Brahma Purana — Chapter 133
BrP 133.1
शुक्लतीर्थम् इति ख्यातं सर्वसिद्धिकरं नृणाम् यस्य स्मरणमात्रेण सर्वकामान् अवाप्नुयात् ॥
śuklatīrtham iti khyātaṃ sarvasiddhikaraṃ nṛṇām yasya smaraṇamātreṇa sarvakāmān avāpnuyāt //
(There is a place) known as Śuklatīrtha, which brings men every success, by the mere remembering of which one would obtain all desires.
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BrP 133.2
भरद्वाज इति ख्यातो मुनिः परमधार्मिकः तस्य पैठीनसी नाम भार्या सुकलभूषणा ॥
bharadvāja iti khyāto muniḥ paramadhārmikaḥ tasya paiṭhīnasī nāma bhāryā sukalabhūṣaṇā //
There was a sage known as Bharadvāja, supremely righteous; his wife was named Paiṭhīnasī, adorned with good qualities.
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BrP 133.3
गौतमीतीरम् अध्यास्ते पतिव्रतपरायणा अग्नीषोमीयम् ऐन्द्राग्नं पुरोडाशम् अकल्पयत् ॥
gautamītīram adhyāste pativrataparāyaṇā agnīṣomīyam aindrāgnaṃ puroḍāśam akalpayat //
Devoted to the vow of fidelity to her husband, she dwelt on the bank of the Gautamī; (he) prepared the sacrificial cake for Agni and Soma and for Indra and Agni.
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BrP 133.4
पुरोडाशे श्रप्यमाणे धूमात् कश्चिद् अजायत पुरोडाशं भक्षयित्वा लोकत्रितयभीषणः ॥
puroḍāśe śrapyamāṇe dhūmāt kaścid ajāyata puroḍāśaṃ bhakṣayitvā lokatritayabhīṣaṇaḥ //
While the sacrificial cake was being cooked, someone was born from the smoke, and having eaten the cake he (became) a terror to the three worlds.
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BrP 133.5
यज्ञं मे ह्य् अत्र को हंसि कोपात् त्वम् इति तं मुनिः प्रोवाच सत्वरं क्रुद्धो भरद्वाजो द्विजोत्तमः तद् ऋषेर् वचनं श्रुत्वा राक्षसः प्रत्युवाच तम् ॥
yajñaṃ me hy atra ko haṃsi kopāt tvam iti taṃ muniḥ provāca satvaraṃ kruddho bharadvājo dvijottamaḥ tad ṛṣer vacanaṃ śrutvā rākṣasaḥ pratyuvāca tam //
"Who are you, that out of malice destroy my sacrifice here?" — thus the sage Bharadvāja, best of the twice-born, angrily said to him at once; and hearing that speech of the seer, the demon replied to him.
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BrP 133.6
हव्यघ्न इति विख्यातं भरद्वाज निबोध माम् संध्यासुतो ऽहं ज्येष्ठश् च सुतः प्राचीनबर्हिषः ॥
havyaghna iti vikhyātaṃ bharadvāja nibodha mām saṃdhyāsuto 'haṃ jyeṣṭhaś ca sutaḥ prācīnabarhiṣaḥ //
"Know me, Bharadvāja, as the one famed as Havyaghna ('devourer of oblations'). I am the son of Saṃdhyā and the eldest son of Prācīnabarhis.
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BrP 133.7
ब्रह्मणा मे वरो दत्तो यज्ञान् खाद यथासुखम् ममानुजः कलिश् चापि बलवान् अतिभीषणः ॥
brahmaṇā me varo datto yajñān khāda yathāsukham mamānujaḥ kaliś cāpi balavān atibhīṣaṇaḥ //
A boon was given me by Brahmā: 'Eat sacrifices as you please.' And my younger brother Kali too is strong and most terrifying.
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BrP 133.8
अहं कृष्णः पिता कृष्णो माता कृष्णा तथानुजः अहं मखं हनिष्यामि यूपं छेद्मि कृतान्तकः ॥
ahaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ pitā kṛṣṇo mātā kṛṣṇā tathānujaḥ ahaṃ makhaṃ haniṣyāmi yūpaṃ chedmi kṛtāntakaḥ //
I am black, my father black, my mother black, and so my younger brother. I shall destroy the sacrifice; I cut down the sacrificial post — I am (like) Death itself."
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BrP 133.9
रक्ष्यतां मे त्वया यज्ञः प्रियो धर्मः सनातनः जाने त्वां यज्ञहन्तारं सद्द्विजं रक्ष मे क्रतुम् ॥
rakṣyatāṃ me tvayā yajñaḥ priyo dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ jāne tvāṃ yajñahantāraṃ saddvijaṃ rakṣa me kratum //
"Let my sacrifice be protected by you; the eternal Dharma is dear (to you). I know you as a destroyer of sacrifices — (yet, being) a good brahmin, protect my rite."
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BrP 133.10
भरद्वाज निबोधेदं वाक्यं मम समासतः ब्रह्मणाहं पुरा शप्तो देवदानवसंनिधौ ॥
bharadvāja nibodhedaṃ vākyaṃ mama samāsataḥ brahmaṇāhaṃ purā śapto devadānavasaṃnidhau //
"Bharadvāja, hear this word of mine in brief: long ago I was cursed by Brahmā in the presence of the gods and demons.
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BrP 133.11
ततः प्रसादितो देवो मया लोकपितामहः अमृतैः प्रोक्षयिष्यन्ति यदा त्वां मुनिसत्तमाः ॥
tataḥ prasādito devo mayā lokapitāmahaḥ amṛtaiḥ prokṣayiṣyanti yadā tvāṃ munisattamāḥ //
Then the god, the grandfather of the worlds, was propitiated by me: 'When the best of sages sprinkle you with immortal things,
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BrP 133.12
तदा विशापो भविता हव्यघ्न त्वं न चान्यथा एवं करिष्यसि यदा ततः सर्वं भविष्यति ॥
tadā viśāpo bhavitā havyaghna tvaṃ na cānyathā evaṃ kariṣyasi yadā tataḥ sarvaṃ bhaviṣyati //
then, Havyaghna, you shall be free of the curse, and not otherwise. When you do thus, then all will come about.'
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BrP 133.13
भरद्वाजः पुनः प्राह सखा मे ऽसि महामते मखसंरक्षणं येन स्यान् मे वद करोमि तत् ॥
bharadvājaḥ punaḥ prāha sakhā me 'si mahāmate makhasaṃrakṣaṇaṃ yena syān me vada karomi tat //
Bharadvāja spoke again: "You are my friend, O greatly wise one; tell me the means by which my sacrifice may be protected — I will do it."
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BrP 133.14
संभूय देवा दैतेया ममन्थुः क्षीरसागरम् अलभन्तामृतं कष्टात् तद् अस्मत्सुलभं कथम् ॥
saṃbhūya devā daiteyā mamanthuḥ kṣīrasāgaram alabhantāmṛtaṃ kaṣṭāt tad asmatsulabhaṃ katham //
"Joining together, the gods and the sons of Diti churned the ocean of milk; with hardship they obtained the nectar. How is that easy for us to get?"
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BrP 133.15
प्रीत्या यदि प्रसन्नो ऽसि सुलभं यद् वदस्व तत् तद् ऋषेर् वचनं श्रुत्वा रक्षः प्राह तदा मुदा ॥
prītyā yadi prasanno 'si sulabhaṃ yad vadasva tat tad ṛṣer vacanaṃ śrutvā rakṣaḥ prāha tadā mudā //
"If out of affection you are pleased (with me), say what is easily obtainable." Hearing that speech of the seer, the demon then spoke with delight:
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BrP 133.16
अमृतं गौतमीवारि अमृतं स्वर्णम् उच्यते अमृतं गोभवं चाज्यम् अमृतं सोम एव च ॥
amṛtaṃ gautamīvāri amṛtaṃ svarṇam ucyate amṛtaṃ gobhavaṃ cājyam amṛtaṃ soma eva ca //
"The water of the Gautamī is nectar; gold is called nectar; ghee that comes from the cow is nectar; and soma too is nectar.
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BrP 133.17
एतैर् माम् अभिषिञ्चस्व अथवैतैस् तथा त्रिभिः गङ्गाया वारिणाज्येन हिरण्येन तथैव च सर्वेभ्यो ऽप्य् अधिकं दिव्यम् अमृतं गौतमीजलम् ॥
etair mām abhiṣiñcasva athavaitais tathā tribhiḥ gaṅgāyā vāriṇājyena hiraṇyena tathaiva ca sarvebhyo 'py adhikaṃ divyam amṛtaṃ gautamījalam //
Consecrate me with these — or else with these three: with the water of the Gaṅgā, with ghee, and likewise with gold. Higher even than all of them is the divine nectar, the water of the Gautamī."
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BrP 133.18
एतद् आकर्ण्य स ऋषिः परं संतोषम् आगतः पाणाव् आदाय गङ्गायाः सलिलामृतम् आदरात् ॥
etad ākarṇya sa ṛṣiḥ paraṃ saṃtoṣam āgataḥ pāṇāv ādāya gaṅgāyāḥ salilāmṛtam ādarāt //
Hearing this, that seer came to the highest satisfaction, and reverently took in his hand the nectar-water of the Gaṅgā.
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BrP 133.19
तेनाकरोद् ऋषी रक्षो ह्य् अभिषिक्तं तदा मखे पुनश् च यूपे च पशाव् ऋत्विक्षु मखमण्डले ॥
tenākarod ṛṣī rakṣo hy abhiṣiktaṃ tadā makhe punaś ca yūpe ca paśāv ṛtvikṣu makhamaṇḍale //
With that (water) the sage then made the rakṣas sprinkled at the sacrifice, and again (sprinkled) the sacrificial post, the victim, the officiating priests, and the sacrificial enclosure.
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BrP 133.20
सर्वम् एवाभवच् छुक्लम् अभिषेकान् महात्मनः तद् रक्षो ऽपि तदा शुक्लो भूत्वोत्पन्नो महाबलः ॥
sarvam evābhavac chuklam abhiṣekān mahātmanaḥ tad rakṣo 'pi tadā śuklo bhūtvotpanno mahābalaḥ //
By the sprinkling of the great-souled one everything became white; and that rakṣas too, having then become white, arose (again) of great strength.
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BrP 133.21
यः पुरा कृष्णरूपो ऽभूत् स तु शुक्लो ऽभवत् क्षणात् यज्ञं सर्वं समाप्याथ भरद्वाजः प्रतापवान् ॥
yaḥ purā kṛṣṇarūpo 'bhūt sa tu śuklo 'bhavat kṣaṇāt yajñaṃ sarvaṃ samāpyātha bharadvājaḥ pratāpavān //
He who formerly was black in form became white in an instant. Then, having completed the whole sacrifice, the mighty Bharadvāja—
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BrP 133.22
ऋत्विजो ऽपि विसृज्याथ यूपं गङ्गोदके ऽक्षिपत् गङ्गामध्ये तद् धि यूपम् अद्याप्य् आस्ते महामते ॥
ṛtvijo 'pi visṛjyātha yūpaṃ gaṅgodake 'kṣipat gaṅgāmadhye tad dhi yūpam adyāpy āste mahāmate //
—having dismissed the officiating priests, then threw the sacrificial post into the water of the Gaṅgā; and that post stands in the middle of the Gaṅgā even today, O greatly wise one.
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BrP 133.23
अभिषिक्तं चामृतेन अभिज्ञानं तु तन् महत् तत्र तीर्थे पुना रक्षो भरद्वाजम् उवाच ह ॥
abhiṣiktaṃ cāmṛtena abhijñānaṃ tu tan mahat tatra tīrthe punā rakṣo bharadvājam uvāca ha //
And that great token (of it) is (its) having been sprinkled with the nectar. There at that holy ford the purified rakṣas spoke to Bharadvāja:
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BrP 133.24
अहं यामि भरद्वाज कृतः शुक्लस् त्वया पुनः तस्मात् तवात्र तीर्थे ये स्नानदानादिपूजनम् ॥
ahaṃ yāmi bharadvāja kṛtaḥ śuklas tvayā punaḥ tasmāt tavātra tīrthe ye snānadānādipūjanam //
"I go now, Bharadvāja; I have been made white again by you. Therefore, those who at this holy ford of yours (perform) bathing, giving of gifts and the rest of worship—
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BrP 133.25
कुर्युस् तेषाम् अभीष्टानि भवेयुर् यत् फलं मखे स्मरणाद् अपि पापानि नाशं यान्तु सदा मुने ॥
kuryus teṣām abhīṣṭāni bhaveyur yat phalaṃ makhe smaraṇād api pāpāni nāśaṃ yāntu sadā mune //
—for them may their desires be fulfilled, and may the fruit that (accrues) at a sacrifice be theirs; and even by remembering (this place) may their sins always go to destruction, O sage."
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BrP 133.26
ततः प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं शुक्लतीर्थम् इति स्मृतम् गौतम्यां दण्डकारण्ये स्वर्गद्वारम् अपावृतम् ॥
tataḥ prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ śuklatīrtham iti smṛtam gautamyāṃ daṇḍakāraṇye svargadvāram apāvṛtam //
From then on that holy ford has been known as Śuklatīrtha; on the Gautamī in the Daṇḍaka forest the door of heaven (there) stands open.
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BrP 133.27
उभयोस् तीरयोः सप्त सहस्राण्य् अपराणि च तीर्थानां मुनिशार्दूल सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायिनाम् ॥
ubhayos tīrayoḥ sapta sahasrāṇy aparāṇi ca tīrthānāṃ muniśārdūla sarvasiddhipradāyinām //
On both banks there are seven thousand further holy fords, O tiger among sages, that grant every attainment.
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