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# Naradapurana 2.28: athāṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

Nāradapurāṇa 2.28

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.28.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.89) — 1 part

### athāṣṭāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

### [2.28.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.1)

kāṣṭhīlovāca  
rākṣasaṃ dhāvamānaṃ tu kālāntakayamopamam /  
dṛṣṭvā sā rākṣasī prāha bhartāraṃ mama śaṅkitā //

### [2.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.2)

prakṣipasvānalaprakhyāṃ śaktiṃ hemavibhūṣitām /  
mamāyaṃ pañcatāṃ yātu digaṃbararipupriya //

### [2.28.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.3)

tasyā vākyānmama patiḥ pauruṣe tu vyavasthitaḥ /  
mumoca vipulāṃ śaktiṃ rakṣovakṣasthala prati //

### [2.28.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.4)

jvalantī jvalanaprakhyā dyotayantī diśo daśa /  
divyāṃśutīkṣṇa vaktrātā kiṅkiṇīśatanāditā //

### [2.28.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.5)

raktacandanaliptāṅgī raktavastropaśobhitā /  
hṛdi tasya nipatyāsau śaktirviprakaracyutā //

### [2.28.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.6)

kṛtvā bhasmāvaśeṣaṃ tu rākṣasaṃ gaganaṃ yayau /  
pātayitvā svabhartāraṃ viprahastena rākṣasī //

### [2.28.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.7)

kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ mene hṛṣṭatanūruhā /  
athovāca dvijaṃ hṛṣṭā rākṣasī śubhalocanam //

### [2.28.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.8)

ehi kānta guhāṃ ramyāṃ praviśa tvaṃ yadṛcchayā /  
bhuṅkṣva bhogānmayā sārddhaṃ ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ //

### [2.28.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.9)

tatheti prāṇanātho me prāhahṛṣṭavapustadā /  
tataḥ sādāya me kāntaṃ svāṃ praviṣṭā guhāṃ mudā //

### [2.28.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.10)

asaṃvīkṣyaiva tadbhasma bhartṛdehasamudbhavam /  
kucābhyāmunnatābhyāṃ sā madbhartāramapīḍayat //

### [2.28.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.11)

darśayāmāsa tāṃ tanvīṃ kumārīṃ śayane sthitām /  
iyaṃ tenāsitāpāṅgī bimboṣṭhī kāñcanaprabhā //

### [2.28.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.12)

bhāryārthe samupānītā vārāṇasyā dvijottama /  
yasyāḥ sīmāṃ na laṅghanti pātakāni hyaśeṣataḥ //

### [2.28.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.13)

śaktikṣetraṃ ca tāṃ prāhuḥ puṇyaṃ pāpakṣayaṅkaram /  
yā gṛhaṃ tripurāreśca pañcagavyūtisaṃsthitā //

### [2.28.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.14)

yasyāṃ mṛtāḥ punarmartyā garbhavāsaṃ viśanti na /  
sa tvamasyā gṛhaṃ pitryaṃ punarnaya sulocanām //

### [2.28.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.15)

imāni tava ratnāni śayanānyāsanāni ca /  
mayā saha samastāni vikrīṇīhi nijecchayā //

### [2.28.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.16)

tvadarthe rākṣaso ghoro mayā brahmanniṣūditaḥ /  
mugdhayā tava rūpeṇa preṣito yamasādanam //

### [2.28.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.17)

tasmānmamopiri vibho kṛtvā viśvāsamātmanā /  
bhajasva māṃ viśālākṣa bhaktāṃ vai kāmarūpiṇīm //

### [2.28.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.18)

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ bhartā me cārulocane /  
rākṣasyāḥ kāmataptāyāḥ kumāryāḥ sannidhau śubhe //

### [2.28.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.19)

uvāca rākṣasīṃ tāṃ tu saśaṅko madhuraṃ vacaḥ /  
subhage nītiśāstreṣu viśvastavyā na yoṣitaḥ //

### [2.28.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.20)

kaumāraṃ yā patiṃ hanti sā kathaṃ māṃ na hiṃsati /  
matto rūpādhikaṃ matvā paraṃ puruṣalaṃpaṭā //

### [2.28.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.21)

so 'haṃ viśvāsabhāvena viśvastaste varānane //

### [2.28.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.22)

adya vātha paredyurvā pakṣe māse 'tha vatsare /  
vyāpādaya yathecchaṃ vā tvāṃ prapanno 'smi bhāmini //

### [2.28.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.23)

evameva tvayā kāryaṃ nādya copakṛtaṃ tava /  
ātmā te sarvathā deyaḥ pratīkārasya hetave //

### [2.28.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.24)

madarthe nihato bhartā tvayā niḥśaṅkayā yataḥ /  
tato 'haṃ nottaraṃ vacmi paraṃ kiñcitsulocane //

### [2.28.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.25)

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya madbhartuḥ sābravīdidam /  
viśvastahiṃsanaṃ brahman brahmahatyā samaṃ bhavet //

### [2.28.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.26)

yadyevaṃ rākṣasīṃ krūrāṃ manyase patighātinīm /  
patiṃ tathāpi garheyaṃ viśvastaṃ ghātaye katham //

### [2.28.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.27)

sūkṣmā hi dharmasya gatirna jñāyeta kathañcana /  
kenāpi kutraciddevadaityarākṣasakādinā /  
kecinmanuṣyāḥ paṭavo dharmasūkṣmatvacintane //

### [2.28.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.28)

ye 'nityena śarīreṇa naiṣkarmyaṃ sādhayantyuta /  
śrūyate ca purāṇeṣu kiñcidatra nigadyate //

### [2.28.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.29)

dharmasyaivānukūlyena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā /  
daśāvatāragrahaṇe duḥkhaṃ prāptamanekadhā //

### [2.28.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.30)

kva sītārthaṃ śrīnivāso rāmo lakṣmaṇasaṃyutaḥ /  
vilāpaṃ kurute nāgapāśabandhādikarmasu //

### [2.28.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.31)

kva devadevo vasudevasūnurvijñānarūpo nikhalaprapañcī /  
hā kaṣṭamityasradṛgādiceṣṭaḥ pārthograsanādikabhṛtyakṛtyaḥ //

### [2.28.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.32)

īśasya kṛtyaṃ dvija durvibhāvyaṃ dharmānukūlyena samāsthitasya /  
vyāsaḥ svayaṃ vedavibhāgakarttā pārāśaristattvadṛgijyamūrtiḥ /  
kanyātvavidhvasakavīryajanmā kānīnasaṃjño 'nujadāragāmī //

### [2.28.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.33)

parivettā ca didhiṣūḥ śantanuḥ svaḥsaritpattiḥ /  
didhiṣū tanayaḥ sākṣādvasuḥ strīvādamṛtyubhāk //

### [2.28.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.34)

ye golakasutāḥ kuṇḍāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samayonigāḥ /  
teṣāṃ saṃkīrtanaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam //

### [2.28.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.35)

yaṃ dhyāyanti smarantyaddhā yogamūrtiḥ sanātanaḥ //

### [2.28.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.36)

viṣṇurveśyāsamāsaktaḥ prahlādādyupadeśakṛt /  
śrīnṛsiṃho 'suradhvaṃsī devadevādhidaivatam //

### [2.28.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.37)

saṃsāravāsanādhvaṃsī devadevādhidaivatam /  
saṃsāravāsanādhvaṃsī svarṇākṣabhavanasthitiḥ //

### [2.28.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.38)

jāmadagnyaḥ svayaṃ siddhastapasā dagdhakilbiṣaḥ /  
īśvaraḥ kṣatrasaṃhārabhrūṇahatyādikarmakṛt //

### [2.28.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.39)

svayamevarṣabho yogī lokaśikṣāparo dvijaḥ /  
lokaglānikaro jātaḥ kurvandharmānurodhataḥ //

### [2.28.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.40)

nārado nārado bhūyo bhūyo bhūyo 'pi nāradaḥ /  
nārāyaṇaparo nāro naro narahito 'maraḥ //

### [2.28.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.41)

gautamo gautamo vipra gopaceṣṭāparāyaṇaḥ /  
vedabāhyārthasaṃyuktaśāstrī vedopakāra kṛt //

### [2.28.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.42)

vasuṣṭhaścorvaśījāto 'gastyo 'pi svayamīśvarau /  
yena lokopakārārthaṃ vāsiṣṭhaṃ śāstramuttamam //

### [2.28.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.43)

kṛtaṃ yasminpurāṇāni vedāḥ sāmyatvamāgatāḥ /  
yaḥ svayaṃ rāmacandrasya guruḥ sarveśvarasya ca //

### [2.28.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.44)

sa kathaṃ gādhijāśaptastiryagyonimupāgamat /  
yo damitvā vibhurvindhyaṃ vātāpiṃ sāgaraṃ sthitaḥ //

### [2.28.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.45)

sa kathaṃ mṛtakādātā duṣkaraṃ samupāsate /  
yo vidhiḥ karmasākṣyādivandyo mānyaḥ pitāmahaḥ //

### [2.28.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.46)

mohinīmohito dehamutsasarja kathaṃ sa ca /  
yaḥ śivaḥ śivadaḥ sākṣātprakṛtīśaḥ parātparaḥ //

### [2.28.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.47)

sa kathaṃ devapatnīgaḥ śmaśānāśubhaceṣṭitaḥ /  
tasmāddvija sadācāro niṣevyo vidhinā vidhiḥ //

### [2.28.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.48)

tamahaṃbhāvanāyukto no heyādyo vidāṃ varaḥ /  
sa śāntimāpnuyādagryāṃ dhamyāmubhayasaṃsthitām //

### [2.28.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.49)

āpavargyaḥ smṛto dharmo dhanaṃ dharmaikasādhanam /  
tanmayā sādhito dharmaḥ sarvottamadhanātmanā //

### [2.28.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.50)

śṛṇu viprātra dharmasya gatiṃ sūkṣmāṃ vadāmyaham /  
yadā samāgato bhartā mama kanyāṃ samāharan //

### [2.28.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.51)

tvāṃ paśyan nijakarmasthaṃ ko 'pi doṣo na tasya vai /  
mayā pṛṣṭaḥ kathaṃ nāma kanyeyaṃ samupāhṛtā //

### [2.28.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.52)

tadā tena mṛṣā vākyamuktaṃ madbhakṣaṇārthakam /  
tanniśamyāha māṃ baddhā svayaṃ cāsthāni darśanāt //

### [2.28.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.53)

ye vadanti ca dāṃpatye bhāryā mokṣavirodhinī /  
na te tattvadṛśo jñeyā na sā bhāryā virodhinī //

### [2.28.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.54)

bhāryā samuddharetpāpātpatantaṃ niraye patim /  
sā bhāryānyā karmavallīrūpā saṃsāradāyīnī //

### [2.28.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.55)

pāpaṃ kimatra tanmattaḥ samyakchṛṇu svayaṃ vara /  
alīkaṃ naiva vaktavyaṃ prāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhagatairapi //

### [2.28.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.56)

satyamevācaretsatye sākṣāddharme vyavasthitaḥ /  
satye samāsthito brahmā satye santaḥ samāsthitāḥ //

### [2.28.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.57)

satye samāsthitaṃ viśvaṃ sarvadā sacarācaram /  
satyaṃ brūyāditi vaco vedānteṣu pragīyate //

### [2.28.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.58)

satyaṃ brahmasvarūpaṃ hi tatsatyamabhidhīmahi /  
satyaṃ tu sarvadā vipra maṅgalaṃ maṅgalapradam //

### [2.28.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.59)

asatyamātmakṣayadaṃ sadyaḥ pratyayakārakam /  
strīṣu satyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ tatrāpi śṛṇu kāraṇam //

### [2.28.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.60)

nidhiṃ striyai na kathayedityādau doṣavāraṇam /  
uktaṃ taddharmajanakaṃ dharmasūkṣmatvadarśakam //

### [2.28.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.61)

kuśā dvijā jalaṃ vahnirvedā bhūkāladiksurāḥ /  
sākṣye yatra vivāheṣu dāṃpatyaṃ tadudīritam //

### [2.28.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.62)

samaṅgīkaraṇaṃ karma vivāhe tu vidhīyate /  
strīpuṃsordvijasaṃskāre nirdiṣṭaṃ guruśiṣyayoḥ //

### [2.28.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.63)

tasmātparasparaṃ jñeyo guruśiṣyau vadhūvarau /  
nānayoraṇumātro 'pi bhedo bodhyo vijānatā //

### [2.28.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.64)

tattatkarmānurūpatvātprādhānyastrīniyojyayoḥ /  
kvacidvyatyayadoṣaśceddaivamevātra kāraṇam //

### [2.28.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.65)

daivādhīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam /  
daivaṃ tatpūrvajanmāni saṃcitāḥ karmavāsanāḥ //

### [2.28.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.66)

prāptaṃ niṣevannanyonyaṃ vartate kāmakārakam /  
śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vipra taṃ tu śāntaṃ vidurbudhāḥ //

### [2.28.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.67)

śāntaḥ satyasamācāro janturlokapratārakaḥ /  
evamādi viditvā tu nāyaṃ bhartā nipātitaḥ //

### [2.28.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.68)

kanyātvadhvaṃsakātpāpātpūto madupakārataḥ /  
gatiṃ prayātaḥ kṛtināṃ tvaddhastavinipātitaḥ //

### [2.28.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.69)

mayā tūpakṛtaṃ patye jānantyā dharmasūkṣyatām /  
tvatprāṇarakṣaṇe dharmo mamābhūddvijasattama //

### [2.28.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.70)

tena dharmeṇa kiṃ prāptamiti samyaṅnibodha me /  
rākṣasīṃ yonimāpannā rākṣasasya priyā hyaham //

### [2.28.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.71)

kāmarūpā brāhmaṇī tu saṃjātā dharmakāraṇāt /  
dharmakāmadughā dhenuḥ saṃtoṣo nandanaṃ vanam //

### [2.28.72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.72)

vidyā mokṣakarī proktā tṛṣṇā vaitaraṇī nadī /  
vaitaraṇyāṃ patanbhartā mayoddhṛta ihābhavat //

### [2.28.73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.73)

asyāścopakṛtaṃ vipra varṇottamaniveśanāt /  
iyaṃ tvasaṃginī bhāryā bhaviṣyati piturgṛhe //

### [2.28.74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.74)

ahaṃ tavāsyāśca sadā rakṣikā dharmabodhinī /  
matsaṃgamātpūrvameva yā bhāryā vipra te 'bhavat //

### [2.28.75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.75)

iyaṃ tvatsaṃginī bhāryā bhaviṣyati varānanā /  
sāpi tiryaggatiṃ prāpya mucyate madanugrahāt //

### [2.28.76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.76)

ahaṃ purā bhave 'bhūvaṃ ramaṇī lokasundarī /  
kandalīti ca vikhyātā tanayaurvamunerdvija //

### [2.28.77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.77)

tapaḥ prabhāvātsaṃjātā yamalā mithunandharā /  
puruṣo me sahabhavo damito dharmakāraṇāt //

### [2.28.78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.78)

tenaivaurveṇa śiṣṭāhaṃ dattā durvāsase bhavam /  
taṃ patiṃ prāpya viprendra prākkarmavaśāgā hyaham //

### [2.28.79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.79)

kalahābhiratā patyā śaptā bhasmatvamāgatā /  
kiñcitpāpāvaśeṣeṇa rākṣasīṃ yonimāgatā //

### [2.28.80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.80)

tatra yonau mayā labdho bhartāyaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ /  
gobhilo nāma tejasvī sa tvayā vinipātitaḥ //

### [2.28.81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.81)

śopo 'sya pūrvavayasibabhūva dvijasattama /  
kasyāścidrājakanyāyāḥ striyā'rabdhā mṛtistava //

### [2.28.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.82)

ahaṃ tu rākṣasībhāvarahitā pūrvakarmaṇaḥ /  
śubhasya balamāpannā jātā tava sahāyinī //

### [2.28.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.83)

duḥkhitāhaṃ kṛtā bhartrā kumāryāharaṇātpurā /  
bhāryātha pāpinā brahmaṃstena vyāpādito mayā //

### [2.28.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.84)

viśvasto hi yatastvaṃ vai mama sarveṇa cetasā /  
tatastvāṃ gopayiṣyāmi sarvabhāvena kāmuka //

### [2.28.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.85)

eṣa te śapathaḥ satyaḥ pañcabhūtopasākṣikaḥ /  
kṛtsnasya puruṣasyeha sannidhau vyāhṛto mayā //

### [2.28.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.86)

na karoṣi dvijaśreṣṭha saṃvidaṃ hyanyathā kvacit /  
madvākye bhavatā stheyaṃ sarvakṛtyeṣu mānada //

### [2.28.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.87)

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ rākṣasyā paribhāṣitam /  
pratipede vacaḥ sarvaṃ yatkṛtaṃ hi tayā tadā //

### [2.28.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.88)

tataḥ sā rākṣasī sarvaṃ saṃpragṛhya guhādhanam /  
kareṇurūpiṇī bhūtvā pṛṣṭhe kṛtvā patiṃ mama //

### [2.28.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.89)

tayā saha viśālākṣyā ratnāvalyā mudānvitā /  
yayāvākāśamārgeṇa kāśīmabhi mulocane //

### [2.28.89.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28.89.p1)

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottarabhāge mohinīcarite kāṣṭhīlopākhyānaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (2)

- [Brahmavaivartapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.brahmavaivarta.4.32.9_128) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit
- [Rukmāṅgadacaritra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upakhyana.vamsa-rsi.rukmangadacaritra.103.57.1) — Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.28) · Pramāṇa
