Brahmanda Purana — Madhya Bhaga — Chapter 73
BndP 2 73.1
नामस्तोत्रे मया ह्यस्मिन्यदसद्व्याहृतं प्रभो । मद्भक्त इतिब्रह्मण्य सर्वं तत्क्षन्तुमर्हसि ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,७२।१९५ ॥ इति श्रीब्रह्माण्डे महापुराणे वायुप्रोक्ते मध्यमभागे तृतीय उपोद्धातपादे स्तवसमाप्तिर्नाम द्विसप्ततितमो ऽध्यायः ॥ ७२॥ सूत उवाच एवमाराध्य देवेशमीशानं नीललोहितम् । प्रह्वो ऽतिप्रणतस्तस्मै प्राञ्जलिर्वाक्यमब्रवीत्
nāmastotre mayā hyasminyadasadvyāhṛtaṃ prabho / madbhakta itibrahmaṇya sarvaṃ tatkṣantumarhasi // bndp_2,72.195 // iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyamabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde stavasamāptirnāma dvisaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 72// sūta uvāca evamārādhya deveśamīśānaṃ nīlalohitam / prahvo 'tipraṇatastasmai prāñjalirvākyamabravīt
Whatever untrue thing I have uttered in this hymn of names, O Lord, all that you should forgive, thinking 'he is my devotee,' O you devoted to brahman. || BndP 2,72.195 || Thus, in the glorious Brahmāṇḍa Mahāpurāṇa spoken by Vāyu, in the middle portion, in the third, the Upoddhāta section, the seventy-second chapter, called 'The Completion of the Hymn.' || 72 || Sūta said: Having thus worshipped Īśāna, the lord of gods, the dark-red one, bowed down and deeply prostrate before him, with joined palms he spoke these words.
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BndP 2 73.2
काव्यस्य गात्रं संस्पृश्य हस्तेन प्रीतिमान्भवः । निकामं दर्शनं दत्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरधाद्धरः
kāvyasya gātraṃ saṃspṛśya hastena prītimānbhavaḥ / nikāmaṃ darśanaṃ dattvā tatraivāntaradhāddharaḥ
Touching Kāvya's body with his hand, Bhava, well pleased, and having granted (him) sight of himself to his heart's content, Hara vanished there and then.
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BndP 2 73.3
ततः सो ऽतर्हिते तास्मिन्देवे सानुचरे तदा । तिष्ठन्तीं प्राजलिर्भूत्वा जयन्तीमिदमब्रवीत्
tataḥ so 'tarhite tāsmindeve sānucare tadā / tiṣṭhantīṃ prājalirbhūtvā jayantīmidamabravīt
Then, when that god together with his attendants had vanished, he, with palms joined, said this to Jayantī, who was standing there.
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BndP 2 73.4
कस्य त्वं सुभगे का वा दुःखिते मयि दुःखिता । सहता तपसा युक्तं किमर्थं मां जिगीष्सि
kasya tvaṃ subhage kā vā duḥkhite mayi duḥkhitā / sahatā tapasā yuktaṃ kimarthaṃ māṃ jigīṣsi
Whose are you, fair lady, or who are you, that you are grieved when I am grieved? You are endowed with endurance and with austerity; for what purpose do you seek to win me?
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BndP 2 73.5
अनया सततं भक्त्या प्रश्रयेण दमेन च । स्नेहेन चैव सुश्रोणि प्रीतो ऽस्मि वरवर्णिनि
anayā satataṃ bhaktyā praśrayeṇa damena ca / snehena caiva suśroṇi prīto 'smi varavarṇini
By this constant devotion, by your humility and self-restraint, and by your affection, fair-hipped one, I am pleased, O you of lovely complexion.
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BndP 2 73.6
किमिच्छसि वरारोहे कस्ते कामः समृद्ध्यताम् । तं ते संपूरयाम्यद्य यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुर्लभः
kimicchasi varārohe kaste kāmaḥ samṛddhyatām / taṃ te saṃpūrayāmyadya yadyapi syātsudurlabhaḥ
What do you wish, O you of lovely hips? Let that desire of yours be fulfilled. I shall satisfy it for you today, even if it be very hard to obtain.
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BndP 2 73.7
एवमुक्ताब्रवीदेनं तपसा ज्ञातुमर्हसि । चिकीर्षितं मे ब्रह्मिष्ठ त्वं हि वेत्थ यथातथम्
evamuktābravīdenaṃ tapasā jñātumarhasi / cikīrṣitaṃ me brahmiṣṭha tvaṃ hi vettha yathātatham
Thus addressed, she said to him: You should know by your austerity what I wish to do, O most brahman-like one; for you know it as it truly is.
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BndP 2 73.8
एवमुक्तो ऽब्रवीदेनां दृष्ट्वा दिव्येन चक्षुषा । माहेन्द्री त्वं वरारोहे मद्धितार्थमिहागता
evamukto 'bravīdenāṃ dṛṣṭvā divyena cakṣuṣā / māhendrī tvaṃ varārohe maddhitārthamihāgatā
Thus addressed, having looked with his divine eye, he said to her: You are Indra's daughter, O lovely-hipped one, come here for my welfare.
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BndP 2 73.9
मया सह त्वं सुश्रोणि दशवर्षाणि भामिनि । अदृश्यं सर्वभूतैस्तु संप्रयोगमिहेच्छसि
mayā saha tvaṃ suśroṇi daśavarṣāṇi bhāmini / adṛśyaṃ sarvabhūtaistu saṃprayogamihecchasi
You wish, fair-hipped, radiant lady, for union with me here for ten years, unseen by all beings.
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BndP 2 73.10
देवीन्द्रनीलवर्णाभेवरारोहे सुलोचने । इमं वृणीष्व कामं त्वं मत्तो वै वल्गुभाषिणि
devīndranīlavarṇābhevarārohe sulocane / imaṃ vṛṇīṣva kāmaṃ tvaṃ matto vai valgubhāṣiṇi
O goddess, whose hue is like the sheen of sapphire, O lovely-hipped one with beautiful eyes, choose this desire from me, O sweetly-speaking one.
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BndP 2 73.11
एवं भवतु गच्छावो गृहान्मत्तेभगामिनि । ततः स्वगृहमागम्य जयत्या सहितः प्रभुः
evaṃ bhavatu gacchāvo gṛhānmattebhagāmini / tataḥ svagṛhamāgamya jayatyā sahitaḥ prabhuḥ
Let it be so; let us go home, O you who walk like a rutting elephant. Then the lord, coming to his own house together with Jayantī...
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BndP 2 73.12
स तया चावसद्देव्या दश वर्षाणि भार्गवः । अदृश्यः सर्वभूतानां मायया संवृतस्तदा
sa tayā cāvasaddevyā daśa varṣāṇi bhārgavaḥ / adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ māyayā saṃvṛtastadā
...and he, the descendant of Bhṛgu, dwelt with that lady for ten years, unseen by all beings, being then veiled by magic.
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BndP 2 73.13
कृतार्थमामतं ज्ञातवा काव्यं सर्वे दितेः सुताः । अभिजग्सुर्गृहं तस्य मुदितास्तं दिदृक्षवः
kṛtārthamāmataṃ jñātavā kāvyaṃ sarve diteḥ sutāḥ / abhijagsurgṛhaṃ tasya muditāstaṃ didṛkṣavaḥ
Knowing that Kāvya was thought to have accomplished his purpose, all the sons of Diti went to his house, delighted, wishing to see him.
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BndP 2 73.14
गता यदा न पश्यन्ति जयत्या संवृतं गुरुम् । लक्षमं तस्य तद् बुद्ध्वा प्रतिजग्मुर्यथागतम्
gatā yadā na paśyanti jayatyā saṃvṛtaṃ gurum / lakṣamaṃ tasya tad buddhvā pratijagmuryathāgatam
When, having gone, they did not see their teacher, who was concealed by Jayantī, understanding that sign of his they went back as they had come.
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BndP 2 73.15
बृहस्पतिस्तु संरुद्धं ज्ञात्वा काव्यं वरेण ह । प्रीत्यर्थे दश वर्षाणि जयन्त्या हितकाम्यया
bṛhaspatistu saṃruddhaṃ jñātvā kāvyaṃ vareṇa ha / prītyarthe daśa varṣāṇi jayantyā hitakāmyayā
But Bṛhaspati, knowing that Kāvya was held back by the boon for ten years, for the sake of (her) pleasure, by Jayantī, out of a desire for (the gods') welfare...
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BndP 2 73.16
बुद्ध्वा तदन्तरं सो ऽथ देवानां मन्त्रचोदितः । काव्यस्य रूपमास्थाय सो ऽसुरान्समभाषत
buddhvā tadantaraṃ so 'tha devānāṃ mantracoditaḥ / kāvyasya rūpamāsthāya so 'surānsamabhāṣata
Then he, having understood that interval (of opportunity), urged by the counsel of the gods, took on the form of Kāvya (Śukra) and addressed the asuras.
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BndP 2 73.17
ततः सो ऽभ्यागतान्दृष्ट्वा बृहस्पतिरुवाच तान् । स्वागतं मम याज्यानां संप्राप्तो ऽस्मि हिताय च
tataḥ so 'bhyāgatāndṛṣṭvā bṛhaspatiruvāca tān / svāgataṃ mama yājyānāṃ saṃprāpto 'smi hitāya ca
Then he, Bṛhaspati, seeing them come near, said to them: "Welcome to those for whom I perform sacrifice; I have arrived for your welfare.
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BndP 2 73.18
अहं वो ऽध्यापयिष्यामि प्राप्ता विद्या मया हि याः । ततस्ते हृष्टमनसो विद्यार्थमुपपेदिरे
ahaṃ vo 'dhyāpayiṣyāmi prāptā vidyā mayā hi yāḥ / tataste hṛṣṭamanaso vidyārthamupapedire
"I shall teach you the sciences that I have obtained." Then, with delighted minds, they approached him for the sake of that knowledge.
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BndP 2 73.19
पूर्णे काव्यस्तदा तस्मिन्समये दशवार्षिके । समयान्ते देवयाजी सद्यो जातमतिस्तदा
pūrṇe kāvyastadā tasminsamaye daśavārṣike / samayānte devayājī sadyo jātamatistadā
Then, when that ten-year term was completed, at the end of the term, Kāvya, the sacrificer for the gods(?), at once had the thought:
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BndP 2 73.20
बुद्धिं चक्रे ततश्चापि याज्यानां प्रत्यवेक्षणे । शुक्र उवाच देवि गच्छाम्यहं द्रष्टुं तव याज्याञ्छुचिस्मिते
buddhiṃ cakre tataścāpi yājyānāṃ pratyavekṣaṇe / śukra uvāca devi gacchāmyahaṃ draṣṭuṃ tava yājyāñchucismite
and then he made up his mind to go and look upon those for whom he sacrificed. Śukra said: "Goddess, I am going to see my sacrificers, O you of bright smile,
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BndP 2 73.21
विभ्रान्तप्रेक्षिते साध्वि त्रिवर्णायतलोचने । एवमुक्ताब्रवीद्देवी भज भक्तां महाव्रत । एष ब्रह्मन्सतां धर्मो न धर्मं लोपयामि ते
vibhrāntaprekṣite sādhvi trivarṇāyatalocane / evamuktābravīddevī bhaja bhaktāṃ mahāvrata / eṣa brahmansatāṃ dharmo na dharmaṃ lopayāmi te
"O you of roving glance, virtuous one, with long three-hued eyes." Addressed thus, the goddess said: "Enjoy (me), who am devoted to you, O you of great vows." "This, brahman, is the law of the good; I shall not violate your law (i.e. your right)."
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BndP 2 73.22
सूत उवाच ततो गत्वा सुरान्दृष्ट्वा देवाचार्येण धीमता
sūta uvāca tato gatvā surāndṛṣṭvā devācāryeṇa dhīmatā
Sūta said: Then, having gone and seen the gods (asuras?), (deceived) by the wise preceptor of the gods—
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BndP 2 73.23
वञ्चितान्काव्यरूपेण वचसा पुनरब्रवीत् । काव्यं मामनुजानीध्वमेष ह्याङ्गिरसो मुनिः
vañcitānkāvyarūpeṇa vacasā punarabravīt / kāvyaṃ māmanujānīdhvameṣa hyāṅgiraso muniḥ
—deceived by (him in) the form of Kāvya, he spoke again with these words: "Know me to be Kāvya; this one here is the sage Āṅgirasa.
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BndP 2 73.24
वञ्चिता बत यूयं वै मयि सक्ते तु दानवाः । श्रुत्वा तथा ब्रुवाणं तं संभ्रान्ता दितिजास्ततः
vañcitā bata yūyaṃ vai mayi sakte tu dānavāḥ / śrutvā tathā bruvāṇaṃ taṃ saṃbhrāntā ditijāstataḥ
"Alas, you have indeed been deceived, O Dānavas, while you were attached to me!" Hearing him speaking thus, the sons of Diti were then bewildered.
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BndP 2 73.25
संप्रैक्षन्तावुभौ तत्र स्थिरासीनौ शुचिस्मितौ । संप्रमूढाः स्थिताः सर्वे प्रापद्यन्त न किञ्चन
saṃpraikṣantāvubhau tatra sthirāsīnau śucismitau / saṃpramūḍhāḥ sthitāḥ sarve prāpadyanta na kiñcana
They looked upon both of them there, seated steady and bright-smiling; all stood utterly confounded and could make out nothing.
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BndP 2 73.26
ततस्तेषु प्रमूढेषु काव्यस्तान्पुनरब्रवीत् । आचार्यो यो ह्ययं काव्यो देवायार्यो ऽयमङ्गिराः
tatasteṣu pramūḍheṣu kāvyastānpunarabravīt / ācāryo yo hyayaṃ kāvyo devāyāryo 'yamaṅgirāḥ
Then, while they were confounded, Kāvya spoke to them again: "He who is your preceptor is this Kāvya (i.e. myself); this Āṅgiras here is the preceptor for the gods.
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BndP 2 73.27
अनुगच्छत मां सर्वे त्यजतैनं बृहस्पतिम् । एवमुक्ते तु ते सर्वे तावुभौ समवेक्ष्य च
anugacchata māṃ sarve tyajatainaṃ bṛhaspatim / evamukte tu te sarve tāvubhau samavekṣya ca
"Follow me, all of you; abandon this Bṛhaspati." When this was said, they all looked closely at the two of them,
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BndP 2 73.28
तदासुरा विशेष तु न व्यजानंस्तयोर्द्वयोः । बृहस्पतिरुवाचैनामं भ्रातो ऽयमङ्गिराः
tadāsurā viśeṣa tu na vyajānaṃstayordvayoḥ / bṛhaspatiruvācaināmaṃ bhrāto 'yamaṅgirāḥ
but then the asuras could not make out any difference between the two. Bṛhaspati said to them(?): "Brother, this one is Āṅgirasa,"
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BndP 2 73.29
काव्यो ऽहं वो गुरुर्दैत्या मद्रूपो ऽयं बृहस्पतिः । संमोहयति रूपेण मामकेनैष वो ऽसुराः
kāvyo 'haṃ vo gururdaityā madrūpo 'yaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ / saṃmohayati rūpeṇa māmakenaiṣa vo 'surāḥ
"I am Kāvya, your teacher, O Daityas; this one in my form is Bṛhaspati. He is deluding you, O asuras, by means of my form."
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BndP 2 73.30
श्रुत्वा तस्य वचस्ते वै संमन्त्र्याथ वचो ऽब्रुवन् । अयं नो दशवर्षाणि सततं शास्ति वै प्रभुः
śrutvā tasya vacaste vai saṃmantryātha vaco 'bruvan / ayaṃ no daśavarṣāṇi satataṃ śāsti vai prabhuḥ
Hearing his words, they took counsel and then spoke these words: "This one has been our master, teaching us constantly for ten years.
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BndP 2 73.31
एष वै गुरुरस्माकमन्तरेप्सुरयं द्विजाः । ततस्तेदानवाः सर्वे प्रणिपत्याभिवाद्य च
eṣa vai gururasmākamantarepsurayaṃ dvijāḥ / tatastedānavāḥ sarve praṇipatyābhivādya ca
"This one indeed is our teacher; this other, O twice-born ones, seeks (to create) a division." Then all those Dānavas, having bowed down and saluted (him),
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BndP 2 73.32
वचनं जगृहुस्तस्य विद्याभ्यासेन मोहिताः । ऊचुस्तमसुराः सर्वे क्रुद्धाः संरक्तलोचनाः
vacanaṃ jagṛhustasya vidyābhyāsena mohitāḥ / ūcustamasurāḥ sarve kruddhāḥ saṃraktalocanāḥ
accepted his word, deluded by their study of the sciences. All the asuras, angry, with reddened eyes, said to him:
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BndP 2 73.33
अयं गुरुर्हितो ऽस्माकं गच्छ त्वं नासि नो गुरुः । भार्गवो ऽगिरसो वायं भवत्वेषैव नो गुरुः
ayaṃ gururhito 'smākaṃ gaccha tvaṃ nāsi no guruḥ / bhārgavo 'giraso vāyaṃ bhavatveṣaiva no guruḥ
"This one is our teacher and well-wisher. You go away—you are not our teacher. Whether he be a Bhārgava or an Āṅgirasa, let this very one be our teacher.
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BndP 2 73.34
स्थिता वयं निदेशे ऽस्य गच्छ त्वं साधु मा चिरम् । एवमुक्त्वा सुराः सर्वे प्रापद्यन्त बृहस्पतिम्
sthitā vayaṃ nideśe 'sya gaccha tvaṃ sādhu mā ciram / evamuktvā surāḥ sarve prāpadyanta bṛhaspatim
"We stand under his direction; you had better go, and not tarry." Having spoken thus, all the gods (asuras?) resorted to Bṛhaspati.
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BndP 2 73.35
यदा न प्रतिपद्यन्ते तेनोक्तं तन्महद्धितम् । चुकोप भार्गवस्ते षामवलेपेन वै तदा
yadā na pratipadyante tenoktaṃ tanmahaddhitam / cukopa bhārgavaste ṣāmavalepena vai tadā
When they did not accept that great benefit spoken by him, then the Bhārgava grew angry at their insolence.
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BndP 2 73.36
बोधितापि मया यस्मान्न मां भजत दानवाः । तस्मात्प्रणष्टसंज्ञा वै पराभवमवाप्स्यथ
bodhitāpi mayā yasmānna māṃ bhajata dānavāḥ / tasmātpraṇaṣṭasaṃjñā vai parābhavamavāpsyatha
"Since, though instructed by me, you Dānavas do not honour me, therefore, with your understanding utterly lost, you shall meet with defeat."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.37
इति व्याहृत्य तान्काव्यो जगामाथ यथागतम् । शप्तांस्तानसुराञ्ज्ञात्वा काव्येन तु बृहस्पतिः
iti vyāhṛtya tānkāvyo jagāmātha yathāgatam / śaptāṃstānasurāñjñātvā kāvyena tu bṛhaspatiḥ
Having said this to them, Kāvya (Śukra) then went off the way he had come; and Bṛhaspati, knowing that those Asuras had been cursed by Kāvya —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.38
कृतार्थः स तदा हृष्टः स्वरूपं प्रत्यपद्यत । बुद्ध्वासुरांस्तदा ब्रष्टान्कृतार्थ्ॐऽतर्द्धिमागमत्
kṛtārthaḥ sa tadā hṛṣṭaḥ svarūpaṃ pratyapadyata / buddhvāsurāṃstadā braṣṭānkṛtārthoṃ'tarddhimāgamat
— his purpose accomplished, delighted, he then resumed his own form; and having realized that the Asuras were then ruined, he, his purpose achieved, vanished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.39
ततः प्रनष्टे तस्मिंस्ते विभ्रान्ता दानवास्तदा । अहो धिग्वञ्चिताः स्नेहात्परस्परमथाब्रुवन्
tataḥ pranaṣṭe tasmiṃste vibhrāntā dānavāstadā / aho dhigvañcitāḥ snehātparasparamathābruvan
Then, when he had disappeared, the Dānavas were bewildered, and said to one another: "Alas, shame! We have been deceived through our affection."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.40
धर्मतो ऽविमुखाश्चैव कारिता वेधसा वयम् । दग्धाश्चैवोपधायोगात्स्वेस्वे कार्ये तु मायया
dharmato 'vimukhāścaiva kāritā vedhasā vayam / dagdhāścaivopadhāyogātsvesve kārye tu māyayā
"We have been made not to turn away from dharma by the ordainer (Vedhas/Brahmā), and yet we have been burnt by the application of deceit, by (his) magic, each in his own affair."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.41
ततो ऽसुराः परित्रस्ता देवेभ्यस्त्वरिता ययुः । प्रह्लादमग्रतः कृत्वा काव्यस्यानुगमं पुनः
tato 'surāḥ paritrastā devebhyastvaritā yayuḥ / prahlādamagrataḥ kṛtvā kāvyasyānugamaṃ punaḥ
Then the terrified Asuras hurried away from the gods, and, putting Prahlāda in front, went once more in pursuit of Kāvya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.42
ततः काव्यं समासाद्य ह्यभितस्थु रवाङ्मुखाः । तानागतान्पुनर्दृष्ट्वा काव्यो याज्यानुवाच ह
tataḥ kāvyaṃ samāsādya hyabhitasthu ravāṅmukhāḥ / tānāgatānpunardṛṣṭvā kāvyo yājyānuvāca ha
Then, having reached Kāvya, they stood about him with faces turned down, silent; and Kāvya, seeing those clients of his come again, said to them:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.43
मया संबोधिताः काले यतो मां नाभ्यनन्दथ । ततस्तेनावलेपेन गता यूयं पराभवम्
mayā saṃbodhitāḥ kāle yato māṃ nābhyanandatha / tatastenāvalepena gatā yūyaṃ parābhavam
"Since, when instructed by me at the (right) time, you did not welcome me, therefore through that arrogance you have gone to defeat."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.44
प्रह्लादस्तमथोवाच मानस्त्वं त्यज भार्गव । स्वान्याज्यान्भजमानांश्च भक्तांश्चैव विशेषतः
prahlādastamathovāca mānastvaṃ tyaja bhārgava / svānyājyānbhajamānāṃśca bhaktāṃścaiva viśeṣataḥ
Then Prahlāda said to him: "Abandon your pride, O Bhārgava, toward your own clients who honour you, and especially toward (your) devotees."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.45
त्वय्यदृष्टे वयं तेन देवाचार्येण मोहिताः । भक्तानर्हसि नस्त्रातुं ज्ञात्वा दीर्घेण चक्षुषा
tvayyadṛṣṭe vayaṃ tena devācāryeṇa mohitāḥ / bhaktānarhasi nastrātuṃ jñātvā dīrgheṇa cakṣuṣā
"While you were not to be seen, we were deluded by that preceptor of the gods. You ought to rescue us, your devotees, recognizing (this) with far-seeing eye."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.46
यदि नस्त्वं न कुरुषे प्रसादं भृगुनन्दन । अपध्यातास्त्वया ह्यद्य प्रवेक्ष्यामोरसातलम्
yadi nastvaṃ na kuruṣe prasādaṃ bhṛgunandana / apadhyātāstvayā hyadya pravekṣyāmorasātalam
"If you do not show us favour, O son of Bhṛgu, then, being ill-thought-of by you, we shall today enter the nether world (Rasātala)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.47
सूत उवाच ज्ञात्वा काव्यो यथातत्त्वं कारुण्येन महीयसा । एवं शुक्रो ऽनुनीतः संस्ततः कोपं न्यवर्त्तयत्
sūta uvāca jñātvā kāvyo yathātattvaṃ kāruṇyena mahīyasā / evaṃ śukro 'nunītaḥ saṃstataḥ kopaṃ nyavarttayat
Sūta said: Kāvya, understanding how the matter truly stood, out of great compassion — Śukra, thus conciliated, then turned back his anger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.48
उवाचेदं न भेतव्यं गन्तव्यं न रसातलम् । अवश्यंभावीह्यर्थो ऽयं प्राप्तो वो मयि जाग्रति
uvācedaṃ na bhetavyaṃ gantavyaṃ na rasātalam / avaśyaṃbhāvīhyartho 'yaṃ prāpto vo mayi jāgrati
He said this: "You must not fear, and you must not go to Rasātala; for this outcome was bound to happen, and it has befallen you while I was watching."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.49
न शक्यमन्यथाकर्त्तुं दिष्टं हि बलवत्तरम् । संज्ञा प्रनष्टा या चेयं कामं तां प्रतिलप्स्यथ
na śakyamanyathākarttuṃ diṣṭaṃ hi balavattaram / saṃjñā pranaṣṭā yā ceyaṃ kāmaṃ tāṃ pratilapsyatha
"It cannot be made otherwise, for destiny is stronger; and this understanding of yours that has been lost — that you shall assuredly regain."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.50
प्राप्तः पर्यायकालो वा इति ब्रह्माभ्यभाषत । मत्प्रसादाच्च युष्माभिर्भुक्तं त्रैलोक्यमूर्ज्जितम्
prāptaḥ paryāyakālo vā iti brahmābhyabhāṣata / matprasādācca yuṣmābhirbhuktaṃ trailokyamūrjjitam
"The time of the turn (of rule) has come — thus Brahmā declared. And by my favour you have enjoyed the mighty triple world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.51
युगाख्या दश संपूर्णा देवानाक्रम्य मूर्द्धनि । तावन्तमेव कालं वै ब्रह्मा राज्यमभाषत
yugākhyā daśa saṃpūrṇā devānākramya mūrddhani / tāvantameva kālaṃ vai brahmā rājyamabhāṣata
"Ten full yuga-periods, treading upon the heads of the gods — Brahmā declared the sovereignty (to last) just that long a time."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.52
सावर्णिके पुनस्तुभ्यं राज्यं किल भविष्यति । लोकानामीश्वरो भावी पौत्रस्तव पुनर्बलिः
sāvarṇike punastubhyaṃ rājyaṃ kila bhaviṣyati / lokānāmīśvaro bhāvī pautrastava punarbaliḥ
"In the Sāvarṇika (Manu-period) the kingship shall, it is said, be yours again; your grandson Bali shall again become lord of the worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.53
एवं कालमयं प्रोक्तः पौत्रस्ते ब्रह्मणा स्वयम् । तथाहृतेषु लोकेषु न शोको न किलाभवत्
evaṃ kālamayaṃ proktaḥ pautraste brahmaṇā svayam / tathāhṛteṣu lokeṣu na śoko na kilābhavat
"Thus your grandson was told by Brahmā himself that this is the work of time; and so, when the worlds were taken away, there was, it is said, no grief (in him)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.54
यस्मात्प्रवृत्तयश्चास्य न कामैरभिसंधिताः । तस्मादजेन प्रीतेन दत्तं सावर्णिके ऽन्तरे
yasmātpravṛttayaścāsya na kāmairabhisaṃdhitāḥ / tasmādajena prītena dattaṃ sāvarṇike 'ntare
"Since his activities were not motivated by desires, therefore by the unborn one (Brahmā), being pleased, it was granted that in the Sāvarṇika interval —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.55
देवराज्यं बलेर्भाव्यमिति मामीश्वरो ऽब्रवीत् । तस्माददृश्यो भूतानां कालाकाङ्क्षी स तिष्ठति
devarājyaṃ balerbhāvyamiti māmīśvaro 'bravīt / tasmādadṛśyo bhūtānāṃ kālākāṅkṣī sa tiṣṭhati
— the kingship of the gods shall belong to Bali: so the Lord told me. Therefore he remains invisible to beings, awaiting his time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.56
प्रीतेन चामरत्वं वै दत्तं तुभ्यं स्वयंभुवा । तस्मान्निरुत्सुकस्त्वं वै पर्यायं सहसाकुलः
prītena cāmaratvaṃ vai dattaṃ tubhyaṃ svayaṃbhuvā / tasmānnirutsukastvaṃ vai paryāyaṃ sahasākulaḥ
"And out of pleasure immortality was granted to you by the Self-existent; therefore you are indeed without eagerness, (yet) suddenly agitated about the turn (of events)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.57
न च शक्यं मया तुभ्यं पुर स्ताद्वै विसर्पितुम् । ब्रह्मणा प्रतिषिद्धो ऽस्मि भविष्यं जानता प्रभो
na ca śakyaṃ mayā tubhyaṃ pura stādvai visarpitum / brahmaṇā pratiṣiddho 'smi bhaviṣyaṃ jānatā prabho
"And it is not possible for me to go forth before you, O lord; I have been forbidden by Brahmā, who knows what is to come."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.58
इमौ च शिष्यौ द्वौ मह्यं तुल्यावेतौ बृहस्पतेः । दैवतैः सह संरब्धान्सर्वान्वो धारयिष्यतः
imau ca śiṣyau dvau mahyaṃ tulyāvetau bṛhaspateḥ / daivataiḥ saha saṃrabdhānsarvānvo dhārayiṣyataḥ
"And these two are my pupils, the two of them equal to Bṛhaspati; they will sustain all of you, engaged in fury together with the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.59
सूत उवाच एवमुक्तास्तु दैतेया काव्येनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा । ततस्ताभ्यां ययुः सार्द्धं प्रह्लादप्रमुखास्तदा
sūta uvāca evamuktāstu daiteyā kāvyenākliṣṭakarmaṇā / tatastābhyāṃ yayuḥ sārddhaṃ prahlādapramukhāstadā
Sūta said: But when the Daiteyas had been thus addressed by Kāvya of unwearied deeds, then those headed by Prahlāda went along with those two.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.60
अवश्यभाव्यमर्थं तं श्रुत्वा दैतेयदानवाः । सहसा शंसमानास्ते जयं काव्येन भाषितम्
avaśyabhāvyamarthaṃ taṃ śrutvā daiteyadānavāḥ / sahasā śaṃsamānāste jayaṃ kāvyena bhāṣitam
Having heard from Kāvya that matter which must inevitably come to pass, the Daiteyas and Dānavas at once proclaimed the victory he had spoken of.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.61
दंशिताः सायुधाः सर्वे ततो देवान्समाह्वयन् । अथ देवासुरान्दृष्ट्वा संग्रामे समुपस्थितान्
daṃśitāḥ sāyudhāḥ sarve tato devānsamāhvayan / atha devāsurāndṛṣṭvā saṃgrāme samupasthitān
All of them, armoured and bearing weapons, then challenged the gods; and then, seeing the gods and asuras drawn up in battle—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.62
ततः संवृतसन्नाहा देवास्तान्समयोधयन् । देवासुरे ततस्तस्मिन्वर्त्तमाने शतं समाः । अजयन्तासुरा देवान्नग्रा देवा अमन्त्रयन्
tataḥ saṃvṛtasannāhā devāstānsamayodhayan / devāsure tatastasminvarttamāne śataṃ samāḥ / ajayantāsurā devānnagrā devā amantrayan
then the gods, with their armour fastened on, fought them; and while that battle of gods and asuras went on for a hundred years, the asuras conquered the gods, (and) the gods took counsel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.63
देवा ऊचुः शण्डामर्कप्रभावेण जिताः स्मस्त्वसुरैर्वयम् । तस्माद्यज्ञं समुद्दिश्य कार्यं चात्महितं च यत्
devā ūcuḥ śaṇḍāmarkaprabhāveṇa jitāḥ smastvasurairvayam / tasmādyajñaṃ samuddiśya kāryaṃ cātmahitaṃ ca yat
The gods said: "By the power of Śaṇḍa and Marka we have been conquered by the asuras; therefore, with a sacrifice in view, (let us do) what must be done and what is for our own good."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.66
यज्ञेनोपाह्वयिष्यामस्ततो जेष्यामहे ऽसुरान् । अथोपामन्न्रयन्देवाः शण्डामकारै तु तावुभौ ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,७३।६४ ॥ यज्ञे चाहूय तौ प्रोक्तौ त्यजन्तामसुरा द्विजौ ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,७३।६५ ॥ ग्रहं तु वां ग्रहीष्यामो ह्यनुजित्य तु दानवान् । एवं तत्यजतुस्तौ तु षण्डामकारै तदा सुरान्
yajñenopāhvayiṣyāmastato jeṣyāmahe 'surān / athopāmannrayandevāḥ śaṇḍāmakārai tu tāvubhau // bndp_2,73.64 // yajñe cāhūya tau proktau tyajantāmasurā dvijau // bndp_2,73.65 // grahaṃ tu vāṃ grahīṣyāmo hyanujitya tu dānavān / evaṃ tatyajatustau tu ṣaṇḍāmakārai tadā surān
"We shall summon (them) by means of a sacrifice; then we shall conquer the asuras." Then the gods invited those two, Śaṇḍa and Marka. And having called them at the sacrifice, those two were told: "Let the two brahmins abandon the asuras. We shall indeed take up a soma-portion for you two, once we have conquered the Dānavas." Thus then Śaṇḍa and Marka abandoned (the asuras).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.67
ततो देवा जयं प्राप्ता दानवाश्च पराभवम् । देवासुरान्पराभाव्य शण्डामर्कावुपागमन्
tato devā jayaṃ prāptā dānavāśca parābhavam / devāsurānparābhāvya śaṇḍāmarkāvupāgaman
Then the gods attained victory and the Dānavas defeat; having defeated the asuras, the gods approached Śaṇḍa and Marka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.68
काव्यशापभिभूताश्च अनाधाराश्च ते पुनः । बाध्यमानास्तदा देवैर्विविशुस्ते रसातलम्
kāvyaśāpabhibhūtāśca anādhārāśca te punaḥ / bādhyamānāstadā devairviviśuste rasātalam
And overcome by Kāvya's curse, and again without support, being harried then by the gods, they entered Rasātala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.69
एवं निरुद्यमास्ते वै कृता शक्रेण दानवाः । ततः प्रभृति शापेन भृगुनैमित्तिकेन च
evaṃ nirudyamāste vai kṛtā śakreṇa dānavāḥ / tataḥ prabhṛti śāpena bhṛgunaimittikena ca
Thus were the Dānavas rendered powerless by Śakra; and from that time onward, by the curse and by Bhṛgu as its occasion—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.70
यज्ञे पुनः पुनर्विष्णुर्यज्ञे ऽथ शिथिले प्रभुः । कर्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थान मधर्मस्य प्रणाशनम्
yajñe punaḥ punarviṣṇuryajñe 'tha śithile prabhuḥ / kartuṃ dharmavyavasthāna madharmasya praṇāśanam
again and again, when the sacrifice grew slack, Viṣṇu the lord (came to be) at the sacrifice, in order to establish dharma and to destroy adharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.71
प्रह्नादस्य निदेशे तु ये ऽसुरा न व्यवस्थिताः । मनुष्यवध्यांस्तान्सर्वान्ब्रह्मा व्याहरत प्रभुः
prahnādasya nideśe tu ye 'surā na vyavasthitāḥ / manuṣyavadhyāṃstānsarvānbrahmā vyāharata prabhuḥ
But those asuras who did not abide by Prahlāda's instruction — all of them lord Brahmā declared to be slayable by men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.72
धर्मान्नारायणस्तस्मात्संभूतश्चाक्षुषे ऽन्तरे । यज्ञं प्रवर्त्तयामास वैन्यो वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे
dharmānnārāyaṇastasmātsaṃbhūtaścākṣuṣe 'ntare / yajñaṃ pravarttayāmāsa vainyo vaivasvate 'ntare
Therefore Nārāyaṇa was born from Dharma in the Cākṣuṣa interval; Vainya set the sacrifice in motion in the Vaivasvata interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.73
प्रादुर्भावे तु वैन्यस्य ब्रह्मैवासीत्पुरोहितः । चतुर्थ्यां तु युगाख्यायामापन्नेषु सुरेष्वथ
prādurbhāve tu vainyasya brahmaivāsītpurohitaḥ / caturthyāṃ tu yugākhyāyāmāpanneṣu sureṣvatha
At the manifestation of Vainya, Brahmā himself was the household priest. But in the fourth of what are called the ages, when the gods had fallen into distress,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.74
संभुतः स समुद्रान्तर्हिरण्यकशिपोर्वधे । द्वितीयो नरसिंहो ऽभूद्रौद्रः सुतपुरस्सरः
saṃbhutaḥ sa samudrāntarhiraṇyakaśiporvadhe / dvitīyo narasiṃho 'bhūdraudraḥ sutapurassaraḥ
he was born within the ocean for the slaying of Hiraṇyakaśipu; the second was the Man-Lion, terrible, preceded by (great) austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.75
यजमानं तु दैत्येन्द्रमदित्याः कुलनन्दनः । द्विजो भूत्वा शुभे काले बलिं वैरोचनं जगौ
yajamānaṃ tu daityendramadityāḥ kulanandanaḥ / dvijo bhūtvā śubhe kāle baliṃ vairocanaṃ jagau
And the delight of Aditi's line, having become a brahmin, at an auspicious moment addressed Bali Vairocana, the lord of the Daityas, as he was sacrificing:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.76
त्रैलोक्यस्य भवान्राजा त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । दातुमर्हसि मे राजन्विक्रमांस्त्रीनिति प्रभुः
trailokyasya bhavānrājā tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam / dātumarhasi me rājanvikramāṃstrīniti prabhuḥ
"You are king of the triple world; everything rests upon you. You ought to grant me, O king, three strides" — so said the lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.77
ददामीत्येव तं राजा बलिर्वैरोचनो ऽब्रवीत् । वामनं तं च विज्ञाय ततो ऽदान्मुदितः स्वयम्
dadāmītyeva taṃ rājā balirvairocano 'bravīt / vāmanaṃ taṃ ca vijñāya tato 'dānmuditaḥ svayam
"I give it" — just so did king Bali Vairocana say to him; and recognizing him as Vāmana, he then gave gladly, of his own accord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.78
स वामनो दिवं खं च पृथिवीं च द्विजोत्तमाः । त्रिभिः क्रमैर्विश्वमिदं जगदाक्रामत प्रभुः
sa vāmano divaṃ khaṃ ca pṛthivīṃ ca dvijottamāḥ / tribhiḥ kramairviśvamidaṃ jagadākrāmata prabhuḥ
That Vāmana, O best of the twice-born, the Lord, strode over heaven and the sky and the earth — this whole universe — with three steps.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.79
अत्यरिच्यत भूतात्मा भास्करं स्वेन तेजसा । प्रकाशयन्दिशः सर्वाः प्रदिशश्च महायशाः
atyaricyata bhūtātmā bhāskaraṃ svena tejasā / prakāśayandiśaḥ sarvāḥ pradiśaśca mahāyaśāḥ
The Self of (all) beings surpassed the sun with his own radiance, illumining all the quarters and the intermediate quarters, he of great renown.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.80
शुशुभे स महाबाहुः सर्वलोकान्प्रकाशयन् । आसुरीं श्रियमाहृत्य त्रींल्लोकांश्च जनार्द्दनः
śuśubhe sa mahābāhuḥ sarvalokānprakāśayan / āsurīṃ śriyamāhṛtya trīṃllokāṃśca janārddanaḥ
That mighty-armed Janārdana shone, illumining all the worlds, having taken away the fortune of the Asuras and the three worlds (as well).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.81
स पुत्रपौत्रानसुरान्पातालतलमानयन् । नमुचिः शंबरश्चैव प्रह्रादश्चैव विष्णुना
sa putrapautrānasurānpātālatalamānayan / namuciḥ śaṃbaraścaiva prahrādaścaiva viṣṇunā
He led the Asuras, with their sons and grandsons, down to the floor of Pātāla: Namuci, and Śambara, and Prahlāda too, by Viṣṇu—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.82
क्रूरा हता विनिर्दूता दिशः संप्रतिपेदिरे । महाभूतानि भूतात्मा सविशेषाणि माधवः
krūrā hatā vinirdūtā diśaḥ saṃpratipedire / mahābhūtāni bhūtātmā saviśeṣāṇi mādhavaḥ
the cruel ones were slain and driven out; the quarters returned (to order). The Self of beings, Mādhava, (took hold of) the great elements together with their particularities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.83
बलिं चं सबलं विप्रास्तत्राद्भुतमदर्शयत् । तस्य गात्रे जगत्सर्वमात्मानमनुपश्यति
baliṃ caṃ sabalaṃ viprāstatrādbhutamadarśayat / tasya gātre jagatsarvamātmānamanupaśyati
And to Bali together with his army, O brāhmans, he showed a marvel there: in his body one beholds the whole world, (and) oneself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.84
न किञ्चिदस्ति लोकेषु यदव्याप्तं महात्मना । तद्वै रूपमुपेन्द्रस्य देवादानवमानवाः
na kiñcidasti lokeṣu yadavyāptaṃ mahātmanā / tadvai rūpamupendrasya devādānavamānavāḥ
There is nothing in the worlds that is not pervaded by the Great One. That indeed is the form of Upendra, which gods, Dānavas and men,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.85
दृष्ट्वा संमुमुहुः सर्वे विष्णुतेजोविमोहिताः । बलिः सितो महापाशैः सबन्धुः ससुत्दृद्गणः
dṛṣṭvā saṃmumuhuḥ sarve viṣṇutejovimohitāḥ / baliḥ sito mahāpāśaiḥ sabandhuḥ sasutdṛdgaṇaḥ
on seeing it, were all bewildered, stupefied by Viṣṇu's radiance. Bali was bound with great nooses, along with his kinsmen and the host of his sons and friends.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.86
विरोचनकुलं सर्वं पाताले सन्निवेशितम् । ततः सर्वामरैश्वर्यं दत्त्वेन्द्राय महात्मने
virocanakulaṃ sarvaṃ pātāle sanniveśitam / tataḥ sarvāmaraiśvaryaṃ dattvendrāya mahātmane
The whole family of Virocana was settled down in Pātāla. Then, having given the whole sovereignty of the immortals to the great-souled Indra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.87
मानुषेषु महाबाहुः प्रादुरास जनार्द्दनः । एतास्तिस्रः समृतास्तस्य दिव्याः संभूतयः शुभाः
mānuṣeṣu mahābāhuḥ prādurāsa janārddanaḥ / etāstisraḥ samṛtāstasya divyāḥ saṃbhūtayaḥ śubhāḥ
the mighty-armed Janārdana appeared among men. These three are recorded as his divine, auspicious manifestations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.88
मानुष्यः सप्त यास्तस्य साग्रगास्ता निबोधत । त्रेतायुगे तु दशमे दत्तात्रेयो बभूव ह
mānuṣyaḥ sapta yāstasya sāgragāstā nibodhata / tretāyuge tu daśame dattātreyo babhūva ha
Learn now those seven human (manifestations) of his, together with those who went before him: in the tenth Tretā age, Dattātreya came to be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.89
नष्टे धर्मे चतुर्थश्च मार्कण्डेयपुः सरः । पञ्चमः पञ्चदश्यां तु त्रेतायां संबभूव ह
naṣṭe dharme caturthaśca mārkaṇḍeyapuḥ saraḥ / pañcamaḥ pañcadaśyāṃ tu tretāyāṃ saṃbabhūva ha
And when dharma had perished, the fourth (was he) whose forerunner was Mārkaṇḍeya; the fifth came to be in the fifteenth Tretā age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.90
मान्धाता चक्रवर्त्तित्वे तस्योतथ्यः पुरस्सरः । एकोनविंशयां त्रेतायां सर्वक्षत्रान्तकृद्विभुः
māndhātā cakravarttitve tasyotathyaḥ purassaraḥ / ekonaviṃśayāṃ tretāyāṃ sarvakṣatrāntakṛdvibhuḥ
In the sovereignty of Māndhātā, his forerunner was Utathya. In the nineteenth Tretā age, the Lord who made an end of all the Kṣatriyas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.91
जामदग्न्यस्तदा षष्ठे विश्पामित्रपुरस्सरः । चतुर्विंशे युगे रामो वसिष्ठेन पुरोधसा
jāmadagnyastadā ṣaṣṭhe viśpāmitrapurassaraḥ / caturviṃśe yuge rāmo vasiṣṭhena purodhasā
the son of Jamadagni, was then the sixth, with Viśvāmitra as his forerunner. In the twenty-fourth age, Rāma, with Vasiṣṭha as household priest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.92
सप्तमो रावणस्यार्थे जज्ञे दशरथात्मजः । अष्टमो द्वापरे विष्णुरष्टाविंशे पराशरात्
saptamo rāvaṇasyārthe jajñe daśarathātmajaḥ / aṣṭamo dvāpare viṣṇuraṣṭāviṃśe parāśarāt
the seventh, was born as Daśaratha's son for the sake of (destroying) Rāvaṇa. The eighth, Viṣṇu, in the twenty-eighth Dvāpara, from Parāśara
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.93
वेदव्यासस्ततो जज्ञे जातूकर्ण्यपुरस्सरः । तथैव नवमे विष्णुरदित्याः कश्यपात्मजः
vedavyāsastato jajñe jātūkarṇyapurassaraḥ / tathaiva navame viṣṇuradityāḥ kaśyapātmajaḥ
was then born as Vedavyāsa, with Jātūkarṇya as his forerunner. So too the ninth, Viṣṇu, (was) the son of Aditi and Kaśyapa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.94
देवक्यां वसुदेवात्तु जातो गार्ग्यपुरस्सरः । अप्रमेयो नियोगश्च यतकामवरो वशी
devakyāṃ vasudevāttu jāto gārgyapurassaraḥ / aprameyo niyogaśca yatakāmavaro vaśī
born of Devakī from Vasudeva, with Gārgya as his forerunner — immeasurable, and (acting) by appointment, obtaining whatever he wishes, self-controlled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.95
क्रीडते भगवांल्लोके बालः क्रीडनकेरिव । न प्रमातुं महाबाहुं शक्यो ऽसौ मधुसूदनः
krīḍate bhagavāṃlloke bālaḥ krīḍanakeriva / na pramātuṃ mahābāhuṃ śakyo 'sau madhusūdanaḥ
The Lord plays in the world as a child with playthings. That mighty-armed slayer of Madhu cannot be measured.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.96
परं ह्यवरमेतस्माद्विश्वरूपान्न विद्यते । अष्टाविंशतिके तद्वद्द्वापरस्याथ संक्षये
paraṃ hyavarametasmādviśvarūpānna vidyate / aṣṭāviṃśatike tadvaddvāparasyātha saṃkṣaye
For there is nothing higher or lower than this one of universal form. So likewise, at the end of the twenty-eighth Dvāpara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.99
नष्टे धर्मे तदा जज्ञे विष्णुर्वृष्णिकुले प्रभुः । कर्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थानमसुराणां प्रणाशनम् । माहयन्सर्वभूतानि योगात्मा योगमायया ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,७३।९७ ॥ प्रविष्टो मानुषीं योनिं प्रच्छन्नश्चरते महीम् ॥ ब्न्द्प्_२,७३।९८ ॥ विहारार्थं मनुष्येषु सांदीपनिपुरस्सरः । यत्र कंसं च शाल्वं च द्विविदं च महासुरम्
naṣṭe dharme tadā jajñe viṣṇurvṛṣṇikule prabhuḥ / kartuṃ dharmavyavasthānamasurāṇāṃ praṇāśanam / māhayansarvabhūtāni yogātmā yogamāyayā // bndp_2,73.97 // praviṣṭo mānuṣīṃ yoniṃ pracchannaścarate mahīm // bndp_2,73.98 // vihārārthaṃ manuṣyeṣu sāṃdīpanipurassaraḥ / yatra kaṃsaṃ ca śālvaṃ ca dvividaṃ ca mahāsuram
when dharma had perished, then Viṣṇu the Lord was born in the family of the Vṛṣṇis, to establish dharma and to destroy the Asuras; deluding all beings, he whose self is yoga, by his yoga-māyā, having entered a human womb, roams the earth in disguise, for the sake of sport among men, with Sāndīpani as his forerunner — wherein Kaṃsa, and Śālva, and the great Asura Dvivida,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.100
अरिष्ठं वृषभं चैव पूतनां केशिनं हयम् । नागं कुवलयापीडं मल्लं राजगृहाधिपम्
ariṣṭhaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ caiva pūtanāṃ keśinaṃ hayam / nāgaṃ kuvalayāpīḍaṃ mallaṃ rājagṛhādhipam
Ariṣṭha the bull, and Pūtanā, Keśin the horse, the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa, (and) the wrestler, the lord of Rājagṛha —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.101
दैत्यान्मानुषदेहस्थान्सूदयामास वीर्यवान् । छिन्नं बाहुसहस्रं च बाणस्याद्भुतकर्मणा
daityānmānuṣadehasthānsūdayāmāsa vīryavān / chinnaṃ bāhusahasraṃ ca bāṇasyādbhutakarmaṇā
— these demons dwelling in human bodies the valorous one destroyed; and the thousand arms of Bāṇa were cut off by (him of) wondrous deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.102
नरकश्च हतः संख्ये यवनश्च महाबलः । हृतानि च महीपानां सर्वरत्नानि तेजसा
narakaśca hataḥ saṃkhye yavanaśca mahābalaḥ / hṛtāni ca mahīpānāṃ sarvaratnāni tejasā
And Naraka was slain in battle, and the mighty Yavana; and by his fiery power all the jewels of the kings of the earth were carried off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.103
कुरुवीराश्च निहताः पार्थिवा ये रसातले । एते लोकहितार्थाय प्रादुर्भावा महात्मनः
kuruvīrāśca nihatāḥ pārthivā ye rasātale / ete lokahitārthāya prādurbhāvā mahātmanaḥ
And the Kuru heroes were slain, and those princes who (were) in Rasātala. These are the manifestations of the Great Soul for the welfare of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.104
अस्मिन्नेव युगे क्षीणे संध्याशिष्टे भविष्यति । कल्किर्विष्णुयशा नाम पाराशर्यः प्रतापवान्
asminneva yuge kṣīṇe saṃdhyāśiṣṭe bhaviṣyati / kalkirviṣṇuyaśā nāma pārāśaryaḥ pratāpavān
In this very age, when it is worn away and only the twilight (portion) remains, there will be Kalki, Viṣṇuyaśas by name, a descendant of Parāśara, full of might.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.105
दशमो भाव्यसंभूतो याज्ञवल्क्यपुरस्सरः । अनुकर्षन्स वै सेनां हस्त्यश्वरथसंकुलाम्
daśamo bhāvyasaṃbhūto yājñavalkyapurassaraḥ / anukarṣansa vai senāṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulām
The tenth, born of Bhāvya, with Yājñavalkya at his head; he indeed, drawing along an army thick with elephants, horses and chariots,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.106
प्रगृहीतायुधैर्विप्रैर्वृतः शतसहस्रशः । नात्यर्थं धार्मिका ये च ये च धर्मद्विषः क्वचित्
pragṛhītāyudhairviprairvṛtaḥ śatasahasraśaḥ / nātyarthaṃ dhārmikā ye ca ye ca dharmadviṣaḥ kvacit
surrounded by brahmins in their hundreds of thousands with weapons taken up, (will destroy) those who are not very righteous and those who anywhere hate the dharma:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.107
उदीच्यान्मध्यदेशांश्च तथा विन्ध्या परान्तिकान् । तथैव दाक्षिणात्यांश्च द्रविडान्सिंहलैः सह
udīcyānmadhyadeśāṃśca tathā vindhyā parāntikān / tathaiva dākṣiṇātyāṃśca draviḍānsiṃhalaiḥ saha
the northerners and the peoples of the middle country, and those on the far side of the Vindhya, and likewise the southerners, the Draviḍas together with the Siṃhalas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.108
गान्धारान्पारदांश्चैव पह्लवान्पवनाञ्छकान् । तुबराञ्छबरांश्चैव पुलिन्दान्बरदान् वसान्
gāndhārānpāradāṃścaiva pahlavānpavanāñchakān / tubarāñchabarāṃścaiva pulindānbaradān vasān
the Gāndhāras and Pāradas, the Pahlavas, Pavanas, Śakas, and the Tubaras and Śabaras, the Pulindas, Baradas, Vasas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.109
लंपाकानाङ्घ्रकान्पुण्ड्रान्किरातांश्चैव स प्रभुः । प्रवृत्तचक्रो बलवान्म्लेच्छानामन्तकृद्बली
laṃpākānāṅghrakānpuṇḍrānkirātāṃścaiva sa prabhuḥ / pravṛttacakro balavānmlecchānāmantakṛdbalī
the Lampākas, Āṅghrakas, Puṇḍras, and the Kirātas — that lord, mighty, his wheel (of sovereignty) set rolling, powerful, the maker of the end of the barbarians,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.110
अदृश्यः सर्वभूतानां पृथिवीं विचरिष्यति । मानवः स तु संजज्ञे देवसेनस्य धीमतः
adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pṛthivīṃ vicariṣyati / mānavaḥ sa tu saṃjajñe devasenasya dhīmataḥ
invisible to all beings, will roam over the earth. But he was born as a man, (son) of the wise Devasena;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.111
पूर्वजन्मनि विष्णुर्यः प्रमितिर्नाम वीर्यवान् । गोत्रेण वै चन्द्रमसः पूर्णे कलियुगे ऽभवत्
pūrvajanmani viṣṇuryaḥ pramitirnāma vīryavān / gotreṇa vai candramasaḥ pūrṇe kaliyuge 'bhavat
he who in a former birth was Viṣṇu, valorous, named Pramiti, of the lineage of the moon — he came to be when the Kali age was complete.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.112
इत्येतास्तस्य देवस्य दक्षसंभूतयः स्म-ताः । तन्तं कालं च कायं च तत्तदुद्दिश्य कारणम्
ityetāstasya devasya dakṣasaṃbhūtayaḥ sma-tāḥ / tantaṃ kālaṃ ca kāyaṃ ca tattaduddiśya kāraṇam
Thus these are declared to be the manifestations of that god (arising) from Dakṣa, (each) with reference to its own time, its own body, and its own particular cause.
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BndP 2 73.113
अंशेन त्रिषु लोकेषु तास्ता योनीः प्रपत्स्यते । पञ्चविंशे स्थितः कल्पे पञ्चविंशत्स वै समाः
aṃśena triṣu lokeṣu tāstā yonīḥ prapatsyate / pañcaviṃśe sthitaḥ kalpe pañcaviṃśatsa vai samāḥ
By a portion (of himself) he will enter those various wombs in the three worlds; abiding in the twenty-fifth kalpa, he (rules) for twenty-five years,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.114
विनिघ्नन्सर्वभूतानि मानुषानेव सर्वशः । कृत्वा बीजावशेषां तु महीं क्रूरेण कर्मणा
vinighnansarvabhūtāni mānuṣāneva sarvaśaḥ / kṛtvā bījāvaśeṣāṃ tu mahīṃ krūreṇa karmaṇā
slaying all beings, indeed men entirely, and having by cruel action left the earth with only a seed (of them) remaining,
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BndP 2 73.115
शान्तयित्वा तु वृषलान्प्रायशस्तान धार्मिकान् । ततः स वै तदा कल्किश्चरितार्थः ससैनिकः
śāntayitvā tu vṛṣalānprāyaśastāna dhārmikān / tataḥ sa vai tadā kalkiścaritārthaḥ sasainikaḥ
and having quieted the śūdras, most of them unrighteous — then that Kalki, his purpose accomplished, together with his soldiers,
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BndP 2 73.116
कर्मणा निहता ये तु सिद्धास्ते तु पुनः स्वयम् । अकस्मात्कुपितान्योन्यं भविष्यन्ति च मोहिताः
karmaṇā nihatā ye tu siddhāste tu punaḥ svayam / akasmātkupitānyonyaṃ bhaviṣyanti ca mohitāḥ
But those who were slain by (his) action become perfected of themselves again; and, deluded, they will grow angry with one another without cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
BndP 2 73.117
क्षपयित्वा तु तान्सर्वान्भाविनार्थेन चोदितः । गङ्गायमुनयोर्मध्ये निष्ठां प्राप्स्यति सानुगः
kṣapayitvā tu tānsarvānbhāvinārthena coditaḥ / gaṅgāyamunayormadhye niṣṭhāṃ prāpsyati sānugaḥ
Having destroyed all of them, impelled by what is destined to be, he will meet his end, together with his followers, between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
BndP 2 73.118
ततो व्यतीते कल्पे तु समाप्ते सहसैनिके । नृपेष्वथ विनिष्टेषु तदा त्वप्रग्रहाः प्रजाः
tato vyatīte kalpe tu samāpte sahasainike / nṛpeṣvatha viniṣṭeṣu tadā tvapragrahāḥ prajāḥ
Then, when the kalpa has passed away and is finished together with the soldiery, and when the kings have perished, then the people are without restraint,
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BndP 2 73.119
रक्षणे विनिपृत्ते तु हत्वा चान्योन्यमाहवे । परस्परत्दृतस्वाश्च निरानन्दाः सुदुःखिताः
rakṣaṇe vinipṛtte tu hatvā cānyonyamāhave / parasparatdṛtasvāśca nirānandāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ
and when protection has ceased, killing one another in battle and having their property seized by one another, they are joyless and greatly wretched;
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BndP 2 73.120
पुराणि हित्वा ग्रामांश्च तुल्यास्ता निष्परिग्रहाः । प्रनष्टश्रुतिधर्माश्चनष्टधर्माश्रमास्तथा
purāṇi hitvā grāmāṃśca tulyāstā niṣparigrahāḥ / pranaṣṭaśrutidharmāścanaṣṭadharmāśramāstathā
Abandoning cities and villages, those (people) will be all alike, without possessions, their Vedic duties utterly lost, and likewise the (four) stages of dharma destroyed.
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BndP 2 73.121
ह्रस्वा अल्पायुषश्चैव भविष्यन्ति वनौकसः । सरित्पर्वतसेविन्यः पत्रमूलफलाशनाः
hrasvā alpāyuṣaścaiva bhaviṣyanti vanaukasaḥ / saritparvatasevinyaḥ patramūlaphalāśanāḥ
They will be short of stature and short-lived, dwelling in the forests, frequenting rivers and mountains, eating leaves, roots and fruits.
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BndP 2 73.122
चीरपत्राजिनघराः संकरं घोरमास्थिताः । अल्पायुषो नष्टवार्ता बह्वाबाधाः सुदुःखिताः
cīrapatrājinagharāḥ saṃkaraṃ ghoramāsthitāḥ / alpāyuṣo naṣṭavārtā bahvābādhāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ
Clothed in bark, leaves and hides, given over to dreadful intermixture (of castes), short-lived, with news (of one another) lost, afflicted with many ailments, greatly miserable.
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BndP 2 73.123
एवं काष्ठामनुप्राप्ताः कलिसंध्यांशके तदा । प्रजाः क्षयं प्रयास्यन्ति सार्द्धं कलियुगेन तु
evaṃ kāṣṭhāmanuprāptāḥ kalisaṃdhyāṃśake tadā / prajāḥ kṣayaṃ prayāsyanti sārddhaṃ kaliyugena tu
Thus, having reached this extremity in the twilight-portion of the Kali (age), the creatures will then go to destruction together with the Kali yuga.
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BndP 2 73.124
क्षीणे कलियुगे तस्मिन्प्रवृत्ते च कृते पुनः । प्रपत्स्यन्ते यथान्यायं स्वभावादेव नान्यथा
kṣīṇe kaliyuge tasminpravṛtte ca kṛte punaḥ / prapatsyante yathānyāyaṃ svabhāvādeva nānyathā
When that Kali yuga is spent and the Krita (age) has begun again, they will proceed according to rule, by their very own nature and not otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition