Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 47
BndP 2 47.1
त्रिःसप्तकृत्वस्तन्माता यदुरः स्वमताडयत् । तावद्रामेण तस्मात्तु क्षत्रमुत्सादितं भुवि ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४६।३६ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे भार्गवचरिते षट्चत्वारिंशत्त मो ऽध्यायः ॥ ४६॥ वसिष्ठ उवाच ततो मूर्द्धाभिषिक्तानां राज्ञाममिततेजसाम् । षट्सहस्रद्वयं रामो जीवग्राहं गृहीतवान्
triḥsaptakṛtvastanmātā yaduraḥ svamatāḍayat / tāvadrāmeṇa tasmāttu kṣatramutsāditaṃ bhuvi // bndp_2,46.36 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde bhārgavacarite ṣaṭcatvāriṃśatta mo 'dhyāyaḥ // 46// vasiṣṭha uvāca tato mūrddhābhiṣiktānāṃ rājñāmamitatejasām / ṣaṭsahasradvayaṃ rāmo jīvagrāhaṃ gṛhītavān
Thrice seven times did his mother beat her own breast, and just that many times was the kṣatra rooted out from the earth by Rāma. Thus the forty-sixth chapter, the deeds of the Bhārgava, in the third Upoddhāta section of the middle part of the great Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa spoken by Vāyu. Vasiṣṭha said: Then Rāma took captive alive twelve thousand crowned kings of measureless splendour.
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BndP 2 47.2
ततो राजसहस्राणि गृहीत्वा मुनिभिः सह । स जगाम महातेजाः कुरुक्षेत्रं तपोमयम्
tato rājasahasrāṇi gṛhītvā munibhiḥ saha / sa jagāma mahātejāḥ kurukṣetraṃ tapomayam
Then, taking the thousands of kings with him, together with the sages, he of great splendour went to Kurukṣetra, the place made of austerity.
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BndP 2 47.3
सरसां पञ्चकं तत्र खानयित्वा भृगुद्वहः । सुखावगाहतीर्थानि तानि चक्रे समन्ततः
sarasāṃ pañcakaṃ tatra khānayitvā bhṛgudvahaḥ / sukhāvagāhatīrthāni tāni cakre samantataḥ
There the upholder of the Bhṛgus had five lakes dug, and made them into bathing-places easy to enter on every side.
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BndP 2 47.4
जघान तत्र वै राज्ञः शरीरप्रभवामृजा । सरांसि तानि वै पञ्च पूरयामास भार्गवः
jaghāna tatra vai rājñaḥ śarīraprabhavāmṛjā / sarāṃsi tāni vai pañca pūrayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ
There indeed he slew the kings, and with the blood arising from their bodies the Bhārgava filled up those five lakes.
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BndP 2 47.5
स्नात्वा तेषु यथान्यायं जामदग्नयः प्रतापवान् । पितॄन्संतर्पयामास यथाशास्त्रमतन्द्रितः
snātvā teṣu yathānyāyaṃ jāmadagnayaḥ pratāpavān / pitṝnsaṃtarpayāmāsa yathāśāstramatandritaḥ
Having bathed in them in the prescribed manner, the mighty son of Jamadagni, tireless, gratified the ancestors according to the scriptures.
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BndP 2 47.6
पितुः प्रेतस्य राजेन्द्र श्राद्धादिकमशेषतः । ब्राह्मणैः सह मातुश्च तत्र चक्रे यथोदितम्
pituḥ pretasya rājendra śrāddhādikamaśeṣataḥ / brāhmaṇaiḥ saha mātuśca tatra cakre yathoditam
For his dead father, O lord of kings, and for his mother, he performed there in full, together with brahmins, the śrāddha and the rest as enjoined.
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BndP 2 47.7
एवं तीर्णप्रतीकः स कुरुक्षेत्रे तपोमये । उवासातन्द्रितः सम्यक् पितृपूजापरायणः
evaṃ tīrṇapratīkaḥ sa kurukṣetre tapomaye / uvāsātandritaḥ samyak pitṛpūjāparāyaṇaḥ
Thus, having crossed over (his debt), he dwelt in Kurukṣetra, the place made of austerity, unwearied and wholly devoted to the worship of the ancestors.
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BndP 2 47.8
ततः प्रभृत्यभूद्राजंस्तीर्थानामुत्तमोत्तमम् । विहितं जामदग्न्येन कुरुक्षेत्रे तपोवने
tataḥ prabhṛtyabhūdrājaṃstīrthānāmuttamottamam / vihitaṃ jāmadagnyena kurukṣetre tapovane
From that time onward, O king, there came to be the highest of all sacred fords, established by the son of Jamadagni in Kurukṣetra, the grove of austerity.
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BndP 2 47.9
सस्यमं तपञ्चकमिति स्थानं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम् । यत्र यक्रे भृगुश्रेष्ठः पितॄणां तृप्तिमक्षयाम्
sasyamaṃ tapañcakamiti sthānaṃ trailokyaviśrutam / yatra yakre bhṛguśreṣṭhaḥ pitṝṇāṃ tṛptimakṣayām
The place known throughout the three worlds as Samantapañcaka, where the best of the Bhṛgus brought about imperishable satisfaction for the ancestors;
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BndP 2 47.10
स्नानदानतपोहोमद्विजभोजनतर्पणैः । भृशमाप्यायितास्तेन यत्र ते पितरो ऽखिलाः
snānadānatapohomadvijabhojanatarpaṇaiḥ / bhṛśamāpyāyitāstena yatra te pitaro 'khilāḥ
where all those ancestors were abundantly refreshed by him with bathings, gifts, austerities, oblations, feeding of brahmins, and libations —
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BndP 2 47.11
अवापुरक्षयां तृप्तिं पितृलोकं च शाश्वतम् । समन्तपञ्चकं नाम तीर्थं लोके परिश्रुतम्
avāpurakṣayāṃ tṛptiṃ pitṛlokaṃ ca śāśvatam / samantapañcakaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ loke pariśrutam
(They) obtained imperishable satisfaction and the eternal world of the fathers. The tīrtha called Samantapañcaka, renowned in the world,
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BndP 2 47.12
सर्वपापक्षयकरं महापुण्योपबृंहितम् । मर्त्यानां यत्र यातानामेनांसि निखिलानि तु
sarvapāpakṣayakaraṃ mahāpuṇyopabṛṃhitam / martyānāṃ yatra yātānāmenāṃsi nikhilāni tu
which destroys all sin and is swollen with great merit — there, for mortals who have gone (to it), all their offences
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BndP 2 47.13
दूरादेवापयास्यन्ति प्रवाते शुष्कपर्णवत् । तत्क्षेत्रचर्यागमनं मर्त्यानामसतामिह
dūrādevāpayāsyanti pravāte śuṣkaparṇavat / tatkṣetracaryāgamanaṃ martyānāmasatāmiha
depart far away, like dry leaves in a gale. But going to sojourn in that holy field, for evil mortals here
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BndP 2 47.14
न लभ्यते महाराज जातु जन्मशतैरपि । समन्तपञ्चकं तीर्थं कुरुक्षेत्रे ऽतिपावनम्
na labhyate mahārāja jātu janmaśatairapi / samantapañcakaṃ tīrthaṃ kurukṣetre 'tipāvanam
is never obtained, O great king, even in a hundred births — (that) tīrtha Samantapañcaka in Kurukṣetra, supremely purifying,
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BndP 2 47.15
यत्र स्नातः सर्वतीर्थैः स्नातो भवति मानवः । कृतकृत्यस्ततो रामः सम्यक् पूर्णमनोरथः
yatra snātaḥ sarvatīrthaiḥ snāto bhavati mānavaḥ / kṛtakṛtyastato rāmaḥ samyak pūrṇamanorathaḥ
bathed in which a man becomes (as if) bathed in all tīrthas. Then Rāma, having accomplished his task, his wish fully fulfilled,
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BndP 2 47.16
उवास तत्र नियतः कञ्चित्कालं महामतिः । ततः संवत्सरस्यान्ते ब्राह्मणैः सहितो वशी
uvāsa tatra niyataḥ kañcitkālaṃ mahāmatiḥ / tataḥ saṃvatsarasyānte brāhmaṇaiḥ sahito vaśī
dwelt there under restraint for some time, the great-minded one; then, at the year's end, the self-controlled one, together with brahmins,
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BndP 2 47.17
पितृपिण्डप्रदानाय जामदग्न्यो ऽगमद्गयाम् । ततो गत्वा ततः श्राद्धे यथाशास्त्रमरिन्दमः
pitṛpiṇḍapradānāya jāmadagnyo 'gamadgayām / tato gatvā tataḥ śrāddhe yathāśāstramarindamaḥ
the son of Jamadagni went to Gayā to offer the rice-balls to the fathers. Having gone there, then in the śrāddha, according to the scriptures, the subduer of foes
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BndP 2 47.18
ब्राह्मणांस्तर्पयामास पितॄनुद्दिश्य सत्कृतान् । शैवं तत्र परं स्थानं चन्द्रपादमिति स्मृतम्
brāhmaṇāṃstarpayāmāsa pitṝnuddiśya satkṛtān / śaivaṃ tatra paraṃ sthānaṃ candrapādamiti smṛtam
satisfied the brahmins, honouring them, with the fathers as their object. There is a supreme Śaiva site there, known as Candrapāda.
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BndP 2 47.19
पितृतृप्तिकरं क्षेत्रं तादृग्लोके न विद्यते । यत्रार्चिताः स्वकुलजैर्यथाशक्ति मनागपि
pitṛtṛptikaraṃ kṣetraṃ tādṛgloke na vidyate / yatrārcitāḥ svakulajairyathāśakti manāgapi
No such field that brings satisfaction to the fathers exists in the world, where, when honoured by those born in their own line even slightly, as far as they are able,
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BndP 2 47.20
पितरः पिण्डदानाद्यैः प्राप्स्यन्ति गतिमक्षयाम् । पितॄनुद्दिश्य तत्रासौ तर्प्पितेषु द्विजातिषु
pitaraḥ piṇḍadānādyaiḥ prāpsyanti gatimakṣayām / pitṝnuddiśya tatrāsau tarppiteṣu dvijātiṣu
the fathers, by the giving of rice-balls and the rest, will attain an imperishable course. There, with the fathers as his object, when he had satisfied the twice-born,
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BndP 2 47.21
ददौ च विधिवत्पिण्डं पितृभक्तिसमन्वितः । ततस्तत्पितरः सर्वे पितृलोकादुपागताः
dadau ca vidhivatpiṇḍaṃ pitṛbhaktisamanvitaḥ / tatastatpitaraḥ sarve pitṛlokādupāgatāḥ
he also gave the rice-ball according to rule, filled with devotion to the fathers; then all those fathers of his, come from the world of the fathers,
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BndP 2 47.22
जगृहुस्तत्कृतां पूजां जमदग्निपुरोगमाः । अथ संप्रीतमनसः समेत्य भृगुनन्दनम्
jagṛhustatkṛtāṃ pūjāṃ jamadagnipurogamāḥ / atha saṃprītamanasaḥ sametya bhṛgunandanam
received the worship performed by him, with Jamadagni at their head. Then, with delighted minds, having met the son of Bhṛgu,
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BndP 2 47.23
ऊचुस्तत्पितरः सर्वे ऽदृश्या भूत्वान्तरिक्षगाः । पितर ऊचुः महत्कर्म कृतं वीर भवतान्यैः सुदुष्करम्
ūcustatpitaraḥ sarve 'dṛśyā bhūtvāntarikṣagāḥ / pitara ūcuḥ mahatkarma kṛtaṃ vīra bhavatānyaiḥ suduṣkaram
all those fathers of his spoke, having become invisible and moving in the air. The fathers said: A great deed has been done by you, hero, one most difficult for others.
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BndP 2 47.24
अस्मानपि यथान्यायं सम्यक् तर्पितवानसि । अस्माकमक्षयां प्रीतिं तथापि त्वं न यच्छसि
asmānapi yathānyāyaṃ samyak tarpitavānasi / asmākamakṣayāṃ prītiṃ tathāpi tvaṃ na yacchasi
You have also satisfied us properly, as is right. Even so, you do not grant us imperishable joy.
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BndP 2 47.25
क्षत्रहत्यां हि कृत्वा तु कृतकर्माभवद्यतः । क्षेत्रस्यास्य प्रभावेण भक्त्या च तव दर्शनम्
kṣatrahatyāṃ hi kṛtvā tu kṛtakarmābhavadyataḥ / kṣetrasyāsya prabhāveṇa bhaktyā ca tava darśanam
For having done the slaying of the kṣatriyas, he became one whose deed was (already) done; by the power of this field and by devotion, the sight of you
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BndP 2 47.26
प्राप्ताःस्म पूजिताः किं तु नाक्षय्यफलभागिनः । त्समात्त्वं वीरहत्यादिपापप्रशमनाय हि
prāptāḥsma pūjitāḥ kiṃ tu nākṣayyaphalabhāginaḥ / tsamāttvaṃ vīrahatyādipāpapraśamanāya hi
we have obtained, and we are honoured — yet we do not share in imperishable fruit. Therefore, for the quieting of the sin of hero-slaying and the rest,
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BndP 2 47.27
प्रायश्चित्तं यथान्यायं कुरु धर्मं च शाश्वतम् । वधाच्च विनिवर्तस्व क्षत्रियाणामतः परम्
prāyaścittaṃ yathānyāyaṃ kuru dharmaṃ ca śāśvatam / vadhācca vinivartasva kṣatriyāṇāmataḥ param
perform expiation as is right, and the eternal duty; and from now on turn back from the killing of kṣatriyas.
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BndP 2 47.28
पितुर्न्न ते ऽपराध्यन्ते न स्वतन्त्रं यतो जगत् । तन्निमित्तं तु मरणं पितुस्ते विहितं पुरा
piturnna te 'parādhyante na svatantraṃ yato jagat / tannimittaṃ tu maraṇaṃ pituste vihitaṃ purā
They do not offend against your father, since the world is not its own master; rather, your father's death was ordained long ago on that account.
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BndP 2 47.29
हन्तुं कं कः समर्थः स्याल्लोके रक्षितुमेव वा । निमित्तमात्रमेवेह सर्वः सर्वस्य चैतयोः
hantuṃ kaṃ kaḥ samarthaḥ syālloke rakṣitumeva vā / nimittamātrameveha sarvaḥ sarvasya caitayoḥ
Who in the world would be able to kill whom, or indeed to protect? Here everyone is a mere instrumental cause for everyone, in both these (killing and protecting).
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BndP 2 47.30
ध्रुवं कर्मानुरूपं ते चेष्टन्ते सर्व एव हि । कालानुवृत्तं बलवान्नृलोको नात्र संशयः
dhruvaṃ karmānurūpaṃ te ceṣṭante sarva eva hi / kālānuvṛttaṃ balavānnṛloko nātra saṃśayaḥ
Assuredly they all act in conformity with (their) karma; the world of men, following upon time, is powerful — there is no doubt here.
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BndP 2 47.31
बाधितुं भुवि भूतानि भूतानां न विधिं विना । शक्यते वत्स सर्वो ऽपि यतः शक्त्या स्वकर्मकृत्
bādhituṃ bhuvi bhūtāni bhūtānāṃ na vidhiṃ vinā / śakyate vatsa sarvo 'pi yataḥ śaktyā svakarmakṛt
It is not possible, my child, to afflict beings on earth without the ordinance (governing) beings, since everyone alike is a doer of his own deeds according to his power.
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BndP 2 47.32
क्षत्रं प्रति ततो रोषं विमुच्यास्मत्प्रियेप्सया । शममा प्नुहि भद्रं ते स ह्यस्माकं परं बलम्
kṣatraṃ prati tato roṣaṃ vimucyāsmatpriyepsayā / śamamā pnuhi bhadraṃ te sa hyasmākaṃ paraṃ balam
Therefore, releasing your anger against the kṣatriyas out of a wish to please us, attain peace — blessings on you — for that (peace) is our supreme strength.
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BndP 2 47.33
वसिष्ठ उवाच इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधुः सर्वे पितरो भृगुनन्दनम् । स चापि तद्वचः सर्वं प्रतिजग्राह सादरम्
vasiṣṭha uvāca ityuktvāntardadhuḥ sarve pitaro bhṛgunandanam / sa cāpi tadvacaḥ sarvaṃ pratijagrāha sādaram
Vasiṣṭha said: Having spoken thus to the delight of the Bhṛgus, all the ancestors vanished; and he too accepted all their words respectfully.
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BndP 2 47.34
अकृतव्रणसंयुक्तो मुदा परमया युतः । प्रययौ च तदा रामस्तस्मात्सिद्धवनाश्रमम्
akṛtavraṇasaṃyukto mudā paramayā yutaḥ / prayayau ca tadā rāmastasmātsiddhavanāśramam
And then Rāma, accompanied by Akṛtavraṇa and filled with the highest joy, went from there to the hermitage of Siddhavana.
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BndP 2 47.35
तस्मिन्स्थित्वा भृगुश्रेष्ठो ब्राह्मणैः सहितो नृप । तपसे धृतसंकल्पो बभूव स महामनाः
tasminsthitvā bhṛguśreṣṭho brāhmaṇaiḥ sahito nṛpa / tapase dhṛtasaṃkalpo babhūva sa mahāmanāḥ
Staying there, O king, that best of the Bhṛgus, together with the brahmins, became resolute in his purpose for austerity, he of great mind.
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BndP 2 47.36
सरथं सहसाहं च धनुःसंहननानि च । पुनरागमसंकेतं कृत्वा प्रास्थापयत्तदा
sarathaṃ sahasāhaṃ ca dhanuḥsaṃhananāni ca / punarāgamasaṃketaṃ kṛtvā prāsthāpayattadā
Then, having made an agreement about (his) coming back again, he sent off the chariot together with Sahasāha and the bow and armour.
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BndP 2 47.37
ततः स सर्वतीर्थेषु चक्रे स्नानमतन्द्रितः । परीत्यपृथिवीं सर्वां पितृदेवादिबूजकः
tataḥ sa sarvatīrtheṣu cakre snānamatandritaḥ / parītyapṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ pitṛdevādibūjakaḥ
Then, unwearied, he bathed at all the sacred fords, circling the whole earth, worshipping the ancestors, gods and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.38
एवं क्रमेण पृथिवीं त्रिवारं भुगुनन्दनः । परिचक्राम राजेन्द्र लोकवृत्तमनुव्रतः
evaṃ krameṇa pṛthivīṃ trivāraṃ bhugunandanaḥ / paricakrāma rājendra lokavṛttamanuvrataḥ
Thus in due order, O lord of kings, the son of Bhṛgu wandered around the earth three times, conforming to the custom of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.39
ततः स पर्वतश्रेष्ठं महेन्द्रं पुनरप्यथ । जगाम तपसे राजन्बाह्मणैरभिसंवृतः
tataḥ sa parvataśreṣṭhaṃ mahendraṃ punarapyatha / jagāma tapase rājanbāhmaṇairabhisaṃvṛtaḥ
Then again he went, O king, to Mahendra, best of mountains, for austerity, surrounded by brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.40
स तस्मिंश्चिररात्राय मुनि सिद्धनिषेविते । निवासमात्मनो राजन्कल्पयामास धर्मवित्
sa tasmiṃścirarātrāya muni siddhaniṣevite / nivāsamātmano rājankalpayāmāsa dharmavit
There, in (that place) frequented by sages and siddhas, that knower of dharma arranged a dwelling for himself for a long time, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.41
मुनयस्तं तपस्यन्तं सर्वक्षेत्रनिवासिनः । द्रष्टुकामाः समाजग्मुर्नियता ब्रह्मवादिनः
munayastaṃ tapasyantaṃ sarvakṣetranivāsinaḥ / draṣṭukāmāḥ samājagmurniyatā brahmavādinaḥ
Sages dwelling in all the holy regions, disciplined and speakers of brahman, came together wishing to see him as he performed austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.42
ददृशुस्ते मुनिगणास्तपस्यासक्तमानसम् । क्षात्रं कक्षमशेषेण दग्ध्वा शान्तमिवानलम्
dadṛśuste munigaṇāstapasyāsaktamānasam / kṣātraṃ kakṣamaśeṣeṇa dagdhvā śāntamivānalam
Those hosts of sages saw him with his mind fixed on austerity, like a fire grown quiet after burning up entirely the dry brushwood that was the kṣatriyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.43
अथ तानागतान्दृष्ट्वा मुनीन्दिव्यांस्तपोमयान् । अर्घ्यादिसमुदाचारैः पूजयामास भार्गवः
atha tānāgatāndṛṣṭvā munīndivyāṃstapomayān / arghyādisamudācāraiḥ pūjayāmāsa bhārgavaḥ
Then, seeing those sages arrived, divine and made of austerity, the Bhārgava honoured them with the water-offering and other courtesies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.44
कृतकौशलसंप्रश्नपूर्वकाः सुमहोदयाः । तेषां तस्य च संवृत्ताः कथाः पुण्या मनोहराः
kṛtakauśalasaṃpraśnapūrvakāḥ sumahodayāḥ / teṣāṃ tasya ca saṃvṛttāḥ kathāḥ puṇyā manoharāḥ
Holy and charming talk, of very great effect, arose between them and him, preceded by the exchange of inquiries after well-being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.45
ततस्तेषामनुमते मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् । हयमेधं महायज्ञमाहर्तुमुपचक्रमे
tatasteṣāmanumate munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām / hayamedhaṃ mahāyajñamāhartumupacakrame
Then, with the consent of those sages of perfected selves, he set about performing the horse sacrifice, the great rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.46
संभृत्य सर्वसंभारानौर्वाद्यैः सहितो नृप । विश्वामित्रभरद्वाजमार्कण्डेयादिभिस्तथा
saṃbhṛtya sarvasaṃbhārānaurvādyaiḥ sahito nṛpa / viśvāmitrabharadvājamārkaṇḍeyādibhistathā
Having assembled all the requisites, O king, together with Aurva and the others, and likewise with Viśvāmitra, Bharadvāja, Mārkaṇḍeya and the rest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.47
तेषा मनुमते कृत्वा काश्यपं गुरुमात्मनः । वाजिमेधं ततो राजन्नाजहार महाक्रतुम्
teṣā manumate kṛtvā kāśyapaṃ gurumātmanaḥ / vājimedhaṃ tato rājannājahāra mahākratum
— with their consent, having made Kāśyapa his own preceptor, he then, O king, performed the horse sacrifice, the great rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.48
तस्याभूत्काश्यपो ऽध्वर्युरुद्गाता गौतमो मुनिः । विश्वामित्रो ऽभवद्धोता रामस्य विदितात्मनः
tasyābhūtkāśyapo 'dhvaryurudgātā gautamo muniḥ / viśvāmitro 'bhavaddhotā rāmasya viditātmanaḥ
Kāśyapa was his adhvaryu, the sage Gautama the udgātā, and Viśvāmitra became the hotā of Rāma of known self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.49
ब्रह्मत्वमकरोत्तस्य मार्कण्डेयो महामुनिः । भरद्वाजाग्निवेश्याद्या वेद वेदाङ्गपारगाः
brahmatvamakarottasya mārkaṇḍeyo mahāmuniḥ / bharadvājāgniveśyādyā veda vedāṅgapāragāḥ
The great sage Mārkaṇḍeya performed for him the office of brahman; Bharadvāja, Āgniveśya and the others, masters of the Veda and the Vedic ancillaries —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.50
मुनयश्चक्रुरन्यानि कर्माण्यन्ये यथाक्रमम् । पुत्त्रैः शिष्यैः प्रशिष्यैश्च सहितो भगवान्भृगुः
munayaścakruranyāni karmāṇyanye yathākramam / puttraiḥ śiṣyaiḥ praśiṣyaiśca sahito bhagavānbhṛguḥ
— those sages, and others, performed the other rites in due order; and the lord Bhṛgu, together with his sons, pupils and pupils' pupils,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.51
सादस्यमकरोद्राजन्नन्यैश्च मुनिभिः सह । स तैः सहाखिलं कर्म समाप्य भृगुपुङ्गवः
sādasyamakarodrājannanyaiśca munibhiḥ saha / sa taiḥ sahākhilaṃ karma samāpya bhṛgupuṅgavaḥ
He acted as the assembly-priest, O king, together with the other sages; and having completed the whole rite along with them, that bull among the Bhṛgus
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.52
ब्रह्माणं पूजयामास यथावद्गुरुणा सह । अलङ्कृत्य यथान्याय कन्यां रूपवतीं महीम्
brahmāṇaṃ pūjayāmāsa yathāvadguruṇā saha / alaṅkṛtya yathānyāya kanyāṃ rūpavatīṃ mahīm
worshipped Brahmā duly, together with the (officiating) teacher, having adorned according to rule the beautiful maiden Earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.53
पुरग्रामशतोपेतां समुद्रांबरमालिनीम् । आहूय भृगुशार्दूलः सशैलवनकाननाम्
puragrāmaśatopetāṃ samudrāṃbaramālinīm / āhūya bhṛguśārdūlaḥ saśailavanakānanām
(who was) furnished with a hundred cities and villages, garlanded by the ocean as her garment — the tiger among the Bhṛgus, having summoned (her), (her) with her mountains, woods and forests,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.54
काश्यपाय ददौ सर्वामृते तं शैलमुत्तमम् । आत्मनः सन्निवासार्थं तं रामः पर्यकल्पयत्
kāśyapāya dadau sarvāmṛte taṃ śailamuttamam / ātmanaḥ sannivāsārthaṃ taṃ rāmaḥ paryakalpayat
gave her all to Kāśyapa; but that best of mountains Rāma reserved for his own dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.55
ततः प्रभृतिराजेन्द्र पूजयामास शास्त्रतः । हिरण्यरत्नवस्त्रश्वगोगजान्नादिभिस्तथा
tataḥ prabhṛtirājendra pūjayāmāsa śāstrataḥ / hiraṇyaratnavastraśvagogajānnādibhistathā
From then on, O lord of kings, he worshipped (him) according to the scriptures, with gold, jewels, garments, horses, cows, elephants, food and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.56
पुरा समाप्य यज्ञान्ते तथा चावभृथाप्लुतः । चक्रे द्रव्यपरित्यागं तेषामनुमते तदा
purā samāpya yajñānte tathā cāvabhṛthāplutaḥ / cakre dravyaparityāgaṃ teṣāmanumate tadā
Having first completed (the rite), at the end of the sacrifice, and having bathed in the concluding ablution, he then made a renunciation of (all his) goods, with their consent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.57
दत्त्वा च सर्वभूतानामभयं भृगुनन्दनः । तत्रापि पर्वतवरे तपश्चर्तुं समारभत्
dattvā ca sarvabhūtānāmabhayaṃ bhṛgunandanaḥ / tatrāpi parvatavare tapaścartuṃ samārabhat
And having granted safety to all beings, the son of Bhṛgu began to perform austerities there too, on that best of mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.58
ततस्तं समनुज्ञाय सदस्या ऋत्विजस्तथा । ययुर्यथागतं सर्वे मुनयः शंसितव्रताः
tatastaṃ samanujñāya sadasyā ṛtvijastathā / yayuryathāgataṃ sarve munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ
Then the assembly-members and the officiating priests, taking leave of him, all went as they had come — the sages of strict vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.59
गतेषु तेषु भगवानकृतव्रणसंयुतः । तपो महत्समास्थाय तत्रैव न्यवसत्सुखी
gateṣu teṣu bhagavānakṛtavraṇasaṃyutaḥ / tapo mahatsamāsthāya tatraiva nyavasatsukhī
When they had gone, the Lord (Rāma), accompanied by Akṛtavraṇa, undertook great austerity and dwelt right there in contentment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.60
काश्यपी तु ततो भूमिर्जननाथा ह्यनेकशः । सर्वदुःखप्रशान्त्यर्थं मारीचानुमतेन तु
kāśyapī tu tato bhūmirjananāthā hyanekaśaḥ / sarvaduḥkhapraśāntyarthaṃ mārīcānumatena tu
But then the Earth, daughter of Kaśyapa, mother of men, repeatedly, for the sake of the quelling of all suffering, with the consent of Marīci's son (Kaśyapa),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.61
तत्र दीपप्रतिष्ठाख्यव्रतं विष्णुमुखोदितम् । चचार धरणी सम्यक् दुखैर्ःमुक्ताभवच्च सा
tatra dīpapratiṣṭhākhyavrataṃ viṣṇumukhoditam / cacāra dharaṇī samyak dukhairḥmuktābhavacca sā
there duly performed the vow called the Establishing of Lamps, declared from Viṣṇu's own mouth; and she became freed from her sufferings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.62
इत्येष जामदग्न्यस्य प्रादुर्भाव उदाहृतः । यस्मिञ्श्रुते नरः सर्वपातकैर्विप्रमुच्यते
ityeṣa jāmadagnyasya prādurbhāva udāhṛtaḥ / yasmiñśrute naraḥ sarvapātakairvipramucyate
Thus this manifestation of the son of Jamadagni has been recounted, on hearing which a man is wholly freed from all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.63
प्रभावः कार्त्तवीर्यस्य लोके प्रथिततेजसः । प्रसंगात्कथितः सम्यङ्नातिसंक्षेपविस्तरः
prabhāvaḥ kārttavīryasya loke prathitatejasaḥ / prasaṃgātkathitaḥ samyaṅnātisaṃkṣepavistaraḥ
The might of Kārtavīrya, whose splendour was famed in the world, has been properly told in the course (of the tale), neither too briefly nor at too great length.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.64
एवंप्रभावः स नृपः कार्त्तवीर्यो ऽभवद्भुवि । न तादृशः पुमात्कश्चिद्भावी भूताथवा श्रुतः
evaṃprabhāvaḥ sa nṛpaḥ kārttavīryo 'bhavadbhuvi / na tādṛśaḥ pumātkaścidbhāvī bhūtāthavā śrutaḥ
Of such might was that king Kārtavīrya on earth; no such man has been heard of as yet to be or as having been.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.65
दत्तात्रेयाद्वरं वव्रे मृतिमुत्तमपूरुषात् । यत्पुरा सो ऽगमन्मुक्तिं रणे रामेण घातितः
dattātreyādvaraṃ vavre mṛtimuttamapūruṣāt / yatpurā so 'gamanmuktiṃ raṇe rāmeṇa ghātitaḥ
He chose from Dattātreya, the supreme Person, the boon of (such) a death — whereby he formerly attained release, slain in battle by Rāma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.66
तस्यासीत्पञ्चमः पुत्रः पख्यातो यो जयध्वजः । पुत्रस्तस्य महाबाहुस्तालजङ्घो ऽभवन्नृप
tasyāsītpañcamaḥ putraḥ pakhyāto yo jayadhvajaḥ / putrastasya mahābāhustālajaṅgho 'bhavannṛpa
His fifth son was the one renowned as Jayadhvaja; his son, O king, was the mighty-armed Tālajaṅgha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.67
अभूत्तस्यापि पुत्राणां शतमुत्तमधन्विनाम् । तालजङ्घाभिधा येषां वीतिहोत्रो ऽग्रजो ऽभवत्
abhūttasyāpi putrāṇāṃ śatamuttamadhanvinām / tālajaṅghābhidhā yeṣāṃ vītihotro 'grajo 'bhavat
He too had a hundred sons, excellent bowmen, who bore the name Tālajaṅghas; of these Vītihotra was the eldest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.68
पुत्रैः सवीतिहोत्राद्यैर्हैहयाद्यैश्च राजभिः । कालं महान्तमवसद्धिमाद्रिवानगह्वरे
putraiḥ savītihotrādyairhaihayādyaiśca rājabhiḥ / kālaṃ mahāntamavasaddhimādrivānagahvare
With his sons, Vītihotra and the rest, and with the kings, the Haihayas and the others, he dwelt a long time in the forest-thickets of the Himālaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.69
यः पूर्वं राम बाणेन द्रवन्पृष्ठे ऽभिताडितः । तालजङ्घो ऽपतद्भूमौ मूर्छितो गाढवेदनः
yaḥ pūrvaṃ rāma bāṇena dravanpṛṣṭhe 'bhitāḍitaḥ / tālajaṅgho 'patadbhūmau mūrchito gāḍhavedanaḥ
He who formerly, as he fled, was struck on the back by Rāma's arrow — Tālajaṅgha — fell to the ground unconscious, in intense pain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.70
ददर्श वीतिहोत्रस्तं द्रवन्दैववशादिव । रथमारोप्य वेगेन पलायनपरो ऽभवत्
dadarśa vītihotrastaṃ dravandaivavaśādiva / rathamāropya vegena palāyanaparo 'bhavat
Vītihotra, fleeing as if by the force of fate, saw him; having lifted him swiftly onto his chariot, he gave himself to flight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.71
ते तत्र न्यवसन्सर्वे हिमाद्रौ भयपीडिताः । कृच्छ्रं महान्तमासाद्य शाकमूलफलाशनः
te tatra nyavasansarve himādrau bhayapīḍitāḥ / kṛcchraṃ mahāntamāsādya śākamūlaphalāśanaḥ
They all dwelt there on the Himālaya mountain, afflicted by fear, having met with great hardship, living on greens, roots and fruits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.72
ततः शान्तिं गते रामे तपस्यासक्तमानसे । जालजङ्घः स्वकं राज्यं सपुत्रः प्रत्यपद्यत
tataḥ śāntiṃ gate rāme tapasyāsaktamānase / jālajaṅghaḥ svakaṃ rājyaṃ saputraḥ pratyapadyata
Then, when Rāma had gone to peace, his mind fixed on ascetic practice, Jālajaṅgha together with his sons regained his own kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.73
सन्निवेश्य पुरीं भूयः पूर्ववन्नृपसत्तमः । वसंस्तदा निजं राज्यमापालयदरिन्दमः
sanniveśya purīṃ bhūyaḥ pūrvavannṛpasattamaḥ / vasaṃstadā nijaṃ rājyamāpālayadarindamaḥ
Having settled the city once again as before, that best of kings, subduer of foes, dwelling there, then protected his own kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.74
सुपुत्रः सानुगबलः पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन् । अभ्याययौ महाराज तालजङ्घः पुरं तव
suputraḥ sānugabalaḥ pūrvavairamanusmaran / abhyāyayau mahārāja tālajaṅghaḥ puraṃ tava
With his good sons and with his following army, remembering the former enmity, Tālajaṅgha marched against your city, O great king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.75
चतुरङ्गबलोपेतः कंपयन्निव मेदिनीम् । रुरोदाभ्येत्य नगरीमयोध्यां स महीपतिः
caturaṅgabalopetaḥ kaṃpayanniva medinīm / rurodābhyetya nagarīmayodhyāṃ sa mahīpatiḥ
Equipped with an army of four divisions, as if making the earth tremble, that lord of the earth came up and besieged the city of Ayodhyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.76
ततो निष्क्रम्य नगरात्फलगुतन्त्रो ऽपि ते पिता । युयुधे तैर्नृपैः सर्वैर्वृद्धो ऽपि तरुणो यथा
tato niṣkramya nagarātphalagutantro 'pi te pitā / yuyudhe tairnṛpaiḥ sarvairvṛddho 'pi taruṇo yathā
Then your father, coming out from the city, though [feeble?], fought with all those kings; though aged, (he fought) like a young man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 47.77
निहतानेकमातगतुरङ्गरथसैनिकः । शत्रुभिर्निर्जितो वृद्धः पलायनपरो ऽ भवत्
nihatānekamātagaturaṅgarathasainikaḥ / śatrubhirnirjito vṛddhaḥ palāyanaparo ' bhavat
Many of his elephants, horses, chariots and soldiers slain, the old man, defeated by the enemies, turned to flight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 47.78
त्यक्त्वा स नगरं राज्यं सकोशबलवाहनम् । अन्तर्वत्न्या च ते मात्रा सहितो वनमाविशत्
tyaktvā sa nagaraṃ rājyaṃ sakośabalavāhanam / antarvatnyā ca te mātrā sahito vanamāviśat
Abandoning that city and the kingdom, with its treasury, army and conveyances, together with your mother, who was pregnant, he entered the forest.
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BndP 2 47.79
तत्र चौर्वाश्रमोपान्ते निवसन्नचिरादिव । शोकामर्षसमाविष्टो वृद्धभावेन च स्वयम्
tatra caurvāśramopānte nivasannacirādiva / śokāmarṣasamāviṣṭo vṛddhabhāvena ca svayam
Dwelling there near Aurva's hermitage, before long, overcome by grief and indignation, and by old age itself,
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BndP 2 47.80
विलोक्यमानो मात्रा ते बाष्पगद्गदकण्ठया । अनाथ इव राजेन्द्र स्वर्गलोकमितो गतः
vilokyamāno mātrā te bāṣpagadgadakaṇṭhayā / anātha iva rājendra svargalokamito gataḥ
while being watched by your mother, her throat choked with tears, he went from here to the world of heaven, as though helpless, O lord of kings.
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BndP 2 47.81
ततस्ते जननी राजन्दुःखशोकसमन्विता । चितामारोपयद्भर्तू रुदती सा कलेवरम्
tataste jananī rājanduḥkhaśokasamanvitā / citāmāropayadbhartū rudatī sā kalevaram
Then your mother, O king, filled with sorrow and grief, weeping, placed her husband's body on the funeral pyre.
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BndP 2 47.82
अनशनादिदुःखेन भर्त्तुर्व्यसनकर्शिता । चकाराग्निप्रवेशाय सुदृढां मतिमात्मनः
anaśanādiduḥkhena bhartturvyasanakarśitā / cakārāgnipraveśāya sudṛḍhāṃ matimātmanaḥ
Wasted by the misfortune of her husband, through the suffering of fasting and the rest, she made up her own mind firmly to enter the fire.
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BndP 2 47.83
और्वस्तदखिलं श्रुत्वा स्वयमेव महामुनिः । निर्गत्य चाश्रमात्तां च वारयन्निदमब्रवीत्
aurvastadakhilaṃ śrutvā svayameva mahāmuniḥ / nirgatya cāśramāttāṃ ca vārayannidamabravīt
Aurva, the great sage, having heard all that, himself came out from the hermitage and, restraining her, said this:
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BndP 2 47.84
न मर्त्तव्यं त्वया राज्ञि सांप्रतं जठरे तव । पुत्रस्तिष्ठति सर्वेषां प्रवरश्चवर्त्तिनाम्
na marttavyaṃ tvayā rājñi sāṃprataṃ jaṭhare tava / putrastiṣṭhati sarveṣāṃ pravaraścavarttinām
"You must not die now, O queen; in your womb there abides a son who will be the foremost of all rulers."
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BndP 2 47.85
इति तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा माता तव मनस्विनी । विरराम मृतेस्तां तु मुनिः स्वाश्रममानयत् । ततः सा सर्वदुःखानि नियम्य त्वन्मुखांबुजम्
iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā mātā tava manasvinī / virarāma mṛtestāṃ tu muniḥ svāśramamānayat / tataḥ sā sarvaduḥkhāni niyamya tvanmukhāṃbujam
Hearing that speech of his, your high-minded mother desisted from death, and the sage led her to his own hermitage; then she, restraining all her sorrows, (longing to see) your lotus face,
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BndP 2 47.86
दिदृक्षुराश्रमोपान्ते तस्यैव न्यवसत्सुखम् । सुषाव च ततः काले सा त्वामौर्वाश्रमे तदा
didṛkṣurāśramopānte tasyaiva nyavasatsukham / suṣāva ca tataḥ kāle sā tvāmaurvāśrame tadā
desirous of seeing (it), dwelt happily close by that same hermitage; and then in due time she gave birth to you there in Aurva's hermitage.
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BndP 2 47.87
जातकर्मादिकं सर्वं भवतः सो ऽकरोन्मुनिः । और्वाश्रमे विवृद्धश्च भवांस्तेनानुकंपितः
jātakarmādikaṃ sarvaṃ bhavataḥ so 'karonmuniḥ / aurvāśrame vivṛddhaśca bhavāṃstenānukaṃpitaḥ
That sage performed all your birth-rites and the rest, and you grew up in Aurva's hermitage, cared for by him.
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BndP 2 47.88
त्वयैव विदितं सर्वमतः परमरिन्दम । एवं प्रभावो नृपतिः कार्त्तवीर्यो ऽभवद्भुवि
tvayaiva viditaṃ sarvamataḥ paramarindama / evaṃ prabhāvo nṛpatiḥ kārttavīryo 'bhavadbhuvi
All that comes after this is known to you yourself, O subduer of foes. Such was the power of King Kārtavīrya on earth,
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BndP 2 47.89
व्रतस्यास्य प्रभावेण सर्वलोकेषु विश्रुतः । यद्वंशजैर्जितो युद्धे पिता ते वनमादिशत्
vratasyāsya prabhāveṇa sarvalokeṣu viśrutaḥ / yadvaṃśajairjito yuddhe pitā te vanamādiśat
renowned in all the worlds by the power of this vow — by whose descendants your father, conquered in battle, made for the forest.
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BndP 2 47.90
तद्वृत्तान्तमशेषेण मया ते समुदीरितम् । एतच्च सर्वमाख्यातं व्रतानामुत्तमं तव
tadvṛttāntamaśeṣeṇa mayā te samudīritam / etacca sarvamākhyātaṃ vratānāmuttamaṃ tava
That whole account has been related by you in full by me; and all this, the best of vows, has been declared to you.
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BndP 2 47.91
समन्त्रतन्त्रं लोकेषु सर्वलोकफलप्रदम् । न ह्यस्य कर्त्तुर्नृपतेः पुरुषार्थचतुष्टये
samantratantraṃ lokeṣu sarvalokaphalapradam / na hyasya kartturnṛpateḥ puruṣārthacatuṣṭaye
(This vow,) together with its mantras and ritual procedure, bestows in the worlds the fruit of every world; for the king who performs it there is nothing, among the four aims of man,
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BndP 2 47.92
भवत्यभीप्सितं किञ्चिद्दर्ल्लभं भुवनत्रये । संक्षेपेण मयाख्यातं व्रतं हैहयभूभुजः । जामदग्न्यस्य च मुने किमन्यत्कथयामि ते
bhavatyabhīpsitaṃ kiñciddarllabhaṃ bhuvanatraye / saṃkṣepeṇa mayākhyātaṃ vrataṃ haihayabhūbhujaḥ / jāmadagnyasya ca mune kimanyatkathayāmi te
desired (by him) that is hard to obtain in the three worlds. In brief I have declared to you the vow of the Haihaya king and of the son of Jamadagni; what else, sage, shall I tell you?
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BndP 2 47.93
जैमिनिरुवाच ततः स सगरो राजा कृताञ्जलिपुटो मुनिम्
jaiminiruvāca tataḥ sa sagaro rājā kṛtāñjalipuṭo munim
Jaimini said: Then that king Sagara, with his palms joined, (addressed) the sage,
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BndP 2 47.94
उवाच भगवन्नेतत्कर्तुमिच्छाम्यहं व्रतम् । सम्यक्तमुपदेशेन तत्रानुज्ञां प्रयच्छ मे
uvāca bhagavannetatkartumicchāmyahaṃ vratam / samyaktamupadeśena tatrānujñāṃ prayaccha me
and said: "Blessed one, I wish to perform this vow; give me permission for it, along with proper instruction.
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BndP 2 47.95
कर्मणानेन विप्रर्षे कृतार्थो ऽस्मि न संशयः । इत्युक्तस्तेन राज्ञातु तथेत्युक्त्वा महामुनिः
karmaṇānena viprarṣe kṛtārtho 'smi na saṃśayaḥ / ityuktastena rājñātu tathetyuktvā mahāmuniḥ
By this rite, sage among brahmins, I shall have attained my end—there is no doubt." Being thus addressed by that king, the great sage said "So be it,"
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BndP 2 47.96
दीक्षयामास राजानं शस्त्रोक्तेनैव वर्त्मना । स दीक्षितो वसिष्ठेन सगरो राजसत्तमः
dīkṣayāmāsa rājānaṃ śastroktenaiva vartmanā / sa dīkṣito vasiṣṭhena sagaro rājasattamaḥ
and consecrated the king by the very path stated in the scripture. Consecrated by Vasiṣṭha, Sagara, best of kings,
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BndP 2 47.97
द्रव्याण्यानीय विधिवत्प्रचचार शुभव्रतम् । पूजयित्वा जगन्नाथं विधिना तेन पार्थिवः
dravyāṇyānīya vidhivatpracacāra śubhavratam / pūjayitvā jagannāthaṃ vidhinā tena pārthivaḥ
brought the materials in due order and carried out the auspicious vow. Having worshipped the Lord of the world by that procedure, the king,
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BndP 2 47.98
समाप्य च यथायोग्यमनुज्ञाय गुरुं ततः । प्रतिज्ञामकरोद्राजा व्रतमेतदनुत्तमम्
samāpya ca yathāyogyamanujñāya guruṃ tataḥ / pratijñāmakarodrājā vratametadanuttamam
having completed (it) as was fitting and taken leave of his guru, then made a solemn undertaking—this unsurpassed vow.
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