḥ sahasra-śrutir iti anumatiḥ sinīvālī sarasvatī kuhū rajanī nandā rāketi

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tad-varṣa-puruṣāḥ śrutadhara-vīryadhara-vasundhareṣandhara-saṃjñā bhagavantaṃ vedamayaṃ somam ātmānaṃ vedena yajante

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sva-gobhiḥ pitṛ-devebhyo vibhajan kṛṣṇa-śuklayoḥ /
prajānāṃ sarvāsāṃ rājā- ndhaḥ somo na āstv iti

evaṃ surodād bahis tad-dvi-guṇaḥ samānenāvṛto ghṛtodena yathā-pūrvaḥ kuśa-dvīpo yasmin kuśa-stambo deva-kṛtas tad-dvīpākhyākaro jvalana ivāparaḥ sva-śaṣpa-rociṣā diśo virājayati

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tad-dvīpa-patiḥ praiyavrato rājan hiraṇyaretā nāma svaṃ dvīpaṃ saptabhyaḥ sva-putrebhyo yathā-bhāgaṃ vibhajya svayaṃ tapa ātiṣṭhata vasu-vasudāna-dṛḍharuci-nābhigupta-stutyavrata-vivikta-vāmadeva-nāmabhyaḥ

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teṣāṃ varṣeṣu sīmā-girayo nadyaś cābhijñātāḥ sapta saptaiva cakraś catuḥśṛṅgaḥ kapilaś citrakūṭo devānīka ūrdhvaromā draviṇa iti rasakulyā madhukulyā mitravindā śrutavindā devagarbhā ghṛtacyutā mantramāleti

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yāsāṃ payobhiḥ kuśadvīpaukasaḥ kuśala-kovidābhiyukta-kulaka-saṃjñā bhagavantaṃ jātaveda-sarūpiṇaṃ karma-kauśalena yajante

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parasya brahmaṇaḥ sākṣāj jāta-vedo 'si havyavāṭ /
devānāṃ puruṣāṅgānāṃ yajñena puruṣaṃ yajeti

tathā ghṛtodād bahiḥ krauñcadvīpo dvi-guṇaḥ sva-mānena kṣīrodena parita upakḷpto vṛto yathā kuśadvīpo ghṛtodena yasmin krauñco nāma parvata-rājo dvīpa-nāma-nirvartaka āste

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yo 'sau guha-praharaṇonmathita-nitamba-kuñjo 'pi kṣīrodenā-sicyamāno bhagavatā varuṇenābhigupto vibhayo babhūva

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tasminn api praiyavrato ghṛtapṛṣṭho nāmādhipatiḥ sve dvīpe varṣāṇi sapta vibhajya teṣu putra-nāmasu sapta rikthādān varṣapān niveśya svayaṃ bhagavān bhagavataḥ parama-kalyāṇa-yaśasa ātma-bhūtasya hareś caraṇāravindam upajagāma

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āmo madhuruho meghapṛṣṭhaḥ sudhāmā bhrājiṣṭho lohitārṇo vanaspatir iti ghṛtapṛṣṭha-sutās teṣāṃ varṣa-girayaḥ sapta saptaiva nadyaś cābhikhyātāḥ śuklo vardhamāno bhojana upabarhiṇo nando nandanaḥ sarvatobhadra iti abhayā amṛtaughā āryakā tīrthavatī rūpavatī pavitravatī śukleti

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yāsām ambhaḥ pavitram amalam upayuñjānāḥ puruṣa-ṛṣabha-draviṇa-devaka-saṃjñā varṣa-puruṣā āpomayaṃ devam apāṃ pūrṇenāñjalinā yajante

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āpaḥ puruṣa-vīryāḥ stha punantīr bhūr-bhuvaḥ-suvaḥ /
tā naḥ punītāmīva-ghnīḥ spṛśatām ātmanā bhuva iti

evaṃ purastāt kṣīrodāt parita upaveśitaḥ śākadvīpo dvātriṃśal-lakṣa-yojanāyāmaḥ samānena ca dadhi-maṇḍodena parīto yasmin śāko nāma mahīruhaḥ sva-kṣetra-vyapadeśako yasya ha mahā-surabhi-gandhas taṃ dvīpam anuvāsayati

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tasyāpi praiyavrata evādhipatir nāmnā medhātithiḥ so 'pi vibhajya sapta varṣāṇi putra-nāmāni teṣu svātmajān purojava-manojava-pavamāna-dhūmrānīka-citrarepha-bahurūpa-viśvadhāra-saṃjñān nidhāpyādhipatīn svayaṃ bhagavaty ananta ā-veśita-matis tapovanaṃ praviveśa

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eteṣāṃ varṣa-maryādā-girayo nadyaś ca sapta saptaiva īśāna uruśṛṅgo balabhadraḥ śatakesaraḥ sahasrasroto devapālo mahānasa iti anaghāyurdā ubhayaspṛṣṭir aparājitā pañcapadī sahasrasrutir nijadhṛtir iti

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tad-varṣa-puruṣā ṛtavrata-satyavrata-dānavratānuvrata-nāmāno bhagavantaṃ vāyv-ātmakaṃ prāṇāyāma-vidhūta-rajas-tamasaḥ parama-samādhinā yajante

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antaḥ-praviśya bhūtāni yo bibharty ātma-ketubhiḥ /
antaryāmīśvaraḥ sākṣāt pātu no yad-vaśe sphuṭam

evam eva dadhi-maṇḍodāt parataḥ puṣkaradvīpas tato dvi-guṇāyāmaḥ samantata upakalpitaḥ samānena svādūdakena samudreṇa bahir āvṛto yasmin bṛhat-puṣkaraṃ jvalana-śikhāmala-kanaka-patrāyutāyutaṃ bhagavataḥ kamalāsanasyādhyāsanaṃ parikalpitam

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tad-dvīpa-madhye mānasottara-nāmaika evārvācīna-parācīna-varṣayor maryādācalo 'yuta-yojanocchrāyāyāmo yatra tu catasṛṣu dikṣu catvāri purāṇi loka-pālānām indrādīnāṃ yad-upariṣṭāt sūrya-rathasya meruṃ paribhramataḥ saṃvatsarātmakaṃ cakraṃ devānām aho-rātrābhyāṃ paribhramati

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tad-dvīpasyāpy adhipatiḥ praiyavrato vītihotro nāmaitasyātmajau ramaṇaka-dhātaki-nāmānau varṣa-patī niyujya sa svayaṃ pūrvajavad-bhagavat-karma-śīla evāste

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tad-varṣa-puruṣā bhagavantaṃ brahma-rūpiṇaṃ sakarmakeṇa karmaṇārādhayantīdaṃ codāharanti

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yat tat karmamayaṃ liṅgaṃ brahma-liṅgaṃ jano 'rcayet /
ekāntam advayaṃ śāntaṃ tasmai bhagavate nama iti

tataḥ parastāl lokāloka-nāmācalo lokālokayor antarāle parita upakṣiptaḥ

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yāvan mānasottara-mervor antaraṃ tāvatī bhūmiḥ kāñcany anyādarśa-talopamā yasyāṃ prahitaḥ padārtho na kathañcit punaḥ pratyupalabhyate tasmāt sarva-sattva-parihṛtāsīt

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lokāloka iti samākhyā yad anenācalena lokālokasyāntarvar-tināvasthāpyate

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sa loka-trayānte parita īśvareṇa vihito yasmāt sūryādīnāṃ dhruvāpavargāṇāṃ jyotir-gaṇānāṃ gabhastayo 'rvācīnāṃs trīn lokān āvitanvānā na kadācit parācīnā bhavitum utsahante tāvad un-nahanāyāmaḥ

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etāvān loka-vinyāso māna-lakṣaṇa-saṃsthābhir vicintitaḥ kavibhiḥ sa tu pañcāśat-koṭi-gaṇitasya bhū-golasya turīya-bhāgo 'yaṃ lokālokācalaḥ

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tad-upariṣṭāc catasṛṣv āśāsvātma-yoninākhila-jagad-guruṇādhiniveśitā ye dvirada-pataya ṛṣabhaḥ puṣkaracūḍo vāmano 'parājita iti sakala-loka-sthiti-hetavaḥ

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teṣāṃ sva-vibhūtīnāṃ loka-pālānāṃ ca vividha-vīryopabṛṃhaṇāya bhagavān parama-mahā-puruṣo mahā-vibhūti-patir antaryāmy ātmano viśuddha-sattvaṃ dharma-jñāna-vairāgyaiśvaryādy-aṣṭa-mahā-siddhy-upalakṣaṇaṃ viṣvaksenādibhiḥ sva-pārṣada-pravaraiḥ parivārito nija-varāyudhopaśobhitair nija-bhuja-daṇḍaiḥ sandhārayamāṇas tasmin giri-vare samantāt sakala-loka-svastaya āste

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ākalpam evaṃ veṣaṃ gata eṣa bhagavān ātma-yogamāyayā viracita-vividha-loka-yātrā-gopīyāyety arthaḥ

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yo 'ntar-vistāra etena hy aloka-parimāṇaṃ ca vyākhyātaṃ yad bahir lokālokācalāt tataḥ parastād yogeśvara-gatiṃ viśuddhām udāharanti

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aṇḍa-madhya-gataḥ sūryo dyāv-ābhūmyor yad antaram /
sūryāṇḍa-golayor madhye koṭyaḥ syuḥ pañca-viṃśatiḥ

mṛte 'ṇḍa eṣa etasmin yad abhūt tato mārtaṇḍa iti vyapadeśaḥ hiraṇyagarbha iti yad dhiraṇyāṇḍa-samudbhavaḥ

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sūryeṇa hi vibhajyante diśaḥ khaṃ dyaur mahī bhidā /
svargāpavargau narakā rasaukāṃsi ca sarvaśaḥ

deva-tiryaṅ-manuṣyāṇāṃ sarīsṛpa-savīrudhām /
sarva-jīva-nikāyānāṃ sūrya ātmā dṛg-īśvaraḥ