नारायण सूक्त
Narayana Sukta
A Vedic meditation on Narayana as the infinite reality present within the heart and throughout the cosmos.
समर्पितभगवान विष्णुsahasrasheershn devn vishvaakshn vishvashambhuvam.vishvn naaraayann devamaksharn paramn padam (1)
vishvath paramaannityn vishvn naaraayann harim.vishvamevedn purushastadvishvamupajeevati (2)
patin vishvasyaatmeshvarn shaashvatn shivamachyutam.naaraayann mahaajnyeyn vishvaatmaann paraayanam (3)
naaraayanh paro jyotiraatmaa naaraayanh parh.naaraayanh parn brahma tattvn naaraayanh parh.naaraayanh paro dhyaataa dhyaann naaraayanh parh (4)
yachcha kinychijjagatsarvn drishyate shrooyate'pi vaa.antarbahishcha tatsarvn vyaapya naaraayanh sthith (5)
anantamavyayn kavin samudre'ntn vishvashambhuvam.padmakoshaprateekaashn hridayn chaapyadhomukham (6)
adho nishthyaa vitastyaan tu naabhyaamupari tishthati.jvaalaamaalaakuln bhaatee vishvasyaayatann mahat (7)
santatn shilaabhistu lambatyaakoshasannibham.tasyaante sushirn sookshmn tasmin sarvn pratishthitam (8)
tasya madhye mahaanagnirvishvaarchirvishvatomukhh.so'grabhugvibhajan tishthannaahaaramajarh kavih (9)
tiryagoordhvamadhhshaayee rashmayastasya santataah.santaapayati svn dehamaapaadatalamastakam (10)
tasya madhye vahnishikhaa aneeyordhvaa vyavasthitaah.neelatoyadamadhyasthaa vidyullekheva bhaasvaraa (11)
neevaarashookavattanvee peetaa bhaasvatyanoopamaa.tasyaah shikhaayaa madhye paramaatmaa vyavasthith.sa brahmaa sa shivh sa harih sendrh so'ksharh paramh svaraat (12)
Source: Sanskrit Wikisource — Mahanarayana Upanishad, Narayana Anuvaka ↗
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Taittiriya Aranyaka 10.13
Ancient public-domain Vedic text; source transcription is CC BY-SA
Text checked against the Narayana passage beginning sahasrashirsham devam; Vedic accent marks are omitted for accessible reading.
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नारायण सूक्त का अर्थ
The hymn moves from the all-pervading Narayana to a subtle inward meditation: the heart is imagined as a lotus-bud, within it a flame, and within that light the supreme Self beyond sectarian division.