Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 53

BndP 2 53.1

नृपाश्चोदारवीर्येण करदाः समरे कृताः । ततस्ते राजतनया निस्तोये लवणांबुधौ ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५२।४२ ॥ भूतले विविशुर्हृष्टाः परिवार्य तुरङ्गमम् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५२।४३ ॥इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उवोद्धातपादे सगरवरिते ऽश्वमोचनं नाम द्विपञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ५२॥ जैमिनिरुवाच तेषु तत्र निविष्टेषु वासवेन प्रचोदितः । जहारं तुरगं वायुस्तत्क्षणेन रसातलम्

nṛpāścodāravīryeṇa karadāḥ samare kṛtāḥ / tataste rājatanayā nistoye lavaṇāṃbudhau // bndp_2,52.42 // bhūtale viviśurhṛṣṭāḥ parivārya turaṅgamam // bndp_2,52.43 //iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya uvoddhātapāde sagaravarite 'śvamocanaṃ nāma dvipañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 52// jaiminiruvāca teṣu tatra niviṣṭeṣu vāsavena pracoditaḥ / jahāraṃ turagaṃ vāyustatkṣaṇena rasātalam

and the kings had been made tributary in battle by his lofty valour. Then those sons of the king, glad, entered into the ground in the waterless salt sea, surrounding the horse. [Thus the fifty-second chapter, called 'the releasing of the horse', in the account of Sagara, in the third Upodghāta section of the middle part of the glorious great Purāṇa Brahmāṇḍa, spoken by Vāyu.] Jaimini said: While they were settled there, the Wind, urged on by Vāsava, carried the horse off in that instant to Rasātala.

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BndP 2 53.2

अदृष्टमश्वं तैः सर्वैरपहृत्य सदागतिः । अनयत्तत्पथा राजन्कपिलस्यान्तिकं मुनेः

adṛṣṭamaśvaṃ taiḥ sarvairapahṛtya sadāgatiḥ / anayattatpathā rājankapilasyāntikaṃ muneḥ

Having carried off the horse unseen by all of them, the ever-moving one (the wind) led it by that path, O king, into the presence of the sage Kapila.

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BndP 2 53.3

ततः समाकुलाः सर्वे विनष्टे ऽश्वे नृपात्मजाः । परीत्य वसुधां सर्वां प्रमार्गन्तस्तुरगमम्

tataḥ samākulāḥ sarve vinaṣṭe 'śve nṛpātmajāḥ / parītya vasudhāṃ sarvāṃ pramārgantasturagamam

Then, the horse being lost, all the king's sons, greatly agitated, went about the whole earth searching for the horse.

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BndP 2 53.4

विचित्य पृथिवीं ते तु स पुराचलकाननाम् । अपश्यन्तो यज्ञपशुं दुःखं महदवाप्नुवन्

vicitya pṛthivīṃ te tu sa purācalakānanām / apaśyanto yajñapaśuṃ duḥkhaṃ mahadavāpnuvan

But having searched the earth with its cities, mountains and forests, and not finding the sacrificial animal, they came to great grief.

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BndP 2 53.5

ततो ऽयोध्यां समासाद्य ऋषिभिः परिवारिताम् । दृष्ट्वा प्रणम्य पितरं तस्मै सर्वं न्यवेदयन्

tato 'yodhyāṃ samāsādya ṛṣibhiḥ parivāritām / dṛṣṭvā praṇamya pitaraṃ tasmai sarvaṃ nyavedayan

Then, reaching Ayodhyā, seeing their father surrounded by sages and bowing to him, they reported everything to him.

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BndP 2 53.6

परीत्य पृथ्वीमस्माभिर्निविष्टे वरुणालये । रक्ष्यमाणो ऽपि पश्यद्भिः केनापि तुरगो हृतः

parītya pṛthvīmasmābhirniviṣṭe varuṇālaye / rakṣyamāṇo 'pi paśyadbhiḥ kenāpi turago hṛtaḥ

"When we had gone about the earth and had settled at the abode of Varuṇa (the ocean), the horse, though guarded and though we were watching, was carried off by someone."

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BndP 2 53.7

इत्युक्तस्तै रुषाविष्टस्तानुवाच नृपोत्तमः । प्रयास्यध्वमधर्मिष्ठाः सर्वे ऽनावृत्तये पुनः

ityuktastai ruṣāviṣṭastānuvāca nṛpottamaḥ / prayāsyadhvamadharmiṣṭhāḥ sarve 'nāvṛttaye punaḥ

Addressed thus by them, the best of kings, filled with rage, said to them: "You most unrighteous ones, go — all of you — never to return again."

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BndP 2 53.8

कथं भवद्भिर्जीवद्भिर्विनष्टो वै दरात्मभिः । तुरगेण विना सत्यं नेहाग मनमस्ति वः

kathaṃ bhavadbhirjīvadbhirvinaṣṭo vai darātmabhiḥ / turageṇa vinā satyaṃ nehāga manamasti vaḥ

"How, you evil-souled ones, was it lost while you lived? Truly, without the horse there is no coming back here for you."

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BndP 2 53.9

ततः समेत्य तस्मात्ते सप्रयाताः परस्परम् । ऊचुर्न दृश्यते ऽद्यापि तुरगः किं प्रकुमह

tataḥ sametya tasmātte saprayātāḥ parasparam / ūcurna dṛśyate 'dyāpi turagaḥ kiṃ prakumaha

Then, having gone forth from there and come together, they said to one another: "Even now the horse is not to be seen; what shall we do?"

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BndP 2 53.10

वसुधा विचितास्माभिः सशैलवनकानना । न चापि दृश्यते वाजी तद्वार्त्तापि न कुत्रचित्

vasudhā vicitāsmābhiḥ saśailavanakānanā / na cāpi dṛśyate vājī tadvārttāpi na kutracit

"The earth with its mountains, woods and forests has been searched by us, and yet the horse is not seen, nor is there news of it anywhere."

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BndP 2 53.11

तस्मादब्धेः समारभ्य पातालावधि मेदिनीम् । विभज्य रवात्वा पातालं विविशाम तुरङ्गमम्

tasmādabdheḥ samārabhya pātālāvadhi medinīm / vibhajya ravātvā pātālaṃ viviśāma turaṅgamam

"Therefore, beginning from the ocean, let us split open the earth down to Pātāla and, having broken through, enter Pātāla (in search of) the horse."

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BndP 2 53.12

इति कृत्वा मतिं सर्वे सागराः क्रूरनिश्चयाः । निचख्नुर्भूमिमंबोधेस्तटा दारभ्य सर्वतः

iti kṛtvā matiṃ sarve sāgarāḥ krūraniścayāḥ / nicakhnurbhūmimaṃbodhestaṭā dārabhya sarvataḥ

Having made this resolve, all the Sāgaras, of cruel determination, dug up the ground everywhere, beginning from the shore of the ocean.

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BndP 2 53.13

तैः खन्यमाना वसुधा ररास भृशविह्वला । चुक्रुशुश्चापि भूतानि दृष्ट्वा तेषां विचेष्टितम्

taiḥ khanyamānā vasudhā rarāsa bhṛśavihvalā / cukruśuścāpi bhūtāni dṛṣṭvā teṣāṃ viceṣṭitam

The earth, being dug by them, cried out, greatly distressed; and the creatures too wailed, seeing their doing.

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BndP 2 53.14

ततस्ते भारतं खण्डं खात्वा संक्षिब्य भूतले । भूमेर्योजनसाहस्रं योजयामासुरंबुधौ

tataste bhārataṃ khaṇḍaṃ khātvā saṃkṣibya bhūtale / bhūmeryojanasāhasraṃ yojayāmāsuraṃbudhau

Then, having dug out the Bhārata portion and heaped it up on the ground, they joined a thousand yojanas of land to the ocean.

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BndP 2 53.15

आपातालतलं ते तु खनन्तो मेदिनीतलम् । चरन्तमश्वं पाताले ददृशुर्नृपनन्दनाः

āpātālatalaṃ te tu khananto medinītalam / carantamaśvaṃ pātāle dadṛśurnṛpanandanāḥ

But those sons of the king, digging the surface of the earth down to the floor of Pātāla, saw the horse roaming in Pātāla.

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BndP 2 53.16

संप्रहृष्टास्ततः सर्वे समेत्य च समन्ततः । संतोषाज्जहसुः केचिन्ननृतुश्च मुदान्विताः

saṃprahṛṣṭāstataḥ sarve sametya ca samantataḥ / saṃtoṣājjahasuḥ kecinnanṛtuśca mudānvitāḥ

Then all of them, greatly delighted, came together from every side; some laughed out of satisfaction, and some, filled with joy, danced.

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BndP 2 53.17

ददृशुश्च महात्मानं कपिलं दीप्ततेजसम् । वृद्धं पद्मासनासीनं नासाग्रन्यस्तलोचनम्

dadṛśuśca mahātmānaṃ kapilaṃ dīptatejasam / vṛddhaṃ padmāsanāsīnaṃ nāsāgranyastalocanam

And they saw the great-souled Kapila of blazing splendour, aged, seated in the lotus posture, his gaze fixed on the tip of his nose,

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BndP 2 53.18

ऋज्वायतशिरोग्रीवं पुरोविष्टब्धवक्षसम् । स्वतेजसाभिसरता परिबूर्णेन सर्वतः

ṛjvāyataśirogrīvaṃ puroviṣṭabdhavakṣasam / svatejasābhisaratā paribūrṇena sarvataḥ

his head and neck straight and erect, his chest held braced forward, with his own splendour streaming out and filling (all) on every side,

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BndP 2 53.19

प्रकाश्यमानं परितो निवातस्थप्रदीपवत् । स्वान्तप्रकाशिताशेषविज्ञानमयविग्रहम्

prakāśyamānaṃ parito nivātasthapradīpavat / svāntaprakāśitāśeṣavijñānamayavigraham

being illumined round about like a lamp set in a windless place, his body made wholly of knowledge, illumined from within himself,

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BndP 2 53.20

समाधिगतचित्तन्तु निभृतांभोधिसन्निभम् । आरूढयोगं विधिवद्ध्येयसंलीनमानसम्

samādhigatacittantu nibhṛtāṃbhodhisannibham / ārūḍhayogaṃ vidhivaddhyeyasaṃlīnamānasam

his mind gone into samādhi, like a stilled ocean, having mounted yoga according to the rule, his thought merged in the object of meditation —

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BndP 2 53.21

च्दृदद्यत्दद्वड्ढ द्यदृ डद्धठ्ठण्थ्र्ठ्ठदड्डठ्ठ-थ्र्ठ्ठड्डण्न्र्ठ्ठडण्ठ्ठग्ठ्ठ योगीन्द्रप्रवरं शान्तं ज्वालामाल मिवानलम् । विलोक्य तत्र तिष्ठन्तं विमृशन्तः परस्परम्

cdṛdadyatdadvaḍḍha dyadṛ ḍaddhaṭhṭhaṇthrṭhṭhadaḍḍaṭhṭha-thrṭhṭhaḍḍaṇnrṭhṭhaḍaṇṭhṭhagṭhṭha yogīndrapravaraṃ śāntaṃ jvālāmāla mivānalam / vilokya tatra tiṣṭhantaṃ vimṛśantaḥ parasparam

[first line corrupt and untranslatable] ... beholding the foremost among lords of yogins, tranquil, like a fire with its garland of flames, standing there, they deliberated with one another,

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BndP 2 53.22

मुहूर्त्तमिव ते राजन्साध्वसं परमं गताः । ततो ऽयमश्वहर्त्तेति सागरा कालचोदिताः

muhūrttamiva te rājansādhvasaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ / tato 'yamaśvahartteti sāgarā kālacoditāḥ

For a moment, O king, they fell into extreme alarm; then the Sāgaras, driven on by Time, (said) "This is the horse-thief!"

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BndP 2 53.23

परिवव्रुर्दुरात्मानः कपिलं मुनिसत्तमम् । ततस्तं परिवार्योचुश्वोरो ऽयं नात्र संशयः

parivavrurdurātmānaḥ kapilaṃ munisattamam / tatastaṃ parivāryocuśvoro 'yaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

The evil-minded ones surrounded Kapila, the best of sages; and having surrounded him they said: "This is the thief, there is no doubt of it."

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BndP 2 53.24

अश्वहर्त्ता ततो ऽह्येष वध्यो ऽस्माभिर्दुराशयः । तं प्राकृतवदासीनं ते सर्वे हतवुद्धयः

aśvaharttā tato 'hyeṣa vadhyo 'smābhirdurāśayaḥ / taṃ prākṛtavadāsīnaṃ te sarve hatavuddhayaḥ

"So then this ill-intentioned one is the horse-stealer, and is to be killed by us." All of them, their minds destroyed,

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BndP 2 53.25

आसन्नमरणाश्चक्रुर्धर्षितं मुनिमञ्जसा । जैमिनिरुवाच ततो मुनिरदीनात्मा ध्यानभङ्गप्रधर्षितः

āsannamaraṇāścakrurdharṣitaṃ munimañjasā / jaiminiruvāca tato muniradīnātmā dhyānabhaṅgapradharṣitaḥ

their deaths at hand, straightway did violence to the sage, (who was) seated like an ordinary man. Jaimini said: Then the sage, undaunted in spirit, assaulted by the breaking of his meditation,

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BndP 2 53.26

क्रोधेन महताऽविष्टश्चुक्षुभे कपिलस्तदा । प्रचचाल दुराधर्षो धर्षितस्तैर् दुरात्मभिः

krodhena mahatā'viṣṭaścukṣubhe kapilastadā / pracacāla durādharṣo dharṣitastair durātmabhiḥ

Kapila, possessed by great wrath, was then shaken; hard to assail, he trembled, being assailed by those evil-souled ones.

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BndP 2 53.27

व्यजृंभत च कल्पान्ते मरुद्भिरिव चानलः । तस्य चार्णवगंभीराद्वपुषः कोपपावकः

vyajṛṃbhata ca kalpānte marudbhiriva cānalaḥ / tasya cārṇavagaṃbhīrādvapuṣaḥ kopapāvakaḥ

And he swelled up, like fire (fanned) by the winds at the end of an aeon; and from his body, deep as the ocean, the fire of his anger

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BndP 2 53.28

दिधक्षुरिव पातालांल्लोकान्सांकर्षणो ऽनलः । शुशुभे धर्षणक्रोधपरामर्शविदीपितः

didhakṣuriva pātālāṃllokānsāṃkarṣaṇo 'nalaḥ / śuśubhe dharṣaṇakrodhaparāmarśavidīpitaḥ

blazed as if wishing to burn up the worlds down to Pātāla, like the fire of destruction (Saṃkarṣaṇa's fire), kindled by his brooding on the anger at the assault.

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BndP 2 53.29

उन्मीलयत्तदा नेत्रे वह्निचक्रसमद्युतिः । तदाक्षिणी क्षणं राजन्राजेतां सुभृशारुणे

unmīlayattadā netre vahnicakrasamadyutiḥ / tadākṣiṇī kṣaṇaṃ rājanrājetāṃ subhṛśāruṇe

Then he opened his eyes, whose brilliance was like a wheel of fire; and at that moment, O king, those two eyes of his shone, exceedingly red,

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BndP 2 53.30

पूर्वसंव्यासमुदितौ पुष्पवन्ताविवांबरे । ततो ऽप्युद्वर्त्तमानाभ्यां नेत्राभ्यां नृपनन्दनान्

pūrvasaṃvyāsamuditau puṣpavantāvivāṃbare / tato 'pyudvarttamānābhyāṃ netrābhyāṃ nṛpanandanān

like the sun and moon risen together at the conjunction of the eastern (quarter) in the sky; and then with his eyes still rolling upward, at the sons of the king

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BndP 2 53.31

अवैक्षत च गंभीरः कृतान्तः कालपर्यये । क्रुद्धस्य तस्यनेत्राभ्यां सहसा पावकार्चिषः

avaikṣata ca gaṃbhīraḥ kṛtāntaḥ kālaparyaye / kruddhasya tasyanetrābhyāṃ sahasā pāvakārciṣaḥ

he, profound, looked, like Death at the turning of the age. From the eyes of him in his wrath, suddenly flames of fire

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BndP 2 53.32

निश्चेरुरभिलोदिक्षु कालाग्नेरिव संतताः । सधूमकवलोदग्राः स्फुलिङ्गौघमुचो मुहुः

niścerurabhilodikṣu kālāgneriva saṃtatāḥ / sadhūmakavalodagrāḥ sphuliṅgaughamuco muhuḥ

streamed forth in all directions, continuous like the fire of Time, lofty with mouthfuls of smoke, again and again releasing floods of sparks.

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BndP 2 53.33

मुनिक्रोधानलज्वालाः समन्ताव्द्यानशुर्दिशः । व्यालोदरौग्रकुहरा ज्वाला स्तन्नेत्रनिर्गताः

munikrodhānalajvālāḥ samantāvdyānaśurdiśaḥ / vyālodaraugrakuharā jvālā stannetranirgatāḥ

The flames of the sage's fire of anger filled the quarters on every side; those flames issuing from his eyes, with fierce hollows like a serpent's belly,

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BndP 2 53.36

विरेजुर्निभृतांभोधेर्वडवाग्नेरिवार्चिषः । क्रोधाग्निः सुमहाराज ज्वालावव्याप्तदिगन्तरः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५३।३४ ॥ दग्धांश्चकार तान्सर्वानावृण्वानो नभस्तलम् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५३।३५ ॥ सशब्दमुद्भ्रान्तमरुत्प्रकोपविवर्त्तमानानलधूमजालैः । महीरजोभिश्च नितान्तमुद्धतैः समावृतं लोक मभूद्भृशातुरम्

virejurnibhṛtāṃbhodhervaḍavāgnerivārciṣaḥ / krodhāgniḥ sumahārāja jvālāvavyāptadigantaraḥ // bndp_2,53.34 // dagdhāṃścakāra tānsarvānāvṛṇvāno nabhastalam // bndp_2,53.35 // saśabdamudbhrāntamarutprakopavivarttamānānaladhūmajālaiḥ / mahīrajobhiśca nitāntamuddhataiḥ samāvṛtaṃ loka mabhūdbhṛśāturam

shone like the flames of the submarine fire in the still ocean. The fire of wrath, O great king, its blaze pervading the horizons, made them all burnt up, covering the vault of heaven. With the masses of smoke and fire whirled about by the fury of the noisily rushing, wildly straying wind, and with the dust of the earth violently raised, the world was wholly enveloped and became grievously afflicted.

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BndP 2 53.37

ततः स वह्निर्विलिखन्निवाभितः समीरवेगाभिहताभिरंबरम् । शिखाभिरुर्वीशसुतानशेषतो ददाह सद्यः सुर विद्विषस्तान्

tataḥ sa vahnirvilikhannivābhitaḥ samīravegābhihatābhiraṃbaram / śikhābhirurvīśasutānaśeṣato dadāha sadyaḥ sura vidviṣastān

Then that fire, as if scoring the sky all around with its flames driven by the force of the wind, at once burned up utterly those sons of the lord of the earth, the enemies of the gods.

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BndP 2 53.38

मिषतः सर्वलोकस्य क्तोधाग्निस्तमृते हयम् । सागरांस्तानशेषेण भस्मसादकरोत्स तान्

miṣataḥ sarvalokasya ktodhāgnistamṛte hayam / sāgarāṃstānaśeṣeṇa bhasmasādakarotsa tān

While all the world looked on, the fire of anger reduced those Sāgaras, all of them without exception, to ashes — all but the horse.

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BndP 2 53.39

एवं क्रोधाग्निना तेन सागराः पापचेतसः । जज्वलुः सहसा दावे तरवो नीरसा इव

evaṃ krodhāgninā tena sāgarāḥ pāpacetasaḥ / jajvaluḥ sahasā dāve taravo nīrasā iva

Thus by that fire of wrath the evil-minded Sāgaras blazed up in an instant, like sapless trees in a forest fire.

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BndP 2 53.40

दृष्ट्वा तेषां तु निधनं सागराणान्दुरात्मनाम् । अन्योन्यमबुवन्देवा विस्मिता ऋषिभिः सह

dṛṣṭvā teṣāṃ tu nidhanaṃ sāgarāṇāndurātmanām / anyonyamabuvandevā vismitā ṛṣibhiḥ saha

But seeing the destruction of those evil-souled Sāgaras, the gods, amazed, spoke to one another together with the sages:

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BndP 2 53.41

अहोदारुणपापानां विपाको न चिरायितः । दुरन्तः खलु लोके ऽस्मिन्नराणामसदात्मनाम्

ahodāruṇapāpānāṃ vipāko na cirāyitaḥ / durantaḥ khalu loke 'sminnarāṇāmasadātmanām

"Ah, for those of terrible sins the ripening (of their deeds) was not delayed! Indeed in this world (the deeds) of men of base nature end badly.

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BndP 2 53.42

यदि मे पर्वताकारा नृशंसाः क्रूरवुद्धयः । युगपद्विलयं प्राप्ताः सहसैव तृणाग्निवत्

yadi me parvatākārā nṛśaṃsāḥ krūravuddhayaḥ / yugapadvilayaṃ prāptāḥ sahasaiva tṛṇāgnivat

Since these cruel, savage-minded ones, of mountain-like form, have all at once come to dissolution simultaneously, like grass in a fire —

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BndP 2 53.43

उद्वेजनीया भूतानां सद्भिरत्यन्तगर्हिताः । आजीवान्तमिमे हर्तु दिष्ट्या संक्षयमागताः

udvejanīyā bhūtānāṃ sadbhiratyantagarhitāḥ / ājīvāntamime hartu diṣṭyā saṃkṣayamāgatāḥ

terrifying to living beings, utterly censured by the good, these — luckily — have come to their destruction, (bent on) plundering to the end of their lives.

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BndP 2 53.44

परोपतापि नितरां सर्वलोकजुगुप्सितम् । इह कृत्वाशुभं कर्म कःपुमान्विन्दते सुखम्

paropatāpi nitarāṃ sarvalokajugupsitam / iha kṛtvāśubhaṃ karma kaḥpumānvindate sukham

Having done here an evil deed that torments others exceedingly and is abhorred by the whole world, what man finds happiness?

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BndP 2 53.45

विक्रोश्य सर्वभूतानि संप्रयाताः स्वकर्मभिः । ब्रह्मदण्डहताः पापा निरयं शाश्वतीः समाः

vikrośya sarvabhūtāni saṃprayātāḥ svakarmabhiḥ / brahmadaṇḍahatāḥ pāpā nirayaṃ śāśvatīḥ samāḥ

Having made all beings cry out, they departed (driven) by their own deeds; the sinners, struck down by the rod of Brahmā, (went) to hell for everlasting years.

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BndP 2 53.46

तस्मात्सदैव कर्त्तव्यं कर्म पुंसां मनीपिणाम् । दुरतश्च परित्याज्यमितरल्लोकनिन्दितम्

tasmātsadaiva karttavyaṃ karma puṃsāṃ manīpiṇām / durataśca parityājyamitarallokaninditam

Therefore action should always be performed by thoughtful men, and the other (kind of action), censured by the world, should be shunned from afar.

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BndP 2 53.47

कर्त्तव्यः श्रेयसे यत्नो यावज्जीवं विजानता । नाचरेत्कस्यचिद्द्रोहमनित्यं जीवनं यतः

karttavyaḥ śreyase yatno yāvajjīvaṃ vijānatā / nācaretkasyaciddrohamanityaṃ jīvanaṃ yataḥ

One who understands should make effort for what is better as long as he lives; he should not do injury to anyone, since life is impermanent.

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BndP 2 53.48

अनित्यो ऽयं सदा देहःसपदश्चातिचञ्चलाः । संसारश्चातिनिस्सारस्तत्कथं विश्वसेद्बुधः

anityo 'yaṃ sadā dehaḥsapadaścāticañcalāḥ / saṃsāraścātinissārastatkathaṃ viśvasedbudhaḥ

This body is ever impermanent, and riches are exceedingly unsteady, and the round of existence is utterly without substance—so how should a wise man trust (in it)?

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BndP 2 53.49

एवं सुरमुनीन्द्रेषु कथयत्सु परस्परम् । मुनिक्रोधेन्धनीभूता विनेशुः सगरात्मजाः

evaṃ suramunīndreṣu kathayatsu parasparam / munikrodhendhanībhūtā vineśuḥ sagarātmajāḥ

While the gods and the chief sages were thus speaking with one another, the sons of Sagara perished, having become fuel for the sage's wrath.

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BndP 2 53.50

निर्दगधदेहाः सहसा भुवं विष्टभ्य भस्मना । अवापुर्निरयं सद्यः सागरास्ते स्वकमभिः

nirdagadhadehāḥ sahasā bhuvaṃ viṣṭabhya bhasmanā / avāpurnirayaṃ sadyaḥ sāgarāste svakamabhiḥ

Their bodies burnt away, suddenly covering the ground with ashes, those Sāgaras at once attained hell through their own deeds.

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BndP 2 53.51

सागरांस्तानशेषेण दग्धवातत्क्रोधजो ऽनलः । क्षणेन लोकानखिलानुद्यतो दग्धुमञ्जसा

sāgarāṃstānaśeṣeṇa dagdhavātatkrodhajo 'nalaḥ / kṣaṇena lokānakhilānudyato dagdhumañjasā

Having burnt up those Sāgaras without remainder, that fire born of his wrath was in a moment ready to burn straightway all the worlds.

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