Viṣṇupurāṇa (critical edition) · Chapter 6.2

vyāsaś cāha mahābuddhir yad atraiva hi vastuni
tac chrūyatāṃ mahābhāga gadato mama tattvataḥ //

kasmin kāle 'lpako dharmo dadāti sumahat phalam
munīnām apy abhūd vādaḥ kaiś cāsau kriyate sukham //

saṃdehanirṇayārthāya vedavyāsaṃ mahāmunim
yayus te saṃśayaṃ praṣṭuṃ maitreya munipuṃgavāḥ //

dadṛśus te muniṃ tatra jāhnavīsalile dvija
vedavyāsaṃ mahābhāgam ardhasnātaṃ sutaṃ mama //

snānāvasānaṃ te tasya pratīkṣanto maharṣayaḥ
tasthus taṭe mahānadyās taruṣaṇḍam upāśritāḥ //

magno 'tha jāhnavītoyād utthāyāha suto mama
vyāsaḥ sādhuḥ kaliḥ sādhur ity evaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ vacaḥ
teṣāṃ munīnāṃ bhūyaś ca mamajja sa nadījale //

utthāya sādhu sādhv iti śūdra dhanyo 'si cābravīt //

nimagnaś ca samutthāya punaḥ prāha mahāmuniḥ
yoṣitaḥ sādhu dhanyās tās tābhyo dhanyataro 'sti kaḥ //

tataḥ snātvā yathānyāyam ācāntaṃ taṃ kṛtakriyam
upatasthur mahābhāgā munayas te sutaṃ mama //

kṛtasaṃvandanāṃś cāha kṛtāsanaparigrahān
kimartham āgatā yūyam iti satyavatīsutaḥ //

tam ūcuḥ saṃśayaṃ praṣṭuṃ bhavantaṃ vayam āgatāḥ
alaṃ tenāstu tāvan naḥ kathyatām aparaṃ tvayā //

kaliḥ sādhv iti yat proktaṃ śūdraḥ sādhv iti yoṣitaḥ
yac cāha bhagavān sādhu dhanyāś ceti punaḥ punaḥ //

tat sarvaṃ śrotum icchāmo na ced guhyaṃ mahāmune
tat kathyatāṃ tato hṛtsthaṃ pṛcchāmas tvāṃ prayojanam //

ity ukto munibhir vyāsaḥ prahasyedam athābravīt
śrūyatāṃ bho muniśreṣṭhā yad uktaṃ sādhu sādhv iti //

yat kṛte daśabhir varṣais tretāyāṃ hāyanena tat
dvāpare tac ca māsena ahorātreṇa tat kalau //

tapaso brahmacaryasya japādeś ca phalaṃ dvijāḥ
prāpnoti puruṣas tena kaliḥ sādhv iti bhāṣitam //

dhyāyan kṛte yajan yajñais tretāyāṃ dvāpare 'rcayan
yad āpnoti tad āpnoti kalau saṃkīrtya keśavam //

dharmotkarṣam atīvātra prāpnoti puruṣaḥ kalau
svalpāyāsena dharmajñās tena tuṣṭo 'smy ahaṃ kaleḥ //

vratacaryopahāraiś ca grāhyo vedo dvijātibhiḥ
tataḥ svadharmasaṃprāptair yaṣṭavyaṃ vidhivad dhanaiḥ //

vṛthā kathā vṛthā bhojyaṃ vṛthejyā ca dvijanmanām
patanāya tathā bhāvyaṃ tais tu saṃyamibhiḥ sadā //

asamyakkaraṇe doṣas teṣāṃ sarveṣu vastuṣu
bhojyapeyādikaṃ caiṣāṃ necchāprāptikaraṃ dvijāḥ //

pāratantryaṃ samasteṣu teṣāṃ kāryeṣu vai tataḥ
jayanti te nijāṃl lokān kleśena mahatā dvijāḥ //

dvijaśuśrūṣayaivaiṣa pākayajñādhikāravān
nijāñ jayati vai lokāñ śūdro dhanyataras tataḥ //

bhakṣyābhakṣyeṣu nāsyāsti peyāpeyeṣu vai yataḥ
niyamo muniśārdūlās tenāsau sādhv itīritam //

svadharmasyāvirodhena narair labdhaṃ dhanaṃ sadā
pratipādyaṃ ca pātreṣu yaṣṭavyaṃ ca yathāvidhi //

tasyārjane mahān kleśaḥ pālane ca dvijottamāḥ
tathāsadviniyogāya vijñeyaṃ gahanaṃ nṛṇām //

ebhir anyais tathā kleśaiḥ puruṣo dvijasattamāḥ
nijāñ jayati vai lokān prājāpatyādikān kramāt //

yoṣic chuśrūṣaṇaṃ bhartuḥ karmaṇā manasā girā
kurvatī samavāpnoti tatsālokyaṃ yato dvijāḥ //

nātikleśena mahatā tān eva puruṣo yathā
tṛtīyaṃ vyāhṛtaṃ tena mayā sādhv iti yoṣitām //

etad vaḥ kathitaṃ viprā yannimittam ihāgatāḥ
tat pṛcchata yathākāmaṃ ahaṃ vakṣyāmi vaḥ sphuṭam //

tatas te munayaḥ procur yat praṣṭavyaṃ mahāmune
anyasminn eva tat praśne yathāvat kathitaṃ tvayā //

tataḥ prahasya tān prāha kṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ
vismayotphullanayanāṃs tāpasāṃs tān upāgatān //

mayaiṣa bhavatāṃ praśno jñāto divyena cakṣuṣā
tato hi vaḥ prasaṅgena sādhu sādhv iti bhāṣitam //

svalpena hi prayatnena dharmaḥ sidhyati vai kalau
narair ātmaguṇāmbhobhiḥ kṣālitākhilakilbiṣaiḥ //

śūdraiś ca dvijaśuśrūṣā tatparair munisattamāḥ
tathā strībhir anāyāsāt patiśuśrūṣayaiva hi //

tatas tritayam apy etan mama dhanyatamaṃ matam
dharmasaṃsādhane kleśo dvijātīnāṃ kṛtādiṣu //

bhavadbhir yad abhipretaṃ tad etat kathitaṃ mayā
apṛṣṭenāpi dharmajñāḥ kim anyat kriyatāṃ dvijāḥ //

tataḥ saṃpūjya te vyāsaṃ praśaśaṃsuḥ punaḥ punaḥ
yathāgataṃ dvijā jagmur vyāsoktikṣatasaṃśayāḥ //

bhavato 'pi mahābhāga rahasyaṃ kathitaṃ mayā
atyantaduṣṭasya kaler ayam eko mahān guṇaḥ //

yac cāhaṃ bhavatā pṛṣṭo jagatām upasaṃhṛtim
prākṛtām antarālāṃ ca tām apy eṣa vadāmi te //