अध्याय १०३
श्लोक 1
ततः पर्वतजालानि सरितश् च सरांसि च अपश्यं समतिक्रम्य सागरं मकरालयम्
tataḥ parvatajālāni saritaś ca sarāṃsi ca apaśyaṃ samatikramya sāgaraṃ makarālayam
हिन्दी अर्थ
तप्तकाञझ्ननसंनाहौ दिव्यहारविभूषितौ ॥ तौ महाचलसंकाशावन्योन्यस्य चमूमुखे॥ बभूव भू: समाकीर्णा योधैरुद्तजीवितै: मण्डलीभूतधनुषा सकृदेव बभूवतु:॥
English
Vaishampāyana said:—O sinless scion of the Kuru race, it is indeed worthy of thy family that thou art anxious to listen to the glorious deeds of Nārāyana (11). O king, hear as we had learnt from the Brāhmanas about the power of the Lotus-navelled Deity who had learnt it from the prime and ancient gods as recorded in the Srutis (12). O Bharata, through mental concentration Parāsara's son, the beautiful preceptor Dwaipayana, powerful like unto Vrihaspati, witnessed the power of the Lotus-navelled Deity and described it. I shall describe it to you as I had heard before. But although I am a Rishi I have not been able to learn it completely (13-14). O king, who can try to know the Great Purusha Nārāyana whom even the creator, the originator of the universe, could not know fully (15)? I have heard truly what is held as a great secret by the creator of the universe, identical with all and the origin of principles and by the great Rishis and gods, O sinless-one. Him alone, persons conversant with spiritual knowledge meditate on. He is the efficient cause of Karma, the prime deity of the celestials and is unseen by all. He is without beginning and end: He is the eternal truth which the great Rishis strive to know: He is _Jnāna_ or knowledge of the celestials and is perceived by persons, well read in the Vedas as the Absolute Intelligence. He is the creator of the objects of senses and creates the elements as Hiranyagarbha. He is intellect, mind, _Kshetrajna_, the principle of greatness, Purusha and the Great Soul. He is identical with time the witness of all and is independent. He is identical with five vital breaths, the cause of their action, is real and undecaying. He is the cause of our actions and the ordainer of what we should do and should not. He should be sought for by us, by every means, should be spoken of and heard of. He is heaven, emancipation, the various changes, the mysterious world and our protector. I will describe this Narāyana unto you. O king, all that exists in the three worlds, untruth, cause and action, past and future, mobile, immobile and eternal has emanated from the Lotus-navelled Lord, the Great Purusha (15-25).