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aSTamO'dhyAyaH
rAjOvAca
brahmaNA cOditO brahmanguNAkhyAnE'guNasya ca| yasmai yasmai yathA prAha nAradO dEvadarzanaH||1|| |
EtadvEditumicchAmi tattvaM tattvavidAM vara| harEradbhutavIryasya kathA lOkasumaGgalAH||2|| |
kathayasva mahAbhAga yathAhamakhilAtmani| kRSNE nivEzya niHsaGgaM manastyakSyE kalEvaram||3|| |
zRNvataH zraddhayA nityaM gRNatazca svacESTitam| kAlEna nAtidIrghENa bhagavAnvizatE hRdi||4|| |
praviSTaH karNarandhrENa svAnAM bhAvasarOruham| dhunOti zamalaM kRSNaH salilasya yathA zarat||5|| |
dhautAtmA puruSaH kRSNa pAdamUlaM na muJcati| muktasarvapariklEzaH pAnthaH svazaraNaM yathA||6|| |
yadadhAtumatO brahmandEhArambhO'sya dhAtubhiH| yadRcchayA hEtunA vA bhavantO jAnatE yathA||7|| |
AsIdyadudarAtpadmaM lOkasaMsthAnalakSaNam yAvAnayaM vai puruSa iyattAvayavaiH pRthak tAvAnasAviti prOktaH saMsthAvayavavAniva||8|| |
ajaH sRjati bhUtAni bhUtAtmA yadanugrahAt| dadRzE yEna tadrUpaM nAbhipadmasamudbhavaH||9|| |
sa cApi yatra puruSO vizvasthityudbhavApyayaH| muktvAtmamAyAM mAyEzaH zEtE sarvaguhAzayaH||10|| |
puruSAvayavairlOkAH sapAlAH pUrvakalpitAH| lOkairamuSyAvayavAH sapAlairiti zuzruma||11|| |
yAvAnkalpO vikalpO vA yathA kAlO'numIyatE| bhUtabhavyabhavacchabda AyurmAnaM ca yatsataH||12|| |
kAlasyAnugatiryA tu lakSyatE'NvI bRhatyapi| yAvatyaH karmagatayO yAdRzIrdvijasattama||13|| |
yasminkarmasamAvAyO yathA yEnOpagRhyatE| guNAnAM guNinAM caiva pariNAmamabhIpsatAm||14|| |
bhUpAtAlakakubvyOma grahanakSatrabhUbhRtAm| saritsamudradvIpAnAM sambhavazcaitadOkasAm||15|| |
pramANamaNDakOzasya bAhyAbhyantarabhEdataH| mahatAM cAnucaritaM varNAzramavinizcayaH||16|| |
yugAni yugamAnaM ca dharmO yazca yugE yugE| avatArAnucaritaM yadAzcaryatamaM harEH||17|| |
nRNAM sAdhAraNO dharmaH savizESazca yAdRzaH| zrENInAM rAjarSINAM ca dharmaH kRcchrESu jIvatAm||18|| |
tattvAnAM parisaGkhyAnaM lakSaNaM hEtulakSaNam| puruSArAdhanavidhiryOgasyAdhyAtmikasya ca||19|| |
yOgEzvaraizvaryagatirliGgabhaGgastu yOginAm| vEdOpavEdadharmANAmitihAsapurANayOH||20|| |
samplavaH sarvabhUtAnAM vikramaH pratisaGkramaH| iSTApUrtasya kAmyAnAM trivargasya ca yO vidhiH||21|| |
yO vAnuzAyinAM sargaH pASaNDasya ca sambhavaH| AtmanO bandhamOkSau ca vyavasthAnaM svarUpataH||22|| |
yathAtmatantrO bhagavAnvikrIDatyAtmamAyayA| visRjya vA yathA mAyAmudAstE sAkSivadvibhuH||23|| |
sarvamEtacca bhagavanpRcchatO mE'nupUrvazaH| tattvatO'rhasyudAhartuM prapannAya mahAmunE||24|| |
atra pramANaM hi bhavAnparamESThI yathAtmabhUH| aparE cAnutiSThanti pUrvESAM pUrvajaiH kRtam||25|| |
na mE'savaH parAyanti brahmannanazanAdamI| pibatO JcyutapIyUSamtadvAkyAbdhiviniHsRtam||26|| |
sUta uvAca
sa upAmantritO rAjJA kathAyAmiti satpatEH| brahmarAtO bhRzaM prItO viSNurAtEna saMsadi||27|| |
prAha bhAgavataM nAma purANaM brahmasammitam| brahmaNE bhagavatprOktaM brahmakalpa upAgatE||28|| |
yadyatparIkSidRSabhaH pANDUnAmanupRcchati AnupUrvyENa tatsarvamAkhyAtumupacakramE||29|| |
||iti zrImadbhAgavatE mahApurANE pAramahaMsyAM saMhitAyAM dwitIyaskandhE aSTamO'dhyAyaH||