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    Viṣṇu Smṛti

    Chapter 10

    Viṣṇu

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    atha dhaṭaḥ // Vi_10.1 //

    caturhastocchrito dvihastāyataḥ // Vi_10.2 //

    tatra sāravṛkṣodbhavā pañcahastāyatobhayataḥśikyā tulā // Vi_10.3 //

    tāṃ ca suvarṇakārakāṃsyakārāṇām anyatamo bibhṛyāt // Vi_10.4 //

    tatra caikasmin śikye puruṣaṃ divyakāriṇam āropayet, dvitīye pratimānaṃ śilādi // Vi_10.5 //

    pratimānapuruṣau samadhṛtau sucihnitau kṛtvā puruṣam avatārayet // Vi_10.6 //

    dhaṭaṃ ca samayena gṛhṇīyāt // Vi_10.7 //

    tulādhāraṃ ca // Vi_10.8 //

    brahmaghnāṃ ye smṛtā lokā ye lokāḥ kūṭasākṣiṇām /

    tulādhārasya te lokās tulāṃ dhārayato mṛṣā || Vi_10.9 ||

    dharmaparyāyavacanair dhaṭa ity abhidhīyase /

    tvam eva dhaṭa jānīṣe na vidur yāni mānuṣāḥ || Vi_10.10 ||

    vyavahārābhiśasto 'yaṃ mānuṣas tolyate tvayi /

    tad enaṃ saṃśayād asmād dharmatas trātum arhasi || Vi_10.11 ||

    tatas tv āropayec chikye bhūya evātha taṃ naram /

    tulito yadi vardheta tataḥ śuddhaḥ sa dharmataḥ || Vi_10.12 ||

    śikyacchedākṣabhaṅgeṣu bhūyas tv āropayen naram /

    evaṃ niḥsaṃśayaṃ jñānaṃ yato bhavati nirṇayaḥ || Vi_10.13 ||