HV 40.1
ऋषिभिः पूजितस् तैस् तु विवेश हरिर् ईश्वरः । पौराणं ब्रह्मसदनं दिव्यं नारायणाश्रमम् ॥
ṛṣibhiḥ pūjitas tais tu viveśa harir īśvaraḥ | paurāṇaṃ brahma-sadanaṃ divyaṃ nārāyaṇāśramam
Honored by those ṛṣis, Hari the Lord entered the ancient Brahma-seat — the divine Nārāyaṇa-hermitage.
The Living Words
*Ṛṣibhiḥ pūjitaḥ*, 'honored by the ṛṣis'. *Viveśa harir īśvaraḥ*, 'Hari the Lord entered'. *Paurāṇaṃ brahma-sadanam*, 'the ancient Brahma-seat'. *Divyaṃ nārāyaṇāśramam*, 'the divine Nārāyaṇa-hermitage'.
The Heart of It
The Lord, fresh from the sages' *sādhu sādhu* (HV 38.50) and the welcome-hymn (HV 39.25), enters *Nārāyaṇa-āśrama* — the hermitage named for him. The word *paurāṇa* ('ancient') is important: this is not a place built for his arrival but a place eternally-waiting. The Warkari tradition's Paṇḍharpūr is the same theological fact: the Lord's resting-place is *paurāṇa*, older than memory. Jñāneśvar's Haripāṭh Abhaṅga 1.1 *devāciyē darī nāmaḥ soniyācī* — 'in the cave-entrance of the god, the Name is of gold' — knows this eternal-room. The saint visits; the Lord *enters*; the āśrama was always there.