Brahma Purana — Chapter 228
BrP 228.1
एकादश्याम् उभे पक्षे निराहारः समाहितः स्नात्वा सम्यग् विधानेन धौतवासा जितेन्द्रियः ॥
ekādaśyām ubhe pakṣe nirāhāraḥ samāhitaḥ snātvā samyag vidhānena dhautavāsā jitendriyaḥ //
On the eleventh day in both fortnights, fasting and composed, having bathed properly according to the rule, wearing freshly washed clothes, with the senses controlled,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.2
संपूज्य विधिवद् विष्णुं श्रद्धया सुसमाहितः पुष्पैर् गन्धैस् तथा दीपैर् धूपैर् नैवेद्यकैस् तथा ॥
saṃpūjya vidhivad viṣṇuṃ śraddhayā susamāhitaḥ puṣpair gandhais tathā dīpair dhūpair naivedyakais tathā //
having duly worshipped Viṣṇu with faith and well composed, with flowers, with fragrances, and with lamps, with incense and with food-offerings,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.3
उपहारैर् बहुविधैर् जप्यैर् होमप्रदक्षिणैः स्तोत्रैर् नानाविधैर् दिव्यैर् गीतवाद्यैर् मनोहरैः ॥
upahārair bahuvidhair japyair homapradakṣiṇaiḥ stotrair nānāvidhair divyair gītavādyair manoharaiḥ //
with offerings of many kinds, with recitations, with oblations and circumambulations, with hymns of various sorts, divine, with charming song and instrumental music,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.4
दण्डवत्प्रणिपातैश् च जयशब्दैस् तथोत्तमैः एवं संपूज्य विधिवद् रात्रौ कृत्वा प्रजागरम् ॥
daṇḍavatpraṇipātaiś ca jayaśabdais tathottamaiḥ evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivad rātrau kṛtvā prajāgaram //
and with prostrations flat as a staff, and with excellent shouts of "Victory!" — having worshipped duly in this way, and having kept vigil through the night,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.5
कथां वा गीतिकां विष्णोर् गायन् विष्णुपरायणः याति विष्णोः परं स्थानं नरो नास्त्य् अत्र संशयः ॥
kathāṃ vā gītikāṃ viṣṇor gāyan viṣṇuparāyaṇaḥ yāti viṣṇoḥ paraṃ sthānaṃ naro nāsty atra saṃśayaḥ //
a man who, intent on Viṣṇu, sings a story or a song of Viṣṇu goes to the supreme abode of Viṣṇu; there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.6
प्रजागरे गीतिकायाः फलं विष्णोर् महामुने ब्रूहि तच् छ्रोतुम् इच्छामः परं कौतूहलं हि नः ॥
prajāgare gītikāyāḥ phalaṃ viṣṇor mahāmune brūhi tac chrotum icchāmaḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ //
"Tell us, great sage, the fruit of a song of Viṣṇu during the night-vigil; we wish to hear it, for our curiosity is great."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.7
शृणुध्वं मुनिशार्दूलाः प्रवक्ष्याम्य् अनुपूर्वशः गीतिकायाः फलं विष्णोर् जागरे यद् उदाहृतम् ॥
śṛṇudhvaṃ muniśārdūlāḥ pravakṣyāmy anupūrvaśaḥ gītikāyāḥ phalaṃ viṣṇor jāgare yad udāhṛtam //
Listen, O tigers among sages; I shall relate in due order the fruit of a song of Viṣṇu at the vigil, as it has been declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.8
अवन्ती नाम नगरी बभूव भुवि विश्रुता तत्रास्ते भगवान् विष्णुः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः ॥
avantī nāma nagarī babhūva bhuvi viśrutā tatrāste bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ //
There was a city named Avantī, renowned on earth; there dwells Lord Viṣṇu, bearer of conch, discus and mace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.9
तस्या नगर्याः पर्यन्ते चाण्डालो गीतिकोविदः सद्वृत्त्योत्पादितधनो भृत्यानां भरणे रतः ॥
tasyā nagaryāḥ paryante cāṇḍālo gītikovidaḥ sadvṛttyotpāditadhano bhṛtyānāṃ bharaṇe rataḥ //
On the outskirts of that city (there lived) a Cāṇḍāla skilled in song, who acquired his wealth by honest livelihood and was intent on supporting his dependants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.10
विष्णुभक्तः स चाण्डालो मासि मासि दृढव्रतः एकादश्यां समागम्य सोपवासो ऽथ गायति ॥
viṣṇubhaktaḥ sa cāṇḍālo māsi māsi dṛḍhavrataḥ ekādaśyāṃ samāgamya sopavāso 'tha gāyati //
That Cāṇḍāla, a devotee of Viṣṇu, firm in his vow month after month, having assembled (with others) on the eleventh day, then sings while fasting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.11
गीतिका विष्णुनामाङ्काः प्रादुर्भावसमाश्रिताः गान्धारषड्जनैषादस्वरपञ्चमधैवतैः ॥
gītikā viṣṇunāmāṅkāḥ prādurbhāvasamāśritāḥ gāndhāraṣaḍjanaiṣādasvarapañcamadhaivataiḥ //
(He sings) songs marked with the names of Viṣṇu, based on (his) manifestations, with the notes gāndhāra, ṣaḍja, niṣāda, pañcama and dhaivata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.12
रात्रिजागरणे विष्णुं गाथाभिर् उपगायति प्रभाते च प्रणम्येशं द्वादश्यां गृहम् एत्य च ॥
rātrijāgaraṇe viṣṇuṃ gāthābhir upagāyati prabhāte ca praṇamyeśaṃ dvādaśyāṃ gṛham etya ca //
At the night-vigil he sings to Viṣṇu with verses, and at dawn, having bowed to the Lord, having come home on the twelfth day,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.13
जामातृभागिनेयांश् च भोजयित्वा सकन्यकाः ततः सपरिवारस् तु पश्चाद् भुङ्क्ते द्विजोत्तमाः ॥
jāmātṛbhāgineyāṃś ca bhojayitvā sakanyakāḥ tataḥ saparivāras tu paścād bhuṅkte dvijottamāḥ //
having fed his sons-in-law and nephews along with the girls, then, together with his family, he eats afterwards, O best of brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.14
एवं तस्यासतस् तत्र कुर्वतो विष्णुप्रीणनम् गीतिकाभिर् विचित्राभिर् वयः प्रतिगतं बहु ॥
evaṃ tasyāsatas tatra kurvato viṣṇuprīṇanam gītikābhir vicitrābhir vayaḥ pratigataṃ bahu //
As he dwelt there in this way, performing the propitiation of Viṣṇu with manifold songs, much of his lifetime passed away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.15
एकदा चैत्रमासे तु कृष्णैकादशिगोचरे विष्णुशुश्रूषणार्थाय ययौ वनम् अनुत्तमम् ॥
ekadā caitramāse tu kṛṣṇaikādaśigocare viṣṇuśuśrūṣaṇārthāya yayau vanam anuttamam //
Once, in the month of Caitra, when the eleventh day of the dark fortnight came round, he went to a most excellent forest for the sake of serving Viṣṇu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.16
वनजातानि पुष्पाणि ग्रहीतुं भक्तितत्परः क्षिप्रातटे महारण्ये विभीतकतरोर् अधः ॥
vanajātāni puṣpāṇi grahītuṃ bhaktitatparaḥ kṣiprātaṭe mahāraṇye vibhītakataror adhaḥ //
intent on devotion, to gather the flowers grown in the forest, on the bank of the Kṣiprā, in the great wilderness, beneath a vibhītaka tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.17
दृष्टः स राक्षसेनाथ गृहीतश् चापि भक्षितुम् चाण्डालस् तम् अथोवाच नाद्य भक्ष्यस् त्वया ह्य् अहम् ॥
dṛṣṭaḥ sa rākṣasenātha gṛhītaś cāpi bhakṣitum cāṇḍālas tam athovāca nādya bhakṣyas tvayā hy aham //
He was seen by the rākṣasa and seized in order to be eaten; then the cāṇḍāla said to him: "I am not to be eaten by you today."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.18
प्रातर् भोक्ष्यसि कल्याण सत्यम् एष्याम्य् अहं पुनः अद्य कार्यं मम महत् तस्मान् मुञ्चस्व राक्षस ॥
prātar bhokṣyasi kalyāṇa satyam eṣyāmy ahaṃ punaḥ adya kāryaṃ mama mahat tasmān muñcasva rākṣasa //
"In the morning you shall eat (me), good sir; truly I shall come back again. Today I have a great task to do; therefore release (me), rākṣasa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.19
श्वः सत्येन समेष्यामि ततः खादसि माम् इति विष्णुशुश्रूषणार्थाय रात्रिजागरणं मया कार्यं न व्रतविघ्नं मे कर्तुम् अर्हसि राक्षस ॥
śvaḥ satyena sameṣyāmi tataḥ khādasi mām iti viṣṇuśuśrūṣaṇārthāya rātrijāgaraṇaṃ mayā kāryaṃ na vratavighnaṃ me kartum arhasi rākṣasa //
"Tomorrow I shall come, in truth, and then you may devour me. For the sake of serving Viṣṇu a night-vigil must be kept by me; you ought not to obstruct my vow, rākṣasa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.20
तं राक्षसः प्रत्युवाच दशरात्रम् अभोजनम् ममाभूद् अद्य च भवान् मया लब्धो मतङ्गज ॥
taṃ rākṣasaḥ pratyuvāca daśarātram abhojanam mamābhūd adya ca bhavān mayā labdho mataṅgaja //
The rākṣasa answered him: "For ten nights I have had no food, and today you have been got by me, O mātaṅga."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.21
न मोक्ष्ये भक्षयिष्यामि क्षुधया पीडितो भृशम् निशाचरवचः श्रुत्वा मातङ्गस् तम् उवाच ह सान्त्वयञ् श्लक्ष्णया वाचा स सत्यवचनैर् दृढैः ॥
na mokṣye bhakṣayiṣyāmi kṣudhayā pīḍito bhṛśam niśācaravacaḥ śrutvā mātaṅgas tam uvāca ha sāntvayañ ślakṣṇayā vācā sa satyavacanair dṛḍhaiḥ //
"I shall not release (you); I shall eat (you), sorely afflicted as I am by hunger." Hearing the night-walker's words, the mātaṅga spoke to him, soothing him with smooth speech and with firm words of truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.22
सत्यमूलं जगत् सर्वं ब्रह्मराक्षस तच् छृणु सत्येनाहं शपिष्यामि पुनरागमनाय च ॥
satyamūlaṃ jagat sarvaṃ brahmarākṣasa tac chṛṇu satyenāhaṃ śapiṣyāmi punarāgamanāya ca //
"The whole world has truth as its root, brahmarākṣasa — hear this: I shall swear by truth that I shall come back."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.23
आदित्यश् चन्द्रमा वह्निर् वायुर् भूर् द्यौर् जलं मनः अहोरात्रं यमः संध्ये द्वे विदुर् नरचेष्टितम् ॥
ādityaś candramā vahnir vāyur bhūr dyaur jalaṃ manaḥ ahorātraṃ yamaḥ saṃdhye dve vidur naraceṣṭitam //
The sun, the moon, fire, wind, earth, sky, water, mind, day and night, Yama, and the two twilights — (these) know what a man does.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.24
परदारेषु यत् पापं यत् परद्रव्यहारिषु यच् च ब्रह्महनः पापं सुरापे गुरुतल्पगे ॥
paradāreṣu yat pāpaṃ yat paradravyahāriṣu yac ca brahmahanaḥ pāpaṃ surāpe gurutalpage //
"The sin that lies in (going to) others' wives, that in those who steal others' property, and the sin of the brahmin-slayer, of the liquor-drinker, of the violator of the guru's bed;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.25
वन्ध्यापतेश् च यत् पापं यत् पापं वृषलीपतेः यच् च देवलके पापं मत्स्यमांसाशिनश् च यत् ॥
vandhyāpateś ca yat pāpaṃ yat pāpaṃ vṛṣalīpateḥ yac ca devalake pāpaṃ matsyamāṃsāśinaś ca yat //
"and the sin of the husband of a barren woman, the sin of the husband of a śūdra woman, the sin in a temple-servant (devalaka), and that of the eater of fish and flesh;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.26
क्रोडमांसाशिनो यच् च कूर्ममांसाशिनश् च यत् वृथा मांसाशिनो यच् च पृष्ठमांसाशिनश् च यत् ॥
kroḍamāṃsāśino yac ca kūrmamāṃsāśinaś ca yat vṛthā māṃsāśino yac ca pṛṣṭhamāṃsāśinaś ca yat //
"and that of the eater of boar's flesh, and that of the eater of tortoise flesh, and that of one who eats meat to no purpose, and that of the eater of back-flesh;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.27
कृतघ्ने मित्रघातके यत् पापं दिधिषूपतौ सूतकस्य च यत् पापं यत् पापं क्रूरकर्मणः ॥
kṛtaghne mitraghātake yat pāpaṃ didhiṣūpatau sūtakasya ca yat pāpaṃ yat pāpaṃ krūrakarmaṇaḥ //
"the sin in the ungrateful man, in the slayer of a friend, in the husband of a remarried woman, and the sin of one impure through a birth (in the family), the sin of the man of cruel deeds;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.28
कृपणस्य च यत् पापं यच् च वन्ध्यातिथेर् अपि अमावास्याष्टमी षष्ठी कृष्णशुक्लचतुर्दशी ॥
kṛpaṇasya ca yat pāpaṃ yac ca vandhyātither api amāvāsyāṣṭamī ṣaṣṭhī kṛṣṇaśuklacaturdaśī //
"and the sin of the miser, and that of one who turns a guest away fruitless; the new-moon day, the eighth, the sixth, the fourteenth of the dark and of the bright fortnight —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.29
तासु यद् गमनात् पापं यद् विप्रो व्रजति स्त्रियम् रजस्वलां तथा पश्चाच् छ्राद्धं कृत्वा स्त्रियं व्रजेत् ॥
tāsu yad gamanāt pāpaṃ yad vipro vrajati striyam rajasvalāṃ tathā paścāc chrāddhaṃ kṛtvā striyaṃ vrajet //
"the sin that comes from intercourse on those (days); the sin when a brahmin goes to a menstruating woman, and when, having just performed a śrāddha, he goes to a woman;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.30
सर्वस्वस्नातभोज्यानां यत् पापं मलभोजने मित्रभार्यां गच्छतां च यत् पापं पिशुनस्य च ॥
sarvasvasnātabhojyānāṃ yat pāpaṃ malabhojane mitrabhāryāṃ gacchatāṃ ca yat pāpaṃ piśunasya ca //
"the sin of those (who eat) the food of one who has bathed away all his possessions, the sin in eating filth, and the sin of those who go to a friend's wife, and of the slanderer;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.31
दम्भमायानुरक्ते च यत् पापं मधुघातिनः ब्राह्मणस्य प्रतिश्रुत्य यत् पापं तदयच्छतः ॥
dambhamāyānurakte ca yat pāpaṃ madhughātinaḥ brāhmaṇasya pratiśrutya yat pāpaṃ tadayacchataḥ //
"and the sin in one devoted to hypocrisy and deceit, that of the destroyer of honey(-bees), and the sin of one who, having promised to a brahmin, does not give it;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.32
यच् च कन्यानृते पापं यच् च गोश्वतरानृते स्त्रीबालहन्तुर् यत् पापं यच् च मिथ्याभिभाषिणः ॥
yac ca kanyānṛte pāpaṃ yac ca gośvatarānṛte strībālahantur yat pāpaṃ yac ca mithyābhibhāṣiṇaḥ //
"and the sin in a falsehood concerning a maiden, and in a falsehood concerning cows or mules; the sin of the killer of women and children, and that of the speaker of lies;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.33
देववेदद्विजनृपपुत्रमित्रसतीस्त्रियः यच् च निन्दयतां पापं गुरुमिथ्यापचारतः ॥
devavedadvijanṛpaputramitrasatīstriyaḥ yac ca nindayatāṃ pāpaṃ gurumithyāpacārataḥ //
"and the sin of those who revile gods, the Vedas, brahmins, kings, sons, friends and virtuous women, and (the sin) arising from false conduct toward one's teacher;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.34
अग्नित्यागिषु यत् पापम् अग्निदायिषु यद् वने गृहेष्ट्या पातके यच् च यद् गोघ्ने यद् द्विजाधमे ॥
agnityāgiṣu yat pāpam agnidāyiṣu yad vane gṛheṣṭyā pātake yac ca yad goghne yad dvijādhame //
"the sin in those who abandon the (sacred) fires, the sin in those who set fire in the forest, and the sin in the transgression of the domestic sacrifice, that in the cow-slayer, that in the vilest of the twice-born;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.35
यत् पापं परिवित्ते च यत् पापं परिवेदिनः तयोर् दातृग्रहीत्रोश् च यत् पापं भ्रूणघातिनः ॥
yat pāpaṃ parivitte ca yat pāpaṃ parivedinaḥ tayor dātṛgrahītroś ca yat pāpaṃ bhrūṇaghātinaḥ //
"the sin in the elder brother passed over (in marriage), the sin of the younger who marries before him, and the sin of those two, the giver and the taker (of the bride), and the sin of the slayer of an embryo;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.36
किं चात्र बहुभिः प्रोक्तैः शपथैस् तव राक्षस श्रूयतां शपथं भीमं दुर्वाच्यम् अपि कथ्यते ॥
kiṃ cātra bahubhiḥ proktaiḥ śapathais tava rākṣasa śrūyatāṃ śapathaṃ bhīmaṃ durvācyam api kathyate //
"And what need is there here of many oaths spoken, rākṣasa? Let a dreadful oath be heard — though hard to utter, it is (now) uttered."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.37
स्वकन्याजीविनः पापं गूढसत्येन साक्षिणः अयाज्ययाजके षण्ढे यत् पापं श्रवणे ऽधमे ॥
svakanyājīvinaḥ pāpaṃ gūḍhasatyena sākṣiṇaḥ ayājyayājake ṣaṇḍhe yat pāpaṃ śravaṇe 'dhame //
The sin of one who lives off (the earnings of) his own daughter, of a witness who hides the truth, the sin that is in one who officiates for those unfit to be sacrificed for, in a eunuch, in a base man who listens (to sacred lore) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.38
प्रव्रज्यावसिते यच् च ब्रह्मचारिणि कामुके एतैस् तु पापैर् लिप्ये ऽहं यदि नैष्यामि ते ऽन्तिकम् ॥
pravrajyāvasite yac ca brahmacāriṇi kāmuke etais tu pāpair lipye 'haṃ yadi naiṣyāmi te 'ntikam //
— and the sin that is in one who has abandoned the renunciant's life, and in a lustful student of celibacy: with these sins let me be stained if I do not come back to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.39
मातङ्गवचनं श्रुत्वा विस्मितो ब्रह्मराक्षसः प्राह गच्छस्व सत्येन समयं चैव पालय ॥
mātaṅgavacanaṃ śrutvā vismito brahmarākṣasaḥ prāha gacchasva satyena samayaṃ caiva pālaya //
Hearing the outcaste's words, the brahmin-demon was astonished and said: "Go, in truth, and keep the agreement."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.40
इत्य् उक्तः कुणपाशेन श्वपाकः कुसुमानि तु समादायागमच् चैव विष्णोः स निलयं गतः ॥
ity uktaḥ kuṇapāśena śvapākaḥ kusumāni tu samādāyāgamac caiva viṣṇoḥ sa nilayaṃ gataḥ //
Thus addressed by (the demon) with the noose of corpses, the dog-cooker took the flowers and went, and he reached Viṣṇu's abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.41
तानि प्रादाद् ब्राह्मणाय सो ऽपि प्रक्षाल्य चाम्भसा विष्णुम् अभ्यर्च्य निलयं जगाम स तपोधनाः ॥
tāni prādād brāhmaṇāya so 'pi prakṣālya cāmbhasā viṣṇum abhyarcya nilayaṃ jagāma sa tapodhanāḥ //
He gave them to the brahmin, and he too, having washed (them) with water and worshipped Viṣṇu (with them), went to his own dwelling, O you rich in austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.42
सो ऽपि मातङ्गदायादः सोपवासस् तु तां निशाम् गायन् हि बाह्यभूमिष्ठः प्रजागरम् उपाकरोत् ॥
so 'pi mātaṅgadāyādaḥ sopavāsas tu tāṃ niśām gāyan hi bāhyabhūmiṣṭhaḥ prajāgaram upākarot //
And that son of the outcaste, fasting, that night, singing while remaining on the ground outside, kept a vigil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.43
प्रभातायां तु शर्वर्यां स्नात्वा देवं नमस्य च सत्यं स समयं कर्तुं प्रतस्थे यत्र राक्षसः ॥
prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ snātvā devaṃ namasya ca satyaṃ sa samayaṃ kartuṃ pratasthe yatra rākṣasaḥ //
But when night had brightened into dawn, having bathed and bowed to the god, he set out to make his promise true, to where the demon was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.44
तं व्रजन्तं पथि नरः प्राह भद्र क्व गच्छसि स तथाकथयत् सर्वं सो ऽप्य् एनं पुनर् अब्रवीत् ॥
taṃ vrajantaṃ pathi naraḥ prāha bhadra kva gacchasi sa tathākathayat sarvaṃ so 'py enaṃ punar abravīt //
As he went along the road a man said to him: "Good sir, where are you going?" He then told him everything, and (the man) spoke to him again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.45
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां शरीरं साधनं यतः महता तु प्रयत्नेन शरीरं पालयेद् बुधः ॥
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ śarīraṃ sādhanaṃ yataḥ mahatā tu prayatnena śarīraṃ pālayed budhaḥ //
"Since the body is the instrument of dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation, a wise man should guard the body with great effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.46
जीवधर्मार्थसुखं नरस् तथाप्नोति मोक्षगतिम् अग्र्याम् जीवन् कीर्तिम् उपैति च भवति मृतस्य का कथा लोके
jīvadharmārthasukhaṃ naras tathāpnoti mokṣagatim agryām jīvan kīrtim upaiti ca bhavati mṛtasya kā kathā loke
Living, a man attains dharma, wealth and pleasure, and the foremost course to liberation; living, he comes to fame too. What talk is there in the world of a dead man?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.47
मातङ्गस् तद् वचः श्रुत्वा प्रत्युवाचाथ हेतुमत् ॥
mātaṅgas tad vacaḥ śrutvā pratyuvācātha hetumat //
Hearing that speech, the outcaste then replied with reasoning:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.48
भद्र सत्यं पुरस्कृत्य गच्छामि शपथाः कृताः ॥
bhadra satyaṃ puraskṛtya gacchāmi śapathāḥ kṛtāḥ //
"Good sir, putting truth first, I am going; the oaths have been sworn."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.49
तं भूयः प्रत्युवाचाथ किम् एवं मूढधीर् भवान् किं न श्रुतं त्वया साधो मनुना यद् उदीरितम् ॥
taṃ bhūyaḥ pratyuvācātha kim evaṃ mūḍhadhīr bhavān kiṃ na śrutaṃ tvayā sādho manunā yad udīritam //
Then (the man) answered him again: "Why is your mind so deluded? Have you not heard, good man, what was declared by Manu?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.50
गोस्त्रीद्विजानां परिरक्षणार्थं विवाहकाले सुरतप्रसङ्गे प्राणात्यये सर्वधनापहारे पञ्चानृतान्य् आहुर् अपातकानि
gostrīdvijānāṃ parirakṣaṇārthaṃ vivāhakāle surataprasaṅge prāṇātyaye sarvadhanāpahāre pañcānṛtāny āhur apātakāni
"For the sake of protecting cows, women and brahmins, at the time of a marriage, in the course of lovemaking, when life is at risk, when all one's wealth is being carried off — five untruths they call not sins."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.51
धर्मवाक्यं न च स्त्रीषु न विवाहे तथा रिपौ वञ्चने चार्थहानौ च स्वनाशे ऽनृतके तथा एवं तद् वाक्यम् आकर्ण्य मातङ्गः प्रत्युवाच ह ॥
dharmavākyaṃ na ca strīṣu na vivāhe tathā ripau vañcane cārthahānau ca svanāśe 'nṛtake tathā evaṃ tad vākyam ākarṇya mātaṅgaḥ pratyuvāca ha //
"A statement of dharma (need) not (be kept) concerning women, nor in a marriage, likewise with an enemy, in deception, in loss of wealth, and in one's own destruction, likewise where untruth (is at stake)." Having heard that speech thus, the outcaste replied:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.52
मैवं वदस्व भद्रं ते सत्यं लोकेषु पूज्यते सत्येनावाप्यते सौख्यं यत् किंचिज् जगतीगतम् ॥
maivaṃ vadasva bhadraṃ te satyaṃ lokeṣu pūjyate satyenāvāpyate saukhyaṃ yat kiṃcij jagatīgatam //
"Do not speak so — blessings on you! Truth is honoured among the worlds. By truth is obtained whatever happiness there is in the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.53
सत्येनार्कः प्रतपति सत्येनापो रसात्मिकाः ज्वलत्य् अग्निश् च सत्येन वाति सत्येन मारुतः ॥
satyenārkaḥ pratapati satyenāpo rasātmikāḥ jvalaty agniś ca satyena vāti satyena mārutaḥ //
By truth the sun burns; by truth the waters have the nature of savour; by truth the fire blazes, and by truth the wind blows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.54
धर्मार्थकामसंप्राप्तिर् मोक्षप्राप्तिश् च दुर्लभा सत्येन जायते पुंसां तस्मात् सत्यं न संत्यजेत् ॥
dharmārthakāmasaṃprāptir mokṣaprāptiś ca durlabhā satyena jāyate puṃsāṃ tasmāt satyaṃ na saṃtyajet //
The attainment of dharma, wealth and pleasure, and the hard-won attainment of liberation, arise for men through truth; therefore one should not abandon truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.55
सत्यं ब्रह्म परं लोके सत्यं यज्ञेषु चोत्तमम् सत्यं स्वर्गसमायातं तस्मात् सत्यं न संत्यजेत् ॥
satyaṃ brahma paraṃ loke satyaṃ yajñeṣu cottamam satyaṃ svargasamāyātaṃ tasmāt satyaṃ na saṃtyajet //
Truth is the highest brahman in the world, truth is the best thing in sacrifices, truth is what has come from heaven; therefore one should not abandon truth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.56
इत्य् उक्त्वा सो ऽथ मातङ्गस् तं प्रक्षिप्य नरोत्तमम् जगाम तत्र यत्रास्ते प्राणिहा ब्रह्मराक्षसः ॥
ity uktvā so 'tha mātaṅgas taṃ prakṣipya narottamam jagāma tatra yatrāste prāṇihā brahmarākṣasaḥ //
Having spoken thus, the outcaste then left that best of men behind and went to where the life-slaying brahmin-demon was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.57
तम् आगतं समीक्ष्यासौ चाण्डालं ब्रह्मराक्षसः विस्मयोत्फुल्लनयनः शिरःकम्पं तम् अब्रवीत् ॥
tam āgataṃ samīkṣyāsau cāṇḍālaṃ brahmarākṣasaḥ vismayotphullanayanaḥ śiraḥkampaṃ tam abravīt //
Seeing that Caṇḍāla arrived, the brahma-rākṣasa, his eyes wide with astonishment, shaking his head, said to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.58
साधु साधु महाभाग सत्यवाक्यानुपालक न मातङ्गम् अहं मन्ये भवन्तं सत्यलक्षणम् ॥
sādhu sādhu mahābhāga satyavākyānupālaka na mātaṅgam ahaṃ manye bhavantaṃ satyalakṣaṇam //
"Well done, well done, greatly fortunate one, keeper of a truthful word! I do not think you a Mātaṅga—you bear the marks of truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.59
कर्मणानेन मन्ये त्वां ब्राह्मणं शुचिम् अव्ययम् यत् किंचित् त्वां भद्रमुखं प्रवक्ष्ये धर्मसंश्रयम् किं तत्र भवता रात्रौ कृतं विष्णुगृहे वद ॥
karmaṇānena manye tvāṃ brāhmaṇaṃ śucim avyayam yat kiṃcit tvāṃ bhadramukhaṃ pravakṣye dharmasaṃśrayam kiṃ tatra bhavatā rātrau kṛtaṃ viṣṇugṛhe vada //
By this act I consider you a Brahmin, pure and unfailing. Whatever I shall say to you, O auspicious-faced one, rests upon dharma: tell me, what was done by you there that night in Viṣṇu's house?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.60
तम् अभ्युवाच मातङ्गः शृणु विष्णुगृहे मया यत् कृतं रजनीभागे यथातथ्यं वदामि ते ॥
tam abhyuvāca mātaṅgaḥ śṛṇu viṣṇugṛhe mayā yat kṛtaṃ rajanībhāge yathātathyaṃ vadāmi te //
The Mātaṅga replied to him: "Hear what was done by me in Viṣṇu's house during the portion of the night; I shall tell you as it truly was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.61
विष्णोर् देवकुलस्याधः स्थितेनानम्रमूर्तिना प्रजागरः कृतो रात्रौ गायता विष्णुगीतिकाम् ॥
viṣṇor devakulasyādhaḥ sthitenānamramūrtinā prajāgaraḥ kṛto rātrau gāyatā viṣṇugītikām //
Standing below Viṣṇu's temple, with body unbowed, I kept a vigil through the night, singing songs of Viṣṇu."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.62
तं ब्रह्मराक्षसः प्राह कियन्तं कालम् उच्यताम् प्रजागरो विष्णुगृहे कृतं भक्तिमता वद ॥
taṃ brahmarākṣasaḥ prāha kiyantaṃ kālam ucyatām prajāgaro viṣṇugṛhe kṛtaṃ bhaktimatā vada //
The brahma-rākṣasa said to him: "Let it be told—for how long a time? Say how the vigil was kept in Viṣṇu's house by you, a devout man."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.63
तम् अभ्युवाच प्रहसन् विंशत्य् अब्दानि राक्षस एकादश्यां मासि मासि कृतस् तत्र प्रजागरः मातङ्गवचनं श्रुत्वा प्रोवाच ब्रह्मराक्षसः ॥
tam abhyuvāca prahasan viṃśaty abdāni rākṣasa ekādaśyāṃ māsi māsi kṛtas tatra prajāgaraḥ mātaṅgavacanaṃ śrutvā provāca brahmarākṣasaḥ //
Laughing, he replied to him: "Twenty years, O rākṣasa; month after month, on the eleventh day, the vigil was kept there." Hearing the Mātaṅga's words, the brahma-rākṣasa spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.64
यद् अद्य त्वां प्रवक्ष्यामि तद् भवान् वक्तुम् अर्हति एकरात्रिकृतं साधो मम देहि प्रजागरम् ॥
yad adya tvāṃ pravakṣyāmi tad bhavān vaktum arhati ekarātrikṛtaṃ sādho mama dehi prajāgaram //
"What I shall say to you today, that you ought to speak (in reply): give me, good man, the vigil made for one night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.65
एवं त्वां मोक्षयिष्यामि मोक्षयिष्यामि नान्यथा त्रिः सत्येन महाभाग इत्य् उक्त्वा विरराम ह ॥
evaṃ tvāṃ mokṣayiṣyāmi mokṣayiṣyāmi nānyathā triḥ satyena mahābhāga ity uktvā virarāma ha //
Thus I shall release you—I shall release you, not otherwise—three times, by truth, O greatly fortunate one." Having said this, he fell silent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.66
मातङ्गस् तम् उवाचाथ मयात्मा ते निशाचर निवेदितः किम् उक्तेन खादस्व स्वेच्छयापि माम् ॥
mātaṅgas tam uvācātha mayātmā te niśācara niveditaḥ kim uktena khādasva svecchayāpi mām //
Then the Mātaṅga said to him: "My own self has been offered to you, night-roamer; what is the use of talking? Eat me even at your own pleasure."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.67
तम् आह राक्षसो भूयो यामद्वयप्रजागरम् सगीतं मे प्रयच्छस्व कृपां कर्तुं त्वम् अर्हसि ॥
tam āha rākṣaso bhūyo yāmadvayaprajāgaram sagītaṃ me prayacchasva kṛpāṃ kartuṃ tvam arhasi //
The rākṣasa said to him again: "Grant me the vigil of two watches together with the singing; you ought to show mercy."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.68
मातङ्गो राक्षसं प्राह किम् असंबद्धम् उच्यते खादस्व स्वेच्छया मां त्वं न प्रदास्ये प्रजागरम् मातङ्गवचनं श्रुत्वा प्राह तं ब्रह्मराक्षसः ॥
mātaṅgo rākṣasaṃ prāha kim asaṃbaddham ucyate khādasva svecchayā māṃ tvaṃ na pradāsye prajāgaram mātaṅgavacanaṃ śrutvā prāha taṃ brahmarākṣasaḥ //
The Mātaṅga said to the rākṣasa: "Why is this incoherent thing being said? Eat me at your own pleasure; I shall not give the vigil." Hearing the Mātaṅga's words, the brahma-rākṣasa said to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.69
को हि दुष्टमतिर् मन्दो भवन्तं द्रष्टुम् उत्सहेत् धर्षयितुं पीडयितुं रक्षितं धर्मकर्मणा ॥
ko hi duṣṭamatir mando bhavantaṃ draṣṭum utsahet dharṣayituṃ pīḍayituṃ rakṣitaṃ dharmakarmaṇā //
"For what dull-witted, evil-minded creature would dare to look upon you, to assault or to afflict you, protected as you are by your act of dharma?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.70
दीनस्य पापग्रस्तस्य विषयैर् मोहितस्य च नरकार्तस्य मूढस्य साधवः स्युर् दयान्विताः ॥
dīnasya pāpagrastasya viṣayair mohitasya ca narakārtasya mūḍhasya sādhavaḥ syur dayānvitāḥ //
Toward one who is wretched, seized by sin, deluded by the objects of sense, tormented by hell, bewildered—the good would be full of compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.71
तन् मम त्वं महाभाग कृपां कृत्वा प्रजागरम् यामस्यैकस्य मे देहि गच्छ वा निलयं स्वकम् ॥
tan mama tvaṃ mahābhāga kṛpāṃ kṛtvā prajāgaram yāmasyaikasya me dehi gaccha vā nilayaṃ svakam //
So you, greatly fortunate one, showing mercy, give me the vigil of a single watch, or else go to your own dwelling."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.72
तं पुनः प्राह चाण्डालो न यास्यामि निजं गृहम् न चापि तव दास्यामि कथंचिद् यामजागरम् तं प्रहस्याथ चाण्डालं प्रोवाच ब्रह्मराक्षसः ॥
taṃ punaḥ prāha cāṇḍālo na yāsyāmi nijaṃ gṛham na cāpi tava dāsyāmi kathaṃcid yāmajāgaram taṃ prahasyātha cāṇḍālaṃ provāca brahmarākṣasaḥ //
The Caṇḍāla said to him again: "I shall not go to my own house, nor will I in any way give you the vigil of a watch." Then, laughing, the brahma-rākṣasa said to the Caṇḍāla:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.73
रात्र्यवसाने या गीता गीतिका कौतुकाश्रया तस्याः फलं प्रयच्छस्व त्राहि पापात् समुद्धर ॥
rātryavasāne yā gītā gītikā kautukāśrayā tasyāḥ phalaṃ prayacchasva trāhi pāpāt samuddhara //
"The little song that was sung at the end of the night, the one full of delight—grant me the fruit of that; save me, lift me out of sin."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.74
एवम् उच्चारिते तेन मातङ्गस् तम् उवाच ह ॥
evam uccārite tena mātaṅgas tam uvāca ha //
When this had been uttered by him, the Mātaṅga said to him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.75
किं पूर्वं भवता कर्म विकृतं कृतम् अञ्जसा येन त्वं दोषजातेन संभूतो ब्रह्मराक्षसः ॥
kiṃ pūrvaṃ bhavatā karma vikṛtaṃ kṛtam añjasā yena tvaṃ doṣajātena saṃbhūto brahmarākṣasaḥ //
"What perverse deed was done outright by you formerly, by which, born of that fault, you became a brahma-rākṣasa?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.76
तस्य तद् वाक्यम् आकर्ण्य मातङ्गं ब्रह्मराक्षसः प्रोवाच दुःखसंतप्तः संस्मृत्य स्वकृतं कृतम् ॥
tasya tad vākyam ākarṇya mātaṅgaṃ brahmarākṣasaḥ provāca duḥkhasaṃtaptaḥ saṃsmṛtya svakṛtaṃ kṛtam //
Hearing that speech of his, the brahma-rākṣasa, burning with grief, recalling the deed he himself had done, said to the Mātaṅga:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.77
श्रूयतां यो ऽहम् आसं वै पूर्वं यच् च मया कृतम् यस्मिन् कृते पापयोनिं गतवान् अस्मि राक्षसीम् ॥
śrūyatāṃ yo 'ham āsaṃ vai pūrvaṃ yac ca mayā kṛtam yasmin kṛte pāpayoniṃ gatavān asmi rākṣasīm //
"Let it be heard who I was formerly, and what was done by me, by the doing of which I have come to a sinful birth, that of a rākṣasa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.78
सोमशर्म इति ख्यातः पूर्वम् आसम् अहं द्विजः पुत्रो ऽध्ययनशीलस्य देवशर्मस्य यज्वनः ॥
somaśarma iti khyātaḥ pūrvam āsam ahaṃ dvijaḥ putro 'dhyayanaśīlasya devaśarmasya yajvanaḥ //
"Formerly I was a brahmin known as Somaśarman, the son of Devaśarman, a sacrificer devoted to study."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.79
कस्यचिद् यजमानस्य सूत्रमन्त्रबहिष्कृतः नृपस्य कर्मसक्तेन यूपकर्मसुनिष्ठितः ॥
kasyacid yajamānasya sūtramantrabahiṣkṛtaḥ nṛpasya karmasaktena yūpakarmasuniṣṭhitaḥ //
"(I was engaged) at (the sacrifice) of some sacrificer, a king, being excluded from (knowledge of) the sūtras and mantras; through his being intent on the rite I was well established in the work of the sacrificial post."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.80
आग्नीध्रं चाकरोद् यज्ञे लोभमोहप्रपीडितः तस्मिन् परिसमाप्ते तु मौर्ख्याद् दम्भम् अनुष्ठितः ॥
āgnīdhraṃ cākarod yajñe lobhamohaprapīḍitaḥ tasmin parisamāpte tu maurkhyād dambham anuṣṭhitaḥ //
"And, oppressed by greed and delusion, he performed the office of the Āgnīdhra at the sacrifice; and when that was completed, out of folly he practised deceit."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.81
यष्टुम् आरब्धवान् अस्मि द्वादशाहं महाक्रतुम् प्रवर्तमाने तस्मिंस् तु कुक्षिशूलो ऽभवन् मम ॥
yaṣṭum ārabdhavān asmi dvādaśāhaṃ mahākratum pravartamāne tasmiṃs tu kukṣiśūlo 'bhavan mama //
"I began to perform a great twelve-day sacrifice; but while it was in progress a colic pain arose in my belly."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.82
संपूर्णे दशरात्रे तु न समाप्ते तथा क्रतौ विरूपाक्षस्य दीयन्त्याम् आहुत्यां राक्षसे क्षणे ॥
saṃpūrṇe daśarātre tu na samāpte tathā kratau virūpākṣasya dīyantyām āhutyāṃ rākṣase kṣaṇe //
"When ten nights were complete, but the rite not yet finished, while the oblation to Virūpākṣa was being offered at the rākṣasa moment—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.83
मृतो ऽहं तेन दोषेण संभूतो ब्रह्मराक्षसः मूर्खेण मन्त्रहीनेन सूत्रस्वरविवर्जितम् ॥
mṛto 'haṃ tena doṣeṇa saṃbhūto brahmarākṣasaḥ mūrkheṇa mantrahīnena sūtrasvaravivarjitam //
"—I died, and by that fault became a brahmarākṣasa; for what was offered by a fool devoid of mantras, lacking the sūtras and the (right) accents—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.84
अजानता यज्ञविद्यां यद् इष्टं याजितं च यत् तेन कर्मविपाकेन संभूतो ब्रह्मराक्षसः ॥
ajānatā yajñavidyāṃ yad iṣṭaṃ yājitaṃ ca yat tena karmavipākena saṃbhūto brahmarākṣasaḥ //
"—by one not knowing the science of sacrifice, whatever was sacrificed and whatever was caused to be sacrificed: by the ripening of that deed I became a brahmarākṣasa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.85
तन् मां पापमहाम्भोधौ निमग्नं त्वं समुद्धर प्रजागरे गीतिकैकां पश्चिमां दातुम् अर्हसि ॥
tan māṃ pāpamahāmbhodhau nimagnaṃ tvaṃ samuddhara prajāgare gītikaikāṃ paścimāṃ dātum arhasi //
"Therefore rescue me, sunk in the great ocean of sin: you should give me one last song from your night-vigil."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.86
तम् उवाचाथ चाण्डालो यदि प्राणिवधाद् भवान् निवृत्तिं कुरुते दद्यां ततः पश्चिमगीतिकाम् ॥
tam uvācātha cāṇḍālo yadi prāṇivadhād bhavān nivṛttiṃ kurute dadyāṃ tataḥ paścimagītikām //
Then the Cāṇḍāla said to him: "If you will desist from the killing of living beings, then I shall give you the last song."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.87
बाढम् इत्य् अवदत् सो ऽपि मातङ्गो ऽपि ददौ तदा गीतिकाफलम् आमन्त्र्य मुहूर्तार्धप्रजागरम् ॥
bāḍham ity avadat so 'pi mātaṅgo 'pi dadau tadā gītikāphalam āmantrya muhūrtārdhaprajāgaram //
He said "Certainly," and Mātaṅga too then gave (it), assigning the fruit of the song and of half a moment's vigil.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.88
तस्मिन् गीतिफले दत्ते मातङ्गं ब्रह्मराक्षसः प्रणम्य प्रययौ हृष्टस् तीर्थवर्यं पृथूदकम् ॥
tasmin gītiphale datte mātaṅgaṃ brahmarākṣasaḥ praṇamya prayayau hṛṣṭas tīrthavaryaṃ pṛthūdakam //
When that fruit of the song had been given, the brahmarākṣasa bowed to Mātaṅga and, delighted, went to Pṛthūdaka, the best of holy places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.89
तत्रानशनसंकल्पं कृत्वा प्राणाञ् जहौ द्विजाः राक्षसत्वाद् विनिर्मुक्तो गीतिकाफलबृंहितः ॥
tatrānaśanasaṃkalpaṃ kṛtvā prāṇāñ jahau dvijāḥ rākṣasatvād vinirmukto gītikāphalabṛṃhitaḥ //
There, making the resolve to fast, he gave up his life-breaths, O brahmins; released from the state of a rākṣasa, strengthened by the fruit of the song,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.90
पृथूदकप्रभावाच् च ब्रह्मलोकं च दुर्लभम् दश वर्षसहस्राणि निरातङ्को ऽवसत् ततः ॥
pṛthūdakaprabhāvāc ca brahmalokaṃ ca durlabham daśa varṣasahasrāṇi nirātaṅko 'vasat tataḥ //
and by the power of Pṛthūdaka, (he attained) even the hard-to-reach world of Brahmā; there he dwelt free from fear for ten thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.91
तस्यान्ते ब्राह्मणो जातो बभूव स्मृतिमान् वशी तस्याहं चरितं भूयः कथयिष्यामि भो द्विजाः ॥
tasyānte brāhmaṇo jāto babhūva smṛtimān vaśī tasyāhaṃ caritaṃ bhūyaḥ kathayiṣyāmi bho dvijāḥ //
At the end of that he was born a brahmin, and became possessed of memory and self-controlled. I shall tell his story again, O brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.92
मातङ्गस्य कथाशेषं शृणुध्वं गदतो मम राक्षसे तु गते धीमान् गृहम् एत्य यतात्मवान् ॥
mātaṅgasya kathāśeṣaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ gadato mama rākṣase tu gate dhīmān gṛham etya yatātmavān //
Hear from me, as I relate it, the remainder of the story of Mātaṅga: when the rākṣasa had gone, that wise, self-restrained man returned home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.93
तद्विप्रचरितं स्मृत्वा निर्विण्णः शुचिर् अप्य् असौ पुत्रेषु भार्यां निक्षिप्य ददौ भूम्याः प्रदक्षिणाम् ॥
tadvipracaritaṃ smṛtvā nirviṇṇaḥ śucir apy asau putreṣu bhāryāṃ nikṣipya dadau bhūmyāḥ pradakṣiṇām //
Remembering that brahmin's account, disgusted (with the world) though he was pure, he left his wife with his sons and made a circumambulation of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.94
कोकामुखात् समारभ्य यावद् वै स्कन्ददर्शनम् दृष्ट्वा स्कन्दं ययौ धाराचक्रे चापि प्रदक्षिणम् ॥
kokāmukhāt samārabhya yāvad vai skandadarśanam dṛṣṭvā skandaṃ yayau dhārācakre cāpi pradakṣiṇam //
Beginning from Kokāmukha, up to the sight of Skanda—having seen Skanda he went and made a circumambulation of Dhārācakra too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.95
ततो ऽद्रिवरम् आगम्य विन्ध्यम् उच्चशिलोच्चयम् पापप्रमोचनं तीर्थम् आससाद स तु द्विजाः ॥
tato 'drivaram āgamya vindhyam uccaśiloccayam pāpapramocanaṃ tīrtham āsasāda sa tu dvijāḥ //
Then, coming to the best of mountains, the Vindhya with its lofty heaps of rock, he reached the holy place Pāpapramocana, O brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.96
स्नानं पापहरं चक्रे स तु चाण्डालवंशजः विमुक्तपापः सस्मार पूर्वजातीर् अनेकशः ॥
snānaṃ pāpaharaṃ cakre sa tu cāṇḍālavaṃśajaḥ vimuktapāpaḥ sasmāra pūrvajātīr anekaśaḥ //
That descendant of a Cāṇḍāla line took the sin-removing bath; freed from sin, he remembered his former births, many of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.97
स पूर्वजन्मन्य् अभवद् भिक्षुः संयतवाङ्मनाः यतकायश् च मतिमान् वेदवेदाङ्गपारगः ॥
sa pūrvajanmany abhavad bhikṣuḥ saṃyatavāṅmanāḥ yatakāyaś ca matimān vedavedāṅgapāragaḥ //
In a former birth he had been a mendicant, restrained in speech and mind, restrained in body, intelligent, and thoroughly versed in the Vedas and the Vedic auxiliary sciences.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.98
एकदा गोषु नगराद् ध्रियमाणासु तस्करैः भिक्षावधूता रजसा मुक्ता तेनाथ भिक्षुणा ॥
ekadā goṣu nagarād dhriyamāṇāsu taskaraiḥ bhikṣāvadhūtā rajasā muktā tenātha bhikṣuṇā //
Once, when cows were being driven off from the city by thieves, the dust (they raised) shook out his begging (-bowl / begging-round), and it was let go by that mendicant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.99
स तेनाधर्मदोषेण चाण्डालीं योनिम् आगतः पापप्रमोचने स्नातः स मृतो नर्मदातटे ॥
sa tenādharmadoṣeṇa cāṇḍālīṃ yonim āgataḥ pāpapramocane snātaḥ sa mṛto narmadātaṭe //
By that fault of unrighteousness he came to a Caṇḍāla womb; having bathed at the (place called) Pāpapramocana, he died on the bank of the Narmadā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.100
मूर्खो ऽभूद् ब्राह्मणवरो वाराणस्यां च भो द्विजाः तत्रास्य वसतो ऽब्दैस् तु त्रिंशद्भिः सिद्धपूरुषः ॥
mūrkho 'bhūd brāhmaṇavaro vārāṇasyāṃ ca bho dvijāḥ tatrāsya vasato 'bdais tu triṃśadbhiḥ siddhapūruṣaḥ //
Then, O brahmins, he became a foolish (but) eminent brahmin in Vārāṇasī; and while he was living there, after thirty years, a perfected man (came),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.101
विरूपरूपी बभ्राम योगमालाबलान्वितः तं दृष्ट्वा सोपहासार्थम् अभिवाद्याभ्युवाच ह ॥
virūparūpī babhrāma yogamālābalānvitaḥ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sopahāsārtham abhivādyābhyuvāca ha //
who wandered about wearing a deformed shape, endowed with the power of a garland of yogic (attainments). Seeing him, (the brahmin,) with intent to mock, saluted him and spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.102
कुशलं सिद्धपुरुषं कुतस् त्व् आगम्यते त्वया ॥
kuśalaṃ siddhapuruṣaṃ kutas tv āgamyate tvayā //
"Is it well (with you), perfected man? And from where do you come?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.103
एवं संभाषितस् तेन ज्ञातो ऽहम् इति चिन्त्य तु प्रत्युवाचाथ वन्द्यस् तं स्वर्गलोकाद् उपागतः ॥
evaṃ saṃbhāṣitas tena jñāto 'ham iti cintya tu pratyuvācātha vandyas taṃ svargalokād upāgataḥ //
Addressed thus by him, and thinking "I have been recognized," the venerable one then replied to him: "I have come from the world of heaven."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.104
तं सिद्धं प्राह मूर्खो ऽसौ किं त्वं वेत्सि त्रिविष्टपे नारायणोरुप्रभवाम् उर्वशीम् अप्सरोवराम् ॥
taṃ siddhaṃ prāha mūrkho 'sau kiṃ tvaṃ vetsi triviṣṭape nārāyaṇoruprabhavām urvaśīm apsarovarām //
That fool said to the perfected one: "Do you know, in heaven, Urvaśī, the foremost of apsarases, who arose from Nārāyaṇa's thigh?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.105
सिद्धस् तम् आह तां वेद्मि शक्रचामरधारिणीम् स्वर्गस्याभरणं मुख्यम् उर्वशीं साधुसंभवाम् ॥
siddhas tam āha tāṃ vedmi śakracāmaradhāriṇīm svargasyābharaṇaṃ mukhyam urvaśīṃ sādhusaṃbhavām //
The perfected one said to him: "I know her, the bearer of Śakra's fly-whisk, the chief ornament of heaven, Urvaśī of excellent origin."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.106
विप्रः सिद्धम् उवाचाथ ऋजुमार्गविवर्जितः तन् मित्र मत्कृते वार्त्ताम् उर्वश्या भवतादरात् ॥
vipraḥ siddham uvācātha ṛjumārgavivarjitaḥ tan mitra matkṛte vārttām urvaśyā bhavatādarāt //
Then the brahmin, who had abandoned the straight path, said to the perfected one: "Then, friend, on my behalf let a message be (given) to Urvaśī, out of regard (for me).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.107
कथनीया यच् च सा ते ब्रूयाद् आख्यास्यते भवान् बाढम् इत्य् अब्रवीत् सिद्धः सो ऽपि विप्रो मुदान्वितः ॥
kathanīyā yac ca sā te brūyād ākhyāsyate bhavān bāḍham ity abravīt siddhaḥ so 'pi vipro mudānvitaḥ //
And whatever she should say to you is to be told: you will report it." "Very well," said the perfected one; and that brahmin too was filled with delight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.108
बभूव सिद्धो ऽपि ययौ मेरुपृष्ठं सुरालयम् समेत्य चोर्वशीं प्राह यद् उक्तो ऽसौ द्विजेन तु ॥
babhūva siddho 'pi yayau merupṛṣṭhaṃ surālayam sametya corvaśīṃ prāha yad ukto 'sau dvijena tu //
And the perfected one went to the back of Meru, the abode of the gods; and coming to Urvaśī he told her what that brahmin had said.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.109
सा प्राह तं सिद्धवरं नाहं काशिपतिं द्विजम् जानामि सत्यम् उक्तं ते न चेतसि मम स्थितम् ॥
sā prāha taṃ siddhavaraṃ nāhaṃ kāśipatiṃ dvijam jānāmi satyam uktaṃ te na cetasi mama sthitam //
She said to that best of the perfected: "I do not know the brahmin, the lord of Kāśī. What has been told you is true (but) he does not stand in my mind."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.110
इत्य् उक्तः प्रययौ सो ऽपि कालेन बहुना पुनः वाराणसीं ययौ सिद्धो दृष्टो मूर्खेण वै पुनः ॥
ity uktaḥ prayayau so 'pi kālena bahunā punaḥ vārāṇasīṃ yayau siddho dṛṣṭo mūrkheṇa vai punaḥ //
Thus addressed, he departed; and after a long time the perfected one again went to Vārāṇasī, and was again seen by the fool.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.111
दृष्टः पृष्टः किल भूयः किम् आहोरुभवा तव सिद्धो ऽब्रवीन् न जानामि माम् उवाचोर्वशी स्वयम् ॥
dṛṣṭaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ kila bhūyaḥ kim āhorubhavā tava siddho 'bravīn na jānāmi mām uvācorvaśī svayam //
Seen, he was asked again: "What did the thigh-born one say about you?" The perfected one said: "Urvaśī herself told me, 'I do not know (him).'"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.112
सिद्धवाक्यं ततः श्रुत्वा स्मितभिन्नौष्ठसंपुटः पुनः प्राह कथं वेत्सीत्य् एवं वाच्या त्वयोर्वशी ॥
siddhavākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā smitabhinnauṣṭhasaṃpuṭaḥ punaḥ prāha kathaṃ vetsīty evaṃ vācyā tvayorvaśī //
Then, hearing the perfected one's words, with the closure of his lips parted by a smile, he spoke again: "How would you know (him)? — thus Urvaśī should be addressed by you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 228.113
बाढम् एवं करिष्यामीत्य् उक्त्वा सिद्धो दिवं गतः ददर्श शक्रभवनान् निष्क्रामन्तीम् अथोर्वशीम् ॥
bāḍham evaṃ kariṣyāmīty uktvā siddho divaṃ gataḥ dadarśa śakrabhavanān niṣkrāmantīm athorvaśīm //
"Very well, I shall do so," said the perfected one, and went to heaven; and he saw Urvaśī coming out from Śakra's palace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.114
प्रोवाच तां सिद्धवरः सा च तं सिद्धम् अब्रवीत् नियमं कंचिद् अपि हि करोतु द्विजसत्तमः ॥
provāca tāṃ siddhavaraḥ sā ca taṃ siddham abravīt niyamaṃ kaṃcid api hi karotu dvijasattamaḥ //
The best of the perfected spoke to her, and she said to the perfected one: "Let that most excellent brahmin perform some observance,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.115
येनाहं कर्मणा सिद्ध तं जानामि न चान्यथा तद् उर्वशीवचो ऽभ्येत्य तस्मै मूर्खद्विजाय तु ॥
yenāhaṃ karmaṇā siddha taṃ jānāmi na cānyathā tad urvaśīvaco 'bhyetya tasmai mūrkhadvijāya tu //
by which act, O perfected one, I may know him — and not otherwise." Having gone (back), that speech of Urvaśī (was reported) to that foolish brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.116
कथयाम् आस सिद्धस् तु सो ऽपीमं नियमं जगौ तवाग्रे सिद्धपुरुष नियमो ऽयं कृतो मया ॥
kathayām āsa siddhas tu so 'pīmaṃ niyamaṃ jagau tavāgre siddhapuruṣa niyamo 'yaṃ kṛto mayā //
The perfected one told it, and he too proclaimed this observance: "Before you, perfected man, this vow is made by me:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.117
न भोक्ष्ये ऽद्यप्रभृति वै शकटं सत्यम् ईरितम् इत्य् उक्तः प्रययौ सिद्धः स्वर्गे दृष्ट्वोर्वशीम् अथ ॥
na bhokṣye 'dyaprabhṛti vai śakaṭaṃ satyam īritam ity uktaḥ prayayau siddhaḥ svarge dṛṣṭvorvaśīm atha //
"From this day on I shall not eat a cart — this is truly declared." Thus addressed, the Siddha went away to heaven, and there he saw Urvaśī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.118
प्राहासौ शकटं भोक्ष्ये नाद्यप्रभृति कर्हिचित् तं सिद्धम् उर्वशी प्राह ज्ञातो ऽसौ सांप्रतं मया ॥
prāhāsau śakaṭaṃ bhokṣye nādyaprabhṛti karhicit taṃ siddham urvaśī prāha jñāto 'sau sāṃprataṃ mayā //
He said, "I shall not eat a cart, never from this day on." Urvaśī said to that Siddha, "Now I have understood him:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.119
नियमग्रहणाद् एव मूर्खो माम् उपहासकः इत्य् उक्त्वा प्रययौ शीघ्रं वासं नारायणात्मजा ॥
niyamagrahaṇād eva mūrkho mām upahāsakaḥ ity uktvā prayayau śīghraṃ vāsaṃ nārāyaṇātmajā //
by the very taking of such a vow the fool is a mocker of me." Having said this, the daughter of Nārāyaṇa quickly went to her dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.120
सिद्धो ऽपि विचचारासौ कामचारी महीतलम् उर्वश्य् अपि वरारोहा गत्वा वाराणसीं पुरीम् ॥
siddho 'pi vicacārāsau kāmacārī mahītalam urvaśy api varārohā gatvā vārāṇasīṃ purīm //
And that Siddha too, roaming at will, wandered over the surface of the earth; and Urvaśī of fair hips, going to the city of Vārāṇasī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.121
मत्स्योदरीजले स्नानं चक्रे दिव्यवपुर्धरा अथासाव् अपि मूर्खस् तु नदीं मत्स्योदरीं मुने ॥
matsyodarījale snānaṃ cakre divyavapurdharā athāsāv api mūrkhas tu nadīṃ matsyodarīṃ mune //
bathed in the water of the Matsyodarī, bearing her divine body; and then that fool too, O sage, (came) to the river Matsyodarī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.122
जगामाथ ददर्शासौ स्नायमानाम् अथोर्वशीम् तां दृष्ट्वा ववृधे ऽथास्य मन्मथः क्षोभकृद् दृढम् ॥
jagāmātha dadarśāsau snāyamānām athorvaśīm tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vavṛdhe 'thāsya manmathaḥ kṣobhakṛd dṛḍham //
He went there and saw Urvaśī bathing; and on seeing her his lust, which causes agitation, grew strong.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.123
चकार मूर्खश् चेष्टाश् च तं विवेदोर्वशी स्वयम् तं मूर्खं सिद्धगदितं ज्ञात्वा सस्मितम् आह तम् ॥
cakāra mūrkhaś ceṣṭāś ca taṃ vivedorvaśī svayam taṃ mūrkhaṃ siddhagaditaṃ jñātvā sasmitam āha tam //
The fool made gestures, and Urvaśī herself recognized him; knowing him to be the fool spoken of by the Siddha, she said to him with a smile:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.124
किम् इच्छसि महाभाग मत्तः शीघ्रम् इहोच्यताम् करिष्यामि वचस् तुभ्यं त्वं विश्रब्धं करिष्यसि ॥
kim icchasi mahābhāga mattaḥ śīghram ihocyatām kariṣyāmi vacas tubhyaṃ tvaṃ viśrabdhaṃ kariṣyasi //
"What do you wish from me, greatly fortunate one? Let it be said here quickly. I shall carry out my word to you; you shall do it in confidence."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.125
आत्मप्रदानेन मम प्राणान् रक्ष शुचिस्मिते ॥
ātmapradānena mama prāṇān rakṣa śucismite //
"By the gift of yourself, save my life, O you of bright smile!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.126
तं प्राहाथोर्वशी विप्रं नियमस्थास्मि सांप्रतम् त्वं तिष्ठस्व क्षणम् अथ प्रतीक्षस्वागतं मम ॥
taṃ prāhāthorvaśī vipraṃ niyamasthāsmi sāṃpratam tvaṃ tiṣṭhasva kṣaṇam atha pratīkṣasvāgataṃ mama //
Then Urvaśī said to the brahmin: "At present I am under a vow. You wait a moment, and await my coming."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.127
स्थितो ऽस्मीत्य् अब्रवीद् विप्रः सापि स्वर्गं जगाम ह मासमात्रेण सायाता ददर्श तं कृशं द्विजम् ॥
sthito 'smīty abravīd vipraḥ sāpi svargaṃ jagāma ha māsamātreṇa sāyātā dadarśa taṃ kṛśaṃ dvijam //
"I shall stay," said the brahmin; and she went off to heaven. Coming back after just a month, she saw that brahmin emaciated,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.128
स्थितं मासं नदीतीरे निराहारं सुराङ्गना तं दृष्ट्वा निश्चययुतं भूत्वा वृद्धवपुस् ततः ॥
sthitaṃ māsaṃ nadītīre nirāhāraṃ surāṅganā taṃ dṛṣṭvā niścayayutaṃ bhūtvā vṛddhavapus tataḥ //
having remained a month on the river bank without food. Seeing him fixed in his resolve, the celestial woman then took on the body of an old woman,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.129
सा चकार नदीतीरे शकटं शर्करावृतम् घृतेन मधुना चैव नदीं मत्स्योदरीं गता ॥
sā cakāra nadītīre śakaṭaṃ śarkarāvṛtam ghṛtena madhunā caiva nadīṃ matsyodarīṃ gatā //
and on the river bank she made a cart covered with sugar, and with ghee and honey too; then she went to the river Matsyodarī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.130
स्नात्वाथ भूमौ वसन्ती शकटं च यथार्थतः तं ब्राह्मणं समाहूय वाक्यम् आह सुलोचना ॥
snātvātha bhūmau vasantī śakaṭaṃ ca yathārthataḥ taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ samāhūya vākyam āha sulocanā //
Then, having bathed, dwelling on the ground, and (having made) the cart just as it should be, the fair-eyed one called that brahmin and spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.131
मया तीव्रं व्रतं विप्र चीर्णं सौभाग्यकारणात् व्रतान्ते निष्कृतिं दद्यां प्रतिगृह्णीष्व भो द्विज ॥
mayā tīvraṃ vrataṃ vipra cīrṇaṃ saubhāgyakāraṇāt vratānte niṣkṛtiṃ dadyāṃ pratigṛhṇīṣva bho dvija //
"A severe vow has been performed by me, brahmin, for the sake of good fortune; at the vow's end I would give the concluding gift — accept it, O twice-born!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.132
स प्राह किम् इदं लोके दीयते शर्करावृतम् क्षुत्क्षामकण्ठः पृच्छामि साधु भद्रे समीरय ॥
sa prāha kim idaṃ loke dīyate śarkarāvṛtam kṣutkṣāmakaṇṭhaḥ pṛcchāmi sādhu bhadre samīraya //
He said: "What is this thing, covered with sugar, that is given in the world? With my throat wasted by hunger I ask; tell me properly, good lady."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.133
सा प्राह शकटो विप्र शर्करापिष्टसंयुतः इमं त्वं समुपादाय प्राणं तर्पय मा चिरम् ॥
sā prāha śakaṭo vipra śarkarāpiṣṭasaṃyutaḥ imaṃ tvaṃ samupādāya prāṇaṃ tarpaya mā ciram //
She said: "It is a cart, brahmin, made with sugar and flour. Take it up and satisfy your life-breath — do not delay."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.134
स तच् छ्रुत्वाथ संस्मृत्य क्षुधया पीडितो ऽपि सन् प्राह भद्रे न गृह्णामि नियमो हि कृतो मया ॥
sa tac chrutvātha saṃsmṛtya kṣudhayā pīḍito 'pi san prāha bhadre na gṛhṇāmi niyamo hi kṛto mayā //
Hearing that and then remembering, though tormented by hunger, he said: "Good lady, I do not accept it, for a vow was made by me
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.135
पुरतः सिद्धवर्गस्य न भोक्ष्ये शकटं त्व् इति परिज्ञानार्थम् उर्वश्या ददस्वान्यस्य कस्यचित् ॥
purataḥ siddhavargasya na bhokṣye śakaṭaṃ tv iti parijñānārtham urvaśyā dadasvānyasya kasyacit //
before the company of Siddhas, that I would not eat a cart. For Urvaśī's information, give it to someone else."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.136
साब्रवीन् नियमो भद्र कृतः काष्ठमये त्वया नासौ काष्ठमयो भुङ्क्ष्व क्षुधया चातिपीडितः ॥
sābravīn niyamo bhadra kṛtaḥ kāṣṭhamaye tvayā nāsau kāṣṭhamayo bhuṅkṣva kṣudhayā cātipīḍitaḥ //
She said: "Good sir, the vow was made by you with regard to one made of wood; this one is not made of wood — eat, you who are sorely afflicted by hunger."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.137
तां ब्राह्मणः प्रत्युवाच न मया तद् विशेषणम् कृतं भद्रे ऽथ नियमः सामान्येनैव मे कृतः ॥
tāṃ brāhmaṇaḥ pratyuvāca na mayā tad viśeṣaṇam kṛtaṃ bhadre 'tha niyamaḥ sāmānyenaiva me kṛtaḥ //
The brahmin answered her: "That qualification was not made by me, good lady; rather, my vow was made in general terms only."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.138
तं भूयः प्राह सा तन्वी न चेद् भोक्ष्यसि ब्राह्मण गृहं गृहीत्वा गच्छस्व कुटुम्बं तव भोक्ष्यति ॥
taṃ bhūyaḥ prāha sā tanvī na ced bhokṣyasi brāhmaṇa gṛhaṃ gṛhītvā gacchasva kuṭumbaṃ tava bhokṣyati //
The slender woman spoke to him again: "If you will not eat, brahmin, take (it) and go home; your household will eat (it)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.139
स ताम् उवाच सुदति न तावद् यामि मन्दिरम् इहायाता वरारोहा त्रैलोक्ये ऽप्य् अधिका गुणैः ॥
sa tām uvāca sudati na tāvad yāmi mandiram ihāyātā varārohā trailokye 'py adhikā guṇaiḥ //
He said to her: "Fair-toothed one, I am not going home just yet. A lovely-hipped woman came here, surpassing (all) in the three worlds in her qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.140
सा मया मदनार्तेन प्रार्थिताश्वासितस् तया स्थीयतां क्षणम् इत्य् एवं स्थास्यामीति मयोदितम् ॥
sā mayā madanārtena prārthitāśvāsitas tayā sthīyatāṃ kṣaṇam ity evaṃ sthāsyāmīti mayoditam //
Stricken with love, I entreated her, and she reassured me: 'Wait a moment' — and so I said, 'I shall wait.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.141
मासमात्रं गतायास् तु तस्या भद्रे स्थितस्य च मम सत्यानुरक्तस्य संगमाय धृतव्रते ॥
māsamātraṃ gatāyās tu tasyā bhadre sthitasya ca mama satyānuraktasya saṃgamāya dhṛtavrate //
And a full month has passed since she went, good lady, while I have stayed, truly enamoured, keeping my vow for the sake of union (with her)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.142
तस्य सा वचनं श्रुत्वा कृत्वा स्वं रूपम् उत्तमम् विहस्य भावगम्भीरम् उर्वशी प्राह तं द्विजम् ॥
tasya sā vacanaṃ śrutvā kṛtvā svaṃ rūpam uttamam vihasya bhāvagambhīram urvaśī prāha taṃ dvijam //
Hearing his words, Urvaśī assumed her own surpassing form and, laughing with a laugh deep with feeling, spoke to that twice-born man:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.143
साधु सत्यं त्वया विप्र व्रतं निष्ठितचेतसा निष्पादितं हठाद् एव मम दर्शनम् इच्छता ॥
sādhu satyaṃ tvayā vipra vrataṃ niṣṭhitacetasā niṣpāditaṃ haṭhād eva mama darśanam icchatā //
"Well done! Truly, brahmin, with a resolute mind you have carried out the vow, insisting on seeing me by sheer force (of will).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.144
अहम् एवोर्वशी विप्र त्वां जिज्ञासार्थम् आगता परीक्षितो निश्चितवान् भवान् सत्यतपा ऋषिः ॥
aham evorvaśī vipra tvāṃ jijñāsārtham āgatā parīkṣito niścitavān bhavān satyatapā ṛṣiḥ //
I am that very Urvaśī, brahmin; I came in order to test you. Having been examined, you are determined (to be) the sage Satyatapas ('one whose austerity is true').
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.145
गच्छ शूकरवोद्देशं रूपतीर्थेति विश्रुतम् सिद्धिं यास्यसि विप्रेन्द्र ततस् त्वं माम् अवाप्स्यसि ॥
gaccha śūkaravoddeśaṃ rūpatīrtheti viśrutam siddhiṃ yāsyasi viprendra tatas tvaṃ mām avāpsyasi //
Go to the region of Śūkara, renowned as Rūpatīrtha; you will attain perfection, best of brahmins, and thereafter you will obtain me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.146
इत्य् उक्त्वा दिवम् उत्पत्य सा जगामोर्वशी द्विजाः स च सत्यतपा विप्रो रूपतीर्थं जगाम ह ॥
ity uktvā divam utpatya sā jagāmorvaśī dvijāḥ sa ca satyatapā vipro rūpatīrthaṃ jagāma ha //
Having said this, Urvaśī flew up to heaven and went (her way), O twice-born ones; and that brahmin Satyatapas went to Rūpatīrtha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.147
तत्र शान्तिपरो भूत्वा नियमव्रतधृक् शुचिः देहोत्सर्गे जगामासौ गान्धर्वं लोकम् उत्तमम् ॥
tatra śāntiparo bhūtvā niyamavratadhṛk śuciḥ dehotsarge jagāmāsau gāndharvaṃ lokam uttamam //
There, becoming devoted to peace, pure, holding to restraints and vows, at the laying down of his body he went to the excellent world of the gandharvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.148
तत्र मन्वन्तरशतं भोगान् भुक्त्वा यथार्थतः बभूव सुकुले राजा प्रजारञ्जनतत्परः ॥
tatra manvantaraśataṃ bhogān bhuktvā yathārthataḥ babhūva sukule rājā prajārañjanatatparaḥ //
There, having enjoyed pleasures for a hundred manvantaras as was due, he was born in a good family as a king intent on delighting his subjects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.149
स यज्वा विविधैर् यज्ञैः समाप्तवरदक्षिणैः पुत्रेषु राज्यं निक्षिप्य ययौ शौकरवं पुनः ॥
sa yajvā vividhair yajñaiḥ samāptavaradakṣiṇaiḥ putreṣu rājyaṃ nikṣipya yayau śaukaravaṃ punaḥ //
He, a sacrificer with various sacrifices completed with excellent priestly fees, having laid the kingdom upon his sons, went again to the Śūkara (region).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.150
रूपतीर्थे मृतो भूयः शक्रलोकम् उपागतः तत्र मन्वन्तरशतं भोगान् भुक्त्वा ततश् च्युतः ॥
rūpatīrthe mṛto bhūyaḥ śakralokam upāgataḥ tatra manvantaraśataṃ bhogān bhuktvā tataś cyutaḥ //
Having died at Rūpatīrtha, he again reached the world of Indra; there, having enjoyed pleasures for a hundred manvantaras, he fell from it,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.151
प्रतिष्ठाने पुरवरे बुधपुत्रः पुरूरवाः बभूव तत्र चोर्वश्याः संगमाय तपोधनाः ॥
pratiṣṭhāne puravare budhaputraḥ purūravāḥ babhūva tatra corvaśyāḥ saṃgamāya tapodhanāḥ //
and in Pratiṣṭhāna, best of cities, he became Purūravas, son of Budha, there for union with Urvaśī, O you rich in austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 228.152
एवं पुरा सत्यतपा द्विजातिस् तीर्थे प्रसिद्धे स हि रूपसंज्ञे आराध्य जन्मन्य् अथ चार्च्य विष्णुम् अवाप्य भोगान् अथ मुक्तिम् एति
evaṃ purā satyatapā dvijātis tīrthe prasiddhe sa hi rūpasaṃjñe ārādhya janmany atha cārcya viṣṇum avāpya bhogān atha muktim eti
Thus formerly Satyatapas, a twice-born, at the famed tīrtha named Rūpa, propitiating and worshipping Viṣṇu in (that) birth, obtains enjoyments and then goes to liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition