Third Night · Chapter 11
Sourceएकादशो’ध्यायः इति प्रातर् एवार्चयेद् अच्युतꣳ यो नरः प्रत्यहꣳ शश्वद् आस्तिक्य-युक्तः । लभेताचिरेणैव लक्ष्मीꣳ समग्राम् इह प्रेत्य शुद्धꣳ परꣳ धाम भूयात् ॥१॥ अह्नो मुखे’नुदिनम् इत्य् अभिपूज्य शौरिꣳ दध्नाथ वा गुड-युतेन निवेद्य तोयैः । श्रीमन्-मुखे समनुतर्प्य च तद्-धिया तꣳ जप्यात् सहस्रम् अथ साष्टकम् आदरेण ॥२॥ मध्यन्दिने जप-विधान-विशिष्ट-रूपꣳ वन्द्यꣳ सुरर्षि-यति-खेचर-मुख्य-वृन्दैः । गो-गोप-गोप-वनिता-निकरैः परीतꣳ सान्द्राम्बुद-च्छवि-सुजात-मनोहराङ्गम् ॥३॥ मयूर-पत्र-परिकॢप्त-वतꣳस-रम्य- धम्मिल्लम् उल्लसित-चिल्लिकम् अम्बुजाक्षम् । पूर्णेन्दु-बिन्दु-वदनꣳ मणि-कुण्डल-श्री- गण्डꣳ सुनासम् अतिसुन्दर-मन्द-हासम् ॥४॥ पीताम्बरꣳ रुचिर-नूपुर-हार-काञ्ची- केयूरकोमिकटकादिभिर् उज्ज्वलाङ्गम् । दिव्यानुलेपन-पिशङ्गितमसराजद्- अम्लान-चित्र-वनमालम् अनङ्ग-दीप्तम् ॥५॥ वेणुꣳ धमन्तम् अथवा स्व-करे दधानꣳ सव्येतरे पशुप-यष्टिम् उदार-वेषम् । दक्षे मणि-प्रवरम् ईप्सित-दान-दक्षꣳ ध्यात्वैवम् अर्चयतु नन्दजम् इन्दिराप्त्यै ॥६॥ दामादिकाङ्ग-दयितासुहृदङ्घ्रिपेन्द्र- वज्रादिभिः समभिपूज्य यथा-विधानम् । दीक्षा-विधि-प्रकथितꣳ च निवेद्य जातꣳ हैमे निवेदयतु पात्र-वरे यथावत् ॥७॥ अष्टोत्तरꣳ शतम् अथो जुह्यात् पयो’न्नैः सर्पिः-प्लुतैः सुसित-शर्करया विमिश्रैः । दद्याद् बलिꣳ च निज-दिक्षु सुरर्षि-योगि- वर्गोपदैवत-गणेभ्य उदग्र-चेताः ॥८॥ नवनीत-मिलित-पायस-धियार्चनान्ते जलैर् मुखे तस्य । सन्तर्प्य जपतु मन्त्री सहस्रम् अष्टोत्तर-शतꣳ वापि ॥९॥ अह्नो मध्ये वल्लवी-वल्लभꣳ तꣳ नित्यꣳ भक्त्याभ्यर्चयेत् यो नराग्र्यः । देवाः सर्वे तꣳ नमस्यन्ति शश्वत् वर्तेरन् वै तद्-वशे सर्व-लोकाः ॥१०॥ मेधायुः-श्री-कान्ति-सौभाग्य-युक्तः पुत्रैर् मित्रैर् गोमही-रत्न-धान्यैः । भोगैश् चान्यैर् भूरिभिः सन्निहाढ्यो भूयान् भूयो धाम तच् चाच्युताख्यम् ॥११॥ तृतीय-काल-पूजायाम् अस्ति काल-विकल्पना । सायाह्ने निशि वेत्य् अत्र वदन्त्य् एके विपश्चितः ॥१२॥ दशाक्षरेण चेद् रात्रौ सायाह्ने’ष्टादशार्णतः । उभयीम् उभयेनैव कुर्याद् इत्य् अपरे जगुः ॥१३॥ सायाह्ने द्वारवत्य्¸अꣳ तु चित्रोद्यानोपशोभिते । द्व्यष्ट-साहस्र-सङ्ख्यातैर् भवनैर् अभिसꣳवृते ॥१४॥ हꣳस-सारस-सङ्कीर्णैः कमओल्त्पल-शालिभिः । सरोभिर् अमलाम्भोभिः परीते भवनोत्तमे ॥१५॥ उद्यत्-प्रद्योतन-द्योत-सद्युतौ मणि-मण्डपे । मृद्वास्तरे सुखासीनꣳ हेमाम्भोजासने हरिम् ॥१६॥ नारदाद्यैः परिवृतम् आत्म-तत्त्व-विनिर्णये । तेभ्यो मुनिभ्यः स्वꣳ धाम दिशन्तꣳ परम् अक्षरम् ॥१७॥ इन्दीवर-निभꣳ सौम्यꣳ पद्म-पत्रोरुणेक्षणम् । स्निग्ध-कुन्तल-सम्भिन्न-किरीट-मुकुटोज्ज्वलम् ॥१८॥ चारु-प्रसन्न-वदनꣳ स्फुरन्-मकर-कुण्डलम् । श्रीवत्स-वक्षसꣳ भ्राज-कौस्तुभꣳ वनमालिनम् ॥१९॥ काश्मीर-कपिशोरस्कꣳ पीत-कौशेय-वाससम् । हार-केयूर-कटक-रसनाद्यैः परिष्कृतम् ॥२०॥ हृत-विश्वम्भराभूरि-भारꣳ मुदित-मानसम् । शङ्ख-चक्र-गदा-पद्म-राजद्-भुज-चतुष्टयम् ॥२१॥ एवꣳ ध्यात्वार्चयेन् मन्त्री तद्-अङ्गैः प्रथमावृतिम् । द्वितीयाꣳ महिषीभिस् तु तृतीयायाꣳ समर्चयेत् ॥२२॥ नारदꣳ पर्वतꣳ जिष्णुꣳ निशठोद्धव-दारुकान् । विश्वक्सेनꣳ च सैनेयꣳ दिक्ष्व् अग्रे विनता-सुतम् ॥२३॥ लोकेशैस् तत्-प्रहरणैः पुनर् आवरण-द्वयम् । इति सम्पूज्य विधिवत् पायसेन निवेदयेत् ॥२४॥ तर्पयित्वा खण्ड-मिश्रैर् दग्ध-बुद्ध्या जलैर् हरिम् । जपेद् अष्ट-शतꣳ मन्त्री भावयन् पुरुषोत्तमम् ॥२५॥ पूजासु होमꣳ सर्वासु कुर्यान् मध्यन्दिने’थवा । आसनाद् अर्घ्य-पर्यन्तꣳ कृत्वा स्तुत्वा नमेत् सुधीः ॥२६॥ समर्प्यात्मानम् उद्वास्य तत् स्वे हृत्-सरसीरुहे । विन्यस्य तन्-मयो भूत्वा पुनर् आत्मानम् अर्चयेत् ॥२७॥ इति श्री-नारद-पञ्चरात्रे ज्ञानामृत-सारे तृतीय-रात्रे एकादशो’ध्यायः ॥११॥ …
ekādaśo’dhyāyaḥ iti prātar evārcayed acyutaṁ yo naraḥ pratyahaṁ śaśvad āstikya-yuktaḥ | labhetācireṇaiva lakṣmīṁ samagrām iha pretya śuddhaṁ paraṁ dhāma bhūyāt ||1|| ahno mukhe’nudinam ity abhipūjya śauriṁ dadhnātha vā guḍa-yutena nivedya toyaiḥ | śrīman-mukhe samanutarpya ca tad-dhiyā taṁ japyāt sahasram atha sāṣṭakam ādareṇa ||2|| madhyandine japa-vidhāna-viśiṣṭa-rūpaṁ vandyaṁ surarṣi-yati-khecara-mukhya-vṛndaiḥ | go-gopa-gopa-vanitā-nikaraiḥ parītaṁ sāndrāmbuda-cchavi-sujāta-manoharāṅgam ||3|| mayūra-patra-parikḷpta-vataṁsa-ramya- dhammillam ullasita-cillikam ambujākṣam | pūrṇendu-bindu-vadanaṁ maṇi-kuṇḍala-śrī- gaṇḍaṁ sunāsam atisundara-manda-hāsam ||4|| pītāmbaraṁ rucira-nūpura-hāra-kāñcī- keyūrakomikaṭakādibhir ujjvalāṅgam | divyānulepana-piśaṅgitamasarājad- amlāna-citra-vanamālam anaṅga-dīptam ||5|| veṇuṁ dhamantam athavā sva-kare dadhānaṁ savyetare paśupa-yaṣṭim udāra-veṣam | dakṣe maṇi-pravaram īpsita-dāna-dakṣaṁ dhyātvaivam arcayatu nandajam indirāptyai ||6|| dāmādikāṅga-dayitāsuhṛdaṅghripendra- vajrādibhiḥ samabhipūjya yathā-vidhānam | dīkṣā-vidhi-prakathitaṁ ca nivedya jātaṁ haime nivedayatu pātra-vare yathāvat ||7|| aṣṭottaraṁ śatam atho juhyāt payo’nnaiḥ sarpiḥ-plutaiḥ susita-śarkarayā vimiśraiḥ | dadyād baliṁ ca nija-dikṣu surarṣi-yogi- vargopadaivata-gaṇebhya udagra-cetāḥ ||8|| navanīta-milita-pāyasa-dhiyārcanānte jalair mukhe tasya | santarpya japatu mantrī sahasram aṣṭottara-śataṁ vāpi ||9|| ahno madhye vallavī-vallabhaṁ taṁ nityaṁ bhaktyābhyarcayet yo narāgryaḥ | devāḥ sarve taṁ namasyanti śaśvat varteran vai tad-vaśe sarva-lokāḥ ||10|| medhāyuḥ-śrī-kānti-saubhāgya-yuktaḥ putrair mitrair gomahī-ratna-dhānyaiḥ | bhogaiś cānyair bhūribhiḥ sannihāḍhyo bhūyān bhūyo dhāma tac cācyutākhyam ||11|| tṛtīya-kāla-pūjāyām asti kāla-vikalpanā | sāyāhne niśi vety atra vadanty eke vipaścitaḥ ||12|| daśākṣareṇa ced rātrau sāyāhne’ṣṭādaśārṇataḥ | ubhayīm ubhayenaiva kuryād ity apare jaguḥ ||13|| sāyāhne dvāravaty¸aṁ tu citrodyānopaśobhite | dvyaṣṭa-sāhasra-saṅkhyātair bhavanair abhisaṁvṛte ||14|| haṁsa-sārasa-saṅkīrṇaiḥ kamaoltpala-śālibhiḥ | sarobhir amalāmbhobhiḥ parīte bhavanottame ||15|| udyat-pradyotana-dyota-sadyutau maṇi-maṇḍape | mṛdvāstare sukhāsīnaṁ hemāmbhojāsane harim ||16|| nāradādyaiḥ parivṛtam ātma-tattva-vinirṇaye | tebhyo munibhyaḥ svaṁ dhāma diśantaṁ param akṣaram ||17|| indīvara-nibhaṁ saumyaṁ padma-patroruṇekṣaṇam | snigdha-kuntala-sambhinna-kirīṭa-mukuṭojjvalam ||18|| cāru-prasanna-vadanaṁ sphuran-makara-kuṇḍalam | śrīvatsa-vakṣasaṁ bhrāja-kaustubhaṁ vanamālinam ||19|| kāśmīra-kapiśoraskaṁ pīta-kauśeya-vāsasam | hāra-keyūra-kaṭaka-rasanādyaiḥ pariṣkṛtam ||20|| hṛta-viśvambharābhūri-bhāraṁ mudita-mānasam | śaṅkha-cakra-gadā-padma-rājad-bhuja-catuṣṭayam ||21|| evaṁ dhyātvārcayen mantrī tad-aṅgaiḥ prathamāvṛtim | dvitīyāṁ mahiṣībhis tu tṛtīyāyāṁ samarcayet ||22|| nāradaṁ parvataṁ jiṣṇuṁ niśaṭhoddhava-dārukān | viśvaksenaṁ ca saineyaṁ dikṣv agre vinatā-sutam ||23|| lokeśais tat-praharaṇaiḥ punar āvaraṇa-dvayam | iti sampūjya vidhivat pāyasena nivedayet ||24|| tarpayitvā khaṇḍa-miśrair dagdha-buddhyā jalair harim | japed aṣṭa-śataṁ mantrī bhāvayan puruṣottamam ||25|| pūjāsu homaṁ sarvāsu kuryān madhyandine’thavā | āsanād arghya-paryantaṁ kṛtvā stutvā namet sudhīḥ ||26|| samarpyātmānam udvāsya tat sve hṛt-sarasīruhe | vinyasya tan-mayo bhūtvā punar ātmānam arcayet ||27|| iti śrī-nārada-pañcarātre jñānāmṛta-sāre tṛtīya-rātre ekādaśo’dhyāyaḥ ||11|| …
English translation
CHAPTER XI
ON HOW TO PERFORM THE SEVA (SERVICE) OF SRI KRSNA, THE RULES, AND THE RESULTS OF HEARING THEREOF
Sri Vyasa said :—Whoever worship thus Sri Krsna, with his firm belief in His Godhead every morning, acquires in this world within a comparatively short space of time, a good amount of wealth, and in the end, being pure goes to the highest abode. (1)
Do the pooja—work of §ri Krgna every day and offer Naivedyam (articles of food, drink etc. with gur and water; and think them as offered in the mouth of Sri Krsna. Make japam of one’s own mantra one thousand eight times with great attachment and love. (2) é
While doing the mid-day japam, think that Sri Krsna is adored by Narada, the Rgi of the Devas and by the ascetics and the Devas ; He is surrounded by the cows and Gopikas and the colour of His body is like the dense mass of clouds. (3)
Note :—The cows mean the several worlds,
The hairs on His head adorned with ornaments made of peacock feathers. His lotus like eyes, His face smiling like full Moon, His nice cheeks adorned with ornaments of gems, His beautiful nose and His charming smile are to be meditated over. (4)
His robes are of yellow colour, His beautiful rows of anklets, the girdle at his waist with tinkling bells, His armlet, His clothes variegated and His body looking charming, His body besmeared with sandalwood paste, beautiful, His never fading garlands made of forest flowers make Him appear like the God of Love (Cupid). (5)
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With His :, ss orth left hand He is holding His flute emitting sweet cay 1 ick for driving cattle. With Hig right hand He filled with devote boons yielding all desires. Thus the devotee BP tiene poms oti should meditate Sri Krsna, decked en
° OS un af , worship Him for attaining prosperity. (6) a soo: ; bolt, goad duly worshipping Him holding the signs fleg. thunder- RY vod cit,, 8 ording to the aforesaid rules of initiation, articles — dev to be offered to Him in golden dishes. (7) votee i eight times oh anitk to perform the Homa ceremony one hundred respective dues to eee prumedan pee and. give fe rs evarsi Narada, th i 4 secondary deities with liberal heart ; a <7 nie Pa ee that His mouth is satisfied w yess 88 then make japam of one’s mantra one eight times or one thousend times (9)
ith fresh butter and hundred and
e Gopis, daily with
He who worships Sri Krsna, so dear to th d down incessantly
ae devotion, is worshipped and bowe y the Devas and all th e “ under his control. (10) —— 5 ieee Justre. and good
He enjoys intellect, longevity, prosperity,
fortune, happy, sons. friends, cattle and lands a ode of Sri Kygn4-
nd various other
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enjoyments and goes in the end to the ab
_ Some Pandits say, as regards worshipping Him, the third period, evening or night time may be adopted fon! worship. (12)
: If the ten lettered mantra be counted (in the japam) im me night, then the eighteen lettered mantra should be muttered in si evening. Thus some Sadhakas (practices) Say- (13)
5 puja in the
In the evening one ought to do Dvaraka (Dvardvati) beautified with beauti! thousand palaces. (14) eo oe cranes and various birds are
various lotuses are existing a0 excellent buildings are adorning the city. (15)
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playing and pools d where many
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There the devotee is to worship Sri Hari seated at His case as Kamalasana (is kind of easy posture) on the golden lotus in
hall built with precious stones. and smiling lustre like the rising sun. (16.
Sri Krgna is surrounded by the Rsis Narada and others aod is teaching to them the doctrine of the soul and is giving them lessons about His own highest Imperishable abodes. (17)
His eyes look soft like blue lotuses and expanded (like lotus leaves) and His hairs are very soft. His coronet and cap are shining brightly. (18)
His face is smiling and is very beautiful. His ear rings are nice and shaped like shark ; His breast is adorned with the marks Srivatsa, the Kaustubha gem and forest flowers. (19)
His breast is tawny like that of a flame, yellow ; His clothings are silken; His necklace, bracelet and armlets are adorning His body. (20)
He is removing all the burdens of the earth and is holding in His four hands conch-shell, discus, club, and lotus. (21)
Thus meditating, one, learned in the mantras, should first worship along with angapija (worshipping the body) the avarana Puja (worshipping the attendant deities) and the second Avarana Puja along with His queens (mahisis) and then worship Him in the third Avarana (third inner circle). (22)
Narada, Parvata, Jignu, the honest Uddhava, Daruka (the Krsna’s charioteer) Visvaksena, Visnu, Saineya (K4artikeya) and Garuda in front of all the quarters, are to be worshipped. (23)
Worship duly Indra and the guardiants of the several quarters
of the heavens and the series of their attendants, their weapops ; then offer payasanna to them. (24)
Yhen offering tarpanam (peace-ofierings) with water thinking it to be milk with sugar, the worshipper is to meditate on Sri Krsna _ the Purusottama, and Tepeat the mantra one hundred and eight times knowing its meaning. (25)
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at the mid-day
In a all piijas (worships) one is to offer Homa the
time or ‘ good des tip Him offering asana (seat) arghya and stotra, Votee is to bow down to Him. — (26) then offer it hen one in full the Supreme
aa ae the soul and locate it in the heart and of His idea and when the soul is thus offered and Me Spirit, (7, should again worship paramatma, ae a :—The object of the Paja isto remove t anne Ye speech and mind and to be self-conscio ae immortal self or Atman and of the Supreme Self = ddéa. ‘w. ma. Now as we are principally possessed of the Hee oa biMegam start from the body. The several parts of i a the parts of the fingers in the body to be touched bY otee in puja or in japam are wonderfully connected with the three centres of the Sugumn4 nerve. the lower (sacral), middle
_ (heart) and the upper (brain) centres. Twelve such jepams ary, made on the four fingers (thumb excluded). Repeat three times 18 multiplied
‘each centre. So we get the total number of japams, nine MU" So the japam
by twelve, that is, one hundred and eight times. and be conscious of one’s
he impurities of us, conscious of
and puja is an attempt to become pure, 3 1 soul ; and one can, then whorship the Supreme Soul by one’s $00 and no need further remains of the External piaja.
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Here ends the eleventh adhayaya in the Third Nig Sri Narada Paficha Ratram.
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