nārāyaṇīyaṃ daśaka 97 - uttamabhaktiprārthanā tathā mārkaṇḍeya kathā

traiguṇyādbhinnarūpaṃ bhavati hi bhuvane hīnamadhyottamaṃ yat
jñānaṃ śraddhā ca kartā vasatirapi sukhaṃ karma cāhārabhedāḥ |
tvatkṣetratvanniṣevādi tu yadiha punastvatparaṃ tattu sarvaṃ
prāhurnaiguṇyaniṣṭhaṃ tadanubhajanato maṅkṣu siddho bhaveyam ||1||

tvayyeva nyastacittaḥ sukhamayi vicaran sarvaceṣṭāstvadarthaṃ
tvadbhaktaiḥ sevyamānānapi caritacarānāśrayan puṇyadeśān |
dasyau vipre mṛgādiṣvapi ca samamatirmucyamānāvamāna-
spardhāsūyādidoṣaḥ satatamakhilabhūteṣu sampūjaye tvām ||2||

tvadbhāvo yāvadeṣu sphurati na viśadaṃ tāvadevaṃ hyupāstiṃ
kurvannaikātmyabodhe jhaṭiti vikasati tvanmayo'haṃ careyam |
tvaddharmasyāsya tāvat kimapi na bhagavan prastutasya praṇāśa-
stasmātsarvātmanaiva pradiśa mama vibho bhaktimārgaṃ manojñam ||3||

taṃ cainaṃ bhaktiyogaṃ draḍhayitumayi me sādhyamārogyamāyu-
rdiṣṭyā tatrāpi sevyaṃ tava caraṇamaho bheṣajāyeva dugdham |
mārkaṇḍeyo hi pūrvaṃ gaṇakanigaditadvādaśābdāyuruccaiḥ
sevitvā vatsaraṃ tvāṃ tava bhaṭanivahairdrāvayāmāsa mṛtyum ||4||

mārkaṇḍeyaścirāyuḥ sa khalu punarapi tvatparaḥ puṣpabhadrā-
tīre ninye tapasyannatulasukharatiḥ ṣaṭ tu manvantarāṇi |
devendraḥ saptamastaṃ surayuvatimarunmanmathairmohayiṣyan
yogoṣmapluṣyamāṇairna tu punaraśakattvajjanaṃ nirjayet kaḥ ||5||

prītyā nārāyaṇākhyastvamatha narasakhaḥ prāptavānasya pārśvaṃ
tuṣṭyā toṣṭūyamānaḥ sa tu vividhavarairlobhito nānumene |
draṣṭuṃ māyāṃ tvadīyāṃ kila punaravṛṇodbhaktitṛptāntarātmā
māyāduḥkhānabhijñastadapi mṛgayate nūnamāścaryahetoḥ ||6||

yāte tvayyāśu vātākulajaladagalattoyapūrṇātighūrṇat-
saptārṇorāśimagne jagati sa tu jale sambhraman varṣakoṭīḥ |
dīnaḥ praikṣiṣṭa dūre vaṭadalaśayanaṃ kañcidāścaryabālaṃ
tvāmeva śyāmalāṅgaṃ vadanasarasijanyastapādāṅgulīkam ||7||

dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ hṛṣṭaromā tvaritamupagataḥ spraṣṭukāmo munīndraḥ
śvāsenāntarniviṣṭaḥ punariha sakalaṃ dṛṣṭavān viṣṭapaugham |
bhūyo'pi śvāsavātairbahiranupatito vīkṣitastvatkaṭākṣai-
rmodādāśleṣṭukāmastvayi pihitatanau svāśrame prāgvadāsīt ||8||

gauryā sārdhaṃ tadagre purabhidatha gatastvatpriyaprekṣaṇārthī
siddhānevāsya datvā svayamayamajarāmṛtyutādīn gato'bhūt |
evaṃ tvatsevayaiva smararipurapi sa prīyate yena tasmā-
nmūrtitrayyātmakastvaṃ nanu sakalaniyanteti suvyaktamāsīt ||9||

tryaṃśesmin satyaloke vidhiharipurabhinmandirāṇyūrdhvamūrdhvaṃ
tebho'pyūrdhvaṃ tu māyāvikṛtivirahito bhāti vaikuṇṭhalokaḥ |
tatra tvaṃ kāraṇāmbhasyapi paśupakule śuddhasattvaikarūpī
saccitbrahmādvayātmā pavanapurapate pāhi māṃ sarvarogāt ||10||