नारायणीयम्

Nārāyaṇīyam

Mēlpattūr Nārāyaṇa Bhaṭṭatiri · 1586 CE · 100 daśakas · 1028 verses

The Bhāgavata Purāṇa condensed into a hundred days of cure. Sanskrit text from Sanskrit Wikisource (CC-BY-SA), with daśaka-level modern English summaries. Per-verse English paraphrase is being added in rolling passes.

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Foundations

Daśakas 1–10: Brahman, Cosmos, the Lord's Body

Daśaka 110 v.

Brahman Made Visible

The Lord at Guruvāyur as Brahman itself

Daśaka 210 v.

The Lord's Form, Head to Toe

Iconography

Daśaka 310 v.

The Blessedness of Devotees

Bhakti as the path

Daśaka 415 v.

The Eightfold Yoga

Aṣṭāṅga-yoga as preparation

Daśaka 510 v.

Before Time

Cosmology before creation

Daśaka 610 v.

The Fourteen Worlds Within the Lord

Cosmography

Daśaka 710 v.

Hiraṇyagarbha and Brahmā

The cosmic body

Daśaka 813 v.

Brahmā Begins to Create

The first day

Daśaka 910 v.

Brahmā on the Lotus

The four-faced creator

Daśaka 1010 v.

The Birth of Beings

Species emerge

Creation Unfolds

Daśakas 11–24: The Great Cosmology

Daśaka 1110 v.

The Kumāras Visit Vaikuṇṭha

Sanaka and brothers

Daśaka 1210 v.

Manu Sees the Drowning Earth

The setting of Varāha

Daśaka 1310 v.

The Boar's Ascent

Varāha, the lifting of the earth

Daśaka 1410 v.

After the Boar

Manu's rest, the work of creation

Daśaka 1510 v.

Bhakti as the Real Path

Bondage by attachment, freedom by devotion

Daśaka 1610 v.

Dakṣa and his Daughters

The first patriarch

Daśaka 1711 v.

Suruci and Sunīti

The two queens of Uttānapāda

Daśaka 1810 v.

Dhruva

The steadfast boy

Daśaka 1910 v.

Pṛthu

The first king who ruled by dharma

Daśaka 2010 v.

The House of Priyavrata

Five sons, the continents

Daśaka 2112 v.

Ilāvṛta-varṣa

The middle continent and the cosmic mountain

Daśaka 2211 v.

Ajāmila

The brāhmaṇa saved at the end

Daśaka 2311 v.

Dakṣa Again

The second creation through Pracetas

Daśaka 2410 v.

Hiraṇyākṣa Killed, Hiraṇyakaśipu Rises

The setup for Narasimha

Descents

Daśakas 25–36: The Avatāras Before Krishna

Daśaka 259 v.

Narasimha

The pillar splits open

Daśaka 2610 v.

The Crocodile and the Elephant

Indradyumna in the pond

Daśaka 2711 v.

Durvāsa Curses Indra

The setup for the churning

Daśaka 2810 v.

The Poison from the Ocean

Śiva drinks for the Lord's sake

Daśaka 2910 v.

The Asuras and the Nectar

The trick of Mohinī

Daśaka 3010 v.

Bali, the Asura King

Power without arrogance

Daśaka 3110 v.

Vāmana and Bali

Three steps of the dwarf

Daśaka 3210 v.

Matsya Saves the Vedas

The first avatāra

Daśaka 3310 v.

Ambarīṣa

The king who waited for the sage

Daśaka 3410 v.

The Birth of Rāma

The first prayer answered

Daśaka 3510 v.

Rāma's Forest Days

Sugrīva, the seven sāl trees

Daśaka 3611 v.

Dattātreya

The avatāra born to Atri and Anasūyā

Krishna-līlā I

Daśakas 37–45: Birth and Infancy

Daśaka 3710 v.

The Birth of Krishna

The cell in Mathurā

Daśaka 3810 v.

Krishna Appears

The cell breaks open

Daśaka 3910 v.

The Crossing of the Yamunā

Vasudeva and Yaśodā's child

Daśaka 4010 v.

Krishna Reaches Nanda

Mathurā tribute, the fathers meet

Daśaka 4110 v.

Pūtanā

The first attempt on the child

Daśaka 4211 v.

The First Birthday

The cart-demon and the wind-demon

Daśaka 4310 v.

Yaśodā Cannot Lift the Child

The infinite weight

Daśaka 4410 v.

Garga Names the Child

The naming ceremony

Daśaka 4510 v.

The Crawl, the First Steps

The play in the courtyard

Krishna-līlā II

Daśakas 46–55: Vṛndāvana Boyhood

Daśaka 4610 v.

The Universe in the Mouth

Yaśodā sees

Daśaka 4710 v.

The Butter, the Binding

The Damodara story I

Daśaka 4810 v.

The Yamala-Arjuna Trees

The Damodara story II

Daśaka 4910 v.

Departure for Vṛndāvana

The cowherds shift their pasture

Daśaka 5010 v.

Vṛndāvana, the Cowherd Boys

The new pasture

Daśaka 5110 v.

Lunch in the Forest

The cowherds eat together

Daśaka 5210 v.

Brahmā Steals the Calves

The doubling miracle

Daśaka 5310 v.

Beyond Childhood

The shift to paugaṇḍa age

Daśaka 5410 v.

Saubhāri and the Fish

An interlude of austerity

Daśaka 5510 v.

The Kāliya Pool

Krishna enters the venom-water

Krishna-līlā III

Daśakas 56–69: The Rāsa-Līlā and the Gopīs

Daśaka 5610 v.

Dance on the Serpent's Hood

Kāliya subdued

Daśaka 5711 v.

Pralamba Killed

Balarāma's heroism

Daśaka 5810 v.

The Forest Fire

Krishna swallows the flames

Daśaka 599 v.

The Beauty That Confounds the Gopīs

The Rāsa-līlā opens

Daśaka 6011 v.

The Gopī Vow

Praying for Krishna's feet

Daśaka 6110 v.

The Brāhmaṇa Wives

Food for the cowherds

Daśaka 6210 v.

Stopping the Indra-Yajña

The first refusal of conventional ritual

Daśaka 6310 v.

The Storm and the Hill

Govardhana lifted

Daśaka 6410 v.

The Cowherds' Discovery

Nanda asks the truth

Daśaka 659 v.

Mārgaśīrṣa-Vrata

The setup for the rāsa

Daśaka 6610 v.

The First Refusal

Krishna tests the gopīs

Daśaka 6710 v.

The Rāsa-Līlā

The dance with the gopīs

Daśaka 6810 v.

Krishna Vanishes

The gopīs lament

Daśaka 6911 v.

The Body of the Vraja-Lord

The full description

Krishna-līlā IV

Daśakas 70–78: Mathurā

Daśaka 709 v.

The Forest at Night

The gopīs return home

Daśaka 7110 v.

Keśin

The horse-demon

Daśaka 7212 v.

Akrūra Sent

Kaṁsa's last plot

Daśaka 7310 v.

The Gopīs' Lament

Krishna leaves Vraja

Daśaka 7410 v.

Mathurā at Mid-day

Krishna enters the city

Daśaka 7510 v.

The Death of Kaṁsa

The wrestling match

Daśaka 7611 v.

Sandīpani

Krishna and Balarāma at school

Daśaka 7712 v.

Sairandhrī and Akrūra

Krishna in Mathurā after Kaṁsa

Daśaka 7810 v.

Dwārakā Built

The sea-fortress

Krishna-līlā V

Daśakas 79–86: Dvārakā and the Wars

Daśaka 7912 v.

Rukmiṇī's Brother

The marriage prelude

Daśaka 8011 v.

Syamantaka

The jewel and the bear

Daśaka 8110 v.

Satyabhāmā and Draupadī's Husbands

The dear and the dear

Daśaka 8210 v.

Pradyumna and Śambara

The son who was abducted

Daśaka 8310 v.

Balarāma at Vraja

The drunken brother by the Yamunā

Daśaka 8411 v.

The Solar Eclipse Pilgrimage

Reunion at Samanta-pañcaka

Daśaka 8511 v.

The Imprisoned Kings

The killing of Jarāsandha by Bhīma

Daśaka 8611 v.

Sālva

The flying city

The Return

Daśakas 87–99: Uddhava-Gītā and Closing Devotion

Daśaka 8710 v.

Kucela

The poor friend visits

Daśaka 8812 v.

The Brāhmaṇa's Sons Recovered

Bali's home

Daśaka 8910 v.

Lakṣmī's Lord

Why devotees do not get wealth

Daśaka 9010 v.

The Tests of Vṛka, Bhṛgu, Mohinī, Ambarīṣa

Greatness

Daśaka 9110 v.

Bhakti as Refuge

The most fearless practice

Daśaka 9210 v.

Karma Without Fruit

All actions offered

Daśaka 9310 v.

Renunciation by Grace

The flow of giving up

Daśaka 9410 v.

The Pure Speak

The teaching of the supreme

Daśaka 9510 v.

Hiraṇyagarbha and Māyā

The cosmic life within illusion

Daśaka 9610 v.

The Lord IS the Imperishable

The 'A' in syllables

Daśaka 9710 v.

The Three Guṇas

Distinctions arise

Daśaka 9811 v.

That in Which All This Shines

The final philosophical statement

Daśaka 9910 v.

Who Can Speak of Viṣṇu's Deeds?

The penultimate praise

The Cure

Daśakas 100: Head-to-Toe Darśan

Daśaka 1009 v.

The Head-to-Toe Darśan

The cure

Sanskrit text imported from Sanskrit Wikisource under CC-BY-SA 4.0. Mēlpattūr’s 1586 work is public domain. IAST transliteration is mechanical. Modern English paraphrase is being added in rolling passes; verses without an English line yet are still available in Sanskrit and IAST. AI-assisted first-pass rendering, scholarly review pending. If you spot a mistranslation or doctrinal error, write to us; corrections are welcome.