Garuda Purana — Uttara Khanda (Pretakalpa) — Chapter 6
GaP 2 6.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- ६ गरुड उवाच । अपि साधनयुक्तस्य तीर्थदानरतस्य च । अकृते तु वृषोत्सर्गे परलोकगतिर्न हि
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 6 garuḍa uvāca / api sādhanayuktasya tīrthadānaratasya ca / akṛte tu vṛṣotsarge paralokagatirna hi
The Glorious Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, (chapter) 6. Garuḍa said: Even for one furnished with the means and devoted to pilgrimage and giving, if the release of a bull is not performed, there is no going to the other world—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.2
तस्मात् कृष्ण वृषोत्सर्गः कर्तव्य इति मे श्रुतम् । किं फलं वृषयज्ञस्य पुरा केन कृतो हरे
tasmāt kṛṣṇa vṛṣotsargaḥ kartavya iti me śrutam / kiṃ phalaṃ vṛṣayajñasya purā kena kṛto hare
therefore, O Kṛṣṇa, the release of a bull must be performed: so I have heard. What is the fruit of the bull-sacrifice, and by whom was it performed of old, O Hari?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.3
अनड्वान् कीदृशः प्रोक्तः कस्मिन् काले विशेषतः । को विधिस्तस्य निर्दिष्टः सर्वं मे कृपया वद
anaḍvān kīdṛśaḥ proktaḥ kasmin kāle viśeṣataḥ / ko vidhistasya nirdiṣṭaḥ sarvaṃ me kṛpayā vada
What sort of ox is prescribed, and at what time in particular? What rule has been laid down for it? Tell me all this, of your grace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.4
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । इतिहासं महापुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि खगेश्वर । ब्रह्मपुत्रेण यत् प्रोक्तं राजानं वीरवाहनम्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / itihāsaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi khageśvara / brahmaputreṇa yat proktaṃ rājānaṃ vīravāhanam
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: I shall relate a most meritorious old narrative, O lord of birds, which was told by Brahmā's son to King Vīravāhana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.5
विराधनगरे राजा वीरवाहननामकः । धर्मात्मा सत्यसन्धश्च वदान्यो विप्रतुष्टिकृत्
virādhanagare rājā vīravāhananāmakaḥ / dharmātmā satyasandhaśca vadānyo vipratuṣṭikṛt
In the city of Virādha (there was) a king named Vīravāhana, righteous in soul, true to his word, generous, and one who gave satisfaction to brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.6
स कदाचिद्वनं वीरो महात्माखेटकं गतः । किञ्चित् प्रष्टुमनास्तार्क्ष्य वसिष्ठस्याश्रमं ययौ
sa kadācidvanaṃ vīro mahātmākheṭakaṃ gataḥ / kiñcit praṣṭumanāstārkṣya vasiṣṭhasyāśramaṃ yayau
Once that hero, the great soul, went to the forest for hunting; wishing to ask something, O Tārkṣya, he went to Vasiṣṭha's hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.7
नमस्कृत्य मुनिं तत्र कृतासनपरिग्रहः । पश्रयावनतो राजा पप्रच्छ ऋषिसंसदि
namaskṛtya muniṃ tatra kṛtāsanaparigrahaḥ / paśrayāvanato rājā papraccha ṛṣisaṃsadi
Having bowed to the sage there and accepted a seat, the king, bent low in reverence, asked (him) in the assembly of the seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.8
राजोवाच । मुने मया कृतो धर्मो यथाशक्ति प्रयत्नतः । यमस्य शासनं श्रुत्वा बिभेमि नितरां हृदि
rājovāca / mune mayā kṛto dharmo yathāśakti prayatnataḥ / yamasya śāsanaṃ śrutvā bibhemi nitarāṃ hṛdi
The king said: O sage, I have practised dharma to the best of my ability, with effort; yet, having heard of Yama's rule, I am exceedingly afraid in my heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.9
यमञ्च यमदूतांश्च निरयान् घोरदर्शनान् । न पश्यामि महाभाग तथा वद दयानिधे
yamañca yamadūtāṃśca nirayān ghoradarśanān / na paśyāmi mahābhāga tathā vada dayānidhe
Tell (me), O greatly fortunate one, O treasury of compassion, so that I may not see Yama, Yama's messengers, and the hells of dreadful aspect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.10
वसिष्ठ उवाच । धर्मा बहुविधा राजन् वर्ण्यन्ते शास्त्रकोविदैः । सूक्ष्मत्वान्न विजानन्ति कर्ममार्गविमोहिताः
vasiṣṭha uvāca / dharmā bahuvidhā rājan varṇyante śāstrakovidaiḥ / sūkṣmatvānna vijānanti karmamārgavimohitāḥ
Vasiṣṭha said: The duties are of many kinds, O king, as described by those skilled in the śāstras; because of their subtlety, people deluded by the path of (ritual) action do not understand them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.11
दानं तीर्थं तपो यज्ञाः संन्यासः पैतृको महः । धर्मेषु गृह्यमाणेषु वृषोत्सर्गो विशेषितः
dānaṃ tīrthaṃ tapo yajñāḥ saṃnyāsaḥ paitṛko mahaḥ / dharmeṣu gṛhyamāṇeṣu vṛṣotsargo viśeṣitaḥ
Gift, pilgrimage, austerity, sacrifices, renunciation, the festival for the fathers — among the duties that are undertaken, the release of a bull is singled out (as best).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.12
एष्टव्या बहवः पुत्रा यद्येको ऽपि गयां व्रजेत् । यजेत वाश्वमेधेन नीलं वा वृषमुत्सृजेत्
eṣṭavyā bahavaḥ putrā yadyeko 'pi gayāṃ vrajet / yajeta vāśvamedhena nīlaṃ vā vṛṣamutsṛjet
Many sons should be desired, so that even one may go to Gayā, or sacrifice with a horse-sacrifice, or release a dark-blue bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.13
ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानि ज्ञानाज्ञानकृतानि च । नीलोद्वाहेन शुध्येत्तु समुद्रप्लवनेन वा
brahmahatyādipāpāni jñānājñānakṛtāni ca / nīlodvāhena śudhyettu samudraplavanena vā
Sins such as brahmin-slaying, done knowingly or unknowingly, are purged by the marriage of a nīla (bull) or by plunging into the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.14
एकादशाहे राजेन्द्र यस्य नोत्सूज्यते वृषः । प्रेतत्वं निश्चलं तस्य कृतैः श्राद्धैस्तु किं भवेत्
ekādaśāhe rājendra yasya notsūjyate vṛṣaḥ / pretatvaṃ niścalaṃ tasya kṛtaiḥ śrāddhaistu kiṃ bhavet
O best of kings, he for whom a bull is not released on the eleventh day — his state as a preta is fixed; what good will the śrāddhas performed be to him?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.15
यथाकथञ्चित् कर्तव्यस्तीर्थे वा पत्तने ऽथ वा । वृषयज्ञैः प्रमुच्यते नान्यथा साधनैः खग
yathākathañcit kartavyastīrthe vā pattane 'tha vā / vṛṣayajñaiḥ pramucyate nānyathā sādhanaiḥ khaga
Somehow or other it must be done, whether at a holy ford or in a town; one is released by bull-sacrifices, not by other means, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.16
वृषभं पञ्चकल्याणं युवानं कृष्णकंबलम् । गोयूथमध्ये नितरां विचरन्तं विधानतः
vṛṣabhaṃ pañcakalyāṇaṃ yuvānaṃ kṛṣṇakaṃbalam / goyūthamadhye nitarāṃ vicarantaṃ vidhānataḥ
A bull possessed of the five auspicious marks, young, with a black hide, roaming freely in the midst of a herd of cows — (such a one) according to the rule,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.17
चतसृभिर्वत्सकाभिर्द्वाभ्याञ्चैवैकया खग । विवाह्य मङ्गलद्रव्यैर्मन्त्रवत्तं समुत्सृजेत्
catasṛbhirvatsakābhirdvābhyāñcaivaikayā khaga / vivāhya maṅgaladravyairmantravattaṃ samutsṛjet
having married (him) with four heifers, or with two, or with one, O bird, with auspicious articles and with mantras, one should release him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.18
इह रतीति षडृग्भिर्हेमं कुर्याद्विभावसोः । कार्तिक्यां माघवैशाख्यां संक्रमे पातपर्वसु
iha ratīti ṣaḍṛgbhirhemaṃ kuryādvibhāvasoḥ / kārtikyāṃ māghavaiśākhyāṃ saṃkrame pātaparvasu
With the six verses beginning 'iha ratiḥ' one should make the oblation to Fire — on the full moon of Kārttika, of Māgha, of Vaiśākha, at a solstitial/zodiacal transit, at the pāta conjunctions,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.19
तीर्थे पित्र्येक्षयाहे च विशेषेण प्रशस्यते । लोहितो यस्तु वर्णेन मुखे पुच्छे च पाण्डुरः
tīrthe pitryekṣayāhe ca viśeṣeṇa praśasyate / lohito yastu varṇena mukhe pucche ca pāṇḍuraḥ
at a holy ford, and at the ancestral imperishable day — (then) it is especially commended. The one that is red in colour, but pale on the face and tail,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.20
पीतः खुरविषाणेषु स नीलो वृष उच्यते । श्वेतवर्णो भवेद्विप्रो लोहितः क्षत्त्र उच्यते
pītaḥ khuraviṣāṇeṣu sa nīlo vṛṣa ucyate / śvetavarṇo bhavedvipro lohitaḥ kṣattra ucyate
and yellow on hoofs and horns — that is called a nīla bull. One white in colour would be a brahmin, a red one is called a kṣatriya,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.21
पीतवर्णो भवेद्वैश्यः शूद्रः कृष्णः स्मृतो बुधैः । यथावर्णं समुद्दिष्टो वर्णेषु ब्राह्मणादिषु
pītavarṇo bhavedvaiśyaḥ śūdraḥ kṛṣṇaḥ smṛto budhaiḥ / yathāvarṇaṃ samuddiṣṭo varṇeṣu brāhmaṇādiṣu
a yellow-coloured one would be a vaiśya, a black one is held by the wise to be a śūdra; (the bull) is prescribed according to colour for the classes, brahmins and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.22
अथ वा रक्तवर्णस्तु सर्वेषामेव शस्यते । पिता पितामहश्चैव तथैव प्रपितामहः
atha vā raktavarṇastu sarveṣāmeva śasyate / pitā pitāmahaścaiva tathaiva prapitāmahaḥ
Or else a red-coloured one is commended for all alike. Father, grandfather, and likewise great-grandfather
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.23
आशासते सुतं जातं वृषोत्सर्गं करिष्यति । धर्मस्त्वं वृषरूपेण जगदानन्ददायकः
āśāsate sutaṃ jātaṃ vṛṣotsargaṃ kariṣyati / dharmastvaṃ vṛṣarūpeṇa jagadānandadāyakaḥ
hope that a son born (to them) will perform the release of a bull. You are Dharma in the form of a bull, giver of joy to the world;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.24
अष्टमूर्तेरधिष्ठानमतः शान्तिं प्रयच्छ मे । गङ्गायमुनयोः पेयमन्तर्वेदि तृणं चर
aṣṭamūrteradhiṣṭhānamataḥ śāntiṃ prayaccha me / gaṅgāyamunayoḥ peyamantarvedi tṛṇaṃ cara
(You are) the seat of the Eight-formed One (Śiva); therefore grant me peace. Drink of the Gaṅgā and Yamunā, and graze on the grass of the land between the rivers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.25
धर्मराजस्य पुरतो वाच्यं मे सुकृतं वृष । दक्षिणांसे त्रिशूलाङ्कं वामोरौ चक्रचिह्नितम्
dharmarājasya purato vācyaṃ me sukṛtaṃ vṛṣa / dakṣiṇāṃse triśūlāṅkaṃ vāmorau cakracihnitam
O bull, my good deed is to be declared before Dharmarāja — (you who are) marked with a trident on the right shoulder and marked with a discus on the left thigh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.26
इति संप्रार्थ्य वृषभं गन्धपुष्पाक्षतादिभिः । वृषं तत्सतरीयुक्तं पूजयित्वा समुत्सृजेत्
iti saṃprārthya vṛṣabhaṃ gandhapuṣpākṣatādibhiḥ / vṛṣaṃ tatsatarīyuktaṃ pūjayitvā samutsṛjet
Having thus prayed (to it), and having worshipped the bull, together with its cows, with sandal paste, flowers, unbroken rice and the rest, he should set it free.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.27
तस्माद्राजन् विधानेन वृषोत्सर्गं समाचर । बहुसाधनयुक्तस्य नान्यथा सद्गतिस्तव
tasmādrājan vidhānena vṛṣotsargaṃ samācara / bahusādhanayuktasya nānyathā sadgatistava
Therefore, O king, perform the release of a bull according to the prescribed rite; for you, who are provided with many means, there is no other good course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.28
आसीत्त्रेतायुगे पूर्वं विदेहनगरे नृप । ब्राह्मणो धर्मवत्सेति स्वकर्मनिरतः सुधीः
āsīttretāyuge pūrvaṃ videhanagare nṛpa / brāhmaṇo dharmavatseti svakarmanirataḥ sudhīḥ
Formerly, in the Tretā age, O king, there was in the city of Videha a brahmin named Dharmavatsa, devoted to his own duties and of good understanding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.29
विष्णुभक्तो ऽतितेजस्वी यथालाभेन तुष्टिकृत् । पितृपर्वणि संप्राप्ते कुशार्यो काननं ययौ
viṣṇubhakto 'titejasvī yathālābhena tuṣṭikṛt / pitṛparvaṇi saṃprāpte kuśāryo kānanaṃ yayau
A devotee of Viṣṇu, of great splendour, content with whatever he obtained — when the ancestral (new-moon) festival day came, he went to the forest for kuśa grass.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.30
अटन्नितस्ततस्तत्र चिन्वन् कुशपलाशकम् । सहसोपेत्य पुरुषाश्चात्वारश्चारुदर्शनाः
aṭannitastatastatra cinvan kuśapalāśakam / sahasopetya puruṣāścātvāraścārudarśanāḥ
As he wandered here and there there, gathering kuśa grass and palāśa leaves, four men of handsome appearance suddenly came up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.31
विभ्रान्तमनसं गृह्य प्रत्यग्जग्मुर्विहायसा । बहुवृक्षसमाकीर्णं गिरिदुर्गभयानकम्
vibhrāntamanasaṃ gṛhya pratyagjagmurvihāyasā / bahuvṛkṣasamākīrṇaṃ giridurgabhayānakam
Seizing him, whose mind was bewildered, they went off westward through the air, (to a place) thickly covered with many trees, terrifying with mountain fastnesses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.32
वनाद्वनान्तरं निन्युर्नदीनदसमाकुलम् । स तत्र नगरं राजन् ददर्श बहुविस्तरम्
vanādvanāntaraṃ ninyurnadīnadasamākulam / sa tatra nagaraṃ rājan dadarśa bahuvistaram
They carried (him) from forest to forest, (a region) crowded with rivers and streams; and there, O king, he saw a city of great extent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.33
गोपुरद्वाररचितं सौधप्रासादमण्डितम् । चत्वरापणपण्यादिनरनारीसमाकुलम्
gopuradvāraracitaṃ saudhaprāsādamaṇḍitam / catvarāpaṇapaṇyādinaranārīsamākulam
(It was) built with gateways and gates, adorned with stuccoed mansions and palaces, thronged with men and women at its squares, shops, markets and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.34
तूर्यद्वन्द्वाभिनिर्घोषवीणापटहनादितम् । कांश्चित्क्षुधार्दितान्दीनान्मलिनान्विगतौजसः
tūryadvandvābhinirghoṣavīṇāpaṭahanāditam / kāṃścitkṣudhārditāndīnānmalinānvigataujasaḥ
resounding with the blare of pairs of trumpets and with vīṇās and kettledrums; (he saw there) some tormented by hunger, wretched, dirty, bereft of vigour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.35
ततो ऽतितुष्टान्मलिनान्वस्त्रखण्डसमावृतान् । अग्रतो हृष्टपुष्टांश्च स्वर्णवस्त्रोपशोभितान्
tato 'tituṣṭānmalinānvastrakhaṇḍasamāvṛtān / agrato hṛṣṭapuṣṭāṃśca svarṇavastropaśobhitān
then (others) very content (though) dirty and wrapped in scraps of cloth, and in front (of them) some plump and thriving, resplendent with gold and garments,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.36
ततो ऽपि सुरसंकाशान्स दृष्ट्वा विस्मितो ऽभवत् । किं स्वप्न उत माया वै मदीयो मानसो भ्रमः
tato 'pi surasaṃkāśānsa dṛṣṭvā vismito 'bhavat / kiṃ svapna uta māyā vai madīyo mānaso bhramaḥ
and then (others) resembling gods; seeing (them) he became astonished: "Is this a dream, or an illusion, or an aberration of my own mind?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.37
सन्दिहानं द्विजं निन्युः पुरुषा राजसन्निधिम् । सतद्ददर्श विप्रस्तु स्वर्णप्रासादमन्दिरे
sandihānaṃ dvijaṃ ninyuḥ puruṣā rājasannidhim / sataddadarśa viprastu svarṇaprāsādamandire
The men led the doubting brahmin into the king's presence, and the brahmin saw this in the golden palace-hall:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.38
सिंहासनंमहादिव्यं छत्रचामरवीजितम् । तत्रोप विष्टं राजानं किरीटकनकोज्ज्वलम्
siṃhāsanaṃmahādivyaṃ chatracāmaravījitam / tatropa viṣṭaṃ rājānaṃ kirīṭakanakojjvalam
a lion-throne, exceedingly divine, fanned with parasol and yak-tail whisks, and the king seated upon it, brilliant with a golden crown,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.39
महत्या च श्रिया युक्तं स्तूयमानं सुवन्दिभिः । राजापि दृष्ट्वा तं विप्रं प्रत्युत्थाय कृताञ्जलिः
mahatyā ca śriyā yuktaṃ stūyamānaṃ suvandibhiḥ / rājāpi dṛṣṭvā taṃ vipraṃ pratyutthāya kṛtāñjaliḥ
endowed with great splendour and praised by fine bards. The king too, seeing that brahmin, rose to meet him with palms joined,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.40
पूजयामास विधिवन्मधुपर्कास नादिभिः । सन्तुष्टमनसं देवमस्तौषीत्परया मुदा
pūjayāmāsa vidhivanmadhuparkāsa nādibhiḥ / santuṣṭamanasaṃ devamastauṣītparayā mudā
and worshipped him duly with the honey-mixture, a seat and the rest; and with the highest joy he praised (him as) a god whose mind was well pleased:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.41
अद्य मे सफलं जन्म पावितञ्च कुलं प्रभो । विष्णुभक्तस्य धर्मस्य यत्ते दृग्गोचरं गतः
adya me saphalaṃ janma pāvitañca kulaṃ prabho / viṣṇubhaktasya dharmasya yatte dṛggocaraṃ gataḥ
"Today my birth has borne fruit and my family is purified, O lord, in that you, a devotee of Viṣṇu and of righteousness, have come within my sight."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.42
नत्वा स्तुत्वा बहुविधमुवाचानुवसन्नृपः । यतः समागतो देवः पुनस्तत्रैव नीयताम्
natvā stutvā bahuvidhamuvācānuvasannṛpaḥ / yataḥ samāgato devaḥ punastatraiva nīyatām
Having bowed and praised (him) in many ways, the king, sitting beside (him), said: "Let the god be taken back again to the very place from which he has come."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.43
इति श्रुत्वा वचो राज्ञः पप्रच्छ द्विजपुङ्गवः । ब्राह्मण उवाच । को ऽयं देश- कुतो लोका उत्तमा मध्यमाधमाः
iti śrutvā vaco rājñaḥ papraccha dvijapuṅgavaḥ / brāhmaṇa uvāca / ko 'yaṃ deśa- kuto lokā uttamā madhyamādhamāḥ
Having heard this speech of the king, the foremost of brahmins asked — The brahmin said: "What country is this? Whence are these people, the highest, the middling and the lowest?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.44
केन पुण्येन तु भवान्पारमेष्ट्यविभूषितः । किमर्थमहमानीतः पुनस्तत्रैव नीयते
kena puṇyena tu bhavānpārameṣṭyavibhūṣitaḥ / kimarthamahamānītaḥ punastatraiva nīyate
"But by what merit are you adorned with supreme sovereignty? For what purpose have I been brought here, and am being led back again to that very place?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.45
अपूर्वमिव पश्यामि सर्वं स्वप्नगतो यथा । राजोवाच । स्वधर्मनिरतो यस्तु हरिभक्तिरतः सदा
apūrvamiva paśyāmi sarvaṃ svapnagato yathā / rājovāca / svadharmanirato yastu haribhaktirataḥ sadā
"I see everything as if never seen before, as though I had entered a dream." The king said: "He who is devoted to his own dharma and always delights in devotion to Hari,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.46
विरक्त इन्द्रियार्थेभ्यः स मे पूज्यो न संशयः । तीर्थयात्रापरो नित्यं वृषोत्सर्गविशेषवित्
virakta indriyārthebhyaḥ sa me pūjyo na saṃśayaḥ / tīrthayātrāparo nityaṃ vṛṣotsargaviśeṣavit
who is detached from the objects of the senses — he is worthy of my worship, without doubt. He who is ever intent on pilgrimage to holy places and knows the particulars of the releasing of a bull,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.47
सत्यदानपरो यस्तु स नमस्यो दिवौकसाम् । दर्शनार्थमिहानीतः पूजार्हश्च परन्तप
satyadānaparo yastu sa namasyo divaukasām / darśanārthamihānītaḥ pūjārhaśca parantapa
and who is devoted to truth and to giving — he is to be saluted by the dwellers in heaven. You were brought here so that (I) might see you, and you are worthy of worship, O scorcher of foes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.48
अनुगृहाण मां देव क्षमस्व मम साहसम् । इत्युक्त्वा दर्शयामास मन्त्रिणां संज्ञया भ्रुवः
anugṛhāṇa māṃ deva kṣamasva mama sāhasam / ityuktvā darśayāmāsa mantriṇāṃ saṃjñayā bhruvaḥ
Show me favour, O god; forgive my rashness." Having said this, with a signal of his brows he indicated (the matter) to his ministers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.49
वदिष्यति समग्रं ते स्वयं वक्तुं न साम्प्रतम् । सामन्तः सर्ववेदज्ञो ज्ञात्वा हार्दं नृपस्य च
vadiṣyati samagraṃ te svayaṃ vaktuṃ na sāmpratam / sāmantaḥ sarvavedajño jñātvā hārdaṃ nṛpasya ca
"He will tell you the whole of it; it is not fitting for me to speak myself." The vassal lord, who knew all the Vedas, understanding the king's inner intent,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.50
विपश्चिदुवाच । पूर्वजन्मनि वैश्यो ऽयं विश्वम्भर इति श्रुतः । विराधनगरे विप्र द्विजदेवविभूषिते
vipaściduvāca / pūrvajanmani vaiśyo 'yaṃ viśvambhara iti śrutaḥ / virādhanagare vipra dvijadevavibhūṣite
Vipaścit said: "In a former birth this man was a vaiśya, known as Viśvambhara, in the city of Virādha, O brahmin, a city adorned with brahmins and gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.51
वैश्यवृत्त्या सदा जीवन्कुटुम्बपरिपालकः । गवां शुश्रूषको नित्यं ब्राह्मणानाञ्च पूजकः
vaiśyavṛttyā sadā jīvankuṭumbaparipālakaḥ / gavāṃ śuśrūṣako nityaṃ brāhmaṇānāñca pūjakaḥ
Always living by the vaiśya's occupation, a supporter of his household, ever an attendant upon cows and a worshipper of brahmins,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.52
पात्रदानपरो नित्यमातिथेयाग्निसेवकः । गार्हस्थ्यं विधिवच्चक्रे भार्यया सत्यमेधया
pātradānaparo nityamātitheyāgnisevakaḥ / gārhasthyaṃ vidhivaccakre bhāryayā satyamedhayā
constantly intent on giving to worthy recipients, hospitable, a tender of the sacred fire, he practised the householder's life according to rule with his wife Satyamedhā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.53
स्मार्तेन लोकानजयच्छ्रौतेन त हविर्भुजः । कदाचिद्बन्धुभिः साकं कृत्वा तीर्थानि भूरिशः
smārtena lokānajayacchrautena ta havirbhujaḥ / kadācidbandhubhiḥ sākaṃ kṛtvā tīrthāni bhūriśaḥ
By the smārta rites he won the worlds, by the śrauta rites the eaters of the oblation. Once, together with his kinsmen, having visited very many holy places,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.54
यावदायाति सदनं दृष्टवाल्ल्ॐमशं पथि । दण्डवत्प्रणिपत्याशु कृताञ्जलिपुटं स्थितम्
yāvadāyāti sadanaṃ dṛṣṭavālloṃmaśaṃ pathi / daṇḍavatpraṇipatyāśu kṛtāñjalipuṭaṃ sthitam
while he was coming home, he saw Lomaśa on the road; prostrating himself at once like a staff, he stood with his hands joined in a cup.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.55
पप्रच्छ विनयोपेतं करुणावारिवारिधिः । ऋषिरुवाच । कुत आगम्यते साधो ब्राह्मणैर्बन्धुभिर्युतः
papraccha vinayopetaṃ karuṇāvārivāridhiḥ / ṛṣiruvāca / kuta āgamyate sādho brāhmaṇairbandhubhiryutaḥ
The ocean of the waters of compassion questioned him, who was filled with humility. The sage said: "From where do you come, good man, accompanied by brahmins and kinsmen?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.56
दृष्ट्वा त्वां धर्मनिलयं प्रक्लिन्नं मानसं मम । विश्वम्भर उवाच । शीर्यमाणं शरीरं हि ज्ञात्वा मृत्युं पुरः स्थितम्
dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ dharmanilayaṃ praklinnaṃ mānasaṃ mama / viśvambhara uvāca / śīryamāṇaṃ śarīraṃ hi jñātvā mṛtyuṃ puraḥ sthitam
Seeing you, an abode of dharma, my mind has melted." Viśvambhara said: "Knowing that the body is wearing away and that death stands before me,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.57
भर्यया धर्मचारिण्या तीर्थयात्रां विनिर्गतः । कृत्वा तीर्थानि विधिवद्विश्राण्य विपुलं वसु
bharyayā dharmacāriṇyā tīrthayātrāṃ vinirgataḥ / kṛtvā tīrthāni vidhivadviśrāṇya vipulaṃ vasu
I set out on pilgrimage with my dharma-observing wife; having visited the holy places according to rule and bestowed abundant wealth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.58
यावद्ब्रजाम्यहं वेश्म भवान् दृष्टिपथं गतः । लोमश उवाच । तीर्थानि सन्ति भूरीणि वर्षैऽस्मिन् भारते शुभे
yāvadbrajāmyahaṃ veśma bhavān dṛṣṭipathaṃ gataḥ / lomaśa uvāca / tīrthāni santi bhūrīṇi varṣai'smin bhārate śubhe
as I am going home, you have come into the path of my sight." Lomaśa said: "There are very many holy places in this auspicious land of Bhārata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.59
यत्त्वया ह्युपचीर्णानि तानि सर्वाणि मे वद । वैश्य उवाच । गङ्गा च सूर्य तनया महापुण्या सरस्वती
yattvayā hyupacīrṇāni tāni sarvāṇi me vada / vaiśya uvāca / gaṅgā ca sūrya tanayā mahāpuṇyā sarasvatī
Tell me all those that you have frequented." The vaiśya said: "The Gaṅgā, and the daughter of the Sun, and the greatly holy Sarasvatī —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.60
दशाश्वमेधैरयजद्यत्र ब्रह्मा सुरेश्वरः । तीर्थराजस्ततः काशी महादेवो दयानिधिः
daśāśvamedhairayajadyatra brahmā sureśvaraḥ / tīrtharājastataḥ kāśī mahādevo dayānidhiḥ
where Brahmā, the lord of the gods, sacrificed with ten horse-sacrifices: that is the king of holy places; then Kāśī, (where) Mahādeva, the store of compassion,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.61
मृतानां यत्र जन्तूनां कर्णे जपति तारकम् । पुलहस्याश्रमं पुण्यं फल्गुतीर्थञ्च गण्डकी
mṛtānāṃ yatra jantūnāṃ karṇe japati tārakam / pulahasyāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ phalgutīrthañca gaṇḍakī
recites the tāraka (mantra) in the ear of the creatures who die there; the holy hermitage of Pulaha, and Phalgutīrtha, and the Gaṇḍakī;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.62
चक्रतीर्थं नैमिषञ्च शिवतीर्थमनन्तकम् । गोप्रतारकनागेशमयोध्याबिन्दुसंज्ञितम्
cakratīrthaṃ naimiṣañca śivatīrthamanantakam / gopratārakanāgeśamayodhyābindusaṃjñitam
Cakratīrtha and Naimiṣa, Śivatīrtha, Anantaka, Gopratāraka, Nāgeśa, Ayodhyā, the one named Bindu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.63
यत्रास्त मुक्तिदः साक्षाद्रामो राजीवलोचनः । आग्नेयं वायुकौबेरं कौमारं भूरुहां पुनः
yatrāsta muktidaḥ sākṣādrāmo rājīvalocanaḥ / āgneyaṃ vāyukauberaṃ kaumāraṃ bhūruhāṃ punaḥ
where the lotus-eyed Rāma, the giver of liberation, dwelt in person; further, the Āgneya, the Vāyava, the Kaubera, the Kaumāra, and again the Bhūruha (tīrthas);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.64
सौकरं मथुरा यत्र नित्यं सन्निहतो हरिः । पुष्करं सत्यतीर्थञ्च ज्वालतीर्थं दिनेश्वरम्
saukaraṃ mathurā yatra nityaṃ sannihato hariḥ / puṣkaraṃ satyatīrthañca jvālatīrthaṃ dineśvaram
The Boar (shrine), Mathurā, where Hari is ever present close by; Puṣkara, Satyatīrtha, Jvālatīrtha, Dineśvara (the Lord of the Sun);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.65
इन्द्रतीर्थं कुरुक्षेत्रं यत्र प्राची सरस्वती । तापी पयोष्णी निर्विन्ध्या मलयः कृष्णवेणिका
indratīrthaṃ kurukṣetraṃ yatra prācī sarasvatī / tāpī payoṣṇī nirvindhyā malayaḥ kṛṣṇaveṇikā
Indratīrtha, Kurukṣetra, where the Sarasvatī flows eastward; the Tāpī, the Payoṣṇī, the Nirvindhyā, Malaya, the Kṛṣṇaveṇikā;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.66
गोदावरी दण्डकञ्च ताम्रचूडं सदोदकम् । द्यावाभूमीश्वरं दृष्ट्वा श्रीशैलः पर्वतेश्वरः
godāvarī daṇḍakañca tāmracūḍaṃ sadodakam / dyāvābhūmīśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā śrīśailaḥ parvateśvaraḥ
The Godāvarī, Daṇḍaka, Tāmracūḍa, Sadodaka; having seen Dyāvābhūmīśvara, (there is) Śrīśaila, the lord of mountains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.67
असंख्यलिङ्गतीर्थानि यत्र सन्ति सदा मुने । वेङ्कटाद्रौ महातेजाः श्रीरङ्गाख्यः स्वयं हरिः
asaṃkhyaliṅgatīrthāni yatra santi sadā mune / veṅkaṭādrau mahātejāḥ śrīraṅgākhyaḥ svayaṃ hariḥ
Where there are countless liṅga-shrines, ever, O sage; on Veṅkaṭādri (dwells) Hari himself, of great splendour, named Śrīraṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.68
वेङ्कटी नाम तत्रैव देवी महिषमर्दिनी । चन्द्रतीर्थं भद्रवटः कावेरीकुटिलाचलौ
veṅkaṭī nāma tatraiva devī mahiṣamardinī / candratīrthaṃ bhadravaṭaḥ kāverīkuṭilācalau
There too (is) the goddess named Veṅkaṭī, the crusher of the buffalo(-demon); Candratīrtha, Bhadravaṭa, the Kāverī and the Kuṭila mountain;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.69
अवटोदा ताम्रपर्णो त्रिकृटः कोल्लको गिरिः । वासिष्ठं ब्रह्मतीर्थञ्च ज्ञानतीर्थं महोदधिः
avaṭodā tāmraparṇo trikṛṭaḥ kollako giriḥ / vāsiṣṭhaṃ brahmatīrthañca jñānatīrthaṃ mahodadhiḥ
The Avaṭodā, the Tāmraparṇa, Trikūṭa, mount Kollaka, Vāsiṣṭha, Brahmatīrtha, Jñānatīrtha, the great ocean;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.70
हृषीकेशं विराजञ्च विशालं नीलपर्वतः । भीमकूटः श्वेतगिरी रुद्रतीर्थमुमावनम्
hṛṣīkeśaṃ virājañca viśālaṃ nīlaparvataḥ / bhīmakūṭaḥ śvetagirī rudratīrthamumāvanam
Hṛṣīkeśa, Virāja, Viśāla, the Blue Mountain, Bhīmakūṭa, the White Mountain, Rudratīrtha, Umāvana,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.71
अवाप गिरिजा देवी तपसा यत्र शङ्करम् । वारुणं सूर्यतीर्थञ्च हंसतीर्थं महोदयम्
avāpa girijā devī tapasā yatra śaṅkaram / vāruṇaṃ sūryatīrthañca haṃsatīrthaṃ mahodayam
Where the goddess, the daughter of the mountain, won Śaṅkara by her austerity; Vāruṇa, Sūryatīrtha, Haṃsatīrtha, Mahodaya,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.72
निमज्ज्य यत्र काकोला राजहंसत्वमाययुः । असुरो यत्र देवत्वमवाप स्नानमात्रतः
nimajjya yatra kākolā rājahaṃsatvamāyayuḥ / asuro yatra devatvamavāpa snānamātrataḥ
Where crows, by plunging in, attained the state of royal swans; where a demon attained godhood merely by bathing;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.73
विश्वरूपं वन्दितीर्थं रत्नेशः कुहकाचलः । नरनारायणं दृष्ट्वा मुच्यते पापकोटिभिः
viśvarūpaṃ vanditīrthaṃ ratneśaḥ kuhakācalaḥ / naranārāyaṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā mucyate pāpakoṭibhiḥ
Viśvarūpa, Vanditīrtha, Ratneśa, mount Kuhaka; by seeing Nara-Nārāyaṇa one is freed from tens of millions of sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.74
सरस्वतीदृषद्वत्यौ नर्मदा शर्मदा नृणाम् । नीलकण्ठं महाकालं पुण्यं चामरकण्टकम्
sarasvatīdṛṣadvatyau narmadā śarmadā nṛṇām / nīlakaṇṭhaṃ mahākālaṃ puṇyaṃ cāmarakaṇṭakam
The Sarasvatī and the Dṛṣadvatī, the Narmadā that grants welfare to men; Nīlakaṇṭha, Mahākāla, and holy Amarakaṇṭaka;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.75
चन्द्रभागा वेत्रवती वीरभद्रं गणेश्वरम् । गोकर्णं बिल्वतीर्थञ्च कर्मकुण्डं सतारकम्
candrabhāgā vetravatī vīrabhadraṃ gaṇeśvaram / gokarṇaṃ bilvatīrthañca karmakuṇḍaṃ satārakam
The Candrabhāgā, the Vetravatī, Vīrabhadra, Gaṇeśvara, Gokarṇa, Bilvatīrtha, Karmakuṇḍa, Satāraka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.76
स्नानमात्रेण यत्राशु मुच्यते कर्मबन्धनात् । अन्यान्यपि च तीर्थानि कृतानि कृपया तव
snānamātreṇa yatrāśu mucyate karmabandhanāt / anyānyapi ca tīrthāni kṛtāni kṛpayā tava
Where merely by bathing one is quickly freed from the bondage of karma; and still other sacred fords have been made by your compassion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.77
उत्पद्यते शुभा बुद्धिः साधूनां यदनुग्रहः । एकतः सर्वतीर्थानि करुणाः साधवो ऽन्यतः
utpadyate śubhā buddhiḥ sādhūnāṃ yadanugrahaḥ / ekataḥ sarvatīrthāni karuṇāḥ sādhavo 'nyataḥ
Auspicious understanding arises (in one) who has the grace of the good; on one side (are) all the sacred fords, on the other the compassionate good men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.78
अनुग्रहाय भूतानां चरन्ति चरितव्रताः । त्वं गुरुः सर्वर्णानां विद्यया वयसाधिकः
anugrahāya bhūtānāṃ caranti caritavratāḥ / tvaṃ guruḥ sarvarṇānāṃ vidyayā vayasādhikaḥ
Those whose vows are fulfilled wander for the benefit of beings; you are the teacher of all classes, superior in learning and in years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.79
अतः पृच्छाम्यहं किञ्चिदाधिभूतं चिरन्तनम् । किं कुर्यां कं नु पृच्छे ऽहं मनो मे ऽतिचलं मुने
ataḥ pṛcchāmyahaṃ kiñcidādhibhūtaṃ cirantanam / kiṃ kuryāṃ kaṃ nu pṛcche 'haṃ mano me 'ticalaṃ mune
Therefore I ask something about the ancient realm of beings: what should I do, and whom indeed should I ask? My mind is exceedingly restless, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.80
निः स्पृहं ब्रह्मविषये विषयेष्वतिलालसम् । मनागपि न सहते विरहं तिमिरं ब्रुवत्
niḥ spṛhaṃ brahmaviṣaye viṣayeṣvatilālasam / manāgapi na sahate virahaṃ timiraṃ bruvat
(My mind is) without longing in the matter of brahman, and exceedingly avid for sense-objects; it cannot bear separation (from them) even for a moment, uttering, as it were, darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.81
मोहितं विविधैर्भावैः कर्मणां क्षेत्रमुत्तमम् । शान्तिं यथा समायाति सम्पन्नमिव भूसुर
mohitaṃ vividhairbhāvaiḥ karmaṇāṃ kṣetramuttamam / śāntiṃ yathā samāyāti sampannamiva bhūsura
Deluded by manifold states (of feeling), (the mind is) the foremost field of karmas; (tell me) how it may come to peace, as though fulfilled, O earth-god (brahmin),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.82
विवेकप्रवणं शुद्धं यथा स्यात्कृपया वद । ऋषिरुवाच । मनस्तु प्रबलं नित्यं सविकारं स्वभावतः
vivekapravaṇaṃ śuddhaṃ yathā syātkṛpayā vada / ṛṣiruvāca / manastu prabalaṃ nityaṃ savikāraṃ svabhāvataḥ
and how it may become pure and inclined to discrimination — tell (me) out of kindness. The sage said: The mind is always powerful and by its very nature subject to modifications;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.83
वशं नयन्ति करिणं प्रमत्तमपि हस्तिपाः । तथापि साधुसङ्गत्या साधनैरप्यतन्द्रितः
vaśaṃ nayanti kariṇaṃ pramattamapi hastipāḥ / tathāpi sādhusaṅgatyā sādhanairapyatandritaḥ
(yet) elephant-keepers bring even a maddened elephant under control; so too, by association with the good and by (spiritual) practices, one who is undistracted (may control it).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.84
तीव्रेण भक्तियोगेन विचारेण वशं नयेत् । इतिहासं प्रवक्ष्यामि तव प्रत्ययकारकम्
tīvreṇa bhaktiyogena vicāreṇa vaśaṃ nayet / itihāsaṃ pravakṣyāmi tava pratyayakārakam
By intense devotional practice and by discernment one should bring (the mind) under control. I shall relate to you a story that will produce conviction in you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.85
नारदो ऽकथयन्मह्यं स्ववृत्तगतजन्मनः । नारद उवाच । कस्यचिद्द्विजमुख्यस्य दासीपुत्त्रः पुरा मुने
nārado 'kathayanmahyaṃ svavṛttagatajanmanaḥ / nārada uvāca / kasyaciddvijamukhyasya dāsīputtraḥ purā mune
Nārada told it to me, (a story) of a birth belonging to his own past history. Nārada said: Long ago, O sage, (I was) the son of a maidservant of a certain eminent brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.86
शिक्षितो बालभावे ऽपि पाठितो नितरामहम् । तत्रापि सङ्गतिर्जाता महतां पुण्यकर्मणाम्
śikṣito bālabhāve 'pi pāṭhito nitarāmaham / tatrāpi saṅgatirjātā mahatāṃ puṇyakarmaṇām
Even in childhood I was trained and thoroughly instructed; and there too there arose (for me) the company of great men of meritorious deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.87
प्रावृट्काले मम गृहे स्थितानां भाग्ययोगतः । शुश्रूषणानुवृत्त्या च प्रश्रयेण दमेन च
prāvṛṭkāle mama gṛhe sthitānāṃ bhāgyayogataḥ / śuśrūṣaṇānuvṛttyā ca praśrayeṇa damena ca
Of those who, by a conjunction of good fortune, were staying in my house during the rainy season — by my attendance and compliance, by modesty and by self-restraint,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.88
सन्तोषं परमं प्राप्य कृपया त्विदमब्रुवन् । मनीषा निर्मला येन जाता मम शुभार्थिनी
santoṣaṃ paramaṃ prāpya kṛpayā tvidamabruvan / manīṣā nirmalā yena jātā mama śubhārthinī
having attained the highest satisfaction, they spoke this out of compassion, by which a pure understanding, seeking my welfare, arose in me,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.89
यया विष्णुमयं सर्वम्त्मन्येव ददृशिवान् । मुनय ऊचुः । शृणु वत्स प्रवक्ष्या मो हिताय तव बालक
yayā viṣṇumayaṃ sarvamtmanyeva dadṛśivān / munaya ūcuḥ / śṛṇu vatsa pravakṣyā mo hitāya tava bālaka
(that understanding) by which I saw all this as consisting of Viṣṇu within my very self. The sages said: Listen, child, we shall declare (that) for your benefit, boy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.90
येन वै ध्रियमाणेन इहामुत्र सुखं भवेत् । देवतिर्यङ्मनुष्याश्च संसारे विविधा जनाः
yena vai dhriyamāṇena ihāmutra sukhaṃ bhavet / devatiryaṅmanuṣyāśca saṃsāre vividhā janāḥ
by holding to which there would be happiness here and hereafter. Gods, animals and humans — the various beings in the round of rebirth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.91
निबद्धाः कर्मपशैस्ते भुञ्जन् भोगान् पृथग्विधान् । देवत्वं याति सत्त्वेन रजसा च मनुष्यताम्
nibaddhāḥ karmapaśaiste bhuñjan bhogān pṛthagvidhān / devatvaṃ yāti sattvena rajasā ca manuṣyatām
they are bound by the ropes of karma and enjoy pleasures of various kinds; by sattva one goes to godhood, and by rajas to humanity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.92
तिर्यक्त्वं तमसा जन्तुर्वासनानुगतो ऽबुधः । मातुर्लब्ध्वा पुनर्जन्म म्रियते च पुनः पुनः
tiryaktvaṃ tamasā janturvāsanānugato 'budhaḥ / māturlabdhvā punarjanma mriyate ca punaḥ punaḥ
by tamas the creature (goes) to animal existence, ignorant, following its latent impressions; obtaining birth again from a mother, it dies again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.93
एवं गत्वा ह्यसंख्याता योनीस्ताः कर्मभूरपि । मानुष्यं दुर्लभं लब्ध्वा कदाचिद्दैवयोगतः
evaṃ gatvā hyasaṃkhyātā yonīstāḥ karmabhūrapi / mānuṣyaṃ durlabhaṃ labdhvā kadāciddaivayogataḥ
Having gone thus through countless wombs, and (through) the field of action too, having obtained at some time, by a conjunction of fate, the hard-to-get human state,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.94
अनुग्रहेण महतां हरिं ज्ञात्वा विमुच्यते । रोगग्राहं मोहजालमपारं भवसागरम्
anugraheṇa mahatāṃ hariṃ jñātvā vimucyate / rogagrāhaṃ mohajālamapāraṃ bhavasāgaram
by the grace of the great, having come to know Hari, one is released. The ocean of existence, whose crocodiles are diseases, (which is) a net of delusion and shoreless —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.95
न पश्यामि तितीर्षोरन्यद् रामस्मरणं विना । नवनीयं यथा दध्नो ज्योतिः काष्ठादपि क्वचित्
na paśyāmi titīrṣoranyad rāmasmaraṇaṃ vinā / navanīyaṃ yathā dadhno jyotiḥ kāṣṭhādapi kvacit
for one who wishes to cross it I see no other (means) than the remembrance of Rāma; just as butter is (obtained) from curds, and fire even from wood, in some cases,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.96
मन्थनैः साधनैरेवं परं ज्ञात्वा सुखी भवेत् । आत्मा नित्यो ऽव्ययः सत्यः सर्वगः सर्वभृन्महान्
manthanaiḥ sādhanairevaṃ paraṃ jñātvā sukhī bhavet / ātmā nityo 'vyayaḥ satyaḥ sarvagaḥ sarvabhṛnmahān
so by churnings, by (spiritual) means, having known the Supreme, one becomes happy. The Self is eternal, imperishable, real, all-pervading, all-supporting, great,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.97
अप्रमेयः स्वयञ्ज्योतिरग्राह्यो मनसापि यः । सच्चिदानन्दरूपो ऽसौ सर्वप्राणिहृदि स्थितः
aprameyaḥ svayañjyotiragrāhyo manasāpi yaḥ / saccidānandarūpo 'sau sarvaprāṇihṛdi sthitaḥ
immeasurable, self-luminous, not to be grasped even by the mind; of the nature of being, consciousness and bliss, it abides in the heart of every living creature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.98
विनश्यत्स्वपि भावेषु न विनश्यति कर्हिचित् । आकाशः सर्वभूतेषु स्थितस्तेजोजले तथा
vinaśyatsvapi bhāveṣu na vinaśyati karhicit / ākāśaḥ sarvabhūteṣu sthitastejojale tathā
Though (all) things perish, it never perishes. As space abides in all beings, and likewise in fire and water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.99
आत्मा सर्वत्र निर्लेपः पार्थिवेषु यथानिलः । भक्तानुकम्पी भगवान् साधूनां रक्षणाय च
ātmā sarvatra nirlepaḥ pārthiveṣu yathānilaḥ / bhaktānukampī bhagavān sādhūnāṃ rakṣaṇāya ca
so the Self is everywhere unsmeared, as the wind (is) in earthy things. And the Lord, compassionate to his devotees, for the protection of the good,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.100
आविर्भवति लोकेषुगुणीवाज्ञैः प्रतीयते । एवंविवेकत्वया यो बुद्ध्या संशीलयेद्धृदि
āvirbhavati lokeṣuguṇīvājñaiḥ pratīyate / evaṃvivekatvayā yo buddhyā saṃśīlayeddhṛdi
becomes manifest in the worlds, and is taken by the ignorant to be one possessed of qualities (i.e. an ordinary being). He who with such discernment cultivates (this) in his heart with the intellect —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.101
भक्तियोगेन सन्तुष्ट आत्मानं दर्शयेदजः । ततः कृतार्थो भवति सदा सर्वत्र निः स्पृहः
bhaktiyogena santuṣṭa ātmānaṃ darśayedajaḥ / tataḥ kṛtārtho bhavati sadā sarvatra niḥ spṛhaḥ
the unborn One, pleased by devotion, would show himself (to him). Thereupon he becomes one whose purpose is fulfilled, always and everywhere free of longing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.102
अतो ऽहङ्कारमुत्सृज्य सानुबन्धे कलेवरे । चरेदसंगो लोकेषु स्वप्नप्रायेषु निर्ममः
ato 'haṅkāramutsṛjya sānubandhe kalevare / caredasaṃgo lokeṣu svapnaprāyeṣu nirmamaḥ
Therefore, casting off egoism in regard to the body with its attachments, one should move about unattached among the worlds, which are like a dream, free of the sense of mine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.103
क्व स्वप्ने नियतं धैर्यमिन्द्रजाले क्व सत्यता । क्व नित्यता शरन्मेघे क्व वा सत्यं कलेवरे
kva svapne niyataṃ dhairyamindrajāle kva satyatā / kva nityatā śaranmeghe kva vā satyaṃ kalevare
Where is fixed stability in a dream? Where is truth in a magic show? Where is permanence in an autumn cloud, and where is reality in the body?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.104
अविद्याकर्मजनितं दृश्यमानं चरा चरम् । ज्ञात्वाचारवशी योगी ततः सिद्धिमवाप्स्यसि
avidyākarmajanitaṃ dṛśyamānaṃ carā caram / jñātvācāravaśī yogī tataḥ siddhimavāpsyasi
Knowing that what is seen, moving and unmoving, is born of ignorance and (past) action, the yogin who has mastered (his) conduct will thereby attain perfection.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.105
इत्युक्त्वा ते गताः सर्वे साधवो दीनवत्सलाः । सो ऽहं तदुक्तमार्गेण तथैवाचरमन्वहम्
ityuktvā te gatāḥ sarve sādhavo dīnavatsalāḥ / so 'haṃ taduktamārgeṇa tathaivācaramanvaham
Having said this, all those good men, compassionate to the wretched, departed; and I, by the path they had described, acted in just that way day after day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.106
ततो ऽचिरेणात्मनीदं दृष्टवानहमद्भुतम् । ज्योतिर्मयं सदानन्दं शरच्छीतांशुनिर्मलम्
tato 'cireṇātmanīdaṃ dṛṣṭavānahamadbhutam / jyotirmayaṃ sadānandaṃ śaracchītāṃśunirmalam
Then, before long, I saw within myself this marvel: made of light, eternally blissful, spotless as the cool-rayed (moon) of autumn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.107
निषिच्य सुखसन्दोहैर्मां कृत्वाधिकसस्पृहम् । अन्तर्हितं महतेजो यथा सौदामिनी दिवि
niṣicya sukhasandohairmāṃ kṛtvādhikasaspṛham / antarhitaṃ mahatejo yathā saudāminī divi
Having drenched me with floods of happiness and made me yet more longing, that great radiance vanished, like lightning in the sky.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.108
भक्त्या तदेव मनसि भावयन्नहमद्भुतम् । काले कलेवरं त्यक्त्वा गतवान् हरिमव्ययम्
bhaktyā tadeva manasi bhāvayannahamadbhutam / kāle kalevaraṃ tyaktvā gatavān harimavyayam
With devotion contemplating that very marvel in my mind, in time I abandoned the body and went to the imperishable Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.109
तस्येच्छया पुनर्ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मणो मे ऽभवज्जनिः । अनुग्रहाद्भगवतस्त्रिषु लोकेषु निः स्पृहः
tasyecchayā punarbrahman brahmaṇo me 'bhavajjaniḥ / anugrahādbhagavatastriṣu lokeṣu niḥ spṛhaḥ
By his will, O brahman, birth was mine again, from Brahmā; by the Lord's grace I am without craving in the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.110
आपीडयन् मुहुर्वोणां गायमानश्चराम्यहम् । इत्युक्त्वा मे स्वानुभवं ययौ यादृच्छिको मुनिः
āpīḍayan muhurvoṇāṃ gāyamānaścarāmyaham / ityuktvā me svānubhavaṃ yayau yādṛcchiko muniḥ
"Repeatedly pressing (the strings of) the vīṇā and singing, I wander about." Having thus told me his own experience, the sage who roams at will went away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.111
ममापि परमाश्चर्यं सन्तोषश्च महानभूत् । अतस्ते साधुसङ्गत्या भक्त्या च परमात्मनः
mamāpi paramāścaryaṃ santoṣaśca mahānabhūt / ataste sādhusaṅgatyā bhaktyā ca paramātmanaḥ
For me too there arose the greatest wonder and great satisfaction. Therefore, for you, through the company of the good and through devotion to the Supreme Self,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.112
विशुद्धं निर्मलं शान्तं मनो निर्वृतिमेष्यति । अनेकजन्मजनितं पातकं साधुसंगमे
viśuddhaṃ nirmalaṃ śāntaṃ mano nirvṛtimeṣyati / anekajanmajanitaṃ pātakaṃ sādhusaṃgame
the mind, purified, stainless and calm, will attain peace. The sin generated in many births, when there is company with the good,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.113
क्षिप्रं नश्यति धर्मज्ञ जलानां शरदो यथा । वैश्य उवाच । पीत्वा ते वाक्यपीयूषं स्वान्तं मे शान्तिमागमत्
kṣipraṃ naśyati dharmajña jalānāṃ śarado yathā / vaiśya uvāca / pītvā te vākyapīyūṣaṃ svāntaṃ me śāntimāgamat
quickly perishes, O knower of dharma, as the waters (of the rains) do in autumn. The vaiśya said: Having drunk the nectar of your words, my heart has come to peace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.114
सर्वतीर्थफलं मे ऽध्य सञ्जातं तव दर्शनात् । इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्य प्रोवाच ऋपिसत्तमः
sarvatīrthaphalaṃ me 'dhya sañjātaṃ tava darśanāt / iti śrutvā vacastasya provāca ṛpisattamaḥ
"Today the fruit of all the sacred fords has come to me from the sight of you." Hearing that speech of his, the best of sages spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.115
लोमश उवाच । हिताय तव राजेन्द्र त्रिवर्गफलमिच्छतः । यत्त्वया सुकृतं भूरिवृषोत्सर्गं विना कृतम्
lomaśa uvāca / hitāya tava rājendra trivargaphalamicchataḥ / yattvayā sukṛtaṃ bhūrivṛṣotsargaṃ vinā kṛtam
Lomaśa said: For your benefit, O best of kings, since you desire the fruit of the three (aims of life): whatever abundant good deed has been performed by you without the release of a bull,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.116
मन्ये ऽकिञ्चत्करं सर्वं नीहारसलिलं यथा । वृषोत्सर्गसमं किञ्चित् साधनं न महीतले
manye 'kiñcatkaraṃ sarvaṃ nīhārasalilaṃ yathā / vṛṣotsargasamaṃ kiñcit sādhanaṃ na mahītale
all that I consider to accomplish nothing, like the water of a fog. There is no means on earth in any way equal to the release of a bull.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.117
अनायासेन गच्छन्ति गतिं ते पुण्यकर्मणाम् । वृषोत्सर्गः कृतो येन अश्वमेधस्य याजकः
anāyāsena gacchanti gatiṃ te puṇyakarmaṇām / vṛṣotsargaḥ kṛto yena aśvamedhasya yājakaḥ
Effortlessly they go to the state of those whose deeds are meritorious. He by whom the release of a bull has been performed, and the offerer of a horse sacrifice —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.118
उभौ समौ मया दृष्टौ दिव्यौ तौ शक्रसन्निधौ । अतस्त्वं पुष्करं गत्वा वृषोत्सर्गं विधाय च
ubhau samau mayā dṛṣṭau divyau tau śakrasannidhau / atastvaṃ puṣkaraṃ gatvā vṛṣotsargaṃ vidhāya ca
both of them I have seen to be equal, both divine, in the presence of Śakra. Therefore, go to Puṣkara and perform the release of a bull,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.119
ततो याहि गृहं साधो येन सर्वं कृतं भवेत् । विपश्चिदुवाच । ततः स पुनरागत्य कार्तिक्यां पुष्करे वरे
tato yāhi gṛhaṃ sādho yena sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ bhavet / vipaściduvāca / tataḥ sa punarāgatya kārtikyāṃ puṣkare vare
and then go home, good man, whereby everything will have been accomplished. Vipaścit said: Then he came again, on the full moon of Kārttika, to excellent Puṣkara,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.120
वराहरूपी भगवान् यत्रास्ते यज्ञपूरकः । चकार विधिवत् सर्वं युद्कमृषिसत्तमैः
varāharūpī bhagavān yatrāste yajñapūrakaḥ / cakāra vidhivat sarvaṃ yudkamṛṣisattamaiḥ
where the Lord in the form of the boar, the completer of sacrifice, abides; there he performed everything duly and fittingly, together with the best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.121
गतानि बहुतीर्थानि ततो लोमशसंगतिः । ततो ऽधिकतरं जातं पुण्यं नीलविवाहजम्
gatāni bahutīrthāni tato lomaśasaṃgatiḥ / tato 'dhikataraṃ jātaṃ puṇyaṃ nīlavivāhajam
Many sacred fords were visited, and then came the meeting with Lomaśa; from that arose merit greater than that born of the marriage of the blue (bull).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.122
सभुक्त्वा विषयान् दिव्यान् विमानवरमाश्रितः । तेन राजकुले जन्म वीरसेनस्य धर्मतः
sabhuktvā viṣayān divyān vimānavaramāśritaḥ / tena rājakule janma vīrasenasya dharmataḥ
And, having enjoyed divine pleasures, mounted upon an excellent celestial car, by that (merit) he obtained, rightfully, birth in the royal family of Vīrasena.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.123
वीरपञ्चाननाख्यातञ्चतुर्वर्गैकसाधकम् । प्रकुर्वतो वृषोत्सर्गं तत्र ये परिचारकाः
vīrapañcānanākhyātañcaturvargaikasādhakam / prakurvato vṛṣotsargaṃ tatra ye paricārakāḥ
(He was) called Vīrapañcānana, sole accomplisher of the four aims. Those who were attendants there upon him as he performed the release of a bull,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.124
दिव्यरूपाभवन् स्पृष्टा गोपुच्छोदकशीकरैः । सुरूपाः पुष्टवपुषः पश्यन्तो दूरसंस्थिताः
divyarūpābhavan spṛṣṭā gopucchodakaśīkaraiḥ / surūpāḥ puṣṭavapuṣaḥ paśyanto dūrasaṃsthitāḥ
Touched by the spray of water from the cows' tails, they became of divine form — handsome, with well-nourished bodies — while (others) stood at a distance, looking on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.125
ततो दूरतरा ये च दृश्यन्ते मलिना जनाः । दुर्भगा मलिना रूक्षाः कृशा विगतवाससः
tato dūratarā ye ca dṛśyante malinā janāḥ / durbhagā malinā rūkṣāḥ kṛśā vigatavāsasaḥ
And those who are seen still farther off, dirty people — ill-fated, dirty, rough (of skin), emaciated, stripped of clothing —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.126
वृषयज्ञमपश्यन्तो ये चासूयां प्रकुर्वते । सर्वं निवेदितं राज्ञश्चरितं पूर्वजन्मनः
vṛṣayajñamapaśyanto ye cāsūyāṃ prakurvate / sarvaṃ niveditaṃ rājñaścaritaṃ pūrvajanmanaḥ
they are those who, not witnessing the bull-sacrifice, gave way to envy. All this the conduct of the king in his former birth was reported (to him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.127
धर्म्यं विचित्रमाख्यानं श्रुतं मे यत् पराशरात् । अतस्त्वं स्वगृहं गच्छ कृपां कृत्वा ममोपरि
dharmyaṃ vicitramākhyānaṃ śrutaṃ me yat parāśarāt / atastvaṃ svagṛhaṃ gaccha kṛpāṃ kṛtvā mamopari
This lawful and marvellous narrative is what I heard from Parāśara. So now go to your own house, having shown favour to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.128
श्रुत्वा विपश्चिद्वाक्यं स विस्मयं परमं गतः । गृहं जगाम विप्रो ऽसौ प्रापितो राजसेवकैः
śrutvā vipaścidvākyaṃ sa vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ / gṛhaṃ jagāma vipro 'sau prāpito rājasevakaiḥ
Hearing the words of the wise man, he was struck with the utmost amazement; and that brahmin went home, escorted there by the king's servants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.129
वसिष्ठ उवाच । तस्माद्राजन् वृषोत्सर्गं वरिष्ठं सर्वकर्मणाम् । समाचर विधानेन यदि भीतो यमादपि
vasiṣṭha uvāca / tasmādrājan vṛṣotsargaṃ variṣṭhaṃ sarvakarmaṇām / samācara vidhānena yadi bhīto yamādapi
Vasiṣṭha said: Therefore, O king, perform the release of the bull, the best of all rites, according to the prescribed manner, if indeed you fear even Yama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.130
वृषोत्सर्गसमं किञ्चित् साधनं नदिवः परम् । मया धर्मरहस्यं ते कथितं राजसत्तम
vṛṣotsargasamaṃ kiñcit sādhanaṃ nadivaḥ param / mayā dharmarahasyaṃ te kathitaṃ rājasattama
There is no means (of attaining) heaven higher than, or equal to, the release of the bull. By me the secret of dharma has been told to you, O best of kings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.131
पतिपुत्रवती नारी भर्तुरग्रे मृता यदि । वृषोत्सर्गं न कुर्वीत गां दद्याच्च पयस्विः नीम्
patiputravatī nārī bharturagre mṛtā yadi / vṛṣotsargaṃ na kurvīta gāṃ dadyācca payasviḥ nīm
If a woman possessing husband and sons dies before her husband, one should not perform the release of a bull (for her), but should give a milk-cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.132
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । श्रुत्वा वाक्यं वसिष्ठस्य राजा मधुपुरीं गतः । चकार विधिवत् सर्वं वृषोत्सर्गमहं खग
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / śrutvā vākyaṃ vasiṣṭhasya rājā madhupurīṃ gataḥ / cakāra vidhivat sarvaṃ vṛṣotsargamahaṃ khaga
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Having heard Vasiṣṭha's words, the king went to Madhupurī and performed the whole great festival of the bull's release according to rule, O bird.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.133
गृहं गत्वा स आत्मानं कृतकृत्यममन्यत । कालेन निधनं प्राप्तो नीतो वैवस्वतानुगैः
gṛhaṃ gatvā sa ātmānaṃ kṛtakṛtyamamanyata / kālena nidhanaṃ prāpto nīto vaivasvatānugaiḥ
Having gone home, he considered himself to have accomplished his purpose. In due time he met his death and was led away by the followers of Vaivasvata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.134
स कालनगरं हित्वा गतो दूरतरं पथि । श्राद्धदेवपुरं कुत्रेत्येवं दूतानपृच्छत
sa kālanagaraṃ hitvā gato dūrataraṃ pathi / śrāddhadevapuraṃ kutretyevaṃ dūtānapṛcchata
Leaving behind the city of Kāla, he went far along the road, and asked the messengers thus: "Where is the city of Śrāddhadeva?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.135
पापिनो यत्र पात्यन्ते याम्यै पापविशुद्धये । यत्र देवः स धर्माधर्मविचेतनः
pāpino yatra pātyante yāmyai pāpaviśuddhaye / yatra devaḥ sa dharmādharmavicetanaḥ
— (that city) where sinners are cast down by Yama's men for the purging of sin, where dwells that god who discerns dharma and its opposite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.136
गतं पापपुरं तत्तु न द्रष्टव्यं भवादृशैः । अग्रे दृष्ट्वा धर्मराजमूचुस्ते परमादरात्
gataṃ pāpapuraṃ tattu na draṣṭavyaṃ bhavādṛśaiḥ / agre dṛṣṭvā dharmarājamūcuste paramādarāt
"The city of sin has been passed; but it is not to be seen by such as you." Then, seeing the King of Dharma before them, they spoke with the utmost reverence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 2 6.137
दिव्यरूपस्तदा देवो देवगन्धर्वसंयुतः । आत्मानं दर्शया मास तस्य राज्ञो महात्मनः
divyarūpastadā devo devagandharvasaṃyutaḥ / ātmānaṃ darśayā māsa tasya rājño mahātmanaḥ
Then the god, of divine form, attended by gods and gandharvas, showed himself to that great-souled king.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.138
प्रणम्य दण्डवद्राजा कृताञ्जलिः पुरः स्थितः । तुष्टाव बहुधा देवं हर्षपुरितमानसः
praṇamya daṇḍavadrājā kṛtāñjaliḥ puraḥ sthitaḥ / tuṣṭāva bahudhā devaṃ harṣapuritamānasaḥ
Bowing down like a staff, the king stood before him with joined palms and, his mind filled with joy, praised the god in many ways.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.139
धर्मराजो ऽपि राजानं प्रशस्येदमुवाच ह । नीयतां देवलोकाय यत्र भोगाः सुपुष्कलाः
dharmarājo 'pi rājānaṃ praśasyedamuvāca ha / nīyatāṃ devalokāya yatra bhogāḥ supuṣkalāḥ
The King of Dharma too, commending the king, said this: "Let him be conducted to the world of the gods, where enjoyments are most abundant."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.140
तद्वीरवाहनः श्रुत्वा पप्रच्छसमवर्तिनम् । न जाने केन पुण्येन स्वर्गं नयसि मां विभो
tadvīravāhanaḥ śrutvā papracchasamavartinam / na jāne kena puṇyena svargaṃ nayasi māṃ vibho
Then Vīravāhana, hearing this, asked him who deals impartially: "I do not know by what merit you are taking me to heaven, O lord."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.141
धर्मराज उवाच । त्वया कृतानि पुण्यानि दानं यज्ञाः सविस्तराः । मथुरायां वृषोत्सर्गो वसिष्ठवचनात् किल
dharmarāja uvāca / tvayā kṛtāni puṇyāni dānaṃ yajñāḥ savistarāḥ / mathurāyāṃ vṛṣotsargo vasiṣṭhavacanāt kila
The King of Dharma said: Meritorious deeds were done by you — giving, sacrifices in full detail, and at Mathurā the release of the bull, indeed at Vasiṣṭha's word.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.142
धर्मः स्वल्पो ऽपि नृपते यदि सम्यगुपासितः । द्विजदेवप्रसादेन स याति बहुविस्तरम्
dharmaḥ svalpo 'pi nṛpate yadi samyagupāsitaḥ / dvijadevaprasādena sa yāti bahuvistaram
O king, even a small (act of) dharma, if it is properly attended to, grows to great extent through the favour of brahmins and gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.143
इत्युक्त्वा यमुनाभ्राता क्षणादन्तर्धिमाययौ । वीरबाहुर्दिवं गत्वा देवैः सह मुमोद ह
ityuktvā yamunābhrātā kṣaṇādantardhimāyayau / vīrabāhurdivaṃ gatvā devaiḥ saha mumoda ha
Having said this, the brother of Yamunā vanished in an instant; and Vīrabāhu, going to heaven, rejoiced together with the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 2 6.144
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । मया ते कथितं पक्षिन् वृषयज्ञः सुविस्तरः । प्राणिनां कर्मनिर्हारं श्रुत्वा पापैः प्रमुच्यते
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / mayā te kathitaṃ pakṣin vṛṣayajñaḥ suvistaraḥ / prāṇināṃ karmanirhāraṃ śrutvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: O bird, I have recounted to you the bull-sacrifice at great length; hearing (it), the removal of living beings' karma (is accomplished), and one is released from sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition