Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 22
NarP 1 22.1
सनक उवाच अन्यद् व्रतवरं वक्ष्ये तच्छृणुष्व समाहितः । सर्वापापहरं पुण्यं सर्वलोकोपकारकम्
sanaka uvāca anyad vratavaraṃ vakṣye tacchṛṇuṣva samāhitaḥ / sarvāpāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvalokopakārakam
Sanaka said: I shall declare another excellent observance; listen to it with attention — one that removes all sins, is meritorious, and does good to all the worlds.
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NarP 1 22.2
आषाढ्रे श्रावणे वापि तथा भाद्रपदे ऽपि च । तथैवाश्विनके मासे कुर्यादेतद्वतं द्विज
āṣāḍhre śrāvaṇe vāpi tathā bhādrapade 'pi ca / tathaivāśvinake māse kuryādetadvataṃ dvija
In Āṣāḍha, or in Śrāvaṇa, and also in Bhādrapada, and likewise in the month of Āśvina, one should perform this observance, O twice-born.
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NarP 1 22.3
एतेष्वन्यतमे मासे शुल्कपक्षे जितेन्द्रियः । प्राशयेत्पञ्चगव्यं च स्वपेद्विष्णुसमीपतः
eteṣvanyatame māse śulkapakṣe jitendriyaḥ / prāśayetpañcagavyaṃ ca svapedviṣṇusamīpataḥ
In any one of these months, in the bright fortnight, with senses subdued, he should consume the five products of the cow and sleep near Viṣṇu.
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NarP 1 22.4
ततः प्रातः समुत्थाय नित्यकर्म समाप्य च । श्रद्धया पूजयेद्विष्णुं वशी क्रोधविवार्जितः
tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya nityakarma samāpya ca / śraddhayā pūjayedviṣṇuṃ vaśī krodhavivārjitaḥ
Then, rising at dawn and completing the daily rites, self-controlled and free from anger, he should worship Viṣṇu with faith.
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NarP 1 22.5
विद्वद्भिः सहितो विष्णुमर्चयित्वा यथोचितम् । संकल्पं तु ततः कुर्यास्त्वस्ति वाचनपूर्वकम्
vidvadbhiḥ sahito viṣṇumarcayitvā yathocitam / saṃkalpaṃ tu tataḥ kuryāstvasti vācanapūrvakam
Together with learned men, having worshipped Viṣṇu as is fitting, you should then make the formal resolve, preceded by the recitation of the benediction ("may it be well").
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NarP 1 22.6
मासमेकं निराहारो ह्यद्यप्रभृति केशव । मासान्तं पारणं कुर्वे देवदेव तवाज्ञया
māsamekaṃ nirāhāro hyadyaprabhṛti keśava / māsāntaṃ pāraṇaṃ kurve devadeva tavājñayā
"For one month, from today onward, without food, O Keśava — at the month's end I shall perform the breaking of the fast, O god of gods, by your permission."
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NarP 1 22.7
तपोरुप नमस्तुभ्यं तपसां फल दायक । ममाभूष्टप्रदं देहि सर्वविन्घान्निवारय
taporupa namastubhyaṃ tapasāṃ phala dāyaka / mamābhūṣṭapradaṃ dehi sarvavinghānnivāraya
"O you whose form is austerity, homage to you, giver of the fruit of austerities; grant me the bestowal of my desire, and ward off all obstacles."
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NarP 1 22.8
एवं समर्प्य देवस्य विष्णोर्मासव्रतं शुभम् । ततः प्रभृति मासान्तं निवसेद्धरिमन्दिरे
evaṃ samarpya devasya viṣṇormāsavrataṃ śubham / tataḥ prabhṛti māsāntaṃ nivaseddharimandire
Having thus dedicated to the god Viṣṇu the auspicious month-long observance, from then until the end of the month he should dwell in Hari's temple.
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NarP 1 22.9
प्रत्यहं स्नापयेद्देवं पञ्चामृतविधानतः । दीपं निरन्तरं कुर्यात्तस्मिन्मासे हरेर्गृहे
pratyahaṃ snāpayeddevaṃ pañcāmṛtavidhānataḥ / dīpaṃ nirantaraṃ kuryāttasminmāse harergṛhe
Each day he should bathe the god according to the rule of the five nectars, and should keep a lamp burning continually in that month in Hari's house.
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NarP 1 22.10
प्रत्यहं खादयेत्काष्ठं ह्यपामार्ग समुद्भवम् । ततः स्नायीत विधिन्नारायणपरायणः
pratyahaṃ khādayetkāṣṭhaṃ hyapāmārga samudbhavam / tataḥ snāyīta vidhinnārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ
Each day he should chew a twig arisen from the apāmārga plant; then, devoted to Nārāyaṇa, he should bathe according to the rule.
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NarP 1 22.11
ततः संस्नापयेद्विष्णुं पूर्ववत्प्रयतोर्ऽचयेत् । ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेच्छक्त्या भक्तियुक्तः सद क्षिणम्
tataḥ saṃsnāpayedviṣṇuṃ pūrvavatprayator'cayet / brāhmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā bhaktiyuktaḥ sada kṣiṇam
Then he should bathe Viṣṇu and, being restrained, worship (him) as before; endowed with devotion he should feed brahmins according to his means, with a gift (dakṣiṇā).
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NarP 1 22.12
स्वयं च बन्धुभिः सार्द्धं भुञ्जीत प्रयतेन्द्रियः । एवं मासोपवासांश्च व्रती कुर्यात् त्रयोदश
svayaṃ ca bandhubhiḥ sārddhaṃ bhuñjīta prayatendriyaḥ / evaṃ māsopavāsāṃśca vratī kuryāt trayodaśa
And he himself, with his kinsmen, his senses restrained, should eat. In this way the observer of the vow should perform thirteen such month-long fasts.
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NarP 1 22.13
वर्षान्ते वेदविदुषे गां प्रदद्यात्स दक्षिणाम् । भोजयेद्व्राह्माणांस्तत्र द्वादशैव विधानतः । शक्त्या च दक्षिणां दद्याद्रूह्यण्याभरणानि च
varṣānte vedaviduṣe gāṃ pradadyātsa dakṣiṇām / bhojayedvrāhmāṇāṃstatra dvādaśaiva vidhānataḥ / śaktyā ca dakṣiṇāṃ dadyādrūhyaṇyābharaṇāni ca
At the year's end he should give a cow, with a fee, to one learned in the Veda; there he should feed twelve brahmins according to the rule, and according to his means should give a fee, and silver ornaments.
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NarP 1 22.14
मासोपवासत्रितयं यः कुर्यात्संयते न्द्रियः । आत्पोर्यामस्य यज्ञत्य द्विगुणं फलमश्नुते
māsopavāsatritayaṃ yaḥ kuryātsaṃyate ndriyaḥ / ātporyāmasya yajñatya dviguṇaṃ phalamaśnute
He who, with senses restrained, performs a set of three month-long fasts obtains twice the fruit of the Atyagniṣṭoma(?) sacrifice.
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NarP 1 22.15
चतुः कृत्वः कृतं येन पाराकं मुनिसत्तम । स लभेत्परमं पुण्यमष्टान्गिष्टोमसंभवम्
catuḥ kṛtvaḥ kṛtaṃ yena pārākaṃ munisattama / sa labhetparamaṃ puṇyamaṣṭāngiṣṭomasaṃbhavam
He by whom the pārāka (fast) has been done four times, O best of sages, obtains the highest merit that arises from the Agniṣṭoma of eight parts (aṣṭāṅga).
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NarP 1 22.16
पञ्चकृत्वो व्रतमिदं कृतं येन महात्मना । अत्यन्गिष्टोमजं पुण्यं द्विगुणं प्राप्नुयान्नरः
pañcakṛtvo vratamidaṃ kṛtaṃ yena mahātmanā / atyangiṣṭomajaṃ puṇyaṃ dviguṇaṃ prāpnuyānnaraḥ
By whatever great soul this observance has been done five times, that man obtains twice the merit born of the Atyagniṣṭoma.
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NarP 1 22.17
मासोपवाषट्कं यः करोति सुसमाहितः । ज्योतिष्टो स्यन्ग यज्ञस्य फलं सो ऽष्टगुणं लभेत्
māsopavāṣaṭkaṃ yaḥ karoti susamāhitaḥ / jyotiṣṭo syanga yajñasya phalaṃ so 'ṣṭaguṇaṃ labhet
He who, well concentrated, performs a set of six month-long fasts obtains eightfold the fruit of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice.
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NarP 1 22.18
निराहारः सत्पकृत्वो नरो मासोपवासकान् । अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलमष्टगुणं लभेत्
nirāhāraḥ satpakṛtvo naro māsopavāsakān / aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalamaṣṭaguṇaṃ labhet
A man who without food (performs) the month-long fasts seven times obtains eightfold the fruit of the horse sacrifice.
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NarP 1 22.19
मासो पावासान्यः कुर्यादष्टकृत्वो मुनीश्वर । नरमेधाख्ययज्ञस्य फलं पञ्चगुणं लभेत्
māso pāvāsānyaḥ kuryādaṣṭakṛtvo munīśvara / naramedhākhyayajñasya phalaṃ pañcaguṇaṃ labhet
He who performs the month-long fasts eight times, O lord of sages, obtains fivefold the fruit of the sacrifice called naramedha (human sacrifice).
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NarP 1 22.20
यस्तु मासोपवासांश्च नवकृत्वः समाचरेत् । गोमेधमखजं पुण्यं लभते त्रिगुणं नरः
yastu māsopavāsāṃśca navakṛtvaḥ samācaret / gomedhamakhajaṃ puṇyaṃ labhate triguṇaṃ naraḥ
But the man who duly carries out the month-long fasts nine times obtains threefold the merit born of the gomedha sacrifice.
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NarP 1 22.21
दशकृत्वस्तु यः कुर्यात्पराकं मुनिसत्तम । स ब्रह्ममेधयज्ञस्य त्रिगुणं फलमश्नुते
daśakṛtvastu yaḥ kuryātparākaṃ munisattama / sa brahmamedhayajñasya triguṇaṃ phalamaśnute
But he who performs the parāka (fast) ten times, O best of sages, obtains threefold the fruit of the brahmamedha sacrifice.
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NarP 1 22.22
एकादश पराकांश्च यः कुर्यात्संयतेन्द्रियः । स याति हरिसारुप्यं सर्वभोगसमन्वितम्
ekādaśa parākāṃśca yaḥ kuryātsaṃyatendriyaḥ / sa yāti harisārupyaṃ sarvabhogasamanvitam
And he who, with senses restrained, performs eleven parāka fasts goes to a form like Hari's, endowed with every enjoyment.
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NarP 1 22.23
त्रयोदश पराकांश्च यः कुर्यात्प्रयतो नरः । स याति परमानन्दं यत्र गत्वा न शोचति
trayodaśa parākāṃśca yaḥ kuryātprayato naraḥ / sa yāti paramānandaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati
And the man who, self-controlled, performs thirteen parāka fasts goes to the supreme bliss, having gone where one grieves no more.
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NarP 1 22.24
मासोपवासनिरता गङ्गास्नानपरायणाः । धममागप्रवक्तारो मुक्ता एव न सशंयः
māsopavāsaniratā gaṅgāsnānaparāyaṇāḥ / dhamamāgapravaktāro muktā eva na saśaṃyaḥ
Those devoted to month-long fasting, intent on bathing in the Ganges, and expounders of the path of dharma are liberated indeed — there is no doubt.
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NarP 1 22.25
अवीराभिर्यतिभिर्ब्रह्यचारिभिः । मासोपवासः कर्त्तव्यो वनस्थैश्च विशेषतः
avīrābhiryatibhirbrahyacāribhiḥ / māsopavāsaḥ karttavyo vanasthaiśca viśeṣataḥ
By women without husband or son, by ascetics, by celibate students, and especially by forest-dwellers, the month-long fast is to be performed.
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NarP 1 22.26
नारी वा पुरुषो वापि व्रतमेतत्सुदुर्लभम् । कृत्वा मोक्षमवान्पोति योगिनामपि दुर्लभम्
nārī vā puruṣo vāpi vratametatsudurlabham / kṛtvā mokṣamavānpoti yogināmapi durlabham
Whether a woman or a man, having performed this very hard-to-obtain vow, one attains liberation, which is hard to reach even for yogins.
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NarP 1 22.27
गृहस्थो वानप्रस्थो वा व्रती वा भिक्षुरेव वा । मूर्खो वा पण्डितो वापि श्रुत्वैतन्मोक्षभाग्भवेत्
gṛhastho vānaprastho vā vratī vā bhikṣureva vā / mūrkho vā paṇḍito vāpi śrutvaitanmokṣabhāgbhavet
Householder or forest-dweller, observer of vows or mendicant, fool or learned man — by hearing this one becomes a partaker of liberation.
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NarP 1 22.28
इदं पुण्यं व्रताख्यानं नारायण परायणः । शृणुयाद्वाचयेद्वापि सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
idaṃ puṇyaṃ vratākhyānaṃ nārāyaṇa parāyaṇaḥ / śṛṇuyādvācayedvāpi sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
Whoever, devoted to Nārāyaṇa, should hear or recite this meritorious account of the vow is freed from all sins.
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