Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 13
DB 6 13.1
आडीबकयुद्ध वर्णनसहितं देवीमाहात्म्यवर्णनम् इन्द्र उवाच साहसं कृतवान् राजा पूर्वं यत्कथितो मखः । वरुणाय प्रतिज्ञातः पुत्रं कृत्वा पशुं प्रियम्
āḍībakayuddha varṇanasahitaṃ devīmāhātmyavarṇanam indra uvāca sāhasaṃ kṛtavān rājā pūrvaṃ yatkathito makhaḥ | varuṇāya pratijñātaḥ putraṃ kṛtvā paśuṃ priyam
The description of the Devī's greatness, together with the account of the battle of Āḍi and Baka. Indra said: The king formerly acted rashly when that sacrifice was spoken of, promised to Varuṇa, making his dear son the victim.
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DB 6 13.2
गते त्वयि पिता पुत्रं बद्ध्वा यूपेऽघृणः पुनः । पशुं कृत्वा महाबुद्धे वधिष्यति व्यथातुरः
gate tvayi pitā putraṃ baddhvā yūpe'ghṛṇaḥ punaḥ | paśuṃ kṛtvā mahābuddhe vadhiṣyati vyathāturaḥ
If you go, your father, pitiless, will again bind his son to the sacrificial post, and, making him the victim, O greatly wise one, will slay him, tormented by his pain.
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DB 6 13.3
इत्थं निषिद्धस्तत्पुत्रः शक्रेणामिततेजसा । स्थितस्तत्रैव मायेशीमायया मोहितो भृशम्
itthaṃ niṣiddhastatputraḥ śakreṇāmitatejasā | sthitastatraiva māyeśīmāyayā mohito bhṛśam
Thus forbidden by Śakra of measureless splendour, that son stayed right there, utterly deluded by the māyā of the Mistress of Māyā.
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DB 6 13.4
यदा पुनः पुनः श्रुत्वा पितरं रोगपीडितम् । गमनाय मतिं चक्रे तदेन्द्रः प्रत्यषेधयत्
yadā punaḥ punaḥ śrutvā pitaraṃ rogapīḍitam | gamanāya matiṃ cakre tadendraḥ pratyaṣedhayat
Whenever, hearing again and again that his father was afflicted by the disease, he made up his mind to go, then Indra held him back.
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DB 6 13.5
हरिश्चन्द्रोऽतिदुःखार्तः पप्रच्छ गुरुमन्तिके । स्थितं वसिष्ठमेकान्ते सर्वज्ञं हिततत्परम्
hariścandro'tiduḥkhārtaḥ papraccha gurumantike | sthitaṃ vasiṣṭhamekānte sarvajñaṃ hitatatparam
Hariścandra, greatly stricken with grief, asked his teacher Vasiṣṭha, who was seated nearby in a solitary place, the all-knowing one intent on (his) welfare.
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DB 6 13.6
राजोवाच भगवन् कि करोम्यद्य कातरोऽस्मि व्यथाकुलः । त्राहि मां दुःखमनसं महाव्याधिभयातुरम्
rājovāca bhagavan ki karomyadya kātaro'smi vyathākulaḥ | trāhi māṃ duḥkhamanasaṃ mahāvyādhibhayāturam
The king said: Reverend one, what shall I do now? I am dejected, overcome by anguish. Save me, whose mind is in sorrow, tormented by fear of the great disease.
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DB 6 13.7
वसिष्ठ उवाच शृणु राजन्नुपायोऽस्ति रोगनाशं प्रति स्तुतः । त्रयोदशविधाः पुत्राः कथिता धर्मसंग्रहे
vasiṣṭha uvāca śṛṇu rājannupāyo'sti roganāśaṃ prati stutaḥ | trayodaśavidhāḥ putrāḥ kathitā dharmasaṃgrahe
Vasiṣṭha said: Listen, O king, there is a means praised for the destruction of the disease. Thirteen kinds of sons are declared in the compendium of dharma.
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DB 6 13.8
तस्मात्क्रीतं सुतं कृत्वा यजस्व मखमुत्तमम् । द्रव्यं दत्त्वा यथोद्दिष्टमानयस्व द्विजोत्तमम्
tasmātkrītaṃ sutaṃ kṛtvā yajasva makhamuttamam | dravyaṃ dattvā yathoddiṣṭamānayasva dvijottamam
Therefore, making a purchased (boy your) son, perform the highest sacrifice; giving wealth, bring here a best of brahmins as directed.
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DB 6 13.9
एवं कृते मखे भूप रोगनाशो भविष्यति । वरुणोऽपि प्रसन्नात्मा भविष्यति यथासुखम्
evaṃ kṛte makhe bhūpa roganāśo bhaviṣyati | varuṇo'pi prasannātmā bhaviṣyati yathāsukham
When the sacrifice has thus been performed, O king, the destruction of the disease will come about; and Varuṇa too will become gracious in mind, as (you) please.
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DB 6 13.10
व्यास उवाच इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा राजा प्रोवाच मन्त्रिणम् । अन्वेषय महाबुद्धे विषयेष्वतियत्नतः
vyāsa uvāca iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā rājā provāca mantriṇam | anveṣaya mahābuddhe viṣayeṣvatiyatnataḥ
Vyāsa said: Having heard his words, the king spoke to his minister: Search, O greatly wise one, in the territories with the utmost effort.
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DB 6 13.11
कदाचित्कोऽपि लोभार्थी ददाति स्वसुतं पिता । समानय धनं दत्त्वा यावत्प्रार्थयतेऽप्यसौ
kadācitko'pi lobhārthī dadāti svasutaṃ pitā | samānaya dhanaṃ dattvā yāvatprārthayate'pyasau
Perhaps some father, desirous of gain, will give his own son; give wealth, as much as he asks for, and bring (him) here.
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DB 6 13.12
सर्वथैव समानेयो यज्ञार्थे द्विजबालकः । न कार्या कृपणा बुद्धिस्त्वया मत्कार्यहेतवे
sarvathaiva samāneyo yajñārthe dvijabālakaḥ | na kāryā kṛpaṇā buddhistvayā matkāryahetave
By all means a brahmin boy must be brought for the sake of the sacrifice; you must not be stingy in mind in the matter of my business.
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DB 6 13.13
प्रार्थनीयस्त्वया पुत्रः कस्यचिद्द्विजवादिनः । द्रव्येण देहि यज्ञार्थं कर्तव्योऽसौ पशुः किल आडीबकयुद्ध वर्णनसहितं देवीमाहात्म्यवर्णनं नाम त्रयोदशोऽध्यायः
prārthanīyastvayā putraḥ kasyaciddvijavādinaḥ | dravyeṇa dehi yajñārthaṃ kartavyo'sau paśuḥ kila āḍībakayuddha varṇanasahitaṃ devīmāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ
You must ask for the son of some man who calls himself a brahmin: "For wealth, give (him) for the sake of the sacrifice"—he is indeed to be made the sacrificial victim. [Thus] the thirteenth chapter, named the description of the greatness of the Goddess, together with the description of the battle with Āḍībaka.
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DB 6 13.14
इति सञ्चोदितस्तेन सचिवः कार्यहेतवे । अन्वेषयामास पुरे ग्रामे ग्रामे गृहे गृहे
iti sañcoditastena sacivaḥ kāryahetave | anveṣayāmāsa pure grāme grāme gṛhe gṛhe
Thus urged by him, the minister, for the sake of the task, searched in the city, in village after village, in house after house.
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DB 6 13.15
एवमन्वेषतस्तस्य विषये कश्चिदातुरः । निर्धनस्त्रिसुतश्चासीदजीगर्तेति नामतः
evamanveṣatastasya viṣaye kaścidāturaḥ | nirdhanastrisutaścāsīdajīgarteti nāmataḥ
As he was searching thus, there was in the realm a certain distressed man, poor and having three sons, Ajīgarta by name.
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DB 6 13.16
तस्य पुत्रं शुनःशेपं मध्यमं मन्त्रिसत्तमः । आनयामास दत्त्वार्थं प्रार्थितं यद्धनं तदा
tasya putraṃ śunaḥśepaṃ madhyamaṃ mantrisattamaḥ | ānayāmāsa dattvārthaṃ prārthitaṃ yaddhanaṃ tadā
That best of ministers brought his middle son, Śunaḥśepa, having then given the wealth, whatever money was asked for.
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DB 6 13.17
समानीय शुनःशेपं सचिवः कार्यतत्परः । राज्ञे निवेदयामास पशुयोग्यं द्विजात्मजम्
samānīya śunaḥśepaṃ sacivaḥ kāryatatparaḥ | rājñe nivedayāmāsa paśuyogyaṃ dvijātmajam
Having brought Śunaḥśepa, the minister, intent on the task, presented to the king the brahmin's son as fit for a sacrificial victim.
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DB 6 13.18
राजातिमुदितस्तेन विप्रानानीय सर्वतः । कारयामास सम्भारान्यज्ञार्थं वेदवित्तमान्
rājātimuditastena viprānānīya sarvataḥ | kārayāmāsa sambhārānyajñārthaṃ vedavittamān
The king, greatly delighted by that, brought brahmins from all around, the best knowers of the Veda, and had the materials prepared for the sacrifice.
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DB 6 13.19
प्रारब्धे तु मखे तत्र विश्वामित्रो महामुनिः । बद्धं दृष्ट्वा शुनःशेपं निषिषेध नृपं तदा
prārabdhe tu makhe tatra viśvāmitro mahāmuniḥ | baddhaṃ dṛṣṭvā śunaḥśepaṃ niṣiṣedha nṛpaṃ tadā
But when the sacrifice had been begun there, the great sage Viśvāmitra, seeing Śunaḥśepa bound, then restrained the king.
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DB 6 13.20
राजन्मा साहसं कार्षीर्मुञ्चैनं द्विजबालकम् । प्रार्थयाम्यहमायुष्मन् सुखं तेऽद्य भविष्यति
rājanmā sāhasaṃ kārṣīrmuñcainaṃ dvijabālakam | prārthayāmyahamāyuṣman sukhaṃ te'dya bhaviṣyati
O king, do not commit a rash deed; release this brahmin boy. I ask (you), long-lived one; happiness will be yours this very day.
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DB 6 13.21
क्रन्दत्ययं शुनःशेपः करुणा मां दुनोत्यपि । दयावान्भव राजेन्द्र कुरु मे वचनं नृप
krandatyayaṃ śunaḥśepaḥ karuṇā māṃ dunotyapi | dayāvānbhava rājendra kuru me vacanaṃ nṛpa
This Śunaḥśepa is crying out; pity too torments me. Be compassionate, lord of kings; do as I say, O king.
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DB 6 13.22
परदेहस्य रक्षायै स्वदेहं ये दयापराः । ददति क्षत्रियाः पूर्वं स्वर्गकामाः शुचिव्रताः
paradehasya rakṣāyai svadehaṃ ye dayāparāḥ | dadati kṣatriyāḥ pūrvaṃ svargakāmāḥ śucivratāḥ
Kṣatriyas who are devoted to compassion have of old given their own body to protect another's body, desiring heaven, of pure vows.
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DB 6 13.23
त्वं स्वदेहस्य रक्षार्थं हंसि द्विजसुतं बलात् । पापं मा कुरु राजेन्द्र दयावान् भव बालके
tvaṃ svadehasya rakṣārthaṃ haṃsi dvijasutaṃ balāt | pāpaṃ mā kuru rājendra dayāvān bhava bālake
You, for the sake of protecting your own body, are killing a brahmin's son by force. Do not commit a sin, lord of kings; be compassionate toward the boy.
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DB 6 13.24
सर्वेषां सदृशी प्रीतिर्देहे वेत्सि स्वयं नृप । मुञ्चैनं बालकं तस्मात्प्रमाणं यदि मे वचः
sarveṣāṃ sadṛśī prītirdehe vetsi svayaṃ nṛpa | muñcainaṃ bālakaṃ tasmātpramāṇaṃ yadi me vacaḥ
The affection (all beings have) for the body is alike in all—you know this yourself, O king. Release this boy therefore, if my word carries authority (with you).
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DB 6 13.25
व्यास क्त्वच अनादृत्य च तद्वाक्यं राजा दुःखातुरो भृशम् । न मुमोच मुनिस्तस्मै चूकोपातीव तापसः
vyāsa ktvaca anādṛtya ca tadvākyaṃ rājā duḥkhāturo bhṛśam | na mumoca munistasmai cūkopātīva tāpasaḥ
Vyāsa said: And disregarding those words, the king, greatly afflicted with grief, did not release him; at that the ascetic sage grew exceedingly angry.
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DB 6 13.26
उपदेशं ददौ तस्मै शुनःशेपाय कौशिकः । मन्त्रं पाशधरस्याथ दयावान्वेदवित्तमः
upadeśaṃ dadau tasmai śunaḥśepāya kauśikaḥ | mantraṃ pāśadharasyātha dayāvānvedavittamaḥ
Kauśika, compassionate and the foremost of those who know the Veda, gave instruction to that Śunaḥśepa — the mantra of the bearer of the noose (Varuṇa).
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DB 6 13.27
शुनःशेपोऽपि तं मन्त्रमसकृद्वधकर्शितः । स्तुतस्वरेण चुक्रोश संस्मरन्वरुणं भृशम्
śunaḥśepo'pi taṃ mantramasakṛdvadhakarśitaḥ | stutasvareṇa cukrośa saṃsmaranvaruṇaṃ bhṛśam
And Śunaḥśepa, worn down by (the prospect of) slaughter, cried out that mantra again and again in a tone of praise, intently remembering Varuṇa.
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DB 6 13.28
स्तुवन्तं मुनिपुत्रं तं ज्ञात्वा वै यादसां पतिः । तत्रागत्य शुनःशेपं मुमोच करुणार्णवः
stuvantaṃ muniputraṃ taṃ jñātvā vai yādasāṃ patiḥ | tatrāgatya śunaḥśepaṃ mumoca karuṇārṇavaḥ
The lord of the waters, knowing that the sage's son was praising (him), came there and released Śunaḥśepa, (being) an ocean of compassion.
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DB 6 13.29
रोगहीनं नृपं कृत्वा वरुणः स्वगृहं ययौ । विश्वामित्रस्तु तं पुत्रं कृतवान्मोचितं मृतेः
rogahīnaṃ nṛpaṃ kṛtvā varuṇaḥ svagṛhaṃ yayau | viśvāmitrastu taṃ putraṃ kṛtavānmocitaṃ mṛteḥ
Having made the king free of disease, Varuṇa went to his own abode; and Viśvāmitra made that boy, rescued from death, his son.
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DB 6 13.30
न कृतं वचनं राज्ञा कौशिकस्य महात्मनः । रोषं दधार मनसा राजोपरि स गाधिजः
na kṛtaṃ vacanaṃ rājñā kauśikasya mahātmanaḥ | roṣaṃ dadhāra manasā rājopari sa gādhijaḥ
The word of the great-souled Kauśika was not carried out by the king; so that son of Gādhi held anger in his mind against the king.
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DB 6 13.31
एकस्मिन्समये राजा हयारूढो वनं गतः । सूकरं हन्तुकामस्तु मध्याह्ने कौशिकीतटे
ekasminsamaye rājā hayārūḍho vanaṃ gataḥ | sūkaraṃ hantukāmastu madhyāhne kauśikītaṭe
On one occasion the king, mounted on a horse, went to the forest, wishing to kill a boar, at midday on the bank of the Kauśikī.
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DB 6 13.32
वृद्धब्राह्मणवेषेण विश्वामित्रेण वञ्चितः । सर्वस्वं प्रार्थितं तस्य गृहीतं राज्यमद्भुतम्
vṛddhabrāhmaṇaveṣeṇa viśvāmitreṇa vañcitaḥ | sarvasvaṃ prārthitaṃ tasya gṛhītaṃ rājyamadbhutam
He was deceived by Viśvāmitra in the guise of an old brahmin: all his wealth was begged, and his marvellous kingdom was taken.
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DB 6 13.33
पीडितोऽसौ हरिश्चन्द्रो यजमानो यतो भृशम् । वसिष्ठः कौशिकं प्राह वने प्राप्तं यदृच्छया
pīḍito'sau hariścandro yajamāno yato bhṛśam | vasiṣṭhaḥ kauśikaṃ prāha vane prāptaṃ yadṛcchayā
Since that Hariścandra, his own patron of sacrifice, was severely oppressed, Vasiṣṭha said to Kauśika, whom he met in the forest by chance:
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DB 6 13.34
क्षत्रियाधम दुर्बुद्धे वृथा ब्राह्मणवेषभृत् । बकधर्म वृथा किं त्वं गर्वं वहसि दाम्भिक
kṣatriyādhama durbuddhe vṛthā brāhmaṇaveṣabhṛt | bakadharma vṛthā kiṃ tvaṃ garvaṃ vahasi dāmbhika
"Lowest of kṣatriyas, evil-minded one, falsely wearing a brahmin's guise, you of the heron's ways — why, hypocrite, do you bear this pride in vain?
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DB 6 13.35
कस्मात्त्वया नृपश्रेष्ठो यजमानो ममाप्यसौ । अपराधं विना जाल्म गमितो दुःखमद्भुतम्
kasmāttvayā nṛpaśreṣṭho yajamāno mamāpyasau | aparādhaṃ vinā jālma gamito duḥkhamadbhutam
Why has this best of kings, who is my patron of sacrifice too, been brought by you, wretch, to extraordinary suffering without any offence?
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DB 6 13.36
बकध्यानपरो यस्मात्तस्मात्त्वं वै बको भव । इति शप्तो वसिष्ठेन कौशिकः प्राह तं पुनः
bakadhyānaparo yasmāttasmāttvaṃ vai bako bhava | iti śapto vasiṣṭhena kauśikaḥ prāha taṃ punaḥ
Since you are intent on the meditation of a heron, therefore become a heron!" Thus cursed by Vasiṣṭha, Kauśika spoke to him in turn:
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DB 6 13.37
त्वमप्याडिर्भवायुष्मन् बकोऽहं यावदेव हि । व्यास उवाच एवं परस्परं दत्त्वा शापं तौ क्रोधपीडितौ
tvamapyāḍirbhavāyuṣman bako'haṃ yāvadeva hi | vyāsa uvāca evaṃ parasparaṃ dattvā śāpaṃ tau krodhapīḍitau
"You too, long-lived one, become an āḍi bird, for just as long as I am a heron!" Vyāsa said: Thus, having given curses to each other, the two, tormented by anger,
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DB 6 13.38
अण्डजौ तरसा जातौ सरस्याडीबकौ मुनी । एकस्मिन्पादपे नीडं कृत्वासौ बकरूपभाक्
aṇḍajau tarasā jātau sarasyāḍībakau munī | ekasminpādape nīḍaṃ kṛtvāsau bakarūpabhāk
the two sages were straightaway born as birds, an āḍi and a heron, on a lake; making a nest in one tree, he who took the heron's form —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.39
विश्वामित्रः स्थितस्तत्र दिव्ये सरसि मानसे । अन्यस्मित्पादपे कृत्वा वसिष्ठो नीडमुत्तमम्
viśvāmitraḥ sthitastatra divye sarasi mānase | anyasmitpādape kṛtvā vasiṣṭho nīḍamuttamam
Viśvāmitra — stayed there on the divine Mānasa lake; and Vasiṣṭha, having made an excellent nest in another tree,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.40
आडीरूपधरस्तस्थावन्योन्यं द्वेषतत्परौ । दिने दिने तौ संग्रामं चक्रतुः क्रोधसंयुतौ
āḍīrūpadharastasthāvanyonyaṃ dveṣatatparau | dine dine tau saṃgrāmaṃ cakratuḥ krodhasaṃyutau
stayed there bearing the form of an āḍi; both intent on hating each other, day after day, filled with rage, they made war.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.41
दुःखदं सर्वलोकानां क्रन्दमानावुभौ भृशम् । चञ्चुपक्षप्रहारैस्तु नखाघातैः परस्परम्
duḥkhadaṃ sarvalokānāṃ krandamānāvubhau bhṛśam | cañcupakṣaprahāraistu nakhāghātaiḥ parasparam
Both of them, screaming loudly, causing pain to all the worlds, with blows of beak and wing and with strikes of claws, upon each other
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.42
जघ्नतू रुधिरक्लिनौ पुष्पिताविव किंशुकौ । एवं बहूनि वर्षाणि पक्षिरूपधरौ मुनी
jaghnatū rudhiraklinau puṣpitāviva kiṃśukau | evaṃ bahūni varṣāṇi pakṣirūpadharau munī
struck, drenched with blood, like two kiṃśuka trees in flower. Thus for many years the two sages, bearing the forms of birds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.43
स्थितौ तत्र महाराज शापपाशेन यन्त्रितौ । राजोवाच कथं मुक्तौ मुनिश्रेष्ठौ शापाद्वसिष्ठकौशिकौ
sthitau tatra mahārāja śāpapāśena yantritau | rājovāca kathaṃ muktau muniśreṣṭhau śāpādvasiṣṭhakauśikau
remained there, great king, bound by the noose of the curse. The king said: How were those best of sages, Vasiṣṭha and Kauśika, freed from the curse?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.44
तन्ममाचक्ष्व विप्रर्षे परं कौतूहलं हि मे । व्यास उवाच युध्यमानाब्वुभौ दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः
tanmamācakṣva viprarṣe paraṃ kautūhalaṃ hi me | vyāsa uvāca yudhyamānābvubhau dṛṣṭvā brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
Tell me that, O brahmin seer, for my curiosity is very great. Vyāsa said: Seeing the two of them fighting, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.45
तत्राजगामानिमिषैर्वृतः सर्वैर्दयापरैः । तावाश्वास्य जगत्कर्ता युद्धतो विनिवार्य च
tatrājagāmānimiṣairvṛtaḥ sarvairdayāparaiḥ | tāvāśvāsya jagatkartā yuddhato vinivārya ca
He came there surrounded by all the gods, who were full of compassion; and the maker of the world, having consoled those two and turned them back from the fight,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.46
शापं संमोचयामास तयोः क्षिप्तं परस्परम् । ततो जग्मुः सुराः सर्वे स्वानि धिष्ण्यानि पद्मभूः
śāpaṃ saṃmocayāmāsa tayoḥ kṣiptaṃ parasparam | tato jagmuḥ surāḥ sarve svāni dhiṣṇyāni padmabhūḥ
caused the curse which the two had hurled at each other to be released. Then all the gods went to their own abodes, and the lotus-born
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.47
सत्यलोकं जगामाशु हंसारूढः प्रतापवान् । विश्वामित्रोऽप्यगात्तूर्णं वसिष्ठः स्वाश्रमं गतः
satyalokaṃ jagāmāśu haṃsārūḍhaḥ pratāpavān | viśvāmitro'pyagāttūrṇaṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ svāśramaṃ gataḥ
the glorious one, mounted on his goose, went swiftly to Satyaloka; Viśvāmitra too departed at once, and Vasiṣṭha went to his own hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.48
मिथः स्नेहं ततः कृत्वा प्रजापत्युपदेशतः । मैत्रावरुणिनाप्येवं कृतं युद्धमकारणम्
mithaḥ snehaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā prajāpatyupadeśataḥ | maitrāvaruṇināpyevaṃ kṛtaṃ yuddhamakāraṇam
Then, having formed friendship with each other at the Lord of Creatures' instruction — even so, a groundless fight was carried on by Maitrāvaruṇi (Vasiṣṭha)
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.49
कौशिकेन समं भूप दुःखदं च परस्परम् । को नाम मानवो लोके देवो वा दानवोऽपि वा
kauśikena samaṃ bhūpa duḥkhadaṃ ca parasparam | ko nāma mānavo loke devo vā dānavo'pi vā
with Kauśika (Viśvāmitra), O king, and it brought pain to both. What man indeed in the world, or god, or demon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.50
अहङ्कारजयं कृत्वा सर्वदा सुखभाग्भवेत् । तस्माद्राजंश्चित्तशुद्धिर्महतामपि दुर्लभा
ahaṅkārajayaṃ kṛtvā sarvadā sukhabhāgbhavet | tasmādrājaṃścittaśuddhirmahatāmapi durlabhā
could win victory over egotism and be always a partaker of happiness? Therefore, O king, purity of mind is hard to attain even for the great.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.51
यत्नेन साधनीया सा तद्विहीनं निरर्थकम् । तीर्थं दानं तपः सत्यं यत्किञ्चिद्धर्मसाधनम्
yatnena sādhanīyā sā tadvihīnaṃ nirarthakam | tīrthaṃ dānaṃ tapaḥ satyaṃ yatkiñciddharmasādhanam
It must be accomplished with effort; what lacks it is without purpose — pilgrimage, giving, austerity, truth, whatever is a means of dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.52
(श्रद्धात्र त्रिविधा प्रोक्ता सात्त्विकी राजसी तथा । तामसी सर्वदेहेषु देहिनां धर्मकर्मसु ॥ सात्त्विकी दुर्लभा लोके यथोक्तफलदा सदा । तदर्धफलदा प्रोक्ता राजसी विधिसंयुता ॥ तामसी त्वफला राजन्न तु कीर्तिकरी पुनः । कामक्रोधाभिभूतानां जनानां नृपसत्तम ॥) वासनारहितं कृत्वा तच्चित्तं श्रवणादिना । तीर्थादिषु वसेन्नित्यं देवीपूजनतत्परः
(śraddhātra trividhā proktā sāttvikī rājasī tathā | tāmasī sarvadeheṣu dehināṃ dharmakarmasu || sāttvikī durlabhā loke yathoktaphaladā sadā | tadardhaphaladā proktā rājasī vidhisaṃyutā || tāmasī tvaphalā rājanna tu kīrtikarī punaḥ | kāmakrodhābhibhūtānāṃ janānāṃ nṛpasattama ||) vāsanārahitaṃ kṛtvā taccittaṃ śravaṇādinā | tīrthādiṣu vasennityaṃ devīpūjanatatparaḥ
Having made that mind free of latent impressions by hearing (of the Goddess) and the rest, one should dwell always at holy places and the like, intent upon the worship of the Goddess,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.53
देवीनामानि वचसा गृह्णंस्तस्या गुणान्स्तुवन् । ध्यायंस्तस्याः पदाम्भोजं कलिदोषभयार्दितः
devīnāmāni vacasā gṛhṇaṃstasyā guṇānstuvan | dhyāyaṃstasyāḥ padāmbhojaṃ kalidoṣabhayārditaḥ
uttering the Goddess's names with (one's) voice, praising her qualities, meditating on her lotus feet, (though) afflicted by fear of the faults of the Kali age.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 13.54
एवं तु कुर्वतस्तस्य न कदाचित्कलेर्भयम् । अनायासेन संसारान्मुच्यते पातकी जनः
evaṃ tu kurvatastasya na kadācitkalerbhayam | anāyāsena saṃsārānmucyate pātakī janaḥ
For one who acts thus there is never any fear of Kali; effortlessly even a sinful man is freed from the round of rebirth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition