Narasimha Purana — Chapter 60

NsP 60.1

अत ऊर्ध्वं प्रवक्ष्यामि यतिधर्मम् अनुत्तमम् श्रद्धया यद् अनुष्ठाय यतिर् मुच्येत बन्धनात्

ata ūrdhvaṃ pravakṣyāmi yatidharmam anuttamam śraddhayā yad anuṣṭhāya yatir mucyeta bandhanāt

Next I shall declare the unsurpassed duty of the renouncer, by performing which with faith the renouncer would be freed from bondage.

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NsP 60.2

एवं वनाश्रमे तिष्ठंस् तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषः चतुर्थम् आश्रमं गच्छेत् संन्यस्य विधिना द्विजः

evaṃ vanāśrame tiṣṭhaṃs tapasā dagdhakilbiṣaḥ caturtham āśramaṃ gacchet saṃnyasya vidhinā dvijaḥ

Thus abiding in the forest stage of life, his faults burned away by austerity, the twice-born, having renounced according to rule, should go to the fourth stage of life.

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NsP 60.3

दिव्यं ऋषिभ्यो देवेभ्यः स्वपितृभ्यश् च यत्नतः दत्त्वा श्राद्धम् ऋषिभ्यश् च मनुजेभ्यस् तथात्मने

divyaṃ ṛṣibhyo devebhyaḥ svapitṛbhyaś ca yatnataḥ dattvā śrāddham ṛṣibhyaś ca manujebhyas tathātmane

Having carefully given the divine (offering) to the seers, the gods, and his own ancestors, and the śrāddha to the seers, to men, and likewise to himself,

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NsP 60.4

इष्टिं वैश्वानरीं कृत्वा प्राजापत्यम् अथापि वा अग्निं स्वात्मनि संस्थाप्य मन्त्रवत् प्रव्रजेत् पुनः

iṣṭiṃ vaiśvānarīṃ kṛtvā prājāpatyam athāpi vā agniṃ svātmani saṃsthāpya mantravat pravrajet punaḥ

having performed the Vaiśvānara sacrifice, or else the Prājāpatya, and having established the fire within his own self, he should then go forth as a wanderer with the (proper) mantras.

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NsP 60.5

ततः प्रभृति पुत्रादौ सुखलोभादि वर्जयेत् दद्याच् च भूमाव् उदकं सर्वभूताभयंकरम्

tataḥ prabhṛti putrādau sukhalobhādi varjayet dadyāc ca bhūmāv udakaṃ sarvabhūtābhayaṃkaram

From then on he should give up pleasure, greed and the like with regard to sons and the rest, and should pour water upon the ground, granting freedom from fear to all beings.

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NsP 60.6

त्रिदण्डं वैणवं सौम्यं सत्वचं समपर्वकम् वेष्टितं कृष्णगोवालरज्ज्वा च चतुरङ्गुलम्

tridaṇḍaṃ vaiṇavaṃ saumyaṃ satvacaṃ samaparvakam veṣṭitaṃ kṛṣṇagovālarajjvā ca caturaṅgulam

(He should carry) a triple staff of bamboo, pleasing, with its bark intact, with even joints, wrapped with a cord of black cow's hair, four fingers (in measure),

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NsP 60.7

ग्रन्थिभिर् वा त्रिभिर् युक्तं जलपूतं च धारयेत् गृह्णीयाद् दक्षिणे हस्ते मन्त्रेणैव तु मन्त्रवित्

granthibhir vā tribhir yuktaṃ jalapūtaṃ ca dhārayet gṛhṇīyād dakṣiṇe haste mantreṇaiva tu mantravit

or provided with three knots; and he should carry it purified with water. Knowing the mantras, he should take it in his right hand with the mantra alone.

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NsP 60.8

कौपीनाच् छादनं वासः कुथां शीतनिवारिणीम् पादुके चापि गृह्णीयात् कुर्यान् नान्यस्य संग्रहम्

kaupīnāc chādanaṃ vāsaḥ kuthāṃ śītanivāriṇīm pāduke cāpi gṛhṇīyāt kuryān nānyasya saṃgraham

A garment as a covering for the loincloth, a blanket that wards off cold, and also sandals he may take; he should make no collection of anything else.

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NsP 60.9

एतानि तस्य लिङ्गानि यतेः प्रोक्तानि धर्मतः संगृह्य कृतसंन्यासो गत्वा तीर्थम् अनुत्तमम्

etāni tasya liṅgāni yateḥ proktāni dharmataḥ saṃgṛhya kṛtasaṃnyāso gatvā tīrtham anuttamam

These are declared, according to dharma, to be the marks of that renouncer. Having gathered them, having performed renunciation, going to the most excellent ford,

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NsP 60.10

स्नात्वा ह्य् आचम्य विधिवज् जलयुक्तांशुकेन वै वारिणा तर्पयित्वा तु मन्त्रवद् भास्करं नमेत्

snātvā hy ācamya vidhivaj jalayuktāṃśukena vai vāriṇā tarpayitvā tu mantravad bhāskaraṃ namet

having bathed and sipped water according to rule, with a garment wet with water, and having offered a water-libation, he should bow to the sun with the mantra.

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NsP 60.11

आसीनः प्राङ्मुखो मौनी प्राणायामत्रयं चरेत् गायत्रीं च यथाशक्ति जप्त्वा ध्यायेत् परं पदम्

āsīnaḥ prāṅmukho maunī prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ caret gāyatrīṃ ca yathāśakti japtvā dhyāyet paraṃ padam

Seated facing east, keeping silence, he should perform three breath-controls; and having muttered the Gāyatrī as far as he is able, he should meditate on the supreme state.

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NsP 60.12

स्थित्यर्थम् आत्मनो नित्यं भिक्षाटनम् अथाचरेत् सायाह्नकाले विप्राणां गृहाणि विचरेद् यतिः

sthityartham ātmano nityaṃ bhikṣāṭanam athācaret sāyāhnakāle viprāṇāṃ gṛhāṇi vicared yatiḥ

For the maintenance of his body he should then daily go about begging; at the evening hour the renouncer should walk among the houses of brahmins.

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NsP 60.13

स्याद् अर्थी यावतान्नेन तावद् भैक्षं समाचरेत् ततो निवृत्त्य तत्पात्रम् अभ्युक्ष्याचम्य संयमी

syād arthī yāvatānnena tāvad bhaikṣaṃ samācaret tato nivṛttya tatpātram abhyukṣyācamya saṃyamī

He should go on begging just so long as he has need of food; then, turning back, the self-restrained one, having sprinkled that bowl and sipped water,

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NsP 60.14

सूर्यादिदैवतेभ्यो हि दत्त्वान्नं प्रोक्ष्य वारिणा भुञ्जीत पर्णपुटके पात्रे वा वग्यतो यतिः

sūryādidaivatebhyo hi dattvānnaṃ prokṣya vāriṇā bhuñjīta parṇapuṭake pātre vā vagyato yatiḥ

having given food to the sun and the other deities and sprinkled it with water, the renouncer should eat, keeping his speech restrained, from a leaf-cup or a bowl.

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NsP 60.15

वटकाश्वत्थपत्रेषु कुम्भीतिन्दुकपत्रयोः कोविदारकरञ्जेषु न भूञ्जीत कदाचन

vaṭakāśvatthapatreṣu kumbhītindukapatrayoḥ kovidārakarañjeṣu na bhūñjīta kadācana

He should never eat on the leaves of the banyan or the aśvattha, of the kumbhī or the tinduka, or on those of the kovidāra or the karañja.

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NsP 60.16

भुक्त्वाचम्य निरुद्धासुर् उपतिष्ठेत भास्करम् जपध्यानेतिहासैस् तु दिनशेषं नयेद् यतिः

bhuktvācamya niruddhāsur upatiṣṭheta bhāskaram japadhyānetihāsais tu dinaśeṣaṃ nayed yatiḥ

Having eaten and sipped water, with breath restrained, he should stand in worship of the sun; and the renouncer should pass the rest of the day with muttered prayer, meditation, and the old narratives.

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