Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 46

BndP 2 46.1

वसिष्ठ उवाच सगच्छन्पथि शुश्राव मुनिभ्यस्त त्त्वमादितः । राजपुत्रव्यवसितं पित्रौः स्वर्गतिमेव च

vasiṣṭha uvāca sagacchanpathi śuśrāva munibhyasta ttvamāditaḥ / rājaputravyavasitaṃ pitrauḥ svargatimeva ca

Vasiṣṭha said: As he went along the road he heard from the sages the whole matter from the beginning — what the king's sons had done, and the going to heaven of his two parents.

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BndP 2 46.2

पितुस्तु जीवहरणं शिरोहरणमेव च । तन्मृतेरेव मरणं श्रुत्वा मातुश्च केवलम्

pitustu jīvaharaṇaṃ śiroharaṇameva ca / tanmṛtereva maraṇaṃ śrutvā mātuśca kevalam

(He heard of) the taking of his father's life and the carrying off of his head, and of his mother's death coming solely from that death of his;

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BndP 2 46.3

विललाप महाबाहुर्दुःखशोकसमन्वितः । तमथाश्वासयामास तुल्यदुःखो ऽकृतव्रणः

vilalāpa mahābāhurduḥkhaśokasamanvitaḥ / tamathāśvāsayāmāsa tulyaduḥkho 'kṛtavraṇaḥ

the mighty-armed one lamented, filled with pain and grief; then Akṛtavraṇa, whose sorrow was equal (to his), consoled him.

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BndP 2 46.4

हेतुभिः शास्त्रनिर्दिष्टैर् वीर्यसामर्थ्यसूचकैः । युक्तिलौकिकदृष्टान्तैस्तच्छोकं संव्यशामयत्

hetubhiḥ śāstranirdiṣṭair vīryasāmarthyasūcakaiḥ / yuktilaukikadṛṣṭāntaistacchokaṃ saṃvyaśāmayat

With reasons laid down in the treatises, which pointed to (his) valour and capacity, and with arguments and worldly examples, he quieted that grief.

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BndP 2 46.5

सांत्वितस्तेन मैधावी धृतिमालंब्य भार्गवः । प्रययौ सहितः सख्या भ्रातॄणां तु दिदृक्षया

sāṃtvitastena maidhāvī dhṛtimālaṃbya bhārgavaḥ / prayayau sahitaḥ sakhyā bhrātṝṇāṃ tu didṛkṣayā

Comforted by him, the wise Bhārgava, taking hold of resolve, set out together with his friend out of a wish to see his brothers.

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BndP 2 46.6

स तान्दृष्ट्वाभिवाद्यैतान्दुःखितान्दुःखकर्शितः । शोकामषयुतस्तैश्च सह त्स्थौ दिनत्रयम्

sa tāndṛṣṭvābhivādyaitānduḥkhitānduḥkhakarśitaḥ / śokāmaṣayutastaiśca saha tsthau dinatrayam

Seeing them and greeting them — they grieving, and he himself wasted with grief — filled with sorrow and indignation he stayed together with them for three days.

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BndP 2 46.7

ततो ऽस्य सुमाहान्क्रोधः स्मरतो निधनं पितुः । बभूव सहसा सर्वलोकसंहरणक्षमः

tato 'sya sumāhānkrodhaḥ smarato nidhanaṃ pituḥ / babhūva sahasā sarvalokasaṃharaṇakṣamaḥ

Then, as he recalled the slaying of his father, a very great wrath arose in him all at once, capable of destroying every world.

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BndP 2 46.8

मातुरर्थे कृतां पूर्वं प्रतिज्ञां सत्यसंगरः । दृढीचकार हृदये सर्वक्षत्रवधोद्यतः

māturarthe kṛtāṃ pūrvaṃ pratijñāṃ satyasaṃgaraḥ / dṛḍhīcakāra hṛdaye sarvakṣatravadhodyataḥ

He of true resolve made firm in his heart the vow he had earlier made for his mother's sake, being set upon the killing of all the kṣatriyas.

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BndP 2 46.9

क्षत्रवंश्यानशेषेण हत्वा तद्देहलोहितैः । करिष्ये तर्पणं पित्रोरिति निश्चित्य भार्गवः

kṣatravaṃśyānaśeṣeṇa hatvā taddehalohitaiḥ / kariṣye tarpaṇaṃ pitroriti niścitya bhārgavaḥ

"Having slain the men of kṣatriya lineage without remainder, with the blood of their bodies I shall make the water-offering to my parents" — so the Bhārgava determined.

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BndP 2 46.10

भ्रातॄणां चैव सर्वेषामाख्यायात्मसमीहितम् । प्रययौ तदनुज्ञातः कृत्वा संस्थांपितुः क्रियाम्

bhrātṝṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāmākhyāyātmasamīhitam / prayayau tadanujñātaḥ kṛtvā saṃsthāṃpituḥ kriyām

And having declared his own intention to all his brothers, permitted by them, he set out, after performing the funeral rites of his father.

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BndP 2 46.11

अकृतव्रणसंयुक्तः प्राप्य माहिष्मतीं ततः । तद्बाह्योपवने स्थित्वा सस्मार स महोदरम्

akṛtavraṇasaṃyuktaḥ prāpya māhiṣmatīṃ tataḥ / tadbāhyopavane sthitvā sasmāra sa mahodaram

Accompanied by Akṛtavraṇa, having then reached Māhiṣmatī and halted in the grove outside it, he called Mahodara to mind.

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BndP 2 46.12

स तस्मै रथचापाद्यं सहसाश्वसमन्वितम् । प्रेषयामास रामाय सर्वसंहननानि च

sa tasmai rathacāpādyaṃ sahasāśvasamanvitam / preṣayāmāsa rāmāya sarvasaṃhananāni ca

He sent to Rāma a chariot, bow and the rest, together with a thousand horses, and all the armour and weapons.

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BndP 2 46.13

रामो ऽपि रथमारुह्य सन्नद्धः सशरं धनुः । गृहीत्वापूरयच्छङ्खं रुद्रदत्तममित्रजित्

rāmo 'pi rathamāruhya sannaddhaḥ saśaraṃ dhanuḥ / gṛhītvāpūrayacchaṅkhaṃ rudradattamamitrajit

And Rāma, mounting the chariot, armoured, taking up his bow with arrow, blew the conch given by Rudra, he the conqueror of foes.

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BndP 2 46.14

ज्याघोषं च चकारोच्चै रोदसी कंपयन्निव । सहसाहोथ सारथ्यं चक्रे सारथिनां वरः

jyāghoṣaṃ ca cakāroccai rodasī kaṃpayanniva / sahasāhotha sārathyaṃ cakre sārathināṃ varaḥ

And he made a loud twang of the bowstring, as though shaking heaven and earth; then at once the best of charioteers took up the charioteer's task.

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BndP 2 46.15

रथज्याशङ्खनादैस्तु वधात्पित्रोरमर्षिणः । तस्याभून्नगरी सर्वा संक्षुब्धाश्च नरद्विपाः

rathajyāśaṅkhanādaistu vadhātpitroramarṣiṇaḥ / tasyābhūnnagarī sarvā saṃkṣubdhāśca naradvipāḥ

By the sounds of the chariot, the bowstring and the conch of him who was enraged at the killing of his parents, that whole city was thrown into turmoil, and its men and elephants too.

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BndP 2 46.16

रामं त्वागतमाज्ञाय सर्वक्षत्रकुलान्तकम् । संक्षुब्धाश्चक्रुरुद्योगं संग्रामाय नृपात्मजाः

rāmaṃ tvāgatamājñāya sarvakṣatrakulāntakam / saṃkṣubdhāścakrurudyogaṃ saṃgrāmāya nṛpātmajāḥ

But learning that Rāma, the ender of all kṣatriya families, had come, the king's sons, in turmoil, made ready for battle.

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BndP 2 46.17

अथ पञ्चरथाः शुराः शूरसेनादयो नृप । रामेण योद्धुं सहिता राजभिश्च क्रुरुद्यमम्

atha pañcarathāḥ śurāḥ śūrasenādayo nṛpa / rāmeṇa yoddhuṃ sahitā rājabhiśca krurudyamam

Then, O king, five valiant chariot-warriors, Śūrasena and the rest, together with (other) kings made their effort to fight with Rāma.

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BndP 2 46.18

चतुरङ्गवलोपेतास्ततस्ते क्षत्रियर्षभाः । राममासादयामासुः पतङ्गा इव पावकम्

caturaṅgavalopetāstataste kṣatriyarṣabhāḥ / rāmamāsādayāmāsuḥ pataṅgā iva pāvakam

Then those bulls among kṣatriyas, furnished with an army of four divisions, came upon Rāma as moths upon a fire.

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BndP 2 46.19

निवार्य तानापततो रथेनैकेन भार्गवः । युयुधे पार्थिवैः सर्वैः समरे ऽमितविक्रमः

nivārya tānāpatato rathenaikena bhārgavaḥ / yuyudhe pārthivaiḥ sarvaiḥ samare 'mitavikramaḥ

Checking them as they rushed on, the Bhārgava of measureless valour fought in battle with a single chariot against all those princes.

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BndP 2 46.20

ततः पुनरभूद्युद्धं रामस्य सह राजभिः । जघान यत्र संक्रुद्धो राज्ञां शतमुदारधीः

tataḥ punarabhūdyuddhaṃ rāmasya saha rājabhiḥ / jaghāna yatra saṃkruddho rājñāṃ śatamudāradhīḥ

Then again there was a battle of Rāma with the kings, in which the noble-minded one, greatly enraged, slew a hundred kings.

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BndP 2 46.21

ततः स शूरसेनादीन्हत्वा सबलवाहनान् । त्रणेन पातयामास क्षितौ क्षत्रियमण्डलम्

tataḥ sa śūrasenādīnhatvā sabalavāhanān / traṇena pātayāmāsa kṣitau kṣatriyamaṇḍalam

Then, having slain Śūrasena and the others together with their forces and mounts, he felled the circle of kṣatriyas to the ground in an instant.

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BndP 2 46.22

ततस्ते भग्नसंकल्पा हतस्वबलवाहनाः । हतशिष्टा नृपतयो दुद्रुवुः सर्वतोदिशम्

tataste bhagnasaṃkalpā hatasvabalavāhanāḥ / hataśiṣṭā nṛpatayo dudruvuḥ sarvatodiśam

Then those kings, their purpose broken, their own forces and mounts slain, the survivors of the slaughter, fled in every direction.

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BndP 2 46.23

एवं विद्राव्य सैन्यानि हत्वा जित्वाथ संयुगे । जघान शतशो राज्ञः शूराञ्छरवराग्निना

evaṃ vidrāvya sainyāni hatvā jitvātha saṃyuge / jaghāna śataśo rājñaḥ śūrāñcharavarāgninā

Thus having routed the armies, and having slain and conquered in battle, he killed valiant kings by the hundreds with the fire of his choice arrows.

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BndP 2 46.24

ततः क्रोधपरीतात्मा दग्धुकामो ऽखिलां पुरीम् । उदैरयद्भार्गवो ऽस्त्रं कालाग्निसदृशप्रभम्

tataḥ krodhaparītātmā dagdhukāmo 'khilāṃ purīm / udairayadbhārgavo 'straṃ kālāgnisadṛśaprabham

Then, his mind seized by anger, wishing to burn the entire city, the Bhārgava sent forth a weapon whose brilliance was like the fire of time.

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BndP 2 46.25

ज्वालाकवलिताशेषपुरप्राकारमालिनीम् । पुरीं सहस्त्यश्वनरां स ददाहास्त्रपावकः

jvālākavalitāśeṣapuraprākāramālinīm / purīṃ sahastyaśvanarāṃ sa dadāhāstrapāvakaḥ

That fire of the weapon burned the city — garlanded with all its ramparts engulfed in flames — together with its elephants, horses and men.

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BndP 2 46.26

दह्यमानां पुरीं दृष्ट्वा प्राणत्राणपरायणः । जीवनाय जगामाशु वीतिहोत्रो भयातुरः

dahyamānāṃ purīṃ dṛṣṭvā prāṇatrāṇaparāyaṇaḥ / jīvanāya jagāmāśu vītihotro bhayāturaḥ

Seeing the city burning, intent only on saving his life, Vītihotra, sick with fear, swiftly fled to stay alive.

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BndP 2 46.27

अस्त्राग्निना पुरीं सर्वां दग्ध्वा हत्वा च शात्रवान् । प्राशयानो ऽखिलान् लोकान् साक्षात्काल इवान्तकः

astrāgninā purīṃ sarvāṃ dagdhvā hatvā ca śātravān / prāśayāno 'khilān lokān sākṣātkāla ivāntakaḥ

Having burned the whole city with the weapon-fire and slain the foes, devouring all the worlds like Death the Ender in visible form —

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BndP 2 46.28

अकृतव्रणसंयुक्तः सहसाहेन चान्वितः । जगामरथघोषेण कंपयन्निव मेदिनीम्

akṛtavraṇasaṃyuktaḥ sahasāhena cānvitaḥ / jagāmarathaghoṣeṇa kaṃpayanniva medinīm

— accompanied by Akṛtavraṇa and joined by Sahasāha, he went on, making the earth quake, as it were, with the din of his chariot.

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BndP 2 46.29

विनिघ्नन् क्षत्रियान्सर्वान् संशाम्य पृथिवीतले । महेन्द्राद्रिं ययौ रामस्तपसे धतमानसः

vinighnan kṣatriyānsarvān saṃśāmya pṛthivītale / mahendrādriṃ yayau rāmastapase dhatamānasaḥ

Striking down all the kṣatriyas and subduing (them) upon the face of the earth, Rāma went to Mount Mahendra, his mind set on austerity.

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BndP 2 46.30

तस्मिन्नष्टचतुष्कं च यावत्क्षत्रसमुद्गमम् । प्रत्येत्य भूयस्तद्धत्यै बद्धदीक्षो धृतव्रतः

tasminnaṣṭacatuṣkaṃ ca yāvatkṣatrasamudgamam / pratyetya bhūyastaddhatyai baddhadīkṣo dhṛtavrataḥ

And there (he stayed) for thirty-two (years), as long as (it took for) the kṣatra to spring up again; then, returning once more to slay it, he took his consecration and held to his vow.

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BndP 2 46.31

क्षत्रक्षेत्रेषु भूयश्च क्षत्रमुत्पादितं द्विजैः । निजघान पुनर्भूमौ राज्ञ शतसहस्रशः

kṣatrakṣetreṣu bhūyaśca kṣatramutpāditaṃ dvijaiḥ / nijaghāna punarbhūmau rājña śatasahasraśaḥ

And when the kṣatra was once again begotten by brahmins in the fields (wives) of the kṣatriyas, he again slew kings on the earth by hundreds and thousands.

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BndP 2 46.32

वर्षद्वयेन भूयो ऽपि कृत्वा निःक्षत्रियां महीम् । षट्चतुष्टयवर्षान्तं तपस्तेपे पुनश्च सः

varṣadvayena bhūyo 'pi kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ mahīm / ṣaṭcatuṣṭayavarṣāntaṃ tapastepe punaśca saḥ

Having in two years once again made the earth free of kṣatriyas, he again practised austerity for twenty-four years.

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BndP 2 46.33

भूयो ऽपि राजन् संबुद्धं क्षत्रमुत्पादितं द्विजैः । जघान भूमौ निःशेषं साक्षात्काल इवान्तकः

bhūyo 'pi rājan saṃbuddhaṃ kṣatramutpāditaṃ dvijaiḥ / jaghāna bhūmau niḥśeṣaṃ sākṣātkāla ivāntakaḥ

Once again, O king, the kṣatra, grown to full strength and begotten by brahmins, he slew on the earth without remnant, like Death the Ender in visible form.

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BndP 2 46.34

कालेन तावता भूयः समुत्पन्नं नृपात्त्वयम् । निघ्नंश्चचार पृथिवीं वर्षद्वयमनारतम्

kālena tāvatā bhūyaḥ samutpannaṃ nṛpāttvayam / nighnaṃścacāra pṛthivīṃ varṣadvayamanāratam

After just that much time it sprang up again from the kings; slaying it, he ranged over the earth for two years without pause.

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BndP 2 46.35

अलं रामेण राजेन्द्र स्मरता निधनं पितुः । त्रिः सप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी तेन निःक्षत्रिया कृता

alaṃ rāmeṇa rājendra smaratā nidhanaṃ pituḥ / triḥ saptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī tena niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā

Enough of Rāma, O lord of kings, who kept remembering his father's slaying: by him the earth was made free of kṣatriyas thrice seven times.

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