Puruṣottama-kṣetra-māhātmya · Chapter 20
Source।। जैमिनिरुवाच ।। ।। इत्थं प्रबोधितस्तेन नारदेन क्षितीश्वरः ।। तुष्टाव जगतां नाथं वचोभिः करुणान्वितम् ।। १ ।। ।। इन्द्रद्युम्न उवाच ।। ।। त्वदंघ्रिपाथोजयुगं मुरारे नोपासितं जन्मसु पूर्वजेषु ।। तत्कर्मणां दारुणपाकभाजं दीनं परित्राहि कृपांबुधे माम् ।। २ ।। क्व निर्मलं त्वच्चरणाब्जयुग्मं विरिंचिरुद्रेंद्रकिरीटमग्नम् ।। क्वाहं कुदीनः शकृदस्रमांसमूत्रास्थिसंघैः पिहितस्त्वचा वै ।। ३ ।। असारसंसारपरिभ्रमेण श्रमातुरस्त्वां कथमीश जाने ।। जानंति ते त्वां खलु देवदेव येषां भवो दुःखभवप्रकाशः ।। ४ ।। प्रभो मया दुःखमनेकजन्मपापार्जितं भुक्तमनेकभावम् ।। शुभार्जितो यः सुखलेशभावो निदर्शनं यन्मधुपृक्ततिक्ते ।। ५ ।। यदेव सौख्यानुभवाय देव कर्मार्जितो मे विषयोपभोगः ।। स एव दुःखं परिणामतो मे न मद्विधो दुःखिजनोऽस्ति चान्यः ।। ६ ।। विभो यदि त्वां मनसापि पूर्वमुपास्तमन्यद्विषमेक्षणोऽहम्।। कथं तदालप्स्यमनेकजन्म पुनः पुनर्भोग्यमशेषदुःखम् ।। ७ ।। विभुत्वदासत्वपितृत्वपुत्रप्रियत्वमातृत्वधनित्वभावैः ।। वध्यत्वहिंस्रत्वपतित्वजायाभावैश्च तिर्यक्त्वसुरादिभावैः ।। ८ ।। नीचोर्द्धभावं बहुशः सकृद्वा भवांगणेऽस्मिँन्लुठतानुभूतम् ।। न वा मुरारे तव पादपद्मदूरीभवस्येष्टफलं हि चैतत् ।।९।। कोशं बलं चैतदशेषपृथिवीधनैर्वृतं यौवनरूपरूप्यः।। मनोऽनुकूलाः शतशः स्त्रियश्च निष्कंटकं मे नृपमंडलं च।। 2.2.20.१०।। साम्राज्यता चापि भरो महान्मे त्वज्ज्ञानहीस्य पशोरिवायम्।। भारावतारं कुरु मे कृपाब्धे सदैव तत्रोदित खेदयोगः।।११।। दीनानुकंपिन्करिणो विमुक्तिः कृता विभो त्वत्स्मृतिमात्रकेण।। भ्रांतं घटीयंत्रवदत्र नाथ मां त्रातुमर्हस्यनुकंपिभावात्।।१२।। न मे त्वदन्यः खलु बन्धुरत्र प्रवाहविभ्रष्टतरुस्वभावे ।। पापीयसी बुद्धिरुपेतभावा स्नेहानुबन्धा विषयेऽभिभेद्या ।। १३ ।। अहर्निशं मे तव पादपद्मान्नापैतु मत्प्रार्थितमेतदेव ।। त्वां सच्चिदानंदसुपूर्णसिंधुं प्राप्तास्तु ये जन्मसहस्रभाग्यैः ।। १४ ।। किं ते हि पश्यंति लवैकसौख्यमनेकदुःखं विषयेन्द्रजालम् ।। क्व बन्धनं कर्मभिरिष्टलेशदुःखाकरग्रंथिशतैरभेद्यम् ।। १५ ।। अनंतमाद्यंतविहीनमेकमानंददं त्वत्पदपंकजं क्व ।। मायांबुधौ ते ममता भ्रमौ च कुकर्मनक्रायितगर्तमध्ये ।। १६ ।। निराश्रयं मे पतितं विलासकटाक्षपातेन नयाद्य तीरम् ।। स्वकार्यसंसाधनयाश्रितानां संपादनायेष्टविधेरजस्रम्।। १७ ।। भ्राम्यंतमात्मीयहितं विसृज्य मां त्राहि मूढं सहजानुकंपिन् ।। क्षुद्राय कार्याय बहु भ्रमंतमप्राप्य मूलं परमेश्वरं त्वाम्।। १८ ।। ओं आयासपात्रं परमं सुदीनं मां त्राहि विष्णो जगदेकवंद्य ।। वेदांतवेद्याव्यय विश्वनाथ तत्वमीशिषे हंतुमघौघराशीन् ।। १९।। तं त्वां परित्यज्य सुखैकहेतुं क्षुद्राशयं मां परिपाहि विष्णो।। प्रसुप्त एषोऽखिलभूतसंघश्चतुर्विधो यत्कृतमोहरात्रौ।।2.2.20.२०।। त्वज्ञानभानूदयमेत्य चांते प्रबोध्यते त्वां शरणं प्रपद्ये।। त्वमेक एवाखिललोककर्त्ता फणासहस्रैः परिवीतमूर्तिः।।२१ ।। पर्यायवृत्त्या बलिनां वरिष्ठ त्वामिशितारं शरणं प्रपद्ये।। यया सृजस्यत्सि जगंति नाथ वक्षःसरोजासनया स्वशक्त्या ।। २२ !। तां भद्ररूपां जगदाश्रयां ते देवारणिं पादयुगे नतोऽस्मि ।। यदंशुजालप्रतिसृष्टमेतद्ब्रह्मांडजालं करसंगि नाथ।।२३।। सुदर्शनं दैत्यबलस्य हंतृ चक्राभिधं त्वां प्रणतः सुदर्शनम्।। स्तुत्वेत्थं नृपतिश्रेष्ठः साष्टांग प्रणनाम सः।। २४।। परित्राहि जगन्नाथ मग्नं संसारसागरे।। अनाथबन्धो कृपया दीनं मां तमसाकुलम्।।२५।। नारद उवाच।। जय जय नारायण अपारभवसागरोत्तारपरायण सनकसनंदनसनातनप्रभृति योगिवरविचिंत्यमानदिव्यतत्त्व स्वमायाविलसिताध्यासपरिण मिताशेषभूततत्त्व त्रितत्त्व त्रिदण्डधर त्रिणाचिकेतत्रिमधुत्रिसुपर्णोपगीयमानदिव्यज्ञान च्छन्दोमय स्वासनसुपर्णप्रिय भक्तप्रिय भक्तजनैकवत्सल स्वमायाजालव्यवहितस्वरूप विश्वरूप विश्वप्रकाश विश्वतोमुख विश्वतोक्षि विश्वतःश्रवण विश्वतःपादशिरोग्रीव विश्वहस्तनासारसनात्वक्केशलोमलिंग सर्वलोकात्मक सर्वलोकसुखावह सर्वलोकोपकारक सर्वलोकनमस्कृत लीलाविलसितकोटिपद्मोद्भव रुद्रेंद्रमरुदश्विसाध्यसिद्धगणप्रणताशेषसुरासुरत्रिभुवनगुरो न कस्यापि ज्ञानगोचर नमस्ते नमस्ते ।। २६ ।। ।। जैमिनिरुवाच ।। ।। अन्ये च ये नृपतयः श्रोत्रिया वेदपारगाः ।। मुनयो द्विजाः क्षत्रियाश्च विद्वांसो वैश्यजातयः ।। २७ ।। अस्तुवन्पुण्डरीकाक्षं बलिनं भद्रया सह ।। सूक्तैः स्तोत्रैः पुराणैश्च कविताभिर्यथा तथा ।। २८ ।। अथेंद्रद्युम्नः प्रोवाच पुरोधसमकल्मषम् ।। पूजार्थं वासुदेवस्य उपचारोपसंस्कृतम् ।। २९ ।। स्वयं स नृपतिश्रेष्ठः पूजयामास तान्क्रमात् ।। नारदस्योपदेशेन विधिना मंत्रतस्तथा ।। 2.2.20.३० ।। द्वादशाक्षरमंत्रेण बलभद्रमपूजयत् ।। यमुपास्य ध्रुवः स्थानं प्राप्तवानुत्तमोत्तमम् ।। ३१ ।। त्रयीप्रसिद्धं यत्सूक्तं पावनं पौरुषं महत् ।। तेन नारायणं भूपः पूजयामास शक्तितः ।। ३२ ।। देव्याः सूक्तेन भद्रां तां सौदर्शन्या सुदर्शनम् ।। यथासमृद्धि भक्त्या तान्पूजयित्वा नृपोत्तमः ।। ३३ ।। तत्प्रीत्यै द्विजमुख्येभ्यो ददौ दानानि भक्तितः ।। तुलापुरुषदानानि महादानानि पार्थिवः ।। ३४ ।। अश्वमेधांगभूताश्च कोटिशो गा ददौ तदा ।। अलंकृतास्तथान्याश्च ददौ गा बहुदक्षिणाः ।। ३५ ।। तासां खुरोद्धृतेर्योगाद्गर्तोभूद्द्विजसत्तमाः ।। दानांबुना स पूर्णो वै तीर्थमासीन्महाफलम् ।। ३६ ।। तस्मिन्स्नात्वा पितॄन्देवान्संतर्प्य विधिवन्नरः ।। अश्वमेधसहस्रस्य फलमाप्नोत्यसंशयः ।। ३७ ।। नाम्ना ख्यातं सरस्तस्य इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य भूपतेः ।। निर्वपत्यत्र पिंडांश्च पितॄनुद्दिश्य मानवः ।। ३८ ।। कुलैकविंशमुद्धत्य ब्रह्मलोके महीयते ।। नातः परतरं तीर्थं हयमेधांगसंभवात् ।। ३९ ।। इन्द्रद्युम्नस्य सरसः स्याद्वा त्रिपथगा समा ।। ततः प्रासादघटनामुपचक्राम भूपतिः ।। 2.2.20.४० ।। शुभे काले सुनक्षत्रे दैवज्ञविधिचोदिते ।। समुहूर्ते नारदादीन्ब्राह्मणाग्र्यान्प्रपूज्य च ।। ४१ ।। स्वस्तिवाचं च कर्मर्द्धिं वाचयित्वा नृपोत्तमः ।। अर्घ्यं ददौ जगन्नाथं स्मरन्प्रासादवेश्मनि ।। ४२ ।। वसुधां प्रार्थयित्वा तु स्थानमाचंद्रतारकम् ।। शिल्पिनः पूजयामास वास्तुयागपुरःसरम् ।। ४३ ।। महोत्सवं तथा चक्रे गीतवाद्यैः प्रभूतकैः ।। दीनानाथविपन्नेभ्यो ददौ वस्तु यथेप्सितम् ।। ४४ ।। राज्ञो विसर्जयामास बहुमानपुरःसरम् ।। कृतार्थानवतारं तं हरेर्दृष्ट्वा हतांहसः ।। ४५ ।। ततः स कोटिशो वित्तं ददौ पाषाणदारके ।। आहृतौ बहुदेशेभ्यो दृषदां पार्थिवोत्तमः ।। ४६ ।। उवाचेदं मुदा युक्तः सभायां पृथिवीधरः ।। अष्टादशभ्यो द्वीपेभ्यो यन्मया पौरुषार्जितम् ।। ४७ ।। तत्सर्वं जगदीशस्य प्रासादायापवर्जितम् ।। जैत्रयात्राप्रसंगेन श्रमो लब्धस्तु यो मया ।। ४८ ।। सफलोऽस्तु स मे विष्णोः प्रासादायार्थयोगतः ।। अतः परं मे किं भाग्यं चराचरगुरुं हरिम् ।। ४९ ।। प्रसादयिष्ये संपत्त्या भुजद्वंद्वार्जितश्रिया ।। श्रीः सदा पुण्डरीकाक्षे श्रियोनुग्रहजा मम ।। 2.2.20.५० ।। किं कर्तुमीशस्तस्यां वै देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः ।। कटाक्षपातो यस्य स्यात्तस्य श्रीः सर्वतोमुखी ।। ५१ ।। अष्टादशात्मिका देवी जिह्वाग्रे चास्य नृत्यति ।। यमाराध्य जगन्नाथं ब्रह्मत्वं प्राप्तवान्विधिः ।। ५२ ।। रुद्रो महेश्वरत्वं च शक्रस्त्रिदिवराजताम् ।। लेभे तमर्च्य जगतामर्चयिष्यामि शाश्वतम्।। ५३ ।। जितं तेन त्रिधा राशीभूतमंहो महात्मना ।। सांगोपांगेन विधिना येन कृष्णः समर्चितः ।। ५४ ।। कलेवरमिदं क्षेत्रं यत्राहंकारवान्विभुः ।। आविर्भावतिरोभावौ स्थितिर्नित्या हि यत्प्रभुः ।। ५५ ।। अत्र साक्षाद्वपुष्मन्तं संपूज्य जगतां गुरुम् ।। साक्षात्कृतार्थो भवति चतुर्वर्गस्य भाजनम् ।। ५६ ।। बहुव्ययाऽऽयासतो या राज्यऋद्धिर्मयार्जिता ।। अस्यैवानुग्रहात्सा तु सफलास्तु पदांबुजे ।। ५७ ।। सर्वोपचारैः परिपूज्य देवं द्रव्यैर्हृतैः सागरमेखलायाः ।। यावत्समाप्नोति हि कर्मपाकः साम्राज्ययात्रा सफला हि मास्तु ।। ५८ ।। किं द्रव्यजातं खलु येन विष्णुं नोपाहरेत्सांगमपेतकल्मषः ।। किं पौरुषेयं यदि वासुदेवपरिच्छदो येन न साधितो मे ।। ५९ ।। इति श्रीस्कान्दे महापुराण एकाशीतिसाहस्र्यां संहितायां द्वितीये वैष्णवखण्डे पुरुषोत्तमक्षेत्रमाहात्म्ये जैमिनि ऋषिसंवादे विंशोऽध्यायः ।। २० ।।
|| jaiminiruvāca || || itthaṃ prabodhitastena nāradena kṣitīśvaraḥ || tuṣṭāva jagatāṃ nāthaṃ vacobhiḥ karuṇānvitam || 1 || || indradyumna uvāca || || tvadaṃghripāthojayugaṃ murāre nopāsitaṃ janmasu pūrvajeṣu || tatkarmaṇāṃ dāruṇapākabhājaṃ dīnaṃ paritrāhi kṛpāṃbudhe mām || 2 || kva nirmalaṃ tvaccaraṇābjayugmaṃ viriṃcirudreṃdrakirīṭamagnam || kvāhaṃ kudīnaḥ śakṛdasramāṃsamūtrāsthisaṃghaiḥ pihitastvacā vai || 3 || asārasaṃsāraparibhrameṇa śramāturastvāṃ kathamīśa jāne || jānaṃti te tvāṃ khalu devadeva yeṣāṃ bhavo duḥkhabhavaprakāśaḥ || 4 || prabho mayā duḥkhamanekajanmapāpārjitaṃ bhuktamanekabhāvam || śubhārjito yaḥ sukhaleśabhāvo nidarśanaṃ yanmadhupṛktatikte || 5 || yadeva saukhyānubhavāya deva karmārjito me viṣayopabhogaḥ || sa eva duḥkhaṃ pariṇāmato me na madvidho duḥkhijano'sti cānyaḥ || 6 || vibho yadi tvāṃ manasāpi pūrvamupāstamanyadviṣamekṣaṇo'ham|| kathaṃ tadālapsyamanekajanma punaḥ punarbhogyamaśeṣaduḥkham || 7 || vibhutvadāsatvapitṛtvaputrapriyatvamātṛtvadhanitvabhāvaiḥ || vadhyatvahiṃsratvapatitvajāyābhāvaiśca tiryaktvasurādibhāvaiḥ || 8 || nīcorddhabhāvaṃ bahuśaḥ sakṛdvā bhavāṃgaṇe'smi~nluṭhatānubhūtam || na vā murāre tava pādapadmadūrībhavasyeṣṭaphalaṃ hi caitat ||9|| kośaṃ balaṃ caitadaśeṣapṛthivīdhanairvṛtaṃ yauvanarūparūpyaḥ|| mano'nukūlāḥ śataśaḥ striyaśca niṣkaṃṭakaṃ me nṛpamaṃḍalaṃ ca|| 2.2.20.10|| sāmrājyatā cāpi bharo mahānme tvajjñānahīsya paśorivāyam|| bhārāvatāraṃ kuru me kṛpābdhe sadaiva tatrodita khedayogaḥ||11|| dīnānukaṃpinkariṇo vimuktiḥ kṛtā vibho tvatsmṛtimātrakeṇa|| bhrāṃtaṃ ghaṭīyaṃtravadatra nātha māṃ trātumarhasyanukaṃpibhāvāt||12|| na me tvadanyaḥ khalu bandhuratra pravāhavibhraṣṭatarusvabhāve || pāpīyasī buddhirupetabhāvā snehānubandhā viṣaye'bhibhedyā || 13 || aharniśaṃ me tava pādapadmānnāpaitu matprārthitametadeva || tvāṃ saccidānaṃdasupūrṇasiṃdhuṃ prāptāstu ye janmasahasrabhāgyaiḥ || 14 || kiṃ te hi paśyaṃti lavaikasaukhyamanekaduḥkhaṃ viṣayendrajālam || kva bandhanaṃ karmabhiriṣṭaleśaduḥkhākaragraṃthiśatairabhedyam || 15 || anaṃtamādyaṃtavihīnamekamānaṃdadaṃ tvatpadapaṃkajaṃ kva || māyāṃbudhau te mamatā bhramau ca kukarmanakrāyitagartamadhye || 16 || nirāśrayaṃ me patitaṃ vilāsakaṭākṣapātena nayādya tīram || svakāryasaṃsādhanayāśritānāṃ saṃpādanāyeṣṭavidherajasram|| 17 || bhrāmyaṃtamātmīyahitaṃ visṛjya māṃ trāhi mūḍhaṃ sahajānukaṃpin || kṣudrāya kāryāya bahu bhramaṃtamaprāpya mūlaṃ parameśvaraṃ tvām|| 18 || oṃ āyāsapātraṃ paramaṃ sudīnaṃ māṃ trāhi viṣṇo jagadekavaṃdya || vedāṃtavedyāvyaya viśvanātha tatvamīśiṣe haṃtumaghaugharāśīn || 19|| taṃ tvāṃ parityajya sukhaikahetuṃ kṣudrāśayaṃ māṃ paripāhi viṣṇo|| prasupta eṣo'khilabhūtasaṃghaścaturvidho yatkṛtamoharātrau||2.2.20.20|| tvajñānabhānūdayametya cāṃte prabodhyate tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye|| tvameka evākhilalokakarttā phaṇāsahasraiḥ parivītamūrtiḥ||21 || paryāyavṛttyā balināṃ variṣṭha tvāmiśitāraṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye|| yayā sṛjasyatsi jagaṃti nātha vakṣaḥsarojāsanayā svaśaktyā || 22 !| tāṃ bhadrarūpāṃ jagadāśrayāṃ te devāraṇiṃ pādayuge nato'smi || yadaṃśujālapratisṛṣṭametadbrahmāṃḍajālaṃ karasaṃgi nātha||23|| sudarśanaṃ daityabalasya haṃtṛ cakrābhidhaṃ tvāṃ praṇataḥ sudarśanam|| stutvetthaṃ nṛpatiśreṣṭhaḥ sāṣṭāṃga praṇanāma saḥ|| 24|| paritrāhi jagannātha magnaṃ saṃsārasāgare|| anāthabandho kṛpayā dīnaṃ māṃ tamasākulam||25|| nārada uvāca|| jaya jaya nārāyaṇa apārabhavasāgarottāraparāyaṇa sanakasanaṃdanasanātanaprabhṛti yogivaraviciṃtyamānadivyatattva svamāyāvilasitādhyāsapariṇa mitāśeṣabhūtatattva tritattva tridaṇḍadhara triṇāciketatrimadhutrisuparṇopagīyamānadivyajñāna cchandomaya svāsanasuparṇapriya bhaktapriya bhaktajanaikavatsala svamāyājālavyavahitasvarūpa viśvarūpa viśvaprakāśa viśvatomukha viśvatokṣi viśvataḥśravaṇa viśvataḥpādaśirogrīva viśvahastanāsārasanātvakkeśalomaliṃga sarvalokātmaka sarvalokasukhāvaha sarvalokopakāraka sarvalokanamaskṛta līlāvilasitakoṭipadmodbhava rudreṃdramarudaśvisādhyasiddhagaṇapraṇatāśeṣasurāsuratribhuvanaguro na kasyāpi jñānagocara namaste namaste || 26 || || jaiminiruvāca || || anye ca ye nṛpatayaḥ śrotriyā vedapāragāḥ || munayo dvijāḥ kṣatriyāśca vidvāṃso vaiśyajātayaḥ || 27 || astuvanpuṇḍarīkākṣaṃ balinaṃ bhadrayā saha || sūktaiḥ stotraiḥ purāṇaiśca kavitābhiryathā tathā || 28 || atheṃdradyumnaḥ provāca purodhasamakalmaṣam || pūjārthaṃ vāsudevasya upacāropasaṃskṛtam || 29 || svayaṃ sa nṛpatiśreṣṭhaḥ pūjayāmāsa tānkramāt || nāradasyopadeśena vidhinā maṃtratastathā || 2.2.20.30 || dvādaśākṣaramaṃtreṇa balabhadramapūjayat || yamupāsya dhruvaḥ sthānaṃ prāptavānuttamottamam || 31 || trayīprasiddhaṃ yatsūktaṃ pāvanaṃ pauruṣaṃ mahat || tena nārāyaṇaṃ bhūpaḥ pūjayāmāsa śaktitaḥ || 32 || devyāḥ sūktena bhadrāṃ tāṃ saudarśanyā sudarśanam || yathāsamṛddhi bhaktyā tānpūjayitvā nṛpottamaḥ || 33 || tatprītyai dvijamukhyebhyo dadau dānāni bhaktitaḥ || tulāpuruṣadānāni mahādānāni pārthivaḥ || 34 || aśvamedhāṃgabhūtāśca koṭiśo gā dadau tadā || alaṃkṛtāstathānyāśca dadau gā bahudakṣiṇāḥ || 35 || tāsāṃ khuroddhṛteryogādgartobhūddvijasattamāḥ || dānāṃbunā sa pūrṇo vai tīrthamāsīnmahāphalam || 36 || tasminsnātvā pitṝndevānsaṃtarpya vidhivannaraḥ || aśvamedhasahasrasya phalamāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ || 37 || nāmnā khyātaṃ sarastasya indradyumnasya bhūpateḥ || nirvapatyatra piṃḍāṃśca pitṝnuddiśya mānavaḥ || 38 || kulaikaviṃśamuddhatya brahmaloke mahīyate || nātaḥ parataraṃ tīrthaṃ hayamedhāṃgasaṃbhavāt || 39 || indradyumnasya sarasaḥ syādvā tripathagā samā || tataḥ prāsādaghaṭanāmupacakrāma bhūpatiḥ || 2.2.20.40 || śubhe kāle sunakṣatre daivajñavidhicodite || samuhūrte nāradādīnbrāhmaṇāgryānprapūjya ca || 41 || svastivācaṃ ca karmarddhiṃ vācayitvā nṛpottamaḥ || arghyaṃ dadau jagannāthaṃ smaranprāsādaveśmani || 42 || vasudhāṃ prārthayitvā tu sthānamācaṃdratārakam || śilpinaḥ pūjayāmāsa vāstuyāgapuraḥsaram || 43 || mahotsavaṃ tathā cakre gītavādyaiḥ prabhūtakaiḥ || dīnānāthavipannebhyo dadau vastu yathepsitam || 44 || rājño visarjayāmāsa bahumānapuraḥsaram || kṛtārthānavatāraṃ taṃ harerdṛṣṭvā hatāṃhasaḥ || 45 || tataḥ sa koṭiśo vittaṃ dadau pāṣāṇadārake || āhṛtau bahudeśebhyo dṛṣadāṃ pārthivottamaḥ || 46 || uvācedaṃ mudā yuktaḥ sabhāyāṃ pṛthivīdharaḥ || aṣṭādaśabhyo dvīpebhyo yanmayā pauruṣārjitam || 47 || tatsarvaṃ jagadīśasya prāsādāyāpavarjitam || jaitrayātrāprasaṃgena śramo labdhastu yo mayā || 48 || saphalo'stu sa me viṣṇoḥ prāsādāyārthayogataḥ || ataḥ paraṃ me kiṃ bhāgyaṃ carācaraguruṃ harim || 49 || prasādayiṣye saṃpattyā bhujadvaṃdvārjitaśriyā || śrīḥ sadā puṇḍarīkākṣe śriyonugrahajā mama || 2.2.20.50 || kiṃ kartumīśastasyāṃ vai devadevasya cakriṇaḥ || kaṭākṣapāto yasya syāttasya śrīḥ sarvatomukhī || 51 || aṣṭādaśātmikā devī jihvāgre cāsya nṛtyati || yamārādhya jagannāthaṃ brahmatvaṃ prāptavānvidhiḥ || 52 || rudro maheśvaratvaṃ ca śakrastridivarājatām || lebhe tamarcya jagatāmarcayiṣyāmi śāśvatam|| 53 || jitaṃ tena tridhā rāśībhūtamaṃho mahātmanā || sāṃgopāṃgena vidhinā yena kṛṣṇaḥ samarcitaḥ || 54 || kalevaramidaṃ kṣetraṃ yatrāhaṃkāravānvibhuḥ || āvirbhāvatirobhāvau sthitirnityā hi yatprabhuḥ || 55 || atra sākṣādvapuṣmantaṃ saṃpūjya jagatāṃ gurum || sākṣātkṛtārtho bhavati caturvargasya bhājanam || 56 || bahuvyayā''yāsato yā rājyaṛddhirmayārjitā || asyaivānugrahātsā tu saphalāstu padāṃbuje || 57 || sarvopacāraiḥ paripūjya devaṃ dravyairhṛtaiḥ sāgaramekhalāyāḥ || yāvatsamāpnoti hi karmapākaḥ sāmrājyayātrā saphalā hi māstu || 58 || kiṃ dravyajātaṃ khalu yena viṣṇuṃ nopāharetsāṃgamapetakalmaṣaḥ || kiṃ pauruṣeyaṃ yadi vāsudevaparicchado yena na sādhito me || 59 || iti śrīskānde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ dvitīye vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍe puruṣottamakṣetramāhātmye jaimini ṛṣisaṃvāde viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 20 ||
English translation
Jaimini said :
1. On being enlightened and urged by Nārada thus, the king eulogized in the following words, the compassionate Lord of the worlds.
Indradyumna said :
2. O Enemy of Mura , your lotus-like feet have not been worshipped (by me) in the course of previous lives. Therefore, I am subjected to the terrible effects of Karmas . O ocean of mercy, save me; I have become wretched.
3. How great are your lotus-like feet free from impurities, sunk beneath the crowns of Brahmā , Rudra and Indra and how small am I, a despicable and wretched fellow encompassed by masses of faeces, blood, flesh, urine and bones and everything (outward) covered by skin!
4. How can I know you, O Lord, because I am sick and wearied by wandering through worthless worldly affairs! Indeed, O Lord of Devas , only they do know you, they whose birth is illuminated by the light (of knowledge) born of misery.
5. O Lord, much misery has been experienced by me as a result of the sins committed in the course of many births. I have experienced many types of emotions too. The small happiness that has resulted from (a small quantity of) merit acquired is like (a little of) honey mixed with a mass of bitter things.
6. For the sake of happiness I performed holy rites, as a result of which I experienced worldly pleasures which have ultimately turned into misery. There is no other person as miserable as I.
7. O Lord, if only I had mentally worshipped you before, though my eyes had been directed towards other worldly objects, I could not have had the numerous births with all sorts of miseries to be experienced again and again.
8-9. I was born as a master as well as a slave; I have enjoyed various statuses and states such as a father, son, lover, mother, rich man, one worthy of being killed, one taking to violent means, husband, wife, lower animal, Sura etc. Ups and downs of diverse nature have been experienced on many occasions by me rolling in the courtyards of various worlds. O Enemy of Mura, this is not a desirable thing, because it involves keeping away from your lotus-like feet.
10-11. My treasury, this army surrounded by the entire wealth of the earth, amiable women in hundreds in their prime of youth with great charm and beauty, my royal circle rid of all thorns (i.e. troublesome elements) and my Empire—all these are extremely burdensome to me because I am deprived of your knowledge like a brute. O ocean of compassion, remove this burden forever, as it is always attended by distress.
12. O Lord merciful towards the wretched one, an elephant was liberated because it had remembered you. [1] It behoves you to save me with an attitude of compassion, O Lord, because I whirl and whirl like a waterwheel here.
13. In this situation which is similar to one in which a log of wood has got caught up in a rapid current, I do not have any kinsman (to help) other than you. The sinful intellect that has been fettered by feelings of affection and that has become emotionally fixated on worldly objects, should be broken away (by you).
14-17a. By day or night let not my (mind) move away from your lotus-like feet. This alone is my pressing request.
Fortunately during thousands of births, some have attained you, the ocean full of existence, knowledge and bliss. Do they find even an iota of happiness in the jugglery of mundane affairs, the source of many miseries?
Where is the bondage of Karmas, which cannot be broken on account of hundreds of knots causing much misery but very little of pleasure? Where is your lotus-like foot which is infinite, which has neither beginning nor end and which is the sole thing that grants pleasure?
Your Māyā is like an ocean. Mamatā (sense of possession, my-ness) is a whirlpool therein. Evil actions are like crocodiles in the middle of (the dangerous) pits. I have fallen into that ocean. I have no support. Take me to the shore by your benign, graceful side-glance.
17b-21a. I have abandoned what is conducive to my welfare. I am ever wandering to accomplish what is desired by others who have resorted to me to achieve their own ends. So I have become confused and stupid. O Lord who are compassionate by nature, save me.
Save me, O Viṣṇu , who are the only person worthy of being saluted to in the whole universe. I am running after insignificant things too much without attaining you, the root cause (of all), the great Lord. I am subjected to great stress and strain. I am extremely wretched.
O Lord of the universe, to be known only through Vedānta , O immutable one, you are competent to destroy masses of sins. Hence you are the sole cause of happiness. Still I have abandoned you (to seek happiness elsewhere), O Viṣṇu. Save me, a mean-minded fellow that I am.
The entire group of four kinds of living beings is asleep in the night of delusion created by you. In the end it is enlightened when the Sun of your knowledge rises. I seek refuge in you.
21b-25. You alone are the creator of all the worlds by successive turns. Your form is encircled by thousand of hoods. O most excellent one among Balins (powerful ones), I seek refuge in you, the Lord and master.
O Lord, you create and annihilate the worlds through your own Śakti seated in your lotus-like heart (chest). I bow down to the pair of feet of that support of the worlds in the form of Bhadrā ( Subhadrā ), the source of origin of Devas.
The group of these Cosmic Eggs is evolved out of the clusters of the rays of your discus, O Lord. It is in contact with your hand. It is pleasing to view. The name of that discus is Sudarśana . It is destructive of Daityas ’ army. I bow down to you.
After eulogizing thus, the excellent king prostrated with eight limbs (touching the ground). He continued: “Save me, O Lord of the universe. O kinsman of the helpless ones, save me mercifully. I am sinking in the ocean of worldly existence. I am wretched. I am overcome with Tamoguṇa (darkness).”
Nārada said :
26. Be victorious, be victorious, O Nārāyaṇa , O Lord engaged in taking (devotees) across the boundless ocean of worldly existence; O Lord whose divinity is being contemplated upon by Sanaka , Sanandana , Sanātana and other excellent Yogins ; O Lord, in the activities of whose Māyā all the elements and living beings are superimposed (or transformed); O Lord of three principles; O Lord who hold three staffs (powers), whose divine knowledge is being praised by the Vedic Mantras , viz. Triṇāciketa , [2] Trimadhu [3] and Trisuparṇa , [4] who are identical with the Vedas , who are fond of Garuḍa on whom you are seated, who are fond of your devotees, who are the sole favourite of your devotees, whose form is hidden (and separated) by your own cluster of Māyās , who are Cosmic-formed, who are the illuminator of the universe, who have faces all round, [5] who have eyes all round, who have ears all round who have feet, heads and necks all round, who have hands, noses, tongues, skin, hair tresses and penises all round, who are identical with all the worlds, who are conducive to the happiness of all the worlds, who render help to all the worlds, who are bowed down to by all the worlds, who have graceful elegance, who are bowed down to by crores of Brahmās , Rudras , Indras , Maruts , Aśvins , Sādhyas , and groups of Siddhas ; O sire of the three worlds including the entire Suras and Asuras ; O Lord not know-able to anyone, repeated obeisance to you, obeisance to you.
Jaimini said :
27-28. Other kings who were there, learned priests well-versed in the Vedas, sages, Brāhmaṇas , Kṣatriyas , scholars, Vaiśya classes—all these eulogized the lotus-eyed Lord and Bala along with Subhadrā by means of hymns, prayers, Purāṇa passages, and ordinary poems.
29. Then Indradyumna said to the sinless priest that he should (make arrangements) for the worship of Vāsudeva duly accompanied by offerings.
30. That excellent king himself worshipped them in due order in accordance with the injunctions (and reciting) the proper Mantras following the instructions of Nārada.
31. With the twelve-syllabled Mantra [6] he worshipped Balabhadra , by worshipping whom Dhruva obtained the most excellent abode.
32. With the great and sacred Puruṣa Sūkta famous in the Vedas, the king worshipped Nārāyaṇa in accordance with his ability.
33-36. He worshipped Subhadrā with the Devī Sūkta [7] and discus Sudarśana with the Sudarśanī Sūkta .
After worshipping them devoutly in accordance with his affluence the excellent king gave charitable gifts with great devotion to eminent Brāhmaṇas in order to get the full favour (of those deities).
The king gave Tulāpuruṣa gift (things weighed against himself) and other great gifts. As a part of the horse-sacrifice, he gave crores of cows then. He gave cows with and without ornaments. O excellent Brāhmaṇas, a great pit was formed as they dug up with their hoofs. That pit was filled with the waters poured when charitable gifts were made. That became a Tīrtha of great merit.
37-40. If a man takes his holy bath there and offers libations to Pitṛs and Devas in accordance with the injunctions, he will undoubtedly get the merit of a thousand horse-sacrifices.
That lake was named after King Indradyumna. [8] It became very famous. If a man offers rice-balls here to his Pitṛs, he uplifts twenty-one generations of his family, and is honoured in the world of Brahmā. There is no Tīrtha greater than this because this has originated from part of the horse-sacrifice. Perhaps Gaṅgā may be equal to the lake Indradyumna. Thereafter the king began the construction of the Palatial Temple.
41-46. In an auspicious season, in a splendid, auspicious hour as proclaimed by astrologers, on a day in conjuction with a good constellation, he worshipped Nārada and other eminent Brāhmaṇas. The excellent king made them recite the Mantras connected with the holy rites of Svastivācana and Karmardhi , [9] and remembering the Lord of the universe he offered Arghya on the site of the palatial temple. He requested the Earth to give him a piece of land for the duration of the life of the Stars and the Moon. Along with the Vāstuyāga (i.e. sacrifice for the building site) he worshipped the artisans and masons .
With plenty of songs and instrumental music great celebrations were held. To the poor, the helpless and the disabled people, he gave everything they desired.
With due honour he bade farewell to the kings whose sins had been destroyed by viewing the incarnation of Hari and who were contented and blessed.
Then the excellent king presented sums in crores and crores to the stonecutters for bringing stones from many different countries.
47-51. The king joyously said this in the Assembly. “Everything that I had acquired by my heroic exertions from the eighteen continents has now been dedicated to the grace of the Lord of the universe. In the context of the campaign of victory, whatever strain I might have undergone shall become fruitful by supplying the necessary funds for the Mansion of Viṣṇu.
What shall be more fortunate unto me than this that I am propitiating Hari, the sire of mobile and immobile beings, with my wealth and glory acquired with my own pair of arms?
Śrī is always present in the lotus-eyed Lord. But I have many Śrīs originating from his blessings. What can the Lord do with it? (?)
The glory of that person who is a recipient of the benign glance of the Discus-bearing Lord of Devas is multifaced.
52-53. The eighteenfold goddess dances at the tip of the tongue of the Lord of the universe, by propitiating whom Vidhi attained the status of Brahmā (the Creator), Rudra that of Maheśvara (Great Lord) and Śakra that of the Lord of Heaven. I shall worship that eternal deity worthy of being worshipped by all the worlds.
54. The sin that had accumulated in three heaps has been vanquished by that noble soul by whom Kṛṣṇa was duly worshipped along with ancillary and subsidiary rites.
55. ( Defective Text ) This holy spot is the body where the Lord resides as the Cosmic Ego. His appearance and disappearance and continuous existence all are eternal.
56-59. One who worships the sire of the worlds who is directly embodied here shall achieve everything directly. He will be the recipient of the fourfold aim of life.
The prosperity of the kingdom has been acquired by me after spending much and undergoing a great deal of strain. That was solely due to the blessings of this Lord. Let that be fruitful at his lotus-like feet.
By means of the wealth taken from the ocean-girt earth I shall worship the Lord with all offerings. Until the effects of Karmas come to an end, let my imperialistic campaign be fruitful.
Of what avail is my wealth if I do not dedicate it to Viṣṇu along with my body and become rid of sins? Of what avail is my exertion if the necessary adjuncts for Vāsudeva are not secured by me?
[1]: [1] : Reference to Gajendra-mokṣa in BhP VIII, Ch. 3.
[2]: [2] : One who has kindled the Nāciketa fire thrice.
[3]: [3] : The 3 Ṛcs— madbu vātā ṛtāyante etc. in RV 1.90.6-8.
[4]: [4] : Two groups of three mantras are given this name: (i) Ekaḥ suparṇaḥ etc. RV X. 114.4-6. (ii) brahmametumām etc. Tait. Āraṇyaka X. 48-50.
[5]: [5] : Cf. Śvetāśvatara Upaniṣad 3.16; also BG 13.13.
[6]: [6] : The twelve-syllabled Mantra is Oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāya . But Dhruva, according to BhP IV, Chs. 8-12, got his pre-eminent position by devotion to Viṣṇu, and not to Balabhadra.
[7]: [7] : Devī Sūkta is Vāgāṃbhṛṇī Sūkta (RV X. 125) and not Śrī Sūkta .
[8]: [8] : Indradyumna ‘lake’ is not a naturally formed reservoir of water like Cilikā but only a tank at Puri.
[9]: [9] : Svastivācana and Karmardhi are the same as Puṇyāhavācana .
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