Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 23
NarP 1 23.1
सनक उवाच इदमन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि व्रतं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । सर्वपापप्रशमनं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्
sanaka uvāca idamanyatpravakṣyāmi vrataṃ trailokyaviśrutam / sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam
Sanaka said: I shall declare this other vow, famed in the three worlds, which quells all sins and grants the fruit of every desire.
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NarP 1 23.2
ब्राह्मणक्षत्रियविशां शूद्राणां चैव योपिताम् । मोक्षदं कुर्वतां भक्त्या विष्णोः प्रियतरं द्विज
brāhmaṇakṣatriyaviśāṃ śūdrāṇāṃ caiva yopitām / mokṣadaṃ kurvatāṃ bhaktyā viṣṇoḥ priyataraṃ dvija
For brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and śūdras, and also for women, it gives liberation to those who perform it with devotion, and it is most dear to Viṣṇu, O twice-born.
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NarP 1 23.3
एकादशीव्रतं नाम सर्वाभीष्टप्रदं नृणाम् ।। कर्त्तव्यं सर्वथा विप्रविष्णुप्रीतिकरं यतः
ekādaśīvrataṃ nāma sarvābhīṣṭapradaṃ nṛṇām /. karttavyaṃ sarvathā vipraviṣṇuprītikaraṃ yataḥ
The vow called the Ekādaśī vow grants men all they wish for; it should by all means be performed, O brahmin, since it produces Viṣṇu's pleasure.
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NarP 1 23.4
एकादश्यां न भुञ्जीत पक्षयोरुभयोपरि । यो भुङ्क्ते सो ऽत्र पापीयान्परत्र नरकं व्रजेत्
ekādaśyāṃ na bhuñjīta pakṣayorubhayopari / yo bhuṅkte so 'tra pāpīyānparatra narakaṃ vrajet
One should not eat on the eleventh day in either of the two fortnights; he who eats is a great sinner here, and hereafter goes to hell.
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NarP 1 23.5
उपवासफलं लिप्सुर्जह्याद्भुक्तिचतुष्टयम् । पूर्वापरदिने गत्रावहोरात्रं तु मध्यमे
upavāsaphalaṃ lipsurjahyādbhukticatuṣṭayam / pūrvāparadine gatrāvahorātraṃ tu madhyame
One who wishes for the fruit of the fast should give up four meals: (one) on the preceding and (one) on the following day, and for a whole day and night in the middle.
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NarP 1 23.6
एकादशीदिने यस्तु भोक्तुमिच्छति मानवः । स भोक्तुं सर्वलपापानि स्पृहयालुर्नसंशयः
ekādaśīdine yastu bhoktumicchati mānavaḥ / sa bhoktuṃ sarvalapāpāni spṛhayālurnasaṃśayaḥ
The man who wishes to eat on the Ekādaśī day is, without doubt, one who craves to devour all sins.
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NarP 1 23.7
भवेद्दशम्यामेकाशीद्वादश्यां च मुनीश्वर । एकादश्यां निराहारो यदि मुक्तिमभीप्सति
bhaveddaśamyāmekāśīdvādaśyāṃ ca munīśvara / ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro yadi muktimabhīpsati
One should eat a single meal on the tenth and on the twelfth, O lord of sages; on the eleventh (one should remain) without food, if one desires liberation.
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NarP 1 23.8
यानि कानि च पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च । अन्नमाश्रित्य तिष्ठन्ति तानि विप्र हरेश्वर । एकादश्यां निराहारो यदि मुक्तिमभीप्सति
yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca / annamāśritya tiṣṭhanti tāni vipra hareśvara / ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro yadi muktimabhīpsati
Whatever sins there are, beginning with the killing of a brahmin, they take their stand in food, O brahmin, on Hari's day; (therefore let one remain) without food on the eleventh, if one desires liberation.
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NarP 1 23.9
यानि कानि च पापानि ब्रह्महत्यादिकानि च च ॥ अन्नमाश्रित्य तिष्टन्ति तानि विप्र हरेर्दिने ॥ नर्प्_१,२३।९ ॥ ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानां कथञ्चिन्निष्कृतिर्भवेत् । एकादश्यां तु यो भुङ्क्ते तस्य नैवास्ति निष्कृतिः
yāni kāni ca pāpāni brahmahatyādikāni ca ca // annamāśritya tiṣṭanti tāni vipra harerdine // narp_1,23.9 // brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ kathañcinniṣkṛtirbhavet / ekādaśyāṃ tu yo bhuṅkte tasya naivāsti niṣkṛtiḥ
Whatever sins there are, beginning with the killing of a brahmin, they take their stand in food, O brahmin, on Hari's day. For sins such as brahmin-killing there may somehow be expiation, but for him who eats on the eleventh there is no expiation at all.
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NarP 1 23.10
महापातकयुक्तो वायुक्तो वा सर्व पानकैः । एकादश्यां निराहारः स्थित्वा याति परां गतिम्
mahāpātakayukto vāyukto vā sarva pānakaiḥ / ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ sthitvā yāti parāṃ gatim
Whether joined to the great sins or joined to all (kinds of) drinks, one who remains without food on the eleventh goes to the highest state.
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NarP 1 23.11
एकादशी महापुण्या विष्णोः प्रियतमा तिथिः । संसेव्या सर्वथा विप्रैः संसारच्छे दलिप्सुभिः
ekādaśī mahāpuṇyā viṣṇoḥ priyatamā tithiḥ / saṃsevyā sarvathā vipraiḥ saṃsāracche dalipsubhiḥ
The eleventh is a day of great merit, the lunar day dearest to Viṣṇu; it is to be observed in every way by brahmins who wish to cut off transmigration.
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NarP 1 23.12
दशम्यां प्रातरुत्थाय दन्तधावनपूर्वकम् । स्नापयेद्विधिवद्विष्णुं पूजयेत्प्रयतेन्द्रियः
daśamyāṃ prātarutthāya dantadhāvanapūrvakam / snāpayedvidhivadviṣṇuṃ pūjayetprayatendriyaḥ
On the tenth, having risen at dawn and first cleaned the teeth, one should bathe Viṣṇu according to rule and worship him with senses controlled.
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NarP 1 23.13
एकादश्यां निराहारो निगृहीतेन्द्रियो भवेत् । शयीत सन्निधौ विष्णोर्नारायणपरायणः
ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāro nigṛhītendriyo bhavet / śayīta sannidhau viṣṇornārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ
On the eleventh (day) he should remain without food, his senses restrained; devoted wholly to Nārāyaṇa, he should lie down in the presence of Viṣṇu.
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NarP 1 23.14
एकादश्यां तथा स्नात्वा संपूज्यच च जनार्दनम् । गन्धपुष्पादिभिः सम्यक् ततस्त्वे वसुदीरयेत्
ekādaśyāṃ tathā snātvā saṃpūjyaca ca janārdanam / gandhapuṣpādibhiḥ samyak tatastve vasudīrayet
So too, on the eleventh, having bathed and duly worshipped Janārdana with sandal-paste, flowers and the rest, he should then speak thus:
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NarP 1 23.15
एकादश्यां निराहारः स्थित्वाद्याहं परे ऽहनि । भोक्ष्यामि पुण्डरीकाक्ष शरणं मे भवाच्युत
ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ sthitvādyāhaṃ pare 'hani / bhokṣyāmi puṇḍarīkākṣa śaraṇaṃ me bhavācyuta
"Remaining without food today on the eleventh, tomorrow I shall eat, O lotus-eyed one; be my refuge, O Acyuta."
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NarP 1 23.16
इमं मन्त्रं समुच्चार्थं देव देवस्य चक्रिणः । भक्तिभावेन तुष्टात्मा उपवासं समर्पयेत्
imaṃ mantraṃ samuccārthaṃ deva devasya cakriṇaḥ / bhaktibhāvena tuṣṭātmā upavāsaṃ samarpayet
Having uttered this formula, O god, (addressed) to the god who bears the discus, with a mind gladdened by devotion he should offer up the fast.
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NarP 1 23.17
देवस्य पुरतः कुर्याज्जागरं नियतो व्रती । गीतैर्वाद्यैशअच नृत्यैश्च पुराणश्रवणादिभिः
devasya purataḥ kuryājjāgaraṃ niyato vratī / gītairvādyaiśaaca nṛtyaiśca purāṇaśravaṇādibhiḥ
The observer of the vow, self-controlled, should keep the night-vigil before the god, with songs, with instrumental music, with dances, and with the recitation of the Purāṇas and the like.
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NarP 1 23.18
ततः प्रातः समुत्थाय द्वादशीदिवसे व्रती । स्नात्वा च विधिवद्विष्णुं पूजयत्प्रयतेन्द्रियः
tataḥ prātaḥ samutthāya dvādaśīdivase vratī / snātvā ca vidhivadviṣṇuṃ pūjayatprayatendriyaḥ
Then, rising at dawn on the day of the twelfth, the vow-keeper should bathe and duly worship Viṣṇu with his senses controlled.
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NarP 1 23.19
पञ्चामृतेन संस्नाप्य एकादश्यां जनार्द्दनम् । द्वादश्यां पयसा विप्र हरिसारुपप्यमषश्नुते
pañcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya ekādaśyāṃ janārddanam / dvādaśyāṃ payasā vipra harisārupapyamaṣaśnute
Having bathed Janārdana with the five nectars on the eleventh, and with milk on the twelfth, O brahmin, one attains a form like Hari's.
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NarP 1 23.20
अज्ञानतिमिरान्धस्य व्रतेनानेन केशव । प्रसीद सुमुखो भूत्वा ज्ञानदृष्टिप्रदो भव
ajñānatimirāndhasya vratenānena keśava / prasīda sumukho bhūtvā jñānadṛṣṭiprado bhava
"By this vow (of mine), O Keśava, who am blinded by the darkness of ignorance—be gracious, become well-disposed, and be the giver of the sight of knowledge."
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NarP 1 23.21
एवं विज्ञाप्य विप्रेन्द्र माधवं सुसमाहितः । ब्रह्मणान्भोजयेच्छक्त्या दद्याद्वै दक्षिणां तथा
evaṃ vijñāpya viprendra mādhavaṃ susamāhitaḥ / brahmaṇānbhojayecchaktyā dadyādvai dakṣiṇāṃ tathā
Having thus made (his) petition to Mādhava, O best of brahmins, with fully collected mind, he should feed brahmins according to his means and likewise give a fee.
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NarP 1 23.22
ततः स्वबन्धुभिः सार्द्धं नारायणपरायणः । कृतपञ्चमहायज्ञः स्वयं भुञ्जीत वाग्यतः
tataḥ svabandhubhiḥ sārddhaṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ / kṛtapañcamahāyajñaḥ svayaṃ bhuñjīta vāgyataḥ
Then, together with his own kinsmen, devoted to Nārāyaṇa, having performed the five great sacrifices, he should himself eat, keeping silence.
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NarP 1 23.23
एवं यः प्रयतः कुर्यात्पुण्यमेकादशीव्रतम् । स याति विष्णुभवनं पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्
evaṃ yaḥ prayataḥ kuryātpuṇyamekādaśīvratam / sa yāti viṣṇubhavanaṃ punarāvṛttidurlabham
He who, self-controlled, thus performs the meritorious vow of the eleventh goes to Viṣṇu's abode, from which return is hard (to come by).
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NarP 1 23.24
उपवासव्रतपरो धर्मकार्यचपरायणः । चाण्डालान्पतकितांश्चैव नेक्षेदपि कदाचन
upavāsavrataparo dharmakāryacaparāyaṇaḥ / cāṇḍālānpatakitāṃścaiva nekṣedapi kadācana
Intent on the vow of fasting and devoted to acts of dharma, he should never even look at Caṇḍālas and those fallen through sin.
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NarP 1 23.25
नास्तिकान्भिन्नमर्योदान्निन्दकान्पिशुनांस्तथा । उपवास व्रतपरो नालपेच्च कदाचन
nāstikānbhinnamaryodānnindakānpiśunāṃstathā / upavāsa vrataparo nālapecca kadācana
Deniers (of the scriptures), those who have broken the bounds (of conduct), revilers, and likewise slanderers—one intent on the vow of fasting should never speak with (them).
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NarP 1 23.26
वृषलीसूतिपोष्टारं वृषलीपतिमेव च । अयाज्ययाजकं चैव नालपेत्सर्वदा व्रती
vṛṣalīsūtipoṣṭāraṃ vṛṣalīpatimeva ca / ayājyayājakaṃ caiva nālapetsarvadā vratī
The vow-keeper should never speak with one who maintains a Śūdra woman who has borne (him) children, nor with the husband of a Śūdra woman, nor with one who sacrifices for those unfit to sacrifice.
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NarP 1 23.27
कुण्डशिनं गायकं च तथा देवलकाशिनम् । भिषजं काव्यकर्त्तारं देवद्विजविरोधिनम्
kuṇḍaśinaṃ gāyakaṃ ca tathā devalakāśinam / bhiṣajaṃ kāvyakarttāraṃ devadvijavirodhinam
One who eats from a common fire-pit (offering), a singer, and likewise one who lives off temple-attendance, a physician, a composer of poems, one hostile to the gods and to brahmins—
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NarP 1 23.28
परान्नलोलुपं चैव परस्त्रीनिरतं तथा । व्रतोपवासनिरतो वाङ्मात्रेणापि नार्चयेत्
parānnalolupaṃ caiva parastrīnirataṃ tathā / vratopavāsanirato vāṅmātreṇāpi nārcayet
—and one greedy for others' food, and one addicted to other men's wives: he who is intent on vows and fasting should not honour (such a one) even with mere words.
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NarP 1 23.29
इत्येवमादिभिः शुद्धो वशी सर्वहिते रतः । उपवासपरो भूत्वा परां सिद्धिमवान्पुयात्
ityevamādibhiḥ śuddho vaśī sarvahite rataḥ / upavāsaparo bhūtvā parāṃ siddhimavānpuyāt
Purified by these and the like, self-controlled, intent on the welfare of all, becoming devoted to fasting, he would attain the highest perfection.
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NarP 1 23.30
नास्ति गङ्गासमं तीर्थं नास्ति मातृसमोगुरुः । नास्तु विष्णुसमं दैवं तपो नानशनात्परम्
nāsti gaṅgāsamaṃ tīrthaṃ nāsti mātṛsamoguruḥ / nāstu viṣṇusamaṃ daivaṃ tapo nānaśanātparam
There is no sacred ford equal to the Gaṅgā, no elder equal to a mother, no deity equal to Viṣṇu, no austerity higher than fasting.
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NarP 1 23.31
नास्ति क्षमासमा माता नास्ति कीर्तिसमं धनम् । नास्ति ज्ञानसमो लाभो लाभो न च धर्म समः पिता
nāsti kṣamāsamā mātā nāsti kīrtisamaṃ dhanam / nāsti jñānasamo lābho lābho na ca dharma samaḥ pitā
There is no mother equal to patience, no wealth equal to fame, no gain equal to knowledge, and no father equal to dharma.
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NarP 1 23.32
न विवेकसमो बन्धुर्मैकादश्याः परं व्रतम् । अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम्
na vivekasamo bandhurmaikādaśyāḥ paraṃ vratam / atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam
There is no kinsman equal to discernment, no vow higher than (that of) the eleventh. On this too they relate this ancient tale:
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NarP 1 23.33
संवादं भद्रशीलस्य तत्पितुर्गुलवस्य च । पुरा हिगालवो नाम मुनिः सत्यपरायणः
saṃvādaṃ bhadraśīlasya tatpiturgulavasya ca / purā higālavo nāma muniḥ satyaparāyaṇaḥ
(This is) the conversation of Bhadraśīla and his father Gālava. In former times there was a sage named Gālava, devoted to truth.
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NarP 1 23.34
उवा चस नर्मदातीरेरे शान्तो दान्तस्तपोनिधिः । बहुवृक्षसमाकीर्णे गजभल्लुनिषेविते
uvā casa narmadātīrere śānto dāntastaponidhiḥ / bahuvṛkṣasamākīrṇe gajabhalluniṣevite
He dwelt on the bank of the Narmadā, calm, self-controlled, a treasury of ascetic power, in (a place) thickly covered with many trees and frequented by elephants and bears,
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NarP 1 23.35
सिद्धचारणगन्धर्व यक्षविद्याधरान्विते । कन्दमूलफलैः पूर्णे मुनिवृन्दनिषेदिते
siddhacāraṇagandharva yakṣavidyādharānvite / kandamūlaphalaiḥ pūrṇe munivṛndaniṣedite
attended by Siddhas, Cāraṇas, Gandharvas, Yakṣas and Vidyādharas, full of bulbs, roots and fruits, resorted to by throngs of sages —
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NarP 1 23.36
गालवो नाम विप्रेन्द्रो निवासमकसेच्चिरम् । तस्याभवद्भद्रशील इति ख्यातः सुतो वशी
gālavo nāma viprendro nivāsamakasecciram / tasyābhavadbhadraśīla iti khyātaḥ suto vaśī
there the best of brahmins, named Gālava, made his dwelling for a long time. He had a self-controlled son, known as Bhadraśīla,
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NarP 1 23.37
जान्तिस्मरो महाभागो नारायणपरायणः । बालक्राडनकाले ऽपि भद्रशीलो महामतिः
jāntismaro mahābhāgo nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ / bālakrāḍanakāle 'pi bhadraśīlo mahāmatiḥ
one who remembered his (former) birth, greatly blessed, wholly devoted to Nārāyaṇa. Even at the time of childish play, Bhadraśīla of great mind
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NarP 1 23.38
मृदा च विष्णोः प्रतिमां कृत्वा पूजयते क्षणम् । वयस्यान्बोधयेच्चापि विष्णुः पूज्यो नरैः सदा
mṛdā ca viṣṇoḥ pratimāṃ kṛtvā pūjayate kṣaṇam / vayasyānbodhayeccāpi viṣṇuḥ pūjyo naraiḥ sadā
would make an image of Viṣṇu out of clay and worship it for a while, and he would also instruct his playmates: "Viṣṇu is always to be worshipped by men,
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NarP 1 23.39
एकादशीव्रतं चैव कर्त्तव्यमपि पण्डितैः । एवं ते बोधितास्तेन शिशवो ऽपि मुनीश्वर
ekādaśīvrataṃ caiva karttavyamapi paṇḍitaiḥ / evaṃ te bodhitāstena śiśavo 'pi munīśvara
and the vow of the eleventh day is also to be performed by the wise." Thus were those children too instructed by him, O lord of sages;
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NarP 1 23.40
हरिं मृदैव निर्माय पृथक्संभूय वा मुदा । अर्चयन्ति महाभागा विष्णुभक्तिपरायणाः
hariṃ mṛdaiva nirmāya pṛthaksaṃbhūya vā mudā / arcayanti mahābhāgā viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇāḥ
and having fashioned Hari out of clay, separately or coming together, those greatly blessed ones, intent on devotion to Viṣṇu, worship (him) with joy.
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NarP 1 23.41
नमस्कुर्वन्भद्रमति र्विष्णवे सर्वविष्णवे । सर्वेषां जगतां स्वस्ति भूयादित्यब्रवीदिदम्
namaskurvanbhadramati rviṣṇave sarvaviṣṇave / sarveṣāṃ jagatāṃ svasti bhūyādityabravīdidam
Bhadramati, making obeisance to Viṣṇu who is all-pervading, said this: "May there be well-being for all the worlds."
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NarP 1 23.42
क्रीडाकाले मुहूर्तं वा मुहूर्तार्द्धमथापि वा । एकादशीति संकल्प्यव्रतं यच्छति केशवे
krīḍākāle muhūrtaṃ vā muhūrtārddhamathāpi vā / ekādaśīti saṃkalpyavrataṃ yacchati keśave
At playtime, for a muhūrta or even for half a muhūrta, resolving "it is the eleventh day," he offers the vow to Keśava.
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NarP 1 23.43
एवं सुचरितं दृष्ट्वा तनयं गालवो मुनिः । अपृच्छद्विस्मयाविष्टः समालिङ्ग्य तपोनिधिः
evaṃ sucaritaṃ dṛṣṭvā tanayaṃ gālavo muniḥ / apṛcchadvismayāviṣṭaḥ samāliṅgya taponidhiḥ
Seeing his son thus well-conducted, the sage Gālava, a treasury of asceticism, filled with wonder, embraced him and asked (him).
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NarP 1 23.44
गालव उवाच भद्रशील महाभाग भद्रशीलो ऽसि सुव्रत । चरितं मङ्गलं यत्ते योगिनामपि दुर्लभम्
gālava uvāca bhadraśīla mahābhāga bhadraśīlo 'si suvrata / caritaṃ maṅgalaṃ yatte yogināmapi durlabham
Gālava said: Bhadraśīla, greatly blessed one, you are indeed of good conduct, O firm in vows; the auspicious conduct that is yours is hard to attain even for yogins.
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NarP 1 23.45
हरिपूजापरो नित्यं सर्वभूतहितेरतः । एकादशीव्रतपरो निषिद्धाचारवर्जितः । निर्द्धन्द्वो निर्ममः शान्तो हरिध्यानपरायाणः
haripūjāparo nityaṃ sarvabhūtahiterataḥ / ekādaśīvrataparo niṣiddhācāravarjitaḥ / nirddhandvo nirmamaḥ śānto haridhyānaparāyāṇaḥ
(You are) constantly intent on the worship of Hari, delighting in the welfare of all beings, devoted to the vow of the eleventh day, free of forbidden practices, free of the pairs of opposites, without possessiveness, calm, wholly given to meditation on Hari.
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NarP 1 23.46
एवमेतादृशी बुद्धिः कथं जातार्भकस्यते । विनापि महतां सेवां हरिभक्तिर्हि दुर्लभा
evametādṛśī buddhiḥ kathaṃ jātārbhakasyate / vināpi mahatāṃ sevāṃ haribhaktirhi durlabhā
How has such an understanding as this arisen in you, a child? For devotion to Hari is hard to obtain even (only) through service to the great.
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NarP 1 23.47
स्वभावतो जनस्यास्य ह्यविद्याकामकर्मसु । प्रवर्त्तते मतिर्वत्स कथं ते ऽलौकिकी कृतिः
svabhāvato janasyāsya hyavidyākāmakarmasu / pravarttate matirvatsa kathaṃ te 'laukikī kṛtiḥ
By nature the mind of this (ordinary) person turns towards ignorance, desire and (ritual) actions; how, my child, is your practice unworldly?
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NarP 1 23.48
सत्सङ्गे ऽपि मनुष्याणां पूर्वपुण्यातिरेकतः । जायते भगवद्भक्तिस्तदहं विस्मयं गतः
satsaṅge 'pi manuṣyāṇāṃ pūrvapuṇyātirekataḥ / jāyate bhagavadbhaktistadahaṃ vismayaṃ gataḥ
Even in the company of the good, devotion to the Lord arises in men (only) from an abundance of former merit; therefore I have fallen into wonder.
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NarP 1 23.49
पृच्छामि प्रीतिमापन्नस्तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति । भद्रशीलो मुनिश्रेष्ठः पित्रैवं सुविकल्पितैः
pṛcchāmi prītimāpannastadbhavānvaktumarhati / bhadraśīlo muniśreṣṭhaḥ pitraivaṃ suvikalpitaiḥ
Filled with affection I ask; so you ought to speak. Bhadraśīla, best of sages, thus (questioned) by his father with well-considered (words),
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NarP 1 23.50
जातिस्मरः सुकृतात्मा हृषथ्टप्रहसिताननः । स्वानभ्रुतं यथाव्रतं सर्वं पित्रे न्यवेदयत्
jātismaraḥ sukṛtātmā hṛṣathṭaprahasitānanaḥ / svānabhrutaṃ yathāvrataṃ sarvaṃ pitre nyavedayat
remembering his (former) birth, of virtuous soul, his face delighted and smiling, related to his father all that he had experienced, and the vow accordingly.
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NarP 1 23.51
भद्रशील उवाच शृणु तात मुनिश्रेष्ठ ह्यनुभूतं मया पुरा । जातिस्मरत्वाज्जानामि यमेन परिभाषितम्
bhadraśīla uvāca śṛṇu tāta muniśreṣṭha hyanubhūtaṃ mayā purā / jātismaratvājjānāmi yamena paribhāṣitam
Bhadraśīla said: Listen, father, best of sages, to what was experienced by me formerly; since I remember my birth, I know what was declared by Yama.
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NarP 1 23.52
एतच्छत्वा महाभागो गालवो विस्मयोन्वितः । उवाच प्रीतिमापन्नो भद्रशीलं महामतिम्
etacchatvā mahābhāgo gālavo vismayonvitaḥ / uvāca prītimāpanno bhadraśīlaṃ mahāmatim
Hearing this, the greatly blessed Gālava, filled with wonder and gone over to affection, spoke to Bhadraśīla of great mind.
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NarP 1 23.53
गालव उवाच कस्त्वं पूर्वं महाभाग किमुक्तं च यमेन ते । कस्य वा केन वा हेतोस्तत्सर्वं वक्तुमर्हसि
gālava uvāca kastvaṃ pūrvaṃ mahābhāga kimuktaṃ ca yamena te / kasya vā kena vā hetostatsarvaṃ vaktumarhasi
Gālava said: Who were you before, greatly fortunate one, and what was said to you by Yama? For whose sake, or for what reason? You should tell all that.
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NarP 1 23.54
भद्रशील उवाच अहमासं पुरा तात राजा सोमकुलोद्भवः । धर्मकीर्तिरिति ख्यातो दत्तात्रघेयेण शासितः
bhadraśīla uvāca ahamāsaṃ purā tāta rājā somakulodbhavaḥ / dharmakīrtiriti khyāto dattātragheyeṇa śāsitaḥ
Bhadraśīla said: Formerly, my dear, I was a king born in the lunar dynasty, known as Dharmakīrti, instructed by Dattātreya.
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NarP 1 23.55
नव वर्षसहस्राणि महीं कृत्स्त्रमपालयम् । अधर्माश्च तथा धर्मा मया तु बहवः कृताः
nava varṣasahasrāṇi mahīṃ kṛtstramapālayam / adharmāśca tathā dharmā mayā tu bahavaḥ kṛtāḥ
For nine thousand years I ruled the whole earth, and many unrighteous deeds as well as righteous deeds were done by me.
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NarP 1 23.56
ततः श्रिया प्रमत्तो ऽहं बह्वधर्मम कारिपम् । पापण्डजनसंसर्गात्पापण्डचरितो ऽभवम्
tataḥ śriyā pramatto 'haṃ bahvadharmama kāripam / pāpaṇḍajanasaṃsargātpāpaṇḍacarito 'bhavam
Then, heedless through (my) prosperity, I caused much unrighteousness to be done; through association with heretical people I became one of heretical conduct.
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NarP 1 23.57
पुरार्जितानि पुण्यानि मया तु सुबहून्यपि । पापण्डैर्बाधितो ऽहं तु वेदमार्गं समत्यजम्
purārjitāni puṇyāni mayā tu subahūnyapi / pāpaṇḍairbādhito 'haṃ tu vedamārgaṃ samatyajam
Though very many merits had been earned by me before, yet, harassed by the heretics, I abandoned the path of the Veda.
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NarP 1 23.58
मखाश्च सर्वे विध्वस्ता कूटयुक्तिविदा मया । अधर्मनिरतं मां तु दृष्ट्वा महेशजाः
makhāśca sarve vidhvastā kūṭayuktividā mayā / adharmanirataṃ māṃ tu dṛṣṭvā maheśajāḥ
And all sacrifices were destroyed by me, who knew deceitful devices; but seeing me devoted to unrighteousness, those born of Maheśa (?)...
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NarP 1 23.59
सदैव दुष्कृतं चक्रुः षष्टांशस्तत्रमे ऽभवत् । एवं पापसमाचारो व्यसनाभिरतः सदा
sadaiva duṣkṛtaṃ cakruḥ ṣaṣṭāṃśastatrame 'bhavat / evaṃ pāpasamācāro vyasanābhirataḥ sadā
...they constantly did evil deeds, and a sixth part of it fell to me. Thus, of sinful conduct, always addicted to vices,
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NarP 1 23.60
मृगयाभिररतो भूत्वा ह्यकदा प्राविशं वनम् । ससैन्यो ऽहं वने तत्र हत्वा बहुविधान्मृगान्
mṛgayābhirarato bhūtvā hyakadā prāviśaṃ vanam / sasainyo 'haṃ vane tatra hatvā bahuvidhānmṛgān
being fond of hunting, one day I entered the forest; there in the forest, with my army, having killed many kinds of deer,
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NarP 1 23.63
क्षुत्तृट्परिवृतः श्रान्तो रेवातीरमुपागमम् । रवितीक्ष्णातपल्कान्तो रेवायां स्नानमाचरम् ॥ नर्प्_१,२३।६१ ॥ अहष्टसैन्य एकाकी पीड्यमानः क्षुधा भृशम् ॥ नर्प्_१,२३।६२ ॥ समेतास्तत्रघ ये केचिद्रेवातीरनिवासिनः । एकादशीव्रतपरा मया दृष्ट्वा निशामुखे
kṣuttṛṭparivṛtaḥ śrānto revātīramupāgamam / ravitīkṣṇātapalkānto revāyāṃ snānamācaram // narp_1,23.61 // ahaṣṭasainya ekākī pīḍyamānaḥ kṣudhā bhṛśam // narp_1,23.62 // sametāstatragha ye kecidrevātīranivāsinaḥ / ekādaśīvrataparā mayā dṛṣṭvā niśāmukhe
beset by hunger and thirst, weary, I came to the bank of the Revā; scorched by the sun's fierce heat, I bathed in the Revā. (61) With my army scattered, alone, sorely tormented by hunger, (62) whoever were gathered there, dwellers on the Revā's bank, intent on the ekādaśī vow, were seen by me at nightfall,
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NarP 1 23.64
निराहारश्च तत्राहमे काकी कतज्जनैः सह । जागरं कृतवांश्वापि सेनया रहितो निशि
nirāhāraśca tatrāhame kākī katajjanaiḥ saha / jāgaraṃ kṛtavāṃśvāpi senayā rahito niśi
and there, alone, without food, together with those people, I also kept the night-vigil, separated from my army in the night.
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NarP 1 23.65
अध्वश्रमपरिश्रान्तः क्षुत्पिपासाप्रपीडितः । तत्रैव जागरान्ते ऽहं तातपञ्चत्वमागतः
adhvaśramapariśrāntaḥ kṣutpipāsāprapīḍitaḥ / tatraiva jāgarānte 'haṃ tātapañcatvamāgataḥ
Exhausted by the fatigue of the road, tormented by hunger and thirst, right there at the end of the vigil, my dear, I met with death.
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NarP 1 23.66
ततो यमभटैर्बद्धो महादंष्ट्राभयङ्करैः । अनेकल्केशसंपन्नमार्गेणात्पो यमान्तिकम् । दंष्ट्राकरालवदनमपश्यं समवर्तिनम्
tato yamabhaṭairbaddho mahādaṃṣṭrābhayaṅkaraiḥ / anekalkeśasaṃpannamārgeṇātpo yamāntikam / daṃṣṭrākarālavadanamapaśyaṃ samavartinam
Then, bound by Yama's servants, terrifying with their great fangs, I was led by a road full of many hardships to Yama's presence, and I saw the Impartial One, his mouth gaping with fangs.
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NarP 1 23.67
अथ कालिश्चित्रगुत्पमाहूयेदमभाषत । अस्य शिक्षाविधानं च यथावद्वद पण्डितं
atha kāliścitragutpamāhūyedamabhāṣata / asya śikṣāvidhānaṃ ca yathāvadvada paṇḍitaṃ
Then the Dark One (Yama), summoning Citragupta, said this: "And state properly, O learned one, the manner of this man's chastisement."
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NarP 1 23.68
एवमुक्तश्चित्रगुत्पो धर्मराजेन सत्तम । चिरं विचारयामास पुनश्चेदमभापत
evamuktaścitragutpo dharmarājena sattama / ciraṃ vicārayāmāsa punaścedamabhāpata
Thus addressed by Dharmarāja, O best of beings, Citragupta pondered a long while, and then spoke this again:
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NarP 1 23.69
असौ पापरतः सत्यं तथापि शृणु धर्मप । एकादश्यां निराहारः सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते
asau pāparataḥ satyaṃ tathāpi śṛṇu dharmapa / ekādaśyāṃ nirāhāraḥ sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate
"It is true that he is devoted to sin; nevertheless listen, O guardian of dharma: one who is without food on the eleventh day is released from all sins.
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NarP 1 23.70
एष रेवातटे रम्ये निराहारो हरेर्दिने । जागरं चोपवासं च कृत्वा निषअपापतां गतः
eṣa revātaṭe ramye nirāhāro harerdine / jāgaraṃ copavāsaṃ ca kṛtvā niṣaapāpatāṃ gataḥ
On the lovely bank of the Revā, on Hari's day, this man, having gone without food and having kept vigil and fasted, has become free of sin.
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NarP 1 23.71
यानि कानि च पापानि कृतानि सुबहूनि च । तानि सर्वाणि नष्टानि ह्युपवासप्रभावतः
yāni kāni ca pāpāni kṛtāni subahūni ca / tāni sarvāṇi naṣṭāni hyupavāsaprabhāvataḥ
Whatever sins, very many, were committed (by him), all of those have been destroyed by the power of the fast."
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NarP 1 23.72
एवमुक्तो धर्मराजश्चित्रगुत्पेन धीमता ।ऽ नानाम दण्डवद्भूमौ ममाग्रे सो ऽनुकंपितः
evamukto dharmarājaścitragutpena dhīmatā /' nānāma daṇḍavadbhūmau mamāgre so 'nukaṃpitaḥ
Dharmarāja, thus addressed by the wise Citragupta, bowed like a staff on the ground before me; he was moved to compassion.
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NarP 1 23.73
पूजयामास मां तत्र भक्तिभावेन धैर्मराट् । ततश्च स्वभटान्सर्वानाहूयेदमुवाच ह
pūjayāmāsa māṃ tatra bhaktibhāvena dhairmarāṭ / tataśca svabhaṭānsarvānāhūyedamuvāca ha
There Dharmarāja worshipped me with a feeling of devotion, and then, summoning all his own servants, he said this:
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NarP 1 23.74
धर्मराज उवाच शृणुध्वं मद्वचो दूता हितं वक्ष्याम्यनुत्तममम् । धर्ममार्गरता न्मर्त्यान्मानयध्वं ममान्तिकम्
dharmarāja uvāca śṛṇudhvaṃ madvaco dūtā hitaṃ vakṣyāmyanuttamamam / dharmamārgaratā nmartyānmānayadhvaṃ mamāntikam
Dharmarāja said: Hear my words, O messengers; I shall speak what is beneficial and unsurpassed: honour those mortals who delight in the path of dharma, (and do not bring them) into my presence.
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NarP 1 23.75
ये विष्णुपूजनरताः प्रयताः कृतज्ञाश्चैकादशीव्रतपरा विजितेन्द्रियाश्च । नारायणाच्युतहरे शरणं भवेति शान्ता वदन्ति सततं तरसात्यजध्वम्
ye viṣṇupūjanaratāḥ prayatāḥ kṛtajñāścaikādaśīvrataparā vijitendriyāśca / nārāyaṇācyutahare śaraṇaṃ bhaveti śāntā vadanti satataṃ tarasātyajadhvam
Those who are devoted to the worship of Viṣṇu, self-restrained, grateful, intent on the Ekādaśī vow, and who have conquered their senses, and who, being tranquil, say constantly, "Nārāyaṇa, Acyuta, Hari, be (my) refuge!" — abandon them at once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.76
नारायणाच्युत जनार्दन कृष्ण विष्णो पद्मेश पद्मजपितः शिव शङ्करेति । नित्यं वदन्त्यखिललोक हिताः प्रशान्ता दूरद्भटास्त्यजता तान्न ममैषु शिक्षा
nārāyaṇācyuta janārdana kṛṣṇa viṣṇo padmeśa padmajapitaḥ śiva śaṅkareti / nityaṃ vadantyakhilaloka hitāḥ praśāntā dūradbhaṭāstyajatā tānna mamaiṣu śikṣā
"Nārāyaṇa, Acyuta, Janārdana, Kṛṣṇa, Viṣṇu, lord of the lotus, father of the lotus-born, Śiva, Śaṅkara" — those tranquil ones, devoted to the welfare of all the worlds, who say this constantly: from afar, O messengers, abandon them; that is my instruction concerning these.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 23.77
नारायणार्पितकृतान्हरिभक्तिभजः स्वाचारमार्गनिरतान् गुरुसेवकांश्च । सत्पात्रदान निरतांश्च सुदीनपाल्लान्दूतास्त्यजध्वमनिशं हरिनामसक्तान्
nārāyaṇārpitakṛtānharibhaktibhajaḥ svācāramārganiratān gurusevakāṃśca / satpātradāna niratāṃśca sudīnapāllāndūtāstyajadhvamaniśaṃ harināmasaktān
Those whose deeds are offered to Nārāyaṇa, who share in devotion to Hari, who are intent on the path of good conduct, servants of their teacher, and intent on giving to worthy recipients, and protectors of the very wretched — O messengers, always abandon those who are attached to Hari's name.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.78
पाषण्डसङ्गरहितान्द्विजभक्तिनिष्ठान्सत्संगलोल्लुपतरांश्च तथातिथेयान् । शंभौ हरौ च समबुद्धिमतस्तथैव दूतास्त्यजध्वमुपकारपराञ्जनानाम्
pāṣaṇḍasaṅgarahitāndvijabhaktiniṣṭhānsatsaṃgalollupatarāṃśca tathātitheyān / śaṃbhau harau ca samabuddhimatastathaiva dūtāstyajadhvamupakāraparāñjanānām
Those free from association with heretics, steadfast in devotion to the twice-born, most eager for the company of the good, and likewise hospitable to guests, and those of equal mind toward Śambhu and Hari — likewise, O messengers, abandon those people intent on doing good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.80
ये वर्जिता हरिकथामृतसेवनैश्च नारायणस्मृतिपरायणमानसैश्च ॥ विर्पन्द्रपादजलसेचनतो ऽप्रहृष्टांस्तान्पापिनो मम भटा गृहमानयध्वम् ॥ नर्प्_१,२३।७९ ॥ ये मातृतातपरिभर्त्सनशीलिनश्च लोकद्विषो हितजनाहितकर्मणश्च । देवस्वलोभनिरताञ्जननाशकर्तृआनत्रानयध्वमपराधपरांश्च दूताः
ye varjitā harikathāmṛtasevanaiśca nārāyaṇasmṛtiparāyaṇamānasaiśca // virpandrapādajalasecanato 'prahṛṣṭāṃstānpāpino mama bhaṭā gṛhamānayadhvam // narp_1,23.79 // ye mātṛtātaparibhartsanaśīlinaśca lokadviṣo hitajanāhitakarmaṇaśca / devasvalobhaniratāñjananāśakartṛānatrānayadhvamaparādhaparāṃśca dūtāḥ
Those who are devoid of partaking of the nectar of the tales of Hari and of minds wholly given to the remembrance of Nārāyaṇa, and who take no joy in sprinkling water on the feet of the best of brahmins — those sinners, my servants, bring to (my) house. [23.79] And those who are given to reviling mother and father, haters of people, doers of harm to their benefactors, intent on coveting the property of the gods, destroyers of people, and given to offences — bring them here, O messengers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.81
एकादशीव्रतपराङ्मुखमुग्रशीलं लोकापवादनिरतं परनिन्दकं च । ग्रामस्य नाशकरमुत्तमवैरयुक्तं दूताः समानयत विप्रधनेषु लुब्धम्
ekādaśīvrataparāṅmukhamugraśīlaṃ lokāpavādanirataṃ paranindakaṃ ca / grāmasya nāśakaramuttamavairayuktaṃ dūtāḥ samānayata vipradhaneṣu lubdham
Him who turns his face from the Ekādaśī vow, of cruel disposition, given to slandering people and reviling others, a ruin to the village, filled with utmost enmity, and greedy for the wealth of brahmins — O messengers, bring him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.82
ये विष्णुभक्तिविमुखाः प्रणमन्ति नैव नारायणं हि शरणागतपालकं च । विष्णवालयं च नहि यान्ति नराः सुमूर्खास्तानानयध्वमतिपापरतान्प्रसाह्य
ye viṣṇubhaktivimukhāḥ praṇamanti naiva nārāyaṇaṃ hi śaraṇāgatapālakaṃ ca / viṣṇavālayaṃ ca nahi yānti narāḥ sumūrkhāstānānayadhvamatipāparatānprasāhya
Those men who are averse to devotion to Viṣṇu and do not bow at all to Nārāyaṇa, the protector of those who come for refuge, and those great fools who do not go to Viṣṇu's temple — bring them by force, given as they are to utmost sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.83
एवं श्रुतं यदा तत्र यमेन परिभाषितम् । मयानुतापदग्धेन स्मृतं तत्कर्म निन्दितम्
evaṃ śrutaṃ yadā tatra yamena paribhāṣitam / mayānutāpadagdhena smṛtaṃ tatkarma ninditam
When what was thus declared by Yama was heard there, I, burned by remorse, remembered that blameworthy deed (of mine).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.84
असत्कर्मानुतापेन सद्धर्मश्रवणेन च । तत्रैव सर्वपापानि निःशेषाणि गतानि मे
asatkarmānutāpena saddharmaśravaṇena ca / tatraiva sarvapāpāni niḥśeṣāṇi gatāni me
By remorse for evil deeds and by hearing the true dharma, right there all my sins went away without remainder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.85
पापशेषाद्विनिर्मुक्तं हरिसारुप्यतां गतम् । सहस्रसूर्यसंकाशं प्रणनाम यमश्च तम्
pāpaśeṣādvinirmuktaṃ harisārupyatāṃ gatam / sahasrasūryasaṃkāśaṃ praṇanāma yamaśca tam
And Yama bowed to him — freed from the remnant of sin, become of the same form as Hari, resembling a thousand suns.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.86
एवं दृष्ट्वा विस्मितास्ते यमदूता भयोत्कटाः । विश्वासं परमं चक्रुर्यमेन परिभाषिते
evaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitāste yamadūtā bhayotkaṭāḥ / viśvāsaṃ paramaṃ cakruryamena paribhāṣite
Seeing this, those messengers of Yama were astonished and stricken with fear; they placed the highest trust in what Yama had declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.87
ततः संपूज्य मां कालो विमानशतसंकुलम् । सद्यः संप्रेषयामास तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
tataḥ saṃpūjya māṃ kālo vimānaśatasaṃkulam / sadyaḥ saṃpreṣayāmāsa tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
Then Kāla (Yama), having honoured me, sent me at once to that supreme abode of Viṣṇu, thronged with hundreds of celestial cars.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.88
विमानकोटिभिः सार्द्धं सर्वभोगसमन्वितैः । कर्मणा तेन विप्रर्षे विष्णुलोके मयोषितम्
vimānakoṭibhiḥ sārddhaṃ sarvabhogasamanvitaiḥ / karmaṇā tena viprarṣe viṣṇuloke mayoṣitam
By that deed, O sage among brahmins, I dwelt in Viṣṇu's world together with tens of millions of celestial cars furnished with every enjoyment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.89
कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च । स्थित्वा विष्णुपदं पश्चादिन्द्रलोकमुपगमम्
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca / sthitvā viṣṇupadaṃ paścādindralokamupagamam
Having remained in Viṣṇu's abode for thousands of tens of millions of kalpas and hundreds of tens of millions of kalpas, afterwards I went to the world of Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.90
तत्रापि सर्वभोगाढ्यः सर्वदेवनमस्कृतः । तावत्कालं दिविस्थित्वा ततो भूमिमुपागतः
tatrāpi sarvabhogāḍhyaḥ sarvadevanamaskṛtaḥ / tāvatkālaṃ divisthitvā tato bhūmimupāgataḥ
There too, rich in all enjoyments, saluted by all the gods, having stayed in heaven for that same length of time, I then came to the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.91
अत्रापि विष्णुभक्तानां जातो ऽहं भवतां कुले । जातिस्मरत्वाडज्जानामि सर्वमेतन्मुनीशअवर
atrāpi viṣṇubhaktānāṃ jāto 'haṃ bhavatāṃ kule / jātismaratvāḍajjānāmi sarvametanmunīśaavara
Here too I was born in your family, of devotees of Viṣṇu; and because I remember my (former) birth, I know all this, O best of lords of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.92
तस्माद्विष्ण्वर्चनोद्योगं करोमि सह बालकैः । एकादशीव्रतमिदमिति न ज्ञातवान्पुरा
tasmādviṣṇvarcanodyogaṃ karomi saha bālakaiḥ / ekādaśīvratamidamiti na jñātavānpurā
Therefore I engage in the worship of Viṣṇu together with the (other) boys; formerly I did not know that this was the Ekādaśī vow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.93
जातिस्मृतिप्रभावेण तज्ज्ञातं सांप्रतं मया । अत्र स्वेनापि यत्कर्म कृतं तस्य फलं त्विदम्
jātismṛtiprabhāveṇa tajjñātaṃ sāṃprataṃ mayā / atra svenāpi yatkarma kṛtaṃ tasya phalaṃ tvidam
By the power of the memory of (my former) birth, that has now been known by me. This is the fruit of that deed which was done here even by myself (unknowingly).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.94
एकादशीव्रतं भक्त्या कुर्वतां किमुत प्रभो । तस्माच्चरिष्ये विप्रेन्द्र शुभमेकादशीव्रतम्
ekādaśīvrataṃ bhaktyā kurvatāṃ kimuta prabho / tasmāccariṣye viprendra śubhamekādaśīvratam
How much more, then, for those who perform the Ekādaśī vow with devotion, O lord! Therefore, O best of brahmins, I shall observe the auspicious Ekādaśī vow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.95
विष्णुपूजां चाहरहः परमस्थानकाङ्क्षया । एकादशीव्रतं यत्तु कुर्वन्ति श्रद्धया नराः
viṣṇupūjāṃ cāharahaḥ paramasthānakāṅkṣayā / ekādaśīvrataṃ yattu kurvanti śraddhayā narāḥ
and the worship of Viṣṇu day after day, out of longing for the supreme abode. Those men who perform the Ekādaśī vow with faith —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.96
तेषां तु विष्णुभवनं परमानन्ददायकम् । एवं पुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा संतुष्टो गालवो मुनिः
teṣāṃ tu viṣṇubhavanaṃ paramānandadāyakam / evaṃ putravacaḥ śrutvā saṃtuṣṭo gālavo muniḥ
But for them the dwelling of Viṣṇu, the giver of supreme bliss, (is attained). Hearing his son's words thus, the sage Gālava was pleased,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.97
अवाप परमां तुष्टिं मनसा चातिहर्षितः । मज्जन्म सफलं जातं मद्धंशः पावनीकृतः
avāpa paramāṃ tuṣṭiṃ manasā cātiharṣitaḥ / majjanma saphalaṃ jātaṃ maddhaṃśaḥ pāvanīkṛtaḥ
and he attained the highest satisfaction, exceedingly delighted in mind: "My birth has borne fruit, my lineage has been made pure,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.98
यतस्त्वं मदगृहे जातो विष्णुभक्तिपरायणः । इति संतुष्टचित्तस्तु तस्य पुत्रस्य कर्मणा
yatastvaṃ madagṛhe jāto viṣṇubhaktiparāyaṇaḥ / iti saṃtuṣṭacittastu tasya putrasya karmaṇā
since you, devoted wholly to devotion to Viṣṇu, have been born in my house." Thus, with mind gratified by that son's conduct,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 23.99
हरिपूजाविधानं च यथावत्समबोधयत् । इत्येतत्ते मुनिश्रेष्ठ यथावत्कथितं मया । संकोचविस्तराभ्यां च किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छसि
haripūjāvidhānaṃ ca yathāvatsamabodhayat / ityetatte muniśreṣṭha yathāvatkathitaṃ mayā / saṃkocavistarābhyāṃ ca kimanyacchrotumicchasi
he instructed (him) duly in the rules for the worship of Hari. So this, best of sages, has been told by me just as it is, both in brief and at length; what else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition