Narasimha Purana · Chapter 61

varṇānām āśramāṇāṃ ca kathitaṃ dharmalakṣaṇam
yataḥ svargāpavargau tu prāpnuyus te dvijādayaḥ //

yogaśāstrasya vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepāt sāram uttamam
yasyābhyāsabalād yānti mokṣaṃ ceha mumukṣavaḥ //

yogābhyāsaratasyeha naśyeyuḥ pātakāni ca
tasmād yogaparo bhūtvā dhyāyen nityaṃ kriyāntare //

prāṇāyāmena vacanaṃ pratyāhāreṇa cendriyam
dhāraṇābhir vaśīkṛtya punar durdharṣaṇaṃ manaḥ //

ekaṃ kāraṇam ānanda bodhaṃ ca tam anāmayam
sukṣmāt sūkṣmataraṃ dhyāyej jagadādhāram acyutam //

ātmānam aravindasthaṃ taptacāmīkaraprabham
rahasy ekāntam āsīta dhyāyed ātmahṛdi sthitam //

yaḥ sarvaprāṇacittajño yaḥ sarveṣāṃ hṛdi sthitaḥ
yaś ca sarvajanair jñeyaḥ so 'ham asmīti cintayet //

ātmalābhasukhaṃ yāvat tāvad dhyānam udāhṛtam
śrutismṛtyuditaṃ karma tattadūrdhvaṃ samācaret //

yathāśvā rathahīnāś ca rathāś cāśvair vinā yathā
evaṃ tapaś ca vidyā ca ubhāv api tapasvinaḥ //

yathānnaṃ madhusaṃyuktaṃ madhu cānnena saṃyutam
evaṃ tapaś ca vidyā ca saṃyukte bheṣajaṃ mahat //

dvābhyām eva hi pakṣābhyāṃ yathā vai pakṣiṇāṃ gatiḥ
tathaiva jñānakarmabhyāṃ prāpyate brahma śāśvatam //

vidyātapobhyāṃ saṃpanno brāhmaṇo yogatatparaḥ
dehadvandvaṃ vihāyāśu mukto bhavati bandhanāt //

na devayānamārgeṇa yāvat prāptaṃ paraṃ padam
na tāvad dehaliṅgasya vināśo vidyate kvacit //

mayā vaḥ kathitaḥ sarvo varṇāśramavibhāgaśaḥ
saṃkṣepeṇa dvijaśreṣṭhā dharmas teṣāṃ sanātanaḥ //

śrutvaivam ṛṣayo dharmaṃ svargamokṣaphalapradam
praṇamya tam ṛṣiṃ jagmur muditās te svam ālayam //

dharmaśāstram idaṃ yas tu hārītamukhaniḥsṛtam
śrutvā ca kurute dharmaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim //

mukhajasya tu yat karma karma yad bāhujasya tu
ūrujasya tu yat karma pādajasya tathā nṛpa //

svaṃ svaṃ karma prakurvāṇā viprādyā yānti sadgatim
anyathā vartamāno hi sadyaḥ patati yāty adhaḥ //

yasya ye 'bhihitā dharmāḥ sa tu tais taiḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
tasmāt svadharmaṃ kurvīta nityam evam anāpadi //

caturvarṇāś ca rājendra catvāraś cāpi cāśramāḥ
svadharmaṃ ye 'nutiṣṭhanti te yānti paramāṃ gatim //

svadharmeṇa yathā nṛṇāṃ narasiṃhaḥ pratuṣyati
varṇadharmānusāreṇa narasiṃhaṃ tathārcayet //

utpannavairāgyabalena yogād dhyāyet paraṃ brahma sadā kriyāvān
satyātmakaṃ citsukharūpam ādyaṃ vihāya dehaṃ padam eti viṣṇoḥ //