Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 59
NarP 1 59.1
सनन्दन उवाच ततः स राजा सहितो मन्त्रिभिर्द्विजसत्तम । पुरः पुरोहितं कृत्वा सर्वाण्यन्तः पुराणि च
sanandana uvāca tataḥ sa rājā sahito mantribhirdvijasattama / puraḥ purohitaṃ kṛtvā sarvāṇyantaḥ purāṇi ca
Sanandana said: Then that king, together with his ministers, O best of the twice-born, placing the household priest in front, and all the women of the inner apartments,
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NarP 1 59.2
शिरसा चार्ध्यमादाय गुरुपुत्रं समभ्यगात् । महदासनमादाय सर्वरत्नविभूषितम्
śirasā cārdhyamādāya guruputraṃ samabhyagāt / mahadāsanamādāya sarvaratnavibhūṣitam
taking the guest-offering upon his head, approached the preceptor's son; and taking a great seat adorned with all jewels,
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NarP 1 59.3
प्रददौ गुरुपुत्राय शुकाय परमोचितम् । तत्रोपविष्टं तं कार्ष्णिशास्त्रदृष्टेन कर्मणा
pradadau guruputrāya śukāya paramocitam / tatropaviṣṭaṃ taṃ kārṣṇiśāstradṛṣṭena karmaṇā
he gave (it), most fitting, to Śuka, the preceptor's son. (Seeing) him seated there, by the rite prescribed in the scriptures,
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NarP 1 59.4
पाद्यं निवेद्य प्रथमं सार्घ्यं गां च न्यवेदयत् । स च तांमन्त्रतः पूजां प्रतिगृह्य द्विजोत्तमः
pādyaṃ nivedya prathamaṃ sārghyaṃ gāṃ ca nyavedayat / sa ca tāṃmantrataḥ pūjāṃ pratigṛhya dvijottamaḥ
he first presented water for the feet, and presented the guest-offering together with a cow. And that best of the twice-born, having accepted that worship according to the mantras,
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NarP 1 59.5
पर्यपृच्छन्महातेजाराज्ञः कुशलमव्ययम् । उदारसत्त्वाभिजनो राजापि गुरुसूनवे
paryapṛcchanmahātejārājñaḥ kuśalamavyayam / udārasattvābhijano rājāpi gurusūnave
of great splendour, inquired after the king's unfailing welfare; and the king too, of noble nature and lineage, to the preceptor's son
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NarP 1 59.6
आवेद्य कुशलं भूमौ निषसाद तदाज्ञया । सो ऽपि वैयासकिं भूयः पृष्ट्वा कुशलमव्ययम् । किमागमनिमित्येव पर्यपृच्छद्विधानवित्
āvedya kuśalaṃ bhūmau niṣasāda tadājñayā / so 'pi vaiyāsakiṃ bhūyaḥ pṛṣṭvā kuśalamavyayam / kimāgamanimityeva paryapṛcchadvidhānavit
having declared his welfare, sat down on the ground at his bidding. He too, again asking Vyāsa's son about his unfailing welfare, being versed in procedure, inquired: "What is the purpose of your coming?"
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NarP 1 59.7
शुक उवाच पित्राहमुक्तो भद्रं ते मोक्षधर्मार्थकोविदः । विदेहराजोह्याद्योमे जनको नाम विश्रुतः
śuka uvāca pitrāhamukto bhadraṃ te mokṣadharmārthakovidaḥ / videharājohyādyome janako nāma viśrutaḥ
Śuka said: My father told me — blessings on you — "There is one skilled in the meaning of the doctrine of liberation: the king of the Videhas, renowned by the name Janaka, is today the foremost for me (in this)."
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NarP 1 59.8
तत्र त्वं गच्छ तूर्णं वै स ते हृदयसंशयम् । प्रवृत्तौ च निवृत्तौ च सर्वं छेत्स्यत्यसंशयम्
tatra tvaṃ gaccha tūrṇaṃ vai sa te hṛdayasaṃśayam / pravṛttau ca nivṛttau ca sarvaṃ chetsyatyasaṃśayam
"Go there quickly; he will cut away all the doubt in your heart, both concerning engagement (in action) and withdrawal (from it) — without doubt."
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NarP 1 59.9
सो ऽहं पितुर्नियोगात्त्वा मुपप्रष्टुमिहागतः । तन्मे धर्मभृतां श्रेष्ठ यथावद्वक्तुमर्हसि
so 'haṃ piturniyogāttvā mupapraṣṭumihāgataḥ / tanme dharmabhṛtāṃ śreṣṭha yathāvadvaktumarhasi
So I, at my father's bidding, have come here to question you. Therefore, best of the upholders of dharma, you ought to tell me this as it truly is.
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NarP 1 59.10
किं कार्यं ब्राह्मणेनेह मोक्षार्थश्च किमात्मकः । कथं च मोक्षः कर्तव्यो ज्ञानेन तपसापि वा
kiṃ kāryaṃ brāhmaṇeneha mokṣārthaśca kimātmakaḥ / kathaṃ ca mokṣaḥ kartavyo jñānena tapasāpi vā
What is to be done here by a brāhmaṇa? And of what nature is the goal of liberation? And how is liberation to be achieved — by knowledge, or even by austerity?
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NarP 1 59.11
जनक उवाच यत्कार्यं ब्राह्मणेनेह जन्मप्रभृति तच्छुणु । कृतोपनयनस्तात भवेद्वेदपरायणः
janaka uvāca yatkāryaṃ brāhmaṇeneha janmaprabhṛti tacchuṇu / kṛtopanayanastāta bhavedvedaparāyaṇaḥ
Janaka said: Hear what is to be done here by a brāhmaṇa, beginning from birth. Once the initiation has been performed, my son, he should be devoted wholly to the Veda.
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NarP 1 59.12
तपसा गुरुवृत्त्या च ब्रह्मचर्येण चान्वितः । देवतानां पितॄणां च ह्यतृष्णश्चानसूयकः
tapasā guruvṛttyā ca brahmacaryeṇa cānvitaḥ / devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca hyatṛṣṇaścānasūyakaḥ
Endowed with austerity, with service to his teacher, and with chastity, and free of craving toward the gods and the ancestors, and without envy —
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NarP 1 59.13
वेदानधीत्य नियतो दक्षिणामपवर्त्य च । अभ्यनुज्ञामनुप्राप्य समावर्तेत वै द्विजः
vedānadhītya niyato dakṣiṇāmapavartya ca / abhyanujñāmanuprāpya samāvarteta vai dvijaḥ
having studied the Vedas under restraint, and having presented the teacher's fee, and having obtained (his) permission, the twice-born should return home (from studentship).
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NarP 1 59.14
समावृत्तस्तु गार्हस्थ्ये सदारो नियतो वसेत् । अनसूयुर्यथान्यायमाहिताग्निरनादृते
samāvṛttastu gārhasthye sadāro niyato vaset / anasūyuryathānyāyamāhitāgniranādṛte
Having returned, he should dwell in the householder's state, with a wife, under restraint, without envy, in the proper manner, with the sacred fires established, (and) not slighted.
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NarP 1 59.15
उत्पाद्य पुत्रपौत्रांश्च वन्याश्रमपदे वसेत् । तानेवाग्नीन्यथान्यायं पूजयन्नतिथिप्रियः
utpādya putrapautrāṃśca vanyāśramapade vaset / tānevāgnīnyathānyāyaṃ pūjayannatithipriyaḥ
Having begotten sons and grandsons, he should dwell in the station of the forest hermitage, worshipping those very fires in the proper manner, and hospitable to guests.
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NarP 1 59.16
सर्वानग्नीन्यथान्यायमात्मन्यारोप्य धर्मवित् । निर्द्वन्द्वो वीतरागात्मा ब्रह्माश्रमपदे वसेत्
sarvānagnīnyathānyāyamātmanyāropya dharmavit / nirdvandvo vītarāgātmā brahmāśramapade vaset
Having in the proper manner deposited all the fires within himself, the knower of dharma, free from the pairs of opposites, his passion gone, should dwell in the station of the brahman-āśrama (renunciation).
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NarP 1 59.17
शुक उवाच उत्पन्ने ज्ञानविज्ञाने प्रत्यक्षे हृदि शश्वते । न विना गुरुसंवासाज्ज्ञानस्याधिगमः स्मृतः
śuka uvāca utpanne jñānavijñāne pratyakṣe hṛdi śaśvate / na vinā gurusaṃvāsājjñānasyādhigamaḥ smṛtaḥ
Śuka said: When knowledge and discernment have arisen, directly present and abiding in the heart — (yet) it is taught that there is no attainment of knowledge without dwelling with a teacher.
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NarP 1 59.18
किमवश्यं तु वस्तव्यमाश्रमेषु न वा नृप । एतद्भवन्तं पृच्छामि तद्भवान्वक्तुमर्हति
kimavaśyaṃ tu vastavyamāśrameṣu na vā nṛpa / etadbhavantaṃ pṛcchāmi tadbhavānvaktumarhati
But must one necessarily dwell in the (four) stages of life, or not, O king? This I ask of you; you ought to tell it.
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NarP 1 59.19
जनक उवाच न विना ज्ञानविज्ञाने मोक्षस्याधिगमो भवेत् ।। न विना गुरुसंबधाज्ज्ञानस्याधिगमस्तथा
janaka uvāca na vinā jñānavijñāne mokṣasyādhigamo bhavet /. na vinā gurusaṃbadhājjñānasyādhigamastathā
Janaka said: Without knowledge and discernment there would be no attainment of liberation; and likewise there is no attainment of knowledge without connection with a teacher.
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NarP 1 59.20
आचार्यः प्लाविता तस्य ज्ञानं प्लव इहोच्यते । विज्ञाय कृतकृत्यस्तु तीर्णस्तत्रोभयं त्यजेत्
ācāryaḥ plāvitā tasya jñānaṃ plava ihocyate / vijñāya kṛtakṛtyastu tīrṇastatrobhayaṃ tyajet
The teacher is the ferryman for him, and knowledge is here called the raft; but having understood, having done what was to be done, having crossed over, he should there abandon both.
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NarP 1 59.21
अनुच्छेदाय लोकानामनुच्छेदाय कर्मणाम् । कृत्वा शुभाशुभं कर्म मोक्षो नामेह लभ्यते
anucchedāya lokānāmanucchedāya karmaṇām / kṛtvā śubhāśubhaṃ karma mokṣo nāmeha labhyate
For the non-destruction of the worlds and for the non-destruction of works, having performed action good and bad, what is called liberation is here obtained.
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NarP 1 59.22
भावितैः कारणैश्चार्यं बहुसंसारयोनिषु । आसादयति शुद्धात्मा मोक्षं हि प्रथमाश्रमे
bhāvitaiḥ kāraṇaiścāryaṃ bahusaṃsārayoniṣu / āsādayati śuddhātmā mokṣaṃ hi prathamāśrame
By causes cultivated through many wombs of transmigration, one of purified self attains liberation even in the first stage of life.
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NarP 1 59.23
तमासाद्य तु मुक्तस्य दृष्टार्थस्य विपश्चितः । त्रिधाश्रमेषु कोन्वर्थो भवेत्परमभीप्सतः
tamāsādya tu muktasya dṛṣṭārthasya vipaścitaḥ / tridhāśrameṣu konvartho bhavetparamabhīpsataḥ
But for one who, having reached that, is released, who has seen the goal and is wise, what purpose could there be in the three (remaining) stages of life, when he desires the highest?
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NarP 1 59.24
राजसांस्तामसांश्चैव नित्यं दोषान्विसर्जयेत । सात्त्विकं मार्गमास्थाय पश्येदात्मानमात्मना
rājasāṃstāmasāṃścaiva nityaṃ doṣānvisarjayeta / sāttvikaṃ mārgamāsthāya paśyedātmānamātmanā
He should always cast off the faults that are of rajas and of tamas; taking his stand on the sāttvika path, he should see the self by the self.
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NarP 1 59.25
सर्वभूतेषु चात्मानं सर्वभूतानि चात्मनि । संपश्यन्नैव लिप्येत जले वारिचरगो यथा
sarvabhūteṣu cātmānaṃ sarvabhūtāni cātmani / saṃpaśyannaiva lipyeta jale vāricarago yathā
Fully seeing the self in all beings and all beings in the self, he would not be stained at all, as a water-dwelling creature (is not) in the water.
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NarP 1 59.26
पक्षीवत्पवनाद्वर्ध्वममुत्रानुन्त्यश्नुते । विहाय देहं निर्मुक्तो निर्द्वन्द्वः शुभसंगतः
pakṣīvatpavanādvardhvamamutrānuntyaśnute / vihāya dehaṃ nirmukto nirdvandvaḥ śubhasaṃgataḥ
Like a bird (rising) above the wind, he attains endlessness in the beyond; abandoning the body, released, free of the pairs of opposites, joined with the good.
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NarP 1 59.27
अत्र गाथाः पुरा गीताः शृणु राज्ञा ययातिना । धार्यते या द्विजैस्तात मोक्षशास्त्रविशारदैः
atra gāthāḥ purā gītāḥ śṛṇu rājñā yayātinā / dhāryate yā dvijaistāta mokṣaśāstraviśāradaiḥ
Hear here the verses sung long ago by King Yayāti, which, dear one, are preserved by twice-born men well versed in the treatises on liberation.
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NarP 1 59.28
ज्योतिश्चात्मनि नान्यत्र रत्नं तत्रैव चैव तत् । स्वयं च शक्यं तद्द्रष्टुं सुसमाहितर्चतसा
jyotiścātmani nānyatra ratnaṃ tatraiva caiva tat / svayaṃ ca śakyaṃ taddraṣṭuṃ susamāhitarcatasā
The light is in the self, not elsewhere; the jewel too is just there; and it can be seen by oneself, with a well-collected mind.
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NarP 1 59.29
न बिभेति परो यस्मान्न बिभेति पराच्च यः । यश्च नेच्छति न द्वेष्टि ब्रह्म संपद्यते स तु
na bibheti paro yasmānna bibheti parācca yaḥ / yaśca necchati na dveṣṭi brahma saṃpadyate sa tu
He of whom another is not afraid, and who is not afraid of another, and who neither desires nor hates — he indeed attains brahman.
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NarP 1 59.30
यदा भावं न कुरुते सर्वभूतेषु पापकम् । पूर्वैराचरितो धर्मश्चतुराश्रमसंज्ञकः
yadā bhāvaṃ na kurute sarvabhūteṣu pāpakam / pūrvairācarito dharmaścaturāśramasaṃjñakaḥ
When one forms no evil intention toward all beings — (and follows) the dharma practised by the ancients, known as the four stages of life —
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NarP 1 59.31
अनेन क्रमयोगेन बहुजातिसुकर्मणाम् । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा
anena kramayogena bahujātisukarmaṇām / karmaṇā manasā vācā brahma saṃpadyate tadā
by this graded discipline, (proper) to those who have done good deeds through many births, then by deed, by mind and by speech he attains brahman.
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NarP 1 59.32
र्सुयोज्य तपसात्मानमीर्ष्यामुत्सृज्य मोहिनीम् । त्यक्त्व कामं च लोभं च ततो ब्रह्मत्वमश्नुते
rsuyojya tapasātmānamīrṣyāmutsṛjya mohinīm / tyaktva kāmaṃ ca lobhaṃ ca tato brahmatvamaśnute
Having yoked the self by austerity, having cast off deluding envy, and having abandoned desire and greed, thereupon he attains brahman-hood.
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NarP 1 59.33
यदा श्राव्ये च दृश्ये च सर्वभूतेषु चाव्ययम् । समो भवति निर्द्वुद्वो ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा
yadā śrāvye ca dṛśye ca sarvabhūteṣu cāvyayam / samo bhavati nirdvudvo brahma saṃpadyate tadā
When, in what is to be heard and in what is to be seen and in all beings, he becomes the same, unchanging, free of dualities, then he attains brahman.
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NarP 1 59.34
यदा स्तुति च र्निदां च समत्वेन च पश्यति । काञ्चनं चायसं चैव सुखदुःखे तथैव च
yadā stuti ca rnidāṃ ca samatvena ca paśyati / kāñcanaṃ cāyasaṃ caiva sukhaduḥkhe tathaiva ca
When he looks with equality upon praise and blame, upon gold and upon iron, and likewise upon pleasure and pain,
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NarP 1 59.35
शीतमुष्णं तथैवार्थमनर्न्थं प्रियमप्रियम् । जीवितं मरणं चैव ब्रह्म संपद्यते तदा
śītamuṣṇaṃ tathaivārthamanarnthaṃ priyamapriyam / jīvitaṃ maraṇaṃ caiva brahma saṃpadyate tadā
upon cold and heat, likewise upon gain and loss, the pleasant and the unpleasant, and upon life and death — then he attains brahman.
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NarP 1 59.36
प्रसार्येह यथाङ्गानि कूर्मः संहरते पुनः । तर्थेद्रियाणि मनसा संयन्तव्यानि भिक्षुणा
prasāryeha yathāṅgāni kūrmaḥ saṃharate punaḥ / tarthedriyāṇi manasā saṃyantavyāni bhikṣuṇā
As a tortoise here, having stretched out its limbs, draws them in again, so the senses are to be restrained by the mendicant with the mind.
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NarP 1 59.37
तमः परिगतं वेश्य यथा दीपेन दृश्यते । तथा बुद्धिप्रदीपेन शक्य आत्मा निरीक्षितुम्
tamaḥ parigataṃ veśya yathā dīpena dṛśyate / tathā buddhipradīpena śakya ātmā nirīkṣitum
As a house enveloped in darkness is seen by means of a lamp, so by the lamp of the intellect the self can be beheld.
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NarP 1 59.38
एतत्सर्वं प्रपश्यामि त्वयि बुद्धिमतांवर । यञ्चान्यदपि वेत्तव्यं तत्त्वतो वेत्ति तद्भवान्
etatsarvaṃ prapaśyāmi tvayi buddhimatāṃvara / yañcānyadapi vettavyaṃ tattvato vetti tadbhavān
All this I see in you, best of the intelligent; and whatever else is to be known, that too you know as it truly is.
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NarP 1 59.39
ब्रह्मर्षे विदितश्वासि विषयान्तमुपागतः । गुरोश्चैव प्रसादेन तव चैवोपशिक्षया
brahmarṣe viditaśvāsi viṣayāntamupāgataḥ / guroścaiva prasādena tava caivopaśikṣayā
O brahman-sage, you are known (to me) as one who has reached the end of the objects (of knowledge), both by the grace of the teacher and by your instruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 59.40
तस्य चैव प्रसादेन प्रादुर्भूतं महामुनेः । ज्ञानं दिव्यं समादीप्तं तेनासि विदितो विदितो मम
tasya caiva prasādena prādurbhūtaṃ mahāmuneḥ / jñānaṃ divyaṃ samādīptaṃ tenāsi vidito vidito mama
And by the grace of that great sage there arose divine, blazing knowledge; by that you have become known, known to me.
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NarP 1 59.41
अर्धिकं तव विज्ञानमधि कावगतिस्तव । अधिकं च तवैश्वर्यं तञ्च त्वं नावबुध्यसे
ardhikaṃ tava vijñānamadhi kāvagatistava / adhikaṃ ca tavaiśvaryaṃ tañca tvaṃ nāvabudhyase
Greater is your discernment, greater your attainment, and greater your lordship — and that you do not realize.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 59.42
बाल्याद्वा संशयाद्वापि भयाद्वापि विमेषजात् । उत्पन्ने चापि विज्ञा ने नाधिगच्छन्ति ताङ्गतिम्
bālyādvā saṃśayādvāpi bhayādvāpi vimeṣajāt / utpanne cāpi vijñā ne nādhigacchanti tāṅgatim
Whether from immaturity, or from doubt, or from fear born of confusion, even when discernment has arisen they do not reach that goal.
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NarP 1 59.43
व्यवसायेन शुद्धेन मद्विधैश्छिन्नसंशयाः । विमुच्य हृदयग्रन्थीनार्तिमासादयन्ति ताम्
vyavasāyena śuddhena madvidhaiśchinnasaṃśayāḥ / vimucya hṛdayagranthīnārtimāsādayanti tām
Those whose doubts have been cut away by pure resolve, like me, releasing the knots of the heart, reach that (goal).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 59.44
मवांश्चोत्पन्नविज्ञानः स्थिरबगुद्धिरलोलुपः । व्यवसायादृते ब्रह्मन्नासादयति तत्पदम्
mavāṃścotpannavijñānaḥ sthirabaguddhiralolupaḥ / vyavasāyādṛte brahmannāsādayati tatpadam
And a man in whom discernment has arisen, of steady mind, free from craving, does not, O brahman, reach that state without resolve.
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NarP 1 59.45
नास्ति ते सुखदुःखेषु विशेषो नास्ति वस्तुषु । नौत्सुक्यं नृत्यगीतेषु न राग उपजायते
nāsti te sukhaduḥkheṣu viśeṣo nāsti vastuṣu / nautsukyaṃ nṛtyagīteṣu na rāga upajāyate
For you there is no distinction among pleasures and pains, none among objects; there is no eagerness for dance and song, no passion arises (in you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 59.46
न बन्धुषु निबन्धस्ते न भयेष्वस्ति ते भयम् । पश्यामित्वां महाभाग तुल्यनिन्दात्मसंस्तुतिम्
na bandhuṣu nibandhaste na bhayeṣvasti te bhayam / paśyāmitvāṃ mahābhāga tulyanindātmasaṃstutim
You have no attachment to kinsmen, and in fearful things you have no fear; I see you, greatly fortunate one, as one for whom blame and praise of oneself are alike.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 59.47
अहं च त्वानुपश्यामि ये चान्ये ऽपि मनीषिणः । आस्थितं परमं मार्गे अक्षयं चाप्यनामयम्
ahaṃ ca tvānupaśyāmi ye cānye 'pi manīṣiṇaḥ / āsthitaṃ paramaṃ mārge akṣayaṃ cāpyanāmayam
And I behold you, as do the other thoughtful ones, established upon the supreme path, imperishable and free of ailment.
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NarP 1 59.48
यत्फलं ब्राह्मणस्येह मोक्षार्थश्चापदात्मकः । तस्मिन्वै वर्तसे विप्रकिमन्यत्परिपृच्छसि
yatphalaṃ brāhmaṇasyeha mokṣārthaścāpadātmakaḥ / tasminvai vartase viprakimanyatparipṛcchasi
Whatever fruit there is here for a brahmin, and the aim of liberation, (which is) the essence of (all) attainment — in that indeed you abide, O brahmin; what else do you ask?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 59.49
सनन्दन उवाच एतच्छुत्वा तु वचनं कतात्मा कृतनिश्चयः । आत्मनात्मानमास्थाय दृष्ट्वा चात्मानमात्मना
sanandana uvāca etacchutvā tu vacanaṃ katātmā kṛtaniścayaḥ / ātmanātmānamāsthāya dṛṣṭvā cātmānamātmanā
Sanandana said: Having heard this speech, with his mind (resolved) and his decision made, resting the self upon the self and seeing the self by the self —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 59.50
कृतकार्यः सुखी शान्तस्तूष्णीं प्रायादुदङ्मुखः । शैशिरं गिरिमासाद्य पाराशर्यं ददर्श च
kṛtakāryaḥ sukhī śāntastūṣṇīṃ prāyādudaṅmukhaḥ / śaiśiraṃ girimāsādya pārāśaryaṃ dadarśa ca
— his task accomplished, happy, at peace, he set out silently facing north; and reaching the Śaiśira mountain he saw the son of Parāśara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 59.51
शिष्यानध्यापयन्तं च पैलादीन्वेदसंहिताः । आरर्णेयो विशुद्धात्मा दिवाकरसमप्रभः
śiṣyānadhyāpayantaṃ ca pailādīnvedasaṃhitāḥ / ārarṇeyo viśuddhātmā divākarasamaprabhaḥ
teaching his pupils, Paila and the rest, the collections of the Vedas; (and Śuka,) the son of the fire-stick, of wholly purified self, with splendour equal to the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 59.52
पितुर्जग्राह पादौ चज सादरं हृष्टमानसः । ततो निवेदयामास पितुः सर्वमुदारधीः
piturjagrāha pādau caja sādaraṃ hṛṣṭamānasaḥ / tato nivedayāmāsa pituḥ sarvamudāradhīḥ
took his father's feet reverently, glad at heart; then, being of noble mind, he reported everything to his father:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 59.55
शुको जनकराजेन संवादं मोक्षसाधनम् । तच्छत्वा वेदकर्तासौ प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना ॥ नर्प्_१,५९।५३ ॥ समालिङ्ग्य सुतं व्यासः स्वपार्श्वस्थं चकार च ॥ नर्प्_१,५९।५४ ॥ ततः पैलादयो विप्रा वेदान् व्यासादधीत्य च । शैलशृङ्गाद्भुवं प्राप्ता याजनाध्यापने रताः
śuko janakarājena saṃvādaṃ mokṣasādhanam / tacchatvā vedakartāsau prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā // narp_1,59.53 // samāliṅgya sutaṃ vyāsaḥ svapārśvasthaṃ cakāra ca // narp_1,59.54 // tataḥ pailādayo viprā vedān vyāsādadhītya ca / śailaśṛṅgādbhuvaṃ prāptā yājanādhyāpane ratāḥ
Śuka (reported) his conversation with King Janaka, the means of liberation. Hearing it, that maker of the Vedas, with his inner self greatly delighted, — Vyāsa embraced his son and placed him at his own side. Then the brahmins Paila and the rest, having studied the Vedas from Vyāsa, went down from the mountain peak to the earth, devoted to officiating at sacrifices and to teaching.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition