Padma Purana · Chapter 5.84

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ -
sūtasūta mahābhāga romaharṣaṇanaṃdana /
kathā ramyā tvayā proktā lokasyānaṃdadāyinī

śrīkṛṣṇasya mahābhāga caritaṃ mahadadbhutam /
śrutaṃ sarvaṃ tvayā proktaṃ nirvṛtistena cābhavat

aho śrīkṛṣṇamāhātmyaṃ bhaktānāṃ gatidāyakam /
yatastena mahābhāga nirvṛtiṃ ko na cāpnuyāt

ataḥ punarapi śrīmatkṛṣṇasya caritaṃ mahat /
śrotumicchāmahe cānyadvratadānārhaṇādikam

snānaṃ vāpi mahābhāga yathā yena kṛtaṃ purā /
tatsarvaṃ vistarādbrūhi yathā no nirvṛtirbhavet

sūta uvāca-
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā lokānāṃ tāraṇaṃ param /
yūyaṃ kṛtārthāḥ kṛṣṇasya bhaktyā saṃpūrṇamānasāḥ

śrīkṛṣṇacaritaṃ puṇyaṃ sādhūnāṃ harṣadaṃ param /
pravakṣyāmi dvijaśreṣṭhā mahadākhyānamuttamam

ekadā nārado lokānparyaṭanbhagavatpriyaḥ /
mathurāyāmaṃbarīṣaṃ kṛṣṇārādhanatatparam

mahābhāgaṃ vrataparaṃ dadarśa munisattamaḥ /
sa āgataṃ munivaraṃ satkṛtya munisattamaḥ

bhavaṃta iva papraccha śraddhayā hṛṣṭamānasaḥ /
aṃbarīṣa uvāca-/
yanmune paramaṃ brahma vedavādibhirucyate

sa devaḥ puṃḍarīkākṣaḥ svayaṃ nārāyaṇaḥ paraḥ /
yo'mūrto mūrtimānīśo vyakto'vyaktaḥ sanātanaḥ

sarvabhūtamayo'ciṃtyo dhyātavyaḥ sa kathaṃ hariḥ /
yasminsarvamidaṃ viśvamotaṃ protaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

avyaktamekaṃ paramaṃ paramātmeti viśrutam /
yato janmādi jagato yo nirmāya svayaṃ bhuvam

dadau tasmai ca nigamānātmanyeva vyavasthitān /
kathamārādhyate so'yaṃ samagrapuruṣārthadaḥ

yogināmapi durgamyastadetatkṛpayā vada /
anārādhita goviṃdā na vidaṃti hitodayam

na tapo yajñadānānāṃ labhate phalamuttamam /
anāsvāditagoviṃdapadāṃbujarasaśca yaḥ

manorathapathātītaṃ sphītaṃ nākalayetphalam /
harerārādhanaṃ hitvā duritaugha nivāraṇam

nānyatpaśyāmi jaṃtūnāṃ prāyaścittaṃ paraṃ mune /
yadbhrūnartanavartinyaḥ śrūyaṃte siddhayo'khilāḥ

kathamārādhyateso'yaṃ keśavaḥ kleśanāśanaḥ /
upāsyate sa bhagavānkathaṃ nārāyaṇo naraiḥ

prītaśca sarvametanme hitāya jagato vada /
bhaktipriyo'sau bhagavānkayā bhaktyā prasīdati

kathaṃ tasminbhavedbhaktiḥ sarvairārādhyate katham /
vaiṣṇavosi harestasya priyo'si paramārthavit

tena tvāmeva pṛcchāmi brahmanbrahmaviduttama /
śrotāramatha vaktāraṃ praṣṭāraṃ puruṣaṃ hareḥ

praśnaḥ punāti kṛṣṇasya tadaṃghrisalilaṃ yathā /
durllabho mānuṣo deho dehināṃ kṣaṇabhaṃguraḥ

tatrāpi durllabhaṃ manye vaikuṃṭhapriyadarśanam /
saṃsāresminkṣaṇārdho'pi satsaṃgaḥ śevadhirnṛṇām

yasmādavāpyate sarvaṃ puruṣārthacatuṣṭayam /
bhagavanbhavato yātrā svastaye sarvadehinām

bālānāṃ tu yathā pitroruttamaślokavartmanām /
bhūtānāṃ devacaritaṃ duḥkhāya ca sukhāya ca

sukhāyaiva hi sādhūnāṃ tvādṛśāmacyutātmanām /
bhajaṃti ye yathā devāndevā api tathaiva tān

chāyeva karmasacivāḥ sādhavo dīnavatsalāḥ /
tasmāttvaṃ bhagavanmahyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dharmamādiśa

yasyopadeśadānena labhate vedajaṃ phalam /
nārada uvāca-
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ mahīpāla viṣṇubhaktimatā tvayā

jānatā paramaṃ dharmamekaṃ mādhavasevanam /
yasminnārādhite viṣṇau viśvamārādhitaṃ bhavet

tuṣṭe carācaraṃ tuṣṭaṃ sarvadevamaye harau /
yasya smaraṇamātreṇa mahāpātakasaṃhatiḥ

tatkṣaṇānnāśamāyāti sa sevyo harireva hi /
ko'nu rājanniṃdriyavānmukuṃdacaraṇāṃbujam

na bhajetsarvato mṛtyurupāsyamṛṣidaivataiḥ /
śruto'nu paṭhito dhyāta ādṛtaścānumoditaḥ

sadyaḥ punāti saddharmo vīro viśvadruho'pi hi /
yoyaṃ kāraṇakāryādi kāraṇasyāpi kāraṇam

ananyakāraṇaṃ yogī jagajjīvo jaganmayaḥ /
aṇurbṛhatkṛśaḥ sthūlo nirguṇo guṇabhṛnmahān

ajo janmalayātīto dhyātavyaḥ sa hariḥ sadā /
samyagetadvyavasitaṃ bhavatā puruṣarṣabha

yatpṛcchase bhāgavatāndharmāṃstvaṃ viśvabhāvanān /
prasaṃgena satāmātmamanaḥ śruti rasāyanāḥ

bhavaṃti kīrtanīyasya kathāḥ kṛṣṇasya nirmalāḥ /
bhāvasādhyohyayaṃ devaḥ svayaṃ jānāti tadbhavān

tathāpi vakṣye jagato hitāya tava gauravāt /
yadāhuḥ paramaṃ brahma pradhānapuruṣātparam

yanmāyayā tataṃ sarvaṃ sarvaṃ yacchati so'cyutaḥ /
putrānkalatraṃ dīrghāyū rājyaṃ svargāpavargakam

sa dadyādīpsitaṃ sarvaṃ bhaktyā saṃpūjito'jitaḥ /
karmaṇā manasā vācā tatparā ye hi mānavāḥ

teṣāṃ vratāni vakṣyāmi prītaye bhūpasattama /
ahiṃsāsatyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryamakalpatā

etāni mānasānyāhurvratāni harituṣṭaye /
ekabhaktaṃ tathā naktamupavāsamayācitam

ityevaṃ kāyikaṃ puṃsāṃ vratamuktaṃ nareśvara /
vedasyādhyayanaṃ viṣṇoḥ kīrtanaṃ satyabhāṣaṇam

apaiśunyamidaṃ rājanvācikaṃ vratamuttamam /
cakrāyudhasya nāmāni sadā sarvatra kīrtayet

nāśaucaṃ kīrtane tasya sa pavitrakaro yataḥ /
varṇāśramācāravatā puruṣeṇa paraḥ pumān

viṣṇurārādhyate paṃthā nānyaḥ saṃtoṣakāraṇam /
patipriyahitābhiśca manovākkāyasaṃyamaiḥ

vratairārādhyate strībhirvāsudevo dayānidhiḥ /
āgamoktena mārgeṇa strīśūdrairapipūjanam

kartavyaṃ kṛṣṇacaṃdrasya dvijātivararūpiṇaḥ /
trayovarṇāstu vedoktamārgārādhanatatparāḥ

strīśūdrādaya eva syurnāmnā'rādhanatatparāḥ /
na pūjanairna yajanairna vratairapi mādhavaḥ

tuṣyate kevalaṃ bhaktipriyo'sau samudāhṛtaḥ /
strīṇāṃ pativratānāṃ tu patireva hi daivatam

sa tu pūjyo viṣṇubhaktyā manovākkāyakarmabhiḥ /
kartavyaṃ śraddhayā viṣṇościṃtayitvā patiṃ hṛdi

śūdrāṇāṃ caiva bhavati nāmnā vai devatārcanam /
sarve'pyāgamamārgeṇa kuryurvedānukāriṇā

strīṇāmapyadhikāro'sti viṣṇorārādhanādiṣu /
patipriyaratānāṃ ca śrutireṣā sanātanī

svakulocitadharmeṇa yadyasya vihitaṃ vratam /
tattadevācaredyastu tena tuṣyati keśavaḥ

haviṣāgnau jale puṣpairdhyānena hṛdaye harim /
yajaṃti sūrayo nityaṃ japena ravimaṃḍale

ahiṃsā prathamaṃ puṣpaṃ dvitīyaṃ karaṇagrahaḥ /
tṛtīyakaṃ bhūtadayā caturthaṃ kṣāṃtireva ca

śamastu paṃcamaṃ puṣpaṃ damaḥ ṣaṣṭhaṃ ca saptamam /
dhyānaṃ satyaṃ cāṣṭamaṃ ca hyetaistuṣyati keśavaḥ

etairevāṣṭabhiḥ puṣpaistuṣyatyevārcito hariḥ /
puṣpāṃtarāṇi saṃtyeva bāhyāni manujottama

bhaktyā kṛtāni yairviṣṇuḥ pūjitaḥ parituṣyati /
vāruṇaṃ salilaṃ puṣpaṃ saumyaṃ ghṛtapayodadhi

prājāpatyaṃ tathānnādi āgneyaṃ dhūpadīpakam /
phalapuṣpādikaṃ caiva vānaspatyaṃ tu paṃcamam

pārthivaṃ kuśamūlādyaṃ vāyavyaṃ gaṃdhacaṃdanam /
śraddhākhyaṃ viṣṇupuṣpaṃ ca vādyaṃ viṣṇupadaṃ smṛtam

ebhistupūjitaḥ puṣpairapi viṣṇuḥ prasīdati /
sūryo'gnirbrāhmaṇogāvo vaiṣṇavaḥ khaṃ marujjalam

bhūrātmā sarvabhūtāni pūjāsthānāni vā hareḥ /
sūryye tu maṃtrajāpyena haviṣāgnau yajettataḥ

ātithyena tu viprāgrye goṣu grāsarasādinā /
vaiṣṇave baṃdhusatkṛtyā hṛdaye dhyānaniṣṭhayā

vāyau mukhyadhiyā toye dravyaistoyapuraskṛtaiḥ /
sthaṃḍile maṃtrahṛdayairbhogairātmānamātmani

kṣetrajñaṃ sarvabhūteṣu samatvenārcayedvibhum /
dhiṣṇyeṣveteṣu tadrūpaṃ śaṃkhacakragadāṃbujaiḥ

yuktaṃ caturbhujaṃ śāṃtaṃ dhyāyannarccetsamāhitaḥ /
brāhmaṇaiḥ pūjitaireva pūjito'yaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

nirbhartsitaiśca tairbhūpa bhavennirbhartsito vibhuḥ /
nigamo dharmaśāstraṃ ca yadādhāre pravartate

viprāste vaiṣṇavīmūrtiḥ pāvanī paramā matā

sarvaṃ śubhaṃ jagati dharmata eva labhyaṃ dharmo gatirnigamato nṛpadharmaśāstrāt /
nūnaṃ tayorapi gatirbhuvi bhūmidevāstairarcitairiha jagatpatirarcitaḥ syāt

na yajñayogairna tapobhiranyairna yogayuktyā na samarcanena /
tathā vibhustuṣyati devadevo yathā mahī daivatatoṣaṇena

brahmaṇyo brahmavidbrahmā brahmavedapravartakaḥ /
brāhmaṇaireva tuṣyeta toṣitaṃ brahmadaivatam

narake'pi ciraṃ magnāḥ pūrvajā ye kuladvaye /
tadaiva yāṃti te svargaṃ yadārccati suto harim

kiṃ teṣāṃ jīviteneha paśuvacceṣṭitena kim /
yeṣāṃ na pravaṇaṃ cittaṃ vāsudeve jaganmaye

dhyānaṃ tasya pravakṣyāmi yanna dṛṣṭaṃ tu kenacit /
śrūyatāṃ bhūpakaivalyaṃ kevalaṃ malavarjitam

yathā dīpo nivātastho niścalo vāyuvarjitaḥ /
prajvalannāśayetsarvamaṃdhakāraṃ mahāmate

tadvaddoṣavihīnātmā bhavatyeva nirāmayaḥ /
nirāśo niścalo vīronamitraṃ na ripustathā

śokaharṣau viṣādaśca na lobho matsaro bhramaḥ /
saṃbhramālāpamohaiśca sukhaduḥkhairvimucyate

viṣayaiścāpi sarvaiśca iṃdriyāṇāṃ pramucyate /
tadā sa kevalajñānī kaivalyatvaṃ prajāyate

jvālākarmaprasaṃgena dīpastailaṃ praśoṣayet /
vartyādhāreṇa rājeṃdra nirdvandvo vāyuvarjitaḥ

kajjalaṃ vamate paścāttailasyāpi mahāmate /
kṛṣṇā saṃdṛśyate rekhā dīpasyāgre mahāmate

svayamākṛṣya tattailaṃ tejasā nirmalobhavet /
kāye cāṃtaḥ sthitastadvatkarmatailaṃ praśoṣayet

viṣayānkajjalaṃ kṛtvā pratyakṣānsaṃpradarśayet /
jvālāvannirmalo bhūtvā svayameva prakāśayet

krodhalobhādibhiḥ saṃjñairvāyubhiḥ parivarjitaḥ /
niḥspṛho niścalo bhūtvā tejaśca svayamujjvalet

trailokyaṃ paśyate sarvaṃ svasthānasthaṃ svatejasā /
kevalajñānarūpo'yaṃ mayā te parikīrtitaḥ

dhyānaṃ caiva pravakṣyāmi dvividhaṃ tasya cakriṇaḥ /
kevalajñānarūpeṇa dṛśyate paracakṣuṣā

yogayuktā mahātmānaḥ paramārthaparāyaṇāḥ /
yaṃ na paśyaṃti mugdhāstu sarvajñaṃ sarvadarśakam

hastapādavihīnaśca sarvatra parigacchati /
sarvaṃ gṛhṇāti trailokyaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ punaḥ

nāsāmukhavihīnastu ghrāti bhakṣati bhūpate /
akarṇaḥ śṛṇute sarvaṃ sarvasākṣī jagatpatiḥ

arūpo rūpasaṃbaddhaḥ paṃcavargavaśaṃ gataḥ /
sarvalokasya yaḥ prāṇaḥ pūjyate sacarācaraiḥ

ajihvo vadate sarvaṃ vedaśāstrānugaṃ tathā /
atvacaḥ sparśamevāpi sarveṣāmeva viṃdati

sadānaṃdo viviktākṣa ekarūpo nirāśrayaḥ /
nirguṇo nirmamo vyāpī saguṇo nirmalo'naghaḥ

avaśyaḥ sarvavaśyātmā sarvadaḥ sarvavittamaḥ /
tasya mātā na caivāsti sa vai sarvamayo vibhuḥ

evaṃ sarvamayaṃ dhyānaṃ yaśca paśyatyananyadhīḥ /
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānamamūrttamamṛtopamam

dvitīyaṃ tu pravakṣyāmi tacchṛṇuṣva mahāmate /
mūrttākāraṃ tu sākāraṃ nirākāraṃ nirāmayam

brahmāṃḍaṃ sarvamatulaṃ vāsitaṃ yasya vāsanāt /
sa tasmādvāsudevastu procyate nṛpanaṃdana

varṣamāṇasya meghasya yadbhāsā tasya tadbhavet /
sūryatejaḥpratīkāśaṃ caturbāhuṃ sureśvaram

dakṣiṇe śobhate śaṃkho hemaratnavibhūṣitaḥ /
kaumodakī gadā tasya mahāsuravināśinī

vāme ca śobhate vīra haste tasya mahātmanaḥ /
mahāpadmaṃ sugaṃdhāḍhyaṃ tasya dakṣiṇahastagam

śobhamānaṃ sadaivāste sāyudhaṃ kamalaśriyam /
kaṃbugrīvaṃ suvṛttāsyaṃ padmapatranibhekṣaṇam

rājamānaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ daśanaiḥ kuṃdasaṃnibhaiḥ /
guḍākeśasya yasyāste adharo vidrumākṛtiḥ

śobhate puṃḍarīkākṣaḥ kirīṭenāpi bhāsvatā /
viśālenāpi rūpeṇa keśavastu suvakṣasā

kaustubhenāṃkitenaiva rājamāno janārdanaḥ /
sūryatejaḥpratīkāśa kuṃḍalābhyāṃ prabhāti ca

hariḥ keyūrakaṃkaṇairhārairmauktikairṛkṣasannibhaiḥ

vapuṣā bhrājamānastu vijayo jayatāṃ varaḥ /
bhrājateso'pi goviṃdo hemavarṇena vāsasā

mudrikābhistu yuktābhiraṃgulīṣu virājate /
sarvāyudhaiḥ susaṃpūrṇairddivyairābharaṇairhariḥ

vainateyasamārūḍho lokakarttā jagatpatiḥ /
evaṃ yo dhyāyate nityamananyamanasā naraḥ

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati /
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ dhyānabhedaṃ jagatpateḥ

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe nāradāṃbarīṣasaṃvāde vaiśākhamāsamāhātmye bhagavaddhynāvarṇanaṃ nāma caturaśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ