Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.356
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12.356.1
श्रुत्वैतन्नारदो वाक्यं नरनारायणेरितम् ।
अत्यन्तं भक्तिमान्देवे एकान्तित्वमुपेयिवान् ॥ १२.३५६.१ ॥
Having heard these words spoken by Nara and Nārāyaṇa, Nārada, exceedingly devoted to the god, attained single-minded devotion.
12.356.2
उषित्वा वर्षसाहस्रं नरनारायणाश्रमे ।
श्रुत्वा भगवदाख्यानं दृष्ट्वा च हरिमव्ययम्।
जगाम हिमवत्कुक्षावाश्रमं स्वं सुरार्चितम् ॥ १२.३५६.२ ॥
Having dwelt for a thousand years in the hermitage of Nara and Nārāyaṇa, having heard the account of the Lord and seen the imperishable Hari, he went to his own hermitage in the hollow of the Himālaya, honored by the gods.
12.356.3
तावपि ख्यातयशसौ नरनारायणावृषी ।
तस्मिन्नेवाश्रमे रम्ये तेपतुस्तप सत्तमम् ॥ १२.३५६.३ ॥
Those two sages of renowned fame, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, also performed the most excellent austerity in that same pleasant hermitage.
12.356.4
त्वमप्यमितविक्रान्तः पाण्डवानां कुलोद्वहः ।
पावितात्माऽद्य संवृत्तः श्रुत्वेमामादितः कथाम् ॥ १२.३५६.४ ॥
You too, of boundless valor, bearer of the Pāṇḍava lineage, have today become purified in soul, having heard this story from its beginning.
12.356.5
नैव तस्यापरो लोको नायं पार्थिवसत्तम ।
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा यो द्विष्याद्विष्णुमव्ययम् ॥ १२.३५६.५ ॥
For him, O best of kings, there is neither this world nor any other world, who by deed, mind or speech hates the imperishable Viṣṇu.
12.356.6
मज्जन्ति पितरस्तस्य नरके शाश्वतीः समाः ।
यो द्विष्याद्विबुधश्रेष्ठं देवं नारायणं हरिम् ॥ १२.३५६.६ ॥
His ancestors sink in hell for eternal years, he who hates the god Nārāyaṇa Hari, best of the gods.
12.356.7
कथं नाम भवेद्द्वेष्य आत्मा लोकस्य कस्यचित् ।
आत्मा हि पुरुषव्याघ्र ज्ञेयो विष्णुरिति श्रुतिः ॥ १२.३५६.७ ॥
O tiger among men, how could the self of any being in the world be hateful? The self is to be known as Viṣṇu, so the revelation says.
12.356.8
य एष गुरुरस्माकमृषिर्गन्धवतीसुतः ।
तेनैतत्कथितं तात माहात्म्यं परमात्मनः।
तस्माच्छ्रुतं मया चेदं कथितं च तवानघ ॥ १२.३५६.८ ॥
That sage, our teacher, the son of Gandhavatī, told this, dear one, the greatness of the Supreme Self. Therefore I heard it, and I have now told it to you, O sinless one.
12.356.9
नारदेन तु संप्राप्तः सरहस्यः ससंग्रहः ।
एष धर्मो जगन्नाथात्साक्षान्नारायणान्नृप ॥ १२.३५६.९ ॥
O king, this dharma was received by Nārada, together with its mystery and its essence, directly from Nārāyaṇa, the lord of the world.
12.356.10
एवमेष महान्धर्मः स ते पूर्वं नृपोत्तम ।
कथितो हरिगीतासु समासविधिकल्पितः ॥ १२.३५६.१० ॥
Thus, O best of kings, this great dharma was formerly told to you, arranged in summary form within the Hari-songs.
12.356.11
कृष्णद्वैपायनं व्यासं विद्धि नारायणं प्रभुम् ।
को ह्यन्यः पुण्डरीकाक्षान्महाभारतकृद्भवेत्।
धर्मान्नानाविधांश्चैव को ब्रूयात्तमृते प्रभुम् ॥ १२.३५६.११ ॥
Know Vyāsa, the Kṛṣṇa Dvaipāyana, to be the lord Nārāyaṇa. Who other than the lotus-eyed one could have composed the Mahābhārata? Who other than that lord could expound the many kinds of dharma?
12.356.12
वर्ततां ते महायज्ञो यथासंकल्पितस्त्वया ।
संकल्पिताश्वमेधस्त्वं श्रुतधर्मा च तत्त्वतः ॥ १२.३५६.१२ ॥
May your great sacrifice proceed as you have resolved it. You have resolved upon the horse sacrifice, and you have truly heard the dharma.
12.356.13
एतत्तु महदाख्यानं श्रुत्वा पारीक्षितो नृपः ।
ततो यज्ञसमाप्त्यर्थं क्रियाः सर्वाः समारभत् ॥ १२.३५६.१३ ॥
Having heard this great narrative, the king, son of Parīkṣit, began all the rites for the completion of the sacrifice.
12.356.14
नारायणीयमाख्यानमेतत्ते कथितं मया ।
पृष्टेन शौनकाद्येह नैमिषारण्यवासिषु ॥ १२.३५६.१४ ॥
This Nārāyaṇīya narrative has been related to you by me, as asked here by Śaunaka and the others dwelling in the Naimiṣa forest.
12.356.15
नारदेन पुरा यद्वै गुरवे तु निवेदितम् ।
ऋषीणां पाण्डवानां च शृण्वतोः कृष्णभीष्मयोः ॥ १२.३५६.१५ ॥
This is what Nārada long ago declared to his teacher, while the sages and the Pāṇḍavas, and Kṛṣṇa and Bhīṣma, were listening.
12.356.16
स हि परमर्षिर्जनभुवनपतिः ।
पृथुधरणिधरः श्रुतिविनयपरः।
शमनियमनिधिर्यमनियमपरो द्विजवर ।
सहितस्तव च भवतु गतिर्हरिरमरहितः ॥ १२.३५६.१६ ॥
He is the supreme sage, lord of peoples and worlds, bearer of the vast earth, devoted to sacred learning and discipline, the treasure of calm and restraint; O best of twice-born, may Hari, friend of the gods, be your refuge together with yourself.
12.356.17
भयदो मखभागहरोस्तु शरणं स ते ॥ १२.३५६.१७ ॥
He, the giver of fear and the taker of the share in sacrifice, may he be your refuge.
12.356.18
त्रिगुणो विगुणश्चतुरात्मधरः ।
पूर्तेष्टयोश्च फलभागहरः।
विदधातु नित्यमजितोऽतिचलो ।
गतिरात्मवतां सुकृतिनामृषीणाम् ॥ १२.३५६.१८ ॥
Threefold and beyond the qualities, bearer of the fourfold self, taker of the share in the fruits of works of merit and sacrifice; may the unconquered, ever-unmoving one ordain always, and may he be the refuge of the self-controlled and virtuous sages.
12.356.19
तं लोकसाक्षिणमजं पुरुषं पुराणं ।
रविवर्णमीश्वरं गतिं बहुशः।
प्रणमध्वमेकमतयो यतः ।
सलिलोद्भवोपि तमृषिं प्रणतः ॥ १२.३५६.१९ ॥
Bow again and again, with one mind, to him, the witness of the worlds, the unborn, ancient Person, the Lord of sun-coloured form, the goal; from whom even the water-born bowed down to that sage.
12.356.20
स हि लोकयोनिरसृतस्य पदं ।
सूक्ष्मं परायणमचलं हि पदम्।
तत्साङ्ख्ययोगिभिरुदाहृतं तं ।
बुद्ध्या यतात्मभिरिदं सनातनम् ॥ १२.३५६.२० ॥
He is indeed the source of the worlds, the abode of the immortal, subtle, the supreme refuge, the unmoving state. The knowers of Sāṅkhya and Yoga have declared him; those with controlled selves know this eternal one by intellect.