Narada Returns Home; the Close of the Narayaniya

Verse 1 (12.356.1)

श्रुत्वैतन्नारदो वाक्यं नरनारायणेरितम् । अत्यन्तं भक्तिमान्देवे एकान्तित्वमुपेयिवान् ॥

śrutvaitannārado vākyaṃ naranārāyaṇeritam | atyantaṃ bhaktimāndeve ekāntitvamupeyivān

Hearing these words spoken by Nara and Narayana, Narada, already full of devotion to the god, became a single-minded devotee of him.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.334.1a, 1c (small variants, e.g. अत्यन्तं भक्तिमान्देवे for CE atyantabhaktimān deve; the alignment found no match).

Verse 2 (12.356.2)

उषित्वा वर्षसाहस्रं नरनारायणाश्रमे । श्रुत्वा भगवदाख्यानं दृष्ट्वा च हरिमव्ययम् । जगाम हिमवत्कुक्षावाश्रमं स्वं सुरार्चितम् ॥

uṣitvā varṣasāhasraṃ naranārāyaṇāśrame | śrutvā bhagavadākhyānaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca harimavyayam | jagāma himavatkukṣāvāśramaṃ svaṃ surārcitam

After living a thousand years in the hermitage of Nara and Narayana, hearing the account of the Lord and seeing the imperishable Hari, he went to his own hermitage in the lap of the Himalaya, which the gods worship.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.334.2a, 2c, 2e; Wikisource's third line (जगाम हिमवत्कुक्षावाश्रमं स्वं सुरार्चितम्) is a variant of CE 2e (himavantaṃ jagāmāśu yatrāsya svaka āśramaḥ). The alignment found no match.

Verse 3 (12.356.3)

तावपि ख्यातयशसौ नरनारायणावृषी । तस्मिन्नेवाश्रमे रम्ये तेपतुस्तप उत्तमम् ॥

tāvapi khyātayaśasau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī | tasminnevāśrame ramye tepatustapa uttamam

And those two renowned sages, Nara and Narayana, went on practising the highest austerity in that same lovely hermitage.

Note on the text: Corrected तेपतुस्तप सत्तमम् → तेपतुस्तप उत्तमम् (misprint in Wikisource; CE 12.334.3c tapa uttamam; सत्तमम् with a space and no visarga does not parse).

Verse 4 (12.356.4)

त्वमप्यमितविक्रान्तः पाण्डवानां कुलोद्वहः । पावितात्माऽद्य संवृत्तः श्रुत्वेमामादितः कथाम् ॥

tvamapyamitavikrāntaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ kulodvahaḥ | pāvitātmā'dya saṃvṛttaḥ śrutvemāmāditaḥ kathām

You too, of measureless valour, upholder of the Pandavas' line, have been made pure today by hearing this tale from the beginning.

Verse 5 (12.356.5)

नैव तस्यापरो लोको नायं पार्थिवसत्तम । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा यो द्विष्याद्विष्णुमव्ययम् ॥

naiva tasyāparo loko nāyaṃ pārthivasattama | karmaṇā manasā vācā yo dviṣyādviṣṇumavyayam

O best of kings, neither the next world nor this one is his who hates the imperishable Vishnu in deed, thought or word.

Verse 6 (12.356.6)

मज्जन्ति पितरस्तस्य नरके शाश्वतीः समाः । यो द्विष्याद्विबुधश्रेष्ठं देवं नारायणं हरिम् ॥

majjanti pitarastasya narake śāśvatīḥ samāḥ | yo dviṣyādvibudhaśreṣṭhaṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim

His ancestors sink in hell for endless years, who hates the god Narayana Hari, the best of the gods.

Verse 7 (12.356.7)

कथं नाम भवेद्द्वेष्य आत्मा लोकस्य कस्यचित् । आत्मा हि पुरुषव्याघ्र ज्ञेयो विष्णुरिति श्रुतिः ॥

kathaṃ nāma bhaveddveṣya ātmā lokasya kasyacit | ātmā hi puruṣavyāghra jñeyo viṣṇuriti śrutiḥ

How could the Self of anyone in the world be an object of hatred? For the Self, O tiger among men, is to be known as Vishnu: so the Shruti teaches.

Verse 8 (12.356.8)

य एष गुरुरस्माकमृषिर्गन्धवतीसुतः । तेनैतत्कथितं तात माहात्म्यं परमात्मनः । तस्माच्छ्रुतं मया चेदं कथितं च तवानघ ॥

ya eṣa gururasmākamṛṣirgandhavatīsutaḥ | tenaitatkathitaṃ tāta māhātmyaṃ paramātmanaḥ | tasmācchrutaṃ mayā cedaṃ kathitaṃ ca tavānagha

This sage, the son of Gandhavati, who is our teacher, told this greatness of the Supreme Self, my dear one; from him I heard it, and I have told it to you, sinless one.

Verse 9 (12.356.9)

नारदेन तु संप्राप्तः सरहस्यः ससंग्रहः । एष धर्मो जगन्नाथात्साक्षान्नारायणान्नृप ॥

nāradena tu saṃprāptaḥ sarahasyaḥ sasaṃgrahaḥ | eṣa dharmo jagannāthātsākṣānnārāyaṇānnṛpa

This dharma, with its secret and its summary, was received by Narada directly from Narayana, the Lord of the world, O king.

Note on the text: CE 12.336.50 (these lines stand in the CE's adhyaya 336, not in the adhyaya matching this one).

Verse 10 (12.356.10)

एवमेष महान्धर्मः स ते पूर्वं नृपोत्तम । कथितो हरिगीतासु समासविधिकल्पितः ॥

evameṣa mahāndharmaḥ sa te pūrvaṃ nṛpottama | kathito harigītāsu samāsavidhikalpitaḥ

In this way this great dharma, set out in brief outline, was told to you before, best of kings, in the Hari-gitas.

Note on the text: Line 2 = CE 12.336.49c (kathito harigītāsu samāsavidhikalpitaḥ); line 1 differs from CE 49a (vratināṃ cāpi yo dharmaḥ sa te pūrvaṃ nṛpottama). The lines stand in the CE's adhyaya 336.

Verse 11 (12.356.11)

कृष्णद्वैपायनं व्यासं विद्धि नारायणं प्रभुम् । को ह्यन्यः पुण्डरीकाक्षान्महाभारतकृद्भवेत् । धर्मान्नानाविधांश्चैव को ब्रूयात्तमृते प्रभुम् ॥

kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ vyāsaṃ viddhi nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum | ko hyanyaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣānmahābhāratakṛdbhavet | dharmānnānāvidhāṃścaiva ko brūyāttamṛte prabhum

Know Krishna Dvaipayana Vyasa to be the lord Narayana. For who else but the lotus-eyed one could be the maker of the Mahabharata? And without that lord, who could teach dharmas of so many kinds?

Verse 12 (12.356.12)

वर्ततां ते महायज्ञो यथासंकल्पितस्त्वया । संकल्पिताश्वमेधस्त्वं श्रुतधर्मा च तत्त्वतः ॥

vartatāṃ te mahāyajño yathāsaṃkalpitastvayā | saṃkalpitāśvamedhastvaṃ śrutadharmā ca tattvataḥ

Let your great sacrifice go on as you have resolved it. You have resolved on the horse sacrifice, and you have now truly heard dharma.

Verse 13 (12.356.13)

एतत्तु महदाख्यानं श्रुत्वा पारीक्षितो नृपः । ततो यज्ञसमाप्त्यर्थं क्रियाः सर्वाः समारभत् ॥

etattu mahadākhyānaṃ śrutvā pārīkṣito nṛpaḥ | tato yajñasamāptyarthaṃ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ samārabhat

Having heard this great narrative, the king, the son of Parikshit, then began all the rites needed to complete the sacrifice.

Verse 14 (12.356.14)

नारायणीयमाख्यानमेतत्ते कथितं मया । पृष्टेन शौनकाद्येह नैमिषारण्यवासिषु ॥

nārāyaṇīyamākhyānametatte kathitaṃ mayā | pṛṣṭena śaunakādyeha naimiṣāraṇyavāsiṣu

I have told you this Narayaniya narrative here, when I was asked by Shaunaka and the others dwelling in the Naimisha forest.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.334.12a and the CE star line 12.334.12b*0892_01 (pṛṣṭena śaunakādyeha naimiṣāraṇyavāsiṣu).

Verse 15 (12.356.15)

नारदेन पुरा यद्वै गुरवे तु निवेदितम् । ऋषीणां पाण्डवानां च शृण्वतोः कृष्णभीष्मयोः ॥

nāradena purā yadvai gurave tu niveditam | ṛṣīṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca śṛṇvatoḥ kṛṣṇabhīṣmayoḥ

Narada once told it to the teacher, while the sages, the Pandavas, Krishna and Bhishma listened.

Note on the text: Lines = CE 12.334.12c, 12e; Wikisource's गुरवे तु निवेदितम् for CE gurave me niveditam (the CE has Sauti call Vyasa his teacher).

Verse 16 (12.356.16)

स हि परमर्षिर्जनभुवनपतिः । पृथुधरणिधरः श्रुतिविनयपरः । शमनियमनिधिर्यमनियमपरो द्विजवर । सहितस्तव च भवतु गतिर्हरिरमरहितः ॥

sa hi paramarṣirjanabhuvanapatiḥ | pṛthudharaṇidharaḥ śrutivinayaparaḥ | śamaniyamanidhiryamaniyamaparo dvijavara | sahitastava ca bhavatu gatirhariramarahitaḥ

He is the supreme seer, lord of peoples and worlds, bearer of the broad earth, devoted to the Veda and to humility, a treasury of calm and restraint, intent on vows and observances. O best of the twice-born, may Hari, friend of the gods, be the refuge of you and of those with you.

Note on the text: CE 12.334.13 (sa hi paramagurur bhuvanapatir …); Wikisource's wording is a different recension of the same blessing and is divided into four lines.

Verse 17 (12.356.17)

तपसां निधिः सुमहतो महतो । यशसश्च भाजनमरिष्टकहा । भयदो मखभागहरोस्तु शरणं स ते ॥

tapasāṃ nidhiḥ sumahato mahato | yaśasaśca bhājanamariṣṭakahā | bhayado makhabhāgaharostu śaraṇaṃ sa te

He is a treasury of austerities, a vessel of the greatest renown, the slayer of Arishta. May he who grants fearlessness and takes his share of the sacrifices be a refuge for you.

Note on the text: Restored from the critical edition (12.334.14): Wikisource prints only the last line of this verse (भयदो मखभागहरोस्तु शरणं स ते, labelled 12-356-17f on the page, i.e. a last line only), the earlier lines being lost. Lines 1-2 are restored from CE 12.334.14a (tapasāṃ nidhiḥ sumahato mahato / yaśasaś ca bhājanam ariṣṭakahā) with the critical edition's words exactly; line 3 is kept as printed (a variant of CE 14c-d, ekāntināṃ śaraṇado 'bhayado gatido 'stu vaḥ sa makhabhāgaharaḥ). Wikisource's भयदो is read as (अ)भयदो, 'giver of fearlessness', as in the CE; the printed form is kept.

Verse 18 (12.356.18)

त्रिगुणो विगुणश्चतुरात्मधरः । पूर्तेष्टयोश्च फलभागहरः । विदधातु नित्यमजितोऽतिचलो । गतिरात्मवतां सुकृतिनामृषीणाम् ॥

triguṇo viguṇaścaturātmadharaḥ | pūrteṣṭayośca phalabhāgaharaḥ | vidadhātu nityamajito'ticalo | gatirātmavatāṃ sukṛtināmṛṣīṇām

Possessed of the three qualities yet beyond all qualities, bearer of the fourfold self, taker of a share in the fruit of both pious works and sacrifices: may the unconquered and exceedingly swift one always ordain the goal of the self-controlled, the virtuous, the seers.

Verse 19 (12.356.19)

तं लोकसाक्षिणमजं पुरुषं पुराणं । रविवर्णमीश्वरं गतिं बहुशः । प्रणमध्वमेकमतयो यतः । सलिलोद्भवोपि तमृषिं प्रणतः ॥

taṃ lokasākṣiṇamajaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ | ravivarṇamīśvaraṃ gatiṃ bahuśaḥ | praṇamadhvamekamatayo yataḥ | salilodbhavopi tamṛṣiṃ praṇataḥ

Bow with one mind to him, the witness of the worlds, the unborn, the ancient Person, the sun-hued Lord, the goal again and again; for even the water-born Brahma bowed before that seer.

Verse 20 (12.356.20)

स हि लोकयोनिरमृतस्य पदं । सूक्ष्मं परायणमचलं हि पदम् । तत्साङ्ख्ययोगिभिरुदाहृतं तं । बुद्ध्या यतात्मभिरिदं सनातनम् ॥

sa hi lokayoniramṛtasya padaṃ | sūkṣmaṃ parāyaṇamacalaṃ hi padam | tatsāṅkhyayogibhirudāhṛtaṃ taṃ | buddhyā yatātmabhiridaṃ sanātanam

He is the source of the world, the seat of immortality, subtle, the supreme refuge, the unmoving station. That eternal state has been proclaimed by the followers of Sankhya and Yoga, and is grasped through the intellect by those of controlled self.

Note on the text: Corrected लोकयोनिरसृतस्य → लोकयोनिरमृतस्य (misprint in Wikisource; CE amṛtasya; the commentary on this page glosses अमृतस्य मोक्षस्य पदम्).