Kaliviḍambana · Verses 1-20
na bhetavyaṃ na boddhavyaṃ na śrāvyaṃ vādino vacaḥ
jhaṭiti prativaktavyaṃ sabhāsu vijigīṣubhiḥ //
asaṃbhramo vilajjatvam avajñā prativādini
hāso rājñaḥ stavaś ceti pañcaite jayahetavas //
uccair udghoṣya jetavyaṃ madhyasthaś ced apaṇḍitas
paṇḍito yadi tatraiva pakṣapāto 'dhiropyatām //
lobho hetur dhanaṃ sādhyaṃ dṛṣṭāntas tu purohitas
ātmotkarṣo nigamanam anumāneṣv ayaṃ vidhis //
abhyāsyaṃ lajjamānena tattvaṃ jijñāsunā ciram
jigīṣunā hriyaṃ tyaktvā kāryaḥ kolāhalo mahān //
pāṭhanair granthanirmāṇaiḥ pratiṣṭhā tāvad āpyate
evam ca tathyavyutpattir āyuṣo 'nte bhaven na vā //
stotāraḥ ke bhaviṣyanti mūrkhasya jagatītale
na stauti cet svayaṃ ca svaṃ kadā tasyāstu nirvṛtis //
vācyatāṃ samayo 'tītaḥ spaṣṭam agre bhaviṣyati
iti pāṭhayatāṃ granthe kāṭhinyaṃ kutra vartate //
agatitvam atiśraddhā jñānābhāsena tṛptatā
trayaḥ śiṣyaguṇā hy ete mūrkhācāryasya bhāgyajās //
yadi na kvāpi vidyāyāṃ sarvathā kramate matis
māntrikās tu bhaviṣyāmo yogino yatayo 'pi vā //
avilambena saṃsiddhau māntrikair āpyate yaśas
vilambe karmabāhulyaṃ vikhyāpyāvāpyate dhanam //
sukhaṃ sukhiṣu duḥkhe 'pi jīvanaṃ duḥkhaśāliṣu
anugrahāyate yeṣāṃ te dhanyāḥ khalu māntrikās //
yāvad ajñānato maunam ācāro vā vilakṣaṇas
tāvan māhātmyarūpeṇa paryavasyati māntrike //
cārān vicārya daivajñair vaktavyaṃ bhūbhujāṃ phalam
grahacāraparijñānaṃ teṣām āvaśyakaṃ yatas //
putra ity eva pitari kanyakety eva mātari
garbhapraśneṣu kathayan daivajño vijayī bhavet //
āyuspraśne dīrgham āyur vācyaṃ mauhūrtikair janais
jīvanto bahumanyante mṛtāḥ prakṣyanti kaṃ punas //
sarvaṃ koṭidvayopetaṃ sarvaṃ kāladvayāvadhi
sarvaṃ vyāmiśram iva ca vaktavyaṃ daivacintakais //
nirdhanānāṃ dhanāvāptiṃ dhaninām adhikaṃ dhanam
bruvāṇāḥ sarvathā grāhyā lokair jyautiṣikā janās //
śatasya lābhe tāmbūlaṃ sahasrasya tu bhojanam
daivajñānām upālambho nityaḥ kāryaviparyaye //
api sāgaraparyantā vicetavyā vasuṃdharā
deśo hy aratnimātre 'pi nāsti daivajñavarjitas //
Original text: Kaliviḍambana · Edition: PIFI 36 , Pondichery 1967; 5 Nīl 1 (Trivandrum ed.); 5 misc 34 NSP ed.; Vani Vilas Press, Srirangaṃ; ed. Sankararama Sastri, Balamanorama Series 35, Madras 1942; ed. Kalyanasundara Sastri, Sastra Sanjeevinee Press Madras 1920; ed. Vaidika Vardhini Press Kumbakonam; L = lithograph Bod. 5.D.8, ed. by Keralavarma, Trivandrum 1886 · Data entry Somadeva Vasudeva · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0