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Sanatan Dharma

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Chapter 4

अध्यायः 4

Uttarabhāga (Part II), Chapter 4

Shlokas (21)

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 1

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.1

वैष्णवा इति ये प्रोक्ता वासुदेवपरायणाः। कानि चिह्नानि तेषां वै तन्नो ब्रहि महामते।।

vaiṣṇavā iti ye proktā vāsudevaparāyaṇāḥ| kāni cihnāni teṣāṃ vai tanno brahi mahāmate||

The sages said:: O highly intelligent one, tell us, what are the characteristics of those persons who are devoted to Vāsudeva and who are called Vaiṣṇavas, devotees of Viṣṇu?

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 2

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.2

तेषां वा किं करोत्येष भगवान भूतभावनः। एतन्मे सर्वमाचक्ष्व सूत सर्वार्थवित्तम।।

teṣāṃ vā kiṃ karotyeṣa bhagavān bhūtabhāvanaḥ| etanme sarvamācakṣva sūta sarvārthavittama||

The sages said:: O Sūta, the most excellent one among those who know all topics, recount all this to us. What does the lord the conceiver and creator of living beings do unto them?

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 3

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.3

अंबरीषेण वै पृष्टो मार्कण्डेयः पुरामुनिः। युष्मभिरद्य यत प्रोक्तं तद्वदामि यथातथम।।

aṃbarīṣeṇa vai pṛṣṭo mārkaṇḍeyaḥ purāmuniḥ| yuṣmabhiradya yat proktaṃ tadvadāmi yathātatham||

Sūta said: Formerly, the sage Mārkaṇḍeya was asked by Ambarīṣa the same topic as has been mentioned by you now. I shall precisely recount the same to you.

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 4

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.4

शृणु राजन्यथान्यायं यन्मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि। यत्रास्ते विष्णुभक्तस्तु तत्र नारायणः स्थितः।।

śṛṇu rājanyathānyāyaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi| yatrāste viṣṇubhaktastu tatra nārāyaṇaḥ sthitaḥ||

Mārkaṇḍeya said: O king, listen. What you ask me is pertinent. Nārāyaṇa is present there where the devotee of Viṣṇu stays.

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 5

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.5

विष्णुरेव हि सर्वत्र येषां वै देवता स्मृता। कीर्त्यमाने हरौ नित्यं रोमाञ्चो यस्य वर्तते।।

viṣṇureva hi sarvatra yeṣāṃ vai devatā smṛtā| kīrtyamāne harau nityaṃ romāñco yasya vartate||

Mārkaṇḍeya said: Viṣṇu is remembered as their diety everywhere. When he is being eulogised, a Vaiṣṇava invariably feels an emotional thrill.

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 6

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.6

कंपः स्वेदस्तथक्षेषु दृस्यन्ते जलबिन्दवः। विष्णुभक्तिसमायुक्तान श्रौतस्मार्तप्रवर्तकान।।

kaṃpaḥ svedastathakṣeṣu dṛsyante jalabindavaḥ| viṣṇubhaktisamāyuktān śrautasmārtapravartakān||

Mārkaṇḍeya said: He who is delighted on seeing persons endowed with devotion of Viṣṇu, and those who perform rites laid down in Śrutis and Smṛtis is eulogised as a Vaiṣṇava. On seeing them his body shivers and perspires. Drops of tears are seen in his eyes. A Vaiṣṇava does not wear more clothes than what are needed for his body’s protection.

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 7

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.7

प्रीतो भवति यो दृष्ट्वा वैष्णवो ऽसौ प्रकीर्तितः। नान्यदाच्छादयेद्वस्त्रं वैष्णवो जगतो ऽरणे।।

prīto bhavati yo dṛṣṭvā vaiṣṇavo 'sau prakīrtitaḥ| nānyadācchādayedvastraṃ vaiṣṇavo jagato 'raṇe||

Mārkaṇḍeya said: He who is delighted on seeing persons endowed with devotion of Viṣṇu, and those who perform rites laid down in Śrutis and Smṛtis is eulogised as a Vaiṣṇava. On seeing them his body shivers and perspires. Drops of tears are seen in his eyes. A Vaiṣṇava does not wear more clothes than what are needed for his body’s protection.

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 8

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.8

विष्णुभक्तमथायान्तं यो दृष्ट्वा सन्मुखस्थितः। प्रणामादि करोत्येवं वासुदेवे यथा तथा।।

viṣṇubhaktamathāyāntaṃ yo dṛṣṭvā sanmukhasthitaḥ| praṇāmādi karotyevaṃ vāsudeve yathā tathā||

Mārkaṇḍeya said: On seeing a devotee of Viṣṇu comṃg, the Vaiṣṇava, standing face to face, perforins obeisance as though towards Vasudeva himself.

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 9

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.9

स वै भक्त इति ज्ञेयः स जयी स्याज्जगत्त्रये। रूक्षाक्षराणि शृण्वन्वै तथा भागवतेरितः।।

sa vai bhakta iti jñeyaḥ sa jayī syājjagattraye| rūkṣākṣarāṇi śṛṇvanvai tathā bhāgavateritaḥ||

Mārkaṇḍeya said: He should be known as the devotee, he will be victorious in the three worlds who speaks with forbearance even on hearing harsh words. He who puts on scents, fragrant flowers etc. on his head thinking that every thing belongs to Viṣṇu is known as Vaiṣṇava.

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 10

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.10

प्रणामपूर्वं क्षान्त्या वै यो वदेद्वैष्णवो हि सः। गन्धपुष्पादि कं सर्वं शिरसा यो हि धारयेत।।

praṇāmapūrvaṃ kṣāntyā vai yo vadedvaiṣṇavo hi saḥ| gandhapuṣpādi kaṃ sarvaṃ śirasā yo hi dhārayet||

Mārkaṇḍeya said: He should be known as the devotee, he will be victorious in the three worlds who speaks with forbearance even on hearing harsh words. He who puts on scents, fragrant flowers etc. on his head thinking that every thing belongs to Viṣṇu is known as Vaiṣṇava.

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 11

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.11

हरेः सर्वमितीत्येवं मत्त्वासौ वैष्णवः स्मृतः। विष्णुक्षेत्रे शुभान्येव करोति स्नेहसंयुतः।।

hareḥ sarvamitītyevaṃ mattvāsau vaiṣṇavaḥ smṛtaḥ| viṣṇukṣetre śubhānyeva karoti snehasaṃyutaḥ||

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 12

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.12

प्रतिमां च हरेर्नित्यं पूजयेत्प्रयतात्मवान। विष्णुभक्तः स विज्ञेयः कर्मणा मनसा गिरा।।

pratimāṃ ca harernityaṃ pūjayetprayatātmavān| viṣṇubhaktaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ karmaṇā manasā girā||

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 13

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.13

नारायणपरो नित्यं महाभागवतो हि सः। भोजनाराधनं सर्वं यथाशक्त्या करोति यः।।

nārāyaṇaparo nityaṃ mahābhāgavato hi saḥ| bhojanārādhanaṃ sarvaṃ yathāśaktyā karoti yaḥ||

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 14

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.14

विष्णुभक्तस्य च सदा यथान्यायं हि कथ्यते। नारायणपरो विद्वान्यस्यान्नं प्रीतमानसः।।

viṣṇubhaktasya ca sadā yathānyāyaṃ hi kathyate| nārāyaṇaparo vidvānyasyānnaṃ prītamānasaḥ||

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 15

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.15

अश्राति तद्धरेरास्यं गतमन्नं न संशयः। स्वार्चनादपि विश्वात्मा प्रीतो भवति माधवः।।

aśrāti taddharerāsyaṃ gatamannaṃ na saṃśayaḥ| svārcanādapi viśvātmā prīto bhavati mādhavaḥ||

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 16

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.16

महाभागवते तच्च दृष्ट्वासौ भक्तवत्सलः। वासुदेवपरं दृष्ट्वा वैष्णवं दग्धकिल्बिषम।।

mahābhāgavate tacca dṛṣṭvāsau bhaktavatsalaḥ| vāsudevaparaṃ dṛṣṭvā vaiṣṇavaṃ dagdhakilbiṣam||

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 17

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.17

देवापि भीतास्तं यान्ति प्रणिपत्य यथागतम। श्रूयतां हि पुरावृत्तं विष्णुभक्तस्य वैभवम।।

devāpi bhītāstaṃ yānti praṇipatya yathāgatam| śrūyatāṃ hi purāvṛttaṃ viṣṇubhaktasya vaibhavam||

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 18

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.18

दृष्ट्वा यमो ऽपि वै भक्तं वैष्णवं दग्धकिल्बिषम। उत्थाय प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा ननाम भृगुनन्दनम।।

dṛṣṭvā yamo 'pi vai bhaktaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ dagdhakilbiṣam| utthāya prāñjalirbhūtvā nanāma bhṛgunandanam||

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 19

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.19

तस्मात्संपूजयेद्भक्त्या वैष्णवान्विष्णुवन्नरः। स याति विष्णुसामीप्य नात्र कार्या विचारणा।।

tasmātsaṃpūjayedbhaktyā vaiṣṇavānviṣṇuvannaraḥ| sa yāti viṣṇusāmīpya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā||

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 20

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.20

अन्यभक्तसहस्रेभ्यो विष्णुभक्तो विशिष्यते। विष्णुभक्तसहस्रेभ्यो रुद्रभक्तो विशिष्यते। रुद्रभक्तात्परतरो नास्तिलोके न सशंयः।।

anyabhaktasahasrebhyo viṣṇubhakto viśiṣyate| viṣṇubhaktasahasrebhyo rudrabhakto viśiṣyate| rudrabhaktātparataro nāstiloke na saśaṃyaḥ||

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The description of a devotee of Viṣṇu - Verse 21

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 4.21

तस्मात्तु वैष्णवं चापि रुद्रभक्तमथापि वा। पूजयेत्सर्वयत्नेन धर्मकामार्थमुक्तये।।

tasmāttu vaiṣṇavaṃ cāpi rudrabhaktamathāpi vā| pūjayetsarvayatnena dharmakāmārthamuktaye||

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