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Narayana Upanishad

(Chapter 44)

Chapter Quiz

Verse 1

atha puruṣo ha vai nārāyaṇo'kāmayata prajāḥ sṛjeyeti । nārāyaṇātprāṇo jāyate । manaḥ sarvendriyāṇi ca । khaṃ vāyurjyotirāpaḥ pṛthivī viśvasya dhāriṇī। nārāyaṇādbrahmā jāyate । nārāyaṇādrudro jāyate । nārāyaṇādindro jāyate । nārāyaṇātprajāpatiḥ prajāyate । nārāyaṇādadvādaśādityā rudrā vasavaḥ sarvāṇi chandāṃsi nārāyaṇādeva samutpadyante। nārāyaṇātpravartante । nārāyaṇe pralīyante। etadṛvedaśiro'dhīte ॥

Verse 2

atha nityo nārāyaṇaḥ । brahmā nārāyaṇaḥ । śivaśca nārāyaṇaḥ । śakraśca nārāyaṇaḥ । kālaśca nārāyaṇaḥ । diśaśca nārāyaṇaḥ । vidiśaśca nārāyaṇaḥ । ūrdhvaṃ ca nārāyaṇaḥ । adhaśca nārāyaṇaḥ । antarbahiśca nārāyaṇaḥ। nārāyaṇa evedaṃ sarvaṃ yadbhūtaṃ yacca bhavyam। niṣkalaṃko nirañjano nirvikalpo nirākhyātaḥ śuddho deva eko nārāyaṇo ne dvitīyo'sti kaścit । ya evaṃ veda se viṣṇureva bhavati sa viṣṇureva bhavati । etadyajurvedaśiro'dhīte ॥

Verse 3

oṃ ityagre vyāharet । nama iti paścāt । nārāyaṇāyetyupariṣṭāt। oṃ ityekākṣaram। nama iti dve akṣare। nārāyaṇāyeti pañcākṣarāṇi। etadvai nārāyaṇasyāṣṭākṣaraṃ padam। yo ha vai nārāyaṇasyāṣṭākṣaraṃ padamadhyeti । anapabruvaḥ sarvamāyureti । vindate prājāpatyaṃ rāyaspoṣaṃ gaupatyaṃ tato'mṛtatvamaśnute tato'mṛtatvamaśnuta iti। etatsāmavedaśiro'dhīte॥

Verse 4

pratyagānandaṃ brahmapuruṣaṃ praṇavasvarūpam। akāra ukāro makāra iti। tā anekadhā samabhavattadetadomiti । yamuktvā mucyate yogī janmasaṃsārabandhanāt। oṃ namo nārāyaṇāyeti mantropāsako vaikuṇṭhabhuvanaṃ gamiṣyati । tadidaṃ puṇḍarīkaṃ vijñānaghanaṃ tasmāttaḍidābhamātram। brahmaṇyo devakīputro brahmaṇyo madhusūdanaḥ । brahmaṇyaḥ puṇḍarīkākṣo brahmaṇyo viṣṇuracyuta iti । sarvabhūtasthamekaṃ vai nārāyaṇaṃ kāraṇapuruṣamakāraṇaṃ paraṃ brahmom। etadatharvaśiro'dhīte ॥

Verse 5

prātaradhīyāno rātrikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati । sāyamadhīyāno divasakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayati । tatsāyaṃ-prātaradhīyānaḥ pāpo'pāpo bhavati । mādhyaṃdinamādityābhimukho'dhīyānaḥ pañcamahāpātakopapāta-kātpramucyate । sarvavedapārāyaṇapuṇyaṃ labhate । nārāyaṇasāyujyamavāpnoti śrīmannārāyaṇasāyujyama-vāpnoti ya evaṃ veda ॥