Devi Bhagavata Purana — Skandha 7 — Chapter 10

DB 7 10.1

सत्यव्रताख्यानवर्णनम् व्यास उवाच ।। बभूव चक्रवर्ती स नृपतिः सत्यसंगरः ।। मांधाता पृथिवीं सर्वामजयन्नृपतीश्वरः

satyavratākhyānavarṇanam vyāsa uvāca || babhūva cakravartī sa nṛpatiḥ satyasaṃgaraḥ || māṃdhātā pṛthivīṃ sarvāmajayannṛpatīśvaraḥ

The description of the tale of Satyavrata. Vyāsa said: That king, true to his engagements, became a universal sovereign; Māndhātā, the overlord of kings, conquered the whole earth.

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DB 7 10.2

दस्यवोऽस्य भयत्रस्ता ययुर्गिरिगुहासु च ।। इंद्रेणास्य कृतं नाम त्रसदस्युरिति स्फुटम्

dasyavo'sya bhayatrastā yayurgiriguhāsu ca || iṃdreṇāsya kṛtaṃ nāma trasadasyuriti sphuṭam

The robbers, trembling with fear of him, fled into mountain caves; and Indra clearly made a name for him: "Trasadasyu" (he before whom the robbers tremble).

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DB 7 10.3

तस्य बिंदुमती भार्या शशबिंदोः सुताऽभवत् ।। पतिव्रता सुरूपा च सर्वलक्षणसंयुता

tasya biṃdumatī bhāryā śaśabiṃdoḥ sutā'bhavat || pativratā surūpā ca sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā

His wife was Bindumatī, who was the daughter of Śaśabindu — devoted to her husband, beautiful, and endowed with all auspicious marks.

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DB 7 10.4

तस्यामुत्पादयामास मांधाता द्वौ सुतौ नृप ।। पुरुकुत्सं सुविख्यातं मुचुकुंदं तथाऽपरम्

tasyāmutpādayāmāsa māṃdhātā dvau sutau nṛpa || purukutsaṃ suvikhyātaṃ mucukuṃdaṃ tathā'param

Upon her Māndhātā begot two sons, O king: the well-renowned Purukutsa, and the other, Mucukunda.

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DB 7 10.5

पुरुकुत्सात्ततोऽरण्यः पुत्रः परमधार्मिकः ।। पितृभक्तिरतश्चाभूद् बृहदश्वस्तदात्मजः

purukutsāttato'raṇyaḥ putraḥ paramadhārmikaḥ || pitṛbhaktirataścābhūd bṛhadaśvastadātmajaḥ

Then from Purukutsa (was born) a son, Araṇya, supremely righteous; and he was devoted to his father; his son was Bṛhadaśva.

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DB 7 10.6

हर्यश्वस्तस्य पुत्रोऽभूद्धार्मिकः परमार्थवित् ।। तस्याऽऽत्मजस्त्रिधन्वा भूदरुणस्तस्य चात्मजः

haryaśvastasya putro'bhūddhārmikaḥ paramārthavit || tasyā''tmajastridhanvā bhūdaruṇastasya cātmajaḥ

Haryaśva was his son, righteous and knowing the highest truth; his son was Tridhanvā, and his son was Aruṇa.

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DB 7 10.7

अरुणस्य सुतः श्रीमान्सत्यव्रत इति श्रुतः ।। सोऽभूदिच्छाचरः कामी मंदात्मा ह्यतिलोलुपः पप्रच्छ राजा तान्विप्रान्दुःखितान्पुरवासिनः ।। किं कृतं मम पुत्रेण भवतामशुभं द्विजाः यदा निष्कासितः पित्रा कुपितेन महात्मना ।। गुरुणाऽथ वसिष्ठेन प्रेरितोऽसौ महीपतिः बालानां भरणं केन करोमि पतिना विना ।। मरिष्यंति सुताः सर्वे क्षुधया पीडिता भृशम् वृक्षे तवाऽऽश्रमाभ्याशे भक्ष्यं किंचिन्निरंतरम् ।। वंधयित्वा गमिष्यामि सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम् पाणिग्रहणमंत्राणां निष्ठा स्यात्सप्तमे पदे ।। जानन्नपि स धर्मात्मा विप्रदारपरिग्रहे

aruṇasya sutaḥ śrīmānsatyavrata iti śrutaḥ || so'bhūdicchācaraḥ kāmī maṃdātmā hyatilolupaḥ papraccha rājā tānviprānduḥkhitānpuravāsinaḥ || kiṃ kṛtaṃ mama putreṇa bhavatāmaśubhaṃ dvijāḥ yadā niṣkāsitaḥ pitrā kupitena mahātmanā || guruṇā'tha vasiṣṭhena prerito'sau mahīpatiḥ bālānāṃ bharaṇaṃ kena karomi patinā vinā || mariṣyaṃti sutāḥ sarve kṣudhayā pīḍitā bhṛśam vṛkṣe tavā''śramābhyāśe bhakṣyaṃ kiṃcinniraṃtaram || vaṃdhayitvā gamiṣyāmi satyametadbravīmyaham pāṇigrahaṇamaṃtrāṇāṃ niṣṭhā syātsaptame pade || jānannapi sa dharmātmā vipradāraparigrahe

Aruṇa's son was the illustrious one known as Satyavrata; he acted as he pleased, lustful, dull-witted, and exceedingly greedy. The king asked those brahmins, the city-dwellers, who were grieving: "What unpleasant thing has been done to you by my son, O twice-born ones?" — When he was expelled by his angry, great-souled father, that lord of the earth had been urged on by the preceptor Vasiṣṭha. — "By whom shall I do the maintenance of the children, without a husband? All my sons will die, sorely oppressed by hunger." — "On a tree near your hermitage I shall constantly tie up some food and then go; this that I say is the truth." — The binding force of the marriage mantras comes about at the seventh step. — Although he, of righteous soul, knew (this) with regard to the taking of a brahmin's wife...

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DB 7 10.8

स पापात्मा विप्रभार्यां हृतवान्काममोहितः ।। विवाहे तस्य विघ्नं स चकार नृपतेः सुतः

sa pāpātmā viprabhāryāṃ hṛtavānkāmamohitaḥ || vivāhe tasya vighnaṃ sa cakāra nṛpateḥ sutaḥ

That evil-souled one, deluded by lust, carried off a brahmin's wife; that son of the king made an obstruction to her marriage.

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DB 7 10.9

मिलिता ब्राह्मणास्तत्र राजानमरुणं नृप ।। ऊचुर्भृशं सुदुःखार्ता हा हताः स्मेति चासकृत्

militā brāhmaṇāstatra rājānamaruṇaṃ nṛpa || ūcurbhṛśaṃ suduḥkhārtā hā hatāḥ smeti cāsakṛt

The brahmins, assembled there, sorely afflicted with grief, spoke to king Aruṇa, O king, saying again and again, "Alas, we are ruined!"

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DB 7 10.11

तन्निशम्य द्विजा वाक्यं राज्ञो विनयपूर्वकम् ।। तदोचुस्त्वरुणं विप्राः कृताशीर्वचना भृशम्

tanniśamya dvijā vākyaṃ rājño vinayapūrvakam || tadocustvaruṇaṃ viprāḥ kṛtāśīrvacanā bhṛśam

Hearing that courteous speech of the king, the brahmins then, having heartily pronounced blessings, spoke to Aruṇa.

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DB 7 10.12

ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः ।। राजंस्तव सुतेनाद्य विवाहे प्रहृता किल ।। विवाहिता विप्रकन्या बलेन बलिनां वर

brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ || rājaṃstava sutenādya vivāhe prahṛtā kila || vivāhitā viprakanyā balena balināṃ vara

The brahmins said: O king, today by your son at a wedding (a girl) was seized indeed; a brahmin's daughter was married by force, O best of the strong.

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DB 7 10.13

व्यास उवाच ।। श्रुत्वा तेषां वचस्तथ्यं राजा परमधार्मिकः ।। पुत्रमाह वृथा नाम कृतं ते दुष्टकर्मणा

vyāsa uvāca || śrutvā teṣāṃ vacastathyaṃ rājā paramadhārmikaḥ || putramāha vṛthā nāma kṛtaṃ te duṣṭakarmaṇā

Vyāsa said: Hearing their truthful words, the king, supremely righteous, said to his son: your name has been made empty by you, doer of evil deeds.

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DB 7 10.14

गच्छ दूरं सुमंदात्मन्दुराचार गृहान्मम ।। न स्थातव्यं त्वया पाप विषये मम सर्वथा

gaccha dūraṃ sumaṃdātmandurācāra gṛhānmama || na sthātavyaṃ tvayā pāpa viṣaye mama sarvathā

Go far away from my house, O dull-witted one, O evil-conducted one; you must not stay at all, O sinner, in my realm.

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DB 7 10.15

कुपितं पितरं प्राह क्व गच्छामिति वै मुहुः ।। अरुणास्तमथोवाच श्वपाकैः सह वर्तय

kupitaṃ pitaraṃ prāha kva gacchāmiti vai muhuḥ || aruṇāstamathovāca śvapākaiḥ saha vartaya

(The son) said again and again to his angered father, "Where shall I go?" Then Aruṇa said to him: live together with the dog-cookers.

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DB 7 10.16

श्वपचस्य कृतं कर्म द्विजदारापहारणम्।। तस्मात्तैः सह संसर्गं कृत्वा तिष्ठ यथासुखम्

śvapacasya kṛtaṃ karma dvijadārāpahāraṇam|| tasmāttaiḥ saha saṃsargaṃ kṛtvā tiṣṭha yathāsukham

The deed done (by you) is a dog-cooker's deed—the carrying off of a twice-born's wife; therefore, keeping company with them, stay as you please.

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DB 7 10.17

नहि पुत्रेण पुत्रार्थी त्वया च कुलपांसना ।। यथेष्टं व्रज दुष्टात्मन्कीतनाशः कृतस्त्वया

nahi putreṇa putrārthī tvayā ca kulapāṃsanā || yatheṣṭaṃ vraja duṣṭātmankītanāśaḥ kṛtastvayā

One who wishes for a son does not (wish) for a son like you, defiler of the family; go where you will, evil-souled one—you have brought about the ruin of (our) fame.

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DB 7 10.18

स निशम्य पितुर्वाक्यं कुपितस्य महात्मनः ।। निश्चक्राम पुरात्तस्मात्तरसा श्वपचान्ययौ

sa niśamya piturvākyaṃ kupitasya mahātmanaḥ || niścakrāma purāttasmāttarasā śvapacānyayau

He, hearing the words of his angry, great-souled father, went out from that city at once and went to the dog-cookers.

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DB 7 10.19

सत्यव्रतस्तदा तत्र श्वपाकैः सह वर्तते ।। धनुर्बाणधरः श्रीमान्कवची करुणालयः

satyavratastadā tatra śvapākaiḥ saha vartate || dhanurbāṇadharaḥ śrīmānkavacī karuṇālayaḥ

Satyavrata then lived there together with the dog-cookers, bearing bow and arrows, glorious, armoured, an abode of compassion.

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DB 7 10.21

तस्मात्सत्यव्रतस्तस्मिन्बभूव क्रोधसंयुतः ।। वसिष्ठे धर्मशास्त्रज्ञे निवारणपराङ्मुखे

tasmātsatyavratastasminbabhūva krodhasaṃyutaḥ || vasiṣṭhe dharmaśāstrajñe nivāraṇaparāṅmukhe

Because of that, Satyavrata came to be filled with anger at him, at Vasiṣṭha, knower of the law-books, who had turned away from preventing (it).

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DB 7 10.22

केनचित्कारणेनाथ पिता तस्य महीपतिः ।। पुत्रर्थेऽसौ तपस्तप्तुं पुरं त्यक्त्वा वनं गत

kenacitkāraṇenātha pitā tasya mahīpatiḥ || putrarthe'sau tapastaptuṃ puraṃ tyaktvā vanaṃ gata

Then for some reason his father, the lord of the earth, left the city and went to the forest to perform austerity for the sake of a son.

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DB 7 10.23

न ववर्ष तदा तस्मिन्विषये पाकशासनः ।। समा द्वादश राजेंद्र तेनाऽधर्मेण सर्वथा

na vavarṣa tadā tasminviṣaye pākaśāsanaḥ || samā dvādaśa rājeṃdra tenā'dharmeṇa sarvathā

Then the chastiser of Pāka (Indra) did not rain in that realm for twelve years, O lord of kings, because of that unrighteousness altogether.

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DB 7 10.24

विश्वामित्रस्तदा दारांस्तस्मिंस्तु विषये नृप ।। संन्यस्य कौशिकीतीरे चचार विपुलं तपः

viśvāmitrastadā dārāṃstasmiṃstu viṣaye nṛpa || saṃnyasya kauśikītīre cacāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ

Then Viśvāmitra, O king, having left his wife in that realm, practised extensive austerity on the bank of the Kauśikī.

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DB 7 10.25

कातरा तत्र संजाता भार्या कौशिकस्य ह ।। कुटुंबभरणार्थाय दुःखिता वरवर्णिनी

kātarā tatra saṃjātā bhāryā kauśikasya ha || kuṭuṃbabharaṇārthāya duḥkhitā varavarṇinī

There the wife of Kauśika became distressed, grieved for the sake of maintaining the family, she of lovely complexion.

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DB 7 10.26

बालकान्क्षुधयाऽऽक्रांतान्रुदतः पश्यती भृशम् ।। याचामानांश्च नीवारान्कष्टमाप पति व्रता

bālakānkṣudhayā''krāṃtānrudataḥ paśyatī bhṛśam || yācāmānāṃśca nīvārānkaṣṭamāpa pati vratā

Seeing her children overcome with hunger and weeping bitterly, and begging for wild rice, the devoted wife came to great distress.

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DB 7 10.27

चिंतयामास दुःखार्ता तोकान्वीक्ष्य क्षुधाऽऽतुरान् ।। नृपो नास्ति पुरे ह्यद्य कं याचे वा करोमि किम्

ciṃtayāmāsa duḥkhārtā tokānvīkṣya kṣudhā''turān || nṛpo nāsti pure hyadya kaṃ yāce vā karomi kim

Stricken with grief, seeing the little ones tormented by hunger, she thought: there is no king in the city today; whom shall I beg from, or what shall I do?

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DB 7 10.28

न मे त्राताऽस्ति पुत्राणां पतिर्मे नास्ति सन्निधौ ।। रुदंति बालकाः कामं धिङ्मे जीवनमद्य वै

na me trātā'sti putrāṇāṃ patirme nāsti sannidhau || rudaṃti bālakāḥ kāmaṃ dhiṅme jīvanamadya vai

I have no protector for my sons; my husband is not near me; the children weep at will—fie on my life today!

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DB 7 10.29

धनहीना च मां त्यक्त्वा तपस्तप्तं गतः पतिः ।। न जानाति समर्थोऽपि दुःखितां धनवर्जिताम्

dhanahīnā ca māṃ tyaktvā tapastaptaṃ gataḥ patiḥ || na jānāti samartho'pi duḥkhitāṃ dhanavarjitām

And my husband, leaving me without means, has gone to practise austerity; though capable, he does not know (that I am) grieved and destitute of wealth.

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DB 7 10.31

एकं सुतं तु विक्रीय द्रव्येण कियता पुनः।। पालयामि सुतानन्यानेष मे विहितो विधिः

ekaṃ sutaṃ tu vikrīya dravyeṇa kiyatā punaḥ|| pālayāmi sutānanyāneṣa me vihito vidhiḥ

By selling one son for however much money, I shall keep the other sons alive: this is the course laid down for me.

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DB 7 10.32

सर्वेषां मारणं नाद्धा युक्तं मम विपर्यये ।। कालस्य कलनायाहं विक्रीणामि तथाऽऽत्मजम्

sarveṣāṃ māraṇaṃ nāddhā yuktaṃ mama viparyaye || kālasya kalanāyāhaṃ vikrīṇāmi tathā''tmajam

Surely the death of all is not proper for me in this reversal (of fortune); to get through the time I will thus sell a son.

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

DB 7 10.33

हृदयं कठिनं कृत्वा संचिंत्य मनसा सती ।। सा दर्भरज्ज्वा बद्धाथ गले पुत्रं विनिर्गता

hṛdayaṃ kaṭhinaṃ kṛtvā saṃciṃtya manasā satī || sā darbharajjvā baddhātha gale putraṃ vinirgatā

Having made her heart hard, and having deliberated in her mind, that virtuous woman then bound her son at the neck with a rope of darbha grass and went out.

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DB 7 10.34

मुनिपत्नी गले बद्ध्वा मध्यमं पुत्रमौरसम् ।। शेषस्य भरणार्थाय गृहीत्वा चलिता गृहात्

munipatnī gale baddhvā madhyamaṃ putramaurasam || śeṣasya bharaṇārthāya gṛhītvā calitā gṛhāt

The sage's wife, having bound at the neck her own middle son, took him and set out from the house, for the sake of sustaining the rest.

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DB 7 10.35

दृष्टा सत्यव्रतेनाऽऽर्ता तापसी शोकसंयुता ।। पप्रच्छ नृपतिस्तां तु किं चिकीर्षसि शोभने

dṛṣṭā satyavratenā''rtā tāpasī śokasaṃyutā || papraccha nṛpatistāṃ tu kiṃ cikīrṣasi śobhane

The distressed ascetic woman, filled with grief, was seen by Satyavrata; and the king asked her, "What do you intend to do, fair lady?"

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DB 7 10.36

रुदंतं बालकं कंठे बद्ध्वा नयसि काऽधुना ।। किमर्थं चारुसर्वांगि सत्यं ब्रूहि ममाऽग्रतः ।।

rudaṃtaṃ bālakaṃ kaṃṭhe baddhvā nayasi kā'dhunā || kimarthaṃ cārusarvāṃgi satyaṃ brūhi mamā'grataḥ ||

"Having bound the weeping boy at the neck, where are you leading him now? For what purpose, lady of lovely limbs? Speak the truth before me."

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DB 7 10.37

ऋषिपत्न्युवाच ।। विश्वामित्रस्य भार्याऽहं पुत्रोऽयं मे नृपात्मज ।। विक्रेतुमौरसं कामं गमिष्ये विषमेऽ सुतम्

ṛṣipatnyuvāca || viśvāmitrasya bhāryā'haṃ putro'yaṃ me nṛpātmaja || vikretumaurasaṃ kāmaṃ gamiṣye viṣame' sutam

The sage's wife said: I am the wife of Viśvāmitra, and this, O prince, is my son; I am going, in this hard time, to sell my own-born son as an object of desire (i.e. for a price).

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DB 7 10.38

अन्नं नास्ति पतिर्मुक्त्वा गतस्तप्तं नृप क्वचित् ।। विक्रीणामि क्षुधार्तेन शेषस्य भरणाय वै

annaṃ nāsti patirmuktvā gatastaptaṃ nṛpa kvacit || vikrīṇāmi kṣudhārtena śeṣasya bharaṇāya vai

There is no food; my husband, having abandoned (us), has gone somewhere to practise austerity, O king. Being tormented by hunger, I am selling (him) for the sustenance of the rest.

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DB 7 10.39

राजोवाच ।। पतिव्रते रक्ष पुत्रं दास्यामि भरणं तव ।। तावदेव पतिस्तेऽत्र वनाच्चैवाऽऽगमिष्यति

rājovāca || pativrate rakṣa putraṃ dāsyāmi bharaṇaṃ tava || tāvadeva patiste'tra vanāccaivā''gamiṣyati

The king said: O woman devoted to your husband, keep your son; I shall give you sustenance, just until your husband returns here from the forest.

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DB 7 10.41

इत्युक्ता सा तदा तेन राज्ञा कौशिककामिनी ।। विबंधं तययं कृत्वा जगामाऽऽश्रममंडलम्

ityuktā sā tadā tena rājñā kauśikakāminī || vibaṃdhaṃ tayayaṃ kṛtvā jagāmā''śramamaṃḍalam

Being thus addressed by that king, the wife of Kauśika then loosed the bond and went to the circle of hermitages.

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DB 7 10.42

सोऽभवद्गालवो नाम गलबंधान्महातपाः ।। सा तु स्वस्याऽऽश्रमे गत्वा मुमोद बालकैर्वृता

so'bhavadgālavo nāma galabaṃdhānmahātapāḥ || sā tu svasyā''śrame gatvā mumoda bālakairvṛtā

Because of that binding at the neck he became the great ascetic named Gālava; and she, going to her own hermitage, rejoiced, surrounded by her children.

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DB 7 10.43

सत्यव्रतस्तु भक्त्या च कृपया च परिप्लुतः ।। विश्वामित्रस्य च मुनेः कलत्रं तद्बभार ह

satyavratastu bhaktyā ca kṛpayā ca pariplutaḥ || viśvāmitrasya ca muneḥ kalatraṃ tadbabhāra ha

And Satyavrata, overflowing with devotion and with compassion, thus supported the wife of the sage Viśvāmitra.

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DB 7 10.44

वने स्थितान्मृगान्हत्वा वराहान्महिषांस्तथा ।। विश्वामित्रवनाभ्याशे मांसं वृक्षे बबंध ह

vane sthitānmṛgānhatvā varāhānmahiṣāṃstathā || viśvāmitravanābhyāśe māṃsaṃ vṛkṣe babaṃdha ha

Killing deer that were in the forest, and boars and buffaloes, he would tie the meat to a tree near Viśvāmitra's woods.

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DB 7 10.45

ऋषिपत्नी गृहीत्वा तन्मांसं पुत्रानदा त्ततः ।। निर्वृतिं परमां प्राप प्राप्य भक्ष्यमनुत्तमम्

ṛṣipatnī gṛhītvā tanmāṃsaṃ putrānadā ttataḥ || nirvṛtiṃ paramāṃ prāpa prāpya bhakṣyamanuttamam

The sage's wife took that meat and then gave it to her sons; obtaining that most excellent food, she attained the highest relief.

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DB 7 10.46

अयोध्यां चैव राज्यं च तथैवांतः पुरं मुनिः ।। गते तप्तुं नृपे तस्मिन्व सिष्ठः पर्यरक्षत

ayodhyāṃ caiva rājyaṃ ca tathaivāṃtaḥ puraṃ muniḥ || gate taptuṃ nṛpe tasminva siṣṭhaḥ paryarakṣata

When that king had gone to practise austerity, the sage Vasiṣṭha protected Ayodhyā and the kingdom and likewise the inner apartments.

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DB 7 10.47

सत्यव्रतोऽपि धर्मात्मा ह्यतिष्ठन्नगराद्बहिः ।। पितुराज्ञां समास्थाय पशुघ्नव्रतवान्वने

satyavrato'pi dharmātmā hyatiṣṭhannagarādbahiḥ || piturājñāṃ samāsthāya paśughnavratavānvane

And Satyavrata too, righteous of soul, remained outside the city; abiding by his father's command, he lived in the forest under the vow of a killer of beasts.

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DB 7 10.48

सत्यव्रतो ह्यकस्माच्च कस्यचित्कारणान्नृपः ।। वसिष्ठे चाऽधिकं मन्युं धारयामास नित्यदा

satyavrato hyakasmācca kasyacitkāraṇānnṛpaḥ || vasiṣṭhe cā'dhikaṃ manyuṃ dhārayāmāsa nityadā

But king Satyavrata, without cause—or for some (slight) reason—constantly harboured great wrath against Vasiṣṭha.

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DB 7 10.49

त्याज्यमानं वने पित्रा धर्मिष्ठं च प्रियं सुतम् ।। न वारयामास मुनिर्वसिष्ठः कारणेन ह

tyājyamānaṃ vane pitrā dharmiṣṭhaṃ ca priyaṃ sutam || na vārayāmāsa munirvasiṣṭhaḥ kāraṇena ha

For when his dear and most righteous son was being cast out into the forest by his father, the sage Vasiṣṭha did not prevent it, (having) a reason.

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DB 7 10.51

कस्मिंश्चिद्दिवसेऽरण्ये मृगाभावं महीपतिः ।। वसिष्ठस्य च गां दोग्ध्रीमपश्यद्वनमध्यगाम्

kasmiṃściddivase'raṇye mṛgābhāvaṃ mahīpatiḥ || vasiṣṭhasya ca gāṃ dogdhrīmapaśyadvanamadhyagām

On a certain day in the wilderness, there being no deer, the king saw Vasiṣṭha's milch cow moving in the midst of the forest.

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DB 7 10.52

तां जघान क्षुधार्तस्य क्रोधान्मोहाच्च दस्युवत् ।। वृक्षे बबंध तन्मांसं नीत्वा स्वयम भक्षयत्

tāṃ jaghāna kṣudhārtasya krodhānmohācca dasyuvat || vṛkṣe babaṃdha tanmāṃsaṃ nītvā svayama bhakṣayat

He, tormented by hunger, slew her out of anger and delusion, like a robber; he tied that meat to a tree, and carrying (some) away, he ate it himself.

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DB 7 10.53

ऋषिषत्नी सुतान्सर्वान्भोजयामास तत्तदा ।। शंकमाना मृगस्येति न गोरिति च सुव्रता

ṛṣiṣatnī sutānsarvānbhojayāmāsa tattadā || śaṃkamānā mṛgasyeti na goriti ca suvratā

The sage's wife then fed all her sons with that (meat), that woman of good vows supposing it to be a deer's and not a cow's.

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DB 7 10.54

वसिष्ठस्तु हतां दोग्ध्रीं ज्ञात्वा कुद्धस्तमब्रवीत् ।। दुरात्मन्किं कृतं पापं धेनुघातात्पिशाचवत्

vasiṣṭhastu hatāṃ dogdhrīṃ jñātvā kuddhastamabravīt || durātmankiṃ kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ dhenughātātpiśācavat

But Vasiṣṭha, learning that the milch cow had been killed, angrily said to him: "Wicked one, what a sin you have done, like a demon, by slaying a cow!"

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DB 7 10.55

एवं ते शंकवः क्रूरा पतंतु त्वरितास्त्रयः ।। गोवधाहारहरणात्पितुः क्रोधात्तथा भृशम्

evaṃ te śaṃkavaḥ krūrā pataṃtu tvaritāstrayaḥ || govadhāhāraharaṇātpituḥ krodhāttathā bhṛśam

"Thus let three cruel spikes fall swiftly upon you — from the killing of the cow, from the carrying off of (its) flesh as food, and likewise, severely, from your father's anger."

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DB 7 10.56

त्रिशंकुरिति नाम्ना वै भुवि ख्यातो भविष्यसि ।। पिशाचरूपमात्मानं दर्शयन्सर्व देहिनाम्

triśaṃkuriti nāmnā vai bhuvi khyāto bhaviṣyasi || piśācarūpamātmānaṃ darśayansarva dehinām

"You shall become known on earth by the name Triśaṅku, displaying yourself in the form of a piśāca to all embodied beings."

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DB 7 10.57

व्यास उवाच ।। एवं शप्तो वसिष्ठेन तदा सत्यव्रतो नृपः।। चचार च तपस्तीव्रं तस्मिन्नेवाऽऽश्रमे थितः

vyāsa uvāca || evaṃ śapto vasiṣṭhena tadā satyavrato nṛpaḥ|| cacāra ca tapastīvraṃ tasminnevā''śrame thitaḥ

Vyāsa said: Thus cursed by Vasiṣṭha, King Satyavrata then performed severe austerity, remaining in that very hermitage,

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DB 7 10.58

कस्माच्चिन्मुनिपुत्रात्तु प्राप्य मंत्रमनुत्तमम् ।। ध्यायन्भगवतीं देवीं प्रकृतिं परमां शिवाम्

kasmāccinmuniputrāttu prāpya maṃtramanuttamam || dhyāyanbhagavatīṃ devīṃ prakṛtiṃ paramāṃ śivām

having obtained a supreme mantra from some sage's son, meditating on the Blessed Goddess, the supreme Prakṛti, Śivā (the auspicious one).

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