Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 55
BndP 2 55.1
प्रददौतुरगं चापि समानीतं प्रयत्नतः । अतः परमनुष्ठेयमब्रवीत्किं मयेति च ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५४।५६ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे कपिलाश्रमस्थाश्वानयनं नाम चतुष्पञ्चाशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ५४॥ äः अभिनन्द्याशिषात्यर्थं लालयन्प्रशशंस ह
pradadauturagaṃ cāpi samānītaṃ prayatnataḥ / ataḥ paramanuṣṭheyamabravītkiṃ mayeti ca // bndp_2,54.56 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde kapilāśramasthāśvānayanaṃ nāma catuṣpañcāśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 54// äḥ abhinandyāśiṣātyarthaṃ lālayanpraśaśaṃsa ha
And he presented the horse, which had been brought back with effort, and said, "What is to be done by me beyond this?" || BndP 2,54.56 || Thus, in the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa spoken by Vāyu, in the middle portion, in the third, the Upodghāta section, the fifty-fourth chapter, called "The Bringing of the Horse that Stood in Kapila's Hermitage" || 54 || ...having greeted (him) and blessed (him) exceedingly, caressing (him) he praised (him).
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BndP 2 55.2
अथ ऋत्विक्सदस्यैश्च सहितो राजसत्तमः । उपाक्रमत तं यज्ञे विधिवद्वेदपारगैः
atha ṛtviksadasyaiśca sahito rājasattamaḥ / upākramata taṃ yajñe vidhivadvedapāragaiḥ
Then that best of kings, together with the officiating priests and the assembly members, began that sacrifice in due form, with those who had mastered the Vedas.
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BndP 2 55.3
ततः प्रववृते यज्ञः सर्वसंपद्गुणान्वितः । सम्यगौर्ववसिष्ठाद्यैर्मुनिभिः संप्रवर्त्तितः
tataḥ pravavṛte yajñaḥ sarvasaṃpadguṇānvitaḥ / samyagaurvavasiṣṭhādyairmunibhiḥ saṃpravarttitaḥ
Then the sacrifice proceeded, endowed with every abundance and excellence, properly conducted by sages such as Aurva and Vasiṣṭha.
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BndP 2 55.4
हिरण्मयमयी वेदिः पात्राण्युच्चावचानि च । सुसमृद्धं यथाशास्त्रं यज्ञे सर्वं बभूव ह
hiraṇmayamayī vediḥ pātrāṇyuccāvacāni ca / susamṛddhaṃ yathāśāstraṃ yajñe sarvaṃ babhūva ha
The altar was made of gold, and the vessels were of many kinds; everything at the sacrifice was fully provided, according to the scriptures.
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BndP 2 55.5
एवं प्रवर्त्तितं यज्ञमृत्विजः सर्व एव ते । क्रमात्समापयामासुर्यजमानपुरस्सराः
evaṃ pravarttitaṃ yajñamṛtvijaḥ sarva eva te / kramātsamāpayāmāsuryajamānapurassarāḥ
The sacrifice thus set in motion, all those officiating priests, with the sacrificer at their head, brought it to completion step by step.
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BndP 2 55.6
समापयित्वा तं यज्ञं राजा विधिविदां वरः । यथावद्दक्षिणां चैव ऋत्विजां प्रददौ तदा
samāpayitvā taṃ yajñaṃ rājā vidhividāṃ varaḥ / yathāvaddakṣiṇāṃ caiva ṛtvijāṃ pradadau tadā
Having completed that sacrifice, the king, the best of those who know the rules, then gave the priests their sacrificial fee as prescribed.
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BndP 2 55.7
अथ ऋत्विक्सदस्यानां ब्राह्मणानां तथार्थिनाम् । तत्काङ्क्षितादभ्यधिकं प्रददौ वसु सर्वशः
atha ṛtviksadasyānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tathārthinām / tatkāṅkṣitādabhyadhikaṃ pradadau vasu sarvaśaḥ
Then to the officiating priests, the assembly members, the brahmins, and likewise the suppliants, he gave wealth in every form, more than what each had wished for.
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BndP 2 55.8
एवं संतर्प्य विप्रादीन्दक्षिणाभिर्यथाक्रमम् । क्षमापयामास गुरून्सदस्यान्प्रणिपत्य च
evaṃ saṃtarpya viprādīndakṣiṇābhiryathākramam / kṣamāpayāmāsa gurūnsadasyānpraṇipatya ca
Having thus gratified the brahmins and the rest with fees in due order, he bowed to the teachers and the assembly members and asked their pardon.
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BndP 2 55.9
ब्राह्मणाद्यैस्ततो वर्णैरृत्विग्भिश्च समन्वितः । वारकीयाकदंबैश्च सूतमागधवन्दिभिः
brāhmaṇādyaistato varṇairṛtvigbhiśca samanvitaḥ / vārakīyākadaṃbaiśca sūtamāgadhavandibhiḥ
Then, accompanied by the brahmins and the other classes and by the priests, and by throngs of those on duty in turn, and by bards, panegyrists and eulogists,
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BndP 2 55.10
अन्वीयमानः सस्त्रीकः श्वेतच्छत्रविराजितः । दोधूयमानचमरो वालव्यजनराजितः
anvīyamānaḥ sastrīkaḥ śvetacchatravirājitaḥ / dodhūyamānacamaro vālavyajanarājitaḥ
being followed (by them), with his wife, resplendent under a white parasol, with a yak-tail whisk being waved, gleaming with fans of hair,
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BndP 2 55.11
नानावादित्रनिर्घोषैर्बधिरीकृतदिङ्मुखः । स गत्वा सरयूतीरं यथाशाश्त्रं यथाविधि
nānāvāditranirghoṣairbadhirīkṛtadiṅmukhaḥ / sa gatvā sarayūtīraṃ yathāśāśtraṃ yathāvidhi
the quarters deafened by the din of various musical instruments, he went to the bank of the Sarayū, and as the scriptures and the rules prescribe
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BndP 2 55.12
चकारावभृथस्नानं मुदितः सहबन्धुभिः । एवं स्नात्वा सपत्नीकः सुहृद्भिर्ब्राह्मणैः सह
cakārāvabhṛthasnānaṃ muditaḥ sahabandhubhiḥ / evaṃ snātvā sapatnīkaḥ suhṛdbhirbrāhmaṇaiḥ saha
he joyfully performed the concluding (avabhṛtha) bath together with his kinsmen. Having thus bathed, with his wife, along with his friends and the brahmins,
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BndP 2 55.13
वीणावेणुमृदङ्गादिनानावादित्रनिःस्वनैः । मङ्गल्यैर्वेदघोषैश्च सह विप्रजनेरितैः
vīṇāveṇumṛdaṅgādinānāvāditraniḥsvanaiḥ / maṅgalyairvedaghoṣaiśca saha viprajaneritaiḥ
amid the sounds of many instruments — lute, flute, drum and the rest — and amid auspicious recitations of the Veda uttered by the brahmin folk,
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BndP 2 55.14
संस्तूयमानः परितः सूतमागधबन्दिभिः । प्रविवेश पुरीं रम्यां हृष्टपुष्टजनायुतम्
saṃstūyamānaḥ paritaḥ sūtamāgadhabandibhiḥ / praviveśa purīṃ ramyāṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanāyutam
being praised all around by bards, panegyrists and eulogists, he entered the lovely city, thronged with glad and well-fed people,
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BndP 2 55.15
श्वेतव्यजन सच्छत्रपताकाध्वजमालिनीम् । सिक्तसंमृष्टभूभागापणशोभासमन्विताम्
śvetavyajana sacchatrapatākādhvajamālinīm / siktasaṃmṛṣṭabhūbhāgāpaṇaśobhāsamanvitām
(the city) garlanded with white fans, fine parasols, pennants and banners, its ground sprinkled and swept, graced with the splendour of its markets,
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BndP 2 55.16
कैलासाद्रिप्रकाशाभिरुज्ज्वलां सौधपङ्क्तिभिः । स तत्रागरुधूपोत्थगन्धामोदितदिङ्मुखम्
kailāsādriprakāśābhirujjvalāṃ saudhapaṅktibhiḥ / sa tatrāgarudhūpotthagandhāmoditadiṅmukham
bright with rows of mansions shining like Mount Kailāsa — there the quarters were made fragrant with the scent rising from aloe-incense.
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BndP 2 55.17
विकीर्यमाणः परितः पौरनारीजनैर्मुहुः । लाजवर्षेण सानन्दं वीक्षमाणश्च नागरैः
vikīryamāṇaḥ paritaḥ pauranārījanairmuhuḥ / lājavarṣeṇa sānandaṃ vīkṣamāṇaśca nāgaraiḥ
Being showered all around again and again by the women of the city with a rain of parched grain, and being gazed upon joyfully by the townsfolk,
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BndP 2 55.18
उपदाभिरनेकाभिस्तत्रतत्र वणिग्जनैः । संभाव्यमानः शनकैर्जगम स्वपुरं प्रति
upadābhiranekābhistatratatra vaṇigjanaiḥ / saṃbhāvyamānaḥ śanakairjagama svapuraṃ prati
Honoured here and there by the merchant folk with many gifts, he proceeded slowly toward his own city.
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BndP 2 55.19
स प्रविश्य गृहं रम्यं सर्वमण्डलमण्डितम् । सम्यक्संभावयामास सुहृदो ब्राह्मणानपि
sa praviśya gṛhaṃ ramyaṃ sarvamaṇḍalamaṇḍitam / samyaksaṃbhāvayāmāsa suhṛdo brāhmaṇānapi
Entering his lovely palace, adorned throughout with every circle (of ornament), he duly honoured his friends and the brahmins as well.
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BndP 2 55.20
संसेव्यमानश्च तदा नानादेशेश्वरैर्नृपैः । सभायां राजशार्दूलो रेमे शक्र इवापरः
saṃsevyamānaśca tadā nānādeśeśvarairnṛpaiḥ / sabhāyāṃ rājaśārdūlo reme śakra ivāparaḥ
And then, waited upon by kings, the lords of various lands, the tiger among kings took his pleasure in the assembly hall like a second Śakra.
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BndP 2 55.21
एवं सुहृद्भिः सहितः पूरयित्वा मनोरथम् । सगरः सह भार्याभ्यां रेमे नृपवरोत्तमः
evaṃ suhṛdbhiḥ sahitaḥ pūrayitvā manoratham / sagaraḥ saha bhāryābhyāṃ reme nṛpavarottamaḥ
Thus, in the company of his friends, having fulfilled his heart's desire, Sagara, the best of excellent kings, took his pleasure together with his two wives.
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BndP 2 55.22
अंशुमन्तं ततः पौत्रं मुदा विनयशालिनम् । वसिष्ठानुमते राजा यौवराज्ये ऽभ्यषेचयत्
aṃśumantaṃ tataḥ pautraṃ mudā vinayaśālinam / vasiṣṭhānumate rājā yauvarājye 'bhyaṣecayat
Then the king, with joy and with Vasiṣṭha's consent, consecrated his grandson Aṃśumant, who abounded in modesty, in the office of heir apparent.
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BndP 2 55.23
पौरजानपदानां तु बन्धूनां सुहृदामपि । स प्रियो ऽभवदत्यर्थमुदारैश्च गुणैर्नृपः
paurajānapadānāṃ tu bandhūnāṃ suhṛdāmapi / sa priyo 'bhavadatyarthamudāraiśca guṇairnṛpaḥ
And that king became exceedingly dear, by his noble qualities, to the townsfolk and country people, and to his kinsmen and friends too.
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BndP 2 55.24
प्रजास्तमन्वरज्यन्त बालमप्यमितौजसम् । नवं च शुक्लपक्षादौशीतांशुमचिरोदितम्
prajāstamanvarajyanta bālamapyamitaujasam / navaṃ ca śuklapakṣādauśītāṃśumaciroditam
The subjects grew fond of him, a boy though he was, of measureless energy, as (they are fond) of the new, lately risen cool-rayed moon at the beginning of the bright fortnight.
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BndP 2 55.25
स तेन सहितः श्रीमान्सुत्दृद्भिश्च नृपोत्तमः । भार्याभ्यामनुरूपाभ्यां रममाणो ऽवसच्चिरम्
sa tena sahitaḥ śrīmānsutdṛdbhiśca nṛpottamaḥ / bhāryābhyāmanurūpābhyāṃ ramamāṇo 'vasacciram
Together with him and with his friends, that illustrious best of kings dwelt long, taking his pleasure with his two well-matched wives.
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BndP 2 55.26
युवैव राजशार्दूलः साक्षाद्धर्म इवापरः । पालयामास वसुधां सशैलवनकाननाम्
yuvaiva rājaśārdūlaḥ sākṣāddharma ivāparaḥ / pālayāmāsa vasudhāṃ saśailavanakānanām
While still a youth, that tiger among kings, like a second Dharma in visible form, protected the earth with its mountains, woods and forests.
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