Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 08.01

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svāyambhuvasyeha guro vaṃśo 'yaṃ vistarāc chrutaḥ /
yatra viśvasṛjāṃ sargo manūn anyān vadasva naḥ

manvantare harerjanma karmāṇi ca mahīyasaḥ /
gṛṇanti kavayo brahmaṃstāni no vada śṛṇvatām

yadyasminnantare brahman bhagavān viśvabhāvanaḥ /
kṛtavān kurute kartā hy atīte 'nāgate 'dya vā

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manavo 'smin vyatītāḥ ṣaṭ kalpe svāyambhuvādayaḥ /
ādyaste kathito yatra devādīnāṃ ca sambhavaḥ

ākūtyāṃ devahūtyāṃ ca duhitrostasya vai manoḥ /
dharmajñānopadeśārthaṃ bhagavān putratāṃ gataḥ

kṛtaṃ purā bhagavataḥ kapilasyānuvarṇitam /
ākhyāsye bhagavān yajño yac cakāra kurūdvaha

viraktaḥ kāmabhogeṣu śatarūpāpatiḥ prabhuḥ /
visṛjya rājyaṃ tapase sabhāryo vanamāviśat

sunandāyāṃ varṣaśataṃ padaikena bhuvaṃ spṛśan /
tapyamānastapo ghoramidamanvāha bhārata

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yena cetayate viśvaṃ viśvaṃ cetayate na yam /
yo jāgarti śayāne 'smin nāyaṃ taṃ veda veda saḥ

ātmāvāsyamidaṃ viśvaṃ yat kiñcij jagatyāṃ jagat /
tena tyaktena bhuñjīthā mā gṛdhaḥ kasya sviddhanam

yaṃ paśyati na paśyantaṃ cakṣuryasya na riṣyati /
taṃ bhūtanilayaṃ devaṃ suparṇamupadhāvata

na yasyādyantau madhyaṃ ca svaḥ paro nāntaraṃ bahiḥ /
viśvasyāmūni yadyasmādviśvaṃ ca tadṛtaṃ mahat

sa viśvakāyaḥ puruhūtaīśaḥ satyaḥ svayaṃjyotirajaḥ purāṇaḥ /
dhatte 'sya janmādyajayātmaśaktyā tāṃ vidyayodasya nirīha āste

athāgre ṛṣayaḥ karmāṇ īhante 'karmahetave /
īhamāno hi puruṣaḥ prāyo 'nīhāṃ prapadyate

īhate bhagavān īśo na hi tatra visajjate /
ātmalābhena pūrṇārtho nāvasīdanti ye 'nu tam

tamīhamānaṃ nirahaṅkṛtaṃ budhaṃ nirāśiṣaṃ pūrṇamananyacoditam /
nṝn śikṣayantaṃ nijavartmasaṃsthitaṃ prabhuṃ prapadye 'khiladharmabhāvanam

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iti mantropaniṣadaṃ vyāharantaṃ samāhitam /
dṛṣṭvāsurā yātudhānā jagdhumabhyadravan kṣudhā

tāṃstathāvasitān vīkṣya yajñaḥ sarvagato hariḥ /
yāmaiḥ parivṛto devairhatvāśāsat triviṣṭapam

svārociṣo dvitīyastu manuragneḥ suto 'bhavat /
dyumatsuṣeṇarociṣmat pramukhāstasya cātmajāḥ

tatrendro rocanastvāsīddevāśca tuṣitādayaḥ /
ūrjastambhādayaḥ sapta ṛṣayo brahmavādinaḥ

ṛṣestu vedaśirasastuṣitā nāma patny abhūt /
tasyāṃ jajñe tato devo vibhurity abhiviśrutaḥ

aṣṭāśītisahasrāṇi munayo ye dhṛtavratāḥ /
anvaśikṣan vrataṃ tasya kaumārabrahmacāriṇaḥ

tṛtīya uttamo nāma priyavratasuto manuḥ /
pavanaḥ sṛñjayo yajña hotrādyāstatsutā nṛpa

vasiṣṭhatanayāḥ sapta ṛṣayaḥ pramadādayaḥ /
satyā vedaśrutā bhadrā devā indrastu satyajit

dharmasya sūnṛtāyāṃ tu bhagavān puruṣottamaḥ /
satyasena iti khyāto jātaḥ satyavrataiḥ saha

so 'nṛtavrataduḥśīlān asato yakṣarākṣasān /
bhūtadruho bhūtagaṇāṃścāvadhīt satyajitsakhaḥ

caturtha uttamabhrātā manurnāmnā ca tāmasaḥ /
pṛthuḥ khyātirnaraḥ keturity ādyā daśa tatsutāḥ

satyakā harayo vīrā devāstriśikha īśvaraḥ /
jyotirdhāmādayaḥ sapta ṛṣayastāmase 'ntare

devā vaidhṛtayo nāma vidhṛtestanayā nṛpa /
naṣṭāḥ kālena yairvedā vidhṛtāḥ svena tejasā

tatrāpi jajñe bhagavān hariṇyāṃ harimedhasaḥ /
haririty āhṛto yena gajendro mocito grahāt

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bādarāyaṇa etat te śrotumicchāmahe vayam /
hariryathā gajapatiṃ grāhagrastamamūmucat

tatkathāsu mahat puṇyaṃ dhanyaṃ svastyayanaṃ śubham /
yatra yatrottamaśloko bhagavān gīyate hariḥ

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parīkṣitaivaṃ sa tu bādarāyaṇiḥ prāyopaviṣṭena kathāsu coditaḥ /
uvāca viprāḥ pratinandya pārthivaṃ mudā munīnāṃ sadasi sma śṛṇvatām