Narada Purana · Chapter 1.43
iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge dvitīyapāde bhṛgubharadvājasaṃvāde jagadutpattivarṇanaṃ nāma dvicatvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
bharadvāja uvāca
yadi prāṇapatirvāyurvāyureva viceṣcate /
śvasityābhāṣate caiva tato jīvo nirarthakaḥ
ya ūṣmabhāva āgneyo vahninaivopalabhyate /
agnirjarayate caitattadā jīvo nirarthakaḥ
jantoḥ pramniyamāṇasya jīvo naivopalabhyate /
vāyureva jahātyenamūṣmabhāvaśca naśyati
yadi vāthumayo jīvaḥ saṃśleṣo yadi vāyunā /
vāyumañjalavatpaśyedgacchetsaha marudguṇaiḥ
saṃśleṣo yadi vā tena yadi tasmātpraṇaśyati /
mahārṇavavimuktatvādanyatsalilabhājanam
kṛpe vā salilaṃ dadyātpradīpaṃ vā hutāśane /
kṣipraṃ praviśya naśyeta yathā naśyatyasau tathā
pañcadhāraṇake hyasmiñcharīre jīvitaṃ kṛtam /
yeṣāmanyatarābhāvāñcaturṇāṃ nāsti saṃśayaḥ
naśyantyāpo hyanāhārādvāyurucchvāsanigrahāt /
naśyate koṣṭabhedārthamagrirnaśyatyabhojanāt
vyādhitraṇaparikleśairmedinī caiva śīryate /
pīḍite 'nyatare hyeṣāṃ saṃghāto yāti pañcatām
tasminpañcatvamāpanne jīvaḥ kimanudhāvati /
kiṃ khedayati vā jīvaḥ kiṃ śṛṇoti bravīti ca
eṣā gauḥ paralokasthaṃ tārayiṣyatimāmiti /
yo dattvā mriyate jantuḥ sā gauḥ kaṃ tārayiṣyati
gauścapratigrahītā ca dātā caiva samaṃ yadā /
ihaiva vilayaṃ yānti kutasteṣāṃ samāgamaḥ
vihagairupabhuktasya śailāgrātpatitasya ca /
agninā copayuktasya kutaḥ saṃjīvanaṃ punaḥ
chinnasya yadi vṛkṣasya na mūlaṃ pratirohati /
jīvanyasya pravartante mṛtaḥ kva punareṣyati
jīvamātraṃ purā sṛṣṭaṃ yadetatparivartate /
mṛtāḥ praṇaśyanti bījādbījaṃ praṇaśyati
iti me saṃśayo brahmanhṛdaye paridhāvati /
ta nivartaya sarvajña yatastvāmāśrito hyaham
sanandana uvāca
evaṃ pṛṣṭastadānena sa bhṛgarbrahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ /
punarāhu muniśreṣṭha tatsaṃdehanivṛttaye
bhṛguruvāca
na prāṇāḥ santi jīvasya dattasya ca kṛtasya ca /
yāti dehāntaraṃ prāṇī śarīraṃ tu viśīryate
na śarīrāśrito jīvastasminnaṣṭe praṇaśyati /
samidhāmagnidagdhānāṃ yathāgrirddaśyate tathā
bharadvāja uvāca
agneryathā tasya nāśāttadvināśo na vidyate /
indhanasyopayogānte sa vāgnirnopalabhyate
naśyatītyeva jānāmi śāntamagnimanindhanam /
gatiryasya pramāṇaṃ vā saṃsthānaṃ vā na vidyate
bhṛguruvāca
samidhāmupayogānte sa cāgnirnopalabhyate /
naśyatītyeva jānāmi śāntamagnimanindhanam
gatiryasya pramāṇaṃ vā saṃsthānaṃ vā na vidyate /
samidhāmupayogānte yathāgnirnopalabhyate
ākāśānugatatvāddhi durgrāhyo hi nirāśrayaḥ /
tathā śarīrasaṃtyāge jīvo hyākāśavatsthitaḥ
na naśyate susūkṣmatvādyathā jyotirna saṃśayaḥ /
prāṇāndhārayate hyagniḥ sa jīva upadhāryatām
vāyusaṃdhāraṇo hyagnirnaśyatyucchvāsanigrahāt /
tasminnaṣṭe śarīrāgnau tato dehamacetanam
patitaṃ yāti bhūmitvamayanaṃ tasya hi kṣitiḥ /
jagamānāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ sthāvarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca
ākāśaṃ pavano 'nveti jyotistamanugacchati /
teṣāṃ trayāṇāmekatvādvayaṃ bhūmau pratiṣṭitam
yatra khaṃ tatra pavanastatrāgniryatra mārutaḥ /
amūrtayaste vijñeyā mūrtimantaḥ śarīriṇaḥ
bharadvāja uvāca
yadyagnimārutau bhūmiḥ khamāpaśca śarīriṣu /
jīvaḥ kiṃlakṣaṇastatretyetadācakṣva me 'nagha
pañcātmake pañcaratau pañcavijñānasaṃjñake /
śarīre prāṇināṃ jīvaṃ vettubhicchāmi yādṛśam
māṃsaśoṇitasaṃghāte medaḥsnāyvasthisaṃcaye /
bhidyamāne śarīre tu jīvo naivopalabhyate
yadyajīvaśarīraṃ tu pañcabhūtasamanvitam /
śarīre mānase duḥkha kastāṃ vedayate rujam
śṛṇoti kathitaṃ jīvaḥ karṇābhyāṃna śṛṇoti tat /
maharṣe manasi vyagre tasmājjīvo nirarthakaḥ
sarve paśyanti yadṛśyaṃ manoyuktena cakṣuṣā /
manasi vyākule cakṣuḥ paśyannapi na paśyati
na paśyati na cāghrāti na śṛṇoti na bhāṣate /
na ca smarśamasau vetti nidrāvaśagataḥ punaḥ
hṛṣyati kruddhyate ko 'tra śocatyudvijate ca kaḥ /
icchati dhyāyati dveṣṭi vākyaṃ vācayate ca kaḥ
bhṛguruvāca
taṃ pañcasādhāraṇamatra kiñciccharīrameko vahateṃ'tarātmā /
sa vetti gandhāṃśca rasāñchutīśca sparśaṃ ca rūpaṃ ca guṇāṃśca ye 'lye
pañcātmake pañcaguṇapradarśī sa sarvagātrānugatoṃ'tarātmā /
saveti duḥkhāni sukhāni cātra tadviprayogāttu na vetti deham
yadā na rūpaṃ na sparśo noṣyabhavaśca pāvake /
tadā śānte śarīrāgnau dehatyāgena naśyati
āpomayamidaṃ sarvamāpomūrtiḥ śarīriṇām /
tatrātmā mānaso brahmā sarvabhūteṣu lokakṛt
ātmānaṃ taṃ vijānīhi sarvalokahitātmakam /
tasminyaḥ saṃśrito dehe hyabbinduriva puṣkare
kṣetrajñaṃ taṃ vijānīhi nityaṃ lokahitātmakam /
tamorajaśca sattvaṃ ca viddhi jīvaguṇānimām
acetanaṃ jīvaguṇaṃ vadanti sa ceṣṭate ceṣṭayate ca sarvam /
ataḥ paraṃ kṣetravido vadanti prāvartayadyo bhuvanāni sapta
na jīvanāśo 'sti hi dehabhede mithyaitadāhurmuna ityabuddhāḥ /
jīvastu dehāntaritaḥ prayāti daśārddhatastasya śarīrabhedaḥ
evaṃ bhūteṣu sarveṣu gūḍhaścarati sarvadā /
dṛśyate tvagryā budhyāsūkṣmayā tattvadarśibhiḥ
taṃ pūrvāpararātreṣu yuñjānaḥ satataṃ budhaḥ /
labdhāhāro viśuddhātmā paśyatyātmānamātmani
cittasya hi prasādena hitvā karma śubhāśubham /
prasannātmātmani sthitvā sukhamānantyamaśnute
mānaso 'gniḥ śarīreṣu jīva ityabhidhīyate /
sṛṣṭiḥ prajāpatereṣā bhūtādhyātmaviniścaye
asṛjadbrāhmaṇāneva pūrvaṃ brahmā prajāpatiḥ /
ātmatejo 'bhinir vṛttānbhāskarāgnisamaprabhān
tataḥ satyaṃ ca dharmaṃ ca tathā brahma ca śāśvatam /
ācāraṃ caiva śaucaṃ ca svargāya vidadhe prabhuḥ
devadāna vagandharvā daityāsuramahoragāḥ /
yakṣarākṣasanāgāśca piśācā manujāstathā
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrāṇāmasitastathā /
bharadvāja uvāca
cāturvarṇyasya varṇena yadi varṇo vibhidyate
svedamūtrapurīṣāṇi śleṣmā pitta saśoṇitam /
tvantaḥ kṣarati sarveṣāṃ kasmādvarṇo vibhajyate
jaṅgamānāmasaṃkhyeyāḥ sthāvarāṇāṃ ca jātayaḥ /
teṣāṃ vividhavarṇānāṃ kuto varṇaviniścayaḥ
bhṛguruvāca
na viśeṣo 'sti varṇānāṃ sarvaṃ brahmamayaṃ jagat /
brahmaṇā pūrvasṛṣṭaṃ hi karmaṇā varṇatāṃ gatam
kāmabhogāḥ priyāstīkṣṇāḥ krodhatāpriyasāhasāḥ /
tyaktasvakarmaraktāṅgāste dvijāḥ kṣatratāṃ gatāḥ
gobhyo vṛttiṃ samāsthāya pītāḥ kṛṣyupajīvinaḥ /
svadharṃmannānutiṣṭanti te dvijā vaiśyatāṃ gatāḥ
rhisānṛtaparā lubdhāḥ sarvakarmopajīvinaḥ /
kṛṣṇāḥ śaucapāribhrāṣṭāste dvijāḥ śūdratāṃ gatāḥ
ityetaiḥ karmabhirvyāptā dvijā varṇāntaraṃ gatāḥ /
brāhmaṇā dharmatantrasthāstapasteṣāṃ na naśyati
brahma dhārayatāṃ nityaṃ vratāni niyabhāṃstathā /
brahma caiva purā sṛṣṭaṃ yena jānanti tadvidaḥ
teṣāṃ bahuvidhāstvanyāstatra tatra dvijātayaḥ /
piśācajā rākṣasāḥ pretā vividhā mlecchajātayaḥ /
sā sṛṣṭirmānasī nāma dharmatantraparāyaṇā
bharadvāja uvāca
brāhmaṇaḥ kena bhavati kṣatriyo vā dvijottama /
vaiśyaḥ śūdraśca viprarṣe tadbrūhi vadatāṃ vara
bhṛguruvāca
jātakarmādibhiryastu saṃskāraiḥ saṃskṛtaḥ śuciḥ /
vedādhyayanasaṃpanno brahmakarmasvavasthitaḥ
śaucācārasthitaḥ samyagvidyābhyāsī gurupriyaḥ /
nityavratī satyaparaḥ sa vai brāhmaṇa ucyate
satyaṃ dānamatho 'droha ānṛśaṃsyaṃ kṛpā ghṛṇā /
tapasyāṃ dṛśyate yatra sa brāhmaṇa iti smṛtaḥ
kṣatrajaṃ sevate karma vedādhyayanasaṃgataḥ /
dānādānaratiryastu sa vai kṣatriya ucyate
viśatyāśu paśubhyaśca kṛṣyādānaratiḥ śuciḥ /
vedādhyayanasaṃpannaḥ sa vaiśya iti saṃjñitaḥ
sarvaghabhakṣaratirnityaṃ sarvakarmakaro 'śuciḥ /
tyaktavedastvanācāraḥ sa vai śūdra iti smṛtaḥ
śūdre caitadbhavellakṣma dvije tacca na vidyate /
na vai śūdro bhavecchūdro brāhmaṇo brāhmaṇo na ca
sarvopāyaistu lobhasya krodhasya ca vinigrahaḥ /
etatpavitraṃ jñānānāṃ tathā caivātmasaṃyamaḥ
varjyau sarvātmanā tau hi śreyoghātārthamudyatau /
nityakrodhācchriyaṃ rakṣettapo rakṣettu matsarāt
vidyāṃ mānāpamānābhaghyāmātmānaṃ tu pramādataḥ
yasya sarve samāraṃbhaghā nirāśīrbandhanā dvija /
tyāge yasya hutaṃ sarvaṃ sa tyāgī sa ca buddhimān
ahiṃstraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ maitrāyaṇa gataścaret /
parigrahātparityajya bhavedbaddhyā jitendriyaḥ
aśokasthānamāti vediha cāmutra cābhayam /
taponityena dāntena muninā saṃyatātmamanā
ajitaṃ jetukāmena vyāsaṃgeṣu hyasaṃginā /
indriyairgṛhyate yadyattattavdyaktamiti sthitiḥ
avyaktamiti vijñeyaṃ liṅgagrāhyamatīndriyam /
aviśraṃbheṇa mantavyaṃ viśraṃbhe dhārayenmanaḥ
manaḥ prāṇena gṛhṇīyātprāṇaṃ brahmaṇi dhārayet /
nivedādeva nirvāṇaṃ na ca kiñcidviccitayet
sukhaṃ vai brahmaṇo brahmannirvedenādhigacchati /
śauce tu satataṃ yuktaḥ sadācārasamanvitaḥ
svanukrośaśca bhūteṣu taddvijātiṣu lakṣaṇam /
satyaṃvrataṃ tapaḥ śaucaṃ satyaṃ visṛjate prajā
satyena dhāryate lokaḥ svaḥ satyenaiva gacchati /
anṛtaṃ tamaso rūpaṃ tamasā nīyate hyadhaḥ
tamograstāna paśyanti prakāśantamasāvṛtāḥ /
suduṣprakāśa ityāhurnarakaṃ tama eva ca
satyānṛtaṃ tadubhaghayaṃ prāpyate jagatīcaraiḥ /
tatrāpyevaṃvidhā loke vṛttiḥ satyānṛte bhavet
dharmādharmauṃ prakāśaśca tamo duḥkhasukhaṃ tathā /
śārīrairmānasairduḥkhaiḥ sukhaiścāpyasukhodayaiḥ
lokasṛṣṭaṃ prapaśyanto na muhyanti vicakṣaṇāḥ /
tatra duḥkhavimokṣārthaṃ prayateta vicakṣaṇaḥ
sukhaṃ hyanityaṃ bhūtānāmiha loke paratra ca /
rāhugrastasya somasya yathā jyotsnā na bhāsate
tathā tamobhibhūtānāṃ bhūtānāṃ naśyate sukham
tatkhalu dvividhaṃ sukhamucyacate śarīraṃ mānasaṃ ca /
iha khalvamuṣmiṃśca loke vastupravṛttayaḥ sukhārthamabhidhīyante nahītaḥ paratrāparvagaphalādviśiṣṭataramasti /
sa eva kāmyo guṇaviśeṣo dharmārthaguṇāraṃbhagastaddheturasyotpattiḥ sukhaprayojanārthamāraṃbhāḥ /
bharadvāja uvāca
vadaitadbhavatābhihitaṃ sukhānāṃ paramā sthitiriti
na tadupagṛhṇīmo na hyeṣāmṛṣīṇāṃ mahati sthitānām
aprāpya eṣa kāmya guṇaviśeṣo na cainamabhiśīlayanti /
tapasi śrūyate trilokakṛdbrahmā prabhurekākī tiṣṭati brahmacārī na kāmasukhoṣvātmānamavadadhāti
api ca bhagavānviśveśvara umāpatiḥ kāmamabhivartamānamanaṅgatvena samamanayat
tasmādbhūmau na tu mahātmabhirañjayati gṛhīto na tveṣa tāvadviśiṣṭo guṇaviśeṣa iti
naitadbhagavataḥ pratyemi bhavatā tūktaṃ sukhānāṃ paramāḥ striya iti lokapravādo hi dvividhaḥ phalodayaḥ sukṛtātsukhamavāpyate 'nyathā duḥkhamiti
bhṛguruvāca
atrocyate anṛtātkhalu tamaḥ prādurbhūtaṃ tatastamograstā adharmamevānuvartante na dharmaṃ krodhalobhamohahiṃsānṛtādibhikhacchannāḥ khalvasmiṃlloke nāmutra sukhamāpnuvanti vividhavyādhirujopatāpairavakīryante vadhabandhanaparikleśādibhiśca kṣutpipāsāśramakṛtairupatāpairupatapyante varṣavātātyuṣṇātiśītakṛtaiśca pratibhayaiḥ śārīrairduḥkhairupatapyante bandhudhanavināśaviprayogakṛtaiśca mānasaiḥ śaukairabhibhūyante jarāmṛtyukṛtaiścānyairiti yastvetaiḥ
śārīraṃ mānasaṃ nāsti na jarā na ca pātakam /
nityameva sukhaṃ svarge sukhaṃ duḥkhamihobhayam
narake duḥkhamevāhuḥ sukhaṃ tatparamaṃ padam /
pṛthivī sarvabhūtānāṃ janitrī tadvidhāḥ striyaḥ
pumānprajāpatistatraśukraṃ tejomayaṃ viduḥ /
ityetallokanirmātā dharmasya caritasya ca
tapasaśca sutaptasya svādhyāyasya hutasya ca /
hutena śāmyate pāpaṃ svādhyāye śāntiruttamā
dānena bhogānityāhusta pasā svargamāpnuyāt /
dānaṃ tu dvividhaṃ prāhuḥ paratrārthamihaiva ca
sadbhyo yaddīyate kiñcittatparatropatiṣṭate /
asadbhyo dīyate yattu taddānamiha bhujyate /
yādṛśaṃ dīyate dānaṃ tādṛśaṃ phalamaśnute
bharadvāja uvāca
kiṃ kasya dharmacaraṇaṃ kiṃ vā dharmasya lakṣaṇam /
dharmaḥ katividho vāpi tadbhavānvaktumarhati
bhṛguruvāca
svadharmācaraṇe yuktā ye bhavanti manīṣiṇaḥ /
teṣāṃ svargapalāvāptiryo 'nyathā sa vimuhyate
bharadvāja uvāca
yadetañcāturāśramyaṃ brahmarṣivihitaṃ purā /
teṣāṃ sve sve samācārāstanme vaktumihārhasi
bhṛguruvāca
pūrvameva bhagavatā brahmaṇā lokahitamanutiṣṭatā dharmasaṃrakṣaṇārthamāśramāścatvāro 'bhinirddiṣṭāḥ
tatra gurukulavāsameva prathamamāśramamāharanti samyagatra śaucasaskāraniyamavrataviniyatātmā ubhe saṃdhye bhāskarāgnidaivatānyupasthāya vihāya taddhyālasyaṃ gurorabhivādanavedābyāsaśravaṇapavitraghīkṛtāntarātmā triṣavaṇamupaspṛśya brahmacaryāgniparicaraṇaguruśuśrūṣā nityabhikṣābhaikṣyādisarvaniveditāntarātmā guruvacananideśānuṣṭānāpratikūlo guruprasādalabdhasvādhyāyatatparaḥ syāt
bhavati cātra ślokaḥ
guruṃ yastu samārādhya dvijo vedamāvānpuyāt /
tasya svargaphalāvāptiḥ siddhyate cāsya mānasam /
iti gārhasthyaṃ khalu dvitīyamāśramaṃ vadanti
tasya sadā cāralakṣaṇaṃ sarvamanuvyākhyāsyāmaḥ /
samāvṛtānāṃ sadācārāṇāṃ sahadharmacaryaphalārthināṃ gṛhāśramo vidhīyate
dharmārthakāmāvāptirhya.tra trivargasādhanamapekṣyāgarhitakarmaṇā dhanānyādāya svādhyāyopalabdhaprakarṣeṇa vā brahmarṣinirmitena vā adbhiḥ sāgaragatena vā dravyaniyamābhyāsadaivataprasādopalabdhena vā dhanena gṛhastho gārhasthyaṃ vartayet
taddhi sarvāśramaṇāṃ mūlamudāharanti gurukulanivāsinaḥ parivrājakā ye 'nye saṃkalpitavrataniyamadharmānuṣṭāninasteṣāmapyantarā ca bhikṣābalisaṃvibhāgāḥ pravartante
vānaprasthānāṃ ca dravyopaskāra iti prāyaśaḥ khalvete sādhavaḥ sādhupathyodanāḥ svādhyāyaprasaṃginastīrthābhigamanadeśadarśanārthaṃ pṛthivīṃ paryaṭanti
teṣāṃ pratyutthānābhigamanamanasūyāvākyadānasukhasatkārāsanasukhaśayanābhyavahārasatkriyā ceti
bhavati cātra ślokaḥ
atithiryasya bhagnāśo gṛhātpratinivartate /
sa dattvā duṣkṛtaṃ tasmai puṇyamādāya gacchati
api cātra yajñakriyābhirdevatāḥ prīyante nivāpena pitaro vidyābhyāsaśravaṇadhāraṇena ṛṣayaḥ apatyotpādanena prajāpatiriti
lokau cātra bhavataḥ
vātsalyāḥ sarvabhūtebhyo vāyoḥ śrotrastathā girā /
paritāpodapaghātaśca pāruṣyaṃ cātra garhitam
avajñānamahṝṅkāro daṃbhaścaiva vigarhitaḥ /
ahiṃsā satyamakrodaṃ sarvāśramagataṃ tapaḥ
api cātra mālyābharaṇavastrābhyaṅganityopabhoganṛtyagītavāditraśrutisukhanayanasneharāmādarśanānāṃ prāptirbhakṣyabhojyalehyapeyacoṣyāṇāmabhyavahāryyāṇāṃ vividhānāmupabhogaḥ
svavihārasaṃtoṣaḥ kāmasukhāvāptiriti /
trivargaguṇanirvṛttiryasya nityaṃ gṛhāśrame /
sa sukhānyanubhūyeha śiṣṭānāṃ gatimāpnuyāt
uñchavṛttirvṛhastho yaḥ svadhama caraṇe rataḥ /
tyaktakāmasukhāraṃbhaḥ svargastasya na durlabhaḥ
vānaprasthāḥ khalvapi dharmamanusarantaḥ puṇyāni tīrthāni nadīprastravaṇāni svabhakteṣvaraṇyeṣu mṛgavarāhamahiṣa śārdūlavanagajākīrṇeṣu tapasyante anusaṃcaranti
tyaktagrāmyavastrābhyavahāropabhogā vanyauṣadhiphalamūlaparṇaparimitavicitraniyatāhārāḥ sthānāsaninobhūpāṣāṇasikatāśarkarāvālukābhasmaśāyinaḥ kāśukuśacarmavalkalasaṃvṛtāṅgāḥ keśaśyaśrunakharomadhāriṇo niyatakālopasparśanāḥśuṣkabalihomakālānuṣṭāyinaḥ /
samitkuśakusumāpahārasaṃmārjanalabdhaviśrāmāḥ śītoṣṇapavanaviṣṭaṃ bhavibhinnasarvatvaco vividhaniyamayogacaryānuṣṭānavihitapariśuṣkamāṃsaśoṇitatvagasthibhūtā dhṛtiparāḥ sattvayogāccharīrāṇyudvahṝnte
yastvetāṃ niyatacaryāṃ brahmarṣivihitāṃ caret /
sa dahedagnivaddoṣāñjayellokāṃśca durjāyān
parivrājakānāṃ punarācāraḥ tadyathā /
vimucyāgniṃ dhanakalatraparibarhasaṃgeṣvātmānaṃ snehapāśānavadhūya parivrajanti /
samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanāstrivargapravṛtteṣvasaktabuddhayaḥ
arimitrodāsīnāṃ tulyadarśanāḥ sthāvarajarāyujāṇḍajasvedajānāṃ bhūtānāṃ vāṅmanṛḥkarmabhiranabhiranabhidrohiṇo 'niketāḥ parvatapulinavṛkṣamūladevāyatanānyanusaṃcaranto vā sārthamupeyurnagaraṃ grāmaṃ vā na krodhadarpalobhamohakārpaṇyadaṃbhaparivādābhimānanirvṛttahiṃsā iti
bhavanti cātra ślokāḥ
abhayaṃ sarvabhūtebhyo dattvā yaścarate muniḥ /
na tasya sarvabhūtebhyo bhayamutpadyate kvacit
kṛtvāgnihotraṃ svaśarīrasaṃsthaṃ śarīramagniṃ svamukhe juhoti /
viprastu bhaikṣopagatairhavirbhiścitā gninā saṃvrajate hi sokān
mokṣāśramaṃ yaścarate yathoktaṃ śuciḥ svasaṃkalpitayuktabuddhiḥ /
anindhanaṃ jyotiriva praśāntaṃ sa brahmalokaṃ śrayate dvijātiḥ
Original text: Nāradapurāṇa (or Nāradīyapurāṇa) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0