Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 2
BndP 1 2.1
प्रत्यवोचन्पुनः सूतमृषयस्ते तपोधनाः । कुत्र सत्रं समभत्तेवषामद्भुतकर्मणाम्
pratyavocanpunaḥ sūtamṛṣayaste tapodhanāḥ / kutra satraṃ samabhattevaṣāmadbhutakarmaṇām
Again those sages, whose wealth was austerity, said in reply to the Sūta: "Where did the sacrificial session of those of wondrous deeds take place?
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BndP 1 2.2
कियन्तं चैव तत्कालं कथं च समवर्त्तत । आचचक्षे पुराणं च कथं तत्सप्रभञ्जनः
kiyantaṃ caiva tatkālaṃ kathaṃ ca samavarttata / ācacakṣe purāṇaṃ ca kathaṃ tatsaprabhañjanaḥ
And how long was that time, and how did it come about? And how did he, together with the Wind (Prabhañjana), recount the Purāṇa?
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BndP 1 2.3
आचख्यौ विस्तरेणैव पर कौतूहलं हि नः । इति संचोदितः सूतः प्रत्युवाच शुभं वचः
ācakhyau vistareṇaiva para kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ / iti saṃcoditaḥ sūtaḥ pratyuvāca śubhaṃ vacaḥ
Tell it in full detail, for our curiosity is great." Thus urged, the Sūta replied with auspicious words.
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BndP 1 2.4
शृणुध्वं यत्र ते धीरा मेनिरे मन्त्रमुत्तमम् । यावन्तं चाभवत्कालं यथा च समवर्तत
śṛṇudhvaṃ yatra te dhīrā menire mantramuttamam / yāvantaṃ cābhavatkālaṃ yathā ca samavartata
Listen (to) where those steadfast ones pondered the supreme mantra, and how long a time it lasted, and how it came about.
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BndP 1 2.5
सिसृक्षमाणो विश्वं हि यजते विसृजत्पुरा । सत्रं हि ते ऽतिपुण्यं च सहस्रपरिवत्सरान्
sisṛkṣamāṇo viśvaṃ hi yajate visṛjatpurā / satraṃ hi te 'tipuṇyaṃ ca sahasraparivatsarān
For, wishing to create the universe, he sacrificed of old while emitting (it); and their session was exceedingly meritorious, (lasting) a thousand years.
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BndP 1 2.6
तपोगृहपतेर्यत्र ब्रह्मा चैवाभवत्स्वयम् । इडाया यत्र पत्नीत्वं शामित्रं यत्र बुद्धिमान्
tapogṛhapateryatra brahmā caivābhavatsvayam / iḍāyā yatra patnītvaṃ śāmitraṃ yatra buddhimān
Where Tapas was the householder (of the sacrifice) and Brahmā himself was present; where Iḍā held the role of wife, where the wise one was the slaughterer.
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BndP 1 2.7
मृत्युश्चके महातेजास्तस्मिन्सत्रे महात्मनाम् । विबुधाश्चोषिरे तत्र सहस्रपरिवत्सरान्
mṛtyuścake mahātejāstasminsatre mahātmanām / vibudhāścoṣire tatra sahasraparivatsarān
Death, of great splendour, officiated at that session of the great-souled ones; and the gods dwelt there for a thousand years.
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BndP 1 2.8
भ्रमतो धर्मचक्रस्य यत्र नेमिरशीर्यत । कर्मणा तेन विख्यातं नैमिषं मुनिपूजितम्
bhramato dharmacakrasya yatra nemiraśīryata / karmaṇā tena vikhyātaṃ naimiṣaṃ munipūjitam
Where the rim of the revolving wheel of dharma broke apart — by that deed it is known as Naimiṣa, honoured by the sages.
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BndP 1 2.9
यत्र सा गोमती पुण्या सिद्धचारणसेविता । रोहिणी स सुता तत्र गोमती साभवत् क्षणात्
yatra sā gomatī puṇyā siddhacāraṇasevitā / rohiṇī sa sutā tatra gomatī sābhavat kṣaṇāt
Where that holy Gomatī is, frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas — there Rohiṇī, his daughter, became the Gomatī in an instant.
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BndP 1 2.10
शक्तिर्ज्येष्ठा समभवद्वसिष्ठस्य महात्मनः । रुन्धत्याः सुतायात्रादानमुत्तमतेजसः
śaktirjyeṣṭhā samabhavadvasiṣṭhasya mahātmanaḥ / rundhatyāḥ sutāyātrādānamuttamatejasaḥ
Śakti was the eldest (son) of the great-souled Vasiṣṭha; there (took place) the giving of the daughter, of supreme splendour, of Arundhatī.
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BndP 1 2.11
कल्माषपादो नृपतिर्यत्र शक्रश्च शक्तिना । यत्र वैरं समभवद्विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयोः
kalmāṣapādo nṛpatiryatra śakraśca śaktinā / yatra vairaṃ samabhavadviśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ
Where king Kalmāṣapāda and Śakra (were dealt with) by Śakti; where the enmity of Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha arose.
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BndP 1 2.12
अदृश्यन्त्यां समभवन्मुनिर्यत्र पराशरः । पराभवो वसिष्ठस्य यस्य ज्ञाने ह्यवर्त्तयत्
adṛśyantyāṃ samabhavanmuniryatra parāśaraḥ / parābhavo vasiṣṭhasya yasya jñāne hyavarttayat
Where the sage Parāśara was born of Adṛśyantī; (and where) the defeat of Vasiṣṭha, which he turned to knowledge, (occurred).
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BndP 1 2.13
तत्र ते मेनिरे शैलं नैमिषे ब्रह्मवादिनः । नैमिषं जज्ञिरे यस्मान्नैमिषीयास्ततः स्मृताः
tatra te menire śailaṃ naimiṣe brahmavādinaḥ / naimiṣaṃ jajñire yasmānnaimiṣīyāstataḥ smṛtāḥ
There at Naimiṣa those expounders of brahman honoured the mountain; since they were born at Naimiṣa, they are therefore called Naimiṣīyas.
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BndP 1 2.14
तत्सत्रमभवत्तेषां समा द्वादश धीमताम् । पुरूरवसि विक्रान्ते प्रशासति वसुंधराम्
tatsatramabhavatteṣāṃ samā dvādaśa dhīmatām / purūravasi vikrānte praśāsati vasuṃdharām
That session of those wise ones lasted twelve years, while the valiant Purūravas ruled the earth.
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BndP 1 2.15
अष्टादश समुद्रस्य द्वीपानश्रन् पुरूरवाः । तुतोष नैव रत्नानां लोभादिति हि नः श्रुतम्
aṣṭādaśa samudrasya dvīpānaśran purūravāḥ / tutoṣa naiva ratnānāṃ lobhāditi hi naḥ śrutam
Purūravas enjoyed the eighteen islands of the ocean, yet he was not content, out of greed for jewels — so we have heard.
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BndP 1 2.16
उर्वशी चकमे तं च देवदूतप्रचोदिता । आजहार च तत्सत्रमुर्वश्या सह संगतः
urvaśī cakame taṃ ca devadūtapracoditā / ājahāra ca tatsatramurvaśyā saha saṃgataḥ
And Urvaśī, prompted by the messenger of the gods, desired him; and united with Urvaśī he carried out that sacrificial session.
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BndP 1 2.17
तस्मिन्नरपतौ सत्रे नैमिषीयाः प्रचक्रिरे । यं गर्भं सुषुवे गङ्गा पावकाद्दीप्ततेजसम्
tasminnarapatau satre naimiṣīyāḥ pracakrire / yaṃ garbhaṃ suṣuve gaṅgā pāvakāddīptatejasam
At that sacrificial session of the king, the sages of Naimiṣa performed (the rites); (there was) the embryo of blazing splendour which Gaṅgā bore from Fire.
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BndP 1 2.18
तत्तुल्यं पर्वते न्यस्तं हिरण्यं समपद्यत । हिरण्मयं ततश्चके यज्ञवाटं महात्मनाम्
tattulyaṃ parvate nyastaṃ hiraṇyaṃ samapadyata / hiraṇmayaṃ tataścake yajñavāṭaṃ mahātmanām
Equal to that, gold appeared deposited on the mountain; from it (they) made a golden sacrificial enclosure for the great-souled ones.
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BndP 1 2.19
विश्वकर्मा स्वयन्देवो भावनो लोकभावनः । स प्रविश्य ततः सत्रे तेषाममिततेजसाम्
viśvakarmā svayandevo bhāvano lokabhāvanaḥ / sa praviśya tataḥ satre teṣāmamitatejasām
Viśvakarman himself, the god, the creator, the maker of the worlds — he then, having entered into the sacrificial session of those of measureless splendour...
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BndP 1 2.20
ऐडः पुरूरवा भेजे तं देशं मृगयां चरन् । तं दृष्ट्वा महादाश्वर्यं यज्ञवाटं हिरण्मयम्
aiḍaḥ purūravā bheje taṃ deśaṃ mṛgayāṃ caran / taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahādāśvaryaṃ yajñavāṭaṃ hiraṇmayam
Purūravas, son of Iḍā, came upon that region while roaming in the hunt; seeing that golden sacrificial enclosure, a great marvel,
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BndP 1 2.21
लोभेन हतविज्ञानस्तदादातुमुपाक्रमत् । नैमिषेयास्ततस्तस्य चुक्रुधुर्नृपतिं भृशम्
lobhena hatavijñānastadādātumupākramat / naimiṣeyāstatastasya cukrudhurnṛpatiṃ bhṛśam
his discernment destroyed by greed, he set about seizing it; then the men of Naimiṣa were exceedingly angry at that king.
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BndP 1 2.22
निजघ्नुश्चापि तं क्रुद्धाः कुशवज्रैर्मनीषिणः । तपोनिष्ठाश्च राजानं मुनयो देवचोदिताः
nijaghnuścāpi taṃ kruddhāḥ kuśavajrairmanīṣiṇaḥ / taponiṣṭhāśca rājānaṃ munayo devacoditāḥ
And the wise ones, enraged, struck him with kuśa-grass turned to thunderbolts — the sages fixed in austerity (struck) the king, urged on by the gods.
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BndP 1 2.23
कुशवज्रौर्विनिष्पिष्टः स राजा व्यजहात्तनुम् । और्वशेयैस्ततस्तस्य युद्धं चक्रे नृपो भुवि
kuśavajraurviniṣpiṣṭaḥ sa rājā vyajahāttanum / aurvaśeyaistatastasya yuddhaṃ cakre nṛpo bhuvi
Crushed by the kuśa-thunderbolts, that king gave up his body; then the king waged war on earth with the sons of Urvaśī.
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BndP 1 2.24
नहुषस्य महात्मानं पितरं यं प्रचक्षते । स तेष्ववभृथेष्वेव धर्म्मशीलो महीपतिः
nahuṣasya mahātmānaṃ pitaraṃ yaṃ pracakṣate / sa teṣvavabhṛtheṣveva dharmmaśīlo mahīpatiḥ
He whom they declare to be the great-souled father of Nahuṣa — that king, of righteous conduct, at those very concluding ablutions...
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BndP 1 2.25
आयुरायभवायाग्र्यमस्मिन् सत्रे नरोत्तमः । शान्तयित्वा तु राजानं तदा ब्रह्मविदस्तथा
āyurāyabhavāyāgryamasmin satre narottamaḥ / śāntayitvā tu rājānaṃ tadā brahmavidastathā
Āyus, best of men, (was born?) at this session for the sake of prosperity, foremost; and then, the knowers of brahman having pacified the king,
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BndP 1 2.26
सत्रमारेभिरे कर्त्तुं पृथ्वीवत्सा त्ममूर्तयः । बभूव सत्रे तेषां तु ब्रह्मचर्यं महात्मनाम्
satramārebhire karttuṃ pṛthvīvatsā tmamūrtayaḥ / babhūva satre teṣāṃ tu brahmacaryaṃ mahātmanām
they began to perform the session, their forms (like) the earth's calves(?); and at the session of those great-souled ones there was chastity,
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BndP 1 2.27
विश्वं सिसृक्षमाणानां पुरा विस्वसृजामिव । वैखानसैः प्रियसखैर्वाल खिल्यैर्मरीचिभिः
viśvaṃ sisṛkṣamāṇānāṃ purā visvasṛjāmiva / vaikhānasaiḥ priyasakhairvāla khilyairmarīcibhiḥ
of those desiring to emit the universe, as of the creators of all in ancient times; with the Vaikhānasas, their dear friends, with the Vālakhilyas and the Marīcis,
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BndP 1 2.28
अजैश्च मुनिभिर्जातं सूर्यवैश्वानरप्रभः । वितृदेवाप्सरःसिद्धैर्गन्धर्वोरगचारणैः
ajaiśca munibhirjātaṃ sūryavaiśvānaraprabhaḥ / vitṛdevāpsaraḥsiddhairgandharvoragacāraṇaiḥ
and with the unborn sages it came about — (he was) of the radiance of the sun and of Vaiśvānara — with the Vitṛ(?) gods, apsarases, siddhas, gandharvas, uragas and cāraṇas,
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BndP 1 2.29
भारतैः शुशुभे राजा देवैरिन्द्रसमो यथा । स्तोत्रशस्त्रैर्गृहैर्देवान्पितॄन्पित्र्यैश्च कर्मभिः
bhārataiḥ śuśubhe rājā devairindrasamo yathā / stotraśastrairgṛhairdevānpitṝnpitryaiśca karmabhiḥ
the king shone with the Bhāratas as Indra's equal with the gods; with hymns of praise and recitations, with oblations (they honoured) the gods, and the ancestors with rites for the fathers,
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BndP 1 2.30
आनर्चुःस्म यथाजाति गन्धर्वादीन् यथाविधि । आराधने स सस्मार ततः कर्मान्तरेषु च
ānarcuḥsma yathājāti gandharvādīn yathāvidhi / ārādhane sa sasmāra tataḥ karmāntareṣu ca
they honoured the gandharvas and the rest according to their kind, as prescribed; and in the worship, and thereafter in the intervals of the rites, he remembered (them).
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BndP 1 2.31
जगुः सामानि गन्धर्वा ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः । व्याजह्रुर्मुनयो वाचं चित्राक्षरपदां शुभाम्
jaguḥ sāmāni gandharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ / vyājahrurmunayo vācaṃ citrākṣarapadāṃ śubhām
The gandharvas sang the sāman chants and the troops of apsarases danced; the sages uttered auspicious speech with varied syllables and words.
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BndP 1 2.32
मन्त्रादि तत्र विद्वांसो जजपुश्च परस्परम् । वितण्डावचनैश्चैव निजघ्नुः प्रतिवादिनः
mantrādi tatra vidvāṃso jajapuśca parasparam / vitaṇḍāvacanaiścaiva nijaghnuḥ prativādinaḥ
There the learned ones muttered the mantras and the rest to one another, and with words of disputation they struck down their opponents.
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BndP 1 2.33
ऋषयश्चैव विद्वांसः शब्दार्थन्यायकोविदाः । न तत्र हारितं किञ्चिद्विविशुर्ब्रह्मराक्षसाः
ṛṣayaścaiva vidvāṃsaḥ śabdārthanyāyakovidāḥ / na tatra hāritaṃ kiñcidviviśurbrahmarākṣasāḥ
And the sages were learned, skilled in words, meanings and logic; nothing there was carried off, nor did brahma-rākṣasas enter,
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BndP 1 2.34
नैव यज्ञहरा दैत्या नैव वाजमुखास्त्रिणः । प्रायश्चित्तं दरिद्रं च न तत्र समजायत
naiva yajñaharā daityā naiva vājamukhāstriṇaḥ / prāyaścittaṃ daridraṃ ca na tatra samajāyata
nor daityas who steal sacrifices, nor the 'horse-faced' arrow-bearers(?); and neither expiation nor want arose there.
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BndP 1 2.35
शक्तिप्रज्ञाक्रियायेगैर्विधिराशीष्वनुष्टितः । एवं च ववृधे सत्रं द्वादशाब्दं मनीषिणाम्
śaktiprajñākriyāyegairvidhirāśīṣvanuṣṭitaḥ / evaṃ ca vavṛdhe satraṃ dvādaśābdaṃ manīṣiṇām
By power, wisdom and the practice of rites the procedure was carried out with respect to the benedictions; and thus the session of the wise ones grew to twelve years.
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BndP 1 2.36
ऋषीणां नैमिषीयाणां तदभूदिव वज्रिणः । वृद्धाद्या ऋत्विजो वीरा ज्योतिष्टोमान् पृथक्पृथक्
ṛṣīṇāṃ naimiṣīyāṇāṃ tadabhūdiva vajriṇaḥ / vṛddhādyā ṛtvijo vīrā jyotiṣṭomān pṛthakpṛthak
That (session) of the Naimiṣa sages was as if the thunderbolt-bearer's own; the officiants, headed by the elders, heroes, (performed) the jyotiṣṭoma rites one by one.
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BndP 1 2.37
चक्रिरे पृष्ठगमनाः सर्वानयुतदक्षिणान् । समाप्तयज्ञो यत्रास्ते वासुदेवं महाधिपम्
cakrire pṛṣṭhagamanāḥ sarvānayutadakṣiṇān / samāptayajño yatrāste vāsudevaṃ mahādhipam
Walking behind (the sacrificial animal), they performed all (the rites), with fees of ten thousand; (they approached) Vāsudeva, the great overlord, who, his sacrifice completed, was seated there.
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BndP 1 2.38
पप्रच्छुरमितात्मानं भवद्भिर्यदहं द्विजः । प्रचोदितः स्ववंशार्थं स च तानब्रवीत्प्रभुः
papracchuramitātmānaṃ bhavadbhiryadahaṃ dvijaḥ / pracoditaḥ svavaṃśārthaṃ sa ca tānabravītprabhuḥ
They questioned him of measureless spirit: "Since I, a brahmin, have been urged by you for the sake of (learning) your lineage—"; and he, the lord, said to them:
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BndP 1 2.39
शिष्यःस्वयंभुवो देवः सर्वं प्रत्यक्षदृग्वशी । अणिमादिभिरष्टाभिः सूक्ष्मैरङ्गैः समन्वितः
śiṣyaḥsvayaṃbhuvo devaḥ sarvaṃ pratyakṣadṛgvaśī / aṇimādibhiraṣṭābhiḥ sūkṣmairaṅgaiḥ samanvitaḥ
(He is) a pupil of the Self-existent, a god, self-controlled, seeing everything directly, endowed with the eight subtle attributes beginning with aṇimā (minuteness),
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BndP 1 2.40
तिर्यग्वातादिभिर्वर्षैः सर्वां ल्लोकान्बिभर्ति यः । सप्तस्कन्धा भृताः शाखाः सर्वतोयाजराजरान्
tiryagvātādibhirvarṣaiḥ sarvāṃ llokānbibharti yaḥ / saptaskandhā bhṛtāḥ śākhāḥ sarvatoyājarājarān
who supports all the worlds by rains through the crosswise winds and the rest; the seven trunks (are) borne, the branches on every side...
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BndP 1 2.41
विषयैर् मरुतो यस्य संस्थिताः सप्तसप्तकाः । व्यूहत्रयाणां सूतानां कुर्वन् सत्रं महाबलः
viṣayair maruto yasya saṃsthitāḥ saptasaptakāḥ / vyūhatrayāṇāṃ sūtānāṃ kurvan satraṃ mahābalaḥ
whose winds, seven sevens (in number), are established together with their objects; the greatly powerful one, performing the sacrificial session of the three arrays of the sūtas,
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BndP 1 2.42
तेजसश्वाप्युपायानां दधातीह शरीरिणः । प्राणाद्या वृत्तयः पञ्च धारणानां स्ववृत्तिभिः
tejasaśvāpyupāyānāṃ dadhātīha śarīriṇaḥ / prāṇādyā vṛttayaḥ pañca dhāraṇānāṃ svavṛttibhiḥ
and (he) here bestows on embodied beings (the powers) of fire and of the means (of approach); the five functions beginning with breath, of the sustainings, by their own operations
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BndP 1 2.43
पूर्यमामः शरीराणां धारणं यस्य कुर्वते । आकाशयोनिर्द्विगुणः शाब्दस्पर्शसमन्वितः
pūryamāmaḥ śarīrāṇāṃ dhāraṇaṃ yasya kurvate / ākāśayonirdviguṇaḥ śābdasparśasamanvitaḥ
—being filled, they effect the sustaining of bodies; that which has space for its source is twofold, endowed with sound and touch.
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BndP 1 2.44
वाचोरणिः समाख्याता शब्दशास्त्रविचक्षणैः । भारत्यार्ः श्लक्ष्णया सर्वान्मुनीन्प्रह्लादयन्निव
vācoraṇiḥ samākhyātā śabdaśāstravicakṣaṇaiḥ / bhāratyārḥ ślakṣṇayā sarvānmunīnprahlādayanniva
(This) is declared to be the fire-drill of speech by those skilled in the science of words; as if gladdening all the sages with smooth speech,
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BndP 1 2.45
पुराणज्ञाः सुमनसः पुराणाश्रययुक्तया । पुराम नियता विप्राः कथामकथयद्विभुः
purāṇajñāḥ sumanasaḥ purāṇāśrayayuktayā / purāma niyatā viprāḥ kathāmakathayadvibhuḥ
the mighty one recited the tale to the brahmins—knowers of the ancient lore, well-disposed, restrained—in a manner based on the Purāṇa, of old.
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BndP 1 2.46
एतत्सर्वं यथावृत्तमाख्यानं द्विजसत्तमाः । ऋषीणां च परं चैतल्लोकतत्त्वमनुत्तमम्
etatsarvaṃ yathāvṛttamākhyānaṃ dvijasattamāḥ / ṛṣīṇāṃ ca paraṃ caitallokatattvamanuttamam
All this narrative, just as it happened, O best of the twice-born, and this supreme (account) of the sages, and this unsurpassed truth of the worlds.
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