Fourth Night, Chapter 10 | Nārada Pañcarātra

Fourth Night · Chapter 10

दशमोऽध्यायः पञ्चप्रकारार्चाविधिः श्री महादेव उवाच— यस्य दर्शनमिच्छन्ति देवा ब्रह्महरादयः । कृपया देवदेवेश मदग्रे सन्निधोभव ॥१॥ तस्य ते परमेशान स्वागतꣳ स्वागतꣳ प्रभो । कृतार्थोनुगृहीतोऽस्मि सफलꣳ जीवितꣳ मम ॥२॥ यदागतोऽसि देवेश चिदानन्दमयाव्यय । अज्ञानाद्वा प्रमादाद्वा वैकल्यात् साधनस्य च । यद्यपूर्णꣳ भवेत्कृत्यꣳ तथाप्यभिमुखो भव ॥३॥ यद्भक्तिलेशसम्पर्कात् परमानन्दसम्भवः । तस्मै ते परमेशाय पाद्यꣳ शुद्धाय कल्पये ॥४॥ देवानामपि देवाय देवानाꣳ देवतात्मने । आचामꣳ कल्पयामीश चात्मनाꣳ शुद्धिहेतवे ॥५॥ तापत्रयहरꣳ दिव्यꣳ परमानन्दसम्भवम् । तापत्रयविमोक्षाय तवार्ध्यꣳ कल्पयाम्यहम् ॥६॥ सर्वकल्मषहीनाय परिपूर्णमखात्मने । मधुपर्कमिदꣳ देव कल्पयामि प्रसीद मे ॥७॥ उच्छिष्टोप्यशुचिर्वापि यस्य स्मरणमात्रतः । शुद्धिमाप्नोति तस्मै ते पनराचमनीयकम् ॥८॥ परमानन्दबोधाय निमग्नानिजमूर्तये । साङ्गोपाङ्गमिदꣳ स्नानꣳ कल्पयाम्यहमीश ते ॥९॥ मायाचित्रपटाच्छन्ननिजगुह्योरुतेजसे । निरावरणविज्ञाय वासस्ते कल्पयाम्यहम् ॥१०॥ यमाश्रित्य महामाया जगत्सम्मोहिनी सदा । तस्मै ते परमेशाय कल्पयाम्युत्तरीयकम् ॥११॥ यस्य शक्तित्रयेणेदꣳ सम्प्रोतमखिलꣳ जगत् । यज्ञसूत्राय तस्मै ते यज्ञसूत्रꣳ प्रकल्पये ॥१२॥ स्वभावसुन्दराङ्गाय नानाशक्त्याश्रयाय ते । भूषणानि विचित्राणि कल्पयामि सुरार्चित ॥१३॥ समस्तदेवदेवेश सर्वतृप्तिकरꣳ परम् । अखण्डानन्दसम्पूर्णꣳ गृहाण जलमुत्तमम् ॥१४॥ परमानन्दसौरभ्यपरिपूर्णदिगन्तरम् । गृहाण परमꣳ गन्धꣳ कृपया परमेश्वर ॥१५॥ तुरीयवनसम्भूतꣳ नानागुणमनोहरम् । सुमन्दसौरभꣳ पुष्पꣳ गृह्यतामिदमुत्तमम् ॥१६॥ वनस्पतिरसो दिव्यो गन्धाढ्यः सुमनोहरः । आघ्रेयः सर्वदेवानाꣳ धूपोऽयꣳ प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥१७॥ सुप्रकाशो महादीपः सर्वतस्तिमिरापहः । सबाह्याभ्यन्तरꣳ ज्योतिर्दीपोऽयꣳ प्रतिगृह्यताम् ॥१८॥ सत्पात्रसिद्धꣳ सुभगꣳ विविधानेकभक्षणम् । निवेदयामि देवेश सानुगाय गृहाण तत् ॥१९॥ पूजा च पञ्चधा प्रोक्ता तासाꣳ भेदान् शृणुष्व मे । अभिगमनमुपादानꣳ योगः स्वाध्याय एव च । इज्या पञ्चप्रकारार्चा क्रमेण कथयामि ते ॥२०॥ ततोऽभिगमनꣳ नाम देवतास्थानमार्जनम् । उपलेपननिर्माल्यदूरीकरणमेव च ॥२१॥ उपादानꣳ नाम गन्धपुष्पादिचयनꣳ तथा । योगो नाम स्वदेहस्य स्वात्मत्वेनैव भावना ॥२२॥ स्वाध्यायो नाम मन्त्रार्थसन्धानपूर्वको जपः । सूक्तस्तोत्रादिपाठस्तु हरिसꣳकीर्तनꣳ तथा ॥२३॥ तत्त्वादिशास्त्राद्यभ्यासः स्वाध्यायः परिकीर्तितः । इज्या नाम स्वदेवस्य पूजनꣳ तु यथार्थतः ॥२४॥ इति पञ्चप्रकारार्चा कथिता तव सुव्रते ॥२५॥ सार्ष्णिसामीप्यसालोक्यसायुज्यसारूप्यदा क्रमात् ॥ इति श्रीनारदपञ्चराने चतुर्थरात्रे पञ्चप्रकारार्चाविधि दशमोऽध्यायः ॥१०॥ …

daśamo'dhyāyaḥ pañcaprakārārcāvidhiḥ śrī mahādeva uvāca— yasya darśanamicchanti devā brahmaharādayaḥ | kṛpayā devadeveśa madagre sannidhobhava ||1|| tasya te parameśāna svāgataṁ svāgataṁ prabho | kṛtārthonugṛhīto'smi saphalaṁ jīvitaṁ mama ||2|| yadāgato'si deveśa cidānandamayāvyaya | ajñānādvā pramādādvā vaikalyāt sādhanasya ca | yadyapūrṇaṁ bhavetkṛtyaṁ tathāpyabhimukho bhava ||3|| yadbhaktileśasamparkāt paramānandasambhavaḥ | tasmai te parameśāya pādyaṁ śuddhāya kalpaye ||4|| devānāmapi devāya devānāṁ devatātmane | ācāmaṁ kalpayāmīśa cātmanāṁ śuddhihetave ||5|| tāpatrayaharaṁ divyaṁ paramānandasambhavam | tāpatrayavimokṣāya tavārdhyaṁ kalpayāmyaham ||6|| sarvakalmaṣahīnāya paripūrṇamakhātmane | madhuparkamidaṁ deva kalpayāmi prasīda me ||7|| ucchiṣṭopyaśucirvāpi yasya smaraṇamātrataḥ | śuddhimāpnoti tasmai te panarācamanīyakam ||8|| paramānandabodhāya nimagnānijamūrtaye | sāṅgopāṅgamidaṁ snānaṁ kalpayāmyahamīśa te ||9|| māyācitrapaṭācchannanijaguhyorutejase | nirāvaraṇavijñāya vāsaste kalpayāmyaham ||10|| yamāśritya mahāmāyā jagatsammohinī sadā | tasmai te parameśāya kalpayāmyuttarīyakam ||11|| yasya śaktitrayeṇedaṁ samprotamakhilaṁ jagat | yajñasūtrāya tasmai te yajñasūtraṁ prakalpaye ||12|| svabhāvasundarāṅgāya nānāśaktyāśrayāya te | bhūṣaṇāni vicitrāṇi kalpayāmi surārcita ||13|| samastadevadeveśa sarvatṛptikaraṁ param | akhaṇḍānandasampūrṇaṁ gṛhāṇa jalamuttamam ||14|| paramānandasaurabhyaparipūrṇadigantaram | gṛhāṇa paramaṁ gandhaṁ kṛpayā parameśvara ||15|| turīyavanasambhūtaṁ nānāguṇamanoharam | sumandasaurabhaṁ puṣpaṁ gṛhyatāmidamuttamam ||16|| vanaspatiraso divyo gandhāḍhyaḥ sumanoharaḥ | āghreyaḥ sarvadevānāṁ dhūpo'yaṁ pratigṛhyatām ||17|| suprakāśo mahādīpaḥ sarvatastimirāpahaḥ | sabāhyābhyantaraṁ jyotirdīpo'yaṁ pratigṛhyatām ||18|| satpātrasiddhaṁ subhagaṁ vividhānekabhakṣaṇam | nivedayāmi deveśa sānugāya gṛhāṇa tat ||19|| pūjā ca pañcadhā proktā tāsāṁ bhedān śṛṇuṣva me | abhigamanamupādānaṁ yogaḥ svādhyāya eva ca | ijyā pañcaprakārārcā krameṇa kathayāmi te ||20|| tato'bhigamanaṁ nāma devatāsthānamārjanam | upalepananirmālyadūrīkaraṇameva ca ||21|| upādānaṁ nāma gandhapuṣpādicayanaṁ tathā | yogo nāma svadehasya svātmatvenaiva bhāvanā ||22|| svādhyāyo nāma mantrārthasandhānapūrvako japaḥ | sūktastotrādipāṭhastu harisaṁkīrtanaṁ tathā ||23|| tattvādiśāstrādyabhyāsaḥ svādhyāyaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | ijyā nāma svadevasya pūjanaṁ tu yathārthataḥ ||24|| iti pañcaprakārārcā kathitā tava suvrate ||25|| sārṣṇisāmīpyasālokyasāyujyasārūpyadā kramāt || iti śrīnāradapañcarāne caturtharātre pañcaprakārārcāvidhi daśamo'dhyāyaḥ ||10|| …

English translation

CHAPTER X ON FIVE FOLD WORSHIP

§ri Mahadeva said :—May Narayana, the best and superior to the Devas come kindly before me whom Brabma and Mahadeva and other Devas desire to see. (1)

O Lord Paramesvara! Kindly dost Thou come here and make me blessed and shew They mercy and make my life a great success. (2)

O Devega! Thou art of the nature of knowledge and bliss ; Thou art undecaying and ever constant! Kindly dost Thou come here ; if, through my ignorance, carelessness or deficiency in my practice of Sadhanam, my worship be not entire, yet I pray Thee to come before me. This is called avahanam or Invoking the Deity. (3)

Now about Padyam or offering water for washing the feet of the Deity. Now the water in the form of the trace of Bhakti, born of the experience of the Highest Bliss, is being offerd to Thee as Padyam. Let this be pure and offerd to Thee. (4)

Now about Acamaniyam :—Thou art the Deva of the Devas Therefore, for the

and the Deva of the Atma (the self or soul). purification of the Self, this Acamaniyam (far rinsing the mouth) is offered to Thee. This is Acamaniyam. (5)

Now about Arghyam (Durva grass with rice that is offered to the Deity)—O Thou of the nature of the Highest Bliss! Thou, the Destroyer of the three ailment, that people are suffering ! [am offering this Arghyam to Thee to free me, from the three tapas (ailments). This is offering Arghyam. (6)

Now about Madhuparkam :-I am offering this Madhuparkam (honey, ghee and rice in small cups) to Thee, who art free from all sins and full of the Blissful Self as Thy nature. (7)

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Now Punaracamaniyam (offering water a second time) I am offering the Punaracamaniyam to Him, the mere remembrance of whose name makes pure those which are ucchista (already taken by one and therefore unfit to be offered to the Deity). (8)

Now about snaniyam (water for bath) :—O Thou, who art of the nature of the Highest Knowledge and Highest Bliss. Let

Thou remain merged in Thy nature and, remaining so, take these materials for taking bath. (9)

Thou hast kept concealed by the picture canvas of Thy Maya, Thine real illumining nature ; and though Thou dost

Prevent, I assign this clothing for Thee, This is about the Vastram (cloth). (10)

Now about the upper garment :—Taking Whose refuge, this Mahamiaya, the great Cause of Delusion of this Universe, rests, I assign the upper garment for Her. This is the Uttariyam. (11)

T assign the Yajiiasitra, the Sacred thread to the Devata, of the nature of Yajfiasitra by whose three fold Sakti (Creation,

Preservation and destruction) this whole universe is interwoven, (12)

T present these various ornaments which represent the various

Saktis (powers) which Tesort to the Deva who is naturally the King Of Beauty. This is the ornaments. (13)

O Lord of all the Devas! Thou art the Cause of Satisfaction

-and peace to all, and Thou are full of Thy Nature of Undivided Bliss. So take this excellent water. This is the water. (14)

O Paramesgvara ! Thou art filled with the fragrance of the Highest Bliss. So take this excellent scent whose fragrance goes to -all the quarters. This is the scent, (15)

Sprnng from the Tiriya forest (fourth state), beautified with ‘various qualities and scented with sweet soft _fragrance, the nice flower is offered to Thee. Please accept. This is the flower. (16)

Now about the Dhipa :--Kindly accept this Dhipas, the ‘Essence (rasa) of trees (vanaspati) having nice charming scents and ‘worthy of all the Devatas, (17)

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Now about waiving lights (Dipa), Let them Dipas (town of light) be acceptable to Thee that destroy the darkness of ignorance, and serve as a light outside and inside the heart. Thus about the

Dipas. (18)

Now about Naivedyam (or presenting various dishes of fruits, of rice, cooked or uncooked, sweetmeats etc). These various eatables, with all necessary requisites are placed on nice plates or dishes Iam offering these to Thee for Thy food. Kindly accept these. (12)

Then offer water with the mantra Sarvadevadevesa. The Puja (worship) has been spoken to be five-fold. Now hear about the varietis, (1) Abhigamana, (2) Upadana, (3) Yoga, (4) Svadhyaya, (5) ljya. These are the five-fold worship. (20)

To sweep the place of the Deva, to plaster it with cow-dung and to take away the garlands of flowers of (Nirmalya) is called “Abhigamana”. (21)

To collect the scented flowers is called upadana ; one’s soul within as the essential of essentials (dody) Yoga. (22)

to think of is termed

To repeat the mantra, knowing fully its meaning is termed

“japam”’ and to recite the suktas, hymns of the . Vedas, and “Stotras” hymns and to chant the golries of §r7 Hari (Samkirtan) is called Svadhyaya. To practise the study of the Sastras and to meditate on the Tattvas (the real Entities of the Universe), is called also Svadhyaya. To worship one’s own Deity is called Tjya. (23-24)

Sarsnt— (Equality in rank, condition or power). Equality with

the Supreme Being in power and all the divine attributes, the last of the four states of Mukti.

270 : NGrada-Pajicaratram Samipya—-vicinity, nearness proximity. Salokya—Residence in the same heaven with any Deity. Sayujya—Absorption into a deity. Intimate union, identificas

tion with a Deity.

Here ends the Tenth Chapter on the fivefold worship in Sri Narada Paficaratram, Fourth 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 267–270 (scan pages 284–287). 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.