Narada Purana · Chapter 1.35

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde haribhaktilakṣaṇaṃ nāma catustriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanaka uvāca
punarvakṣyāmi māhātmyaṃ devadevasya cakriṇaḥ /
paṭhatāṃ śuṇvatāṃ sadyaḥ pāparāśiḥ praṇaśyati

śāntā jitāriṣaḍvargā yogenāpyanahṝṅkṛtāḥ /
yajanti jñānayogena jñānarūpiṇamavyayam

tīrthasnānairviśuddhā ye vratadānatapomakhaiḥ /
yajanti karmayogena sarvadhātāramacyutam

lubdhā vyasanito 'jñāśca na yajanti jagatpatim /
ajarāmaravanmūḍhāstiṣṭanti narakīṭakāḥ

taḍillekhāśriyā mattā vṛthāhṝṅkāradviṣitāḥ /
na yajanti jagannāthaṃ sarvaśraiyovidhāyakam

haridharmaratāḥ śāntā haripādābjasevakāḥ /
daivātke 'pīha jāyante lokānugrahatatparāḥ

karmaṇā manasā vācā yo yajedbhaktito harim /
sa yāti paramaṃ sthānaṃ sarvalokottamottamam

atraivodāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam /
paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiva sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

tatpravakṣyāmi caritaṃ yajñamālisumālinoḥ /
yasya śravaṇamātreṇa vācimedha phalaṃ labhet

kaścidāsītpurā vipra brahmaṇo raivateṃ'tare /
vedamāliriti khyāto vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ

sarvabhūtadayāyukto haripūjāparāyaṇaḥ /
putramitrakalatrārthaṃ dhanārjanaparo 'bhavat

apaṇyaṃvikrayaṃ cakre tathā ca rasivikrayam /
caṇḍālādyairapi tathā saṃbhaṣī tatpratigrahī

tapasāṃ vikrayaṃ cakre vratānāṃ vikrayaṃ tathā /
parārthaṃ tīrthagamanaṃ kalatrārthamakārayat

kālena gacchatā vipra jātau tasya sutāvubho /
yajñamālī sumālī ca yamalāvatiśobhanau

tataḥ pitā kumārau tāvatisnehasamanvitaḥ /
poṣayāmāsa vātsalyādbahubhiḥ sādhanaistadā

vedamālirbahūpāyairdhanaṃ saṃpādya yatnataḥ /
svadhanaṃ gaṇayāmāsa kiyatsyāditi veditum

nidhikoṭisahasrāṇāṃ koṭikoṭiguṇānvitam /
vigaṇayya svayaṃ dṛṣṭo vismitaścārthacintayā

asatpratigrahaiścaiva apaṇyānāṃ ca vikrayaiḥ /
meyā tapo vikrayādyairetaddhanamupārjitam

nādyāpi śāntimāpannā mama tṛṣṇātiduḥsahā /
merutulyasuvarṇāni hyasaṃkhyātāni vāñchati

aho manye mahākaṣṭaṃ samastakleśasādhanam /
sarvānkāmānavāṃpnoti punaranyañca kāṅkṣati

jīryanti jīryataḥ keśāḥ dantā jīryanti jīryataḥ /
cakṣuḥśrotre ca jīryete tṛṣṇekā taruṇāyate

mamedriyāṇi sarvāṇi mandabhāvaṃ vrajanti ca /
balaṃ hataṃ ca jarasā tṛṣṇā taruṇatāṃ gatā

kaṣṭāśā varttate yasya sa vidrānatha paṇḍitaḥ /
suśānto 'pi pramanyuḥ syāddhīmānapyatimūḍhadhīḥ

āśā bhaṅgakarī puṃsāmajeyārātisannibhā /
tasmādāśāṃ tyajetprājño yadīcchecchāśvataṃ sukham

balaṃ tejoḥ yaśaśvaiva vidyāṃ mānaṃ ca vṛddhatām /
tathaiva satkule janma āśā hatyativegataḥ

nṛṇāmāśābhibhūtānāmāścaryamidasucyate /
kiñciddātāpi cāṇḍālastasmādadhikatāṃ gataḥ

āśābhibhūtā ye martyā mahāmohā mahoddhatāḥ /
avamānādikaṃ duḥkhaṃ na jānanti kadāpyaho

mayāpyevaṃ bahukliśairetaddhanamupārjitam /
śarīramapi jīrṇaṃ ca jarasāpahataṃ balam

itaḥ paraṃ yatiṣyāmi paralokārthamādarāt /
evaṃ niścitya viprendra dharmamārga rato 'bhavat

tadaiva taddhanaṃ sarvaṃ caturddhā vyabhajattathā /
svayaṃ tu bhāga dvitaya svārjitārthādapāharat

śeṣaṃ ca bhāgadvitayaṃ putrayorubhayordadau /
svenārjitānāṃ pāpānāṃ nāśaṃ kartumanāstadā

prapātaḍāgārāmāṃśca tathā devagṛhānbahūn /
annādīnāṃ ca dānāni gaṅgātīre cakāra saḥ

evaṃ dhanamaśeṣaṃ ca viśrāṇya haribhaktimān /
nāranārāyaṇa sthānaṃ jagāma tapase vanam

tatrāpaśyanmahāramyamāśramaṃ munisevitam /
phalitaiḥ puṣaapitaiścaiva śobhitaṃ vṛkṣasaṃcayaiḥ

gṛṇadbhiḥ paramaṃ brahma śāstracintāparaistathā /
paricaryāparairvṛddhairmunibhiḥ pariśobhitam

śiṣyaiḥ parivṛtaṃ tatra muniṃ jānanti saṃjñakam /
gṛṇantaṃ paramaṃ brahma tejorāśiṃ dadarśa ha

śamādiguṇasaṃyuktaṃ rāgādirahitaṃ munim /
śīrṇaparṇāśanaṃ dṛṣṭvā vedamālirnanāma tam

tasya jānantirāgantoḥ kalpayāmāsa cārhaṇam /
kandamūlaphalādyaistu nārāyaṇadhiyā mune

kṛtātithyakriyastena vedamālī kṛtāñjaliḥ /
vinayāvanato bhūtvā provāca vadatāṃ varam

bhagavankṛtakṛtyo 'smi vigataṃ kalmaṣaṃ mama /
māmuddhara mahābhāga jñānadānena paṇḍita

evamuktastatastena jānantirmunisattamaḥ /
provāca prahasanvāgmī vedamāliṃ guṇānvitam

jānantiruvāca
śṛṇaṣva vipraśārdūla saṃsāracchedakāraṇam /
pravakṣyāmi samāsena durlabhaṃ tvakṛtātmanām

bhaja viṣṇuṃ paraṃ nityaṃ smara nārāyaṇaṃ prabhum /
parāpavādaṃ paiśunyaṃ kadācidapi mā kṛthāḥ

paropakāranirataḥ sa dā bhava mahāmate /
haripūjāparaścaiva tyaja mūrkhasamāgamam

kāmaṃ krodhaṃ ca lobhaṃ ca mohaṃ ca madamatsarau /
parityajyātmavallokaṃ dṛṣṭvā śāntiṃ gamiṣyasi

asūyāṃ paranindāṃ ca kadācidapi mā kuru /
draṃbhācāramahṝṅkāraṃ naiṣṭhuryaṃ ca parityaja

dayāṃ kuruṣva bhuteṣu śuśrūṣāṃ ca tathā satām /
tvayā kṛtāṃśca dharmānvai mā prakāśaya pucchatām

anācāraparāndṛṣṭvā nopekṣāṃ kuru śaktitaḥ /
pūjayasvātiyiṃ nityaṃ svakuṭuṃbāvirodhataḥ

patraiḥ puṣpaiḥ phalairvāpi dūrvābhiḥ pallavairatha /
pūjayasva jagannāthaṃ nārāyaṇamakāṃ mataḥ

devānṛpīnpitṝścāpi tarpayasva yathāvidhi /
agreśca vidhivadvapra paricaryāparo bhava

devatāyatane nityaṃ saṃmārjanaparo bhava /
tathopalepanaṃ caiva kuruṣva susamāhitaḥ

śīrṇasphaṭitasaṃdhānaṃ kuru devagṛhe sadā /
mārgaśobhāṃ ca dīpaṃ ca viṣṇorāyatane kuru

kandamūlaphalairvāpi sadā pūjaya mādhavam /
pradakṣiṇanamaskāraiḥ stotrāṇāṃ paṭhanaistathā

yurāṇaśravaṇaṃ caiva purāṇapaṭhanaṃ tathā /
vedāntapaṭhanaṃ caiva pratyahaṃ kuru śaktitaḥ

evaṃ sthiti tava jñānaṃ bhaghaviṣyatyuttamottamam /
jñānātsamastapāpānāṃ mokṣo bhavati niścitam

evaṃ prabodhitastena vedamālirmahāmatiḥ /
tathā jñānarato nityaṃ jñānaleśamavāptavān

vedamāliḥ kadācittu jñānaleśapracoditaḥ /
ko 'haṃ mama kriyā keti svayameva vyaktintayat

mama janma kathaṃ jātaṃ rūpaṃ kīdṛgvidhaṃ mama /
evaṃ vicāraṇaparoḥ divāniśamatandritaḥ

aniścitamatirbhūtvā vedamālirddhijottamaḥ /
punarjānantimāgamya praṇamyedamuvāca ha

vedamāliruvāca
mama cittamatibhrātaṃ guro brahmavidāṃ vara /
ko 'haṃ mama kriyā kā ca mama janma kathaṃ vada

jānantiruvāca
satyaṃ satyaṃ mahābhāgaṃ cittaṃ bhrātaṃ suniścitam /
avidyānilarya cittaṃ kathaṃ sadbhāvagagameṣyati

mameti gaditaṃ yattu tadapi bhrāntiriṣyate /
ahṝṅkāro manodharma ātmano nahi paṇḍita

punaśca ko 'hamityuktaṃ vedamāle tvayā tu yat /
mama jātyādi śūnyasya kathaṃ nāma karomyaham

anaupamyasvabhāvasya nirguṇasya parātmanaḥ /
nīrūpasyāprameyasya kathaṃ nāma karomyaham

parajyotiḥ svarūpasya paripūrṇāvyayātmanaḥ /
avicchinnasvabhāvasya kathyate ca kathaṃ kriyā

svaprakāśātmano vipra nityasya paramātmanaḥ /
anantasya kriyā caiva kathaṃ janma ca kathyate

jñānaikavedyamajaraṃ paraṃ brahma sanātanam /
paripūrṇaṃ parānandaṃ tasmānnānyadiha dvija

tattvamasyādivākyebhyo jñānaṃ mokṣasya sādhanam /
jñāne tvanāhate siddhe sarvaṃ brahmamayaṃ bhavet

evaṃ prabodhitastena vedamālirmunīśvara /
mumoda paśyannātmānamātmanyevācyutaṃ prabhum

upādhirahitaṃ brahma svaprakāśaṃ nirañjanam /
ahameveti niścitya parāṃ śāntimavāptavān

tataśca vyavahārārthaṃ vedamālirmunīśvaram /
guruṃ praṇamya jānanti sadā dhyānaparo 'bhavat

gate bahutithe kāle vedamālirmunīśva /
vārāṇasīpuraṃ prāpya paraṃ mokṣamavāptavān

ya imaṃ paṭhate 'dhyāyaṃ śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ /
sa karmapāśavicchedaṃ prāpya saukhyamavānpuyāt