Brahma Purana — Chapter 74
BrP 74.1
कमण्डलुस्थिता देवी महेश्वरजटागता श्रुता देव यथा मर्त्यम् आगता तद् ब्रवीतु मे ॥
kamaṇḍalusthitā devī maheśvarajaṭāgatā śrutā deva yathā martyam āgatā tad bravītu me //
The goddess who stood in the water-pot and went to Maheśvara's matted locks — of her I have heard; O god, how she came to the mortal (world), tell me that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.2
महेश्वरजटास्था या आपो देव्यो महामते तासां च द्विविधो भेद आहर्तुर् द्वयकारणात् ॥
maheśvarajaṭāsthā yā āpo devyo mahāmate tāsāṃ ca dvividho bheda āhartur dvayakāraṇāt //
Those waters that are goddesses abiding in Maheśvara's locks, O great-minded one — of them there is a twofold division, because of the two motives of those who brought them down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 74.3
एकांशो ब्राह्मणेनात्र व्रतदानसमाधिना गोतमेन शिवं पूज्य आहृतो लोकविश्रुतः ॥
ekāṃśo brāhmaṇenātra vratadānasamādhinā gotamena śivaṃ pūjya āhṛto lokaviśrutaḥ //
One portion was brought here, world-renowned, by a brāhmaṇa, by Gautama, through vow, gift and concentration, having worshipped Śiva.
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BrP 74.4
अपरस् तु महाप्राज्ञ क्षत्रियेण बलीयसा आराध्य शंकरं देवं तपोभिर् नियमैस् तथा ॥
aparas tu mahāprājña kṣatriyeṇa balīyasā ārādhya śaṃkaraṃ devaṃ tapobhir niyamais tathā //
But the other, O greatly wise one, (was brought) by a mighty kṣatriya, having propitiated the god Śaṃkara with austerities and likewise with observances.
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BrP 74.5
भगीरथेन भूपेन आहृतो ऽंशो ऽपरस् तथा एवं द्वैरूप्यम् अभवद् गङ्गाया मुनिसत्तम ॥
bhagīrathena bhūpena āhṛto 'ṃśo 'paras tathā evaṃ dvairūpyam abhavad gaṅgāyā munisattama //
The other portion was thus brought by King Bhagīratha; in this way the twofold form of Gaṅgā came about, O best of sages.
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BrP 74.6
महेश्वरजटास्था या हेतुना केन गौतमः आहर्ता क्षत्रियेणापि आहृता केन तद् वद ॥
maheśvarajaṭāsthā yā hetunā kena gautamaḥ āhartā kṣatriyeṇāpi āhṛtā kena tad vada //
She who abides in Maheśvara's matted locks — for what reason was Gautama her bringer, and by what (reason) was she brought by the kṣatriya too? Tell that.
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BrP 74.7
यथानीता पुरा वत्स ब्राह्मणेनेतरेण वा तत् सर्वं विस्तरेणाहं वदिष्ये प्रीतये तव ॥
yathānītā purā vatsa brāhmaṇenetareṇa vā tat sarvaṃ vistareṇāhaṃ vadiṣye prītaye tava //
How (she) was brought here in former times, my child, whether by a brahmin or by another — all that I shall tell in detail for your pleasure.
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BrP 74.8
यस्मिन् काले सुरेशस्य उमा पत्न्य् अभवत् प्रिया तस्मिन्न् एवाभवद् गङ्गा प्रिया शंभोर् महामते ॥
yasmin kāle sureśasya umā patny abhavat priyā tasminn evābhavad gaṅgā priyā śaṃbhor mahāmate //
At the time when Umā became the beloved wife of the lord of the gods, at that very time Gaṅgā too became dear to Śambhu, O greatly wise one.
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BrP 74.9
मम दोषापनोदाय चिन्तयानः शिवस् तदा उमया सहितः श्रीमान् देवीं प्रेक्ष्य विशेषतः ॥
mama doṣāpanodāya cintayānaḥ śivas tadā umayā sahitaḥ śrīmān devīṃ prekṣya viśeṣataḥ //
Then the glorious Śiva, together with Umā, thinking on the removal of my fault, looked especially upon the goddess (Gaṅgā).
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BrP 74.10
रसवृत्तौ स्थितो यस्मान् निर्ममे रसम् उत्तमम् रसिकत्वात् प्रियत्वाच् च स्त्रैणत्वात् पावनत्वतः ॥
rasavṛttau sthito yasmān nirmame rasam uttamam rasikatvāt priyatvāc ca straiṇatvāt pāvanatvataḥ //
Since he abides in the flowing of essence (rasa), he fashioned the highest essence — out of relish, out of affection, out of fondness for women, and out of (her) purifying nature.
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BrP 74.12
सर्वाभ्यो ह्य् अधिकप्रीतिर् गङ्गाभूद् द्विजसत्तम सैवोद्भूता जटामार्गात् कस्मिंश्चित् कारणान्तरे स तु संगोपयाम् आस गङ्गां शंभुर् जटागताम् ॥
sarvābhyo hy adhikaprītir gaṅgābhūd dvijasattama saivodbhūtā jaṭāmārgāt kasmiṃścit kāraṇāntare sa tu saṃgopayām āsa gaṅgāṃ śaṃbhur jaṭāgatām //
Gaṅgā's affection (from him) was greater than that of all (the others), O best of brahmins; and she arose from the path of his matted locks on some other occasion; but Śambhu concealed Gaṅgā, who had gone into his matted hair.
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BrP 74.13
शिरसा च धृतां ज्ञात्वा न शशाक उमा तदा सोढुं ब्रह्मञ् जटाजूटे स्थितां दृष्ट्वा पुनः पुनः ॥
śirasā ca dhṛtāṃ jñātvā na śaśāka umā tadā soḍhuṃ brahmañ jaṭājūṭe sthitāṃ dṛṣṭvā punaḥ punaḥ //
And knowing (her) borne upon his head, Umā then could not endure it, O brahmin, seeing (her) again and again established in his mass of matted locks.
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BrP 74.14
अमर्षेण भवं गोरी प्रेरयस्वेत्य् अभाषत नैवासौ प्रैरयच् छंभू रसिको रसम् उत्तमम् ॥
amarṣeṇa bhavaṃ gorī prerayasvety abhāṣata naivāsau prairayac chaṃbhū rasiko rasam uttamam //
In indignation Gaurī said to Bhava, "Release (her)!" But Śambhu, the relisher, did not release that highest essence.
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BrP 74.15
जटास्व् एव तदा देवीं गोपायन्तं विमृश्य सा विनायकं जयां स्कन्दं रहो वचनम् अब्रवीत् ॥
jaṭāsv eva tadā devīṃ gopāyantaṃ vimṛśya sā vināyakaṃ jayāṃ skandaṃ raho vacanam abravīt //
Then, reflecting that he was hiding the goddess in his very locks, she spoke in private to Vināyaka, to Jayā, and to Skanda.
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BrP 74.16
नैवायं त्रिदशेशानो गङ्गां त्यजति कामुकः सापि प्रिया शिवस्याद्य कथं त्यजति तां प्रियाम् ॥
naivāyaṃ tridaśeśāno gaṅgāṃ tyajati kāmukaḥ sāpi priyā śivasyādya kathaṃ tyajati tāṃ priyām //
"This lord of the thirty (gods), being lustful, does not give up Gaṅgā at all; and she too is now Śiva's beloved — how should he abandon that beloved one?"
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BrP 74.17
एवं विमृश्य बहुशो गौरी चाह विनायकम् ॥
evaṃ vimṛśya bahuśo gaurī cāha vināyakam //
Having reflected thus many times over, Gaurī spoke to Vināyaka.
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BrP 74.18
न देवैर् नासुरैर् यक्षैर् न सिद्धैर् भवतापि च न राजभिर् अथान्यैर् वा न गङ्गां त्यजति प्रभुः ॥
na devair nāsurair yakṣair na siddhair bhavatāpi ca na rājabhir athānyair vā na gaṅgāṃ tyajati prabhuḥ //
"Not by gods, nor by asuras, nor by yakṣas, nor by siddhas, nor even by you, nor by kings or by others — the Lord will not give up Gaṅgā.
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BrP 74.19
पुनस् तप्स्यामि वा गत्वा हिमवन्तं नगोत्तमम् अथवा ब्राह्मणैः पुण्यैस् तपोभिर् हतकल्मषैः ॥
punas tapsyāmi vā gatvā himavantaṃ nagottamam athavā brāhmaṇaiḥ puṇyais tapobhir hatakalmaṣaiḥ //
Either I shall go again to Himavat, best of mountains, and practise austerity; or else, by holy brahmins whose sins are destroyed by their austerities —
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BrP 74.20
तैर् वा जटास्थिता गङ्गा प्रार्थिता भुवम् आप्नुयात् ॥
tair vā jaṭāsthitā gaṅgā prārthitā bhuvam āpnuyāt //
— or, when entreated by them, Gaṅgā, who abides in his locks, might reach the earth."
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BrP 74.21
एतच् छ्रुत्वा मातृवाक्यं मातरं प्राह विघ्नराट् भ्रात्रा स्कन्देन जयया संमन्त्र्येह च युज्यते ॥
etac chrutvā mātṛvākyaṃ mātaraṃ prāha vighnarāṭ bhrātrā skandena jayayā saṃmantryeha ca yujyate //
Having heard this speech of his mother, the king of obstacles said to his mother: "After taking counsel here with my brother Skanda and with Jayā, it can be brought about.
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BrP 74.22
तत् कुर्मो मस्तकाद् गङ्गां यथा त्यजति मे पिता एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे ब्रह्मन्न् अनावृष्टिर् अजायत ॥
tat kurmo mastakād gaṅgāṃ yathā tyajati me pitā etasminn antare brahmann anāvṛṣṭir ajāyata //
Let us then act so that my father releases Gaṅgā from his head." In this interval, O brahmin, a drought arose,
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BrP 74.23
द्विर् द्वादश समा मर्त्ये सर्वप्राणिभयावहा ततो विनष्टम् अभवज् जगत् स्थावरजङ्गमम् ॥
dvir dvādaśa samā martye sarvaprāṇibhayāvahā tato vinaṣṭam abhavaj jagat sthāvarajaṅgamam //
lasting twice twelve years in the mortal world, bringing terror to all living beings; thereupon the world, moving and unmoving, was destroyed —
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BrP 74.24
विना तु गौतमं पुण्यम् आश्रमं सर्वकामदम् स्रष्टुकामः पुरा पुत्र स्थावरं जङ्गमं तथा ॥
vinā tu gautamaṃ puṇyam āśramaṃ sarvakāmadam sraṣṭukāmaḥ purā putra sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ tathā //
except for Gautama's holy hermitage, which grants all desires. Formerly, my son, when I wished to create the unmoving and the moving,
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BrP 74.25
कृतो यज्ञो मया पूर्वं स देवयजनो गिरिः मन्नामा तत्र विख्यातस् ततो ब्रह्मगिरिः सदा ॥
kṛto yajño mayā pūrvaṃ sa devayajano giriḥ mannāmā tatra vikhyātas tato brahmagiriḥ sadā //
a sacrifice was performed by me, and that mountain became a place of sacrifice to the gods; there it became renowned by my name, and hence it is always Brahmagiri.
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BrP 74.26
तम् आश्रित्य नगश्रेष्ठं सर्वदास्ते स गौतमः तस्याश्रमे महापुण्ये श्रेष्ठे ब्रह्मगिरौ शुभे ॥
tam āśritya nagaśreṣṭhaṃ sarvadāste sa gautamaḥ tasyāśrame mahāpuṇye śreṣṭhe brahmagirau śubhe //
Resorting to that best of mountains, Gautama dwells there always; in his greatly holy hermitage, on the excellent, auspicious Brahmagiri,
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BrP 74.27
आधयो व्याधयो वापि दुर्भिक्षं वाप्य् अवर्षणम् भयशोकौ च दारिद्र्यं न श्रूयन्ते कदाचन ॥
ādhayo vyādhayo vāpi durbhikṣaṃ vāpy avarṣaṇam bhayaśokau ca dāridryaṃ na śrūyante kadācana //
mental afflictions or bodily diseases, famine or failure of rain, fear and grief, and poverty — these are never heard of.
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BrP 74.28
तदाश्रमं विनान्यत्र हव्यं वा कव्यम् एव च नास्ति पुत्र तथा दाता होता यष्टा तथैव च ॥
tadāśramaṃ vinānyatra havyaṃ vā kavyam eva ca nāsti putra tathā dātā hotā yaṣṭā tathaiva ca //
Apart from that hermitage there is nowhere else, my son, an offering to the gods or an offering to the ancestors, nor any giver, nor any offerer of oblations, nor any sacrificer.
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BrP 74.29
यदैव गौतमो विप्रो ददाति च जुहोति च तदैवाप्य् अयनं स्वर्गे सुराणाम् अपि नान्यतः ॥
yadaiva gautamo vipro dadāti ca juhoti ca tadaivāpy ayanaṃ svarge surāṇām api nānyataḥ //
Only when Gautama the brahmin gives and pours oblations, only then is there a path to heaven even for the gods — not otherwise.
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BrP 74.30
देवलोके ऽपि मर्त्ये वा श्रूयते गौतमो मुनिः होता दाता च भोक्ता च स एवेति जना विदुः ॥
devaloke 'pi martye vā śrūyate gautamo muniḥ hotā dātā ca bhoktā ca sa eveti janā viduḥ //
In the world of the gods too, or among mortals, the sage Gautama is spoken of: people know that he alone is the offerer, the giver, and the enjoyer.
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BrP 74.31
तच् छ्रुत्वा मुनयः सर्वे नानाश्रमनिवासिनः गौतमाश्रमम् आपृच्छन्न् आगच्छन्तस् तपोधनाः ॥
tac chrutvā munayaḥ sarve nānāśramanivāsinaḥ gautamāśramam āpṛcchann āgacchantas tapodhanāḥ //
Hearing that, all the sages dwelling in various hermitages, rich in austerity, asked (the way to) Gautama's hermitage and came (there).
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BrP 74.32
तेषां मुनीनां सर्वेषाम् आगतानां स गौतमः शिष्यवत् पुत्रवद् भक्त्या पितृवत् पोषको ऽभवत् ॥
teṣāṃ munīnāṃ sarveṣām āgatānāṃ sa gautamaḥ śiṣyavat putravad bhaktyā pitṛvat poṣako 'bhavat //
For all those sages who had come, Gautama became a sustainer with devotion — as toward a teacher, as toward sons, as a father.
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BrP 74.33
यस्य यथेप्सितं कामं यथायोग्यं यथाक्रमम् यथानुरूपं सर्वेषां शुश्रूषाम् अकरोन् मुनिः ॥
yasya yathepsitaṃ kāmaṃ yathāyogyaṃ yathākramam yathānurūpaṃ sarveṣāṃ śuśrūṣām akaron muniḥ //
Whatever each one desired, the sage rendered service to them all as was fitting, in due order, and as was suitable.
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BrP 74.34
आज्ञया गौतमस्यासन्न् ओषध्यो लोकमातरः आराधिताः पुनस् तेन ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेश्वराः ॥
ājñayā gautamasyāsann oṣadhyo lokamātaraḥ ārādhitāḥ punas tena brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ //
By Gautama's command the healing plants, mothers of the world, came to be; and moreover Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśvara were propitiated by him.
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BrP 74.35
जायन्ते च तदौषध्यो लूयन्ते च तदैव हि संपत्स्यन्ते तदोप्यन्ते गौतमस्य तपोबलात् ॥
jāyante ca tadauṣadhyo lūyante ca tadaiva hi saṃpatsyante tadopyante gautamasya tapobalāt //
And the plants are born then, and then indeed they are reaped; they ripen then, they are sown then — by the power of Gautama's austerity.
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BrP 74.36
सर्वाः समृद्धयस् तस्य संसिध्यन्ते मनोगताः प्रत्यहं वक्ति विनयाद् गौतमस् त्व् आगतान् मुनीन् ॥
sarvāḥ samṛddhayas tasya saṃsidhyante manogatāḥ pratyahaṃ vakti vinayād gautamas tv āgatān munīn //
All the abundances he had in mind came to fulfillment for him; and each day Gautama would speak humbly to the sages who had come:
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BrP 74.37
पुत्रवच् छिष्यवच् चैव प्रेष्यवत् करवाणि किम् पितृवत् पोषयाम् आस संवत्सरगणान् बहून् ॥
putravac chiṣyavac caiva preṣyavat karavāṇi kim pitṛvat poṣayām āsa saṃvatsaragaṇān bahūn //
"What shall I do (for you)?" — as for sons, as for pupils, as a servant would; and like a father he nourished (them) for many groups of years.
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BrP 74.38
एवं वसत्सु मुनिषु त्रैलोक्ये ख्यातिर् आश्रयात् ततो विनायकः प्राह मातरं भ्रातरं जयाम् ॥
evaṃ vasatsu muniṣu trailokye khyātir āśrayāt tato vināyakaḥ prāha mātaraṃ bhrātaraṃ jayām //
While the sages dwelt thus, (his) fame (spread) through the three worlds because of (his) shelter (of them). Then Vināyaka said to his mother, and (to his) brother, and to Jayā:
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BrP 74.39
देवानां सदने मातर् गीयते गौतमो द्विजः यन् न साध्यं सुरगणैर् गौतमः कृतवान् इति ॥
devānāṃ sadane mātar gīyate gautamo dvijaḥ yan na sādhyaṃ suragaṇair gautamaḥ kṛtavān iti //
"Mother, in the dwelling of the gods the brahmin Gautama is sung of: that Gautama has done what could not be accomplished by the hosts of the gods.
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BrP 74.40
एवं श्रुतं मया देवि ब्राह्मणस्य तपोबलम् स विप्रश् चालयेद् एनां मातर् गङ्गां जटागताम् ॥
evaṃ śrutaṃ mayā devi brāhmaṇasya tapobalam sa vipraś cālayed enāṃ mātar gaṅgāṃ jaṭāgatām //
Thus have I heard, O goddess, of the power of the brahmin's austerity. That brahmin could move her, mother — Gaṅgā who has come into (Śiva's) matted hair.
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BrP 74.41
तपसा वान्यतो वापि पूजयित्वा त्रिलोचनम् स एव च्यावयेद् एनां जटास्थां मे पितृप्रियाम् ॥
tapasā vānyato vāpi pūjayitvā trilocanam sa eva cyāvayed enāṃ jaṭāsthāṃ me pitṛpriyām //
By austerity, or else by some other means, having worshipped the three-eyed one, he alone could make her fall — her who abides in my father's matted hair, and is dear to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.42
तत्र नीतिर् विधातव्या तां विप्रो याचयेद् यथा तत्प्रभावात् सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा शिरसो ऽवतरत्य् अपि ॥
tatra nītir vidhātavyā tāṃ vipro yācayed yathā tatprabhāvāt saricchreṣṭhā śiraso 'vataraty api //
In this matter a stratagem must be devised, such that the brahmin would ask for her; for by his power the best of rivers would indeed descend from (Śiva's) head."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.43
इत्य् उक्त्वा मातरं भ्रात्रा जयया सह विघ्नराट् जगाम गौतमो यत्र ब्रह्मसूत्रधरः कृशः ॥
ity uktvā mātaraṃ bhrātrā jayayā saha vighnarāṭ jagāma gautamo yatra brahmasūtradharaḥ kṛśaḥ //
Having said this to his mother, together with his brother and with Jayā, the lord of obstacles went to where Gautama was — lean, wearing the sacred thread.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.44
वसन् कतिपयाहःसु गौतमाश्रममण्डले उवाच ब्राह्मणान् सर्वांस् तत्र तत्र च विघ्नराट् ॥
vasan katipayāhaḥsu gautamāśramamaṇḍale uvāca brāhmaṇān sarvāṃs tatra tatra ca vighnarāṭ //
Dwelling for some few days within the circuit of Gautama's hermitage, the lord of obstacles spoke, here and there, to all the brahmins:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.45
गच्छामः स्वम् अधिष्ठानम् आश्रमाणि शुचीनि च पुष्टाः स्म गौतमान्नेन पृच्छामो गौतमं मुनिम् ॥
gacchāmaḥ svam adhiṣṭhānam āśramāṇi śucīni ca puṣṭāḥ sma gautamānnena pṛcchāmo gautamaṃ munim //
"Let us go to our own abode and to our pure hermitages; we have been well fed with Gautama's food — let us ask leave of the sage Gautama."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.46
इति संमन्त्र्य पृच्छन्ति मुनयो मुनिसत्तमाः स तान् निवारयाम् आस स्नेहबुद्ध्या मुनीन् पृथक् ॥
iti saṃmantrya pṛcchanti munayo munisattamāḥ sa tān nivārayām āsa snehabuddhyā munīn pṛthak //
Having thus taken counsel, the sages, best of sages, ask (his leave); and out of a mind full of affection he restrained those sages one by one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.47
कृताञ्जलिः सविनयम् आसध्वम् इह चैव हि युष्मच्चरणशुश्रूषां करोमि मुनिपुंगवाः ॥
kṛtāñjaliḥ savinayam āsadhvam iha caiva hi yuṣmaccaraṇaśuśrūṣāṃ karomi munipuṃgavāḥ //
With folded hands, humbly: "Do stay right here; I perform service at your feet, O bulls among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.48
शुश्रूषौ पुत्रवन् नित्यं मयि तिष्ठति नोचितम् भवतां भूमिदेवानाम् आश्रमान्तरसेवनम् ॥
śuśrūṣau putravan nityaṃ mayi tiṣṭhati nocitam bhavatāṃ bhūmidevānām āśramāntarasevanam //
While I stand always ready to serve (you) like a son, it is not fitting that you, gods on earth, should resort to another hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.49
इदम् एवाश्रमं पुण्यं सर्वेषाम् इति मे मतिः अलम् अन्येन मुनय आश्रमेण गतेन वा ॥
idam evāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ sarveṣām iti me matiḥ alam anyena munaya āśrameṇa gatena vā //
"This very hermitage is the holy one for all" — such is my view; enough, sages, of another hermitage or of going (elsewhere).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.50
इति श्रुत्वा मुनेर् वाक्यं विघ्नकृत्यम् अनुस्मरन् उवाच प्राञ्जलिर् भूत्वा ब्राह्मणान् स गणाधिपः ॥
iti śrutvā muner vākyaṃ vighnakṛtyam anusmaran uvāca prāñjalir bhūtvā brāhmaṇān sa gaṇādhipaḥ //
Having heard the sage's words thus, recalling the obstacle-work (to be done), the lord of the troops (Gaṇeśa), with joined palms, spoke to the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.51
अन्नक्रीता वयं किं नो निवारयत गौतमः साम्ना नैव वयं शक्ता गन्तुं स्वं स्वं निवेशनम् ॥
annakrītā vayaṃ kiṃ no nivārayata gautamaḥ sāmnā naiva vayaṃ śaktā gantuṃ svaṃ svaṃ niveśanam //
We have been bought with food; why do you (all) hold us back? Gautama — by conciliation we are simply not able to go each to his own dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 74.52
नायम् अर्हति दण्डं वा उपकारी द्विजोत्तमः तस्माद् बुद्ध्या व्यवस्यामि तत् सर्वैर् अनुमन्यताम् ॥
nāyam arhati daṇḍaṃ vā upakārī dvijottamaḥ tasmād buddhyā vyavasyāmi tat sarvair anumanyatām //
This best of twice-born does not deserve punishment, for he is a benefactor; therefore I decide by (my own) judgment — let that be approved by all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.53
ततः सर्वे द्विजश्रेष्ठाः क्रियताम् इत्य् अनुब्रुवन् एतस्य तूपकाराय लोकानां हितकाम्यया ॥
tataḥ sarve dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kriyatām ity anubruvan etasya tūpakārāya lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā //
Then all the best of the twice-born assented, saying "let it be done" — but for his benefit and out of desire for the welfare of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.54
ब्राह्मणानां च सर्वेषां श्रेयो यत् स्यात् तथा कुरु ब्राह्मणानां वचः श्रुत्वा मेने वाक्यं गणाधिपः ॥
brāhmaṇānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ śreyo yat syāt tathā kuru brāhmaṇānāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā mene vākyaṃ gaṇādhipaḥ //
"And act in such a way as would be for the good of all the brahmins." Having heard the brahmins' speech, the lord of the troops approved of the utterance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.55
क्रियते गुणरूपं यद् गौतमस्य विशेषतः ॥
kriyate guṇarūpaṃ yad gautamasya viśeṣataḥ //
What is done is of the nature of a virtue (i.e., turns out for the good), especially of Gautama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 74.56
अनुमान्य द्विजान् सर्वान् पुनः पुनर् उदारधीः स्वयं च ब्राह्मणो भूत्वा प्रणम्य ब्राह्मणान् पुनः मातुर् मते स्थितो विद्वाञ् जयां प्राह गणेश्वरः ॥
anumānya dvijān sarvān punaḥ punar udāradhīḥ svayaṃ ca brāhmaṇo bhūtvā praṇamya brāhmaṇān punaḥ mātur mate sthito vidvāñ jayāṃ prāha gaṇeśvaraḥ //
Having obtained the consent of all the twice-born again and again, the noble-minded one, himself becoming a brahmin and bowing to the brahmins once more, the learned lord of the troops, abiding by his mother's will, spoke to Jayā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.57
यथा नान्यो विजानीते तथा कुरु शुभानने गोरूपधारिणी गच्छ गौतमो यत्र तिष्ठति ॥
yathā nānyo vijānīte tathā kuru śubhānane gorūpadhāriṇī gaccha gautamo yatra tiṣṭhati //
"Act so that no other may know of it, fair-faced one; go, taking the form of a cow, to where Gautama is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.58
शालीन् खाद विनाश्याथ विकारं कुरु भामिनि कृते प्रहारे हुंकारे प्रेक्षिते चापि किंचन पत दीनं स्वनं कृत्वा न म्रियस्व न जीव च ॥
śālīn khāda vināśyātha vikāraṃ kuru bhāmini kṛte prahāre huṃkāre prekṣite cāpi kiṃcana pata dīnaṃ svanaṃ kṛtvā na mriyasva na jīva ca //
Eat the rice-plants, destroy them, and make a disturbance, lady; and when a blow is struck, or a 'hum!' uttered, or even a mere glance cast, fall down making a piteous sound — do not die, and do not live either."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.59
तथा चकार विजया विघ्नेश्वरमते स्थिता यत्रासीद् गौतमो विप्रो जया गोरूपधारिणी ॥
tathā cakāra vijayā vighneśvaramate sthitā yatrāsīd gautamo vipro jayā gorūpadhāriṇī //
So Vijayā did, abiding by the will of the lord of obstacles: Jayā, taking the form of a cow, (went) where the brahmin Gautama was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.60
जगाम शालीन् खादन्ती तां ददर्श स गौतमः गां दृष्ट्वा विकृतां विप्रस् तां तृणेन न्यवारयत् ॥
jagāma śālīn khādantī tāṃ dadarśa sa gautamaḥ gāṃ dṛṣṭvā vikṛtāṃ vipras tāṃ tṛṇena nyavārayat //
She went along eating the rice; Gautama saw her; and seeing the cow behaving wildly, the brahmin warded her off with a blade of grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.61
निवार्यमाणा सा तेन स्वनं कृत्वा पपात गौः तस्यां तु पतितायां च हाहाकारो महान् अभूत् ॥
nivāryamāṇā sā tena svanaṃ kṛtvā papāta gauḥ tasyāṃ tu patitāyāṃ ca hāhākāro mahān abhūt //
Being warded off by him, that cow made a sound and fell; and when she had fallen there arose a great cry of "alas, alas!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.62
स्वनं श्रुत्वा च दृष्ट्वा च गौतमस्य विचेष्टितम् व्यथिता ब्राह्मणाः प्राहुर् विघ्नराजपुरस्कृताः ॥
svanaṃ śrutvā ca dṛṣṭvā ca gautamasya viceṣṭitam vyathitā brāhmaṇāḥ prāhur vighnarājapuraskṛtāḥ //
Hearing the sound and seeing what Gautama had done, the brahmins, distressed, with the king of obstacles at their head, said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.63
इतो गच्छामहे सर्वे न स्थातव्यं तवाश्रमे पुत्रवत् पोषिताः सर्वे पृष्टो ऽसि मुनिपुंगव ॥
ito gacchāmahe sarve na sthātavyaṃ tavāśrame putravat poṣitāḥ sarve pṛṣṭo 'si munipuṃgava //
"We shall all go away from here; one must not stay in your hermitage. All of us were nourished like sons — you have been touched (by sin), bull among sages."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 74.64
इति श्रुत्वा मुनिर् वाक्यं विप्राणां गच्छतां तदा वज्राहत इवासीत् स विप्राणां पुरतो ऽपतत् ॥
iti śrutvā munir vākyaṃ viprāṇāṃ gacchatāṃ tadā vajrāhata ivāsīt sa viprāṇāṃ purato 'patat //
Having heard this speech of the brahmins who were then departing, the sage was as if struck by a thunderbolt, and he fell down before the brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.65
तम् ऊचुर् ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे पश्येमां पतितां भुवि रुद्राणां मातरं देवीं जगतां पावनीं प्रियाम् ॥
tam ūcur brāhmaṇāḥ sarve paśyemāṃ patitāṃ bhuvi rudrāṇāṃ mātaraṃ devīṃ jagatāṃ pāvanīṃ priyām //
All the brahmins said to him: "Look at her, fallen on the ground — the mother of the Rudras, the goddess, the purifier of the worlds, the beloved one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.66
तीर्थदेवस्वरूपिण्याम् अस्यां गवि विधेर् बलात् पतितायां मुनिश्रेष्ठ गन्तव्यम् अवशिष्यते ॥
tīrthadevasvarūpiṇyām asyāṃ gavi vidher balāt patitāyāṃ muniśreṣṭha gantavyam avaśiṣyate //
When this cow, who is the very form of the sacred fords and the gods, has fallen by the force of fate, O best of sages, going away is what remains (for us).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.67
चीर्णं व्रतं क्षयं याति यथा वासस् त्वदाश्रमे वयं नान्यधना ब्रह्मन् केवलं तु तपोधनाः ॥
cīrṇaṃ vrataṃ kṣayaṃ yāti yathā vāsas tvadāśrame vayaṃ nānyadhanā brahman kevalaṃ tu tapodhanāḥ //
The vow we have practised comes to ruin if we dwell in your hermitage; we have no other wealth, brahmin, our wealth is austerity alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.68
विप्राणां पुरतः स्थित्वा विनीतः प्राह गौतमः ॥
viprāṇāṃ purataḥ sthitvā vinītaḥ prāha gautamaḥ //
Standing before the brahmins, Gautama humbly spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.69
भवन्त एव शरणं पूतं मां कर्तुम् अर्हथ ॥
bhavanta eva śaraṇaṃ pūtaṃ māṃ kartum arhatha //
"You alone are (my) refuge; you ought to make me pure."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.70
ततः प्रोवाच भगवान् विघ्नराड् ब्राह्मणैर् वृतः ॥
tataḥ provāca bhagavān vighnarāḍ brāhmaṇair vṛtaḥ //
Then the lord, the king of obstacles (Vighnarāja), surrounded by brahmins, spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.71
नैवेयं म्रियते तत्र नैव जीवति तत्र किम् वदामो ऽस्मिन् सुसंदिग्धे निष्कृतिं गतिम् एव वा ॥
naiveyaṃ mriyate tatra naiva jīvati tatra kim vadāmo 'smin susaṃdigdhe niṣkṛtiṃ gatim eva vā //
"This cow neither dies there nor does it live there — what shall we say in this thoroughly doubtful matter, as to an expiation or as to (its) fate?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.72
कथम् उत्थास्यतीयं गौर् अथ चास्मिंश् च निष्कृतिम् वक्तुम् अर्हथ तत् सर्वं करिष्ये ऽहम् असंशयम् ॥
katham utthāsyatīyaṃ gaur atha cāsmiṃś ca niṣkṛtim vaktum arhatha tat sarvaṃ kariṣye 'ham asaṃśayam //
"How will this cow rise up? And you ought to declare the expiation in this (case); all that I shall do, without doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.73
सर्वेषां च मतेनायं वदिष्यति च बुद्धिमान् एतद् वाक्यम् अथास्माकं प्रमाणं तव गौतम ॥
sarveṣāṃ ca matenāyaṃ vadiṣyati ca buddhimān etad vākyam athāsmākaṃ pramāṇaṃ tava gautama //
"And by the opinion of all this wise one will speak; then this statement of ours is (your) authority, Gautama."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 74.74
ब्राह्मणैः प्रेर्यमाणो ऽसौ गौतमेन बलीयसा विघ्नकृद् ब्रह्मवपुषा प्राह सर्वान् इदं वचः ॥
brāhmaṇaiḥ preryamāṇo 'sau gautamena balīyasā vighnakṛd brahmavapuṣā prāha sarvān idaṃ vacaḥ //
Urged on by the brahmins and by the mighty Gautama, that maker of obstacles, in a brahmin's body, spoke this speech to all:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.75
सर्वेषां च मतेनाहं वदिष्यामि यथार्थवत् अनुमन्यन्तु मुनयो मद्वाक्यं गौतमो ऽपि च ॥
sarveṣāṃ ca matenāhaṃ vadiṣyāmi yathārthavat anumanyantu munayo madvākyaṃ gautamo 'pi ca //
"By the opinion of all I shall speak as accords with the truth; let the sages, and Gautama too, assent to my word."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.76
महेश्वरजटाजूटे ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः कमण्डलुस्थितं वारि तिष्ठतीति हि शुश्रुम ॥
maheśvarajaṭājūṭe brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ kamaṇḍalusthitaṃ vāri tiṣṭhatīti hi śuśruma //
"In the matted hair-mass of Maheśvara there stands water, held in the water-pot of Brahmā, whose birth is unmanifest — so indeed we have heard."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.77
तद् आनयस्व तरसा तपसा नियमेन च तेनाभिषिञ्च गाम् एतां भगवन् भुवम् आश्रिताम् ततो वत्स्यामहे सर्वे पूर्ववत् तव वेश्मनि ॥
tad ānayasva tarasā tapasā niyamena ca tenābhiṣiñca gām etāṃ bhagavan bhuvam āśritām tato vatsyāmahe sarve pūrvavat tava veśmani //
"So bring it quickly, by austerity and by observance, and with it sprinkle this cow, O lord, who lies upon the ground; then we shall all dwell in your house as before."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.78
इत्य् उक्तवति विप्रेन्द्रे ब्राह्मणानां च संसदि तत्रापतत् पुष्पवृष्टिर् जयशब्दो व्यवर्धत ततः कृताञ्जलिर् नम्रो गौतमो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
ity uktavati viprendre brāhmaṇānāṃ ca saṃsadi tatrāpatat puṣpavṛṣṭir jayaśabdo vyavardhata tataḥ kṛtāñjalir namro gautamo vākyam abravīt //
When the best of brahmins had thus spoken in the assembly of the brahmins, a rain of flowers fell there and the cry of "victory" swelled; then Gautama, bowing with joined palms, spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.79
तपसाग्निप्रसादेन देवब्रह्मप्रसादतः भवतां च प्रसादेन मत्संकल्पो ऽनुसिध्यताम् ॥
tapasāgniprasādena devabrahmaprasādataḥ bhavatāṃ ca prasādena matsaṃkalpo 'nusidhyatām //
"By austerity, by the favour of Agni, by the favour of the gods and of Brahmā, and by your favour, let my resolve be accomplished."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.80
एवम् अस्त्व् इति तं विप्रा आपृच्छन् मुनिपुंगवम् स्वानि स्थानानि ते जग्मुः समृद्धान्य् अन्नवारिभिः ॥
evam astv iti taṃ viprā āpṛcchan munipuṃgavam svāni sthānāni te jagmuḥ samṛddhāny annavāribhiḥ //
"So be it" — (saying this) the brahmins took leave of that bull among sages, and went to their own abodes, well supplied with food and water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.81
यातेषु तेषु विप्रेषु भ्रात्रा सह गणेश्वरः जयया सह सुप्रीतः कृतकृत्यो न्यवर्तत ॥
yāteṣu teṣu vipreṣu bhrātrā saha gaṇeśvaraḥ jayayā saha suprītaḥ kṛtakṛtyo nyavartata //
When those brahmins had gone, the lord of the hosts (Gaṇeśa), together with his brother and with Jayā, greatly pleased, his purpose accomplished, turned back.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.82
गतेषु ब्रह्मवृन्देषु गणेशे च गते तथा गौतमो ऽपि मुनिश्रेष्ठस् तपसा हतकल्मषः ॥
gateṣu brahmavṛndeṣu gaṇeśe ca gate tathā gautamo 'pi muniśreṣṭhas tapasā hatakalmaṣaḥ //
When the throngs of brahmins had gone, and Gaṇeśa likewise had gone, Gautama too, best of sages, his sin destroyed by austerity —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.83
ध्यायंस् तदर्थं स मुनिः किम् इदं मम संस्थितम् इत्य् एवं बहुशो ध्यायञ् ज्ञानेन ज्ञातवान् द्विज ॥
dhyāyaṃs tadarthaṃ sa muniḥ kim idaṃ mama saṃsthitam ity evaṃ bahuśo dhyāyañ jñānena jñātavān dvija //
— that sage, pondering the matter, "What is this that has befallen me?" — thus pondering many times, the twice-born understood by (his) knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.84
निश्चित्य देवकार्यार्थम् आत्मनः किल्बिषां गतिम् लोकानाम् उपकारं च शंभोः प्रीणनम् एव च ॥
niścitya devakāryārtham ātmanaḥ kilbiṣāṃ gatim lokānām upakāraṃ ca śaṃbhoḥ prīṇanam eva ca //
Having determined (that it was) for the sake of the gods' business, (and) the sinful course for himself, and a benefit to the worlds, and indeed the pleasing of Śambhu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.85
उमायाः प्रीणनं चापि गङ्गानयनम् एव च सर्वं श्रेयस्करं मन्ये मयि नैव च किल्बिषम् ॥
umāyāḥ prīṇanaṃ cāpi gaṅgānayanam eva ca sarvaṃ śreyaskaraṃ manye mayi naiva ca kilbiṣam //
"and also the pleasing of Umā, and indeed the bringing of Gaṅgā — I consider all (of it) conducive to good, and there is no sin in me at all."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.86
इत्य् एवं मनसा ध्यायन् सुप्रीतो ऽभूद् द्विजोत्तमः आराध्य जगताम् ईशं त्रिनेत्रं वृषभध्वजम् ॥
ity evaṃ manasā dhyāyan suprīto 'bhūd dvijottamaḥ ārādhya jagatām īśaṃ trinetraṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam //
Thus pondering in his mind, the best of the twice-born became greatly pleased, having propitiated the lord of the worlds, the three-eyed one whose banner is the bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.87
आनयिष्ये सरिच्छ्रेष्ठां प्रीता ऽस्तु गिरिजा मम सपत्नी जगदम्बाया महेश्वरजटास्थिता ॥
ānayiṣye saricchreṣṭhāṃ prītā 'stu girijā mama sapatnī jagadambāyā maheśvarajaṭāsthitā //
"I shall bring the best of rivers; let the mountain-born (Pārvatī) be pleased with me — she who abides in Maheśvara's matted hair, the co-wife of the world's mother."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 74.88
एवं हि संकल्प्य मुनिप्रवीरः स गौतमो ब्रह्मगिरेर् जगाम कैलासम् आधिष्ठितम् उग्रधन्वना सुरार्चितं प्रियया ब्रह्मवृन्दैः
evaṃ hi saṃkalpya munipravīraḥ sa gautamo brahmagirer jagāma kailāsam ādhiṣṭhitam ugradhanvanā surārcitaṃ priyayā brahmavṛndaiḥ
Having thus resolved, that foremost hero among sages, Gautama, went from Brahmagiri to Kailāsa, occupied by the fierce-bowed (Śiva) together with his beloved, and worshipped by the gods and by hosts of brahmans.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition