The Tale of Nigamabodha

Verse 1 (padma.6.205.1)

शिवशर्मोवाच- एकदाऽत्र महातीर्थे पंके मग्नां पयस्विनीम् । दृष्ट्वा स राक्षसश्रेष्ठस्तामुद्धर्तुं विवेश ह

śivaśarmovāca- ekadā'tra mahātīrthe paṁke magnāṁ payasvinīm dṛṣṭvā sa rākṣasaśreṣṭhastāmuddhartuṁ viveśa ha

Shivasharma said: Once, at this great tirtha, seeing a milch-cow sunk in the mud, that noblest of rakshasas went in to pull her out.

Verse 2 (padma.6.205.2)

गोरक्षणे महान्धर्मो रक्षतुः स्वर्गतिर्भवेत् । चिंतयन्निति मध्ये तु सगृहीतोंबुहस्तिना

gorakṣaṇe mahāndharmo rakṣatuḥ svargatirbhavet ciṁtayanniti madhye tu sagṛhītoṁbuhastinā

Thinking, 'To protect a cow is a great dharma; its protector attains heaven' — even as he thought this, he was seized in the midst by the trunk of a water-elephant, a crocodile.

Verse 3 (padma.6.205.3)

नीतस्तु वारिणोऽधस्ताज्जलपूर्णोदरस्तदा । तत्याज जीवितं सद्यस्तेन पीडितविग्रहः

nītastu vāriṇo'dhastājjalapūrṇodarastadā tatyāja jīvitaṁ sadyastena pīḍitavigrahaḥ

Dragged down beneath the water, his belly filled with it, his body so tormented, he gave up his life at once.

Verse 4 (padma.6.205.4)

दिव्यरूपं समास्थाय विमानमपि ढौकितम् । गणेन प्रहितेनाथ दैवैरिंद्रपुरोगमैः

divyarūpaṁ samāsthāya vimānamapi ḍhaukitam gaṇena prahitenātha daivairiṁdrapurogamaiḥ

At once he took on a divine form, and a celestial chariot too was brought near, sent by a troop of attendants dispatched by the gods headed by Indra.

Verse 5 (padma.6.205.5)

गच्छन्निति मया पृष्टः स निशाचरपुंगवः । मुक्तिदेऽत्र महातीर्थे मृत्युं प्राप्य सदुर्लभे

gacchanniti mayā pṛṣṭaḥ sa niśācarapuṁgavaḥ muktide'tra mahātīrthe mṛtyuṁ prāpya sadurlabhe

As he was thus departing, I asked that foremost of the rakshasas: 'Having found, in this liberation-granting great tirtha so hard to attain, your death—'

Verse 6 (padma.6.205.6)

कथं देवपदप्राप्तिर्जाता तव महामते । इत्युक्तो मामुवाचेदं वांछासीदत्र मेऽनघ

kathaṁ devapadaprāptirjātā tava mahāmate ityukto māmuvācedaṁ vāṁchāsīdatra me'nagha

'—how, O great-minded one, have you attained the state of a god?' Asked thus, he replied to me: 'O sinless one, this was my wish here—'

Verse 7 (padma.6.205.7)

तस्मिन्गते पुण्यजने स्वर्गं पुण्यवतां पदम् । एकाकिना मया विष्णुः सद्गतिः प्रापितस्तदा

tasmingate puṇyajane svargaṁ puṇyavatāṁ padam ekākinā mayā viṣṇuḥ sadgatiḥ prāpitastadā

'—when that Punyajana went to heaven, the abode of the meritorious, then I alone attained Vishnu as my true refuge.'

Verse 8 (padma.6.205.8)

गच्छंस्तिष्ठन्स्वपन्जाग्रत्स्नानं कुर्वंश्च नित्यशः । तमेव पुंडरीकाक्षमहं दध्यावनन्यधीः

gacchaṁstiṣṭhansvapanjāgratsnānaṁ kurvaṁśca nityaśaḥ tameva puṁḍarīkākṣamahaṁ dadhyāvananyadhīḥ

'Walking or standing, sleeping or waking, and bathing always, with an undivided mind I meditated only on that lotus-eyed Lord.'

Verse 9 (padma.6.205.9)

हरे तव पदांभोजमहं शरणमागतः । ब्रह्मत्वे च महेशत्वे नेंद्रत्वे मम मानसम्

hare tava padāṁbhojamahaṁ śaraṇamāgataḥ brahmatve ca maheśatve neṁdratve mama mānasam

'O Hari, I have taken refuge at your lotus feet; my mind desires neither the state of Brahma, nor of Shiva, nor of Indra.'

Verse 10 (padma.6.205.10)

प्रार्थयन्नित्यहं तात तमेव पुरुषोत्तमम् । उषितोऽत्र महातीर्थे कृत्वा निर्विषयं मनः

prārthayannityahaṁ tāta tameva puruṣottamam uṣito'tra mahātīrthe kṛtvā nirviṣayaṁ manaḥ

'O child, ever praying to that same Supreme Person, with my mind freed of worldly objects, I dwelt here at this great tirtha.'

Verse 11 (padma.6.205.11)

विष्णुशर्मोवाच- वसतोऽत्र महातीर्थे मरणं चेत्तवाभवत् । कथं जन्म पुनः प्राप्तं त्वयेति मम संशयः

viṣṇuśarmovāca- vasato'tra mahātīrthe maraṇaṁ cettavābhavat kathaṁ janma punaḥ prāptaṁ tvayeti mama saṁśayaḥ

Vishnusharma said: 'If your death occurred while you dwelt at this great tirtha, then how have you come to be born again? This is my doubt.'

Verse 12 (padma.6.205.12)

मर्यादां यस्य तीर्थस्य त्यक्त्वापि धनलोभतः । राक्षसान्मरणं प्राप्ताः पथिकस्ते च वाहकाः

maryādāṁ yasya tīrthasya tyaktvāpi dhanalobhataḥ rākṣasānmaraṇaṁ prāptāḥ pathikaste ca vāhakāḥ

'Those travelers and their porters, who — even after abandoning the sanctity of this tirtha out of greed for wealth — met death at the hands of the rakshasa—'

Verse 13 (padma.6.205.13)

यस्य तीर्थवरस्यास्य जलपानाद्दिवंगताः । तथैव राक्षसोऽप्यस्मिन्नपमृत्युमवाप्य सः

yasya tīrthavarasyāsya jalapānāddivaṁgatāḥ tathaiva rākṣaso'pyasminnapamṛtyumavāpya saḥ

'—went to heaven merely by drinking the water of this excellent tirtha; and likewise that rakshasa too, having met an untimely death here—'

Verse 14 (padma.6.205.14)

नक्रतः स्वेच्छया स्वर्गं जगाम तव पश्यतः । न नूनं तत्र मरणं जातं यज्जन्म दृश्यते

nakrataḥ svecchayā svargaṁ jagāma tava paśyataḥ na nūnaṁ tatra maraṇaṁ jātaṁ yajjanma dṛśyate

'—by the crocodile went, of his own will, to heaven before your very eyes. Surely no real death occurred there, since a birth is what one sees instead.'

Verse 15 (padma.6.205.15)

नारद उवाच- शिवे निशम्य पुत्रस्य शिवशर्मा शुभं वचः । उवाच पूर्ववृत्तांतं कारणं निजजन्मनः

nārada uvāca- śive niśamya putrasya śivaśarmā śubhaṁ vacaḥ uvāca pūrvavṛttāṁtaṁ kāraṇaṁ nijajanmanaḥ

Narada said: 'O Shiva, hearing his son's auspicious words, Shivasharma related the earlier account — the reason for his own birth.'

Verse 16 (padma.6.205.16)

शिवशर्मोवाच- विष्णुशर्मन्शृणुष्वेदं कारणं मम जन्मनः । कथयामि तवाग्रेऽहं श्रुत्वा निःसंशयो भव

śivaśarmovāca- viṣṇuśarmanśṛṇuṣvedaṁ kāraṇaṁ mama janmanaḥ kathayāmi tavāgre'haṁ śrutvā niḥsaṁśayo bhava

Shivasharma said: 'O Vishnusharma, hear the reason for my birth; I shall relate it before you — listen, and let your doubt be dispelled.'

Verse 17 (padma.6.205.17)

एकदा विष्णुपूजायां मयि ध्यानं समास्थिते । दुर्वासाः प्रकृतिक्रोधी ममाश्रममुपागतः

ekadā viṣṇupūjāyāṁ mayi dhyānaṁ samāsthite durvāsāḥ prakṛtikrodhī mamāśramamupāgataḥ

'Once, while I sat absorbed in meditation during my worship of Vishnu, Durvasa — irascible by nature — arrived at my hermitage.'

Verse 18 (padma.6.205.18)

तमागतमविज्ञाय विष्णुध्यानपरायणः । तस्थिवांस्तदवस्थोऽहं चिरं तं नामसंस्मरन्

tamāgatamavijñāya viṣṇudhyānaparāyaṇaḥ tasthivāṁstadavastho'haṁ ciraṁ taṁ nāmasaṁsmaran

'Absorbed wholly in meditation on Vishnu, I did not notice his arrival, and remained a long while in that same state, calling to mind only His name.'

Verse 19 (padma.6.205.19)

समुहूर्तं मुनिः स्थित्वा ममाग्रे क्रोधमूर्छितः । आत्मनात्मानमाहेदमुच्चैरारक्तलोचनः

samuhūrtaṁ muniḥ sthitvā mamāgre krodhamūrchitaḥ ātmanātmānamāhedamuccairāraktalocanaḥ

'Standing before me for a moment, the sage — overcome with anger, his eyes reddened — spoke aloud to himself, saying—'

Verse 20 (padma.6.205.20)

दुर्वासा उवाच- अहो अत्रेरहं पुत्रोऽनसूयागर्भसंभवः । शिवांशो मानुषेणालमवज्ञातोऽमुना भवम्

durvāsā uvāca- aho atrerahaṁ putro'nasūyāgarbhasaṁbhavaḥ śivāṁśo mānuṣeṇālamavajñāto'munā bhavam

Durvasa said: 'Ah, I — the son of Atri, born of Anasuya's womb, a portion of Shiva himself — have been slighted, of all things, by this mere man!'

Verse 21 (padma.6.205.21)

त्रिलोकीराज्यतः शक्रो मया येन प्रपातितः । तं मामपि मनुष्योऽयमवजानाति दुर्मतिः

trilokīrājyataḥ śakro mayā yena prapātitaḥ taṁ māmapi manuṣyo'yamavajānāti durmatiḥ

'I, by whom Indra himself was cast down from sovereignty over the three worlds — even I am disdained by this foolish man!'

Verse 22 (padma.6.205.22)

यो बिभेति न कः सोसि मत्तः कालानलादिव । मुक्त्वा देवत्रयीं लोके यतः सार्हत्तमा मम

yo bibheti na kaḥ sosi mattaḥ kālānalādiva muktvā devatrayīṁ loke yataḥ sārhattamā mama

'In the three worlds, who does not fear me as if I were the fire of universal dissolution? Save for the triad of gods, none in this world is more worthy of reverence than I.'

Verse 23 (padma.6.205.23)

यामसौ ध्यायते मूढो देवतां ध्यानमास्थितः । न कथं बोधयत्येनं सेति मूर्त्तिस्थितो यमः

yāmasau dhyāyate mūḍho devatāṁ dhyānamāsthitaḥ na kathaṁ bodhayatyenaṁ seti mūrttisthito yamaḥ

'That deity whom this fool, seated in meditation, contemplates — why does she not even wake him? It is as though Yama, the lord of death, sits there in that very form.'

Verse 24 (padma.6.205.24)

नूनं नारायणं देवं ध्यायत्येष जगद्गुरुम् । यद्ध्यानामृततृप्तो हि न बाह्यज्ञानवानयम्

nūnaṁ nārāyaṇaṁ devaṁ dhyāyatyeṣa jagadgurum yaddhyānāmṛtatṛpto hi na bāhyajñānavānayam

'No doubt he meditates upon the god Narayana, guru of the universe; sated with the nectar of that meditation, he has indeed lost all awareness of the outer world.'

Verse 25 (padma.6.205.25)

हरिं वा ब्रह्म वा शंभुमन्यं वा ध्यायतामहम् । मयायं सर्वथा दंड्यो मदवज्ञाकरो ह्ययम्

hariṁ vā brahma vā śaṁbhumanyaṁ vā dhyāyatāmaham mayāyaṁ sarvathā daṁḍyo madavajñākaro hyayam

'Whether he meditates upon Hari, or Brahma, or Shambhu, or any other — this man, having shown me disregard, must by all means be punished by me!'

Verse 26 (padma.6.205.26)

शिवशर्मोवाच- एवं विचिंतयित्वा स सुमतिं मामबोधयत् । शशाप च विबुद्धं मामितिक्रोधारुणेक्षणः

śivaśarmovāca- evaṁ viciṁtayitvā sa sumatiṁ māmabodhayat śaśāpa ca vibuddhaṁ māmitikrodhāruṇekṣaṇaḥ

Shivasharma said: 'Having thought thus, he — clear in his intent — roused me from meditation; and the moment I awoke, he, his eyes red with fury, cursed me thus—'

Verse 27 (padma.6.205.27)

मामवज्ञाय यश्चित्ते ध्यानकाले मनोरथः । कुतस्तेन भवेह्यस्मिन्भविष्यति हि सर्वथा

māmavajñāya yaścitte dhyānakāle manorathaḥ kutastena bhavehyasminbhaviṣyati hi sarvathā

'—Whatever desire dwelt in your mind at the moment of your meditation, when you disregarded me — that alone shall surely come to pass for you in this life.'

Verse 28 (padma.6.205.28)

इत्युक्त्वा स यदा तात चलितो मुनिरत्रिजः । तदा मया चरणयोर्गृहीतोभयभीरुणा

ityuktvā sa yadā tāta calito muniratrijaḥ tadā mayā caraṇayorgṛhītobhayabhīruṇā

'Having said this, O child, when the sage, son of Atri, made to leave, I, overcome with fear, caught hold of his feet.'

Verse 29 (padma.6.205.29)

इत्युक्तश्च मुनिश्रेष्ठ क्षम्यतां रुड्विमुच्यताम् । मादृशा न विजानंति सम्यक्कर्म भवादृशाम्

ityuktaśca muniśreṣṭha kṣamyatāṁ ruḍvimucyatām mādṛśā na vijānaṁti samyakkarma bhavādṛśām

'And said: O foremost of sages, forgive me, let this curse be withdrawn; those like me do not rightly understand the ways of those like you.'

Verse 30 (padma.6.205.30)

शापं त्वं दत्तवान्घोरं सांप्रतं मे निरेनसः । प्रसीद मम नम्रस्य शापांते कुर्वनुग्रहम्

śāpaṁ tvaṁ dattavānghoraṁ sāṁprataṁ me nirenasaḥ prasīda mama namrasya śāpāṁte kurvanugraham

'You have just now given a terrible curse to me, though I am without fault; be gracious, and show your favor at the curse's end to me, who bows before you.'

Verse 31 (padma.6.205.31)

इत्युक्तः कोपमुत्सृज्य दुर्वासा शीतलोभवत् । किमेतन्नोचितं तात स यतश्चंद्रशेखरः

ityuktaḥ kopamutsṛjya durvāsā śītalobhavat kimetannocitaṁ tāta sa yataścaṁdraśekharaḥ

'Thus addressed, Durvasa let go of his anger and grew calm — for he was devoted to Chandrashekhara; he said, "This is not right, my child—"'

Verse 32 (padma.6.205.32)

उवाचेति समां धीमांस्तं भूत्वा ब्राह्मणोत्तमः । अत्रैव मरणं प्राप्य न भूयो जन्म लप्स्यसे

uvāceti samāṁ dhīmāṁstaṁ bhūtvā brāhmaṇottamaḥ atraiva maraṇaṁ prāpya na bhūyo janma lapsyase

'—so said that wise, foremost of brahmins, having grown calm: "Meeting your death right here, you shall not be born again."'

Verse 33 (padma.6.205.33)

इति मामनुगृह्याथ स जगाम दिगंबरः । उषित्वा तद्दिनं तात मया सत्कारपूजितः

iti māmanugṛhyātha sa jagāma digaṁbaraḥ uṣitvā taddinaṁ tāta mayā satkārapūjitaḥ

'Having thus favored me, the sky-clad sage departed. O child, having stayed that day, honored and worshipped by me—'

Verse 34 (padma.6.205.34)

न मुनेर्भाषितं मिथ्या चिंतयित्वाहमित्यपि

na munerbhāṣitaṁ mithyā ciṁtayitvāhamityapi

'—thinking too, "the sage's word can never be false"—'

Verse 35 (padma.6.205.35)

जगाम स्वगृहं चित्ते पश्चात्तापं वहन्निति । अहो मे ध्यायतो नित्यं स तीर्थाश्रमिणस्तथा

jagāma svagṛhaṁ citte paścāttāpaṁ vahanniti aho me dhyāyato nityaṁ sa tīrthāśramiṇastathā

'—I went to my own home, bearing remorse in my heart, thinking: "Alas, though I meditate constantly, and though I dwell in this tirtha-hermitage—"'

Verse 36 (padma.6.205.36)

दर्शनं दुर्लभं जातं श्रीपतेरिह जन्मनि । चातकस्येव मेघस्य शुचौ संतापकारिणि

darśanaṁ durlabhaṁ jātaṁ śrīpateriha janmani cātakasyeva meghasya śucau saṁtāpakāriṇi

'—in this birth, the vision of the Lord of Shri has become as hard to attain as the sight of a cloud is for the chataka bird in the scorching, tormenting heat.'

Verse 37 (padma.6.205.37)

कुतोऽयमागतो मह्यं वैकुंठगतिरोधकः । जनस्य प्रस्थितस्येव जलदो कालवारिमुक्

kuto'yamāgato mahyaṁ vaikuṁṭhagatirodhakaḥ janasya prasthitasyeva jalado kālavārimuk

'From where has this hindrance to my journey to Vaikuntha come upon me — like an untimely rain-cloud become a hindrance to a traveler who has already set out?'

Verse 38 (padma.6.205.38)

न दोषोऽस्ति मुनेर्नूनं तस्यैवेच्छाहरेः खलु । सुदर्शनं हि दत्त्वापि ममजन्मांतरं कृतम्

na doṣo'sti munernūnaṁ tasyaivecchāhareḥ khalu sudarśanaṁ hi dattvāpi mamajanmāṁtaraṁ kṛtam

'Surely no fault lies with the sage — this is indeed truly the will of Hari himself; for even while granting me his fair vision, he has also brought about this further birth of mine.'

Verse 39 (padma.6.205.39)

मया संसारभीतेन ग्राह्यं पादांबुजंहरेः । निदाघातपतप्तेन पथिकेनेव पादपः

mayā saṁsārabhītena grāhyaṁ pādāṁbujaṁhareḥ nidāghātapataptena pathikeneva pādapaḥ

'I, fearful of worldly existence, must grasp the lotus feet of Hari — as a traveler scorched by the summer sun seeks out a tree.'

Verse 40 (padma.6.205.40)

किं धनापत्ययोषिद्भिरनित्यैश्चान्यबंधुभिः । गोविंदपरमानंद रामेति ममजल्पतः

kiṁ dhanāpatyayoṣidbhiranityaiścānyabaṁdhubhiḥ goviṁdaparamānaṁda rāmeti mamajalpataḥ

'What need have I — who only murmur "Govinda, Supreme Bliss, Rama" — for wealth, children, wife, and other passing kin?'

Verse 41 (padma.6.205.41)

उदासीनवदासीनः कुंटुबेषु हरिं भजन् । प्रारब्धमेव भोक्ष्यामि कर्माण्यन्यान्यतर्जयन्

udāsīnavadāsīnaḥ kuṁṭubeṣu hariṁ bhajan prārabdhameva bhokṣyāmi karmāṇyanyānyatarjayan

'Remaining among my kin like one indifferent, worshipping Hari, I shall live out only my prarabdha, my already-begun karma, setting aside all other actions.'

Verse 42 (padma.6.205.42)

चिंतयन्नित्यहं तात कियद्भिर्वासरैरहम् । प्राप्तवान्स्वगृहं स्नात्वा हरिपादोदकांतरे

ciṁtayannityahaṁ tāta kiyadbhirvāsarairaham prāptavānsvagṛhaṁ snātvā haripādodakāṁtare

'Thinking thus, O child, after how many days I do not know, I reached my own home, having bathed in the water sanctified by Hari's feet.'

Verse 43 (padma.6.205.43)

पितुर्मरणमाख्यातं मात्रे बंधुभ्य एव च । श्रुत्वा तेऽपि शुचं चक्रुर्नाविंदन्निममस्थिरम्

piturmaraṇamākhyātaṁ mātre baṁdhubhya eva ca śrutvā te'pi śucaṁ cakrurnāviṁdannimamasthiram

'The news of my father's death was told to my mother and kinsmen. Hearing it, they too fell into grief, yet even so they did not grasp this world as unstable.'

Verse 44 (padma.6.205.44)

सत्यलोकादि लोकेषु निस्पृहोऽहं गृहे वसन् । मरणं प्राप्तवान्कूले गंगाया मुनिसेविते

satyalokādi lokeṣu nispṛho'haṁ gṛhe vasan maraṇaṁ prāptavānkūle gaṁgāyā munisevite

'Desiring nothing, not even the worlds beginning with Satyaloka, while dwelling at home, I met my death on the bank of the Ganga frequented by sages.'

Verse 45 (padma.6.205.45)

मुनेर्दुर्वाससः शापाज्जातोऽहं वैष्णवे कुले । मरणं चात्र सत्तीर्थे लब्ध्वा प्राप्स्ये हरेः पदम्

munerdurvāsasaḥ śāpājjāto'haṁ vaiṣṇave kule maraṇaṁ cātra sattīrthe labdhvā prāpsye hareḥ padam

'By the sage Durvasa's curse, I was born into a Vaishnava family; and having now attained death at this true tirtha, I shall reach the abode of Hari.'

Verse 46 (padma.6.205.46)

नारद उवाच- एवं सुराचार्यविनिर्मिते तदा तीर्थे महाभाग पुराकृतानि तौ । द्विजोत्तमौ प्रोच्य मिथः सुतस्थतुर्विचिंतयंतौ हरिपादपल्लवम्

nārada uvāca- evaṁ surācāryavinirmite tadā tīrthe mahābhāga purākṛtāni tau dvijottamau procya mithaḥ sutasthaturviciṁtayaṁtau haripādapallavam

Narada said: 'O most fortunate one, thus, at that tirtha fashioned by the preceptor of the gods, those two foremost brahmins, having told each other of their deeds in former times, sat in silence, contemplating the tender lotus feet of Hari.'

Verse 47 (padma.6.205.47)

विचिंतयंतौ हरिमब्जलोचनं चतुर्भुजं नीरदनीलविग्रहम् । निजायुधालंकरणावभासितं स्मृत्वात्र सारूप्यमवापतुर्हरेः

viciṁtayaṁtau harimabjalocanaṁ caturbhujaṁ nīradanīlavigraham nijāyudhālaṁkaraṇāvabhāsitaṁ smṛtvātra sārūpyamavāpaturhareḥ

'Contemplating Hari, lotus-eyed and four-armed, his form dark as a rain-cloud, resplendent with his own weapons as ornaments — remembering him thus, both of them attained there Hari's own form, sarupya.'

Verse 48 (padma.6.205.48)

यस्य क्षेत्रमिमं पुण्यमिंद्रप्रस्थाख्यमुत्तमम् । तस्योपाख्यानमाख्यातं फलमस्य शिवे शृणु

yasya kṣetramimaṁ puṇyamiṁdraprasthākhyamuttamam tasyopākhyānamākhyātaṁ phalamasya śive śṛṇu

'O Shiva, the tale has now been told of him to whom this sacred, excellent domain named Indraprastha belongs; now hear its fruit.'

Verse 49 (padma.6.205.49)

गंगास्नानेन यत्पुण्यं कन्यादानोद्भवं च यत् । श्रवणादस्य तत्पुण्यं श्रद्धया लभते नरः

gaṁgāsnānena yatpuṇyaṁ kanyādānodbhavaṁ ca yat śravaṇādasya tatpuṇyaṁ śraddhayā labhate naraḥ

'Whatever merit comes from bathing in the Ganga, and whatever arises from the gift of a daughter in marriage — that same merit a man obtains, through faith, merely by hearing this tale.'

Verse 50 (padma.6.205.50)

पुत्रे जाते तु गोदानात्सिंहगे च बृहस्पतौ । गोदावरीजले स्नानाद्यत्फलं भुवि जायते

putre jāte tu godānātsiṁhage ca bṛhaspatau godāvarījale snānādyatphalaṁ bhuvi jāyate

'And whatever fruit is obtained on earth from the gift of a cow at the birth of a son, or from bathing in the waters of the Godavari when Jupiter stands in Leo—'

Verse 51 (padma.6.205.51)

तत्फलं श्रवणादस्य जायते नात्र संशयः । अतस्तीर्थोत्तमादन्यत्तीर्थं नास्त्यखिलार्थदम् । यस्मिन्मरणतो नूनं तिर्यंचोऽपि चतुर्भुजाः

tatphalaṁ śravaṇādasya jāyate nātra saṁśayaḥ atastīrthottamādanyattīrthaṁ nāstyakhilārthadam yasminmaraṇato nūnaṁ tiryaṁco'pi caturbhujāḥ

'—that same fruit is obtained merely by hearing it; of this there is no doubt. Therefore there is no other tirtha that grants every end besides this most excellent one, in which even beasts, upon death, surely become four-armed like Hari himself.'