Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 9 — Chapter 3
SB 9 3.1
श्रीशुक उवाच शर्यातिर्मानवो राजा ब्रह्मिष्ठः सम्बभूव ह यो वा अङ्गिरसां सत्रे द्वितीयमहरूचिवान्
śrīśuka uvāca śaryātirmānavo rājā brahmiṣṭhaḥ sambabhūva ha yo vā aṅgirasāṃ satre dvitīyamaharūcivān
Śrī Śuka said: King Śaryāti, son of Manu, was most devoted to the Veda; he indeed recited the second day('s rites) at the sacrificial session of the Aṅgirases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.2
सुकन्या नाम तस्यासीत् कन्या कमललोचना तया सार्धं वनगतो ह्यगमच् च्यवनाश्रमम्
sukanyā nāma tasyāsīt kanyā kamalalocanā tayā sārdhaṃ vanagato hyagamac cyavanāśramam
He had a daughter named Sukanyā, lotus-eyed. Going to the forest with her, he came to Cyavana's hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.3
सा सखीभिः परिवृता विचिन्वन्त्यङ्घ्रिपान् वने वल्मीकरन्ध्रे ददृशे खद्योते इव ज्योतिषी
sā sakhībhiḥ parivṛtā vicinvantyaṅghripān vane valmīkarandhre dadṛśe khadyote iva jyotiṣī
She, surrounded by her companions, while gathering (fruits from) trees in the forest, saw in a hole of an anthill two lights, like fireflies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.4
ते दैवचोदिता बाला ज्योतिषी कण्टकेन वै अविध्यन् मुग्धभावेन सुस्रावासृक् ततो बहिः
te daivacoditā bālā jyotiṣī kaṇṭakena vai avidhyan mugdhabhāvena susrāvāsṛk tato bahiḥ
Impelled by fate, the girl pierced those two lights with a thorn, out of childish innocence, and blood flowed out from there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.5
शकृन्मूत्रनिरोधो ऽभूत् सैनिकानां च तत्क्षणात् राजर्षिस्तमुपालक्ष्य पुरुषान् विस्मितो ऽब्रवीत्
śakṛnmūtranirodho 'bhūt sainikānāṃ ca tatkṣaṇāt rājarṣistamupālakṣya puruṣān vismito 'bravīt
And at that very moment the soldiers suffered a stoppage of stool and urine. Observing this, the royal sage, astonished, said to his men:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.6
अप्यभद्रं न युष्माभिर्भार्गवस्य विचेष्टितम् व्यक्तं केनापि नस्तस्य कृतमाश्रमदूषणम्
apyabhadraṃ na yuṣmābhirbhārgavasya viceṣṭitam vyaktaṃ kenāpi nastasya kṛtamāśramadūṣaṇam
"Surely some wrong has been done by you to Bhārgava (Cyavana)? Clearly a defilement of his hermitage has been committed by one of us."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.7
सुकन्या प्राह पितरं भीता किञ्चित् कृतं मया द्वे ज्योतिषी अजानन्त्या निर्भिन्ने कण्टकेन वै
sukanyā prāha pitaraṃ bhītā kiñcit kṛtaṃ mayā dve jyotiṣī ajānantyā nirbhinne kaṇṭakena vai
Sukanyā, frightened, said to her father: "Something was done by me: not knowing, I pierced two shining things with a thorn."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.8
दुहितुस्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा शर्यातिर्जातसाध्वसः मुनिं प्रसादयामास वल्मीकान्तर्हितं शनैः
duhitustadvacaḥ śrutvā śaryātirjātasādhvasaḥ muniṃ prasādayāmāsa valmīkāntarhitaṃ śanaiḥ
Hearing that speech of his daughter, Śaryāti, seized with alarm, gently propitiated the sage, who was hidden within the anthill.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.9
तदभिप्रायमाज्ञाय प्रादाद्दुहितरं मुनेः कृच्छ्रान् मुक्तस्तमामन्त्र्य पुरं प्रायात् समाहितः
tadabhiprāyamājñāya prādādduhitaraṃ muneḥ kṛcchrān muktastamāmantrya puraṃ prāyāt samāhitaḥ
Understanding his intention, he gave his daughter to the sage; released from the difficulty, he took leave of him and, composed, went to his city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.10
सुकन्या च्यवनं प्राप्य पतिं परमकोपनम् प्रीणयामास चित्तज्ञा अप्रमत्तानुवृत्तिभिः
sukanyā cyavanaṃ prāpya patiṃ paramakopanam prīṇayāmāsa cittajñā apramattānuvṛttibhiḥ
Sukanyā, having obtained Cyavana, an extremely irascible husband, pleased him, knowing his mind, by vigilant attendance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.11
कस्यचित् त्व् अथ कालस्य नासत्याव् आश्रमागतौ तौ पूजयित्वा प्रोवाच वयो मे दत्तमीश्वरौ
kasyacit tv atha kālasya nāsatyāv āśramāgatau tau pūjayitvā provāca vayo me dattamīśvarau
Then after some time the two Nāsatyas came to the hermitage. Having honoured them, (Cyavana) said: "Grant me youth, O powerful ones."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.12
ग्रहं ग्रहीष्ये सोमस्य यज्ञे वामप्यसोमपोः क्रियतां मे वयोरूपं प्रमदानां यदीप्सितम्
grahaṃ grahīṣye somasya yajñe vāmapyasomapoḥ kriyatāṃ me vayorūpaṃ pramadānāṃ yadīpsitam
"I will take a cup of soma for you two at a sacrifice, though you are not soma-drinkers. Let youth and beauty be made for me, such as is desired by young women."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.13
बाढमित्यूचतुर्विप्रमभिनन्द्य भिषक्तमौ निमज्जतां भवान् अस्मिन् ह्रदे सिद्धविनिर्मिते
bāḍhamityūcaturvipramabhinandya bhiṣaktamau nimajjatāṃ bhavān asmin hrade siddhavinirmite
"Very well," said the two best of physicians, applauding the brahmin: "Let your honour plunge into this lake fashioned by the Siddhas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.14
इत्युक्तो जरया ग्रस्त देहो धमनिसन्ततः ह्रदं प्रवेशितो ऽश्विभ्यां वलीपलितविग्रहः
ityukto jarayā grasta deho dhamanisantataḥ hradaṃ praveśito 'śvibhyāṃ valīpalitavigrahaḥ
Thus addressed, he whose body was devoured by old age, covered with (protruding) veins, his frame wrinkled and grey-haired, was led into the lake by the two Aśvins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.15
पुरुषास्त्रय उत्तस्थुरपीव्या वनिताप्रियाः पद्मस्रजः कुण्डलिनस्तुल्यरूपाः सुवाससः
puruṣāstraya uttasthurapīvyā vanitāpriyāḥ padmasrajaḥ kuṇḍalinastulyarūpāḥ suvāsasaḥ
Three men rose up, handsome, dear to women, wearing lotus garlands and earrings, of identical form, well dressed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.16
तान् निरीक्ष्य वरारोहा सरूपान् सूर्यवर्चसः अजानती पतिं साध्वी अश्विनौ शरणं ययौ
tān nirīkṣya varārohā sarūpān sūryavarcasaḥ ajānatī patiṃ sādhvī aśvinau śaraṇaṃ yayau
Seeing them of the same form and with the splendour of the sun, the fair-hipped, virtuous woman, not recognising her husband, went to the Aśvins for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.17
दर्शयित्वा पतिं तस्यै पातिव्रत्येन तोषितौ ऋषिमामन्त्र्य ययतुर्विमानेन त्रिविष्टपम्
darśayitvā patiṃ tasyai pātivratyena toṣitau ṛṣimāmantrya yayaturvimānena triviṣṭapam
The two, pleased by her devotion to her husband, showed her her husband and, taking leave of the sage, went by aerial car to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.18
यक्ष्यमाणो ऽथ शर्यातिश्च्यवनस्याश्रमं गतः ददर्श दुहितुः पार्श्वे पुरुषं सूर्यवर्चसम्
yakṣyamāṇo 'tha śaryātiścyavanasyāśramaṃ gataḥ dadarśa duhituḥ pārśve puruṣaṃ sūryavarcasam
Then Śaryāti, intending to perform a sacrifice, went to Cyavana's hermitage and saw at his daughter's side a man with the splendour of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.19
राजा दुहितरं प्राह कृतपादाभिवन्दनाम् आशिषश्चाप्रयुञ्जानो नातिप्रीतिमना इव
rājā duhitaraṃ prāha kṛtapādābhivandanām āśiṣaścāprayuñjāno nātiprītimanā iva
The king spoke to his daughter, who had made obeisance at his feet, not pronouncing blessings, as if not very pleased in mind:
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SB 9 3.20
चिकीर्षितं ते किमिदं पतिस्त्वया प्रलम्भितो लोकनमस्कृतो मुनिः यत् त्वं जराग्रस्तमसत्यसम्मतं विहाय जारं भजसे ऽमुमध्वगम्
cikīrṣitaṃ te kimidaṃ patistvayā pralambhito lokanamaskṛto muniḥ yat tvaṃ jarāgrastamasatyasammataṃ vihāya jāraṃ bhajase 'mumadhvagam
"What is this you have intended to do? Your husband, the sage honoured by the world, has been deceived by you, in that you, abandoning him who was seized by old age and approved by the truthful, resort to this lover, this wayfarer."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.21
कथं मतिस्ते ऽवगतान्यथा सतां कुलप्रसूते कुलदूषणं त्व् इदम् बिभर्षि जारं यदपत्रपा कुलं पितुश्च भर्तुश्च नयस्यधस्तमः
kathaṃ matiste 'vagatānyathā satāṃ kulaprasūte kuladūṣaṇaṃ tv idam bibharṣi jāraṃ yadapatrapā kulaṃ pituśca bhartuśca nayasyadhastamaḥ
"How has your mind turned otherwise, O you born in a family of the good? This is a defilement of the family, that shamelessly you maintain a lover and drag down the family of your father and of your husband to the lowest darkness."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.22
एवं ब्रुवाणं पितरं स्मयमाना शुचिस्मिता उवाच तात जामाता तवैष भृगुनन्दनः
evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ pitaraṃ smayamānā śucismitā uvāca tāta jāmātā tavaiṣa bhṛgunandanaḥ
To her father speaking thus, she, smiling with a pure smile, said: "Father, this is your son-in-law, the son of Bhṛgu."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.23
शशंस पित्रे तत् सर्वं वयोरूपाभिलम्भनम् विस्मितः परमप्रीतस्तनयां परिषस्वजे
śaśaṃsa pitre tat sarvaṃ vayorūpābhilambhanam vismitaḥ paramaprītastanayāṃ pariṣasvaje
She told her father all of it, the obtaining of youth and beauty. Amazed and highly delighted, he embraced his daughter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.24
सोमेन याजयन् वीरं ग्रहं सोमस्य चाग्रहीत् असोमपोरप्यश्विनोश्च्यवनः स्वेन तेजसा
somena yājayan vīraṃ grahaṃ somasya cāgrahīt asomaporapyaśvinoścyavanaḥ svena tejasā
Causing the hero to sacrifice with soma, Cyavana by his own power also took a cup of soma for the Aśvins, though they were not soma-drinkers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.25
हन्तुं तमाददे वज्रं सद्यो मन्युरमर्षितः सवज्रं स्तम्भयामास भुजमिन्द्रस्य भार्गवः
hantuṃ tamādade vajraṃ sadyo manyuramarṣitaḥ savajraṃ stambhayāmāsa bhujamindrasya bhārgavaḥ
Enraged, his fury (roused), (Indra) at once took up the thunderbolt to kill him; but the Bhārgava (Cyavana) paralysed Indra's arm together with the thunderbolt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.26
अन्वजानंस्ततः सर्वे ग्रहं सोमस्य चाश्विनोः भिषजाव् इति यत् पूर्वं सोमाहुत्या बहिष्कृतौ
anvajānaṃstataḥ sarve grahaṃ somasya cāśvinoḥ bhiṣajāv iti yat pūrvaṃ somāhutyā bahiṣkṛtau
Then all (the gods) consented to a soma-share for the Aśvins too, who earlier had been excluded from the soma-offering on the ground that they were (mere) physicians.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.27
उत्तानबर्हिरानर्तो भूरिषेण इति त्रयः शर्यातेरभवन् पुत्रा आनर्ताद्रेवतो ऽभवत्
uttānabarhirānarto bhūriṣeṇa iti trayaḥ śaryāterabhavan putrā ānartādrevato 'bhavat
Uttānabarhi, Ānarta and Bhūriṣeṇa—these three were the sons of Śaryāti; from Ānarta was born Revata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.28
सो ऽन्तःसमुद्रे नगरीं विनिर्माय कुशस्थलीम् आस्थितो ऽभुङ्क्त विषयान् आनर्तादीन् अरिन्दम
so 'ntaḥsamudre nagarīṃ vinirmāya kuśasthalīm āsthito 'bhuṅkta viṣayān ānartādīn arindama
He, O subduer of enemies, having built the city Kuśasthalī within the sea, dwelt there and enjoyed the territories of Ānarta and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.29
तस्य पुत्रशतं जज्ञे ककुद्मिज्येष्ठमुत्तमम् ककुद्मी रेवतीं कन्यां स्वामादाय विभुं गतः
tasya putraśataṃ jajñe kakudmijyeṣṭhamuttamam kakudmī revatīṃ kanyāṃ svāmādāya vibhuṃ gataḥ
To him were born a hundred sons, the best of whom, the eldest, was Kakudmī. Kakudmī, taking his own daughter Revatī, went to Vibhu (Brahmā).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.30
पुत्र्या वरं परिप्रष्टुं ब्रह्मलोकमपावृतम् आवर्तमाने गान्धर्वे स्थितो ऽलब्धक्षणः क्षणम्
putryā varaṃ paripraṣṭuṃ brahmalokamapāvṛtam āvartamāne gāndharve sthito 'labdhakṣaṇaḥ kṣaṇam
(He went) to Brahmaloka, which is beyond (the region of the three guṇas), to ask about a husband for his daughter; while the gandharva music was going on he waited, getting no moment (of opportunity) for a moment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SB 9 3.31
तदन्त आद्यमानम्य स्वाभिप्रायं न्यवेदयत् तच् छ्रुत्वा भगवान् ब्रह्मा प्रहस्य तमुवाच ह
tadanta ādyamānamya svābhiprāyaṃ nyavedayat tac chrutvā bhagavān brahmā prahasya tamuvāca ha
At its end he bowed to the primeval one and made known his intention. Hearing that, the lord Brahmā laughed and said to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.32
अहो राजन् निरुद्धास्ते कालेन हृदि ये कृताः तत् पुत्रपौत्रनप्त्-णां गोत्राणि च न शृण्महे
aho rājan niruddhāste kālena hṛdi ye kṛtāḥ tat putrapautranapt-ṇāṃ gotrāṇi ca na śṛṇmahe
"Ah, king! Those whom you had in mind (as suitors) have been swept away by time; we do not (even) hear of the lineages of their sons, grandsons and great-grandsons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.33
कालो ऽभियातस्त्रिणव चतुर्युगविकल्पितः तद्गच्छ देवदेवांशो बलदेवो महाबलः
kālo 'bhiyātastriṇava caturyugavikalpitaḥ tadgaccha devadevāṃśo baladevo mahābalaḥ
Three times nine cycles of the four ages have gone by. So go: the greatly powerful Baladeva, a portion of the God of gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.34
कन्यारत्नमिदं राजन् नररत्नाय देहि भोः भुवो भारावताराय भगवान् भूतभावनः
kanyāratnamidaṃ rājan nararatnāya dehi bhoḥ bhuvo bhārāvatārāya bhagavān bhūtabhāvanaḥ
—give this jewel of a maiden, O king, to that jewel among men. The Lord, the creator of beings, (has descended) to remove the burden of the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.35
अवतीर्णो निजांशेन पुण्यश्रवणकीर्तनः इत्यादिष्टो ऽभिवन्द्याजं नृपः स्वपुरमागतः त्यक्तं पुण्यजनत्रासाद्भ्रातृभिर्दिक्ष्व् अवस्थितैः
avatīrṇo nijāṃśena puṇyaśravaṇakīrtanaḥ ityādiṣṭo 'bhivandyājaṃ nṛpaḥ svapuramāgataḥ tyaktaṃ puṇyajanatrāsādbhrātṛbhirdikṣv avasthitaiḥ
having descended with his own portion, he whose hearing and praising are purifying." Thus instructed, the king saluted the unborn one and came to his own city, which had been abandoned by his brothers, who out of fear of the Yakṣas had settled in (various) directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SB 9 3.36
सुतां दत्त्वानवद्याङ्गीं बलाय बलशालिने बदर्याख्यं गतो राजा तप्तुं नारायणाश्रमम्
sutāṃ dattvānavadyāṅgīṃ balāya balaśāline badaryākhyaṃ gato rājā taptuṃ nārāyaṇāśramam
Having given his daughter of faultless limbs to the mighty Bala, the king went to the hermitage of Nārāyaṇa called Badarī to practise austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition