Kalika Purana — Chapter 37
KaP 37.1
कालिकापुराणम् सप्तत्रिंशोऽध्यायः नरकासुरजन्मकथनम् अथ श्रीकालिका पुराण अध्याय ३७ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ॥ अथ काले वहुतिथे व्यतीते द्विजसत्तमाः । विदेहविषये राजा जनको नाम वीर्यवान्
kālikāpurāṇam saptatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ narakāsurajanmakathanam atha śrīkālikā purāṇa adhyāya 37 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || atha kāle vahutithe vyatīte dvijasattamāḥ | videhaviṣaye rājā janako nāma vīryavān
The Kālikāpurāṇa, thirty-seventh chapter: the telling of the birth of the demon Naraka. Now the Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 37. Mārkaṇḍeya said: Now, when a great deal of time had passed, O best of the twice-born, in the land of Videha there was a valorous king named Janaka.
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KaP 37.2
सर्वराजगुणैर्युक्तो राजनीतिविवर्धितः । सत्यवाक् शीलवान् दक्षो ब्रह्मण्यः प्रयत: शुचिः
sarvarājaguṇairyukto rājanītivivardhitaḥ | satyavāk śīlavān dakṣo brahmaṇyaḥ prayata: śuciḥ
He was endowed with all the qualities of a king, advanced in statecraft, truthful in speech, of good conduct, capable, devoted to brahmins, self-restrained, and pure.
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KaP 37.3
देवद्विजगुरूणां च पूजासु निरतः सदा । बभूव सर्वलोकानां पितेव परिपालकः
devadvijagurūṇāṃ ca pūjāsu nirataḥ sadā | babhūva sarvalokānāṃ piteva paripālakaḥ
And he was always intent upon the worship of the gods, the twice-born, and his elders; he became the protector of all the people, like a father.
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KaP 37.4
तस्य राज्ञः सुतो नाभूत् प्राप्ते कालेऽपि वै सदा । तदा स विमना भूत्वा चिन्ताध्यानपरोऽभवत्
tasya rājñaḥ suto nābhūt prāpte kāle'pi vai sadā | tadā sa vimanā bhūtvā cintādhyānaparo'bhavat
That king had no son, even though the (proper) time had come and always (passed); then, becoming dejected, he grew absorbed in worry and brooding.
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KaP 37.5
एकदा सोऽथ शुश्राव नारदस्य मुखान्नृपः । अपुत्रो नृपतिर्वृद्धो नाम्ना दशरथो महान्
ekadā so'tha śuśrāva nāradasya mukhānnṛpaḥ | aputro nṛpatirvṛddho nāmnā daśaratho mahān
Then one day that king heard from the mouth of Nārada: "A great king named Daśaratha, sonless and aged,
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KaP 37.6
पुत्रान् लेभे महासत्वानध्वरेण महामतिः । अयोध्यायां नगर्यां तु ऋष्यशृङ्गपुरोगमैः
putrān lebhe mahāsatvānadhvareṇa mahāmatiḥ | ayodhyāyāṃ nagaryāṃ tu ṛṣyaśṛṅgapurogamaiḥ
that man of great wisdom obtained sons of great strength by a sacrifice; in the city of Ayodhyā, through (priests) headed by Ṛṣyaśṛṅga,
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KaP 37.7
मुनिभिर्विहितैर्यज्ञैर्लब्धवान् स नृपः सुतान् । रामं च भरतं चैव शत्रुघ्नं लक्ष्मणं तथा । महासत्वान् महावीरान् देवगर्भोपमाञ्छुभान्
munibhirvihitairyajñairlabdhavān sa nṛpaḥ sutān | rāmaṃ ca bharataṃ caiva śatrughnaṃ lakṣmaṇaṃ tathā | mahāsatvān mahāvīrān devagarbhopamāñchubhān
by the sacrifices performed by those sages that king obtained sons — Rāma, and Bharata, and Śatrughna, and Lakṣmaṇa likewise — of great strength, great heroes, auspicious, like children of the gods."
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KaP 37.8
तच्छ्रुत्वा जनको राजा प्रविश्यान्तः पुरं स्वकम् । भार्याभिर्मन्त्रयामास यज्ञार्थं पुत्रजन्मने
tacchrutvā janako rājā praviśyāntaḥ puraṃ svakam | bhāryābhirmantrayāmāsa yajñārthaṃ putrajanmane
Hearing that, King Janaka entered his own inner apartments and took counsel with his wives about a sacrifice for the birth of a son.
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KaP 37.9
मन्त्रयित्वा तदा राजा महिषीप्रमुखैः स्वयम् । चतसृभिस्तु भार्याभिर्यज्ञार्थं दीक्षितोऽभवत्
mantrayitvā tadā rājā mahiṣīpramukhaiḥ svayam | catasṛbhistu bhāryābhiryajñārthaṃ dīkṣito'bhavat
Having taken counsel then with those headed by the chief queen, the king himself, together with his four wives, was consecrated for the sacrifice.
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KaP 37.10
ततः पुरोधसं राजा गौतमं मुनिसत्तमम् । तत्पुत्रं च शतानन्दं पुरोधायोकरोन्मखम्
tataḥ purodhasaṃ rājā gautamaṃ munisattamam | tatputraṃ ca śatānandaṃ purodhāyokaronmakham
Then the king, making Gautama, best of sages, his chaplain, and his son Śatānanda as well, performed the sacrifice with them as officiating priests.
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KaP 37.11
द्वौ पुत्रौ तस्य संजातौ यज्ञभूमौ मनोहरौ । एका च दुहिता साध्वी भूम्यन्तरगता शुभा
dvau putrau tasya saṃjātau yajñabhūmau manoharau | ekā ca duhitā sādhvī bhūmyantaragatā śubhā
Two charming sons were born to him on the sacrificial ground, and one daughter, virtuous and lovely, who had gone within the earth.
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KaP 37.12
नारदस्योपदेशेन यज्ञभूमिं ततो नृपः । हलेन दारयामास यज्ञबाटावधिस्वयम्
nāradasyopadeśena yajñabhūmiṃ tato nṛpaḥ | halena dārayāmāsa yajñabāṭāvadhisvayam
Then, by Nārada's instruction, the king himself broke open the sacrificial ground with a plough, as far as the boundary of the sacrificial enclosure.
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KaP 37.13
तद्भूमिजातसीतायां शुभां कन्यां समुत्थिताम् । लेभे मुदा युक्तः सर्वलक्षणसंयुताम्
tadbhūmijātasītāyāṃ śubhāṃ kanyāṃ samutthitām | lebhe mudā yuktaḥ sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutām
In the furrow made in that ground he found a beautiful girl who had risen up, endowed with all auspicious marks, and he was filled with joy.
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KaP 37.14
तस्यां तु जातमात्रायां पृथिव्यन्तर्हिता स्वयम् । जगाद वचनं चेदं गौतमं नारदं नृपम्
tasyāṃ tu jātamātrāyāṃ pṛthivyantarhitā svayam | jagāda vacanaṃ cedaṃ gautamaṃ nāradaṃ nṛpam
And as soon as she was born, the Earth herself, though unseen, spoke these words to Gautama, to Nārada, and to the king.
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KaP 37.15
।। पृथिव्युवाच ।। एषा सुता मया दत्ता तव राजन् मनोहरा । एनां गृहाण सुभगां कुलद्वयशुभावहाम्
|| pṛthivyuvāca || eṣā sutā mayā dattā tava rājan manoharā | enāṃ gṛhāṇa subhagāṃ kuladvayaśubhāvahām
The Earth said: This charming daughter is given by me to you, O king; receive her, the fortunate one, who brings good to both families.
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KaP 37.16
अनया मे महाभारस्तत्त्वतो हेतुभूतया । क्षयं यास्यति भारार्ति मोचयिष्यामि दारुणाम्
anayā me mahābhārastattvato hetubhūtayā | kṣayaṃ yāsyati bhārārti mocayiṣyāmi dāruṇām
Through her, who is truly the cause of it, my great burden will come to destruction; I shall free (myself) from the terrible pain of that load.
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KaP 37.17
रावणाद्या महावीराः कुम्भकर्णादयोऽपरे । नाशं यास्यन्ति दुर्धर्षाः कृतेऽस्या राक्षसाः परे
rāvaṇādyā mahāvīrāḥ kumbhakarṇādayo'pare | nāśaṃ yāsyanti durdharṣāḥ kṛte'syā rākṣasāḥ pare
For her sake the great heroes Rāvaṇa and the rest, and the others such as Kumbhakarṇa, the unassailable and hostile rākṣasas, will go to destruction.
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KaP 37.18
त्वञ्च मोदं दुराधर्षं दुहितृकृतिजं नृपः । अवाप्स्यसि सुराणां च पितॄणामृणशोधनम्
tvañca modaṃ durādharṣaṃ duhitṛkṛtijaṃ nṛpaḥ | avāpsyasi surāṇāṃ ca pitṝṇāmṛṇaśodhanam
And you, O king, will obtain unassailable joy arising from the getting of a daughter, and the clearing of your debt to the gods and to the ancestors.
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KaP 37.19
किन्त्वेक: समय: कार्यस्त्वया मम नरोत्तम । तमहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि पुरो नारदगौतमौ
kintveka: samaya: kāryastvayā mama narottama | tamahaṃ te pravakṣyāmi puro nāradagautamau
But one agreement must be made by you with me, O best of men; I shall declare it to you here in the presence of Nārada and Gautama.
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KaP 37.20
निहते रावणे वीरे भारार्ति रहिता सुखम् । सुपुत्रं जनयिष्यामि यज्ञभूमावहं तव
nihate rāvaṇe vīre bhārārti rahitā sukham | suputraṃ janayiṣyāmi yajñabhūmāvahaṃ tava
When the hero Rāvaṇa has been slain and I am rid of the pain of my burden, I shall happily bring forth for you a good son on the sacrificial ground.
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KaP 37.21
तं पालयिता भवान् नृपतिसत्तम । यावद्व्यतीतबाल्यः सन् भविता तनयो मम
taṃ pālayitā bhavān nṛpatisattama | yāvadvyatītabālyaḥ san bhavitā tanayo mama
You shall be his guardian, O best of kings, until my son has passed beyond childhood.
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KaP 37.22
व्यतीतबाल्यं तमहं पालयिष्ये स्वयं नृप । तस्य स्यान्मानुषो भावो यथा त्वं तत्करिष्यसि
vyatītabālyaṃ tamahaṃ pālayiṣye svayaṃ nṛpa | tasya syānmānuṣo bhāvo yathā tvaṃ tatkariṣyasi
When he has passed beyond childhood I myself shall guard him, O king; you shall act in such a way that he may have a human nature.
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KaP 37.23
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इति पृथिव्या वचनं श्रुत्वा राजा तदा मुदा । प्रणम्य पृथिवीं प्राह साम्रा स जनकाह्वयः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || iti pṛthivyā vacanaṃ śrutvā rājā tadā mudā | praṇamya pṛthivīṃ prāha sāmrā sa janakāhvayaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard the Earth's words thus, the king then joyfully bowed to the Earth and, along with his queen, he who was called Janaka spoke.
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KaP 37.24
।। राजोवाच ।। यत् त्वं ब्रूषे जगद्धात्रि करिष्ये तद्वचस्तव । ममापीष्टं प्रयच्छस्व प्रसीद परमेश्वरि
|| rājovāca || yat tvaṃ brūṣe jagaddhātri kariṣye tadvacastava | mamāpīṣṭaṃ prayacchasva prasīda parameśvari
The king said: What you say, O sustainer of the world, that word of yours I shall do; grant me too my wish, be gracious, O supreme mistress.
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KaP 37.25
देवि प्रत्यक्षतो रूपं द्रष्टुमिच्छाम्यहं तव । शक्तिस्त्वं लोकजननी त्वां नमामि प्रसीद मे
devi pratyakṣato rūpaṃ draṣṭumicchāmyahaṃ tava | śaktistvaṃ lokajananī tvāṃ namāmi prasīda me
O goddess, I wish to see your form before my eyes; you are Śakti, the mother of the worlds; I bow to you, be gracious to me.
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KaP 37.26
इति तस्य वचः श्रुत्वा जनकस्य तदा क्षितिः । मुनीनां सन्निधौ रूपं दर्शयामास भूभृते
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā janakasya tadā kṣitiḥ | munīnāṃ sannidhau rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa bhūbhṛte
Having heard this speech of Janaka, the Earth then showed her form to the king in the presence of the sages.
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KaP 37.27
नीलोत्पलदलश्यामामक्षमालाब्जधारिणीम् । बाहुयुग्मेन शुभ्रेण मृणालायतशोभिना । सुन्दरीं लोकधात्रीं तां दृष्ट्वा शश्वत् नृपोऽनमत्
nīlotpaladalaśyāmāmakṣamālābjadhāriṇīm | bāhuyugmena śubhreṇa mṛṇālāyataśobhinā | sundarīṃ lokadhātrīṃ tāṃ dṛṣṭvā śaśvat nṛpo'namat
Dark as the petal of a blue lotus, holding a rosary and a lotus in her pair of bright arms that shone long as lotus-stalks — seeing her, the beautiful sustainer of the worlds, the king bowed again and again.
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KaP 37.28
ततः सा पृथिवी देवी सीतां जातां नृपात्मजाम् । करेण शश्वत् संस्पृश्य वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्
tataḥ sā pṛthivī devī sītāṃ jātāṃ nṛpātmajām | kareṇa śaśvat saṃspṛśya vacanaṃ cedamabravīt
Then that goddess Earth, touching again and again with her hand Sītā, the newborn daughter of the king, spoke these words.
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KaP 37.29
।। पृथिव्युवाच ।। इयं ते मानुषं भावमवाप्स्यति जगत्प्रसूः । तव पुत्री नृपश्रेष्ठ समयं प्रतिपालय
|| pṛthivyuvāca || iyaṃ te mānuṣaṃ bhāvamavāpsyati jagatprasūḥ | tava putrī nṛpaśreṣṭha samayaṃ pratipālaya
The Earth said: She, the mother of the world, will assume a human nature as your daughter, O best of kings; keep the agreement.
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KaP 37.30
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा पृथिवी देवी राजानं जनकाह्वयम् । सम्भाष्य नारदादींस्तांस्तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā pṛthivī devī rājānaṃ janakāhvayam | sambhāṣya nāradādīṃstāṃstatraivāntaradhīyata
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus to the king named Janaka, and having conversed with Nārada and the others, the goddess Earth vanished on that very spot.
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KaP 37.31
जनकोऽपि सुतां लब्धा सर्वलक्षणशालिनीम् । सुतद्वयं तथा प्राप्य मुदितः स्वगृहं ययौ
janako'pi sutāṃ labdhā sarvalakṣaṇaśālinīm | sutadvayaṃ tathā prāpya muditaḥ svagṛhaṃ yayau
Janaka too, having gained a daughter endowed with every auspicious mark, and having likewise obtained two sons, went joyfully to his own house.
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KaP 37.32
ततः काले तु सम्प्राप्ते रावणे राक्षसे हते । मानुषेण स्वरूपेण विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना
tataḥ kāle tu samprāpte rāvaṇe rākṣase hate | mānuṣeṇa svarūpeṇa viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā
Then, when the time had come, when the demon Rāvaṇa had been slain by Viṣṇu, the mighty lord, in a human form—
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KaP 37.33
गत्वा विदेहराजस्य यज्ञभूमिं तदा क्षितिः । सुषुवे तनयं वीरं यत्र सीता पुराभवत्
gatvā videharājasya yajñabhūmiṃ tadā kṣitiḥ | suṣuve tanayaṃ vīraṃ yatra sītā purābhavat
—then the Earth, going to the sacrificial ground of the king of Videha, gave birth to a heroic son at the very place where Sītā had formerly come to be.
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KaP 37.34
जाते पुत्रे तदा देवी जगद्धात्री जगत्प्रभुम् । सस्मार समये विष्णुं स्मरन्ती समयं पुरा
jāte putre tadā devī jagaddhātrī jagatprabhum | sasmāra samaye viṣṇuṃ smarantī samayaṃ purā
When the son was born, the goddess, the sustainer of the world, then called to mind Viṣṇu, the lord of the world, at the appointed time, remembering the agreement (made) formerly.
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KaP 37.35
स्मृतमात्रस्तदा देवः समयं प्रत्यपालयत् । क्षितेर्यत्र सुतो जातस्तत्र प्रादुर्बभूव ह
smṛtamātrastadā devaḥ samayaṃ pratyapālayat | kṣiteryatra suto jātastatra prādurbabhūva ha
The god, as soon as he was remembered, then kept the agreement: where the son of the Earth had been born, there indeed he became manifest.
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KaP 37.36
प्रादुर्भूतं तदा देवी प्रणम्य परमेश्वरम् । संस्तूय सुनृतं शश्वदिदमाह जगत्प्रभुम्
prādurbhūtaṃ tadā devī praṇamya parameśvaram | saṃstūya sunṛtaṃ śaśvadidamāha jagatprabhum
Then the goddess, bowing to the supreme lord who had appeared, and praising him well and truthfully, said this to the lord of the world.
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KaP 37.37
।। पृथिव्युवाच ।। एष ते तनयो जातः सुकुमारो महाप्रभः । संस्मरन् समयं पूर्वं त्वमेनं प्रतिपालय
|| pṛthivyuvāca || eṣa te tanayo jātaḥ sukumāro mahāprabhaḥ | saṃsmaran samayaṃ pūrvaṃ tvamenaṃ pratipālaya
The Earth said: This son of yours has been born, a tender child of great splendor. Remembering the former agreement, do you protect him.
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KaP 37.38
।। श्रीभगवानुवाच ।। अयं ते तनयो देवी महाबलपराक्रमः । भविता मानुषं भावं तन्वानः सुचिरं बुधः
|| śrībhagavānuvāca || ayaṃ te tanayo devī mahābalaparākramaḥ | bhavitā mānuṣaṃ bhāvaṃ tanvānaḥ suciraṃ budhaḥ
The blessed Lord said: This son of yours, O goddess, of great strength and prowess, will be wise, wearing a human nature for a long time.
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KaP 37.39
यावन्मानुषभावं ते तनयो भावयिष्यति । तावत् कल्याणभाग्भूत्वा चिरं राज्यं करिष्यति
yāvanmānuṣabhāvaṃ te tanayo bhāvayiṣyati | tāvat kalyāṇabhāgbhūtvā ciraṃ rājyaṃ kariṣyati
As long as your son maintains the human condition, so long, having a share in good fortune, he will rule the kingdom for a long time.
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KaP 37.40
त्यक्तमानुषभावस्तु यदा चायं विचेष्टते । तदा तु नास्य सुचिरं जीवितं सम्भविष्यति
tyaktamānuṣabhāvastu yadā cāyaṃ viceṣṭate | tadā tu nāsya suciraṃ jīvitaṃ sambhaviṣyati
But when he acts having abandoned the human condition, then his life will not continue for long.
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KaP 37.41
सम्प्राप्ते षोडशे वर्षे राज्यमासादयिष्यति । धनरत्नगजैश्वर्ययुक्तोऽयं रथसञ्चयैः । आसाद्य महतीं नित्यं श्रियं भोक्ष्यति वीर्यवान्
samprāpte ṣoḍaśe varṣe rājyamāsādayiṣyati | dhanaratnagajaiśvaryayukto'yaṃ rathasañcayaiḥ | āsādya mahatīṃ nityaṃ śriyaṃ bhokṣyati vīryavān
When his sixteenth year has come he will attain the kingdom; endowed with wealth, jewels, elephants and lordship, and with masses of chariots, the valiant one, having obtained great prosperity, will enjoy it continually.
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KaP 37.42
यस्मिन् यस्मिन् युगे भावो यो वा भवति वै नृणाम् । तं तं भावं तथैवायं करिष्यति तथा कुरु
yasmin yasmin yuge bhāvo yo vā bhavati vai nṛṇām | taṃ taṃ bhāvaṃ tathaivāyaṃ kariṣyati tathā kuru
Whatever the disposition of men is, or comes to be, in each age, that very disposition he will adopt accordingly; so do you act.
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KaP 37.43
एतस्य निभृतं राज्यं यत् प्राग्ज्योतिषसंज्ञकम् । पुरं तत्र चिरं शास्ता राज्यमेष सुतस्तव
etasya nibhṛtaṃ rājyaṃ yat prāgjyotiṣasaṃjñakam | puraṃ tatra ciraṃ śāstā rājyameṣa sutastava
His kingdom is that hidden one named Prāgjyotiṣa; there in that city this son of yours will long rule the kingdom.
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KaP 37.44
इत्युक्त्वा पृथिवीं विष्णुः समाभाष्य जगत्पतिः । दृश्यमानस्तया क्षिप्रं तत्रैवान्तर्दधे प्रभुः
ityuktvā pṛthivīṃ viṣṇuḥ samābhāṣya jagatpatiḥ | dṛśyamānastayā kṣipraṃ tatraivāntardadhe prabhuḥ
Having spoken thus and conversed with the Earth, Viṣṇu, the lord of the world, the mighty one, while she looked on, vanished at once right there.
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KaP 37.45
प्रसूय पृथिवी पुत्रं मध्यरात्रे महाद्युतिम् । जनकं ज्ञापयामास रहस्यं पूर्वमीरितम्
prasūya pṛthivī putraṃ madhyarātre mahādyutim | janakaṃ jñāpayāmāsa rahasyaṃ pūrvamīritam
The Earth, having brought forth a son of great radiance at midnight, informed Janaka of the secret that had been told before.
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KaP 37.46
विदेहराजो ज्ञात्वैव पृथिवीजनितं सुतम् । तत्रैव यज्ञवाटं स रात्रावागात् कृतक्रियः
videharājo jñātvaiva pṛthivījanitaṃ sutam | tatraiva yajñavāṭaṃ sa rātrāvāgāt kṛtakriyaḥ
As soon as the king of Videha knew of the son born of the Earth, he, having performed the (needful) rites, came that night to that very sacrificial enclosure.
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KaP 37.47
गच्छन्तं यज्ञवाटं तं दृष्ट्वा सर्वंसहा तदा । नोक्त्वा किञ्चन तं शश्वदन्तर्धानं गता नृपम्
gacchantaṃ yajñavāṭaṃ taṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvaṃsahā tadā | noktvā kiñcana taṃ śaśvadantardhānaṃ gatā nṛpam
Then the all-bearing one (Earth), seeing him coming to the sacrificial enclosure, without saying anything at all to the king, at once vanished.
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KaP 37.48
अथ गत्वा तदा तत्र विदेहाधिपतिः सुतम् । धरायां ददृशे कान्त्या चन्द्रार्कज्वलनोपमम्
atha gatvā tadā tatra videhādhipatiḥ sutam | dharāyāṃ dadṛśe kāntyā candrārkajvalanopamam
Then the lord of Videha, having gone there, saw the son upon the ground, in beauty like the moon, the sun and fire,
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KaP 37.49
रुदन्तं बहुश: स्निग्धं चलद्हस्तपदद्वयम् । वपुष्मन्तं श्रियादीप्तं कार्तिकेयमिवापरम्
rudantaṃ bahuśa: snigdhaṃ caladhastapadadvayam | vapuṣmantaṃ śriyādīptaṃ kārtikeyamivāparam
crying much, glossy(-limbed), with his two hands and feet moving, well-formed, blazing with splendor, like a second Kārtikeya,
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KaP 37.50
उद्गच्छन् स रुदन् बालो यज्ञभूमिं व्यतीत्य च । कियद्दूरं जगामाशूत्तानशायी महाद्युतिः
udgacchan sa rudan bālo yajñabhūmiṃ vyatītya ca | kiyaddūraṃ jagāmāśūttānaśāyī mahādyutiḥ
That crying child, rising up and passing beyond the sacrificial ground, went swiftly some distance, lying on his back, of great radiance.
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KaP 37.51
मनुष्यस्य शिरस्तत्र मृतस्य प्राप्य बालकः । स्वशिरस्तत्र विन्यस्य रुदंस्तस्थौ क्षणं तदा
manuṣyasya śirastatra mṛtasya prāpya bālakaḥ | svaśirastatra vinyasya rudaṃstasthau kṣaṇaṃ tadā
There the boy, having found the head of a dead man, and having laid his own head down upon it, stood weeping for a moment.
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KaP 37.52
ततो विदेहराजोऽपि मार्गमाणः क्षितेः सुतम् । व्यतीत्य यज्ञभूमिं तमाससादाञ्जसा बहिः
tato videharājo'pi mārgamāṇaḥ kṣiteḥ sutam | vyatītya yajñabhūmiṃ tamāsasādāñjasā bahiḥ
Then the king of Videha too, searching for the son of the Earth, passed beyond the sacrificial ground and came straight upon him, outside.
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KaP 37.53
आसाद्य बालकं दीप्तं प्रदीप्तमिव पावकम् । कान्त्या चन्द्रमसस्तुल्यं तेजोभिर्भास्करोपमम्
āsādya bālakaṃ dīptaṃ pradīptamiva pāvakam | kāntyā candramasastulyaṃ tejobhirbhāskaropamam
Having come upon the shining boy, like a blazing fire, equal to the moon in loveliness, comparable to the sun in his splendour —
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KaP 37.54
शरमध्यगतं पूर्वं पावकिं पावको यथा । स्वयं जग्राह तं राजा पृथिव्याः समयं स्मरन्
śaramadhyagataṃ pūrvaṃ pāvakiṃ pāvako yathā | svayaṃ jagrāha taṃ rājā pṛthivyāḥ samayaṃ smaran
—the king himself took him up, as Fire (took) his son Pāvaki, who had earlier been (found) in the midst of the reeds, remembering his agreement with the Earth.
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KaP 37.55
उद्वृह्णन् तच्छिरोदेशे ददृशे मानुषं शिरः । शशंस चाचिरं शीर्षं मानुषं गौतमाय सः
udvṛhṇan tacchirodeśe dadṛśe mānuṣaṃ śiraḥ | śaśaṃsa cāciraṃ śīrṣaṃ mānuṣaṃ gautamāya saḥ
As he lifted him he saw a human head at the place of his head; and without delay he reported the human head to Gautama.
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KaP 37.56
अथ बालं समादाय प्रविश्यान्तः पुरं स्वकम् । महिष्यै कथयामास प्राप्तं पुत्रं गुहोपमम्
atha bālaṃ samādāya praviśyāntaḥ puraṃ svakam | mahiṣyai kathayāmāsa prāptaṃ putraṃ guhopamam
Then, taking the boy and entering his own inner apartments, he told his chief queen that a son like Guha (Skanda) had been obtained.
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KaP 37.57
सा तं दृष्ट्वा विशालाक्षं सिंहस्कन्धं महाभुजम् । विस्तीर्णहृदयं कान्तं नीलोत्पलदलच्छविम् । मुमोद पालनीयोऽयं मयेति न्यवदत् नृपम्
sā taṃ dṛṣṭvā viśālākṣaṃ siṃhaskandhaṃ mahābhujam | vistīrṇahṛdayaṃ kāntaṃ nīlotpaladalacchavim | mumoda pālanīyo'yaṃ mayeti nyavadat nṛpam
Seeing him, large-eyed, lion-shouldered, great-armed, broad-chested, lovely, with the hue of a blue lotus petal, she rejoiced, and said to the king, "This one is to be reared by me."
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KaP 37.58
तां राजापि ततः प्राह पुत्रोऽयं मम सुन्दरि । यज्ञभूमौ समुत्पन्नः स्वच्छन्दं पाल्यतामयम्
tāṃ rājāpi tataḥ prāha putro'yaṃ mama sundari | yajñabhūmau samutpannaḥ svacchandaṃ pālyatāmayam
Then the king too said to her, "This is my son, fair lady; he was born on the sacrificial ground. Let him be reared freely."
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KaP 37.59
यत् पृथिव्या रहः प्रोक्तं न तद्देव्यै न्यवेदयत् । सत्यसन्धो नृपश्रेष्ठः प्रियाया अपि भाषितम्
yat pṛthivyā rahaḥ proktaṃ na taddevyai nyavedayat | satyasandho nṛpaśreṣṭhaḥ priyāyā api bhāṣitam
What had been said in private by the Earth — that he did not report to the queen: the best of kings, firm in truth, (kept) even the words of his beloved (unspoken).
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KaP 37.60
मम सुतसुतवंशान् पालयित्री घरेय- मिति नरपतिवर्यो मोदवांस्तद्दिने च । सुरतनयसमानं पुत्रमासाद्य देवी । जितरिपुरतिधीमान् स्यादयञ्चेत्यमोदत्
mama sutasutavaṃśān pālayitrī ghareya- miti narapativaryo modavāṃstaddine ca | suratanayasamānaṃ putramāsādya devī | jitaripuratidhīmān syādayañcetyamodat
"This girl is to be the protectress of the lines of my sons and grandsons" — thus the foremost of kings was joyful on that day; and the queen, having obtained a son equal to the son of a god, rejoiced, thinking, "May this one be a conqueror of foes and exceedingly wise."
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