Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 56
BndP 2 56.1
एवं महानहिमदीधितिवंशमौलिरत्नाय यमानवपुरुत्तरकोसलेशः । पूर्णेन्दुवत्सकललोकमनो ऽभिरामः सार्द्ध प्रजाभिरखिलाभिरलं जहर्ष ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५५।२७ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमाभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे सागरोपाख्यानेशुमतो राज्यप्राप्तिर्नाम पञ्चपञ्चशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ५५॥ जैमिनिरुवाच एतत्ते चरितं सर्वं सगरस्य महात्मनः । संक्षेपविस्तराभ्यां तु कथितं पापनाशनम्
evaṃ mahānahimadīdhitivaṃśamauliratnāya yamānavapuruttarakosaleśaḥ / pūrṇenduvatsakalalokamano 'bhirāmaḥ sārddha prajābhirakhilābhiralaṃ jaharṣa // bndp_2,55.27 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamābhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde sāgaropākhyāneśumato rājyaprāptirnāma pañcapañcaśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 55// jaiminiruvāca etatte caritaṃ sarvaṃ sagarasya mahātmanaḥ / saṃkṣepavistarābhyāṃ tu kathitaṃ pāpanāśanam
Thus the great lord of Northern Kosala, whose person shone as the crest-jewel of the lineage of the sun (whose rays are not cold), delighting the minds of all people like the full moon, rejoiced abundantly together with all his subjects. // BndP 2,55.27 // [Thus the fifty-fifth chapter, called 'Aṃśumant's obtaining of the kingdom' in the Sāgara narrative, in the third Upoddhāta section of the middle part of the glorious great Brahmāṇḍa Purāṇa spoken by Vāyu. // 55 //] Jaimini said: All this deed of the great-souled Sagara, destroyer of sin, has been told to you both in brief and at length.
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BndP 2 56.2
खण्ड्ॐ ऽयं भारतो नाम दक्षिणोत्तरमायतः । नवयोजनसाहस्रं विस्तारपरिमण्डलम्
khaṇḍoṃ 'yaṃ bhārato nāma dakṣiṇottaramāyataḥ / navayojanasāhasraṃ vistāraparimaṇḍalam
This region named Bhārata extends from south to north, nine thousand yojanas in the compass of its extent.
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BndP 2 56.3
पुत्रैस्तस्य नरेद्रस्य मृगयद्भिस्तुरङ्गमम् । योजनानां सहस्रं तु खात्वाष्टौ विनिपातिताः
putraistasya naredrasya mṛgayadbhisturaṅgamam / yojanānāṃ sahasraṃ tu khātvāṣṭau vinipātitāḥ
By the sons of that king, searching for the horse, having dug a thousand yojanas, the eight (?) were struck down.
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BndP 2 56.4
सागरस्य सुतैर्यस्माद्वर्द्धितो मकरालयः । ततः प्रभृति लोकेषु सागराख्यामवाप्तवान्
sāgarasya sutairyasmādvarddhito makarālayaḥ / tataḥ prabhṛti lokeṣu sāgarākhyāmavāptavān
Because the abode of sea-monsters was enlarged by the sons of Sagara, from that time on it acquired in the worlds the name 'sāgara' (ocean).
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BndP 2 56.5
ब्रह्मपादावधि महीं सतीर्थक्षेत्रकाननाम् । अब्धिः संक्रमयामास परिक्षिप्य निजांभसा
brahmapādāvadhi mahīṃ satīrthakṣetrakānanām / abdhiḥ saṃkramayāmāsa parikṣipya nijāṃbhasā
The ocean, surrounding (the land) with its own waters, made the earth, with its sacred fords, fields and forests, passable (for waters) as far as Brahmapāda.
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BndP 2 56.6
ततस्तन्निलयाः सर्वे सदेवासुरमानवाः । इतस्ततश्च संजाता दुःखेन महतान्विताः
tatastannilayāḥ sarve sadevāsuramānavāḥ / itastataśca saṃjātā duḥkhena mahatānvitāḥ
Then all who dwelt there, together with gods, asuras and men, were scattered this way and that, beset with great sorrow.
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BndP 2 56.7
गोकर्णं नाम विख्यातं क्षेत्रं सर्वसुरार्चितम् । सार्द्धयोजनविस्तारं तीरे पश्चिम वारिधेः
gokarṇaṃ nāma vikhyātaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvasurārcitam / sārddhayojanavistāraṃ tīre paścima vāridheḥ
There is a famed holy field called Gokarṇa, worshipped by all the gods, one and a half yojanas in extent, on the western shore of the sea.
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BndP 2 56.8
तत्रासंख्यानि तीर्थानि मुनिदेवालयाश्च वै । वसंति सिद्धसंघाश्च क्षेत्रे तस्मिन्पुरा नृप
tatrāsaṃkhyāni tīrthāni munidevālayāśca vai / vasaṃti siddhasaṃghāśca kṣetre tasminpurā nṛpa
There are countless sacred fords there, and abodes of sages and gods, and hosts of siddhas dwell in that field, as of old, O king.
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BndP 2 56.9
क्षेत्रं तल्लोकविख्यातं सर्वपापहरं शुभम् । तत्तीर्थमब्धेरपतद्भागे दक्षिणपश्चिमे
kṣetraṃ tallokavikhyātaṃ sarvapāpaharaṃ śubham / tattīrthamabdherapatadbhāge dakṣiṇapaścime
That field, famed in the world, auspicious, taking away all sins — that sacred place fell within the south-western portion of the ocean.
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BndP 2 56.10
यत्र सर्वे तपस्तप्त्वा मुनयः संशितव्रताः । निर्वाणं परमं प्राप्ताः पुनरावृत्तिवर्जितम्
yatra sarve tapastaptvā munayaḥ saṃśitavratāḥ / nirvāṇaṃ paramaṃ prāptāḥ punarāvṛttivarjitam
Where all the sages of strict vows, having performed austerity, attained the supreme extinction, free from return again.
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BndP 2 56.11
तत्त्रेत्रस्य प्रभावेण प्रीत्या भूतगणैः सह । देव्या च सकलैर्देवैर्नित्यं वसति शङ्करः
tattretrasya prabhāveṇa prītyā bhūtagaṇaiḥ saha / devyā ca sakalairdevairnityaṃ vasati śaṅkaraḥ
By the power of that field, Śaṅkara dwells there always with delight, together with the hosts of spirits, with the Goddess and with all the gods.
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BndP 2 56.12
एनांसि यत्समुद्दिश्य तीर्थयात्रां प्रकुर्वताम् । नृणामाशु प्रणश्यन्ति प्रवाते शुष्कपर्णवत्
enāṃsi yatsamuddiśya tīrthayātrāṃ prakurvatām / nṛṇāmāśu praṇaśyanti pravāte śuṣkaparṇavat
The sins of men who undertake a pilgrimage with that (place) as their goal quickly perish, like dry leaves in a high wind.
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BndP 2 56.13
तत्क्षेत्रसेवनरतिर् नैव जात्वभिजायते । समीपे वसमानोनामपि पुंसां दुरात्मनाम्
tatkṣetrasevanaratir naiva jātvabhijāyate / samīpe vasamānonāmapi puṃsāṃ durātmanām
Delight in frequenting that kṣetra never at all arises in evil-souled men, even though they dwell nearby.
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BndP 2 56.14
महाता सुकृतेनैव तत्क्षेत्रगमने रतिः । नृणां संजायते राजन्नान्यथा तु कथञ्चन
mahātā sukṛtenaiva tatkṣetragamane ratiḥ / nṛṇāṃ saṃjāyate rājannānyathā tu kathañcana
Only through great merit does delight in going to that kṣetra arise in men, O king, and in no other way whatsoever.
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BndP 2 56.15
निर्बन्धेन तु ये तस्मिन्प्राणिनः स्थिरजङ्गमाः । म्रियन्ते नृप सद्यस्ते स्वर्गं प्राप्स्यन्ति शाश्वतम्
nirbandhena tu ye tasminprāṇinaḥ sthirajaṅgamāḥ / mriyante nṛpa sadyaste svargaṃ prāpsyanti śāśvatam
And those living beings, immobile and mobile, that die there of necessity — they, O king, will at once attain everlasting heaven.
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BndP 2 56.16
स्मृत्यापि सकलैः पापैर्यस्य मुच्येत मानवः । क्षेत्राणामुत्तमं क्षेत्रं सर्वतीर्थनिकेतनम्
smṛtyāpi sakalaiḥ pāpairyasya mucyeta mānavaḥ / kṣetrāṇāmuttamaṃ kṣetraṃ sarvatīrthaniketanam
(That) by whose mere remembrance a man would be freed from all sins — the best of kṣetras, the abode of all tīrthas.
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BndP 2 56.17
स्नात्वा चैतेषु तीर्थेषु यजन्तश्च सदाशिवम् । सिद्धिकामा वसंति स्म मुनयस्तत्र केचन
snātvā caiteṣu tīrtheṣu yajantaśca sadāśivam / siddhikāmā vasaṃti sma munayastatra kecana
And bathing in these tīrthas and worshipping Sadāśiva, certain sages desiring perfection used to dwell there.
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BndP 2 56.18
कामक्रोधविनिर्मुक्ता ये तस्मिन्वीतमत्सराः । निवसंत्यचिरेणैव तत्सिद्धिंप्राप्नुवन्ति हि
kāmakrodhavinirmuktā ye tasminvītamatsarāḥ / nivasaṃtyacireṇaiva tatsiddhiṃprāpnuvanti hi
Those who, free from desire and anger and without envy, dwell there — they indeed obtain that perfection in no long time.
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BndP 2 56.19
जपहोमरताः शान्ता निपता ब्रह्मचारिणः । वसंति तस्मिन्ये ते हि सिद्धिं प्राप्स्यन्त्यभीप्सिताम्
japahomaratāḥ śāntā nipatā brahmacāriṇaḥ / vasaṃti tasminye te hi siddhiṃ prāpsyantyabhīpsitām
Those who dwell there, devoted to muttered prayer and oblation, tranquil, restrained, chaste — they indeed will obtain the perfection they wish for.
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BndP 2 56.20
दानहोमजपाद्यं वै पितृदेवद्विजार्चनम् । अन्यस्मात्कोटिगुणितं भवेत्तस्मिन्फलं नृप
dānahomajapādyaṃ vai pitṛdevadvijārcanam / anyasmātkoṭiguṇitaṃ bhavettasminphalaṃ nṛpa
Giving, oblation, muttered prayer and the rest, and the honouring of ancestors, gods and brahmins — the fruit of that there becomes a crore times (greater) than elsewhere, O king.
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BndP 2 56.21
अंभोधिसलिले मग्न तस्मिन् क्षेत्रे ऽतिपावने । महता तपसा युक्ता मुनयस्तन्निवासिनः
aṃbhodhisalile magna tasmin kṣetre 'tipāvane / mahatā tapasā yuktā munayastannivāsinaḥ
When that most purifying kṣetra was sunk in the water of the ocean, the sages who dwelt there, endowed with great austerity,
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BndP 2 56.22
सह्यं शिखरिणं श्रेष्ठं निलयार्थं समारुहन् । वसंतस्तत्र ते सर्वे संप्रधार्य परस्परम्
sahyaṃ śikhariṇaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ nilayārthaṃ samāruhan / vasaṃtastatra te sarve saṃpradhārya parasparam
climbed the best of mountains, the Sahya, for the sake of a dwelling; and all of them, dwelling there, after consulting with one another,
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BndP 2 56.23
सहेन्द्राद्रौ तपस्यन्तं रामं गन्तुं प्रचक्रमुः । राजोवाच । अगस्त्यपीततोये ऽब्धौ परितो राजनन्दनैः
sahendrādrau tapasyantaṃ rāmaṃ gantuṃ pracakramuḥ / rājovāca / agastyapītatoye 'bdhau parito rājanandanaiḥ
set out to go to Rāma, who was practising austerity on the Mahendra mountain. The king said: In the ocean whose water had been drunk by Agastya, (dug) all around by the sons of the king,
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BndP 2 56.24
खात्वाधः पातिते क्षेत्रे सतीर्थाश्रमकानने । भूभागेषु तथान्येषु पुरग्रमाकरादिषु
khātvādhaḥ pātite kṣetre satīrthāśramakānane / bhūbhāgeṣu tathānyeṣu puragramākarādiṣu
when the kṣetra, with its tīrthas, hermitages and forests, had been dug out and cast down below, and likewise in other tracts of land, in cities, villages, mines and the rest,
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BndP 2 56.25
विनाशितेषु देशेषु समुद्रोपान्तवर्त्तिषु । किमकार्षुर्मुनिश्रेष्ठ जनास्तन्निलयास्ततः
vināśiteṣu deśeṣu samudropāntavarttiṣu / kimakārṣurmuniśreṣṭha janāstannilayāstataḥ
when the regions lying near the sea had been destroyed, what did the people who dwelt there do then, O best of sages?
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BndP 2 56.26
तत्रैव चावसन्कृच्छ्रात्प्रस्थितान्यत्र वा ततः । कियता चैव कालेन संपूर्णो ऽभूदपांनिधिः । केन वापि प्रकारेण ब्रह्मन्नेतद्वदस्व मे
tatraiva cāvasankṛcchrātprasthitānyatra vā tataḥ / kiyatā caiva kālena saṃpūrṇo 'bhūdapāṃnidhiḥ / kena vāpi prakāreṇa brahmannetadvadasva me
Did they dwell in that very place with difficulty, or did they depart elsewhere from there? And in how much time did the ocean become full, and by what means? Tell me this, O brahmin.
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BndP 2 56.27
जैमिनिरुवाच अनूपेषु प्रदेशेषु नाशितेषु दुरात्मभिः
jaiminiruvāca anūpeṣu pradeśeṣu nāśiteṣu durātmabhiḥ
Jaimini said: When the marshy regions had been destroyed by those evil-souled ones,
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BndP 2 56.28
जनास्तन्निलयाः सर्वे संप्रयाता इतस्ततः । तत्रैव चावसन्कृच्छ्रात्केचित्क्षेत्रनिवासिनः
janāstannilayāḥ sarve saṃprayātā itastataḥ / tatraiva cāvasankṛcchrātkecitkṣetranivāsinaḥ
all the people who dwelt there went off in this direction and that; and some inhabitants of the kṣetra dwelt in that very place with difficulty.
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BndP 2 56.29
एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु राजन्नंशुमतः सुतः । बभूव भुविधर्मात्मा दिलीप इति विश्रुतः
etasminneva kāle tu rājannaṃśumataḥ sutaḥ / babhūva bhuvidharmātmā dilīpa iti viśrutaḥ
And at just this time, O king, there was born on earth a son of Aṃśumat, righteous of soul, renowned as Dilīpa.
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BndP 2 56.30
राज्ये ऽभिषिच्य तं सम्यग्भुक्तभोग्ॐऽशुमान्नृपः । वनं जगाम मेधावी तपसे धृतमानसः
rājye 'bhiṣicya taṃ samyagbhuktabhogoṃ'śumānnṛpaḥ / vanaṃ jagāma medhāvī tapase dhṛtamānasaḥ
Having duly consecrated him in the kingship, King Aṃśumat, who had enjoyed his enjoyments, wise, went to the forest with his mind set on austerity.
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BndP 2 56.31
दिलीपस्तु ततःश्रीमानशेषां पृथिवीमिमाम् । पालयामास धर्मेण विजित्य सकलानरीन्
dilīpastu tataḥśrīmānaśeṣāṃ pṛthivīmimām / pālayāmāsa dharmeṇa vijitya sakalānarīn
Then the illustrious Dilīpa, having conquered all his enemies, protected this entire earth with righteousness.
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BndP 2 56.32
भगीरथो नाम सुतस्तस्यासील्लोकविश्रुतः । सर्वधर्मार्थकुशलः श्रीमानमितविक्रमः
bhagīratho nāma sutastasyāsīllokaviśrutaḥ / sarvadharmārthakuśalaḥ śrīmānamitavikramaḥ
He had a son named Bhagīratha, renowned throughout the world, skilled in all matters of dharma and wealth, illustrious, of measureless valour.
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BndP 2 56.33
राज्ये ऽभिषिच्य तं राजा दिलीपो ऽपि वनं ययौ । स चापि पालयन्नुर्वीं सम्यग्विहतकण्टकाम्
rājye 'bhiṣicya taṃ rājā dilīpo 'pi vanaṃ yayau / sa cāpi pālayannurvīṃ samyagvihatakaṇṭakām
Having consecrated him in the kingship, King Dilīpa too went to the forest; and he (Bhagīratha), ruling the earth well, with its thorns destroyed,
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BndP 2 56.34
मुमुदे विविधैर्भोगैर्दिवि देवपतिर्यथा । स शुश्रावात्मनः पूर्वं पूर्वजानां महीपतिः
mumude vividhairbhogairdivi devapatiryathā / sa śuśrāvātmanaḥ pūrvaṃ pūrvajānāṃ mahīpatiḥ
took delight in manifold pleasures, like the lord of the gods in heaven. That king heard of the former (fate) of his own forefathers—
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BndP 2 56.35
निरये पतनं घोरं विप्रकोपसमुद्भवम् । ब्रह्मदण्डहतान्सर्वान्पितञ्छ्रुत्वातिदुःखितः
niraye patanaṃ ghoraṃ viprakopasamudbhavam / brahmadaṇḍahatānsarvānpitañchrutvātiduḥkhitaḥ
their falling into hell, terrible, arisen from the anger of a brahmin; and hearing that all his fathers had been struck down by the brahmin's rod (of punishment), he was greatly grieved.
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BndP 2 56.36
राज्ये बन्धुषु भोगे वा निर्वेदं परमं ययौ । स मन्त्रिप्रवरे राज्यं विन्यस्य तपसे वनम्
rājye bandhuṣu bhoge vā nirvedaṃ paramaṃ yayau / sa mantripravare rājyaṃ vinyasya tapase vanam
He came to utter disgust with the kingdom, with kinsmen, and with enjoyment; entrusting the kingdom to his foremost minister, (he went) to the forest for austerity.
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BndP 2 56.37
प्रययौ स्वपितॄन्नाकं निनीषुर्नृपसत्तमः । तपसा महाता पूर्वमायुषे कमलोद्भवम्
prayayau svapitṝnnākaṃ ninīṣurnṛpasattamaḥ / tapasā mahātā pūrvamāyuṣe kamalodbhavam
That best of kings went forth, wishing to lead his own fathers to heaven; first, by great austerity, (he propitiated) the lotus-born (Brahmā) for long life.
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BndP 2 56.38
आराध्य तस्माल्लेभे च यावदायुर्निजेप्सितम् । ततो गङ्गां महाराज समाराध्य प्रसाद्य च
ārādhya tasmāllebhe ca yāvadāyurnijepsitam / tato gaṅgāṃ mahārāja samārādhya prasādya ca
And having propitiated (him), he obtained from him as much lifespan as he himself desired. Then, O great king, having propitiated and gratified Gaṅgā,
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BndP 2 56.39
वरमागमनं वव्रे दिवस्तस्या महींप्रति । ततस्तां शिरसा धर्त्तु तपसाऽराधयच्छिवम्
varamāgamanaṃ vavre divastasyā mahīṃprati / tatastāṃ śirasā dharttu tapasā'rādhayacchivam
he chose as a boon her coming from heaven to the earth; then, in order to bear her on his head, he propitiated Śiva by austerity.
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BndP 2 56.40
स चापि तद्वरं तस्मै प्रददौ भक्तवत्सलः । मेरोर्मूर्ध्नस्ततो गङ्गां पतं ती शिरसात्मनः
sa cāpi tadvaraṃ tasmai pradadau bhaktavatsalaḥ / merormūrdhnastato gaṅgāṃ pataṃ tī śirasātmanaḥ
And he too, who is fond of his devotees, granted him that boon; then, on his own head, (he received) Gaṅgā falling from the summit of Meru,
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BndP 2 56.41
सग्राहनक्रमकरां जग्राह जगतां पतिः । सा तच्छिरः समासाद्य महावेगप्रवाहिनी
sagrāhanakramakarāṃ jagrāha jagatāṃ patiḥ / sā tacchiraḥ samāsādya mahāvegapravāhinī
with her crocodiles, sea-monsters and alligators—the lord of the worlds seized her. Having reached that head, she, flowing with great force,
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BndP 2 56.42
तज्जटामण्डले शुभ्रे विलिल्ये सातिगह्वरे । चुलकोदकवच्छंभोर्विलीनां शिरसि प्रभोः
tajjaṭāmaṇḍale śubhre vililye sātigahvare / culakodakavacchaṃbhorvilīnāṃ śirasi prabhoḥ
dissolved away in his bright, exceedingly deep mass of matted hair. (Seeing) her dissolved in the head of Śambhu the lord like a mere palmful of water,
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BndP 2 56.43
विलोक्य तत्प्रमोक्षाय पुनराराधयद्धरम् । स तां शर्वप्रसादेन लब्ध्वा तु भुवमागताम्
vilokya tatpramokṣāya punarārādhayaddharam / sa tāṃ śarvaprasādena labdhvā tu bhuvamāgatām
he again propitiated Hara for her release; and having obtained her, come to earth by Śarva's favour,
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BndP 2 56.44
आनिन्ये सागरा दग्धा यत्र तां वै दिशं प्रति । सऽनुव्रजन्ती राजानं राजर्षेर्यजतः पथि
āninye sāgarā dagdhā yatra tāṃ vai diśaṃ prati / sa'nuvrajantī rājānaṃ rājarṣeryajataḥ pathi
he led her toward that direction where the Sāgaras had been burnt. Following the king, on the way she (came) upon a royal sage performing a sacrifice,
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BndP 2 56.45
तद्यज्ञवाटमखिलं प्लावयामास सर्वतः । स तु राजऋषिः क्रुद्धो यज्ञवाटे ऽखिले तया
tadyajñavāṭamakhilaṃ plāvayāmāsa sarvataḥ / sa tu rājaṛṣiḥ kruddho yajñavāṭe 'khile tayā
and flooded that whole sacrificial enclosure on every side. But that royal sage, angered, when the whole sacrificial enclosure had been (submerged) by her—
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BndP 2 56.46
मग्ने गण्डूषजलवत्स पपौ तामशेषतः । अतन्द्रितो वर्षशतं शुश्रूषितवा स तं पुनः
magne gaṇḍūṣajalavatsa papau tāmaśeṣataḥ / atandrito varṣaśataṃ śuśrūṣitavā sa taṃ punaḥ
submerged as if by a mouthful of water—drank her up entirely. Then, unwearying, he (Bhagīratha) served him for a hundred years,
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BndP 2 56.47
तस्मात्प्रसन्नान्नृपतिर्लेमे गङ्गां महात्मनः । उषित्वा सुचिरं तस्यनिसृता जठराद्यतः
tasmātprasannānnṛpatirleme gaṅgāṃ mahātmanaḥ / uṣitvā suciraṃ tasyanisṛtā jaṭharādyataḥ
and from that great-souled one, (now) gracious, the king obtained Gaṅgā; having dwelt very long (there), she came forth from his belly, whence
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BndP 2 56.48
प्रथितं जाह्नवीत्यस्यास्ततो नामाभवद्भुवि । भगीरथानुगा भूत्वा तत्पितॄणामशेषतः
prathitaṃ jāhnavītyasyāstato nāmābhavadbhuvi / bhagīrathānugā bhūtvā tatpitṝṇāmaśeṣataḥ
her name became renowned on earth as 'Jāhnavī'. Becoming the follower of Bhagīratha, of his fathers, entirely,
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BndP 2 56.49
निजांभसास्थिभस्मानि सिषेच सुरनिम्नगा । ततस्तदंभसा सिक्तेष्वस्थिभस्मसु तत्क्षणात्
nijāṃbhasāsthibhasmāni siṣeca suranimnagā / tatastadaṃbhasā sikteṣvasthibhasmasu tatkṣaṇāt
the river of the gods sprinkled the bones and ashes with her own water. Then, when the bones and ashes had been sprinkled with that water, at that very moment
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BndP 2 56.50
निरयात्सागराः सर्वे नष्टपापा दिवं ययुः । एवं सा सागरान्सर्वान्दिवं नीत्वा महान्दी
nirayātsāgarāḥ sarve naṣṭapāpā divaṃ yayuḥ / evaṃ sā sāgarānsarvāndivaṃ nītvā mahāndī
all the Sāgaras, their sins destroyed, went from hell to heaven. Thus that great river, having led all the Sāgaras to heaven,
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BndP 2 56.51
तेनैव मार्गेण जवात्प्रयाता पूर्वसागरम् । सेनोर्मूर्ध्नश्चतुर्भेदा भूत्वा याता चतुर्द्दिशम्
tenaiva mārgeṇa javātprayātā pūrvasāgaram / senormūrdhnaścaturbhedā bhūtvā yātā caturddiśam
went swiftly by that same route to the eastern ocean. From the summit of Meru, becoming fourfold, she went to the four directions,
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BndP 2 56.52
चतुर्भेदतया चाभूत्तस्या नाम्नां चतुष्टयम् । सीता चालकनन्दा च सुचक्षुर्भद्रवत्यपि
caturbhedatayā cābhūttasyā nāmnāṃ catuṣṭayam / sītā cālakanandā ca sucakṣurbhadravatyapi
And because of its being fourfold, it had a set of four names: Sītā, Alakanandā, Sucakṣu, and Bhadravatī as well.
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BndP 2 56.53
अगस्त्यपीतसलिलाच्चिरं शुष्कोदका अपि । गङ्गांभसा पुनः पूर्णाश्चत्वारो ऽम्बुधयो ऽभवन्
agastyapītasalilācciraṃ śuṣkodakā api / gaṅgāṃbhasā punaḥ pūrṇāścatvāro 'mbudhayo 'bhavan
And the four oceans, whose waters had long been dry since Agastya drank them up, became full again with the water of the Gaṅgā.
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BndP 2 56.54
पूर्वमाणे समुद्रे तु सागरैः परिवर्द्धिते । अन्तर्हिताभवन्देशा बहवस्तत्समीपगाः
pūrvamāṇe samudre tu sāgaraiḥ parivarddhite / antarhitābhavandeśā bahavastatsamīpagāḥ
But when the ocean was being filled, being made to swell by the sons of Sagara, many lands that lay near it disappeared;
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BndP 2 56.55
समुद्रोपान्तवर्त्तीनि क्षेत्राणि च समन्ततः । इतस्ततः प्रयाताश्च जनास्तन्निलया नृप
samudropāntavarttīni kṣetrāṇi ca samantataḥ / itastataḥ prayātāśca janāstannilayā nṛpa
and (also) the sacred fields lying along the ocean's shore on every side; and the people who dwelt there went off this way and that, O king.
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BndP 2 56.56
गोकर्णमिति च क्षेत्रं पूर्वं प्रोक्तं तु यत्तव । अर्मवोपात्तवर्त्तित्वात्समुद्रे ऽतर्द्धिमागमत्
gokarṇamiti ca kṣetraṃ pūrvaṃ proktaṃ tu yattava / armavopāttavarttitvātsamudre 'tarddhimāgamat
And the sacred field called Gokarṇa, of which I spoke to you before, being situated on the sea's edge, vanished into the ocean.
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BndP 2 56.57
ततस्तन्निलयाः सर्वे तदुद्धाराभिकाङ्क्षिणः । सह्याद्रेर्भृगुशार्दूलं द्रष्टुकामा ययुर्नृप
tatastannilayāḥ sarve taduddhārābhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ / sahyādrerbhṛguśārdūlaṃ draṣṭukāmā yayurnṛpa
Then all those who dwelt there, desiring its recovery, went to see the tiger among the Bhṛgus (Rāma) on the Sahya mountain, O king.
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