॥ Yama Geetaa-s from Vishnu, Nrisimha, and Agni Purana English Lyrics ॥
॥ shreevishnu nri’simha athavaa agnipuraanaantargata yamageetaa ॥
॥ atha praarabhyate vishnupuraanaantargataa yamageetaa ॥
maitreya uvaacha –
yathaavatkathitam sarvam yatpri’sht’o’si mayaa dvija ।
shrotumichchhaamyaham tvekam tadbhavaanprabraveetu me ॥ 1 ॥
saptadveepaani paataalaveethyashcha sumahaamune ।
saptalokaa ye’ntarasthaa brahmaand’asyasya sarvatah’ ॥ 2 ॥
sthoolaih’ sookshmaistathaa sthoolasookshmaih’ sookshmasthoolaistathaa ।
sthoolaasthoolataraishchaitatsarvam praanibhiraavri’tam ॥ 3 ॥
angulasyaasht’abhaago’pi na so’sti munisattama ।
na santi praanino yatra karmabandhanibandhanaah’ ॥ 4 ॥
sarve chaite vasham yaanti yamasya bhagavankila ।
aayusho’ntena te yaanti yaatanaastatprachoditaah’ ॥ 5 ॥
yaatanaabhyah’ paribhrasht’aa devaadyaasvatha yonishu ।
yantavah’ parivartante shaastraanaamesha nirnayah’ ॥ 6 ॥
so’hamichchhaami tachchhrotum yamasya vashavartinah’ ।
na bhavanti naraa yena tatkarma kathayaamalam ॥ 7 ॥
paraashara uvaacha –
ayameva mune prashno nakulena mahaatmanaa ।
pri’sht’ah’ pitaamahah’ praaha bheeshmo yattachchhrunushva me ॥ 8 ॥
bheeshma uvaacha –
puraa mamaagato vatsa sakhaa kaalingako dvijah’ ।
sa maamuvaacha pri’sht’o vai mayaa jaatismaro munih’ ॥ 9 ॥
tenaakhyaatamidam chedamittham chaitadbhavishyati ।
tathaa cha tadabhoodvatsa yathoktam tena dheemataa ॥ 10 ॥
sa pri’sht’ashcha mayaa bhooyah’ shraddadhaanavataa dvijah’ ।
yadyadaaha na taddri’sht’amanyathaa hi mayaa kvachit ॥ 11 ॥
ekadaa tu mayaa pri’sht’am yadetadbhavatoditam ।
praaha kaalingako viprah’ smri’tvaa tasya munervachah’ ॥ 12 ॥
yaatismarena kathito rahasyah’ paramo mama ।
yamakinkarayoryo’bhootsamvaadastam braveemi te ॥ 13 ॥
kaalinga uvaacha –
svapurushamabhiveekshya paashahastam
vadati yamah’ kila tasya karnamoole ।
parihara madhusoodanam prapannaan
prabhurahamasmi nri’naam na vaishnavaanaam ॥ 14 ॥
ahamamaraganaarchitena dhaatraa
yama iti lokahitaahite niyuktah’ ।
hariguruvashago’smi na svatantrah’
prabhavati samyamani mamaapi vishnuh’ ॥ 15 ॥
kat’akamukut’akarnikaadibhedaih’
kanakamabhedamapeeshyate yathaikam ।
surapashumanujaadikalpanaabhi-
rharirakhilaabhirudeeyate tathaikah’ ॥ 16 ॥
kshitijalaparamaanavo’nilaante
punarapi yaanti yathaikataam dharitryaa ।
surapashumanujaadayastathaante
gunakalushena sanaatanena tena ॥ 17 ॥
harimamaraganaarchitaanghripadmam
pranamati yah’ paramaarthato hi martyah’ ।
tamatha gatasamastapaapabandham
vraja parihri’tya yathaagnimaajyasiktam ॥ 18 ॥
iti yamavachanam nishamya paashee
yamapurushamuvaacha dharmaraajam ।
kathaya mama vibhoh’ samastadhaatu-
rbhavati hareh’ khalu yaadri’sho’sya bhaktah’ ॥ 19 ॥
yama uvaacha –
na chalati nijavarnadharmato
yah’ samamatiraatmasuhri’dvipakshapakshe ।
na harati na cha hanti kinchiduchchaih’
sitamanasam tamavehi vishnubhaktam ॥ 20 ॥
kalikalushamalena yasya naatmaa
vimalamatermalineekri’to’stamohe ।
manasi kri’tajanaardanam manushyam
sattamavehi harerateevabhaktam ॥ 21 ॥
kanakamapi rahasyavekshya buddhyaa
tri’namiva yah’ samavaiti vai parasvam ।
bhavati cha bhagavatyananyachetaah’
purushavaram tamavehi vishnubhaktam ॥ 22 ॥
sphat’ikagirishilaamalah’ kva vishnu-
rmanasi nri’naam kva cha matsaraadidoshah’ ।
na hi tuhinamayookharashmipunje
bhavati hutaashanadeeptijah’ prataapah’ ॥ 23 ॥
vimalamativimatsarah’ prashaantah’
shuchicharito’khilasattvamitrabhootah’ ।
priyahitavachano’stamaanamaayo
vasati sadaa hri’di tasya vaasudevah’ ॥ 24 ॥
vasati hri’di sanaatane cha tasmin
bhavatipumaanjagato’sya saumyaroopah’ ।
kshitirasamatiramyamaatmano’ntah’
kathayati chaarutayaiva shaalapotah’ ॥ 25 ॥
yamaniyamavidhootakalmashaanaa-
manudinamachyutasaktamaanasaanaam ।
apagatamadamaanamatsaraanaam
vraja bhat’a dooratarena maanavaanaam ॥ 26 ॥
hri’di yadi bhagavaananaadiraaste
harirasishankhagadaadharo’vyayaatmaa ।
tadaghamaghavighaatakartri’bhinnam
bhavati katham sati vaandhakaaramarke ॥ 27 ॥
harati paradhanam nihanti jantoon
vadati tathaanishanisht’huraani yashcha ।
ashubhajanitadurmadasya pumsah’
kalushamaterhri’di tasya naastyanantah’ ॥ 28 ॥
na sahati paramam padam vinindaam
kalushamatih’ kurute sataamasaadhuh’ ।
na yajati na dadaati yashcha santam
manasi na tasya janaardano’dhamasya ॥ 29 ॥
paramasuhri’di baandhave kalatre
sutatanayaapitri’maatri’bhri’tyavarge ।
shat’hamatirupayaati yo’rthatri’shnaam
tamadhamachesht’amavehi naasya bhaktam ॥ 30 ॥
ashubhamatirasatpravri’ttisaktah’
satatamanaaryavishaalasangamattah’ ।
anudinakri’tapaapabandhayatnah’
purushapashurna hi vaasudevabhaktah’ ॥ 31 ॥
sakalamidamaham cha vaasudevah’
paramapumaanparameshvarah’ sa ekah’ ।
iti matiramalaa bhavatyanante
hri’dayagate vraja taanvihaaya dooraat ॥ 32 ॥
kamalanayana vaasudeva vishno
dharanidharaachyuta shankhachakrapaane ।
bhava sharanamiteerayanti ye vai
tyaja bhat’a dooratarena taanapaapaan ॥ 33 ॥
vasati manasi yasya so’vyayaatmaa
purushavarasya na tasya dri’sht’ipaate ।
tava gatirathavaa mamaasti chakra-
pratihataveeryavalasya so’nyalokyah’ ॥ 34 ॥
kaalinga uvaacha –
iti nijabhat’ashaasanaaya devo
ravitanayah’ sa kilaaha dharmaraajah’ ।
mama kathitamidam cha tena tubhyam
kuruvara samyagidam mayaapi choktam ॥ 35 ॥
bheeshma uvaacha –
nakulaitanmamaakhyaatam poorvam tena dvijanmanaa ।
kalingadeshaadabhyetya preeyataa sumahaatmanaa ॥ 36 ॥
mayaapyetadyathaanyaayam samyagvatsa tavoditam ।
yathaa vishnumri’te naanyattraanam samsaarasaagare ॥ 37
kinkaraa dand’apaashau vaa na yamo na cha yaatanaah’ ।
samarthaastasya yasyaatmaa keshavaalambanah’ sadaa ॥ 38 ॥
paraashara uvaacha –
etanmune tavaakhyaatam geetam vaivasvatena yat ।
tvatprashnaanugatam samyakkimanyachchhrotumichchhasi ॥ 39 ॥
॥ iti vishnupuraanaantargataa yamageetaa samaaptaa ॥
॥ atha praarabhyate nri’simhapuraanaantargataa yamageetaa ॥
vyaasa uvaacha –
mri’tyushcha kinkaraashchaiva vishnudootaih’ prapeed’itaah’ ।
svaraajnyaste’nunirvesham gatvaa sanchakrushurbhri’sham ॥ 1 ॥
mri’tyukinkaraah’ oochuh’ –
shri’nu raajanvacho’smaakam tavaagre yadbraveemahe ।
tvadaadeshaadvayam gatvaa mri’tyum samsthaapya dooratah’ ॥ 2 ॥
braahmanasya sameepam cha bhri’goh’ pautrasya sattamah’ ।
tam dhyaayamaanam kamapi devamevaagramaanasam ॥ 3 ॥
gantum na shaktaastatpaarshvam vayam sarve mahaamate ।
yaavattaavanmahaakaayaih’ purushairmushalairhataah’ ॥ 4 ॥
vayam nivri’ttaastadveekshya mri’tyustatra gatah’ punah’ ।
asmaannirbhartsya tatraayam tairnarairmushalairhatah’ ॥ 5 ॥
evamatra tamaanetum braahmanam tapasi sthitam ।
ashaktaa vayamevaatra mri’tyunaa saha vai prabho ॥ 6 ॥
tadbraveemi mahaabhaaga yadbrahma braahmanasya tu ।
devam kam dhyaayate viprah’ ke vaa te yairhataa vayam ॥ 7 ॥
vyaasa uvaacha –
ityuktah’ kinkaraih’ sarvairmri’tyunaa cha mahaamate ।
dhyaatvaa kshanam mahaabuddhih’ praaha vaivasvato yamah’ ॥ 8 ॥
yama uvaacha –
shri’nvantu kinkaraah’ sarve mri’tyushchaanye cha me vachah’ ।
satyametatpravakshyaami jnyaanam yadyogamaargatah’ ॥ 9 ॥
bhri’goh’ pautro mahaabhaago maarkand’eyo mahaamatih’ ।
sa jnyaatvaadyaatmanah’ kaalam gato mri’tyujigeeshayaa ॥ 10 ॥
bhri’gunoktena maargena sa tepe paramam tapah’ ।
harimaaraadhya medhaavee japanvai dvaadashaaksharam ॥ 11 ॥
ekaagrenaiva manasaa dhyaayate hri’di keshavam ।
satatam yogayuktastu sa munistatra kinkaraah’ ॥ 12 ॥
haridhyaanamahaadakshaa balam tasya mahaamuneh’ ।
naanyadvai praaptakaalasya balam pashyaami kinkaraah’ ॥ 13 ॥
hri’disthe pund’areekaakshe satatam bhaktavatsale ।
pashyantam vishnubhootam nu ko hi syaatkeshavaashrayam ॥ 14 ॥
te’pi vai purushaa vishnoryairyooyam taad’itaa bhri’sham ।
ata oordhvam na gantavyam yatra vai vaishnavaah’ sthitaah’ ॥ 15 ॥
na chitram taad’anam tatra aham manye mahaatmabhih’ ।
bhavataam jeevanam chitram yakshairdattam kri’paalubhih’ ॥ 16 ॥
naaraayanaparam vipram kastam veekshitumutsahet ।
yushmaabhishcha mahaapaapairmaarkand’eyam haripriyam ।
samaanetum kri’to yatnah’ sameecheenam na tatkri’tam ॥ 17 ॥
narasimham mahaadevam ye naraah’ paryupaasate ।
teshaam paarshvam na gantavyam yushmaabhirmama shaasanaat ॥ 18 ॥
vyaasa uvaacha –
sa evam kinkaraanuktvaa mri’tyum cha puratah’ sthitam ।
yamo nireekshya cha janam narakastham prapeed’itam ॥ 19 ॥
kri’payaa parayaa yukto vishnubhaktyaa visheshatah’ ।
yanasyaanugrahaarthaaya tenoktaa chaagirah’ shri’nu ॥ 20 ॥
narake pachyamaanasya yamena paribhaashitam ।
kim tvayaa naarchito devah’ keshavah’ kleshanaashanah’ ॥ 21 ॥
udakenaapyalaabhe tu dravyaanaam poojitah’ prabhuh’ ।
yo dadaati svakam lokam sa tvayaa kim na poojitah’ ॥ 22 ॥
narasimho hri’sheekeshah’ pund’areekanibhekshanah’ ।
smaranaanmuktido nree’naam sa tvayaa kim na poojitah’ ॥ 23 ॥
ityuktvaa naarakaansarvaanpunaraaha sa kinkaraan ।
vaivasvato yamah’ saakshaadvishnubhaktisamanvitah’ ॥ 24 ॥
naaradaaya sa vishvaatmaa praahaivam vishnuravyayah’ ।
anyebhyo vaishnavebhyashcha siddhebhyah’ satatam shrutam ॥ 25 ॥
tadvah’ preetyaa pravakshyaami harivaakyamanuttamam ।
shikshaartham kinkaraah’ sarve shri’nuta pranataa hareh’ ॥ 26 ॥
he kri’shna kri’shna kri’shneti yo maam smarati nityashah’ ।
yalam bhittvaa yathaa padmam narakaaduddharaamyaham ॥ 27 ॥
pund’areekaaksha devesha narasimha trivikrama ।
tvaamaham sharanam praapta iti yastam samuddhara ॥ 28 ॥
tvaam prapanno’smi sharanam devadeva janaardana ।
iti yah’ sharanam praaptastam kleshaaduddharaamyaham ॥ 29 ॥
vyaasa uvaacha –
ityudeeritamaakarnya harivaakyam yamena cha ।
naarakaah’ kri’shna kri’shneti naarasimheti chukrushuh’ ॥ 30 ॥
yathaa yathaa harernaama keertayantyatra naarakaah’ ।
tathaa tathaa harerbhaktimudvahanto’bruvannidam ॥ 31 ॥
naarakaa oochuh’ –
namo bhagavate tasmai keshavaaya mahaatmane ।
yannaamakeertanaatsadyo narakaagnih’ prashaamyati ॥ 32 ॥
bhaktapriyaaya devaaya rakshaaya haraye namah’ ।
lokanaathaaya shaantaaya yajnyeshaayaadimoortaye ॥ 33 ॥
anantaayaaprameyaaya narasimhaaya te namah’ ।
naaraayanaaya gurave shankhachakragadaabhri’te ॥ 34 ॥
vedapriyaaya mahate vikramaaya namo namah’ ।
vaaraahaayaapratarkyaaya vedaangaaya maheebhri’te ॥ 35 ॥
namo dyutimate nityam braahmanaaya namo namah’ ।
vaamanaaya bahujnyaaya vedavedaangadhaarine ॥ 36 ॥
balibandhanadattaaya vedapaalaaya te namah’ ।
vishnave suranaathaaya vyaapine paramaatmane ॥ 37 ॥
chaturbhujaaya shuddhaaya shuddhadravyaaya te namah’ ।
yaamadagnyaaya raamaaya dusht’akshatraantakaarine ॥ 38 ॥
raamaaya raavanaantaaya namastubhyam mahaatmane ।
asmaanuddhara govinda pootigandhaannamo’stu te ॥ 39 ॥
iti nri’simhapuraane yamageetaadhyaayah’ ॥
॥ iti yamageetaa samaaptaa ॥
॥ atha praarabhyate agnipuraanaantargataa yamageetaa ॥
agniruvaacha –
yamageetaam pravakshyaami uktaa yaa naachiketase ।
pat’hataam shri’nvataam bhuktyai muktyai mokshaarthinam sataam ॥ 1 ॥
yama uvaacha –
aasanam shayanam yaanaparidhaanagri’haadikam ।
vaanchhantyaho’timohena susthiram svayamasthirah’ ॥ 2 ॥
bhogeshu shaktih’ satatam tathaivaatmaavalokanam ।
shreyah’ param manushyaanaam kapilodgeetameva hi ॥ 3 ॥
sarvatra samadarshitvam nirmamatvamasangataa ।
shreyah’ param manushyaanaam geetam panchashikhena hi ॥ 4 ॥
aagarbhajanmabaalyaadivayo’vasthaadivedanam ।
shreyah’ param manushyaanaam gangaavishnuprageetakam ॥ 5 ॥
aadhyaatmikaadiduh’khaanaamaadyantaadipratikriyaa ।
shreyah’ param manushyaanaam janakodgeetameva cha ॥ 6 ॥
abhinnayorbhedakarah’ pratyayo yah’ paraatmanah’ ।
tachchhaantiparamam shreyo brahmodgeetamudaahri’tam ॥ 7 ॥
kartavayamiti yatkarma ri’gyajuh’saamasanjnyitam ।
kurute shreyase sangaan jaigeeshavyena geeyate ॥ 8 ॥
haanih’ sarvavidhitsaanaamaatmanah’ sukhahaitukee ।
shreyah’ param manushyaanaam devalodgeetameeritam ॥ 9 ॥
kaamatyaagaattu vijnyaanam sukham brahmaparam padam ।
kaaminaam na hi vijnyaanam sanakodgeetameva tat ॥ 10 ॥
pravri’ttam cha nivri’ttam cha kaaryam karmaparo’braveet ।
shreyasaa shreya etaddhi naishkarmya brahma taddaharih’ ॥ 11 ॥
pumaamshchaadhigatajnyaano bhedam naapnoti sattamah’ ।
brahmanaa vishnusanjnyena paramenaavyayena cha ॥ 12 ॥
nyaanam vijnyaanamaastikyam saubhaagyam roopamuttamam ।
tapasaa lakshyate sarvam manasaa yadyadichchhati ॥ 13 ॥
naasti vishnusamam dhyeyam tapo naanashanaatparam ।
naastyaarogyasamam dhanyam naasti gangaasamaa sarit ॥ 14 ॥
na so’sti baandhavah’ kashchidvishnum muktvaa jagadgurum ।
adhashchordhvam harishchaagre dehendriyamanomukhe ॥ 15 ॥
ityeva samsmaranpraanaanyastyajetsa harirbhavet ।
yattadbrahma yatah’ sarvam yatsarvam tasya samsthitam ॥ 16 ॥
agraahyakamanirdeshyam suprateekam cha yatparam ।
paraaparasvaroopena vishnuh’ sarvahri’di sthitah’ ॥ 17 ॥
yajnyesham yajnyapurusham kechidichchhanti tatparam ।
kechidvishnum haram kechitkechidbrahmaanameeshvaram ॥ 18 ॥
indraadinaamabhih’ kechitsooryam somam cha kaalakam ।
brahmaadistambaparyantam jagadvishnum vadanti cha ॥ 19 ॥
sa vishnuh’ paramam brahma yato naavartate punah’ ।
suvarnaadimahaadaanapunyateerthaavagaahanaih’ ॥ 20 ॥
dhyaanairvrataih’ poojayaa cha dharmashrutyaa tadaapnuyaat ।
aatmaanam rathinam viddhi shareeram rathameva cha ॥ 21 ॥
buddhim tu saarathim viddhi manah’ pragrahameva cha ।
indriyaani hayaanaahurvishayaamsteshu gocharaan ॥ ॥ 22 ॥
aatmendriyamanoyuktam bhoktetyaahurmaneeshinah’ ।
yastvavijnyaanavaanbhavatyayukyena manasaa sadaa ॥ 23 ॥
na tatpadamavaapnoti samsaaram chaadhigachchhati ।
yastu vijnyaanavaanbhavati yuktena manasaa sadaa ॥ 24 ॥
sa tatpadamavaapnoti yasmaadbhooyo na jaayate ।
vijnyaanasaarathiryastu manah’ pragrahavaannarah’ ॥ 25 ।
so’dhvaanam paramaapnoti tadvishnoh’ paramam padam ।
indriyebhyah’ paraa hyarthaa arthebhyashcha param manah’ ॥ 26 ॥
manasastu paraa buddhirbuddheraatmaa mahaanparah’ ।
mahatah’ paramavyaktamavyaktaatpurushah’ parah’ ॥ 27 ॥
purushaanna param kinchit saa kaasht’haa saa paraa gatih’ ।
eshu sarveshu bhooteshu good’haatmaa na prakaashate ॥ 28 ॥
dri’shyate tvagryayaa buddhyaa sookshmayaa sookshmadarshibhih’ ।
yachchhedvaangmanasee praajnyah’ tadyachchhejjnyaanamaatmani ॥ 29 ॥
nyaanamaatmani mahati niyachchhechchhaanta aatmani ।
nyaatvaa brahmaatmanoryogam yamaadyairbrahma sadbhavet ॥ 30 ॥
ahimsaa satyamasteyam brahmacharyaaparigrahau ।
yamaashcha niyamaah’ pancham shaucham santoshasattamah’ ॥ 31 ॥
svaadhyaayeshvarapoojaa cha aasanam padmakaadikam ।
praanaayaamo vaayujayah’ pratyaahaarah’ svanigrahah’ ॥ 32 ॥
shubhe hyekatra vishaye chetaso yatpradhaaranam ।
nishchalatvaattu dheemadbhirdhaaranaa dvija kathyate ॥ 33 ॥
paunah’ punyena tatraiva vishayeshveva dhaaranaa ।
dhyaanam smri’tam samaadhistu ahambrahmaatmasamsthitih’ ॥ 34 ॥
ghat’adhvamsaadyathaakaashamabhinnam nabhasaa bhavet ।
mukto jeevo brahmanaivam sadbrahma brahma vai bhavet ॥ 35 ॥
aatmaanam manyate brahma jeevo jnyaanena naanyathaa ।
yeevo hyajnyaanatatkaaryamuktah’ syaadajaraamarah’ ॥ 36 ॥
agniruvaacha –
vasisht’ha yamageetoktaa pat’hataam bhuktimuktidaa ।
aatyantiko layah’ prokto vedaantabrahmadheemayah’ ॥ 37 ॥
॥ iti agnipuraanaantargataa yamageetaa samaaptaa ॥
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