Narasimha Purana — Chapter 68
NsP 68.1
इत्य् एतत् सर्वम् आख्यातं पुराणं नारसिंहकम् सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं सर्वदुःखनिवारणम्
ity etat sarvam ākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ nārasiṃhakam sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvaduḥkhanivāraṇam
Thus all this has been recounted, the Nārasiṃha Purāṇa, meritorious, removing all sin, warding off all sorrow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 68.2
समस्तपुण्यफलदं सर्वयज्ञफलप्रदम् ये पठन्त्य् अपि शृण्वन्ति श्लोकं श्लोकार्धम् एव वा
samastapuṇyaphaladaṃ sarvayajñaphalapradam ye paṭhanty api śṛṇvanti ślokaṃ ślokārdham eva vā
(This Purāṇa) bestows the fruit of every meritorious act and grants the reward of all sacrifices; those who recite it, or even listen to a single verse or half a verse—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 68.3
न तेषां पापबन्धस् तु कदाचिद् अपि जायते विष्ण्वर्पितम् इदं पुण्यं पुराणं सर्वकामदम्
na teṣāṃ pāpabandhas tu kadācid api jāyate viṣṇvarpitam idaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ sarvakāmadam
—for them no bondage of sin ever arises at any time. This meritorious Purāṇa, offered to Viṣṇu, grants every desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 68.4
भक्त्या च वदताम् एतच् *छृण्वतां च फलं शृणु शतजन्मार्जितैः पापैः सद्य एव विमोचिताः
bhaktyā ca vadatām etac *chṛṇvatāṃ ca phalaṃ śṛṇu śatajanmārjitaiḥ pāpaiḥ sadya eva vimocitāḥ
Hear now the fruit of those who recite this with devotion and of those who listen: they are at once released from the sins amassed in a hundred births.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 68.5
सहस्रकुलसंयुक्ताः प्रयान्ति परमं पदम् किं तीर्थैर् गोप्रदानैर् वा तपोभिर् वा किम् अध्वरैः
sahasrakulasaṃyuktāḥ prayānti paramaṃ padam kiṃ tīrthair gopradānair vā tapobhir vā kim adhvaraiḥ
Together with a thousand (generations of their) family they go to the supreme abode. What need of pilgrimage places, or of gifts of cows, or of austerities, or of sacrifices?
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NsP 68.6
अहन्यहनि गोविन्दं तत्परत्वेन शृण्वताम् यः पठेत् प्रातर् उत्थाय यद् अस्य श्लोकविंशतिम्
ahanyahani govindaṃ tatparatvena śṛṇvatām yaḥ paṭhet prātar utthāya yad asya ślokaviṃśatim
For those who day after day listen (to it) with (their minds) intent on Govinda—whoever rises at dawn and recites even twenty verses of it—
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NsP 68.7
ज्योतिष्टोमफलं प्राप्य विष्णुलोके महीयते एतत् पवित्रं पूज्यं च न वाच्यम् अकृतात्मनाम्
jyotiṣṭomaphalaṃ prāpya viṣṇuloke mahīyate etat pavitraṃ pūjyaṃ ca na vācyam akṛtātmanām
—having obtained the fruit of the Jyotiṣṭoma sacrifice, he is honoured in Viṣṇu's world. This is holy and worthy of worship, and is not to be spoken to those of unpurified selves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 68.8
द्विजानां विष्णुभक्तानां श्राव्यम् एतन् न संशयः एतत् पुराणश्रवणम् इहामुत्र सुखप्रदम्
dvijānāṃ viṣṇubhaktānāṃ śrāvyam etan na saṃśayaḥ etat purāṇaśravaṇam ihāmutra sukhapradam
It is to be made heard to twice-born men who are devotees of Viṣṇu—of this there is no doubt. This hearing of the Purāṇa bestows happiness here and hereafter,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 68.9
वदतां शृण्वतां सद्यः सर्वपापप्रणाशनम् बहुनात्र किम् उक्तेन भूयो भूयो मुनीश्वराः
vadatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ sadyaḥ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam bahunātra kim uktena bhūyo bhūyo munīśvarāḥ
and at once destroys all the sins of those who recite and those who hear. What use is much speaking here again and again, O lords among sages?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 68.10
श्रद्धयाश्रद्धया वापि श्रोतव्यम् इदम् उत्तमम् भारद्वाजमुखाः सर्वे कृतकृत्या द्विजोत्तमाः
śraddhayāśraddhayā vāpi śrotavyam idam uttamam bhāradvājamukhāḥ sarve kṛtakṛtyā dvijottamāḥ
With faith or even without faith, this excellent (Purāṇa) is to be heard. All the best of the twice-born, headed by Bhāradvāja, having accomplished their purpose,
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NsP 68.11
सूतं हृष्टाः प्रपूज्याथ सर्वे स्वस्वाश्रमं ययुः
sūtaṃ hṛṣṭāḥ prapūjyātha sarve svasvāśramaṃ yayuḥ
delighted, then honoured the Sūta and all went to their own hermitages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition