Narada Asks Narayana Whom He Worships

Verse 1 (12.342.1)

गृहस्थो ब्रह्मचारी वा वानप्रस्थोऽथ भिक्षुकः । य इच्छेत्सिद्धिमास्थातुं देवतां कां यजेत सः ॥

gṛhastho brahmacārī vā vānaprastho'tha bhikṣukaḥ | ya icchetsiddhimāsthātuṃ devatāṃ kāṃ yajeta saḥ

Whether he is a householder, a student, a forest-dweller or a mendicant, to which god should one offer worship who wishes to reach perfection?

Verse 2 (12.342.2)

कुतो ह्यस्य ध्रुवः स्वर्गः कुतो नैःश्रेयसं परम् । विधिना केन जुहुयाद्दैवं पित्र्यं तथैव च ॥

kuto hyasya dhruvaḥ svargaḥ kuto naiḥśreyasaṃ param | vidhinā kena juhuyāddaivaṃ pitryaṃ tathaiva ca

From what comes his sure heaven, and from what the highest good? By what rite should he make his offerings to the gods and to the ancestors?

Verse 3 (12.342.3)

मुक्तश्च कां गतिं गच्छेन्मोक्षश्चैव किमात्मकः । स्वर्गतश्चैव किं कुर्याद्येन न च्यवते दिवः ॥

muktaśca kāṃ gatiṃ gacchenmokṣaścaiva kimātmakaḥ | svargataścaiva kiṃ kuryādyena na cyavate divaḥ

To what state does the liberated one go, and what is the nature of liberation? And what should one who has gone to heaven do so as not to fall from it?

Verse 4 (12.342.4)

देवतानां च को देवः पितॄणां च पिता तथा । तस्मात्परतरं यच्च तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह ॥

devatānāṃ ca ko devaḥ pitṝṇāṃ ca pitā tathā | tasmātparataraṃ yacca tanme brūhi pitāmaha

Who is the god of the gods, and who is the father of the fathers? And whatever lies beyond that, tell me that, grandfather.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads पितृणां च पिता तथा (CE pitṝṇāṃ ca tathā pitā), a variant order, kept.

Verse 5 (12.342.5)

गूढं मां प्रश्नवित्प्रश्नं पृच्छसे त्वमिहानघ । न ह्येतत्तर्कया शक्यं वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि ॥

gūḍhaṃ māṃ praśnavitpraśnaṃ pṛcchase tvamihānagha | na hyetattarkayā śakyaṃ vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi

You ask me a hidden question, sinless one, as one who knows how to question. It cannot be answered by reasoning, even in hundreds of years.

Note on the text: Line 2 reads न ह्येतत्तर्कया शक्यम् (CE na hy eṣa tarkayā śakyo; the page's footnote cites another reading), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 6 (12.342.6)

ऋते देवप्रसादाद्वा राजञ्ज्ञानागमेन वा । गहनं ह्येतदाख्यानं व्याख्यातव्यं तवारिहन् ॥

ṛte devaprasādādvā rājañjñānāgamena vā | gahanaṃ hyetadākhyānaṃ vyākhyātavyaṃ tavārihan

Except by the grace of a god, O king, or through the transmission of knowledge, for this account is deep and must be expounded to you, scourge of your foes.

Verse 7 (12.342.7)

अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीममितिहासं पुरातनम् । नारदस्य च संवादमृषेर्नारायणस्य च ॥

atrāpyudāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam | nāradasya ca saṃvādamṛṣernārāyaṇasya ca

On this point they recount an ancient tale, the conversation between Narada and the sage Narayana.

Verse 8 (12.342.8)

नारायणो हि विश्वात्मा चतुर्मूर्तिः सनातनः । धर्मात्मजः संबभूव पितैवं मेऽभ्यभाषत ॥

nārāyaṇo hi viśvātmā caturmūrtiḥ sanātanaḥ | dharmātmajaḥ saṃbabhūva pitaivaṃ me'bhyabhāṣata

Narayana, the Self of the universe, eternal and fourfold in form, was born as the son of Dharma; so my father told me.

Verse 9 (12.342.9)

कृते युगे महाराज पुरा स्वायंभुवेऽन्तरे । नरो नारायणश्चैव हरिः कृष्णस्तथैव च ॥

kṛte yuge mahārāja purā svāyaṃbhuve'ntare | naro nārāyaṇaścaiva hariḥ kṛṣṇastathaiva ca

In the Krita age, great king, long ago, in the interval of Svayambhuva, there were Nara, Narayana, Hari and Krishna.

Verse 10 (12.342.10)

तेषां नारायणनरौ तपस्तेपतुरव्ययौ । बदर्याश्रममासाद्य शकटे कनकामये ॥

teṣāṃ nārāyaṇanarau tapastepaturavyayau | badaryāśramamāsādya śakaṭe kanakāmaye

Of these, Narayana and Nara, the imperishable pair, practised austerities, having come to the hermitage of Badari, in a golden cart.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads तेषाम् (CE tebhyaḥ), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 11 (12.342.11)

अष्टचक्रं हि तद्यानं भूतयुक्तं मनोरमम् । तत्राद्यौ लोकनाथौ तौ कृशौ धमनिसंततौ ॥

aṣṭacakraṃ hi tadyānaṃ bhūtayuktaṃ manoramam | tatrādyau lokanāthau tau kṛśau dhamanisaṃtatau

That vehicle had eight wheels and was joined with beings, a lovely thing; in it were the two primal lords of the worlds, lean, their veins standing out.

Verse 12 (12.342.12)

तपसा तेजसा चैव दुर्निरीक्ष्यौ सुरैरपि । यस्य प्रसादं कुर्वाते स देवौ द्रष्टुमर्हति ॥

tapasā tejasā caiva durnirīkṣyau surairapi | yasya prasādaṃ kurvāte sa devau draṣṭumarhati

They were hard to look upon even for the gods, because of their austerity and radiance; the one whom those two favour is worthy to see the two gods.

Verse 13 (12.342.13)

नूनं तयोरनुमते हृदि हृच्छयचोदितः । महामेरोर्गिरेः शृङ्गात्प्रच्युतो गन्धमादनम् ॥

nūnaṃ tayoranumate hṛdi hṛcchayacoditaḥ | mahāmerorgireḥ śṛṅgātpracyuto gandhamādanam

Surely with their leave, moved by the one who lies in the heart, he descended from the peak of the great mountain Meru to Gandhamadana.

Note on the text: Corrected हृच्छपचोदितः → हृच्छयचोदितः, महामेरोगिंरेः → महामेरोर्गिरेः and प्रत्युतो → प्रच्युतो (misprints in Wikisource; none is a valid word in context; CE hṛcchayacoditaḥ, mahāmeror gireḥ, pracyuto).

Verse 14 (12.342.14)

नारदः सुमहद्भूतं सर्वलोकानचीचरत् । तं देशमगमद्राजन्वदर्याश्रममाशुगः ॥

nāradaḥ sumahadbhūtaṃ sarvalokānacīcarat | taṃ deśamagamadrājanvadaryāśramamāśugaḥ

Narada, that very great being, who had roamed all the worlds, came swiftly, O king, to that place, the hermitage of Badari.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सर्वलोकान् and line 2 वदर्याश्रमम् (वदर for बदर is a valid spelling variant; CE lokān sarvān … badaryāśramam), kept.

Verse 15 (12.342.15)

तयोराह्निकवेलायां तस्य कौतूहलं त्वभूत् । इदं तदास्पदं कृत्स्नं यस्मिँल्लोकाः प्रतिष्ठिताः ॥

tayorāhnikavelāyāṃ tasya kautūhalaṃ tvabhūt | idaṃ tadāspadaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yasmim̐llokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ

At the hour of the two gods' daily rites, a curiosity arose in him: 'This is the whole abode on which the worlds are established,

Verse 16 (12.342.16)

सदेवासुरगन्धर्वाः सकिन्नरमहोरगाः । एका मूर्तिरियं पूर्वं जाता भूयश्चतुर्विधा ॥

sadevāsuragandharvāḥ sakinnaramahoragāḥ | ekā mūrtiriyaṃ pūrvaṃ jātā bhūyaścaturvidhā

With their gods, asuras and gandharvas, kinnaras and great serpents. This one form, born first, has become fourfold again.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads सकिन्नरमहोरगाः (CE sarṣikiṃnaralelihāḥ), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 17 (12.342.17)

धर्मस्य कुलसंताने धर्मादेभिर्विवर्धितः । अहो ह्यनुगृहीतोऽद्य धर्म एभिः सुरैरिह ॥

dharmasya kulasaṃtāne dharmādebhirvivardhitaḥ | aho hyanugṛhīto'dya dharma ebhiḥ surairiha

In the line of Dharma's family, grown great from Dharma through these two, how Dharma is favoured today here by these gods,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 corresponds to CE 12.321.17a (dharmasya kulasaṃtāno mahān ebhir vivardhitaḥ; Wikisource कुलसंताने धर्मादेभिः, the page's footnote cites another reading, a recension variant, kept); line 2 is CE 12.321.17c.

Verse 18 (12.342.18)

नरनारायणाभ्यां च कृष्णेन हरिणा तथा । अत्र कृष्णो हरिश्चैव कस्मिंश्चित्कारणान्तरे ॥

naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ ca kṛṣṇena hariṇā tathā | atra kṛṣṇo hariścaiva kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare

By Nara and Narayana, and by Krishna and Hari. Here Krishna and Hari, for some other purpose,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is CE 12.321.17e (naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ ca kṛṣṇena hariṇā tathā); line 2 is CE 12.321.18a (tatra kṛṣṇo hariś caiva kasmiṃś cit kāraṇāntare; Wikisource अत्र).

Verse 19 (12.342.19)

स्थितौ धर्मसुतावेतौ तथा तपसि धिष्ठितौ । एतौ हि परमं धाम काऽनयोराह्निकक्रिया ॥

sthitau dharmasutāvetau tathā tapasi dhiṣṭhitau | etau hi paramaṃ dhāma kā'nayorāhnikakriyā

Are staying as the sons of Dharma and have thus taken up austerity. These two are the supreme abode; what is their daily rite?

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is CE 12.321.18c (sthitau dharmottarau hy etau tathā tapasi dhiṣṭhitau; Wikisource धर्मसुतौ, the page's footnote cites धर्मोत्तरौ); line 2 is CE 12.321.19a.

Verse 20 (12.342.20)

पितरौ सर्वभूतानां दैवतं च यशस्विनौ । कां देवतां तु यजतः पितॄन्वा कान्महामती ॥

pitarau sarvabhūtānāṃ daivataṃ ca yaśasvinau | kāṃ devatāṃ tu yajataḥ pitṝnvā kānmahāmatī

Parents of all beings and themselves the deity, glorious ones: which god do these two of great mind worship, or which ancestors?'

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is CE 12.321.19c (pitarau sarvabhūtānāṃ daivataṃ ca yaśasvinau); line 2 is CE 12.321.19e.

Verse 21 (12.342.21)

इति संचिन्त्य मनसा भक्त्या नारायणस्य तु । सहसा प्रादुरभवत्समीपे देवयोस्तदा ॥

iti saṃcintya manasā bhaktyā nārāyaṇasya tu | sahasā prādurabhavatsamīpe devayostadā

Thinking thus, with devotion to Narayana, he suddenly appeared in the presence of the two gods.

Verse 22 (12.342.22)

कृते दैवे च पित्र्ये च ततस्ताभ्यां निरीक्षितः । पूजितश्चैव विधिना यथाप्रोक्तेन शास्त्रतः ॥

kṛte daive ca pitrye ca tatastābhyāṃ nirīkṣitaḥ | pūjitaścaiva vidhinā yathāproktena śāstrataḥ

The rites to the gods and to the ancestors having been completed, he was then looked upon by the two and honoured according to rule, as the scriptures prescribe.

Verse 23 (12.342.23)

तद्दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यमपूर्वं विधिविस्तरम् । उपोपविष्टः सुप्रीतो नारदो भगवानृषिः ॥

taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryamapūrvaṃ vidhivistaram | upopaviṣṭaḥ suprīto nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ

Seeing that great and unprecedented marvel, an elaborate rite, the divine sage Narada sat down near them, greatly pleased.

Verse 24 (12.342.24)

नारायणं संनिरीक्ष्य प्रसन्नेनान्तरात्मना । नमस्कृत्य महादेवमिदं वचनमब्रवीत् ॥

nārāyaṇaṃ saṃnirīkṣya prasannenāntarātmanā | namaskṛtya mahādevamidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Gazing at Narayana with a serene inner self, he bowed to the great god and spoke these words.

Verse 25 (12.342.25)

वेदेषु सपुराणेषु साङ्गोपाङ्गेषु गीयसे । त्वमजः शाश्वतो धाता माता मृतमनुत्तमम् ॥

vedeṣu sapurāṇeṣu sāṅgopāṅgeṣu gīyase | tvamajaḥ śāśvato dhātā mātā mṛtamanuttamam

You are sung of in the Vedas together with the Puranas, with their limbs and sub-limbs. You are the unborn, the eternal, the Creator, the Mother, and the supreme Death.

Note on the text: Speaker: the address to Narayana is Narada's own speech (no heading printed); it runs through verse 28. Not matched by the alignment: lines are CE 12.321.24a and 24c. Line 2 reads धाता माता मृतमनुत्तमम् (CE dhātā mato 'mṛtam anuttamam; the page's footnote cites धाता विधाता मृत्युरुत्तमः); kept as printed.

Verse 26 (12.342.26)

प्रतिष्ठितं भूतभव्यं त्वयि सर्वमिदं जगत् । चत्वारो ह्याश्रमा देव सर्वे गार्हस्थ्यमूलकाः ॥

pratiṣṭhitaṃ bhūtabhavyaṃ tvayi sarvamidaṃ jagat | catvāro hyāśramā deva sarve gārhasthyamūlakāḥ

All this world, past and future, rests in you. The four stages of life, O god, all have the householder's life as their root,

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment: line 1 is CE 12.321.24e (pratiṣṭhitaṃ bhūtabhavyaṃ tvayi sarvam idaṃ jagat), line 2 is CE 12.321.25a.

Verse 27 (12.342.27)

यजन्ते त्वामहरहर्नानामूर्तिसमास्थितम् । पिता माता च सर्वस्य देवतानां च शाश्वतम् । कं त्वद्य यजसे देवं पितरं कं न विद्महे ॥

yajante tvāmaharaharnānāmūrtisamāsthitam | pitā mātā ca sarvasya devatānāṃ ca śāśvatam | kaṃ tvadya yajase devaṃ pitaraṃ kaṃ na vidmahe

And day after day they worship you, who abide in many forms. You are the father and mother of all and the eternal one of the gods. Whom do you yourself worship today? We do not know of any father beyond you.

Note on the text: Three-line verse, as on the page (labelled 12-342-27a, b, c). Not matched by the alignment: line 1 is CE 12.321.25c; line 2 is CE 12.321.26a (Wikisource पिता माता च सर्वस्य देवतानां च शाश्वतम्, against CE pitā mātā ca sarvasya jagataḥ śāśvato guruḥ), a recension variant, kept; line 3 is CE 12.321.26c.

Verse 28 (12.342.28)

कमर्चसि महाभाग तन्मे प्रब्रूहि पृच्छतः ॥

kamarcasi mahābhāga tanme prabrūhi pṛcchataḥ

Whom do you worship, O greatly fortunate one? Tell me, who ask.

Note on the text: Single line printed in quotes within backticks on the page (12-342-28a); marks removed. It is the CE star line 12.321.26d*0800_01 (kam arcasi mahābhāga tan me brūhīha pṛcchataḥ; Wikisource प्रब्रूहि), so ce_ref is left null.

Verse 29 (12.342.29)

अवाच्यमेतद्वक्तव्यमात्मगुह्यं सनातनम् । तव भक्तिमतो ब्रह्मन्वक्ष्यामि तु यथातथम् ॥

avācyametadvaktavyamātmaguhyaṃ sanātanam | tava bhaktimato brahmanvakṣyāmi tu yathātatham

This is not to be spoken, yet it must be spoken: the eternal secret of the Self. To you, brahmin, who are full of devotion, I shall tell it as it truly is.

Verse 30 (12.342.30)

यत्तत्सूक्ष्ममविज्ञेयमव्यक्तमचलं ध्रुवम् । इन्द्रियैन्द्रियार्थैश्च सर्वभूतैश्च वर्जितम् ॥

yattatsūkṣmamavijñeyamavyaktamacalaṃ dhruvam | indriyaindriyārthaiśca sarvabhūtaiśca varjitam

That which is subtle, unknowable, unmanifest, unmoving and constant, free from the senses, from the objects of the senses, and from all created beings,

Verse 31 (12.342.31)

स ह्यन्तरात्मा भूतानां क्षेत्रज्ञश्चेति कथ्यते । त्रिगुणव्यतिरिक्तो वै पुरुषश्चेति कल्पितः ॥

sa hyantarātmā bhūtānāṃ kṣetrajñaśceti kathyate | triguṇavyatirikto vai puruṣaśceti kalpitaḥ

That is the inner self of beings and is called the Knower of the Field; apart from the three qualities, it is conceived as the Person.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Lines are CE 12.321.29a and 29c (Wikisource वै for CE 'sau in line 2).

Verse 32 (12.342.32)

तस्मादव्यक्तमुत्पन्नं त्रिगुणं द्विजसत्तम । अव्यक्ताव्यक्तभावस्था या सा प्रकृतिरव्यया ॥

tasmādavyaktamutpannaṃ triguṇaṃ dvijasattama | avyaktāvyaktabhāvasthā yā sā prakṛtiravyayā

From him arose the unmanifest, of three qualities, O best of the twice-born. She who abides in the state of both unmanifest and manifest is Prakriti, the imperishable.

Note on the text: Not matched by the alignment. Line 1 is CE 12.321.29e; line 2 is CE 12.321.30a (Wikisource अव्यक्ताव्यक्तभावस्था for CE avyaktā vyaktabhāvasthā, kept).

Verse 33 (12.342.33)

तां योनिमावयोर्विद्धि योऽसौ सदसदात्मकः । आवाभ्यां पूज्यते यो हि दैवे पित्र्ये च कल्प्यते ॥

tāṃ yonimāvayorviddhi yo'sau sadasadātmakaḥ | āvābhyāṃ pūjyate yo hi daive pitrye ca kalpyate

Know her as the womb of us two, and know also him who is of the nature of both being and non-being. He is the one worshipped by us both, and he is the one ordained in the rites for the gods and the ancestors.

Note on the text: Corrected योसौ → योऽसौ (avagraha dropped in Wikisource). Not matched by the alignment: line 1 is CE 12.321.30c; line 2 is CE 12.321.30e (āvābhyāṃ pūjyate 'sau hi daive pitrye ca kalpite; Wikisource यो हि … कल्प्यते), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 34 (12.342.34)

नास्ति तस्मात्परोऽन्यो हि पिता देवोऽथवा द्विज । आत्मा हि नौ स विज्ञेयस्ततस्तं पूजयावहे ॥

nāsti tasmātparo'nyo hi pitā devo'thavā dvija | ātmā hi nau sa vijñeyastatastaṃ pūjayāvahe

There is no father or god beyond him, brahmin. He is to be known as the Self of us two, and therefore we worship him.

Verse 35 (12.342.35)

तेनैषा प्रथिता ब्रह्मन्मर्यादा लोकमाविनी । दैवं पित्र्यं च कर्तव्यमिति तस्यानुशासनम् ॥

tenaiṣā prathitā brahmanmaryādā lokamāvinī | daivaṃ pitryaṃ ca kartavyamiti tasyānuśāsanam

By him, brahmin, this rule, which spreads through the world, was laid down: that the rites for the gods and the ancestors must be done. Such is his command.

Verse 36 (12.342.36)

ब्रह्मा स्थाणुर्मनुर्दक्षो भृगुर्धर्मस्तथा यमः । मरीचिरङ्गिराश्चात्रिः पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः ॥

brahmā sthāṇurmanurdakṣo bhṛgurdharmastathā yamaḥ | marīciraṅgirāścātriḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ

Brahma, Sthanu, Manu, Daksha, Bhrigu, Dharma and Yama, Marichi, Angiras, Atri, Pulastya, Pulaha and Kratu,

Note on the text: Line 1 reads धर्मस्तथा यमः (CE dharmas tapo damaḥ), a recension variant, kept. With the names in this and the next verse the page lists twenty, while verse 38 says twenty-one (the CE list gives twenty-one); kept as printed.

Verse 37 (12.342.37)

वसिष्ठः परमेष्ठी च विवस्वान्सोम एव च । कर्दमश्चापि यः प्रोक्तः क्रोधो विक्रीत एव च ॥

vasiṣṭhaḥ parameṣṭhī ca vivasvānsoma eva ca | kardamaścāpi yaḥ proktaḥ krodho vikrīta eva ca

Vasishtha, Parameshthin, Vivasvan and Soma, and Kardama as well, who has been named, and Krodha and Vikrita.

Verse 38 (12.342.38)

एकविंशतिरुत्पन्नास्ते प्रजापतयः स्मृताः । तस्य देवस्य मर्यादां पूजयन्तः सनातनीम् ॥

ekaviṃśatirutpannāste prajāpatayaḥ smṛtāḥ | tasya devasya maryādāṃ pūjayantaḥ sanātanīm

These twenty-one are remembered as the Prajapatis who came into being, honouring the eternal rule of that god.

Note on the text: Removed a stray asterisk printed before एकविंशतिः in Wikisource (a wiki mark, not a CE star-passage; the verse is CE 12.321.35).

Verse 39 (12.342.39)

दैवं पित्र्यं च सततं तस्य विज्ञाय तत्त्वतः । आत्मप्राप्तानि च ततो जानन्ति द्विजसत्तमाः ॥

daivaṃ pitryaṃ ca satataṃ tasya vijñāya tattvataḥ | ātmaprāptāni ca tato jānanti dvijasattamāḥ

Knowing in truth the rites for the gods and the ancestors that are his, those best of the twice-born then recognize what is attained through the Self.

Verse 40 (12.342.40)

स्वर्गस्था अपि ये केचित्तान्नमस्यन्ति देहिनः । ते तत्प्रसादाद्गच्छन्ति तेनादिष्टफलां गतिम् ॥

svargasthā api ye kecittānnamasyanti dehinaḥ | te tatprasādādgacchanti tenādiṣṭaphalāṃ gatim

Whatever embodied beings, even those dwelling in heaven, bow to them, go by their grace to the state whose fruit he has ordained.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads तान्नमस्यन्ति, 'bow to them' (CE taṃ namasyanti), a recension variant, kept.

Verse 41 (12.342.41)

ये हीनाः सप्तदशभिर्गुणैः कर्मभिरेव च । कलाः पञ्चदश त्यक्त्वा ते मुक्ता इति निश्चयः ॥

ye hīnāḥ saptadaśabhirguṇaiḥ karmabhireva ca | kalāḥ pañcadaśa tyaktvā te muktā iti niścayaḥ

Those who are without the seventeen constituents and without actions, having cast off the fifteen parts, are the liberated; this is certain.

Verse 42 (12.342.42)

मुक्तानां तु गतिर्ब्रह्मन्क्षेत्रज्ञ इति कल्पिता । स हि सर्वगतिश्चैव निर्गुणश्चैव कथ्यते ॥

muktānāṃ tu gatirbrahmankṣetrajña iti kalpitā | sa hi sarvagatiścaiva nirguṇaścaiva kathyate

The destination of the liberated, brahmin, is conceived as the Knower of the Field. He is called all-pervading and also without qualities.

Verse 43 (12.342.43)

दृश्यते ज्ञानयोगेन आवां च प्रसृतौ ततः । एवं ज्ञात्वा तमात्मानं पूजयावः सनातनम् ॥

dṛśyate jñānayogena āvāṃ ca prasṛtau tataḥ | evaṃ jñātvā tamātmānaṃ pūjayāvaḥ sanātanam

He is seen through the yoga of knowledge, and from him we two have come forth. Knowing the Self thus, we worship the eternal one.

Verse 44 (12.342.44)

तं वेदाश्चाश्रमाश्चैव नानातनुसमाश्रितम् । भक्त्या संपूजयन्त्यद्य गतिं चैषां ददाति सः ॥

taṃ vedāścāśramāścaiva nānātanusamāśritam | bhaktyā saṃpūjayantyadya gatiṃ caiṣāṃ dadāti saḥ

Him, who abides in many bodies, the Vedas and the stages of life worship today with devotion, and he gives them their goal.

Note on the text: Line 1 reads नानातनुसमाश्रितम् and line 2 संपूजयन्त्यद्य (CE nānātanusamāsthitāḥ … saṃpūjayanty ādyam), recension variants, kept.

Verse 45 (12.342.45)

ये तु तद्भाविता लोके ह्येकान्तित्वं समास्थिताः । एतदभ्यधिकं तेषां यत्ते तं प्रविशन्त्युत ॥

ye tu tadbhāvitā loke hyekāntitvaṃ samāsthitāḥ | etadabhyadhikaṃ teṣāṃ yatte taṃ praviśantyuta

Those in the world who are steeped in him and have taken up single-minded devotion have this as their further reward: they enter into him.

Verse 46 (12.342.46)

इति गुह्यसमुद्देशस्तव नारद कीर्तितः । भक्त्या प्रेम्णा च विप्रर्षे अस्मद्भक्त्या च ते श्रुतः ॥

iti guhyasamuddeśastava nārada kīrtitaḥ | bhaktyā premṇā ca viprarṣe asmadbhaktyā ca te śrutaḥ

Thus, Narada, this secret teaching has been told to you; you have heard it through devotion, through love, and through your devotion to us, O brahmin sage.