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ityuktA sA tu sAvitrI yamaM bhaktavaraM param |
j~nAtvA yamAShTakaM prAha shR^iNu lakShmi! vadAmi te || 12||
sUryanArAyaNastIrthe puShkare tapasA purA |
dharmeshaM yaM sutaM prApa dharmarAjaM namAmyaham || 13||
sarveShAM prANinAM karmabhogAntaM saMvidhAya yaH |
shAntiM karoti yo devaH shamanAya tu te namaH || 14||
kR^itAnAM karmaNAM tvantaM nyAyarItyA karoti yaH |
sarveShAM dehinAM so.ayaM taM kR^itAntaM namAmyaham || 15||
pApinAM daNDakartA yo daNDaM bibharti shuddhidam |
shAstre tasmai nItiyuje daNDine te namo namaH || 16||
sarveShAM vastukAryANAM parichChedaM karoti yaH |
sarvAyuHkalanaM devaM kAlarUpaM namAmyaham || 17||
jIvAn daNDapradAnairyo yamayatyeva sarvathA |
karmAnurUpaphaladastaM yamaM praNamAmi vai || 18||
yathA karma tathA dAtA na rAgAnna cha roShataH |
tasmAchChuddhikaraM mitraM sarvamitraM namAmyaham || 19||
kR^iShNanArAyaNamUrteH samutpannastu yaH purA |
brahmaNoM.ashastato jAtastaM brAhmaM praNamAmi cha || 20||
ityuktvA taM praNanAma yamastuShTo babhUva ha |
yamAShTakaM paThatastu bhavennaiva yamAdbhayam || 21||
kAyavyUhena cha shuddhiH karmaNAM tasya jAyate |
muchyate yamapAshAchcha satIM prAheti dharmarAT || 22||

iti shrIlakShmInArAyaNIyasaMhitAyAM prathame kR^itayugasantAne 370\-adhyAyAntargataM
sAvitrIkR^itaM yamAShTakaM sampUrNam |

lakShmInArAyaNIyasaMhitA | khaNDa 1| adhyAya 370/12\-22||
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