Narada Purana · Chapter 1.60

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne ekonaṣaṣṭitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sanadana uvāca
avatīrṇeṣu vipreṣu yāsaḥ putrasahāyavān /
tūrṣṇīṃ dhyānaparo dhīmānekānte samupāviśat

tamuvācāśarī rī vāk vyāsaṃ putrasamanvitam /
bho bho maharṣe bāsiṣṭha brahmaghoṣo na vartate

eko dhyānaparastūṣṇī kimāḥse cintayanniva /
brahmaghoṣairvirahitaḥ parvato 'yaṃ na śobhate

tasmādadhīṣva bhagavansārddha putreṇa dhīmatā /
vedānvedavidā caiva suprasannamanāḥ sadā

tacchutvā vacanaṃ vyāso nabhovāṇīsamīritam /
śukena saha putreṇa vedābhyāsamathākarot

tayorabhyasatorevaṃ bahukālaṃ dvijottama /
vāto 'timātraṃ pravavau samudrānilavījitaḥ

tato 'nadhyāya iti taṃ vyāsaḥ putramavārayat /
śuko vāritamātrastu kautūhalasamanvitaḥ

apṛcchatpitaraṃ tatra kuto vāyurabhūdayam /
ākhyātumarhati bhavānsarvaṃ vāyorvicaiṣṭitam

śukasyaitadvacaḥ śrutvā vyāsaḥ paramavismitaḥ /
anadhyāyanimitta'sminnidaṃ vacanaṃ mabravīt

divyaṃ te cakṣurutpannaṃ svasthaṃ te niścalaṃ manaḥ /
tamasā rajasā cāpi tyaktaḥ satye vyavasthitaḥ

tasyātmani svayaṃ vedānbuddhvā samanucintaya /
devayānacaro viṣṇoḥ pitṛyānaśca tāmasaḥ

dvāvetau pratyayaṃ yātau divaṃ cādhaśca gacchataḥ /
pithivyāmantarikṣe ca yataḥ saṃyānti vāyavaḥ

sapta te vāyumārgā vai tānnibodhānupūrvaśaḥ /
tatra devagaṇāḥ sādhyāḥ samabhūvanmahābalāḥ

teṣāmapyabhavatputraḥ samāno nāma durjayaḥ /
udānastasya putro 'bhūvdyānastasyābhavatsutaḥ

apānaśca tato jajñe prāṇaścāpi tataḥ param /
anapatyo 'bhavatprāṇo durddharṣaḥ śatrumardanaḥ

pṛtharkkṃmāṇi teṣāṃ tu pravakṣyāmi yathā tathā /
prāṇināṃ sarvato vāyuśceṣṭā vartayate pṛthak

prīṇanāñcaiva sarveṣāṃ prāṇa ityabhidhīyate /
preṣayatyabhrasaṃghātāndhūmajāṃścoṣmajāṃstathā

prathamaḥ prathame mārge pravaho nāma so 'nilaḥ /
aṃbare snehamātrebhyastaḍidbhyaścottamadyutiḥ

āvaho nāma so 'bhyeti dvitīyaḥ śvasano nadan /
udayaṃ jyotiṣāṃ śaśvatsomādīnāṃ karoti yaḥ

antardeheṣu codānaṃ yaṃ vadanti manīṣiṇaḥ /
yaścaturbhyaḥ samudrebhyo vāyurddhārayate jalam

uddhṛtya dadate cāpo jīmūtebhyo vane 'nilaḥ /
yo 'ddhiḥ saṃyojya jīmūtānparjanyāya prayacchatī

udvaho nāma baṃhiṣṭhastṛtīyaḥ sa sadāgatiḥ /
saṃnīyamānā bahudhā yena nīlā mahāghanāḥ

varṣamokṣakṛtāraṃbhāste bhavanti ghanāghanāḥ /
yo 'sau vahati devānāṃ vimānāni vihāyasā

caturthaḥ saṃvaho nāma vāyuḥ sa girimardanaḥ /
yena vegavatā rugṇāḥ kriyante tarujā rasāḥ

pañcamaḥ sa mahāvego vivaho nāma mārutaḥ /
yasminpariplave divyā vahṝntyāpo vihāyasā

puṇyaṃ cākāśagaṅgāyāstoyaṃ tiṣṭati tiṣṭati /
dūrātpratihato yasminnekaraśmirdivākaraḥ

yoniraṃśusahasrasya yena yāti vasuṃdharām /
yasmādāpyāyate somo nidhirdivyo 'mṛtasya ca

ṣaṣṭhaḥ parivaho nāma sa vāyurjīvatāṃ varaḥ /
sarvaprāṇabhṛtāṃ prāṇārnyo 'takāle nirasyati

yasya dharme 'nuvartete mṛtyuvevasvatāvubhau /
samyaganvīkṣatā buddhyā śāntayādhyātmanityayā

dhyānābhyāsābhirāmāṇāṃ yo 'mṛtatvāya kalpate /
yaṃ samāsādya vegena diśāmantaṃ prapedire

dakṣasya daśa putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi prajāpateḥ /
yena vṛṣṭyā parābhūtastoyānyena nivartate

parīvaho nāma varo vāyuḥ sa duratikramaḥ /
evamete diteḥ putrā marutaḥ paramādbhutāḥ

anāramantaḥ sarvāṅgāḥ sarvacāriṇaḥ /
etattu mahadāścaryaṃ yadayaṃ parvatottamaḥ

kaṃpitaḥ sahasā tena pavamānena vāyunā /
viṣṇorniḥśvāsavāto 'yaṃ yadā vegasamīritaḥ

sahasodīryate tāta jagatpravyathate tadā /
tasmādbrahmavido brahma na paṭhantyativāyutaḥ

vāyorvāyubhayaṃ hyuktaṃ brahma tatpīḍitaṃ bhavet /
etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ parāśarasutaḥ prabhuḥ

uktvā putramadhīṣveti vyomagaṅgāmagāttadā /
tato vyāse gate snātuṃ śuko brahmavidāṃ varaḥ

svādhyāyamakarodbrahmanvedavedāṅgapāragaḥ /
tatra svādhyāyasaṃsaktaṃ śukaṃ vyāsasutaṃ mune

sanatkumāro bhagavānekānte samupāgataḥ /
utthāya satkṛtastena brahmaputro hi kārṣṇinā

tataḥ provāca viprendra śukaṃ vidāṃ varaḥ /
kiṃ karoṣi mahābhāga vyāsaputra mahādyute

śuka uvāca
svādhyāye saṃpravṛtto 'haṃ brahmaputrādhunā sthitaḥ /
tvaddarśanamanuprāptaḥ kenāpi sukṛtena ca

kiñcittvāṃ praṣṭumicchāmi tattvaṃ mokṣārthasādhanam /
tadvadasva mahābhāga yathā ta jjñānamāpnuyām

sanatkumāra uvāca
nāsti vidyāsamaṃ cakṣurnāsti vidyāsamaṃ tapaḥ /
nāsti rāgasamaṃ duḥkhaṃ nāsti tyāgasamaṃ sukham

nivṛttiḥ karmaṇaḥ pāpātsatataṃ puṇyaśīlatā /
sadvṛttiḥ samudācāraḥ śreya etadanuttamam

mānuṣyamasukhaṃ prāpya yaḥ sajjati sa muhyati /
nālaṃ sa duḥkhamokṣāya saṃgo vai duḥkhalakṣaṇaḥ

saktasya buddharbhavati mohajālavivarddhinī /
mohajālāvṛto duḥkhamihāmutra tathāśnute

sarvopāyena kāmasya krodhasya ca vinigrahaḥ /
kāryaḥ śreyorthinā tau hi śreyoghātārthamudyatau

nityaṃ krodhāttapo rakṣecchriyaṃ rakṣeñca matsarāt /
vidyāṃ mānāvamānābhyāmātmānaṃ tu pramādataḥ

ānṛśaṃsyaṃ paro dharmaḥ kṣamā ca paramaṃ balam /
ātmajñānaṃ paraṃ jñānaṃ satyaṃ hi paramaṃ hitam

yena sarvaṃ parityaktaṃ sa vidvānsa ca paṇḍitaḥ /
indriyairindriyārthebhyaścaratyātmavaśairiha

asajjamānaḥ śāntātmā nirvikāraḥ samāhitaḥ /
ātmabhūtairatadbhūtaḥ saha caiva vinaiva ca

sa vimuktaḥ paraṃ śreyo na cireṇādhigacchati /
adarśanamasaṃsparśastathaivābhāṣāṇaṃ sadā

yasya bhūtaiḥ saha mune sa śreyo vindate mahat /
na hiṃsyātsarvabhūtāni bhūtairmaitrāyaṇaścaret

nedaṃ janma samāsādya vairaṃ kurvīta kena cit /
ākiñcanyaṃ susaṃtoṣo nirāśiṣṭvamacāpalam

etadāhuḥ paraṃ śreya ātmajñasya jitātmanaḥ /
parigrahaṃ parityajya bhava tātajitendriyaḥ

aśokaṃ sthānamātiṣṭa iha cāmutra cābhayam /
nirāśiṣo na śocanti tyajedāśiṣamātmanaḥ

parityajyāśiṣaṃ saumya duḥkhagrāmādvimokṣyase /
taparonityena dāntena muninā saṃyatātmanā

ajitaṃ jetukāmena bhāvyaṃ saṃgeṣvasaṃginā /
guṇasaṃgeṣveṣvanāsakta ekacaryā rataḥ sadā

brāhmaṇo na cirādeva sukhamāyātyanuttamam /
dvandvārāmeṣu bhūteṣu varāko ramate muniḥ

kiñcinprajñānatṛpto 'sau jñānatṛpto na śocati /
śubhairlabheta devatvaṃ vyāmiśrairjanma mānuṣam

aśubhaiścāpyadho janma karmabhirlabhate 'vaśaḥ /
tatra mṛtyujarāduḥkhaiḥ satataṃ samabhidrutam

saṃsāraṃ paśyate jantustatkathaṃ nāvabudhse /
ahite hitasaṃjñastvamadhruve dhruvasaṃjñakaḥ

anarthe vārthasaṃjñastvaṃ kimarthaṃ nāvabudhyase /
saṃveṣṭyamānaṃ bahubhirmohatantubhirātmajaiḥ

kośakāravadātmānaṃ veṣṭito nāvabudhyase /
alaṃ parigraheṇeha doṣavān hi parigrahaḥ

kṛmirhi kośakārastu badhyate svaparigrahāt /
putradārakuṭuṃbeṣu saktāḥ sīdanti jantavaḥ

saraḥpaṅkārṇave magnā jīrṇā vanagajā iva /
mohajālasamākṛṣṭānpaśyajantūnsuduḥkhitān

kuṭuṃbaṃ putradāraṃ ca śarīraṃ dravyasaṃcayam /
pārakyamadhruvaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ svaṃ sukṛtaduṣkṛte

yadā sarvaṃ parityajya gantavyamavaśena vai /
anarthe kiṃ prasaktastvaṃ svamarthaṃ nānutiṣṭasi

aviśrāntamanālaṃbamapātheyamadaiśikam /
tamaḥ karttāramadhvānaṃ kathameko gamiṣyasi

nahi tvāṃ prasthitaṃ kaścitpṛṣṭato 'nugamiṣyati /
sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ ca tvāṃ gacchantamanuyāsyataḥ

vidyā karma ca śauryaṃ ca jñānaṃ ca bahuvistaram /
arthārthamanuśīryante siddhārthastu vimucyate

nibandhinī rajjureṣā yā grāme vasato ratiḥ /
chitvaināṃ sukṛto yānti naināṃ chindanti duṣkṛtaḥ

tulyajātivayorūpān hṛtānpasyasi mṛtyunā /
na ca nāmāsti nirvedo lohaṃ hi hṛdayaṃ tava

rūpakūlāṃ manaḥ srotāṃ sparśadvīpāṃ rasāvahām /
gandhapaṅkāṃ śabdajalāṃ svargamārgadurāruhām

kṣamāritrāṃ satyamayīṃ dharmasthairyakarākarām /
tyāgavātādhvagāṃ śīghrāṃ buddhināvaṃ nadīṃ taret

tyaktvā dharmamadharmaṃ ca hyubhe satyānṛte tyaja /
tyaja dharmamasaṃkalpādadharmaṃ cāpyahiṃsayā

ubhe satyānṛte buddhiṃ paramaniścayāt /
asthisthūṇaṃ snāyuyutaṃ māṃsaśoṇitalepanam

dharmāvanaddhaṃ durgandhiṃ pūrṇaṃ mūtrapurīṣayoḥ /
jarāśokasamāviṣṭaṃ rogāyatanamasthiram

rajasvalamanityaṃ ca bhūtāvāsaṃ samutsṛja /
idaṃ viśvaṃ jagatsarvamajagañcāpi yadbhavet

mahābhūtātmakaṃ sarvamasmādyatparamāṇumat /
indriyāṇi ca pañcaiva tamaḥ sattvaṃ rajastathā

ityeṣa saptadaśako rāśikhyaktasaṃjñakaḥ /
sarvairihendriyārthaiśca vyaktāvyaktairhi hitam

pañcaviṃśaka ityeṣa vyaktāvyaktamayo gaṇaḥ /
etaiḥ sarvaiḥ samāyuktamanityamabhidhīyate

trivargo 'tra sukhaṃ duḥkha jīvitaṃ maraṇaṃ tathā /
ya idaṃ veda tattvena sasa veda prabhavāpyayau

indriyairgṛhyate yadyattadvyaktamabhidhīyate /
avyaktamatha tajjñeyaṃ liṅgagrāhyamatīndriyam

indriyairniyatairdehī dhārābhiriva tarpyate /
loke vihitamātmānaṃ lokaṃ cātmani paśyati

parāvaradṛśaḥ śaktirjñānavelāṃ na paśyati /
paśyataḥ sarvabhūtāni sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā

brahmabhūtasya saṃyogo nāśubhenopapadyate /
jñānena vividhātkleśānna nivṛttiśca dehajāt

lokabuddhiprakāśena lokamārgo na riṣyati /
anādinidhanaṃ jantumātmani sthitamavyayam

akartāramamūḍhaṃ ca bhagavānāha tīrtavit /
yo jantuḥ svakṛtaistaistaiḥ karmabhirnityaduḥkhitaḥ

svaduḥkhapratighātārthaṃ hṝnti janturanekadhā /
tataḥ karma samādatte punaranyannavaṃ bahu

tapyate 'tha punastena bhuktvāpathyamivāturaḥ /
ajasrameva mohānto duḥkheṣu sukhasaṃjñitaḥ

vadhyate tapyate caiva bhayavatyarmabhiḥ sadā /
tato nivṛtto bandhātsvātkarmaṇāmudayādiha

paribhramati saṃsāre cakravadbāhuvarjitaḥ /
saṃyamena ca saṃbandhānnivṛttyā tapaso balāt

samprāptā bahavaḥ siddhiṃ avyābādhāṃ sukhodayām