Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 31

BndP 2 31.1

सगर उवाच ब्रह्मपुत्र महाभाग वद भार्गवचेष्टितम् । यच्चकार महावीर्य्यो राज्ञः क्रुद्धो हि कर्मणा

sagara uvāca brahmaputra mahābhāga vada bhārgavaceṣṭitam / yaccakāra mahāvīryyo rājñaḥ kruddho hi karmaṇā

Sagara said: Son of Brahmā, greatly fortunate one, tell the doings of the Bhārgava — what that one of great might, enraged, did on account of the king's deed.

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BndP 2 31.2

वसिष्ठ उवाच गते तस्मिन्महाभागे भृगो पितृपरायणः । रामः प्रोवाच संक्रुद्धो मुञ्चञ्छ्वासान्मुहर्मुहुः

vasiṣṭha uvāca gate tasminmahābhāge bhṛgo pitṛparāyaṇaḥ / rāmaḥ provāca saṃkruddho muñcañchvāsānmuharmuhuḥ

Vasiṣṭha said: When that greatly fortunate one had gone, O Bhṛgu, Rāma, devoted to his father, exceedingly enraged, spoke, letting out sighs again and again.

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BndP 2 31.3

परशुराम उवाच अहो पश्यत मूढत्वंराज्ञो ह्युत्पथगामिनः । कार्त्तवीर्यस्य यो विद्वांश्चक्रे ब्रह्मवधोद्यमम्

paraśurāma uvāca aho paśyata mūḍhatvaṃrājño hyutpathagāminaḥ / kārttavīryasya yo vidvāṃścakre brahmavadhodyamam

Paraśurāma said: Ah, look at the folly of the king who walks the wrong path — Kārtavīrya, who though learned undertook the killing of a brahmin!

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BndP 2 31.4

दैवं हि बलवन्मन्ये यत्प्रभावाच्छरीरिणः । शुभं वाप्यशुभं सर्वे प्रकुर्वन्ति विमोहिताः

daivaṃ hi balavanmanye yatprabhāvāccharīriṇaḥ / śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ sarve prakurvanti vimohitāḥ

I hold fate to be strong indeed, by whose power all embodied beings, bewildered, do what is auspicious or inauspicious.

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BndP 2 31.5

शृणवन्तु ऋषयः सर्वे प्रतिज्ञा क्रियते मया । कार्त्तवीर्यं निहत्याजौ पितुर्वैरं प्रसाधये

śṛṇavantu ṛṣayaḥ sarve pratijñā kriyate mayā / kārttavīryaṃ nihatyājau piturvairaṃ prasādhaye

Let all the sages hear: a vow is made by me — having slain Kārtavīrya in battle I shall settle my father's feud.

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BndP 2 31.6

यदि राजा सुरैः सर्वैरिन्द्राद्दैर्दानवैस्तथा । रक्षिष्यते तथाप्येनं संहरिष्यामि नान्यथा

yadi rājā suraiḥ sarvairindrāddairdānavaistathā / rakṣiṣyate tathāpyenaṃ saṃhariṣyāmi nānyathā

Even if the king be protected by all the gods, by Indra and the rest, and by the Dānavas, still I shall destroy him, and not otherwise.

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BndP 2 31.7

एवमुक्तं समाकर्ण्य रामेण समुहात्मना । जमदग्निरुवाचेदं पुत्रं साहसभाषिणम्

evamuktaṃ samākarṇya rāmeṇa samuhātmanā / jamadagniruvācedaṃ putraṃ sāhasabhāṣiṇam

Hearing this spoken thus by Rāma of proud spirit, Jamadagni said this to his son who spoke so rashly.

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BndP 2 31.8

जमदग्निरुवाच श्रुणु राम प्रवक्ष्यामि सतां धर्मं सनातनम् । यच्छ्रुत्वा मानवाः सर्वे जायन्ते धर्मकारिणः

jamadagniruvāca śruṇu rāma pravakṣyāmi satāṃ dharmaṃ sanātanam / yacchrutvā mānavāḥ sarve jāyante dharmakāriṇaḥ

Jamadagni said: Listen, Rāma, I shall declare the eternal law of the good, hearing which all men become doers of dharma.

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BndP 2 31.9

साधवो ये महाभागाः संसारान्मोक्षकाङ्क्षिणाः । न कस्मैचित्प्रकुप्यन्ति निन्दितास्ताडिता अपि

sādhavo ye mahābhāgāḥ saṃsārānmokṣakāṅkṣiṇāḥ / na kasmaicitprakupyanti ninditāstāḍitā api

Those greatly fortunate good men who long for release from the round of rebirth are not angry at anyone, even when reviled and struck.

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BndP 2 31.10

क्षमाधना महाभागा ये च दान्तास्तपस्विनः । तेषां चैवाक्षया लोकाः सततं साधुकारिणाम्

kṣamādhanā mahābhāgā ye ca dāntāstapasvinaḥ / teṣāṃ caivākṣayā lokāḥ satataṃ sādhukāriṇām

The greatly fortunate ones whose wealth is patience, and those who are self-controlled ascetics — for them, ever doing good, the worlds are imperishable.

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BndP 2 31.11

यस्तु दुष्टैस्तु दण्डाद्यैर्वचसापि च ताडितः । न च क्षोभमवाप्नोति स साधुः परिकीर्त्थते

yastu duṣṭaistu daṇḍādyairvacasāpi ca tāḍitaḥ / na ca kṣobhamavāpnoti sa sādhuḥ parikīrtthate

But he who, though struck by the wicked with rods and the like and even with words, does not become agitated — he is proclaimed a good man.

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BndP 2 31.12

ताडयेत्ताडयन्तं यो न च साधुः स पापभाक् । क्षमयार्ऽहणतां प्राप्ताः साधवो ब्राह्मणा वयम्

tāḍayettāḍayantaṃ yo na ca sādhuḥ sa pāpabhāk / kṣamayār'haṇatāṃ prāptāḥ sādhavo brāhmaṇā vayam

He who would strike the one striking him is no good man; he takes on sin. We brahmins, being good men, have attained worthiness of honour through patience.

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BndP 2 31.13

नरनाथवधे तात पातकं सुमहद्भवेत् । तस्मान्निवारये त्वाद्य क्षमां कुरु तपश्चर

naranāthavadhe tāta pātakaṃ sumahadbhavet / tasmānnivāraye tvādya kṣamāṃ kuru tapaścara

In the killing of a lord of men, my son, there would be very great sin; therefore I restrain you today — practise patience, perform austerity.

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BndP 2 31.14

वसिष्ठ उवाच एवं पित्रा समादिष्टं विज्ञाय नृपनन्दन । रामः प्रोवाच पितरं क्षमाशीलमरिन्दमम्

vasiṣṭha uvāca evaṃ pitrā samādiṣṭaṃ vijñāya nṛpanandana / rāmaḥ provāca pitaraṃ kṣamāśīlamarindamam

Vasiṣṭha said: Understanding that he had thus been instructed by his father, O delight of kings, Rāma spoke to his father, that patient subduer of foes.

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BndP 2 31.15

परशुराम उवाच शृणु तात महाप्राज्ञ वि५प्तिं मम सांप्रतम् । भवता शम उद्दिष्टः साधूनां सुमहात्मनाम्

paraśurāma uvāca śṛṇu tāta mahāprājña vi5ptiṃ mama sāṃpratam / bhavatā śama uddiṣṭaḥ sādhūnāṃ sumahātmanām

Paraśurāma said: Listen, father, greatly wise one, to my submission now: by you calm has been enjoined, (as fitting) for good and very great-souled men.

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BndP 2 31.16

म शमः साधुदीनेषु गुरुष्वीश्वरभावनैः । कर्त्तव्यो दुष्टचेष्टेषु न शमः सुखदो भवेत्

ma śamaḥ sādhudīneṣu guruṣvīśvarabhāvanaiḥ / karttavyo duṣṭaceṣṭeṣu na śamaḥ sukhado bhavet

Calm is to be practised toward the good, the wretched, and toward elders with the thought that they are lords; toward those of wicked conduct calm would not bring happiness.

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BndP 2 31.17

तस्मादस्य वधः कार्यः कार्त्तवीर्यस्य वै मया । देह्याज्ञां माननीयाद्य साधये वैरमात्मनः

tasmādasya vadhaḥ kāryaḥ kārttavīryasya vai mayā / dehyājñāṃ mānanīyādya sādhaye vairamātmanaḥ

Therefore the slaying of this Kārtavīrya must be done by me. Give the command, O honoured one, today — let me settle my own feud.

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BndP 2 31.18

जमदग्निरुवाच शृणु राम महाभाग वचो मम समाहितः । करिष्यसि यथा भावि तथा नैवान्यथा भवेत्

jamadagniruvāca śṛṇu rāma mahābhāga vaco mama samāhitaḥ / kariṣyasi yathā bhāvi tathā naivānyathā bhavet

Jamadagni said: Listen attentively, greatly fortunate Rāma, to my words. You will act as it is destined to be; it cannot turn out otherwise.

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BndP 2 31.19

इतो व्रजत्वं ब्रह्माणां बृच्छ तात हिताहितम् । स यद्वदिष्यति विभुस्तत्कर्त्ता नात्र संशयः

ito vrajatvaṃ brahmāṇāṃ bṛccha tāta hitāhitam / sa yadvadiṣyati vibhustatkarttā nātra saṃśayaḥ

Go from here to Brahmā; ask him, my son, what is beneficial and what is not. Whatever the mighty one shall say, that is to be done — there is no doubt here.

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BndP 2 31.20

वसिष्ठ उवाच एवमुक्तः स पितरं नमस्कृत्य महामतिः । जगाम ब्रह्मणो लोकमगम्यं प्राकृतैर्जनैः

vasiṣṭha uvāca evamuktaḥ sa pitaraṃ namaskṛtya mahāmatiḥ / jagāma brahmaṇo lokamagamyaṃ prākṛtairjanaiḥ

Vasiṣṭha said: Addressed thus, that great-minded one bowed to his father and went to Brahmā's world, unreachable by ordinary people.

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BndP 2 31.21

ददर्श ब्रह्मणो लोकं शातकैंभविनिर्मितम् । स्वर्णप्राकारसंयुक्तं मणिस्तंभैर्विमूषितम्

dadarśa brahmaṇo lokaṃ śātakaiṃbhavinirmitam / svarṇaprākārasaṃyuktaṃ maṇistaṃbhairvimūṣitam

He beheld Brahmā's world, built of gold, provided with golden ramparts, adorned with jewelled pillars.

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BndP 2 31.22

तत्रापश्यत्समासीनं ब्रह्माणममितौजसम् । रत्नसिंहासने रम्ये रत्नभूषणभूषितम्

tatrāpaśyatsamāsīnaṃ brahmāṇamamitaujasam / ratnasiṃhāsane ramye ratnabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam

There he saw Brahmā of immeasurable energy seated on a lovely jewelled throne, adorned with jewel ornaments.

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BndP 2 31.23

सिद्धेन्द्रैश्च मुनीन्द्रैश्च वेष्टितं ध्यानतत्परैः । विद्याधरीणां नृत्यं च पश्यन्तं सस्मितं मुदा

siddhendraiśca munīndraiśca veṣṭitaṃ dhyānatatparaiḥ / vidyādharīṇāṃ nṛtyaṃ ca paśyantaṃ sasmitaṃ mudā

(He was) encircled by chiefs of the siddhas and chiefs of the sages, intent on meditation, and was watching the dance of the vidyādharīs with a smile, in delight.

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BndP 2 31.24

तपसा फलदातारं कर्त्तारं जगतां विभुम् । परिपूर्णतमं ब्रह्म ध्यायतं यतमानसम्

tapasā phaladātāraṃ karttāraṃ jagatāṃ vibhum / paripūrṇatamaṃ brahma dhyāyataṃ yatamānasam

(He was) the giver of the fruit for austerity, the maker and lord of the worlds, meditating with restrained mind on the wholly complete Brahman.

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BndP 2 31.25

गुह्ययोगं प्रवोचन्तं भक्तवृन्देषु संततम् । दृष्ट्वा तमव्ययं भक्त्या प्रणनाम भृगूद्वहः

guhyayogaṃ pravocantaṃ bhaktavṛndeṣu saṃtatam / dṛṣṭvā tamavyayaṃ bhaktyā praṇanāma bhṛgūdvahaḥ

(He was) constantly expounding the secret yoga among the throngs of devotees. Seeing him, the imperishable one, the scion of Bhṛgu bowed down with devotion.

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BndP 2 31.26

स दृष्ट्वा विनतं राममाशीर्भिरभिनन्द्य च । पप्रच्छ कुशलं वत्स कथमागमनं कृथाः

sa dṛṣṭvā vinataṃ rāmamāśīrbhirabhinandya ca / papraccha kuśalaṃ vatsa kathamāgamanaṃ kṛthāḥ

Seeing Rāma bowed down, and greeting him with blessings, he asked after his welfare: "Child, how is it that you have come?"

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BndP 2 31.27

संपृष्टो विधिना रामः प्रोवाचाखिलमादितः । वृत्तान्तं कार्त्तवीर्यस्य पितुः स्वस्य महात्मनः

saṃpṛṣṭo vidhinā rāmaḥ provācākhilamāditaḥ / vṛttāntaṃ kārttavīryasya pituḥ svasya mahātmanaḥ

Thus questioned by the Ordainer, Rāma related the whole matter from the beginning — the affair of Kārtavīrya and of his own great-souled father.

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BndP 2 31.28

तच्छ्रुत्वा सकलं ब्रह्मा विज्ञातार्थो ऽपि मानद । उवाच रामं धर्मिष्ठं परिणामसुखावहम्

tacchrutvā sakalaṃ brahmā vijñātārtho 'pi mānada / uvāca rāmaṃ dharmiṣṭhaṃ pariṇāmasukhāvaham

Hearing all that, Brahmā — though he already knew the matter — O giver of honour, spoke to the most righteous Rāma (words) that would bring happiness in the outcome.

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BndP 2 31.29

प्रतिज्ञा दुर्लभा वत्स यां भवन्कृतवान्रुषा । सृष्टि रेषा भगवतः संभवेत्कृपया बटो

pratijñā durlabhā vatsa yāṃ bhavankṛtavānruṣā / sṛṣṭi reṣā bhagavataḥ saṃbhavetkṛpayā baṭo

"The vow you have made in anger, child, is hard to fulfil. This creation belongs to the Lord; it could come to be only by (his) grace, O boy.

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BndP 2 31.30

जगत्सृष्टं मया तात संक्लेशेन तदाज्ञया । तन्नाशकारिणी चैव प्रतिज्ञा भवता कृता

jagatsṛṣṭaṃ mayā tāta saṃkleśena tadājñayā / tannāśakāriṇī caiva pratijñā bhavatā kṛtā

The world was created by me, dear one, with much toil, at his command; and the vow you have made is one that destroys it.

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BndP 2 31.31

त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो निर्भूपां कर्तुमिच्छसि मेदिनीम् । एकस्य राज्ञो दोषेण पितुः परिभवेन च

triḥsaptakṛtvo nirbhūpāṃ kartumicchasi medinīm / ekasya rājño doṣeṇa pituḥ paribhavena ca

Thrice seven times you wish to make the earth free of kings — because of the offence of a single king and because of the insult to your father.

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BndP 2 31.32

ब्रह्मक्षत्र्रियविट्शूद्रैः सृष्टिरेषा सनातनी । आविर्भूता तिरोभूता हरेरेव पुनः पुनः

brahmakṣatrriyaviṭśūdraiḥ sṛṣṭireṣā sanātanī / āvirbhūtā tirobhūtā harereva punaḥ punaḥ

This eternal creation, with brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, is made manifest and withdrawn by Hari alone, again and again.

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BndP 2 31.33

अव्यर्था त्वत्प्रतिज्ञा तु भवित्री प्राक्तनेन च । यद्वायासेन ते कार्यसिद्धिर्भवितुमर्हति

avyarthā tvatpratijñā tu bhavitrī prāktanena ca / yadvāyāsena te kāryasiddhirbhavitumarhati

Yet your vow shall not prove vain, also on account of what has gone before; or rather, it is by your own effort that the accomplishment of the task must come about.

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BndP 2 31.34

शिवलोकं प्रयाहि त्वं शिवस्याज्ञामवाप्नुहि । पृथिव्यां बहवो भूपाः संति शङ्करकिङ्कराः

śivalokaṃ prayāhi tvaṃ śivasyājñāmavāpnuhi / pṛthivyāṃ bahavo bhūpāḥ saṃti śaṅkarakiṅkarāḥ

Go to Śiva's world; obtain Śiva's command. On earth there are many kings who are servants of Śaṅkara.

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BndP 2 31.35

विनैवाज्ञां महेशस्य को वा तान्हन्तुमीश्वरः । बिभ्रतः कवचान्यङ्गे शक्तीश्चापि दुरासदाः

vinaivājñāṃ maheśasya ko vā tānhantumīśvaraḥ / bibhrataḥ kavacānyaṅge śaktīścāpi durāsadāḥ

Without Maheśa's command, who indeed is able to slay them, who wear armour upon their bodies and also (bear) weapons hard to withstand?

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BndP 2 31.36

उपायं कुरु यत्नेन जयबीजं शुभावहम् । उपाये तु समारब्धे सर्वे सिध्यन्त्युपक्रमाः

upāyaṃ kuru yatnena jayabījaṃ śubhāvaham / upāye tu samārabdhe sarve sidhyantyupakramāḥ

With effort make (use of) a means, the seed of victory, which brings about good; for when the means has been undertaken, all endeavours succeed.

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BndP 2 31.37

श्रीकृष्णमन्त्रं कवचं गृह्ण वत्स गुरोर्हरात् । दुर्ल्लङ्घ्यं वैष्णवं तेजः शिवशक्तिर्विजेष्यति

śrīkṛṣṇamantraṃ kavacaṃ gṛhṇa vatsa gurorharāt / durllaṅghyaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ tejaḥ śivaśaktirvijeṣyati

Receive, child, from Hara as your teacher the Śrī Kṛṣṇa mantra and the armour; the Vaiṣṇava splendour is not to be overstepped, (and) Śiva's power will conquer.

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BndP 2 31.38

त्रैलोक्यविजयं नाम कवचं परमाद्भुतम् । यथाकथं च विज्ञाप्य शङ्करं लभदुर्लभम्

trailokyavijayaṃ nāma kavacaṃ paramādbhutam / yathākathaṃ ca vijñāpya śaṅkaraṃ labhadurlabham

The armour called "Victory over the Three Worlds", supremely marvellous: informing Śaṅkara somehow or other, obtain that which is hard to obtain.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BndP 2 31.39

प्रसन्नः स गुणैस्तुभ्यं कृपालुर्दीनवत्सलः । दिव्यपाशुपतं चापि दास्यत्येव न संशयः

prasannaḥ sa guṇaistubhyaṃ kṛpālurdīnavatsalaḥ / divyapāśupataṃ cāpi dāsyatyeva na saṃśayaḥ

Pleased by (your) virtues, compassionate, fond of the wretched, he will surely give you the divine Pāśupata as well; there is no doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition