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# Naradapurana 1.45

Nāradapurāṇa 1.45

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.45.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.87) — 1 part

### [1.45.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.1)

sūta uvāca  
sanandanavacaḥ śrutvā mokṣadharmāśritaṃ dvijāḥ /  
punaḥ papraccha tattvajño nārado 'dhyātmasatkathām //

### [1.45.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.2)

nārada uvāca  
śrutaṃ mayā mahābhāga mokṣaśāstraṃ tvayoditam /  
na ca me jāyate tṛptirbhūyobhūyo 'pi śṛṇvataḥ //

### [1.45.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.3)

yathā saṃmucyate janturavidyābandhanānmune /  
tathā kathaya sarvajña mokṣadharmaṃ sadāśritam //

### [1.45.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.4)

sanandana uvāca  
atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam /  
yathā mokṣamanuprāpto janako mithilādhipaḥ //

### [1.45.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.5)

janako janadevastu mithilāyā adhīśvaraḥ /  
aurdhvadehikadharmāṇāmāsīdyukto vicintane //

### [1.45.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.6)

tasya śmaśāna mācāryā vasati satataṃ gṛhe /  
darśayantaḥ pṛthagdharmānnānāpāṣañjavādinaḥ //

### [1.45.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.7)

sa teṣāṃ pretyabhāve ca pretya jātau viniścaye /  
ādamasthaḥ sa bhūyiṣṭamātmatattvena tuṣaayati //

### [1.45.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.8)

tatra pañcaśikho nāma kāpileyo mahāmuniḥ /  
paridhāvanmahīṃ kṛtsnāṃ jagāma mithilāmatha //

### [1.45.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.9)

sarvasaṃnyāsadharmāṇaḥ tattvajñānaviniścaye /  
suparyavasitārthaśca nirdvandvo naṣṭasaṃśayaḥ //

### [1.45.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.10)

ṛṣīṇāmāhurekaṃ yaṃ kāmādavasitaṃ nṛṣu /  
śāśvataṃ sukhamatyantamanvicchansa sudurlabham //

### [1.45.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.11)

yamāhuḥ kapilaṃ sāṃkhyāḥ paramarṣi prajāpatim /  
sa manye tena rūpeṇa vikhyāpayati hi svayam //

### [1.45.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.12)

āsureḥ prathamaṃ śiṣyaṃ yamāhuścirajīvinam /  
pañcasrotasi yaḥ satramāste varṣasahasrakam //

### [1.45.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.13)

pañcasrotasamāgamya kāpilaṃ maṇḍalaṃ mahat /  
puruṣāvasthamavyaṅktaṃ paramārthaṃ nyavedayat //

### [1.45.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.14)

iṣṭimantreṇa saṃyukto bhūyaśca tapasāsuriḥ /  
kṣetrakṣetrajñayorvyaktiṃ vibudhe dehadarśanaḥ //

### [1.45.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.15)

yattadekākṣaraṃ brahma nānārūpaṃ pradṛśyate /  
āsurirmaṇḍale tasminpratipede tamavyayam //

### [1.45.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.16)

tasya pañcaśikhaḥ śiṣyo mānuṣyā payasā bhṛtaḥ /  
brāhmaṇī kapilī nāma kācidāsītkuṭumbinī //

### [1.45.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.17)

tasyaḥ putratvamāgatya sriyāḥ sa pibagati stanau /  
tataśca kāpileyatvaṃ lebhe buddhiṃ ca naiṣṭikīm //

### [1.45.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.18)

etanme bhagavānāha kāpileyasya saṃbhavam /  
tasya tatkāpileyatvaṃ sarvavittvamanuttamam //

### [1.45.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.19)

sāmātyo janako jñātvā dharmajño jñāninaṃ mune /  
upetya śatamācāryānmohayāmāsa hetubhiḥ //

### [1.45.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.20)

janakastvabhisaṃraktaḥ kāpi leyānudarśanam /  
utsṛjya śatamācāryāmpṛṣṭato 'nujagāma tam //

### [1.45.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.21)

tasmai paramakalyāṇaṃ praṇatāya ca dharmataḥ /  
abravītparamaṃ mokṣaṃ yattatsāṃkhyaṃ vidhīyate //

### [1.45.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.22)

jātinirvedamuktvā sa karmanirvedamabravīt /  
karmanirvedamuktvā ca sarvanirvedamabravīt //

### [1.45.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.23)

yadarthaṃ dharmasaṃsargaḥ karmaṇāṃ ca phalo dayaḥ /  
tamanāśvāsikaṃ mohaṃ vināśi calamadhruvam //

### [1.45.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.24)

dṛśyamāne vināśe ca pratyakṣe lokasākṣike /  
āgamātparamastīti bruvannapi parājitaḥ //

### [1.45.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.25)

anātmā hyātmano mṛtyuḥ kleśo mṛtyurjarāmayaḥ /  
ātmānaṃ manyate mohāttadasamyak paraṃ matam //

### [1.45.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.26)

atha cedevamapyasti yalloke nopapadyate /  
ajaro 'yamamṛtyuśca rājāsau manyate yathā //

### [1.45.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.27)

asti nāstīti cāpyetattasminnasitalakṣaṇe /  
kimadhiṣṭāya tad brūyāllokayātrāviniścayam //

### [1.45.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.28)

pratyakṣaṃ hyetayormūlaṃ kṛtānta hyetayorapi /  
pratyakṣo hyāgamo bhinnaḥ kṛtānto vā na kiñcana //

### [1.45.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.29)

yatra tatrānumāne 'sminkṛtaṃ bhāvayate 'pi ca /  
anyojīvaḥ śarīrasya nāstikānāṃ mate sthitaḥ //

### [1.45.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.30)

retovaṭakaṇīkāyāṃ ghṛtapākādhivāsanam /  
jātismṛtirayaskāntaḥ sūryakāntoṃ'bubhakṣaṇam //

### [1.45.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.31)

pretabhūtapriyaścaiva devatā hyupayācanam /  
mṛtakarmanivattiṃ ca pramāṇamiti niścayaḥ //

### [1.45.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.32)

nanvete hetavaḥ saṃti ye kecinmūrtisasthitāḥ /  
amūtasya hi mūrtena sāmānyaṃ nopalabhyate //

### [1.45.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.33)

avidyā karma tṛṣṇā ca kecidāhuḥ punarbhavam /  
tasminnaṣṭe ca dagdhe ca citte maraṇadharmiṇi //

### [1.45.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.34)

anyo 'smājjāyate mohastamāhuḥ sattvasaṃkṣayam /  
yadā sarūpataścānyo jātitaḥ śrutator'thataḥ //

### [1.45.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.35)

kathamasminsa ityeva saṃbandhaḥ syādasaṃhitaḥ /  
evaṃ sati ca kā prīhirjñānavidyātapobalaiḥ //

### [1.45.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.36)

yadasyācaritaṃ karma sāmānyātpratipadyate /  
api tvayamihaivānyaiḥ prākṛtairduḥkhito bhavet //

### [1.45.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.37)

sukhito duḥkhito vāpi dṛśyādṛśyavinirṇayaḥ /  
yathā hi muśalairhanyuḥ śarīraṃ tatpunarbhavet //

### [1.45.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.38)

vṛthā jñānaṃ yadanyañca yenaitannopalabhyate /  
ṛmasaṃvatsarau tiṣyaḥ śītoṣṇo 'tha priyāpriye //

### [1.45.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.39)

yathā tātāni paśyati tādṛśaḥ sattvasaṃkṣayaḥ /  
jarayābhiparītasya mṛtyunā ca vināśitam //

### [1.45.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.40)

durbalaṃ durbalaṃ pūrvaṃ gṛhasyeva vinaśyati /  
indriyāṇi mano vāyuḥ śoṇitaṃ māṃsamasthi ca //

### [1.45.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.41)

ānupūrvyā vinaśyanti svaṃ dhātumupayāti ca /  
lokayātrāvidhātaśca dānadharmaphalāgame //

### [1.45.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.42)

tadarthaṃ vedaṃśabdāśca vyavahārāśca laukikāḥ /  
iti samyaṅ manasyete bahavaḥ saṃti hetavaḥ //

### [1.45.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.43)

aita dastīti nāstīti na kaścitpratidṛśyate /  
teṣāṃ vimṛśatāmeva tatsamyagabhidhāvatām //

### [1.45.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.44)

kvacinnivasate buddhistatra jīryati vṛkṣavat /  
evantur thairanarthaiśca duḥkhitāḥ sarvajantavaḥ //

### [1.45.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.45)

āgamairapakṛṣyante hastipairhastino yathā //

### [1.45.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.46)

arthāstathā hṝnti sukhāvahāṃśca lihata ete bahavopaśuṣkāḥ /  
mahattaraṃ duḥkhamabhiprapannā hitvāmiṣaṃ mṛtyuvaśaṃ prayānti //

### [1.45.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.47)

vināśino hyadhruvajīvinaḥ kiṃ kiṃ bandhubhirmatraparigrahaiśca /  
vihāya yo gacchati sarvameva kṣaṇena gatvā na nivartate ca //

### [1.45.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.48)

bhūvyomatoyānalavāyavo 'pi sadā śarīraṃ pratipālayanti /  
itīdamālakṣya ratiḥ kuto bhavedvināśināpyasya na śama vidyate //

### [1.45.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.49)

idamanupadhivākyamacchalaṃ paramanirāmayamātmasākṣikam /  
narapatirabhivīkṣya vismitaḥ punaranuyoktumidaṃ pracakrame //

### [1.45.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.50)

janaka uvāca  
bhagavanyadi na pretya saṃjñā bhavati kasyacit /  
evaṃ sati kimajñānaṃ jñānaṃ vā kiṃ kariṣyati //

### [1.45.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.51)

sarvamucchedaniṣṭasyātpaśya caitaddvijottama /  
apramattaḥ pramatto vā kiṃ viśeṣaṃ kariṣyati //

### [1.45.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.52)

asaṃsargo hi bhūteṣu saṃsargo vā vināśiṣu /  
kasmai kriyata kalpeta niścayaḥ ko 'tra tattvataḥ //

### [1.45.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.53)

sanandana uvāca  
tamasā hi maticchatraṃ vibhrāntamiva cāturam /  
punaḥ praśamayanvākyaiḥ kaviḥ pañcaśikho 'bravīt //

### [1.45.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.54)

pañcaśikha uvāca  
ucchedaniṣṭā nehāsti bhāvaniṣṭā na vidyate /  
ayaṃ hyapi samāhāraḥ śarīredriyacetasām //

### [1.45.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.55)

vartate pṛthaganyonyamapyupāśritya karmasu /  
dhātavaḥ pañcadhā toyaṃ khe vāyurjyotiṣo dharā //

### [1.45.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.56)

teṣu bhāvena tiṣṭanti viyujyante svabhāvataḥ /  
ākāśaṃ vāyurūṣmā ca sneho yaścāpi pārthivaḥ //

### [1.45.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.57)

eṣa pañcasamāhāraḥ śarīramapi naikadhā /  
jñānamūṣmā ca vāyuśca trividhaḥ kāyasaṃgrahaḥ //

### [1.45.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.58)

indriyāṇīndriyārthāśca svabhāvaścetanāmanaḥ /  
prāṇāpānau vikāraśca dhātavaścātra niḥsṛtāḥ //

### [1.45.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.59)

śravaṇaṃ sparśanaṃ jihvā dṛṣṭirnāsā tathaiva ca /  
indriyāṇīti pañcaite cittapūrvaṅgamā guṇāḥ //

### [1.45.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.60)

tatra vijñānasaṃyuktā trividhā cetanā dhruvā /  
sukhaduḥkheti yāmāhuranaduḥkhāsukheti ca //

### [1.45.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.61)

śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca mūrtyarthameva te trayaḥ /  
ete hyāmaraṇātpañca sadguṇā jñānasiddhaye //

### [1.45.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.62)

teṣu karmaṇi siddhiśca sarvatattvārthaniścayaḥ /  
tamāhuḥ paramaṃ śuddhiṃ buddhirityavyayaṃ mahat //

### [1.45.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.63)

imaṃ guṇasamāhāramātmabhāvena paśyataḥ /  
asamyagdarśanairduḥkhamanantaṃ nopaśāmyati //

### [1.45.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.64)

anātmeti ca yadṛṣṭaṃ tenāhaṃ na mametyapi /  
vartate kimadhiṣṭānātprasaktā duḥkhasaṃtatiḥ //

### [1.45.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.65)

tatra samyagjano nāma tyāgaśāstramanuttamam /  
śṛṇuyāttacca mokṣāya bhāṣyamāṇaṃ bhaviṣyati //

### [1.45.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.66)

tyāga eva hi sarveṣāmuktānāmapi karmaṇām /  
nityaṃ mithyāvinītānāṃ kleśo duḥkhāvaho tamaḥ //

### [1.45.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.67)

dravyatyāge tu karmāṇi bhogatyāge vratāni ca /  
sukhatyāgā tapo yogaṃ sarvatyāge samāpanā //

### [1.45.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.68)

tasya mārgo 'yamadvaidhaḥ sarvatyāgasya darśitaḥ /  
viprahāṇāya duḥkhasya durgatirhi tathā bhavet //

### [1.45.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.69)

pañca jñānendriyāṇyuktvā manaḥ ṣaṣṭāni cetasi /  
basaṣaṣṭāni vakṣyāmi pañca karmedriyāṇi tu //

### [1.45.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.70)

hastau karmedriyaṃ jñeyamatha pādau gatīndriyam /  
prajanāna dayomeḍhro visargo pāyurindriyam //

### [1.45.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.71)

vākca śabdaviśeṣārthamiti pañcānvitaṃ viduḥ /  
evamekādaśetāni buddhyā tvavasṛjanmanaḥ //

### [1.45.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.72)

karṇo śabdaśca cittaṃ ca trayaḥ śravaṇasaṃgrahe /  
tathā sparśe tathā rūpe tathaiva rasagandhayoḥ //

### [1.45.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.73)

evaṃ pañca trikā hyete guṇastadupalabdhaye /  
yenāyaṃ trividho bhāvaḥ paryāyātsamupasthitaḥ //

### [1.45.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.74)

sāttviko rājasaścāpi tāmasaścāpi te trayaḥ /  
trividhā vedānā yeṣu prasṛtā sarvasādhinī //

### [1.45.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.75)

praharṣaḥ prītirānandaḥ sukhaṃ saṃśāntacittatā /  
akutaścitkutaścidvā cittataḥ sāttviko guṇaḥ //

### [1.45.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.76)

atuṣṭiḥ paritāpaśca śoko lobhastathākṣamā /  
liṅgāni rajasastāni dṛśyante hetvahetutaḥ //

### [1.45.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.77)

avivekastathā mohaḥ pramādaḥ svapnatandritā /  
kathañcidapi vartante vividhāstāmasā guṇāḥ //

### [1.45.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.78)

imāṃ ca yo veda vimokṣabuddhimātmānamanvicchati cāpramattaḥ /  
na lipyate karmapalairaniṣṭaiḥ patraṃ viṣasyeva jalena siktam //

### [1.45.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.79)

dṛḍhairhi pāśairvividhairvimuktaḥ prajānimittairapi daivataiśca /  
yadā hyasau duḥkhasaukhye jahāti muktastadāgryāṃ gatimetyaliṅgaḥ //

### [1.45.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.80)

śrutipramāṇagamamaṅgalaiśca śeti jarāmṛtyubhayādatītaḥ /  
kṣīṇe ca puṇye vigate ca pāpe tanornimitte ca phale vinaṣṭe //

### [1.45.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.81)

alepamākāśamaliṅgamevamāsthāya paśyanti mahatyaśaktā /  
yathorṇanābhiḥ parivartamānastantukṣaye tiṣṭati yātyamānaḥ //

### [1.45.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.82)

tathā vimuktaḥ prajahāti duḥkhaṃ vidhaavaṃsate loṣṭamivādimṛcchan /  
yathā ruruḥ śṛṅgamatho purāṇaṃ hitvā tvacaṃ vāpyurago yathā ca //

### [1.45.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.83)

vihāya gacchannanavekṣaghamāṇastathā vimukto vijahāti duḥkham /  
matsyaṃ yathā vāpyudake patantamutsṛjya pakṣī nipatatsaśaktaḥ //

### [1.45.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.84)

tathā hyasau duḥkhasaukhye vihāya muktaḥ parārddhyā gatimetyaliṅgaḥ //

### [1.45.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.85)

idamamṛtapadaṃ niśamya rājā svayamihapañcaśikhena bhāṣyamāṇam /  
nikhilamabhisamīkṣya niścitārthaḥ paramasukhī vijahāra vītaśokaḥ //

### [1.45.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.86)

api ca bhavati maithilena gītaṃ nagaramupāhitamagninābhivīkṣya /  
na khalu mama hi dahyate 'tra kiñcitsvayamidamāha kila sma bhūmipālaḥ //

### [1.45.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.87)

imaṃ hi yaḥ paṭhati vimokṣaniścayaṃ mahāmune satatamavekṣate tathā /  
upadravānanubhaghavate hyaduḥ khitaḥ pramucyate kapilamivaitya maithilaḥ //

### [1.45.87.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.1.45.87.p1)

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne dvitīyapāde pañcacatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (2)

- [Vulgate (Nīlakaṇṭha's text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa*vulgate.12.218.3) — Sanskrit
- [Brahmapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahma.231.48) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit

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