Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 08.23

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ity uktavantaṃ puruṣaṃ purātanaṃ mahānubhāvo 'khilasādhusammataḥ /
baddhāñjalirbāṣpakalākulekṣaṇo bhaktyutkalo gadgadayā girābravīt

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aho praṇāmāya kṛtaḥ samudyamaḥ prapannabhaktārthavidhau samāhitaḥ /
yal lokapālaistvadanugraho 'marair alabdhapūrvo 'pasade 'sure 'rpitaḥ

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ity uktvā harimānatya brahmāṇaṃ sabhavaṃ tataḥ /
viveśa sutalaṃ prīto balirmuktaḥ sahāsuraiḥ

evamindrāya bhagavān pratyānīya triviṣṭapam /
pūrayitvāditeḥ kāmamaśāsat sakalaṃ jagat

labdhaprasādaṃ nirmuktaṃ pautraṃ vaṃśadharaṃ balim /
niśāmya bhaktipravaṇaḥ prahrāda idamabravīt

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nemaṃ viriñco labhate prasādaṃ na śrīrna śarvaḥ kimutāpare 'nye /
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vatsa prahrāda bhadraṃ te prayāhi sutalālayam /
modamānaḥ svapautreṇa jñātīnāṃ sukhamāvaha

nityaṃ draṣṭāsi māṃ tatra gadāpāṇimavasthitam /
maddarśanamahāhlāda dhvastakarmanibandhanaḥ

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ājñāṃ bhagavato rājan prahrādo balinā saha /
bāḍhamity amalaprajño mūrdhny ādhāya kṛtāñjaliḥ

parikramyādipuruṣaṃ sarvāsuracamūpatiḥ /
praṇatastadanujñātaḥ praviveśa mahābilam

athāhośanasaṃ rājan harirnārāyaṇo 'ntike /
āsīnamṛtvijāṃ madhye sadasi brahmavādinām

brahman santanu śiṣyasya karmacchidraṃ vitanvataḥ /
yat tat karmasu vaiṣamyaṃ brahmadṛṣṭaṃ samaṃ bhavet

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kutastatkarmavaiṣamyaṃ yasya karmeśvaro bhavān /
yajñeśo yajñapuruṣaḥ sarvabhāvena pūjitaḥ

mantratastantrataśchidraṃ deśakālārhavastutaḥ /
sarvaṃ karoti niśchidramanusaṅkīrtanaṃ tava

tathāpi vadato bhūman kariṣyāmy anuśāsanam /
etac chreyaḥ paraṃ puṃsāṃ yat tavājñānupālanam

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pratinandya harerājñāmuśanā bhagavān iti /
yajñacchidraṃ samādhatta balerviprarṣibhiḥ saha

evaṃ balermahīṃ rājan bhikṣitvā vāmano hariḥ /
dadau bhrātre mahendrāya tridivaṃ yat parairhṛtam

prajāpatipatirbrahmā devarṣipitṛbhūmipaiḥ /
dakṣabhṛgvaṅgiromukhyaiḥ kumāreṇa bhavena ca

kaśyapasyāditeḥ prītyai sarvabhūtabhavāya ca /
lokānāṃ lokapālānāmakarodvāmanaṃ patim

vedānāṃ sarvadevānāṃ dharmasya yaśasaḥ śriyaḥ /
maṅgalānāṃ vratānāṃ ca kalpaṃ svargāpavargayoḥ

upendraṃ kalpayāṃ cakre patiṃ sarvavibhūtaye /
tadā sarvāṇi bhūtāni bhṛśaṃ mumudire nṛpa

tatastvindraḥ puraskṛtya devayānena vāmanam /
lokapālairdivaṃ ninye brahmaṇā cānumoditaḥ

prāpya tribhuvanaṃ cendra upendrabhujapālitaḥ /
śriyā paramayā juṣṭo mumude gatasādhvasaḥ

brahmā śarvaḥ kumāraśca bhṛgvādyā munayo nṛpa /
pitaraḥ sarvabhūtāni siddhā vaimānikāśca ye

sumahat karma tadviṣṇorgāyantaḥ paramadbhutam /
dhiṣṇyāni svāni te jagmuraditiṃ ca śaśaṃsire

sarvametan mayākhyātaṃ bhavataḥ kulanandana /
urukramasya caritaṃ śrotṝṇāmaghamocanam

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ya idaṃ devadevasya hareradbhutakarmaṇaḥ /
avatārānucaritaṃ śṛṇvan yāti parāṃ gatim

kriyamāṇe karmaṇīdaṃ daive pitrye 'tha mānuṣe /
yatra yatrānukīrtyeta tat teṣāṃ sukṛtaṃ viduḥ