Kalika Purana — Chapter 21
KaP 21.1
कालिकापुराणम् एकविंशोऽध्यायः चन्द्रशापमोक्षणम् अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय २१ ।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। गच्छन्तु भोः सुरगणा दक्षस्य सदनं प्रति । प्रसादयत चन्द्रार्थे स च पूर्णो भवेद्यथा
kālikāpurāṇam ekaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ candraśāpamokṣaṇam atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 21 || brahmovāca || gacchantu bhoḥ suragaṇā dakṣasya sadanaṃ prati | prasādayata candrārthe sa ca pūrṇo bhavedyathā
The Kālikāpurāṇa, twenty-first chapter: The Release of the Moon from the Curse. Now Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 21. Brahmā said: Go, O hosts of gods, to the dwelling of Dakṣa; propitiate him for the moon's sake, so that he may become full.
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KaP 21.2
पूर्णे चन्द्रे जगत्सर्वं प्रकृतिस्थं भविष्यति । युष्मा कंच भवेच्छान्तिरोषधीनाञ्च सम्भवः
pūrṇe candre jagatsarvaṃ prakṛtisthaṃ bhaviṣyati | yuṣmā kaṃca bhavecchāntiroṣadhīnāñca sambhavaḥ
When the moon is full, the whole world will stand in its natural condition; and for you there will be relief, and the coming-to-be of the herbs.
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KaP 21.3
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति ब्रह्मवचः श्रुत्वा देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । प्रययुर्हृष्टमनसस्तदा दक्षनिवेशनम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti brahmavacaḥ śrutvā devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | prayayurhṛṣṭamanasastadā dakṣaniveśanam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Hearing Brahmā's words thus, the gods, with Śakra at their head, went then with glad minds to Dakṣa's dwelling.
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KaP 21.4
यथान्यायमुपस्थाय सर्वे मुनिवरं सुराः । प्रोचुः प्रजापतिं दक्षं प्रणम्य श्लक्ष्णया गिरा
yathānyāyamupasthāya sarve munivaraṃ surāḥ | procuḥ prajāpatiṃ dakṣaṃ praṇamya ślakṣṇayā girā
Having approached the best of sages in due form, all the gods bowed to Dakṣa the Lord of Creatures and spoke with gentle speech:
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KaP 21.5
।। देवा ऊचुः ।। प्रसीद सीदतां ब्रह्मन्नस्माकं बहुदुःखिनाम् । उद्धरस्व महाबुद्धे त्राहि नः शोकसागरात्
|| devā ūcuḥ || prasīda sīdatāṃ brahmannasmākaṃ bahuduḥkhinām | uddharasva mahābuddhe trāhi naḥ śokasāgarāt
The gods said: Be gracious, O brahmin, to us who are much afflicted and sinking down; lift us up, O greatly wise one, rescue us from the ocean of sorrow.
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KaP 21.6
यद्रूपं ब्रह्मसंज्ञन्तु सृष्टिकृत् परमात्मनः । तदंशस्त्वं परं ज्योतिर्विप्ररूप नमोऽस्तुते
yadrūpaṃ brahmasaṃjñantu sṛṣṭikṛt paramātmanaḥ | tadaṃśastvaṃ paraṃ jyotirviprarūpa namo'stute
That form of the Supreme Self which is called Brahmā, the maker of creation — you are a portion of that, the highest light; O you of brahmin form, homage be to you.
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KaP 21.7
रक्षणात् सर्वजगतां प्रजापालनकारणात् । दक्षः प्रजापतिश्चेति योगेशस्तं नुमो वयम्
rakṣaṇāt sarvajagatāṃ prajāpālanakāraṇāt | dakṣaḥ prajāpatiśceti yogeśastaṃ numo vayam
Because of (his) protecting all the worlds, because he is the cause of the guarding of creatures, (he is called) Dakṣa and Prajāpati; him, the lord of yoga, we praise.
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KaP 21.8
दक्षाय सर्वजगतां दक्षाय कुशलात्मनाम् । दक्षायात्महितायाशु नमस्तुभ्यं महात्मने
dakṣāya sarvajagatāṃ dakṣāya kuśalātmanām | dakṣāyātmahitāyāśu namastubhyaṃ mahātmane
To Dakṣa, (the able one) of all the worlds, to Dakṣa of those whose nature is skilful, to Dakṣa who is swiftly (devoted) to the good of the self — homage to you, the great-souled one.
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KaP 21.9
सततं चिन्त्यमानस्य योगिभिर्नियतेन्द्रियैः । सारस्य सारभूतस्त्वं दक्षाय परमात्मने
satataṃ cintyamānasya yogibhirniyatendriyaiḥ | sārasya sārabhūtastvaṃ dakṣāya paramātmane
You are the essence of that essence which is constantly meditated on by yogins of restrained senses — to Dakṣa, the Supreme Self (homage).
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KaP 21.10
योगिवृत्तिरनाधृष्य पारगाणां परायणः । आद्यन्तमुक्तः सहसा तस्मै नित्यं नमो नमः
yogivṛttiranādhṛṣya pāragāṇāṃ parāyaṇaḥ | ādyantamuktaḥ sahasā tasmai nityaṃ namo namaḥ
(He is) the yogins' way of life, unassailable, the final resort of those who cross over, freed at once from beginning and end — to him homage, homage forever.
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KaP 21.11
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा दक्षो यज्ञभुजां तथा । प्राह प्रसन्नवदनः शक्रमाभाष्य मुख्यतः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā dakṣo yajñabhujāṃ tathā | prāha prasannavadanaḥ śakramābhāṣya mukhyataḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard those words of theirs, of the eaters of the sacrifice, Dakṣa, with a gracious face, spoke, addressing Śakra as the foremost.
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KaP 21.12
।। दक्ष उवाच । कुतः शक्र महाबाहो भवतां दुःखमागतम् । दुःखहेतुं वद विभो श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहन्तु तम्
|| dakṣa uvāca | kutaḥ śakra mahābāho bhavatāṃ duḥkhamāgatam | duḥkhahetuṃ vada vibho śrotumicchāmyahantu tam
Dakṣa said: Whence, O Śakra of mighty arms, has this sorrow come upon you (all)? Tell (me) the cause of the sorrow, O lord; I wish to hear it.
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KaP 21.13
ममास्ति वा किं कर्तव्यं भवतां दुःखहानये । तदहं यदि शक्नोमि करिष्यामि हितं समम्
mamāsti vā kiṃ kartavyaṃ bhavatāṃ duḥkhahānaye | tadahaṃ yadi śaknomi kariṣyāmi hitaṃ samam
Or is there something to be done by me for the removal of your sorrow? If I am able, I shall do that which is equally beneficial (to all).
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KaP 21.14
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य ब्रह्मसूनोर्महात्मनः । जगाद वाक्पतिः शक्रो वीतिहोत्रोऽथ तं मुनिम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya brahmasūnormahātmanaḥ | jagāda vākpatiḥ śakro vītihotro'tha taṃ munim
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard that speech of his, of Brahmā's great-souled son, Śakra, lord of speech, and Vītihotra (Agni) then spoke to that sage.
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KaP 21.15
।। त ऊचुः ।। क्षयी जातो निशानाथस्तस्मिन् क्षीणे क्षयं गताः । सर्वौषध्यो द्विजश्रेष्ठ तद्धानिर्यज्ञहानिकृत्
|| ta ūcuḥ || kṣayī jāto niśānāthastasmin kṣīṇe kṣayaṃ gatāḥ | sarvauṣadhyo dvijaśreṣṭha taddhāniryajñahānikṛt
They said: The lord of night has become subject to waning; when he wanes, all the healing plants have come to decay, O best of the twice-born; and their loss brings about the loss of sacrifice.
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KaP 21.16
यज्ञे विनष्टे सकलाः प्रजाः क्षुद्धयकातराः । वृष्ट्यभावान्महद्दुःखं प्राप्य नष्टाश्च काश्चन
yajñe vinaṣṭe sakalāḥ prajāḥ kṣuddhayakātarāḥ | vṛṣṭyabhāvānmahadduḥkhaṃ prāpya naṣṭāśca kāścana
When sacrifice is destroyed, all creatures are distressed by hunger; through the absence of rain they have met with great sorrow, and some have perished.
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KaP 21.17
क्षयोऽयं रात्रिनाथस्य यस्ते कोपात् प्रवर्तते । स सर्वजगतो ब्रह्मन्नभावार्थमुपस्थितः
kṣayo'yaṃ rātrināthasya yaste kopāt pravartate | sa sarvajagato brahmannabhāvārthamupasthitaḥ
This waning of the lord of night, which proceeds from your anger, has come about for the annihilation of the whole world, O brahmin.
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KaP 21.18
नाधुना तत् त्रिभुवने यन्न क्षुब्धं नु किञ्चन । विप्लुतं वास्ति विप्रेन्द्र स्थावराः पतगाश्च वा
nādhunā tat tribhuvane yanna kṣubdhaṃ nu kiñcana | viplutaṃ vāsti viprendra sthāvarāḥ patagāśca vā
There is now nothing whatever in the three worlds that is not shaken or swept away, O chief of brahmins, whether things standing still (plants) or birds.
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KaP 21.19
न यज्ञाः सम्प्रवर्तन्ते न तपस्यन्ति तापसाः । आहारदुःखान्निश्रीका: प्रजा क्षीणा भयातुराः
na yajñāḥ sampravartante na tapasyanti tāpasāḥ | āhāraduḥkhānniśrīkā: prajā kṣīṇā bhayāturāḥ
Sacrifices are not performed, ascetics do not practise austerity; through the distress of (want of) food the creatures are without prosperity, wasted away, and stricken with fear.
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KaP 21.20
एवं प्रवृत्ते विप्रेन्द्र विप्लवेऽस्मात् रसातलात् । दैत्या न यावदुत्थाय बाधन्ते तावदुद्धर
evaṃ pravṛtte viprendra viplave'smāt rasātalāt | daityā na yāvadutthāya bādhante tāvaduddhara
When such a calamity has set in, O chief of brahmins, deliver (us) before the Daityas rise up from the netherworld and afflict (us).
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KaP 21.21
प्रसीद दक्ष चन्द्रस्य तं पूरय तपोबलात् । पूर्णे चन्द्रे जगत्सर्वं प्रकृतिस्थं भविष्यति
prasīda dakṣa candrasya taṃ pūraya tapobalāt | pūrṇe candre jagatsarvaṃ prakṛtisthaṃ bhaviṣyati
Be gracious, Dakṣa: fill up that (orb) of the moon by the power of your austerity. When the moon is full, the whole world will stand in its natural state.
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KaP 21.22
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति तेषां वचः श्रुत्वा प्रजापतिसुतस्तदा । उवाच तान् सुरगणान् हृदयाच्छल्यमुद्धरन्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti teṣāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā prajāpatisutastadā | uvāca tān suragaṇān hṛdayācchalyamuddharan
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard those words of theirs, the son of Prajāpati then spoke to those hosts of gods, drawing the dart out of (their) heart.
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KaP 21.23
।। दक्ष उवाच ॥ यन्मे वचो निशानाथे प्रवृत्तं शापकारणम् । न केनापि निदानेन मिथ्या कर्तुं तदुत्सहे
|| dakṣa uvāca || yanme vaco niśānāthe pravṛttaṃ śāpakāraṇam | na kenāpi nidānena mithyā kartuṃ tadutsahe
Dakṣa said: The word of mine which was uttered against the lord of night as a curse — that I cannot on any ground make false.
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KaP 21.24
किन्तु मद्वचनं यस्मान्नैकान्तेन मृषा भवेत् । चन्द्रोऽपि वर्ध यस्मात्तदुपायमुदेक्षत
kintu madvacanaṃ yasmānnaikāntena mṛṣā bhavet | candro'pi vardha yasmāttadupāyamudekṣata
But since my word must not become entirely false, and since the moon too must wax, consider a means for that.
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KaP 21.25
तत्राप्ययमुपायोऽस्ति मासार्थं यातु चन्द्रमाः । क्षयं वृद्धिञ्च मासार्धं समं भार्यासु वर्तताम्
tatrāpyayamupāyo'sti māsārthaṃ yātu candramāḥ | kṣayaṃ vṛddhiñca māsārdhaṃ samaṃ bhāryāsu vartatām
In that too there is this means: let the moon go for half a month; let him abide equally among his wives, (with) waning and waxing for half a month (each).
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KaP 21.26
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा तं प्रसाद्य प्रजापतिम् । सर्वे सुरगणास्तत्र गता यत्रास्ति चन्द्रमाः
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā taṃ prasādya prajāpatim | sarve suragaṇāstatra gatā yatrāsti candramāḥ
Having heard that speech of his, and having propitiated that Prajāpati, all the hosts of gods went there, where the moon was.
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KaP 21.27
एवमुक्ते तु वचने दक्षेण मुनिना द्विजाः । अथ चन्द्रं समादाय भार्याभिः सहितं तदा । जग्मुस्ते ब्रह्मभवनं मुदिताः सुरसत्तमाः
evamukte tu vacane dakṣeṇa muninā dvijāḥ | atha candraṃ samādāya bhāryābhiḥ sahitaṃ tadā | jagmuste brahmabhavanaṃ muditāḥ surasattamāḥ
When these words had been spoken by the sage Dakṣa, O twice-born ones, then, taking the moon along with his wives, those best of gods went, delighted, to Brahmā's abode.
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KaP 21.28
तत्र गत्वा महाभागाः यथा दक्षेण भाषितम् । तत्सर्वं कथयामासुर्ब्रह्मणे परमात्मने
tatra gatvā mahābhāgāḥ yathā dakṣeṇa bhāṣitam | tatsarvaṃ kathayāmāsurbrahmaṇe paramātmane
Having gone there, the greatly fortunate ones told all that, as it had been said by Dakṣa, to Brahmā, the supreme Self.
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KaP 21.29
ब्रह्मा दक्षवचः श्रुत्वा देवानां वचनात्तदा । चन्द्रभागं महाशैलं जगाम सहितः सुरैः
brahmā dakṣavacaḥ śrutvā devānāṃ vacanāttadā | candrabhāgaṃ mahāśailaṃ jagāma sahitaḥ suraiḥ
Brahmā, having heard Dakṣa's word, then, at the request of the gods, went to the great mountain Candrabhāga together with the gods.
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KaP 21.30
तत्रगत्वा सुरश्रेष्ठः प्रजानां हितकाम्यया । स्नापयामास शुभ्रांशुं वृहल्लोहितपुष्करे
tatragatvā suraśreṣṭhaḥ prajānāṃ hitakāmyayā | snāpayāmāsa śubhrāṃśuṃ vṛhallohitapuṣkare
Having gone there, the best of gods, out of desire for the welfare of creatures, bathed the white-rayed one (the moon) in the Bṛhallohita pool.
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KaP 21.31
भूतभव्यभवज्ज्ञान: पूर्वमेव पितामहः । एतदर्थञ्चकारा सर: पूर्णं जगद्गुरुः
bhūtabhavyabhavajjñāna: pūrvameva pitāmahaḥ | etadarthañcakārā sara: pūrṇaṃ jagadguruḥ
The Grandfather, the world's teacher, knower of past, future and present, had for this very purpose made that lake full (of water) beforehand.
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KaP 21.32
तत्र स्नातस्य जन्तोस्तु नीरोगत्वं प्रजायते । चिरायुष्यञ्च सततं वृहल्लोहितसंज्ञके
tatra snātasya jantostu nīrogatvaṃ prajāyate | cirāyuṣyañca satataṃ vṛhallohitasaṃjñake
For a creature who bathes there, freedom from disease arises, and long life continually, in (the pool) named Bṛhallohita.
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KaP 21.33
तत्र स्नातस्य चन्द्रस्य शरीरात्तत्क्षणं गदः । राजयक्ष्मा निः ससार पूर्वरूपो यथोदितः
tatra snātasya candrasya śarīrāttatkṣaṇaṃ gadaḥ | rājayakṣmā niḥ sasāra pūrvarūpo yathoditaḥ
When the moon had bathed there, that very instant the disease, the royal consumption, came out from his body, in the visible form as described before.
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KaP 21.34
निःसृत्य राजयक्ष्मापि ब्रह्माणञ्च जगत्पतिम् । प्रणम्याहं किं करिष्ये क्व गच्छामीत्युवाच तम्
niḥsṛtya rājayakṣmāpi brahmāṇañca jagatpatim | praṇamyāhaṃ kiṃ kariṣye kva gacchāmītyuvāca tam
And the royal consumption, having come out and bowed to Brahmā, the lord of the world, said to him: "What shall I do? Where shall I go?"
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KaP 21.35
स्थानं पत्नीञ्च लोकेश कृत्यं मम सनातनम् । निदेशयानुरूपे मे स्रष्टा त्वं जगतां यतः
sthānaṃ patnīñca lokeśa kṛtyaṃ mama sanātanam | nideśayānurūpe me sraṣṭā tvaṃ jagatāṃ yataḥ
"O lord of the worlds, assign to me a place, a wife, and my everlasting task, suitable for me, since you are the creator of the worlds."
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KaP 21.36
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततो ब्रह्मापि तं पुष्टं निरीक्ष्येन्दुं शरीरगैः । अमृतैस्तेनातियुक्तैः क्षीणञ्चापि निशापतिम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tato brahmāpi taṃ puṣṭaṃ nirīkṣyenduṃ śarīragaiḥ | amṛtaistenātiyuktaiḥ kṣīṇañcāpi niśāpatim
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then Brahmā too, observing that moon grown full through the nectars residing in his body, greatly joined with him — and the lord of night also wasted away —
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KaP 21.37
दोर्भिः हस्तैः तं गृहीत्वा गिरौ निष्पीड्य वै मुहुः । अमृतं गालयामास शरीराद्राजयक्ष्मणः
dorbhiḥ hastaiḥ taṃ gṛhītvā girau niṣpīḍya vai muhuḥ | amṛtaṃ gālayāmāsa śarīrādrājayakṣmaṇaḥ
seizing him with his arms and hands and pressing him again and again on the mountain, he made the nectar flow out from the body of the royal consumption.
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KaP 21.38
अमृतानि च यान्याशु गालितानि तदा जले । क्षीरोदस्य च चिक्षेप मध्ये रहसि लोकभृत्
amṛtāni ca yānyāśu gālitāni tadā jale | kṣīrodasya ca cikṣepa madhye rahasi lokabhṛt
And the nectars which were then quickly strained out into the water — the sustainer of the world cast them, in secret, into the middle of the Milk Ocean.
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KaP 21.39
तस्मादस्यामृतादिन्दोः कलाः क्षीणास्तु याः पुरा । तासां जग्राह लवशश्चर्णान् क्षीरोदसागरात्
tasmādasyāmṛtādindoḥ kalāḥ kṣīṇāstu yāḥ purā | tāsāṃ jagrāha lavaśaścarṇān kṣīrodasāgarāt
Therefore, from that nectar of the moon, (as for) those digits which had formerly waned — he took up their powders, bit by bit, from the Milk Ocean.
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KaP 21.40
कलामात्रावशेषष्य संसर्गाद्राजयक्ष्मणः । क्षीणाः कलाः पञ्चदश याः पूर्वममृतात्मिकाः । ता राजयक्ष्मगर्भस्थाचूर्णीभूतास्तु पीडया
kalāmātrāvaśeṣaṣya saṃsargādrājayakṣmaṇaḥ | kṣīṇāḥ kalāḥ pañcadaśa yāḥ pūrvamamṛtātmikāḥ | tā rājayakṣmagarbhasthācūrṇībhūtāstu pīḍayā
Of (the moon) with only a single digit remaining, through contact with the royal consumption, the fifteen digits that waned, which were formerly of the nature of nectar — those, being within the body of the royal consumption, were reduced to powder by the pressing.
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KaP 21.41
तेजोज्योत्स्ना सुधाभिस्तु निबद्धं यत् कलापतेः
tejojyotsnā sudhābhistu nibaddhaṃ yat kalāpateḥ
That which was bound together out of the radiance, the moonlight and the nectars of the lord of the digits (the moon) —
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KaP 21.42
शरीरं तत् त्रिधा भूतं गर्भस्थं राजयक्ष्मणः
śarīraṃ tat tridhā bhūtaṃ garbhasthaṃ rājayakṣmaṇaḥ
that body, become threefold, was situated inside the royal consumption.
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KaP 21.43
ज्योतिश्चूर्णमभूत् ज्योत्स्ना लीना राजादियक्ष्मणि । द्रवीभूताः सुधाः सर्वाः गर्भे रोगस्य च स्थिताः
jyotiścūrṇamabhūt jyotsnā līnā rājādiyakṣmaṇi | dravībhūtāḥ sudhāḥ sarvāḥ garbhe rogasya ca sthitāḥ
The radiance became powder, the moonlight dissolved into the royal and other consumptions, and all the nectars, become liquid, remained within the disease.
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KaP 21.44
यदा निर्यालयामास सुधां ब्रह्मा क्षमान्तरात् । तदा ज्योत्स्नासुधाज्योतिः सर्वं तस्माद्बहिर्गतम्
yadā niryālayāmāsa sudhāṃ brahmā kṣamāntarāt | tadā jyotsnāsudhājyotiḥ sarvaṃ tasmādbahirgatam
When Brahmā made the nectar flow out from within (it), then the moonlight, the nectar and the radiance — all of it went out from him.
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KaP 21.45
क्षीरोदसागरे क्षिप्तं तत् सर्वं विधिना तदा । देवान् गिरौ परित्यज्य स्वयं गत्वा द्रुतं ततः
kṣīrodasāgare kṣiptaṃ tat sarvaṃ vidhinā tadā | devān girau parityajya svayaṃ gatvā drutaṃ tataḥ
Then all that was cast, according to the rule, into the ocean of milk; leaving the gods behind on the mountain, he himself having gone swiftly from there —
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KaP 21.46
ततोऽमृतानि प्रक्षाल्य कलाचूर्णानि वारिभिः । ज्योत्स्नाञ्चाप्याजगामाशु गृहीत्वा तत्त्रयं गिरिम्
tato'mṛtāni prakṣālya kalācūrṇāni vāribhiḥ | jyotsnāñcāpyājagāmāśu gṛhītvā tattrayaṃ girim
then, having washed with water those nectar(-particles), the powders of the (moon's) digits, and the moonlight as well, he quickly came back to the mountain, taking those three.
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KaP 21.47
क्षीरोदागिरिमासाद्य चन्द्रभागं तदा विधिः । देवमध्ये कलाचूर्णं सुधाज्योत्स्ना न्यवीविशत्
kṣīrodāgirimāsādya candrabhāgaṃ tadā vidhiḥ | devamadhye kalācūrṇaṃ sudhājyotsnā nyavīviśat
Reaching the mountain by the milk-ocean, the Ordainer then caused the powder of the digits, the nectar and the moonlight — the moon's portion — to enter in, in the midst of the gods.
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KaP 21.48
संस्थाप्य तत्त्रयं ब्रह्मा देवानां मध्यतः स्थितः । जगाद राजयक्ष्माणं तत् स्थानादि निदेशयन्
saṃsthāpya tattrayaṃ brahmā devānāṃ madhyataḥ sthitaḥ | jagāda rājayakṣmāṇaṃ tat sthānādi nideśayan
Having set those three in place, Brahmā, standing in the midst of the gods, spoke to Rājayakṣman, appointing for him his dwelling-place and the rest.
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KaP 21.49
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। सर्वदा यो दिवारात्रं सन्ध्यायां वनितारतः । सेवते सुरतं तस्मिन् राजयक्ष्मन् वसिष्यसि
|| brahmovāca || sarvadā yo divārātraṃ sandhyāyāṃ vanitārataḥ | sevate surataṃ tasmin rājayakṣman vasiṣyasi
Brahmā said: In him who is always devoted to women, by day, by night, and at twilight, and resorts to intercourse — in him, Rājayakṣman, you shall dwell.
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KaP 21.50
प्रतिशाय-श्वासकास- संयुक्तो मैथुनं चरेत् । स ते प्रवेश्यः सततं श्लेष्मणश्च तथाविधः
pratiśāya-śvāsakāsa- saṃyukto maithunaṃ caret | sa te praveśyaḥ satataṃ śleṣmaṇaśca tathāvidhaḥ
Whoever, afflicted with catarrh, panting and cough, engages in copulation — he is to be entered by you always, and likewise one so afflicted with phlegm.
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KaP 21.51
कृष्णाख्या मृत्युपुत्री या भवतः सदृशी गुणैः । सा तेऽस्तु भार्या सततं भवन्तमनुयास्यति
kṛṣṇākhyā mṛtyuputrī yā bhavataḥ sadṛśī guṇaiḥ | sā te'stu bhāryā satataṃ bhavantamanuyāsyati
She who is called Kṛṣṇā, the daughter of Death, who is your equal in qualities — let her be your wife; she will follow you always.
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KaP 21.52
क्षीणत्वं भवतः कृत्यं ततस्त्वं विषयं कुरु । द्रुतं गच्छ यथाकामं चन्द्रात् त्वं विमुखो भव
kṣīṇatvaṃ bhavataḥ kṛtyaṃ tatastvaṃ viṣayaṃ kuru | drutaṃ gaccha yathākāmaṃ candrāt tvaṃ vimukho bhava
Wasting is your work; therefore make (that) your domain. Go swiftly as you please; be turned away from the Moon.
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KaP 21.53
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवं विसृष्टो विधिना राजयक्ष्मा महागदः । पश्यतां सर्वदेवानामन्तर्धानं जगाम ह
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evaṃ visṛṣṭo vidhinā rājayakṣmā mahāgadaḥ | paśyatāṃ sarvadevānāmantardhānaṃ jagāma ha
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus dismissed by the Ordainer, Rājayakṣman, the great disease, vanished from sight while all the gods looked on.
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KaP 21.54
अन्तर्हिते महारोगे ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । चन्द्रं समग्रयामास कलापञ्चदशैधितम्
antarhite mahāroge brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | candraṃ samagrayāmāsa kalāpañcadaśaidhitam
When the great disease had vanished, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, made the Moon complete, grown by fifteen digits.
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KaP 21.55
तेन क्षीरोदधौतेन सुधापूतेन चात्मभूः । सज्योत्स्नैस्तु कलाचूर्णैः पूर्ववच्चाकरोद्विधुम्
tena kṣīrodadhautena sudhāpūtena cātmabhūḥ | sajyotsnaistu kalācūrṇaiḥ pūrvavaccākarodvidhum
With that (powder) washed in the milk-ocean and purified with nectar, the Self-born made the Moon as he was before, with the powders of the digits together with the moonlight.
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KaP 21.56
स षोडशकलापूर्णः पूर्ववद्विभौ यदा । चन्द्रस्तदा सर्वदेवा मुमुदुस्तस्य दर्शनात्
sa ṣoḍaśakalāpūrṇaḥ pūrvavadvibhau yadā | candrastadā sarvadevā mumudustasya darśanāt
When the Moon, full with his sixteen digits, shone as before, then all the gods rejoiced at the sight of him.
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KaP 21.57
अथ चन्द्रस्तदा पूर्णः प्रणिपत्य पितामहम् । उवाचेदं सुरसदोमध्यगो नाति हर्षितः
atha candrastadā pūrṇaḥ praṇipatya pitāmaham | uvācedaṃ surasadomadhyago nāti harṣitaḥ
Then the Moon, now full, bowing to the Grandfather, standing in the midst of the assembly of gods, said this, not greatly gladdened:
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KaP 21.58
।। सोम उवाच । न श्याम पूर्ववद् ब्रह्मञ्छशरीरे मम वर्तते । न वीर्यं वा तथोत्साहो निषीदन्त्यंगसन्धयः
|| soma uvāca | na śyāma pūrvavad brahmañchaśarīre mama vartate | na vīryaṃ vā tathotsāho niṣīdantyaṃgasandhayaḥ
Soma said: The dark (lustre) is not present in my body as before, O Brahmā, nor vigour, nor likewise energy; the joints of my limbs give way.
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KaP 21.59
नोत्सहे पूर्ववच्चेष्टां विधातुं सुतरामहम् । चेष्टाही नस्त्वनुदिनं वर्तेयं केन लोककृत्
notsahe pūrvavacceṣṭāṃ vidhātuṃ sutarāmaham | ceṣṭāhī nastvanudinaṃ varteyaṃ kena lokakṛt
I am not at all able, as before, to carry out my activity; devoid of activity day after day, by what means shall I go on, O maker of the worlds?
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KaP 21.60
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। ग्रस्तस्य यक्ष्मणा सोम यदभूदंगसन्धयः । पूर्वं विशीर्णा भवतस्तत्पूर्णमभवन्नहि
|| brahmovāca || grastasya yakṣmaṇā soma yadabhūdaṃgasandhayaḥ | pūrvaṃ viśīrṇā bhavatastatpūrṇamabhavannahi
Brahmā said: O Soma, the joints of your limbs, which were formerly shattered when you were seized by the consumption — those did not become whole again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 21.61
अधुना भवतो देहचूर्णं निःसारितं मया । शरीरात् सामृतज्योत्स्नमञ्जसा राजयक्ष्मणः
adhunā bhavato dehacūrṇaṃ niḥsāritaṃ mayā | śarīrāt sāmṛtajyotsnamañjasā rājayakṣmaṇaḥ
Now I have drawn out the powder of your body, together with the nectar and the moonlight, straightway from the body of Rājayakṣman.
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KaP 21.62
तेषां प्रक्षालनविधौ लवशो यत्स्थितं जले । ज्योत्स्नायाश्च सुधायाश्च तेन हीनो भवान् यतः
teṣāṃ prakṣālanavidhau lavaśo yatsthitaṃ jale | jyotsnāyāśca sudhāyāśca tena hīno bhavān yataḥ
In the process of washing them, some small part of the moonlight and of the nectar remained in the water; since you are deficient by that much,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 21.63
ततोऽङ्गसन्धयो राजंस्तव सीदन्ति साम्प्रतम् । तस्योपायं विधास्यामि यथा नार्तिं लभेद्भवान्
tato'ṅgasandhayo rājaṃstava sīdanti sāmpratam | tasyopāyaṃ vidhāsyāmi yathā nārtiṃ labhedbhavān
therefore, O king, the joints of your limbs now give way. I shall provide a remedy for that, so that you may suffer no distress.
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KaP 21.64
प्राजापत्यः पुरोडाशो हवनीयः पुरोऽध्वरे । ऐन्द्रस्ततोऽनु चाग्नेयः प्रदेयः सर्वतः क्रतौ
prājāpatyaḥ puroḍāśo havanīyaḥ puro'dhvare | aindrastato'nu cāgneyaḥ pradeyaḥ sarvataḥ kratau
The puroḍāśa cake for Prajāpati is to be offered first in the sacrifice; after that Indra's, and then Agni's, is to be presented in every rite.
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KaP 21.65
ततो नु भवतो भागः पुरोडाशो मया कृतः । तेन भागेन भुक्तेन नित्यं यज्ञकृतेन हि । पूर्ववत् ते समुत्साहः श्यामवीर्यं भविष्यति
tato nu bhavato bhāgaḥ puroḍāśo mayā kṛtaḥ | tena bhāgena bhuktena nityaṃ yajñakṛtena hi | pūrvavat te samutsāhaḥ śyāmavīryaṃ bhaviṣyati
So then this puroḍāśa (sacrificial cake) has been made by me as your share. By enjoying that share, which is always produced by sacrifice, your vigour will be as before, and (your) dark-moon potency (will return).
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KaP 21.66
ये चामृतकणास्तोये क्षीरोदस्य स्थितास्तव । शरीरचूर्णं वा यत्ते ज्योत्स्नायाश्चापि ये लवाः
ye cāmṛtakaṇāstoye kṣīrodasya sthitāstava | śarīracūrṇaṃ vā yatte jyotsnāyāścāpi ye lavāḥ
And the drops of nectar of yours that remain in the water of the Ocean of Milk, or the powder of your body, and whatever particles there are of (your) moonlight —
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KaP 21.67
तत् सर्वं भवतो ज्योत्स्नायोगादनुदिनं विधो । वृद्धिं यास्यति सततं क्षीरसागरगर्भगम्
tat sarvaṃ bhavato jyotsnāyogādanudinaṃ vidho | vṛddhiṃ yāsyati satataṃ kṣīrasāgaragarbhagam
all of that, O Moon, being lodged in the womb of the Ocean of Milk, will day by day and constantly increase through its union with (your) moonlight.
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KaP 21.68
स्वारोचिषेऽन्तरे प्राप्ते द्वितीये शङ्करांशजः । दुर्वासा भविता विप्रः प्रचण्डश्चण्ड भानुवत्
svārociṣe'ntare prāpte dvitīye śaṅkarāṃśajaḥ | durvāsā bhavitā vipraḥ pracaṇḍaścaṇḍa bhānuvat
When the second interval (manvantara), that of Svārociṣa, arrives, a brahmin named Durvāsas, born of a portion of Śaṅkara, will come into being, fierce like the fierce sun.
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KaP 21.69
स देवेन्द्रस्याविनयाच्छापं दत्वा सुदारुणम् । करिष्यति त्रिभुवनं निःश्रीकं ससुरासुरम्
sa devendrasyāvinayācchāpaṃ datvā sudāruṇam | kariṣyati tribhuvanaṃ niḥśrīkaṃ sasurāsuram
He, because of the discourtesy of the lord of the gods, will pronounce a most terrible curse and will make the three worlds, with their gods and demons, bereft of prosperity.
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KaP 21.70
श्रिया हीने ततो लोके भविता लोकविप्लवः । यथा तव क्षयात् सोम प्रवृत्तः सर्वविप्लवः
śriyā hīne tato loke bhavitā lokaviplavaḥ | yathā tava kṣayāt soma pravṛttaḥ sarvaviplavaḥ
Then, when the world is deprived of prosperity, there will be an upheaval of the world, just as, O Soma, from your waning a universal upheaval has arisen.
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KaP 21.71
तन्मानुषप्रमाणेन तृतीये तु कृते युगे । भविष्यति स्थास्यति च यावद् युगचतुष्टयम्
tanmānuṣapramāṇena tṛtīye tu kṛte yuge | bhaviṣyati sthāsyati ca yāvad yugacatuṣṭayam
By human reckoning that will happen in the third Kṛta age, and it will last as long as the set of four ages.
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KaP 21.72
ततश्चतुर्थे सम्प्राप्ते सह देवैः कृते युगे । क्षीरोदं निर्मथिष्यामः शम्भुर्विष्णुरहं तथा । मन्थानं मन्दरं कृत्वा नेत्रं कृत्वा तु वासुकीम्
tataścaturthe samprāpte saha devaiḥ kṛte yuge | kṣīrodaṃ nirmathiṣyāmaḥ śambhurviṣṇurahaṃ tathā | manthānaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā netraṃ kṛtvā tu vāsukīm
Then, when the fourth Kṛta age has arrived, together with the gods we — Śambhu, Viṣṇu, and I — will churn the Ocean of Milk, making Mandara the churning-stick and Vāsuki the cord.
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KaP 21.73
यज्ञभागेषु लीनेषु देवान्नार्थं वयं ततः । मथिष्यामः समं देवैः क्षीरोदं सह दानवैः
yajñabhāgeṣu līneṣu devānnārthaṃ vayaṃ tataḥ | mathiṣyāmaḥ samaṃ devaiḥ kṣīrodaṃ saha dānavaiḥ
When the shares of sacrifice have vanished, then, for the sake of food for the gods, we shall churn the Ocean of Milk together with the gods and with the dānavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 21.74
त्वच्छरीरामृतमिदं यत्स्थितं क्षीरसागरे । तत् प्रमथ्य ग्रहीष्यामो राशीभूतं तथा क्षयम्
tvaccharīrāmṛtamidaṃ yatsthitaṃ kṣīrasāgare | tat pramathya grahīṣyāmo rāśībhūtaṃ tathā kṣayam
This nectar of your body which rests in the Ocean of Milk — that, having heaped up in a mass, we shall take by churning, and likewise (recover) your wasting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 21.75
सर्वौषध्यन्तरे कृत्वा त्वच्छरीरं तदा वयम् । क्षेप्स्यामः सागरजले शरीरार्थं विधो तव
sarvauṣadhyantare kṛtvā tvaccharīraṃ tadā vayam | kṣepsyāmaḥ sāgarajale śarīrārthaṃ vidho tava
Then, placing your body among all the herbs, we shall cast it into the water of the ocean, for the sake of your body, O Moon.
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KaP 21.76
निर्मथ्य सागरं पश्चात् समुद्धार्य यदामृतम् । तदा तव वपुस्तस्मिन् पूर्ववत् सम्भवविष्यति
nirmathya sāgaraṃ paścāt samuddhārya yadāmṛtam | tadā tava vapustasmin pūrvavat sambhavaviṣyati
Afterwards, having churned the ocean and drawn out the nectar, then your body will come into being in it as before.
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KaP 21.77
ओजोवीर्याद्भुतं कान्तमक्षयंच सुधात्मकम् । दृढाङ्गसन्धिकं चारु भविष्यति वपुस्तव
ojovīryādbhutaṃ kāntamakṣayaṃca sudhātmakam | dṛḍhāṅgasandhikaṃ cāru bhaviṣyati vapustava
Your body will be wondrous in strength and vigour, lovely, imperishable, made of nectar, with firm joints and limbs, and beautiful.
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KaP 21.78
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। सुधांशुमेवमाभाष्य ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । विधोः क्षयाय मासार्धं वृद्धये यत्नवानभूत्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || sudhāṃśumevamābhāṣya brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | vidhoḥ kṣayāya māsārdhaṃ vṛddhaye yatnavānabhūt
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus to the nectar-rayed one, Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, made effort for the Moon's waning for half a month and for his waxing (for half a month).
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KaP 21.79
यथा दक्षेण गदितं मासार्थं यातु चन्द्रमाः । क्षयं वृद्धिं च मासार्धं यत्नं तत्राकरोद्विधिः
yathā dakṣeṇa gaditaṃ māsārthaṃ yātu candramāḥ | kṣayaṃ vṛddhiṃ ca māsārdhaṃ yatnaṃ tatrākarodvidhiḥ
As was declared by Dakṣa — let the Moon undergo half a month of waning and half a month of waxing — the Ordainer made his effort accordingly.
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KaP 21.80
ततः षोडशधा चन्द्रं सुरज्येष्ठो विभक्तवान् । विभज्य च सुरान् सर्वान् समुवाचेदमुत्तमम्
tataḥ ṣoḍaśadhā candraṃ surajyeṣṭho vibhaktavān | vibhajya ca surān sarvān samuvācedamuttamam
Then the eldest of the gods divided the Moon into sixteen parts, and having divided (him) he spoke this excellent word to all the gods:
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KaP 21.81
कलाः षोडश चन्द्रस्य तत्रैका शम्भुमूर्धनि । तिष्ठत्वद्यावधि परा क्षयं यान्तु क्षयं विना
kalāḥ ṣoḍaśa candrasya tatraikā śambhumūrdhani | tiṣṭhatvadyāvadhi parā kṣayaṃ yāntu kṣayaṃ vinā
The Moon's digits are sixteen; of these let one remain on Śambhu's head from today onward; let the rest undergo waning, without (total) destruction.
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KaP 21.82
क्षयेण यदि रोगेण मासार्धं दक्षवाक्यतः । क्षयाय पीड्यते चन्द्रो नोपशान्तिस्तदा भवेत्
kṣayeṇa yadi rogeṇa māsārdhaṃ dakṣavākyataḥ | kṣayāya pīḍyate candro nopaśāntistadā bhavet
If, by the word of Dakṣa, the Moon is afflicted for half a month with the wasting disease so as to wane, then there would be no relief.
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KaP 21.83
किंत्वस्य या कला शम्भौ ज्योत्स्ना गच्छतु तां प्रति । चतुर्दशकलासंस्थाः प्रतिमासं सुरोत्तमाः
kiṃtvasya yā kalā śambhau jyotsnā gacchatu tāṃ prati | caturdaśakalāsaṃsthāḥ pratimāsaṃ surottamāḥ
But let the moonlight which is his digit (resting) on Śambhu go toward that (digit); O best of gods, month by month, (the nectars) that abide in the fourteen digits —
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KaP 21.84
चतुर्दशकलासंस्थान्यमृतानि पिबन्तु वै । प्रतिपत्तिथिमारभ्य भवन्तस्तां चतुर्दशीम्
caturdaśakalāsaṃsthānyamṛtāni pibantu vai | pratipattithimārabhya bhavantastāṃ caturdaśīm
let (the gods) drink the nectars that abide in the fourteen digits; beginning from the pratipad tithi, you (drink) up to that fourteenth (day).
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KaP 21.85
तेजोभोगाः सूर्य्यबिम्बं चतुर्दशतिथौ क्रमात् । प्रविशन्तु क्षयं त्वेवं कृष्णपक्षे विधोर्भवेत्
tejobhogāḥ sūryyabimbaṃ caturdaśatithau kramāt | praviśantu kṣayaṃ tvevaṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe vidhorbhavet
Let the portions of (his) radiance enter the sun's orb in order on the fourteen lunar days; thus in the dark fortnight there will be the waning of the moon.
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KaP 21.86
यातु शेष कला दर्शे हरित्पत्रे पलायिता । तिष्ठतु प्रथमे भागे तिथौ तस्यां निशापतेः
yātu śeṣa kalā darśe haritpatre palāyitā | tiṣṭhatu prathame bhāge tithau tasyāṃ niśāpateḥ
On the new-moon day let the remaining digit go, fled into a green leaf; on that lunar day let (that digit) of the lord of night stand in the first part (of the day).
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KaP 21.87
द्वितीये दर्शभागे तु रोहिण्या यातु मन्दिरम् । तृतीये तु सरस्वत्यां स्नात्वा समुत्थितो विधुः
dvitīye darśabhāge tu rohiṇyā yātu mandiram | tṛtīye tu sarasvatyāṃ snātvā samutthito vidhuḥ
But in the second part of the new-moon day let (him) go to the house of Rohiṇī; and in the third, the moon, having bathed in the Sarasvatī, rises up.
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KaP 21.88
चतुर्थे बलसम्पूर्णस्तिथिभागे विभावसोः । मण्डलं यातु चन्द्रोऽयं सविम्बस्थघोटकः
caturthe balasampūrṇastithibhāge vibhāvasoḥ | maṇḍalaṃ yātu candro'yaṃ savimbasthaghoṭakaḥ
In the fourth part of the lunar day, full of strength, let this moon go to the orb of the sun, (as) a horse standing in (its) disc.
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KaP 21.89
यावत् कालेन हि कला प्रथमा क्षयमाप्नुयात् । एवमेवं कृष्णपक्षे तावत् सा प्रतिपद् भवेत्
yāvat kālena hi kalā prathamā kṣayamāpnuyāt | evamevaṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe tāvat sā pratipad bhavet
For in however much time the first digit reaches its waning, just so long, in the dark fortnight, shall that be the first lunar day.
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KaP 21.90
द्वितीयादौ कृष्णपक्षे वृद्धि - ह्रासस्तथाविधः । तिथीनां वृद्धिहेतुश्च शुक्ले कृष्णे तथा भवेत्
dvitīyādau kṛṣṇapakṣe vṛddhi - hrāsastathāvidhaḥ | tithīnāṃ vṛddhihetuśca śukle kṛṣṇe tathā bhavet
For the second and the rest, in the dark fortnight, the increase and decrease are of that same sort; and the cause of the growth of the lunar days will be the same in the bright and in the dark (fortnight).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 21.91
ततः पुनः शुक्लपक्षे यावत् पूर्वकलोदिता । वृद्धिं नैति भवेत्तावत् प्रतिपत्तिथिरादितः
tataḥ punaḥ śuklapakṣe yāvat pūrvakaloditā | vṛddhiṃ naiti bhavettāvat pratipattithirāditaḥ
Then again in the bright fortnight, as long as the digit that rose before does not attain increase, so long is the first lunar day, from the beginning.
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KaP 21.92
ततो द्वितीयभागस्य या ज्योत्स्ना हरमूर्धनि । स्थिता या वै कला यातु गता सा पुनरेष्यति
tato dvitīyabhāgasya yā jyotsnā haramūrdhani | sthitā yā vai kalā yātu gatā sā punareṣyati
Then let the moonlight of the second part, which stands on Hara's head — that digit which has gone — go, and it will come again.
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KaP 21.93
युष्माभिस्तु भवेत् पेयममृतं यद्दिने दिने । तद्द्वितीयादितिथिभिः पूर्णान्ताभिः सदैव हि । स्वयमुत्पत्स्यते चन्द्रो ज्योत्स्नायोगात् सुरोत्तमाः
yuṣmābhistu bhavet peyamamṛtaṃ yaddine dine | taddvitīyāditithibhiḥ pūrṇāntābhiḥ sadaiva hi | svayamutpatsyate candro jyotsnāyogāt surottamāḥ
And the nectar which is to be drunk by you day by day — by those lunar days beginning with the second and ending with the full moon, always indeed the moon will himself come into being through the conjunction with (his) moonlight, O best of gods.
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KaP 21.94
यथा दिने दिने भागाः क्षयं यान्ति तथा विधोः । वृद्धिं गच्छन्त्यनुदिनं शुक्लपक्षेऽन्वहं सुराः
yathā dine dine bhāgāḥ kṣayaṃ yānti tathā vidhoḥ | vṛddhiṃ gacchantyanudinaṃ śuklapakṣe'nvahaṃ surāḥ
As, day by day, the portions of the moon go to their waning, so, day after day in the bright fortnight, they go to increase each day, O gods.
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KaP 21.95
तेजोभागः सूर्यबिम्बात् पुनरेव समेष्यति । प्रयास्यति कृष्णपक्षे यथा भागक्रमं तथा
tejobhāgaḥ sūryabimbāt punareva sameṣyati | prayāsyati kṛṣṇapakṣe yathā bhāgakramaṃ tathā
The portion of radiance will come back again from the sun's orb, and it will go away in the dark fortnight, following the same order of portions.
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KaP 21.96
ज्योत्स्ना हरशिरश्चन्द्रात् प्रत्यहं पुनरेष्यति । तेजोभागः सूर्यबिम्बादमृतं वर्षति स्वयम्
jyotsnā haraśiraścandrāt pratyahaṃ punareṣyati | tejobhāgaḥ sūryabimbādamṛtaṃ varṣati svayam
The moonlight (goes) from the moon to Hara's head and comes back again each day; the portion of radiance from the sun's orb itself rains down nectar.
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KaP 21.97
एवं वृद्धिः शुक्लपक्षे सुधांशोः सम्भविष्यति । पक्षयोः शुक्लकृष्णत्वं चन्द्रवृद्धिक्षयाद्भवेत्
evaṃ vṛddhiḥ śuklapakṣe sudhāṃśoḥ sambhaviṣyati | pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇatvaṃ candravṛddhikṣayādbhavet
Thus the increase of the nectar-rayed one will come about in the bright fortnight; the brightness and darkness of the two fortnights arise from the moon's waxing and waning.
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KaP 21.98
यावत् कालेन यो भागः क्षयं वृद्धिंच यास्यति । तावत् कालमभिव्याप्य तिथि: स्थास्यति सा पुनः
yāvat kālena yo bhāgaḥ kṣayaṃ vṛddhiṃca yāsyati | tāvat kālamabhivyāpya tithi: sthāsyati sā punaḥ
In whatever time a given portion goes to waning and to increase, filling out just that much time the lunar day will again stand.
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KaP 21.99
चिरेण वृद्धिर्यदि वा क्षयो वा द्रुतेन वृद्धिर्यदिवा क्षयो वा । द्रुतातिथीनान्तु सदा क्षयः स्याच्चिरातु वृद्धिस्तिथिषु प्रवेशे
cireṇa vṛddhiryadi vā kṣayo vā drutena vṛddhiryadivā kṣayo vā | drutātithīnāntu sadā kṣayaḥ syāccirātu vṛddhistithiṣu praveśe
Whether the increase or the waning be slow, or whether the increase or the waning be quick: for lunar days that are quick there is always diminution, but when they enter slowly there is increase in the lunar days.
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KaP 21.100
हव्यं कव्यञ्च चन्द्रेण विना न सम्भविष्यति । तस्मात्तयोः प्रवृद्धयर्थं चन्द्रं रक्षन्तु देवताः
havyaṃ kavyañca candreṇa vinā na sambhaviṣyati | tasmāttayoḥ pravṛddhayarthaṃ candraṃ rakṣantu devatāḥ
Offerings to the gods and to the ancestors will not be possible without the moon; therefore, for the increase of those two, let the deities protect the moon.
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KaP 21.101
आस्वादनीयः शुभ्रांशुः कलाशेषोऽनुमासतः । अमावास्यापराधें तु पितृभी रोहिणीगृहे
āsvādanīyaḥ śubhrāṃśuḥ kalāśeṣo'numāsataḥ | amāvāsyāparādheṃ tu pitṛbhī rohiṇīgṛhe
The bright-rayed one, reduced to a remaining digit, is to be tasted month after month by the ancestors, in the latter half of the new-moon day, in the house of Rohiṇī.
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KaP 21.102
तस्यैवास्वादनात् कव्यं वृद्धिं यास्यति चान्वहम् । तेन कव्येन पितरस्तृप्तिं यास्यन्ति वै पराम्
tasyaivāsvādanāt kavyaṃ vṛddhiṃ yāsyati cānvaham | tena kavyena pitarastṛptiṃ yāsyanti vai parām
From the very tasting of him the ancestral offering will grow day by day, and by that offering the ancestors will attain the highest satisfaction.
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KaP 21.103
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततः सुरगणाः सर्वे यथोक्तं विधिना तथा । चक्रुर्लोकहितार्थाय चन्द्रस्य क्षय वृद्धये
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tataḥ suragaṇāḥ sarve yathoktaṃ vidhinā tathā | cakrurlokahitārthāya candrasya kṣaya vṛddhaye
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then all the hosts of gods did just as was said, according to the rule, for the benefit of the world, for the waning and waxing of the moon.
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KaP 21.104
महादेवोऽपि चन्द्रार्धं स्वरूपं परमात्मनः । जग्राह देवैर्विधिना शिरसा गदितो भृशम्
mahādevo'pi candrārdhaṃ svarūpaṃ paramātmanaḥ | jagrāha devairvidhinā śirasā gadito bhṛśam
And Mahādeva too, being urgently entreated by the gods according to the rule, took upon his head the half of the moon, (which is) the very form of the supreme Self.
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KaP 21.105
यत्तेजः परमं नित्यमजमव्ययमक्षयम् । तत्स्वरूपा चन्द्रकला शापतस्तु क्षयं गता
yattejaḥ paramaṃ nityamajamavyayamakṣayam | tatsvarūpā candrakalā śāpatastu kṣayaṃ gatā
That light which is supreme, eternal, unborn, imperishable, undecaying — the moon's digit, whose nature is that (light), yet came to waning through the curse.
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KaP 21.106
प्रविशति यदा ज्योतिरानन्दमजरं परम् । योगिनस्तु तदा तेषां चिन्तनं लीनमेष्यति
praviśati yadā jyotirānandamajaraṃ param | yoginastu tadā teṣāṃ cintanaṃ līnameṣyati
When (that) light, blissful, ageless, supreme, enters (them), then the thinking of those yogins will become dissolved.
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KaP 21.107
महादेवशिर: संस्थे लीने चित्ते सुधानिधौ । चन्द्रद्वारा भवेन्मुक्तिरित्येवं वैदिकी श्रुतिः
mahādevaśira: saṃsthe līne citte sudhānidhau | candradvārā bhavenmuktirityevaṃ vaidikī śrutiḥ
When the mind is dissolved in the reservoir of nectar that rests on Mahādeva's head, release comes by way of the moon — such is the Vedic teaching.
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KaP 21.108
एतज् ज्ञात्वा महादेवः क्षयवृद्ध्यविनाकृतम् । हिताय सर्वलोकानां जग्राह शिरसा विधुम्
etaj jñātvā mahādevaḥ kṣayavṛddhyavinākṛtam | hitāya sarvalokānāṃ jagrāha śirasā vidhum
Knowing this, Mahādeva took upon his head the moon, which is not separated from waning and waxing, for the welfare of all the worlds.
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KaP 21.109
चन्द्रज्योत्स्नासमायोगादौषध्यो यान्ति वृद्धये । सर्वोषधिषु वृद्धासु प्रवर्तन्ते ततोऽध्वराः
candrajyotsnāsamāyogādauṣadhyo yānti vṛddhaye | sarvoṣadhiṣu vṛddhāsu pravartante tato'dhvarāḥ
By contact with the moon's moonlight the herbs come to growth; and when all the herbs have grown, from that the sacrifices proceed.
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KaP 21.110
अध्वरेषु प्रवृत्तेषु स्वान् स्वान् भागांस्तु देवताः । परिगृह्णन्ति पितरस्तथा कव्यानि भूरिशः
adhvareṣu pravṛtteṣu svān svān bhāgāṃstu devatāḥ | parigṛhṇanti pitarastathā kavyāni bhūriśaḥ
When the sacrifices proceed, the deities receive their own respective shares, and likewise the fathers (receive) the funeral offerings in abundance.
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KaP 21.111
अमृतं ब्रह्मणा सृष्टं यद् देवेभ्यः पुरातनम् । तेन तृप्यन्ति हीना ये हव्यभागेन देवताः
amṛtaṃ brahmaṇā sṛṣṭaṃ yad devebhyaḥ purātanam | tena tṛpyanti hīnā ye havyabhāgena devatāḥ
The nectar was created of old by Brahmā for the gods; by that those deities who are without a share of the oblation are satisfied.
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KaP 21.112
यज्ञेनाप्यायितं तच्च ज्योत्स्नाभिर्वृद्धिमेति वै । यज्ञज्योत्स्ना विनाभूतं तच्च स्यात् क्षीणमन्यथा
yajñenāpyāyitaṃ tacca jyotsnābhirvṛddhimeti vai | yajñajyotsnā vinābhūtaṃ tacca syāt kṣīṇamanyathā
And that (nectar), nourished by sacrifice, indeed increases through the moonbeams; deprived of sacrifice and moonlight, it would otherwise be diminished.
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KaP 21.113
अतोऽमृतस्य यज्ञस्य चन्द्रमाः कारणं स्वयम् । अतो दक्षस्य शापात्तु रक्षायै तच्चिकीर्षितम्
ato'mṛtasya yajñasya candramāḥ kāraṇaṃ svayam | ato dakṣasya śāpāttu rakṣāyai taccikīrṣitam
Therefore the moon is himself the cause of the nectar and of the sacrifice; hence, because of Dakṣa's curse, this was undertaken for (its) protection.
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KaP 21.114
अद्यापि कृष्णपक्षे तु सुधांशुः पीयते सुरैः । तेजः सूर्यं याति शम्भुं चन्द्रार्धं ज्योत्स्निका यथा
adyāpi kṛṣṇapakṣe tu sudhāṃśuḥ pīyate suraiḥ | tejaḥ sūryaṃ yāti śambhuṃ candrārdhaṃ jyotsnikā yathā
Even today, in the dark fortnight, the nectar-rayed one is drunk by the gods: (his) fiery essence goes to the sun, and his moonlight, as it were, the moon's half, (goes) to Śambhu.
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KaP 21.115
पुनश्च शुक्लपक्षे तु शेषोदेति कला ततः । ज्योत्स्नाद्वितीयो भागस्तु तेजोभागो द्वितीयकः
punaśca śuklapakṣe tu śeṣodeti kalā tataḥ | jyotsnādvitīyo bhāgastu tejobhāgo dvitīyakaḥ
And again, in the bright fortnight, the remaining digit rises from that; one part is the second, of moonlight, and the second part is of fiery essence.
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KaP 21.116
अन्येऽत्युग्रशिरश्चन्द्रात् सूर्यविम्बाद् यथाक्रमम् । कलाः षोडश चन्द्रस्य तत्रैका शम्भुशेखरे
anye'tyugraśiraścandrāt sūryavimbād yathākramam | kalāḥ ṣoḍaśa candrasya tatraikā śambhuśekhare
Others (say the digits come), in order, from the head of the exceedingly fierce one, from the moon, and from the sun's orb; the moon's digits are sixteen, of which one is on Śambhu's crest.
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KaP 21.117
सितासितावुभौ पक्षौ शेषाणामुदयक्षयौ । इति वः सर्वमाख्यातं विभक्तश्चन्द्रमा यथा । ब्रह्मणा पर्वतश्रेष्ठे यथो तच्चन्द्रभागतः
sitāsitāvubhau pakṣau śeṣāṇāmudayakṣayau | iti vaḥ sarvamākhyātaṃ vibhaktaścandramā yathā | brahmaṇā parvataśreṣṭhe yatho taccandrabhāgataḥ
The bright and the dark are the two fortnights, the rising and the waning of the remaining (digits). Thus all has been told to you, how the moon was divided by Brahmā on the best of mountains, and how that came about through the moon's portions.
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KaP 21.118
यज्ञभागे स्थिते यस्माद्देवान्नमकरोद्विधुम् । कव्ये स्थितेऽपि पित्रन्नं तिथिवृद्धि-क्षयो यथा
yajñabhāge sthite yasmāddevānnamakarodvidhum | kavye sthite'pi pitrannaṃ tithivṛddhi-kṣayo yathā
Since, when (the moon) stood in the sacrificial share, he made the moon the food of the gods; and when (he stood) in the funeral offering, (he made him) the food of the fathers — such is the waxing and waning of the lunar days.
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KaP 21.119
इदं पुण्यतमाख्यानं यः शृणोति सकृन्नरः । राजयक्ष्मा तस्य कुले न कदाचिद् भविष्यति
idaṃ puṇyatamākhyānaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti sakṛnnaraḥ | rājayakṣmā tasya kule na kadācid bhaviṣyati
The man who hears this most meritorious narrative even once — consumption will never occur in his family.
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KaP 21.120
यक्ष्मणा परिभूतो यः शृणोति वचनं विधेः
yakṣmaṇā paribhūto yaḥ śṛṇoti vacanaṃ vidheḥ
He who, overcome by consumption, hears the word of Brahmā (is freed).
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KaP 21.121
इदं स्वस्त्ययनं पुण्यं गुह्याद्गुह्यातमं शुभम् । यः शृणोत्येकचित्तः सन् स महापुण्यभाग्भवेत्
idaṃ svastyayanaṃ puṇyaṃ guhyādguhyātamaṃ śubham | yaḥ śṛṇotyekacittaḥ san sa mahāpuṇyabhāgbhavet
This auspicious, meritorious means of well-being, more secret than the secret — he who hears it with a single mind becomes a partaker of great merit.
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