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On Nārāyaṇa’s Ten Avatāras and Eightfold Manifestations, and the Account of King Aśvaśirā
एष ते ज्ञानसद्भावस्तव राजन् प्रकीर्तितः । परिपूर्णेन भावेन स्मरन् नारायणं हरिम् ॥ ४.४० ॥
eṣa te jñāna-sadbhāvas tava rājan prakīrtitaḥ | paripūrṇena bhāvena smaran nārāyaṇaṃ harim || 4.40 ||
王よ、これが汝のために説き明かされた、知の真実なる心のあり方である。満ち足りて分かれぬ思いをもって、ナーラーヤナ、すなわちハリを憶念せよ。
Varāha
It reflects a common Purāṇic pedagogical mode: ethical and contemplative counsel addressed to a royal figure, presenting remembrance (smṛti) as a stabilizing discipline alongside knowledge (jñāna) within Sanskrit didactic literature.
No geographic location is named in this verse; it is a doctrinal and instructional statement rather than a sacred-geography passage.
To cultivate a grounded disposition of knowledge and to maintain continuous remembrance of Nārāyaṇa/Hari with a complete, undivided inner intent (paripūrṇa-bhāva).
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