Vishnudharmottarapurana 3.347
Viṣṇudharmottarapurāṇa 3.347
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- 3.347.10 — 1 part
3.347.1
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca
stutas tu garuḍo rājñā pṛṣṭhamāro 'py apārthivam
darśayām āsa devasya viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ //
Mārkaṇḍeya said: / Praised by the king, Garuḍa, having taken the king upon his back, / presented him to the god Viṣṇu of boundless splendor.
3.347.2
sa dṛṣṭvā devadeveśam praṇatārtivināśanam
tuṣṭāva bhaktyā rājendra deveśam aparājitam //
Seeing the Lord of the gods of gods, who destroys the distress of those bowed in homage, / the king of kings praised with devotion the undefeated Lord of the gods:
3.347.3
vasur uvāca
namas te puṇḍarīkākṣa śaraṇāgatavatsala
daityadānavadarpaghna praṇatārtivināśana //
Vasu said: / Homage to you, lotus-eyed Puṇḍarīkākṣa, affectionate toward those who seek refuge, / slayer of the pride of Daityas and Dānavas, destroyer of the distress of those bowed in homage!
3.347.4
kāmakāmada kāmaghna viśvayone jagatpate
mahāmūrtiniśotthasya tamasaḥ pravināśana //
Grantor of desires to those who desire, destroyer of desire, origin of the universe, lord of the world, / destroyer of darkness that arises from the night of the Great Form!
3.347.5
na te viduḥ suragaṇāḥ prabhavaṃ na maharṣayaḥ
ādis tvaṃ sarvadharmāṇām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca jagadguro //
Neither the hosts of gods nor the great ṛṣis know your origin; / you are the beginning of all duties and of the ṛṣis, O teacher of the world!
3.347.6
sūkṣmas tvaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo mahadbhyaś ca mahattaraḥ
dūragas tvaṃ mahābhāga sarveṣām api cāgataḥ //
You are subtler than all beings and greater than the great; / you are far away, O fortunate one, and yet present before all.
3.347.7
sarvabhūtāntarastho 'pi karmabhir na ca lipyase
aśarīraḥ śarīrasthaḥ sarvabhūteṣv avasthitaḥ //
Although dwelling within all beings, you are not stained by actions; / bodiless, yet dwelling in the body, remaining in all beings.
3.347.8
puruṣas tvaṃ tvam avyaktas tvam ātmā buddhir eva ca
mahābhūtāni bhagavas tvaṃ tathaivendriyāṇi ca //
You are the Puruṣa, you are the Unmanifest, you are the Self and the intellect; / you are the great elements, O Blessed One, and likewise the senses.
3.347.9
yogibhir mṛṣyase yogajñānajñeya purātana
ye tvāṃ bhajanti te yānti bhagavan paramāṃ gatim //
You are meditated upon by yogins, O ancient one who are to be known by the knowledge of yoga; / those who worship you, O Blessed One, attain the supreme state.
3.347.10
jayam anagham ajeyaṃ viśvagaṃ devadevaṃ tridaśaripuvināśe nityam udyuktaśaktim
dvijasuravaravandyaṃ nāśanaṃ kalmaṣāṇāṃ śaraṇam upagato 'haṃ vāsudevaṃ śaraṇyam //
I have taken refuge in Vāsudeva, the worthy refuge: victorious, sinless, invincible, omnipresent, the God of gods, / whose power is ever ready to destroy the enemies of the thirty [gods], / worshipful by the best of twice-born and gods, the destroyer of sins.
3.347.10.p1
// iti viṣṇudharmottare tṛtīya-khaṇḍe mārkaṇḍeya-vajra-saṃvāde vāsudeva-stotraṃ nāma sapta-catvāriṃśad-adhika-triśatatamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 347 //
// Thus ends the three hundred forty-seventh chapter, named 'The Hymn of Praise to Vāsudeva', in the dialogue between Mārkaṇḍeya and Vajra, in the third book of the Viṣṇudharmottara // 347
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