Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 2

NarP 1 2.1

ऋषय ऊचुः कथं सनत्कुमारस्तु नारदाय महात्मने । प्रोक्तवान्सकलान्धर्मान्कथं तौ मिलितावुभौ

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kathaṃ sanatkumārastu nāradāya mahātmane / proktavānsakalāndharmānkathaṃ tau militāvubhau

The sages said: How did Sanatkumāra declare all the dharmas to the great-souled Nārada? How did the two of them meet?

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NarP 1 2.2

कस्मिन्स्थाने स्थितौ सूत तावुभौ ब्रह्मवादिनौ । हरिगीतसमुद्गाने चक्रतुस्तद्वदस्व नः

kasminsthāne sthitau sūta tāvubhau brahmavādinau / harigītasamudgāne cakratustadvadasva naḥ

In what place, O Sūta, did those two, both speakers of brahman, abide (when) they engaged in the singing forth of the song of Hari? Tell us that.

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NarP 1 2.3

सूत उवाच सनकाद्या महात्मानो ब्रह्मणो मानसाः सुताः । निर्ममा निरहंकाराः सर्वे ते ह्यूध्वरेतसः

sūta uvāca sanakādyā mahātmāno brahmaṇo mānasāḥ sutāḥ / nirmamā nirahaṃkārāḥ sarve te hyūdhvaretasaḥ

Sūta said: Sanaka and the others were great-souled, mind-born sons of Brahmā, free of the sense of "mine," free of egoism, all of them indeed with seed drawn upward (celibate).

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NarP 1 2.4

तेषां नामानि वक्ष्यामि समकश्च सनन्दनः । सनस्फुमारश्च विभुः सनातम इति स्मृतः

teṣāṃ nāmāni vakṣyāmi samakaśca sanandanaḥ / sanasphumāraśca vibhuḥ sanātama iti smṛtaḥ

I shall tell their names: Sanaka and Sanandana, and Sanatkumāra, and the mighty one known as Sanātana.

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NarP 1 2.6

एकदा मेरुशृङ्गं ते प्रस्थिता ब्रह्मणः सभाम् । इष्टं मार्गे ऽथ ददृशुः गङ्गां विष्णिपदीं द्विजाः

ekadā meruśṛṅgaṃ te prasthitā brahmaṇaḥ sabhām / iṣṭaṃ mārge 'tha dadṛśuḥ gaṅgāṃ viṣṇipadīṃ dvijāḥ

Once, when they had set out for the peak of Meru, to Brahmā's assembly, the twice-born saw on the way the beloved Gaṅgā, who flows from Viṣṇu's foot.

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NarP 1 2.7

तां निरीक्ष्य समुद्युक्ताः स्त्रातुं सीताजले ऽभवन् । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे तत्र देवर्षिर्नारदो मुनिः

tāṃ nirīkṣya samudyuktāḥ strātuṃ sītājale 'bhavan / etasminnantare tatra devarṣirnārado muniḥ

Seeing her, they became eager to bathe in the cool water; meanwhile, there the divine sage, the ascetic Nārada,

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NarP 1 2.8

आजगाम द्विजश्रेष्ठा दृष्ट्वा भ्रान्तॄन्स्वकाग्रजान् । तान्दृष्ट्वा स्त्रातुमुद्युक्तान्नमस्कृत्य कृताञ्जितिः

ājagāma dvijaśreṣṭhā dṛṣṭvā bhrāntṝnsvakāgrajān / tāndṛṣṭvā strātumudyuktānnamaskṛtya kṛtāñjitiḥ

came, O best of the twice-born; seeing his own elder brothers roaming (there), and seeing them ready to bathe, he made obeisance with his palms joined,

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NarP 1 2.9

गुणन्नामानि सप्रेमभक्तियुक्तो मधुद्विषः । नारायणाच्युतानन्त वासुदेव जनार्दन

guṇannāmāni sapremabhaktiyukto madhudviṣaḥ / nārāyaṇācyutānanta vāsudeva janārdana

reciting, filled with loving devotion, the names of the foe of Madhu: "O Nārāyaṇa, Acyuta, Ananta, Vāsudeva, Janārdana,

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NarP 1 2.10

यज्ञेश यज्ञपुरुष कृष्ण विष्णो नमो ऽस्तु ते । पद्माक्ष कमलाकान्त गङ्गाजनक केशव । क्षिरोदशायिन्देवेश दामोदर नमो ऽस्तु ते

yajñeśa yajñapuruṣa kṛṣṇa viṣṇo namo 'stu te / padmākṣa kamalākānta gaṅgājanaka keśava / kṣirodaśāyindeveśa dāmodara namo 'stu te

O lord of sacrifice, O person of the sacrifice, O Kṛṣṇa, O Viṣṇu, homage be to you; O lotus-eyed one, O beloved of Kamalā, O begetter of the Gaṅgā, O Keśava; O you who lie on the ocean of milk, O lord of the gods, O Dāmodara, homage be to you.

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NarP 1 2.11

श्रीराम विष्णो नरसिंह वामन प्रद्युम्नसंकर्पण वात्पदेव । अजानिरुद्धामलरुङ्मुरारं त्वं पाहि नः सर्वभयादजस्त्रम्

śrīrāma viṣṇo narasiṃha vāmana pradyumnasaṃkarpaṇa vātpadeva / ajāniruddhāmalaruṅmurāraṃ tvaṃ pāhi naḥ sarvabhayādajastram

O Śrīrāma, Viṣṇu, Narasiṃha, Vāmana, Pradyumna, Saṃkarṣaṇa, Vāsudeva, O unborn one, Aniruddha, of spotless radiance, O Murāri — protect us unceasingly from every fear."

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NarP 1 2.12

इत्युच्च रन्हरेर्नाम नत्वा तान्स्वाग्रजान्मुनीन् । उपासीनश्च तैः सार्द्धं सस्नौ प्रीतिसमन्वितः

ityucca ranharernāma natvā tānsvāgrajānmunīn / upāsīnaśca taiḥ sārddhaṃ sasnau prītisamanvitaḥ

Having thus loudly (uttered) Hari's name, and having bowed to those sages, his own elder brothers, and having sat with them, he bathed, filled with delight.

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NarP 1 2.13

ते षां चापि तु सीताया जले लोकमलाप हे । स्त्रात्वा संतर्त्य देवर्षिपितन्विगतकल्मषाः

te ṣāṃ cāpi tu sītāyā jale lokamalāpa he / strātvā saṃtartya devarṣipitanvigatakalmaṣāḥ

And in the water of their Sītā, which removes the impurity of the world — having bathed and having offered libations to gods, seers and ancestors, their sins departed.

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NarP 1 2.14

उत्तीर्य्य संध्योपास्त्यादि कृत्वाचारं स्वकं द्विजाः । कथां प्रचक्रुर्विविधाः नारायण गुणाश्रिताः

uttīryya saṃdhyopāstyādi kṛtvācāraṃ svakaṃ dvijāḥ / kathāṃ pracakrurvividhāḥ nārāyaṇa guṇāśritāḥ

Having come out (of the water) and performed the twilight worship and the rest, their own observance, the twice-born, devoted to the virtues of Nārāyaṇa, set going various discourses.

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NarP 1 2.15

कृतत्रियेषु मुनिषु गङ्गातीरे मनोरमे । चकारनारदः प्रश्नं नानाख्यानकयान्तरे

kṛtatriyeṣu muniṣu gaṅgātīre manorame / cakāranāradaḥ praśnaṃ nānākhyānakayāntare

When the sages had performed the (three) rites, on the delightful bank of the Ganges, in the midst of the various tales Nārada put a question.

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NarP 1 2.16

नारद उवाच सर्वज्ञाः स्थ मुनिश्रेष्ठाः भगवद्भक्तितत्पराः । यूयं सर्वे जगन्नाथा भगवन्तः सनातनाः

nārada uvāca sarvajñāḥ stha muniśreṣṭhāḥ bhagavadbhaktitatparāḥ / yūyaṃ sarve jagannāthā bhagavantaḥ sanātanāḥ

Nārada said: You are all-knowing, O best of sages, intent upon devotion to the Lord; you are all lords of the world, eternal and venerable.

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NarP 1 2.17

लोकोद्धारपरान्युष्मान्दीनेषु कृतसौहृदान् । पृच्छे ततो वदत मे भगवल्लक्षणं बुधाः

lokoddhāraparānyuṣmāndīneṣu kṛtasauhṛdān / pṛcche tato vadata me bhagavallakṣaṇaṃ budhāḥ

You who are intent on the deliverance of the world, who show friendship toward the wretched — I ask you; therefore tell me, O wise ones, the marks of the Lord.

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NarP 1 2.18

येनेदमखिलं जातं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । गङ्गापादोदकं यस्य स कथं ज्ञायते हरिः

yenedamakhilaṃ jātaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam / gaṅgāpādodakaṃ yasya sa kathaṃ jñāyate hariḥ

He by whom all this world, moving and unmoving, was produced, whose foot-water is the Ganges — how is that Hari to be known?

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NarP 1 2.21

शौनक उवाच नमः पराय देवाय परस्मात्परमात्र च । परावर निवासाय सगुणायागुणाय च

śaunaka uvāca namaḥ parāya devāya parasmātparamātra ca / parāvara nivāsāya saguṇāyāguṇāya ca

Śaunaka said: Homage to the supreme God, higher here than the highest, who dwells in the high and the low, who is with qualities and without qualities.

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NarP 1 2.22

अमायायात्मसंज्ञाय माचिने विश्वरुपिणे । योगीश्वराय योगाय योगगम्याय विष्णवे

amāyāyātmasaṃjñāya mācine viśvarupiṇe / yogīśvarāya yogāya yogagamyāya viṣṇave

To him free of illusion, named the Self, the maker(?), whose form is the universe, the lord of yogins, to yoga itself, to Viṣṇu who is reached by yoga.

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NarP 1 2.23

ज्ञानाय ज्ञानगम्याय सर्वज्ञानैकहेतवे । ज्ञाचेश्वराय ज्ञेयाय ज्ञात्रे विज्ञानसंपदे

jñānāya jñānagamyāya sarvajñānaikahetave / jñāceśvarāya jñeyāya jñātre vijñānasaṃpade

To knowledge, to him who is reached by knowledge, to the sole cause of all knowledge, to the lord of knowledge, to the knowable, to the knower, to him who is the wealth of discernment.

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NarP 1 2.24

ध्यानाय ध्यानगम्याय ध्यातृपातहराय च । ध्यानेश्वराय सुधियेध्येयध्यातृस्वरुपिणे

dhyānāya dhyānagamyāya dhyātṛpātaharāya ca / dhyāneśvarāya sudhiyedhyeyadhyātṛsvarupiṇe

To meditation, to him who is attained by meditation, and to the remover of the meditator's fall(?), to the lord of meditation, to the wise one, to him whose form is both the object of meditation and the meditator.

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NarP 1 2.25

आदित्यवचन्द्राग्निविधातृदेवाः सिद्धाश्च यक्षासुरनागसङ्घाः । यच्छक्तियुक्तास्तमजं पुराणं सत्यं स्तुतीशं सततं नतो ऽस्मि

ādityavacandrāgnividhātṛdevāḥ siddhāśca yakṣāsuranāgasaṅghāḥ / yacchaktiyuktāstamajaṃ purāṇaṃ satyaṃ stutīśaṃ satataṃ nato 'smi

The Sun, Moon, Fire, Vidhātṛ and the gods, the Siddhas, and the hosts of Yakṣas, Asuras and Nāgas are endowed with whose power — to him, the unborn, ancient, true, the lord of hymns, I bow continually.

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NarP 1 2.26

यो ब्रह्मरुपी जगतां विधाता स एव पाता द्विजविष्णुरुपी । कल्पान्तरुद्राख्यतमुः स देवः शेतेंऽघ्रिपानस्तमजं भजामि

yo brahmarupī jagatāṃ vidhātā sa eva pātā dvijaviṣṇurupī / kalpāntarudrākhyatamuḥ sa devaḥ śeteṃ'ghripānastamajaṃ bhajāmi

He who in the form of Brahmā is the creator of the worlds, he himself is the protector in the form of Viṣṇu, friend of the twice-born; that god's body at the end of the aeon is called Rudra; (he) sleeps (upon the waters), the drinker(?) — him, the unborn, I worship.

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NarP 1 2.27

यन्नामसंकीर्त्तनतो गजेन्द्रो ग्राहोग्रबन्धान्मुमुचे स देवः । विराजमानः स्वपदे पराख्ये तं विष्णुमाद्यं शरणं प्रपद्ये

yannāmasaṃkīrttanato gajendro grāhograbandhānmumuce sa devaḥ / virājamānaḥ svapade parākhye taṃ viṣṇumādyaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

That god by the chanting of whose name the lord of elephants was freed from the fierce bondage of the crocodile, shining in his own abode called the highest — to that primal Viṣṇu I go for refuge.

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NarP 1 2.28

शिवस्वरुपी शिवभक्ति भाजां यो विष्णुरुपी हरिभावितानाम् । संकल्पपूर्वात्मकदेहहेतुस्तंस्तमेव नित्यं शरणं प्रपद्ये

śivasvarupī śivabhakti bhājāṃ yo viṣṇurupī haribhāvitānām / saṃkalpapūrvātmakadehahetustaṃstameva nityaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

He who has Śiva's form for those who practise devotion to Śiva, and Viṣṇu's form for those who contemplate Hari, the cause of bodies made of self-will and the rest — in him alone I ever take refuge.

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NarP 1 2.29

यः केशिहन्ता नरकान्तकश्च बालो भुजाग्रेण दधार गोत्रम् । देवं च भूमारविनोदशीलं तं वासुदेवं सततं नतो ऽस्मि

yaḥ keśihantā narakāntakaśca bālo bhujāgreṇa dadhāra gotram / devaṃ ca bhūmāravinodaśīlaṃ taṃ vāsudevaṃ satataṃ nato 'smi

He who was the slayer of Keśin and the destroyer of Naraka, and who as a boy held up the mountain on the tip of his arm — that god whose nature is sport upon the earth, that Vāsudeva I bow to continually.

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NarP 1 2.30

लेभे ऽवतीर्योग्रनृसिंहरुपीयोदैत्यवक्षः कठिनं शिलावत् । विदार्यसंराक्षितवान्स्वभक्तं प्रह्लादमीशं तमजं मनामि

lebhe 'vatīryogranṛsiṃharupīyodaityavakṣaḥ kaṭhinaṃ śilāvat / vidāryasaṃrākṣitavānsvabhaktaṃ prahlādamīśaṃ tamajaṃ manāmi

He who, having descended in the form of the fierce Man-Lion, tore open the demon's chest, hard as stone, and protected his own devotee Prahlāda — that unborn Lord I contemplate.

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NarP 1 2.31

व्योमादिभिर्मूषितमात्मसंज्ञं निरञ्जनं नित्यममेयतत्त्वम् । जगद्विधातारमकर्मकं च परं पुराणं पुरुषम नतो ऽस्मि

vyomādibhirmūṣitamātmasaṃjñaṃ nirañjanaṃ nityamameyatattvam / jagadvidhātāramakarmakaṃ ca paraṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣama nato 'smi

Him who is concealed by space and the other (elements), who is named the Self, spotless, eternal, of immeasurable essence, the ordainer of the world and free of action, the supreme, ancient Person — I bow to him.

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NarP 1 2.32

ब्रह्मेन्द्ररुद्रानिलवायुमर्त्यगन्धर्वयक्षासुरदेवसंघैः । स्वमूर्तिभेदैः स्थित एक ईशस्तमादिमात्मा नमहं भजामि

brahmendrarudrānilavāyumartyagandharvayakṣāsuradevasaṃghaiḥ / svamūrtibhedaiḥ sthita eka īśastamādimātmā namahaṃ bhajāmi

Through the divisions of his own forms as the hosts of Brahmā, Indra, Rudra, the winds, Vāyu, mortals, Gandharvas, Yakṣas, Asuras and gods, the one Lord abides — him, the primal Self, I worship.

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NarP 1 2.33

यतो भिन्नमिदं सर्वं समुद्भूतं स्थितं च वै । यस्मिन्नेष्यति पश्चाच्च तमस्ति शरणं गतः

yato bhinnamidaṃ sarvaṃ samudbhūtaṃ sthitaṃ ca vai / yasminneṣyati paścācca tamasti śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

From whom all this manifold (world) has arisen and in whom it abides, and into whom it will go afterwards — to him I have gone for refuge.

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NarP 1 2.34

यः स्थितो विश्वरुपेण सङ्गीवात्र प्रतीयते । असङ्गी परिपूर्णश्च तमस्मि शरणं गतः

yaḥ sthito viśvarupeṇa saṅgīvātra pratīyate / asaṅgī paripūrṇaśca tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

He who abides in the form of the universe and is here taken to be involved (in it), (yet who is) unattached and wholly complete — to him I have gone for refuge.

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NarP 1 2.35

हृदि स्थितो ऽपि यो देवो मायया मोहितात्मनाम् । न ज्ञायते परः शुद्धस्तमस्मि शरणं गतः

hṛdi sthito 'pi yo devo māyayā mohitātmanām / na jñāyate paraḥ śuddhastamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

The god who, though seated in the heart, is not known — the supreme, the pure — by those whose selves are deluded by māyā: to him I have gone for refuge.

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NarP 1 2.36

सर्वसंगनिवृत्तानां ध्यानयोगरतात्मनाम् । सर्वत्र भाति ज्ञानात्मा तमस्मि शरणं गतः

sarvasaṃganivṛttānāṃ dhyānayogaratātmanām / sarvatra bhāti jñānātmā tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

For those who have turned away from every attachment, whose minds delight in the yoga of meditation, he shines everywhere as the Self that is knowledge: to him I have gone for refuge.

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NarP 1 2.37

दधार मन्दारं पृष्टे निरोदे ऽमृतमन्थने । देवतानां हितार्थाय तं कूर्मं शरणं गतः

dadhāra mandāraṃ pṛṣṭe nirode 'mṛtamanthane / devatānāṃ hitārthāya taṃ kūrmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

He who bore the Mandāra (mountain) on his back in the water at the churning of the nectar, for the welfare of the gods — to that Tortoise I have gone for refuge.

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NarP 1 2.38

द्रष्ट्राङ्कुरेण यो ऽनन्तः समुद्धृत्यार्णवाद्धराम् । तस्थाविदं जगत्कृत्स्नं वाराहं तं नतो ऽस्म्यहम्

draṣṭrāṅkureṇa yo 'nantaḥ samuddhṛtyārṇavāddharām / tasthāvidaṃ jagatkṛtsnaṃ vārāhaṃ taṃ nato 'smyaham

The endless one who, having lifted the earth out of the ocean with the tip of his tusk, upheld this whole world — to that Boar I make my obeisance.

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NarP 1 2.39

प्रह्लादं गोपयन्दैत्यं शिलातिकठिनोरसम् । विदार्य हतवान्यो हि तं नृसिंहं नतो ऽस्म्यहम्

prahlādaṃ gopayandaityaṃ śilātikaṭhinorasam / vidārya hatavānyo hi taṃ nṛsiṃhaṃ nato 'smyaham

He who, protecting the Daitya Prahlāda, tore open the chest harder than stone and slew (its owner) — to that Man-Lion I make my obeisance.

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NarP 1 2.40

लब्ध्वा वैरोचनेर्भूमिं द्वाभ्यां पद्भ्यामतीत्य यः । आब्रह्मभुवनं पादात्सुरेभ्यस्तं नतो ऽजितम्

labdhvā vairocanerbhūmiṃ dvābhyāṃ padbhyāmatītya yaḥ / ābrahmabhuvanaṃ pādātsurebhyastaṃ nato 'jitam

He who, having received the earth from Vairocani (Bali), passed beyond (it) with two steps and (gave) the region up to Brahmā's world to the gods from his foot — to that unconquered one I bow.

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NarP 1 2.41

हैहयस्यापराधेन ह्येकविंशतिसंख्यया । क्षत्रियान्वयभेत्ता यो जामदग्न्यं नतो ऽस्मि तम्

haihayasyāparādhena hyekaviṃśatisaṃkhyayā / kṣatriyānvayabhettā yo jāmadagnyaṃ nato 'smi tam

He who, on account of the Haihaya's offence, broke the lineage of the kṣatriyas twenty-one times over — to that son of Jamadagni I bow.

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NarP 1 2.42

आविर्भूतश्चतुर्द्धा यः कपिभिः परिवारितः । हतवान्राक्षसानीकं रामचन्द्रं नतो ऽस्म्यहम्

āvirbhūtaścaturddhā yaḥ kapibhiḥ parivāritaḥ / hatavānrākṣasānīkaṃ rāmacandraṃ nato 'smyaham

He who appeared in fourfold form, surrounded by the monkeys, and destroyed the army of the rākṣasas — to Rāmacandra I make my obeisance.

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NarP 1 2.43

मूर्तिद्वयं समाश्रित्य भूभारमपहृत्य च । संजहार कुलं स्वं यस्तं श्रीकृष्णप्यहं भजे

mūrtidvayaṃ samāśritya bhūbhāramapahṛtya ca / saṃjahāra kulaṃ svaṃ yastaṃ śrīkṛṣṇapyahaṃ bhaje

He who, taking on a pair of forms, removed the burden of the earth and then withdrew his own clan — that Śrī Kṛṣṇa I worship.

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NarP 1 2.44

भूम्यादिलोकत्रितयं संतृत्पात्मानमात्मनि । पश्यन्ति निर्मलं शुद्धं तमीशानं भजाम्यहम्

bhūmyādilokatritayaṃ saṃtṛtpātmānamātmani / paśyanti nirmalaṃ śuddhaṃ tamīśānaṃ bhajāmyaham

(Those who) see in the self the Self that upholds(?) the three worlds beginning with the earth, spotless and pure — that Lord I worship.

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NarP 1 2.45

युगान्ते पापिनो शुद्धान्भित्त्वा तीक्ष्णसुधारया । स्थापयामास यो धर्मं कृतादौ तन्नमाम्यहम्

yugānte pāpino śuddhānbhittvā tīkṣṇasudhārayā / sthāpayāmāsa yo dharmaṃ kṛtādau tannamāmyaham

He who, at the end of the age, cut down the impure sinners with a keenly sharpened edge and established dharma at the beginning of the Kṛta age — to him I bow.

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NarP 1 2.46

एवमादीन्यनेकानि यस्य रुपाणि पाण्डवाः । न शक्यं तेन संख्यातुं कोट्यब्दैरपि तं भजे

evamādīnyanekāni yasya rupāṇi pāṇḍavāḥ / na śakyaṃ tena saṃkhyātuṃ koṭyabdairapi taṃ bhaje

Such and many other are his forms, O Pāṇḍavas; they cannot be counted, even in ten million years — him I worship.

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NarP 1 2.47

महिमानं तु यन्नाम्नः परं गन्तुं मुनीश्वराः । देवासुराश्च मनवः कथं तं श्रुल्लको भजे

mahimānaṃ tu yannāmnaḥ paraṃ gantuṃ munīśvarāḥ / devāsurāśca manavaḥ kathaṃ taṃ śrullako bhaje

When the lords of sages, the gods and demons, and the Manus (cannot) reach the far limit of the greatness of his name, how should I, an insignificant creature, worship him?

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NarP 1 2.48

यन्नामश्रवणेनापि महापातकिनो नराः । पवित्रतां प्रपद्यन्ते त कथं स्तौमि चाल्पधीः

yannāmaśravaṇenāpi mahāpātakino narāḥ / pavitratāṃ prapadyante ta kathaṃ staumi cālpadhīḥ

Men guilty of great sins attain purity merely by hearing his name — how then shall I, of little understanding, praise him?

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NarP 1 2.49

यथाकथञ्चिद्यन्नम्नि कीर्तिते वा श्रुते ऽपि वा । पापिनस्तु विशुद्धाः स्युः शद्धा मोक्षमवान्पुयुः

yathākathañcidyannamni kīrtite vā śrute 'pi vā / pāpinastu viśuddhāḥ syuḥ śaddhā mokṣamavānpuyuḥ

If his name is in any way whatever recited or even heard, sinners become wholly pure, and the faithful would attain liberation.

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NarP 1 2.50

आत्मन्यात्मानमाधाय योगिनो गतकल्मशाः । पश्यन्ति यं ज्ञानरुपं तमस्मि शरणं गतः

ātmanyātmānamādhāya yogino gatakalmaśāḥ / paśyanti yaṃ jñānarupaṃ tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

Yogins freed of impurity, having placed the self in the Self, see him whose form is knowledge: to him I have gone for refuge.

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NarP 1 2.51

साङ्ख्याः सर्वेषु पश्यन्ति परिपूरणान्तकं हरिम् । तमादिदेवमजरं ज्ञानरुपं भजाम्यहम्

sāṅkhyāḥ sarveṣu paśyanti paripūraṇāntakaṃ harim / tamādidevamajaraṃ jñānarupaṃ bhajāmyaham

The Sāṅkhyas see Hari in all beings as the all-complete end (of things); that primal god, unaging, whose form is knowledge, I worship.

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NarP 1 2.52

सर्वसत्त्वमयं शान्तं सर्वद्रष्टारमीश्वरम् । सहस्रशीर्षकं देवं वन्दे भावात्मकं हरिम्

sarvasattvamayaṃ śāntaṃ sarvadraṣṭāramīśvaram / sahasraśīrṣakaṃ devaṃ vande bhāvātmakaṃ harim

The Lord, made of all beings, tranquil, the seer of all, the god of a thousand heads — Hari, whose nature is being — I salute.

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NarP 1 2.53

यद्भूतं यच्च वै भाव्यं स्थावरं जङ्गमं जगत् । दशाङ्गुलं यो ऽत्स्यतिष्टत्तमीशमजरं भदे

yadbhūtaṃ yacca vai bhāvyaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ jagat / daśāṅgulaṃ yo 'tsyatiṣṭattamīśamajaraṃ bhade

What has been and what is to be, the world moving and unmoving — he who stood beyond it by ten fingers' breadth: that unaging Lord I worship.

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NarP 1 2.54

अणोरणीयांसमजं महतश्च महत्तरम् । गुह्याद्गुह्यतमं देवं प्रणमामि पुनः पुनः

aṇoraṇīyāṃsamajaṃ mahataśca mahattaram / guhyādguhyatamaṃ devaṃ praṇamāmi punaḥ punaḥ

(I bow) to the unborn one, subtler than the subtle and greater than the great, the god more hidden than the hidden — again and again I bow.

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NarP 1 2.55

ध्यातः स्मृतः पूजितो वा शृतः प्रणमितो ऽपि वा । स्वपदं यो ददातीशस्तं वन्दे पुरुषोत्तमम्

dhyātaḥ smṛtaḥ pūjito vā śṛtaḥ praṇamito 'pi vā / svapadaṃ yo dadātīśastaṃ vande puruṣottamam

The Lord who, when meditated on, remembered, worshipped, heard of, or (merely) bowed to, grants (one) his own abode — him, the Supreme Person, I praise.

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NarP 1 2.56

इति स्तुवन्तं परमं पेरेशं हर्षाम्बुसंरुद्धविलोचनास्ते । मुनीश्वरा नारदसंयुतास्तु सनन्दनाद्याः प्रपुदं प्रजग्मुः

iti stuvantaṃ paramaṃ pereśaṃ harṣāmbusaṃruddhavilocanāste / munīśvarā nāradasaṃyutāstu sanandanādyāḥ prapudaṃ prajagmuḥ

As he thus praised the supreme Lord of lords, those chief sages headed by Sanandana, together with Nārada, their eyes brimming with tears of joy, went (to him) in obeisance.

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NarP 1 2.57

य इदं प्रातरुत्याय पाठेद्वै पौरुपं स्तवम् । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा विष्णुलोकं स गच्छति

ya idaṃ prātarutyāya pāṭhedvai paurupaṃ stavam / sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā viṣṇulokaṃ sa gacchati

Whoever, rising at dawn, recites this hymn to the Person, his self purified of all sins, goes to the world of Viṣṇu.

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