Mahabharata · Chapter 12.210
pitāmaha mahāprājña sarvaśāstraviśārada /
prayāṇakāle kiṃ japyaṃ mokṣibhistattvacintakaiḥ //
kinnu smarankuruśreṣṭha maraṇe samupasthite /
prāpnuyātparamāṃ siddhiṃ śrotumicchāmi tatvataḥ //
bhīṣma uvāca /
tvadyuktaśca hitaḥ sūkṣma uktaḥ praśnastvayā'nagha /
śṛṇuṣvāvahito rājannāradena purā śrutam //
śrīvatsāṅkaṃ jagadbījamanantaṃ lokasākṣiṇam /
purā nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ nāradaḥ paryapṛcchata //
akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma nirguṇaṃ tamasaḥ param /
āhurvaidyaṃ paraṃ dhāma brahmādikamalodbhavam //
bhagavanbhūtabhavyeśa śraddadhānairjitendriyaiḥ /
kathaṃ bhaktairvicintyosi yogibhirmokṣakāṅkṣibhiḥ //
kinnu japyaṃ japennityaṃ kālyamutthāya mānavaḥ /
smarecca mriyamāṇo vai viśeṣeṇa mahādyute //
kathaṃ yuñjansamādhyāyedbrūhi tatvaṃ sanātanam //
śrutvā ca nāradoktaṃ tu devānāmīśvaraḥ svayam /
provāca bhagavānviṣṇurnāradaṃ varadaḥ prabhuḥ //
hanta te kathayiṣyāmi imāṃ divyāmanusmṛtim /
yāmadhītya prayāṇe tu madbhāvayopapadyate //
onkāramagrataḥ kṛtvā māṃ namaskṛtya nārada /
ekāgraḥ prayato bhūtvā imaṃ mantramudīrayet //
oṃ namo bhagavate vāsudevāyeti //
ityukto nāradaḥ prāha prāñjaliḥ praṇataḥ sthitaḥ /
sarvadeveśvaraṃ viṣṇuṃ sarvātmānaṃ hariṃ prabhum //
nārada uvāca /
avyayaṃ śāśvataṃ devaṃ prabhavaṃ puruṣottamam /
prapadye prāñjalirviṣṇumakṣaraṃ paramaṃ padam //
purāṇaṃ prabhavaṃ viṣṇumakṣayaṃ lokasākṣiṇam /
prapadye puṇḍarīkākṣamīśaṃ bhaktānukampinam //
lokanāthaṃ sahasrākṣamadbhutaṃ paradaṃ padam /
bhagavantaṃ prapanno'smi bhūtabhavyabhavatprabhum //
sraṣṭāraṃ sarvalokānāmanantaṃ sarvatomukham /
padmanābhaṃ hṛṣīkeśaṃ prapadye satyamacyutam //
hiraṇyagarbhamamṛtaṃ bhūgarbhaṃ parataḥ param /
prabhoḥ prabhumanādyantaṃ prapadye taṃ raviprabham //
sahasraśīrṣaṃ puruṣaṃ maharṣi tatvabhāvanam /
prapadye sūkṣmamacalaṃ vareṇyamabhayapradam //
nārāyaṇaṃ purāṇarṣi yogātmānaṃ sanātanam /
saṃsthānaṃ sarvatatvānāṃ prapadye dhruvamīśvaram //
yaḥ prabhuḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatam /
parāvaragururviṣṇuḥ sa me devaḥ prasīdatu //
yasmādutpadyate brahmā padmayoniḥ sanātanaḥ /
brahmayonirhi viśvātmā sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu //
yaḥ purā pralaye prāpte naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame /
brahmādiṣu pralīneṣu naṣṭe lokaparāvare //
ābhūtasamplave caiva pralīne'prākṛto mahān /
ekastiṣṭhati viśvātmā sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu //
caturbhiśca caturbhiśca dvābhyāṃ pañcabhireva ca /
huyate ca punardvābhyāṃ sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu //
parjanyaḥ pṛthivī sasyaṃ kālo dharmaḥ kriyākriye /
guṇākaraḥ sa me babhrurvāsudevaḥ prasīdatu //
agnīṣomārkatārāṇāṃ brahmarudrendrayoginām /
yastejayati tejāṃsi sa me viṣṇuḥ prasīdatu //
yogāvāsa namastubhyaṃ sarvāvāsa varaprada /
yajñagarbha hiraṇyāṅgaṃ pañcayajña namostu te //
caturmūrte paraṃ dhāma lakṣmyāvāsa parārcita /
sarvāvāsa namaste'stu vāsudeva pradhānakṛt //
ajastvanāmayaḥ panthā hyamūrtirviśvamūrtidhṛt /
vikartaḥ pañcakājña namaste jñānasāgara //
avyaktādvyaktamutpannamavyaktādyaḥ paro'kṣaraḥ /
yasmātparataraṃ nāsti tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ //
na pradhāno na ca mahānpuruṣaścetano hyajaḥ /
anayoryaḥ paratarastamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ //
cintayanto hi yaṃ nityaṃ brahmeśānādayaḥ prabhum /
niścayaṃ nādhigacchanti tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ //
jitendriyā mahātmāno jñānadhyānaparāyaṇāḥ /
yaṃ prāpya na nivartante tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ //
ekāṃśena jagatsarvamavaṣṭabhya vibhuḥ sthitaḥ /
agrāhyaṃ nirguṇaṃ nityaṃ tamasmi śaraṇaṃ gataḥ //
somārkāgnimayaṃ tejo yā ca tāramayī dyutiḥ /
divi sañjāyate yo'yaṃ sa mahātmā prasīdatu //
guṇādirnirguṇaścādyo lakṣmīvāṃścetano hyajaḥ /
sūkṣmaḥ sarvagato yogī sa mahātmā prasīdatu //
sāṅkhyayogāśca ye cānye siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ /
yaṃ viditvā vimucyante sa mahātmā prasīdatu //
avyaktaḥ samadhiṣṭhātā acintyaḥ sadasatparaḥ /
asthitiḥ prakṛtiśreṣṭhaḥ sa mahātmā prasīdatu //
kṣetrajñaḥ pañcadhā bhuṅkte prakṛtiṃ pañcabhirmukhaiḥ /
mahānguṇāṃśca yo bhuṅkte sa mahātmā prasīdatu //
sūryamadhye sthitaḥ somastasya madhye ca yā sthitā /
bhūtabāhyā ca yā dīptiḥ sa mahātmā prasīdatu //
namaste sarvataḥ sarvaṃ sarvatokṣiśiromukha /
nirvikāra namaste'stu sākṣī kṣetradhruvasthitiḥ //
atīndriya namastubhyaṃ liṅgairvyaktairna mīyase /
ye ca tvāṃ nābhijānanti saṃsāre saṃsaranti te //
kāmakrodhavinirmuktā rāgadveṣavivarjitāḥ /
mānyabhaktā vijānanti na punarbhavakā dvijāḥ //
ekāntino hi nirdvandvā nirāśīḥkarmakāriṇaḥ /
jñānāgnidagdhakarmāṇastvāṃ viśanti vicintakāḥ //
aśarīraṃ śarīrasthaṃ samaṃ sarveṣu dehiṣu /
puṇyapāpavinirmuktā bhaktāstvāṃ prāviśantyuta //
avyaktaṃ buddhyahaṅkāramanobhūtendriyāṇi ca /
tvayi tāni ca teṣu tvaṃ na teṣu tvaṃ na te tvayi //
ekatvānyatvanānātvaṃ ye viduryānti te param /
samosi sarvabhūteṣu na te dveṣyosti na priyaḥ //
samatvamabhikāṅkṣe'haṃ bhaktyā vai nānyacetasā / carācaramidaṃ sarvaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ caturvidham /
tvayā tvayyeva tatprotaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva //
sraṣṭā bhoktāsi kūṭastho hyatatvaṃ tatvasañjñikaḥ /
akartā heturacalaḥ pṛthagātmanyavasthitaḥ //
na te bhūteṣu saṃyogo bhūtatatvaguṇādhikaḥ /
ahaṅkāreṇa buddhyā vā na te yogastribhirguṇaiḥ //
na mokṣadharmo vā na tvaṃ nārambho janma vā punaḥ /
jarāmaraṇamokṣārthaṃ tvāṃ prapannosmi sarvaga //
īśvarosi jagannātha tataḥ parama ucyase /
bhaktānāṃ yaddhitaṃ deva taddhyāhi tridaśeśvara //
viṣayairindriyairvā'pi na me bhūyaḥ samāgamaḥ /
pṛthivīṃ yātu gandho vai rasaṃ yātu jalaṃ tathā //
tejo hutāśanaṃ yātu sparśo yātu ca mārutam /
śrotramākāśamapyetu mano vaikārikaṃ punaḥ //
indriyāṇyapi saṃyāntu svāsusvāsu ca yoniṣu /
pṛthivī yātu salilamāpognimanalo'nilam //
vāyurākāśamapyetu manaścākāśa eva ca /
ahankāraṃ mano yātu mohanaṃ sarvadehinām //
ahankārastato buddhiṃ buddhiravyaktamacyuta //
pradhāne prakṛtiṃ yāte guṇasāmye vyavasthite /
viyogaḥ sarvakaraṇairguṇairbhūtaiśca me bhavet //
niṣkevalaṃ padaṃ tāta kāṅkṣe'haṃ paramaṃ tava /
ekībhāvastvayā me'stu na me janma bhavetpunaḥ //
tvadbuddhistvadgataprāṇastvadbhaktistvatparāyaṇaḥ /
tvāmevāhaṃ smariṣyāmi maraṇe paryupasthite //
pūrvadehakṛtā ye tu vyādhayaḥ praviśantu mām /
ardayantu ca duḥkhāni ṛṇaṃ me pravimuñcatu //
anudhyāto'si deveśa na me janma bhavetpunaḥ /
tasmādbravīmi karmāṇi ṛṇaṃ me na bhavediti //
nopatiṣṭhantu māṃ sarve vyādhayaḥ pūrvasañcitāḥ /
anṛṇo gantumicchāmi tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam //
śrībhagavānuvāca /
ahaṃ bhagavatastasya mama cāsau sanātanaḥ /
tasyāhaṃ na praṇaśyāsi sa ca me na praṇaśyati //
karmendriyāmi saṃyamya pañca buddhīndriyāṇi ca /
daśendriyāṇi manasi ahankāre tathā manaḥ //
ahankāraṃ tathā buddhau buddhimātmani yojayet /
yatabuddhīndriyaḥ paśyedbuddhyā buddhyetparātpam //
mamāyamiti yasyāhaṃ yena sarvamidaṃ tatatam /
tato buddheḥ paraṃ buddhvā labhate na punarbhavam //
maraṇe samanuprāpte yaścaivaṃ māmanusmaret /
api pāpasamācāraḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim //
oṃ namo bhagavate tasmai dehināṃ paramātmane /
nārāyaṇāya bhaktānāmekaniṣṭhāya śāśvate //
imāmanusmṛtiṃ divyāṃ vaiṣṇavīṃ susamāhitaḥ /
svapanvibuddhaśca paṭhedyatra tatra samabhyaset //
paurṇamāsyāmamāvāsyāṃ dvādaśyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ /
śrāvayecchraddadhānāṃśca madbhaktāṃśca viśeṣataḥ //
yadyahankāramāśritya yajñadānatapaḥ kriyāḥ /
kurvaṃstatphalamāpnoti punarāvartanaṃ na tu //
abhyarcayanpitṝndevānpaṭhañjuhvanyaliṃ dadat /
jvalannagniṃ smaredyo māṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim //
yajño dānaṃ tapaścaiva pāvanāni śarīriṇām /
yajñaṃ dānaṃ tapastasmātkuryādāśīrvivarjitaḥ //
nama ityeva yo brūyānmadbhaktaḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ /
tasyākṣayo bhavellokaḥ śvapākasyāpi nārada //
kiṃ punarye yajante māṃ sādhakā vidhipūrvakam /
śraddhāvanto yatātmānaste māṃ yānti madāśritāḥ //
karmāṇyādyantavantīha madbhakto'mṛtamaśnute / māmeva tasmāddevarṣe dhyāhi nityamatandritaḥ /
avāpsyasi tataḥ siddhiṃ drakṣyasyeva padaṃ mama //
ajñānine ca yo jñānaṃ dadyāddharmopadeśanam /
kṛtsnāṃ vā pṛthivīṃ dadyāttena tulyaṃ na tatphalam //
tasmātpredayaṃ sādhubhyo janmabandhabhayāpaham /
evaṃ dattvā naraśreṣṭha śreyo vīryaṃ ca vindati //
aśvamedhasahasrāṇāṃ sahasraṃ yaḥ samācaret /
nāsau padamavāpnoti madbhaktairyadavāpyate //
bhīṣma uvāca /
evaṃ pṛṣṭaḥ purā tena nāradena surarṣiṇā /
yaduvāca tadā'sau bho taduktaṃ tava suvrata //
tvamapyekamanā bhūtvā dhyāhi jñeyaṃ guṇātigam /
bhajasva sarvabhāvena paramātmānamavyayam //
śrutvaitannārado vākyaṃ divyaṃ nārāyaṇeritam /
atyantabhaktimāndeva ekāntatvamupeyivān //
nārāyaṇamṛṣiṃ devaṃ daśavarṣāṇyananyabhāk /
idaṃ japanvai prāpnoti tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam //
kiṃ tasya bahubhirmantrairbhaktiryasya janārdane /
namo nārāyaṇāyeti mantraḥ sarvārthasādhakaḥ //
imāṃ rahasyāṃ paramāmanusmṛti madhītya buddhiṃ labhate ca naiṣṭhikīm /
vihāya duḥkhānyavamucya saṅkaṭā tsa vītarāgo vigatajvaraḥ sukhī //
Original text: Mahābhārata (southern recension) · Edition: Śrīman Mahābhāratam, ed. T. R. Krishnacharya and T. R. Vyasacharya, Nirnaya Sagar Press, Bombay 1906–1910; e-text by SARIT (Shrinivasa Varakhedi and others) · SARIT: Search and Retrieval of Indic Texts · SARIT (e-text) via Internet Archive · CC BY-SA 3.0