1. naaraayaNa upanishhat

2. OM saha naav-avatu saha nau bhunaktu saha viiryaM kara-vaavahai
May He protect both of us – teacher and the taught.
May He nourish us both.
May we, together, acquire the power of right understanding.
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3. tejasvi-naav-adhiitam-astu maa vidvi-shhaavahai ||
OM shaantiH shaantiH
shaantiH ||
May what we have studied, become illumined in our minds and hearts.
May love and harmony be with us; without any room for conflicts.
Peace to the body, mind and the soul.
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4. naaraayaNo.akaamayata prajaaH sR^ijeyeti naaraayaNaat-praaNo jaayate
OM atha purushho ha vai
naaraayaNo.akaamayata
prajaaH sR^ijeyeti naaraayaNaat-praaNo jaayate
manaH sarvendriyaaNi cha
The Supreme Being Narayana willed to create living beings.
From Narayana emerged the life breath; the mind and all the senses.
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5. khaM vaayur-jyotir-aapaH (f)
pR^ithivii vishvasya dhaariNii naaraayaNaad-bramhaa
jaayate
From Narayana emerged the five elements - space, air, fire, water and earth. These elements became the basis of the universe.
From Narayana emerged the Creator Brahma.
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6. naaraayaNaad-rudro jaayate naaraayaNaad-indro jaayate (f) prajaayante
naaraayaNaat-prajaapatayaH
(f) prajaayante
From Narayana came:
Rudra, the Destroyer
Indra, ruler of all beings and
the deities who look after all beings.
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7. naaraayaNaad-dvaa-dasha- adityaa rudraa vasavas-
sarvaaNi cha chhandaa(gm)si
naaraayaNaad-eva
samut-padyante
From Narayana emerged the 12 Adityas, 11 Rudraas, 8 Vasus and all the Vedas.
From Narayana, alone, emerged all the types of wealth.
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8. naaraayaNe pravartante naaraayaNe praliiyante||
OM | atha nityo naaraayaNaH
bramhaa naaraayaNaH
shivash-cha naaraayaNaH
Thus all beings emerged from Narayana who sustains them. Finally all beings merge with him. Narayana is the eternal principle. Narayana is the Creator - Brahma & the Destroyer – Shiva.
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9. shakrash-cha naaraayaNaH dyaavaa-pR^ithivyau cha naaraayaNaH
kaalash-cha naaraayaNaH
dishash-cha naaraayaNaH
Narayana is Shakra (Indra). Narayana is the inner principle of the Heavens and Earth.
Narayana is the underlying priciple of Time and the different directions.
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10. uurdhvash-cha naaraayaNaH adhash-cha naaraayaNaH antar-bahish-cha
naaraayanNaH naaraayaNa
eveda(gm) sarvam
He is present in all the higher and the lower worlds. Narayana pervades the entire cosmos and forms the inner and outer worlds. He is within and without us. Everything is a manifestation of Narayana alone.
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11. nirvikalpo niraakhyaataH
yad-bhuutam yach-cha
bhavyam
nishhkalo niraJNjano
nirvikalpo niraakhyaataH
shuddhdo deva eko
naaraayaNaH
He embodies the past and the future. He is blemish-less, ever-blissful, without a second, all-pervasive and pure.
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12. na dvitiiyo.asti kashchit ya evaM veda sa vishhNur-eva bhavati
It is He alone who exists. He is One without a second.
Only one who knows and understands this merges with Him. He merges with Him (stressed for importance) .
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13. OM ityagre vyaaharet naaraayaNaa-yetyu- parishhTaat
nama iti pashchaat
naaraayaNaa-yetyu-
parishhTaat
The primordial sound Om has to be uttered first followed by Namo. Then comes the meditation on Narayana.
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14. syaashhTaaksharaM padam
OM ityekaaksharam
nama iti dve akshare
naaraayaNaayeti
paJNchaaksharaaNi
etad-vai naaraayaNa-
syaashhTaaksharaM padam
OM consists of one syllable. Nama consists of two syllables. Narayana has five syllables. Together they form the eight- syllabled sacred mantra - Om Namo Narayanaya.
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15. anapabruvas-sarvam-aayureti
yo ha vai naaraayaNa-
syaashhTaaksharaM
padam-adhyeti
anapabruvas-sarvam-aayureti
This eight-lettered mantra is the most sacred - the king among the mantras.
One who contemplates on this eight- syllabled chant attains good health all his life.
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16. vindate praajaa-patya(gm) raayas-poshhaM gau-patyam
tato.amR^itatvam-ashnute
tato.amR^itatvam-ashnuta iti
ya evaM veda ||
He enjoys prosperity fit for a king, knowledge & the status of a ruler.
He attains immortality. Only one who knows this attains immortality.
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17. akaara ukaara makaara iti
pratyag-aanandaM
bramha purushhaM
praNava-svaruupam
akaara ukaara makaara iti
The blissful Supreme Being resides within, as the life principle in the form of OM.
This OM consists of three syllables – A, U and M. It is supreme bliss and peace.
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18. taanekadhaa sama-bharat- yamuktvaa muchyate yogii
tadetad-om-iti
yamuktvaa muchyate yogii
janma saMsaara
bandhanaat
Yogis who know this, chant it regularly and attain liberation by breaking the bonds of life and death.
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19. OM namo naaraayaNaa-yeti mantro-paasakaH vaikuNTha-bhuvana-lokaM
gamishh-yati
tadidaM paraM puNDariikaM
viGYaana-ghanam Those who adore and worship this mantra attain the supreme abode of Vaikunta. Narayana’s seat is the lotus of the heart. This knowledge of the Lord is the highest wisdom that shines like lightning.
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20. tasmaat-tadidaa-vanmaatram bramhaNyo madhu- suudanom
bramhaNyo devakii-putro
bramhaNyo madhu-
suudanom
sarva-bhuutastham-ekaM
naaraayaNam
Sri Krishna, the son of Devaki, is the very embodiment of Brahma. He is adored as Madhusudhana – One who destroys the ego. He alone resides in all beings.
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21. kaaraNa-ruupam-akaara parabramhom etad-atharva shiroyo.adhiite
praatara-dhiiyaano raatri-
kR^itam paapaM naashayati
He is the fundamental basis of everything. He, Himself, is causeless.
When this teaching of the Atharva is contemplated on in the morning, it destroys the sin committed in the previous night.
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22. saaya-madhiiyaano divasa- kR^itam paapaM naashayati
maadhyan-dinam-aadityaa-
bhi-mukho.adhii-yaanaH (f)
paJNcha-paata-kopa-paata-
kaat-pramuchyate
Chanting this in the evening destroys the sins committed in the day. If it is contemplated on at noon, while facing the Sun, one is released from anger & the onslaught of five great sins.
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23. puNyam labhate naaraayaNa saayujyam-
sarva veda paaraayaNa
puNyam labhate naaraayaNa saayujyam-
avaapnoti naaraayaNa
saayujyam-avaapnoti
One who chants this Upanishad will attain the merit of the study of the entire Veda. He will ultimately attain oneness with the Lord Narayana (repeated for emphasis).
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24. One learns this from the sacred doctrine of this Upanishat.
ya evaM veda
ityu-panishhat ||
One learns this from the sacred doctrine of this Upanishat.
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25. OM saha naav-avatu saha nau bhunaktu saha viiryaM kara-vaavahai
May He protect both of us – teacher and the taught.
May He nourish us both.
May we, together, acquire the power of right understanding.
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26. tejasvi-naav-adhiitam-astu maa vidvi-shhaavahai ||
OM shaantiH shaantiH
shaantiH ||
May what we have studied, become illumined in our minds and hearts.
May love and harmony be with us; without any room for conflicts.
Peace to the body, mind and the soul.
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