Shloka 25
Nārāyaṇopadeśa to Mārkaṇḍeya (Cosmic Self-Identification and Yuga Doctrine) | नारायणोपदेशः
यच्चापि द्रव्यमुपयुज्यते ह वानस्पत्यमायसं पार्थिवं वा | दिव्येन रूपेण च प्रज्ञया च तेनैव सिद्धिरिति विद्धि विद्वन्ू,विद्वन! उन यज्ञोंमें जो समिधा-स्रुवा आदि वृक्षसे उत्पन्न होनेवाली वस्तुएँ, सुवर्ण आदि तैजस वस्तुएँ तथा व्रीहि आदि पार्थिव वस्तुएँ उपयोगमें लायी जाती हैं, उन्हींके द्वारा दिव्य रूप तथा प्रज्ञासे सम्पन्न मेरे स्वरूपकी पुष्टि होती है, यह बात तुम अच्छी तरह समझ लो
yaccāpi dravyam upayujyate ha vānaspatyam āyasaṃ pārthivaṃ vā | divyena rūpeṇa ca prajñayā ca tenaiva siddhir iti viddhi vidvan ||
Takṣya said: Whatever materials are employed in those rites—whether plant-born implements and offerings, metal substances such as gold, or earth-born grains like rice—know this well, O wise one: by those very offerings my own fulfillment is effected, for my being is sustained and made manifest through a divine form and discerning intelligence.
ताक्ष्य उवाच