श्रीमद्भागवत महापुराण दशम स्कन्ध अध्याय 80 श्लोक 1-12

dasham skandh: ashititam adhyay (poorvardh)

shrimadbhagavat mahapuran: dasham skandh: ashititam adhyay shlok 1-12 ka hindi anuvad shrikrishn ke dvara sudama ji ka svagat raja parikshit ne kaha- bhagavanh! prem aur mukti ke data parabrahm paramatma bhagavan shrikrishn ki shakti anant hai. isaliye unaki madhury aur aishvary se bhari lilaean bhi anant haian. ab ham unaki doosari lilaean, jinaka varnan apane ab tak nahian kiya hai, sunana chahate haian. brahmanh! yah jiv vishay-sukh ko khojate-khojate atyant duahkhi ho gaya hai. ve ban ki tarah isake chitt mean chubhate rahate haian. aisi sthiti mean aisa kaun-sa rasik- ras ka visheshajn purush hoga, jo bar-bar pavitrakirti bhagavan shrikrishn ki mangalamayi lilaoan ka shravan karake bhi unase vimukh hona chahega. jo vani bhagavan ke gunoan ka gan karati hai, vahi sachchi vani hai. ve hi hath sachche hath haian, jo bhagavan ki seva ke liye kam karate haian. vahi man sachcha man haian, jo charachar praniyoan mean nivas karane vale bhagavan ka smaran karata hai; aur ve hi kan vastav mean kan kahane yogy haian, jo bhagavan ki punyamayi kathaoan ka shravan karate haian. vahi sir sir hai, jo charachar jagath ko bhagavan ki chal-achal pratima samajhakar namaskar karata hai; aur jo sarvatr bhagadvigrah ka darshan karate haian, ve hi netr vastav mean netr haian. sharir ke jo aang bhagavan aur unake bhaktoan ke charanoandak ka sevan karate haian, ve hi aang vastav mean aang haian; sach poochhiye to unhian ka hona saphal hai. soot ji kahate haian- shaunakadi rrishiyoan! jab raja parikshit ne is prakar prashn kiya, tab bhagavan shrishukadev ji ka hriday bhagavan shrikrishn mean hi tallin ho gaya. unhoanne parikshit se is prakar kaha. shrishukadev ji kaha- parikshit! ek brahman bhagavan shrikrishn ke param mitr the. ve b de brahmajnani, vishayoan se virakt, shantachitt aur jitendriy the. ve grihasth hone par bhi kisi prakar ka sangrah-parigrah n rakhakar prarabdh ke anusar jo kuchh mil jata, usi mean santusht rahate the. unake vastr to phate-purane the hi, unaki patni ke bhi vaise hi the. vah bhi apane pati ke saman hi bhookh se dubali ho rahi thi. ek din daridrata ki pratimoorti duahkhini pativrata bhookh ke mare kaanpati huee apane patidev ke pas gayi aur murajhaye hue muanh se boli- ‘bhagavanh! sakshath lakshmipati bhagavan shrikrishn apake sakha haian. ve bhaktavaanchhakalpataru, sharanagatavatsal aur brahmanoan ke param bhakt haian. param bhagyavanh aryaputr! ve sadhu-santoan ke, satpurushoan ke ekamatr ashray haian. ap unake pas jaiye. jab ve janeange ki ap kutumbi haian aur ann ke bina duahkhi ho rahe haian to ve apako bahut-sa dhan deange. ajakal ve bhoj, vrishni aur andhakavanshi yadavoan ke svami ke roop mean dvaraka mean hi nivas kar rahe haian aur itane udar haian ki jo unake charanakamaloan ka smaran karate haian, un premi bhaktoan ko ve apane-ap tak ka dan kar dalate haian. aisi sthiti mean jagadguru bhagavan shrikrishn apane bhaktoan ko yadi dhan aur vishay-sukh, jo atyant vanchhaniy nahian hai, de dean to isamean ashchary ki kaun-si bat hai?’ is prakar jab un brahman devata ki patni ne apane patidev se kee bar b di namrata se prarthana ki, tab unhoanne socha ki ‘dhan ki to koee bat nahian hai; parantu bhagavan shrikrishn ka darshan ho jayega, yah to jivan ka bahut b da labh hai’.