Narasimha Purana · Chapter 57

bhaktānāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ brūhi narasiṃh asya me dvija
yeṣāṃ saṃgatimātreṇa viṣṇuloko na dūrataḥ //

viṣṇubhaktā mahotsāhā viṣṇvarcanavidhau sadā
saṃyatā dharmasaṃpannāḥ sarvārthān sādhayanti te //

paropakāraniratā guruśuśrūṣaṇe ratāḥ
varṇāśramācārayutāḥ sarveṣāṃ supriyaṃvadāḥ //

vedavedārthatattvajñā gataroṣā gataspṛhāḥ
śāntāś ca saumyavadanā nityaṃ dharmaparāyaṇāḥ //

hitaṃ mitaṃ ca vaktāraḥ kāle śaktyātithipriyāḥ
dambhamāyāvinirmuktāḥ kāmakrodhavivarjitāḥ //

īdṛgvidhā narā dhīrāḥ kṣamāvanto bahuśrutāḥ
viṣṇukīrtanasaṃjāta harṣā romāñcitā janāḥ //

viṣṇvarcāpūjane yattās tatkathāyāṃ kṛtādarāḥ
īdṛgvidhā mahātmāno viṣṇubhaktāḥ prakīrtitāḥ //

ye varṇāśramadharmasthās te bhaktāḥ keśavaṃ prati
iti proktaṃ tvayā vidvan bhṛguvarya guro mama //

varṇānām āśramāṇāṃ ca dharmaṃ me vaktum arhasi
yaiḥ kṛtais tuṣyate devo narasiṃhaḥ sanātanaḥ //

atre te varṇayiṣyāmi purāvṛttam anuttamam
munibhiḥ saha saṃvādaṃ hārītasya mahātmanaḥ //

hārītaṃ dharmatattvajñam āsīnaṃ bahupāṭhakam
praṇipatyābruvan sarve munayo dharmakāṅkṣiṇaḥ //

bhagavan sarvadharmajña sarvadharmapravartaka
varṇānām āśramāṇāṃ ca dharmaṃ prabrūhi śāśvatam //

nārāyaṇaḥ purā devo jagatsraṣṭā jalopari
suṣvāpa bhogiparyaṅke śayane tu śriyā saha //

tasya suptasya nābhau tu divyaṃ padmam abhūt kila
tanmadhye cābhavad brahmā vedavedāṅgabhūṣaṇaḥ //

sa coktas tena devena brāhmaṇān mukhato 'sṛjat
asṛjat kṣatriyān bāhvor vaiśyāṃs tu ūruto 'sṛjat //

śūdrās tu pādataḥ sṛṣṭās teṣāṃ caivānupūrvaśaḥ
dharmaśāstraṃ ca maryādāṃ provāca kamalodbhavaḥ //

tadvat sarvaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuta dvijasattamāḥ
dhanyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyaṃ svargamokṣaphalapradam //

brāhmaṇyāṃ brāhmaṇenaiva cotpanno brāhmaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ
tasya dharmaṃ pravakṣyāmi tadyogyaṃ deśam eva ca //

kṛṣṇasāro mṛgo yatra svabhāvāt tu pravartate
tasmin deśe vaser dharmaṃ kuru brāhmaṇapuṃgava //

ṣaṭkarmāṇi ca yāny āhur brāhmaṇasya manīṣiṇaḥ
tair eva satataṃ yas tu pravṛttaḥ sukham edhate //

adhyayanādhyāpanaṃ ca yajanaṃ yājanaṃ tathā
dānaṃ pratigrahaś ceti karmaṣaṭkam ihocyate //

adhyāpanaṃ ca trividhaṃ dharmasyārthasya kāraṇam
śuśrūṣākāraṇaṃ caiva trividhaṃ parikīrtitam //

yogyān adhyāpayec chiṣyān yājyān api ca yājayet
vidhinā pratigṛhṇaṃś ca gṛhadharmapasiddhaye //

vedam evābhyasen nityaṃ śubhe deśe samāhitaḥ
nityaṃ naimittakaṃ kāmyaṃ karma kuryāt prayatnataḥ //

guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ caiva yathānyāyam atandritaḥ
sāyaṃ prātar upāsīta vidhināgniṃ dvijottamaḥ //

kṛtasnānas tu kurvīta vaiśvadevaṃ dine dine
atithiṃ cāgataṃ bhaktyā pūjayec chaktito gṛhī //

anyān athāgatān dṛṣṭvā pūjayed avirodhataḥ
svadāranirato nityaṃ paradāravivarjitaḥ //

satyavādī jitakrodhaḥ svadharmanirato bhavet
svakarmaṇi ca saṃprāpte pramādaṃ naiva kārayet //

priyāṃ hitāṃ vaded vācaṃ paralokāvirodhinīm
evaṃ dharmaḥ samuddiṣṭo brāhmaṇasya samāsataḥ
dharmam evaṃ tu yaḥ kuryāt sa yāti brahmaṇaḥ padam //

ity eṣa dharmaḥ kathitomayā vai viprasya viprā akhilāghahārī
vadāmi rājādijanasya dharmaṃ pṛthak pṛthag bodhata vipravaryāḥ //