Brahma Purana — Chapter 119

BrP 119.1

सोमतीर्थम् इति ख्यातं तद् अप्य् उक्तं महात्मभिः तत्र स्नानेन दानेन सोमपानफलं लभेत् ॥

somatīrtham iti khyātaṃ tad apy uktaṃ mahātmabhiḥ tatra snānena dānena somapānaphalaṃ labhet //

That one is renowned as Somatīrtha, and it too has been spoken of by the great-souled ones; there, by bathing and by giving, one would gain the fruit of drinking soma.

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BrP 119.2

जगतां मातरः पूर्वम् ओषध्यो जीवसंमताः ममापि मातरो देव्यः पूर्वासां पूर्ववत्तराः ॥

jagatāṃ mātaraḥ pūrvam oṣadhyo jīvasaṃmatāḥ mamāpi mātaro devyaḥ pūrvāsāṃ pūrvavattarāḥ //

The herbs were formerly the mothers of the worlds, esteemed by living beings; they are my mothers too, goddesses, older still than those earlier ones.

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BrP 119.3

आसु प्रतिष्ठितो धर्मः स्वाध्यायो यज्ञकर्म च आभिर् एव धृतं सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् ॥

āsu pratiṣṭhito dharmaḥ svādhyāyo yajñakarma ca ābhir eva dhṛtaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram //

In them are established dharma, private recitation, and the act of sacrifice; by them alone is the whole triple world upheld, with all that moves and does not move.

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BrP 119.4

अशेषरोगोपशमो भवत्य् आभिर् असंशयम् अन्नम् एताभिर् एव स्याद् अशेषप्राणरक्षणम् अत्रौषध्यो जगद्वन्द्या माम् ऊचुर् अनहंकृताः ॥

aśeṣarogopaśamo bhavaty ābhir asaṃśayam annam etābhir eva syād aśeṣaprāṇarakṣaṇam atrauṣadhyo jagadvandyā mām ūcur anahaṃkṛtāḥ //

By them comes the allaying of every disease, without doubt; and food, which protects all breathing creatures, exists through them alone. Here the herbs, to be revered by the world, free of pride, said to me:

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BrP 119.5

अस्माकं त्वं पतिं देहि राजानं सुरसत्तम ॥

asmākaṃ tvaṃ patiṃ dehi rājānaṃ surasattama //

"Give us a husband, a king, O best of the gods."

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BrP 119.6

तच् छ्रुत्वा वचनं तासां मयोक्ता ओषधीर् इदम् पतिं प्राप्स्यथ सर्वाश् च राजानं प्रीतिवर्धनम् ॥

tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tāsāṃ mayoktā oṣadhīr idam patiṃ prāpsyatha sarvāś ca rājānaṃ prītivardhanam //

Hearing that speech of theirs, I said this to the herbs: "You shall all obtain a husband, a king who increases your joy."

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BrP 119.7

राजानम् इति तच् छ्रुत्वा ता माम् ऊचुः पुनर् मुने गन्तव्यं क्व पुनश् चोक्ता गौतमीं यान्तु मातरः ॥

rājānam iti tac chrutvā tā mām ūcuḥ punar mune gantavyaṃ kva punaś coktā gautamīṃ yāntu mātaraḥ //

Hearing that word "king," they said to me again, O sage: "Where must we go?" And they were told again: "Let the mothers go to the Gautamī.

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BrP 119.8

तुष्टायाम् अथ तस्यां वो राजा स्याल् लोकपूजितः ताश् च गत्वा मुनिश्रेष्ठ तुष्टुवुर् गौतमीं नदीम् ॥

tuṣṭāyām atha tasyāṃ vo rājā syāl lokapūjitaḥ tāś ca gatvā muniśreṣṭha tuṣṭuvur gautamīṃ nadīm //

When she is pleased, your king shall be one honoured by the world." And they went, O best of sages, and praised the river Gautamī:

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BrP 119.9

किं वाकरिष्यन् भववर्तिनो जना नानाघसंघाभिभवाच् च दुःखिताः न चागमिष्यद् भवती भुवं चेत् पुण्योदके गौतमि शंभुकान्ते

kiṃ vākariṣyan bhavavartino janā nānāghasaṃghābhibhavāc ca duḥkhitāḥ na cāgamiṣyad bhavatī bhuvaṃ cet puṇyodake gautami śaṃbhukānte

"What would people caught in worldly existence have done, afflicted as they are by the onslaught of hosts of manifold sins, had you not come to the earth, O Gautamī of holy waters, O beloved of Śaṃbhu?"

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BrP 119.10

को वेत्ति भाग्यं नरदेहभाजां महीगतानां सरिताम् अधीशे एषां महापातकसंघहन्त्री त्वम् अम्ब गङ्गे सुलभा सदैव

ko vetti bhāgyaṃ naradehabhājāṃ mahīgatānāṃ saritām adhīśe eṣāṃ mahāpātakasaṃghahantrī tvam amba gaṅge sulabhā sadaiva

Who knows the good fortune of those who bear human bodies and dwell on earth, O mistress of rivers? For you, mother Ganga, destroyer of the mass of their great sins, are always easily obtained.

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BrP 119.11

न ते विभूतिं ननु वेत्ति को ऽपि त्रैलोक्यवन्द्ये जगदम्ब गङ्गे गौरीसमालिङ्गितविग्रहो ऽपि धत्ते स्मरारिः शिरसापि यत् त्वाम्

na te vibhūtiṃ nanu vetti ko 'pi trailokyavandye jagadamba gaṅge gaurīsamāliṅgitavigraho 'pi dhatte smarāriḥ śirasāpi yat tvām

Surely no one knows your greatness, O you who are worshipped in the three worlds, Ganga, mother of the world — for even the foe of Kama, his body embraced by Gauri, bears you upon his head.

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BrP 119.12

नमो ऽस्तु ते मातर् अभीष्टदायिनि नमो ऽस्तु ते ब्रह्ममये ऽघनाशिनि नमो ऽस्तु ते विष्णुपदाब्जनिःसृते नमो ऽस्तु ते शंभुजटाविनिःसृते

namo 'stu te mātar abhīṣṭadāyini namo 'stu te brahmamaye 'ghanāśini namo 'stu te viṣṇupadābjaniḥsṛte namo 'stu te śaṃbhujaṭāviniḥsṛte

Homage be to you, mother, granter of what is desired; homage be to you, made of brahman, destroyer of sin; homage be to you, issued from the lotus-foot of Viṣṇu; homage be to you, issued from Śambhu's matted hair.

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BrP 119.13

इत्य् एवं स्तुवताम् ईशा किं ददामीत्य् अवोचत ॥

ity evaṃ stuvatām īśā kiṃ dadāmīty avocata //

To them praising thus the goddess said, "What shall I give?"

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BrP 119.14

पतिं देहि जगन्माता राजानम् अतितेजसम् ॥

patiṃ dehi jaganmātā rājānam atitejasam //

"Give (us) a husband, O mother of the world, a king of surpassing splendour."

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BrP 119.15

तदोवाच नदी गङ्गा ओषधीस् ता इदं वचः ॥

tadovāca nadī gaṅgā oṣadhīs tā idaṃ vacaḥ //

Then the river Ganga spoke this word to those herbs.

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BrP 119.16

अहं चामृतरूपास्मि ओषध्यो मातरो ऽमृताः तादृशं चामृतात्मानं पतिं सोमं ददामि वः ॥

ahaṃ cāmṛtarūpāsmi oṣadhyo mātaro 'mṛtāḥ tādṛśaṃ cāmṛtātmānaṃ patiṃ somaṃ dadāmi vaḥ //

"I am of the nature of nectar, and you herbs are immortal mothers; such a one, whose self is nectar, Soma, I give you as husband."

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BrP 119.17

देवाश् च ऋषयो वाक्यं मेनिरे सोम एव च ओषध्यश् चापि तद् वाक्यं ततो जग्मुः स्वम् आलयम् ॥

devāś ca ṛṣayo vākyaṃ menire soma eva ca oṣadhyaś cāpi tad vākyaṃ tato jagmuḥ svam ālayam //

The gods and the seers approved the word, and Soma too, and the herbs also (approved) that word; then they went to their own abode.

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BrP 119.18

यत्र चापुर् महौषध्यो राजानम् अमृतात्मकम् सोमं समस्तसंतापपापसंघनिवारकम् ॥

yatra cāpur mahauṣadhyo rājānam amṛtātmakam somaṃ samastasaṃtāpapāpasaṃghanivārakam //

And where the great herbs obtained as king Soma, whose nature is nectar, the warder-off of all burning pain and of the mass of sins —

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BrP 119.19

सोमतीर्थं तु तत् ख्यातं सोमपानफलप्रदम् तत्र स्नानेन दानेन पितरः स्वर्गम् आप्नुयुः ॥

somatīrthaṃ tu tat khyātaṃ somapānaphalapradam tatra snānena dānena pitaraḥ svargam āpnuyuḥ //

that is renowned as Somatīrtha, bestowing the fruit of drinking soma; there, by bathing and by giving, the ancestors would attain heaven.

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BrP 119.20

य इदं शृणुयान् नित्यं पठेद् वा भक्तितः स्मरेत् दीर्घम् आयुर् अवाप्नोति स पुत्री धनवान् भवेत् ॥

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyān nityaṃ paṭhed vā bhaktitaḥ smaret dīrgham āyur avāpnoti sa putrī dhanavān bhavet //

He who constantly hears this, or recites it, or with devotion remembers it, obtains long life; he becomes possessed of sons and of wealth.

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