% Text title            : Ratnatraya ParikshA
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nityaM nirdoShagandhaM niratishayasukhaM brahmachaitanyamekaM
     dharmodharmotirUpadvayamayati pR^ithagbhUya mAyAvashena |
dharmastatrAnubhUtassakalaviShayiNI sarvakAryAnukUlA
     shaktishchechChAdirUpA bhavati guNagaNashchAshrayastveka eva || 1||
vedaj~nA dharmametaM pravitatamakhilAdhAramAkAshamAhaH
     ki~nchAnandaM manovAgaviShayamadhikaM dharmiNo varNayanti |
sattAsphUrtissukhaM cha trayamapi jagatAM sa~Ngirante tadashAM
     prANAkAshAdyupAstIH katichidapi tadAlambanAste vadanti || 2||
kartutvaM tasya dharmo kalayani jagatAM pa~nchake sR^iShTipUrve
     dharmaH puMrupamAptvA sakalajagadupAdAnabhAvaM bibharti |
strIrUpaM prApyadivyA bhavati cha mahiShI svAshrayasyAdikartuH
     prokto dharmaprabhedAvapi nitamavidAM dharmivat brahmakoTI || 3||
yau.asaudharmI sa shambhussa shiva iti parabrahma cheti prasiddho
     yA choktA dharmiNo.asyAvidhaTitamahiShI sAmbikometi vittA |
yashchopAdAnabhUtaH para iha puruShashchaiSha nArAyaNoktyA
     khyAta; shrIkUrmavAkyairadhigaditamidaM nAradasyApi vAkyaiH || 4||
tasyaivAdyasya puMsaH pariNatirakhalopyambarAdivikAraH
     tasyaivAMsho viri~nchAvadhiriha sakalopyeSha saMsArivargaH |
prApyaM kR^itvaiva tasya prapatanamamR^itasyAdyamAnandamUrtiH
     sthAnaM bhargasya juShTaM tadamR^itatanayaH devadevaiH purANaiH ||
khyAtAH koTyo navAShTAdasha naparimitAH sthANuvaikuNThavedhaH
     shaktInAM yatkalAMshA tribhuvanaviShayAshsha~Nkarasyaiva bhogyAH |
yA vikhyAtA kR^ipAdhishshrutishirasiparabrahmavidyApradAtrI
     sAhityaM sA bhavAnI bhajati niyamatashsha~NkaropAsanAsu ||
shrImatkUrmeNa yA.atyAshramarataviShayA bhAvanoktA tR^itIyA
     divyasthAnapradAtrI saguNaviShayiNI sha~NkarAlambanA sA |
ye tvanye bhAvane te sarasijanayanenAdishktyA cha yukte
     prApiNyau te tu tasyAH kramikaphalayute bhautikaM sA~NkhyamApte || 7||
vidvAMsaH sha~Nkarasya shrutimatimahitopAsanAvAsanAbhiH
     labdhasvAntapratiShThAssudR^iDhamabhidayA taM vilokyAtmanaiva |
golokasyordhvabhAgAdapi paramapadAdvaiShNavasyordhvadeshe
     bhAsvatkoTiprabhaM yAntyapunarapagamasthAnamAnandarUpam || 8||
amathya bhAShya dugdAbdheH AptaM ratnatrayaM tataH |
shambhurgaurI harishcheti tachcha samyakparIkShitam || 9||

iti shrImadappayyadIkShitavirachitA ratnatrayaparIkShA samAptA |
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