NARAYAN

 

 

 Chapter One

 

     atha puruso ha vai narayano 'kamayata praja srjeyeti  narayanat prano jayate manah sarvendriyani ca kham vayur jyotir  apah prthivi visvasya dharini narayanad brahma jayate narayanad  rudro jayate narayanad indro jayate narayanat prajapatih  prajayate narayanad dvadasaditya rudra vasavah sarvani chandamsi  narayanad eva samutpadyante narayanat pravartante narayane  praliyante etad rg-veda-siro 'dhite.

 

 

Chapter Two

 

     atha nityo narayanah. brahma narayanah. visvas ca narayanah.  sakras ca narayanah. kalas ca narayanah. disas ca narayanah.  vidisas ca narayanah. urdhvam ca narayanah. adhas ca narayanah.  antar bahis ca narayanah. narayana evedam sarvam yad bhutam yac ca  bhavyam niskalanko nirajano nirvikalpo nirakhyatah suddho deva  eko narayano na dvitiyo kascit ya evam veda sa visnur eva sa  visnur eva bhavati etad yajur-veda-siro 'dhite  

 

 

Chapter Three

 

     om ity ager vyaharet nama iti pascat narayanety  uparisthat om ity ekaksaram nama iti dve aksare narayaneti  pacaksarani etad vai narayanasyastaksaram padam yo ha vai  narayanasyastaksaram padam adhyeti anapabruvuh sarvam ayureti  vidante prajapatyam rayasposam gaupatyam tato 'mrtatvam asnute  tato 'mrtatvam asnuta iti etat sama-veda-siro 'dhite.

 

 

Chapter Four

 

     pratyanandam brahma purusam pranava-svarupam akara ukaro  makara iti tan ekadha samabhavat tad etad om iti yam uktva  mucyate yogi janma-samsara-bandhanat om namo narayanayeti  mantropasako vaikuntha-bhavanam gamisyaati tad idam pundarikam  vijana-ghanam tasmat tatidabha-matram brahmanyo devaki-putro  brahmanyo madhusudana iti sarva-bhuta-stham ekam vai narayanam  karana-purusam akaranam param brahmom etad atharva-veda-siro  'dhite.

 

 

Phala-srutih (The Result of Hearing the Upanisad)

 

     pratar adhiyano ratri-krtam papam nasayati sayam adhiyano  divasa-krtam papam nasayati tat-sayam pratar adhiyanah papo  'papo bhavati madhyandinam adityabhimukho 'dhiyanah paca-maha- patakopapatakat pramucyate sarva-veda-parayana-punyam labhate  narayana-sayujyam avapnoti sri -narayana-sayujyam avapnoti ya  evam veda ity upanisat.