Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
पक्षिवत् प्रवणादूर्ध्वममुत्रानन्त्यमश्षुते । विहाय देहान्निर्मुक्तो निर्दन्द्ः प्रशमं गत:,वह तो घोंसलेको छोड़कर उड़ जानेवाले पक्षीकी भाँति इस देहसे पृथक हो निर्द्धन्द्व एवं शान्त होकर परलोकमें अक्षयपद (मोक्ष)-को प्राप्त हो जाता है
pakṣivat pravaṇād ūrdhvam amutrānantyam aśnute | vihāya dehān nirmukto nirdvandvaḥ praśamaṃ gataḥ ||
Janaka said: “Like a bird that rises up from its sloping perch and flies away, so too does one, having cast off the body and become free, attain serenity beyond all pairs of opposites; and in the other world he reaches the imperishable state—liberation.”
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