Harivamsha — Chapter 39

HV 39.1

ब्रह्मणा देवदेवेन सार्धं सलिलयोनिना ब्रह्मलोकं गतो ब्रह्मन् वैकुण्ठः किं चकार ह

brahmaṇā devadevena sārdhaṃ salilayoninā brahmalokaṃ gato brahman vaikuṇṭhaḥ kiṃ cakāra ha

Having gone to the world of Brahmā together with Brahmā, god of gods, born from the waters — what, O brahmin, did Vaikuṇṭha do there?

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HV 39.2

किमर्थं चादिदेवेन नीतः सलिलयोनिना विष्णुर् दैत्यवधे वृत्ते देवैर् अकृतसत्क्रियः

kimarthaṃ cādidevena nītaḥ salilayoninā viṣṇur daityavadhe vṛtte devair akṛtasatkriyaḥ

And why was Viṣṇu led away by the primal god born of the waters, when the slaying of the Daityas was over and no honoring rite had been performed for him by the gods?

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HV 39.3

ब्रह्मलोके च किं स्थानं कं वा योगम् उपास्त सः कं वा दधार नियमं स विभुर् भूतभावनः

brahmaloke ca kiṃ sthānaṃ kaṃ vā yogam upāsta saḥ kaṃ vā dadhāra niyamaṃ sa vibhur bhūtabhāvanaḥ

And what station did he occupy in the world of Brahmā, or what yoga did he practice, or what observance did that mighty one, the fashioner of beings, undertake?

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HV 39.4

कथं तत्रासतस् तस्य विश्वं जगद् इदं महत् श्रियम् आप्नोति विपुलां सुरासुरनरार्चिताम्

kathaṃ tatrāsatas tasya viśvaṃ jagad idaṃ mahat śriyam āpnoti vipulāṃ surāsuranarārcitām

How, while he dwelt there, does this whole great world attain abundant prosperity, honored by gods, asuras, and men?

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HV 39.5

कथं स्वपिति घर्मान्ते बुध्यते चाम्बुदक्षये कथं च ब्रह्मलोकस्थो धुरं वहति लौकिकीम्

kathaṃ svapiti gharmānte budhyate cāmbudakṣaye kathaṃ ca brahmalokastho dhuraṃ vahati laukikīm

How does he sleep at the end of the hot season and wake when the rain-water dries up? And how, being in the world of Brahmā, does he bear the burden of the world?

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HV 39.6

चरितं तस्य विप्रेन्द्र दिव्यं भगवतो दिवि विस्तरेण यथातत्त्वं सर्वम् इच्छामि वेदितुम्

caritaṃ tasya viprendra divyaṃ bhagavato divi vistareṇa yathātattvaṃ sarvam icchāmi veditum

O best of brahmins, I wish to know in full and as it truly is all the divine deeds of that Lord in heaven.

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HV 39.7

शृणु नारायणस्यादौ विस्तरेण प्रवृत्तयः ब्रह्मलोकं यथारूढो ब्रह्मणा सह मोदते

śṛṇu nārāyaṇasyādau vistareṇa pravṛttayaḥ brahmalokaṃ yathārūḍho brahmaṇā saha modate

Hear first, at length, of Nārāyaṇa's activities: how, having ascended to the world of Brahmā, he takes his delight together with Brahmā.

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HV 39.8

कामं तस्य गतिः सूक्ष्मा देवैर् अपि दुरानुगा यत् तु शक्ष्याम्य् अहं वक्तुं तन् मे निगदतः शृणु

kāmaṃ tasya gatiḥ sūkṣmā devair api durānugā yat tu śakṣyāmy ahaṃ vaktuṃ tan me nigadataḥ śṛṇu

Granted, his course is subtle, hard for even the gods to follow after; yet what I shall be able to tell, hear that from me as I recite it.

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HV 39.9

एष लोकमयो देवो लोकाश् चैतन् मयास्त्रयः एष देवमयश् चैव देवाश् चैतन् मया दिवि

eṣa lokamayo devo lokāś caitan mayāstrayaḥ eṣa devamayaś caiva devāś caitan mayā divi

This god consists of the worlds, and the three worlds are made of him; he consists of the gods, and the gods in heaven are made of him.

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HV 39.10

देवेन वर्धते यद् धि सर्वं तद् धि जनार्दनात् यत् प्रवृत्तं च देवेभ्यस् तद् विद्धि मधुसूदनात्

devena vardhate yad dhi sarvaṃ tad dhi janārdanāt yat pravṛttaṃ ca devebhyas tad viddhi madhusūdanāt

For whatever grows by the god, all that is from Janārdana; and whatever has proceeded from the gods, know that to be from the slayer of Madhu.

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HV 39.11

अग्नीषोममयं लोकं यं विदुर् विदुषो जनाः तं सोमम् अग्निं लोकं च वेद विष्णुं पितामहः

agnīṣomamayaṃ lokaṃ yaṃ vidur viduṣo janāḥ taṃ somam agniṃ lokaṃ ca veda viṣṇuṃ pitāmahaḥ

The world which learned people know to consist of fire and soma — that soma, that fire, and that world, the Grandfather knows as Viṣṇu.

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HV 39.12

क्षीराद् यथा दधि भवेद् दध्नः सर्पिर् यथा भवेत् मथ्यमानेषु भूतेषु तथा लोको जनार्दनात्

kṣīrād yathā dadhi bhaved dadhnaḥ sarpir yathā bhavet mathyamāneṣu bhūteṣu tathā loko janārdanāt

As from milk curd comes to be, and as from curd clarified butter comes to be, so, when beings are churned, the world (comes) from Janārdana.

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HV 39.13

यथेन्द्रियैश् च भूतैश् च परमात्मा विधीयते तथा वेदैश् च देवैश् च लोकैश् च विदितो हरिः

yathendriyaiś ca bhūtaiś ca paramātmā vidhīyate tathā vedaiś ca devaiś ca lokaiś ca vidito hariḥ

As the supreme Self is determined by the senses and by the elements, so Hari is known by the Vedas, by the gods, and by the worlds.

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HV 39.14

यथा भूतेन्द्रियावाप्तिर् विहिता भुवि देहिनाम् तथा प्राणेश्वरावाप्तिर् देवानां दिवि वैष्णवी

yathā bhūtendriyāvāptir vihitā bhuvi dehinām tathā prāṇeśvarāvāptir devānāṃ divi vaiṣṇavī

As the attainment of elements and senses is ordained for embodied beings on earth, so for the gods in heaven the Vaiṣṇava attainment of the lord of breath (is ordained).

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HV 39.15

सत्रिणां सत्रफलदः पवित्रं परमात्मवान् लोकतन्त्रधरो ह्य् एव मन्त्रैर् मन्त्र इवार्च्यते

satriṇāṃ satraphaladaḥ pavitraṃ paramātmavān lokatantradharo hy eva mantrair mantra ivārcyate

He is the giver of the fruit of the rite to those who perform the sacrificial session, the purifier, possessed of the supreme Self; being indeed the upholder of the order of the worlds, he is worshipped with mantras as (being himself) the mantra.

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HV 39.16

अस्य पारं न पश्यन्ति बहवः पारतन्त्रिणः एष पारं परं चैव लोकानां वेद माधवः

asya pāraṃ na paśyanti bahavaḥ pāratantriṇaḥ eṣa pāraṃ paraṃ caiva lokānāṃ veda mādhavaḥ

Many who depend on others do not see his far shore; but this Mādhava knows the far shore and the beyond of the worlds.

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HV 39.17

अस्य देवान् धकारस्य मार्गितव्यस्य दैवतैः शृणु वै यत् तदा वृत्तं ब्रह्मलोके पुरातनम्

asya devān dhakārasya mārgitavyasya daivataiḥ śṛṇu vai yat tadā vṛttaṃ brahmaloke purātanam

Hear now what happened of old in Brahmā's world concerning this bearer of the syllable 'dha', who is to be sought out by the gods.

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HV 39.18

स गत्वा ब्रह्मणो लोकं दृष्ट्वा पैतामहं पदम् ववन्दे तान् ऋषीन् सर्वान् विष्णुर् आर्षेण कर्मणा

sa gatvā brahmaṇo lokaṃ dṛṣṭvā paitāmahaṃ padam vavande tān ṛṣīn sarvān viṣṇur ārṣeṇa karmaṇā

Having gone to Brahmā's world and seen the Grandfather's abode, Viṣṇu saluted all those seers with the observance proper to seers.

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HV 39.19

सो ऽग्निं प्राक् सवने दृष्ट्वा हूयमानं महर्षिभिः अवन्दत महातेजाः कृत्वा पौर्वाह्णिकं विधिम्

so 'gniṃ prāk savane dṛṣṭvā hūyamānaṃ maharṣibhiḥ avandata mahātejāḥ kṛtvā paurvāhṇikaṃ vidhim

Seeing Agni being offered to by the great seers at the morning pressing, he of great splendour saluted (him), having performed the forenoon observance.

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HV 39.20

स ददर्श मखेष्व् आज्यैर् इज्यमानं महर्षिभिः भागं यज्ञियम् अश्नानं स्वदेहम् अपरं स्थितम्

sa dadarśa makheṣv ājyair ijyamānaṃ maharṣibhiḥ bhāgaṃ yajñiyam aśnānaṃ svadeham aparaṃ sthitam

He saw, at the sacrifices, being worshipped with ghee offerings by the great seers, his own other body standing there consuming the sacrificial portion.

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HV 39.21

अभिवाद्याभिवाद्यानाम् ऋषीणां ब्रह्मवर्चसाम् परिचक्राम सो ऽचिन्त्यो ब्रह्मलोकं सनातनम्

abhivādyābhivādyānām ṛṣīṇāṃ brahmavarcasām paricakrāma so 'cintyo brahmalokaṃ sanātanam

Having greeted the seers, radiant with brahman, who deserve greeting, he, the inconceivable one, walked about the eternal world of Brahmā.

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HV 39.22

स ददर्शोच्छ्रितान् यूपांश् चषालाग्रविभूषितान् मखेषु च ब्रह्मर्षिभिः शतशः कृतलक्षणान्

sa dadarśocchritān yūpāṃś caṣālāgravibhūṣitān makheṣu ca brahmarṣibhiḥ śataśaḥ kṛtalakṣaṇān

He saw the raised sacrificial posts, adorned at their tips with the caṣāla ring, marked out by the hundreds by the brahman-seers at the sacrifices.

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HV 39.23

आज्यधूमं समाघ्राय शृण्वन् वेदान् द्विजेरितान् यज्ञैर् इज्यन्तम् आत्मानम् पश्यंस् तत्र चचार ह

ājyadhūmaṃ samāghrāya śṛṇvan vedān dvijeritān yajñair ijyantam ātmānam paśyaṃs tatra cacāra ha

Smelling the smoke of the ghee, hearing the Vedas recited by the twice-born, and seeing himself being worshipped with sacrifices, he moved about there.

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HV 39.24

तम् ऊचुर् ऋषयो देवाः सदस्याः सदसि स्थिताः अर्घ्योद्यतभुजाः सर्वे पवित्रान् तरिताननाः

tam ūcur ṛṣayo devāḥ sadasyāḥ sadasi sthitāḥ arghyodyatabhujāḥ sarve pavitrān taritānanāḥ

The seers and the gods, members of the assembly seated in the assembly hall, all with their arms raised holding the guest-offering, their faces (?) with purifying grass, spoke to him.

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HV 39.25

स्वागतं ते सुरश्रेष्ठ पद्मनाभ महाद्युते नमो ऽस्तु ते हृषीकेश मधुकैटभसूदन । दामोदर नमस् ते ऽस्तु पद्मपत्रायतेक्षण ॥ प्रभुस् त्वं सर्वदेवानां लोकानां प्रभुर् अव्ययः । त्वं यज्ञस् त्वं वषट्कारस् त्वयि सर्वं प्रतिष्ठितम् । इदं यज्ञियम् आतिथ्यं मन्त्रतः प्रतिगृह्यताम्

svāgataṃ te suraśreṣṭha padmanābha mahādyute namo 'stu te hṛṣīkeśa madhukaiṭabhasūdana | dāmodara namas te 'stu padmapatrāyatekṣaṇa || prabhus tvaṃ sarvadevānāṃ lokānāṃ prabhur avyayaḥ | tvaṃ yajñas tvaṃ vaṣaṭkāras tvayi sarvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam | idaṃ yajñiyam ātithyaṃ mantrataḥ pratigṛhyatām

"Welcome to you, best of gods, lotus-navelled one, of great brilliance! Homage to you, Hṛṣīkeśa, slayer of Madhu and Kaiṭabha! Homage be to you, Dāmodara, whose eyes are wide as lotus petals! You are the lord of all the gods, the imperishable lord of the worlds; you are the sacrifice, you are the utterance 'vaṣaṭ'; in you all is established. Let this sacrificial guest-offering be accepted according to the mantras."

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HV 39.26

त्वम् अस्य यज्ञपूतस्य पात्रं पाद्यस्य पावनः अतिथिस् त्वं हि मन्त्रोक्तः स दृष्टः सततं मतः

tvam asya yajñapūtasya pātraṃ pādyasya pāvanaḥ atithis tvaṃ hi mantroktaḥ sa dṛṣṭaḥ satataṃ mataḥ

You are the vessel of this sacrificially purified (water) for the feet, and its purifier; for you are the guest spoken of in the mantra, and seen, you are held to be so always.

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HV 39.27

त्वयि योद्धु गते विष्णो न प्रावर्तन्त नः क्रियाः अवैष्णवस्य यज्ञस्य न हि कर्म विधीयते

tvayi yoddhu gate viṣṇo na prāvartanta naḥ kriyāḥ avaiṣṇavasya yajñasya na hi karma vidhīyate

When you had gone to fight, Viṣṇu, our rites did not proceed; for no ritual act is prescribed for a sacrifice devoid of Viṣṇu.

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HV 39.28

सदक्षिणस्य यज्ञस्य त्वत्प्रसूतं फलं भवेत् सदक्षिणमहायज्ञास् त्वत्प्रसूतिर् जनार्दन । यद्य् आत्मानम् इहास्माभिर् इज्यमानं निरीक्षसे

sadakṣiṇasya yajñasya tvatprasūtaṃ phalaṃ bhavet sadakṣiṇamahāyajñās tvatprasūtir janārdana | yady ātmānam ihāsmābhir ijyamānaṃ nirīkṣase

The fruit of a sacrifice accompanied with priestly fees would arise from you; the great sacrifices with their fees are your issuing forth, Janārdana — if here you look upon yourself as being worshipped by us.

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HV 39.29

एवम् अस्त्व् इति तान् विप्रान् भगवान् प्रत्यपूजयत् मुमुदे ब्रह्मलोकस्थो ब्रह्मैव हि पितामहः

evam astv iti tān viprān bhagavān pratyapūjayat mumude brahmalokastho brahmaiva hi pitāmahaḥ

"So be it," said the Lord, honouring those brahmins in return; and, dwelling in Brahmā's world, the Grandfather — who is Brahman itself — rejoiced.

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