Mahabharata · Chapter 12.347
evaṃ stutaḥ sa bhagavān guhyaistathyaiśca nāmabhiḥ / bhagavānviśvasṛksiṃhaḥ sarvamūrtimayaḥ prabhuḥ /
darśayāmāsa munaye rūpaṃ tatparamaṃ hariḥ //
kiñciccandrādviśuddhātmā kiñciccandrādviśeṣavān /
kṛśānuvarṇaḥ kiñcicca kiñciddhiṣṇyākṛtiḥ prabhuḥ //
śukapatranibhaḥ kiñcitkiñcitsphaṭikasannibhaḥ /
nīlāñjanacayaprakhyo jātarūpaprabhaḥ kvacit //
prabālāṅkuravarṇaśca śvetavarṇastathā kvacit /
kvacitsuvarṇavarṇābho vaidūryasadṛśaḥ kvacit //
nīlavairdūryasadṛśa indranīlanibhaḥ kvacit /
mayūragrīvavarṇābho muktāhāranibhaḥ kvacit //
etānbahudhānvarṇānrūpairbibhratsanātanaḥ /
sahasranayanaḥ śrīmāñchataśīrṣaḥ sahasrapāt //
sahasrodarabāhuśca avyakta iti ca kvacit /
onkāramudgiranvakrātsāvitrīṃ ca tadanvayām //
śeṣebhyaścaiva vakrebhyaścaturvedāngiranbahūn /
āraṇyakaṃ jagau devo harirnārāyaṇo vaśī //
vediṃ kamaṇḍaluṃ darbhānmaṇirūpāṃstathā kuśān / ajinaṃ daṇḍakāṣṭhaṃ ca jvalitaṃ ca hutāśanam /
dhārayāmāsa deveśo hastairyajñapatistadā //
taṃ prasannaṃ prasannātmā nārado dvijasattamaḥ /
vāgyataḥ praṇato bhūtvā vavande parameśvaram //
tamuvāca nataṃ mūrdhnā devānāmādiravyayaḥ //
śrībhagavānuvāca /
ekataśca dvitaścaiva tritaścaiva maharṣayaḥ /
imaṃ deśamanuprāptā mama darśanalālasāḥ //
na ca māṃ te dadṛśire na ca drakṣyati kaścana /
ṛte hyaikāntikaśreṣṭhāttvaṃ caivaikāntikottama //
mamaitāstanavaḥ śreṣṭhā jātā dharmagṛhe dvija /
tāstvaṃ bhajasva satataṃ sādhayasva yathāgatam //
vṛṇīṣva ca varaṃ priya mattastvaṃ yadihecchasi /
prasanno'haṃ tavādyeha viśvamūrtirihāvyayaḥ //
nārada uvāca /
adya me tapaso deva yamasya niyamasya ca /
sadyaḥ phalamavāptaṃ vai dṛṣṭo yadbhagavānmayā //
vara eṣa mamātyantaṃ dṛṣṭastvaṃ yatsanātanaḥ /
bhagavanviśvadṛk siṃhaḥ sarvamūrtirmahānprabhuḥ //
bhīṣma uvāca /
evaṃ sandarśayitvā tu nāradaṃ parameṣṭhijam /
uvāca vacanaṃ bhūyo gaccha nārada māciram //
ime hyanindriyāhārā madbhaktāścandravarcasaḥ /
ekāgrāścintayeyurmāṃ naiṣāṃ vighno bhavediti //
siddhā hyete mahābhāgāḥ purā hyekāntino'bhavan /
tamorajobhirnirmuktā māṃ pravekṣyantyasaṃśayam //
na dṛśyaścakṣuṣā yo'sau na spṛśyaḥ sparśanena ca /
na ghreyaścaiva gandhena rasena ca vivarjitaḥ //
satvaṃ rajastamaścaiva na guṇāstaṃ bhajanti vai /
yaśca sarvagataḥ sākṣī lokasyātmeti kathyate //
bhūtagrāmaśarīreṣu naśyatsu na vinaśyati /
ajo nityaḥ śāśvataśca nirguṇo niṣkalastathā //
dvirdvādaśebhyastattvebhyaḥ khyāto yaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ /
puruṣo niṣkriyaścaiva jñānadṛśyaśca kathyate //
yaṃ praviśya bhavantīha muktā vai dvijasattamāḥ /
sa vāsudevo vijñeyaḥ paramātmā sanātanaḥ //
paśya devasya māhātmyaṃ mahimānaṃ ca nārada /
śubhāśubhaiḥ karmabhiryo na lipyati kadācana //
satvaṃ rajastamaśceti guṇānetānpracakṣate /
ete sarvaśarīreṣu tiṣṭhanti vicaranti ca //
etānguṇāṃstu kṣetrajño bhuṅkte naibhiḥ sa bhujyate /
nirguṇo guṇabhukcaiva guṇasraṣṭā guṇātigaḥ //
jagatpratiṣṭhā devarṣe pṛthivyapsu pralīyate /
jyotiṣyāpaḥ pralīyante jyotirvāyau pralīyate //
khe vāyuḥ pralayaṃ yāti manasyākāśameva ca /
mano hi paramaṃ bhūtaṃ tadavyakte pralīyate //
avyaktaṃ puruṣe brahmanniṣkriye sampralīyate /
nāsti tasmātparataraḥ puruṣādvai sanātanāt //
nityaṃ hi nāsti jagati bhūtaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam / ṛte tamekaṃ puruṣaṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam /
sarvabhūtātmabhūto hi vāsudevo mahābalaḥ //
pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam /
te sametā mahātmānaḥ śarīramiti sañjñitam //
tadāviśati yo brahmanna dṛśyo laghuvikramaḥ /
utpanna eva bhavati śarīraṃ ceṣṭayanprabhuḥ //
na vinā dhātusanghātaṃ śarīraṃ bhavati kvacit /
na ca jīvaṃ vinā brahmanvāyavaśceṣṭayantyuta //
sa jīvaḥ parisaṃkhyātaḥ śeṣaḥ sankarṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ /
tasmātsanatkumāratvaṃ yo'labhatsvena karmaṇā //
yasmiṃśca sarvabhūtāni pradyumnaḥ paripaṭhyate /
tasmātprasūto yaḥ kartā kāraṇaṃ kāryameva ca //
tasmatsarvaṃ sambhavati jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam /
so'niruddhaḥ sa īśāno vyaktiḥ sā sarvakarmasu //
yo vāsudevo bhagavānkṣetrajño nirguṇātmakaḥ /
jñeyaḥ sa eva rājendra jīvaḥ sankarṣaṇaḥ prabhuḥ //
sankarṣaṇācca pradyumno manobhūtaḥ sa ucyate /
pradyumnādyo'nirūddhastu sohankāraḥ sa īśvaraḥ //
mattaḥ sarvaṃ sambhavati jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam /
akṣaraṃ ca kṣaraṃ caiva saccāsaccaiva nārada //
māṃ praviśya bhavantīha muktā bhaktāstu ye mama /
ahaṃ hi puruṣo jñeyo niṣkriyaḥ pañcaviṃśakaḥ //
nirguṇo niṣkalaścaiva nirdvandvo niṣparigrahaḥ /
etattvayā na vijñeyaṃ rūpavāniti dṛśyate //
icchanmuhūrtānnaśyeyamīśo'haṃ jagato guruḥ /
māyā hyeṣā mayā sṛṣṭā yanmāṃ paśyasi nārada //
sarvabhūtaguṇairyuktaṃ naivaṃ tvaṃ jñātumarhasi /
mayaitatkathitaṃ samyaktava mūrticatuṣṭayam //
ahaṃ hi jīvasañjño vai mayi jīvaḥ samāhitaḥ /
maivaṃ te buddhiratrābhūrddṛṣo jīvo mayeti vai //
ahaṃ sarvatrago brahmanbhūtagrāmāntarātmakaḥ /
bhūtagrāmaśarīreṣu naśyatsu na naśāmyaham //
siddhā hi te mahābhāgā narā hyekāntino'bhavan /
tamorajobhyāṃ nirmuktāḥ pravekṣyanti ca māṃ mune //
ahaṃ kartā ca kāryaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ cāpi narāda / na dṛśyaścakṣuṣā devaḥ spṛśyo na sparśanena ca /
āghreyo naiva gandhena rasena ca visarjitaḥ //
satvaṃ rajastamaścaiva na guṇāste bhavanti hi / sa hi sarvagataḥ sākṣī lokasyātmeti kathyate //
hiraṇyagarbho lokādiścaturvakro'niruktagaḥ /
brahmā sanātano devo mama bahvarthacintakaḥ //
lalāṭāccaiva me rudro devaḥ krodhādviniḥsṛtaḥ /
paśyaikādaśa me rudrāndakṣiṇaṃ pārśvamāsthitān //
dvādaśaiva tathā'dityānvāmapārśve samāsthitān /
agrataścaiva me paśya vasūnaṣṭau surottamān //
nāsatyaṃ caiva dasraṃ ca bhiṣajau paśya pṛṣṭhataḥ /
sarvānprajāpatīnpaśya paśya saptaṛrṣīstathā //
vedānyajñāṃśca śataśaḥ paśyāmṛtamathauṣadhīḥ /
tapāṃsi niyamāṃścaiva yamānapi pṛthagvidhān //
tathā'ṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryamekasthaṃ paśya mūrtimat /
śriyaṃ lakṣmīṃ ca kīrtiṃ ca pṛthivīṃ ca kakudminī //
vedānāṃ mātaraṃ paśya matsthāṃ devīṃ sarasvatīm /
dhruvaṃ ca jyotiṣāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ paśya nārada khecaram //
ambhodharānsamudrāṃśca sarāṃsi saritastathā /
mūrtimantaḥ pitṛgaṇāṃścaturaḥ paśya sattama //
trīṃścaivemānguṇānpaśya matsthānmūrtivivarjitān /
devakāryādapi mune pitṛkāryaṃ viśiṣyate //
devānāṃ ca pitṛṇāṃ ca pitā hyeko'hamāditaḥ /
ahaṃ hayaśirā bhūtvā samudre paścimottare //
pibāmi suhutaṃ havyaṃ kavyaṃ ca śraddhayā'nvitam /
mayā sṛṣṭaḥ purā brahmā māṃ yajñamayajatsvayam //
tatastasmai varānprīto dattavānasmyanuttamān /
matputratvaṃ ca kalpādau lokādhyakṣatvameva ca //
ahankārakṛtaṃ caiva nāmaparyāyavācakam /
tvayā kṛtāṃ ca maryādāṃ nātikraṃsyati kaścana //
tvaṃ caiva varado brahmanvarepsūnāṃ bhaviṣyasi /
surāsuragaṇānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca tapodhana //
pitṛṇāṃ ca mahābhāga satataṃ saṃśitavrata /
vividhānāṃ ca bhūtānāṃ tvamupāsyo bhaviṣyasi //
prādurbhāvagataścāhaṃ surakāryeṣu nityadā /
anuśāsyastvayā brahmanniyojyaśca suto yathā //
etāṃścānyāṃśca rucirānbrahmaṇe'mitatejase / evaṃ rudrāya manave indrāyāmitatejase /
ahaṃ dattvā varānprīto nivṛttiparamo'bhavam //
nirvāṇaṃ sarvadharmāṇāṃ nivṛttiḥ paramā smṛtā /
tasmānnivṛttimāpannaścaretsarvāṅganirvṛtaḥ //
vidyāsahāyavantaṃ māmādityasthaṃ sanātanam /
kapilaṃ prāhurācāryāḥ sāṅkhyaniścitaniścayāḥ //
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavāneṣa cchandasi saṃstutaḥ /
sohaṃ yogagatirbrahmanyogaśāstreṣu śabditaḥ //
eṣo'haṃ vyaktimāśritya tiṣṭhāmi divi śāśvataḥ /
tato yugasahasrānte saṃhariṣye jagatpunaḥ //
kṛtvā'tmasthāni bhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca /
ekākī vidyayā sārdhaṃ vihariṣye jagatpunaḥ //
tato bhūyo jagatsarvaṃ kariṣyāmīha vidyayā /
asminmūrtiścaturthī yā sā'sṛjaccheṣamavyayam //
sa hi sankarṣaṇaḥ proktaḥ pradyumnaḥ sopyajījanat /
pradyumnādaniruddho'haṃ sargo mama punaḥ punaḥ //
aniruddhāttathā brahmā tannābhikamalodbhavaḥ /
brahmaṇaḥ sarvabhūtāni carāṇi sthāvarāṇi ca //
etāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ vijānīhi kalpādiṣu punaḥ punaḥ / yathā sūryasya gaganādudayāstamane iha /
naṣṭe punarvalātkāla ānayatyamitadyute //
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