Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 58

BndP 2 58.1

अपराधमिमं राम मया कृतमजानता । स्थितो ऽस्मि तव निर्देशेशाधि किं करवाणि वै ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५७।७५ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे मध्यमभागे तृतीये उपोद्धातपादे भार्गवं प्रति वरुणागमनं नाम सप्तपञ्चशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ५७॥ जैमिनिरुवाच एवं ब्रुवाणं वरुणं विलोक्य पतितं भुवि । संजहार पुनर्धीमानस्त्रं मृगुकुलोद्वहः

aparādhamimaṃ rāma mayā kṛtamajānatā / sthito 'smi tava nirdeśeśādhi kiṃ karavāṇi vai // bndp_2,57.75 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe madhyamabhāge tṛtīye upoddhātapāde bhārgavaṃ prati varuṇāgamanaṃ nāma saptapañcaśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 57// jaiminiruvāca evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ varuṇaṃ vilokya patitaṃ bhuvi / saṃjahāra punardhīmānastraṃ mṛgukulodvahaḥ

"This offence, Rāma, was committed by me unknowingly; I stand at your command — instruct me, what shall I do?" (BndP 2,57.75) Thus (ends) the fifty-seventh chapter, named "Varuṇa's Coming to the Bhārgava," in the third Upoddhāta-pāda of the Middle Part of the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa. Jaimini said: Seeing Varuṇa speaking thus, fallen upon the ground, the wise upholder of the Bhṛgu line withdrew his weapon again.

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BndP 2 58.2

संत्दृतास्त्रस्ततो रामो वरुणं पुरतः स्थिरम् । विलोक्य बिगतक्रोधस्तमुवाच हसन्निव

saṃtdṛtāstrastato rāmo varuṇaṃ purataḥ sthiram / vilokya bigatakrodhastamuvāca hasanniva

Then Rāma, his weapon withdrawn, seeing Varuṇa standing steady before him, his anger gone, said to him, as if laughing:

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BndP 2 58.3

गोकर्णनिलयाः पूर्वमिमेमां मुनिपुङ्गवाः । समायाता महेन्द्राद्रौ निवसंतं सरित्पते

gokarṇanilayāḥ pūrvamimemāṃ munipuṅgavāḥ / samāyātā mahendrādrau nivasaṃtaṃ saritpate

"O lord of rivers, these foremost of sages, dwellers at Gokarṇa, came formerly to me as I was living on the Mahendra mountain.

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BndP 2 58.4

त्वत्तोये मेदिनीं पूर्वं खनद्भिः सगरात्मजैः । अधो निपातितं क्षेत्रं गोकर्णमृषिसेवितम्

tvattoye medinīṃ pūrvaṃ khanadbhiḥ sagarātmajaiḥ / adho nipātitaṃ kṣetraṃ gokarṇamṛṣisevitam

Formerly, by the sons of Sagara who dug up the earth, the sacred field of Gokarṇa, frequented by sages, was cast down beneath your waters.

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BndP 2 58.5

उपलब्धुमिमे भूयः क्षेत्रं तद्भववल्लभम् । अधावन्मामुपागम्य मुनयस्तीर्थवासिनः

upalabdhumime bhūyaḥ kṣetraṃ tadbhavavallabham / adhāvanmāmupāgamya munayastīrthavāsinaḥ

In order to regain that field, dear to Bhava (Śiva), these sages who dwell at the holy place came running to me and approached me.

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BndP 2 58.6

एषामर्थे ततः सो ऽहं महेन्द्रादचलोत्तमात् । भवन्तमागतो द्रष्टुं सहैभिर्मुनिपुङ्गवैः

eṣāmarthe tataḥ so 'haṃ mahendrādacalottamāt / bhavantamāgato draṣṭuṃ sahaibhirmunipuṅgavaiḥ

So then, for their sake, I have come from Mahendra, best of mountains, to see you, together with these foremost of sages.

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BndP 2 58.7

तस्मान्मदर्थे सलिलं समुत्सार्यात्मनो भवान् । दातुमर्हति तत्क्षेत्रमेषां तोये च पूर्ववत्

tasmānmadarthe salilaṃ samutsāryātmano bhavān / dātumarhati tatkṣetrameṣāṃ toye ca pūrvavat

Therefore, for my sake, you ought to push back your own water and give them that field, and (also) water, as before."

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BndP 2 58.8

जैमिनिरुवाच इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा वरुणो यादसां पतिः । निरूप्य मनसा राममिद भूयो ऽब्रवीद्वचः

jaiminiruvāca iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā varuṇo yādasāṃ patiḥ / nirūpya manasā rāmamida bhūyo 'bravīdvacaḥ

Jaimini said: Hearing that speech of his, Varuṇa, lord of the sea-creatures, having considered Rāma in his mind, spoke this word again:

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BndP 2 58.9

वरुण उवाच न शक्यमुत्सारयितुं मदंभः केनचिद्भवेत् । तथा हि मे वरो दत्तः पुरानेन विरिञ्चिना

varuṇa uvāca na śakyamutsārayituṃ madaṃbhaḥ kenacidbhavet / tathā hi me varo dattaḥ purānena viriñcinā

Varuṇa said: "My water cannot be pushed back by anyone; for so was a boon granted to me formerly by Viriñci (Brahmā).

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BndP 2 58.10

सो ऽहं त्वत्तेजसेदारीं विहाय सहजां धृतिम् । कातरं समुपायातो वशतां तव भार्गव

so 'haṃ tvattejasedārīṃ vihāya sahajāṃ dhṛtim / kātaraṃ samupāyāto vaśatāṃ tava bhārgava

Yet I, by your fiery power, have abandoned the firmness that is inborn in me, and have come, timid, into subjection to you, O Bhārgava.

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BndP 2 58.11

एषामर्थे विशेषण भवता परिचोदितः । कथं न कुर्यां कर्मेदमहं क्षत्त्रकुलान्तक

eṣāmarthe viśeṣaṇa bhavatā paricoditaḥ / kathaṃ na kuryāṃ karmedamahaṃ kṣattrakulāntaka

Urged on by you especially for their sake, how should I not do this deed, O destroyer of the kṣatriya race?

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BndP 2 58.12

तस्माद्यावत्प्रमाणं मे भवान्संकल्पयिष्यति । तावत्संघारयिष्यामि भूमौ सलिलमात्मनः

tasmādyāvatpramāṇaṃ me bhavānsaṃkalpayiṣyati / tāvatsaṃghārayiṣyāmi bhūmau salilamātmanaḥ

Therefore, whatever measure you shall determine for me, that much of my own water I shall draw back upon the earth."

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BndP 2 58.13

इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा तथेत्युक्त्वा स सायकम् । यथागतं प्रचिक्षेप धनुर्निर्भिद्य भार्गवः

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā tathetyuktvā sa sāyakam / yathāgataṃ pracikṣepa dhanurnirbhidya bhārgavaḥ

Hearing that speech of his, and saying "So be it," the Bhārgava, having drawn (lit. split) his bow, shot the arrow back the way it had come.

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BndP 2 58.14

ततो निरूप्य सीमानं दर्शयानो महीपते । स्रुवं जग्राह मतिमान्क्षप्तुकामो जलाशये

tato nirūpya sīmānaṃ darśayāno mahīpate / sruvaṃ jagrāha matimānkṣaptukāmo jalāśaye

Then, having determined the boundary and pointing it out, O lord of the earth, the wise one took up the sacrificial ladle, wishing to cast it into the expanse of water.

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BndP 2 58.15

प्रसन्नचेतसं रामं गतरोषमथात्मनि । अन्तर्हिते सरिन्नाथे रामः सुवमुदङ्मुखः

prasannacetasaṃ rāmaṃ gataroṣamathātmani / antarhite sarinnāthe rāmaḥ suvamudaṅmukhaḥ

(Seeing) Rāma with a serene mind and his wrath gone within him, when the lord of rivers had vanished, Rāma, facing north, (took) the ladle,

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BndP 2 58.16

भ्रामयित्वातिवेगेन चिक्षेप लवणार्णवे । क्षिप्तत्वेन समुद्रे तु दिशमुत्तरपश्चिमाम्

bhrāmayitvātivegena cikṣepa lavaṇārṇave / kṣiptatvena samudre tu diśamuttarapaścimām

and having whirled it with great force, hurled it into the salt ocean; and by the hurling into the sea (it went) toward the north-western quarter.

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BndP 2 58.17

गत्वा स्रुवोपतद्राजन्योजनानां शतद्वयम् । तीर्थं शुर्पारकं नाम सर्वपापविमोचनम्

gatvā sruvopatadrājanyojanānāṃ śatadvayam / tīrthaṃ śurpārakaṃ nāma sarvapāpavimocanam

Having gone two hundred yojanas, O king, that ladle fell (at) the holy place named Śūrpāraka, which releases from all sins,

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BndP 2 58.18

विश्रुतं यत्त्रिलोकेषु तीरे नदनदीपतेः । तीर्थं तदन्तरीकृत्य स्रुवो रामकराच्च्युतः

viśrutaṃ yattrilokeṣu tīre nadanadīpateḥ / tīrthaṃ tadantarīkṛtya sruvo rāmakarāccyutaḥ

which is renowned in the three worlds, on the shore of the lord of streams and rivers; leaving that holy place within (the boundary), the ladle, released from Rāma's hand,

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BndP 2 58.19

निपपात महाराज सूचयन्रामविक्रमम् । यत्राभूद्रामसृष्टाया भुवो निष्ठाथ पार्थिव

nipapāta mahārāja sūcayanrāmavikramam / yatrābhūdrāmasṛṣṭāyā bhuvo niṣṭhātha pārthiva

fell, O great king, marking out Rāma's valour; and there, O prince, was the limit of the land Rāma had created.

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BndP 2 58.20

तीर्थं शूर्पारकं तत्तु श्रीमल्लोकपरिश्रुतम् । उत्सारयित्वा सलिलं समुद्रस्तावदात्मनः

tīrthaṃ śūrpārakaṃ tattu śrīmallokapariśrutam / utsārayitvā salilaṃ samudrastāvadātmanaḥ

That holy place Śūrpāraka is glorious and renowned in the world; and the ocean, having pushed back that much of its own water,

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BndP 2 58.21

अतिष्ठदपसृत्योर्वीं दत्त्वा रामाय पार्थिव । अनतिक्रान्तमर्यादो यथाकालं भृगूद्वहः

atiṣṭhadapasṛtyorvīṃ dattvā rāmāya pārthiva / anatikrāntamaryādo yathākālaṃ bhṛgūdvahaḥ

(The ocean) drew back and stood still, having given the earth to Rāma, O king, without overstepping its limit — (and) the scion of Bhṛgu, at the proper time,

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BndP 2 58.22

समयं स्वापयामास तस्यैवानुमते भुवि । विज्ञाय पूर्वसीमान्तां भुवमभ्युत्ससर्ज ह

samayaṃ svāpayāmāsa tasyaivānumate bhuvi / vijñāya pūrvasīmāntāṃ bhuvamabhyutsasarja ha

With that very one's consent he laid down (fixed) the agreement upon the earth; and having ascertained the former limit of the boundary, he released the land.

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BndP 2 58.23

व्यस्मयन्त सुराः सर्वे दृष्ट्वा रामस्य विक्रमम् । नगरग्रमसीमानः किञ्चित्किञ्चित्क्वचित्क्वचित्

vyasmayanta surāḥ sarve dṛṣṭvā rāmasya vikramam / nagaragramasīmānaḥ kiñcitkiñcitkvacitkvacit

All the gods marvelled, seeing Rāma's valour; the boundaries of towns and villages (were) a little here, a little there.

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BndP 2 58.24

सह्ये तु पूर्ववत्तस्मिन्नब्धेरपसृतेंऽभसि । तत्र दैवात्तथा स्थानान्निम्नत्वात्स प्रलक्ष्य तु

sahye tu pūrvavattasminnabdherapasṛteṃ'bhasi / tatra daivāttathā sthānānnimnatvātsa pralakṣya tu

But on the Sahya, as before, when the water of the ocean had withdrawn there, by fate, and because that place was low-lying, he, observing (it) —

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BndP 2 58.25

ततस्तेषां भृगुश्रेष्ठो मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् । यथाभिलषितं स्थानं प्रददौ प्रीतिपूर्वकम्

tatasteṣāṃ bhṛguśreṣṭho munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām / yathābhilaṣitaṃ sthānaṃ pradadau prītipūrvakam

Then the best of the Bhṛgus gave, affectionately, to those sages of disciplined souls the sites they desired.

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BndP 2 58.26

ततस्ते मुनयः सर्वे हर्षेण महातान्विताः । कृतकृत्या भृशं राममाशिषा समपूजयन्

tataste munayaḥ sarve harṣeṇa mahātānvitāḥ / kṛtakṛtyā bhṛśaṃ rāmamāśiṣā samapūjayan

Then all those sages, filled with great joy, their purpose accomplished, greatly honoured Rāma with a benediction.

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BndP 2 58.27

अथैतैरभ्यनुज्ञातो ययौ प्राप्तमनोरथः । गते मुनिवरे रामे देशात्तस्मान्निजाश्रमम्

athaitairabhyanujñāto yayau prāptamanorathaḥ / gate munivare rāme deśāttasmānnijāśramam

Then, permitted by them, he went away, his wish fulfilled; when Rāma, best of sages, had gone from that region to his own hermitage,

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BndP 2 58.28

संभूय मुनयः सर्वे प्रजग्मुस्तीरमंबुधेः । परिचङ्क्रम्य तां भूमिं यत्नेन महातान्विताः

saṃbhūya munayaḥ sarve prajagmustīramaṃbudheḥ / paricaṅkramya tāṃ bhūmiṃ yatnena mahātānvitāḥ

all the sages assembled and went to the shore of the ocean, and with great effort walked all about that land,

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BndP 2 58.29

ददृशुः सर्वतो राजन्ह्यर्मवान्तः स्थितां महीम् । नित्यत्वा त्सर्वदेवानामधिष्ठानतया तथा

dadṛśuḥ sarvato rājanhyarmavāntaḥ sthitāṃ mahīm / nityatvā tsarvadevānāmadhiṣṭhānatayā tathā

and they saw, O king, the earth standing on every side free of surge (?), and, because of the permanence (of the place) and because it was the seat of all the gods,

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BndP 2 58.30

कातमब्धौ निपतितं नष्टतोयं चिरोषितम् । अपि रुद्रप्रभावेम प्रायान्नात्यन्तविप्लवम्

kātamabdhau nipatitaṃ naṣṭatoyaṃ ciroṣitam / api rudraprabhāvema prāyānnātyantaviplavam

How is it that (the land), fallen into the ocean, its water gone, long submerged, yet by Rudra's power did not come to utter ruin?

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BndP 2 58.31

तत्तेयनिःसृतं क्षेत्रमभूत्पूर्ववदेव हि । एतद्धि देवसामर्थ्यमचिन्त्यं नृपसत्तम

tatteyaniḥsṛtaṃ kṣetramabhūtpūrvavadeva hi / etaddhi devasāmarthyamacintyaṃ nṛpasattama

That region, which had emerged from the water, became just as it was before; for this, O best of kings, is the inconceivable power of a god.

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BndP 2 58.32

एवं रामेण जलधेः पुनः सृष्टा वसुंधरा । दक्षिणोत्तरतो राजनयोजनानां चतुःशतम्

evaṃ rāmeṇa jaladheḥ punaḥ sṛṣṭā vasuṃdharā / dakṣiṇottarato rājanayojanānāṃ catuḥśatam

Thus by Rāma was the earth created anew out of the sea, O king, four hundred leagues from south to north.

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BndP 2 58.33

नातिक्रामति सो ऽद्यापि सीमानं पयसां निधिः । कृतं रामेण महता न तु सज्जं महद्धनुः

nātikrāmati so 'dyāpi sīmānaṃ payasāṃ nidhiḥ / kṛtaṃ rāmeṇa mahatā na tu sajjaṃ mahaddhanuḥ

Even today that store of waters does not overstep the boundary made by the great Rāma — though his great bow is not (even) strung.

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BndP 2 58.34

एवं प्रभावो रामो ऽसौ सगरश्च महीपतिः । यस्य पुत्रैरयं खण्डो भारतो ऽब्धौ निपतितः

evaṃ prabhāvo rāmo 'sau sagaraśca mahīpatiḥ / yasya putrairayaṃ khaṇḍo bhārato 'bdhau nipatitaḥ

Such was the power of that Rāma, and of Sagara, lord of the earth, by whose sons this Bhārata portion was sunk into the ocean.

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BndP 2 58.35

योजनानां सहस्रन्तु वर्द्धितश्च महोदधिः । रामेणाभूत्पुनः सृष्टं योजनानां तु षट्शतम्

yojanānāṃ sahasrantu varddhitaśca mahodadhiḥ / rāmeṇābhūtpunaḥ sṛṣṭaṃ yojanānāṃ tu ṣaṭśatam

The great sea was increased by a thousand leagues, and six hundred leagues were created anew by Rāma.

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BndP 2 58.36

सगरस्य सुतैर्यस्माद्वर्द्धितो मकरालयः । ततः प्रभृति लोकेषु सागराख्यामवाप्तवान्

sagarasya sutairyasmādvarddhito makarālayaḥ / tataḥ prabhṛti lokeṣu sāgarākhyāmavāptavān

Because the abode of sea-monsters was enlarged by Sagara's sons, from then on it obtained among the worlds the name 'sāgara'.

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