Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 52
BndP 2 52.1
जले तप्ते च संतप्ताः संबभूवुर्यथा यवाः । नाशकत्तं यदा पापाद्विनिवर्त्तयितुं नृपः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५१।६८ ॥ लोकापवादभीरुत्वाद्विषयानत्यजत्तदा ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५१।६९ ॥इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे सगरचरिते ऽसमञ्जसत्यागो नामैकपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ५१॥ जैमिनिरुवाच त्यक्त्वा पुत्रं स धर्मात्मा सगरः प्रेम तद्गतम् । धर्मशीले तदा वाले चकारांशुमति प्रभुः
jale tapte ca saṃtaptāḥ saṃbabhūvuryathā yavāḥ / nāśakattaṃ yadā pāpādvinivarttayituṃ nṛpaḥ // bndp_2,51.68 // lokāpavādabhīrutvādviṣayānatyajattadā // bndp_2,51.69 //iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde sagaracarite 'samañjasatyāgo nāmaikapañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 51// jaiminiruvāca tyaktvā putraṃ sa dharmātmā sagaraḥ prema tadgatam / dharmaśīle tadā vāle cakārāṃśumati prabhuḥ
(the citizens) became scorched as barley-grains are in heated water. When the king was unable to turn him back from evil, then, from fear of the world's censure, he abandoned (his) domains (i.e. cast him out). — Thus the fifty-first chapter, named "The Abandonment of Asamañjas," in the account of Sagara, in the third Upoddhāta section of the middle part of the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa spoken by Vāyu. Jaimini said: Having abandoned his son, that righteous lord Sagara then placed the love he had for him upon the boy Aṃśumān, who was of righteous character.
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BndP 2 52.2
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु सुमत्यास्तनया नृप । ववृधुः सघशः सर्वे परस्परमनुव्रताः
etasminneva kāle tu sumatyāstanayā nṛpa / vavṛdhuḥ saghaśaḥ sarve parasparamanuvratāḥ
But at this very time, O king, the sons of Sumati all grew up in groups, devoted to one another.
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BndP 2 52.3
वज्रसंहननाः क्रूरा निर्दया निरपत्रपाः । अधर्मशीला नितरामेकघर्माण एव च
vajrasaṃhananāḥ krūrā nirdayā nirapatrapāḥ / adharmaśīlā nitarāmekagharmāṇa eva ca
(They were) of adamantine frame, cruel, pitiless, shameless, utterly given to unrighteous conduct, and all of one and the same temper.
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BndP 2 52.4
एककार्याभिनिरताः क्रोधना मूढचेतसः । अधृष्याः सर्वभूतानां जनोपद्रवकारिणः
ekakāryābhiniratāḥ krodhanā mūḍhacetasaḥ / adhṛṣyāḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ janopadravakāriṇaḥ
Intent on a single purpose, prone to anger, of deluded minds, unassailable by all beings, working affliction upon the people.
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BndP 2 52.5
विनयाचा रसन्मार्गनिरपेक्षाः समन्ततः । बबाधिरे जगत्सर्वमसुरा इव कामतः
vinayācā rasanmārganirapekṣāḥ samantataḥ / babādhire jagatsarvamasurā iva kāmataḥ
Heedless everywhere of good conduct and of the right path, they oppressed the whole world at their pleasure, like demons.
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BndP 2 52.6
विध्वस्तयज्ञसन्मार्गं भुवनं तैरुपद्रुतम् । निःस्वाध्याय वषट्कारं बभूवार्तं विशेषतः
vidhvastayajñasanmārgaṃ bhuvanaṃ tairupadrutam / niḥsvādhyāya vaṣaṭkāraṃ babhūvārtaṃ viśeṣataḥ
The world, harassed by them, had the good path of sacrifice destroyed; bereft of Vedic recitation and of the call of 'vaṣaṭ', it became especially afflicted.
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BndP 2 52.7
विध्वस्यमाने सुभृशं सागरैर्वरदर्पितैः । प्रक्षोभं परमं जग्मुर्देवासुरमहोरगाः
vidhvasyamāne subhṛśaṃ sāgarairvaradarpitaiḥ / prakṣobhaṃ paramaṃ jagmurdevāsuramahoragāḥ
When (all) was being violently destroyed by the sons of Sagara, made arrogant by the boon, the gods, the asuras and the great serpents fell into the utmost agitation.
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BndP 2 52.8
धरासा सागराक्रान्ता न चलापि तदा चला । तपः समाधिभङ्गश्च प्रबभूव तपस्विनाम्
dharāsā sāgarākrāntā na calāpi tadā calā / tapaḥ samādhibhaṅgaśca prababhūva tapasvinām
That earth, overrun by the sons of Sagara, though unmoving, then moved; and the breaking of the austerity and meditation of the ascetics came about.
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BndP 2 52.9
हव्यकव्यपरिभ्रष्टास्त्रिदशाः पितृभिः सह । दुःशेन महाताविष्टा विरिञ्जभवनं ययुः
havyakavyaparibhraṣṭāstridaśāḥ pitṛbhiḥ saha / duḥśena mahātāviṣṭā viriñjabhavanaṃ yayuḥ
The thirty (gods), fallen away from their offerings to gods and to ancestors, together with the fathers, overcome with great grief, went to Brahmā's abode.
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BndP 2 52.10
तत्र गत्वा यथान्यायं देवाः शर्वपुरोगमाः । शशंसुः सकलं तस्मै सागराणां विचेष्टितम्
tatra gatvā yathānyāyaṃ devāḥ śarvapurogamāḥ / śaśaṃsuḥ sakalaṃ tasmai sāgarāṇāṃ viceṣṭitam
Having gone there, the gods, with Śarva at their head, in due order told him the whole doing of the sons of Sagara.
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BndP 2 52.11
तच्छ्रत्वा वचनं तेषां ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । क्षणमन्तर्मना भूत्वा जगाद सुरसत्तमः
tacchratvā vacanaṃ teṣāṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ / kṣaṇamantarmanā bhūtvā jagāda surasattamaḥ
Hearing that speech of theirs, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, best of the gods, becoming inwardly absorbed for a moment, spoke.
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BndP 2 52.12
देवाःशृणुत भद्रं वो वाणीमवहिता मम । विनङ्क्ष्यन्त्यचिरेमैव सागरा नात्र संशयः
devāḥśṛṇuta bhadraṃ vo vāṇīmavahitā mama / vinaṅkṣyantyaciremaiva sāgarā nātra saṃśayaḥ
"Gods, listen—blessings on you—attentively to my word: the sons of Sagara will perish before long; there is no doubt here.
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BndP 2 52.13
कालं कञ्चित्प्रतीक्षध्वं तेन सर्वं नियम्यते । निमित्तमात्रमन्यत्तु स एव सकलेशिता
kālaṃ kañcitpratīkṣadhvaṃ tena sarvaṃ niyamyate / nimittamātramanyattu sa eva sakaleśitā
Wait for some time; by that (Time) everything is controlled. Anything else is a mere instrument; he alone is the ruler of all.
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BndP 2 52.14
तस्माद्युष्मद्धितार्थाय यद्वक्ष्यामि सुरोत्तमाः । सर्वैर्भवद्भिरधुना तत्कर्त्तव्यमतं द्रितैः
tasmādyuṣmaddhitārthāya yadvakṣyāmi surottamāḥ / sarvairbhavadbhiradhunā tatkarttavyamataṃ dritaiḥ
Therefore, best of gods, what I shall say for your welfare must now be done by all of you unwearied.
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BndP 2 52.15
विष्णोरंशेन भगवान्कपिलो जयतां वरः । जातो जगद्धितार्थाय योगीन्द्रप्रवरो भुवि
viṣṇoraṃśena bhagavānkapilo jayatāṃ varaḥ / jāto jagaddhitārthāya yogīndrapravaro bhuvi
By a portion of Viṣṇu the lord Kapila, best of the victorious, foremost of the lords of yoga, has been born on earth for the good of the world.
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BndP 2 52.16
अगस्त्यपीतसलिले दिव्यवर्षशतावधि । ध्यायन्नास्ते ऽधुनांऽभोधावेकान्ते तत्र कुत्र चित्
agastyapītasalile divyavarṣaśatāvadhi / dhyāyannāste 'dhunāṃ'bhodhāvekānte tatra kutra cit
In the water that Agastya drank, for the term of a hundred divine years, he now sits meditating in the ocean, somewhere there in a solitary place.
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BndP 2 52.17
गत्वा यूयं ममादेशात्कपिलं मुनिपुङ्गवम् । ध्यानाव सानमिच्छन्तस्तिष्ठध्वं तदुपह्वरे
gatvā yūyaṃ mamādeśātkapilaṃ munipuṅgavam / dhyānāva sānamicchantastiṣṭhadhvaṃ tadupahvare
Go, you, by my command, to Kapila, the bull among sages, and stand near him, desiring the ending of his meditation.
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BndP 2 52.18
समाधिविरतौ तस्य स्वाभिप्रायमशेषतः । नत्वा तस्मै वदिष्यध्वं स वः श्रेयो विधास्यति
samādhiviratau tasya svābhiprāyamaśeṣataḥ / natvā tasmai vadiṣyadhvaṃ sa vaḥ śreyo vidhāsyati
When his meditative absorption ceases, bow to him and tell him your own intention in full; he will bring about your good.
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BndP 2 52.19
समाधिभङ्गश्च मुनेर्यथा स्यात्सागरैः कृतः । कुरुध्वं च तथा यूयं प्रवृत्तिं विबुधोत्तमाः
samādhibhaṅgaśca muneryathā syātsāgaraiḥ kṛtaḥ / kurudhvaṃ ca tathā yūyaṃ pravṛttiṃ vibudhottamāḥ
And you, best of the gods, act in such a way that the breaking of the sage's absorption may be caused by the sons of Sagara."
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BndP 2 52.20
जैमिनिरुवाच इत्युक्तास्तेन विबुधास्तं प्रणम्य वितामहम् । गत्वा तं विबुधश्रेष्टं ते कृताञ्जलयो ऽब्रुवन्
jaiminiruvāca ityuktāstena vibudhāstaṃ praṇamya vitāmaham / gatvā taṃ vibudhaśreṣṭaṃ te kṛtāñjalayo 'bruvan
Jaimini said: Thus addressed by him, the gods bowed to that grandfather, and having gone to that best of the wise ones, they spoke with folded hands.
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BndP 2 52.21
देवा ऊचुः प्रसीद नो मुनिश्रेष्ठ वयं त्वां शरणं गताः । उपद्रुतं जगत्सर्वंसागरैः संप्रणश्यति
devā ūcuḥ prasīda no muniśreṣṭha vayaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ / upadrutaṃ jagatsarvaṃsāgaraiḥ saṃpraṇaśyati
The gods said: Be gracious to us, best of sages; we have come to you for refuge. The whole world, harassed by the sons of Sagara, is perishing utterly.
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BndP 2 52.22
त्वं किलाखिललोकानां स्थितिसहारकारणः । विष्णोरंशेन योगीन्द्रस्वरूपी भुवि संस्थितः
tvaṃ kilākhilalokānāṃ sthitisahārakāraṇaḥ / viṣṇoraṃśena yogīndrasvarūpī bhuvi saṃsthitaḥ
You indeed are the cause of the maintenance and destruction of all the worlds; by a portion of Viṣṇu you stand on earth in the form of a lord of yogins.
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BndP 2 52.23
पुंसां तापत्रयार्त्तानामार्तिनाशाय केवलम् । स्वेच्छया ते धृतो देहो न तु त्वं तपतां वरः
puṃsāṃ tāpatrayārttānāmārtināśāya kevalam / svecchayā te dhṛto deho na tu tvaṃ tapatāṃ varaḥ
Only for the destruction of the suffering of men afflicted by the three torments has a body been assumed by you of your own will — not because you, best of ascetics, (needed it).
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BndP 2 52.24
मनसैव जगत्सर्वं स्रष्टुं संहर्तुमेव च । विधातुं स्वेच्छया ब्रह्मन्भवाञ्छक्रोत्यसंशयम्
manasaiva jagatsarvaṃ sraṣṭuṃ saṃhartumeva ca / vidhātuṃ svecchayā brahmanbhavāñchakrotyasaṃśayam
By mere thought, O brahman, you are able, by your own will, to create, to destroy, and to ordain this whole world — of this there is no doubt.
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BndP 2 52.25
त्वं नो धाता विधाता च त्वं गुरुस्त्वं परायणम् । परित्राता त्वमस्माकं विनिवर्त्तय चापदम्
tvaṃ no dhātā vidhātā ca tvaṃ gurustvaṃ parāyaṇam / paritrātā tvamasmākaṃ vinivarttaya cāpadam
You are our creator and ordainer, you are (our) teacher, you are (our) highest resort; you are our deliverer — turn away this calamity.
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BndP 2 52.26
शरणं भव विप्रेन्द्र विप्रेद्राणां विशेषतः । सागरैर्दह्यमानानां लोकत्रयनिवासिनाम्
śaraṇaṃ bhava viprendra vipredrāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ / sāgarairdahyamānānāṃ lokatrayanivāsinām
Be a refuge, O lord of brahmans, especially for the chief brahmans, (and) for the dwellers of the three worlds who are being burned by the Sāgaras.
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BndP 2 52.27
ननु वै सात्त्विकी चेष्टा भवतीह भवादृशाम् । त्रातुमर्हसि तस्मात्त्वं लोकानस्मांश्च सुव्रत
nanu vai sāttvikī ceṣṭā bhavatīha bhavādṛśām / trātumarhasi tasmāttvaṃ lokānasmāṃśca suvrata
Surely the activity of those like you here is of the nature of goodness; therefore you ought to protect the worlds and us, O you of good vows.
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BndP 2 52.28
न चेदकाले भगवन्विनङ्क्ष्यत्यखिलं जगत् । जैमिनिरुवाच इत्युक्तः सकलैर्देवैरुन्मील्य नयने शनैः
na cedakāle bhagavanvinaṅkṣyatyakhilaṃ jagat / jaiminiruvāca ityuktaḥ sakalairdevairunmīlya nayane śanaiḥ
And if not, O lord, the whole world will perish out of due time. Jaimini said: Thus addressed by all the gods, slowly opening his eyes,
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BndP 2 52.29
विलोक्य तानुवाचेदं कपिलः सूनृतं वचः । स्वकर्मणैव निर्दग्धाः प्रविनङ्क्ष्यन्ति सागराः
vilokya tānuvācedaṃ kapilaḥ sūnṛtaṃ vacaḥ / svakarmaṇaiva nirdagdhāḥ pravinaṅkṣyanti sāgarāḥ
and looking at them, Kapila spoke this true and kindly word: "Burned up by their own deeds alone, the Sāgaras will utterly perish.
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BndP 2 52.30
काले प्राप्ते तु युष्माभिः सतावत्परिपाल्यताम् । अहं तु कारणं तेषां विनाशाय दुरात्मनाम्
kāle prāpte tu yuṣmābhiḥ satāvatparipālyatām / ahaṃ tu kāraṇaṃ teṣāṃ vināśāya durātmanām
But until the time comes, let (this) be borne with by you. I indeed shall be the cause of the destruction of those evil-souled ones,
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BndP 2 52.31
भविष्यामि सुरश्रेष्ठा भवतामर्थसिद्धये । मम क्रोधाग्नि विप्लुष्टाः सागराः पापचेतसः
bhaviṣyāmi suraśreṣṭhā bhavatāmarthasiddhaye / mama krodhāgni vipluṣṭāḥ sāgarāḥ pāpacetasaḥ
O best of gods, for the accomplishment of your purpose. The Sāgaras, whose minds are sinful, scorched by the fire of my anger,
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BndP 2 52.32
भविष्यन्तु चिरेणैव कालोपहतबुद्धयः । तस्माद्गतज्वरा देवा लोकाश्चैवाकुतोभयाः
bhaviṣyantu cireṇaiva kālopahatabuddhayaḥ / tasmādgatajvarā devā lokāścaivākutobhayāḥ
shall soon become men whose understanding is destroyed by Time. Therefore let the gods be free of fever (anxiety), and the worlds free from any fear whatever;
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BndP 2 52.33
भवन्तु ते दुराचाराः क्षिप्रं यास्यन्ति संक्षयम् । तद्यूयं निर्भया भूत्वा व्रजध्वं स्वां पुरीं प्रति
bhavantu te durācārāḥ kṣipraṃ yāsyanti saṃkṣayam / tadyūyaṃ nirbhayā bhūtvā vrajadhvaṃ svāṃ purīṃ prati
let those evil-conducted ones be (so); quickly they will go to destruction. So you, becoming fearless, go to your own city.
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BndP 2 52.34
कालं कञ्चित्प्रतीक्षध्वं ततो ऽभीष्टमवाप्स्यथ । कपिलेनैवमुक्तास्ते देवाः सर्वे सवासवाः
kālaṃ kañcitpratīkṣadhvaṃ tato 'bhīṣṭamavāpsyatha / kapilenaivamuktāste devāḥ sarve savāsavāḥ
Wait for some time; then you will obtain what you desire." Thus addressed by Kapila, all those gods together with Vāsava,
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BndP 2 52.35
तं प्रणम्य ततो जग्मुः प्रतीताग्निदिवं प्रति । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राजा सगरः पृथिवीपतिः
taṃ praṇamya tato jagmuḥ pratītāgnidivaṃ prati / etasminnantare rājā sagaraḥ pṛthivīpatiḥ
having bowed to him, then went, confident, toward heaven. Meanwhile the king Sagara, lord of the earth,
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BndP 2 52.36
वाजिमेधं महायज्ञं कर्तुं चक्रे मनोरथम् । आहृत्य सर्वसंभारान्वसिष्ठानुमते तदा
vājimedhaṃ mahāyajñaṃ kartuṃ cakre manoratham / āhṛtya sarvasaṃbhārānvasiṣṭhānumate tadā
formed the wish to perform the horse-sacrifice, the great rite. Having collected all the requisites, then, with Vasiṣṭha's consent,
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BndP 2 52.37
और्वाद्यैः सहितो विप्रैर्यथावद्दीक्षितो ऽभवत् । दीक्षां प्रविष्टो नृपतिर्हयसंचारणाय वै
aurvādyaiḥ sahito viprairyathāvaddīkṣito 'bhavat / dīkṣāṃ praviṣṭo nṛpatirhayasaṃcāraṇāya vai
together with the brahmans Aurva and the rest, he was duly consecrated. The king, having entered upon the consecration, for the sending forth of the horse
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 52.38
पुत्रान्सर्वान्समाहूय संदिदेश महयशाः । संचारयित्वा तुरगं परीत्य पृथिवीतले
putrānsarvānsamāhūya saṃdideśa mahayaśāḥ / saṃcārayitvā turagaṃ parītya pṛthivītale
summoned all his sons, and the greatly renowned one instructed them: "Having let the horse roam, having gone round over the surface of the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 52.39
क्षिप्रं ममान्तिकं पुत्राः पुनराहर्तुमर्हथ । जैमिनिरुवाच ततस्ते पितुरादेशात्तमादाय तुरङ्गमम्
kṣipraṃ mamāntikaṃ putrāḥ punarāhartumarhatha / jaiminiruvāca tataste piturādeśāttamādāya turaṅgamam
you must, my sons, quickly bring it back again to me." Jaimini said: Then, by their father's command, taking that horse,
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BndP 2 52.40
परिचङ्क्रमयामासुः सकले क्षितिमण्डले । विधिचोदनयैवाश्वः स भूमौ परिवर्तिततः
paricaṅkramayāmāsuḥ sakale kṣitimaṇḍale / vidhicodanayaivāśvaḥ sa bhūmau parivartitataḥ
they made it wander all over the circle of the earth. It was solely at the urging of the ritual injunction that the horse was led around upon the earth,
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BndP 2 52.41
न तु दिग्विजयार्थाय करादानार्थमेव च । पृथिवीभूभुजा तेन पूर्वमेव विनिर्जिता
na tu digvijayārthāya karādānārthameva ca / pṛthivībhūbhujā tena pūrvameva vinirjitā
and not for the sake of conquering the quarters, nor for the taking of tribute; for the earth had already been wholly conquered by that king,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition