(NarasiMha
PurANa 9)
vyAsa
uvAca
sva
puruSam abhivIkSya pAZa hastaM
vadati
yamaH kila tasya karNe mUle
parihara
madhusUdana prapannAn
prabhur
aham anya nRnAm na vaiSNavAnAm /1
Vyasa
said: Yama having seen his servant ready to move somewhere with the pasa (cord)
in his hand, said into his ears - ‘Dear messenger, my sovereignty covers the
creatures other than Vaisnavas. Hence, leave the people sheltered under Lord
Madhusudana.‘
aham
amaragaNArcitena dhAtrA
yama
iti lokahitAhitena yuktaH
hari
guru vimukhAn praZAsmi martyan
hari
caraNa praNatAn namaskaremi /2
Lord
Brahma has employed me for taking into consideration the account of the good
and bad deeds performed/commited by the people, and thus, addressed me as Yama.
Only the people not obedient/devoted to the teacher and Visnu are governed by
me. I myself salute the people who bow their heads before the lotus feet of Sri
Hari.
sugatim
abhilaSAmi vAsudevA
daham
api bhAgavate sthitAntarAtmA
madhu
vadhavaZago ‘smi na svatantraH
prabhavati
samyamane mamApi kRSNaH /3
By
taking special care for the devotee towards God and on remembering their
penance performed, I also wish to a suitable position from Lord Vasudeva. I am
enslaved to Madhusudana and nowhere independent. Lord Krsna is capable enough
to control me.
bhagavati
vimukhasya nAsti siddhir
viSam
amRtam bhavatIti nedamasti
varSa
Zatam apIha pacyamAnaM
vrajati
na kAncanatAmayaH kadAcit /4
The
person opposing God cannot achieve siddhi (salvation). The poison cannot anyway
turn into nectar, the iron cannot be converted into gold even if the same is
thrown into a furnace for many hundred years.
na
hi ZaZi kaluSa cchaviH kadAcit
viramati
no ravitAm upaiti candraH
bhagavati
ca harAv ananya cetA
bhRZa-malino
'pi virAjate manuSyaH /5
The
moon similarly cannot be absolved from the scare [scar?], i.e. it cannot
illumine like the sun. However, the exclusive devotee of Lord Visnu attains to
honour and prestige in spite of being dirty in body.
mahad
suvicArya lokatattvaM
bhagavad
upAsti mRte na siddhir asti
suraguru
sudRDha prasAdadau tau
hari
caranau smaratApavarga hetoH /6
On
going over the essence of the world it is only ascertained that no achievement
can be obtained but by the worship of God. You are therefore advised to bring
constantly in memory the feet of God for emancipation as these feet had graced
the devaguru (Brhaspati).
Zubham
idam upalabhya mAnuSatvaM
sukRta
Zatena vRthendriyArtha hetoH
ramayati
kurute na mokSa mArga
dahayati
candanam AZu bharam ahetoH /7
The
people indulge redundantly in the pleasures of wordly affairs, only to destroy
the opportunity for utilisation of human body so received as a result of
hundreds of great deeds performed in the phase of previous life. The people not
following the path of emancipation act as if someone pumps air to the
sandalwood for getting its ashes.
mukulita
kara kuDmalaiH surendraiH
satata
namaskRta pAda paNkajo yaH
avihata
gataye sanAtanAya
jagati
janim harate namo ‘grajAya /8
Ceaseless
salutations to Sanatana Purusa, Lord Visnu, who destroys the cycle of birth and
death, whose ever dynamic paces do not know rest and whose lotus feet are worshiped
with clasped hands by devas.
yamASTakam
idam punyam
paThate
yaH ZRNoti vA
mucyate
sarva pApebhyo
viSNulokaM
sa gacchati /9
Vyasa
said: The person either going over or listening to this sacred Yamastaka
attains to the abode of Visnu and all his vices are absolved.
itIdam
uktam yama vAkyam uttamaM
mayAdhunA
te hari bhavita varddhanam
punaH
pravakSyAmi purAtanIm katham
bhRgos
tu pautreNa ca yA purA kRtA /10
This
great preaching of Yama which increases devotion to Lord Visnu has been
described by me to you all. Now, I will again highlight the precedent story
i.e. the activities performed by Markandeya, the grandson of Bhrgu, in the
ancient period.
iti
ZrI narasiMhapurANe navamo ‘dhyAyaH /9
Thus
ends the ninth chapter on Yamastaka in Sri Nrsimha Purana.
Parimal
Publications, Delhi 2003, ISBN 81-71110-222-9
edited
and translated: Joshi K. L. Shastry, Dr. Bindiya Trivedi
Sanskrit-English
transliteration and minor edits: bh. Jan
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