Brahma Purana — Chapter 213
BrP 213.1
अहो कृष्णस्य माहात्म्यम् अद्भुतं चातिमानुषम् रामस्य च मुनिश्रेष्ठ त्वयोक्तं भुवि दुर्लभम् ॥
aho kṛṣṇasya māhātmyam adbhutaṃ cātimānuṣam rāmasya ca muniśreṣṭha tvayoktaṃ bhuvi durlabham //
Ah! the greatness of Kṛṣṇa, wondrous and superhuman, and of Rāma, told by you, O best of sages, is hard to come by on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.2
न तृप्तिम् अधिगच्छामः शृण्वन्तो भगवत्कथाम् तस्माद् ब्रूहि महाभाग भूयो देवस्य चेष्टितम् ॥
na tṛptim adhigacchāmaḥ śṛṇvanto bhagavatkathām tasmād brūhi mahābhāga bhūyo devasya ceṣṭitam //
We find no satiety in hearing the story of the Lord; therefore, greatly fortunate one, tell us further of the god's deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.3
प्रादुर्भावः पुराणेषु विष्णोर् अमिततेजसः सतां कथयताम् एव वराह इति नः श्रुतम् ॥
prādurbhāvaḥ purāṇeṣu viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ satāṃ kathayatām eva varāha iti naḥ śrutam //
In the Purāṇas, as the good ones relate, we have heard of a manifestation of Viṣṇu of measureless splendour, namely the Boar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.4
न जानीमो ऽस्य चरितं न विधिं न च विस्तरम् न कर्मगुणसद्भावं न हेतुत्वमनीषितम् ॥
na jānīmo 'sya caritaṃ na vidhiṃ na ca vistaram na karmaguṇasadbhāvaṃ na hetutvamanīṣitam //
We do not know his exploits, nor the manner, nor the full extent, nor the true nature of the qualities of his acts, nor his intent in being the cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 213.5
किमात्मको वराहो ऽसौ का मूर्तिः का च देवता किमाचारप्रभावो वा किं वा तेन तदा कृतम् ॥
kimātmako varāho 'sau kā mūrtiḥ kā ca devatā kimācāraprabhāvo vā kiṃ vā tena tadā kṛtam //
Of what nature is that Boar? What is his form, and what deity (is he)? What is the power of his practice, and what did he do at that time?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.6
यज्ञार्थे समवेतानां मिषतां च द्विजन्मनाम् महावराहचरितं सर्वलोकसुखावहम् ॥
yajñārthe samavetānāṃ miṣatāṃ ca dvijanmanām mahāvarāhacaritaṃ sarvalokasukhāvaham //
(Tell) the exploit of the Great Boar, which brings happiness to all the worlds, to the twice-born assembled for the sacrifice and looking on (eagerly).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.7
यथा नारायणो ब्रह्मन् वाराहं रूपम् आस्थितः दंष्ट्रया गां समुद्रस्थाम् उज्जहारारिमर्दनः ॥
yathā nārāyaṇo brahman vārāhaṃ rūpam āsthitaḥ daṃṣṭrayā gāṃ samudrasthām ujjahārārimardanaḥ //
(Tell) how Nārāyaṇa, O brahman, having assumed the boar form, the crusher of foes, lifted up with his tusk the earth that lay within the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.8
विस्तरेणैव कर्माणि सर्वाणि रिपुघातिनः श्रोतुं नो वर्तते बुद्धिर् हरेः कृष्णस्य धीमतः ॥
vistareṇaiva karmāṇi sarvāṇi ripughātinaḥ śrotuṃ no vartate buddhir hareḥ kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ //
Our mind is disposed to hear all the deeds, in full detail, of the slayer of foes, of Hari Kṛṣṇa the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.9
कर्मणाम् आनुपूर्व्या च प्रादुर्भावाश् च ये विभो या वास्य प्रकृतिर् ब्रह्मंस् ताश् चाख्यातुं त्वम् अर्हसि ॥
karmaṇām ānupūrvyā ca prādurbhāvāś ca ye vibho yā vāsya prakṛtir brahmaṃs tāś cākhyātuṃ tvam arhasi //
And the succession of his deeds, and what his manifestations are, O mighty one, and what his essential nature is, O brahman — these you ought to declare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.10
प्रश्नभारो महान् एष भवद्भिः समुदाहृतः यथाशक्त्या तु वक्ष्यामि श्रूयतां वैष्णवं यशः ॥
praśnabhāro mahān eṣa bhavadbhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ yathāśaktyā tu vakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ yaśaḥ //
This great weight of questions has been raised by you; but I shall speak as far as my power allows: let the glory of Viṣṇu be heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.11
विष्णोः प्रभावश्रवणे दिष्ट्या वो मतिर् उत्थिता तस्माद् विष्णोः समस्ता वै शृणुध्वं याः प्रवृत्तयः ॥
viṣṇoḥ prabhāvaśravaṇe diṣṭyā vo matir utthitā tasmād viṣṇoḥ samastā vai śṛṇudhvaṃ yāḥ pravṛttayaḥ //
By good fortune your mind has arisen toward the hearing of Viṣṇu's power; therefore hear all of Viṣṇu's activities, whatever they are.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.12
सहस्रास्यं सहस्राक्षं सहस्रचरणं च यम् सहस्रशिरसं देवं सहस्रकरम् अव्ययम् ॥
sahasrāsyaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ sahasracaraṇaṃ ca yam sahasraśirasaṃ devaṃ sahasrakaram avyayam //
(Him) who has a thousand mouths, a thousand eyes and a thousand feet, the god with a thousand heads, with a thousand hands, imperishable;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.13
सहस्रजिह्वं भास्वन्तं सहस्रमुकुटं प्रभुम् सहस्रदं सहस्रादिं सहस्रभुजम् अव्ययम् ॥
sahasrajihvaṃ bhāsvantaṃ sahasramukuṭaṃ prabhum sahasradaṃ sahasrādiṃ sahasrabhujam avyayam //
(him) of a thousand tongues, shining, the lord with a thousand diadems, giving a thousand (gifts), having a thousand beginnings, thousand-armed, imperishable;
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BrP 213.14
हवनं सवनं चैव होतारं हव्यम् एव च पात्राणि च पवित्राणि वेदिं दीक्षां समित् स्रुवम् ॥
havanaṃ savanaṃ caiva hotāraṃ havyam eva ca pātrāṇi ca pavitrāṇi vediṃ dīkṣāṃ samit sruvam //
(He is) the oblation and the pressing (of soma), the Hotṛ priest and the offering itself, the vessels and the purifying strainers, the altar, the consecration, the firewood, the ladle (sruva);
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BrP 213.15
स्रुक्सोमसूर्यमुशलं प्रोक्षणीं दक्षिणायनम् अध्वर्युं सामगं विप्रं सदस्यं सदनं सदः ॥
sruksomasūryamuśalaṃ prokṣaṇīṃ dakṣiṇāyanam adhvaryuṃ sāmagaṃ vipraṃ sadasyaṃ sadanaṃ sadaḥ //
the sacrificial ladle, the soma, the sun, the pestle, the sprinkling-water, the southern course (of the sun), the Adhvaryu, the Sāman-singer, the brahmin, the assessor, the seat, the assembly-hall;
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BrP 213.16
यूपं चक्रं ध्रुवां दर्वीं चरूंश् चोलूखलानि च प्राग्वंशं यज्ञभूमिं च होतारं च परं च यत् ॥
yūpaṃ cakraṃ dhruvāṃ darvīṃ carūṃś colūkhalāni ca prāgvaṃśaṃ yajñabhūmiṃ ca hotāraṃ ca paraṃ ca yat //
the sacrificial post, the wheel, the dhruvā-ladle, the spoon, the boiled oblations and the mortars, the front-framed (sacrificial hall), the sacrificial ground, the Hotṛ, and whatever is beyond;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.17
ह्रस्वाण्य् अतिप्रमाणानि स्थावराणि चराणि च प्रायश्चित्तानि वार्घ्यं च स्थण्डिलानि कुशास् तथा ॥
hrasvāṇy atipramāṇāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca prāyaścittāni vārghyaṃ ca sthaṇḍilāni kuśās tathā //
the short (things) and the excessively large, the immovable and the moving, the expiations, the water for guests, the levelled altar-spots, and likewise the kuśa grasses;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 213.18
मन्त्रयज्ञवहं वह्निं भागं भागवहं च यत् अग्रासिनं सोमभुजं हुतार्चिषम् उदायुधम् ॥
mantrayajñavahaṃ vahniṃ bhāgaṃ bhāgavahaṃ ca yat agrāsinaṃ somabhujaṃ hutārciṣam udāyudham //
the fire that carries the sacrifice made with mantras, the (offered) portion and that which conveys the portion, the eater of the first (offering), the drinker of soma, the flame of the oblation, the raised weapon —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 213.19
आहुर् वेदविदो विप्रा यं यज्ञे शाश्वतं प्रभुम् तस्य विष्णोः सुरेशस्य श्रीवत्साङ्कस्य धीमतः ॥
āhur vedavido viprā yaṃ yajñe śāśvataṃ prabhum tasya viṣṇoḥ sureśasya śrīvatsāṅkasya dhīmataḥ //
(him) whom the brahmins who know the Vedas call the eternal lord in the sacrifice — of that Viṣṇu, lord of the gods, marked with the śrīvatsa, the wise one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.20
प्रादुर्भावसहस्राणि समतीतान्य् अनेकशः भूयश् चैव भविष्यन्ति ह्य् एवम् आह पितामहः ॥
prādurbhāvasahasrāṇi samatītāny anekaśaḥ bhūyaś caiva bhaviṣyanti hy evam āha pitāmahaḥ //
thousands of manifestations have passed by, many times over, and again there will be (more): thus said the Grandfather (Brahmā).
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BrP 213.21
यत् पृच्छध्वं महाभागा दिव्यां पुण्याम् इमां कथाम् प्रादुर्भावाश्रितां विष्णोः सर्वपापहरां शिवाम् ॥
yat pṛcchadhvaṃ mahābhāgā divyāṃ puṇyām imāṃ kathām prādurbhāvāśritāṃ viṣṇoḥ sarvapāpaharāṃ śivām //
What you have asked, O greatly fortunate ones — this divine, meritorious, auspicious tale that rests on the manifestations of Viṣṇu and removes all sins —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.22
शृणुध्वं तां महाभागास् तद्गतेनान्तरात्मना प्रवक्ष्याम्य् आनुपूर्व्येण यत् पृच्छध्वं ममानघाः ॥
śṛṇudhvaṃ tāṃ mahābhāgās tadgatenāntarātmanā pravakṣyāmy ānupūrvyeṇa yat pṛcchadhvaṃ mamānaghāḥ //
listen to it, O greatly fortunate ones, with your inner self fixed upon it; I shall relate in order what you have asked of me, O sinless ones:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.23
वासुदेवस्य माहात्म्यं चरितं च महामतेः हितार्थं सुरमर्त्यानां लोकानां प्रभवाय च ॥
vāsudevasya māhātmyaṃ caritaṃ ca mahāmateḥ hitārthaṃ suramartyānāṃ lokānāṃ prabhavāya ca //
the greatness of Vāsudeva and the deeds of the greatly wise one, for the welfare of gods and mortals and for the coming-forth of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.24
बहुशः सर्वभूतात्मा प्रादुर्भवति वीर्यवान् प्रादुर्भावांश् च वक्ष्यामि पुण्यान् दिव्यान् गुणान्वितान् ॥
bahuśaḥ sarvabhūtātmā prādurbhavati vīryavān prādurbhāvāṃś ca vakṣyāmi puṇyān divyān guṇānvitān //
Many times the mighty one, the self of all beings, becomes manifest; and I shall tell of his manifestations, holy, divine, endowed with excellences.
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BrP 213.25
सुप्तो युगसहस्रं यः प्रादुर्भवति कार्यतः पूर्णे युगसहस्रे ऽथ देवदेवो जगत्पतिः ॥
supto yugasahasraṃ yaḥ prādurbhavati kāryataḥ pūrṇe yugasahasre 'tha devadevo jagatpatiḥ //
He who, having slept for a thousand ages, becomes manifest according to what is to be done — then, when the thousand ages are complete, the god of gods, the lord of the world (appears).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.26
ब्रह्मा च कपिलश् चैव त्र्यम्बकस् त्रिदशास् तथा देवाः सप्तर्षयश् चैव नागाश् चाप्सरसस् तथा ॥
brahmā ca kapilaś caiva tryambakas tridaśās tathā devāḥ saptarṣayaś caiva nāgāś cāpsarasas tathā //
And Brahmā, and Kapila, and the three-eyed one (Śiva), and likewise the thirty (gods), the gods and the seven sages, and the nāgas and the apsarases,
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BrP 213.27
सनत्कुमारश् च महानुभावो मनुर् महात्मा भगवान् प्रजाकरः पुराणदेवो ऽथ पुराणि चक्रे प्रदीप्तवैश्वानरतुल्यतेजाः
sanatkumāraś ca mahānubhāvo manur mahātmā bhagavān prajākaraḥ purāṇadevo 'tha purāṇi cakre pradīptavaiśvānaratulyatejāḥ
and Sanatkumāra of great dignity, and the great-souled lord Manu, the maker of creatures — then the ancient god, whose splendour equals blazing fire, made the cities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 213.28
यो ऽसौ चार्णवमध्यस्थो नष्टे स्थावरजङ्गमे नष्टे देवासुरनरे प्रनष्टोरगराक्षसे ॥
yo 'sau cārṇavamadhyastho naṣṭe sthāvarajaṅgame naṣṭe devāsuranare pranaṣṭoragarākṣase //
And he who was stationed in the midst of the ocean when the moving and unmoving had perished, when gods, demons and men had perished, when serpents and rākṣasas had utterly perished —
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BrP 213.29
योद्धुकामौ दुराधर्षौ ताव् उभौ मधुकैटभौ हतौ भगवता तेन तयोर् दत्त्वामितं वरम् ॥
yoddhukāmau durādharṣau tāv ubhau madhukaiṭabhau hatau bhagavatā tena tayor dattvāmitaṃ varam //
those two, Madhu and Kaiṭabha, hard to assail and eager to fight, were slain by that Lord, after he had granted them an unbounded boon.
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BrP 213.30
पुरा कमलनाभस्य स्वपतः सागराम्भसि पुष्करे तत्र संभूता देवाः सर्षिगणास् तथा ॥
purā kamalanābhasya svapataḥ sāgarāmbhasi puṣkare tatra saṃbhūtā devāḥ sarṣigaṇās tathā //
Formerly, while the lotus-naveled one slept upon the ocean's waters, there upon the lotus were born the gods and the hosts of sages as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.31
एष पौष्करको नाम प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः पुराणं कथ्यते यत्र देवश्रुतिसमाहितम् ॥
eṣa pauṣkarako nāma prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ purāṇaṃ kathyate yatra devaśrutisamāhitam //
This manifestation of the great-souled one is called the Lotus (manifestation), in which the Purāṇa, gathered together from divine revelation, is recounted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.32
वाराहस् तु श्रुतिमुखः प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः यत्र विष्णुः सुरश्रेष्ठो वाराहं रूपम् आस्थितः ॥
vārāhas tu śrutimukhaḥ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ yatra viṣṇuḥ suraśreṣṭho vārāhaṃ rūpam āsthitaḥ //
The Boar manifestation of the Great One had the Vedas for its mouth, wherein Viṣṇu, best of gods, took on the form of a boar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.33
वेदपादो यूपदंष्ट्रः क्रतुदन्तश् चितीमुखः अग्निजिह्वो दर्भरोमा ब्रह्मशीर्षो महातपाः ॥
vedapādo yūpadaṃṣṭraḥ kratudantaś citīmukhaḥ agnijihvo darbharomā brahmaśīrṣo mahātapāḥ //
His feet the Vedas, his tusks the sacrificial posts, his teeth the rites, his mouth the fire-altar, his tongue the fire, his hairs the darbha grass, his head the brahman-priest, of great austerity;
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BrP 213.34
अहोरात्रेक्षणो दिव्यो वेदाङ्गः श्रुतिभूषणः आज्यनासः स्रुवतुण्डः सामघोषस्वरो महान् ॥
ahorātrekṣaṇo divyo vedāṅgaḥ śrutibhūṣaṇaḥ ājyanāsaḥ sruvatuṇḍaḥ sāmaghoṣasvaro mahān //
his eyes day and night, divine, his limbs the Vedic ancillaries, his ornaments the sacred texts, his nose the clarified butter, his snout the sacrificial ladle, his voice the sound of the Sāman chants — the mighty one;
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BrP 213.35
सत्यधर्ममयः श्रीमान् क्रमविक्रमसत्कृतः प्रायश्चित्तनखो घोरः पशुजानुर् मुखाकृतिः ॥
satyadharmamayaḥ śrīmān kramavikramasatkṛtaḥ prāyaścittanakho ghoraḥ paśujānur mukhākṛtiḥ //
made of truth and dharma, glorious, honoured by his striding and prowess, his claws the expiatory rites, dreadful, his knees the sacrificial victims, his shape (that of) the sacrifice;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 213.36
उद्गतान्त्रो होमलिङ्गो बीजौषधिमहाफलः वाद्यन्तरात्मा मन्त्रस्फिग् विकृतः सोमशोणितः ॥
udgatāntro homaliṅgo bījauṣadhimahāphalaḥ vādyantarātmā mantrasphig vikṛtaḥ somaśoṇitaḥ //
his entrails the Udgātā('s chants), his organ the oblation, the great fruit (of him) seeds and herbs, his inner self the (sacrificial) utterance, his hips the mantras, transformed, his blood the Soma;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 213.37
वेदिस्कन्धो हविर्गन्धो हव्यकव्यातिवेगवान् प्राग्वंशकायो द्युतिमान् नानादीक्षाभिर् अन्वितः ॥
vediskandho havirgandho havyakavyātivegavān prāgvaṃśakāyo dyutimān nānādīkṣābhir anvitaḥ //
his shoulder the altar, his smell the oblation, mighty in speed with the offerings to gods and ancestors, his body the front hall (of the sacrificial shed), radiant, attended by the various consecrations;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 213.38
दक्षिणाहृदयो योगी महासत्त्रमयो महान् उपाकर्माष्टरुचकः प्रवर्गावर्तभूषणः ॥
dakṣiṇāhṛdayo yogī mahāsattramayo mahān upākarmāṣṭarucakaḥ pravargāvartabhūṣaṇaḥ //
his heart the priestly fee, a yogin, consisting of the great sattra sacrifice, mighty, with the eight bright marks of the upākarman rite, adorned with the whirls of the pravargya;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 213.39
नानाच्छन्दोगतिपथो गुह्योपनिषदासनः छायापत्नीसहायो ऽसौ मणिशृङ्ग इवोत्थितः ॥
nānācchandogatipatho guhyopaniṣadāsanaḥ chāyāpatnīsahāyo 'sau maṇiśṛṅga ivotthitaḥ //
his paths the movements of the various metres, his seat the secret Upaniṣads, accompanied by his consort Shadow, he rose up like a jewelled peak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 213.40
महीं सागरपर्यन्तां सशैलवनकाननाम् एकार्णवजलभ्रष्टाम् एकार्णवगतः प्रभुः ॥
mahīṃ sāgaraparyantāṃ saśailavanakānanām ekārṇavajalabhraṣṭām ekārṇavagataḥ prabhuḥ //
The Lord, having entered the single ocean, (lifted) the earth, bounded by the sea, with its mountains, woods and forests, which had sunk into the waters of the single ocean —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.41
दंष्ट्रया यः समुद्धृत्य लोकानां हितकाम्यया सहस्रशीर्षो लोकादिश् चकार जगतीं पुनः ॥
daṃṣṭrayā yaḥ samuddhṛtya lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā sahasraśīrṣo lokādiś cakāra jagatīṃ punaḥ //
he who, raising (her) up with his tusk out of desire for the welfare of the worlds, thousand-headed, the origin of the worlds, made the world again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.42
एवं यज्ञवराहेण भूत्वा भूतहितार्थिना उद्धृता पृथिवी देवी सागराम्बुधरा पुरा ॥
evaṃ yajñavarāheṇa bhūtvā bhūtahitārthinā uddhṛtā pṛthivī devī sāgarāmbudharā purā //
Thus, having become the sacrificial Boar, seeking the good of beings, formerly the goddess Earth, bearing the waters of the ocean, was lifted up (by him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.43
वाराह एष कथितो नारसिंहस् ततो द्विजाः यत्र भूत्वा मृगेन्द्रेण हिरण्यकशिपुर् हतः ॥
vārāha eṣa kathito nārasiṃhas tato dvijāḥ yatra bhūtvā mṛgendreṇa hiraṇyakaśipur hataḥ //
This Boar (manifestation) has been recounted; next the Man-Lion, O twice-born, in which, having become the lord of beasts, he slew Hiraṇyakaśipu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.44
पुरा कृतयुगे नाम सुरारिर् बलदर्पितः दैत्यानाम् आदिपुरुषश् चकार सुमहत् तपः ॥
purā kṛtayuge nāma surārir baladarpitaḥ daityānām ādipuruṣaś cakāra sumahat tapaḥ //
Formerly, in the Kṛta age, a foe of the gods by that name, proud of his strength, the first of the Daityas, performed very great austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.45
दश वर्षसहस्राणि शतानि दश पञ्च च जपोपवासनिरतस् तस्थौ मौनव्रतस्थितः ॥
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi śatāni daśa pañca ca japopavāsaniratas tasthau maunavratasthitaḥ //
For ten thousand years and fifteen hundred (more) he stood devoted to muttered prayer and fasting, holding to a vow of silence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.46
ततः शमदमाभ्यां च ब्रह्मचर्येण चैव हि प्रीतो ऽभवत् ततस् तस्य तपसा नियमेन च ॥
tataḥ śamadamābhyāṃ ca brahmacaryeṇa caiva hi prīto 'bhavat tatas tasya tapasā niyamena ca //
Then by his calm and self-restraint and by his chastity, and further by his austerity and his observance, (Brahmā) became pleased with him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.47
तं वै स्वयंभूर् भगवान् स्वयम् आगम्य भो द्विजाः विमानेनार्कवर्णेन हंसयुक्तेन भास्वता ॥
taṃ vai svayaṃbhūr bhagavān svayam āgamya bho dvijāḥ vimānenārkavarṇena haṃsayuktena bhāsvatā //
To him the Lord Self-existent came in person, O twice-born, in a chariot of the colour of the sun, yoked with swans, shining,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.48
आदित्यैर् वसुभिः सार्धं मरुद्भिर् दैवतैस् तथा रुद्रैर् विश्वसहायैश् च यक्षराक्षसकिंनरैः ॥
ādityair vasubhiḥ sārdhaṃ marudbhir daivatais tathā rudrair viśvasahāyaiś ca yakṣarākṣasakiṃnaraiḥ //
together with the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Maruts and the (other) deities, with the Rudras and the Viśvas' helpers, with Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Kiṃnaras,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.49
दिशाभिः प्रदिशाभिश् च नदीभिः सागरैस् तथा नक्षत्रैश् च मुहूर्तैश् च खेचरैश् च महाग्रहैः ॥
diśābhiḥ pradiśābhiś ca nadībhiḥ sāgarais tathā nakṣatraiś ca muhūrtaiś ca khecaraiś ca mahāgrahaiḥ //
with the directions and intermediate directions, with the rivers and the seas, with the lunar mansions and the hours, and with the sky-going great planets,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.50
देवर्षिभिस् तपोवृद्धैः सिद्धैर् विद्वद्भिर् एव च राजर्षिभिः पुण्यतमैर् गन्धर्वैर् अप्सरोगणैः ॥
devarṣibhis tapovṛddhaiḥ siddhair vidvadbhir eva ca rājarṣibhiḥ puṇyatamair gandharvair apsarogaṇaiḥ //
with the divine sages grown great in austerity, with the Siddhas and the learned, with the most holy royal sages, with Gandharvas and troops of Apsarases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.51
चराचरगुरुः श्रीमान् वृतः सर्वैः सुरैस् तथा ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठो दैत्यं वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
carācaraguruḥ śrīmān vṛtaḥ sarvaiḥ surais tathā brahmā brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho daityaṃ vacanam abravīt //
The glorious teacher of moving and unmoving beings, surrounded thus by all the gods, Brahmā, best of the knowers of brahman, spoke these words to the Daitya:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.52
प्रीतो ऽस्मि तव भक्तस्य तपसानेन सुव्रत वरं वरय भद्रं ते यथेष्टं कामम् आप्नुहि ॥
prīto 'smi tava bhaktasya tapasānena suvrata varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yatheṣṭaṃ kāmam āpnuhi //
"I am pleased with your devotion, by this austerity, O you of good vows. Choose a boon; may it be well with you. Obtain the desire you wish for."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.53
न देवासुरगन्धर्वा न यक्षोरगराक्षसाः ऋषयो वाथ मां शापैः क्रुद्धा लोकपितामह ॥
na devāsuragandharvā na yakṣoragarākṣasāḥ ṛṣayo vātha māṃ śāpaiḥ kruddhā lokapitāmaha //
"Let not gods, asuras or gandharvas, nor yakṣas, serpents or rākṣasas, nor sages angered (at me), O grandfather of the worlds, (curse) me with curses —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.54
शपेयुस् तपसा युक्ता वर एष वृतो मया न शस्त्रेण न वास्त्रेण गिरिणा पादपेन वा ॥
śapeyus tapasā yuktā vara eṣa vṛto mayā na śastreṇa na vāstreṇa giriṇā pādapena vā //
"— (nor) may they, endowed with austerity, curse (me): this is the boon chosen by me. Neither by weapon nor by missile, nor by a mountain or a tree,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.55
न शुष्केण न चार्द्रेण न चैवोर्ध्वं न चाप्य् अधः पाणिप्रहारेणैकेन सभृत्यबलवाहनम् ॥
na śuṣkeṇa na cārdreṇa na caivordhvaṃ na cāpy adhaḥ pāṇiprahāreṇaikena sabhṛtyabalavāhanam //
"not by anything dry nor by anything wet, not from above nor from below, (and not) by a single blow of the hand — (let there be no death for) me together with my servants, army and mounts."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.56
यो मां नाशयितुं शक्तः स मे मृत्युर् भविष्यति भवेयम् अहम् एवार्कः सोमो वायुर् हुताशनः ॥
yo māṃ nāśayituṃ śaktaḥ sa me mṛtyur bhaviṣyati bhaveyam aham evārkaḥ somo vāyur hutāśanaḥ //
"Whoever is able to destroy me, he shall be my death. And let me myself be the sun, the moon, the wind, the fire,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.57
सलिलं चान्तरिक्षं च आकाशं चैव सर्वशः अहं क्रोधश् च कामश् च वरुणो वासवो यमः धनदश् च धनाध्यक्षो यक्षः किंपुरुषाधिपः ॥
salilaṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca ākāśaṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ ahaṃ krodhaś ca kāmaś ca varuṇo vāsavo yamaḥ dhanadaś ca dhanādhyakṣo yakṣaḥ kiṃpuruṣādhipaḥ //
"the water and the atmosphere, and the sky wholly; let me be anger and desire, Varuṇa, Vāsava, Yama, and Dhanada the lord of wealth, the yakṣa, ruler of the kiṃpuruṣas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.58
एते दिव्या वरास् तात मया दत्तास् तवाद्भुताः सर्वान् कामान् इमांस् तात प्राप्स्यसि त्वं न संशयः ॥
ete divyā varās tāta mayā dattās tavādbhutāḥ sarvān kāmān imāṃs tāta prāpsyasi tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ //
"These divine, wondrous boons, my son, are granted to you by me. All these desires, my son, you shall obtain; there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.59
एवम् उक्त्वा तु भगवाञ् जगामाशु पितामहः वैराजं ब्रह्मसदनं ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम् ॥
evam uktvā tu bhagavāñ jagāmāśu pitāmahaḥ vairājaṃ brahmasadanaṃ brahmarṣigaṇasevitam //
Having spoken thus, the blessed Grandfather went swiftly to the Vairāja abode of Brahmā, frequented by the hosts of brahmarṣis.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.60
ततो देवाश् च नागाश् च गन्धर्वा मुनयस् तथा वरप्रदानं श्रुत्वैव पितामहम् उपस्थिताः ॥
tato devāś ca nāgāś ca gandharvā munayas tathā varapradānaṃ śrutvaiva pitāmaham upasthitāḥ //
Then the gods and the nāgas and the gandharvas and the sages, on hearing of the granting of the boon, approached the Grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.61
वरेणानेन भगवन् बाधिष्यति स नो ऽसुरः तत् प्रसीदाशु भगवन् वधो ऽप्य् अस्य विचिन्त्यताम् ॥
vareṇānena bhagavan bādhiṣyati sa no 'suraḥ tat prasīdāśu bhagavan vadho 'py asya vicintyatām //
"By this boon, O Blessed One, that asura will oppress us. So be gracious quickly, O Blessed One; let his slaying too be considered."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.62
भगवन् सर्वभूतानां स्वयंभूर् आदिकृत् प्रभुः स्रष्टा च हव्यकव्यानाम् अव्यक्तं प्रकृतिर् ध्रुवम् ॥
bhagavan sarvabhūtānāṃ svayaṃbhūr ādikṛt prabhuḥ sraṣṭā ca havyakavyānām avyaktaṃ prakṛtir dhruvam //
"O Blessed One, of all beings you are the self-existent, the first maker, the lord, and the creator of the havya and kavya offerings; (you are) the unmanifest, nature, the enduring one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.63
ततो लोकहितं वाक्यं श्रुत्वा देवः प्रजापतिः प्रोवाच भगवान् वाक्यं सर्वदेवगणांस् तथा ॥
tato lokahitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā devaḥ prajāpatiḥ provāca bhagavān vākyaṃ sarvadevagaṇāṃs tathā //
Then, having heard that speech for the good of the world, the god Prajāpati, the Blessed One, spoke these words to all the hosts of gods:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.64
अवश्यं त्रिदशास् तेन प्राप्तव्यं तपसः फलम् तपसो ऽन्ते च भगवान् वधं विष्णुः करिष्यति ॥
avaśyaṃ tridaśās tena prāptavyaṃ tapasaḥ phalam tapaso 'nte ca bhagavān vadhaṃ viṣṇuḥ kariṣyati //
"Inevitably, O gods, the fruit of his austerity must be obtained by him; and at the end of his austerity the blessed Viṣṇu will bring about his slaying."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.65
एतच् छ्रुत्वा सुराः सर्वे वाक्यं पङ्कजजन्मनः स्वानि स्थानानि दिव्यानि जग्मुस् ते वै मुदान्विताः ॥
etac chrutvā surāḥ sarve vākyaṃ paṅkajajanmanaḥ svāni sthānāni divyāni jagmus te vai mudānvitāḥ //
Having heard this speech of the lotus-born, all the gods went, filled with joy, to their own divine abodes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.66
लब्धमात्रे वरे चापि सर्वाः सो ऽबाधत प्रजाः हिरण्यकशिपुर् दैत्यो वरदानेन दर्पितः ॥
labdhamātre vare cāpi sarvāḥ so 'bādhata prajāḥ hiraṇyakaśipur daityo varadānena darpitaḥ //
And as soon as the boon was obtained, he oppressed all creatures — the daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu, made arrogant by the granting of the boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.67
आश्रमेषु महाभागान् मुनीन् वै संशितव्रतान् सत्यधर्मरतान् दान्तांस् तदा धर्षितवांस् तथा ॥
āśrameṣu mahābhāgān munīn vai saṃśitavratān satyadharmaratān dāntāṃs tadā dharṣitavāṃs tathā //
And then he assaulted, in their hermitages, the greatly fortunate sages of strict vows, devoted to truth and dharma, self-restrained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.68
त्रिदिवस्थांस् तथा देवान् पराजित्य महाबलः त्रैलोक्यं वशम् आनीय स्वर्गे वसति सो ऽसुरः ॥
tridivasthāṃs tathā devān parājitya mahābalaḥ trailokyaṃ vaśam ānīya svarge vasati so 'suraḥ //
And having conquered the gods dwelling in heaven, that mighty asura, having brought the three worlds under his control, dwells in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.69
यदा वरमदोन्मत्तो विचरन् दानवो भुवि यज्ञीयान् अकरोद् दैत्यान् अयज्ञीयाश् च देवताः ॥
yadā varamadonmatto vicaran dānavo bhuvi yajñīyān akarod daityān ayajñīyāś ca devatāḥ //
When the dānava, mad with the intoxication of the boon, roaming over the earth, made the daityas entitled to sacrifice and the gods not entitled to sacrifice —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.70
आदित्या वसवः साध्या विश्वे च मरुतस् तथा शरण्यं शरणं विष्णुम् उपतस्थुर् महाबलम् ॥
ādityā vasavaḥ sādhyā viśve ca marutas tathā śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ viṣṇum upatasthur mahābalam //
the Ādityas, Vasus, Sādhyas, the Viśvedevas and the Maruts approached the mighty Viṣṇu, the refuge, for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.71
देवब्रह्ममयं यज्ञं ब्रह्मदेवं सनातनम् भूतं भव्यं भविष्यं च प्रभुं लोकनमस्कृतम् नारायणं विभुं देवं शरण्यं शरणं गताः ॥
devabrahmamayaṃ yajñaṃ brahmadevaṃ sanātanam bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca prabhuṃ lokanamaskṛtam nārāyaṇaṃ vibhuṃ devaṃ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ //
They went for refuge to the refuge, Nārāyaṇa, the all-pervading god — the sacrifice consisting of gods and brahman, the eternal god of brahman, the past, the present and the future, the lord saluted by the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.72
त्रायस्व नो ऽद्य देवेश हिरण्यकशिपोर् भयात् त्वं हि नः परमो देवस् त्वं हि नः परमो गुरुः ॥
trāyasva no 'dya deveśa hiraṇyakaśipor bhayāt tvaṃ hi naḥ paramo devas tvaṃ hi naḥ paramo guruḥ //
Protect us today, lord of the gods, from the fear of Hiraṇyakaśipu; for you are our supreme god, you are our supreme teacher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.73
त्वं हि नः परमो धाता ब्रह्मादीनां सुरोत्तम उत्फुल्लामलपत्त्राक्ष शत्रुपक्षक्षयंकर क्षयाय दितिवंशस्य शरणं त्वं भवस्व नः ॥
tvaṃ hi naḥ paramo dhātā brahmādīnāṃ surottama utphullāmalapattrākṣa śatrupakṣakṣayaṃkara kṣayāya ditivaṃśasya śaraṇaṃ tvaṃ bhavasva naḥ //
For you are our supreme ordainer, (the ordainer) of Brahmā and the rest, O best of the gods, O you whose eyes are (like) spotless full-blown petals, O destroyer of the enemy's party — for the destruction of Diti's line, be you our refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.74
भयं त्यजध्वम् अमरा अभयं वो ददाम्य् अहम् तथैव त्रिदिवं देवाः प्रतिलप्स्यथ मा चिरम् ॥
bhayaṃ tyajadhvam amarā abhayaṃ vo dadāmy aham tathaiva tridivaṃ devāḥ pratilapsyatha mā ciram //
"Abandon your fear, O immortals; I grant you freedom from fear; and likewise, O gods, you shall regain heaven before long.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.75
एषो ऽहं सगणं दैत्यं वरदानेन दर्पितम् अवध्यम् अमरेन्द्राणां दानवेन्द्रं निहन्मि तम् ॥
eṣo 'haṃ sagaṇaṃ daityaṃ varadānena darpitam avadhyam amarendrāṇāṃ dānavendraṃ nihanmi tam //
Here I am: that Daitya, together with his host, made arrogant by the granting of a boon, unslayable by the lords of the immortals — that lord of the Dānavas I slay."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.76
एवम् उक्त्वा तु भगवान् विसृज्य त्रिदशेश्वरान् हिरण्यकशिपोः स्थानम् आजगाम महाबलः ॥
evam uktvā tu bhagavān visṛjya tridaśeśvarān hiraṇyakaśipoḥ sthānam ājagāma mahābalaḥ //
Having spoken thus, the Blessed One, of great strength, dismissed the lords of the thirty (gods) and came to the abode of Hiraṇyakaśipu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.77
नरस्यार्धतनुं कृत्वा सिंहस्यार्धतनुं प्रभुः नारसिंहेन वपुषा पाणिं संस्पृश्य पाणिना ॥
narasyārdhatanuṃ kṛtvā siṃhasyārdhatanuṃ prabhuḥ nārasiṃhena vapuṣā pāṇiṃ saṃspṛśya pāṇinā //
Making half his body that of a man and half his body that of a lion, the Lord, with a man-lion form, touched (his) hand with (his own) hand —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.78
घनजीमूतसंकाशो घनजीमूतनिस्वनः घनजीमूतदीप्तौजा जीमूत इव वेगवान् ॥
ghanajīmūtasaṃkāśo ghanajīmūtanisvanaḥ ghanajīmūtadīptaujā jīmūta iva vegavān //
Resembling a dense thundercloud, roaring like a dense thundercloud, with might blazing like a dense thundercloud, swift as a cloud —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.79
दैत्यं सो ऽतिबलं दृष्ट्वा दृप्तशार्दूलविक्रमः दृप्तैर् दैत्यगणैर् गुप्तं हतवान् एकपाणिना ॥
daityaṃ so 'tibalaṃ dṛṣṭvā dṛptaśārdūlavikramaḥ dṛptair daityagaṇair guptaṃ hatavān ekapāṇinā //
seeing that exceedingly mighty Daitya, he, whose valour was that of a proud tiger, slew with one hand him who was guarded by the proud hosts of the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.80
नृसिंह एष कथितो भूयो ऽयं वामनः परः यत्र वामनम् आस्थाय रूपं दैत्यविनाशनम् ॥
nṛsiṃha eṣa kathito bhūyo 'yaṃ vāmanaḥ paraḥ yatra vāmanam āsthāya rūpaṃ daityavināśanam //
This (incarnation as) the Man-Lion has been told; next, further, is this other one, the Dwarf, wherein, taking on the dwarf form that destroys the Daityas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.81
बलेर् बलवतो यज्ञे बलिना विष्णुना पुरा विक्रमैस् त्रिभिर् अक्षोभ्याः क्षोभितास् ते महासुराः ॥
baler balavato yajñe balinā viṣṇunā purā vikramais tribhir akṣobhyāḥ kṣobhitās te mahāsurāḥ //
long ago, at the sacrifice of the mighty Bali, by the mighty Viṣṇu, with three strides those great Asuras, (otherwise) unshakable, were shaken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.82
विप्रचित्तिः शिवः शङ्कुर् अयःशङ्कुस् तथैव च अयःशिरा अश्वशिरा हयग्रीवश् च वीर्यवान् ॥
vipracittiḥ śivaḥ śaṅkur ayaḥśaṅkus tathaiva ca ayaḥśirā aśvaśirā hayagrīvaś ca vīryavān //
Vipracitti, Śiva, Śaṅku, and likewise Ayaḥśaṅku, Ayaḥśiras, Aśvaśiras, and the valiant Hayagrīva,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.83
वेगवान् केतुमान् उग्रः सोग्रव्यग्रो महासुरः पुष्करः पुष्कलश् चैव शाश्वो ऽश्वपतिर् एव च ॥
vegavān ketumān ugraḥ sogravyagro mahāsuraḥ puṣkaraḥ puṣkalaś caiva śāśvo 'śvapatir eva ca //
Vegavān, Ketumān, Ugra, that great Asura Sogravyagra, Puṣkara and Puṣkala, Śāśva and Aśvapati,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.84
प्रह्लादो ऽश्वपतिः कुम्भः संह्रादो गमनप्रियः अनुह्रादो हरिहयो वाराहः संहरो ऽनुजः ॥
prahlādo 'śvapatiḥ kumbhaḥ saṃhrādo gamanapriyaḥ anuhrādo harihayo vārāhaḥ saṃharo 'nujaḥ //
Prahlāda, Aśvapati, Kumbha, Saṃhrāda, Gamanapriya, Anuhrāda, Harihaya, Vārāha, Saṃhara, Anuja,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.85
शरभः शलभश् चैव कुपथः क्रोधनः क्रथः बृहत्कीर्तिर् महाजिह्वः शङ्कुकर्णो महास्वनः ॥
śarabhaḥ śalabhaś caiva kupathaḥ krodhanaḥ krathaḥ bṛhatkīrtir mahājihvaḥ śaṅkukarṇo mahāsvanaḥ //
Śarabha and Śalabha, Kupatha, Krodhana, Kratha, Bṛhatkīrti, Mahājihva, Śaṅkukarṇa, Mahāsvana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.86
दीप्तजिह्वो ऽर्कनयनो मृगपादो मृगप्रियः वायुर् गरिष्ठो नमुचिः सम्बरो विस्करो महान् ॥
dīptajihvo 'rkanayano mṛgapādo mṛgapriyaḥ vāyur gariṣṭho namuciḥ sambaro viskaro mahān //
Dīptajihva, Arkanayana, Mṛgapāda, Mṛgapriya, Vāyu, Gariṣṭha, Namuci, Sambara, the great Viskara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.87
चन्द्रहन्ता क्रोधहन्ता क्रोधवर्धन एव च कालकः कालकोपश् च वृत्रः क्रोधो विरोचनः ॥
candrahantā krodhahantā krodhavardhana eva ca kālakaḥ kālakopaś ca vṛtraḥ krodho virocanaḥ //
Candrahantā, Krodhahantā, and Krodhavardhana, Kālaka and Kālakopa, Vṛtra, Krodha, Virocana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.88
गरिष्ठश् च वरिष्ठश् च प्रलम्बनरकाव् उभौ इन्द्रतापनवातापी केतुमान् बलदर्पितः ॥
gariṣṭhaś ca variṣṭhaś ca pralambanarakāv ubhau indratāpanavātāpī ketumān baladarpitaḥ //
and Gariṣṭha and Variṣṭha, both Pralamba and Naraka, Indratāpana and Vātāpi, Ketumān puffed up with strength,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.89
असिलोमा पुलोमा च बाष्कलः प्रमदो मदः स्वमिश्रः कालवदनः करालः केशिर् एव च ॥
asilomā pulomā ca bāṣkalaḥ pramado madaḥ svamiśraḥ kālavadanaḥ karālaḥ keśir eva ca //
Asilomā and Pulomā, Bāṣkala, Pramada, Mada, Svamiśra, Kālavadana, Karāla, and Keśin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.90
एकाक्षश् चन्द्रमा राहुः संह्रादः सम्बरः स्वनः शतघ्नीचक्रहस्ताश् च तथा मुशलपाणयः ॥
ekākṣaś candramā rāhuḥ saṃhrādaḥ sambaraḥ svanaḥ śataghnīcakrahastāś ca tathā muśalapāṇayaḥ //
Ekākṣa, Candramā, Rāhu, Saṃhrāda, Sambara, Svana — (they came) with hundred-slaying weapons and discs in their hands, and likewise with pestles in their hands,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.91
अश्वयन्त्रायुधोपेता भिन्दिपालायुधास् तथा शूलोलूखलहस्ताश् च परश्वधधरास् तथा ॥
aśvayantrāyudhopetā bhindipālāyudhās tathā śūlolūkhalahastāś ca paraśvadhadharās tathā //
equipped with horse-machine weapons, and armed with bhindipāla javelins, with spears and mortars in their hands, and bearing battle-axes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 213.92
पाशमुद्गरहस्ताश् च तथा परिघपाणयः महाशिलाप्रहरणाः शूलहस्ताश् च दानवाः ॥
pāśamudgarahastāś ca tathā parighapāṇayaḥ mahāśilāpraharaṇāḥ śūlahastāś ca dānavāḥ //
And (there were) Dānavas with nooses and mallets in their hands, and likewise with iron bludgeons in their fists, striking with great boulders, and holding spears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.93
नानाप्रहरणा घोरा नानावेशा महाबलाः कूर्मकुक्कुटवक्त्राश् च शशोलूकमुखास् तथा ॥
nānāpraharaṇā ghorā nānāveśā mahābalāḥ kūrmakukkuṭavaktrāś ca śaśolūkamukhās tathā //
(They were) of many weapons, terrible, of many garbs, of great strength, some with faces of tortoises and cocks, and likewise with muzzles of hares and owls.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.94
खरोष्ट्रवदनाश् चैव वराहवदनास् तथा मार्जारशिखिवक्त्राश् च महावक्त्रास् तथा परे ॥
kharoṣṭravadanāś caiva varāhavadanās tathā mārjāraśikhivaktrāś ca mahāvaktrās tathā pare //
And (some) with the faces of donkeys and camels, and likewise with the faces of boars; and others with the faces of cats and peacocks, and yet others with huge faces.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.95
नक्रमेषाननाः शूरा गोजाविमहिषाननाः गोधाशल्लकिवक्त्राश् च क्रोष्टुवक्त्राश् च दानवाः ॥
nakrameṣānanāḥ śūrā gojāvimahiṣānanāḥ godhāśallakivaktrāś ca kroṣṭuvaktrāś ca dānavāḥ //
(There were) heroes with the faces of crocodiles and rams, with the faces of cattle, goats, sheep and buffaloes, and Dānavas with the faces of iguanas and porcupines, and with the faces of jackals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.96
आखुदर्दुरवक्त्राश् च घोरा वृकमुखास् तथा भीमा मकरवक्त्राश् च क्रौञ्चवक्त्राश् च दानवाः ॥
ākhudarduravaktrāś ca ghorā vṛkamukhās tathā bhīmā makaravaktrāś ca krauñcavaktrāś ca dānavāḥ //
And (some) with the faces of rats and frogs, and terrible ones with the muzzles of wolves; and dreadful Dānavas with the faces of sea-monsters (makara) and with the faces of curlews.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.97
अश्वाननाः खरमुखा मयूरवदनास् तथा गजेन्द्रचर्मवसनास् तथा कृष्णाजिनाम्बराः ॥
aśvānanāḥ kharamukhā mayūravadanās tathā gajendracarmavasanās tathā kṛṣṇājināmbarāḥ //
(Some were) horse-faced, donkey-muzzled, and likewise peacock-faced; clothed in the hides of great elephants, and likewise garbed in black antelope skins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.98
चीरसंवृतगात्राश् च तथा नीलकवाससः उष्णीषिणो मुकुटिनस् तथा कुण्डलिनो ऽसुराः ॥
cīrasaṃvṛtagātrāś ca tathā nīlakavāsasaḥ uṣṇīṣiṇo mukuṭinas tathā kuṇḍalino 'surāḥ //
And (some had) their bodies wrapped in bark-strips, and likewise wore dark blue garments; the Asuras (were) wearing turbans, wearing diadems, and likewise wearing earrings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.99
किरीटिनो लम्बशिखाः कम्बुग्रीवाः सुवर्चसः नानावेशधरा दैत्या नानामाल्यानुलेपनाः ॥
kirīṭino lambaśikhāḥ kambugrīvāḥ suvarcasaḥ nānāveśadharā daityā nānāmālyānulepanāḥ //
Crowned, with long topknots, with necks like conch-shells, of fine radiance, the Daityas wore many kinds of dress and many kinds of garlands and unguents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.100
स्वान्य् आयुधानि संगृह्य प्रदीप्तानि च तेजसा क्रममाणं हृषीकेशम् उपावर्तन्त सर्वशः ॥
svāny āyudhāni saṃgṛhya pradīptāni ca tejasā kramamāṇaṃ hṛṣīkeśam upāvartanta sarvaśaḥ //
Taking up their own weapons, which blazed with fiery energy, they closed in from every side upon Hṛṣīkeśa as he was striding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.101
प्रमथ्य सर्वान् दैतेयान् पादहस्ततलैर् विभुः रूपं कृत्वा महाभीमं जहाराशु स मेदिनीम् ॥
pramathya sarvān daiteyān pādahastatalair vibhuḥ rūpaṃ kṛtvā mahābhīmaṃ jahārāśu sa medinīm //
Having crushed all the sons of Diti with the soles of his feet and the palms of his hands, the Lord, assuming a most terrifying form, swiftly took away the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.102
तस्य विक्रमतो भूमिं चन्द्रादित्यौ स्तनान्तरे नभः प्रक्रममाणस्य नाभ्यां किल तथा स्थितौ ॥
tasya vikramato bhūmiṃ candrādityau stanāntare nabhaḥ prakramamāṇasya nābhyāṃ kila tathā sthitau //
As he strode over the earth, the moon and the sun stood between his breasts; and as he strode over the sky, they stood, they say, at his navel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.103
परम् आक्रममाणस्य जानुदेशे व्यवस्थितौ विष्णोर् अमितवीर्यस्य वदन्त्य् एवं द्विजातयः ॥
param ākramamāṇasya jānudeśe vyavasthitau viṣṇor amitavīryasya vadanty evaṃ dvijātayaḥ //
And as he strode beyond, they stood at the region of the knee — thus do the twice-born speak of Viṣṇu of measureless valour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.104
हृत्वा स मेदिनीं कृत्स्नां हत्वा चासुरपुंगवान् ददौ शक्राय वसुधां विष्णुर् बलवतां वरः ॥
hṛtvā sa medinīṃ kṛtsnāṃ hatvā cāsurapuṃgavān dadau śakrāya vasudhāṃ viṣṇur balavatāṃ varaḥ //
Having seized the whole earth and slain the bulls among the Asuras, Viṣṇu, best of the mighty, gave the earth to Śakra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.105
एष वो वामनो नाम प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः वेदविद्भिर् द्विजैर् एतत् कथ्यते वैष्णवं यशः ॥
eṣa vo vāmano nāma prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ vedavidbhir dvijair etat kathyate vaiṣṇavaṃ yaśaḥ //
This, for you, is the manifestation of the great-souled one called the Dwarf; this glory of Viṣṇu is recounted by twice-born men who know the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.106
भूयो भूतात्मनो विष्णोः प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः दत्तात्रेय इति ख्यातः क्षमया परया युतः ॥
bhūyo bhūtātmano viṣṇoḥ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ dattātreya iti khyātaḥ kṣamayā parayā yutaḥ //
Again there was a manifestation of the great-souled Viṣṇu, the Self of beings, known as Dattātreya, endowed with supreme patience.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.107
तेन नष्टेषु वेदेषु प्रक्रियासु मखेषु च चातुर्वर्ण्ये च संकीर्णे धर्मे शिथिलतां गते ॥
tena naṣṭeṣu vedeṣu prakriyāsu makheṣu ca cāturvarṇye ca saṃkīrṇe dharme śithilatāṃ gate //
By him, when the Vedas had perished, and the rites and the sacrifices (too), and the four-class order had become confounded and the law had grown slack —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.108
अतिवर्धति चाधर्मे सत्ये नष्टे ऽनृते स्थिते प्रजासु शीर्यमाणासु धर्मे चाकुलतां गते ॥
ativardhati cādharme satye naṣṭe 'nṛte sthite prajāsu śīryamāṇāsu dharme cākulatāṃ gate //
and when unrighteousness was growing excessively, and truth had perished and falsehood was established, and creatures were being ruined and the law had fallen into disorder —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.109
सयज्ञाः सक्रिया वेदाः प्रत्यानीता हि तेन वै चातुर्वर्ण्यम् असंकीर्णं कृतं तेन महात्मना ॥
sayajñāḥ sakriyā vedāḥ pratyānītā hi tena vai cāturvarṇyam asaṃkīrṇaṃ kṛtaṃ tena mahātmanā //
the Vedas, together with the sacrifices and the rites, were brought back by him indeed, and the four-class order was made unconfounded by that great-souled one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.110
तेन हैहयराजस्य कार्तवीर्यस्य धीमतः वरदेन वरो दत्तो दत्तात्रेयेण धीमता ॥
tena haihayarājasya kārtavīryasya dhīmataḥ varadena varo datto dattātreyeṇa dhīmatā //
By him, the boon-giver, by the wise Dattātreya, a boon was given to the wise Kārtavīrya, king of the Haihayas:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.111
एतद् बाहुद्वयं यत् ते तत् ते मम कृते नृप शतानि दश बाहूनां भविष्यन्ति न संशयः ॥
etad bāhudvayaṃ yat te tat te mama kṛte nṛpa śatāni daśa bāhūnāṃ bhaviṣyanti na saṃśayaḥ //
"This pair of arms that is yours — that pair of yours, O king, shall by my doing become ten hundred arms; there is no doubt of it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.112
पालयिष्यसि कृत्स्नां च वसुधां वसुधेश्वर दुर्निरीक्ष्यो ऽरिवृन्दानां युद्धस्थश् च भविष्यसि ॥
pālayiṣyasi kṛtsnāṃ ca vasudhāṃ vasudheśvara durnirīkṣyo 'rivṛndānāṃ yuddhasthaś ca bhaviṣyasi //
And you shall protect the whole earth, O lord of the earth, and standing in battle you shall be unbearable to look upon for the throngs of your enemies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.113
एष वो वैष्णवः श्रीमान् प्रादुर्भावो ऽद्भुतः शुभः भूयश् च जामदग्न्यो ऽयं प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः ॥
eṣa vo vaiṣṇavaḥ śrīmān prādurbhāvo 'dbhutaḥ śubhaḥ bhūyaś ca jāmadagnyo 'yaṃ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ //
This, for you, was the glorious, wondrous, auspicious manifestation of Viṣṇu; and further, this manifestation of the great-souled one as the son of Jamadagni.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.114
यत्र बाहुसहस्रेण द्विषतां दुर्जयं रणे रामो ऽर्जुनम् अनीकस्थं जघान नृपतिं प्रभुः ॥
yatra bāhusahasreṇa dviṣatāṃ durjayaṃ raṇe rāmo 'rjunam anīkasthaṃ jaghāna nṛpatiṃ prabhuḥ //
Wherein Rāma the mighty slew King Arjuna, who stood among his troops, hard to conquer in battle by his foes because of his thousand arms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.115
रथस्थं पार्थिवं रामः पातयित्वार्जुनं भुवि धर्षयित्वार्जुनं रामः क्रोशमानं च मेघवत् ॥
rathasthaṃ pārthivaṃ rāmaḥ pātayitvārjunaṃ bhuvi dharṣayitvārjunaṃ rāmaḥ krośamānaṃ ca meghavat //
Rāma, having felled the earthly king Arjuna, who stood in his chariot, to the ground, and having overpowered Arjuna as he bellowed like a cloud—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.116
कृत्स्नं बाहुसहस्रं च चिच्छेद भृगुनन्दनः परश्वधेन दीप्तेन ज्ञातिभिः सहितस्य वै ॥
kṛtsnaṃ bāhusahasraṃ ca ciccheda bhṛgunandanaḥ paraśvadhena dīptena jñātibhiḥ sahitasya vai //
—the delight of the Bhṛgus cut off the whole thousand arms with his blazing axe, of him who was together with his kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.117
कीर्णा क्षत्रियकोटीभिर् मेरुमन्दरभूषणा त्रिः सप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी तेन निःक्षत्रिया कृता ॥
kīrṇā kṣatriyakoṭībhir merumandarabhūṣaṇā triḥ saptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī tena niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā //
The earth, adorned with Meru and Mandara, was strewn with crores of kṣatriyas; three times seven times it was made free of kṣatriyas by him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.118
कृत्वा निःक्षत्रियां चैनां भार्गवः सुमहायशाः सर्वपापविनाशाय वाजिमेधेन चेष्टवान् ॥
kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ caināṃ bhārgavaḥ sumahāyaśāḥ sarvapāpavināśāya vājimedhena ceṣṭavān //
And having made it free of kṣatriyas, the Bhārgava of very great fame performed a horse sacrifice for the destruction of all his sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.119
यस्मिन् यज्ञे महादाने दक्षिणां भृगुनन्दनः मारीचाय ददौ प्रीतः कश्यपाय वसुंधराम् ॥
yasmin yajñe mahādāne dakṣiṇāṃ bhṛgunandanaḥ mārīcāya dadau prītaḥ kaśyapāya vasuṃdharām //
In which sacrifice, at the great giving, the delight of the Bhṛgus, well pleased, gave the earth as sacrificial fee to Kaśyapa, the son of Marīci.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.120
वारणांस् तुरगाञ् शुभ्रान् रथांश् च रथिनां वरः हिरण्यम् अक्षयं धेनुर् गजेन्द्रांश् च महीपतिः ॥
vāraṇāṃs turagāñ śubhrān rathāṃś ca rathināṃ varaḥ hiraṇyam akṣayaṃ dhenur gajendrāṃś ca mahīpatiḥ //
Elephants, horses, and shining chariots—that best of charioteers, that lord of the earth, (gave) inexhaustible gold, milch cows, and lordly elephants,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.121
ददौ तस्मिन् महायज्ञे वाजिमेधे महायशाः अद्यापि च हितार्थाय लोकानां भृगुनन्दनः ॥
dadau tasmin mahāyajñe vājimedhe mahāyaśāḥ adyāpi ca hitārthāya lokānāṃ bhṛgunandanaḥ //
—the greatly renowned one gave (these) at that great sacrifice, the horse sacrifice; and even today, for the welfare of the worlds, the delight of the Bhṛgus,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.122
चरमाणस् तपो घोरं जामदग्न्यः पुनः प्रभुः आस्ते वै देववच् छ्रीमान् महेन्द्रे पर्वतोत्तमे ॥
caramāṇas tapo ghoraṃ jāmadagnyaḥ punaḥ prabhuḥ āste vai devavac chrīmān mahendre parvatottame //
practising fierce austerity, the son of Jamadagni, the glorious lord, dwells again like a god on Mahendra, the best of mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.123
एष विष्णोः सुरेशस्य शाश्वतस्याव्ययस्य च जामदग्न्य इति ख्यातः प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः ॥
eṣa viṣṇoḥ sureśasya śāśvatasyāvyayasya ca jāmadagnya iti khyātaḥ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ //
This is the manifestation of the great-souled Viṣṇu, lord of the gods, eternal and imperishable, known as the son of Jamadagni.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.124
चतुर्विंशे युगे वापि विश्वामित्रपुरःसरः जज्ञे दशरथस्याथ पुत्रः पद्मायतेक्षणः ॥
caturviṃśe yuge vāpi viśvāmitrapuraḥsaraḥ jajñe daśarathasyātha putraḥ padmāyatekṣaṇaḥ //
And in the twenty-fourth age, with Viśvāmitra going before him, he was born as the son of Daśaratha, with eyes long as lotus petals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.125
कृत्वात्मानं महाबाहुश् चतुर्धा प्रभुर् ईश्वरः लोके राम इति ख्यातस् तेजसा भास्करोपमः ॥
kṛtvātmānaṃ mahābāhuś caturdhā prabhur īśvaraḥ loke rāma iti khyātas tejasā bhāskaropamaḥ //
Having made himself fourfold, the mighty-armed lord and master, known in the world as Rāma, comparable to the sun in splendour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.126
प्रसादनार्थं लोकस्य रक्षसां निग्रहाय च धर्मस्य च विवृद्ध्यर्थं जज्ञे तत्र महायशाः ॥
prasādanārthaṃ lokasya rakṣasāṃ nigrahāya ca dharmasya ca vivṛddhyarthaṃ jajñe tatra mahāyaśāḥ //
for the gracing of the world and for the restraint of the rākṣasas, and for the increase of dharma, the greatly renowned one was born there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.127
तम् अप्य् आहुर् मनुष्येन्द्रं सर्वभूतहिते रतम् यः समाः सर्वधर्मज्ञश् चतुर्दश वने ऽवसत् ॥
tam apy āhur manuṣyendraṃ sarvabhūtahite ratam yaḥ samāḥ sarvadharmajñaś caturdaśa vane 'vasat //
Him too they call an Indra among men, devoted to the good of all beings—he who, knowing all dharmas, dwelt in the forest for fourteen years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.128
लक्ष्मणानुचरो रामः सर्वभूतहिते रतः चतुर्दश वने तप्त्वा तपो वर्षाणि राघवः ॥
lakṣmaṇānucaro rāmaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ caturdaśa vane taptvā tapo varṣāṇi rāghavaḥ //
Rāma, followed by Lakṣmaṇa, devoted to the good of all beings—that Rāghava, having practised austerity in the forest for fourteen years,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.129
रूपिणी तस्य पार्श्वस्था सीतेति प्रथिता जने पूर्वोदिता तु या लक्ष्मीर् भर्तारम् अनुगच्छति ॥
rūpiṇī tasya pārśvasthā sīteti prathitā jane pūrvoditā tu yā lakṣmīr bhartāram anugacchati //
embodied and standing at his side was she renowned among people as Sītā—that Lakṣmī spoken of earlier, who follows her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.130
जनस्थाने वसन् कार्यं त्रिदशानां चकार सः तस्यापकारिणं क्रूरं पौलस्त्यं मनुजर्षभः ॥
janasthāne vasan kāryaṃ tridaśānāṃ cakāra saḥ tasyāpakāriṇaṃ krūraṃ paulastyaṃ manujarṣabhaḥ //
Dwelling in Janasthāna, he did the work of the thirty gods; and that bull among men (slew) the cruel son of Pulastya who had wronged him,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.131
सीतायाः पदम् अन्विच्छन् निजघान महायशाः देवासुरगणानां च यक्षराक्षसभोगिनाम् ॥
sītāyāḥ padam anvicchan nijaghāna mahāyaśāḥ devāsuragaṇānāṃ ca yakṣarākṣasabhoginām //
seeking the trace of Sītā, the greatly renowned one slew (him who was unslayable) by the hosts of gods and asuras, of yakṣas, rākṣasas and serpents,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.132
यत्रावध्यं राक्षसेन्द्रं रावणं युधि दुर्जयम् युक्तं राक्षसकोटीभिर् नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम् ॥
yatrāvadhyaṃ rākṣasendraṃ rāvaṇaṃ yudhi durjayam yuktaṃ rākṣasakoṭībhir nīlāñjanacayopamam //
(There) the lord of the rākṣasas, Rāvaṇa, who could not be slain, unconquerable in battle, attended by crores of rākṣasas, like a mass of dark collyrium —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.133
त्रैलोक्यद्रावणं क्रूरं रावणं राक्षसेश्वरम् दुर्जयं दुर्धरं दृप्तं शार्दूलसमविक्रमम् ॥
trailokyadrāvaṇaṃ krūraṃ rāvaṇaṃ rākṣaseśvaram durjayaṃ durdharaṃ dṛptaṃ śārdūlasamavikramam //
— Rāvaṇa, the terror of the three worlds, cruel, lord of the rākṣasas, hard to conquer, hard to withstand, arrogant, of prowess equal to a tiger's —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.134
दुर्निरीक्ष्यं सुरगणैर् वरदानेन दर्पितम् जघान सचिवैः सार्धं ससैन्यं रावणं युधि ॥
durnirīkṣyaṃ suragaṇair varadānena darpitam jaghāna sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ sasainyaṃ rāvaṇaṃ yudhi //
— hard for the hosts of gods even to look upon, made proud by the granting of a boon — him, Rāvaṇa, together with his ministers and his army, he slew in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.135
महाभ्रगणसंकाशं महाकायं महाबलम् रावणं निजघानाशु रामो भूतपतिः पुरा ॥
mahābhragaṇasaṃkāśaṃ mahākāyaṃ mahābalam rāvaṇaṃ nijaghānāśu rāmo bhūtapatiḥ purā //
Rāvaṇa, resembling a great mass of clouds, huge of body, of great strength — him Rāma, the lord of beings, quickly struck down of old.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.136
सुग्रीवस्य कृते येन वानरेन्द्रो महाबलः वाली विनिहतः संख्ये सुग्रीवश् चाभिषेचितः ॥
sugrīvasya kṛte yena vānarendro mahābalaḥ vālī vinihataḥ saṃkhye sugrīvaś cābhiṣecitaḥ //
By him, for Sugrīva's sake, the mighty lord of the monkeys, Vālin, was slain in combat, and Sugrīva was consecrated (as king).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.137
मधोश् च तनयो दृप्तो लवणो नाम दानवः हतो मधुवने वीरो वरमत्तो महासुरः ॥
madhoś ca tanayo dṛpto lavaṇo nāma dānavaḥ hato madhuvane vīro varamatto mahāsuraḥ //
And the arrogant son of Madhu, the dānava named Lavaṇa, that hero, the great asura drunk with his boon, was slain in the Madhu forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.138
यज्ञविघ्नकरौ येन मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् मारीचश् च सुबाहुश् च बलेन बलिनां वरौ ॥
yajñavighnakarau yena munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca balena balināṃ varau //
By him the two who made obstruction to the sacrifices of the sages of disciplined souls, Mārīca and Subāhu, the foremost of the strong in strength —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.139
निहतौ च निराशौ च कृतौ तेन महात्मना समरे युद्धशौण्डेन तथान्ये चापि राक्षसाः ॥
nihatau ca nirāśau ca kṛtau tena mahātmanā samare yuddhaśauṇḍena tathānye cāpi rākṣasāḥ //
— those two were struck down and made hopeless by that great soul, skilled in war, in combat, and so too the other rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.140
विराधश् च कबन्धश् च राक्षसौ भीमविक्रमौ जघान पुरुषव्याघ्रो गन्धर्वौ शापमोहितौ ॥
virādhaś ca kabandhaś ca rākṣasau bhīmavikramau jaghāna puruṣavyāghro gandharvau śāpamohitau //
And Virādha and Kabandha, the two rākṣasas of terrible valour, gandharvas deluded by a curse, that tiger among men slew.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.141
हुताशनार्कांशुतडिद्गुणाभैः प्रतप्तजाम्बूनदचित्रपुङ्खैः महेन्द्रवज्राशनितुल्यसारै रिपून् स रामः समरे निजघ्ने
hutāśanārkāṃśutaḍidguṇābhaiḥ prataptajāmbūnadacitrapuṅkhaiḥ mahendravajrāśanitulyasārai ripūn sa rāmaḥ samare nijaghne
With (arrows) gleaming like fire, the sun's rays, and lightning, with bright shafts of refined gold, with force equal to the thunderbolt of great Indra, that Rāma struck down his foes in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.142
तस्मै दत्तानि शस्त्राणि विश्वामित्रेण धीमता वधार्थं देवशत्रूणां दुर्धर्षाणां सुरैर् अपि ॥
tasmai dattāni śastrāṇi viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā vadhārthaṃ devaśatrūṇāṃ durdharṣāṇāṃ surair api //
To him weapons were given by the wise Viśvāmitra, for the slaying of the enemies of the gods, who were unassailable even by the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.143
वर्तमाने मखे येन जनकस्य महात्मनः भग्नं माहेश्वरं चापं क्रीडता लीलया पुरा ॥
vartamāne makhe yena janakasya mahātmanaḥ bhagnaṃ māheśvaraṃ cāpaṃ krīḍatā līlayā purā //
By him, while the sacrifice of the great-souled Janaka was in progress, the bow of Maheśvara was broken long ago, as he played, in mere sport.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.144
एतानि कृत्वा कर्माणि रामो धर्मभृतां वरः दशाश्वमेधाञ् जारूथ्यान् आजहार निरर्गलान् ॥
etāni kṛtvā karmāṇi rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ daśāśvamedhāñ jārūthyān ājahāra nirargalān //
Having done these deeds, Rāma, the best of the upholders of dharma, performed ten horse-sacrifices, rich in offerings and unobstructed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.145
नाश्रूयन्ताशुभा वाचो नाकुलं मारुतो ववौ न वित्तहरणं चासीद् रामे राज्यं प्रशासति ॥
nāśrūyantāśubhā vāco nākulaṃ māruto vavau na vittaharaṇaṃ cāsīd rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati //
No inauspicious words were heard, the wind did not blow disorderly, and there was no theft of property, while Rāma ruled the kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.146
परिदेवन्ति विधवा नानर्थाश् च कदाचन सर्वम् आसीच् छुभं तत्र रामे राज्यं प्रशासति ॥
paridevanti vidhavā nānarthāś ca kadācana sarvam āsīc chubhaṃ tatra rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati //
Widows did not lament, nor were there ever calamities; everything there was auspicious, while Rāma ruled the kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.147
न प्राणिनां भयं चासीज् जलाग्न्यनिलघातजम् न चापि वृद्धा बालानां प्रेतकार्याणि चक्रिरे ॥
na prāṇināṃ bhayaṃ cāsīj jalāgnyanilaghātajam na cāpi vṛddhā bālānāṃ pretakāryāṇi cakrire //
There was no fear for living beings from the stroke of water, fire, or wind, nor did the old perform the funeral rites of the young.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.148
ब्रह्मचर्यपरं क्षत्रं विशस् तु क्षत्रिये रताः शूद्राश् चैव हि वर्णांस् त्रीञ् शुश्रूषन्त्य् अनहंकृताः ॥
brahmacaryaparaṃ kṣatraṃ viśas tu kṣatriye ratāḥ śūdrāś caiva hi varṇāṃs trīñ śuśrūṣanty anahaṃkṛtāḥ //
The kṣatriyas were devoted to chastity, the vaiśyas were devoted to the kṣatriyas, and the śūdras, free of pride, served the three (other) classes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.149
नार्यो नात्यचरन् भर्तॄन् भार्यां नात्यचरत् पतिः सर्वम् आसीज् जगद् दान्तं निर्दस्युर् अभवन् मही ॥
nāryo nātyacaran bhartṝn bhāryāṃ nātyacarat patiḥ sarvam āsīj jagad dāntaṃ nirdasyur abhavan mahī //
Women did not transgress against their husbands, nor did a husband transgress against his wife; the whole world was self-restrained, the earth was without robbers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.150
राम एको ऽभवद् भर्ता रामः पालयिताभवत् आसन् वर्षसहस्राणि तथा पुत्रसहस्रिणः ॥
rāma eko 'bhavad bhartā rāmaḥ pālayitābhavat āsan varṣasahasrāṇi tathā putrasahasriṇaḥ //
Rāma alone was the (people's) lord, Rāma was their protector; (men) lived thousands of years and likewise had thousands of sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.151
अरोगाः प्राणिनश् चासन् रामे राज्यं प्रशासति देवतानाम् ऋषीणां च मनुष्याणां च सर्वशः ॥
arogāḥ prāṇinaś cāsan rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati devatānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ //
Living beings were free of disease while Rāma ruled the kingdom; of gods, of sages, and of men, in every way,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.152
पृथिव्यां समवायो ऽभूद् रामे राज्यं प्रशासति गाथाम् अप्य् अत्र गायन्ति ये पुराणविदो जनाः ॥
pṛthivyāṃ samavāyo 'bhūd rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati gāthām apy atra gāyanti ye purāṇavido janāḥ //
While Rāma ruled the kingdom there was concord upon the earth; and those people who know the ancient lore sing a song about this,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.153
रामे निबद्धतत्त्वार्था माहात्म्यं तस्य धीमतः श्यामो युवा लोहिताक्षो दीप्तास्यो मितभाषितः ॥
rāme nibaddhatattvārthā māhātmyaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ śyāmo yuvā lohitākṣo dīptāsyo mitabhāṣitaḥ //
a song whose truths are fixed upon Rāma, (telling) the greatness of that wise one: dark-hued, youthful, red-eyed, with a radiant face, sparing in speech,
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BrP 213.154
आजानुबाहुः सुमुखः सिंहस्कन्धो महाभुजः दश वर्षसहस्राणि रामो राज्यम् अकारयत् ॥
ājānubāhuḥ sumukhaḥ siṃhaskandho mahābhujaḥ daśa varṣasahasrāṇi rāmo rājyam akārayat //
with arms reaching to his knees, fair-faced, lion-shouldered, mighty-armed — Rāma had the kingdom governed for ten thousand years.
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BrP 213.155
ऋक्सामयजुषां घोषो ज्याघोषश् च महात्मनः अव्युच्छिन्नो ऽभवद् राष्ट्रे दीयतां भुज्यताम् इति ॥
ṛksāmayajuṣāṃ ghoṣo jyāghoṣaś ca mahātmanaḥ avyucchinno 'bhavad rāṣṭre dīyatāṃ bhujyatām iti //
The sound of the Ṛg, Sāma and Yajus verses, and the twang of the great one's bowstring, and the words "let it be given, let it be enjoyed," were unbroken in the realm.
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BrP 213.156
सत्त्ववान् गुणसंपन्नो दीप्यमानः स्वतेजसा अति चन्द्रं च सूर्यं च रामो दाशरथिर् बभौ ॥
sattvavān guṇasaṃpanno dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā ati candraṃ ca sūryaṃ ca rāmo dāśarathir babhau //
Endowed with strength, full of good qualities, blazing with his own splendour, Rāma the son of Daśaratha shone beyond both moon and sun.
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BrP 213.157
ईजे क्रतुशतैः पुण्यैः समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः हित्वायोध्यां दिवं यातो राघवो हि महाबलः ॥
īje kratuśataiḥ puṇyaiḥ samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ hitvāyodhyāṃ divaṃ yāto rāghavo hi mahābalaḥ //
He sacrificed with hundreds of meritorious rites, complete with excellent sacrificial fees; then, leaving Ayodhyā, the mighty Rāghava went to heaven.
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BrP 213.158
एवम् एव महाबाहुर् इक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनः रावणं सगणं हत्वा दिवम् आचक्रमे विभुः ॥
evam eva mahābāhur ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ rāvaṇaṃ sagaṇaṃ hatvā divam ācakrame vibhuḥ //
Just so the mighty-armed delight of the Ikṣvāku line, the all-pervading lord, having slain Rāvaṇa together with his troops, ascended to heaven.
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BrP 213.159
अपरः केशवस्यायं प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः विख्यातो माथुरे कल्पे सर्वलोकहिताय वै ॥
aparaḥ keśavasyāyaṃ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ vikhyāto māthure kalpe sarvalokahitāya vai //
This other manifestation of the great-souled Keśava is renowned, in the Māthura age, for the welfare of all the worlds:
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BrP 213.160
यत्र शाल्वं च चैद्यं च कंसं द्विविदम् एव च अरिष्टं वृषभं केशिं पूतनां दैत्यदारिकाम् ॥
yatra śālvaṃ ca caidyaṃ ca kaṃsaṃ dvividam eva ca ariṣṭaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ keśiṃ pūtanāṃ daityadārikām //
in which the valorous one, with a human body, destroyed Śālva and the Caidya (Śiśupāla) and Kaṃsa and Dvivida, Ariṣṭa the bull, Keśin, Pūtanā the demoness-girl,
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BrP 213.161
नागं कुवलयापीडं चाणूरं मुष्टिकं तथा दैत्यान् मानुषदेहेन सूदयाम् आस वीर्यवान् ॥
nāgaṃ kuvalayāpīḍaṃ cāṇūraṃ muṣṭikaṃ tathā daityān mānuṣadehena sūdayām āsa vīryavān //
the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa, and Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika — (these) demons he destroyed with a human body, he the valorous one.
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BrP 213.162
छिन्नं बाहुसहस्रं च बाणस्याद्भुतकर्मणः नरकश् च हतः संख्ये यवनश् च महाबलः ॥
chinnaṃ bāhusahasraṃ ca bāṇasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ narakaś ca hataḥ saṃkhye yavanaś ca mahābalaḥ //
And the thousand arms of Bāṇa of wondrous deeds were cut off, and Naraka was slain in battle, and the mighty Yavana too.
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BrP 213.163
हृतानि च महीपानां सर्वरत्नानि तेजसा दुराचाराश् च निहिताः पार्थिवा ये महीतले ॥
hṛtāni ca mahīpānāṃ sarvaratnāni tejasā durācārāś ca nihitāḥ pārthivā ye mahītale //
And by his power all the jewels of the kings were carried off, and those rulers on earth who were of evil conduct were laid low.
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BrP 213.164
एष लोकहितार्थाय प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः कल्की विष्णुयशा नाम शम्भलग्रामसंभवः ॥
eṣa lokahitārthāya prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ kalkī viṣṇuyaśā nāma śambhalagrāmasaṃbhavaḥ //
This manifestation of the great-souled one is for the welfare of the world: Kalkin by name, Viṣṇuyaśas, born in the village of Śambhala,
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BrP 213.165
सर्वलोकहितार्थाय भूयो देवो महायशाः एते चान्ये च बहवो दिव्या देवगणैर् वृताः ॥
sarvalokahitārthāya bhūyo devo mahāyaśāḥ ete cānye ca bahavo divyā devagaṇair vṛtāḥ //
the god of great renown, once again for the welfare of all the worlds. These and many other divine (manifestations), attended by hosts of gods,
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BrP 213.166
प्रादुर्भावाः पुराणेषु गीयन्ते ब्रह्मवादिभिः यत्र देवा विमुह्यन्ति प्रादुर्भावानुकीर्तने ॥
prādurbhāvāḥ purāṇeṣu gīyante brahmavādibhiḥ yatra devā vimuhyanti prādurbhāvānukīrtane //
these manifestations are sung in the Purāṇas by those who expound the Veda — in the recounting of manifestations, at which even the gods are bewildered,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.167
पुराणं वर्तते यत्र वेदश्रुतिसमाहितम् एतद् उद्देशमात्रेण प्रादुर्भावानुकीर्तनम् ॥
purāṇaṃ vartate yatra vedaśrutisamāhitam etad uddeśamātreṇa prādurbhāvānukīrtanam //
where the Purāṇa proceeds, gathered together with the Vedic revelation. This recounting of the manifestations has (been given) merely by way of indication.
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BrP 213.168
कीर्तितं कीर्तनीयस्य सर्वलोकगुरोर् विभोः प्रीयन्ते पितरस् तस्य प्रादुर्भावानुकीर्तनात् ॥
kīrtitaṃ kīrtanīyasya sarvalokaguror vibhoḥ prīyante pitaras tasya prādurbhāvānukīrtanāt //
It has been proclaimed, of the praiseworthy all-pervading teacher of all the worlds; and by this recounting of the manifestations a man's ancestors are pleased,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.169
विष्णोर् अमितवीर्यस्य यः शृणोति कृताञ्जलिः ॥
viṣṇor amitavīryasya yaḥ śṛṇoti kṛtāñjaliḥ //
— (the manifestations) of Viṣṇu of measureless valour, which he hears with hands joined in reverence.
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BrP 213.170
एताश् च योगेश्वरयोगमायाः श्रुत्वा नरो मुच्यति सर्वपापैः ऋद्धिं समृद्धिं विपुलांश् च भोगान् प्राप्नोति शीघ्रं भगवत्प्रसादात्
etāś ca yogeśvarayogamāyāḥ śrutvā naro mucyati sarvapāpaiḥ ṛddhiṃ samṛddhiṃ vipulāṃś ca bhogān prāpnoti śīghraṃ bhagavatprasādāt
And a man who has heard these yoga-illusions of the lord of yoga is freed from all sins; he swiftly obtains prosperity, abundance, and ample enjoyments by the Blessed One's favour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 213.171
एवं मया मुनिश्रेष्ठा विष्णोर् अमिततेजसः सर्वपापहराः पुण्याः प्रादुर्भावाः प्रकीर्तिताः ॥
evaṃ mayā muniśreṣṭhā viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ sarvapāpaharāḥ puṇyāḥ prādurbhāvāḥ prakīrtitāḥ //
Thus, O best of sages, have I proclaimed the holy manifestations of Viṣṇu of measureless splendour, which remove all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition