Mahabharata · Chapter 12.356
śrutvaitannārado vākyaṃ naranārāyaṇeritam /
atyantaṃ bhaktimāndeve ekāntitvamupeyivān //
uṣitvā varṣasāhasraṃ naranārāyaṇāśrame / śrutvā bhagavadākhyānaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca harimavyayam /
jagāma himavatkukṣāvāśramaṃ svaṃ surārcitam //
tāvapi khyātayaśasau naranārāyaṇāvṛṣī /
tasminnevāśrame ramye tepatustapa sattamam //
tvamapyamitavikrāntaḥ pāṇḍavānāṃ kulodvahaḥ /
pāvitātmā'dya saṃvṛttaḥ śrutvemāmāditaḥ kathām //
naiva tasyāparo loko nāyaṃ pārthivasattama /
karmaṇā manasā vācā yo dviṣyādviṣṇumavyayam //
majjanti pitarastasya narake śāśvatīḥ samāḥ /
yo dviṣyādvibudhaśreṣṭhaṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ harim //
kathaṃ nāma bhaveddveṣya ātmā lokasya kasyacit /
ātmā hi puruṣavyāghra jñeyo viṣṇuriti śrutiḥ //
ya eṣa gururasmākamṛṣirgandhavatīsutaḥ / tenaitatkathitaṃ tāta māhātmyaṃ paramātmanaḥ /
tasmācchrutaṃ mayā cedaṃ kathitaṃ ca tavānagha //
nāradena tu samprāptaḥ sarahasyaḥ sasangrahaḥ /
eṣa dharmo jagannāthātsākṣānnārāyaṇānnṛpa //
evameṣa mahāndharmaḥ sa te pūrvaṃ nṛpottama /
kathito harigītāsu samāsavidhikalpitaḥ //
kṛṣṇadvaipāyanaṃ vyāsaṃ viddhi nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum / ko hyanyaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣānmahābhāratakṛdbhavet /
dharmānnānāvidhāṃścaiva ko brūyāttamṛte prabhum //
vartatāṃ te mahāyajño yathāsankalpitastvayā /
sankalpitāśvamedhastvaṃ śrutadharmā ca tattvataḥ //
sautiruvāca /
etattu mahadākhyānaṃ śrutvā pārīkṣito nṛpaḥ /
tato yajñasamāptyarthaṃ kriyāḥ sarvāḥ samārabhat //
nārāyaṇīyamākhyānametatte kathitaṃ mayā /
pṛṣṭena śaunakādyeha naimiṣāraṇyavāsiṣu //
nāradena purā yadvai gurave tu niveditam /
ṛṣīṇāṃ pāṇḍavānāṃ ca śṛṇvatoḥ kṛṣṇabhīṣmayoḥ //
sa hi paramarṣirjanabhuvanapatiḥ pṛthudharaṇidharaḥ śrutivinayaparaḥ /
śamaniyamanidhiryamaniyamaparo dvijavara sahitastava ca bhavatu gatirhariramarahitaḥ //
asuravadhakarastapasānnidhiḥ sumahatāṃ yaśasāṃ ca bhājanam /
ekāntināṃ śaraṇado'bhayado gatido gatidostu vaḥ sukhabhāgakaraḥ / madhukaiṭabhahā kṛtadharmavidāṃ gatido bhayado makhabhāgaharostu śaraṇaṃ sa te //
triguṇo viguṇaścaturātmadharaḥ pūrteṣṭayośca phalabhāgaharaḥ /
vidadhātu nityamajito'ticalo gatirātmavatāṃ sukṛtināmṛṣīṇām //
taṃ lokasākṣiṇamajaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇaṃ ravivarṇamīśvaraṃ gatiṃ bahuśaḥ /
praṇamadhvamekamatayo yataḥ salilodbhavopi tamṛṣiṃ praṇataḥ //
sa hi lokayonirasṛtasya padaṃ sūkṣmaṃ parāyaṇamacalaṃ hi padam /
tatsāṅkhyayogibhirudāhṛtaṃ taṃ buddhyā yatātmabhiridaṃ sanātanam //
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