Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 62
NarP 1 62.1
सूत उवाच एतच्छ्रृत्वा तु वचनं नारदो भगवानृषिः । पुनः पप्रच्छ तं विप्र शुकाभिपतनं मुनिम्
sūta uvāca etacchrṛtvā tu vacanaṃ nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ / punaḥ papraccha taṃ vipra śukābhipatanaṃ munim
Sūta said: Having heard this speech, the venerable seer Nārada asked that sage again, O brahmin, about Śuka's departure.
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NarP 1 62.2
नारद उवाच भगवन्सर्वमाख्यातं त्वयातिकरुणात्मना । यच्छ्रृत्वा मानसं मे ऽद्य शान्तिमग्र्यामुपागतम्
nārada uvāca bhagavansarvamākhyātaṃ tvayātikaruṇātmanā / yacchrṛtvā mānasaṃ me 'dya śāntimagryāmupāgatam
Nārada said: Venerable one, all has been told by you, whose nature is exceedingly compassionate; hearing which, my mind has today attained the foremost peace.
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NarP 1 62.3
पुनश्च मोक्षशास्त्रं मे त्वमादिश महामुने । नहि सम्पूर्णतामेति तृष्णा कृष्णगुणार्णवे
punaśca mokṣaśāstraṃ me tvamādiśa mahāmune / nahi sampūrṇatāmeti tṛṣṇā kṛṣṇaguṇārṇave
Instruct me once more in the teaching of liberation, O great sage; for thirst does not reach fullness in the ocean of Kṛṣṇa's qualities.
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NarP 1 62.4
ये तु संसारनिर्मुक्ता मोक्ष शास्त्रपरायणाः । कुत्र ते निवसंतीह संशयो मे महानयम्
ye tu saṃsāranirmuktā mokṣa śāstraparāyaṇāḥ / kutra te nivasaṃtīha saṃśayo me mahānayam
But those who are freed from the round of rebirth, who are devoted to the teaching of liberation — where do they dwell here? This great doubt of mine —
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NarP 1 62.5
तं छिन्धि सुमहाभागत्वत्तो नान्यो विदांवरः । सनं।उ धारयामास चात्मानं यथाशास्त्रं महामुनिः
taṃ chindhi sumahābhāgatvatto nānyo vidāṃvaraḥ / sanaṃ.u dhārayāmāsa cātmānaṃ yathāśāstraṃ mahāmuniḥ
— cut it, O most greatly blessed one; there is no better knower than you. [Sanandana said:] And the great sage held his body as the scriptures prescribe.
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NarP 1 62.6
पादात्प्रभृति गात्रेषु क्रमेण क्रमयोगवित् । ततः स प्राङ्मुखो विद्वानादित्येन विरोचिते
pādātprabhṛti gātreṣu krameṇa kramayogavit / tataḥ sa prāṅmukho vidvānādityena virocite
(fixing his mind) step by step upon the limbs, beginning from the feet, he who knew the sequence of the stages (of yoga); then, learned, facing east, in (a place) made radiant by the sun,
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NarP 1 62.7
पाणिपादं समाधाय विनीतवदुपाविशत् । न तत्र पक्षिसंघातो न शब्दो न च दर्शनम्
pāṇipādaṃ samādhāya vinītavadupāviśat / na tatra pakṣisaṃghāto na śabdo na ca darśanam
having composed hands and feet, he sat down like one well-disciplined; there was no flock of birds there, no sound, and nothing to be seen.
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NarP 1 62.8
यत्र वैयासकिर्द्धाम्नि योक्तुं समुपचक्रमे । स ददर्श तदात्मानं सर्वसंगविनिःसृतः
yatra vaiyāsakirddhāmni yoktuṃ samupacakrame / sa dadarśa tadātmānaṃ sarvasaṃgaviniḥsṛtaḥ
In that abode, where the son of Vyāsa set about yoking (himself in yoga), he then saw himself as one gone forth from all attachment.
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NarP 1 62.9
प्रजहास ततो हासं शुकः सम्प्रेक्ष्य भास्करम् । स पुनर्योगमास्थाय मोक्षमार्गोपलब्धये
prajahāsa tato hāsaṃ śukaḥ samprekṣya bhāskaram / sa punaryogamāsthāya mokṣamārgopalabdhaye
Then Śuka laughed a laugh, gazing upon the sun; and he, taking up yoga again in order to attain the path of release,
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NarP 1 62.10
महायोगीश्वरो भूत्वा सो ऽत्यक्रामद्विहायसम् । अन्तरीक्षचरः श्रीमान्व्यासपुत्रः सुनिश्चितः
mahāyogīśvaro bhūtvā so 'tyakrāmadvihāyasam / antarīkṣacaraḥ śrīmānvyāsaputraḥ suniścitaḥ
having become a great lord of yogins, passed up into the sky; moving through the air, glorious, the son of Vyāsa, fully resolved.
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NarP 1 62.11
तमुन्द्यन्तं द्विजश्रेष्ठं वैनतेयसमद्युतिम् । ददृशुः सर्वभूतानि मनोमारुतरंहसम्
tamundyantaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhaṃ vainateyasamadyutim / dadṛśuḥ sarvabhūtāni manomārutaraṃhasam
All beings saw him rising up, that best of the twice-born, equal in brilliance to Garuḍa, swift as mind and wind.
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NarP 1 62.12
यथाशक्ति यथान्यायं पूजयाञ्चक्रिरे तथा । पुष्प वर्षैश्च दिव्यैस्तमवचक्रुर्दिवौकसः
yathāśakti yathānyāyaṃ pūjayāñcakrire tathā / puṣpa varṣaiśca divyaistamavacakrurdivaukasaḥ
According to their power and as was fitting they did him honour; and the dwellers of heaven covered him with divine showers of flowers.
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NarP 1 62.13
तं दृष्ट्वा विस्मिताः सर्वे गन्धर्वाप्सरसां गणाः । ऋषयश्चैव संसिद्धाः को ऽयं सिद्धिमुपागतः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismitāḥ sarve gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ / ṛṣayaścaiva saṃsiddhāḥ ko 'yaṃ siddhimupāgataḥ
Seeing him, all were amazed—the hosts of gandharvas and apsarases, and the perfected seers: "Who is this that has attained perfection?"
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NarP 1 62.14
ततो ऽसौ स्वाह्रयं तेभ्यः कथयामास नारद । उवाच च महातेजास्तानृषीन्संप्रहर्षितः
tato 'sau svāhrayaṃ tebhyaḥ kathayāmāsa nārada / uvāca ca mahātejāstānṛṣīnsaṃpraharṣitaḥ
Then he told them his own name, O Nārada; and that one of great splendour, greatly delighted, said to those seers:
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NarP 1 62.15
पिता यद्यनुगच्छेन्मां क्रोशमानः शुकेति वै । तस्मै प्रतिवचोदेयं भवद्भिस्तु समाहितैः
pitā yadyanugacchenmāṃ krośamānaḥ śuketi vai / tasmai prativacodeyaṃ bhavadbhistu samāhitaiḥ
"If my father should follow me, crying out 'Śuka!', an answer should be given to him by you, being attentive."
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NarP 1 62.16
बाढमुक्तस्ततस्तैस्तु लोकान्हित्वा चतुर्विधान् । तमो ह्यष्टविधं त्यक्त्वा जहौ पञ्चविधं रजः
bāḍhamuktastatastaistu lokānhitvā caturvidhān / tamo hyaṣṭavidhaṃ tyaktvā jahau pañcavidhaṃ rajaḥ
Then, when they had said "Very well," leaving behind the four kinds of worlds, and abandoning the eightfold darkness, he let go of the fivefold rajas.
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NarP 1 62.17
ततः सत्वं जहौ धीमांस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् । ततस्तस्मिन्पदे नित्ये निर्गुणे लिङ्गपूजिते
tataḥ satvaṃ jahau dhīmāṃstadadbhutamivābhavat / tatastasminpade nitye nirguṇe liṅgapūjite
Then the wise one let go of sattva too; that was like a marvel. Then, in that eternal state, free of the qualities, honoured in the liṅga—
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NarP 1 62.18
ततः स शृङ्गे ऽप्रतिमे हिमवन्मेरुसन्निभे । संश्लिष्टे श्वेतपीते च रुक्मरूप्यमये शुभे
tataḥ sa śṛṅge 'pratime himavanmerusannibhe / saṃśliṣṭe śvetapīte ca rukmarūpyamaye śubhe
Then he (came) to the matchless twin peak resembling Himavat and Meru, joined together, white and yellow, made of gold and silver, beautiful,
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NarP 1 62.19
शतयोजनविस्तारे तिर्यागूर्द्ध्च नारद । सो ऽविशङ्केन मनसा तथैवाभ्यपतच्छुकः
śatayojanavistāre tiryāgūrddhca nārada / so 'viśaṅkena manasā tathaivābhyapatacchukaḥ
a hundred yojanas in extent, crosswise and upward, O Nārada; with an unhesitating mind Śuka flew straight against it.
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NarP 1 62.20
ते शृङ्गे ऽत्यन्तसंश्लिष्टे सहसैव द्विधाकृते । अदृश्येतां द्विजश्रेष्ठ तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्
te śṛṅge 'tyantasaṃśliṣṭe sahasaiva dvidhākṛte / adṛśyetāṃ dvijaśreṣṭha tadadbhutamivābhavat
Those two peaks, utterly joined together, were seen split apart in an instant, O best of the twice-born; that was like a marvel.
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NarP 1 62.21
ततः पर्वतशृङ्गाभ्यां सहसैव विनिःसृतः । न च प्रतिजघानास्य स गतिं पर्वतोत्तमः
tataḥ parvataśṛṅgābhyāṃ sahasaiva viniḥsṛtaḥ / na ca pratijaghānāsya sa gatiṃ parvatottamaḥ
Then he came out at once from the two mountain peaks; and that best of mountains did not check his passage.
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NarP 1 62.22
ततो मन्दाकिनीं दिव्या मुपरिष्टादभिव्रजन् । शुको ददर्श धर्मात्मा पुष्पितद्रुमकाननम्
tato mandākinīṃ divyā mupariṣṭādabhivrajan / śuko dadarśa dharmātmā puṣpitadrumakānanam
Then, passing above the divine Mandākinī, Śuka, whose nature was righteousness, saw a forest of flowering trees.
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NarP 1 62.23
तस्यां क्रीडासु निरताः स्नान्ति चैवाप्सरोगणाः । निराकारं तु साकाराददृशुस्तं विवाससः
tasyāṃ krīḍāsu niratāḥ snānti caivāpsarogaṇāḥ / nirākāraṃ tu sākārādadṛśustaṃ vivāsasaḥ
In it hosts of apsarases, devoted to play, were bathing; and, naked, they saw him who was formless (though) having form.
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NarP 1 62.24
तं प्रक्रमन्तमाज्ञाय पिता स्नेहसमन्वितः । उत्तमां गतिमास्थाय पृष्टतो ऽनुससार ह
taṃ prakramantamājñāya pitā snehasamanvitaḥ / uttamāṃ gatimāsthāya pṛṣṭato 'nusasāra ha
Aware that he was setting out, his father, filled with affection, took to the highest course and followed after him from behind.
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NarP 1 62.25
शुकस्तु मारुतादूर्द्ध्वं गतिं कृत्वां तरिक्षगाम् । दर्शयित्वा प्रभावं स्वं सर्वभूतो ऽभवत्तदा
śukastu mārutādūrddhvaṃ gatiṃ kṛtvāṃ tarikṣagām / darśayitvā prabhāvaṃ svaṃ sarvabhūto 'bhavattadā
But Śuka, having made his course through the air higher than the wind, and having displayed his own power, then became all beings.
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NarP 1 62.26
अथ योगगतिं व्यासः समास्थाय महातपाः । निमेषान्तरमात्रेण शुकाभिपतनं ययौ
atha yogagatiṃ vyāsaḥ samāsthāya mahātapāḥ / nimeṣāntaramātreṇa śukābhipatanaṃ yayau
Then Vyāsa of great austerity, taking his stand upon the yogic course, in the mere interval of a blink went after Śuka's flight.
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NarP 1 62.27
स ददर्श द्विधा कृत्वा पर्वताग्रं गतं शुकम् । शशंसुर्मुनयः सिद्धा गतिं तस्मै सुतस्य ताम्
sa dadarśa dvidhā kṛtvā parvatāgraṃ gataṃ śukam / śaśaṃsurmunayaḥ siddhā gatiṃ tasmai sutasya tām
He saw Śuka, who had split the mountain peak in two and passed through it; the sages and the siddhas reported to him that going of his son.
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NarP 1 62.28
ततः शुकेतिशब्देन दीर्घेण क्रन्दितं तदाः । स्वयं पित्रा स्वरेणोञ्चैस्त्रींल्लोकाननुनाद्य वै
tataḥ śuketiśabdena dīrgheṇa kranditaṃ tadāḥ / svayaṃ pitrā svareṇoñcaistrīṃllokānanunādya vai
Then, with a long drawn-out cry of "Śuka!" (there was) lamentation, the father himself with a loud voice making the three worlds resound.
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NarP 1 62.29
शुकः सर्वगतिर्भूत्वा सर्वात्मा सर्वतोमुखः । प्रत्यभाषत धर्मात्मा भोः शब्देनानुनादयन्
śukaḥ sarvagatirbhūtvā sarvātmā sarvatomukhaḥ / pratyabhāṣata dharmātmā bhoḥ śabdenānunādayan
Śuka, having become all-pervading, the self of all, facing in every direction, that righteous one answered back, making (the worlds) resound with the sound "bho."
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NarP 1 62.30
तत एकाक्षरं नादं भोरित्येवमुदीरयन् । प्रत्याहरज्जगत्सर्वमुञ्चैः स्थावरजङ्गमम्
tata ekākṣaraṃ nādaṃ bhorityevamudīrayan / pratyāharajjagatsarvamuñcaiḥ sthāvarajaṅgamam
Then, uttering thus the single-syllable sound "bho," he drew back into himself aloud the whole world, moving and unmoving.
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NarP 1 62.31
ततः प्रभृति वाद्यापि शब्दानुञ्चारितान्पृथक् । गिरिगह्वरपृष्टेषु व्याजहार शुकं प्रति
tataḥ prabhṛti vādyāpi śabdānuñcāritānpṛthak / girigahvarapṛṣṭeṣu vyājahāra śukaṃ prati
From that time on, even today, the sounds uttered aloud, each separately, in the hollows of mountain caves, have spoken back in reply to Śuka.
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NarP 1 62.32
अन्तर्हितप्रभावं तं दर्शयित्वा शुकस्तदा । गुणान्संत्यज्य सत्त्वादीन्पदमध्यगमत्परम्
antarhitaprabhāvaṃ taṃ darśayitvā śukastadā / guṇānsaṃtyajya sattvādīnpadamadhyagamatparam
Having displayed that power of his which (then) vanished, Śuka at that time, abandoning the qualities beginning with sattva, reached the supreme state.
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NarP 1 62.33
महिमानं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पुत्रस्यामिततेजसः । सो ऽनुनीतो भगवता व्यासो रुद्रेण नारद
mahimānaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā putrasyāmitatejasaḥ / so 'nunīto bhagavatā vyāso rudreṇa nārada
But seeing that greatness of his son of measureless splendour, that Vyāsa was conciliated by the Lord Rudra, O Nārada.
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NarP 1 62.34
किमु त्वं ताम्यसि मुने पुत्रं प्रति समाकुलः । पश्यसि विप्र नायान्तं ब्रह्मभूतं निजान्तिरे
kimu tvaṃ tāmyasi mune putraṃ prati samākulaḥ / paśyasi vipra nāyāntaṃ brahmabhūtaṃ nijāntire
"Why do you grieve, O sage, troubled about your son? Do you not see, O brahmin, him who has become Brahman coming within your own self?"
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NarP 1 62.35
इत्येवमनुनीतो ऽसौ व्यासः पुनरुप्राव्रजत् । श्वाश्रमं स शुको ब्रह्मभूतो लोकांश्चचार ह
ityevamanunīto 'sau vyāsaḥ punaruprāvrajat / śvāśramaṃ sa śuko brahmabhūto lokāṃścacāra ha
Thus conciliated, that Vyāsa went forth again to his own hermitage; and Śuka, become Brahman, roamed through the worlds.
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NarP 1 62.36
तत कालान्तरे ब्रह्मन्व्यासः सत्यवतीसुतः । नरनारायणौ द्रष्टुं ययौ बदरिकाश्रमम्
tata kālāntare brahmanvyāsaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ / naranārāyaṇau draṣṭuṃ yayau badarikāśramam
Then, after some time, O brahmin, Vyāsa the son of Satyavatī went to the Badarikā hermitage to see Nara and Nārāyaṇa.
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NarP 1 62.37
तत्र दृष्ट्वा तु तौ देवौ तप्यमानो महत्तपः । स्वयं च तत्र तपसि स्थितः शुकमनुस्मरन्
tatra dṛṣṭvā tu tau devau tapyamāno mahattapaḥ / svayaṃ ca tatra tapasi sthitaḥ śukamanusmaran
There, having seen those two gods practising great austerity, he himself too remained there in austerity, remembering Śuka.
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NarP 1 62.38
यावत्तत्र स्थितो व्यासः शुकः परमयोगवित् । श्वेतद्वीपं गतस्तात यत्र त्वमगमः पुरा
yāvattatra sthito vyāsaḥ śukaḥ paramayogavit / śvetadvīpaṃ gatastāta yatra tvamagamaḥ purā
While Vyāsa stayed there, Śuka, the knower of supreme yoga, went, dear one, to Śvetadvīpa, where you went long ago.
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NarP 1 62.39
तत्र दृष्टप्रभावस्तु श्रीमान्नारायणः प्रभुः । दृष्टः श्रुतिविमृग्यो हि देवदेवो जनार्दनः
tatra dṛṣṭaprabhāvastu śrīmānnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ / dṛṣṭaḥ śrutivimṛgyo hi devadevo janārdanaḥ
There the glorious Lord Nārāyaṇa, whose power was (thus) beheld, was seen — the god of gods Janārdana, who is (only) to be searched out through the Vedic revelation.
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NarP 1 62.40
स्तुतश्च शुकदेवेन प्रसन्नः प्राह नारद । श्रीभगवानुवाच त्वया दृष्टो ऽस्मि योगीन्द्र सर्वदेवरहःस्थितः
stutaśca śukadevena prasannaḥ prāha nārada / śrībhagavānuvāca tvayā dṛṣṭo 'smi yogīndra sarvadevarahaḥsthitaḥ
And, being praised by Śukadeva, he was pleased and spoke, O Nārada. The blessed Lord said: I, who abide hidden from all the gods, have been seen by you, O lord of yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.41
सनत्कुमारादिष्टेन सिद्धो योगेन वाडव । त्वं सदागतिमार्गस्थो लोकान्पश्य यथेच्छया
sanatkumārādiṣṭena siddho yogena vāḍava / tvaṃ sadāgatimārgastho lokānpaśya yathecchayā
You are perfected, O brahmin, by the yoga taught by Sanatkumāra; standing on the path of unimpeded motion, behold the worlds as you wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.42
इत्युक्तो वासुदेवेन तं नत्वारणिसंभवः । वैकुण्ठं प्रययौ विप्र सर्वलोकनमस्कृतम्
ityukto vāsudevena taṃ natvāraṇisaṃbhavaḥ / vaikuṇṭhaṃ prayayau vipra sarvalokanamaskṛtam
Addressed thus by Vāsudeva, he who was born of the fire-drill (Śuka), bowing to him, went, O brahmin, to Vaikuṇṭha, which is saluted by all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.43
वैमानिकैः सुरैर्जुष्टं विरजापरिचेष्टितम् । यं भान्तमनुभान्त्येते लोकाः सर्वे ऽपि नारद
vaimānikaiḥ surairjuṣṭaṃ virajāpariceṣṭitam / yaṃ bhāntamanubhāntyete lokāḥ sarve 'pi nārada
(Vaikuṇṭha) frequented by gods travelling in celestial cars, surrounded by the Virajā river — which, when it shines, all these worlds shine after it, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.44
यत्र विदुमसोपानाः स्वर्णरत्नविचित्रिताः । वाप्य उत्पलंसंछन्नाः सुरस्त्रीक्रीडनाकुलाः
yatra vidumasopānāḥ svarṇaratnavicitritāḥ / vāpya utpalaṃsaṃchannāḥ surastrīkrīḍanākulāḥ
Where there are stairways of coral, variegated with gold and jewels, and pools covered over with water-lilies, thronged with the play of celestial women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.45
दिव्यैर्हंसकुलैर्घुष्टाः स्वच्छांबुनिभृताः सदा । तत्र द्वाःस्थैश्चतुर्हस्तेनार्नाभरणभूषितैः
divyairhaṃsakulairghuṣṭāḥ svacchāṃbunibhṛtāḥ sadā / tatra dvāḥsthaiścaturhastenārnābharaṇabhūṣitaiḥ
(Pools) loud with flocks of divine geese, always filled with clear water; there, by the four-armed gatekeepers adorned with ornaments...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 62.46
विष्वक्सेनानुगैः सिद्धैः कुमुदाद्यैरवा रितः । प्रविश्याभ्यान्तरं तत्र देवदेवं चतुर्भुजम्
viṣvaksenānugaiḥ siddhaiḥ kumudādyairavā ritaḥ / praviśyābhyāntaraṃ tatra devadevaṃ caturbhujam
(and) surrounded by Siddhas — Kumuda and the rest — who are the attendants of Viṣvaksena; having entered within, there (he saw) the God of gods, four-armed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.47
शान्तं प्रसन्नवदनं पीतकौशेयवाससम् । शङ्खचक्रगदापद्मैर्मूर्तिमद्भिरुपासितम्
śāntaṃ prasannavadanaṃ pītakauśeyavāsasam / śaṅkhacakragadāpadmairmūrtimadbhirupāsitam
tranquil, with a gracious face, wearing yellow silk garments, attended by the conch, discus, mace and lotus in embodied form,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.48
वक्षस्थलस्थया लक्ष्म्या कौस्तुभेन विराजितम् । कटीसूत्रब्रह्मसूत्रकटकाङ्गदभूषितम्
vakṣasthalasthayā lakṣmyā kaustubhena virājitam / kaṭīsūtrabrahmasūtrakaṭakāṅgadabhūṣitam
resplendent with Lakṣmī seated on his chest and with the Kaustubha (Kaustubha gem), adorned with waist-cord, sacred thread, bracelets and armlets,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.49
भ्राजत्किरीटवलयं मणिनूपुरशोभितम् । ददर्श सिद्धनि करैः सेव्यमानमहर्निशम्
bhrājatkirīṭavalayaṃ maṇinūpuraśobhitam / dadarśa siddhani karaiḥ sevyamānamaharniśam
with a gleaming crown and armlets, graced with jewelled anklets — (thus) he saw (him), served day and night by hosts of Siddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.50
तं दृष्ट्वा भक्तिभावेन तुष्टाव मधुसूदनम् । शुक उवाच नमस्ते वासुदेवाय सर्वलोकैकसाक्षिणे
taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktibhāvena tuṣṭāva madhusūdanam / śuka uvāca namaste vāsudevāya sarvalokaikasākṣiṇe
Seeing him, he praised Madhusūdana with a feeling of devotion. Śuka said: Homage to you, to Vāsudeva, the sole witness of all worlds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.51
जगद्बीजस्वरूपाय पूर्णाय निभृतात्मने । हरये वासुकिस्थाय श्वेतद्वीपनिवासिने
jagadbījasvarūpāya pūrṇāya nibhṛtātmane / haraye vāsukisthāya śvetadvīpanivāsine
to him whose very form is the seed of the world, to the full one, to him whose self is held firm, to Hari, to him who abides on Vāsuki, to him who dwells on the White Island,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.52
हंसाय मत्स्यरूपाय वाराहतनुधारिणे । नृसिंहाय ध्रुवेज्याय सांख्ययोगेश्वराय च
haṃsāya matsyarūpāya vārāhatanudhāriṇe / nṛsiṃhāya dhruvejyāya sāṃkhyayogeśvarāya ca
to the Swan, to him whose form is the fish, to him who bore the body of a boar, to the Man-Lion, to him worshipped by Dhruva, and to the lord of Sāṃkhya and Yoga,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.53
चतुःसनाय कूर्माय पृथवे स्वसुरवात्मने । नाभेयाय जगद्धात्रे विधात्रेंऽतकारय च
catuḥsanāya kūrmāya pṛthave svasuravātmane / nābheyāya jagaddhātre vidhātreṃ'takāraya ca
to the four Sanas (Sanaka and the rest), to the Tortoise, to Pṛthu, to him whose self is his own divine breath, to the son of Nābhi, to the establisher of the world, to the ordainer, and to the maker of the end,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 62.54
भार्गवेन्द्राय रामाय राघवाय पराय च । कृष्णाय वेदकर्त्रे च बुद्धकल्किस्वरूपिणे
bhārgavendrāya rāmāya rāghavāya parāya ca / kṛṣṇāya vedakartre ca buddhakalkisvarūpiṇe
to the lord of the Bhārgavas, to Rāma, to the Rāghava, to the supreme one, to Kṛṣṇa, to the maker of the Vedas, and to him whose forms are the Buddha and Kalki,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.55
चतुर्व्युहाय वेद्याय ध्येयाय परमात्मने । नरनारायणाख्याय शिषिविष्टाय विष्णवे
caturvyuhāya vedyāya dhyeyāya paramātmane / naranārāyaṇākhyāya śiṣiviṣṭāya viṣṇave
to him of the four emanations, to the one to be known, to the one to be meditated on, to the supreme Self, to him named Nara-Nārāyaṇa, to him who entered into (all), to Viṣṇu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 62.56
ऋतधाम्ने विधाम्ने च सुपर्णाय स्वरोचिषे । ऋभवे सुव्रताख्याय सुधाम्ने चाजिताय च
ṛtadhāmne vidhāmne ca suparṇāya svarociṣe / ṛbhave suvratākhyāya sudhāmne cājitāya ca
to him whose abode is truth, to the giver of abodes, to the fair-winged one, to the self-luminous, to Ṛbhu, to him named of good vows, to him of the sweet abode, and to the unconquered,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.57
विश्वरूपाय विश्वाय सृष्टिस्थित्यन्तकारिणे । यज्ञाय यज्ञभोक्ते च स्थविष्ठायाणवे ऽर्थिने
viśvarūpāya viśvāya sṛṣṭisthityantakāriṇe / yajñāya yajñabhokte ca sthaviṣṭhāyāṇave 'rthine
to him whose form is all, to the All, to the doer of creation, maintenance and end, to the sacrifice and to the enjoyer of the sacrifice, to the most gross and to the atomic, to him who has purpose,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 62.58
आदित्यसोमनेत्राय सहओजोबलाय च । ईज्याय साक्षिणे ऽजायबहुशीर्षाङ्घ्रिबाहवे
ādityasomanetrāya sahaojobalāya ca / ījyāya sākṣiṇe 'jāyabahuśīrṣāṅghribāhave
to him whose eyes are the sun and moon, to him of might, vigour and strength, to him to be worshipped, to the witness, to the unborn, to him of many heads, feet and arms,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.59
श्रीशाय श्रीनिवासाय भक्तवश्याय शार्ङ्गिणे । अष्टप्रकृत्यधीशाय ब्रह्मणे ऽनन्तसक्तये
śrīśāya śrīnivāsāya bhaktavaśyāya śārṅgiṇe / aṣṭaprakṛtyadhīśāya brahmaṇe 'nantasaktaye
to the lord of Śrī, to the abode of Śrī, to him who is subject to his devotees, to the bearer of the Śārṅga bow, to the overlord of the eight primary principles, to Brahman, to him of endless power,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.60
बृहदारण्यवेद्याय हृषीकेशाय वेधसे । पुण्डरीकनिभाक्षाय क्षेत्रज्ञाय विभासिने
bṛhadāraṇyavedyāya hṛṣīkeśāya vedhase / puṇḍarīkanibhākṣāya kṣetrajñāya vibhāsine
to him who is to be known through the Bṛhadāraṇyaka, to Hṛṣīkeśa, to the ordainer, to him whose eyes are like the white lotus, to the knower of the field, to the shining one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.61
गोविन्दाय जगत्कर्त्रे जगन्नाथाय योगिने । सत्याय सत्यसंधाय वैकुण्ठायाच्युताय च
govindāya jagatkartre jagannāthāya yogine / satyāya satyasaṃdhāya vaikuṇṭhāyācyutāya ca
to Govinda, to the maker of the world, to Jagannātha, to the yogin, to the truth, to him whose resolve is true, to Vaikuṇṭha and to Acyuta,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.62
अधोक्षजाय धर्माय वामनाय त्रिधातवे । घृतार्चिषे विष्णवे ते ऽनन्ताय कपिलायय च
adhokṣajāya dharmāya vāmanāya tridhātave / ghṛtārciṣe viṣṇave te 'nantāya kapilāyaya ca
to Adhokṣaja, to dharma, to the Dwarf, to him of the three elements, to him whose flame is fed with ghee, to you, Viṣṇu, to the endless one, and to Kapila,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.63
विरिञ्चये त्रिककुदे ऋग्यजुःसामरूपिणे । एकशृङ्गाय च शुचिश्रवसे शास्त्रयोनये
viriñcaye trikakude ṛgyajuḥsāmarūpiṇe / ekaśṛṅgāya ca śuciśravase śāstrayonaye
to Viriñci, to him of the three peaks, to him whose forms are the Ṛg, Yajur and Sāma (Vedas), to the single-horned one, to him of pure fame, to the source of the scriptures,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.64
वृषाकपय ऋद्धाय प्रभवे विश्वकर्मणे । भूर्भुवुःस्वःस्वरूपाय दैत्यघ्ने निर्गुणाय च
vṛṣākapaya ṛddhāya prabhave viśvakarmaṇe / bhūrbhuvuḥsvaḥsvarūpāya daityaghne nirguṇāya ca
to Vṛṣākapi, to the prosperous, to the mighty lord, to the maker of all, to him whose form is earth, mid-region and heaven, to the slayer of the Daityas, and to the one without qualities,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.65
निरञ्जनाय नित्याय ह्यव्ययायाक्षराय च । नमस्ते पाहि मामीश शरणागतवत्सल
nirañjanāya nityāya hyavyayāyākṣarāya ca / namaste pāhi māmīśa śaraṇāgatavatsala
to the stainless, to the eternal, to the imperishable and to the unchanging: homage to you! Protect me, O Lord, you who are tender toward those who come for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.66
इति स्तुतः स भगवाञ्च्छङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । आरणेयमुवाचेदं भृशं प्रणतवत्सलः
iti stutaḥ sa bhagavāñcchaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ / āraṇeyamuvācedaṃ bhṛśaṃ praṇatavatsalaḥ
Thus praised, that Lord, bearer of conch, discus and mace, exceedingly fond of those who bow to him, said this to the son of Āraṇi (Śuka):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.67
श्रीभगवानुवाच व्यासपुत्र महाभाग प्रीतो ऽस्मि तव सुव्रत । विद्यामाप्नुहि भक्तिं च ज्ञानी त्वं मम रूपधृक्
śrībhagavānuvāca vyāsaputra mahābhāga prīto 'smi tava suvrata / vidyāmāpnuhi bhaktiṃ ca jñānī tvaṃ mama rūpadhṛk
The Blessed Lord said: Son of Vyāsa, greatly fortunate one, I am pleased with you, O firm in vows; obtain knowledge and devotion — you, a knower, bear my very form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.68
यद्रूपं मम दृष्टं प्राक् श्वेतद्वीपे त्वया द्विज । सो ऽहमेवावतारार्थं स्थितो विश्वंभरात्मकः
yadrūpaṃ mama dṛṣṭaṃ prāk śvetadvīpe tvayā dvija / so 'hamevāvatārārthaṃ sthito viśvaṃbharātmakaḥ
That form of mine which you saw before on the White Island, O twice-born — I am that very one, abiding here for the sake of an incarnation, having the nature of the all-sustainer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.69
सिद्धो ऽसि त्वं महाभाग मोक्षधर्मानुनुचिन्तया । वरलोकान्यथा वायुर्यथा रवं सविता तथा
siddho 'si tvaṃ mahābhāga mokṣadharmānunucintayā / varalokānyathā vāyuryathā ravaṃ savitā tathā
You are perfected, greatly fortunate one, by your continual reflection on the teachings of liberation; (you range) the highest worlds as the wind does, as the sun does its light.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 62.70
नित्यमुक्तस्वरूपस्त्वं पूज्यमानः सुरैर्नरैः । भक्तिर्हि दुर्लभा लोके मयि सर्वपरायणे
nityamuktasvarūpastvaṃ pūjyamānaḥ surairnaraiḥ / bhaktirhi durlabhā loke mayi sarvaparāyaṇe
You are one whose very nature is eternal liberation, honoured by gods and men; for devotion to me, in whom all take final refuge, is hard to win in this world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.71
तां लब्ध्वा नापरं किञ्चिल्लब्धव्यमवशिष्यते । आकल्पान्तः तपः संस्थौ नरनारायणावृषी
tāṃ labdhvā nāparaṃ kiñcillabdhavyamavaśiṣyate / ākalpāntaḥ tapaḥ saṃsthau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī
Having gained that, nothing further remains to be gained. The two sages Nara and Nārāyaṇa are established in austerity until the end of the kalpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.72
तयोर्निदेशतो व्यासो जनक स्तव सुव्रतः । कर्ता भागवतं शास्त्रं तदधीष्व भुवं व्रज
tayornideśato vyāso janaka stava suvrataḥ / kartā bhāgavataṃ śāstraṃ tadadhīṣva bhuvaṃ vraja
By the direction of those two, your father Vyāsa, firm in vows, will compose the Bhāgavata scripture; study it, (and) go to the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.73
स तप्यति तपस्त्वद्य पर्वते गन्धमादने । त्वद्वियोगेन खिन्नात्मा तं प्रसादय मत्प्रियम्
sa tapyati tapastvadya parvate gandhamādane / tvadviyogena khinnātmā taṃ prasādaya matpriyam
He is performing austerity even now on Mount Gandhamādana, his mind pained by separation from you; propitiate him, who is dear to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.74
एवमुक्तः शुको विप्र नमस्कृत्य चतुर्भुजम् । यथागतं निवृत्तो ऽसौ पितुरन्तिकमागमत्
evamuktaḥ śuko vipra namaskṛtya caturbhujam / yathāgataṃ nivṛtto 'sau piturantikamāgamat
Addressed thus, O brahmin, Śuka bowed to the four-armed one and, turning back the way he had come, went to his father's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.75
अथ तं स्वन्तिके दृष्ट्वा पाराशर्य्यः प्रतापवान् । पुत्रं प्राप्य प्रहृष्टात्मा तपसो निववर्त ह
atha taṃ svantike dṛṣṭvā pārāśaryyaḥ pratāpavān / putraṃ prāpya prahṛṣṭātmā tapaso nivavarta ha
Then, seeing him near himself, the mighty son of Parāśara, having regained his son, with delighted heart desisted from his austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.76
नारायणं नमस्कृत्य नरं चैव नरोत्तमम् । आरणेयसमायुक्तः स्वाश्रमं समुपागमत्
nārāyaṇaṃ namaskṛtya naraṃ caiva narottamam / āraṇeyasamāyuktaḥ svāśramaṃ samupāgamat
Bowing to Nārāyaṇa and to Nara, best of men, he went, together with the son of Āraṇi, to his own hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.77
नारायणनियोगात्तु त्वन्मुखेन मुनीश्वर । चकार संहितां दिव्यां नानाख्यानसमन्विताम्
nārāyaṇaniyogāttu tvanmukhena munīśvara / cakāra saṃhitāṃ divyāṃ nānākhyānasamanvitām
And by Nārāyaṇa's command, through your mouth, O lord of sages, he made the divine compilation, furnished with many narratives,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 62.78
वेदतुल्यां भागवतीं हरिभक्तिविवर्द्धिनीम् । निवृत्तिनिरतं पुत्रं शुकमध्यापयञ्च ताम्
vedatulyāṃ bhāgavatīṃ haribhaktivivarddhinīm / nivṛttinirataṃ putraṃ śukamadhyāpayañca tām
the Bhāgavata, equal to the Veda, increasing devotion to Hari; and he taught it to his son Śuka, who was intent on withdrawal (from the world).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.79
आत्मारामो ऽपि भगवान्पाराशर्यात्मजः शुकः । अधीतवान्संहितां वै नित्यं विष्णुजनप्रियाम्
ātmārāmo 'pi bhagavānpārāśaryātmajaḥ śukaḥ / adhītavānsaṃhitāṃ vai nityaṃ viṣṇujanapriyām
Though delighting in the self, the venerable Śuka, son of Parāśara's son, did indeed study the compilation ever dear to the people of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 62.80
एवमेते समाख्याता मोक्षधर्मास्तवानध । पठतां शृण्वतां चापि हरिभक्तिविवर्द्धनाः
evamete samākhyātā mokṣadharmāstavānadha / paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ cāpi haribhaktivivarddhanāḥ
Thus these teachings of liberation have been fully recounted to you, O sinless one — they increase devotion to Hari in those who recite and in those who hear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition