Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 16
SB 9 16.1
श्रीशुक उवाच पित्रोपशिक्षितो रामस्तथेति कुरुनन्दन संवत्सरं तीर्थयात्रां चरित्वाश्रममाव्रजत्
śrīśuka uvāca pitropaśikṣito rāmastatheti kurunandana saṃvatsaraṃ tīrthayātrāṃ caritvāśramamāvrajat
Śrī Śuka said: Instructed by his father, Rāma said "So be it," O delight of the Kurus, and having made a pilgrimage to holy places for a year, he returned to the hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.2
कदाचिद्रेणुका याता गङ्गायां पद्ममालिनम् गन्धर्वराजं क्रीडन्तमप्सरोभिरपश्यत
kadācidreṇukā yātā gaṅgāyāṃ padmamālinam gandharvarājaṃ krīḍantamapsarobhirapaśyata
Once Reṇukā, having gone to the Gaṅgā, saw the king of the Gandharvas, garlanded with lotuses, playing with the Apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.3
विलोकयन्ती क्रीडन्तमुदकार्थं नदीं गता होमवेलां न सस्मार किञ्चिच् चित्ररथस्पृहा
vilokayantī krīḍantamudakārthaṃ nadīṃ gatā homavelāṃ na sasmāra kiñcic citrarathaspṛhā
Having gone to the river for water, gazing at him as he played, she felt a longing for Citraratha and did not remember the time of the oblation at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.4
कालात्ययं तं विलोक्य मुनेः शापविशङ्किता आगत्य कलशं तस्थौ पुरोधाय कृताञ्जलिः
kālātyayaṃ taṃ vilokya muneḥ śāpaviśaṅkitā āgatya kalaśaṃ tasthau purodhāya kṛtāñjaliḥ
Seeing that the time had passed, and fearful of the sage's curse, she came, set the water-pot before (him), and stood with palms joined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.5
व्यभिचारं मुनिर्ज्ञात्वा पत्न्याः प्रकुपितो ऽब्रवीत् घ्नतैनां पुत्रकाः पापामित्युक्तास्ते न चक्रिरे
vyabhicāraṃ munirjñātvā patnyāḥ prakupito 'bravīt ghnataināṃ putrakāḥ pāpāmityuktāste na cakrire
The sage, learning of his wife's lapse, grew furious and said: "Kill her, my sons, the sinful woman!" But though so told, they did not do it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.6
रामः सञ्चोदितः पित्रा भ्रात्-न् मात्रा सहावधीत् प्रभावज्ञो मुनेः सम्यक् समाधेस्तपसश्च सः
rāmaḥ sañcoditaḥ pitrā bhrāt-n mātrā sahāvadhīt prabhāvajño muneḥ samyak samādhestapasaśca saḥ
Rāma, urged on by his father, killed his brothers along with his mother; for he knew well the power of the sage's meditation and austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.7
वरेण च्छन्दयामास प्रीतः सत्यवतीसुतः वव्रे हतानां रामो ऽपि जीवितं चास्मृतिं वधे
vareṇa cchandayāmāsa prītaḥ satyavatīsutaḥ vavre hatānāṃ rāmo 'pi jīvitaṃ cāsmṛtiṃ vadhe
Pleased, the son of Satyavatī (Jamadagni) offered him a choice of boon; and Rāma chose the life of those slain, and that they should have no memory of the killing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.8
उत्तस्थुस्ते कुशलिनो निद्रापाय इवाञ्जसा पितुर्विद्वांस्तपोवीर्यं रामश्चक्रे सुहृद्वधम्
uttasthuste kuśalino nidrāpāya ivāñjasā piturvidvāṃstapovīryaṃ rāmaścakre suhṛdvadham
They rose up unharmed, at once, as if from the ending of sleep; for Rāma, knowing his father's power of austerity, had committed the slaying of his own kin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.9
ये ऽर्जुनस्य सुता राजन् स्मरन्तः स्वपितुर्वधम् रामवीर्यपराभूता लेभिरे शर्म न क्वचित्
ye 'rjunasya sutā rājan smarantaḥ svapiturvadham rāmavīryaparābhūtā lebhire śarma na kvacit
Those who were the sons of Arjuna (Kārtavīrya), O king, remembering the slaying of their own father, and humbled by Rāma's prowess, found no peace anywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.10
एकदाश्रमतो रामे सभ्रातरि वनं गते वैरं सिषाधयिषवो लब्धच्छिद्रा उपागमन्
ekadāśramato rāme sabhrātari vanaṃ gate vairaṃ siṣādhayiṣavo labdhacchidrā upāgaman
Once, when Rāma together with his brothers had gone from the hermitage into the forest, they, wishing to bring their feud to fulfilment, found their opening and came.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.11
दृष्ट्वाग्न्यागार आसीनमावेशितधियं मुनिम् भगवत्युत्तमश्लोके जघ्नुस्ते पापनिश्चयाः
dṛṣṭvāgnyāgāra āsīnamāveśitadhiyaṃ munim bhagavatyuttamaśloke jaghnuste pāpaniścayāḥ
Seeing the sage seated in the fire-hall, his mind absorbed in the Lord of highest renown, they, being resolved upon sin, killed him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.12
याच्यमानाः कृपणया राममात्रातिदारुणाः प्रसह्य शिर उत्कृत्य निन्युस्ते क्षत्रबन्धवः
yācyamānāḥ kṛpaṇayā rāmamātrātidāruṇāḥ prasahya śira utkṛtya ninyuste kṣatrabandhavaḥ
Though entreated by Rāma's mother in her wretchedness, those most cruel base kṣatriyas forcibly cut off his head and carried it away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.13
रेणुका दुःखशोकार्ता निघ्नन्त्यात्मानमात्मना राम रामेति तातेति विचुक्रोशोच्चकैः सती
reṇukā duḥkhaśokārtā nighnantyātmānamātmanā rāma rāmeti tāteti vicukrośoccakaiḥ satī
Reṇukā, stricken with pain and grief, beating herself with her own (hands), that chaste woman cried out aloud, "Rāma! Rāma! O dear one!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.14
तदुपश्रुत्य दूरस्था हा रामेत्यार्तवत् स्वनम् त्वरयाश्रममासाद्य ददृशुः पितरं हतम्
tadupaśrutya dūrasthā hā rāmetyārtavat svanam tvarayāśramamāsādya dadṛśuḥ pitaraṃ hatam
Hearing that sound, "Alas, Rāma!", uttered as in pain, though they were far away, they quickly reached the hermitage and saw their father slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.15
ते दुःखरोषामर्षार्ति शोकवेगविमोहिताः हा तात साधो धर्मिष्ठ त्यक्त्वास्मान् स्वर्गतो भवान्
te duḥkharoṣāmarṣārti śokavegavimohitāḥ hā tāta sādho dharmiṣṭha tyaktvāsmān svargato bhavān
They, bewildered by the surge of pain, rage, indignation, distress and sorrow, (cried:) "Alas, father, good one, most righteous one, you have left us and gone to heaven!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.16
विलप्यैवं पितुर्देहं निधाय भ्रातृषु स्वयम् प्रगृह्य परशुं रामः क्षत्रान्ताय मनो दधे
vilapyaivaṃ piturdehaṃ nidhāya bhrātṛṣu svayam pragṛhya paraśuṃ rāmaḥ kṣatrāntāya mano dadhe
Having lamented thus, Rāma himself entrusted his father's body to his brothers, took up the axe, and set his mind on making an end of the kṣatriyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.17
गत्वा माहिष्मतीं रामो ब्रह्मघ्नविहतश्रियम् तेषां स शीर्षभी राजन् मध्ये चक्रे महागिरिम्
gatvā māhiṣmatīṃ rāmo brahmaghnavihataśriyam teṣāṃ sa śīrṣabhī rājan madhye cakre mahāgirim
Going to Māhiṣmatī, whose prosperity had been ruined by the killers of a brahmin, Rāma made in its midst a great mountain of their heads, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.18
तद्रक्तेन नदीं घोरामब्रह्मण्यभयावहाम् हेतुं कृत्वा पितृवधं क्षत्रे ऽमङ्गलकारिणि
tadraktena nadīṃ ghorāmabrahmaṇyabhayāvahām hetuṃ kṛtvā pitṛvadhaṃ kṣatre 'maṅgalakāriṇi
With their blood (he made) a dreadful river, bringing terror to the enemies of brahmins; making the murder of his father the cause, (he turned) upon the kṣatriya class that was working what is inauspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 9 16.19
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवीं कृत्वा निःक्षत्रियां प्रभुः समन्तपञ्चके चक्रे शोणितोदान् ह्रदान् नव
triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivīṃ kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ prabhuḥ samantapañcake cakre śoṇitodān hradān nava
Three times seven times over the lord made the earth free of kṣatriyas, and at Samantapañcaka he made nine lakes whose water was blood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.20
पितुः कायेन सन्धाय शिर आदाय बर्हिषि सर्वदेवमयं देवमात्मानमयजन् मखैः
pituḥ kāyena sandhāya śira ādāya barhiṣi sarvadevamayaṃ devamātmānamayajan makhaiḥ
Joining the head to his father's body, having taken it up upon the sacrificial grass, he worshipped with sacrifices the God who comprises all the gods, the Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.21
ददौ प्राचीं दिशं होत्रे ब्रह्मणे दक्षिणां दिशम् अध्वर्यवे प्रतीचीं वै उद्गात्रे उत्तरां दिशम्
dadau prācīṃ diśaṃ hotre brahmaṇe dakṣiṇāṃ diśam adhvaryave pratīcīṃ vai udgātre uttarāṃ diśam
He gave the eastern direction to the hotṛ, the southern direction to the brahman, the western indeed to the adhvaryu, and the northern direction to the udgātṛ.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.22
अन्येभ्यो ऽवान्तरदिशः कश्यपाय च मध्यतः आर्यावर्तमुपद्रष्ट्रे सदस्येभ्यस्ततः परम्
anyebhyo 'vāntaradiśaḥ kaśyapāya ca madhyataḥ āryāvartamupadraṣṭre sadasyebhyastataḥ param
To the others (he gave) the intermediate directions, and to Kaśyapa the middle region; Āryāvarta to the overseer, and beyond that to the members of the assembly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.23
ततश्चावभृथस्नान विधूताशेषकिल्बिषः सरस्वत्यां महानद्यां रेजे व्यब्भ्र इवांशुमान्
tataścāvabhṛthasnāna vidhūtāśeṣakilbiṣaḥ sarasvatyāṃ mahānadyāṃ reje vyabbhra ivāṃśumān
Then, with all his remaining stain shaken off by the concluding bath, he shone in the great river Sarasvatī like the sun in a cloudless sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.24
स्वदेहं जमदग्निस्तु लब्ध्वा संज्ञानलक्षणम् ऋषीणां मण्डले सो ऽभूत् सप्तमो रामपूजितः
svadehaṃ jamadagnistu labdhvā saṃjñānalakṣaṇam ṛṣīṇāṃ maṇḍale so 'bhūt saptamo rāmapūjitaḥ
But Jamadagni, having regained his own body marked by (restored) consciousness, became the seventh in the circle of the sages, honoured by Rāma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.25
जामदग्न्यो ऽपि भगवान् रामः कमललोचनः आगामिन्यन्तरे राजन् वर्तयिष्यति वै बृहत्
jāmadagnyo 'pi bhagavān rāmaḥ kamalalocanaḥ āgāminyantare rājan vartayiṣyati vai bṛhat
And Rāma, the son of Jamadagni, the lotus-eyed Lord, will, O King, in the coming manvantara promulgate the great (Vedic knowledge).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.26
आस्ते ऽद्यापि महेन्द्राद्रौ न्यस्तदण्डः प्रशान्तधीः उपगीयमानचरितः सिद्धगन्धर्वचारणैः
āste 'dyāpi mahendrādrau nyastadaṇḍaḥ praśāntadhīḥ upagīyamānacaritaḥ siddhagandharvacāraṇaiḥ
Even today he dwells on Mount Mahendra with his weapon laid aside and his mind wholly at peace, his deeds sung by Siddhas, Gandharvas and Cāraṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.27
एवं भृगुषु विश्वात्मा भगवान् हरिरीश्वरः अवतीर्य परं भारं भुवो ऽहन् बहुशो नृपान्
evaṃ bhṛguṣu viśvātmā bhagavān harirīśvaraḥ avatīrya paraṃ bhāraṃ bhuvo 'han bahuśo nṛpān
Thus among the Bhṛgus the Soul of all, the Lord Hari, the ruler, having descended, slew kings many times over, (removing) the excessive burden of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.28
गाधेरभून् महातेजाः समिद्ध इव पावकः तपसा क्षात्रमुत्सृज्य यो लेभे ब्रह्मवर्चसम्
gādherabhūn mahātejāḥ samiddha iva pāvakaḥ tapasā kṣātramutsṛjya yo lebhe brahmavarcasam
From Gādhi there was born one of great splendour, like a blazing fire, who by austerity gave up the kṣatriya state and attained brahminical lustre.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.29
विश्वामित्रस्य चैवासन् पुत्रा एकशतं नृप मध्यमस्तु मधुच्छन्दा मधुच्छन्दस एव ते
viśvāmitrasya caivāsan putrā ekaśataṃ nṛpa madhyamastu madhucchandā madhucchandasa eva te
And Viśvāmitra had one hundred and one sons, O King; the middle one was Madhucchandā, and they are (all called) the Madhucchandases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.30
पुत्रं कृत्वा शुनःशेफं देवरातं च भार्गवम् आजीगर्तं सुतान् आह ज्येष्ठ एष प्रकल्प्यताम्
putraṃ kṛtvā śunaḥśephaṃ devarātaṃ ca bhārgavam ājīgartaṃ sutān āha jyeṣṭha eṣa prakalpyatām
Having made Śunaḥśepha, the Bhārgava also (called) Devarāta, son of Ajīgarta, his son, he said to his sons: "Let this one be regarded as the eldest."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.31
यो वै हरिश्चन्द्रमखे विक्रीतः पुरुषः पशुः स्तुत्वा देवान् प्रजेशादीन् मुमुचे पाशबन्धनात्
yo vai hariścandramakhe vikrītaḥ puruṣaḥ paśuḥ stutvā devān prajeśādīn mumuce pāśabandhanāt
He indeed, who in Hariścandra's sacrifice was sold as a human sacrificial victim, was released from the bondage of the ropes by praising the gods, Prajāpati and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.32
यो रातो देवयजने देवैर्गाधिषु तापसः देवरात इति ख्यातः शुनःशेफस्तु भार्गवः
yo rāto devayajane devairgādhiṣu tāpasaḥ devarāta iti khyātaḥ śunaḥśephastu bhārgavaḥ
He who was given by the gods at the sacrifice to the gods, the ascetic among the descendants of Gādhi, was known as Devarāta; but (by birth) Śunaḥśepha was a Bhārgava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.33
ये मधुच्छन्दसो ज्येष्ठाः कुशलं मेनिरे न तत् अशपत् तान् मुनिः क्रुद्धो म्लेच्छा भवत दुर्जनाः
ye madhucchandaso jyeṣṭhāḥ kuśalaṃ menire na tat aśapat tān muniḥ kruddho mlecchā bhavata durjanāḥ
Those elder sons of Madhucchandā who did not think that proper — the sage, angered, cursed them: "Become Mlecchas, you wicked ones!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.34
स होवाच मधुच्छन्दाः सार्धं पञ्चाशता ततः यन् नो भवान् सञ्जानीते तस्मिंस्तिष्ठामहे वयम्
sa hovāca madhucchandāḥ sārdhaṃ pañcāśatā tataḥ yan no bhavān sañjānīte tasmiṃstiṣṭhāmahe vayam
Then Madhucchandā, together with the fifty (younger ones), said: "Whatever you approve for us, in that we shall abide."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.35
ज्येष्ठं मन्त्रदृशं चक्रुस्त्वामन्वञ्चो वयं स्म हि विश्वामित्रः सुतान् आह वीरवन्तो भविष्यथ ये मानं मे ऽनुगृह्णन्तो वीरवन्तमकर्त माम्
jyeṣṭhaṃ mantradṛśaṃ cakrustvāmanvañco vayaṃ sma hi viśvāmitraḥ sutān āha vīravanto bhaviṣyatha ye mānaṃ me 'nugṛhṇanto vīravantamakarta mām
They made him (Devarāta) the eldest, the seer of mantras: "We indeed follow after you." Viśvāmitra said to his sons: "You shall be blessed with offspring, you who, honouring my word, have made me one possessed of a (worthy) son."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 9 16.36
एष वः कुशिका वीरो देवरातस्तमन्वित अन्ये चाष्टकहारीत जयक्रतुमदादयः
eṣa vaḥ kuśikā vīro devarātastamanvita anye cāṣṭakahārīta jayakratumadādayaḥ
"This Devarāta is your hero, O Kuśikas; follow him." And there were others too — Aṣṭaka, Hārīta, Jaya, Kratumat and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 16.37
एवं कौशिकगोत्रं तु विश्वामित्रैः पृथग्विधम् प्रवरान्तरमापन्नं तद्धि चैवं प्रकल्पितम्
evaṃ kauśikagotraṃ tu viśvāmitraiḥ pṛthagvidham pravarāntaramāpannaṃ taddhi caivaṃ prakalpitam
Thus the Kauśika lineage, of various kinds through the Viśvāmitras, came to have differing pravaras; for it was so ordained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition