The Nārāyaṇa section of the Śāntiparvan 12.333
Nārāyaṇīya 12.333
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12.333.1
vaiśaṃpāyana uvāca:
kasyacit tv atha kālasya nāradaḥ parameṣṭhijaḥ
daivaṃ kṛtvā yathānyāyaṃ pitryaṃ cakre tataḥ param //
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tatas taṃ vacanaṃ prāha jyeṣṭho dharmātmajaḥ prabhuḥ
ka ijyate dvijaśreṣṭha daive pitrye ca kalpite //
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tvayā matimatāṃ śreṣṭha tan me śaṃsa yathāgamam
kim etat kriyate karma phalaṃ cāsya kim iṣyate //
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nārada uvāca:
tvayaitat kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ daivaṃ kartavyam ity api
daivataṃ ca paro yajñaḥ paramātmā sanātanaḥ //
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tatas tadbhāvito nityaṃ yaje vaikuṇṭham avyayam
tasmāc ca prasṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ //
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mama vai pitaraṃ prītaḥ parameṣṭhy apy ajījanat
ahaṃ saṃkalpajas tasya putraḥ prathamakalpitaḥ //
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yajāmy ahaṃ pitṝn sādho nārāyaṇavidhau kṛte
evaṃ sa eva bhagavān pitā mātā pitāmahaḥ
ijyate pitṛyajñeṣu mayā nityaṃ jagatpatiḥ //
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śrutiś cāpy aparā deva putrān hi pitaro 'yajan
vedaśrutiḥ praṇaṣṭā ca punar adhyāpitā sutaiḥ
tatas te mantradāḥ putrāḥ pitṛtvam upapedire //
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nūnaṃ puraitad viditaṃ yuvayor bhāvitātmanoḥ
putrāś ca pitaraś caiva parasparam apūjayan //
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trīn piṇḍān nyasya vai pṛthvyāṃ pūrvaṃ dattvā kuśān iti
kathaṃ tu piṇḍasaṃjñāṃ te pitaro lebhire purā //
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naranārāyaṇāv ūcatuḥ: imāṃ hi dharaṇīṃ pūrvaṃ naṣṭāṃ sāgaramekhalām
govinda ujjahārāśu vārāhaṃ rūpam āśritaḥ //
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sthāpayitvā tu dharaṇīṃ sve sthāne puruṣottamaḥ
jalakardamaliptāṅgo lokakāryārtham udayataḥ //
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prāpte cāhnikakāle sa madhyaṃdinagate_1 ravau
daṃṣṭrāvilagnān mṛtpiṇḍān vidhūya sahasā prabhuḥ
sthāpayām āsa vai pṛthvyāṃ kuśān āstīrya nārada //
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sa teṣv ātmānam uddiśya pitryaṃ cakre yathāvidhi
saṃkalpayitvā trīn piṇḍān svenaiva vidhinā prabhuḥ //
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ātmagātroṣmasaṃbhūtaiḥ snehagarbhais tilair api
prokṣyāpavargaṃ deveśaḥ prāṅmukhaḥ kṛtavān svayam //
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maryādāsthāpanārthaṃ ca tato vacanam uktavān
ahaṃ hi pitaraḥ sraṣṭum udyato lokakṛt svayam //
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tasya cintayataḥ sadyaḥ pitṛkāryavidhiṃ param
daṃṣṭrābhyāṃ pravinirdhūtā mamaite dakṣiṇāṃ diśam
āśritā dharaṇīṃ piṇḍās tasmāt pitara eva te //
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trayo mūrtivihīnā vai piṇḍamūrtidharās tv ime
bhavantu pitaro loke mayā sṛṣṭāḥ sanātanāḥ //
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pitā pitāmahaś caiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ
aham evātra vijñeyas triṣu piṇḍeṣu saṃsthitaḥ //
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nāsti matto 'dhikaḥ kaścit ko vābhyarcyo mayā svayam
ko vā mama pitā loke aham eva pitāmahaḥ //
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pitāmahapitā caiva aham evātra kāraṇam
ity evam uktvā vacanaṃ devadevo vṛṣākapiḥ //
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varāhaparvate vipra dattvā piṇḍān savistarān
ātmānaṃ pūjayitvaiva tatraivā-darśanaṃ gataḥ //
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etadarthaṃ śubhamate pitaraḥ piṇḍasaṃjñitāḥ
labhante satataṃ pūjāṃ vṛṣākapivaco yathā //
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ye yajanti pitṝn devān gurūṃś caivātithīṃs tathā
gāś caiva dvijamukhyāṃś ca pṛthivīṃ mātaraṃ tathā
karmaṇā manasā vācā viṣṇum eva yajanti te //
12.333.25
antargataḥ sa bhagavān sarvasattvaśarīragaḥ_1
samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu īśvaraḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
mahān mahātmā sarvātmā nārāyaṇa iti śrutaḥ //
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