Kalika Purana — Chapter 2
KaP 2.1
कालिकापुराणम् द्वितीयोऽध्यायः ब्रह्मामोहवर्णनम् अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय २ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततस्ते मुनयः सर्वे तदभिप्रायवेदिनः । चक्रुस्तदुचितं नाम मरीच्यत्रिमुखास्तथा
kālikāpurāṇam dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ brahmāmohavarṇanam atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 2 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tataste munayaḥ sarve tadabhiprāyavedinaḥ | cakrustaducitaṃ nāma marīcyatrimukhāstathā
The Kālikāpurāṇa, second chapter: the description of Brahmā's bewilderment. Now the Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 2. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then all those sages, knowing his intention, made a name suited to him — Marīci, Atri and the rest.
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KaP 2.2
मुखावलोकनादेव ज्ञात्वा वृत्तान्तमन्यतः । दक्षादयस्तु स्रष्टारः स्थानं पत्नीञ्च ते ददुः ॥ श्रीकालिकापुराणे ब्रह्मामोहनो नाम द्वितीयोऽध्यायः
mukhāvalokanādeva jñātvā vṛttāntamanyataḥ | dakṣādayastu sraṣṭāraḥ sthānaṃ patnīñca te daduḥ || śrīkālikāpurāṇe brahmāmohano nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ
Knowing the matter otherwise, merely from looking at (his) face, Dakṣa and the other creators gave him a station and a wife. — In the glorious Kālikāpurāṇa, the second chapter, called 'The Bewildering of Brahmā'.
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KaP 2.3
ततो निश्चित्य नामानि मरीचिप्रमुखाद्विजाः । ऊचुः सङ्गतमेतस्मै पुरुषाय द्विजोत्तमाः
tato niścitya nāmāni marīcipramukhādvijāḥ | ūcuḥ saṅgatametasmai puruṣāya dvijottamāḥ
Then, having settled on the names, the twice-born headed by Marīci, best of the twice-born, spoke fittingly to that man.
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KaP 2.4
।। ऋषय ऊचुः ।। यस्मात् प्रमथ्य चेतस्त्वं जातोऽस्माकं तथा विधेः । तस्मान्मन्मथनाम्ना त्वं लोके ख्यातो भविष्यसि
|| ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || yasmāt pramathya cetastvaṃ jāto'smākaṃ tathā vidheḥ | tasmānmanmathanāmnā tvaṃ loke khyāto bhaviṣyasi
The sages said: Since you, having churned the minds of us and of the Creator, were born, therefore you will be known in the world by the name Manmatha ('mind-churner').
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KaP 2.5
जगत्सु कामरूपस्त्वं त्वत्समो नहि विद्यते । अतस्त्वं काम नाम्नापि ख्यातो भव मनोभव
jagatsu kāmarūpastvaṃ tvatsamo nahi vidyate | atastvaṃ kāma nāmnāpi khyāto bhava manobhava
In the worlds you are the very form of desire; there is none equal to you. Therefore, O Kāma, be renowned by the name Kāma also, O you born of the mind.
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KaP 2.6
मदनान्मदनाख्यस्त्वं शम्भोदर्पाच्च दर्पकः । तथा कन्दर्प- नाम्नापि लोके ख्यातो भविष्यसि
madanānmadanākhyastvaṃ śambhodarpācca darpakaḥ | tathā kandarpa- nāmnāpi loke khyāto bhaviṣyasi
From intoxicating (madana) you are called Madana, and from the pride of Śambhu, Darpaka; likewise you will be known in the world by the name Kandarpa as well.
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KaP 2.7
त्वदाशुगानां यद्वीर्यं तद्वीर्यं न भविष्यति । वैष्णवानाञ्च रौद्राणां ब्रह्मास्त्राणाञ्च तादृशम्
tvadāśugānāṃ yadvīryaṃ tadvīryaṃ na bhaviṣyati | vaiṣṇavānāñca raudrāṇāṃ brahmāstrāṇāñca tādṛśam
Such potency as your swift arrows have, that potency will not belong (even) to the weapons of Viṣṇu, of Rudra, or to the brahmā-weapons.
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KaP 2.8
स्वर्गे मत्यें च पाताले ब्रह्मलोके सनातनः । तव स्थानानि सर्वाणि सर्वव्यापी भवान् यतः । किं वाचातिविशेषेण सामान्ये नास्ति ते समः
svarge matyeṃ ca pātāle brahmaloke sanātanaḥ | tava sthānāni sarvāṇi sarvavyāpī bhavān yataḥ | kiṃ vācātiviśeṣeṇa sāmānye nāsti te samaḥ
In heaven, on earth, in the netherworld, in Brahmā's world — you are everlasting; all (these) are your stations, since you pervade everything. What use is speech about particulars? In general, there is none equal to you.
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KaP 2.9
यत्र यत्र भवेत्प्राणी शाद्वलास्तरवोऽथवा । तत्र तत्र तव स्थानमस्त्वाब्रह्मस भोदयम्
yatra yatra bhavetprāṇī śādvalāstaravo'thavā | tatra tatra tava sthānamastvābrahmasa bhodayam
Wherever there is a living being, or grasses or trees, there let your station be, up to the rise of Brahmā's assembly.
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KaP 2.10
दक्षोऽयं भवतः पत्नीं स्वयं दास्यति शोभनाम् । आद्यः प्रजापतियों हि यथेष्टं पुरुषोत्तम
dakṣo'yaṃ bhavataḥ patnīṃ svayaṃ dāsyati śobhanām | ādyaḥ prajāpatiyoṃ hi yatheṣṭaṃ puruṣottama
This Dakṣa here will himself give you a beautiful wife; for he is the first Prajāpati — as you wish, O best of men.
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KaP 2.11
एषा च कन्यका चारुरूपा ब्रह्ममनोभवा । सन्ध्यानामेति विख्याता सर्वलोके भविष्यति
eṣā ca kanyakā cārurūpā brahmamanobhavā | sandhyānāmeti vikhyātā sarvaloke bhaviṣyati
And this maiden of lovely form, born from Brahmā's mind, will be known in all the world by the name Sandhyā.
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KaP 2.12
ब्रह्मणो ध्यायतो यस्मात् सम्यग्जाता वराङ्गना । अतः सन्ध्येति लोकेऽस्मिन्नाम्ना ख्यातिर्भविष्यति
brahmaṇo dhyāyato yasmāt samyagjātā varāṅganā | ataḥ sandhyeti loke'sminnāmnā khyātirbhaviṣyati
Since the fair-limbed woman arose fully (formed) from Brahmā while he was meditating, therefore in this world her renown will be by the name Sandhyā.
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KaP 2.13
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा मुनयः सर्वे तूष्णीं तस्थुर्द्विजोत्तमाः । अवेक्ष्य ब्रह्मवदनं विनयावनताः पुरः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā munayaḥ sarve tūṣṇīṃ tasthurdvijottamāḥ | avekṣya brahmavadanaṃ vinayāvanatāḥ puraḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, all the sages, best of the twice-born, stood silent, bowed low in humility before (Brahmā), gazing at Brahmā's face.
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KaP 2.14
ततः कामोऽपि कोदंडमादाय कुसुमोद्भवम् । उन्मादनेति विख्यातं कान्ताभ्रूतुल्य- वेल्लिताम्
tataḥ kāmo'pi kodaṃḍamādāya kusumodbhavam | unmādaneti vikhyātaṃ kāntābhrūtulya- vellitām
Then Kāma too, taking up his bow made of flowers, famed as "Maddener," curved like the eyebrow of a beloved woman—
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KaP 2.15
कौसुमानि तथास्त्राणि पञ्चादाय द्विजोत्तमाः । हर्षणं रोचनाख्यञ्च मोहनं शोषणं तथा
kausumāni tathāstrāṇi pañcādāya dvijottamāḥ | harṣaṇaṃ rocanākhyañca mohanaṃ śoṣaṇaṃ tathā
—and taking also the five flower-arrows, O best of the twice-born: Gladdening, the one called Alluring, Bewildering, and Withering,
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KaP 2.16
मारणञ्चेति संज्ञाभिर्मुनिमोहकराण्यपि । प्रच्छन्नरूपी तत्रैव चिन्तयामास निश्चयम्
māraṇañceti saṃjñābhirmunimohakarāṇyapi | pracchannarūpī tatraiva cintayāmāsa niścayam
and Slaying—such were their names—(arrows) that bewilder even sages: concealing his form, right there he pondered a resolve.
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KaP 2.17
ब्रह्मणा मम यत्कार्यं समुद्दिष्टं सनातनम् । तदिहैव करिष्यामि मुनीनां सन्निधौ विधेः
brahmaṇā mama yatkāryaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ sanātanam | tadihaiva kariṣyāmi munīnāṃ sannidhau vidheḥ
"The eternal task that has been assigned to me by Brahmā—that very thing I shall do here, in the presence of the sages and of Vidhi (Brahmā).
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KaP 2.18
तिष्ठन्ति मुनयश्चात्र स्वयञ्चापि प्रजापतिः । एषा सन्ध्या वरस्त्री च दक्षोऽप्यत्र प्रजापतिः
tiṣṭhanti munayaścātra svayañcāpi prajāpatiḥ | eṣā sandhyā varastrī ca dakṣo'pyatra prajāpatiḥ
"The sages are standing here, and the Lord of creatures himself as well; here too is this Sandhyā, the excellent woman, and Dakṣa the Prajāpati.
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KaP 2.19
एते शरव्यभूता मे भविष्यन्त्यद्य निश्चयम् । सन्ध्यापि ब्रह्मणा प्रोक्तमिदानीमेव तद्वचः
ete śaravyabhūtā me bhaviṣyantyadya niścayam | sandhyāpi brahmaṇā proktamidānīmeva tadvacaḥ
"These shall today become my targets—that is certain. Sandhyā too. And it was said by Brahmā just now, in these very words:
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KaP 2.20
अहं विष्णुर्हरश्चापि तवास्त्रवशवर्तिनः । किमन्यैर्जन्तुभिरिति तत्सार्थं करवाण्यहम्
ahaṃ viṣṇurharaścāpi tavāstravaśavartinaḥ | kimanyairjantubhiriti tatsārthaṃ karavāṇyaham
"'I, and Viṣṇu, and Hara too are subject to the power of your weapons—what then of other creatures?' So let me make that (statement) true."
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KaP 2.21
॥ मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति सञ्चित्यमनसा निश्चित्य च मनोभवः । पुष्पज्यां पुष्पचापस्य योजयामास मार्गणैः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti sañcityamanasā niścitya ca manobhavaḥ | puṣpajyāṃ puṣpacāpasya yojayāmāsa mārgaṇaiḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having thus deliberated in mind and made his decision, the Mind-born one fitted the flower-bowstring of his flower-bow together with the arrows.
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KaP 2.22
आलीढस्थानमासाद्य धनुराकृष्य यत्नतः । चकार वलयाकारं कामो धन्विवरस्तदा
ālīḍhasthānamāsādya dhanurākṛṣya yatnataḥ | cakāra valayākāraṃ kāmo dhanvivarastadā
Taking up the ālīḍha stance and drawing the bow with effort, Kāma, the best of bowmen, then made it into the shape of a ring.
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KaP 2.23
संहिते तेन कोदण्डे मारुताश्च सुगन्धयः । ववुस्तत्र मुनिश्रेष्ठाः सम्यगाह्लादकारिणः
saṃhite tena kodaṇḍe mārutāśca sugandhayaḥ | vavustatra muniśreṣṭhāḥ samyagāhlādakāriṇaḥ
When the bow was drawn taut by him, fragrant breezes, O best of sages, blew there, bringing perfect delight.
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KaP 2.24
ततस्तानथ धात्रादीन् सर्वानेव च मानसान् । पृथक् पृथक् पुष्पशरैर्मोहयामास मोहनः
tatastānatha dhātrādīn sarvāneva ca mānasān | pṛthak pṛthak puṣpaśarairmohayāmāsa mohanaḥ
Then the Bewilderer bewildered them—the Creator and the rest, and all the mind-born ones—one by one with his flower-arrows.
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KaP 2.25
ततस्ते मुनयः सर्वे मोहिताश्चतुराननः । मोहितो मनसा किञ्चिद्विकारं प्रापुरादितः
tataste munayaḥ sarve mohitāścaturānanaḥ | mohito manasā kiñcidvikāraṃ prāpurāditaḥ
Then all those sages, being bewildered, and the four-faced one, bewildered, underwent at first some change in their minds.
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KaP 2.26
सन्ध्यां सर्वे निरीक्षन्तः सविकाराः मुहुर्मुहुः । आसन्प्रवृद्धमदनाः स्त्रीयस्मान्मदवर्द्धिनी
sandhyāṃ sarve nirīkṣantaḥ savikārāḥ muhurmuhuḥ | āsanpravṛddhamadanāḥ strīyasmānmadavarddhinī
All of them, gazing at Sandhyā again and again with altered feeling, became swollen with passion—hence woman is the increaser of intoxication.
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KaP 2.27
ततः सर्वान् स मदनो मोहयित्वा पुनः पुनः । यथेन्द्रियविकारांस्ते प्रापुस्तानकरोत्तथा
tataḥ sarvān sa madano mohayitvā punaḥ punaḥ | yathendriyavikārāṃste prāpustānakarottathā
Then that Passion, having bewildered them all again and again, made them such that they underwent alterations of the senses.
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KaP 2.28
उदीरितेन्द्रियो धाता वीक्षाञ्चक्रे यदाप्य ताम् । तदैव ह्यूनपञ्चाशद्भावा जाताः शरीरतः
udīritendriyo dhātā vīkṣāñcakre yadāpya tām | tadaiva hyūnapañcāśadbhāvā jātāḥ śarīrataḥ
When the Creator, his senses aroused, gazed upon her, at that very moment forty-nine (amorous) states arose from (her) body.
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KaP 2.29
विव्वोकाद्यास्तथा हावाश्चतुःषष्टिकलास्तथा । कन्दर्पशरविद्वायाः सन्ध्याया अभवन् द्विजाः
vivvokādyāstathā hāvāścatuḥṣaṣṭikalāstathā | kandarpaśaravidvāyāḥ sandhyāyā abhavan dvijāḥ
And the coquetries beginning with vivvoka, and the hāvas, and the sixty-four arts, O twice-born, came to be in Sandhyā, (she being) pierced by Kandarpa's arrows.
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KaP 2.30
सापि चक्रे तैर्वीक्ष्यमाणाथ कन्दर्पशरपातजान् । मुहुर्मुहुर्भावान् कटाक्षावरणादिकान्
sāpi cakre tairvīkṣyamāṇātha kandarpaśarapātajān | muhurmuhurbhāvān kaṭākṣāvaraṇādikān
And she too, being gazed at by them, displayed again and again the emotions born from the fall of Kandarpa's arrows: sidelong glances, veiling (of the face), and the rest.
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KaP 2.31
निसर्गसुन्दरी सन्ध्या तान् भावान् मदनोद्भवान् । कुर्वन्त्यतितरां रेजे स्वर्नदीव तनूर्मिभिः
nisargasundarī sandhyā tān bhāvān madanodbhavān | kurvantyatitarāṃ reje svarnadīva tanūrmibhiḥ
Sandhyā, beautiful by nature, making those gestures born of passion, shone exceedingly, like the heavenly river with its slender waves.
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KaP 2.32
अथ भावयुतां सन्ध्यां वीक्षमाणः प्रजापतिः । धर्म्माम्भपूरिततनुः अभिलाषमथाकरोत्
atha bhāvayutāṃ sandhyāṃ vīkṣamāṇaḥ prajāpatiḥ | dharmmāmbhapūritatanuḥ abhilāṣamathākarot
Then the Lord of creatures, gazing at Sandhyā endowed with these amorous gestures, his body flooded with the water of sweat, conceived desire.
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KaP 2.33
ततस्ते मुनयः सर्वे मरीच्यत्रिमुखा अपि । दक्षाद्याश्च द्विजश्रेष्ठाः प्रापुर्वैकारिकेन्द्रियम्
tataste munayaḥ sarve marīcyatrimukhā api | dakṣādyāśca dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ prāpurvaikārikendriyam
Then all those sages, headed by Marīci and Atri, and Dakṣa and the rest, the best of the twice-born, came to have senses subject to modification (vaikārika).
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KaP 2.34
दृष्ट्वा तथाविधान् दक्षमरीचिप्रमुखान् विधम् । सन्ध्याञ्च कर्मणि निजे श्रद्दधे मदनस्तदा
dṛṣṭvā tathāvidhān dakṣamarīcipramukhān vidham | sandhyāñca karmaṇi nije śraddadhe madanastadā
Seeing Dakṣa, Marīci and the others in such a condition, and Brahmā, and Sandhyā too, Madana (Love) then had confidence in his own task.
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KaP 2.35
यदिदं ब्रह्मणा कर्म ममोद्दिष्टं मयापि तत् । कर्तुं शक्यमिति श्रद्धा भावितात्मा भवत्तदा
yadidaṃ brahmaṇā karma mamoddiṣṭaṃ mayāpi tat | kartuṃ śakyamiti śraddhā bhāvitātmā bhavattadā
"This task which has been assigned to me by Brahmā—that I too am able to accomplish": such was (his) confidence, and then his mind became inspired.
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KaP 2.36
ततो वियद्गतः शम्भुर्विधिं दृष्ट्वा तथाविधम् । सदक्षान्मानसाञ्चापि जहासोपजहास च
tato viyadgataḥ śambhurvidhiṃ dṛṣṭvā tathāvidham | sadakṣānmānasāñcāpi jahāsopajahāsa ca
Then Śambhu, who was in the sky, seeing Brahmā in such a condition, together with Dakṣa and the mind-born (sons), laughed and mocked (them).
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KaP 2.37
ससाधुवादं तान् सर्वान् विहस्य च पुनः पुनः । उवाचेदं द्विजश्रेष्ठा लज्जयंस्तान् वृषध्वजः
sasādhuvādaṃ tān sarvān vihasya ca punaḥ punaḥ | uvācedaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā lajjayaṃstān vṛṣadhvajaḥ
Crying "Well done!" and laughing at them all again and again, the bull-bannered one, putting them to shame, said this, O best of the twice-born.
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KaP 2.38
।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। अहो ब्रह्मन् अत्र कथं कामभावाः समुद्गताः । दृष्ट्वा स्वतन्यां नैतद्योग्यं वेदानुसारिणाम्
|| īśvara uvāca || aho brahman atra kathaṃ kāmabhāvāḥ samudgatāḥ | dṛṣṭvā svatanyāṃ naitadyogyaṃ vedānusāriṇām
Īśvara said: Oho, Brahman! How have feelings of desire arisen in you here, at the sight of your own daughter? This is not fitting for those who follow the Veda.
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KaP 2.39
यथा माता तथा जामिर्यथा जामिस्तथा सुता । एष वै वेदमार्गस्य निश्चयस्त्वन्मुखोत्थितः । कथन्तु काममात्रेण तत्ते विस्मारितं विधे
yathā mātā tathā jāmiryathā jāmistathā sutā | eṣa vai vedamārgasya niścayastvanmukhotthitaḥ | kathantu kāmamātreṇa tatte vismāritaṃ vidhe
"As is a mother, so is a sister; as is a sister, so is a daughter"—this indeed is the settled rule of the Vedic path, and it came forth from your own mouth. How then, by mere lust, has that been made to be forgotten by you, O Vidhi?
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KaP 2.40
धैर्ये जागरितं ब्रह्मन् समस्तं चतुरानन । कथं क्षुद्रेण कामेन तत्ते विघटितं विधे
dhairye jāgaritaṃ brahman samastaṃ caturānana | kathaṃ kṣudreṇa kāmena tatte vighaṭitaṃ vidhe
All of it was awake in (your) steadfastness, O Brahman, four-faced one; how has that been broken apart in you by petty lust, O Vidhi?
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KaP 2.41
एकान्तयोगिनः कस्मात् सर्वज्ञा दिव्यदर्शनाः । कथं दक्षमरीच्याद्या लोलुपाः स्त्रीषु मानसाः
ekāntayoginaḥ kasmāt sarvajñā divyadarśanāḥ | kathaṃ dakṣamarīcyādyā lolupāḥ strīṣu mānasāḥ
Why are these solitary yogins, omniscient, of divine vision—how are Dakṣa, Marīci and the rest, the mind-born ones, lustful after women?
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KaP 2.42
कथं कामोऽपि मन्दात्मा प्राप्तकर्माधुनैव तु । युष्मान् शरव्यान् कृतवानकालज्ञोऽल्पचेतसः
kathaṃ kāmo'pi mandātmā prāptakarmādhunaiva tu | yuṣmān śaravyān kṛtavānakālajño'lpacetasaḥ
And how is it that Kāma too, dull of mind, of little sense, not knowing the right time, having only just now received his task, has made you his targets?
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KaP 2.43
धिगस्तु तं मुनिश्रेष्ठं यस्य कान्ताजनो हठाद् । धैर्यमाकृष्य लौल्येषु मज्जयत्यपि तन्मनः
dhigastu taṃ muniśreṣṭhaṃ yasya kāntājano haṭhād | dhairyamākṛṣya laulyeṣu majjayatyapi tanmanaḥ
Fie upon that foremost of sages whose mind womankind, forcibly dragging away his steadfastness, sinks into wantonness.
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KaP 2.44
मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा लोकेशो गिरिशस्य च । व्रीडया द्विगुणीभूतस्वेदार्द्रा ह्यभवत् क्षणात्
mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā lokeśo giriśasya ca | vrīḍayā dviguṇībhūtasvedārdrā hyabhavat kṣaṇāt
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hearing that speech of Giriśa's, the lord of the world became in an instant, out of shame, wet with a doubled sweat.
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KaP 2.45
ततो निगृह्यैन्द्रियकं विकारं चतुराननः । जिघृक्षुरपि तत्याज तां सन्ध्यां कामरूपिणीम्
tato nigṛhyaindriyakaṃ vikāraṃ caturānanaḥ | jighṛkṣurapi tatyāja tāṃ sandhyāṃ kāmarūpiṇīm
Then the four-faced one, restraining the disturbance of his senses, let go of that Sandhyā of desirable form, though he had wished to take hold of her.
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KaP 2.46
तच्छरीरात्तु धर्माम्भो यत्पपात द्विजोत्तमाः । अग्निष्वात्ता वर्हिषदो जाताः पितृगणास्तथाः
taccharīrāttu dharmāmbho yatpapāta dvijottamāḥ | agniṣvāttā varhiṣado jātāḥ pitṛgaṇāstathāḥ
But the sweat that fell from his body, O best of the twice-born—from it were born the hosts of Fathers, the Agniṣvāttas and the Barhiṣads.
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KaP 2.47
भिन्नाञ्जननिभाः सर्वे फुल्लराजीवलोचनाः । नितान्त यतयः पुण्याः संसारविमुखाः पराः
bhinnāñjananibhāḥ sarve phullarājīvalocanāḥ | nitānta yatayaḥ puṇyāḥ saṃsāravimukhāḥ parāḥ
All of them like crushed collyrium (in hue), with eyes like blossoming lotuses, utterly ascetic, holy, turned away from the round of rebirth, supreme.
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KaP 2.48
सहस्राणां चतुः षष्टिरग्निष्वात्ताः प्रकीर्तिताः । षडशीतिसहस्राणि तथा वर्हिषदो द्विजाः
sahasrāṇāṃ catuḥ ṣaṣṭiragniṣvāttāḥ prakīrtitāḥ | ṣaḍaśītisahasrāṇi tathā varhiṣado dvijāḥ
Sixty-four thousand are declared to be the Agniṣvāttas, and eighty-six thousand the Barhiṣads, O twice-born ones.
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KaP 2.49
घर्माम्भः पतितं भूमौ यद्दक्षस्य शरीरतः । समस्तगुणसम्पन्ना तस्माज्जाता वराङ्गना
gharmāmbhaḥ patitaṃ bhūmau yaddakṣasya śarīrataḥ | samastaguṇasampannā tasmājjātā varāṅganā
The sweat-water that fell to the ground from Dakṣa's body—from it was born a lovely woman endowed with every good quality.
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KaP 2.50
तन्वङ्गी तनुमध्या च तनुमावली शुभा । मृदङ्गी चारुदशना तप्तकाञ्चनसुप्रभा
tanvaṅgī tanumadhyā ca tanumāvalī śubhā | mṛdaṅgī cārudaśanā taptakāñcanasuprabhā
Slender of limb and slender of waist, with slender lines (of hair), auspicious, soft-limbed, with lovely teeth, radiant like refined gold.
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KaP 2.51
मरीचिप्रमुखैः षड्भिर्निगृहीतेन्द्रियक्रिया । ऋते क्रतुं वशिष्ठञ्च पुलस्त्याङ्गिरसौ तदा
marīcipramukhaiḥ ṣaḍbhirnigṛhītendriyakriyā | ṛte kratuṃ vaśiṣṭhañca pulastyāṅgirasau tadā
By the six headed by Marīci the working of the senses was restrained, except for Kratu and Vasiṣṭha and Pulastya and Aṅgiras at that time.
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KaP 2.52
क्रत्वादीनां चतुर्णाञ्च यो भूमौ निपपात ह । तेभ्यः पितृगणा जाता अपरे द्विजसत्तमाः
kratvādīnāṃ caturṇāñca yo bhūmau nipapāta ha | tebhyaḥ pitṛgaṇā jātā apare dvijasattamāḥ
And the (sweat) of the four, Kratu and the rest, that fell upon the ground—from those were born the other hosts of Fathers, O most excellent of the twice-born.
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KaP 2.53
सोमपा आज्यपा नाम्ना तथैवान्ये सुकालिनः । हविर्भुजस्तु ते सर्वे कव्यवाहाः प्रकीर्तिताः
somapā ājyapā nāmnā tathaivānye sukālinaḥ | havirbhujastu te sarve kavyavāhāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
(They are) the Somapās, those named Ājyapās, and likewise the others, the Sukālins; and all those Havirbhujs are proclaimed to be carriers of the offering (kavyavāhas).
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KaP 2.54
क्रतोस्तु सोमपाः पुत्रा वसिष्ठस्य सुकालिनः । आज्यपाख्याः पुलस्त्यस्य हविष्मन्तोऽङ्गिरः सुताः
kratostu somapāḥ putrā vasiṣṭhasya sukālinaḥ | ājyapākhyāḥ pulastyasya haviṣmanto'ṅgiraḥ sutāḥ
The Somapās are the sons of Kratu, the Sukālins of Vasiṣṭha, those called Ājyapās of Pulastya, and the Haviṣmants are the sons of Aṅgiras.
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KaP 2.55
जातेषु तेषु विप्रेन्द्रा अग्निष्वात्तादिकेष्वथ । लोकानां पितृवर्गेषु कव्यवाहाः समन्ततः
jāteṣu teṣu viprendrā agniṣvāttādikeṣvatha | lokānāṃ pitṛvargeṣu kavyavāhāḥ samantataḥ
When those (fathers) had been born, O chief of brahmins — among the Agniṣvāttas and the rest — (they became) carriers of the offering everywhere among the classes of ancestors of the worlds.
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KaP 2.56
सर्वेषामेव भूतानां ब्रह्माभूतः पितामहः । सन्ध्या पितृप्रसूर्भूता तदुद्देशाद्यतोऽभवत्
sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ brahmābhūtaḥ pitāmahaḥ | sandhyā pitṛprasūrbhūtā taduddeśādyato'bhavat
Grandfather Brahmā became the father of all beings whatsoever; and Sandhyā became the progenitress of the ancestors, since she came into being for that very purpose.
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KaP 2.57
अथ शङ्करवाक्येन लज्जित: स पितामहः । कन्दर्पाय चुकोपाशु भ्रुकुटीकुटिलाननः
atha śaṅkaravākyena lajjita: sa pitāmahaḥ | kandarpāya cukopāśu bhrukuṭīkuṭilānanaḥ
Then that Grandfather, shamed by Śaṅkara's words, at once grew angry at Kandarpa, his face crooked with a frown.
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KaP 2.58
पुरैव तदभिप्रायं विदित्वा सोऽपि मन्मथः । स्वबाणान् सञ्जहाराशु भीतः पशुपतेर्विधेः
puraiva tadabhiprāyaṃ viditvā so'pi manmathaḥ | svabāṇān sañjahārāśu bhītaḥ paśupatervidheḥ
But Manmatha too, knowing his intention beforehand, quickly drew back his own arrows, afraid of the Lord of Beasts and of the Creator.
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KaP 2.59
ततः क्रोधसमाविष्टो ब्रह्मा लोक- पितामहः । यच्चकार द्विजेन्द्रास्तच्छृणुध्वं सुसमाहिताः
tataḥ krodhasamāviṣṭo brahmā loka- pitāmahaḥ | yaccakāra dvijendrāstacchṛṇudhvaṃ susamāhitāḥ
Then hear, O chiefs of the twice-born, with full attention, what Brahmā, the Grandfather of the world, filled with wrath, did.
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