Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.210
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12.210.1
पितामह महाप्राज्ञ सर्वशास्त्रविशारद ।
प्रयाणकाले किं जप्यं मोक्षिभिस्तत्त्वचिन्तकैः ॥ १२.२१०.१ ॥
Grandfather, of great wisdom, expert in all the scriptures! At the time of departure, what should those who seek liberation and reflect on the truth recite?
12.210.2
किंनु स्मरन्कुरुश्रेष्ठ मरणे समुपस्थिते ।
प्राप्नुयात्परमां सिद्धिं श्रोतुमिच्छामि तत्वतः ॥ १२.२१०.२ ॥
Best of the Kurus, what should a man remember when death has come near, so that he may attain the supreme perfection? I wish to hear this truly.
12.210.3
त्वद्युक्तश्च हितः सूक्ष्म उक्तः प्रश्नस्त्वयाऽनघ ।
शृणुष्वावहितो राजन्नारदेन पुरा श्रुतम् ॥ १२.२१०.३ ॥
O sinless one, your question is fitting, beneficial and subtle. Listen attentively, O king, to what Nārada heard in former times.
12.210.4
श्रीवत्साङ्कं जगद्बीजमनन्तं लोकसाक्षिणम् ।
पुरा नारायणं देवं नारदः पर्यपृच्छत ॥ १२.२१०.४ ॥
Formerly Nārada asked the god Nārāyaṇa, who bears the Śrīvatsa mark, the seed of the world, the infinite witness of the worlds.
12.210.5
अक्षरं परमं ब्रह्म निर्गुणं तमसः परम् ।
आहुर्वैद्यं परं धाम ब्रह्मादिकमलोद्भवम् ॥ १२.२१०.५ ॥
They call it the imperishable supreme Brahman, without qualities, beyond darkness, the knowable supreme abode, arisen from the lotus of Brahmā and the others.
12.210.6
भगवन्भूतभव्येश श्रद्दधानैर्जितेन्द्रियैः ।
कथं भक्तैर्विचिन्त्योसि योगिभिर्मोक्षकाङ्क्षिभिः ॥ १२.२१०.६ ॥
O blessed lord, lord of what has been and what will be, how are you contemplated by the faithful devotees who have conquered their senses, and by the yogis who desire liberation?
12.210.7
किंनु जप्यं जपेन्नित्यं काल्यमुत्थाय मानवः ।
स्मरेच्च म्रियमाणो वै विशेषेण महाद्युते ॥ १२.२१०.७ ॥
What should a man recite every day on rising in the morning? And what should he remember especially when he is dying, O greatly radiant one?
12.210.8
कथं युञ्जन्समाध्यायेद्ब्रूहि तत्वं सनातनम् ॥ १२.२१०.८ ॥
How, practising yoga, should one meditate in samādhi? Tell me the eternal truth.
12.210.9
श्रुत्वा च नारदोक्तं तु देवानामीश्वरः स्वयम् ।
प्रोवाच भगवान्विष्णुर्नारदं वरदः प्रभुः ॥ १२.२१०.९ ॥
Having heard what Nārada had said, the lord of the gods himself, the blessed Viṣṇu, the giver of boons, the sovereign, spoke to Nārada.
12.210.10
हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि इमां दिव्यामनुस्मृतिम् ।
यामधीत्य प्रयाणे तु मद्भावयोपपद्यते ॥ १२.२१०.१० ॥
Very well, I shall tell you this divine recollection, by studying which one attains my state at the time of departure.
12.210.11
ओंकारमग्रतः कृत्वा मां नमस्कृत्य नारद ।
एकाग्रः प्रयतो भूत्वा इमं मन्त्रमुदीरयेत् ॥ १२.२१०.११ ॥
O Nārada, placing the syllable oṃ in front, bowing to me, becoming one-pointed and controlled, one should recite this mantra.
12.210.12
ओं नमो भगवते वासुदेवायेति ॥ १२.२१०.१२ ॥
Oṃ. Homage to the blessed Vāsudeva.
12.210.13
इत्युक्तो नारदः प्राह प्राञ्जलिः प्रणतः स्थितः ।
सर्वदेवेश्वरं विष्णुं सर्वात्मानं हरिं प्रभुम् ॥ १२.२१०.१३ ॥
Thus addressed, Nārada, palms joined and bowed low, spoke to Viṣṇu Hari, lord of all gods, the self of all beings, the lord.
12.210.14
अव्ययं शाश्वतं देवं प्रभवं पुरुषोत्तमम् ।
प्रपद्ये प्राञ्जलिर्विष्णुमक्षरं परमं पदम् ॥ १२.२१०.१४ ॥
I take refuge with joined palms in Viṣṇu, the imperishable, eternal god, source of all, the highest person; he is the imperishable, the supreme abode.
12.210.15
पुराणं प्रभवं विष्णुमक्षयं लोकसाक्षिणम् ।
प्रपद्ये पुण्डरीकाक्षमीशं भक्तानुकम्पिनम् ॥ १२.२१०.१५ ॥
I take refuge in Viṣṇu, the ancient, source of all, undecaying, witness of the worlds, lotus-eyed lord, compassionate to his devotees.
12.210.16
लोकनाथं सहस्राक्षमद्भुतं परदं पदम् ।
भगवन्तं प्रपन्नोऽस्मि भूतभव्यभवत्प्रभुम् ॥ १२.२१०.१६ ॥
I have taken refuge in the blessed lord, lord of the worlds, thousand-eyed, wondrous, giver of the supreme abode, lord of what has been, what will be and what is.
12.210.17
स्रष्टारं सर्वलोकानामनन्तं सर्वतोमुखम् ।
पद्मनाभं हृषीकेशं प्रपद्ये सत्यमच्युतम् ॥ १२.२१०.१७ ॥
I take refuge in him who creates all worlds, the infinite, facing every way, lotus-navelled, lord of the senses, the true, the infallible.
12.210.18
हिरण्यगर्भममृतं भूगर्भं परतः परम् ।
प्रभोः प्रभुमनाद्यन्तं प्रपद्ये तं रविप्रभम् ॥ १२.२१०.१८ ॥
I take refuge in him, golden-wombed, immortal, womb of the earth, higher than the highest, lord of lords, without beginning or end, radiant as the sun.
12.210.19
सहस्रशीर्षं पुरुषं महर्षि तत्वभावनम् ।
प्रपद्ये सूक्ष्ममचलं वरेण्यमभयप्रदम् ॥ १२.२१०.१९ ॥
I take refuge in the thousand-headed Person, the great seer, the source of the principles — subtle, unmoving, most excellent, giver of fearlessness.
12.210.20
नारायणं पुराणर्षि योगात्मानं सनातनम् ।
संस्थानं सर्वतत्वानां प्रपद्ये ध्रुवमीश्वरम् ॥ १२.२१०.२० ॥
I take refuge in Nārāyaṇa, the ancient seer, whose self is yoga, the eternal, the abode of all principles, the fixed Lord.
12.210.21
यः प्रभुः सर्वभूतानां येन सर्वमिदं ततम् ।
परावरगुरुर्विष्णुः स मे देवः प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.२१ ॥
May Viṣṇu be gracious to me — the lord of all beings, by whom all this is pervaded, the teacher of the higher and the lower.
12.210.22
यस्मादुत्पद्यते ब्रह्मा पद्मयोनिः सनातनः ।
ब्रह्मयोनिर्हि विश्वात्मा स मे विष्णुः प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.२२ ॥
May Viṣṇu be gracious to me — from whom the lotus-born eternal Brahmā arises, the source of Brahman, the self of the universe.
12.210.23
यः पुरा प्रलये प्राप्ते नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे ।
ब्रह्मादिषु प्रलीनेषु नष्टे लोकपरावरे ॥ १२.२१०.२३ ॥
Who in former times, when dissolution came, when the unmoving and the moving perished, when Brahmā and the rest had dissolved, when the higher and lower worlds were destroyed — who (remains)…
12.210.24
आभूतसंप्लवे चैव प्रलीनेऽप्राकृतो महान् ।
एकस्तिष्ठति विश्वात्मा स मे विष्णुः प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.२४ ॥
Even when beings are destroyed and all has dissolved, the non-material, great, universal self alone stands — may Viṣṇu be gracious to me.
12.210.25
चतुर्भिश्च चतुर्भिश्च द्वाभ्यां पञ्चभिरेव च ।
हुयते च पुनर्द्वाभ्यां स मे विष्णुः प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.२५ ॥
By four and by four, by two and by five indeed, and again by two, is offered the sacrifice — may that Viṣṇu be gracious to me.
12.210.26
पर्जन्यः पृथिवी सस्यं कालो धर्मः क्रियाक्रिये ।
गुणाकरः स मे बभ्रुर्वासुदेवः प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.२६ ॥
Rain-cloud, earth, crops, time, dharma, action and inaction — may that tawny Vāsudeva, source of qualities, be gracious to me.
12.210.27
अग्नीषोमार्कताराणां ब्रह्मरुद्रेन्द्रयोगिनाम् ।
यस्तेजयति तेजांसि स मे विष्णुः प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.२७ ॥
He who makes radiant the brilliance of Agni, Soma, the sun and the stars, and of Brahmā, Rudra, Indra and the yogins — may that Viṣṇu be gracious to me.
12.210.28
योगावास नमस्तुभ्यं सर्वावास वरप्रद ।
यज्ञगर्भ हिरण्याङ्गं पञ्चयज्ञ नमोस्तु ते ॥ १२.२१०.२८ ॥
Homage to you, abode of yoga; abode of all, giver of boons; whose womb is the sacrifice, golden-limbed, lord of the five sacrifices — homage to you.
12.210.29
चतुर्मूर्ते परं धाम लक्ष्म्यावास परार्चित ।
सर्वावास नमस्तेऽस्तु वासुदेव प्रधानकृत् ॥ १२.२१०.२९ ॥
Four-formed one, supreme abode, abode of Lakṣmī, worshipped by the supreme; abode of all, homage to you. Vāsudeva, maker of the primal matter.
12.210.30
अजस्त्वनामयः पन्था ह्यमूर्तिर्विश्वमूर्तिधृत् ।
विकर्तः पञ्चकाज्ञ नमस्ते ज्ञानसागर ॥ १२.२१०.३० ॥
Unborn, free from disease, the path, indeed formless, bearer of the universal form, the destroyer, lord of the fivefold — homage to you, ocean of knowledge.
12.210.31
अव्यक्ताद्व्यक्तमुत्पन्नमव्यक्ताद्यः परोऽक्षरः ।
यस्मात्परतरं नास्ति तमस्मि शरणं गतः ॥ १२.२१०.३१ ॥
From the unmanifest, the manifest arose. He who is beyond even the unmanifest, the imperishable supreme, than whom there is nothing higher — to him I have gone for refuge.
12.210.32
न प्रधानो न च महान्पुरुषश्चेतनो ह्यजः ।
अनयोर्यः परतरस्तमस्मि शरणं गतः ॥ १२.२१०.३२ ॥
He is neither the primal matter nor the great one, nor the conscious person, nor the unborn; he who is higher than these two — to him I have gone for refuge.
12.210.33
चिन्तयन्तो हि यं नित्यं ब्रह्मेशानादयः प्रभुम् ।
निश्चयं नाधिगच्छन्ति तमस्मि शरणं गतः ॥ १२.२१०.३३ ॥
Brahmā, Īśāna and the others, constantly contemplating the Lord, do not attain certainty — to him I have gone for refuge.
12.210.34
जितेन्द्रिया महात्मानो ज्ञानध्यानपरायणाः ।
यं प्राप्य न निवर्तन्ते तमस्मि शरणं गतः ॥ १२.२१०.३४ ॥
The great-souled ones, who have conquered their senses and are devoted to knowledge and meditation, do not return once they have reached him — to him I have gone for refuge.
12.210.35
एकांशेन जगत्सर्वमवष्टभ्य विभुः स्थितः ।
अग्राह्यं निर्गुणं नित्यं तमस्मि शरणं गतः ॥ १२.२१०.३५ ॥
With one part of himself he pervades and upholds the whole world, the all-pervading lord who abides; ungraspable, without qualities, eternal — to him I have gone for refuge.
12.210.36
सोमार्काग्निमयं तेजो या च तारमयी द्युतिः ।
दिवि संजायते योऽयं स महात्मा प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.३६ ॥
The radiance made of moon, sun and fire, and the brilliance made of stars that arises in heaven — may that great-souled one be gracious.
12.210.37
गुणादिर्निर्गुणश्चाद्यो लक्ष्मीवांश्चेतनो ह्यजः ।
सूक्ष्मः सर्वगतो योगी स महात्मा प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.३७ ॥
Having qualities as his origin, yet without qualities, the primordial one, possessing splendour, conscious and indeed unborn, subtle, all-pervading, the yogin — may that great soul be gracious.
12.210.38
साङ्ख्ययोगाश्च ये चान्ये सिद्धाश्च परमर्षयः ।
यं विदित्वा विमुच्यन्ते स महात्मा प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.३८ ॥
Those who follow Sāṅkhya and Yoga, and the other perfected beings and supreme sages, having known whom they are liberated — may that great soul be gracious.
12.210.39
अव्यक्तः समधिष्ठाता अचिन्त्यः सदसत्परः ।
अस्थितिः प्रकृतिश्रेष्ठः स महात्मा प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.३९ ॥
Unmanifest, the perfect ruler, unthinkable, beyond being and non-being, without fixed abode, the best of primal nature — may that great soul be gracious.
12.210.40
क्षेत्रज्ञः पञ्चधा भुङ्क्ते प्रकृतिं पञ्चभिर्मुखैः ।
महान्गुणांश्च यो भुङ्क्ते स महात्मा प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.४० ॥
The knower of the field enjoys primal nature in five ways, through five faces, and he who also enjoys the great principle and the qualities — may that great soul be gracious.
12.210.41
सूर्यमध्ये स्थितः सोमस्तस्य मध्ये च या स्थिता ।
भूतबाह्या च या दीप्तिः स महात्मा प्रसीदतु ॥ १२.२१०.४१ ॥
Soma, situated in the midst of the sun, and that which stands in its midst, and the radiance external to the elements — may that great soul be gracious.
12.210.42
नमस्ते सर्वतः सर्वं सर्वतोक्षिशिरोमुख ।
निर्विकार नमस्तेऽस्तु साक्षी क्षेत्रध्रुवस्थितिः ॥ १२.२१०.४२ ॥
Homage to you on every side, you who are all, whose eyes, heads and faces are everywhere; O changeless one, homage be to you — the witness, whose firm abode is the field.
12.210.43
अतीन्द्रिय नमस्तुभ्यं लिङ्गैर्व्यक्तैर्न मीयसे ।
ये च त्वां नाभिजानन्ति संसारे संसरन्ति ते ॥ १२.२१०.४३ ॥
Homage to you, beyond the senses. You are not measured by manifest marks. Those who do not know you wander in saṃsāra.
12.210.44
कामक्रोधविनिर्मुक्ता रागद्वेषविवर्जिताः ।
मान्यभक्ता विजानन्ति न पुनर्भवका द्विजाः ॥ १२.२१०.४४ ॥
Freed from desire and anger, free from attachment and aversion, the twice-born devotees of the honored one know you; they are not subject to rebirth.
12.210.45
एकान्तिनो हि निर्द्वन्द्वा निराशीःकर्मकारिणः ।
ज्ञानाग्निदग्धकर्माणस्त्वां विशन्ति विचिन्तकाः ॥ १२.२१०.४५ ॥
Indeed the single-minded, free from pairs of opposites, acting without desire for fruits, whose actions are burned by the fire of knowledge — the reflective ones enter you.
12.210.46
अशरीरं शरीरस्थं समं सर्वेषु देहिषु ।
पुण्यपापविनिर्मुक्ता भक्तास्त्वां प्राविशन्त्युत ॥ १२.२१०.४६ ॥
Bodiless yet dwelling in the body, equal in all embodied beings — the devotees, freed from merit and demerit, indeed enter you.
12.210.47
अव्यक्तं बुद्ध्यहङ्कारमनोभूतेन्द्रियाणि च ।
त्वयि तानि च तेषु त्वं न तेषु त्वं न ते त्वयि ॥ १२.२१०.४७ ॥
The unmanifest, intellect, ego, mind, the elements and the senses — those are in you, and you are in them; you are not in them, and they are not in you.
12.210.48
एकत्वान्यत्वनानात्वं ये विदुर्यान्ति ते परम् ।
समोसि सर्वभूतेषु न ते द्वेष्योस्ति न प्रियः ॥ १२.२१०.४८ ॥
Those who know oneness, otherness and multiplicity attain the highest. You are equal among all beings; for you there is none to be hated, nor any beloved.
12.210.49
समत्वमभिकाङ्क्षेऽहं भक्त्या वै नान्यचेतसा ।
चराचरमिदं सर्वं भूतग्रामं चतुर्विधम्।
त्वया त्वय्येव तत्प्रोतं सूत्रे मणिगणा इव ॥ १२.२१०.४९ ॥
I desire equanimity, through devotion alone, with no other mind. All this moving and unmoving host of beings, fourfold, is strung in you by you, as jewels are strung on a thread.
12.210.50
स्रष्टा भोक्तासि कूटस्थो ह्यतत्वं तत्वसंज्ञिकः ।
अकर्ता हेतुरचलः पृथगात्मन्यवस्थितः ॥ १२.२१०.५० ॥
You are the creator and the enjoyer, the unchanging one; what is not-reality is called by the name of reality. You are the non-doer, the cause, the unmoving, abiding separately in your own self.
12.210.51
न ते भूतेषु संयोगो भूततत्वगुणाधिकः ।
अहङ्कारेण बुद्ध्या वा न ते योगस्त्रिभिर्गुणैः ॥ १२.२१०.५१ ॥
There is no union of yours with beings; you exceed the elements and their qualities. You have no union with ego or intellect, nor with the three qualities.
12.210.52
न मोक्षधर्मो वा न त्वं नारम्भो जन्म वा पुनः ।
जरामरणमोक्षार्थं त्वां प्रपन्नोस्मि सर्वग ॥ १२.२१०.५२ ॥
There is neither the dharma of liberation, nor are you, nor is there beginning, birth, or rebirth. For liberation from old age and death I have taken refuge in you, O all-pervading one.
12.210.53
ईश्वरोसि जगन्नाथ ततः परम उच्यसे ।
भक्तानां यद्धितं देव तद्ध्याहि त्रिदशेश्वर ॥ १२.२१०.५३ ॥
You are the Lord, the lord of the world, and therefore you are called the Supreme. O god, tell what is good for your devotees, O lord of the gods.
12.210.54
विषयैरिन्द्रियैर्वाऽपि न मे भूयः समागमः ।
पृथिवीं यातु गन्धो वै रसं यातु जलं तथा ॥ १२.२१०.५४ ॥
Never again will I be united with sense-objects or the senses. Let smell go to earth, and likewise let taste go to water.
12.210.55
तेजो हुताशनं यातु स्पर्शो यातु च मारुतम् ।
श्रोत्रमाकाशमप्येतु मनो वैकारिकं पुनः ॥ १२.२१०.५५ ॥
Let radiance merge into fire, touch into wind, hearing into space, and the mind, born of modification, merge again (into its source).
12.210.56
इन्द्रियाण्यपि संयान्तु स्वासुस्वासु च योनिषु ।
पृथिवी यातु सलिलमापोग्निमनलोऽनिलम् ॥ १२.२१०.५६ ॥
Let the senses too merge, each into its own source. Let earth merge into water, water into fire, and fire into wind.
12.210.57
वायुराकाशमप्येतु मनश्चाकाश एव च ।
अहंकारं मनो यातु मोहनं सर्वदेहिनाम् ॥ १२.२१०.५७ ॥
Let wind merge into space, and let the mind too merge into space. Let the mind merge into the sense of self, which deludes all embodied beings.
12.210.58
अहंकारस्ततो बुद्धिं बुद्धिरव्यक्तमच्युत ॥ १२.२१०.५८ ॥
Then let the sense of self merge into intellect, and intellect into the unmanifest, O Acyuta.
12.210.59
प्रधाने प्रकृतिं याते गुणसाम्ये व्यवस्थिते ।
वियोगः सर्वकरणैर्गुणैर्भूतैश्च मे भवेत् ॥ १२.२१०.५९ ॥
When nature has merged into the primal matter and the equilibrium of the guṇas is established, may there be my separation from all the instruments, the guṇas, and the elements.
12.210.60
निष्केवलं पदं तात काङ्क्षेऽहं परमं तव ।
एकीभावस्त्वया मेऽस्तु न मे जन्म भवेत्पुनः ॥ १२.२१०.६० ॥
O dear one, I long for your supreme, absolute state. May I be united with you, and may there be no birth for me again.
12.210.61
त्वद्बुद्धिस्त्वद्गतप्राणस्त्वद्भक्तिस्त्वत्परायणः ।
त्वामेवाहं स्मरिष्यामि मरणे पर्युपस्थिते ॥ १२.२१०.६१ ॥
Your mind fixed on you, your breath gone into you, your devotion, you as my highest refuge—when death draws near, I shall remember you alone.
12.210.62
पूर्वदेहकृता ये तु व्याधयः प्रविशन्तु माम् ।
अर्दयन्तु च दुःखानि ऋणं मे प्रविमुञ्चतु ॥ १२.२१०.६२ ॥
Let the diseases born of deeds done in former bodies enter me and torment my sufferings; let my debt be wholly released.
12.210.63
अनुध्यातोऽसि देवेश न मे जन्म भवेत्पुनः ।
तस्माद्ब्रवीमि कर्माणि ऋणं मे न भवेदिति ॥ १२.२१०.६३ ॥
O lord of gods, you are the one contemplated; let there be no rebirth for me. Therefore I say: may my deeds not become a debt to me.
12.210.64
नोपतिष्ठन्तु मां सर्वे व्याधयः पूर्वसंचिताः ।
अनृणो गन्तुमिच्छामि तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् ॥ १२.२१०.६४ ॥
Let none of the diseases accumulated in the past approach me; free of debt, I wish to go to that supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
12.210.65
अहं भगवतस्तस्य मम चासौ सनातनः ।
तस्याहं न प्रणश्यासि स च मे न प्रणश्यति ॥ १२.२१०.६५ ॥
I belong to that Lord, and he belongs to me; he is eternal. I am not lost to him, and he is not lost to me.
12.210.66
कर्मेन्द्रियामि संयम्य पञ्च बुद्धीन्द्रियाणि च ।
दशेन्द्रियाणि मनसि अहंकारे तथा मनः ॥ १२.२१०.६६ ॥
Having restrained the five organs of action and the five organs of perception, one should merge the ten senses into the mind, and the mind into ego.
12.210.67
अहंकारं तथा बुद्धौ बुद्धिमात्मनि योजयेत् ।
यतबुद्धीन्द्रियः पश्येद्बुद्ध्या बुद्ध्येत्परात्पम् ॥ १२.२१०.६७ ॥
Ahaṁkāra should likewise be fixed in the intellect, and the intellect in the self. With the senses of knowledge restrained, one should see by the intellect and know what is beyond the highest.
12.210.68
ममायमिति यस्याहं येन सर्वमिदं तततम् ।
ततो बुद्धेः परं बुद्ध्वा लभते न पुनर्भवम् ॥ १२.२१०.६८ ॥
He for whom 'this is mine', for whom I am, and by whom all this is pervaded — having known what is beyond the intellect, he does not obtain rebirth.
12.210.69
मरणे समनुप्राप्ते यश्चैवं मामनुस्मरेत् ।
अपि पापसमाचारः स याति परमां गतिम् ॥ १२.२१०.६९ ॥
At the approach of death, he who thus remembers me — even one of sinful conduct — goes to the highest goal.
12.210.70
ओं नमो भगवते तस्मै देहिनां परमात्मने ।
नारायणाय भक्तानामेकनिष्ठाय शाश्वते ॥ १२.२१०.७० ॥
Oṃ. Homage to that Blessed Lord, the supreme self of embodied beings; homage to Nārāyaṇa, the single refuge of devotees, the eternal.
12.210.71
इमामनुस्मृतिं दिव्यां वैष्णवीं सुसमाहितः ।
स्वपन्विबुद्धश्च पठेद्यत्र तत्र समभ्यसेत् ॥ १२.२१०.७१ ॥
With a well-composed mind, one should recite this divine Vaiṣṇava recollection, both sleeping and waking, and practise it wherever one may be.
12.210.72
पौर्णमास्याममावास्यां द्वादश्यां च विशेषतः ।
श्रावयेच्छ्रद्दधानांश्च मद्भक्तांश्च विशेषतः ॥ १२.२१०.७२ ॥
On the full-moon day, the new-moon day, and especially on the twelfth day, one should cause the faithful to hear it, and especially my devotees.
12.210.73
यद्यहंकारमाश्रित्य यज्ञदानतपः क्रियाः ।
कुर्वंस्तत्फलमाप्नोति पुनरावर्तनं न तु ॥ १२.२१०.७३ ॥
If, relying on egoism, one performs sacrifice, gift and austerity, one obtains their fruit, but not freedom from returning again to rebirth.
12.210.74
अभ्यर्चयन्पितॄन्देवान्पठञ्जुह्वन्यलिं ददत् ।
ज्वलन्नग्निं स्मरेद्यो मां स याति परमां गतिम् ॥ १२.२१०.७४ ॥
He who honours the fathers and gods, recites, offers oblations, gives the cupped-hand offering, and remembers me in the blazing fire, attains the supreme goal.
12.210.75
यज्ञो दानं तपश्चैव पावनानि शरीरिणाम् ।
यज्ञं दानं तपस्तस्मात्कुर्यादाशीर्विवर्जितः ॥ १२.२१०.७५ ॥
Sacrifice, gift and austerity alone purify embodied beings. Therefore one should perform sacrifice, gift and austerity free from desire for reward.
12.210.76
नम इत्येव यो ब्रूयान्मद्भक्तः श्रद्धयान्वितः ।
तस्याक्षयो भवेल्लोकः श्वपाकस्यापि नारद ॥ १२.२१०.७६ ॥
The devotee of mine, endowed with faith, who merely says 'namaḥ', has an imperishable world, even if he be an outcaste, O Nārada.
12.210.77
किं पुनर्ये यजन्ते मां साधका विधिपूर्वकम् ।
श्रद्धावन्तो यतात्मानस्ते मां यान्ति मदाश्रिताः ॥ १२.२१०.७७ ॥
Those practitioners who worship me according to rule, full of faith and self-controlled, go to me, taking refuge in me — how much more so!
12.210.78
कर्माण्याद्यन्तवन्तीह मद्भक्तोऽमृतमश्नुते ।
मामेव तस्माद्देवर्षे ध्याहि नित्यमतन्द्रितः।
अवाप्स्यसि ततः सिद्धिं द्रक्ष्यस्येव पदं मम ॥ १२.२१०.७८ ॥
Actions here have a beginning and an end, but my devotee attains immortality. Therefore, O divine sage, meditate on me constantly and without weariness; then you will attain perfection and see my abode.
12.210.79
अज्ञानिने च यो ज्ञानं दद्याद्धर्मोपदेशनम् ।
कृत्स्नां वा पृथिवीं दद्यात्तेन तुल्यं न तत्फलम् ॥ १२.२१०.७९ ॥
Whoever gives knowledge and instruction in dharma to one who lacks wisdom, or gives away the whole earth — no fruit equals that.
12.210.80
तस्मात्प्रेदयं साधुभ्यो जन्मबन्धभयापहम् ।
एवं दत्त्वा नरश्रेष्ठ श्रेयो वीर्यं च विन्दति ॥ १२.२१०.८० ॥
Therefore this knowledge, which removes the fear of the bondage of birth, should be given to the good. O best of men, having given it thus, one obtains welfare and strength.
12.210.81
अश्वमेधसहस्राणां सहस्रं यः समाचरेत् ।
नासौ पदमवाप्नोति मद्भक्तैर्यदवाप्यते ॥ १२.२१०.८१ ॥
He who performs a thousand thousand horse-sacrifices does not attain that state which is attained by my devotees.
12.210.82
एवं पृष्टः पुरा तेन नारदेन सुरर्षिणा ।
यदुवाच तदाऽसौ भो तदुक्तं तव सुव्रत ॥ १२.२१०.८२ ॥
Thus asked long ago by the divine sage Nārada, what he said then, O man of good vows, that has been told to you.
12.210.83
त्वमप्येकमना भूत्वा ध्याहि ज्ञेयं गुणातिगम् ।
भजस्व सर्वभावेन परमात्मानमव्ययम् ॥ १२.२१०.८३ ॥
You too, with single mind, meditate upon the knowable, beyond the qualities; worship with your whole being the supreme, imperishable Self.
12.210.84
श्रुत्वैतन्नारदो वाक्यं दिव्यं नारायणेरितम् ।
अत्यन्तभक्तिमान्देव एकान्तत्वमुपेयिवान् ॥ १२.२१०.८४ ॥
Having heard this divine word spoken by Nārāyaṇa, Nārada, full of intense devotion, attained exclusive devotion.
12.210.85
नारायणमृषिं देवं दशवर्षाण्यनन्यभाक् ।
इदं जपन्वै प्राप्नोति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् ॥ १२.२१०.८५ ॥
He who devotes himself solely for ten years to the sage-god Nārāyaṇa, reciting this (mantra), indeed attains that supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
12.210.86
किं तस्य बहुभिर्मन्त्रैर्भक्तिर्यस्य जनार्दने ।
नमो नारायणायेति मन्त्रः सर्वार्थसाधकः ॥ १२.२१०.८६ ॥
For one whose devotion is to Janārdana, what use are many mantras? The mantra 'Namo Nārāyaṇāya' alone accomplishes every aim.
12.210.87
इमां रहस्यां परमामनुस्मृति ।
मधीत्य बुद्धिं लभते च नैष्ठिकीम्।
विहाय दुःखान्यवमुच्य सङ्कटा ।
त्स वीतरागो विगतज्वरः सुखी ॥ १२.२१०.८७ ॥
Having studied this supreme secret recollection, a man obtains steadfast understanding; abandoning sorrows and releasing himself from distress, he becomes free from passion, free from fever, and happy.