Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 2 — Chapter 8
DB 2 8.1
रुरुचरित्रवर्णनम् सूत उवाच ततो दिने तृतीये च धृतराष्ट्रः स भूपतिः । दावाग्निना वने दग्धः सभार्यः कुन्तिसंयुतः
rurucaritravarṇanam sūta uvāca tato dine tṛtīye ca dhṛtarāṣṭraḥ sa bhūpatiḥ | dāvāgninā vane dagdhaḥ sabhāryaḥ kuntisaṃyutaḥ
The description of Ruru's history. Sūta said: Then on the third day that king Dhṛtarāṣṭra was burnt in the forest by a wildfire, together with his wife and with Kuntī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.2
सञ्जयस्तीर्थयात्रायां गतस्त्यक्त्वा महीपतिम् । श्रुत्वा युधिष्ठिरो राजा नारदाद्दुःखमाप्तवान्
sañjayastīrthayātrāyāṃ gatastyaktvā mahīpatim | śrutvā yudhiṣṭhiro rājā nāradādduḥkhamāptavān
Sañjaya had left the king and gone on pilgrimage to the sacred fords; hearing (of this) from Nārada, King Yudhiṣṭhira was struck with grief.
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DB 2 8.3
षट्त्रिंशेऽथ गते वर्षे कौरवाणां क्षयात्पुनः । प्रभासे यादवाः सर्वे विप्रशापात्क्षयं गताः
ṣaṭtriṃśe'tha gate varṣe kauravāṇāṃ kṣayātpunaḥ | prabhāse yādavāḥ sarve vipraśāpātkṣayaṃ gatāḥ
Then, when the thirty-sixth year had passed since the destruction of the Kauravas, all the Yādavas at Prabhāsa met their destruction through a brahmin's curse.
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DB 2 8.4
ते पीत्वा मदिरां मत्ताः कृत्वा युद्धं परस्परम् । क्षयं प्राप्ता महात्मानः पश्यतो रामकृष्णयोः
te pītvā madirāṃ mattāḥ kṛtvā yuddhaṃ parasparam | kṣayaṃ prāptā mahātmānaḥ paśyato rāmakṛṣṇayoḥ
Drunk with the liquor they had drunk, they fought one another, and those great-souled ones met destruction while Rāma and Kṛṣṇa looked on.
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DB 2 8.5
देहं तत्याज रामस्तु कृष्णः कमललोचनः । व्याधबाणहतः शापं पालयन्भगवान्हरिः
dehaṃ tatyāja rāmastu kṛṣṇaḥ kamalalocanaḥ | vyādhabāṇahataḥ śāpaṃ pālayanbhagavānhariḥ
Rāma gave up his body, and Kṛṣṇa the lotus-eyed, the Lord Hari, struck by a hunter's arrow, fulfilling the curse (did so too).
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DB 2 8.6
वसुदेवस्तु तच्छ्रुत्वा देहत्यागं हरेरथ । जहौ प्राणाञ्छुचीन्कृत्वा चित्ते श्रीभुवनेश्वरीम्
vasudevastu tacchrutvā dehatyāgaṃ hareratha | jahau prāṇāñchucīnkṛtvā citte śrībhuvaneśvarīm
But Vasudeva, hearing of Hari's abandoning of his body, gave up his life-breaths, having made them pure by setting the glorious Bhuvaneśvarī in his mind.
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DB 2 8.7
अर्जुनस्तु ततो गत्वा प्रभासे चातिदुःखितः । संस्कारं तत्र सर्वेषां यथायोग्यं चकार ह
arjunastu tato gatvā prabhāse cātiduḥkhitaḥ | saṃskāraṃ tatra sarveṣāṃ yathāyogyaṃ cakāra ha
Then Arjuna, deeply grieved, went to Prabhāsa and there performed the funeral rites of them all, each as was fitting.
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DB 2 8.8
समीक्ष्याथ हरेर्देहं कृत्वा काष्ठस्य सञ्चयम् । अष्टाभिः सह पत्नीभिर्दाहयामास पार्थिवः द्वितीयस्कन्धे रुरुचरित्रवर्णनं नामाष्टमोऽध्यायः
samīkṣyātha harerdehaṃ kṛtvā kāṣṭhasya sañcayam | aṣṭābhiḥ saha patnībhirdāhayāmāsa pārthivaḥ dvitīyaskandhe rurucaritravarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ
Then, having looked upon Hari's body, the prince made a heap of wood and had it burnt together with (his) eight wives. [End of the eighth chapter, called 'The Description of Ruru's History', in the Second Book.]
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DB 2 8.9
देहं रामस्य रेवत्या सह दग्ध्वा विभावसौ । अर्जुनो द्वारकामेत्य पुरान्निष्क्रामयज्जनम्
dehaṃ rāmasya revatyā saha dagdhvā vibhāvasau | arjuno dvārakāmetya purānniṣkrāmayajjanam
Having burnt Rāma's body in the fire together with Revatī, Arjuna came to Dvārakā and made the people leave the city.
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DB 2 8.10
पुरी सा वासुदेवस्य प्लावितोदधिना ततः । अर्जुनः सर्वलोकान्वै गृहीत्वा निर्गतस्तदा
purī sā vāsudevasya plāvitodadhinā tataḥ | arjunaḥ sarvalokānvai gṛhītvā nirgatastadā
Then that city of Vāsudeva was flooded over by the ocean; Arjuna, having taken all the people, went out at that time.
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DB 2 8.11
कृष्णपत्न्यस्तदा मार्गे चौराभीरैश्च लुण्ठिता । धनं सर्वं गृहीतं च निस्तेजश्चार्जुनोऽभवत्
kṛṣṇapatnyastadā mārge caurābhīraiśca luṇṭhitā | dhanaṃ sarvaṃ gṛhītaṃ ca nistejaścārjuno'bhavat
Then on the road Kṛṣṇa's wives were plundered by thieves and Ābhīras, and all the wealth was taken, and Arjuna became bereft of his splendour.
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DB 2 8.12
इन्द्रप्रस्थे समागत्य वज्रो राजा कृतस्तदा । अनिरुद्धसुतो नाम्ना पार्थेनामिततेजसा
indraprasthe samāgatya vajro rājā kṛtastadā | aniruddhasuto nāmnā pārthenāmitatejasā
Having come to Indraprastha, Vajra, the son of Aniruddha by name, was then made king by Pārtha of immeasurable splendour.
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DB 2 8.13
व्यासाय कथितं दुःखं तेनोक्तोऽसौ महारथः । पुनर्यदा हरिस्त्वञ्च भवितासि महामते
vyāsāya kathitaṃ duḥkhaṃ tenokto'sau mahārathaḥ | punaryadā haristvañca bhavitāsi mahāmate
The sorrow was told to Vyāsa, and by him that great chariot-warrior was addressed: "When Hari (comes) again, you too, O great-minded one, will come to be;"
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DB 2 8.14
तदा तेजस्तवात्युग्रं भविष्यति पुनर्युगे । तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं पार्थो गत्वा नागपुरेऽर्जुनः
tadā tejastavātyugraṃ bhaviṣyati punaryuge | tacchrutvā vacanaṃ pārtho gatvā nāgapure'rjunaḥ
"then your exceedingly fierce splendour will exist again in (that) age." Hearing that speech, Pārtha Arjuna went to the city of the Nāgas (Hāstinapura),
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DB 2 8.15
दुःखितो धर्मराजानं वृत्तान्तं सर्वमब्रवीत् । देहत्यागं हरेः श्रुत्वा यादवानां क्षयं तथा
duḥkhito dharmarājānaṃ vṛttāntaṃ sarvamabravīt | dehatyāgaṃ hareḥ śrutvā yādavānāṃ kṣayaṃ tathā
and, grieving, told the whole account to Dharma's king (Yudhiṣṭhira). Hearing of Hari's abandoning of the body and likewise the destruction of the Yādavas,
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DB 2 8.16
गमनाय मतिं चक्रे राजा हैमाचलं प्रति । षट्त्रिंशद्वार्षिकं राज्ये स्थापयित्वोत्तरासुतम्
gamanāya matiṃ cakre rājā haimācalaṃ prati | ṣaṭtriṃśadvārṣikaṃ rājye sthāpayitvottarāsutam
the king made up his mind to go to the Himālaya; having established in the kingdom the thirty-six-year-old son of Uttarā,
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DB 2 8.17
निर्जगाम वनं राजा द्रौपद्या भ्रातृभिः सह । षट्त्रिंशच्चैव वर्षाणि कृत्वा राज्यं गजाह्वये
nirjagāma vanaṃ rājā draupadyā bhrātṛbhiḥ saha | ṣaṭtriṃśaccaiva varṣāṇi kṛtvā rājyaṃ gajāhvaye
the king went forth to the forest together with Draupadī and his brothers, having ruled the kingdom in Gajāhvaya (Hāstinapura) for thirty-six years.
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DB 2 8.18
गत्वा हिमाचले षट् ते जहुः प्राणान्पृथासुताः । परीक्षिदपि राजर्षिः प्रजाः सर्वाः सुधार्मिकः
gatvā himācale ṣaṭ te jahuḥ prāṇānpṛthāsutāḥ | parīkṣidapi rājarṣiḥ prajāḥ sarvāḥ sudhārmikaḥ
Having gone to the Himālaya, those six children of Pṛthā gave up their lives. And Parīkṣit too, a royal sage, most righteous, (protected) all the subjects—
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DB 2 8.19
अपालयच्च राजेन्द्रः षष्टिवर्षाण्यतन्द्रितः । बभूव मृगयाशीलो जगाम च वनं महत्
apālayacca rājendraḥ ṣaṣṭivarṣāṇyatandritaḥ | babhūva mṛgayāśīlo jagāma ca vanaṃ mahat
and that lord of kings protected (them) for sixty years untiringly; (then) he became fond of hunting and went into the great forest.
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DB 2 8.20
विद्धं मृगं विचिन्वानो मध्याह्ने भूपतिः स्वयम् । तृषितश्च परिश्रान्तः क्षुधितश्चोत्तरासुतः
viddhaṃ mṛgaṃ vicinvāno madhyāhne bhūpatiḥ svayam | tṛṣitaśca pariśrāntaḥ kṣudhitaścottarāsutaḥ
Searching himself at midday for a deer he had shot, the lord of the earth, the son of Uttarā, became thirsty, exhausted and hungry;
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DB 2 8.21
राजा घर्मेण सन्तप्तो ददर्श मुनिमन्तिके । ध्याने स्थितं मुनिं राजा जलं पप्रच्छ चातुरः
rājā gharmeṇa santapto dadarśa munimantike | dhyāne sthitaṃ muniṃ rājā jalaṃ papraccha cāturaḥ
the king, scorched by the heat, saw a sage nearby; and the distressed king asked the sage, who was fixed in meditation, for water.
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DB 2 8.22
नोवाच किञ्चिन्मौनस्थश्चुकोप नृपतिस्तदा । मृतं सर्पं तदादाय धनुष्कोट्या तृषातुरः
novāca kiñcinmaunasthaścukopa nṛpatistadā | mṛtaṃ sarpaṃ tadādāya dhanuṣkoṭyā tṛṣāturaḥ
He said nothing, remaining in silence, and then the king grew angry; tormented by thirst, taking up a dead snake with the tip of his bow,
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DB 2 8.23
कलिनाविष्टचित्तस्तु कण्ठे तस्य न्यवेशयत् । आरोपिते तथा सर्पे नोवाच मुनिसत्तमः
kalināviṣṭacittastu kaṇṭhe tasya nyaveśayat | āropite tathā sarpe novāca munisattamaḥ
his mind possessed by Kali, he placed it on his neck. Even with the snake thus put upon him, the best of sages said nothing,
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DB 2 8.24
न चचाल समाधिस्थो राजापि स्वगृहं गतः । तस्य पुत्रोऽतितेजस्वी गविजातो महातपाः
na cacāla samādhistho rājāpi svagṛhaṃ gataḥ | tasya putro'titejasvī gavijāto mahātapāḥ
nor did he stir, being in samādhi; and the king went to his own house. His son, exceedingly brilliant, born of a cow, of great austerity,
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DB 2 8.25
महाशक्तोऽथ शुश्राव क्रीडमानो वनान्तिके । मित्राण्याहुश्च तत्पुत्रं पितुः कण्ठे तवाधुना
mahāśakto'tha śuśrāva krīḍamāno vanāntike | mitrāṇyāhuśca tatputraṃ pituḥ kaṇṭhe tavādhunā
and of great power, then heard (of it) while playing at the forest's edge; for his friends said to that son, "Now on your father's neck
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DB 2 8.26
लम्भितोऽस्ति मृतः सर्पः केनापीति मुनीश्वर । तेषां तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा चुकोपातिशयं तदा
lambhito'sti mṛtaḥ sarpaḥ kenāpīti munīśvara | teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā cukopātiśayaṃ tadā
a dead snake has been hung by someone, O lord of sages." Hearing that speech of theirs, he then grew exceedingly angry,
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DB 2 8.27
शशाप नृपतिं क्रुद्धो गृहीत्वाशु करे जलम् । पितुः कण्ठेऽद्य मे येन विनिक्षिप्तो मृतोरगः
śaśāpa nṛpatiṃ kruddho gṛhītvāśu kare jalam | pituḥ kaṇṭhe'dya me yena vinikṣipto mṛtoragaḥ
and in wrath he cursed the king, quickly taking water in his hand: "By whom today a dead serpent was cast upon my father's neck—
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DB 2 8.28
तक्षकः सप्तरात्रेण तं दशेत्पापपूरुषम् । मुनेः शिष्योऽथ राजानं समुपेत्य गृहे स्थितम्
takṣakaḥ saptarātreṇa taṃ daśetpāpapūruṣam | muneḥ śiṣyo'tha rājānaṃ samupetya gṛhe sthitam
let Takṣaka bite that evil man within seven nights." Then the sage's pupil, approaching the king, who was in his house,
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DB 2 8.29
शापं निवेदयामास मुनिपुत्रेण चार्पितम् । अभिमन्युसुतः श्रुत्वा शापं दत्तं द्विजेन वै
śāpaṃ nivedayāmāsa muniputreṇa cārpitam | abhimanyusutaḥ śrutvā śāpaṃ dattaṃ dvijena vai
announced the curse that had been laid by the sage's son. Abhimanyu's son, hearing the curse given by the brahmin,
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DB 2 8.30
अनिवार्यं च विज्ञाय मन्त्रिवृद्धानुवाच ह । शप्तोऽहं द्विजरूपेण मम द्वेषादसंशयम्
anivāryaṃ ca vijñāya mantrivṛddhānuvāca ha | śapto'haṃ dvijarūpeṇa mama dveṣādasaṃśayam
And knowing (it) to be unavoidable, he spoke to the elder ministers: "I have been cursed by one in brahmin form, out of hatred for me, without doubt."
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DB 2 8.31
किं विधेयं मयामात्या उपायश्चिन्त्यतामिह । मृत्युः किलानिवार्योऽसौ वदन्ति वेदवादिनः
kiṃ vidheyaṃ mayāmātyā upāyaścintyatāmiha | mṛtyuḥ kilānivāryo'sau vadanti vedavādinaḥ
"What is to be done by me, ministers? Let a means be thought out here. Death, they say — those who speak from the Vedas — is indeed unavoidable."
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DB 2 8.32
यत्नस्तथापि शास्त्रोक्तः कर्तव्यः सर्वथा बुधैः । उपायवादिनः केचित्प्रवदन्ति मनीषिणः
yatnastathāpi śāstroktaḥ kartavyaḥ sarvathā budhaiḥ | upāyavādinaḥ kecitpravadanti manīṣiṇaḥ
"Even so, the effort prescribed in the scriptures should by all means be made by the wise. Some thoughtful men, advocates of expedients, declare:"
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DB 2 8.33
विज्ञोपायेन सिध्यन्ति कार्याणि नेतरस्य च । मणिमन्त्रौषधीनां वै प्रभावाः खलु दुर्विदः
vijñopāyena sidhyanti kāryāṇi netarasya ca | maṇimantrauṣadhīnāṃ vai prabhāvāḥ khalu durvidaḥ
"By the expedient of a knowing man tasks are accomplished, and not (by that) of another; for the powers of gems, mantras and herbs are surely hard to know."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.34
न भवेदिति किं तैस्तु मणिमद्भिः सुसाधितैः । सर्पदष्टा पुरा भार्या मुनेः सञ्जीविता मृता
na bhavediti kiṃ taistu maṇimadbhiḥ susādhitaiḥ | sarpadaṣṭā purā bhāryā muneḥ sañjīvitā mṛtā
"Why (say) 'it cannot be'? — when those (remedies), gems and the rest, are well applied. Long ago a sage's wife, bitten by a snake and dead, was brought back to life,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 2 8.35
दत्त्वार्धमायुषस्तेन मुनिना सा वराप्सराः । भवितव्ये न विश्वासः कर्तव्यः सर्वथा बुधैः
dattvārdhamāyuṣastena muninā sā varāpsarāḥ | bhavitavye na viśvāsaḥ kartavyaḥ sarvathā budhaiḥ
"that excellent apsaras, by that sage giving half of his lifespan. No trust should by any means be placed by the wise in what is destined to be."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.36
प्रत्यक्षं तत्र दृष्टान्तं पश्यन्तु सचिवाः किल । दिवि कोऽपि पृथिव्यां वा दृश्यते पुरुषः क्वचित्
pratyakṣaṃ tatra dṛṣṭāntaṃ paśyantu sacivāḥ kila | divi ko'pi pṛthivyāṃ vā dṛśyate puruṣaḥ kvacit
"Let the ministers see there indeed a visible example: is any man seen anywhere, in heaven or on earth,"
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DB 2 8.37
दैवे मतिं समाधाय यस्तिष्ठेत्तु निरुद्यमः । विरक्तस्तु यतिर्भूत्वा भिक्षार्थं याति सर्वथा
daive matiṃ samādhāya yastiṣṭhettu nirudyamaḥ | viraktastu yatirbhūtvā bhikṣārthaṃ yāti sarvathā
"who, having fixed his mind on fate, would remain without exertion? Even one who is detached, having become an ascetic, goes about in every case for the sake of alms —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.38
गृहस्थानां गृहे काममाहूतो वाथवान्यथा । यदृच्छयोपपन्नं च क्षिप्तं केनापि वा मुखे
gṛhasthānāṃ gṛhe kāmamāhūto vāthavānyathā | yadṛcchayopapannaṃ ca kṣiptaṃ kenāpi vā mukhe
"to the house of householders, invited at will or else otherwise; and what comes of its own accord, or is thrown by someone into (his) mouth,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.39
उद्यमेन विना चास्यादुदरे संविशेत्कथम् । प्रयत्नश्चोद्यमे कार्यो यदा सिद्धिं न याति चेत्
udyamena vinā cāsyādudare saṃviśetkatham | prayatnaścodyame kāryo yadā siddhiṃ na yāti cet
"even that would not be without exertion; how could it enter the belly? And effort must be made in exertion; when, if it does not attain success,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.40
तदा दैवं स्थितं चेति चित्तमालम्बयेद्बुधः । मन्त्रिण ऊचुः को मुनिर्येन दत्त्वार्धमायुषो जीविता प्रिया
tadā daivaṃ sthitaṃ ceti cittamālambayedbudhaḥ | mantriṇa ūcuḥ ko muniryena dattvārdhamāyuṣo jīvitā priyā
"then 'fate stands (in the way)' — thus should the wise man steady his mind." The ministers said: "Who was the sage by whom, giving half his lifespan, his beloved was made to live,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.41
कथं मृता महाराज तन्नो ब्रूहि सविस्तरम् । राजोवाच भृगोर्भार्या वरारोहा पुलोमा नाम सुन्दरी
kathaṃ mṛtā mahārāja tanno brūhi savistaram | rājovāca bhṛgorbhāryā varārohā pulomā nāma sundarī
"and how had she died? Great king, tell us that in full." The king said: "Bhṛgu's wife was a fair-hipped beauty named Pulomā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.42
तस्यां तु च्यवनो नाम मुनिर्जातोऽतिविश्रुतः । च्यवनस्य च शर्यातेः सुकन्या नाम सुन्दरी
tasyāṃ tu cyavano nāma munirjāto'tiviśrutaḥ | cyavanasya ca śaryāteḥ sukanyā nāma sundarī
"And on her was born the sage named Cyavana, exceedingly renowned; and Cyavana's (wife was) Śaryāti's daughter, the beauty named Sukanyā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.43
तस्यां जज्ञे सुतः श्रीमान्प्रमतिर्नाम विश्रुतः । प्रमतेस्तु प्रिया भार्या प्रतापी नाम विश्रुता
tasyāṃ jajñe sutaḥ śrīmānpramatirnāma viśrutaḥ | pramatestu priyā bhāryā pratāpī nāma viśrutā
"On her was born an illustrious son, renowned by the name Pramati; and Pramati's dear wife was the renowned one named Pratāpī."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.44
रुरुर्नाम सुतो जातस्तथा परमतापसः । तस्मिंश्च समये कश्चित्स्थूलकेशश्च विश्रुतः
rururnāma suto jātastathā paramatāpasaḥ | tasmiṃśca samaye kaścitsthūlakeśaśca viśrutaḥ
"A son named Ruru was born (to them), likewise a great ascetic. And at that time there was a certain renowned man, Sthūlakeśa,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.45
बभूव तपसा युक्तो धर्मात्मा सत्यसम्मतः । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे मान्या मेनका च वराप्सराः
babhūva tapasā yukto dharmātmā satyasammataḥ | etasminnantare mānyā menakā ca varāpsarāḥ
"who was endowed with austerity, righteous in soul, esteemed for truthfulness. Meanwhile the honoured Menakā, the excellent apsaras,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.46
क्रीडां चक्रे नदीतीरे त्रिषु लोकेषु सुन्दरी । गर्भं विश्वावसोः प्राप्य निर्गता वरवर्णिनी
krīḍāṃ cakre nadītīre triṣu lokeṣu sundarī | garbhaṃ viśvāvasoḥ prāpya nirgatā varavarṇinī
"the beauty (unmatched) in the three worlds, sported on a river bank; and having conceived from Viśvāvasu, the fair-complexioned one departed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.47
स्थूलकेशाश्रमे गत्वा विससर्ज वराप्सराः । कन्यकां च नदीतीरे त्रिषु लोकेषु सुन्दरीम्
sthūlakeśāśrame gatvā visasarja varāpsarāḥ | kanyakāṃ ca nadītīre triṣu lokeṣu sundarīm
"Going to Sthūlakeśa's hermitage, the excellent apsaras abandoned the girl on the river bank — a girl (unmatched in) beauty in the three worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.48
दृष्ट्वानाथां तदा कन्यां जग्राह मुनिसत्तमः । पुपोष स्थूलकेशस्तु नाम्ना चक्रे प्रमद्वराम्
dṛṣṭvānāthāṃ tadā kanyāṃ jagrāha munisattamaḥ | pupoṣa sthūlakeśastu nāmnā cakre pramadvarām
"Then, seeing the girl without a protector, the best of sages took her up; Sthūlakeśa reared her and gave her the name Pramadvarā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 2 8.49
सा काले यौवनं प्राप्ता सर्वलक्षणसंयुता । रुरुर्दृष्ट्वाथ तां बालां कामबाणार्दितो ह्यभूत्
sā kāle yauvanaṃ prāptā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā | rururdṛṣṭvātha tāṃ bālāṃ kāmabāṇārdito hyabhūt
"In time she attained youth, endowed with every (auspicious) mark; and Ruru, seeing that girl, became tormented by the arrows of Kāma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition