Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 05.22

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yad etad bhagavata ādityasya meruṃ dhruvaṃ ca pradakṣiṇena parikrāmato rāśīnām abhimukhaṃ pracalitaṃ cāpradakṣiṇaṃ bhagavatopavarṇitam amuṣya vayaṃ katham anumimīmahīti

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yathā kulāla-cakreṇa bhramatā saha bhramatāṃ tad-āśrayāṇāṃ pipīlikādīnāṃ gatir anyaiva pradeśāntareṣv apy upalabhyamānatvād evaṃ nakṣatra-rāśibhir upalakṣitena kāla-cakreṇa dhruvaṃ meruṃ ca pradakṣiṇena paridhāvatā saha paridhāvamānānāṃ tad-āśrayāṇāṃ sūryādīnāṃ grahāṇāṃ gatir anyaiva nakṣatrāntare rāśy-antare copalabhyamānatvāt

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sa eṣa bhagavān ādi-puruṣa eva sākṣān nārāyaṇo lokānāṃ svastaya ātmānaṃ trayīmayaṃ karma-viśuddhi-nimittaṃ kavibhir api ca vedena vijijñāsyamāno dvādaśadhā vibhajya ṣaṭsu vasantādiṣv ṛtuṣu yathopa-joṣam ṛtu-guṇān vidadhāti

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tam etam iha puruṣās trayyā vidyayā varṇāśramācārānupathā uccāvacaiḥ karmabhir āmnātair yoga-vitānaiś ca śraddhayā yajanto 'ñjasā śreyaḥ samadhigacchanti

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atha sa eṣa ātmā lokānāṃ dyāv-āpṛthivyor antareṇa nabho-valayasya kālacakra-gato dvādaśa māsān bhuṅkte rāśi-saṃjñān saṃvatsarāvayavān māsaḥ pakṣa-dvayaṃ divā naktaṃ ceti sapādarkṣa-dvayam upadiśanti yāvatā ṣaṣṭham aṃśaṃ bhuñjīta sa vai ṛtur ity upadiśyate saṃvatsarāvayavaḥ

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atha ca yāvatārdhena nabho-vīthyāṃ pracarati taṃ kālam ayanam ācakṣate

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atha ca yāvan nabho-maṇḍalaṃ saha dyāv-āpṛthivyor maṇḍalābhyāṃ kārtsnyena sa ha bhuñjīta taṃ kālaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ parivatsaram iḍāvatsaram anuvatsaraṃ vatsaram iti bhānor māndya-śaighrya-sama-gatibhiḥ samāmananti

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evaṃ candramā arka-gabhastibhya upariṣṭāl lakṣa-yojanata upalabhyamāno 'rkasya saṃvatsara-bhuktiṃ pakṣābhyāṃ māsa-bhuktiṃ sapādarkṣābhyāṃ dinenaiva pakṣa-bhuktim agracārī drutatara-gamano bhuṅkte

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atha cāpūryamāṇābhiś ca kalābhir amarāṇāṃ kṣīyamāṇābhiś ca kalābhiḥ pit-ṇām aho-rātrāṇi pūrva-pakṣāpara-pakṣābhyāṃ vitanvānaḥ sarva-jīva-nivaha-prāṇo jīvaś caikam ekaṃ nakṣatraṃ triṃśatā muhūrtair bhuṅkte

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ya eṣa ṣoḍaśa-kalaḥ puruṣo bhagavān manomayo 'nnamayo 'mṛtamayo deva-pitṛ-manuṣya-bhūta-paśu-pakṣi-sarīsṛpa-vīrudhāṃ prāṇāpy āyana-śīlatvāt sarvamaya iti varṇayanti

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tata upariṣṭād dvi-lakṣa-yojanato nakṣatrāṇi meruṃ dakṣiṇenaiva kālāyana īśvara-yojitāni sahābhijitāṣṭā-viṃśatiḥ

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tata upariṣṭād uśanā dvi-lakṣa-yojanata upalabhyate purataḥ paścāt sahaiva vārkasya śaighrya-māndya-sāmyābhir gatibhir arkavac carati lokānāṃ nityadānukūla eva prāyeṇa varṣayaṃś cāreṇānumīyate sa vṛṣṭi-viṣṭambha-grahopaśamanaḥ

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uśanasā budho vyākhyātas tata upariṣṭād dvi-lakṣa-yojanato budhaḥ soma-suta upalabhyamānaḥ prāyeṇa śubha-kṛd yadārkād vyatiricyeta tadātivātābhra-prāyānāvṛṣṭy-ādi-bhayam āśaṃsate

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ata ūrdhvam aṅgārako 'pi yojana-lakṣa-dvitaya upalabhyamānas tribhis tribhiḥ pakṣair ekaikaśo rāśīn dvādaśānubhuṅkte yadi na vakreṇābhivartate prāyeṇāśubha-graho 'gha-śaṃsaḥ

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tata upariṣṭād dvi-lakṣa-yojanāntara-gatā bhagavān bṛhaspatir ekaikasmin rāśau parivatsaraṃ parivatsaraṃ carati yadi na vakraḥ syāt prāyeṇānukūlo brāhmaṇa-kulasya

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tata upariṣṭād yojana-lakṣa-dvayāt pratīyamānaḥ śanaiścara ekaikasmin rāśau triṃśan māsān vilambamānaḥ sarvān evānuparyeti tāvadbhir anuvatsaraiḥ prāyeṇa hi sarveṣām aśāntikaraḥ

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tata uttarasmād ṛṣaya ekādaśa-lakṣa-yojanāntara upalabhyante ya eva lokānāṃ śam anubhāvayanto bhagavato viṣṇor yat paramaṃ padaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ prakramanti