Chapter I

On the description of Gyatr

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1-7. Nrada said :-- O Deva !he r"#es of $adchra %ri&ht 'ays of #ivin&( and the a##-sindestroyin& "ne)"a##ed G#ories of the Dev *ha&avat have +een descri+ed +y !hee. ,nd I- too- have heard the nectar of the G#ories of the Dev fro. !hy #ot"s .o"th. !he Chndryana and other /ratas0 descri+ed +y !hee- are very diffic"#t to practise. $o they are i.practica+#e 'ith the ordinary persons. !herefore- O 1ord 2ind#y descri+e those actions 'hich can easi#y +e carried o"t +y co..on persons- at the sa.e ti.e- the Dev3s Grace and $iddhis can +e o+tained +y those practices. ,&ain 'hat tho" hast descri+ed a+o"t the Gyatr in connection 'ith $adchra 4ind#y say 'hich are the chief and fore.ost as 'e## as those that are .ore .eritorio"s. O *est of the 5"nis !ho" hast to#d that there are the t'enty-fo"r sy##a+#es in the Gyatr. 2ind#y descri+e no' their 6isisChhandas- Devats and other thin&s that sho"#d +e 4no'n re&ardin& the. and th"s satisfy .y #on&in&s.

7-87. $9r Nryana said :-- O Nrada !he t'ice-+orn 'o"#d have done 'hat they o"&ht to do if they +e en&a&ed in repeatin& their Gyatr on#y- 'hether they +e a+#e or not a+#e to practise the Chndryana and the other vratas. :hichever *rh.in repeats the Gyatr three tho"sand ti.es and offers ,r&hya to the $"n in the three $andhy ti.es- the Devas 'orship hi.0 'hat to spea4 of other ordinary persons :hether he practises Nysa or notif any+ody sincere#y repeats the Gyatr Dev- :hose Nat"re is ;<istence- Inte##i&enceand *#iss and .editates on =er- even if he attains siddhi in one sy##a+#e even- then as a res"#t of that- he can vie 'ith the +est of the *rh.anas- the 5oon- and the $"n0 nay'ith *rah.- /isn"- and 5ahes3vara even O Nrada No' I 'i## te## in d"e order the 6isis- Chhandas- and the Devats of the t'enty-fo"r sy##a+#es of the Gyatr. !he 6isis- in d"e order- are %1( /.a Deva- %8( ,ttri- %3( /as3istha- %>( $9"4ra- %?( 2anva- %@( Aars3ara- %7( the very fiery /is3va.itra- %7( 2api#a- %9( $9a"na4a- %1B( CDEava#4ya- %11( *haradvDa- %18( the ascetic Fa.ada&ni- %13( Ga"ta.a- %1>( 5"d&a#a- %1?( /edavysa%1@( 1o.as3a- %17( ,&astya- %17( 2a"s3i4a- %19( /atsya- %8B( A"#astya- %81( 5nd"4a%88( the ascetic in chief D"rvs- %83( Nrada and %8>( 2as3yapa.

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No' a+o"t the chhandas :-- %1( Gyatr- %8( Gsni4- %3( ,n"st"p- %>( *rihat- %?( Aan4ti%@( !risn"p- %7( Fa&at- %7( ,tiDa&at- %9( $9a44ar- %1B( ,ti $9a44ar- %11( Dhriti- %18( ,ti Dhriti- %13( /irt- %1>( Arastrapan4ti- %1?( 2riti- %1@( Ar4riti- %17( H4riti- %17( /i4riti%19( $a.4riti- %8B( ,4sarapan4ti- %81( *h"h- %88( *h"vah- %83( $vah and %8>( Fyotis.at. !he Devats of the severa# #etters in d"e order- are :-- %1( ,&ni- %8( AraDpati- %3( $o.a%>( Is3na- %?( $avit- %@( Hditya- %7( *rihaspati- %7( 5aitrvar"na- %9( *ha&adeva- %1B( ,rya.- %11( Ganes3a- %18( !vastr- %13( AJs- %1>( Indr&n- %#?( /y"- %1@( /.adeva%17( 5aitr var"n %17( /is3vadeva- %19( 5tri4- %8B( /isn"- %81( /as"- %88( 6"dra Deva- %83( 2"vera- and %8>( the t'in ,s3vin 2".ras. O Nrada !h"s I have descri+ed to yo" a+o"t the the Devats of the t'enty-fo"r sy##a+#es. !he hearin& of this destroys a## sins and yie#ds the f"## res"#ts of repeatin& the .antra Gyatr. %Note :-- !he Devats.entioned in the Gyatr *rah. 2a#pa are different fro. those .entioned here.(

=ere ends the first Chapter of the !'e#fth *oo4 on the description of Gyatr in the 5ahp"rna. $9r 5ad Dev *h&avata. of 17-BBB verses +y 5aharsi /eda /ysa.