भीष्म उवाच प्राप्य श्वेतं महाद्वीपं नारदो भगवानृषिः। ददर्श तानेव नराश्वेतांश्चन्द्रसमप्रभान्॥
Bhishma said "Arrived at the spacious kingdom called White Island, the illustrious Rishi saw those same white men effulgent like the sun.
पूजयामास शिरसा मनसा तैश्च पूजितः। दिदृक्षुर्जप्यपरमः सर्वकृच्छ्रगतः स्थितः॥
Adored by them, the Rishi worshipped them in return by bending his head and respecting them in his mind. Desirous of seeing Narayana, he began to live there, attentively engaged in the silent recitation of Mantras sacred to him, and practising the most difficult VOWS.
भूत्वैकाग्रमना विप्र उर्ध्वबाहुः समाहितः। स्तोत्रं जगौ स विश्वाय निर्गुणाय गुणात्मने॥
With rapt mind, the twice-born Rishi, with arms upraised, stood in Yoga, and then sang the following hymn to the Lord of the universe, Him, viz., who is at once the soul of attributes and divested of ali attributes.
नारद उवाच नमस्ते देवदेवेश २ निष्क्रिय ३ निर्गुण ४ लोकसाक्षिन् ५ क्षेत्रज्ञ ६ पुरुषोत्तम ७ अनन्त ८ पुरुष ९ महापुरुष १० पुरुषोत्तम ११ त्रिगुण १२ प्रधान १३ अमृत १४ अमृताख्य १५ अनन्ताख्य १६ व्योम १७ सनातन १८ सदसव्यक्ताव्यक्त १९ ऋतधामन् २० आदिदेव २१ वसुप्रद २२ प्रजापते २३ सुप्रजापते २४ वनस्पते २५ महाप्रजापते २६ ऊर्जस्पते २७ वाचस्पते २८ जगत्पते २९ मनस्पते ३० दिवस्पते ३१ मरुत्पते ३२ सलिलपते ३३ पृथिवीपते ३४ दिक्पते ३५ पुर्वनिवास ३६ गुह्य ३७ ब्रह्मपुरोहित ३८ ब्रह्मकायिक ३९ महाराजिक ४० चातुर्महाराजिक ४१ भासुर ४२ महाभासुर ४३ सप्तमहाभाग ४४ याम्य ४५ महायाम्य ४६ संज्ञासंज्ञ ४७ तुषित ४८ महातुषित ४९ प्रमर्दन ५० परिनिर्मित ५१ अपरिनिर्मित ५२ वशवर्तिन् ५३ अपरिनिन्दित ५४ अपरिमित ५५ वशवर्तिन ५६ अवशवर्तिन् ५७ यज्ञ ५८ महायज्ञ ५९ यज्ञसम्भव ६० यज्ञयोने ६१ यज्ञगर्भ ६२ यज्ञहृदय ६३ यज्ञस्तुत ६४ यज्ञभागहर ६५ पञ्चयज्ञ ६६ पञ्चकालकर्तृपते ६७ पाञ्चरात्रिक ६८ वैकुण्ठ ६९ अपराजित ७० मानसिक ७१ नामनामिक ७२ परस्वामिन् ७३ सुस्नात ७४ हंस ७५ परमहंस ७६ महाहंस ७७ परमयाज्ञिक ७८ सांख्ययोग ७९ सांख्यमूर्ते ८० अमृतेशय ८१ हिरण्येशय ८२ देवेशय ८३ कुशेशय ८४ ब्रह्मेशय ८५ पद्मशय ८६ विश्वेश्वर ८७ विष्वक्सेन ८८ त्वं जगदन्वयः ८९ त्वं जगत्प्रकृतिः ९० तवाग्निरास्यम् ९१ वडवामुखोऽग्निः ९२ त्वमाहुतिः ९३ सारथिः ९४ त्वं वषट्कारः ९५ त्वमोङ्कारः ९६ त्वं तपः ९७ त्वं मनः ९८ त्वं चन्द्रमाः ९९ त्वं चक्षुरादित्यं १०० त्वं सूर्यः १०१ त्वं दिशां गजः १०२ त्वं दिग्भानो १०३ विदिग्भानो १०४ हयशिरः १०५ प्रथमत्रिसौपर्णः १०६ वर्णधरः १०७ पञ्चाग्ने १०८ त्रिणाचिकेत १०९ षडङ्गनिधान ११० प्राग्ज्योतिष १११ ज्येष्ठसामग ११२ सामिकव्रतधर ११३ अथर्वशिराः ११४ पञ्चमहाकल्प ११५ फेनपाचार्य ११६ वालखिल्य ११७ वैखानस ११८ अभग्नयोग ११९ अभग्नपरिसंख्यान १२० युगादे १२१ युगमध्य १२२ युगनिधन १२३ आखण्डल १२४ प्राचीनगर्भ १२५ कौशिक १२६ पुरुष्टुत १२७ पुरुहूत १२८ विश्वकृत् १२९ विश्वरूप १३० अनन्तगते १३१ अनन्तभोग १३२ अनन्त १३३ अनादे १३४ अमध्य १३५ अव्यक्तमध्य १३६ अव्यक्तनिधन १३७ व्रतावास १३८ समुद्राधिवास १३९ यशोवास १४० तपोवास १४१ दमावास १४२ लक्ष्म्यावास १४३ विद्यावास १४४ कीावास १४५ श्रीवास १४६ सर्वावास १४७ वासुदेव१४८ सर्वच्छन्दक १४९ हरिहय १५० हरिमेध १५१ महायज्ञभागहर १५२ वरप्रद १५३ सुखप्रद १५४ धनप्रद १५५ हरिमेध १५६ यम १५७ नियम १५८ महानियम १५९ कृच्छ् १६० अतिकृच्छू १६१ महाकृच्छू १६२ सर्वकृच्छू १६३ नियमधर १६४ निवृत्तभ्रम १६५ प्रवचनगत १६६ पृश्निगर्भप्रवृत्त १६७ प्रवृत्तवेदक्रिय १६८ अज १६९ सर्वगते १७० सर्वदर्शिन् १७१ अग्राह्य १७२ अचल १७३ महाविभूते १७४ माहात्म्यशरीर १७५ पवित्र १७६ महापवित्र १७७ हिरण्यमय १७८ बृहत् १७९ अप्रतळ १८० अविज्ञेय १८१ ब्रह्मण्य १८२ प्रजासर्गकर १८३ प्रजानिधनकर १८४ महामायाधर १८५ चित्रशिखण्डिन् १८६ वरप्रद १८७ पुरोडाशभागहर १८८ गताध्वर १८९ छिन्नतृष्ण १९० छिन्नसंशय १९१ सर्वतोवृत्त १९२ निवृत्तिरूप १९३ ब्राह्मणरूप १९४ ब्राह्मणप्रिय १९५ विश्वमूर्ते १९६ महामूर्ते १९७ बान्धव १९८ १९९ ब्रह्मण्यदेव भक्तोऽहं त्वां दिदृक्षुरेकान्तदर्शनाय २०० नमो भक्तवत्सल नमः॥
Narada said “Salutation to you, O God of gods, O you that are freed from all acts! You are he who is divested of all attributes, who is the Witness of all the worlds, who is called Soul, who is the foremost of all Beings, who is Infinite, who is called Purusha, who is the great Purusha, who is the foremost of all Purushas, who is the soul of the three attributes, who is called the Foremost, who is Amrita (nectar), who is called Immortal, who is called Ananta (Sesha), who is Space, who is without beginning, who is both Manifest and Unmanifest as existent and not-existent things, who is said to have his home in Truth, who is the first of gods (Narayana), who is the giver of riches, who is at one with Daksha and other Lords of the Creation, who is the Ashvatha and other big trees, who is the four-headed Brahman, who is the Lord of all created Beings, who is the Lord of Speech, who is the Lord of universe, who is the all-pervading Soul, who is the Sun, who is the breath called Prana, who is the King of the waters, who is at one with the King, who is at one with the Regents of the quarters, who is the refuge of the universe when it is dissolved in the final destruction, who is unrevealed, who is the giver of the Vedas to Brahman, who is at one with the sacrifices and Vedic studies acquired by Brahmanas with the help of their bodies, who is at one with the four principal orders of the gods, who is every one of those four orders, who is endued with effulgence, who is endued with great effuigence, who is he to whom the seven largest offerings in sacrifices are presented with the Gayatri and other sacred Mantras, who is Yama, who is Chitragupta and the other attendants of Yama, who is called the wife of Yama who is that order of the gods called Tushita, who is that other order called Maha-Tushita, who is the Death, who is desire and all diseases that have been created for helping the advent of Death, who is health and freedom from disease, who is subject to desire and passions, who is free from desire and passions, who is Infinite as shown in species and forms, who is he who is punished, who is he who is the punisher, who is all the lesser sacrifices, who is all the larger sacrifices, who is all the priests, who is the origin of all sacrifices, who is fire, who is the very heart of all sacrifices, who is he that is sung sacrifices, who takes those shares of the sacrificial offerings which are presented to him, who is the embodiment of the five sacrifices, who is the maker of the five divisions of time, who is incapable of being understood except by those scriptures which are called Pancharatra, who never shrinks from anything, who is undefeated, who is only Mind, who is known only by name, who is the Lord of Brahman himself, who has finished all the vows and observances mentioned in the Vedas, who is the swan, who is the great swan, who is the foremost of swans, who is the in yoga, who is the embodiment of the Sankhya philosophy, who lives in all Individual Souls, who lives in every heart, who lives in every sense, who floats on the ocean-water, who lives in the Vedas, who lies on the lotus, who is the Lord of the universe, and whose troops go on all sides for protecting his worshippers! You take birth as all creatures! You are the origin of the universe! Your mouth is fire! You are that fire which passes through the waters of the ocean, coming out all the while from an Equine head! You are the sanctified butter which is poured into the sacrificial fire! You are the cardriver! You are Vashat! You are the syllable OM! You are Penances! You are Mind! You are butter! You are the Sun! You are the Elephants which are stationed in the four cardinal points! You light up the cardinal points of the compass. You light up the subsidiary points also! You are the Equine head! You are the first three Mantras of the Rigveda! You are the protector of all the castes! You are the five fires! You are He who has thrice lighted the sacrificial fire called Nachi! You are the refuge of the Vedas, having six limbs! You are the foremost of those Brahmanas who are engaged in singing the Samans in sacrifices and other religious rites. You are Pragjyotish. And you are he who sings the first Saman! You are the observer of those vows which depend upon the Vedas and which are observed by singers of Saman! You are the embodiment of the Upanishad called by the name of Atharvashiras. You are he who is the subject-matter of the of the five foremost of scriptures! You are called the preceptor who subsists only on the froth of water. You are a Valikhilya. You are the embodiment of him who has not deviated from Yoga. You are the embodiment of correctness of judgement or reasoning. You are the beginning of the cycles, you are the middle of the cycles, and you are their end! You are Akhandala. You are the two Rishis Prachina-garbha and Kaushika! You are Purustuta, you are Puruhuta, you are the designer of the universe. You have the universe for your form. Infinite are your motions. Your bodies are infinite! You are without end and are are are without beginning, and without middle. Your middle is unmanifest. Your end is unmanifest. You have vows for your residence. You live in the ocean. You have your home in Fame, in Penances, in Self-control, in Prosperity, in Knowledge, in grand feats, and in Everything belonging to the universe! You are Vasudeva. You are the grantor of every wish. You are the monkey that carried Rama on his shoulders. You are the great Horsc-sacrifice. You partake of offerings made in great sacrifices! You are the grantor of boons, of happiness, of wealth. You are devoted to Hari! You are Restraint of the senses. You are vows and observances, You are mortifications, you severe mortifications, you very severe mortifications. You are he who practises vows and religious and other pious rites. You are freed from all mistakes. You a Brahmacharin. You took birth in the womb of Prishni. You are are he from whom have originated all Vedic rites and acts. You originated all Vedic rites and acts. You are unborn. You pervade all things. Your eyes are on all things. You must not be apprehended by the senses. You are not subject to decay. You are endued with great power. Your body is inconceivably vast. You are holy, you are very holy. You are golden. You are vast. You are beyond the range of logic or argument. You are unknowable. You are the foremost of Causes. You are the Creator of all creatures and you are their destroyer. You are the possessor of great powers of illusion. You are called Chittrashikhandin. You are the giver of boons. You partake of the sacrificial offerings. You have acquired the merit of all sacrifices. You are he who has been freed from all doubts. You are omnipresent. You are of the form of a Brahmana. You are fond of Brahmanas. You have the universe for your form. Your form is very huge. You are the greatest friend. You are kind to all your worshippers. You are the great god of the Brahmanas. I am your devoted disciple. I am desirous of seeing you. Salutations to you who are of the form of Liberation."