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Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.54

2.54.1

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamābhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde sagaracaritesāgarāvināśo nāma tripañcaśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 53//
jaiminiruvāca
krodhāgnimenaṃ viprendra sadyaḥ saṃharttumarhasi /
no cedakāle loko 'yaṃ sakalastena dahyate

2.54.2

dṛṣṭaste mahimānena vyāptamāsīccarācaram /
kṣamasva saṃhara krodhaṃ namaste viprapuṅgava

2.54.3

evaṃ saṃstūyamānastu bhagavānkapilo muniḥ /
tūrṇameva kṣayaṃ ninye krodhāgnimatibhairavam

2.54.4

tataḥ praśāntamabhavajjagatsarvaṃ carācaram /
devāstapasvinaścaiva babhūvurvigatajvarāḥ

2.54.5

etasminneva kāle tu bhagavānnārado muniḥ /
ayodhyā magamadrājandevalokādyadṛcchayā

2.54.6

tamāgatamabhiprekṣya nāradaṃ sagarastadā /
arghyapādyādibhiḥ samyakpūjayāmāsa śāstrataḥ

2.54.7

parigṛhya ca tatpūjāmāsīnaḥ paramāsane /
nārado rājaśārdūlamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

2.54.8

nārada uvāca
hayasaṃcāraṇārthāya saṃprayātāstavātmajāḥ /
brahmadaṇḍahatāḥ sarve vinaṣṭā nṛpasattama

2.54.9

saṃrakṣyamāṇastaiḥ sarvairhayaste yajñiyo nṛpa /
kenāpya lakṣitaḥ kvāpi nīto vidhivaśāddivi

2.54.10

tato vinaṣṭaṃ turagaṃ vicinvanto mahītale /
prālabhanta na te kvāpi tatpravṛttiṃ cirānnṛpa

2.54.11

tato 'vaneradhaste 'śvaṃ vicetuṃ kṛtaniścayāḥ /
sāgarāste samārabhya pracakhnurvasudhātalam

2.54.12

khananto vasudhā maśvaṃ pātāle dadṛśurnṛpa /
samīpe tasya yogīndraṃ kapilaṃ camahāmunim

2.54.13

taṃ dṛṣṭvā pāpakarmāṇaste sarve kālacoditāḥ /
kapilaṃ kopayāmāsuraśvaharttāyamityalam

2.54.14

tatastatkrodhasaṃbhūtanetrāgnerdahato diśaḥ /
indhanībhūtadehāste putrāḥ saṃkṣayamāgatāḥ

2.54.15

krūrāḥ pāpasamācārāḥ sarvalokoparodhakāḥ /
yataste tena rājendra na śokaṃ kartumarhasi

2.54.16

sa tvaṃ dhairyadhano bhūtvā bhavita vyatayātmanaḥ /
naṣṭaṃ mṛtamatītaṃ ca nānuśocanti paṇḍitāḥ

2.54.17

tasmātpautramimaṃ bālamaṃśumantaṃ mahāmatim /
turagānayanārthāya niyuṅkṣva nṛpasattama

2.54.18

ityaktvā rājaśārdūlaṃ sadasyartviksamanvitam /
kṣaṇena paśyatāṃ teṣāṃ nārado 'ntardadhe muniḥ

2.54.19

tacchratvā vacana tasya nāradasya nṛpottamaḥ /
duḥkhaśokaparātātmā dadhyau ciramudāradhīḥ

2.54.20

taṃ dhyānayuktaṃ sadasi samāsīnamavāṅmukham /
vasiṣṭhaḥ prāha rājānaṃ sāṃtvayandeśakālavit

2.54.21

kimidaṃ dhairyasārāṇāmavakāśaṃ bhavadṛśām /
labhate hṛdi cecchokaḥ prāptaṃ dhīra tayā phalam

2.54.22

daurmanasyaṃ śithilayansarvaṃ diṣṭavaśānugam /
manvāno 'nantaraṃ kṛtyaṃ kartumarhasyasaṃśayam

2.54.23

vasiṣṭhenaivamuktastu rājā kāryārthatattvavit /
dhṛtiṃ sattvaṃ samālaṃbya tatheti pratyabhāṣata

2.54.24

aṃśumantaṃ samāhūya pautraṃ vinayaśālinam /
brahmakṣattrasabhāmadhye śanairidamabhāṣata

2.54.25

brahmadaṇḍahatāḥ sarve pitarastava putraka /
patitāḥ pāpakarmāṇo niraye śāśvatīḥ samāḥ

2.54.26

tvameva saṃtatirmahyaṃ rājyasyāsya ca rakṣitā /
tvadāyattamaśeṣaṃ me śreyo 'mutra paratra ca

2.54.27

sa tvaṃ gaccha mamādeśātpātāle kapilāntikam /
turagānayanārthāya yatnena mahātānvitaḥ

2.54.28

taṃ prārthayitvā vidhivatprasādya ca viśeṣataḥ /
ādāya turagaṃ vatsa śīghramāgantumarhasi

2.54.29

jaiminiruvāca
evamuktoṃ'śumāṃstena praṇamya pitaraṃ pituḥ /
tathetyuktvā mahābuddhiḥ prayayau kapilāntikam

2.54.30

tamupāgamya vidhivannamaskṛtya yathāmati /
praśrayāvanato bhūtvā śanairidamuvāca ha

2.54.31

prasīda vipraśārdūla tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ /
kopaṃ ca saṃhara kṣipraṃ lokaprakṣayakārakam

2.54.32

tvayi kruddhe jagatsarvaṃ praṇāśamupayāsyati /
praśāntimupayāhyāśulokāḥ saṃtu gatavyathāḥ

2.54.33

prasanno 'smānmahābhāga paśya saumyena cakṣuṣā /
ye tvatkrodhāgninirdagdhāstatsaṃtatimavehi mām

2.54.34

nāmnāṃśumantaṃ naptāraṃ sagarasya mahīpateḥ /
so 'haṃ tasya niyogena tvatprasādābhikāṅkṣayā

2.54.35

prāpto dāsyasi cedbrahmaṃsturagānayanāya ca /
jaiminiruvāca
iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā yogīndrapravaro muniḥ

2.54.36

aṃśumantaṃ samālokya prasanna idamabravīt /
svāgataṃ bhavato vatsa diṣṭyā ca tvamihāgataḥ

2.54.37

gaccha śīghraṃ hayaścāyaṃ nīyatāṃ sagarāntikam /
adhikṣipto 'sya yajño 'pi prāgataḥ saṃpravarttatām

2.54.38

vriyatāṃ ca varo mattastvayā yaste manogataḥ /
dāsye sudurlabhamapi tvadbhaktiparitoṣitaḥ

2.54.39

eṣāṃ tu saṃpramāśaṃ hi gatvā vada pitāmaham /
pāpānāṃ maraṇaṃ tveṣāṃ na ca śocitumarhasi

2.54.40

tataḥ praṇāmya cogīndramaṃśumānidamabravīt /
varaṃ dadāsi cenmahyaṃ varaye tvāṃ mahāmune

2.54.41

varamarhāmi cettvattaḥ prasanno dātumarhasi /
tvadroṣapāvakapluṣṭāḥ pitaro ye mamākhilāḥ

2.54.42

saṃprayāsyanti te brahmannirayaṃ śāsvatīḥ samāḥ /
brahmadaṇḍahatānāṃ tu na hi piṇḍodakakriyāḥ

2.54.43

piṇḍodakavihīnānāmiha loke mahāmune /
vidyate pitṛsālokyaṃ na khalu śruticoditam

2.54.44

akṣayaḥ svargavāso 'stu teṣāṃ tu tvatprasādataḥ /
vareṇānena bhagavankṛtakṛtyo bhāvāmyaham

2.54.45

tatprasīda tvamevaiṣāṃ svargatervada kāraṇam /
yenoddhāraṇameteṣāṃ vahneḥ kopasya vai bhavet

2.54.46

tatastamāha yogīndraḥsuprasannena cetasā /
nirayoddhāraṇaṃ teṣāṃ tvayā vatsa na śakyate

2.54.47

taiścāpi narake tāvadvastavyaṃ pāpakarmabhiḥ /
kālaḥ pratīkṣyatāṃ tāvadyāvattvatpautrasaṃbhavaḥ

2.54.48

kālānte bhavitā vatsa pautrastava mahāmatiḥ /
rājā bhagīratho nāma sarvadharmārthatattvavit

2.54.49

sa tu yatnena mahatā pitṛgauravayantritaḥ /
āneṣyati divo gaṅgāṃ tapastaptvā mahāddhruvam

2.54.50

tadaṃbhasā pāviteṣu teṣāṃ gātrāsthibhasmasu /
prāpnuvanti gatiṃ svarge bhavataḥ pitaro 'khilāḥ

2.54.51

tatheti tasyā māhātmyaṃ gaṅgāyā nṛpanandana /
bhāgīrathīti loke 'sminsā vikhyātimupaiṣyati

2.54.52

yattoyaplāviteṣvasthibhasmalomanakheṣvapi /
nirayādapi saṃyāti dehī svarlokamakṣayam

2.54.53

tasmāttvaṃ gaccha bhadraṃ te naśokaṃ karttumarhasi /
pitāmahāya caivainamaśvaṃ saṃpratipādaya

2.54.54

jaiminiruvāca
tataḥ praṇamya taṃ bhaktyā tathetyuktvā mahāmatiḥ /
yayau tenābhyanujñātaḥ sāketanagaraṃ prati

2.54.55

sagaraṃ sa samāsādya taṃ praṇamya yathākramam /
nyavedayacca vṛttāntaṃ munesteṣāṃ tathānmanaḥ

2.54.56

pradadauturagaṃ cāpi samānītaṃ prayatnataḥ /
ataḥ paramanuṣṭheyamabravītkiṃ mayeti ca

Original text: Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press (or a reprint thereof) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0