Narasimha Purana — Chapter 61
NsP 61.1
वर्णानाम् आश्रमाणां च कथितं धर्मलक्षणम् यतः स्वर्गापवर्गौ तु प्राप्नुयुस् ते द्विजादयः
varṇānām āśramāṇāṃ ca kathitaṃ dharmalakṣaṇam yataḥ svargāpavargau tu prāpnuyus te dvijādayaḥ
The characteristics of the duty of the classes and the stages of life have been told, by which the twice-born and the rest may attain both heaven and final release.
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NsP 61.2
योगशास्त्रस्य वक्ष्यामि संक्षेपात् सारम् उत्तमम् यस्याभ्यासबलाद् यान्ति मोक्षं चेह मुमुक्षवः
yogaśāstrasya vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepāt sāram uttamam yasyābhyāsabalād yānti mokṣaṃ ceha mumukṣavaḥ
I shall declare in brief the excellent essence of the science of yoga, by the power of practising which those who desire liberation attain release even here.
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NsP 61.3
योगाभ्यासरतस्येह नश्येयुः पातकानि च तस्माद् योगपरो भूत्वा ध्यायेन् नित्यं क्रियान्तरे
yogābhyāsaratasyeha naśyeyuḥ pātakāni ca tasmād yogaparo bhūtvā dhyāyen nityaṃ kriyāntare
For one devoted to the practice of yoga the grave sins are destroyed here; therefore, becoming intent on yoga, one should meditate constantly in the intervals between rites.
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NsP 61.4
प्राणायामेन वचनं प्रत्याहारेण चेन्द्रियम् धारणाभिर् वशीकृत्य पुनर् दुर्धर्षणं मनः
prāṇāyāmena vacanaṃ pratyāhāreṇa cendriyam dhāraṇābhir vaśīkṛtya punar durdharṣaṇaṃ manaḥ
Having subdued speech by breath control, the senses by withdrawal (pratyāhāra), and further the hard-to-restrain mind by the fixations (dhāraṇās) —
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NsP 61.5
एकं कारणम् आनन्दबोधं च तम् अनामयम् सुक्ष्मात् सूक्ष्मतरं ध्यायेज् जगदाधारम् अच्युतम्
ekaṃ kāraṇam ānandabodhaṃ ca tam anāmayam sukṣmāt sūkṣmataraṃ dhyāyej jagadādhāram acyutam
— let him meditate on that one cause, whose awareness is bliss, free from affliction, subtler than the subtle, the support of the world, the imperishable one.
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NsP 61.6
आत्मानम् अरविन्दस्थं तप्तचामीकरप्रभम् रहस्य् एकान्तम् आसीत ध्यायेद् आत्महृदि स्थितम्
ātmānam aravindasthaṃ taptacāmīkaraprabham rahasy ekāntam āsīta dhyāyed ātmahṛdi sthitam
Let him sit in a secret, solitary place and meditate on the Self seated on a lotus, with the radiance of molten gold, abiding in his own heart.
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NsP 61.7
यः सर्वप्राणचित्तज्ञो यः सर्वेषां हृदि स्थितः यश् च सर्वजनैर् ज्ञेयः सो ऽहम् अस्मीति चिन्तयेत्
yaḥ sarvaprāṇacittajño yaḥ sarveṣāṃ hṛdi sthitaḥ yaś ca sarvajanair jñeyaḥ so 'ham asmīti cintayet
"He who knows the minds of all living beings, who abides in the heart of all, and who is to be known by all people — I am he": thus let him think.
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NsP 61.8
आत्मलाभसुखं यावत् तावद् ध्यानम् उदाहृतम् श्रुतिस्मृत्युदितं कर्म तत्तदूर्ध्वं समाचरेत्
ātmalābhasukhaṃ yāvat tāvad dhyānam udāhṛtam śrutismṛtyuditaṃ karma tattadūrdhvaṃ samācaret
Meditation is declared (to last) as long as the happiness of attaining the Self (is not gained); above and beyond that he should perform the acts prescribed by śruti and smṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 61.9
यथाश्वा रथहीनाश् च रथाश् चाश्वैर् विना यथा एवं तपश् च विद्या च उभाव् अपि तपस्विनः
yathāśvā rathahīnāś ca rathāś cāśvair vinā yathā evaṃ tapaś ca vidyā ca ubhāv api tapasvinaḥ
As horses without a chariot, and as a chariot without horses, so are asceticism and knowledge, both, for the ascetic.
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NsP 61.10
यथान्नं मधुसंयुक्तं मधु चान्नेन संयुतम् एवं तपश् च विद्या च संयुक्ते भेषजं महत्
yathānnaṃ madhusaṃyuktaṃ madhu cānnena saṃyutam evaṃ tapaś ca vidyā ca saṃyukte bheṣajaṃ mahat
As food joined with honey, and honey joined with food, so asceticism and knowledge, when joined, are a great medicine.
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NsP 61.11
द्वाभ्याम् एव हि पक्षाभ्यां यथा वै पक्षिणां गतिः तथैव ज्ञानकर्मभ्यां प्राप्यते ब्रह्म शाश्वतम्
dvābhyām eva hi pakṣābhyāṃ yathā vai pakṣiṇāṃ gatiḥ tathaiva jñānakarmabhyāṃ prāpyate brahma śāśvatam
Just as birds move by means of two wings, so exactly is eternal brahman attained by knowledge and action.
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NsP 61.12
विद्यातपोभ्यां संपन्नो ब्राह्मणो योगतत्परः देहद्वन्द्वं विहायाशु मुक्तो भवति बन्धनात्
vidyātapobhyāṃ saṃpanno brāhmaṇo yogatatparaḥ dehadvandvaṃ vihāyāśu mukto bhavati bandhanāt
A brahmin endowed with knowledge and asceticism, intent on yoga, quickly abandoning the pair (of birth and death?) of the body, becomes freed from bondage.
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NsP 61.13
न देवयानमार्गेण यावत् प्राप्तं परं पदम् न तावद् देहलिङ्गस्य विनाशो विद्यते क्वचित्
na devayānamārgeṇa yāvat prāptaṃ paraṃ padam na tāvad dehaliṅgasya vināśo vidyate kvacit
So long as the supreme state has not been reached by the path of the gods, so long there is nowhere any destruction of the bodily mark (of embodiment).
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NsP 61.14
मया वः कथितः सर्वो वर्णाश्रमविभागशः संक्षेपेण द्विजश्रेष्ठा धर्मस् तेषां सनातनः
mayā vaḥ kathitaḥ sarvo varṇāśramavibhāgaśaḥ saṃkṣepeṇa dvijaśreṣṭhā dharmas teṣāṃ sanātanaḥ
All has been told to you by me, according to the divisions of class and stage of life; in brief, O best of the twice-born, (this is) their eternal dharma.
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NsP 61.15
श्रुत्वैवम् ऋषयो धर्मं स्वर्गमोक्षफलप्रदम् प्रणम्य तम् ऋषिं जग्मुर् मुदितास् ते स्वम् आलयम्
śrutvaivam ṛṣayo dharmaṃ svargamokṣaphalapradam praṇamya tam ṛṣiṃ jagmur muditās te svam ālayam
Having thus heard the dharma that yields the fruits of heaven and liberation, the sages bowed to that sage and, delighted, went to their own abodes.
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NsP 61.16
धर्मशास्त्रम् इदं यस् तु हारीतमुखनिःसृतम् श्रुत्वा च कुरुते धर्मं स याति परमां गतिम्
dharmaśāstram idaṃ yas tu hārītamukhaniḥsṛtam śrutvā ca kurute dharmaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
But he who, having heard this treatise on dharma issued from Hārīta's mouth, practises dharma, goes to the highest goal.
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NsP 61.17
मुखजस्य तु यत् कर्म कर्म यद् बाहुजस्य तु ऊरुजस्य तु यत् कर्म पादजस्य तथा नृप
mukhajasya tu yat karma karma yad bāhujasya tu ūrujasya tu yat karma pādajasya tathā nṛpa
The duty that belongs to the one born from the mouth, and the duty of the one born from the arms, and the duty of the one born from the thighs, and likewise of the one born from the feet, O king —
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NsP 61.18
स्वं स्वं कर्म प्रकुर्वाणा विप्राद्या यान्ति सद्गतिम् अन्यथा वर्तमानो हि सद्यः पतति यात्य् अधः
svaṃ svaṃ karma prakurvāṇā viprādyā yānti sadgatim anyathā vartamāno hi sadyaḥ patati yāty adhaḥ
Performing each his own duty, the brahmins and the rest go to a good destiny; but one who conducts himself otherwise falls at once and goes downward.
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NsP 61.19
यस्य ये ऽभिहिता धर्माः स तु तैस् तैः प्रतिष्ठितः तस्मात् स्वधर्मं कुर्वीत नित्यम् एवम् अनापदि
yasya ye 'bhihitā dharmāḥ sa tu tais taiḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ tasmāt svadharmaṃ kurvīta nityam evam anāpadi
Whatever dharmas have been declared for a man, by just those is he established; therefore one should always perform one's own dharma thus, when not in distress.
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NsP 61.20
चतुर्वर्णाश् च राजेन्द्र चत्वारश् चापि चाश्रमाः स्वधर्मं ये ऽनुतिष्ठन्ति ते यान्ति परमां गतिम्
caturvarṇāś ca rājendra catvāraś cāpi cāśramāḥ svadharmaṃ ye 'nutiṣṭhanti te yānti paramāṃ gatim
The four classes, O lord of kings, and also the four stages of life — those who carry out their own dharma go to the highest goal.
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NsP 61.21
स्वधर्मेण यथा नृणां नरसिंहः प्रतुष्यति वर्णधर्मानुसारेण नरसिंहं तथार्चयेत्
svadharmeṇa yathā nṛṇāṃ narasiṃhaḥ pratuṣyati varṇadharmānusāreṇa narasiṃhaṃ tathārcayet
Since Narasiṃha is pleased with men through their own dharma, one should worship Narasiṃha in accordance with the dharma of one's class.
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NsP 61.22
उत्पन्नवैराग्यबलेन योगाद् ध्यायेत् परं ब्रह्म सदा क्रियावान् सत्यात्मकं चित्सुखरूपम् आद्यं विहाय देहं पदम् एति विष्णोः
utpannavairāgyabalena yogād dhyāyet paraṃ brahma sadā kriyāvān satyātmakaṃ citsukharūpam ādyaṃ vihāya dehaṃ padam eti viṣṇoḥ
By the power of dispassion that has arisen, through yoga, let the man of ritual action always meditate on the supreme brahman, whose nature is truth, whose form is consciousness and bliss, the primordial one; abandoning the body, he reaches the state of Viṣṇu.
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