Brahmanda Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 27
BndP 1 27.1
ऋषय ऊचुः भूय षुत महाबुद्धे कथयस्व महात्मनः । महादेवस्य माहात्म्यं श्रोतुं कौतूहलं च नः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ bhūya ṣuta mahābuddhe kathayasva mahātmanaḥ / mahādevasya māhātmyaṃ śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ ca naḥ
The sages said: Once more, O Sūta of great intelligence, relate the greatness of the great-souled Mahādeva; we are eager to hear it.
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BndP 1 27.2
कथं दारुवणे देव-ऋषिसंघनिषेविते । चकार वेषं विकृतं येन बुद्धा महर्षयः
kathaṃ dāruvaṇe deva-ṛṣisaṃghaniṣevite / cakāra veṣaṃ vikṛtaṃ yena buddhā maharṣayaḥ
How, in the Dāru forest frequented by hosts of gods and seers, did he assume a deformed guise, by which the great seers came to recognise (him)?
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BndP 1 27.3
ज्ञात्वा च ते महादेवं ततो भ्रान्ता ह्यचेतसः । आराधयन्प्रसादार्थं नैषां तुष्टः पुनर्भवः
jñātvā ca te mahādevaṃ tato bhrāntā hyacetasaḥ / ārādhayanprasādārthaṃ naiṣāṃ tuṣṭaḥ punarbhavaḥ
And having recognised Mahādeva, they, bewildered and out of their senses, then propitiated him to gain his favour; but Bhava was not pleased with them again.
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BndP 1 27.4
एतत्सर्वं यथावृत्तं देवदेवेन चेष्टितम् । तत्सर्वं कथयस्वेह त्वं नो बुद्धिमतां वरः
etatsarvaṃ yathāvṛttaṃ devadevena ceṣṭitam / tatsarvaṃ kathayasveha tvaṃ no buddhimatāṃ varaḥ
All this as it happened, what was done by the God of gods — all that relate to us here, you who are the best of the intelligent.
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BndP 1 27.5
सूत उवाच श्रूयतामभिधास्यामि धर्ममेतमतन्द्रिताः । निर्म्मितं देवदेवेन भक्तानामनुकंपया
sūta uvāca śrūyatāmabhidhāsyāmi dharmametamatandritāḥ / nirmmitaṃ devadevena bhaktānāmanukaṃpayā
Sūta said: Listen, unwearied ones; I shall declare this dharma, framed by the God of gods out of compassion for his devotees.
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BndP 1 27.6
पुरा कृतयुगे विप्राः शृङ्गे हिमवतः शुभे । देवदारुवनं रम्यं नानाद्रुमलताकुलम्
purā kṛtayuge viprāḥ śṛṅge himavataḥ śubhe / devadāruvanaṃ ramyaṃ nānādrumalatākulam
Formerly, in the Kṛta age, O brahmins, on a lovely peak of the Himālaya, (there was) the delightful forest of deodars, thick with various trees and creepers.
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BndP 1 27.7
बहवो मुनयस्तत्र तपस्यन्तो मुनिव्रताः । शैवाल भोजनाः केचित्केचिदन्तर्जलेशयाः
bahavo munayastatra tapasyanto munivratāḥ / śaivāla bhojanāḥ kecitkecidantarjaleśayāḥ
Many sages were there, practising austerity, holding the vows of ascetics: some eating water-moss, some lying within the water.
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BndP 1 27.8
केचिदभ्रावकाशास्तु पादाङ्गुष्ठाग्रधिष्ठिताः । दन्तोलूखलिनश्चान्ये त्वश्मकुट्टास्तथा परे
kecidabhrāvakāśāstu pādāṅguṣṭhāgradhiṣṭhitāḥ / dantolūkhalinaścānye tvaśmakuṭṭāstathā pare
Some, out in the open under the clouds, stood on the tips of their big toes; others used their teeth as a mortar, and others again pounded (their food) with stones.
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BndP 1 27.9
स्थानवीरासनाश्चान्ये मृगयर्यारतास्तथा । कालं नयन्ति तपसा तीव्रेण च महाधियः
sthānavīrāsanāścānye mṛgayaryāratāstathā / kālaṃ nayanti tapasā tīvreṇa ca mahādhiyaḥ
Others kept the hero-posture standing, and others lived like deer; the great-minded ones passed their time in fierce austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.10
ततस्तेषां प्रसादार्थ देवस्तद्वनमागतः । भस्मपाण्डुरदिग्धाङ्गो नग्नो विकृतलक्षणः
tatasteṣāṃ prasādārtha devastadvanamāgataḥ / bhasmapāṇḍuradigdhāṅgo nagno vikṛtalakṣaṇaḥ
Then, to grant them grace, the god came to that forest, his body smeared pale with ashes, naked, of deformed appearance.
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BndP 1 27.11
विकृतस्रस्तकेशश्च करालदशनस्तथा । उल्मुकव्यग्रहस्तश्च रक्तपिङ्गललोचनः
vikṛtasrastakeśaśca karāladaśanastathā / ulmukavyagrahastaśca raktapiṅgalalocanaḥ
With his hair disordered and hanging loose, with gaping teeth, with a firebrand busy in his hand, with red-tawny eyes.
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BndP 1 27.12
शिश्नं सवृषणं तस्य रक्तगैरिकसन्निभम् । मुखमङ्गारवर्णेन शुक्लेन च विभूषितम्
śiśnaṃ savṛṣaṇaṃ tasya raktagairikasannibham / mukhamaṅgāravarṇena śuklena ca vibhūṣitam
His penis with the testicles was like red ochre; his face was adorned with the colour of charcoal and with white.
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BndP 1 27.13
क्वचित्स हसते रौद्रं क्वचिद्गायति विस्मि तः । क्वचिन्नृत्यति शृङ्गारी क्वचिद्रौति मुहुर्मुहुः
kvacitsa hasate raudraṃ kvacidgāyati vismi taḥ / kvacinnṛtyati śṛṅgārī kvacidrauti muhurmuhuḥ
Sometimes he laughs terribly, sometimes he sings, amazed; sometimes he dances amorously, sometimes he howls again and again.
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BndP 1 27.14
नृत्यन्त रुरुधुस्तूर्णं पत्न्यस्तेषां विमोहिताः । आश्रमे ऽभ्यागतो ऽभीक्ष्णं या चते च पुनः पुनः
nṛtyanta rurudhustūrṇaṃ patnyasteṣāṃ vimohitāḥ / āśrame 'bhyāgato 'bhīkṣṇaṃ yā cate ca punaḥ punaḥ
Their wives, infatuated, quickly stopped him as he danced; he came repeatedly to the hermitage and begged again and again.
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BndP 1 27.15
भार्या कृता तथारूपा तृणाभरणभूषिता । वृषनादं प्रगर्जन्वै खरनादं ननाद च
bhāryā kṛtā tathārūpā tṛṇābharaṇabhūṣitā / vṛṣanādaṃ pragarjanvai kharanādaṃ nanāda ca
(He) likewise made a wife of such a form, decked with ornaments of grass; and bellowing the roar of a bull, he also braying the bray of an ass.
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BndP 1 27.16
तथा वञ्चितुमा रब्धो हासयन्सर्वदेहिनः । ततस्ते मुनयः क्रुद्धाः क्रोधेन कलुषीकृताः
tathā vañcitumā rabdho hāsayansarvadehinaḥ / tataste munayaḥ kruddhāḥ krodhena kaluṣīkṛtāḥ
Thus he set about deceiving (them), making all embodied beings laugh. Then those sages became angry, muddied by wrath,
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BndP 1 27.17
मोहिता मायया सर्वे शपितुं समुपस्थिताः । करवद्गायसे यस्मात्खरस्तस्माद्भविष्यसि
mohitā māyayā sarve śapituṃ samupasthitāḥ / karavadgāyase yasmātkharastasmādbhaviṣyasi
all of them deluded by (his) magic, and they came forward to curse (him): "Since you sing like an ass, therefore you shall become an ass;
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BndP 1 27.18
राक्षसो वा पिशाचो वा दानवो वाथ वा तथा । यथा वैच्छंस्तथा सर्वे क्रुद्धास्ते मुनयः समम्
rākṣaso vā piśāco vā dānavo vātha vā tathā / yathā vaicchaṃstathā sarve kruddhāste munayaḥ samam
or a rākṣasa, or a piśāca, or else a dānava" — thus, just as they wished, all those angry sages together
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BndP 1 27.19
शेपुः शासैस्तु विविधैस्तं देवं भुवनेश्वरम् । तपांसि तेषां सर्वेषां प्रत्याहन्यन्त शङ्करे
śepuḥ śāsaistu vividhaistaṃ devaṃ bhuvaneśvaram / tapāṃsi teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ pratyāhanyanta śaṅkare
cursed with various curses that god, the lord of the world; but the austerities of all of them were turned back upon Śaṅkara.
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BndP 1 27.20
यथादित्यप्रकाशेन तारका नभसि स्थिताः । न द्योतन्ते प्रकाशेन तद्वत्तेजांसि शङ्करे
yathādityaprakāśena tārakā nabhasi sthitāḥ / na dyotante prakāśena tadvattejāṃsi śaṅkare
Just as the stars set in the sky do not shine with (their own) light because of the sun's light, so were (their) energies (dimmed) in Śaṅkara's presence.
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BndP 1 27.21
श्रूयते ऋषिशापेन ब्रह्मणः सुमहात्मनः । समृद्धः श्रेयसां यौनिर्यज्ञो वै नाशमाप्तवान्
śrūyate ṛṣiśāpena brahmaṇaḥ sumahātmanaḥ / samṛddhaḥ śreyasāṃ yauniryajño vai nāśamāptavān
It is heard that by a sage's curse the sacrifice of the exceedingly great-souled Brahmā, abundant and the womb of all blessings, met with destruction;
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BndP 1 27.22
भृगोरपि च शापेन विष्णुः परमवियवान् । प्रादुर्भावान्दश प्राप्तो दुःखितश्च सदा कृतः
bhṛgorapi ca śāpena viṣṇuḥ paramaviyavān / prādurbhāvāndaśa prāpto duḥkhitaśca sadā kṛtaḥ
and that by Bhṛgu's curse too Viṣṇu, the supreme (and imperishable?), obtained ten manifestations and was made to suffer constantly;
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BndP 1 27.23
इन्द्रस्यापि हि धर्मज्ञः शिश्नं सवृषणं पुरा । ऋषिणा गौतमेनोर्व्यां क्रुद्धेन विनिपातितम्
indrasyāpi hi dharmajñaḥ śiśnaṃ savṛṣaṇaṃ purā / ṛṣiṇā gautamenorvyāṃ kruddhena vinipātitam
and formerly Indra's penis together with the testicles was cast down to the earth, O knower of dharma, by the angry sage Gautama;
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BndP 1 27.24
गर्भवासो वसूनां च शापेन विहित स्तथा । ऋषीणां चैव शापेन नहुषः सर्पतां गतः
garbhavāso vasūnāṃ ca śāpena vihita stathā / ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva śāpena nahuṣaḥ sarpatāṃ gataḥ
and dwelling in a womb was likewise ordained for the Vasus by a curse; and by the curse of sages Nahuṣa went to the state of a serpent;
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BndP 1 27.25
क्षीरोदश्च समुद्रश्च ह्यपेयो ब्राह्मणैः कृतः । धर्मश्चात्र प्रशप्तो वै माण्डव्येन महात्मना
kṣīrodaśca samudraśca hyapeyo brāhmaṇaiḥ kṛtaḥ / dharmaścātra praśapto vai māṇḍavyena mahātmanā
and the milk-ocean and the (salt) sea were made undrinkable by brahmins; and here too Dharma was cursed by the great-souled Māṇḍavya.
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BndP 1 27.26
एते चान्ये च बहवो यातनां च समागताः । वर्जयित्वा विरूपाक्षं देवदेवं महेश्वरम्
ete cānye ca bahavo yātanāṃ ca samāgatāḥ / varjayitvā virūpākṣaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram
These and many others have come to suffering — excepting Virūpākṣa, the god of gods, Maheśvara.
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BndP 1 27.27
एवं हि मोहितास्तेन न चाबुद्ध्यन्त शङ्करम् । ततस्ते ऋषयः सर्वे परस्परमथाब्रुवन्
evaṃ hi mohitāstena na cābuddhyanta śaṅkaram / tataste ṛṣayaḥ sarve parasparamathābruvan
Thus indeed, deluded by him, they did not recognize Śaṅkara; then all those seers spoke to one another:
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BndP 1 27.28
न चायं विधिरस्माकं गृहस्थानां विधीयते । ब्रह्मचर्य रतानां च वने वा वनवासिनाम्
na cāyaṃ vidhirasmākaṃ gṛhasthānāṃ vidhīyate / brahmacarya ratānāṃ ca vane vā vanavāsinām
"This practice is not prescribed for us householders, nor for those devoted to celibacy, nor for forest-dwellers in the forest;
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BndP 1 27.29
यतीनां वा तथा धर्मो नायं दृष्टः कथञ्चन । अनयस्तु महानेष येनायं मोहितो द्विजाः
yatīnāṃ vā tathā dharmo nāyaṃ dṛṣṭaḥ kathañcana / anayastu mahāneṣa yenāyaṃ mohito dvijāḥ
nor is this in any way seen as the dharma of ascetics. This is a great impropriety, by which this (fellow) is deluded, O twice-born ones."
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BndP 1 27.30
लिङ्गं प्रपातयस्वैतन्नायं धर्मस्तपस्विनाम् । वदस्व वाचा मधुरं वस्त्रमेकं समाश्रय
liṅgaṃ prapātayasvaitannāyaṃ dharmastapasvinām / vadasva vācā madhuraṃ vastramekaṃ samāśraya
"Cause this liṅga (phallus) of yours to drop off; this is not the dharma of ascetics. Speak sweetly with your voice, and wear a single garment.
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BndP 1 27.31
त्याजिते च त्वया लिङ्गे ततः पूजामवाप्स्यसि । ऋषीणां तद्वचः श्रुत्वा भगवान्भगनेत्रहा
tyājite ca tvayā liṅge tataḥ pūjāmavāpsyasi / ṛṣīṇāṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā bhagavānbhaganetrahā
And when the liṅga has been given up by you, then you will obtain worship." Hearing that speech of the sages, the Lord, the destroyer of Bhaga's eye,
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BndP 1 27.32
उवाच श्लक्ष्णया वाचा प्रहसन्निव शङ्करः । न शक्यमिदमस्मा कं लिङ्गं पातयितुं बलात्
uvāca ślakṣṇayā vācā prahasanniva śaṅkaraḥ / na śakyamidamasmā kaṃ liṅgaṃ pātayituṃ balāt
Śaṅkara, as if laughing, said in a smooth voice: "This liṅga of mine cannot be made to fall by force
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BndP 1 27.33
ब्रह्मादिदैवतैः सर्वैः किमुतान्यैस्तपोधनैः । पातयेयमहं चैतल्लिङ्गं भो द्विजसत्तमाः
brahmādidaivataiḥ sarvaiḥ kimutānyaistapodhanaiḥ / pātayeyamahaṃ caitalliṅgaṃ bho dvijasattamāḥ
by all the gods beginning with Brahmā — how much less by others whose wealth is austerity! Yet I myself will make this liṅga fall, O best of the twice-born."
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BndP 1 27.34
आश्रमे तिष्ठ वा गच्छ वाक्यमित्येव ते ऽब्रुवन् । एवमुक्तो महादेवः प्रत्दृष्टेन्द्रियचेष्टितः
āśrame tiṣṭha vā gaccha vākyamityeva te 'bruvan / evamukto mahādevaḥ pratdṛṣṭendriyaceṣṭitaḥ
"Stay in the hermitage, or go" — just this word they said. Thus addressed, Mahādeva, whose sense-activity was (?)restrained,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.35
सर्वेषां पश्यतामेव तत्रैवान्तर्दधे प्रभुः । अन्तर्हिते भगवति तथा लिङ्गे कृते भवे
sarveṣāṃ paśyatāmeva tatraivāntardadhe prabhuḥ / antarhite bhagavati tathā liṅge kṛte bhave
While all were still looking on, the Lord vanished right there; and when the Blessed One had disappeared, the liṅga having thus been made (fallen) upon Bhava,
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BndP 1 27.36
त्रैलोक्ये सर्वभूतानां प्रादुर्भावो न जायते । व्याकुलं च तदा सर्वं न प्रकाशेत किञ्चन
trailokye sarvabhūtānāṃ prādurbhāvo na jāyate / vyākulaṃ ca tadā sarvaṃ na prakāśeta kiñcana
in the three worlds no birth of any beings occurred; everything was then in disorder, and nothing would shine.
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BndP 1 27.37
तपते चैव नादित्यो निष्प्रभः पावकस्तथा । नक्षत्राणि ग्रहाश्चैव विपरीता विजज्ञिरे
tapate caiva nādityo niṣprabhaḥ pāvakastathā / nakṣatrāṇi grahāścaiva viparītā vijajñire
The sun did not burn, and the fire likewise was without brightness; the constellations and the planets too became reversed.
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BndP 1 27.38
संतानार्थ प्रवृत्तानामृषीणां विभवात्मनाम् । क्रतवो न व्यवर्त्तन्त ऋतुकालाभिगामिनाम्
saṃtānārtha pravṛttānāmṛṣīṇāṃ vibhavātmanām / kratavo na vyavarttanta ṛtukālābhigāminām
For the sages of mighty selves who were engaged for the sake of offspring, who approached (their wives) at the fertile season, the rites did not proceed.
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BndP 1 27.39
ते चरति पुनर्द्धर्म्मं निर्ममा निरहङ्कृताः । नष्टप्रभाववीर्याश्च नष्टतेजस एव च
te carati punarddharmmaṃ nirmamā nirahaṅkṛtāḥ / naṣṭaprabhāvavīryāśca naṣṭatejasa eva ca
They again practised dharma, free of possessiveness and free of egotism, their power and virility destroyed, and their splendour destroyed as well.
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BndP 1 27.40
धर्मे चैव मतिस्तेषां तदा न व्यवतिष्ठते । ते तुसर्वे समागम्य ब्रह्मलोकमुपागताः
dharme caiva matisteṣāṃ tadā na vyavatiṣṭhate / te tusarve samāgamya brahmalokamupāgatāḥ
And their mind then did not stay fixed on dharma; so they all came together and went to the world of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.41
ब्रह्मणो भवनं गत्वा दृष्ट्वा पुष्पकसंभवम् । पादयोः पतिताः सर्वे शिववृत्तान्तमूचिरे
brahmaṇo bhavanaṃ gatvā dṛṣṭvā puṣpakasaṃbhavam / pādayoḥ patitāḥ sarve śivavṛttāntamūcire
Having gone to Brahmā's dwelling and seen him who arose from the lotus, they all fell at his feet and told what had happened with Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.42
विकटः स्तब्धकेशश्च करालदशनस्तथा । उलूकव्यग्रहस्तश्च रक्तपिङ्गललोचनः
vikaṭaḥ stabdhakeśaśca karāladaśanastathā / ulūkavyagrahastaśca raktapiṅgalalocanaḥ
"Deformed, with hair standing up, with terrible teeth, with an owl and a hawk in his hands, with red-tawny eyes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.43
शिश्नं सवृषणं तस्य रक्तं गैरिकमण्डितम् । स्नुषाणां च दुहितॄणां पुत्रीणां च विशेषतः
śiśnaṃ savṛṣaṇaṃ tasya raktaṃ gairikamaṇḍitam / snuṣāṇāṃ ca duhitṝṇāṃ putrīṇāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
his penis together with the testicles, red, adorned with red ochre — and in the presence of daughters-in-law and daughters, and of sons' wives especially,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.44
वर्तमानस्ततः पार्श्वे विपरीताभिलाषतः । उन्मत्त इति विज्ञाय सो ऽस्माभिरवमानितः
vartamānastataḥ pārśve viparītābhilāṣataḥ / unmatta iti vijñāya so 'smābhiravamānitaḥ
as he was then behaving at (our) side out of a perverse desire, we, taking him for a madman, dishonoured him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.45
आक्रुष्टस्ताडितश्चापि लिङ्गं चाप्यस्य चोद्धृतम् । तस्य क्रोधप्रसादार्थं वयं ते शरणं गताः
ākruṣṭastāḍitaścāpi liṅgaṃ cāpyasya coddhṛtam / tasya krodhaprasādārthaṃ vayaṃ te śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ
He was reviled and also struck, and his liṅga was torn off. To (turn) his anger to favour, we have come to you for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.46
एतत्कार्यं न जानीमस्तन्नो ब्रूहि पितामह । ऋषीणां तद्वचः श्रुत्वा ध्यानाद्विज्ञाय चेश्वरम्
etatkāryaṃ na jānīmastanno brūhi pitāmaha / ṛṣīṇāṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā dhyānādvijñāya ceśvaram
We do not understand this matter; so tell us of it, grandfather." Having heard that speech of the sages, and having known the Lord through meditation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.47
प्रत्युवाच ततो ब्रह्मा वाक्यं च सुसमा हितः । एष देवो महादेवो विज्ञेयस्तु महेश्वरः
pratyuvāca tato brahmā vākyaṃ ca susamā hitaḥ / eṣa devo mahādevo vijñeyastu maheśvaraḥ
Brahmā then, well composed, replied with these words: "This god is Mahādeva; he is to be known as Maheśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.48
न तस्य परमं किञ्चित्पदं समधिगम्यते । देवानां च ऋषीणां च पितृणां चैव स प्रभुः
na tasya paramaṃ kiñcitpadaṃ samadhigamyate / devānāṃ ca ṛṣīṇāṃ ca pitṛṇāṃ caiva sa prabhuḥ
No state higher than his is to be attained; he is the lord of the gods, of the sages, and of the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.49
सहस्रयुगपर्यन्ते प्रलये सर्वदेहिनाम् । संहरत्येष भगवान् कालो भूत्वा महेश्वरः
sahasrayugaparyante pralaye sarvadehinām / saṃharatyeṣa bhagavān kālo bhūtvā maheśvaraḥ
At the end of a thousand ages, at the dissolution of all embodied beings, this Blessed Maheśvara, becoming Time, gathers them in.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.50
एष चैव प्रजाः सर्वाः सृजत्येकः स्वतेजसा । एष चिक्री च वक्षोजश्रीवत्सकृतलक्षणः
eṣa caiva prajāḥ sarvāḥ sṛjatyekaḥ svatejasā / eṣa cikrī ca vakṣojaśrīvatsakṛtalakṣaṇaḥ
And he alone creates all creatures by his own power; he is the one with the discus, marked on his chest with the śrīvatsa sign.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.51
येगी कृतयुगे चैव त्रेतायां क्रतुरुच्यते । द्वापरे चैव कालाग्निर्धर्मकेतुः कलौ स्मृतः
yegī kṛtayuge caiva tretāyāṃ kraturucyate / dvāpare caiva kālāgnirdharmaketuḥ kalau smṛtaḥ
In the Kṛta age he is called the yogin, in the Tretā the sacrifice, in the Dvāpara the fire of time, and in the Kali he is remembered as Dharmaketu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.52
रुद्रस्य मूर्त्तयस्तिस्रो विज्ञेयाश्चापि पण्डितैः । तमो ह्यग्नी रजो ब्रह्मा सत्त्वं विष्णुः प्रकाशकः
rudrasya mūrttayastisro vijñeyāścāpi paṇḍitaiḥ / tamo hyagnī rajo brahmā sattvaṃ viṣṇuḥ prakāśakaḥ
Three are the forms of Rudra, to be known by the learned: tamas is Agni, rajas is Brahmā, sattva is Viṣṇu the illuminator.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.53
मूर्त्तिरेका स्मृता यस्य दिग्वासाश्च शिवाह्वया । यत्र तिष्ठन्ति तद्ब्रह्मयोगेन तु समन्वितम्
mūrttirekā smṛtā yasya digvāsāśca śivāhvayā / yatra tiṣṭhanti tadbrahmayogena tu samanvitam
One form of his is remembered, sky-clad and named Śiva, in which they abide — that (form) is joined with union with brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.54
तस्माद्देवं देवदेवमी शानं प्रभुमव्ययम् । आराधयत विप्रेन्द्रा जितक्रोधा जितेन्द्रियाः
tasmāddevaṃ devadevamī śānaṃ prabhumavyayam / ārādhayata viprendrā jitakrodhā jitendriyāḥ
Therefore, best of brahmins, with anger conquered and senses conquered, worship that god, the god of gods, the Lord, the imperishable master.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.55
दृष्टं वै यादृशं तस्य लिङ्गमासीन्महात्मनः । तादृक्प्रतिकृतिं कृत्वा शूलपाणिं प्रपद्यत
dṛṣṭaṃ vai yādṛśaṃ tasya liṅgamāsīnmahātmanaḥ / tādṛkpratikṛtiṃ kṛtvā śūlapāṇiṃ prapadyata
Of what sort the liṅga of that great one was seen to be, having made an image of just that sort, take refuge in the Trident-bearer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.56
ततो द्रक्ष्यथ देवेशं दुर्दर्शमकृतात्मभिः । यं दृष्ट्वा सर्वमज्ञानमधर्मश्च प्रमश्यति
tato drakṣyatha deveśaṃ durdarśamakṛtātmabhiḥ / yaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvamajñānamadharmaśca pramaśyati
Then you will see the lord of the gods, hard to see for those whose selves are unperfected, on seeing whom all ignorance and unrighteousness perish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.57
ततः प्रदक्षिणं कृत्वा ब्रह्माणममितौजसम् । आस्थिता वीतशोकास्ते देवदारुवने ततः
tataḥ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā brahmāṇamamitaujasam / āsthitā vītaśokāste devadāruvane tataḥ
Then, having circumambulated Brahmā of measureless might, they, freed of sorrow, settled thereafter in the Devadāru forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.58
आराधयितुमारब्धा ब्रह्मणा कथितं यथा । स्थण्डिलेषु विचित्रेषु पर्वतेषु गुहासु च
ārādhayitumārabdhā brahmaṇā kathitaṃ yathā / sthaṇḍileṣu vicitreṣu parvateṣu guhāsu ca
They began to worship (him) as Brahmā had told (them), on varied sacrificial grounds, on mountains and in caves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.59
नदीनां च विचित्रेषु पुलिनेषु शुभेषु च । एवं संवत्सरे पूर्णे वसंते समुपस्थिते । तदेव रूपमास्थाय देवस्तद्वनमागतः
nadīnāṃ ca vicitreṣu pulineṣu śubheṣu ca / evaṃ saṃvatsare pūrṇe vasaṃte samupasthite / tadeva rūpamāsthāya devastadvanamāgataḥ
and on the varied and lovely sandbanks of rivers. Thus, when a full year had passed and spring had come, the god, assuming that very form, came to that forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.62
कुसुमितबहुपादपालताकं भ्रमरगणै रुपगीयमानखण्डम् । परभृतपरिपूर्णचारुशब्दं प्रविशति तद्वनमाश्रमं महेशः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,२७।६० ॥ ततस्तं मुनयः सर्वे तुष्टुवुः सुसमाहिताः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_१,२७।६१ ॥ अद्भिर्विवधमाल्यैश्च धूपमन्धैस्तथैव च । सपत्नीका महाभागाः सपुत्राः सपरिच्छदाः
kusumitabahupādapālatākaṃ bhramaragaṇai rupagīyamānakhaṇḍam / parabhṛtaparipūrṇacāruśabdaṃ praviśati tadvanamāśramaṃ maheśaḥ // bndp_1,27.60 // tatastaṃ munayaḥ sarve tuṣṭuvuḥ susamāhitāḥ // bndp_1,27.61 // adbhirvivadhamālyaiśca dhūpamandhaistathaiva ca / sapatnīkā mahābhāgāḥ saputrāḥ saparicchadāḥ
With its many trees and creepers in flower, its groves sung over by swarms of bees, filled with the sweet cries of cuckoos — into that forest hermitage the Great Lord enters. // 60 // Then all the sages, well-composed, praised him. // 61 // With water and with various garlands and likewise with incense and perfumes, those greatly fortunate ones, with their wives, sons and retinues,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.63
मृदु भस्ते तदा वाग्भिर्गिरीशमिदमब्रुवन् । अज्ञानाद्देवदेवस्य यदस्माभिग्नुष्ठितम्
mṛdu bhaste tadā vāgbhirgirīśamidamabruvan / ajñānāddevadevasya yadasmābhignuṣṭhitam
then with soft words they said this to the Lord of the mountain: "Whatever has been done by us out of ignorance (against) the God of gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.64
कर्मणा मनसा वाचा तत्सर्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि । चरितानि विचित्राणि गुह्यानि गहनानि च
karmaṇā manasā vācā tatsarvaṃ kṣantumarhasi / caritāni vicitrāṇi guhyāni gahanāni ca
by act, by mind, by speech — all that you ought to forgive. (Your) deeds are various, secret and impenetrable,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.65
ब्रह्मादीनां च देवानां दुर्विज्ञेयानि शङ्कर । स्वागतं ते न जानीमो गतिं नैव च नैव च
brahmādīnāṃ ca devānāṃ durvijñeyāni śaṅkara / svāgataṃ te na jānīmo gatiṃ naiva ca naiva ca
and hard to know even for Brahmā and the other gods, O Śaṅkara. We do not know your coming, nor your going — no, not at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.66
विश्वेश्वर महादेव यो ऽसि सो ऽसि नमो ऽस्तु ते । स्तुवन्ति त्वां महात्मानो देवदेवं महेश्वरम्
viśveśvara mahādeva yo 'si so 'si namo 'stu te / stuvanti tvāṃ mahātmāno devadevaṃ maheśvaram
O Lord of the universe, O Great God, whoever you are, that you are; homage be to you. Great souls praise you, the God of gods, the Great Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.67
नमो भवाय भव्याय भावनायोद्भवाय च । अनन्तबलवीर्याय भूतानां पतये नमः
namo bhavāya bhavyāya bhāvanāyodbhavāya ca / anantabalavīryāya bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ
Homage to Bhava, to the auspicious one, to the producer and to the one who arises; to him of endless strength and valour, to the lord of beings, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.68
संहर्त्रे कपिशाङ्गाय अव्ययाय व्ययाय च । गङ्गा सलिलधाराय चाधाराय गुणात्मने
saṃhartre kapiśāṅgāya avyayāya vyayāya ca / gaṅgā saliladhārāya cādhārāya guṇātmane
To the destroyer, to the tawny-limbed one, to the imperishable and to the perishable, to him whose stream is the water of the Gaṅgā, to the support, to him whose self is the guṇas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.69
त्र्यंबकाय त्रिनेत्राय त्रिशूलवरधारिणे । कन्दर्पाय नमस्तुभ्यं नमो ऽस्तु परमात्मने
tryaṃbakāya trinetrāya triśūlavaradhāriṇe / kandarpāya namastubhyaṃ namo 'stu paramātmane
to the three-eyed one, to him of three eyes, to the bearer of the excellent trident, to Kandarpa — homage to you; homage be to the Supreme Self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.70
शकराय वृषाङ्काय गणानां पतये नमः । दण्डहस्ताय कालाय पाशहस्ताय वै नमः
śakarāya vṛṣāṅkāya gaṇānāṃ pataye namaḥ / daṇḍahastāya kālāya pāśahastāya vai namaḥ
To Śaṅkara, to him whose emblem is the bull, to the lord of the hosts, homage; to the staff-handed one, to Kāla, to the noose-handed one indeed, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.71
वेदमन्त्रप्रधानाय शतजिह्वाय ते नमः । भूतं भव्यं भविष्यच्च स्थावरं चङ्गमं च यत्
vedamantrapradhānāya śatajihvāya te namaḥ / bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyacca sthāvaraṃ caṅgamaṃ ca yat
To him for whom the Veda-mantras are foremost, to you the hundred-tongued, homage. What has been, what is to be, what will be, whatever is unmoving and moving —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.72
तव देहात्समुत्पन्नं देव सर्वमिदं जगत् । शेभो पाहि च भद्रं ते प्रसीद भगवंस्ततः
tava dehātsamutpannaṃ deva sarvamidaṃ jagat / śebho pāhi ca bhadraṃ te prasīda bhagavaṃstataḥ
all this world has arisen from your body, O God. Protect (us), and may it be well with you; be gracious then, O Blessed One.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.73
अज्ञानाद्यदि वा ज्ञानाद्यत्किञ्चित्कुरुते नरः । तत्सर्वं भगवानेव कुरुते योगमायया
ajñānādyadi vā jñānādyatkiñcitkurute naraḥ / tatsarvaṃ bhagavāneva kurute yogamāyayā
Whatever a man does, whether out of ignorance or out of knowledge, all that the Blessed One alone does by his yoga-māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.74
एवं स्तुत्वा तु मुनयः प्रहृष्टेनान्तरात्मना । याचन्ते तपसा युक्ताः पश्यामस्त्त्वां यथा पुरा
evaṃ stutvā tu munayaḥ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā / yācante tapasā yuktāḥ paśyāmasttvāṃ yathā purā
Having praised (him) thus, the sages, with delighted inner self, endowed with ascetic power, ask: "May we see you as before,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.75
प्रकृतिस्थं च ते लिङ्गं तथैवास्तु यथा पुरा । नमो दिग्वाससे नित्यं किङ्किणीजालमालिने
prakṛtisthaṃ ca te liṅgaṃ tathaivāstu yathā purā / namo digvāsase nityaṃ kiṅkiṇījālamāline
and may your liṅga be in its natural state, just as it was before." Homage always to him clothed in the directions, garlanded with a network of little bells,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.76
विकटाय करालाय करालवदनाय च । अरूपाय सुरूपाय विश्वरूपाय ते नमः
vikaṭāya karālāya karālavadanāya ca / arūpāya surūpāya viśvarūpāya te namaḥ
to the huge one, to the terrible one, and to him of terrible face; to the formless, to the fair-formed, to you whose form is the universe, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.77
कटङ्कटाय रूद्राय स्वाहाकाराय वै नमः । सर्वप्राणात्मने तुभ्यं गुणदेहाय वै नमः
kaṭaṅkaṭāya rūdrāya svāhākārāya vai namaḥ / sarvaprāṇātmane tubhyaṃ guṇadehāya vai namaḥ
Homage to Kaṭaṅkaṭa, to Rudra, to him who is the utterance "svāhā"; homage to you, the self of all breathing things, whose body is the (three) qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.78
दुर्ग्गन्धाय सुगन्धाय शूलहस्ताय वै नमः । स्वयं नीलशिखण्डाय श्रीकण्ठाय नमो नमः । नीलकण्ठाय देवाय चिताभस्माङ्गरागिणे
durggandhāya sugandhāya śūlahastāya vai namaḥ / svayaṃ nīlaśikhaṇḍāya śrīkaṇṭhāya namo namaḥ / nīlakaṇṭhāya devāya citābhasmāṅgarāgiṇe
Homage to him of foul smell, of sweet fragrance, to him with the spear in his hand; homage, homage to him whose crest-lock is itself dark blue, to Śrīkaṇṭha; to the blue-throated god, who smears his limbs with the ash of funeral pyres.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.79
गुणत्रयात्मने तुभ्यं नमो विश्वाय वेधसे । श्मशानवासिने नित्यं प्रेतरूपाय वै नमः
guṇatrayātmane tubhyaṃ namo viśvāya vedhase / śmaśānavāsine nityaṃ pretarūpāya vai namaḥ
Homage to you, whose self is the three qualities, to the All, to the ordainer; homage to him who dwells always in the cremation ground, whose form is that of a ghost.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.80
त्वं ब्रह्मा सर्वदेवानां रुद्राणां नीललोहितः । आत्मा च सर्वभूतानां सांख्यैः पुरुष उच्यते
tvaṃ brahmā sarvadevānāṃ rudrāṇāṃ nīlalohitaḥ / ātmā ca sarvabhūtānāṃ sāṃkhyaiḥ puruṣa ucyate
You are Brahmā among all the gods, Nīlalohita among the Rudras, and the self of all beings; by the Sāṃkhyas you are called Puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.81
पर्वतानां महामेरुर्नक्षत्राणां च चन्द्रमाः । ऋषीणां च वसिष्ठस्त्वं देवानां वासवस्तथा
parvatānāṃ mahāmerurnakṣatrāṇāṃ ca candramāḥ / ṛṣīṇāṃ ca vasiṣṭhastvaṃ devānāṃ vāsavastathā
Among mountains you are the great Meru, and among the constellations the moon; among the seers Vasiṣṭha, and among the gods Vāsava (Indra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.82
ओङ्करः सर्ववेदानां ज्येष्ठसाम च सामसु । आरण्यानां च सर्वेषां सिंहस्त्वं परमेश्वरः
oṅkaraḥ sarvavedānāṃ jyeṣṭhasāma ca sāmasu / āraṇyānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ siṃhastvaṃ parameśvaraḥ
(You are) the syllable Om among all the Vedas, and the Jyeṣṭha-sāman among the Sāmans; and among all forest creatures you are the lion, O supreme lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.83
ग्राम्याणामृषभश्चापि भगवांल्लोकपूजितः । सर्वथा वर्त्तमानो ऽपि योयो भावो भविष्यति
grāmyāṇāmṛṣabhaścāpi bhagavāṃllokapūjitaḥ / sarvathā varttamāno 'pi yoyo bhāvo bhaviṣyati
And among village animals (you are) the bull, the blessed one worshipped by the world; and whatever state of being shall come to be, however it exists,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.84
त्वामेव तत्र पश्यामो ब्रह्मणा कथितं यथा । कामः क्रोधश्च लोभश्च विषादो मद एव च
tvāmeva tatra paśyāmo brahmaṇā kathitaṃ yathā / kāmaḥ krodhaśca lobhaśca viṣādo mada eva ca
there we see you alone, just as it was told by Brahmā. Desire, and anger, and greed, dejection and intoxication—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.85
एतदिच्छाम वै रोद्धुं प्रसीद परमेश्वर । महासंहरणे प्राप्ते त्वया देव कृतात्मना
etadicchāma vai roddhuṃ prasīda parameśvara / mahāsaṃharaṇe prāpte tvayā deva kṛtātmanā
these indeed we wish to check: be gracious, O supreme lord. When the great dissolution had come, by you, O god, whose self is perfected,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.86
करं ललाटे संपीड्य वह्निरुत्पादितस्त्वया । तेनाग्निना तदा लोका अर्चिर्भिः सर्वतो वृताः
karaṃ lalāṭe saṃpīḍya vahnirutpāditastvayā / tenāgninā tadā lokā arcirbhiḥ sarvato vṛtāḥ
pressing your hand upon your forehead, fire was brought forth; and by that fire the worlds were then enveloped on all sides with flames.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.87
तस्मादग्निसमा ह्येते बहवो विकृताग्नयः । यानि चान्यानिभूतानि स्थावराणि चराणि च
tasmādagnisamā hyete bahavo vikṛtāgnayaḥ / yāni cānyānibhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca
Therefore these many transformed fires are indeed equal to (that) fire; and whatever other beings there are, standing and moving,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.88
दह्यन्ते प्राणिनस्ते तु त्वत्समुत्थेन वाह्निना । अस्माकं दह्यमानानां त्राता भव सुरेश्वर
dahyante prāṇinaste tu tvatsamutthena vāhninā / asmākaṃ dahyamānānāṃ trātā bhava sureśvara
those living creatures are burnt by the fire that arises from you. Be the protector of us who are being burnt, O lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.89
त्वं च लोकहितार्थाय भूतानि परिषिञ्चसि । महेश्वर महाभाग प्रभो शुभनिरीक्षक
tvaṃ ca lokahitārthāya bhūtāni pariṣiñcasi / maheśvara mahābhāga prabho śubhanirīkṣaka
And you, for the welfare of the world, sprinkle the beings (with water), O Maheśvara, greatly fortunate one, O lord, whose gaze is auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.90
आज्ञापय वयं नाथ कर्त्तारो वचनं तव । रूपकोटिसहस्रेषु रूपकोटिशतेषु च
ājñāpaya vayaṃ nātha karttāro vacanaṃ tava / rūpakoṭisahasreṣu rūpakoṭiśateṣu ca
Command us, O master; we are the doers of your word. In thousands of crores of forms and in hundreds of crores of forms
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.91
अन्तं गन्तुं न शक्ताः स्म तव देव नमो ऽस्तु ते । ततस्तु भगवानीश इदं वचनमब्रवीत्
antaṃ gantuṃ na śaktāḥ sma tava deva namo 'stu te / tatastu bhagavānīśa idaṃ vacanamabravīt
we are not able to reach your limit, O god; homage be to you. Then the blessed lord Īśa spoke this word:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.92
ये हि मे भस्मनिरता भस्मना दग्धकिल्बिषाः । यथोक्तकारिणो दान्ता विप्रा ध्यानपरायणाः
ye hi me bhasmaniratā bhasmanā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ / yathoktakāriṇo dāntā viprā dhyānaparāyaṇāḥ
"Those who are devoted to (my) ash, whose sins are burnt away by the ash, who act as prescribed, self-controlled, brahmins intent upon meditation—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.93
न तान्परिवदेद्विद्वान् न च तानतिलङ्घयेत् । न चेमानप्रियं ब्रूयादमुत्रेह हितार्थवान्
na tānparivadedvidvān na ca tānatilaṅghayet / na cemānapriyaṃ brūyādamutreha hitārthavān
the wise man should not revile them, nor should he slight them; nor should one who seeks his good here and hereafter speak what is unpleasant to them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.94
यस्तान्निन्दति मूढात्मा महादेवंस निन्दति । यस्त्वेतान्पूजयेन्नित्यं स पूजयति शङ्करम् । एवं चरथ भद्रं वो मत्तः सिद्धिमवाप्स्यथ
yastānnindati mūḍhātmā mahādevaṃsa nindati / yastvetānpūjayennityaṃ sa pūjayati śaṅkaram / evaṃ caratha bhadraṃ vo mattaḥ siddhimavāpsyatha
The fool who reviles them reviles Mahādeva; but he who always honours them honours Śaṅkara. Conduct yourselves thus—may it be well with you—and you will obtain success from me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.95
अतुलमिह महातमः प्रणाशंशिवकथितं परमं विधिं विदित्वा । अपगतभयलोभमोहचिन्ताः सह पतिताः महसा शिरोभिरूहुः
atulamiha mahātamaḥ praṇāśaṃśivakathitaṃ paramaṃ vidhiṃ viditvā / apagatabhayalobhamohacintāḥ saha patitāḥ mahasā śirobhirūhuḥ
Having learnt the supreme rule declared by Śiva, incomparable here, the destroyer of great darkness, with fear, greed, delusion and anxiety gone, they fell down together and, with (great) power, bowed with their heads.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.96
ततस्ते मुदिता विप्राः प्रकृतिस्थे महेश्वरे । गन्धोदकैः सुशुद्धैश्च कुशपुष्पविमिश्रितैः
tataste muditā viprāḥ prakṛtisthe maheśvare / gandhodakaiḥ suśuddhaiśca kuśapuṣpavimiśritaiḥ
Then those brahmins, delighted, when Maheśvara had returned to his natural state, with well-purified fragrant waters mixed with kuśa grass and flowers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.97
स्नापयन्ति महाकुम्भैरद्भिर्देवं महेश्वरम् । गायन्ति विविधैर्गुह्यैर् हुंकारैश्चापि सुस्वरैः
snāpayanti mahākumbhairadbhirdevaṃ maheśvaram / gāyanti vividhairguhyair huṃkāraiścāpi susvaraiḥ
With great jars of water they bathe the god Maheśvara, and they sing with various secret (hymns) and with well-toned huṃ-sounds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.98
नमो दिग्वाससे देव किङ्किणीध्राय वै नमः । अर्द्ध नारीशरीराय सांख्ययोगप्रवर्त्तिने
namo digvāsase deva kiṅkiṇīdhrāya vai namaḥ / arddha nārīśarīrāya sāṃkhyayogapravarttine
Homage to (you) clothed in the directions, O god; homage indeed to the wearer of small bells; to (him whose) body is half woman, to the promulgator of Sāṃkhya and Yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.99
घनवाहनकृष्णाय गजचर्मनिवासिने । कृष्णाजिनोत्तरीयाय व्यालयज्ञोपवीतिने
ghanavāhanakṛṣṇāya gajacarmanivāsine / kṛṣṇājinottarīyāya vyālayajñopavītine
To the dark one whose vehicle is the cloud, to (him) who dwells in an elephant's hide, to (him) whose upper garment is a black antelope skin, to (him) whose sacred thread is a serpent —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.100
सुरचितचित्रविचित्रकुण्डलाय सुरचितमाल्यविभूषणाय तुभ्यम् । मृगपतिवरचर्मवाससे ते पृथुपरशो च नमोस्तु शङ्कराय
suracitacitravicitrakuṇḍalāya suracitamālyavibhūṣaṇāya tubhyam / mṛgapativaracarmavāsase te pṛthuparaśo ca namostu śaṅkarāya
To (you) with well-wrought, brightly variegated earrings, to you adorned with well-made garlands; to you whose garment is the choice hide of the lord of beasts (the lion), and (you) of the broad axe — homage be to Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.101
भूयश्च स्थापिते लिङ्गे लोकानां हितकाम्यया । वर्णधर्मपराश्चैव चेरुस्ते मुनिसत्तमाः
bhūyaśca sthāpite liṅge lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā / varṇadharmaparāścaiva ceruste munisattamāḥ
And again, when the liṅga had been set up out of desire for the welfare of the worlds, those best of sages went about devoted to the duties of their class.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.102
ततस्तान्स मुनीन्प्रीतः प्रत्युवाच महेश्वरः । प्रीतोस्मि युष्मत्तपसा वरं वृणुत मुव्रताः
tatastānsa munīnprītaḥ pratyuvāca maheśvaraḥ / prītosmi yuṣmattapasā varaṃ vṛṇuta muvratāḥ
Then Maheśvara, pleased, replied to those sages: "I am pleased by your austerity; choose a boon, O you of good vows."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.103
ततस्ते मुनयस्सर्वे प्रणिपत्य महेश्वरम् । भृग्वङ्गिरा वसिष्ठश्च विश्वामित्रस्तथैव च
tataste munayassarve praṇipatya maheśvaram / bhṛgvaṅgirā vasiṣṭhaśca viśvāmitrastathaiva ca
Then all those sages, bowing down to Maheśvara — Bhṛgu, Aṅgiras, Vasiṣṭha, and likewise Viśvāmitra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.104
गौतमो ऽत्रिः सुकेशश्च पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः । मरीचिः कश्यपश्चापि संवर्तश्च महातपाः
gautamo 'triḥ sukeśaśca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ / marīciḥ kaśyapaścāpi saṃvartaśca mahātapāḥ
Gautama, Atri, and Sukeśa, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu, Marīci and also Kaśyapa, and Saṃvarta of great austerity —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.105
ते प्रणम्य महादेवमिदं वचनमब्रुवन् । भस्मस्नानं च नग्नत्वं वामत्वं प्रतिलोमता । सेव्यासेव्यत्वं तु विभो एतदिच्छाम वेदितुम्
te praṇamya mahādevamidaṃ vacanamabruvan / bhasmasnānaṃ ca nagnatvaṃ vāmatvaṃ pratilomatā / sevyāsevyatvaṃ tu vibho etadicchāma veditum
they, having bowed to Mahādeva, spoke this word: "The bath in ashes, and nakedness, left-handedness, going against the grain, and what is to be resorted to and not to be resorted to — this, O lord, we wish to know."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.106
भगवानुवाच एतद्वः संप्रवक्ष्यामि कथासर्वस्वमद्य वै । अग्निर्ह्यहं सोमयुतः सोमश्चाग्निमुपश्रितः
bhagavānuvāca etadvaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi kathāsarvasvamadya vai / agnirhyahaṃ somayutaḥ somaścāgnimupaśritaḥ
The Blessed One said: I shall declare this to you, the whole substance of the account, today: for I am Agni joined with Soma, and Soma is dependent on Agni.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.107
कृताकृतं वदन्त्यग्निं भूयो लोकाः समाश्रिताः । असकृच्चाग्निना दग्धं जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्
kṛtākṛtaṃ vadantyagniṃ bhūyo lokāḥ samāśritāḥ / asakṛccāgninā dagdhaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam
They call fire the done-and-undone; moreover the worlds rest (on it); and again and again the world, moving and unmoving, is burnt by fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.108
भस्मसाध्यं हि तत्सर्वं पवित्रमिद मुत्तमम् । भस्मना वीर्यमास्थाय भूतानि परिषिञ्चति
bhasmasādhyaṃ hi tatsarvaṃ pavitramida muttamam / bhasmanā vīryamāsthāya bhūtāni pariṣiñcati
For all that is reducible to ash; this ash is the highest purifier. Taking his stand on the potency (that is) in the ash, he sprinkles (all) beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.109
अग्निकार्यं च यत्कृत्वा करिष्यति च त्र्यायुषम् । भस्मना मम वीर्येण मुच्यते सर्वकिल्बिषैः
agnikāryaṃ ca yatkṛtvā kariṣyati ca tryāyuṣam / bhasmanā mama vīryeṇa mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
And having performed the fire rite, he will also do the threefold (application) for long life; by ash, which is my potency, he is freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.110
भासयत्येव यद्भस्म शुभं वासयते च यत् । तत्क्षणात्सर्वपापानां भस्मेति परिकीर्त्यते
bhāsayatyeva yadbhasma śubhaṃ vāsayate ca yat / tatkṣaṇātsarvapāpānāṃ bhasmeti parikīrtyate
Because it makes (things) shine and because it makes the auspicious dwell (in one), it is at that instant (the burner) of all sins; hence it is proclaimed as 'bhasma' (ash).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.111
ऊष्मपाः पितरो ज्ञेया देवा वै सोमसंभवाः । अग्नीषोमात्मकं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजं गमम्
ūṣmapāḥ pitaro jñeyā devā vai somasaṃbhavāḥ / agnīṣomātmakaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃ gamam
The fathers are to be known as the drinkers of vapour, and the gods indeed as born of soma; this whole world, moving and unmoving, consists of Agni and Soma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.112
अहमग्निर्महातेजाः सोमश्चैषा ममांबिका । अहमग्निश्च सोमश्च प्रकृत्या पुरुषः स्वयम्
ahamagnirmahātejāḥ somaścaiṣā mamāṃbikā / ahamagniśca somaśca prakṛtyā puruṣaḥ svayam
I am Agni of great splendour, and this my Ambikā is Soma; I am both Agni and Soma, being of myself both Prakṛti and Puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.113
तस्माद्भस्म महाभागा मद्वीर्यमिति चोच्यते । स्ववीर्यं वपुषा चैव धारयामीति वै स्थितिः
tasmādbhasma mahābhāgā madvīryamiti cocyate / svavīryaṃ vapuṣā caiva dhārayāmīti vai sthitiḥ
Therefore, O greatly fortunate ones, ash is called my potency; and the rule is: "I bear my own potency upon my body."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.114
तदा प्रभृति लोकेषु रक्षार्थमशुभेषु च । भस्मना क्रियते रक्षा सूतिकानां गृहेषु च
tadā prabhṛti lokeṣu rakṣārthamaśubheṣu ca / bhasmanā kriyate rakṣā sūtikānāṃ gṛheṣu ca
From then on, in the worlds, for protection amid inauspicious things, protection is made with ash, and (also) in the houses of women who have given birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.115
भस्मस्नानविशुद्धात्मा जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः । मत्समीपसुपागम्य न भूयो विनिवर्तते
bhasmasnānaviśuddhātmā jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ / matsamīpasupāgamya na bhūyo vinivartate
He whose self is purified by the bath of ash, who has conquered anger and his senses, having come near to me, does not return again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.116
व्रतं पाशुपतं योगं कापालं योगनिर्मितम् । पूर्वं पाशुपतं ह्येतन्निर्मितं तदनुत्तमम्
vrataṃ pāśupataṃ yogaṃ kāpālaṃ yoganirmitam / pūrvaṃ pāśupataṃ hyetannirmitaṃ tadanuttamam
The Pāśupata vow, the yoga, the Kāpāla (observance) fashioned by yoga — this Pāśupata was fashioned first, and it is unsurpassed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.117
शेषाश्चाश्रमिणः सर्वे पश्चात्सृष्टाः स्वयंभुवा । सृष्टिरेषा मया सृष्टा लज्जामोहभयात्मिका
śeṣāścāśramiṇaḥ sarve paścātsṛṣṭāḥ svayaṃbhuvā / sṛṣṭireṣā mayā sṛṣṭā lajjāmohabhayātmikā
And all the remaining ones belonging to the (other) stages of life were created afterwards by the Self-existent one. This creation was created by me, consisting of shame, delusion, and fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.118
नग्ना एव हि जायन्ते देवता मुनयस्तथा । ये चान्येमानवा लोके सर्वे जायन्त्यवाससः
nagnā eva hi jāyante devatā munayastathā / ye cānyemānavā loke sarve jāyantyavāsasaḥ
For the gods are born naked, and so are the sages; and whatever other men there are in the world, all are born without clothing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.119
इन्द्रियैरजितैर्नग्ना दुकूलेनापि संवृताः । तैरेव संवृतो गुप्तोन वस्त्रं कारणं स्मृतम्
indriyairajitairnagnā dukūlenāpi saṃvṛtāḥ / taireva saṃvṛto guptona vastraṃ kāraṇaṃ smṛtam
Those with unsubdued senses are naked even if wrapped in fine cloth; one covered by those very (senses subdued) is protected — clothing is not held to be the cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.120
क्षमा धृतिरहिंसा च वैराग्यं चैव सर्वशः । तुल्यौ मानापमानौ च तत्प्रावरणमुत्तमम्
kṣamā dhṛtirahiṃsā ca vairāgyaṃ caiva sarvaśaḥ / tulyau mānāpamānau ca tatprāvaraṇamuttamam
Patience, steadfastness, non-injury, and complete detachment, and (holding) honour and dishonour as equal — that is the highest garment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.121
भस्मपाण्डुरदिग्धाङ्गो ध्यायते मनसा भवम् । यद्यकार्यसहस्राणि कृत्वा स्नायति भस्मना
bhasmapāṇḍuradigdhāṅgo dhyāyate manasā bhavam / yadyakāryasahasrāṇi kṛtvā snāyati bhasmanā
With limbs smeared pale with ash, he meditates on Bhava in his mind. Even if, having done a thousand things that ought not to be done, one bathes with ash,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.122
तत्सर्वं दहते भस्म यथाग्निस्तेजसा वनम् । तस्मा द्यत्नपरो भूत्वा त्रिकालमपि यः सदा
tatsarvaṃ dahate bhasma yathāgnistejasā vanam / tasmā dyatnaparo bhūtvā trikālamapi yaḥ sadā
the ash burns all of that away, as fire burns a forest with its blaze. Therefore, whoever, becoming intent on the effort, always at the three times (of day)
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.123
भस्मना कुरुते स्नानं गाणपत्यं स गच्छति । संहृत्य च क्रतून्सर्वान्गृहीत्वामृतमुत्त मम्
bhasmanā kurute snānaṃ gāṇapatyaṃ sa gacchati / saṃhṛtya ca kratūnsarvāngṛhītvāmṛtamutta mam
performs the bath with ash, he attains the state of a Gaṇapati. And having gathered in all the rites and taken the supreme nectar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.124
ध्यायन्ति ये महादेवं लीनास्तद्भावभाविताः । उत्तरेणाथ पन्थानं ते ऽमृतत्वमवाप्नुयुः
dhyāyanti ye mahādevaṃ līnāstadbhāvabhāvitāḥ / uttareṇātha panthānaṃ te 'mṛtatvamavāpnuyuḥ
those who meditate on Mahādeva, absorbed and made to be of his nature — they, by the northern path, would attain immortality.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.125
दक्षिणेनाथ पन्थानं ये श्मशानानि भेजिरे । अणिमा महिमा चैव लघिमा प्राप्तिरेव च
dakṣiṇenātha panthānaṃ ye śmaśānāni bhejire / aṇimā mahimā caiva laghimā prāptireva ca
And those who, by the southern path, resorted to the cremation grounds: minuteness, greatness, lightness, and reaching (whatever is desired),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.126
गरिमा पञ्चमी चैव षष्ठं प्राकाम्यमेव च । ईशित्वं च वशित्वं च ह्यमरत्वं च ते गताः
garimā pañcamī caiva ṣaṣṭhaṃ prākāmyameva ca / īśitvaṃ ca vaśitvaṃ ca hyamaratvaṃ ca te gatāḥ
and heaviness as the fifth, and as the sixth the fulfilment of will, and lordship and the power to control, and indeed immortality — these they attained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.127
इन्द्रादयस्तथा देवाः कामिकं व्रतमास्थिताः । ऐश्वर्यं परमं प्राप्य सर्वे प्रथिततेजसः
indrādayastathā devāḥ kāmikaṃ vratamāsthitāḥ / aiśvaryaṃ paramaṃ prāpya sarve prathitatejasaḥ
And so the gods, Indra and the rest, having undertaken the vow that fulfils desire and having obtained supreme sovereignty, all became of renowned splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 1 27.128
व्यपगतमदमोहमुक्तरागास्तमेरहजदोषविवर्जितस्वभावाः । परिभवमिदमुत्तमं विदित्वा पशुपतिदयितमिदं व्रतं चरध्वम्
vyapagatamadamohamuktarāgāstamerahajadoṣavivarjitasvabhāvāḥ / paribhavamidamuttamaṃ viditvā paśupatidayitamidaṃ vrataṃ caradhvam
With intoxication and delusion gone, freed from passion, your natures rid of the faults born of darkness — knowing this highest (state) to be a surpassing of (all else), practise this vow dear to Paśupati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 1 27.129
यः पठेद्वै शुचिर्भूत्वा श्रद्दधानो जितेन्द्रियः । सर्वपापविशुद्धात्मा रुद्रलोकं स गच्छति
yaḥ paṭhedvai śucirbhūtvā śraddadhāno jitendriyaḥ / sarvapāpaviśuddhātmā rudralokaṃ sa gacchati
Whoever, having become pure, faithful, and with senses subdued, recites (this), his self cleansed of all sins, he goes to the world of Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition