Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 6
NarP 2 6.1
ब्रह्मोवाच किमाश्चर्यं त्वया दृष्टं कथं वा खिद्यते भवान् । सद्गुणेषु च संतापः स तापो मरणान्तिकः
brahmovāca kimāścaryaṃ tvayā dṛṣṭaṃ kathaṃ vā khidyate bhavān / sadguṇeṣu ca saṃtāpaḥ sa tāpo maraṇāntikaḥ
Brahmā said: What marvel have you seen, or why do you grieve? And grief over good qualities — that grief ends in death.
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NarP 2 6.2
यस्योच्चारणमात्रेण प्राप्यते परमं पदम् । तमुपोष्य कथं सौरे न गच्छति नरस्त्विति
yasyoccāraṇamātreṇa prāpyate paramaṃ padam / tamupoṣya kathaṃ saure na gacchati narastviti
By the mere utterance of whose (name) the highest state is attained — having fasted (on the day sacred) to him, how, O son of Sūrya, does a man not go (there)?
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NarP 2 6.3
एको हि कृष्णस्य कृतः प्रणामो दशाश्वमेधावभृथेन तुल्यः । दशाश्वमेधी पुनरेति जन्म कष्णप्रणामी न पुनर्भवाय
eko hi kṛṣṇasya kṛtaḥ praṇāmo daśāśvamedhāvabhṛthena tulyaḥ / daśāśvamedhī punareti janma kaṣṇapraṇāmī na punarbhavāya
For a single obeisance made to Kṛṣṇa is equal to the concluding bath of ten horse-sacrifices; the performer of ten horse-sacrifices comes to birth again, but he who bows to Kṛṣṇa is not (born) again.
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NarP 2 6.4
कुरुक्षेत्रेण किं तस्य किं काश्या विरजेन वा । जिह्वाग्रे वर्तते यस्य हरिरित्यक्षरद्वयम्
kurukṣetreṇa kiṃ tasya kiṃ kāśyā virajena vā / jihvāgre vartate yasya harirityakṣaradvayam
What need has he of Kurukṣetra, what of Kāśī or of the Virajā, on the tip of whose tongue stand the two syllables 'Hari'?
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NarP 2 6.5
ब्राह्मणः श्वपचीं गच्छन् विशेषेण रजस्वलाम् । अन्नमश्नन्सुरापक्वं मरणे यो हरिं स्मरेत्
brāhmaṇaḥ śvapacīṃ gacchan viśeṣeṇa rajasvalām / annamaśnansurāpakvaṃ maraṇe yo hariṃ smaret
A brahmin who goes to a dog-cooker woman, and especially one who is menstruating, and who eats food cooked by a liquor-seller — if he remembers Hari at death,
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NarP 2 6.6
अभक्ष्यागम्ययोर्जातं विहाय पापसंचयम् । स याति विष्णुसायुज्यं विमुक्तो भवबन्धनैः
abhakṣyāgamyayorjātaṃ vihāya pāpasaṃcayam / sa yāti viṣṇusāyujyaṃ vimukto bhavabandhanaiḥ
having left behind the heap of sin arising from forbidden food and forbidden women, he goes to union with Viṣṇu, released from the bonds of existence.
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NarP 2 6.7
यन्नामोच्चारणान्मोक्षः कथं न तदुपोषणे । यस्मिन्संगीयते सो ऽपि चिन्त्यते पुरुषोत्तमः
yannāmoccāraṇānmokṣaḥ kathaṃ na tadupoṣaṇe / yasminsaṃgīyate so 'pi cintyate puruṣottamaḥ
When there is release from uttering his name, how not from fasting for him — the fast in which that Puruṣottama is sung of and meditated upon?
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NarP 2 6.8
लीलया चोच्चरेद्देवं शृणुयाच्च जनार्दनम् । गङ्गांभः पूतपुण्यत्वे स नरः समतां व्रजेत्
līlayā coccareddevaṃ śṛṇuyācca janārdanam / gaṅgāṃbhaḥ pūtapuṇyatve sa naraḥ samatāṃ vrajet
And should one utter the god's (name) even in play, and hear (the name) Janārdana, that man attains equality with the water of the Gaṅgā in purifying holiness.
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NarP 2 6.9
अस्माकं जगतांनाथो जन्मदः पुरुषोत्तमः । कथं शासति दुर्मेधास्तस्य वासरसेविनम्
asmākaṃ jagatāṃnātho janmadaḥ puruṣottamaḥ / kathaṃ śāsati durmedhāstasya vāsarasevinam
Puruṣottama, the lord of the worlds, is the giver of our birth; how then does the dull-witted one chastise him who observes his day?
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NarP 2 6.10
यस्त्वं न चूर्णितस्तैस्तु यस्त्वं बद्धो न तैर्दृढम् । तदस्माकं कृतं मानं मे तत्त्वं नावबुध्यसे
yastvaṃ na cūrṇitastaistu yastvaṃ baddho na tairdṛḍham / tadasmākaṃ kṛtaṃ mānaṃ me tattvaṃ nāvabudhyase
That you were not ground to powder by them, that you were not firmly bound by them — that is the regard shown by us; you do not grasp my (real) nature.
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NarP 2 6.11
यो नियोगी न जानाति नृपभक्तान्वरान् क्षितौ । कृत्स्नायासेन संयुक्तः स तैर्निग्राह्यते पुनः
yo niyogī na jānāti nṛpabhaktānvarān kṣitau / kṛtsnāyāsena saṃyuktaḥ sa tairnigrāhyate punaḥ
The officer who does not recognise, on earth, the excellent devotees of the king — though he act with all his effort, he in turn is put down by them.
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NarP 2 6.12
राजेष्टा न नियोक्तव्याः सापराधा नियोगिना । स्वामिप्रसादात्सिद्धास्ते विनिन्युर्व्वै नियोगिनम्
rājeṣṭā na niyoktavyāḥ sāparādhā niyoginā / svāmiprasādātsiddhāste vininyurvvai niyoginam
Those dear to the king, even when at fault, are not to be coerced by an officer; being successful through their master's favour, they bring the officer low.
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NarP 2 6.13
एवं हि पापकर्तारः प्रणता ये जनार्दने । कथं संयमिता तेषां बाल्याद्भास्करनन्दन
evaṃ hi pāpakartāraḥ praṇatā ye janārdane / kathaṃ saṃyamitā teṣāṃ bālyādbhāskaranandana
Just so with those doers of sin who are bowed low before Janārdana: how have they been restrained, out of childishness, O son of the sun?
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NarP 2 6.16
शैवैर्भास्करभक्तैर्वा मद्भक्तैर्वा दिवाकरे । करोमि तव साहाय्यं हरिभक्तैर्न भास्करे ॥ नर्प्_२,६।१४ ॥ सर्वेषामेव देवानामादिस्तुपुरुषोत्तमः ॥ नर्प्_२,६।१५ ॥ मधुसूदनभक्तानां निग्रहो नोपपद्यते । व्याजेनापि कृता यैस्तु द्वादशी पक्षयोर्द्वयोः
śaivairbhāskarabhaktairvā madbhaktairvā divākare / karomi tava sāhāyyaṃ haribhaktairna bhāskare // narp_2,6.14 // sarveṣāmeva devānāmādistupuruṣottamaḥ // narp_2,6.15 // madhusūdanabhaktānāṃ nigraho nopapadyate / vyājenāpi kṛtā yaistu dvādaśī pakṣayordvayoḥ
With Śaivas, or with devotees of the sun, or with my own devotees, in the matter of the sun-god, I give you my help — but not with devotees of Hari in the matter of the sun. (14) Puruṣottama alone is the origin of all the gods. (15) The restraint of the devotees of Madhusūdana is not admissible — of those who have kept the dvādaśī of both fortnights even on a pretext.
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NarP 2 6.17
तैः कृते अवमाने तु तव नाहं सहायवान् । कृते सहाये तव सूर्यसूनो भवेदनीतिर्मम देहघातिनी । विपर्ययो ब्रह्मपदात्सुपुण्यात्कृतेव मार्गे सह विष्णुभक्तैः
taiḥ kṛte avamāne tu tava nāhaṃ sahāyavān / kṛte sahāye tava sūryasūno bhavedanītirmama dehaghātinī / viparyayo brahmapadātsupuṇyātkṛteva mārge saha viṣṇubhaktaiḥ
But if dishonour is done by them, I am no helper of yours; and if help be given to you, O son of Sūrya, there would be misconduct on my part, destructive of my body — a fall from the most holy station of Brahmā, as if (I had) made (my) way together with Viṣṇu's devotees (against them).
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