Brahmavaivarta Purana · Chapter 1.11

śaunaka uvāca//
dvijaḥ sa bhāryyāṃ saṃtyajya kiñcakāra viśeṣataḥ//
aśvinorvā mahābhāga kiṃ nāma kasya vaṃśajau

sotiruvāca//
dvijaśca sutapā nāma bhāradvājo mahāmuniḥ//
tapaścakāra kṛṣṇasya lakṣavarṣaṃ himāliye

mahātapasvī tejasvī prajvalanbrahmatejasā//
jyotirdadarśa kṛṣṇasya gagane sahasā kṣaṇam

varaṃ sa vavre nirliptamātmānaṃ prakṛteḥ param//
na ca mokṣaṃ yayāce taṃ dāsyaṃ bhaktiṃ ca niścalām

babhūvākāśavāṇīti kuru dāraparigraham//
paścāddāsyaṃ pradāsyāmi bhaktiṃ bhogakṣaye dvija

pitṝṇāṃ mānasīṃ kanyāṃ dadau tasmai vidhiḥ svayam//
tasyāṃ kalyāṇamitraśca babhūva munipuṅgava

yasya smaraṇamātreṇa na bhavetkuliśādbhayam//
na draṣṭavyaṃ bandhumātraṃ nūnaṃ tatsmaraṇāllabhet

kalyāṇamitrajananīṃ parityajya mahāmuniḥ//
śaśāpa sūryyaputraṃ ca yajñabhāgvarjjito bhava

sa sodaraśca vā pūjyo bhaveti ca surādhama//
vyādhigrasto jaḍāṅgaśca bhūyātte'kīrtimāniti

ityuktvā sutapā gehaṃ pratasthe sūnunā saha//
aśvibhyāṃ sahitaḥ sūryyaḥ prayayau ca tadantikam

putrābhyāṃ vyādhiyuktābhyāṃ sūryyastrijagatāṃ patiḥ//
munīndraṃ vai sutapasaṃ sa tuṣṭāva ca śaunaka

sūryya uvāca//
kṣamasva bhagavanvipra viṣṇurūpa yuge yuge //
mama putrāparādhaṃ ca bhāradvāja munīśvara

brahmaviṣṇumaheśādyāḥ surāḥ sarve ca santatam//
bhuñjate vipradattaṃ tu phalapuṣpajalādikam

brāhmaṇāvāhitā devāḥ śaśvadviśveṣu pūjitāḥ//
na ca viprātparo devo viprarūpī svayaṃ hariḥ

brāhmaṇe parituṣṭe ca tuṣṭo nārāyaṇaḥ svayam//
nārāyaṇe ca santuṣṭe santuṣṭāḥ sarvadevatāḥ

nāsti gaṅgāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ na ca kṛṣṇātparaḥ suraḥ//
na śaṅkarādvaiṣṇavaśca na sahiṣṇurdharā parā

na ca satyātparo dharmo na sādhvī pārvatīparā//
na daivādbalavānkaścinna ca putrātparaḥ priyaḥ

na ca vyādhisamaḥ śatrurna ca pūjyo guroḥ paraḥ//
nāsti mātṛsamo bandhurna ca mitraṃ pituḥ param

ekādaśīvratānnānyattapo nānaśanātparam //
paraṃ sarvadhanaṃ ratnaṃ vidyā ratnaṃ paraṃ tataḥ

sarvāśramaiḥ paro vipro nāsti viprasamo guruḥ//
vedavedāṅgatattvajña ityāha kamalodbhavaḥ

sūryyasya vacanaṃ śrutvā bhāradvājo nanāma tam//
nīrujau cāpi tatputrau cakāra tapasaḥ phalāt

paścācca tava putrau ca yajñabhājau bhaviṣyataḥ//
ityuktvā taṃ ca sutapāḥ praṇamyāhaskaraṃ muniḥ

jagāma gaṅgāṃ saṃtrasto harisevanatatparaḥ//
putrābhyāṃ sahitaḥ sūryyo jagāma nija mandiram

babhūvatustau pūjyau ca yajñabhājau dvijāśiṣā//
etatsūryakṛtaṃ viprastotraṃ yo mānavaḥ paṭhet//
viprapādaprasādena sarvatra vijayī bhavet

brāhmaṇebhyo nama iti prātarutthāya yaḥ paṭhet//
sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣitaḥ

pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni tāni tīrthāni sāgare //
sāgare yāni tīrthāni viprapādeṣu tāni ca

viprapādodakaṃ pītvā yāvattiṣṭhati medinī //
tāvatpuṣkarapātreṣu pibaṃti pitaro jalam

viprapādodakaṃ puṇyaṃ bhaktiyuktaśca yaḥ pibet //
sa snātaḥ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu dīkṣitaḥ

mahārogī yadi pibedviprapādodakaṃ dvija//
mucyate sarvarogācca māsamekaṃ tu bhaktitaḥ

avidyo vā savidyo vā saṃdhyāpūto hi yo dvijaḥ//
sa eva viṣṇusadṛśo na harau vimukho yadi

ghnantaṃ vipraṃ śapantaṃ vā na hanyānna ca taṃ śapet/
gobhyaḥ śataguṇaṃ pūjyo haribhaktaśca sa smṛtaḥ

pādodakaṃ ca naivedyaṃ bhuṅkte viprasya yo dvija//
nityaṃ naivedyabhojī yo rājasūyaphalaṃ labhet

ekādaśyāṃ na bhuṅkte yo nityaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ samarcayet//
tasya pādodakaṃ prāpya sthalaṃ tīrthaṃ bhaved dhruvam

yo bhuṅkte bhojanocchiṣṭaṃ nityaṃ naivedyabhojanam//
kṛṣṇadevasya pūto'sau jīvanmukto mahītale

annaṃ viṣṭhā payo mūtraṃ yadviṣṇoraniveditam//
dvijānāṃ kulajātānāmityāha kamalodbhavaḥ

brahmā ca brahmaputrāśca sarve viṣṇuparāyaṇāḥ//
brāhmaṇastatkule jāto vimukhaśca harau katham

pitrormātāmahādīnāṃ saṃsargasya gurośca vā//
doṣeṇa vimukhāḥ kṛṣṇe viprā jīvanmṛtāśca te

sa kiṃguruḥ sa kiṃtātaḥ sa kiṃputraḥ sa kiṃsakhā//
sa kiṃrājā sa kiṃbandhurna dadyādyo harau matim

avaiṣṇavāddvijādvipra caṇḍālo vaiṣṇavo varaḥ//
sagaṇaḥ śvapaco mukto brāhmaṇo narakaṃ vrajet

sandhyāhīno'śucirnityaṃ kṛṣṇe vā vimukho dvijaḥ//
sa eva brāhmaṇābhāso viṣahīno yathoragaḥ

guruvaktrādviṣṇumaṃtro yasya karṇe praviśyati//
taṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ mahāpūtaṃ jīvanmuktaṃ vadedvidhiḥ

puṃsāṃ mātāmahādīnāṃ śataiḥ sārddhaṃ hareḥ padam//
prayāti vaiṣṇavaḥ puṃsāmātmanaḥ kulakoṭibhiḥ

brahmakṣattriyaviṭśūdrāścatasro jātayo yathā //
svatantrā jātirekā ca viśvasminvaiṣṇavābhidhā

dhyāyanti vaiṣṇavāḥ śaśvadgovindapadapaṅkajam//
dhyāyate tāṃśca govindaḥ śaśvatteṣāṃ ca sannidhau

sudarśanaṃ saṃniyojya bhaktānāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca//
tathāpi na hi niścinto'vatiṣṭhedbhaktasannidhau

iti śrībrahmavaivartte mahāpurāṇe sautiśaunakasaṃvāde brahmakhaṇḍe viṣṇuvaiṣṇavabrāhmaṇapraśaṃsā nāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ