Padma Purana · Chapter 7.16
vyāsa uvāca-
bhūya eva dvijaśreṣṭha mahāviṣṇoḥ parātmanaḥ /
bravīmi śṛṇu māhātmyaṃ sarvaduḥkhavināśanam
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣattriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāścānyentyajāstathā /
haribhaktiṃ prapannā ye te kṛtārthā na saṃśayaḥ
harerabhakto vipro'pi vijñeyaḥ śvapacādhikaḥ /
haribhaktaḥ śvapāko'pi vijñeyo brāhmaṇādhikaḥ
sa kathaṃ brāhmaṇo yastu haribhaktivivarjitaḥ /
sa kathaṃ śvapaco yastu bhagavadbhaktimānasaḥ
avyājena yadā viṣṇuḥ śvapākenāpi pūjyate /
tadā paśyettamapyevaṃ caturvedadvijādhikam
purāsīccakriko nāma śabaro lokakarṣakṛt /
sujātivṛttihīnaśca yuge dvāparasaṃjñake
vipravādī jitakrodhaḥ parahiṃsāvivarjitaḥ /
dayālurddambhahīnaśca pitṛmātṛparāyaṇaḥ
na kṛto vaiṣṇavolāpo mokṣaśāstraṃ na ca śrutam /
tathāpi jātā taccitte haribhaktiracañcalā
hare keśava govinda vāsudeva janārdana /
ityādīni smarannityaṃ sa ca nāmānicakriṇaḥ
vanyaṃ phalaṃ ca yatkiñcitprāpnoti dvijasattama /
ādau dadāti tadvaktre nije śabaravaṃśajaḥ
tanmādhuryaṃ tato jñātvā vaktrānniṣkāsya tatpunaḥ /
dadāti haraye bhaktyā suprītaḥ prativāsaram
ucchiṣṭaṃ vāpyanucchiṣṭaṃ dvayameva na vetti saḥ /
nijajātisvabhāvo hi satataṃ mūrghni vartate
kadācitsa dvijaśreṣṭha kānanābhyaṃtare bhraman /
phalamekaṃ prāpya pakvaṃ priyālasyeti śākhinaḥ
athāsau harṣitastasya phalamaprāpya cakrikaḥ /
sa saṃraṃbheṇa jñātvā vai nijavaktrāṃtare dadau
sa dadau tatphalaṃ yāvannijavaktrāṃtare dvija /
praviveśa galaṃ tāvattatphalaṃ śṛṇu jaimine
tāvatsavyena hastena galarandhraṃ babaṃdha saḥ /
yatnādvidhṛtya savyena pāṇinā sakalaṃ dvija
cakrikaścintayāmāsa haribhaktiparāyaṇaḥ /
phalametadyadā tasmai na dadāmi murāraye
na jātaḥ ko'pi saṃsāre tadāhamiva pātakī /
hariṃ saṃciṃtya bahudhā sa cakāra matiṃ tataḥ
tathāpi tatphalaṃ tasya na niṣkrāṃtaṃ galāddvija /
harerekāṃtabhakto'sau chittvā paraśunā galam
ānīya tatphalaṃ pakvaṃ dadau devāya viṣṇave /
tatsannidhiṃ samāyātastameva hṛdi ciṃtayan
rudhirokṣitasarvāṅgaḥ patitaḥ kṣitimaṇḍale /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavānviṣṇurgatāsuṃ vyathito'bhavat
etasya sadṛśo bhakto mama ko'pi na vidyate /
yato nijagalaṃ chittvā mama saṃtoṣaṇaṃ kṛtam
yathā bhaktimatā'nena sātvikaṃ karma vai kṛtam /
yaddatvānṛṇyamāpnoti tathā vastukimasti me
dhanyo'yamatidhanyo'yaṃ dhanyo'yaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ /
prāṇānapi parityajya mamasaṃtoṣaṇaṃ kṛtam
brahmatvaṃ vā śivatvaṃ vā cakritvaṃ vāpi dīyate /
tadāpyānṛṇyametasya bhaktasya na hi gamyate
ityuktvātyaṃta saṃtuṣṭo bhagavāngaruḍadhvajaḥ /
svahastakamalenāsya tato mastakamaspṛśat
taddhastakamalasparśācchabaro'sau gatavyathaḥ /
samuttasthau mahāsatvo nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ
vyāsa uvāca-
tato'sya bhaktaśreṣṭhasya nijavastreṇa keśavaḥ /
putrasyeva pitā gātrarajaḥ prokṣitavāndvija
cakrikastaṃ samālokya mūrtimaṃtaṃ janārdanam /
vācā madhurayā'stauṣītprahvamastaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ
cakrika uvāca-
govinda keśava hare jagadīśa viṣṇo jānāmi yadyapi na te stutiyogavākyam /
stotuṃ tathāpi rasanā mama vāṃchati tvāṃ svāminprasīda hara doṣamimaṃ pravṛddham
tyaktvā bhavaṃtamakhileśvaracakrapāṇe anyaṃ yajaṃti manujā jagatīha ye vai /
mūḍhāsta eva duritaprakaraikadhāma sānugrahastvamasi mayyapi deva yasmāt
jānāti deva bhavato bhavanaikanātha bhaktyaiva yadyapi nṛṇāṃbhavabaṃdhahartrīm /
ekāṃtapāpaśabarānvayalabdhajanmā viṣṇostathāpi bhagavānmayi suprasannaḥ
yasya prabho tava manojña karāraviṃdaṃ sparśaṃ caturmukhamukhā api devavṛndāḥ /
na prāpnuvaṃti viditasya mayādya labdhaṃ tvatto na ko'pi sadayo nijasevakeṣu
yena tvayā bhagavatā tridaśādyavairī kaṃsāsuro nimisutaḥ kṛtasarvapāpaḥ /
sendrāmaraprakaramartyahitāya pūrvaṃ tasmai namaḥ paramamaṃgaladāya tubhyam
yena tvayātibalinā yamalārjunau tau devottamena nihatau vasudevajena /
duṣṭaśca kālayavano yudhi dhenukaśca tasmai namo'stu navameghanibhāya tubhyam
śrīkṛṣṇadāmodarabho hyanaṃta yena tvayāmarapateracalā vibhūtiḥ /
pūrvaṃ kṛtā bhagavatā parameśvareṇa tasmai namo'stu yaduvaṃśaparāya tubhyam
pārijāto hṛto yena vijito'khaṃḍalastvayā /
līlājita maheśāya tasmai tubhyaṃ namonamaḥ
kṛtvā vṛkodaraṃ hetuṃ jarāsaṃdho nipātitaḥ /
bāṇāsurasya nihatā bāhavo ye tvayā hatāḥ
śiśupālo hato yena tasmai nityaṃ namonamaḥ /
bhūmerapahṛto bhārastvayā yena mahātmanā
kṣattriyānmāyayā hatvā tasmai nityaṃ namonamaḥ /
vyāsa uvāca-
iti tena stuto viṣṇuścakrikena mahātmanā
uvāca paramaprīto varaṃ vṛṇviti jaimine /
cakrika uvāca-
paraṃ brahma paraṃ dhāma paramātmankṛpāmaya
paśyāmi tvāmahaṃ sākṣādvaraiḥ kimaparairdvija /
na dhyātā bhavato mūrtiḥ pūjā ca na kṛtā tava
naivedyairdivyapuṣpaiśca divyadhūpaiḥ pradīpakaiḥ /
na te smṛtāni nāmāni kadācidbhavato mayā
tvatpādasalilaṃ svāminvidhṛtaṃ na hi mūrddhani /
na bhuktaṃ tava naivedyaṃ tvadvrataṃ na mayā kṛtam
tathāpyahamapaśyaṃ tvāṃ kiṃ karomyaparairvaraiḥ /
śabarānvayajanmāsmi sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ
tathāpi pādapadmaṃ te daivatairapi durllabham /
tadevādya mayā prāptaṃ varaiḥ kimaparairmama
tathāpi kamalākāṃta varaditsuryadā bhavān /
tvayi tiṣṭhatu me cittaṃ na majjettvadanugrahāt
śrībhagavānuvāca-
vacanā'mṛtavarṣeṇa tvadīyena mahāśaya /
saṃprāpya mahatīṃ tuṣṭiṃ mayā sevakapāpinā
yadidaṃ vatsa me dattaṃ tvayā kamalamuttamam /
anenātyaṃtatuṣṭo'smi bhaktiṃ gṛhṇāmi harṣitaḥ
vyāsa uvāca-
ityuktvā bhagavānviṣṇurbhaktigrāhī dayāmayaḥ /
tamāliṃgitavānbhaktaṃ caturbhirdīrghabāhubhiḥ ५०
śrībhagavānuvāca-
tuṣṭo'smi bhavato bhaktyā vatsa cakrikasattama /
yadidaṃ vatsa me dattaṃ kṣipraṃ bhavati niścitam
bhūyo'pi taṃ mahābhaktamāliṅgya parameśvaraḥ /
tatraivāṃtarddadhe vipra viśvātmā viśvapālakaḥ
sa cakriko'tisaṃtuṣṭo haribhaktiparāyaṇaḥ /
putradārādikaṃ tyaktvā jagāma dvārakāṃ purīm
tatra caivaṃ samāsādya kṛpayā kamalāpateḥ /
āyuṣo'nte yayau mokṣaṃ devānāmapi durllabham
tasmādbhaktavaśo devo bhaktimātreṇa tuṣyati /
na ca stotrairna vittaiśca na tapobhirjapena ca
phalaṃ yadyapi cocchiṣṭaṃ dattaṃ tena dvijottama /
tathāpi tuṣṭavānviṣṇurjñātvā bhaktimacañcalām
tasmānnārāyaṇo devaḥ saṃsāre'sminmumukṣubhiḥ
ye yajaṃti dṛḍhayā kila bhaktyā vāsudevacaraṇāṃbujayugmam /
vāsavādivibudhapravarejyaṃ te vrajanti manujāḥ kila mokṣam
iti śrīpadmapurāṇe kriyāyogasāre ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ
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