Harivamsha — Chapter 35
HV 35.2
स्वस्त्य् अस्तु देवेभ्य इति स्तुवंस् तत्राङ्गिराब्रवीत् स्वस्त्य् अस्त्व् इति स्तुवंस् तत्र देवान् आङ्गिरसो ऽब्रवीत् । स्वस्त्य् अस्तु दैत्येभ्य इति उशना वाक्यम् अब्रवीत् ॥ ह्व्_३४।५१ स्वस्ति दैत्येभ्य इति चाप्य् उशना वाक्यम् आददे । ताभ्यां बलाभ्यां संजज्ञे तुमुलो विग्रहस् तदा सुराणाम् असुराणां च परस्परजयैषिणाम् ॥ ह्व्_३५।१ सर्वदेवमयो यस् तु सर्वधर्ममयस् तु यः । तस्य विष्णोः सुरेशस्य तेजसा विधृताः सुराः । सबलाः सानुगाश् चैव त्रिदशाश् च मदोत्कटाः । प्रहर्तुं दानवं सैन्यं तरसा हि समभ्ययुः । दानवा दैवतैः सार्धं नानाप्रहरणोद्यताः समीयुर् युध्यमाना वै पर्वता इव पर्वतैः
svasty astu devebhya iti stuvaṃs tatrāṅgirābravīt svasty astv iti stuvaṃs tatra devān āṅgiraso 'bravīt | svasty astu daityebhya iti uśanā vākyam abravīt // HV_34.51 svasti daityebhya iti cāpy uśanā vākyam ādade | tābhyāṃ balābhyāṃ saṃjajñe tumulo vigrahas tadā surāṇām asurāṇāṃ ca parasparajayaiṣiṇām // HV_35.1 sarvadevamayo yas tu sarvadharmamayas tu yaḥ | tasya viṣṇoḥ sureśasya tejasā vidhṛtāḥ surāḥ | sabalāḥ sānugāś caiva tridaśāś ca madotkaṭāḥ | prahartuṃ dānavaṃ sainyaṃ tarasā hi samabhyayuḥ | dānavā daivataiḥ sārdhaṃ nānāpraharaṇodyatāḥ samīyur yudhyamānā vai parvatā iva parvataiḥ
"Let there be well-being for the gods!" — so praising, Aṅgiras spoke there; praising, the son of Aṅgiras there spoke thus to the gods, "Let there be well-being"; and Uśanas uttered the words, "Let there be well-being for the daityas." "Well-being to the daityas" — thus too Uśanas took up his speech. Then between those two forces there arose a tumultuous conflict of the gods and the asuras, each seeking victory over the other. He who consists of all the gods, who consists of all the dharmas — sustained by the splendour of that Viṣṇu, lord of the gods, the Thirty, with their forces and their followers, frenzied with fervour, rushed swiftly to strike the dānava army. The dānavas, brandishing weapons of many kinds, closed with the gods, fighting like mountains against mountains.
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HV 35.3
तत्सुरासुरसंयुक्तं युद्धम् अत्यद्भुतं बभौ धर्माधर्मसमायुक्तं दर्पेण विनयेन च
tatsurāsurasaṃyuktaṃ yuddham atyadbhutaṃ babhau dharmādharmasamāyuktaṃ darpeṇa vinayena ca
That battle joined by gods and asuras appeared exceedingly wondrous, compounded of dharma and of adharma, of arrogance and of restraint.
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HV 35.4
ततो रथैः प्रज्वलितैर् वाहनैश् च प्रचोदितैः उत्पतद्भिश् च गगनं सासिहस्तैः समन्ततः
tato rathaiḥ prajvalitair vāhanaiś ca pracoditaiḥ utpatadbhiś ca gaganaṃ sāsihastaiḥ samantataḥ
Then with blazing chariots and with mounts driven forward, and with (fighters) sword in hand springing up on every side into the sky,
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HV 35.5
क्षिप्यमाणैश् च मुसलैः संप्रेष्यद्भिश् च सायकैः चापैर् विस्फार्यमाणैश् च पात्यमानैश् च मुद्गरैः
kṣipyamāṇaiś ca musalaiḥ saṃpreṣyadbhiś ca sāyakaiḥ cāpair visphāryamāṇaiś ca pātyamānaiś ca mudgaraiḥ
with clubs being hurled and arrows being shot forth, with bows being drawn and hammers being brought down,
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HV 35.6
तद् युद्धम् अभवद् घोरं देवदानवसंकुलम् जगतस् त्रासजननं युगसंवर्तकोपमम्
tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ devadānavasaṃkulam jagatas trāsajananaṃ yugasaṃvartakopamam
that battle became terrible, crowded with gods and dānavas, engendering terror for the world, resembling the destruction at an age's end.
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HV 35.7
स्वहस्तमुक्तैः परिघैः क्षिप्रमुक्तैश् च पर्वतैः दानवाः समरे जघ्नुर् देवान् इन्द्रपुरोगमान्
svahastamuktaiḥ parighaiḥ kṣipramuktaiś ca parvataiḥ dānavāḥ samare jaghnur devān indrapurogamān
With iron bars released from their own hands and with mountains swiftly flung, the dānavas smote in the battle the gods led by Indra.
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HV 35.8
ते वध्यमाना बलिभिर् दानवैर् जितकाशिभिः विषण्णमनसो देवा जग्मुर् आर्तिं महामृधे
te vadhyamānā balibhir dānavair jitakāśibhiḥ viṣaṇṇamanaso devā jagmur ārtiṃ mahāmṛdhe
Being slain by the powerful dānavas who looked triumphant, the gods, downcast in mind, came to grief in that great battle.
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HV 35.9
ते ऽस्त्रजालैः प्रमथिताः परिघैर् भिन्नमस्तकाः भिन्नोरस्का दितिसुतैर् वेमू रक्तं व्रणैर् बहु
te 'strajālaiḥ pramathitāḥ parighair bhinnamastakāḥ bhinnoraskā ditisutair vemū raktaṃ vraṇair bahu
Crushed by networks of missiles, their heads split open by iron bars, their chests broken by the sons of Diti, they vomited much blood from their wounds.
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HV 35.10
संदिताः पाशजालैश् च निर्यत्नाश् च शरैः कृताः प्रविष्टा दानवीं मायां न शेकुस् ते विचेष्टितुम्
saṃditāḥ pāśajālaiś ca niryatnāś ca śaraiḥ kṛtāḥ praviṣṭā dānavīṃ māyāṃ na śekus te viceṣṭitum
Bound fast by nets of nooses and made powerless by arrows, having entered into the dānavas' magic, they could not stir.
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HV 35.11
तत्स्तम्भितम् इवाभाति निष्प्राणसदृशाकृति बलं सुराणाम् असुरैर् निष्प्रयत्नायुधं कृतम्
tatstambhitam ivābhāti niṣprāṇasadṛśākṛti balaṃ surāṇām asurair niṣprayatnāyudhaṃ kṛtam
That host of the gods, its weapons made useless by the asuras, looked as if frozen, its form like something without breath.
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HV 35.12
मायापाशान्विकर्षंश् च छिन्दन् वज्रेण ताञ् शरान् शक्रो दैत्यबलं घोरं विवेश बहुलोचनः
māyāpāśānvikarṣaṃś ca chindan vajreṇa tāñ śarān śakro daityabalaṃ ghoraṃ viveśa bahulocanaḥ
Tearing away the nooses of magic and cutting those arrows with his thunderbolt, Śakra of the many eyes entered the dreadful army of the daityas.
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HV 35.13
स दैत्यान् प्रमुखे हत्वा तद्दानवबलं महत् तामसेनास्त्रजालेन तमोभूतम् अथाकरोत्
sa daityān pramukhe hatvā taddānavabalaṃ mahat tāmasenāstrajālena tamobhūtam athākarot
Having slain the daityas at the front, he then made that great host of the dānavas become darkness by a net of tāmasa weapons.
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HV 35.14
ते ऽन्योन्यं नावबुध्यन्त देवान् वा वाहनानि वा घोरेण तमसाविष्टाः पुरुहूतस्य तेजसा
te 'nyonyaṃ nāvabudhyanta devān vā vāhanāni vā ghoreṇa tamasāviṣṭāḥ puruhūtasya tejasā
Overcome by the dreadful darkness through the fiery power of Puruhūta, they could not make out one another, nor the gods, nor their mounts.
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HV 35.15
मायापाशैर् विमुक्तास् तु यत्नवन्तः सुरोत्तमाः वपूंषि दैत्यसंघानां तमोभूतान्य् अपातयन्
māyāpāśair vimuktās tu yatnavantaḥ surottamāḥ vapūṃṣi daityasaṃghānāṃ tamobhūtāny apātayan
But the best of the gods, released from the nooses of magic, making effort, felled the bodies of the daitya hordes, which had become darkness.
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HV 35.16
अपध्वस्ता विसंज्ञाश् च तमसा नीलवर्चसः पेतुस् ते दानवगणाश् छिन्नपक्षा इवाचलाः
apadhvastā visaṃjñāś ca tamasā nīlavarcasaḥ petus te dānavagaṇāś chinnapakṣā ivācalāḥ
Beaten down and senseless, dark of hue from the darkness, those troops of dānavas fell like mountains with their wings cut off.
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HV 35.17
तद्घनीभूतदैत्येन्द्रम् अन्धकारम् इवार्णवम् दानवं देवसदनं तमोभूतम् इवाबभौ
tadghanībhūtadaityendram andhakāram ivārṇavam dānavaṃ devasadanaṃ tamobhūtam ivābabhau
That dwelling of the dānavas, with its daitya lords now condensed (into darkness), like an ocean of blackness, appeared as though it had become darkness — (it, once) an abode of gods.
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HV 35.18
तदासृजन्महामायां मयस् तां तामसीं दहन् युगान्तोद्द्योतजननीं सृष्टाम् और्वेण वह्निना
tadāsṛjanmahāmāyāṃ mayas tāṃ tāmasīṃ dahan yugāntoddyotajananīṃ sṛṣṭām aurveṇa vahninā
Then Maya, burning away that tāmasa (magic), sent forth a great magic that generates the blaze of the age's end, produced from the Aurva fire.
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HV 35.19
सा ददाह तमः सर्वं माया मयविकल्पिता दैत्याश् चादित्यवपुषः सद्य उत्तस्थुर् आहवे
sā dadāha tamaḥ sarvaṃ māyā mayavikalpitā daityāś cādityavapuṣaḥ sadya uttasthur āhave
That magic contrived by Maya burned up all the darkness, and the daityas, sun-bodied, at once rose up in the battle.
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HV 35.20
मायाम् और्वीं समासाद्य दह्यमाना दिवौकसः भेजिरे चन्द्रविषयं शीतांशुसलिलह्रदम्
māyām aurvīṃ samāsādya dahyamānā divaukasaḥ bhejire candraviṣayaṃ śītāṃśusalilahradam
Meeting with the Aurva magic, the dwellers in heaven, being burned, resorted to the realm of the moon, a pool of cool-rayed water.
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HV 35.21
ते दह्यमाना और्वेण तेजसा भ्रष्टतेजसः शशंसुर् वज्रिणे देवाः संतप्ताः शरणैषिणः
te dahyamānā aurveṇa tejasā bhraṣṭatejasaḥ śaśaṃsur vajriṇe devāḥ saṃtaptāḥ śaraṇaiṣiṇaḥ
Burned by the Aurva fire and their splendour lost, the gods, scorched and seeking refuge, made this known to the wielder of the thunderbolt.
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HV 35.22
संतप्ते मायया सैन्ये दह्यमाने च दानवैः चोदितो देवराजेन वरुणो वाक्यम् अब्रवीत्
saṃtapte māyayā sainye dahyamāne ca dānavaiḥ codito devarājena varuṇo vākyam abravīt
When the army was scorched by the magic and set burning by the dānavas, Varuṇa, urged on by the king of the gods, spoke these words.
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HV 35.23
पुरा ब्रह्मर्षिजः शक्र तपस् तेपे सुदारुणम् और्वः पूर्वं स तेजस्वी सदृशो ब्रह्मणो गुणैः
purā brahmarṣijaḥ śakra tapas tepe sudāruṇam aurvaḥ pūrvaṃ sa tejasvī sadṛśo brahmaṇo guṇaiḥ
Long ago, O Śakra, Aurva, the son of a brahmin seer, performed most terrible austerity; of old he was full of splendour, the equal of Brahmā in his qualities.
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HV 35.24
तं तपन्तम् इवादित्यं तपसा जगद् अव्ययम् उपतस्थुर् मुनिगणा देवा देवर्षिभिः सह
taṃ tapantam ivādityaṃ tapasā jagad avyayam upatasthur munigaṇā devā devarṣibhiḥ saha
As he burned the world with his austerity, imperishable like the blazing sun, the hosts of sages waited upon him, and the gods together with the divine seers.
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HV 35.25
हिरण्यकशिपुश् चैव दानवो दावनेश्वरः ऋषिं विज्ञापयाम् आस पुरा परमतेजसम्
hiraṇyakaśipuś caiva dānavo dāvaneśvaraḥ ṛṣiṃ vijñāpayām āsa purā paramatejasam
And Hiraṇyakaśipu, the dānava, the lord of the dānavas, of old made his request to the seer of supreme splendour.
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HV 35.26
तम् ऊचुर् ब्रह्मॠषयो वचनं धर्मसंहितम् ऋषिवंशेषु भगवञ्श् छिन्नमूलम् इदं कुलम्
tam ūcur brahmaṝṣayo vacanaṃ dharmasaṃhitam ṛṣivaṃśeṣu bhagavañś chinnamūlam idaṃ kulam
The brahmin seers spoke to him a speech in accord with dharma: "Reverend one, among the lineages of seers this family of yours is cut off at the root.
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HV 35.27
एकस् त्वम् अनपत्यश् च गोत्रापत्यं न वर्तते कौमारं व्रतम् आस्थाय क्लेशम् एवानुवर्तसे
ekas tvam anapatyaś ca gotrāpatyaṃ na vartate kaumāraṃ vratam āsthāya kleśam evānuvartase
You are alone and without offspring, and no progeny of the lineage continues; having taken up the vow of a boy (i.e. celibacy), you pursue nothing but hardship.
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HV 35.28
बहूनि विप्र गोत्राणि मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् एकदेहानि तिष्ठन्ति विविक्तानि विना प्रजाः
bahūni vipra gotrāṇi munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām ekadehāni tiṣṭhanti viviktāni vinā prajāḥ
O brahmin, many are the lineages of sages whose selves are perfected, which stand isolated, having but a single body, without offspring.
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HV 35.29
धरत्सूत्सन्नभूतेषु तेषु ते नास्ति कारणम् भवांस् तु तपसा श्रेष्ठः प्रजापतिसमद्युतिः
dharatsūtsannabhūteṣu teṣu te nāsti kāraṇam bhavāṃs tu tapasā śreṣṭhaḥ prajāpatisamadyutiḥ
...those beings having perished, there is no cause for you [text uncertain]; but you are foremost in austerity, equal in radiance to a Prajāpati.
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HV 35.30
तत्प्रवर्तस्व वंशाय वर्धयात्मानम् आत्मना आदधत् स्वोर्जितं तेजो द्वितीयां कुरु वै तनुम्
tatpravartasva vaṃśāya vardhayātmānam ātmanā ādadhat svorjitaṃ tejo dvitīyāṃ kuru vai tanum
Therefore set to work for the sake of your lineage; increase yourself by yourself. Putting forth your own mighty energy, make a second body.
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HV 35.31
स एवम् उक्तो मुनिभिर् मुनिर् मनसि ताडितः जगर्हे तान् ऋषिगणान् वचनं चेदम् अब्रवीत्
sa evam ukto munibhir munir manasi tāḍitaḥ jagarhe tān ṛṣigaṇān vacanaṃ cedam abravīt
Thus addressed by the sages, the sage, stung in his mind, reproached those hosts of seers and spoke these words:
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HV 35.32
यथायं शाश्वतो धर्मो मुनीनां विहितः पुरा आर्षं वै सेवतां कर्म वन्यमूलफलाशिनः
yathāyaṃ śāśvato dharmo munīnāṃ vihitaḥ purā ārṣaṃ vai sevatāṃ karma vanyamūlaphalāśinaḥ
"Since this is the eternal dharma laid down of old for sages, let one who eats forest roots and fruits practise the work proper to the seers.
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HV 35.33
ब्रह्मयोनौ प्रसूतस्य ब्राह्मणस्यात्मवर्तिनः ब्रह्मचर्यं सुचरितं ब्रह्माणम् अपि चालयेत्
brahmayonau prasūtasya brāhmaṇasyātmavartinaḥ brahmacaryaṃ sucaritaṃ brahmāṇam api cālayet
For a brahmin born in the womb of brahman and abiding in himself, chastity well practised would shake even Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.34
द्विजानां वृत्तयस् तिस्रो ये गृहाश्रमवासिनः अस्माकं तु वनं वृत्तिर् वन्याश्रमनिवासिनाम्
dvijānāṃ vṛttayas tisro ye gṛhāśramavāsinaḥ asmākaṃ tu vanaṃ vṛttir vanyāśramanivāsinām
Three are the modes of livelihood of the twice-born who dwell in the householder stage; but for us who dwell in the forest hermitage the forest is our livelihood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.35
अब्भक्षा वायुभक्षाश् च दन्तोलूखलिनस् तथा अश्मकुट्टा दशतपाः पञ्चसप्ततपाश् च ये
abbhakṣā vāyubhakṣāś ca dantolūkhalinas tathā aśmakuṭṭā daśatapāḥ pañcasaptatapāś ca ye
Those who feed on water and those who feed on wind, and those whose teeth are their mortar, those who pound with stones, those of the ten austerities, and those of the five and the seven austerities—
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HV 35.36
एते तपसि तिष्ठन्तो व्रतैर् अपि सुदुष्चरैः ब्रह्मचर्यं पुरस्कृत्य प्रार्थयन्ति परां गतिम्
ete tapasi tiṣṭhanto vratair api suduṣcaraiḥ brahmacaryaṃ puraskṛtya prārthayanti parāṃ gatim
these, standing in austerity with vows most hard to perform, putting chastity foremost, seek the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.37
ब्रह्मचर्याद् ब्राह्मणस्य ब्राह्मणत्वं विधीयते एवम् आहुः परे लोके ब्रह्मचर्यविदो जनाः
brahmacaryād brāhmaṇasya brāhmaṇatvaṃ vidhīyate evam āhuḥ pare loke brahmacaryavido janāḥ
From chastity a brahmin's brahminhood is ordained: so say, in the world beyond, the people who know chastity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.38
ब्रह्मचर्ये स्थितं धैर्यं ब्रह्मचर्ये स्थितं तपः ये स्थिता ब्रह्मचर्येण ब्राह्मणा दिवि ते स्थिताः
brahmacarye sthitaṃ dhairyaṃ brahmacarye sthitaṃ tapaḥ ye sthitā brahmacaryeṇa brāhmaṇā divi te sthitāḥ
In chastity firmness is established, in chastity austerity is established; those brahmins who have stood firm by chastity, they stand in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.39
नास्ति योगं विना सिद्धिर् नास्ति सिद्धिं विना यशः नास्ति लोके यशोमूलं ब्रह्मचर्यात् परं तपः
nāsti yogaṃ vinā siddhir nāsti siddhiṃ vinā yaśaḥ nāsti loke yaśomūlaṃ brahmacaryāt paraṃ tapaḥ
There is no accomplishment without yoga, no fame without accomplishment; there is in the world no austerity higher than chastity, which is the root of fame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.40
यो निगृह्येन्द्रियग्रामं भूतग्रामं च पञ्चकम् ब्रह्मचर्यं समाधत्ते किम् अतः परमं तपः
yo nigṛhyendriyagrāmaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ ca pañcakam brahmacaryaṃ samādhatte kim ataḥ paramaṃ tapaḥ
He who, restraining the host of the senses and the fivefold host of the elements, fixes himself in chastity—what austerity is higher than this?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.41
अयोगे केशधरणम् असंकल्पे व्रतक्रिया ब्रह्मचर्यं च चर्या च त्रयं स्याद् दम्भसंज्ञितम्
ayoge keśadharaṇam asaṃkalpe vratakriyā brahmacaryaṃ ca caryā ca trayaṃ syād dambhasaṃjñitam
Wearing (long) hair where there is no yoga, the performance of vows where there is no resolve, and chastity, and (outward) observance: these three would be called sham.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 35.42
क्व दाराः क्व च संयोगः क्व च भावविपर्ययः यद् इयं ब्रह्मणा सृष्टा मनसा मानसी प्रजा
kva dārāḥ kva ca saṃyogaḥ kva ca bhāvaviparyayaḥ yad iyaṃ brahmaṇā sṛṣṭā manasā mānasī prajā
Where are wives, where union, where the perversion of one's nature—when this mind-born progeny was created by Brahmā with the mind?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 35.43
यद्य् अस्ति तपसो वीर्यं युष्माकम् अमितात्मनाम् मुखनेत्रविकारेण स्पर्शनैर् भाषणेन च । स्मरणं सुन्दरीणां च मनसो विकृतिः पुरा । तस्याम् उत्पत्तिम् आसाद्य तस्यां बीजं क आवेहत् । पापात्मा विकलो मूढो भवादृश इति श्रुतिः । स्मृत्वा ब्रह्मपदात् खिन्नो दृष्ट्वा शुक्रं प्रमुञ्चति । सृष्ट्वा विद्रावयत्य् आत्मा तस्यां बीजं क आवहेत् । ब्रह्मचर्ये यदा भूते भवेद् यदि विनिश्चयः । प्राणिनो दधति के रतिं ततो । योषितां वपुषि निर्घृणे ऽशुचौ । ब्रह्मचर्यम् अपरं सुनिश्चिताः । कुर्महे यद् अभिकाङ्क्षितं हृदि । सृजध्वं मानसान् पुत्रान् प्राजापत्येन कर्मणा
yady asti tapaso vīryaṃ yuṣmākam amitātmanām mukhanetravikāreṇa sparśanair bhāṣaṇena ca | smaraṇaṃ sundarīṇāṃ ca manaso vikṛtiḥ purā | tasyām utpattim āsādya tasyāṃ bījaṃ ka āvehat | pāpātmā vikalo mūḍho bhavādṛśa iti śrutiḥ | smṛtvā brahmapadāt khinno dṛṣṭvā śukraṃ pramuñcati | sṛṣṭvā vidrāvayaty ātmā tasyāṃ bījaṃ ka āvahet | brahmacarye yadā bhūte bhaved yadi viniścayaḥ | prāṇino dadhati ke ratiṃ tato | yoṣitāṃ vapuṣi nirghṛṇe 'śucau | brahmacaryam aparaṃ suniścitāḥ | kurmahe yad abhikāṅkṣitaṃ hṛdi | sṛjadhvaṃ mānasān putrān prājāpatyena karmaṇā
“If you, of measureless souls, have the power of austerity — by the play of face and eyes, by touches and by talk, and by the recollection of lovely women, there was of old a corruption of the mind. Having taken birth in her, who would then place seed in her? ‘An evil-souled, defective fool, one such as you’ — so runs the report. Remembering, and cast down from the station of Brahman, at the sight (of a woman) he sheds his seed; having emitted it, the self drives it off — who would convey seed in her? When chastity has been established, if there be firm resolve — what living beings then take pleasure in the body of women, loathsome and unclean? Firmly determined, we shall practise the higher chastity, that which is longed for in the heart. Beget sons of the mind by the rite of Prajāpati!”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 35.44
मनसा निर्मिता योनिर् आधातव्या तपस्विना न दारयोगं बीजं वा व्रतमुक्तं तपस्विनाम्
manasā nirmitā yonir ādhātavyā tapasvinā na dārayogaṃ bījaṃ vā vratamuktaṃ tapasvinām
A womb fashioned by the mind is what the ascetic should impregnate; for ascetics bound by a vow there is no union with a wife, nor seed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 35.45
यद् इदं लुप्तधर्मार्थं युष्माभिर् इह निर्भयैः व्याहृतं सद्भिर् अत्यर्थम् असद्भिर् इव मे मतम्
yad idaṃ luptadharmārthaṃ yuṣmābhir iha nirbhayaiḥ vyāhṛtaṃ sadbhir atyartham asadbhir iva me matam
This that you have uttered here without fear, destructive of dharma and of purpose — though you are good men, it seems to me exceedingly as though (spoken) by bad men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.46
वपुर् दीप्तान्तरात्मानम् एष कृत्वा मनोमयम् दारयोगं विना स्रक्ष्ये पुत्रम् आत्मतनूरुहम्
vapur dīptāntarātmānam eṣa kṛtvā manomayam dārayogaṃ vinā srakṣye putram ātmatanūruham
Making this body, whose inner self blazes, into one composed of mind, I shall beget, without union with a wife, a son sprung from my own frame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.47
एवम् आत्मानम् आत्मा मे द्वितीयं जनयिष्यति वन्येनानेन विधिना दिधक्षन्तम् इव प्रजाः
evam ātmānam ātmā me dvitīyaṃ janayiṣyati vanyenānena vidhinā didhakṣantam iva prajāḥ
Thus my own self shall give birth to a second self, by this forest-dweller's rite — one as though eager to burn up all creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.48
ऊर्वस् तु तपसाविष्टो निवेश्योरुं हुताशने ममन्थैकेन दर्भेण सुतस्य प्रभवारणिम्
ūrvas tu tapasāviṣṭo niveśyoruṃ hutāśane mamanthaikena darbheṇa sutasya prabhavāraṇim
But Ūrva, possessed by his austerity, placing his thigh in the fire, churned with a single blade of darbha grass the kindling-stick that was the source of a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.49
तस्योरुं सहसा भित्त्वा ज्वालामाली निरिन्धनः जगतो दहनाकाङ्क्षी पुत्रो ऽग्निः समपद्यत
tasyoruṃ sahasā bhittvā jvālāmālī nirindhanaḥ jagato dahanākāṅkṣī putro 'gniḥ samapadyata
Bursting his thigh open all at once, garlanded with flames, needing no fuel, desiring to burn the world, a son was produced — Fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.50
ऊर्वस्योरुं विनिर्मिद्य और्वो नामान्तको ऽनलः दिधक्षन्न् इव लोकांस् त्रीञ् जज्ञे परमकोपनः
ūrvasyoruṃ vinirmidya aurvo nāmāntako 'nalaḥ didhakṣann iva lokāṃs trīñ jajñe paramakopanaḥ
Splitting open Ūrva's thigh, a destroying fire named Aurva was born, exceedingly wrathful, as if eager to burn up the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.51
उत्पन्नमात्रश् चोवाच पितरं दीप्तया गिरा क्षुधा मे बाधते तात जगद् धक्ष्ये त्यजस्व माम्
utpannamātraś covāca pitaraṃ dīptayā girā kṣudhā me bādhate tāta jagad dhakṣye tyajasva mām
No sooner was he born than he said to his father in a blazing voice: "Hunger torments me, father; I shall burn the world—let me go!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.52
त्रिदिवारोहिभिर् ज्वालैर् जृम्भमाणो दिशो दश निर्दहन् सर्वभूतानि ववृधे सो ऽन्तको ऽनलः
tridivārohibhir jvālair jṛmbhamāṇo diśo daśa nirdahan sarvabhūtāni vavṛdhe so 'ntako 'nalaḥ
With flames climbing to heaven, spreading over the ten directions, burning up all beings, that destroying fire grew.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.53
एतस्मिन्न् अनन्तरे ब्रह्मा मुनिम् ऊर्वं सभाजयन् सर्वलोकपतिः प्रभुः । आजगाम मुनिर् यत्र व्यसृजत् पुत्रम् उत्तमम् । स ददर्शोरुम् ऊर्वस्य दीप्यमानं सुताग्निना । और्वकोपाग्निसंतप्तांल् लोकांश् च ऋषिभिः सह । तम् उवाच ततो ब्रह्मा । पुत्रेदं धार्यतां तेजो लोकानां क्रियतां दया
etasminn anantare brahmā munim ūrvaṃ sabhājayan sarvalokapatiḥ prabhuḥ | ājagāma munir yatra vyasṛjat putram uttamam | sa dadarśorum ūrvasya dīpyamānaṃ sutāgninā | aurvakopāgnisaṃtaptāṃl lokāṃś ca ṛṣibhiḥ saha | tam uvāca tato brahmā | putredaṃ dhāryatāṃ tejo lokānāṃ kriyatāṃ dayā
Just then Brahmā, the lord and master of all the worlds, honouring the sage Ūrva, came to where the sage had brought forth his excellent son. He saw Ūrva's thigh blazing with the fire that was his son, and the worlds, together with the seers, scorched by the fire of Aurva's wrath. Then Brahmā said to him: "Let this fiery energy be held in check, son; let mercy be shown to the worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.55
अस्यापत्यस्य ते विप्र करिष्ये साह्यम् उत्तमम् वासं चास्य प्रदास्यामि प्राशनं चामृतोपमम् तथ्यम् एतन् मम वचः शृणु त्वं वदतां वर ॥ ह्व्_३५।५४ भोजनं चास्य दास्यामि येन प्रीतो भविष्यति । धन्यो ऽस्म्य् अनुगृहीतो ऽस्मि यन् मे ऽद्य भगवाञ् शिशोः मतिम् एतां ददातीह परमानुग्रहाय वै
asyāpatyasya te vipra kariṣye sāhyam uttamam vāsaṃ cāsya pradāsyāmi prāśanaṃ cāmṛtopamam tathyam etan mama vacaḥ śṛṇu tvaṃ vadatāṃ vara // HV_35.54 bhojanaṃ cāsya dāsyāmi yena prīto bhaviṣyati | dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yan me 'dya bhagavāñ śiśoḥ matim etāṃ dadātīha paramānugrahāya vai
"For this child of yours, brahmin, I shall render excellent aid; I shall grant him a dwelling and food like nectar. This word of mine is true—listen, best of speakers. (54) I shall give him such nourishment as will content him." "I am fortunate, I am favoured, in that today the Lord bestows here this intention regarding my infant, out of the highest grace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.56
प्रभातकाले संप्राप्ते काङ्क्षितव्ये समागमे भगवंस् तर्पितः पुत्रः कैर् हव्यैः प्राप्स्यते सुखम्
prabhātakāle saṃprāpte kāṅkṣitavye samāgame bhagavaṃs tarpitaḥ putraḥ kair havyaiḥ prāpsyate sukham
"When dawn has come, at the meeting to be longed for—Lord, by what oblations will my son be satisfied and attain ease?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 35.57
कुत्र वास्य निवासः स्याद् भोजनं च किमात्मकम् विधास्यति भवान् अस्य वीर्यतुल्यं महौजसः
kutra vāsya nivāsaḥ syād bhojanaṃ ca kimātmakam vidhāsyati bhavān asya vīryatulyaṃ mahaujasaḥ
"And where will his dwelling be, and of what nature his food? Will you arrange for him something equal to the might of that greatly powerful one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.58
वडवामुखे ऽस्य वसतिः समुद्रे वै भविष्यति मम योनिर् जलं विप्र तच् च मे तोयपं मुखम्
vaḍavāmukhe 'sya vasatiḥ samudre vai bhaviṣyati mama yonir jalaṃ vipra tac ca me toyapaṃ mukham
"His abode shall be in the sea, in the Mare's Mouth. Water is my womb, brahmin, and that (mouth) is my water-drinking mouth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.59
तत्राहम् आसे निरतः पिबन् वारिमयं हवैः तद्धविस् तव पुत्रस्य विसृजाम्य् आलयं च तत्
tatrāham āse nirataḥ piban vārimayaṃ havaiḥ taddhavis tava putrasya visṛjāmy ālayaṃ ca tat
"There I abide, content, drinking what is made of water together with the oblations; that oblation and that dwelling I assign to your son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 35.60
ततो युगान्ते भूतानाम् एष चाहं च सुव्रत सहितौ विचरिष्यावो निष्प्राणनकराव् इह
tato yugānte bhūtānām eṣa cāhaṃ ca suvrata sahitau vicariṣyāvo niṣprāṇanakarāv iha
"Then, at the end of the age, he and I, O you of good vows, shall roam about together here, taking the breath from beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.61
एषो ऽग्निर् अन्तकालस्य सलिलाशी मया कृतः दहनः सर्वभूतानां सदेवासुररक्षसाम्
eṣo 'gnir antakālasya salilāśī mayā kṛtaḥ dahanaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sadevāsurarakṣasām
"This fire of the final time has been made by me a water-eater, the burner of all beings, together with gods, asuras and rākṣasas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.62
एवम् अस्त्व् इति सो ऽप्य् अग्निः संवृतज्वालमण्डलः प्रविवेशार्णवमुखं निक्षिप्य पितरि प्रभाम्
evam astv iti so 'py agniḥ saṃvṛtajvālamaṇḍalaḥ praviveśārṇavamukhaṃ nikṣipya pitari prabhām
"So be it"—and that fire too, having drawn in its circle of flames, entered the mouth of the ocean, after depositing its radiance in its father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.63
प्रतियातस् ततो ब्रह्मा ते च सर्वे महर्षयः और्वस्याग्नेः प्रभावज्ञाः स्वां स्वां गतिम् उपाश्रिताः
pratiyātas tato brahmā te ca sarve maharṣayaḥ aurvasyāgneḥ prabhāvajñāḥ svāṃ svāṃ gatim upāśritāḥ
Then Brahmā departed, and all those great seers too, knowing the power of the fire Aurva, betook themselves each to his own course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.64
हिरण्यकशिपुर् दृष्ट्वा तद् अद्भुतम् अपूजयत् और्वं प्रणतसर्वाङ्गो वाक्यं चेदम् उवाच ह
hiraṇyakaśipur dṛṣṭvā tad adbhutam apūjayat aurvaṃ praṇatasarvāṅgo vākyaṃ cedam uvāca ha
Hiraṇyakaśipu, having seen that marvel, honoured it, and with all his limbs bowed down to Aurva he spoke this speech:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.65
भगवन्न् अद्भुतम् इदं निर्वृत्तं लोकसाक्षिकम् तपसा ते मुनिश्रेष्ठ परितुष्टः पितामहः
bhagavann adbhutam idaṃ nirvṛttaṃ lokasākṣikam tapasā te muniśreṣṭha parituṣṭaḥ pitāmahaḥ
"Lord, this marvel has come to pass with the world as witness; the Grandfather is fully pleased with your austerity, best of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.66
अहं तु तव पुत्रस्य तव चैव महाव्रत भृत्य इत्य् अवगन्तव्यः श्लाघ्यो ऽस्मि यदि कर्मणा
ahaṃ tu tava putrasya tava caiva mahāvrata bhṛtya ity avagantavyaḥ ślāghyo 'smi yadi karmaṇā
"But as for me, O you of great vows, I am to be understood as the servant of your son and of you yourself—if I am praiseworthy by my deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.68
तं मा पश्य समापन्नं तवैवाराधने रतम् यत् सीदेयं मुनिश्रेष्ठ तवैव स्यात्पराजयः ॥ ह्व्_३५।६७ शिष्यो ऽस्मि ते तपःश्रेष्ठ सुरेभ्यो मे भयं नुद । धन्यो ऽस्म्य् अनुगृहीतो ऽस्मि यस्य ते ऽहं गुरुर् मतः नास्ति ते तपसानेन भयम् अद्येह सुव्रत
taṃ mā paśya samāpannaṃ tavaivārādhane ratam yat sīdeyaṃ muniśreṣṭha tavaiva syātparājayaḥ // HV_35.67 śiṣyo 'smi te tapaḥśreṣṭha surebhyo me bhayaṃ nuda | dhanyo 'smy anugṛhīto 'smi yasya te 'haṃ gurur mataḥ nāsti te tapasānena bhayam adyeha suvrata
"See me thus come to you, devoted to worshipping you alone; if I were to sink, best of sages, the defeat would be yours alone. (67) I am your pupil, best in austerity; drive away my fear of the gods." "I am fortunate, I am favoured, in that you consider me your teacher. By this austerity you have now no fear here, O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 35.69
इमां च मायां गृह्णीष्व मम पुत्रेण निर्मिताम् निरिन्धनाम् अग्निमयीं दुःस्पर्शां पावकैर् अपि
imāṃ ca māyāṃ gṛhṇīṣva mama putreṇa nirmitām nirindhanām agnimayīṃ duḥsparśāṃ pāvakair api
"And receive this magical power, fashioned by my son: fuelless, made of fire, untouchable even by fires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.70
एषा ते स्वस्य वंशस्य वशगारिविनिग्रहे रक्षिष्यत्य् आत्मपक्षं च परांश् च प्रदहिष्यति
eṣā te svasya vaṃśasya vaśagārivinigrahe rakṣiṣyaty ātmapakṣaṃ ca parāṃś ca pradahiṣyati
"For you and your own lineage, in the subduing of enemies who have come under your sway, she will protect your own party and burn up the others."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 35.71
एवम् अस्त्व् इति तां गृह्य प्रणम्य मुनिपुंगवम् जगाम त्रिदिवं हृष्टः कृतार्थो दानवेश्वरः
evam astv iti tāṃ gṛhya praṇamya munipuṃgavam jagāma tridivaṃ hṛṣṭaḥ kṛtārtho dānaveśvaraḥ
"So be it"—and taking her and bowing to the bull among sages, the lord of the Dānavas went to heaven, delighted, his purpose accomplished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.72
सैषा दुर्विषहा माया देवैर् अपि दुरासदा और्वेण निर्मिता पूर्वं पावकेनोर्वसूनुना
saiṣā durviṣahā māyā devair api durāsadā aurveṇa nirmitā pūrvaṃ pāvakenorvasūnunā
This is that unbearable magic, hard for even the gods to withstand, fashioned long ago by Aurva, the fire, the son of Urva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 35.73
तस्मिंस् तु व्युत्थिते दैत्ये निर्वीयैषा न संशयः शापो ह्य् अस्याः पुरा दत्तः सृष्टा येनैव तेजसा
tasmiṃs tu vyutthite daitye nirvīyaiṣā na saṃśayaḥ śāpo hy asyāḥ purā dattaḥ sṛṣṭā yenaiva tejasā
But when that daitya has risen up, this (magic) will be without force — no doubt of it; for a curse was laid upon it formerly by the very fiery power by which it was created.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 35.74
यद्य् एषा प्रतिहन्तव्या कर्तव्यो भगवान् सुखी दीयतां मे सखा शक्र तोययोनिर् निशाकरः तेनाहं सह संगम्य यादोभिश् च समाहितः । मायाम् एतां हनिष्यामि त्वत्प्रसादान् न संशयः
yady eṣā pratihantavyā kartavyo bhagavān sukhī dīyatāṃ me sakhā śakra toyayonir niśākaraḥ tenāhaṃ saha saṃgamya yādobhiś ca samāhitaḥ | māyām etāṃ haniṣyāmi tvatprasādān na saṃśayaḥ
If this (magic) is to be beaten back, if the Lord is to be made content, then let my friend the moon, the night-maker born of water, be given to me, O Śakra; joined together with him and equipped with the sea-creatures, I shall destroy this magic by your favour — no doubt of it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition