Paramapurusha Samhita · Chapter 2

śrīmatpāṃcarātrāgamāṃtargata-śrī paramapuruṣa saṃhitā
dvitīyāthyāyaḥ
arcaka paricārakādi saṃkhyānirṇayaṃ.
ṛṣayaḥ-
ṛṣi praśna
ślo// bhagavan muniśārdūla pāṃcarātrārdhakovida
ajñāpayārcakādīnāṃ saṃkhyānirṇayamuttamaṃ

paricārakavargetu vibhedaḥkimudīritaḥ
teṣāṃtunirṇayaṃkasmin kālekartavyamuttamaṃ

tatkuṭuṃbābhi vṛddhyardhamupāthiḥ kimudīrataḥ
(vistareṇaiva sarvajña vadatvaṃvadatāṃvara)nistareṇaiva teṣāṃtu lakṣaṇānicabrūhinaḥ

nāradaprativacana
śrīnāradaḥ-
pratiṣṭhādivasehyarcakādinirṇayaṃ kāryaṃ
śṛṇudhvaṃmunayassarve bhaktiyuktaistumānasaiḥ
kalpitetuharerdhāmni rājārāṣṭrābhivṛddhaye

ācaṃdrārkamavicchinna pūjanārthaṃmadhudviṣaḥ
nirṇītavyārcakāścānyāḥ pratiṣṭhādivasevahi

arcakalakṣaṇaṃ
vedavedāṃga tatvajñān suśīlān bhaktipāragān
japahomādi niratān yuvakān‌satyavādinaḥ

pāpabhītiyutāncaiva paṃcasaṃskārasaṃyutān
śrīvaiṣṇavān dīkṣitānca pāṃca(rātrārdhakovidān)rātraviśāradān

anyataṃtravidaścaiva svārthatyāge suśikṣitān
sarvāvayava saṃpūrṇān sadārogyaśarīrakān

vaṃśapāraṃpareṇaiva viṣṇvarcana parāyaṇān
asaṃbhavetucaiteṣāṃ(vaiṣṇavān bhaktipāragān)mahābhaktān dvijān‌tuvā

paṃcasaṃskāra saṃyuktā nāgamajñān‌cakovidān
sadāhari padadhyāna pūjātatparamānasān

paramaikāṃtinaścaiva paṃcakāla parāyaṇān
sadācāraparān‌sarvaiḥ pūrvokairlakṣaṇairyutān

arcakasaṃkhyā
arcakān varayetpūrvaṃ śatamaṣṭottaraṃtuvā
dvātriṃśatsaṃkhyayāyadvā caturviṃśativādhavā

ṣoḍaśadpādaśāṣṭauvā (caturodvaya mevavā)arcakadvayamevavā
adhamāthamamekaṃvā yajamāna ssvaśaktitaḥ

āśramanirṇayaṃ
brahmacāri rgṛhasthovā kānanasthodhavāyatiḥ
parārdhayajane viṣṇorarhatyevana saṃśayaḥ

arcakatvānarhatānirūpaṇaṃ
anupavītotyapatnīkaḥ ālayeyadi pūjate
taddeśesarvanāśaṃca (kartruvaṃśakṣiyaṃbhavet)rājñovaṃśakṣayaṃ dhṛvaṃ

devalakatva nirūpaṇaṃ
adīkṣi(topyanācārī)taścanācārī (saṃskārarahitojaḍaḥ)paṃcasaṃskāravarjitaḥ
aṃgahīnovyādhiyukto pyadhamānvaya saṃbhavaḥ

pāṣaṃḍaścāgamānajño avaiṣṇavanarādhamaḥ/
yaddeśedhanalobhena hariṃpūja(ticettadā)yatisvayaṃ

deśāriṣṭaṃ(sadātasmin deśebhavati niścayaṃ)tutasmin vaideśebhavati sarvadā
savaidevalakonāma sarvakarmabahiṣkṛtaḥ

tasyadarśanamātreṇa(ghorapāpobhaveddhṛvaṃ)ghoraṃpāpaṃ bhaviṣyati
arcakachaṃḍāla nirūpaṇaṃ
anyasevādikaṃyastu pūjakaḥkurutebhuvi

sachaṃḍālayitiprokto arcakeṣu munīśvarāḥ
kṣetrādhikyatayāmarcaka saṃkhyādhikya tākadhanaṃ
tatkṛtairarcanerlokenakiṃcicca(lḻabhatephalaṃ)phalaṃlabhet

kṣetrādhikyaṃsamālokya nirṇītavyārcakadvijāḥ
bhinnagotra samutsannā yadhāvibhava vistaraṃ

arcakopādhi prakalpanavidhiḥ
tatkuṭuṃbābhi vṛddhyardha mupādhiṃ(kalpayedvijāḥ)parikalpayet
(śāśvataṃcaivavasatiṃ)vasatiṃśāśvataṃteṣāṃ vaṃśapāraṃ parāgataṃ

pratiṣṭhaṃtetudevasya yajamānaḥ prasannadhīḥ
ācāryasyājñayādeva sannidhaupūyakadvijaṃ

samāhūya sumūhūrte namaskṛtyayadhāvidhi
baddhāṃjalipuṭoṃbhūtvā (itivijñāpanaṃcaret)vijñāpana madhācaret

devasyārādhanārdhāya tvatkuṭuṃbapravṛddhaye
(kariṣyāmyadyabhūdānaṃ)mayādattāmimāṃ bhūmiṃgṛhāṇadvijapuṃgava.

pratiṣṭhāphalasaṃsiddhi ryetasmāddāna kāraṇāt dīyatāṃ mama śrīnādhaḥ-
prasannastu dayāmayaḥ (ityadhikapāṭhaḥ)
itivijñā pyakartātu prasanne naivacetasā
arcakassa hari ssākṣāccararūpīna saṃśayaḥ

itimatvātu hṛdaye praṇamya śirasābhuvi
arcakasya karībhūmiṃ sahiraṇya phalodakāṃ

datvāya dhoktavidhinā bhūdānaṃ devasannidhau
śilāyāṃ tāmrapatrevā likhitvādāna śāsanaṃ

arcakāya pradātavyaṃ (kartānirmalacetasā)nirmalenaivacetasā
yaḥkaroti prasannātmā (caitadbhūdānamuttamaṃ.)vidhināne nakevalaṃ

bhṛtakanirṇaye pratyavāyaḥ
tadvaṃśajāḥ paraṃyāṃti śatapūrvāśatāparāḥ
ityevaṃ vidhinākartā bhagavatpūjanārdhakaṃ

bhūdānameva kurvīta bhṛtakaṃ nakadācana
bhūmīdānaṃ vinākartā bhṛtakaṃ pradadāticet

tasyavaṃśa kṣayaṃbhūyāttasyāyu śśrīścanaśyati
yogṛhṇā tidvija śreṣṭhāḥ bhṛtakaṃ haripūjane

savaidevalakaḥ prokta ssarva karma bahiṣkṛtaḥ
tasmātsarva prayatnena bhūmīmevapradāpayet

dānaśāsana nāmanirṇayaḥ
bhagavatprīta yecaita ddānaśāsana muttamaṃ
likhitvā bhagavannāmmātvarcakāyapradāpayet

devanāmmātu bhūdāna muttamaṃ paricakṣate
arcakasya bhavennāmmā madhyamaṃ phaladāyakaṃ

adhamaṃ coditaṃ kartā svanāmmā yaditallikhet
kevalaṃ paramārdhāya kartātu bhagavadgruhaṃ

devādāyasvīkaraṇe arcakasyārhatā yajamānasya pratyavāyaścacha
yadinirmāya tetarhi taddevāla yarūpataḥ
ādāyaṃ labhatecaita tkiṃcidvā(dhikamevavā)ghanamevavā

viṣaprāyaṃ(tutaṃvīkṣya[dṛṣṭvā])samālokyaarcakebhyaḥ pradāpayet
kṛtetveta nmahātyāgaṃkartāsadyaśamāvmuyāt

yomohādlava mātraṃvādevādāyaṃ (tubhakṣayet)bhujatyasau
sagacchennarakān ghorān‌ śāravādīn narādhamaḥ

tasmātsarva prayatnena niṣkāmosdhāpayeddhariṃ/
sthānācāryalakṣaṇaṃ
bhagavatpādatīrthāṃbu sevanārthaṃvarettataḥ

sthānācāryaṃcatatthsāne hastakaṃcaniyojayet
sadvaṃśaco satyavādī sajjanosadgukaṇāraḥ

sadācārīca sadbhakta ssadāhari parāyaṇaḥ
krodhalobhamadādyaistu varjitovaiṣṇavottamaḥ

vedavedāṃga vedīca tapassvādhyāyatatparaḥ
pāṃcarātra vidhānajñaḥ paṃcasaṃskāra(saṃyutaḥ)dīkṣitaḥ

pāṃcakālika dharmajñaḥ paramaikāṃtiruttamaḥ
sarvāvayavasaṃpūrṇo sadārogyaśarīrakaḥ

tatkartavyavidhayaḥ
vayovṛddhaḥ kṛpāmūrti sthsānācāryebhavecchuciḥ
vaṃśa(pāraṃpareṇaiva)kramāgatenaivavidhināharisannidhau

prasādaṃ bhagavattīrdhaṃ pradhamaṃ(saparigṛhet)tuparigṛhet
ālayecaiva vastavya mahorātraṃ svayaṃ guruḥ

sūryodayaṃ samārabhya yāvadarcāvasānakaṃ
tatsammānādi tadāśramanirṇayaḥ
brahmotsavādiketvādau tasyasanmānamutyate

brahmacārirgruhastovā yatirvā lakṣaṇairyutaḥ
sthānācāryobhavetsatyamiti(śāstraviniścayaḥ)śāstreṣuniścayaḥ

yatiśceduttamaḥ proktogṛhasthurmadhya masmṛtaḥ
adhamo brahmacārīsyātthsānācārya viniścaye

maṭhasāṃpradāya nirūpaṇaṃ
sthānādhīpoyatiyadisyāttanniveśārdhamādarāt
dvitīyāvaraṇevāpi tṛtīyāvaraṇepivā

maṭhamekaṃtunirmāya dātavyaṃkartruricchayā
maṭhasyasāṃpradāyena mukhyaśiṣyo bhavedguruḥ

yatiścenmadhanāmnāca gṛhasthastasyanāmani
tadupāthiprakalpanaṃ
grāmaṃvābhūmivātasya jīvanārdhaṃ prakalpayet

tatsaṃkhyā nirṇayaḥ
kṣetrādhikyatayāpyekadvi trisaṃkhyākavaiṣṇavān
sthānācārya padekartāniśchitya tadanaṃtaraṃ

adhyāpakāḥ
vedapārāyaṇārdheca śāstaprastotraprapāṭhane
drāviḍāmnāyapaṭhane pratyahaṃdevasannidhau

(adhyāpaka gaṇaṃ sthāpyaṃ) ādhyāpakānīcavaraye tpūrvoktenaivavartmanā
tatsaṃkhyā nirṇayaḥ
sahasramayutaṃnāpi śatamaṣṭottaraṃtuvā

catussaptati saṃkhyāvā dvātriṃśadvāyadhāvidhi
dvādaśāṣṭācatadanu caturopyadhamādhamaṃ

adhyāpakān tuvarayetdhsānādhipatināsaha
athyayana praśastiḥ
devālayeṣusarvatra mukhyamadhyayasaṃsmṛtaṃ

śarīrepoṣaṇaṃyadva nmukhyamityabhidhīyate
tadhaivādhyāpakairnitya mālayestotramucyate

athyāpaka saṃkhyā yāmuttamādhama nirūpaṇaṃ
adhyāpakānāṃsaṃkhyāsyā dayutaṃdivyamuttamaṃ
sahasranāmagaṇanāttatsaṃkhyācottamottamaṃ

aṣṭottaraśataṃyastu tatsyāduttamamadhyamaṃ
catussaptati(pīṭhākhya)saṃkhyāka muttamādhamamīritaṃ

dvātriṃśadupacārāṇāṃ saṃkhyāsyānmadhyamottamā
caturviṃśatināmānāṃ saṃkhyāmadhyamamadhyamā

upacāraiṣṣoḍaśabhiḥ madhyamādhamamucyate
bhūtādimunisaṃkhyākaṃ adhamottamamīritaṃ

aṣṭadiksaṃkhyayāyattu tatsyādadhamamadhyamaṃ
vyūhasaṃkhyātusāproktā adhamādhamanāmakaṃ

ityetedhyāpakāḥproktāvaiṣṇavārcāvidhānake
etaistusarvadāgehe devadevasyaśārjgiṇaḥ

ādhyetavyāssadāvedaśāstrastotrādikāśśubhāḥ
kṣetrādhikyatayā adhyāpakasaṃkhyā nirṇayaṃ
divyakṣetkeṣu(sarveṣu)sarvatra uttamottamasaṃkhyayā

adhyāpakagaṇaṃsthāpyaṃ sarvalokasukhāvahaṃ
aśaktaścyedadākartā adhamottamasaṃkhyakān

adhyāpakāṃtuvarayettasmādalpaṃnakārayet
athyāpakānāṃ kartavyavithayaḥ tatsānmātādi
ṛgvedaṃ pūrvadigbhāge yajurvedaṃca dakṣiṇe

paścimesāmavedaṃca adharvaṃ cottaretadhā
itihāsaṃ(cāgnideśe.)cāgnikoṇe nairutyāṃstotramutyate

dharmaśāstraṃtuvāyavye īśā(nyāṃmaṃtrapāṭhakaṃ.)nyāmāgamaṃsmṛtaṃ
drāviḍāmnāyamekaikaṃ caturdikṣucapāṭhayet

dvādaśākṣarasaṃkhyākā ścaivamadhyāpakāssadā
divārātraṃcadeveśaṃ prārdhayellokarakṣaṇe

rājārāṣṭrābhivṛdhyardhaṃ nirmalenaivacetasā
yātrākālepicaiteṣāṃ stavaṃhārisamīpataḥ

vastavyaṃnānyadhāyātrā punātigrāmavāsinaḥ
tasmāttān kevalaṃbhūta saroyogīśvarādikān

matvālokastusaṃbhāvya tariṣyativiniścayaṃ
devālayepicaiteṣāṃ satkāraṃpradhamaṃ(caret)smṛtaṃ

hariprasādatīrthādyai rādautān‌pari(toṣayet)tṛptyayet
śeṣāmupādhiparikalpanaṃ
ऎteṣāṃjīvanārdhāya yajamā(nassyaśaktitaḥ)noyadhāvasu

bhūmiṃvābhṛtakaṃvāpi śāśvataṃparikalpayet
bhūvasattyuttamaṃpraॊktaṃ bhṛtakaṃtvadhamaṃbhavet

tasmātsarvaprayatnena bhūmīmevapradāpayet
hastakāḥtatkartavyavidhayaḥ
arcakasyasahāyārdhaṃ devakāryeṣvaharniśaṃ

pātrādiśodhanārthaṃca dīpaprajvalanārdhakaṃ
hastaghaṃṭācālanārthaṃ prokṣaṇāyasthalādikaṃ

tatsaṃkhyā
ekasyārcakaviprasya dvaudvausaṃkhyākavaiṣṇavau
arcakārhaiścasarvaiśca lakṣaṇaissaṃyutauśucau

tadupādhiḥ
hastakauvarayetteṣāṃ bhūmiṃvābhṛtakaṃtuvā
nirṇītavyaṃ yadhāśakti yajamānenabhaktitaḥ

pācakāḥ tsaṃkhyāca.
trikālaṃdevadevasya haviḥpacanakarmaṇi
dvādaśaṃnavakaṃvāpi ṣaṭtrisaṃkhyākavaiṣṇavān

pācakān lakṣaṇairyuktān pūrvoktavidhinātuvai
tadvidhayaḥ
pākaśastreṣunipuṇān nirṇītavyaṃyadhāvasu

haviḥcanakāletu tebadhvānāśikāpuṭaṃ
naivedyāṃtaṃpravarteta bhayabhaktiyutāssataṃ

saṃbhāṣaṇaṃparityājyaṃ pūkvoktasamayedvijāḥ
tadupādhiḥ.
yeteṣāṃjīvanārdhāya bhūmiṃvābhṛtakaṃtuvā

kartāsvaśaktimālokya(yadhāśaktiviniścayet)nirṇītavyaṃ dvijottamāḥ
taditara paricāraka nirṇayaḥ
bherīmṛdaṃgapaṭaha vīṇāveṇvādivādyakān

ghaṃṭākāhaḻatūryādi mardaḻadhvanikārakān
nṛttagītādinipuṇān vaṃdimāgathalekhakān

vetrahastān bhaṭāncaiva gajāśvoṣṭhrādipālakān
gopālakān devadāsīḥ radhasāradhikān tadhā

sdhānaśuddhikarān‌caiva pātraśuddhikarān‌tadhā
chatracāmaravetrādi dhārakān‌vāhakān‌tataḥ

devapūjābhivṛdhyardhaṃ yadhāśaktiniyojayet
devālayasevakānarhatānirūpaṇaṃ
sevakāssarvayevaite paṃcasaṃskārasaṃyutāḥ

anvāstvanarhāityuktāharergehebudhottamāḥ
edeṣāṃjīvanārdhāya bhūmiṃvābhṛtakaṃtuvā

tadupāthiḥ prakalpanaṃ phalaśrutiḥ
yadhāyogyaṃviniścitya yajamānaḥprasannadhīḥ
tān‌tān‌niścitakāryeṣu tadākartāniyojayet

evamuktavidhānena pāṃcarātroktavartmanā
(paricārakaiśca sarvaiśca,)paricārakavargaiśca yaḥpratiṣṭhāpyatehariṃ

sayātiparamaṃsdhānaṃ yogīnāmapidurlabhaṃ
sākṣādvaikuṃṭhanagaraṃ(tatrasāyujyamāpnuyāt)tatrāstebhagavāniva

sarvaparicārika nirṇayaśaktyabhāve
yajamānasyavibhave sarvānetān‌prakalpayet
nocedarcakamekaṃvā varayedbhaktibhāvataḥ

arcakadvitayaṃśauriṃ saṃsthāpyacayadhāvidhi
yajamānopyaśaktaścetsaṃpūrṇaṃphalamāpnuyāt

jīrṇoddhāre yadhā pūrvaka saṃkhyā prakalpanaṃtallope pratyavāya kidhanaṃca
jīrṇoddhārādisamaye pyālayasyamadhudviṣaḥ
ṛṣyādipūjitesthāne pāraṃparyākramaṃvivā

viśeṣaṃnācaretkiṃci(llokakṣemārdha mevahi)drājārāṣṭrābhivṛddhaye
krodhādvālobhatovāpi mohādvāpatsareṇavā

yaḥkarotivibhedosmin tasyavaṃśakṣayaṃ(dhṛvaṃ)smṛtaṃ
divyakṣetreṣusarvatra pāraṃparyākramāgate

paricārakasaṃkhyāyā(malpādhikyā)malpādhikyaṃnakārayet
ādhikyaṃniṣphalaṃproktaṃ alpatvaṃlokanāśakaṃ

tasmātsarvaprayatnena(vibhedaṃtuvakārayet)nyūnādhikyaṃnakārayaॆt
ityevamarcakādināṃ saṃkhyānirṇayamuttamaṃ

hariṇāsvayamevoktaṃ purākamalajanmane
saṃgraheṇamayā(caitat)tvadyabodhitaṃ(saṃyamīśvarāḥ)gopyamuttamaṃ

iti śrīpāṃcarātra rahasyasāre paramapuruṣasaṃhitāyāṃ
arcaka paricārakādi saṃkhyānirṇayonāma
dvitīyodhyāyaḥ