Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 5

NarP 2 5.1

यम उवाच घृष्टतां समनुप्राप्तः पन्था देवस्य चक्रिणः । अच्छिद्रैर्गम्यनानैश्च नरैस्त्रिभुवनार्चित

yama uvāca ghṛṣṭatāṃ samanuprāptaḥ panthā devasya cakriṇaḥ / acchidrairgamyanānaiśca naraistribhuvanārcita

Yama said: The path of the god who bears the discus has been worn smooth, O you who are worshipped in the three worlds, by men passing along it without a break.

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NarP 2 5.2

अप्रमाणमहं मन्ये लोकं विष्णोर्जगत्पते । यो न पूर्यति लोकैघैः सर्वसत्वसरोरुहैः

apramāṇamahaṃ manye lokaṃ viṣṇorjagatpate / yo na pūryati lokaighaiḥ sarvasatvasaroruhaiḥ

I hold Viṣṇu's world to be beyond measure, O lord of the universe — it is not filled by the throngs of people, with all creatures as its lotuses.

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NarP 2 5.3

माधवावसथैनैव समस्तेन पितामह । स्वकर्मस्था विकर्मस्थाः शुचयो ऽशुचयो ऽपि वा

mādhavāvasathainaiva samastena pitāmaha / svakarmasthā vikarmasthāḥ śucayo 'śucayo 'pi vā

By Mādhava's dwelling alone, together with the whole (of it), O grandfather — those who stand in their own duty and those who stand in wrong deeds, the pure and even the impure —

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NarP 2 5.4

उपोष्य वासरं विष्णोर्लोकं यान्ति नृपाज्ञया । सो ऽस्माकं हि महान् शत्रुर्भवतां च विशेषतः

upoṣya vāsaraṃ viṣṇorlokaṃ yānti nṛpājñayā / so 'smākaṃ hi mahān śatrurbhavatāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

— having fasted on Viṣṇu's day, they go to (his) world by that king's command. He is indeed a great enemy of ours, and of you in particular.

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NarP 2 5.5

निग्राह्यो जगतांनाथ भवेन्नास्त्यत्र संशयः । तेन वर्षसहस्रेण शासितं क्षितिमण्डलम्

nigrāhyo jagatāṃnātha bhavennāstyatra saṃśayaḥ / tena varṣasahasreṇa śāsitaṃ kṣitimaṇḍalam

He must be restrained, O lord of the worlds; there is no doubt in this. For a thousand years the circle of the earth has been ruled by him.

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NarP 2 5.6

अप्रमेयो जनो नीतो वैष्णवं हरिवल्लभम् । आरोपयित्वा गरुडे कृत्वा रूपं चतुर्भुजम्

aprameyo jano nīto vaiṣṇavaṃ harivallabham / āropayitvā garuḍe kṛtvā rūpaṃ caturbhujam

Immeasurable numbers of people have been led away by that Vaiṣṇava dear to Hari, after mounting them on Garuḍa and making their form four-armed,

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NarP 2 5.7

पीतवस्त्रसुसंवीतं स्रग्विणं चारुलोपनम् । यदि स्थास्यति देवेश माधव्यां माधवप्रियः

pītavastrasusaṃvītaṃ sragviṇaṃ cārulopanam / yadi sthāsyati deveśa mādhavyāṃ mādhavapriyaḥ

well wrapped in yellow cloth, wearing a garland, of lovely appearance. If, O lord of the gods, this beloved of Mādhava is to remain on the earth,

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NarP 2 5.8

समस्तं नेष्यते लोकं विष्णोः पदमनामयम् । एष दण्डः पटो ह्येष तव पद्भ्यां विसर्जितः

samastaṃ neṣyate lokaṃ viṣṇoḥ padamanāmayam / eṣa daṇḍaḥ paṭo hyeṣa tava padbhyāṃ visarjitaḥ

he will lead the whole world to Viṣṇu's abode where there is no affliction. This staff and this cloth are hereby cast away at your feet.

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NarP 2 5.9

लोकपालत्वमतुलं मार्जित तेन भूभुजा । रुक्माङ्गदेन देवेश धन्या सा स धृतो यया

lokapālatvamatulaṃ mārjita tena bhūbhujā / rukmāṅgadena deveśa dhanyā sā sa dhṛto yayā

My incomparable office as guardian of a world has been wiped out by that king Rukmāṅgada, O lord of the gods; blessed is she by whom he was borne.

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NarP 2 5.10

सर्वदुःखविनाशाय मात्रृजातो गुणाधिकः । किमपत्येन जातेन मातुः क्लेशकरेण हि

sarvaduḥkhavināśāya mātrṛjāto guṇādhikaḥ / kimapatyena jātena mātuḥ kleśakareṇa hi

A son born of a mother, rich in virtues, is for the destruction of all sorrow; what use is a child that is born only to cause his mother pain?

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NarP 2 5.11

यो न तापयते शत्रून् ज्येष्ठे मासि यथा रविः । वृथाशूला हि जननी जाता देव कुपुत्रिणी

yo na tāpayate śatrūn jyeṣṭhe māsi yathā raviḥ / vṛthāśūlā hi jananī jātā deva kuputriṇī

He who does not scorch his enemies as the sun does in the month of Jyeṣṭha — his mother's birth-pangs were in vain, O god, and she has become the mother of a bad son;

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NarP 2 5.12

यस्य न स्फुरते कीर्तिर्घनस्थेव शतह्रदा । यः पितुर्नोद्धरेत्पक्षं विद्यया वा बलेन वा

yasya na sphurate kīrtirghanastheva śatahradā / yaḥ piturnoddharetpakṣaṃ vidyayā vā balena vā

he whose fame does not flash out like the lightning in a cloud, who does not uphold his father's side by learning or by strength —

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NarP 2 5.13

मातुर्जठरजो रोगः स प्रसूतो धरातले । धर्मे चार्थे च कामे च प्रतीपो यो भवेत्सुतः

māturjaṭharajo rogaḥ sa prasūto dharātale / dharme cārthe ca kāme ca pratīpo yo bhavetsutaḥ

he is a disease born of his mother's womb, brought forth on the face of the earth. A son who is contrary in dharma, in wealth and in pleasure —

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NarP 2 5.14

मातृहा प्रोच्यते सद्भिर्वृथा तस्यैव जीवितम् । एका हि वीरसूरेव विरञ्चे नात्र संशयः

mātṛhā procyate sadbhirvṛthā tasyaiva jīvitam / ekā hi vīrasūreva virañce nātra saṃśayaḥ

(Such a son) is called a matricide by the good; his life is in vain. For only one woman is truly a bearer of a hero, O Virañca (Brahmā) — here there is no doubt.

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NarP 2 5.15

यया रुक्माङ्गदो जातो मल्लिपेमर्ज्जनाय वै । नेदं व्यवस्थितं देव क्षितौ केनापि भूभुजा

yayā rukmāṅgado jāto mallipemarjjanāya vai / nedaṃ vyavasthitaṃ deva kṣitau kenāpi bhūbhujā

By her Rukmāṅgada was born, for the wiping of the ... (?); this has not been established on earth, O god, by any king.

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NarP 2 5.16

पुराणे ऽपि जगन्नाथ न श्रुतं पटमार्जनम् । सो ऽहं न जां मि कदाचिदाश दृष्ट्वा क्षिरीशं हरिसेवने स्थितम् । प्रवादमानं पटहं सुघोरं प्रलोपमानं ममविश्ममार्गम्

purāṇe 'pi jagannātha na śrutaṃ paṭamārjanam / so 'haṃ na jāṃ mi kadācidāśa dṛṣṭvā kṣirīśaṃ harisevane sthitam / pravādamānaṃ paṭahaṃ sughoraṃ pralopamānaṃ mamaviśmamārgam

Not even in the Purāṇa, O Jagannātha, has the wiping of the cloth been heard of. I myself do not know ... having at some time seen the lord of the milk(-ocean?) standing in the service of Hari; the drum sounding forth most terribly, ... destroying my ... path.

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