Brahma Purana — Chapter 149
BrP 149.1
नारसिंहम् इति ख्यातं गङ्गाया उत्तरे तटे तस्यानुभावं वक्ष्यामि सर्वरक्षाविधायकम् ॥
nārasiṃham iti khyātaṃ gaṅgāyā uttare taṭe tasyānubhāvaṃ vakṣyāmi sarvarakṣāvidhāyakam //
(There is one) known as Nārasiṃha on the northern bank of the Gaṅgā; I shall tell of its power, which effects protection from everything.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.2
हिरण्यकशिपुः पूर्वम् अभवद् बलिनां वरः तपसा विक्रमेणापि देवानाम् अपराजितः ॥
hiraṇyakaśipuḥ pūrvam abhavad balināṃ varaḥ tapasā vikrameṇāpi devānām aparājitaḥ //
Formerly there was Hiraṇyakaśipu, the best of the mighty, unconquered by the gods both through his austerity and through his valour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.3
हरिभक्तात्मजद्वेषकलुषीकृतमानसः आविर्भूय सभास्तम्भाद् विश्वात्मत्वं प्रदर्शयन् ॥
haribhaktātmajadveṣakaluṣīkṛtamānasaḥ āvirbhūya sabhāstambhād viśvātmatvaṃ pradarśayan //
His mind was befouled by hatred of his own son, who was devoted to Hari; (Hari,) appearing out of the pillar of the assembly hall, displaying that he is the Self of all —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.4
तं हत्वा नरसिंहस् तत्सैन्यम् अद्रावयत् तदा सर्वान् हत्वा महादैत्यान् क्रमेणाजौ महामृगः ॥
taṃ hatvā narasiṃhas tatsainyam adrāvayat tadā sarvān hatvā mahādaityān krameṇājau mahāmṛgaḥ //
— having killed him, Narasiṃha then put his army to flight; the great beast, killing all the great daityas one after another in battle,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.5
रसातलस्थाञ् शत्रूंश् च जित्वा स्वर्लोकम् ईयिवान् तत्र जित्वा भुवं गत्वा दैत्यान् हत्वा नगस्थितान् ॥
rasātalasthāñ śatrūṃś ca jitvā svarlokam īyivān tatra jitvā bhuvaṃ gatvā daityān hatvā nagasthitān //
and having conquered the enemies stationed in Rasātala, he went to the world of heaven; conquering there, he went to the earth and killed the daityas who were on the mountains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.6
समुद्रस्थान् नदीसंस्थान् ग्रामस्थान् वनवासिनः नानारूपधरान् दैत्यान् निजघान मृगाकृतिः ॥
samudrasthān nadīsaṃsthān grāmasthān vanavāsinaḥ nānārūpadharān daityān nijaghāna mṛgākṛtiḥ //
those in the ocean, those in the rivers, those in villages, those dwelling in forests — the daityas who assumed various forms, he who had the shape of a beast slew them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.7
आकाशगान् वायुसंस्थाञ् ज्योतिर्लोकम् उपागतान् वज्रपाताधिकनखः समुद्धूतमहासटः ॥
ākāśagān vāyusaṃsthāñ jyotirlokam upāgatān vajrapātādhikanakhaḥ samuddhūtamahāsaṭaḥ //
Those who move in the sky, those stationed in the wind, those who had gone up to the world of the luminaries — (he) whose claws surpassed the stroke of the thunderbolt, whose great mane was tossed up,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.8
दैत्यगर्भस्राविगर्जी निर्जिताशेषराक्षसः महानादैर् वीक्षितैश् च प्रलयानलसंनिभैः ॥
daityagarbhasrāvigarjī nirjitāśeṣarākṣasaḥ mahānādair vīkṣitaiś ca pralayānalasaṃnibhaiḥ //
whose roaring made the wombs of the daityas miscarry, who had vanquished all the rākṣasas — with his great roars and with his glances that were like the fire of the world's dissolution,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.9
चपेटैर् अङ्गविक्षेपैर् असुरान् पर्यचूर्णयत् एवं हत्वा बहुविधान् गौतमीम् अगमद् धरिः ॥
capeṭair aṅgavikṣepair asurān paryacūrṇayat evaṃ hatvā bahuvidhān gautamīm agamad dhariḥ //
with slaps and with flingings of his limbs he ground the asuras to bits. Having thus killed (demons) of many kinds, Hari went to the Gautamī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.10
स्वपदाम्बुजसंभूतां मनोनयननन्दिनीम् तत्राम्बर्य इति ख्यातो दण्डकाधिपते रिपुः ॥
svapadāmbujasaṃbhūtāṃ manonayananandinīm tatrāmbarya iti khyāto daṇḍakādhipate ripuḥ //
(the river) that arose from the lotus of his own foot, the delight of mind and eye. There one known as Ambarya, the foe of the lord of Daṇḍaka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 149.11
देवानां दुर्जयो योद्धा बलेन महतावृतः तेनाभवन् महारौद्रं भीषणं लोमहर्षणम् ॥
devānāṃ durjayo yoddhā balena mahatāvṛtaḥ tenābhavan mahāraudraṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ lomaharṣaṇam //
a warrior hard for the gods to conquer, surrounded by a great army — through him there came about a most terrible, frightful, hair-raising
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.12
शस्त्रास्त्रवर्षणं युद्धं हरिणा दैत्यसूनुना निजघान हरिः श्रीमांस् तं रिपुं ह्य् उत्तरे तटे ॥
śastrāstravarṣaṇaṃ yuddhaṃ hariṇā daityasūnunā nijaghāna hariḥ śrīmāṃs taṃ ripuṃ hy uttare taṭe //
battle raining weapons and missiles, between Hari and the son of the daitya. The glorious Hari slew that foe there on the northern bank.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.13
गङ्गायां नारसिंहं तु तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् स्नानदानादिकं तत्र सर्वपापग्रहार्दनम् ॥
gaṅgāyāṃ nārasiṃhaṃ tu tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam snānadānādikaṃ tatra sarvapāpagrahārdanam //
On the Gaṅgā (there is) the holy place Nārasiṃha, famed in the three worlds; bathing, giving and the rest there crush all sins and (evil) planets,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.14
सर्वरक्षाकरं नित्यं जरामरणवारणम् यथा सुराणां सर्वेषां न कोपि हरिणा समः ॥
sarvarakṣākaraṃ nityaṃ jarāmaraṇavāraṇam yathā surāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ na kopi hariṇā samaḥ //
and it always effects protection from everything and wards off old age and death. Just as among all the gods there is none equal to Hari,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.15
तीर्थानाम् अप्य् अशेषाणां तथा तत् तीर्थम् उत्तमम् तत्र तीर्थे नरः स्नात्वा कुर्यान् नृहरिपूजनम् ॥
tīrthānām apy aśeṣāṇāṃ tathā tat tīrtham uttamam tatra tīrthe naraḥ snātvā kuryān nṛharipūjanam //
And so that ford is the highest of all fords without exception; having bathed in that ford, a man should perform the worship of the Man-Lion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.16
स्वर्गे मर्त्ये तले वापि तस्य किंचिन् न दुर्लभम् इत्याद्य् अष्टौ मुने तत्र महातीर्थानि नारद ॥
svarge martye tale vāpi tasya kiṃcin na durlabham ityādy aṣṭau mune tatra mahātīrthāni nārada //
For him nothing is hard to obtain, whether in heaven, in the mortal world, or in the nether region. Such, O sage, are the eight great fords there, O Nārada.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.17
पृथक् पृथक् तीर्थकोटिफलम् आहुर् मनीषिणः अश्रद्धयापि यन्नाम्नि स्मृते सर्वाघसंक्षयः ॥
pṛthak pṛthak tīrthakoṭiphalam āhur manīṣiṇaḥ aśraddhayāpi yannāmni smṛte sarvāghasaṃkṣayaḥ //
Each one separately, the wise declare, yields the fruit of ten million fords—(the fruit of him) whose name, even when remembered without faith, brings the destruction of all sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.18
भवेत् साक्षान् नृसिंहो ऽसौ सर्वदा यत्र संस्थितः तत् तीर्थसेवासंजातं फलं कैर् इह वर्ण्यते ॥
bhavet sākṣān nṛsiṃho 'sau sarvadā yatra saṃsthitaḥ tat tīrthasevāsaṃjātaṃ phalaṃ kair iha varṇyate //
Where that Nṛsiṃha is present at all times in person—the fruit arising from resorting to that ford, by whom here can it be described?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 149.19
यथा न देवो नृहरेर् अधिकः क्वापि वर्तते तथा नृसिंहतीर्थेन समं तीर्थं न कुत्रचित् ॥
yathā na devo nṛharer adhikaḥ kvāpi vartate tathā nṛsiṃhatīrthena samaṃ tīrthaṃ na kutracit //
Just as no god anywhere is greater than the Man-Lion, so nowhere is there a ford equal to the Nṛsiṃha ford.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition