Brahma Purana — Chapter 80
BrP 80.1
कुशावर्तस्य माहात्म्यम् अहं वक्तुं न ते क्षमः तस्य स्मरणमात्रेण कृतकृत्यो भवेन् नरः ॥
kuśāvartasya māhātmyam ahaṃ vaktuṃ na te kṣamaḥ tasya smaraṇamātreṇa kṛtakṛtyo bhaven naraḥ //
I am not able to tell you the greatness of Kuśāvarta; by the mere remembering of it a man would become one whose duty is accomplished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.2
कुशावर्तम् इति ख्यातं नराणां सर्वकामदम् कुशेनावर्तितं यत्र गौतमेन महात्मना ॥
kuśāvartam iti khyātaṃ narāṇāṃ sarvakāmadam kuśenāvartitaṃ yatra gautamena mahātmanā //
It is known as Kuśāvarta, granting all wishes to men, where (the river) was turned about with a kuśa blade by the great-souled Gautama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.3
कुशेनावर्तयित्वा तु आनयाम् आस तां मुनिः तत्र स्नानं च दानं च पितॄणां तृप्तिदायकम् ॥
kuśenāvartayitvā tu ānayām āsa tāṃ muniḥ tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ tṛptidāyakam //
Having turned her about with a kuśa blade, the sage brought her (there); bathing there and giving (there) bring satisfaction to the forefathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.4
नीलगङ्गा सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा निःसृता नीलपर्वतात् तत्र स्नानादि यत् किंचित् करोति प्रयतो नरः ॥
nīlagaṅgā saricchreṣṭhā niḥsṛtā nīlaparvatāt tatra snānādi yat kiṃcit karoti prayato naraḥ //
The Nīlagaṅgā, best of rivers, issued from the Nīla mountain; whatever a man, self-controlled, does there — bathing and the rest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.5
सर्वं तद् अक्षयं विद्यात् पितॄणां तृप्तिदायकम् विश्रुतं त्रिषु लोकेषु कपोतं तीर्थम् उत्तमम् ॥
sarvaṃ tad akṣayaṃ vidyāt pitṝṇāṃ tṛptidāyakam viśrutaṃ triṣu lokeṣu kapotaṃ tīrtham uttamam //
all that he should know to be imperishable and productive of satisfaction for the forefathers. Famed in the three worlds is the excellent Kapota tīrtha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.6
तस्य रूपं च वक्ष्यामि मुने शृणु महाफलम् तत्र ब्रह्मगिरौ कश्चिद् व्याधः परमदारुणः ॥
tasya rūpaṃ ca vakṣyāmi mune śṛṇu mahāphalam tatra brahmagirau kaścid vyādhaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ //
And I shall tell of its form, of great fruit; listen, O sage. There on the Brahmā hill (lived) a certain hunter, exceedingly cruel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.7
हिनस्ति ब्राह्मणान् साधून् यतीन् गोपक्षिणो मृगान् एवंभूतः स पापात्मा क्रोधनो ऽनृतभाषणः ॥
hinasti brāhmaṇān sādhūn yatīn gopakṣiṇo mṛgān evaṃbhūtaḥ sa pāpātmā krodhano 'nṛtabhāṣaṇaḥ //
He kills brahmins, holy men, ascetics, cattle, birds and deer; such was that evil-souled one, wrathful and speaking falsehood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.8
भीषणाकृतिर् अत्युग्रो नीलाक्षो ह्रस्वबाहुकः दन्तुरो नष्टनासाक्षो ह्रस्वपात् पृथुकुक्षिकः ॥
bhīṣaṇākṛtir atyugro nīlākṣo hrasvabāhukaḥ danturo naṣṭanāsākṣo hrasvapāt pṛthukukṣikaḥ //
Of terrifying shape, extremely fierce, blue-eyed, short-armed, with protruding teeth, with ruined nose and eyes, short-footed, broad-bellied,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.9
ह्रस्वोदरो ह्रस्वभुजो विकृतो गर्दभस्वनः पाशहस्तः पापचित्तः पापिष्ठः सधनुः सदा ॥
hrasvodaro hrasvabhujo vikṛto gardabhasvanaḥ pāśahastaḥ pāpacittaḥ pāpiṣṭhaḥ sadhanuḥ sadā //
with a small belly, short arms, deformed, with a voice like an ass's, a noose in hand, evil-minded, most wicked, always carrying a bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.10
तस्य भार्या तथाभूता अपत्यान्य् अपि नारद तया तु प्रेर्यमाणो ऽसौ विवेश गहनं वनम् ॥
tasya bhāryā tathābhūtā apatyāny api nārada tayā tu preryamāṇo 'sau viveśa gahanaṃ vanam //
His wife was of the same sort, and his children too, O Nārada; urged on by her, he entered the dense forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.11
स जघान मृगान् पापः पक्षिणो बहुरूपिणः पञ्जरे प्राक्षिपत् कांश्चिज् जीवमानांस् तथेतरान् ॥
sa jaghāna mṛgān pāpaḥ pakṣiṇo bahurūpiṇaḥ pañjare prākṣipat kāṃścij jīvamānāṃs tathetarān //
That wicked one killed deer and birds of many kinds; some he threw alive into a cage, and others likewise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.12
क्षुधया परितप्ताङ्गो विह्वलस् तृषया तथा भ्रान्तदेशो बहुतरं न्यवर्तत गृहं प्रति ॥
kṣudhayā paritaptāṅgo vihvalas tṛṣayā tathā bhrāntadeśo bahutaraṃ nyavartata gṛhaṃ prati //
His body burning with hunger, and likewise faint with thirst, having wandered over much country, he turned back toward home.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.13
ततो ऽपराह्णे संप्राप्ते निवृत्ते मधुमाधवे क्षणात् तडिद् गर्जितं च साभ्रं चैवाभवत् तदा ॥
tato 'parāhṇe saṃprāpte nivṛtte madhumādhave kṣaṇāt taḍid garjitaṃ ca sābhraṃ caivābhavat tadā //
Then, when the afternoon had come, and (the season of) Madhu and Mādhava had passed, in a moment there was lightning and thunder and clouds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.14
ववौ वायुः साश्मवर्षो वारिधारातिभीषणः स गच्छंल् लुब्धकः श्रान्तः पन्थानं नावबुध्यत ॥
vavau vāyuḥ sāśmavarṣo vāridhārātibhīṣaṇaḥ sa gacchaṃl lubdhakaḥ śrāntaḥ panthānaṃ nāvabudhyata //
The wind blew with a hail of stones, most terrible with torrents of water; as that hunter went along, exhausted, he could not make out the path.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.15
जलं स्थलं गर्तम् अथो पन्थानम् अथवा दिशः न बुबोध तदा पापः श्रान्तः शरणम् अप्य् अथ ॥
jalaṃ sthalaṃ gartam atho panthānam athavā diśaḥ na bubodha tadā pāpaḥ śrāntaḥ śaraṇam apy atha //
Water, dry land, a pit, or a path, or the directions — the wicked man, exhausted, did not then make out, nor any shelter either.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.16
क्व गच्छामि क्व तिष्ठेयं किं करोमीत्य् अचिन्तयत् सर्वेषां प्राणिनां प्राणान् आहर्ताहं यथान्तकः ॥
kva gacchāmi kva tiṣṭheyaṃ kiṃ karomīty acintayat sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ prāṇān āhartāhaṃ yathāntakaḥ //
"Where shall I go? Where shall I stay? What shall I do?" — so he thought; "I am the taker of the life-breaths of all living beings, like Death himself."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.17
ममाप्य् अन्तकरं भूतं संप्राप्तं चाश्मवर्षणम् त्रातारं नैव पश्यामि शिलां वा वृक्षम् अन्तिके ॥
mamāpy antakaraṃ bhūtaṃ saṃprāptaṃ cāśmavarṣaṇam trātāraṃ naiva paśyāmi śilāṃ vā vṛkṣam antike //
"For me too an end-making thing has come — this rain of stones. I see no rescuer near, not a rock nor a tree."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.18
एवं बहुविधं व्याधो विचिन्त्यापश्यद् अन्तिके वने वनस्पतिम् इव नक्षत्राणां यथात्रिजम् ॥
evaṃ bahuvidhaṃ vyādho vicintyāpaśyad antike vane vanaspatim iva nakṣatrāṇāṃ yathātrijam //
Having thought thus in many ways, the hunter saw nearby in the forest a great tree, like Atri's son (the moon) among the stars,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.19
मृगाणां च यथा सिंहम् आश्रमाणां गृहाधिपम् इन्द्रियाणां मन इव त्रातारं प्राणिनां नगम् ॥
mṛgāṇāṃ ca yathā siṃham āśramāṇāṃ gṛhādhipam indriyāṇāṃ mana iva trātāraṃ prāṇināṃ nagam //
and as (one sees) a lion among wild beasts, the householder among the (four) stages of life, the mind among the senses — the tree, the rescuer of living creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.20
श्रेष्ठं विटपिनं शुभ्रं शाखापल्लवमण्डितम् तम् आश्रित्योपविष्टो ऽभूत् क्लिन्नवासा स लुब्धकः ॥
śreṣṭhaṃ viṭapinaṃ śubhraṃ śākhāpallavamaṇḍitam tam āśrityopaviṣṭo 'bhūt klinnavāsā sa lubdhakaḥ //
Taking refuge with that best of branching trees, bright, adorned with boughs and shoots, that hunter sat down, his clothes soaked.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.21
स्मरन् भार्याम् अपत्यानि जीवेयुर् अथवा न वा एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे तत्र चास्तं प्राप्तो दिवाकरः ॥
smaran bhāryām apatyāni jīveyur athavā na vā etasminn antare tatra cāstaṃ prāpto divākaraḥ //
Remembering his wife and children — whether they would live or not — meanwhile the sun there went to its setting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.22
तम् एव नगम् आश्रित्य कपोतो भार्यया सह पुत्रपौत्रैः परिवृतो ह्य् आस्ते तत्र नगोत्तमे ॥
tam eva nagam āśritya kapoto bhāryayā saha putrapautraiḥ parivṛto hy āste tatra nagottame //
Taking refuge in that very tree, a pigeon together with his mate, surrounded by sons and grandsons, dwelt there in that finest of trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.23
सुखेन निर्भयो भूत्वा सुतृप्तः प्रीत एव च बहवो वत्सरा याता वसतस् तस्य पक्षिणः ॥
sukhena nirbhayo bhūtvā sutṛptaḥ prīta eva ca bahavo vatsarā yātā vasatas tasya pakṣiṇaḥ //
Living happily, fearless, well fed and content, many years had passed for that bird as he dwelt (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.24
पतिव्रता तस्य भार्या सुप्रीता तेन चैव हि कोटरे तन्नगे श्रेष्ठे जलवाय्वग्निवर्जिते ॥
pativratā tasya bhāryā suprītā tena caiva hi koṭare tannage śreṣṭhe jalavāyvagnivarjite //
His wife, devoted to her husband, was well pleased with him, in a hollow in that excellent tree, sheltered from water, wind and fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.25
भार्यापुत्रैः परिवृतः सर्वदास्ते कपोतकः तस्मिन् दिने दैववशात् कपोतश् च कपोतकी ॥
bhāryāputraiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvadāste kapotakaḥ tasmin dine daivavaśāt kapotaś ca kapotakī //
Surrounded by wife and sons, the pigeon dwelt there always; on that day, by the force of fate, both the pigeon and the hen (went out).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.26
भक्ष्यार्थं तु उभौ यातौ कपोतो नगम् अभ्यगात् सापि दैववशात् पुत्र पञ्जरस्थैव वर्तते ॥
bhakṣyārthaṃ tu ubhau yātau kapoto nagam abhyagāt sāpi daivavaśāt putra pañjarasthaiva vartate //
The two went out for food; the pigeon came back to the tree, but she too, my son, by the force of fate, was there in a cage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.27
गृहीता लुब्धकेनाथ जीवमानेव वर्तते कपोतको ऽप्य् अपत्यानि मातृहीनान्य् उदीक्ष्य च ॥
gṛhītā lubdhakenātha jīvamāneva vartate kapotako 'py apatyāni mātṛhīnāny udīkṣya ca //
She had been caught by the hunter, and was still alive; and the pigeon, seeing his children bereft of their mother —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.28
वर्षं च भीषणं प्राप्तम् अस्तं यातो दिवाकरः स्वकोटरं तया हीनम् आलोक्य विललाप सः ॥
varṣaṃ ca bhīṣaṇaṃ prāptam astaṃ yāto divākaraḥ svakoṭaraṃ tayā hīnam ālokya vilalāpa saḥ //
and the terrible rain had come, the sun had set — looking at his own hollow, empty of her, he lamented.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.29
तां बद्धां पञ्जरस्थां वा न बुबोध कपोतराट् अन्वारेभे कपोतो वै प्रियाया गुणकीर्तनम् ॥
tāṃ baddhāṃ pañjarasthāṃ vā na bubodha kapotarāṭ anvārebhe kapoto vai priyāyā guṇakīrtanam //
That she was bound and in a cage, the pigeon-king did not know; and the pigeon began to recount the virtues of his beloved:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.30
नाद्याप्य् आयाति कल्याणी मम हर्षविवर्धिनी मम धर्मस्य जननी मम देहस्य चेश्वरी ॥
nādyāpy āyāti kalyāṇī mama harṣavivardhinī mama dharmasya jananī mama dehasya ceśvarī //
"Even now she does not come, the good one, the increaser of my joy, the mother of my religious duty, and the mistress of my body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.31
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां सैव नित्यं सहायिनी तुष्टे हसन्ती रुष्टे च मम दुःखप्रमार्जनी ॥
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ saiva nityaṃ sahāyinī tuṣṭe hasantī ruṣṭe ca mama duḥkhapramārjanī //
"She alone is ever my helper in duty, wealth, pleasure and release; laughing when I am pleased, and when I am angry the wiper away of my sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.32
सखी मन्त्रेषु सा नित्यं मम वाक्यरता सदा नाद्याप्य् आयाति कल्याणी संप्रयाते ऽपि भास्करे ॥
sakhī mantreṣu sā nityaṃ mama vākyaratā sadā nādyāpy āyāti kalyāṇī saṃprayāte 'pi bhāskare //
"She is my friend in counsels always, ever devoted to my word; even now the good one does not come, though the sun has gone down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.33
न जानाति व्रतं मन्त्रं दैवं धर्मार्थम् एव च पतिव्रता पतिप्राणा पतिमन्त्रा पतिप्रिया ॥
na jānāti vrataṃ mantraṃ daivaṃ dharmārtham eva ca pativratā patiprāṇā patimantrā patipriyā //
"She knows no vow, no sacred formula, no deity, nor duty and wealth: devoted to her husband, her husband her life, her husband her formula, her husband her beloved.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.34
नाद्याप्य् आयाति कल्याणी किं करोमि क्व यामि वा किं मे गृहं काननं च तया हीनं हि दृश्यते ॥
nādyāpy āyāti kalyāṇī kiṃ karomi kva yāmi vā kiṃ me gṛhaṃ kānanaṃ ca tayā hīnaṃ hi dṛśyate //
"Even now the good one does not come. What shall I do, or where shall I go? What is my house to me, and the forest, when it is seen to be empty of her?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.35
तया युक्तं श्रिया युक्तं भीषणं वापि शोभनम् नाद्याप्य् आयाति मे कान्ता यया गृहम् उदीरितम् ॥
tayā yuktaṃ śriyā yuktaṃ bhīṣaṇaṃ vāpi śobhanam nādyāpy āyāti me kāntā yayā gṛham udīritam //
With her (present) it is graced with beauty, even if terrible it would be lovely; my beloved, by whom this house was spoken of (as a home), does not come even now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 80.36
विनानया न जीविष्ये त्यजे वापि प्रियां तनुम् किं कुर्वन्तु त्व् अपत्यानि लुप्तधर्मस् त्व् अहं पुनः ॥
vinānayā na jīviṣye tyaje vāpi priyāṃ tanum kiṃ kurvantu tv apatyāni luptadharmas tv ahaṃ punaḥ //
Without her I shall not live; or else I shall abandon this dear body. But what are the young ones to do? And I, moreover, have let my duty lapse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.37
एवं विलपतस् तस्य भर्तुर् वाक्यं निशम्य सा पञ्जरस्थैव सा वाक्यं भर्तारम् इदम् अब्रवीत् ॥
evaṃ vilapatas tasya bhartur vākyaṃ niśamya sā pañjarasthaiva sā vākyaṃ bhartāram idam abravīt //
Hearing the words of her husband as he lamented thus, she, still remaining in the cage, spoke these words to her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.38
अत्राहम् अस्मि बद्धैव विवशास्मि खगोत्तम आनीताहं लुब्धकेन बद्धा पाशैर् महामते ॥
atrāham asmi baddhaiva vivaśāsmi khagottama ānītāhaṃ lubdhakena baddhā pāśair mahāmate //
I am here, indeed bound; I am helpless, O best of birds. I have been brought here by the hunter, bound with snares, O greatly wise one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.39
धन्यास्म्य् अनुगृहीतास्मि पतिर् वक्ति गुणान् मम सतो वाप्य् असतो वापि कृतार्थाहं न संशयः ॥
dhanyāsmy anugṛhītāsmi patir vakti guṇān mama sato vāpy asato vāpi kṛtārthāhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ //
I am blessed, I am favoured, (since) my husband proclaims my virtues—whether they exist or not, I have gained my end, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.40
तुष्टे भर्तरि नारीणां तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः विपर्यये तु नारीणाम् अवश्यं नाशम् आप्नुयात् ॥
tuṣṭe bhartari nārīṇāṃ tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ viparyaye tu nārīṇām avaśyaṃ nāśam āpnuyāt //
When the husband of women is pleased, all the gods are pleased; but in the contrary case women would surely meet with destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.41
त्वं दैवं त्वं प्रभुर् मह्यं त्वं सुहृत् त्वं परायणम् त्वं व्रतं त्वं परं ब्रह्म स्वर्गो मोक्षस् त्वम् एव च ॥
tvaṃ daivaṃ tvaṃ prabhur mahyaṃ tvaṃ suhṛt tvaṃ parāyaṇam tvaṃ vrataṃ tvaṃ paraṃ brahma svargo mokṣas tvam eva ca //
You are (my) deity, you are my lord, you are (my) friend, you are (my) refuge; you are (my) vow, you are the supreme brahman, and you alone are heaven and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.43
मा चिन्तां कुरु कल्याण धर्मे बुद्धिं स्थिरां कुरु त्वत्प्रसादाच् च भुक्ता हि भोगाश् च विविधा मया अलं खेदेन मज्जेन धर्मे बुद्धिं कुरु स्थिराम् ॥
mā cintāṃ kuru kalyāṇa dharme buddhiṃ sthirāṃ kuru tvatprasādāc ca bhuktā hi bhogāś ca vividhā mayā alaṃ khedena majjena dharme buddhiṃ kuru sthirām //
Do not grieve, dear one; make your mind firm in dharma. By your favour I have enjoyed manifold pleasures. Enough of sorrow, my dear; make your mind firm in dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.44
इति श्रुत्वा प्रियावाक्यम् उत्ततार नगोत्तमात् यत्र सा पञ्जरस्था तु कपोती वर्तते त्वरम् ॥
iti śrutvā priyāvākyam uttatāra nagottamāt yatra sā pañjarasthā tu kapotī vartate tvaram //
Hearing his beloved's words thus, he quickly came down from the fine tree to where she, the dove, was, in the cage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.45
ताम् आगत्य प्रियां दृष्ट्वा मृतवच् चापि लुब्धकम् मोचयामीति ताम् आह निश्चेष्टो लुब्धको ऽधुना ॥
tām āgatya priyāṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛtavac cāpi lubdhakam mocayāmīti tām āha niśceṣṭo lubdhako 'dhunā //
Coming to her and seeing his beloved, and the hunter too as if dead, he said to her, "I will set (you) free—the hunter is now motionless."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.46
मा मुञ्चस्व महाभाग ज्ञात्वा संबन्धम् अस्थिरम् लुब्धानां खेचरा ह्य् अन्नं जीवो जीवस्य चाशनम् ॥
mā muñcasva mahābhāga jñātvā saṃbandham asthiram lubdhānāṃ khecarā hy annaṃ jīvo jīvasya cāśanam //
"Do not release (me), greatly fortunate one, knowing that (our) union is impermanent. For birds are food for hunters, and living creature is the eating of living creature."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.47
नापराधं स्मराम्य् अस्य धर्मबुद्धिं स्थिरां कुरु गुरुर् अग्निर् द्विजातीनां वर्णानां ब्राह्मणो गुरुः ॥
nāparādhaṃ smarāmy asya dharmabuddhiṃ sthirāṃ kuru gurur agnir dvijātīnāṃ varṇānāṃ brāhmaṇo guruḥ //
"I recall no offence of his; make your mind firm in dharma. Fire is the guru of the twice-born; the brahmin is the guru of the (other) classes."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.48
पतिर् एव गुरुः स्त्रीणां सर्वस्याभ्यागतो गुरुः अभ्यागतम् अनुप्राप्तं वचनैस् तोषयन्ति ये ॥
patir eva guruḥ strīṇāṃ sarvasyābhyāgato guruḥ abhyāgatam anuprāptaṃ vacanais toṣayanti ye //
"The husband alone is the guru of women; the guest is the guru of everyone. Those who gratify with words a guest who has arrived—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.49
तेषां वागीश्वरी देवी तृप्ता भवति निश्चितम् तस्यान्नस्य प्रदानेन शक्रस् तृप्तिम् अवाप्नुयात् ॥
teṣāṃ vāgīśvarī devī tṛptā bhavati niścitam tasyānnasya pradānena śakras tṛptim avāpnuyāt //
"—for them the goddess mistress of speech is certainly satisfied. By the giving of food to him, Śakra would attain satisfaction."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.50
पितरः पादशौचेन अन्नाद्येन प्रजापतिः तस्योपचाराद् वै लक्ष्मीर् विष्णुना प्रीतिम् आप्नुयात् ॥
pitaraḥ pādaśaucena annādyena prajāpatiḥ tasyopacārād vai lakṣmīr viṣṇunā prītim āpnuyāt //
"By the washing of his feet, the fathers (are satisfied); by food and the like, Prajāpati; and by attendance upon him Lakṣmī, along with Viṣṇu, would attain delight."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.51
शयने सर्वदेवास् तु तस्मात् पूज्यतमो ऽतिथिः अभ्यागतम् अनुश्रान्तं सूर्योढं गृहम् आगतम् तं विद्याद् देवरूपेण सर्वक्रतुफलो ह्य् असौ ॥
śayane sarvadevās tu tasmāt pūjyatamo 'tithiḥ abhyāgatam anuśrāntaṃ sūryoḍhaṃ gṛham āgatam taṃ vidyād devarūpeṇa sarvakratuphalo hy asau //
"By (offering) a bed, all the gods (are satisfied); therefore the guest is the most worthy of worship. One should know a guest who has come, weary, carried along by the sun, arrived at the house, to be of divine form; for he is the fruit of all sacrifices."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.52
अभ्यागतं श्रान्तम् अनुव्रजन्ति देवाश् च सर्वे पितरो ऽग्नयश् च तस्मिन् हि तृप्ते मुदम् आप्नुवन्ति गते निराशे ऽपि च ते निराशाः
abhyāgataṃ śrāntam anuvrajanti devāś ca sarve pitaro 'gnayaś ca tasmin hi tṛpte mudam āpnuvanti gate nirāśe 'pi ca te nirāśāḥ
"All the gods, the fathers and the fires follow after a guest who has come weary; when he is satisfied they obtain joy, and when he goes away disappointed they too are disappointed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.53
तस्मात् सर्वात्मना कान्त दुःखं त्यक्त्वा शमं व्रज कृत्वा तिष्ठ शुभां बुद्धिं धर्मकृत्यं समाचर ॥
tasmāt sarvātmanā kānta duḥkhaṃ tyaktvā śamaṃ vraja kṛtvā tiṣṭha śubhāṃ buddhiṃ dharmakṛtyaṃ samācara //
"Therefore, beloved, with your whole being abandon grief and go to calm; make your mind auspicious, remain (so), and carry out the duty of dharma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.54
उपकारो ऽपकारश् च प्रवराव् इति संमतौ उपकारिषु सर्वो ऽपि करोत्य् उपकृतिं पुनः ॥
upakāro 'pakāraś ca pravarāv iti saṃmatau upakāriṣu sarvo 'pi karoty upakṛtiṃ punaḥ //
Benefit and injury are held to be the two chief (things). Everyone returns benefit to those who benefit (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.55
अपकारिषु यः साधुः पुण्यभाक् स उदाहृतः ॥
apakāriṣu yaḥ sādhuḥ puṇyabhāk sa udāhṛtaḥ //
He who is good toward those who injure (him)—he is declared to have a share of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.56
आवयोर् अनुरूपं च त्वयोक्तं साधु मन्यसे किंतु वक्तव्यम् अप्य् अस्ति तच् छृणुष्व वरानने ॥
āvayor anurūpaṃ ca tvayoktaṃ sādhu manyase kiṃtu vaktavyam apy asti tac chṛṇuṣva varānane //
"And what you have said befits us both; I think it good. Yet there is something more to be said—hear it, fair-faced one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.57
सहस्रं भरते कश्चिच् छतम् अन्यो दशापरः आत्मानं च सुखेनान्यो वयं कष्टोदरंभराः ॥
sahasraṃ bharate kaścic chatam anyo daśāparaḥ ātmānaṃ ca sukhenānyo vayaṃ kaṣṭodaraṃbharāḥ //
"One man supports a thousand, another a hundred, another ten, and another (supports) just himself in comfort; we fill our bellies with hardship."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.58
गर्तधान्यधनाः केचित् कुशूलधनिनो ऽपरे घटक्षिप्तधनाः केचिच् चञ्चुक्षिप्तधना वयम् ॥
gartadhānyadhanāḥ kecit kuśūladhanino 'pare ghaṭakṣiptadhanāḥ kecic cañcukṣiptadhanā vayam //
"Some have their wealth of grain in pits, others have their wealth in granaries, some have their wealth put away in pots—we have our wealth (only) as it is taken up in the beak."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.59
पूजयामि कथं श्रान्तम् अभ्यागतम् इमं शुभे ॥
pūjayāmi kathaṃ śrāntam abhyāgatam imaṃ śubhe //
"How am I to honour this weary guest who has come, auspicious one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.60
अग्निर् आपः शुभा वाणी तृणकाष्ठादिकं च यत् एतद् अप्य् अर्थिने देयं शीतार्तो लुब्धकस् त्व् अयम् ॥
agnir āpaḥ śubhā vāṇī tṛṇakāṣṭhādikaṃ ca yat etad apy arthine deyaṃ śītārto lubdhakas tv ayam //
"Fire, water, kind speech, and whatever grass, wood and the like there is—even this much should be given to one who asks; but this hunter is afflicted by the cold."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.61
एतच् छ्रुत्वा प्रियावाक्यं वृक्षम् आरुह्य पक्षिराट् आलोकयाम् आस तदा वह्निं दूरं ददर्श ह ॥
etac chrutvā priyāvākyaṃ vṛkṣam āruhya pakṣirāṭ ālokayām āsa tadā vahniṃ dūraṃ dadarśa ha //
Having heard this speech of his beloved, the king of birds climbed the tree and looked about, and then he saw a fire far off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.62
स तु गत्वा वह्निदेशं चञ्चुनोल्मुकम् आहरत् पुरो ऽग्निं ज्वालयाम् आस लुब्धकस्य कपोतकः ॥
sa tu gatvā vahnideśaṃ cañcunolmukam āharat puro 'gniṃ jvālayām āsa lubdhakasya kapotakaḥ //
And he went to the place of the fire and fetched a firebrand with his beak; the little pigeon kindled a fire in front of the hunter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.63
शुष्ककाष्ठानि पर्णानि तृणानि च पुनः पुनः अग्नौ निक्षेपयाम् आस निशीथे स कपोतराट् ॥
śuṣkakāṣṭhāni parṇāni tṛṇāni ca punaḥ punaḥ agnau nikṣepayām āsa niśīthe sa kapotarāṭ //
Dry sticks, leaves and grasses that pigeon-king cast into the fire again and again in the middle of the night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.64
तम् अग्निं ज्वलितं दृष्ट्वा लुब्धकः शीतदुःखितः अवशानि स्वकाङ्गानि प्रताप्य सुखम् आप्तवान् ॥
tam agniṃ jvalitaṃ dṛṣṭvā lubdhakaḥ śītaduḥkhitaḥ avaśāni svakāṅgāni pratāpya sukham āptavān //
Seeing that blazing fire, the hunter, pained by the cold, warmed his own limbs, which were beyond his control, and obtained comfort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.65
क्षुधाग्निना दह्यमानं व्याधं दृष्ट्वा कपोतकी मा मुञ्चस्व महाभाग इति भर्तारम् अब्रवीत् ॥
kṣudhāgninā dahyamānaṃ vyādhaṃ dṛṣṭvā kapotakī mā muñcasva mahābhāga iti bhartāram abravīt //
Seeing the hunter burning with the fire of hunger, the female pigeon said to her husband: "Do not let go, greatly fortunate one!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 80.66
स्वशरीरेण दुःखार्तं लुब्धकं प्रीणयामि तम् इष्टातिथीनां ये लोकास् तांस् त्वं प्राप्नुहि सुव्रत ॥
svaśarīreṇa duḥkhārtaṃ lubdhakaṃ prīṇayāmi tam iṣṭātithīnāṃ ye lokās tāṃs tvaṃ prāpnuhi suvrata //
"With my own body I shall gratify that hunter afflicted with suffering; and you, O you of good vows, attain those worlds that belong to those whose guests have been satisfied."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.67
मयि तिष्ठति नैवायं तव धर्मो विधीयते इष्टातिथिर् भवामीह अनुजानीहि मां शुभे ॥
mayi tiṣṭhati naivāyaṃ tava dharmo vidhīyate iṣṭātithir bhavāmīha anujānīhi māṃ śubhe //
"While I stand here, this duty is not laid down for you; I myself will here become one whose guest is satisfied—give me leave, auspicious one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.68
इत्य् उक्त्वाग्निं त्रिर् आवर्त्य स्मरन् देवं चतुर्भुजम् विश्वात्मकं महाविष्णुं शरण्यं भक्तवत्सलम् ॥
ity uktvāgniṃ trir āvartya smaran devaṃ caturbhujam viśvātmakaṃ mahāviṣṇuṃ śaraṇyaṃ bhaktavatsalam //
Having said this, circling the fire three times, remembering the four-armed god, the great Viṣṇu, the soul of all, the refuge, loving to his devotees—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.69
यथासुखं जुषस्वेति वदन्न् अग्निं तथाविशत् तं दृष्ट्वाग्नौ क्षिप्तजीवं लुब्धको वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
yathāsukhaṃ juṣasveti vadann agniṃ tathāviśat taṃ dṛṣṭvāgnau kṣiptajīvaṃ lubdhako vākyam abravīt //
saying "Enjoy (me) as you please," he thus entered the fire. Seeing him who had cast his life into the fire, the hunter spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.70
अहो मानुषदेहस्य धिग् जीवितम् इदं मम यद् इदं पक्षिराजेन मदर्थे साहसं कृतम् ॥
aho mānuṣadehasya dhig jīvitam idaṃ mama yad idaṃ pakṣirājena madarthe sāhasaṃ kṛtam //
"Alas for the human body! Fie on this life of mine, since such a bold deed has been done for my sake by this king of birds!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.71
एवं ब्रुवन्तं तं लुब्धं पक्षिणी वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
evaṃ bruvantaṃ taṃ lubdhaṃ pakṣiṇī vākyam abravīt //
To that hunter as he was speaking thus, the hen-bird said these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.72
मां त्वं मुञ्च महाभाग दूरं यात्य् एष मे पतिः ॥
māṃ tvaṃ muñca mahābhāga dūraṃ yāty eṣa me patiḥ //
"Release me, greatly fortunate one; this husband of mine is going far away."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.73
तस्यास् तद् वचनं श्रुत्वा पञ्जरस्थां कपोतकीम् लुब्धको मोचयाम् आस तरसा भीतवत् तदा ॥
tasyās tad vacanaṃ śrutvā pañjarasthāṃ kapotakīm lubdhako mocayām āsa tarasā bhītavat tadā //
Hearing that speech of hers, the hunter then quickly, as though afraid, set free the little pigeon who was in the cage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.74
सापि प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा पतिम् अग्निं तदा जगौ ॥
sāpi pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā patim agniṃ tadā jagau //
And she, having made a circuit to the right, then went to the fire, her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BrP 80.75
स्त्रीणाम् अयं परो धर्मो यद् भर्तुर् अनुवेशनम् वेदे च विहितो मार्गः सर्वलोकेषु पूजितः ॥
strīṇām ayaṃ paro dharmo yad bhartur anuveśanam vede ca vihito mārgaḥ sarvalokeṣu pūjitaḥ //
"This is the highest duty of women, that they follow after their husband; it is the path prescribed in the Veda and honoured in all the worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.76
व्यालग्राही यथा व्यालं बिलाद् उद्धरते बलात् एवं त्व् अनुगता नारी सह भर्त्रा दिवं व्रजेत् ॥
vyālagrāhī yathā vyālaṃ bilād uddharate balāt evaṃ tv anugatā nārī saha bhartrā divaṃ vrajet //
As a snake-catcher draws a snake out of its hole by force, so a woman who has followed (her husband) would go to heaven together with her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.77
तिस्रः कोट्यो ऽर्धकोटी च यानि रोमाणि मानुषे तावत्कालं वसेत् स्वर्गे भर्तारं यानुगच्छति ॥
tisraḥ koṭyo 'rdhakoṭī ca yāni romāṇi mānuṣe tāvatkālaṃ vaset svarge bhartāraṃ yānugacchati //
Three and a half crores — as many as are the hairs on a human body — for that length of time she dwells in heaven, she who follows her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.78
नमस्कृत्वा भुवं देवान् गङ्गां चापि वनस्पतीन् आश्वास्य तान्य् अपत्यानि लुब्धकं वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
namaskṛtvā bhuvaṃ devān gaṅgāṃ cāpi vanaspatīn āśvāsya tāny apatyāni lubdhakaṃ vākyam abravīt //
Having bowed to the earth, the gods, the Ganges and also the trees, and having comforted those children (of hers), she spoke a word to the hunter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.79
त्वत्प्रसादान् महाभाग उपपन्नं ममेदृशम् अपत्यानां क्षमस्वेह भर्त्रा यामि त्रिविष्टपम् ॥
tvatprasādān mahābhāga upapannaṃ mamedṛśam apatyānāṃ kṣamasveha bhartrā yāmi triviṣṭapam //
"By your grace, greatly fortunate one, such a thing has befallen me. Be indulgent here toward (my) children; I go with my husband to heaven."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.80
इत्य् उक्त्वा पक्षिणी साध्वी प्रविवेश हुताशनम् प्रविष्टायां हुतवहे जयशब्दो न्यवर्तत ॥
ity uktvā pakṣiṇī sādhvī praviveśa hutāśanam praviṣṭāyāṃ hutavahe jayaśabdo nyavartata //
Having said this, the virtuous hen-bird entered the fire; when she had entered the fire, a cry of "Victory!" arose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.81
गगने सूर्यसंकाशं विमानम् अतिशोभनम् तदारूढौ सुरनिभौ दंपती ददृशे ततः ॥
gagane sūryasaṃkāśaṃ vimānam atiśobhanam tadārūḍhau suranibhau daṃpatī dadṛśe tataḥ //
Then in the sky a most splendid celestial car, resembling the sun, was seen, and mounted on it the husband and wife, resembling gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.82
हर्षेण प्रोचतुर् उभौ लुब्धकं विस्मयान्वितम् ॥
harṣeṇa procatur ubhau lubdhakaṃ vismayānvitam //
With joy the two of them spoke to the hunter, who was filled with amazement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.83
गच्छावस् त्रिदशस्थानम् आपृष्टो ऽसि महामते आवयोः स्वर्गसोपानम् अतिथिस् त्वं नमो ऽस्तु ते ॥
gacchāvas tridaśasthānam āpṛṣṭo 'si mahāmate āvayoḥ svargasopānam atithis tvaṃ namo 'stu te //
"We two go to the abode of the thirty (gods); you are (herewith) taken leave of, great-minded one. You are our guest, the stairway to heaven for us both — homage be to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.84
विमानवरम् आरूढौ तौ दृष्ट्वा लुब्धको ऽपि सः सधनुः पञ्जरं त्यक्त्वा कृताञ्जलिर् अभाषत ॥
vimānavaram ārūḍhau tau dṛṣṭvā lubdhako 'pi saḥ sadhanuḥ pañjaraṃ tyaktvā kṛtāñjalir abhāṣata //
Seeing those two mounted on the excellent celestial car, that hunter too, bow in hand, cast aside the cage and, with joined palms, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.85
न त्यक्तव्यो महाभागौ देयं किंचिद् अजानते अहम् अत्रातिथिर् मान्यो निष्कृतिं वक्तुम् अर्हथः ॥
na tyaktavyo mahābhāgau deyaṃ kiṃcid ajānate aham atrātithir mānyo niṣkṛtiṃ vaktum arhathaḥ //
"You two greatly fortunate ones should not abandon (me); something must be given to one who does not know. I am here a guest, to be honoured; you two ought to tell (me) the expiation."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.86
गौतमीं गच्छ भद्रं ते तस्याः पापं निवेदय तत्रैवाप्लवनात् पक्षं सर्वपापैर् विमोक्ष्यसे ॥
gautamīṃ gaccha bhadraṃ te tasyāḥ pāpaṃ nivedaya tatraivāplavanāt pakṣaṃ sarvapāpair vimokṣyase //
"Go to the Gautamī — blessings on you — declare your sin to her; from bathing there itself for a fortnight you will be released from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.87
मुक्तपापः पुनस् तत्र गङ्गायाम् अवगाहने अश्वमेधफलं पुण्यं प्राप्य पुण्यो भविष्यसि ॥
muktapāpaḥ punas tatra gaṅgāyām avagāhane aśvamedhaphalaṃ puṇyaṃ prāpya puṇyo bhaviṣyasi //
Freed of sin, again by immersion there in the Ganges, having obtained the merit that is the fruit of a horse-sacrifice, you will become meritorious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.88
सरिद्वरायां गौतम्यां ब्रह्मविष्ण्वीशसंभुवि पुनर् आप्लवनाद् एव त्यक्त्वा देहं मलीमसम् ॥
saridvarāyāṃ gautamyāṃ brahmaviṣṇvīśasaṃbhuvi punar āplavanād eva tyaktvā dehaṃ malīmasam //
In the Gautamī, best of rivers, born of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Śiva, by bathing yet again, having left behind this soiled body,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.89
विमानवरम् आरूढः स्वर्गं गन्तास्य् असंशयम् ॥
vimānavaram ārūḍhaḥ svargaṃ gantāsy asaṃśayam //
mounted on an excellent celestial car, you will go to heaven — there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.90
तच् छ्रुत्वा वचनं ताभ्यां तथा चक्रे स लुब्धकः विमानवरम् आरूढो दिव्यरूपधरो ऽभवत् ॥
tac chrutvā vacanaṃ tābhyāṃ tathā cakre sa lubdhakaḥ vimānavaram ārūḍho divyarūpadharo 'bhavat //
Hearing that speech of theirs, the hunter did so; mounted on an excellent celestial car, he took on a divine form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.91
दिव्यमाल्याम्बरधरः पूज्यमानो ऽप्सरोगणैः कपोतश् च कपोती च तृतीयो लुब्धकस् तथा गङ्गायाश् च प्रभावेण सर्वे वै दिवम् आक्रमन् ॥
divyamālyāmbaradharaḥ pūjyamāno 'psarogaṇaiḥ kapotaś ca kapotī ca tṛtīyo lubdhakas tathā gaṅgāyāś ca prabhāveṇa sarve vai divam ākraman //
Wearing divine garlands and garments, honoured by throngs of apsarases — the male dove and the female dove and the hunter as the third — by the power of the Ganges they all indeed ascended to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.92
ततः प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं कापोतम् इति विश्रुतम् तत्र स्नानं च दानं च पितृपूजनम् एव च ॥
tataḥ prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ kāpotam iti viśrutam tatra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca pitṛpūjanam eva ca //
From then on that ford has been renowned as Kāpota. There bathing, and giving, and worship of the ancestors,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 80.93
जपयज्ञादिकं कर्म तद् आनन्त्याय कल्पते ॥
japayajñādikaṃ karma tad ānantyāya kalpate //
and rites such as muttered recitation and sacrifice — that conduces to endlessness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition