Re: nArAyaNa in the veda-s
kaTha upaniShad
viGYaanasaarathiryastu manaH pragrahavaannaraH .
so.adhvanaH paaramaapnoti tadvishhNoH paramaM padam.h .. 9..
1-III-9. But the man who has a discriminating intellect as his driver, and a controlled-mind as the reins, reaches the end of the path - that supreme state of Vishnu.
mahAnArAyaNa upaniShad
shriirme bhajatu alakshmiirme nashyatu .
vishhNumukhaa vai
devaashchhandobhirimaa.c.nllokaananapajayyamabhyajayan.h .
mahaa{\m+} indro vajrabaahuH shhoDashii sharma yachchhatu .. 48..
I-48: May Sri favour me. May Alakshmi connected with me and mine be destroyed. The gods having Vishnu for their chief (who is the perpetual abode of Sri) by the help of (the means prescribed in) the Vedas won these worlds for themselves free from the fear of enemies. May Indra armed with thunderbolt and worshipful moon grant us happiness.
naaraayaNaH paraM brahma tattva.n naaraayaNaH paraH .
naaraayaNaH paro jyotiraatmaa naarayaNaH paraH .. 4..
naaraayaNaH paro dhyaataa dhyaana.n naaraayaNaH paraH .
yachcha kiJNchijjagatyasmin dR^ishyate shruuyate.api vaa .
antarbahishcha tatsarva.n vyaapya naaraayaNaH sthitaH .. 5..
XIII-4: Narayana is the Supreme Reality designated as Brahman. Narayana is the highest (Self). Narayana is the supreme Light (described in the Upanishads). Narayana is the infinite Self. [Narayana is the most excellent meditator and meditation.]
XIII-5: Whatsoever there is in this world known through perception (because of their proximity) or known through report (because of their distance), all that is pervaded by Narayana within and without.
hari{\m+} harantamanuyanti devaa vishvasyeshaana.n vR^ishhabhaM
matiinaam.h .
brahmasaruupamanu medamaagaadayanaM maa vivadhiirvikramasva .. 1..
XLIX-1: Like servants gods follow Hari who is the Lord of the universe, who leads all thoughts as the foremost leader and who absorbs into Himself the universe at the time of dissolution (or who destroys the sins of devotees). May this path to liberation taught in the Vedas having the same form as Brahman open itself to me. Deprive not me of that. Strive to secure it for me.
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"Wise men speak because they have something to say. Fools speak because they have to say something." - Plato
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