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नवमो ऽध्यायः श्री-व्यास उवाच— वरꣳ दत्वा महा-देवो भक्त्या तꣳ ब्राह्मणातिथिम् । पूजाꣳ चकार वेदोक्ताꣳ स्वयꣳ वेद-विदाꣳ वरः ॥१॥ भुक्त्वा पीत्वा मुनि-श्रेष्ठो महा-देवस्य मन्दिरे । तिष्ठन्न् उपासानाꣳ चक्रे पार्वती-परमेशयोः ॥२॥ एकदा चिर-कालान्ते तम् उवाच महा-मुनिम् । महा-देवः सभा-मध्ये कृपया च कृपा-निधिः ॥३॥ श्री-महा-देव उवाच— किꣳ वा ते वाञ्छितꣳ वत्स ब्रूहि माꣳ यदि रोचते । वरो दत्तः किम् अपरꣳ यत् ते मनसि वर्तते ॥४॥ महा-देव-वचः श्रुत्वा तम् उवाच महा-मुनिः । कैलासे च सभा-मध्ये यत् तन्-मनसि वाञ्छितम् ॥५॥ श्री-नारद उवाच— ज्ञानम् आध्यात्मिकꣳ नाम वेद-सारꣳ मनोहरम् । हरि-भक्ति-प्रदꣳ ज्ञानꣳ मुक्तिदꣳ ज्ञानम् ईप्सितम् ॥६॥ योग-युक्तꣳ च यज् ज्ञानꣳ ज्ञानꣳ यत् सिद्धिदꣳ तथा । सꣳसार-विषय-ज्ञानम् एव पञ्च-विधꣳ स्मृतम् ॥७॥ आश्रमाणाꣳ समाचारꣳ तेषाꣳ धर्म-परिष्कृतम् । विधवानाꣳ च भिक्षूणाꣳ यतीनाꣳ ब्रह्म-चारिणाꣳ ॥८॥ पूजा-विधानꣳ कृष्णस्य तत्-स्तोत्रꣳ कवचꣳ मनुम् । पुरश्चर्या-विधानꣳ च सर्वाह्निकम् अभीप्सितम् ॥९॥ जीव-कर्म-विपाकꣳ च कर्म-मूल-निकृन्तनम् । सꣳसार-वासनाꣳ काꣳ वा लक्षणꣳ प्रकृतीशयोः ॥१०॥ तयोः परꣳ वा किꣳ वस्तु तस्यावतार-वर्णमम् । को वा तद्-अꣳशः कः पूर्णः परिपूर्णतमश् च कः ॥११॥ नारायणर्षि-कवचꣳ सुभद्र-प्रवराय च । यद् दत्तꣳ किꣳ तद् देवेश तद् आराध्यꣳ प्रयत्नतः ॥१२॥ मया ज्ञानꣳम् अनापृष्ठꣳ यद् यद् अस्ति सुरोत्तम । तन् मे कथय तत्त्वेन माम् एवानुग्रहꣳ कुरु ॥१३॥ गुरोश् च ज्ञानोद्गिरणाज् ज्ञानꣳ स्यान् मन्त्र-तन्त्रयोः । तत् तन्त्रꣳ स च मन्त्रः स्याद् यतो भक्तिर् अधोक्षजे ॥१४॥ ज्ञानꣳ स्याद् विदुषाꣳ किꣳचिद् वेद-व्याख्यान-चिन्तया । स्वयꣳ भवान् वेद-कर्ता ज्ञानाधिष्ठातृ-देवता ॥१५॥ नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सस्मितः पार्वती-पतिः । निरीक्ष्य पार्वती-वक्त्रꣳ गज-वक्त्रम् उवाच सः ॥१६॥ अथ नारदोपदेश-ग्रहणम् श्री-महा-देव उवाच— अहो अनन्त-दासानाꣳ माहात्म्यꣳ परमाद्भुतम् । कुर्वन्त्य् अहैतुकीꣳ भक्तिꣳ ये च शश्वद् धरेः पदे ॥१७॥ पद्म-नाभ-पाद-पद्मꣳ पद्मा-पद्मेश्वरार्चितम् । दिवानिशꣳ ये ध्यायन्ते शेषादि-सुर-वन्दितम् ॥१८॥ आलापꣳ गात्र-सꣳस्पर्शꣳ पाद-रेणुम् अभीप्सितम् । वाञ्छन्त्य् एव हि तीर्थानि वसुधा चात्म-शुद्धये ॥१९॥ कृष्ण-मन्त्रोपासकानाꣳ शुद्धꣳ पादोदकꣳ सुत । पुनाति सर्व-तीर्थानि वसुधाम् अपि पार्वति ॥२०॥ कृष्ण-मन्त्रो द्विज-मुखाद् यस्य कर्णꣳ प्रयाति च । तꣳ वैष्णवꣳ जगत्-पूतꣳ प्रवदन्ति पुरा-विदः ॥२१॥ मन्त्र-ग्रहण-मात्रेण नरो नारायनात्मकः । पुनाति लीला-मात्रेण पुरुषाणाꣳ शतꣳ शतम् ॥२२॥ यज् जन्म-मात्रात् पूतꣳ च तत् पितृणाꣳ शतꣳ शतम् । प्रयाति सद्यो गोलोकꣳ कर्म-भोगात् प्रमुच्यते ॥२३॥ माता-महादिकान् सप्त जन्म-मात्रात् समुद्धरेत् । यत् कन्याꣳ प्रतिगृह्णाति तस्य सप्तावलीलया ॥२४॥ मातरꣳ तत्-प्रशूꣳ भार्याꣳ पुत्राच् च सप्त-पूरुषम् । भ्रातरꣳ भगिनीꣳ कन्याꣳ कृष्ण-भक्तः समुद्धरेत् ॥२५॥ स स्नातः सर्व-तीर्थेषु सर्व-यज्ञेषु दीक्षितः । फलꣳ स लेभे पूजानाꣳ व्रती सर्व-व्रतेषु च ॥२६॥ विष्णु-मन्त्रꣳ यो लभेत् वैष्णवाच् च द्विजोत्तमात् । कोटि-जन्मार्जितात् पापान् मुच्यते नात्र सꣳशयः ॥२७॥ कृष्ण-मन्त्रोपासकानाꣳ सद्यो दर्शन-मात्रतः । शत-जन्मार्जितात् पापान् मुच्यते नात्र सꣳशयः ॥२८॥ वैष्णवाद् दर्शनेनैव स्पर्शनेन च पार्वति । सद्यः पूतꣳ जलꣳ वह्निर् जगत् पूतः समीरणः ॥२९॥ दर्शनꣳ वैष्णवानाꣳ च देवा वाञ्छन्ति नित्यशः । न वैष्णवात् परः पूतो विश्वेषु निखिलेषु च ॥३०॥ इत्य् उक्त्वा सङ्करः शीघ्रꣳ नारदेन सहात्मजः । ययौ मन्दाकिनी-तीरꣳ नीरꣳ क्षीरोपमꣳ परम् ॥३१॥ तत्र स्नातो महा-देवी नारदश् च महा-मुनिः । समाचान्तः शुचिस् तत्र धृत्वा धौते च वासवी ॥३२॥ कृष्ण-मन्त्रꣳ ददौ तस्मै नारदाय महेश्वरः । परꣳ कप्ल-तरु-वरꣳ सर्व-सिद्धि-प्रदꣳ शुक ॥३३॥ लक्ष्मीर् माया-काम-बीजꣳ ङेन्तꣳ कृष्ण-पदꣳ ततः । जगत्-पूत-प्रियान्तꣳ च मन्त्र-राजꣳ प्रकीर्तितम् ॥३४॥ मन्त्रꣳ गृहीत्वा स मुनिः शिवꣳ कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणम् । सप्त वारान् नमस् कृत्य स्वात्मानꣳ दक्षिणाꣳ ददौ ॥३५॥ तत्-पाद-पद्मे विक्रीतमाजन्म मस्तकꣳ परम् । मुनिना भक्ति-युक्तेन स्वर्ग-मन्दाकिनी-तटे ॥३६॥ एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे वत्स पुष्प-वृष्टिर् बभूव ह । नारदोपरि तत्रैव सुश्राव दुन्दुभिर् मुनिः ॥३७॥ ननर्त ब्रह्मणः पुत्रो ब्रह्म-लोके निरामये । ब्रह्मा जगाम तत्रैव सुप्रसन्नश् च सस्मितः ॥३८॥ पुत्रꣳ शुभाशिषꣳ कृत्वा तुष्टाव चन्द्र-शेखरम् । शम्भुश् च पूजयाम् आस ब्राह्मणम् अतिथिꣳ तथा । शम्भुꣳ शुभाशिषꣳ कृत्वा ब्रह्म-लोकꣳ ययौ विधिः ॥३९॥ इति श्री-नारद-पञ्च-रात्रे ज्ञानामृत-सारे प्रथमैक-रात्रे नारदोपदेश-ग्रहणꣳ नाम नवमो ऽध्यायः ॥९॥ …

navamo 'dhyāyaḥ śrī-vyāsa uvāca— varaṁ datvā mahā-devo bhaktyā taṁ brāhmaṇātithim | pūjāṁ cakāra vedoktāṁ svayaṁ veda-vidāṁ varaḥ ||1|| bhuktvā pītvā muni-śreṣṭho mahā-devasya mandire | tiṣṭhann upāsānāṁ cakre pārvatī-parameśayoḥ ||2|| ekadā cira-kālānte tam uvāca mahā-munim | mahā-devaḥ sabhā-madhye kṛpayā ca kṛpā-nidhiḥ ||3|| śrī-mahā-deva uvāca— kiṁ vā te vāñchitaṁ vatsa brūhi māṁ yadi rocate | varo dattaḥ kim aparaṁ yat te manasi vartate ||4|| mahā-deva-vacaḥ śrutvā tam uvāca mahā-muniḥ | kailāse ca sabhā-madhye yat tan-manasi vāñchitam ||5|| śrī-nārada uvāca— jñānam ādhyātmikaṁ nāma veda-sāraṁ manoharam | hari-bhakti-pradaṁ jñānaṁ muktidaṁ jñānam īpsitam ||6|| yoga-yuktaṁ ca yaj jñānaṁ jñānaṁ yat siddhidaṁ tathā | saṁsāra-viṣaya-jñānam eva pañca-vidhaṁ smṛtam ||7|| āśramāṇāṁ samācāraṁ teṣāṁ dharma-pariṣkṛtam | vidhavānāṁ ca bhikṣūṇāṁ yatīnāṁ brahma-cāriṇāṁ ||8|| pūjā-vidhānaṁ kṛṣṇasya tat-stotraṁ kavacaṁ manum | puraścaryā-vidhānaṁ ca sarvāhnikam abhīpsitam ||9|| jīva-karma-vipākaṁ ca karma-mūla-nikṛntanam | saṁsāra-vāsanāṁ kāṁ vā lakṣaṇaṁ prakṛtīśayoḥ ||10|| tayoḥ paraṁ vā kiṁ vastu tasyāvatāra-varṇamam | ko vā tad-aṁśaḥ kaḥ pūrṇaḥ paripūrṇatamaś ca kaḥ ||11|| nārāyaṇarṣi-kavacaṁ subhadra-pravarāya ca | yad dattaṁ kiṁ tad deveśa tad ārādhyaṁ prayatnataḥ ||12|| mayā jñānaṁm anāpṛṣṭhaṁ yad yad asti surottama | tan me kathaya tattvena mām evānugrahaṁ kuru ||13|| guroś ca jñānodgiraṇāj jñānaṁ syān mantra-tantrayoḥ | tat tantraṁ sa ca mantraḥ syād yato bhaktir adhokṣaje ||14|| jñānaṁ syād viduṣāṁ kiṁcid veda-vyākhyāna-cintayā | svayaṁ bhavān veda-kartā jñānādhiṣṭhātṛ-devatā ||15|| nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā sasmitaḥ pārvatī-patiḥ | nirīkṣya pārvatī-vaktraṁ gaja-vaktram uvāca saḥ ||16|| atha nāradopadeśa-grahaṇam śrī-mahā-deva uvāca— aho ananta-dāsānāṁ māhātmyaṁ paramādbhutam | kurvanty ahaitukīṁ bhaktiṁ ye ca śaśvad dhareḥ pade ||17|| padma-nābha-pāda-padmaṁ padmā-padmeśvarārcitam | divāniśaṁ ye dhyāyante śeṣādi-sura-vanditam ||18|| ālāpaṁ gātra-saṁsparśaṁ pāda-reṇum abhīpsitam | vāñchanty eva hi tīrthāni vasudhā cātma-śuddhaye ||19|| kṛṣṇa-mantropāsakānāṁ śuddhaṁ pādodakaṁ suta | punāti sarva-tīrthāni vasudhām api pārvati ||20|| kṛṣṇa-mantro dvija-mukhād yasya karṇaṁ prayāti ca | taṁ vaiṣṇavaṁ jagat-pūtaṁ pravadanti purā-vidaḥ ||21|| mantra-grahaṇa-mātreṇa naro nārāyanātmakaḥ | punāti līlā-mātreṇa puruṣāṇāṁ śataṁ śatam ||22|| yaj janma-mātrāt pūtaṁ ca tat pitṛṇāṁ śataṁ śatam | prayāti sadyo golokaṁ karma-bhogāt pramucyate ||23|| mātā-mahādikān sapta janma-mātrāt samuddharet | yat kanyāṁ pratigṛhṇāti tasya saptāvalīlayā ||24|| mātaraṁ tat-praśūṁ bhāryāṁ putrāc ca sapta-pūruṣam | bhrātaraṁ bhaginīṁ kanyāṁ kṛṣṇa-bhaktaḥ samuddharet ||25|| sa snātaḥ sarva-tīrtheṣu sarva-yajñeṣu dīkṣitaḥ | phalaṁ sa lebhe pūjānāṁ vratī sarva-vrateṣu ca ||26|| viṣṇu-mantraṁ yo labhet vaiṣṇavāc ca dvijottamāt | koṭi-janmārjitāt pāpān mucyate nātra saṁśayaḥ ||27|| kṛṣṇa-mantropāsakānāṁ sadyo darśana-mātrataḥ | śata-janmārjitāt pāpān mucyate nātra saṁśayaḥ ||28|| vaiṣṇavād darśanenaiva sparśanena ca pārvati | sadyaḥ pūtaṁ jalaṁ vahnir jagat pūtaḥ samīraṇaḥ ||29|| darśanaṁ vaiṣṇavānāṁ ca devā vāñchanti nityaśaḥ | na vaiṣṇavāt paraḥ pūto viśveṣu nikhileṣu ca ||30|| ity uktvā saṅkaraḥ śīghraṁ nāradena sahātmajaḥ | yayau mandākinī-tīraṁ nīraṁ kṣīropamaṁ param ||31|| tatra snāto mahā-devī nāradaś ca mahā-muniḥ | samācāntaḥ śucis tatra dhṛtvā dhaute ca vāsavī ||32|| kṛṣṇa-mantraṁ dadau tasmai nāradāya maheśvaraḥ | paraṁ kapla-taru-varaṁ sarva-siddhi-pradaṁ śuka ||33|| lakṣmīr māyā-kāma-bījaṁ ṅentaṁ kṛṣṇa-padaṁ tataḥ | jagat-pūta-priyāntaṁ ca mantra-rājaṁ prakīrtitam ||34|| mantraṁ gṛhītvā sa muniḥ śivaṁ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam | sapta vārān namas kṛtya svātmānaṁ dakṣiṇāṁ dadau ||35|| tat-pāda-padme vikrītamājanma mastakaṁ param | muninā bhakti-yuktena svarga-mandākinī-taṭe ||36|| etasminn antare vatsa puṣpa-vṛṣṭir babhūva ha | nāradopari tatraiva suśrāva dundubhir muniḥ ||37|| nanarta brahmaṇaḥ putro brahma-loke nirāmaye | brahmā jagāma tatraiva suprasannaś ca sasmitaḥ ||38|| putraṁ śubhāśiṣaṁ kṛtvā tuṣṭāva candra-śekharam | śambhuś ca pūjayām āsa brāhmaṇam atithiṁ tathā | śambhuṁ śubhāśiṣaṁ kṛtvā brahma-lokaṁ yayau vidhiḥ ||39|| iti śrī-nārada-pañca-rātre jñānāmṛta-sāre prathamaika-rātre nāradopadeśa-grahaṇaṁ nāma navamo 'dhyāyaḥ ||9|| …

English translation

CHAPTER IX

Sri Vyasa said :—Thus granting boon to Narada, Mahadeva Himself, the Highest of the knowers of the Vedas, honoured Narada. according to the Vedic ceremonies and worshipped him, (i.e., made him eat, drink and sleep). (1)

Thus finishing his meals, at the temple of Mahadeva, Narada began to perform devotional services to Parvati and Paramesvara. (2)

Thus when some days passed, Sankara, the ocean of mercy, addressed to Narada before an assembly. (3)

Sri Mahadeva said :—O son ! speak out what you desire; T have already granted boon to you ; what more do you want. (4)

Hearing this from Mahadeva, in the midst of an assembly in Kailasa, expressed what he wanted to say. (5)

Sri Narada said :~The beautiful spiritual knowledge, the essence of the Vedas, the knowledge leading to the devotion to Sri Hari that gives liberation, the knowledge of yoga, the knowledge leading to the Siddhis (perfections) and worldly knowledge are the five sorts of Jiidnas (knowledge). (6-7)

The manners and customs of the different aSramas (periods of life) and their holy duties, again the duties of widows, beggars, yatis and Brahmacaris are pure and holy. (8) ,

Then again the worship of Sri Krsna, and the rules thereof,

the recitations of hymns daily to Him, the mantra (sacred formula) and the desired Purascarana (repeating of mantras). (9)

The karmas of Jivas and the fructification thereof; the cutting off of the Karmas by their roots, the desire for Samsara, the characteristics of Prakrti and Puruga. (10)

And then the Being beyond them and what are His Avataras, who is His Athga (part) and who is the Full ? Kindly speak out all these to me. (11)

On the Highest Knowledge 65 What Kavaca did Narayana Rsi give to Subhadra Brahmana ? And who is the Being worshipped there ? (12)

O Best of the Devas ! kindly speak all these to me what I have

now questioned to you ; also of other knowledges to me. (13)

The knowledge of mantras and tantras arises out of the instructions imparted by Guru ; and Tantra becomes capable of being spoken and imparted by words and Mantra becomes applicable to

what gives rise to the devotion towards Sri Hari. (14)

Some knowledge is derived when intelligent persons expound

the meaning of the Vedas and when they meditate on the meaning

of the Vedas ; Thou art thyself the author of the Vedas and the presiding Deity of the knowledge. (15)

Mahadeva wonderd and looking

Hearing the words of Narada, (16)

towards Gauri, began to address Ganega :—

§ri Mahadeva said :—Ob ! What wondrous is the extraordinary greatness of these Vaisnavas, the eternal servanis of Hari, who always remain devoted to the feet of Hari having 00 ulterior selfish motive of their own, and restrain their passions ! (17)

Oh ! The glory of these Vaisnavas who meditate, day and night the lotus feet of Sri Krgna, worshipped by Laksmi, Brahma, and Mahadeva, and adored by Sega and other Devas. as)

All the Tirthas, and the whole earth, for their own purification, want to make friendship with the Vaisnavas, touch their bodies and have the dust of their holy feet. (19)

O Son Ganega !| O Parvati! The holy water with which the feet of the Vaignavas who worship the Krsna mantra have been washed sanctify al! the Tirthas and the Earth. (20)

Him the intelligent persons calls the world-sanctifying Vaisnavas, in whose ears the Krgna mantram has been uttered by a Brahmana. (21)

Just on taking the Krsna mantra, Narayana and delivers hundred families of his ow hitch. (22)

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a Narada Pajicaratram

Just when a Vaisnava is born, he sanctifics hundrecs of hig families on his father’s side who being freed from their Karmic bonds, goes at once to the region of Vaikuntha. (23)

And he sanctifies seven generations on his mother’s side, ag well as the seven generations of the family of the girl whom he ‘marries. (24)

A devotee of Sri Krgna delivers his mother, grand mother, wife, seven succeeding generations (sons etc.), brothers, sisters, and daughters, (25)

He earns the merits of bathing in all the tirthas, of being initiated in all.the yajiias (sacrifices), of being ordained in all the ‘Vratas and of the fruits of all sorts of worship. (26)

The devotee of Sri Visnu who obtains Sri Visnu mantra from a highly qualified Brahmana becomes freed of sins of koti births ; ‘there is no doubt in this. (27)

The mere sight of a devotee of Sri Krgna mantra frees at once -a man of sins.of his hundred births; one need not indulge any ‘trace of doubt in this. (28)

O Parvati ! The sight and touch of a Vaisnava purify imme- ‘diately water, fire, world, and air. (29)

_ The devas constantly desire to have an interview with the Vaisnvas ; no other thing in the whole universe is purer than a Vaignava. (30)

Saying thus, Svayambhu Mahadeva went with Narada to the

banks of the river Mandakini whose waters were like those of the milky ocean. (31)

Both of them bathed there, and put on washed clothes and performed Acamana (sipping water before a worship) and became

pure. (32)

O Sukadeva ! Mahadeva then gave the mantra of Sri Krsna to Narada and then the Kavaca, yielding all success and which

was like the bést Kalpa tree yielding the fruits of all desires. (33)

The above mantra, the King of all mantras, is Srim, Hrim, Klim Krgnaya Svaha. (34)

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Kim _Laksmivija is Srim. Mayavija is Hrim ; Kamavija is . Svaha is the consort of Brahma.] (34) _ Narada Rsi circumambulated Mahadeva seven times after his ase initiated in the mantra, saluted Him and gave Him his soul 8 the Dakgind (fee). (35)

Narada sold his head from his very birth most devotedly to

the lotus feet of Sri Mahadeva on the banks of the heavenly river andakini. (36)

O Child! at this moment a shower of 4 Narada’s head and the celestial drum sounded in Brahmaloka ; nd Narada heard that. (37)

When Narada, Brahma’s son, was dancing in his gladness, Brahma saw and arrived there with a pleased mind and with a SMiling countenance. (38)

Brahma blessed his own son and became . plea

ahadeva. Sambhu entertained Brahma as His guest ; Brahma Lk Sambbhu His blessing and went back to Brahmaloka (the gion of Brahma). (39) Here ends the ninth chapter in the first night of Sri Na Pajicadtra on Nirada’s being initiated in the mantra.

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Complete chapter-aligned witnesses. Sanskrit/IAST is the GGM complete amended text, version 1.1, based on Vijñānānanda’s 1997 edition; the displayed Devanagari is transliterated directly from that proofread IAST witness. English is Swami Vijñānānanda’s complete translation, printed pages 60–63 (scan pages 77–80). It was extracted with Tesseract 5 English OCR from the 200 ppi published scan, with chapter boundaries controlled against the printed contents. No unsupported verse-by-verse equivalence is asserted.