Kalika Purana · Chapter 84

// caturaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ //
//ṛṣaya ūcuḥ//
kathito bhavatā sargaḥ saṃśayaścāpi śātitāḥ/
tvatprasādānmahābhāga kṛtakṛtyā vayaṃ guro

bhūyaśca śrotumicchāmo vayametad dvijottama/
ko'nyo bhṛṅgī mahākālo jātau vetālabhairavau

vetālaṃ ca mahākālaṃ bhairavaṃ bhṛṅgiṇaṃ tathā/
śṛṇumo dvijaśārdūla kathameṣāṃ catuṣṭayam

//mārkaṇḍeya uvāca//
bhuvaṃ gate mahākāle mānuṣyasthe ca bhṛṅgiṇi/
vetālabhairavākhye ca tayorbhūte dvijottamāḥ

varalabdhe ca vetāle bhairave tena saṅgate/
andhakaṃ tapasā yuktaṃ bhṛṅgiṇaṃ cākaroddharaḥ

andhakastu haraṃ pūrvaṃ virudhyāpadamāgataḥ/
paścāddharaṃ samārādhya putro'bhūt tasya so'suraḥ

bhṛṅgisnehād bhṛṅgiṇaṃ taṃ saṃjñayā cākaroddharaḥ/
snehena tu mahākāle bāṇaṃ balisutaṃ haraḥ/
viṣṇunā chinnabāhuṃ tu mahākālamathākarot

evaṃ munivarasteṣāṃ saṃyataṃ ca catuṣṭayam/
vetālabhairavau bhṛṅgimahākālau hyanukramāt

//ṛṣayaṃ uvāca//
yat pṛṣṭaṃ sagareṇaiva munimaurvvaṃ mahādhiyam/
nītyā yaujyā yayā bhāryā suta ātmā'thavā guro

rājanītau satāṃ nītau sadācāre ca ye sthitāḥ/
viśeṣāstena ye proktā aurveṇa sumahātmanā

viśeṣeṇa dvijaśreṣṭha śrotuṃ samyak tapodhana/
icchāmastān mahābhāga kathayasva jagadguro

//mārkaṇḍeya uvāca//
ye ye viśeṣāḥ kathitā aurveṇa sumahātmanā/
tad vaḥ sarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇvantu munisattamāḥ

śrutvaivaṃ sagaro rājā mantrakalpādikaṃ punaḥ/
viśeṣaṃ paripapraccha nītyādīnāṃ mahāmunim

//sagara uvāca//
yayā nītyā prayoktavyaḥ suta ātmā priyā tathā/
teṣām̐ viśeṣaiḥ sahitaṃ sadācāraṃ vadasva me

//aurvva uvāca//
krameṇa śṛṇu rājendra yayā nītyā niyojitāḥ/
ātmā suto vā bhāryā vā tadviśeṣaṃ śṛṇuṣva me

jñānavidyātapovṛddhān vayovṛddhān sudakṣiṇān/
seveta prathamaṃ viprānasūyāparivarjitān

tebhyāśca śṛṇuyāṃnnityaṃ vedaśāstraviniścayam/
yadūcuste ca tat kāryaṃ prājñaṃ caiva nṛpaścaret

pañcendriyāṇi pañcāśvāḥ śarīraṃ ratha ucyate/
ātmā rathī kaśā jñānaṃ sārathirmana ucyate

aśvān sudāntān kurvīta sārathiṃ cātmano vaśam/
kaśā dṛḍhā sadā kāryā śarīrasthiratā tathā

adāntāṃstu samāruhya saindhavān syandanī yathā/
aśvānāmicchayā gacchannutpathaṃ pratipadyate

tatrāvaśaḥ sārathistu svecchayā prerayan hayān/
nayet paravaśaṃ samyag prathitaṃ vīramapyuta

tathendriyāṇi nṛpatirviṣayāṇāṃ parigrahe/
svavaśyāni prakurvīta mano jñānaṃ dṛḍhaṃ tathā

jñāne dṛḍhe kaśāyāṃ ca dṛḍhāyāṃ nṛpasattama/
sārathiḥ svavaśo dāntānīśaḥ prerayituṃ hayān

ato nṛpaḥ svendriyāṇi vaśe kṛtvā manastathā/
jñānamārgamadhiṣṭhāya prakurvītātmano hitam

bhoktavyaṃ svecchayā bhūyo na kuryāllobhamāsave/
draṣṭavyamiti draṣṭavyaṃ na draṣṭavyaṃ ca svecchayā

śrotavyamiti śrotavyaṃ nādhikaṃ śravaṇe caret/
śāstratattva mṛte dhīraḥ śrutivaśyo bhavenna hi

evaṃ ghrāṇaṃ tvacaṃ cāpi vaśīkṛtyecchayā nṛpaḥ/
svecchayā nopabhuñjīta noddāmaṃ viṣayaṃ vrajet

evaṃ yadi bhavedrājā tadā sa syājjitendriyaḥ/
jitendriyatve hetuśca śāstravṛddhopasevanam

avṛddhasevyaśāstrajño nṛpaḥ śatruvaśo bhavet/
tasmācchāstramadhiṣṭhāya bhavedrājā jitendriyaḥ

dhṛtiḥ prāgalbhyasutsāho vākpaṭutvaṃ vivecanam/
dakṣatvaṃ dhārayiṣṇutvaṃ dānamaitrīkṛtajñatā

dṛḍhaśāsanatā satyaṃ śaucaṃ mativiniścayam/
parābhiprāyaveditvaṃ caritraṃ dhairyamāpadi

kleśadhāraṇaśaktiśca gurudevadvijārcanam/
anasūyā hyakopitvaṃ guṇānetānnṛpo'bhyaset

kāryākāryavibhāgaśca dharmārtho kāma eva ca/
satataṃ pratibudhyeta kuryādavasare'pi tat

sāmadānaṃ ca bhedaśca daṇḍaśceti catuṣṭayam/
jñātvopāyāṃstu tatkāle tadupāyān prayojayet

sāmnastu viṣaye bhedo madhyamaḥ parikīrtitaḥ/
dānasya viṣaye sāma yogyamevopalakṣyate

dānasya viṣaye daṇḍo hyadhanaḥ parikīrtitaḥ/
daṇḍasya viṣaye dānaṃ tadapyadhamamucyate

sāmnastu gocare daṇḍo hyadhamādadhamaḥ smṛtaḥ/
saujanyaṃ satataṃ jñeyaṃ bhūbhṛto bhedadaṇḍayoḥ

sāmno dānasya ca tathā saujanyaṃ yāti gocare

kāmaḥ krodhaśca lobhaśca harṣo māno madastathā/
etānatiśayān rājā śatrūniva viśātayet/
sevyāḥ kāle saṃyuktau te lobhagarvau vivarjayet

teja eva nṛpāṇāṃ tu tīvraṃ sūryasya vai yathā/
tatra garvaṃ rogayuktaṃ kāyavāṃstaṃ tu satyajet

ākheṭakākṣau strīsevā pānaṃ caivārthadūṣaṇam/
vāgdaṇḍayośca pāruṣyaṃ saptaitāni vivarjayet

parastrīṣu viraktāsu sevāmekāntatastyajet/
satīṣu nijanārīṣu yuktaṃ kuryānniveśanam

ratiputraphalā dārāstāṃstu naikāntatastyajet/
tayoḥ siddhayai striyaḥ sevyā varjayitvātisaktatām

mṛgāyāṃ tu pramādānāṃ sthānaṃ nityaṃ vivarjayet/
akṣāṃstathā na kurvīti satkāryāsaktināśanam

anyaiḥ kṛtaṃ kadācit tu seveta nātmanācaret/
akāryakaraṇe bījaṃ kṛtyānāṃ ca vivarjane

akālabhentrabhede ca kalahe satkṛtikṣaye/
varjayet satataṃ pānaṃ śaucamāṅgalyanāśanam

arthakṣayakaraṃ nityaṃ tyajeccaivātmadūṣaṇam/
abhiśasteṣu coreṣu ghātakeṣvātatāyiṣu

satataṃ pṛthivīpālo daṇḍapāruṣyamācaret/
nānyatra daṇḍapāruṣyaṃ kuryānnṛpatisattamaḥ

vākpāruṣyaṃ ca sarvatra naiva kuryāt kadācana/
rakṣaṇīyaṃ sadā satyaṃ satyamekaṃ parāyaṇam

kṣamāṃ tejasvitāṃ caiva prastāvānnṛpa ācaret/
yānāsanāśrayadvaidhasandhayo vigrahastathā

abhyaset ṣaḍguṇānetāṃsteṣāṃ sthānaṃ ca śāśvatam/
yaḥ pramāṇaṃ na jānāti sthāne vṛddhau tathā kṣaye

koṣe janapade daṇḍe na sa rājye'vatiṣṭhate/
koṣe janapade daṇḍe caikaikatra trayaṃ trayam

prastāvādviniyuñjīta rakṣennaikāṃstatastvimān/
mitre śatrāvudāsīne prabhāvaṃ triṣvapīrayet

utsāho vijigīṣāyāṃ dharmakṛtye'ṣṭavargake/
śarīrayātrānirvāhe kriyeta satataṃ nṛpaiḥ

mantraniścayasambhūtāṃ buddhiṃ sarvatra yojayet/
amātye śātrave rājye putreṣvantaḥpureṣu ca

kṛṣiṃ durgaṃ ca vāṇijyaṃ khaḍgānāṃ karasādhanam/
ādānaṃ sainyakarayorbandhanaṃ gajavājinoḥ

śūnye sadmamukhānāṃ ca yojanaṃ satataṃ janaiḥ/
trayāṇāṃ sārasetūnāṃ bandhanaṃ ceti cāṣṭamam

etadaṣṭasu vargeṣu cārān samyak prayojayet/
kāryākāryavibhāgāya cāṣṭavargādhikāriṇām

aṣṭau cārānniyuñjīyādaṣṭavargeṣu pārthivaḥ/
daśa śūnyeṣu yuñjīta kramataḥ śṛṇu tāni me

svāmī saciva-rāṣṭrāṇi mitraṃ kośo balaṃ tathā/
durgaṃ tu saptamaṃ jñeyaṃ rājyāṅgaṃ gurubhāṣitam

durgamuktaṃ cāṣṭavarge cārānnātmani yojayet/
tasmādimāni śeṣāṇi paṃca cārapadāni ca

śuddhānteṣu ca putreṣu sasūyyādau mahānase/
śatradāsīnayoścāpi balābalaviniścaye

aṣṭādaśasu caiteṣu cārān rājā prayojayet/
na yatprakāśaṃ jānīyāt tat taccārairnirūpayet

nirūpya tat-pratīkāramavaśyaṃ chidrataścaret/
yathāniyogameteṣāṃ yo yo yatrānyathācaret

jñātvā tatra nṛpaścārairdaṇḍayed vā viyojayet/
cārāṃstu mantriṇā sārdhaṃ rahasye saṃsthito nṛpaḥ

pradoṣasamaye pṛcchet tadānīmeva sādhayet/
svaputre cātha śuddhānte ye tu cārā mahānase

niyuktāstānmadhyarātre pṛcchet svo'pi ca mantriṇi/
etāṃścārān svayaṃ paśyennṛpatirmantriṇā vinā

anyāṃstu mantriṇā sārdhaṃ nirūpya pradiśet phalam/
naikaveśadharaścāro naiko notsāhavarjitaḥ

saṃstuto nahi sarvatra nātidīrgho na vāmanaḥ/
satataṃ na divācārī na rogī nāpyabuddhimān

na vittavibhavairhīno na bhāryāputravarjitaḥ/
kāryaścāro nṛpatinā tattvaguhyavinirṇaye

anekaveśagrahaṇakṣamaṃ bhāryāsutairyutam/
bahudeśavaco'bhijñaṃ parābhiprāyavedakam

dṛḍhabhaktaṃ prakurvīta cāraṃ śaktamasādhyasam/
abhitiṣṭhet svayaṃ rājā kṛṣimātmasamaistathā

vaṇikpathe tu durgādo teṣu śaktānniyojayet/
antaḥpure pitustulyān dhīrān vṛddhānniyojayet

ṣaṇḍhān paṇḍāṃstathā vṛddhāṃ striyau vā buddhitatparāḥ/
śuddhānte dvāri yuñjīyāt striyo vṛddhā manīṣiṇīḥ

naikaḥ svapet kadācit tu naiko bhuñjīta pārthivaḥ/
naikākinīṃ tu mahiṣīṃ brajenmaitrāya naikakaḥ

amātyānupadhāśuddhān bhāryāḥ putrāṃstathaiva ca/
prakuryāt satataṃ bhūpaḥ saprasādaṃ samācaran

dharmārthakāmamokṣaiśca pratyekaṃ pariśodhanaiḥ/
upetya dhīyate yasmādupadhā sā prakīrtitā

arthakāmopadhābhyāṃ tu bhāryāputrāṃśca śodhayet/
dharmopadhābhirviprāṃstu sarvāṃbhiḥ sacivān punaḥ

ebhiryajñaitasthā dānairihaiva nṛpatirbhavet/
tasmād bhavāṃstu rājyārthī dharmamevaṃ samācaret

anenaivābhicāreṇa yajñairvāṃ pārthivo hyayam/
prāṇāṃstyajati rājā tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi na saśayaḥ

iti dharmo nṛpasyaiva aśvamedhādikaśca yaḥ/
svayaṃ na kurute bhūpastasmāt tvaṃ kuru sattama

evaṃ mantrairmantrayitvā nṛpaḥ kāryāntikād dvijāt/
tairajñātān svayaṃ jñātvā gṛhṇīyāt tasya tairmanaḥ

yadi rājyābhilāṣeṇa sacivo'dharmamācaret/
nṛpatau bādhakaṃ kuryād dharmaṃ taṃ honatāṃ nayet

ābhicārikamartyarthaṃ kurvāṇaṃ tu vighāyayet/
pravāsayed brāhmaṇaṃ tu pārthivaścābhicārikam

eṣā gharmopadhā jñeyā tairamātyātan satāñjayet/
tādṛśīṃ tathaivānyāmupadhāṃ dharmataścaret

kośādhyakṣān samāmantrya rājāmātyān pratārayet/
putrānanyān prati tathā mantrasaṃvaraṇākṣamān

ayaṃ hi pracuraḥ koṣo madāyatto narottama/
ānaye tava saṃmatyā tad yadi tvaṃ pratīkṣasi

tavārthalagnādasmākaṃ jīvanaṃ ca bhaviṣyati/
tvaṃ cāpi pracuraiḥ koṣaiḥ kiṃ kiṃ vā na kariṣyasi

evamanyaiḥ koṣagatairupāyairnṛpasattamaḥ/
putrāmātyādikān sarvān satataṃ pariśodhayet

koṣadoṣakarān hanyāt kartumicchan vivāsayet/
dvaidhacittān vimanyeta kuryād vai kośarakṣaṇam

dāsīśca śilpinīrvṛddhā medhādhṛtimatīḥ striyaḥ/
antarbahiśca yā yānti viditāḥ sacivādibhiḥ

tā rājā rahasi sthitvā bhāryādibhiralakṣitaḥ/
abhimantryātha saṃmantrya preṣayet sacivān prati

tā gatvā hṛdayaṃ buddhā striyo vijñānatatparāḥ/
mahiṣīpramukhā rājñastvāṃ vai kāmayate śubhā

tatrāhaṃ yojayiṣyāmi yadi te vidyate spṛhā/
sacivastvāṃ kāmayate tvadyogyo varavarṇini

taṃ saṃgamayituṃ śaktā yadi śraddhā tavāstyaham/
ityanena prakāreṇa nānopāyaistathottaraiḥ

bhāryāḥ putraduhitrīśca snuṣāśca prasnuṣāstathā/
śodhayet sacivān putrān pautrādīn sevakāṃstathā

kāmopadhā'viśuddhāṃstu ghātayedavicārayan/
striyastu yojyā daṇḍena brāhmaṇāṃstu pravāsayet

mokṣamārgāvasaktaṃ tu hiṃsāpaiśunyavarjitam/
kṣamaikasāraṃ nṛpatiḥ sacivaṃ parivarjayet

mokṣamārgaviraktāṃstu daṇḍayānapi na daṇḍayet/
samabuddhistu sarvatra tasmāt taṃ parivarjayet

iti sūtraṃ copadhānāmupadhā bahudhā punaḥ/
vivecitā cośanasā tacchāstre tatra bodhayet

vigrahaṃ satataṃ rājā parairnna samyagācaret/
bhūvittamitralābheṣu niściteṣveva vigrahāḥ

saptāṅgeṣu prasādaśca sadā kāryo nṛpottamaiḥ/
koṣasya sañcayaṃ rakṣāṃ satataṃ samyagācaret

mantriṇastu nṛpaḥ kuryād viprān vidyāviśāradān/
vinayājñān kulīnāṃśca dharmārthakuśalānṛjūn

mantrayet taiḥ samaṃ jñānaṃ nātyarthaṃ bahubhiścaret/
ekaikenaiva kartavyaṃ mantrasya ca viniścayam

vyastaiḥ samastaiścānyasya vyapadeśaiḥ samantataḥ/
susaṃvṛtaṃ mantragṛhaṃ sthalaṃ vāruhya mantrayet

araṇye niḥśalāke vā na yāminyāṃ kadācana/
śiśūñchākhāmṛgān paṇḍāñchukān vai sārikāstathā

varjayenmantragehe tu manuṣyān vikṛtāṃstathā/
dūṣaṇaṃ mantrabhedeṣaṃ nṛpāṇāṃ yat tu jāyate

na tacchakyaṃ samādhātuṃ dakṣairnṛpaśatairapi/
daṇḍyāṃstu daṇḍayed daṇḍairadaṇḍyān daṇḍayennahi

adaṇḍayan nṛpo daṇḍyānnadaṇḍyāṃścāpi daṇḍayan/
nṛpatirvācyatāṃ prāpya caurakilviṣamāpnuyāt

durge tu samatāṃ kuryād prākārāṭṭalatoraṇaiḥ/
bhūṣitānnagarādrājā dūre durgāśrayaṃ caret

durgaṃ balaṃ nṛpāṇāṃ tu nityaṃ durgaṃ praśasyate/
śatameko yodhayati durgastho yo dhanurddharaḥ

śataṃ daśasahasrāṇi tasmād durgaṃ praśasyate/
jaladurgaṃ bhūmidurgaṃ vṛkṣadurgaṃ tathaiva ca

āraṇyaṃmarudurgaṃ ca śailajaṃ parikhodbhavam/
durgaṃ kāryaṃ nṛpatinā yathā durgaṃ svadeśataḥ

durgaṃ kurvan puraṃ kuryāt trikoṇaṃ dhanurākṛti/
vartulaṃ ca catuṣkoṇaṃ nānyathā nagaraṃ caret

mṛdaṅgākṛtidurgaṃ tu satataṃ kulanāśanam/
yathā rākṣasarājyasya laṅkā durgānvitā purā

valeḥ puraṃ śoṇitākhyaṃ tejo durgaiḥ pratiṣṭhitam/
tad yasmād vyajanākāraṃ manobhraṣṭaḥ sivāvaliḥ

saubhāgyaṃ śālvarājasya nagaraṃ paṃcakoṇakam/
divi yad vartate rājyaṃ tacca bhraṣṭaṃ bhaviṣyati

yaccāyodhyāhvayaṃ bhūpa puramikṣvākubhūbhṛtām/
dhanurākṛti taccāpi tato'bhūd vijayapradam

durgabhūbhau yajed durgāṃ dikpālāṃścaiva dvārataḥ/
pūjayitvā vidhānena jayaṃ bhūpaḥ samāpnuyāt

ato durgaṃ nṛpaḥ kuryāt satataṃ jayavṛddhaye/
na brāhmaṇān sadā rājā kenāpyavamanīkṛtān

avamanya nṛpo viprān pretyeha duḥkhabhāg bhavet/
na virodhastu tai kāryaḥ svāni teṣāṃ na cādadet

kṛtyakāleṣu satataṃ tāneva paripūjayet/
naiṣāṃ nindāṃ prakurvīta nābhyasūyāṃ tathācaret

evaṃ nṛpo mahābuddhistattvamaṇḍalasaṃyutaḥ/
aprabhādī cāracakṣurguṃṇavān supriyaṃvadaḥ

pretyeha mahatīṃ siddhiṃ prāpnoti sukhabhogavān/
yairguṇairyojitaścātmā taiḥ putrānapi yojayeta

nṛpasya ca svatantratvaṃ satataṃ svaṃ vināśayet/
svatantro bhūpatanayo vikāraṃ yāti niścitam

nirvikārāya satataṃ vṛddhāṃśca pariyojayet/
bhojane śayane yāne puruṣāṇāṃ ca vīkṣaṇe

viyojayet sadā dārān bhūpaḥ kāmaviceṣṭane/
asvatantrāḥ striyaḥ kāryāḥ satataṃ pārthivena tu

tāḥ svatantrāḥ striyo nityaṃ hānaye sambhavanti hi/
tasmāt kumāraṃ mahiṣīmupadhābhirmanoharaiḥ

śodhayitvā niyuñjīta yauvarājyāvarodhayoḥ/
antaḥpurapraveśe tu svatantratvaṃ niṣedhayet

bhūpaputrasya bhāryāyā bahiḥsāre tathaiva ca/
ayaṃ viśeṣaḥ saṃkṣepānnṛpadharmo mayoditaḥ

putrāṇāṃ guṇavinyāse bhāryāṇāmapi bhūpate/
uśanā rājanītīnāṃ tantrāṇi tu bṛhaspatiḥ

cakārānyān viśeṣāṃstu tayostantreṣu bodhayet/
evaṃ rājā mahābhāge rājanītau viśeṣatām/
kurvanna sīdati sadā bhūyasīṃ śriyamaśnute

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