Harivamsha — Chapter 31
HV 31.1
एतद् आश्चर्यम् आख्यानं कथयस्व सुखावहम् प्रख्यातबलवीर्यस्य विष्णोर् अमिततेजसः कर्मणाश्चर्यभूतस्य विष्णोस् तत्त्वम् इहोच्यताम् ॥ ह्व्_३०।५७ व्यापिनो देवदेवस्य संभवं वक्तुम् अर्हसि । प्रश्नभारो महांस् तात त्वयोक्तः शार्ङ्गधन्वनि यथाशक्ति तु वक्ष्यामि श्रूयतां वैष्णवं यशः
etad āścaryam ākhyānaṃ kathayasva sukhāvaham prakhyātabalavīryasya viṣṇor amitatejasaḥ karmaṇāścaryabhūtasya viṣṇos tattvam ihocyatām // HV_30.57 vyāpino devadevasya saṃbhavaṃ vaktum arhasi | praśnabhāro mahāṃs tāta tvayoktaḥ śārṅgadhanvani yathāśakti tu vakṣyāmi śrūyatāṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ yaśaḥ
Tell this wondrous narrative, which brings delight; let the truth be told here of Viṣṇu of immeasurable brilliance, whose strength and valour are famed, whose deeds are wonders. You should relate the birth of the all-pervading God of gods. [Vaiśampāyana:] A heavy burden of a question, my son, has been put by you concerning the wielder of the Śārṅga bow; but I shall speak as I am able—let the glory of Viṣṇu be heard.
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HV 31.2
विष्णोः प्रभावश्रवणे दिष्ट्या ते मतिर् उत्थिता हन्त विष्णोः समस्तास् त्वं शृणु दिव्याः प्रवृत्तयः
viṣṇoḥ prabhāvaśravaṇe diṣṭyā te matir utthitā hanta viṣṇoḥ samastās tvaṃ śṛṇu divyāḥ pravṛttayaḥ
By good fortune your mind has turned to hearing of Viṣṇu's majesty. Come then, hear all the divine doings of Viṣṇu.
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HV 31.4
सहस्रास्यं सहस्राक्षं सहस्रचरणं च यम् सहस्रशिरसं देवं सहस्रकरम् अव्ययम् ॥ ह्व्_३१।३ सहस्रयुगपर्यन्तं सहस्रपरिवत्सरम् । सहस्रशतधा भूत्वा प्रलयं कारयेत् तु यः । सहस्रजिह्वं भास्वन्तं सहस्रमुकुटं प्रभुम् सहस्रदं सहस्रादिं सहस्रभुजम् अव्ययम्
sahasrāsyaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ sahasracaraṇaṃ ca yam sahasraśirasaṃ devaṃ sahasrakaram avyayam // HV_31.3 sahasrayugaparyantaṃ sahasraparivatsaram | sahasraśatadhā bhūtvā pralayaṃ kārayet tu yaḥ | sahasrajihvaṃ bhāsvantaṃ sahasramukuṭaṃ prabhum sahasradaṃ sahasrādiṃ sahasrabhujam avyayam
Him who is thousand-mouthed, thousand-eyed, thousand-footed, the god of a thousand heads, of a thousand hands, imperishable, whose limit is a thousand ages, of a thousand years, who, becoming a hundred thousandfold, brings about the dissolution—thousand-tongued, shining, thousand-crowned, the lord, giver of thousands, source of thousands, thousand-armed, imperishable—
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HV 31.5
सवनं हवनं चैव हव्यं होतारम् एव च पात्राणि च पवित्राणि वेदिं दीक्षां चरुं स्रुवम्
savanaṃ havanaṃ caiva havyaṃ hotāram eva ca pātrāṇi ca pavitrāṇi vediṃ dīkṣāṃ caruṃ sruvam
—(they call him) the pressing and the oblation, the offering and the hotṛ priest, the vessels and the purifying strainers, the altar, the consecration, the caru-oblation and the sruva ladle,
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HV 31.6
स्रुक्सोमशूर्पम् उपभृत् प्रोक्षणीं दक्षिणायनम् अध्वर्युं सामगं विप्रं सदस्यं सदनं सवम्
sruksomaśūrpam upabhṛt prokṣaṇīṃ dakṣiṇāyanam adhvaryuṃ sāmagaṃ vipraṃ sadasyaṃ sadanaṃ savam
the sruk ladle, the soma-winnowing basket, the upabhṛt ladle, the sprinkling water, the southern course (of the sun), the adhvaryu, the Sāman-singing brahmin, the assessor, the seat, and the pressing,
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HV 31.7
यूपं समित्स्रुवं दर्वीं चमसोलूखलानि च प्राग्वंशं यज्ञभूमिं च होतारं चयनं च यत्
yūpaṃ samitsruvaṃ darvīṃ camasolūkhalāni ca prāgvaṃśaṃ yajñabhūmiṃ ca hotāraṃ cayanaṃ ca yat
the sacrificial post, the kindling-stick and the sruva, the ladle, the cups and the mortars, the front-hall, the sacrificial ground, the hotṛ, and the fire-altar building,
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HV 31.8
ह्रस्वान्य् अतिप्रमाणानि स्थावराणि चराणि च प्रायश्चित्तानि चार्घ्यं च स्थण्डिलानि कुशांस् तथा
hrasvāny atipramāṇāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca prāyaścittāni cārghyaṃ ca sthaṇḍilāni kuśāṃs tathā
the short things and the oversized ones, the fixed and the moving, the expiations, the guest-offering, the earthen altar-plots, and likewise the kuśa grasses,
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HV 31.9
मन्त्रं यज्ञवहं वह्निं भागं भागवहं च यत् अग्रेभुजं सोमभुजं हुतार्चिषम् उदायुधम् आहुर् वेदविदो विप्रा यं यज्ञं शाश्वतं विभुम्
mantraṃ yajñavahaṃ vahniṃ bhāgaṃ bhāgavahaṃ ca yat agrebhujaṃ somabhujaṃ hutārciṣam udāyudham āhur vedavido viprā yaṃ yajñaṃ śāśvataṃ vibhum
the mantra, the bearer of the sacrifice, the fire, the share and that which conveys the share, him who eats first, who drinks soma, whose flame is the oblation, with weapons upraised—him whom the Veda-knowing brahmins call the everlasting, all-pervading sacrifice,
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HV 31.10
तस्य विष्णोः सुरेशस्य श्रीवत्साङ्कस्य धीमतः प्रादुर्भावसहस्राणि समतीतान्य् अनेकशः सर्वयज्ञमुखं देवं सर्वयज्ञप्रवर्तिनम् । भूयश् चैव भविष्यन्तीत्य् एवम् आह पितामहः
tasya viṣṇoḥ sureśasya śrīvatsāṅkasya dhīmataḥ prādurbhāvasahasrāṇi samatītāny anekaśaḥ sarvayajñamukhaṃ devaṃ sarvayajñapravartinam | bhūyaś caiva bhaviṣyantīty evam āha pitāmahaḥ
—of that Viṣṇu, lord of the gods, marked with the śrīvatsa, the wise one, thousands of manifestations have passed, many times over; the god who is the mouth of every sacrifice, who sets every sacrifice in motion. And there will be yet more: so said the Grandfather.
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HV 31.12
यत् पृच्छसि महाराज दिव्यां पुण्यां कथां शुभाम् किमर्थं भगवान् विष्णुर् वसुदेवकुले ऽभवत् ॥ ह्व्_३१।११ सुरेशो रिपुसूदनः ।देवलोकं समुत्सृज्य । तत् ते ऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि शृणु सर्वम् अशेषतः वासुदेवस्य माहात्म्यं चरितं च महाद्युतेः
yat pṛcchasi mahārāja divyāṃ puṇyāṃ kathāṃ śubhām kimarthaṃ bhagavān viṣṇur vasudevakule 'bhavat // HV_31.11 sureśo ripusūdanaḥ |devalokaṃ samutsṛjya | tat te 'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu sarvam aśeṣataḥ vāsudevasya māhātmyaṃ caritaṃ ca mahādyuteḥ
That which you ask, great king—the divine, meritorious, auspicious tale: for what purpose the blessed Viṣṇu came to be in Vasudeva's family, the lord of the gods, slayer of foes, forsaking the world of the gods—that I shall relate to you fully; hear it all without omission, the greatness of Vāsudeva and the deeds of him of great splendour.
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HV 31.16
हितार्थं सुरमर्त्यानां लोकानां प्रभवाय च बहुशः सर्वभूतात्मा प्रादुर्भवति कार्यतः प्रादुर्भावांश् च वक्ष्यामि पुण्यान् देवगुणैर् युतान् ॥ ह्व्_३१।१३ छान्दसीभिर् उदाराभिः श्रुतिभिः समलंकृतान् । शुचिः प्रयतवाग् भूत्वा निबोध जनमेजय । इदं पुराणं परमं पुण्यं वेदैश् च संमितम् । हन्त ते कथयिष्यामि विष्णोर् दिव्यां कथां शृणु । यदा यदा हि धर्मस्य ग्लानिर् भवति भारत । धर्मसंस्थापनार्थाय तदा संभवति प्रभुः । तस्य ह्य् एका महाराज मूर्तिर् भवति सत्तम । नित्यं दिविष्ठा या राजंस् तपश् चरति दुश्चरम् । द्वितीया चास्य शयने निद्रायोगम् उपाययौ । प्रजासंहारसर्गार्थं किम् अध्यात्मविचिन्तकम् । सुप्त्वा युगसहस्रं स प्रादुर्भवति कार्यवान् पूर्णे युगसहस्रे तु देवदेवो जगत्पतिः ॥ ह्व्_३१।१४ पितामहो लोकपालाश् चन्द्रादित्यौ हुताशनः । ब्रह्मा च कपिलश् चैव परमेष्ठी तथैव च देवाः सप्तर्षयश् चैव त्र्यम्बकश् च महायशाः ॥ ह्व्_३१।१५ वायुः समुद्राः शैलाश् च तस्य देहे समाश्रिताः । सनत्कुमारश् च महानुभावो मनुर् महात्मा भगवान् प्रजाकरः पुराणदेवो ऽथ पुराणि चक्रे प्रदीप्तवैश्वानरतुल्यतेजाः
hitārthaṃ suramartyānāṃ lokānāṃ prabhavāya ca bahuśaḥ sarvabhūtātmā prādurbhavati kāryataḥ prādurbhāvāṃś ca vakṣyāmi puṇyān devaguṇair yutān // HV_31.13 chāndasībhir udārābhiḥ śrutibhiḥ samalaṃkṛtān | śuciḥ prayatavāg bhūtvā nibodha janamejaya | idaṃ purāṇaṃ paramaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiś ca saṃmitam | hanta te kathayiṣyāmi viṣṇor divyāṃ kathāṃ śṛṇu | yadā yadā hi dharmasya glānir bhavati bhārata | dharmasaṃsthāpanārthāya tadā saṃbhavati prabhuḥ | tasya hy ekā mahārāja mūrtir bhavati sattama | nityaṃ diviṣṭhā yā rājaṃs tapaś carati duścaram | dvitīyā cāsya śayane nidrāyogam upāyayau | prajāsaṃhārasargārthaṃ kim adhyātmavicintakam | suptvā yugasahasraṃ sa prādurbhavati kāryavān pūrṇe yugasahasre tu devadevo jagatpatiḥ // HV_31.14 pitāmaho lokapālāś candrādityau hutāśanaḥ | brahmā ca kapilaś caiva parameṣṭhī tathaiva ca devāḥ saptarṣayaś caiva tryambakaś ca mahāyaśāḥ // HV_31.15 vāyuḥ samudrāḥ śailāś ca tasya dehe samāśritāḥ | sanatkumāraś ca mahānubhāvo manur mahātmā bhagavān prajākaraḥ purāṇadevo 'tha purāṇi cakre pradīptavaiśvānaratulyatejāḥ
For the good of gods and mortals and for the flourishing of the worlds, the Self of all beings manifests himself many times, as occasion requires. And I shall tell of his manifestations, holy, endowed with divine qualities, adorned with lofty Vedic utterances. Becoming pure and restrained in speech, attend, Janamejaya. This ancient lore is supremely holy and of equal measure with the Vedas; come, I shall tell you—hear the divine tale of Viṣṇu. Whenever there is a failing of dharma, Bhārata, then the Lord comes into being for the establishing of dharma. For one form of his, great king, best of men, dwells ever in heaven and performs harsh austerity, O king; and a second of his has gone to the union of sleep upon his couch, for the withdrawal and creation of creatures, meditating on the supreme Self. Having slept a thousand ages, he manifests himself with a task to do; and when the thousand ages are complete, the God of gods, lord of the world—the Grandfather, the world-guardians, moon and sun, the fire-eater, Brahmā and Kapila and Parameṣṭhin likewise, the gods and the seven seers and the three-eyed one of great fame, the wind, the oceans and the mountains—rest within his body; and Sanatkumāra of great power, and the great-souled blessed Manu, maker of creatures. Then the ancient god, whose brilliance equals blazing fire, made the cities.
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HV 31.17
येन चार्णवमध्यस्थौ नष्टे स्थावरजंगमे नष्टे देवासुरनरे प्रनष्टोरगराक्षसे
yena cārṇavamadhyasthau naṣṭe sthāvarajaṃgame naṣṭe devāsuranare pranaṣṭoragarākṣase
And by whom, when the moving and unmoving had perished, when gods, asuras and men had perished, when serpents and rākṣasas were destroyed, the two (dānavas) who stood in the midst of the ocean—
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HV 31.18
योद्धुकामौ सुदुर्धर्षौ दानवौ मधुकैटभौ हतौ प्रभवता तेन तयोर् दत्त्वामितं वरम्
yoddhukāmau sudurdharṣau dānavau madhukaiṭabhau hatau prabhavatā tena tayor dattvāmitaṃ varam
—the two dānavas Madhu and Kaiṭabha, eager for battle and most hard to withstand, were slain by that mighty one, after he had granted the two of them a boundless boon.
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HV 31.19
पुरा कमलनाभस्य स्वपतः सागराम्भसि पुष्करे यत्र संभूता देवाः सर्षिगणाः पुरा
purā kamalanābhasya svapataḥ sāgarāmbhasi puṣkare yatra saṃbhūtā devāḥ sarṣigaṇāḥ purā
Long ago, when the lotus-naveled one was sleeping upon the ocean's waters, in the lotus there arose of old the gods together with the hosts of seers.
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HV 31.20
एष पौष्करको नाम प्रादुर्भावः प्रकीर्तितः पुराणं कथ्यते यत्र वेदश्रुतिसमाहितम्
eṣa pauṣkarako nāma prādurbhāvaḥ prakīrtitaḥ purāṇaṃ kathyate yatra vedaśrutisamāhitam
This manifestation is proclaimed as the one called "of the lotus" (pauṣkaraka), wherein is recited the ancient lore that is gathered together with the Veda and the śruti.
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HV 31.22
वाराहस् तु श्रुतिसुखः प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः यत्र विष्णुः सुरश्रेष्ठो वाराहं रूपम् आस्थितः ॥ ह्व्_३१।२१ महीं सागरपर्यन्तां सशैलवनकाननाम् । वेदपादो यूपदंष्ट्रः क्रतुदन्तश् चितीमुखः अग्निजिह्वो दर्भलोमा ब्रह्मशीर्षो महातपाः
vārāhas tu śrutisukhaḥ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ yatra viṣṇuḥ suraśreṣṭho vārāhaṃ rūpam āsthitaḥ // HV_31.21 mahīṃ sāgaraparyantāṃ saśailavanakānanām | vedapādo yūpadaṃṣṭraḥ kratudantaś citīmukhaḥ agnijihvo darbhalomā brahmaśīrṣo mahātapāḥ
But the boar manifestation of the great-souled one is pleasant to hear of, wherein Viṣṇu, best of gods, took on the boar's form; (and lifted up) the earth, bounded by the ocean, with its mountains, woods and forests — he whose feet were the Vedas, whose tusks were the sacrificial posts, whose teeth were the rites, whose face was the fire-altar, whose tongue was fire, whose hair was darbha grass, whose head was brahman, of great ascetic power.
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HV 31.23
अहोरात्रेक्षणो दिव्यो वेदाङ्गश्रुतिभूषणः आज्यनासः स्रुवस् तुण्डः सामघोषस्वनो महान्
ahorātrekṣaṇo divyo vedāṅgaśrutibhūṣaṇaḥ ājyanāsaḥ sruvas tuṇḍaḥ sāmaghoṣasvano mahān
His eyes were day and night, divine, his ornaments the Vedāṅgas and the śruti, his nose the clarified butter, his snout the sruva-ladle; great, his voice the sound of the Sāman chant.
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HV 31.24
धर्मसत्यमयः श्रीमान् क्रमविक्रमसत्कृतः प्रायश्चित्तनखो धीरः पशुजानुर् महावृषः
dharmasatyamayaḥ śrīmān kramavikramasatkṛtaḥ prāyaścittanakho dhīraḥ paśujānur mahāvṛṣaḥ
Consisting of dharma and truth, glorious, honoured for his stride and his valour, his claws the expiatory rites, steadfast, his knees the sacrificial victims, a mighty bull.
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HV 31.25
उद्गात्रान्त्रो होमलिङ्गः फलबीजमहौषधिः वाय्वन्तरात्मा मन्त्रस्फिग् विकृतः सोमशोणितः
udgātrāntro homaliṅgaḥ phalabījamahauṣadhiḥ vāyvantarātmā mantrasphig vikṛtaḥ somaśoṇitaḥ
His entrails the Udgātṛ priests, his mark the oblation, his fruits and seeds the great herbs, his inner self the wind, his hips the mantras, transformed (in shape), his blood the soma.
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HV 31.26
वेदिस्कन्धो हविर्गन्धो हव्यकव्यातिवेगवान् प्राग्वंशकायो द्युतिमान् नानादीक्षाभिर् आचितः
vediskandho havirgandho havyakavyātivegavān prāgvaṃśakāyo dyutimān nānādīkṣābhir ācitaḥ
His shoulder the altar, his scent the oblation, of surpassing speed with the havya and kavya offerings, his body the prāgvaṃśa hall, radiant, heaped about with the various consecrations.
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HV 31.29
दक्षिणाहृदयो योगी महासत्रमयो महान् उपाकर्मेष्ठरुचकः प्रवर्ग्यावर्तभूषणः नानाछन्दोगतिपथो गुह्योपनिषदासनः । छायापत्नीसहायो वै मणिशृङ्ग इवोच्छ्रितः ॥ ह्व्_३१।२७ रसातलतले मग्नां रसातलतलं गतः । महीं सागरपर्यन्तां सशैलवनकाननाम् एकार्णवजले भ्रष्टाम् एकार्णवगतिः प्रभुः ॥ ह्व्_३१।२८ पूर्वं लोकहितार्थाय दंट्राभ्याम् उज्जहार गाम् । ततः स्वस्थानम् आनीय पृथिवीं पृथिवीश्वरः । मुमोच पूर्वं मनसा धारयित्वा धराधरान् । सद्यो जगाम निर्वाणं मेदिनी तस्य धारणात् । चकार च नमस्कारं तस्मै देवाय वेधसे । दंष्ट्रया यः समुद्धृत्य लोकानां हितकाम्यया सहस्रशीर्षो देवादिश् चकार जगतीं पुनः
dakṣiṇāhṛdayo yogī mahāsatramayo mahān upākarmeṣṭharucakaḥ pravargyāvartabhūṣaṇaḥ nānāchandogatipatho guhyopaniṣadāsanaḥ | chāyāpatnīsahāyo vai maṇiśṛṅga ivocchritaḥ // HV_31.27 rasātalatale magnāṃ rasātalatalaṃ gataḥ | mahīṃ sāgaraparyantāṃ saśailavanakānanām ekārṇavajale bhraṣṭām ekārṇavagatiḥ prabhuḥ // HV_31.28 pūrvaṃ lokahitārthāya daṃṭrābhyām ujjahāra gām | tataḥ svasthānam ānīya pṛthivīṃ pṛthivīśvaraḥ | mumoca pūrvaṃ manasā dhārayitvā dharādharān | sadyo jagāma nirvāṇaṃ medinī tasya dhāraṇāt | cakāra ca namaskāraṃ tasmai devāya vedhase | daṃṣṭrayā yaḥ samuddhṛtya lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā sahasraśīrṣo devādiś cakāra jagatīṃ punaḥ
His heart the sacrificial fees, a yogin, consisting of the great sacrificial sessions, great, made lovely by the upākarman and the iṣṭi rites, adorned by the whirl of the pravargya, his paths the movements of the various metres, his seat the secret Upaniṣads, accompanied by his wife Shadow, towering up like a jewelled peak. Sunk in the depths of Rasātala, he himself went to the depth of Rasātala; the lord, whose course was in the single ocean, formerly for the good of the worlds lifted up with his two tusks the earth, bounded by the ocean, with its mountains, woods and forests, which had fallen into the water of the single ocean. Then, having brought the earth to her own place, the lord of the earth released her, having first supported with his mind the mountains that bear the earth. At once the earth attained rest through his upholding, and she made obeisance to that god, the creator — who, having lifted (her) up with his tusk out of desire for the good of the worlds, thousand-headed, first of the gods, made the world (habitable) again.
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HV 31.30
एवं यज्ञवराहेण भूत्वा भूतहितार्थिना उद्धृता पृथिवी देवी सागराम्बुधरा पुरा
evaṃ yajñavarāheṇa bhūtvā bhūtahitārthinā uddhṛtā pṛthivī devī sāgarāmbudharā purā
Thus, having become the sacrificial boar, wishing the good of beings, he formerly raised up the goddess Earth, who bears the waters of the ocean.
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HV 31.31
वाराह एष कथितो नारसिंहम् अतः शृणु यत्र भूत्वा मृगेन्द्रेण हिरण्यकशिपुर् हतः
vārāha eṣa kathito nārasiṃham ataḥ śṛṇu yatra bhūtvā mṛgendreṇa hiraṇyakaśipur hataḥ
This boar (manifestation) has been told; now hear of the man-lion one, in which, having become the lord of beasts, he slew Hiraṇyakaśipu.
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HV 31.32
पुरा कृतयुगे राजन् सुरारिर् बलदर्पितः दैत्यानाम् आदिपुरुषश् चकार तप उत्तमम्
purā kṛtayuge rājan surārir baladarpitaḥ daityānām ādipuruṣaś cakāra tapa uttamam
Formerly, in the Kṛta age, O king, the enemy of the gods, proud of his strength, the first man among the Daityas, performed supreme austerity.
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HV 31.33
दश वर्शसहस्राणि शतानि दश पञ्च च जलोपवासस् तस्यासीत् स्थानमौनदृढव्रतः
daśa varśasahasrāṇi śatāni daśa pañca ca jalopavāsas tasyāsīt sthānamaunadṛḍhavrataḥ
For ten thousand years and fifteen hundred more he fasted on water alone, firm in the vow of standing still and of silence.
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HV 31.34
ततः शमदमाभ्यां च ब्रह्मचर्येण चानघ ब्रह्मा प्रीतमनास् तस्य तपसा नियमेन च
tataḥ śamadamābhyāṃ ca brahmacaryeṇa cānagha brahmā prītamanās tasya tapasā niyamena ca
Then, O sinless one, Brahmā was pleased in mind at his tranquillity and self-restraint, at his chastity, at his austerity and his observance.
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HV 31.35
तं वै स्वयंभूर् भगवान् स्वयम् आगम्य भूपते विमानेनार्कवर्णेन हंसयुक्तेन भास्वता
taṃ vai svayaṃbhūr bhagavān svayam āgamya bhūpate vimānenārkavarṇena haṃsayuktena bhāsvatā
To him, O lord of the earth, the Self-existent Lord came in person, in a shining chariot the colour of the sun, yoked with swans,
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HV 31.36
आदित्यैर् वसुभिः साध्यैर् मरुद्भिर् दैवतैः सह रुद्रैर् विश्वसहायैश् च यक्षराक्षसकिंनरैः
ādityair vasubhiḥ sādhyair marudbhir daivataiḥ saha rudrair viśvasahāyaiś ca yakṣarākṣasakiṃnaraiḥ
together with the Ādityas, the Vasus, the Sādhyas, the Maruts and the gods, with the Rudras and the Viśvas his companions, with Yakṣas, Rākṣasas and Kinnaras,
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HV 31.37
दिशाभिर् विदिशाभिश् च नदीभिः सागरैस् तथा नक्षत्रैश् च मुहूर्तैश् च खेचरैश् च महाग्रहैः
diśābhir vidiśābhiś ca nadībhiḥ sāgarais tathā nakṣatraiś ca muhūrtaiś ca khecaraiś ca mahāgrahaiḥ
with the cardinal and intermediate directions, with the rivers and the oceans, with the lunar mansions and the muhūrtas, with the sky-goers and the great planets,
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HV 31.38
देवर्षिभिस् तपोवृद्धैः सिद्धैः सप्तर्षिभिस् तथा राजर्षिभिः पुण्यतमैर् गन्धर्वैर् अप्सरोगणैः
devarṣibhis tapovṛddhaiḥ siddhaiḥ saptarṣibhis tathā rājarṣibhiḥ puṇyatamair gandharvair apsarogaṇaiḥ
with the divine seers grown great in austerity, with the Siddhas and the seven seers, with the most meritorious royal seers, with the Gandharvas and the hosts of Apsarases.
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HV 31.39
चराचरगुरुः श्रीमान् वृतः सर्वैः सुरैस् तथा ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां श्रेष्ठो दैत्यं वचनम् अब्रवीत्
carācaraguruḥ śrīmān vṛtaḥ sarvaiḥ surais tathā brahmā brahmavidāṃ śreṣṭho daityaṃ vacanam abravīt
The glorious teacher of all that moves and does not move, surrounded thus by all the gods — Brahmā, best of the knowers of brahman — spoke this word to the Daitya:
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HV 31.40
प्रीतो ऽस्मि तव भक्तस्य तपसानेन सुव्रत वरं वरय भद्रं ते यथेष्टं कामम् आप्नुहि
prīto 'smi tava bhaktasya tapasānena suvrata varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te yatheṣṭaṃ kāmam āpnuhi
"I am pleased with you, devoted one, by this austerity of yours, O you of good vows. Choose a boon; may it be well with you; obtain the desire you wish."
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HV 31.41
न देवासुरगन्धर्वा न यक्षोरगराक्ष्साः न मानुषाः पिशाचा वा हन्युर् मां देवसत्तम
na devāsuragandharvā na yakṣoragarākṣsāḥ na mānuṣāḥ piśācā vā hanyur māṃ devasattama
"May neither gods, asuras nor gandharvas, nor yakṣas, serpents or rākṣasas, nor men nor piśācas be able to kill me, O best of gods.
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HV 31.42
ऋषयो वा न मां शापैः क्रुद्धा लोकपितामह शपेयुस् तपसा युक्ता वरम् एतं वृणोम्य् अहम्
ṛṣayo vā na māṃ śāpaiḥ kruddhā lokapitāmaha śapeyus tapasā yuktā varam etaṃ vṛṇomy aham
Nor may the seers, angered, endowed with austerity, curse me with their curses, O grandfather of the worlds: this is the boon I choose.
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HV 31.44
न शस्त्रेण न चास्त्रेण गिरिणा पादपेन वा न शुष्केण न चार्द्रेण स्यान् न चान्येन मे वधः ॥ ह्व्_३१।४३ पाणिप्रहारेणैकेन सभृत्यबलवाहनम् । यो मां नाशयितुं शक्तः स मे मृत्युर् भविष्यति । नाकाशे वा न भूमौ वा रात्रौ वा दिवसे ऽपि वा । नान्तर् वा न बहिर् वापि स्याद् वधो मे पितामह । पशुभिर् वा मृगेन्द्रैर् वा पक्षिभिर् वा सरीसृपैः । भवेयम् अहम् एवार्कः सोमो वायुर् हुताशनः सलिलं चान्तरिक्षं च नक्षत्राणि दिशो दश
na śastreṇa na cāstreṇa giriṇā pādapena vā na śuṣkeṇa na cārdreṇa syān na cānyena me vadhaḥ // HV_31.43 pāṇiprahāreṇaikena sabhṛtyabalavāhanam | yo māṃ nāśayituṃ śaktaḥ sa me mṛtyur bhaviṣyati | nākāśe vā na bhūmau vā rātrau vā divase 'pi vā | nāntar vā na bahir vāpi syād vadho me pitāmaha | paśubhir vā mṛgendrair vā pakṣibhir vā sarīsṛpaiḥ | bhaveyam aham evārkaḥ somo vāyur hutāśanaḥ salilaṃ cāntarikṣaṃ ca nakṣatrāṇi diśo daśa
"Let my death not come by weapon nor by missile, nor by mountain nor by tree, nor by anything dry nor anything moist, nor by any other means. (31.43) He who is able to destroy me, together with my servants, army and mounts, with a single blow of the hand—he shall be my death. Let my slaying be neither in the sky nor on the earth, neither by night nor by day, neither within nor without, O Grandfather. (Let it be) neither by beasts nor by lions nor by birds nor by creeping things. Let me myself be the sun, the moon, the wind, the fire, the water, the intermediate space, the constellations and the ten directions."
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HV 31.46
अहं क्रोधश् च कामश् च वरुणो वासवो यमः धनदश् च धनाध्यक्षो यक्षः किंपुरुषाधिपः ॥ ह्व्_३१।४५ एवम् उक्तस् तु दैत्येन स्वयंभुर् भगवांस् तदा । उवाच दैत्यराजं तं प्रहसन् नृपसत्तम । न दिवा न च रात्रौ वा न मे मृत्युर् भविष्यति । एते दिव्या वरास् तात मया दत्तास् तवाद्भुताः सर्वान् कामान् इमांस् तात प्राप्स्यसि त्वं न संशयः
ahaṃ krodhaś ca kāmaś ca varuṇo vāsavo yamaḥ dhanadaś ca dhanādhyakṣo yakṣaḥ kiṃpuruṣādhipaḥ // HV_31.45 evam uktas tu daityena svayaṃbhur bhagavāṃs tadā | uvāca daityarājaṃ taṃ prahasan nṛpasattama | na divā na ca rātrau vā na me mṛtyur bhaviṣyati | ete divyā varās tāta mayā dattās tavādbhutāḥ sarvān kāmān imāṃs tāta prāpsyasi tvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
"I (shall be) wrath and desire, Varuṇa, Vāsava, Yama, the giver of wealth and lord of wealth, the Yakṣa, the ruler of the Kiṃpuruṣas." (31.45) Thus addressed by the Daitya, the blessed Self-existent One then spoke to that king of the Daityas, smiling, O best of kings: "Neither by day nor by night shall my death occur—(so be it). These divine, marvellous boons, my dear, have been granted by me to you; all these desires, my dear, you shall obtain, there is no doubt."
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HV 31.48
एवम् उक्त्वा तु भगवाञ् जगामाकाशम् एव ह वैराजं ब्रह्मसदनं ब्रह्मर्षिगणसेवितम् ॥ ह्व्_३१।४७ श्रुत्वा देवा वरं तं च दत्तं सलिलयोनिना । विभुं विज्ञापयाम् आसुर् देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । ततो देवाश् च नागाश् च गन्धर्वा मुनयस् तथा वरप्रदानं श्रुत्वैव पितामहम् उपस्थिताः
evam uktvā tu bhagavāñ jagāmākāśam eva ha vairājaṃ brahmasadanaṃ brahmarṣigaṇasevitam // HV_31.47 śrutvā devā varaṃ taṃ ca dattaṃ salilayoninā | vibhuṃ vijñāpayām āsur devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | tato devāś ca nāgāś ca gandharvā munayas tathā varapradānaṃ śrutvaiva pitāmaham upasthitāḥ
Having spoken thus, the Blessed One went off through the sky to the Vairāja abode of Brahmā, frequented by the hosts of brahmin sages. (31.47) When the gods heard of that boon granted by the one born from the waters, the gods with Śakra at their head informed the Lord. Then the gods and the Nāgas, the Gandharvas and the sages too, having heard of the granting of the boon, approached the Grandfather.
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HV 31.49
वरदानेन भगवन् वधिष्यति स नो ऽसुरः तत् प्रसीदस्व भगवन् वधो ऽस्य प्रविचिन्त्यताम्
varadānena bhagavan vadhiṣyati sa no 'suraḥ tat prasīdasva bhagavan vadho 'sya pravicintyatām
"By the granting of the boon, O Blessed One, that Asura will slay us. Therefore be gracious, O Blessed One; let his slaying be devised."
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HV 31.50
भगवान् सर्वभूतानां स्वयंभूर् आदिकृद् विभुः स्रष्टा च हव्यकव्यानाम् अव्यक्तः प्रकृतिर् ध्रुवः
bhagavān sarvabhūtānāṃ svayaṃbhūr ādikṛd vibhuḥ sraṣṭā ca havyakavyānām avyaktaḥ prakṛtir dhruvaḥ
The Blessed One, the self-existent, the first maker, the all-pervading, of all beings, and the creator of oblations to gods and offerings to the ancestors, the unmanifest, the primal nature, the constant—
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HV 31.51
ततो लोकहितं वाक्यं श्रुत्वा देवः प्रजापतिः प्रोवाच भगवान् वाक्यं सर्वान् देवगणांस् तदा
tato lokahitaṃ vākyaṃ śrutvā devaḥ prajāpatiḥ provāca bhagavān vākyaṃ sarvān devagaṇāṃs tadā
Then, having heard that speech (spoken) for the welfare of the world, the god Prajāpati, the Blessed One, spoke a word to all the hosts of gods:
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HV 31.52
अवश्यं त्रिदशास् तेन प्राप्तव्यं तपसः फलम् तपसो ऽन्ते ऽस्य भगवान् वधं विष्णुः करिष्यति
avaśyaṃ tridaśās tena prāptavyaṃ tapasaḥ phalam tapaso 'nte 'sya bhagavān vadhaṃ viṣṇuḥ kariṣyati
"Necessarily, O Thirty, the fruit of his austerity must be obtained by him; at the end of his austerity the blessed Viṣṇu will bring about his slaying."
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HV 31.53
एतच् छ्रुत्वा सुराः सर्वे वाक्यं पङ्कजजन्मनः स्वानि स्थानानि दिव्यानि जग्मुस् ते वै मुदा युताः
etac chrutvā surāḥ sarve vākyaṃ paṅkajajanmanaḥ svāni sthānāni divyāni jagmus te vai mudā yutāḥ
Having heard this speech of the lotus-born, all the gods went to their own divine abodes, filled with joy.
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HV 31.54
लब्धमात्रे वरे चापि सर्वाः सो ऽबाधत प्रजाः हिरण्यकशिपुर् दैत्यो वरदानेन दर्पितः
labdhamātre vare cāpi sarvāḥ so 'bādhata prajāḥ hiraṇyakaśipur daityo varadānena darpitaḥ
And as soon as the boon was obtained, the Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu, made arrogant by the granting of the boon, oppressed all creatures.
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HV 31.55
आश्रमेषु महाभागान् मुनीन् वै संशितव्रतान् सत्यधर्मरतान् दान्तान् पुरा धर्षितवांस् तु सः
āśrameṣu mahābhāgān munīn vai saṃśitavratān satyadharmaratān dāntān purā dharṣitavāṃs tu saḥ
In their hermitages he formerly assaulted the greatly blessed sages of strict vows, devoted to truth and dharma, self-controlled.
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HV 31.56
देवांस् त्रिभुवनस्थांश् च पराजित्य महासुरः त्रैलोक्यं वशम् आनीय स्वर्गे वसति दानवः
devāṃs tribhuvanasthāṃś ca parājitya mahāsuraḥ trailokyaṃ vaśam ānīya svarge vasati dānavaḥ
And having conquered the gods dwelling in the three worlds, the great Asura, having brought the three worlds under his sway, that Dānava dwells in heaven.
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HV 31.57
यदा वरमदोन्मत्तो न्यवसद् दानवो भुवि यज्ञियान् अकरोद् दैत्यान् अयज्ञीयाश् च देवताः
yadā varamadonmatto nyavasad dānavo bhuvi yajñiyān akarod daityān ayajñīyāś ca devatāḥ
When the Dānava, mad with the intoxication of his boon, dwelt on the earth, he made the Daityas entitled to sacrifice and the gods not entitled to sacrifice.
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HV 31.58
आदित्याश् च ततः साध्या विश्वे ऽथ वसवस् तथा मरुतो ऽप्सरसश् चैव गन्धर्वा ब्रह्मविद्द्विजाः । ऋषिनागाः सुपर्णाश् च ये चान्ये ऽप्य् एवमादयः । शरण्यं शरणं विष्णुम् उपतस्थुर् महाबलम्
ādityāś ca tataḥ sādhyā viśve 'tha vasavas tathā maruto 'psarasaś caiva gandharvā brahmaviddvijāḥ | ṛṣināgāḥ suparṇāś ca ye cānye 'py evamādayaḥ | śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ viṣṇum upatasthur mahābalam
Then the Ādityas and the Sādhyas, the Viśvas and likewise the Vasus, the Maruts and the Apsarases, the Gandharvas, and the twice-born who know the Veda, the sages, the Nāgas, the Suparṇas, and whatever others there were of this sort, approached for refuge the mighty Viṣṇu, the giver of refuge.
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HV 31.59
देवं ब्रह्ममयं यज्ञं ब्रह्मदेवं सनातनम् भूतभव्यभविष्यस्य प्रभुं लोकनमस्कृतम् नारायणं विभुः देवाः शरण्यं शरण्यं गताः
devaṃ brahmamayaṃ yajñaṃ brahmadevaṃ sanātanam bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyasya prabhuṃ lokanamaskṛtam nārāyaṇaṃ vibhuḥ devāḥ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇyaṃ gatāḥ
The gods went for refuge to the giver of refuge, Nārāyaṇa the all-pervading: the god made of Brahman, the sacrifice, the eternal god of Brahman, the lord of what has been, what is, and what will be, honoured by the worlds.
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HV 31.60
त्रायस्व नो ऽद्य देवेश हिरण्यकशिपोर् वधात् त्वं हि न परमो देवस् त्वं हि न परमो गुरुः त्वं हि नः परमो धाता ब्रह्मादीनां सुरोत्तम
trāyasva no 'dya deveśa hiraṇyakaśipor vadhāt tvaṃ hi na paramo devas tvaṃ hi na paramo guruḥ tvaṃ hi naḥ paramo dhātā brahmādīnāṃ surottama
"Save us today, O lord of gods, from being slain by Hiraṇyakaśipu. For you are our supreme god, you are our supreme teacher; you are indeed our supreme ordainer, O best of gods, (the ordainer) of Brahmā and the rest."
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HV 31.61
उत्फुल्लाम्बुजपत्राक्ष शत्रुपक्षभयावह क्षयाय दितिवंशस्य शरणं त्वं भवस्व नः
utphullāmbujapatrākṣa śatrupakṣabhayāvaha kṣayāya ditivaṃśasya śaraṇaṃ tvaṃ bhavasva naḥ
"O you whose eyes are (like) the petals of a full-blown lotus, bringer of fear to the party of the enemy, be our refuge, for the destruction of Diti's line."
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HV 31.62
भयं त्यजध्वम् अमरा अभयं वो ददाम्य् अहम् तथैव त्रिदिवं देवाः प्रतिपद्यत माचिरम्
bhayaṃ tyajadhvam amarā abhayaṃ vo dadāmy aham tathaiva tridivaṃ devāḥ pratipadyata māciram
"Cast off fear, O immortals; I grant you freedom from fear. Just so, O gods, take possession of heaven without delay."
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HV 31.63
एषो ऽहं सगणं दैत्यं वरदानेन दर्पितम् अवध्यम् अमरेन्द्राणां दानवेन्द्रं निहन्मि तम्
eṣo 'haṃ sagaṇaṃ daityaṃ varadānena darpitam avadhyam amarendrāṇāṃ dānavendraṃ nihanmi tam
"Here am I: that Daitya with his host, made arrogant by the granting of the boon, unslayable by the lords of the immortals—that lord of Dānavas I shall slay."
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HV 31.65
एवम् उक्त्वा स भगवान् विसृज्य त्रिदशेश्वरान् हिरण्यकशिपो राजन्न् आजगाम हरिः सभाम् ॥ ह्व्_३१।६४ सभां हिरण्यकशिपोर् जगाम हरिर् ईश्वरः । नरस्य कृत्वार्धतनुं सिंहस्यार्धतनुं तथा नारसिंहेन वपुषा पाणिं संस्पृश्य पाणिना
evam uktvā sa bhagavān visṛjya tridaśeśvarān hiraṇyakaśipo rājann ājagāma hariḥ sabhām // HV_31.64 sabhāṃ hiraṇyakaśipor jagāma harir īśvaraḥ | narasya kṛtvārdhatanuṃ siṃhasyārdhatanuṃ tathā nārasiṃhena vapuṣā pāṇiṃ saṃspṛśya pāṇinā
Having spoken thus, the Blessed One, dismissing the lords of the Thirty, came, O king, to Hiraṇyakaśipu's assembly hall. (31.64) Hari the Lord went to Hiraṇyakaśipu's hall, having made half his body that of a man and half that of a lion; in the man-lion form, touching hand with hand,
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HV 31.67
जीमूतघनसंकाशो जीमूतघननिस्वनः जीमूतघनदीप्तौजा जीमूत इव वेगवान् ॥ ह्व्_३१।६६ देवादिर् दितिजान् वीरो नृसिंहः समुपाद्रवत् । समुत्पत्य नखैस् तीक्ष्णैर् विदार्य निहतो युधि । दैत्यं सो ऽतिबलं दृप्तं दृप्तशार्दूलविक्रमम् दृप्तैर् दैत्यगणैर् गुप्तं हतवान् एकपाणिना
jīmūtaghanasaṃkāśo jīmūtaghananisvanaḥ jīmūtaghanadīptaujā jīmūta iva vegavān // HV_31.66 devādir ditijān vīro nṛsiṃhaḥ samupādravat | samutpatya nakhais tīkṣṇair vidārya nihato yudhi | daityaṃ so 'tibalaṃ dṛptaṃ dṛptaśārdūlavikramam dṛptair daityagaṇair guptaṃ hatavān ekapāṇinā
Resembling a dense thundercloud, roaring like a dense thundercloud, blazing in power like a dense thundercloud, swift as a cloud, (31.66) the hero Nṛsiṃha, first of the gods, rushed upon the sons of Diti. Springing up, he tore (him) with his sharp claws and slew (him) in battle: that Daitya of great strength, arrogant, with the prowess of an arrogant tiger, guarded by arrogant hosts of Daityas—him he killed with a single hand.
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HV 31.68
नृसिंह एष कथितो भूयो ऽयं वामनो ऽपरः यत्र वामनम् आश्रित्य रूपं दैत्यविनाशनम्
nṛsiṃha eṣa kathito bhūyo 'yaṃ vāmano 'paraḥ yatra vāmanam āśritya rūpaṃ daityavināśanam
This (form), the Man-Lion, has been told; next, this other one is the Dwarf, wherein, taking on the dwarf form (he wrought) the destruction of the Daityas.
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HV 31.69
बलेर् बलवतो यज्ञे बलिना विष्णुना पुरा विक्रमैस् त्रिभिर् अक्षोभ्याः क्षोभितास् ते महासुराः
baler balavato yajñe balinā viṣṇunā purā vikramais tribhir akṣobhyāḥ kṣobhitās te mahāsurāḥ
Formerly, at the sacrifice of the powerful Bali, those great Asuras, unshakable, were shaken by the mighty Viṣṇu with his three strides.
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HV 31.70
विप्रचित्तिः शिबिः शङ्कुर् अयःशङ्कुस् तथैव च अयःशिरा अश्वशिरा हयग्रीवश् च वीर्यवान् वेगवान् केतुमान् उग्रः सोग्रव्यग्रो महासुरः
vipracittiḥ śibiḥ śaṅkur ayaḥśaṅkus tathaiva ca ayaḥśirā aśvaśirā hayagrīvaś ca vīryavān vegavān ketumān ugraḥ sogravyagro mahāsuraḥ
Vipracitti, Śibi, Śaṅku, and likewise Ayaḥśaṅku, Ayaḥśiras, Aśvaśiras, and valorous Hayagrīva, Vegavān, Ketumān, Ugra, and that great Asura Ugravyagra;
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HV 31.71
पुष्करः पुष्कलश् चैव साश्वो ऽश्वपतिर् एव च प्रह्रादो ऽश्वशिराः कुम्भः संह्रादो गगनप्रियः
puṣkaraḥ puṣkalaś caiva sāśvo 'śvapatir eva ca prahrādo 'śvaśirāḥ kumbhaḥ saṃhrādo gaganapriyaḥ
Puṣkara and Puṣkala, Sāśva and Aśvapati, Prahrāda, Aśvaśiras, Kumbha, Saṃhrāda, Gaganapriya;
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HV 31.72
अनुह्रादो हरिहरौ वराहः संहरो रुजः वेपनश् च महारथः । बृहत्कीर्तिर् महाजिह्वः । शरभः शलभश् चैव कुपनः कोपनः क्रथः
anuhrādo hariharau varāhaḥ saṃharo rujaḥ vepanaś ca mahārathaḥ | bṛhatkīrtir mahājihvaḥ | śarabhaḥ śalabhaś caiva kupanaḥ kopanaḥ krathaḥ
Anuhrāda, Hari and Hara, Varāha, Saṃhara, Ruja, and Vepana, Mahāratha, Bṛhatkīrti, Mahājihva, Śarabha and Śalabha, Kupana, Kopana, Kratha;
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HV 31.73
बृहत्कीर्तिर् महाजिह्वः शङ्कुकर्णो महास्वनः दीर्घजिह्वो ऽर्कनयनो मृदुपादो मृदुप्रियः
bṛhatkīrtir mahājihvaḥ śaṅkukarṇo mahāsvanaḥ dīrghajihvo 'rkanayano mṛdupādo mṛdupriyaḥ
Bṛhatkīrti, Mahājihva, Śaṅkukarṇa, Mahāsvana, Dīrghajihva, Arkanayana, Mṛdupāda, Mṛdupriya;
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HV 31.74
वायुर् गविष्ठो नमुचिः शम्बरो विक्षरो महान् चन्द्रहन्ता क्रोधहन्ता क्रोधवर्धन एव च
vāyur gaviṣṭho namuciḥ śambaro vikṣaro mahān candrahantā krodhahantā krodhavardhana eva ca
Vāyu, Gaviṣṭha, Namuci, Śambara, the great Vikṣara, Candrahantā, Krodhahantā, and Krodhavardhana;
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HV 31.75
कालकः कालकेयश् च वृत्रः क्रोधो विरोचनः गरिष्ठश् च वरिष्ठश् च प्रलम्बनरकाव् उभौ
kālakaḥ kālakeyaś ca vṛtraḥ krodho virocanaḥ gariṣṭhaś ca variṣṭhaś ca pralambanarakāv ubhau
Kālaka and Kālakeya, Vṛtra, Krodha, Virocana, Gariṣṭha and Variṣṭha, and both Pralamba and Naraka;
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HV 31.76
इन्द्रतापनवातापी केतुमान् बलदर्पितः असिलोमा पुलोमा च बाष्कलः प्रमदो मदः
indratāpanavātāpī ketumān baladarpitaḥ asilomā pulomā ca bāṣkalaḥ pramado madaḥ
Indratāpana and Vātāpi, Ketumān proud of his strength, Asilomā and Pulomā, Bāṣkala, Pramada, Mada;
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HV 31.77
खसृमः कालवदनः करालः केशिर् एव च एकाक्षश् चन्द्रहा राहुः संह्रादः सृमरः स्वनः
khasṛmaḥ kālavadanaḥ karālaḥ keśir eva ca ekākṣaś candrahā rāhuḥ saṃhrādaḥ sṛmaraḥ svanaḥ
Khasṛma, Kālavadana, Karāla, and Keśin, Ekākṣa, Candrahā, Rāhu, Saṃhrāda, Sṛmara, Svana —
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HV 31.78
शतघ्नीचक्रहस्ताश् च तथा परिघपाणयः अश्मयन्त्रायुधोपेता भिण्डिपालायुधास् तथा
śataghnīcakrahastāś ca tathā parighapāṇayaḥ aśmayantrāyudhopetā bhiṇḍipālāyudhās tathā
(they came) with śataghnīs and discs in their hands, and likewise with iron clubs in their fists, furnished with stone-machines as weapons, and with bhiṇḍipālas for weapons,
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HV 31.79
शूलोलूखलहस्ताश् च परश्वधधरास् तथा पाशमुद्गरहस्ता वै तथा लगुडपाणयः
śūlolūkhalahastāś ca paraśvadhadharās tathā pāśamudgarahastā vai tathā laguḍapāṇayaḥ
with spears and pestles in their hands, and bearing axes, with nooses and mallets in their hands, and likewise with cudgels in their fists,
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HV 31.80
महाशिलाप्रहरणाः शूलहस्ताश् च दानवाः नानाप्रहरणा घोरा नानावेषा महाजवाः
mahāśilāpraharaṇāḥ śūlahastāś ca dānavāḥ nānāpraharaṇā ghorā nānāveṣā mahājavāḥ
the Dānavas striking with huge boulders and holding lances, with manifold weapons, terrible, in manifold garb, of great speed,
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HV 31.81
कूर्मकुक्कुटवक्त्राश् च शशोलूकमुखास् तथा खरोष्ट्रवदनाश् चैव वराहवदनास् तथा
kūrmakukkuṭavaktrāś ca śaśolūkamukhās tathā kharoṣṭravadanāś caiva varāhavadanās tathā
with faces of tortoises and cocks, and likewise with the muzzles of hares and owls, with the faces of asses and camels, and with the faces of boars,
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HV 31.82
भीमा मकरवक्त्राश् च क्रोष्टुवक्त्राश् च दानवाः आखुदर्दुरवक्त्राश् च घोरा वृकमुखास् तथा
bhīmā makaravaktrāś ca kroṣṭuvaktrāś ca dānavāḥ ākhudarduravaktrāś ca ghorā vṛkamukhās tathā
and dreadful Dānavas with crocodile faces and jackal faces, and with the faces of rats and frogs, and horrid ones with wolf faces,
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HV 31.83
मार्जारशशवक्त्राश् च महावक्त्रास् तथापरे नक्रमेषाननाः शूरा गोजाविमहिषाननाः
mārjāraśaśavaktrāś ca mahāvaktrās tathāpare nakrameṣānanāḥ śūrā gojāvimahiṣānanāḥ
and with the faces of cats and hares, and others with huge faces, heroes with the faces of crocodiles and rams, with the faces of cattle, goats, sheep, and buffaloes,
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HV 31.84
गोधाशल्यकवक्त्राश् च क्रौञ्चवक्त्रास् तथापरे गरुडाननाः खड्गमुखा मयूरवदनास् तथा
godhāśalyakavaktrāś ca krauñcavaktrās tathāpare garuḍānanāḥ khaḍgamukhā mayūravadanās tathā
and with the faces of iguanas and porcupines, and others with the faces of curlews, with the faces of Garuḍas, with rhinoceros muzzles, and with the faces of peacocks,
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HV 31.85
गजेन्द्रचर्मवसनास् तथा कृष्णाजिनाम्बराः चीरसंवृतगात्राश् च तथा वल्कलवाससः
gajendracarmavasanās tathā kṛṣṇājināmbarāḥ cīrasaṃvṛtagātrāś ca tathā valkalavāsasaḥ
clad in the hides of great elephants, and wearing black antelope skins, with their bodies wrapped in rags, and likewise dressed in bark garments,
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HV 31.86
उष्णीषिणो मुकुटिनस् तथा कुण्डलिनो ऽसुराः किरीटिनो लम्बशिखाः कम्बुग्रीवाः सुवर्चसः नानावेषधरा दैत्या नानामाल्यानुलेपनाः
uṣṇīṣiṇo mukuṭinas tathā kuṇḍalino 'surāḥ kirīṭino lambaśikhāḥ kambugrīvāḥ suvarcasaḥ nānāveṣadharā daityā nānāmālyānulepanāḥ
the Asuras wearing turbans, wearing crowns, and likewise wearing earrings, wearing diadems, with hanging topknots, with shell-smooth necks, of fine radiance, the Daityas wearing manifold attire, with manifold garlands and unguents —
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HV 31.87
स्वान्य् आयुधानि संगृह्य प्रदीप्तानीव तेजसा क्रममाणं हृषीकेशम् उपावर्तन्त सर्वशः
svāny āyudhāni saṃgṛhya pradīptānīva tejasā kramamāṇaṃ hṛṣīkeśam upāvartanta sarvaśaḥ
taking up their own weapons, as if ablaze with fiery energy, they closed in on all sides upon Hṛṣīkeśa as he strode.
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HV 31.88
प्रमथ्य सर्वान्दैतेयान् पादहस्ततलैस् ततः रूपं कृत्वा महाभींअं जहाराशु स मेदिनीम्
pramathya sarvāndaiteyān pādahastatalais tataḥ rūpaṃ kṛtvā mahābhīṃaṃ jahārāśu sa medinīm
Then, having crushed all the Daityas with the soles of his feet and the palms of his hands, and having taken on a hugely terrifying form, he swiftly seized the earth.
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HV 31.89
तस्य विक्रमतो भूमिं चन्द्रादित्यौ स्तनान्तरे नभः प्रक्रममाणस्य नाभ्यां किल समास्थितौ
tasya vikramato bhūmiṃ candrādityau stanāntare nabhaḥ prakramamāṇasya nābhyāṃ kila samāsthitau
As he strode over the earth, the moon and the sun were at (the level of) his chest; and as he strode on over the sky, they stood, it is said, at his navel.
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HV 31.90
परमाक्रममाणस्य जानुभ्यां तौ व्यवस्थितौ विष्णोर् अमितवीर्यस्य वदन्त्य् एवं द्विजातयः
paramākramamāṇasya jānubhyāṃ tau vyavasthitau viṣṇor amitavīryasya vadanty evaṃ dvijātayaḥ
And as he strode to the utmost, those two stood at the knees of Viṣṇu of measureless might — so the twice-born declare.
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HV 31.91
हृत्वा स मेदिनीं कृत्स्नां हत्वा चासुरपुंगवान् ददौ शक्राय वसुधां विष्णुर् बलवतां वरः
hṛtvā sa medinīṃ kṛtsnāṃ hatvā cāsurapuṃgavān dadau śakrāya vasudhāṃ viṣṇur balavatāṃ varaḥ
Having taken the whole earth and having slain the bulls among the Asuras, Viṣṇu, the best of the strong, gave the earth to Śakra.
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HV 31.92
एष ते वामनो नाम प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः वेदविद्भिर् द्विजैर् एतत् कथ्यते वैष्णवं यशः
eṣa te vāmano nāma prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ vedavidbhir dvijair etat kathyate vaiṣṇavaṃ yaśaḥ
This, (told) to you, is the manifestation of the Great One called the Dwarf; this glory of Viṣṇu is recounted by twice-born men who know the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.93
भूयो भूतात्मनो विष्णोः प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः दत्तात्रेय इति ख्यातः क्षमया परया युतः
bhūyo bhūtātmano viṣṇoḥ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ dattātreya iti khyātaḥ kṣamayā parayā yutaḥ
Again there was a manifestation of the great-souled Viṣṇu, the Self of beings, known as Dattātreya, endowed with supreme forbearance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.94
तेन नष्टेषु देवेषु प्रक्रियासु मखेषु च चातुर्वर्ण्ये च संकीर्णे धर्मे शिथिलतां गते
tena naṣṭeṣu deveṣu prakriyāsu makheṣu ca cāturvarṇye ca saṃkīrṇe dharme śithilatāṃ gate
By him, when the gods had perished and the rites and the sacrifices (had lapsed), when the four classes were intermixed and the Law had grown slack,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.95
अभिवर्धति चाधर्मे सत्ये नष्टे ऽनृते स्थिते प्रजासु शीर्यमाणासु धर्मे चाकुलतां गते
abhivardhati cādharme satye naṣṭe 'nṛte sthite prajāsu śīryamāṇāsu dharme cākulatāṃ gate
and when unrighteousness was increasing, when truth had perished and falsehood was established, when creatures were breaking apart and the Law had fallen into confusion —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.96
सयज्ञाः सक्रिया वेदाः प्रत्यानीता हि तेन वै चातुर्वर्ण्यम् असंकीर्णं कृतं तेन महात्मना
sayajñāḥ sakriyā vedāḥ pratyānītā hi tena vai cāturvarṇyam asaṃkīrṇaṃ kṛtaṃ tena mahātmanā
indeed by him the Vedas were brought back together with their sacrifices and their rites, and by that great-souled one the four classes were made unmixed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.97
तेन हेहयराजस्य कार्तवीर्यस्य धीमतः वरदेन वरो दत्तो दत्तात्रेयेण धीमता
tena hehayarājasya kārtavīryasya dhīmataḥ varadena varo datto dattātreyeṇa dhīmatā
By him, by the wise Dattātreya, the granter of boons, a boon was given to the wise Kārtavīrya, king of the Haihayas:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.98
एतद् बाहुद्वयं यत् ते तत् ते मम कृते नृप शतानि दश बाहूनां भविष्यति न संशयः
etad bāhudvayaṃ yat te tat te mama kṛte nṛpa śatāni daśa bāhūnāṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
"This pair of arms that is yours — that, O king, for my sake shall become ten hundred arms; there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.99
पालयिष्यसि कृत्स्नां च वसुधां वसुधेश्वर दुर्निरीक्ष्यो ऽरिवृन्दानां युद्धस्थश् च भविष्यसि
pālayiṣyasi kṛtsnāṃ ca vasudhāṃ vasudheśvara durnirīkṣyo 'rivṛndānāṃ yuddhasthaś ca bhaviṣyasi
And you shall protect the whole earth, O lord of the earth, and standing in battle you shall be hard for hosts of enemies even to look upon."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.100
एष ते वैष्णवः श्रीमान् प्रादुर्भावो ऽद्भुतः शुभः कथितो वै महाराज यथाश्रुतम् अरिंदम । भूयश् च जामदग्न्यो ऽयं प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः
eṣa te vaiṣṇavaḥ śrīmān prādurbhāvo 'dbhutaḥ śubhaḥ kathito vai mahārāja yathāśrutam ariṃdama | bhūyaś ca jāmadagnyo 'yaṃ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ
This glorious, wondrous, auspicious manifestation of Viṣṇu has been told to you, great king, as I heard it, O subduer of foes. And further, there is this manifestation of the Great One as the son of Jamadagni,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.101
यत्र बाहुसहस्रेण विस्मितं दुर्जयं रणे रामो ऽर्जुनम् अनीकस्थं जघान नृपतिं प्रभुः
yatra bāhusahasreṇa vismitaṃ durjayaṃ raṇe rāmo 'rjunam anīkasthaṃ jaghāna nṛpatiṃ prabhuḥ
wherein the mighty Rāma slew King Arjuna, who stood amid his army, astonishing with his thousand arms and hard to conquer in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.102
रथस्थं पार्थिवं रामः पातयित्वार्जुनं भुवि धर्षयित्वा यथाकामं क्रोशमानं च मेघवत्
rathasthaṃ pārthivaṃ rāmaḥ pātayitvārjunaṃ bhuvi dharṣayitvā yathākāmaṃ krośamānaṃ ca meghavat
Rāma, having felled to the ground the king Arjuna, who stood in his chariot, and having assailed him at will as he roared like a cloud,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.103
कृत्स्नं बाहुसहस्रं च चिच्छेद भृगुनन्दनः परश्वधेन दीप्तेन ज्ञातिभिः सहितस्य वै
kṛtsnaṃ bāhusahasraṃ ca ciccheda bhṛgunandanaḥ paraśvadhena dīptena jñātibhiḥ sahitasya vai
the delight of the Bhṛgus cut off the entire thousand arms with his blazing axe — his, together with his kinsmen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.104
कीर्णा क्षत्रियकोटीभिर् मेरुमन्दरभूषणा त्रिःसप्तकृत्वः पृथिवी तेन निःक्षत्रिया कृता
kīrṇā kṣatriyakoṭībhir merumandarabhūṣaṇā triḥsaptakṛtvaḥ pṛthivī tena niḥkṣatriyā kṛtā
Seven times three over, the earth, adorned with Meru and Mandara, was strewn by him with tens of millions of Kṣatriyas and made free of Kṣatriyas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.105
कृत्वा निःक्षत्रियां चैव भार्गवः सुमहातपाः सर्वपापविनाशाय वाजिमेधेन चेष्टवान्
kṛtvā niḥkṣatriyāṃ caiva bhārgavaḥ sumahātapāḥ sarvapāpavināśāya vājimedhena ceṣṭavān
And having made (the earth) free of Kṣatriyas, the Bhārgava of very great austerity performed a horse sacrifice for the destruction of all his sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.106
तस्मिन् यज्ञे महादाने दक्षिणां भृगुनन्दनः मारीचाय ददौ प्रीतः कश्यपाय वसुंधराम्
tasmin yajñe mahādāne dakṣiṇāṃ bhṛgunandanaḥ mārīcāya dadau prītaḥ kaśyapāya vasuṃdharām
At that sacrifice of great giving, the delight of the Bhṛgus, well pleased, gave the earth as the priestly fee to Kaśyapa, son of Marīci.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.107
वारुणांस् तुरगाञ् शुभ्रान् रथं च रथिनां वरः हिरण्यम् अक्षयं धेनूर् गजेन्द्रांश् च महामतिः ददौ तस्मिन् महायज्ञे वाजिमेधे महायशाः
vāruṇāṃs turagāñ śubhrān rathaṃ ca rathināṃ varaḥ hiraṇyam akṣayaṃ dhenūr gajendrāṃś ca mahāmatiḥ dadau tasmin mahāyajñe vājimedhe mahāyaśāḥ
That best of chariot-warriors, of great mind and great fame, gave at that great horse sacrifice white horses of Varuṇa's (breed), a chariot, inexhaustible gold, milch cows, and lordly elephants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.109
अद्यापि च हितार्थाय लोकानां भृगुनन्दनः चरमाणस् तपो दीप्तं जामदग्न्यः पुनः पुनः तिष्ठते देववच् छ्रीमान् महेन्द्रे पर्वतोत्तमे ॥ ह्व्_३१।१०८ कृष्णाजिनोत्तरीयं च जटामकुटमण्डली । एष विष्णोः सुरेशस्य शाश्वतस्याव्ययस्य च जामदग्न्य इति ख्यातः प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः
adyāpi ca hitārthāya lokānāṃ bhṛgunandanaḥ caramāṇas tapo dīptaṃ jāmadagnyaḥ punaḥ punaḥ tiṣṭhate devavac chrīmān mahendre parvatottame // HV_31.108 kṛṣṇājinottarīyaṃ ca jaṭāmakuṭamaṇḍalī | eṣa viṣṇoḥ sureśasya śāśvatasyāvyayasya ca jāmadagnya iti khyātaḥ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ
Even today, for the welfare of the worlds, the son of Bhṛgu, Jāmadagnya, practising blazing austerity again and again, stands like a god, the glorious one, on Mahendra, best of mountains. With a black antelope skin as his upper garment, and a circle of matted hair for a crown — this one, renowned as Jāmadagnya, is a manifestation of that great-souled Viṣṇu, lord of the gods, eternal and unchanging.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.110
चतुर्विंशे युगे चापि विश्वामित्रपुरःसरः जज्ञे दशरथस्याथ पुत्रः पद्मायतेक्षणः
caturviṃśe yuge cāpi viśvāmitrapuraḥsaraḥ jajñe daśarathasyātha putraḥ padmāyatekṣaṇaḥ
And in the twenty-fourth age, with Viśvāmitra going before (him), he was born as the son of Daśaratha, with eyes long as lotuses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.111
कृत्वात्मानं महाबाहुश् चतुर्धा प्रभुर् ईश्वरः लोके राम इति ख्यातस् तेजसा भास्करोपमः
kṛtvātmānaṃ mahābāhuś caturdhā prabhur īśvaraḥ loke rāma iti khyātas tejasā bhāskaropamaḥ
Having made himself fourfold, the mighty-armed lord and master became known in the world as Rāma, comparable to the sun in splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.112
प्रसादनार्थं लोकस्य रक्षसां निग्रहाय च धर्मस्य च विवृद्ध्यर्थं जज्ञे तत्र महायशाः तम् अप्य् आहुर् मनुष्येन्द्रं सर्वभूतपतेस् तनुम्
prasādanārthaṃ lokasya rakṣasāṃ nigrahāya ca dharmasya ca vivṛddhyarthaṃ jajñe tatra mahāyaśāḥ tam apy āhur manuṣyendraṃ sarvabhūtapates tanum
For the gratification of the world, and for the suppression of the rākṣasas, and for the increase of dharma, the greatly renowned one was born there; and they call that lord of men a body of the lord of all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.113
तस्मै दत्तानि चास्त्राणि विश्वामित्रेण धीमता वधार्थं देवशत्रूणां दुर्धराणि सुरैर् अपि
tasmai dattāni cāstrāṇi viśvāmitreṇa dhīmatā vadhārthaṃ devaśatrūṇāṃ durdharāṇi surair api
And weapons were given to him by the wise Viśvāmitra, hard to withstand even by the gods, for the slaying of the enemies of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.114
यज्ञविघ्नकरौ येन मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् मारीचश् च सुबाहुश् च बलेन बलिनां वरौ निहतौ च निराशौ च कृतौ तेन महात्मना
yajñavighnakarau yena munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām mārīcaś ca subāhuś ca balena balināṃ varau nihatau ca nirāśau ca kṛtau tena mahātmanā
By him, that great-souled one, Mārīca and Subāhu, the two best of the strong, who obstructed the sacrifices of the sages of disciplined selves, were struck down by force and made hopeless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.115
वर्तमाने मखे येन जनकस्य महात्मनः भग्नं माहेश्वरं चापं क्रीडता लीलया पुरा
vartamāne makhe yena janakasya mahātmanaḥ bhagnaṃ māheśvaraṃ cāpaṃ krīḍatā līlayā purā
By whom, long ago, while the sacrifice of the great-souled Janaka was in progress, the bow of Maheśvara was broken as he played with it in sport.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.116
यः समाः सर्वधर्मज्ञश् चतुर्दश वने ऽवसत् लक्ष्मणानुचरो रामः सर्वभूतहिते रतः
yaḥ samāḥ sarvadharmajñaś caturdaśa vane 'vasat lakṣmaṇānucaro rāmaḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ
He who, knowing all dharmas, dwelt fourteen years in the forest, Rāma, followed by Lakṣmaṇa, devoted to the welfare of all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.117
रूपिणी यस्य पार्श्वस्था सीतेति प्रथिता जनैः पूर्वोचितत्वाद्या लक्ष्मीर् भर्तारम् अनुगच्छति
rūpiṇī yasya pārśvasthā sīteti prathitā janaiḥ pūrvocitatvādyā lakṣmīr bhartāram anugacchati
She who, embodied, stood at his side, celebrated among people as Sītā — she is Lakṣmī, who, because of what was fitting before, follows her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.118
चतुर्दश वने तप्त्वा तपो वर्षाणि राघवः जनस्थाने वसन् कार्यं त्रिदशानां चकार सः
caturdaśa vane taptvā tapo varṣāṇi rāghavaḥ janasthāne vasan kāryaṃ tridaśānāṃ cakāra saḥ
Having performed austerity in the forest for fourteen years, the Rāghava, dwelling at Janasthāna, did the work of the thirty (gods).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.119
सीतायाः पदम् अन्विच्छन् निजघान महामनाः विराधं च कबन्धं च राक्षसौ भीमविक्रमौ जघान पुरुषव्याघ्रौ गन्धर्वौ शापविक्षतौ
sītāyāḥ padam anvicchan nijaghāna mahāmanāḥ virādhaṃ ca kabandhaṃ ca rākṣasau bhīmavikramau jaghāna puruṣavyāghrau gandharvau śāpavikṣatau
Searching for the track of Sītā, the great-minded one slew Virādha and Kabandha, two rākṣasas of terrible valour; the tiger among men slew the two, gandharvas ruined by a curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.120
हुताशनार्कांशुतडित्प्रकाशैः प्रतप्तजाम्बूनदचित्रपुङ्खैः सुरेन्द्रवज्राशनितुल्यसारैः शरैः शरीरेषु वियोजितौ बलात्
hutāśanārkāṃśutaḍitprakāśaiḥ prataptajāmbūnadacitrapuṅkhaiḥ surendravajrāśanitulyasāraiḥ śaraiḥ śarīreṣu viyojitau balāt
By arrows shining like fire, the sun's rays, and lightning, with variegated shafts of refined gold, with force equal to the thunderbolt of the lord of the gods, the two were forcibly separated from their bodies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.121
सुग्रीवस्य कृते येन वानरेन्द्रो महाबलः वाली विनिहतः संख्ये सुग्रीवश् चाभिषेचितः
sugrīvasya kṛte yena vānarendro mahābalaḥ vālī vinihataḥ saṃkhye sugrīvaś cābhiṣecitaḥ
By whom, for Sugrīva's sake, the lord of monkeys, the mighty Vālin, was slain in battle, and Sugrīva was consecrated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.122
देवासुरगणानां हि यक्षराक्षसपक्षिणाम् यत्रावध्यं राक्षसेन्द्रं रावणं युधि दुर्जयम्
devāsuragaṇānāṃ hi yakṣarākṣasapakṣiṇām yatrāvadhyaṃ rākṣasendraṃ rāvaṇaṃ yudhi durjayam
(He) by whom Rāvaṇa, the lord of rākṣasas, unslayable by the hosts of gods and asuras, by yakṣas, rākṣasas and birds, hard to conquer in battle —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.123
गुप्तं राक्षसकोटीभिर् नीलाञ्जनचयोपमम् त्रैलोक्यरावणं क्रूरं राक्षसं राक्षसेश्वरम्
guptaṃ rākṣasakoṭībhir nīlāñjanacayopamam trailokyarāvaṇaṃ krūraṃ rākṣasaṃ rākṣaseśvaram
guarded by crores of rākṣasas, like a heap of dark collyrium, the cruel one who makes the three worlds cry out, the rākṣasa, the lord of rākṣasas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.124
दुर्जरं दुर्धरं दृप्तं शार्दूलसमविक्रमम् दुर्निरीक्ष्यं सुरगणैर् वरदानेन दर्पितम्
durjaraṃ durdharaṃ dṛptaṃ śārdūlasamavikramam durnirīkṣyaṃ suragaṇair varadānena darpitam
hard to digest, hard to hold, arrogant, of valour equal to a tiger's, hard for the hosts of gods to look upon, made proud by the granting of a boon —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.125
जघान सचिवैः सार्धं ससैन्यं रावणं युधि महाभ्रघनसंकाशं महाकायं महाबलम्
jaghāna sacivaiḥ sārdhaṃ sasainyaṃ rāvaṇaṃ yudhi mahābhraghanasaṃkāśaṃ mahākāyaṃ mahābalam
(he) slew Rāvaṇa in battle together with his counsellors and his army, (Rāvaṇa) resembling a great dense cloud, huge of body, of great strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.126
तम् आगस्कारिणं क्रूरं पौलस्त्यं पुरुषर्षभः सभ्रातृपुत्रसचिवं ससैन्यं क्रूरनिश्चयम् । रावणं निजघानाशु रामो भूतपतिः पुरा
tam āgaskāriṇaṃ krūraṃ paulastyaṃ puruṣarṣabhaḥ sabhrātṛputrasacivaṃ sasainyaṃ krūraniścayam | rāvaṇaṃ nijaghānāśu rāmo bhūtapatiḥ purā
That cruel offender, the son of Pulastya's line, together with his brothers, sons and counsellors, with his army, cruel in resolve — that Rāvaṇa the bull among men, Rāma, lord of beings, swiftly slew of old.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.127
मधोश् च तनयो दृप्तो लवणो नाम दानवः हतो मधुवने भीमो वरदत्तो महासुरः समरे युद्धशौण्डेन तथान्ये चापि राक्षसाः
madhoś ca tanayo dṛpto lavaṇo nāma dānavaḥ hato madhuvane bhīmo varadatto mahāsuraḥ samare yuddhaśauṇḍena tathānye cāpi rākṣasāḥ
And the arrogant son of Madhu, a dānava named Lavaṇa, terrible, a great asura to whom a boon had been given, was slain in the Madhu forest in combat by (that hero) skilled in battle, and likewise the other rākṣasas too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.128
एतानि कृत्वा कर्माणि रामो धर्मभृतां वरः दशाश्वमेधाञ् जारूथ्यान् आजहार निरर्गलान्
etāni kṛtvā karmāṇi rāmo dharmabhṛtāṃ varaḥ daśāśvamedhāñ jārūthyān ājahāra nirargalān
Having done these deeds, Rāma, best of the upholders of dharma, performed ten horse-sacrifices with jārūthya (offerings), unimpeded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 31.129
नाश्रूयन्ताशुभा वाचो नाकुलं मारुतो ववौ न वित्तहरणं चासीद् रामे राज्यं प्रशासति
nāśrūyantāśubhā vāco nākulaṃ māruto vavau na vittaharaṇaṃ cāsīd rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati
No inauspicious words were heard, no wind blew unfavorably, and there was no theft of property, while Rāma ruled the kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.130
पर्यदेवन् न विधवा नानर्थश् चाभवत् तदा सर्वम् आसीज् जगद्दान्तं रामे राज्यं प्रशासति
paryadevan na vidhavā nānarthaś cābhavat tadā sarvam āsīj jagaddāntaṃ rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati
No widow lamented, and there was no calamity then; the whole world was self-controlled, while Rāma ruled the kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.131
न प्राणिनां भयं चासीज् जलानलविघातजम् न च स्म वृद्धा बालानां प्रेतकार्याणि कुर्वते
na prāṇināṃ bhayaṃ cāsīj jalānalavighātajam na ca sma vṛddhā bālānāṃ pretakāryāṇi kurvate
Living beings had no fear arising from harm by water or fire, and the old did not perform the funeral rites of the young.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.132
ब्रह्म पर्यच्चरत् क्षत्रं विशः क्षत्रम् अनुव्रताः शूद्राश् चैव हि वर्णांस् त्रीञ् शुश्रूषन्त्य् अनहंकृताः
brahma paryaccarat kṣatraṃ viśaḥ kṣatram anuvratāḥ śūdrāś caiva hi varṇāṃs trīñ śuśrūṣanty anahaṃkṛtāḥ
The kṣatra served the brahman, the commoners were devoted to the kṣatra, and the śūdras attended upon the three classes without pride.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.133
नार्यो नात्यचरन् भर्तॄन् भार्यां नात्यचरत् पतिः सर्वम् आसीज् जगद्दान्तं निर्दस्युर् अभवन् मही राम एको ऽभवद् भर्ता रामः पालयिताभवत्
nāryo nātyacaran bhartṝn bhāryāṃ nātyacarat patiḥ sarvam āsīj jagaddāntaṃ nirdasyur abhavan mahī rāma eko 'bhavad bhartā rāmaḥ pālayitābhavat
Women did not transgress against their husbands, nor did a husband transgress against his wife; the whole world was self-controlled, the earth was free of brigands; Rāma alone was the lord, Rāma was the protector.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.134
आसन् वर्षसहस्राणि तथा पुत्रसहस्रिणः अरोगाः प्राणिनश् चासन् रामे राज्यं प्रशासति
āsan varṣasahasrāṇi tathā putrasahasriṇaḥ arogāḥ prāṇinaś cāsan rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati
(People) lived thousands of years and likewise had thousands of sons, and living beings were free of disease, while Rāma ruled the kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.136
देवतानाम् ऋषीणां च मनुष्याणां च सर्वशः पृथिव्यां सहवासो ऽभूद् रामे राज्यं प्रशासति ॥ ह्व्_३१।१३५ रामो रामो राम इति प्रजानाम् अभवत् कथाः । रामारामं जगद्भूतं रामे राज्यं प्रशासति । गाथा अप्य् अत्र गायन्ति ये पुराणविदो जनाः रामे निबद्धास् तत्त्वार्था माहात्म्यं तस्य धीमतः
devatānām ṛṣīṇāṃ ca manuṣyāṇāṃ ca sarvaśaḥ pṛthivyāṃ sahavāso 'bhūd rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati // HV_31.135 rāmo rāmo rāma iti prajānām abhavat kathāḥ | rāmārāmaṃ jagadbhūtaṃ rāme rājyaṃ praśāsati | gāthā apy atra gāyanti ye purāṇavido janāḥ rāme nibaddhās tattvārthā māhātmyaṃ tasya dhīmataḥ
Gods, seers, and men everywhere dwelt together on earth, while Rāma ruled the kingdom. // "Rāma, Rāma, Rāma"—such were the talk of the people; the world became Rāma's pleasure-garden, while Rāma ruled the kingdom. And those people who know the ancient lore sing verses here, composed about Rāma, whose meanings are true, (telling) the greatness of that wise one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.137
श्यामो युवा लोहिताक्षो दीप्तास्यो मितभाषिता आजानबाहुः सुमुखः सिंहस्कन्धो महाभुजः
śyāmo yuvā lohitākṣo dīptāsyo mitabhāṣitā ājānabāhuḥ sumukhaḥ siṃhaskandho mahābhujaḥ
Dark, youthful, red-eyed, with a shining face, sparing in speech, with arms reaching to the knees, fair-faced, lion-shouldered, great-armed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.138
दश वर्षसहस्राणि दश वर्षशतानि च अयोध्याधिपतिर् भूत्वा रामो राज्यम् अकारयत्
daśa varṣasahasrāṇi daśa varṣaśatāni ca ayodhyādhipatir bhūtvā rāmo rājyam akārayat
For ten thousand years and ten hundred years, having become lord of Ayodhyā, Rāma exercised kingship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.139
ऋक्सामयजुषां घोषो ज्याघोषश् च महात्मनः अव्युच्छिन्नो ऽभवद् राष्ट्रे दीयतां भुज्यताम् इति
ṛksāmayajuṣāṃ ghoṣo jyāghoṣaś ca mahātmanaḥ avyucchinno 'bhavad rāṣṭre dīyatāṃ bhujyatām iti
The sound of the Ṛk, Sāman and Yajus, and the twang of the great one's bowstring, and (the words) "Let it be given, let it be enjoyed," were unbroken in the realm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.140
सत्त्ववान् गुणसंपन्नो दीप्यमानः स्वतेजसा अति सूर्यं च चन्द्रं च रामो दाशरथिर् बभौ
sattvavān guṇasaṃpanno dīpyamānaḥ svatejasā ati sūryaṃ ca candraṃ ca rāmo dāśarathir babhau
Full of strength, endowed with virtues, blazing with his own splendor, Rāma the son of Daśaratha shone beyond the sun and the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.141
ईजे क्रतुशतैः पुण्यैः समाप्तवरदाक्षिणैः हित्वायोध्यां दिवं यातो राघवो ऽसौमहाबलः
īje kratuśataiḥ puṇyaiḥ samāptavaradākṣiṇaiḥ hitvāyodhyāṃ divaṃ yāto rāghavo 'saumahābalaḥ
He sacrificed with hundreds of meritorious rites with the finest fees fully given; and leaving Ayodhyā, that mighty Rāghava went to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.142
एवम् एष महाबाहूर् इक्ष्वाकुकुलनन्दनः रावणं सगणं हत्वा दिवम् आचक्रमे प्रभुः
evam eṣa mahābāhūr ikṣvākukulanandanaḥ rāvaṇaṃ sagaṇaṃ hatvā divam ācakrame prabhuḥ
Thus this mighty-armed lord, delight of the Ikṣvāku line, having slain Rāvaṇa together with his troops, ascended to heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.143
अपरः केशवस्यायं प्रादुर्भावो महात्मनः विख्यातो माथुरे कल्पे सर्वलोकहिताय वै
aparaḥ keśavasyāyaṃ prādurbhāvo mahātmanaḥ vikhyāto māthure kalpe sarvalokahitāya vai
This is another manifestation of the great-souled Keśava, famed in the Māthura age, for the welfare of all the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.144
यत्र साल्वं च कंसं च मैन्दं द्विविदम् एव च अरिष्टं वृषभं केशिं पूतनां दैत्यदारिकाम्
yatra sālvaṃ ca kaṃsaṃ ca maindaṃ dvividam eva ca ariṣṭaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ keśiṃ pūtanāṃ daityadārikām
wherein Sālva and Kaṃsa, and Mainda and Dvivida, Ariṣṭa the bull, Keśin, Pūtanā the daitya girl,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.145
नागं कुवलयापीडं चाणूरं मुष्टिकं तथा दैत्यान् मानुषदेहस्थान् सूदयाम् आस वीर्यवान्
nāgaṃ kuvalayāpīḍaṃ cāṇūraṃ muṣṭikaṃ tathā daityān mānuṣadehasthān sūdayām āsa vīryavān
the elephant Kuvalayāpīḍa, and Cāṇūra and Muṣṭika — daityas lodged in human bodies — the valorous one destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.146
छिन्नं बाहुसहस्रं च बाणस्याद्भुतकर्मणः नरकश् च हतः संख्ये यवनश् च महाबलः
chinnaṃ bāhusahasraṃ ca bāṇasyādbhutakarmaṇaḥ narakaś ca hataḥ saṃkhye yavanaś ca mahābalaḥ
wherein Sālva and Kaṃsa, and Mainda and Dvivida, Ariṣṭa the bull, Keśin, Pūtanā the daitya girl,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.149
हृतानि च महीपानां सर्वरत्नानि तेजसा दुराचाराश् च निहताः पार्थिवा ये महीतले ॥ ह्व्_३१।१४७ नवमे द्वापरे विष्णुर् अष्टाविंशे पुराभवत् । वेदव्यासस् तदा जज्ञे जातूकर्ण्यपुरःसरः । एको वेदश् चतुर्धा तु कृतस् तेन महात्मना । जनितो भारतो वंशः सत्यवत्याः सुतेन च । एते लोकहितार्थाय प्रादुर्भावा महात्मनः अतीताः कथिता राजन् कथ्यन्ते चाप्य् अनागताः । कल्की विष्णुयशा नाम भूयश् चोत्पत्स्यते प्रभुः ॥ ह्व्_३१।१४८ ॥। संभलग्रामको द्विजः । सर्वलोकहितार्थाय ॥। । दशमो भाव्यसंपन्नो याज्ञवल्क्यपुरःसरः । क्षपयित्वा च तान् सर्वान् भाविनार्थेन चोदितान् । गङ्गायमुनयोर् मध्ये निष्ठां प्राप्स्यति सानुगः । ततः काले व्यतीते तु सामात्ये सहसैनिके । नृपेष्व् अथ प्रनष्तेषु तदा त्व् अप्रग्रहाः प्रजाः ॥ क्षणेन निर्वृते चैव हत्वा चान्योन्यम् आहवे । परस्परहृतस्वाश् च निराक्रन्दाः सुदुःखिताः । एवं कष्टम् अनुप्राप्ताः कलिसंध्यांशके तदा । प्रजाः क्षयं प्रयास्यन्ति सार्धं कलियुगेन ह । क्षीणे कलियुगे तस्मिंस् ततः कृतयुगं पुनः । प्रपत्स्यते यथान्यायं स्वभावाद् एव नान्यथा । अनुकर्षन् स वै सेनां हस्त्यश्वरथसंकुलाम् । प्रगृहीतायुधैर् विप्रैर् वृतः शतसहस्रशः । निःशेषाञ् शुद्धराजांस् तांस् तदा स तु करिष्यति । पाषण्डान् म्लेच्छजातींश् च दस्यूंश् चैव सहस्रशः । नात्यर्थं धार्मिका ये च ये च धर्मद्विषः क्वचित् । उदीच्या मध्यदेशस्थाः पार्वतीयास् तथैव च । प्राच्यान् प्रतीच्यांश् च तथा विन्ध्यपृष्ठपरानुगान् । तथैव दाक्षिणात्यांश् च द्रविडान् सिंहलैः सह । गान्धारान् पारदांश् चैव पह्लवान् यवनाञ् शकान् । तुखारान् बर्बरांश् चैव श्वानिकान् दरदान् खशान् । लम्बकांश् च मरुंधांश् च किरातांश् चैव स प्रभुः । प्रवृत्तचक्रो बलवान् दस्यून् आमन्तको बली । अधृष्यः सर्वभूतानां पृथिवीं विचरिष्यति । मानुषः स तु संजज्ञे देवस्याग्रस्य धीमतः । पूर्वजन्मनि विष्णुः स प्रमतिर् नाम वीर्यवान् । गात्रेण वै चन्द्रमसः पूर्णे कलियुगे ऽभवत् । इत्य् एता वासुदेवस्य दश संभूतयः स्मृताः । तं तं कालं च कार्यं च तं तथोद्देशकारिणम् । अंशेन त्रिषु लोकेषु तांस् तान् योनीन् विशत्य् अपि । पञ्चविंशोत्थितः कल्की पञ्चाशच्छरदां समाः । विनिघ्नन् सर्वभूतानि मानुषांश् चैव सर्वशः । कृत्वा बीजावशेषां तु महीं क्रूरेण कर्मणा । संयोधयित्वा च खलान् प्रायस् तान् अप्य् अधार्मिकान् । तद् एष वै तदा कल्की चरितार्थः ससैनिकः । प्रजानां साधयित्वा च संसिद्धार्थः पुनः स्वयम् । वृथान्योन्यं प्रकुपितान् संहरिष्यति मोहितान् । पुराणि हत्वा ग्रामांश् च तदा दुष्प्रग्रहाः प्रजाः । प्रनष्टश्रुतिधर्माश् च नष्टवर्णाश्रमास् तथा । ह्वस्वा अल्पायुषश् चैव भविष्यन्ति कलौ युगे । सरित्पर्वतसेविन्यः पत्रमूलफलाशनाः । चीरपत्राजिनधरा गह्वरं घोरम् आश्रिताः । अल्पायुषो नष्टवार्ता बहुबाधाः सुदुःखिताः । एते चान्ये च बहवो दिव्या देवगुणैर् युताः प्रादुर्भावाः पुराणेषु गीयन्ते ब्रह्मवादिभिः
hṛtāni ca mahīpānāṃ sarvaratnāni tejasā durācārāś ca nihatāḥ pārthivā ye mahītale // HV_31.147 navame dvāpare viṣṇur aṣṭāviṃśe purābhavat | vedavyāsas tadā jajñe jātūkarṇyapuraḥsaraḥ | eko vedaś caturdhā tu kṛtas tena mahātmanā | janito bhārato vaṃśaḥ satyavatyāḥ sutena ca | ete lokahitārthāya prādurbhāvā mahātmanaḥ atītāḥ kathitā rājan kathyante cāpy anāgatāḥ | kalkī viṣṇuyaśā nāma bhūyaś cotpatsyate prabhuḥ // HV_31.148 ... saṃbhalagrāmako dvijaḥ | sarvalokahitārthāya ... | daśamo bhāvyasaṃpanno yājñavalkyapuraḥsaraḥ | kṣapayitvā ca tān sarvān bhāvinārthena coditān | gaṅgāyamunayor madhye niṣṭhāṃ prāpsyati sānugaḥ | tataḥ kāle vyatīte tu sāmātye sahasainike | nṛpeṣv atha pranaṣteṣu tadā tv apragrahāḥ prajāḥ || kṣaṇena nirvṛte caiva hatvā cānyonyam āhave | parasparahṛtasvāś ca nirākrandāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ | evaṃ kaṣṭam anuprāptāḥ kalisaṃdhyāṃśake tadā | prajāḥ kṣayaṃ prayāsyanti sārdhaṃ kaliyugena ha | kṣīṇe kaliyuge tasmiṃs tataḥ kṛtayugaṃ punaḥ | prapatsyate yathānyāyaṃ svabhāvād eva nānyathā | anukarṣan sa vai senāṃ hastyaśvarathasaṃkulām | pragṛhītāyudhair viprair vṛtaḥ śatasahasraśaḥ | niḥśeṣāñ śuddharājāṃs tāṃs tadā sa tu kariṣyati | pāṣaṇḍān mlecchajātīṃś ca dasyūṃś caiva sahasraśaḥ | nātyarthaṃ dhārmikā ye ca ye ca dharmadviṣaḥ kvacit | udīcyā madhyadeśasthāḥ pārvatīyās tathaiva ca | prācyān pratīcyāṃś ca tathā vindhyapṛṣṭhaparānugān | tathaiva dākṣiṇātyāṃś ca draviḍān siṃhalaiḥ saha | gāndhārān pāradāṃś caiva pahlavān yavanāñ śakān | tukhārān barbarāṃś caiva śvānikān daradān khaśān | lambakāṃś ca maruṃdhāṃś ca kirātāṃś caiva sa prabhuḥ | pravṛttacakro balavān dasyūn āmantako balī | adhṛṣyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ pṛthivīṃ vicariṣyati | mānuṣaḥ sa tu saṃjajñe devasyāgrasya dhīmataḥ | pūrvajanmani viṣṇuḥ sa pramatir nāma vīryavān | gātreṇa vai candramasaḥ pūrṇe kaliyuge 'bhavat | ity etā vāsudevasya daśa saṃbhūtayaḥ smṛtāḥ | taṃ taṃ kālaṃ ca kāryaṃ ca taṃ tathoddeśakāriṇam | aṃśena triṣu lokeṣu tāṃs tān yonīn viśaty api | pañcaviṃśotthitaḥ kalkī pañcāśaccharadāṃ samāḥ | vinighnan sarvabhūtāni mānuṣāṃś caiva sarvaśaḥ | kṛtvā bījāvaśeṣāṃ tu mahīṃ krūreṇa karmaṇā | saṃyodhayitvā ca khalān prāyas tān apy adhārmikān | tad eṣa vai tadā kalkī caritārthaḥ sasainikaḥ | prajānāṃ sādhayitvā ca saṃsiddhārthaḥ punaḥ svayam | vṛthānyonyaṃ prakupitān saṃhariṣyati mohitān | purāṇi hatvā grāmāṃś ca tadā duṣpragrahāḥ prajāḥ | pranaṣṭaśrutidharmāś ca naṣṭavarṇāśramās tathā | hvasvā alpāyuṣaś caiva bhaviṣyanti kalau yuge | saritparvatasevinyaḥ patramūlaphalāśanāḥ | cīrapatrājinadharā gahvaraṃ ghoram āśritāḥ | alpāyuṣo naṣṭavārtā bahubādhāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ | ete cānye ca bahavo divyā devaguṇair yutāḥ prādurbhāvāḥ purāṇeṣu gīyante brahmavādibhiḥ
And by his fiery power all the jewels of the kings of earth were carried off, and those princes on the earth's surface who were of evil conduct were slain. // 147: In the ninth (manifestation), in the twenty-eighth Dvāpara, Viṣṇu came to be of old; then he was born as Vedavyāsa, with Jātūkarṇya going before him. The Veda, which was one, was made fourfold by that great-souled one, and the Bhārata lineage was begotten by the son of Satyavatī. These manifestations of the great-souled one, for the welfare of the world, that are past have been told, O king; and those to come are (now) told. Again the lord will arise, Kalkī, Viṣṇuyaśas by name. // 148: ... a brahmin of the village Saṃbhala, ... for the welfare of all the world ...; the tenth, endowed with what is to be, with Yājñavalkya going before him. And having destroyed all those (beings) impelled by the purpose of what is to come, he with his followers will reach his end between the Gaṅgā and the Yamunā. Then, when that time has passed, together with his ministers and with his soldiers, and when the kings have perished, then the people are without restraint. And when in a moment (all) is ended, having slain one another in battle, their goods plundered by each other, with none to hear their cries, deeply wretched — thus having come to hardship, in the twilight-portion of the Kali (age) the people will go to destruction along with the Kali age. When that Kali age is worn away, then the Kṛta age will come round again as is right, by its own nature alone and not otherwise. Dragging along his army thronged with elephants, horses and chariots, surrounded by brahmins in hundreds of thousands with weapons taken up, he will then make those kings pure without remainder: the heretics and the mleccha races and the dasyus by thousands; those who are not much given to dharma, and those anywhere who hate dharma; northerners, those dwelling in the Middle Country, and likewise the hill peoples; easterners and westerners, and those who follow the far side of the Vindhya ridge; likewise the southerners and the Draviḍas together with the Siṃhalas; the Gāndhāras and the Pāradas, the Pahlavas, Yavanas and Śakas; the Tukhāras and the Barbaras, the Śvānikas, Daradas and Khaśas; the Lambakas and the Maruṃdhas and the Kirātas — he, the lord, with his wheel set rolling, strong, the ender of the dasyus, mighty, unassailable by all beings, will range over the earth. He was born as a man, from the foremost wise god; in a former birth he was Viṣṇu, valorous, Pramati by name; by the body of the moon he came to be when the Kali age was full. Thus these ten births of Vāsudeva are recorded: each such time, and each such task, and him who acts according to the design; by a portion he enters those various wombs in the three worlds. Kalkī, arisen (at the age of) twenty-five, for a full fifty years, slaying all beings and men in every way, having by cruel deeds made the earth with only its seed left over, and having made the base ones, mostly unrighteous, fight one another — then this Kalkī with his soldiers, his purpose accomplished, and having set the people in order, himself again with his aim achieved, will destroy those deluded ones who are angered against one another to no purpose. Having destroyed cities and villages, then the people are hard to hold in check; with the dharma of śruti perished and the classes and stages of life destroyed, they will be stunted and short-lived in the Kali age; frequenting rivers and mountains, eating leaves, roots and fruits, wearing bark, leaves and hides, taking refuge in dreadful thickets; short-lived, their livelihood gone, with many afflictions, deeply wretched. These and many other divine manifestations, endowed with the qualities of the gods, are sung in the Purāṇas by the speakers of brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 31.150
यत्र देवा विमुह्यन्ति प्रादुर्भावानुकीर्तने पुराणं वर्तते यत्र वेदश्रुतिसमाहितम्
yatra devā vimuhyanti prādurbhāvānukīrtane purāṇaṃ vartate yatra vedaśrutisamāhitam
— (a matter) in which the gods themselves are bewildered, in the recounting of the manifestations; wherein the Purāṇa proceeds, in accord with the Veda and the śruti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.151
एतदुद्देशमात्रेण प्रादुर्भावानुकीर्तनम् कीर्तितं कीर्तनीयस्य सर्वलोकगुरोः प्रभोः
etaduddeśamātreṇa prādurbhāvānukīrtanam kīrtitaṃ kīrtanīyasya sarvalokaguroḥ prabhoḥ
By this much, by way of mere outline, the recounting of the manifestations has been proclaimed — (the manifestations) of the lord, the teacher of all the world, who is worthy to be proclaimed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 31.153
प्रीयन्ते पितरस् तस्य प्रादुर्भावानुकीर्तनात् विष्णोर् अमितवीर्यस्य यः शृणोति कृताञ्जलिः ॥ ह्व्_३१।१५२ सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो धनपुत्रपशूंल् लभेत् । नाशुभं विद्यते तस्य पुत्रवान् द्युतिमान् भवेत् । एतास् तु योगेश्वरयोगमायाः श्रुत्वा नरो मुच्यति सर्वपापैः ऋद्धिं समृद्धिं विपुलांश् च भोगान् प्राप्नोति शीघ्रं भगवत्प्रसादात्
prīyante pitaras tasya prādurbhāvānukīrtanāt viṣṇor amitavīryasya yaḥ śṛṇoti kṛtāñjaliḥ // HV_31.152 sarvapāpavinirmukto dhanaputrapaśūṃl labhet | nāśubhaṃ vidyate tasya putravān dyutimān bhavet | etās tu yogeśvarayogamāyāḥ śrutvā naro mucyati sarvapāpaiḥ ṛddhiṃ samṛddhiṃ vipulāṃś ca bhogān prāpnoti śīghraṃ bhagavatprasādāt
His forefathers are gladdened by that recital of the manifestations of Viṣṇu of immeasurable might—whoever listens with hands joined in reverence. Freed from all sins, he obtains wealth, sons and cattle; nothing inauspicious befalls him; he becomes possessed of sons and full of splendour. Having heard these yoga-illusions of the Lord of Yoga, a man is released from all sins, and by the Blessed One's favour he quickly attains prosperity, abundance and ample enjoyments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition