Harivamsha — Chapter 42
HV 42.1
तदागच्छ महाभाग सह वै मन्त्रकारणात् व्रजाम मेरुशिखरं पुरस्कृत्य वसुंधराम् ॥ ह्व्_४१।३२ एतावद् उक्त्वा राजेन्द्र ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । पृथिव्या सह विश्वात्मा विरराम महाद्युतिः । बाढम् इत्य् एव सह तैर् दुर्दिनाम्भोदनिस्वनः प्रतस्थे दुर्दिनाकारः सदुर्दिन इवाचलः
tadāgaccha mahābhāga saha vai mantrakāraṇāt vrajāma meruśikharaṃ puraskṛtya vasuṃdharām // HV_41.32 etāvad uktvā rājendra brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | pṛthivyā saha viśvātmā virarāma mahādyutiḥ | bāḍham ity eva saha tair durdināmbhodanisvanaḥ pratasthe durdinākāraḥ sadurdina ivācalaḥ
So come, greatly fortunate one, together (with us) for the sake of counsel; let us go to Meru's peak, placing the earth before us. // HV 41.32: Having said only this much, O lord of kings, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, the Self of all, of great splendour, fell silent, along with the Earth. Saying just "So be it," he set out with them—he whose voice was the sound of rain-cloud water, whose form was like a day of foul weather, like a mountain wrapped in storm.
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HV 42.2
समुक्तामणिविद्योतं सचन्द्राम्भोदवर्चसम् स जतामण्डलं कृष्णं बिभ्रत् कृष्णवपुर् हरिः
samuktāmaṇividyotaṃ sacandrāmbhodavarcasam sa jatāmaṇḍalaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ bibhrat kṛṣṇavapur hariḥ
Hari, dark of body, bearing a mass of dark matted hair that gleamed with pearls and gems and had the lustre of clouds with the moon (in them) —
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HV 42.3
स चास्योरसि विस्तीर्णे रोमाञ्चोद्गतराजिमान् श्रीवत्सो राजते श्रीमान् स्तनद्वयमुखाञ्चितः
sa cāsyorasi vistīrṇe romāñcodgatarājimān śrīvatso rājate śrīmān stanadvayamukhāñcitaḥ
And on his broad chest, marked with lines of bristling hair, the glorious Śrīvatsa shone, set off by the faces of his two nipples.
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HV 42.4
पीते वसानो वसने लोकानां गुरुर् अव्ययः हरिः सो ऽभवद् आलक्ष्यः ससंध्याभ्र इवाचलः
pīte vasāno vasane lokānāṃ gurur avyayaḥ hariḥ so 'bhavad ālakṣyaḥ sasaṃdhyābhra ivācalaḥ
Clothed in yellow garments, the imperishable teacher of the worlds, that Hari appeared to view like a mountain with a twilight cloud upon it.
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HV 42.5
तं व्रजन्तं सुपर्णेन पद्मयोनिगतानुगम् अनुजग्मुः सुराः सर्वे तद्गतासक्तचक्षुषः
taṃ vrajantaṃ suparṇena padmayonigatānugam anujagmuḥ surāḥ sarve tadgatāsaktacakṣuṣaḥ
As he went on Garuḍa, following him who is born of the lotus, all the gods went after him, their eyes fixed upon him as he went.
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HV 42.6
नातिदीर्घेण कालेन ते गता रत्नपर्वतम् ददृशुर् देवतास् तत्र स्वां सभां कामरूपिणीम्
nātidīrgheṇa kālena te gatā ratnaparvatam dadṛśur devatās tatra svāṃ sabhāṃ kāmarūpiṇīm
In no very long time, having reached the mountain of jewels, the gods there beheld their own assembly hall, which took whatever form was wished.
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HV 42.7
मेरोः शिखरविन्यस्तां संसक्तां सूर्यवर्चसा काञ्चनस्तम्भचरणां वज्रसंघाततोरणाम्
meroḥ śikharavinyastāṃ saṃsaktāṃ sūryavarcasā kāñcanastambhacaraṇāṃ vajrasaṃghātatoraṇām
— set upon Meru's peak, in contact with the sun's radiance, its pillar-feet of gold, its archways masses of diamond,
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HV 42.8
मनोनिर्माणचित्राढ्यां विमानाकुलमालिनीम् रत्नजालान्तरवतीं कामगां रत्नभूषिताम्
manonirmāṇacitrāḍhyāṃ vimānākulamālinīm ratnajālāntaravatīṃ kāmagāṃ ratnabhūṣitām
rich with wonders fashioned by thought, garlanded with a throng of flying palaces, having lattices of jewels within, going where one wished, adorned with gems,
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HV 42.9
कॢप्तरत्नसमाकीर्णां सर्वर्तुकुसुमोत्कटाम् मणिप्रवालसोपानां वैदूर्यमणिशोभिताम् । मुक्ताजालसमाकीर्णां किंकिणीशतशोभिताम् । देवमायाधरां दिव्यां निर्मितां विश्वकर्मणा
kḷptaratnasamākīrṇāṃ sarvartukusumotkaṭām maṇipravālasopānāṃ vaidūryamaṇiśobhitām | muktājālasamākīrṇāṃ kiṃkiṇīśataśobhitām | devamāyādharāṃ divyāṃ nirmitāṃ viśvakarmaṇā
strewn with well-set jewels, abounding in the flowers of every season, with stairways of gem and coral, gleaming with beryl gems, spread over with nets of pearls, adorned with hundreds of little bells, holding the magic of the gods, divine, fashioned by Viśvakarman.
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HV 42.10
तां हृष्टमनसः सर्वे यथास्थानं यथावयः यथानिदेशं त्रिदशा विविशुस् ते सभां शुभाम्
tāṃ hṛṣṭamanasaḥ sarve yathāsthānaṃ yathāvayaḥ yathānideśaṃ tridaśā viviśus te sabhāṃ śubhām
All the thirty (gods), glad at heart, entered that fair assembly hall according to station, according to age, according to direction.
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HV 42.11
ते निषेदुर् यथोक्तेषु विमानेष्व् आसनेषु च भद्रासनेषु पीठेषु कुथास्व् आस्तरणेषु च
te niṣedur yathokteṣu vimāneṣv āsaneṣu ca bhadrāsaneṣu pīṭheṣu kuthāsv āstaraṇeṣu ca
They sat down on the flying seats and chairs assigned them, on fine thrones, on stools, on rugs and on spreads.
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HV 42.12
ततः प्रभञ्जनो वायुर् ब्रह्मणा साधु चोदितः मा शब्द इति सर्वत्र प्रचक्राम सभां शुभाम्
tataḥ prabhañjano vāyur brahmaṇā sādhu coditaḥ mā śabda iti sarvatra pracakrāma sabhāṃ śubhām
Then the wind, the shatterer, well urged on by Brahmā, moved everywhere through the auspicious assembly (saying) "Let there be no sound!"
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HV 42.14
निःशब्दे स्तिमिते तस्मिन् समाजे त्रिदिवौकसाम् बभाषे धरणी वाक्यं स्वेदात् करुणभाषिणी ॥ ह्व्_४२।१३ त्वया धार्या त्व् अहं देव त्वया वै धार्यते जगत् । त्वं धारयसि भूतानि भुवनं त्वं बिभर्षि च ॥ यत् त्वया धार्यते किंचित् तेजसा च बलेन च । ततस् तव प्रसादेन मया पश्चात् तु धार्यते ॥ त्वया धृतं धारयामि नाधृतं धारयाम्य् अहम् । न हि तद् विद्यते भूतं यत् त्वया नानुधार्यते ॥ त्वम् एव कुरुषे देव नारायण युगे युगे । महाभारावतरणं जगतो हितकाम्यया ॥ तवैव तेजसा क्रान्तां रसातलतलं गताम् । त्रायस्व मां सुरश्रेष्ठ तवैव शरणं गताम् ॥ दानवैः पीड्यमानाहं राक्षसैश् च दुरात्मभिः । त्वाम् एव शरणं नित्यम् उपयास्ये सनातनम् ॥ तावन् मे ऽस्ति भयं भूयो यावन् न त्वां ककुद्मिनम् । शरणं यामि मनसा शतशो ह्य् उपलक्षये । अहम् आदौ पुरानेन संक्षिप्ता पद्मयोनिना मां च बध्वा कृतौ पूर्वं मृङ्मयौ द्वौ महासुरौ
niḥśabde stimite tasmin samāje tridivaukasām babhāṣe dharaṇī vākyaṃ svedāt karuṇabhāṣiṇī // HV_42.13 tvayā dhāryā tv ahaṃ deva tvayā vai dhāryate jagat | tvaṃ dhārayasi bhūtāni bhuvanaṃ tvaṃ bibharṣi ca || yat tvayā dhāryate kiṃcit tejasā ca balena ca | tatas tava prasādena mayā paścāt tu dhāryate || tvayā dhṛtaṃ dhārayāmi nādhṛtaṃ dhārayāmy aham | na hi tad vidyate bhūtaṃ yat tvayā nānudhāryate || tvam eva kuruṣe deva nārāyaṇa yuge yuge | mahābhārāvataraṇaṃ jagato hitakāmyayā || tavaiva tejasā krāntāṃ rasātalatalaṃ gatām | trāyasva māṃ suraśreṣṭha tavaiva śaraṇaṃ gatām || dānavaiḥ pīḍyamānāhaṃ rākṣasaiś ca durātmabhiḥ | tvām eva śaraṇaṃ nityam upayāsye sanātanam || tāvan me 'sti bhayaṃ bhūyo yāvan na tvāṃ kakudminam | śaraṇaṃ yāmi manasā śataśo hy upalakṣaye | aham ādau purānena saṃkṣiptā padmayoninā māṃ ca badhvā kṛtau pūrvaṃ mṛṅmayau dvau mahāsurau
When that assembly of the dwellers in heaven had grown soundless and still, the Earth spoke these words, speaking piteously out of her distress: "I am to be upheld by you, O God; by you indeed the world is upheld; you support the beings and you bear the world. Whatever is upheld by you with your splendour and strength, that afterwards, by your grace, is upheld by me. I uphold what is upheld by you; what is not (so) upheld I do not uphold; for no being exists that is not sustained by you. You alone, O God Nārāyaṇa, in age after age accomplish the removal of the great burden of the world, out of a desire for its welfare. Overpowered by your very splendour and sunk down to the floor of Rasātala, save me, best of gods, who have come to you alone for refuge. Oppressed by the Dānavas and by the evil-souled Rākṣasas, I shall always resort to you alone, the eternal, as my refuge. So long as I do not go for refuge to you, the bull-humped one, I have fear again and again—in mind I go for refuge, and a hundred times I behold (you). In the beginning, of old, I was contracted by this lotus-born one; and having bound me, formerly two great Asuras were made of clay."
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HV 42.15
कर्णस्रोतोद्भवौ तौ हि विष्णोर् अस्य महात्मनः महार्णवे प्रस्वपतः काष्ठकुड्यसमौ स्थितौ
karṇasrotodbhavau tau hi viṣṇor asya mahātmanaḥ mahārṇave prasvapataḥ kāṣṭhakuḍyasamau sthitau
For those two arose from the ear-passages of this great-souled Viṣṇu, as he slept in the great ocean; they stood like wood and (like) a wall.
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HV 42.16
तौ विवेश स्वयं वायुर् ब्रह्मणा साधु चोदितः तौ दिवं छादयन्तौ तु ववृधाते महासुरौ
tau viveśa svayaṃ vāyur brahmaṇā sādhu coditaḥ tau divaṃ chādayantau tu vavṛdhāte mahāsurau
The wind himself, well urged on by Brahmā, entered those two; and those two great Asuras grew, covering the sky.
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HV 42.17
वायुप्राणौ तु तौ गृह्य ब्रह्मा परिमृश्यञ् शनैः एकं मृदुतरं मेने कठिनं वेद चापरम्
vāyuprāṇau tu tau gṛhya brahmā parimṛśyañ śanaiḥ ekaṃ mṛdutaraṃ mene kaṭhinaṃ veda cāparam
But taking hold of those two who had the wind for their breath, Brahmā, feeling them over gently, judged one to be the softer, and knew the other to be hard.
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HV 42.18
नामनी तु तयोश् चक्रे स विभुः सलिलोद्भवः मृदुस् त्व् अयं मधुर् नाम कठिनः कैटभो ऽभवत्
nāmanī tu tayoś cakre sa vibhuḥ salilodbhavaḥ mṛdus tv ayaṃ madhur nāma kaṭhinaḥ kaiṭabho 'bhavat
And the mighty one born in the waters made two names for them: this soft one was named Madhu, and the hard one became Kaiṭabha.
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HV 42.19
तौ दैत्यौ कृतनामानौ चेरतुर् बलदर्पितौ सर्वम् एकार्णवं लोकं योद्धुकामौ सुनिर्भयौ
tau daityau kṛtanāmānau ceratur baladarpitau sarvam ekārṇavaṃ lokaṃ yoddhukāmau sunirbhayau
Those two Daityas, once named, roamed about, proud of their strength, wholly fearless, wishing to fight the whole world that was one single ocean.
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HV 42.20
ताव् आगतौ समालोक्य ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः एकार्णवाम्बुनिचये तत्रैवानतरधीयत
tāv āgatau samālokya brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ ekārṇavāmbunicaye tatraivānataradhīyata
Seeing those two coming, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, vanished right there in that mass of water of the single ocean.
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HV 42.21
स पद्मे पद्मनाभस्य नाभिमध्याद् समुत्थिते रोचयाम् आस वसतिं गुह्यां ब्रह्मा चतुर्मुखः
sa padme padmanābhasya nābhimadhyād samutthite rocayām āsa vasatiṃ guhyāṃ brahmā caturmukhaḥ
Four-faced Brahmā chose as his hidden dwelling the lotus that had risen up from the middle of the navel of the lotus-naveled one.
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HV 42.22
ताव् उभौ जलगर्भस्थौ नारायणपितामहौ बहून् वर्षगणान् अप्सु शयानौ न चकम्पतुः
tāv ubhau jalagarbhasthau nārāyaṇapitāmahau bahūn varṣagaṇān apsu śayānau na cakampatuḥ
Those two, Nārāyaṇa and the Grandfather, abiding within the womb of the waters, lying in the waters for many groups of years, did not stir.
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HV 42.23
अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य ताव् उभौ मधुकैटभौ आजग्मतुस् तम् उद्देशं यत्र ब्रह्मा व्यवस्थितः
atha dīrghasya kālasya tāv ubhau madhukaiṭabhau ājagmatus tam uddeśaṃ yatra brahmā vyavasthitaḥ
Then, after a long time, those two, Madhu and Kaiṭabha, came to that place where Brahmā was stationed.
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HV 42.24
दृष्ट्वा ताव् असुरौ घोरौ महान्तौ युद्धदुर्मदौ ब्रह्मणा ताडितो विष्णुः पद्मनालेन वै पुरा । उत्पपाताशु शयनात् पद्मनाभो महाद्युतिः
dṛṣṭvā tāv asurau ghorau mahāntau yuddhadurmadau brahmaṇā tāḍito viṣṇuḥ padmanālena vai purā | utpapātāśu śayanāt padmanābho mahādyutiḥ
Seeing those two dreadful Asuras, huge and mad with battle-lust, Viṣṇu—struck long ago by Brahmā with the lotus-stalk—the lotus-naveled one of great brilliance, sprang up swiftly from his couch.
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HV 42.25
तद् युद्धम् अभवद् घोरं तयोस् तस्य च वै तदा एकार्णवे तदा लोके त्रैलोक्ये जलतां गते
tad yuddham abhavad ghoraṃ tayos tasya ca vai tadā ekārṇave tadā loke trailokye jalatāṃ gate
Then there was a dreadful battle between those two and him, in that world (which was) one single ocean, when the three worlds had become water.
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HV 42.26
तद् अभूत् तुमुलं युद्धं वर्षसंख्याः सहस्रशः न च ताव् असुरौ युद्धे तदा श्रमम् अवापतुः
tad abhūt tumulaṃ yuddhaṃ varṣasaṃkhyāḥ sahasraśaḥ na ca tāv asurau yuddhe tadā śramam avāpatuḥ
That tumultuous battle went on for thousands of years in count, and those two asuras felt no weariness in the fight then.
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HV 42.27
अथ दीर्घस्य कालस्य तौ दैत्यौ युद्धदुर्मदौ ऊचतुः प्रीतमनसौ देवं नारायणं हरिं
atha dīrghasya kālasya tau daityau yuddhadurmadau ūcatuḥ prītamanasau devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ hariṃ
Then, after a long time, those two Daityas, mad with the lust of battle, with pleased minds said to the god Nārāyaṇa Hari:
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HV 42.28
प्रीतौ स्वस् तव युद्धेन श्लाघ्यस् त्वं मृत्युर् आहवे आवां जहि न यत्रोर्वी जलेन समभिप्लुता
prītau svas tava yuddhena ślāghyas tvaṃ mṛtyur āhave āvāṃ jahi na yatrorvī jalena samabhiplutā
"We two are pleased with your fighting; you are praiseworthy, a very death in battle. Slay us where the earth is not flooded over with water.
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HV 42.29
हतौ च तव पुत्रत्वं प्राप्नुयावः सुरोत्तम सो ह्य् आवां युधि निर्जेता तस्यावां विहितौ सुतौ
hatau ca tava putratvaṃ prāpnuyāvaḥ surottama so hy āvāṃ yudhi nirjetā tasyāvāṃ vihitau sutau
"And when slain, may we attain sonship with you, O best of the gods; for he who conquers us in battle—to him we two are appointed as sons."
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HV 42.30
स हि गृह्य मृधे दैत्यौ दोर्भ्यां तौ समपीडयत् जन्मतुर् निधनं चापि ताव् उभौ मधुकैटभौ
sa hi gṛhya mṛdhe daityau dorbhyāṃ tau samapīḍayat janmatur nidhanaṃ cāpi tāv ubhau madhukaiṭabhau
Then, seizing the two Daityas in the fray, he crushed them with his two arms; and both of them, Madhu and Kaiṭabha, met their destruction.
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HV 42.31
ताव् उभाव् आप्लुतौ तोये वपुर्भ्याम् एकतां गतौ मेदो मुमुचतुर् दैत्यौ मथ्यमानौ जलोर्मिभिः
tāv ubhāv āplutau toye vapurbhyām ekatāṃ gatau medo mumucatur daityau mathyamānau jalormibhiḥ
Both of them, plunged into the water, having become one with (i.e., merged in) their two bodies, the Daityas released fat as they were churned by the waves of the water.
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HV 42.32
मेदसा तज्जलं व्याप्तं ताभ्यां अन्तर्दधे तदा नारायणश् च भगवान् असृजत् स पुनः प्रजाः
medasā tajjalaṃ vyāptaṃ tābhyāṃ antardadhe tadā nārāyaṇaś ca bhagavān asṛjat sa punaḥ prajāḥ
That water was pervaded by their fat, and then they disappeared; and the lord Nārāyaṇa again created creatures.
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HV 42.33
दैत्ययोर् मेदसा छन्ना मेदिनीति ततः स्मृता प्रभावात् पद्मनाभस्य शाश्वती च नृणां कृता
daityayor medasā channā medinīti tataḥ smṛtā prabhāvāt padmanābhasya śāśvatī ca nṛṇāṃ kṛtā
Covered over by the fat of the two daityas, she was thereafter called Medinī ("the fatty one"); and by the power of Padmanābha she was made everlasting for men.
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HV 42.34
वराहेण पुनर् भूत्वा मार्कण्डेयस्य पश्यतः विषाणेनाहम् एकेन तोयमध्यात् समुद्धृता
varāheṇa punar bhūtvā mārkaṇḍeyasya paśyataḥ viṣāṇenāham ekena toyamadhyāt samuddhṛtā
Again, becoming a boar, while Mārkaṇḍeya looked on, (he) lifted me up out of the midst of the water with a single tusk.
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HV 42.35
हृताहं क्रमता भूयस् तदा युष्माकम् अग्रतः बलेः सकाशाद् दैत्यस्य विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना
hṛtāhaṃ kramatā bhūyas tadā yuṣmākam agrataḥ baleḥ sakāśād daityasya viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā
Again I was carried off then, before your very eyes, by (Viṣṇu) as he strode — by Viṣṇu, the all-powerful, from the presence of Bali the daitya.
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HV 42.36
सांप्रतं खिद्यमानाहम् एनम् एव गदाधरम् अनाथा जगतो नाथं शरण्यं शरणं गता
sāṃprataṃ khidyamānāham enam eva gadādharam anāthā jagato nāthaṃ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā
Now, being worn down and without a protector, I have gone for refuge to this very mace-bearer, the lord of the world, the granter of refuge.
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HV 42.37
अग्निः सुवर्णस्य गुरुर् गवां सूर्यो गुरुः स्मृतः अक्षत्राणां गुरुः सोमो मम नारायणो गुरुः
agniḥ suvarṇasya gurur gavāṃ sūryo guruḥ smṛtaḥ akṣatrāṇāṃ guruḥ somo mama nārāyaṇo guruḥ
Fire is the guru of gold, the sun is held to be the guru of cattle, Soma is the guru of the non-kṣatriyas (?), (and) Nārāyaṇa is my guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
HV 42.38
यद् अहं धारयाम्य् एका जगत्स्थावरजंगमम् मया धृतं धारयते सर्वम् एतद् गदाधरः
yad ahaṃ dhārayāmy ekā jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam mayā dhṛtaṃ dhārayate sarvam etad gadādharaḥ
Whereas I alone bear the world with its unmoving and moving (beings), all this that is borne by me the mace-bearer bears.
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HV 42.39
जामदग्न्येन रामेण भारावतरणेप्सया रोषात् त्रिःसप्तकृत्वो ऽहं क्षत्रियैर् विप्रयोजिता
jāmadagnyena rāmeṇa bhārāvataraṇepsayā roṣāt triḥsaptakṛtvo 'haṃ kṣatriyair viprayojitā
By Rāma Jāmadagnya, out of anger, from the desire to remove the burden, I was thrice seven times parted from the kṣatriyas.
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HV 42.40
सास्मि वेद्याम् समारोप्य तर्पिता नृपशोणितैः भार्गवेण पितुः श्राद्धे कश्यपाय निवेदिता
sāsmi vedyām samāropya tarpitā nṛpaśoṇitaiḥ bhārgaveṇa pituḥ śrāddhe kaśyapāya niveditā
That same I was set upon the altar and sated with the blood of kings, and by the Bhārgava, at his father's śrāddha, made over to Kaśyapa.
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HV 42.41
मांसमेदोस्थिदुर्गन्धा दिग्धा क्षत्रियशोणितैः रजस्वलेव युवतिः कश्यपं समुपस्थिता
māṃsamedosthidurgandhā digdhā kṣatriyaśoṇitaiḥ rajasvaleva yuvatiḥ kaśyapaṃ samupasthitā
Foul-smelling with flesh, fat and bone, smeared with the blood of kṣatriyas, like a young woman in her courses, I came before Kaśyapa.
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HV 42.42
स मां ब्रह्मर्षिर् अप्य् आह किम् उर्वि त्वम् अवाङ्मुखी वीरपत्नीव्रतम् इदं वीरपत्नि निषेवसे
sa māṃ brahmarṣir apy āha kim urvi tvam avāṅmukhī vīrapatnīvratam idaṃ vīrapatni niṣevase
That brahmin seer said to me: "Why, Urvi, is your face cast down? Are you, wife of heroes, keeping this vow of a hero's wife?"
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HV 42.43
साहं विज्ञापितवती कश्यपं लोकभावनम् पतयो मे हता ब्रह्मन् भार्गवेण महात्मना
sāhaṃ vijñāpitavatī kaśyapaṃ lokabhāvanam patayo me hatā brahman bhārgaveṇa mahātmanā
Then I made it known to Kaśyapa, the fosterer of the worlds: "My husbands have been slain, brahman, by the great-souled Bhārgava.
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HV 42.44
साहं विहीना विक्रान्तैः क्षत्रियैः शस्त्रवृत्तिभिः विधवा शून्यनगरा न धारयितुम् उत्सहे
sāhaṃ vihīnā vikrāntaiḥ kṣatriyaiḥ śastravṛttibhiḥ vidhavā śūnyanagarā na dhārayitum utsahe
"Bereft as I am of the valiant kṣatriyas who live by weapons, a widow with emptied cities, I am not able to bear (this).
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HV 42.45
तन् मह्यं दीयतां भर्ता भगवंस् त्वत्समो नृपः रक्षेत् सग्रामनगरां यो मां सागरमालिनीम्
tan mahyaṃ dīyatāṃ bhartā bhagavaṃs tvatsamo nṛpaḥ rakṣet sagrāmanagarāṃ yo māṃ sāgaramālinīm
"So let a husband be given to me, blessed one — a king equal to yourself, who would protect me, garlanded by the ocean, together with my villages and cities."
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HV 42.46
स श्रुत्वा भगवान् वाक्यं बाढम् इत्य् अब्रवीत् प्रभुः ततो मां मानवेन्द्राय मनवे संप्रयच्छत
sa śrutvā bhagavān vākyaṃ bāḍham ity abravīt prabhuḥ tato māṃ mānavendrāya manave saṃprayacchata
Hearing (my) words, that blessed lord said, "Very well," and then bestowed me upon Manu, the lord of men.
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HV 42.47
सा मनुप्रभवं पुण्यं प्राप्येक्ष्वाकुकुलं महत् विपुलेनास्मि कालेन पार्थिवात् पार्थिवं गता
sā manuprabhavaṃ puṇyaṃ prāpyekṣvākukulaṃ mahat vipulenāsmi kālena pārthivāt pārthivaṃ gatā
Having attained the holy, great Ikṣvāku line that sprang from Manu, over a long stretch of time I passed from king to king.
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HV 42.48
एवं दत्तास्मि मनवे मानवेन्द्राय धीमते भुक्ता राजकुलैश् चापि महर्षिकुलसंमितैः
evaṃ dattāsmi manave mānavendrāya dhīmate bhuktā rājakulaiś cāpi maharṣikulasaṃmitaiḥ
Thus was I given to Manu, the wise lord of men, and I was enjoyed also by royal houses reckoned equal to the houses of great seers.
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HV 42.49
बहवः क्षत्रियाः शूरा मां जित्वा दिवम् आश्रिताः ते स्म कालवशं प्राप्य मय्य् एव प्रलयं गताः
bahavaḥ kṣatriyāḥ śūrā māṃ jitvā divam āśritāḥ te sma kālavaśaṃ prāpya mayy eva pralayaṃ gatāḥ
Many valiant kṣatriyas, having conquered me, went to heaven; and they, falling under the power of time, met their dissolution in me alone.
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HV 42.50
मत्कृते विग्रहा लोके वृत्ते वर्तन्त एव च क्षत्रियाणां बलवतां संग्रामेष्व् अनिवर्तिनाम्
matkṛte vigrahā loke vṛtte vartanta eva ca kṣatriyāṇāṃ balavatāṃ saṃgrāmeṣv anivartinām
On my account wars have taken place in the world and are taking place still, wars of powerful kṣatriyas who do not turn back in battle.
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HV 42.51
एतद् युष्मत्प्रवृत्तेन दैवेन परिणामिता जगद्धितार्थं कुरुत राज्ञां हेतुं रणक्षये
etad yuṣmatpravṛttena daivena pariṇāmitā jagaddhitārthaṃ kuruta rājñāṃ hetuṃ raṇakṣaye
To this state I have been brought by the fate that proceeds from you; for the world's good, bring about a cause for the destruction of the kings in battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
HV 42.52
यद्य् अस्ति मयि कारुण्यं भारशैथिल्यकारणात् एकश् चक्रधरः श्रीमान् अभयं मे प्रयच्छतु
yady asti mayi kāruṇyaṃ bhāraśaithilyakāraṇāt ekaś cakradharaḥ śrīmān abhayaṃ me prayacchatu
If there is compassion for me, for the sake of slackening (my) burden, let the glorious bearer of the discus alone grant me freedom from fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition