Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 41
NarP 2 41.1
वसुरुवाच अथावगाहनादीनां कर्मणां फलमुच्यते । सावधाना शृणुष्व त्वं ब्रह्मपुत्रि नृपप्रिये
vasuruvāca athāvagāhanādīnāṃ karmaṇāṃ phalamucyate / sāvadhānā śṛṇuṣva tvaṃ brahmaputri nṛpapriye
Vasu said: Now the fruit of the acts—immersion and the rest—is told. Listen attentively, O daughter of Brahmā, dear to the king.
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NarP 2 41.2
यैः पुण्यवाहिनी गङ्गा सकृद्भक्त्यावगाहिता । तेषां कुलानां लक्षं तु भवात्तारयते शिवा
yaiḥ puṇyavāhinī gaṅgā sakṛdbhaktyāvagāhitā / teṣāṃ kulānāṃ lakṣaṃ tu bhavāttārayate śivā
Those by whom the merit-bearing Gaṅgā has been entered even once with devotion—for them the auspicious (river) carries a hundred thousand of their family lines across from (worldly) existence.
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NarP 2 41.3
सामान्यस्थानतो देवि तत्र संध्या ह्युपासिता । पुण्यं लक्षगुणं कर्तुं समर्था द्विजपावनी
sāmānyasthānato devi tatra saṃdhyā hyupāsitā / puṇyaṃ lakṣaguṇaṃ kartuṃ samarthā dvijapāvanī
O goddess, the twilight worship performed there, as compared with an ordinary place, the purifier of the twice-born is able to make the merit a hundred-thousandfold.
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NarP 2 41.4
दत्ताः पितृभ्यो यत्रापस्तनयैः श्रद्धयान्वितैः । अक्षयां तु प्रकुर्वन्ति तृप्तिं मोहिनि दुर्लभाम्
dattāḥ pitṛbhyo yatrāpastanayaiḥ śraddhayānvitaiḥ / akṣayāṃ tu prakurvanti tṛptiṃ mohini durlabhām
The waters given there to the fathers by sons filled with faith produce, O Mohinī, an imperishable satisfaction, hard to obtain.
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NarP 2 41.5
यावन्तश्च तिला मर्त्यार्गृहीताः पितृकर्मणि । तावद्वर्षसहस्राणि पितरः स्वर्गवासिनः
yāvantaśca tilā martyārgṛhītāḥ pitṛkarmaṇi / tāvadvarṣasahasrāṇi pitaraḥ svargavāsinaḥ
And as many sesame seeds as are taken up by mortals in the rite for the fathers, for that many thousands of years the fathers dwell in heaven.
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NarP 2 41.6
पितृलोकेषु ये केचित्सर्वेषां पितरः स्थिताः । तर्प्यमाणाः परां तृप्तिं यान्ति गङ्गाजलैः शुभैः
pitṛlokeṣu ye kecitsarveṣāṃ pitaraḥ sthitāḥ / tarpyamāṇāḥ parāṃ tṛptiṃ yānti gaṅgājalaiḥ śubhaiḥ
Whatever fathers of all (people) abide in the worlds of the fathers, when offered libations with the auspicious waters of the Gaṅgā they attain the highest satisfaction.
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NarP 2 41.7
य इच्छेत्सफलं जन्म संततिं वा शुभानने । स पितॄंस्तर्पयेद्गङ्गामभिगम्य सुरांस्तथा
ya icchetsaphalaṃ janma saṃtatiṃ vā śubhānane / sa pitṝṃstarpayedgaṅgāmabhigamya surāṃstathā
He who wishes his birth to be fruitful, or (wishes for) offspring, O fair-faced one, let him go to the Gaṅgā and offer libations to the fathers and likewise to the gods.
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NarP 2 41.8
ये मता दुर्गता मर्त्यास्तर्पितास्तत्कुलोद्भवैः । कुशैस्तिलैर्गाङ्गजलैस्ते प्रयान्ति हरेः पदम्
ye matā durgatā martyāstarpitāstatkulodbhavaiḥ / kuśaistilairgāṅgajalaiste prayānti hareḥ padam
Those mortals who have died and gone to a bad state, when offered libations by those born in their family with kuśa grass, sesame and Gaṅgā water, go to the abode of Hari.
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NarP 2 41.9
स्वर्गसस्थाश्च ये केचित्पितरः पुण्यशीलिनः । ते तर्पिता गाङ्गजलैर्मोक्षे यान्ति विधेर्वचः
svargasasthāśca ye kecitpitaraḥ puṇyaśīlinaḥ / te tarpitā gāṅgajalairmokṣe yānti vidhervacaḥ
And whatever fathers of meritorious conduct abide in heaven, they, offered libations with Gaṅgā waters, go to liberation—(such is) the word of the Ordainer.
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NarP 2 41.10
मासं तर्पणमात्रेण पिण्डसंपातनेन च । गङ्गायां पितरः सर्वे सुप्रीताः सूर्यवर्चसः
māsaṃ tarpaṇamātreṇa piṇḍasaṃpātanena ca / gaṅgāyāṃ pitaraḥ sarve suprītāḥ sūryavarcasaḥ
By merely offering libations for a month and by casting rice-balls in the Gaṅgā, all the fathers are well pleased, with the splendour of the sun.
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NarP 2 41.11
अप्सरो गणणसंयुक्तान्हेमरत्नविभूषितान् । मुक्ताजालपरिच्छन्नान्वेणुवीणानिनादितान्
apsaro gaṇaṇasaṃyuktānhemaratnavibhūṣitān / muktājālaparicchannānveṇuvīṇānināditān
(Mounting) chariots attended by troops of apsarases, adorned with gold and jewels, covered over with nets of pearls, resounding with flutes and lutes—
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NarP 2 41.13
आरुह्य तु विमानाग्र्यान्ब्रह्यलोकं प्रयान्ति हि । गङ्गायां तु नरः स्नात्वा यो नित्यं लिङ्गमर्चयेत्
āruhya tu vimānāgryānbrahyalokaṃ prayānti hi / gaṅgāyāṃ tu naraḥ snātvā yo nityaṃ liṅgamarcayet
—having mounted those foremost celestial cars, they go indeed to the world of Brahmā. And the man who, having bathed in the Gaṅgā, daily worships the liṅga—
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NarP 2 41.14
एकेन जन्मना मोक्षं परमान्पोति स ध्रुवम् । अग्निहोत्राणि वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च बहुदक्षिणाः
ekena janmanā mokṣaṃ paramānpoti sa dhruvam / agnihotrāṇi vedāśca yajñāśca bahudakṣiṇāḥ
—he surely attains the highest liberation in a single birth. Fire-oblations, Vedas, and sacrifices with abundant gifts
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NarP 2 41.15
गङ्गायां लिङ्गपूजायाः कोट्यंशेनापि नो समाः । पितॄनुदिश्य वा देवान्गङ्गांभिभिः प्रसिंचयेत्
gaṅgāyāṃ liṅgapūjāyāḥ koṭyaṃśenāpi no samāḥ / pitṝnudiśya vā devāngaṅgāṃbhibhiḥ prasiṃcayet
are not equal even to a ten-millionth part of the worship of the liṅga at the Gaṅgā. Or one may sprinkle the fathers, or the gods, with the waters of the Gaṅgā:
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NarP 2 41.16
तृप्ताः स्युस्तस्य पितरो नरकस्थाश्च तत्क्षणात् । मृत्कुंभात्ताम्रकुंभैस्तु स्नानं दशगुणं स्मृतम्
tṛptāḥ syustasya pitaro narakasthāśca tatkṣaṇāt / mṛtkuṃbhāttāmrakuṃbhaistu snānaṃ daśaguṇaṃ smṛtam
his fathers, even those situated in hell, become satisfied that very instant. Compared with an earthen pot, bathing (the deity) with copper pots is held to be tenfold.
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NarP 2 41.17
रौप्यैः शतगुणं पुण्यं हेमैः कोटिगुणं स्मृतम् । एवमर्घे च नैवेद्ये बलिपूजादिषु क्रमात्
raupyaiḥ śataguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ hemaiḥ koṭiguṇaṃ smṛtam / evamarghe ca naivedye balipūjādiṣu kramāt
With silver ones the merit is a hundredfold, with gold ones it is held to be ten-millionfold; so too, in order, with the water of welcome, the food offering, the oblation, the worship and the rest.
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NarP 2 41.18
पात्रां तरविशेषेण फलं चैवोत्तरोत्तरम् । विभवे सति यो मोहान्न कुर्याद्विधिविस्तरम्
pātrāṃ taraviśeṣeṇa phalaṃ caivottarottaram / vibhave sati yo mohānna kuryādvidhivistaram
According to the distinction of the vessel the fruit too is progressively greater. He who, though possessed of wealth, out of delusion does not perform the full extent of the rite,
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NarP 2 41.19
न स तत्कर्मफलभाग्देवद्रोही प्रकीर्त्यते । देवानां दर्शनं पुण्यं दर्शनात्स्पर्शनं वरम्
na sa tatkarmaphalabhāgdevadrohī prakīrtyate / devānāṃ darśanaṃ puṇyaṃ darśanātsparśanaṃ varam
he has no share in the fruit of that act; he is declared a hater of the gods. The sight of the gods is meritorious; better than sight is touching;
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NarP 2 41.20
स्पर्शनादर्चनं श्रेष्ठं घृतस्नानमतः परम् । प्राहुर्गङ्गाजलैः स्नानं घृतस्नानसमं बुधाः
sparśanādarcanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ ghṛtasnānamataḥ param / prāhurgaṅgājalaiḥ snānaṃ ghṛtasnānasamaṃ budhāḥ
better than touching is worship; higher than that is bathing (the god) in ghee; and the wise have said that bathing with Gaṅgā waters equals bathing in ghee.
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NarP 2 41.21
अर्घ्यं द्रव्यविशेषेण गङ्गातोयेन यः सकृत् । मागधप्रस्थमात्रेण ताम्रपात्रस्थितेन च
arghyaṃ dravyaviśeṣeṇa gaṅgātoyena yaḥ sakṛt / māgadhaprasthamātreṇa tāmrapātrasthitena ca
Whoever (offers) arghya once with special substances, with Ganges water, of just a Magadha prastha measure, held in a copper vessel —
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NarP 2 41.22
देवताभ्यः प्रदद्यात्तु स्वकीयपितृभिः सह । पुत्रपौत्रैश्च संयुक्तः स च वै स्वर्गमाप्नुयात् । आपः क्षीरं कुशाग्राणि घृतं दधि तथा मधु
devatābhyaḥ pradadyāttu svakīyapitṛbhiḥ saha / putrapautraiśca saṃyuktaḥ sa ca vai svargamāpnuyāt / āpaḥ kṣīraṃ kuśāgrāṇi ghṛtaṃ dadhi tathā madhu
— should offer (it) to the gods together with his own ancestors; and joined with sons and grandsons, he indeed attains heaven. Water, milk, kuśa tips, ghee, curd, and honey,
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NarP 2 41.23
रक्तानि करवीराणि तथा वै रक्तचन्दनम् । अष्टाङ्गैरेष युक्तोर्ऽघो भानवे परिकीर्तितः
raktāni karavīrāṇi tathā vai raktacandanam / aṣṭāṅgaireṣa yuktor'gho bhānave parikīrtitaḥ
red oleander flowers, and likewise red sandal — this arghya, furnished with (these) eight parts, is declared (as offered) to the Sun.
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NarP 2 41.24
विष्णोः शिवस्य सूर्य्यस्य दुर्गाया ब्रह्मणस्तथा । गङ्गातीरे प्रतिष्ठां तु यः करोति नरोत्तमः
viṣṇoḥ śivasya sūryyasya durgāyā brahmaṇastathā / gaṅgātīre pratiṣṭhāṃ tu yaḥ karoti narottamaḥ
That best of men who makes an installation of Viṣṇu, Śiva, the Sun, Durgā, and likewise Brahmā on the bank of the Ganges,
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NarP 2 41.25
तथैवायतनान्येषां कारयत्यपि शक्तितः । अन्यतीर्थेषु करणात्कोटिगुणं भवेत्
tathaivāyatanānyeṣāṃ kārayatyapi śaktitaḥ / anyatīrtheṣu karaṇātkoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet
and likewise has shrines built for them according to his ability — (the merit) would be ten million times that of doing (so) at other tīrthas.
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NarP 2 41.26
गङ्गातीरसमुद्भूतमृदा लिगानि शक्तितः । सलक्षणानि कृत्वा तु प्रतिष्ठाप्य दिने दिने
gaṅgātīrasamudbhūtamṛdā ligāni śaktitaḥ / salakṣaṇāni kṛtvā tu pratiṣṭhāpya dine dine
Having made, according to his ability, liṅgas with the proper marks out of clay arisen on the Ganges bank, and installing (them) day after day,
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NarP 2 41.27
मन्त्रेश्च पत्रपुष्पाद्यैः पूजयित्वा च शक्तितः । गङ्गायां निक्षिपेन्नित्यं तस्य पुपयमनन्तकम्
mantreśca patrapuṣpādyaiḥ pūjayitvā ca śaktitaḥ / gaṅgāyāṃ nikṣipennityaṃ tasya pupayamanantakam
and having worshipped (them) with mantras and with leaves, flowers and the rest as far as he is able, he should always cast (them) into the Ganges: his merit is endless.
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NarP 2 41.28
सर्वानन्दप्रदायिन्यां गङ्गायां यो नरोत्तमः । अष्टाक्षरं जपेद्भक्त्य मुक्तिस्तस्य करे स्थिता
sarvānandapradāyinyāṃ gaṅgāyāṃ yo narottamaḥ / aṣṭākṣaraṃ japedbhaktya muktistasya kare sthitā
That best of men who, in the Ganges the giver of all joy, recites the eight-syllabled (mantra) with devotion — liberation stands in his hand.
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NarP 2 41.29
नमो नारायणायेति प्रणवाद्यं नियम्य च । षण्मासं जपतः सर्वा ह्युपतिष्ठन्ति सिद्धयः
namo nārāyaṇāyeti praṇavādyaṃ niyamya ca / ṣaṇmāsaṃ japataḥ sarvā hyupatiṣṭhanti siddhayaḥ
For one who, with restraint, recites for six months "oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya," preceded by the praṇava, all the siddhis indeed present themselves.
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NarP 2 41.30
नमः शिवायेति मन्त्रं सतारं विधिना तु यः । चतुर्विशतिलक्षं वै जपेत्साक्षात्सशङ्करः
namaḥ śivāyeti mantraṃ satāraṃ vidhinā tu yaḥ / caturviśatilakṣaṃ vai japetsākṣātsaśaṅkaraḥ
And he who duly recites the mantra "namaḥ śivāya" together with the praṇava twenty-four hundred thousand times is Śaṅkara himself in visible form.
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NarP 2 41.31
पञ्चाक्षरी सिद्धविद्या शिव एव न संशयः । अपवित्रः पवित्रो वा जपन्निष्पातको भवेत्
pañcākṣarī siddhavidyā śiva eva na saṃśayaḥ / apavitraḥ pavitro vā japanniṣpātako bhavet
The five-syllabled (mantra) is a perfected vidyā, it is Śiva himself, no doubt; impure or pure, one reciting it becomes free of sin.
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NarP 2 41.32
पूजितायां तु गङ्गायां पूजिताः सर्व देवताः । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन पूजयेदमरापगाम्
pūjitāyāṃ tu gaṅgāyāṃ pūjitāḥ sarva devatāḥ / tasmātsarvaprayatnena pūjayedamarāpagām
When the Ganges is worshipped, all the gods are worshipped; therefore with every effort one should worship the river of the immortals.
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NarP 2 41.33
चतुर्भुजां त्रिनेत्रां च सर्वावयवशोभिताम् । रत्नकुंभसितांभोजवराभयकरं शुभाम्
caturbhujāṃ trinetrāṃ ca sarvāvayavaśobhitām / ratnakuṃbhasitāṃbhojavarābhayakaraṃ śubhām
(Meditating on her as) four-armed and three-eyed, lovely in every limb, auspicious, with a jewelled pot, a white lotus, and the boon- and fear-dispelling gestures in her hands,
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NarP 2 41.34
श्वेतवस्त्रपरीधानां मुक्तामणिविभूषिताम् । सुप्रसन्नां सुवदनां करुणार्द्रहृदंबुजाम्
śvetavastraparīdhānāṃ muktāmaṇivibhūṣitām / suprasannāṃ suvadanāṃ karuṇārdrahṛdaṃbujām
clad in white garments, adorned with pearls and gems, most gracious, fair-faced, her heart-lotus moist with compassion,
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NarP 2 41.35
सुधाप्लावितभूपृष्ठां त्रैलोक्यनमितां सदा । ध्यात्वा जलमयीं गङ्गां पूजयन्पुण्यभाग्भवेत्
sudhāplāvitabhūpṛṣṭhāṃ trailokyanamitāṃ sadā / dhyātvā jalamayīṃ gaṅgāṃ pūjayanpuṇyabhāgbhavet
the surface of the earth flooded by her nectar, ever bowed to by the three worlds — having so meditated on the Ganges made of water, one who worships (her) becomes a sharer in merit.
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NarP 2 41.36
मासार्द्धमपि यस्त्वेवं नैरन्तर्येण पूजयेत् । स एव देवसदृशो बहुकाले फलाधिकः
māsārddhamapi yastvevaṃ nairantaryeṇa pūjayet / sa eva devasadṛśo bahukāle phalādhikaḥ
He who worships thus without a break even for half a month becomes like a god, exceeding in fruit over a long time.
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NarP 2 41.37
वैशाखशुक्लसप्तम्यां जह्नुना जाह्नवी पुरा । क्रोधात्पीता पुनस्त्यक्ता कर्णरङ्घ्रात्तु दक्षिणात्
vaiśākhaśuklasaptamyāṃ jahnunā jāhnavī purā / krodhātpītā punastyaktā karṇaraṅghrāttu dakṣiṇāt
On the seventh of the bright half of Vaiśākha, of old, the Jāhnavī was drunk in anger by Jahnu and again released from his right ear-hole.
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NarP 2 41.38
तां तत्र पूजयेद्देवीं गङ्गां गगनमेखलाम् । अक्षयायां तु वैशाखे कार्तिके ऽपि शुभानने
tāṃ tatra pūjayeddevīṃ gaṅgāṃ gaganamekhalām / akṣayāyāṃ tu vaiśākhe kārtike 'pi śubhānane
There one should worship that goddess Ganges, girdle of the sky; and on the Akṣaya (tṛtīyā) in Vaiśākha, and in Kārttika too, O fair-faced one,
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NarP 2 41.39
रात्रौ जागरणं कृत्वा यवान्नैश्च तिलैस्तथा । विष्णुं गङ्गां च शंभुं च पूजयेद्भक्ति भावतः
rātrau jāgaraṇaṃ kṛtvā yavānnaiśca tilaistathā / viṣṇuṃ gaṅgāṃ ca śaṃbhuṃ ca pūjayedbhakti bhāvataḥ
having kept a night vigil, one should worship Viṣṇu, Gaṅgā and Śambhu with barley-food and with sesame, in a spirit of devotion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.40
तथा सुगन्धैः कुसुमैः कुङ्कुमागरुमन्दनैः । तुलसीबिल्वपत्राद्यैर्मातुलुङ्गफलादिभिः
tathā sugandhaiḥ kusumaiḥ kuṅkumāgarumandanaiḥ / tulasībilvapatrādyairmātuluṅgaphalādibhiḥ
and likewise with fragrant flowers, with saffron, aloe-wood and ointments, with tulasī and bilva leaves and the rest, with citron fruits and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.41
धूपैर्दीपैश्च नैवेद्यैर्यथा विभवविस्तरैः । कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च
dhūpairdīpaiśca naivedyairyathā vibhavavistaraiḥ / kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca
With incense, lamps, and food offerings, according to the extent of (one's) means — for thousands of crores of aeons and hundreds of crores of aeons,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.42
दिव्यं विमानमास्थाय विष्णुलोके महीयते । ततो महीतलं प्राप्य राजा भवति धार्मिकः
divyaṃ vimānamāsthāya viṣṇuloke mahīyate / tato mahītalaṃ prāpya rājā bhavati dhārmikaḥ
seated in a divine celestial car, he is honoured in the world of Viṣṇu; then, reaching the surface of the earth, he becomes a righteous king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.43
भुक्त्वा विविधसौख्यानि रूपशीलगुणान्वितः । देहान्ते ज्ञानवान्भूत्वा शिवसायुज्यमाप्नुयात्
bhuktvā vividhasaukhyāni rūpaśīlaguṇānvitaḥ / dehānte jñānavānbhūtvā śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt
Having enjoyed manifold pleasures, endowed with beauty, good conduct, and (fine) qualities, at the end of the body, having become possessed of knowledge, he would attain union with Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.44
यज्ञो दानं तपो जप्यं श्राद्धं च सुरपूजनम् । गङ्गायां तु कृतं सर्वं कोटिकोटिगुणं भवेत्
yajño dānaṃ tapo japyaṃ śrāddhaṃ ca surapūjanam / gaṅgāyāṃ tu kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet
Sacrifice, gift, austerity, recitation, the śrāddha rite, and the worship of the gods — all this, when done at the Gaṅgā, becomes multiplied a crore of crores of times.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.45
यस्त्वक्षयतृतीयायां गङ्गातीरे ददाति वै । घृतधेनुं विधानेन तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
yastvakṣayatṛtīyāyāṃ gaṅgātīre dadāti vai / ghṛtadhenuṃ vidhānena tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
But whoever, on the Akṣaya-tṛtīyā, gives on the bank of the Gaṅgā a cow made of ghee, according to the prescribed rite — hear the fruit of his merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.46
कल्पकोटिसहस्राणि कल्पकोटिशतानि च । सहस्रादित्यसंकाशः सर्वकामसमन्वितः
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca / sahasrādityasaṃkāśaḥ sarvakāmasamanvitaḥ
For thousands of crores of aeons and hundreds of crores of aeons, resembling a thousand suns, provided with all he desires,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.47
हेमरत्न मये चित्रे विमाने हंसभूषिते । स्वकीयपितृभिः सार्द्धं ब्रह्मलोके महीयते
hemaratna maye citre vimāne haṃsabhūṣite / svakīyapitṛbhiḥ sārddhaṃ brahmaloke mahīyate
in a bright celestial car made of gold and jewels, adorned with swans, together with his own ancestors he is honoured in the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.48
ततस्तु जायते विप्रो गङ्गातीरे धनान्वितः । अन्ते तु ब्रह्मविद्भूत्वा मोक्षमाप्नोत्यसंशयः
tatastu jāyate vipro gaṅgātīre dhanānvitaḥ / ante tu brahmavidbhūtvā mokṣamāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ
And thereafter he is born a brahmin on the bank of the Gaṅgā, possessed of wealth; and at the end, having become a knower of brahman, he attains liberation — (there is) no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.49
तथैव गोप्रदानं च विधिना कुरुते तु यः । गोलोमसंख्यवर्षाणि स्वर्गलोके महीयते
tathaiva gopradānaṃ ca vidhinā kurute tu yaḥ / golomasaṃkhyavarṣāṇi svargaloke mahīyate
So too, whoever makes the gift of a cow according to the prescribed rite is honoured in the world of heaven for as many years as (there are) hairs on the cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.50
जायते च कुले पश्चाद्धनधान्यसमाकुले । रत्नकाञ्चनभूपूर्णे शीलविद्यायशोन्विते
jāyate ca kule paścāddhanadhānyasamākule / ratnakāñcanabhūpūrṇe śīlavidyāyaśonvite
And afterwards he is born in a family crowded with wealth and grain, full of jewels, gold, and land, endowed with good conduct, learning, and fame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.51
स भुक्त्वा विपुलान्भोगान्पुत्रपौत्रसमन्वितः । मोक्षभागी भवेन्नृनं नात्रकार्या विचारणा
sa bhuktvā vipulānbhogānputrapautrasamanvitaḥ / mokṣabhāgī bhavennṛnaṃ nātrakāryā vicāraṇā
Having enjoyed abundant pleasures, possessed of sons and grandsons, he surely becomes a partaker of liberation; no doubting is to be done here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.52
कपिला यदि दत्ता स्याद्विधिना वेदपारगे । नरकस्थान्पितॄन्सर्वान्स्वर्गं नयति वै तदा
kapilā yadi dattā syādvidhinā vedapārage / narakasthānpitṝnsarvānsvargaṃ nayati vai tadā
If a tawny cow is given, according to the rite, to one who has mastered the Vedas, then he leads all his ancestors who are in hell to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.53
भूमिं निवर्तनमितां गङ्गातीरे ददाति यः । भूमिरेणुप्रमाणाब्दं ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवातिगः
bhūmiṃ nivartanamitāṃ gaṅgātīre dadāti yaḥ / bhūmireṇupramāṇābdaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivātigaḥ
Whoever gives on the bank of the Gaṅgā land measured as a nivartana, (dwells in heaven) for as many years as there are dust-grains of the land, surpassing Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 41.54
जायते च पुनर्भूमौ सप्तद्वीपपतिर्भवेत् । भेरीशङ्खादिनिर्घोषैर्गीतवादित्रनिःस्वनैः
jāyate ca punarbhūmau saptadvīpapatirbhavet / bherīśaṅkhādinirghoṣairgītavāditraniḥsvanaiḥ
And he is born again on earth and becomes lord of the seven continents; by the sounds of kettledrums, conches and the rest, by the strains of song and instruments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.55
स्तुतिभिर्मागघानां च सुप्तो ऽसौ प्रतिबुध्यते । सर्वसौख्यान्यवाप्येह सर्वधर्मपरायणः
stutibhirmāgaghānāṃ ca supto 'sau pratibudhyate / sarvasaukhyānyavāpyeha sarvadharmaparāyaṇaḥ
and by the praises of the bards, he, asleep, is awakened; having obtained all comforts here, devoted to every duty,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.56
नरकस्थान्पितॄन्सर्वान्प्रापयित्वा दिवं तथा । स्वर्गस्थितान्मोक्षयित्वा स्वयं ज्ञानी च मोहिनि
narakasthānpitṝnsarvānprāpayitvā divaṃ tathā / svargasthitānmokṣayitvā svayaṃ jñānī ca mohini
having brought all his ancestors who are in hell to heaven, and having liberated those who dwell in heaven, himself a knower, O bewitching one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.57
अन्ते ज्ञानासिना छित्वा अविद्यां पञ्चपर्विकाम् । परं वैराग्यमापन्नः परं ब्रह्माधि गच्छति
ante jñānāsinā chitvā avidyāṃ pañcaparvikām / paraṃ vairāgyamāpannaḥ paraṃ brahmādhi gacchati
at the end, having cut with the sword of knowledge the five-jointed ignorance, having attained supreme detachment, he goes to the supreme brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.58
सप्तहस्तेन दण्डेन त्रिंशद्दण्डा निवर्तनम् । त्रिभागहीनं गोचर्म मानमाह विधिः स्वयम्
saptahastena daṇḍena triṃśaddaṇḍā nivartanam / tribhāgahīnaṃ gocarma mānamāha vidhiḥ svayam
With a rod of seven cubits, thirty rods (make) a nivartana; a gocarma is that less by a third — so the ordinance itself has stated the measure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.59
ग्रामं गङ्गातटे यो वै ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छति । ब्रह्मविष्णुशिवप्रीत्ये दुर्गाया भास्करस्य च
grāmaṃ gaṅgātaṭe yo vai brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati / brahmaviṣṇuśivaprītye durgāyā bhāskarasya ca
Whoever bestows a village on the bank of the Gaṅgā upon brahmins, for the pleasure of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, and of Durgā and the Sun —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.60
सर्वदानेषु यत्पुण्यं सर्वयज्ञेषु यत्फलम् । तपोव्रतेषु पुण्येषु यत्फलं परिकीर्तितम्
sarvadāneṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam / tapovrateṣu puṇyeṣu yatphalaṃ parikīrtitam
whatever merit (there is) in all gifts, whatever fruit in all sacrifices, whatever fruit is proclaimed in meritorious austerities and vows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.61
सहस्रगुणितं तत्तु विज्ञेयं ग्रामदायिनः । सूर्यकोटिप्रतीकाशे विमाने वैष्णवे पुरे
sahasraguṇitaṃ tattu vijñeyaṃ grāmadāyinaḥ / sūryakoṭipratīkāśe vimāne vaiṣṇave pure
But that is to be known as multiplied a thousandfold in the case of one who gives a village; in a celestial car shining like ten million suns, in Viṣṇu's city,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.62
क्रीडते शाङ्करे वापि स्तुतो देवादिभिर्मुदा । भूमिरेण्वब्दसंख्याकं कालं स्थित्वा च तत्र सः
krīḍate śāṅkare vāpi stuto devādibhirmudā / bhūmireṇvabdasaṃkhyākaṃ kālaṃ sthitvā ca tatra saḥ
he sports, or else in Śiva's (world), praised gladly by the gods and the rest; and having remained there for a time whose count of years equals the dust-motes of the earth, he
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.63
अणिमादिगुणैर्युक्ते योगिनां जायते कुले । अक्षयायां तु यो देवि स्वर्णं षोडशमासिकम्
aṇimādiguṇairyukte yogināṃ jāyate kule / akṣayāyāṃ tu yo devi svarṇaṃ ṣoḍaśamāsikam
is born in a family of yogins possessed of the powers beginning with aṇimā. But, O goddess, he who on the Akṣayā (tṛtīyā) (gives) sixteen māṣas of gold
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.64
ददाति द्विजमुख्याय सो ऽपि लोकेषु पूज्यते । अन्नदानाद्विष्णुलोकं शैवं वै तिलदानतः
dadāti dvijamukhyāya so 'pi lokeṣu pūjyate / annadānādviṣṇulokaṃ śaivaṃ vai tiladānataḥ
gives (it) to a foremost twice-born, he too is honoured in the worlds. By the gift of food (one gains) Viṣṇu's world, by the gift of sesame indeed Śiva's,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.65
ब्राह्मं रत्नप्रदानेन गोहिरण्येन वासवम् । गान्धर्वं स्वर्णवासोभिः कीर्तिं कन्याप्रदानतः
brāhmaṃ ratnapradānena gohiraṇyena vāsavam / gāndharvaṃ svarṇavāsobhiḥ kīrtiṃ kanyāpradānataḥ
Brahmā's by the gift of jewels, Vāsava's (Indra's) by cows and gold, the Gandharvas' by gold and garments, and fame by the gift of a maiden (in marriage).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.66
विद्यया मुक्तिदं ज्ञानं प्राप्य यायान्निरञ्जनम् । गंमातीरे नरो यस्तु नानावृक्षैः समन्वितम्
vidyayā muktidaṃ jñānaṃ prāpya yāyānnirañjanam / gaṃmātīre naro yastu nānāvṛkṣaiḥ samanvitam
By (the gift of) learning, having obtained the knowledge that bestows release, he would go to the Stainless One. But the man who, on the bank of the Gaṃ(gā), (a place) furnished with many kinds of trees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 41.67
आरामं कारयेद्भक्त्या गृहं चोपवनान्वितम् । कदलीनारिकेरैश्च कपित्थाशोकचंपकैः
ārāmaṃ kārayedbhaktyā gṛhaṃ copavanānvitam / kadalīnārikeraiśca kapitthāśokacaṃpakaiḥ
would have a pleasure-garden made with devotion, and a house provided with a grove — with plantains and coconuts, with wood-apple, aśoka and campaka trees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.68
पनसैर्बिल्ववृक्षैश्च कदंबाश्वत्थपाटलैः । आम्रैस्तालैर्नागरङ्गैर्वृक्षैरन्यैश्च संयुतम्
panasairbilvavṛkṣaiśca kadaṃbāśvatthapāṭalaiḥ / āmraistālairnāgaraṅgairvṛkṣairanyaiśca saṃyutam
with jackfruit and bilva trees, with kadamba, aśvattha and pāṭala, joined with mangoes, palms, orange trees and other trees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.69
जातीविजयसंयुक्तं तथा पाटलराजितम् । निचितं कारयित्वैवमावासं पुष्पशोभितम्
jātīvijayasaṃyuktaṃ tathā pāṭalarājitam / nicitaṃ kārayitvaivamāvāsaṃ puṣpaśobhitam
provided with jātī and vijayā, and made bright with pāṭala — having thus had a dwelling made, thickly planted and lovely with flowers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.70
शिवाय विष्णवे वापि दुर्गायै भास्कराय च । प्रयच्छति तथा भक्त्या सर्वार्थं परिकल्प्य च
śivāya viṣṇave vāpi durgāyai bhāskarāya ca / prayacchati tathā bhaktyā sarvārthaṃ parikalpya ca
he presents (it) with devotion to Śiva, or to Viṣṇu, or to Durgā, or to the Sun, having arranged everything needful:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.71
तस्य पुण्यफलं वक्ष्ये संक्षेपान्नतु विस्तरात् । यावन्ति तेषां वृक्षाणां पुष्पमूलफलानि च
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vakṣye saṃkṣepānnatu vistarāt / yāvanti teṣāṃ vṛkṣāṇāṃ puṣpamūlaphalāni ca
I shall declare the fruit of his merit, in brief and not at length. As many as are the flowers, roots and fruits of those trees,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 41.72
बीजानि च विचित्राणि तेषां मूलानि वै तथा । तावत्कल्पसहस्राणि तेषां लोकेषु संस्थितिः
bījāni ca vicitrāṇi teṣāṃ mūlāni vai tathā / tāvatkalpasahasrāṇi teṣāṃ lokeṣu saṃsthitiḥ
and the manifold seeds, and likewise their roots — for that many thousands of kalpas is their abiding in the (higher) worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition