Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 12
DB 6 12.1
हरिश्चन्द्रस्य जलोदरव्याधिपीडावर्णनम् राजोवाच तीर्थानि भुवि पुण्यानि ब्रूहि मे मुनिसत्तम । गम्यानि मानवैर्देवैः क्षेत्राणि सरितस्तथा
hariścandrasya jalodaravyādhipīḍāvarṇanam rājovāca tīrthāni bhuvi puṇyāni brūhi me munisattama | gamyāni mānavairdevaiḥ kṣetrāṇi saritastathā
The description of Hariścandra's affliction by the disease of dropsy. The king said: Tell me, best of sages, the holy places of pilgrimage on the earth, and the sacred fields and the rivers that are to be visited by men and by gods.
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DB 6 12.2
फलं च यादृशं यत्र तीर्थेषु स्नानदानतः । विधिं तु तीर्थयात्रायां नियमांश्च विशेषतः
phalaṃ ca yādṛśaṃ yatra tīrtheṣu snānadānataḥ | vidhiṃ tu tīrthayātrāyāṃ niyamāṃśca viśeṣataḥ
And (tell me) what sort of fruit (comes) there at the sacred fords from bathing and giving; and the rule for pilgrimage to the fords, and the observances especially.
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DB 6 12.3
व्यास उवाच शृणु राजन् प्रवक्ष्यामि तीर्थानि विविधानि च । येषु तीर्थेषु देवीनां प्रशस्तान्यायनानि च
vyāsa uvāca śṛṇu rājan pravakṣyāmi tīrthāni vividhāni ca | yeṣu tīrtheṣu devīnāṃ praśastānyāyanāni ca
Vyāsa said: Listen, O king, I shall declare the various sacred fords, and in which fords the abodes of the goddesses are praised.
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DB 6 12.4
नदीनां जाह्नवी श्रेष्ठा यमुना च सरस्वती । नर्मदा गण्डकी सिन्धुर्गोमती तमसा तथा
nadīnāṃ jāhnavī śreṣṭhā yamunā ca sarasvatī | narmadā gaṇḍakī sindhurgomatī tamasā tathā
Among rivers the Jāhnavī (Ganges) is best, and the Yamunā and the Sarasvatī, the Narmadā, the Gaṇḍakī, the Sindhu, the Gomatī, and likewise the Tamasā.
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DB 6 12.5
कावेरी चन्द्रभागा च पुण्या वेत्रवती शुभा । चर्मण्वती च सरयूस्तापी साभ्रमती तथा
kāverī candrabhāgā ca puṇyā vetravatī śubhā | carmaṇvatī ca sarayūstāpī sābhramatī tathā
The Kāverī and the Candrabhāgā, and the holy, auspicious Vetravatī, and the Carmaṇvatī, the Sarayū, the Tāpī, and likewise the Sābhramatī (Sabarmatī).
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DB 6 12.6
एताश्च कथिता राजन्नन्याश्च शतशः पुनः । तासां समुद्रगाः पुण्याः स्वल्पपुण्या ह्यनब्धिगाः
etāśca kathitā rājannanyāśca śataśaḥ punaḥ | tāsāṃ samudragāḥ puṇyāḥ svalpapuṇyā hyanabdhigāḥ
These have been named, O king, and hundreds of others besides. Of them, those that flow to the sea are holy; those that do not reach the ocean have but little merit.
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DB 6 12.7
समुद्रगानां ताः पुण्याः सर्वदौघवहास्तु याः । मासद्वयं श्रावणादौ ताश्च सर्वा रजस्वलाः
samudragānāṃ tāḥ puṇyāḥ sarvadaughavahāstu yāḥ | māsadvayaṃ śrāvaṇādau tāśca sarvā rajasvalāḥ
Of those that flow to the sea, holy are those that carry a flood of water at all times; but for two months beginning with Śrāvaṇa all of them are (as it were) menstruous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 6 12.8
भवन्ति वृष्टियोगेन ग्राम्यवारिवहास्तथा । पुष्करं च कुरुक्षेत्रं धर्मारण्यं सुपावनम्
bhavanti vṛṣṭiyogena grāmyavārivahāstathā | puṣkaraṃ ca kurukṣetraṃ dharmāraṇyaṃ supāvanam
They become, by reason of the rain, carriers of village water as well. And Puṣkara, and Kurukṣetra, and Dharmāraṇya, greatly purifying,
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DB 6 12.9
प्रभासं च प्रयागं च नैमिषारण्यमेव च । विश्रुतं चार्बुदारण्यं शैलाश्च पावनास्तथा
prabhāsaṃ ca prayāgaṃ ca naimiṣāraṇyameva ca | viśrutaṃ cārbudāraṇyaṃ śailāśca pāvanāstathā
And Prabhāsa, and Prayāga, and the Naimiṣa forest, and the renowned Arbuda forest, and likewise the purifying mountains—
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DB 6 12.10
श्रीशैलश्च सुमेरुश्च पर्वतो गन्धमादनः । सरांसि चैव पुण्यानि मानसं सर्वविश्रुतम्
śrīśailaśca sumeruśca parvato gandhamādanaḥ | sarāṃsi caiva puṇyāni mānasaṃ sarvaviśrutam
Śrīśaila, and Sumeru, and the mountain Gandhamādana; and the holy lakes, (such as) Mānasa renowned everywhere,
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DB 6 12.11
तथा बिन्दुसरः श्रेष्ठमच्छोदं नाम पावनम् । आश्रमास्तु तथा पुण्या मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्
tathā bindusaraḥ śreṣṭhamacchodaṃ nāma pāvanam | āśramāstu tathā puṇyā munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām
Likewise Bindusaras, the best (of lakes), and the purifying one named Acchoda; and likewise the holy hermitages of the sages whose selves are cultivated.
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DB 6 12.12
विश्रुतस्तु सदा पुण्यः ख्यातो बदरिकाश्रमः । नरनारायणौ यत्र तेपाते तौ मुनी तपः हरिश्चन्द्रस्य जलोदरव्याधिपीडावर्णनं नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः
viśrutastu sadā puṇyaḥ khyāto badarikāśramaḥ | naranārāyaṇau yatra tepāte tau munī tapaḥ hariścandrasya jalodaravyādhipīḍāvarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ
And ever holy, widely renowned and celebrated, is the Badarikā hermitage, where those two sages, Nara and Nārāyaṇa, performed austerities. — The twelfth chapter, called the description of Hariścandra's affliction by the disease of dropsy.
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DB 6 12.13
वामनाश्रम आख्यातः शतयूपाश्रमस्तथा । येन यत्र तपस्तप्तं तस्य नाम्नातिविश्रुतः
vāmanāśrama ākhyātaḥ śatayūpāśramastathā | yena yatra tapastaptaṃ tasya nāmnātiviśrutaḥ
The Vāmana hermitage is spoken of, and likewise the hermitage of Śatayūpa; by whomever austerity was practiced in whatever place, (that place) is widely renowned by his name.
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DB 6 12.14
एवं पुण्यानि स्थानानि ह्यसंख्यातानि भूतले । मुनिभिः परिगीतानि पावनानि महीपते
evaṃ puṇyāni sthānāni hyasaṃkhyātāni bhūtale | munibhiḥ parigītāni pāvanāni mahīpate
Thus there are countless holy places on the face of the earth, celebrated by the sages and purifying, O lord of the earth.
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DB 6 12.15
एषु स्थानेषु सर्वत्र देवीस्थानानि भूपते । दर्शनात्पापहारीणि वसन्ति नियमेन च
eṣu sthāneṣu sarvatra devīsthānāni bhūpate | darśanātpāpahārīṇi vasanti niyamena ca
In these places, everywhere, O lord of the earth, there are shrines of the Goddess, which remove sin by the mere sight (of them), and (in which the Goddess) dwells according to rule.
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DB 6 12.16
कथयिष्यामि तान्यग्रे प्रसङ्गेन च कानिचित् । तीर्थानि नृप दानानि व्रतानि च मखास्तथा
kathayiṣyāmi tānyagre prasaṅgena ca kānicit | tīrthāni nṛpa dānāni vratāni ca makhāstathā
I shall speak of them further on, and of some (of them) as occasion arises: of sacred fords, O king, of gifts, of vows, and likewise of sacrifices.
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DB 6 12.17
तपांसि पुण्यकर्माणि सापेक्षाणि महीपते । द्रव्यशुद्धिं क्रियाशुद्धिं मनःशुद्धिमपेक्ष्य च
tapāṃsi puṇyakarmāṇi sāpekṣāṇi mahīpate | dravyaśuddhiṃ kriyāśuddhiṃ manaḥśuddhimapekṣya ca
Austerities and meritorious acts are dependent (on conditions), O lord of the earth — dependent, that is, upon purity of the materials, purity of the performance, and purity of the mind.
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DB 6 12.18
पावनानि हि तीर्थानि तपांसि च व्रतानि च । कदाचिद्द्रव्यशुद्धिः स्यात्क्रियाशुद्धिः कदाचन
pāvanāni hi tīrthāni tapāṃsi ca vratāni ca | kadāciddravyaśuddhiḥ syātkriyāśuddhiḥ kadācana
For the sacred fords are purifying, and so are austerities and vows; sometimes purity of substance may be had, sometimes purity of action.
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DB 6 12.19
दुर्लभा मनसः शुद्धिः सर्वेषां सर्वदा नृप । मनस्तु चञ्चलं राजन्ननेकविषयाश्रितम्
durlabhā manasaḥ śuddhiḥ sarveṣāṃ sarvadā nṛpa | manastu cañcalaṃ rājannanekaviṣayāśritam
Purity of mind is hard for all to attain at any time, O king; for the mind is unsteady, O king, and clings to many objects.
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DB 6 12.20
कथं शुद्धं भवेद्राजन्नानाभावसमाश्रितम् । कामक्रोधौ तथा लोभो ह्यहङ्कारो मदस्तथा
kathaṃ śuddhaṃ bhavedrājannānābhāvasamāśritam | kāmakrodhau tathā lobho hyahaṅkāro madastathā
How can it become pure, O king, resorting as it does to manifold states? Desire and anger, likewise greed, egotism, and intoxication—
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DB 6 12.21
सर्वविघ्नकरा ह्येते तपस्तीर्थव्रतेषु च । अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं शौचमिन्द्रियनिग्रहः
sarvavighnakarā hyete tapastīrthavrateṣu ca | ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ śaucamindriyanigrahaḥ
—these indeed create every obstacle in austerities, pilgrimages, and vows. Non-injury, truth, not stealing, purity, restraint of the senses,
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DB 6 12.22
स्वधर्मपालनं राजन् सर्वतीर्थफलप्रदम् । नित्यकर्मपरित्यागान्मार्गे संसर्गदोषतः
svadharmapālanaṃ rājan sarvatīrthaphalapradam | nityakarmaparityāgānmārge saṃsargadoṣataḥ
and the keeping of one's own duty, O king, bestow the fruit of all pilgrimage places. Through abandoning the daily rites, and through the fault of (bad) company on the road,
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DB 6 12.23
व्यर्थं तीर्थाधिगमनं पापमेवावशिष्यते । क्षालयन्ति हि तीर्थानि सर्वथा देहजं मलम्
vyarthaṃ tīrthādhigamanaṃ pāpamevāvaśiṣyate | kṣālayanti hi tīrthāni sarvathā dehajaṃ malam
going to holy places is futile; sin alone remains over. For the sacred fords wash away, in every way, the impurity born of the body,
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DB 6 12.24
मानसं क्षालितुं तानि न समर्थानि वै नृप । शक्तानि यदि चेत्तानि गङ्गातीरनिवासिनः
mānasaṃ kṣālituṃ tāni na samarthāni vai nṛpa | śaktāni yadi cettāni gaṅgātīranivāsinaḥ
(but) they are not able to wash away that of the mind, O king. And if they were capable of it, how would sages dwelling on the bank of the Ganges,
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DB 6 12.25
मुनयो द्रोहसंयुक्ताः कथं स्युर्भावितेश्वराः । वसिष्ठसदृशाः प्रह्वा विश्वामित्रादयः किल
munayo drohasaṃyuktāḥ kathaṃ syurbhāviteśvarāḥ | vasiṣṭhasadṛśāḥ prahvā viśvāmitrādayaḥ kila
(yet) full of malice, come to be masters of (their) thoughts? Surely those like Vasiṣṭha, and Viśvāmitra and the rest, (though) humbled,
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DB 6 12.26
रागद्वेषरताः सर्वे कामक्रोधाकुलाः सदा । चित्तशुद्धिमयं तीर्थं गङ्गादिभ्योऽतिपावनम्
rāgadveṣaratāḥ sarve kāmakrodhākulāḥ sadā | cittaśuddhimayaṃ tīrthaṃ gaṅgādibhyo'tipāvanam
were all addicted to attraction and aversion, always agitated by desire and anger. The sacred ford that consists of purity of mind is far more purifying than the Ganges and the rest;
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DB 6 12.27
यदि स्याद्दैवयोगेन क्षालयत्यान्तरं मलम् । विशेषेण तु सत्सङ्गो ज्ञाननिष्ठस्य भूपते
yadi syāddaivayogena kṣālayatyāntaraṃ malam | viśeṣeṇa tu satsaṅgo jñānaniṣṭhasya bhūpate
if by some working of fate it comes about, it washes away the inner stain. But especially, O lord of the earth, (it is) the company of the good who are established in knowledge.
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DB 6 12.28
न वेदा न च शास्त्राणि न व्रतानि तपांसि न । न मखा न च दानानि चित्तशुद्धेस्तु कारणम्
na vedā na ca śāstrāṇi na vratāni tapāṃsi na | na makhā na ca dānāni cittaśuddhestu kāraṇam
Not the Vedas, nor the treatises, nor vows, nor austerities, nor sacrifices, nor gifts are the cause of purity of mind.
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DB 6 12.29
वसिष्ठो ब्रह्मणः पुत्रो वेदविद्याविशारदः । रागद्वेषान्वितः कामं गङ्गातीरसमाश्रितः
vasiṣṭho brahmaṇaḥ putro vedavidyāviśāradaḥ | rāgadveṣānvitaḥ kāmaṃ gaṅgātīrasamāśritaḥ
Vasiṣṭha, the son of Brahmā, skilled in the Vedas and their knowledge, was indeed full of attraction and aversion, though dwelling on the bank of the Ganges.
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DB 6 12.30
आडीबकं महायुद्धं विश्वामित्रवसिष्ठयोः । जातं निरर्थकं द्वेषाद्देवानां विस्मयप्रदम्
āḍībakaṃ mahāyuddhaṃ viśvāmitravasiṣṭhayoḥ | jātaṃ nirarthakaṃ dveṣāddevānāṃ vismayapradam
A great battle between Viśvāmitra and Vasiṣṭha as an āḍī-bird and a crane took place, pointlessly, out of hatred, astonishing the gods.
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DB 6 12.31
विश्वामित्रो बकस्तत्र जातः परमतापसः । शप्तः स तु वसिष्ठेन हरिश्चन्द्रस्य कारणात्
viśvāmitro bakastatra jātaḥ paramatāpasaḥ | śaptaḥ sa tu vasiṣṭhena hariścandrasya kāraṇāt
There Viśvāmitra, a supreme ascetic, was born as a crane; he was cursed by Vasiṣṭha on account of Hariścandra.
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DB 6 12.32
कौशिकेन वसिष्ठोऽपि शस्त्वाडीदेहभाक्कृतः । शापादाडीबकौ जातौ तौ मुनी विशदप्रभौ
kauśikena vasiṣṭho'pi śastvāḍīdehabhākkṛtaḥ | śāpādāḍībakau jātau tau munī viśadaprabhau
Vasiṣṭha too, cursed by Kauśika, was made to take on the body of an āḍī-bird. By the curse the two sages, of bright splendour, were born as āḍī and crane.
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DB 6 12.33
निवासं प्रापतुस्तीरे सरसो मानसस्य च । चक्रतुर्दारुणं युद्धं नखचञ्चुप्रताडनैः
nivāsaṃ prāpatustīre saraso mānasasya ca | cakraturdāruṇaṃ yuddhaṃ nakhacañcupratāḍanaiḥ
They took up their dwelling on the shore of Lake Mānasa, and made dreadful war with blows of claws and beaks.
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DB 6 12.34
वर्षाणामयुतं यावत्तावृषी रोषसंयुतौ । युयुधाते मदोन्मत्तौ सिंहाविव परस्परम्
varṣāṇāmayutaṃ yāvattāvṛṣī roṣasaṃyutau | yuyudhāte madonmattau siṃhāviva parasparam
For as long as ten thousand years those two seers, filled with rage, fought each other, maddened with fury like two lions.
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DB 6 12.35
राजोवाच कथं तौ मुनिशार्दूलौ तापसौ धर्मतत्परौ । परस्परं वैरपरौ सञ्जातौ केन हेतुना
rājovāca kathaṃ tau muniśārdūlau tāpasau dharmatatparau | parasparaṃ vairaparau sañjātau kena hetunā
The king said: How did those two tigers among sages, ascetics devoted to dharma, become bent on mutual enmity, and for what reason?
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DB 6 12.36
शापं परस्परं केन कारणेन महामती । दत्तवन्तौ मिथः क्लेशकारकौ दुःखदौ नृणाम्
śāpaṃ parasparaṃ kena kāraṇena mahāmatī | dattavantau mithaḥ kleśakārakau duḥkhadau nṛṇām
For what cause did those two of great intellect give each other a curse, causing (each other) affliction, and bringing sorrow to men?
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DB 6 12.37
व्यास उवाच हरिश्चन्द्रो नृपश्रेष्ठस्त्रिशंकुतनयः पुरा । बभूव रविवंशीयो रामचन्द्रस्य पूर्वजः
vyāsa uvāca hariścandro nṛpaśreṣṭhastriśaṃkutanayaḥ purā | babhūva ravivaṃśīyo rāmacandrasya pūrvajaḥ
Vyāsa said: In former times there was Hariścandra, best of kings, the son of Triśaṅku, of the solar line, an ancestor of Rāmacandra.
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DB 6 12.38
अनपत्यः स राजर्षिर्वरुणाय महाक्रतुम् । प्रतिजज्ञे पुत्रकामो नरमेधं दुरासदम्
anapatyaḥ sa rājarṣirvaruṇāya mahākratum | pratijajñe putrakāmo naramedhaṃ durāsadam
That royal sage, being childless and desiring a son, vowed a great sacrifice to Varuṇa—a human sacrifice, hard to undertake.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.39
वरुणस्तस्य सन्तुष्टो यज्ञस्य नियमे कृते । दधार गर्भं राज्ञस्तु भार्या परमसुन्दरी
varuṇastasya santuṣṭo yajñasya niyame kṛte | dadhāra garbhaṃ rājñastu bhāryā paramasundarī
Varuṇa, well pleased with him when the vow of the sacrifice had been made, (granted the boon), and the king's exceedingly beautiful wife conceived a child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.40
राजा बभूव सन्तुष्टो दृष्ट्वा भार्यां सदोहदाम् । चकार विधिवत्कर्म गर्भसंस्कारकारकम्
rājā babhūva santuṣṭo dṛṣṭvā bhāryāṃ sadohadām | cakāra vidhivatkarma garbhasaṃskārakārakam
The king became pleased, seeing his wife with the cravings of pregnancy; he duly performed the rite that effects the consecration of the embryo.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.41
सुषुवे तनयं नारी सर्वलक्षणसंयुतम् । मुदं प्राप नृपस्तत्र पुत्रे जाते विशाम्पते
suṣuve tanayaṃ nārī sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam | mudaṃ prāpa nṛpastatra putre jāte viśāmpate
The woman gave birth to a son endowed with every auspicious mark; there the king found joy, O lord of peoples, when the son was born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.42
कृतवाञ्जातकर्मादिसंस्कारविधिमुत्तमम् । ददौ हिरण्यं गा दोग्धीर्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो विशेषतः
kṛtavāñjātakarmādisaṃskāravidhimuttamam | dadau hiraṇyaṃ gā dogdhīrbrāhmaṇebhyo viśeṣataḥ
He performed the excellent rules of consecration beginning with the birth-rite, and gave gold and milk-yielding cows to the brahmins especially.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.43
जन्मोत्सवेऽतिसंवृत्ते गेहे वै यादसाम्पतिः । आजगाम महाराज विप्रवेषधरस्तथा
janmotsave'tisaṃvṛtte gehe vai yādasāmpatiḥ | ājagāma mahārāja vipraveṣadharastathā
When the birth-festival was fully concluded in the house, O great king, the lord of the waters came, wearing the guise of a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.44
पूजितः पार्थिवेनाथ दत्त्वा विधिवदासनम् । कार्ये पृष्टेऽब्रवीद्वाक्यं वरुणोऽस्मीति भूपतिम्
pūjitaḥ pārthivenātha dattvā vidhivadāsanam | kārye pṛṣṭe'bravīdvākyaṃ varuṇo'smīti bhūpatim
Honoured then by the king, who duly gave him a seat, and asked about his business, he spoke these words to the ruler: "I am Varuṇa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.45
कुरु यज्ञं सुतं कृत्वा पशुं परमपावनम् । सत्यवाग्भव राजेन्द्र संकल्पस्तु त्वया कृतः
kuru yajñaṃ sutaṃ kṛtvā paśuṃ paramapāvanam | satyavāgbhava rājendra saṃkalpastu tvayā kṛtaḥ
"Perform the sacrifice, making your son the supremely purifying victim. Be true to your word, best of kings: the resolve was made by you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.46
तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं राजा विह्वलोऽतिव्यथाकुलः । संस्तभ्याधिं नृपः प्राह वरुणं सत्कृताञ्जलिः
tacchrutvā vacanaṃ rājā vihvalo'tivyathākulaḥ | saṃstabhyādhiṃ nṛpaḥ prāha varuṇaṃ satkṛtāñjaliḥ
Hearing that speech, the king was shaken, greatly distressed with anguish; steadying his pain, the king spoke to Varuṇa with hands respectfully joined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.47
स्वामिन्करोमि तं यज्ञं सर्वथा विधिपूर्वकम् । मया ते यत्प्रतिज्ञातं भवामि सत्यवागहम्
svāminkaromi taṃ yajñaṃ sarvathā vidhipūrvakam | mayā te yatpratijñātaṃ bhavāmi satyavāgaham
"Lord, I shall perform that sacrifice in every way according to the rules; I shall be true to my word in what was promised by me to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.48
पूर्णे मासे विशुध्येत धर्मपत्नी सुरोत्तम । विशुद्धायां तु भार्यायां कर्तव्यः स पशोर्मखः
pūrṇe māse viśudhyeta dharmapatnī surottama | viśuddhāyāṃ tu bhāryāyāṃ kartavyaḥ sa paśormakhaḥ
"When the month is complete the lawful wife will be purified, O best of gods; and when the wife is purified, that sacrifice of the victim is to be performed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.49
व्यास उवाच इत्युक्ते वचने राज्ञा वरुणः स्वगृहं गतः । राजा बभूव सन्तुष्टः किञ्चिच्चिन्तातुरस्तथा
vyāsa uvāca ityukte vacane rājñā varuṇaḥ svagṛhaṃ gataḥ | rājā babhūva santuṣṭaḥ kiñciccintāturastathā
Vyāsa said: When this speech had been made by the king, Varuṇa went to his own abode. The king became content, yet somewhat troubled with anxiety.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.50
पूर्णे मासि पुनः पाशी परीक्षार्थं नृपालये । आजगाम द्विजो भूत्वा सुवेषः सुष्ठुभाषकः
pūrṇe māsi punaḥ pāśī parīkṣārthaṃ nṛpālaye | ājagāma dvijo bhūtvā suveṣaḥ suṣṭhubhāṣakaḥ
When the month was complete, the noose-bearer again came to the king's palace to test him, having become a brahmin, well-attired and well-spoken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.51
कृतार्हणं सुखासीनं भूपतिस्तं सुरोत्तमम् । उवाच विनयोपेतो हेतुगर्भं वचस्तदा
kṛtārhaṇaṃ sukhāsīnaṃ bhūpatistaṃ surottamam | uvāca vinayopeto hetugarbhaṃ vacastadā
When that best of gods had been honoured and was seated comfortably, the king, filled with humility, then spoke words pregnant with argument:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.52
असंस्कृतं सुतं स्वामिन्यूपे बध्नामि तं कथम् । संस्कत्य क्षत्रियं कृत्वा यजेऽहं यज्ञमुत्तमम्
asaṃskṛtaṃ sutaṃ svāminyūpe badhnāmi taṃ katham | saṃskatya kṣatriyaṃ kṛtvā yaje'haṃ yajñamuttamam
"Lord, how shall I bind to the sacrificial post an unconsecrated son? Having consecrated him and made him a kṣatriya, I shall offer the highest sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.53
दयसे यदि देव त्वं ज्ञात्वा दीनं स्वसेवकम् । असंस्कृतस्य बालस्य नाधिकारोऽस्ति कुत्रचित्
dayase yadi deva tvaṃ jñātvā dīnaṃ svasevakam | asaṃskṛtasya bālasya nādhikāro'sti kutracit
"If you have compassion, O god, knowing your servant to be wretched — an unconsecrated child has no fitness for anything."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.54
वरुण उवाच प्रतारयसि राजेन्द्र कृत्वा समयमग्रतः । दुस्त्यजस्तव जानामि सुतस्नेहो ह्यपुत्रिणः
varuṇa uvāca pratārayasi rājendra kṛtvā samayamagrataḥ | dustyajastava jānāmi sutasneho hyaputriṇaḥ
Varuṇa said: You are putting me off, best of kings, having first made an agreement; I know that for a man without sons the love of a son is hard to give up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.55
गृहं व्रजामि भूपाल वचनात्तव कोमलात् । कियत्कालं प्रतीक्ष्याहमागमिष्यामि ते गृहम्
gṛhaṃ vrajāmi bhūpāla vacanāttava komalāt | kiyatkālaṃ pratīkṣyāhamāgamiṣyāmi te gṛham
I go to my abode, O protector of the earth, because of your gentle words; having waited some time, I shall come to your house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.56
भवितव्यं त्वया तात तदा सत्यवचोऽन्वितम् । अन्यथा त्वयि मुञ्चामि कोपं शापसमन्वितम्
bhavitavyaṃ tvayā tāta tadā satyavaco'nvitam | anyathā tvayi muñcāmi kopaṃ śāpasamanvitam
Then, my dear, you must abide by your true word; otherwise I shall release upon you my wrath together with a curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.57
राजोवाच समावर्तनकर्मान्ते सर्वथा यादसांपते । कृत्वा पुत्रपशुं यज्ञे यजिष्ये विधिपूर्वकम्
rājovāca samāvartanakarmānte sarvathā yādasāṃpate | kṛtvā putrapaśuṃ yajñe yajiṣye vidhipūrvakam
The king said: At the end of the samāvartana rite, by all means, O lord of the waters, having made my son the victim I shall sacrifice according to the rules.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.58
व्यास उवाच तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं राज्ञो वरुणः प्रीतमानसः । तथेत्युक्त्वा ययौ तूर्णं नृपस्तु सुस्थितोऽभवत्
vyāsa uvāca tacchrutvā vacanaṃ rājño varuṇaḥ prītamānasaḥ | tathetyuktvā yayau tūrṇaṃ nṛpastu susthito'bhavat
Vyāsa said: Hearing that speech of the king, Varuṇa, pleased in mind, said "So be it" and swiftly went away; and the king became at ease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.59
रोहिताख्य इति ख्यातः सुतस्तस्य विवृद्धिमान् । सञ्जातश्चतुरः सर्वविद्यानां च विशारदः
rohitākhya iti khyātaḥ sutastasya vivṛddhimān | sañjātaścaturaḥ sarvavidyānāṃ ca viśāradaḥ
A son of his named Rohitāksha, well-grown, was born — clever, and skilled in all branches of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.60
यज्ञस्य कारणं तेन ज्ञातं सर्वं सविस्तरम् । भयभीतस्ततः सोऽपि मत्वा मरणमात्मनः
yajñasya kāraṇaṃ tena jñātaṃ sarvaṃ savistaram | bhayabhītastataḥ so'pi matvā maraṇamātmanaḥ
By him the whole reason for the sacrifice was learned in full detail; then he too, stricken with fear, reckoning his own death (to be at hand),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.61
कृत्वा पलायनं वीरो गतोऽसौ गिरिगह्वरे । अगम्ये नृपतिस्थाने स्थितस्तत्र भयातुरः
kṛtvā palāyanaṃ vīro gato'sau girigahvare | agamye nṛpatisthāne sthitastatra bhayāturaḥ
the hero took flight and went into a mountain cavern; in a place inaccessible to the king he stayed there, tormented by fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.62
प्राप्ते कालेऽथ वरुणो यज्ञार्थी नृपतेर्गृहम् । गत्वा तमाह भूपालं कुरु यज्ञं विशांपते
prāpte kāle'tha varuṇo yajñārthī nṛpatergṛham | gatvā tamāha bhūpālaṃ kuru yajñaṃ viśāṃpate
Then, when the time came, Varuṇa, seeking the sacrifice, went to the king's house and said to that ruler of the earth: "Perform the sacrifice, lord of peoples."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.63
प्रम्लानवदनो राजा तमाह व्यथितेन्द्रियः । किं करोमि गतः क्वापि सुतो मे सुरसत्तम
pramlānavadano rājā tamāha vyathitendriyaḥ | kiṃ karomi gataḥ kvāpi suto me surasattama
With withered face and his senses agitated, the king said to him: "What am I to do? My son has gone off somewhere, O best of the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.64
श्रुत्वा तद्वचनं राज्ञः कुपितो यादसांपतिः । शशाप तं नृपं कोपादसत्यवादिनं भृशम्
śrutvā tadvacanaṃ rājñaḥ kupito yādasāṃpatiḥ | śaśāpa taṃ nṛpaṃ kopādasatyavādinaṃ bhṛśam
Hearing that speech of the king, the lord of the waters grew angry and out of wrath cursed that king severely as a speaker of untruth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.65
जलोदराभिधो व्याधिर्देहे भवतु ते नृप । यतः प्रतारितश्चाहं कृत्वा कपटपण्डित
jalodarābhidho vyādhirdehe bhavatu te nṛpa | yataḥ pratāritaścāhaṃ kṛtvā kapaṭapaṇḍita
"Let the disease called dropsy arise in your body, O king, since I have been deceived by you with a trick, O cunning pundit!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.66
इति शप्त्वा ययौ धाम स्वकं पाशधरस्तदा । राजा चिन्तातुरस्तस्थौ भवने व्याधिपीडितः
iti śaptvā yayau dhāma svakaṃ pāśadharastadā | rājā cintāturastasthau bhavane vyādhipīḍitaḥ
Having cursed thus, the bearer of the noose then went to his own abode; and the king, afflicted with anxiety, remained in his palace, tormented by the disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.67
यदातिव्याधितो राजा रोगेण शापजेन ह । तदा शुश्राव पुत्रोऽपि पितरं व्याधिपीडितम्
yadātivyādhito rājā rogeṇa śāpajena ha | tadā śuśrāva putro'pi pitaraṃ vyādhipīḍitam
When the king was gravely ill with the disease born of the curse, then the son too heard that his father was tormented by the disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.68
पान्थिकः प्राह पुत्रं हि पिता ते भृशदुःखितः । जलोदरविकारेण शापजेन नृपात्मज
pānthikaḥ prāha putraṃ hi pitā te bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ | jalodaravikāreṇa śāpajena nṛpātmaja
A traveller said to the son: "Your father is exceedingly wretched with the disorder of dropsy born of a curse, O son of the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.69
विनष्टं जीवितं तेऽद्य वृथा जातस्य दुर्मते । यत्त्यक्त्वा पितरं दुःस्थं प्राप्तोऽसि गिरिगह्वरम्
vinaṣṭaṃ jīvitaṃ te'dya vṛthā jātasya durmate | yattyaktvā pitaraṃ duḥsthaṃ prāpto'si girigahvaram
Your life is ruined today, having been born in vain, O evil-minded one, in that, abandoning your father in distress, you have taken to a mountain cavern.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.70
किमनेन शरीरेण प्राप्तं ते जन्मनः फलम् । देहदं दुःखितं कृत्वा स्थितोऽस्यत्र सुताधम
kimanena śarīreṇa prāptaṃ te janmanaḥ phalam | dehadaṃ duḥkhitaṃ kṛtvā sthito'syatra sutādhama
What fruit of your birth have you gained by this body? Having made him who gave you the body wretched, you stay here, O basest of sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.71
प्राणास्त्याज्याः पितुः कार्ये सत्पुत्रेणेति निश्चयः । त्वदर्थे दुःखितो राजा क्रन्दति व्याधिपीडितः
prāṇāstyājyāḥ pituḥ kārye satputreṇeti niścayaḥ | tvadarthe duḥkhito rājā krandati vyādhipīḍitaḥ
It is settled that life itself is to be given up by a good son in his father's cause; for your sake the king, wretched and tormented by disease, is crying out."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.72
व्यास उवाच तदाकर्ण्य वचस्तथ्यं पान्थिकाद्धर्मसंयुतम् । यदा चक्रे मनो गन्तुं द्रष्टुं तातं व्यथातुरम्
vyāsa uvāca tadākarṇya vacastathyaṃ pānthikāddharmasaṃyutam | yadā cakre mano gantuṃ draṣṭuṃ tātaṃ vyathāturam
Vyāsa said: Having heard from the traveller that true speech joined with dharma, when he made up his mind to go and see his father afflicted with pain,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.73
तदा विप्रवपुर्भूत्वा वासवस्तमुपागमत् । रहः प्राह हितं वाक्यं दयावानिव भारत
tadā vipravapurbhūtvā vāsavastamupāgamat | rahaḥ prāha hitaṃ vākyaṃ dayāvāniva bhārata
then Vāsava, taking on the form of a brahmin, approached him and in private spoke words (seemingly) for his good, as though full of compassion, O Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 12.74
मूर्खोऽसि राजपुत्र त्वं गमनाय मतिं वृथा । करोषि पितरं त्वद्य न जानासि व्यथायुतम्
mūrkho'si rājaputra tvaṃ gamanāya matiṃ vṛthā | karoṣi pitaraṃ tvadya na jānāsi vyathāyutam
"You are a fool, prince: you set your mind in vain upon going. You do not know your father today, filled with pain (as he is)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition