Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 14
DB 6 14.1
वसिष्ठस्य मैत्रावरुणिरितिनामवर्णनम् जनमेजय उवाच मैत्रावरुणिरित्युक्तं नाम तस्य मुनेः कथम् । वसिष्ठस्य महाभाग ब्रह्मणस्तनुजस्य ह
vasiṣṭhasya maitrāvaruṇiritināmavarṇanam janamejaya uvāca maitrāvaruṇirityuktaṃ nāma tasya muneḥ katham | vasiṣṭhasya mahābhāga brahmaṇastanujasya ha
The account of Vasiṣṭha's name "Maitrāvaruṇi." Janamejaya said: How is the name "Maitrāvaruṇi" applied to that sage Vasiṣṭha, O greatly fortunate one, who was indeed the son of Brahmā?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.2
किमसौ कर्मतो नाम प्राप्तवान् गुणतस्तथा । ब्रूहि मे वदतांश्रेष्ठ कारणं तस्य नामजम्
kimasau karmato nāma prāptavān guṇatastathā | brūhi me vadatāṃśreṣṭha kāraṇaṃ tasya nāmajam
Did he obtain that name from an act, or from a quality? Tell me, O best of speakers, the reason from which his name arose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.3
व्यास उवाच निबोध नृपतिश्रेष्ठ वसिष्ठो ब्रह्मणः सुतः । निमिशापात्तनुं त्यक्त्वा पुनर्जातो महाद्युतिः
vyāsa uvāca nibodha nṛpatiśreṣṭha vasiṣṭho brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ | nimiśāpāttanuṃ tyaktvā punarjāto mahādyutiḥ
Vyāsa said: Learn, O best of kings: Vasiṣṭha, the son of Brahmā, having abandoned his body through Nimi's curse, was born again, greatly radiant,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.4
मित्रावरुणयोर्यस्मात्तस्मात्तन्नाम विश्रुतम् । मैत्रावरुणिरित्यस्मिँल्लोके सर्वत्र पार्थिव
mitrāvaruṇayoryasmāttasmāttannāma viśrutam | maitrāvaruṇirityasmi~lloke sarvatra pārthiva
and since (he was born) of Mitra and Varuṇa, therefore that name of his became renowned as "Maitrāvaruṇi" everywhere in this world, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.5
राजोवाच कस्माच्छप्तः स धर्मात्मा राज्ञा ब्रह्मात्मजो मुनिः । चित्रमेतन्मुनिं लग्नो राज्ञः शापोऽतिदारुणः
rājovāca kasmācchaptaḥ sa dharmātmā rājñā brahmātmajo muniḥ | citrametanmuniṃ lagno rājñaḥ śāpo'tidāruṇaḥ
The king said: Why was that righteous sage, the son of Brahmā, cursed by a king? This is strange, that a king's most terrible curse should fasten on a sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.6
अनागसं मुनिं राजा किमसौ शप्तवान्मुने । कारणं वद धर्मज्ञ तस्य शापस्य मूलतः
anāgasaṃ muniṃ rājā kimasau śaptavānmune | kāraṇaṃ vada dharmajña tasya śāpasya mūlataḥ
Why did that king curse the guiltless sage, O sage? Tell (me) the reason of that curse from its root, O knower of dharma.
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DB 6 14.7
व्यास उवाच कारणं तु मया प्रोक्तं तव पूर्वं विनिश्चितम् । संसारोऽयं त्रिभिर्व्याप्तो राजन्मायागुणैः किल
vyāsa uvāca kāraṇaṃ tu mayā proktaṃ tava pūrvaṃ viniścitam | saṃsāro'yaṃ tribhirvyāpto rājanmāyāguṇaiḥ kila
Vyāsa said: The reason has indeed been stated by me to you before, and settled: this round of existence is pervaded by the three qualities of Māyā, O king.
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DB 6 14.8
धर्मं करोतु भूपालश्चरन्तु तापसास्तपः । सर्वेषां तु गुणैर्विद्धं नोज्ज्वलं तद्भवेदिह
dharmaṃ karotu bhūpālaścarantu tāpasāstapaḥ | sarveṣāṃ tu guṇairviddhaṃ nojjvalaṃ tadbhavediha
Let the king practise dharma, let ascetics perform austerity — but for all of them it is pierced by the qualities, and it does not become bright here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.9
कामक्रोधाभिभूताश्च राजानो मुनयस्तथा । लोभाहङ्कारसंयुक्ताश्चरन्ति दुश्चरं तपः
kāmakrodhābhibhūtāśca rājāno munayastathā | lobhāhaṅkārasaṃyuktāścaranti duścaraṃ tapaḥ
Kings, and likewise sages, are overcome by desire and anger; joined with greed and egotism, they practise austerity hard to perform.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.10
यजन्ति क्षत्रिया राजन् रजोगुणसमावृताः । ब्राह्मणास्तु तथा राजन् न कोऽपि सत्त्वसंयुतः
yajanti kṣatriyā rājan rajoguṇasamāvṛtāḥ | brāhmaṇāstu tathā rājan na ko'pi sattvasaṃyutaḥ
Kṣatriyas sacrifice, O king, enveloped by the quality of rajas, and so too the brahmins, O king; not one is joined with sattva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.11
ऋषिणासौ निमिः शप्तस्तेन शप्तो मुनिः पुनः । दुःखाद्दुःखतरं प्राप्तावुभावपि विधेर्बलात्
ṛṣiṇāsau nimiḥ śaptastena śapto muniḥ punaḥ | duḥkhādduḥkhataraṃ prāptāvubhāvapi vidherbalāt
This Nimi was cursed by the sage, and in turn the sage was cursed by him; both attained sorrow worse than sorrow, by the force of fate.
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DB 6 14.12
द्रव्यशुद्धिः क्रियाशुद्धिर्मनसः शुद्धिरुज्ज्वला । दुर्लभा प्राणिनां भूप संसारे त्रिगुणात्मके
dravyaśuddhiḥ kriyāśuddhirmanasaḥ śuddhirujjvalā | durlabhā prāṇināṃ bhūpa saṃsāre triguṇātmake
Purity of substance, purity of action, and shining purity of mind — these, O king, are hard for living beings to obtain in this world made of the three qualities.
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DB 6 14.13
पराशक्तिप्रभावोऽयं नोल्लंघ्यः केनचित्क्वचित् । यस्यानुगृहमिच्छेत्सा मोचयत्येव तं क्षणात्
parāśaktiprabhāvo'yaṃ nollaṃghyaḥ kenacitkvacit | yasyānugṛhamicchetsā mocayatyeva taṃ kṣaṇāt
This is the power of the supreme Śakti; it cannot be transgressed by anyone anywhere. Whomever she wishes to favour, she releases him that very instant.
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DB 6 14.14
महान्तोऽपि न मुच्यन्ते हरिब्रह्महरादयः । पामरा अपि मुच्यन्ते यथा सत्यव्रतादयः वसिष्ठस्य मैत्रावरुणिरितिनामवर्णनं नाम चतुर्दशोऽध्यायः
mahānto'pi na mucyante haribrahmaharādayaḥ | pāmarā api mucyante yathā satyavratādayaḥ vasiṣṭhasya maitrāvaruṇiritināmavarṇanaṃ nāma caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ
Even the great ones — Hari, Brahmā, Hara and the rest — are not liberated, while even lowly folk are liberated, as were Satyavrata and the others. — Thus the fourteenth chapter, called "The Account of Vasiṣṭha's Name 'Maitrāvaruṇi'."
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DB 6 14.15
तस्यास्तु हृदयं कोऽपि न वेत्ति भुवनत्रये । तथापि भक्तवश्येयं भवत्येव सुनिश्चितम्
tasyāstu hṛdayaṃ ko'pi na vetti bhuvanatraye | tathāpi bhaktavaśyeyaṃ bhavatyeva suniścitam
But no one in the three worlds knows her heart; even so, it is quite certain that she is subject to her devotees.
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DB 6 14.16
तस्मात्तद्भक्तिरास्थेया दोषनिर्भूलनाय च । रागदम्भादियुक्ता चेत्सा भक्तिर्नाशिनी भवेत्
tasmāttadbhaktirāstheyā doṣanirbhūlanāya ca | rāgadambhādiyuktā cetsā bhaktirnāśinī bhavet
Therefore devotion to her should be maintained, and for the uprooting of faults; but if that devotion is joined with passion, hypocrisy and the like, it becomes destructive.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.17
इक्ष्याकुकुलसम्भूतो निमिर्नाम नराधिपः । रूपवान् गुणसम्पन्नो धर्मज्ञो लोकरञ्जकः
ikṣyākukulasambhūto nimirnāma narādhipaḥ | rūpavān guṇasampanno dharmajño lokarañjakaḥ
There was a king named Nimi, born in the line of Ikṣvāku, handsome, endowed with good qualities, knowing dharma, delighting the people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.18
सत्यवादी दानपरो याजको ज्ञानवाच्छुचिः । द्वादशस्तनयो धीमान्प्रजापालनतत्परः
satyavādī dānaparo yājako jñānavācchuciḥ | dvādaśastanayo dhīmānprajāpālanatatparaḥ
He spoke the truth, was devoted to giving, a performer of sacrifices, a speaker of knowledge, pure, wise, the twelfth son, intent on protecting his subjects.
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DB 6 14.19
पुरं निवेशयामास गौतमाश्रमसन्निधौ । जयन्तपुरसंज्ञं तु ब्राह्मणानां हिताय सः
puraṃ niveśayāmāsa gautamāśramasannidhau | jayantapurasaṃjñaṃ tu brāhmaṇānāṃ hitāya saḥ
He founded a city near Gautama's hermitage, named Jayantapura, for the welfare of the brahmins.
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DB 6 14.20
बुद्धिस्तस्य समुत्पन्ना यजेयमिति राजसी । यज्ञेन बहुकालेन दक्षिणासंयुतेन च
buddhistasya samutpannā yajeyamiti rājasī | yajñena bahukālena dakṣiṇāsaṃyutena ca
A rājasic intention arose in him: "Let me sacrifice — with a sacrifice lasting a long time and furnished with gifts to the priests."
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DB 6 14.21
इस्वाकुं पितरं पृष्ट्वा यज्ञकार्याय पार्थिवः । कारयामास सम्भारं यथोद्दिष्टं महात्मभिः
isvākuṃ pitaraṃ pṛṣṭvā yajñakāryāya pārthivaḥ | kārayāmāsa sambhāraṃ yathoddiṣṭaṃ mahātmabhiḥ
Having asked his father Ikṣvāku, the king had the materials for the sacrificial rite prepared as directed by the great sages.
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DB 6 14.22
भृगुमङ्गिरसं चैव वामदेवं च गौतमम् । वसिष्ठं च पुलस्त्यं च ऋचीकं पुलहं क्रतुम्
bhṛgumaṅgirasaṃ caiva vāmadevaṃ ca gautamam | vasiṣṭhaṃ ca pulastyaṃ ca ṛcīkaṃ pulahaṃ kratum
Bhṛgu and Aṅgiras, and Vāmadeva and Gautama, and Vasiṣṭha and Pulastya, Ṛcīka, Pulaha, Kratu —
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DB 6 14.23
मुनीनामन्त्रयामास सर्वज्ञान्वेदपारगान् । यज्ञविद्याप्रवीणांश्च तापसान्वेदवित्तमान्
munīnāmantrayāmāsa sarvajñānvedapāragān | yajñavidyāpravīṇāṃśca tāpasānvedavittamān
— these sages he invited, all-knowing, having mastered the Vedas, skilled in the science of sacrifice, ascetics, the best of the knowers of the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.24
राजा सम्भृतसम्भारः सम्पूज्य गुरुमात्मनः । वसिष्ठं प्राह धर्मज्ञो विनयेन समन्वितः
rājā sambhṛtasambhāraḥ sampūjya gurumātmanaḥ | vasiṣṭhaṃ prāha dharmajño vinayena samanvitaḥ
The king, with the materials gathered, having honoured his own teacher, knowing dharma and filled with humility, spoke to Vasiṣṭha:
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DB 6 14.25
यजेयं मुनिशार्दूल याजयस्व कृपानिधे । गुरुस्त्वं सर्ववेत्तासि कार्यं मे कुरु साम्प्रतम्
yajeyaṃ muniśārdūla yājayasva kṛpānidhe | gurustvaṃ sarvavettāsi kāryaṃ me kuru sāmpratam
"I wish to sacrifice, O tiger among sages; conduct the sacrifice for me, O treasury of compassion. You are my teacher and know everything; do this task of mine now.
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DB 6 14.26
यज्ञोपकरणं सर्वं समानीतं सुसंस्कृतम् । पञ्चवर्षसहस्रं तु दीक्षां कर्तुं मतिश्च मे
yajñopakaraṇaṃ sarvaṃ samānītaṃ susaṃskṛtam | pañcavarṣasahasraṃ tu dīkṣāṃ kartuṃ matiśca me
All the sacrificial equipment has been brought and well prepared, and my intention is to undertake the consecration for five thousand years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.27
यस्मिन्यज्ञे समाराध्या देवी श्रीजगदम्बिका । तत्प्रीत्यर्थमहं यज्ञं करोमि विधिपूर्वकम्
yasminyajñe samārādhyā devī śrījagadambikā | tatprītyarthamahaṃ yajñaṃ karomi vidhipūrvakam
In this sacrifice the goddess, the glorious Mother of the world, is to be worshipped; for her pleasure I perform the sacrifice according to the rules."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.28
तच्छ्रुत्वासौ निमेर्वाक्यं वसिष्ठः प्राह भूपतिम् । इन्द्रेणाहं वृतः पूर्वं यज्ञार्थं नृपसत्तम
tacchrutvāsau nimervākyaṃ vasiṣṭhaḥ prāha bhūpatim | indreṇāhaṃ vṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ yajñārthaṃ nṛpasattama
Hearing that speech of Nimi, Vasiṣṭha said to the king: "I have already been engaged by Indra for a sacrifice, O best of kings.
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DB 6 14.29
पराशक्तिमखं कर्तुमुद्युक्तः पाकशासनः । स दीक्षां गमितो देवः पञ्चवर्षशतात्मिकाम्
parāśaktimakhaṃ kartumudyuktaḥ pākaśāsanaḥ | sa dīkṣāṃ gamito devaḥ pañcavarṣaśatātmikām
The chastiser of Pāka has set about performing a sacrifice to the supreme Śakti, and that god has been brought to a consecration lasting five hundred years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.30
तस्मात्त्वमन्तरं तावत्प्रतिपालय पार्थिव ।
tasmāttvamantaraṃ tāvatpratipālaya pārthiva |
Therefore, O king, wait that long in the meantime.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.31
आगमिष्याम्यहं राजंस्तावत्त्वं प्रतिपालय । राजोवाच मया निमन्त्रिताश्चान्ये मुनयो यज्ञकारणात्
āgamiṣyāmyahaṃ rājaṃstāvattvaṃ pratipālaya | rājovāca mayā nimantritāścānye munayo yajñakāraṇāt
"I shall come (back), O king; wait for me until then." The king said: "Other sages too have been invited by me for the sake of the sacrifice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.32
सम्भाराः सम्भृताः सर्वे पालयामि कथं गुरो । इक्ष्वाकूणां कुले ब्रह्मन्गुरुस्त्वं वेदवित्तमः
sambhārāḥ sambhṛtāḥ sarve pālayāmi kathaṃ guro | ikṣvākūṇāṃ kule brahmangurustvaṃ vedavittamaḥ
and all the materials have been gathered; how shall I hold (them) back, O teacher? In the lineage of the Ikṣvākus you, O brahmin, are the teacher, best of the knowers of the Veda.
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DB 6 14.33
कथं त्यक्त्वाद्य मे कार्यमुद्यतो गन्तुमाशु वै । न ते युक्तं द्विजश्रेष्ठ यदुत्सृज्य मखं मम
kathaṃ tyaktvādya me kāryamudyato gantumāśu vai | na te yuktaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha yadutsṛjya makhaṃ mama
How is it that today, abandoning my business, you are set on going off at once? It is not proper for you, best of twice-born, that you should leave my sacrifice
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DB 6 14.34
गन्तासि धनलोभेन लोभाकुलितचेतनः । निवारितोऽपि राज्ञा स जगामेन्द्रमखं गुरुः
gantāsi dhanalobhena lobhākulitacetanaḥ | nivārito'pi rājñā sa jagāmendramakhaṃ guruḥ
and go out of greed for wealth, your mind troubled by greed." Though restrained by the king, that teacher went to Indra's sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.35
राजापि विमना भूत्वा गौतमं प्रत्यपूजयत् । इयाज हिमवत्पार्श्वे सागरस्य समीपतः
rājāpi vimanā bhūtvā gautamaṃ pratyapūjayat | iyāja himavatpārśve sāgarasya samīpataḥ
The king too, becoming downcast, honoured Gautama in turn (as officiant), and sacrificed on the slope of the Himālaya, near the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.36
दक्षिणा बहुला दत्ता विप्रेभ्यो मखकर्मणि । निमिना पञ्चसाहस्री दीक्षा तत्र कृता नृप
dakṣiṇā bahulā dattā viprebhyo makhakarmaṇi | niminā pañcasāhasrī dīkṣā tatra kṛtā nṛpa
Abundant priestly fees were given by Nimi to the brahmins in the sacrificial rite; a consecration for five thousand (years) was performed there, O king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 6 14.37
ऋत्विजः पूजिताः कामं धनैर्गोभिर्मुदा युताः ।
ṛtvijaḥ pūjitāḥ kāmaṃ dhanairgobhirmudā yutāḥ |
The officiating priests were honoured to their heart's content with wealth and cattle, and were filled with joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.38
आजगाम वसिष्ठस्तु राज्ञः सत्रदिदृक्षया । आगत्य संस्थितस्तत्र दर्शनार्थं नृपस्य च
ājagāma vasiṣṭhastu rājñaḥ satradidṛkṣayā | āgatya saṃsthitastatra darśanārthaṃ nṛpasya ca
But Vasiṣṭha came, wishing to see the king's sacrificial session; having come, he stayed there in order to see the king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.39
तदा राजा प्रसुप्तस्तु निद्रयापहृतो ्भृशम् । नासौ प्रबोधितो भृत्यैर्नागतस्तु मुनिं नृपः
tadā rājā prasuptastu nidrayāpahṛto bhṛśam | nāsau prabodhito bhṛtyairnāgatastu muniṃ nṛpaḥ
At that time the king was fast asleep, quite carried off by sleep; he was not woken by the servants, and so the king did not come to the sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.40
वसिष्ठस्य ततो मन्युः प्रादुर्भूतोऽवमानतः । अदर्शनान्निमेस्तत्र चुकोप मुनिसत्तमः
vasiṣṭhasya tato manyuḥ prādurbhūto'vamānataḥ | adarśanānnimestatra cukopa munisattamaḥ
Then anger arose in Vasiṣṭha from the slight; because Nimi did not appear there, that best of sages grew wrathful,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.41
शापं च दत्तवांस्तस्मै राज्ञे मन्युवशं गतः । यस्मात्त्वं मां गुरुं त्यक्त्वा कृत्वान्यं गुरुमात्मनः
śāpaṃ ca dattavāṃstasmai rājñe manyuvaśaṃ gataḥ | yasmāttvaṃ māṃ guruṃ tyaktvā kṛtvānyaṃ gurumātmanaḥ
and, fallen under the sway of anger, he pronounced a curse upon that king: "Since you, abandoning me as your teacher, have made another your teacher,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.42
दीक्षितोऽसि बलान्मन्द मामवज्ञाय पार्थिव । वारितोऽपि मया तस्माद्विदेहस्त्वं भविष्यसि
dīkṣito'si balānmanda māmavajñāya pārthiva | vārito'pi mayā tasmādvidehastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi
and have been consecrated by force, O dull-witted king, disregarding me — though I forbade you — therefore you shall become bodiless (videha).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.43
पतत्विदं शरीरं ते विदेहो भव भूपते । व्यास उवाच इति तद्व्याहृतं श्रुत्वा राज्ञस्तु परिचारकाः
patatvidaṃ śarīraṃ te videho bhava bhūpate | vyāsa uvāca iti tadvyāhṛtaṃ śrutvā rājñastu paricārakāḥ
Let this body of yours fall; be bodiless, O lord of the earth!" Vyāsa said: Hearing that utterance, the king's attendants
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.44
सद्यः प्रबोधयामासुर्मुनिमाहुः प्रकोपितम् । कुपितं तं समागत्य राजा विगतकल्मषः
sadyaḥ prabodhayāmāsurmunimāhuḥ prakopitam | kupitaṃ taṃ samāgatya rājā vigatakalmaṣaḥ
at once woke him and told him the sage was enraged. Coming to him in his anger, the king, free of fault,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.45
उवाच वचनं श्लक्ष्णं हेतुगर्भं च युक्तिमत् । . मम दोषो न धर्मज्ञ गतस्त्वं तृष्णयाऽऽकुलः
uvāca vacanaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ hetugarbhaṃ ca yuktimat | . mama doṣo na dharmajña gatastvaṃ tṛṣṇayā''kulaḥ
spoke words that were smooth, pregnant with reasons, and cogent: "The fault is not mine, O knower of dharma; you went off troubled by craving,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.46
हित्वा मां यजमानं वै प्रार्थितोऽपि मया भृशम् । न लज्जसे द्विजश्रेष्ठ कृत्वा कर्म जुगुप्सितम्
hitvā māṃ yajamānaṃ vai prārthito'pi mayā bhṛśam | na lajjase dvijaśreṣṭha kṛtvā karma jugupsitam
abandoning me, the sacrificer, though I earnestly entreated you. Are you not ashamed, best of the twice-born, having done a contemptible deed?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.47
सन्तोषे ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ जानन्धर्मस्य निश्चयम् । पुत्रोऽसि ब्रह्मणः साक्षाद्वेदवेदाङ्गवित्तमः
santoṣe brāhmaṇaśreṣṭha jānandharmasya niścayam | putro'si brahmaṇaḥ sākṣādvedavedāṅgavittamaḥ
(Be) content, best of brahmins, knowing the settled truth of dharma; you are the very son of Brahmā, foremost among knowers of the Vedas and their ancillary sciences.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
DB 6 14.48
न वेत्सि विप्रधर्मस्य गतिं सूक्ष्मां दुरत्ययाम् । आत्मदोषं मयि ज्ञात्वा मृषा मां शस्तुमिच्छसि
na vetsi vipradharmasya gatiṃ sūkṣmāṃ duratyayām | ātmadoṣaṃ mayi jñātvā mṛṣā māṃ śastumicchasi
(Yet) you do not know the subtle, hard-to-traverse course of a brahmin's duty; knowing your own fault (to lie) in me, you wish to curse me falsely.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.49
त्याज्यस्तु सुजनैः क्रोधश्चण्डालादधिको यतः । वृथा क्रोधपरीतेन मयि शापः प्रपातितः
tyājyastu sujanaiḥ krodhaścaṇḍālādadhiko yataḥ | vṛthā krodhaparītena mayi śāpaḥ prapātitaḥ
Anger is to be renounced by good people, since it is worse than an outcaste; overcome by anger you have cast a curse on me in vain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.50
तवापि च पतत्वद्य देहोऽयं क्रोधसंयुतः । एवं शप्तो मुनी राज्ञा राजा च मुनिना तथा
tavāpi ca patatvadya deho'yaṃ krodhasaṃyutaḥ | evaṃ śapto munī rājñā rājā ca muninā tathā
So let this body of yours too, joined with anger, fall today!" Thus the sage was cursed by the king, and the king likewise by the sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.51
परस्परं प्राप्य शापं दुःखितौ तौ बभूवतुः । वसिष्ठस्त्वतिचिन्तार्तो ब्रह्माणं शरणं गतः
parasparaṃ prāpya śāpaṃ duḥkhitau tau babhūvatuḥ | vasiṣṭhastvaticintārto brahmāṇaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
Having received a curse from each other, the two became sorrowful; but Vasiṣṭha, afflicted by great anxiety, went to Brahmā for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.52
निवेदयामास तथा शापं भूपकृतं महत् । वसिष्ट उवाच राज्ञा शप्तोऽस्मि देहोऽयं पतत्वद्य तवेति वै
nivedayāmāsa tathā śāpaṃ bhūpakṛtaṃ mahat | vasiṣṭa uvāca rājñā śapto'smi deho'yaṃ patatvadya taveti vai
He reported the great curse laid on him by the king. Vasiṣṭha said: "I have been cursed by the king: 'Let this body of yours fall today.'"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.53
किं करोमि पितः प्राप्यं कष्टं कायप्रपातजम् । अन्यदेहसमुत्पत्तौ जनकं वद साम्प्रतम्
kiṃ karomi pitaḥ prāpyaṃ kaṣṭaṃ kāyaprapātajam | anyadehasamutpattau janakaṃ vada sāmpratam
"What shall I do, father? The suffering arising from the falling of my body must be undergone. Tell me now who will be my begetter in the arising of another body."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.54
तथा मे देहसंयोगः पूर्ववत्समपद्यताम् । यादृशं ज्ञानमेतस्मिन्देहे तत्रास्तु तत्पितः
tathā me dehasaṃyogaḥ pūrvavatsamapadyatām | yādṛśaṃ jñānametasmindehe tatrāstu tatpitaḥ
"And let my union with a body come about as before; whatever knowledge (I have) in this body, let it be there too, father."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.55
समर्थोऽसि महाराज प्रसादं कर्तुमर्हसि । वसिष्ठस्य वचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मा प्रोवाच तं सुतम्
samartho'si mahārāja prasādaṃ kartumarhasi | vasiṣṭhasya vacaḥ śrutvā brahmā provāca taṃ sutam
"You are able, great king; you should show (me) favour." Having heard Vasiṣṭha's words, Brahmā spoke to that son (of his).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.56
मित्रावरुणयोस्तेजस्त्वं प्रविश्य स्थिरो भव । तस्मादयोनिजः काले भविता त्वं न संशयः
mitrāvaruṇayostejastvaṃ praviśya sthiro bhava | tasmādayonijaḥ kāle bhavitā tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
"Enter the radiance of Mitra and Varuṇa and abide firm there; from that, in time, you will be born of no womb — there is no doubt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.57
पुनर्देहं समासाद्य धर्मयुक्तो भविष्यसि । भूतात्मा वेदवित्कामं सर्वज्ञः सर्वपूजितः
punardehaṃ samāsādya dharmayukto bhaviṣyasi | bhūtātmā vedavitkāmaṃ sarvajñaḥ sarvapūjitaḥ
"Attaining a body again, you will be endowed with dharma, the self of beings, a knower of the Veda at will, all-knowing, honoured by all."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.58
एवमुक्तस्तदा पित्रा प्रययौ वरुणालयम् । कृत्वा प्रदक्षिणं प्रीत्या प्रणम्य च पितामहम्
evamuktastadā pitrā prayayau varuṇālayam | kṛtvā pradakṣiṇaṃ prītyā praṇamya ca pitāmaham
Thus addressed by his father, he then went to Varuṇa's abode, having circumambulated and bowed with affection to the Grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.59
विवेश स तयोर्देहे मित्रावरुणयोः किल । जीवांशेन वसिष्ठोऽथ त्यक्त्वा देहमनुत्तमम्
viveśa sa tayordehe mitrāvaruṇayoḥ kila | jīvāṃśena vasiṣṭho'tha tyaktvā dehamanuttamam
Then Vasiṣṭha, abandoning his most excellent body, entered with a portion of his life-force into the bodies of those two, Mitra and Varuṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.60
कदाचित्तूर्वशी राजन्नागता वरुणालयम् । यदृच्छया वरारोहा सखीगणसमावृता
kadācittūrvaśī rājannāgatā varuṇālayam | yadṛcchayā varārohā sakhīgaṇasamāvṛtā
Once, O king, Urvaśī, of lovely hips, came by chance to Varuṇa's abode, surrounded by her troop of companions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.61
दृष्ट्वा तामप्सरां दिव्यां रूपयौवनसंयुताम् । जातौ कामातुरौ देवौ तदा तामूचतुर्नृप
dṛṣṭvā tāmapsarāṃ divyāṃ rūpayauvanasaṃyutām | jātau kāmāturau devau tadā tāmūcaturnṛpa
Seeing that divine apsaras, endowed with beauty and youth, the two gods became stricken with desire, and then, O king, they spoke to her —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.62
विवशौ चारुसर्वाङ्गीं देवकन्यां मनोरमाम् । आवां त्वमनवद्याङ्गि वरयस्व समाकुलौ
vivaśau cārusarvāṅgīṃ devakanyāṃ manoramām | āvāṃ tvamanavadyāṅgi varayasva samākulau
— (the two) helpless, (addressing) the delightful daughter of the gods with all her limbs lovely: "Choose us, O you of faultless limbs; we are both distraught."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.63
विहरस्व यथाकामं स्थानेऽस्मिन्वरवर्णिनि । तथोक्ता सा ततो देवी ताभ्यां तत्र स्थितावशा
viharasva yathākāmaṃ sthāne'sminvaravarṇini | tathoktā sā tato devī tābhyāṃ tatra sthitāvaśā
"Enjoy yourself as you please in this place, O you of excellent complexion." Thus addressed, that goddess then remained there with them, not her own mistress.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.64
कृत्वा भावं स्थिरं देवी मित्रावरुणयोर्गृहे । सा गृहीत्वा तयोर्भावं संस्थिता चारुदर्शना
kṛtvā bhāvaṃ sthiraṃ devī mitrāvaruṇayorgṛhe | sā gṛhītvā tayorbhāvaṃ saṃsthitā cārudarśanā
Making her disposition firm in the house of Mitra and Varuṇa, that lovely-looking one, having accepted their love, stayed on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.65
तयोस्तु पतितं वीर्यं कुम्भे दैवादनावृते । तस्माज्जातौ मुनी राजन्द्वावेवातिमनोहरौ
tayostu patitaṃ vīryaṃ kumbhe daivādanāvṛte | tasmājjātau munī rājandvāvevātimanoharau
But their seed fell into an uncovered jar, by fate; from it, O king, were born two sages, both exceedingly handsome.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.66
अगस्तिः प्रथमस्तत्र वसिष्ठश्चापरस्तथा । मित्रावरुणयोर्वीर्यात्तापसावृषिसत्तमौ
agastiḥ prathamastatra vasiṣṭhaścāparastathā | mitrāvaruṇayorvīryāttāpasāvṛṣisattamau
Agasti (Agastya) was the first there, and Vasiṣṭha the other: from the seed of Mitra and Varuṇa, two ascetics, the best of seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.67
प्रथमस्तु वनं प्राप्तो बाल एव महातपाः । इक्ष्वाकुस्तु वसिष्ठं तं बालं वव्रे पुरोहितम्
prathamastu vanaṃ prāpto bāla eva mahātapāḥ | ikṣvākustu vasiṣṭhaṃ taṃ bālaṃ vavre purohitam
The first, of great austerity, went to the forest while still a boy; but Ikṣvāku chose that boy Vasiṣṭha as his household priest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.68
वंशस्यास्य सुखार्थं ते पालयामास पार्थिव । विशेषेण मुनिं ज्ञात्वा प्रीत्या युक्तो बभूव ह
vaṃśasyāsya sukhārthaṃ te pālayāmāsa pārthiva | viśeṣeṇa muniṃ jñātvā prītyā yukto babhūva ha
For the welfare of this lineage of yours he protected (it), O king; and knowing him to be a sage in a special way, he became filled with affection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
DB 6 14.69
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं वसिष्ठस्य च कारणम् । शापाद्देहान्तरप्राप्तिर्मित्रावरुणयोः कुले
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ vasiṣṭhasya ca kāraṇam | śāpāddehāntaraprāptirmitrāvaruṇayoḥ kule
All this has been related to you, and the reason concerning Vasiṣṭha — his obtaining of another body, through the curse, in the family of Mitra and Varuṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition