Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 23
BndP 2 23.1
चिन्तयामास तद्रूपं देवदेवस्य भार्गवः । नित्यं शुद्धं सदा शान्तमतीन्द्रियमनौपमम् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,२२।८१ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यभागे तृतीये उपोद्धातपादे वसिष्ठसगरसंवादे अर्चुनोपाख्याने जामदग्न्यतपश्चरणं नाम द्वाविंशतितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ २२॥ वसिष्ठ उवाच तपस्विनं तदा राममेकाग्रमनसं भवे । रहस्येकान्तनिरतं नियतं शंसितव्रतम्
cintayāmāsa tadrūpaṃ devadevasya bhārgavaḥ / nityaṃ śuddhaṃ sadā śāntamatīndriyamanaupamam // bndp_2,22.81 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīye upoddhātapāde vasiṣṭhasagarasaṃvāde arcunopākhyāne jāmadagnyatapaścaraṇaṃ nāma dvāviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 22// vasiṣṭha uvāca tapasvinaṃ tadā rāmamekāgramanasaṃ bhave / rahasyekāntanirataṃ niyataṃ śaṃsitavratam
that form of the God of gods the son of Bhṛgu contemplated—eternal, pure, ever tranquil, beyond the senses, without likeness. [Thus ends chapter 22.] Vasiṣṭha said: Then, of Rāma the ascetic, his mind one-pointed on Bhava, devoted to solitude in secret, restrained, of praised vows—
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BndP 2 23.2
श्रुत्वा तमृषयः सर्वे तपोनिर्धूतकल्मषाः । ज्ञानकर्मवयोवृद्धा महान्तः शंसितव्रताः
śrutvā tamṛṣayaḥ sarve taponirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ / jñānakarmavayovṛddhā mahāntaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ
hearing of him, all the seers, their stains shaken off by austerity, advanced in knowledge, works and years, great ones of praised vows,
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BndP 2 23.3
दिदृक्षवः समाजग्मुः कुतूहलसमन्विताः । ख्यापयन्तस्तपः श्रेष्ठं तस्य राजन्महात्मनः
didṛkṣavaḥ samājagmuḥ kutūhalasamanvitāḥ / khyāpayantastapaḥ śreṣṭhaṃ tasya rājanmahātmanaḥ
Eager to see (him), filled with curiosity, they came together, proclaiming the excellent austerity of that great-souled one, O king.
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BndP 2 23.4
भृग्वत्रिक्रतुजाबालिवामदेवमृकण्डवः । संभावयन्तस्ते रामं मुनयो वृद्धसंमताः
bhṛgvatrikratujābālivāmadevamṛkaṇḍavaḥ / saṃbhāvayantaste rāmaṃ munayo vṛddhasaṃmatāḥ
Bhṛgu, Atri, Kratu, Jābāli, Vāmadeva and Mṛkaṇḍu — those sages, honoured by the elders, came honouring Rāma.
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BndP 2 23.5
आजग्मुराश्रमं तस्य रामस्य तपसस्तपः । दूरादेव महान्तस्ते पुण्यक्षेत्रनिवासिनः
ājagmurāśramaṃ tasya rāmasya tapasastapaḥ / dūrādeva mahāntaste puṇyakṣetranivāsinaḥ
Those great ones, dwellers in holy places, came from afar indeed to the hermitage of that Rāma, the austerity of austerity.
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BndP 2 23.6
गरीयः सर्वलोकेषु तपो ऽग्र्यं ज्ञानमेव च । प्रशस्य तस्य ते सर्वेप्रययुः स्वं स्वमाश्रमम्
garīyaḥ sarvalokeṣu tapo 'gryaṃ jñānameva ca / praśasya tasya te sarveprayayuḥ svaṃ svamāśramam
Having praised his foremost austerity, weightier than (anything) in all the worlds, and his knowledge too, they all went, each to his own hermitage.
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BndP 2 23.7
एवं प्रवर्त्ततस्तस्य रामस्य भगवाञ्छिवः । प्रसन्नचेता नितरां बभूव नृपसत्तम
evaṃ pravarttatastasya rāmasya bhagavāñchivaḥ / prasannacetā nitarāṃ babhūva nṛpasattama
While Rāma was thus engaged, the lord Śiva became exceedingly pleased in mind, O best of kings.
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BndP 2 23.8
जिज्ञासुस्तस्य भगवान् भक्तिमात्मनि शङ्करः । मृगव्याधवपुर्भूत्वा ययौ राजंस्तदन्तिकम्
jijñāsustasya bhagavān bhaktimātmani śaṅkaraḥ / mṛgavyādhavapurbhūtvā yayau rājaṃstadantikam
Wishing to test his devotion to himself, the lord Śaṅkara took on the form of a hunter of deer and went near him, O king.
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BndP 2 23.9
भिन्नाञ्जनचयप्रख्यो रक्तान्तायतलोचनः । शरचापधरः प्रांशुर्वज्रसंहननो युवा
bhinnāñjanacayaprakhyo raktāntāyatalocanaḥ / śaracāpadharaḥ prāṃśurvajrasaṃhanano yuvā
(He was) like a heap of crushed collyrium, with long eyes red at the corners, bearing arrow and bow, tall, of adamantine frame, young;
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BndP 2 23.10
उत्तुङ्गहनुबाह्वंसः पिङ्गलश्मश्रुमूर्द्धजः । मांसविस्रवसागन्धी सर्वप्राणिविहिंसकः
uttuṅgahanubāhvaṃsaḥ piṅgalaśmaśrumūrddhajaḥ / māṃsavisravasāgandhī sarvaprāṇivihiṃsakaḥ
with high jaw, arms and shoulders, with tawny beard and hair, smelling of the fat oozing from flesh, a killer of all living creatures;
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BndP 2 23.11
सकण्टकुलतास्पर्शक्षतारूषितविग्रहः । सामटक्संचर्वमाणश्च मांसखण्डमनेकशः
sakaṇṭakulatāsparśakṣatārūṣitavigrahaḥ / sāmaṭaksaṃcarvamāṇaśca māṃsakhaṇḍamanekaśaḥ
his body smeared over with wounds from contact with thorny creepers, and chewing pieces of flesh again and again with a smacking sound;
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BndP 2 23.12
मांसभारद्वयालंबिविधानानतकन्धरः । आरुजंस्तरसा वृक्षानूरुवेगेन संघशः
māṃsabhāradvayālaṃbividhānānatakandharaḥ / ārujaṃstarasā vṛkṣānūruvegena saṃghaśaḥ
his neck bent down by the arrangement of a double load of flesh hanging (from it), breaking trees forcibly in clusters by the impetus of his thighs,
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BndP 2 23.13
अभ्यवर्त्तत तं देशं पादचारीव पर्वतः । आसाद्य सरसस्तस्य तीरं कुसुमितद्रुमम्
abhyavarttata taṃ deśaṃ pādacārīva parvataḥ / āsādya sarasastasya tīraṃ kusumitadrumam
he approached that region like a mountain going on foot; and reaching the shore of that lake, whose trees were in flower,
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BndP 2 23.14
न्यदधान्मासभारं च स मूले कस्यचित्तरोः । निषसाद क्षणन्तत्र तरुच्छायामुपाश्रितः
nyadadhānmāsabhāraṃ ca sa mūle kasyacittaroḥ / niṣasāda kṣaṇantatra tarucchāyāmupāśritaḥ
he set down the load of flesh at the foot of some tree, and sat there a moment, resting in the tree's shade.
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BndP 2 23.15
तिष्ठन्तं सरसस्तीरे सो ऽपश्यद्भृगुनन्दनम् । ततः स शीघ्रमुत्थाय समीपमुपसृत्य च
tiṣṭhantaṃ sarasastīre so 'paśyadbhṛgunandanam / tataḥ sa śīghramutthāya samīpamupasṛtya ca
He saw the son of Bhṛgu standing on the lake's shore; then, rising quickly and coming near,
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BndP 2 23.16
रामाय सेषुचापाभ्यां कराभ्यां विदधेंऽजलिम् । सजलांभोदसन्नादगंभीरेण स्वरेण च
rāmāya seṣucāpābhyāṃ karābhyāṃ vidadheṃ'jalim / sajalāṃbhodasannādagaṃbhīreṇa svareṇa ca
with his two hands, together with arrows and bow, he made a gesture of salutation to Rāma; and with a voice deep as the thunder of a water-laden cloud,
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BndP 2 23.17
जगाद भृगुशार्दूलं गुहान्तरविसर्पिणा । तोषप्रवर्षव्याधो ऽहं वसाम्यस्मिन्महावने
jagāda bhṛguśārdūlaṃ guhāntaravisarpiṇā / toṣapravarṣavyādho 'haṃ vasāmyasminmahāvane
(a voice) creeping (as if) within a cave, he spoke to the tiger among the Bhṛgus: "I am a hunter; I live in this great forest."
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BndP 2 23.18
ईशो ऽहमस्य देशस्य सप्राणितरुवीरुधः । चरामि समचित्तात्मा नानासत्त्वा मिषाशनः
īśo 'hamasya deśasya saprāṇitaruvīrudhaḥ / carāmi samacittātmā nānāsattvā miṣāśanaḥ
"I am the lord of this region together with its living beings, trees and plants. I roam with a mind that is equable, eating the flesh of various creatures."
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BndP 2 23.19
समश्च सर्वभूतेषु न च पित्रादयो ऽपि मे । अभक्ष्यागम्यपेयादिच्छन्दवस्तुषु कुत्रचित्
samaśca sarvabhūteṣu na ca pitrādayo 'pi me / abhakṣyāgamyapeyādicchandavastuṣu kutracit
"And I am the same toward all beings, and I have no father or other kin either; nowhere, in the matter of things to be desired — the uneatable, the unapproachable, the undrinkable and so on —
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BndP 2 23.20
कृत्याकृत्यविधौचैव न विशेषितधीरहम् । प्रपन्नो नाभिगमनं निवासमपि कस्यचित्
kṛtyākṛtyavidhaucaiva na viśeṣitadhīraham / prapanno nābhigamanaṃ nivāsamapi kasyacit
— nor in the rules of what is to be done and not to be done, am I of discriminating mind. I have not resorted to (asking) anyone's (leave) for approach or for dwelling either.
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BndP 2 23.21
शक्रस्यापि बलेनाहमनुमन्ये न संशयः । जानते तध्यथा सर्वे देशो ऽयं मदुपाश्रयः
śakrasyāpi balenāhamanumanye na saṃśayaḥ / jānate tadhyathā sarve deśo 'yaṃ madupāśrayaḥ
"I do not defer even to Indra's might — of that there is no doubt. All know it thus, that this region is under my protection."
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BndP 2 23.22
तस्मान्न कश्चिदायाति ममात्रानुमतिं विना । इत्येष मम वृत्तान्तः कार्त्स्न्येन कथितस्तव
tasmānna kaścidāyāti mamātrānumatiṃ vinā / ityeṣa mama vṛttāntaḥ kārtsnyena kathitastava
"Therefore no one comes here without my consent. So this is my account, told to you in full."
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BndP 2 23.23
त्वं च मे ब्रूहि तत्त्वेन निजवृत्तमशेषतः । कस्त्वं कस्मादिहायातः किमर्थमिह धिष्ठितः । उद्यतो ऽन्यत्र वा गन्तुं किं वा तव चिकीर्षितम्
tvaṃ ca me brūhi tattvena nijavṛttamaśeṣataḥ / kastvaṃ kasmādihāyātaḥ kimarthamiha dhiṣṭhitaḥ / udyato 'nyatra vā gantuṃ kiṃ vā tava cikīrṣitam
"And you, tell me truly your own story in full: who are you, from where have you come here, for what purpose do you stand here? Or are you set on going elsewhere — what is it you wish to do?"
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BndP 2 23.24
वसिष्ठ उवाच इत्येवमुक्तः प्रहसंस्तेन रामो महाद्युतिः । तूष्णीं क्षणमिव स्थित्वा दध्यौ किञ्चिदवाङ्मुखः
vasiṣṭha uvāca ityevamuktaḥ prahasaṃstena rāmo mahādyutiḥ / tūṣṇīṃ kṣaṇamiva sthitvā dadhyau kiñcidavāṅmukhaḥ
Vasiṣṭha said: Addressed thus by him, Rāma of great splendour, smiling, stood silent for a moment as it were, and with face slightly downcast, pondered.
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BndP 2 23.25
को ऽयमेव दुराधर्षः सजलांभोदनिस्वनः । ब्रवीति च गिरो ऽत्यर्थं विस्पष्टार्थपदाक्षराः
ko 'yameva durādharṣaḥ sajalāṃbhodanisvanaḥ / bravīti ca giro 'tyarthaṃ vispaṣṭārthapadākṣarāḥ
"Who is this, hard to assail, whose voice is like that of a water-laden cloud, and who speaks words whose sense, phrases and syllables are exceedingly distinct?
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BndP 2 23.26
किं तु मे महतीं शङ्कां तनुरस्य तनोति वै । विजातिसंश्रयत्वेन रमणीया तथा शराः
kiṃ tu me mahatīṃ śaṅkāṃ tanurasya tanoti vai / vijātisaṃśrayatvena ramaṇīyā tathā śarāḥ
But his body indeed engenders a great doubt in me, on account of its being lodged in an alien class (of birth); and his arrows too are lovely.
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BndP 2 23.27
एवं चिन्तयतस्तस्य निमित्तानि शुभानि वै । बभूवुर्भुवि देहे च स्वाभिप्रेतार्थदान्यलम्
evaṃ cintayatastasya nimittāni śubhāni vai / babhūvurbhuvi dehe ca svābhipretārthadānyalam
As he was thinking thus, auspicious omens appeared, on the earth and in his body, fully indicating the attainment of what he intended.
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BndP 2 23.28
ततो विमृश्य बहुशो मनसाभृगुपुङ्गवः । उवाच शनकैर्व्याधं वचनं सूनृताक्षरम्
tato vimṛśya bahuśo manasābhṛgupuṅgavaḥ / uvāca śanakairvyādhaṃ vacanaṃ sūnṛtākṣaram
Then, having deliberated much in his mind, the foremost of the Bhṛgus slowly spoke to the hunter a speech of kindly, true words.
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BndP 2 23.29
जामदग्न्यो ऽस्मि भद्रं ते रामो नाम्ना तु भार्गवः । तपश्चर्तुमिहायातः सांप्रतं गुरुशासनात्
jāmadagnyo 'smi bhadraṃ te rāmo nāmnā tu bhārgavaḥ / tapaścartumihāyātaḥ sāṃprataṃ guruśāsanāt
"I am the son of Jamadagni — blessings on you — Rāma by name, of the Bhārgava line; I have come here now, at my teacher's command, to practise austerity.
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BndP 2 23.30
तपसा सर्वलोकेशं भक्त्या च नियमेन च । आराधयितुमस्मिंस्तु चिरायाहं समुद्यतः
tapasā sarvalokeśaṃ bhaktyā ca niyamena ca / ārādhayitumasmiṃstu cirāyāhaṃ samudyataḥ
For a long time I have been intent on propitiating, in this place, the Lord of all worlds by austerity, by devotion and by observance;
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BndP 2 23.31
तस्मात्मर्वेश्वरं सर्वशरण्यमभयप्रदम् । त्रिनेत्रं पापदमनं शङ्करं भक्तवत्सलम्
tasmātmarveśvaraṃ sarvaśaraṇyamabhayapradam / trinetraṃ pāpadamanaṃ śaṅkaraṃ bhaktavatsalam
therefore (I shall propitiate) the Lord of all, the refuge of all, the giver of fearlessness, the three-eyed subduer of sin, Śaṅkara, fond of his devotees —
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BndP 2 23.32
तपसा तोषयिष्यामि सर्वज्ञं त्रिपुरान्तकम् । आश्रमे ऽस्मिनसरस्तीरे नियमं समुपाश्रितः
tapasā toṣayiṣyāmi sarvajñaṃ tripurāntakam / āśrame 'sminasarastīre niyamaṃ samupāśritaḥ
I shall please by austerity the all-knowing ender of Tripura, having taken up (my) observance in this hermitage on the shore of the lake.
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BndP 2 23.33
भक्तानुकंपी भगवान्यावत्प्रत्यक्षतां हरः । उपैति तावदत्रैव स्थास्यामीति मतिर्मम
bhaktānukaṃpī bhagavānyāvatpratyakṣatāṃ haraḥ / upaiti tāvadatraiva sthāsyāmīti matirmama
My resolve is: I shall remain right here until the Lord Hara, compassionate to his devotees, comes into (my) direct sight.
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BndP 2 23.34
तस्मादितस्त्वयाद्यैव गन्तुमन्यत्र युज्यते । न चेद्भवति मे हानिः स्वकृतेर्नियमस्य च
tasmāditastvayādyaiva gantumanyatra yujyate / na cedbhavati me hāniḥ svakṛterniyamasya ca
Therefore it is fitting that you go elsewhere from here this very day; if not, there will be loss to me, to my practice and to my observance.
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BndP 2 23.35
माननीयो ऽथ वाहं ते भक्त्या देशान्तरातिथिः । स्वनिवासमुपायातस्तपस्वी च तथा मुनिः
mānanīyo 'tha vāhaṃ te bhaktyā deśāntarātithiḥ / svanivāsamupāyātastapasvī ca tathā muniḥ
Or rather I should be honoured by you with devotion, as a guest from another land who has come to your dwelling, and as an ascetic and a sage.
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BndP 2 23.36
त्वतसंनिधौ निवासो मे भवेत्पापाय केवलम् । तव चाप्यसुखोदर्कं मत्समीपनिषेवणम्
tvatasaṃnidhau nivāso me bhavetpāpāya kevalam / tava cāpyasukhodarkaṃ matsamīpaniṣevaṇam
Dwelling in your vicinity would be for me nothing but sin; and your resorting to my presence would also have unhappiness as its outcome.
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BndP 2 23.37
स त्वंमदाश्रमोपान्ते परिचङ्क्रमणादिकम् । परित्यज्य सुखीभूया लोकयोरुभयोरपि
sa tvaṃmadāśramopānte paricaṅkramaṇādikam / parityajya sukhībhūyā lokayorubhayorapi
So do you give up walking about and the like in the vicinity of my hermitage, and be happy in both worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.38
वसिष्ठ उवाच इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा स भूयो भृगुपुङ्गवम् । उवाच रोषताम्राक्षस्ताम्राक्षमिदमुत्तरम्
vasiṣṭha uvāca iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sa bhūyo bhṛgupuṅgavam / uvāca roṣatāmrākṣastāmrākṣamidamuttaram
Vasiṣṭha said: Hearing that speech of his, he, his eyes coppery with anger, spoke again this reply to the copper-eyed foremost of the Bhṛgus:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.39
ब्रह्मन् किमिदमत्यर्थं समीपे वसतिं मम । परिगर्हयसे येन कृतघ्नस्येव कांप्रतम्
brahman kimidamatyarthaṃ samīpe vasatiṃ mama / parigarhayase yena kṛtaghnasyeva kāṃpratam
"Brahmin, why do you so excessively censure my dwelling nearby, as though (censuring) the present conduct of an ingrate?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.40
किं मयापकृतं लोके भवतो ऽन्यस्य वा क्वचित् । अनागस्कारिणं दान्तं को ऽवमन्येत नामतः
kiṃ mayāpakṛtaṃ loke bhavato 'nyasya vā kvacit / anāgaskāriṇaṃ dāntaṃ ko 'vamanyeta nāmataḥ
What harm has been done by me in the world, to you or to anyone anywhere? Who would indeed despise one who commits no offence and is self-controlled?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.41
सन्निधिः परिहर्त्तव्यो यदि मे विप्रपुङ्गव । दर्शनं सह संवासः संभाषणमथापि च
sannidhiḥ pariharttavyo yadi me viprapuṅgava / darśanaṃ saha saṃvāsaḥ saṃbhāṣaṇamathāpi ca
If, O best of brahmins, my nearness is to be avoided — the sight of me, dwelling together, and also conversation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.42
आयुष्मताधुनैवास्मादपसर्त्तव्यमाश्रमात् । स्वसंश्रयं परित्यज्य क्वाहं यास्ये बुभुक्षितः
āyuṣmatādhunaivāsmādapasarttavyamāśramāt / svasaṃśrayaṃ parityajya kvāhaṃ yāsye bubhukṣitaḥ
and if by you, long-lived one, this hermitage must be quitted this very moment: abandoning my own refuge, where shall I go, hungry?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.43
स्वाधिवासं परित्यज्य भवता योदितः कथम् । इतो ऽन्यस्मिन् गामिष्यामि दूरे नाहं विशेषतः
svādhivāsaṃ parityajya bhavatā yoditaḥ katham / ito 'nyasmin gāmiṣyāmi dūre nāhaṃ viśeṣataḥ
"Having abandoned my own dwelling, how am I to be driven off by you? Where else than here shall I go? I in particular shall not go far."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.44
गम्यतां भवतान्यत्र स्थीयतामत्र वेच्छया । नाहं चालयितुं शक्यः स्थानादस्मात्कथञ्चन
gamyatāṃ bhavatānyatra sthīyatāmatra vecchayā / nāhaṃ cālayituṃ śakyaḥ sthānādasmātkathañcana
"Let you go elsewhere, or stay here, as you wish; I cannot be moved from this place by any means whatever."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.45
वसिष्ठ उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य किञ्चित्कोपसमन्वितः । तमुवाच पुनर्वाक्यमिदं राजन्भृगूद्वहः
vasiṣṭha uvāca tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kiñcitkopasamanvitaḥ / tamuvāca punarvākyamidaṃ rājanbhṛgūdvahaḥ
Vasiṣṭha said: Hearing that speech of his, somewhat filled with anger, the scion of Bhṛgu spoke this word to him again, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.46
व्याधजातिरियं क्रूरा सर्वसत्त्वभयावहा । खलकर्मरता नित्यं धिक्कृता सर्वजन्तुभिः
vyādhajātiriyaṃ krūrā sarvasattvabhayāvahā / khalakarmaratā nityaṃ dhikkṛtā sarvajantubhiḥ
"This hunter caste is cruel, bringing fear to all creatures, always given to base deeds, reproached by all living beings."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.47
तस्यां जातो ऽसि पापीयान्सर्वप्राणिविहिंसकः । स कथं न परित्याज्यः सुजनैः स्यात्तु दुर्मते
tasyāṃ jāto 'si pāpīyānsarvaprāṇivihiṃsakaḥ / sa kathaṃ na parityājyaḥ sujanaiḥ syāttu durmate
"In that (caste) you were born, exceedingly sinful, an injurer of all living things. How should such a one not be shunned by good people, O evil-minded one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.48
तस्माद्विहीनजातीयं विदित्वात्मानमब्यथ । शीघ्रमस्माद्व्रजान्यत्र नात्र कार्या विचारणा
tasmādvihīnajātīyaṃ viditvātmānamabyatha / śīghramasmādvrajānyatra nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
"Therefore, knowing yourself to be of degraded caste, [be pained(?)]; go quickly from here elsewhere—no deliberation is to be made about this."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.49
शरीरत्राणकारुण्यात्समीपं नोपसर्पसि । यथा त्वं कण्टकादीनामसहिष्णुतया व्यथाम्
śarīratrāṇakāruṇyātsamīpaṃ nopasarpasi / yathā tvaṃ kaṇṭakādīnāmasahiṣṇutayā vyathām
"Out of concern for the protection of (your) body you do not come near. Just as you (feel) pain from thorns and the like, through your inability to endure them—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.50
तथावेहि समस्तानां प्रियाः प्राणाः शरीरिणाम् । व्यथा चाभिहतानां तु विद्यते भवतो ऽन्यथा
tathāvehi samastānāṃ priyāḥ prāṇāḥ śarīriṇām / vyathā cābhihatānāṃ tu vidyate bhavato 'nyathā
"—so understand that the life-breaths are dear to all embodied beings; and pain exists for those who are struck. For you is it otherwise?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.51
अहिंसा सर्वभूतानामिति धर्मः सनातनः । एतद्विरुद्धाचरणान्नित्यं सद्भिर्विगर्हितः
ahiṃsā sarvabhūtānāmiti dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ / etadviruddhācaraṇānnityaṃ sadbhirvigarhitaḥ
"Non-injury toward all beings—this is the eternal dharma; because of conduct contrary to it you are ever censured by the good."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.52
आत्मप्राणाभिरक्षार्थं त्वमशेषशरीरिणः । हनिष्यसि कथं सत्सुनाप्नोषि वचनीयताम्
ātmaprāṇābhirakṣārthaṃ tvamaśeṣaśarīriṇaḥ / haniṣyasi kathaṃ satsunāpnoṣi vacanīyatām
"For the sake of guarding your own life you will kill embodied beings without exception—how do you not incur blameworthiness among the good?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.53
तस्माच्छीघ्रं तु भोगच्छ त्वमेव पुरुषाधम । त्वया मे कृत्यदोषस्य हानिश्च न भविष्यति
tasmācchīghraṃ tu bhogaccha tvameva puruṣādhama / tvayā me kṛtyadoṣasya hāniśca na bhaviṣyati
"Therefore go away quickly, you lowest of men; and through you there will be no removal of the fault of my act."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.54
न चत्स्वयमितो गच्छेश्ततस्तव बलादपि । अपसर्पणताबुद्धिमहमुत्पादये स्फुटम्
na catsvayamito gaccheśtatastava balādapi / apasarpaṇatābuddhimahamutpādaye sphuṭam
"And if you do not go from here of your own accord, then even by force I shall plainly produce in you the intention of departing."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.55
क्षणार्द्धमपि ते पाप श्रेयसी नेह संस्थितिः । विरुद्धाचरणो नित्यं धर्मद्रिष् को लभेच्च शाम्
kṣaṇārddhamapi te pāpa śreyasī neha saṃsthitiḥ / viruddhācaraṇo nityaṃ dharmadriṣ ko labhecca śām
"Not even for half a moment is your staying here good, O sinner. Who, acting contrary (to dharma) and always hating dharma, could obtain peace?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.56
वसिष्ठ उवाच रामस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रीतो ऽपि तमिदं वचः । उवाच संक्रुद्ध इव व्याधरूपी पिनाकधृक्
vasiṣṭha uvāca rāmasya vacanaṃ śrutvā prīto 'pi tamidaṃ vacaḥ / uvāca saṃkruddha iva vyādharūpī pinākadhṛk
Vasiṣṭha said: Hearing Rāma's speech, although pleased, the bearer of the Pināka in hunter's form spoke this word to him as if enraged.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.57
सर्वमेतदहं मन्यं व्यर्थं व्यवसितं तव । कुतस्त्वं प्रथमो ज्ञानी कुतः शंभुः कुतस्तपः
sarvametadahaṃ manyaṃ vyarthaṃ vyavasitaṃ tava / kutastvaṃ prathamo jñānī kutaḥ śaṃbhuḥ kutastapaḥ
"All this resolve of yours I consider useless. How are you the foremost knower? Where is Śambhu? Where is austerity?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.58
कुतस्त्वं क्लिश्यसे मूढ तपसा तेन ते ऽधुना । घ्रुवं मिथ्याप्रवृत्तस्य न हि तुष्यति शङ्करः
kutastvaṃ kliśyase mūḍha tapasā tena te 'dhunā / ghruvaṃ mithyāpravṛttasya na hi tuṣyati śaṅkaraḥ
"Why do you torment yourself, fool, with that austerity of yours now? Surely Śaṅkara is not pleased with one who is falsely engaged."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.59
विरुद्धलोकाचरणः शंभुस्तस्य वितुष्टये । प्रतपत्यबुधो मर्त्त्यस्त्वां विना कः मुदुर्मते
viruddhalokācaraṇaḥ śaṃbhustasya vituṣṭaye / pratapatyabudho marttyastvāṃ vinā kaḥ mudurmate
"Śambhu's conduct is contrary to the world; what unwise mortal, except you, performs austerity for his satisfaction, O evil-minded one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.60
अथ वा च गतं मे ऽद्य युक्तमेतदसंशयम् । संपूज्य पूजकविद्धौ शंभोस्तव च संगमः
atha vā ca gataṃ me 'dya yuktametadasaṃśayam / saṃpūjya pūjakaviddhau śaṃbhostava ca saṃgamaḥ
"Or rather, it has occurred to me today that this is surely fitting: the meeting of Śambhu and you, in the manner of worshipped and worshipper."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.61
त्वया पूजयितुं युक्तः स एव भुवने रतः । संपूजको ऽपि तस्य त्वं योग्यो नात्र विचारणा
tvayā pūjayituṃ yuktaḥ sa eva bhuvane rataḥ / saṃpūjako 'pi tasya tvaṃ yogyo nātra vicāraṇā
"He alone is fit to be worshipped by you, (he who is) attached to the world; and you too are a fit worshipper of him—no question about it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.62
पितामहस्य लोकानां ब्रह्मणः परमेष्ठिनः । शिरश्छित्त्वा पुनः शंभुर्ब्रह्महत्यामवाप्तवान्
pitāmahasya lokānāṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ / śiraśchittvā punaḥ śaṃbhurbrahmahatyāmavāptavān
"Having cut off the head of Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, the supreme one, Śambhu in turn incurred the guilt of brahmin-slaying."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.63
ब्रह्महत्याभिभूतेन प्रायस्त्वं शंभुना द्विज । उपदिष्टो ऽसि तत्कर्तुं नोचेदेवं कथं कृथाः
brahmahatyābhibhūtena prāyastvaṃ śaṃbhunā dvija / upadiṣṭo 'si tatkartuṃ nocedevaṃ kathaṃ kṛthāḥ
Most likely, O twice-born, you were instructed to do that by Śambhu, who was himself overcome by the slaying of a brahmin; otherwise, how would you have acted so?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.64
तादात्म्यगुणसंयोगान्मन्यं रुद्रस्य ते ऽधुना । तपः सिद्धिरनुप्राप्ता कोलेनाल्पीयसा मुने
tādātmyaguṇasaṃyogānmanyaṃ rudrasya te 'dhunā / tapaḥ siddhiranuprāptā kolenālpīyasā mune
From the conjunction with the quality of identity (with Rudra), I now consider you Rudra's own; and your austerity's success has been attained, O sage, by way of a very small boar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.65
प्रायो ऽद्य मातरं हत्वा सर्वैलोङ्कैर्निराकृतः । तपोव्याजेन गहने निर्जने संप्रवर्त्तसे
prāyo 'dya mātaraṃ hatvā sarvailoṅkairnirākṛtaḥ / tapovyājena gahane nirjane saṃpravarttase
It seems that today, having killed your mother, rejected by all people, you carry on in a deep, deserted place under the pretext of austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.66
गुरुस्त्रीब्रह्महत्योत्थपातकक्षपणाय च । तपश्चरसि नानेन तपसा तत्प्रणश्यति
gurustrībrahmahatyotthapātakakṣapaṇāya ca / tapaścarasi nānena tapasā tatpraṇaśyati
And you practise austerity in order to wear away the sin that arose from the slaying of the guru's wife and of a brahmin; but by this austerity that (sin) does not perish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.67
पातकानां किलान्येषां प्रायश्चित्तानि संत्यपि । मातृद्रुहामवेहि त्वं न क्वचित्किल निष्कृतिः
pātakānāṃ kilānyeṣāṃ prāyaścittāni saṃtyapi / mātṛdruhāmavehi tvaṃ na kvacitkila niṣkṛtiḥ
For other sins there do indeed exist expiations; but know that for those who do violence to their mother there is nowhere any release.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.68
अहिंसालक्षणो धर्मो लोकेषु यदि ते मतः । स्वहस्तेन कथं राम मातरं कृत्तवानसि
ahiṃsālakṣaṇo dharmo lokeṣu yadi te mataḥ / svahastena kathaṃ rāma mātaraṃ kṛttavānasi
If in your view dharma in the worlds has non-injury for its mark, how, Rāma, did you cut down your mother with your own hand?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.69
कृत्वा मातृवधं घोरं सर्वलोकविगर्हितम् । त्वं पुनर्धार्मिको भूत्वा कामतो ऽन्यान्विनिन्दसि
kṛtvā mātṛvadhaṃ ghoraṃ sarvalokavigarhitam / tvaṃ punardhārmiko bhūtvā kāmato 'nyānvinindasi
Having done the horrible killing of a mother, condemned by all the world, you, becoming righteous again, revile others as you please.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.70
पश्यता हसतामोघं आत्मदोषमजानता । अपर्याप्तमहं नन्यं परं दोषविमर्शनाम्
paśyatā hasatāmoghaṃ ātmadoṣamajānatā / aparyāptamahaṃ nanyaṃ paraṃ doṣavimarśanām
(You who) look on and laugh to no purpose, not knowing your own fault — I am not satisfied ... the examining of another's fault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.71
स्वधर्मं यद्यहं त्यक्त्वा वर्त्तेयमकुलोभयम् । तर्हि गर्हय मां कामं निरुप्य मनसा स्वयम्
svadharmaṃ yadyahaṃ tyaktvā vartteyamakulobhayam / tarhi garhaya māṃ kāmaṃ nirupya manasā svayam
If, abandoning my own dharma, I were to behave without fear from any quarter, then blame me as much as you like, having yourself determined it with your mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.72
मातापितृसुतादीनां भरणायैव केवलम् । क्रियते प्राणिहननं निजधर्मतया मया
mātāpitṛsutādīnāṃ bharaṇāyaiva kevalam / kriyate prāṇihananaṃ nijadharmatayā mayā
Solely for the support of mother, father, sons and the rest is the killing of living beings done by me, it being my own dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.73
स्वधर्मादामिषेणाहं सकुटुम्बो दिनेदिने । वर्त्तामि सापि मे वृत्तिर्विधात्रा विहिता पुरा
svadharmādāmiṣeṇāhaṃ sakuṭumbo dinedine / varttāmi sāpi me vṛttirvidhātrā vihitā purā
By my own dharma I live day after day, together with my household, on flesh; and that livelihood too was ordained for me long ago by the Ordainer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.74
मांसेन यावता मे स्यान्नित्यं पित्रादि पोषणम् । हनिष्ये चेत्तदधिकं तर्हि युज्येयमेनसा
māṃsena yāvatā me syānnityaṃ pitrādi poṣaṇam / haniṣye cettadadhikaṃ tarhi yujyeyamenasā
With just so much meat as suffices for the daily nourishment of my father and the rest — if I should kill more than that, then I would incur sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.75
यावत्पोषणघातेन न वयं स्याम निन्दिताः । तदेतत्संप्रधार्य त्वं निन्दवा मां प्रशंस वा
yāvatpoṣaṇaghātena na vayaṃ syāma ninditāḥ / tadetatsaṃpradhārya tvaṃ nindavā māṃ praśaṃsa vā
So long as (we kill) by a killing that is only for sustenance, we are not to be blamed. Having weighed just this, you may blame me or praise me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.76
साधु वासाधु वा कर्म यस्य यद्विहितं पुरा । तदेव तेन कर्त्तव्यमापद्यपि कथञ्चन
sādhu vāsādhu vā karma yasya yadvihitaṃ purā / tadeva tena karttavyamāpadyapi kathañcana
Whether the act be good or bad, whatever was prescribed of old for a man, that alone is to be done by him, even in adversity, by whatever means.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.77
निरूपय स्वभुद्ध्या त्वमात्मनो मम चान्तरम् । अहं तु सर्वभावेन मित्रादिभरणे रतः
nirūpaya svabhuddhyā tvamātmano mama cāntaram / ahaṃ tu sarvabhāvena mitrādibharaṇe rataḥ
Determine with your own understanding the difference between yourself and me: I, for my part, am devoted with my whole being to the support of kin and friends.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.78
संत्यज्य पितरं वृद्धं विनिहत्य च मातरम् । भूत्वा तु धार्मिकस्त्वं तु तपश्चर्तुमिहागतः
saṃtyajya pitaraṃ vṛddhaṃ vinihatya ca mātaram / bhūtvā tu dhārmikastvaṃ tu tapaścartumihāgataḥ
But you, having forsaken your aged father and slain your mother, and having become righteous, have come here to practise austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.79
ये तु मूलविदस्तेषां विस्पष्टं यत्र दर्शनम् । यथाजिह्वं भवेन्नात्र वचसापि समीहितुम्
ye tu mūlavidasteṣāṃ vispaṣṭaṃ yatra darśanam / yathājihvaṃ bhavennātra vacasāpi samīhitum
But as for those who know the root of things, where their insight is clear, there one should not aim at anything even with words, according to one's tongue's whim.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 23.80
अहं तु सम्यग्जानामि तव वृत्तमशेषतः । तस्मादलं ते तपसा निष्फलेन भृगूद्वह
ahaṃ tu samyagjānāmi tava vṛttamaśeṣataḥ / tasmādalaṃ te tapasā niṣphalena bhṛgūdvaha
But I know your conduct rightly and entirely; therefore enough of this fruitless austerity of yours, O scion of Bhṛgu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 23.81
सुखमिच्छसि चेत्त्यक्त्वा कायक्लेशकरं तपः । याहि राम त्वमन्यत्र यत्र वा न विदुर्जनाः
sukhamicchasi cettyaktvā kāyakleśakaraṃ tapaḥ / yāhi rāma tvamanyatra yatra vā na vidurjanāḥ
If you wish for happiness, then abandon the austerity that torments the body and go elsewhere, Rāma — wherever people do not know (of this).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition