Narada Purana · Chapter 1.36

iti śrībṛhannārādīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde jñānanirūpaṇa nāma pañcatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanaka uvāca
vedamāleḥ sutau proktau yāvubhau munisattama /
yajñamālī sumālī ca tayoḥ karmādhunocyata

tayorādyo yajñamālī vibheda pitṛsaṃcitam /
dhanaṃ dvidhā kaniṣṭasya bhāgamekaṃ dadau tadā

sumālī ca dhanaṃ sarvaṃ vyasanābhirakataḥ sadā /
apādānā dibhiścaiva nāśayāmāsa bho dvija

gītavādyarato nityaṃ madyapānarato 'bhavat /
veśyāvibhramalubdho 'sau paradārato 'bhavat

sarvasminnāśamāyāte hiraṇye pitṛsaṃcite /
apahṛtya paraṃ dravyaṃ vārastrīnirato 'bhavat

dṛṣṭvā sumālinaḥ śūlaṃ yajñamālī mahāmatiḥ /
babhūva duḥkhito 'tyarthaṃ bhrātaraṃ cedamabravīt

alamamatyantakaṣṭena vṛttenāsmatkule 'nuja /
tvameka eva duṣṭātmā mahāpāparato 'bhavaḥ

evaṃ nivārayantaṃ taṃ bahuśo jyeṣṭasodaram /
haniṣyāmīti niścitya khaḍgahastaḥ kace 'grahīt

tato mahāravo jajñe nagare bhṛśadāruṇaḥ /
babandhurnāgarāścainaṃ kupitāste sumālinam

yajñamālī hyameyātmā paurānsaṃprārthya duḥkhitaḥ /
bandhanānmocayāmāsa bhrātṛsnehavimohitaḥ

yajñamālī punaścāpi bibhide svadhanaṃ dvidhā /
ādade svayamarddhaṃ ca dadāvarddhaṃ yavīyase

sumālī tvatimūḍhātmā taddhanaṃ cāpi nārada /
mūrkhaiḥ pāraṃvaḍacaṇḍālairbubhuje ca sahoddhataḥ

asatāmupabho gāya durjanānāṃ vibhūtayaḥ /
picumandaḥ phalāḍhyo 'pi kākairevopabhujyate

bhrātrā dattaṃ dhanaṃ tañca sumālī nāśayanmune /
madyapānapramattaśca gomāṃsā dīnyabhakṣayat

tyakto bandhujanaiḥ sarvaiścāṇḍālastrīsamanvitaḥ /
rājñāpi bādhito vipraprapede nirjanaṃ vanam

yajñamālī sudhīrvipra sadā dharmarato 'bhavet /
avāritaṃ dadāvannaṃ satsaṅgagatakalmaṣaḥ

pitrā kṛtāni sarvāṇi taḍāgādīni sattama /
apālayatprayatnena sadā dharmaparāyaṇaḥ

viśrāṇitaṃ dhanaṃ sarvaṃ yajñamālermahātmanaḥ /
satpātradānaniṣṭasya dharmamārgapravartinaḥ

aho sadupabhogāya sajjanānāṃ vibhūtayaḥ /
kalpavṛkṣaphalaṃ sarvamamaraireva bhujyate

dhanaṃ viśrāṇya dharmārthaṃ yajñamālī mahāmatiḥ /
nityaṃ viṣṇugṛhe samyakparicaryyāparo 'bhavat

kālena gacchatā tau tu vṛddhabhāvamupāgatau /
yajñamālī sumālī ca hyekakāle mṛtāvubhau

haripūjāratasyāsya yajñamālimahātmanaḥ /
hariḥ saṃpreṣayāmāsa vimānaṃ pārṣadā vṛtam

divyaṃ vimānamāruhya yajñamālī mahāmatiḥ /
pūjyamānaḥ suragaṇaiḥ stūyamāno munīśvaraiḥ

gandharvairgīyamānaśca sevitaścāpsarogaṇaiḥ /
kāmadhenvā puṣyamāṇaścitrābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ

komalaistulasīmālyairbhūṣitastejasāṃ nidhiḥ /
gacchanviṣṇupadaṃ divyaṃmanujaṃ pathi dṛṣṭavān

tāhyamānaṃ yamabhaṭaiḥ kṣuttṛḍbhyāṃ paripīḍitam /
pretabhūtaṃ vivastraṃ ca duḥkhitaṃ pāśaveṣṭitam /
itastataḥ prādhāvantaṃ vilapantamanāthavat

krośantaṃ ca sudantaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā manasi vivyathe

yajñamālīdayāyukto viṣṇudūtānsamīpagān /
ko 'yaṃ bhaṭairbādhyamānaṃ ityapṛcchatkṛtāñjaliḥ

atha te haridūtāstaṃ yajñamālimahaujasam /
asau sumālī bhrātā te pāpātmeti samabruvan

yajñamālī samākarṇya vyākhyātaṃ viṣṇukiṅkaraiḥ /
manasā duḥkhamāpannaḥ punaḥ papraccha nārada

kathamasya bhavenmokṣaḥ sāṃcitaiḥ pāpasaṃcayaiḥ /
tadupāyaṃbadadhvaṃ me yūyaṃ hi mamabāndhavāḥ

sakhyaṃ sāptapadīnaṃ syādityāhurdharmakovidāḥ /
satāṃ sāptapadī maitrī satsatāṃ tripadī tathā

satsatāmapi ye saṃtasteṣāṃ maitraghī pade pade

tasmānme bāndhavā yūyaṃ māṃ netuṃ samupāgatāḥ /
yato 'yaṃ mama bhrātāpi mucyate tadihocyatām

yajñamālivacaḥ śrutvā viṣṇudūtā dayālavaḥ /
punaḥ smitāmukhāḥ procuryajñamāliharipriyam

viṣṇudūtā ūcuḥ
yajñamālinmahābhāga nārāyaṇaparāyaṇa /
upāyaṃ tava vakṣyāmaḥ sumālipremamuktidam

kṛtaṃ yatsumahatkarma tvayā prāktanajanmani /
pravakṣyāmaḥ samāsena tacchraṇuṣva samāhitaḥ

purā tvaṃ vaiśyajātīyo nāmnā viśvaṅghabharaḥ smṛtaḥ /
tvayā kṛtāni pāpāni ahantyagaṇitāni vai

sukarmavāsanāhīno mātāpitrorvirodhakṛt /
ekadā bandhubhistyaktaḥ śokasaṃtāpapīḍitaḥ

kṣudhāgnināpi saṃtaptaḥ prāptavānharimandiram /
tadā vṛṣṭirabhūttatra tatsthānaṃ paṅkilaṃ hyabhūta

dīrīkṛtastvayā paṅkastatsthāne sthātumicchayā /
upalepanatāṃ prāptaṃ tatsthānaṃ viṣṇumandire

kalpakoṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ saṃprāpya harisannidhim /
vasādya jñānamāsādya paraṃ mokṣaṃ gamiṣyasi

anujaṃ pātakiśreṣṭhaṃ tvaṃ samuddharttamicchasi /
upāyaṃ tava vakṣyāmastaṃ nibodha mahāmate

gocarmamātrabhūmestu upalepanajaṃ phalam /
dattvoddhara mahābhāga bhrātaraṃ kṛpayānvitaḥ

evamukto viṣṇudūtairyajñamālī mahāpatiḥ /
tatphalaṃ pradadau tasmai bhrātre pāpavimuktaye

sumālī bhrātṛdattena puṇyena gatakalmaṣaḥ /
babhūva yamadūtāstu taṃ tyaktvā prapalāyitāḥ

vimānaṃ cāgataṃ sadyaḥ sarvabhogasamanvitam /
tadā sumālī svaryānamāruhya mumude mune

tāvubhau bhrātarau vipra suravṛndanamaskṛtau /
avāpaturbhṛśaṃ prītiṃ samāliṅgya parasparam

yajñamālī sumālī ca stūyamānau maharṣibhiḥ /
gīyamānau ca gandharvairviṣṇulokaṃ prajagmatuḥ

avāpya harisālokyaṃ sumālī munisattama /
yajñamālī coṣatustau kalpamekaṃ mudānvitau

bhuktvā bhogānbahūṃstatra yajñamālī mahāmatiḥ /
tatraiva jñānasaṃpannaḥ paraṃ mokṣamupāgataḥ

sumālī tu mahābhāgo viṣṇuloke mudānvitaḥ /
sthitvā bhūmiṃ punaḥ prāpya vipratvaṃ samupāgataḥ

atiśuddhe kule jāto guṇavānvedapāragaḥ /
sarvasaṃpatsamopeto haribhaktiparāyaṇaḥ

vyāharanharināmāni prapede jāhnavītaṭam /
tatra snātaśca gaṅgāyāṃ dṛṣṭvā viśveśvaraṃ prabhum

avāpa paramaṃ sthānaṃ yogināmapi durlabham /
upalepanamāhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ te munīśvara

tasmātsarvaprayatnena saṃpūjyo jagatāṃpatiḥ /
akāmādapi ye viṣṇoḥ sakṛtpūjāṃ prakurvate

na teṣāṃ bhavabandhastu kadācidapi jāyate /
haribhaktiratānyastu haribuddhyā samarcayet

tasya tuṣyanti viprendra brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ /
haribhaktiparāṇāṃ tu saṃgināṃ saṃgamātrataḥ

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo mahāpātakavānapi /
haripūjāparāṇāṃ ca harināmaratātmanām

śuśrūṣāniratā yānti pāpino 'pi parāṃ gatim