Kalika Purana — Chapter 30
KaP 30.1
कालिकापुराणम् त्रिंशोऽध्यायः शरभवाराहयुद्धः अथ कालिका पुराण अध्याय ३० ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततो देवागणाः सर्वे सहिता देवयोनिभिः । शक्रेण सहिता मन्त्रं चक्रुः सम्यग्जगद्धितम्
kālikāpurāṇam triṃśo'dhyāyaḥ śarabhavārāhayuddhaḥ atha kālikā purāṇa adhyāya 30 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tato devāgaṇāḥ sarve sahitā devayonibhiḥ | śakreṇa sahitā mantraṃ cakruḥ samyagjagaddhitam
The Kālikā Purāṇa, thirtieth chapter: the battle of the Śarabha and the Boar. Now Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 30. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then all the hosts of gods, together with the (other) divine races and with Śakra, took counsel rightly for the welfare of the world.
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KaP 30.2
ततो निश्चित्य ते सर्वे शक्राद्या मुनिभिः सह । शरण्यं शरणं जग्मुर्नारायणमजं विभुम्
tato niścitya te sarve śakrādyā munibhiḥ saha | śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ jagmurnārāyaṇamajaṃ vibhum
Then all of them, Śakra and the rest, together with the sages, having resolved, went for refuge to the unborn, mighty Nārāyaṇa, the giver of refuge.
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KaP 30.3
तं समासाद्य गोविन्दं वासुदेवं जगत्पतिम् । प्रणम्य सर्वे त्रिदशास्तुस्टुवुर्गरुडध्वजम्
taṃ samāsādya govindaṃ vāsudevaṃ jagatpatim | praṇamya sarve tridaśāstusṭuvurgaruḍadhvajam
Having approached that Govinda, Vāsudeva, lord of the world, all the thirty (gods) bowed and praised him whose banner is Garuḍa.
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KaP 30.4
।। देवा ऊचुः ।। नमस्ते देव देवेश जगत्कारण कारक । कालस्वरूपिन् भगवन् प्रधानपुरुषात्मक
|| devā ūcuḥ || namaste deva deveśa jagatkāraṇa kāraka | kālasvarūpin bhagavan pradhānapuruṣātmaka
The gods said: Homage to you, O god, lord of gods, cause of the world, maker, O you whose form is Time, O Blessed One, whose self is primal matter and spirit.
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KaP 30.5
स्थूल सूक्ष्म जगद्व्यापिन् परेश पुरुषोत्तम त्वं कर्ता सर्व भूतानां त्वं पाता त्वं विनाशकृत् । त्वं हि मायास्वरूपेण सम्मोहयसि वै जगत्
sthūla sūkṣma jagadvyāpin pareśa puruṣottama tvaṃ kartā sarva bhūtānāṃ tvaṃ pātā tvaṃ vināśakṛt | tvaṃ hi māyāsvarūpeṇa sammohayasi vai jagat
O gross one, O subtle one, pervader of the world, supreme lord, highest of persons — you are the maker of all beings, you are their protector, you are the destroyer; for by your form as Māyā you bewilder the world.
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KaP 30.6
यद्भूतं यच्च वै भाव्यं यदिदानीं प्रवर्तते । तत् सर्वं परमेशत्वं स्थावरं जङ्गमं तथा
yadbhūtaṃ yacca vai bhāvyaṃ yadidānīṃ pravartate | tat sarvaṃ parameśatvaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ tathā
What has been, what is to be, and what is going on now — all that is you, supreme lord, both the immovable and the moving.
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KaP 30.7
अर्थार्थिनां त्वमर्थस्तु कामः कामार्थिनां तथा । त्वं हि धर्मार्थिनां धर्मो मोक्षो निर्वाणमिच्छताम्
arthārthināṃ tvamarthastu kāmaḥ kāmārthināṃ tathā | tvaṃ hi dharmārthināṃ dharmo mokṣo nirvāṇamicchatām
For those who seek wealth you are wealth, and pleasure for those who seek pleasure; you are dharma for those who seek dharma, and liberation for those who desire extinction.
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KaP 30.8
त्वं कामुकस्त्वमेवार्थी धार्मिकस्त्वं सदागतिः
tvaṃ kāmukastvamevārthī dhārmikastvaṃ sadāgatiḥ
You are the pleasure-seeker, you yourself are the wealth-seeker, you are the man of dharma, you are the eternal goal.
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KaP 30.9
त्वद्वक्त्राद् ब्राह्मणा जाता बाहुजाः क्षत्रियास्तव । ऊर्वो वैश्यास्तथा शूद्राः पादाभ्यां तव निर्गताः
tvadvaktrād brāhmaṇā jātā bāhujāḥ kṣatriyāstava | ūrvo vaiśyāstathā śūdrāḥ pādābhyāṃ tava nirgatāḥ
From your mouth the brahmins were born, the kṣatriyas are born of your arms, the vaiśyas from your thighs, and the śūdras came forth from your feet.
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KaP 30.10
सूर्यो नेत्रात्तव विभो मनोजश्चन्द्रमास्तव । श्रवणात् पवनो जातो दश प्राणास्तथापरे
sūryo netrāttava vibho manojaścandramāstava | śravaṇāt pavano jāto daśa prāṇāstathāpare
From your eye, O pervading one, the sun; from your mind the moon is yours; from your hearing the wind was born, and likewise the other ten vital breaths.
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KaP 30.11
ऊर्ध्वं स्वर्गादिभुवनं तव शीर्षादजायत । तव नाभेस्तथाकाशं क्षितिः पादतलादभूत्
ūrdhvaṃ svargādibhuvanaṃ tava śīrṣādajāyata | tava nābhestathākāśaṃ kṣitiḥ pādatalādabhūt
Above, the world of heaven and the rest was born from your head; and from your navel space, and the earth came to be from the sole of your foot.
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KaP 30.12
कर्णाभ्यां ते दिशो जाता जठरात् सकलं जगत् । त्वं हि मायास्वरूपेण सम्मोहयसि वै जगत्
karṇābhyāṃ te diśo jātā jaṭharāt sakalaṃ jagat | tvaṃ hi māyāsvarūpeṇa sammohayasi vai jagat
From your two ears the directions were born, from your belly the whole world; for you, in the form of māyā, indeed bewilder the world.
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KaP 30.13
निर्गुणो गुणवांस्त्वं हि शुद्ध एकः परात्परः । उत्पत्तिस्थितिहीनस्त्वं त्वमच्युतगुणाधिकः
nirguṇo guṇavāṃstvaṃ hi śuddha ekaḥ parātparaḥ | utpattisthitihīnastvaṃ tvamacyutaguṇādhikaḥ
You are without qualities and yet possessed of qualities, pure, one, higher than the highest; you are free of origin and continuance, you, O Acyuta, surpass (all) qualities.
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KaP 30.14
आदित्यैर्वसुभिर्देवैः साध्यैर्यक्षैर्मरुद्गणैः । त्वं चिन्त्यसे जगन्नाथ मुनिभिश्च मुमुक्षुभिः
ādityairvasubhirdevaiḥ sādhyairyakṣairmarudgaṇaiḥ | tvaṃ cintyase jagannātha munibhiśca mumukṣubhiḥ
By the Ādityas, the Vasus, the gods, the Sādhyas, the Yakṣas, the hosts of Maruts, you are meditated upon, O Lord of the world, and by the sages who seek release.
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KaP 30.15
त्वां वै चिदानन्दमयं विदन्ति विशेषविज्ञा मुनयो विभोगाः । त्वमेव संसार महीरुहस्य बीजं जलं स्थानमथो फलं च
tvāṃ vai cidānandamayaṃ vidanti viśeṣavijñā munayo vibhogāḥ | tvameva saṃsāra mahīruhasya bījaṃ jalaṃ sthānamatho phalaṃ ca
Sages who know the particulars, free of enjoyments, know you indeed as made of consciousness and bliss; you alone are the seed, the water, the ground and the fruit of the tree that is transmigration.
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KaP 30.16
त्वं पद्मया पद्माकरो विभासि वरासिचक्राब्जधनुर्धरस्त्वम् । त्वमेव तार्क्षे प्रतिभासि नित्यं स्वर्णाचले तोययुतो यथाब्दः
tvaṃ padmayā padmākaro vibhāsi varāsicakrābjadhanurdharastvam | tvameva tārkṣe pratibhāsi nityaṃ svarṇācale toyayuto yathābdaḥ
With Padmā you shine, lotus in hand; you bear the excellent sword, discus, lotus and bow; you alone appear ever upon Tārkṣya (Garuḍa), like a water-laden cloud upon the golden mountain.
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KaP 30.17
त्वमेव पीताम्बरशङ्कराब्जजास्त्वं सर्वमेतन्न च किञ्चिदन्यत् । न ते गुणा नः परिचिन्तनीया विधेर्हरस्थापि दिशां पतीनाम् । भीतेन भक्त्या शरणं प्रपन्ना गता वयं नः परिरक्ष विष्णो
tvameva pītāmbaraśaṅkarābjajāstvaṃ sarvametanna ca kiñcidanyat | na te guṇā naḥ paricintanīyā vidherharasthāpi diśāṃ patīnām | bhītena bhaktyā śaraṇaṃ prapannā gatā vayaṃ naḥ parirakṣa viṣṇo
You alone are the yellow-robed one, Śaṅkara, the lotus-born; you are all this, and there is nothing else. Your qualities are not to be fathomed by us, nor by Brahmā, nor by Hara, nor by the lords of the directions. In fear, with devotion, we have come and taken refuge: protect us, O Viṣṇu.
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KaP 30.18
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति स्तुतो देवदेवो भूतभावनभावनः । सेन्द्रैर्देवगणैरूचे तान् सर्वान्मेघनिस्वनः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti stuto devadevo bhūtabhāvanabhāvanaḥ | sendrairdevagaṇairūce tān sarvānmeghanisvanaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus praised, the God of gods, the source of the creator of beings, spoke to all of them, the hosts of gods with Indra, in a voice like a cloud.
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KaP 30.19
।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। यदर्थमागता यूयं यद्वा भयमुपस्थितम् । तत्र यद्वा मया कार्यं तद् देवास्तूर्णमुच्यताम्
|| śrībhagavānuvāca || yadarthamāgatā yūyaṃ yadvā bhayamupasthitam | tatra yadvā mayā kāryaṃ tad devāstūrṇamucyatām
The Blessed Lord said: For what purpose you have come, or what fear has arisen, or what is to be done by me in that matter—let it be told quickly, O gods.
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KaP 30.20
।। देवा ऊचुः ।। शीर्यते वसुधा नित्यं क्रीडया यज्ञपोत्रिणः । लोकाश्च सर्वे संक्षुब्धा नाप्नुवन्त्युपशान्त्वनम्
|| devā ūcuḥ || śīryate vasudhā nityaṃ krīḍayā yajñapotriṇaḥ | lokāśca sarve saṃkṣubdhā nāpnuvantyupaśāntvanam
The gods said: The earth is constantly being broken up by the sport of the sacrificial Boar, and all the worlds, shaken, obtain no calming.
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KaP 30.21
शुष्कं तुम्वीफलं घातैर्यथा जर्जरतां गतम् । वाराहक्षुरघातेन तथा जर्जरिता क्षितिः
śuṣkaṃ tumvīphalaṃ ghātairyathā jarjaratāṃ gatam | vārāhakṣuraghātena tathā jarjaritā kṣitiḥ
As a dry gourd-fruit is reduced to tatters by blows, so the earth has been shattered by the blows of the Boar's hooves.
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KaP 30.22
तस्य ये वा त्रयः पुत्राः कालाग्निसमतेजसः । सुवृत्तः कनको घोरस्तैश्चाप्याघातितं जगत्
tasya ye vā trayaḥ putrāḥ kālāgnisamatejasaḥ | suvṛttaḥ kanako ghorastaiścāpyāghātitaṃ jagat
And those three sons of his, of splendour equal to the fire of time—Suvṛtta, Kanaka and Ghora—by them too the world has been battered.
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KaP 30.23
तेषां कर्दमलीलाभिः सरांसि जगतां पते । मानसादीनि भग्नानि प्रकृतिं यान्ति नाधुना
teṣāṃ kardamalīlābhiḥ sarāṃsi jagatāṃ pate | mānasādīni bhagnāni prakṛtiṃ yānti nādhunā
By their play in the mud, O Lord of the worlds, the lakes, Mānasa and the rest, have been ruined and do not now return to their natural state.
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KaP 30.24
भग्नास्तैर्देवतरवो मन्दाराद्या महाबलैः । देव नाद्यापि रोहन्ति फलं पुष्पं दलं च वा
bhagnāstairdevataravo mandārādyā mahābalaiḥ | deva nādyāpi rohanti phalaṃ puṣpaṃ dalaṃ ca vā
By those mighty ones the trees of the gods, the Mandāra and the rest, have been broken; O God, even now they put forth no fruit, flower, or leaf.
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KaP 30.25
यदा त्रिकूटमारुह्य ते सुवृत्तादयस्त्रयः । प्लुतं कृत्वा महाबाहो पतन्ति लवणार्णवे
yadā trikūṭamāruhya te suvṛttādayastrayaḥ | plutaṃ kṛtvā mahābāho patanti lavaṇārṇave
When those three, Suvṛtta and the rest, climb Trikūṭa and, making a leap, fall into the salt ocean, O mighty-armed one—
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KaP 30.26
तदा तत् क्षुब्धतोयौघैः प्लाव्यते सकला मही । उत्प्लवन्ति जनाः सर्वे प्रयान्ति च दिशो दश । जीवितं रक्षमाणास्ते प्रयान्ति च दिशो दश
tadā tat kṣubdhatoyaughaiḥ plāvyate sakalā mahī | utplavanti janāḥ sarve prayānti ca diśo daśa | jīvitaṃ rakṣamāṇāste prayānti ca diśo daśa
—then the whole earth is flooded by the masses of agitated water; all people are swept up and go off to the ten directions; guarding their lives they go off to the ten directions.
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KaP 30.27
यदा त्रिविष्टपं यान्ति यज्ञवाराह पुत्रकाः । इतस्ततस्तदा भग्ना देवाः शान्तिं न लेभिरे
yadā triviṣṭapaṃ yānti yajñavārāha putrakāḥ | itastatastadā bhagnā devāḥ śāntiṃ na lebhire
When the sons of the sacrificial Boar go to heaven, then the gods, broken (scattered) this way and that, found no peace.
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KaP 30.28
सर्वे तैः पर्वताः पुत्रैर्वाराहस्य जगत्पते । क्रीडद्भिः शिखरे नीतार्भूरिभागमधोगतिम्
sarve taiḥ parvatāḥ putrairvārāhasya jagatpate | krīḍadbhiḥ śikhare nītārbhūribhāgamadhogatim
All the mountains, O Lord of the world, have by those sons of the Boar, sporting on their peaks, had a great part (of them) brought down.
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KaP 30.29
एवं विक्रीडतां तेषां क्रीडाभिः सकलं जगत् । नाशमायाति वैकुण्ठ तस्माद्रक्ष जगत्प्रभो
evaṃ vikrīḍatāṃ teṣāṃ krīḍābhiḥ sakalaṃ jagat | nāśamāyāti vaikuṇṭha tasmādrakṣa jagatprabho
Thus, while they sport, the whole world comes to destruction by their games, O Vaikuṇṭha; therefore protect (it), O Lord of the world.
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KaP 30.30
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति तेषां निगदतां श्रुत्वा वाक्यं जनार्दनः । उवाच शङ्करं देवं ब्रह्माणं च विशेषतः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti teṣāṃ nigadatāṃ śrutvā vākyaṃ janārdanaḥ | uvāca śaṅkaraṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard the speech of them as they spoke thus, Janārdana addressed the god Śaṅkara and Brahmā in particular.
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KaP 30.31
यत्कृते देवताः सर्वाः प्रजाश्च सकला इमाः । प्राप्नुवन्ति मह दुःखं शीर्यते सकलं जगत्
yatkṛte devatāḥ sarvāḥ prajāśca sakalā imāḥ | prāpnuvanti maha duḥkhaṃ śīryate sakalaṃ jagat
"For whose sake all the gods and all these creatures suffer great pain, and the whole world is being crushed—"
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KaP 30.32
वाराहं तदहं कायं त्यक्तुमिच्छामि शङ्कर । निर्वेशशक्तं तं त्यक्तुं स्वेच्छया न हि शक्यते । त्वं त्याजयस्व तं कायं यत्नाद्वा शङ्कराधुना
vārāhaṃ tadahaṃ kāyaṃ tyaktumicchāmi śaṅkara | nirveśaśaktaṃ taṃ tyaktuṃ svecchayā na hi śakyate | tvaṃ tyājayasva taṃ kāyaṃ yatnādvā śaṅkarādhunā
"—that boar body I wish to abandon, Śaṅkara. It cannot be abandoned by my own will, since it is capable (only) of being freed (otherwise); do you now, Śaṅkara, make me give up that body, by force (if need be)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.33
त्वमाप्यायस्व तेजोभिर्ब्रह्मन् स्मरहरं मुहुः । आप्यायन्तु तथा देवाः शङ्करो हन्तु पोत्रिणम्
tvamāpyāyasva tejobhirbrahman smaraharaṃ muhuḥ | āpyāyantu tathā devāḥ śaṅkaro hantu potriṇam
"Do you, Brahman, again and again swell the Destroyer of Smara with (your) energies; let the gods likewise swell (him), and let Śaṅkara slay the boar."
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KaP 30.34
रजस्वलायाः संसर्गाद्विप्राणां मारणात्तथा । कायः पापकरो भूतस्तं त्यक्तुं युज्यतेऽधुना
rajasvalāyāḥ saṃsargādviprāṇāṃ māraṇāttathā | kāyaḥ pāpakaro bhūtastaṃ tyaktuṃ yujyate'dhunā
"By contact with a menstruating woman and by the killing of brahmins, the body has become a doer of sin; it is now fitting to abandon it."
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KaP 30.35
प्रायश्चित्तैरपैत्येनः प्रायश्चित्तमहं ततः । चरिष्यामि तदर्थं मे तनुर्यत्नेन शाम्यताम्
prāyaścittairapaityenaḥ prāyaścittamahaṃ tataḥ | cariṣyāmi tadarthaṃ me tanuryatnena śāmyatām
"By expiations sin departs; therefore I shall perform expiation. For that purpose let my body be brought to rest by (your) effort."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.36
प्रजापाल्या मम सदा सा हि सीदति नित्यशः । मत्कृते प्रत्यहं तस्मात् त्यक्ष्ये कायं प्रजाकृते
prajāpālyā mama sadā sā hi sīdati nityaśaḥ | matkṛte pratyahaṃ tasmāt tyakṣye kāyaṃ prajākṛte
"The creatures are always to be protected by me, yet she (the earth / creation) constantly sinks down day by day on my account; therefore I shall abandon the body for the sake of the creatures."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.37
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्तौ वासुदेवेन तदा तौ ब्रह्मशङ्करौ । त्वया तथोक्तं तत्कार्यमिति गोविन्दमूचतुः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktau vāsudevena tadā tau brahmaśaṅkarau | tvayā tathoktaṃ tatkāryamiti govindamūcatuḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Thus addressed by Vāsudeva, the two, Brahmā and Śaṅkara, then said to Govinda, "That is to be done as you have said."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.38
वासुदेवोऽपि तान् सर्वान् विसृज्य त्रिदशांस्तथा । वाराहं तेज आहर्तुं स्वयं ध्यानपरोऽभवत्
vāsudevo'pi tān sarvān visṛjya tridaśāṃstathā | vārāhaṃ teja āhartuṃ svayaṃ dhyānaparo'bhavat
And Vāsudeva too, dismissing all of them and the thirty gods, himself became intent on meditation in order to withdraw the boar's energy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.39
शनैः शनैर्यदा तेजो आहरत्येष माधवः । तदा देहं तु वाराहं सत्त्वहीनमजायत
śanaiḥ śanairyadā tejo āharatyeṣa mādhavaḥ | tadā dehaṃ tu vārāhaṃ sattvahīnamajāyata
When this Mādhava little by little withdrew the energy, then the boar body became devoid of strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.40
तेजोहीनं यदा देहं ज्ञातं सर्वैस्तदामरैः । आससाद तदा देवो यज्ञवाराहमद्भुतम्
tejohīnaṃ yadā dehaṃ jñātaṃ sarvaistadāmaraiḥ | āsasāda tadā devo yajñavārāhamadbhutam
When the body was known by all the immortals to be devoid of energy, then the god approached the wondrous sacrificial boar.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.41
ब्रह्माद्यास्त्रिदशाः सर्वे महादेवमुमापतिम् । अनुजग्मुस्तदा तेज आधातुं स्मरशासने
brahmādyāstridaśāḥ sarve mahādevamumāpatim | anujagmustadā teja ādhātuṃ smaraśāsane
All the thirty gods, Brahmā and the rest, then followed Mahādeva, the lord of Umā, in order to place (their) energy in the Chastiser of Smara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.42
ततः सर्वैर्देवगणैः स्वं स्वं तेजो वृषध्वजे । आदधे तेन बलवान् सोऽतीव समजायत
tataḥ sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ svaṃ svaṃ tejo vṛṣadhvaje | ādadhe tena balavān so'tīva samajāyata
Then by all the hosts of gods their own several energies were placed in the bull-bannered one; by that he became exceedingly mighty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.43
ततः शरभरूपी स तत्क्षणात् गिरिशोऽभवत्
tataḥ śarabharūpī sa tatkṣaṇāt giriśo'bhavat
Then that mountain-dweller in that very instant became one having the form of a śarabha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.44
ऊर्ध्वाधोभागतश्चाष्टपादयुक्तः सुभैरवः । द्विलक्षयोजनोच्छ्रायः सार्धलक्षैकविस्तृतः
ūrdhvādhobhāgataścāṣṭapādayuktaḥ subhairavaḥ | dvilakṣayojanocchrāyaḥ sārdhalakṣaikavistṛtaḥ
provided with eight feet on the upper and lower parts, very terrible, two hundred thousand yojanas in height and one hundred fifty thousand in breadth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.45
ऊर्ध्वं वाराहकायस्तु लक्षयोजनविस्तृतः । लक्षार्धविस्तृतः पार्श्वे वर्धमानस्तदाभवत्
ūrdhvaṃ vārāhakāyastu lakṣayojanavistṛtaḥ | lakṣārdhavistṛtaḥ pārśve vardhamānastadābhavat
Above, the boar body was a hundred thousand yojanas broad, and fifty thousand broad at the sides—thus it grew then.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.46
ततः शरभरूपं तं महादेवमुमापतिम् । ददर्श यज्ञपोत्री सः स्पृशन्तं शिरसा विधुम् । सुदीर्घनासानखरं कृष्णांगारसमप्रभम्
tataḥ śarabharūpaṃ taṃ mahādevamumāpatim | dadarśa yajñapotrī saḥ spṛśantaṃ śirasā vidhum | sudīrghanāsānakharaṃ kṛṣṇāṃgārasamaprabham
Then that sacrificial boar saw him, Mahādeva the lord of Umā, in the form of a śarabha, touching the moon with his head, with a very long snout and claws, glowing like black coals,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.47
दीर्घवक्त्रं महाकायमष्टदंष्ट्रासमन्वितम् । विभ्रतं स सटं पुच्छं दीर्घकर्णं भयानकम्
dīrghavaktraṃ mahākāyamaṣṭadaṃṣṭrāsamanvitam | vibhrataṃ sa saṭaṃ pucchaṃ dīrghakarṇaṃ bhayānakam
long-faced, huge-bodied, furnished with eight tusks, bearing a mane and a tail, long-eared, terrifying,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.48
चतुरं पृष्ठतः पादानधरे चतुरस्तथा । कुर्वन्तं घोरमारावमुत्पतन्तं पुनः पुनः
caturaṃ pṛṣṭhataḥ pādānadhare caturastathā | kurvantaṃ ghoramārāvamutpatantaṃ punaḥ punaḥ
having four feet behind and likewise four below, uttering a dreadful roar, leaping up again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.49
तमायान्तं ततो दृष्ट्वा क्रोधाद्धावन्तमञ्जसा । सुवृत्तः कनको घोर आसेदुः क्रोधमूर्च्छिताः
tamāyāntaṃ tato dṛṣṭvā krodhāddhāvantamañjasā | suvṛttaḥ kanako ghora āseduḥ krodhamūrcchitāḥ
Then, seeing him coming, running swiftly out of rage, Suvṛtta, Kanaka and Ghora, stupefied with anger, attacked (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.50
तमासाद्य महाकायं शरभं भ्रातरस्त्रयः । उच्चिक्षिपुस्ते युगपत् पोत्रघातैर्महाबलाः
tamāsādya mahākāyaṃ śarabhaṃ bhrātarastrayaḥ | uccikṣipuste yugapat potraghātairmahābalāḥ
Reaching that huge-bodied śarabha, the three brothers, of great strength, tossed him up all at once with blows of their snouts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.51
यावत् प्रमाण: शरभस्तत्प्रमाणास्तदाभवन् । शरभोत्क्षेपसमये मायया पोत्रिणस्त्रयः
yāvat pramāṇa: śarabhastatpramāṇāstadābhavan | śarabhotkṣepasamaye māyayā potriṇastrayaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.52
तेषां पोत्रप्रहारेण प्रोत्क्षिप्तः शरभस्तदा । पपात पृथिवीप्रान्ते गम्भीरे तोयसागरे
teṣāṃ potraprahāreṇa protkṣiptaḥ śarabhastadā | papāta pṛthivīprānte gambhīre toyasāgare
Then, hurled up by the blow of their snouts, the śarabha fell at the edge of the earth, into the deep ocean of water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.53
तस्मिन् निपतिते तत्र सागरे मकरालये । उत्पत्य ते त्रयः पेतुः क्रोधात्तस्मिन् महोदधौ
tasmin nipatite tatra sāgare makarālaye | utpatya te trayaḥ petuḥ krodhāttasmin mahodadhau
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.54
सुवृत्ते कनके घोरे पतिते सागराम्भसि । वाराहोऽपि सुतस्नेहात् क्रोधाच्च द्विजसत्तमाः । उत्पत्य सहसा तस्मिंस्तोयराशौ पपात ह
suvṛtte kanake ghore patite sāgarāmbhasi | vārāho'pi sutasnehāt krodhācca dvijasattamāḥ | utpatya sahasā tasmiṃstoyarāśau papāta ha
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.55
उत्पतन्तस्तदा ते वै वाराहा: शरभस्तथा । वभञ्जर्दिवि देवांस्तु नक्षत्राणि ग्रहांस्तथा
utpatantastadā te vai vārāhā: śarabhastathā | vabhañjardivi devāṃstu nakṣatrāṇi grahāṃstathā
Then those boar-(offspring), and likewise the śarabha, flying upward, shattered in the sky the gods, and the lunar mansions and the planets.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.56
केचित्तु निहता देवा भूमौ पेतुश्च केचन । केचिच्च ज्ञानिनो देवा महलोंकमुपाश्रिताः
kecittu nihatā devā bhūmau petuśca kecana | kecicca jñānino devā mahaloṃkamupāśritāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.57
नक्षत्राणि विमानात्तु पतितानि महीतले । अदृश्यन्त द्विजश्रेष्ठा ज्वालामालाकुलानि वै
nakṣatrāṇi vimānāttu patitāni mahītale | adṛśyanta dvijaśreṣṭhā jvālāmālākulāni vai
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.58
तेषामुत्पतने वेगो योऽभूत् परमदारुणः । तेनातिवेगो जनितो वायुः परमदारुणः
teṣāmutpatane vego yo'bhūt paramadāruṇaḥ | tenātivego janito vāyuḥ paramadāruṇaḥ
The force that arose in their hurtling forth was exceedingly terrible; by that a wind was generated, of tremendous velocity and exceedingly terrible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.59
वायुना तेन संत्रस्ता पर्वताः पृथिवीतले । केचिच्छैलाः पर्वतेषु पतिताः पुनरेव ते
vāyunā tena saṃtrastā parvatāḥ pṛthivītale | kecicchailāḥ parvateṣu patitāḥ punareva te
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.60
विमृद्य वृक्षान् जन्तूंश्च निपेतुश्च पुनः पुनः । केचित्तु पर्वताघातैर्नृत्यमाना महीतले । वभञ्जुरचलाश्चापि व्रजन्तो बहुश: प्रजाः
vimṛdya vṛkṣān jantūṃśca nipetuśca punaḥ punaḥ | kecittu parvatāghātairnṛtyamānā mahītale | vabhañjuracalāścāpi vrajanto bahuśa: prajāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.61
पर्वता समदृश्यन्त वातवेगेन भूतले । सङ्घट्टमानास्तेभ्योऽन्ये व्रजन्त इव तेऽचलाः
parvatā samadṛśyanta vātavegena bhūtale | saṅghaṭṭamānāstebhyo'nye vrajanta iva te'calāḥ
The mountains were seen (hurled) upon the earth's surface by the force of the wind; and other mountains, colliding with them, seemed as if they were moving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.62
अम्भोनिधौ पतद्भिस्तैर्वाराहैः शरभेण च । पर्वतैश्च महातुङ्गैरुत्क्षिप्तास्तोयराशयः
ambhonidhau patadbhistairvārāhaiḥ śarabheṇa ca | parvataiśca mahātuṅgairutkṣiptāstoyarāśayaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.63
तेषां प्रपातवेगेन क्षिप्तेषु जलराशिषु । निस्तोया इव संजाताः क्षणं वै सर्वसागराः
teṣāṃ prapātavegena kṣipteṣu jalarāśiṣu | nistoyā iva saṃjātāḥ kṣaṇaṃ vai sarvasāgarāḥ
When the masses of water were flung up by the force of their falling, for a moment all the oceans became as if without water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.64
तैः सर्वैरुदकैः क्षिप्तैः पृथिवीतलमागतैः । उत्प्लाविताः प्रजाः सर्वाः क्षणाज्जग्मुः क्षयं ततः
taiḥ sarvairudakaiḥ kṣiptaiḥ pṛthivītalamāgataiḥ | utplāvitāḥ prajāḥ sarvāḥ kṣaṇājjagmuḥ kṣayaṃ tataḥ
By all those waters, flung out and come down to the surface of the earth, all the creatures were swept away and in an instant went to destruction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.65
प्लवमाना: प्रजास्तोये म्रियमाणाः समन्ततः
plavamānā: prajāstoye mriyamāṇāḥ samantataḥ
The creatures, floating in the water, dying on every side —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.66
हा पितस्त्वथ हा तात हा मातर्हा सुतेति च । विलपन्ति स्म करुणं भीताश्चार्ता मुमूर्षवः
hā pitastvatha hā tāta hā mātarhā suteti ca | vilapanti sma karuṇaṃ bhītāścārtā mumūrṣavaḥ
"Alas, father! Alas, papa! Alas, mother! Alas, son!" — thus they lamented piteously, terrified and afflicted, on the point of death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.67
यस्मिन् देशे निपतितो वाराहैः शरभः सह । तत्रैवाधोगता भूमिः पादवेगेन दारिता
yasmin deśe nipatito vārāhaiḥ śarabhaḥ saha | tatraivādhogatā bhūmiḥ pādavegena dāritā
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.68
अपरः पृथिवीप्रान्त उत्थितः पर्वतैः सह । ससर्ज जनलोकेषु चलां तेषां प्रभञ्जनैः
aparaḥ pṛthivīprānta utthitaḥ parvataiḥ saha | sasarja janalokeṣu calāṃ teṣāṃ prabhañjanaiḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.69
जनलोकेषु संयुक्तां पृथिवीं शरभस्तदा । निःश्रेणीमिव सम्बद्धामचलामपि पोत्रिभिः । ददर्श विस्मयाविष्टः स भीतः श्रान्तपीडितः
janalokeṣu saṃyuktāṃ pṛthivīṃ śarabhastadā | niḥśreṇīmiva sambaddhāmacalāmapi potribhiḥ | dadarśa vismayāviṣṭaḥ sa bhītaḥ śrāntapīḍitaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.70
ततस्ते युयुधुः सर्वे पोत्राघातेन पोत्रिणः । खुरप्रहारैर्दंष्ट्राभिर्गात्रक्षेपैश्च दारुणैः
tataste yuyudhuḥ sarve potrāghātena potriṇaḥ | khuraprahārairdaṃṣṭrābhirgātrakṣepaiśca dāruṇaiḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 30.71
शरभोऽप्यथ दंष्ट्रायैर्नखैस्तीक्ष्णैः खुरैस्तथा । लाङ्गुलस्य प्रहारैस्तु तुण्डघातैर्महास्वनैः
śarabho'pyatha daṃṣṭrāyairnakhaistīkṣṇaiḥ khuraistathā | lāṅgulasya prahāraistu tuṇḍaghātairmahāsvanaiḥ
And the śarabha too (fought) with his fangs, with sharp claws and hooves as well, and with blows of his tail and with loud-sounding strikes of his snout.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.72
चतुर्भिः पोत्रिभिस्तैस्तु स एकः शरभो महान् । एकान्तं योधयामास सहस्रं परिवत्सरान्
caturbhiḥ potribhistaistu sa ekaḥ śarabho mahān | ekāntaṃ yodhayāmāsa sahasraṃ parivatsarān
That one great śarabha fought those four boars single-handedly for a thousand full years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.73
तेषां प्रहारैर्वेगैश्च भ्रमणैश्च गतागतैः । आस्फोटितैस्तथारावैर्देहपातैः पृथक् पृथक् । पाताले पन्नगाः सर्वे विनेशुः कद्रुजैः सह
teṣāṃ prahārairvegaiśca bhramaṇaiśca gatāgataiḥ | āsphoṭitaistathārāvairdehapātaiḥ pṛthak pṛthak | pātāle pannagāḥ sarve vineśuḥ kadrujaiḥ saha
By their blows and rushes, by their whirlings and their comings and goings, by their slappings (of arms) and their roars, and by the falling of their bodies here and there, all the serpents in Pātāla perished together with Kadru's offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.74
ततस्ते सागरं त्यक्त्वा पृथिवीमध्यमागताः । परस्परं युध्यमाना ततोऽभूत् पृथिवी समा
tataste sāgaraṃ tyaktvā pṛthivīmadhyamāgatāḥ | parasparaṃ yudhyamānā tato'bhūt pṛthivī samā
Then, leaving the ocean, they came to the middle of the earth; and as they fought one another the earth thereupon became flat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.75
शेषोऽपि महता यत्नाद्वलेनाष्टभ्यकच्छपम् । दधार पृथिवीं दुःखैर्भग्नशीर्षः प्रतापितः
śeṣo'pi mahatā yatnādvalenāṣṭabhyakacchapam | dadhāra pṛthivīṃ duḥkhairbhagnaśīrṣaḥ pratāpitaḥ
Śeṣa too, with great effort and strength, upheld the earth upon the tortoise, his heads broken and tormented by pains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.76
अनन्ते वामनीभूते समत्वं पृथिवीतले । गतेऽम्भोभिश्चलद्भिश्च पर्वतैः सर्वजन्तुषु
anante vāmanībhūte samatvaṃ pṛthivītale | gate'mbhobhiścaladbhiśca parvataiḥ sarvajantuṣu
When Ananta had become dwarfed, when the earth's surface had gone to flatness, with the waters (in flood) and the mountains shaking, among all creatures —
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KaP 30.77
नष्टेषु युध्यमानेषु त्रिपोत्रिशरभेषु च । सागरैराप्लुते सर्वजगत्यापोमये हरिम् । चिन्ताविष्टः सुरज्येष्ठः उवाचाथ पितामहः
naṣṭeṣu yudhyamāneṣu tripotriśarabheṣu ca | sāgarairāplute sarvajagatyāpomaye harim | cintāviṣṭaḥ surajyeṣṭhaḥ uvācātha pitāmahaḥ
— when (beings) had perished, while the three boars and the śarabha were still fighting, when the whole world was flooded by the oceans and had become all water, then the eldest of the gods, the Grandfather (Brahmā), filled with anxiety, spoke to Hari.
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KaP 30.78
।। ब्रह्मोवाच ।। भगवन् भुवनं सर्वं ससुरासुरमानुषम् । विध्वस्तं पृथिवी शीर्णा नष्टाः स्थावरजङ्गमाः
|| brahmovāca || bhagavan bhuvanaṃ sarvaṃ sasurāsuramānuṣam | vidhvastaṃ pṛthivī śīrṇā naṣṭāḥ sthāvarajaṅgamāḥ
Brahmā said: Lord, the whole world, with its gods, demons and men, is shattered; the earth is broken up; things moving and unmoving have perished.
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KaP 30.79
देवदानवगन्धर्वा दैत्याश्चापि सरीसृपाः । विध्वस्ता जगतां नाथ मुनयश्च तपोधनाः
devadānavagandharvā daityāścāpi sarīsṛpāḥ | vidhvastā jagatāṃ nātha munayaśca tapodhanāḥ
Gods, dānavas, gandharvas, daityas and creeping things are destroyed, O Lord of the worlds, and the sages rich in austerity as well.
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KaP 30.80
त्वं पालकोऽसि सर्वेषां त्वमेव जगतः प्रभुः । तस्मात् पालय नः सर्वान् पृथिवीं च जगत्पते
tvaṃ pālako'si sarveṣāṃ tvameva jagataḥ prabhuḥ | tasmāt pālaya naḥ sarvān pṛthivīṃ ca jagatpate
You are the protector of all; you alone are the master of the world. Therefore protect us all and the earth too, O Lord of the world.
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KaP 30.81
त्वमेव कायं वाराहं स्वयमेवोपसंहर । संस्थापय महाबाहो पृथिवीं च चराचरैः
tvameva kāyaṃ vārāhaṃ svayamevopasaṃhara | saṃsthāpaya mahābāho pṛthivīṃ ca carācaraiḥ
Do you yourself withdraw the boar body of your own accord, and establish the earth firmly, O mighty-armed one, with its moving and unmoving beings.
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KaP 30.82
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ॥ इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणोऽथ जनार्दनः । यत्नं चक्रे तदा सर्वं संस्थापयितुमच्युतः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā brahmaṇo'tha janārdanaḥ | yatnaṃ cakre tadā sarvaṃ saṃsthāpayitumacyutaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard that speech of Brahmā's, Janārdana, the imperishable one, then made every effort to set all things in place.
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KaP 30.83
ततो हरी रोहितमत्स्यरूपी भूत्वा मुनीन् सप्त तदा सवेदान् । अधोच्छुते रक्षणतत्परो जगद्हिताय सर्वश्रुतिकोविदां वरान्
tato harī rohitamatsyarūpī bhūtvā munīn sapta tadā savedān | adhocchute rakṣaṇatatparo jagadhitāya sarvaśrutikovidāṃ varān
Then Hari, taking the form of a red fish, intent on protection, for the good of the world (took) the seven sages together with the Vedas — the best of those skilled in all scripture — in the upsurging (flood).
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KaP 30.84
वसिष्ठमत्रिं त्वथ कश्यपं च विश्वादिमित्रं च सगौतमं मुनिम् । महातपस्थं जमदग्निमुख्यं तथा भरद्वाजमुनिं तपोनिधिम्
vasiṣṭhamatriṃ tvatha kaśyapaṃ ca viśvādimitraṃ ca sagautamaṃ munim | mahātapasthaṃ jamadagnimukhyaṃ tathā bharadvājamuniṃ taponidhim
Vasiṣṭha, Atri, and Kaśyapa, and Viśvāmitra and the sage with Gautama, and the great ascetic headed by Jamadagni, and likewise the sage Bharadvāja, a treasury of austerity —
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KaP 30.85
निधाय पृष्ठे स हि तोयमध्ये स्थितो महानौप्रवरे मुनीन्द्रान् । ततः शिवं सान्त्वयितुं जनार्दनो जगाम यस्मिन् युयुधे स पोत्रिभिः
nidhāya pṛṣṭhe sa hi toyamadhye sthito mahānaupravare munīndrān | tataḥ śivaṃ sāntvayituṃ janārdano jagāma yasmin yuyudhe sa potribhiḥ
— having placed those chief sages on its back, that great one stood amid the waters in an excellent great ship. Then Janārdana went, to appease Śiva, to where he was fighting with the boars.
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KaP 30.86
श्रान्तं वाराहैरतिपौत्रघट्टनै- र्निपिडीतं व्यात्तमुखं श्वशन्तम् । अथागतं वीक्ष्य हरि वाराह: सस्मार पूर्वां नरसिंहमूर्तिम्
śrāntaṃ vārāhairatipautraghaṭṭanai- rnipiḍītaṃ vyāttamukhaṃ śvaśantam | athāgataṃ vīkṣya hari vārāha: sasmāra pūrvāṃ narasiṃhamūrtim
(He saw him) wearied by the boars with their many violent buttings, crushed, his mouth gaping, panting. Then the boar Hari, seeing (Nṛsiṃha) come, remembered his former form of the Man-Lion.
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KaP 30.87
स्मृतस्तदा तेन समाजगाम सखा वराहस्य हिते नृसिंहः । तमागतं वीक्ष्य तदा नृसिंहं तदीयकायान् निजतेज आदात्
smṛtastadā tena samājagāma sakhā varāhasya hite nṛsiṃhaḥ | tamāgataṃ vīkṣya tadā nṛsiṃhaṃ tadīyakāyān nijateja ādāt
Then, being remembered by him, Nṛsiṃha, the boar's friend, came for his welfare. Then, seeing Nṛsiṃha arrived, (the śarabha) took his own splendour from his body.
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KaP 30.88
दृष्टं वराहै: शरभेण तेजो यत् सूर्यतुल्यं प्रविवेश विष्णौ । विज्ञाय तेजोरहितं नृसिंहं ससर्ज निश्वासचयं वराहः
dṛṣṭaṃ varāhai: śarabheṇa tejo yat sūryatulyaṃ praviveśa viṣṇau | vijñāya tejorahitaṃ nṛsiṃhaṃ sasarja niśvāsacayaṃ varāhaḥ
The splendour that, equal to the sun, was seen by the boars (to be taken) by the śarabha entered into Viṣṇu. Realising that Nṛsiṃha was bereft of splendour, the boar emitted a mass of breath.
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KaP 30.89
ततस्तु जाता बहवो वराहा बहुप्रमाणाद्भुततीक्ष्णदंष्ट्राः । ते वै वराहा: शरभं गिरीशं मायाविनो वीतभयास्तुदन्तः
tatastu jātā bahavo varāhā bahupramāṇādbhutatīkṣṇadaṃṣṭrāḥ | te vai varāhā: śarabhaṃ girīśaṃ māyāvino vītabhayāstudantaḥ
Then were born many boars of many sizes, with wondrous sharp tusks. Those boars, masters of illusion, fearless, goring the śarabha who was Girīśa (Śiva) —
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KaP 30.90
समं नृसिंहेन तदापि युद्धं चक्रुर्ममर्दुश्च भृशं गिरीशम् । क्षणं महापक्षिसमानरूपाः क्षणं तु गावस्तुरगा नराश्च
samaṃ nṛsiṃhena tadāpi yuddhaṃ cakrurmamarduśca bhṛśaṃ girīśam | kṣaṇaṃ mahāpakṣisamānarūpāḥ kṣaṇaṃ tu gāvasturagā narāśca
— together with Nṛsiṃha they then made war and crushed Girīśa severely; one moment they had forms like great birds, the next they were cows, horses and men.
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KaP 30.91
क्षणं नृसिंहाश्च वराहरूपा गोमायवो वैकृतिका: क्षणं ते । अनेकरूपाणि भयङ्कराणि वितन्यमानाति रणे वराहैः
kṣaṇaṃ nṛsiṃhāśca varāharūpā gomāyavo vaikṛtikā: kṣaṇaṃ te | anekarūpāṇi bhayaṅkarāṇi vitanyamānāti raṇe varāhaiḥ
For a moment (they were) man-lions, for a moment boar-shaped, for a moment jackals of altered form; many terrifying shapes were spread out (by them) in the battle with the boars.
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KaP 30.92
निरीक्ष्य भर्गं च निपीडितं तै रथासदन्माधवस्तं गिरीशम् । पस्पर्श विष्णुर्गिरिशं करेण तेजो न्यधात्तत्र निजं पुनः सः
nirīkṣya bhargaṃ ca nipīḍitaṃ tai rathāsadanmādhavastaṃ girīśam | pasparśa viṣṇurgiriśaṃ kareṇa tejo nyadhāttatra nijaṃ punaḥ saḥ
And seeing Bharga (Śiva) hard pressed by them, Mādhava descended from his chariot (and came) to that lord of the mountain; Viṣṇu touched Giriśa with his hand, and once more placed his own energy in him.
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KaP 30.93
अथ संस्पृष्टमात्रः स विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । अतीव मुदितो हृष्टो बलवान् समजायत
atha saṃspṛṣṭamātraḥ sa viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā | atīva mudito hṛṣṭo balavān samajāyata
Then, merely by being touched by Viṣṇu, the mighty lord, he became exceedingly glad, thrilled, and full of strength.
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KaP 30.94
अथोच्चैः शरभो नादं ननाद बलवद् दृढम् । आपूरितानि येनैतद्भुवनानि चतुर्दश
athoccaiḥ śarabho nādaṃ nanāda balavad dṛḍham | āpūritāni yenaitadbhuvanāni caturdaśa
Then Śarabha roared aloud a mighty, firm roar, by which these fourteen worlds were filled.
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KaP 30.95
नदतस्तस्य वदनाच्छीकरा ये विनिःसृताः । ततो गणाः समभवन् महाकाया महौजसः
nadatastasya vadanācchīkarā ye viniḥsṛtāḥ | tato gaṇāḥ samabhavan mahākāyā mahaujasaḥ
The droplets that came forth from the mouth of him as he roared — from these arose troops (gaṇas) of huge bodies and great vigour.
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KaP 30.96
यथा वराहनिश्वासान्नानारूपधरा गणाः । वराहास्तादृशा एते ततोऽप्यतिबलाः पुनः
yathā varāhaniśvāsānnānārūpadharā gaṇāḥ | varāhāstādṛśā ete tato'pyatibalāḥ punaḥ
Just as from the breath of the Boar (there arose) troops bearing various forms, boars, such were these — and yet mightier still than those.
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KaP 30.97
श्ववराहोष्ट्ररूपाश्च प्लवगोमायुगोमुखाः । ऋक्षमार्जारमातंगशिशुमारस्वरूपिणः
śvavarāhoṣṭrarūpāśca plavagomāyugomukhāḥ | ṛkṣamārjāramātaṃgaśiśumārasvarūpiṇaḥ
(Some were) shaped like dogs, boars and camels; (some) monkey-, jackal- and cow-faced; (some) had the forms of bears, cats, elephants and porpoises.
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KaP 30.98
सिंहव्याघ्रमुखाः केचित् केचित् सर्पाखुमूर्तयः । हयग्रीवा हयमुखा महिषाकृतयः परे
siṃhavyāghramukhāḥ kecit kecit sarpākhumūrtayaḥ | hayagrīvā hayamukhā mahiṣākṛtayaḥ pare
Some had the faces of lions and tigers, some had the bodies of snakes and mice; (some were) horse-necked, horse-faced, and others had the shape of buffaloes.
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KaP 30.99
अन्ये तु मनुजाकारा मृगमेषमुखाः पुनः । कबन्धा हीनपादाश्च विहस्ता बहुपाणयः
anye tu manujākārā mṛgameṣamukhāḥ punaḥ | kabandhā hīnapādāśca vihastā bahupāṇayaḥ
Others again had human shape, or the faces of deer and rams; (some were) trunks without heads, some lacking feet, some without hands, some with many hands.
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KaP 30.100
केचित्तु शरभाकाराः कृकलासमुखाः परे । मत्स्यवक्त्रा ग्राहवक्त्रा ह्रस्वा दीर्घाबलाः कृशाः
kecittu śarabhākārāḥ kṛkalāsamukhāḥ pare | matsyavaktrā grāhavaktrā hrasvā dīrghābalāḥ kṛśāḥ
Some had the shape of a śarabha, others had the faces of lizards; (some were) fish-mouthed, crocodile-mouthed, short, long, feeble, lean.
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KaP 30.101
चतुः पादाष्टपादाश्च त्रिपादाः द्विपदाः परे । एकपादा भूरिहस्ता यक्षकिंपुरुषोपमाः
catuḥ pādāṣṭapādāśca tripādāḥ dvipadāḥ pare | ekapādā bhūrihastā yakṣakiṃpuruṣopamāḥ
Some four-footed, some eight-footed, others three-footed or two-footed; (some) one-footed, (some) with many hands, resembling Yakṣas and Kiṃpuruṣas.
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KaP 30.102
पश्वाकाराः पक्षयुक्ताः लम्बोदरमहोदराः । दीर्घोदराः स्थूलकेशा बहुकर्णा विकर्णकाः । स्थूलाधरा दीर्घदन्ता दीर्घश्मश्रुधराः परे
paśvākārāḥ pakṣayuktāḥ lambodaramahodarāḥ | dīrghodarāḥ sthūlakeśā bahukarṇā vikarṇakāḥ | sthūlādharā dīrghadantā dīrghaśmaśrudharāḥ pare
(Some were) beast-shaped, furnished with wings, with hanging bellies and huge bellies; (some) long-bellied, with coarse hair, many-eared, or with deformed ears; others with thick lips, long teeth, and wearing long beards.
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KaP 30.103
ये सन्ति प्राणिनो विप्रा भुवनेषु समन्ततः । चतुर्दशसु ते तेषां रूपेण समतां गताः
ye santi prāṇino viprā bhuvaneṣu samantataḥ | caturdaśasu te teṣāṃ rūpeṇa samatāṃ gatāḥ
Whatever living beings there are, O brahmins, everywhere throughout the fourteen worlds, these (gaṇas) attained likeness to them in form.
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KaP 30.104
नेहास्ति भुवने जन्तुः स्थावरो वा जगत् पुनः । यत्तुल्यरूपेण गणो न जातः शङ्करस्य च
nehāsti bhuvane jantuḥ sthāvaro vā jagat punaḥ | yattulyarūpeṇa gaṇo na jātaḥ śaṅkarasya ca
There is no creature here in the world, whether immobile or moving, in whose likeness of form a gaṇa of Śaṅkara was not born.
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KaP 30.105
ते भिन्दिपालैः खड्गैश्च परिघैस्तोमरैस्तथा । शङ्कुलासिगदाभिश्च पाशैः शङ्कभिरेव च
te bhindipālaiḥ khaḍgaiśca parighaistomaraistathā | śaṅkulāsigadābhiśca pāśaiḥ śaṅkabhireva ca
They, with javelins and swords, with iron clubs and lances, with pikes, swords and maces, with nooses and with spikes,
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KaP 30.106
खट्वाङ्गैश्च त्रिशूलैश्च कपालैः शक्तिभिस्तथा । दात्रैः सृणिभिरीषायैर्यष्टिभिश्च त्रिकण्टकैः
khaṭvāṅgaiśca triśūlaiśca kapālaiḥ śaktibhistathā | dātraiḥ sṛṇibhirīṣāyairyaṣṭibhiśca trikaṇṭakaiḥ
and with skull-topped staves and tridents, with skulls and with spears, with sickles, goads, poles, cudgels and three-pronged spikes,
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KaP 30.107
प्रासैः परशुभिर्बाणैः कोदण्डैरतिभीषणाः । जटाचन्द्रकलायुक्ताः सर्व एव महाबलाः
prāsaiḥ paraśubhirbāṇaiḥ kodaṇḍairatibhīṣaṇāḥ | jaṭācandrakalāyuktāḥ sarva eva mahābalāḥ
with darts, axes, arrows and bows, (they were) exceedingly terrible; endowed with matted hair and the crescent moon, all of them of great strength.
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KaP 30.108
केचिद्भर्गस्य रूपेण वाहनेनाथ भूषणैः । तुल्या जटार्धशुभ्रांशु शुभ्रशीर्षा महाबलाः
kecidbhargasya rūpeṇa vāhanenātha bhūṣaṇaiḥ | tulyā jaṭārdhaśubhrāṃśu śubhraśīrṣā mahābalāḥ
Some were equal to Bharga (Śiva) in form, in mount and in ornaments, mighty ones with matted hair and the white-rayed crescent, their heads shining white.
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KaP 30.109
अर्धनारीश्वराः केचिद् यथारुद्रस्तथैव ते
ardhanārīśvarāḥ kecid yathārudrastathaiva te
Some were half-woman-and-lord (Ardhanārīśvara) — just as Rudra is, so were they.
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KaP 30.110
केचित्तु चारुरूपेण मोहनेन मनोभुवः । तुल्येन वनितासंघैः समं जाता रतोत्सुकाः
kecittu cārurūpeṇa mohanena manobhuvaḥ | tulyena vanitāsaṃghaiḥ samaṃ jātā ratotsukāḥ
But some, with a lovely, bewitching form equal to that of the mind-born one (Kāma), became eager for love-play together with throngs of women.
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KaP 30.111
आकाशचारिणः सर्वे सर्वे स्वच्छन्दगामिनः
ākāśacāriṇaḥ sarve sarve svacchandagāminaḥ
All of them moved through the sky, all of them went wherever they wished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.112
नीलोत्पलदलश्यामाः शुक्ला: केचन लोहिताः । रक्ताः पीतास्तथा चित्रा हरिताः कपिलाः परे । अर्धपीता ह्यर्द्धरक्ता नीलार्धा धवलाः परे
nīlotpaladalaśyāmāḥ śuklā: kecana lohitāḥ | raktāḥ pītāstathā citrā haritāḥ kapilāḥ pare | ardhapītā hyarddharaktā nīlārdhā dhavalāḥ pare
Some were dark as the petals of the blue lotus, some white, some coppery-red; others red, yellow, and also variegated, green, or tawny; others half yellow and half red, half blue, others white.
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KaP 30.113
सकृष्णपीताः शुक्लेन कृष्णेनार्धेन रञ्जिताः । एकवर्णा द्विवर्णाश्च त्रिवर्णाश्च तथापरे । चतुःषट्पञ्चवर्णाश्च केचिद् दशवर्णाः द्विजाः
sakṛṣṇapītāḥ śuklena kṛṣṇenārdhena rañjitāḥ | ekavarṇā dvivarṇāśca trivarṇāśca tathāpare | catuḥṣaṭpañcavarṇāśca kecid daśavarṇāḥ dvijāḥ
Some were black-and-yellow, tinted with white and with black on half (their bodies); others were of one colour, of two colours, and likewise of three; some of four, six, or five colours, and some, O twice-born ones, of ten colours.
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KaP 30.114
डिण्डिमान् पटहान् शङ्खान् भेर्यानकसकाहलान्
ḍiṇḍimān paṭahān śaṅkhān bheryānakasakāhalān
(Sounding) ḍiṇḍima drums, paṭaha drums, conches, kettledrums, ānaka drums, and kāhala horns—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.115
मण्डूकान् झर्झरांश्चैव झर्झरीश्च समर्दलाः । वीणास्तन्त्री: पञ्चतन्त्रीः शकटान् दर्दरांस्तथा
maṇḍūkān jharjharāṃścaiva jharjharīśca samardalāḥ | vīṇāstantrī: pañcatantrīḥ śakaṭān dardarāṃstathā
maṇḍūka drums, jharjhara drums, jharjharīs and mardala drums, vīṇās with one string and with five strings, śakaṭas and likewise dardara drums—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.116
गोमुखानानकान् कुण्डान् सतालकरतालिकान् । वादयन्तो गणाः सर्वे हसन्तश्च मुहुर्मुहुः
gomukhānānakān kuṇḍān satālakaratālikān | vādayanto gaṇāḥ sarve hasantaśca muhurmuhuḥ
gomukha horns, ānaka drums, kuṇḍa drums, along with cymbals and hand-clapping—all the hosts, playing (these) and laughing again and again,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.117
वराहाभिमुखा भूत्वा तस्थुस्ते हृष्टमानसाः । तान् सर्वानाह शरभो भगवान् वृषभध्वजः
varāhābhimukhā bhūtvā tasthuste hṛṣṭamānasāḥ | tān sarvānāha śarabho bhagavān vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ
turned to face the boar and stood there with delighted minds; and to all of them the Lord Śarabha, whose banner is the bull, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.118
निध्नतैतान् वराहस्य गणान् वै क्रूरकर्मभिः । क्रूरदृष्ट्या क्रूरयुद्धैः क्रूरा भूत्वा महाबलाः
nidhnataitān varāhasya gaṇān vai krūrakarmabhiḥ | krūradṛṣṭyā krūrayuddhaiḥ krūrā bhūtvā mahābalāḥ
"Slay these hosts of the boar with cruel deeds, with a cruel gaze, with cruel battles—become cruel, you of great strength!"
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KaP 30.119
ततस्ते वै गणाः सर्वे नानाकारवरायुधाः । सार्धं वराहस्य गणैर्युयुधुः क्रूरदर्शनाः
tataste vai gaṇāḥ sarve nānākāravarāyudhāḥ | sārdhaṃ varāhasya gaṇairyuyudhuḥ krūradarśanāḥ
Then all those hosts, bearing excellent weapons of many shapes, cruel to look upon, fought together with the hosts of the boar.
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KaP 30.120
आकाशचारिणः सर्वे जलपूर्णं जगत्त्रयम् । ते परित्यज्य युयुधुर्वियत्येवोभये गणाः
ākāśacāriṇaḥ sarve jalapūrṇaṃ jagattrayam | te parityajya yuyudhurviyatyevobhaye gaṇāḥ
All of them moved through the sky; the three worlds were filled with water. Abandoning it, both sets of hosts fought in the air itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.121
ततः क्षणाद् वराहास्य गणान् सर्वान् महाबलान् । हरस्य प्रमथा जघ्नुर्महावाता इवाम्बुदान्
tataḥ kṣaṇād varāhāsya gaṇān sarvān mahābalān | harasya pramathā jaghnurmahāvātā ivāmbudān
Then in an instant Hara's Pramathas struck down all the mighty hosts of the boar, as great winds (scatter) clouds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.122
हतेषु तेषु वीरेषु वाराहेषु गणेष्वथ । दध्यौ वराहः किमिति प्राक् पश्चाद्वृत्तमास्थितम्
hateṣu teṣu vīreṣu vārāheṣu gaṇeṣvatha | dadhyau varāhaḥ kimiti prāk paścādvṛttamāsthitam
When those heroes, the hosts of the boar, had been slain, the boar reflected: "What is this that has come about, before and after?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.123
अथ चिन्तयतस्तस्य स्वान्तं गत्वा जनार्दनः। तत् सर्वं ज्ञापयामास वराहवपुषो हितम् । ततो देह – परित्यागं कर्तुं समयतस्तदा
atha cintayatastasya svāntaṃ gatvā janārdanaḥ| tat sarvaṃ jñāpayāmāsa varāhavapuṣo hitam | tato deha – parityāgaṃ kartuṃ samayatastadā
Then, as he was thinking, Janārdana entered his inmost self and made known all that, for the good of him who wore the boar's body; and thereupon he set himself to abandon the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.124
ततो दंष्ट्राप्रघातेन नरसिंहं महाबलः । शरभो भगवान् भर्गो द्विधा मध्ये चकार ह
tato daṃṣṭrāpraghātena narasiṃhaṃ mahābalaḥ | śarabho bhagavān bhargo dvidhā madhye cakāra ha
Then, with a blow of his tusk, the mighty Lord Śarabha, Bharga, split the man-lion in two down the middle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.125
नरसिंहे द्विधाभूते नरभागेण तस्य च । नर एव समुत्पन्नो दिव्यरूपी महाऋषिः
narasiṃhe dvidhābhūte narabhāgeṇa tasya ca | nara eva samutpanno divyarūpī mahāṛṣiḥ
When the man-lion was made two, from his man-portion there arose Nara himself, a great seer of divine form.
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KaP 30.126
तस्य पञ्चास्यभागेन नारायण इतिश्रुतः । अभवत् सुमहातेजा मुनिरूपी जनार्दनः
tasya pañcāsyabhāgena nārāyaṇa itiśrutaḥ | abhavat sumahātejā munirūpī janārdanaḥ
From his five-faced portion there came to be one known as Nārāyaṇa, Janārdana of great splendour, in the form of a sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.127
नरो नारायणश्चोभौ सृष्टिहेतू महामती । द्वयोः प्रभावो दुर्धर्षः शास्त्रे वेदे तपःसु च
naro nārāyaṇaścobhau sṛṣṭihetū mahāmatī | dvayoḥ prabhāvo durdharṣaḥ śāstre vede tapaḥsu ca
Nara and Nārāyaṇa, both of great mind, are the cause of creation; the power of the two is unassailable in scripture, in the Veda, and in austerities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.128
तौ नावि विनिधायाथ मत्स्यमूर्त्यवितात्मनि । आससाद पुनर्देवो वाराहः शरभं हरिः
tau nāvi vinidhāyātha matsyamūrtyavitātmani | āsasāda punardevo vārāhaḥ śarabhaṃ hariḥ
Then, having placed those two in the boat guarded by the fish-form, the god Hari in boar-shape again approached Śarabha.
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KaP 30.129
वपुस्त्यागो मयावश्यं कर्तव्यो जगतां हिते
vapustyāgo mayāvaśyaṃ kartavyo jagatāṃ hite
"The abandoning of (my) body must certainly be carried out by me, for the welfare of the worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.130
इति पूर्वं प्रतिज्ञातं तदर्थोऽयं समुद्यमः । क्रियते हरिणा सार्धं शम्भुना ब्रह्मणापि च
iti pūrvaṃ pratijñātaṃ tadartho'yaṃ samudyamaḥ | kriyate hariṇā sārdhaṃ śambhunā brahmaṇāpi ca
Thus was it promised before; this undertaking is for that purpose. It is being done together with Hari, with Śambhu, and with Brahmā as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.131
इति संचिन्त्य स तदा शूकरः परमेश्वरः । जगाद शरभं देवं महादेवं महाबलम्
iti saṃcintya sa tadā śūkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ | jagāda śarabhaṃ devaṃ mahādevaṃ mahābalam
Having thought thus, that boar, the Supreme Lord, then spoke to the god Śarabha, Mahādeva of great might.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.132
।। वाराह उवाच ।। जहि मां त्वं महादेव त्यक्ष्ये कायमसंशयम् । हिताय सर्वजगतां देवानामपि ऋत्विजान्
|| vārāha uvāca || jahi māṃ tvaṃ mahādeva tyakṣye kāyamasaṃśayam | hitāya sarvajagatāṃ devānāmapi ṛtvijān
The Boar said: Slay me, O Mahādeva; I shall give up this body, without doubt, for the good of all the worlds and of the gods too, (and of) the officiating priests.
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KaP 30.133
मम देहप्रतीकौ धैर्यज्ञं यूपं प्रकल्प्य च । पृथक् पृथक् महाभागा सशामित्रं श्रुवादिकम्
mama dehapratīkau dhairyajñaṃ yūpaṃ prakalpya ca | pṛthak pṛthak mahābhāgā saśāmitraṃ śruvādikam
And having fashioned the limbs of my body (into) the sacrificial post of the dhairya-sacrifice, one by one, O greatly blessed ones, together with the slaughtering-place and the ladle and the rest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.134
ततस्ते तान् त्रिभिः पुत्रैर्विधध्वं जगतां हिते । कनकेन सुवृत्तेन घोरेण च जगन्मयीम्
tataste tān tribhiḥ putrairvidhadhvaṃ jagatāṃ hite | kanakena suvṛttena ghoreṇa ca jaganmayīm
then do you carry them out with the three sons, for the good of the worlds — with Suvṛtta, with Kanaka, and with Ghora — (making the rite) that comprises the world.
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KaP 30.135
यज्ञाद् देवाः प्रजाश्चैव यज्ञादन्नान् नियोगिनः । सर्वं यज्ञात् सदा भावि सर्वं यज्ञमयं जगत्
yajñād devāḥ prajāścaiva yajñādannān niyoginaḥ | sarvaṃ yajñāt sadā bhāvi sarvaṃ yajñamayaṃ jagat
From sacrifice (come) the gods and creatures, from sacrifice food, (and) those who are appointed (to rites); everything always comes to be from sacrifice; the whole world is made of sacrifice.
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KaP 30.136
यमिमं पृथिवीगर्भमाधत्त मलिनी पुनः । तमुत्पन्नं स्वयं देवीं चिरं संगोपयिष्यति
yamimaṃ pṛthivīgarbhamādhatta malinī punaḥ | tamutpannaṃ svayaṃ devīṃ ciraṃ saṃgopayiṣyati
This one whom Malinī has again conceived as an embryo of the earth — when he is born the Goddess herself will keep him hidden for a long time.
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KaP 30.137
प्राप्ते काले यदा देवी तदायुष्मान् सुभाषते । वधस्तस्यातिमारार्ता तदैवैनं हनिष्यथ
prāpte kāle yadā devī tadāyuṣmān subhāṣate | vadhastasyātimārārtā tadaivainaṃ haniṣyatha
When, the time having come, the Goddess (speaks), then the long-lived one speaks well; his slaying... exceedingly afflicted by (his) killing — then indeed you shall slay him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.138
भारतीं पृथिवीं मग्नां यदाधः शतयोजनम् । शृङ्गिवराहरूपेण प्रोद्धरिष्ये तदात्विमाम्
bhāratīṃ pṛthivīṃ magnāṃ yadādhaḥ śatayojanam | śṛṅgivarāharūpeṇa proddhariṣye tadātvimām
When I shall lift up this Bhārata earth, sunk a hundred yojanas below, in the form of a tusked boar — then indeed...
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KaP 30.139
कृतकृत्यं तु तं कायं त्याजयिष्यति ते सुतः । यो भावी देवसेनानी रुद्रात् षाण्मातुराह्वयः
kṛtakṛtyaṃ tu taṃ kāyaṃ tyājayiṣyati te sutaḥ | yo bhāvī devasenānī rudrāt ṣāṇmāturāhvayaḥ
But your son will cause you to abandon that body once its task is done — he who is to be the commander of the gods' army, (born) from Rudra, called Ṣāṇmātura ('he of the six mothers').
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KaP 30.140
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवं यज्ञवराहे तु भाषमाणे महाबले । निःसृत्य सुमहत्तेजो ज्वालामालातिदीपितम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evaṃ yajñavarāhe tu bhāṣamāṇe mahābale | niḥsṛtya sumahattejo jvālāmālātidīpitam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: While the mighty sacrificial Boar was speaking thus, an exceedingly great radiance came forth, brilliantly lit with garlands of flame,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.141
सूर्यकोटिप्रतीकाशं वराहवपुषस्तदा । हरेर्भगवतो देहे विवेश महद्दभुतम्
sūryakoṭipratīkāśaṃ varāhavapuṣastadā | harerbhagavato dehe viveśa mahaddabhutam
resembling ten million suns; then, (issuing) from the boar's body, it entered into the body of the Lord Hari — a great wonder.
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KaP 30.142
तस्मिन् विष्णौ प्रविष्टे तु वाराहे तेजसि द्विजाः । सुवृत्तात् कनकाद्घोरात्तेज आदात् स्वयं हरिः
tasmin viṣṇau praviṣṭe tu vārāhe tejasi dvijāḥ | suvṛttāt kanakādghorātteja ādāt svayaṃ hariḥ
And when that boar-radiance had entered into Viṣṇu, O twice-born ones, Hari himself took the radiance from Suvṛtta, from Kanaka, from Ghora.
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KaP 30.143
तेषामपि शरीरेभ्यस्तेजोभागः पृथक् पृथक् । विनिःसृत्य विनिःसृत्य ज्वालामालातिदीपितः । प्रविवेश हरेः काये यथा तेषां पितुस्तथा
teṣāmapi śarīrebhyastejobhāgaḥ pṛthak pṛthak | viniḥsṛtya viniḥsṛtya jvālāmālātidīpitaḥ | praviveśa hareḥ kāye yathā teṣāṃ pitustathā
From their bodies too a portion of radiance, from each separately, coming forth again and again, brilliantly lit with garlands of flame, entered into Hari's body, just as (had happened) with their father.
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KaP 30.144
ततो हरिश्च ब्रह्मा च महादेवश्च तद्वचः । वाराहस्य प्रतिश्रुत्य ओमित्युक्त्वा पुनः पुनः
tato hariśca brahmā ca mahādevaśca tadvacaḥ | vārāhasya pratiśrutya omityuktvā punaḥ punaḥ
Then Hari and Brahmā and Mahādeva, assenting to that speech of the Boar and saying "Om" again and again,
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KaP 30.145
तेषां कायपरित्यागे अकार्षुर्यत्नमुत्तमम्
teṣāṃ kāyaparityāge akārṣuryatnamuttamam
made the utmost effort at the abandoning of their bodies.
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KaP 30.146
ततस्तुण्डप्रहारेण शरभः कण्ठमध्यतः । भित्वा वपुर्वराहस्य पातयामास तज्जले
tatastuṇḍaprahāreṇa śarabhaḥ kaṇṭhamadhyataḥ | bhitvā vapurvarāhasya pātayāmāsa tajjale
Then Śarabha, with a blow of his snout, splitting the Boar's body through the middle of the neck, made it fall into that water.
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KaP 30.147
तं पातयित्वा प्रथमं सुवृत्तं कनकं तथा । घोरं च कण्ठदेशेषु भित्वा भित्वा जघान ह
taṃ pātayitvā prathamaṃ suvṛttaṃ kanakaṃ tathā | ghoraṃ ca kaṇṭhadeśeṣu bhitvā bhitvā jaghāna ha
Having felled him first, he then, splitting Suvṛtta and Kanaka and Ghora one after another at the region of the neck, slew (them).
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KaP 30.148
त्यक्तप्राणास्तु ते सर्वे पेतुस्तोये महार्णवे । जले शब्दं वितन्वानाः कालानलसमत्विषः
tyaktaprāṇāstu te sarve petustoye mahārṇave | jale śabdaṃ vitanvānāḥ kālānalasamatviṣaḥ
All of them, their life-breaths given up, fell into the waters of the great ocean, sending a sound through the water, with a glow like the fire of time.
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KaP 30.149
पतितेषु वराहेषु ब्रह्माविष्णुर्हरस्तथा । सृष्ट्यर्थं चिन्तयामासुः पुनरेव समागताः
patiteṣu varāheṣu brahmāviṣṇurharastathā | sṛṣṭyarthaṃ cintayāmāsuḥ punareva samāgatāḥ
When the boars had fallen, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Hara, having come together once again, took thought for the sake of creation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.150
हरस्य तु गणाः सर्वे तदा भर्गं समागताः । उपतस्थुर्महाभागाश्चतुर्भागेन भाजिताः
harasya tu gaṇāḥ sarve tadā bhargaṃ samāgatāḥ | upatasthurmahābhāgāścaturbhāgena bhājitāḥ
But all the hosts of Hara, having then assembled before Bharga, waited upon (him), those greatly blessed ones, apportioned into four divisions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.151
षट्त्रिंशत्तु सहस्राणि प्रमथा द्विजसत्तमाः । तत्रैकत्र सहस्राणि भागे षोडश संस्थिताः
ṣaṭtriṃśattu sahasrāṇi pramathā dvijasattamāḥ | tatraikatra sahasrāṇi bhāge ṣoḍaśa saṃsthitāḥ
The Pramathas, O best of the twice-born, are thirty-six thousand; of these, sixteen thousand are stationed in one portion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.152
नानारूपधरा ते वै जटाचन्द्रार्धमण्डिताः । ते सर्वे सकलैश्वर्ययुक्ता ध्यानपरायणाः
nānārūpadharā te vai jaṭācandrārdhamaṇḍitāḥ | te sarve sakalaiśvaryayuktā dhyānaparāyaṇāḥ
They bear many forms and are adorned with matted locks and the half-moon; all of them are endowed with complete lordship and devoted to meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.153
योगिनो मदमात्सर्यदम्भाहङ्कार वर्जिताः । क्षीणपापा महाभागाः शम्भोः प्रीतिकराः पराः
yogino madamātsaryadambhāhaṅkāra varjitāḥ | kṣīṇapāpā mahābhāgāḥ śambhoḥ prītikarāḥ parāḥ
(They are) yogins, free of intoxication, envy, hypocrisy and egotism, their sins worn away, greatly blessed, supremely pleasing to Śambhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.154
न ते परिग्रहं रागं कांक्षन्ति स्म कदाचन । संसार - विमुखाः सर्वे यतयो योगतत्पराः
na te parigrahaṃ rāgaṃ kāṃkṣanti sma kadācana | saṃsāra - vimukhāḥ sarve yatayo yogatatparāḥ
They never desired possessions or passion; all of them turned away from the round of rebirth, ascetics intent on yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.155
ध्यानावस्थं महादेवं परिवार्य धृतव्रताः । कृत्वा परिषदं रुच्या तिष्ठन्ति विगतक्लमाः
dhyānāvasthaṃ mahādevaṃ parivārya dhṛtavratāḥ | kṛtvā pariṣadaṃ rucyā tiṣṭhanti vigataklamāḥ
Surrounding Mahādeva when he is in meditation, firm in their vows, they form an assembly at (their) pleasure and stand there without weariness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.156
यदैव परमं ज्योतिश्चिन्तयत्यम्बिकापतिः । तदैव ते पारिषदाः सर्वे संवेष्टयन्ति तम्
yadaiva paramaṃ jyotiścintayatyambikāpatiḥ | tadaiva te pāriṣadāḥ sarve saṃveṣṭayanti tam
Just when the husband of Ambikā meditates on the supreme light, then all those attendants encircle him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.157
ते षोडश समाख्याताः कोटयो ये यतव्रताः । सिंहव्याघ्रादि सारूप्या अणिमादिसमायुताः
te ṣoḍaśa samākhyātāḥ koṭayo ye yatavratāḥ | siṃhavyāghrādi sārūpyā aṇimādisamāyutāḥ
Those who are of restrained vows are declared to be sixteen crores; they have forms like lions, tigers and the like, and are possessed of (the powers) beginning with minuteness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.158
अपरे कामिनः शम्भोः सुनर्मसचिवाः स्मृताः । विचित्ररूपाभरणा जटाचन्द्रार्धमण्डिताः
apare kāminaḥ śambhoḥ sunarmasacivāḥ smṛtāḥ | vicitrarūpābharaṇā jaṭācandrārdhamaṇḍitāḥ
Others, amorous ones, are known as Śambhu's companions in pleasant jesting; they have variegated forms and ornaments and are adorned with matted locks and the half-moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.159
हरस्य तुल्यरूपेण विशदा वृषभध्वजाः । उमासदृशरूपाभिः प्रमदाभिः समागताः
harasya tulyarūpeṇa viśadā vṛṣabhadhvajāḥ | umāsadṛśarūpābhiḥ pramadābhiḥ samāgatāḥ
Bright, with a form like Hara's, bearing the bull banner, they come together with lovely women whose forms resemble Umā's.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.160
विचित्रमाल्याभरणा दिव्यस्रग्गन्धभूषिताः । उमासहायं क्रीडन्तमनुगच्छन्ति भूषिताः । शृङ्गारवेषाभरणा अष्टौ ते कोटयो गणाः
vicitramālyābharaṇā divyasraggandhabhūṣitāḥ | umāsahāyaṃ krīḍantamanugacchanti bhūṣitāḥ | śṛṅgāraveṣābharaṇā aṣṭau te koṭayo gaṇāḥ
Wearing variegated garlands and ornaments, decked with divine wreaths and perfumes, adorned, they follow (Śiva) as he plays with Umā as his companion; those troops, with the dress and ornaments of love, are eight crores.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.161
अर्धनारीश्वराश्चान्ये ह्यर्धनारीश्वरं हरम् । ध्यानस्थं प्रविविशुस्ते तुल्यरूपा हरस्य ये
ardhanārīśvarāścānye hyardhanārīśvaraṃ haram | dhyānasthaṃ praviviśuste tulyarūpā harasya ye
And others, half-woman-lords, who have a form like Hara's, entered Hara the half-woman-lord as he stood in meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.162
उमासहायो हि यदा रमते ससुखं हरः । अर्धनारीशरीरास्तु द्वारपाला भवन्ति ते
umāsahāyo hi yadā ramate sasukhaṃ haraḥ | ardhanārīśarīrāstu dvārapālā bhavanti te
Indeed, when Hara, with Umā as his companion, takes his pleasure happily, they, having bodies half woman, become the doorkeepers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.163
आकाशमार्गे गच्छन्तमनुगच्छन्ति नित्यशः । ध्यानस्थं परिचर्यन्ति सलिलादिभिरीश्वरम्
ākāśamārge gacchantamanugacchanti nityaśaḥ | dhyānasthaṃ paricaryanti salilādibhirīśvaram
They constantly follow him as he goes along the path of the sky; they wait upon the Lord with water and the rest when he is in meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.164
नानाशस्त्रधराः शम्भोर्गणास्ते प्रमथाः स्मृताः
nānāśastradharāḥ śambhorgaṇāste pramathāḥ smṛtāḥ
Bearing various weapons, those troops of Śambhu are known as the Pramathas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.165
प्रमथ्नन्ति च युद्धेषु युध्यमानान् महाबलान् । ते वै महाबलाः शूराः सङ्ख्यया नव कोटयः
pramathnanti ca yuddheṣu yudhyamānān mahābalān | te vai mahābalāḥ śūrāḥ saṅkhyayā nava koṭayaḥ
And in battles they crush (pramathnanti) the mighty ones who fight; those heroes of great strength are nine crores in number.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.166
अपरे गायनास्तालमृदङ्गपणवादिभिः । नृत्यन्ति वाद्यं कुर्वन्ति गायन्ति मधुरस्वरम्
apare gāyanāstālamṛdaṅgapaṇavādibhiḥ | nṛtyanti vādyaṃ kurvanti gāyanti madhurasvaram
Others are singers: with cymbals, mṛdaṅgas, paṇavas and the rest they dance, play music, and sing in sweet voice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.167
नानारूपधरास्ते वै सङ्ख्यया कोटयस्त्रयः । सततं चानुगच्छन्ति विचरन्तं महेश्वरम्
nānārūpadharāste vai saṅkhyayā koṭayastrayaḥ | satataṃ cānugacchanti vicarantaṃ maheśvaram
Bearing many forms, they are three crores in number, and they constantly follow Maheśvara as he roams about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.168
सर्वे मायाविनः शूराः सर्वे शास्त्रार्थपारगाः । सर्वे सर्वत्र सर्वज्ञाः सर्वे सर्वत्रगाः सदा
sarve māyāvinaḥ śūrāḥ sarve śāstrārthapāragāḥ | sarve sarvatra sarvajñāḥ sarve sarvatragāḥ sadā
All are masters of illusion and heroes; all have gone to the far shore of the meaning of the scriptures; all are everywhere all-knowing; all go everywhere always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.169
मुहूर्तात् सर्वभुवनं गत्या यान्ति पुनर्भवम् । अणिमाद्यष्टकैश्वर्ययुक्तास्ते वै महाबलाः
muhūrtāt sarvabhuvanaṃ gatyā yānti punarbhavam | aṇimādyaṣṭakaiśvaryayuktāste vai mahābalāḥ
In a moment they traverse the whole world and come back again; endowed with the eightfold lordship beginning with minuteness, they are indeed of great strength.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.170
अपरे रुद्रनामानो जटाचन्द्रार्धमण्डिताः । देवेन्द्रस्य नियोगेन वर्तन्ते त्रिदिवे सदा । तेषां सङ्ख्या चैककोटिस्ते सर्वे बलवत्तराः
apare rudranāmāno jaṭācandrārdhamaṇḍitāḥ | devendrasya niyogena vartante tridive sadā | teṣāṃ saṅkhyā caikakoṭiste sarve balavattarāḥ
Others bear the name Rudra and are adorned with matted locks and the half-moon; by the command of the lord of the gods they always dwell in the third heaven; their number is one crore, and all of them are exceedingly strong.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.171
कुर्वन्ति हि सदा सेवां हरस्य सततं गणाः । विस्मयन्ति च पापिष्ठान् धर्मिष्ठान् पालयन्ति च
kurvanti hi sadā sevāṃ harasya satataṃ gaṇāḥ | vismayanti ca pāpiṣṭhān dharmiṣṭhān pālayanti ca
For the hosts always and continually perform service to Hara; they terrify the most sinful and protect the most righteous.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.172
अनुगृणन्ति सततं धृतपाशुपतव्रतान् । विघ्नांश्च सततं घ्नन्ति योगिनां प्रयतात्मनाम्
anugṛṇanti satataṃ dhṛtapāśupatavratān | vighnāṃśca satataṃ ghnanti yogināṃ prayatātmanām
They constantly favour those who hold to the Pāśupata vow, and they constantly destroy the obstacles of yogins whose selves are disciplined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.173
षट्त्रिंशत् कोटयश्चैते हरस्य सकला गणाः । वराहगणनाशार्थं हिताय जगतां तथा
ṣaṭtriṃśat koṭayaścaite harasya sakalā gaṇāḥ | varāhagaṇanāśārthaṃ hitāya jagatāṃ tathā
These, thirty-six crores, are all the hosts of Hara, (created) for the destruction of the Boar's hosts and likewise for the good of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.174
शङ्करस्याथ सेवायै समुत्पन्ना इमे गणाः
śaṅkarasyātha sevāyai samutpannā ime gaṇāḥ
And so these hosts came into being for the service of Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.175
वराहस्य गणान् दृष्ट्वा नरसिंहं तथा हरिम् । स्वयं शरभरूपः सन् ध्यायन्नादं तदाकरोत् । तच्छीत्कराद्यतो जातास्तत्तेषां बहुरूपता
varāhasya gaṇān dṛṣṭvā narasiṃhaṃ tathā harim | svayaṃ śarabharūpaḥ san dhyāyannādaṃ tadākarot | tacchītkarādyato jātāstatteṣāṃ bahurūpatā
Seeing the Boar's hosts, and Hari as the Man-Lion, he himself, being in the form of the Śarabha, brooding, made a cry at that time; because they were born from that hissing sound, hence comes their manifold form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.176
क्रूरदृष्ट्या क्रूरयुद्धैः क्रूरकृत्यैरिमान् गणान् । वराहस्य घ्नतेत्येवं यतः प्रोक्तं कपर्दिना । अतस्ते क्रूरकर्माणः प्रजाताश्च भयङ्कराः
krūradṛṣṭyā krūrayuddhaiḥ krūrakṛtyairimān gaṇān | varāhasya ghnatetyevaṃ yataḥ proktaṃ kapardinā | ataste krūrakarmāṇaḥ prajātāśca bhayaṅkarāḥ
Since it was thus declared by the one with matted locks, "With cruel gaze, with cruel battles, with cruel deeds, slay these hosts of the Boar," therefore they were born cruel in deed and terrifying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.177
न सदा क्रूरकर्माणि ते कुर्वन्ति महौजसः । दृष्टिमात्रस्य ते क्रूराः क्रूरास्ते न तु कार्यतः
na sadā krūrakarmāṇi te kurvanti mahaujasaḥ | dṛṣṭimātrasya te krūrāḥ krūrāste na tu kāryataḥ
Those of great might do not always do cruel deeds; they are cruel merely in their look—they are cruel, but not in what they do.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.178
फलं जलं तथा पुष्पं पत्रं मूलं तथैव च
phalaṃ jalaṃ tathā puṣpaṃ patraṃ mūlaṃ tathaiva ca
Fruit, water, and likewise flower, leaf, and root as well—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.179
निवेदितानि भुञ्जन्ति वनपर्वतसानुषु । आहृत्यापि च भुञ्जन्ति पत्रं पुष्पादिकं च यत्
niveditāni bhuñjanti vanaparvatasānuṣu | āhṛtyāpi ca bhuñjanti patraṃ puṣpādikaṃ ca yat
—these, when offered, they eat, in forests and on mountain ridges; and they also fetch and eat whatever leaf, flower and the like (there is).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.180
भवेद्भर्गस्य यद्धोग्यं तद्भोगास्ते महौजसः । आमिषाणि च नाश्नन्ति हित्वा चैत्रचतुर्दशीम्
bhavedbhargasya yaddhogyaṃ tadbhogāste mahaujasaḥ | āmiṣāṇi ca nāśnanti hitvā caitracaturdaśīm
Whatever may be fit for Bharga's enjoyment, that is the food of those of great might; and they do not eat flesh, except on the fourteenth of Caitra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.181
तत्रामिषं हरो भुंक्ते चतुर्दश्या मधौ सदा । ततः सर्वे गणास्तत्र भुंजते पललान्यपि
tatrāmiṣaṃ haro bhuṃkte caturdaśyā madhau sadā | tataḥ sarve gaṇāstatra bhuṃjate palalānyapi
On that day Hara always eats flesh, on the fourteenth in the month of Caitra; then all the hosts there eat meat too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.182
हते वराहस्य गणे भर्गमासाद्य ते गणाः । चतुर्भागाः स्वयं भूत्वा भूतकर्मेति वै जगुः । भूतत्वमभवत्तेषां चतुर्भागवतां तदा । वचनात् पद्मयोस्तु भूतग्रामस्ततो मतः
hate varāhasya gaṇe bhargamāsādya te gaṇāḥ | caturbhāgāḥ svayaṃ bhūtvā bhūtakarmeti vai jaguḥ | bhūtatvamabhavatteṣāṃ caturbhāgavatāṃ tadā | vacanāt padmayostu bhūtagrāmastato mataḥ
When the Boar's host had been slain, those hosts approached Bharga and, themselves becoming fourfold, sang out "the deed is done (bhūta)"; then, for those who had the four parts, there came about the state of being bhūtas, and from the words (spoken) at the two lotuses they are accordingly reckoned a bhūta-host.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 30.183
यो लोकविदितः पूर्वं भूतग्रामश्चतुर्विधः । यतस्तेभ्योऽधिको यत्तद्भूतग्रामः स उच्यते
yo lokaviditaḥ pūrvaṃ bhūtagrāmaścaturvidhaḥ | yatastebhyo'dhiko yattadbhūtagrāmaḥ sa ucyate
There is the fourfold class of beings (bhūta-grāma) formerly known in the world; since this one is superior to those, it is (also) called a bhūta-grāma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.184
इति वः कथितं सर्वं भूताः शम्भुगणाः यथा । यदाहारा यदाकारा यत्कृत्यास्ते महौजसः
iti vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ bhūtāḥ śambhugaṇāḥ yathā | yadāhārā yadākārā yatkṛtyāste mahaujasaḥ
Thus all has been told to you: how the bhūtas are the hosts of Śambhu, what food they have, what form, and what deeds those of great might have.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 30.185
य इदं शृणुयान्नित्यमाख्यानं महदद्भुतम् । स दीर्घायुः सदोत्साही योगयुक्तश्च जायते
ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityamākhyānaṃ mahadadbhutam | sa dīrghāyuḥ sadotsāhī yogayuktaśca jāyate
Whoever constantly hears this great and marvellous narrative becomes long-lived, always energetic, and joined to yoga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition