Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 28
BndP 2 28.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच स्वपन्तमेत्य राजानं सूतमागधवन्दिनः । प्रवोधयितुमव्यग्रा जगुरुच्चैर्निशात्यये
vasiṣṭha uvāca svapantametya rājānaṃ sūtamāgadhavandinaḥ / pravodhayitumavyagrā jaguruccairniśātyaye
Vasiṣṭha said: At the passing of the night the bards, panegyrists and eulogists, coming to the sleeping king, sang aloud, unhurriedly, in order to wake him—
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BndP 2 28.2
वीणावेणुरवोन्मिश्रकलतालततानुगम् । समस्तश्रुतिसुश्राव्यप्रशस्तमधुरस्वरम्
vīṇāveṇuravonmiśrakalatālatatānugam / samastaśrutisuśrāvyapraśastamadhurasvaram
(a song) accompanied by sweet time-beats blended with the sound of lute and flute, its tones auspicious and sweet, pleasant to hear for every ear,
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BndP 2 28.3
स्निग्धकण्ठाः सुविस्पष्टमूर्च्छनाग्रामसूचितम् । जगुर्गेयं मनोहारि तारमन्द्रलयान्वितम्
snigdhakaṇṭhāḥ suvispaṣṭamūrcchanāgrāmasūcitam / jagurgeyaṃ manohāri tāramandralayānvitam
they of smooth throats sang the charming song, marked out by very distinct melodic figures and scales, and furnished with high and low tempo.
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BndP 2 28.4
ऊचुश्च तं महात्मानं राजानं सूतमागधाः । स्वपन्तं विविधा वाचो बुबोधयिषवः शनेः
ūcuśca taṃ mahātmānaṃ rājānaṃ sūtamāgadhāḥ / svapantaṃ vividhā vāco bubodhayiṣavaḥ śaneḥ
And the bards and panegyrists, wishing gently to awaken that great-souled king as he slept, spoke to him various words:
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BndP 2 28.5
पस्यायमस्तमभ्येति राजेन्द्रेन्दुः पराजितः । विवर्द्धमानया नूनं तव वक्त्रांबुजश्रिया
pasyāyamastamabhyeti rājendrenduḥ parājitaḥ / vivarddhamānayā nūnaṃ tava vaktrāṃbujaśriyā
"Look, O king of kings, this moon goes to its setting, defeated surely by the ever-increasing beauty of your lotus-face;
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BndP 2 28.6
द्रष्टुं त्वदान नांभोजं समुत्सुक इवाधुना । तमांसि भिन्दन्नादित्यः संप्राप्तो ह्युदयं विभो
draṣṭuṃ tvadāna nāṃbhojaṃ samutsuka ivādhunā / tamāṃsi bhindannādityaḥ saṃprāpto hyudayaṃ vibho
and the sun, as if now eager to behold the lotus of your face, has reached his rising, splitting the darkness, O lord.
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BndP 2 28.7
राजन्नखिलशीतांशुवंशमौलिशिखामणे । निद्रया लं महाबुद्धे प्रतिवुध्यस्व सांप्रतम्
rājannakhilaśītāṃśuvaṃśamauliśikhāmaṇe / nidrayā laṃ mahābuddhe prativudhyasva sāṃpratam
O king, crest-jewel on the diadem of the whole lunar dynasty, enough of sleep, O greatly wise one: awake now!"
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BndP 2 28.8
इति तेषां वचः शृण्वन्नबुध्यत महीपतिः । क्षीराब्दौ शेषशयनाद्यथापङ्कजलोचनः
iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śṛṇvannabudhyata mahīpatiḥ / kṣīrābdau śeṣaśayanādyathāpaṅkajalocanaḥ
Hearing these words of theirs, the lord of the earth awoke, as the lotus-eyed one (awakes) from the couch of Śeṣa on the ocean of milk.
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BndP 2 28.9
विनिद्राक्षः समुत्थाय कर्म नैत्यकमादरात् । चकारावहितः सम्यग्जयादिकमशेषतः
vinidrākṣaḥ samutthāya karma naityakamādarāt / cakārāvahitaḥ samyagjayādikamaśeṣataḥ
With sleep gone from his eyes he rose and attentively, with due care, performed in full his daily duties, the 'jaya' recitation and the rest.
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BndP 2 28.10
देवतामभिवन्द्येष्टां गां दिव्यस्रग्गन्धभूषणः । कृत्वा दूर्वाञ्जनादर्शमङ्गल्यालम्बनानि च
devatāmabhivandyeṣṭāṃ gāṃ divyasraggandhabhūṣaṇaḥ / kṛtvā dūrvāñjanādarśamaṅgalyālambanāni ca
Having saluted his chosen deity and a cow, adorned with divine garlands, perfumes and ornaments, and having touched dūrvā grass, collyrium, a mirror and (other) auspicious objects,
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BndP 2 28.11
दत्त्वा दानानि चार्थिभ्यो नत्वा गोब्रह्मणानपि । निष्क्रम्य च पुरात्तस्मादुपतस्थे च भास्करम्
dattvā dānāni cārthibhyo natvā gobrahmaṇānapi / niṣkramya ca purāttasmādupatasthe ca bhāskaram
and having given gifts to suppliants, and having bowed also to cows and brahmins, he went out of that city and did worship to the sun.
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BndP 2 28.12
तावदभ्याययुः सर्वं मन्त्रिसामन्तनायकाः । रचिताञ्जलयो राजन्नेमुश्च नृपसत्तमम्
tāvadabhyāyayuḥ sarvaṃ mantrisāmantanāyakāḥ / racitāñjalayo rājannemuśca nṛpasattamam
Just then all the ministers, vassals and commanders came up, and with folded hands, O king, they bowed to that best of kings.
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BndP 2 28.13
ततः स तैः परिवृतः समुपेत्य तपोनिधिम् । ननाम पादयोस्तस्य किरीटेनार्कवर्चसा
tataḥ sa taiḥ parivṛtaḥ samupetya taponidhim / nanāma pādayostasya kirīṭenārkavarcasā
Then he, surrounded by them, approached that treasury of austerity and bowed at his feet with his diadem of sun-like lustre.
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BndP 2 28.14
आशीर्भिरभिनन्द्याथ राजानं मुनिपुङ्गवः । प्रश्रयावनतं साम्ना तमुवाचास्यतामिति
āśīrbhirabhinandyātha rājānaṃ munipuṅgavaḥ / praśrayāvanataṃ sāmnā tamuvācāsyatāmiti
Then that bull among sages, greeting the king with blessings as he stood bent low in reverence, said to him kindly, "Be seated."
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BndP 2 28.15
तमासीनं नरपतिं महार्षिः प्रीतमानसः । उवाच रजनी व्युष्टा सुखेन तव किं नृप
tamāsīnaṃ narapatiṃ mahārṣiḥ prītamānasaḥ / uvāca rajanī vyuṣṭā sukhena tava kiṃ nṛpa
To the king, who was seated, the great sage with pleased mind said: "Has your night passed comfortably, O king?
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BndP 2 28.16
अस्माकमेव राजेन्द्र वने वन्येन जीवताम् । शक्यं मृगसधर्माणां येन केनापि वर्त्तितुम्
asmākameva rājendra vane vanyena jīvatām / śakyaṃ mṛgasadharmāṇāṃ yena kenāpi varttitum
For us indeed, O king of kings, who live in the forest on forest produce, whose ways are like the deer's, it is possible to get on by any means whatever;
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BndP 2 28.17
अरण्ये नागराणां तु स्थितिरत्यन्तदुःसहा । अनभ्यस्तं हि राजेन्द्र ननु सर्वं हि दुष्करम्
araṇye nāgarāṇāṃ tu sthitiratyantaduḥsahā / anabhyastaṃ hi rājendra nanu sarvaṃ hi duṣkaram
But for city-dwellers, staying in the forest is exceedingly hard to bear; for what is not habituated to, O best of kings, is surely wholly difficult.
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BndP 2 28.18
वनवासपरिक्लेशं भवान्यत्सानुगो ऽसकृत् । आप्तस्तु भवतो नूनं सा गौरवसमुन्नतिः
vanavāsaparikleśaṃ bhavānyatsānugo 'sakṛt / āptastu bhavato nūnaṃ sā gauravasamunnatiḥ
That your honour has repeatedly, together with your retinue, undergone the hardship of forest-dwelling — surely by that you have attained that lofty dignity.
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BndP 2 28.19
इत्युक्तस्तेन मुनिना स राजा प्रीतिपूर्वकम् । प्रहसन्निव तं भूयो वचनं प्रत्यभाषत
ityuktastena muninā sa rājā prītipūrvakam / prahasanniva taṃ bhūyo vacanaṃ pratyabhāṣata
Addressed thus by that sage, the king, affectionately and as if laughing, spoke a further speech to him in reply.
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BndP 2 28.20
ब्रह्मन्किमनया ह्युक्त्या दृष्टस्ते यादृशो महान् । अस्माभिमहिमा येन विस्मितं सकलं जगत्
brahmankimanayā hyuktyā dṛṣṭaste yādṛśo mahān / asmābhimahimā yena vismitaṃ sakalaṃ jagat
Brahmin, what need of this talk? You have seen what sort of great majesty is ours, by which the whole world is astonished.
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BndP 2 28.21
भवत्प्रभावसंजातविभवाहतचेतसः । इतो न गन्तुमिच्छन्ति सैनिका मे महामुने
bhavatprabhāvasaṃjātavibhavāhatacetasaḥ / ito na gantumicchanti sainikā me mahāmune
Their minds struck by the splendour arising from your power, my soldiers do not wish to go from here, O great sage.
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BndP 2 28.22
त्वादृशानां जगन्तीह प्रभावैस्तपसां विभो । ध्रियन्ते सर्वदा नूनमचिन्त्यं ब्रह्मवर्चसम्
tvādṛśānāṃ jagantīha prabhāvaistapasāṃ vibho / dhriyante sarvadā nūnamacintyaṃ brahmavarcasam
Here the worlds are always upheld, O mighty one, by the powers of austerities of such as you; truly the lustre of Brahman is unthinkable.
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BndP 2 28.23
नैव चित्रं तव विभो शक्रोति तपसा भवान् । ध्रुवं कर्त्तुं हि लोकानामवस्थात्रितयं क्रमात्
naiva citraṃ tava vibho śakroti tapasā bhavān / dhruvaṃ karttuṃ hi lokānāmavasthātritayaṃ kramāt
It is no wonder at all, O mighty one: your honour is able by austerity assuredly to bring about, in turn, the threefold condition of the worlds.
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BndP 2 28.24
सुदृष्टा ते तपःसिद्धिर्महती लोकपूजिता । गमिष्यामि पुरीं ब्रह्मन्ननुजानातु मां भवान्
sudṛṣṭā te tapaḥsiddhirmahatī lokapūjitā / gamiṣyāmi purīṃ brahmannanujānātu māṃ bhavān
I have well seen your great success in austerity, honoured by the world; I shall go to the city, brahmin — let your honour give me leave.
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BndP 2 28.25
वसिष्ठ उवाच इत्युक्तस्तेनस मुनिः कार्त्तवीर्येण सादरम् । संभावयित्वा नितरां तथेति प्रत्यभाषत
vasiṣṭha uvāca ityuktastenasa muniḥ kārttavīryeṇa sādaram / saṃbhāvayitvā nitarāṃ tatheti pratyabhāṣata
Vasiṣṭha said: Addressed thus respectfully by that Kārtavīrya, the sage, having greatly honoured him, answered, "So be it."
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BndP 2 28.26
मुनिना समनुज्ञातो विनिष्क्रम्य तदाश्रमात् । सैन्यैः परिवृतः सर्वैः संप्रतस्थे पुरीं प्रति
muninā samanujñāto viniṣkramya tadāśramāt / sainyaiḥ parivṛtaḥ sarvaiḥ saṃpratasthe purīṃ prati
Given leave by the sage, going out from that hermitage, surrounded by all his troops, he set out toward the city.
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BndP 2 28.27
स गच्छंश्चिन्तयामास मनसा पथि पार्थिवः । अहो ऽस्य तपसः सिद्धिर्लोक विस्मयदायिनी
sa gacchaṃścintayāmāsa manasā pathi pārthivaḥ / aho 'sya tapasaḥ siddhirloka vismayadāyinī
As he went along the road the king thought in his mind: Ah, this man's success in austerity, which gives the world astonishment —
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BndP 2 28.28
यया लब्धेदृशी धेनुः सर्वकामदुहां वरा । किं मे सकलराज्येन योगर्द्ध्या वाप्यनल्पया
yayā labdhedṛśī dhenuḥ sarvakāmaduhāṃ varā / kiṃ me sakalarājyena yogarddhyā vāpyanalpayā
— by which such a cow was obtained, the best of those that yield all desires! What is the use to me of my whole kingdom, or even of no small prosperity of yoga?
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BndP 2 28.29
गोरत्नभूता यदियं धेनुर्मुनिवरे स्थिता । अनयोत्पादिता नूनं संपत्स्वर्गसदामपि
goratnabhūtā yadiyaṃ dhenurmunivare sthitā / anayotpāditā nūnaṃ saṃpatsvargasadāmapi
Since this cow, being the jewel among cows, abides with the best of sages, surely by her the riches even of the dwellers in heaven have been produced.
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BndP 2 28.30
ऋद्धमैन्द्रमपि व्यक्तं पदं त्रैलोक्यपूजितम् । अस्या धेनोरहं मन्ये कलां नार्हति षोडशीम्
ṛddhamaindramapi vyaktaṃ padaṃ trailokyapūjitam / asyā dhenorahaṃ manye kalāṃ nārhati ṣoḍaśīm
Even the prosperous station of Indra, honoured in the three worlds, does not, I think, deserve a sixteenth part of this cow — that is plain.
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BndP 2 28.31
इत्येवं चिन्तयानं तं पश्चादभ्येत्य पार्थिवम् । चन्द्रगुप्तो ऽब्रवीन्मन्त्री कृताञ्जलि पुटस्तदा
ityevaṃ cintayānaṃ taṃ paścādabhyetya pārthivam / candragupto 'bravīnmantrī kṛtāñjali puṭastadā
As the king was thinking thus, the minister Candragupta, coming up behind him, then spoke with his palms joined:
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BndP 2 28.32
किमर्थं राजशार्दूल पुरीं प्रतिगमिष्यसि । रक्षितेन च राज्येन पुर्या वा किं फलं तव
kimarthaṃ rājaśārdūla purīṃ pratigamiṣyasi / rakṣitena ca rājyena puryā vā kiṃ phalaṃ tava
For what purpose, tiger among kings, will you go back to the city? What fruit is there for you in a guarded kingdom or in a city,
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BndP 2 28.33
गोरत्नभूता नृपतेर्यावर्धेनुर्न चालये । वर्त्तते नार्द्धमपि ते राज्यं शून्यं तव प्रभो
goratnabhūtā nṛpateryāvardhenurna cālaye / varttate nārddhamapi te rājyaṃ śūnyaṃ tava prabho
so long as, O king, I do not remove that cow which is the jewel among cows? Not even half your kingdom is of worth; your kingdom is empty, lord.
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BndP 2 28.34
अन्यच्च दृष्टमाश्चर्यं मया राजञ्छृणुष्व तत् । भवनानि मनोज्ञानि मनोज्ञाश्च तथा स्त्रियः
anyacca dṛṣṭamāścaryaṃ mayā rājañchṛṇuṣva tat / bhavanāni manojñāni manojñāśca tathā striyaḥ
And another marvel was seen by me, O king; hear it: delightful mansions, and likewise delightful women,
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BndP 2 28.35
प्रासादा विविधाकारा धनं चादृष्टसंक्षयम् । धेनो तस्यां क्षणेनैव विलीनं पश्यतो मम
prāsādā vividhākārā dhanaṃ cādṛṣṭasaṃkṣayam / dheno tasyāṃ kṣaṇenaiva vilīnaṃ paśyato mama
palaces of various shapes, and wealth whose exhaustion was not to be seen — in that cow it all dissolved in an instant, while I watched.
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BndP 2 28.36
तत्तपोवनमेवासीदिदानीं राजसत्तम । एवंप्रभावा सा यस्य तस्य किं दुर्लं भवेत्
tattapovanamevāsīdidānīṃ rājasattama / evaṃprabhāvā sā yasya tasya kiṃ durlaṃ bhavet
It became just that penance-grove again, O best of kings. For him whose (cow) is of such power, what would be hard to get?
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BndP 2 28.37
तस्माद्रत्नार्हसत्त्वेन स्वीकर्त्तव्या हि गौस्त्वया । यदि ते ऽनुमतं कृत्यमाख्येयमनुजीविभिः
tasmādratnārhasattvena svīkarttavyā hi gaustvayā / yadi te 'numataṃ kṛtyamākhyeyamanujīvibhiḥ
"Therefore the cow must indeed be taken by you as a being worthy of (being counted among) jewels; for what is to be done, if you approve, is to be stated by (your) dependants."
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BndP 2 28.38
राजोवाच । एवमेवाहमप्येनां न जानामीत्यसांप्रतम् । ब्रह्मस्वं नापहर्तव्यमिति मे शङ्कते मनः
rājovāca / evamevāhamapyenāṃ na jānāmītyasāṃpratam / brahmasvaṃ nāpahartavyamiti me śaṅkate manaḥ
The king said: "Just so; but I too do not (say) 'I do not know her'—that would be improper. My mind hesitates, (thinking) 'a brahmin's property must not be carried off.'"
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BndP 2 28.39
एवं ब्रुवन्तं राजानमिदमाह पुरोहितः । गर्गो मतिमतां श्रेष्ठो गर्हयन्निव भूपते
evaṃ bruvantaṃ rājānamidamāha purohitaḥ / gargo matimatāṃ śreṣṭho garhayanniva bhūpate
To the king speaking thus the household priest Garga, best of the wise, said this, as if reproaching (him), O lord of the earth:
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BndP 2 28.40
ब्रह्मस्वं नापहर्त्तव्यमापद्यपि कथञ्चन । ब्रह्मस्वसदृशं लोके दुर्जरं नेह विद्यते
brahmasvaṃ nāpaharttavyamāpadyapi kathañcana / brahmasvasadṛśaṃ loke durjaraṃ neha vidyate
"A brahmin's property must not be carried off, not by any means even in distress; there is nothing in this world so hard to digest as a brahmin's property.
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BndP 2 28.41
विषं हन्त्युपयोक्तारं लक्ष्यभूतं तु हैहय । कुलं समूलं दहति ब्रह्मस्वारणिपावकः
viṣaṃ hantyupayoktāraṃ lakṣyabhūtaṃ tu haihaya / kulaṃ samūlaṃ dahati brahmasvāraṇipāvakaḥ
"Poison kills the one who consumes it, and only him who is its target, O Haihaya; but the fire from the fire-stick of brahmin property burns up a family root and all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.42
अनिवार्यमिदं लोके ब्रह्मस्वन्दुर्जरं विषम् । पुत्रपौत्रान्तफलदं विपाककटु पार्थिव
anivāryamidaṃ loke brahmasvandurjaraṃ viṣam / putrapautrāntaphaladaṃ vipākakaṭu pārthiva
"This brahmin property is in the world an unavertible, indigestible poison, bearing fruit even unto sons and grandsons, bitter in its ripening, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.43
एश्वर्यमूढं हि मनः प्रभूममसदात्मनाम् । किन्नामासन्न कुरुते नेत्रास द्विप्रलोभितम्
eśvaryamūḍhaṃ hi manaḥ prabhūmamasadātmanām / kinnāmāsanna kurute netrāsa dvipralobhitam
"For the mind of the base-natured, deluded by lordship (and) power—what indeed does it not do, ... enticed (by greed)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 28.44
वेदान्यस्त्वामृते को ऽन्यो विना दानान्नृपोत्तम । आदानं चिन्तयानो हि बाह्मणेष्वभिवाञ्छति
vedānyastvāmṛte ko 'nyo vinā dānānnṛpottama / ādānaṃ cintayāno hi bāhmaṇeṣvabhivāñchati
"Who else but you, O best of kings, apart from giving, is generous? For one who thinks of taking desires (to take) from brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 28.45
ईदृशस्त्वं महाबाहो कर्म सज्जननिन्दितम् । मा कृथास्तद्धि लोकेषु यशोहानिकरं तव
īdṛśastvaṃ mahābāho karma sajjananinditam / mā kṛthāstaddhi lokeṣu yaśohānikaraṃ tava
"Such as you are, O mighty-armed one, do not do a deed censured by good men; for that would cause the loss of your fame in the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.46
वंशे महति जातस्त्वं वदान्यानां प्रहीभुजाम् । यशांशि कर्मणानेन संप्रतं माव्यनीवशः
vaṃśe mahati jātastvaṃ vadānyānāṃ prahībhujām / yaśāṃśi karmaṇānena saṃprataṃ māvyanīvaśaḥ
"You are born in a great lineage of generous rulers of the earth; do not now by this deed (destroy your) glories ...
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 28.47
अहो ऽनुजीविनः किञ्चिद्भर्तारं व्यसनार्णवे । तत्प्रसादसमुन्नद्धा मज्जयं त्यनयोन्मुखाः
aho 'nujīvinaḥ kiñcidbhartāraṃ vyasanārṇave / tatprasādasamunnaddhā majjayaṃ tyanayonmukhāḥ
"Alas, dependants (do) something (that plunges) their master into the ocean of calamity: puffed up by his favour, bent on misconduct, they sink (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 28.48
श्रिया विकुर्वन्पुरुषकृत्यचिन्त्ये विचेतनः । तन्मतानुप्रवृत्तिश्च राजा सद्यो विषीदति
śriyā vikurvanpuruṣakṛtyacintye vicetanaḥ / tanmatānupravṛttiśca rājā sadyo viṣīdati
"A king who, made insensible by wealth, acts amiss in what should be pondered as a man's task, and who follows their opinion, at once comes to grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 28.49
अज्ञातमुनयो मन्त्री राजानमनयांबुधौ । आत्मना सह दुर्बुद्धिर्लोहनौरिव मज्जयेत्
ajñātamunayo mantrī rājānamanayāṃbudhau / ātmanā saha durbuddhirlohanauriva majjayet
"A minister who does not know policy, being of evil mind, would sink the king along with himself in the ocean of misgovernment, as (one sinks) with an iron boat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.50
तस्मात्त्वं राजशार्दूल मूढस्य नयवर्त्मनि । मतमस्य सुदुर्बुद्धेर्नानुवर्त्तितुमर्हसि
tasmāttvaṃ rājaśārdūla mūḍhasya nayavartmani / matamasya sudurbuddhernānuvarttitumarhasi
"Therefore, O tiger among kings, you ought not to follow the opinion of this man of very evil mind, who is deluded as to the path of policy."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.51
एवं हि वदतस्तस्य स्वामिश्रेयस्करं वचः । आक्षिप्य मन्त्री राजानमिदं भूयो ह्यभाषत
evaṃ hi vadatastasya svāmiśreyaskaraṃ vacaḥ / ākṣipya mantrī rājānamidaṃ bhūyo hyabhāṣata
When he was speaking thus, words that would bring welfare to his master, the minister cut him short and spoke this once more to the king:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.52
ब्राह्मणो ऽयं स्वजातीयहितमेव समीक्षते । महान्ति राजकार्याणि द्विजैर्वेत्तुं न शक्यते
brāhmaṇo 'yaṃ svajātīyahitameva samīkṣate / mahānti rājakāryāṇi dvijairvettuṃ na śakyate
"This brahmin looks only to the good of his own caste. Great royal affairs cannot be understood by brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.53
राज्ञैव राजकार्याणि वेद्यानि स्वमनीषया । विना वै भोजनादाने कार्यं विप्रो न विन्दति
rājñaiva rājakāryāṇi vedyāni svamanīṣayā / vinā vai bhojanādāne kāryaṃ vipro na vindati
"Royal affairs are to be understood by the king himself, by his own judgment; apart from eating and receiving gifts, a brahmin finds no business.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.54
ब्राह्मणो नावमन्तव्यो वन्दनीयश्च नित्यशः । प्रतिसंग्राहयणीयश्च नाधिकं साधितं क्वचित्
brāhmaṇo nāvamantavyo vandanīyaśca nityaśaḥ / pratisaṃgrāhayaṇīyaśca nādhikaṃ sādhitaṃ kvacit
"A brahmin is not to be despised, and is always to be saluted, and is to be given gifts in return—(but) nothing more than that is ever established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 28.55
तस्मात्स्वीकृत्य तां धेनुं प्रयाहि स्वपुरं नृप । नोचेद्राज्यं परित्यज्य गच्छस्वतपसे वनम्
tasmātsvīkṛtya tāṃ dhenuṃ prayāhi svapuraṃ nṛpa / nocedrājyaṃ parityajya gacchasvatapase vanam
"Therefore, O king, having taken that cow, go to your own city; otherwise, abandoning the kingdom, go to the forest for austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.56
क्षमावत्त्वं ब्राह्मणानां दण्डः क्षत्रस्य पार्थिव । प्रसह्य हरणे वापि नाधर्मस्ते भविष्यति
kṣamāvattvaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ daṇḍaḥ kṣatrasya pārthiva / prasahya haraṇe vāpi nādharmaste bhaviṣyati
"Forbearance belongs to brahmins, punishment to the kṣatriya, O king; even in taking (her) by force there will be no unrighteousness for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.57
प्रसह्य हरणे दोषं यदि संपश्यसे नृप । दत्त्वा मूल्यं गवाश्वाद्यमृषेर्थेनुः प्रगृह्यताम्
prasahya haraṇe doṣaṃ yadi saṃpaśyase nṛpa / dattvā mūlyaṃ gavāśvādyamṛṣerthenuḥ pragṛhyatām
"If, O king, you see a fault in taking (it) by force, then let the cow be taken from the sage after paying a price—cattle, horses and the like."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.58
स्वीकर्तव्या हि सा धेनुस्त्वया त्वं रत्नभागयतः । तपोधनानां हि कुतो रत्नसंग्रहणादरः
svīkartavyā hi sā dhenustvayā tvaṃ ratnabhāgayataḥ / tapodhanānāṃ hi kuto ratnasaṃgrahaṇādaraḥ
"For that cow must be made your own, since you are the one entitled to jewels on earth; for how should those whose wealth is austerity have any regard for amassing jewels?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.59
तपोधन बलः शान्तः प्रीतिमान्स नृप त्वयि । तस्मात्ते सर्वथा धेनुं याचितः संप्रदास्यति
tapodhana balaḥ śāntaḥ prītimānsa nṛpa tvayi / tasmātte sarvathā dhenuṃ yācitaḥ saṃpradāsyati
"His wealth is austerity, he is gentle and peaceable, and well-disposed toward you, O king; therefore, when asked, he will by all means give you the cow."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.60
अथ वा गोहिरण्यद्यं यदन्यदभिवाञ्छितम् । संगृह्य वित्तं विपुलं धेनुं तां प्रतिदास्यति
atha vā gohiraṇyadyaṃ yadanyadabhivāñchitam / saṃgṛhya vittaṃ vipulaṃ dhenuṃ tāṃ pratidāsyati
"Or else, having accepted cattle, gold and whatever else is desired, abundant wealth, he will give that cow in exchange."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.61
अनुपेक्ष्यं महद्रत्नं राज्ञा वै भूतिमिच्छता । इति मे वर्त्तते बुद्धिः कथं वा मन्यते भवान्
anupekṣyaṃ mahadratnaṃ rājñā vai bhūtimicchatā / iti me varttate buddhiḥ kathaṃ vā manyate bhavān
"A great jewel is not to be disregarded by a king who desires prosperity—so runs my thought; but what does your honour think?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.62
राजोवाच । गत्वा त्वमेव तं विप्रं प्रसाद्य च विशेषतः । दत्त्वा चाभीप्सितं तस्मै तां गामानय मन्त्रिक
rājovāca / gatvā tvameva taṃ vipraṃ prasādya ca viśeṣataḥ / dattvā cābhīpsitaṃ tasmai tāṃ gāmānaya mantrika
The king said: "You yourself go, and having especially conciliated that brahmin, and having given him what he wishes, bring that cow, O counsellor."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.63
वसिष्ठ उवाच एवमुक्तस्ततोराज्ञा स मन्त्री विधिचोदितः । निवृत्य प्रययौ शीघ्रं जमदग्नेरथाश्रमम्
vasiṣṭha uvāca evamuktastatorājñā sa mantrī vidhicoditaḥ / nivṛtya prayayau śīghraṃ jamadagnerathāśramam
Vasiṣṭha said: Thus addressed by the king, that minister, urged on by fate, turned back and went quickly to the hermitage of Jamadagni.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.64
गते तु नृपतौ तस्मिन्नकृतव्रणसंयुतः । समिदानयनार्थाय रामो ऽपि प्रययौ वनम्
gate tu nṛpatau tasminnakṛtavraṇasaṃyutaḥ / samidānayanārthāya rāmo 'pi prayayau vanam
But when that king had gone, Rāma too, accompanied by Akṛtavraṇa, went off into the forest to fetch firewood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.65
ततः स मन्त्री सबलः समासाद्य तदाश्रमम् । प्रणम्य मुनिशार्दूलमिदं वचनमब्रवीत्
tataḥ sa mantrī sabalaḥ samāsādya tadāśramam / praṇamya muniśārdūlamidaṃ vacanamabravīt
Then that minister, with his troops, reached that hermitage, and bowing to the tiger among sages, spoke these words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.66
चन्द्रगुप्त उवाच ब्रह्मन्नृपतिनाज्ञप्तं राजा तु भुवि रत्नभाक् । रत्नभूता च धेनुः सा भुवि दोग्ध्रीष्वनुत्तमा
candragupta uvāca brahmannṛpatinājñaptaṃ rājā tu bhuvi ratnabhāk / ratnabhūtā ca dhenuḥ sā bhuvi dogdhrīṣvanuttamā
Candragupta said: "O brahmin, I have been commanded by the king; and the king is the receiver of jewels on earth, and that cow is a jewel, unsurpassed among milch-cows on earth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.67
तस्माद्रत्नंसुवर्णं वा मूल्यमुक्त्वा यथोचितम् । आदाय गोरत्नभूतां धेनुं मे दातुमर्हसि
tasmādratnaṃsuvarṇaṃ vā mūlyamuktvā yathocitam / ādāya goratnabhūtāṃ dhenuṃ me dātumarhasi
"Therefore, naming a jewel or gold as a suitable price, and taking it, you ought to give me the cow that is the jewel among cows."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.68
जमदग्निरुवाच होमधेनुरियं मह्यं न दातव्या हि कस्यचित् । राजा वदान्यः स कथं ब्रह्मस्वमभिवाञ्छति
jamadagniruvāca homadhenuriyaṃ mahyaṃ na dātavyā hi kasyacit / rājā vadānyaḥ sa kathaṃ brahmasvamabhivāñchati
Jamadagni said: "This is my cow for the oblation; she is not to be given to anyone. How does that generous king covet a brahmin's property?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.69
मन्त्र्युवाच रत्नभाक्त्वंन नृपतिर्द्धेनुं ते प्रतिकाङ्क्षति । गवायुतेन तस्मात्त्वं तस्मै तां दातुमर्हसि
mantryuvāca ratnabhāktvaṃna nṛpatirddhenuṃ te pratikāṅkṣati / gavāyutena tasmāttvaṃ tasmai tāṃ dātumarhasi
The minister said: "You are a receiver of jewels? No—the king desires your cow. Therefore you ought to give her to him for ten thousand cows."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 28.70
जमदग्निरुवाच क्रयविक्रययोर्नाहं कर्त्ता जातु कथञ्चन । हविर्धानीं च वै तस्मान्नोत्सहे दातुमञ्जसा
jamadagniruvāca krayavikrayayornāhaṃ karttā jātu kathañcana / havirdhānīṃ ca vai tasmānnotsahe dātumañjasā
Jamadagni said: "I am in no way ever a doer of buying and selling; therefore I cannot at all bring myself to give away the vessel of the oblation."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.71
मन्त्र्युवाच राज्यार्धेनाथ वा ब्रह्मन्सकलेनापि भूभृतः । देहि धेनुमिमामेकां तत्ते श्रेयो भविष्यति
mantryuvāca rājyārdhenātha vā brahmansakalenāpi bhūbhṛtaḥ / dehi dhenumimāmekāṃ tatte śreyo bhaviṣyati
The minister said: "Then, O brahmin, for half the king's realm, or even for the whole of it, give this one cow; that will be to your benefit."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.72
जमदग्निरुवाच जीवन्नाहं तु दास्यामि वासवस्यापि दुर्मते । गुरुणा याचितं किं ते वचसा नृपतेः पुनः
jamadagniruvāca jīvannāhaṃ tu dāsyāmi vāsavasyāpi durmate / guruṇā yācitaṃ kiṃ te vacasā nṛpateḥ punaḥ
Jamadagni said: "While I live I will not give her, even to Vāsava, you evil-minded man. Why (do you speak of) what was asked by your master—again with the words of the king?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 28.73
मन्त्र्युवाच त्वमेव स्वेच्छया राज्ञे देहि धेनुं सुहृत्तया । यथा बलेन नीतायां तस्यां त्वं किं करिष्यसि
mantryuvāca tvameva svecchayā rājñe dehi dhenuṃ suhṛttayā / yathā balena nītāyāṃ tasyāṃ tvaṃ kiṃ kariṣyasi
The minister said: "Give the cow to the king yourself, of your own will, in friendship; for what will you do once she has been carried off by force?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.74
जमदग्निरुवाच दाता द्विजानां नृपतिः स यद्यप्याहरिष्यति । विप्रो ऽहं किं करिष्यामि स्वेच्छावितरणं विना
jamadagniruvāca dātā dvijānāṃ nṛpatiḥ sa yadyapyāhariṣyati / vipro 'haṃ kiṃ kariṣyāmi svecchāvitaraṇaṃ vinā
Jamadagni said: "That king is a giver to brahmins; even if he does carry her off, what shall I, a brahmin, do—apart from giving of my own free will?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 28.75
वसिष्ठ उवाच इत्येवमुक्तः संक्रुद्धः स मन्त्री पापचेतनः । प्रसह्य नेतुमारेभे मुनेस्तस्य पयस्विनीम्
vasiṣṭha uvāca ityevamuktaḥ saṃkruddhaḥ sa mantrī pāpacetanaḥ / prasahya netumārebhe munestasya payasvinīm
Vasiṣṭha said: Thus addressed, that minister of sinful mind, enraged, began to lead away by force the milk-cow of that sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition