om atha puruso ha vai narayano
‘kamayata prajah srjeyeti
narayanat prano jayate
manah sarvendriyani ca kham vayur jyotir
apah prthivi visvasya dharini narayanad brahma jayate
narayanad rudro jayate
narayanad indro jayate
narayanad prajapatih prajayante
narayanad dvadasaditya rudra vasavah
sarvani chandagmsi
narayanad eva samutpadyante
narayanad pravartante
narayane praliyante
ya evam veda
ity upanisat(e) // 1 //
"Then the Supreme Lord Narayana desired to create living entities. From came the life airs; from Narayana came the mind and all the senses; from Narayana came the elements - ether, air, light, water and earth, which supports the universe. From Narayana came Brahma, Rudra, Indra, Prajapati. From Narayana came the twelve Adityas, the twelve Rudras, the twelve Vasus, all the Vedic metres and all the devas. Everything came from Narayana in the beginning and everything enters into Narayana at the end."
om atha nityo narayanah
brahma narayanah
sivas ca narayanah
sakras ca narayanah
kalas ca narayanah
disas ca narayanah
vidisas ca narayanah
urdhvas ca narayanah
adhas ca narayanah
antar bahis ca narayanah
narayana evedag sarvam
yad bhutam yac ca bhavyam
niskalanko niranjano nirvikalpo nirakhyatah
suddho deva eko narayanah
na dvitiyo ‘sti kascit(e)
sa visnur eva bhavati sa visnur eva
bhavati
ya evam veda
ity upanisat(e) // 2 //
"Thus Narayana is the eternal being. Brahma, ®iva, Indra, time, the directions, the subdirections, up and down, inside and outside, are all pervaded by Narayana. Narayana is everything, past, present and future. Narayana is the eternal pure effulgent Lord, without a second to compare. He is Visnu, the Supreme Lord, says the Upanisad."
om ity agre vyaharet(e)
nama iti pascat(e)
narayanayety uparistat(e)
om ity ekaksaram
nama iti dve aksare
narayanayeti pancaksarani
etad vai narayanasayastaksaram padam
yo ha vai narayanasyastaksaram padam
adhyeti
anapabruvah sarvam ayureti
vindate prajapatyagm rayas posam
gaupatyam
tato ‘mrtatvam asnute tato ’mrtatva
asnuta iti
ya evam veda
ity upanisat(e) // 3 //
"One should place "om" first, "namah" second and "Narayanaya" at the end. "Om" is one syllable, "namah" is two syllables and "Narayanaya" is five syllables. Together they make the eight syllable Narayana-mantra. One who knows this eight syllable Narayana-mantra with purity in his heart attains all life, offspring, wealth, health and cows, and finally attains immortality. One who knows the Narayana-mantra and Narayana attains immortality, says the Upanisad."
om pratyag anandam brahma purusam pranava svarupam
akara ukara makara iti
tanekadha sametad om iti
yam uktva mucyate yogi
janma samsara bandhanat(e)
om namo narayanayeti mantropasakah
vaikuntha bhuvanam gamisyati
tad idam pundarikam vijnana ghanam
tasmad tadidabha matram
brahmanyo devakiputro
brahmanyo madhusudanah
brahmanyo pundarikakso
brahmanyo visnur acyuteti
sarvabhutastham ekam narayanam
karana rupam akaranam param brahma
om // 4 //
"The syllable "om" is directly the Supreme Lord full of bliss. Composed of three sounds "a", "u" and "ˆ", the pranava becomes "om". The yogi who utters the pranava many times becomes free from the bondage of repeated material birth. One who worships the Lord with this mantra will certainly go to the transcendental realm of Vaikuntha, which is a lotus full of consciousness shining effulgently. The transcendental Lord is known as the son of Devaki, as Madhusudana, as Pundarikaksa, as Visnu and Acyuta. The one Narayana is situated in all living entities. He is the cause of all causes, the supreme Brahman."
om pratar adhiyano ratrikrtam papam nasayati
sayam adiyano divasa-krtam papam
nasayati
madhyahna dinam adityabhimukho ‘dhiyanah
panca maha patakopapatakat pramucyate
sarva veda parayana punyam labhate
narayana-sayujyam avapnoti
narayana-sayujyam avapnoti
ya evam veda
ity upanisat(e) // 5 //
"One who recites the mantra in the morning destroys the sins of the night. One who recites the mantra in the evening destroys the sins of the day. One who recites the mantra at noontime facing the sun is freed from all types of sins. That person attains the fruits of studying all the Vedas. He attains the world of Narayana".
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