Laksminarayana

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Çaunaka said:
O glorious Süta, you are blessed that you make us, plunged deep in the ocean of mundane existence, drink a large quantity of nectar.
O good one, tell us, desiring to cross the worldly existence, the gem of a formula, pure to devotion, of which the mobile and the immobile are full.
Süta said:
O Çaunaka, listen. I shall tell you the very wonderful gem of formula, which the noble Vasiñöha spoke to Dilépa. Once Dilépa having saluted Vasiñöha, the best Brähmaëa, his preceptor, asked him as you did now.
Dilépa said:
O revered one, you have particularly told me all the practices with those of castes and the stages of life and the daily and occasional obligatory rites. O best sage, I have also heard the kingly duties, sacrifices, gifts to be made at holy places and vows etc., which give inexhaustible pleasures in heaven. Now I desire to hear about the ancient path leading to salvation. Tell me about it along which I can luckily go. What is the best of all sacred formulas, the only medicine for all the diseases in the worldly existence? What is the best formula giving salvation to all human beings? Tell all that truthfully and ofr the love and regard that you have for me.
Vasiñöha said:
O king, you desiring the good of all the world, have asked. I shall, inprivate, tell you a great secret, emancipating you from worldly existence. Formerly all holy sgaes intent on performing sacrifices and giving gifts asked Närada, Brahmä’s son, the best sage:
The Great Sages said:
O revered one, by what formula shall we go to the highest p"