Book 12 Chapter 321 | |
1 | yudhiṣṭhira uvāca |
1 | gṛhastho brahmacārī vā vānaprastho 'tha bhikṣukaḥ
ya icchet siddhim āsthātuṃ devatāṃ kāṃ yajeta saḥ |
2 | kuto hy asya dhruvaḥ svargaḥ kuto niḥśreyasaṃ param
vidhinā kena juhuyād daivaṃ pitryaṃ tathaiva ca |
3 | muktaś ca kāṃ gatiṃ gacchen mokṣaś caiva kimātmakaḥ
svargataś caiva kiṃ kuryād yena na cyavate divaḥ |
4 | devatānāṃ ca ko devaḥ pitṝṇāṃ ca tathā pitā
tasmāt parataraṃ yac ca tan me brūhi pitāmaha |
5 | bhīṣma uvāca |
5 | gūḍhaṃ māṃ praśnavit praśnaṃ pṛcchase tvam ihānagha
na hy eṣa tarkayā śakyo vaktuṃ varṣaśatair api |
6 | ṛte devaprasādād vā rājañ jñānāgamena vā
gahanaṃ hy etad ākhyānaṃ vyākhyātavyaṃ tavārihan |
7 | atrāpy udāharantīmam itihāsaṃ purātanam
nāradasya ca saṃvādam ṛṣer nārāyaṇasya ca |
8 | nārāyaṇo hi viśvātmā caturmūrtiḥ sanātanaḥ
dharmātmajaḥ saṃbabhūva pitaivaṃ me 'bhyabhāṣata |
9 | kṛte yuge mahārāja purā svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare
naro nārāyaṇaś caiva hariḥ kṛṣṇas tathaiva ca |
10 | tebhyo nārāyaṇanarau tapas tepatur avyayau
badaryāśramam āsādya śakaṭe kanakāmaye |
11 | aṣṭacakraṃ hi tad yānaṃ bhūtayuktaṃ manoramam
tatrādyau lokanāthau tau kṛśau dhamanisaṃtatau |
12 | tapasā tejasā caiva durnirīkṣau surair api
yasya prasādaṃ kurvāte sa devau draṣṭum arhati |
13 | nūnaṃ tayor anumate hṛdi hṛcchayacoditaḥ
mahāmeror gireḥ śṛṅgāt pracyuto gandhamādanam |
14 | nāradaḥ sumahad bhūtaṃ lokān sarvān acīcarat
taṃ deśam agamad rājan badaryāśramam āśugaḥ |
15 | tayor āhnikavelāyāṃ tasya kautūhalaṃ tv abhūt
idaṃ tad āspadaṃ kṛtsnaṃ yasmiṃl lokāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ |
16 | sadevāsuragandharvāḥ sarṣikiṃnaralelihāḥ
ekā mūrtir iyaṃ pūrvaṃ jātā bhūyaś caturvidhā |
17 | dharmasya kulasaṃtāno mahān ebhir vivardhitaḥ
aho hy anugṛhīto 'dya dharma ebhiḥ surair iha naranārāyaṇābhyāṃ ca kṛṣṇena hariṇā tathā |
18 | tatra kṛṣṇo hariś caiva kasmiṃś cit kāraṇāntare
sthitau dharmottarau hy etau tathā tapasi dhiṣṭhitau |
19 | etau hi paramaṃ dhāma kānayor āhnikakriyā
pitarau sarvabhūtānāṃ daivataṃ ca yaśasvinau kāṃ devatāṃ nu yajataḥ pitṝn vā kān mahāmatī |
20 | iti saṃcintya manasā bhaktyā nārāyaṇasya ha
sahasā prādurabhavat samīpe devayos tadā |
21 | kṛte daive ca pitrye ca tatas tābhyāṃ nirīkṣitaḥ
pūjitaś caiva vidhinā yathāproktena śāstrataḥ |
22 | taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahad āścaryam apūrvaṃ vidhivistaram
upopaviṣṭaḥ suprīto nārado bhagavān ṛṣiḥ |
23 | nārāyaṇaṃ saṃnirīkṣya prasannenāntarātmanā
namaskṛtvā mahādevam idaṃ vacanam abravīt |
24 | vedeṣu sapurāṇeṣu sāṅgopāṅgeṣu gīyase
tvam ajaḥ śāśvato dhātā mato 'mṛtam anuttamam pratiṣṭhitaṃ bhūtabhavyaṃ tvayi sarvam idaṃ jagat |
25 | catvāro hy āśramā deva sarve gārhasthyamūlakāḥ
yajante tvām aharahar nānāmūrtisamāsthitam |
26 | pitā mātā ca sarvasya jagataḥ śāśvato guruḥ
kaṃ tv adya yajase devaṃ pitaraṃ kaṃ na vidmahe |
27 | śrībhagavān uvāca |
27 | avācyam etad vaktavyam ātmaguhyaṃ sanātanam
tava bhaktimato brahman vakṣyāmi tu yathātatham |
28 | yat tat sūkṣmam avijñeyam avyaktam acalaṃ dhruvam
indriyair indriyārthaiś ca sarvabhūtaiś ca varjitam |
29 | sa hy antarātmā bhūtānāṃ kṣetrajñaś ceti kathyate
triguṇavyatirikto 'sau puruṣaś ceti kalpitaḥ tasmād avyaktam utpannaṃ triguṇaṃ dvijasattama |
30 | avyaktā vyaktabhāvasthā yā sā prakṛtir avyayā
tāṃ yonim āvayor viddhi yo 'sau sadasadātmakaḥ āvābhyāṃ pūjyate 'sau hi daive pitrye ca kalpite |
31 | nāsti tasmāt paro 'nyo hi pitā devo 'tha vā dvijaḥ
ātmā hi nau sa vijñeyas tatas taṃ pūjayāvahe |
32 | tenaiṣā prathitā brahman maryādā lokabhāvinī
daivaṃ pitryaṃ ca kartavyam iti tasyānuśāsanam |
33 | brahmā sthāṇur manur dakṣo bhṛgur dharmas tapo damaḥ
marīcir aṅgirātriś ca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ |
34 | vasiṣṭhaḥ parameṣṭhī ca vivasvān soma eva ca
kardamaś cāpi yaḥ proktaḥ krodho vikrīta eva ca |
35 | ekaviṃśatir utpannās te prajāpatayaḥ smṛtāḥ
tasya devasya maryādāṃ pūjayanti sanātanīm |
36 | daivaṃ pitryaṃ ca satataṃ tasya vijñāya tattvataḥ
ātmaprāptāni ca tato jānanti dvijasattamāḥ |
37 | svargasthā api ye ke cit taṃ namasyanti dehinaḥ
te tatprasādād gacchanti tenādiṣṭaphalāṃ gatim |
38 | ye hīnāḥ saptadaśabhir guṇaiḥ karmabhir eva ca
kalāḥ pañcadaśa tyaktvā te muktā iti niścayaḥ |
39 | muktānāṃ tu gatir brahman kṣetrajña iti kalpitaḥ
sa hi sarvagataś caiva nirguṇaś caiva kathyate |
40 | dṛśyate jñānayogena āvāṃ ca prasṛtau tataḥ
evaṃ jñātvā tam ātmānaṃ pūjayāvaḥ sanātanam |
41 | taṃ vedāś cāśramāś caiva nānātanusamāsthitāḥ
bhaktyā saṃpūjayanty ādyaṃ gatiṃ caiṣāṃ dadāti saḥ |
42 | ye tu tadbhāvitā loke ekāntitvaṃ samāsthitāḥ
etad abhyadhikaṃ teṣāṃ yat te taṃ praviśanty uta |
43 | iti guhyasamuddeśas tava nārada kīrtitaḥ
bhaktyā premṇā ca viprarṣe asmadbhaktyā ca te śrutaḥ |