Haribhaktivilāsa 1-11 · Chapter 1

1. Gaurava-Vilasa
hari-bhakti-vilāsaḥ
prathamo vilāsaḥ
atha maṅgalācaraṇam
caitanya-devaṃ bhagavantam āśraye
śrī-vaiṣṇavānāṃ pramude'ñjasā likhan |
āvaśyakaṃ karma vicārya sādhubhiḥ
sārdhaṃ samāhṛtya samasta-śāstrataḥ

bhakter vilāsāṃś cinute prabodhā-
nandasya śiṣyo bhagavat-priyasya |
gopāla-bhaṭṭo raghunātha-dāsaṃ
santoṣayan rūpa-sanātanau ca

mathurā-nātha-pādābja-prema-bhakti-vilāsataḥ |
jātaṃ bhakti-vilāsākhyaṃ tad-bhaktāḥ śīlayantv imam

jīyāsur ātyantika-bhakti-niṣṭhāḥ śrī-vaiṣṇavā māthura-maṇḍale'tra |
kāśīśvaraḥ kṛṣṇa-vane cakāstu śrī-kṛṣṇa-dāsaś ca sa-lokanāthaḥ

tatra lekhya-pratijñā
ādau sa-kāraṇaṃ lekhyaṃ śrī-gurv-āśrayaṇaṃ tataḥ |
guruḥ śiṣyaḥ parīkṣādir bhagavān manavo 'sya ca

mantrādhikārī siddhy-ādi-śodhanaṃ mantra-saṃskriyāḥ |
dīkṣā nityaṃ brāhma-kāle śubhotthānaṃ pavitratā |
prātaḥ smṛtyādi kṛṣṇasya vādyādaiś ca prabodhanam

nirmālyottāraṇādy-ādau maṅgalārātrikaṃ tataḥ |
maitrādi-kṛtyaṃ śaucācamanaṃ dantasya dhāvanam

snānaṃ tāntrika-sandhyādi deva-sadmādi-saṃskriyā

tulasyādyāhṛtir geha-snānam uṣṇodakādikam |
vastraṃ pīṭhaṃ cordhva-puṇḍraṃ śrī-gopī-candanādikam

cakrādi-mudrā mālā ca gṛha-sandhyārcanaṃ guroḥ |
māhātmyaṃ cātha kṛṣṇasya dvāra-veśmāntarārcanam

pūjārthāsanam arghyādi-sthāpanaṃ vighna-vāraṇam |
śrī-gurv-ādi-natir bhūta-śuddhiḥ prāṇa-viśodhanam

nyāsa-mudrā-pañcakaṃ ca kṛṣṇa-dhyānāntarārcane |
pūjā padāni śrī-mūrti-śālagrāma-śilās tathā

dvārakodbhava-cakrāṇi śuddhayaḥ pīṭha-pūjanam |
āvāhanādi tan-mudrā āsanādi-samarpaṇam

snapanaṃ śaṅkha-ghaṇṭādi-vādyaṃ nāma-sahasrakam |
purāṇa-pāṭho vasanam upavītaṃ vibhūṣaṇam

gandhaḥ śrī-tulasī-kāṣṭha-candanaṃ kusumāni ca |
patrāṇi tulasī cāṅgopāṅgāvaraṇa-pūjanam

dhūpo dīpaś ca naivedyaṃ pānaṃ homo bali-kriyā |
avagaṇḍūṣādyāsyavāso divya-gandhādikaṃ punaḥ

rājopacārā gītādi mahā-nīrājanaṃ tathā |
śaṅkhādi-vādanaṃ sāmbu-śaṅkha-nīrājanaṃ stutiḥ

natiḥ pradakṣiṇā karmādy-arpaṇaṃ japa yācane |
āgaḥ-kṣamāpaṇaṃ nānāgāṃsi nirmālya-dhāraṇam

śaṅkhāmbu-tīrthaṃ tulasī-pūjā tan-mṛttikādi ca |
dhātrī-snāna-niṣedhasya kālo vṛtter upārjanam

madhyāhne vaiśa-devādi-śrāddhaṃ cānarpyam acyute |
vinārcām aśane doṣās tathānarpita-bhojane

naivedya-bhakṣaṇaṃ santaḥ sat-saṅgo 'sad-asaṅgatiḥ |
asad-gatir vaiṣṇavopahāsa-nindādi-duṣphalam

satāṃ bhaktir viṣṇu-śāstraṃ śrīmad-bhāgavataṃ tathā |
līlā-kathā ca bhagavad-dharmāḥ sāyaṃ nija-kriyāḥ

karma-pāta-parīhāras trikālārcā viśeṣataḥ |
naktaṃ kṛtyānyatho pūjā-phala-siddhy-ādi-darśanam

viṣṇv-artha-dānaṃ vividhopacārā nyūna-pūraṇam |
śayanaṃ mahimārcāyāḥ śrīman-nāmnas tathādbhutaḥ

nāmāparādhā bhaktiś ca premāthāśrayaṇādayaḥ |
pakṣeṣv ekādaśī sāṅgā śrī-dvādaśy-aṣṭakaṃ mahat

kṛtyāni mārga-śīrṣādi-māseṣu dvādśeṣv api |
puraścaraṇa-kṛtyāni mantraṃ siddhasya lakṣaṇam

mūrtyāvirbhāvanaṃ mūrti-pratiṣṭhā kṛṣṇa-mandiram |
jīrṇoddhṛtiḥ śrī-tulasī-vivāho 'nanya-karma ca

tatra śrī-gurūpasatti-kāraṇam
kṛpayā kṛṣṇa-devasya tad-bhakta-jana-saṅgataḥ |
bhakter māhātmyam ākarṇya tām icchan sad-guruṃ bhajet

atrānubhūyate nityaṃ duḥkha-śreṇī paratra ca |
duḥsahā śrūyate śāstrāt titīrṣed api tāṃ sudhīḥ

tathā coktam ekādaśa-skandhe [BhP 11.9.29]-
labdhvā su-durlabham idaṃ bahu-sambhavānte
mānuṣyam artha-dam anityam apīha dhīraḥ |
tūrṇaṃ yateta na pated anu-mṛtyu yāvan
niḥśreyasāya viṣayaḥ khalu sarvataḥ syāt

svayaṃ śrī-bhagavatā ca [BhP 11.20.17]-
nṛ-deham ādyaṃ su-labhaṃ su-durlabhaṃ
plavaṃ su-kalpaṃ guru-karṇa-dhāram |
mayānukūlena nabhasvateritaṃ
pumān bhavābdhiṃ na taret sa ātma-hā

atha śrī-gurūpasattiḥ
tatraiva śrī-prabuddha-yogeśvaroktau [BhP 11.3.21]-
tasmād guruṃ prapadyeta jijñāsuḥ śreya uttamam |
śābde pare ca niṣṇātaṃ brahmaṇy upaśamāśrayam

svayaṃ śrī-bhagavad-uktau [BhP 11.10.5]-
mad-abhijñaṃ guruṃ śāntam upāsīta mad-ātmakam

krama-dīpikāyāṃ [4.2] ca --
vipraṃ pradhvasta-kāma-prabhṛti-ripu-ghaṭaṃ nirmalāṅgaṃ gariṣṭhāṃ
bhaktiṃ kṛṣṇāṅghri-paṅkeruha-yugala-rajorāgiṇīm udvahantam |
vettāraṃ veda-śāstāgama-vimala-pathāṃ sammataṃ satsu dāntaṃ
vidyāṃ yaḥ saṃvivitsuḥ pravaṇa-tanu-manā deśikaṃ saṃśrayeta

śrutāv api [MuṇḍU 1.2.12, ChāU 6.14.2] -
tad-vijñānārthaṃ sa gurum evābhigacchet samit-pāṇiḥ śrotriyaṃ brahma-niṣṭham |
ācāryavān puruṣo veda

atha gurūpasatti-nityatā
śrī-bhāgavate daśama-skandhe śruti-stutau [BhP 10.87.33]
vijita-hṛṣīka-vāyubhir adānta-manas tura-gaṃ
ya iha yatanti yantum ati-lolam upāya-khidaḥ |
vyasana-śatānvitāḥ samavahāya guroś caraṇaṃ
vaṇija ivāja santy akṛta-karṇa-dharā jaladhau

śrutau ca [KaṭhU 1.2.9]-
naiṣā tarkeṇa matir āpaneyā
proktānyenaiva sujñānāya preṣṭha

atha viśeṣataḥ śrī-guror lakṣaṇāni
mantra-muktāvalyām -
avadātānvayaḥ śuddhaḥ svocitācāra-tat-paraḥ |
āśramī krodha-rahito vedavit sarva-śāstravit

śraddhāvān anasūyaś ca priya-vāk priya-darśanaḥ |
śuciḥ suveśas taruṇaḥ sarva-bhūta-hite rataḥ

dhīmān anuddhata-matiḥ pūrṇo 'hantā vimarśakaḥ |
sa-guṇo 'rcāsu kṛtadhīḥ kṛtajñaḥ śiṣya-vatsalaḥ

nigrahānugrahe śakto homa-mantra-parāyaṇaḥ |
ūhāpoha-prakāra-jñaḥ śuddhātmā yaḥ kṛpālayaḥ |
ity ādi-lakṣaṇair yukto guruḥ syād garimā-nidhiḥ

agastya-saṃhitāyāṃ ca --
devatopāsakaḥ śānto viṣayeṣv api niḥspṛhaḥ |
adhyātmavid brahma-vādī veda-śāstrārtha-kovidaḥ

uddhartuṃ caiva saṃhartuṃ samartho brāhmaṇottamaḥ |
tattvajño yantra-mantrāṇāṃ marma-bhettā rahasyavit

puraścaraṇa-kṛd dhoma-mantra-siddhaḥ prayogavit |
tapasvī satya-vādī ca gṛhastho gurur ucyate

viṣṇu-smṛtau --
paricaryā-yaśo-lābha-lipsuḥ śiṣyād gurur nahi |
kṛpā-sindhuḥ susampūrṇaḥ sarva-sattvopakārakaḥ

niḥspṛhaḥ sarvataḥ siddhaḥ sarva-vidyā-viśāradaḥ |
sarva-saṃśaya-saṃchettā nālaso gurur āhṛtaḥ

śrī-nārada-pañcarātre śrī-bhagavan-nārada-saṃvāde -
brāhmaṇaḥ sarva-kāla-jñaḥ kuryāt sarveṣv anugraham |
tad-abhāvād dvija-śreṣṭhaḥ śāntātmā bhagavan-mayaḥ

bhāvitātmā ca sarvajñaḥ śāstrajñaḥ sat-kriyā-paraḥ |
siddhi-trayam āyukta ācāryatve'bhiṣecitaḥ

kṣatra-viṭ-śūdra-jātīnāṃ kṣatriyo 'nugrahe kṣamaḥ |
kṣatriyasyāpi ca guror bhāvād īdṛśo yadi

vaiśyaḥ syāt tena kāryaś ca dvaye nityam anugrahaḥ |
sajātīyena śūdreṇa tādṛśena mahā-mate |
anugrahābhiṣekau ca kāryau śūdrasya sarvadā

kiṃ ca -
varṇottam'tha ca gurau sati yā viśrute'pi ca |
svadeśato 'that vānyatra nedaṃ kāryaṃ śubhārthinā

vidyamāne tu yaḥ kuryāt yatra tatra viparyayam |
tasyehāmutra nāśaḥ syāt tasmāc chāstroktam ācaret //
kṣatra-viṭ-śūdra-jātīyaḥ prātilomyaṃ na dīkṣayet

pādme ca [PadmaP 6.253.26]-
mahā-bhāgavataḥ śreṣṭho brāhmaṇo vai gurur nṛṇām |
sarveṣām eva lokānām asau pūjyo yathā hariḥ

mahākūla-prasūto 'pi sarva-yajñeṣu dīkṣitaḥ |
sahasra-śākhādhyāyī ca na guruḥ syād avaiṣṇavaḥ

iti
gṛhīta-viṣṇu-dīkṣāko viṣṇu-pūjā-paro naraḥ |
vaiṣṇavo 'bhihito 'bhijñair itaro 'smād avaiṣṇavaḥ

tattva-sāgare-
bahvāśī dīrgha-sūtrī ca viṣayādiṣu lolupaḥ |
hetu-vāda-rato duṣṭo 'vāg-vādī guṇa-nindakaḥ

aromā bahu-romā ca ninditāśrama-sevakaḥ |
kāla-danto 'sitauṣṭhaś ca durgandhi-śvāsa-vāhakaḥ

duṣṭa-lakṣaṇa-sampanno yadyapi svayam īśvaraḥ |
bahu-pratigrhāsakta ācāryaḥ śrī-kṣayāvahaḥ

atha śiṣya-lakṣaṇāni
mantra-muktāvalyām-
śiṣyaḥ śuddhānvayaḥ śrīmān vinītaḥ priya-darśanaḥ |
satya-vāk puṇya-carito 'dabhra-dhīr dambha-varjitaḥ

kāma-krodha-parityāgī bhaktaś ca guru-pādayoḥ |
devatā-pravaṇaḥ kāya-mano-vāgbhir divā-niśam

nīrujo nirjitāśeṣa-pātakaḥ śraddhyānvitaḥ |
dvija-deva-pitṝṇāṃ ca nityam arcā-parāyaṇaḥ

yuvā viniyatāśeṣa-karaṇaḥ karuṇālayaḥ |
ity ādi-lakṣaṇair yuktaḥ śiṣyo dīkṣādhikāravān

ekādaśa-skandhe ca [BhP 11.10.6] --
amāny amatsaro dakṣo nirmamo dṛṭha-sauhṛdaḥ |
asatvaro 'rtha-jijñāsur anasūyur amogha-vāk

athāpekṣyāḥ
agastya-saṃhitāyām-
alasā malināḥ kliṣṭā dāmbhikāḥ kṛpaṇās tathā |
daridrā rogiṇo ruṣṭā rāgiṇo bhoga-lālasāḥ

asūyā-matsara-grastāḥ śaṭhāḥ paruṣa-vādinaḥ |
anyāyopārjita-dhanāḥ para-dāra-ratāś ca ye

viduṣāṃ vairiṇaś caiva ajñāḥ paṇḍita-māninaḥ |
bhraṣṭa-vratāś ca ye kaṣṭa-vṛttayaḥ piśunāḥ khalāḥ

bahv-āśinaḥ krūra-ceṣṭā durātmanaś ca nindita |
ity evam ādayo 'py anye pāpiṣṭhāḥ puruṣādhamāḥ

akṛtyebhyo 'nivāryāś ca guru-śikṣā-sahiṣṇavaḥ |
evambhūtāḥ parityājyāḥ śiṣyatve nopakalpitāḥ

yady ete hy upakalperan devatākrośa-bhājanāḥ |
bhavantīha dardrās te putra-dāra-vivarjitāḥ

nārakāś caiva dehānte tiryañcaḥ prabhavanti te

hayaśīrṣa-pañcarātre-
jaiminiḥ sugataś caiva nāstiko nagna eva ca |
kapilaś cākṣapādaś ca ṣaḍ ete hetu-vādinaḥ

etan-matānusāreṇa vartante ye narādhamāḥ |
te hetuvādinaḥ proktās tebhyas tantraṃ na dāpayet

iti
tayoḥ parīkṣā cānyo 'nyam ekābdaṃ saha-vāsataḥ |
vyavahāra-svabhāvānubhavenaivābhijāyate

atha parīkṣaṇam
mantra-muktāvalyāṃ-
tayor vatsara-vāsena jñātānyonya-svabhāvayoḥ |
gurutā śiṣyatā ceti nānyathaiveti niścayaḥ

śrutiś ca-
nāsaṃvatsara-vāsine deyāt

sāra-saṅgrahe'pi-
sad-guruḥ svāśritaṃ śiṣyaṃ varṣm ekaṃ parīkṣayet

rājñi cāmātyajā doṣāḥ patnī-pāpaṃ sva-bhartari |
tathā śiṣyārjitaṃ pāpaṃ guruḥ prāpnoti niścitam

krama-dīpikāyāṃ tu [4.3] --
santoṣayed akuṭilādretarāntarātmā
taṃ svair dhanaiś ca vapuṣāpy anukūlavāṇyā |
abda-trayaṅkamalanābhadhiyā'tidhīras
tuṣṭe vivakṣatu gurāv atha mantra-dīkṣām

atha viśeṣataḥ śrī-guru-sevā-vidhiḥ
kaurme śrī-vyāsa-gītāyām-
udakumbhaṃ kuśān puṣpaṃ samidho 'syāharet sadā |
mārjanaṃ lepanaṃ nityam aṅgānāṃ vāsasāṃ caret

nāsya nirmālya-śayanaṃ pādukopāsanahāv api |
ākrāmed āsanaṃ chyāyām āsandīṃ vā kadācana

sādhayed danta-kāṣṭhādīn kṛtyaṃ cāsmai nivedayeet

anāpṛcchya na gantavyaṃ bhavet priya-hite rasaḥ |
na pādau sārayed asya sannidhāne kadācana

jṛmbhā-hāsyādikaṃ caiva kaṇṭha-prāvaraṇaṃ tathā |
varjayet sannidhau nityam athāsphoṭanam eva ca

kiṃ ca-
śreyas tu guruvad vṛttir nityam eva samācaret |
guru-putreṣu dāreṣu guroś caiva sva-bandhuṣu

utsādanaṃ vai gātrāṇāṃ snāpanocchiṣṭa-bhojane |
na kuryād guru-putrasya pādayoḥ śaucam eva ca

guruvat paripūjyāś ca sa-varṇā guru-yoṣitaḥ |
asavarṇās tu sampūjyāḥ pratyutthānābhivādanaiḥ

abhyañjanaṃ snāpanaṃ ca gātrotsādanam eva ca |
guru-patnyā ca kāryāṇi keśānāṃ ca prasādhanam

devy-āgame śrī-śivoktau-
guru-śayyāsanaṃ yānaṃ pāduke pāda-pīṭhakam |
snānodakaṃ tathā chāyāṃ laṅghayen na kadācana

guror agre pṛthak-pūjām advaitaṃ ca parityajet |
dīkṣāṃ vyākhyāṃ prabhutvaṃ ca guror agre vivarjayet

śrī-nāradoktau-
yatra yatra guruṃ paśyet tatra tatra kṛtāñjali |
praṇamet daṇḍavad bhūmau chinna-mūla iva drumaḥ

guror vākyāsanaṃ yānaṃ pādukopānahau tathā |
vastraṃ chāyāṃ tathā śiṣyo laṅghayen na kadācana

śrī-manu-smṛtau- (not found)
nodāhared guror nāma parokṣam api kevalam |
na caivāsyānukurvīta gati-bhāṣaṇa-ceṣṭitam

guror gurau sannihite guruvad dhṛtim ācaret |
na cāvisṛṣṭo guruṇā svān gurūn abhivādayet

śrī-nārada-pañcarātre-
yathā tathā yatra tatra na gṛhṇīyāc ca kevalam |
abhaktyā na guror nāma gṛhṇīyāc ca yatātmavān

praṇavaḥ śrīs tato nāma viṣṇu-śabdād anantaram |
pāda-śabda-sametaṃ ca nata-mūrdhāñjalī-yutaḥ

kiṃ ca-
na tam ājñāpayen mohāt tasyājñāṃ na ca laṅghayet |
nānivedya guroḥ kiñcid bhoktavyaṃ vā guros tathā

anyatra ca-
āyāntam agrato gacched gacchantaṃ tam anuvrajet |
āsane śayane vāpi na tiṣṭhed agrato guroḥ

yat kiñcid anna-pānādi priyaṃ dravyaṃ manoramam |
samarpya gurave paścāt svayaṃ bhuñjīta pratyaham

śrī-viṣṇu-smṛtau-
na guror apriyaṃ kuryāt tāḍitaḥ pīḍito 'pi vā |
nāvamanyeta tad-vākyaṃ nāpriyaṃ hi samācaret

ācāryasya priyaṃ kuryāt prāṇair api dhanair api |
karmaṇā manasā vācā sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

śrī-nārada-pañcarātre -
yo vakti nyāya-rahitam anyāyena śṛṇoti yaḥ |
tāv ubhau narakaṃ ghoraṃ vrajataḥ kālam akṣayam

vaiṣṇava-tantre -
trāyasva bho jagannātha guro saṃsāra-vahninā |
dagdhaṃ māṃ kāla-daṣṭaṃ ca tvām ahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

iti
tatra śrī-vāsudevasya sarva-deva-śiromaṇeḥ |
pādāmbujaika-bhāg eva dīkṣā grāhyā manīṣibhiḥ

prathama-skandhe [BhP 1.2.23] -
sattvaṃ rajas tama iti prakṛter guṇās tair
yuktaḥ parama-puruṣa eka ihāsya dhatte |
sthity-ādaye hari-viriñci-hareti saṃjñāḥ
śreyāṃsi tatra khalu sattva-tanor nṝṇāṃ syuḥ

kiṃ ca [BhP 1.18.21] -
athāpi yat-pāda-nakhāvasṛṣṭaṃ
jagad viriñcopahṛtārhaṇāmbhaḥ |
seśaṃ punāty anyatamo mukundāt
ko nāma loke bhagavat-padārthaḥ

śrī-daśama-skandhe [BhP 10.89.15] -
tan niśamyātha munayo vismitā mukta-saṃśayāḥ |
bhūyāṃsaṃ śraddadhur viṣṇuṃ yataḥ śāntir yato 'bhayam

pādme vaiśākha-māhātmye yama-brāhmaṇa-saṃvāde [PadmaP 5.97.27] --
vyāmohāya carācarasya jagatas te te purāṇāgamās
tāṃ tām eva hi devatāṃ paramikāṃ jalpantu kalpāvadhi |
siddhānte punar eka eva bhagavān viṣṇuḥ samastāgama-
vyāpāreṣu vivecana-vyatikaraṃ nīteṣu niścīyate

nārasiṃhe -
satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyam utkṣipya bhujam ucyate |
vedāc chāstraṃ paraṃ nāsti na devaḥ keśavāt paraḥ

yataḥ pādme -
arir mitraṃ viṣṃ pathyam adharmo dharmatāṃ vrajet |
suprasanne hṛṣīkeśe viparīte viparyayaḥ

tatraiva śrī-bhagavad-vākyam-
man-nimittaṃ kṛtaṃ pāpam api dharmāya kalpate |
mām anādṛtya dharmo 'pi pāpaṃ syān mat-prabhāvataḥ

ataevoktaṃ skānde śrī-brahma-nārada-saṃvāde -
vāsudevaṃ parityajya yo 'nyaṃ devam upāsate |
sva-mātaraṃ parityajya śvapacīṃ vandate hi saḥ

tatraivānyatra -
vāsudevaṃ parityajya yo 'nyaṃ devam upāsate |
tyaktvāmṛtaṃ sa mūḍhātmā bhuṅkte halāhalaṃ viṣam

mahābhārate -
yas tu viṣṇuṃ parityajya mohād anyam upāsate |
sa hema-rāśim utsṛjya pāṃśu-rāśiṃ jighṛkṣati

anādṛtya tu yo viṣṇum anya-devaṃ samāśrayet |
gaṅgāmbhasaḥ sa tṛṣṇārto mṛga-tṛṣṇāṃ pradhāvati

pañcarātre -
yo mohād viṣṇum anyena hīna-devena durmatiḥ |
sādhāraṇaṃ sakṛd brūte so 'ntyajo nāntyajo 'ntyajaḥ

vaiṣṇava-tantre -
na labheyuḥ punar bhaktiṃ harer aikāntikīṃ jaṅāḥ |
ekāgra-manasaś cāpi viṣṇu-sāmānya-darśinaḥ

anyatra ca -
yas tu nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ brahma-rudrādi-daivataiḥ |
samatvenaiva vīkṣeta sa pāṣaṇḍī bhaved dhruvam

iti
sahasra-nāma-stotrādau ślokaughāḥ santi cedṛśāḥ |
viśeṣataḥ sattva-niṣṭhaiḥ sevoy viṣṇur na cāparaḥ

tathā ca śrī-hari-vaṃśe śiva-vākyam -
harir eva sadārādhyo bhavadbhiḥ sattva-saṃsthitaiḥ |
viṣṇu-mantraṃ sadā viprāḥ paṭhadhvaṃ dhyāta keśavam

iti
īdṛṅ-māhātmya-vākyeṣu saṅgṛhīteṣu sarvataḥ |
grantha-bāhulya-doṣaḥ syāl likhyante'pekṣitāni tat

atha śrī-vaiṣṇava-mantra-māhātmyam
āgame-
mantrān śrī-mantra-rājādīn vaiṣṇavān gurv-anugrahāt |
sarvaiśvaryaṃ japan prāpya yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam

puṇyaṃ varṣa-sahasrair yaiḥ kṛtaṃ suvipulaṃ tapaḥ |
japanti vaiṣṇavān mantrān narās te loka-pāvanāḥ

vaiṣṇave ca-
prajapan vaiṣṇavān mantrān yaṃ yaṃ paśyati cakṣuṣā |
padā vā saṃspṛśet sadyo mucyate'sau mahā-bhayāt

iti
likhyate viṣṇu-mantrāṇāṃ mahimātha viśeṣataḥ |
tātparyataḥ śrī-gopāla-mantra-māhātmya-puṣṭaye

tatra dvādaśākṣarāṣṭākṣarayor māhātmyam
padma-purāṇe devadūta-vikuṇḍala-saṃvāde-
sāṅgaṃ sa-mudraṃ sa-nyāsaṃ sa-ṛṣi-daivatam |
sa-dīkṣā-vidhi sa-dhyānaṃ sa-yantraṃ dvādaśākṣaram

aṣṭākṣaraṃ ca mantreśaṃ ye japanti narottamāḥ |
tān dṛṣṭvā brahmahā śudhyete yato viṣṇavaḥ svayam

śaṅkhinaś cakriṇo bhūtvā brahmāyur vana-mālinaḥ |
vasanti vaiṣṇave loke viṣṇu-rūpeṇa te narāḥ

tatraiva dvādaśākṣarayas caturtha-skandhe [BhP 4.8.53] --
japaś ca paramo guhyaḥ śrūyatāṃ me nṛpātmaja |
yaṃ sapta-rātraṃ prapaṭhan pumān paśyati khecarān

śrī-viṣṇu-purāṇe [ViP 1.6.40]
gatvā gatvā nivartante candra-sūryādayo grahāḥ |
adyāpi na nivartante dvādaśākṣara-cintakāḥ

aṣṭākṣarasya, yathā nārada-pañcarātre-
trayo vedāḥ ṣaḍ-aṅgāni chandāṃsi vividhāḥ surāḥ |
sarvam aṣṭākṣarāntaḥsthaṃ yac cānyad api vāṅ-mayam

sarva-vedānta-sārārthaṃ saṃsārārṇava-tāraṇaḥ |
gatir aṣṭākṣaro nṝṇāṃ na punar bhava-kāṅkṣiṇām

yatrāṣṭākṣara-saṃsiddho mahā-bhāgo mahīyate |
na tatra sañcariṣyanti vyādhi-durbhikṣa-taskarāḥ

deva-dānava-gandharvāḥ siddha-vidyādharādayaḥ |
praṇamanti mahātmānam aṣṭākṣara-vidaṃ naram

vyaktaṃ hi bhagavān eva sākṣān nārāyaṇaḥ svayam |
aṣṭākṣara-svarūpeṇa mukheṣu parivartate

pādmottara-khaṇḍe [PadmaP 6.226.18] --
evam aṣṭākṣaro mantro jñeyaḥ sarvārtha-sādhakaḥ |
sarva-duḥkha-haraḥ śrīmān sarva-mantrātmakaḥ śubhaḥ

liṅga-purāṇe-
kim anyair bahubhir mantraiḥ kim anyair bahubhir vrataiḥ |
namo nārāyaṇeti mantraḥ sarvārtha-sādhakaḥ

tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu namo nārāyaṇeti yaḥ |
japet sa yāti viprendra viṣṇu-lokaṃ sa-bāndhavaḥ

bhaviṣya-purāṇe-
aṣṭākṣaro mahā-mantraḥ sarva-pāpa-haraḥ paraḥ |
sarveṣāṃ viṣṇu-mantrāṇāṃ rājatve parikīrtitaḥ

śrī-śuka-vyāsa-saṃvāde ca-
namo nārāyaṇāyeti mantraḥ sarvārtha-sādhakaḥ |
bhaktānāṃ japatāṃ tāta svarga-mokṣa-phala-pradaḥ

eṣa eva paro mokṣa eṣa svarga udāhṛtaḥ |
sarva-veda-rahasyebhyaḥ sāra eṣa samuddhṛtaḥ

viṣṇunā vaiṣṇavānāṃ tu hitāya manunā purā |
kīrtitaḥ sarva-pāpaghnaḥ sarva-kāma-pradāyakaḥ

nārāyaṇāya nama ity ayam eva satyaṃ
saṃsāra-ghora-viṣa-saṃharaṇāya mantraḥ |
śṛṇvantu satya-matayo muditās tarāgā
uccais tarām upadiśāmy aham ūrdhva-bāhuḥ

bhūtvordhva-bāhur adyāhaṃ satya-pūrvaṃ bravīmi vaḥ |
he putra-śiṣyāḥ śṛṇuta na mantro 'ṣṭākṣarāt paraḥ

ataevoktaṃ gāruḍe-
āsīno vā śayāno vā tiṣṭhāno yatra tatra vā |
namo nārāyaṇeti mantraika-śaraṇo bhavet

tāpanī-śrutiṣu [NṛsiṃhaTU 1.5.8]
devā ha vai prajāpatim abruvann ānuṣṭubhasya mantra-rājasya nārasiṃhasya phalaṃ no brūhi bhagava iti sa hovāca prajāpatirya etaṃ mantra-rājaṃ nārasiṃham ānuṣṭubhaṃ nityam adhīte so 'gni-pūto bhavati sa vāyu-pūto bhavati sa āditya-pūto bhavati sa soma-pūto bhavati sa satya-pūto bhavati sa brahma-pūto bhavati sa viṣṇu-pūto bhavati sa rudra-pūto bhavati sa sarva-pūto bhavati sa sarva-pūto bhavati

tatraivānte [NṛsiṃhaTU 5.9-10]-
anupanīta-śatam ekam ekenopanītena tat-samam | upanīta-śatam ekam ekena gṛhasthena tat-samam | gṛhastha-śatam ekam ekena vānaprasthena tat samaṃ | vānaprastha-śatam ekam ekena yatinā tat samaṃ | yatīnāṃ tu śataṃ pūrṇam ekam ekena rudra-jāpakena tat-samam | rudra-jāpaka-śatam ekam ekena atharva-śiraḥ-śikhādhyāpakena tat-samam |
tad vā etat paramaṃ dhāma mantra-rājādhyāpakasya yatra na sūryas tapati yatra na vāyur vāti yatra na candramā bhāti yatra na nakṣatrāṇi bhānti yatra nāgnir dahati yatra na mṛtyuḥ praviśati yatra na duḥkhaṃ sadānandaṃ paramānandaṃ śāntaṃ śāśvataṃ sadā-śivaṃ brahmādi-vanditaṃ yogi-dhyeyaṃ paramaṃ padaṃ yatra gatvā na nivartante yoginaḥ | tad etad ṛcābhyuktam | tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ |
divīva cakṣur ātatam | tad viprāso vipanyavo jāgṛvāṃsaḥ samindhate | viṣṇor yat paramaṃ padam

atha śrī-rāma-mantrāṇāṃ māhātmyam
agastya-saṃhitāyām -
sarveṣu mantra-vargeṣu śreṣṭhaṃ vaiṣṇavam ucyate |
gāṇapatyeṣu śaiveṣu śākta-saureṣv abhīṣṭadam

vaiṣṇaveṣv api mantreṣu rāma-mantrāḥ phalādhikāḥ |
gāṇapaty-ādi-mantrebhyaḥ koṭi-koṭi-guṇādhikāḥ

vinaiva dīkṣāṃ viprendra puraścaryāṃ vinaiva hi |
vinaiva nyāsa-vidhinā japa-mātreṇa siddhidāḥ

mantreṣv aṣṭasv anāyāsa-phalado 'yaṃ ṣaḍ-akṣaraḥ |
ṣaḍ-akṣaro 'yaṃ mantras tu mahāghaugha-nivāraṇaḥ

mantra-rāja iti proktaḥ sarveṣām uttamottamaḥ |
dainandinaṃ tu duritaṃ pakṣa-māsa-rtu-varṣajam

sarvaṃ dahati niḥśeṣaṃ tūlācalam ivānalaḥ |
brahma-hatyā-sahasrāṇi jñānājñāna-kṛtāni ca

svarṇas teyasurāpāna-guru-talpa-yutāni ca |
koṭi-koṭi-sahasrāṇi hyupapāpāni yāny api |
sarvāṇy api praṇaśyanti rāma-mantrānukīrtanāt

tāpanī-śrutiṣu ca -
ya etat-tārakaṃ brāhmaṇo nityam adhīte, sa pāpmānaṃ tarati, sa mṛtyuṃ tarati, sa bhrū-hatyāṃ tarati, sa sarva-hatyāṃ tarati, sa saṃsāraṃ tarati, sa sarvaṃ tarati, sa vimuktāśrito bhavati, so 'mṛtatvaṃ ca gacchati

atha gopāla-deva-mantra-māhātmyam
mantrās tu kṛṣṇa-devasya sākṣād bhagavato hareḥ |
sarvāvatāra-bījasya sarvato vīryavattamāḥ

tathā ca bṛhad-gautamīye śrī-govinda-vṛndāvanākhye -
sarveṣāṃ mantra-varyāṇāṃ śreṣṭho vaiṣṇava ucyate |
viśeṣāt kṛṣṇa-manavo bhoga-mokṣaika-sādhanam

yasya yasya ca mantrasya yo yo devas tathā punaḥ |
abhedāt tan-manūnāṃ ca devatā saiva bhāṣyate

kṛṣṇa eva paraṃ brahma saccidānanda-vigrahaḥ |
smṛti-mātreṇa teṣāṃ vai bhukti-mukti-phala-pradaḥ

iti
tatrāpi bhagavattāṃ svāṃ tanvato gopa-līlayā |
tasya śreṣṭhatamā mantrās teṣv apy aṣṭādaśākṣaraḥ

tāpanī-śrutiṣu --
oṃ munayo ha vai brahmāṇam ūcuḥ | kaḥ paramo devaḥ | kuto mṛtyur bibheti | kasya jñānenākhilaṃ jñātaṃ bhavati | kenedaṃ viśvaṃ saṃsaratīti | tān u hovāca brāhmaṇaḥ -- kṛṣṇo vai paramaṃ daivatam | govindān mṛtyur bibheti | gopī-jana-vallabha-jñānenākhilaṃ jñātaṃ bhavati | svāhayedaṃ saṃsaratīti | tam u hocuḥ | kaḥ kṛṣṇo govindaḥ ko 'sau gopī-jana-vallabhaḥ kaḥ kā svāheti | tān uvāca brāhmaṇaḥ pāpa-karṣaṇo go-bhūmi-veda-vidito veditā gopī-janāvidyā-kalā-prerakas tan-māyā ceti | sakalaṃ paraṃ brahmaiva tat | yo dhyāyati rasati bhajati so 'mṛto bhavati so 'mṛto bhavatīti | te hocuḥ -- kiṃ tad-rūpaṃ kiṃ rasanaṃ kathaṃ vāho tad-bhajanaṃ | tat sarvaṃ vividiṣatām ākhyāhīti | tad u hovāca hairaṇyaḥ -- gopa-veśam abhrābhaṃ taruṇaṃ kalpa-drumāśritam

(GTU 1.2-8)
kiṃ ca, tatraivāgre --
bhaktir asya bhajanam | tad ihāmutropādhi-nairāsyenaivāmuṣmin manaḥ-kalpanam | etad eva ca naiṣkarmyam |
kṛṣṇaṃ taṃ viprā bahudhā yajanti
govindaṃ santaṃ bahudhārādhayanti |
gopījana-vallabho bhuvanāni dadhre
svāhāśrito jagad ejayjat sva-retāḥ

(GTU 1.14-15)
vāyur yathaiko bhuvanaṃ praviṣṭo
janye janye pañca-rūpo babhūva |
kṛṣṇas tathaiko 'pi jagad-dhitārthaṃ
śabdenāsau pañca-pado vibhāti

iti
(GTU 1.16)
kiṃ ca tatraivopāsana-vidhi-kathanānantaram -
eko vaśī sarvagaḥ kṛṣṇa īḍya
eko 'pi san bahudhā yo vibhāti |
taṃ pīṭhasthaṃ ye'nubhajanti dhīrās
teṣāṃ sukhaṃ śāśvataṃ netareṣām

(GTU)
nityo nityānāṃ cetanaś cetanānām
eko bahūnāṃ yo vidadhāti kāmān |
taṃ pīṭhagaṃ ye'nubhajanti dhīrās
teṣāṃ siddhiḥ śāśvatī netareṣām

etad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ ye
nitya-muktāḥ saṃyajante na kāmān |
teṣām asau gopa-rūpaḥ prayatnāt
prakāśayed ātma-padaṃ tadaiva

yo brahmāṇaṃ vidadhāti pūrvaṃ
yo vidyās tasmai gopāyati sma kṛṣṇaḥ |
taṃ ha daivam ātma-buddhi-prakāśaṃ
mumukṣur vai śaraṇam anuvrajeta

oṃkāreṇāntaritaṃ ye japanti
govindasya pañcapadaṃ manum |
teṣām asau darśayed ātma-rūpaṃ
tasmān mumukṣur abhyasen nitya-śāntyai

tasmād anye pañcapadād abhūvan
govindasya manavo mānavānām |
daśārṇādyās te'pi saṅkrandanādyair
abhyasyante bhūti-kāmair yathāvat

kiṃ ca tatraiva --
tad u hovāca brāhmaṇo 'sāv anavarataṃ me dhyātaḥ stutaḥ parārdhānte so 'budhyata | gopa-veśo me puruṣaḥ purastād āvirbabhūva | tataḥ praṇatena mayā'nukūlena hṛdā mahyam aṣṭādaśārṇaṃ svarūpaṃ sṛṣṭaye dattvāntarhitaḥ | punaḥ sisṛkṣā me prādurabhūt | teṣv akṣareṣu bhaviṣyaj-jagad-rūpaṃ prakāśayat | tad iha kād āpo | lāt pṛthivī | īto 'gniḥ | bindor induḥ | tan-nādād arka iti klīṃ-kārād asṛjam | kṛṣṇād ākāśaṃ yad vāyur ity uttarāt surabhiṃ vidyāṃ prādurakārṣam | tad-uttarāt tad-uttarāt strī-pumādi cedaṃ sakalam idaṃ iti

tathā ca gautamīya-tantre -
klīṃ-kārād asṛjad viśvam iti prāha śruteḥ śiraḥ |
la-kārāt pṛthivī jātā ka-kārāj jala-sambhavaḥ

ī-kārād vahnir utpanno nādād āyur ajāyata |
bindor ākāśa-sambhūtir iti bhūtātmako manuḥ //
svā-śabdena ca kṣetrajño heti cit-prakṛtiḥ parā |
tayor aikya-samudbhūtir mukha-veṣṭana-varṇakaḥ //
ataeva hi viśvasya layaḥ svāhārṇake bhavet

punaś ca sā śrutiḥ --
etasyaiva yajanena candra-dhvajo gata-moham ātmānaṃ vedayitvā oṃkārāntarālakaṃ manum āvartayat saṅga-rahito 'bhyānayat | tad viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ sadā paśyanti sūrayaḥ | divīva cakṣur ātatam | tasmād enaṃ nityam abhyaset

ity ādi
tatraivāgre --
yasya pūrva-padād bhūmir dvitīyāt salilodbhavaḥ |
tṛtīyāt teja udbhūtaṃ caturthād gandha-vāhanaḥ

pañcamād ambarotpattis tam evaikaṃ samabhyaset |
candra-dhvajo 'gamad viṣṇuḥ paramaṃ padam avyayam

tato viśuddhaṃ vimalaṃ
viśokam aśeṣa-lobhādi-nirasta-saṅgam |
yat tat padaṃ pañca-padaṃ tad eva
sa vāsudevo na yato 'nyad asti

tam ekaṃ govindaṃ sac-cid-ānanda-vigraham pañca-padaṃ vṛndāvana-sura-bhūruha-talāsīnaṃ satataṃ sa-marud-gaṇo 'haṃ paramayā stutyā toṣayāmi

iti
kiṃ ca stuty-anantaram --
amuṃ pañcapadaṃ mantram āvartayed yaḥ sa yāty anāyāsataḥ kevalaṃ tat padaṃ tat | anejad ekaṃ manaso javīyo naitad devā āpnuvan pūrvam arśāt

tasmāt kṛṣṇa eva paro devas taṃ dhyāyet taṃ raset taṃ yajed iti oṃ tat sad iti

trailokya-saṃmohana-tantre ca, devīṃ prati śrī-mahādevoktāṣṭādaśākṣara-prasaṅga eva -
dharmārtha-kāma-mokṣāṇām īśvaro jagad-īśvaraḥ |
santi tasya mahābhāgā avatārāḥ sahasraśaḥ

teṣāṃ madhye'vatārāṇāṃ bālatvam atidurlabham |
amānuṣāṇi karmāṇi tāni tāni kṛtāni ca

śāpānugraha-kartṛtve yena sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam |
tasya matnraṃ pravakṣyāmi sāṅgopāṅgam anuttamam

yasya vijñāna-mātreṇa naraḥ sarvajñatām iyāt |
putrārthī putram āpnoti dharmārthī labhate dhanam

sarva-śāstrārtha-pārajño bhavaty eva na saṃśayaḥ |
trailokyaṃ ca vaśīkuryāt vyākulīkurute jagat

mohayet sakalaṃ so 'pi mārayet sakalān ripūn |
bahunā kim ihoktena mumukṣur mokṣam āpnuyāt

yathā cintāmaṇiḥ śreṣṭho yathā gauś ca yathā satī |
yathā dvijo yathā gaṅgā tathāsau mantra uttamaḥ

yathāvad akhila-śreṣṭhaṃ yathā śāstraṃ tu vaiṣṇavam |
yathā susaṃskṛtā vāṇī tathāsau mantra uttamaḥ

kiṃ ca --
ato mayā sureśāni pratyahaṃ japyate manuḥ |
naitena sadṛśaḥ kaścid jagaty asmin caracare

sanatkumāra-kalpe'pi -
gopāla-viṣayā mantrās trayastriṃśat prabhedataḥ |
teṣu sarveṣu mantreṣu mantra-rājam imaṃ śṛṇu

suprasannam imaṃ mantraṃ tantre sammohanāhvaye |
gopanīyas tvayā mantro yatnena muni-puṅgava

anena mantra-rājena mahendratvaṃ purandaraḥ |
jagāma deva-deveśo viṣṇunā dattam añjasā

durvāsasaḥ purā śāpād asaubhāgyena pīḍitaḥ |
sa eva subhagavatvaṃ vai tenaiva punar āptavān

bahunā kim ihoktena puraścaraṇa-sādhanaiḥ |
vināpi japa-mātreṇa labhate sarvam īpsitam

prabhuṃ śrī-kṛṣṇa-caitanyaṃ taṃ nato 'smi gurūttamam |
kathañcid āśrayād yasya prākṛto 'py uttamo bhavet

athādhikāra-nirṇayaḥ
tāntrikeṣu ca mantreṣu dīkṣāyāṃ yoṣitām api |
sādhvīnām adhikāro 'sti śūdrādīnāṃ ca sad-dhiyām

tathā ca smṛty-artha-sāre pādme ca vaiśākha-māhātmye [PadmaP 6.84.48, 52-4] śrī-nāradāmbarīṣa-saṃvāde -
āgamoktena mārgeṇa strī-śūdrair api pūjanam |
kartavyaṃ śraddhayā viṣṇoś cintayitvā patiṃ hṛdi

śūdrāṇāṃ caiva bhavati nāmnā vai devatārcanam |
sarve 'py āgama-mārgeṇa kuryur vedānukāriṇā

strīṇām apy adhikāro 'sti viṣṇor ārādhanādiṣu |
pati-priya-ratānāṃ ca śrutir eṣā sanātanī

agastya-saṃhitāyāṃ śrī-rāma-mantra-rājam uddiśya -
śucivratatamāḥ śūdrā dhārmikā dvija-sevakāḥ |
striyaḥ pati-vratāś cānye pratilomānulomajāḥ
lokāś cāṇḍāla-paryantāḥ sarve'py atrādhikāriṇaḥ

iti
guruś ca siddha-sādhyādi-mantra-dāne vicārayet |
sva-kulāny akulatvaṃ ca bāla-prauḍhatvam eva ca

strī-puṃ-napuṃsakatvaṃ ca rāśi-nakṣatra-melanam |
supta-prabodha-kālaṃ ca tathā ṛṇa-dhanādikam

atha siddha-sādhyādi-śodhanam
saradā-tilake -
prāk pratyag agrā rekhāḥ syuḥ pañca yāmyottarāgragāḥ |
tāvatyaś ca catuṣkoṣṭha-catuṣkaṃ maṇḍalaṃ bhavet

indv-agni-rudra-nava-netra-yugena dikṣu
ṛtv-aṣṭa-ṣaḍaśa-caturdaśa-bhautikeṣu |
pātāla-pañcadaśa-vahni-himāṃśu-koṣṭhe
varṇāṃl likhel lipi-bhavān kramaśas tu dhīmān

janma-rkṣākṣa-ratau yāvan-mantrādimākṣaram |
caturbhiḥ koṣṭhakais tv ekam iti koṣṭha-catuṣṭaye

punaḥ koṣṭhaka-koṣṭheṣu savyato janmabhākṣarāt |
siddha-sādhya-susiddhārikramāj jñeyā vicakṣṇaiḥ

siddhaḥ sidhyati kālena sādhyas tu japa-homataḥ |
susiddho graha-mātreṇa arir mūla-nikṛntanaḥ

siddha-siddho yathoktena dvi-guṇāt siddha-sādhakaḥ |
siddha-susiddho 'rdha-japāt siddhārir hanti bāndhavān

sādhya-siddho dviguṇikaḥ sādhya-sādhyo hy anarthakaḥ |
tat-susiddhas triguṇitāt sādhyārir hanti gotrajān

susiddha-siddhordha-japāt tat-sādhyas tu guṇādhikāt |
tat-susiddho grahād eva susiddhāriḥ sva-gotrahā

ari-siddhaḥ sutān hanyād ari-sādhyas tu kanyakāḥ |
tat-susiddhas tu patnī-ghnas tad-arir hanti sādhakam

tathā ca tantre, asya ca mantra-viśeṣe'pavādaḥ -
nṛsiṃhārka-varāhāṇāṃ prāsāda-praṇavasya ca |
vaidikasya ca mantrasya siddhādīn naiva śodhayet

svapna-labdhe striyā datte mālā-mantre ca try-akṣare |
ekākṣare tathā mantre siddhādīn naiva śodhayet

sva-kulāny akulatvādi vijñeyaṃ cāgamāntarāt |
na vistara-bhayād atra vyarthatvād api likhyate

śrīmad-gopāla-devasya sarvaiśvarya-pradarśinaḥ |
tādṛk-śaktiṣu mantreṣu nahi kiñcid vicāryate

tathā ca krama-dīpikāyām [1.4]
sarveṣu varṇeṣu tathāśrameṣu
nārīṣu nānāhvaya-janmabheṣu
dātā phalānām abhivāñchitānāṃ
drāg eva gopālaka-mantra eṣaḥ

trailokya-saṃmohana-tantre ca, aṣṭādaśākṣara-mantram adhikṛtya śrī-śivenoktam -
na cātra śātravā doṣā narṇasvādi-vicāraṇā |
ṛkṣa-rāśi-vicāro vā na kartavyo manau priye

kecic chinnāś ca ruddhāś ca kecin mada-samuddhatāḥ |
malināḥ stambhitāḥ kecit kīlitā dūṣitā api |
etair doṣair yuto nāyaṃ yatas tribhunottamaḥ

iti
sāmānyataś ca yathā bṛhad-gautamīye -
atha kṛṣṇa-manūn vakṣye dṛṣṭādṛṣṭa-phala-pradān |
yān vai vijñāya munayo lebhire muktim añjasā

gṛhasthā vanagāś caiva yatayo brahmacāriṇaḥ |
striyaḥ śūdrādayaś caiva sarve yatrādhikāriṇaḥ

nātra cintyo 'ri-śuddhyādir nāri-mitrādi-lakṣaṇam |
na vā prayāsa-bāhulyaṃ sādhane na pariśramaḥ

ajñāna-tūla-rāśeś ca analaḥ kṣaṇa-mātrataḥ |
siddha-sādhya-susiddhāri-rūpā nātra vicāraṇā

sarveṣāṃ siddha-mantrāṇāṃ yato brahmākṣaro manuḥ |
prajāpatir avāpāgryaṃ deva-rājyaṃ śacīpatiḥ |
avāpus tridaśāḥ svargaṃ vāgīśatvaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ

ity ādi
tatraivāntare -
viṣṇu-bhaktyā viśeṣeṇa kiṃ na sidhyati bhūtale |
kīṭādi-brahma-paryantaṃ govindānugrahān mune

sarva-sampatti-nilayāḥ sarvatrāpy akutobhayāḥ |
ity ādi kathitaṃ kiñcin māhātmyaṃ vo munīśvarāḥ

ākāśe tārakā yadvat sindhoḥ saikata-sṛṣṭivat |
etad-vijñāna-mātreṇa labhen muktiṃ caturvidhām

etad-anyeṣu mantreṣu doṣāḥ santi pare ca ye |
tad-arthaṃ mantra-saṃskārā lipyante tantrato daśa

saradā-tilake -
jananaṃ jīvanaṃ ceti tāḍanaṃ rodhanaṃ tathā |
athābhiṣeko vimalīkaraṇāpyāyane punaḥ |
tarpaṇaṃ dīpanaṃ guptir daśaitā mantra-saṃskriyāḥ

mantrāṇāṃ mātṛkā-madhyād uddhāro jananaṃ smṛtam |
praṇavāntaritān kṛtvā mantra-varṇān japet sudhīḥ

etaj jīvanam ity āhur mantra-tantra-viśāradāḥ |
manor varṇān samālikhya tāḍayec candanāmbhasā

pratyekaṃ vāyunā mantrī tāḍanaṃ tad udāhṛtam |
vilikhya mantraṃ taṃ mantrī prasūnaiḥ kara-vīrajaiḥ

tan-mantrākṣara-saṅkhyātair hanyād yat tena rodhanam |
svatantrokta-vidhānena mantrī mantrārṇa-saṅkhyayā

aśvattha-pallavair mantram abhiṣiñced viśuddhaye |
saṃcintya manasā mantraṃ yotir mantreṇa nirdahet

mantre mūla-trayaṃ mantrī vimalīkaraṇaṃ tv idam |
tāra-vyomāgni-manu-yuga-daṇḍī jyotir manur mataḥ |
kuśodakena japtena pratyarṇaṃ prokṣaṇaṃ manoḥ

tena mantreṇa vidhivad etad āpyāyanaṃ smṛtam |
mantreṇa vāriṇā yantre tarpaṇaṃ tarpaṇaṃ smṛtam

tāra-māyā-ramā-yogo manor dīpanam ucyate |
japyamānasya mantrasya gopanaṃ tv aprakāśanam

balitvāt kṛṣṇa-mantrāṇāṃ saṃskārāpekṣaṇaṃ nahi |
sāmānyoddeśa-mātreṇa tathāpy etad udīritam