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# The Nārāyaṇa section of the Śāntiparvan 12.321.1

Nārāyaṇīya 12.321.1

- **Language:** Sanskrit

### [12.321.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.narayaniya.12.321.1)

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

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## Linked texts (5)

- [Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*vulgate.2.9.2.13) — Sanskrit
- [Critical edition (BORI)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*crit.12.321.1) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.30.3) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Sāmbapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.samba.1.3) — Sanskrit
- [Vedāntasiddhāntasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.dvaitadvaita.vedantasiddhantasamgraha.5.15) — Vanamālī Miśra 1660, Sanskrit

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