Brahma Purana — Chapter 155

BrP 155.1

कपिलतीर्थम् आख्यातं तद् एवाङ्गिरसं स्मृतम् तद् एवादित्यम् आख्यातं सैंहिकेयं तद् उच्यते ॥

kapilatīrtham ākhyātaṃ tad evāṅgirasaṃ smṛtam tad evādityam ākhyātaṃ saiṃhikeyaṃ tad ucyate //

It is declared to be Kapilatīrtha; that same is remembered as Āṅgirasa; that same is called Āditya, and it is called Saiṃhikeya.

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BrP 155.2

गौतम्या दक्षिणे पारे आदित्यान् मुनिसत्तम अयाजयन्न् अङ्गिरसो दक्षिणां ते भुवं ददुः ॥

gautamyā dakṣiṇe pāre ādityān munisattama ayājayann aṅgiraso dakṣiṇāṃ te bhuvaṃ daduḥ //

On the southern bank of the Gautamī, O best of sages, the Aṅgirases had the Ādityas perform a sacrifice; they gave land as the priestly fee.

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BrP 155.3

अङ्गिरोभ्यस् तदादित्यास् तपसे ऽङ्गिरसो ययुः सा भूमिः सैंहिकी भूत्वा जनान् सर्वान् अभक्षयत् ॥

aṅgirobhyas tadādityās tapase 'ṅgiraso yayuḥ sā bhūmiḥ saiṃhikī bhūtvā janān sarvān abhakṣayat //

Then the Ādityas (gave it) to the Aṅgirases, and the Aṅgirases went off for austerity; that land, becoming Saiṃhikī, devoured all the people.

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BrP 155.4

तत्रसुस् ते जनाः सर्वे अङ्गिरोभ्यो न्यवेदयन् विभीता ज्ञानतो ज्ञात्वा भुवं तां सैंहिकीम् इति ॥

tatrasus te janāḥ sarve aṅgirobhyo nyavedayan vibhītā jñānato jñātvā bhuvaṃ tāṃ saiṃhikīm iti //

All those people were terrified; frightened, they reported (it) to the Aṅgirases, having known through (their) knowledge that that land was Saiṃhikī.

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BrP 155.5

आदित्यान् अनुगत्वाथ वाचम् अङ्गिरसो ऽब्रुवन् भुवं गृह्णन्तु या दत्ता नेत्य् आदित्यास् तदाब्रुवन् ॥

ādityān anugatvātha vācam aṅgiraso 'bruvan bhuvaṃ gṛhṇantu yā dattā nety ādityās tadābruvan //

Then, having gone after the Ādityas, the Aṅgirases spoke these words: "Let them take back the land that was given." "No," said the Ādityas then.

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BrP 155.6

निवृत्तां दक्षिणां नैव प्रतिगृह्णन्ति सूरयः स्वदत्तां परदत्तां वा यो हरेत वसुंधराम् ॥

nivṛttāṃ dakṣiṇāṃ naiva pratigṛhṇanti sūrayaḥ svadattāṃ paradattāṃ vā yo hareta vasuṃdharām //

The wise do not accept back a fee once relinquished. Whoever should take away land given by himself or given by another—

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BrP 155.7

षष्टिर् वर्षसहस्राणि विष्ठायां जायते कृमिः भूमेः स्वपरदत्ताया हरणान् नाधिकं क्वचित् ॥

ṣaṣṭir varṣasahasrāṇi viṣṭhāyāṃ jāyate kṛmiḥ bhūmeḥ svaparadattāyā haraṇān nādhikaṃ kvacit //

—for sixty thousand years he is born as a worm in excrement; there is nowhere anything worse than the taking away of land given by oneself or by another.

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BrP 155.8

पापम् अस्ति महारौद्रं न स्वीकुर्मः पुनस् तु ताम् एवं यदा स्वदत्ताया हरणे किं तदा भवेत् ॥

pāpam asti mahāraudraṃ na svīkurmaḥ punas tu tām evaṃ yadā svadattāyā haraṇe kiṃ tadā bhavet //

It is a most terrible sin; we shall not take it as our own again. If so, then in the taking away of what one has oneself given, what would happen?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BrP 155.9

तथापि क्रयरूपेण गृह्णीमो दक्षिणां भुवम् तथेत्य् उक्ते तु ते देवाः कपिलां शुभलक्षणाम् ॥

tathāpi krayarūpeṇa gṛhṇīmo dakṣiṇāṃ bhuvam tathety ukte tu te devāḥ kapilāṃ śubhalakṣaṇām //

Even so, in the form of a purchase we will accept the land as fee. When "so be it" had been said, those gods (gave) a tawny cow of auspicious marks—

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BrP 155.10

गङ्गाया दक्षिणे पारे भुवः स्थाने तु तां ददुः भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदः साक्षाद् विष्णुस् तिष्ठति मूर्तिमान् ॥

gaṅgāyā dakṣiṇe pāre bhuvaḥ sthāne tu tāṃ daduḥ bhuktimuktipradaḥ sākṣād viṣṇus tiṣṭhati mūrtimān //

—on the southern bank of the Gaṅgā they gave her in place of the land; there Viṣṇu himself stands in bodily form, bestowing enjoyment and liberation.

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BrP 155.11

कपिलासंगमं तच् च सर्वाघौघविनाशनम् तत्राभवद् दानतोयाद् आपगा कपिलाभिधा ॥

kapilāsaṃgamaṃ tac ca sarvāghaughavināśanam tatrābhavad dānatoyād āpagā kapilābhidhā //

And that is the Kapilā confluence, which destroys the whole flood of sins; there, from the water of the gift, arose a river named Kapilā.

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BrP 155.12

सस्यवत्या अपि भुवो दानाद् गोदानम् उत्तमम् लोकरक्षां चकारासौ कृत्वा विनिमयं मुनिः ॥

sasyavatyā api bhuvo dānād godānam uttamam lokarakṣāṃ cakārāsau kṛtvā vinimayaṃ muniḥ //

Better than the gift of even crop-bearing land is the gift of a cow; by making that exchange, this sage brought about the protection of the world.

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BrP 155.13

यत्र तीर्थे च तद् वृत्तं गोतीर्थं तद् उदाहृतम् पुण्यदं तत्र तीर्थानां शतम् उक्तं मनीषिभिः ॥

yatra tīrthe ca tad vṛttaṃ gotīrthaṃ tad udāhṛtam puṇyadaṃ tatra tīrthānāṃ śatam uktaṃ manīṣibhiḥ //

And the sacred ford where that took place is called Gotīrtha; there, the wise say, a hundred fords bestowing merit are (gathered).

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BrP 155.14

तत्र स्नानेन दानेन भूमिदानफलं लभेत् संगता गङ्गया तच् च कपिलासंगमं विदुः ॥

tatra snānena dānena bhūmidānaphalaṃ labhet saṃgatā gaṅgayā tac ca kapilāsaṃgamaṃ viduḥ //

There, by bathing and by giving, one would obtain the fruit of a gift of land; and that (river), having joined with the Gaṅgā — (the wise) know it as the Kapilā confluence.

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