Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 59
BndP 2 59.1
एतत्ते ऽभिहितं सम्यङ्महतश्चरितं मया । रामस्य कार्त्तवीर्यस्य सगरस्य महीपतेः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५८।३७ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्त मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपाद्धातपादे ऽष्टपञ्चशत्तमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ५८॥ बृहस्पतिरुवाच ऋषयस्त्वेव मुक्तास्तु परं हर्षमुपागताः । परं शुश्रूषया भूयः पप्रच्छुस्तदनन्तरम्
etatte 'bhihitaṃ samyaṅmahataścaritaṃ mayā / rāmasya kārttavīryasya sagarasya mahīpateḥ // bndp_2,58.37 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokta madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upāddhātapāde 'ṣṭapañcaśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 58// bṛhaspatiruvāca ṛṣayastveva muktāstu paraṃ harṣamupāgatāḥ / paraṃ śuśrūṣayā bhūyaḥ papracchustadanantaram
This I have duly recounted to you: the deeds of the great Rāma, son of Kṛtavīrya, and of Sagara, lord of the earth. // Thus the fifty-eighth chapter of the third Upodghāta-section in the middle part of the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa spoken by Vāyu. // 58 // Bṛhaspati said: But the sages, thus released, attained the highest joy, and out of a further eagerness to hear, they asked again thereafter.
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BndP 2 59.2
ऋषय ऊचुः वंशानामानुपूर्व्येण राज्ञां चामिततेजसाम् । स्थितिं चैषां प्रभावं च ब्रूहि नः परिपृच्छताम्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ vaṃśānāmānupūrvyeṇa rājñāṃ cāmitatejasām / sthitiṃ caiṣāṃ prabhāvaṃ ca brūhi naḥ paripṛcchatām
The sages said: Tell us, who ask, in order, the lineages of the kings of measureless splendour, and their duration and their power.
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BndP 2 59.3
एवमुक्तस्ततस्तैस्तु तदासौ लोमहर्षणः । शृण्वतामुत्तराख्याने ऋषीणां वाक्य कोविदः
evamuktastatastaistu tadāsau lomaharṣaṇaḥ / śṛṇvatāmuttarākhyāne ṛṣīṇāṃ vākya kovidaḥ
Thus addressed by them, that Lomaharṣaṇa, skilled in speech, then, while the sages listened, in the latter narrative,
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BndP 2 59.4
अख्यानकुशलो भूयः परं वाक्यमुवाच ह । ब्रुवतो मे निबोधंश्च ऋषिराह यथा मम
akhyānakuśalo bhūyaḥ paraṃ vākyamuvāca ha / bruvato me nibodhaṃśca ṛṣirāha yathā mama
skilled in narration, again spoke a further speech: "Learn from me as I speak, as the seer told it to me."
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BndP 2 59.5
वंशानामानुपूर्व्येण राज्ञां चामिततेजसाम् । स्थितिं चैषां प्रभावं च क्रमतो मे निबोधत
vaṃśānāmānupūrvyeṇa rājñāṃ cāmitatejasām / sthitiṃ caiṣāṃ prabhāvaṃ ca kramato me nibodhata
Learn from me, in order and step by step, the lineages, the kings of measureless splendour, their standing and their power.
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BndP 2 59.6
वरुणस्य सपत्नीकान् स्तुता देवी उदाहृता । तस्याः पुत्रौ कलिर्वैद्यः स्तुता च सुरसुंदरी
varuṇasya sapatnīkān stutā devī udāhṛtā / tasyāḥ putrau kalirvaidyaḥ stutā ca surasuṃdarī
(The offspring) of Varuṇa together with their wives (are told); the goddess named Stutā is declared. Her two sons were Kali and Vaidya, and (there were) Stutā and Surasundarī.
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BndP 2 59.7
कलिपुत्रौ महावीर्यौं जयश्च विजयश्च ह । वैद्यपुत्रौ घृणिश्चैव मुनिश्चैव महाबलौ
kaliputrau mahāvīryauṃ jayaśca vijayaśca ha / vaidyaputrau ghṛṇiścaiva muniścaiva mahābalau
Kali's two sons of great valour were Jaya and Vijaya; Vaidya's two sons, of great strength, were Ghṛṇi and Muni.
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BndP 2 59.8
प्रत्तानामनु कामानामन्योन्यस्य प्रभक्षिणौ । भक्ष्यित्वा तावन्योन्यं विनाशं समवाप्नुतः
prattānāmanu kāmānāmanyonyasya prabhakṣiṇau / bhakṣyitvā tāvanyonyaṃ vināśaṃ samavāpnutaḥ
Following upon desires that had been granted, the two became devourers of each other; having devoured one another, the two met with destruction.
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BndP 2 59.9
कलिः सुरायाः संज्ञेयस्तस्य पुत्रो मदः स्मृतः । स्मृता हिंसा कलेर्भार्या श्रेष्ठा या निकृतस्मृतिः
kaliḥ surāyāḥ saṃjñeyastasya putro madaḥ smṛtaḥ / smṛtā hiṃsā kalerbhāryā śreṣṭhā yā nikṛtasmṛtiḥ
Kali is to be known as (the son) of Surā; his son is recorded as Mada. Hiṃsā is remembered as Kali's wife, the foremost, she who is known as Nikṛti.
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BndP 2 59.10
प्रसूतान्ये कलेः पुत्राश्चत्वारः पुरुषादकाः । नाके विघ्नश्च विख्यातो भद्रमोविधमस्तथा
prasūtānye kaleḥ putrāścatvāraḥ puruṣādakāḥ / nāke vighnaśca vikhyāto bhadramovidhamastathā
Other sons were born to Kali, four man-eaters: Nāka and the well-known Vighna, and likewise Bhadrama and Vidhama.
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BndP 2 59.11
अशिरस्कतया विघ्नो नाकश्चैवाशरीरवान् । भद्रमश्चैकहस्तो ऽभूद्विधमश्चैकपात्स्मृतः
aśiraskatayā vighno nākaścaivāśarīravān / bhadramaścaikahasto 'bhūdvidhamaścaikapātsmṛtaḥ
Vighna (was so called) through being headless, and Nāka was without a body; Bhadrama had a single hand, and Vidhama is recorded as one-footed.
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BndP 2 59.12
भद्रमस्य तथापत्नी तामसी पूतना तथा । रेवती विधमस्यापि तयोः पुत्राः सहस्रशः
bhadramasya tathāpatnī tāmasī pūtanā tathā / revatī vidhamasyāpi tayoḥ putrāḥ sahasraśaḥ
Bhadrama's wives were Tāmasī and likewise Pūtanā; Revatī too was Vidhama's; the sons of those two were in thousands.
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BndP 2 59.13
नाकस्य शकुनिः पत्नी विघ्नस्य च अयो मुखी । राक्षसास्तु महावीर्याः संध्याद्वयविचारिमः
nākasya śakuniḥ patnī vighnasya ca ayo mukhī / rākṣasāstu mahāvīryāḥ saṃdhyādvayavicārimaḥ
Śakuni was Nāka's wife, and Ayomukhī Vighna's; but (their offspring were) rākṣasas of great valour, roaming at the two twilights.
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BndP 2 59.14
रेवतीपूतनापुत्रा नैऋता नामतः स्मृताः । ग्रहस्ते राक्षसाः सर्वे बालानां तु विशेषतः
revatīpūtanāputrā naiṛtā nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ / grahaste rākṣasāḥ sarve bālānāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ
The sons of Revatī and Pūtanā are recorded as Nairṛtas by name; all those rākṣasas are seizers (grahas), and especially of children.
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BndP 2 59.15
स्कन्दस्तेषामधिपतिर्ब्रह्मणो ऽनुमतः प्रभुः । बृहस्पतेर्या भगिनी वरस्त्री ब्रह्मचारिणी
skandasteṣāmadhipatirbrahmaṇo 'numataḥ prabhuḥ / bṛhaspateryā bhaginī varastrī brahmacāriṇī
Skanda, the lord approved by Brahmā, is their overlord. She who is Bṛhaspati's sister, an excellent woman living the chaste life,
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BndP 2 59.16
योगसिद्धा जगत्कृत्स्नमसक्ता चरते सदा । प्रभासस्य तु सा भार्या वसूनामष्टमस्य च
yogasiddhā jagatkṛtsnamasaktā carate sadā / prabhāsasya tu sā bhāryā vasūnāmaṣṭamasya ca
perfected in yoga, unattached, ever ranges over the whole world; and she was the wife of Prabhāsa, the eighth of the Vasus.
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BndP 2 59.17
विश्वकर्मा सुरस्तस्या जातः शिल्पिप्रजापतिः । त्वष्टा विराजो रूपाणि धर्मपौत्र उदारधीः
viśvakarmā surastasyā jātaḥ śilpiprajāpatiḥ / tvaṣṭā virājo rūpāṇi dharmapautra udāradhīḥ
From her was born the god Viśvakarman, the artisan Prajāpati, Tvaṣṭṛ, (fashioner of) the forms of Virāj, grandson of Dharma, of lofty mind.
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BndP 2 59.18
कर्त्ता शिल्पिसहस्राणां त्रिदशानां तु योगतः । यःसर्वेषां विमानानि देवतानां चकार ह
karttā śilpisahasrāṇāṃ tridaśānāṃ tu yogataḥ / yaḥsarveṣāṃ vimānāni devatānāṃ cakāra ha
He is the maker of the thousands of crafted works of the thirty (gods) by his yogic skill, he who made the aerial cars of all the deities.
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BndP 2 59.19
मानुषाश्चोपजीवन्ति यस्य शिल्पं महात्मनः । प्रह्रादी विश्रुता तस्य पत्नी त्वष्टुर्विरोचना
mānuṣāścopajīvanti yasya śilpaṃ mahātmanaḥ / prahrādī viśrutā tasya patnī tvaṣṭurvirocanā
And men live by the craft of that great one. His wife, the wife of Tvaṣṭṛ, was the renowned Virocanā, daughter of Prahrāda.
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BndP 2 59.20
विरोचनस्य भगिनी माता त्रिशिरसस्तथा । देवाचार्यस्य महतो विश्वरूपस्य धीमतः
virocanasya bhaginī mātā triśirasastathā / devācāryasya mahato viśvarūpasya dhīmataḥ
(She was) the sister of Virocana, and the mother of Triśiras and of the wise Viśvarūpa, the great teacher of the gods.
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BndP 2 59.21
विश्वकर्मात्मजश्वैव विश्वकर्मा मयः स्मृतः । सुरेणुरिति विख्याता स्वसा तस्य यवीयसी
viśvakarmātmajaśvaiva viśvakarmā mayaḥ smṛtaḥ / sureṇuriti vikhyātā svasā tasya yavīyasī
And Viśvakarman's son Maya is recorded as (himself called) Viśvakarman; his younger sister was renowned as Sureṇu.
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BndP 2 59.22
त्वाष्ट्री या सवितुर्भार्या पुनः संज्ञेति विश्रुता । प्रासूत सा महाभागं मनुं ज्येष्ठं विवस्वतः
tvāṣṭrī yā saviturbhāryā punaḥ saṃjñeti viśrutā / prāsūta sā mahābhāgaṃ manuṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ vivasvataḥ
Tvaṣṭṛ's daughter, who was Savitṛ's wife, is further known as Saṃjñā; she bore the greatly fortunate Manu, eldest (son) of Vivasvat.
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BndP 2 59.23
यमौ प्रासूत च पुनर्यमं च यमुनां च ह । सा तु गत्वा कुरून्देवी वडवा रूपधारिणी
yamau prāsūta ca punaryamaṃ ca yamunāṃ ca ha / sā tu gatvā kurūndevī vaḍavā rūpadhāriṇī
And again she bore the twins, Yama and Yamunā. But that goddess, taking the form of a mare, went to the Kurus.
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BndP 2 59.24
सवितुश्चास्य रूपस्य नासिकाभ्यां तु तौ स्मृतौ । प्रासूत सा महाभाग त्वन्तरिक्षे ऽश्विनौ किल
savituścāsya rūpasya nāsikābhyāṃ tu tau smṛtau / prāsūta sā mahābhāga tvantarikṣe 'śvinau kila
And the two (Aśvins) are recorded as (born) from the nostrils of Savitṛ, who was of this (horse) form; that greatly fortunate one bore the Aśvins in mid-air, so it is said.
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BndP 2 59.25
नासत्यं चैव दस्रं च मार्त्तण्डस्यात्मजावुभौ । ऋषय ऊचुः कस्मान्मार्त्तण्ड इत्येष विवस्वानुदितो बुधैः
nāsatyaṃ caiva dasraṃ ca mārttaṇḍasyātmajāvubhau / ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kasmānmārttaṇḍa ityeṣa vivasvānudito budhaiḥ
Nāsatya and Dasra — both are sons of Mārttaṇḍa. The sages said: Why is this Vivasvān called "Mārttaṇḍa" by the wise?
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BndP 2 59.26
किमर्थं सासुरूपा वै नासिकाभ्यामसूयत । एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामो सर्वं नो ब्रूहि पृच्छताम्
kimarthaṃ sāsurūpā vai nāsikābhyāmasūyata / etadveditumicchāmo sarvaṃ no brūhi pṛcchatām
And for what reason did she, being of (that) form, give birth (to them) from her nostrils? We wish to learn this; tell us all, who are asking.
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BndP 2 59.27
सूत उवाच चिरोत्पन्नमतिर्भिन्नमण्डं त्वष्ट्रा विदारितम् । गर्भवधं भ्रान्तः कश्यपो विद्रुतो भवेत्
sūta uvāca cirotpannamatirbhinnamaṇḍaṃ tvaṣṭrā vidāritam / garbhavadhaṃ bhrāntaḥ kaśyapo vidruto bhavet
Sūta said: (His) mind long since arisen(?), the egg was broken, split open by Tvaṣṭṛ; Kaśyapa, bewildered (at the thought of) the killing of the embryo, was about to flee.
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BndP 2 59.28
अण्डे द्विधाकृते त्वण्डं दृष्ट्वा त्वष्टेदमब्रवीत् । नैतन्न्यूनं भवादण्डं मार्त्तण्डस्त्वं भवानघ
aṇḍe dvidhākṛte tvaṇḍaṃ dṛṣṭvā tvaṣṭedamabravīt / naitannyūnaṃ bhavādaṇḍaṃ mārttaṇḍastvaṃ bhavānagha
When the egg had been made twofold, Tvaṣṭṛ, looking at the egg, said this: "This egg is not deficient in you(?); you, sir, are Mārttaṇḍa, O sinless one."
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BndP 2 59.29
न खल्वयं मृत्ॐऽडस्थ इति स्नेहात्पिताब्रवीत् । तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा नामान्वर्थमुदाहरन्
na khalvayaṃ mṛtoṃ'ḍastha iti snehātpitābravīt / tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā nāmānvarthamudāharan
"Surely this one, who is inside the egg, is not dead" — so the father said out of affection. Hearing that speech of his, they pronounced the name in accordance with its sense.
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BndP 2 59.30
यन्मार्त्तण्डो भवेत्युक्तस्त्वण्डात्स्ॐडे द्विधाकृते । तस्माद्विवस्वान्मार्त्तण्डः पुराणज्ञैर्विभाव्यते
yanmārttaṇḍo bhavetyuktastvaṇḍātsoṃḍe dvidhākṛte / tasmādvivasvānmārttaṇḍaḥ purāṇajñairvibhāvyate
Since, when the egg was made twofold, he was addressed from the egg as "become Mārttaṇḍa," therefore Vivasvān is designated Mārttaṇḍa by those who know the Purāṇas.
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BndP 2 59.31
ततः प्रजाः प्रवक्ष्यामि मार्त्तण्डस्य विवस्वतः । विजज्ञे सवितुर्भार्या संज्ञा पुत्रांस्तु त्रीन्पुनः
tataḥ prajāḥ pravakṣyāmi mārttaṇḍasya vivasvataḥ / vijajñe saviturbhāryā saṃjñā putrāṃstu trīnpunaḥ
Next I shall declare the progeny of Mārttaṇḍa Vivasvān. Saṃjñā, the wife of Savitṛ, in turn bore three children.
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BndP 2 59.32
मनुं यमीं यमं चैव छाया सा तपती तथा । शनैश्चरं तथैवैते मार्त्तण्डस्यात्मजाः स्मृताः
manuṃ yamīṃ yamaṃ caiva chāyā sā tapatī tathā / śanaiścaraṃ tathaivaite mārttaṇḍasyātmajāḥ smṛtāḥ
Manu, Yamī and Yama; and Chāyā (bore) Tapatī likewise, and Śanaiścara: these too are known as the sons of Mārttaṇḍa.
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BndP 2 59.33
विवस्वान्कश्यपाज्जज्ञे दाक्षायिण्यां महायशाः । तस्य संज्ञाभवद्भार्या त्वाष्ट्री देवी विवस्वतः
vivasvānkaśyapājjajñe dākṣāyiṇyāṃ mahāyaśāḥ / tasya saṃjñābhavadbhāryā tvāṣṭrī devī vivasvataḥ
The greatly famed Vivasvān was born from Kaśyapa in a daughter of Dakṣa; his wife, the wife of Vivasvān, was Saṃjñā, the divine daughter of Tvaṣṭṛ.
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BndP 2 59.34
सुरेणुरिति विख्याता पुनः संज्ञेति विश्रुता । सा तु भार्या भगवतो मार्त्तण्डस्यातितेजसः
sureṇuriti vikhyātā punaḥ saṃjñeti viśrutā / sā tu bhāryā bhagavato mārttaṇḍasyātitejasaḥ
She was known as Sureṇu, and again renowned as Saṃjñā; she was the wife of the lord Mārttaṇḍa of surpassing splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.35
न खल्वये मृतो ह्यण्डे इति स्नेहात्तमब्रवीत् । अजानन्कश्यपः स्नेहात् मार्त्तण्ड इति चोच्यते
na khalvaye mṛto hyaṇḍe iti snehāttamabravīt / ajānankaśyapaḥ snehāt mārttaṇḍa iti cocyate
"Surely this one is not dead within the egg" — so, out of affection, he said of him; Kaśyapa, not knowing, (spoke) out of affection, and so he is called Mārttaṇḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 59.36
तेजस्त्वभ्यधिकं तस्य नित्यमेव विवस्वतः । येनापि तापयामास त्रील्लोङ्कान्कश्यपात्मजः
tejastvabhyadhikaṃ tasya nityameva vivasvataḥ / yenāpi tāpayāmāsa trīlloṅkānkaśyapātmajaḥ
But the splendour of that Vivasvān was ever excessive, by which the son of Kaśyapa scorched the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.37
त्रीण्यपत्यानि संज्ञायां जनयामास वै रविः । द्वौ सुतौ तु महावीर्यौं कन्यैका विदितैव च
trīṇyapatyāni saṃjñāyāṃ janayāmāsa vai raviḥ / dvau sutau tu mahāvīryauṃ kanyaikā viditaiva ca
The sun begot three offspring in Saṃjñā: two sons of great might, and one daughter, well known.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.38
मनुर्वैवस्वतो ज्येष्ठः श्राद्धदेवः प्रजापतिः । ततो यमो यमी चैव यमजौ संबभूवतुः
manurvaivasvato jyeṣṭhaḥ śrāddhadevaḥ prajāpatiḥ / tato yamo yamī caiva yamajau saṃbabhūvatuḥ
The eldest was Manu Vaivasvata, Śrāddhadeva, the Prajāpati; after him Yama and Yamī were born as twins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.39
असह्यतेजस्तद्रूपं दृष्ट्वा संज्ञा विवस्वतः । असहन्ती स्वकां छायां सवर्णां निर्ममे पुनः
asahyatejastadrūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā saṃjñā vivasvataḥ / asahantī svakāṃ chāyāṃ savarṇāṃ nirmame punaḥ
Seeing that form of Vivasvān, whose splendour was unbearable, Saṃjñā, unable to endure it, fashioned her own shadow, of the same colour as herself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.40
महाभागा तु सा नारी तस्याश्छायासमुद्गता । प्राञ्जलिः प्रयता भूत्वा पुनः संज्ञामभाषत
mahābhāgā tu sā nārī tasyāśchāyāsamudgatā / prāñjaliḥ prayatā bhūtvā punaḥ saṃjñāmabhāṣata
And that greatly fortunate woman, risen up out of her shadow, with palms joined and reverent, spoke in turn to Saṃjñā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.41
वदस्व किं मया कार्यं सा संज्ञा तामथाब्रवीत् । अहं यास्यापि भद्रं ते स्वमेव भवनं पितुः
vadasva kiṃ mayā kāryaṃ sā saṃjñā tāmathābravīt / ahaṃ yāsyāpi bhadraṃ te svameva bhavanaṃ pituḥ
"Say what is to be done by me." Then Saṃjñā said to her: "I shall go — blessings on you — to my own father's house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.42
त्वयेह भवने मह्यं वस्तव्यं निर्विशङ्कया । इमौ च बालकौ मह्यं कन्या च वरवर्णिनी
tvayeha bhavane mahyaṃ vastavyaṃ nirviśaṅkayā / imau ca bālakau mahyaṃ kanyā ca varavarṇinī
You must dwell here in the house in my place, without any hesitation; and these two boys of mine, and the daughter of lovely hue,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.43
भर्त्तव्या नैवमाख्येयमिदं भगवते त्वया । इमौ च बालकौ मह्यं तथेत्युक्ता तथा च सा
bharttavyā naivamākhyeyamidaṃ bhagavate tvayā / imau ca bālakau mahyaṃ tathetyuktā tathā ca sā
are to be cared for; and this is not to be disclosed by you to the lord; and these two boys are mine." Told "so be it," she acted accordingly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.44
त्वष्टुः समीपमगमद्व्रीडितेव तपस्विनी । पिता तामागतां दृष्ट्वा क्रुद्धः संज्ञामथाब्रवीत्
tvaṣṭuḥ samīpamagamadvrīḍiteva tapasvinī / pitā tāmāgatāṃ dṛṣṭvā kruddhaḥ saṃjñāmathābravīt
The ascetic woman went to Tvaṣṭṛ's presence as though ashamed. The father, seeing her arrived, angry, then said to Saṃjñā:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.45
भर्त्तुः समीपं गच्छेति नियुक्ता च पुनः पुनः । अगमद्वडवा भूत्वाच्छाद्य रूपमनिन्दिता
bharttuḥ samīpaṃ gaccheti niyuktā ca punaḥ punaḥ / agamadvaḍavā bhūtvācchādya rūpamaninditā
Being ordered again and again, "Go to your husband's presence," the blameless one went, having become a mare, concealing her (own) form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.46
उत्तरान्सा कुरून्गत्वा तृणान्यथ चचार सा । द्वितीयायां तु संज्ञायां संज्ञेयमिति चिन्त्य ताम्
uttarānsā kurūngatvā tṛṇānyatha cacāra sā / dvitīyāyāṃ tu saṃjñāyāṃ saṃjñeyamiti cintya tām
Going to the Northern Kurus, she grazed on the grasses there. But (the sun), thinking of the second Saṃjñā, "This is Saṃjñā,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 59.49
आदित्यो जनयामास पुत्रावादित्यवर्चसौ । पूर्वजस्य मनोस्तुल्यौ सादृश्येन तु तौ प्रभू ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५९।४७ ॥ श्रुतश्रवा मनुस्ताभ्यां सावर्णिर्वै भविष्यति ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,५९।४८ ॥ श्रुतकर्मा तु विज्ञेयो ग्रहो वै यः शनैश्चरः । मनुरेवाभवत्सो ऽपि सावर्णिरिति चोच्यते
ādityo janayāmāsa putrāvādityavarcasau / pūrvajasya manostulyau sādṛśyena tu tau prabhū // bndp_2,59.47 // śrutaśravā manustābhyāṃ sāvarṇirvai bhaviṣyati // bndp_2,59.48 // śrutakarmā tu vijñeyo graho vai yaḥ śanaiścaraḥ / manurevābhavatso 'pi sāvarṇiriti cocyate
—the Sun begot upon her two sons of solar splendour, both lords equal in likeness to the earlier-born Manu. Of these two, Śrutaśravas the Manu will indeed be Sāvarṇi; and Śrutakarman is to be known as the planet that is Saturn (Śanaiścara); he too became a Manu, and is called Sāvarṇi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 59.50
संज्ञा तु पार्थिवी सा वै स्वस्य पुत्रस्य वै तदा । चकाराभ्यधिकं स्नेहं त तथा पूर्वजेषु वै
saṃjñā tu pārthivī sā vai svasya putrasya vai tadā / cakārābhyadhikaṃ snehaṃ ta tathā pūrvajeṣu vai
But that Saṃjñā, the earthly one (i.e. Chāyā), then showed excessive affection to her own son, and not so toward the earlier-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.51
मनुस्तच्छाक्षमत्सर्वं यमस्तद्वै न चाक्षमत् । बहुशो जल्पमानस्तु सापत्न्यादतिदुःखितः
manustacchākṣamatsarvaṃ yamastadvai na cākṣamat / bahuśo jalpamānastu sāpatnyādatiduḥkhitaḥ
Manu bore all that, but Yama did not bear it; talking much (about it), exceedingly pained by (her) partiality as a co-wife's (son).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 59.52
तां वै रोषाच्च बालाच्च भाविनोर्ऽथस्य वै बलात् । यदा संतर्जयामास च्छायां वैवस्वतो यमः
tāṃ vai roṣācca bālācca bhāvinor'thasya vai balāt / yadā saṃtarjayāmāsa cchāyāṃ vaivasvato yamaḥ
When Yama Vaivasvata, out of anger, out of childishness, and by the force of what was destined to happen, threatened her—Chāyā—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.53
सा शशाप ततः क्रोधात्सार्णिजननी यमम् । यदा तर्जयसे ऽकस्मात्पितृभार्यां यशस्विनीम्
sā śaśāpa tataḥ krodhātsārṇijananī yamam / yadā tarjayase 'kasmātpitṛbhāryāṃ yaśasvinīm
then she, the mother of Sāvarṇi, out of wrath cursed Yama: "Since without cause you threaten your father's illustrious wife,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.54
तस्मात्तवैष चरमः पतिष्यति न संशयः । यमस्तु तेन शापेन भृशं पीडितमानसः
tasmāttavaiṣa caramaḥ patiṣyati na saṃśayaḥ / yamastu tena śāpena bhṛśaṃ pīḍitamānasaḥ
therefore this foot of yours shall fall off, there is no doubt." And Yama, his mind sorely afflicted by that curse,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.55
मनुना सह धर्मात्मा पितुः सर्वं न्यवेदयत् । भृशं शापभयोद्विग्नः संज्ञावाक्यैर्विनिर्जितः
manunā saha dharmātmā pituḥ sarvaṃ nyavedayat / bhṛśaṃ śāpabhayodvignaḥ saṃjñāvākyairvinirjitaḥ
that righteous one, together with Manu, reported everything to his father, greatly agitated by fear of the curse, overcome by Saṃjñā's words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.56
तस्यां मयोद्यतः पादो न तु देहे निपातितः । बाल्याद्वा यदि वा मोहात्तद्भवान्क्षन्तुमर्हति
tasyāṃ mayodyataḥ pādo na tu dehe nipātitaḥ / bālyādvā yadi vā mohāttadbhavānkṣantumarhati
"My foot was raised against her, but it was not brought down on her body; whether from childishness or from delusion, you ought to pardon that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.57
शप्तो ऽहमस्मि लोकेश जनन्या तपतां वर । तव प्रसादो नस्त्रातुमेतस्मान्महतो भयात्
śapto 'hamasmi lokeśa jananyā tapatāṃ vara / tava prasādo nastrātumetasmānmahato bhayāt
I have been cursed, O lord of the world, by (my) mother, O best of the glowing ones; your grace (must) save us from this great danger."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.58
विवस्वानेवमुक्तस्तु यमं प्रोवाच वै प्रभुः । असंशयं पुत्र महद्भविष्यत्यत्र कारणम्
vivasvānevamuktastu yamaṃ provāca vai prabhuḥ / asaṃśayaṃ putra mahadbhaviṣyatyatra kāraṇam
Thus addressed, the lord Vivasvat said to Yama: "Doubtless, son, there will be some great cause here,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.59
येन त्वामाविशत्क्रोधो धर्मज्ञं सत्यवादिनम् । न शक्यमेतन्मिथ्य तु कर्त्तुं मातुर्वचस्तव
yena tvāmāviśatkrodho dharmajñaṃ satyavādinam / na śakyametanmithya tu karttuṃ māturvacastava
by which anger entered you, who know dharma and speak truth. But your mother's word cannot be made false.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.60
कृमयो मांसमादाय यास्यन्ति च महीं तव । ततः पादं महाप्राज्ञ पुनः सांप्राप्स्यसे सुखम्
kṛmayo māṃsamādāya yāsyanti ca mahīṃ tava / tataḥ pādaṃ mahāprājña punaḥ sāṃprāpsyase sukham
Worms will take flesh (from your foot) and go into the ground; thereupon, O greatly wise one, you will regain your foot in comfort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.61
कृतमेवं वचः सत्यं मातुस्तव भविष्यति । शापस्य परिहारेण त्वं च त्रातो भविष्यसि
kṛtamevaṃ vacaḥ satyaṃ mātustava bhaviṣyati / śāpasya parihāreṇa tvaṃ ca trāto bhaviṣyasi
Thus your mother's word will be made true, and by this averting of the curse you will be saved."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.62
आदित्यस्त्वब्रवीत्संज्ञां किमर्थं तनयेषु तु । तुल्येष्वभ्यधिकस्नेह एकस्मिन्क्रियते त्वया
ādityastvabravītsaṃjñāṃ kimarthaṃ tanayeṣu tu / tulyeṣvabhyadhikasneha ekasminkriyate tvayā
Then the Sun said to Saṃjñā: "Why, among (your) sons who are equal, is greater affection shown by you to one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.63
सा तत्परिहरन्ती वै नाचचक्षे विवस्वतः । आत्मना स समाधाय योगात्तत्त्वमपश्यत
sā tatpariharantī vai nācacakṣe vivasvataḥ / ātmanā sa samādhāya yogāttattvamapaśyata
She, evading that, did not tell Vivasvat; concentrating within himself, he saw the truth by yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.64
तां शप्तुकामो भगवान्नाशाय कुपितः प्रभुः । सा तत्सर्वं यथा तत्त्वमाचचक्षे विवस्वतः
tāṃ śaptukāmo bhagavānnāśāya kupitaḥ prabhuḥ / sā tatsarvaṃ yathā tattvamācacakṣe vivasvataḥ
The lord, angered, wished to curse her to destruction; she told Vivasvat all of it as it truly was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.65
विवस्वांस्तु यथा श्रुत्वा क्रुद्धस्त्वष्टारमभ्ययात् । त्वष्टा तु तं यथान्यायमर्चयित्वा विभावसुम्
vivasvāṃstu yathā śrutvā kruddhastvaṣṭāramabhyayāt / tvaṣṭā tu taṃ yathānyāyamarcayitvā vibhāvasum
And Vivasvat, when he had heard, went in anger to Tvaṣṭṛ; but Tvaṣṭṛ, having honoured that radiant one as was proper,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.66
निर्दग्धुकामं रोषेण सांत्वयामास वै शनैः । तवातितेजसा युक्तमिदं रूपं न शोभते
nirdagdhukāmaṃ roṣeṇa sāṃtvayāmāsa vai śanaiḥ / tavātitejasā yuktamidaṃ rūpaṃ na śobhate
gently appeased him, who in his rage wished to burn (everything): "This form of yours, joined with excessive brilliance, is not comely.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.67
असहन्ती तु तत्संज्ञा वने चरति शाद्वले । द्रक्ष्यते तां भवनद्य स्वां भार्यां शुभचारिणीम्
asahantī tu tatsaṃjñā vane carati śādvale / drakṣyate tāṃ bhavanadya svāṃ bhāryāṃ śubhacāriṇīm
But Saṃjñā, unable to bear that (heat), roams in the forest on the grassy ground; today you shall see her, your own wife of virtuous conduct,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 59.68
श्लाघ्ययौवनसंपन्नां योगमास्थाय गोपते । अनुकूलं भवेदेवं यदि स्यात्समयो मतः
ślāghyayauvanasaṃpannāṃ yogamāsthāya gopate / anukūlaṃ bhavedevaṃ yadi syātsamayo mataḥ
endowed with praiseworthy youth, once you have resorted to yoga, O lord of rays. This would be agreeable, if the arrangement is approved (by you).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 59.69
रूपं निवर्त्तयेयं ते ह्याद्यं श्रेष्ठमरिन्दम । रूपं विवस्वतस्त्वासीत्तिर्यगूर्द्ध्वमधस्तथा
rūpaṃ nivarttayeyaṃ te hyādyaṃ śreṣṭhamarindama / rūpaṃ vivasvatastvāsīttiryagūrddhvamadhastathā
For I would pare down that primal, supreme form of yours, O subduer of foes. The form of Vivasvat was (blazing) sideways, upward, and likewise downward.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 59.70
तेनासौ पीडिता देवी रूपेण तु दिवस्पतेः । तस्मात्ते समचक्रं तु वर्तते रूपमद्भुतम्
tenāsau pīḍitā devī rūpeṇa tu divaspateḥ / tasmātte samacakraṃ tu vartate rūpamadbhutam
By that form of the lord of heaven the goddess was afflicted; therefore your wondrous form now goes about as an even disc.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 59.71
अनुज्ञातस्ततस्त्वष्ट्रा रूपनिर्वर्त्तनाय वै । ततो ऽभ्युपागमत्त्वष्टा मार्त्तण्डस्य विवस्वतः
anujñātastatastvaṣṭrā rūpanirvarttanāya vai / tato 'bhyupāgamattvaṣṭā mārttaṇḍasya vivasvataḥ
Then, being given leave, for the reducing of the form Tvaṣṭṛ approached Mārtaṇḍa Vivasvat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 59.72
भ्रमिमारोप्य तत्तेजः शातयामास तस्य वै । तं निर्मूलित तेजस्कं तेजसापहृतेन तु
bhramimāropya tattejaḥ śātayāmāsa tasya vai / taṃ nirmūlita tejaskaṃ tejasāpahṛtena tu
Setting (it) upon the lathe, he pared away that fiery energy of his; and him, his energy uprooted, his brilliance taken away —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 59.73
कान्तां प्रभाकरो द्रष्टुमियेष शुभदर्शनः । ददर्श योगमास्थाय स्वां भार्यां वडवां तथा
kāntāṃ prabhākaro draṣṭumiyeṣa śubhadarśanaḥ / dadarśa yogamāsthāya svāṃ bhāryāṃ vaḍavāṃ tathā
the maker of light, fair to behold, desired to see his beloved; resorting to yoga he saw his own wife in the form of a mare,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 59.74
अदृश्यां सर्वभूतानां तेजसा नियमेन च । अश्वरूपेण मार्त्तण्डस्तां मुखे समभावयत्
adṛśyāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tejasā niyamena ca / aśvarūpeṇa mārttaṇḍastāṃ mukhe samabhāvayat
invisible to all beings through her fiery power and her austere observance. Mārtaṇḍa, in the form of a horse, united with her at the mouth.
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BndP 2 59.75
मैथुनान्तनिविष्टा च परपुंसो ऽभिशङ्कया । सा तं निःसारयामास नोभ्यां शुक्रं विवस्वतः
maithunāntaniviṣṭā ca parapuṃso 'bhiśaṅkayā / sā taṃ niḥsārayāmāsa nobhyāṃ śukraṃ vivasvataḥ
And at the end of the coupling, out of suspicion that he was another male, she expelled the semen of Vivasvat through her nostrils.
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BndP 2 59.76
देवौ तस्मादजायेतामश्विनौ भिषजां वरौ । नासत्यश्चैव दस्रश्च स्मृतौ द्वादशमूर्तितः
devau tasmādajāyetāmaśvinau bhiṣajāṃ varau / nāsatyaścaiva dasraśca smṛtau dvādaśamūrtitaḥ
From that were born the two gods, the Aśvins, foremost among physicians: they are remembered as Nāsatya and Dasra, from the twelvefold form (of the Sun).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 59.77
मार्त्तण्डस्य सुतावेतावष्टमस्य प्रजापतेः । तां तु रूपेण कान्तेन दर्शयामास भास्करः
mārttaṇḍasya sutāvetāvaṣṭamasya prajāpateḥ / tāṃ tu rūpeṇa kāntena darśayāmāsa bhāskaraḥ
These two are the sons of Mārtaṇḍa, the eighth Prajāpati. And the sun-god showed himself to her with a lovely form.
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BndP 2 59.78
स तां दृष्ट्वा तदा भार्यां तुतो षैतामुवाच ह । यमस्तु तेन शापेन भृशं पीडितमानसः
sa tāṃ dṛṣṭvā tadā bhāryāṃ tuto ṣaitāmuvāca ha / yamastu tena śāpena bhṛśaṃ pīḍitamānasaḥ
Seeing her then as his wife, he, pleased, spoke to her. But Yama, his mind sorely afflicted by that curse,
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BndP 2 59.79
धर्मेण रञ्जयामास धर्मराजस्ततस्तु सः । सो ऽलभत्कर्मणां तेन शुभेन परमां द्युतिम्
dharmeṇa rañjayāmāsa dharmarājastatastu saḥ / so 'labhatkarmaṇāṃ tena śubhena paramāṃ dyutim
then he, the King of Dharma, gave (his subjects) delight through dharma; and by that auspicious (course) of deeds he obtained the highest splendour,
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BndP 2 59.80
पितॄणामाधिपत्यं च लोकपालत्वमेव च । मनुः प्रजापतिस्त्वेष सावर्णिः स महायशाः
pitṝṇāmādhipatyaṃ ca lokapālatvameva ca / manuḥ prajāpatistveṣa sāvarṇiḥ sa mahāyaśāḥ
and the overlordship of the ancestors, and the status of a guardian of the worlds. And this one is Manu the Prajāpati, the far-famed Sāvarṇi.
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BndP 2 59.81
भाव्यः सो ऽनागते तस्मिन्मनुः सावर्णिकेन्तरे । मेरुपृष्ठे तपो घोरमद्यापि चरते प्रभुः
bhāvyaḥ so 'nāgate tasminmanuḥ sāvarṇikentare / merupṛṣṭhe tapo ghoramadyāpi carate prabhuḥ
He is to be Manu in that future Sāvarṇika interval; even today the lord practises fierce austerity on the summit of Meru.
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BndP 2 59.82
भ्राता शनैश्चरस्तत्रग्रहत्वं स तु लब्धवान् । त्वष्टा तु तेन रूपेण विष्णोश्चक्रमकल्पयत्
bhrātā śanaiścarastatragrahatvaṃ sa tu labdhavān / tvaṣṭā tu tena rūpeṇa viṣṇoścakramakalpayat
His brother Śanaiścara obtained there the status of a planet; and from that (pared-off) form Tvaṣṭṛ fashioned the discus of Viṣṇu,
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BndP 2 59.83
महामहो ऽप्रतिहतं दानवान्प्रतिवारणम् । यवीयसी तयोर्या तु यमुनाच यशस्विनी
mahāmaho 'pratihataṃ dānavānprativāraṇam / yavīyasī tayoryā tu yamunāca yaśasvinī
of great blaze, unobstructed, warding off the Dānavas. And she who was the younger of the two, the glorious Yamunā —
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BndP 2 59.84
अभवत्सा सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा यमुना लोकपावनी । यस्तु ज्येष्ठो महातेजाः सर्गो यस्येति सांप्रतम्
abhavatsā saricchreṣṭhā yamunā lokapāvanī / yastu jyeṣṭho mahātejāḥ sargo yasyeti sāṃpratam
she became the best of rivers, Yamunā, purifier of the world. But as for the eldest, of great fiery energy, whose creation is now (to be told) —
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BndP 2 59.85
विस्तरं तस्य वक्ष्यामि मनोर्वैवस्वतस्य ह । इदं तु जन्म देवानां शृणुयाद्वा पठेच्च वा
vistaraṃ tasya vakṣyāmi manorvaivasvatasya ha / idaṃ tu janma devānāṃ śṛṇuyādvā paṭhecca vā
I shall tell at length of him, of Manu Vaivasvata. And whoever should hear or recite this birth of the gods,
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