Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 21

NarP 1 21.1

सनक उवाच अन्यद्वूतं प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु नारद तत्त्वतः । दुर्लभं सर्वलोकेषु विख्यातं हरिपञ्चकम्

sanaka uvāca anyadvūtaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇu nārada tattvataḥ / durlabhaṃ sarvalokeṣu vikhyātaṃ haripañcakam

Sanaka said: I shall declare another matter; hear it as it truly is, O Nārada — the famed Haripañcaka, hard to obtain in all the worlds.

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NarP 1 21.2

नारीणां च नराणां च सर्वदुःखनिवारणम् । धर्मकामार्थमोक्षाणां निदानं मुनिसत्तम

nārīṇāṃ ca narāṇāṃ ca sarvaduḥkhanivāraṇam / dharmakāmārthamokṣāṇāṃ nidānaṃ munisattama

It removes all suffering, for women and for men alike, and is the ground of dharma, pleasure, wealth and liberation, O best of sages.

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NarP 1 21.3

सर्वाभीष्टप्रदं चैव सर्वव्रतफलप्रदम् । मार्गशीर्षे सिते पक्षे दशम्यां नियतेन्द्रियः

sarvābhīṣṭapradaṃ caiva sarvavrataphalapradam / mārgaśīrṣe site pakṣe daśamyāṃ niyatendriyaḥ

It bestows everything desired and gives the fruit of all vows. In the month of Mārgaśīrṣa, in the bright fortnight, on the tenth day, with senses restrained,

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NarP 1 21.4

कुर्यात्स्नानादिकं कर्म दन्तधावनपूर्वकम । कृत्वा देवार्चनं सम्यक्तथा पञ्च महाध्वरान्

kuryātsnānādikaṃ karma dantadhāvanapūrvakama / kṛtvā devārcanaṃ samyaktathā pañca mahādhvarān

one should perform bathing and the rest, preceded by the cleaning of the teeth; having duly done the worship of the god, and likewise the five great sacrifices,

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NarP 1 21.5

एकाशी च भवेत्तस्मिन् दिने नियममास्थिताः । ततः प्रातः समुत्थाय ह्येकादश्यां मुनीश्वरः

ekāśī ca bhavettasmin dine niyamamāsthitāḥ / tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya hyekādaśyāṃ munīśvaraḥ

and one should eat but once on that day, (they) abiding by the observance. Then, rising at dawn on the eleventh, O lord of sages,

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NarP 1 21.6

स्नानं कृत्वा यथाचारं हरिं चैवार्यदृहे । स्नापयेद्देवदेवेशं पञ्चामृतविधानतः

snānaṃ kṛtvā yathācāraṃ hariṃ caivāryadṛhe / snāpayeddevadeveśaṃ pañcāmṛtavidhānataḥ

having bathed according to custom, and (going) to Hari in the noble house, one should bathe the Lord of the god of gods according to the rite of the five nectars.

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NarP 1 21.7

अर्चयेत्परया भक्त्या गन्धपुष्पादिभिः ऋमात् । धूपैर्दीपेश्च नैवैद्यैस्ताम्बूलैश्च प्रदक्षिणैः

arcayetparayā bhaktyā gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ ṛmāt / dhūpairdīpeśca naivaidyaistāmbūlaiśca pradakṣiṇaiḥ

One should worship (him) with supreme devotion, in order, with fragrances, flowers and the rest, with incense and lamps, with food offerings, with betel, and with circumambulations.

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NarP 1 21.8

संपूज्य देवदेवेशमिमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ।। नमस्ते घज्ञानरुपाय ज्ञानदाय नमो ऽस्तुते

saṃpūjya devadeveśamimaṃ mantramudīrayet /. namaste ghajñānarupāya jñānadāya namo 'stute

Having worshipped this God of gods, (one) should utter this mantra: "Homage to you, whose form is (great) knowledge; homage to you, giver of knowledge!"

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NarP 1 21.9

नमस्ते स्रवपरुपाय सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायिने । एवं प्रणम्य देवेशं वासुदेवं जनार्जनम्

namaste sravaparupāya sarvasiddhipradāyine / evaṃ praṇamya deveśaṃ vāsudevaṃ janārjanam

"Homage to you, whose form is all (things), bestower of all attainments!" Having thus bowed to the Lord of gods, Vāsudeva, Janārdana,

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NarP 1 21.10

वक्ष्यमाणेन मन्त्रेण ह्युपवासं समर्पयेत् । पञ्चरात्रं निराहारो ह्यद्यप्रभृति केशव

vakṣyamāṇena mantreṇa hyupavāsaṃ samarpayet / pañcarātraṃ nirāhāro hyadyaprabhṛti keśava

(one) should present the fast with the mantra about to be stated: "For five nights, without food, from today onward, O Keśava,

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NarP 1 21.11

त्वदज्ञया जगत्स्वामिन्ममाभीष्टप्रदो भव । एवं समप्य देवस्य उपवासं जितेन्द्रियः

tvadajñayā jagatsvāminmamābhīṣṭaprado bhava / evaṃ samapya devasya upavāsaṃ jitendriyaḥ

by your command, O Lord of the world — become the giver of what I desire." Having thus presented the fast to the god, with senses subdued,

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NarP 1 21.12

रात्रौ जागरणं कुर्यादेकादश्यामथो द्विज । द्वादश्यां च त्रयोदश्यां चतुर्दश्यां जितेन्द्रियः

rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kuryādekādaśyāmatho dvija / dvādaśyāṃ ca trayodaśyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ jitendriyaḥ

(he) should keep a night-vigil on the eleventh, O twice-born; and on the twelfth, the thirteenth, and the fourteenth, with senses subdued,

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NarP 1 21.13

पौर्णनमास्यां च कर्त्तव्यमेवं विष्ण्वर्चनं मुने । एकादश्यां पौर्णमास्यां कर्त्तव्यं जागरं तथा

paurṇanamāsyāṃ ca karttavyamevaṃ viṣṇvarcanaṃ mune / ekādaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ karttavyaṃ jāgaraṃ tathā

and on the full-moon day too, this worship of Viṣṇu is to be performed, O sage; and on the eleventh and on the full-moon day the vigil is likewise to be kept.

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NarP 1 21.14

पञ्चामृतादिपूजा तु सामान्या दिनपञ्चसु । क्षीरेण स्नापयेद्विष्णुं पौर्णमास्यां तु शक्तितः । तिलहोमश्च कर्त्तव्यस्तिलदानं तथैव च

pañcāmṛtādipūjā tu sāmānyā dinapañcasu / kṣīreṇa snāpayedviṣṇuṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ tu śaktitaḥ / tilahomaśca karttavyastiladānaṃ tathaiva ca

But the worship with the five nectars and the rest is common to (all) five days; on the full-moon day one should bathe Viṣṇu with milk according to one's ability; and an oblation of sesame is to be made, and likewise a gift of sesame.

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NarP 1 21.15

ततः षष्टे दिने प्रात्पे निर्वत्यं स्वाश्रमक्रियाम् । संप्राश्य पञ्चगव्यं च पूजयेद्विधिबद्धरिम्

tataḥ ṣaṣṭe dine prātpe nirvatyaṃ svāśramakriyām / saṃprāśya pañcagavyaṃ ca pūjayedvidhibaddharim

Then, when the sixth day has come, having completed the rites of one's own stage of life, and having sipped the five products of the cow, one should worship Hari according to the rule.

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NarP 1 21.16

ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाद्विभवे सत्यवारितम् । ततः स्वबन्धुभिः सार्द्धं स्वयं भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः

brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādvibhave satyavāritam / tataḥ svabandhubhiḥ sārddhaṃ svayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ

Afterwards one should feed brahmins, unstintingly according to one's means; then, together with one's own kinsmen, one should oneself eat, restrained in speech.

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NarP 1 21.17

एवं पौपादिमासेषु कार्त्तिकान्तेषु नारद । शुक्लपक्षे व्रतं कुर्यात्पूर्वमिवविधिना नरः

evaṃ paupādimāseṣu kārttikānteṣu nārada / śuklapakṣe vrataṃ kuryātpūrvamivavidhinā naraḥ

Thus in the months beginning with Pauṣa and ending with Kārttika, O Nārada, a man should perform the observance in the bright fortnight, by the rule as before.

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NarP 1 21.19

एवं संवत्सरं कार्यं व्रतं पापप्रणाशनम् । पुनः प्रात्पे मार्गशीर्षे कुर्यादुद्यपनं व्रती ॥ नर्प्_१,२१।१८॥ द्विज । एकादश्यां निराहारो भवेत्पूर्वमिव द्विज । द्वादश्यां पञ्चगव्यं च प्राशयेत्सुसमाहितः

evaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ kāryaṃ vrataṃ pāpapraṇāśanam / punaḥ prātpe mārgaśīrṣe kuryādudyapanaṃ vratī // narp_1,21.18// dvija / ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro bhavetpūrvamiva dvija / dvādaśyāṃ pañcagavyaṃ ca prāśayetsusamāhitaḥ

Thus for a year this observance, which destroys sins, is to be done; and when Mārgaśīrṣa comes again the observer of the vow should perform the concluding rite. O twice-born, on the eleventh he should be without food as before, O twice-born; and on the twelfth, well-composed, he should sip the five products of the cow.

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NarP 1 21.20

गन्धपुष्पा दिभिः सम्यग्देवदेवं जनार्दनम् । अभ्यर्च्योपायनं दद्याद्रूह्यणाय जितेन्द्रियः

gandhapuṣpā dibhiḥ samyagdevadevaṃ janārdanam / abhyarcyopāyanaṃ dadyādrūhyaṇāya jitendriyaḥ

Having duly worshipped the God of gods, Janārdana, with perfumes, flowers and the rest, (he), with senses subdued, should give a present to a brahmin:

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NarP 1 21.21

पायसं मधुसंमिश्रं घृतयुक्तं फलान्वितम् । सुगन्धज लसंयुक्तं पूर्णकुम्भं सदक्षिणम्

pāyasaṃ madhusaṃmiśraṃ ghṛtayuktaṃ phalānvitam / sugandhaja lasaṃyuktaṃ pūrṇakumbhaṃ sadakṣiṇam

milk-rice mixed with honey, combined with ghee and accompanied by fruits; and a full pot filled with fragrant water, together with the sacrificial fee;

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NarP 1 21.22

वस्त्रेणाच्छादितं कुम्भं पञ्चरन्तसमन्वितम् । दद्यादध्यात्मविदुषे ब्राह्मणाय मुनीश्वर

vastreṇācchāditaṃ kumbhaṃ pañcarantasamanvitam / dadyādadhyātmaviduṣe brāhmaṇāya munīśvara

the pot covered with a cloth and furnished with five gems — (this) he should give to a brahmin who knows the supreme Self, O lord of sages.

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NarP 1 21.23

सर्वात्मन् सर्वभूतेश सर्वव्यापिन्सनातन । परमान्नप्रदानेन सुप्रीतो भव माधव

sarvātman sarvabhūteśa sarvavyāpinsanātana / paramānnapradānena suprīto bhava mādhava

"O Self of all, Lord of all beings, all-pervading, eternal one — by this gift of excellent food be well pleased, O Mādhava!"

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NarP 1 21.24

अनेन पायसं दत्त्वा ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्ततः । शक्तितो बन्धुभिः सार्द्धं स्वयं भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः

anena pāyasaṃ dattvā brāhmaṇānbhojayettataḥ / śaktito bandhubhiḥ sārddhaṃ svayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ

Having given the milk-rice with this (mantra), he should then feed brahmins; according to his ability, together with his kinsmen, he should himself eat, restrained in speech.

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NarP 1 21.25

व्रतमेतत्तु यः कुर्याद्धरिपञ्चकसंज्ञितम् । न तस्य पुनरावृत्तिर्ब्रह्मलोकात्कदाचन

vratametattu yaḥ kuryāddharipañcakasaṃjñitam / na tasya punarāvṛttirbrahmalokātkadācana

But whoever performs this observance called Haripañcaka — for him there is never any return from the world of Brahmā.

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NarP 1 21.26

व्रतमेतत्प्रकर्त्तव्य मिच्छद्भिर्मोक्षमुत्तम् । समस्तपापकान्तारदावानलसमं द्विज

vratametatprakarttavya micchadbhirmokṣamuttam / samastapāpakāntāradāvānalasamaṃ dvija

This observance is to be performed by those desiring the highest liberation; it is like a forest fire to the thicket of all sins, O twice-born.

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NarP 1 21.27

गवां कोटिसहस्राणि दत्त्वा यत्फलमाप्नुयात् । तत्फलं लभ्यते पुम्भिरेतस्मा दुपवासतः

gavāṃ koṭisahasrāṇi dattvā yatphalamāpnuyāt / tatphalaṃ labhyate pumbhiretasmā dupavāsataḥ

Whatever fruit one would obtain by giving thousands of crores of cows, that fruit is gained by men from this fast.

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NarP 1 21.28

यस्त्वेतच्छृणुयाद्भक्त्या नारायणपरायणः । स मुच्यते महाघोरैः तापकानां च कोटिभिः

yastvetacchṛṇuyādbhaktyā nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ / sa mucyate mahāghoraiḥ tāpakānāṃ ca koṭibhiḥ

But he who, devoted to Nārāyaṇa, listens to this with devotion is freed from crores of most terrible torments.

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