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Narada Purana · Chapter 1.31

1.31.1

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde prāyaścittavidhirnāma ghatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
nārada uvāca
kathito bhavatā samyagvarṇāśramavidhirmune /
idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi yamamārgaṃ sudurgamam

1.31.2

sanaka uvāca
śṛṇu vipra pravakṣyāmi yamamārgaṃ sudurgamam /
sukhadaṃ puṇyaśīlānāṃ pāpināṃ bhayadāyakam

1.31.3

ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi yojanārnini munīśvara /
yamamārgasya vistāraḥ kathaitaḥ pūrvasūribhiḥ

1.31.4

ye narā dānaśīlāstu te yānti sukhino dvija /
dharmaśūnyā narā yānti duḥkhena bhṛśamarditāḥ

1.31.5

atibhītā vivaśtrāśca śuṣkakaṇṭhauṣṭhatālukāḥ /
kradanto vistaraṃ dīnāḥ pāpino yānti tatpathi

1.31.6

hanyamānā yamabhaṭaiḥ pratodādyaistathāyudhaiḥ

1.31.7

itastataḥ pradhāvanto yānti duḥkhena tatpathi /
kvacitpaṅkaḥ kvacidūhniḥ kvacitsetatpasaikatam /
kvacidvai dāvarupeṇaḥ tīkṣṇadhārāḥ śilāḥ kvacit

1.31.8

kvacitkaṇṭakavṛkṣāśca duḥkhārohaśilā nagāḥ /
gāḍhāndhakārāśaaca guhāḥ kaṇṭakāvaraṇaṃ mahat

1.31.9

vaprāgrārohaṇaṃ caiva kandarasya praveśanam /
śarkarāśca tathā loṣṭāḥ sūcītulyāśca kaṇṭakāḥ

1.31.10

śaivālaṃ ca kvacinmārge kvacitkīcakapaṅktayaḥ /
kvacivdyāvrāśca garjante vardhante ca kvacijjvarāḥ

1.31.11

evaṃ bahuvidhakleśāḥ pāpino yānti nārada /
krośantaśca rudantaśca mlāyantaścaiva pāpinaḥ

1.31.12

pāśena yantritāḥ kecitkṛṣyamāṇāstathāṅkuśaiḥ /
śāstrāstraistāḍyamānāśca pṛṣṭato yānti pāpinaḥ

1.31.13

nāsāgrapāśakṛṣṭāśca kecidantraiśca badhitāḥ /
vahṝntaścāyasāṃ bhāraṃ śiśrāgreṇa prayānti vai

1.31.14

ayobhāradvayaṃ kecinnāsāgreṇa tathāpare /
karṇābhyāṃ ca tathā kecidvahṝnto yānti pāpinaḥ

1.31.15

kecicca skhalitā yānti tāḍyamānāstathāpare /
atyarthocṅvasitāḥ kecitkecidācchatralocanāḥ

1.31.16

chāyājalavihīne tu pathi yāntyatiduḥkhitāḥ /
śocantaḥ svāni karmaṇi jñānājñānakṛtāni ca

1.31.17

ye tu nārada dharmiṣṭhā dānaśīlā subuddhayaḥ /
atīva sukhasaṃpannāste yānti dharmamandiram

1.31.18

annadāstu munuśreṣṭha bhuñjantaḥ svādu yānti vai /
nīradā yānti sukhinaḥ pibantaḥ kṣīramuttamamam /
takradā dadhidāścaiva tattadbhogaṃ labhanti vai /
ghṛtadā madhudāścaiva kṣīradāśca dvijottama

1.31.19

sudhāpānaṃ prakurvanto yānti vai dharmamandiram /
śākadāḥ pāyasaṃ bhuñjaṃndīpado jvalayandiśaḥ

1.31.20

vastrado munuśārdūla yāti divyāmbarāvṛtaḥ /
purākaraprado yāti stūyamāno 'maraiḥ pathi

1.31.21

godānena naro yāti sarvasaukhyasamanvitaḥ /
bhūmido gṛhadaścaiva vimāne sarvasaṃpadi

1.31.22

apsarogaṇasaṃkīrṇe krīḍanyāti vṛṣālayam /
hayado yānadaścāpi gajadaśca dvijottama

1.31.23

dharmālayaṃ vimānena yāti bhogānvitena vai /
anaḍuddo muniśreṣṭha yānāruḍhaḥ prayāti vai

1.31.24

phaladaḥ puṣpadaścāpi yāti saṃtoṣasaṃyutaḥ /
tāṃbūlado naro yāti prahṛṣṭor dhamamandiram

1.31.25

mātāpitrośca śuśrūṣāṃ kṛtavānyo narottamaḥ /
sa yāti parituṣṭātmā pūjyamāno divisthitaiḥ

1.31.26

śuśrūṣāṃ kurute yastu yatīnāṃ vratacāriṇām /
dvijagryabrāhmaṇānāṃ ca sa yātvatisukhānvitaḥ

1.31.27

sarvabhūtadayāyuktaḥ pūjyamāno 'marairdvijaḥ /
sarvabhogānvitenāsau vimānena prayāti ca

1.31.28

vidyādānarato yāti pūjyamāno 'bjasūnubhiḥ /
purāṇapaṭhako yāti stūyamāno munīśvaraiḥ

1.31.29

evaṃ dharmaparā yānti sukhaṃ dharmasya mandiram /
yamaścaturmukho bhūtvā śaṅkhacakragadāsibhṛt

1.31.30

puṇyakarmarataṃ samyaksnehānmitramivārcati /
bho bho buddhimatāṃ śreṣṭhānarakakleṣabhīravaḥ

1.31.31

yuṣmābhiḥ sādhitaṃ puṇyamatrāmutrasukhāvaham /
manuṣathya janma yaḥ prāpya sukṛtaṃ na karoti ca

1.31.32

sa eva pāpināṃ śreṣṭha ātmaghātaṃ karoti ca /
anityaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ nityaṃ yastu na sādhayet

1.31.33

sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ ko 'nyastasmādacetanaḥ /
śarīraṃ yātanārupaṃ malādyaiḥ paridūṣitam

1.31.34

tasminyo yāti viśvāsaṃ taṃ vidyādātmaghātakam /
sarveṣu prāṇinaḥ śreṣṭhāsteṣu vai buddhijīvinaḥ

1.31.35

buddhimastu narāḥ śreṣṭhā nareṣu brāhmaṇāstathā /
brāhmaṇeṣu ca vidvāṃso vidvatsu kṛtabuddhayaḥ

1.31.36

kṛtabuddhiṣu karttāraḥ kartṛṣu brahmavādinaḥ /
brahmavādiṣvapi tathā śreṣṭho nirmama ucyate

1.31.37

etebhyo 'pi paro jñeyo nityaṃ dhyānaparāyaṇaḥ /
tasmātsarvaprayatnena karttavyo dharmasaṃgrahaḥ

1.31.38

sarvatra pūjyate janturdharmavānnātra saṃśayaḥ /
gaccha svapuṇyairmatsthānaṃ sarvabhogasamanvitam

1.31.39

asti cedduṣkṛtaṃ kiñcitpaścādatraiva bhokṣyase /
evaṃ yamastamabhyarcya prāpayitvā ca sadgatim

1.31.40

āhūya pāpinaścaiva kāladaṇḍena tarjayet /
pralayāṃbudanirghoṣo hyañjanādrisamaprabhaḥ

1.31.41

vidyutpra bhāyurghorbhīmo dvātriṃśadbhujasaṃyutaḥ /
yojanatrayavistāro raktākṣo dīrghanāsikaḥ

1.31.42

daṃṣṭrākarālavadano vāpītulyogralocanaḥ /
mṛtyujvarādibhiryuktaścitragutpo 'pi bhīṣaṇaḥ

1.31.43

sarve dūtāśca garjanti yamatulyavibhīṣaṇāḥ /
tato bravīti tānsarvānkaṃpamānāṃśca pāpinaḥ

1.31.44

śocantaḥ svāni karmāṇi citragutpo yamājñayā /
bho bho pāpā durācārā ahṝṅkārapradūṣitāḥ

1.31.45

kimarthamarjitaṃ pāpaṃ yuṣmābhiravivekibhiḥ /
kāmaktodhādidṛṣṭena sagarveṇa tu cetasā

1.31.46

yadyatpāpataraṃ tattatkimarthaṃ caritaṃ janāḥ /
kṛtavantaḥ purā pāpānyatyantaharṣitāḥ

1.31.47

tathaiva yātanā bhojyāḥ kiṃ vṛthā hyatidurivatāḥ /
bhṛtyamitrakalatrārthaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ caritaṃ yathā

1.31.48

tathā karmavaśātprātpā yūyamatrātiduḥkhitāḥ /
yuṣmābhiḥ poṣitā ye tu putrādyā anyatogatāḥ

1.31.49

yuṣmākameva tatpāpaṃ prātpaṃ kiṃ duḥkhakāraṇam /
yathā kṛtāni pāpāni yuṣmābhiḥ subahūni vai

1.31.50

tathā prātpāni duḥkhāni kimarthamiha duḥkhitāḥ /
vicārayadhvaṃ yūyaṃ tu yuṣmābhiścāritaṃ purā

1.31.51

yamaḥ kariṣyate daṇḍamiti kiṃ na vicāritam /
daridre 'pi ca mūrkhe ca paṇḍite vā śriyānvite

1.31.52

kāndiśīke ca vīre ca samavartīḥ yamaḥ smṛtaḥ /
citragutperitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā te pāpinastadā

1.31.53

śaucantaḥ svāni karmaṇi tūṣṇīṃ tiṣṭanti bhīṣitāḥ /
yamājñākāriṇaḥ krūraścaṇḍā dūtā bhayānakāḥ

1.31.54

caṇḍalādyāḥ prasahyaitānnarakeṣu kṣipanti ca /
svaduṣkarmaphalaṃ te tu bhuktvānte pāpaśeṣataḥ

1.31.55

mahītalaṃ ca saṃprāpya bhavanti sthaāvarādayaḥ /
nārada uvāca
bhagavansaṃśayo jāto maccetasi dayānidhe

1.31.56

tvaṃ samartho 'si tacchettuṃ yato no hyagrajo bhavān /
dharmāśca vividhāḥ proktāḥ pāpānyapi bahūni ca

1.31.57

cirabhojyaṃ phalaṃ teṣāmuktaṃ bahuvidā tvayā /
dinānte brahmaṇaḥ prokto nāśo lokatrayasya vai

1.31.58

parārddhadvitayānte tu brahmāṇḍasyāpi saṃkṣayaḥ /
grāmadānādipuṇyānāṃ tvayaiva vidhinandana

1.31.59

kalpakoṭisahasreṣu mahānbhoga udāhṛtaḥ /
sarveṣāmeva lokānāṃ vināśaḥ prākṛte laye

1.31.60

ekaḥ śiṣyata eveti tvayā proktaṃ janārdanaḥ /
eṣa me saṃśayo jātastaṃ bhavāñchettumarhati

1.31.61

puṇyapāpopabhogānāṃ samātpirnāsya saṃplave /
sanaka uvāca
sādhu sādhau mahāprājña guhyādguhyatamaṃ tvidam

1.31.62

pṛṣṭaṃ tatte 'bhidhāsyāmi śṛṇuṣva susamāhitaḥ /
nārāyaṇo 'kṣaro 'nantaḥ paraṃ jyotiḥ sanātanaḥ

1.31.63

viśuddho nirguṇo nityo māyāmohavivarjitaḥ /
nirguṇo 'pi parānando guṇavāniva bhāti yaḥ

1.31.64

brahmaviṣṇuśivādyaistu bhedavāniva lakṣyate /
guṇopādhikabhedeṣu triṣveteṣu sanātana

1.31.65

saṃyojya māyāmakhilaṃ jagatkāryaṃ karoti ca /
brahmarupeṇa sṛjati viṣṇurupeṇa pāti ca

1.31.66

ante ca rudrarupeṇa sarvamattīti niścitam /
prasayānte samutthāya brahmarupī janārdanaḥ

1.31.67

carācarātmakaṃ viśvaṃ yathāpūrvamakalpayat /
sthāvarādyāśaaca viprendra yatra yatra vyavasthitāḥ

1.31.68

brahmā tattajjagatsarvaṃ yathāpūrvaṃ karoti vai /
tasmātkṛtānāṃ pāpānāṃ puṇyānāṃ caiva sattama

1.31.69

avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ karmaṇāṃ hyakṣayaṃ phalam /
nābhuktaṃ kṣīyate karma kalpakoṭiśatairapi

1.31.70

avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham /
yo devaḥ sarvalokānāmantarātmā jaganmayaḥ /
sarvakarmaphalaṃ bhukte paripūrṇaḥ sanātanaḥ

1.31.71

yo 'sau viśvaṃbharo devo guṇamedavyavasthitaḥ /
sūjatyavati cāttyetatsarvaṃ sarvabhugavyayaḥ

Original text: Nāradapurāṇa (or Nāradīyapurāṇa) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0