Garuda Purana — Brahma Khanda — Chapter 28
GaP 3 28.1
श्रीगरुडमहापुराणम्- २८ या पूर्वसर्गे दक्षपुत्री सती तु रुद्रस्य पत्नी दक्षयज्ञे स्वदेहम् । विसृज्य सा मेनकायां च जज्ञे धराधराद्धेमवतो वै सकाशात्
śrīgaruḍamahāpurāṇam- 28 yā pūrvasarge dakṣaputrī satī tu rudrasya patnī dakṣayajñe svadeham / visṛjya sā menakāyāṃ ca jajñe dharādharāddhemavato vai sakāśāt
The Great Garuḍa Purāṇa, 28: She who in a former creation was Dakṣa's daughter Satī, the wife of Rudra, who cast off her own body at Dakṣa's sacrifice — she was born in Menakā, from the mountain Himavat, the upholder of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.2
सा पार्वता रुद्रपत्नी खगेन्द्र या शेषपत्नी वारुणी नाम पूर्वा । सैवागता बलभद्रेण रन्तुं द्विरूपमास्थाय महापतिव्रता
sā pārvatā rudrapatnī khagendra yā śeṣapatnī vāruṇī nāma pūrvā / saivāgatā balabhadreṇa rantuṃ dvirūpamāsthāya mahāpativratā
She is Pārvatī, Rudra's wife, O lord of birds; and she who was formerly Śeṣa's wife, named Vāruṇī — she herself came to sport with Balabhadra, having taken on a twofold form, that greatly devoted wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.3
श्रीरित्याख्या इन्दिरावेशयुक्ता तस्या द्वितीया प्रतिमा मेघरूपा । शेषण रूपेण यदा हि वीन्द्र तपश्चचार विष्णुना सार्धमेव
śrīrityākhyā indirāveśayuktā tasyā dvitīyā pratimā megharūpā / śeṣaṇa rūpeṇa yadā hi vīndra tapaścacāra viṣṇunā sārdhameva
Her second image, called Śrī, joined with the entry of Indirā, is cloud-formed; for when, O lord of birds, (the Lord) practised austerity in the form of Śeṣa, together with Viṣṇu —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.4
तदैव देवी वारुणी शेषपत्नी तपश्च क्रे इन्दिराप्रीतये च । तदा प्रीता इन्दिरा सुप्रसन्ना उवाच तां वारुणीं शेषपत्नीम्
tadaiva devī vāruṇī śeṣapatnī tapaśca kre indirāprītaye ca / tadā prītā indirā suprasannā uvāca tāṃ vāruṇīṃ śeṣapatnīm
— then indeed the goddess Vāruṇī, Śeṣa's wife, performed austerity too, for the pleasing of Indirā; and then Indirā, pleased and well disposed, spoke to that Vāruṇī, Śeṣa's wife:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.5
यदा रामो वैष्णवांशेन युक्तः संपत्स्यते भूतले रौहिणेयः । मय्यावेशात्संयुता त्वं तु भद्रे श्रीरित्याख्या वलभद्रस्य रन्तुम्
yadā rāmo vaiṣṇavāṃśena yuktaḥ saṃpatsyate bhūtale rauhiṇeyaḥ / mayyāveśātsaṃyutā tvaṃ tu bhadre śrīrityākhyā valabhadrasya rantum
"When Rāma, joined with a portion of Viṣṇu, comes to be on the surface of the earth as Rohiṇī's son, then you, good lady, joined with my entry (into you) and named Śrī, (will come to be) in order to sport with Balabhadra;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.6
संपत्स्यसे नात्र विचार्यमस्तीत्युक्त्वा सा वै प्रययौ विष्णुलोके । श्रीलक्ष्म्यंशाच्छ्रीरितीड्यां समाख्यां लब्ध्वा लोके शेषपत्नी बभूव
saṃpatsyase nātra vicāryamastītyuktvā sā vai prayayau viṣṇuloke / śrīlakṣmyaṃśācchrīritīḍyāṃ samākhyāṃ labdhvā loke śeṣapatnī babhūva
you will come to be — there is nothing to be deliberated here." Having said this, she went off to Viṣṇu's world; and through a portion of Śrī Lakṣmī, having obtained the praiseworthy name 'Śrī', she became in the world the wife of Śeṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.7
यदाहीशो विपुलामुद्धरेच्च तदा रामः श्रीभिदासंगमे च । करोति तोषत्सर्वदा वै रमायास्तस्याप्यावेशो व्यंस्त्रितमोनसंगम्
yadāhīśo vipulāmuddharecca tadā rāmaḥ śrībhidāsaṃgame ca / karoti toṣatsarvadā vai ramāyāstasyāpyāveśo vyaṃstritamonasaṃgam
When the lord of serpents raises up Vipulā, then Rāma, in union with the separate form of Śrī, always brings satisfaction to Ramā; and his entry too (removes) the contact of thick darkness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.8
या रेवती रैवतस्यैव पुत्री सा वारुणी बलभद्रस्य पत्नी । सौपर्णनाम्नी बलपत्नी खगेन्द्र यास्तास्तिस्रः षड्विष्णोश्च स्त्रीभ्यः । द्विगुणाधमा रुद्रशेषादिकेभ्यो दशाधमा त्वं विजानीहि पौत्र
yā revatī raivatasyaiva putrī sā vāruṇī balabhadrasya patnī / sauparṇanāmnī balapatnī khagendra yāstāstisraḥ ṣaḍviṣṇośca strībhyaḥ / dviguṇādhamā rudraśeṣādikebhyo daśādhamā tvaṃ vijānīhi pautra
She who is Revatī, the very daughter of Raivata, she is Vāruṇī, the wife of Balabhadra; (and she) named Sauparṇī is Bala's wife, O lord of birds. Those three, and the six wives of Viṣṇu — (each) is twice as low; know, grandson, that you are tenfold lower than Rudra, Śeṣa and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.9
गरुड उवाच । रामेण रन्तुं सर्वदा वारुणी तु पुत्रीत्वमापे रेवतस्यैव सुभ्रूः । एवं त्रिरूपा वारुणी शेषपत्नी द्विरूपभूता पार्वती रुद्रपत्नी
garuḍa uvāca / rāmeṇa rantuṃ sarvadā vāruṇī tu putrītvamāpe revatasyaiva subhrūḥ / evaṃ trirūpā vāruṇī śeṣapatnī dvirūpabhūtā pārvatī rudrapatnī
Garuḍa said: In order always to sport with Rāma, Vāruṇī, the fair-browed one, attained daughterhood of Revata. Thus Vāruṇī, Śeṣa's wife, is threefold in form, while Pārvatī, Rudra's wife, became twofold in form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.10
नीचाया जांबवत्याश्च शेषसाम्यं च कुत्रचित् । श्रूयते च मया कृष्ण निमित्तं ब्रूहि मे प्रभो
nīcāyā jāṃbavatyāśca śeṣasāmyaṃ ca kutracit / śrūyate ca mayā kṛṣṇa nimittaṃ brūhi me prabho
And in some places it is heard by me, Kṛṣṇa, that the lowly Jāmbavatī has equality with Śeṣa. Tell me the reason, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.11
उमायाश्च तथा रुद्रः सदा बहुगुणाधिकः । एवं त्वयोक्तं भगवन्निश्चयार्थं मम प्रभो
umāyāśca tathā rudraḥ sadā bahuguṇādhikaḥ / evaṃ tvayoktaṃ bhagavanniścayārthaṃ mama prabho
And likewise that Rudra is always superior to Umā by many qualities — thus it was said by you, O Blessed One, for my certainty, O lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.12
रेवती श्रीयुता श्रीश्च शेषरूपा च वारुणी । सौपर्णि पार्वती चैव तिस्रः शेषाशतो वराः
revatī śrīyutā śrīśca śeṣarūpā ca vāruṇī / sauparṇi pārvatī caiva tisraḥ śeṣāśato varāḥ
Revatī joined with Śrī, and Śrī, and Vāruṇī of Śeṣa's form, and Sauparṇī and Pārvatī — the three are superior by a hundredth part of Śeṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.13
इत्यपि श्रूयते कृष्ण कुत्रचिन्मधुसूदन । निमित्तं ब्रूहि मे कृष्ण तवशिष्याय सुव्रत
ityapi śrūyate kṛṣṇa kutracinmadhusūdana / nimittaṃ brūhi me kṛṣṇa tavaśiṣyāya suvrata
This too is heard in some places, Kṛṣṇa, slayer of Madhu. Tell me the reason, Kṛṣṇa, to me your disciple, O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.14
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । विज्ञाय जांबवत्याश्च तदन्येषां खगाधिप । उत्तमानां च साम्यं तु उत्तमावेशतो भवेत्
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / vijñāya jāṃbavatyāśca tadanyeṣāṃ khagādhipa / uttamānāṃ ca sāmyaṃ tu uttamāveśato bhavet
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Understanding (this), O king of birds: the equality of Jāmbavatī and the others with the highest ones comes about through the entry of a highest one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.15
अवराणां गुणस्यापि ह्युत्तमानामधीनता । अस्तीति द्योतनायैव शतांशाधिकमुच्यते
avarāṇāṃ guṇasyāpi hyuttamānāmadhīnatā / astīti dyotanāyaiva śatāṃśādhikamucyate
Even the quality of the lower ones is dependent on the highest ones; it is just to make plain that this is so that "greater by a hundredth part" is spoken of.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.16
यथा मयोच्यते वीन्द्र तथा जानीहि नान्यथा । तदनन्तरजान्वक्ष्ये शृणु काश्यपजोत्तम
yathā mayocyate vīndra tathā jānīhi nānyathā / tadanantarajānvakṣye śṛṇu kāśyapajottama
As it is stated by me, O lord of birds, so know it, not otherwise. Next I shall speak of what comes after that: listen, O best of Kaśyapa's sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.17
चतुर्दशसु चेन्द्रेषु सप्तमो यः पुरन्दरः । वृत्रादीनां शरीरं तु पुरमित्युच्यते बुधैः
caturdaśasu cendreṣu saptamo yaḥ purandaraḥ / vṛtrādīnāṃ śarīraṃ tu puramityucyate budhaiḥ
Among the fourteen Indras, the seventh is Purandara; and the body of Vṛtra and the others is called 'pura' (fortress) by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.18
तं दारयति वज्रेण यस्मात्तस्मात्पुरन्दरः । चतुर्दशसु चेन्द्रेषु मन्त्रद्युम्नस्तु षष्ठकः
taṃ dārayati vajreṇa yasmāttasmātpurandaraḥ / caturdaśasu cendreṣu mantradyumnastu ṣaṣṭhakaḥ
Since he splits that open with his thunderbolt, therefore he is Purandara. And among the fourteen Indras, Mantradyumna is the sixth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.19
मन्त्रानष्ट महावीन्द्र देवो द्योतयते यतः । मन्त्रद्युम्नस्ततो लोके उभावप्येक एव तु
mantrānaṣṭa mahāvīndra devo dyotayate yataḥ / mantradyumnastato loke ubhāvapyeka eva tu
Since the god illumines the eight mantras, O great lord of birds, therefore he is Mantradyumna in the world; but the two are one and the same.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.20
मन्त्रद्युम्नावतारोभूत्कुन्तीपुत्रोर्जुनो भुवि । विष्णोर्वायोरनन्तस्य चेन्द्रस्य खगसत्तम
mantradyumnāvatārobhūtkuntīputrorjuno bhuvi / viṣṇorvāyoranantasya cendrasya khagasattama
Mantradyumna's incarnation on earth was Arjuna, son of Kuntī — (partaking) of Viṣṇu, of Vāyu, of Ananta and of Indra, O best of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.21
पार्थश्चतुर्भिः संयुक्त इन्द्र एव प्रकीर्तितः । चतुर्थेपि च वायोश्च विशेषोस्ति सदार्जुन
pārthaścaturbhiḥ saṃyukta indra eva prakīrtitaḥ / caturthepi ca vāyośca viśeṣosti sadārjuna
Pārtha, joined with these four, is proclaimed to be Indra himself; and in the fourth (case) too there is always a distinction between Vāyu and Arjuna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.22
वालिर्नामा वानरस्तु पुरन्दर इति स्मृतः । चन्द्रवंशे समुत्पन्नो गाधिराजो विचक्षणः
vālirnāmā vānarastu purandara iti smṛtaḥ / candravaṃśe samutpanno gādhirājo vicakṣaṇaḥ
The monkey named Vālin is remembered as Purandara (Indra) himself; and (so is) the wise Gādhi-rāja, born in the lunar dynasty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.23
मन्त्रद्युम्नावतारः स विश्वामित्रपिता स्मृतः । वेदोक्तमन्त्रा गाः प्रोक्ता धिया संधारयेद्यतः
mantradyumnāvatāraḥ sa viśvāmitrapitā smṛtaḥ / vedoktamantrā gāḥ proktā dhiyā saṃdhārayedyataḥ
He is remembered as an incarnation of Manyudyumna (Mantradyumna), the father of Viśvāmitra. The mantras uttered in the Veda are called 'gāḥ' (words), since he held them fast with his intellect (dhī).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.24
अतो गाधिरिति प्रोक्तस्तदर्थं भूतले ह्यभूत् । इक्ष्वाकुपुत्रो वीन्द्र विकुक्षिरिति विश्रुतः
ato gādhiriti proktastadarthaṃ bhūtale hyabhūt / ikṣvākuputro vīndra vikukṣiriti viśrutaḥ
Therefore he was called Gādhi, and for that purpose he came to be on the earth. (Likewise) the son of Ikṣvāku, O lord of birds, was renowned as Vikukṣi.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.25
स एवेन्द्रावतारोभूद्धरिसेवार्थमेव च । विशेषेण हरिं कुक्षौ विज्ञानाच्च हरिः सदा
sa evendrāvatārobhūddharisevārthameva ca / viśeṣeṇa hariṃ kukṣau vijñānācca hariḥ sadā
He too was an incarnation of Indra, and (came) solely for the purpose of serving Hari; and because he especially knew Hari (to be) always in his belly (kukṣi), (he was) Hari('s).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.26
अतो विकुक्षिनामासौ भूलोके विश्रुतः सदा । रामपुत्रः कुशः प्रोक्त इन्द्र एव प्रकीर्तितः
ato vikukṣināmāsau bhūloke viśrutaḥ sadā / rāmaputraḥ kuśaḥ prokta indra eva prakīrtitaḥ
Therefore he is always renowned in the world of earth by the name Vikukṣi. Kuśa, the son of Rāma, is said to be proclaimed as Indra himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.27
वाल्मीकिऋषिणा यस्मात्कुशेनैव विनिर्मितः । अतः कुश इति प्रोक्तो जानकीनन्दनः प्रभुः
vālmīkiṛṣiṇā yasmātkuśenaiva vinirmitaḥ / ataḥ kuśa iti prokto jānakīnandanaḥ prabhuḥ
Because he was fashioned by the sage Vālmīki out of kuśa grass alone, therefore the lord, the son of Jānakī, was called Kuśa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.28
इन्द्रद्युम्नः पुरेद्रस्तु गाधी वाली तथार्जुनः । विकुक्षिः कुश एवैते सप्त चेन्द्राः प्रकीर्तिताः
indradyumnaḥ puredrastu gādhī vālī tathārjunaḥ / vikukṣiḥ kuśa evaite sapta cendrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
Indradyumna, Purandara (Purendra), Gādhi, Vālin, and likewise Arjuna, Vikukṣi and Kuśa — these seven are proclaimed as Indras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.29
यः कृष्णपुत्त्रः प्रद्युम्नः काम एव प्रकीर्तितः । प्रकृष्टप्रकाशरूपत्वात्प्रद्युम्न इति नामवान्
yaḥ kṛṣṇaputtraḥ pradyumnaḥ kāma eva prakīrtitaḥ / prakṛṣṭaprakāśarūpatvātpradyumna iti nāmavān
Pradyumna, who is Kṛṣṇa's son, is proclaimed to be Kāma himself; because his form is of surpassing brilliance (prakṛṣṭa-prakāśa) he bears the name Pradyumna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.30
या रामभ्राता भरतः काम एवाभवद्भुवि । रामाज्ञां भरते यस्मात्तस्माद्भरतनामकः
yā rāmabhrātā bharataḥ kāma evābhavadbhuvi / rāmājñāṃ bharate yasmāttasmādbharatanāmakaḥ
Bharata, who was Rāma's brother, was Kāma himself on earth; since he bears (bharate) Rāma's command, therefore he has the name Bharata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.31
चक्राभिमानि कामस्तु सुदर्शन इति स्मृतः । ब्रह्मैव कृष्णपुत्रस्तु सांबो जाम्बवतीसुतः
cakrābhimāni kāmastu sudarśana iti smṛtaḥ / brahmaiva kṛṣṇaputrastu sāṃbo jāmbavatīsutaḥ
And Kāma as the presiding spirit of the discus is known as Sudarśana. Brahmā himself is Kṛṣṇa's son Sāmba, the son of Jāmbavatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.32
कामावतारो विज्ञेयः संदेहो नात्र विद्यते । यो रुद्रपुत्रः स्कन्दस्तु काम एव प्रकीर्तितः
kāmāvatāro vijñeyaḥ saṃdeho nātra vidyate / yo rudraputraḥ skandastu kāma eva prakīrtitaḥ
(He) is to be known as an incarnation of Kāma; there is no doubt in this. Skanda, who is the son of Rudra, is proclaimed to be Kāma himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.33
रिपूनास्कं दते नित्यमतः स्कन्द इति स्मृतः । यो वा सनत्कुमारस्तु ब्रह्मपुत्रः खगाधिप । कामावतारो विज्ञेयो नात्र कार्या विचारणा
ripūnāskaṃ date nityamataḥ skanda iti smṛtaḥ / yo vā sanatkumārastu brahmaputraḥ khagādhipa / kāmāvatāro vijñeyo nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Since he constantly gives (his) enemies destruction (āskanda), he is therefore remembered as Skanda. Or again, Sanatkumāra, the son of Brahmā, O lord of birds, is to be known as an incarnation of Kāma; no deliberation is to be made about this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.34
सुदर्शनश्च परमः प्रद्युम्नः सांब एव च । सनत्कुमारः सांबश्चषडेते कामरूपकाः
sudarśanaśca paramaḥ pradyumnaḥ sāṃba eva ca / sanatkumāraḥ sāṃbaścaṣaḍete kāmarūpakāḥ
And Sudarśana, and the supreme one, and Pradyumna, and Sāmba, and Sanatkumāra and Sāmba — these six are forms of Kāma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.35
ततश्च इन्द्रकामावप्युमादिभ्यो दशावरौ । तयोर्मध्ये तु गरुड काम इन्द्राधमः स्मृतः
tataśca indrakāmāvapyumādibhyo daśāvarau / tayormadhye tu garuḍa kāma indrādhamaḥ smṛtaḥ
And so Indra and Kāma are ten degrees inferior to Umā and the others; and between those two, O Garuḍa, Kāma is remembered as lower than Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.36
प्राणस्त्वहङ्कार एव अहङ्कारकसंज्ञकः । गरुत्मदंशो विज्ञेयः कामेन्द्राभ्यां दशाधमः
prāṇastvahaṅkāra eva ahaṅkārakasaṃjñakaḥ / garutmadaṃśo vijñeyaḥ kāmendrābhyāṃ daśādhamaḥ
Prāṇa is verily Ahaṅkāra, called by the name Ahaṅkāraka; he is to be known as a portion of Garuḍa, ten degrees lower than Kāma and Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.37
तदनन्तरजान्वक्ष्ये शृणु वीन्द्र समाहितः । श्रवणान्मोक्षमाप्नोति महापापाद्विमुच्यते
tadanantarajānvakṣye śṛṇu vīndra samāhitaḥ / śravaṇānmokṣamāpnoti mahāpāpādvimucyate
Next after that I shall declare those (born), listen attentively, O lord of birds; by hearing (this) one attains liberation and is freed from great sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.38
कामपुत्रोनिरुद्धो ऽपि हरेरन्यः प्रकीर्तितः । स एवाभूद्धरेः सेवां कर्तुं रामानुजो भुवि
kāmaputroniruddho 'pi hareranyaḥ prakīrtitaḥ / sa evābhūddhareḥ sevāṃ kartuṃ rāmānujo bhuvi
Aniruddha, the son of Kāma, is also proclaimed as another (form) of Hari; he himself became, on earth, Rāma's younger brother, in order to render service to Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.39
शत्रुघ्न इति विख्यातः शत्रून्सूदयते यतः । अनिरुद्धः कृष्णपुत्रो प्रद्युम्नाद्यो ऽजनिष्ट ह
śatrughna iti vikhyātaḥ śatrūnsūdayate yataḥ / aniruddhaḥ kṛṣṇaputro pradyumnādyo 'janiṣṭa ha
He is known as Śatrughna, because he destroys enemies. Aniruddha was indeed born as Kṛṣṇa's son (grand-son), (having) Pradyumna and the others (before him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.40
संकर्षणादिरूपैस्तु त्रिभिराविष्ट एव सः । एवं द्विरूपो विज्ञेयो ह्यनिरुद्धो महामतिः
saṃkarṣaṇādirūpaistu tribhirāviṣṭa eva saḥ / evaṃ dvirūpo vijñeyo hyaniruddho mahāmatiḥ
He is indeed entered into by the three forms beginning with Saṃkarṣaṇa; thus the greatly wise Aniruddha is to be known as of two forms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.41
कामभार्या रतिर्या तु द्विरूपा संप्रकीर्तिता । रुग्मपुत्री रुग्मवती कामभार्या प्रकीर्तिता
kāmabhāryā ratiryā tu dvirūpā saṃprakīrtitā / rugmaputrī rugmavatī kāmabhāryā prakīrtitā
Rati, who is Kāma's wife, is declared to be of two forms: Rukmavatī, the daughter of Rukmin, is called Kāma's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.42
अतिप्रकाशयुक्तत्वात्तस्माद्रुग्मवती स्मृता । दुर्योधनस्य या पुत्री लक्षणा सा रतिः स्मृता
atiprakāśayuktatvāttasmādrugmavatī smṛtā / duryodhanasya yā putrī lakṣaṇā sā ratiḥ smṛtā
Because she is endowed with excessive brilliance, she is therefore known as Rugmavatī. The daughter of Duryodhana who was named Lakṣaṇā — she is known as Rati.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.43
काष्ठा सांबस्य भार्या सा लक्षणं संयुनक्त्यतः । लक्षणाभिधयाभूमौ दुष्ट वीर्योद्भवा ह्यपि
kāṣṭhā sāṃbasya bhāryā sā lakṣaṇaṃ saṃyunaktyataḥ / lakṣaṇābhidhayābhūmau duṣṭa vīryodbhavā hyapi
Kāṣṭhā was the wife of Sāmba; therefore she joins with the mark (lakṣaṇa). Under the name Lakṣaṇā on earth, (she was) born even of corrupt vigour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.44
एवं द्विरूपा विज्ञेया कामभार्या रतिः स्मृता । स्वायंभुवो ब्रह्मपुत्रो मनुस्त्वाद्यो गुरौ समः । राजधर्मेण विष्णोश्च जातः प्रीणयितुं हरेः
evaṃ dvirūpā vijñeyā kāmabhāryā ratiḥ smṛtā / svāyaṃbhuvo brahmaputro manustvādyo gurau samaḥ / rājadharmeṇa viṣṇośca jātaḥ prīṇayituṃ hareḥ
Thus Rati, the wife of Kāma, is to be known as twofold. Svāyaṃbhuva Manu, the son of Brahmā, the first one, is equal to the preceptor (Bṛhaspati); and he was born by the law of kings and (to serve) Viṣṇu, to gratify Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.45
बृहस्पतिर्देवागुरुर्महात्मा तस्यावतारास्त्रय आसन् खगेन्द्र । रामावतारे भरताख्यो बभूव ह्यंभोजजावेशयुतो बृहस्पतिः
bṛhaspatirdevāgururmahātmā tasyāvatārāstraya āsan khagendra / rāmāvatāre bharatākhyo babhūva hyaṃbhojajāveśayuto bṛhaspatiḥ
Bṛhaspati, the preceptor of the gods, the great one — of him there were three incarnations, O lord of birds. In the incarnation of Rāma, Bṛhaspati, joined with the indwelling of the lotus-born (Brahmā), became the one named Bharata.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.46
देवावतारान्वानरांस्तारयित्वा श्रीरामदिव्याऽचरितान्यवादीत् । अतो ह्यसौ नारनामा बभूव ह्यङ्गत्वमाप्तुं रामदेवस्य भूम्याम्
devāvatārānvānarāṃstārayitvā śrīrāmadivyā'caritānyavādīt / ato hyasau nāranāmā babhūva hyaṅgatvamāptuṃ rāmadevasya bhūmyām
Having brought the monkeys, the incarnations of the gods, across, he recited the divine deeds of Śrī Rāma; therefore he became one named Nāra(da?), so as to attain the state of being a limb (attendant) of Lord Rāma on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.47
कृष्णावतारे द्रोणनामा बभूव अंभोजजावेशयुतो बृहस्यपतिः । यस्माद्दोणात्संभभूव गुरुश्च तस्मादसौ द्रोणसंज्ञो बभूव
kṛṣṇāvatāre droṇanāmā babhūva aṃbhojajāveśayuto bṛhasyapatiḥ / yasmāddoṇātsaṃbhabhūva guruśca tasmādasau droṇasaṃjño babhūva
In the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa, Bṛhaspati, joined with the indwelling of the lotus-born, became the one named Droṇa; and because the preceptor came into being from a trough (droṇa), therefore he became known as Droṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.48
भूभारभूताद्युद्धृतौ ह्यङ्गभूतो विष्णोः सेवां कर्तुमेवास भूमौ । बृहस्पतिः पवनावेशपुक्ता स उद्धवश्चेत्यमिधानमाप
bhūbhārabhūtādyuddhṛtau hyaṅgabhūto viṣṇoḥ sevāṃ kartumevāsa bhūmau / bṛhaspatiḥ pavanāveśapuktā sa uddhavaścetyamidhānamāpa
For the lifting up of the burden of the earth and so forth, being a limb (of Viṣṇu), he came to be on earth just to perform service to Viṣṇu. Bṛhaspati, joined with the indwelling of Vāyu, obtained the name Uddhava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.49
यस्मादुत्कृष्टो हरिरत्र सम्यगतो ह्यसौ बुधवन्नाम चाप । सखा ह्यभूत्कृष्णदेवस्य नित्यं महामतिः सर्वलोकेषु पुज्वः
yasmādutkṛṣṭo hariratra samyagato hyasau budhavannāma cāpa / sakhā hyabhūtkṛṣṇadevasya nityaṃ mahāmatiḥ sarvalokeṣu pujvaḥ
Because Hari here was rightly (recognised as) the highest by him, he obtained a name like 'the wise one'; and he was always the friend of Lord Kṛṣṇa, of great mind, honoured in all the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.50
दक्षिणाङ्गुष्ठजो दक्षो ब्रह्मपुत्रो महामतिः । कन्यां सृष्ट्वा हरेः प्रीणन्नास भूमा प्रजापतिः । पुत्रानुदपादयद्दक्षस्त्वतो दक्ष इति स्मृतः
dakṣiṇāṅguṣṭhajo dakṣo brahmaputro mahāmatiḥ / kanyāṃ sṛṣṭvā hareḥ prīṇannāsa bhūmā prajāpatiḥ / putrānudapādayaddakṣastvato dakṣa iti smṛtaḥ
Dakṣa, born from (Brahmā's) right thumb, the son of Brahmā, of great mind, having created a daughter and pleasing Hari, became the great lord of creatures on earth. Dakṣa produced sons, and therefore he is known as Dakṣa (the capable one).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.51
शचीं भर्यां देवराजस्य विद्धि तस्या ह्यवतारं शृणु सम्यक् खगेन्द्र । रामावतारे नाम तारा बभूव सा वालिपत्नी शचीसजका च
śacīṃ bharyāṃ devarājasya viddhi tasyā hyavatāraṃ śṛṇu samyak khagendra / rāmāvatāre nāma tārā babhūva sā vālipatnī śacīsajakā ca
Know Śacī as the wife of the king of gods; hear rightly of her incarnation, O lord of birds. In the incarnation of Rāma she came to be named Tārā; she was Vālin's wife, and identical with Śacī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.52
रामान्मृते वालिसंज्ञे पतौ हि सुग्रीवसंगं सा चकाराथ तारा । अतो नागात्स्वर्गलोकं च तारा क्व वा यायादन्तरिक्षे न पापा
rāmānmṛte vālisaṃjñe patau hi sugrīvasaṃgaṃ sā cakārātha tārā / ato nāgātsvargalokaṃ ca tārā kva vā yāyādantarikṣe na pāpā
When her husband named Vālin was slain by Rāma, Tārā then made union with Sugrīva; therefore Tārā did not go to the world of heaven — where indeed could a sinful woman go in the sky?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.53
कृष्णावतारे सैव तारा च वीन्द्र बभूव भूमौ विजयस्य पत्नी । पिशङ्गदेति ह्यभिधा स्याच्च तस्याः सामीप्यमस्यास्त्वजुंनवेव चासीत्
kṛṣṇāvatāre saiva tārā ca vīndra babhūva bhūmau vijayasya patnī / piśaṅgadeti hyabhidhā syācca tasyāḥ sāmīpyamasyāstvajuṃnaveva cāsīt
In the incarnation of Kṛṣṇa that same Tārā, O lord of heroes, became on earth the wife of Vijaya (Arjuna); her name would be Piśaṅgadā (Citrāṅgadā), and her closeness was with Arjuna alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.54
उत्पादयित्वा बभ्रुवाहं च पुत्रं तस्यां त्यक्त्वा ह्यर्जुनो वै महात्मा । अतश्चोभे वारचित्राङ्गदे च शचीरूपे नात्र विवार्यमस्ति
utpādayitvā babhruvāhaṃ ca putraṃ tasyāṃ tyaktvā hyarjuno vai mahātmā / ataścobhe vāracitrāṅgade ca śacīrūpe nātra vivāryamasti
Having begotten a son, Babhruvāhana, in her, the great-souled Arjuna abandoned (her); and therefore both the excellent Citrāṅgadā(s) are forms of Śacī — there is nothing to be objected to here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.55
पुलोमजा मन्त्रद्युम्नस्य भार्या या काशिका गाधिराजस्य भार्या । विकुक्षिभार्या सुमतिश्चेति संज्ञा कुशस्य पत्नी कान्तिमतीति संज्ञा
pulomajā mantradyumnasya bhāryā yā kāśikā gādhirājasya bhāryā / vikukṣibhāryā sumatiśceti saṃjñā kuśasya patnī kāntimatīti saṃjñā
Pulomajā (was) the wife of Mantradyumna; the woman of Kāśī (was) the wife of king Gādhi; the wife of Vikukṣi bore the name Sumati; the wife of Kuśa bore the name Kāntimatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.56
एता हि सप्त ह्यवराश्च शच्या जानीहि वै नास्ति विचारणात्र । शची रतिश्चानिरुद्धो मनुर्दक्षो बृहस्पतिः । षडन्योन्यसमाः प्रोक्ता अहङ्काराद्दशाधमाः
etā hi sapta hyavarāśca śacyā jānīhi vai nāsti vicāraṇātra / śacī ratiścāniruddho manurdakṣo bṛhaspatiḥ / ṣaḍanyonyasamāḥ proktā ahaṅkārāddaśādhamāḥ
Know these seven as lower (forms) of Śacī; there is no doubt here. Śacī, Rati, Aniruddha, Manu, Dakṣa, Bṛhaspati — these six are declared equal to one another, (and) ten degrees lower than Ahaṅkāra (Aniruddha?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.57
अथ यः प्रवहो वायुर्मुख्यवायोः सुतो बली । स वायुषु महानद्य स वै कोणाधिपस्तथा
atha yaḥ pravaho vāyurmukhyavāyoḥ suto balī / sa vāyuṣu mahānadya sa vai koṇādhipastathā
Now the wind that is Pravaha, the mighty son of the chief Wind — he is great among the winds, O foremost one, and he is the lord of the quarter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.58
नासिकासु स एवोक्तो भौतिकस्तुल्य एव च । अतिवाहः स एवोक्तः यतो गम्यो मुमुक्षुभिः
nāsikāsu sa evokto bhautikastulya eva ca / ativāhaḥ sa evoktaḥ yato gamyo mumukṣubhiḥ
In the nostrils he is said (to reside), and he is equal to the elemental (wind); he is also called Ativāha, since he is to be reached by those seeking release.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.59
दक्षादिभ्यः पञ्चगुणादधमः संप्रकीर्तितः । गरुड उवाच । प्रवहश्चेति संज्ञां स किमर्थं प्राप तद्वद
dakṣādibhyaḥ pañcaguṇādadhamaḥ saṃprakīrtitaḥ / garuḍa uvāca / pravahaśceti saṃjñāṃ sa kimarthaṃ prāpa tadvada
He is declared to be lower than Dakṣa and the others by five degrees. Garuḍa said: For what reason did he obtain the name Pravaha? Tell that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.60
अर्थः कश्चास्ति तन्नाम्नः प्रतीतस्तं वदस्व मे । गरुडेनैवमुक्तस्तु भगवान्देवकीसुतः । उवाच परमप्रीतः संस्तूय गरुडं हरिः
arthaḥ kaścāsti tannāmnaḥ pratītastaṃ vadasva me / garuḍenaivamuktastu bhagavāndevakīsutaḥ / uvāca paramaprītaḥ saṃstūya garuḍaṃ hariḥ
What is the known meaning of that name of his? Tell it to me. Thus addressed by Garuḍa, the Lord, the son of Devakī, Hari, greatly pleased, praised Garuḍa and spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.61
कृष्ण उवाच । प्रहर्षेण हरेस्तुल्यान्सर्वदा वहते यतः । अतः प्रवहनामासौ कीर्तितः पक्षिसत्तम
kṛṣṇa uvāca / praharṣeṇa harestulyānsarvadā vahate yataḥ / ataḥ pravahanāmāsau kīrtitaḥ pakṣisattama
Kṛṣṇa said: Because he always carries, with great joy, those who are like Hari, therefore he is called Pravaha by name, O best of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.62
सर्वोत्तमो विष्णुरेवास्ति नाम्ना ब्रह्मादयस्तदधीनाः सदापि । मयोक्तमेतत्तु सत्यं न मिथ्या गृह्णामि हस्तेनोरगं कोपयुक्तम्
sarvottamo viṣṇurevāsti nāmnā brahmādayastadadhīnāḥ sadāpi / mayoktametattu satyaṃ na mithyā gṛhṇāmi hastenoragaṃ kopayuktam
Viṣṇu alone is, by very name, the highest of all; Brahmā and the rest are always subject to him. This that I have spoken is true, not false — (so saying) I take in my hand an angry serpent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.63
सर्वं नु सत्यं यदि मिथ्या भवेत्तु तदा त्वसौ मां दशतुह्यहीन्द्रः । एवं ब्रुवन्नुरगं कोपयुक्तं समग्रहीन्नादशत्सोप्युरङ्गः
sarvaṃ nu satyaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau māṃ daśatuhyahīndraḥ / evaṃ bruvannuragaṃ kopayuktaṃ samagrahīnnādaśatsopyuraṅgaḥ
All (of it) is surely true; but if it should be false, then let this lord of snakes bite me. Saying so, he grasped the angry serpent, and yet that serpent did not bite (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.64
एतस्य संधारणादेव वीन्द्र स वायुपुत्रः प्रवहेत्याप संज्ञाम् । यो वा लोके विष्णुमूर्तिं विहाय दैत्यस्वरूपा रेणुकाद्याः कुदेवाः
etasya saṃdhāraṇādeva vīndra sa vāyuputraḥ pravahetyāpa saṃjñām / yo vā loke viṣṇumūrtiṃ vihāya daityasvarūpā reṇukādyāḥ kudevāḥ
Just from his holding this (serpent), O lord of birds, that son of Vāyu got the name 'Pravaha'. Or whoever in the world, setting aside the form of Viṣṇu, (worships) false gods of demonic nature such as Reṇukā —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.65
तेषां तथा मत्पितॄणां च पूजा व्यर्था सत्यं सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि । एतत्सर्वं यदि मिथ्या भवेत्तु तदा त्वसौ मां दशतु ह्यहीन्द्रः
teṣāṃ tathā matpitṝṇāṃ ca pūjā vyarthā satyaṃ satyametadbravīmi / etatsarvaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau māṃ daśatu hyahīndraḥ
— the worship of them, and likewise of my ancestors, is fruitless: this is the truth, the truth I declare. If all this should be false, then let this lord of snakes bite me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.66
पित्र्यं नयामि प्रविहायैव ये तु पित्रुद्देशात्केवलं यः करोति । स पापात्मा नरकान्वै प्रयातीत्येतद्वाक्यं सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीमि
pitryaṃ nayāmi pravihāyaiva ye tu pitruddeśātkevalaṃ yaḥ karoti / sa pāpātmā narakānvai prayātītyetadvākyaṃ satyametadbravīmi
I carry off the ancestral offering (only when Viṣṇu is) not set aside; but whoever performs (it) solely with the ancestors as its object, that sinful soul goes indeed to the hells — this statement is true, the truth I declare.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.67
न श्रीः स्वतन्त्रा नापि विधिः स्वतन्त्रो न वायुदेवो नापि शिवः स्वतन्त्रः । तदन्ये नो गौरिपुलोम जाद्याः किं वक्तव्यं नात्र लोके स्वतन्त्रः
na śrīḥ svatantrā nāpi vidhiḥ svatantro na vāyudevo nāpi śivaḥ svatantraḥ / tadanye no gauripuloma jādyāḥ kiṃ vaktavyaṃ nātra loke svatantraḥ
Śrī is not independent, nor is Vidhi (Brahmā) independent, nor the god Vāyu, nor is Śiva independent; then what is to be said of others than these, such as Gaurī and Pulomā's daughter? None here in this world is independent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.68
ब्रवीमि सत्यं पुरुषो विष्णुरेव सत्यं सत्य भुजमुद्धृत्य सत्यम् । एतत्सर्वं यदि मिथ्या भवेत्तु तदा त्वसौ मां दशतु ह्यहीन्द्र
bravīmi satyaṃ puruṣo viṣṇureva satyaṃ satya bhujamuddhṛtya satyam / etatsarvaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau māṃ daśatu hyahīndra
I speak the truth: Viṣṇu alone is the Puruṣa — true, true; raising my arm (I say it is) true. If all this should be false, then let this lord of snakes bite me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.69
जीवश्च सत्यः परमात्मा च सत्यस्तयोर्भेदः सत्ये ए तत्सदापि । जडश्चसत्यो जीवजडयोश्च भेदो भेदः सत्यः किं च जडैशयोर्भिदा
jīvaśca satyaḥ paramātmā ca satyastayorbhedaḥ satye e tatsadāpi / jaḍaścasatyo jīvajaḍayośca bhedo bhedaḥ satyaḥ kiṃ ca jaḍaiśayorbhidā
The individual soul is real and the supreme Self is real; the difference between the two is real, and this always. Insentient matter is real, and the difference between soul and matter (is real); the difference is real, and moreover the difference between matter and the Lord (is real).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.70
भेदः सत्यः सर्वजीवेषु नित्यं सत्या जडानां च भेदा सदापि । एतत्सर्वं यदि मिथ्या भवेत्तु तदा त्वसौ दशतु मां ह्यहीन्द्रः
bhedaḥ satyaḥ sarvajīveṣu nityaṃ satyā jaḍānāṃ ca bhedā sadāpi / etatsarvaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau daśatu māṃ hyahīndraḥ
The difference among all souls is real and eternal, and the differences of insentient things are real always. If all this should be false, then let this lord of snakes bite me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.71
एवं ब्रुवन्नुरगं कोपयुक्तं समग्रहीन्नादशत्सोप्युरङ्गः । एतस्य संधारणादेववीद्रे सा वायुपुत्रः प्रवहेत्याप संज्ञाम्
evaṃ bruvannuragaṃ kopayuktaṃ samagrahīnnādaśatsopyuraṅgaḥ / etasya saṃdhāraṇādevavīdre sā vāyuputraḥ pravahetyāpa saṃjñām
Saying so he grasped the angry serpent, and yet that serpent did not bite (him). Just from his holding this, O lord of birds, that son of Vāyu got the name 'Pravaha'.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.72
द्वयं स्वरूपं प्रविदित्वैव पूर्वं त्वं स्वीकुरुष्व द्वयमेव नित्यम् । स्नानादिकं च प्रकरोति नित्यं पापी स आत्मा नैव मोक्षं प्रयाति
dvayaṃ svarūpaṃ praviditvaiva pūrvaṃ tvaṃ svīkuruṣva dvayameva nityam / snānādikaṃ ca prakaroti nityaṃ pāpī sa ātmā naiva mokṣaṃ prayāti
Having first fully understood the nature of the pair, take up (only) the pair as constant. And (though) he constantly performs bathing and the rest, that sinful soul does not reach liberation at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.73
तस्माद्द्वयं प्रविचार्यैव नित्यं सुखी भवेन्नात्र विचार्यमस्ति । एतत्सर्वं यदि मिथ्या भवेत्तु तदा त्वसौ मां दशतु ह्यहीन्द्रः
tasmāddvayaṃ pravicāryaiva nityaṃ sukhī bhavennātra vicāryamasti / etatsarvaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau māṃ daśatu hyahīndraḥ
Therefore, having constantly examined the pair, one should become happy; there is nothing (else) to be considered here. If all this should be false, then let this lord of snakes bite me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.74
गरुड उवाच । किं तद्द्वयं देवदेवेश किं वा तत्कारणं कीदृशं मे वदस्व । द्वयोस्त्यागं कीदृशं मे वदस्व त्यागात्सुखं कीदृशं मे वदस्व
garuḍa uvāca / kiṃ taddvayaṃ devadeveśa kiṃ vā tatkāraṇaṃ kīdṛśaṃ me vadasva / dvayostyāgaṃ kīdṛśaṃ me vadasva tyāgātsukhaṃ kīdṛśaṃ me vadasva
Garuḍa said: What is that pair, O lord of the gods of gods, and what is its cause? Tell me of what kind (it is). Tell me of what kind the renunciation of the two is; tell me of what kind the happiness from that renunciation is.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.75
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । द्वयं चाहुस्त्विन्द्रिये द्वे बलिष्ठे देहे ह्यस्मिञ् श्रोत्रनेत्रे सुसृष्टे । अवान्तरे श्रोत्रनेत्रे खगेन्द्र द्वयं चाहुस्तत्स्वरूपं च वक्ष्ये
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / dvayaṃ cāhustvindriye dve baliṣṭhe dehe hyasmiñ śrotranetre susṛṣṭe / avāntare śrotranetre khagendra dvayaṃ cāhustatsvarūpaṃ ca vakṣye
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: By 'the pair' they mean the two strongest senses in this body, the ear and the eye, which are well fashioned; internally, O lord of birds, (they are) the ear and the eye — they call this the pair, and I shall describe its nature.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.76
श्रोत्रस्वभावो लोक वार्ताश्रुतौ च ह्यतीव मोदस्त्वादरास्वादनेन । हरेर्वार्ताश्रवणे दुः खजालं श्रोत्रस्वभावो जडता दमश्च
śrotrasvabhāvo loka vārtāśrutau ca hyatīva modastvādarāsvādanena / harervārtāśravaṇe duḥ khajālaṃ śrotrasvabhāvo jaḍatā damaśca
The ear's nature is (found) in hearing worldly talk, and (there is) exceeding delight through relishing it with eagerness; but at the hearing of talk of Hari (there is) a mass of misery — such is the ear's nature, dullness and restraint (of it are needed).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.77
नेत्रस्वभावो दर्शने स्त्रीनराणां ह्यत्यादरान्नास्ति निद्रादिकं च । हरेर्भक्तानां दर्शने दुः खरूपो विष्णोः पूजादर्शने दुः खजालम्
netrasvabhāvo darśane strīnarāṇāṃ hyatyādarānnāsti nidrādikaṃ ca / harerbhaktānāṃ darśane duḥ kharūpo viṣṇoḥ pūjādarśane duḥ khajālam
The eye's nature is (found) in looking at women and men, and out of great eagerness (for that) there is no sleep or the like; but at the sight of Hari's devotees it takes the form of pain, and at the sight of Viṣṇu's worship (there is) a mass of misery.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.78
तयोः स्वरूपं प्रविदित्वैव पूर्वं पुनः पुनः स्वीकरोत्येव मूढः । शिश्रं मौर्ख्याच्चैव कुत्रापि योनौ प्रवेशयेत्सर्वदा ह्यादरेण
tayoḥ svarūpaṃ praviditvaiva pūrvaṃ punaḥ punaḥ svīkarotyeva mūḍhaḥ / śiśraṃ maurkhyāccaiva kutrāpi yonau praveśayetsarvadā hyādareṇa
Having first fully known the nature of these two, the fool nevertheless takes them up again and again; and out of folly he would always, and eagerly, insert his penis into any womb whatever.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.79
भयं च लज्जा नैव चास्ते वधूनां तथा नृणां वनितानां यतीनाम् । स्वसारं ते ह्यविदित्वा दिनेपि सुवाम यज्ञेन स्वाभावश्च वीन्द्र
bhayaṃ ca lajjā naiva cāste vadhūnāṃ tathā nṛṇāṃ vanitānāṃ yatīnām / svasāraṃ te hyaviditvā dinepi suvāma yajñena svābhāvaśca vīndra
Neither fear nor shame remains in wives, nor in men, in women, in ascetics; not even recognising their own sister, (they say) 'let us couple by day too, by way of a sacrifice' — such is (their) nature, O lord of birds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.80
रसास्वभावो भक्षणे सर्वदापि ह्यनर्पितस्यान्नभक्ष्यस्य विष्णोः । तथो पहारस्य च तत्स्वभावः अभक्ष्याणां भक्षणे तत्स्वभावः
rasāsvabhāvo bhakṣaṇe sarvadāpi hyanarpitasyānnabhakṣyasya viṣṇoḥ / tatho pahārasya ca tatsvabhāvaḥ abhakṣyāṇāṃ bhakṣaṇe tatsvabhāvaḥ
The tongue's nature is (found) always in eating food and edibles not offered to Viṣṇu; likewise its nature (is found) in (consuming) what has been offered up (to others), and its nature (is found) in eating things not to be eaten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.81
अलेह्यलेहस्य च तत्स्वभावः पातुं त्वपेयस्य च तत्स्वभावः । द्वयोः स्वरूपं च विहाय मूढः पुनः पुनः स्वीकरोत्येव नित्यम्
alehyalehasya ca tatsvabhāvaḥ pātuṃ tvapeyasya ca tatsvabhāvaḥ / dvayoḥ svarūpaṃ ca vihāya mūḍhaḥ punaḥ punaḥ svīkarotyeva nityam
And its nature (is found) in licking what should not be licked, and its nature (is found) in drinking what should not be drunk; and abandoning the true character of the two, the fool constantly takes them up again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.82
तस्य स्नानं व्यर्थमाहुश्च यस्मात्तस्मात्त्याज्यं न द्वयोः कार्यमेव । अभिप्रायं ह्येतमेवं खगेन्द्र जानीहि त्वं प्रहस्यैव नित्यम्
tasya snānaṃ vyarthamāhuśca yasmāttasmāttyājyaṃ na dvayoḥ kāryameva / abhiprāyaṃ hyetamevaṃ khagendra jānīhi tvaṃ prahasyaiva nityam
And they say his bathing is in vain; therefore it is to be abandoned — indeed neither of the two acts is (rightly) done. Know this to be just such an intention, O lord of birds, and always laugh at it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.83
भार्याद्वयं ह्यविदित्वा स्वरूपं स्वीकृत्य चैकां प्रविहायैव चैकाम् । स्नानादिकं कुरुते मूढबूद्धिः व्यर्थं चाहुर्मोक्षभोगौ च नैव । एतत्सर्वं यदि मिथ्या भवेत्तु तदा त्वसौ मां दशतु ह्यहीन्द्रः
bhāryādvayaṃ hyaviditvā svarūpaṃ svīkṛtya caikāṃ pravihāyaiva caikām / snānādikaṃ kurute mūḍhabūddhiḥ vyarthaṃ cāhurmokṣabhogau ca naiva / etatsarvaṃ yadi mithyā bhavettu tadā tvasau māṃ daśatu hyahīndraḥ
Not having understood the true nature of the two wives, having taken one and having entirely abandoned the other, the man of dull mind performs bathing and the rest — in vain, they say, and (he gains) neither liberation nor enjoyment. If all this should be false, then let that lord of snakes bite me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.84
गरुड उवाच । भार्याद्वयं किं वद त्वं ममापि तयोः स्वरूपं किं वद त्वं मुरारे । तयोर्मध्ये ग्राह्यभार्यां वद त्वमग्राह्यभार्यां चापि सम्यग्वद त्वम्
garuḍa uvāca / bhāryādvayaṃ kiṃ vada tvaṃ mamāpi tayoḥ svarūpaṃ kiṃ vada tvaṃ murāre / tayormadhye grāhyabhāryāṃ vada tvamagrāhyabhāryāṃ cāpi samyagvada tvam
Garuḍa said: Tell me too, what are the two wives? Tell me, O Murāri, what is the nature of the two? Among the two, tell me which is the wife to be taken, and tell me rightly which is the wife not to be taken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.85
श्रीकृष्ण उवाच । बुद्धिः पत्नी सा द्विरूपा खगेन्द्र दुष्टा चैका त्वपरा सुष्ठुरूपा । तयोर्मध्ये दुष्टरूपा कनिष्ठा ज्येष्ठा तु या सुष्ठुबुद्धिस्वरूपा
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca / buddhiḥ patnī sā dvirūpā khagendra duṣṭā caikā tvaparā suṣṭhurūpā / tayormadhye duṣṭarūpā kaniṣṭhā jyeṣṭhā tu yā suṣṭhubuddhisvarūpā
Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: The wife is the intellect (buddhi); she is of two forms, O lord of birds — one is corrupt, the other is of good form. Of the two, the one of corrupt form is the younger; but the elder is she whose nature is good intellect.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.86
कनिष्ठया नष्टतां याति जीवः सुतिष्ठन्त्या याति योग्यां प्रतिष्ठाम् । कनिष्ठायाः शृणु वक्ष्ये स्वरूपं श्रुत्वा तस्यास्त्यागबुद्धिं कुरुष्व
kaniṣṭhayā naṣṭatāṃ yāti jīvaḥ sutiṣṭhantyā yāti yogyāṃ pratiṣṭhām / kaniṣṭhāyāḥ śṛṇu vakṣye svarūpaṃ śrutvā tasyāstyāgabuddhiṃ kuruṣva
By the younger the living being goes to ruin; by the well-established one he attains a fitting station. Hear — I shall declare the nature of the younger; having heard it, form the resolve to abandon her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.87
जीवं यं वै प्रेरयन्ती कनिष्ठा काम्यं धर्मं कुरुते सर्वदापि । क्व ब्राह्मणाः क्व च विष्णुर्महात्मा क्व वै कथा क्व च यज्ञाः क्वगावः
jīvaṃ yaṃ vai prerayantī kaniṣṭhā kāmyaṃ dharmaṃ kurute sarvadāpi / kva brāhmaṇāḥ kva ca viṣṇurmahātmā kva vai kathā kva ca yajñāḥ kvagāvaḥ
The younger one, urging on whatever living being (she possesses), always performs religious duty done for desired ends: "Where are the brahmins? where is Viṣṇu the great soul? where indeed is sacred narration? where are the sacrifices? where the cows?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.88
क्व चाश्वत्थः क्व च स्नानं क्व शौचमेतत्सर्वं नाम नाशं करोति । मूढं पतिं रेणुकां पूजयस्व मायादेव्या दीपदानं कुरुष्व
kva cāśvatthaḥ kva ca snānaṃ kva śaucametatsarvaṃ nāma nāśaṃ karoti / mūḍhaṃ patiṃ reṇukāṃ pūjayasva māyādevyā dīpadānaṃ kuruṣva
"And where is the aśvattha tree? where bathing? where purity?" — all this she destroys utterly. "Worship a foolish husband, worship Reṇukā; make an offering of lamps to the goddess Māyā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.89
सुभैरवादीन् भज मूढ त्वमन्ध हारिद्रचूर्णन्धारयेः सर्वदापि । ज्येष्ठाष्टम्यां ज्येष्ठदेवीं भजस्व भक्त्या सूत्रं गलबन्धं कुरुष्व
subhairavādīn bhaja mūḍha tvamandha hāridracūrṇandhārayeḥ sarvadāpi / jyeṣṭhāṣṭamyāṃ jyeṣṭhadevīṃ bhajasva bhaktyā sūtraṃ galabandhaṃ kuruṣva
"Worship Subhairava and the rest, you fool, you blind man; always wear turmeric powder; on the eighth day of Jyeṣṭha worship the goddess Jyeṣṭhā with devotion; make a (sacred) thread a binding for your neck."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.90
मरिगन्धाष्टम्यां मरिगन्धं भजस्व तथा सूत्रं स्वगले धारयस्व । दीपस्तंभं सुदिने पूजयस्व तत्सूत्रमेव स्वगले धारयस्व
marigandhāṣṭamyāṃ marigandhaṃ bhajasva tathā sūtraṃ svagale dhārayasva / dīpastaṃbhaṃ sudine pūjayasva tatsūtrameva svagale dhārayasva
"On the eighth of Marigandha worship Marigandha, and likewise wear the thread on your own neck; on an auspicious day worship the lamp-post, and wear that very thread on your neck."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.91
महालक्ष्मीं चाद्यलक्ष्मीं च सम्यक् पूजां कुरु त्वं हि भक्त्याथ जीव । लक्ष्मीसूत्रं स्वागले धारयस्व महालक्ष्मीवान् भवसीत्युत्तरत्र
mahālakṣmīṃ cādyalakṣmīṃ ca samyak pūjāṃ kuru tvaṃ hi bhaktyātha jīva / lakṣmīsūtraṃ svāgale dhārayasva mahālakṣmīvān bhavasītyuttaratra
"Perform worship rightly and with devotion, O living being, to Mahālakṣmī and to Ādyalakṣmī; wear the Lakṣmī-thread on your neck — 'you will become possessed of Mahālakṣmī hereafter.'"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.92
विहाय मौञ्जीदिवसे भाग्यकामः सुगुग्गुलान्धारयस्वातिभक्त्या । सुवासिनीः पूजयस्वाशु भक्त्या गन्धैः पुष्पैर्धूपदीपैः प्रतोष्य
vihāya mauñjīdivase bhāgyakāmaḥ suguggulāndhārayasvātibhaktyā / suvāsinīḥ pūjayasvāśu bhaktyā gandhaiḥ puṣpairdhūpadīpaiḥ pratoṣya
"Abandoning (that), on the day of the muñja-girding, desiring good fortune, wear fine guggulu with utmost devotion; quickly worship married women with devotion, gratifying them with perfumes, flowers, incense and lamps."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.93
वरार्तिक्यं कांस्यपात्रे निधाय कुर्वार्तिक्यं देवतादेवतानाम् । पिचुमन्दपत्राणि वितत्य भूमौ नमस्व त्वं क्षम्यतां चेति चोक्त्वा
varārtikyaṃ kāṃsyapātre nidhāya kurvārtikyaṃ devatādevatānām / picumandapatrāṇi vitatya bhūmau namasva tvaṃ kṣamyatāṃ ceti coktvā
"Placing an excellent lamp-offering in a bronze vessel, perform the lamp-waving for the deities of deities; having spread nimba leaves on the ground, bow down, saying 'let it be forgiven.'"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.94
महादेवीं पूजयस्वाद्य भक्त्या सद्वैष्णवानां मा ददस्वाप्यथान्नम् । सद्वैष्णवानां यदि वान्नं ददासि भाग्यं च ते पश्यतो नाशमेति
mahādevīṃ pūjayasvādya bhaktyā sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ mā dadasvāpyathānnam / sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ yadi vānnaṃ dadāsi bhāgyaṃ ca te paśyato nāśameti
"Worship the great goddess today with devotion, but do not give food to the true Vaiṣṇavas; if you do give food to the true Vaiṣṇavas, your good fortune goes to ruin before your eyes."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.95
स्ववामहस्ते वेणुपात्रे निधाय दीपं धृत्वा सव्यहस्ते पते त्वम् । उत्तिष्ठ भोः पञ्चगृहेषु भिक्षां कुरुष्व सम्यक् प्रविहायैव लज्जाम्
svavāmahaste veṇupātre nidhāya dīpaṃ dhṛtvā savyahaste pate tvam / uttiṣṭha bhoḥ pañcagṛheṣu bhikṣāṃ kuruṣva samyak pravihāyaiva lajjām
"Placing a bamboo bowl in your left hand and holding a lamp in your right hand, husband — get up, sir, go begging at five houses, doing it properly and casting off shame entirely."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.96
आदौ गृहे षड्रसान्नं च कुत्वा जगद्गोप्यं भोजनं त्वं कुरुष्व । तच्छेषान्नं भोजयित्वा पते त्वं तासां च रे शरणं त्वं कुरुष्व
ādau gṛhe ṣaḍrasānnaṃ ca kutvā jagadgopyaṃ bhojanaṃ tvaṃ kuruṣva / taccheṣānnaṃ bhojayitvā pate tvaṃ tāsāṃ ca re śaraṇaṃ tvaṃ kuruṣva
"First, having prepared food of the six flavours in the house, eat your meal hidden from the world; and having fed them that leftover food, husband, take refuge with them."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.97
तासं हस्तं पुस्तके स्तापयित्वा त्राहित्येवं तन्मुखैर्वाचयस्व । त्वं खड्गदेवं पूजयस्वाद्यभर्तस्तत्सेवकान्पूजयस्वाद्य सम्यक्
tāsaṃ hastaṃ pustake stāpayitvā trāhityevaṃ tanmukhairvācayasva / tvaṃ khaḍgadevaṃ pūjayasvādyabhartastatsevakānpūjayasvādya samyak
"Having placed their hand on a book, have them speak with their own mouths, 'Protect!' You, worship the sword-god, husband; today worship its servants properly."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.98
तैः सार्धं त्वं श्वानशब्दं कुरुष्व हरिद्राचूर्णंसर्वदा त्वं दधस्व । कुरुष्व त्वं भीमसेनस्य पूजां पञ्चामृतैः षोडशभिश्चोपचारैः
taiḥ sārdhaṃ tvaṃ śvānaśabdaṃ kuruṣva haridrācūrṇaṃsarvadā tvaṃ dadhasva / kuruṣva tvaṃ bhīmasenasya pūjāṃ pañcāmṛtaiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiścopacāraiḥ
"Along with them make the sound of a dog; always put on turmeric powder; perform the worship of Bhīmasena with the five nectars and with the sixteen services."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.99
तत्कौपीनं रौप्यजं कारयित्वा समर्पयित्वा दीपमालां कुरुष्व । तद्दासवर्यान् भोजयस्वाद्य भक्त्या गर्जस्व त्वं भीमभीमेति सुष्ठु
tatkaupīnaṃ raupyajaṃ kārayitvā samarpayitvā dīpamālāṃ kuruṣva / taddāsavaryān bhojayasvādya bhaktyā garjasva tvaṃ bhīmabhīmeti suṣṭhu
"Having had his loincloth made of silver and offered it, make a garland of lamps; today feed his chief servants with devotion, and roar out well, 'Bhīma! Bhīma!'"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.100
तद्दासवर्यान्मोदयस्व स्ववस्त्रैर्मद्यैर्मांसद्रव्यजालेन नित्यम् । महादेवं पूजयस्वाद्य सम्यग् महारुद्रैरतिरुद्रैश्च सम्यक्
taddāsavaryānmodayasva svavastrairmadyairmāṃsadravyajālena nityam / mahādevaṃ pūjayasvādya samyag mahārudrairatirudraiśca samyak
"Always delight his chief servants with your own garments, with liquors, and with a mass of meat-stuffs; today worship Mahādeva properly, with the Mahārudra and Atirudra rites duly."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.101
हरेत्युक्त्वा जङ्गमान्पूजयस्वशैवागमे निपुणाञ्छूद्रजातान् । शाकंभरीं विविसः सर्वशाकान्सुपाचयित्वा च गृहे गृहे च
haretyuktvā jaṅgamānpūjayasvaśaivāgame nipuṇāñchūdrajātān / śākaṃbharīṃ vivisaḥ sarvaśākānsupācayitvā ca gṛhe gṛhe ca
"Saying 'Hara!' worship the Jaṅgamas, of śūdra birth (though) skilled in the Śaiva scripture; ... Śākambharī ... having well cooked all vegetables in house after house."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.102
ददस्व भक्त्या परमादरेण स्वलङ्कृत्य प्रास्तुवंस्तद्गुणांश्च । कुलादेवं पूजयस्वाद्य भक्त्या त्वं दृग्भ्यां वै तद्दिने शंभुबुद्ध्या
dadasva bhaktyā paramādareṇa svalaṅkṛtya prāstuvaṃstadguṇāṃśca / kulādevaṃ pūjayasvādya bhaktyā tvaṃ dṛgbhyāṃ vai taddine śaṃbhubuddhyā
Give (it) with devotion and the greatest reverence, having adorned (her) well and praised her qualities; worship the family deity today with devotion — on that day you (see) with your two eyes, indeed, thinking (him to be) Śambhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.103
तद्भक्तवर्यान्पूजयस्वाद्य सम्यक् तत्पादमूले वन्दनं त्वं कुरुष्व । सुपञ्चम्यां मृन्मयीं शेषमूर्तिं पूजां कुरुष्व क्षीरलाजादिकैश्च
tadbhaktavaryānpūjayasvādya samyak tatpādamūle vandanaṃ tvaṃ kuruṣva / supañcamyāṃ mṛnmayīṃ śeṣamūrtiṃ pūjāṃ kuruṣva kṣīralājādikaiśca
Worship well today the foremost of her devotees; make your obeisance at the base of their feet; on the auspicious fifth (day) make a clay image of Śeṣa and perform worship with milk, parched grain and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.104
सुनागपाशं हि गले च बद्ध्वा तच्छेषान्नं भोजयेर्भोः पुनस्त्वम् । दिने चतुर्थे भोज यस्वाद्य भक्त्या नैवेद्यान्नं भोजयस्वाद्य सुष्ठु
sunāgapāśaṃ hi gale ca baddhvā taccheṣānnaṃ bhojayerbhoḥ punastvam / dine caturthe bhoja yasvādya bhaktyā naivedyānnaṃ bhojayasvādya suṣṭhu
And having bound a fine serpent-noose about the neck, you should, sir, again feed (people) with the food left over from that; on the fourth day feed (them) today with devotion — feed (them) well today with the food of the offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.105
इत्यादिकं प्रेरयित्वा पतिं सा जीवेन नष्टं प्रिकरोत्येव नित्यम् । तस्याः संगाज्जीवरूपः पतिस्त्वां सम्यग्दष्टामिहलोके परत्र
ityādikaṃ prerayitvā patiṃ sā jīvena naṣṭaṃ prikarotyeva nityam / tasyāḥ saṃgājjīvarūpaḥ patistvāṃ samyagdaṣṭāmihaloke paratra
Having urged the husband on with such (instructions) as these, she constantly makes him one destroyed in his very life; through association with her the husband, who is of the nature of the living soul, (makes) you thoroughly bitten in this world and the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.106
तस्याः संगं सुविदूरं विसृज्यचेष्ट्वा समग्रं कुरु सर्वदा त्वम् । सुबुद्धिरूपा त्वीरयन्ती जगाद भजस्व विष्णुं परमादरेण
tasyāḥ saṃgaṃ suvidūraṃ visṛjyaceṣṭvā samagraṃ kuru sarvadā tvam / subuddhirūpā tvīrayantī jagāda bhajasva viṣṇuṃ paramādareṇa
Casting off her company to a great distance and having striven, do (your duty) entire always: so, urging (him), she who was in the form of Right Understanding spoke — worship Viṣṇu with the highest reverence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.107
हरिं विनान्यं न भजस्व नित्यं सा रेणुका त्वां तु न पालयिष्यति । अदृष्टनामा हरिरिवे हि नित्यं फलप्रदो यदि न स्यात्खगेन्द्र
hariṃ vinānyaṃ na bhajasva nityaṃ sā reṇukā tvāṃ tu na pālayiṣyati / adṛṣṭanāmā haririve hi nityaṃ phalaprado yadi na syātkhagendra
Do not ever worship another apart from Hari; that Reṇukā will not protect you. For, O king of birds, if Hari, whose name is (thought) unseen, were not always the giver of fruits (— what then?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.108
जुगुप्सितां श्रुत्यनुक्तां च देवीं पतिद्रुहां सर्वदा सेवयित्वा । तस्याः प्रसादात्कुष्ठभगन्दराद्यैर्भुक्त्वा दुः खं संयमिनीं प्रयाहि
jugupsitāṃ śrutyanuktāṃ ca devīṃ patidruhāṃ sarvadā sevayitvā / tasyāḥ prasādātkuṣṭhabhagandarādyairbhuktvā duḥ khaṃ saṃyaminīṃ prayāhi
Having served forever a goddess who is loathsome, unmentioned in scripture, and hostile to (her own) husband, by her favour, having tasted suffering through leprosy, fistula and the like, go to Saṃyaminī (Yama's city).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.109
तदा कुदवी कुत्र गता वदस्वमे ह्यतः पते त्वं न भजस्व देवीम् । पते भज त्वं ब्राह्मणान्वैष्णवांश्च संसारदुः खात्तारन्सुष्ठुरूपान्
tadā kudavī kutra gatā vadasvame hyataḥ pate tvaṃ na bhajasva devīm / pate bhaja tvaṃ brāhmaṇānvaiṣṇavāṃśca saṃsāraduḥ khāttāransuṣṭhurūpān
Then tell me: where has the wicked goddess gone? Therefore, husband, do not worship that goddess; husband, worship the brahmins and the Vaiṣṇavas, of excellent form, who rescue (one) from the suffering of saṃsāra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.110
सेवादिकं प्रवीहायैव स्वच्छं मायादेव्या भजनात्किं वदस्व । ज्येष्ठाष्टम्यां ज्येष्ठदेवीं ह्यलक्ष्मीं लक्ष्मीति बुद्ध्या पूजयित्वा च सम्यक्
sevādikaṃ pravīhāyaiva svacchaṃ māyādevyā bhajanātkiṃ vadasva / jyeṣṭhāṣṭamyāṃ jyeṣṭhadevīṃ hyalakṣmīṃ lakṣmīti buddhyā pūjayitvā ca samyak
Abandoning altogether such service and the rest — tell me, what (comes) of worshipping the goddess Māyā? On the eighth of Jyeṣṭha, having duly worshipped the goddess Jyeṣṭhā, who is really Alakṣmī, in the belief that she is Lakṣmī —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.111
तस्याः सूत्रं गलबद्धं च कृत्वा नानादुः खं ह्यनुभूयाः पते त्वम् । यदा पते यमादूतैश्च पाशैर्बद्ध्वा च सम्यक् ताड्यमानैः कशाभिः
tasyāḥ sūtraṃ galabaddhaṃ ca kṛtvā nānāduḥ khaṃ hyanubhūyāḥ pate tvam / yadā pate yamādūtaiśca pāśairbaddhvā ca samyak tāḍyamānaiḥ kaśābhiḥ
— and having tied her thread bound about your neck, you would experience manifold suffering, husband; when, husband, you are bound fast with nooses by Yama's messengers and beaten with whips —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.112
तदा ह्यलक्ष्मीः कुत्र पलायते ऽसावतो मूलं विष्णुपादं भजस्व । पते भज त्वं सर्वदा वायुतत्त्वं न चाश्रयेस्त्वं सूक्ष्मस्कन्दं च मूढ
tadā hyalakṣmīḥ kutra palāyate 'sāvato mūlaṃ viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva / pate bhaja tvaṃ sarvadā vāyutattvaṃ na cāśrayestvaṃ sūkṣmaskandaṃ ca mūḍha
— then where does that Alakṣmī flee? Therefore worship the root, the foot of Viṣṇu. Husband, worship always the principle of Wind, and do not, fool, take refuge in the subtle Skanda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.113
तद्वत्तं त्वं नवनीतं च भक्त्या तदुच्छिष्टं भक्षयित्वा पते हि । तस्याश्च सूत्रं गलबद्धं च कृत्वा इहैव दुः खान्यनुभूयाः पते त्वम्
tadvattaṃ tvaṃ navanītaṃ ca bhaktyā taducchiṣṭaṃ bhakṣayitvā pate hi / tasyāśca sūtraṃ galabaddhaṃ ca kṛtvā ihaiva duḥ khānyanubhūyāḥ pate tvam
Likewise (offering) fresh butter with devotion, and eating what is left over from it, husband, and having tied her thread bound about your neck, you would experience sufferings right here, husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.114
यदा पते यमदूतैश्च पाशैर्बद्ध्वा च सम्यक् ताड्यमानः कशाभिः । तदा स्कन्दः कुत्र पलायते ऽसावतो मूलं विष्णुपादं भजस्व
yadā pate yamadūtaiśca pāśairbaddhvā ca samyak tāḍyamānaḥ kaśābhiḥ / tadā skandaḥ kutra palāyate 'sāvato mūlaṃ viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva
When, husband, you are bound fast with nooses by Yama's messengers and beaten with whips, then where does that Skanda flee? Therefore worship the root, the foot of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.115
दीपस्तंभं दापयित्वा पते त्वं सूत्रं च बद्ध्वा स्वगले च भक्त्या । तदा बद्ध्वा यमदूतैश्च पाशैर्दीपस्तंभैस्ताड्यमानस्तु सम्यक्
dīpastaṃbhaṃ dāpayitvā pate tvaṃ sūtraṃ ca baddhvā svagale ca bhaktyā / tadā baddhvā yamadūtaiśca pāśairdīpastaṃbhaistāḍyamānastu samyak
Having had a lamp-pillar set up, husband, and having bound the thread on your own neck with devotion — then, when you are bound with nooses by Yama's messengers and thoroughly beaten with lamp-pillars —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.116
दीपस्तंभः कुत्र पलायितोभूदतो मूलं विष्णुपादं भजस्व । लक्ष्मीदिने पूजयित्वा च लक्ष्मीं सूत्रं तस्याः स्वगले धारय त्वम्
dīpastaṃbhaḥ kutra palāyitobhūdato mūlaṃ viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva / lakṣmīdine pūjayitvā ca lakṣmīṃ sūtraṃ tasyāḥ svagale dhāraya tvam
— where has the lamp-pillar fled? Therefore worship the root, the foot of Viṣṇu. On Lakṣmī's day, having worshipped Lakṣmī, you wear her thread on your own neck.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.117
यदा पते यमदूतैश्च पाशैर्बध्वा सम्यक् ताड्यमानः कशाभिः । तदा लक्ष्मीः कुत्र पलायते ऽसावतो मूलं विष्णुपादं भजस्व
yadā pate yamadūtaiśca pāśairbadhvā samyak tāḍyamānaḥ kaśābhiḥ / tadā lakṣmīḥ kutra palāyate 'sāvato mūlaṃ viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva
When, husband, you are bound fast with nooses by Yama's messengers and beaten with whips, then where does that Lakṣmī flee? Therefore worship the root, the foot of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.118
विवाहमैञ्जीदिवसे मूढबुद्धे जुगुसितान्धारयित्वा सुभक्त्या । वरारार्तिकं कांस्यपात्रे निधाय कृत्वार्तिक्यं उदौदैति शब्दम्
vivāhamaiñjīdivase mūḍhabuddhe jugusitāndhārayitvā subhaktyā / varārārtikaṃ kāṃsyapātre nidhāya kṛtvārtikyaṃ udaudaiti śabdam
On the day of the wedding-thread, O dull-witted one, having worn loathsome (things) with great devotion, having placed the excellent lamp-offering in a bronze vessel, and having performed the ārati, (you utter) the cry 'uda, uda!'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.119
तथैव दष्ट्वा पिचुमन्दस्य पत्रं सुनर्तयित्वा परमादरेण । यदा तदा यमदूतैश्च पाशैर्बद्ध्वाबद्ध्वा ताड्यमानश्च सम्यक्
tathaiva daṣṭvā picumandasya patraṃ sunartayitvā paramādareṇa / yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca pāśairbaddhvābaddhvā tāḍyamānaśca samyak
And just so, having bitten the leaf of the neem tree and danced well with the highest reverence — then, when you are bound again and again with nooses by Yama's messengers and thoroughly beaten —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.120
तव स्वामिन्कुलदेवो महात्मन्पलायितः कुत्र मे तद्वदस्व । स्वदेहानां पूजयित्वा च सम्यक्कण्ठाभरणैर्विधुराणां च केशैः
tava svāminkuladevo mahātmanpalāyitaḥ kutra me tadvadasva / svadehānāṃ pūjayitvā ca samyakkaṇṭhābharaṇairvidhurāṇāṃ ca keśaiḥ
— tell me then, O great soul: where has your family god, O master, fled? And having duly worshipped their own bodies with neck-ornaments and with the hair of widowers —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.121
संतिष्ठमाने यमदूता बलिष्ठा संताड्यमाने मुसलैर्भिन्दिपालैः । यदा तदा कुत्र पलायिता सा केशैर्विहीना लंबकर्णं च कृत्वा
saṃtiṣṭhamāne yamadūtā baliṣṭhā saṃtāḍyamāne musalairbhindipālaiḥ / yadā tadā kutra palāyitā sā keśairvihīnā laṃbakarṇaṃ ca kṛtvā
— while (he) stands there, the mighty messengers of Yama, while (he) is beaten with pestles and javelins — then, where has she fled, she who was without hair and had made her ears hang long?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.122
स्ववामहस्ते वेणुपात्रं निधाय दीपं धृत्वा सव्यहस्ते च मूढः । गृहेगृहे भैक्षचर्यां च कृत्वा संतिष्ठमाने स्वगृहं चैव देवी
svavāmahaste veṇupātraṃ nidhāya dīpaṃ dhṛtvā savyahaste ca mūḍhaḥ / gṛhegṛhe bhaikṣacaryāṃ ca kṛtvā saṃtiṣṭhamāne svagṛhaṃ caiva devī
Having placed a bamboo bowl in his own left hand and holding a lamp in the right, the fool, going begging from house to house, and (then) staying at his own house — and the goddess (too) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.123
यदा तदा यमदूतैश्च मूढ दीपैः सहस्रैर्दह्यमानश्च सम्यक् । निर्नासिका रेणुका मूढबुद्धे पलायिता कुत्र सा मे वदस्व
yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca mūḍha dīpaiḥ sahasrairdahyamānaśca samyak / nirnāsikā reṇukā mūḍhabuddhe palāyitā kutra sā me vadasva
When (you are) thoroughly burned by Yama's messengers, fool, with thousands of lamps, then where has she fled, the noseless Reṇukā, O dull-witted one? Tell me!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.124
सदा मूढं खड्गदेवं च भक्त्या तं भक्तवत्पूजयित्वा च सम्यक् । तैः सार्धं त्वं श्वानवद्गर्जयित्वा संतिष्ठमाने स्वगृहे चैव नित्यम्
sadā mūḍhaṃ khaḍgadevaṃ ca bhaktyā taṃ bhaktavatpūjayitvā ca samyak / taiḥ sārdhaṃ tvaṃ śvānavadgarjayitvā saṃtiṣṭhamāne svagṛhe caiva nityam
Having always worshipped that fool of a Sword-god with devotion, properly, as a devotee does, and having howled like a dog together with them, while (you) dwell always in your own house —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.125
यदा तदा यमदूतैश्च सम्यक् संताड्यमानस्तत्र शब्दं प्रकुर्वन् । संतिष्ठमाने भक्तवर्यं विहाय तदा देवः कुत्र पलायितोभूत्
yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca samyak saṃtāḍyamānastatra śabdaṃ prakurvan / saṃtiṣṭhamāne bhaktavaryaṃ vihāya tadā devaḥ kutra palāyitobhūt
When (you are) being thoroughly beaten there by Yama's messengers, crying out, then, abandoning (you), his best devotee, where has that god fled?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.126
स पार्थक्याद्भीमसेनप्रतीकं पञ्चामृतैः पूजयित्वा च सम्यक् । सुव्यञ्जने चान्नकौपीनमेव दत्त्वा मूढस्तिष्ठमाने स्वगेहे
sa pārthakyādbhīmasenapratīkaṃ pañcāmṛtaiḥ pūjayitvā ca samyak / suvyañjane cānnakaupīnameva dattvā mūḍhastiṣṭhamāne svagehe
He, separately, having duly worshipped an image of Bhīmasena with the five nectars, and having given savory sauce, rice, and a loincloth, the fool, while dwelling in his own house —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.127
यदा तदा यमदूतैश्च सम्यक् संताड्यमाने यममार्गे च मूढः । भीमः स वै कुत्र पलायितोभूतो मूलं विष्णुपादं भजस्व
yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca samyak saṃtāḍyamāne yamamārge ca mūḍhaḥ / bhīmaḥ sa vai kutra palāyitobhūto mūlaṃ viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva
When (he is) thoroughly beaten by Yama's messengers on Yama's road, the fool — where indeed has that Bhīma fled? Resort to the root, the foot of Viṣṇu!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.128
महादेवं पूजयित्वा च सम्यक् हरेत्युक्त्वा स्वगृहे विद्यमाने । यदा गृहं दह्यते वह्निना तु तदा हरः कुत्र पलायितोभूत्
mahādevaṃ pūjayitvā ca samyak haretyuktvā svagṛhe vidyamāne / yadā gṛhaṃ dahyate vahninā tu tadā haraḥ kutra palāyitobhūt
Having duly worshipped Mahādeva and said "Hara!", while (the image) is present in his own house — when the house is burnt by fire, then where has Hara fled?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.129
शाकं भरीदिवसे सर्वमेव शाकंभरी सा च देवी महात्मन् । पलायिता कुत्र मे त्वं वदस्व कुलालदेवं पूजयित्वा च भक्त्या
śākaṃ bharīdivase sarvameva śākaṃbharī sā ca devī mahātman / palāyitā kutra me tvaṃ vadasva kulāladevaṃ pūjayitvā ca bhaktyā
(Offering) vegetables — all of them — on the day of Śākambharī: that goddess Śākambharī, O great-souled one, where has she fled? Tell me! And having worshipped the potter-god with devotion —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.131
यदा पञ्चम्यां मृन्मयीं शेषमूर्तिं संपूज्य भक्त्या विद्यमाने स्वगेहे । तदा बद्ध्वा यमदूताश्च सम्यक् संनह्यमाने नागपाशैश्चबद्ध्वा
yadā pañcamyāṃ mṛnmayīṃ śeṣamūrtiṃ saṃpūjya bhaktyā vidyamāne svagehe / tadā baddhvā yamadūtāśca samyak saṃnahyamāne nāgapāśaiścabaddhvā
When, on the fifth day, having devoutly worshipped a clay image of Śeṣa present in his own house — then Yama's messengers, having bound (him) fast, while (he) is being tied up with serpent-nooses —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.132
स्वभक्तवर्यं प्रविहाय नागः पलायितः कुत्र वै संवद त्वम् । दूर्वाङ्कुरैर्मोदकैः पूजयित्वा विनायकं पञ्चखाद्यैस्तथैव
svabhaktavaryaṃ pravihāya nāgaḥ palāyitaḥ kutra vai saṃvada tvam / dūrvāṅkurairmodakaiḥ pūjayitvā vināyakaṃ pañcakhādyaistathaiva
Abandoning his own best devotee, where indeed has the Nāga fled? Tell (me)! And having worshipped Vināyaka with dūrvā shoots, sweet modaka balls, and likewise the five sweetmeats —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.133
संतिष्ठंमाने यमदूतैश्च सम्यक् संताड्यमाने तप्तदण्डैश्च मूढ । दन्तं विहायैव च विघ्नराजः पलायितः कुत्र मे तं वदत्वम्
saṃtiṣṭhaṃmāne yamadūtaiśca samyak saṃtāḍyamāne taptadaṇḍaiśca mūḍha / dantaṃ vihāyaiva ca vighnarājaḥ palāyitaḥ kutra me taṃ vadatvam
While (he) stands (there) being thoroughly beaten by Yama's messengers with heated rods, fool — the Lord of Obstacles, abandoning (you), just as (he abandoned) his tusk, where has he fled? Tell me that!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.134
विवाहकाले पिष्टदेवीं सुभक्त्या संपूजयित्वा विद्यमानो गृहे स्वे । यदा तदा यमदूतैश्च बद्ध्वा संपीड्यमानो यममार्गे स मूढः
vivāhakāle piṣṭadevīṃ subhaktyā saṃpūjayitvā vidyamāno gṛhe sve / yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca baddhvā saṃpīḍyamāno yamamārge sa mūḍhaḥ
At the time of a wedding, having devoutly worshipped the dough-goddess, (he) dwelling in his own house — when he, the fool, is bound and crushed by Yama's messengers on Yama's road —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.135
विष्ठादेवी पीड्यमानं च भक्तं विहाय सा कुत्र पलायिताभूत् । विवाहकाले रजकस्य गेहं गत्वा सम्यक् प्रार्थयित्वा च मूढः
viṣṭhādevī pīḍyamānaṃ ca bhaktaṃ vihāya sā kutra palāyitābhūt / vivāhakāle rajakasya gehaṃ gatvā samyak prārthayitvā ca mūḍhaḥ
Abandoning the devotee who is being tormented, where has that dung-goddess fled? At the time of a wedding, the fool, having gone to the washerman's house and duly made his request —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.136
यस्तंभसूत्रं कलशे परीत्य पूजां कृत्वा विद्यमानो गृहे स्वे । यदा तदा यमदूतश्च सम्यक् तं स्तंभसूत्रं तस्य मुखे निधाय
yastaṃbhasūtraṃ kalaśe parītya pūjāṃ kṛtvā vidyamāno gṛhe sve / yadā tadā yamadūtaśca samyak taṃ staṃbhasūtraṃ tasya mukhe nidhāya
Having wound the pillar-thread around the water-pot and performed worship, (he) dwelling in his own house — when then Yama's messenger, placing that pillar-thread properly in his mouth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.137
संताड्यमाने संतभसूत्रस्थदेवी पलायिता कुत्र मे संवदस्व । विवाहकाले पूजयित्वा च सम्यक् चण्डालदेवीं भक्तवश्यां च तस्याः
saṃtāḍyamāne saṃtabhasūtrasthadevī palāyitā kutra me saṃvadasva / vivāhakāle pūjayitvā ca samyak caṇḍāladevīṃ bhaktavaśyāṃ ca tasyāḥ
While (he) is being beaten, where has the goddess residing in the pillar-thread fled? Tell me! At the time of a wedding, having duly worshipped the Caṇḍāla-goddess, and (she being) subject to her devotees —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.138
तद्भक्तवर्यैः शूर्पमध्ये च तीरे संसेवयित्वा विद्यमानो गृहेस्वे । यदा तदा यमदूतैश्च बद्ध्वा संताड्यमानो यममार्गे महद्भिः
tadbhaktavaryaiḥ śūrpamadhye ca tīre saṃsevayitvā vidyamāno gṛhesve / yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca baddhvā saṃtāḍyamāno yamamārge mahadbhiḥ
Having had (her) served by her best devotees in a winnowing basket and on the bank, (he) dwelling in his own house — when then, bound by Yama's messengers, (he is) beaten on Yama's road by the great ones —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.139
चूलेदवी क्व पलायिताभूत्सुमूढबुद्धे विष्णुपादं भजस्व । ज्वरादिभिः पीड्यमाने स्वपुत्रे गृहे स्थितं ब्रह्मदेवं च सम्यक्
cūledavī kva palāyitābhūtsumūḍhabuddhe viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva / jvarādibhiḥ pīḍyamāne svaputre gṛhe sthitaṃ brahmadevaṃ ca samyak
Where has the Cūla-goddess fled, O very dull-witted one? Resort to the foot of Viṣṇu! When his son is afflicted by fever and the like, (having worshipped) duly the god Brahmā established in the house —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.140
धूर्पैर्दीपैर्भक्ष्यभोज्यैश्च पुष्पैः पूजां कृत्वा विद्यमानश्च गेहे । यदा तदा यमदूतैश्च बद्ध्वा संताड्यमाने वेणुपाशादिभिश्च
dhūrpairdīpairbhakṣyabhojyaiśca puṣpaiḥ pūjāṃ kṛtvā vidyamānaśca gehe / yadā tadā yamadūtaiśca baddhvā saṃtāḍyamāne veṇupāśādibhiśca
Having performed worship with incense, lamps, foods to be eaten and enjoyed, and flowers, and (he) dwelling in the house — when then, bound by Yama's messengers, while (he) is beaten with bamboo nooses and the rest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.141
स ब्रह्मदेवः क्व पलायितोभूत्सुमूढबुद्धे विष्णुपादं भजस्व । सन्तानार्थं बृहतीं पूजयित्वा गलेन बद्ध्वा बृहतीं वै फलं च
sa brahmadevaḥ kva palāyitobhūtsumūḍhabuddhe viṣṇupādaṃ bhajasva / santānārthaṃ bṛhatīṃ pūjayitvā galena baddhvā bṛhatīṃ vai phalaṃ ca
Where has that god Brahmā fled, O very dull-witted one? Resort to the foot of Viṣṇu! For the sake of offspring, having worshipped the bṛhatī plant, and having tied a bṛhatī fruit around the neck —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.142
संतिष्ठमाने यमदूतैश्च बद्ध्वा संताड्यमाने बृहतीकण्टकैश्च । तदा देवी बृहती मूढबुद्धे पलायिता कुत्र मे तद्वद त्वम्
saṃtiṣṭhamāne yamadūtaiśca baddhvā saṃtāḍyamāne bṛhatīkaṇṭakaiśca / tadā devī bṛhatī mūḍhabuddhe palāyitā kutra me tadvada tvam
While (he) stands bound by Yama's messengers and is beaten with bṛhatī thorns — then, O dull-witted one, where has the goddess Bṛhatī fled? Tell me that!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.143
भजस्व मूढ परदैवतं च नारायणं तारकं सर्वदुः खात् । सुक्षुद्रदेवेषु मतिं च मा कुरु न च शृणु त्वं फल्गुवाक्यं तथैव
bhajasva mūḍha paradaivataṃ ca nārāyaṇaṃ tārakaṃ sarvaduḥ khāt / sukṣudradeveṣu matiṃ ca mā kuru na ca śṛṇu tvaṃ phalguvākyaṃ tathaiva
Worship, O fool, the supreme deity Nārāyaṇa, who carries (one) across out of all suffering; and do not set your mind on paltry little gods, and likewise do not listen to worthless talk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
GaP 3 28.144
सुक्षुद्रदेवान् भिन्दिपाले निधाय विसर्जयित्वा दूरदेशे महात्मन् । संधार्य त्वं स्वकुलाचारधर्मं संपातने नरकं हेतुभूतम्
sukṣudradevān bhindipāle nidhāya visarjayitvā dūradeśe mahātman / saṃdhārya tvaṃ svakulācāradharmaṃ saṃpātane narakaṃ hetubhūtam
Having loaded the paltry little gods onto a sling-spear and cast them off to a far country, O great-souled one, uphold the dharma of your own family's practice — (that other course) being the cause of falling into hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.145
पुनीहि गात्रं सर्वदा मूढबुद्धे मन्त्राष्टकैर्जन्मतीर्थे पवित्रे । हृदि स्थितांमारैर्व्यमुद्रां विहाय कृत्वाभूषां विष्णुमुद्राभिरग्र्याम्
punīhi gātraṃ sarvadā mūḍhabuddhe mantrāṣṭakairjanmatīrthe pavitre / hṛdi sthitāṃmārairvyamudrāṃ vihāya kṛtvābhūṣāṃ viṣṇumudrābhiragryām
Purify your body always, O dull-witted one, with the eight mantras at the pure tīrtha of (your) birth, and, abandoning the mudrā of Māra(?) fixed in your heart, making the foremost adornment with the mudrās of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.146
सदा मूढो हरिवार्तां भजस्व ह्यायुर्गतं व्यर्थमेवं कुबुद्ध्या । सद्वैष्णवानां संगमो दुर्लभश्च क्षुब्धं ज्ञानं तारतम्यस्वरूपम्
sadā mūḍho harivārtāṃ bhajasva hyāyurgataṃ vyarthamevaṃ kubuddhyā / sadvaiṣṇavānāṃ saṃgamo durlabhaśca kṣubdhaṃ jñānaṃ tāratamyasvarūpam
Always, O fool, take up talk of Hari; for life has gone by thus in vain through bad thinking; the company of true Vaiṣṇavas is hard to get, and knowledge, whose nature is gradation, has been shaken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.147
हरिं गुरुं ह्यनुसृत्यैव सत्यं गतिं स्वकीयां तेन जानीहि मूढ । दग्ध्वा दुष्टां बुद्धिमेवं च मूढ सुबुद्धिरूपं मा भजस्वैव नित्यम्
hariṃ guruṃ hyanusṛtyaiva satyaṃ gatiṃ svakīyāṃ tena jānīhi mūḍha / dagdhvā duṣṭāṃ buddhimevaṃ ca mūḍha subuddhirūpaṃ mā bhajasvaiva nityam
Following after Hari and the guru in truth, know thereby your own goal, O fool; and burning up your evil mind in this way, O fool, do not fail to resort always to the form of right understanding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.148
मया सार्धं सद्गुरुं प्राप्य सम्यग्वैराग्यपूर्वं तत्त्वमात्रं विदित्वा । तेनैव मोक्षं प्राप्नुमो नार्जवैर्यत्तार्या विष्णोः संप्रसादाच्च लक्ष्म्याः
mayā sārdhaṃ sadguruṃ prāpya samyagvairāgyapūrvaṃ tattvamātraṃ viditvā / tenaiva mokṣaṃ prāpnumo nārjavairyattāryā viṣṇoḥ saṃprasādācca lakṣmyāḥ
Having, along with me, obtained a true guru, having rightly and with prior detachment known the truth alone, by that alone do we attain liberation — not by crooked means — which (liberation) is to be crossed to by the full grace of Viṣṇu and of Lakṣmī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.149
इत्याशयं मनसा सन्निधाय तथा चोक्तं भक्तवर्यो मदीयः । अतो भक्तः प्रवहेत्येव संज्ञामवाप वीन्द्र प्रकृतं तं शृणु त्वम्
ityāśayaṃ manasā sannidhāya tathā coktaṃ bhaktavaryo madīyaḥ / ato bhaktaḥ pravahetyeva saṃjñāmavāpa vīndra prakṛtaṃ taṃ śṛṇu tvam
Having laid such an intention in his mind and having spoken accordingly, my foremost devotee thereby obtained the very designation 'the devotee Pravaha', O lord of birds; now hear from you the matter at hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
GaP 3 28.1130
कार्पासं वै तेन दत्तं गृहीत्वा संतिष्ठमाने यमदूतैश्च सम्यक् । संहन्यमानस्तीक्षणधारैः कुठारैः कुलालदेवं च सुदंष्ट्रनेत्रम् । विहाय वै कुत्र पलायितोभून्न ज्ञायते ऽन्वेषणाच्चापि केन
kārpāsaṃ vai tena dattaṃ gṛhītvā saṃtiṣṭhamāne yamadūtaiśca samyak / saṃhanyamānastīkṣaṇadhāraiḥ kuṭhāraiḥ kulāladevaṃ ca sudaṃṣṭranetram / vihāya vai kutra palāyitobhūnna jñāyate 'nveṣaṇāccāpi kena
When he stood there, having taken the cotton given by him, and was being thoroughly struck by Yama's messengers with sharp-edged axes — the potter's god with his fine fangs and eyes, having abandoned (him), where had he fled? It is not known, even by searching, by anyone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain