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Narada Purana · Chapter 1.42

1.42.1

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge prathamapāde nāmamahātmyannāmaikacatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
śrīnārada uvāca
kutaḥ sṛṣṭamidaṃ brahmañjagatsthāvarajaṅgamam /
pralaye ca kamabhyeti tanme brūhi sanandana

1.42.2

sasāgaraḥ sagaganaḥ saśailaḥ sabalāhakaḥ /
sabhūmiḥ sāgnipavano loko 'yaṃ kena nirmitaḥ

1.42.3

kathaṃ sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni kathaṃ varṇavibhaktayaḥ /
śaucāśaucaṃ kathaṃ teṣāṃ dharmādharmavidhiḥ katham

1.42.4

kīdṛśo jīvatāṃ jīvaḥ kva vā gacchanti ye mṛtāḥ /
asmāllokādamuṃ lokaṃ sarvaṃ śaṃsatu me bhavān

1.42.5

sanandana uvāca
śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi cetihāsaṃ purātanam /
bhṛguṇābhihitaṃ śāstraṃ bharadvājāya pṛcchate

1.42.6

kailāsaśikhare dṛṣṭvā dīpyamānaṃ mahaujasam /
bhṛgumaharṣimāsīnaṃ bharadvājo 'nvapṛcchata

1.42.7

bharadvāja uvāca
kathaṃ jīvo vicarati nānāyoniṣu saṃtatam /
kathaṃ muktiśca saṃsārājjāyate tasya mānada

1.42.8

yaśca nārāyaṇaḥ sraṣṭā svayaṃbhūrbhagavansvayam /
sevyasevakabhāvena vartete iti tau sadā

1.42.9

praviśanti laye sarve yamīśaṃ sacarācarāḥ /
lokānāṃ ramaṇaḥ so 'yaṃ nirguṇaśca nirañjanaḥ

1.42.10

anīrdaśyo 'pratarkyaśca kathaṃ jñāyeta kairmune /
kathamenaṃ parātmānaṃ kālaśaktiduranvayam

1.42.11

atarkyacaritaṃ vedāḥ stuvanti kathamādarāt /
jīvo jīvatvamullaṅghya kathaṃ brahma samanvayāt

1.42.12

etadicchāmyahaṃ śrotuṃ tanme brūhi kṛpānirgha /
evaṃ sa bhagavānpṛṣṭo bharadvājena saṃśayam

1.42.13

maharṣirbrahmasaṃkāśaḥ sarvaṃ tasmai tato 'bravīt /
bhṛguruvāca
mānaso nāma yaḥ pūrvo viśruto ve maharṣibhiḥ

1.42.14

anādinidhano devastathā tebhyo 'jarāmaraḥ /
avyakta iti vikhyātaḥ śāśvato 'thākṣayo 'vyayaḥ

1.42.15

yataḥ sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni jāyante ca mriyanti ca /
so 'mṛjatprathamaṃ devo mahāntaṃ nāma nāmataḥ

1.42.16

ākāśamiti vikhyātaṃ sarvabhūtadharaḥ prabhuḥ /
ākāśādabhavadvāri salilādagnimārutau

1.42.17

agnimārutasaṃyogāttataḥ samabhavanmahī /
tatastejo mayaṃ divyaṃ padmaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ svayaṃbhuvā

1.42.18

tasmātpadmātsamabhavadvrahmā vedamayo vidhiḥ /
ahṝṅkāra iti khyātaḥ sarvabhūtātmabhūtakṛt

1.42.19

brahmā vai sa mahātejā ya ete pañca dhātavaḥ /
śailāstasyāsthisaṃdhāstu medo masiṃ ca medinī

1.42.20

samudrāstasya rudhiramākāśamudaraṃ tathā /
pavanaścaiva niśvāsastejo 'gnirnimnagāḥ śirāḥ

1.42.21

agnīṣomau ca candrākārai nayane tasya viśrute /
nabhaścordhvaśirastasya kṣitiḥ padau bhujau diśaḥ

1.42.22

durvijñeyo hyacintyātmā siddhairapi na saṃśayaḥ /
sa eṣa bhagavānviṣṇurananta iti viśrutaḥ

1.42.23

sarvabhūtātmabhūtastho durvijñeyo 'kṛtātmabhiḥ /
ahṝṅkārasya yaḥ sraṣṭā sarvabhūtabhaghavāyavai /
tataḥ samabhavadviśvaṃ pṛṣṭo 'haṃ yadiha tvayā

1.42.24

bhagdvāja uvāca
gaganasya diśāṃ caiva bhūtalasvānilasya ca /
kānyatra parimāṇāni saṃśayaṃ chindhi tattvataḥ

1.42.25

bhṛguruvāca
anantametadākāśaṃ siddhadaivatasovitam /
ramyaṃ nānāśrayākīrṇaṃ yasyāṃ to nādhigamyate

1.42.26

ūrdhvaṃ gateradhastāttu candrādityau na paśyataḥ /
tatra devāḥ svayaṃ dīptā bhāskarābhāgnivarcasaḥ

1.42.27

te cāpyantaṃ na paśyanti nabhasaḥ prathitaujasaḥ /
durgamatvādanantatvāditi me vada mānada

1.42.28

upariṣṭopariṣṭāttu pjvaladbhiḥ svayaṃprabhaghaiḥ /
niruddhametadākāśaṃ hyaprameyaṃ surairapi

1.42.29

prathivyante samudrāstu samudrānte tamaḥ smṛtam /
tamasoṃ'te jalaṃ prāhurjalasyānte 'gnireva ca

1.42.30

rasātalānte salilaṃ jalānte pannagādhipāḥ /
tadante punarākāśamākāśānte punarjalam

1.42.31

evamantaṃ bhagavataḥ pramāṇaṃ salilasya ca /
agnimārutatoyebhyo durjñeyaṃ daivatairapi

1.42.32

agnimārutatoyānāṃ varṇā kṣititalasya ca /
ākāśasadṛśā hyete bhidyante tattvadaśanāt

1.42.33

paṭhanti caiva munayaḥ śāstreṣu vividheṣu ca /
trailokye sāgare caiva pramāṇaṃ vihitaṃ yathā

1.42.34

adṛśyo yastvagamyo yaḥ kaḥ pramāṇa mudīrayet /
siddhānāṃ devatānāṃ ca parimītā yadā gatiḥ

1.42.35

tadāgaṇyamanantasya nāmānanteti viśrutam /
nāmadheyānurupasya mānasasya mahātmanaḥ

1.42.36

yadā tu divyaṃ yadrūpaṃ hrasate varddhate punaḥ /
ko 'nyastadvedituṃ śakyo yo 'pi syāttadvidho 'paraḥ

1.42.37

tataḥ puṣkarataḥ saṣṭaḥ sarvajño mūrtimānprabhuḥ /
brahmā dharmamayaḥ pūrvaḥ prajāpatiranuttamaḥ

1.42.38

bharadvāja uvāca
puṣkaro yadi saṃbhūto jyeṣṭaṃ bhavati puṣkaram /
brahmāṇaṃ pūrvajaṃ cāha bhavānsaṃdeha eva me

1.42.39

bhṛguruvāca
mānasasyeha yā mūrtirbrahmatvaṃ samupāgatā /
tasyāsanavidhānārthaṃ pṛthivī padmamucyate

1.42.40

karṇikā tasya padmasya merurgaganamucchritaḥ /
tasya madhye sthito lokānsṛjatyeṣa jagadvidhiḥ

1.42.41

bharadvāja uvāca
prajāvisargaṃ vividhaṃ kathaṃ sa sṛjati prabhuḥ /
merumadhye sthito brahmā tadvahirdvijasattama

1.42.42

bhṛguruvāca
prajāvisargaṃ vividhaṃ mānaso manasāsṛjat /
saṃrakṣaṇārthaṃ bhūtānāṃ sṛṣṭaṃ prathamato jalam

1.42.43

yatprāṇāḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sṛṣṭaṃ prathamato jalam /
yatprāṇāḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ varddhante yena ca prajāḥ

1.42.44

parityaktāśca na śyanti tenadaṃ sarvamāvṛttam /
pṛthivī parvatā meghā mūrtimantaśca ye pare /
sarvaṃ tadvāruṇaṃ jñeyamāpastastaṃbhire punaḥ

1.42.45

bharadvāja uvāca
kathaṃ salilamutpannaṃ kathaṃ caivāgnimārutau /
kathaṃ vā medinī sṛṣṭetyatra me saṃśayo mahān

1.42.46

bhṛguruvāca
brahmakalpe purā brahman brahmarṣīṇāṃ samāgame /
lokasaṃbhavasaṃdehaḥ samutpanno mahātmanām

1.42.47

te 'tiṣṭandhyānamālaṃbya maunamāsthāya niścalāḥ /
tyaktāhārāḥ sparddhamānā divyaṃ virṣaśataṃ dvijāḥ

1.42.48

teṣāṃ brahmamayī vāṇī sarveṣāṃ śrotramāgamat /
divyā sarasvatī tatra saṃbabhūva nabhastalāt

1.42.49

purāstimitamākāśamanantamacalopamam /
naṣṭacandrārkapavanaṃ prasuptamiva saṃbabhau

1.42.50

tataḥ salilamutpannaṃ tamasīva tamaḥ param /
tasmāñca salilotpīḍādudatiṣṭata mārutaḥ

1.42.51

yathābhavanamacchidraṃ niḥśabdamiva lakṣyate /
tañcābhasā pūryamāṇaṃ saśabdaṃ kurute 'nilaḥ

1.42.52

tathā salilasaṃruddhe nabhasoṃ'taṃ nirantare /
bhittvārṇavatalaṃ vāyuḥ samutpatati ghoṣavān

1.42.53

eṣu vā carate vāyurarṇavotpīḍasaṃbhavaḥ /
ākāśasthānamāsādya praśāntiṃ nādhigacchati

1.42.54

tasminvāyvambusaṃgharṣe dīptatejā mahābalaḥ /
prādurāsīdūrdhvaśikhaḥ kṛtvā nistimiraṃ tamaḥ

1.42.55

agniḥ pavanasaṃyuktaḥ khaṃ samākṣipate jalam /
tadagnivāyusaṃparkāddhanatvamupapadyate

1.42.56

tasyākāśaṃ nipatitaḥ snehāttiṣṭati yo 'paraḥ /
sa saṃghātatvamāpanno bhūmitvamanugacchati

1.42.57

rasānāṃ sarvagandhānāṃ snehānāṃ prāṇināṃ tathā /
bhūmiryo niriyaṃ jñeyā yasyāḥ sarvaṃ prasūyate

1.42.58

bharadvāja uvāca
ya ete dhātavaḥ pañca rakṣyā yānasṛjatprabhuḥ /
āvṛtā yairime lokā mahābhūtābhisaṃjñitaiḥ

1.42.59

yadāsṛjatsahasrāṇi bhūtānāṃ sa mahāmatiḥ /
paścātteṣveva bhūtatvaṃ kathaṃ samupapadyate

1.42.60

bhṛguruvāca
amitāni mahāṣṭāni yānti bhūtāni saṃbhavam /
atasteṣāṃ mahābhūtaśabdo 'yamupapadyate

1.42.61

ceṣṭā vāyuḥ khamākāśamūṣmāgniḥ salilaṃ dravaḥ /
pṛthivī cātra saṃghātaḥ śarīraṃ pāñcabhautikam

1.42.62

ityataḥ pañcabhiryuktairyuktaṃ sthāvarajaṅgamam /
śrotre ghrāṇo rasaḥ sparśo dṛṣṭiścendriyasaṃjñitāḥ

1.42.63

bharadvāja uvāca
pañcabhiryadi bhūtaistu yuktāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ /
sthāvarāṇāṃ na dṛśyante śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ

1.42.64

anūṣmaṇāmaceṣṭānāṃ ghanānāṃ caiva tattvataḥ /
vṛkṣāṇāṃ nopalabhyante śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ

1.42.65

va śṛṇvanti na paśyanti na gandharasavedinaḥ /
na ca sparśaṃ hi jānanti te kathaṃ pañca dhātavaḥ

1.42.66

adravatvādanignitvādabhūmitvādavāyutaḥ /
ākāśasyāprameyatvādṛkṣāṇāṃ nāsti bhautikam

1.42.67

bhṛguruvāca
ghanānāmapi vṛkṣaṇāmākāśo 'sti na saṃśayaḥ /
teṣāṃ puṣpapalavyaktirnityaṃ samupapadyate

1.42.68

ūṣmato mlāyate parṇaṃ tvakphalaṃ puṣpameva ca /
mlāyate śīryate cāpi sparśastenātra vidyate

1.42.69

vāyyagnyaśaninirdhoṣaiḥ phalaṃ puṣpaṃ viśīryate /
śrotreṇa gṛhyate śabdastasmācchṛṇvanti pādapāḥ

1.42.70

vallī veṣṭayate vṛkṣānsarvataścaiva gacchati /
nahyadṛṣṭaśca mārgo 'sti tasmātpaśyanti pādapāḥ

1.42.71

puṇyāpuṇyaistathā gadhairdhūpaiśca vividhairapi /
arogāḥ puṣpitāḥ saṃti tasmājjighranti pādapāḥ

1.42.72

sukhaduḥkhayorgrahaṇācchinnasya ca virohaṇāt /
jīvaṃ paśyāmi vṛkṣāṇāmacaitanyaṃ na vidyate

1.42.73

tena tajjalamādatte jarayatyagnimārutau /
āhārapariṇāmāñca snaho vṛddhiśca jāyate

1.42.74

jaṅgamānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ śarīre paṃñca dhātavaḥ /
pratyekaśaḥ prabhidyante yaiḥ śarīraṃ viceṣṭate

1.42.75

tvak ca māṃsaṃ tathāsthīni majjā snāyuśca pañcamaḥ /
ityetadiha saṃghātaṃ śarīre pṛthivīmaye

1.42.76

tejo hyagnistathā krodhaścakṣuruṣmā tathaiva ca /
agnirjanayate yañca pañcāgneyāḥ śarīriṇaḥ

1.42.77

śrotraṃ ghrāṇaṃ tathāsyaṃ ca hṛdayaṃ koṣṭameva ca /
ākāśātprāṇināmete śarīre pañca dhātavaḥ

1.42.78

śleṣmā pittamatha svedo vasā śoṇitameva ca /
ityāpaḥ pañcadhā dehe bhavanti prāṇināṃ sadā

1.42.79

prāṇātprīṇayate prāṇī vyānāvdyāyacchate tathā

1.42.80

gacchatyapāno 'dhaścaiva samāno hyadyavasthitaḥ /
udānāducchvasitīti pañca (prati)bhadāñca bhāṣate /
ityete vāyavaḥ pañca veṣṭayantīhadehinam

1.42.81

bhūmergandhaguṇānvetti rasaṃ cādūbhyaḥ śarīravān /
tasya gandhasya vakṣyāmi vistarābhihitānguṇān

1.42.82

iṣṭaścānuṣṭagandhaśca madhuraḥ kaṭureva ca /
nirhārī saṃhataḥ snigdho rukṣo viśada eva ca

1.42.83

evaṃ navavidho jñeyaḥ pārthivo gandhavistaraḥ /
jyotiḥ paśyati cakṣurbhyaḥ sparśaṃ vetti ca vāyunā

1.42.84

śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca rasaścāpi guṇāḥ smṛtāḥ /
rasajñānaṃ tu vakṣyāmi tanme nigadataḥ śṛṇu

1.42.85

raso bahuvidhaḥ prokta ṛṣibhiḥ prathitātmabhiḥ /
madhuro lavaṇastiktaḥ kaṣāyo 'mlaḥ kaṭustathā

1.42.86

eṣa ṣaḍidhavistāro raso vārimayaḥ smṛtaḥ /
śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaśca triguṇaṃ jyotirucyate

1.42.87

jyotiḥ paśyati rūpāṇi rūpaṃ ca bahudhā smṛtam /
hrasvo dīrdhastathā sthūlaścaturasro 'ṇuvṛttavān

1.42.88

śuklaḥ kṛṣṇastathā rakto nīlaḥ pīto 'ruṇastathā /
kaṭhinaścikkaṇaḥ ślakṣṇaḥ picchilo mṛdu dāruṇaḥ

1.42.89

evaṃ ṣoḍaśavistāro jyotīrupaguṇaḥ smṛtaḥ /
tatraikaguṇamākāśaṃ śabda ityeva tatsmṛtam

1.42.90

tasya śabdasya vakṣyāmi vistaraṃ vividhātmakam /
ṣaḍjo ṛṣabhagāndhārau madhyamodhaivatastathā

1.42.91

pañcamaścāpi vijñeyastathā cāpi niṣādavān /
eṣa saptavidhaḥ prokto guṇa ākāśasaṃbhavaḥ

1.42.92

aiśvaryyeṇa tu sarvatra sthito 'pi payahādiṣu /
mṛdaṅgabherīśaṅkhānāṃ stanayitno rathasya ca

1.42.93

evaṃ bahuvidhākāraḥ śabda ākāśasaṃbhavaḥ /
vāyavyastu guṇaḥ sparśaḥ sparśaśca bahudhā smṛtaḥ

1.42.94

uṣṇaḥ śītaḥ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ snigdho viśada eva ca /
tathā kharo mṛduḥ ślakṣṇo lavurgurutaro 'pi ca

1.42.95

śabdasparśau tu vijñeyau dviguṇau vāyurityuta /
evamekādaśavidho vāyavyo guṇa ucyate

1.42.96

ākāśajaṃ śabdamāhurebhirvāyuguṇaiḥ saha /
avyāhataiścetayate naveti viṣamā gatiḥ

1.42.97

āpyāyante ca te nityaṃ dhātavastaistu dhātubhiḥ /
āpo 'gnirmāruścaiva nityaṃ jāgrati dehiṣu

1.42.98

mūlamete śarīrasya vyāpya prāṇāniha sthitāḥ /
pārthivaṃ dhātumāsādya yathā ceṣṭayate balī

1.42.99

śrito mūrddhānamagnistu śarīraṃ paripālayet /
prāṇo mūrddhani vāgnau ca vartamāno viceṣṭate

1.42.100

sa jantuḥ sarvabhūtātmā puruṣaḥ sa sanātanaḥ /
mano buddhirahṝṅkāro bhūtāni viṣayaśca saḥ

1.42.101

evaṃ tviha sa sarvatra prāṇaistu paripālyate /
pṛṣṭatastu samānena svāṃ svāṃ gatimupāśritaḥ

1.42.102

vastimūlaṃ gudaṃ caiva pāvakaṃ samupāśritaḥ /
vahanmūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vāpyapānaḥ parivartate

1.42.103

prayatne karmaniyame yaca ekastriṣu vartate /
udāna iti taṃ prāhuradhyātmajñānakovidāḥ

1.42.104

saṃdhiṣvapi ca sarveṣu saṃniviṣṭastathānilaḥ /
śarīreṣu manuṣyāṇāṃ vyāna ityupadiśyate

1.42.105

bāhuṣvagnistu vitataḥ samānena samīritaḥ /
rasānvāru doṣāṃśca vartayannati ceṣṭate

1.42.106

apānaprāṇayormadhye prāṇāpānasamīhitaḥ /
samanvitastvadhiṣṭānaṃ samyak pacati pāvakaḥ

1.42.107

āspaṃhi pāyuparyantamante syādgudasaṃjñite /
retastasmātprajāyante sarvasrotāṃsi dehinām

1.42.108

prāṇānāṃ sannipātāśca sannipātaḥ prajāyate /
ūṣmā cāgirīti jñeyo yo 'nnaṃ pacati dehinām

1.42.109

agnivegavahaḥ prāṇo gudānte pratihanyate /
sa ūrdhvamāgamya punaḥ samutkṣipati pāvakam

1.42.110

pakvāśayastvadho nābhyā ūrdhvamāmāśayaḥ smṛtaḥ /
nābhimūle śarīrasya sarve prāṇāśca saṃsthitāḥ

1.42.111

prasthitā hṛdayātsarve tiryagūrdhdamadhastathā /
vahṝntyannarasānnāḍyo daśaprāṇapracoditāḥ

1.42.112

eṣa mārgo 'pi yogānāṃ yena gacchanti tatpadam /
jitaklamāḥ samā dhīrā mūrddhanyātmānamādadhan

1.42.113

evaṃ sarveṣu vihitaprāṇāpāneṣu dehinām /
tasminsamidhyate nityamagniḥ sthālyāmivāhitaḥ

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