Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 19
NarP 1 19.1
सनक उवाच अन्यद्वूतं प्रवक्ष्यामि ध्वजारोपणसंज्ञितम् । सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं विष्णुप्रीणनकारणम्
sanaka uvāca anyadvūtaṃ pravakṣyāmi dhvajāropaṇasaṃjñitam / sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ viṣṇuprīṇanakāraṇam
Sanaka said: I shall declare another vow, called the raising of the banner, which removes all sins, is meritorious, and is a means of pleasing Viṣṇu.
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NarP 1 19.2
यः कुर्याद्विष्णुभवने ध्वजारोपणमुत्तमम् । संपूज्यते विग्निञ्च्याद्यैः किमन्यैर्बहुभाषितैः
yaḥ kuryādviṣṇubhavane dhvajāropaṇamuttamam / saṃpūjyate vigniñcyādyaiḥ kimanyairbahubhāṣitaiḥ
He who performs the excellent raising of the banner in the house of Viṣṇu is honoured by Brahmā and the others — what use are other, many words?
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NarP 1 19.3
हेमभारसहस्रं तु यो ददाति कुटुम्बिने । तत्फलं तुल्यमात्रं स्याद्धूजारोपणकर्मणः
hemabhārasahasraṃ tu yo dadāti kuṭumbine / tatphalaṃ tulyamātraṃ syāddhūjāropaṇakarmaṇaḥ
But if someone gives a thousand loads of gold to a householder, that fruit would be merely equal to the act of raising the banner.
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NarP 1 19.4
ध्वजारोपणतुल्यं स्याद्गङ्गास्नानमनुत्तमम् । अथवा तुलसूसेवा शिवलिङ्गप्रपूजनम्
dhvajāropaṇatulyaṃ syādgaṅgāsnānamanuttamam / athavā tulasūsevā śivaliṅgaprapūjanam
Equal to the raising of the banner would be the supreme bathing in the Gaṅgā, or else the service of the tulasī, or the worship of the Śiva-liṅga.
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NarP 1 19.5
अहो ऽपूर्वमहो ऽपूर्वमहो ऽपूर्वमिदं द्विज । सर्वपाप हरं कर्म ध्वजागोपणसंज्ञितम्
aho 'pūrvamaho 'pūrvamaho 'pūrvamidaṃ dvija / sarvapāpa haraṃ karma dhvajāgopaṇasaṃjñitam
Ah, unprecedented! ah, unprecedented! ah, unprecedented is this, O twice-born: the act called the raising of the banner, which removes all sins!
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NarP 1 19.6
सन्ति वै यानि कार्याणि ध्वजारोपणकर्मणि । तानि सर्वाणि वक्ष्यामि शृणुष्व गदतो मम
santi vai yāni kāryāṇi dhvajāropaṇakarmaṇi / tāni sarvāṇi vakṣyāmi śṛṇuṣva gadato mama
Whatever things are to be done in the rite of raising the banner, all those I shall declare; listen to me as I speak.
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NarP 1 19.7
कार्तिकस्य सिते पक्षघे दशम्यां प्रयतो नरः । स्नानं कुर्यात्प्रयत्नेन दन्तधावनपूर्वकम्
kārtikasya site pakṣaghe daśamyāṃ prayato naraḥ / snānaṃ kuryātprayatnena dantadhāvanapūrvakam
On the tenth day of the bright fortnight of Kārttika, a man, restrained, should carefully perform his bath, preceded by the cleaning of the teeth.
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NarP 1 19.8
एकाशी ब्रह्मचारी च स्वपेन्नारायणं स्मरन् । धौताम्बरधरः शुद्धो विप्रो नारायणाग्रतः
ekāśī brahmacārī ca svapennārāyaṇaṃ smaran / dhautāmbaradharaḥ śuddho vipro nārāyaṇāgrataḥ
Eating once (a day) and chaste, the brahmin, pure, wearing washed garments, should sleep before Nārāyaṇa, remembering Nārāyaṇa.
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NarP 1 19.9
ततः प्रातः समुत्थाय स्नात्वाचम्य यथाविधि । नित्यकर्माणि निर्वर्त्य पश्चाद्विष्णुं समर्चयेत्
tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya snātvācamya yathāvidhi / nityakarmāṇi nirvartya paścādviṣṇuṃ samarcayet
Then, rising at dawn, having bathed and sipped water according to rule, and having completed the daily rites, he should afterwards worship Viṣṇu.
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NarP 1 19.10
चतुर्भिर्ब्राह्मणैः सार्ध्दं कृत्वा च स्वस्तिवाचनम् । नान्दीश्राद्धं प्रकुर्वीत ध्वजारोपणकर्मणि
caturbhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ sārdhdaṃ kṛtvā ca svastivācanam / nāndīśrāddhaṃ prakurvīta dhvajāropaṇakarmaṇi
Together with four brahmins, and having had the benediction recited, he should perform the nāndī-śrāddha in the rite of raising the banner.
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NarP 1 19.11
ध्वजस्तम्भो च गायत्र्या प्रोक्षघयेद्वस्त्रसंयुतौ । सूर्यं च वैनतेयं च हिमांशुं तत्परोर्ऽचयेत्
dhvajastambho ca gāyatryā prokṣaghayedvastrasaṃyutau / sūryaṃ ca vainateyaṃ ca himāṃśuṃ tatparor'cayet
He should sprinkle the banner and the post with the Gāyatrī, (both) provided with cloth; and thereafter he should worship the Sun, Garuḍa, and the Moon.
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NarP 1 19.12
धातारं च विधातारं पूजयेद्धजदण्डके । हरिद्राक्षघतगन्धाद्यैः शुक्लपुष्पैर्विशेषतः
dhātāraṃ ca vidhātāraṃ pūjayeddhajadaṇḍake / haridrākṣaghatagandhādyaiḥ śuklapuṣpairviśeṣataḥ
He should worship Dhātṛ and Vidhātṛ on the banner-staff, with turmeric, unhusked grain, perfumes and the rest, and especially with white flowers.
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NarP 1 19.13
ततो गोचर्ममात्रघं तु स्थण्डिलं चोपलिप्य वै । आधायान्गिं स्वगृह्योत्त्या ह्याज्यभागादिकं क्रमात्
tato gocarmamātraghaṃ tu sthaṇḍilaṃ copalipya vai / ādhāyāngiṃ svagṛhyottyā hyājyabhāgādikaṃ kramāt
Then, having smeared an altar-ground of the measure of a cow's hide, and having established the fire according to his own domestic rule, (he offers) the ghee-portions and so on in order.
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NarP 1 19.14
जुहुयात्पायसं चैव साज्यमष्टोत्तरं शतम् । प्रथमं पौरुषं सूक्तं विष्णोर्नुकमिरावतीम्
juhuyātpāyasaṃ caiva sājyamaṣṭottaraṃ śatam / prathamaṃ pauruṣaṃ sūktaṃ viṣṇornukamirāvatīm
And he should offer milk-rice with ghee, one hundred and eight (times), first (with) the Puruṣa hymn, (then) 'viṣṇor nu kam' and 'irāvatī'.
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NarP 1 19.15
ततश्च वैनतेयाय स्वाहे त्यष्टाहुतीस्तथा । सोमो धेनुमुदुत्यं च जुहुयाच्च ततो द्विज
tataśca vainateyāya svāhe tyaṣṭāhutīstathā / somo dhenumudutyaṃ ca juhuyācca tato dvija
And then, O twice-born, he should offer eight oblations to Garuḍa with 'svāhā', and also (with) 'somo dhenum' and 'ud u tyam'.
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NarP 1 19.16
सौरमन्त्राञ्जपेत्तघत्र शान्तिसूत्कानि शक्तितः । रात्रघौ जागरणं कुर्यादुपकण्ठं हरेः शुचुः
sauramantrāñjapettaghatra śāntisūtkāni śaktitaḥ / rātraghau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādupakaṇṭhaṃ hareḥ śucuḥ
There he should mutter the solar mantras and the peace-hymns as far as he is able; pure, he should keep the night-vigil close beside Hari.
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NarP 1 19.17
ततः प्रातः समुत्थाय नित्यकर्म समाप्य च । गन्धपुष्पादिभिर्देवमर्चयेत्पूर्ववत्क्रमात्
tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya nityakarma samāpya ca / gandhapuṣpādibhirdevamarcayetpūrvavatkramāt
Then, rising at dawn and completing the daily rites, (he) should worship the god with perfumes, flowers and the rest, in order as before.
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NarP 1 19.18
ततो मङ्गलवाद्यैश्च सूक्तपाठैश्च शौभनम् । नृत्यैश्च रतोत्रघपठनैर्नयेद्विष्णवालये ध्वजम्
tato maṅgalavādyaiśca sūktapāṭhaiśca śaubhanam / nṛtyaiśca ratotraghapaṭhanairnayedviṣṇavālaye dhvajam
Then, with auspicious music and with recitations of the (Vedic) hymns, with dances and with the chanting of songs, (he) should carry the beautiful banner into the temple of Viṣṇu.
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NarP 1 19.19
देवस्य द्वारदेशे वा शिखरे वा मुदान्वितः । सुस्थुरः स्थापयेद्विप्र ध्वजं सस्तम्भसंयुतम्
devasya dvāradeśe vā śikhare vā mudānvitaḥ / susthuraḥ sthāpayedvipra dhvajaṃ sastambhasaṃyutam
At the doorway of the god, or on the spire, filled with joy and standing firm, O brahmin, (he) should set up the banner together with its staff.
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NarP 1 19.20
गन्धपुष्पाघक्षतैर्द्देवं धूपदीपर्मनोहरैः । भक्षघ्यभोज्यादिसंयुक्तैर्नैवेद्यैश्च हरिं यजेत्
gandhapuṣpāghakṣatairddevaṃ dhūpadīparmanoharaiḥ / bhakṣaghyabhojyādisaṃyuktairnaivedyaiśca hariṃ yajet
With perfumes, flowers and unbroken grains, with incense and lovely lamps, and with food-offerings consisting of things to be eaten and chewed and the rest, (he) should worship Hari, the god.
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NarP 1 19.21
एवं देवालये स्थाप्य शोभनं ध्वजमुत्तमम् । प्रदक्षघिणमनुव्रज्य स्तोत्रघमेतदुदूरयेत्
evaṃ devālaye sthāpya śobhanaṃ dhvajamuttamam / pradakṣaghiṇamanuvrajya stotraghametadudūrayet
Having thus set up the beautiful, excellent banner in the temple of the god, having walked around it keeping it to the right, (he) should utter this hymn of praise:
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NarP 1 19.22
नमस्ते पुण्डरीकाक्ष नमस्ते विश्वभावन । नमस्ते ऽस्तु हृषीकेश महापुरुष पूर्वज
namaste puṇḍarīkākṣa namaste viśvabhāvana / namaste 'stu hṛṣīkeśa mahāpuruṣa pūrvaja
Homage to you, lotus-eyed one; homage to you, bringer-forth of the universe; homage be to you, Hṛṣīkeśa, great Person, first-born.
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NarP 1 19.23
येनेदमखिलं जातं यत्र सर्वं प्रतिष्टितम् । लयमेष्यति यत्रैवं तं प्रपन्नो ऽस्मि केशवम्
yenedamakhilaṃ jātaṃ yatra sarvaṃ pratiṣṭitam / layameṣyati yatraivaṃ taṃ prapanno 'smi keśavam
By whom this whole (world) was born, in whom all is established, and in whom it will go to dissolution — to that Keśava I have gone for refuge.
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NarP 1 19.24
न जानन्ति परं भावं यस्य ब्रह्मादयः सुराः । योगिनोयं न पश्यन्ति तं वन्दं ज्ञानरुपुणम्
na jānanti paraṃ bhāvaṃ yasya brahmādayaḥ surāḥ / yoginoyaṃ na paśyanti taṃ vandaṃ jñānarupuṇam
Whose supreme nature the gods beginning with Brahmā do not know, and whom the yogins do not see — him I salute, whose form is knowledge.
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NarP 1 19.25
अन्तरिक्षन्तु यन्नाभिर्द्यैर्मूर्द्धा यस्य चैव हि । पादो ऽभूद्यस्य पृथिवी तं वन्दे विश्वरुपिणम्
antarikṣantu yannābhirdyairmūrddhā yasya caiva hi / pādo 'bhūdyasya pṛthivī taṃ vande viśvarupiṇam
Whose navel is the mid-air, whose head is the sky, and whose foot was the earth — him I salute, whose form is the universe.
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NarP 1 19.26
यस्य श्रोत्रे दिशः सर्वा यच्चक्षुर्दिनकृचज्छशी । ऋक्सामयजुपी येन तं वन्दे ब्रह्ररुपिणम्
yasya śrotre diśaḥ sarvā yaccakṣurdinakṛcajchaśī / ṛksāmayajupī yena taṃ vande brahrarupiṇam
Whose two ears are all the directions, whose eyes are the sun and the moon, by whom (came) the Ṛg, Sāma and Yajus — him I salute, whose form is the Veda (brahman).
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NarP 1 19.27
यन्मुखाद्वाह्मणा जाता यद्वाहोरभवन्नृपाः । वैश्या यस्यो रुतो जाताः पद्भघ्यां शूद्रो व्यजायत
yanmukhādvāhmaṇā jātā yadvāhorabhavannṛpāḥ / vaiśyā yasyo ruto jātāḥ padbhaghyāṃ śūdro vyajāyata
From whose mouth the brahmins were born, from whose arms the kings came to be, from whose thighs the vaiśyas were born, and from whose feet the śūdra came forth —
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NarP 1 19.28
मायासङ्गममात्रघेण वदन्ति पुरुषं त्वजम् । स्वभावविमलं शुद्धं निर्विकारं निरञ्जनम्
māyāsaṅgamamātragheṇa vadanti puruṣaṃ tvajam / svabhāvavimalaṃ śuddhaṃ nirvikāraṃ nirañjanam
They call you the unborn Person, (who is such) merely through contact with māyā, pure by (your own) nature, spotless, without change, unstained.
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NarP 1 19.29
क्षीरब्धि शायिनं देवमनन्तमपराजितम् । सद्भक्तवत्सलं विष्णुं भक्तिगम्यं नमाम्यहम्
kṣīrabdhi śāyinaṃ devamanantamaparājitam / sadbhaktavatsalaṃ viṣṇuṃ bhaktigamyaṃ namāmyaham
The god who lies on the ocean of milk, endless, unconquered, tender toward his true devotees, Viṣṇu, reached through devotion — I bow to him.
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NarP 1 19.30
पृथिव्यादीनि भूतानि तन्मात्राणींन्द्रियाणि च । सूक्ष्मासूक्ष्याणि येनासंस्तं वन्दे सर्वतोमुखम्
pṛthivyādīni bhūtāni tanmātrāṇīṃndriyāṇi ca / sūkṣmāsūkṣyāṇi yenāsaṃstaṃ vande sarvatomukham
By whom the elements beginning with earth, the subtle essences and the sense-organs, subtle and (more) subtle, came to be — him I salute, who faces every way.
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NarP 1 19.31
यद्वह्य परमं धाम सर्वलोकोत्तमोत्तमम् । निर्गुणं परमं सूक्ष्मं प्रणतो ऽस्ति पुनः पुनः
yadvahya paramaṃ dhāma sarvalokottamottamam / nirguṇaṃ paramaṃ sūkṣmaṃ praṇato 'sti punaḥ punaḥ
That supreme abode which is highest of all the worlds, without qualities, supreme, subtle — to it I am bowed down again and again.
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NarP 1 19.32
अविकारमजं शुद्धं सर्वतोबाहुमीश्वरम् ।। यमामनन्ति योगान्द्राः सर्वकारणकारणम्
avikāramajaṃ śuddhaṃ sarvatobāhumīśvaram /. yamāmananti yogāndrāḥ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam
Changeless, unborn, pure, the Lord with arms on every side, whom the chief of yogins hold to be the cause of all causes —
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NarP 1 19.33
यो देवः सर्वभूतानामन्तरात्मा जगन्मयः । निर्गुणः परमात्मा च स मे विष्णुः प्रसीदतु
yo devaḥ sarvabhūtānāmantarātmā jaganmayaḥ / nirguṇaḥ paramātmā ca sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu
The god who is the inner self of all beings, who consists of the world, without qualities and the supreme Self — may that Viṣṇu be gracious to me.
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NarP 1 19.34
हृदयस्थो ऽपि दूरस्थो मायया मोहितात्मनाम् । ज्ञानिनां सर्वगो यस्तु स मे विष्णुः प्रसीदतु
hṛdayastho 'pi dūrastho māyayā mohitātmanām / jñānināṃ sarvago yastu sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu
He who, though seated in the heart, stands far off from those whose selves are deluded by māyā, but who is all-pervading for those who know — may that Viṣṇu be gracious to me.
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NarP 1 19.35
चतुर्भिश्च चतुर्भिश्च द्वाभ्यां पञ्चभिरेव च । हूयते च पुनर्द्वातार्थंभ्यां स मे विष्णुः प्रतीदतु
caturbhiśca caturbhiśca dvābhyāṃ pañcabhireva ca / hūyate ca punardvātārthaṃbhyāṃ sa me viṣṇuḥ pratīdatu
He who is invoked with oblations by four, and again by four, by two, and by five, and again by twelve — may that Viṣṇu be gracious to me.
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NarP 1 19.36
ज्ञानिनां कर्मिणां चैव तथा भक्तिमतां नृणाम् । गतिदाता विश्वमृग्यः स मे विष्णुः प्रसूदतु
jñānināṃ karmiṇāṃ caiva tathā bhaktimatāṃ nṛṇām / gatidātā viśvamṛgyaḥ sa me viṣṇuḥ prasūdatu
He who grants the (final) goal to men of knowledge, to men of ritual action, and likewise to men of devotion, and who is sought by all the world — may that Viṣṇu be gracious to me.
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NarP 1 19.37
जगद्धितार्थं ये देहा ध्रियन्ते लीलया हरेः । तानर्चयन्ति विबुधाः स मे विष्णुः प्रसीदतु
jagaddhitārthaṃ ye dehā dhriyante līlayā hareḥ / tānarcayanti vibudhāḥ sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu
Those bodies which Hari maintains in play for the welfare of the world — the wise worship them; may that Viṣṇu be gracious to me.
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NarP 1 19.38
यमामनन्तिवे सन्तः सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहम् । निर्गुणं च गुणाधारं स मे विष्णुः प्रसीदतु
yamāmanantive santaḥ saccidānandavigraham / nirguṇaṃ ca guṇādhāraṃ sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu
Whom the good hold to be the embodiment of being, consciousness and bliss, without qualities and yet the support of the qualities — may that Viṣṇu be gracious to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 19.39
इति स्तुत्वा नमेद्विष्णुं ब्राह्मणांश्च प्रपूजयेत् । आचार्यं पूजयेत्पश्चाद्दक्षिणाच्छादनादिभिः
iti stutvā namedviṣṇuṃ brāhmaṇāṃśca prapūjayet / ācāryaṃ pūjayetpaścāddakṣiṇācchādanādibhiḥ
Having praised (him) thus, one should bow to Viṣṇu and worship the brahmins; afterwards one should honour the teacher with a fee, a garment, and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 19.40
ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेच्छक्त्या भक्ति भावसमन्वितः । पुत्रमत्रिकलत्राद्यैः स्वयं च सह बन्धुभिः
brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā bhakti bhāvasamanvitaḥ / putramatrikalatrādyaiḥ svayaṃ ca saha bandhubhiḥ
Filled with devotion and feeling, one should feed brahmins according to one's means, and together with son, wife and the rest, and himself along with his kinsmen,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 19.41
कुर्वीत पारणं विप्र नारायणपरायणः । यस्त्वेतत्कर्म कुर्वीत ध्वजारोपणमुत्तमम् । तस्य पुण्यफलं वक्ष्ये शृणुष्व सुसमाहितः
kurvīta pāraṇaṃ vipra nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ / yastvetatkarma kurvīta dhvajāropaṇamuttamam / tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vakṣye śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ
he should break the fast, O brahmin, being devoted to Nārāyaṇa. And of him who performs this rite, the excellent raising of the banner, I shall declare the fruit of merit: listen with full attention.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 19.42
पटो ध्वजस्य विप्रेन्द्र यावच्चलति वायुना । तावन्ति पापजालानि नश्यन्त्येव न संशयः
paṭo dhvajasya viprendra yāvaccalati vāyunā / tāvanti pāpajālāni naśyantyeva na saṃśayaḥ
O best of brahmins, as long as the cloth of the banner stirs in the wind, so many nets of sin are indeed destroyed — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 19.43
महापातकयुक्तो वा युक्तो वा सर्वपातकैः । ध्वजं विष्णुगृहे कृत्वा मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः
mahāpātakayukto vā yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ / dhvajaṃ viṣṇugṛhe kṛtvā mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
Whether joined with a great sin or joined with all sins, having set up a banner in Viṣṇu's house one is freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 19.44
यावद्दिनानि तिष्टेत ध्वजो विष्णुगृहे द्विज । तावद्युगसहस्राणि हरिसारुप्यमश्नुते
yāvaddināni tiṣṭeta dhvajo viṣṇugṛhe dvija / tāvadyugasahasrāṇi harisārupyamaśnute
For as many days as the banner stands in Viṣṇu's house, O twice-born, for that many thousands of ages he attains a form like Hari's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 19.45
आरोपितं ध्वजं दृष्ट्वा ये ऽभिनन्दन्ति धार्मिकाः । ते ऽपि सर्वे प्रमुच्यन्ते महापातककोटिभिः
āropitaṃ dhvajaṃ dṛṣṭvā ye 'bhinandanti dhārmikāḥ / te 'pi sarve pramucyante mahāpātakakoṭibhiḥ
Those righteous men who, seeing the banner raised, rejoice at it — they too are all released from tens of millions of great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 19.46
आरोपितो ध्वजो विष्णुगृहे धुन्वन्पटं स्वकम् । कर्तुः सर्वाणि पापानि धुनोति निमिषार्द्धतः
āropito dhvajo viṣṇugṛhe dhunvanpaṭaṃ svakam / kartuḥ sarvāṇi pāpāni dhunoti nimiṣārddhataḥ
The banner raised in Viṣṇu's house, shaking its own cloth, shakes off all the sins of the one who set it up in half an instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 19.47
यस्त्वा रोप्य गृहे विष्णोर्ध्वजं नित्यमुपाचरेत् । स देवयानेन दिवं यातीव सुमतिर्नृपः
yastvā ropya gṛhe viṣṇordhvajaṃ nityamupācaret / sa devayānena divaṃ yātīva sumatirnṛpaḥ
But he who, having raised a banner in Viṣṇu's house, tends to it constantly, goes to heaven by the path of the gods, like King Sumati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition