Bhagavata Purana · Chapter 02.05

BhP_02.05.001/0 nārada uvāca
devadeva namaste 'stu bhūtabhāvana pūrvaja /
tadvijānīhi yaj jñānam ātmatattvanidarśanam

yadrūpaṃ yadadhiṣṭhānaṃ yataḥ sṛṣṭam idaṃ prabho /
yat saṃsthaṃ yat paraṃ yac ca tat tattvaṃ vada tattvataḥ

sarvaṃ hyetadbhavān veda bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhuḥ /
karāmalakavadviśvaṃ vijñānāvasitaṃ tava

yadvijñāno yadādhāro yatparastvaṃ yadātmakaḥ /
ekaḥ sṛjasi bhūtāni bhūtairevātmamāyayā

ātman bhāvayase tāni na parābhāvayan svayam /
ātmaśaktim avaṣṭabhya ūrṇanābhirivāklamaḥ

nāhaṃ veda paraṃ hyasmin nāparaṃ na samaṃ vibho /
nāmarūpaguṇairbhāvyaṃ sadasat kiñcidanyataḥ

sa bhavān acaradghoraṃ yat tapaḥ susamāhitaḥ /
tena khedayase nastvaṃ parāśaṅkāṃ ca yacchasi

etan me pṛcchataḥ sarvaṃ sarvajña sakaleśvara /
vijānīhi yathaivedam ahaṃ budhye 'nuśāsitaḥ

BhP_02.05.009/0 brahmovāca
samyak kāruṇikasyedaṃ vatsa te vicikitsitam /
yadahaṃ coditaḥ saumya bhagavadvīryadarśane

nānṛtaṃ tava tac cāpi yathā māṃ prabravīṣi bhoḥ /
avijñāya paraṃ matta etāvat tvaṃ yato hi me

yena svarociṣā viśvaṃ rocitaṃ rocayāmyaham /
yathārko 'gniryathā somo yatharkṣagrahatārakāḥ

tasmai namo bhagavate vāsudevāya dhīmahi /
yanmāyayā durjayayā māṃ vadanti jagadgurum

vilajjamānayā yasya sthātum īkṣāpathe 'muyā /
vimohitā vikatthante mamāham iti durdhiyaḥ

dravyaṃ karma ca kālaśca svabhāvo jīva eva ca /
vāsudevāt paro brahman na cānyo 'rtho 'sti tattvataḥ

nārāyaṇaparā vedā devā nārāyaṇāṅgajāḥ /
nārāyaṇaparā lokā nārāyaṇaparā makhāḥ

nārāyaṇaparo yogo nārāyaṇaparaṃ tapaḥ /
nārāyaṇaparaṃ jñānaṃ nārāyaṇaparā gatiḥ

tasyāpi draṣṭurīśasya kūṭasthasyākhilātmanaḥ /
sṛjyaṃ sṛjāmi sṛṣṭo 'ham īkṣayaivābhicoditaḥ

sattvaṃ rajastama iti nirguṇasya guṇāstrayaḥ /
sthitisarganirodheṣu gṛhītā māyayā vibhoḥ

kāryakāraṇakartṛtve dravyajñānakriyāśrayāḥ /
badhnanti nityadā muktaṃ māyinaṃ puruṣaṃ guṇāḥ

sa eṣa bhagavāṃl liṅgaistribhiretairadhokṣajaḥ /
svalakṣitagatirbrahman sarveṣāṃ mama ceśvaraḥ

kālaṃ karma svabhāvaṃ ca māyeśo māyayā svayā /
ātman yadṛcchayā prāptaṃ vibubhūṣurupādade

kālādguṇavyatikaraḥ pariṇāmaḥ svabhāvataḥ /
karmaṇo janma mahataḥ puruṣādhiṣṭhitādabhūt

mahatastu vikurvāṇādrajaḥsattvopabṛṃhitāt /
tamaḥpradhānastvabhavaddravyajñānakriyātmakaḥ

so 'haṅkāra iti prokto vikurvan samabhūt tridhā /
vaikārikastaijasaśca tāmasaśceti yadbhidā /
dravyaśaktiḥ kriyāśaktirjñānaśaktiriti prabho

tāmasādapi bhūtādervikurvāṇādabhūn nabhaḥ /
tasya mātrā guṇaḥ śabdo liṅgaṃ yaddraṣṭṛdṛśyayoḥ

nabhaso 'tha vikurvāṇādabhūt sparśaguṇo 'nilaḥ /
parānvayāc chabdavāṃśca prāṇa ojaḥ saho balam

vāyorapi vikurvāṇāt kālakarmasvabhāvataḥ /
udapadyata tejo vai rūpavat sparśaśabdavat

tejasastu vikurvāṇādāsīdambho rasātmakam /
rūpavat sparśavac cāmbho ghoṣavac ca parānvayāt

viśeṣastu vikurvāṇādambhaso gandhavān abhūt /
parānvayādrasasparśa śabdarūpaguṇānvitaḥ

vaikārikān mano jajñe devā vaikārikā daśa /
digvātārkapraceto 'śvi vahnīndropendramitrakāḥ

taijasāt tu vikurvāṇādindriyāṇi daśābhavan /
jñānaśaktiḥ kriyāśaktirbuddhiḥ prāṇaśca taijasau /
śrotraṃ tvagghrāṇadṛgjihvā vāgdormeḍhrāṅghripāyavaḥ

yadaite 'saṅgatā bhāvā bhūtendriyamanoguṇāḥ /
yadāyatananirmāṇe na śekurbrahmavittama

tadā saṃhatya cānyonyaṃ bhagavacchakticoditāḥ /
sadasattvam upādāya cobhayaṃ sasṛjurhyadaḥ

varṣapūgasahasrānte tadaṇḍam udake śayam /
kālakarmasvabhāvastho jīvo ñjīvam ajīvayat

sa eva puruṣastasmādaṇḍaṃ nirbhidya nirgataḥ /
sahasrorvaṅghribāhvakṣaḥ sahasrānanaśīrṣavān

yasyehāvayavairlokān kalpayanti manīṣiṇaḥ /
kaṭyādibhiradhaḥ sapta saptordhvaṃ jaghanādibhiḥ

puruṣasya mukhaṃ brahma kṣatram etasya bāhavaḥ /
ūrvorvaiśyo bhagavataḥ padbhyāṃ śūdro vyajāyata

bhūrlokaḥ kalpitaḥ padbhyāṃ bhuvarloko 'sya nābhitaḥ /
hṛdā svarloka urasā maharloko mahātmanaḥ

grīvāyāṃ janaloko 'sya tapolokaḥ stanadvayāt /
mūrdhabhiḥ satyalokastu brahmalokaḥ sanātanaḥ

tatkaṭyāṃ cātalaṃ kḷptam ūrubhyāṃ vitalaṃ vibhoḥ /
jānubhyāṃ sutalaṃ śuddhaṃ jaṅghābhyāṃ tu talātalam

mahātalaṃ tu gulphābhyāṃ prapadābhyāṃ rasātalam /
pātālaṃ pādatalata iti lokamayaḥ pumān

bhūrlokaḥ kalpitaḥ padbhyāṃ bhuvarloko 'sya nābhitaḥ /
svarlokaḥ kalpito mūrdhnā iti vā lokakalpanā