Shloka 113
धर्मस्य बहुद्वारत्वम् — Nārada’s Audience with Indra (Śānti-parva 340)
ब्रह्मण: सदने तात यथादृष्टं यथाश्रुतम् यह महान् उपनिषद् (ज्ञान) चारों वेदोंके विज्ञानसे सम्पन्न है। इसमें सांख्य और योगका सिद्धान्त कूट-कूटकर भरा है। इसकी पांचरात्र आगमके नामसे प्रसिद्धि है। साक्षात् नारायणके मुखसे इसका गान हुआ है। तात! इस विषयको नारदजीने श्वेतद्वीपमें जैसा देखा और सुना था, वैसा ही ब्रह्माजीके भवनमें सुनाया था ।। युधिछिर उवाच एतदाश्नर्यभूतं हि माहात्म्यं तस्थ धीमत:
Yudhiṣṭhira uvāca—Brahmaṇaḥ sadane tāta yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam; eṣa mahān upaniṣat caturṇāṃ vedānāṃ vijñānena sampannaḥ. Asmin sāṅkhya-yoga-siddhāntaḥ kūṭa-kūṭaṃ bhṛtaḥ. Asya pāñcarātrāgama-nāmnā prasiddhiḥ. Sākṣān Nārāyaṇa-mukhād asya gānaṃ bhūtam. Tāto ’smin viṣaye Nāradaḥ Śvetadvīpe yathā dṛṣṭaṃ śrutaṃ ca, tathā Brahmaṇaḥ bhavane ’kathayat. Etad āścaryabhūtaṃ hi māhātmyaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ.
Yudhiṣṭhira said: “Dear one, just as it was seen and just as it was heard in Brahmā’s own abode—this great Upaniṣadic teaching is complete with the full discernment of the four Vedas. The principles of Sāṅkhya and Yoga are packed into it in abundance. It is renowned by the name of the Pāñcarātra Āgama. It was sung directly from the mouth of Nārāyaṇa Himself. And on this very subject, Nārada related in Brahmā’s dwelling exactly what he had seen and heard in Śvetadvīpa. Truly, this is a wondrous account of the greatness of that wise Lord.”
युधिछिर उवाच