Chapter 8

śrīnārāyaṇa uvāca |
namaḥ parasmai devāya bhūmne śaktitrayāya ca |
sākṣiṇe dehināṃ madhye'nupalakṣyātmavartmane || 1 ||
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namo bhūyaḥ satāṃ gottre'satāṃ nāśāptabhūtaye |
namo nirastasāmyā'tiśayāya dhāmni raṃsyate || 2 ||
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kuyogināṃ vidūrāya sannikṛṣṭāya te namaḥ |
nārāyaṇaparā vedā nārāyaṇaparā makhāḥ || 3 ||
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nārāyaṇaparaṃ jñānaṃ sṛjirnārāyaṇātmikā |
nārāyaṇa idaṃ sarvaṃ nārāyaṇaparā gatiḥ || 4 ||
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guṇatrayaṃ samāgṛhya nirguṇo'pi hariḥ svayam |
vairājapuruṣo bhūtvā sasarjā''paḥ svadehataḥ || 5 ||
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āpo nārā iti bodhyā āpastu naraputrikāḥ |
kṛtvā tāsvayanaṃ śete tato nārāyaṇaḥ svayam || 6 ||
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jale tatra śayānasyā'tītāḥ sahasravatsarāḥ |
tadā tannābhito nālaṃ pādmaṃ prādurbabhūva ha || 7 ||
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padmoparyabhavadbrahmā nārāyaṇasamīhayā |
sa dadarśā'bhito vāri nānyatsa pramumoha ca || 8 ||
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kathaṃ kasmātkutaścāhaṃ kiṃ karomyatra kevale |
tasmānmūlaṃ madīyaṃ vai didṛkṣāmyanunālataḥ || 9 ||
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niścityaivaṃ svayaṃ nāle brahmā saṃpraviveśa ha |
caturyugasahasraṃ taccacālāntaṃ na cāptavāna || 10 ||
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tadā viśramya tannāle nyavartata yadā tu saḥ |
yogasiddhisahāyena vegādupari saṃsthitaḥ || 11 ||
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kimarthaṃ vā kathaṃ cāhaṃ samutpanno jale kaje |
vicārayati yāvatsa vāguvācā'śarīriṇī || 12 ||
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tapaḥ kuru sthitastatra kāle jñānaṃ bhaviṣyati |
vetsyasi svajanerarthaṃ śrutvā tāṃ tapa āsthitaḥ || 13 ||
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tato jñānaṃ hyabhūttasya sṛṣṭyarthaṃ me janistviyam |
sṛṣṭistu kīdṛśī kāryā mayetyarthe mano dadhau || 14 ||
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tāvannārāyaṇamūrtau sṛṣṭiṃ pūrvāṃ dadarśa ha |
pūrvātpūrvatarāṃ cāpi dṛṣṭvā saṃmumude sa ca || 15 ||
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tapomahimnā svaguruṃ hariṃ sa vai samādhimāpyā'nudadarśa kāraṇam |
kṛtvā jale vai śayanaṃ mahāprabhuṃ samastasṛṣṭyanvitacitrarūpakam || 16 ||
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divyena cakṣuṣā tatra vairāje jaḍacetanam |
bhāvi sṛṣṭyātmakaṃ sarvaṃ dṛṣṭavān nāmarūpakam || 17 ||
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pādamūle'sya pātālaṃ pārṣṇibhāge rasātalam |
dadarśa gulphayorasya lokaṃ brahmā mahātalam || 18 ||
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talātalaṃ tathā lokaṃ jaṃghayoḥ sa dadarśa vai |
jānvostu sutalaṃ lokamurvostu vitalā'tale || 19 ||
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bhūtalaṃ sakthimūle'tha nābhau bhuvardivaṃ hṛdi |
grīvāyāntu maharlokamāsye janaṃ dadarśa saḥ || 1820 ||
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lalāṭe'sya tapolokaṃ satyaṃ śirṣṇi vyacaṣṭa saḥ |
bāhvorindrādidevāṃśca karṇayordiśa eva ca || 21 ||
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śrotre śabdaṃ ca nāsatyau nāsārandhre dadarśa saḥ |
ghrāṇe gandhaṃ mukhe vahniṃ dyāṃ tu netradvayāṇḍayoḥ || 22 ||
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cakṣuṣoḥ sūryacandrau tatpakṣmaṇordivasaṃ niśām |
bhrūvilāse parameṣṭhipadaṃ tālau jalaṃ tathā || 23 ||
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jihvāyāntu rasāṃstasya daṃṣṭrāyāṃ yamamityapi |
medhāyāṃ cā'sya chandāṃsi kaṭākṣe kālaviplavam || 24 ||
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uttarauṣṭhe tathā vrīḍāmadharauṣṭhe tu gardhanam |
stanayorubhayordharmaṃ pṛṣṭhe'dharmaṃ tu dṛṣṭavān || 25 ||
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śiśne prajāpatiṃ mitrāvaruṇau tu tadaṇḍayoḥ |
kukṣiṣvasya mamudrāṃśca girīnasthiṣu dṛṣṭavān || 26 ||
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nadīrnāḍīsu vṛkṣāṃstu vyācaṣṭe sa hi romasu |
śvāse vāyuṃ gatau kālaṃ meghānkeśeṣu tasya vai || 27 ||
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sandhyāṃ vāsasi hṛdaye māyāṃ manasi candrakam |
citte mahadahaṃkāre rudraṃ nakhe gajāśvakān || 28 ||
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naipuṇye pakṣiṇaḥ sarvān buddhau svāyaṃbhuvaṃ manum |
nitambayormṛgānsarvānsmṛtau gandharva gāyakān || 25 ||
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vīrye tvāsurasainyāni mukhe'sya brāhmaṇāṃstathā |
bhujayoḥ kṣatriyānūrvorvaiśyānaṃghrau tu śūdrakān || 1830 ||
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sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ yāvat sṛjya svenaṃ bhavettu yat |
sarvaṃ vairājadehe'yaṃ brahmā samyak dadarśa ha || 31 ||
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kāryaṃ yasya yathā yāvat karaṇaṃ yasya yad yathā |
kāryayogasamākṛṣṭiśleṣāvirbhāvavaibhavam || 32 ||
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hastāmalakavatsarvaṃ dṛṣṭavān sa prajāpatiḥ |
tattvādhīnāṃ mano'dhīnāṃ dvedhā jñātvā'tha padmajaḥ || 33 ||
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bījajāṃ mānasī ceti sṛṣṭiṃ pratiṃ mumoda ha |
pūrvaṃ naṣṭāṃ smṛtiṃ labdhvā brahmā tuṣṭāva keśavam || 34 ||
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namaḥ sṛṣṭisvarūpāya namo vairājamūrtaye |
namo'vāntarasargāya namo brahmādirūpiṇe || 35 ||
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namo hiraṇyagarbhāya mahāviṣṇutvarūpiṇe |
namaḥ pradhānapataye prakṛtisvāmine namaḥ || 26 ||
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namo bhūmne'niruddhāya pradyumnāya ca te namaḥ |
namaḥ saṃkarṣaṇākhyāya vāsudevāya te namaḥ || 27 ||
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namo mahāpūruṣāya mahākālāya te namaḥ |
namo'kṣaranivāsāya muktāntaryāmiṇe namaḥ || 30 ||
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vyāpakāya pareśāya naikarūpāya te namaḥ |
sati tvayi viparyāso vivartaḥ pariṇāmakaḥ || 29 ||
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jagato'sya bhavennūnaṃ tadabhinnāya te namaḥ |
sākṣiṇe sarvanetrāya svarāje ca namo namaḥ || 1840 ||
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nānāścaryanivāsāya nānārūpadharāya ca |
bhinnātmadarśine pūrvaṃ paścādekātmadarśine || 41 ||
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anvitā'nanvitārthāya namaḥ sadasadātmane |
paramāṇusvarūpāya vyāpakāya ca te namaḥ || 42 ||
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tridhācchedavihīnāya srīpuṃrūpātmane namaḥ |
namo jñānāya divyāya jñeyāya jñātṛrūpiṇe || 43 ||
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namo mānasvarūpāya mānāya mitaye namaḥ |
pramātre ca namaste'stu satkāryāya ca te namaḥ || 44 ||
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phalavyāptisvarūpāya śrutivādāya te namaḥ |
vaptivaśrāntisvarūpāya namo jñaptilayātmane || 47 ||
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prakāśā'kāśatanave divyā'divyaguṇātmane |
sarve yasmādyatra sarva yaśca sarvātmakaḥ prabhuḥ || 46 ||
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svapnā'svapnobhayārthāya śāstre te'stu namo namaḥ |
tvayā kṛpālunā deva hṛtkapāṭa pravodhitam || 47 ||
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yadartha tatkariṣye'haṃ tatra mā vismara prabho |
tvatpradattaprabodhena kariṣye sargaghaṭṭanām || 48 ||
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tatra me bandhanaṃ mā syātsāhāyyaṃ prārthaye tava |
sarvakāryasamutpāde klṛptidarśakaro bhava || 49 ||
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iti stutvā svayaṃ brahmā tūṣṇīmāsa kṣaṇāntare |
tāvannārāyaṇenā'pi saṃhṛtaṃ naikabhāvanam || 1850 ||
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vairājasya svarūpantu yāvatpaśyati padmajaḥ |
tāvadvairājahṛddeśādviṣṇuḥ prādurbabhūva ha || 51 ||
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iti śrīlakṣmīnārāyaṇīyasaṃhitāyāṃ prathame kṛtayugasantāne brahmaṇaḥ saṣṭijñānaprāptyādinirūpaṇanāmā aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ || 8 ||
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