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The Nārāyaṇa section of the Śāntiparvan 12.321

Nārāyaṇīya 12.321

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Sanskrit

12.321.1

yudhi-ṣṭhira uvāca:
gṛhastho brahmacārī vā vānaprastho 'tha bhikṣukaḥ
ya icchet siddhim āsthātuṃ devatāṃ kāṃ yajeta saḥ //

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kuto hy asya dhruvaḥ svargaḥ kuto niḥśreyasaṃ param
vidhinā kena juhuyād daivaṃ pitryaṃ tathaiva ca //

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muktaś ca kāṃ gatiṃ gacchen mokṣaś caiva kimātmakaḥ
svargataś caiva kiṃ kuryād yena na cyavate divaḥ //

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devatānāṃ ca ko devaḥ pitṝṇāṃ ca tathā pitā
tasmāt parataraṃ yac ca tan me brūhi pitāmaha //

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bhīṣma uvāca:
gūḍhaṃ māṃ praśnavit praśnaṃ pṛcchase tvam ihānagha
na hy eṣa tarkayā śakyo vaktuṃ varṣaśatair api //

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ṛte devaprasādād vā rājañ jñānāgamena vā
gahanaṃ hy etad ākhyānaṃ vyākhyātavyaṃ tavārihan //

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atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
nāradasya ca saṃvādam ṛṣer nārāyaṇasya ca //

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nārāyaṇo hi viśvātmā caturmūrtiḥ sanātanaḥ
dharmātmajaḥ saṃbabhūva pitaivaṃ me 'bhyabhāṣata //

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kṛte yuge mahārāja purā svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare
naro nārāyaṇaś caiva hariḥ kṛṣṇas tathaiva ca //

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tebhyo nārāyaṇanarau tapas tepatur avyayau
badary-āśramam āsādya śakaṭe kanakāmaye //

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aṣṭacakraṃ hi tad yānaṃ bhūtayuktaṃ manoramam
tatrādyau lokanāthau tau kṛśau dhamanisaṃtatau //

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tapasā tejasā caiva durnirīkṣau surair api
yasya prasādaṃ kurvāte sa devau draṣṭum arhati //

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nūnaṃ tayor anumate hṛdi hṛcchayacoditaḥ
mahāmeror gireḥ śṛṅgāt pracyuto gandhamādanam //

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nāradaḥ sumahadbhūtaṃ lokān sarvān acīcarat
taṃ deśam agamad rājan badary-āśramam āśugaḥ_1 //

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tayor āhnikavelāyāṃ tasya kautūhalaṃ tv abhūt
idaṃ tadāspadaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yasmiṃl lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ //

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sadevāsuragandharvāḥ sar1ṣikiṃnaralelihāḥ
ekā mūrtir iyaṃ pūrvaṃ jātā bhūyaś caturvidhā //

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dharmasya kulasaṃtāno mahān ebhir vivardhitaḥ
aho hy anugṛhīto 'dya dharma ebhiḥ surair iha
naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ ca kṛṣṇena hariṇā tathā //

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tatra kṛṣṇo hariś caiva kasmiṃścit kāraṇāntare
sthitau dharmottarau hy etau tathā tapasi dhiṣṭhitau //

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etau hi paramaṃ dhāma kānayor āhnikakriyā
pitarau sarvabhūtānāṃ daivataṃ ca yaśasvinau
kāṃ devatāṃ nu yajataḥ pitṝn vā kān mahāmatī //

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iti saṃcintya manasā bhaktyā nārāyaṇasya ha
sahasā prādur abhavat samīpe devayos tadā //

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kṛte daive ca pitrye ca tatas tābhyāṃ nirīkṣitaḥ
pūjitaś caiva vidhinā yathāproktena śāstrataḥ //

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taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahad āścaryam apūrvaṃ vidhivistaram
upopaviṣṭaḥ suprīto nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ //

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nārāyaṇaṃ saṃnirīkṣya prasannenāntarātmanā
namas kṛtvā mahādevam idaṃ vacanam abravīt //

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vedeṣu sapurāṇeṣu sāṅgopāṅgeṣu gīyase
tvam ajaḥ śāśvato dhātā mato 'mṛtam anuttamam
pratiṣṭhitaṃ bhūtabhavyaṃ tvayi sarvam idaṃ jagat //

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catvāro hy āśramā deva sarve gārhasthyamūlakāḥ
yajante tvām aharahar nānāmūrtisamāsthitam //

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pitā mātā ca sarvasya jagataḥ śāśvato guruḥ
kaṃ tv adya yajase devaṃ pitaraṃ kaṃ na vidmahe //

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śrī-bhagavān uvāca:
avācyam etad vaktavyam ātmaguhyaṃ sanātanam
tava bhaktimato brahman vakṣyāmi tu yathātatham //

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yat tat sūkṣmam avijñeyam avyaktam acalaṃ dhruvam
indriyair indriyārthaiś ca sarvabhūtaiś ca varjitam //

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sa hy antarātmā bhūtānāṃ kṣetrajñaś ceti kathyate
triguṇavyatirikto 'sau puruṣaś ceti kalpitaḥ
tasmād avyaktam utpannaṃ triguṇaṃ dvijasattama //

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avyaktā vyaktabhāvasthā yā sā prakṛtir avyayā
tāṃ yonim āvayor viddhi yo 'sau sada-sadātmakaḥ
āvābhyāṃ pūjyate 'sau hi daive pitrye ca kalpite //

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nāsti tasmāt paro 'nyo hi pitā devo 'tha vā dvijaḥ
ātmā hi nau sa vijñeyas tatas taṃ pūjayāvahe //

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tenaiṣā prathitā brahman maryādā lokabhāvinī
daivaṃ pitryaṃ ca kartavyam iti tasyānuśāsanam //

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brahmā sthāṇur manur dakṣo bhṛgur dharmas tapo damaḥ
marīcir aṅgirāatriś ca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ //

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vasiṣṭhaḥ parameṣṭhī ca vivasvān soma eva ca
kardamaś cāpi yaḥ proktaḥ krodho vikrīta eva ca //

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ekaviṃśatir utpannās te prajāpatayaḥ smṛtāḥ
tasya devasya maryādāṃ pūjayanti sanātanīm //

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daivaṃ pitryaṃ ca satataṃ tasya vijñāya tattvataḥ
ātmaprāptāni ca tato jānanti dvijasattamāḥ //

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svargasthā api ye kecit taṃ namasyanti dehinaḥ
te tatprasādād gacchanti tenādiṣṭaphalāṃ gatim //

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ye hīnāḥ saptadaśabhir guṇaiḥ karmabhir eva ca
kalāḥ pañcadaśa tyaktvā te muktā iti niścayaḥ //

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muktānāṃ tu gatir brahman kṣetrajña iti kalpitaḥ
sa hi sarvagataś caiva nirguṇaś caiva kathyate //

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dṛśyate jñānayogena āvāṃ ca prasṛtau tataḥ
evaṃ jñātvā tam ātmānaṃ pūjayāvaḥ sanātanam //

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taṃ vedāś cāśramāś caiva nānātanusamāsthitāḥ
bhaktyā saṃpūjayanty ādyaṃ gatiṃ caiṣāṃ dadāti saḥ //

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ye tu tadbhāvitā loke ekāntitvaṃ samāsthitāḥ
etad abhyadhikaṃ teṣāṃ yat te taṃ praviśanty uta //

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iti guhyasamuddeśas tava nārada kīrtitaḥ
bhaktyā premṇā ca viprar1ṣe asmadbhaktyā ca te śrutaḥ //

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