Nara and Narayana Describe the Supreme Abode

Verse 1 (12.354.1)

धन्योऽस्यनुगृहीतोऽसि यत्ते दृष्टः स्वयंप्रभुः । न हि तं दृष्टवान्कश्चित्पद्मयोनिरपि स्वयम् ॥

dhanyo'syanugṛhīto'si yatte dṛṣṭaḥ svayaṃprabhuḥ | na hi taṃ dṛṣṭavānkaścitpadmayonirapi svayam

You are blessed and favoured, for you have seen the Lord himself, self-luminous; not even the lotus-born Brahma has seen him in person.

Note on the text: The input carried the heading नरनारायणावूचतुः । inside the Sanskrit; it is made the speaker (speaker_line नरनारायणावूचतुः) and the line removed. Corrected धन्योस्यनुगृहीतोसि → धन्योऽस्यनुगृहीतोऽसि (missing avagrahas in Wikisource; CE dhanyo 'sy anugṛhīto 'si).

Verse 2 (12.354.2)

अव्यक्तयोनिर्भगवान्दुर्दर्शः पुरुषोत्तमः । नारदैतद्धि नौ सत्यं वचनं समुदाहृतम् ॥

avyaktayonirbhagavāndurdarśaḥ puruṣottamaḥ | nāradaitaddhi nau satyaṃ vacanaṃ samudāhṛtam

The blessed Supreme Person, whose source is the unmanifest, is hard to see. What we two have said to you, Narada, is true.

Verse 3 (12.354.3)

नास्य भक्तात्प्रियतरो लोके कश्चन विद्यते । ततः स्वयं दर्शितवान्स्वमात्मानं द्विजोत्तम ॥

nāsya bhaktātpriyataro loke kaścana vidyate | tataḥ svayaṃ darśitavānsvamātmānaṃ dvijottama

No one in the world is dearer to him than his devotee; therefore he showed you his own Self in person, O best of the twice-born.

Note on the text: Line 1 has भक्तात्प्रियतरो where the CE has भक्तैः प्रियतरो (recension variant), kept.

Verse 4 (12.354.4)

तपो हि तप्यतस्तस्य यत्स्थानं परमात्मनः । न तत्संप्राप्नुते कश्चिदृते ह्यावां द्विजोत्तम ॥

tapo hi tapyatastasya yatsthānaṃ paramātmanaḥ | na tatsaṃprāpnute kaścidṛte hyāvāṃ dvijottama

As he practises austerity, no one reaches that abode of the Supreme Self except we two, O best of the twice-born.

Note on the text: Corrected द्वितोत्तम → द्विजोत्तम (misprint in Wikisource; ज dropped/changed; CE dvijottama).

Verse 5 (12.354.5)

या हि सूर्यसहस्रस्य समस्तस्य भवेद्द्युतिः । स्थानस्य सा भवेत्तस्य स्वयं तेन विराजता ॥

yā hi sūryasahasrasya samastasya bhaveddyutiḥ | sthānasya sā bhavettasya svayaṃ tena virājatā

The radiance of a thousand suns all together would be the radiance of that abode, shining with his own presence.

Verse 6 (12.354.6)

तस्मादुत्तिष्ठते विप्र देवाद्विश्वभुवः पतेः । क्षमा क्षमावतां श्रेष्ठ यया भूमिस्तु युज्यते ॥

tasmāduttiṣṭhate vipra devādviśvabhuvaḥ pateḥ | kṣamā kṣamāvatāṃ śreṣṭha yayā bhūmistu yujyate

From that god, the lord of the universe, arises forbearance, O brahmin, best of the forbearing, by which the earth is endowed.

Verse 7 (12.354.7)

तस्माच्चोत्तिष्ठते देवात्सर्वभूतहिताद्रसः । आपो हि तेन युज्यन्ते द्रवत्वं प्राप्नुवन्ति च ॥

tasmāccottiṣṭhate devātsarvabhūtahitādrasaḥ | āpo hi tena yujyante dravatvaṃ prāpnuvanti ca

From that god, the well-wisher of all beings, arises taste, by which the waters are endowed and attain fluidity.

Verse 8 (12.354.8)

तस्मादेव समुद्भूतं तेजो रूपगुणात्मकम् । येन संयुज्यते सूर्यस्ततो लोके विराजते ॥

tasmādeva samudbhūtaṃ tejo rūpaguṇātmakam | yena saṃyujyate sūryastato loke virājate

From him arose light, whose nature is the quality of form, by which the sun is endowed and so shines upon the world.

Verse 9 (12.354.9)

तस्माद्देवात्समुद्भूतः स्पर्शस्तु पुरुषोत्तमात् । येन स्म युज्यते वायुस्ततो लोकान्विवात्यसौ ॥

tasmāddevātsamudbhūtaḥ sparśastu puruṣottamāt | yena sma yujyate vāyustato lokānvivātyasau

From that god, the Supreme Person, arose touch, by which the wind is endowed and blows through the worlds.

Verse 10 (12.354.10)

तस्माच्चोत्तिष्ठते शब्दः सर्वलोकेश्वरात्प्रभोः । आकाशं युज्यते येन ततस्तिष्ठत्यसंवृतम् ॥

tasmāccottiṣṭhate śabdaḥ sarvalokeśvarātprabhoḥ | ākāśaṃ yujyate yena tatastiṣṭhatyasaṃvṛtam

From him, the lord of all the worlds, arises sound, by which space is endowed and so remains unenclosed.

Verse 11 (12.354.11)

तस्माच्चोत्तिष्ठते देवात्सर्वभूतगतं मनः । चन्द्रमा येन संयुक्तः प्रकाशगुणधारणः ॥

tasmāccottiṣṭhate devātsarvabhūtagataṃ manaḥ | candramā yena saṃyuktaḥ prakāśaguṇadhāraṇaḥ

From that god arises the mind that dwells in all beings, with which the moon is joined, bearing the quality of brightness.

Verse 12 (12.354.12)

सद्भूतोत्पादकं नाम तत्स्थानं वेदसंज्ञितम् । विद्यासहायो यत्रास्ते भगवान्हव्यकव्यभुक् ॥

sadbhūtotpādakaṃ nāma tatsthānaṃ vedasaṃjñitam | vidyāsahāyo yatrāste bhagavānhavyakavyabhuk

That abode, known as the Veda, which brings forth beings, is where the blessed enjoyer of offerings to gods and ancestors dwells, with Knowledge as his companion.

Note on the text: Line 1 has सद्भूतोत्पादकम् where the CE has षड्भूतोत्पादकम् (recension variant), kept.

Verse 13 (12.354.13)

ये हि निष्कल्मषा लोके पुण्यपापविवर्जिताः । तेषां वै क्षेममध्वानं गच्छतां द्विजसत्तम ॥

ye hi niṣkalmaṣā loke puṇyapāpavivarjitāḥ | teṣāṃ vai kṣemamadhvānaṃ gacchatāṃ dvijasattama

For those in the world who are free of stain and untouched by merit and sin, as they travel the safe road, O best of brahmins,

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.332.13a, 12.332.13c.

Verse 14 (12.354.14)

सर्वलोके तमोहन्ता आदित्यो द्वारमुच्यते । ज्वालामाली महातेजा येनेदं धार्यते जगत् ॥

sarvaloke tamohantā ādityo dvāramucyate | jvālāmālī mahātejā yenedaṃ dhāryate jagat

the Sun, dispeller of darkness in all the world, wreathed in flames, of great radiance, by whom this world is upheld, is called the door.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and quote round the second line, which Wikisource sets off as an inserted line). Line 1 = CE 12.332.13e; line 2 is the CE's star passage 12.332.13f*0889_01 (not in its main text).

Verse 15 (12.354.15)

आदित्यदग्धसर्वाङ्गा अदृश्याः केनचित्क्वचित् । परमाणुभूता भूत्वा तु तं देवं प्रविशन्त्युत ॥

ādityadagdhasarvāṅgā adṛśyāḥ kenacitkvacit | paramāṇubhūtā bhūtvā tu taṃ devaṃ praviśantyuta

With all their limbs scorched by the sun, unseen by anyone anywhere, becoming mere atoms, they enter that god.

Verse 16 (12.354.16)

तस्मादपि च निर्मुक्ता अनिरुद्धतनौ स्थिताः । मनोभूतास्ततो भूत्वा प्रद्युम्नं प्रविशन्त्युत ॥

tasmādapi ca nirmuktā aniruddhatanau sthitāḥ | manobhūtāstato bhūtvā pradyumnaṃ praviśantyuta

Released even from him, they abide in the body of Aniruddha; then, becoming mind-born, they enter Pradyumna.

Verse 17 (12.354.17)

प्रद्युम्नाच्चापि निर्मुक्ता जीवं संकर्षणं ततः । विशन्ति विप्रप्रवराः साङ्ख्या भागवतैः सह ॥

pradyumnāccāpi nirmuktā jīvaṃ saṃkarṣaṇaṃ tataḥ | viśanti viprapravarāḥ sāṅkhyā bhāgavataiḥ saha

Released also from Pradyumna, the foremost of the brahmins, the Sankhyas together with the Bhagavatas, enter Sankarshana, the life-principle.

Verse 18 (12.354.18)

ततस्त्रैगुण्यहीनास्ते परमात्मानमञ्जसा । प्रविशन्ति द्विजश्रेष्ठाः क्षेत्रज्ञं निर्गुणात्मकम् । सर्वावासं वासुदेवं क्षेत्रज्ञं विद्धि तत्त्वतः ॥

tatastraiguṇyahīnāste paramātmānamañjasā | praviśanti dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kṣetrajñaṃ nirguṇātmakam | sarvāvāsaṃ vāsudevaṃ kṣetrajñaṃ viddhi tattvataḥ

Then, free of the three gunas, they swiftly enter the Supreme Self, the Knower of the Field, who is without qualities, O best of the twice-born. Know Vasudeva, the dwelling of all, truly to be the Knower of the Field.

Note on the text: Three-line verse (12-354-18a/b/c) = CE 12.332.17a, 17c, 17e.

Verse 19 (12.354.19)

समाहितमनस्काश्च नियताः संयतेन्द्रियाः । एकान्तभावोपगता वासुदेवं विशन्ति ते ॥

samāhitamanaskāśca niyatāḥ saṃyatendriyāḥ | ekāntabhāvopagatā vāsudevaṃ viśanti te

With composed minds, disciplined, their senses restrained, attaining single-minded devotion, they enter Vasudeva.

Verse 20 (12.354.20)

आवामपि च धर्मस्य गृहे जातौ द्विजोत्तम । रम्यां विशालामाश्रित्य तप उग्रं समास्थितौ ॥

āvāmapi ca dharmasya gṛhe jātau dvijottama | ramyāṃ viśālāmāśritya tapa ugraṃ samāsthitau

We two also were born in the house of Dharma, O best of the twice-born, and, resorting to the lovely Vishala, we have undertaken fierce austerity.

Note on the text: Corrected गुहे → गृहे (misprint in Wikisource; उ for ऋ; CE gṛhe).

Verse 21 (12.354.21)

ये तु तस्यैव देवस्य प्रादुर्भावाः सुरप्रियाः । भविष्यन्ति त्रिलोकस्थास्तेषां स्वस्तीत्यथो द्विज ॥

ye tu tasyaiva devasya prādurbhāvāḥ surapriyāḥ | bhaviṣyanti trilokasthāsteṣāṃ svastītyatho dvija

As for the incarnations of that same god, dear to the gods, that will come to dwell in the three worlds — may it be well with them, O brahmin.

Verse 22 (12.354.22)

विधिना स्वेन युक्ताभ्यां यथापूर्वं द्विजोत्तम । आस्थिताभ्यां सर्वकृच्छ्रं व्रतं सम्यगनुत्तमम् ॥

vidhinā svena yuktābhyāṃ yathāpūrvaṃ dvijottama | āsthitābhyāṃ sarvakṛcchraṃ vrataṃ samyaganuttamam

As before, O best of the twice-born, we two, joined to our own rule, have rightly undertaken the unsurpassed vow of complete hardship.

Note on the text: Line 2 ends सम्यगनुत्तमम् where the CE has सम्यक् तदुत्तमम् (recension variant), kept.

Verse 23 (12.354.23)

स्वार्थेन विधिना युक्तः सर्वकृच्छ्रव्रते स्थितः । आवाभ्यामपि दृष्टस्त्वं श्वेतद्वीपे तपोधन ॥

svārthena vidhinā yuktaḥ sarvakṛcchravrate sthitaḥ | āvābhyāmapi dṛṣṭastvaṃ śvetadvīpe tapodhana

Joined to our own rule and firm in the vow of complete hardship, we two also saw you on the White Island, O wealth of austerity.

Note on the text: Removed stray wiki marks (a backtick and quote round the first line, which Wikisource sets off as an inserted line). Line 1 is the CE's star passage 12.332.21d*0890_01 (not in its main text); line 2 = CE 12.332.22a.

Verse 24 (12.354.24)

समागतो भगवता संकल्पं कृतवांस्तथा । सर्वं हि नौ संविदितं त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे ॥

samāgato bhagavatā saṃkalpaṃ kṛtavāṃstathā | sarvaṃ hi nau saṃviditaṃ trailokye sacarācare

You met the Blessed Lord and formed your resolve. All is known to us two, in the three worlds with all that moves and stands still:

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.332.22c, 12.332.23a (line 1 has संकल्पं कृतवांस्तथा where the CE has संजल्पं कृतवान् यथा; recension variant, kept).

Verse 25 (12.354.25)

यद्भविष्यति वृत्तं वा वर्तते वा शुभाशुभम् । सर्वं स ते कथितवान्देवदेवो महामुने ॥

yadbhaviṣyati vṛttaṃ vā vartate vā śubhāśubham | sarvaṃ sa te kathitavāndevadevo mahāmune

whatever will come to be, or has been, or is now happening, good or bad — all of it the God of gods told you, great sage.

Note on the text: Line 1 = CE 12.332.23c; line 2 is the CE's star passage 12.332.23d*0891_01 (not in its main text).

Verse 26 (12.354.26)

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तयोर्वाक्यं तपस्युग्रे च वर्ततोः । नारदः प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा नारायणपरायणः ॥

etacchrutvā tayorvākyaṃ tapasyugre ca vartatoḥ | nāradaḥ prāñjalirbhūtvā nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ

Hearing these words of the two engaged in fierce austerity, Narada folded his hands, wholly devoted to Narayana,

Verse 27 (12.354.27)

जजाप विधिवन्मन्त्रान्नारायणगतान्बहून् । दिव्यं वर्षसहस्रं हि नरनारायणाश्रमे ॥

jajāpa vidhivanmantrānnārāyaṇagatānbahūn | divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ hi naranārāyaṇāśrame

and for a divine thousand years, in the hermitage of Nara and Narayana, he recited in due form many mantras addressed to Narayana.

Verse 28 (12.354.28)

अवसत्स महातेजा नारदो भगवानृषिः । तावेवाभ्यर्चयन्देवौ नरनारायणौ च तौ ॥

avasatsa mahātejā nārado bhagavānṛṣiḥ | tāvevābhyarcayandevau naranārāyaṇau ca tau

The glorious, greatly radiant sage Narada lived there, worshipping those two gods, Nara and Narayana.

Note on the text: Line 2 is a recension variant of CE 12.332.26c (तावेवाभ्यर्चयन्देवौ … तौ for तमेवाभ्यर्चयन्देवं … तौ च), kept.