Brahma Purana — Chapter 129
BrP 129.1
इन्द्रतीर्थम् इति ख्यातं तत्रैव च वृषाकपम् फेनायाः संगमो यत्र हनूमतं तथैव च ॥
indratīrtham iti khyātaṃ tatraiva ca vṛṣākapam phenāyāḥ saṃgamo yatra hanūmataṃ tathaiva ca //
There is the one renowned as Indratīrtha, and in that same place Vṛṣākapa, where the confluence of the Phenā is, and likewise Hanūmat (tīrtha).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.2
अब्जकं चापि यत् प्रोक्तं यत्र देवस् त्रिविक्रमः तत्र स्नानं च दानं च पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम् ॥
abjakaṃ cāpi yat proktaṃ yatra devas trivikramaḥ tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca punarāvṛttidurlabham //
And that which is called Abjaka, where the god Trivikrama is: bathing and giving there make return (to rebirth) hard to come by.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.3
तत्र वृत्तान्य् अथाख्यास्ये गङ्गाया दक्षिणे तटे इन्द्रेश्वरं चोत्तरे च शृणु भक्त्या यतव्रतः ॥
tatra vṛttāny athākhyāsye gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe indreśvaraṃ cottare ca śṛṇu bhaktyā yatavrataḥ //
Now I shall relate the events there on the southern bank of the Gaṅgā, and Indreśvara on the northern; listen with devotion, holding to your vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.4
नमुचिर् बलवान् आसीद् इन्द्रशत्रुर् मदोत्कटः तस्येन्द्रेणाभवद् युद्धं फेनेनेन्द्रो ऽहरच् छिरः ॥
namucir balavān āsīd indraśatrur madotkaṭaḥ tasyendreṇābhavad yuddhaṃ phenenendro 'harac chiraḥ //
Namuci was mighty, an enemy of Indra, swollen with pride. Indra had a battle with him, and with foam Indra took off his head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.5
अपां च नमुचेः शत्रोस् तत्फेनवज्ररूपधृक् शिरश् छित्त्वा तच् च फेनं गङ्गाया दक्षिणे तटे ॥
apāṃ ca namuceḥ śatros tatphenavajrarūpadhṛk śiraś chittvā tac ca phenaṃ gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe //
And bearing the form of a thunderbolt made of that foam of the waters, having cut off the head of the enemy Namuci, that foam too, on the southern bank of the Gaṅgā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.6
न्यपतद् भूमिं भित्त्वा तु रसातलम् अथाविशत् रसातलभवं गाङ्गं वारि यद् विश्वपावनम् ॥
nyapatad bhūmiṃ bhittvā tu rasātalam athāviśat rasātalabhavaṃ gāṅgaṃ vāri yad viśvapāvanam //
fell down, and splitting the earth it then entered Rasātala — that Gaṅgā-water arisen in Rasātala, which purifies the universe,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.7
वज्रादिष्टेन मार्गेण व्यगमद् भूमिमण्डलम् तज् जलं फेननाम्ना तु नदी फेनेति गद्यते ॥
vajrādiṣṭena mārgeṇa vyagamad bhūmimaṇḍalam taj jalaṃ phenanāmnā tu nadī pheneti gadyate //
went out through the path indicated by the thunderbolt to the circle of the earth; and that water, bearing the name Foam, is called the river Phenā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.8
तस्यास् तु संगमः पुण्यो गङ्गया लोकविश्रुतः सर्वपापक्षयकरो गङ्गायमुनयोर् इव ॥
tasyās tu saṃgamaḥ puṇyo gaṅgayā lokaviśrutaḥ sarvapāpakṣayakaro gaṅgāyamunayor iva //
Its confluence with the Gaṅgā is holy and renowned in the world, destroying all sins, like that of the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.9
हनूमदुपमाता वै यत्राप्लवनमात्रतः मार्जारत्वाद् अभून् मुक्ता विष्णुगङ्गाप्रसादतः ॥
hanūmadupamātā vai yatrāplavanamātrataḥ mārjāratvād abhūn muktā viṣṇugaṅgāprasādataḥ //
Where Hanūmat's foster-mother, merely by bathing, was released from her cat-state by the grace of Viṣṇu and the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.10
मार्जारं चेति तत् तीर्थं पुरा प्रोक्तं मया तव हनूमतं च तत् प्रोक्तं तत्राख्यानं पुरोदितम् ॥
mārjāraṃ ceti tat tīrthaṃ purā proktaṃ mayā tava hanūmataṃ ca tat proktaṃ tatrākhyānaṃ puroditam //
That sacred ford (is called) 'Mārjāra' — this was told by me to you before; and that (other) is called 'Hanūmata', the story about it having been told earlier.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.11
वृषाकपं चाब्जकं च तत्रेदं प्रयतः शृणु हिरण्य इति विख्यातो दैत्यानां पूर्वजो बली ॥
vṛṣākapaṃ cābjakaṃ ca tatredaṃ prayataḥ śṛṇu hiraṇya iti vikhyāto daityānāṃ pūrvajo balī //
Hear now, being self-restrained, this (account) of Vṛṣākapa and Abjaka there: there was a mighty one, famed as Hiraṇya, the eldest of the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.12
तपस् तप्त्वा सुरैः सर्वैर् अजेयो ऽभूत् सुदारुणः तस्यापि बलवान् पुत्रो देवानां दुर्जयः सदा ॥
tapas taptvā suraiḥ sarvair ajeyo 'bhūt sudāruṇaḥ tasyāpi balavān putro devānāṃ durjayaḥ sadā //
Having performed austerities, he became unconquerable by all the gods, exceedingly terrible; and he too had a strong son, always hard for the gods to conquer,
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BrP 129.13
महाशनिर् इति ख्यातस् तस्य भार्या पराजिता तेनेन्द्रस्याभवद् युद्धं बहुकालं निरन्तरम् ॥
mahāśanir iti khyātas tasya bhāryā parājitā tenendrasyābhavad yuddhaṃ bahukālaṃ nirantaram //
known as Mahāśani; his wife was Parājitā. He had a battle with Indra for a long time, without interruption.
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BrP 129.14
महाशनिर् महावीर्यः सततं रणमूर्धनि जित्वा नागेन सहितं शक्रं पित्रे न्यवेदयत् ॥
mahāśanir mahāvīryaḥ satataṃ raṇamūrdhani jitvā nāgena sahitaṃ śakraṃ pitre nyavedayat //
Mahāśani of great might, constantly at the head of battle, having conquered Śakra together with his elephant, presented him to his father.
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BrP 129.15
बद्ध्वा हस्तिसमायुक्तं स्वसारं वीक्ष्य तां तदा विहाय क्रूरतां दैत्यो हिरण्याय न्यवेदयत् ॥
baddhvā hastisamāyuktaṃ svasāraṃ vīkṣya tāṃ tadā vihāya krūratāṃ daityo hiraṇyāya nyavedayat //
Having bound (Indra) together with the elephant, and seeing then his own sister, the Daitya, giving up his cruelty, presented (him) to Hiraṇya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.16
महाशनिपिता दैत्यः पूर्वेषां पूर्ववत्तरः शचीकान्तं तले स्थाप्य तस्य रक्षाम् अथाकरोत् ॥
mahāśanipitā daityaḥ pūrveṣāṃ pūrvavattaraḥ śacīkāntaṃ tale sthāpya tasya rakṣām athākarot //
Mahāśani's father, the Daitya, more ancient-like than the ancients, having placed Śacī's beloved (Indra) below, then made protection for him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.17
महाशनिर् हरिं जित्वा जेतुं वरुणम् अभ्यगात् वरुणो ऽपि महाबुद्धिः प्रादात् कन्यां महाशनेः ॥
mahāśanir hariṃ jitvā jetuṃ varuṇam abhyagāt varuṇo 'pi mahābuddhiḥ prādāt kanyāṃ mahāśaneḥ //
Mahāśani, having conquered Hari (Indra), went to conquer Varuṇa; but Varuṇa, of great intelligence, gave his daughter to Mahāśani.
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BrP 129.18
उदधिं स्वालयं प्रादाद् वरुणस् तु महाशनेः तयोश् च सख्यम् अभवद् वरुणस्य महाशनेः ॥
udadhiṃ svālayaṃ prādād varuṇas tu mahāśaneḥ tayoś ca sakhyam abhavad varuṇasya mahāśaneḥ //
And Varuṇa gave the ocean, his own abode, to Mahāśani; and friendship arose between the two, between Varuṇa and Mahāśani.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.19
वारुणी चापि या कन्या सा प्रियाभून् महाशनेः वीर्येण यशसा चापि शौर्येण च बलेन च ॥
vāruṇī cāpi yā kanyā sā priyābhūn mahāśaneḥ vīryeṇa yaśasā cāpi śauryeṇa ca balena ca //
And the maiden who was Varuṇa's daughter became dear to Mahāśani, in valour, in fame, in heroism and in strength.
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BrP 129.20
महाशनिर् महादैत्यस् त्रैलोक्ये नोपमीयते निरिन्द्रत्वं गते लोके देवाः सर्वे न्यमन्त्रयन् ॥
mahāśanir mahādaityas trailokye nopamīyate nirindratvaṃ gate loke devāḥ sarve nyamantrayan //
Mahāśani, the great Daitya, has no equal in the three worlds. When the world had become without an Indra, all the gods took counsel.
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BrP 129.21
विष्णुर् एवेन्द्रदाता स्याद् दैत्यहन्ता स एव च मन्त्रदृग् वा स एव स्याद् इन्द्रं चान्यं करिष्यति ॥
viṣṇur evendradātā syād daityahantā sa eva ca mantradṛg vā sa eva syād indraṃ cānyaṃ kariṣyati //
"Viṣṇu alone can be the giver of Indra's station, and he alone the slayer of the Daitya; or he alone can be the seer of the plan, and he will make another Indra."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.22
एवं संमन्त्र्य ते देवा विष्णोर् मन्त्रं न्यवेदयन् ममावध्यो महादैत्यो महाशनिर् इति ब्रुवन् ॥
evaṃ saṃmantrya te devā viṣṇor mantraṃ nyavedayan mamāvadhyo mahādaityo mahāśanir iti bruvan //
Having taken counsel thus, those gods reported their plan to Viṣṇu; and he said, "The great Daitya Mahāśani cannot be slain by me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.23
प्रायाद् वारीश्वरं विष्णुः श्वशुरं वरुणं तदा केशवो वरुणं गत्वा प्राहेन्द्रस्य पराभवम् ॥
prāyād vārīśvaraṃ viṣṇuḥ śvaśuraṃ varuṇaṃ tadā keśavo varuṇaṃ gatvā prāhendrasya parābhavam //
Then Viṣṇu went to Varuṇa, the lord of waters, his father-in-law; and Keśava, having gone to Varuṇa, told of Indra's defeat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.24
तथा त्वयैतत् कर्तव्यं यथायाति पुरंदरः तद्विष्णुवचनाच् छीघ्रं ययौ जलपतिर् मुने ॥
tathā tvayaitat kartavyaṃ yathāyāti puraṃdaraḥ tadviṣṇuvacanāc chīghraṃ yayau jalapatir mune //
"This must be done by you in such a way that Purandara comes (back)." At that word of Viṣṇu the lord of waters went quickly, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.25
सुतापतिं हिरण्यसुतं विक्रान्तं तं महाशनिम् अतिसंमानितस् तेन जामात्रा वरुणः प्रभुः ॥
sutāpatiṃ hiraṇyasutaṃ vikrāntaṃ taṃ mahāśanim atisaṃmānitas tena jāmātrā varuṇaḥ prabhuḥ //
Lord Varuṇa was greatly honoured by that son-in-law — the husband of his daughter, the son of Hiraṇya, the valiant Mahāśani.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.26
पप्रच्छागमनं दैत्यो विनयाच् छ्वशुरं तदा वरुणः प्राह तं दैत्यं यद् आगमनकारणम् ॥
papracchāgamanaṃ daityo vinayāc chvaśuraṃ tadā varuṇaḥ prāha taṃ daityaṃ yad āgamanakāraṇam //
Then the Daitya courteously asked his father-in-law the reason for his coming; and Varuṇa told that Daitya what the cause of his coming was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.27
इन्द्रं देहि महाबाहो यस् त्वया निर्जितः पुरा बद्धं रसातलस्थं तं देवानाम् अधिपं सखे ॥
indraṃ dehi mahābāho yas tvayā nirjitaḥ purā baddhaṃ rasātalasthaṃ taṃ devānām adhipaṃ sakhe //
"Give me Indra, O mighty-armed one — he who was long ago conquered by you, bound and kept in Rasātala, that lord of the gods, my friend.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.28
अस्माकं सर्वदा मान्यं देहि त्वं मम शत्रुहन् बद्ध्वा विमोक्षणं शत्रोर् महते यशसे सताम् ॥
asmākaṃ sarvadā mānyaṃ dehi tvaṃ mama śatruhan baddhvā vimokṣaṇaṃ śatror mahate yaśase satām //
"He is always to be honoured by us; give him to me, O slayer of foes. To bind an enemy and then release him makes for the great glory of the good."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.29
तथेत्य् उक्त्वा कथंचित् स दैत्येशो वरुणाय तम् प्रादाद् इन्द्रं शचीकान्तं वारणेन समन्वितम् ॥
tathety uktvā kathaṃcit sa daityeśo varuṇāya tam prādād indraṃ śacīkāntaṃ vāraṇena samanvitam //
Saying "So be it," the lord of the Daityas somehow gave him over to Varuṇa — Indra, the beloved of Śacī, together with his elephant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.30
स दैत्यमध्ये ऽतिविराजमानो हरिं तदोवाच जलेशसंनिधौ संपूज्य चैवाथ महोपचारैर् महाशनिर् मघवन्तं बभाषे
sa daityamadhye 'tivirājamāno hariṃ tadovāca jaleśasaṃnidhau saṃpūjya caivātha mahopacārair mahāśanir maghavantaṃ babhāṣe
Then he, shining forth exceedingly in the midst of the Daityas, spoke to Hari in the presence of the lord of the waters; and having honoured (him) with great courtesies, Mahāśani addressed Maghavan:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.31
केन त्वम् इन्द्रो ऽद्य कृतो ऽसि केन वीर्यं तवेदृग् बहु भाषसे च त्वं संगरे शत्रुभिर् बाध्यसे च तथापि चेन्द्रो भवसीति चित्रम्
kena tvam indro 'dya kṛto 'si kena vīryaṃ tavedṛg bahu bhāṣase ca tvaṃ saṃgare śatrubhir bādhyase ca tathāpi cendro bhavasīti citram
"By whom have you been made Indra today? By whom (was given) such valour of yours? And you talk much; yet in battle you are overpowered by your enemies — and even so you are Indra: how strange!
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BrP 129.32
अथापि बद्धा पुरुषेण काचित् तस्याः पतिस् तां मोचयतीति युक्तम् स्त्रियो ऽस्वतन्त्राः पुरुषप्रधानास् त्वं वै पुमान् भविता शक्र साधो
athāpi baddhā puruṣeṇa kācit tasyāḥ patis tāṃ mocayatīti yuktam striyo 'svatantrāḥ puruṣapradhānās tvaṃ vai pumān bhavitā śakra sādho
"And moreover, when some woman has been bound by a man, it is fitting that her husband should set her free; women are not independent, they have men as their masters — you, good sir Śakra, will indeed be the man!
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BrP 129.34
बद्धो मया संगरे वाहनेन क्वाप्य् अस्त्रं ते वज्रम् उद्दामशक्ति चिन्तारत्नं नन्दनं योषितस् ता यशो बलं देवराजोपभोग्यम् ब्र्प्_१२९।३३ सर्वं हि त्वा किं तु मुक्तो जलेशाद् ब्र्प्_१२९।३३ए आकाङ्क्षसे जीवितं धिक् तवेदम् ब्र्प्_१२९।३३फ़् तज् जीवनं यत् तु यशोनिधानं स एव मृत्युर् यशसो यद् विरोधि एवं जानञ् शक्र कथं जलेशान् मुक्तिं प्राप्तो नैव लज्जां भजेथाः
baddho mayā saṃgare vāhanena kvāpy astraṃ te vajram uddāmaśakti cintāratnaṃ nandanaṃ yoṣitas tā yaśo balaṃ devarājopabhogyam BrP_129.33 sarvaṃ hi tvā kiṃ tu mukto jaleśād brp_129.33e ākāṅkṣase jīvitaṃ dhik tavedam brp_129.33f taj jīvanaṃ yat tu yaśonidhānaṃ sa eva mṛtyur yaśaso yad virodhi evaṃ jānañ śakra kathaṃ jaleśān muktiṃ prāpto naiva lajjāṃ bhajethāḥ
"You were bound by me in battle together with your mount. Where now is your weapon, the vajra of unbridled power, the wishing-jewel, Nandana, those women, the fame and the strength that are the enjoyments of the king of the gods? All of it (is mine). Yet, released by the lord of the waters, you still crave life — fie upon this life of yours! That alone is living which is a store of glory; that very thing is death which is opposed to glory. Knowing this, Śakra, how is it that, having obtained release through the lord of the waters, you feel no shame at all?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.35
त्रिविष्टपस्थः परिवेष्टितः सन् सर्वैः सुरैः कान्तया वीज्यमानः संस्तूयमानश् च तथाप्सरोभिर् नूनं लज्जा ते बिभेतीति मन्ये
triviṣṭapasthaḥ pariveṣṭitaḥ san sarvaiḥ suraiḥ kāntayā vījyamānaḥ saṃstūyamānaś ca tathāpsarobhir nūnaṃ lajjā te bibhetīti manye
"Seated in heaven, surrounded by all the gods, fanned by your beloved and praised by the Apsarases — surely, I think, your shame runs away in fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.36
त्वं वृत्रहा नमुचेश् चापि हन्ता पुरां भेत्ता गोत्रभिद् वज्रबाहुः एवं सुरास् त्वां परिपूजयन्तीत्य् अतो जिष्णो सर्वम् एतत् त्यजस्व
tvaṃ vṛtrahā namuceś cāpi hantā purāṃ bhettā gotrabhid vajrabāhuḥ evaṃ surās tvāṃ paripūjayantīty ato jiṣṇo sarvam etat tyajasva
"'You are the slayer of Vṛtra and the killer of Namuci too, the breacher of citadels, the splitter of the mountain, the vajra-armed one' — thus do the gods honour you all round; therefore, O conqueror, give up all this!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.37
विकारम् आप्याप्य् अहितोद्भवं ये जीवन्ति लोकान् अनुसंविशन्ति भवादृशां दुश्च्यवनाब्जजन्मा कथं न हृद्भेदम् अवाप कर्ता
vikāram āpyāpy ahitodbhavaṃ ye jīvanti lokān anusaṃviśanti bhavādṛśāṃ duścyavanābjajanmā kathaṃ na hṛdbhedam avāpa kartā
"Those who, even after suffering a reversal that arises from an enemy, go on living and keep entering among the worlds — how did the lotus-born maker, in fashioning hard-to-be-dislodged creatures like you, not suffer a bursting of the heart?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.38
एवम् उक्त्वा तु दैत्येशो वरुणाय महात्मने प्रादाद् इन्द्रं पुनश् चेदं वचनं तद् अभाषत ॥
evam uktvā tu daityeśo varuṇāya mahātmane prādād indraṃ punaś cedaṃ vacanaṃ tad abhāṣata //
Having spoken thus, the lord of the Daityas gave Indra over to great-souled Varuṇa, and again uttered this speech:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.39
अद्य प्रभृत्य् असौ शिष्य इन्द्रः स्याद् वरुणो गुरुः श्वशुरो मम येन त्वं मुक्तिम् आप्तो ऽसि वासव ॥
adya prabhṛty asau śiṣya indraḥ syād varuṇo guruḥ śvaśuro mama yena tvaṃ muktim āpto 'si vāsava //
"From today onward let this Indra be the pupil and Varuṇa the teacher — my father-in-law, through whom you have obtained release, O Vāsava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.40
तथा त्वं भृत्यभावेन वर्तेथा वरुणं प्रति नो चेद् बद्ध्वा पुनस् त्वां वै क्षेप्स्ये चैव रसातलम् ॥
tathā tvaṃ bhṛtyabhāvena vartethā varuṇaṃ prati no ced baddhvā punas tvāṃ vai kṣepsye caiva rasātalam //
"So you shall behave toward Varuṇa in the manner of a servant; if not, I shall bind you again and hurl you into Rasātala."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.41
एवं निर्भर्त्स्य तं शक्रं हसंश् चापि पुनः पुनः अब्रवीद् गच्छ गच्छेति वरुणं चानुमन्य तु ॥
evaṃ nirbhartsya taṃ śakraṃ hasaṃś cāpi punaḥ punaḥ abravīd gaccha gaccheti varuṇaṃ cānumanya tu //
Having thus reviled Śakra, and laughing again and again, he said "Go, go!" — and took his leave of Varuṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.42
स तु प्राप्तः स्वनिलयं लज्जया कलुषीकृतः पौलोम्यां प्राह तत् सर्वं यत् तच् छत्रुपराभवम् ॥
sa tu prāptaḥ svanilayaṃ lajjayā kaluṣīkṛtaḥ paulomyāṃ prāha tat sarvaṃ yat tac chatruparābhavam //
But he, having reached his own abode, defiled by shame, told Paulomī all of it — that defeat at the enemy's hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.43
एवम् उक्तः कृतश् चैव शत्रुणाहं वरानने निर्वापयामि येन स्वम् आत्मानं सुभगे वद ॥
evam uktaḥ kṛtaś caiva śatruṇāhaṃ varānane nirvāpayāmi yena svam ātmānaṃ subhage vada //
"Thus I have been spoken to and thus treated by the enemy, O fair-faced one; tell me, lovely lady, how I may cool myself."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.44
दानवानाम् अथोद्भूतिं शक्र मायां पराभवम् वरदानं तथा मृत्युं जाने ऽहं बलसूदन ॥
dānavānām athodbhūtiṃ śakra māyāṃ parābhavam varadānaṃ tathā mṛtyuṃ jāne 'haṃ balasūdana //
"O Śakra, I know the origin of the Dānavas, their magic, their defeat, the granting of boons, and their death too, O crusher of Bala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.45
तस्माद् यस्मात् तस्य मृत्युर् अथवापि पराभवः जायेत शृणु तत् सर्वं वक्ष्ये ऽहं प्रीतये तव ॥
tasmād yasmāt tasya mṛtyur athavāpi parābhavaḥ jāyeta śṛṇu tat sarvaṃ vakṣye 'haṃ prītaye tava //
"Therefore hear all of that from which his death, or else his defeat, would come about; I shall tell it for your satisfaction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.46
हिरण्यस्य सुतो वीरः पितृव्यस्य सुतो बली तस्मान् मम स्यात् स भ्राता वरदानाच् च दर्पितः ॥
hiraṇyasya suto vīraḥ pitṛvyasya suto balī tasmān mama syāt sa bhrātā varadānāc ca darpitaḥ //
The son of Hiraṇya(kaśipu) is a hero, the son of (my) paternal uncle is mighty; therefore he would be my brother, and he is made arrogant by the granting of a boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.47
ब्रह्माणं तोषयाम् आस तपसा नियमेन च ईदृशं बलम् आपन्नं तपसा किं न सिध्यति ॥
brahmāṇaṃ toṣayām āsa tapasā niyamena ca īdṛśaṃ balam āpannaṃ tapasā kiṃ na sidhyati //
He gratified Brahmā by austerity and by (religious) restraint. Such power was won (by him): what is not accomplished by austerity?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.48
तस्मात् त्वया चित्तरागो विस्मयो वा कथंचन न कार्यः शृणु तत्रेदं कार्यं यत् तु क्रमागतम् ॥
tasmāt tvayā cittarāgo vismayo vā kathaṃcana na kāryaḥ śṛṇu tatredaṃ kāryaṃ yat tu kramāgatam //
Therefore you must in no way indulge in attachment of mind or in astonishment. Listen, in this matter, to this task, the one that has come down in due course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.49
एवम् उक्त्वा तु पौलोमी प्राहेन्द्रं विनयान्विता ॥
evam uktvā tu paulomī prāhendraṃ vinayānvitā //
Having spoken thus, Paulomī (Śacī), full of modesty, said to Indra:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.50
नासाध्यम् अस्ति तपसो नासाध्यं यज्ञकर्मणः नासाध्यं लोकनाथस्य विष्णोर् भक्त्या हरस्य च ॥
nāsādhyam asti tapaso nāsādhyaṃ yajñakarmaṇaḥ nāsādhyaṃ lokanāthasya viṣṇor bhaktyā harasya ca //
There is nothing unattainable to austerity, nothing unattainable to the act of sacrifice, nothing unattainable through devotion to Viṣṇu, the lord of the worlds, and to Hara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.51
पुनश् चेदं मया कान्त श्रुतम् अस्त्य् अतिशोभनम् स्त्रीणां स्वभावं जानन्ति स्त्रिय एव सुराधिप ॥
punaś cedaṃ mayā kānta śrutam asty atiśobhanam strīṇāṃ svabhāvaṃ jānanti striya eva surādhipa //
And again, my beloved, this most excellent thing has been heard by me: women alone know the nature of women, O lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.52
तस्माद् भूमेस् तथा चापां नासाध्यं विद्यते प्रभो तपो वा यज्ञकर्मादि ताभ्याम् एव यतो भवेत् ॥
tasmād bhūmes tathā cāpāṃ nāsādhyaṃ vidyate prabho tapo vā yajñakarmādi tābhyām eva yato bhavet //
Therefore, O lord, nothing is found unattainable for the earth and for the waters, since austerity, or the act of sacrifice and the rest, comes about through those two alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.53
तत्रापि तीर्थभूता तु या भूमिस् तां व्रजेद् भवान् तत्र विष्णुं शिवं पूज्य सर्वान् कामान् अवाप्स्यसि ॥
tatrāpi tīrthabhūtā tu yā bhūmis tāṃ vrajed bhavān tatra viṣṇuṃ śivaṃ pūjya sarvān kāmān avāpsyasi //
And among those, that land which has become a sacred ford (tīrtha) — to that let you go; there, having worshipped Viṣṇu and Śiva, you will obtain all your desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.54
श्रुतम् अस्ति पुनश् चेदं स्त्रियो याश् च पतिव्रताः ता एव सर्वं जानन्ति धृतं ताभिश् चराचरम् ॥
śrutam asti punaś cedaṃ striyo yāś ca pativratāḥ tā eva sarvaṃ jānanti dhṛtaṃ tābhiś carācaram //
And again this has been heard: those women who are devoted to their husbands, they alone know everything; by them the moving and unmoving (world) is upheld.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.55
पृथिव्यां सारभूतं स्यात् तन्मध्ये दण्डकं वनम् तत्र गङ्गा जगद्धात्री तत्रेशं पूजय प्रभो ॥
pṛthivyāṃ sārabhūtaṃ syāt tanmadhye daṇḍakaṃ vanam tatra gaṅgā jagaddhātrī tatreśaṃ pūjaya prabho //
On the earth, what would be the essence — in the midst of that is the Daṇḍaka forest; there is Gaṅgā, sustainer of the world; there worship the Lord, O master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.56
विष्णुं वा जगताम् ईशं दीनार्तार्तिहरं विभुम् अनाथानाम् इह नृणां मज्जतां दुःखसागरे ॥
viṣṇuṃ vā jagatām īśaṃ dīnārtārtiharaṃ vibhum anāthānām iha nṛṇāṃ majjatāṃ duḥkhasāgare //
Or (worship) Viṣṇu, lord of the worlds, the mighty one who removes the affliction of the wretched and the suffering, of men here who are without protector and sinking in the ocean of sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.57
हरो हरिर् वा गङ्गा वा क्वाप्य् अन्यच् छरणं नहि तस्मात् सर्वप्रयत्नेन तोषयैतान् समाहितः ॥
haro harir vā gaṅgā vā kvāpy anyac charaṇaṃ nahi tasmāt sarvaprayatnena toṣayaitān samāhitaḥ //
There is no other refuge anywhere than Hara, or Hari, or Gaṅgā; therefore, with every effort, and with concentrated mind, gratify these.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.58
भक्त्या स्तोत्रैश् च तपसा कुरु चैव मया सह ततः प्राप्स्यसि कल्याणम् ईशविष्णुप्रसादजम् ॥
bhaktyā stotraiś ca tapasā kuru caiva mayā saha tataḥ prāpsyasi kalyāṇam īśaviṣṇuprasādajam //
Do (this) with devotion, with hymns of praise, and with austerity — and together with me; then you will obtain the welfare that is born of the grace of the Lord (Śiva) and Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.59
अज्ञात्वैकगुणं कर्म फलं दास्यति कर्मिणः ज्ञात्वा शतगुणं तत् स्याद् भार्यया च तद् अक्षयम् ॥
ajñātvaikaguṇaṃ karma phalaṃ dāsyati karmiṇaḥ jñātvā śataguṇaṃ tat syād bhāryayā ca tad akṣayam //
Performed without knowledge, the rite will give the performer fruit of a single measure; performed with knowledge it becomes hundredfold, and (performed) with the wife it becomes imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.60
पुंसः सर्वेषु कार्येषु भार्यैवेह सहायिनी स्वल्पानाम् अपि कार्याणां नहि सिद्धिस् तया विना ॥
puṃsaḥ sarveṣu kāryeṣu bhāryaiveha sahāyinī svalpānām api kāryāṇāṃ nahi siddhis tayā vinā //
In all a man's undertakings, here the wife alone is the helper; even of small undertakings there is no success without her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.61
एकेन यत् कृतं कर्म तस्माद् अर्धफलं भवेत् जायया तु कृतं नाथ पुष्कलं पुरुषो लभेत् ॥
ekena yat kṛtaṃ karma tasmād ardhaphalaṃ bhavet jāyayā tu kṛtaṃ nātha puṣkalaṃ puruṣo labhet //
The rite that is done by one alone — from it there comes half the fruit; but when it is done with the wife, O lord, a man obtains it in full abundance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.62
तस्माद् एतत् सुविदितम् अर्धो जाया इति श्रुतेः श्रूयते दण्डकारण्ये सरिच्छ्रेष्ठास्ति गौतमी ॥
tasmād etat suviditam ardho jāyā iti śruteḥ śrūyate daṇḍakāraṇye saricchreṣṭhāsti gautamī //
Therefore this is well known from the śruti: 'the wife is half.' It is heard that in the Daṇḍaka forest there is the best of rivers, the Gautamī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.63
अशेषाघप्रशमनी सर्वाभीष्टप्रदायिनी तस्माद् गच्छ मया तत्र कुरु पुण्यं महाफलम् ॥
aśeṣāghapraśamanī sarvābhīṣṭapradāyinī tasmād gaccha mayā tatra kuru puṇyaṃ mahāphalam //
which quells sin without remainder and grants everything desired. Therefore go there with me, and perform meritorious action of great fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.64
ततः शत्रून् निहत्याजौ महत् सुखम् अवाप्स्यसि ॥
tataḥ śatrūn nihatyājau mahat sukham avāpsyasi //
Then, having slain your enemies in battle, you will obtain great happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.65
तथेत्य् उक्त्वा स गुरुणा भार्यया च शतक्रतुः ययौ गङ्गां जगद्धात्रीं गौतमीं चेति विश्रुताम् ॥
tathety uktvā sa guruṇā bhāryayā ca śatakratuḥ yayau gaṅgāṃ jagaddhātrīṃ gautamīṃ ceti viśrutām //
Saying "So be it," that (Indra) of a hundred sacrifices went, with his teacher and his wife, to the Gaṅgā, sustainer of the world, renowned also as the Gautamī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.66
दण्डकारण्यमध्यस्थां ययौ स प्रीतिमान् हरिः तपः कर्तुं मनश् चक्रे देवदेवाय शंभवे ॥
daṇḍakāraṇyamadhyasthāṃ yayau sa prītimān hariḥ tapaḥ kartuṃ manaś cakre devadevāya śaṃbhave //
Delighted, Hari (Indra) went to (the Gautamī) that lies in the midst of the Daṇḍaka forest, and he set his mind on performing austerity for Śaṃbhu, the god of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.67
गङ्गां नत्वा तु प्रथमं स्नात्वा च स कृताञ्जलिः शिवैकशरणो भूत्वा स्तोत्रं चेदं ततो ऽब्रवीत् ॥
gaṅgāṃ natvā tu prathamaṃ snātvā ca sa kṛtāñjaliḥ śivaikaśaraṇo bhūtvā stotraṃ cedaṃ tato 'bravīt //
First bowing to the Gaṅgā and bathing, he, with palms joined, taking Śiva as his sole refuge, then spoke this hymn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.68
स्वमायया यो ह्य् अखिलं चराचरं सृजत्य् अवत्य् अत्ति न सज्जते ऽस्मिन् एकः स्वतन्त्रो ऽद्वयचित् सुखात्मकः स नः प्रसन्नो ऽस्तु पिनाकपाणिः
svamāyayā yo hy akhilaṃ carācaraṃ sṛjaty avaty atti na sajjate 'smin ekaḥ svatantro 'dvayacit sukhātmakaḥ sa naḥ prasanno 'stu pinākapāṇiḥ
He who by his own māyā creates, protects and devours this whole world of moving and unmoving things, yet is not attached to it — one, independent, non-dual consciousness, whose nature is bliss — may he, the bearer of the Pināka bow, be gracious to us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.69
न यस्य तत्त्वं सनकादयो ऽपि जानन्ति वेदान्तरहस्यविज्ञाः स पार्वतीशः सकलाभिलाष दाता प्रसन्नो ऽस्तु ममान्धकारिः
na yasya tattvaṃ sanakādayo 'pi jānanti vedāntarahasyavijñāḥ sa pārvatīśaḥ sakalābhilāṣa dātā prasanno 'stu mamāndhakāriḥ
He whose true nature not even Sanaka and the others know, who understand the secret of the Vedānta — may that lord of Pārvatī, the giver of every desire, the foe of Andhaka, be gracious to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.70
सृष्ट्वा स्वयंभूर् भगवान् विरिञ्चिं भयंकरं चास्य शिरो ऽन्वपश्यत् छित्त्वा नखाग्रैर् नखसक्तम् एतच् चिक्षेप तस्माद् अभवत् त्रिवर्गः
sṛṣṭvā svayaṃbhūr bhagavān viriñciṃ bhayaṃkaraṃ cāsya śiro 'nvapaśyat chittvā nakhāgrair nakhasaktam etac cikṣepa tasmād abhavat trivargaḥ
When the self-existent Lord had created Viriñci (Brahmā), he saw next his fearsome head; cutting it off with his nail-tips, he flung away this (head) that clung to his nail, and from that arose the triad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.71
पापं दरिद्रं त्व् अथ लोभयाच्ञे मोहो विपच् चेति ततो ऽप्य् अनन्तम् जातप्रभावं भवदुःखरूपं बभूव तैर् व्याप्तम् इदं समस्तम्
pāpaṃ daridraṃ tv atha lobhayācñe moho vipac ceti tato 'py anantam jātaprabhāvaṃ bhavaduḥkharūpaṃ babhūva tair vyāptam idaṃ samastam
Sin, poverty, and then greed and begging, delusion and calamity — and from that too, endlessly, (more arose), grown powerful, having the form of the suffering of existence; all this became pervaded by them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.72
अवेक्ष्य सर्वं चकितः सुरेशो देवीम् अवोचज् जगद् अस्तम् एति त्वं पाहि लोकेश्वरि लोकमातर् उमे शरण्ये सुभगे सुभद्रे
avekṣya sarvaṃ cakitaḥ sureśo devīm avocaj jagad astam eti tvaṃ pāhi lokeśvari lokamātar ume śaraṇye subhage subhadre
Seeing all this, the lord of the gods, alarmed, said to the Goddess: "The world is going to its end. Protect it, O mistress of the worlds, O mother of the worlds, Umā, giver of refuge, auspicious one, gracious one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.73
जगत्प्रतिष्ठे वरदे जय त्वं भुक्तिः समाधिः परमा च मुक्तिः स्वाहा स्वधा स्वस्तिर् अनादिसिद्धिर् गीर् बुद्धिर् आसीर् अजरामरे त्वम्
jagatpratiṣṭhe varade jaya tvaṃ bhuktiḥ samādhiḥ paramā ca muktiḥ svāhā svadhā svastir anādisiddhir gīr buddhir āsīr ajarāmare tvam
O foundation of the world, granter of boons, victory to you! You are enjoyment, absorption, and the highest liberation; svāhā, svadhā, well-being, beginningless attainment, speech, intellect, and blessing — you, free of aging and death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.74
विद्यादिरूपेण जगत्त्रये त्वं रक्षां करोष्य् एव मदाज्ञया च त्वयैव सृष्टं भुवनत्रयं स्याद् यतः प्रकृत्यैव तथैव चित्रम्
vidyādirūpeṇa jagattraye tvaṃ rakṣāṃ karoṣy eva madājñayā ca tvayaiva sṛṣṭaṃ bhuvanatrayaṃ syād yataḥ prakṛtyaiva tathaiva citram
In the form of knowledge and the rest, in the three worlds you indeed carry out protection, and that by my command; for by you alone was the triple world created, just so, variegated, by nature itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.75
इत्य् एवम् उक्ता दयिता हरेण संश्लेषसंलापपरा बभूव श्रान्ता भवस्यार्धतनौ सुलग्ना चिक्षेप च स्वेदजलं कराग्रैः
ity evam uktā dayitā hareṇa saṃśleṣasaṃlāpaparā babhūva śrāntā bhavasyārdhatanau sulagnā cikṣepa ca svedajalaṃ karāgraiḥ
Addressed thus by Hara, his beloved became intent on embracing and conversing (with him); wearied, clinging close to half of Bhava's body, she flung off the water of her sweat with her fingertips.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.76
तस्माद् बभूव प्रथमं स धर्मो लक्ष्मीर् अथो दानम् अथो सुवृष्टिः सत्त्वं सुसंपन्नधरं सरांसि धान्यानि पुष्पाणि फलानि चैव
tasmād babhūva prathamaṃ sa dharmo lakṣmīr atho dānam atho suvṛṣṭiḥ sattvaṃ susaṃpannadharaṃ sarāṃsi dhānyāni puṣpāṇi phalāni caiva
From that there arose first Dharma, then Lakṣmī, then giving, then good rain, goodness, the earth well filled, lakes, grains, flowers and fruits,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.77
सौभाग्यवस्तूनि वपुः सुवेषः शृङ्गारभाजीनि महौषधानि नृत्यानि गीतान्य् अमृतं पुराणं श्रुतिस्मृती नीतिर् अथान्नपाने
saubhāgyavastūni vapuḥ suveṣaḥ śṛṅgārabhājīni mahauṣadhāni nṛtyāni gītāny amṛtaṃ purāṇaṃ śrutismṛtī nītir athānnapāne
objects of good fortune, beauty of body, fine dress, things that serve for adornment, great healing herbs, dances, songs, nectar, the Purāṇa, the Vedic and traditional lore, statecraft, and food and drink,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.78
शस्त्राणि शास्त्राणि गृहोपयोग्यान्य् अस्त्राणि तीर्थानि च काननानि इष्टानि पूर्तानि च मङ्गलानि यानानि शुभ्राभरणासनानि
śastrāṇi śāstrāṇi gṛhopayogyāny astrāṇi tīrthāni ca kānanāni iṣṭāni pūrtāni ca maṅgalāni yānāni śubhrābharaṇāsanāni
weapons, treatises, things useful in a household, missiles, sacred fords and groves, sacrifices and works of public charity, auspicious things, vehicles, bright ornaments and seats,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.79
भवाङ्गसंसर्गसुसंप्रहास सुस्वेदसंलापरहःप्रकारैः तथैव जातं सचराचरं च अपापकं देवि ततश् च जातम्
bhavāṅgasaṃsargasusaṃprahāsa susvedasaṃlāparahaḥprakāraiḥ tathaiva jātaṃ sacarācaraṃ ca apāpakaṃ devi tataś ca jātam
Thus, by the ways of contact with Bhava's body, of hearty laughter, of pleasant sweat, of conversation and of privacy, there came into being the world with its moving and unmoving things; and from that, O Goddess, arose what is free of sin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.80
सुखं प्रभूतं च शुभं च नित्यं विराजि चैतत् तव देवि भावात् तस्मात् तु मां रक्ष जगज्जनित्रि भीतं भयेभ्यो जगतां प्रधाने
sukhaṃ prabhūtaṃ ca śubhaṃ ca nityaṃ virāji caitat tava devi bhāvāt tasmāt tu māṃ rakṣa jagajjanitri bhītaṃ bhayebhyo jagatāṃ pradhāne
and abundant happiness, and what is auspicious, and this eternal splendour — from your existence, O Goddess. Therefore protect me, O mother of the world, terrified as I am, from these terrors, O foremost of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.81
एके तर्कैर् विमुह्यन्ति लीयन्ते तत्र चापरे शिवशक्त्योस् तदाद्वैतं सुन्दरं नौमि विग्रहम् ॥
eke tarkair vimuhyanti līyante tatra cāpare śivaśaktyos tadādvaitaṃ sundaraṃ naumi vigraham //
Some are bewildered by reasonings, and others merge into it: I praise that beautiful non-dual form of Śiva and Śakti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.82
एवं तु स्तुवतस् तस्य पुरस्ताद् अभवच् छिवः ॥
evaṃ tu stuvatas tasya purastād abhavac chivaḥ //
As he was praising thus, Śiva appeared before him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.83
किम् अभीष्टं वरयसे हरे वद परायणम् ॥
kim abhīṣṭaṃ varayase hare vada parāyaṇam //
"What desired thing do you ask as a boon? Speak, O Hari, (Śiva being) the ultimate resort."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.84
बलवान् मे रिपुश् चासीद् दर्शनैश् च शनिर् यथा तेन बद्धस् तलं नीतः परिभूतस् त्व् अनेकधा ॥
balavān me ripuś cāsīd darśanaiś ca śanir yathā tena baddhas talaṃ nītaḥ paribhūtas tv anekadhā //
"I had a powerful enemy, like Śani in his glances; bound by him I was brought low and humiliated in many ways,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.85
वाक्सायकैस् तथा विद्धस् तद्वधाय त्व् इयं कृतिः तदर्थं जगताम् ईश येन जेष्ये रिपुं प्रभो ॥
vāksāyakais tathā viddhas tadvadhāya tv iyaṃ kṛtiḥ tadarthaṃ jagatām īśa yena jeṣye ripuṃ prabho //
and likewise pierced by the arrows of his words; this effort (of mine) is for the killing of him. For that purpose, O lord of the worlds, (grant me that) by which I shall conquer the enemy, O master."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.86
तद् एव देहि वीर्यं मे यच् चान्यद् रिपुनाशनम् जातः पराभवो यस्मात् तद्विनाशे कृते सति पुनर्जातम् अहं मन्ये वरं कीर्तिर् जयश्रियोः ॥
tad eva dehi vīryaṃ me yac cānyad ripunāśanam jātaḥ parābhavo yasmāt tadvināśe kṛte sati punarjātam ahaṃ manye varaṃ kīrtir jayaśriyoḥ //
"Give me just that valour, and whatever else destroys enemies; since defeat has befallen (me), when his destruction has been accomplished I shall count myself born again — a boon of fame and the splendour of victory."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.87
स शिवः शक्रम् आहेदं न मयैकेन ते रिपुः वधम् आप्नोति तस्मात् त्वं विष्णुम् अप्य् अव्ययं हरिम् ॥
sa śivaḥ śakram āhedaṃ na mayaikena te ripuḥ vadham āpnoti tasmāt tvaṃ viṣṇum apy avyayaṃ harim //
That Śiva said this to Śakra: "By me alone your enemy does not meet his death; therefore you (must approach) Viṣṇu too, the imperishable Hari,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.88
आराधयस्व पौलोम्या सह देवं जनार्दनम् लोकत्रयैकशरणं नारायणम् अनन्यधीः ॥
ārādhayasva paulomyā saha devaṃ janārdanam lokatrayaikaśaraṇaṃ nārāyaṇam ananyadhīḥ //
— propitiate, together with Paulomī (Śacī), the god Janārdana, Nārāyaṇa, the sole refuge of the three worlds, with mind fixed on no other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.89
ततः प्राप्स्यसि तस्माच् च मत्तश् चापि प्रियं हरे पुनश् चोवाच भगवान् आदिकर्ता महेश्वरः ॥
tataḥ prāpsyasi tasmāc ca mattaś cāpi priyaṃ hare punaś covāca bhagavān ādikartā maheśvaraḥ //
Then you will obtain what is dear (to you) from him and from me as well, O Hari (i.e. Indra)." And the Lord Maheśvara, the primal maker, spoke again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.90
मन्त्राभ्यासस् तपो वापि योगाभ्यसनम् एव च संगमे यत्र कुत्रापि सिद्धिदं मुनयो विदुः ॥
mantrābhyāsas tapo vāpi yogābhyasanam eva ca saṃgame yatra kutrāpi siddhidaṃ munayo viduḥ //
"The practice of mantras, or austerity, and likewise the practice of yoga — at a confluence, anywhere at all, the sages know (these) to be bestowers of accomplishment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.91
किं पुनः संगमे विप्र गौतमीसिन्धुफेनयोः गिरीणां गह्वरे यद् वा सरिताम् अथ संगमे ॥
kiṃ punaḥ saṃgame vipra gautamīsindhuphenayoḥ girīṇāṃ gahvare yad vā saritām atha saṃgame //
How much more, O brahmin, at the confluence of the Gautamī and the Sindhuphenā, or in a mountain cavern, or at the confluence of rivers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.92
विप्रो धियैव भवति मुकुन्दाङ्घ्रिनिविष्टया गङ्गाया दक्षिणे तीर आपस्तम्बो मुनीश्वरः ॥
vipro dhiyaiva bhavati mukundāṅghriniviṣṭayā gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe tīra āpastambo munīśvaraḥ //
A brahmin becomes (accomplished) by thought alone, when it is set upon Mukunda's feet. On the southern bank of the Gaṅgā, Āpastamba, the lord of sages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.93
आस्ते तस्याप्य् अहं तोषम् अगमं बलसूदन तेन त्वं भार्यया चैव तोषयस्व गदाधरम् ॥
āste tasyāpy ahaṃ toṣam agamaṃ balasūdana tena tvaṃ bhāryayā caiva toṣayasva gadādharam //
dwells; I too came to be pleased with him, O slayer of Bala. Therefore, together with your wife, propitiate the bearer of the mace."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.94
आपस्तम्बेन सहितो गङ्गाया दक्षिणे तटे तुष्टाव देवं प्रयतः स्नात्वा पुण्ये ऽथ संगमे ॥
āpastambena sahito gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe taṭe tuṣṭāva devaṃ prayataḥ snātvā puṇye 'tha saṃgame //
Accompanied by Āpastamba, on the southern bank of the Gaṅgā, having bathed at the holy confluence, restrained (in vow), he praised the god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.95
फेनायाश् चैव गङ्गायास् तत्र देवं जनार्दनम् वैदिकैर् विविधैर् मन्त्रैस् तपसातोषयत् तदा ॥
phenāyāś caiva gaṅgāyās tatra devaṃ janārdanam vaidikair vividhair mantrais tapasātoṣayat tadā //
There, at (the confluence) of the Phenā and the Gaṅgā, he then pleased the god Janārdana with various Vedic mantras and with austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.96
ततस् तुष्टो ऽभवद् विष्णुः किं देयं चेत्य् अभाषत देहि मे शत्रुहन्तारम् इत्य् आह भगवान् हरिः ॥
tatas tuṣṭo 'bhavad viṣṇuḥ kiṃ deyaṃ cety abhāṣata dehi me śatruhantāram ity āha bhagavān hariḥ //
Then Viṣṇu became pleased and said, "What is to be given?" "Give me a slayer of my enemy," said the Lord Hari (i.e. Indra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.97
दत्तम् इत्य् एव जानीहि तम् उवाच जनार्दनः तत्राभवच् छिवस्यैव गङ्गाविष्ण्वोः प्रसादतः ॥
dattam ity eva jānīhi tam uvāca janārdanaḥ tatrābhavac chivasyaiva gaṅgāviṣṇvoḥ prasādataḥ //
"Know it as already given," Janārdana said to him. There, by the grace of Śiva himself and of Gaṅgā and Viṣṇu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.98
अम्भसा पुरुषो जातः शिवविष्णुस्वरूपधृक् चक्रपाणिः शूलधरः स गत्वा तु रसातलम् ॥
ambhasā puruṣo jātaḥ śivaviṣṇusvarūpadhṛk cakrapāṇiḥ śūladharaḥ sa gatvā tu rasātalam //
from the water a man was born, bearing the form of Śiva and Viṣṇu, with the discus in his hand and holding a trident; and he, going to Rasātala,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.99
निजघान तदा दैत्यम् इन्द्रशत्रुं महाशनिम् सखाभवत् स चेन्द्रस्य अब्जकः स वृषाकपिः ॥
nijaghāna tadā daityam indraśatruṃ mahāśanim sakhābhavat sa cendrasya abjakaḥ sa vṛṣākapiḥ //
then slew the Daitya, Indra's enemy, the great thunderbolt(-like one). And he became Indra's friend, that Abjaka, that Vṛṣākapi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.100
दिविस्थो ऽपि सदा चेन्द्रस् तम् अन्वेति वृषाकपिम् कुपिता प्रणयेनाभूद् अन्यासक्तं विलोक्य तम् शचीं तां सान्त्वयन्न् आह शतमन्युर् हसन्न् इदम् ॥
divistho 'pi sadā cendras tam anveti vṛṣākapim kupitā praṇayenābhūd anyāsaktaṃ vilokya tam śacīṃ tāṃ sāntvayann āha śatamanyur hasann idam //
And Indra, though dwelling in heaven, always follows that Vṛṣākapi. Out of love (Śacī) became angry, seeing him attached to another; consoling that Śacī, Śatamanyu laughingly said this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.101
नाहम् इन्द्राणि शरणम् ऋते सख्युर् वृषाकपेः वारि वापि हविर् यस्य अग्नेः प्रियकरं सदा ॥
nāham indrāṇi śaraṇam ṛte sakhyur vṛṣākapeḥ vāri vāpi havir yasya agneḥ priyakaraṃ sadā //
"I have no refuge, O Indrāṇī, apart from (my) friend Vṛṣākapi, whose water, or oblation, is always pleasing to Agni.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.102
नाहम् अन्यत्र गन्तास्मि प्रिये चाङ्गेन ते शपे तस्मान् नार्हसि मां वक्तुं शङ्कयान्यत्र भामिनि ॥
nāham anyatra gantāsmi priye cāṅgena te śape tasmān nārhasi māṃ vaktuṃ śaṅkayānyatra bhāmini //
I shall not go elsewhere, my dear; I swear by your body. Therefore you ought not to speak to me out of suspicion about (my going) elsewhere, O passionate lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.103
पतिव्रता प्रिया मे त्वं धर्मे मन्त्रे सहायिनी सापत्या च कुलीना च त्वत्तो ऽन्या का प्रिया मम ॥
pativratā priyā me tvaṃ dharme mantre sahāyinī sāpatyā ca kulīnā ca tvatto 'nyā kā priyā mama //
You are devoted to your husband, dear to me, my helper in duty and in mantra, mother of offspring and of good family: who else than you is dear to me?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.104
तस्मात् तवोपदेशेन गङ्गां प्राप्य महानदीम् प्रसादाद् देवदेवस्य विष्णोर् वै चक्रपाणिनः ॥
tasmāt tavopadeśena gaṅgāṃ prāpya mahānadīm prasādād devadevasya viṣṇor vai cakrapāṇinaḥ //
Therefore, by your instruction, having reached the Gaṅgā, the great river, by the grace of the god of gods, Viṣṇu, the discus-bearer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.105
तथा शिवस्य देवस्य प्रसादाच् च वृषाकपेः जलोद्भवाच् च मे मित्राद् अब्जकाल् लोकविश्रुतात् ॥
tathā śivasya devasya prasādāc ca vṛṣākapeḥ jalodbhavāc ca me mitrād abjakāl lokaviśrutāt //
and likewise by the grace of the god Śiva, and of Vṛṣākapi, my water-born friend Abjaka, renowned in the worlds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.106
उत्तीर्णदुःखः सुभगे इत इन्द्रो ऽहम् अच्युतः किं न साध्यं यत्र भार्या भर्तृचित्तानुगामिनी ॥
uttīrṇaduḥkhaḥ subhage ita indro 'ham acyutaḥ kiṃ na sādhyaṃ yatra bhāryā bhartṛcittānugāminī //
My sorrow is crossed over, fair one; from this I am Indra, unfallen. What cannot be accomplished where the wife follows her husband's mind?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.107
दुष्करा तत्र नो मुक्तिः किंत्व् अर्थादित्रयं शुभे जायैव परमं मित्रं लोकद्वयहितैषिणी ॥
duṣkarā tatra no muktiḥ kiṃtv arthāditrayaṃ śubhe jāyaiva paramaṃ mitraṃ lokadvayahitaiṣiṇī //
There release is hard for us to win; yet (there is) the triad beginning with wealth, O lovely one. The wife alone is the highest friend, one who seeks the good of both worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 129.108
सा चेत् कुलीना प्रियभाषिणी च पतिव्रता रूपवती गुणाढ्या संपत्सु चापत्सु समानरूपा तया ह्य् असाध्यं किम् इह त्रिलोक्याम्
sā cet kulīnā priyabhāṣiṇī ca pativratā rūpavatī guṇāḍhyā saṃpatsu cāpatsu samānarūpā tayā hy asādhyaṃ kim iha trilokyām
If she is of good family and sweet-spoken, devoted to her husband, beautiful, rich in virtues, and the same in prosperity and in calamity — by her, indeed, what here in the three worlds is unattainable?
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BrP 129.109
तस्मात् तव धिया कान्ते ममेदं शुभम् आगतम् इतस् तवोदितं चैव कर्तव्यं नान्यद् अस्ति मे ॥
tasmāt tava dhiyā kānte mamedaṃ śubham āgatam itas tavoditaṃ caiva kartavyaṃ nānyad asti me //
Therefore, beloved, by your thinking this good fortune has come to me; and from now on what you say is to be done—there is nothing else for me.
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BrP 129.110
परलोके च धर्मे च सत्पुत्रसदृशं न च आर्तस्य पुरुषस्येह भार्यावद् भेषजं नहि ॥
paraloke ca dharme ca satputrasadṛśaṃ na ca ārtasya puruṣasyeha bhāryāvad bheṣajaṃ nahi //
For the next world and for dharma there is nothing like a good son; and for a man in distress here there is no medicine like a wife.
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BrP 129.111
निःश्रेयसपदप्राप्त्यै तथा पापस्य मुक्तये गङ्गया सदृशं नास्ति शृणु चान्यद् वरानने ॥
niḥśreyasapadaprāptyai tathā pāpasya muktaye gaṅgayā sadṛśaṃ nāsti śṛṇu cānyad varānane //
For attaining the state of supreme good and for release from sin there is nothing equal to the Gaṅgā; and hear something else, fair-faced one.
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BrP 129.112
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां प्राप्तये पापमुक्तये शिवविष्ण्वोर् अनन्यत्वज्ञानान् नास्त्य् अत्र मुक्तये ॥
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ prāptaye pāpamuktaye śivaviṣṇvor ananyatvajñānān nāsty atra muktaye //
For gaining dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation, and for release from sin, and for liberation, there is nothing here beyond the knowledge of the non-difference of Śiva and Viṣṇu.
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BrP 129.113
तस्मात् तव धिया साध्वि सर्वम् एतन् मनोगतम् अवाप्तं च शिवाद् विष्णोर् गङ्गायाश् च प्रसादतः ॥
tasmāt tava dhiyā sādhvi sarvam etan manogatam avāptaṃ ca śivād viṣṇor gaṅgāyāś ca prasādataḥ //
Therefore, virtuous woman, by your thinking all this that was in my mind has been obtained, through the grace of Śiva, of Viṣṇu, and of the Gaṅgā.
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BrP 129.114
इन्द्रत्वं मे स्थिरं चेतो मन्ये मित्रबलात् पुनः वृषाकपिर् मम सखा यो जातस् त्व् अप्सु भामिनि ॥
indratvaṃ me sthiraṃ ceto manye mitrabalāt punaḥ vṛṣākapir mama sakhā yo jātas tv apsu bhāmini //
My Indra-hood and my mind are firm; and again I hold it to be by the strength of my friend—Vṛṣākapi, who is my comrade, who was born in the waters, O radiant one.
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BrP 129.115
त्वं च प्रियसखी नित्यं नान्यत् प्रियतरं मम तीर्थानां गौतमी गङ्गा देवानां हरिशंकरौ ॥
tvaṃ ca priyasakhī nityaṃ nānyat priyataraṃ mama tīrthānāṃ gautamī gaṅgā devānāṃ hariśaṃkarau //
And you are always my dear friend; there is nothing dearer to me. Among holy places, the Gautamī Gaṅgā; among the gods, Hari and Śaṃkara.
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BrP 129.116
तस्माद् एभ्यः प्रसादेन सर्वं चेप्सितम् आप्तवान् मम प्रीतिकरं चेदं तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् ॥
tasmād ebhyaḥ prasādena sarvaṃ cepsitam āptavān mama prītikaraṃ cedaṃ tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam //
Therefore by the grace of these I have obtained everything desired; and this holy place, renowned in the three worlds, gives me delight.
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BrP 129.117
तस्माद् एतद् धि याचिष्ये देवान् सर्वान् अनुक्रमात् अनुमन्यन्तु ऋषयो गङ्गा च हरिशंकरौ ॥
tasmād etad dhi yāciṣye devān sarvān anukramāt anumanyantu ṛṣayo gaṅgā ca hariśaṃkarau //
Therefore I will ask this of all the gods in due order: let the seers consent, and the Gaṅgā, and Hari and Śaṃkara.
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BrP 129.118
इन्द्रेश्वरे चाब्जके च उभयोस् तीरयोः सुराः एकत्र शंकरो देवो ह्य् अपरत्र जनार्दनः ॥
indreśvare cābjake ca ubhayos tīrayoḥ surāḥ ekatra śaṃkaro devo hy aparatra janārdanaḥ //
At Indreśvara and at Abjaka, on both banks, O gods: in one place the god Śaṃkara, and on the other side Janārdana.
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BrP 129.119
पावयन् दण्डकारण्यं साक्षाद् विष्णुस् त्रिविक्रमः अन्तरे यानि तीर्थानि सर्वपुण्यप्रदानि च ॥
pāvayan daṇḍakāraṇyaṃ sākṣād viṣṇus trivikramaḥ antare yāni tīrthāni sarvapuṇyapradāni ca //
Purifying the Daṇḍaka forest, Viṣṇu Trivikrama in person; and the holy places that (lie) between, which bestow every merit—
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BrP 129.120
अत्र तु स्नानमात्रेण सर्वे ते मुक्तिम् आप्नुयुः पापिष्ठाः पापतो मुक्तिम् आप्नुयुर् ये च धर्मिणः ॥
atra tu snānamātreṇa sarve te muktim āpnuyuḥ pāpiṣṭhāḥ pāpato muktim āpnuyur ye ca dharmiṇaḥ //
—here, by mere bathing, all those would attain release; the greatest sinners would gain release from sin, and those who are righteous—
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BrP 129.121
तेषां तु परमा मुक्तिः पितृभिः पञ्चपञ्चभिः अत्र किंचिच् च ये दद्युर् अर्थिभ्यस् तिलमात्रकम् ॥
teṣāṃ tu paramā muktiḥ pitṛbhiḥ pañcapañcabhiḥ atra kiṃcic ca ye dadyur arthibhyas tilamātrakam //
—for them there is supreme liberation, together with twenty-five ancestors. And those who give here even a little, even a sesame seed's worth, to petitioners—
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BrP 129.122
दातृभ्यो ह्य् अक्षयं तत् स्यात् कामदं मोक्षदं तथा धन्यं यशस्यम् आयुष्यम् आरोग्यं पुण्यवर्धनम् ॥
dātṛbhyo hy akṣayaṃ tat syāt kāmadaṃ mokṣadaṃ tathā dhanyaṃ yaśasyam āyuṣyam ārogyaṃ puṇyavardhanam //
—for the givers that becomes imperishable, granting desires and granting release, bringing wealth, fame, long life, health, and increase of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.123
आख्यानं विष्णुशंभ्वोश् च ज्ञात्वा स्नानाच् च मुक्तिदम् अस्य तीर्थस्य माहात्म्यं ये शृण्वन्ति पठन्ति च ॥
ākhyānaṃ viṣṇuśaṃbhvoś ca jñātvā snānāc ca muktidam asya tīrthasya māhātmyaṃ ye śṛṇvanti paṭhanti ca //
The story of Viṣṇu and Śambhu, which gives release through knowing it and through bathing—those who hear and recite the greatness of this holy place,
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BrP 129.124
पुण्यभाजो भवेयुस् ते तेभ्यो ऽत्रैव स्मृतिर् भवेत् शिवविष्ण्वोर् अशेषाघसंघविच्छेदकारिणी यां प्रार्थयन्ति मुनयो विजितेन्द्रियमानसाः ॥
puṇyabhājo bhaveyus te tebhyo 'traiva smṛtir bhavet śivaviṣṇvor aśeṣāghasaṃghavicchedakāriṇī yāṃ prārthayanti munayo vijitendriyamānasāḥ //
they would become partakers of merit, and for them right here there would arise remembrance of Śiva and Viṣṇu, which cuts through the whole mass of their sins—(remembrance) which sages who have conquered their senses and minds pray for.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.125
भविष्यत्य् एवम् एवेति तं देवा ऋषयो ऽब्रुवन् गौतम्या उत्तरे पारे तीर्थानां मोक्षदायिनाम् ॥
bhaviṣyaty evam eveti taṃ devā ṛṣayo 'bruvan gautamyā uttare pāre tīrthānāṃ mokṣadāyinām //
"It shall be just so"—thus the gods and the seers said to him. On the northern bank of the Gautamī are holy places that bestow liberation,
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BrP 129.126
देवर्षिसिद्धसेव्यानां सहस्राण्य् अथ सप्त वै तथैव दक्षिणे तीरे तीर्थान्य् एकादशैव तु ॥
devarṣisiddhasevyānāṃ sahasrāṇy atha sapta vai tathaiva dakṣiṇe tīre tīrthāny ekādaśaiva tu //
Seven thousand (tīrthas) frequented by gods, seers and siddhas (are there on the northern bank), and just so on the southern bank eleven tīrthas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 129.127
अब्जकं हृदयं प्रोक्तं गोदावर्या मुनीश्वरैः विश्रामस्थानम् ईशस्य विष्णोर् ब्रह्मण एव च ॥
abjakaṃ hṛdayaṃ proktaṃ godāvaryā munīśvaraiḥ viśrāmasthānam īśasya viṣṇor brahmaṇa eva ca //
The Abjaka (tīrtha) is declared by the lords of sages to be the heart of the Godāvarī, the resting place of Īśa (Śiva), of Viṣṇu and of Brahmā as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition