Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 13.186
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13.186.1
यज्ज्ञेयं परमं कृत्यमनुष्ठेयं महात्मभिः ।
सारं मे सर्वशास्त्राणां वक्तुमर्हस्यनुग्रहात् ॥ १३.१८६.१ ॥
What is the supreme thing to be known, the duty to be practised by great souls, the essence of all the scriptures — be pleased, out of grace, to tell me that.
13.186.2
श्रूयतामिदमत्यन्तं गूढं संसारमोचनम् ।
श्रोतव्यं च त्वया सम्यग्ज्ञातव्यं च विशाम्पते ॥ १३.१८६.२ ॥
Hear this most profound teaching, which liberates from saṃsāra; it is to be well heard and well understood by you, O lord of the people.
13.186.3
पुण्डरीकः पुरा विप्रः पुण्यतीर्थे जपान्वितः ।
नारदं परिपप्रच्छ श्रेयो योगपरं मुनिम् ॥ १३.१८६.३ ॥
Long ago, the brahmin Puṇḍarīka, absorbed in recitation at a holy place of pilgrimage, thoroughly questioned the sage Nārada, devoted to yoga, about the highest good.
13.186.4
नारदश्चाब्रवीदेनं ब्रह्मणोक्तं महात्मना ॥ १३.१८६.४ ॥
And Nārada spoke to him what was declared by the great-souled Brahmā.
13.186.5
शृणुष्वावहितस्तात ज्ञानयोगमनुत्तमम् ।
अप्रभूतं प्रभूतार्थं वेदशास्त्रार्थसंयुतम्। ॥ १३.१८६.५ ॥
Listen attentively, dear son: this is the unsurpassed yoga of knowledge — few in words, abundant in meaning, joined to the sense of the Vedas and scriptures.
13.186.6
यः परः प्रकृते प्रोक्तः पुरुषः पञ्चविंशकः ।
स एव सर्वभूतात्मा नर इत्यभिधीयते ॥ १३.१८६.६ ॥
The Person declared to be the highest, beyond nature (prakṛti), the twenty-fifth — he indeed is the self of all beings, and he is called Nara.
13.186.7
नराज्जातानि तत्वानि नाराणीति ततो विदुः ।
तान्येव चायनं तस्य तेन नारायणः स्मृतः ॥ १३.१८६.७ ॥
The principles born from Nara are known as the Nārās; they are his very abode, and therefore he is remembered as Nārāyaṇa.
13.186.8
नारायणाज्जगत्सर्वं सर्गकाले प्रजायते ।
तस्मिन्नेव पुनस्तच्च प्रलये सम्प्रलीयते ॥ १३.१८६.८ ॥
From Nārāyaṇa the whole world comes forth at the time of creation, and at dissolution it is again absorbed into him.
13.186.9
नारायणः परं ब्रह्म तत्वं नारायणः परः ।
परादपि परश्चासौ तस्मान्नास्ति परात्परः ॥ १३.१८६.९ ॥
Nārāyaṇa is the supreme Brahman, Nārāyaṇa is the supreme reality; he is higher than the highest, and therefore there is nothing higher than him.
13.186.10
वासुदेवं तथा विष्णुमात्मानं च तथा विदुः ।
संज्ञाभेदैः स एवैकः सर्वशास्त्राभिसंस्कृतः ॥ १३.१८६.१० ॥
People know him also as Vāsudeva, as Viṣṇu, and as the Self; by differences of name he is one alone, refined by all the scriptures.
13.186.11
आलोड्य सर्वशास्त्राणि विचार्य च पुनःपुनः ।
इदमेकं सुनिष्पन्नं ध्येयो नारायणः सदा ॥ १३.१८६.११ ॥
Having churned through all the scriptures and reflected on them again and again, this one conclusion is well established: Nārāyaṇa is to be meditated upon always.
13.186.12
तस्मात्त्वं गहनान्सर्वांस्त्यक्त्वा शास्त्रार्थविस्तरान् ।
अनन्यचेता ध्यायस्व नारायणमजं विभुम् ॥ १३.१८६.१२ ॥
Therefore, abandoning all the intricate elaborations of scriptural meaning, meditate with undivided mind upon Nārāyaṇa, the unborn, the all-pervading.
13.186.13
मुहूर्तिमपि यो ध्यायेन्नारायणमतन्द्रितः ।
सोऽपि तद्गतिमाप्नोति किं पुनस्तत्परायणः ॥ १३.१८६.१३ ॥
He who meditates on Nārāyaṇa for even a moment, unwearied, attains his goal too; how much more so one who is wholly devoted to him.
13.186.14
नमो नारायणायेति यो वेद ब्रह्म शाश्वतम् ।
अन्त्यकाले जपन्नेति तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम् ॥ १३.१८६.१४ ॥
He who knows 'Namo Nārāyaṇāya' as the eternal Brahman, and recites it at the time of death, goes to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu.
13.186.15
श्रवणान्मननाच्चैव गीतिस्तुत्यर्चनादिभिः ।
आराध्यं सर्वदा ब्रह्म पुरुषेण हितैषिणा ॥ १३.१८६.१५ ॥
By hearing, reflecting, singing, praising, worshipping and the like, a man who seeks his own welfare should always worship the Absolute.
13.186.16
लिप्यते न स पापेन नारायणपरायणः ।
पुनाति सकलं लोकं सहस्रांशुरिवोदितः ॥ १३.१८६.१६ ॥
The man wholly devoted to Nārāyaṇa is not stained by sin; like the thousand-rayed sun risen, he purifies the whole world.
13.186.17
ब्रह्मचारी गृहस्थोऽपि वानप्रस्थोऽथ भिक्षुकः ।
केशवाराधनं हित्वा नैव याति परां गतिम् ॥ १३.१८६.१७ ॥
A celibate student, a householder, a forest-dweller, or a mendicant who abandons the worship of Keśava does not attain the supreme goal.
13.186.18
जन्मान्तरसहस्रेषु दुर्लभा तद्गता मतिः ।
तद्भक्तवत्सलं देवं समराधय सुव्रत ॥ १३.१८६.१८ ॥
Over thousands of births, a mind turned toward him is rare. O you of good vows, worship well that god who is loving toward his devotees.
13.186.19
नारदेनैवमुक्तस्तु स विप्रोऽभ्यर्चयद्धरिम् ।
स्वप्नोऽपि पुण्डरीकाक्षं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् ॥ १३.१८६.१९ ॥
Thus addressed by Nārada, that brahmin worshipped Hari, the lotus-eyed one, bearer of conch, discus and mace, even in his dreams.
13.186.20
किरीटकुण्डलधरं लसच्छ्रीवत्सकौस्तुभम् ।
तं दृष्ट्वा देवदेवेशं प्राणमत्सम्भ्रमान्वितः ॥ १३.१८६.२० ॥
Seeing him wearing a crown and earrings, gleaming with the Śrīvatsa mark and the Kaustubha jewel, the lord of gods, he bowed down filled with reverence.
13.186.21
अथ कालेन महता तथा प्रत्यक्षतां गतः ।
संस्तुतः स्तुतिभिर्वेदैर्देवगन्धर्वकिन्नरैः ॥ १३.१८६.२१ ॥
Then, after a great length of time, he appeared before him in this way, praised with hymns from the Vedas by gods, gandharvas and kinnaras.
13.186.22
अथ तेनैव भगवानात्मलोकमधोक्षजः ।
गतः सम्प्रजितः सर्वैः स योगिनिलयो हरिः ॥ १३.१८६.२२ ॥
Then, through him, the blessed Adhokṣaja returned to his own world, honored by all, Hari, the abode of yogis.
13.186.23
तस्मात्त्वमपि राजेन्द्र तद्भक्तस्तत्परायणः ।
अर्चयित्वा यथायोगं भजस्व पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥ १३.१८६.२३ ॥
Therefore you too, O lord of kings, be his devotee, intent upon him alone; worship him as is fitting, and serve the highest person.
13.186.24
अजरममरमेकं ध्येयमाद्यन्तशून्यं ।
सगुणमगुणमाद्यं स्थूलमत्यन्तसूक्ष्मम्।
निरुपममुपमेयं योगिविज्ञानगम्यं ।
त्रिभुवनगुरुमीशं सम्प्रपद्यस्व विष्णुम् ॥ १३.१८६.२४ ॥
Unaging, undying, one, to be meditated upon, without beginning or end, with qualities and without qualities, primordial, gross and exceedingly subtle, incomparable and yet comparable, attainable through the knowledge of yogis, the teacher of the three worlds, the lord Viṣṇu: take refuge in him.