Brahma Purana — Chapter 78
BrP 78.1
द्विविधा सैव गदिता एकापि सुरसत्तम एको भेदस् तु कथितो ब्राह्मणेनाहृतो यतः ॥
dvividhā saiva gaditā ekāpi surasattama eko bhedas tu kathito brāhmaṇenāhṛto yataḥ //
"Though she is one, she has been declared to be of two kinds, O best of the gods; one division has been described, since it was brought down by a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.2
क्षत्रियेणापरो ऽप्य् अंशो जटास्व् एव व्यवस्थितः भवस्य देवदेवस्य आहृतस् तद् वदस्व मे ॥
kṣatriyeṇāparo 'py aṃśo jaṭāsv eva vyavasthitaḥ bhavasya devadevasya āhṛtas tad vadasva me //
But the other portion too, (brought) by a kṣatriya, is the one that stayed in the matted locks of Bhava, the god of gods—tell me how it was brought down."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 78.3
वैवस्वतान्वये जात इक्ष्वाकुकुलसंभवः पुरा वै सगरो नाम राजासीद् अतिधार्मिकः ॥
vaivasvatānvaye jāta ikṣvākukulasaṃbhavaḥ purā vai sagaro nāma rājāsīd atidhārmikaḥ //
"Born in the line of Vaivasvata, sprung from the family of Ikṣvāku, there was of old a king named Sagara, exceedingly righteous,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.4
यज्वा दानपरो नित्यं धर्माचारविचारवान् तस्य भार्याद्वयं चासीत् पतिभक्तिपरायणम् ॥
yajvā dānaparo nityaṃ dharmācāravicāravān tasya bhāryādvayaṃ cāsīt patibhaktiparāyaṇam //
a performer of sacrifices, ever devoted to giving, discerning in matters of dharma and conduct; and he had two wives, wholly devoted to their husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.5
तस्य वै संततिर् नाभूद् इति चिन्तापरो ऽभवत् वसिष्ठं गृहम् आहूय संपूज्य विधिवत् ततः ॥
tasya vai saṃtatir nābhūd iti cintāparo 'bhavat vasiṣṭhaṃ gṛham āhūya saṃpūjya vidhivat tataḥ //
He had no offspring, so he became full of worry; then, having summoned Vasiṣṭha to his house and honoured him according to rule,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.6
उवाच वचनं राजा संततेः कारणं प्रति इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ध्यात्वा राजानम् अब्रवीत् ॥
uvāca vacanaṃ rājā saṃtateḥ kāraṇaṃ prati iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā dhyātvā rājānam abravīt //
the king spoke words concerning the cause (of his lack) of offspring. Hearing those words of his, (the sage) reflected and said to the king:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.7
सपत्नीकः सदा राजन्न् ऋषिपूजापरो भव ॥
sapatnīkaḥ sadā rājann ṛṣipūjāparo bhava //
"Together with your wife, O king, be always devoted to the worship of sages."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.8
इत्य् उक्त्वा स मुनिर् विप्र यथास्थानं जगाम ह एकदा तस्य राजर्षेर् गृहम् आगात् तपोनिधिः ॥
ity uktvā sa munir vipra yathāsthānaṃ jagāma ha ekadā tasya rājarṣer gṛham āgāt taponidhiḥ //
Having said this, that sage, O brahmin, went off to his own place. Once a treasury of asceticism came to the house of that royal sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.9
तस्यर्षेः पूजनं चक्रे स संतुष्टो ऽब्रवीद् वचम् वरं ब्रूहि महाभागेत्य् उक्ते पुत्रान् स चावृणोत् ॥
tasyarṣeḥ pūjanaṃ cakre sa saṃtuṣṭo 'bravīd vacam varaṃ brūhi mahābhāgety ukte putrān sa cāvṛṇot //
He performed worship of that sage; (the sage), well pleased, spoke these words: "Ask a boon, O greatly fortunate one"; and when this was said, he chose sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.10
स मुनिः प्राह राजानम् एकस्यां वंशधारकः पुत्रो भूयात् तथान्यस्यां षष्टिसाहस्रकं सुताः ॥
sa muniḥ prāha rājānam ekasyāṃ vaṃśadhārakaḥ putro bhūyāt tathānyasyāṃ ṣaṣṭisāhasrakaṃ sutāḥ //
That sage said to the king: "Let there be, from one (wife), a son who upholds the lineage, and likewise from the other, sixty thousand sons."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.11
वरं दत्त्वा मुनौ याते पुत्रा जाताः सहस्रशः स यज्ञान् सुबहूंश् चक्रे हयमेधान् सुदक्षिणान् ॥
varaṃ dattvā munau yāte putrā jātāḥ sahasraśaḥ sa yajñān subahūṃś cakre hayamedhān sudakṣiṇān //
When the sage had given the boon and gone, sons were born by the thousands. He performed very many sacrifices, horse-sacrifices with rich priestly fees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.12
एकस्मिन् हयमेधे वै दीक्षितो विधिवन् नृपः पुत्रान् न्ययोजयद् राजा ससैन्यान् हयरक्षणे ॥
ekasmin hayamedhe vai dīkṣito vidhivan nṛpaḥ putrān nyayojayad rājā sasainyān hayarakṣaṇe //
At one horse-sacrifice the king was duly consecrated, and the king appointed his sons, with an army, to guard the horse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.13
क्वचिद् अन्तरम् आसाद्य हयं जह्रे शतक्रतुः मार्गमाणाश् च ते पुत्रा नैवापश्यन् हयं तदा ॥
kvacid antaram āsādya hayaṃ jahre śatakratuḥ mārgamāṇāś ca te putrā naivāpaśyan hayaṃ tadā //
Somewhere, finding an opening, Śatakratu (Indra) carried off the horse; and those sons, searching, did not then see the horse—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.14
सहस्राणां तथा षष्टिर् नानायुद्धविशारदाः तेषु पश्यत्सु रक्षांसि पुत्रेषु सगरस्य हि ॥
sahasrāṇāṃ tathā ṣaṣṭir nānāyuddhaviśāradāḥ teṣu paśyatsu rakṣāṃsi putreṣu sagarasya hi //
— tr. refused: cyber
BrP 78.15
प्रोक्षितं तद् धयं नीत्वा ते रसातलम् आगमन् राक्षसान् मायया युक्तान् नैवापश्यन्त सागराः ॥
prokṣitaṃ tad dhayaṃ nītvā te rasātalam āgaman rākṣasān māyayā yuktān naivāpaśyanta sāgarāḥ //
Having carried off that consecrated horse, they (the demons) went down to Rasātala; and the sons of Sagara did not see the rākṣasas, who were possessed of magic power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.16
न दृष्ट्वा ते हयं पुत्राः सगरस्य बलीयसः इतश् चेतश् चरन्तस् ते नैवापश्यन् हयं तदा ॥
na dṛṣṭvā te hayaṃ putrāḥ sagarasya balīyasaḥ itaś cetaś carantas te naivāpaśyan hayaṃ tadā //
Not having seen the horse, those sons of the mighty Sagara, roaming this way and that, still did not see the horse then.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.17
देवलोकं तदा जग्मुः पर्वतांश् च सरांसि च वनानि च विचिन्वन्तो नैवापश्यन् हयं तदा ॥
devalokaṃ tadā jagmuḥ parvatāṃś ca sarāṃsi ca vanāni ca vicinvanto naivāpaśyan hayaṃ tadā //
Then they went to the world of the gods, and to the mountains and the lakes and the forests; searching, they still did not see the horse then.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.18
कृतस्वस्त्ययनो राजा ऋत्विग्भिः कृतमङ्गलः अदृष्ट्वा तु पशुं रम्यं राजा चिन्ताम् उपेयिवान् ॥
kṛtasvastyayano rājā ṛtvigbhiḥ kṛtamaṅgalaḥ adṛṣṭvā tu paśuṃ ramyaṃ rājā cintām upeyivān //
The king, for whom the benedictory rite had been performed and the auspicious ceremony made by the priests, not seeing the fine sacrificial animal, fell into anxiety.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.19
अटन्तः सागराः सर्वे देवलोकम् उपागमन् हयं तम् अनुचिन्वन्तस् तत्रापि न हयो ऽभवत् ॥
aṭantaḥ sāgarāḥ sarve devalokam upāgaman hayaṃ tam anucinvantas tatrāpi na hayo 'bhavat //
Roaming about, all the sons of Sagara came to the world of the gods, searching after that horse; but there too the horse was not.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.20
ततो महीं समाजग्मुः पर्वतांश् च वनानि च तत्रापि च हयं नैव दृष्टवन्तो नृपात्मजाः ॥
tato mahīṃ samājagmuḥ parvatāṃś ca vanāni ca tatrāpi ca hayaṃ naiva dṛṣṭavanto nṛpātmajāḥ //
Then they came to the earth, and to the mountains and the forests; but there too the king's sons did not see the horse at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.21
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे तत्र दैवी वाग् अभवत् तदा रसातले हयो बद्ध आस्ते नान्यत्र सागराः ॥
etasminn antare tatra daivī vāg abhavat tadā rasātale hayo baddha āste nānyatra sāgarāḥ //
Meanwhile, a divine voice arose there at that moment: "The horse is held bound in the underworld (Rasātala), nowhere else, O sons of Sagara!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.22
इति श्रुत्वा ततो वाक्यं गन्तुकामा रसातलम् अखनन् पृथिवीं सर्वां परितः सागरास् ततः ॥
iti śrutvā tato vākyaṃ gantukāmā rasātalam akhanan pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ paritaḥ sāgarās tataḥ //
Having heard that utterance, the sons of Sagara, wishing to go to Rasātala, then dug up the whole earth all around.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.23
ते क्षुधार्ता मृदं शुष्कां भक्षयन्तस् त्व् अहर्निशम् न्यखनंश् चापि जग्मुश् च सत्वरास् ते रसातलम् ॥
te kṣudhārtā mṛdaṃ śuṣkāṃ bhakṣayantas tv aharniśam nyakhanaṃś cāpi jagmuś ca satvarās te rasātalam //
Tormented by hunger, eating dry earth day and night, they dug downward and swiftly reached Rasātala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.24
तान् आगतान् भूपसुतान् सागरान् बलिनः कृतीन् श्रुत्वा रक्षांसि संत्रस्ता व्यगमन् कपिलान्तिकम् ॥
tān āgatān bhūpasutān sāgarān balinaḥ kṛtīn śrutvā rakṣāṃsi saṃtrastā vyagaman kapilāntikam //
Hearing that those sons of the king, the Sāgaras, mighty and skilled, had arrived, the terrified rākṣasas went away to Kapila's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.25
कपिलो ऽपि महाप्राज्ञस् तत्र शेते रसातले पुरा च साधितं तेन देवानां कार्यम् उत्तमम् ॥
kapilo 'pi mahāprājñas tatra śete rasātale purā ca sādhitaṃ tena devānāṃ kāryam uttamam //
And Kapila, of great wisdom, was lying there in Rasātala; formerly the highest task of the gods had been accomplished by him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.26
विनिद्रेण ततः श्रान्तः सिद्धे कार्ये सुरान् प्रति अब्रवीत् कपिलः श्रीमान् निद्रास्थानं प्रयच्छथ ॥
vinidreṇa tataḥ śrāntaḥ siddhe kārye surān prati abravīt kapilaḥ śrīmān nidrāsthānaṃ prayacchatha //
— tr. refused: cyber
BrP 78.27
रसातलं ददुस् तस्मै पुनर् आह सुरान् मुनिः यो माम् उत्थापयेन् मन्दो भस्मी भूयाच् च सत्वरम् ॥
rasātalaṃ dadus tasmai punar āha surān muniḥ yo mām utthāpayen mando bhasmī bhūyāc ca satvaram //
They gave him Rasātala. Again the sage said to the gods: "Whatever fool should rouse me, let him at once be reduced to ashes."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.28
ततः शये तलगतो नो चेन् न स्वप्न एव हि तथेत्य् उक्तः सुरगणैस् तत्र शेते रसातले ॥
tataḥ śaye talagato no cen na svapna eva hi tathety uktaḥ suragaṇais tatra śete rasātale //
"Then I shall lie down, having gone to the lower region; otherwise there will be no sleep (for me) at all." Being told "So be it" by the hosts of gods, he sleeps there in Rasātala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 78.29
तस्य प्रभावं ते ज्ञात्वा राक्षसा मायया युताः सागराणां च सर्वेषां वधोपायं प्रचक्रिरे ॥
tasya prabhāvaṃ te jñātvā rākṣasā māyayā yutāḥ sāgarāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ vadhopāyaṃ pracakrire //
— tr. refused: cyber
BrP 78.30
विना युद्धेन ते भीता राक्षसाः सत्वरास् तदा आगत्य यत्र स मुनिः कपिलः कोपनो महान् ॥
vinā yuddhena te bhītā rākṣasāḥ satvarās tadā āgatya yatra sa muniḥ kapilaḥ kopano mahān //
Without a battle, those rākṣasas, frightened, then hastily came to where that sage Kapila was — the great, wrathful one —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.31
शिरोदेशे हयं ते वै बद्ध्वाथ त्वरयान्विताः दूरे स्थित्वा मौनिनश् च प्रेक्षन्तः किं भवेद् इति ॥
śirodeśe hayaṃ te vai baddhvātha tvarayānvitāḥ dūre sthitvā mauninaś ca prekṣantaḥ kiṃ bhaved iti //
— tr. refused: cyber
BrP 78.32
ततस् तु सागराः सर्वे निर्विशन्तो रसातलम् ददृशुस् ते हयं बद्धं शयानं पुरुषं तथा ॥
tatas tu sāgarāḥ sarve nirviśanto rasātalam dadṛśus te hayaṃ baddhaṃ śayānaṃ puruṣaṃ tathā //
Then all the sons of Sagara, digging down into Rasātala, saw the horse tied up, and likewise a man lying (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.33
तं मेनिरे च हर्तारं क्रतुहन्तारम् एव च एनं हत्वा महापापं नयामो ऽश्वं नृपान्तिकम् ॥
taṃ menire ca hartāraṃ kratuhantāram eva ca enaṃ hatvā mahāpāpaṃ nayāmo 'śvaṃ nṛpāntikam //
And they took him to be the thief and indeed the wrecker of the sacrifice: "Having killed this great sinner, let us bring the horse to the king."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.34
केचिद् ऊचुः पशुं बद्धं नयामो ऽनेन किं फलम् तदाहुर् अपरे शूरा राजानः शासका वयम् ॥
kecid ūcuḥ paśuṃ baddhaṃ nayāmo 'nena kiṃ phalam tadāhur apare śūrā rājānaḥ śāsakā vayam //
Some said: "Let us lead the beast away bound; what is gained by this (killing)?" Then others said: "We are heroes, kings, rulers!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.35
उत्थाप्यैनं महापापं हन्मः क्षात्रेण वर्चसा ते तं जघ्नुर् मुनिं पादैर् ब्रुवन्तो निष्ठुराणि च ॥
utthāpyainaṃ mahāpāpaṃ hanmaḥ kṣātreṇa varcasā te taṃ jaghnur muniṃ pādair bruvanto niṣṭhurāṇi ca //
"Let us rouse this great sinner and kill him by the might of the warrior class!" They struck that sage with their feet, uttering harsh words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.36
ततः कोपेन महता कपिलो मुनिसत्तमः सागरान् ईक्षयाम् आस तान् कोपाद् भस्मसात् करोत् ॥
tataḥ kopena mahatā kapilo munisattamaḥ sāgarān īkṣayām āsa tān kopād bhasmasāt karot //
Then, in great wrath, Kapila, best of sages, gazed upon the sons of Sagara, and in his anger reduced them to ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.37
जज्वलुस् ते ततस् तत्र सागराः सर्व एव हि तत् तु सर्वं न जानाति दीक्षितः सगरो नृपः ॥
jajvalus te tatas tatra sāgarāḥ sarva eva hi tat tu sarvaṃ na jānāti dīkṣitaḥ sagaro nṛpaḥ //
Then and there all the sons of Sagara indeed burned up; but King Sagara, being consecrated (for the sacrifice), knew nothing of all this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.38
नारदः कथयाम् आस सगराय महात्मने कपिलस्य तु संस्थानं हयस्यापि तु संस्थितिम् ॥
nāradaḥ kathayām āsa sagarāya mahātmane kapilasya tu saṃsthānaṃ hayasyāpi tu saṃsthitim //
Nārada told the great-souled Sagara of Kapila's condition and of the horse's situation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.39
राक्षसानां तु विकृतिं सागराणां च नाशनम् ततश् चिन्तापरो राजा कर्तव्यं नावबुध्यत ॥
rākṣasānāṃ tu vikṛtiṃ sāgarāṇāṃ ca nāśanam tataś cintāparo rājā kartavyaṃ nāvabudhyata //
and of the transformation (into the shape) of the demons, and the destruction of Sagara's sons. Thereupon the king, sunk in anxiety, did not perceive what should be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.40
अपरो ऽपि सुतश् चासीद् असमञ्जा इति श्रुतः स तु बालांस् तथा पौरान् मौर्ख्यात् क्षिपति चाम्भसि ॥
aparo 'pi sutaś cāsīd asamañjā iti śrutaḥ sa tu bālāṃs tathā paurān maurkhyāt kṣipati cāmbhasi //
There was yet another son, known as Asamañjas; out of folly he used to throw children and townsmen into the water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.41
सगरो ऽप्य् अथ विज्ञप्तः पौरैः संमिलितैस् तदा दुर्नयं तस्य तं ज्ञात्वा ततः क्रुद्धो ऽब्रवीन् नृपः ॥
sagaro 'py atha vijñaptaḥ pauraiḥ saṃmilitais tadā durnayaṃ tasya taṃ jñātvā tataḥ kruddho 'bravīn nṛpaḥ //
Then Sagara, being informed by the townsmen assembled together, and coming to know that misconduct of his, the king spoke in anger
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.42
स्वान् अमात्यांस् तदा राजा देशत्यागं करोत्व् अयम् असमञ्जाः क्षत्रधर्मत्यागी वै बालघातकः ॥
svān amātyāṃs tadā rājā deśatyāgaṃ karotv ayam asamañjāḥ kṣatradharmatyāgī vai bālaghātakaḥ //
to his own ministers then: "Let this Asamañjas go into exile from the land; he is a forsaker of the warrior's duty, a slayer of children."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.43
सगरस्य तु तद् वाक्यं श्रुत्वामात्यास् त्वरान्विताः तत्यजुर् नृपतेः पुत्रम् असमञ्जा गतो वनम् ॥
sagarasya tu tad vākyaṃ śrutvāmātyās tvarānvitāḥ tatyajur nṛpateḥ putram asamañjā gato vanam //
Hearing that speech of Sagara, the ministers in haste cast out the king's son, and Asamañjas went to the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.44
सागरा ब्रह्मशापेन नष्टाः सर्वे रसातले एको ऽपि च वनं प्राप्त इदानीं का गतिर् मम ॥
sāgarā brahmaśāpena naṣṭāḥ sarve rasātale eko 'pi ca vanaṃ prāpta idānīṃ kā gatir mama //
"By a brahmin's curse the sons of Sagara have all perished in the nether world, and the one (remaining) has gone to the forest — now what recourse is mine?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.45
अंशुमान् इति विख्यातः पुत्रस् तस्यासमञ्जसः आनाय्य बालकं राजा कार्यं तस्मै न्यवेदयत् ॥
aṃśumān iti vikhyātaḥ putras tasyāsamañjasaḥ ānāyya bālakaṃ rājā kāryaṃ tasmai nyavedayat //
That Asamañjas had a son well known as Aṃśumān; the king had the boy brought and entrusted the task to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.46
कपिलं च समाराध्य अंशुमान् अपि बालकः सगराय हयं प्रादात् ततः पूर्णो ऽभवत् क्रतुः ॥
kapilaṃ ca samārādhya aṃśumān api bālakaḥ sagarāya hayaṃ prādāt tataḥ pūrṇo 'bhavat kratuḥ //
And having propitiated Kapila, the boy Aṃśumān gave the horse to Sagara; thereupon the sacrifice was completed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.47
तस्यापि पुत्रस् तेजस्वी दिलीप इति धार्मिकः तस्यापि पुत्रो मतिमान् भगीरथ इति श्रुतः ॥
tasyāpi putras tejasvī dilīpa iti dhārmikaḥ tasyāpi putro matimān bhagīratha iti śrutaḥ //
His son too was the fiery, righteous one called Dilīpa; and his son was the wise one known as Bhagīratha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.48
पितामहानां सर्वेषां गतिं श्रुत्वा सुदुःखितः सगरं नृपशार्दूलं पप्रच्छ विनयान्वितः ॥
pitāmahānāṃ sarveṣāṃ gatiṃ śrutvā suduḥkhitaḥ sagaraṃ nṛpaśārdūlaṃ papraccha vinayānvitaḥ //
Hearing the fate of all his forefathers, and greatly grieved, he asked Sagara, that tiger among kings, with due humility:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.49
सागराणां तु सर्वेषां निष्कृतिस् तु कथं भवेत् भगीरथं नृपः प्राह कपिलो वेत्ति पुत्रक ॥
sāgarāṇāṃ tu sarveṣāṃ niṣkṛtis tu kathaṃ bhavet bhagīrathaṃ nṛpaḥ prāha kapilo vetti putraka //
"How may there be expiation for all the sons of Sagara?" The king said to Bhagīratha: "Kapila knows, my son."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.50
तस्य तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा बालः प्रायाद् रसातलम् कपिलं च नमस्कृत्वा सर्वं तस्मै न्यवेदयत् ॥
tasya tad vacanaṃ śrutvā bālaḥ prāyād rasātalam kapilaṃ ca namaskṛtvā sarvaṃ tasmai nyavedayat //
Hearing that speech of his, the boy went to the nether world, and having bowed to Kapila he reported everything to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.51
स मुनिस् तु चिरं ध्यात्वा तपसाराध्य शंकरम् जटाजलेन स्वपितॄन् आप्लाव्य नृपसत्तम ॥
sa munis tu ciraṃ dhyātvā tapasārādhya śaṃkaram jaṭājalena svapitṝn āplāvya nṛpasattama //
But that sage (said): "Having meditated long, having propitiated Śaṃkara by austerity, and having bathed your own fathers with the water of his matted locks, O best of kings —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 78.52
ततः कृतार्थो भविता त्वं च ते पितरस् तथा तथा करोमीति मुनिं प्रणम्य पुनर् अब्रवीत् ॥
tataḥ kṛtārtho bhavitā tvaṃ ca te pitaras tathā tathā karomīti muniṃ praṇamya punar abravīt //
then you will have attained your purpose, and so too your fathers." Saying "I shall do so," he bowed to the sage and spoke again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.53
क्व गच्छे ऽहं मुनिश्रेष्ठ कर्तव्यं चापि तद् वद ॥
kva gacche 'haṃ muniśreṣṭha kartavyaṃ cāpi tad vada //
"Where should I go, best of sages? And tell me too what is to be done."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.54
कैलासं तं नरश्रेष्ठ गत्वा स्तुहि महेश्वरम् तपः कुरु यथाशक्ति ततश् चेप्सितम् आप्स्यसि ॥
kailāsaṃ taṃ naraśreṣṭha gatvā stuhi maheśvaram tapaḥ kuru yathāśakti tataś cepsitam āpsyasi //
Best of men, go to that Kailāsa and praise Maheśvara; perform austerity as far as you are able, and thereupon you will obtain what you desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.55
तच् छ्रुत्वा स मुनेर् वाक्यं मुनिं नत्वा त्व् अगान् नगम् कैलासं स शुचिर् भूत्वा बालो बालक्रियान्वितः तपसे निश्चयं कृत्वा उवाच स भगीरथः ॥
tac chrutvā sa muner vākyaṃ muniṃ natvā tv agān nagam kailāsaṃ sa śucir bhūtvā bālo bālakriyānvitaḥ tapase niścayaṃ kṛtvā uvāca sa bhagīrathaḥ //
Hearing that speech of the sage, he bowed to the sage and went to the mountain Kailāsa; and having purified himself, that boy — engaged in a boy's doings — made his resolve for austerity, and Bhagīratha said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.56
बालो ऽहं बालबुद्धिश् च बालचन्द्रधर प्रभो नाहं किमपि जानामि ततः प्रीतो भव प्रभो ॥
bālo 'haṃ bālabuddhiś ca bālacandradhara prabho nāhaṃ kimapi jānāmi tataḥ prīto bhava prabho //
"I am a child and of a child's understanding, O Lord who bears the young moon; I know nothing at all, so be pleased (with me), O Lord."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.57
वाग्भिर् मनोभिः कृतिभिः कदाचिन् ममोपकुर्वन्ति हिते रता ये तेभ्यो हितार्थं त्व् इह चामरेश सोमं नमस्यामि सुरादिपूज्यम्
vāgbhir manobhiḥ kṛtibhiḥ kadācin mamopakurvanti hite ratā ye tebhyo hitārthaṃ tv iha cāmareśa somaṃ namasyāmi surādipūjyam
"Those who, intent on my welfare, ever help me by words, by thoughts, by deeds — for their benefit here, O Lord of the immortals, I bow to Soma, worshipped by the chief of gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.58
उत्पादितो यैर् अभिवर्धितश् च समानगोत्रश् च समानधर्मा तेषाम् अभीष्टानि शिवः करोतु बालेन्दुमौलिं प्रणतो ऽस्मि नित्यम्
utpādito yair abhivardhitaś ca samānagotraś ca samānadharmā teṣām abhīṣṭāni śivaḥ karotu bālendumauliṃ praṇato 'smi nityam
"May Śiva accomplish the desired ends of those by whom I was begotten and reared, and of him who is of the same lineage and the same duty; I am forever bowed down to him whose crest is the young moon."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.59
एवं तु ब्रुवतस् तस्य पुरस्ताद् अभवच् छिवः वरेण च्छन्दयानो वै भगीरथम् उवाच ह ॥
evaṃ tu bruvatas tasya purastād abhavac chivaḥ vareṇa cchandayāno vai bhagīratham uvāca ha //
As he was speaking thus, Śiva appeared before him and, inviting him (to choose) a boon, spoke to Bhagīratha:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.60
यन् न साध्यं सुरगणैर् देयं तत् ते मया ध्रुवम् वदस्व निर्भयो भूत्वा भगीरथ महामते ॥
yan na sādhyaṃ suragaṇair deyaṃ tat te mayā dhruvam vadasva nirbhayo bhūtvā bhagīratha mahāmate //
"What is not attainable by the hosts of gods, that shall surely be given to you by me; speak without fear, Bhagīratha of great mind."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.61
भगीरथः प्रणम्येशं हृष्टः प्रोवाच शंकरम् ॥
bhagīrathaḥ praṇamyeśaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ provāca śaṃkaram //
Bhagīratha, having bowed to the Lord, delighted, spoke to Śaṃkara:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.62
जटास्थितां पितॄणां मे पावनाय सरिद्वराम् ताम् एव देहि देवेश सर्वम् आप्तं ततो भवेत् ॥
jaṭāsthitāṃ pitṝṇāṃ me pāvanāya saridvarām tām eva dehi deveśa sarvam āptaṃ tato bhavet //
"That best of rivers which rests in your matted hair — give her to me, O Lord of gods, for the purification of my forefathers; thereby all will have been obtained."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.63
महेशो ऽपि विहस्याथ भगीरथम् उवाच ह ॥
maheśo 'pi vihasyātha bhagīratham uvāca ha //
Then Maheśa too, laughing, said to Bhagīratha:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.64
दत्ता मयेयं ते पुत्र पुनस् तां स्तुहि सुव्रत ॥
dattā mayeyaṃ te putra punas tāṃ stuhi suvrata //
"She is given by me to you, my son; now praise her, O you of good vows."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.65
तद् देववचनं श्रुत्वा तदर्थं तु तपो महत् स्तुतिं चकार गङ्गाया भक्त्या प्रयतमानसः ॥
tad devavacanaṃ śrutvā tadarthaṃ tu tapo mahat stutiṃ cakāra gaṅgāyā bhaktyā prayatamānasaḥ //
Having heard that speech of the god, for that purpose he performed great austerity and, with devotion and a restrained mind, made a hymn of praise to Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.66
तस्या अपि प्रसादं च प्राप्य बालो ऽप्य् अबालवत् गङ्गां महेश्वरात् प्राप्ताम् आदायागाद् रसातलम् ॥
tasyā api prasādaṃ ca prāpya bālo 'py abālavat gaṅgāṃ maheśvarāt prāptām ādāyāgād rasātalam //
And having obtained her favour too, the boy, though a boy, (acted) as no boy would: taking Gaṅgā, obtained from Maheśvara, he went to Rasātala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.67
न्यवेदयत् स मुनये कपिलाय महात्मने यथोदितप्रकारेण गङ्गां संस्थाप्य यत्नतः ॥
nyavedayat sa munaye kapilāya mahātmane yathoditaprakāreṇa gaṅgāṃ saṃsthāpya yatnataḥ //
Having with effort established Gaṅgā in the manner that had been declared, he announced (it) to the sage Kapila, the great soul.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.68
प्रदक्षिणम् अथावर्त्य कृताञ्जलिपुटो ऽब्रवीत् ॥
pradakṣiṇam athāvartya kṛtāñjalipuṭo 'bravīt //
Then, having circumambulated her to the right, with his palms joined he said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.69
देवि मे पितरः शापात् कपिलस्य महामुनेः प्राप्तास् ते विगतिं मातस् तस्मात् तान् पातुम् अर्हसि ॥
devi me pitaraḥ śāpāt kapilasya mahāmuneḥ prāptās te vigatiṃ mātas tasmāt tān pātum arhasi //
"Goddess, by the curse of the great sage Kapila my forefathers have met their ruin; therefore, mother, you ought to purify them."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.70
तथेत्य् उक्त्वा सुरनदी सर्वेषाम् उपकारिका लोकानाम् उपकारार्थं पितॄणां पावनाय च ॥
tathety uktvā suranadī sarveṣām upakārikā lokānām upakārārthaṃ pitṝṇāṃ pāvanāya ca //
Saying "So be it," the river of the gods, benefactress of all, for the benefit of the worlds and for the purification of the forefathers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.71
अगस्त्यपीतस्याम्भोधेः पूरणाय विशेषतः स्मरणाद् एव पापानां नाशाय सुरनिम्नगा ॥
agastyapītasyāmbhodheḥ pūraṇāya viśeṣataḥ smaraṇād eva pāpānāṃ nāśāya suranimnagā //
and especially for the filling of the ocean that had been drunk by Agastya, and for the destruction of sins by mere remembrance (of her) — that river of the gods
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.72
भगीरथोदितं चक्रे रसातलतले स्थितान् भस्मीभूतान् नृपसुतान् सागरांश् च विशेषतः ॥
bhagīrathoditaṃ cakre rasātalatale sthitān bhasmībhūtān nṛpasutān sāgarāṃś ca viśeṣataḥ //
did what Bhagīratha had said: (as for) those situated on the floor of Rasātala, the sons of the king reduced to ashes — the Sāgaras in particular —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.73
विनिर्दग्धान् अथाप्लाव्य खातपूरम् अथाकरोत् ततो मेरुं समाप्लाव्य स्थितां बालो ऽब्रवीन् नृपः ॥
vinirdagdhān athāplāvya khātapūram athākarot tato meruṃ samāplāvya sthitāṃ bālo 'bravīn nṛpaḥ //
having then flooded those who had been burnt up, she made a filling of the excavation; then the boy-king spoke to her, who stood having flooded Meru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 78.74
कर्मभूमौ त्वया भाव्यं तथेत्य् आगाद् धिमालयम् हिमवत्पर्वतात् पुण्याद् भारतं वर्षम् अभ्यगात् ॥
karmabhūmau tvayā bhāvyaṃ tathety āgād dhimālayam himavatparvatāt puṇyād bhārataṃ varṣam abhyagāt //
"In the land of works you must abide." Saying "so be it," she came to the Himālaya; from the holy Himavat mountain she went on to the land of Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.75
तन्मध्यतः पुण्यनदी प्रायात् पूर्वार्णवं प्रति एवम् एषापि ते प्रोक्ता गङ्गा क्षात्रा महामुने ॥
tanmadhyataḥ puṇyanadī prāyāt pūrvārṇavaṃ prati evam eṣāpi te proktā gaṅgā kṣātrā mahāmune //
From the midst of it the holy river flowed on toward the eastern ocean. Thus this Kṣātrā Gaṅgā too has been declared to you, great sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.76
माहेश्वरी वैष्णवी च सैव ब्राह्मी च पावनी भागीरथी देवनदी हिमवच्छिखराश्रया ॥
māheśvarī vaiṣṇavī ca saiva brāhmī ca pāvanī bhāgīrathī devanadī himavacchikharāśrayā //
She is Māheśvarī and Vaiṣṇavī, and Brāhmī, and Pāvanī, Bhāgīrathī, the river of the gods, resting on the peak of Himavat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 78.77
महेश्वरजटावारि एवं द्वैविध्यम् आगतम् विन्ध्यस्य दक्षिणे गङ्गा गौतमी सा निगद्यते उत्तरे सापि विन्ध्यस्य भागीरथ्य् अभिधीयते ॥
maheśvarajaṭāvāri evaṃ dvaividhyam āgatam vindhyasya dakṣiṇe gaṅgā gautamī sā nigadyate uttare sāpi vindhyasya bhāgīrathy abhidhīyate //
Thus the water of Maheśvara's matted locks came to be twofold: south of the Vindhya that Gaṅgā is called Gautamī, and north of the Vindhya she is called Bhāgīrathī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition