Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 29
BndP 2 29.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच जमदग्निस्ततो भूयस्तमुवाच रुषान्वितः । ब्रह्मस्वं नापहर्त्तव्यं पुरुषेण विजानता
vasiṣṭha uvāca jamadagnistato bhūyastamuvāca ruṣānvitaḥ / brahmasvaṃ nāpaharttavyaṃ puruṣeṇa vijānatā
Vasiṣṭha said: Then Jamadagni, filled with anger, spoke to him again: "A brahmin's property must not be carried off by a man who knows (the law)."
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BndP 2 29.2
प्रसह्य गां मे हरतो पापमाप्स्यसि दुर्मते । आयुर्जाने परिक्षीणं न चेदेतत्करिष्यति
prasahya gāṃ me harato pāpamāpsyasi durmate / āyurjāne parikṣīṇaṃ na cedetatkariṣyati
"By carrying off my cow by force, evil-minded one, you will incur sin; I know that your lifespan is used up, if he does not do this."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 29.3
बलादिच्छसि यन्नेतुं तन्न शक्यं कथञ्चन । स्वयं वा यदि सायुच्येद्विनशिष्यति पार्थिवः
balādicchasi yannetuṃ tanna śakyaṃ kathañcana / svayaṃ vā yadi sāyucyedvinaśiṣyati pārthivaḥ
"What you wish to take away by force — that is in no way possible; or if the king should himself (attempt it), he will perish."
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BndP 2 29.4
दानं विनापहरणं ब्राह्मणानां तपस्विनाम् । शतायुषोर्ऽजुनादन्यः को न्विच्छति जिजीविषुः
dānaṃ vināpaharaṇaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tapasvinām / śatāyuṣor'junādanyaḥ ko nvicchati jijīviṣuḥ
"Who, wishing to live, other than Arjuna of a hundred years' life, would desire the seizing of the property of ascetic brahmins without their gift?"
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BndP 2 29.5
इत्युक्तस्तेन संक्रुद्धः स मन्त्रीकालचोदितः । बद्ध्वा तां गां दृढैः पाशैर्विचकर्ष बलान्वितः
ityuktastena saṃkruddhaḥ sa mantrīkālacoditaḥ / baddhvā tāṃ gāṃ dṛḍhaiḥ pāśairvicakarṣa balānvitaḥ
Addressed thus by him, that minister, greatly enraged and driven on by Time, bound that cow with strong ropes and, in the strength (of his men), dragged her away.
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BndP 2 29.6
जमदग्निरथ क्रोधाद्भाविकर्मप्रचोदितः । रुरोध तं यथाशक्ति विकर्षन्तं पायस्विनीम्
jamadagniratha krodhādbhāvikarmapracoditaḥ / rurodha taṃ yathāśakti vikarṣantaṃ pāyasvinīm
Then Jamadagni, out of anger, impelled by what was destined to happen, obstructed him as best he could as he dragged off the milk-cow.
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BndP 2 29.7
जीवन्न प्रतिमोक्ष्यामि गामेनामित्यमर्षितः । जग्राह सुदृढं कण्ठे वाहुभ्यां तां महामुनिः
jīvanna pratimokṣyāmi gāmenāmityamarṣitaḥ / jagrāha sudṛḍhaṃ kaṇṭhe vāhubhyāṃ tāṃ mahāmuniḥ
"While I live I shall not let this cow go" — so (saying), unable to bear it, the great sage seized her very firmly by the neck with both arms.
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BndP 2 29.8
ततः क्रोधपरीतात्मा चन्द्रगुप्तो ऽतिनिर्घृणः । उत्सारयध्वमित्येनमादिदेश स्वसैनिकान्
tataḥ krodhaparītātmā candragupto 'tinirghṛṇaḥ / utsārayadhvamityenamādideśa svasainikān
Then Candragupta, his mind seized by anger and utterly pitiless, commanded his own soldiers: "Drive this man off!"
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BndP 2 29.9
अप्रधृष्यतमं लोके तमृषिं राजकिङ्कराः । भर्त्राज्ञया प्रसह्यैनं परिवव्रुः समन्ततः
apradhṛṣyatamaṃ loke tamṛṣiṃ rājakiṅkarāḥ / bhartrājñayā prasahyainaṃ parivavruḥ samantataḥ
That sage, most unassailable in the world — the king's servants, by their master's order, surrounded him forcibly on every side.
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BndP 2 29.10
दण्डैः कशाभिर्लकुडैर्विनिघ्नन्तश्च मुष्टिभिः । ते समुत्सारयन् धेनोः सुदूरतरमन्तिकात्
daṇḍaiḥ kaśābhirlakuḍairvinighnantaśca muṣṭibhiḥ / te samutsārayan dhenoḥ sudūrataramantikāt
And striking him with staves, whips, clubs and fists, they drove him far away from the cow's vicinity.
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BndP 2 29.11
स तथा हन्यमोनो ऽपि व्यथितःक्षमयान्वितः । न चुक्रोधाक्रोधनत्वं सतो हि परमं धनम्
sa tathā hanyamono 'pi vyathitaḥkṣamayānvitaḥ / na cukrodhākrodhanatvaṃ sato hi paramaṃ dhanam
Though thus beaten and pained, he was possessed of patience and did not grow angry; for freedom from anger is the highest wealth of the good.
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BndP 2 29.12
स च शक्तः स्वतपसा संहर्त्तुमपि रक्षितुम् । जगत्सर्वं क्षयं तस्य चिन्तयन्न प्रचुक्रुधे
sa ca śaktaḥ svatapasā saṃharttumapi rakṣitum / jagatsarvaṃ kṣayaṃ tasya cintayanna pracukrudhe
And he was able, by his own austerity, both to destroy and to protect the whole world; considering its destruction, he did not become angry.
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BndP 2 29.13
सपूर्वं क्रोधनो ऽत्यर्थं मातुरर्थे प्रसादितः । रामेणाभूत्ततो नित्यं शान्त एव महातपाः
sapūrvaṃ krodhano 'tyarthaṃ māturarthe prasāditaḥ / rāmeṇābhūttato nityaṃ śānta eva mahātapāḥ
Formerly he was exceedingly prone to anger, but was appeased by Rāma for his mother's sake; thereafter that great ascetic was always calm indeed.
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BndP 2 29.14
स हन्यमानः सुभृशं चूर्णिताङ्गास्थिवन्धनः । निपपात महातेजा धरण्यां गतचेतनः
sa hanyamānaḥ subhṛśaṃ cūrṇitāṅgāsthivandhanaḥ / nipapāta mahātejā dharaṇyāṃ gatacetanaḥ
Beaten most severely, the joints of his limbs and bones crushed, that greatly splendid one fell to the ground unconscious.
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BndP 2 29.15
तस्मिन्मुनौ निपतिते स दुरात्मा विशङ्कितः । किङ्करानादिशच्छीघ्रं धेनोरानयने बलात्
tasminmunau nipatite sa durātmā viśaṅkitaḥ / kiṅkarānādiśacchīghraṃ dhenorānayane balāt
When that sage had fallen, the evil-minded one, still apprehensive, at once ordered his servants to bring the cow by force.
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BndP 2 29.16
ततः सवत्सां ता धेनुं बद्ध्वा पाशैर्दृढैर्नृपः । कशाभिरभिहन्यन्त चकृषुश्च निनीषया
tataḥ savatsāṃ tā dhenuṃ baddhvā pāśairdṛḍhairnṛpaḥ / kaśābhirabhihanyanta cakṛṣuśca ninīṣayā
Then, having bound that cow together with her calf with strong ropes, the king's (men) beat her with whips and dragged her, wishing to lead her away.
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BndP 2 29.17
आकृष्यमाणा बहुभिः कशाभिर्लगुडैरपि । हन्यमाना भृशं तैश्च चुक्रुधे च पयस्विनी
ākṛṣyamāṇā bahubhiḥ kaśābhirlaguḍairapi / hanyamānā bhṛśaṃ taiśca cukrudhe ca payasvinī
Being dragged and being beaten severely by them with many whips and also with clubs, the milk-cow grew angry.
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BndP 2 29.18
व्यथितातिकशापातैः क्रोधेन महातान्विता । आकृष्य पाशान् सुदृढान् कृत्वात्मानममोचयत्
vyathitātikaśāpātaiḥ krodhena mahātānvitā / ākṛṣya pāśān sudṛḍhān kṛtvātmānamamocayat
Pained by the excessive falling of whips, and filled with great anger, she pulled the very strong ropes and, (breaking them), freed herself.
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BndP 2 29.19
विमुक्तपाशवन्धासा सर्वतो ऽभिवृता बलैः । हुंहारवं प्रकुर्वाणा सर्वतो ऽह्यपतद्रुषा
vimuktapāśavandhāsā sarvato 'bhivṛtā balaiḥ / huṃhāravaṃ prakurvāṇā sarvato 'hyapatadruṣā
Freed from the bondage of the ropes, surrounded on all sides by the troops, uttering a bellowing "huṃ" sound, she fell upon them in fury from every side.
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BndP 2 29.20
विषाणखुरपुच्छाग्रैरभिहत्य समन्ततः । राजमन्त्रिबलं सर्वं व्यद्रावयदमर्षिता
viṣāṇakhurapucchāgrairabhihatya samantataḥ / rājamantribalaṃ sarvaṃ vyadrāvayadamarṣitā
Striking on all sides with her horns, hooves and tail-tip, in her indignation she put to flight the whole force of the king's minister.
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BndP 2 29.21
विद्राव्य किङ्करान्सर्वांस्तरसैव पयस्विनी । पश्यतां सर्वभूतानां गगनं प्रत्यपद्यत
vidrāvya kiṅkarānsarvāṃstarasaiva payasvinī / paśyatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ gaganaṃ pratyapadyata
Having swiftly routed all the servants, the milk-cow, while all beings looked on, rose up into the sky.
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BndP 2 29.22
ततस्ते भग्नसंकल्पाः संभग्नक्षतविग्रहाः । प्रसह्य बद्ध्वा तद्वत्सं जग्मुरेवातिनिर्घृणाः
tataste bhagnasaṃkalpāḥ saṃbhagnakṣatavigrahāḥ / prasahya baddhvā tadvatsaṃ jagmurevātinirghṛṇāḥ
Then they, their purpose broken, their bodies broken and wounded, having bound that calf by force, went off, utterly pitiless.
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BndP 2 29.23
पयस्विनीं विना वत्सं गृहीत्वा किङ्करैः सह । स पापस्तरसा राज्ञः सन्निधिं समुपागमत्
payasvinīṃ vinā vatsaṃ gṛhītvā kiṅkaraiḥ saha / sa pāpastarasā rājñaḥ sannidhiṃ samupāgamat
Taking the calf without the milk-cow, together with the servants, that wicked one swiftly came into the king's presence.
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BndP 2 29.24
गत्वा समीपं नृपतेः प्रणम्यास्मै प्रशंसकृत् । तद्व्रत्तान्तमशेषेण व्याचचक्षे ससाध्वसः
gatvā samīpaṃ nṛpateḥ praṇamyāsmai praśaṃsakṛt / tadvrattāntamaśeṣeṇa vyācacakṣe sasādhvasaḥ
Having gone near the king and bowed to him, the flatterer, in alarm, reported that whole affair without omission.
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