Brahma Purana — Chapter 97
BrP 97.1
पौलस्त्यं तीर्थम् आख्यातं सर्वसिद्धिप्रदं नृणाम् प्रभावं तस्य वक्ष्यामि भ्रष्टराज्यप्रदायकम् ॥
paulastyaṃ tīrtham ākhyātaṃ sarvasiddhipradaṃ nṛṇām prabhāvaṃ tasya vakṣyāmi bhraṣṭarājyapradāyakam //
The sacred place called Paulastya, which bestows all attainments on men—I shall declare its power, which restores a kingdom that has been lost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BrP 97.2
उत्तराशापतिः पूर्वम् ऋद्धिसिद्धिसमन्वितः पुरा लङ्कापतिश् चासीज् ज्येष्ठो विश्रवसः सुतः ॥
uttarāśāpatiḥ pūrvam ṛddhisiddhisamanvitaḥ purā laṅkāpatiś cāsīj jyeṣṭho viśravasaḥ sutaḥ //
Formerly the lord of the northern quarter, endowed with prosperity and attainment, was of old also lord of Laṅkā, the eldest son of Viśravas.
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BrP 97.3
तस्यैते भ्रातरश् चासन् बलवन्तो ऽमितप्रभाः सापत्ना रावणश् चैव कुम्भकर्णो विभीषणः ॥
tasyaite bhrātaraś cāsan balavanto 'mitaprabhāḥ sāpatnā rāvaṇaś caiva kumbhakarṇo vibhīṣaṇaḥ //
These were his brothers, mighty and of immeasurable splendour, (born) of another wife: Rāvaṇa, Kumbhakarṇa and Vibhīṣaṇa.
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BrP 97.4
ते ऽपि विश्रवसः पुत्रा राक्षस्यां राक्षसास् तु ते मद्दत्तेन विमानेन धनदो भ्रातृभिः सह ॥
te 'pi viśravasaḥ putrā rākṣasyāṃ rākṣasās tu te maddattena vimānena dhanado bhrātṛbhiḥ saha //
They too were sons of Viśravas, but by a rākṣasī, and so they were rākṣasas. With the flying chariot given by me, the giver of wealth, together with his brothers,
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BrP 97.5
ममान्तिकं भक्तियुक्तो नित्यम् एति तु याति च रावणस्य तु या माता कुपिता साब्रवीत् सुतान् ॥
mamāntikaṃ bhaktiyukto nityam eti tu yāti ca rāvaṇasya tu yā mātā kupitā sābravīt sutān //
filled with devotion, comes constantly into my presence and goes (again). But Rāvaṇa's mother, angered, said to her sons:
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BrP 97.6
मरिष्ये न च जीविष्ये पुत्रा वैरूप्यकारणात् देवाश् च दानवाश् चासन् सापत्ना भ्रातरो मिथः ॥
mariṣye na ca jīviṣye putrā vairūpyakāraṇāt devāś ca dānavāś cāsan sāpatnā bhrātaro mithaḥ //
"I shall die, I shall not live, sons, because of (this) disfigurement. The gods and the dānavas too were mutually brothers by different mothers.
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BrP 97.7
अन्योन्यवधम् ईप्सन्ते जयैश्वर्यवशानुगाः तद्भवन्तो न पुरुषा न शक्ता न जयैषिणः सापत्न्यं यो ऽनुमन्यते तस्य जीवो निरर्थकः ॥
anyonyavadham īpsante jayaiśvaryavaśānugāḥ tadbhavanto na puruṣā na śaktā na jayaiṣiṇaḥ sāpatnyaṃ yo 'numanyate tasya jīvo nirarthakaḥ //
"They seek to kill one another, driven by (desire for) victory and lordship. Therefore you are not (true) men, not capable, not seekers of victory. Whoever consents to co-wives' rivalry, his life is without purpose."
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BrP 97.8
तन् मातृवचनं श्रुत्वा भ्रातरस् ते त्रयो मुने जग्मुस् ते तपसे ऽरण्यं कृतवन्तस् तपो महत् ॥
tan mātṛvacanaṃ śrutvā bhrātaras te trayo mune jagmus te tapase 'raṇyaṃ kṛtavantas tapo mahat //
Having heard that speech of their mother, those three brothers, O sage, went to the forest for ascetic practice, and performed great austerity.
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BrP 97.9
मत्तो वरान् अवापुश् च त्रय एते च राक्षसाः मातुलेन मरीचेन तथा मातामहेन तु ॥
matto varān avāpuś ca traya ete ca rākṣasāḥ mātulena marīcena tathā mātāmahena tu //
"And these three obtained boons from me as demons (rākṣasas), (aided) by their maternal uncle Marīca and likewise by their maternal grandfather."
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BrP 97.10
तन्मातृवचनाच् चापि ततो लङ्काम् अयाचत रक्षोभावान् मातृदोषाद् भ्रात्रोर् वैरम् अभून् महत् ॥
tanmātṛvacanāc cāpi tato laṅkām ayācata rakṣobhāvān mātṛdoṣād bhrātror vairam abhūn mahat //
And by that mother's word he then asked for Laṅkā; from their demon nature, through the mother's fault, great enmity arose between the (two) brothers.
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BrP 97.11
ततस् तद् अभवद् युद्धं देवदानवयोर् इव युद्धे जित्वाग्रजं शान्तं धनदं भ्रातरं तथा ॥
tatas tad abhavad yuddhaṃ devadānavayor iva yuddhe jitvāgrajaṃ śāntaṃ dhanadaṃ bhrātaraṃ tathā //
Then that battle took place, like one between gods and demons; having conquered in battle his elder brother, the peaceful wealth-giver (Kubera),
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BrP 97.12
पुष्पकं च पुरीं लङ्कां सर्वं चैव व्यपाहरत् रावणो घोषयाम् आस त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे ॥
puṣpakaṃ ca purīṃ laṅkāṃ sarvaṃ caiva vyapāharat rāvaṇo ghoṣayām āsa trailokye sacarācare //
Rāvaṇa carried off the Puṣpaka (chariot), the city of Laṅkā, and everything else; and he proclaimed in the three worlds, with (all) that moves and does not move:
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BrP 97.13
यो दद्याद् आश्रयं भ्रातुः स च वध्यो भवेन् मम भ्रात्रा निरस्तो वैश्रवणो नैव प्रापाश्रयं क्वचित् पितामहं पुलस्त्यं तं गत्वा नत्वाब्रवीद् वचः ॥
yo dadyād āśrayaṃ bhrātuḥ sa ca vadhyo bhaven mama bhrātrā nirasto vaiśravaṇo naiva prāpāśrayaṃ kvacit pitāmahaṃ pulastyaṃ taṃ gatvā natvābravīd vacaḥ //
"Whoever should give shelter to my brother, he too shall be one to be killed by me." Cast out by his brother, Vaiśravaṇa found no shelter anywhere; going to his grandfather Pulastya and bowing, he spoke these words:
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BrP 97.14
भ्रात्रा निरस्तो दुष्टेन किं करोमि वदस्व मे आश्रयः शरणं यत् स्याद् दैवं वा तीर्थम् एव च ॥
bhrātrā nirasto duṣṭena kiṃ karomi vadasva me āśrayaḥ śaraṇaṃ yat syād daivaṃ vā tīrtham eva ca //
"I have been cast out by my wicked brother. Tell me, what am I to do? What shelter, what refuge might there be, or what deity, or what sacred ford?"
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BrP 97.15
तत् पौत्रवचनं श्रुत्वा पुलस्त्यो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
tat pautravacanaṃ śrutvā pulastyo vākyam abravīt //
Having heard that speech of his grandson, Pulastya spoke these words:
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BrP 97.16
गौतमीं गच्छ पुत्र त्वं स्तुहि देवं महेश्वरम् तत्र नास्य प्रवेशः स्याद् गङ्गाया जलमध्यतः ॥
gautamīṃ gaccha putra tvaṃ stuhi devaṃ maheśvaram tatra nāsya praveśaḥ syād gaṅgāyā jalamadhyataḥ //
"Go, son, to the Gautamī; praise the god Maheśvara. There he can have no entry, from the midst of the Gaṅgā's water.
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BrP 97.17
सिद्धिं प्राप्स्यसि कल्याणीं तथा कुरु मया सह ॥
siddhiṃ prāpsyasi kalyāṇīṃ tathā kuru mayā saha //
You will attain auspicious success. Do so, together with me."
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BrP 97.18
तथेत्य् उक्त्वा जगामासौ सभार्यो धनदस् तथा पित्रा मात्रा च वृद्धेन पुलस्त्येन धनेश्वरः ॥
tathety uktvā jagāmāsau sabhāryo dhanadas tathā pitrā mātrā ca vṛddhena pulastyena dhaneśvaraḥ //
Saying "So be it," he went — the wealth-giver, together with his wife, and the lord of wealth (went) with his father and mother and with the aged Pulastya.
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BrP 97.19
गत्वा तु गौतमीं गङ्गां शुचिः स्नात्वा यतव्रतः तुष्टाव देवदेवेशं भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं शिवम् ॥
gatvā tu gautamīṃ gaṅgāṃ śuciḥ snātvā yatavrataḥ tuṣṭāva devadeveśaṃ bhuktimuktipradaṃ śivam //
Having gone to the Gautamī Gaṅgā, pure, having bathed, holding his vow, he praised Śiva, the lord of the gods of gods, the giver of enjoyment and liberation:
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BrP 97.20
स्वामी त्वम् एवास्य चराचरस्य विश्वस्य शंभो न परो ऽस्ति कश्चित् त्वाम् अप्य् अवज्ञाय यदीह मोहात् प्रगल्भते कोपि स शोच्य एव
svāmī tvam evāsya carācarasya viśvasya śaṃbho na paro 'sti kaścit tvām apy avajñāya yadīha mohāt pragalbhate kopi sa śocya eva
"You alone are the master of this universe, moving and unmoving, O Śambhu; there is no other whatever. If anyone here, out of delusion, presumes even to disregard you, he is simply to be pitied.
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BrP 97.21
त्वम् अष्टमूर्त्या सकलं बिभर्षि त्वदाज्ञया वर्तत एव सर्वम् तथापि वेदेति बुधो भवन्तं न जात्व् अविद्वान् महिमा पुरातनम्
tvam aṣṭamūrtyā sakalaṃ bibharṣi tvadājñayā vartata eva sarvam tathāpi vedeti budho bhavantaṃ na jātv avidvān mahimā purātanam
"With your eightfold form you sustain the whole; by your command indeed everything proceeds. Even so, the wise man knows you thus; never does the unlearned (know) your ancient greatness.
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BrP 97.22
मलप्रसूतं यद् अवोचद् अम्बा हास्यात् सुतो ऽयं तव देव शूरः त्वत्प्रेक्षिताद् यः स च विघ्नराजो जज्ञे त्व् अहो चेष्टितम् ईशदृष्टेः
malaprasūtaṃ yad avocad ambā hāsyāt suto 'yaṃ tava deva śūraḥ tvatprekṣitād yaḥ sa ca vighnarājo jajñe tv aho ceṣṭitam īśadṛṣṭeḥ
"What the Mother said in jest of the one born from the dirt (of her body) — 'This is your son, O god, a hero' — he, by your glance, became the king of obstacles. Ah, the working of the Lord's look!
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BrP 97.23
अश्रुप्लुताङ्गी गिरिजा समीक्ष्य वियुक्तदांपत्यम् इतीशम् ऊचे मनोभवो ऽभून् मदनो रतिश् च सौभाग्यपूर्वत्वम् अवाप सोमात्
aśruplutāṅgī girijā samīkṣya viyuktadāṃpatyam itīśam ūce manobhavo 'bhūn madano ratiś ca saubhāgyapūrvatvam avāpa somāt
"Girijā, her limbs bathed in tears, seeing a couple parted, spoke thus to the Lord: and Madana became mind-born, and Rati obtained precedence in good fortune from Soma.
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BrP 97.24
इत्यादि स्तुवतस् तस्य पुरतो ऽभूत् त्रिलोचनः वरेण च्छन्दयाम् आस हर्षान् नोवाच किंचन ॥
ityādi stuvatas tasya purato 'bhūt trilocanaḥ vareṇa cchandayām āsa harṣān novāca kiṃcana //
As he was praising thus and so, the Three-eyed One appeared before him; he offered him a boon, but out of joy (Kubera) said nothing.
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BrP 97.25
तूष्णींभूते तु धनदे पुलस्त्ये च महेश्वरे पुनः पुनर् वरस्वेति शिवे वादिनि हर्षिते ॥
tūṣṇīṃbhūte tu dhanade pulastye ca maheśvare punaḥ punar varasveti śive vādini harṣite //
While the wealth-giver remained silent, and Pulastya too, and Maheśvara — while the delighted Śiva said again and again "Choose!" —
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BrP 97.26
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे तत्र वाग् उवाचाशरीरिणी प्राप्तव्यं धनपालत्वं वदन्तीदं महेश्वरम् ॥
etasminn antare tatra vāg uvācāśarīriṇī prāptavyaṃ dhanapālatvaṃ vadantīdaṃ maheśvaram //
in this interval a bodiless voice spoke there, saying this to Maheśvara: "The guardianship of wealth is what is to be obtained."
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BrP 97.27
पुलस्त्यस्य तु यच् चित्तं पितुर् वैश्रवणस्य तु विदित्वेव तदा वाणी शुभम् अर्थम् उदीरयत् ॥
pulastyasya tu yac cittaṃ pitur vaiśravaṇasya tu viditveva tadā vāṇī śubham artham udīrayat //
But knowing, as it were, what was in the mind of Pulastya and of (his) father Vaiśravaṇa, the voice then uttered this auspicious matter.
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BrP 97.28
भूतवद् भवितव्यं स्याद् दास्यमानं तु दत्तवत् प्राप्तव्यं प्राप्तवत् तत्र दैवी वाग् अभवच् छुभा ॥
bhūtavad bhavitavyaṃ syād dāsyamānaṃ tu dattavat prāptavyaṃ prāptavat tatra daivī vāg abhavac chubhā //
"What is yet to be shall be as though already existing; what is to be given, as though already given; what is to be obtained, as though already obtained" — such was the auspicious divine voice there.
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BrP 97.29
प्रभूतशत्रुः परिभूतदुःखः संपूज्य सोमेश्वरम् आप लिङ्गम् दिगीश्वरत्वं द्रविणप्रभुत्वम् अपारदातृत्वकलत्रपुत्रान्
prabhūtaśatruḥ paribhūtaduḥkhaḥ saṃpūjya someśvaram āpa liṅgam digīśvaratvaṃ draviṇaprabhutvam apāradātṛtvakalatraputrān
With enemies overcome and sorrow overpowered, having worshipped the liṅga of Someśvara, he obtained lordship over a quarter (of the world), mastery of wealth, the office of giving without limit, and wives and sons.
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BrP 97.30
तां वाचं धनदः श्रुत्वा देवदेवं त्रिशूलिनम् एवं भवतु नामेति धनदो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥
tāṃ vācaṃ dhanadaḥ śrutvā devadevaṃ triśūlinam evaṃ bhavatu nāmeti dhanado vākyam abravīt //
Having heard that speech, the giver of wealth said this word to the god of gods, the trident-bearer: "So indeed let it be."
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BrP 97.31
तथैवास्त्व् इति देवेशो दैवीं वाचम् अमन्यत पुलस्त्यं च वरैः पुण्यैस् तथा विश्रवसं मुनिम् ॥
tathaivāstv iti deveśo daivīṃ vācam amanyata pulastyaṃ ca varaiḥ puṇyais tathā viśravasaṃ munim //
"Let it be just so," (said) the lord of the gods, and he approved the divine voice, and (honoured) Pulastya with holy boons, and likewise the sage Viśravas.
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BrP 97.32
धनपालं च देवेशो ह्य् अभिनन्द्य ययौ शिवः ततः प्रभृति तत् तीर्थं पौलस्त्यं धनदं विदुः ॥
dhanapālaṃ ca deveśo hy abhinandya yayau śivaḥ tataḥ prabhṛti tat tīrthaṃ paulastyaṃ dhanadaṃ viduḥ //
And the lord of the gods, Śiva, having congratulated the guardian of wealth, departed. From then on they know that sacred ford as Paulastya and as Dhanada.
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BrP 97.33
तथा वैश्रवसं पुण्यं सर्वकामप्रदं शुभम् तेषु स्नानादि यत् किंचित् तत् सर्वं बहुपुण्यदम् ॥
tathā vaiśravasaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvakāmapradaṃ śubham teṣu snānādi yat kiṃcit tat sarvaṃ bahupuṇyadam //
And likewise the holy, auspicious Vaiśravasa (ford), which grants all desires; whatever bathing and the rest (is done) at them, all that yields much merit.
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