Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 125

NarP 1 125.1

सूत उवाच इत्येवमुक्त्वा मुनिना हि पृष्टास्ते वै कुमाराः किल नारदेन । संपूजिताः शास्त्रविदां वरिष्ठाः कृताह्निका जग्मुरुमेशलोकम्

sūta uvāca ityevamuktvā muninā hi pṛṣṭāste vai kumārāḥ kila nāradena / saṃpūjitāḥ śāstravidāṃ variṣṭhāḥ kṛtāhnikā jagmurumeśalokam

Sūta said: Having spoken thus, those Kumāras, who had indeed been questioned by the sage Nārada, being duly honoured — they, the foremost of the knowers of scripture, having performed their daily rites, went to the world of Umā's lord.

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NarP 1 125.2

तत्रेशमग्र्यर्कनिभैर्मुनीन्द्रैः श्रीवामदेवादिभिरर्चिताङ्घ्रिम् । सुरासुरेन्द्रैरभिवन्द्यमुग्रं नत्वाज्ञया तस्य निषेदुरुर्व्याम्

tatreśamagryarkanibhairmunīndraiḥ śrīvāmadevādibhirarcitāṅghrim / surāsurendrairabhivandyamugraṃ natvājñayā tasya niṣedururvyām

There, having bowed to the Lord — whose feet are worshipped by the chief sages, resembling the highest sun, by Śrī Vāmadeva and the rest, who is to be revered by the lords of gods and demons, the terrible one — they sat down upon the ground at his command.

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NarP 1 125.3

श्रुत्वाथ तत्राखिलशास्त्रसारं शिवागमं ते पशुपाशमोक्षणम् । जग्मुस्ततो ज्ञानघनस्वरूपा नत्वा पुरारिं स्वपितुर्निकाशम्

śrutvātha tatrākhilaśāstrasāraṃ śivāgamaṃ te paśupāśamokṣaṇam / jagmustato jñānaghanasvarūpā natvā purāriṃ svapiturnikāśam

Then, having heard there the essence of all scriptures, the Śaiva scripture which releases the soul's bonds, they, whose form was dense knowledge, having bowed to the foe of the (three) cities, went from there to the presence of their own father.

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NarP 1 125.4

तत्पादपद्मे प्रणतिं विधाय पित्रापि सत्कृत्य सभाजितास्ते । लब्ध्वाशिषो ऽद्यापि चरन्ति शश्वल्लोकेषु तीर्थानि च तीर्थभूताः

tatpādapadme praṇatiṃ vidhāya pitrāpi satkṛtya sabhājitāste / labdhvāśiṣo 'dyāpi caranti śaśvallokeṣu tīrthāni ca tīrthabhūtāḥ

Having made obeisance at his lotus feet, and being honoured and welcomed by their father too, having received his blessings, they wander even today, ever, in the worlds and among the holy places, being themselves holy places.

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NarP 1 125.5

जग्मुस्ततो वै बदरीवनान्ते सुरेन्द्रवर्गैरुपसेव्यमानम् । दध्युश्चिरं विष्णुपदाब्जमव्ययं ध्यायन्ति यद्यतयो वीतरागाः

jagmustato vai badarīvanānte surendravargairupasevyamānam / dadhyuściraṃ viṣṇupadābjamavyayaṃ dhyāyanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ

Then they went to the region of the Badarī forest, attended upon by the hosts of the lords of gods, and long they meditated on the imperishable lotus-foot of Viṣṇu, which passionless ascetics contemplate.

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NarP 1 125.6

नारदो ऽपि ततो विप्रा कुमारेभ्यः समीहितम् । लब्ध्वा ज्ञानं सविज्ञानं भृशं प्रीतमना ह्यभूत्

nārado 'pi tato viprā kumārebhyaḥ samīhitam / labdhvā jñānaṃ savijñānaṃ bhṛśaṃ prītamanā hyabhūt

Nārada too, O brahmins, having obtained from the Kumāras the knowledge he desired, together with discernment, became exceedingly glad in mind.

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NarP 1 125.7

स तस्मात्स्वर्णदीतीरादागत्य पितुरन्तिके । प्रणम्य सत्कृतः पित्रा ब्रह्मणा निषसाद च

sa tasmātsvarṇadītīrādāgatya piturantike / praṇamya satkṛtaḥ pitrā brahmaṇā niṣasāda ca

Coming from there, from the bank of the golden river (Gaṅgā), into his father's presence, he bowed, and being honoured by his father Brahmā, he sat down.

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NarP 1 125.8

कुमारेभ्यः श्रुतं यच्च ज्ञानं विज्ञानसंयुतम् । वर्णयामास तत्त्वेन सो ऽपि श्रुत्वा मुमोद च

kumārebhyaḥ śrutaṃ yacca jñānaṃ vijñānasaṃyutam / varṇayāmāsa tattvena so 'pi śrutvā mumoda ca

And the knowledge, joined with discernment, which he had heard from the Kumāras, he described as it truly was; and he (Brahmā), having heard it, rejoiced.

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NarP 1 125.9

अथ प्रणम्य शिरसा लब्धाशीर्मुनिसत्तमः । आजगाम च कैलासं मुनिसिद्धनिषेवितम्

atha praṇamya śirasā labdhāśīrmunisattamaḥ / ājagāma ca kailāsaṃ munisiddhaniṣevitam

Then, having bowed with his head and received a blessing, the best of sages came to Kailāsa, frequented by sages and siddhas.

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NarP 1 125.10

नानाश्चर्यमयं शश्वत्सर्वर्त्तुकुसुमद्रुमैः । मन्दारैः पारिजातैश्च चंपकाशोकवञ्जुलैः

nānāścaryamayaṃ śaśvatsarvarttukusumadrumaiḥ / mandāraiḥ pārijātaiśca caṃpakāśokavañjulaiḥ

(a place) full of many marvels, ever (adorned) with trees flowering in every season — with mandāra and pārijāta trees, with campaka, aśoka and vañjula,

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NarP 1 125.11

अन्यैश्च विविधैर्वृक्षैर्नानापक्षिगणावृतैः । वातोद्धूतशिखैः पान्थानाह्वयद्भिरिवावृतम्

anyaiśca vividhairvṛkṣairnānāpakṣigaṇāvṛtaiḥ / vātoddhūtaśikhaiḥ pānthānāhvayadbhirivāvṛtam

and encompassed by various other trees thronged with flocks of many birds, their crests tossed by the wind, as if beckoning to travellers;

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NarP 1 125.12

नानामृगगणाकीर्णं सिद्धकिन्नरसंकुलम् । सरोभिः स्वच्छसलिलैर्लसत्काञ्चनपङ्कजैः

nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ siddhakinnarasaṃkulam / sarobhiḥ svacchasalilairlasatkāñcanapaṅkajaiḥ

strewn with herds of many kinds of deer, crowded with siddhas and kinnaras, (rich) with lakes of clear water gleaming with golden lotuses,

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NarP 1 125.13

शोभितं सारसैर्हंसैश्चक्राह्वाद्यैर्निनादितम् । स्वर्द्धनीपातनिर् घृष्टं क्रीडद्भिश्चाप्सरोगणैः

śobhitaṃ sārasairhaṃsaiścakrāhvādyairnināditam / svarddhanīpātanir ghṛṣṭaṃ krīḍadbhiścāpsarogaṇaiḥ

adorned with cranes and geese, resounding with cakravākas and the rest, worn away by the fall of the heavenly river (Gaṅgā), and (frequented) by troops of apsarases at play

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NarP 1 125.14

सलिले ऽलकनन्दायाः कुचकुङ्कुमपिङ्गले । आमोदमुदितैर्नागैः सलिलैः पुष्करोद्धृतैः

salile 'lakanandāyāḥ kucakuṅkumapiṅgale / āmodamuditairnāgaiḥ salilaiḥ puṣkaroddhṛtaiḥ

in the water of the Alakanandā, tawny with the saffron from their breasts — (a place) with elephants delighting in the fragrance, with water drawn up in their trunks

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NarP 1 125.15

स्नापयद्भिः करेणूश्च कलभांश्च समाकुले । अथ श्वेताभ्रसदृशे शृङ्गे तस्य च भूभृतः

snāpayadbhiḥ kareṇūśca kalabhāṃśca samākule / atha śvetābhrasadṛśe śṛṅge tasya ca bhūbhṛtaḥ

bathing their she-elephants and their calves — (a mountain) thus crowded. Then, on a peak of that mountain, like a white cloud,

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NarP 1 125.16

वटं कालाभ्रसदृशं ददर्श शतयोजनम् । तस्याधस्तात्समासीनं योगिमण्डलमध्यगम्

vaṭaṃ kālābhrasadṛśaṃ dadarśa śatayojanam / tasyādhastātsamāsīnaṃ yogimaṇḍalamadhyagam

he saw a banyan tree like a dark cloud, a hundred yojanas (in extent), and beneath it, seated in the midst of a circle of yogins,

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NarP 1 125.17

कपर्दिनं विरूपाक्ष व्याघ्रचर्मांबरावृतम् । भूतिभूषितसर्वाङ्गं नागभूषणभूषितम्

kapardinaṃ virūpākṣa vyāghracarmāṃbarāvṛtam / bhūtibhūṣitasarvāṅgaṃ nāgabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam

(he saw him) wearing matted locks, of misshapen eyes, clothed in a tiger-skin garment, all his limbs adorned with ash, decorated with serpents for ornaments,

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NarP 1 125.18

रुद्राक्षमालया शश्वच्छोभितं चन्द्रशेखरम् । तं दृष्ट्वा नारदो विप्रा भक्तिनम्रात्मकन्धरः

rudrākṣamālayā śaśvacchobhitaṃ candraśekharam / taṃ dṛṣṭvā nārado viprā bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ

ever resplendent with a rosary of rudrākṣas, the moon-crested one. Seeing him, O brahmins, Nārada, his neck bent low in devotion,

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NarP 1 125.19

ननाम् शिरसा तस्य पादयोर्जगदीशितुः । ततः प्रसन्नमनसा स्तुत्वा वाग्भिर्वृषध्वजम्

nanām śirasā tasya pādayorjagadīśituḥ / tataḥ prasannamanasā stutvā vāgbhirvṛṣadhvajam

bowed with his head at the feet of that lord of the world; then, with gladdened mind, having praised the bull-bannered one with words,

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NarP 1 125.20

निषसादाज्ञया स्थाणोः सत्कृतो योगिभिस्तदा । अथापृच्छच्च कुशलं नारदं जगतां गुरुः

niṣasādājñayā sthāṇoḥ satkṛto yogibhistadā / athāpṛcchacca kuśalaṃ nāradaṃ jagatāṃ guruḥ

he sat down at Sthāṇu's command, honoured then by the yogins. Then the guru of the worlds asked Nārada after his welfare,

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NarP 1 125.21

स च प्राह प्रसादेन भवतः सर्वमस्ति मे । सर्वेषां योगिवर्याणां शृण्वतां तत्र वाडवाः

sa ca prāha prasādena bhavataḥ sarvamasti me / sarveṣāṃ yogivaryāṇāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ tatra vāḍavāḥ

and he said: "By your grace all is well with me." Then, O brahmins, while all the foremost yogins there listened,

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NarP 1 125.22

पप्रच्छ शांभिवं ज्ञानं पशुपाशविमोक्षणम् । स शिवः सादरं तस्य भक्त्या संतुष्टमानसः

papraccha śāṃbhivaṃ jñānaṃ paśupāśavimokṣaṇam / sa śivaḥ sādaraṃ tasya bhaktyā saṃtuṣṭamānasaḥ

he asked about the knowledge of Śambhu that releases the bound soul from its fetters. And Śiva, his mind well pleased by that man's devotion, respectfully

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NarP 1 125.23

योगमष्टाङ्गसंयुक्तं प्राह प्रणतवत्सलः । स लब्ध्वा शांभवं ज्ञानं शङ्कराल्लोकशङ्करात्

yogamaṣṭāṅgasaṃyuktaṃ prāha praṇatavatsalaḥ / sa labdhvā śāṃbhavaṃ jñānaṃ śaṅkarāllokaśaṅkarāt

— he who is fond of those who bow to him — declared to him the yoga joined with eight limbs. Having obtained the Śāmbhava knowledge from Śaṅkara, the benefactor of the world,

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NarP 1 125.24

सुप्रसन्नमना नत्वा ययौ नारायणान्तिकम् । तत्रापि नारदो ऽभीक्ष्णं गतागतपरायणः

suprasannamanā natvā yayau nārāyaṇāntikam / tatrāpi nārado 'bhīkṣṇaṃ gatāgataparāyaṇaḥ

with much gladdened mind he bowed and went to the presence of Nārāyaṇa. There too Nārada, constantly given to coming and going,

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NarP 1 125.25

सेवितं योगिभिः सिद्धैर्नारायणमतोषयत् । एतद्वः कीर्तितं विप्रा नारदीयं महन्मया

sevitaṃ yogibhiḥ siddhairnārāyaṇamatoṣayat / etadvaḥ kīrtitaṃ viprā nāradīyaṃ mahanmayā

gratified Nārāyaṇa, who is served by yogins and siddhas. This great Nāradīya (narrative) has been recounted to you by me, O brahmins —

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NarP 1 125.26

उपाख्यानं वेदसमं सर्वशास्त्रनिदर्शनम् । चतुष्पादसमायुक्तं शृण्वतां ज्ञानवर्द्धनम्

upākhyānaṃ vedasamaṃ sarvaśāstranidarśanam / catuṣpādasamāyuktaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ jñānavarddhanam

a subsidiary narrative equal to the Veda, the exemplar of all the scriptures, furnished with four parts, increasing the knowledge of those who hear it.

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NarP 1 125.27

य एतत्कीर्तयेद्विप्रा नारदीयं शिवालये । समाजे द्विजमुख्यानां तथा केशवमन्दिरे

ya etatkīrtayedviprā nāradīyaṃ śivālaye / samāje dvijamukhyānāṃ tathā keśavamandire

Whoever, O brahmins, recites this Nāradīya in a temple of Śiva, in an assembly of the foremost twice-born, or in a shrine of Keśava,

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NarP 1 125.28

मथुरायां प्रयागे च पुरुषोत्तमसन्निधौ । सेतौ काञ्च्यां कुशस्थल्यां गङ्गाद्वारे कुशस्थले

mathurāyāṃ prayāge ca puruṣottamasannidhau / setau kāñcyāṃ kuśasthalyāṃ gaṅgādvāre kuśasthale

in Mathurā, in Prayāga, in the presence of Puruṣottama, at Setu, in Kāñcī, in Kuśasthalī, at Gaṅgādvāra, in Kuśasthala,

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NarP 1 125.29

पुष्करेषु नदीतीरे यत्र कुत्रापि भक्तिमान् । स लभेत्सर्वय ज्ञानां तीर्थानां च फलं महत्

puṣkareṣu nadītīre yatra kutrāpi bhaktimān / sa labhetsarvaya jñānāṃ tīrthānāṃ ca phalaṃ mahat

At the Puṣkara (lakes), on a river bank, or anywhere at all, one who has devotion obtains the great fruit of all sacrifices (?) and of (all) the sacred fords.

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NarP 1 125.30

दानानां चापि सर्वेषां तपसां वाप्यशेषतः । उपवासपरो वापि हविष्याशी जितेन्द्रियः

dānānāṃ cāpi sarveṣāṃ tapasāṃ vāpyaśeṣataḥ / upavāsaparo vāpi haviṣyāśī jitendriyaḥ

and (the fruit) of all gifts, and of austerities too without remainder — (so too) one devoted to fasting, or eating (only) sacrificial food, with his senses subdued,

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NarP 1 125.31

श्रोता चैव तथा वक्ता नारायणपरायणः । शिवभक्तिरतो वापि शृण्वन् सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात्

śrotā caiva tathā vaktā nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ / śivabhaktirato vāpi śṛṇvan siddhimavāpnuyāt

the hearer and likewise the reciter, being intent on Nārāyaṇa, or else devoted to Śiva's worship — such a one, by listening, would attain perfection.

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NarP 1 125.32

अस्निन्नशेषपुण्यानां सिद्धीनां च समुद्भवः । कथितः सर्वपापघ्नः पठतां शृण्वतां सदा

asninnaśeṣapuṇyānāṃ siddhīnāṃ ca samudbhavaḥ / kathitaḥ sarvapāpaghnaḥ paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ sadā

In this (Purāṇa) is the arising of all merits and of the perfections; it has been declared to be the destroyer of all sins for those who recite and those who listen, always.

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NarP 1 125.33

कलिदोषहरं पुंसां सर्वसंपत्तिवर्द्धनम् । सर्वेषामीप्सितं चेदं सर्वज्ञानप्रकाशकम्

kalidoṣaharaṃ puṃsāṃ sarvasaṃpattivarddhanam / sarveṣāmīpsitaṃ cedaṃ sarvajñānaprakāśakam

It removes the faults of the Kali age for men, increases every prosperity; and this (work) is desired by all and reveals all knowledge —

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NarP 1 125.34

शैवानां वैष्णवानां च शाक्तानां सूयसेविनाम् । तथैव गाणपत्यानां वर्णाश्रमवतां द्विजाः

śaivānāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca śāktānāṃ sūyasevinām / tathaiva gāṇapatyānāṃ varṇāśramavatāṃ dvijāḥ

for Śaivas and Vaiṣṇavas, for Śāktas and for worshippers of the Sun, and likewise for the Gāṇapatyas, and for those who observe the classes and stages of life, O twice-born.

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NarP 1 125.35

तपसां च व्रतानां च फलानां संप्रकाशकम् । मन्त्राणां चैव यन्त्राणां वेदाङ्गानां विभागशः

tapasāṃ ca vratānāṃ ca phalānāṃ saṃprakāśakam / mantrāṇāṃ caiva yantrāṇāṃ vedāṅgānāṃ vibhāgaśaḥ

It fully reveals (the fruits) of austerities and of vows and of (their) results, and, section by section, of mantras and yantras and the limbs of the Veda,

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NarP 1 125.36

तथागमानां सांख्यानां वेदानां चैव संग्रहम् । य एतत्पठते भक्त्या शृणुयाद्वा समाहितः

tathāgamānāṃ sāṃkhyānāṃ vedānāṃ caiva saṃgraham / ya etatpaṭhate bhaktyā śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ

and likewise it is a compendium of the Āgamas, of the Sāṃkhya (doctrines), and of the Vedas. Whoever recites this with devotion, or listens to it with a collected mind,

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NarP 1 125.37

स लभेद्वाञ्छितान्कामान्देवादिष्वपि दुर्लभान् । श्रुत्वेदं नारदीयं तु पुराणं वेदसंमितम्

sa labhedvāñchitānkāmāndevādiṣvapi durlabhān / śrutvedaṃ nāradīyaṃ tu purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam

he obtains the desires he wishes for, hard to obtain even among the gods and the rest. Having heard this Nāradīya Purāṇa, equal in measure to the Veda,

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NarP 1 125.38

वाचकं पूजयेद्भक्त्या धनरत्नांशुकादिभिः । भूमिदानैर्गवां दानै रत्नदानैश्च संततम्

vācakaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā dhanaratnāṃśukādibhiḥ / bhūmidānairgavāṃ dānai ratnadānaiśca saṃtatam

one should honour the reciter with devotion, with wealth, jewels, garments and the like, and constantly with gifts of land, gifts of cows, and gifts of jewels,

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NarP 1 125.39

हस्त्यश्वरथदानैश्च प्रीणयेत्सततं गुरुम् । यस्तु व्याकुरुते विप्राः पुराणं धर्मसंग्रहम्

hastyaśvarathadānaiśca prīṇayetsatataṃ gurum / yastu vyākurute viprāḥ purāṇaṃ dharmasaṃgraham

and with gifts of elephants, horses and chariots one should constantly gratify the teacher. For he who expounds, O brahmins, the Purāṇa that is a compendium of dharma,

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NarP 1 125.40

चतुर्वर्गप्रदं नॄणां को ऽन्यस्तत्सदृशो गुरुः । कायेन मनसा वाचा धनाद्यैरपि संततम्

caturvargapradaṃ nṝṇāṃ ko 'nyastatsadṛśo guruḥ / kāyena manasā vācā dhanādyairapi saṃtatam

which bestows on men the fourfold goal — what other teacher is equal to him? With body, mind and speech, and with wealth and the rest, continually

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NarP 1 125.41

प्रियं समाचरेत्तस्य गुरोर्द्धर्मोपदेशिनः । श्रुत्वा पुराणं विधिवद्धोमं कृत्वा सुरार्चनम्

priyaṃ samācarettasya gurorddharmopadeśinaḥ / śrutvā purāṇaṃ vidhivaddhomaṃ kṛtvā surārcanam

one should do what is pleasing to that teacher who instructs in dharma. Having heard the Purāṇa, having duly made the fire-offering and the worship of the gods,

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NarP 1 125.42

ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाच्छतं मिष्टान्नपायसैः । दक्षिणां प्रददेच्छक्त्या भक्त्या प्रीयेत माधवः

brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścācchataṃ miṣṭānnapāyasaiḥ / dakṣiṇāṃ pradadecchaktyā bhaktyā prīyeta mādhavaḥ

one should afterwards feed a hundred brahmins with sweet foods and milk-rice; one should give a fee according to one's ability — by (such) devotion Mādhava would be pleased.

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NarP 1 125.43

यथा श्रेष्ठा नदी गङ्गा पुष्करं च सरो यथा । काशी पुरी नगो मेरुर्देवो नारायणो हरिः

yathā śreṣṭhā nadī gaṅgā puṣkaraṃ ca saro yathā / kāśī purī nago merurdevo nārāyaṇo hariḥ

As the Ganges is the best of rivers, and as Puṣkara is (the best) lake, Kāśī the (best) city, Meru the (best) mountain, Nārāyaṇa Hari the (best) god,

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NarP 1 125.44

कृतं युगं सामवेदो धेनुर्विप्रो ऽन्नमंबु च । मार्गो मृगेन्द्रः पुरुषो ऽश्वत्थः प्रह्लाद आननम्

kṛtaṃ yugaṃ sāmavedo dhenurvipro 'nnamaṃbu ca / mārgo mṛgendraḥ puruṣo 'śvatthaḥ prahlāda ānanam

the Kṛta the (best) age, the Sāmaveda (the best Veda), the milch-cow, the brahmin, food and water (each best in its kind), the (great) road, the lion (among beasts), man (among creatures), the aśvattha (among trees), Prahlāda (among devotees), the face (among limbs),

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NarP 1 125.45

उच्चैः श्रवा वसंतश्च जपः शेषोर्ऽयमा धनुः । पावको विष्णुरिन्द्रश्च कपिलो वाक्पतिः कविः

uccaiḥ śravā vasaṃtaśca japaḥ śeṣor'yamā dhanuḥ / pāvako viṣṇurindraśca kapilo vākpatiḥ kaviḥ

Uccaiḥśravas (among horses), spring (among seasons), muttered prayer (among rites), Śeṣa (among serpents), the rainbow (among bows), fire (among the elements?), Viṣṇu, Indra, Kapila, Bṛhaspati the lord of speech, the seer (Śukra),

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NarP 1 125.46

अर्जुनो हनुमान्दर्भश्चित्तं चित्ररथ्ॐऽबुजम् । उर्वशी काञ्चनं यद्वच्छ्रेष्टाश्चैते स्वजातिषु

arjuno hanumāndarbhaścittaṃ citrarathoṃ'bujam / urvaśī kāñcanaṃ yadvacchreṣṭāścaite svajātiṣu

Arjuna, Hanumān, darbha grass, the mind, Citraratha, the lotus, Urvaśī, gold — just as these are the best in their own classes,

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NarP 1 125.47

तथैव नारदीयं तु पुराणेषु प्रकीर्तितम् । शान्तिरस्तु शिवं चास्तु सर्वेषां वो द्विजोत्तमाः

tathaiva nāradīyaṃ tu purāṇeṣu prakīrtitam / śāntirastu śivaṃ cāstu sarveṣāṃ vo dvijottamāḥ

even so the Nāradīya is proclaimed (the best) among the Purāṇas. Let there be peace, and let there be well-being for all of you, O best of the twice-born.

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NarP 1 125.48

गमिष्यामि गुरोः पार्ंश्वं व्यासस्यामिततेजसः । इत्युक्त्वाभ्यर्चितः सूतः शौनकाद्यैर्महात्मभिः

gamiṣyāmi guroḥ pārṃśvaṃ vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ / ityuktvābhyarcitaḥ sūtaḥ śaunakādyairmahātmabhiḥ

"I shall go to the side of my teacher Vyāsa of measureless brilliance." Having said this, the Sūta was honoured by the great-souled Śaunaka and the others,

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NarP 1 125.49

आज्ञप्तश्च पुनः सर्वैर्दर्शनार्थं गुरोर्ययौ । ते ऽपि सर्वे द्विजश्रेष्ठाः शौनकाद्याः समाहिताः । श्रुतं सम्यगनुष्ठाय तत्र तस्थुश्च सत्रिणः

ājñaptaśca punaḥ sarvairdarśanārthaṃ guroryayau / te 'pi sarve dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ śaunakādyāḥ samāhitāḥ / śrutaṃ samyaganuṣṭhāya tatra tasthuśca satriṇaḥ

And being commanded again by them all, he went to see his teacher. And all those best of the twice-born, Śaunaka and the rest, being attentive, having duly carried out what they had heard, remained there as performers of the sacrificial session.

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NarP 1 125.50

कलिकल्मषविषनाशनं हरिं यो जपपूजनविधिभेषजोपसेवी । स तु निर्विषमनसा समेत्य यागं लभते सतमभीप्सितं हि लोकम्

kalikalmaṣaviṣanāśanaṃ hariṃ yo japapūjanavidhibheṣajopasevī / sa tu nirviṣamanasā sametya yāgaṃ labhate satamabhīpsitaṃ hi lokam

He who serves Hari, the destroyer of the poison that is the defilement of the Kali age, with the medicine that is the rite of muttered prayer and worship — he, with a mind free of poison, having come to the sacrifice, obtains the world desired by the good.

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