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Kurma Purana · Chapter 1.3

1.3.1

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ pūrvavibhāge dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
varṇā bhagavatoddiṣṭāścatvāro 'pyāśramāstathā /
idānīṃ kramamasmākamāśramāṇāṃ vada prabho

1.3.2

śrīkūrma uvāca
brahmacārī gṛhasthaśca vānaprastho yatistathā /
krameṇaivāśramāḥ proktāḥ kāraṇādanyathā bhavet

1.3.3

utpannajñānavijñāno vairāgyaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ /
pravrajed brahmacaryāt tu yadicchet paramāṃ gatim

1.3.4

dārānāhṛtya vidhivadanyathā vividhairmakhaiḥ /
yajedutpādayet putrān virakto yadi saṃnyaset

1.3.5

aniṣṭvā vidhivad yajñairanutpādya tathātmajam /
nagārhasthyaṃ gṛhītyaktvā saṃnyased buddhimān dvijaḥ

1.3.6

atha vairāgyavegena sthātuṃ notsahate gṛhe /
tatraiva saṃnyased vidvānaniṣṭvāpi dvijottamaḥ

1.3.7

anyathā vividhairyajñairiṣṭvā vanamathākṣayet /
tapastaptvā tapoyogād viraktaḥ saṃnyased yadi

1.3.8

vānaprasthāśramaṃ gatvā na gṛhaṃ praviśet punaḥ /
na saṃnyāsī vanaṃ cātha brahmācaryaṃ na sādhakaḥ

1.3.9

prājāpatyāṃ nirūpyeṣṭimāgneyīmathavā dvijaḥ /
pravrajeta gṛhī vidvān vanād vā śruticodanāt

1.3.10

prakartumasamartho 'pi juhotiyajatikriyāḥ /
andhaḥ paṅgurdaridro vā viraktaḥ saṃnyased dvijaḥ

1.3.11

sarveṣāmeva vairāgyaṃ saṃnyāsāya vidhīyate /
patatyevāvirakto yaḥ saṃnyāsaṃ kartumicchati

1.3.12

ekasminnathavā samyag vartetāmaraṇaṃ dvijaḥ /
śraddhāvanāśrame yuktaḥ so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate

1.3.13

nyāyāgatadhanaḥ śānto brahmavidyāparāyaṇaḥ /
svadharmapālako nityaṃ so 'mṛtatvāya kalpate

1.3.14

brahmaṇyādhāya kramāṇi niḥsaṅgaḥ kāmavarjitaḥ /
prasannenaiva manasā kurvāṇo yāti tatpadam

1.3.15

brahmaṇā dīyate deyaṃ brahmaṇe saṃpradīyate /
brahmaiva dīyate ceti brahmārpaṇamidaṃ param

1.3.16

nāhaṃ kartā sarvametad brahmaiva kurute tathā /
etad brahmārpaṇaṃ proktamṛṣibhiḥ tattvadarśibhiḥ

1.3.17

prīṇātu bhagavānīśaḥ karmaṇānena śāśvataḥ /
karoti satataṃ buddhyā brahmārpaṇamidaṃ param

1.3.18

yadvā phalānāṃ saṃnyāsaṃ prakuryāt parameśvare /
karmaṇāmetadapyāhuḥ brahmārpaṇamanuttamam

1.3.19

kāryamityeva yatkarma niyataṃ saṅgavarjitam /
kriyate viduṣā karma tadbhavedapi mokṣadam

1.3.20

anyathā yadi karmāṇi kuryānnityamapi dvijaḥ /
akṛtvā phalasaṃnyāsaṃ badhyate tatphalena tu

1.3.21

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena tyaktvā karmāśritaṃ phalam /
avidvānapi kurvota karmāpnotyacirāt padam

1.3.22

karmaṇā kṣīyate pāpamaihikaṃ paurvikaṃ tathā /
manaḥ prasādamanveti brahma vijñāyate tataḥ

1.3.23

karmaṇā sahitājjñānāt samyag yogo 'bijāyate /
jñānaṃ ca karmasahitaṃ jāyate doṣavarjitam

1.3.24

tasmāt sarvaprayatnena tatra tatrāśrame rataḥ /
karmāṇīśvaratuṣṭyarthaṃ kuryānnaiṣkarmyamāpnuyāt

1.3.25

saṃprāpya paramaṃ jñānaṃ naiṣkarmyaṃ tatprasādataḥ /
ekākī nirmamaḥ śānto jīvanneva vimucyate

1.3.26

vīkṣate paramātmānaṃ paraṃ brahma maheśvaram /
nityānandaṃ nirābhāsaṃ tasminneva layaṃ vrajet

1.3.27

tasmāt seveta satataṃ karmayogaṃ prasannadhīḥ /
tṛptaye parameśasya tat padaṃ yāti śāśvatam

1.3.28

etad vaḥ sathitaṃ sarvaṃ cāturāśramyamuttamam /
na hyetat samatikramya siddhiṃ vindati mānavaḥ

Original text: Kūrmapurāṇa · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0