Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 51
BndP 2 51.1
जैमिनिरुवाच एवमुक्तस्तु मुनिना सगरो राजसत्तमः । कृताञ्जलिपुटो भूत्वा प्राह तं मधुरं वचः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५०।५८ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे सगरस्यौर्वाश्रमगमनं नाम पञ्चशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ५०॥ सगर उवाच कुशलं मम सर्वत्र महर्षे नात्र संशयः । यस्य मे त्वमनुध्याता शमं भार्गवसत्तमः
jaiminiruvāca evamuktastu muninā sagaro rājasattamaḥ / kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā prāha taṃ madhuraṃ vacaḥ // bndp_2,50.58 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde sagarasyaurvāśramagamanaṃ nāma pañcaśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 50// sagara uvāca kuśalaṃ mama sarvatra maharṣe nātra saṃśayaḥ / yasya me tvamanudhyātā śamaṃ bhārgavasattamaḥ
Jaimini said: Thus addressed by the sage, Sagara, the best of kings, made a cup of his joined palms and spoke to him these sweet words. || BndP 2,50.58 || Thus, in the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa spoken by Vāyu, in the middle section, in the third, the Upodghāta section, (ends) the fiftieth chapter, called "Sagara's Going to Aurva's Hermitage." || 50 || Sagara said: All is well with me everywhere, great seer, there is no doubt of that, since you, best of the Bhārgavas, are the one who wishes me peace.
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BndP 2 51.2
यस्तथा शिक्षितः पूर्वमस्त्रे शस्त्रे च सांप्रतम् । सो ऽहं कथमशक्तः स्यां सकलारिविनिग्रहे
yastathā śikṣitaḥ pūrvamastre śastre ca sāṃpratam / so 'haṃ kathamaśaktaḥ syāṃ sakalārivinigrahe
I, who was formerly so trained in missiles and now in weapons — how should I be incapable of subduing all enemies?
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BndP 2 51.3
त्वं मे गुरुः सुहृद्दैवं बन्धुर्मित्रं च केवलम् । न ह्यन्यमभिजानामि त्वामृते पितरं च मे
tvaṃ me guruḥ suhṛddaivaṃ bandhurmitraṃ ca kevalam / na hyanyamabhijānāmi tvāmṛte pitaraṃ ca me
You alone are my teacher, well-wisher, deity, kinsman and friend; for apart from you I know no other, nor (any other) father of mine.
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BndP 2 51.4
त्वयोपदिष्टेनास्त्रेण सकला भूभृतो मया । विजिता यदनुस्मृत्या शक्तिः सा तपसस्तव
tvayopadiṣṭenāstreṇa sakalā bhūbhṛto mayā / vijitā yadanusmṛtyā śaktiḥ sā tapasastava
With the missile taught by you all the kings of the earth were conquered by me; through the mere remembrance of it — that power is (the power) of your austerity.
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BndP 2 51.5
तपसा त्वं जगत्सर्वं पुनासि परिपासि च । स्रष्टुं संहर्त्तुमपि च शक्नोष्येव न संशयः
tapasā tvaṃ jagatsarvaṃ punāsi paripāsi ca / sraṣṭuṃ saṃharttumapi ca śaknoṣyeva na saṃśayaḥ
By your austerity you purify and protect the whole world; you are surely able even to create and to destroy — there is no doubt.
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BndP 2 51.6
महाननन्यसामान्यप्रभावस्तपसश्च ते । इह तस्यैकदेशो ऽपि दृश्यते विस्मयप्रदः
mahānananyasāmānyaprabhāvastapasaśca te / iha tasyaikadeśo 'pi dṛśyate vismayapradaḥ
Great and unequalled, unlike any other, is the might of your austerity; here even a single portion of it is seen, producing amazement.
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BndP 2 51.7
पश्यसिंहासने बाल्यादुपेत्य मृगपोतकः । पिबत्यंभः शनैर्ब्रह्मन्निःशङ्कं ते तपोवने
paśyasiṃhāsane bālyādupetya mṛgapotakaḥ / pibatyaṃbhaḥ śanairbrahmanniḥśaṅkaṃ te tapovane
Look: in your penance-grove, brahmin, a fawn, coming from childhood (habit) up to a lion's seat, calmly and without fear drinks water.
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BndP 2 51.8
धयत्यत्रातिविस्रंभात् कृशापि हरिणी स्तनम् । करोति मृगशृङ्गाग्रे गण्डकण्डूयनं रुरुः
dhayatyatrātivisraṃbhāt kṛśāpi hariṇī stanam / karoti mṛgaśṛṅgāgre gaṇḍakaṇḍūyanaṃ ruruḥ
Here, out of great trust, the doe, though thin, suckles at the teat; and the ruru-deer scratches its cheek on the tip of a deer's horn.
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BndP 2 51.9
नवप्रसूतां हरिणीं हत्वा वृत्त्यै वनान्तरे । व्याघ्री त्वत्तपसावासे सैव पुष्णाति तच्छिशून्
navaprasūtāṃ hariṇīṃ hatvā vṛttyai vanāntare / vyāghrī tvattapasāvāse saiva puṣṇāti tacchiśūn
A tigress, having killed a newly-delivered doe for food elsewhere in the forest — that very tigress, in the dwelling of your austerity, nourishes the doe's young.
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BndP 2 51.10
गजं द्रुतमनुद्रुत्य सिंहो यस्मादिदं वनम् । प्रविष्टो ऽनुसरन्तौ त्वद्भयादेकत्र तिष्ठतः
gajaṃ drutamanudrutya siṃho yasmādidaṃ vanam / praviṣṭo 'nusarantau tvadbhayādekatra tiṣṭhataḥ
Since a lion, swiftly chasing an elephant, entered this forest, the two — pursuer and pursued — stand together in one place out of fear of you.
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BndP 2 51.11
नकुलस्त्वाशुमार्जारमयूरशशपन्नगाः । वृकसूकरशार्दूलशरभर्क्षप्लवङ्गमाः
nakulastvāśumārjāramayūraśaśapannagāḥ / vṛkasūkaraśārdūlaśarabharkṣaplavaṅgamāḥ
The mongoose and the swift cat, peacocks, hares, snakes, wolves, boars, tigers, śarabhas, bears, monkeys,
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BndP 2 51.12
सृगाला गवयागावो हरिणा महिषास्तथा । वने ऽत्र सहजं वैरं हित्वा मैत्रीमुपागताः
sṛgālā gavayāgāvo hariṇā mahiṣāstathā / vane 'tra sahajaṃ vairaṃ hitvā maitrīmupāgatāḥ
jackals, gayals and cows, deer and buffaloes as well — in this forest they have abandoned their inborn enmity and come to friendship.
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BndP 2 51.13
एवंविधा तपःशक्तिर्लोकविस्मयदायिनी । न क्वापि दृश्यते ब्रह्मंस्त्वामृते भुवि दुर्लभा
evaṃvidhā tapaḥśaktirlokavismayadāyinī / na kvāpi dṛśyate brahmaṃstvāmṛte bhuvi durlabhā
Such a power of austerity, giving astonishment to the world, is nowhere seen, O brahmin; apart from you it is hard to find on earth.
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BndP 2 51.14
अहं तु त्वत्प्रसादेन विजित्य वसुधामि माम् । रिपुभिः सह विप्रर्षे स्वराज्यं समुपागतः
ahaṃ tu tvatprasādena vijitya vasudhāmi mām / ripubhiḥ saha viprarṣe svarājyaṃ samupāgataḥ
But I, by your grace, having conquered the earth, O brahmin sage, have with my enemies (subdued) attained my own kingdom.
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BndP 2 51.15
वश्यामात्यस्त्रिवर्गे ऽपि यथायोग्यकृतादरः । त्वयोपदिष्टमार्गेण सम्यग्राज्यमपालयम्
vaśyāmātyastrivarge 'pi yathāyogyakṛtādaraḥ / tvayopadiṣṭamārgeṇa samyagrājyamapālayam
With ministers obedient (to me), showing due regard for the three ends of life as well, I have rightly protected the kingdom by the path taught by you.
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BndP 2 51.16
एवं प्रवर्त्तमानस्य मम राज्ये ऽवतिष्ठतः । भवद्दिदृक्षा संजाता सापेक्षा भृगुपुङ्गव
evaṃ pravarttamānasya mama rājye 'vatiṣṭhataḥ / bhavaddidṛkṣā saṃjātā sāpekṣā bhṛgupuṅgava
While I was thus conducting myself and abiding in the kingdom, a wish to see you arose in me, together with an expectation, O best of the Bhṛgus.
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BndP 2 51.17
किं त्वद्य मयि पर्याप्तमनपत्यतयैव मे । पितृपिण्डप्रदानेन सह संरक्षणं भुवः
kiṃ tvadya mayi paryāptamanapatyatayaiva me / pitṛpiṇḍapradānena saha saṃrakṣaṇaṃ bhuvaḥ
But today, being without offspring, is it enough for me merely to guard the earth along with the offering of the funeral cake to the fathers?
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BndP 2 51.18
तदिदं दुःशमत्यर्थमनिवार्यं मनोगतम् । नानयो ऽपहर्त्तां लोकंऽस्मिन् ममेति त्वामुपागतः
tadidaṃ duḥśamatyarthamanivāryaṃ manogatam / nānayo 'paharttāṃ lokaṃ'smin mameti tvāmupāgataḥ
So this thought of mine, exceedingly hard to quell and not to be warded off — 'in this world there will be no one to carry (the offerings) for me' — (with this) I have come to you.
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BndP 2 51.19
इत्युक्तः सगरेणाथ स्थित्वा सो ऽतर्मनाः क्षणम् । उवाच भगवानौर्वः सनिदेशमिदं वचः
ityuktaḥ sagareṇātha sthitvā so 'tarmanāḥ kṣaṇam / uvāca bhagavānaurvaḥ sanideśamidaṃ vacaḥ
Thus addressed by Sagara, the venerable Aurva, remaining inwardly thoughtful for a moment, spoke this word containing an instruction.
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BndP 2 51.20
नियम्य सह भार्याभ्यां किञ्चित्कालमिहावस । अवाप्स्यति ततो ऽभीष्टं भवान्नात्र विचारमा
niyamya saha bhāryābhyāṃ kiñcitkālamihāvasa / avāpsyati tato 'bhīṣṭaṃ bhavānnātra vicāramā
Practising restraint, dwell here for some time together with your two wives; then you will obtain what you desire — there is no need to deliberate about this.
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BndP 2 51.21
स च तत्रावसत्प्रीतस्तच्छुश्रूषापरायमः । पत्नीभ्यां सह धर्मात्मा भक्तियुक्तश्चिरं तदा
sa ca tatrāvasatprītastacchuśrūṣāparāyamaḥ / patnībhyāṃ saha dharmātmā bhaktiyuktaściraṃ tadā
And he, glad, devoted to serving him, righteous and full of devotion, dwelt there for a long time together with his two wives.
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BndP 2 51.22
राजपत्न्यौ च ते तस्य सर्वकालमतन्द्रिते । मुनेरतनुतां प्रीतिं विनयाचारभक्तिभिः
rājapatnyau ca te tasya sarvakālamatandrite / muneratanutāṃ prītiṃ vinayācārabhaktibhiḥ
And those two wives of the king, tireless at all times, increased the sage's affection by their modesty, conduct and devotion.
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BndP 2 51.23
भक्त्या शुश्रूषया चैव तयोस्तुष्टो महामुनिः । राजपत्न्यौ समाहूय इदं वचनम ब्रवीत्
bhaktyā śuśrūṣayā caiva tayostuṣṭo mahāmuniḥ / rājapatnyau samāhūya idaṃ vacanama bravīt
Pleased with the devotion and the service of those two, the great sage summoned the king's wives and spoke this word:
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BndP 2 51.24
भवत्यौ वरमस्मत्तो व्रियतां काममीप्सितम् । दास्यामि तं न संदेहो यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्ल्लभम्
bhavatyau varamasmatto vriyatāṃ kāmamīpsitam / dāsyāmi taṃ na saṃdeho yadyapi syātsudurllabham
Let you two choose from me a boon, the desire you wish for; I shall give it — no doubt of it — even if it be very hard to obtain.
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BndP 2 51.25
ततः प्रणम्यशिरसा ते ऽप्युभे तं महामुनिम् । ऊचतुर्भगवान्पुत्रान्कामयावेति सादरम्
tataḥ praṇamyaśirasā te 'pyubhe taṃ mahāmunim / ūcaturbhagavānputrānkāmayāveti sādaram
Then both of them, bowing with their heads to that great sage, said respectfully: "Lord, we desire sons."
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BndP 2 51.26
ततस्ते भगवानाह भवतीभ्यां मया पुनः । राज्ञश्चप्रियकामेन वरो दत्तो ऽयमीप्सितः
tataste bhagavānāha bhavatībhyāṃ mayā punaḥ / rājñaścapriyakāmena varo datto 'yamīpsitaḥ
Then the venerable one said to them: "By me, out of a wish to please the king too, this desired boon is again granted to you two.
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BndP 2 51.27
पुत्रवत्यौ महाभागे भवत्यौ मत्प्रसादतः । भवेतां ध्रुवमन्यच्च श्रूयतां वचनं मम
putravatyau mahābhāge bhavatyau matprasādataḥ / bhavetāṃ dhruvamanyacca śrūyatāṃ vacanaṃ mama
O greatly fortunate ones, by my grace you two shall surely become possessed of sons; and hear another word of mine.
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BndP 2 51.28
पुत्रो भविष्यत्येकस्यामेकः सो ऽनतिधार्मिकः । तथापि तस्य कल्पान्तं संभूतिश्च भविष्यति
putro bhaviṣyatyekasyāmekaḥ so 'natidhārmikaḥ / tathāpi tasya kalpāntaṃ saṃbhūtiśca bhaviṣyati
In one there will be a single son, and he not overly righteous; even so, his line will continue until the end of the kalpa.
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BndP 2 51.29
षष्टिः पुत्रसहस्राणामपरस्यां च जायते । अकृतार्थाश्च ते सर्वे विनङ्क्ष्यन्त्यचिरादिव
ṣaṣṭiḥ putrasahasrāṇāmaparasyāṃ ca jāyate / akṛtārthāśca te sarve vinaṅkṣyantyacirādiva
And to the other are born sixty thousand sons; and all of them, their purpose unaccomplished, will perish before long.
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BndP 2 51.30
एवंविधगुणेपेतो वरौ दत्तौ मया युवाम् । अभीप्सितं तु यद्यस्याः स्वेच्छया तत्प्रकीर्त्यताम्
evaṃvidhaguṇepeto varau dattau mayā yuvām / abhīpsitaṃ tu yadyasyāḥ svecchayā tatprakīrtyatām
"Two boons endowed with such qualities have been granted by you two by me; let each of you declare, of her own accord, what she desires."
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BndP 2 51.31
एवमुक्ते तु मुनिना वैदर्भ्यान्वयवर्द्धनम् । वरयामास तनयं पुत्रानन्यास्तथा परा
evamukte tu muninā vaidarbhyānvayavarddhanam / varayāmāsa tanayaṃ putrānanyāstathā parā
When the sage had spoken thus, the woman of Vidarbha chose one son, an increaser of the lineage, while the other (wife) chose the (many) sons.
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BndP 2 51.32
इति दत्त्वा वरं राज्ञे सगराय महामुनिः । सभार्यामनुमान्यैनं विससर्ज पुरीं प्रति
iti dattvā varaṃ rājñe sagarāya mahāmuniḥ / sabhāryāmanumānyainaṃ visasarja purīṃ prati
Having thus given the boon to King Sagara, the great sage took leave of him together with his wives and sent him off toward his city.
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BndP 2 51.33
मुनिना समनुज्ञातः कृत कृत्यो महीपतिः । रथमारुह्य वेगेन सप्रियः प्रययौ पुरीम्
muninā samanujñātaḥ kṛta kṛtyo mahīpatiḥ / rathamāruhya vegena sapriyaḥ prayayau purīm
Given leave by the sage, his purpose accomplished, the lord of the earth mounted his chariot and swiftly went to the city with his beloved (wives).
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BndP 2 51.34
स प्रविश्य पुरीं रम्यां त्दृष्टपुष्टजनावृताम् । आनन्दितः पौरजनै रेमे परमया मुदा
sa praviśya purīṃ ramyāṃ tdṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāvṛtām / ānanditaḥ paurajanai reme paramayā mudā
Entering the delightful city, filled with contented and well-nourished people, he was gladdened by the townsfolk and took his pleasure with the greatest joy.
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BndP 2 51.35
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु राजपत्न्यावुभे नृप । राज्ञे प्रावोचतां गर्भं मुदा परमया युते
etasminneva kāle tu rājapatnyāvubhe nṛpa / rājñe prāvocatāṃ garbhaṃ mudā paramayā yute
At just this time, O king, the two royal wives, filled with the greatest joy, announced their pregnancy to the king.
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BndP 2 51.36
ववृधे च तयोर्गर्भः शुक्लपक्षे यथोडुराट् । सह संतोषसंपत्त्या पित्रोः पौरजनस्य च
vavṛdhe ca tayorgarbhaḥ śuklapakṣe yathoḍurāṭ / saha saṃtoṣasaṃpattyā pitroḥ paurajanasya ca
And the embryo in the two of them grew, as the moon does in the bright fortnight, together with the growing satisfaction of the parents and of the townspeople.
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BndP 2 51.37
संपूर्णे तु ततः काले मुहूर्ते केशिनीशुभे । असूयताग्निगर्भाभं कुमारममितद्युतिम्
saṃpūrṇe tu tataḥ kāle muhūrte keśinīśubhe / asūyatāgnigarbhābhaṃ kumāramamitadyutim
Then, when the time was complete, at an auspicious moment, Keśinī gave birth to a boy of measureless splendour, shining like the womb of fire.
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BndP 2 51.38
जातकर्मादिकं तस्य कृत्वा चैव यथाविधि । असमञ्चस इत्येव नाम तस्या करोन्नृपः
jātakarmādikaṃ tasya kṛtvā caiva yathāvidhi / asamañcasa ityeva nāma tasyā karonnṛpaḥ
Having performed for him the birth rites and the rest according to rule, the king gave him the name Asamañcasa.
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BndP 2 51.39
सुमतिश्चापि तत्काले गर्भालाबमसूयत । संप्रसूतं तु तं त्यक्तं दृष्ट्वा राजाकरोन्मनः
sumatiścāpi tatkāle garbhālābamasūyata / saṃprasūtaṃ tu taṃ tyaktaṃ dṛṣṭvā rājākaronmanaḥ
And at that same time Sumati gave birth to a gourd-like embryo; and seeing it, once brought forth, discarded, the king made up his mind (to abandon it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 51.40
तज्ज्ञात्वा भगवानौर्वस्तत्रागच्छद्यदृच्छया । सम्यक् संभावितो राज्ञा तमुवाच त्वरान्वितः
tajjñātvā bhagavānaurvastatrāgacchadyadṛcchayā / samyak saṃbhāvito rājñā tamuvāca tvarānvitaḥ
Knowing this, the venerable Aurva came there of his own accord; duly honoured by the king, he said to him in haste:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.41
गर्भालाबुरयं राजन्न त्यक्तुं भवतार्हति । पुत्राणां षष्टिसाहस्रबीजभूतो यतस्तव
garbhālāburayaṃ rājanna tyaktuṃ bhavatārhati / putrāṇāṃ ṣaṣṭisāhasrabījabhūto yatastava
"This gourd-embryo, O king, ought not to be discarded by you, since it is the seed-source of your sixty thousand sons."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.42
तस्मात्तत्सकलीकृत्य घृतकुंभेषु यत्नतः । निःक्षिप्य सपिधानेषु रक्षणीयं पृथक्पृथक्
tasmāttatsakalīkṛtya ghṛtakuṃbheṣu yatnataḥ / niḥkṣipya sapidhāneṣu rakṣaṇīyaṃ pṛthakpṛthak
"Therefore, having divided it into parts, it should be carefully placed in jars of ghee with lids, and each guarded separately."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.43
सम्यगेवं कृते राजन्भवतो मत्प्रसादतः । यथोक्तसंख्या पत्राणां भविष्यति न संशयः
samyagevaṃ kṛte rājanbhavato matprasādataḥ / yathoktasaṃkhyā patrāṇāṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
"When this is done properly, O king, by my favour there will be, for you, sons of the number stated — there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.44
काले पूर्णे ततः कुम्भान्भित्त्वा निर्यान्ति ते पृथक् । एवं ते षष्टिसाहस्रं पुत्राणां जायते नृप
kāle pūrṇe tataḥ kumbhānbhittvā niryānti te pṛthak / evaṃ te ṣaṣṭisāhasraṃ putrāṇāṃ jāyate nṛpa
"Then, when the time is full, they will break the jars and come out one by one. Thus sixty thousand sons will be born to you, O king."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.45
इत्युक्त्वा भगवानौर्वस्तत्रैवान्तरधाद्विभुः । राजा च तत्तथा चक्रे यथौर्वेण समीरितम्
ityuktvā bhagavānaurvastatraivāntaradhādvibhuḥ / rājā ca tattathā cakre yathaurveṇa samīritam
Having said this, the mighty lord Aurva vanished on the spot; and the king did just as Aurva had directed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.46
ततः संवत्सरे पूर्णे घृतकुंभात्क्रमेण ते । भित्त्वाभित्त्वा पुनर्जज्ञुः सहसैवानुवासरम्
tataḥ saṃvatsare pūrṇe ghṛtakuṃbhātkrameṇa te / bhittvābhittvā punarjajñuḥ sahasaivānuvāsaram
Then, when a year was complete, they were born from the ghee jars in succession, breaking them one after another, all at once, day after day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.47
एवं क्रमेण संजातास्तनयास्ते महीपते । ववृधुः संघशो राजन्षष्टिसाहस्रसंख्याया
evaṃ krameṇa saṃjātāstanayāste mahīpate / vavṛdhuḥ saṃghaśo rājanṣaṣṭisāhasrasaṃkhyāyā
Thus, born in succession, those sons of yours, O lord of the earth, grew up in throngs, O king, to the number of sixty thousand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.48
अपृथग्धर्मचरणा महाबलपराक्रमाः । बभूवुस्ते दुराधर्षाः क्रूरात्मानो विशेषतः
apṛthagdharmacaraṇā mahābalaparākramāḥ / babhūvuste durādharṣāḥ krūrātmāno viśeṣataḥ
Not separate in their observance of duty, of great strength and prowess, they became hard to assail and, above all, cruel-natured.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.49
स नातिप्रीतिमांस्तेषु राजा मतिमतां वरः । केशिनीतनयं त्वेकं बहुमान सुतं प्रियम्
sa nātiprītimāṃsteṣu rājā matimatāṃ varaḥ / keśinītanayaṃ tvekaṃ bahumāna sutaṃ priyam
That king, best of the wise, was not greatly pleased with them, but he held in high regard the one son of Keśinī, his dear child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.50
विवाहं विधिवत्तस्मै कारयामास पार्थिवः । सचाप्यानन्दयामास स्वगुणैः सुहृदो ऽखिलान्
vivāhaṃ vidhivattasmai kārayāmāsa pārthivaḥ / sacāpyānandayāmāsa svaguṇaiḥ suhṛdo 'khilān
The king had a marriage performed for him according to the rules; and he too gladdened all his friends by his own good qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.51
एवं प्रवर्त मानस्य केशिनीतनयस्य तु । अजायत सुतः श्रीमानंशुमानिति विश्रुतः
evaṃ pravarta mānasya keśinītanayasya tu / ajāyata sutaḥ śrīmānaṃśumāniti viśrutaḥ
While the son of Keśinī was thus living, there was born to him an illustrious son, renowned as Aṃśumān.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.52
स बाल्य एव मतिमानुदारैः स्वगुणैर्भृशम् । प्रीणयामास सुत्दृदः स्वपितामहमेव च
sa bālya eva matimānudāraiḥ svaguṇairbhṛśam / prīṇayāmāsa sutdṛdaḥ svapitāmahameva ca
Even in boyhood that wise (boy) greatly delighted his kinsmen, and his grandfather too, by his own noble qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.53
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राज्ञस्तस्य पुत्रो ऽसमञ्जसः । आविष्टो नष्टचेष्टो ऽभूत्स पिशाचेन केन चित्
etasminnantare rājñastasya putro 'samañjasaḥ / āviṣṭo naṣṭaceṣṭo 'bhūtsa piśācena kena cit
In the meantime that king's son Asamañjas was possessed by some piśāca and lost his senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.54
स तु कश्चिदभूद्वैश्यः पूर्वजन्मनि धर्मवित् । कस्याचिद्विषये राज्ञः प्रभूतधनधान्यवान्
sa tu kaścidabhūdvaiśyaḥ pūrvajanmani dharmavit / kasyācidviṣaye rājñaḥ prabhūtadhanadhānyavān
Now he had been, in a former birth, a certain vaiśya who knew dharma, in the domain of some king, possessed of abundant wealth and grain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.55
स कदाचिदरण्येषु विचरन्निधिमुत्तमम् । दृष्ट्वा ग्रहीतुमारेभे वणिग्लोभवरिप्लुतः
sa kadācidaraṇyeṣu vicarannidhimuttamam / dṛṣṭvā grahītumārebhe vaṇiglobhavariplutaḥ
Once, roaming in the forests, he saw an excellent treasure-hoard and, that merchant being overwhelmed by the flood of greed, began to take it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.56
ततस्तद्रक्षको ऽभ्येत्य पिशाचः प्राह तं तदा । क्षुधितो ऽहं चिरादस्मिन्निवसन्निधिपालकः
tatastadrakṣako 'bhyetya piśācaḥ prāha taṃ tadā / kṣudhito 'haṃ cirādasminnivasannidhipālakaḥ
Then its guardian, a piśāca, came up and said to him: "I am hungry, having long dwelt here as the guardian of this hoard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.57
तस्मात्तत्परिहाराय मम दत्त्वा गवामिषम् । कामतः प्रतिगृह्णीष्व निधिमेनं ममाज्ञया
tasmāttatparihārāya mama dattvā gavāmiṣam / kāmataḥ pratigṛhṇīṣva nidhimenaṃ mamājñayā
Therefore, to remove that (hunger), give me the flesh of cattle, and then take this hoard at will, with my permission."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.58
सतस्मै तत्परिश्रुत्य दास्यामीति गवामिषम् । आदत्त च निधिं तं तु पिशाचेनानुमोदितः
satasmai tatpariśrutya dāsyāmīti gavāmiṣam / ādatta ca nidhiṃ taṃ tu piśācenānumoditaḥ
Having heard that, he promised him, "I shall give the cow's flesh," and, permitted by the piśāca, he took that hoard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.59
न प्रादाच्च ततो मौढ्यात्तस्मै यत्तत्प्रतिश्रुतम् । प्रतिश्रुताप्रदानोत्थरोषं न श्रद्दधे नृप
na prādācca tato mauḍhyāttasmai yattatpratiśrutam / pratiśrutāpradānottharoṣaṃ na śraddadhe nṛpa
But afterwards, out of folly, he did not give him what had been promised; and, O king, he did not believe in the wrath arising from not delivering what was promised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.60
तमेवं सुचिरं कालं प्रतीक्ष्याशनकाङ्क्षया । अपनीतधनः सो ऽपि ममार व्यथितः क्षुधा
tamevaṃ suciraṃ kālaṃ pratīkṣyāśanakāṅkṣayā / apanītadhanaḥ so 'pi mamāra vyathitaḥ kṣudhā
Having waited for him thus a very long time in the desire for food, he too, robbed of his wealth (i.e. of his treasure-charge), died tormented by hunger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 51.61
वैश्यो ऽपि बालो मरणं संप्राप्य सगरस्य तु । बभूव काले केशिन्यां तनयो ऽन्वयवर्द्धनः
vaiśyo 'pi bālo maraṇaṃ saṃprāpya sagarasya tu / babhūva kāle keśinyāṃ tanayo 'nvayavarddhanaḥ
And the vaiśya too, meeting with death while a child, in time became Sagara's son by Keśinī, the increaser of the lineage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.62
अशरीरः पिशाचे ऽपि पूर्ववैरमनुस्मरन् । वायुभूतो ऽविशद्देहं राजपुत्रस्य भूपते
aśarīraḥ piśāce 'pi pūrvavairamanusmaran / vāyubhūto 'viśaddehaṃ rājaputrasya bhūpate
And the piśāca too, bodiless, remembering the former enmity, became wind and entered the body of the king's son, O lord of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.63
तेनाविष्टस्ततः सो ऽपि क्रूरचित्तो ऽभवत्तदा । मतिविभ्रंशमासाद्य मुहुस्तेन बलात्कृतः
tenāviṣṭastataḥ so 'pi krūracitto 'bhavattadā / mativibhraṃśamāsādya muhustena balātkṛtaḥ
Possessed by him, he then became cruel of mind, and, repeatedly forced by him, he fell into derangement of understanding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.64
असमञ्जसत्वं नगरे चक्रे सो ऽपि नृशंसवत् । बालांश्च यूनः स्थविरान्योषितश्च सदा खलः
asamañjasatvaṃ nagare cakre so 'pi nṛśaṃsavat / bālāṃśca yūnaḥ sthavirānyoṣitaśca sadā khalaḥ
He too, like a murderous man, practised unseemliness in the city, that villain always (attacking) children, young men, old men and women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.65
हत्वाहत्वा प्रचिक्षेप सरय्वामतिनिर्दयः । ततः पौरजनाः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा तस्य कदर्यताम्
hatvāhatvā pracikṣepa sarayvāmatinirdayaḥ / tataḥ paurajanāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā tasya kadaryatām
Killing them one after another, utterly pitiless, he threw them into the Sarayū. Then all the townsfolk, seeing his vileness—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.66
बहुशो निकृतास्तेन गत्वा राज्ञे व्यजिज्ञापन् । राजा च तदुपश्रुत्य तमाहूय प्रयत्नतः
bahuśo nikṛtāstena gatvā rājñe vyajijñāpan / rājā ca tadupaśrutya tamāhūya prayatnataḥ
having been injured by him many times, went and informed the king; and the king, hearing of it, summoned him with effort,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 51.67
वारयामास बहुधा दुःखेन महतान्वितः । बहुशः प्रतिषिद्धो ऽपि पित्रा तेन महात्मना
vārayāmāsa bahudhā duḥkhena mahatānvitaḥ / bahuśaḥ pratiṣiddho 'pi pitrā tena mahātmanā
and, filled with great grief, restrained him in many ways. Though repeatedly forbidden by that great-souled father,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition