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# Naradapurana 2.3: athatṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

Nāradapurāṇa 2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.67) — 1 part

### athatṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

### [2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.1)

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ  
vistareṇa samākhyā hi viṣṇorārādhanakriyām /  
yayā toṣaṃ samāyāti pradadāti samīhitam //

### [2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.2)

lakṣmībhartājagannāthohyaśeṣāghaughanāśanaḥ /  
karmaṇā kena sa prīto bhavedyaḥ sacarācaraḥ //

### [2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.3)

sautiruvāca  
bhaktigrāhyo hṛṣīkeśo na dhanairddharaṇīdhara /  
bhaktyā saṃpūjito viṣṇuḥ pradadāti manoratham //

### [2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.4)

tasmādviprāḥ sadā bhaktiḥ karttavyā cakrapāṇinaḥ /  
janenāpi jagannāthaḥ pūjitaḥ kleśahā bhavet //

### [2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.5)

paritoṣaṃ vrajatyāśutṛṣitastu jalairyathā /  
atrāpi śrūyate viprā ākhyānaṃ pāpanāśanam //

### [2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.6)

rukmāṅgadasya saṃvādamṛṣiṇā gautamena hi /  
āsīdgrukmāṅgado rājā sārvabhaumaḥ kṣamānvitaḥ //

### [2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.7)

kṣīraśāyipriyo bhakto harivāsaratatparaḥ /  
nānyaṃ paśyati deveśātpadmanābhānmahīpatiḥ //

### [2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.8)

paṭahaṃ vāraṇe dhṛtvā vādayeddhari vāsare /  
aṣṭavarṣādhiko yastu pañcāśītyūnavarṣakaḥ //

### [2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.9)

bhunakti mānavo hyadya viṣṇorahani mandadhīḥ /  
sa me daṇḍyaścaga vadhyaśca nirvāsyo nagarādbahiḥ //

### [2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.10)

pitā ca yadi vā bhrātā putro bhāryā suhṛnmama /  
padmanābhadine bhoktā nigrāhyo dasyuvadbhavet //

### [2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.11)

dadaghvaṃma vipramukhyabhyo majjadhvaṃ jāhnavījale /  
mameda vacanaṃ śṛtvā rājyaṃ bhuñjīta māmakam //

### [2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.12)

vāsare vāsare viṣṇoḥ śuklapakṣe mahīpatiḥ /  
aśukle tu viśeṣeṇa paṭahe hemasaṃpuṭe //

### [2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.13)

evaṃ praghuṣṭe bhūpena sarvabhūmau dvijottamāḥ /  
gacchidbhiḥ saṃkulo mārgaḥ kṛto kṛto lokairharerdvijāḥ //

### [2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.14)

ye kecinnidhanaṃ yānti bhūpālaviṣaye narāḥ /  
jñānātpramādato vāpi te yānti harimandiram //

### [2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.15)

avaśyaṃ vaiṣṇavo lokaḥ prāpyate mānavairdvijāḥ /  
vyājenāpi prakurvāṇairdvādaśīṃ pāpanāśinīm //

### [2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.16)

so 'śnāti pārthivaṃ pāpaṃ yo 'śnāti harivāsare /  
sa prāpnoti dharādharmaṃ yo nāśnāti harerdine //

### [2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.17)

brāhmaṇo naiva hantavya ityeṣā vaidikī smṛtiḥ /  
ekādaśyāṃ na bhoktavyaṃ pakṣayorubhayorapi //

### [2.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.18)

vailakṣyamagamadrājā ravisūnurdvijottamāḥ /  
lekhyakarmaṇi viśrāntaścitragupto 'bhavattadā //

### [2.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.19)

saṃmārjitāni lekhyāni pūrvakarmodbhavāni ca /  
gacchanti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ svadharmairmānavāḥ kṣaṇāt //

### [2.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.20)

śūnyā stu nirayāḥ sarve pāpaprāṇivivarjitāḥ /  
bhagno yāmyo 'bhavanmārgo dvādaśādityatāpitaḥ //

### [2.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.21)

sarve hi garuḍārūḍhā janā yānti hareḥ padam /  
devā nāmapi ye lokāste śūnyā hyabhavaṃstathā //

### [2.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.22)

utsannāḥ pitṛdevejyāstīrthadānādisatkriyāḥ /  
muktvaikāṃ dvādaśīṃ martyā nānyaṃ jānanti te vratam //

### [2.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.23)

śūnye triviṣṭape jāte śūnye ca narake tathā /  
nārado dharmarājānaṃ gatvā cedamuvāca ha //

### [2.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.24)

nārada uvāca  
nākrandaḥ śrūyate rājan prāṅgaṇe narakeṣvatha /  
na cāpi kriyate lekhyaṃ kiñcidduṣkṛtakarmaṇām //

### [2.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.25)

citragupto muniriva sthito 'yaṃ maunasaṃyutaḥ /  
kāraṇaṃ kiṃ na cāyānti pāpino yena te gṛham //

### [2.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.26)

māyādaṃbhasamākrāntā duṣṭakarmaratāstathā /  
evamukte tu vacane nāradena mahātmanā //

### [2.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.27)

prāha vaivasvato rājā kiñciddainyasamanvitaḥ /  
yama uvāca  
yo 'yaṃ nārada bhūpālaḥ pṛthivyāṃ sāṃprataṃ sthitaḥ //

### [2.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.28)

sa hi bhakto hṛṣīkeśe purāṇapuruṣottame /  
prabodhayati rājendraḥ sa janaṃ paṭahena hi //

### [2.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.29)

na bhoktavyaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ saṃprāpte harivāsare /  
ye kecidbhuñjate martyāste me daṇḍeṣu yānti hi //

### [2.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.30)

tadbhayāddhi janāḥ sarve dvādaśīṃ samupāsate /  
vyājenāpi munuśreṣṭha dvādaśyāṃ samupoṣitāḥ //

### [2.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.31)

prayānti vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ dāhapralayavarjitam /  
dvādaśīsevanāllokāḥ prāyānti harimandiram //

### [2.3.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.32)

tena rājñā dvijaśreṣṭha mārgā luptā mamādhunā /  
kṛta hi narakāḥ śūnyā lokāścāpi divaukasām //

### [2.3.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.33)

viśrāntaṃ lekhakerlekhyaṃ likhitaṃ mārjitaṃ janaiḥ /  
ekādaśyupavāsasya māhātmyena dvijottama //

### [2.3.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.34)

brahmahatyādipāpāni abhuktvaiva janā dvija /  
samupoṣya dinaṃ viṣṇoḥ prayānti harimandiram //

### [2.3.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.35)

so 'haṃ kāṣāṭamṛgeṇaiva tulyo jāto mahāmune /  
netrahīnaḥ karṇahīnaḥ saṃdhyāhīno dvijo yathā //

### [2.3.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.36)

strījito vā pumānyadvatṣaṇḍho vā pramadāpatiḥ /  
tyaktakāmastvahaṃ brahmaṃllokapālatvamīdṛśam //

### [2.3.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.37)

yāsyāmi brahmaloke vai duḥkhaṃ jñāpayituṃ svakam /  
nirvyāpāro niyogī tu niyoge yastu tiṣṭhati //

### [2.3.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.38)

svāmivittaṃ samaśnāti sa yāti narakaṃ dhruvam /  
sautiruvāca  
evamuktvā yamo viprā nāradena samanvitaḥ //

### [2.3.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.39)

yayau virañcisadanaṃ citracisadanaṃ citraguptena cānvitaḥ /  
sa dadarśa samāsīnaṃ mūrtāmūratajanāvṛtam //

### [2.3.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.40)

vedāśrayaṃ jagadbījaṃ sarveṣāṃ prapitāmaham /  
svabhavaṃ bhūtanilayamoṅkārākhyamakalmaṣam //

### [2.3.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.41)

śuciṃ śucipadaṃ haṃsaṃ brahmāṇaṃ darbhalāñchanam /  
upāsyamānaṃ vividhairlokapālairdigīśvaraiḥ //

### [2.3.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.42)

itihāsapurāṇaiśca vedaurvegrahasaṃsthitaiḥ /  
mūrtimadbhiḥ samudraiśya nadībhiśca sarovaraiḥ //

### [2.3.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.43)

dehadhṛgbhistathā vṛkṣairaśvatthādyairviśeṣataḥ /  
vāpīkūpataḍāgādyairmūrtimadbhiśca parvataiḥ //

### [2.3.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.44)

ahorātraistathā pakṣairmāsaiḥ saṃvatsarairdvijāḥ /  
kalākāṣṭhānimeṣaiśca ṛtubhiścāyanairyugaiḥ //

### [2.3.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.45)

manvantaraistathā kalpairnimeṣairunmiṣairapi /  
ṛkṣairyogaiśca karaṇaiḥ paurṇamāseṃdusaṃkṣayaiḥ //

### [2.3.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.46)

sukhairduḥkhaistathā dvandvairlābhālābhairjayājayaiḥ /  
satyānṛtaiśca deveśo veṣṭito dharmapāvakaḥ //

### [2.3.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.47)

karmavidbhiśca puruṣairanupairupāsyate /  
sattvena rajasā caiva tamasā ca pitāmahaḥ //

### [2.3.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.48)

śāntamūḍhātighoraiśca vikāraiḥ prākṛtairvibhuḥ /  
vāyunā śleṣmapittābhyāṃ mūrtairātaṅkanāmabhiḥ //

### [2.3.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.49)

ānandena ca viśvātmā paradharmaṃ samāśritaḥ /  
anuktairapi bhūtaiśca saṃvṛto lokakṛtsvayam //

### [2.3.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.50)

duruktaiḥ kaṭuvākyādyairmūrtimadbhirupāsyate /  
teṣāṃ madhye 'viśatsauriḥ savrīḍeva vadhūryathā //

### [2.3.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.51)

vilokayannadhobhāgaṃ namravaktro vyadarśayat /  
te praviṣṭaṃ yamaṃ dṛṣṭvā sakāyasthaṃ sanāradam //

### [2.3.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.52)

vismitākṣā mithaḥ procuḥ kimayaṃ bhāskaristviha /  
saṃprāpto hi lokakaraṃ draṣṭuṃ devaṃ pitāmaham //

### [2.3.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.53)

nirvyāpāraḥ kṣaṇaṃ nāsti yo 'yaṃ vyagro raveḥ sutaḥ /  
so 'yamabhyāgataḥ kasmātkañcitkṣemaṃ divaukasām //

### [2.3.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.54)

āścaryātiśayaṃ manye yanmārjitapaṭastvayam /  
lekhakaḥ samanuprāpto dainyena mahatānvitaḥ //

### [2.3.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.55)

na kenacitpaṭo hyasya mārjito 'bhūcca dharmiṇā /  
yanna dṛṣṭaṃ śrunta vāpi tadihaiva pradṛśyate //

### [2.3.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.56)

evamuccaratāṃ teṣāṃ bhūtānāṃ kṛtaśāsanaḥ /  
nipapātāgrato viprā brahmaṇo ravinandanaḥ //

### [2.3.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.57)

mūlacchinno yathā śākhī trāhi trāhīti saṃrudan /  
paribhūto 'smi deveśa yanmārjitapaṭaḥ kṛtaḥ //

### [2.3.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.58)

tvayā nāthena vidhuraṃ paśyāmi kamalāsana /  
evaṃ bruvansa niśceṣṭo babhūva dvijasaṃttamāḥ //

### [2.3.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.59)

tato halahalāśabdaḥ sabhāyāṃ samavartata /  
yor'thaṃ rodayate lokānsarvānsthāvaraja gamān //

### [2.3.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.60)

so 'yaṃ roditi duḥkhārtaḥ kasmādvaivasvato yamaḥ /  
athavā satyagātheyaṃ laukikī pratibhāti naḥ //

### [2.3.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.61)

janasantāpakartā yaḥ so 'cireṇopatapyate /  
nahi duṣkṛtakarmā hi naraḥ prāpnoti śobhanam //

### [2.3.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.62)

tato nivārayāmāsa vāyusteṣāṃ vacastadā /  
lokānāṃ samacittānāṃ mataṃ jñātvā hi vedhasaḥ //

### [2.3.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.63)

nivārya śaṅkāṃ mārtaṇḍiṃ śanairutthāpayan vibhuḥ /  
bhujābhyāṃ sādhupīnābhyāṃ lokamūrtirudāradhīḥ //

### [2.3.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.64)

vihvalaṃ taṃ palāyantamāsane saṃnyaveśayat /  
sakāyasthamuvācedaṃ vyomamūrtiṃ raveḥ sutam //

### [2.3.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.65)

kena tvamabhibhūto 'si kena sthānādvivāsitaḥ /  
kenāpamārjito devapaṭo lokapaṭastava //

### [2.3.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.66)

brūhi sarvamaśeṣeṇa kuśaketurvadatvayam /  
yaḥ prabhustāta sarveṣāṃ sa te kartā samunnatim /  
apaneṣyati mārtaṇḍe duḥkhaṃ hṛdayasaṃsthitam //

### [2.3.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.67)

sa evamuktastu prabhañjanena dineśasūnustamatho babhāṣe /  
vilokya vaktraṃ kuśaketusūnoḥ sagadgadaṃ mandamudīrayanvacaḥ //

### [2.3.67.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.narada.2.3.67.p1)

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇottare bhāge yamasya brahmalokagamanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ

## Linked texts (2)

- [Kṛṣṇāmṛtamahārṇava](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.vaisnava.madhva.krsnamrtamaharnava.174) — Madhva, Sanskrit
- [Skandapurāṇa (early; "Ambikākhaṇḍa") (ed. Bakker)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda*early*bakker.11.16.40.p2) — Sanskrit

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