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द्वितीयोऽध्यायः शुक्लाम्बरधरꣳ विष्णुꣳ शशिवर्णꣳ चतुर्भुजम् । प्रसन्नवदनꣳ ध्यायेत् सर्वविघ्नोपशान्तये ॥१॥ ब्रह्मलोकादिह प्राप्तꣳ नारदꣳ भगवत्प्रियम् । दृष्ट्वा नत्वा सभायाꣳ तु प्रप्रच्छुर्मुनयो मुदा ॥२॥ ऋषय ऊचुः— ब्रह्मन् केन प्रकारेण सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत् । विना दानेन तपसा विना तीर्थैर्विना मखैः ॥३॥ विना वेदैर्विना ध्यानैर्विना चेन्द्रियनिग्रहैः । विना शास्त्रसमूहैश्च कथꣳ मुक्तिरवाप्यते ॥४॥ दानेन तपसा तीर्थैर्मखैश्चापि विना मुने । देवाधिदेवो देवेशः स्थितस्तपसि शङ्करः । कꣳ समाराधयेद्देवꣳ जपध्यानपरायणः ॥५॥ इदमेव पुरा पृष्टः पार्वत्या परमेश्वरः । यदुवाच शृणुध्वꣳ हि कथयामि सुविस्तरात् ॥६॥ कैलासशिखरासीनꣳ देवदेवꣳ जगद्गुरुम् । प्राणिपत्य महादेवꣳ पर्यपृच्छदुमापतिम् ॥७॥ श्रीपार्वत्युवाच— भगवꣳस्त्वꣳ परो देवः सर्वज्ञः सर्वपूजितः । त्वल्लिङ्गमर्च्यते देवैर्ब्रह्मसूर्यादिकैरपि ॥८॥ त्वत्तो लभन्तेऽभिमताꣳ सिद्धिꣳ सर्ववरप्रद । त्वꣳ जन्ममृत्युरहितः स्वयम्भूः सर्वशक्तिमान् ॥९॥ सदा ध्यायसि कि स्वामिन् दिग्वासा मदनान्तकः । तपश्चरसि कस्मात्त्वꣳ जटिलो भस्मधूसरः ॥१०॥ किꣳ वा जपसि देवेश परꣳ कौतूहलꣳ हि मे । अनुग्राह्या प्रिया चाहꣳ तन्मे कथय सुव्रत ॥११॥ श्री महादेव उचाच— नेदꣳ कस्यापि कथितꣳ गोपनीयभिदꣳ मम । किꣳ तु वक्ष्यामि भद्रꣳ ते त्वꣳ भक्तासि प्रियासि मे ॥१२॥ पुरा सत्ययुगे देवि विशुद्धमतयोऽखिलाः । यजन्ति विष्णु मेवैकꣳ ज्ञात्वा सर्वेश्वरेश्वरम् ॥१३॥ प्रयान्ति परमामृद्धिमैहिकामुष्मिकीꣳ पराम् । या न प्राप्ताऽमरैः सर्वैरक्षया क्लेशवर्जिता ॥१४॥ न ताꣳ सन्तः प्रपद्यन्ते विनाचाररतान्नरान् । सन्मुखादपि सꣳश्रुत्य देवा विष्णुबहिर्मुखाः ॥१५॥ वेदैः पुराणैः सिद्धान्तैर्भिन्नैविश्रान्तचेतसः । निश्चयꣳ नाधिगच्छन्ति किꣳ तत्वꣳ किꣳ परꣳ पदम् ॥१६॥ तुलापुरुषदानाद्यैरश्वमेधादिभिर्मखैः । वाराणसीप्रयागादितीर्थस्नानादिभिः प्रिये ॥१७॥ गयाश्राद्धादिभिः पित्र्यैर्वेदपाठादिभिर्जपैः । तपोभिरुग्रैर्नियमैर्धर्मैर्भूतदयादिभिः ॥१८॥ गुरुशुश्रूषणैः सत्यैर्धमैर्वर्णाश्रमोदितैः । ज्ञानध्यानादिभिः सम्यक् चरितैर्जन्मजन्मभिः ॥१९॥ न याति तत्परꣳ श्रेयो विष्णुꣳ सर्वेश्वरेश्वरम् । सर्वभावैरनाश्रित्य पुराणꣳ पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥२०॥ अनन्यगतयो मर्त्यो भोगिनोऽपि परꣳतपाः । ज्ञानवैराग्यरहिता ब्रह्मचर्यादिवर्जिताः ॥२१॥ सर्वधर्मजितो विष्णोर्नाममात्रैकजल्पकाः सुखेन याꣳ गतिꣳ यान्ति न ताꣳ सर्वेऽपि धार्मिकाः ॥२२॥ स्मर्तव्यः सततꣳ विष्णुर्विस्मर्त्तव्यो न कर्हिचित् । सर्वे विधिनिषिद्धाः स्युरेतस्यैव हि किङ्कराः ॥२३॥ किꣳ तु बह्मादिभिर्देवैः पुरा दृष्ट्वा निरꣳहसः । निर्भयꣳ विष्णु नाम्नैव यथेष्टꣳ पदमागतान् ॥२४॥ अलक्ष्य चात्मनः पूजाꣳ सम्यगाराधितो हरिः । मया चास्मादपि त्रैष्ठ्यꣳ वाञ्छितोऽयꣳ यतात्मना ॥२५॥ ततः साक्षाज्जगन्नाथः प्रसन्नो भक्तवत्सलः । अꣳशाꣳशेनात्मनो वैतान् पूजयामास केशवः ॥२६॥ देवान् पितृन् द्विजान् हव्यकव्याशान् करुणामयः । ततः प्रभृति पूज्यन्ते त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे ॥२७॥ बह्मादयः सुराः सर्वे प्रसादात् शार्ङ्गधन्वनः । माञ्चोवाच तदा मत्तः पूज्यश्रेष्ठो भविष्यसि ॥२८॥ त्वामाराध्य यदा शम्भो ग्रहिष्यामि वरꣳतव । द्वापरादौ युगे भूत्वा कलया मानुषादिषु ॥२९॥ आगमैः कल्पितैस्त्वꣳ हि जनान् मद्विमुखान् कुरु । माꣳ च गोपयमे न स्यात् सृष्टिरेवोत्तरोत्तरा । ततस्तꣳ प्रणिपत्याहमुवाच परमेश्वरम् ॥३०॥ इति श्रीनारदपञ्चरात्रे ज्ञानामृतसारे चतुर्थरात्रे द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ॥२॥ …

dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ śuklāmbaradharaṁ viṣṇuṁ śaśivarṇaṁ caturbhujam | prasannavadanaṁ dhyāyet sarvavighnopaśāntaye ||1|| brahmalokādiha prāptaṁ nāradaṁ bhagavatpriyam | dṛṣṭvā natvā sabhāyāṁ tu prapracchurmunayo mudā ||2|| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ— brahman kena prakāreṇa sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet | vinā dānena tapasā vinā tīrthairvinā makhaiḥ ||3|| vinā vedairvinā dhyānairvinā cendriyanigrahaiḥ | vinā śāstrasamūhaiśca kathaṁ muktiravāpyate ||4|| dānena tapasā tīrthairmakhaiścāpi vinā mune | devādhidevo deveśaḥ sthitastapasi śaṅkaraḥ | kaṁ samārādhayeddevaṁ japadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ ||5|| idameva purā pṛṣṭaḥ pārvatyā parameśvaraḥ | yaduvāca śṛṇudhvaṁ hi kathayāmi suvistarāt ||6|| kailāsaśikharāsīnaṁ devadevaṁ jagadgurum | prāṇipatya mahādevaṁ paryapṛcchadumāpatim ||7|| śrīpārvatyuvāca— bhagavaṁstvaṁ paro devaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvapūjitaḥ | tvalliṅgamarcyate devairbrahmasūryādikairapi ||8|| tvatto labhante'bhimatāṁ siddhiṁ sarvavaraprada | tvaṁ janmamṛtyurahitaḥ svayambhūḥ sarvaśaktimān ||9|| sadā dhyāyasi ki svāmin digvāsā madanāntakaḥ | tapaścarasi kasmāttvaṁ jaṭilo bhasmadhūsaraḥ ||10|| kiṁ vā japasi deveśa paraṁ kautūhalaṁ hi me | anugrāhyā priyā cāhaṁ tanme kathaya suvrata ||11|| śrī mahādeva ucāca— nedaṁ kasyāpi kathitaṁ gopanīyabhidaṁ mama | kiṁ tu vakṣyāmi bhadraṁ te tvaṁ bhaktāsi priyāsi me ||12|| purā satyayuge devi viśuddhamatayo'khilāḥ | yajanti viṣṇu mevaikaṁ jñātvā sarveśvareśvaram ||13|| prayānti paramāmṛddhimaihikāmuṣmikīṁ parām | yā na prāptā'maraiḥ sarvairakṣayā kleśavarjitā ||14|| na tāṁ santaḥ prapadyante vinācāraratānnarān | sanmukhādapi saṁśrutya devā viṣṇubahirmukhāḥ ||15|| vedaiḥ purāṇaiḥ siddhāntairbhinnaiviśrāntacetasaḥ | niścayaṁ nādhigacchanti kiṁ tatvaṁ kiṁ paraṁ padam ||16|| tulāpuruṣadānādyairaśvamedhādibhirmakhaiḥ | vārāṇasīprayāgāditīrthasnānādibhiḥ priye ||17|| gayāśrāddhādibhiḥ pitryairvedapāṭhādibhirjapaiḥ | tapobhirugrairniyamairdharmairbhūtadayādibhiḥ ||18|| guruśuśrūṣaṇaiḥ satyairdhamairvarṇāśramoditaiḥ | jñānadhyānādibhiḥ samyak caritairjanmajanmabhiḥ ||19|| na yāti tatparaṁ śreyo viṣṇuṁ sarveśvareśvaram | sarvabhāvairanāśritya purāṇaṁ puruṣottamam ||20|| ananyagatayo martyo bhogino'pi paraṁtapāḥ | jñānavairāgyarahitā brahmacaryādivarjitāḥ ||21|| sarvadharmajito viṣṇornāmamātraikajalpakāḥ sukhena yāṁ gatiṁ yānti na tāṁ sarve'pi dhārmikāḥ ||22|| smartavyaḥ satataṁ viṣṇurvismarttavyo na karhicit | sarve vidhiniṣiddhāḥ syuretasyaiva hi kiṅkarāḥ ||23|| kiṁ tu bahmādibhirdevaiḥ purā dṛṣṭvā niraṁhasaḥ | nirbhayaṁ viṣṇu nāmnaiva yatheṣṭaṁ padamāgatān ||24|| alakṣya cātmanaḥ pūjāṁ samyagārādhito hariḥ | mayā cāsmādapi traiṣṭhyaṁ vāñchito'yaṁ yatātmanā ||25|| tataḥ sākṣājjagannāthaḥ prasanno bhaktavatsalaḥ | aṁśāṁśenātmano vaitān pūjayāmāsa keśavaḥ ||26|| devān pitṛn dvijān havyakavyāśān karuṇāmayaḥ | tataḥ prabhṛti pūjyante trailokye sacarācare ||27|| bahmādayaḥ surāḥ sarve prasādāt śārṅgadhanvanaḥ | māñcovāca tadā mattaḥ pūjyaśreṣṭho bhaviṣyasi ||28|| tvāmārādhya yadā śambho grahiṣyāmi varaṁtava | dvāparādau yuge bhūtvā kalayā mānuṣādiṣu ||29|| āgamaiḥ kalpitaistvaṁ hi janān madvimukhān kuru | māṁ ca gopayame na syāt sṛṣṭirevottarottarā | tatastaṁ praṇipatyāhamuvāca parameśvaram ||30|| iti śrīnāradapañcarātre jñānāmṛtasāre caturtharātre dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ ||2|| …

English translation

CHAPTER II

ON THE GLORIFICATION OF VISNU IN COURSE OF CONVERSATION BETWEEN PARVATI AND SIVA

Visnu is to be meditated upon for the pacification of all obstacles, Vignu who wears white raiment, who is of white colour, four-armed, and of gracious countinance. (1)

“Qm!I bow down to Sri Krsna, Partha, Lakgmi, Sri Narayana ; and to the Devi Sarasvati and to Nara,” This mantra the Rsi Narada, who is dear to Bhagavan, got from the Brahma Loka. Seeing the Rsiin the midst of the assembly and coming there from the Brahma Loka, all the other Reis present there, bowed-down and asked in the following way. (2)

The Regis said :—How can all the sins be all expiated without having resource to charity and gifts, sacrifice, penance, and going to the sacred places of pilgrimages. (3)

How can Mukti (freedom) be attained w the Vedas, meditation, control of the senses ab

the Sastras. (4) O Muni! To which God does Samkara, the First of all the make Japam of Him and

of charity, penance, ting the sacred places

ithout the study of d the knowledge of

Devas, and Superior to them, worship, meditate Him without performing any act sacrifice, or even going to the Tirthas for wvisi' of pilgrimage. (5)

§ri Narada said :—Parvati asked this very the Highest Deity. He replied He would descri

Hear. (6) Bowing down to the Devadeva Mahadeva, the Guru of the he peaks of Kailasa, Srt

Universe, the Lord of Uma, seated ont Parvati questioned :— (7)

O Bhagavan! Thou art omnicient, Supreme Deity Brahma, Surya and all the Lingam. (8)

question to Siva, be this in detail.

adored by all, the Devas worship Thy

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They get all their desired Siddhis fulfilled by Thy favour. Thou grantest all the boons. Thou art free from birth and death. Thou art Svayambhu (born of Thyself) and Thou art endowed with all the Saktis (powers). (9)

Lord! Why then art Thou naked, wear clots of hair and bear ashes as the ornament of Thy body. To whom dost Thou refer, while performing tapasaya. (10)

O best of the Devas! What japam dost Thou reckon ? 1am very anxious to know all these. I am favoured of Thee ; 80, O Suvrata ! dost Thou kindly speak to me on all these. (il)

Sri Mahadeva said :—I never spoke this to any body. I consider this as very secret. But I will speak to Thee, for Thou ari dear to me and devoted to me. (12)

O Devi! In days of yore in Satya Yuga all the devotees (sadhakas) whose intelligences were purified, came to realise VignU as the one only God, Lord of all the Devas and thus worshipped Him. (13)

Thereby they have got all what are excellent in this and in the next world. All the Gods even did not obtain them as imperishable and without any difficulty. (14)

The persons who observe dcdras (rules of conduct in outer forms and inner forms of worship, behaviour, society etc.,) got them. When the Devas hear from my mouth, they became devoted to Visnu. (15)

From the study of the Vedas, Puranas, and Siddhintas etc., and the other Sastras, the Sadhakas get confounded and are not perfectly convinced. So how can they realise the Highest from them. (16)

O Beloved! That cannot be obtained by the ceremonies Tula purusa Dana (a sort of gift) or Horse sacrifice etc., or bathing in Prayaga (Allahabad), Varanasi, and other sacred places of pilgrimage. (17)

Performing Sraddha (funeral obsequies) at Gaya, the study of

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the Vedas and muttering japams, fierce tapasyas, observing rules of conduct and dharma, shewing kindness to living creatures. (18)

Serving the Guru, observing the true religion, performing Varnagrama dharma and meditating and acquiring knowledge Should be duly performed in every birth. (19)

But all these do not lead to the acquirement of that allauspicious Vignu, the God, the Lord ofall the Devas. How can all these ceremonies lead to the acquisition of that ancient one, the excellent Purusa, who is beyond what contains all these bhavas (mental siates). (20)

Even if one torments the enemies, if one be without an¥ goal, subject to death and bein the midst of enjoyments and if one’s knowledge and Vairdgyam (dispassion) be thwarted and if one be Void of Brahmacarya. (21)

If one mutters the name of Sri Visnu repeatedly, by virtue of the potency of that name that conquers all the dharmas, one attains easily that goal which ail the religious persons do not get. (22)

Visnu is always to be remembered ; never ought He to be forgotten. For all these rules and restrictions are His servants. (23)

Rather Brahma and the other Devas became, 2 fearless and free from anxiety by virtue of this name of Sri Visnu and they obtained sufficient powers and status. (24)

ped, I see specially how Sri im and

in days of yore,

Without caring how [am worship Hari is worshipped. I also controlled myself before H asked greatness from Him. (25)

Then that Sri Kegava, the Lord of the Universe incarnate, kind to the Bhaktas and of exceedingly gracious look, has rendered all these gods, by His parts, worthy of being worshipped. (26)

The compassionate Lord since then has made the Devas, Pitrs, and the Devas of the Yajfas (sacrifices) fit for receiving worship in the three worlds. (27)

Brahma and all the other Devas thus pleased Sri Krsna, the

Holder of the Sarnga bow and said to Him and Me that henceforth Sri Krsna will be superior to Me and receive worship first. (28)

© Sambhu! When I will get boons from you by worshipping you ; and I will be incarnate in human form in the Dvapara Yuga (age). (29)

You would then misdirect the minds of the people away from Me by the Agama Sastras and keep Me private. Thus creation will goon and on. Hearing this I bowed down to Him and said. (30)

Here ends the Second Chapter of the Fourth Night in

Sri Narada Paficaratram Jndnamytasara.

Narada Paficaratram ©

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