Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 3
NarP 1 3.1
नारद उवाच कथं ससर्ज ब्रह्मादीनादिदेवः पुरा विभुः । तन्ममाख्याहि सनक सर्वज्ञो ऽस्ति यतो भवान्
nārada uvāca kathaṃ sasarja brahmādīnādidevaḥ purā vibhuḥ / tanmamākhyāhi sanaka sarvajño 'sti yato bhavān
Nārada said: How did the primordial god, the all-pervading Lord, formerly create Brahmā and the rest? Tell me that, Sanaka, for you are all-knowing.
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NarP 1 3.2
श्रीसनक उवाचा नारायणो ऽक्षरो ऽनन्तः सर्वव्यापी निरञ्जनः । तेनेदमखिलं व्यात्पं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्
śrīsanaka uvācā nārāyaṇo 'kṣaro 'nantaḥ sarvavyāpī nirañjanaḥ / tenedamakhilaṃ vyātpaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam
Śrī Sanaka said: Nārāyaṇa is imperishable, endless, all-pervading, unstained; by him this whole world, moving and unmoving, is pervaded.
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NarP 1 3.3
आदिसर्गे महाविष्णुः स्वप्रकाशो जगन्मयः । गुणभेदमधिष्ठाय मूर्त्तित्रिकमवासृजत्
ādisarge mahāviṣṇuḥ svaprakāśo jaganmayaḥ / guṇabhedamadhiṣṭhāya mūrttitrikamavāsṛjat
At the first creation, the great Viṣṇu, self-luminous, consisting of the world, taking his stand on the division of the qualities (guṇas), emitted the triad of forms.
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NarP 1 3.4
सृष्ट्यर्थं तु पुरा देवो दक्षिणाङ्गात्प्रजापतिम् । मध्येरुद्राख्यमीथानं जगदन्तकरं मुने
sṛṣṭyarthaṃ tu purā devo dakṣiṇāṅgātprajāpatim / madhyerudrākhyamīthānaṃ jagadantakaraṃ mune
For the sake of creation, the god formerly (produced) from his right side the Lord of creatures (Brahmā), and from the middle the lord named Rudra, who makes an end of the world, O sage;
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NarP 1 3.5
पालनायास्य जगतो वामाङ्गाद्विष्णुमव्ययम् । तमादिदेवमजरं केचिदाहुः शिवाभिधम् । केचिद्विष्णुं सदा सत्यं ब्रह्माणं केचिदूचिरे
pālanāyāsya jagato vāmāṅgādviṣṇumavyayam / tamādidevamajaraṃ kecidāhuḥ śivābhidham / kecidviṣṇuṃ sadā satyaṃ brahmāṇaṃ kecidūcire
and from his left side, for the protection of this world, the imperishable Viṣṇu. That primordial, ageless god some call by the name Śiva; some (call him) Viṣṇu, ever true; and some have said (he is) Brahmā.
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NarP 1 3.6
तस्य शक्तिः परा विष्णोर्जगत्कार्यप्रवर्तिनी । भावाभावस्वरुपा सा विद्याविद्येति गीयते
tasya śaktiḥ parā viṣṇorjagatkāryapravartinī / bhāvābhāvasvarupā sā vidyāvidyeti gīyate
That Viṣṇu's supreme power sets in motion the world's activity; having the nature of being and non-being, she is sung of as knowledge and ignorance.
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NarP 1 3.7
यदा विश्वं महाविष्णोर्भिन्नत्वेन प्रतीयते । तदा ह्यविद्या संसिद्धा भवेद्दुःखस्य साधनम्
yadā viśvaṃ mahāviṣṇorbhinnatvena pratīyate / tadā hyavidyā saṃsiddhā bhavedduḥkhasya sādhanam
When the universe is perceived as separate from the great Viṣṇu, then ignorance is fully established and becomes the instrument of suffering.
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NarP 1 3.8
ज्ञातृज्ञेयाद्युपाधिस्ते यदा नश्यति नारद । सर्वैकभावना बुद्धिः सा विद्येत्यभिधीयते
jñātṛjñeyādyupādhiste yadā naśyati nārada / sarvaikabhāvanā buddhiḥ sā vidyetyabhidhīyate
When for you, Nārada, the limiting conditions of knower, known and the rest perish, that understanding which conceives all as one is called knowledge.
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NarP 1 3.9
एषं माया महाविष्णोर्भिन्ना संसारदायिनी । अभेदबुद्ध्या दृष्टा चेत्संसारक्षयकारिणी
eṣaṃ māyā mahāviṣṇorbhinnā saṃsāradāyinī / abhedabuddhyā dṛṣṭā cetsaṃsārakṣayakāriṇī
Thus the māyā of the great Viṣṇu, (when seen as) separate, gives rise to saṃsāra; but if seen with the awareness of non-difference, it brings about the destruction of saṃsāra.
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NarP 1 3.10
विष्णुशक्तिसमुद्भूतमेतत्सर्वं वराचंम् । यस्माद्भिन्नमिदं सर्वं यच्चेङ्गेद्यच्चनेङ्गति
viṣṇuśaktisamudbhūtametatsarvaṃ varācaṃm / yasmādbhinnamidaṃ sarvaṃ yacceṅgedyaccaneṅgati
All this, moving and unmoving, has arisen from Viṣṇu's power — from which (comes) all this that stirs and that does not stir, (seemingly) different (from him).
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NarP 1 3.11
उपाधिभिर्यथाकाशो भिन्नत्वेन प्रतीयते । अविद्योपाधियोगेनतथेदमखिलं जगत्
upādhibhiryathākāśo bhinnatvena pratīyate / avidyopādhiyogenatathedamakhilaṃ jagat
Just as space is perceived as divided by limiting conditions, so is this entire world (perceived as divided) through its conjunction with the limiting condition of ignorance.
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NarP 1 3.12
यथा हरिर्जगद्यापी तस्य शक्तिस्तथा मुने । दाहशक्तिर्यथाङ्गारे स्वाश्रयं व्याप्य तिष्टति
yathā harirjagadyāpī tasya śaktistathā mune / dāhaśaktiryathāṅgāre svāśrayaṃ vyāpya tiṣṭati
As Hari pervades the world, so too does his power, O sage — as the power of burning abides in a coal, pervading its own substrate.
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NarP 1 3.13
उमेति केचिदाहुस्तां शक्तिं लक्ष्मीं तथा परे । भारतीत्यपरे चैनां गिरिजेत्यम्बिकेति च
umeti kecidāhustāṃ śaktiṃ lakṣmīṃ tathā pare / bhāratītyapare caināṃ girijetyambiketi ca
Some call that power Umā, and others Lakṣmī; others (call) her Bhāratī, and Girijā, and Ambikā;
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NarP 1 3.14
दुर्गेति भद्रकालीति चण्डी माहेश्वरीत्यपि । कौमारी वैष्णवी चेति वाराह्येन्द्री च शाम्भवी
durgeti bhadrakālīti caṇḍī māheśvarītyapi / kaumārī vaiṣṇavī ceti vārāhyendrī ca śāmbhavī
(and) Durgā, Bhadrakālī, Caṇḍī, and Māheśvarī, Kaumārī and Vaiṣṇavī, Vārāhī, Aindrī and Śāmbhavī;
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NarP 1 3.15
ब्राह्मीति विद्याविद्येति मायेति च तथा परे । प्रकृतिश्च परा चेति वदन्ति परमर्षस्यः
brāhmīti vidyāvidyeti māyeti ca tathā pare / prakṛtiśca parā ceti vadanti paramarṣasyaḥ
and others (call her) Brāhmī, knowledge-and-ignorance, and māyā; and the supreme sages say (she is) Prakṛti and the Supreme.
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NarP 1 3.16
शेषशक्तिः परा विष्णोर्जगत्सर्गादिकारिणी । व्यक्ताव्यक्तस्वरुपेण जगह्याप्य व्यवस्थिता
śeṣaśaktiḥ parā viṣṇorjagatsargādikāriṇī / vyaktāvyaktasvarupeṇa jagahyāpya vyavasthitā
The remaining supreme power of Viṣṇu, which brings about the world's creation and so on, stands pervading the world in manifest and unmanifest form.
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NarP 1 3.17
प्रकृतिश्चपुमांश्चैव कालश्चेति विधिस्थितिः । सृष्टिस्थितिविनाशानामेकः कारणतां गतः
prakṛtiścapumāṃścaiva kālaśceti vidhisthitiḥ / sṛṣṭisthitivināśānāmekaḥ kāraṇatāṃ gataḥ
Nature (prakṛti), the Person (puruṣa), and Time — such is the established order; (yet) he alone became the cause of creation, preservation, and destruction.
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NarP 1 3.18
येनेदमखिलं जातं ब्रह्मरुपधरेण वै । तस्मात्परतरो देवो नित्यैत्यभिधीयते
yenedamakhilaṃ jātaṃ brahmarupadhareṇa vai / tasmātparataro devo nityaityabhidhīyate
He by whom, bearing the form of Brahmā, this whole (world) was brought forth — the god higher than that is called eternal.
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NarP 1 3.21
रक्षां करोति यो देवो नित्य इत्यभिधीयते । रक्षां करोति यो देवो जगतां परतः पुमान् ॥ नर्प्_१,३।१९ ॥ तस्मात्परतरं यत्तदव्ययं परमं पदम् ॥ नर्प्_१,३।२० ॥ अक्षरो निर्गुणः शुद्धः परिपूर्णः सनातनः । यः परः कालपुपाख्यो योगिध्येयः परात्परः
rakṣāṃ karoti yo devo nitya ityabhidhīyate / rakṣāṃ karoti yo devo jagatāṃ parataḥ pumān // narp_1,3.19 // tasmātparataraṃ yattadavyayaṃ paramaṃ padam // narp_1,3.20 // akṣaro nirguṇaḥ śuddhaḥ paripūrṇaḥ sanātanaḥ / yaḥ paraḥ kālapupākhyo yogidhyeyaḥ parātparaḥ
The god who affords protection is called eternal; the god who affords protection is the Person beyond the worlds. // That which is higher than that is the imperishable, supreme abode. // (He is) the undecaying, quality-less, pure, all-complete, everlasting, who is supreme, named the form of Time, to be meditated on by yogins, higher than the high.
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NarP 1 3.22
परमात्मा परानन्दः सर्वोपाधिविवर्जितः । ज्ञानैकवेद्यः परमः सञ्चिदानन्दविग्रहः
paramātmā parānandaḥ sarvopādhivivarjitaḥ / jñānaikavedyaḥ paramaḥ sañcidānandavigrahaḥ
(He is) the supreme Self, supreme bliss, free of all limiting conditions, supreme, to be known by knowledge alone, whose form is being, consciousness, and bliss.
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NarP 1 3.23
यो ऽसौ शुद्धो ऽपि परमो ह्यहॄङ्कारेण संयुतः । देहीति प्रोच्यते मूढैरहो ऽज्ञानविडम्बनम्
yo 'sau śuddho 'pi paramo hyahṝṅkāreṇa saṃyutaḥ / dehīti procyate mūḍhairaho 'jñānaviḍambanam
He who, though pure and supreme, being joined with the sense of 'I', is called 'an embodied being' by the deluded — alas, the mockery of ignorance!
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NarP 1 3.24
स देवः परमः शुद्धः सत्त्वदिगुणभेदतः । मूर्तित्रयं समापन्नः सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारणम्
sa devaḥ paramaḥ śuddhaḥ sattvadiguṇabhedataḥ / mūrtitrayaṃ samāpannaḥ sṛṣṭisthityantakāraṇam
That god, supreme and pure, through the distinction of the qualities beginning with sattva, has taken on a triple form, the cause of creation, preservation, and end.
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NarP 1 3.25
यो ऽसौ ब्रह्मा जगत्कर्ता यन्नाभिकमलोद्भवः । स एवानन्दरुपात्मा तस्मान्नास्त्यपरो मुने
yo 'sau brahmā jagatkartā yannābhikamalodbhavaḥ / sa evānandarupātmā tasmānnāstyaparo mune
He who is Brahmā, maker of the world, arisen from the lotus of his navel — he indeed is the Self whose nature is bliss; there is nothing other than him, O sage.
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NarP 1 3.26
अन्तर्यामी जगद्यापी सर्वसाक्षी निरञ्जनः । भिन्नाभिन्नस्वरुपेण स्थितो वै परमेश्वरः
antaryāmī jagadyāpī sarvasākṣī nirañjanaḥ / bhinnābhinnasvarupeṇa sthito vai parameśvaraḥ
The inner controller, pervading the world, witness of all, stainless — the supreme Lord abides in a form both differentiated and undifferentiated.
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NarP 1 3.27
यस्य शक्तिर्महामाया जगद्विस्त्रम्भधारिणी । विश्वोत्पत्तेर्निदानत्वात्प्रकृतिः प्रोच्यते बुधैः
yasya śaktirmahāmāyā jagadvistrambhadhāriṇī / viśvotpatternidānatvātprakṛtiḥ procyate budhaiḥ
He whose power is the great Māyā, upholding the expanse of the world — because she is the ground of the world's arising, she is called Nature by the wise.
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NarP 1 3.28
आदिसर्गे महाविष्णोर्लोकान्कर्त्तुं समुद्यतः । प्रकृतिः पुरुषश्चेति कालश्चेति त्रिधा भवेत्
ādisarge mahāviṣṇorlokānkarttuṃ samudyataḥ / prakṛtiḥ puruṣaśceti kālaśceti tridhā bhavet
In the first creation, when the great Viṣṇu rose up to make the worlds, he becomes threefold: as Nature, as the Person, and as Time.
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NarP 1 3.29
पश्यन्ति भावितात्मानो यं ब्रह्मत्यभिसंज्ञितम् । शुद्धं यत्परमं धाम तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
paśyanti bhāvitātmāno yaṃ brahmatyabhisaṃjñitam / śuddhaṃ yatparamaṃ dhāma tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
Whom those of purified selves behold, designated as Brahman — that pure, supreme dwelling is the highest station of Viṣṇu.
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NarP 1 3.30
एवं शुद्धो ऽक्षरो ऽनन्तः कालरुपी महेश्वरः । गुणरुपीगुणाधारोजगतामादिकृद्विभुः
evaṃ śuddho 'kṣaro 'nantaḥ kālarupī maheśvaraḥ / guṇarupīguṇādhārojagatāmādikṛdvibhuḥ
Thus the pure, undecaying, endless great Lord, having the form of Time, having the form of the qualities and (yet) the support of the qualities, the pervading first-maker of the worlds —
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NarP 1 3.31
प्रतृतिः क्षोभमापन्ना पुरुषाख्ये जगद्गुरौ । महान्प्रादुरभूद्धुद्धिस्ततो ऽहं समवर्त्तत
pratṛtiḥ kṣobhamāpannā puruṣākhye jagadgurau / mahānprādurabhūddhuddhistato 'haṃ samavarttata
Nature, having come to agitation in the world's teacher named the Person, the Great One (mahat), namely intellect, appeared; from that the 'I' came into being.
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NarP 1 3.32
अहॄङ्काराश्च सूक्ष्माणि तन्मात्राणीन्द्रियाणि च । तन्मात्रेभ्यो हि जातानि भूतानि जगतः कृते
ahṝṅkārāśca sūkṣmāṇi tanmātrāṇīndriyāṇi ca / tanmātrebhyo hi jātāni bhūtāni jagataḥ kṛte
And the (products of) egoity: the subtle elemental essences (tanmātras) and the senses; and from the tanmātras were born the gross elements, for the sake of the world.
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NarP 1 3.33
आकाशवाय्यग्रिजलभूमयो ऽब्जभावात्मज । यथाक्रमं कारणतामेकैकस्योपयान्ति च
ākāśavāyyagrijalabhūmayo 'bjabhāvātmaja / yathākramaṃ kāraṇatāmekaikasyopayānti ca
Space, wind, fire, water, and earth, O lotus-born one's son, in due order come to be the cause each of the next.
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NarP 1 3.34
ततो ब्रह्मा जगद्धाता तामसानसृजत्प्रभुः । तिर्यग्योनिगताञ्जन्तून्पशुपक्षिमृगादिकान्
tato brahmā jagaddhātā tāmasānasṛjatprabhuḥ / tiryagyonigatāñjantūnpaśupakṣimṛgādikān
Then Brahmā, upholder of the world, the lord, created the dark (creatures): creatures born in the animal wombs — cattle, birds, wild beasts, and the rest.
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NarP 1 3.35
तमप्यसाधकं मत्वा देवसर्गं सनातनात् । ततो वैमानुषं सर्गं कल्पयामास पह्मजः
tamapyasādhakaṃ matvā devasargaṃ sanātanāt / tato vaimānuṣaṃ sargaṃ kalpayāmāsa pahmajaḥ
Deeming that too ineffectual, (he made) the creation of the gods from the Eternal; then the lotus-born fashioned the human creation.
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NarP 1 3.36
ततो दक्षादिकान्पुत्रान्सृष्टिसाधनतत्परान् । एभिः पुत्रैरिदं व्याप्तं सदेवासुरमानुषम्
tato dakṣādikānputrānsṛṣṭisādhanatatparān / ebhiḥ putrairidaṃ vyāptaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam
Then (he created) sons beginning with Dakṣa, intent on carrying out creation; by these sons this (world) was filled, together with gods, demons, and men.
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NarP 1 3.37
भुर्भुवश्च तथा स्वश्च महश्वैव जनस्तथा । तपश्च सत्यमित्येवं लोकाः सत्योपरि स्थिताः
bhurbhuvaśca tathā svaśca mahaśvaiva janastathā / tapaśca satyamityevaṃ lokāḥ satyopari sthitāḥ
Bhūḥ, Bhuvaḥ, and likewise Svaḥ, and Mahaḥ, and Janaḥ likewise, and Tapaḥ and Satyam — such are the worlds, situated one above the other up to Satya.
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NarP 1 3.38
अतलं वितलं चैव सुतलं च तलातलम् । महातलं च विप्रेन्द्र ततो ऽधच्च रसातलम्
atalaṃ vitalaṃ caiva sutalaṃ ca talātalam / mahātalaṃ ca viprendra tato 'dhacca rasātalam
Atala, Vitala, Sutala, Talātala, and Mahātala, O best of brahmins, and below that Rasātala,
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NarP 1 3.39
पातालं चेति सप्तैव पातालानि क्रमादधः । एष सर्वेषु लोकेषु लोकनाथांश्च सृष्टवान्
pātālaṃ ceti saptaiva pātālāni kramādadhaḥ / eṣa sarveṣu lokeṣu lokanāthāṃśca sṛṣṭavān
And Pātāla — these are the seven pātālas in order below. He created the lords of the worlds in all these worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 3.40
कुलाचलान्नदीश्चासौ तत्तल्लोकनिवासिनाम् । वर्त्तनादीनि सर्वाणि यथायोग्यंमकल्पयत्
kulācalānnadīścāsau tattallokanivāsinām / varttanādīni sarvāṇi yathāyogyaṃmakalpayat
He also fashioned, as was fitting, the principal mountains, the rivers, and all the means of livelihood and the rest for the inhabitants of each of those worlds.
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NarP 1 3.41
भूतले मध्यगो मेरुः सर्वदेवसमाश्रयः । लोकालोकश्च भूम्यन्ते तन्मध्ये सत्प सागराः
bhūtale madhyago meruḥ sarvadevasamāśrayaḥ / lokālokaśca bhūmyante tanmadhye satpa sāgarāḥ
On the earth's surface, in the middle, stands Meru, the refuge of all the gods; and at the edge of the earth is Lokāloka, and between them (are) the seven oceans.
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NarP 1 3.42
द्वीपाश्च सत्प विप्रेन्द्र द्वीपे कुलाचलाः । बाह्या नद्यश्च विख्याता जनाश्चामरसन्निभाः
dvīpāśca satpa viprendra dvīpe kulācalāḥ / bāhyā nadyaśca vikhyātā janāścāmarasannibhāḥ
And (there are) seven continents, O best of brāhmaṇas; on (each) continent (are) the principal mountains, and outside (them) the celebrated rivers, and peoples resembling the immortals.
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NarP 1 3.43
जम्बूप्लक्षाभिधानौ च शाल्मलश्च कुशस्तथा । क्रौञ्चशाकौ पुष्करश्च ते सर्वे देवभूमयः
jambūplakṣābhidhānau ca śālmalaśca kuśastathā / krauñcaśākau puṣkaraśca te sarve devabhūmayaḥ
The ones named Jambū and Plakṣa, and Śālmala, and likewise Kuśa, Krauñca and Śāka, and Puṣkara — all these are lands of the gods.
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NarP 1 3.44
एते द्वीपाः समुद्रैस्तु सत्पसत्पभिरावृताः । लवणेक्षुसुरासर्पिर्दधिक्षीरजलैः समम्
ete dvīpāḥ samudraistu satpasatpabhirāvṛtāḥ / lavaṇekṣusurāsarpirdadhikṣīrajalaiḥ samam
These continents are encircled by the seven oceans, one by one — of salt water, sugarcane juice, wine, ghee, curds, milk, and (fresh) water.
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NarP 1 3.45
एते द्वीपाः समुद्राश्च पूर्वस्मादुत्तरेराः । ज्ञेया द्विगुणविस्तरा लोकालोकाञ्च पर्वतात्
ete dvīpāḥ samudrāśca pūrvasmāduttarerāḥ / jñeyā dviguṇavistarā lokālokāñca parvatāt
These continents and oceans, each following the preceding one, are to be known as twice the extent (of the one before), up to the Lokāloka mountain.
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NarP 1 3.46
क्षारोदधेरुपत्तरं यद्धि माद्रेश्चैव दक्षिणाम् । ज्ञेयं तद्भारतं वर्षं सर्वकर्मफलप्रदम्
kṣārodadherupattaraṃ yaddhi mādreścaiva dakṣiṇām / jñeyaṃ tadbhārataṃ varṣaṃ sarvakarmaphalapradam
That which is north of the salt ocean and south of (the mountain) — that is to be known as the land of Bhārata, which yields the fruit of all deeds.
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NarP 1 3.47
अत्र कर्माणि कुर्वन्ति त्रिविधानि तु नारद । तत्फलं भुज्यते चैव भोगभूमिधनक्रमात्
atra karmāṇi kurvanti trividhāni tu nārada / tatphalaṃ bhujyate caiva bhogabhūmidhanakramāt
Here, O Nārada, (people) perform deeds of three kinds, and the fruit of that is enjoyed according to the sequence of enjoyment, place, and wealth.
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NarP 1 3.48
भारते तु कृतं कर्म शुभं वाशुभमेव च । तत्फलं क्षयि विप्रेन्द्र भुज्यते ऽन्यत्रजन्तुभिः
bhārate tu kṛtaṃ karma śubhaṃ vāśubhameva ca / tatphalaṃ kṣayi viprendra bhujyate 'nyatrajantubhiḥ
But the deed done in Bhārata, whether good or bad — its fruit is perishable, O best of brāhmaṇas, and is enjoyed by creatures elsewhere.
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NarP 1 3.49
अद्यापि देवा इच्छन्ति जन्म भारतभूतले । संचितं सुमहत्पुण्यमक्षय्यममलं शुभम्
adyāpi devā icchanti janma bhāratabhūtale / saṃcitaṃ sumahatpuṇyamakṣayyamamalaṃ śubham
Even today the gods desire birth on the soil of Bhārata, (where) very great merit is amassed, imperishable, spotless, auspicious.
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NarP 1 3.50
कदा लभामहे जन्म वर्षभारतभूमिषु । कदा पुण्येन महता यास्याम परमं पदम्
kadā labhāmahe janma varṣabhāratabhūmiṣu / kadā puṇyena mahatā yāsyāma paramaṃ padam
"When shall we obtain birth in the lands of the region of Bhārata? When, through great merit, shall we go to the supreme state?
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NarP 1 3.51
दानैर्वाविविधैर्यज्ञैस्तपोभिर्वाथवा हरिम् । जगदीशंसमेष्यामो नित्यानन्दमनामयम्
dānairvāvividhairyajñaistapobhirvāthavā harim / jagadīśaṃsameṣyāmo nityānandamanāmayam
Or when, by various gifts, sacrifices, or austerities, shall we attain Hari, the lord of the world, eternal bliss, free of ill?"
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NarP 1 3.52
यो भारतभुवं प्राप्य विष्णुपूजापरो भवेत् । न तस्य सदृशो ऽन्यो ऽस्ति त्रिषु लोकेषु नारदा
yo bhāratabhuvaṃ prāpya viṣṇupūjāparo bhavet / na tasya sadṛśo 'nyo 'sti triṣu lokeṣu nāradā
He who, having reached the land of Bhārata, becomes devoted to the worship of Viṣṇu — there is no other equal to him in the three worlds, O Nārada.
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NarP 1 3.53
हरिकीर्तनशीलो वा तद्भक्तानां पियो ऽपि वा । शुक्षषुर्वापि महतः सवेद्यो दिविजैरपि
harikīrtanaśīlo vā tadbhaktānāṃ piyo 'pi vā / śukṣaṣurvāpi mahataḥ savedyo divijairapi
Or one whose practice is the praise of Hari, or one dear to His devotees, or one who serves the great — he is to be honoured even by the gods.
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NarP 1 3.54
हरिपूजारतो नित्यं भक्तः पूजास्तो ऽषि वा । भक्तोच्छिष्टान्नसेवी च याति विष्णोः परं पदम्
haripūjārato nityaṃ bhaktaḥ pūjāsto 'ṣi vā / bhaktocchiṣṭānnasevī ca yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam
One constantly intent on the worship of Hari, a devotee, or one seated at the worship, and one who partakes of the food left over by devotees — he goes to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
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NarP 1 3.55
नारायणेति कृष्णेति वासुदेवेति यो वदेत् । अहिंसादिपरः शन्तिः सो ऽपि वन्द्यः सुरोत्तमैः
nārāyaṇeti kṛṣṇeti vāsudeveti yo vadet / ahiṃsādiparaḥ śantiḥ so 'pi vandyaḥ surottamaiḥ
He who says "Nārāyaṇa," "Kṛṣṇa," "Vāsudeva," who is devoted to non-injury and the rest and is at peace — he too is to be revered by the best of the gods.
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NarP 1 3.56
शिवेति नीलकण्ठेति शङ्करेतिच यः स्मरेत् । सर्वभूतहितो नित्यं सो ऽभ्यर्च्यो दिविजैः स्मृतः
śiveti nīlakaṇṭheti śaṅkaretica yaḥ smaret / sarvabhūtahito nityaṃ so 'bhyarcyo divijaiḥ smṛtaḥ
He who calls to mind "Śiva," "Nīlakaṇṭha," "Śaṅkara," and is always well-disposed to all beings — he is declared to be worthy of worship by the gods.
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NarP 1 3.57
गुरुभक्तः शिवध्यानी स्वाश्रमाचारतत्परः । अनसूयुःशुचिर्दक्षो यः सो ऽप्यर्च्यःसुरेश्वरैः
gurubhaktaḥ śivadhyānī svāśramācāratatparaḥ / anasūyuḥśucirdakṣo yaḥ so 'pyarcyaḥsureśvaraiḥ
Devoted to his teacher, meditating on Śiva, intent on the observances of his own stage of life, free from envy, pure, capable — such a one too is to be honoured by the lords of the gods.
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NarP 1 3.58
ब्राह्मणानां हितकरः श्रध्दावान्वर्णधर्मयोः । वेदवादरतो नित्यं स ज्ञेयः पङ्किपावनः
brāhmaṇānāṃ hitakaraḥ śradhdāvānvarṇadharmayoḥ / vedavādarato nityaṃ sa jñeyaḥ paṅkipāvanaḥ
One who does good to brāhmaṇas, who has faith in the duties of class (and stage), who is always devoted to the teaching of the Vedas — he is to be known as a purifier of the row (of diners).
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NarP 1 3.59
अभेददर्शी देवेशे नारायणशिवात्मके । सर्वं यो ब्रह्मण नित्यमस्मदादिषु का कथा
abhedadarśī deveśe nārāyaṇaśivātmake / sarvaṃ yo brahmaṇa nityamasmadādiṣu kā kathā
He who sees no difference in the Lord of gods, whose essence is Nārāyaṇa and Śiva, (and who sees) everything always as Brahman — what need to speak of (his worthiness in the eyes of) us and the like?
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NarP 1 3.60
गोषु क्षान्तो ब्रह्मचारी परनिन्दाविवर्जितः । अपरिग्रहशी लश्च देवपूज्यः स नारद
goṣu kṣānto brahmacārī paranindāvivarjitaḥ / aparigrahaśī laśca devapūjyaḥ sa nārada
Patient toward cows, chaste, free of slandering others, and given to accepting nothing (from others) — he, Nārada, is to be worshipped by the gods.
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NarP 1 3.61
स्तेयादिदोषविमुखः कृतज्ञः सत्यवाक् शुचिः । परोपकारनिरतः पूजनीयः सुरासुरैः
steyādidoṣavimukhaḥ kṛtajñaḥ satyavāk śuciḥ / paropakāranirataḥ pūjanīyaḥ surāsuraiḥ
He who turns away from the faults of theft and the rest, who is grateful, speaks the truth, is pure, and is devoted to helping others, is to be honoured by gods and demons.
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NarP 1 3.62
वेदार्थश्रवणे बुद्धिः पुराणश्रवणे तथा । सत्संगे ऽपि च यस्यास्ति सो ऽपि वन्द्यः सुरोत्तमैः
vedārthaśravaṇe buddhiḥ purāṇaśravaṇe tathā / satsaṃge 'pi ca yasyāsti so 'pi vandyaḥ surottamaiḥ
And he too whose mind (is set) on hearing the meaning of the Vedas, likewise on hearing the Purāṇas, and on the company of the good, is to be revered by the foremost of the gods.
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NarP 1 3.63
एवमादीन्यनेकानि कर्माणि श्रद्धयान्वितः । करोति भारते वर्षे संबन्धो ऽस्माभिरेव च
evamādīnyanekāni karmāṇi śraddhayānvitaḥ / karoti bhārate varṣe saṃbandho 'smābhireva ca
Endowed with faith, he performs many such acts, beginning with these, in the land of Bhārata, and thereby (comes) a connection with us as well.
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NarP 1 3.64
एतेष्वन्यतमो विप्रमात्मानं नारभेत्तु यः । स एव दुष्कृतिर्मूढो नास्त्यन्यो ऽस्मादचेतनः
eteṣvanyatamo vipramātmānaṃ nārabhettu yaḥ / sa eva duṣkṛtirmūḍho nāstyanyo 'smādacetanaḥ
But the brahmin who would not set himself to any one of these — he alone is the evil-doer, the fool; there is no one more mindless than he.
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NarP 1 3.65
संप्राप्य भारते जन्म सत्कर्म सुपराङ्मुखः । पीयूषकलशं सुक्त्वा विषभाण्डमुपाश्रितः
saṃprāpya bhārate janma satkarma suparāṅmukhaḥ / pīyūṣakalaśaṃ suktvā viṣabhāṇḍamupāśritaḥ
Having obtained birth in Bhārata, one utterly turned away from good works has (as it were) abandoned a jar of nectar and taken refuge in a pot of poison.
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NarP 1 3.66
श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितैर्द्धर्मैर्नात्मानं पावयेत्तु यः । स एवात्मविधाती स्यात्पापिनामग्रणीर्मुने
śrutismṛtyuditairddharmairnātmānaṃ pāvayettu yaḥ / sa evātmavidhātī syātpāpināmagraṇīrmune
He who would not purify himself by the duties declared in śruti and smṛti — he indeed would be a slayer of his own self, the foremost of sinners, O sage.
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NarP 1 3.67
कर्मभूमिं समासाद्य यो न धर्मं समाचरेत् । स च सर्वाधमः प्रोक्तो वेदविद्भिर्मुनीश्वर
karmabhūmiṃ samāsādya yo na dharmaṃ samācaret / sa ca sarvādhamaḥ prokto vedavidbhirmunīśvara
And he who, having reached the land of (ritual) action, would not practise dharma — he is called the lowest of all by the knowers of the Veda, O lord of sages.
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NarP 1 3.68
शुभं कर्म समुत्सृज्य दुष्कर्माणि करोति यः । कामधेनुं परित्यज्य अर्कक्षीरं सं मार्गति
śubhaṃ karma samutsṛjya duṣkarmāṇi karoti yaḥ / kāmadhenuṃ parityajya arkakṣīraṃ saṃ mārgati
He who abandons auspicious action and does evil deeds is seeking out the milk of the arka plant after giving up the wish-granting cow.
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NarP 1 3.69
एवं भारतभूभागं प्रशंसन्ति दिवौकसः । ब्रह्माद्या अपि विप्रेन्द्र स्वभोगक्षयभीरवः
evaṃ bhāratabhūbhāgaṃ praśaṃsanti divaukasaḥ / brahmādyā api viprendra svabhogakṣayabhīravaḥ
Thus the dwellers in heaven praise the region of the land of Bhārata — even Brahmā and the rest, O best of brahmins, who fear the exhaustion of their own enjoyments.
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NarP 1 3.70
तस्मात्पुण्यतमं ज्ञेयं भारतं वर्षमुत्तमम् । देवानां दुर्लभं वापि सर्वकर्मफलप्रदम्
tasmātpuṇyatamaṃ jñeyaṃ bhārataṃ varṣamuttamam / devānāṃ durlabhaṃ vāpi sarvakarmaphalapradam
Therefore the land of Bhārata is to be known as most meritorious, the best (of regions), hard for even the gods to obtain, and bestowing the fruit of every action.
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NarP 1 3.71
अस्मिन्पुण्ये च भूभागे यस्तु सत्कर्मसूद्यतः । न तस्य सदृशं कश्चित्रिषु विद्यते
asminpuṇye ca bhūbhāge yastu satkarmasūdyataḥ / na tasya sadṛśaṃ kaścitriṣu vidyate
And in this meritorious region of the earth, whoever is intent upon good deeds — no one equal to him is found in the three (worlds).
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NarP 1 3.72
अस्मिञ्जातो नरो यस्तु स्वङ्कर्मक्षपणोद्यतः । नररुपपरिच्छन्नः स हरिर्नात्र संशयः
asmiñjāto naro yastu svaṅkarmakṣapaṇodyataḥ / nararupaparicchannaḥ sa harirnātra saṃśayaḥ
And the man born here who is intent on wearing away his own karma is Hari himself concealed in human form; of this there is no doubt.
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NarP 1 3.73
परं लोकफलं प्रेप्सुः किर्यात्कर्माण्यतन्द्रितः । निवेद्य हरये भक्त्या तत्फलं ह्यक्षयं स्मृतम्
paraṃ lokaphalaṃ prepsuḥ kiryātkarmāṇyatandritaḥ / nivedya haraye bhaktyā tatphalaṃ hyakṣayaṃ smṛtam
One who wishes to gain the highest fruit hereafter should perform actions unwearied; when they are offered up to Hari with devotion, their fruit is held to be imperishable.
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NarP 1 3.74
विरागी चेत्कर्मफलेष्वपि किञ्चित्र कारयेत् । अर्पयेत्सुकृतं कर्म प्रीयतामितिं मे हरिः
virāgī cetkarmaphaleṣvapi kiñcitra kārayet / arpayetsukṛtaṃ karma prīyatāmitiṃ me hariḥ
But if he is free of desire, let him not do anything at all even for the fruits of action; let him dedicate the good deed (saying) "May Hari be pleased with me."
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NarP 1 3.75
आब्रह्मभुवनाल्लोकाः पुनरुत्पत्तिदायकाः । फलागृध्नुः कर्मणां तत्प्रात्प्रोति परमं पदम्
ābrahmabhuvanāllokāḥ punarutpattidāyakāḥ / phalāgṛdhnuḥ karmaṇāṃ tatprātproti paramaṃ padam
The worlds up to Brahmā's realm bring about rebirth again; (but) one who does not crave the fruits of actions attains that highest state.
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NarP 1 3.76
वेदोदितानि कर्माणि कुर्यादीश्वरतुष्टये । यथाश्रमं त्यक्तुकामः प्रान्पोति पदमव्ययम्
vedoditāni karmāṇi kuryādīśvaratuṣṭaye / yathāśramaṃ tyaktukāmaḥ prānpoti padamavyayam
One should perform the acts declared in the Veda for the pleasing of the Lord; wishing to renounce (them) in accordance with his stage of life, he attains the imperishable state.
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NarP 1 3.77
निष्कामो वा सकामो वा कुर्यात्कर्म यथाविधि । स्वाश्रमाचारशून्यश्च पतितः प्रोच्यते बुधैः
niṣkāmo vā sakāmo vā kuryātkarma yathāvidhi / svāśramācāraśūnyaśca patitaḥ procyate budhaiḥ
Whether free of desire or with desire, one should perform action according to the rule; and he who is devoid of the observances of his own stage of life is declared fallen by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 3.78
सदाचारपरो विप्रो वर्द्धते ब्रह्मतेजसा । तस्य विष्णुश्च तुष्टः स्याद्भक्तियुक्तस्य नारद
sadācāraparo vipro varddhate brahmatejasā / tasya viṣṇuśca tuṣṭaḥ syādbhaktiyuktasya nārada
A brahmin devoted to good conduct grows by the splendour of Brahman, and Viṣṇu too is pleased with him when he is joined with devotion, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 3.79
भारते जन्म संप्राप्य नात्मानं तारयेतु यः । पच्यते निरये धोरे स त्वाचन्द्राक्रतारकम्
bhārate janma saṃprāpya nātmānaṃ tārayetu yaḥ / pacyate niraye dhore sa tvācandrākratārakam
He who, having obtained birth in Bhārata, does not carry himself across (to liberation) is cooked in dreadful hell for as long as moon, sun and stars endure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 3.80
वासदेवपरो धर्मो वासुदेवपरं तपः । वासुदेवपरं ज्ञानं वासुदेवपरा गतिः
vāsadevaparo dharmo vāsudevaparaṃ tapaḥ / vāsudevaparaṃ jñānaṃ vāsudevaparā gatiḥ
Duty has Vāsudeva as its highest end, austerity has Vāsudeva as its highest end, knowledge has Vāsudeva as its highest end, the (final) goal has Vāsudeva as its highest end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 3.81
वासुदेवात्मकं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । आब्रह्मस्तम्बपर्यन्तं तस्मादन्यत्र विद्यते
vāsudevātmakaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam / ābrahmastambaparyantaṃ tasmādanyatra vidyate
All this world, moving and unmoving, has Vāsudeva as its self; from Brahmā down to a clump of grass, (nothing) exists apart from him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 3.82
स एव धाता त्रिपुरान्तकश्च स एव देवासुरयज्ञरुपः । स एवब्रह्माण्डमिदं ततो ऽन्यन्न किञ्चिदस्ति व्यतिरिक्तरुपम्
sa eva dhātā tripurāntakaśca sa eva devāsurayajñarupaḥ / sa evabrahmāṇḍamidaṃ tato 'nyanna kiñcidasti vyatiriktarupam
He alone is the ordainer, and he the destroyer of Tripura; he alone has the form of gods, demons and sacrifice; he alone is this cosmic egg; other than him there is nothing at all of separate form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 3.83
अस्मात्परं नापरमस्ति किञ्चिद्यस्मादणीयान्नतथा महीयान् । व्यात्पं हि तेनेदमिदं विचित्रं तं देवदेवं प्रणमेत्समीङ्यम्
asmātparaṃ nāparamasti kiñcidyasmādaṇīyānnatathā mahīyān / vyātpaṃ hi tenedamidaṃ vicitraṃ taṃ devadevaṃ praṇametsamīṅyam
Higher than him there is nothing further at all, than whom nothing is smaller and nothing so great; for by him this variegated (universe) is pervaded. Let one bow to that god of gods, worthy of praise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition