Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 08.24

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bhagavan chrotumicchāmi hareradbhutakarmaṇaḥ /
avatārakathāmādyāṃ māyāmatsyaviḍambanam

yadarthamadadhādrūpaṃ mātsyaṃ lokajugupsitam /
tamaḥprakṛtidurmarṣaṃ karmagrasta iveśvaraḥ

etan no bhagavan sarvaṃ yathāvadvaktumarhasi /
uttamaślokacaritaṃ sarvalokasukhāvaham

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ity ukto viṣṇurātena bhagavān bādarāyaṇiḥ /
uvāca caritaṃ viṣṇormatsyarūpeṇa yat kṛtam

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goviprasurasādhūnāṃ chandasāmapi ceśvaraḥ /
rakṣāmicchaṃstanūrdhatte dharmasyārthasya caiva hi

uccāvaceṣu bhūteṣu caran vāyuriveśvaraḥ /
noccāvacatvaṃ bhajate nirguṇatvāddhiyo guṇaiḥ

āsīdatītakalpānte brāhmo naimittiko layaḥ /
samudropaplutāstatra lokā bhūrādayo nṛpa

kālenāgatanidrasya dhātuḥ śiśayiṣorbalī /
mukhato niḥsṛtān vedān hayagrīvo 'ntike 'harat

jñātvā taddānavendrasya hayagrīvasya ceṣṭitam /
dadhāra śapharīrūpaṃ bhagavān harirīśvaraḥ

tatra rājaṛṣiḥ kaścin nāmnā satyavrato mahān /
nārāyaṇaparo 'tapat tapaḥ sa salilāśanaḥ

yo 'sāvasmin mahākalpe tanayaḥ sa vivasvataḥ /
śrāddhadeva iti khyāto manutve hariṇārpitaḥ

ekadā kṛtamālāyāṃ kurvato jalatarpaṇam /
tasyāñjalyudake kācic chaphary ekābhyapadyata

satyavrato 'ñjaligatāṃ saha toyena bhārata /
utsasarja nadītoye śapharīṃ draviḍeśvaraḥ

tamāha sātikaruṇaṃ mahākāruṇikaṃ nṛpam /
yādobhyo jñātighātibhyo dīnāṃ māṃ dīnavatsala /
kathaṃ visṛjase rājan bhītāmasmin sarijjale

tamātmano 'nugrahārthaṃ prītyā matsyavapurdharam /
ajānan rakṣaṇārthāya śapharyāḥ sa mano dadhe

tasyā dīnataraṃ vākyamāśrutya sa mahīpatiḥ /
kalaśāpsu nidhāyaināṃ dayālurninya āśramam

sā tu tatraikarātreṇa vardhamānā kamaṇḍalau /
alabdhvātmāvakāśaṃ vā idamāha mahīpatim

nāhaṃ kamaṇḍalāvasmin kṛcchraṃ vastumihotsahe /
kalpayaukaḥ suvipulaṃ yatrāhaṃ nivase sukham

sa enāṃ tata ādāya nyadhādaudañcanodake /
tatra kṣiptā muhūrtena hastatrayamavardhata

na ma etadalaṃ rājan sukhaṃ vastumudañcanam /
pṛthu dehi padaṃ mahyaṃ yat tvāhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā

tata ādāya sā rājñā kṣiptā rājan sarovare /
tadāvṛtyātmanā so 'yaṃ mahāmīno 'nvavardhata

naitan me svastaye rājannudakaṃ salilaukasaḥ /
nidhehi rakṣāyogena hrade māmavidāsini

ity uktaḥ so 'nayan matsyaṃ tatra tatrāvidāsini /
jalāśaye 'sammitaṃ taṃ samudre prākṣipaj jhaṣam

kṣipyamāṇastamāhedamiha māṃ makarādayaḥ /
adanty atibalā vīra māṃ nehotsraṣṭumarhasi

evaṃ vimohitastena vadatā valgubhāratīm /
tamāha ko bhavān asmān matsyarūpeṇa mohayan

naivaṃ vīryo jalacaro dṛṣṭo 'smābhiḥ śruto 'pi vā /
yo bhavān yojanaśatamahnābhivyānaśe saraḥ

nūnaṃ tvaṃ bhagavān sākṣāddharirnārāyaṇo 'vyayaḥ /
anugrahāya bhūtānāṃ dhatse rūpaṃ jalaukasām

namaste puruṣaśreṣṭha sthityutpattyapyayeśvara /
bhaktānāṃ naḥ prapannānāṃ mukhyo hy ātmagatirvibho

sarve līlāvatārāste bhūtānāṃ bhūtihetavaḥ /
jñātumicchāmy ado rūpaṃ yadarthaṃ bhavatā dhṛtam

na te 'ravindākṣa padopasarpaṇaṃ mṛṣā bhavet sarvasuhṛtpriyātmanaḥ /
yathetareṣāṃ pṛthagātmanāṃ satām adīdṛśo yadvapuradbhutaṃ hi naḥ

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iti bruvāṇaṃ nṛpatiṃ jagatpatiḥ satyavrataṃ matsyavapuryugakṣaye /
vihartukāmaḥ pralayārṇave 'bravīc cikīrṣurekāntajanapriyaḥ priyam

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saptame hy adyatanādūrdhvamahany etadarindama /
nimaṅkṣyaty apyayāmbhodhau trailokyaṃ bhūrbhuvādikam

trilokyāṃ līyamānāyāṃ saṃvartāmbhasi vai tadā /
upasthāsyati nauḥ kācidviśālā tvāṃ mayeritā

tvaṃ tāvadoṣadhīḥ sarvā bījāny uccāvacāni ca /
saptarṣibhiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvasattvopabṛṃhitaḥ

āruhya bṛhatīṃ nāvaṃ vicariṣyasy aviklavaḥ /
ekārṇave nirāloke ṛṣīṇāmeva varcasā

dodhūyamānāṃ tāṃ nāvaṃ samīreṇa balīyasā /
upasthitasya me śṛṅge nibadhnīhi mahāhinā

ahaṃ tvāmṛṣibhiḥ sārdhaṃ sahanāvamudanvati /
vikarṣan vicariṣyāmi yāvadbrāhmī niśā prabho

madīyaṃ mahimānaṃ ca paraṃ brahmeti śabditam /
vetsyasy anugṛhītaṃ me sampraśnairvivṛtaṃ hṛdi

itthamādiśya rājānaṃ harirantaradhīyata /
so 'nvavaikṣata taṃ kālaṃ yaṃ hṛṣīkeśa ādiśat

āstīrya darbhān prākkūlān rājarṣiḥ prāgudaṅmukhaḥ /
niṣasāda hareḥ pādau cintayan matsyarūpiṇaḥ

tataḥ samudra udvelaḥ sarvataḥ plāvayan mahīm /
vardhamāno mahāmeghairvarṣadbhiḥ samadṛśyata

dhyāyan bhagavadādeśaṃ dadṛśe nāvamāgatām /
tāmāruroha viprendrairādāyauṣadhivīrudhaḥ

tamūcurmunayaḥ prītā rājan dhyāyasva keśavam /
sa vai naḥ saṅkaṭādasmādavitā śaṃ vidhāsyati

so 'nudhyātastato rājñā prādurāsīn mahārṇave /
ekaśṛṅgadharo matsyo haimo niyutayojanaḥ

nibadhya nāvaṃ tacchṛṅge yathokto hariṇā purā /
varatreṇāhinā tuṣṭastuṣṭāva madhusūdanam

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anādyavidyopahatātmasaṃvidas tanmūlasaṃsārapariśramāturāḥ /
yadṛcchayopasṛtā yamāpnuyur vimuktido naḥ paramo gururbhavān

jano 'budho 'yaṃ nijakarmabandhanaḥ sukhecchayā karma samīhate 'sukham /
yatsevayā tāṃ vidhunoty asanmatiṃ granthiṃ sa bhindyāddhṛdayaṃ sa no guruḥ

yatsevayāgneriva rudrarodanaṃ pumān vijahyān malamātmanastamaḥ /
bhajeta varṇaṃ nijameṣa so 'vyayo bhūyāt sa īśaḥ paramo gurorguruḥ

na yatprasādāyutabhāgaleśam anye ca devā guravo janāḥ svayam /
kartuṃ sametāḥ prabhavanti puṃsas tamīśvaraṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

acakṣurandhasya yathāgraṇīḥ kṛtas tathā janasyāviduṣo 'budho guruḥ /
tvamarkadṛk sarvadṛśāṃ samīkṣaṇo vṛto gururnaḥ svagatiṃ bubhutsatām

jano janasyādiśate 'satīṃ gatiṃ yayā prapadyeta duratyayaṃ tamaḥ /
tvaṃ tvavyayaṃ jñānamamoghamañjasā prapadyate yena jano nijaṃ padam

tvaṃ sarvalokasya suhṛt priyeśvaro hy ātmā gururjñānamabhīṣṭasiddhiḥ /
tathāpi loko na bhavantamandhadhīr jānāti santaṃ hṛdi baddhakāmaḥ

taṃ tvāmahaṃ devavaraṃ vareṇyaṃ prapadya īśaṃ pratibodhanāya /
chindhy arthadīpairbhagavan vacobhir granthīn hṛdayyān vivṛṇu svamokaḥ

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ity uktavantaṃ nṛpatiṃ bhagavān ādipūruṣaḥ /
matsyarūpī mahāmbhodhau viharaṃstattvamabravīt

purāṇasaṃhitāṃ divyāṃ sāṅkhyayogakriyāvatīm /
satyavratasya rājarṣerātmaguhyamaśeṣataḥ

aśrauṣīdṛṣibhiḥ sākamātmatattvamasaṃśayam /
nāvy āsīno bhagavatā proktaṃ brahma sanātanam

atītapralayāpāya utthitāya sa vedhase /
hatvāsuraṃ hayagrīvaṃ vedān pratyāharaddhariḥ

sa tu satyavrato rājā jñānavijñānasaṃyutaḥ /
viṣṇoḥ prasādāt kalpe 'sminnāsīdvaivasvato manuḥ

satyavratasya rājarṣermāyāmatsyasya śārṅgiṇaḥ /
saṃvādaṃ mahadākhyānaṃ śrutvā mucyeta kilbiṣāt

avatāraṃ hareryo 'yaṃ kīrtayedanvahaṃ naraḥ /
saṅkalpāstasya sidhyanti sa yāti paramāṃ gatim