Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 50
BndP 2 50.1
रा५स्तस्यार्थकामौ तु न तथा विपुलावपि । अलुब्धमानसोर्ऽथं च भेजे धर्ममपीडयन् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४९।६५ ॥ तदर्थमेव राजेन्द्र कामं चापीडयंस्तयोः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,४९।६६ ॥इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे सगरदिग्विजयो नामैकोनपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ४९॥ जैमिनिरुवाच एवं स राजा विधिवत्पालयामास मेदिनीम् । सप्तद्वीपवतीं सम्यक्साक्षाद्धर्म इवापरः
rā5stasyārthakāmau tu na tathā vipulāvapi / alubdhamānasor'thaṃ ca bheje dharmamapīḍayan // bndp_2,49.65 // tadarthameva rājendra kāmaṃ cāpīḍayaṃstayoḥ // bndp_2,49.66 //iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde sagaradigvijayo nāmaikonapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 49// jaiminiruvāca evaṃ sa rājā vidhivatpālayāmāsa medinīm / saptadvīpavatīṃ samyaksākṣāddharma ivāparaḥ
...but for him wealth and pleasure were not so, though ample; with an ungreedy mind he pursued wealth without injuring dharma (49.65); and for that very sake, O lord of kings, (he pursued) pleasure too without injuring the two (49.66). Thus the forty-ninth chapter, called "Sagara's Conquest of the Directions," in the third Upodghātapāda of the middle section of the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa spoken by Vāyu. Jaimini said: Thus that king duly protected the earth with its seven continents, rightly, like a second Dharma in visible form.
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BndP 2 50.2
ब्राह्मणादींस्तथा वर्णान्स्वेस्वे धर्मे पृथक्पृथक् । स्थापयित्वा यथान्यायं ररक्षाव्याहतेन्द्रियः
brāhmaṇādīṃstathā varṇānsvesve dharme pṛthakpṛthak / sthāpayitvā yathānyāyaṃ rarakṣāvyāhatendriyaḥ
Having established the Brāhmaṇas and the other classes each separately in his own duty as is proper, he protected (them), his senses unimpaired.
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BndP 2 50.3
प्रजाश्च सर्ववर्णेषु यथाश्रेष्ठानुवर्त्तिनः । वर्णाश्चैवानुलोम्येन तद्वदर्थेषु च क्रमात्
prajāśca sarvavarṇeṣu yathāśreṣṭhānuvarttinaḥ / varṇāścaivānulomyena tadvadartheṣu ca kramāt
And the subjects among all the classes followed their betters accordingly, and the classes likewise, in due order and in the proper sequence, in their occupations.
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BndP 2 50.4
न सति स्थविरे बालं मृत्युरभयुपगच्छति । सर्ववर्णेषु भूपाले महीं तस्मिन्प्रशासति
na sati sthavire bālaṃ mṛtyurabhayupagacchati / sarvavarṇeṣu bhūpāle mahīṃ tasminpraśāsati
While the elder lived, death did not come upon the child, among all the classes, when that protector of the earth was ruling the land.
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BndP 2 50.5
स्फीतान्यपेतबाधानि तदा राष्ट्राणि कृत्स्नशः । तेष्वसंख्या जनपदाश्चातुर्वर्ण्यजनावृताः
sphītānyapetabādhāni tadā rāṣṭrāṇi kṛtsnaśaḥ / teṣvasaṃkhyā janapadāścāturvarṇyajanāvṛtāḥ
Then the realms were, all of them, thriving and free from afflictions; in them were countless districts, crowded with people of the four classes.
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BndP 2 50.6
ते चासंख्यागृहग्रामशतोपेता विभागशः । देशाश्चावासभुयिष्टा नृपे तस्मिन्प्रशासति
te cāsaṃkhyāgṛhagrāmaśatopetā vibhāgaśaḥ / deśāścāvāsabhuyiṣṭā nṛpe tasminpraśāsati
And those countries, provided each with countless hundreds of houses and villages, were thick with settlements, while that king ruled.
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BndP 2 50.7
अनाश्रमी द्विजः कश्चिन्न बभूव तदाभुवि । प्रजानां सर्ववर्णेषु प्रारंभाः फलदायिनः
anāśramī dvijaḥ kaścinna babhūva tadābhuvi / prajānāṃ sarvavarṇeṣu prāraṃbhāḥ phaladāyinaḥ
At that time there was on earth no twice-born man without an āśrama (stage of life); among the subjects, in all the classes, undertakings bore fruit.
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BndP 2 50.8
स्वोचितान्येव कर्माणि प्रारभन्ते च मानवाः । पुरुषार्थोपपन्नानि कर्माणि च तदा नृणाम्
svocitānyeva karmāṇi prārabhante ca mānavāḥ / puruṣārthopapannāni karmāṇi ca tadā nṛṇām
And men undertook only such works as were fit for them; and the works of men then were such as attained the (four) aims of man.
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BndP 2 50.9
महोत्सवसमुद्युक्ताः पुरग्रामव्रजाकराः । अन्योन्यप्रियकामाश्च राजभक्तिसमन्विताः
mahotsavasamudyuktāḥ puragrāmavrajākarāḥ / anyonyapriyakāmāśca rājabhaktisamanvitāḥ
The cities, villages, cattle-stations and mines were busy with great festivals, wishing each other well and full of devotion to the king.
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BndP 2 50.10
ननिन्दितो ऽभिशस्तो वा दरिद्रो व्याधितो ऽपि वा । प्रजासु कश्चिल्लुब्धो वा कृपणो वापि नाभवत्
nanindito 'bhiśasto vā daridro vyādhito 'pi vā / prajāsu kaścillubdho vā kṛpaṇo vāpi nābhavat
Among the subjects there was no one reviled or accused, nor poor, nor diseased, nor greedy, nor wretched.
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BndP 2 50.11
जनाः परगुणप्रीताः स्वसंपर्काभिकाङ्क्षिणाः । गुरुषु प्रणता नित्यं सद्विद्याव्यसनादृताः
janāḥ paraguṇaprītāḥ svasaṃparkābhikāṅkṣiṇāḥ / guruṣu praṇatā nityaṃ sadvidyāvyasanādṛtāḥ
People took pleasure in others' merits and longed for association with them; they were always bowed before their elders and held in esteem for their devotion to true learning.
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BndP 2 50.12
परापवादभीताश्च स्वदाररतयो ऽनिशम् । निसर्गात्खलसंसर्गविरता धर्मतत्पराः
parāpavādabhītāśca svadāraratayo 'niśam / nisargātkhalasaṃsargaviratā dharmatatparāḥ
And they feared the censure of others, took pleasure ceaselessly in their own wives, by their very nature refrained from the company of the wicked, and were intent on dharma.
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BndP 2 50.13
आस्तिकाः सर्वशो ऽभूवन् प्रजास्तस्मिन्प्रशासति । एवं सुबाहुतन्ये स्वप्रतापार्जितां महीम्
āstikāḥ sarvaśo 'bhūvan prajāstasminpraśāsati / evaṃ subāhutanye svapratāpārjitāṃ mahīm
The subjects became in every way believers (in the sacred order), while he ruled. Thus, O son of Subāhu, (he ruled) the earth won by his own valour—
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BndP 2 50.16
ऋतवश्च महाभाग यथाकालानुवर्तिनः । शालिभूयिष्ठसस्याढ्या सदैव सकला मही ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५०।१४ ॥ बभूव नृपशार्दूले तस्मिन् राज्यानि शासति ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५०।१५ ॥ यस्याष्टादशमण्डलाधिपतिभिः सेवार्थमभ्यागतैः प्रख्यातोरुपराक्रमैर्नृपशतैर्मूर्द्धाभिषिक्तैः पृथक् । संविष्टैर्मणिविष्टरेषु नितरामध्यास्यमानामरैः शक्रस्येव विराजते दिवि सभा रत्नप्रभोद्भासिता
ṛtavaśca mahābhāga yathākālānuvartinaḥ / śālibhūyiṣṭhasasyāḍhyā sadaiva sakalā mahī // bndp_2,50.14 // babhūva nṛpaśārdūle tasmin rājyāni śāsati // bndp_2,50.15 // yasyāṣṭādaśamaṇḍalādhipatibhiḥ sevārthamabhyāgataiḥ prakhyātoruparākramairnṛpaśatairmūrddhābhiṣiktaiḥ pṛthak / saṃviṣṭairmaṇiviṣṭareṣu nitarāmadhyāsyamānāmaraiḥ śakrasyeva virājate divi sabhā ratnaprabhodbhāsitā
And the seasons, O greatly blessed one, followed their proper times; the whole earth was always rich in grain, with rice most abundant (14) — so it was, while that tiger among kings ruled the kingdoms (15). His assembly, lit up by the lustre of gems, shines like Śakra's assembly in heaven, thronged with immortals — with hundreds of crowned kings, lords of the eighteen circles (of dominion), of famed and mighty prowess, come for service, each seated apart upon jewelled seats.
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BndP 2 50.17
संकेताविषयान्तराभ्युपगमाः सर्वे ऽपि सोपायनाः कृत्वा सैन्यनिवेशनानि परितः पुर्याः पृथक् पार्थिवाः । द्रष्टुं काङ्क्षितराजकाः सतनयाविज्ञापयन्तो मुहुर्द्वास्थैरेव नरेश्वराय सुचिरं वत्स्यन्तमन्तःपुरे
saṃketāviṣayāntarābhyupagamāḥ sarve 'pi sopāyanāḥ kṛtvā sainyaniveśanāni paritaḥ puryāḥ pṛthak pārthivāḥ / draṣṭuṃ kāṅkṣitarājakāḥ satanayāvijñāpayanto muhurdvāsthaireva nareśvarāya suciraṃ vatsyantamantaḥpure
And all the princes too, having come in from the appointed (or: from foreign) territories, bringing tribute, having pitched their army camps separately all around the city, longing to see the king, together with their sons, kept making their petitions again and again through the doorkeepers alone to the lord of men, who was to stay a very long while in the inner apartments.
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BndP 2 50.18
नमन्नरेद्रमुकुटश्रेणीनामतिघर्षणात् । किणीकृतौ विराजेते चरणौ तस्य भूभुजः
namannaredramukuṭaśreṇīnāmatigharṣaṇāt / kiṇīkṛtau virājete caraṇau tasya bhūbhujaḥ
From the constant rubbing of the rows of crowns of bowing kings, the two feet of that ruler of the earth shine, made callused.
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BndP 2 50.19
सेवागतनरेद्रौघविनिकीर्णैः समन्ततः । रत्नैर्भाति सभा तस्य गुहा सोमे रवी यथा
sevāgatanaredraughavinikīrṇaiḥ samantataḥ / ratnairbhāti sabhā tasya guhā some ravī yathā
His assembly gleams with the gems strewn all about by the throng of kings come to do him service, as a cave gleams when moon and sun (are in it).
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BndP 2 50.20
एवं स राजा धर्मेण भानुवंशशिखामणिः । अनन्यशासनामुर्वीमन्वशासदरिन्दमः
evaṃ sa rājā dharmeṇa bhānuvaṃśaśikhāmaṇiḥ / ananyaśāsanāmurvīmanvaśāsadarindamaḥ
Thus that king, the crest-jewel of the solar line, the subduer of foes, ruled the earth in accordance with dharma, and it had no other ruler.
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BndP 2 50.21
इत्थं पालयतः पृथ्वीं सगरस्य महीपतेः । न चापपात मुत् पुत्रमुखालोकनजृंभिता
itthaṃ pālayataḥ pṛthvīṃ sagarasya mahīpateḥ / na cāpapāta mut putramukhālokanajṛṃbhitā
While Sagara, lord of the earth, was thus protecting the earth, no joy came to him such as swells up at the sight of a son's face.
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BndP 2 50.22
विना तां दुःखितो ऽत्यर्थं चितयामास नैकधा । अहो कष्टमपुत्रो ऽहमस्मिन्वंशे ध्रुवं तु यत्
vinā tāṃ duḥkhito 'tyarthaṃ citayāmāsa naikadhā / aho kaṣṭamaputro 'hamasminvaṃśe dhruvaṃ tu yat
Without that, exceedingly pained, he pondered in many ways: "Ah, this is hard — that I am without a son in this lineage; but surely,
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BndP 2 50.23
प्रयान्ति नूनमस्माकं पितरः पिण्डविप्लवम् । निरयादपि सत्पुत्रे संजाते पितरः किल
prayānti nūnamasmākaṃ pitaraḥ piṇḍaviplavam / nirayādapi satputre saṃjāte pitaraḥ kila
our fathers must go to the ruin of their piṇḍa offerings. Indeed, when a good son is born, the fathers, even from hell,
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BndP 2 50.24
प्रीत्या प्रयान्ति तद्गेहं जातकर्मक्रियोत्सुकाः । महता सुकृतेनापि संप्राप्तस्य दिवं किल
prītyā prayānti tadgehaṃ jātakarmakriyotsukāḥ / mahatā sukṛtenāpi saṃprāptasya divaṃ kila
go gladly to his house, eager for the performance of the birth-rites. Even of one who has reached heaven by great merit—
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BndP 2 50.25
अपुत्रस्यामराः स्वर्गे द्वारं नोद्धाटयन्ति हि । पिता तु लोकमुभयोः स्वर्लोकं तत्पितामहाः
aputrasyāmarāḥ svarge dvāraṃ noddhāṭayanti hi / pitā tu lokamubhayoḥ svarlokaṃ tatpitāmahāḥ
for the gods do not open the door in heaven for a sonless man. But the father (wins) the world of both, and his grandfathers the world of heaven—
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BndP 2 50.26
जेष्यन्ति किल सत्पुत्रे जाते वंशद्वये ऽपि च । अनपत्यतयाहं तु पुत्रिणां या भवेद्गतिः
jeṣyanti kila satputre jāte vaṃśadvaye 'pi ca / anapatyatayāhaṃ tu putriṇāṃ yā bhavedgatiḥ
they will conquer, so it is said, when a good son is born, in both lineages. But I, being childless, that goal which belongs to men who have sons—
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BndP 2 50.27
न तां प्राप्क्यामि वै नूनं सुदुर्लभतरा हि सा । पदादैन्द्रात्किलाभिन्नमृद्धं राज्यमखण्डितम्
na tāṃ prāpkyāmi vai nūnaṃ sudurlabhatarā hi sā / padādaindrātkilābhinnamṛddhaṃ rājyamakhaṇḍitam
Surely I shall not reach it; for it is exceedingly hard to win. This prosperous, unbroken kingdom, not inferior, they say, to the station of Indra —
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BndP 2 50.28
मम यत्तदपुण्यस्य याति निष्फलतामिह । इदं मत्पूर्वजैरेव सिंहासनमधिष्ठितम्
mama yattadapuṇyasya yāti niṣphalatāmiha / idaṃ matpūrvajaireva siṃhāsanamadhiṣṭhitam
— which is mine, mine who am devoid of merit, comes here to fruitlessness. This lion-throne, occupied by my very forefathers,
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BndP 2 50.29
अपुत्रत्वेन राज्यं च पराधीनत्वमेष्यति । तस्मादौर्वाश्रममहं गत्वा तं मुनिपुङ्गवम्
aputratvena rājyaṃ ca parādhīnatvameṣyati / tasmādaurvāśramamahaṃ gatvā taṃ munipuṅgavam
and the kingdom too, through my sonlessness, will pass into the control of others. Therefore, going to Aurva's hermitage, that bull among sages
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BndP 2 50.30
प्रसादयिष्ये पुत्रार्थं भार्याभ्यां सहितो ऽधुना । गत्वा तस्मै त्वपुत्रत्वं विनिवेद्य महात्मने
prasādayiṣye putrārthaṃ bhāryābhyāṃ sahito 'dhunā / gatvā tasmai tvaputratvaṃ vinivedya mahātmane
I shall now propitiate for the sake of a son, together with my two wives; having gone and made known my sonlessness to that great soul,
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BndP 2 50.31
स यद्वक्ष्यति तत्सर्वं करिष्ये नात्र संशयः । इति सञ्चिन्त्य मनसा सगरोराजसत्तमः
sa yadvakṣyati tatsarvaṃ kariṣye nātra saṃśayaḥ / iti sañcintya manasā sagarorājasattamaḥ
whatever he shall say, all that I shall do — of this there is no doubt. Thus having pondered in his mind, Sagara, best of kings,
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BndP 2 50.32
इत्येष कृत्यविद्राजन्गन्तुमौर्वाश्रमं प्रति । स मन्त्रिप्रवरे राज्यं प्रतिष्ठाप्य ततो वनम्
ityeṣa kṛtyavidrājangantumaurvāśramaṃ prati / sa mantripravare rājyaṃ pratiṣṭhāpya tato vanam
thus he, knowing what was to be done, O king, (resolved) to go to Aurva's hermitage; he, having settled the kingdom upon his foremost minister, then to the forest
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BndP 2 50.33
प्रययौ रथमारुह्य भार्याभ्यां सहितो मुदा । जगाम रथघोषेण मेघनादातिशङ्किभिः
prayayau rathamāruhya bhāryābhyāṃ sahito mudā / jagāma rathaghoṣeṇa meghanādātiśaṅkibhiḥ
set forth, mounting his chariot, joyfully together with his two wives; he travelled on, while by (peacocks) greatly alarmed at the rumble of the chariot as though at thunder,
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BndP 2 50.34
स्तब्धेक्षणैर्लक्ष्यमाणो मार्गोपान्ते शिखण्डिभिः । प्रियाभ्यां दर्शयन्राजन्सारङ्गांस्तिमितेक्षणान्
stabdhekṣaṇairlakṣyamāṇo mārgopānte śikhaṇḍibhiḥ / priyābhyāṃ darśayanrājansāraṅgāṃstimitekṣaṇān
with unmoving eyes, he was watched from the roadside — by peacocks; and, O king, showing his two beloveds the dappled deer with fixed, unblinking gaze,
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BndP 2 50.35
क्षममूर्ध्वमुखान्सद्यः पलायनपरान्पुनः । वृक्षान्पुष्पफलोपेतान्विलोक्य मुदितो ऽभवत्
kṣamamūrdhvamukhānsadyaḥ palāyanaparānpunaḥ / vṛkṣānpuṣpaphalopetānvilokya mudito 'bhavat
(deer) able (to bear it?), their faces raised, and then at once bent on flight — and seeing trees laden with flowers and fruits, he became delighted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 50.36
अम्लानकुसुमैः स्वादुफलैः शाद्वलभूमिकैः । सुस्निग्धपल्लवच्छायैरभितः संभृतं नगैः
amlānakusumaiḥ svāduphalaiḥ śādvalabhūmikaiḥ / susnigdhapallavacchāyairabhitaḥ saṃbhṛtaṃ nagaiḥ
(the penance grove) filled all about with trees bearing unwithered blossoms and sweet fruits, with turf-covered ground and the shade of glossy young leaves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.37
चूताग्रपल्लवास्वादस्निग्धकण्ठपिकारवैः । श्रोत्राभिरामजनकैस्संघुष्टं सर्वतोदिशम्
cūtāgrapallavāsvādasnigdhakaṇṭhapikāravaiḥ / śrotrābhirāmajanakaissaṃghuṣṭaṃ sarvatodiśam
resounding in every direction with the calls of cuckoos whose throats were made mellow by tasting the tips of mango shoots, calls that gave delight to the ear,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.38
सर्वर्तुकुसुमोपेतं भ्रमद्भ्रमरमण्डितम् । प्रसूनस्तबकानम्रबल्लरीवेल्लितद्रुमम्
sarvartukusumopetaṃ bhramadbhramaramaṇḍitam / prasūnastabakānamraballarīvellitadrumam
possessed of blossoms of every season, adorned with roving bees, its trees swayed by creepers bent low with clusters of flowers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.39
कपियूथसमाक्रान्तव नस्पतिशतावृतम् । उन्मत्तशिखिसारङ्गकूजत्पक्षिगणान्वितम्
kapiyūthasamākrāntava naspatiśatāvṛtam / unmattaśikhisāraṅgakūjatpakṣigaṇānvitam
overrun by troops of monkeys, covered with hundreds of great trees, filled with flocks of birds — frenzied peacocks and spotted birds — calling,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.40
गायद्विद्याधरवधूगीतिकासुमनोहरम् । संचरत्किन्नरीद्वन्द्वविराजद्वनगह्वरम्
gāyadvidyādharavadhūgītikāsumanoharam / saṃcaratkinnarīdvandvavirājadvanagahvaram
charming with the little songs of singing Vidyādhara women, its forest hollows resplendent with pairs of Kinnara women roving about,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.41
हंससारसचक्राह्वकारण्डवशुकादिभिः । सुस्वरैरावृतोपान्तैः सरोभिः परिवारितम्
haṃsasārasacakrāhvakāraṇḍavaśukādibhiḥ / susvarairāvṛtopāntaiḥ sarobhiḥ parivāritam
encircled by lakes whose margins were thronged with sweet-voiced geese, cranes, cakravākas, karaṇḍava ducks, parrots and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.42
सरः स्वंबुज कह्लारकुमुदोत्पलराशिषु । शनैः परिवहन्मन्दमारुतापूर्णदिङ्मुखम्
saraḥ svaṃbuja kahlārakumudotpalarāśiṣu / śanaiḥ parivahanmandamārutāpūrṇadiṅmukham
its quarters filled with the soft wind blowing gently across the masses of lotuses, kahlāras, kumudas and utpalas of the lakes —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.43
एवंविधगुणोपेतमधिगाह्य तपोवनम् । गच्छन्रथेनाथ नृपः प्रहर्षं परमं ययौ
evaṃvidhaguṇopetamadhigāhya tapovanam / gacchanrathenātha nṛpaḥ praharṣaṃ paramaṃ yayau
having entered the penance-grove endowed with such qualities, the king, travelling on by chariot, then came to the highest delight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.44
उपशान्ताशयः सो ऽथ संप्राप्याश्रममण्डलम् । भार्याभ्यां सहितः श्रीमान्वाहादवरुरोह वै
upaśāntāśayaḥ so 'tha saṃprāpyāśramamaṇḍalam / bhāryābhyāṃ sahitaḥ śrīmānvāhādavaruroha vai
Then he, his mind grown calm, having reached the circle of hermitages, the illustrious one, together with his two wives, stepped down from the vehicle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.45
धुर्यान्विश्रामयेत्युक्त्वा यन्तारमवनीपतिः । आससादाश्रमोपान्तं महर्षेर्भावितात्मनः
dhuryānviśrāmayetyuktvā yantāramavanīpatiḥ / āsasādāśramopāntaṃ maharṣerbhāvitātmanaḥ
Saying to the charioteer, "Let the draught animals rest," the lord of the earth approached the neighbourhood of the hermitage of the great sage whose self was disciplined by meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.46
स श्रुत्वा मुनिशिष्येभ्यः कृतनित्यक्रियादरम् । मुनिं द्रष्टुं विनीतात्मा प्रविवेशाश्रमं तदा
sa śrutvā muniśiṣyebhyaḥ kṛtanityakriyādaram / muniṃ draṣṭuṃ vinītātmā praviveśāśramaṃ tadā
Having heard from the sage's disciples of his attentiveness to the performance of the daily rites, he, humble of mind, then entered the hermitage to see the sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.47
मुनिमध्ये समासीनमृषिवृन्दैः समन्वितम् । ननाम शिरसा राजा भार्याभ्यां सहितो मुदा
munimadhye samāsīnamṛṣivṛndaiḥ samanvitam / nanāma śirasā rājā bhāryābhyāṃ sahito mudā
The king, together with his two wives, joyfully bowed his head to (the sage), who was seated in the midst of the ascetics, surrounded by throngs of seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.48
कृतप्रणामं नृपतिमृषिरौर्वः प्रतापवान् । उपविशेति प्रेम्णा वै सह ताभ्यां समादिशत्
kṛtapraṇāmaṃ nṛpatimṛṣiraurvaḥ pratāpavān / upaviśeti premṇā vai saha tābhyāṃ samādiśat
To the king, who had made his obeisance, the majestic sage Aurva affectionately gave the direction, "Be seated," along with those two (wives).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.49
अर्घ्यपाद्यादिभिः सम्यक्पूजयित्वा महामुनिः । आतिथ्येन च वन्येन सभार्यं तमतोषयत्
arghyapādyādibhiḥ samyakpūjayitvā mahāmuniḥ / ātithyena ca vanyena sabhāryaṃ tamatoṣayat
Having duly honored him with water for the hands, water for the feet and the rest, the great sage gratified him, along with his wives, with hospitality of forest produce.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.50
अथातिथ्योपविश्रान्तं प्रणम्या सीनमग्रतः । राजानमब्रवीदौर्वः शनैर्मृद्वक्षरं वचः
athātithyopaviśrāntaṃ praṇamyā sīnamagrataḥ / rājānamabravīdaurvaḥ śanairmṛdvakṣaraṃ vacaḥ
Then Aurva spoke, in a low voice and with gentle syllables, to the king, who had rested after the hospitality and was seated before him after bowing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.51
कुशलं ननु ते राज्ये बाह्येष्वाभ्यन्तरेषु च । अपिधर्मेण सकलाः प्रजास्त्वं परिरक्षसि
kuśalaṃ nanu te rājye bāhyeṣvābhyantareṣu ca / apidharmeṇa sakalāḥ prajāstvaṃ parirakṣasi
Surely all is well with you in your kingdom, in outer and in inner matters? And do you protect all your subjects in accordance with dharma?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.52
अपि जेतुं त्रिवर्गं त्वमुपायैः सम्यगीहसे । फलन्ति हि गुणास्तुभ्यं त्वया सम्यक्प्रचोदिताः
api jetuṃ trivargaṃ tvamupāyaiḥ samyagīhase / phalanti hi guṇāstubhyaṃ tvayā samyakpracoditāḥ
And do you strive rightly, by the (proper) means, to master the three aims (of life)? For your virtues, well urged on by you, bear fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.53
दिष्ट्यात्वया जिताः सर्वे रिपवो नृपसत्तम । दिष्ट्या च सकलं राज्यं त्वया धर्मेण रक्ष्यते
diṣṭyātvayā jitāḥ sarve ripavo nṛpasattama / diṣṭyā ca sakalaṃ rājyaṃ tvayā dharmeṇa rakṣyate
By good fortune all (your) enemies have been conquered by you, best of kings; and by good fortune the whole kingdom is guarded by you in accordance with dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.54
धर्म एव स्थितिर्येषां तेषां नास्त्यत्रविप्लवः । न तं रक्षति किं धर्मः स्वयं येनाभिरक्षितः
dharma eva sthitiryeṣāṃ teṣāṃ nāstyatraviplavaḥ / na taṃ rakṣati kiṃ dharmaḥ svayaṃ yenābhirakṣitaḥ
For those whose standing rests on dharma alone there is no ruin here. Does dharma not protect him by whom it has itself been protected?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.55
पूर्वमेवाहमश्रौषं विजित्य सकलां महीम् । सबलोनगरीं प्राप्तः कृतदारो भवानिति
pūrvamevāhamaśrauṣaṃ vijitya sakalāṃ mahīm / sabalonagarīṃ prāptaḥ kṛtadāro bhavāniti
Long ago I heard that, having conquered the whole earth, you had reached your city with your army and had taken wives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.56
राज्ञां तु प्रवरो धर्मो यत्प्रजापरिपालनम् । भवन्ति सुखिनो नूनं तेनैवेह परत्र च
rājñāṃ tu pravaro dharmo yatprajāparipālanam / bhavanti sukhino nūnaṃ tenaiveha paratra ca
But the foremost dharma of kings is the protection of the subjects; by that alone do they surely become happy here and in the world beyond.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 50.57
स भवान्राज्य भरणं परित्यज्य मदन्तिकम् । भार्याभ्यां सहितो राजन्समायातो ऽसि मे वद
sa bhavānrājya bharaṇaṃ parityajya madantikam / bhāryābhyāṃ sahito rājansamāyāto 'si me vada
So you, O king, having abandoned the burden of the kingdom, have come to my presence together with your two wives — tell me (why).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition