Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 6 — Chapter 7

DB 6 7.1

इन्द्रस्य पद्मनालप्रवेशानन्तरं नहुषस्य देवेन्द्रपदेऽभिषेकवर्णनम् व्यास उवाच अथ तं पतितं दृष्ट्वा विष्णुर्विष्णुपुरीं ययौ । मनसा शङ्कमानस्तु तस्य हत्याकृतं भयम्

indrasya padmanālapraveśānantaraṃ nahuṣasya devendrapade'bhiṣekavarṇanam vyāsa uvāca atha taṃ patitaṃ dṛṣṭvā viṣṇurviṣṇupurīṃ yayau | manasā śaṅkamānastu tasya hatyākṛtaṃ bhayam

[Description of Nahuṣa's consecration to the office of Indra of the gods after Indra's entry into the lotus stalk.] Vyāsa said: Then, seeing him fallen, Viṣṇu went to Viṣṇu's city, fearing in his mind the danger arising from that killing.

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DB 6 7.2

इन्द्रोऽपि भयसंत्रस्तो ययाविन्द्रपुरीं ततः । मुनयो भयसंविग्ना ह्यभवन्निहते रिपौ

indro'pi bhayasaṃtrasto yayāvindrapurīṃ tataḥ | munayo bhayasaṃvignā hyabhavannihate ripau

Indra too, terrified with fear, then went to Indra's city; and the sages became agitated with fear when the enemy was slain.

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DB 6 7.3

किमस्माभिः कृतं पापं यदसौ वञ्चितः किल । मुनिशब्दो वृथा जातः सुरेशस्य च सङ्गमात्

kimasmābhiḥ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yadasau vañcitaḥ kila | muniśabdo vṛthā jātaḥ sureśasya ca saṅgamāt

"What sin has been committed by us, in that he was indeed deceived! The name 'sage' has become void through association with the lord of the gods.

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DB 6 7.4

अस्माकं वचनाद्वृत्रो विश्वासमगमत्किल । विश्वासघातिनः सङ्गाद्वयं विश्वासघातकाः

asmākaṃ vacanādvṛtro viśvāsamagamatkila | viśvāsaghātinaḥ saṅgādvayaṃ viśvāsaghātakāḥ

It was on our word that Vṛtra came to trust; through association with a betrayer of trust, we are betrayers of trust.

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DB 6 7.5

धिगियं ममता पापमूलमेवमनर्थकृत् । यदस्माभिश्छलं कृत्वा शपथैर्वञ्चितोऽसुरः

dhigiyaṃ mamatā pāpamūlamevamanarthakṛt | yadasmābhiśchalaṃ kṛtvā śapathairvañcito'suraḥ

Shame on this sense of "mine," the very root of sin, working such ruin — that we, having practiced deceit, cheated the demon by means of oaths.

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DB 6 7.6

मन्त्रकृद्बुद्धिदाता च प्रेरकः पापकारिणाम् । पापभाक्स भवेन्नूनं पक्षकर्ता तथैव च

mantrakṛdbuddhidātā ca prerakaḥ pāpakāriṇām | pāpabhāksa bhavennūnaṃ pakṣakartā tathaiva ca

The one who gives the counsel, the one who supplies the idea, and the instigator of evildoers — surely he too becomes a sharer in the sin, and likewise he who takes their side.

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DB 6 7.7

विष्णुनापि कृतं पापं यत्साहाय्यमवाप्तवान् । वज्रं प्रविश्य येनासौ पातितः सत्त्वमूर्तिना पद्मनालप्रवेशानन्तरं नहुषस्य देवेन्द्रपदेऽभिषेकवर्णनं नाम सप्तमोऽध्यायः

viṣṇunāpi kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yatsāhāyyamavāptavān | vajraṃ praviśya yenāsau pātitaḥ sattvamūrtinā padmanālapraveśānantaraṃ nahuṣasya devendrapade'bhiṣekavarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ

By Viṣṇu too sin was committed, in that he lent his aid — he by whom, in the form of the sattva (essence), having entered into the thunderbolt, that one was struck down. Thus the seventh chapter, called "the description of the consecration of Nahuṣa in the station of Indra of the gods, after the entry into the lotus-stalk."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 6 7.8

नूनं स्वार्थपरः प्राणी न पापात्त्रासमश्नुते । हरिणा हरिसङ्गेन सर्वथा दुष्कृतं कृतम्

nūnaṃ svārthaparaḥ prāṇī na pāpāttrāsamaśnute | hariṇā harisaṅgena sarvathā duṣkṛtaṃ kṛtam

Surely a creature bent on his own interest feels no dread of sin: by Hari, through association with Hari (Indra), an evil deed was in every way done.

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DB 6 7.9

द्वावेव स्तः पदार्थानां द्वावेव निधनं गतौ । प्रथमश्च तुरीयश्च यौ त्रिलोक्यां तु दुर्लभौ

dvāveva staḥ padārthānāṃ dvāveva nidhanaṃ gatau | prathamaśca turīyaśca yau trilokyāṃ tu durlabhau

Of the (four) objects (of human aim), only two exist; two have come to destruction. It is the first and the fourth that are hard to obtain in the three worlds.

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DB 6 7.10

अर्थकामौ प्रशस्तौ द्वौ सर्वेषां सम्मतौ प्रियौ । धर्माधर्मेति वाग्वादो दम्भोऽयं महतामपि

arthakāmau praśastau dvau sarveṣāṃ sammatau priyau | dharmādharmeti vāgvādo dambho'yaṃ mahatāmapi

The two, wealth and pleasure, are the praised ones, agreed upon and dear to all; the talk of "dharma" and "non-dharma" is mere pretense, even among the great.

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DB 6 7.11

मुनयोऽपि मनस्तापमेवं कृत्वा पुनः पुनः । जग्मुः स्वानाश्रमानेव विमनस्का हतोद्यमाः

munayo'pi manastāpamevaṃ kṛtvā punaḥ punaḥ | jagmuḥ svānāśramāneva vimanaskā hatodyamāḥ

The sages too, having thus grieved in mind again and again, went back each to his own hermitage, dispirited, their effort undone.

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DB 6 7.12

त्वष्टा तु निहतं श्रुत्वा पुत्रमिन्द्रेण भारत । रुरोद दुःखसन्तप्तो निर्वेदमगमत्पुनः

tvaṣṭā tu nihataṃ śrutvā putramindreṇa bhārata | ruroda duḥkhasantapto nirvedamagamatpunaḥ

But Tvaṣṭā, hearing that his son had been slain by Indra, O Bhārata, wept, scorched by grief, and again fell into despondency.

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DB 6 7.13

यत्रासौ पतितस्तत्र गत्वा वीक्ष्य तथागतम् । संस्कारं कारयामास विधिवत्पारलौकिकम्

yatrāsau patitastatra gatvā vīkṣya tathāgatam | saṃskāraṃ kārayāmāsa vidhivatpāralaukikam

Going to where he had fallen, and seeing him in that condition, he had the funeral rites for the next world performed according to rule.

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DB 6 7.14

स्नात्वास्य सलिलं दत्त्वा कृत्वा चैवौर्ध्वदैहिकम् । शशापेन्द्रं स शोकार्तः पापिष्ठं मित्रघातकम्

snātvāsya salilaṃ dattvā kṛtvā caivaurdhvadaihikam | śaśāpendraṃ sa śokārtaḥ pāpiṣṭhaṃ mitraghātakam

Having bathed, offered water for him, and performed the rites for the departed, he, stricken with sorrow, cursed Indra, the most sinful slayer of a friend:

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DB 6 7.15

यथा मे निहतः पुत्रः प्रलोभ्य शपथैर्भृशम् । तथेन्द्रोऽपि महद्दुःखं प्राप्नोतु विधिनिर्मितम्

yathā me nihataḥ putraḥ pralobhya śapathairbhṛśam | tathendro'pi mahadduḥkhaṃ prāpnotu vidhinirmitam

"As my son was killed, having been thoroughly enticed by oaths, so may Indra too obtain great sorrow ordained by fate."

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DB 6 7.16

इति शप्त्वा सुरेशानं त्वष्टा तापसमन्वितः । मेरोः शिखरमास्थाय तपस्तेपे सुदुष्करम्

iti śaptvā sureśānaṃ tvaṣṭā tāpasamanvitaḥ | meroḥ śikharamāsthāya tapastepe suduṣkaram

Having thus cursed the lord of the gods, Tvaṣṭā, given to austerity, took his stand on the peak of Meru and practiced most difficult penance.

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DB 6 7.17

जनमेजय उवाच हत्वा त्वाष्ट्रं सुरेशोऽथ कामवस्थामवाप्तवान् । सुखं वा दुःखमेवाग्रे तन्मे ब्रूहि पितामह

janamejaya uvāca hatvā tvāṣṭraṃ sureśo'tha kāmavasthāmavāptavān | sukhaṃ vā duḥkhamevāgre tanme brūhi pitāmaha

Janamejaya said: After killing Tvaṣṭā's son, what condition did the lord of the gods then reach — happiness, or rather sorrow, first of all? Tell me that, grandfather.

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DB 6 7.18

व्यास उवाच किं पृच्छसि महाभाग सन्देहः कीदृशस्तव । अवश्यमेव भोक्तव्यं कृतं कर्म शुभाशुभम्

vyāsa uvāca kiṃ pṛcchasi mahābhāga sandehaḥ kīdṛśastava | avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham

Vyāsa said: Why do you ask, greatly fortunate one? What sort of doubt is yours? A deed done, good or bad, must inevitably be experienced.

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DB 6 7.19

बलिष्ठैर्दुर्बलैर्वापि स्वल्पं वा बहु वा कृतम् । सर्वथैव हि भोक्तव्यं सदेवासुरमानुषैः

baliṣṭhairdurbalairvāpi svalpaṃ vā bahu vā kṛtam | sarvathaiva hi bhoktavyaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣaiḥ

Whether done by the strong or by the weak, whether little or much, it must in every way be experienced, by gods, demons, and men alike.

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DB 6 7.20

शक्रायेत्थं मतिर्दत्ता हरिणा वृत्रघातिने । प्रविष्टोऽथ पविं विष्णुः सहायः प्रत्यपद्यत

śakrāyetthaṃ matirdattā hariṇā vṛtraghātine | praviṣṭo'tha paviṃ viṣṇuḥ sahāyaḥ pratyapadyata

Thus was the idea given to Śakra by Hari, when he was to slay Vṛtra; and then Viṣṇu, having entered the thunderbolt, acted as his helper.

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DB 6 7.21

न चापदि सहायोऽभूद्वासुदेवः कथञ्चन । समये स्वजनः सर्वः संसारेऽस्मिन्नराधिप

na cāpadi sahāyo'bhūdvāsudevaḥ kathañcana | samaye svajanaḥ sarvaḥ saṃsāre'sminnarādhipa

And in calamity Vāsudeva was in no way a helper. In this world, O ruler of men, all one's own people (are helpers only) when the time is favorable.

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DB 6 7.22

दैवे विमुखतां प्राप्ते न कोऽप्यस्ति सहायवान् । पिता माता तथा भार्या भ्राता वाथ सहोदरः

daive vimukhatāṃ prāpte na ko'pyasti sahāyavān | pitā mātā tathā bhāryā bhrātā vātha sahodaraḥ

When fate has turned its face away, no one has any helper — not father, mother, nor wife, nor brother, nor even one born of the same womb,

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DB 6 7.23

सेवको वापि मित्रं वा पुत्रश्चैव तथौरसः । प्रतिकूले गते दैवे न कोऽप्येति सहायताम्

sevako vāpi mitraṃ vā putraścaiva tathaurasaḥ | pratikūle gate daive na ko'pyeti sahāyatām

nor servant, nor friend, nor even a son of one's own body: when fate has turned adverse, no one comes to one's aid.

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DB 6 7.24

भोक्ता पापस्य पुण्यस्य कर्ता भवति सर्वथा । वृत्रं हत्वा गताः सर्वे निस्तेजस्कः शचीपतिः

bhoktā pāpasya puṇyasya kartā bhavati sarvathā | vṛtraṃ hatvā gatāḥ sarve nistejaskaḥ śacīpatiḥ

The doer of sin or of merit is in every case the one who experiences it. Having slain Vṛtra, all departed, and the husband of Śacī was bereft of splendor.

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DB 6 7.25

शेपुस्तं त्रिदशाः सर्वे ब्रह्महेत्यब्रुवञ्छनैः । को नाम शपथान्कृत्वा सत्यं दत्त्वा वचः पुनः

śepustaṃ tridaśāḥ sarve brahmahetyabruvañchanaiḥ | ko nāma śapathānkṛtvā satyaṃ dattvā vacaḥ punaḥ

All the thirty (gods) cursed him, softly saying "brahmin-slayer!" "Who indeed, after swearing oaths and giving his word truly, would then again

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DB 6 7.26

जिघांसति सुविश्वस्तं मुनिं मित्रत्वमागतम् । देवगोष्ठ्यां सुरोद्याने गन्धर्वाणां समागमे

jighāṃsati suviśvastaṃ muniṃ mitratvamāgatam | devagoṣṭhyāṃ surodyāne gandharvāṇāṃ samāgame

seek to kill a sage who trusted (him) completely and had come into friendship (with him)?" In the councils of the gods, in the pleasure-garden of the celestials, in the gatherings of the gandharvas —

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DB 6 7.27

सर्वत्रैव कथा तस्य विस्तारमगमत्किल । किं कृतं दुष्कृतं कर्म शक्रेणाद्य जिघांसता

sarvatraiva kathā tasya vistāramagamatkila | kiṃ kṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ karma śakreṇādya jighāṃsatā

everywhere indeed the talk of it spread abroad: "What an evil deed has Śakra done today, in his eagerness to kill!

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DB 6 7.28

वृत्रं छलेन विश्वस्तं मुनिभिश्च प्रतारितम् । वेदप्रमाणमुत्सृज्य स्वीकृतं सौगतं मतम्

vṛtraṃ chalena viśvastaṃ munibhiśca pratāritam | vedapramāṇamutsṛjya svīkṛtaṃ saugataṃ matam

Vṛtra, who trusted (him), (was killed) by a trick, and was deceived by the sages too; abandoning the authority of the Veda, he had adopted the Buddhist doctrine —

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DB 6 7.29

यदयं निहतः शनुर्वञ्चयित्वातिसाहसात् । को नाम वचनं दत्त्वा विपरीतमथाचरेत्

yadayaṃ nihataḥ śanurvañcayitvātisāhasāt | ko nāma vacanaṃ dattvā viparītamathācaret

since this enemy was slain by deception, out of sheer rashness. Who indeed, having given his word, would then act contrary to it?

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DB 6 7.30

विना शक्रं हरिं वापि यथायं विनिपातितः । एवंविधाः कथाश्चान्याः समाजेष्वभवन्भृशम्

vinā śakraṃ hariṃ vāpi yathāyaṃ vinipātitaḥ | evaṃvidhāḥ kathāścānyāḥ samājeṣvabhavanbhṛśam

Apart from Śakra — or Hari as well — (who could have brought about) the way this one was struck down?" Other talk of this kind arose abundantly in the assemblies.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 6 7.31

शुश्रावेन्द्रोऽपि विविधाः स्वकीर्तेर्हानिकारकाः । यस्य कीर्तिर्हता लोके धिक्तस्यैव कुजीवितम्

śuśrāvendro'pi vividhāḥ svakīrterhānikārakāḥ | yasya kīrtirhatā loke dhiktasyaiva kujīvitam

Indra too heard the various (reports) that damaged his own reputation. "He whose fame is destroyed in the world — fie upon his wretched life!

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DB 6 7.32

यं दृष्ट्वा पथि गच्छन्तं शत्रुः स्मेरमुखो भवेत् । इन्द्रद्युम्नोऽपि राजर्षिः पतितः कीर्तिसंक्षयात्

yaṃ dṛṣṭvā pathi gacchantaṃ śatruḥ smeramukho bhavet | indradyumno'pi rājarṣiḥ patitaḥ kīrtisaṃkṣayāt

— seeing whom going along the road, an enemy's face would break into a smile. Indradyumna too, a royal sage, fell because of the ruin of his fame.

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DB 6 7.33

स्वर्गादकृतपापोऽसौ पापकृत्किं न पात्यते । स्वल्पेऽपराधेऽपि नृपो ययातिः पतितः किल

svargādakṛtapāpo'sau pāpakṛtkiṃ na pātyate | svalpe'parādhe'pi nṛpo yayātiḥ patitaḥ kila

He, who had committed no sin, (fell) from heaven; why then should not one who does commit sin be made to fall? Even for a small offense, King Yayāti fell, indeed.

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DB 6 7.34

नृपः कर्कटतां प्राप्तो युगानष्टादशैव तु । भृगुपत्नीशिरश्छेदाद्भगवान्हरिरच्युतः

nṛpaḥ karkaṭatāṃ prāpto yugānaṣṭādaśaiva tu | bhṛgupatnīśiraśchedādbhagavānhariracyutaḥ

A king became a crab for a full eighteen ages; and because of the cutting off of the head of Bhṛgu's wife, the Lord Hari fell (from his state).

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DB 6 7.35

ब्रह्मशापात्पशोर्योनौ सञ्जातो मकरादिषु । विष्णुश्च वामनो भूत्वा याचनार्थं बलेर्गृहे

brahmaśāpātpaśoryonau sañjāto makarādiṣu | viṣṇuśca vāmano bhūtvā yācanārthaṃ balergṛhe

By Brahmā's curse he was born in animal wombs, among crocodiles and the like; and Viṣṇu, becoming a dwarf, (went) to Bali's house for the sake of begging.

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DB 6 7.36

गतः किमपरं दुःखं प्राप्नोति दुष्कृती नरः । रामोऽपि वनवासेषु सीताविरहजं बहु

gataḥ kimaparaṃ duḥkhaṃ prāpnoti duṣkṛtī naraḥ | rāmo'pi vanavāseṣu sītāvirahajaṃ bahu

— he went (there); what further suffering does an evil-doing man not attain? Rāma too, in his forest dwellings, (endured) much (grief) born of separation from Sītā,

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DB 6 7.37

दुःखं च प्राप्तवान्घोरं भृगुशापेन भारत । तथेन्द्रोऽपि ब्रह्महत्याकृतं प्राप्य महद्भयम्

duḥkhaṃ ca prāptavānghoraṃ bhṛguśāpena bhārata | tathendro'pi brahmahatyākṛtaṃ prāpya mahadbhayam

and he obtained terrible suffering through Bhṛgu's curse, O Bhārata. So Indra too, having incurred the great terror produced by the killing of a brahmin,

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DB 6 7.38

न स्वास्थ्यं प्राप गेहेऽसौ सर्वसिद्धिसमन्विते । पौलोमी तं सभाहीनं दृष्ट्वा प्रोवाच वासवम्

na svāsthyaṃ prāpa gehe'sau sarvasiddhisamanvite | paulomī taṃ sabhāhīnaṃ dṛṣṭvā provāca vāsavam

found no ease in his house, though it was furnished with every perfection. Paulomī, seeing him bereft of his court, spoke to Vāsava —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.39

निःश्वसन्तं भयत्रस्तं नष्टसंज्ञं विचेतसम् । किं प्रभोऽद्य भयार्तोऽसि मृतस्ते दारुणो रिपुः

niḥśvasantaṃ bhayatrastaṃ naṣṭasaṃjñaṃ vicetasam | kiṃ prabho'dya bhayārto'si mṛtaste dāruṇo ripuḥ

(seeing him) sighing, shaken with fear, having lost awareness, out of his senses: "Why, lord, are you today afflicted with fear? Your fearsome enemy is dead.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.40

का चिन्ता वर्तते कान्त तव शत्रुनिषूदन । कस्माच्छोचसि लोकेश निःश्वसन्प्राकृतो यथा

kā cintā vartate kānta tava śatruniṣūdana | kasmācchocasi lokeśa niḥśvasanprākṛto yathā

What is the worry you have, beloved, O destroyer of foes? Why do you grieve, lord of the worlds, sighing like a common man?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.41

नान्योऽस्ति बलवाञ्छत्रुर्येन चिन्तापरो भवान् । इन्द्र उवाच नारातिर्बलवान्मेऽस्ति न शान्तिर्न सुखं तथा

nānyo'sti balavāñchatruryena cintāparo bhavān | indra uvāca nārātirbalavānme'sti na śāntirna sukhaṃ tathā

There is no other powerful enemy on whose account you should be lost in worry." Indra said: I have no powerful foe, and yet I have neither peace nor happiness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.42

ब्रह्महत्याभयाद्राज्ञि बिभेमि सततं गृहे । न नन्दनं सुखकरं नामृतं न गृहं वनम्

brahmahatyābhayādrājñi bibhemi satataṃ gṛhe | na nandanaṃ sukhakaraṃ nāmṛtaṃ na gṛhaṃ vanam

Out of fear of the brahmin-murder, O queen, I am afraid all the time, here in my house. Nandana gives me no pleasure, nor the nectar, nor house, nor forest,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.43

गन्धर्वाणां तथा गेयं नृत्यमप्सरसां पुनः । न त्वं सुखकरा नारी नाना च सुरयोषितः

gandharvāṇāṃ tathā geyaṃ nṛtyamapsarasāṃ punaḥ | na tvaṃ sukhakarā nārī nānā ca surayoṣitaḥ

nor the singing of the gandharvas, nor again the dancing of the apsarases; you, my wife, are no giver of pleasure to me, nor the many women of the gods,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.44

न तथा कामधेनुश्च देववृक्षः सुखप्रदः । किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि क्व शर्म मम जायते

na tathā kāmadhenuśca devavṛkṣaḥ sukhapradaḥ | kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kva śarma mama jāyate

nor likewise the wish-cow, nor the divine tree, is a giver of pleasure. What am I to do? Where shall I go? Where can there be relief for me?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.45

इति चिन्तापरः कान्ते न लभे सुखमात्मनि । व्यास उवाच इत्युक्त्वा वचनं शक्रः प्रियां परमकातराम्

iti cintāparaḥ kānte na labhe sukhamātmani | vyāsa uvāca ityuktvā vacanaṃ śakraḥ priyāṃ paramakātarām

"Absorbed in such worry, my beloved, I find no ease in myself." Vyāsa said: Having spoken this speech, Śakra (left) his dear wife, who was utterly distressed,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.46

निर्जगाम गृहान्मन्दो मानसं सर उत्तमम् । पद्मनाले प्रविष्टोऽसौ भयार्तः शोककर्षितः

nirjagāma gṛhānmando mānasaṃ sara uttamam | padmanāle praviṣṭo'sau bhayārtaḥ śokakarṣitaḥ

and the dull-witted (Indra) went out from his house to the excellent Mānasa lake; stricken with fear and worn down by grief, he entered into the stalk of a lotus.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.47

न प्राज्ञायत देवेन्द्रस्त्वभिभूतश्च कल्मषैः । प्रतिच्छन्नो वसत्यप्सु चेष्टमान इवोरगः

na prājñāyata devendrastvabhibhūtaśca kalmaṣaiḥ | praticchanno vasatyapsu ceṣṭamāna ivoragaḥ

The lord of the gods was not recognized, overcome as he was by his sins; concealed, he dwelt in the waters, writhing like a serpent.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.48

असहायस्तुराषाडैच्चिन्तार्तो विकलेन्द्रियः । ततः प्रनष्टे देवेन्द्रे ब्रह्महत्याभयार्दिते

asahāyasturāṣāḍaiccintārto vikalendriyaḥ | tataḥ pranaṣṭe devendre brahmahatyābhayārdite

Without any helper, Turāṣāṭ (Indra) was stricken with worry, his senses disordered. Then, when the lord of the gods had disappeared, afflicted by fear of the brahmin-slaughter,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

DB 6 7.49

सुराश्चिन्तातुराश्चासन्नुत्पाताश्चाभवन्नथ । ऋषयः सिद्धगन्धर्वा भयार्ताश्चाभवन्भृशम्

surāścintāturāścāsannutpātāścābhavannatha | ṛṣayaḥ siddhagandharvā bhayārtāścābhavanbhṛśam

the gods were distressed with anxiety, and portents occurred; the sages, Siddhas and Gandharvas too became greatly afflicted with fear.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.50

अराजकं जगत्सर्वमभिभूतमुपद्रवैः । अवर्षणं तदा जातं पृथिवी क्षीणवैभवा

arājakaṃ jagatsarvamabhibhūtamupadravaiḥ | avarṣaṇaṃ tadā jātaṃ pṛthivī kṣīṇavaibhavā

The whole world was kingless and overwhelmed by calamities; then there was no rain, and the earth's abundance dwindled.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.51

विच्छिन्नस्रोतसो नद्यः सरांस्यनुदकानि वै । एवं त्वराजके जाते देवता मुनयस्तथा

vicchinnasrotaso nadyaḥ sarāṃsyanudakāni vai | evaṃ tvarājake jāte devatā munayastathā

The rivers' streams were cut off, and the lakes were without water. Thus, when the kingless state had come about, the gods and likewise the sages,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.52

विचार्य नहुषं चक्रुः शक्रं सर्वे दिवौकसः । सम्प्राप्य नहुषो राजा धर्मिष्ठोऽपि रजोबलात्

vicārya nahuṣaṃ cakruḥ śakraṃ sarve divaukasaḥ | samprāpya nahuṣo rājā dharmiṣṭho'pi rajobalāt

after deliberating, all the dwellers of heaven made Nahuṣa Śakra (Indra). But having attained (that office), king Nahuṣa, although most righteous, by the force of rajas

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.53

बभूव विषयासक्तः पञ्चबाणशराहतः । अप्सरोभिर्वृतः क्रीडन्देवोद्यानेषु भारत

babhūva viṣayāsaktaḥ pañcabāṇaśarāhataḥ | apsarobhirvṛtaḥ krīḍandevodyāneṣu bhārata

became attached to sense-objects, struck by the arrows of the five-arrowed one (Kāma); surrounded by Apsarases he played in the gardens of the gods, O Bhārata.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.54

शक्रपत्नीगुणाञ्छ्रुत्वा चकमे तां स पार्थिवः । ऋषीनाह किमिन्द्राणी नोपगच्छति मां किल

śakrapatnīguṇāñchrutvā cakame tāṃ sa pārthivaḥ | ṛṣīnāha kimindrāṇī nopagacchati māṃ kila

Having heard of the qualities of Śakra's wife, that king desired her, and said to the sages: "Why does Indrāṇī not come to me?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.55

भवद्भिश्चामरैः सर्वैः कृतोऽहं वासवस्त्विह । प्रेषयध्वं सुराः कामं सेवार्थं मम वै शचीम्

bhavadbhiścāmaraiḥ sarvaiḥ kṛto'haṃ vāsavastviha | preṣayadhvaṃ surāḥ kāmaṃ sevārthaṃ mama vai śacīm

By you and by all the immortals I have been made Vāsava here. Send, O gods, Śacī to me for my pleasure, to serve me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.56

प्रियं चेन्मम कर्तव्यं सर्वथा मुनयोऽमराः । अहमिन्द्रोऽद्य देवानां लोकानां च तथेश्वरः

priyaṃ cenmama kartavyaṃ sarvathā munayo'marāḥ | ahamindro'dya devānāṃ lokānāṃ ca tatheśvaraḥ

If what pleases me is to be done in every way, O sages and immortals — I am today Indra, and likewise the lord of the gods and of the worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.57

आगच्छतु शची मह्यं क्षिप्रमद्य निवेशनम् । इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा देवा देवर्षयस्तथा

āgacchatu śacī mahyaṃ kṣipramadya niveśanam | iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā devā devarṣayastathā

Let Śacī come quickly today to my dwelling." Having heard that speech of his, the gods and the divine sages

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.58

गत्वा चिन्तातुराः प्रोचुः पौलोमीं प्रणतास्ततः । इन्द्रपत्नि दुराचारो नहुषस्त्वामिहेच्छति

gatvā cintāturāḥ procuḥ paulomīṃ praṇatāstataḥ | indrapatni durācāro nahuṣastvāmihecchati

went, distressed with worry, and bowing, then said to Paulomī: "O wife of Indra, the evil-conducted Nahuṣa desires you here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.59

कुपितोऽस्मानुवाचेदं प्रेषयध्वं शचीमिह । किं कुर्मस्तदधीनाः स्मो येनेन्द्रोऽयं कृतः किल

kupito'smānuvācedaṃ preṣayadhvaṃ śacīmiha | kiṃ kurmastadadhīnāḥ smo yenendro'yaṃ kṛtaḥ kila

Angered, he said this to us: 'Send Śacī here.' What are we to do? We are subject to him, since it was we who made him Indra."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.60

तच्छ्रुत्वा दुर्मना देवी बृहस्पतिमुवाच ह । रक्ष मां नहुषाद्ब्रह्मंस्तवास्मि शरणं गता

tacchrutvā durmanā devī bṛhaspatimuvāca ha | rakṣa māṃ nahuṣādbrahmaṃstavāsmi śaraṇaṃ gatā

Hearing that, the goddess, downcast, said to Bṛhaspati: "Protect me from Nahuṣa, O brahmin; I have come to you for refuge."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.61

बृहस्पतिरुवाच न भेतव्यं त्वया देवि नहुषात्पापमोहितात् । न त्वां दास्याम्यहं वत्से त्यक्त्वा धर्मं सनातनम्

bṛhaspatiruvāca na bhetavyaṃ tvayā devi nahuṣātpāpamohitāt | na tvāṃ dāsyāmyahaṃ vatse tyaktvā dharmaṃ sanātanam

Bṛhaspati said: You need not fear, O goddess, Nahuṣa deluded by sin; I will not hand you over, my child, abandoning the eternal law.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

DB 6 7.62

शरणागतमार्तं च यो ददाति नराधमः । स एव नरकं याति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम् । स्वस्था भव पृथुश्रोणि न त्यक्ष्ये त्वां कदाचन

śaraṇāgatamārtaṃ ca yo dadāti narādhamaḥ | sa eva narakaṃ yāti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam | svasthā bhava pṛthuśroṇi na tyakṣye tvāṃ kadācana

That lowest of men who hands over one who is afflicted and has come for refuge — he goes to hell until the dissolution of beings. Be at ease, O broad-hipped one; I shall never abandon you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition