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Varaha Purana · Chapter 38

38.38.1

śrīvarāha uvāca /
sa śubhaṃ śobhanaṃ mārgamāsthāya vyādhasattamaḥ /
tapastepe nirāhārastaṃ guruṃ manasā smaran

38.38.2

bhikṣākāle tu saṃprāpte śīrṇaparṇānyabhakṣayat /
sa kadācit kṣudhāviṣṭo vṛkṣamūlaṃ samāśritaḥ

38.38.3

bubhukṣitastaroḥ parṇamaicchad bhakṣitumantikāt /
ityevaṃ kurvato vyomni vāguvācāśarīriṇī

38.38.4

mā bhakṣayasva sakaṭamuccairevaṃ prabhāṣite /
tato'sau taṃ vihāyānyad vārkṣaṃ patitamagrahīt

38.38.5

tamapyevaṃ niṣiddhaṃ syādanyaṃ tathaivameva ca /
evaṃ sa sakaṭaṃ matvā vyādhaḥ kiñcinna bhakṣayat

38.38.6

nirāhārastapastepe smaran gurumatandritaḥ /
tasyātha bahunā kāle gate ṛṣivaro'bhyagāt

38.38.7

durvāsāḥ śaṃsitātmā vai kiñcitprāṇamapaśyata /
vyādhaṃ tapotthatejobhirjvalamānaṃ haviryathā

38.38.8

so'pi vyādhastu taṃ natvā śirasā'tha mahāmunim /
uvāca sa kṛtārtho'smi bhagavan darśanāt tava

38.38.9

idānīṃ śrāddhakālaṃ me prāptaṃ tvamavadhāraya /
śīrṇaparṇāni bhakṣayan vai tairevāhaṃ mahāmune /
bhavantaṃ prīṇayāmīti vyādhastaṃ vākyamabravīt

38.38.10

durvāsā api taṃ śuddhaṃ śuddhabhāvaṃ jitendriyam /
jijñāsustattapo vākyamidamuccairuvāca ha

38.38.11

yavagodhūmaśālīnāmannaṃ caiva susaṃskṛtam /
dīyatāṃ me kṣudhārtāya tvāmuddiśyāgatāya ca

38.38.12

ityuktena tvasau vyādhaścintāṃ paramikāṃ gataḥ /
kva saṃbhaviṣyate mahyamiti cintāparo'bhavat

38.38.13

tasya cintayataḥ pātramākāśāt patitaṃ śubham /
sauvarṇaṃ siddhisaṃyuktaṃ tajjagrāha kareṇa saḥ

38.38.14

tad gṛhītvā muniṃ prāha durvāsākhyaṃ sasādhvasaḥ /
atraiva sthīyatāṃ brahman yāvad bhikṣāṭanaṃ tvaham /
karomi tatprasādo'yaṃ kriyatāṃ brahmavittama

38.38.15

evamuktvā tato bhikṣāmaṭanaṃ vyādhasattamaḥ /
nātidūreṇa nagaraṃ dhanayoṣasamanvitam

38.38.16

tasya tatra prayātasya agrataḥ sarvaśobhanāḥ /
vṛkṣebhyo niryayuścānyā hemapātrāgrapāṇayaḥ /
vividhānnāni tasyāśu dattvā pātraṃ prapūritam

38.38.17

sa ca bhūtārthamātmānaṃ matvā punarathāśramam /
ājagāma tato'paśyat tamṛṣiṃ japatāṃ varam

38.38.18

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sthāpya tāṃ bhikṣāṃ śucau deśe prasannadhīḥ /
praṇamya tamṛṣiṃ vākyamuvāca vyādhasattamaḥ

38.38.19

bhagavan kṣālanaṃ padbhyāṃ kriyatāmṛṣipuṃgava /
yadi tvahamanugrāhyastadevaṃ karttumarhasi

38.38.20

evamuktaḥ sa jijñāsustapovīryaṃ śubhaṃ muniḥ /
nadīṃ gantuṃ na śaknomi jalapātraṃ na cāsti me

38.38.21

kathaṃ prakṣālayāmyāśu vyādha pādau mahāmate /
ityetanmuninā vyādhaḥ śrutvā cintāparo'bhavat /
kiṃ karomi kathaṃ cāsya bhojanaṃ vai bhaviṣyati

38.38.22

evaṃ saṃcintya manasā guruṃ smṛtvā vicakṣaṇaḥ /
jagāma śaraṇaṃ tāṃ tu saritaṃ devikāṃ sudhīḥ

38.38.23

vyādha uvāca /
vyādho'smi pāpakarmā'smi brahmahā'smi saridvare /
tathāpi saṃsmṛtā devi pāhi māṃ śaraṇaṃ gatam

38.38.24

devatāṃ naiva jānāmi na mantraṃ na tathārcanam /
gurupādau paraṃ dhyātvā paśyāmi satataṃ śubhe

38.38.25

evaṃ vidhasya me devi dayāṃ kuru saridvare /
ṛṣeḥ kṣālārthasalilaṃ samīpaṃ kuru māciram

38.38.26

evamuktvā'tha vyādhena devikā pāpanāśinī /
ājagāma yatastasthau durvāsāḥ saṃśitavrataḥ

38.38.27

tasya pādau svayaṃ devī kṣālayantī saridvarā /
jagāma hrādinī bhūtvā vyādhāśramasamīpataḥ

38.38.28

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ durvasā vismayaṃ yayau /
prakṣālya hastau pādau ca tadantaṃ śraddhayānvitam /
bubhuje paramaprītastathācamya vicakṣaṇaḥ

38.38.29

tamasthiśeṣaṃ vyādhaṃ tu kṣudhādurbalatāṃ gatam /
uvāca vedādhyayanaṃ sarve vedāḥ sasaṃgrahāḥ /
brahmavidyā purāṇāni pratyakṣāṇi bhavantu te

38.38.30

evaṃ prādād varaṃ tasya durvāsā nāma cākarot /
bhavān satyatapā nāma ṛṣirādyo bhaviṣyati

38.38.31

evaṃ dattavaro vyādhastamāha munisattamam /
vyādho bhūtvā kathaṃ brahman vedānadhyāpayāmyaham

38.38.32

ṛṣiruvāca /
prākśarīraṃ gataṃ te'dya nirāhārasya sattama /
tapomayaṃ śarīraṃ te pṛthagbhūtaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

38.38.33

prāgvijñānaṃ gataṃ nāśamidānīṃ śuddhamakṣaram /
viddhi taṃ śuddhakāyo'si tathā'nyat te śarīrakam /
tena vedāḥ samaṃ śāstraiḥ pratibhāsyanti te mune

38.38

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