Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 38

NarP 1 38.1

नारद उवाच किन्तत्स्तोत्रं महाभाग कथं तुष्टो जनार्दनः । उक्तङ्कः पुण्यपुरुषः कीदृशं लब्धवान्वरम्

nārada uvāca kintatstotraṃ mahābhāga kathaṃ tuṣṭo janārdanaḥ / uktaṅkaḥ puṇyapuruṣaḥ kīdṛśaṃ labdhavānvaram

Nārada said: What was that hymn of praise, O greatly fortunate one? How was Janārdana pleased? What kind of boon did Uttaṅka, that man of merit, obtain?

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NarP 1 38.2

सनक उवाच उत्तङ्कस्तु तदा विप्रो हरिध्यानपरायणः । पादोदकस्य माहात्म्यं दृष्ट्वा तुष्टाव भक्तितः

sanaka uvāca uttaṅkastu tadā vipro haridhyānaparāyaṇaḥ / pādodakasya māhātmyaṃ dṛṣṭvā tuṣṭāva bhaktitaḥ

Sanaka said: Then the brahmin Uttaṅka, devoted to meditation on Hari, having seen the greatness of the water from (his) feet, praised (him) with devotion.

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NarP 1 38.3

उत्तङ्क उवाच नतो ऽस्मि नारायणमादिदेवं जगन्निवासं जगदेकबन्धुम् । चक्राब्जशार्ङ्गीसिधरं महान्तं स्मृतार्तिनिघ्नं शरणं प्रपद्ये

uttaṅka uvāca nato 'smi nārāyaṇamādidevaṃ jagannivāsaṃ jagadekabandhum / cakrābjaśārṅgīsidharaṃ mahāntaṃ smṛtārtinighnaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

Uttaṅka said: I bow to Nārāyaṇa, the primordial god, the dwelling-place of the world, the world's one kinsman; to the great one who bears discus, lotus, the Śārṅga bow and sword, who destroys the affliction of those who remember (him) — to (him) I go for refuge.

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NarP 1 38.4

यन्निभिजाब्ज प्रभवो विधाता सृजत्यमुं लोकसमुञ्चयं च । यत्क्रोधजो हॄन्ति जगञ्च रुद्रस्तमादिदेवं प्रणतो ऽस्मि विष्णुम्

yannibhijābja prabhavo vidhātā sṛjatyamuṃ lokasamuñcayaṃ ca / yatkrodhajo hṝnti jagañca rudrastamādidevaṃ praṇato 'smi viṣṇum

He from whose navel-born lotus the ordainer (Brahmā) arises and creates this whole assemblage of worlds, and (from whose) wrath Rudra is born, who destroys the world — to that primordial god Viṣṇu I have bowed.

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NarP 1 38.5

पद्मापतिं पद्मदलायताक्षं विचित्रवीर्यं निखिलैकहेतुम् । वेदान्तवेद्यं पुकुषं पुराणं तैजोनिधिं विष्णुमहं प्रपन्नः

padmāpatiṃ padmadalāyatākṣaṃ vicitravīryaṃ nikhilaikahetum / vedāntavedyaṃ pukuṣaṃ purāṇaṃ taijonidhiṃ viṣṇumahaṃ prapannaḥ

To the lord of Padmā (Lakṣmī), whose eyes are wide as lotus petals, of wondrous power, the one sole cause of all, to be known through the Vedānta, the ancient Person, the treasury of splendour — to Viṣṇu I have gone for refuge.

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NarP 1 38.6

आत्माक्षरः सर्वगतो ऽच्युताख्यो ज्ञानात्मको ज्ञानविदां शरण्यः । ज्ञानैकवेद्यो भगवाननादिः प्रसीदतां व्यष्टिस प्रष्टिरुपः

ātmākṣaraḥ sarvagato 'cyutākhyo jñānātmako jñānavidāṃ śaraṇyaḥ / jñānaikavedyo bhagavānanādiḥ prasīdatāṃ vyaṣṭisa praṣṭirupaḥ

The imperishable Self, all-pervading, called Acyuta, whose nature is knowledge, the refuge of the knowers of knowledge, to be known by knowledge alone, the Lord without beginning — may he, whose form is both the individual and the aggregate, be gracious.

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NarP 1 38.7

अनन्तवीयो गुणजातिहीनां गुणात्मको ज्ञानविदां वरष्टः । नित्यः प्रपन्नार्ति हरः परात्मा दयांबुधिर्मे वरदस्तु भघूयात्

anantavīyo guṇajātihīnāṃ guṇātmako jñānavidāṃ varaṣṭaḥ / nityaḥ prapannārti haraḥ parātmā dayāṃbudhirme varadastu bhaghūyāt

Of endless might, free of qualities and of class, yet having the qualities as his nature, best among the knowers of knowledge, eternal, remover of the affliction of those who take refuge, the supreme Self, an ocean of compassion — may he be a bestower of boons to me.

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NarP 1 38.8

यः स्थूलसूक्ष्मादिविशेषभेदौर्जगद्यथावत्स्वकृतं प्रविष्टः । त्वमेव तत्सर्वमनन्तसारं त्वत्तः परं नास्ति यतः परात्मन्

yaḥ sthūlasūkṣmādiviśeṣabhedaurjagadyathāvatsvakṛtaṃ praviṣṭaḥ / tvameva tatsarvamanantasāraṃ tvattaḥ paraṃ nāsti yataḥ parātman

He who, by the distinctions and divisions of gross, subtle and the rest, has entered the world he himself made, just as it is — you alone are all that, whose essence is endless; for there is nothing higher than you, O supreme Self.

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NarP 1 38.9

अगोचरं यत्तव शुद्धरूरं मायाविहीनं गुणजातिहीनम् । निरञ्जनं निर्मलमप्रमेयं पश्यन्ति सन्तः परमार्थसंज्ञम्

agocaraṃ yattava śuddharūraṃ māyāvihīnaṃ guṇajātihīnam / nirañjanaṃ nirmalamaprameyaṃ paśyanti santaḥ paramārthasaṃjñam

That pure form of yours which is beyond the senses, free of illusion, free of qualities and of class, spotless, stainless, immeasurable — the good behold (it), (that which is) named the highest reality.

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NarP 1 38.10

एकेन हेम्रैव विभूषणानि यातानि भेदत्वमुपाधिभेदात् । तथैव सर्वेष्वर एक एव प्रदृश्यते भिन्न इवारिवलात्मा

ekena hemraiva vibhūṣaṇāni yātāni bhedatvamupādhibhedāt / tathaiva sarveṣvara eka eva pradṛśyate bhinna ivārivalātmā

Just as ornaments (made) of a single gold come to be different through the difference of their limiting conditions, so too the lord of all is one alone, (though) he appears as if divided.

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NarP 1 38.11

यन्मायया मोहितचेतसस्तं पश्यन्ति नात्मानमपि प्रसिद्धम् । त एव मायारहितास्तदेव पसअयन्ति सर्वात्मकमात्मरुपम्

yanmāyayā mohitacetasastaṃ paśyanti nātmānamapi prasiddham / ta eva māyārahitāstadeva pasaayanti sarvātmakamātmarupam

Those whose minds are deluded by his māyā do not see him, though he is manifest as their very Self; those same ones, freed from māyā, see that very thing — the form of the Self, which is the Self of all.

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NarP 1 38.12

विभुं ज्योतिरनौपम्यं विष्णुसंज्ञं नमाम्यहम् । समस्तमेतदुद्भूतं यतो यत्र प्रतिष्टितम्

vibhuṃ jyotiranaupamyaṃ viṣṇusaṃjñaṃ namāmyaham / samastametadudbhūtaṃ yato yatra pratiṣṭitam

I bow to the all-pervading light, beyond comparison, named Viṣṇu, from which all this has arisen and in which it is established.

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NarP 1 38.13

यतश्चैतन्यमायातं यद्रूपं तस्य वै नमः । अप्रमेयमनादारमाधाराधेयरूपकम्

yataścaitanyamāyātaṃ yadrūpaṃ tasya vai namaḥ / aprameyamanādāramādhārādheyarūpakam

That form from which consciousness has come — to it indeed be homage: immeasurable, without support(?), having the form of both the support and the supported.

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NarP 1 38.14

परमानन्दचिन्मात्रं वासुदेवं नतो ऽस्म्यहम् । हृद्गुहानिलयं देवं योगिभिः परिसेवितम्

paramānandacinmātraṃ vāsudevaṃ nato 'smyaham / hṛdguhānilayaṃ devaṃ yogibhiḥ parisevitam

I have bowed to Vāsudeva, who is pure consciousness and supreme bliss, the god who dwells in the cave of the heart, waited upon by the yogins.

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NarP 1 38.15

योगानामादिभूतं तं नमामि प्रणवस्थितम् । नादात्मकं नादबीजं प्रणवात्मकमव्ययम्

yogānāmādibhūtaṃ taṃ namāmi praṇavasthitam / nādātmakaṃ nādabījaṃ praṇavātmakamavyayam

I bow to him who is the origin of the yogas, who abides in the praṇava (Om), whose nature is sound, the seed of sound, whose self is the praṇava, imperishable.

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NarP 1 38.16

सद्भघावं सञ्चिदानन्दं तं वन्दे तिग्मचक्रिणम् । अजरं साक्षिणं त्वस्य ह्यवाङ्मनसगोचरम्

sadbhaghāvaṃ sañcidānandaṃ taṃ vande tigmacakriṇam / ajaraṃ sākṣiṇaṃ tvasya hyavāṅmanasagocaram

I praise him of true being(?), being-consciousness-bliss, the bearer of the sharp discus, unaging, the witness of this (all), not within the range of speech and mind.

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NarP 1 38.17

निरञ्जनमनन्ताख्यं विष्णुरुपं नतो ऽस्म्यहम् । इन्द्रियाणि मनो बुद्धिः सत्त्वं तेजो बलं धृतिः

nirañjanamanantākhyaṃ viṣṇurupaṃ nato 'smyaham / indriyāṇi mano buddhiḥ sattvaṃ tejo balaṃ dhṛtiḥ

I have bowed to the form of Viṣṇu, stainless, named the Endless. The senses, mind, intellect, goodness, energy, strength, steadfastness —

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NarP 1 38.18

वासुदेवात्मकान्याहुः क्षेत्रं क्षेत्र ज्ञमेव च । विद्याविद्यात्मकं प्राहुः परात्परतरं तथा

vāsudevātmakānyāhuḥ kṣetraṃ kṣetra jñameva ca / vidyāvidyātmakaṃ prāhuḥ parātparataraṃ tathā

— these they declare to have Vāsudeva as their self, and the field and the knower of the field as well; they call (him) the self of both knowledge and ignorance, and higher than the highest.

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NarP 1 38.19

अनादिनिधनं शान्तं सर्वधातारमच्युतम् । ये प्रपन्ना महात्मानस्तेषां मुक्तिर्हि शाश्वती

anādinidhanaṃ śāntaṃ sarvadhātāramacyutam / ye prapannā mahātmānasteṣāṃ muktirhi śāśvatī

Those great souls who have taken refuge in him who is without beginning or end, tranquil, the supporter of all, the unfallen — theirs is liberation everlasting.

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NarP 1 38.20

वरं वरेण्यं वरदं पुराणं सनातनं सर्वगतं समस्तम् । नतो ऽस्मि भूयो ऽपि नतो ऽस्मि भूयो ऽपि नतो ऽस्मि भूयः

varaṃ vareṇyaṃ varadaṃ purāṇaṃ sanātanaṃ sarvagataṃ samastam / nato 'smi bhūyo 'pi nato 'smi bhūyo 'pi nato 'smi bhūyaḥ

To the excellent one, the one to be chosen, the giver of boons, the ancient, the everlasting, the all-pervading, the entire — I have bowed, and again I have bowed, and again I have bowed.

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NarP 1 38.21

यत्पाद तोयं भघवरोगवैद्यो यत्पादपांशुर्विमलत्वसिद्ध्यै । यन्नाम दुष्कर्मनिवारणायचय तमप्रमेयं पुरुषं भजामि

yatpāda toyaṃ bhaghavarogavaidyo yatpādapāṃśurvimalatvasiddhyai / yannāma duṣkarmanivāraṇāyacaya tamaprameyaṃ puruṣaṃ bhajāmi

He the water of whose feet is the physician for the disease of worldly existence, the dust of whose feet is for the attainment of purity, whose name is for the warding off of evil deeds — that immeasurable Person I worship.

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NarP 1 38.22

सद्रूपं तमसद्रूपं सदसद्रूपमव्ययम् । तत्तद्विलक्षणं श्रेष्ठं श्रेष्ठाच्छ्रष्ठतरं भजे

sadrūpaṃ tamasadrūpaṃ sadasadrūpamavyayam / tattadvilakṣaṇaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ śreṣṭhācchraṣṭhataraṃ bhaje

I worship him who has the form of being, who has the form of non-being, who has the form of both being and non-being, imperishable, distinct from each of those, the best, higher than the best.

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NarP 1 38.23

निरञ्जनं निराकारं पूर्णमाकाशमध्यगम् । परं च विद्याविद्याभ्यां हृदंबुजनिवासिनम्

nirañjanaṃ nirākāraṃ pūrṇamākāśamadhyagam / paraṃ ca vidyāvidyābhyāṃ hṛdaṃbujanivāsinam

(I worship him who is) spotless, formless, full, dwelling in the midst of space, beyond both knowledge and ignorance, residing in the lotus of the heart.

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NarP 1 38.24

स्वप्रकाशमनिर्देष्यं महतां च महत्तरम् । अणोरणीयांसमजं सर्वोपाधिविवर्जितम्

svaprakāśamanirdeṣyaṃ mahatāṃ ca mahattaram / aṇoraṇīyāṃsamajaṃ sarvopādhivivarjitam

Self-luminous, not to be pointed out, greater than the great, more minute than the minute, unborn, free of all limiting conditions —

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NarP 1 38.25

यन्नित्यं परमानन्दं परं ब्रह्म सनातनम् । विष्णुसंज्ञं जगद्धाम तमस्मि शरणं गतः

yannityaṃ paramānandaṃ paraṃ brahma sanātanam / viṣṇusaṃjñaṃ jagaddhāma tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

That which is eternal, supreme bliss, the highest Brahman, everlasting, named Viṣṇu, the abode of the world — to him I have gone for refuge.

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NarP 1 38.26

यं भजन्ति क्रियानिष्टायं पश्यन्ति च योगिनः । पूज्यात्पूज्यतरं शान्तं गतो ऽस्मि शरणं प्रभुम्

yaṃ bhajanti kriyāniṣṭāyaṃ paśyanti ca yoginaḥ / pūjyātpūjyataraṃ śāntaṃ gato 'smi śaraṇaṃ prabhum

Him whom those devoted to ritual action worship, and whom the yogins behold, more worthy of worship than the worshipful, tranquil — to that Lord I have gone for refuge.

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NarP 1 38.27

यं न पश्यन्ति विद्वांसो य एतद्व्याव्य तिष्टति । सर्वस्मादधिकं नित्यं नतो ऽस्मि विभुमव्ययम्

yaṃ na paśyanti vidvāṃso ya etadvyāvya tiṣṭati / sarvasmādadhikaṃ nityaṃ nato 'smi vibhumavyayam

Him whom the learned do not see, who pervades this (all) and abides, higher than everything, eternal — to that all-pervading, imperishable one I bow.

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NarP 1 38.28

अन्तः करणसंयोगाज्जीव इत्युच्यते च यः । अविद्याकार्य रहितः परमात्मेति गीयते

antaḥ karaṇasaṃyogājjīva ityucyate ca yaḥ / avidyākārya rahitaḥ paramātmeti gīyate

He who, through conjunction with the inner organ, is called the individual soul, and who, free from the effects of ignorance, is celebrated as the supreme Self —

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NarP 1 38.29

सर्वात्मकं सर्वहेतुं स्रवकर्मफलप्पदम् । वरं वरेण्यमजनं प्रणतो ऽस्मि परात्परम्

sarvātmakaṃ sarvahetuṃ sravakarmaphalappadam / varaṃ vareṇyamajanaṃ praṇato 'smi parātparam

To him who is the self of all, the cause of all, the giver of the fruit of every action, excellent, to be chosen, unborn, higher than the high, I have bowed.

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NarP 1 38.30

सर्वज्ञं सर्वगं शान्तं सर्वान्तया मिणं हरिम् । ज्ञानात्मकं ज्ञाननिधिं ज्ञानसंस्थं विभुं भजे

sarvajñaṃ sarvagaṃ śāntaṃ sarvāntayā miṇaṃ harim / jñānātmakaṃ jñānanidhiṃ jñānasaṃsthaṃ vibhuṃ bhaje

I worship the all-knowing, all-pervading, tranquil Hari, who dwells within all, whose nature is knowledge, the treasury of knowledge, established in knowledge, the mighty one.

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NarP 1 38.31

नमाम्यहं वेदनिधिं मुरारिं वेदान्त विज्ञानसुनिश्चितार्थम् । सूर्येदुवत्प्रोज्ज्वलने त्रमिन्द्रं रवगस्वरुपं वपतिस्वरूपम्

namāmyahaṃ vedanidhiṃ murāriṃ vedānta vijñānasuniścitārtham / sūryeduvatprojjvalane tramindraṃ ravagasvarupaṃ vapatisvarūpam

I bow to the treasury of the Vedas, the foe of Mura, whose meaning is well ascertained by the knowledge of the Vedānta, blazing like the sun and moon, ... whose form is ..., whose form is that of the lord of ...

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NarP 1 38.32

सर्वेश्वरं सर्वगतं महान्तं वेदात्मकं वेदविदांवरिष्टम् । तंवाङ्मनो ऽचिन्त्यमनन्तशक्तिं ज्ञानैकवेद्यं पुरुषं भजामि

sarveśvaraṃ sarvagataṃ mahāntaṃ vedātmakaṃ vedavidāṃvariṣṭam / taṃvāṅmano 'cintyamanantaśaktiṃ jñānaikavedyaṃ puruṣaṃ bhajāmi

I worship the Person, the lord of all, all-pervading, great, whose essence is the Veda, the best among knowers of the Veda, unthinkable by speech and mind, of endless power, knowable by knowledge alone.

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NarP 1 38.33

इन्द्राग्निकालासुरपाशिवायुसोमेषमार्त्तण्डपुरन्दराद्यैः । यः पाति लोकान्परिपूर्णभावस्तमप्रमेयं शरणं प्रपद्ये

indrāgnikālāsurapāśivāyusomeṣamārttaṇḍapurandarādyaiḥ / yaḥ pāti lokānparipūrṇabhāvastamaprameyaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

He who, being of wholly complete nature, protects the worlds by means of Indra, Agni, Kāla, the Asuras, Pāśin(?), Vāyu, Soma, Īśa(?), the Sun, Purandara and the rest — to him, the immeasurable, I go for refuge.

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NarP 1 38.34

सहस्रशीर्षं च सहस्रपादं सहस्रबाहुः च सहस्रनेत्रम् । समस्तयज्ञैः परिजुष्टमाद्यं नतो ऽस्मि तुष्टिप्रदमुग्रवीर्यम्

sahasraśīrṣaṃ ca sahasrapādaṃ sahasrabāhuḥ ca sahasranetram / samastayajñaiḥ parijuṣṭamādyaṃ nato 'smi tuṣṭipradamugravīryam

I have bowed to him of a thousand heads, a thousand feet, a thousand arms and a thousand eyes, the primeval one served by all sacrifices, the giver of satisfaction, of fierce might.

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NarP 1 38.35

कालात्मकं कालविभागहेतुं गुणत्रयातीतमहं गुणज्ञम् । गुणप्रियं कामदमस्तसंगमतीन्द्रियं विश्वभघुजं वितृष्णम्

kālātmakaṃ kālavibhāgahetuṃ guṇatrayātītamahaṃ guṇajñam / guṇapriyaṃ kāmadamastasaṃgamatīndriyaṃ viśvabhaghujaṃ vitṛṣṇam

(I worship him who is) the self of time, the cause of time's divisions, beyond the three qualities, the knower of the qualities, fond of the qualities, granting desires, free of attachment, beyond the senses, enjoyer of the universe(?), free of craving.

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NarP 1 38.36

निरीहमग्र्यं मनसाप्यगम्यं मनोमयं चान्नमयं निरूढम् । विज्ञानभेदं प्रतिपन्नकल्पं न वाङ्मयं प्राणमयं भजामि

nirīhamagryaṃ manasāpyagamyaṃ manomayaṃ cānnamayaṃ nirūḍham / vijñānabhedaṃ pratipannakalpaṃ na vāṅmayaṃ prāṇamayaṃ bhajāmi

I worship him who is without craving, foremost, unreachable even by the mind, (yet) consisting of mind and consisting of food, firmly established, the distinction of cognition, having assumed the form (of all this), not consisting of speech, consisting of breath.

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NarP 1 38.37

न यस्य रूपं न बलप्रभावो न यस्य कर्माणि न यत्प्रमाणम् । जानन्ति देवा कमलोद्भवाद्यस्तोष्याम्यहं तं कथमात्मरूपम्

na yasya rūpaṃ na balaprabhāvo na yasya karmāṇi na yatpramāṇam / jānanti devā kamalodbhavādyastoṣyāmyahaṃ taṃ kathamātmarūpam

He whose form, whose strength and power, whose deeds, whose measure the gods beginning with the lotus-born do not know — how shall I praise him whose form is the Self?

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NarP 1 38.38

संसारसिधौ पतितं कदर्यं मोहाकुलं कामशतेन बद्धम् । अकीर्तिभाजं पिशुनं कृतघ्नं सदाशुचिं पापरतं प्रमन्युम् । दयांबुधे पाहि भयाकुलं मां पुनः पुनस्त्वां शरणं प्रपद्ये

saṃsārasidhau patitaṃ kadaryaṃ mohākulaṃ kāmaśatena baddham / akīrtibhājaṃ piśunaṃ kṛtaghnaṃ sadāśuciṃ pāparataṃ pramanyum / dayāṃbudhe pāhi bhayākulaṃ māṃ punaḥ punastvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

(Me,) fallen in the ocean of transmigration, miserable, overwhelmed by delusion, bound by a hundred desires, possessed of ill-fame, slanderous, ungrateful, always impure, given to sin, full of wrath — O ocean of compassion, protect me, overcome with fear; again and again I go to you for refuge.

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NarP 1 38.39

इति प्रसादितस्तेन दयालसुः कमलापतिः । प्रत्यक्षतामगात्तस्य भगवांस्तेजसां निधिः

iti prasāditastena dayālasuḥ kamalāpatiḥ / pratyakṣatāmagāttasya bhagavāṃstejasāṃ nidhiḥ

Thus propitiated by him, the compassionate lord of Kamalā, the Blessed One, treasury of splendours, became visible to him.

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NarP 1 38.40

अतसी पुष्पसंकाशं फुल्लपङ्कजलोचनन् । किरीटिनं कुण्डलिनं हारकेयूरभूषितम्

atasī puṣpasaṃkāśaṃ phullapaṅkajalocanan / kirīṭinaṃ kuṇḍalinaṃ hārakeyūrabhūṣitam

(He was) like a flax flower (in hue), with eyes like blossomed lotuses, wearing a diadem and earrings, adorned with necklace and armlets,

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NarP 1 38.41

श्रीवत्सकौस्तुभधरं हेमयज्ञोपवीतिननम् । नासाविन्यस्तमुक्ता भवर्धमानतनुच्छविम्

śrīvatsakaustubhadharaṃ hemayajñopavītinanam / nāsāvinyastamuktā bhavardhamānatanucchavim

bearing the Śrīvatsa and the Kaustubha, wearing a golden sacred thread, with a pearl set on his nose(?), the lustre of his body ever increasing,

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NarP 1 38.42

पीतांबरधरं देवं वनमालाविभूषिमत् । तुलसीकोमलदलैरर्चिताङ्घ्निं महाद्युतिम्

pītāṃbaradharaṃ devaṃ vanamālāvibhūṣimat / tulasīkomaladalairarcitāṅghniṃ mahādyutim

the god clad in yellow garments, adorned with a forest garland, his feet worshipped with soft tulasī leaves, of great radiance,

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NarP 1 38.43

किङ्किणीनूपुरा द्यैश्च शोभितं गरुडध्वजम् । दृष्ट्वा नानाम विप्रेन्द्रो दण्डवत्क्षितिमण्डले

kiṅkiṇīnūpurā dyaiśca śobhitaṃ garuḍadhvajam / dṛṣṭvā nānāma viprendro daṇḍavatkṣitimaṇḍale

And (seeing him) adorned with small bells and anklets, the one whose banner is Garuda — seeing (him), the best of brahmins bowed down like a rod upon the circle of the earth.

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NarP 1 38.44

अभ्यषिञ्चद्धरेः पादावुत्तङ्को हर्षवारिभिः । मुरारे रक्ष रक्षेति व्याहरन्नान्यधीस्तदा

abhyaṣiñcaddhareḥ pādāvuttaṅko harṣavāribhiḥ / murāre rakṣa rakṣeti vyāharannānyadhīstadā

Uttanka bathed Hari's feet with the waters of his joy (tears), crying "Murari, protect (me), protect (me)!", his mind then on nothing else.

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NarP 1 38.45

तमुत्थाप्य महाविष्णुरालिलिङ्ग दयापरः । वरं वृणुष्व वत्सेति प्रोवाच मुनिपुङ्गवम्

tamutthāpya mahāviṣṇurāliliṅga dayāparaḥ / varaṃ vṛṇuṣva vatseti provāca munipuṅgavam

The great Viṣṇu, full of compassion, raised him up and embraced him, and said to that foremost of sages, "Choose a boon, my child."

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NarP 1 38.46

असाध्यं नास्ति किञ्चित्ते प्रसन्ने मयि सत्तम । इतीरितं समाकर्ण्य ह्युत्तङ्कश्चक्रपाणिना । पुनः प्रणम्य तं प्राह देवदेवं जनार्द्दनम्

asādhyaṃ nāsti kiñcitte prasanne mayi sattama / itīritaṃ samākarṇya hyuttaṅkaścakrapāṇinā / punaḥ praṇamya taṃ prāha devadevaṃ janārddanam

"There is nothing unattainable for you, O best of beings, when I am pleased." Hearing this spoken by the bearer of the discus, Uttanka bowed to him again and said to Janārdana, the god of gods:

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NarP 1 38.51

किं मां मोहयसीश त्वं किमन्यैर्देव मे वरैः । त्वयि भक्तिर्दृढा मे ऽस्तु जन्मजन्मान्तरेष्वपि ॥ नर्प्_१,३८।४७ ॥ कीटेषु पक्षिषु मृगेषु सरीसृपेषु रक्षः पिशाचमनुजेष्वपि यत्र तत्रजजातस्य मे भवतु केशव ते प्रसाद्दात्त्वय्येव भक्तिरचलाव्यभिचारणी च ॥ नर्प्_१,३८।४८ ॥एवमस्त्विति लोकेशः शङ्खप्रान्तेन संस्पृशन् दिव्यज्ञानं ददौ तस्मै योगिनामपिदुर्लमभघम् ॥ नर्प्_१,३८।४९ ॥पुः स्तुवन्तं विप्रेन्द्रं देवदेवो जनार्द्दनः इदमाह स्मितमुखो हस्तं तच्छिरसि न्यसन् ॥ नर्प्_१,३८।५० ॥ श्रीभगवानुवाच आराधय क्रियायोगैर्मां सदा द्विजसत्तम् । नरनारायणस्थानं व्रज मोक्षं गमिष्यसि

kiṃ māṃ mohayasīśa tvaṃ kimanyairdeva me varaiḥ / tvayi bhaktirdṛḍhā me 'stu janmajanmāntareṣvapi // narp_1,38.47 // kīṭeṣu pakṣiṣu mṛgeṣu sarīsṛpeṣu rakṣaḥ piśācamanujeṣvapi yatra tatrajajātasya me bhavatu keśava te prasāddāttvayyeva bhaktiracalāvyabhicāraṇī ca // narp_1,38.48 //evamastviti lokeśaḥ śaṅkhaprāntena saṃspṛśan divyajñānaṃ dadau tasmai yogināmapidurlamabhagham // narp_1,38.49 //puḥ stuvantaṃ viprendraṃ devadevo janārddanaḥ idamāha smitamukho hastaṃ tacchirasi nyasan // narp_1,38.50 // śrībhagavānuvāca ārādhaya kriyāyogairmāṃ sadā dvijasattam / naranārāyaṇasthānaṃ vraja mokṣaṃ gamiṣyasi

"Why do you bewilder me, O Lord? What use to me, O God, are other boons? Let my devotion to you be firm, even through birth after birth. // 47 // Among worms, among birds, among beasts, among reptiles, among demons, ghouls and men too — wherever I may be born, O Keśava, by your grace let there be for me devotion to you alone, unshakable and unswerving. // 48 // "So be it," said the Lord of the worlds, and touching him with the tip of his conch he gave him divine knowledge, hard to obtain even for yogins. // 49 // To the best of brahmins, who was praising him again, Janārdana, the god of gods, with a smiling face, placing his hand on his head, said this: // 50 // The Blessed Lord said: Worship me always with the yogas of ritual action, O best of the twice-born; go to the abode of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, (and) you will attain liberation.

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NarP 1 38.52

त्वया कृतमिदं स्तोत्रं यः पठेत्सततं नरः । सर्वान्कामानवाप्यान्ते मोक्षभागी भवेत्ततः

tvayā kṛtamidaṃ stotraṃ yaḥ paṭhetsatataṃ naraḥ / sarvānkāmānavāpyānte mokṣabhāgī bhavettataḥ

The man who constantly recites this hymn made by you will obtain all his desires and thereafter, at the end, come to have a share in liberation.

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NarP 1 38.53

इत्युक्त्वा भाधवो विप्रं तत्रैवान्तर्दधे मुने । नरनरायणस्थानमुत्तङ्को ऽपि ततो ययौ

ityuktvā bhādhavo vipraṃ tatraivāntardadhe mune / naranarāyaṇasthānamuttaṅko 'pi tato yayau

Having said this, O sage, Mādhava vanished on that very spot before the brahmin; and Uttanka too went from there to the abode of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.

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NarP 1 38.54

कस्माद्भक्तिः सदा कार्या देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः । हरिभक्तिः परा प्रोक्ता सर्वकामपलप्रदा

kasmādbhaktiḥ sadā kāryā devadevasya cakriṇaḥ / haribhaktiḥ parā proktā sarvakāmapalapradā

Therefore devotion to the god of gods, the discus-bearer, is always to be performed; devotion to Hari is declared supreme, granting the fruit of every desire.

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NarP 1 38.55

उतङ्को भाक्तिभावेन क्रियायोगपरो मुने । पूजयन्माधयवं नित्यं नरनारायणाश्रमे

utaṅko bhāktibhāvena kriyāyogaparo mune / pūjayanmādhayavaṃ nityaṃ naranārāyaṇāśrame

Uttanka, O sage, with a devout heart, intent on the yoga of ritual action, worshipped Mādhava daily in the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa.

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NarP 1 38.56

ज्ञानविज्ञानसंपन्नः संच्छिन्नद्वैतसंशयः । आवाप दुरवापं वै तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्

jñānavijñānasaṃpannaḥ saṃcchinnadvaitasaṃśayaḥ / āvāpa duravāpaṃ vai tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

Endowed with knowledge and discernment, his doubt of duality cut away, he attained that supreme state of Viṣṇu, which is hard to attain.

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NarP 1 38.57

पूजितो नमितो वापि संस्मृतो वापि मोक्षदः । नारायणो जगन्नाथो भक्तानां मानवर्द्धनः

pūjito namito vāpi saṃsmṛto vāpi mokṣadaḥ / nārāyaṇo jagannātho bhaktānāṃ mānavarddhanaḥ

Whether worshipped, or bowed to, or even (merely) remembered, Nārāyaṇa, the lord of the world, grants liberation; he increases the honour of his devotees.

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NarP 1 38.58

तस्मान्नारायणं देवमनन्तमपराजितम् । इहामुत्र सुखप्रेप्सुः पूजयेद्भक्तिसंयुतः

tasmānnārāyaṇaṃ devamanantamaparājitam / ihāmutra sukhaprepsuḥ pūjayedbhaktisaṃyutaḥ

Therefore one who seeks happiness here and hereafter should worship, filled with devotion, the god Nārāyaṇa, endless and unconquered.

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NarP 1 38.59

यः पठेदिदमाख्यानं शृणुयाद्वासमाहितः । सो ऽपि सर्वाघनिर्मुक्तः प्रयाति भवनं हरेः

yaḥ paṭhedidamākhyānaṃ śṛṇuyādvāsamāhitaḥ / so 'pi sarvāghanirmuktaḥ prayāti bhavanaṃ hareḥ

Whoever recites this narrative, or listens to it with concentration, he too, freed from all sin, goes to the dwelling of Hari.

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