Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 34
NarP 1 34.1
नारद उवाच समाख्यातानि सर्वाणि योगाङ्गानि महामुने । इदानीमपि सर्वज्ञ यत्पृच्छामि तदुच्यताम्
nārada uvāca samākhyātāni sarvāṇi yogāṅgāni mahāmune / idānīmapi sarvajña yatpṛcchāmi taducyatām
Nārada said: All the limbs of yoga have been fully expounded, O great sage; now too, O all-knowing one, let what I ask be told.
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NarP 1 34.2
योगोभक्तिमतामेव सिध्यतीति त्वयोदितम् । यस्य तुष्यति सर्वेशस्तस्य भक्तिश्च शाश्वतम्
yogobhaktimatāmeva sidhyatīti tvayoditam / yasya tuṣyati sarveśastasya bhaktiśca śāśvatam
It was said by you that yoga succeeds only for those possessed of devotion; and he with whom the Lord of all is pleased — his devotion is everlasting.
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NarP 1 34.3
यथा तुष्यति सर्वेशो देवदेवो जनार्दनः । तन्ममाख्याहि सर्वज्ञ मुने कारुण्यवारिधे
yathā tuṣyati sarveśo devadevo janārdanaḥ / tanmamākhyāhi sarvajña mune kāruṇyavāridhe
Tell me that by which the Lord of all, the god of gods Janārdana, is pleased, O all-knowing sage, ocean of compassion.
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NarP 1 34.4
सनक उवाच नारायणं परं देवं सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहम् । भज सर्वात्मना विप्र यदि मुक्तिमभीप्ससि
sanaka uvāca nārāyaṇaṃ paraṃ devaṃ saccidānandavigraham / bhaja sarvātmanā vipra yadi muktimabhīpsasi
Sanaka said: Worship with your whole being, O brahmin, Nārāyaṇa, the supreme god, whose form is being, consciousness and bliss, if you desire liberation.
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NarP 1 34.5
रिपवस्तं न हिंसन्ति न बाधन्ते ग्रहाश्चतम् । राक्षसाश्च न चेक्षन्ते नरं विष्णुपरायणम्
ripavastaṃ na hiṃsanti na bādhante grahāścatam / rākṣasāśca na cekṣante naraṃ viṣṇuparāyaṇam
Enemies do not harm him, the planets do not afflict him, and demons do not (even) look upon the man who is devoted to Viṣṇu.
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NarP 1 34.6
भक्तर्दृढा भवेद्यस्य देवदेवे जनार्दने । श्रेयांसि तस्य सिध्यन्ति भक्तिमन्तो ऽधिकास्ततः
bhaktardṛḍhā bhavedyasya devadeve janārdane / śreyāṃsi tasya sidhyanti bhaktimanto 'dhikāstataḥ
He whose devotion to the god of gods Janārdana becomes firm — for him good things succeed; those possessed of devotion are superior to others.
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NarP 1 34.7
पादौ तौ सफलौ पुंसां यौ विष्णुगृहगामिनौ । तौ करौ लफलौ ज्ञेयौ विष्णुपूजापरौ तु यौ
pādau tau saphalau puṃsāṃ yau viṣṇugṛhagāminau / tau karau laphalau jñeyau viṣṇupūjāparau tu yau
Those two feet of men are fruitful which go to Viṣṇu's house; those two hands are to be known as fruitful which are devoted to the worship of Viṣṇu.
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NarP 1 34.8
ते नेत्रे सुफले पुंसां पश्यतो ये दनार्दनम् । सा जिह्वा प्रोच्यते सद्भिर्हरिनामपरा तु या
te netre suphale puṃsāṃ paśyato ye danārdanam / sā jihvā procyate sadbhirharināmaparā tu yā
Those eyes of men are truly fruitful which behold Janārdana; and that tongue is praised by the good which is devoted to the name of Hari.
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NarP 1 34.9
सत्यं सत्यं पुनः सत्यमुद्धृत्य भुजमुत्यते । तत्त्वं गुरुसमं नारित नत देवः केशवात्परः
satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyamuddhṛtya bhujamutyate / tattvaṃ gurusamaṃ nārita nata devaḥ keśavātparaḥ
It is truth, truth, again truth, proclaimed with arm upraised: there is no principle equal to the guru, no god higher than Keśava.
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NarP 1 34.10
सत्यं वच्मिहितं वाच्मि सारं वच्मि पुनः पुनः । असारे ऽस्मिंस्त संसारे सत्यं हरिसमर्चनम्
satyaṃ vacmihitaṃ vācmi sāraṃ vacmi punaḥ punaḥ / asāre 'smiṃsta saṃsāre satyaṃ harisamarcanam
I speak the truth, I speak what is beneficial, I speak the essence again and again: in this sapless round of rebirth, the true thing is the worship of Hari.
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NarP 1 34.11
संसारपाशं सुदृढं महामोहप्रदायकम् । हरिभक्तिकुटारेण च्छित्त्वात्यन्तसुखी भव
saṃsārapāśaṃ sudṛḍhaṃ mahāmohapradāyakam / haribhaktikuṭāreṇa cchittvātyantasukhī bhava
Having cut, with the axe of devotion to Hari, the very firm noose of saṃsāra which bestows great delusion, be utterly happy.
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NarP 1 34.12
तन्मनः संयुतं विष्णौ सा वाणी यत्परायणा । ते श्रोत्रे तत्कथासारपूरिते लोकवन्दिते
tanmanaḥ saṃyutaṃ viṣṇau sā vāṇī yatparāyaṇā / te śrotre tatkathāsārapūrite lokavandite
That is (truly) mind which is joined to Viṣṇu; that is (truly) speech which is devoted to him; those are (truly) ears, praised by the world, which are filled with the essence of stories about him.
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NarP 1 34.13
आनन्दमक्षरं शून्यमवस्थात्रितयैरपि । आकाशमध्यगं देवं भज नारद संततम्
ānandamakṣaraṃ śūnyamavasthātritayairapi / ākāśamadhyagaṃ devaṃ bhaja nārada saṃtatam
Worship constantly, O Nārada, the god who is bliss, imperishable, void even of the three states (of waking, dream and deep sleep), dwelling in the midst of space.
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NarP 1 34.14
स्थानं न शक्यते यस्य स्वरुपं वा कदाचन । निर्देष्टुं मुनिशार्दूल द्रष्टुं वाप्यकृतात्मभिः
sthānaṃ na śakyate yasya svarupaṃ vā kadācana / nirdeṣṭuṃ muniśārdūla draṣṭuṃ vāpyakṛtātmabhiḥ
He whose place or whose own form can never be pointed out, O tiger among sages, nor even seen, by those whose selves are unperfected.
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NarP 1 34.15
समस्तैः करणैर्युक्तो वर्त्ते ऽसौ यदा तदा । जाग्रदित्युच्यते सद्भिरन्तर्यामी सनातनः
samastaiḥ karaṇairyukto vartte 'sau yadā tadā / jāgradityucyate sadbhirantaryāmī sanātanaḥ
When he abides joined with all the instruments (of sense), then he is called "waking" by the good — the eternal inner controller.
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NarP 1 34.16
यदान्तः करणैर्ंयुक्तः स्वेच्छया विचरत्यसौ । स्वपन्निच्युच्यते ह्यात्मा यदा स्वापविवर्जितः
yadāntaḥ karaṇairṃyuktaḥ svecchayā vicaratyasau / svapannicyucyate hyātmā yadā svāpavivarjitaḥ
When he, joined with the inner instruments (alone), roams about by his own will, that Self is called "dreaming"; and when he is devoid of (even) sleep—
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NarP 1 34.17
न बाह्यकरणैर्युक्तो न चान्तः करणैस्तथा । अस्वरुपो यदात्मासौ पुण्यापुण्यविवर्जितः
na bāhyakaraṇairyukto na cāntaḥ karaṇaistathā / asvarupo yadātmāsau puṇyāpuṇyavivarjitaḥ
—not joined with the outer instruments, nor likewise with the inner instruments, when this Self is without form, free of merit and demerit,
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NarP 1 34.18
सर्वोपाधिविनिर्मुक्तो ह्यानन्दो निर्गुणो विभुः । परब्रह्ममयो देवः सुषुत्प इति गीयते
sarvopādhivinirmukto hyānando nirguṇo vibhuḥ / parabrahmamayo devaḥ suṣutpa iti gīyate
released from all limiting conditions, bliss, without qualities, all-pervading, made of the supreme brahman — that god is sung of as "deep sleep."
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NarP 1 34.19
भावनामयमेतद्वै जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । विद्युद्विलोलं विप्रेन्द्र भघज तस्माज्जनार्दनम्
bhāvanāmayametadvai jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam / vidyudvilolaṃ viprendra bhaghaja tasmājjanārdanam
This world, with things unmoving and moving, is indeed made of imagination, unsteady as lightning, O chief of brahmins; therefore worship Janārdana.
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NarP 1 34.20
अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं ब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहौ । वर्तते यस्य तस्यैव तुष्यते जगतां पतिः
ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryāparigrahau / vartate yasya tasyaiva tuṣyate jagatāṃ patiḥ
In whomever non-injury, truth, non-stealing, chastity and non-possession are present — with him alone is the Lord of the worlds pleased.
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NarP 1 34.21
सर्वभघूतदयायुक्तो विप्रपूजापरायणः । तस्य तुष्टो जगन्नाथो मधुकैटभमर्द्दनः
sarvabhaghūtadayāyukto viprapūjāparāyaṇaḥ / tasya tuṣṭo jagannātho madhukaiṭabhamarddanaḥ
He who is endowed with compassion for all beings and devoted to the honouring of brahmins — with him the Lord of the world, the crusher of Madhu and Kaiṭabha, is pleased.
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NarP 1 34.22
सत्कथायां च रमते सत्कथां च करोति यः । सत्सङ्गो निरहं कारस्तस्य प्रीतो रमापतिः
satkathāyāṃ ca ramate satkathāṃ ca karoti yaḥ / satsaṅgo nirahaṃ kārastasya prīto ramāpatiḥ
He who delights in good discourse and himself makes good discourse, who keeps company with the good and is without egoism — with him the husband of Ramā is pleased.
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NarP 1 34.23
नामसंकीर्त्तनं विष्णो क्षुत्तृट्प्रस्खलितादिषु । करोति सततं यस्तु तस्य प्रीतो ह्यधोक्षजः
nāmasaṃkīrttanaṃ viṣṇo kṣuttṛṭpraskhalitādiṣu / karoti satataṃ yastu tasya prīto hyadhokṣajaḥ
But he who constantly makes the chanting of Viṣṇu's name when hungry, thirsty, stumbling and so on — with him Adhokṣaja is pleased.
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NarP 1 34.24
यातु नारीपतिप्राणा पतिपूजापरायणा । तस्यास्तुष्टो जगन्नाथो ददाति स्वपदं मुने
yātu nārīpatiprāṇā patipūjāparāyaṇā / tasyāstuṣṭo jagannātho dadāti svapadaṃ mune
And that woman for whom her husband is her very life, who is devoted to honouring her husband — pleased with her, the Lord of the world grants his own abode, O sage.
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NarP 1 34.25
असूयारहिता ये तु ह्यहङ्कारविवर्जिताः । देवपूजापराश्चैव तेषां तुष्यति केशवः
asūyārahitā ye tu hyahaṅkāravivarjitāḥ / devapūjāparāścaiva teṣāṃ tuṣyati keśavaḥ
Those who are free of envy and devoid of pride, and are intent on the worship of the god — with them Keśava is pleased.
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NarP 1 34.26
तस्माच्छृणुष्व देवर्शे भजस्वं सततं हरिम् । मा कुरुष्व ह्यहङ्कारं विद्युल्लोलश्रिया वृथा
tasmācchṛṇuṣva devarśe bhajasvaṃ satataṃ harim / mā kuruṣva hyahaṅkāraṃ vidyullolaśriyā vṛthā
Therefore listen, O divine sage, and worship Hari constantly; do not make pride in vain over fortune (as fickle) as lightning.
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NarP 1 34.27
शरीरं मृत्युसंयुक्तं जीवितं चाति चञ्चलम् । राजादिभिर्धनं बाध्यं सम्पदः क्षणभङ्गुराः
śarīraṃ mṛtyusaṃyuktaṃ jīvitaṃ cāti cañcalam / rājādibhirdhanaṃ bādhyaṃ sampadaḥ kṣaṇabhaṅgurāḥ
The body is coupled with death, and life is extremely unsteady; wealth is liable to seizure by kings and the like, and prosperities perish in a moment.
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NarP 1 34.28
किं न पश्यसि देवर्षे ह्यायुषार्द्धं तु निद्रया । हतं च भोजनाद्यैश्च कियदायुः समाहृतम्
kiṃ na paśyasi devarṣe hyāyuṣārddhaṃ tu nidrayā / hataṃ ca bhojanādyaiśca kiyadāyuḥ samāhṛtam
Do you not see, O divine sage, that half of one's lifespan is destroyed by sleep, and (some) by eating and the rest — how much lifespan has been gathered up (that way)?
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NarP 1 34.29
कियदायुर्बालभावात्कियद्वृथा । कियद्विषयभोगैश्च कदा धर्मान्करिष्यति
kiyadāyurbālabhāvātkiyadvṛthā / kiyadviṣayabhogaiśca kadā dharmānkariṣyati
How much of life goes in childhood, how much in vain, how much in the enjoyment of sense-objects? When will one perform the duties of dharma?
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NarP 1 34.30
बालभावे च वार्द्धक्येन घटेताच्युतार्चनम् । वयस्येव ततो धर्मान्कुरु त्वमनहङ्कृतः
bālabhāve ca vārddhakyena ghaṭetācyutārcanam / vayasyeva tato dharmānkuru tvamanahaṅkṛtaḥ
In childhood and in old age, how would the worship of Acyuta be possible? Therefore, in the prime of life itself, do you practise the duties of dharma, free of pride.
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NarP 1 34.31
मा विनाशं व्रज मुने मग्नः संसारगह्वरे । वरुर्विनाशनिलयमापदां परमं पदम्
mā vināśaṃ vraja mune magnaḥ saṃsāragahvare / varurvināśanilayamāpadāṃ paramaṃ padam
Do not go to destruction, O sage, sunk in the abyss of transmigration; choose the supreme station, free of destruction and of calamities.
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NarP 1 34.32
शरीरं भोगनिलयं मलाद्यैः परिदूषितम् । किमर्थं शाश्वतधिया कुर्यात्पापं नरो वृथा
śarīraṃ bhoganilayaṃ malādyaiḥ paridūṣitam / kimarthaṃ śāśvatadhiyā kuryātpāpaṃ naro vṛthā
The body is a dwelling of enjoyment, wholly defiled by filth and the rest; why should a man, thinking it eternal, commit sin in vain?
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NarP 1 34.33
आसारभूते संसारे नानादुः खसमन्विते । विश्वासो नात्र कर्त्तव्यो निश्चितं मृत्युसंकुले
āsārabhūte saṃsāre nānāduḥ khasamanvite / viśvāso nātra karttavyo niścitaṃ mṛtyusaṃkule
In transmigration, which is without substance and attended by manifold sufferings, no trust should be placed here, in this (world) certainly crowded with death.
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NarP 1 34.34
तस्माच्छृणुष्व विप्रेन्द्र सत्यमेतद्व्रवीम्यहम् । देहयोगनिवृत्त्यर्थं सद्य एव जनार्दनम्
tasmācchṛṇuṣva viprendra satyametadvravīmyaham / dehayoganivṛttyarthaṃ sadya eva janārdanam
Therefore listen, best of brahmins — this that I say is the truth: (worship) Janārdana this very moment, for the sake of release from union with the body.
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NarP 1 34.35
मानं त्यक्त्वा तथा लोभं कामक्रोधविवर्जितः । भजस्व सततं विष्णुं मानुष्यमतिदुर्लभम्
mānaṃ tyaktvā tathā lobhaṃ kāmakrodhavivarjitaḥ / bhajasva satataṃ viṣṇuṃ mānuṣyamatidurlabham
Abandoning pride and likewise greed, free of desire and anger, worship Viṣṇu constantly: human birth is exceedingly hard to obtain.
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NarP 1 34.36
कोटिजन्मसहस्रेषु स्थावरादिषु सत्तम । संभ्रान्तस्य तु मानुष्यं कथञ्चित्परिलभ्यते
koṭijanmasahasreṣu sthāvarādiṣu sattama / saṃbhrāntasya tu mānuṣyaṃ kathañcitparilabhyate
Through ten million thousands of births among plants and the rest, O best of beings, for one who has wandered (through them) human birth is somehow attained.
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NarP 1 34.37
तत्रापि देवताबुद्धिर्दानबुद्धिश्च सत्तम । भोगबुद्धिस्तथा नॄणां जन्मान्तरतपः फलम्
tatrāpi devatābuddhirdānabuddhiśca sattama / bhogabuddhistathā nṝṇāṃ janmāntaratapaḥ phalam
And even there, O best of beings, the inclination toward the gods, the inclination to give, and likewise the inclination toward enjoyment in men are the fruit of austerity (performed) in another birth.
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NarP 1 34.38
मानुष्यं दुर्लभं प्राप्य यो हरिं नार्चयेत्सकृत् । मूर्खः को ऽस्ति परस्तस्माज्जडबुद्धिरचेतनः
mānuṣyaṃ durlabhaṃ prāpya yo hariṃ nārcayetsakṛt / mūrkhaḥ ko 'sti parastasmājjaḍabuddhiracetanaḥ
Who is a greater fool, dull-witted and senseless, than the man who, having obtained hard-won human birth, would not worship Hari even once?
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NarP 1 34.39
दुर्लभं प्राप्य मानुष्यं नार्चयन्ति च ये हरिम् । तेषामतीव मूर्खाणां विवेकः कुत्र तिष्ठति
durlabhaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ nārcayanti ca ye harim / teṣāmatīva mūrkhāṇāṃ vivekaḥ kutra tiṣṭhati
And as for those who, having obtained hard-won human birth, do not worship Hari — where does discernment reside in those utter fools?
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NarP 1 34.40
आराधितो जगन्नाथो ददात्यभिमतं फलम् । कस्तं न पूजयेद्विप्रसंसाराप्रिप्रदीपितः
ārādhito jagannātho dadātyabhimataṃ phalam / kastaṃ na pūjayedviprasaṃsārāpripradīpitaḥ
When propitiated, the Lord of the world grants the desired fruit. Who, O brahmin, when he is scorched by the enemy that is saṃsāra, would not worship him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 34.41
चण्डालो ऽपि मुनिश्रेष्ट विष्णुभक्तो द्विजाधिकः । विष्णुभक्तिविहीनश्च द्विजो ऽपि श्वपचाधमः
caṇḍālo 'pi muniśreṣṭa viṣṇubhakto dvijādhikaḥ / viṣṇubhaktivihīnaśca dvijo 'pi śvapacādhamaḥ
Even a caṇḍāla, O best of sages, if he is devoted to Viṣṇu, is superior to a twice-born; and one lacking devotion to Viṣṇu, though twice-born, is lower than a dog-cooker.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.42
तस्मात्कामादिकं त्यक्त्वा भजेत हरिमव्ययम् । यस्मिंस्तुष्टे ऽखिलं तुष्येद्यतः सर्वगतो हरिः
tasmātkāmādikaṃ tyaktvā bhajeta harimavyayam / yasmiṃstuṣṭe 'khilaṃ tuṣyedyataḥ sarvagato hariḥ
Therefore, abandoning desire and the rest, one should worship the imperishable Hari, in whose being pleased the whole (world) is pleased, since Hari pervades all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.43
यथा हस्तिपदे सर्वं पदमात्रं प्रलीयते । तथःआ चराचरं विश्वं विष्णाविव प्रलीयते
yathā hastipade sarvaṃ padamātraṃ pralīyate / tathaḥā carācaraṃ viśvaṃ viṣṇāviva pralīyate
Just as in an elephant's footprint every (other) footprint is wholly contained, so this world with its moving and unmoving (beings) dissolves into Viṣṇu alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 34.44
आकाशेन यथा व्यात्पं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम् । तथैव हरिणा व्यात्पं विश्वमेतच्चराचरम्
ākāśena yathā vyātpaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam / tathaiva hariṇā vyātpaṃ viśvametaccarācaram
As the world of unmoving and moving (beings) is pervaded by space, just so is this universe of moving and unmoving (beings) pervaded by Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.45
जन्मनो मरणं नॄणां जन्म वै मृत्युसाधनम् । उभे ते निकटे विद्धि तन्नाशो हरिसेवया
janmano maraṇaṃ nṝṇāṃ janma vai mṛtyusādhanam / ubhe te nikaṭe viddhi tannāśo harisevayā
From birth comes death for men; birth indeed is the instrument of death. Know that these two are close at hand: their destruction (comes) through service to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.46
ध्यातः स्मृतः पूजितो वा प्रणतो वा जनार्दनः । संसारपाशविच्छेदीकस्तं न प्रतिपूजयेत्
dhyātaḥ smṛtaḥ pūjito vā praṇato vā janārdanaḥ / saṃsārapāśavicchedīkastaṃ na pratipūjayet
Janārdana, whether meditated on, remembered, worshipped, or bowed to, severs the bond of saṃsāra: who would not worship him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.47
यन्नामोच्चांरणादेव महापातकनाशनम् । यं समभ्यर्च्य विप्रर्षे मोक्षभागी भवेन्नरः
yannāmoccāṃraṇādeva mahāpātakanāśanam / yaṃ samabhyarcya viprarṣe mokṣabhāgī bhavennaraḥ
He by the mere utterance of whose name there is destruction of great sins, whom having worshipped, O brahmin seer, a man becomes a partaker of liberation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.48
अहो चित्रमहो चित्रमहो चित्रमिदं द्विज । हरिनाम्नि स्थिते लोकः संसारे परिवर्त्तते
aho citramaho citramaho citramidaṃ dvija / harināmni sthite lokaḥ saṃsāre parivarttate
Oh, it is strange, strange, strange, this, O twice-born: while Hari's name stands (available), the world keeps revolving in saṃsāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.49
भूयोभूयो ऽपि वक्ष्यामि सत्यमेतत्तपोधन । नीयमानो यमभटैरशक्तो धर्मसाधनैः
bhūyobhūyo 'pi vakṣyāmi satyametattapodhana / nīyamāno yamabhaṭairaśakto dharmasādhanaiḥ
Again and again I shall say it — this is the truth, O you rich in austerity: (a man) being dragged off by Yama's servants is powerless, (being) without the means of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.50
यावन्नेन्द्रियवैकल्यं यावद्व्याधिर्न बाधते । तावदेवार्चयेद्विष्णुं यदि मुक्तिमभीप्सति
yāvannendriyavaikalyaṃ yāvadvyādhirna bādhate / tāvadevārcayedviṣṇuṃ yadi muktimabhīpsati
So long as there is no failing of the senses, so long as disease does not afflict (him), for just that long let (a man) worship Viṣṇu, if he desires liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.51
मातुर्गर्भाद्विनिष्क्रान्तो यदा जन्तुस्तदैव हि । मृत्युः संनिहितो भूयात्तस्माद्धर्मपरो भवेत्
māturgarbhādviniṣkrānto yadā jantustadaiva hi / mṛtyuḥ saṃnihito bhūyāttasmāddharmaparo bhavet
The very moment a creature comes forth from its mother's womb, from that moment death stands near; therefore let one be devoted to dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.52
अहो कष्टमहो कष्टमहोकष्टमिदं वपुः । विनश्वरं समाज्ञाय धर्मं नैवाचरत्ययम्
aho kaṣṭamaho kaṣṭamahokaṣṭamidaṃ vapuḥ / vinaśvaraṃ samājñāya dharmaṃ naivācaratyayam
Alas, it is a misery, a misery, a misery! Though he knows full well that this body is perishable, this (man) still does not practise dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.53
सत्यं सत्यं पुनः सत्यमुद्धृत्य भुजमुच्यते । दम्भाचारं परित्यज्यं वासुदेवं समर्चयेत्
satyaṃ satyaṃ punaḥ satyamuddhṛtya bhujamucyate / dambhācāraṃ parityajyaṃ vāsudevaṃ samarcayet
It is truth, truth, truth again — it is declared with the arm raised: abandoning hypocritical conduct, one should worship Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.54
भूयो भूयो हितं वच्मि भुजमुद्धृत्य नारद । विष्णुः सर्वात्मना पूज्यस्त्याज्यासूया तथानृतम्
bhūyo bhūyo hitaṃ vacmi bhujamuddhṛtya nārada / viṣṇuḥ sarvātmanā pūjyastyājyāsūyā tathānṛtam
Again and again I declare what is beneficial, raising my arm, Nārada: Viṣṇu is to be worshipped with one's whole being; envy is to be abandoned, and falsehood too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.55
क्रोधमूलो मनस्तापः क्रोधः संसारबन्धनम् । धर्मक्षयकरः क्रोधस्तस्मात्तं परिवर्जयेत्
krodhamūlo manastāpaḥ krodhaḥ saṃsārabandhanam / dharmakṣayakaraḥ krodhastasmāttaṃ parivarjayet
Anger is the root of mental anguish; anger is the bondage of transmigration; anger destroys merit—therefore one should wholly renounce it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.56
काममूलमिदं जन्म कामः पापस्य कारणम् । यशः क्षयकरः कामस्तस्मात्तं परिवर्जयेत्
kāmamūlamidaṃ janma kāmaḥ pāpasya kāraṇam / yaśaḥ kṣayakaraḥ kāmastasmāttaṃ parivarjayet
This birth has desire for its root; desire is the cause of sin; desire destroys fame—therefore one should wholly renounce it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.57
समस्तदुःखजालानां मात्सर्यं कारणं स्मृतम् । नरकाणां साधनं च तस्मात्तदपि संत्यजेत्
samastaduḥkhajālānāṃ mātsaryaṃ kāraṇaṃ smṛtam / narakāṇāṃ sādhanaṃ ca tasmāttadapi saṃtyajet
Envy is held to be the cause of the whole web of sorrows, and the means (of attaining) the hells—therefore one should give that up as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.58
मन एव मनुष्याणां कारणं बन्धमोक्षयोः । तस्मात्तदभिसंयोज्य परात्मनि सुखी भवेत्
mana eva manuṣyāṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ bandhamokṣayoḥ / tasmāttadabhisaṃyojya parātmani sukhī bhavet
Mind alone is the cause of bondage and release for human beings; therefore, having joined it to the supreme Self, one may become happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.59
अहो धैर्यमहो धैर्यमहो धैर्यमहो नृणाम् । विष्णौ स्थिते जगन्नाथे न भजन्ति मदोद्धताः
aho dhairyamaho dhairyamaho dhairyamaho nṛṇām / viṣṇau sthite jagannāthe na bhajanti madoddhatāḥ
Oh, the nerve, oh the nerve, oh the nerve, oh, of men! Though Viṣṇu, the Lord of the world, is present, those puffed up with pride do not worship (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.60
अनाराध्य जगन्नाथं सर्वधातारमच्युतम् । संसारसागरे मग्नाः कथं पारं प्रयान्ति हि
anārādhya jagannāthaṃ sarvadhātāramacyutam / saṃsārasāgare magnāḥ kathaṃ pāraṃ prayānti hi
Not having worshipped the Lord of the world, the sustainer of all, the imperishable one, how indeed can those sunk in the ocean of transmigration reach the far shore?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.61
अच्युतानन्तगोविन्दनामोच्चारणभेषजात् । नश्यन्ति सकला रोगाः सत्यं सत्यं वदाम्यहम्
acyutānantagovindanāmoccāraṇabheṣajāt / naśyanti sakalā rogāḥ satyaṃ satyaṃ vadāmyaham
By the medicine that is the uttering of the names Acyuta, Ananta, Govinda, all diseases perish—truly, truly do I say it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.62
नारायण जगन्नाथ वासुदेव जनार्द्दन । इतीरयन्ति ये नित्यं ते वै सर्वत्र वन्दिताः
nārāyaṇa jagannātha vāsudeva janārddana / itīrayanti ye nityaṃ te vai sarvatra vanditāḥ
"Nārāyaṇa, Lord of the world, Vāsudeva, Janārdana"—those who constantly utter thus are indeed honoured everywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.63
अद्यापि च मुनिश्रेष्ट ब्रह्माद्या अपि देवताः । यत्प्राभावं न जानन्ति तं याहि शरणं मुने
adyāpi ca muniśreṣṭa brahmādyā api devatāḥ / yatprābhāvaṃ na jānanti taṃ yāhi śaraṇaṃ mune
Even today, best of sages, even the gods beginning with Brahmā do not know his power—go to him for refuge, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.64
अहो मौर्ख्यमहो मौर्ख्यमहो मौर्ख्यं दुरात्मनाम् । हृत्पद्मसंस्थितं विष्णुं न विजानन्ति नारद
aho maurkhyamaho maurkhyamaho maurkhyaṃ durātmanām / hṛtpadmasaṃsthitaṃ viṣṇuṃ na vijānanti nārada
Oh, the folly, oh the folly, oh the folly of the evil-minded: they do not recognise Viṣṇu seated in the lotus of the heart, Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.65
शृणुष्व मुनिशार्दूल भूयोभूयो वदाम्यहम् । हरिः श्रद्धावतां तुष्येन्न धनैर्न च बान्धवैः
śṛṇuṣva muniśārdūla bhūyobhūyo vadāmyaham / hariḥ śraddhāvatāṃ tuṣyenna dhanairna ca bāndhavaiḥ
Listen, tiger among sages, again and again I say it: Hari is pleased with those who have faith, not by riches nor by kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.66
बन्धुमत्त्वं धनाढ्यत्वं पुत्रवत्त्वं च सत्तम । विष्णुभघक्तिमतां नॄणां भवेज्जन्मनि जन्मनि
bandhumattvaṃ dhanāḍhyatvaṃ putravattvaṃ ca sattama / viṣṇubhaghaktimatāṃ nṝṇāṃ bhavejjanmani janmani
Having kinsmen, being rich in wealth, and having sons, O best one—these come to men who have devotion to Viṣṇu, birth after birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.67
पापमूलमयं देहः पापकर्मरतस्तथा । एतद्विदित्वा सततं पूजनीयो जनार्द्दनः
pāpamūlamayaṃ dehaḥ pāpakarmaratastathā / etadviditvā satataṃ pūjanīyo janārddanaḥ
This body is made of the root of sin, and likewise (the man) attached to sinful acts; knowing this, Janārdana should be worshipped constantly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.68
पुत्रमित्रकलत्राद्या बहवः स्युश्च संपदः । हरिपूजारतानां तु भवत्येन न संशयः
putramitrakalatrādyā bahavaḥ syuśca saṃpadaḥ / haripūjāratānāṃ tu bhavatyena na saṃśayaḥ
Sons, friends, wives and the rest, and abundant riches—these come to those devoted to the worship of Hari, no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.69
इहामुत्र सुखप्रेप्सुः पूजयेत्सततं हरिम् । इहामुत्रासुखप्रेप्सुः परनिन्दापरो भवेत्
ihāmutra sukhaprepsuḥ pūjayetsatataṃ harim / ihāmutrāsukhaprepsuḥ paranindāparo bhavet
One who desires happiness here and hereafter should constantly worship Hari; one who desires unhappiness here and hereafter becomes intent on slandering others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.70
धिग्जन्म भक्तिहीनानां देवदेवे जनार्द्दने । सत्पात्रदानशून्यं यत्तद्धनं धिक्पुनः पुनः
dhigjanma bhaktihīnānāṃ devadeve janārddane / satpātradānaśūnyaṃ yattaddhanaṃ dhikpunaḥ punaḥ
Cursed is the birth of those who lack devotion to Janārdana, god of gods; and that wealth which is devoid of giving to worthy recipients—cursed be it again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.71
न नमेद्विष्णवे यस्य शरीरं कर्मभेदिने । पापानामाकरं तद्वै विज्ञेयं मुनिसत्तम
na namedviṣṇave yasya śarīraṃ karmabhedine / pāpānāmākaraṃ tadvai vijñeyaṃ munisattama
He whose body does not bow to Viṣṇu, the sunderer of (the bonds of) karma—that (body) is indeed to be known as a mine of sins, best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.72
सत्पात्रदानरहितं यद्द्रव्यं येन रक्षितम् । चौर्येण रक्षितमिव विद्धि लोकेषु निश्चितम्
satpātradānarahitaṃ yaddravyaṃ yena rakṣitam / cauryeṇa rakṣitamiva viddhi lokeṣu niścitam
Whatever wealth someone has guarded without giving to worthy recipients—know it for certain in the worlds to be as though guarded by theft.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.73
तडिल्लोलश्रिया मत्ताः क्षणंभयुरशालिनः । नाराधयन्ति विश्वेशं पशुपाशविमोचकम्
taḍillolaśriyā mattāḥ kṣaṇaṃbhayuraśālinaḥ / nārādhayanti viśveśaṃ paśupāśavimocakam
Intoxicated by fortune unsteady as lightning, endowed with (bodies) that break in an instant, they do not worship the Lord of all, the loosener of the bonds of the fettered creature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.74
सृष्टिस्तु द्विविधा प्रोक्ता दैवासुरविभेदतः । हरि भक्ति युता दैवी तद्धीना ह्यासुरी महा
sṛṣṭistu dvividhā proktā daivāsuravibhedataḥ / hari bhakti yutā daivī taddhīnā hyāsurī mahā
Creation is declared to be of two kinds, by the division into divine and demonic: that joined with devotion to Hari is divine, and that lacking it is the great demonic (creation).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.75
तस्माच्छृणष्व विप्रेन्द्र हरिभक्तिपरायणाः । श्रेष्ठाः सर्वत्र विख्याता यतो भक्तिः सुदुर्लभा
tasmācchṛṇaṣva viprendra haribhaktiparāyaṇāḥ / śreṣṭhāḥ sarvatra vikhyātā yato bhaktiḥ sudurlabhā
Therefore listen, best of brahmins: those devoted to Hari-bhakti are the finest, renowned everywhere, since devotion is very hard to obtain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.76
असूयारहिता ये च विप्रत्राणपरायणाः । कामादिरहिता ये च तेषां तुष्यति केशवः
asūyārahitā ye ca vipratrāṇaparāyaṇāḥ / kāmādirahitā ye ca teṣāṃ tuṣyati keśavaḥ
Those who are free of spite and devoted to the protection of brahmins, and those who are free of desire and the rest — with them Keśava is pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 34.77
संमार्जनादिना ये तु विष्णुशुश्रूषणे रताः । सत्पात्रदाननिरताः प्रयान्ति परमं पदम्
saṃmārjanādinā ye tu viṣṇuśuśrūṣaṇe ratāḥ / satpātradānaniratāḥ prayānti paramaṃ padam
And those who are intent on the service of Viṣṇu by sweeping (the temple) and so forth, and who delight in giving to worthy recipients, go to the supreme abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition