Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 72

BndP 2 72.1

इति प्रसूतिर्वृष्णीनां समासव्यासयोगतः । कीर्त्तिता कीर्त्तनीया स कीर्त्तिसिद्धिमभीप्सता ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,७१।२६५ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपदे वृष्णिवंशानुकीर्त्तनं नामैकसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ७१॥ सूत उवाच मनुष्यप्रकृतीन्देवान्कीर्त्यमानान्निबोधत । संकर्षणो वासुदेवः प्रद्युम्नः सांब एव च

iti prasūtirvṛṣṇīnāṃ samāsavyāsayogataḥ / kīrttitā kīrttanīyā sa kīrttisiddhimabhīpsatā // bndp_2,71.265 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapade vṛṣṇivaṃśānukīrttanaṃ nāmaikasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 71// sūta uvāca manuṣyaprakṛtīndevānkīrtyamānānnibodhata / saṃkarṣaṇo vāsudevaḥ pradyumnaḥ sāṃba eva ca

Thus the offspring of the Vṛṣṇis has been recited, in brief and at length; it is worthy of being recited by one who desires the attainment of fame. [End of chapter 71 of the Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa, spoken by Vāyu, in the middle part, the third section on preliminaries, the chapter called 'The Recitation of the Vṛṣṇi Lineage'.] Sūta said: Learn of the gods who took the nature of men, as they are recited: Saṃkarṣaṇa, Vāsudeva, Pradyumna, and Sāmba,

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BndP 2 72.2

अनिरुद्धश्च पञ्चैते वंशवीराः प्रकीर्त्तिताः । सप्तर्ष्यः कुबेरश्च यज्ञे मणिवरस्तथा

aniruddhaśca pañcaite vaṃśavīrāḥ prakīrttitāḥ / saptarṣyaḥ kuberaśca yajñe maṇivarastathā

and Aniruddha — these five are proclaimed the heroes of the lineage; the seven seers, and Kubera, and likewise Maṇivara at the sacrifice,

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BndP 2 72.3

शालूकिर्नारदश्चैव विद्वान्धन्वन्तरिश्तथा । नन्दिनश्च महादेवः सालकायन एव च । आदिदेव स्तदा विष्णुरेभिश्च सह दैवतैः

śālūkirnāradaścaiva vidvāndhanvantariśtathā / nandinaśca mahādevaḥ sālakāyana eva ca / ādideva stadā viṣṇurebhiśca saha daivataiḥ

Śālūki and Nārada, and the learned Dhanvantari, and Nandin and Mahādeva, and Sālakāyana too; and then the primal god Viṣṇu along with these deities.

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BndP 2 72.4

ऋषय ऊचुः विष्णुः किमर्थं संभूतः स्मृताः संभूतयः कति । भविष्याः कति चान्ये च प्रादुर्भावा महात्मनः

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ viṣṇuḥ kimarthaṃ saṃbhūtaḥ smṛtāḥ saṃbhūtayaḥ kati / bhaviṣyāḥ kati cānye ca prādurbhāvā mahātmanaḥ

The seers said: For what purpose was Viṣṇu born? How many manifestations of his are recorded? And how many other future manifestations of the great-souled one (will there be)?

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BndP 2 72.7

ब्रह्मक्षत्रेषु शस्तेषु किमर्थमिह जायते । पुनः पुनर्मनुष्येषु तन्नः प्रब्रूहि पृच्छताम् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,७२।५ ॥ विस्तरेणैव सर्वाणि कर्माणि रिपुघातिनः ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,७२।६ ॥ श्रोतुमिच्छामहे सम्यग्वद कृष्णस्य धीमतः । कर्मणामानुपूर्वीं च प्रादुर्भावाश्च ये प्रभो

brahmakṣatreṣu śasteṣu kimarthamiha jāyate / punaḥ punarmanuṣyeṣu tannaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām // bndp_2,72.5 // vistareṇaiva sarvāṇi karmāṇi ripughātinaḥ // bndp_2,72.6 // śrotumicchāmahe samyagvada kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ / karmaṇāmānupūrvīṃ ca prādurbhāvāśca ye prabho

For what purpose is he born here again and again among men, among brahmins and kṣatriyas who are praised? Tell us that, who ask. (5) ... all the deeds of the slayer of enemies, at length. (6) We wish to hear rightly; speak of the wise Kṛṣṇa, of the sequence of his deeds and of the manifestations that were, O lord.

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BndP 2 72.8

या वास्य प्रकृतिस्तात तां चास्मान्वक्तुमर्हसि । कथं स भगवान्विष्णुः सुरेष्वरिनिषूदनः

yā vāsya prakṛtistāta tāṃ cāsmānvaktumarhasi / kathaṃ sa bhagavānviṣṇuḥ sureṣvariniṣūdanaḥ

And what his essential nature is, dear one, that too you should tell us: how did that blessed Viṣṇu, the destroyer of foes among the gods,

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BndP 2 72.9

वसुदेवकुले धीमान्वासुदेवत्वमागतः । अमरैरावृतं पुण्यं पुण्यकृद्भिरलङ्कृतम्

vasudevakule dhīmānvāsudevatvamāgataḥ / amarairāvṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ puṇyakṛdbhiralaṅkṛtam

the wise one, come to the state of Vāsudeva in the family of Vasudeva? — the holy (world) thronged with immortals, adorned by doers of merit,

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BndP 2 72.10

देवलोकं किमुत्सृज्य मर्त्यलोकमिहागतः । देवमानुषयोर्नेता धातुर्यः प्रसवो हरिः

devalokaṃ kimutsṛjya martyalokamihāgataḥ / devamānuṣayornetā dhāturyaḥ prasavo hariḥ

the world of the gods — why did he abandon it and come here to the world of mortals, Hari, who is the guide of gods and men, the ordainer, the source (of all)?

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BndP 2 72.11

किमर्थं दिव्यमात्मानं मानुष्ये समवेशयत् । यश्चक्रं वर्त्तयत्येको मनुष्याणां मनोमयम्

kimarthaṃ divyamātmānaṃ mānuṣye samaveśayat / yaścakraṃ varttayatyeko manuṣyāṇāṃ manomayam

For what purpose did he settle his divine self in human form — he who alone turns the wheel of men, the wheel made of mind?

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BndP 2 72.12

मानुष्ये स कथं बुद्धिं चक्रे चक्रभृतां वरः । गोपायन यः कुरुते जगतः सर्वकालिकम्

mānuṣye sa kathaṃ buddhiṃ cakre cakrabhṛtāṃ varaḥ / gopāyana yaḥ kurute jagataḥ sarvakālikam

How did he, the best of discus-bearers, set his mind on human birth — he who performs the guarding of the world at all times?

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BndP 2 72.13

स कथं गां गतो विष्णुर्गोपत्वमकरोत्प्रभुः । महाभूतानि भूतात्मा यो दधार चकार ह

sa kathaṃ gāṃ gato viṣṇurgopatvamakarotprabhuḥ / mahābhūtāni bhūtātmā yo dadhāra cakāra ha

How did Viṣṇu the lord, having gone to the earth, take up the state of a cowherd — he, the self of beings, who upheld and indeed made the great elements?

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BndP 2 72.14

श्रीगर्भः स कथं गर्भे स्त्रिया भूचरया वृतः । येन लोकान्क्रमैर्जित्वा सश्रीकास्त्रिदशाः कृताः

śrīgarbhaḥ sa kathaṃ garbhe striyā bhūcarayā vṛtaḥ / yena lokānkramairjitvā saśrīkāstridaśāḥ kṛtāḥ

How was he who holds Śrī in him enclosed in the womb of a woman who walks the earth — he by whom, conquering the worlds with his strides, the thirty gods were made possessors of Śrī?

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BndP 2 72.15

स्थापिता जगतो मार्गास्त्रिक्रमं वपुराहृतम् । ददौ जितां वसुमतीं सुराणां सुरसत्तमः

sthāpitā jagato mārgāstrikramaṃ vapurāhṛtam / dadau jitāṃ vasumatīṃ surāṇāṃ surasattamaḥ

The pathways of the world were established, a three-striding body was assumed; the best of the gods gave the conquered earth to the gods.

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BndP 2 72.16

येन सैंहं वपुः कृत्वा द्विधाकृत्वा च तत्पुनः । पूर्वदैत्यो महावीर्यो हिरण्यकशिपुर्हतः

yena saiṃhaṃ vapuḥ kṛtvā dvidhākṛtvā ca tatpunaḥ / pūrvadaityo mahāvīryo hiraṇyakaśipurhataḥ

By whom, having made a lion's body and having then made it twofold, the ancient daitya of great might, Hiraṇyakaśipu, was slain;

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BndP 2 72.17

यः पुरा ह्यनलो भूत्वा त्वौर्वः संवर्त्तको विभुः । पातालस्थोर्ऽणवगतः पपौ तोयमयं हविः

yaḥ purā hyanalo bhūtvā tvaurvaḥ saṃvarttako vibhuḥ / pātālasthor'ṇavagataḥ papau toyamayaṃ haviḥ

who formerly, becoming fire — the Aurva, the Saṃvartaka, the pervading one — situated in Pātāla, gone into the ocean, drank the oblation consisting of water;

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BndP 2 72.18

सहस्रचरणं देवं सहस्रांशुं सहस्रशः । सहस्रशिरसं देवं यमाहुर्वै युगे युगे

sahasracaraṇaṃ devaṃ sahasrāṃśuṃ sahasraśaḥ / sahasraśirasaṃ devaṃ yamāhurvai yuge yuge

the god of a thousand feet, of a thousand rays, thousandfold, the god of a thousand heads, whom they call so in age after age;

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BndP 2 72.19

नाभ्यरण्यां समुद्भूतं यस्य पैतामहं गृहम् । एकार्णवगते लोके तत्पङ्कजमपङ्कजम्

nābhyaraṇyāṃ samudbhūtaṃ yasya paitāmahaṃ gṛham / ekārṇavagate loke tatpaṅkajamapaṅkajam

in the thicket of whose navel arose the house of the Grandfather — when the world had become one ocean, that lotus that grows from no mud;

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BndP 2 72.20

येन ते निहता दैत्याः संग्रामे तारकामये । सर्वदेवमयं कृत्वा सर्वायुधधरं वपुः

yena te nihatā daityāḥ saṃgrāme tārakāmaye / sarvadevamayaṃ kṛtvā sarvāyudhadharaṃ vapuḥ

by whom those daityas were slain in the battle over Tārakā, having made his body composed of all the gods and bearing all weapons;

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BndP 2 72.21

महाबलेन वोत्सिक्तः कालनेमिर्निपातितः । उत्तरांशे समुद्रस्य क्षीरोदस्यामृतोदधेः । यः शेतेशश्वतं योगमाच्छाद्य तिमिरं महत्

mahābalena votsiktaḥ kālanemirnipātitaḥ / uttarāṃśe samudrasya kṣīrodasyāmṛtodadheḥ / yaḥ śeteśaśvataṃ yogamācchādya timiraṃ mahat

or (by whom) Kālanemi, puffed up with great strength, was struck down; who lies in eternal yoga in the northern quarter of the ocean, the milk-ocean, the sea of nectar, covering over the great darkness;

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BndP 2 72.22

सुरारणीगर्भमधत्त दिव्यं तपःप्रकर्षाददितिः पुरायम् । शक्रं च यो दैत्यगणं च रूद्धं गर्भावमानेन भृशं चकार ह

surāraṇīgarbhamadhatta divyaṃ tapaḥprakarṣādaditiḥ purāyam / śakraṃ ca yo daityagaṇaṃ ca rūddhaṃ garbhāvamānena bhṛśaṃ cakāra ha

Aditi of old bore this divine embryo, the kindling-block of the gods, through the excellence of her austerity; and he made Śakra and the host of daityas utterly checked by the humiliation of the womb.

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BndP 2 72.25

पदानि यो लोकपदानि कृत्वा चकार दैत्यान्सलिलेशयांस्तान् । कृत्वा च देवांस्त्रिदिवस्य देवांश्चक्रे सुरेशं पुरुहूतमेव ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,७२।२३ ॥ गार्हपत्येन विधिना अन्वाहार्येण कर्मणा ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,७२।२४ ॥ अग्निमाहवनीयं च वेदीं चैव कुशं स्रुवम् । प्रोक्षणीयं श्रुतं चैव आवभृथ्यं तथैव च

padāni yo lokapadāni kṛtvā cakāra daityānsalileśayāṃstān / kṛtvā ca devāṃstridivasya devāṃścakre sureśaṃ puruhūtameva // bndp_2,72.23 // gārhapatyena vidhinā anvāhāryeṇa karmaṇā // bndp_2,72.24 // agnimāhavanīyaṃ ca vedīṃ caiva kuśaṃ sruvam / prokṣaṇīyaṃ śrutaṃ caiva āvabhṛthyaṃ tathaiva ca

He who, making his steps the stations of the worlds, made those daityas lie in the water; and making the gods the gods of the third heaven, he made Puruhūta the lord of the gods — by the rule of the gārhapatya fire, by the anvāhārya rite, and the āhavanīya fire, and the altar, kuśa grass, the sruva ladle, the sprinkling water, what is heard (in the Veda), and likewise the concluding avabhṛtha bath;

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BndP 2 72.26

अथर्षींश्चैव यश्चक्रे हव्यभागप्रदान्मखे । हव्यादांश्च सुरांश्चक्रे कव्यादांश्च पितॄनपि । भोगार्थं यज्ञविधिना यो यज्ञो यज्ञकर्मणि

atharṣīṃścaiva yaścakre havyabhāgapradānmakhe / havyādāṃśca surāṃścakre kavyādāṃśca pitṝnapi / bhogārthaṃ yajñavidhinā yo yajño yajñakarmaṇi

and who made the ṛṣis givers of the shares of oblation at the sacrifice, and made the gods eaters of havya and the fathers eaters of kavya; for the sake of enjoyment, by the sacrificial rule, he who is the sacrifice in the act of sacrifice;

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BndP 2 72.27

यूपान्समित्स्रुवं सोमं पवित्रं परिधीनपि । यज्ञियानि च द्रव्याणि यज्ञियांश्च तथानलान्

yūpānsamitsruvaṃ somaṃ pavitraṃ paridhīnapi / yajñiyāni ca dravyāṇi yajñiyāṃśca tathānalān

the sacrificial posts, the kindling-stick, the sruva ladle, the soma, the strainer, and the enclosing sticks too, and the sacrificial substances and likewise the sacrificial fires;

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BndP 2 72.28

सदस्यान्यजमानांश्च ह्यश्वमेधान्क्रतुत्तमान् । विचित्रान्राजसूयदीन्पारमेष्ठ्येन कर्मणा

sadasyānyajamānāṃśca hyaśvamedhānkratuttamān / vicitrānrājasūyadīnpārameṣṭhyena karmaṇā

and the members of the assembly and the sacrificers, and the horse-sacrifices, best of rites, and the various ones beginning with the rājasūya, by the act of supreme station;

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BndP 2 72.29

उद्गात्रादींश्च यः कृत्वा यज्ञांल्लोकाननुक्रमम् । क्षणा निमेषाः काष्ठाश्च कलास्त्रैकाल्यमेव च

udgātrādīṃśca yaḥ kṛtvā yajñāṃllokānanukramam / kṣaṇā nimeṣāḥ kāṣṭhāśca kalāstraikālyameva ca

and he who, having made the udgātṛ and the rest, (made) the sacrifices and the worlds in order; the moments, the winks, the kāṣṭhās and kalās, and the three times,

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BndP 2 72.30

मुहूर्त्तास्तिथयो मासा दिनं संवत्सरं तथा । ऋतवः कालयोगाश्च प्रमाणं त्रिविधं त्रिषु

muhūrttāstithayo māsā dinaṃ saṃvatsaraṃ tathā / ṛtavaḥ kālayogāśca pramāṇaṃ trividhaṃ triṣu

Muhūrtas, lunar days, months, the day, and the year, the seasons and the conjunctions of time — the threefold measure among the three (times);

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BndP 2 72.31

आयुः क्षेत्राण्यथ बलं क्षणं यद्रूपसौष्ठवम् । मेधावित्वं च शौर्यं च शास्त्रस्येव च पारणम्

āyuḥ kṣetrāṇyatha balaṃ kṣaṇaṃ yadrūpasauṣṭhavam / medhāvitvaṃ ca śauryaṃ ca śāstrasyeva ca pāraṇam

lifespan, the fields (of the body), strength, the moment, the excellence of form, intelligence, valour, and the completion of (study of) scripture;

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BndP 2 72.32

त्रयो वर्णास्त्रयो लोकास्त्रैविद्यं पावकास्त्रयः । त्रैकाल्यं त्रीणि कर्माणि तिस्रो मात्रा गुणास्त्रयः

trayo varṇāstrayo lokāstraividyaṃ pāvakāstrayaḥ / traikālyaṃ trīṇi karmāṇi tisro mātrā guṇāstrayaḥ

the three classes, the three worlds, the threefold knowledge, the three fires, the three times, the three acts, the three (prosodic) measures, the three qualities;

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BndP 2 72.33

सृष्टा लोकेश्वराश्चैव येन येन च कर्मणा । सर्वभूतगणाः सृष्टाः सर्वभूतगणात्मना

sṛṣṭā lokeśvarāścaiva yena yena ca karmaṇā / sarvabhūtagaṇāḥ sṛṣṭāḥ sarvabhūtagaṇātmanā

and the lords of the worlds were created, and by which act (each was created); all the hosts of beings were created by (him who is) the self of all hosts of beings —

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BndP 2 72.34

क्षणं संधाय पूर्वेण योगेन रमते च यः । गतागतानां यो नेता सर्वत्र विविधेश्वरः

kṣaṇaṃ saṃdhāya pūrveṇa yogena ramate ca yaḥ / gatāgatānāṃ yo netā sarvatra vividheśvaraḥ

and who, having joined the moment with the former yoga, takes delight (in it); who is the leader of those that go and come, everywhere the lord of the manifold;

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BndP 2 72.35

यो गतिर्द्धर्मयुक्तानामगतिः पापकर्मणाम् । चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य प्रभवश्चातुर्वर्ण्यस्य रक्षिता

yo gatirddharmayuktānāmagatiḥ pāpakarmaṇām / cāturvarṇyasya prabhavaścāturvarṇyasya rakṣitā

who is the resort of those joined to dharma and no resort for those of evil deeds; the origin of the four classes and the protector of the four classes;

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BndP 2 72.36

चातुर्विद्यस्य यो वेत्ता चातुराशम्यसंश्रयः । दिगन्तरं नभो भूमिरापो वायुर्विभावसुः

cāturvidyasya yo vettā cāturāśamyasaṃśrayaḥ / digantaraṃ nabho bhūmirāpo vāyurvibhāvasuḥ

who is the knower of the four (branches of) knowledge, the support of the four stages of life; (who is) the intervals of the directions, the sky, the earth, the waters, the wind, the fire,

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BndP 2 72.37

चन्द्रसूर्यद्वयं ज्योतिर्युगेशाः क्षणदाचराः । यः परं श्रुयते देवो यः परं श्रूयते तपः

candrasūryadvayaṃ jyotiryugeśāḥ kṣaṇadācarāḥ / yaḥ paraṃ śruyate devo yaḥ paraṃ śrūyate tapaḥ

the pair of moon and sun, light, the lords of the ages, the night-rangers; who is heard of as the supreme god, who is heard of as the supreme austerity,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 2 72.38

यः परं तमसः प्राहुर्यः परं परमात्मवान् । आदित्यादिस्तु यो देवो यश्च दैत्यान्तको विभुः

yaḥ paraṃ tamasaḥ prāhuryaḥ paraṃ paramātmavān / ādityādistu yo devo yaśca daityāntako vibhuḥ

whom they declare to be beyond darkness, who is supreme, possessed of the supreme self; who is the god beginning with the sun, and who is the mighty destroyer of the Daityas,

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BndP 2 72.39

युगान्तेष्वन्तको यश्च यश्च लोकान्तकान्तकः । सेतुर्यो लोकसेतूनां मेधो यो मध्यकर्मणाम्

yugānteṣvantako yaśca yaśca lokāntakāntakaḥ / seturyo lokasetūnāṃ medho yo madhyakarmaṇām

and who is the ender at the ends of the ages, and who is the ender of the enders of the worlds; who is the dyke of the world's dykes, who is the sacrificial offering of the middling acts,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BndP 2 72.40

वेद्यो यो वेदविदुषां प्रभुर्यः प्रभवात्मनाम् । सोमभूतस्तु भूतानामग्निभूतो ऽग्निवर्चसाम्

vedyo yo vedaviduṣāṃ prabhuryaḥ prabhavātmanām / somabhūtastu bhūtānāmagnibhūto 'gnivarcasām

who is what is to be known by the knowers of the Veda, who is the lord of those whose nature is origination; who has become Soma among beings, fire among those with fiery splendour,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 2 72.41

मनुष्याणां मनुर्भूतस्तपोभूतस्तपस्विनाम् । विनयो नयतृप्तानां तेजस्तेजस्विनामपि

manuṣyāṇāṃ manurbhūtastapobhūtastapasvinām / vinayo nayatṛptānāṃ tejastejasvināmapi

who has become Manu among men, austerity among ascetics, the discipline of those content with right conduct, and the brilliance of the brilliant,

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BndP 2 72.42

विग्रहो विग्रहाणां यो गतिर्गतिमतामपि । आकाशप्रभवो वायुर्वायुप्राणो हुताशनः

vigraho vigrahāṇāṃ yo gatirgatimatāmapi / ākāśaprabhavo vāyurvāyuprāṇo hutāśanaḥ

who is the body of bodies, and the goal of those that move: from space arises wind, having wind as its breath is fire,

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BndP 2 72.43

देवा हुताशनप्राणाः प्राणो ऽग्नेर्मधुसूदनः । रसाच्छोणितसंभूतिः शोणितान्मासमुच्यते

devā hutāśanaprāṇāḥ prāṇo 'gnermadhusūdanaḥ / rasācchoṇitasaṃbhūtiḥ śoṇitānmāsamucyate

the gods have fire as their breath, and the breath of fire is Madhusūdana; from the sap arises blood, from blood flesh is said (to arise),

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BndP 2 72.44

मांसात्त मेदसो जन्म मेदसो ऽस्थि निरुच्यते । अस्य्नो मज्जा समभवन्मज्जातः शुक्रसंभवः

māṃsātta medaso janma medaso 'sthi nirucyate / asyno majjā samabhavanmajjātaḥ śukrasaṃbhavaḥ

from flesh comes the birth of fat, from fat bone is declared; from bone marrow came to be, from marrow the arising of semen,

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BndP 2 72.45

शुक्राद्गर्भः समाभव द्रसमूलेन कर्मणा । तत्रापां प्रथमावापः स सौम्यो राशिरुच्यते

śukrādgarbhaḥ samābhava drasamūlena karmaṇā / tatrāpāṃ prathamāvāpaḥ sa saumyo rāśirucyate

from semen the embryo came to be, through the act that has sap as its root; therein is the first infusion of the waters — that is called the lunar aggregate.

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BndP 2 72.46

गर्भो ऽश्मसंभवो ज्ञेयो द्वितीयो राशिरुच्यते । शुक्रं सोमात्मकं विद्यादार्त्तवं पावकात्मकम्

garbho 'śmasaṃbhavo jñeyo dvitīyo rāśirucyate / śukraṃ somātmakaṃ vidyādārttavaṃ pāvakātmakam

The embryo is to be known as arising from stone (?); it is called the second aggregate. One should know semen to be of the nature of the moon, and the menstrual blood to be of the nature of fire.

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BndP 2 72.47

भावौ रसानुगावेतौ वीर्ये च शशिपावकौ । कफवर्गे भवेच्छुक्रं पित्तवर्गे च शोणितम्

bhāvau rasānugāvetau vīrye ca śaśipāvakau / kaphavarge bhavecchukraṃ pittavarge ca śoṇitam

These two states follow upon the sap, and in their potency they are moon and fire: semen belongs in the class of phlegm, and blood in the class of bile.

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BndP 2 72.48

कफस्य त्दृदयं स्थानं नाभ्यां पित्तं प्रतिष्ठितम् । देहस्य मध्ये त्दृदयं स्थानं तु मनसः स्मृतम्

kaphasya tdṛdayaṃ sthānaṃ nābhyāṃ pittaṃ pratiṣṭhitam / dehasya madhye tdṛdayaṃ sthānaṃ tu manasaḥ smṛtam

The heart is the seat of phlegm; bile is established in the navel; and the seat of the mind is said to be the heart, in the middle of the body.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 2 72.49

नाभिश्चोदर संस्था तु तत्र देवो हुताशनः । मनः प्रजापतिर्ज्ञेयः कफः सोमो विभाव्यते

nābhiścodara saṃsthā tu tatra devo hutāśanaḥ / manaḥ prajāpatirjñeyaḥ kaphaḥ somo vibhāvyate

And the navel is situated in the belly; there the god is fire. The mind is to be known as Prajāpati, phlegm is understood as Soma,

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BndP 2 72.50

पित्तमग्निः स्मृतो ह्येतदग्नीषोमात्मकं जगत् । एवं प्रवर्त्तिते गर्भे वृत्ते कर्कन्धुसंनिभे

pittamagniḥ smṛto hyetadagnīṣomātmakaṃ jagat / evaṃ pravarttite garbhe vṛtte karkandhusaṃnibhe

Bile is held to be fire; thus this world consists of Agni and Soma. When the embryo has developed in this way, and has become round like a jujube fruit,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

BndP 2 72.51

वायुः प्रवेशनं चक्रे संगतः परमात्मना । स पञ्चधा शरीरस्थो विद्यते वर्द्धयेत्पुनः

vāyuḥ praveśanaṃ cakre saṃgataḥ paramātmanā / sa pañcadhā śarīrastho vidyate varddhayetpunaḥ

the wind, joined with the supreme Self, made its entry; being fivefold it is known to abide in the body and makes (the embryo) grow further.

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BndP 2 72.52

प्राणापानौ समानश्च ह्युदानो व्यान एव च । प्राणो ऽस्य परमात्मानं वर्द्धयन्परिवर्त्तते

prāṇāpānau samānaśca hyudāno vyāna eva ca / prāṇo 'sya paramātmānaṃ varddhayanparivarttate

Prāṇa and apāna, and samāna, and udāna, and vyāna as well: the prāṇa of this (being) moves about, making its supreme self grow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BndP 2 72.53

अपानः पश्चिमं कायमु दानो ऽर्द्धं शरीरिणः । व्यानो व्यानीयते येन समानः सर्वसंधिषु

apānaḥ paścimaṃ kāyamu dāno 'rddhaṃ śarīriṇaḥ / vyāno vyānīyate yena samānaḥ sarvasaṃdhiṣu

Apāna (occupies) the hinder part of the body, udāna half of the embodied one; vyāna is that by which pervasion takes place; samāna is in all the joints.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BndP 2 72.54

भूतावाप्तिस्ततस्तस्य जायतेन्द्रियगोचरा । पृथिवी वायुराकाशमापो ज्योतिश्च पञ्चमम्

bhūtāvāptistatastasya jāyatendriyagocarā / pṛthivī vāyurākāśamāpo jyotiśca pañcamam

Thereafter there arises for him the acquisition of the elements, which fall within the range of the senses: earth, wind, ether, water, and fire as the fifth.

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BndP 2 72.55

सर्वेद्रियनिविष्टास्ते स्वस्वयोगं प्रचक्रिरे । पार्थिवं देहमाहुस्तु प्राणात्मानं च मारुतम्

sarvedriyaniviṣṭāste svasvayogaṃ pracakrire / pārthivaṃ dehamāhustu prāṇātmānaṃ ca mārutam

Lodged in all the sense-organs, they performed each its own conjunction; the body they call earthen, and the prāṇa-self they call of wind.

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BndP 2 72.56

छिद्राण्याकाशयोनीनि जलात्स्रावः प्रवर्त्तते । ज्योतिश्चक्षुषि कोष्ठो ऽस्मात्तेषां यन्नामतः स्मृतम्

chidrāṇyākāśayonīni jalātsrāvaḥ pravarttate / jyotiścakṣuṣi koṣṭho 'smātteṣāṃ yannāmataḥ smṛtam

The openings have ether as their source; from water the flow (of fluids) proceeds; fire (is) in the eye, and from this (element) the cavity (of the belly) — such is what is recorded of them by name.

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BndP 2 72.57

संग्राह्य विषयांश्चैव यस्य वीर्यात्प्रवर्तिताः । इत्येतान्पुरुषः सर्वान्सृजत्येकः सनातनः

saṃgrāhya viṣayāṃścaiva yasya vīryātpravartitāḥ / ityetānpuruṣaḥ sarvānsṛjatyekaḥ sanātanaḥ

And the objects that are to be grasped are set in motion by whose power — thus the one eternal Puruṣa creates all these.

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BndP 2 72.58

नैधने ऽस्मिन्कथं लोके नरत्वं विष्णुरागतः । एष नः संशयो धीमन्नेष वै विस्मयो महान्

naidhane 'sminkathaṃ loke naratvaṃ viṣṇurāgataḥ / eṣa naḥ saṃśayo dhīmanneṣa vai vismayo mahān

How, in this world of destruction, did Viṣṇu come to human condition? This is our doubt, O wise one; this indeed is a great wonder.

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BndP 2 72.59

कथं गतिर्गतिमतामापन्नो मानुषीं तनुम् । श्रोतुमिच्छामहे विष्णोः कर्माणि च यथाक्रमम्

kathaṃ gatirgatimatāmāpanno mānuṣīṃ tanum / śrotumicchāmahe viṣṇoḥ karmāṇi ca yathākramam

How did he who is the goal of all that move come to a human body? We wish to hear Viṣṇu's deeds in their order.

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BndP 2 72.60

आश्चर्यं परमं विष्णुर्वेदैर्देवश्चै कथ्यते । विष्णोरुत्पत्तिमाश्चय कथयस्व महामते

āścaryaṃ paramaṃ viṣṇurvedairdevaścai kathyate / viṣṇorutpattimāścaya kathayasva mahāmate

Viṣṇu is the highest wonder, and he is spoken of by the Vedas and by the gods; tell us, O great-minded one, the wonder of Viṣṇu's birth.

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BndP 2 72.61

एतदाश्चर्यमाख्यातं कथ्यतां वै सुखावहम् । प्रख्यातबलवीर्यस्य प्रादुर्भावन्महात्मनः । कर्मणाश्चर्यभूतस्य विष्णोः सत्त्वमिहोच्यते

etadāścaryamākhyātaṃ kathyatāṃ vai sukhāvaham / prakhyātabalavīryasya prādurbhāvanmahātmanaḥ / karmaṇāścaryabhūtasya viṣṇoḥ sattvamihocyate

This wonder has (already) been declared; let now be told what brings delight — the manifestation of the great-souled one whose strength and valour are renowned; the being of Viṣṇu, whose deeds are a marvel, is here spoken of.

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BndP 2 72.62

सूत उवाच अहं वः कीर्त्तयिष्यामि प्रादुर्भावं महात्मनः

sūta uvāca ahaṃ vaḥ kīrttayiṣyāmi prādurbhāvaṃ mahātmanaḥ

Sūta said: I shall recount to you the manifestation of the great-souled one,

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BndP 2 72.63

यथा बभूव भगवान्मानुषेषु महातपाः । भृगुस्त्रीवधदोषेण भृगुशापेन मानुषे

yathā babhūva bhagavānmānuṣeṣu mahātapāḥ / bhṛgustrīvadhadoṣeṇa bhṛguśāpena mānuṣe

how the Lord of great austerity came to be among men: through the guilt of slaying Bhṛgu's wife, by Bhṛgu's curse, (he was born) among men,

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BndP 2 72.64

जायते च युगान्तेषु देवकार्यार्थसिद्धये । तस्य दिव्यां तनुं विष्णोर्गदतो मे निबोधत

jāyate ca yugānteṣu devakāryārthasiddhaye / tasya divyāṃ tanuṃ viṣṇorgadato me nibodhata

and he is born at the ends of the yugas for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose. Learn of that divine body of Viṣṇu from me as I tell it.

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BndP 2 72.65

युगधर्मे परावृत्ते काले च शिथिले प्रभुः । कर्त्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थानं जायते मानुषेष्विह । भृगोः शापनिमित्तेन देवासुरकृतेन च

yugadharme parāvṛtte kāle ca śithile prabhuḥ / karttuṃ dharmavyavasthānaṃ jāyate mānuṣeṣviha / bhṛgoḥ śāpanimittena devāsurakṛtena ca

When the dharma of the yuga has been reversed and time has grown slack, the Lord, in order to establish dharma, is born here among men — occasioned by Bhṛgu's curse and by what was done by the gods and the asuras.

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BndP 2 72.66

ऋषय ऊचुः कथं देवासुरकृते तद्व्याहारमवाप्तवान् । एतद्वेदितुमिच्छामो वृत्तं देवासुरं कथम्

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ kathaṃ devāsurakṛte tadvyāhāramavāptavān / etadveditumicchāmo vṛttaṃ devāsuraṃ katham

The seers said: How, in the affair of the gods and the asuras, did he incur that utterance? This we wish to know: how did the (war) of the gods and asuras come about?

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BndP 2 72.67

सूत उवाच देवासुरं यथावृत्तं ब्रुवतस्तन्निबोधत

sūta uvāca devāsuraṃ yathāvṛttaṃ bruvatastannibodhata

Sūta said: Learn of the (war) of gods and asuras, as it happened, from me as I tell it.

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BndP 2 72.68

हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यस्त्रैलोक्यं प्राक्प्रशासति । बलिनाधिष्ठितं राज्यं पुनर्लोकत्रये क्रमात्

hiraṇyakaśipurdaityastrailokyaṃ prākpraśāsati / balinādhiṣṭhitaṃ rājyaṃ punarlokatraye kramāt

The daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu ruled the three worlds formerly; then again, in due course, the kingdom in the three worlds was held by Bali.

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BndP 2 72.69

सख्यमासीत्परं तेषां देवानामसुरैः सह । युगाख्या दश संपूर्णा ह्यासीदव्याहतं जगत्

sakhyamāsītparaṃ teṣāṃ devānāmasuraiḥ saha / yugākhyā daśa saṃpūrṇā hyāsīdavyāhataṃ jagat

Their friendship — that of the gods with the asuras — was supreme; ten full yuga-periods passed and the world was untroubled.

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BndP 2 72.70

निदेशस्थायिनश्चैव तयोर्देवासुराभवन् । बद्धे बलौ विवादो ऽथ संप्रवृत्तः सुदारुणः

nideśasthāyinaścaiva tayordevāsurābhavan / baddhe balau vivādo 'tha saṃpravṛttaḥ sudāruṇaḥ

And the gods and the asuras remained subject to the command of those two; but when Bali was bound, a very terrible quarrel then broke out.

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BndP 2 72.71

देवासुराणां च तदा घोरः क्षयकरो महान् । तेषां द्वीपनिमित्तं वै संग्रामा बहवो ऽभवेन्

devāsurāṇāṃ ca tadā ghoraḥ kṣayakaro mahān / teṣāṃ dvīpanimittaṃ vai saṃgrāmā bahavo 'bhaven

And then there was a dreadful, great, destructive (war) of the gods and the asuras; and on account of the (continents) there were many battles among them.

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BndP 2 72.72

वराहे ऽस्मिन्दश द्वौ च षण्डामर्कान्तगाः स्मृताः । नामतस्तु समासेन शृणुध्वं तान्विवक्षतः

varāhe 'smindaśa dvau ca ṣaṇḍāmarkāntagāḥ smṛtāḥ / nāmatastu samāsena śṛṇudhvaṃ tānvivakṣataḥ

In this Varāha (kalpa) twelve (battles) are recorded, ending with Ṣaṇḍa and Marka; hear them by name, in brief, from me who intends to tell them.

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BndP 2 72.73

प्रथमो नारसिंहस्तु द्वितीयश्चापि वामनः । तृतीयः स तु वाराहश्चतुर्थो ऽमृतमन्थनः

prathamo nārasiṃhastu dvitīyaścāpi vāmanaḥ / tṛtīyaḥ sa tu vārāhaścaturtho 'mṛtamanthanaḥ

The first was the Narasiṃha (battle), and the second the Vāmana; the third was the Vārāha, the fourth the churning of the nectar.

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BndP 2 72.74

संग्रामः पञ्चमश्चैव सुघोरस्तारकामयः । षष्ठो ह्याडीबकस्तेषां सप्तमस्त्रैपुरः स्मृतः

saṃgrāmaḥ pañcamaścaiva sughorastārakāmayaḥ / ṣaṣṭho hyāḍībakasteṣāṃ saptamastraipuraḥ smṛtaḥ

The fifth battle was the very dreadful one connected with Tāraka; the sixth of them was the Āḍībaka, the seventh is recorded as the Tripura one.

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BndP 2 72.75

अन्धकारो ऽष्टमस्तेषां ध्वजश्च नवमः स्मृतः । वार्त्रश्च दशमो घोरस्ततो हालाहलः स्मृतः

andhakāro 'ṣṭamasteṣāṃ dhvajaśca navamaḥ smṛtaḥ / vārtraśca daśamo ghorastato hālāhalaḥ smṛtaḥ

The eighth of them was the Andhakāra, and the ninth is recorded as the Dhvaja; the tenth was the dreadful Vṛtra (battle), and after that the Hālāhala is recorded.

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BndP 2 72.76

स्मृतो द्वादशकस्तेषां घोरः कोलाहलो ऽपरः । हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यो नरसिंहेन सूदितः

smṛto dvādaśakasteṣāṃ ghoraḥ kolāhalo 'paraḥ / hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo narasiṃhena sūditaḥ

The twelfth of them is recorded as the other, the dreadful Kolāhala. The Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu was slain by Narasiṃha.

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BndP 2 72.77

वामनेन बलिर्बद्धस्त्रैलोक्याक्रमणे कृते । हिरण्याक्षो हतो द्वन्द्वे प्रतिवादे च दैवते

vāmanena balirbaddhastrailokyākramaṇe kṛte / hiraṇyākṣo hato dvandve prativāde ca daivate

By Vāmana, Bali was bound when the striding over the three worlds had been made; Hiraṇyākṣa was slain in single combat, in the dispute with the gods.

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BndP 2 72.78

महाबलो महासत्त्वः संग्रामेष्वपराजितः । दंष्ट्रया तु वराहेण स दैत्यस्तु द्विधाकृतः

mahābalo mahāsattvaḥ saṃgrāmeṣvaparājitaḥ / daṃṣṭrayā tu varāheṇa sa daityastu dvidhākṛtaḥ

Of great strength, of great courage, unconquered in battles — that Daitya was cut in two by the Boar with his tusk.

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BndP 2 72.79

प्रह्लादो निर्जितो युद्धे इन्द्रेणामृतमन्थने । विरोचनस्तु प्राह्लादिर्नित्यमिन्द्रवधोद्यतः

prahlādo nirjito yuddhe indreṇāmṛtamanthane / virocanastu prāhlādirnityamindravadhodyataḥ

Prahlāda was defeated in the battle by Indra at the churning of the nectar; but Virocana, son of Prahlāda, was ever intent on killing Indra.

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BndP 2 72.80

इन्द्रेणैव स विक्रम्य निहतस्तारकामये । भवादवध्यतां प्राप्य विशेषास्त्रादिभिस्तु यः

indreṇaiva sa vikramya nihatastārakāmaye / bhavādavadhyatāṃ prāpya viśeṣāstrādibhistu yaḥ

He was slain by Indra himself, who strode forth (against him), in the Tāraka(-maya) battle; and he who, having obtained from Bhava invulnerability to special weapons and the rest —

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BndP 2 72.81

स जंभो निहतः षष्ठे शक्राविष्टेन विष्णुना । अशक्नुवत्सु देवेषु परं सोढुमदैवतम्

sa jaṃbho nihataḥ ṣaṣṭhe śakrāviṣṭena viṣṇunā / aśaknuvatsu deveṣu paraṃ soḍhumadaivatam

— that Jambha was slain in the sixth (battle) by Viṣṇu, who had entered into Śakra, when the gods were unable to endure the mighty ungodly (foe).

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BndP 2 72.82

निहता दानवाः सर्वे त्रिपुरे त्र्यंबकेण तु । अथ दैत्याः सुराश्चैव राक्षसास्त्वन्धकारिके

nihatā dānavāḥ sarve tripure tryaṃbakeṇa tu / atha daityāḥ surāścaiva rākṣasāstvandhakārike

All the Dānavas were slain at Tripura by the Three-eyed one; then the Daityas and the Suras and the Rākṣasas, in the Andhakāra (battle) —

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BndP 2 72.83

जिता देवमनुष्येस्ते पितृभिश्चैव संगताः । सवृत्रान्दानवांश्चैव संगतान्कृत्स्नशश्च तान्

jitā devamanuṣyeste pitṛbhiścaiva saṃgatāḥ / savṛtrāndānavāṃścaiva saṃgatānkṛtsnaśaśca tān

they, gods and men, were conquered, and they joined together with the Pitṛs; and the Dānavas together with Vṛtra, assembled all together —

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BndP 2 72.84

जघ्ने विष्णुसहायेन महेन्द्रस्तेन वर्द्धितः । हतो ध्वजे महेन्द्रेण मयाछत्रश्च योगवित्

jaghne viṣṇusahāyena mahendrastena varddhitaḥ / hato dhvaje mahendreṇa mayāchatraśca yogavit

Mahendra, aided by Viṣṇu, slew (them), and was magnified by that; in the Dhvaja (battle) Māyāchatra, knower of yoga, was slain by Mahendra.

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BndP 2 72.85

ध्वजलक्षं समाविश्य विप्रचित्तिः महानुजः । दैत्यांश्च दानवांश्चैव संहतान्कृत्स्नशश्च तान्

dhvajalakṣaṃ samāviśya vipracittiḥ mahānujaḥ / daityāṃśca dānavāṃścaiva saṃhatānkṛtsnaśaśca tān

Having entered the mark of the banner, Vipracitti with his younger brothers (opposed) the Daityas and the Dānavas, assembled all together —

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BndP 2 72.86

जयद्धालाहले सर्वैर्देवैः परिवृतो वृषा । रजिः कोलाहले सर्वान्दैत्यान्परिवृतो ऽजयत्

jayaddhālāhale sarvairdevaiḥ parivṛto vṛṣā / rajiḥ kolāhale sarvāndaityānparivṛto 'jayat

The Bull (Indra) conquered in the Hālāhala (battle), surrounded by all the gods; Raji, surrounded (by them), conquered all the Daityas in the Kolāhala (battle).

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BndP 2 72.87

यज्ञस्यावभृथे जित्वा षण्डामकारै तु दैवतैः । एते देवासुरा वृत्ताः संग्रामा द्वादशैव तु

yajñasyāvabhṛthe jitvā ṣaṇḍāmakārai tu daivataiḥ / ete devāsurā vṛttāḥ saṃgrāmā dvādaśaiva tu

Having conquered Ṣaṇḍa and Marka at the final ablution of the sacrifice, together with the gods — these twelve battles of gods and asuras took place,

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BndP 2 72.88

सुरासुरक्षयकराः प्रजाना मशिवश्च ह । हिरण्यकशिपू राजा वर्षाणामर्बुदं बभौ

surāsurakṣayakarāḥ prajānā maśivaśca ha / hiraṇyakaśipū rājā varṣāṇāmarbudaṃ babhau

causing the destruction of gods and asuras, and inauspicious for the creatures. King Hiraṇyakaśipu shone for a hundred million years,

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BndP 2 72.89

तथा शतसहस्राणि ह्यधिकानि द्विसफतिः । अशीतिश्च सहस्राणि त्रैलोक्यस्येश्वरो ऽभवत्

tathā śatasahasrāṇi hyadhikāni dvisaphatiḥ / aśītiśca sahasrāṇi trailokyasyeśvaro 'bhavat

and likewise for seventy-two hundred-thousands more, and eighty thousands, he was lord of the three worlds.

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BndP 2 72.90

पारंपर्येण राजा तु बलिर्वर्षार्बुधं पुनः । षष्टिश्चैव सहस्राणि त्रिंशच्च नियुतानि च

pāraṃparyeṇa rājā tu balirvarṣārbudhaṃ punaḥ / ṣaṣṭiścaiva sahasrāṇi triṃśacca niyutāni ca

And king Bali in turn (ruled) again for an arbuda of years, and sixty thousand and thirty niyutas.

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BndP 2 72.91

बले राज्याधिकारस्तु यावत्कालं बभूव ह । प्रह्लादो निर्जितो ऽभूच्च तावत्कालं सहासुरैः

bale rājyādhikārastu yāvatkālaṃ babhūva ha / prahlādo nirjito 'bhūcca tāvatkālaṃ sahāsuraiḥ

For as long a time as Bali's authority over the kingdom lasted, for just that long was Prahlāda, together with the asuras, defeated.

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BndP 2 72.92

इन्द्रास्त्रयस्ते विख्याता ह्यसुराणां महौ जसः । दैत्यसंस्थमिदं सर्वमासीद्दशयुगं किल

indrāstrayaste vikhyātā hyasurāṇāṃ mahau jasaḥ / daityasaṃsthamidaṃ sarvamāsīddaśayugaṃ kila

These three are renowned as the Indras of the asuras, of great might; all this, it is said, remained established among the Daityas for ten yugas.

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BndP 2 72.93

अशपत्तु ततः शुक्रो राष्ट्रं दशयुगं पुनः । त्रैलोक्यमिदमव्यग्रं महेन्द्रो ह्यभ्ययाद्बलेः

aśapattu tataḥ śukro rāṣṭraṃ daśayugaṃ punaḥ / trailokyamidamavyagraṃ mahendro hyabhyayādbaleḥ

Then Śukra cursed the realm again for ten yugas; (yet) Mahendra came upon this untroubled triple world (taking it) from Bali.

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BndP 2 72.94

प्रह्लादस्य हृते तस्मिंस्त्रैलोक्ये कालपर्ययात् । पर्यायेणैव संप्राप्तं त्रैलोक्यं पाकशासनम्

prahlādasya hṛte tasmiṃstrailokye kālaparyayāt / paryāyeṇaiva saṃprāptaṃ trailokyaṃ pākaśāsanam

When that triple world of Prahlāda's had been taken away by the turning of time, the triple world came, by that same rotation, to the chastiser of Pāka (Indra).

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BndP 2 72.95

ततो ऽसुरान्परित्यज्य यज्ञो देवानुपागमत् । यज्ञे देवानथ गते काव्यं ते ह्यसुरां ब्रुवन्

tato 'surānparityajya yajño devānupāgamat / yajñe devānatha gate kāvyaṃ te hyasurāṃ bruvan

Then sacrifice, forsaking the asuras, went over to the gods; and when the sacrifice had gone to the gods, those (asuras) spoke to Kāvya (Śukra):

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BndP 2 72.96

किं तन्नो मिषतां राष्ट्रं त्यक्त्वा यज्ञः सुरान्गतः । स्थातुं न शक्रुमो ह्यद्य प्रविशाम रसातलम्

kiṃ tanno miṣatāṃ rāṣṭraṃ tyaktvā yajñaḥ surāngataḥ / sthātuṃ na śakrumo hyadya praviśāma rasātalam

"What is this—that while we look on, the sacrifice has abandoned our realm and gone to the gods? We cannot hold out today; let us enter Rasātala."

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BndP 2 72.97

एवमुक्तो ऽब्रवीदेतान्विषण्णः सांत्वयन्गिरा । माभैष्ट धारयिष्यामि तेजसा स्वेन वः सुराः

evamukto 'bravīdetānviṣaṇṇaḥ sāṃtvayangirā / mābhaiṣṭa dhārayiṣyāmi tejasā svena vaḥ surāḥ

Addressed thus, he, dejected, spoke to them, consoling them with his speech: "Do not fear; I shall sustain you with my own energy, O gods."

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BndP 2 72.98

वृष्टिरोषधयश्चैव रसा वस्तु च यत्परम् । कृत्स्नानि ह्यपि तिष्ठन्तु पापस्तेषां सुरेषु वै

vṛṣṭiroṣadhayaścaiva rasā vastu ca yatparam / kṛtsnāni hyapi tiṣṭhantu pāpasteṣāṃ sureṣu vai

"Rain, and the herbs, the saps, and whatever substance is highest—let them all indeed remain (with the gods); the fault regarding them lies with the gods."

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BndP 2 72.99

युष्मदर्थं प्रदास्यामि तत्सर्व धार्यते मया । ततो देवासुरान्दृष्ट्वा धृतान्काव्येन धीमता

yuṣmadarthaṃ pradāsyāmi tatsarva dhāryate mayā / tato devāsurāndṛṣṭvā dhṛtānkāvyena dhīmatā

"For your sake I shall bestow it; all that is upheld by me." Then, seeing the asuras sustained by the wise Kāvya, the gods

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BndP 2 72.100

अमन्त्रयंस्तदा ते वै संविघ्ना विजिगीषया । एष काव्य इदं सर्वं व्यावर्त्तयति नो बलात्

amantrayaṃstadā te vai saṃvighnā vijigīṣayā / eṣa kāvya idaṃ sarvaṃ vyāvarttayati no balāt

then took counsel together, thwarted, out of desire for victory: "This Kāvya turns all this away from us by force."

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BndP 2 72.101

साधु गच्छामहे तूर्णं यावन्नाप्याययेत्तु तान् । प्रसह्य हत्वा शिष्टांस्तु पातालं प्रापयामहे

sādhu gacchāmahe tūrṇaṃ yāvannāpyāyayettu tān / prasahya hatvā śiṣṭāṃstu pātālaṃ prāpayāmahe

"Good—let us go swiftly, before he can strengthen them; having overpowered and slain them, let us drive the survivors down to Pātāla."

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BndP 2 72.102

ततो देवास्तु संरब्धा दानवानभिसृत्य वै । जघ्नुस्तैर्वध्यमानास्ते काव्यमेवाभिदुद्रुवुः

tato devāstu saṃrabdhā dānavānabhisṛtya vai / jaghnustairvadhyamānāste kāvyamevābhidudruvuḥ

Then the gods, in fury, rushing upon the dānavas, struck them down; and they, being slain by them, ran to Kāvya.

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BndP 2 72.103

ततः काव्यस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा तूर्णं देवैरभिद्रुतान् । समारक्षत संत्रस्तान्देवेभ्यस्तान्दितेः सुतान्

tataḥ kāvyastu tāndṛṣṭvā tūrṇaṃ devairabhidrutān / samārakṣata saṃtrastāndevebhyastānditeḥ sutān

Then Kāvya, seeing them swiftly pursued by the gods, protected those terrified sons of Diti from the gods.

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BndP 2 72.104

काव्यो दृष्ट्वा स्थितान्देवांस्तत्र दैवमचिन्तयत् । तानुवाच ततो ध्यात्वा पूर्ववृत्तमनुस्मरन्

kāvyo dṛṣṭvā sthitāndevāṃstatra daivamacintayat / tānuvāca tato dhyātvā pūrvavṛttamanusmaran

Kāvya, seeing the gods standing there, thought upon fate; then, having reflected and recalling what had happened before, he said to them:

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BndP 2 72.105

त्रैलोक्यं विजितं सर्वं वामनेन त्रिभिःक्रमैः । बलिर्बद्धो हतो जंभो निहतश्च विरोचनः

trailokyaṃ vijitaṃ sarvaṃ vāmanena tribhiḥkramaiḥ / balirbaddho hato jaṃbho nihataśca virocanaḥ

"The whole triple world was conquered by Vāmana with three strides; Bali was bound, Jambha was killed, and Virocana was slain.

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BndP 2 72.106

महासुरा द्वादशसु संग्रामेषु सुरैर्हताः । तैस्तैरुपायैर्भूयिष्ठा निहता ये प्रधानतः

mahāsurā dvādaśasu saṃgrāmeṣu surairhatāḥ / taistairupāyairbhūyiṣṭhā nihatā ye pradhānataḥ

The great asuras were slain by the gods in twelve battles; by these and those devices the greater part of the chief ones were killed.

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BndP 2 72.107

किञ्चिच्छिष्टास्तु वै यूयं युद्धे स्वल्पे तु वै स्वयम् । नीतिं वो हि विधास्यामि कालः कश्चित्प्रतीक्ष्यताम्

kiñcicchiṣṭāstu vai yūyaṃ yuddhe svalpe tu vai svayam / nītiṃ vo hi vidhāsyāmi kālaḥ kaścitpratīkṣyatām

You who remain are but few, and in the small fight (you must act) by yourselves; I shall devise a policy for you—let some time be waited out.

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BndP 2 72.108

यास्याम्यहं महादेवं मन्त्रार्थे विजयाय च । अग्निमाप्याययेद्धोता मेत्रैरेष दहिष्यति

yāsyāmyahaṃ mahādevaṃ mantrārthe vijayāya ca / agnimāpyāyayeddhotā metraireṣa dahiṣyati

I shall go to Mahādeva for the sake of a spell and for victory; let the hotṛ feed the fire—he will burn (them) with mantras."

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BndP 2 72.109

ततो यास्याम्यहं देवं मन्त्रार्थे नीललोहितम् । युष्माननुग्रहीष्यामि पुनः पश्चादिहागतः

tato yāsyāmyahaṃ devaṃ mantrārthe nīlalohitam / yuṣmānanugrahīṣyāmi punaḥ paścādihāgataḥ

"Then I shall go to the god Nīlalohita for the sake of a spell; and I shall favour you when I have come back here afterwards."

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BndP 2 72.110

यूयं तपश्चरध्वं वै संवृता वल्कलैर्वने । न वै देवा वाधिष्यन्ति यावदागमनं मम

yūyaṃ tapaścaradhvaṃ vai saṃvṛtā valkalairvane / na vai devā vādhiṣyanti yāvadāgamanaṃ mama

"You, practice austerity in the forest, clad in bark garments; the gods will not strike (you) until my return."

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BndP 2 72.111

अप्रतीपांस्ततो मन्त्रान्देवात्प्राप्य महेश्वरात् । योत्स्यामहे पुनर्देवांस्ततः प्राप्स्यथ वै जयम्

apratīpāṃstato mantrāndevātprāpya maheśvarāt / yotsyāmahe punardevāṃstataḥ prāpsyatha vai jayam

"Then, having obtained from the god Maheśvara the spells against which there is no counter, we shall fight the gods again; then you will surely win victory."

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BndP 2 72.112

ततस्ते कृतसंवादा देवानूचुस्ततो ऽसुराः । न्यस्तशस्त्रा वयं सर्वे लोकान्यूयं क्रमन्तु वै

tataste kṛtasaṃvādā devānūcustato 'surāḥ / nyastaśastrā vayaṃ sarve lokānyūyaṃ kramantu vai

Then, having made this agreement, the asuras said to the gods: "We have all laid down our weapons; let you range over the worlds.

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BndP 2 72.113

वयं तपश्चरिष्यामः संवृत्ता वल्कलैर्वने । प्रह्लादस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सत्यानुव्यात्दृतं तु तत्

vayaṃ tapaścariṣyāmaḥ saṃvṛttā valkalairvane / prahlādasya vacaḥ śrutvā satyānuvyātdṛtaṃ tu tat

We shall practice austerity in the forest, clad in bark garments." Having heard Prahlāda's words, that (pledge) was faithfully kept as true.

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BndP 2 72.114

ततो देवा न्यवर्त्तन्त विज्वरा मुदिताश्च ह । न्यस्तशस्त्रेषु दैत्येषु स्वान्वै जग्मुर्यथागतान्

tato devā nyavarttanta vijvarā muditāśca ha / nyastaśastreṣu daityeṣu svānvai jagmuryathāgatān

Then the gods turned back, free of fever and delighted, and when the Daityas had laid down their weapons they went to their own (abodes) as they had come.

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BndP 2 72.115

ततस्तानब्रवीत्काव्यः कञ्चित्कालं प्रतीक्ष्यताम् । निरुत्सुकास्तपोयुक्ताः कालः कार्यार्थसाधकः

tatastānabravītkāvyaḥ kañcitkālaṃ pratīkṣyatām / nirutsukāstapoyuktāḥ kālaḥ kāryārthasādhakaḥ

Then Kāvya (Śukra) said to them: "Let (this) be awaited for some time; be free of anxiety and devoted to austerity — time is what accomplishes the object of an undertaking.

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BndP 2 72.116

पितुर्ममाश्रमस्था वै संप्रतीक्षत दानवाः । स संदिश्यसुरान्काव्यो महोदेवं प्रपद्य च

piturmamāśramasthā vai saṃpratīkṣata dānavāḥ / sa saṃdiśyasurānkāvyo mahodevaṃ prapadya ca

Dwelling in my father's hermitage, wait, O Dānavas." Having thus instructed the asuras, Kāvya approached the Great God,

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BndP 2 72.117

प्रणम्यैवमुवाचायं जगत्प्रभवमीश्वरम् । मन्त्रानिच्छामि हे देव ये न संति बृहस्पतौ

praṇamyaivamuvācāyaṃ jagatprabhavamīśvaram / mantrānicchāmi he deva ye na saṃti bṛhaspatau

and bowing, he spoke thus to that lord, the origin of the world: "O God, I desire those spells which are not to be found with Bṛhaspati,

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BndP 2 72.118

पराभवाय देवानामसुरेष्वभयावहान् । एवमुक्तो ऽब्रवीद्देवो मन्त्रानिच्छसि वै द्विज

parābhavāya devānāmasureṣvabhayāvahān / evamukto 'bravīddevo mantrānicchasi vai dvija

(spells) that bring defeat to the gods and freedom from fear to the asuras." Thus addressed, the god said: "You do indeed desire the spells, O brahmin;

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BndP 2 72.119

व्रतं चर मयोद्दिष्टं ब्रह्मचारी समाहितः । पूर्मं वर्षसहस्रं वै कुण्डधूममवाक्शिराः

vrataṃ cara mayoddiṣṭaṃ brahmacārī samāhitaḥ / pūrmaṃ varṣasahasraṃ vai kuṇḍadhūmamavākśirāḥ

practice the vow I prescribe, chaste and concentrated: if for a full thousand years, head downwards, you will drink the smoke of the fire-pit,

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BndP 2 72.120

यदि पास्यति भद्रं ते मत्तो मन्त्रमवाप्स्यसि । तथोक्तो देवदेवेन स शुक्रस्तु महातपाः

yadi pāsyati bhadraṃ te matto mantramavāpsyasi / tathokto devadevena sa śukrastu mahātapāḥ

blessings on you, you will obtain the spell from me." So addressed by the God of gods, that Śukra of great austerity,

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BndP 2 72.121

पादौ संस्पृश्य देवस्य बाढमित्यभाषत । व्रतं चराम्यहं देव यथोद्दिष्टो ऽस्मि वैप्रभो

pādau saṃspṛśya devasya bāḍhamityabhāṣata / vrataṃ carāmyahaṃ deva yathoddiṣṭo 'smi vaiprabho

touching the god's feet, said "Very well": "I shall practice the vow, O God, as I have been instructed, O Lord."

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BndP 2 72.122

ततो नियुक्तो देवेन कुण्डधारो ऽस्य धूमकृत् । असुराणां हितार्थाय तस्मिञ्छुक्रे गते तदा

tato niyukto devena kuṇḍadhāro 'sya dhūmakṛt / asurāṇāṃ hitārthāya tasmiñchukre gate tadā

Then, appointed by the god (as) his holder of the fire-pit and maker of smoke, for the welfare of the asuras — when Śukra had gone there then,

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BndP 2 72.123

मन्त्रार्थं तत्र वसति ब्रह्म चर्यं महेश्वरे । तद्बुद्ध्वा नीतिपूर्वं तु राष्ट्रं न्यस्तं तदासुरैः

mantrārthaṃ tatra vasati brahma caryaṃ maheśvare / tadbuddhvā nītipūrvaṃ tu rāṣṭraṃ nyastaṃ tadāsuraiḥ

he dwelt there for the sake of the spells, in chastity, with Maheśvara. Learning that, in accordance with policy the asuras then laid aside their kingdom.

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BndP 2 72.124

तस्मिञ्छिद्रे तदामर्षाद्देवास्तान्समभिद्रवन् । प्रगृहीतायुधाः सर्वे बृहस्पतिपुरोगमाः

tasmiñchidre tadāmarṣāddevāstānsamabhidravan / pragṛhītāyudhāḥ sarve bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ

In that gap (of vulnerability) the gods, out of resentment, then rushed upon them, all with weapons taken up, with Bṛhaspati at their head.

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BndP 2 72.125

दृष्ट्वासुरगणा देवान्प्रगृहीतायुधान्पुनः । उत्पेतुः सहसा सर्वे संत्रस्तास्ते ततो ऽभवन्

dṛṣṭvāsuragaṇā devānpragṛhītāyudhānpunaḥ / utpetuḥ sahasā sarve saṃtrastāste tato 'bhavan

Seeing the gods again with weapons taken up, the hosts of asuras all sprang up at once, and then they became terrified.

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BndP 2 72.126

न्यस्ते शस्त्रे ऽभये दत्ते ह्याचार्ये व्रतमास्थिते । संत्यज्य समयं देवास्ते सपत्नजिघांसवः

nyaste śastre 'bhaye datte hyācārye vratamāsthite / saṃtyajya samayaṃ devāste sapatnajighāṃsavaḥ

"With our weapons laid down, safety granted, and our teacher engaged in a vow, these gods, abandoning the compact, seek to slay (us) their rivals.

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BndP 2 72.127

अनाचार्यास्तु भद्रं वो विश्वस्तास्तपसे स्थिताः । चीरवल्काजिनधरा निष्क्रिया निष्परिग्रहाः

anācāryāstu bhadraṃ vo viśvastāstapase sthitāḥ / cīravalkājinadharā niṣkriyā niṣparigrahāḥ

But without a teacher — blessings on you — we stand trusting, set upon austerity, wearing rags, bark and hides, without rites, without possessions.

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BndP 2 72.128

रणे विजेतुं देवान्वै न शक्ष्यामः कथञ्चन । अयुद्धेन प्रपद्यामः शरणं काव्यमातरम्

raṇe vijetuṃ devānvai na śakṣyāmaḥ kathañcana / ayuddhena prapadyāmaḥ śaraṇaṃ kāvyamātaram

We shall in no way be able to conquer the gods in battle; without fighting, let us go for refuge to Kāvya's mother."

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BndP 2 72.129

प्रापद्यन्त ततो भीतास्तया चैव तदाभयम् । दत्तं तेषां तु भीतानां दैत्यानामभयार्थिनाम्

prāpadyanta tato bhītāstayā caiva tadābhayam / dattaṃ teṣāṃ tu bhītānāṃ daityānāmabhayārthinām

Then, terrified, they took refuge, and by her safety was then given to those frightened Daityas who sought protection.

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BndP 2 72.130

तया चाभ्युपपन्नांस्तान्दृष्ट्वा देवास्तदासुरान् । अभिजघ्नुः प्रसह्यैतान्विचार्य च बलाबलम्

tayā cābhyupapannāṃstāndṛṣṭvā devāstadāsurān / abhijaghnuḥ prasahyaitānvicārya ca balābalam

Seeing those asuras thus taken under her protection, the gods then, having weighed the strengths and weaknesses, struck them down by force.

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BndP 2 72.131

तत स्तान्वध्यमानांस्तु देवैर्दृष्ट्वासुरांस्तदा । देवी क्रुद्धाब्रवीदेनाननिन्द्रत्वं करोम्यहम्

tata stānvadhyamānāṃstu devairdṛṣṭvāsurāṃstadā / devī kruddhābravīdenānanindratvaṃ karomyaham

Then, seeing the asuras being slain by the gods, the goddess in anger said to them: "I shall make (the world) without an Indra."

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BndP 2 72.132

संस्तभ्य शीघ्रं संरंभादिन्द्रं साभ्यचरत्ततः । ततः संस्तंभितं दृष्ट्वा शक्रं देवास्तु मूढवत्

saṃstabhya śīghraṃ saṃraṃbhādindraṃ sābhyacarattataḥ / tataḥ saṃstaṃbhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā śakraṃ devāstu mūḍhavat

Having swiftly paralysed Indra in her fury, she then advanced upon him; then the gods, seeing Śakra paralysed, as though stupefied,

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BndP 2 72.133

व्यद्रवन्त ततो भीता दृष्ट्वा शक्रं वशीकृतम् । गतेषु सुरसंघेषु विष्मुरिन्द्रमभाषत

vyadravanta tato bhītā dṛṣṭvā śakraṃ vaśīkṛtam / gateṣu surasaṃgheṣu viṣmurindramabhāṣata

fled away in fear, seeing Śakra brought under her power. When the throngs of gods had gone, Viṣṇu spoke to Indra:

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BndP 2 72.134

मां त्वं प्रविश भद्रं ते नेष्यामि त्वां सुरेश्वर । एवमुक्तस्ततो विष्णुः प्रविवेश पुरन्दरः

māṃ tvaṃ praviśa bhadraṃ te neṣyāmi tvāṃ sureśvara / evamuktastato viṣṇuḥ praviveśa purandaraḥ

"Enter into me — good fortune to you; I shall carry you off, lord of the gods." Addressed thus, Purandara then entered Viṣṇu.

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BndP 2 72.135

विष्मुना रक्षितं दृष्ट्वा देवी क्रुद्धा वचो ऽवदत् । एषा त्वां विष्णुना सार्द्ध दहामि मघवन्बलात्

viṣmunā rakṣitaṃ dṛṣṭvā devī kruddhā vaco 'vadat / eṣā tvāṃ viṣṇunā sārddha dahāmi maghavanbalāt

Seeing him protected by Viṣṇu, the goddess in anger spoke these words: "I here burn you by force, Maghavan, together with Viṣṇu.

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BndP 2 72.136

मिषता सर्वभूतानां दृश्यतां मे तपोबलम् । तयाभिभूतौ तौ देवाविन्द्राविष्णू जजल्पतुः

miṣatā sarvabhūtānāṃ dṛśyatāṃ me tapobalam / tayābhibhūtau tau devāvindrāviṣṇū jajalpatuḥ

While all beings look on, let the power of my austerity be seen." Overpowered by her, those two gods, Indra and Viṣṇu, talked together.

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BndP 2 72.137

कथं मुच्येव सहितौ विष्णुरिन्द्रमभाषत । इन्द्रो ऽब्रवीज्जहि ह्येनां यावन्नो न दहे द्विभो

kathaṃ mucyeva sahitau viṣṇurindramabhāṣata / indro 'bravījjahi hyenāṃ yāvanno na dahe dvibho

"How may we two, joined together, be released?" — so Viṣṇu spoke to Indra. Indra said: "Kill her, before she burns us up, O lord!

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BndP 2 72.138

विशेषेणाभिभूतो ऽहमिमां तज्जहि माचिरम् । ततः समीक्ष्य तां विष्णुः स्त्रीवधं कर्त्तुमास्थितः

viśeṣeṇābhibhūto 'hamimāṃ tajjahi māciram / tataḥ samīkṣya tāṃ viṣṇuḥ strīvadhaṃ karttumāsthitaḥ

I am overpowered in particular; therefore kill her without delay." Then Viṣṇu, looking upon her, set himself to do the slaying of a woman.

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BndP 2 72.139

अभिध्याय ततश्शक्रमापन्नं सत्वरं प्रभुः । तस्याः संत्वरमाणायाः शीघ्रङ्कारी मुरारिहा

abhidhyāya tataśśakramāpannaṃ satvaraṃ prabhuḥ / tasyāḥ saṃtvaramāṇāyāḥ śīghraṅkārī murārihā

Then the lord, having thought upon Śakra who had swiftly come (to him for refuge), (turned) upon her as she hastened on — he, the swift-acting slayer of Mura —

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BndP 2 72.140

त्रिधा विष्णुस्ततो देवः क्रूरं बुद्ध्वा चिकीर्षितम् । क्रुद्धस्तदस्त्रमाविध्य शिरश्चिच्छेद माधवः

tridhā viṣṇustato devaḥ krūraṃ buddhvā cikīrṣitam / kruddhastadastramāvidhya śiraściccheda mādhavaḥ

then the god Viṣṇu, Mādhava, perceiving her cruel intent, in anger brandished that weapon and cut off her head in three (parts).

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BndP 2 72.141

तं दृष्ट्वा स्त्रीवधं घोरं चुकोप भृगुरीश्वरः । ततो ऽभिशप्तो भृगुणा विष्णुर्भार्यावधे तदा

taṃ dṛṣṭvā strīvadhaṃ ghoraṃ cukopa bhṛgurīśvaraḥ / tato 'bhiśapto bhṛguṇā viṣṇurbhāryāvadhe tadā

Seeing that dreadful slaying of a woman, the lord Bhṛgu grew angry; then Viṣṇu was cursed by Bhṛgu for the killing of his wife:

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BndP 2 72.142

यस्मात्ते जानता धर्ममवध्या स्त्री निषूदिता । तस्मात्त्वं सप्तकृत्वो वै मनुष्येषु प्रपद्यसे

yasmātte jānatā dharmamavadhyā strī niṣūditā / tasmāttvaṃ saptakṛtvo vai manuṣyeṣu prapadyase

"Since by you, who know dharma, a woman not to be slain has been slain, therefore you shall indeed be born seven times among men."

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BndP 2 72.143

ततस्तेनाभिशापेन नष्टे धर्मे पुनः पुनः । सर्वलोक हितार्थाय जायते मानुषेष्विह

tatastenābhiśāpena naṣṭe dharme punaḥ punaḥ / sarvaloka hitārthāya jāyate mānuṣeṣviha

Then, by that curse, whenever dharma has perished, again and again, for the welfare of all the worlds, he is born here among men.

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BndP 2 72.144

अनुव्याहृत्य विष्मुं स तदादाय शिरः स्वयम् । समानीय ततः काये समायोज्येदमब्रवीत्

anuvyāhṛtya viṣmuṃ sa tadādāya śiraḥ svayam / samānīya tataḥ kāye samāyojyedamabravīt

Having uttered (the curse) upon Viṣṇu, he himself then took up the head, brought it, fitted it to the body, and said this:

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BndP 2 72.145

एतां त्वां विष्णुना सत्यं हतां संजीवयाम्यहम् । यदि कृत्स्नो मया धर्मश्चरितो ज्ञायते ऽपि वा

etāṃ tvāṃ viṣṇunā satyaṃ hatāṃ saṃjīvayāmyaham / yadi kṛtsno mayā dharmaścarito jñāyate 'pi vā

"You here, slain by Viṣṇu — I truly bring you back to life: if dharma has been wholly practised by me, or even known,

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BndP 2 72.146

तेन सत्येन जीवस्व यदि सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहम् । सत्याभिव्यहृतात्तस्य देवी संजीविता तदा

tena satyena jīvasva yadi satyaṃ bravīmyaham / satyābhivyahṛtāttasya devī saṃjīvitā tadā

by that truth, live — if I am speaking the truth." By that truthful utterance of his the goddess was then restored to life.

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BndP 2 72.147

तदा तां प्रोक्ष्य शीताभिरद्भिर्जीवेति सो ऽब्रवीत् । ततस्तां सर्वभूतानां दृष्ट्वा सुप्तोत्थितामिव

tadā tāṃ prokṣya śītābhiradbhirjīveti so 'bravīt / tatastāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ dṛṣṭvā suptotthitāmiva

Then, sprinkling her with cool water, he said, "Live!" Then, all beings seeing her as one risen from sleep,

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BndP 2 72.148

साधुसाध्वित्यदृश्यानां वाचस्ताः सस्वनुर्दिशः । दृष्ट्वा संजीवितामेवं देवीं तां भृगुणा तदा

sādhusādhvityadṛśyānāṃ vācastāḥ sasvanurdiśaḥ / dṛṣṭvā saṃjīvitāmevaṃ devīṃ tāṃ bhṛguṇā tadā

the voices of unseen ones resounded through the quarters, "Well done, well done!" Seeing the goddess thus brought back to life by Bhṛgu then,

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BndP 2 72.149

मिषतां सर्वभूतानां तदद्भुतमिवाभवत् । असंभ्रान्तेन भृगुणा पत्नी संजीवितां ततः

miṣatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tadadbhutamivābhavat / asaṃbhrāntena bhṛguṇā patnī saṃjīvitāṃ tataḥ

while all beings looked on, that was like a marvel. Then the wife (thus) brought back to life by the unflustered Bhṛgu —

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BndP 2 72.150

दृष्ट्वा शक्रो न लेभे ऽथ शर्म काव्यभयात्ततः । प्रजागरे ततश्चेन्द्रो जयन्तीमात्मनः सुताम्

dṛṣṭvā śakro na lebhe 'tha śarma kāvyabhayāttataḥ / prajāgare tataścendro jayantīmātmanaḥ sutām

Seeing (this), Śakra then found no peace, out of fear of Kāvya (Uśanas); then, in his sleeplessness, Indra (summoned) Jayantī, his own daughter,

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BndP 2 72.151

प्रोवाच मतिमान्वाक्यं स्वां कन्यां पाकशासनः । एष काव्यो ह्यनिन्द्राय चरते दारुणं तपः

provāca matimānvākyaṃ svāṃ kanyāṃ pākaśāsanaḥ / eṣa kāvyo hyanindrāya carate dāruṇaṃ tapaḥ

and the wise Pākaśāsana (Indra) spoke (these) words to his own daughter: "This Kāvya is performing terrible austerity for the sake of (there being) no Indra."

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BndP 2 72.152

तेनाहं व्याकुलः पुत्रि कृतो धृतिमना दृढम् । गच्छ संभावयस्वैनं श्रमापनयनैः शुभे

tenāhaṃ vyākulaḥ putri kṛto dhṛtimanā dṛḍham / gaccha saṃbhāvayasvainaṃ śramāpanayanaiḥ śubhe

"By him I have been made agitated, daughter, though my mind was firmly steadfast. Go, honour him with (services) that remove his fatigue, O lovely one."

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BndP 2 72.153

तैस्तैर्मनो ऽनुकूलैश्च ह्युपचारैरतद्रिता । देवी सारीन्द्रदुहिता जयन्ती शुभचारिणी

taistairmano 'nukūlaiśca hyupacārairatadritā / devī sārīndraduhitā jayantī śubhacāriṇī

And with those various attentions agreeable to his mind, untiring, the goddess Jayantī, that daughter of Indra, of auspicious conduct,

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BndP 2 72.154

सुस्वरूपधरागात्तं दुर्वहं व्रतमास्थितम् । पित्रा यथोक्तं वाक्यं सा काव्ये कृतवती तदा

susvarūpadharāgāttaṃ durvahaṃ vratamāsthitam / pitrā yathoktaṃ vākyaṃ sā kāvye kṛtavatī tadā

bearing a beautiful form, approached him who was engaged in that hard-to-bear vow; she then carried out towards Kāvya the instruction as her father had spoken it.

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BndP 2 72.155

गीर्भिश्चैवानुकूलाभिः स्तुवन्ती वल्गुभाषिणी । गात्रसंवाहनैः काले सेवमाना त्वचासुखैः

gīrbhiścaivānukūlābhiḥ stuvantī valgubhāṣiṇī / gātrasaṃvāhanaiḥ kāle sevamānā tvacāsukhaiḥ

Praising (him) with agreeable words, sweet of speech, serving (him) at the proper time with massagings of his limbs pleasant to the skin,

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BndP 2 72.156

शुश्रूषन्त्यनुकूला च उवास बहुलाः समाः । पूर्णं धूमव्रते चापि घोरे वर्षसहस्रके

śuśrūṣantyanukūlā ca uvāsa bahulāḥ samāḥ / pūrṇaṃ dhūmavrate cāpi ghore varṣasahasrake

obedient and compliant, she dwelt (there) for many years; and when the thousand years in the dreadful vow of (standing in) smoke were complete,

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BndP 2 72.157

वरेण च्छन्दयामास काव्यं प्रीतो ऽभवस्तदा । एवं व्रतं त्वयैकेन चीर्णं नान्येन केन चित्

vareṇa cchandayāmāsa kāvyaṃ prīto 'bhavastadā / evaṃ vrataṃ tvayaikena cīrṇaṃ nānyena kena cit

(Śiva) then, being pleased, offered Kāvya a boon: "Such a vow has been observed by you alone, by no one else whatsoever."

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BndP 2 72.158

तस्मात्त्वं तपसा बुद्ध्या श्रुतेन च बलेन च । तेजसा वापि विबुधान्सर्वानभिभविष्यसि

tasmāttvaṃ tapasā buddhyā śrutena ca balena ca / tejasā vāpi vibudhānsarvānabhibhaviṣyasi

"Therefore you shall surpass all the gods in austerity, in intelligence, in learning, in strength, and indeed in splendour."

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BndP 2 72.159

यच्च किञ्चिन्ममब्रह्म विद्यते भृगुनन्दन । सांग च सरहस्यं च यज्ञोपनिषदस्तथा

yacca kiñcinmamabrahma vidyate bhṛgunandana / sāṃga ca sarahasyaṃ ca yajñopaniṣadastathā

"And whatever sacred knowledge exists in me, O delight of Bhṛgu — with its ancillaries, with its secret (teaching), and likewise the upaniṣads of sacrifice —

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BndP 2 72.160

प्रतिभाति ते सर्वं तद्वाच्यं तु न कस्यचित् । सर्वाभिभावी तेन त्वं द्विजश्रेष्ठो भविष्यसि

pratibhāti te sarvaṃ tadvācyaṃ tu na kasyacit / sarvābhibhāvī tena tvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭho bhaviṣyasi

"all that shall become manifest to you; but it is not to be spoken to anyone. Thereby you shall become one who surpasses all, the best of the twice-born."

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BndP 2 72.161

एवं दत्त्वा वरं तस्यै भार्गवाय भवः पुनः । प्रजेशत्वं धनेशत्वमवध्यत्वं च वै ददौ

evaṃ dattvā varaṃ tasyai bhārgavāya bhavaḥ punaḥ / prajeśatvaṃ dhaneśatvamavadhyatvaṃ ca vai dadau

Having thus given a boon to her, Bhava again gave to the descendant of Bhṛgu lordship over creatures, lordship over wealth, and invulnerability.

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BndP 2 72.162

एतांल्लब्ध्वा वरान्काव्यः संप्रहृष्टतनूरुहः । हर्षात्प्रादुर्बभौ तस्य दिव्यं स्तोत्रं महेशितुः

etāṃllabdhvā varānkāvyaḥ saṃprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ / harṣātprādurbabhau tasya divyaṃ stotraṃ maheśituḥ

Having obtained these boons, Kāvya, the hairs of his body bristling, out of joy there arose in him a divine hymn to the Great Lord.

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BndP 2 72.163

तदा तिर्यक्स्थितस्त्वेवं तुष्टुवे नीललोहितम् । नमो ऽस्तु शितिकण्ठाय सुराद्याय सुवर्चसे

tadā tiryaksthitastvevaṃ tuṣṭuve nīlalohitam / namo 'stu śitikaṇṭhāya surādyāya suvarcase

Then, standing crosswise, he thus praised the Blue-and-Red One: "Homage be to the Dark-throated one, the first of the gods, the radiant one,

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BndP 2 72.164

लेलिहानाय लेह्याय वत्सराय जगत्पते । कपर्दिने ह्यूर्द्ध्वरोम्णे हर्यक्षवरदाय च

lelihānāya lehyāya vatsarāya jagatpate / kapardine hyūrddhvaromṇe haryakṣavaradāya ca

"to the one who licks repeatedly, to the one to be licked, to the year, O Lord of the world; to the one with matted braids, to the one with hair erect, and to the giver of boons to the tawny-eyed one,

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BndP 2 72.165

संस्तुताय सुतीर्थाय देवदेवाय रंहसे । उष्णीषिणे सुवक्त्राय सहस्राक्षाय मीढुषे

saṃstutāya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṃhase / uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe

"to the well-praised one, to the good ford, to the god of gods, to the swift one, to the one wearing a turban, to the fair-faced one, to the thousand-eyed one, to the bountiful one,

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BndP 2 72.166

वसुरेताय रुद्राय तपसे चीरवाससे । निस्वाय मुक्तकेशाय सेनान्ये रोहिताय च

vasuretāya rudrāya tapase cīravāsase / nisvāya muktakeśāya senānye rohitāya ca

"to the one whose seed is wealth, to Rudra, to austerity, to the one clothed in bark-strips, to the destitute one, to the one with loosened hair, to the army-leader, and to the red one,

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BndP 2 72.167

कवये राजवृद्धाय तक्षकक्रीडनाय च । गिरिशायार्कनेत्राय यतये चाज्यपाय च

kavaye rājavṛddhāya takṣakakrīḍanāya ca / giriśāyārkanetrāya yataye cājyapāya ca

"to the sage, to the one aged as king, to the one who plays with Takṣaka, to the mountain-dweller, to the sun-eyed one, to the ascetic, and to the drinker of ghee,

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BndP 2 72.168

सुवृत्ताय सुहस्ताय धन्विने भार्गवाय च । सहस्रबाहवे चैव सहस्रामलचक्षुषे

suvṛttāya suhastāya dhanvine bhārgavāya ca / sahasrabāhave caiva sahasrāmalacakṣuṣe

"to the well-formed one, to the fair-handed one, to the archer and to the descendant of Bhṛgu, and to the thousand-armed one, to the one with a thousand spotless eyes,

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BndP 2 72.169

सहस्रकुक्षये चैव सहस्रचरणाय च । सहस्रशिरसे चैव बहुरूपाय वेधसे

sahasrakukṣaye caiva sahasracaraṇāya ca / sahasraśirase caiva bahurūpāya vedhase

"and to the thousand-bellied one, and to the thousand-footed one, and to the thousand-headed one, to the one of many forms, to the creator,

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BndP 2 72.170

भवाय विश्वरूपाय श्वेताय पुरुषाय च । निषङ्गिणे कवचिने सूक्ष्माय क्षपणाय च

bhavāya viśvarūpāya śvetāya puruṣāya ca / niṣaṅgiṇe kavacine sūkṣmāya kṣapaṇāya ca

To Bhava, to him of all forms, to the White One, to the Person; to the quiver-bearer, to the armoured one, to the Subtle, and to the Destroyer;

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BndP 2 72.171

ताम्राय चैव भीमाय उग्राय च शिवाय च । महादेवाय सर्वाय विश्वरूपशिवाय च

tāmrāya caiva bhīmāya ugrāya ca śivāya ca / mahādevāya sarvāya viśvarūpaśivāya ca

To the Copper-red one, to the Terrible, to the Fierce, and to Śiva; to Mahādeva, to the All, and to him who is auspicious in all forms;

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BndP 2 72.172

हिरण्याय वसिष्ठाय वर्षाय मध्यमाय च । धाम्ने चैव पिशङ्गाय पिङ्गलायारुणाय च

hiraṇyāya vasiṣṭhāya varṣāya madhyamāya ca / dhāmne caiva piśaṅgāya piṅgalāyāruṇāya ca

To the Golden One, to Vasiṣṭha (the best), to Rain, to the Middle One; and to the Abode, to the Tawny, to the Yellow-brown, to the Ruddy;

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BndP 2 72.173

पिनाकिने चेषुमते चित्राय रोहिताय च । दुन्दुभ्यायैकपादाय अर्हाय बुद्धये तथा । मृगव्याधाय सर्वाय स्थाणवे भीषणाय च

pinākine ceṣumate citrāya rohitāya ca / dundubhyāyaikapādāya arhāya buddhaye tathā / mṛgavyādhāya sarvāya sthāṇave bhīṣaṇāya ca

To the bearer of the Pināka, to him with arrows, to the Many-hued, to the Red; to the Drum, to the One-footed, to the Worthy, and likewise to Intelligence; to the deer-hunter, to the All, to the Pillar, and to the Frightening One;

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BndP 2 72.174

बहुरूपाय चोग्राय त्रिनेत्रायेश्वराय च । कपिलोयैकवीराय मृत्यवे त्र्यंबकाय च

bahurūpāya cogrāya trinetrāyeśvarāya ca / kapiloyaikavīrāya mṛtyave tryaṃbakāya ca

To him of many forms, to the Fierce, to the Three-eyed, to the Lord; to the Tawny One, to the Single Hero, to Death, and to the Three-eyed;

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BndP 2 72.175

वास्तोष्पते पिनाकाय शङ्कराय शिवाय च । आरण्याय गृहस्थाय यतिने बह्मचारिणे

vāstoṣpate pinākāya śaṅkarāya śivāya ca / āraṇyāya gṛhasthāya yatine bahmacāriṇe

O lord of the dwelling, to the Pināka, to Śaṅkara, and to Śiva; to the forest-dweller, to the householder, to the ascetic, to the celibate student;

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BndP 2 72.176

सांख्याय चैव योगाय ध्यानिने दीक्षिताय च । अन्तर्हिताय सर्वाय तप्याय व्यापिने तथा

sāṃkhyāya caiva yogāya dhyānine dīkṣitāya ca / antarhitāya sarvāya tapyāya vyāpine tathā

To Sāṃkhya and to Yoga, to the meditator, and to the consecrated one; to the Hidden, to the All, to the one to be heated (in austerity), and likewise to the Pervader;

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BndP 2 72.177

बुद्धाय चैव शुद्धाय मुक्ताय केवलाय च । रोधसे चैकितानाय ब्रह्मिष्ठाय महार्षये

buddhāya caiva śuddhāya muktāya kevalāya ca / rodhase caikitānāya brahmiṣṭhāya mahārṣaye

To the Awakened, to the Pure, to the Liberated, and to the Alone; to the Flood, to the Attentive One, to the greatest knower of brahman, to the great seer;

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BndP 2 72.178

चतुष्पादाय मेध्याय वर्मिणे शीघ्रगाय च । शिखण्डिने कपालाय दण्डिने विश्वमेधसे

catuṣpādāya medhyāya varmiṇe śīghragāya ca / śikhaṇḍine kapālāya daṇḍine viśvamedhase

To the Four-footed, to the Sacrificially Pure, to the mail-clad, and to the swift-goer; to the crest-wearer, to the Skull, to the staff-bearer, to him whose wisdom is all;

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BndP 2 72.179

अप्रतीताय दीप्ताय भास्कराय सुमेधसे । क्रूराय विकृतायैव बीभत्साय शिवाय च

apratītāya dīptāya bhāskarāya sumedhase / krūrāya vikṛtāyaiva bībhatsāya śivāya ca

To the unrecognized, to the Blazing, to the Shining, to the very wise; to the Cruel, to the Deformed, to the Loathsome, and to Śiva;

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BndP 2 72.180

शुचये परिधानाय सद्योजाताय मृत्यवे । पिशिताशाय शर्वाय मेघाय वैद्युताय च

śucaye paridhānāya sadyojātāya mṛtyave / piśitāśāya śarvāya meghāya vaidyutāya ca

To the Pure, to the Encircling Garment, to the Newly Born, to Death; to the eater of flesh, to Śarva, to the Cloud, and to the Lightning;

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BndP 2 72.181

दक्षाय च जघन्याय लोकानामीश्वराय च । अनामयाय चेध्माय हिरण्यायैकचक्षुषे

dakṣāya ca jaghanyāya lokānāmīśvarāya ca / anāmayāya cedhmāya hiraṇyāyaikacakṣuṣe

To Dakṣa (the able), to the Hindmost, and to the Lord of the worlds; to the Diseaseless, to the Kindling-wood, to the Golden One, to the One-eyed;

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BndP 2 72.182

श्रेष्ठाय वामदेवाय ईशानाय च धीमते । महाकल्पाय दीप्ताय रोदनाय हसाय च

śreṣṭhāya vāmadevāya īśānāya ca dhīmate / mahākalpāya dīptāya rodanāya hasāya ca

To the Best, to Vāmadeva, to Īśāna, and to the wise one; to the Great Aeon, to the Blazing, to Weeping, and to Laughter;

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BndP 2 72.183

दृढधन्विने कवचिने रथिने च वरूथिने । भृगुनाथाय शुक्राय गह्वरिष्ठाय धीमते

dṛḍhadhanvine kavacine rathine ca varūthine / bhṛgunāthāya śukrāya gahvariṣṭhāya dhīmate

To him of the firm bow, to the armoured, to the charioteer, and to him with the chariot-guard; to the lord of Bhṛgu, to Śukra, to him who dwells in the depths, to the wise;

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BndP 2 72.184

अमोघाय प्रशान्ताय सदा विप्रप्रियाय च । दिग्वासः कृत्तिवासाय भगघ्नाय नमो ऽस्तु ते

amoghāya praśāntāya sadā viprapriyāya ca / digvāsaḥ kṛttivāsāya bhagaghnāya namo 'stu te

To the Unfailing, to the Wholly Calm, and to him ever dear to brahmins; O you clad in the directions, to him clad in a hide, to the slayer of Bhaga — homage be to you.

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BndP 2 72.185

पशूनां पतये चैव भूतानां पतये नमः । प्रभवे ऋग्यजुःसाम्ने स्वाहायै च सुधाय च

paśūnāṃ pataye caiva bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ / prabhave ṛgyajuḥsāmne svāhāyai ca sudhāya ca

Homage to the lord of cattle and to the lord of beings; to the Mighty, to the Ṛg-, Yajur- and Sāma-(veda), to Svāhā and to the nectar;

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BndP 2 72.186

वषट्कारतमायैव तुभ्यं मन्त्रात्मने नमः । स्रष्ट्रे धात्रे तथा कर्त्रे हर्त्रे च क्षपणाय च

vaṣaṭkāratamāyaiva tubhyaṃ mantrātmane namaḥ / sraṣṭre dhātre tathā kartre hartre ca kṣapaṇāya ca

To you, the utmost vaṣaṭ-utterance, whose self is mantra, homage; to the emitter, the establisher, likewise the maker, the taker away, and the destroyer;

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

BndP 2 72.187

भूतभव्यभवेशाय तुभ्यं कर्मात्मने नमः । वसवे चैव साध्याय रुद्रादित्याश्विनाय च

bhūtabhavyabhaveśāya tubhyaṃ karmātmane namaḥ / vasave caiva sādhyāya rudrādityāśvināya ca

To the lord of what has been, what will be, and what is — to you, whose self is action, homage; and to Vasu, to Sādhya, to the Rudras, Ādityas and Aśvins;

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BndP 2 72.188

विश्वाय मरुते चैव तुभ्यं देवात्मने नमः । अग्नीषोमविधिज्ञाय पशुमन्त्रौ षधाय च

viśvāya marute caiva tubhyaṃ devātmane namaḥ / agnīṣomavidhijñāya paśumantrau ṣadhāya ca

To the All, and to the Wind — to you, whose self is the gods, homage; to the knower of the rules of Agni and Soma, and to the sacrificial animal, the mantra and the herb;

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BndP 2 72.189

दक्षिणावभृथायैव तुभ्यं यज्ञात्मने नमः । तपसे चैव सत्याय त्यागाय च शमाय च

dakṣiṇāvabhṛthāyaiva tubhyaṃ yajñātmane namaḥ / tapase caiva satyāya tyāgāya ca śamāya ca

To the sacrificial fee and the final ablution — to you, whose self is the sacrifice, homage; and to austerity, to truth, to renunciation, and to calm;

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BndP 2 72.190

अहिंसायाथ लोभाय सुवेषायानिशाय च । सर्वभूतात्प्रभूताय तुभ्यं योगात्मने नमः

ahiṃsāyātha lobhāya suveṣāyāniśāya ca / sarvabhūtātprabhūtāya tubhyaṃ yogātmane namaḥ

To non-injury and to greed(?), to the fair-garbed one and to the sleepless(?) one, to you who have arisen from all beings, homage, you whose self is yoga.

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BndP 2 72.191

पृथिव्यै चान्तरिक्षाय महासे त्रिदिवाय च । जनस्तपाय सत्याय तुभ्यं लोकात्मने नमः

pṛthivyai cāntarikṣāya mahāse tridivāya ca / janastapāya satyāya tubhyaṃ lokātmane namaḥ

To earth and to the mid-air, to Mahas and to the third heaven, to Janas, to Tapas, to Satya — homage to you, whose self is the worlds.

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BndP 2 72.192

अव्यक्तायाथ महते भूतायैवेन्द्रियाय च । तन्मात्रायाथ महते तुभ्यं तत्त्वात्मने नमः

avyaktāyātha mahate bhūtāyaivendriyāya ca / tanmātrāyātha mahate tubhyaṃ tattvātmane namaḥ

To the unmanifest, then to the great (principle), to the elements and to the sense-faculties, to the subtle elements and to the great — homage to you, whose self is the (cosmic) principles.

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BndP 2 72.193

नित्याय चाप्यलिङ्गाय सूक्ष्माय चेतराय च । शुद्धाय विभवे चैव तुभ्यं नित्यात्मने नमः

nityāya cāpyaliṅgāya sūkṣmāya cetarāya ca / śuddhāya vibhave caiva tubhyaṃ nityātmane namaḥ

To the eternal and to the markless, to the subtle and to the other, to the pure and to the pervading — homage to you, whose self is eternity.

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BndP 2 72.194

नमस्ते त्रिषु लोकेषु स्वरन्तेषु भुवादिषु । सत्यान्तमहराद्येषु चतुर्षु च नमो ऽस्तु ते

namaste triṣu lokeṣu svaranteṣu bhuvādiṣu / satyāntamaharādyeṣu caturṣu ca namo 'stu te

Homage to you in the three worlds that begin with bhū and end with svar, and homage be to you in the four that begin with mahar and end with satya.

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