Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 4 — Chapter 5

SB 4 5.1

मैत्रेय उवाच भवो भवान्या निधनं प्रजापतेर् असत्-कृताया अवगम्य नारदात् स्व-पार्षद-सैन्यं च तद्-अध्वरर्भुभिर् विद्रावितं क्रोधम् अपारम् आदधे

maitreya uvāca bhavo bhavānyā nidhanaṃ prajāpater asat-kṛtāyā avagamya nāradāt sva-pārṣada-sainyaṃ ca tad-adhvararbhubhir vidrāvitaṃ krodham apāram ādadhe

Maitreya said: Learning from Nārada of the death of the Prajāpati's daughter, who had been dishonoured, and that his own troop of attendants had been driven off by the Ṛbhus of that sacrifice, Bhava conceived boundless anger.

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SB 4 5.2

क्रुद्धः सुदष्टौष्ठ-पुटः स धूर्-जटिर् जटां तडिद्-वह्नि-सटोग्र-रोचिषम् उत्कृत्य रुद्रः सहसोत्थितो हसन् गम्भीर-नादो विससर्ज तां भुवि

kruddhaḥ sudaṣṭauṣṭha-puṭaḥ sa dhūr-jaṭir jaṭāṃ taḍid-vahni-saṭogra-rociṣam utkṛtya rudraḥ sahasotthito hasan gambhīra-nādo visasarja tāṃ bhuvi

Enraged, biting his lips hard, that Rudra of matted locks suddenly rose up, laughing and roaring deeply; and tearing out a lock of hair that shone terribly like lightning and the flaming mane of fire, he hurled it to the ground.

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SB 4 5.3

ततो ऽतिकायस् तनुवा स्पृशन् दिवं सहस्र-बाहुर् घन-रुक् त्रि-सूर्य-दृक् कराल-दंष्ट्रो ज्वलद्-अग्नि-मूर्धजः कपाल-माली विविधोद्यतायुधः

tato 'tikāyas tanuvā spṛśan divaṃ sahasra-bāhur ghana-ruk tri-sūrya-dṛk karāla-daṃṣṭro jvalad-agni-mūrdhajaḥ kapāla-mālī vividhodyatāyudhaḥ

Then (there arose) one of enormous body, touching the sky with his frame, thousand-armed, dark as a cloud, with three eyes like suns, with fearsome fangs, his head-hair blazing fire, garlanded with skulls, holding various weapons raised.

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SB 4 5.4

तं किं करोमीति गृणन्तम् आह बद्धाञ्जलिं भगवान् भूत-नाथः दक्षं स-यज्ञं जहि मद्-भटानां त्वम् अग्रणी रुद्र भटांशको मे

taṃ kiṃ karomīti gṛṇantam āha baddhāñjaliṃ bhagavān bhūta-nāthaḥ dakṣaṃ sa-yajñaṃ jahi mad-bhaṭānāṃ tvam agraṇī rudra bhaṭāṃśako me

To him, who stood with joined palms saying "What shall I do?", the lord, the master of the bhūtas, said: "Rudra, you are the foremost of my troops, a portion of me; destroy Dakṣa along with his sacrifice."

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SB 4 5.5

आज्ञप्त एवं कुपितेन मन्युना स देव-देवं परिचक्रमे विभुम् मेने-तदात्मानम् असङ्ग-रंहसा महीयसां तात सहः सहिष्णुम्

ājñapta evaṃ kupitena manyunā sa deva-devaṃ paricakrame vibhum mene-tadātmānam asaṅga-raṃhasā mahīyasāṃ tāta sahaḥ sahiṣṇum

Thus commanded by (Śiva) angered with wrath, he circumambulated the mighty god of gods; he thought himself, with his unimpeded impetuosity, equal to bearing the might of the mightiest, dear one.

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SB 4 5.6

अन्वीयमानः स तु रुद्र-पार्षदैर् भृशं नदद्भिर् व्यनदत् सुभैरवम् उद्यम्य शूलं जगद्-अन्तकान्तकं सम्प्राद्रवद् घोषण-भूषणाङ्घ्रिः

anvīyamānaḥ sa tu rudra-pārṣadair bhṛśaṃ nadadbhir vyanadat subhairavam udyamya śūlaṃ jagad-antakāntakaṃ samprādravad ghoṣaṇa-bhūṣaṇāṅghriḥ

Followed by Rudra's attendants roaring loudly, he roared most terribly, and raising his trident, which brings an end even to the ender of the world, he rushed forth, his feet adorned with jingling (anklets).

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SB 4 5.7

अथर्त्विजो यजमानः सदस्याः ककुभ्य् उदीच्यां प्रसमीक्ष्य रेणुम् तमः किम् एतत् कुत एतद् रजो ऽभूद् इति द्विजा द्विज-पत्न्यश् च दध्युः

athartvijo yajamānaḥ sadasyāḥ kakubhy udīcyāṃ prasamīkṣya reṇum tamaḥ kim etat kuta etad rajo 'bhūd iti dvijā dvija-patnyaś ca dadhyuḥ

Then the priests, the sacrificer and the assembly members, seeing dust in the northern quarter, wondered—the brāhmaṇas and their wives—"What is this darkness? Whence has this dust come?"

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SB 4 5.8

वाता न वान्ति न हि सन्ति दस्यवः प्राचीन-बर्हिर् जीवति होग्र-दण्डः गावो न काल्यन्त इदं कुतो रजो लोको ऽधुना किं प्रलयाय कल्पते

vātā na vānti na hi santi dasyavaḥ prācīna-barhir jīvati hogra-daṇḍaḥ gāvo na kālyanta idaṃ kuto rajo loko 'dhunā kiṃ pralayāya kalpate

"No winds are blowing, nor are there robbers; Prācīnabarhi, whose punishment is severe, is alive; the cattle are not being driven—whence this dust? Is the world now ready for dissolution?"

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SB 4 5.9

प्रसूति-मिश्राः स्त्रिय उद्विग्न-चित्ता ऊचुर् विपाको वृजिनस्यैव तस्य यत् पश्यन्तीनां दुहितॄणां प्रजेशः सुतां सतीम् अवदध्याव् अनागाम्

prasūti-miśrāḥ striya udvigna-cittā ūcur vipāko vṛjinasyaiva tasya yat paśyantīnāṃ duhitṝṇāṃ prajeśaḥ sutāṃ satīm avadadhyāv anāgām

The women, Prasūti among them, with agitated minds said: "This is surely the ripening of that sin, in that the lord of creatures slighted his own blameless daughter Satī before the eyes of her sisters."

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SB 4 5.10

यस् त्व् अन्त-काले व्युप्त-जटा-कलापः स्व-शूल-सूच्य्-अर्पित-दिग्-गजेन्द्रः वितत्य नृत्यत्य् उदितास्त्र-दोर्-ध्वजान् उच्चाट्ट-हास-स्तनयित्नु-भिन्न-दिक्

yas tv anta-kāle vyupta-jaṭā-kalāpaḥ sva-śūla-sūcy-arpita-dig-gajendraḥ vitatya nṛtyaty uditāstra-dor-dhvajān uccāṭṭa-hāsa-stanayitnu-bhinna-dik

"He who at the time of the end, with his mass of matted hair loosened, the guardian elephants of the quarters impaled on the point of his trident, spreads out and dances, his arms and banner with weapons upraised, the directions split by the thunder of his loud roaring laughter—

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SB 4 5.11

अमर्षयित्वा तम् असह्य-तेजसं मन्यु-प्लुतं दुर्निरीक्ष्यं भ्रु-कुट्या कराल-दंष्ट्राभिर् उदस्त-भागणं स्यात् स्वस्ति किं कोपयतो विधातुः

amarṣayitvā tam asahya-tejasaṃ manyu-plutaṃ durnirīkṣyaṃ bhru-kuṭyā karāla-daṃṣṭrābhir udasta-bhāgaṇaṃ syāt svasti kiṃ kopayato vidhātuḥ

—having enraged him of unbearable splendour, flooded with fury, hard to look upon with his knitted brows and terrible fangs, at whom the constellations are cast away—what welfare can there be for the creator (Dakṣa) who angers (him)?"

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SB 4 5.12

बह्व् एवम् उद्विग्न-दृशोच्यमाने जनेन दक्षस्य मुहुर् महात्मनः उत्पेतुर् उत्पाततमाः सहस्रशो भयावहा दिवि भूमौ च पर्यक्

bahv evam udvigna-dṛśocyamāne janena dakṣasya muhur mahātmanaḥ utpetur utpātatamāḥ sahasraśo bhayāvahā divi bhūmau ca paryak

While the people were saying much of this sort with alarmed eyes, again and again there arose, in the sky and all around on earth, thousands of most dreadful portents for the great Dakṣa.

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SB 4 5.13

तावत् स रुद्रानुचरैर् महा-मखो नानायुधैर् वामनकैर् उदायुधैः पिङ्गैः पिशङ्गैर् मकरोदराननैः पर्याद्रवद्भिर् विदुरान्वरुध्यत

tāvat sa rudrānucarair mahā-makho nānāyudhair vāmanakair udāyudhaiḥ piṅgaiḥ piśaṅgair makarodarānanaiḥ paryādravadbhir vidurānvarudhyata

Meanwhile, O Vidura, that great sacrifice was besieged by Rudra's followers with various weapons—dwarfish beings with weapons raised, tawny and reddish-yellow, with bellies and faces like sea-monsters, running about on all sides.

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SB 4 5.14

केचिद् बभञ्जुः प्राग्-वंशं पत्नी-शालां तथापरे सद आग्नीध्र-शालां च तद्-विहारं महानसम्

kecid babhañjuḥ prāg-vaṃśaṃ patnī-śālāṃ tathāpare sada āgnīdhra-śālāṃ ca tad-vihāraṃ mahānasam

Some broke down the eastern hall, others the wives' chamber, the assembly hall, the fire-priest's hall, and also the pleasure-house and the kitchen.

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SB 4 5.15

रुरुजुर् यज्ञ-पात्राणि तथैके ऽग्नीन् अनाशयन् कुण्डेष्व् अमूत्रयन् केचिद् बिभिदुर् वेदि-मेखलाः

rurujur yajña-pātrāṇi tathaike 'gnīn anāśayan kuṇḍeṣv amūtrayan kecid bibhidur vedi-mekhalāḥ

They smashed the sacrificial vessels; some put out the fires; some urinated in the fire-pits; others tore apart the girdles of the altar.

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SB 4 5.16

अबाधन्त मुनीन् अन्ये एके पत्नीर् अतर्जयन् अपरे जगृहुर् देवान् प्रत्यासन्नान् पलायितान्

abādhanta munīn anye eke patnīr atarjayan apare jagṛhur devān pratyāsannān palāyitān

Some harassed the sages, some threatened the wives, others seized the gods who were near at hand as they fled.

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SB 4 5.17

भृगुं बबन्ध मणिमान् वीरभद्रः प्रजापतिम् चण्डेशः पूषणं देवं भगं नन्दीश्वरो ऽग्रहीत्

bhṛguṃ babandha maṇimān vīrabhadraḥ prajāpatim caṇḍeśaḥ pūṣaṇaṃ devaṃ bhagaṃ nandīśvaro 'grahīt

Maṇimān bound Bhṛgu, Vīrabhadra (bound) the Prajāpati, Caṇḍeśa (seized) the god Pūṣan, and Nandīśvara seized Bhaga.

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SB 4 5.18

सर्व एवर्त्विजो दृष्ट्वा सदस्याः स-दिवौकसः तैर् अर्द्यमानाः सुभृशं ग्रावभिर् नैकधाद्रवन्

sarva evartvijo dṛṣṭvā sadasyāḥ sa-divaukasaḥ tair ardyamānāḥ subhṛśaṃ grāvabhir naikadhādravan

Seeing (this), all the priests, the assembly members together with the denizens of heaven, being sorely afflicted by them with stones, ran off in all directions.

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SB 4 5.19

जुह्वतः स्रुव-हस्तस्य श्मश्रूणि भगवान् भवः भृगोर् लुलुञ्चे सदसि यो ऽहसच् छ्मश्रु दर्शयन्

juhvataḥ sruva-hastasya śmaśrūṇi bhagavān bhavaḥ bhṛgor luluñce sadasi yo 'hasac chmaśru darśayan

Lord Bhava tore off, there in the assembly, the whiskers of Bhṛgu, who was making the oblation with the ladle in his hand — he who had laughed, displaying his whiskers.

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SB 4 5.20

भगस्य नेत्रे भगवान् पातितस्य रुषा भुवि उज्जहार सद-स्थो ऽक्ष्णा यः शपन्तम् असूसुचत्

bhagasya netre bhagavān pātitasya ruṣā bhuvi ujjahāra sada-stho 'kṣṇā yaḥ śapantam asūsucat

The Lord, standing in the assembly, in anger tore out the eyes of Bhaga, who had been thrown down to the ground — he who with a glance of his eye had signalled (approval to) the one who was cursing.

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SB 4 5.21

पूष्णो ह्य् अपातयद् दन्तान् कालिङ्गस्य यथा बलः शप्यमाने गरिमणि यो ऽहसद् दर्शयन् दतः

pūṣṇo hy apātayad dantān kāliṅgasya yathā balaḥ śapyamāne garimaṇi yo 'hasad darśayan dataḥ

And he knocked out the teeth of Pūṣan, as Bala did those of the king of Kaliṅga — of him who had laughed, showing his teeth, when the venerable one was being cursed.

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SB 4 5.22

आक्रम्योरसि दक्षस्य शित-धारेण हेतिना छिन्दन्न् अपि तद् उद्धर्तुं नाशक्नोत् त्र्यम्बकस् तदा

ākramyorasi dakṣasya śita-dhāreṇa hetinā chindann api tad uddhartuṃ nāśaknot tryambakas tadā

Then Tryambaka (i.e. his agent), pressing upon Dakṣa's chest, though hacking with a sharp-edged weapon, was unable to sever it (the head).

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SB 4 5.23

शस्त्रैर् अस्त्रान्वितैर् एवम् अनिर्भिन्न-त्वचं हरः विस्मयं परम् आपन्नो दध्यौ पशुपतिश् चिरम्

śastrair astrānvitair evam anirbhinna-tvacaṃ haraḥ vismayaṃ param āpanno dadhyau paśupatiś ciram

Thus, (seeing) the skin unpierced by weapons even when accompanied by mantra-missiles, Hara, Paśupati, fell into the utmost amazement and pondered for a long time.

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SB 4 5.24

दृष्ट्वा संज्ञपनं योगं पशूनां स पतिर् मखे यजमान-पशोः कस्य कायात् तेनाहरच् छिरः

dṛṣṭvā saṃjñapanaṃ yogaṃ paśūnāṃ sa patir makhe yajamāna-paśoḥ kasya kāyāt tenāharac chiraḥ

Then that lord, seeing the yogic method for the dispatching of sacrificial animals, took off with it the head from the body of Ka (Dakṣa), the animal that was the sacrificer.

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SB 4 5.25

साधु-वादस् तदा तेषां कर्म तत् तस्य पश्यताम् भूत-प्रेत-पिशाचानां अन्येषां तद्-विपर्ययः

sādhu-vādas tadā teṣāṃ karma tat tasya paśyatām bhūta-preta-piśācānāṃ anyeṣāṃ tad-viparyayaḥ

Then, among those who watched that deed of his — the bhūtas, pretas and piśācas — there was a cry of 'well done!'; among the others, the opposite of that.

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SB 4 5.26

जुहावैतच् छिरस् तस्मिन् दक्षिणाग्नाव् अमर्षितः तद्-देव-यजनं दग्ध्वा प्रातिष्ठद् गुह्यकालयम्

juhāvaitac chiras tasmin dakṣiṇāgnāv amarṣitaḥ tad-deva-yajanaṃ dagdhvā prātiṣṭhad guhyakālayam

Unable to bear it, he offered that head into the southern fire there; and having burned down that sacrificial ground of the gods, he set out for the dwelling of the Guhyakas.

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