Narada Purana · Chapter 1.47

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne dvitīyapāde ṣaṭcatvāriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanandana uvāca
etadadhyātmamānāḍhyaṃ vacaḥ keśidhvajasya saḥ /
khāṇḍikyo 'mṛtavacchratvā punarāha tamīrayan

khāṇḍikya uvāca
tad brūhi tvaṃ mahābhāga yogaṃ yogaviduttama /
vijñātayo gaśāstrārthastvamasyāṃ nimisaṃtatau

keśidhvaja uvāca
yogasvarūpaṃ khāṇḍikya śrūyatāṃ gadato mama /
yatra sthito na cyavate prāpya brahmalayaṃ muniḥ

mana eva manuṣyāṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ bandhamokṣayoḥ /
bandhasya viṣayāsaṃgi mukternirviṣayaṃ tathā

viṣayebhyaḥ samāhṛtya vijñānātmā budho manaḥ /
cintayenmuktaye tena brahmabhūtaṃ pareśvaram

ātmabhāvaṃ nayettena tadbrīhyadhyāpanaṃ manaḥ /
vikāryamātmanaḥ śaktyā lohamākarṣako yathā

ātmaprayatnasāpekṣā viśiṣṭā yā manogatiḥ /
tasyā brahmaṇi saṃyogo yoga ityabhidhīyate

evamatyantavaiśiṣṭyayuktadharmopalakṣaṇam /
yasya yogaḥ sa vai yogī mumukṣuramidhīyate

yogayuk prathamaṃ yogī yuñjamāno 'bhidhīyate /
viniṣyannasamādhistu parabrahmopalabdhimān

yadyantarāyadoṣeṇa dūṣyate nāsya mānasam /
janmāntarairabhyasanānmuktiḥ pūrvasya jāyate

viniṣpannasamādhistu muktistatraiva janmani /
prāpnoti yogī yogāgnidagdhakarmacayo 'cirāt

brahmacaryamahiṃsāṃ ca satyāsteyāparigrahān /
seveta yogī niṣkāmo yigitāṃ svamano nayan

svādhyāyaśaucasaṃtoṣatapāṃsi niyamānyamān /
kurvvīta brahmaṇi tathā parisminpravaṇaṃ manaḥ

ete yamāśca niyamāḥ pañca pañcaprakīrtitāḥ /
viśiṣṭaphaladāḥ kāmyā niṣkāmānāṃ vimuktidāḥ

evaṃ bhadrāsanādīnāṃ samāsthāya guṇairyutaḥ /
yamākhyairniyamākhyaiśca yuñjīta niyato yatiḥ

prāṇākhyamavalaṃbasthamabhyāsātkurute tu yat /
prāṇāyāmaḥ sa vijñeyaḥ sabījo 'bīja eva ca

paraspareṇābhibhavaṃ prāṇāpānau yadā nilau /
kurutaḥ sadvidhānena tṛtīyaḥ saṃyamāttayoḥ

tasya cāṃlabanavatsthūlaṃ rūpaṃ dviṣatpate /
ālaṃbanamanantasya yogino 'bhyasataḥ smṛtam

śabdādiṣvanuraktāni nigṛhyākṣāṇi yogavit /
kuryyāñcittānukārīṇi pratyāhāraparāyaṇaḥ

vaśyatā paramā tena jāyate niścalā tmanām /
indriyāṇāmavaśyaistairna yogī yogasādhakaḥ

prāṇāyāmena pavanaiḥ pratyāhareṇa cendriyaiḥ /
vaśīkṛtaistataḥ kuryātsthiraṃ cetaḥ śubhāśraye

khāṇḍikya uvāca
kathyatāṃ me mahābhāga cetaso yaḥ śubhāśrayaḥ /
yadādhāramaśeṣaṃ tu hṝnti doṣasamudbhavam

keśidhvaja uvāca
āśrayaścetaso jñānin dvidhā tañca svarūpataḥ /
rūpaṃ mūrtamamūrtaṃ ca paraṃ cāparameva ca

trividhā bhāvanā rūpaṃ viśvametattridhocyate /
brahmākhyā karmasaṃjñā ca tathā caivobhayātmikā

karmabhāvātmikā hyekā brahmabhāvātmikāparā /
ubhayātmikā tathaivānyā trividhā bhāvabhāvanā

sanakādyā sadā jñānin brahmabhāvanayā yutāḥ /
karmabhāvanayā cānye devādyāḥ sthāvarāścarāḥ

hiraṇyagarbhādiṣu ca brahmakarmātmikā dvidhā /
adhikārabodhayukteṣu vidyate bhāvabhāvanā

akṣīṇeṣu samasteṣu viśeṣajñānakarmasu /
viśvametatparaṃ cānyadbhedabhinnadṛśāṃ nṛpa

pratyastamitabhedaṃ yatsattāmātramagocaram /
vacasāmātmasaṃtodyaṃ tajjñānaṃ brahmasaṃjñitam

tacca viṣṇoḥ paraṃ rūpamarūpasyājanasya ca /
viśvasvarūpaṃ vairūpyalakṣaṇaṃ paramātmanaḥ

na tadyogayujā śakyaṃ nṛpa cintayituṃ yataḥ /
tataḥ sthūlaṃ hare rūpaṃ cintyaṃ yañcakṣugocaram

hiraṇyagarbho bhagavānvāsavo 'tha prajāpatiḥ /
maruto vasavo rudrā bhāskārāstārakā grahāḥ

gandharvā yakṣadaityāśca sakalā devayotayaḥ /
manuṣyāḥ paśavaḥ śailāsamudrāḥ sarito drumāḥ

bhūpa bhūtānyaśeṣāṇi bhūtānāṃ ye ca hetavaḥ /
pradhānādiviśeṣāntāścetanāñcetanātmakam

ekapādaṃ dvipādaṃ ca bahupādamapādakam /
mūrttametaddhare rūpaṃ bhāvanātritayātmakam

etatsarvamidaṃ viṃśvaṃ jagadetañcarācaram /
parabrahmasvarūpasya viṣṇoḥ śaktisamanvitam

viṣṇuśaktiḥ parā proktā kṣetrajñākhyā tathāparā /
avidyākarmasaṃjñānyā tṛtīyā śaktiriṣyate

yeyaṃ kṣetrajñaśaktiḥ sā ceṣṭitā nṛpa karmajā /
asārabhūte saṃsāre proktā tatra mahāmate

saṃsāratāpānakhilānavāpnotyanusaṃjñitān /
tayā tirohitatvāttu śaktiḥ kṣetrajña saṃjñitā

sarvabhūteṣu bhūpāla tāratamyena lakṣyate /
aprāṇavatsu khalvalpā sthāvareṣu tato 'dhikā

sarīsṛpeṣu tebhyo 'nyāpyatiśaktyā patatriśu /
patatrribhyo mṛgāstebhyaḥ svaśaktyā paśavo 'dhikāḥ

paśubhyo manujāścātiśaktyā puṃsaḥprabhāvitāḥ /
tebhyo 'pi nāgagandharvayakṣādyā devatā nṛpa

śakraḥ samastadevebhyastataścātiprajāpatiḥ /
hiraṇyagarbho 'pi tataḥ puṃsaḥ śaktyupalakṣitaḥ

etānyaśeṣarūpāṇi tasya rūpāṇi pārthiva /
yatastacchaktiyogena yuktāni nabhasā yathā

dvitīyaṃ viṣṇusaṃjñasya yogidhyeyaṃ mahāmate /
amṛrtaṃ brahmaṇo rūpaṃ yatsadityucyate budhaiḥ

samastāḥ śaktayaścaitā nṛpa yatra pratiṣṭitāḥ /
nahi svarūparūpaṃ vai rūpamanyaddharermahat

samastaśaktirūpāṇi tatkaroti janeśvara /
devatiryaṅmanuṣyādiceṣṭāvanti svalīlayā

jagatāmupakārāya tasya karmanimittajā /
ceṣṭā tasyāprameyasya vyāpinyavihitātmikā

tadrūpaṃ viśvarūpāya cintyaṃ yoga yujā nṛpa /
tasya hyātmaviśuddhyarthaṃ sarvakilbiṣanāśanam

yathāgnirūddhataśikhaḥ kakṣaṃ dahati sānilaḥ /
tathā cittasthito viṣṇuryogināṃ sarvakilbiṣam

tasmātsamastaśaktīnāmāndyānte tatra cetasaḥ /
kurvīta saṃsthitaṃ sādhu vijñeyā śuddhalakṣaṇā

śubhāṃśrayaḥ sacittasya sarvagasya tathātmanaḥ /
tribhāvabhāvanātīto muktaye yogināṃ nṛpa

anye tu puruṣavyāghra cetaso ye vyāpā8yāḥ /
aśuddhāste samastāstu devādyāḥ karmayonayaḥ

mūrttaṃ bhagavato rūpaṃ sarvāpāśrayanispṛhaḥ /
eṣā vai dhāraṇā jñeyā yañcitaṃ tatra dhāryate

tatra mūrttaṃ hare rūpaṃ yādṛk cintyaṃ narādhipa /
tacchrūyatā manādhāre dhāraṇā nopapadyate

prasannacāruvadanaṃ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇam /
sukapolaṃ suvistīrṇaṃ lalāṭaphalakojjvam

samakarṇāṃsavinya stacārukarṇopabhūṣaṇam /
kambugrīvaṃ suvistīrṇaśrīvatsāṃkitavakṣasam

balitriṃbhāginā bhugnanābhinā codareṇa vai /
pralaṃbāṣṭabhujaṃ viṣṇumatha vāpi caturbhujam

samasthitorujaghanaṃ susthirāṅghrikarāṃbujaṃm /
cintayedbūhyabhūtaṃ taṃ pītanirmalavāsasam

kirīṭacārukeyūrakaṭakādivibhūṣitam /
śārṅgaśaṅkhagadākhaḍgaprakāśavalayāñcitam

cintayettanmayo yogī samādhāyātmamānasam /
tāvadyāvad dṛḍhībhūtā tatraiva nṛpa dhāraṇā

vadatastiṣṭato yadvā svecchayā karma kurvataḥ /
nāpayāti yadā cittātsiddhāṃ manyeta tāṃ tadā

tataḥ śaṅkhagadācakraśārṅgādi rahitaṃ budhaḥ /
cintaye dbhagavadrūpaṃ praśāntaṃ sākṣasūtrakam

sā yadā dhāraṇā tadvadavasthānavatī tataḥ /
kirīṭakeyūramukhairbhūṣaṇai rahitaṃ smaret

tadekāvayavaṃ caivaṃ cetasā hi punarbudhaḥ /
kuryāttato 'vayavini prāṇidhānaparo bhavet

tadrūpapratyaye caikasaṃnatiścānyaniḥspṛhā /
taddhyānaṃ prathamairaṅgaiḥ ṣaṅbhirniṣpādyate nṛpa

tasyaivaṃ kalpanāhīnaṃ svarūpagrahaṇaṃ hi yat /
manasā dhyānaniṣpādyaṃ samādhiḥ so 'bhidhīyate

vijñānaṃ prāpakaṃ prāpye paraṃ brahmaṇi pārthiva /
prāpaṇīyastathaivātmā prakṣīṇāśeṣabhāvanaḥ

kṣetrajñakaraṇījñānaṃ karaṇaṃ tena tasya tat /
niṣpādya muktikāryaṃ vai kṛtakṛtyo nivartate

tadbhāvabhāvanāpannastato 'sau paramātmanaḥ /
bhavatyabhedī bhedaśca tasyājñānakṛto bhavet

vibhedajanake jñāne nāśa mātyantikaṃ gate /
ātmano brahmaṇābhedaṃ saṃmataṃ kaḥ kariṣyati

ityuktaste mayā yogaḥ khāṇḍikya paripṛcchataḥ /
saṃkṣepavistarābhyāṃ tu kimanyatkriyatāṃ tava

khāṇḍikya uvāca
kathito yogasadbhāvaḥ sarvameva kṛtaṃ mama /
tavopadeśātsakalo naṣṭaścittamalo mama

mameti yanmayā proktamasadetanna cānyathā /
naredraṃ gadituṃ śakyamapi vijñeyavedabhiḥ

ahaṃ mametyavidyeyaṃ vyavahārastathānayoḥ /
paramārthastva saṃlāpyo vacasāṃ gocaro na yaḥ

tadguccha śreyase sarvaṃ mamaitadbhavatā kṛtam /
yadvimuktiparo yogaḥ proktaḥ keśidvajāvyayaḥ

sanandana uvāca
yathārhapūjayā tena khāṇḍikyena sa pūjitaḥ /
ājagāma puraṃ brahmaṃstataḥ keśidhvajo nṛpaḥ

khāṇḍikyo 'pi sutaṃ kṛtvā rājānaṃ yogasiddhaye /
viśālāmagamatkṛṣṇe samāveśitamānasaḥ

sa tatraikāntiko bhūtvā yamādiguṇasaṃyutaḥ /
viṣṇvākhye nirmale brahmaṇyavāpa nṛpatirlayam

keśidhvajo 'pi muktayarthaṃ svakarmakṣapaṇonmukhaḥ /
bubhuje viṣayānkarma cakre cānabhisaṃdhitam

sa kalyāṇopabhogaiśca kṣīṇapāpo 'malastataḥ /
avāpa siddhimatyantatritāpakṣapaṇīṃ mune

etatte kathitaṃ sarvaṃ yanmāṃ tvaṃ paripṛṣṭavān /
tāpatrayacikitsārthaṃ kimanyatkathayāmi te