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पञ्चदशो ऽध्यायः गते नियमिते काले गन्धर्वश् चोपवर्हणः । स्व-योगेन जहौ देहꣳ भारते प्राक्तनाद् अहो ॥१॥ स जज्ञे शुद्र-योनौ च पितुः शापेन च दैवतः । विष्णु-प्रसादꣳ भुक्त्वा च बभूव ब्रह्मणः सुतः ॥२॥ विमुक्तस् तात-शापेन सम्प्राप्य ज्ञानम् उत्तमम् । प्रति-जन्म-स्मृतिस् तस्य कृष्ण-मन्त्र-प्रसादतः ॥३॥ पितुः सकाशाद् आगत्य सम्प्राप चन्द्र-शेखरात् । श्री-कृष्ण-मन्त्रम् अतुलꣳ स्वर्ग-मन्दाकिनी-तटे ॥४॥ स्वर्ग-मन्दाकिनी-तीराद् गुरुणा शङ्करेण च । सहितः प्रययौ तूर्णꣳ पार्वती-सन्निधानतः ॥५॥ उवास तत्र शम्भुश् च नारदश् च महा-मुनिः । पार्वती भद्र-काली स्कन्दो गण-पतिः स्वयम् ॥६॥ महा-कालश् च नन्दी च वीर-भद्रः प्रतापवान् । सिद्धा महर्षयश् च मुनयः सन्कादयः ॥७॥ योगीन्द्रा ज्ञानिनः सर्वे समूचुः शम्भु-सꣳसदि । यत् स्तोत्रꣳ कवचꣳ ध्यानꣳ सुभद्राय च कानने ॥८॥ नारायणर्षि-भगवान् ब्राह्मणाय ददौ पुरा । पूजा-विधानꣳ यद् यच् च पुरश्-चरण-पूर्वकम् ॥९॥ तद् एव भगवान् शम्भुः प्रददौ नारदाय च । उवाच शम्भुꣳ देवर्षिर् योगिनाꣳ च गुरोर् गुरुम् । पार्वती-सन्निधौ तत्र नारदश् च महा-मुनिः ॥१०॥ भगवन् सर्व-धर्म-ज्ञ सर्व-ज्ञ सर्व-कारण । सद् यत् पृष्टꣳ मया पूर्वꣳ तन् माꣳ व्याख्यातुम् अर्हसि ॥११॥ यद् यत् पृष्टꣳ त्वया ब्रह्मन् प्रत्येकꣳ च क्रमेण च । पुनः प्रश्नꣳ कुरु मुने शृण्वन्तु मत्-सभासदः ॥१२॥ आध्यात्मिकꣳ च यज् ज्ञानꣳ वेदानाꣳ सारम् उत्तमम् । ज्ञानꣳ ज्ञानिषु सारꣳ यत् कृष्ण-भक्ति-प्रदꣳ शुभꣳ ॥१३॥ निर्वाण-मुक्तिदꣳ ज्ञानꣳ कर्म-मूल-निकृन्तनम् । तत्-सिद्धि-योगान् मुक्तिश् च योगिनाम् अपि वाञ्च्छितम् ॥१४॥ सꣳसार-विषयꣳ ज्ञानꣳ शश्वत् सम्मोह-वेष्टितम् । आश्रमाणाꣳ समाचारꣳ तेषाꣳ धर्म-परिष्कृतम् ॥१५॥ चतुर्णाꣳ वर्णनाꣳ विधानाꣳ महेश्वर । भिक्षूणाꣳ वैष्णवानाꣳ च यतीनाꣳ ब्रह्म-चारिणाम् ॥१६॥ वान-प्रस्थाश्रमाणाꣳ च पण्डितानाꣳ तथैव च । पति-व्रतानाꣳ यद् यच् च श्री-कृष्ण-पूजनꣳ च यत् ॥१७॥ यत् स्तोत्रꣳ कवचꣳ मन्त्रꣳ पुरश्-चरणम् ईप्सितम् । सार्वाह्निकम् अभीष्टꣳ च विपाकꣳ कर्म-जीविनाम् ॥१८॥ सꣳसार-वासना-बद्धꣳ लक्षणꣳ प्रकृतीशयोः । तयोः परꣳ वा यद् ब्रह्म तस्यावतार-वर्णनम् ॥१९॥ कस् तत् कलावतीर्णश् च कस् तद्-अꣳशश् तथैव च । परिपूर्णतमः कश् च कः पूर्णः कः कलाꣳशकः ॥२०॥ कस्य वाराधने शम्भो किꣳ फलꣳ किꣳ यशस् तथा । अङ्गाङ्गिनोर् भेद-फलꣳ विस्तीर्णꣳ निरपेक्षकम् ॥२१॥ नारायणर्षि-कवचꣳ सुभद्र-ब्राह्मणाय च । यद् दत्तꣳ किꣳ तद् देवेश तद्-आराध्यश् च कः सुरः ॥२२॥ अति-सꣳगोपनीयꣳ च कवचꣳ परमाद्भुतम् । सुदुर्लभꣳ च विश्वेषु नोक्तꣳ माꣳ ब्रह्मणा पुरा ॥२३॥ सनत्-कुमारो जानाति नोक्तꣳ तेन पुरा च माम् । मया ज्ञानम् अनापृष्टꣳ यद् यज् जानासि मङ्गलम् ॥२४॥ वेद-सारम् अनुपमꣳ कर्म-मूल-निकृन्तनम् । तन् मे कथय भद्रेश माम् एवानुग्रहꣳ कुरु ॥२५॥ अपूर्वꣳ राधिकाख्यानꣳ वेदेषु च सुदुर्लभम् । पुराणेष्व् इतिहासे च वेदाङ्गेषु सुदुर्लभम् ॥२६॥ गुरोश् च ज्ञानोदिगरणात् ज्ञानꣳ स्यान् मन्त्र-तन्त्रयोः । तत् तन्तꣳ स च मन्त्रः स्यात् कृष्ण-भक्तिर् यतो भवेत् ॥२७॥ ज्ञानꣳ स्याद् विदुषाꣳ किꣳचिद् वेद-व्याख्यानतः प्रभो । वेद-कारण-पूज्यश् त्वꣳ ज्ञानाधिष्ठातृ-देवता ॥२८॥ तस्माद् भवान् परꣳ ज्ञानꣳ वद वेद-विदाꣳ वर । माꣳ भक्तम् अनुरक्तꣳ च शरणागतम् ईश्वर ॥२९॥ नारदस्य वचः श्रुत्वा योगिनाꣳ च गुरोर् गुरुः । भगवत्या सहालोच्य ज्ञानꣳ वक्तुꣳ समुद्यतः ॥३०॥ इत्य् एवꣳ कथितꣳ सर्वꣳ पूर्वाख्यानꣳ मनोहरम् । हरि-भक्ति-प्रदꣳ सर्वꣳ कर्म-मूल-निकृन्तनम् ॥३१॥ इति श्री-नारद-पञ्च-रात्रे ज्ञानामृत-सारे प्रथमैक-रात्रे पञ्चदशो ऽध्यायः ॥१५॥ समाप्तश् चेदꣳ नारद-पञ्च-रात्रैक-रात्रम् … द्वितीय-रात्रे

pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ gate niyamite kāle gandharvaś copavarhaṇaḥ | sva-yogena jahau dehaṁ bhārate prāktanād aho ||1|| sa jajñe śudra-yonau ca pituḥ śāpena ca daivataḥ | viṣṇu-prasādaṁ bhuktvā ca babhūva brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ ||2|| vimuktas tāta-śāpena samprāpya jñānam uttamam | prati-janma-smṛtis tasya kṛṣṇa-mantra-prasādataḥ ||3|| pituḥ sakāśād āgatya samprāpa candra-śekharāt | śrī-kṛṣṇa-mantram atulaṁ svarga-mandākinī-taṭe ||4|| svarga-mandākinī-tīrād guruṇā śaṅkareṇa ca | sahitaḥ prayayau tūrṇaṁ pārvatī-sannidhānataḥ ||5|| uvāsa tatra śambhuś ca nāradaś ca mahā-muniḥ | pārvatī bhadra-kālī skando gaṇa-patiḥ svayam ||6|| mahā-kālaś ca nandī ca vīra-bhadraḥ pratāpavān | siddhā maharṣayaś ca munayaḥ sankādayaḥ ||7|| yogīndrā jñāninaḥ sarve samūcuḥ śambhu-saṁsadi | yat stotraṁ kavacaṁ dhyānaṁ subhadrāya ca kānane ||8|| nārāyaṇarṣi-bhagavān brāhmaṇāya dadau purā | pūjā-vidhānaṁ yad yac ca puraś-caraṇa-pūrvakam ||9|| tad eva bhagavān śambhuḥ pradadau nāradāya ca | uvāca śambhuṁ devarṣir yogināṁ ca guror gurum | pārvatī-sannidhau tatra nāradaś ca mahā-muniḥ ||10|| bhagavan sarva-dharma-jña sarva-jña sarva-kāraṇa | sad yat pṛṣṭaṁ mayā pūrvaṁ tan māṁ vyākhyātum arhasi ||11|| yad yat pṛṣṭaṁ tvayā brahman pratyekaṁ ca krameṇa ca | punaḥ praśnaṁ kuru mune śṛṇvantu mat-sabhāsadaḥ ||12|| ādhyātmikaṁ ca yaj jñānaṁ vedānāṁ sāram uttamam | jñānaṁ jñāniṣu sāraṁ yat kṛṣṇa-bhakti-pradaṁ śubhaṁ ||13|| nirvāṇa-muktidaṁ jñānaṁ karma-mūla-nikṛntanam | tat-siddhi-yogān muktiś ca yoginām api vāñcchitam ||14|| saṁsāra-viṣayaṁ jñānaṁ śaśvat sammoha-veṣṭitam | āśramāṇāṁ samācāraṁ teṣāṁ dharma-pariṣkṛtam ||15|| caturṇāṁ varṇanāṁ vidhānāṁ maheśvara | bhikṣūṇāṁ vaiṣṇavānāṁ ca yatīnāṁ brahma-cāriṇām ||16|| vāna-prasthāśramāṇāṁ ca paṇḍitānāṁ tathaiva ca | pati-vratānāṁ yad yac ca śrī-kṛṣṇa-pūjanaṁ ca yat ||17|| yat stotraṁ kavacaṁ mantraṁ puraś-caraṇam īpsitam | sārvāhnikam abhīṣṭaṁ ca vipākaṁ karma-jīvinām ||18|| saṁsāra-vāsanā-baddhaṁ lakṣaṇaṁ prakṛtīśayoḥ | tayoḥ paraṁ vā yad brahma tasyāvatāra-varṇanam ||19|| kas tat kalāvatīrṇaś ca kas tad-aṁśaś tathaiva ca | paripūrṇatamaḥ kaś ca kaḥ pūrṇaḥ kaḥ kalāṁśakaḥ ||20|| kasya vārādhane śambho kiṁ phalaṁ kiṁ yaśas tathā | aṅgāṅginor bheda-phalaṁ vistīrṇaṁ nirapekṣakam ||21|| nārāyaṇarṣi-kavacaṁ subhadra-brāhmaṇāya ca | yad dattaṁ kiṁ tad deveśa tad-ārādhyaś ca kaḥ suraḥ ||22|| ati-saṁgopanīyaṁ ca kavacaṁ paramādbhutam | sudurlabhaṁ ca viśveṣu noktaṁ māṁ brahmaṇā purā ||23|| sanat-kumāro jānāti noktaṁ tena purā ca mām | mayā jñānam anāpṛṣṭaṁ yad yaj jānāsi maṅgalam ||24|| veda-sāram anupamaṁ karma-mūla-nikṛntanam | tan me kathaya bhadreśa mām evānugrahaṁ kuru ||25|| apūrvaṁ rādhikākhyānaṁ vedeṣu ca sudurlabham | purāṇeṣv itihāse ca vedāṅgeṣu sudurlabham ||26|| guroś ca jñānodigaraṇāt jñānaṁ syān mantra-tantrayoḥ | tat tantaṁ sa ca mantraḥ syāt kṛṣṇa-bhaktir yato bhavet ||27|| jñānaṁ syād viduṣāṁ kiṁcid veda-vyākhyānataḥ prabho | veda-kāraṇa-pūjyaś tvaṁ jñānādhiṣṭhātṛ-devatā ||28|| tasmād bhavān paraṁ jñānaṁ vada veda-vidāṁ vara | māṁ bhaktam anuraktaṁ ca śaraṇāgatam īśvara ||29|| nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā yogināṁ ca guror guruḥ | bhagavatyā sahālocya jñānaṁ vaktuṁ samudyataḥ ||30|| ity evaṁ kathitaṁ sarvaṁ pūrvākhyānaṁ manoharam | hari-bhakti-pradaṁ sarvaṁ karma-mūla-nikṛntanam ||31|| iti śrī-nārada-pañca-rātre jñānāmṛta-sāre prathamaika-rātre pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ||15|| samāptaś cedaṁ nārada-pañca-rātraika-rātram … dvitīya-rātre

English translation

CHAPTER XV

Sri Vyasa said :—When the prescribed time passed away, Upavarbna Gandharva quitted his body in the land of Bharata by yogic power, as was ordained by his previous fate. (1)

Due to the curse inflicted on him by his father, he was born in parts of a Deva (Deva athéa) in the womb of a Sudrani ; and, eating the prasada of Vigsnu, he became again the son of Brahma. (2)

Due to the power of the Krsna mantra. he remembered each of his previous births. Now he became freed of his father’s curse and obtained the excellent wisdom, (3)

He went to his father, and, on the Mandakini, he Mahadeva, (4)

banks of the heavenly river got the excellent Krsna mantra from

Narada then went, ere long, from the Mandakini to Parvati, accompanied by his own Guru Mahadeva. (5) There Mahadeva,

the great Muni Narada, Parvati, Bhadra Kali, Kartikeya and Ga.

napati, all sat down. (6)

Mahakala, Nandi, the powerful Virabhadra,

the Siddhas, aharsis, Sanaka and other Munis sat there. (7) Then, in the assembly of Mahadeva, the Jiidnins and the Yogindra

S, all spoke that the Stotra (praise), Kavaca, meditation mantra and the m:thod of worship and Puraécarana (repetition of the name of the deity, attended with burnt offerings, oblations etce.,) that Narayana Rsi gave to the Brahmana Subhadra, Bhagavan Sambhu now pave that to Narada. Then the Devarsi

Narada asked Sambhu, the Guru of the Gurus Of the Yogis before Parvati. (8-10)

O The, the Knower of all religions! O Thou, the Omniscient One, O Thou, the Cause of all ! O Bhagavan ! Now be

8racious enough to speak to me all that I asked you before (11)

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§ri Mahadeva said:—O Muni! O Brahman! Ask again, in due order what you asked before ; Jet my audience in the assembly hear them. (12)

§ri Narada said:—These were my questions in order :—the essence, the excellent spiritual knowledge of the Vedas; the wisdom leading to the devotion of Krsna, the knowledge of Nirvina Mukti, severing the roots of the fruits of Karma, the knowledge which, being perfected leads to Mukti, and is desired by the Yogis;then the knowledge of worldly life and worldly things that constatly keep one under. delusion, the dharmas of different Agramas (different stages of life) and about the four ‘varnas (castes), about the dharmas of the widows, Bhiksus, Vaignavas, Yatis and Brahmacaris. (13-16)

About the Acira (rites and ceremonies), of the followers of Vinaprastha Asrama, about the Pandits, and about chaste women ; about the worship of Sri Krsna. (17)

About His stotra (praises), Kavaca, with regard to Him, the desired objects, Purascarana, fruits of Karmas and a finality of the Jivas. (18)

About the characterestics of Prakrti and the they are under worldly desires, about Brahma who is of them, and about His Avataras or Incarnations.

Who is His Kala Avatara ; who is His part Ava His full Avatara and what are their names ? (20)

O Deva ! What are the specific results of worship them respectively ; what is the faive acquired thereby ? and what differences or relations there are as a matter of course. between the subordinates and the principal (or of those which sre helped or feed to the helper or the feeder) ? (21)

What is the Kavaca that Narayana Rgi gave t° Subhadra Brahmana ? and who is the Deva of the Kavaca, that ought to be worshipped. (22)

Brahma did not tell me befor that ought to be kept very secret, universe. (23)

Mantra, the daily duties and the

Lord. when beyond both

(19)

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Sanat Kumara knows it ; but he, too, did not tell it before to me. Now kindly tell me what I have asked you; and also what

I have not asked you ; and what amongst them is auspicious and good to me. (24)

O Abode of all auspiciousness! Be gracious unto me and instruct me on that knowledge which sever the bonds of Karma

and the fraits thereof; and what is the essence of all the Vedas. (25)

The history of Radhika is very wonderful; it is very

difficult to be attained in the Vedas, Puranas,. Itihasas, and Vedangas. (26)

When the Guru imparts knowledge, then there arises the notion and knowledge of Mantra and Tantra. Again that is

Tantra and that is Mantra which gives rise to Haribhakti (devotion to Hari). (27)

O Lord ! when the learned expound the Vedas, some knowledge then arises. But Thou art worshipped by the cause that

gives birth to the Vedas and Thou art the presiding Deity of all knowledge. (28)

O Thou, the Best of the knowers of the Vedas! O Isvara! Dost thou give me the knowledge of Krgna, to one who is Thy devotee. under Thy refuge, (29)

Hearing the words of Narada, Maha Deva, the Guru of the. Gurus of the Yogis, consulted with Parvati and began to speak on knowledge, (39)

Thus I have now told you all about the beautiful knowledge,

leading to devotion to Hari, and severing the roots and fruits of Karma. (31)

Here ends the fifteenth chapter, iu the first night, of Sri Narada Pajicaratram on the nectar of knowledge ENDS OF FIRST NIGHT.

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 98–100 (scan pages 115–117). 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.