Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 48
BndP 2 48.1
जैमिनिरुवाच गते तस्मिन्मुनिवरे सगरो राजसत्तमः । अयोध्यायामधिवस्न्पालयामास मेदिनीम्
jaiminiruvāca gate tasminmunivare sagaro rājasattamaḥ / ayodhyāyāmadhivasnpālayāmāsa medinīm
Jaimini said: When that best of sages had gone, Sagara, foremost of kings, dwelling in Ayodhyā, protected the earth,
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BndP 2 48.2
सर्वसंपद्गणोपेतः सर्वधर्मार्थतत्त्ववित् । वयसैव स बालो ऽभूत्कर्मणा वृद्धसंमतः
sarvasaṃpadgaṇopetaḥ sarvadharmārthatattvavit / vayasaiva sa bālo 'bhūtkarmaṇā vṛddhasaṃmataḥ
endowed with every kind of prosperity, knowing the truth of all dharma and artha; in years he was a boy, but by his deeds he was esteemed as an elder.
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BndP 2 48.3
तथापि न दिवा भुक्तें शेते वा निशि संस्मरन् । सुदीर्घं निःश्वसित्युष्णमुद्विग्नहृदयो ऽनिशम्
tathāpi na divā bhukteṃ śete vā niśi saṃsmaran / sudīrghaṃ niḥśvasityuṣṇamudvignahṛdayo 'niśam
Even so he did not eat by day nor sleep at night, remembering (the past); with troubled heart he sighed long and hot, without cease.
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BndP 2 48.4
श्रुत्वा राजा स्वराज्यं निजगुरुमवजित्यारिभिः संगृहीतं मात्रा सार्द्धं प्रयान्तं वनमतिगहनंस्वर्गतं तं च तस्मिन् । शोकाविष्टः सरोषं सकलरिपुकुलोच्छित्तये सत्प्रतिज्ञश्चके सद्यः प्रतिज्ञां परिभवमनलं सोढुमिक्ष्वाकुवंश्यः
śrutvā rājā svarājyaṃ nijagurumavajityāribhiḥ saṃgṛhītaṃ mātrā sārddhaṃ prayāntaṃ vanamatigahanaṃsvargataṃ taṃ ca tasmin / śokāviṣṭaḥ saroṣaṃ sakalaripukulocchittaye satpratijñaścake sadyaḥ pratijñāṃ paribhavamanalaṃ soḍhumikṣvākuvaṃśyaḥ
Having heard that his own kingdom had been seized by his enemies, who had defeated his own guru, and that (his father) had gone off to the very dense forest with his mother and had gone to heaven there, the king, filled with grief, angrily and at once made a true vow—a vow to destroy the whole race of his foes—that scion of the Ikṣvākus being unable to bear the humiliation.
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BndP 2 48.5
स कदाचिन्महीपालः कृतकौतुकमङ्गलः । रिपुं जेतुं मनश्चक्रे दिशश्च सकलाः क्रमात्
sa kadācinmahīpālaḥ kṛtakautukamaṅgalaḥ / ripuṃ jetuṃ manaścakre diśaśca sakalāḥ kramāt
Once that protector of the earth, having performed the festive auspicious rites, set his mind on conquering his enemy and, in due order, all the quarters.
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BndP 2 48.6
अनेकरथसाहस्रैर्गजाश्वरथसैनिकैः । सर्वतः संवृतो राजा निश्चक्राम पुरोत्तमात्
anekarathasāhasrairgajāśvarathasainikaiḥ / sarvataḥ saṃvṛto rājā niścakrāma purottamāt
Surrounded on all sides by many thousands of chariots, with elephants, horses, chariots and foot-soldiers, the king went forth from that best of cities.
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BndP 2 48.7
शत्रून्हन्तुं प्रतस्थे निजबलनिवहेनोत्पतद्भिस्तुरङ्गैर्नासत्त्वोर्मिजालाकुलजलनिधिनिभेनाथ षाडङ्गिकेन । मत्तैर्मातङ्गयूथैः सकुलगिरिकुलेनैव भूमण्डलेन श्वेतच्छत्रध्वजौघैरपि शशिसुकराभातखेनैव सार्द्धम्
śatrūnhantuṃ pratasthe nijabalanivahenotpatadbhisturaṅgairnāsattvormijālākulajalanidhinibhenātha ṣāḍaṅgikena / mattairmātaṅgayūthaiḥ sakulagirikulenaiva bhūmaṇḍalena śvetacchatradhvajaughairapi śaśisukarābhātakhenaiva sārddham
He set out to kill his foes with his own mass of troops—with leaping horses, with a sixfold army resembling an ocean crowded with a web of waves, with herds of rutting elephants, like the circle of the earth together with its ranges of mountains, and with masses of white parasols and banners, like the sky beautified by moons.
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BndP 2 48.8
तस्याग्रेसरसैन्ययूथचरणप्रक्षुण्णशैलोच्चयक्षोदापूरितनिम्नभागमवनीपालस्य संयास्यतः । प्रत्येकं चतुरङ्गसैन्यनिकरप्रक्षोदसंभूतभूरेणुप्रावृतिरुत्स्थली समभवद्भूमिस्तु तत्रानिशम्
tasyāgresarasainyayūthacaraṇaprakṣuṇṇaśailoccayakṣodāpūritanimnabhāgamavanīpālasya saṃyāsyataḥ / pratyekaṃ caturaṅgasainyanikaraprakṣodasaṃbhūtabhūreṇuprāvṛtirutsthalī samabhavadbhūmistu tatrāniśam
As that lord of the earth marched on, the low-lying ground was filled with the powder of heaps of rocks crushed by the feet of the troops of his vanguard army; and there the earth became at every point a raised plain, covered with a mass of dust arisen from the trampling of the four-fold army—continually.
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BndP 2 48.11
निघ्नन्दृप्ताननेकान्द्विपतुरगरथव्यूहसंभिन्नवीरान्सद्यः शोभां दधानो ऽसुरनिकरचमूर्निघ्नतश्चन्द्रमौलिः । दूरादेवाभिशंसन्नरिनगरनिरोधेषु कर्माभिषङ्गे तेषां शीघ्रापयानक्षणमभिदिशति प्राणिधैर्यं विधत्ते ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४८।९ ॥ विजिगीषुर्दिशो राजा राज्ञो यस्याभियास्यति ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४८।१० ॥ विषयं स नृपस्तस्य सद्यः प्रणतिमेष्यति । विजित्य नृपतीन्सर्वान्कृत्वा च स्वपदानुगान्
nighnandṛptānanekāndvipaturagarathavyūhasaṃbhinnavīrānsadyaḥ śobhāṃ dadhāno 'suranikaracamūrnighnataścandramauliḥ / dūrādevābhiśaṃsannarinagaranirodheṣu karmābhiṣaṅge teṣāṃ śīghrāpayānakṣaṇamabhidiśati prāṇidhairyaṃ vidhatte // bndp_2,48.9 // vijigīṣurdiśo rājā rājño yasyābhiyāsyati // bndp_2,48.10 // viṣayaṃ sa nṛpastasya sadyaḥ praṇatimeṣyati / vijitya nṛpatīnsarvānkṛtvā ca svapadānugān
Slaying many arrogant heroes whose arrays of elephants, horses and chariots were shattered, at once assuming the splendour of the moon-crested god slaying the host of the demons' army, proclaiming (his coming) from afar in the sieges of enemy cities, at the onset of the action he grants them a moment for swift flight and (so) sustains the courage of living beings. // 9 // The king, desiring conquest of the quarters—whatever king's // 10 // territory he marches against, that king at once comes to submission. Having conquered all the kings and made them followers of his own station,
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BndP 2 48.12
संकेत गामिनः कांश्चित्कृत्वा राज्ये न्यवर्त्तत । एवं स विसरन्दिक्षु दक्षिणाभिमुखो नृपः
saṃketa gāminaḥ kāṃścitkṛtvā rājye nyavarttata / evaṃ sa visarandikṣu dakṣiṇābhimukho nṛpaḥ
and having made some of them go by agreement, he turned back to his kingdom. Thus that king, ranging through the quarters, facing southward,
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BndP 2 48.13
स्मरन्पूर्वकृतं वैरं हैहयानभ्यवर्त्तत । ततस्तस्य नृपैः सार्द्धं समग्ररथकुञ्जरैः
smaranpūrvakṛtaṃ vairaṃ haihayānabhyavarttata / tatastasya nṛpaiḥ sārddhaṃ samagrarathakuñjaraiḥ
remembering the enmity formed of old, advanced against the Haihayas. Then he, together with kings, with a full complement of chariots and elephants,
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BndP 2 48.14
बभूव हैहयैर्वीरैः संग्रामो रोमहर्षणः । राज्ञां यत्र सहस्राणि स बलानि महाहवे
babhūva haihayairvīraiḥ saṃgrāmo romaharṣaṇaḥ / rājñāṃ yatra sahasrāṇi sa balāni mahāhave
had a hair-raising battle with the Haihaya heroes, in which great fight the mighty-armed lord of Kosala, enraged, slew thousands of kings and their forces.
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BndP 2 48.15
निजघान महाबाहुः संक्रुद्धः कोसलेश्वरः । जित्वा हैहयभूपालान्भङ्क्त्वा दग्ध्वा च तत्पुरीम्
nijaghāna mahābāhuḥ saṃkruddhaḥ kosaleśvaraḥ / jitvā haihayabhūpālānbhaṅktvā dagdhvā ca tatpurīm
The mighty-armed lord of Kosala, in great wrath, struck (them) down, having defeated the Haihaya kings and having broken and burnt their city.
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BndP 2 48.16
निःशेषशून्या मकरोद्वैरान्तकरणो नृपः । समग्रबलसंमर्द्दप्रमृष्टाशेषभूतलः
niḥśeṣaśūnyā makarodvairāntakaraṇo nṛpaḥ / samagrabalasaṃmarddapramṛṣṭāśeṣabhūtalaḥ
The king, bent on making an end of the enmity, made (the land) utterly empty [makaro— text uncertain], having swept the whole surface of the earth clean by the crushing (advance) of his entire army.
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BndP 2 48.17
हैहयानामशेषं तु चक्रे राज्यं रजःसमम् । राज्यं पुरीं चापहाय भ्रष्टैश्वर्या हतत्विषः
haihayānāmaśeṣaṃ tu cakre rājyaṃ rajaḥsamam / rājyaṃ purīṃ cāpahāya bhraṣṭaiśvaryā hatatviṣaḥ
He reduced the entire kingdom of the Haihayas to (the state of) dust; and, abandoning kingdom and city, their lordship lost and their splendour destroyed,
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BndP 2 48.18
राजानो हतभूयिष्ठा व्यद्रवन्त समन्ततः । अभिद्रुत्य नृपांस्तांस्तु द्रवमाणान्महीपतिः
rājāno hatabhūyiṣṭhā vyadravanta samantataḥ / abhidrutya nṛpāṃstāṃstu dravamāṇānmahīpatiḥ
the kings, most of them slain, fled in every direction; and the lord of the earth, rushing upon those fleeing kings,
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BndP 2 48.19
जघान सानुगान्मत्तः प्रजाः क्रुद्ध इवान्तकः । ततस्तान्प्रति सक्रोधः सगरः समरे ऽरिहा
jaghāna sānugānmattaḥ prajāḥ kruddha ivāntakaḥ / tatastānprati sakrodhaḥ sagaraḥ samare 'rihā
slew them together with their followers, exultant, like Death enraged at living beings. Then against them the slayer of foes, Sagara, full of anger, in battle
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BndP 2 48.20
मुमोचास्त्रं महारौद्रं भार्गवं रीपुभीषणम् । तेनोत्सृष्टातिरौद्रत्रिभुवनभयदप्रस्फुरद्भार्गवास्त्रज्वालादन्दह्यमानावशतनुततयस्ते नृपाः साद्य एव । वाय्वस्त्रावृत्तधूमोद्गमपटलतमोमुष्टदृष्टिप्रसारा भ्रेमुर्भूपृष्टलोठद्बहुलतमरजोगूढमात्रा मुहूर्त्तम्
mumocāstraṃ mahāraudraṃ bhārgavaṃ rīpubhīṣaṇam / tenotsṛṣṭātiraudratribhuvanabhayadaprasphuradbhārgavāstrajvālādandahyamānāvaśatanutatayaste nṛpāḥ sādya eva / vāyvastrāvṛttadhūmodgamapaṭalatamomuṣṭadṛṣṭiprasārā bhremurbhūpṛṣṭaloṭhadbahulatamarajogūḍhamātrā muhūrttam
released the terrible Bhārgava weapon, dreadful to enemies. By it, once loosed, those kings—the mass of their bodies helplessly burning in the exceedingly fierce, flashing flame of the Bhārgava weapon that terrifies the three worlds—at that very moment, the range of their sight seized by the darkness of the sheets of smoke that rose and were turned back by the wind-weapon, wandered about for a while, their very forms hidden by the dense dust rolling up from the surface of the earth.
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BndP 2 48.21
आगनेयास्त्रप्रतापप्रतिहतगतयो ऽदृष्टमार्गाः समन्ता द्भूपाला नष्टसंघाः परवशतनवो व्याकुलीभूतचित्ताः । भीताः संत्युक्तवस्त्रायुधकवचविभूषादिका मुक्तकेशा विस्पष्टोन्मत्तभावान्भृश तरमनुकुर्वन्त्यग्रतः शात्रवाणाम्
āganeyāstrapratāpapratihatagatayo 'dṛṣṭamārgāḥ samantā dbhūpālā naṣṭasaṃghāḥ paravaśatanavo vyākulībhūtacittāḥ / bhītāḥ saṃtyuktavastrāyudhakavacavibhūṣādikā muktakeśā vispaṣṭonmattabhāvānbhṛśa taramanukurvantyagrataḥ śātravāṇām
Their movement checked by the blazing heat of the fire-weapon, their paths unseen on every side, their troops destroyed, their bodies no longer their own, their minds thrown into confusion, terrified, having cast off garments, weapons, armour, ornaments and the rest, their hair loose, the kings before their enemies imitated most exactly the behaviour of madmen.
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BndP 2 48.22
विजित्य हैहयान्सर्वान्समरे सगरो बली । संक्षुब्धसागराकारः कांबोजानभ्यवर्त्तत
vijitya haihayānsarvānsamare sagaro balī / saṃkṣubdhasāgarākāraḥ kāṃbojānabhyavarttata
Having conquered all the Haihayas in battle, the powerful Sagara, in form like a churned-up ocean, advanced against the Kāmbojas.
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BndP 2 48.23
नानावादित्रघोषाहतपटहरवाकर्णनध्वस्तधैर्याः सद्यः संत्यक्तराज्यस्वबलपुरपुरन्ध्रीसमूहा विमूढाः । कांबोजास्तालजङ्घाः शकयवनकिरातादयः साकमेते भ्रेमुर्भूर्यस्त्रभीत्या दिशि दिशि रिपवो यस्य पूर्वापराधाः
nānāvāditraghoṣāhatapaṭaharavākarṇanadhvastadhairyāḥ sadyaḥ saṃtyaktarājyasvabalapurapurandhrīsamūhā vimūḍhāḥ / kāṃbojāstālajaṅghāḥ śakayavanakirātādayaḥ sākamete bhremurbhūryastrabhītyā diśi diśi ripavo yasya pūrvāparādhāḥ
Their firmness shattered by hearing the noise of the various instruments and the beaten war-drums, at once abandoning their kingdoms, their own forces, their cities and their crowds of women, bewildered, these Kāmbojas, Tālajaṅghas, Śakas, Yavanas, Kirātas and the rest—enemies who had earlier wronged him—together wandered in every direction for fear of his many weapons.
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BndP 2 48.24
भीतास्तस्य नरेश्वरस्य रिपवः केचित्प्रता पानलज्वालामुष्टदृशो विसृज्य वसतिं राज्यं च पुत्रादिभिः । द्विट्सैन्यैः समभिद्रुता वनभुवं संप्राप्य तत्रापि ते ऽस्तैमित्यं समुपागता गिरिगुहासुप्तोत्थितेन द्विषः
bhītāstasya nareśvarasya ripavaḥ kecitpratā pānalajvālāmuṣṭadṛśo visṛjya vasatiṃ rājyaṃ ca putrādibhiḥ / dviṭsainyaiḥ samabhidrutā vanabhuvaṃ saṃprāpya tatrāpi te 'staimityaṃ samupāgatā giriguhāsuptotthitena dviṣaḥ
Terrified, some of that lord of men's enemies, their sight seized by the flame of his blazing power, abandoning dwelling and kingdom, with their sons and the rest, pursued by the hostile armies, reached the forest ground; and even there those foes attained restlessness [i.e. found no calm], (as if) at one risen from sleep in a mountain cave.
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BndP 2 48.25
तालजङ्घान्निहत्याजौ राजा स बलवाहनान् । क्रमेण नाशयामास तद्राज्यमरिकर्षणः
tālajaṅghānnihatyājau rājā sa balavāhanān / krameṇa nāśayāmāsa tadrājyamarikarṣaṇaḥ
Having slain the Tālajaṅghas with their forces and mounts in battle, that king, the harasser of foes, gradually destroyed their kingdom.
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BndP 2 48.26
ततो यवनकांबोजकिरातादीननेकशः । निजघान रुषाविष्टः पल्हवान्पारदानपि
tato yavanakāṃbojakirātādīnanekaśaḥ / nijaghāna ruṣāviṣṭaḥ palhavānpāradānapi
Then, possessed by rage, he slew Yavanas, Kāmbojas, Kirātas and others many times over, and the Palhavas and Pāradas as well.
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BndP 2 48.27
हन्यमानास्तु ते सर्वे राजानस्तेन संयुगे । दुद्रुवुः संघशो भीता हतशिष्टाः समन्ततः
hanyamānāstu te sarve rājānastena saṃyuge / dudruvuḥ saṃghaśo bhītā hataśiṣṭāḥ samantataḥ
And all those kings, being struck down by him in the encounter, fled in groups, terrified, those who survived the slaughter, in all directions.
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BndP 2 48.28
युष्माभिर्यस्य राज्यं बहुभिरपत्दृतं तस्य पुत्रो ऽधुनाहं हन्तुं वः सप्रतिज्ञं प्रसभमुपगतो वैरनिर्यातनैषी । इत्युच्चैः श्रावयाणो युधि निजचरितं वैरिभिर्नागवीर्यः क्षत्रैर्विध्वंसितेजाः सगरनरपतिः स्मारयामास भूपः
yuṣmābhiryasya rājyaṃ bahubhirapatdṛtaṃ tasya putro 'dhunāhaṃ hantuṃ vaḥ sapratijñaṃ prasabhamupagato vairaniryātanaiṣī / ityuccaiḥ śrāvayāṇo yudhi nijacaritaṃ vairibhirnāgavīryaḥ kṣatrairvidhvaṃsitejāḥ sagaranarapatiḥ smārayāmāsa bhūpaḥ
"I am now the son of him whose kingdom was seized by you, being many; I have come by force, under a vow, to kill you, seeking requital of the feud"—thus loudly proclaiming his own conduct in battle to his enemies, King Sagara, of an elephant's might, whose splendour had been ruined by the Kṣatriyas, made (them) remember (it).
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BndP 2 48.29
तं दृष्ट्वा राजवर्यं सकलरिपुकुलप्रक्षयोपात्तदीक्षं भीताः स्त्रीबालपूर्वं शरणमभिययुः स्वासुसरक्षणाय । इक्ष्वाकूणां वसिष्ठं कुलगुरुमभितः सप्त राज्ञां कलेषु प्रख्याताः संप्रसूता नृपवररिपवः पारदाः पल्हवाद्याः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā rājavaryaṃ sakalaripukulaprakṣayopāttadīkṣaṃ bhītāḥ strībālapūrvaṃ śaraṇamabhiyayuḥ svāsusarakṣaṇāya / ikṣvākūṇāṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ kulagurumabhitaḥ sapta rājñāṃ kaleṣu prakhyātāḥ saṃprasūtā nṛpavararipavaḥ pāradāḥ palhavādyāḥ
Seeing that best of kings, who had taken a vow for the utter destruction of all the enemy clans, they in terror, with their women and children first, went for refuge, to save their own lives, to Vasiṣṭha, the family preceptor of the Ikṣvākus; (these were) the seven (groups), enemies of that best of kings, born (again) and renowned among the kings of the Kali ages: the Pāradas, Palhavas and the rest.
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BndP 2 48.30
वसिष्ठमाश्रमोपान्ते वसंतमृषिभिर्वृतम् । उपगम्याब्रुवन्सर्वे कृताञ्जलिपुटा नृपाः
vasiṣṭhamāśramopānte vasaṃtamṛṣibhirvṛtam / upagamyābruvansarve kṛtāñjalipuṭā nṛpāḥ
Approaching Vasiṣṭha, who was dwelling near his hermitage surrounded by sages, all the kings, with palms joined, said:
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BndP 2 48.31
शरणं भंव नो ब्रह्मन्नार्त्तानामभयैषिणाम् । सगरास्त्राग्निनिर्दग्धशरीराणां मुमूर्षताम्
śaraṇaṃ bhaṃva no brahmannārttānāmabhayaiṣiṇām / sagarāstrāgninirdagdhaśarīrāṇāṃ mumūrṣatām
"Be our refuge, O brahman, for we are afflicted and seek safety, our bodies burnt by the fire of Sagara's weapons, on the point of death.
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BndP 2 48.32
स हन्त्यसमानशेषेण वैरान्तकरणोन्मुखः । तस्माद्भयाद्धि निष्क्रान्ता वयं जीवितकाङ्क्षिणः
sa hantyasamānaśeṣeṇa vairāntakaraṇonmukhaḥ / tasmādbhayāddhi niṣkrāntā vayaṃ jīvitakāṅkṣiṇaḥ
He is slaying (us) without leaving any remainder, intent on making an end of the feud; therefore, out of that fear, we have fled, desiring to live.
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BndP 2 48.33
विभिन्नराज्यभोगर्द्धिस्वदारापत्यबान्धवाः । केवलं प्राणरक्षार्थं त्वां त्वयं शरणं गतः
vibhinnarājyabhogarddhisvadārāpatyabāndhavāḥ / kevalaṃ prāṇarakṣārthaṃ tvāṃ tvayaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
Separated from kingdom, enjoyments, wealth, our own wives, children and kinsmen, solely for the protection of our lives we have come to you for refuge.
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BndP 2 48.34
न ह्यन्यो ऽस्ति पुमांल्लोके सौहृदेन बलेन वा । यस्तं निवर्त्तयित्वास्मान्पालयेन्महतो भयात्
na hyanyo 'sti pumāṃlloke sauhṛdena balena vā / yastaṃ nivarttayitvāsmānpālayenmahato bhayāt
For there is no other man in the world, whether by friendship or by strength, who could turn him back and protect us from this great danger.
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BndP 2 48.35
त्वं किलार्कान्वयभुवां राज्ञां कुलगुरुर् वृतः । तद्वंशपूर्वजैर्भूपैस्त्वतप्रभावश्च तादृशः
tvaṃ kilārkānvayabhuvāṃ rājñāṃ kulagurur vṛtaḥ / tadvaṃśapūrvajairbhūpaistvataprabhāvaśca tādṛśaḥ
You, indeed, were chosen as family preceptor of the kings born in the Sun's lineage; and such is your power, (conferred) by the kings born earlier in that line.
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BndP 2 48.36
तेनायं सगरो ऽप्यद्य गुरुगौरवयन्त्रितः । भवन्निदेशं नात्येति वेलामिव महोदधिः
tenāyaṃ sagaro 'pyadya gurugauravayantritaḥ / bhavannideśaṃ nātyeti velāmiva mahodadhiḥ
Therefore this Sagara too, today, held in check by reverence for his guru, does not transgress your command, as the great ocean does not (transgress) the shore.
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BndP 2 48.37
त्वं नः सुहृत्पिता माता लोकानां च गुरुर्विभो । तस्मादस्मान्महाभाग परित्रातुं त्वमर्हसि
tvaṃ naḥ suhṛtpitā mātā lokānāṃ ca gururvibho / tasmādasmānmahābhāga paritrātuṃ tvamarhasi
You are our friend, father and mother, and the preceptor of the worlds, O mighty one; therefore, O greatly fortunate one, you ought to rescue us.
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BndP 2 48.38
जैमिनिरुवाच इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा वसिष्ठो भगवानृषिः । शनैर्विलोकयामास शरणं समुपागतान्
jaiminiruvāca iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā vasiṣṭho bhagavānṛṣiḥ / śanairvilokayāmāsa śaraṇaṃ samupāgatān
Jaimini said: Hearing their speech thus, the venerable seer Vasiṣṭha slowly looked over those who had come to him for refuge.
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BndP 2 48.39
वृद्धस्त्रीबालभूयिष्ठान्हतशेषान्नृपान्वयान् । दृष्ट्वा त्वतप्यद्भगवान्सर्वभूतानुकंपकः
vṛddhastrībālabhūyiṣṭhānhataśeṣānnṛpānvayān / dṛṣṭvā tvatapyadbhagavānsarvabhūtānukaṃpakaḥ
Seeing the royal lines, the remnant of the slain, consisting mostly of old men, women and children, the venerable one, compassionate to all beings, was pained.
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BndP 2 48.40
चिरं निरूप्य मनसा तान्विलोक्य च सादरम् । उज्जीवयञ्छनैर्वाचा मा भैष्टेति महामतिः
ciraṃ nirūpya manasā tānvilokya ca sādaram / ujjīvayañchanairvācā mā bhaiṣṭeti mahāmatiḥ
Having pondered long in his mind and looked upon them respectfully, the great-minded one slowly revived them with the words, "Do not be afraid."
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BndP 2 48.41
अथावोचन्महाभागः कृपया परयान्वितः । समये स्थापयामास राज्ञस्ताञ्जीवितार्थिनः
athāvocanmahābhāgaḥ kṛpayā parayānvitaḥ / samaye sthāpayāmāsa rājñastāñjīvitārthinaḥ
Then the greatly fortunate one, filled with supreme pity, spoke, and he bound those kings, who sought (only) to live, to an agreement.
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BndP 2 48.42
भूपव्या कोपदग्धं नृपकुलविहिताशेषधर्मादपेतं कृत्वा तेषां वसिष्ठः समयमवनिपालप्रतिज्ञानिवृत्त्यै । गत्वा तं राजवर्यं स्वयमथ शनकैः सांत्वयित्वा यथावत्सप्राणानामरीणामपगमनविधावभ्यनुज्ञां ययाचे
bhūpavyā kopadagdhaṃ nṛpakulavihitāśeṣadharmādapetaṃ kṛtvā teṣāṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ samayamavanipālapratijñānivṛttyai / gatvā taṃ rājavaryaṃ svayamatha śanakaiḥ sāṃtvayitvā yathāvatsaprāṇānāmarīṇāmapagamanavidhāvabhyanujñāṃ yayāce
Having made their agreement—(they being) scorched by the king's fire of wrath and fallen away from every dharma ordained for royal families—Vasiṣṭha, for the sake of the fulfilment of the earth-protector's vow, then went himself to that best of kings, gently conciliated him as was fitting, and begged his consent to the procedure of letting the enemies depart with their lives.
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BndP 2 48.43
सक्रोधो ऽपि महीपतिर्गुरुवचः संभावयंस्तानरीन्धर्मस्य स्वकुलोचितस्य च तथा वेषस्य संत्यागतः । श्रौतस्मार्त्तविभिन्नकर्मनिरतान्विप्रैश्च दूरोञ्झितान्सासून्केवलमत्यजन्मृतसमानेकैकशः पार्थिवान्
sakrodho 'pi mahīpatirguruvacaḥ saṃbhāvayaṃstānarīndharmasya svakulocitasya ca tathā veṣasya saṃtyāgataḥ / śrautasmārttavibhinnakarmaniratānvipraiśca dūroñjhitānsāsūnkevalamatyajanmṛtasamānekaikaśaḥ pārthivān
Though angry, the lord of earth, honouring his guru's word, spared alive—merely (that, and) one by one—those enemy princes, who were like the dead, because of their having abandoned the dharma befitting their own lineage and likewise their (proper) dress, being given to rites at variance with śruti and smṛti and shunned from afar by the brahmins.
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BndP 2 48.44
अर्द्धमुण्डाञ्छकांश्चक्रे पल्हवान् श्मश्रुधारिणः । यवनान्विगतश्मश्रून्कांबोजांश्चबुकान्वितान्
arddhamuṇḍāñchakāṃścakre palhavān śmaśrudhāriṇaḥ / yavanānvigataśmaśrūnkāṃbojāṃścabukānvitān
He made the Śakas half-shaven, the Pahlavas wearers of beards, the Yavanas beardless, and the Kāmbojas possessed of (hair only on) the chin.
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BndP 2 48.45
एवं विरूपानन्यांश्च स चकार नृपान्वयान् । वेदोक्तकर्मनिर्मुक्तान्विप्रैश्च परिवर्जितान्
evaṃ virūpānanyāṃśca sa cakāra nṛpānvayān / vedoktakarmanirmuktānvipraiśca parivarjitān
Thus he made other royal lines too misshapen, released from the rites enjoined in the Veda, and forsaken by the brahmins.
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BndP 2 48.46
कृत्वा संस्थाप्य समये जीवतस्तान्व्य सर्जयत् । ततस्ते रिपवस्तस्य त्यक्तस्वाचारलक्षणाः
kṛtvā saṃsthāpya samaye jīvatastānvya sarjayat / tataste ripavastasya tyaktasvācāralakṣaṇāḥ
Having done (this) and having fixed them in the agreement, he let them go alive; thereupon those enemies of his, the marks of their own conduct abandoned,
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