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Padmapurana
Ahahaattaaya yaataaya jinalayamihaantaare | Dyatina gaditam drishttaah sadhavaah syustvayo uttamaah ||28|| Vanditaah poojitaa vaa syu mahasattvaa mahoujasaah | Mathuraakritasamvaasaa 'mayaa'mee kritasankathaah ||26|| Mahatapodhanaa drishttaaste'smaabhih shubhacheshtittaah | Munayah paramo daaraa vandyaa gaganagaaminaah ||30|| Tatah prabhaavamaakarnya sadhoonaam shraavakaadhiphah | Tadaa vishannahrudayaah paschattaapena tapyate ||31|| Dhik so'ham agriheetaarthaah samyagdarshanavarjitaah | Ayukto'prasadaacharo na tulyo me'styadhaarmi kah ||32|| Mithyaashtihi kuto'snyanyo mattah pratyaparo'dhuno | Abhyutthaayaarchitaa natvaa sadhavo yanna tarpitaah ||33|| Sadhurupam samaalokya na munchaatyaasanam tu yah | Drishttra'pamanayate yashcha sa mithyaashtir uchyate ||34|| Paapo'ham papakarmaa cha paapaatmaa paapabhaajanam | Yo vaa nindyatamash kachijina vaakya bahihkrutaah ||35|| Shareere marmasanghaate taavanme dahyate manah | Yaavadanjalimudhdhaya sadhavaaste na vanditaah ||36|| Ahamkaarasamutthasy paapasyasya na vidyate | Praayashchittan parn teshaam muninaam vandanaadrute ||37|| Ath jnaatvaa samaasannaa' kartiko paramo utsukah | Arha chreshthi mahadrishtinripatulyapari chchadah ||38|| Nitimunimaahaatmyah swanindaakaranodyatah | Saptaarshipujanam kartum prasthito bandhubhih samam ||39|| Rathkunjarapadaataturangaugha samanvitaah | Poojan yogeshwari kartumasau yaati sma satvarah ||40|| Samriddhyaa paryaa yuktah shubhadhyanaparaayanah | Kartikaamalasaaptamayaam praaptah saaptamuni padam ||41||
Ninda gardaa aadi karte hue nirmal hridayako praapt hue arthaat jo muni pahle unmaargagaami samajhkar unki nindaaka vichaar kar rahe the ve hi muni ab unhe chaaran riddhke dhaarak jaan kar apne agyaanaki ninda karne lage tatha apne chittki kalupataako unhone door kar diya ||27|| Isi beechmen arhaddatt seth jin-mandirmen aaya so dyutibhattarakne usse kaha ki aaj tumne uttam muni dekhe honge ? ||28|| Ve muni sabke dwaraa vandit hain, poojit hain, mahaadhairyaashaali hain, evam mahaprataapi hain. Ve mathugke nivaasi hain aur unhone mere saath vaartaalaap kiya hai ||26|| Mahatapascharan hi jin ka dhan hai, jo shubh cheshtaaoke dhaarak hain, atyant udaar hain, vandaniya hain aur aakaashmen gaman karnevaale hain aise un maniyoke aaj hamne darshan kiye hain ||30|| Tadanantar dyutibhattarakse sadhuaanka prabhaav sunakar arhaddatt seth bahut hi khinn chitt ho paschattaapse santpt ho gaya ||31|| Vah vichaar karne laga ki yatharth arth ko nahin samajhne vaale mujhe mithya drishtiko dhikkaar ho. Mera anishta acharan ayukt tha, anuchit tha, mere samaan doosra adhaarmi nahin hai ||32|| Is samay mujhse badhkar doosra mithyaishti kaun hoga jisse uth kar muniyo ki pooja nahin ki tatha namaskar kar unhe ahaar se santusht nahin kiya ||33|| Jo muniko dekhkar aasan nahin chhodta hai tatha dekh kar unka apmaan karta hai vah mithya drishti kahlaata hai ||34|| Main paapi hoon, papakarmaa hoon, paapaatmaa hoon, paapka paatr hain athava jinaagam ki shraddha se dar rahnevaala jo koi nindyatam hai vah main hoon ||35|| Jab tak main haath jodkar un muniyo ki vandana nahin kar leta tab tak shareer evam marmasthal men mera man daah ko praapt hota rahega ||36|| Ahamkaarse utpann hue is paapka praayashchitt un muniyo ki vandana ke sivaay aur kuchh nahin ho sakta ||37||
Athanantar kartiki poornima ko nikatvarti jaankar jiske utsukata badh rahi thi, jo mahasamyagdrishti tha, raja ke samaan vaibhav ka dhaarak tha, muniyo ke mahatmyako achchhi tarah jaanta tha, tatha apni ninda karne men tatpar tha aisa ahedatt seth saptaarshiyo ki pooja karne apne bandhujano ke saath mathura ki or chala ||38-39|| Rath, haathi, ghode aur paidal sainiko ke samuh ke saath vah saptaarshiyo ki pooja karne ke liye badi shighrata se ja raha tha ||40|| Param samriddhi se yukt evam shubhadhyaan karne men tatpar rahnevaala vah seth kartik shukla saptami ke din saptaarshiyo ke
_1. Maya saardham | 2. Chitvaa natvaa m. | 3. Samaasanna m. | 4. Saatamuni m |