Narayana Upanishad

Shanthi Pata [Prayer for peace] Om Sahananavathu. Saha nou bunakthu. Saha veeryai kara vahai

Thejasvinaava dhithamasthu Maa vidwishavahai Om Santhi santhi santhi. Om ! May e protect us both to!ether" may e nourish us both to!ether"

May we work conjoint#y with !reat ener!y$ May our study be vi!orous and effective" May we not mutua##y dispute %or may we not hate any&. Om ! 'et there be Peace in me ! 'et there be Peace in my environment ! 'et there be Peace in the forces that act on me !

Maaya thath karyamakhi#am yad bodhadhaythya pahnavam. Tripan narayanakhyam thath ka#aye swathma mathratha.

( wou#d te## you about that know#ed!e ca##ed )*arayana princip#e with three aspects+ knowin! which Maya %i##usion& and a## that which happens because of Maya wi## vanish entire#y. Om adha purusho ha vai *arayano akaamayath. Praja srujeyethi. *arayanath prano jayathe. Mana sarvendriyani cha kham vayur jyothirapa prithvi viswasya dharini. *arayanath brahma jayathe. *arayanath ,udra jayathe. *arayanath (ndro -ayathe. *arayanath prajapathi prajayathe. *arayanath .wadasa aadhithya ,udra /asava sarvaani 0handamsi *arayana deva Samudpadyanthe. *arayanath pravarthanthe. *arayane pra#eeyanthe. 1ethath ,i! veda siro adithe. 2 Om! *arayana desired to create peop#e. 3ecause of this thou!ht$ Sou# %prana& rose from him. Mind and a## body parts$ sky$ air$ #i!ht$ water and the earth which can carry a## these created bein!s took their form. 4rom *arayana$ 3rahma was born. 4rom

*arayana$ ,udra was born. 4rom *arayana$ (ndra was born .4rom *arayana those peop#e who ru#e these human bein!s were born. 4rom *arayana$ the twe#ve suns$ e#even ,udras$ 1i!ht /asus and a## those meters %for writin!& were born. 5## these function because of *arayana. 5## these end in *arayana. Thus is read$ the 6panishads of ,i! /eda. [The twe#ve 5dithyas %sons of 5dithi& are .atha$ Mithra$ 5aryama$ ,udra$ /aruna$ Surya $ 3ha!a$ /ivaswan$ Poosha$ Savitha$ Thwashta and /ishnu. The e#even ,udras are Manyu$ Manu$ Mahinasan$ Mahan$ Shivan$ ,uthudwajan$ 6!ra rethas$ 3havan$ 7aman$ /amadevan and .ruthavruthan. The ei!ht /asus who are chi#dren of /asu who is the dau!hter of .aksha are .haran$ .ruvan$ Soman$ 5hass$ 5ni#an$ 5na#an Prathyushan and Prabhasan.] 5dha nithyo *arayana. 3rahma *arayana. Shivascha *arayana. Shankrascha *arayana. 7aa#ascha *arayana. .isascha *arayana. /idhisascha *arayana. Oordhwascha *arayana. 5dhascha *arayana. 5nthar bahischa *arayana. *arayana eevedam sarva yad bhootham yachcha bhavyam. *ish ka#anko niranjano *irvika#po niraakhyatha shabho deva eka *arayano na dwitheyesthi kaschit. 8a evam veda sa vishnureva bhavathi sa /ishnureva bhavathi. 1thad 8ajur veda siro adithe. 9 e is perennia#. *arayana is 3rahma. *arayana is Shiva. *arayana is (ndra and 7aa#a %!od of death&. 5## directions are *arayana. 5## sides are *arayana. (nside and outside is *arayana. *arayana is what has happened$ what is happenin! and what wi## happen. *arayana is the on#y :od who is b#emish #ess$ stain #ess$ order #ess$ end #ess and who cannot be described and when *arayana is there$ there is no other second. e who knows this$ becomes himse#f 'ord /ishnu. Thus is read$ the 6panishads of 8ajur /eda. Om ithya!re vyaahareth nama ithi paschath. *arayanasa ethyuparishath. Om ithyekaksharam. *ama ithi dhwe akshare. *arayanayethi Panchaksharani. 1thadwai *arayanasyashtaksharam padam. 8oha vai *arayanasya ashtaksharam pada madhyethi. 55napabroova sarva mayurethi. /indathe Prajapathyam rayasposham !owpathyam thatho amruthathwamasruthe thatho amrutha masnutha ithi. 1thath Sama /eda siro adithe. ; Te## )Om ) first and then te## )*ama< 5fter this te## )*arayana<. There is one #etter in )Om<. There are two #etters in )*ama<. There are five #etters in )*arayana.< To!ether is formed the ei!ht #ettered )Om *amo *arayana<. e$ who te##s these ei!ht #etters$ attains fu## #ife without any b#emish. e wou#d attain sa#vation after becomin! the #ord of the peop#e and be b#essed with #ots of wea#th$ #ots of cows and a## other forms of wea#th. Thus is read the 6panishads of Sama /eda.

Prathy!anandam< brahma purusham pranaswaroopam. 5akara. 6ukara$ makaro ithi. Thaa anekadha samabhavath thadho mithi yamukthwa muchyathe yo!i janma samsara bandhaath. Om namo *arayanayethi manthropasako vaikuntabhuvanam !amishyathi. Thdidam pundareekam vi!nana danam thasmad thaddhabamathram. 3rahmanyo devaki puthro brahmanyo madhu soodhana. 3rahmanya pundarikaksho brahmanya /ishnurachyutha ithi. Sarva bhoothasthamekam vai narayanam karana purusha makaranam parabrahmom ethad adharva siro adithe. = That ever happy brahma purusha %sou#& is of the form of pranava %)om<& which is made of joinin! )5a<$ 6u< and )Ma<. That pranava %3rahma Purusha& !rowin! in severa# ways becomes )Om< and that yo!i %student of yo!a& who meditates on it attains sa#vation. That yo!i who meditates on )Om *amo *arayanaya< reaches /aikunta$ the abode of 'ord /ishnu. That /aikunta is nothin! but the rudaya 7ama#a %#otus #ike heart& which is fu## of eterna# wisdom from which a streak of #i!ht simi#ar to #i!htnin! emanates. The son of .evaki is 3rahmam. The Madhu Sudhana %he who ki##ed Madhu& is 3rahmam. The #otus eyed one is 3rahmam and a#so 'ord /ishnu who is 5chyutha. That Purusha which is the reason for e>istence of a## bein!s is sure#y *arayana. e is a#so the cause#ess )Om<$ which is Para 3rahmam. Thus is read the 6panishads of 5tharva /eda. Pratharadhiyano rathri krutha papam nasyathi. Sayam adhiyanom divasa krutha papam naasyathi. Maadhyam dinam aadhithyaa abhimukho adhiyana pancha maha pathako upa pathakath pramuchyathe. Sarva /eda parayana punyam #abhathe. *arayana sayujyamvaa prothi. Sriman *arayana Sayujyam mavapnothi cha evam /eda. ? e who reads this in the mornin! destroys the sin he has committed at ni!ht. e who reads this in the evenin! destroys the sins he has committed durin! day time. e$ who reads this at noon addressin! the Sun$ !ets rid of the five !reat sins as we## as subsidiary sins. e a#so !ets the ho#y effect of readin! a## /edas. e becomes one with 'ord *arayana at the end. This is the know#ed!e of /eda.

Om ! May

e protect us both to!ether" may

e nourish us both to!ether"

May we work conjoint#y with !reat ener!y$ May our study be vi!orous and effective" May we not mutua##y dispute %or may we not hate any&. Om ! 'et there be Peace in me !

'et there be Peace in my environment ! 'et there be Peace in the forces that act on me !

ere ends the *arayanopanishad be#on!in! to the 7rishna@8ajur@/eda. [P#ease *oteA This Narayana Upanishad is listed as one of the 108 Upanishads in another version of Muktika Upanishad. The Upanishad "Narayana" listed in our version of Muktika Upanishad actually means Maha Narayana Upanishad.]