Kalika Purana — Chapter 39
KaP 39.1
कालिकापुराणम् एकोनचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः भौमतपस्यावर्णनम् अथ श्रीकालिका पुराण अध्याय ३९ ।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। स राजा नरक: श्रीमांश्चिरञ्जीवी महाभुजः । मानुषेणैव भावेन चिरं राज्यमथाकरोत्
kālikāpurāṇam ekonacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ bhaumatapasyāvarṇanam atha śrīkālikā purāṇa adhyāya 39 || mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || sa rājā naraka: śrīmāṃścirañjīvī mahābhujaḥ | mānuṣeṇaiva bhāvena ciraṃ rājyamathākarot
The Kālikāpurāṇa, thirty-ninth chapter: the description of Bhauma's austerity. Now the Śrī Kālikā Purāṇa, chapter 39. Mārkaṇḍeya said: That king Naraka, illustrious, long-lived, mighty-armed, then ruled his kingdom for a long time with a purely human disposition.
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KaP 39.2
त्रेतायां च व्यतीतायां द्वापरस्य तु शेषतः । अभवच्छोणितपुरे बाणो नाम महासुरः
tretāyāṃ ca vyatītāyāṃ dvāparasya tu śeṣataḥ | abhavacchoṇitapure bāṇo nāma mahāsuraḥ
And when the Tretā (age) had passed, in the remaining part of the Dvāpara, there was in Śoṇitapura a great demon named Bāṇa.
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KaP 39.3
तस्याग्निदुर्गं नगरं स च शम्भुसखो बली । सहस्रबाहुर्दुर्धर्षः प्रियः पुत्रः स वै बले:
tasyāgnidurgaṃ nagaraṃ sa ca śambhusakho balī | sahasrabāhurdurdharṣaḥ priyaḥ putraḥ sa vai bale:
His city was a fortress of fire, and he was Śambhu's friend, powerful, thousand-armed, hard to assail; he was indeed the dear son of Bali.
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KaP 39.4
नरकेण समं तस्य महामैत्री व्यजायत । गमनागमनान्नित्यमन्योन्यानुग्रहैस्तथा । तयोरभूद् महाप्रीतिः पवनानलयोर्यथा
narakeṇa samaṃ tasya mahāmaitrī vyajāyata | gamanāgamanānnityamanyonyānugrahaistathā | tayorabhūd mahāprītiḥ pavanānalayoryathā
A great friendship arose between him and Naraka; through constant coming and going and mutual favours a great affection grew up between those two, like that between wind and fire.
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KaP 39.5
स च बाणः समाराध्य महादेवं जगत्प्रभुम् । सुरेणाथ भावेन व्यचरच्चाकुतोभयः
sa ca bāṇaḥ samārādhya mahādevaṃ jagatprabhum | sureṇātha bhāvena vyacaraccākutobhayaḥ
And that Bāṇa, having propitiated Mahādeva, the lord of the world, then moved about with a divine disposition, fearing nothing from any quarter.
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KaP 39.6
तत्संसर्गात् स नरको दृष्ट्वा तस्याद्भुतां कृतिम् । तेनैव सह भावेन विहर्तुमुपचक्रमे
tatsaṃsargāt sa narako dṛṣṭvā tasyādbhutāṃ kṛtim | tenaiva saha bhāvena vihartumupacakrame
From his association (with Bāṇa), Naraka, seeing his wondrous conduct, began to amuse himself in that very same disposition together with him.
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KaP 39.7
न ब्राह्मणान् पूजयति यथा पूर्वं तथा द्विजाः । न च यज्ञेषु दानेषु पूर्ववन्मुदितः स च
na brāhmaṇān pūjayati yathā pūrvaṃ tathā dvijāḥ | na ca yajñeṣu dāneṣu pūrvavanmuditaḥ sa ca
He does not honour the brahmins as he did before, O twice-born ones, nor is he glad, as before, in sacrifices and in gifts.
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KaP 39.8
न तथा विष्णुमभ्येति पृथिवीं वापि नार्च्चति । कामाख्यायां तथा भक्तिस्तदा तस्थाय नाभवत्
na tathā viṣṇumabhyeti pṛthivīṃ vāpi nārccati | kāmākhyāyāṃ tathā bhaktistadā tasthāya nābhavat
He does not approach Viṣṇu as before, nor does he worship the Earth; and then his devotion to Kāmākhyā no longer remained steady.
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KaP 39.9
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे धातुस्तनयो मुनिसत्तमः । वसिष्ठो नाम कामाख्यां द्रष्टुं प्राग्ज्योतिषं गतः
etasminnantare dhātustanayo munisattamaḥ | vasiṣṭho nāma kāmākhyāṃ draṣṭuṃ prāgjyotiṣaṃ gataḥ
In the meantime the son of the Creator, best of sages, Vasiṣṭha by name, went to Prāgjyotiṣa to see Kāmākhyā.
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KaP 39.10
तां दुर्गाभ्यन्तरे नीलकूटदेवीं व्यवस्थिताम् । द्रष्टुं गन्तुं वसिष्ठस्य न द्वारं नरको ह्यदात्
tāṃ durgābhyantare nīlakūṭadevīṃ vyavasthitām | draṣṭuṃ gantuṃ vasiṣṭhasya na dvāraṃ narako hyadāt
But Naraka did not grant the gate to Vasiṣṭha, to go and see her, the goddess established within the fortress on Nīlakūṭa.
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KaP 39.11
ततो वसिष्ठः कुपितो वचनं परुषं मुनिः । जगाद नरकं वीरं गर्हयन्मुनिसत्तमः
tato vasiṣṭhaḥ kupito vacanaṃ paruṣaṃ muniḥ | jagāda narakaṃ vīraṃ garhayanmunisattamaḥ
Then Vasiṣṭha, the sage, being angered, spoke a harsh speech to the hero Naraka, that best of sages reproaching him.
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KaP 39.12
।। वसिष्ठ उवाच ॥ कथं पृथिव्यास्तनयो वराहस्य सुतोऽञ्जसा । देवीं द्रष्टुं ब्राह्मणस्य न ददासि तथागतः
|| vasiṣṭha uvāca || kathaṃ pṛthivyāstanayo varāhasya suto'ñjasā | devīṃ draṣṭuṃ brāhmaṇasya na dadāsi tathāgataḥ
Vasiṣṭha said: How is it that you, the son of the Earth, the son of the Boar, plainly do not permit a brahmin, who has come thus, to see the Goddess?
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KaP 39.13
किं ते कुलोचितं कर्म त्वं करोषि धरात्मज । देवीं प्राग्ज्योतिषं गत्वा पूजयिष्ये जगन्मयीम्
kiṃ te kulocitaṃ karma tvaṃ karoṣi dharātmaja | devīṃ prāgjyotiṣaṃ gatvā pūjayiṣye jaganmayīm
Is this deed of yours befitting your family, O son of the Earth? Having gone to Prāgjyotiṣa I shall worship the Goddess who is the whole world.
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KaP 39.14
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। ततः स नरको राजा प्राप्तकालः क्षितेः सुतः । परुषेणाथ वाक्येन तमाक्षिप्य निरस्तवान् । ततो मुनिः स कुपितः शशाप नरकं नृपम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || tataḥ sa narako rājā prāptakālaḥ kṣiteḥ sutaḥ | paruṣeṇātha vākyena tamākṣipya nirastavān | tato muniḥ sa kupitaḥ śaśāpa narakaṃ nṛpam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then that king Naraka, son of the Earth, his time having come, abused him with a harsh speech and drove him away; thereupon that sage in anger cursed King Naraka.
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KaP 39.15
।। वसिष्ठ उवाच ॥ नचिराद् येन जातोऽसि तेन मानुषरूपिणा । मरणं भविता पाप वराहकुंलपांसन
|| vasiṣṭha uvāca || nacirād yena jāto'si tena mānuṣarūpiṇā | maraṇaṃ bhavitā pāpa varāhakuṃlapāṃsana
Vasiṣṭha said: Before long, death shall come to you, O evil one, disgrace of the Boar's line, at the hands of that very one by whom you were begotten, in human form.
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KaP 39.16
मृते त्वयि महादेवीं कामाख्यां जगतां प्रभुम् । पूजयिष्याम्यहं पाप तिष्ठ यास्ये स्वमालयम्
mṛte tvayi mahādevīṃ kāmākhyāṃ jagatāṃ prabhum | pūjayiṣyāmyahaṃ pāpa tiṣṭha yāsye svamālayam
When you are dead I shall worship the great Goddess Kāmākhyā, the mistress of the worlds. Stay here, O evil one; I shall go to my own abode.
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KaP 39.17
त्वं यावज्जीविता पाप कामाख्यापि जगत्प्रभुः । सर्वैः परिकरैः सार्धमन्तर्धानाय गच्छतु
tvaṃ yāvajjīvitā pāpa kāmākhyāpi jagatprabhuḥ | sarvaiḥ parikaraiḥ sārdhamantardhānāya gacchatu
As long as you live, O evil one, let Kāmākhyā too, the mistress of the world, together with all her retinue, go into concealment.
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KaP 39.18
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा ब्रह्मपुत्रः स स्वस्थानं गतवान् मुनिः । वसिष्ठस्तेन भौमेन निरस्तः कुपितो भृशम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā brahmaputraḥ sa svasthānaṃ gatavān muniḥ | vasiṣṭhastena bhaumena nirastaḥ kupito bhṛśam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having said this, that sage, the son of Brahmā, went to his own place — Vasiṣṭha, driven off by that son of the Earth, exceedingly angered.
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KaP 39.19
गते वसिष्ठे नरकः शीघ्रं विस्मयसंयुतः । जगाम देवीभवनं नीलकूटं महागिरिम्
gate vasiṣṭhe narakaḥ śīghraṃ vismayasaṃyutaḥ | jagāma devībhavanaṃ nīlakūṭaṃ mahāgirim
When Vasiṣṭha had gone, Naraka, filled with astonishment, quickly went to the Goddess's dwelling, the great mountain Nīlakūṭa.
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KaP 39.20
तत्र गत्वा न चापश्यत् कामाख्यां कामरूपिणीम् । न योनिमण्डलं तस्याः सर्वान् परिकरांस्तथा
tatra gatvā na cāpaśyat kāmākhyāṃ kāmarūpiṇīm | na yonimaṇḍalaṃ tasyāḥ sarvān parikarāṃstathā
Having gone there he did not see Kāmākhyā, who takes what form she wishes, nor her yoni-circle, nor all her attendants.
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KaP 39.21
ततः स विमना भूत्वा क्षितिं सस्मार मातरम् । पितरं च जगन्नाथं नरकः प्रभुमव्ययम्
tataḥ sa vimanā bhūtvā kṣitiṃ sasmāra mātaram | pitaraṃ ca jagannāthaṃ narakaḥ prabhumavyayam
Then Naraka, becoming dejected, called to mind his mother the Earth, and his father, the lord of the world, the imperishable Lord.
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KaP 39.22
न तावपि तदा यातौ तस्य प्रत्यक्षतां द्विजाः । व्युत्क्रान्तसमयस्येति नीतिहीनस्य शम्भवे
na tāvapi tadā yātau tasya pratyakṣatāṃ dvijāḥ | vyutkrāntasamayasyeti nītihīnasya śambhave
But those two did not then come into his sight, O twice-born ones, since he had broken his covenant with Śambhu and was devoid of right conduct.
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KaP 39.23
चिरं प्रतीक्ष्य तौ तत्र भौमो वज्रध्वजस्तदा । अप्राप्तक्षितिविष्णुः स सशोकः स्वं निवेशनम्
ciraṃ pratīkṣya tau tatra bhaumo vajradhvajastadā | aprāptakṣitiviṣṇuḥ sa saśokaḥ svaṃ niveśanam
Having long waited there for those two, the son of the Earth, whose banner was the thunderbolt, not obtaining (the sight of) Earth and Viṣṇu, then sorrowfully (went to) his own dwelling.
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KaP 39.24
स गच्छन् स्वगृहं भौमः पुरीं स्वां दृष्टवांस्तु सः । पूर्वश्रिया परित्यक्तां मलिनां वनितामिव
sa gacchan svagṛhaṃ bhaumaḥ purīṃ svāṃ dṛṣṭavāṃstu saḥ | pūrvaśriyā parityaktāṃ malināṃ vanitāmiva
As he went to his own house, that Bhauma saw his own city forsaken by its former splendour, like a soiled woman.
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KaP 39.25
देव्यामन्तर्हितायां तु वेदवादविवर्जितम् । पुण्यस्वल्पदारजनं तत् पुरं समपद्यत
devyāmantarhitāyāṃ tu vedavādavivarjitam | puṇyasvalpadārajanaṃ tat puraṃ samapadyata
But with the Goddess having vanished, that city became devoid of the recitation of the Vedas, its holy (rites) few and its wives and folk (diminished).
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KaP 39.26
न देवास्तत्र गच्छन्ति न विप्रा न महर्षयः । बभूव नगरं तस्य स्वल्पयज्ञक्रियोत्सवम्
na devāstatra gacchanti na viprā na maharṣayaḥ | babhūva nagaraṃ tasya svalpayajñakriyotsavam
The gods do not go there, nor brahmins, nor the great sages; his city came to have few sacrifices, rites and festivals.
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KaP 39.27
ईतयो बहवो जाता मृताश्च बहवो जनाः । लौहित्यनदराजोऽपि हीनतोयस्तदाऽभवत्
ītayo bahavo jātā mṛtāśca bahavo janāḥ | lauhityanadarājo'pi hīnatoyastadā'bhavat
Many plagues arose and many people died; even the Lauhitya, king of rivers, then became low in water.
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KaP 39.28
बहूनि विपरीतानि दृष्ट्वा स नरकस्तदा । मेने मरणमासन्नमात्मनो ब्रह्मशापतः
bahūni viparītāni dṛṣṭvā sa narakastadā | mene maraṇamāsannamātmano brahmaśāpataḥ
Seeing many things gone contrary, Naraka then thought his own death near, from the brahmin's curse.
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KaP 39.29
ततः प्राग्ज्योतिषाध्यक्षः शोकविह्वलचेतनः । चिन्तयन् मनसा मित्रं बाणं बलिसुतं ययौ
tataḥ prāgjyotiṣādhyakṣaḥ śokavihvalacetanaḥ | cintayan manasā mitraṃ bāṇaṃ balisutaṃ yayau
Then the lord of Prāgjyotiṣa, his mind overwhelmed with grief, thinking in his heart of his friend, went to Bāṇa, the son of Bali.
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KaP 39.30
सखा प्राणसमः सोऽस्य सततान्योन्यरक्षणे । तत्परौ बाणनरकौ स्वर्वैद्यावश्विनाविव
sakhā prāṇasamaḥ so'sya satatānyonyarakṣaṇe | tatparau bāṇanarakau svarvaidyāvaśvināviva
He was his friend, dear as his own life; Bāṇa and Naraka were constantly devoted to protecting each other, like the Aśvins, the physicians of heaven.
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KaP 39.31
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे बाणो मित्रं शम्भुसखो बली । अनुकूलयिता मन्त्रप्रदानेन महाबुधः
etasminnantare bāṇo mitraṃ śambhusakho balī | anukūlayitā mantrapradānena mahābudhaḥ
Meanwhile Bāṇa, the friend of Śambhu, mighty and greatly wise, would (surely) favour his friend by giving him counsel.
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KaP 39.32
इति चासीन्मतिस्तस्य वज्रकेतोस्तदाचला । दूतं च प्राहिणोद् दीप्तं बाणस्य नगरं प्रति
iti cāsīnmatistasya vajraketostadācalā | dūtaṃ ca prāhiṇod dīptaṃ bāṇasya nagaraṃ prati
Such was then the unwavering resolve of that Vajraketu; and he sent a brilliant messenger to Bāṇa's city.
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KaP 39.33
स शोणितपुरं गत्वा स्यन्दनेनाशुगामिना । ततो भौमस्य वृत्तान्तं वाणायाशु न्यवेदयत्
sa śoṇitapuraṃ gatvā syandanenāśugāminā | tato bhaumasya vṛttāntaṃ vāṇāyāśu nyavedayat
Having gone to Śoṇitapura by a swift-moving chariot, he then quickly reported Bhauma's story to Bāṇa.
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KaP 39.34
यथा शप्तो वसिष्ठेन यथा चान्तर्हिताम्बिका । यथा विघ्नः पुरवरे जातः प्राग्ज्योतिषाह्वये
yathā śapto vasiṣṭhena yathā cāntarhitāmbikā | yathā vighnaḥ puravare jātaḥ prāgjyotiṣāhvaye
How he was cursed by Vasiṣṭha, and how Ambikā vanished, and how disaster came upon that best of cities named Prāgjyotiṣa,
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KaP 39.35
समयस्य व्यतिक्रान्तिर्भूमिमाधवयोर्यथा । तथा स दूतो भौमस्य शशंस बलिसूनवे
samayasya vyatikrāntirbhūmimādhavayoryathā | tathā sa dūto bhaumasya śaśaṃsa balisūnave
and how the agreement between Earth('s son) and Mādhava was transgressed — all that of Bhauma's the messenger recounted to the son of Bali.
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KaP 39.36
स समाकारमित्रस्य सम्यग् दैवपराभवम् । स्वयं जगाम नरकं सभाजयितुमीश्वरः
sa samākāramitrasya samyag daivaparābhavam | svayaṃ jagāma narakaṃ sabhājayitumīśvaraḥ
He, the lord, having (heard) the tidings of his friend's utter defeat by fate, went himself to Naraka to honour him.
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KaP 39.37
स काञ्चनविचित्राङ्गं युक्तमश्वशतैस्त्रिभिः । लोहचक्रं च वैयाघ्रं मयूरध्वजभूषितम्
sa kāñcanavicitrāṅgaṃ yuktamaśvaśataistribhiḥ | lohacakraṃ ca vaiyāghraṃ mayūradhvajabhūṣitam
He (mounted) that great chariot, its body variegated with gold, yoked with three hundred horses, with iron wheels, tiger-skinned, adorned with a peacock banner,
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KaP 39.38
हेमदण्डसितच्छत्रच्छादितं किंकिणीगणैः । नानारत्नौघरचितमारुरोह महारथम्
hemadaṇḍasitacchatracchāditaṃ kiṃkiṇīgaṇaiḥ | nānāratnaugharacitamāruroha mahāratham
covered by a white parasol with a golden staff and with clusters of little bells, wrought with masses of various jewels — that great chariot he mounted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.39
स सहस्रभुजः श्रीमांश्चतुरङ्गबलैर्युतः । प्राग्ज्योतिषं भौमपुरमचिरादाजगाम ह
sa sahasrabhujaḥ śrīmāṃścaturaṅgabalairyutaḥ | prāgjyotiṣaṃ bhaumapuramacirādājagāma ha
That glorious thousand-armed one, accompanied by his fourfold army, came before long to Prāgjyotiṣa, Bhauma's city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.40
तमासाद्य महाबाहुर्बाणः प्राग्ज्योतिषेश्वरम् । हीनं पूर्वश्रिया मित्रमपश्यन्नगरं च तत्
tamāsādya mahābāhurbāṇaḥ prāgjyotiṣeśvaram | hīnaṃ pūrvaśriyā mitramapaśyannagaraṃ ca tat
Reaching him, the mighty-armed Bāṇa saw his friend, the lord of Prāgjyotiṣa, and that city too, bereft of their former splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.41
स तेन पूजितो बाणो यथायोग्यं सुतेन कोः । पप्रच्छ किं निमित्तं ते हीनश्रीकमभूत् पुरम्
sa tena pūjito bāṇo yathāyogyaṃ sutena koḥ | papraccha kiṃ nimittaṃ te hīnaśrīkamabhūt puram
Bāṇa, duly honoured by him, the son of Earth, asked: "For what reason has your city become bereft of splendour?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.42
।। बाण उवाच ।। शरीरं च यथापूर्वं तथा न तव राजते । मनश्च ते नाति हृष्टं तत्र हेतुं वदस्व मे
|| bāṇa uvāca || śarīraṃ ca yathāpūrvaṃ tathā na tava rājate | manaśca te nāti hṛṣṭaṃ tatra hetuṃ vadasva me
Bāṇa said: And your body does not shine as it did before, and your mind is not very glad; tell me the reason for that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.43
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। एवमादीनि पृष्टः स नरकः क्षितिनन्दनः । यथा वसिष्ठशापोऽभूत् तत् सर्वं तस्य चाब्रवीत्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || evamādīni pṛṣṭaḥ sa narakaḥ kṣitinandanaḥ | yathā vasiṣṭhaśāpo'bhūt tat sarvaṃ tasya cābravīt
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Asked these things and the like, that Naraka, the son of Earth, told him all of it, how Vasiṣṭha's curse had come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.44
यच्छुतं भौमवदनात्तद्दूतावेदितं पुरा । ज्ञात्वां तथा तं प्रोवाच बाणो वज्रध्वजं पुनः
yacchutaṃ bhaumavadanāttaddūtāveditaṃ purā | jñātvāṃ tathā taṃ provāca bāṇo vajradhvajaṃ punaḥ
What had been heard from Bhauma's own mouth had been reported earlier by his messengers; knowing it thus, Bāṇa spoke again to him, (to) Vajradhvaja.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 39.45
।। बाण उवाच ।। नहिमन्युस्त्वया कार्यः सुखे दुःखे शरीरिणाम् । चक्रवत् परिवर्तेते नैताभ्यां कोऽपि हीयते
|| bāṇa uvāca || nahimanyustvayā kāryaḥ sukhe duḥkhe śarīriṇām | cakravat parivartete naitābhyāṃ ko'pi hīyate
Bāṇa said: You should not give way to anger over the pleasure and pain of embodied beings; these two revolve like a wheel, and by them no one is diminished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.46
परं तत्र प्रतीकारः कार्यो धीरैर्विभूतये । भवानपि प्रतीकारं कर्तुमर्हति सम्प्रति
paraṃ tatra pratīkāraḥ kāryo dhīrairvibhūtaye | bhavānapi pratīkāraṃ kartumarhati samprati
But in that matter a counter-measure should be taken by the steadfast for the sake of prosperity; you too ought now to take a counter-measure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.47
य एष मानुषः पृथ्व्यामसाधारणभूतिभिः । वर्धते दानवो वापि दैत्यो वाप्यथवासुरः । राक्षसः किन्नरो वापि शक्रस्तान् सहते नहि
ya eṣa mānuṣaḥ pṛthvyāmasādhāraṇabhūtibhiḥ | vardhate dānavo vāpi daityo vāpyathavāsuraḥ | rākṣasaḥ kinnaro vāpi śakrastān sahate nahi
Whatever man on earth grows great with uncommon prosperity, or a dānava, or a daitya, or else an asura, or a rākṣasa or a kinnara — Śakra does not endure them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.48
स कौटिल्यं देवगणैः सार्धं कुर्वन्नितस्ततः । यथा तथा प्रकारेण भ्रंशयत्येव तं श्रियः
sa kauṭilyaṃ devagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ kurvannitastataḥ | yathā tathā prakāreṇa bhraṃśayatyeva taṃ śriyaḥ
He, practising crooked dealing here and there together with the hosts of gods, by one means or another makes that one fall from his fortunes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.49
तस्य चेष्टतमो देवो विष्णुर्नित्यं सनातनः । स न शक्रस्य कुरुते मनोऽनिष्टं मनागपि
tasya ceṣṭatamo devo viṣṇurnityaṃ sanātanaḥ | sa na śakrasya kurute mano'niṣṭaṃ manāgapi
And the god most dear to him is Viṣṇu, the eternal, the everlasting; he does not do anything displeasing to Śakra's mind, not even a little.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.50
यः समाराधयेद् विष्णुं शक्रस्यानिष्टकारकः । तस्मै वरं तु सच्छिद्रं दत्त्वा तं शातयत्वितः
yaḥ samārādhayed viṣṇuṃ śakrasyāniṣṭakārakaḥ | tasmai varaṃ tu sacchidraṃ dattvā taṃ śātayatvitaḥ
Whoever propitiates Viṣṇu while being a doer of what Śakra does not want — to him he grants a boon with a flaw in it, and thereby brings him down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.51
चिरमाराधितो विष्णुरिष्टान् कामान् प्रयच्छति । महता कायदुःखेन पूजितः सम्प्रसीदति
ciramārādhito viṣṇuriṣṭān kāmān prayacchati | mahatā kāyaduḥkhena pūjitaḥ samprasīdati
Viṣṇu, propitiated for a long time, bestows the wishes one desires; worshipped with great bodily hardship, he becomes fully gracious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.52
विनेष्टदेवतापूजां विभूतिमतुलां पुमान् । कः प्राप्नोति श्रुतः पूर्वं न वा पूर्वतरैः क्वचित्
vineṣṭadevatāpūjāṃ vibhūtimatulāṃ pumān | kaḥ prāpnoti śrutaḥ pūrvaṃ na vā pūrvataraiḥ kvacit
What man attains incomparable prosperity without worship of his chosen deity? Was such a thing heard of before, or ever among still earlier men? It was not.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 39.53
त्वया नाराधितः पूर्वं ब्रह्मा वा विष्णुरीश्वरः । तेन तेऽद्य महाविघ्ना उत्पन्ना विषये तव
tvayā nārādhitaḥ pūrvaṃ brahmā vā viṣṇurīśvaraḥ | tena te'dya mahāvighnā utpannā viṣaye tava
You have not previously propitiated Brahmā, or Viṣṇu, or Īśvara; therefore great obstacles have arisen today in your realm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.54
यो वा विष्णुः पालकस्ते न निसर्गानुकम्पकः । किन्तु ते स क्षितेर्वाक्यात्तया चाराधितो मुहुः
yo vā viṣṇuḥ pālakaste na nisargānukampakaḥ | kintu te sa kṣitervākyāttayā cārādhito muhuḥ
Or rather, that Viṣṇu who is your protector is not compassionate to you by his own nature; rather he was propitiated for you again and again at Earth's request, and by her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.55
दत्तं छिद्रं च ते विष्णुर्नापराध्यास्त्वया द्विजाः । इतोऽन्यथा त्वं भविता हतश्रीरिति नः श्रुतम्
dattaṃ chidraṃ ca te viṣṇurnāparādhyāstvayā dvijāḥ | ito'nyathā tvaṃ bhavitā hataśrīriti naḥ śrutam
And Viṣṇu gave you a weak point: the brahmins should not have been offended by you. Otherwise, from this you will become one whose fortune is destroyed — so we have heard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 39.56
अपराध्यस्त्वया भूप वसिष्ठः परमो मुनिः । तेन स्मरणमात्रेण नायातौ क्षितिमाधवौ
aparādhyastvayā bhūpa vasiṣṭhaḥ paramo muniḥ | tena smaraṇamātreṇa nāyātau kṣitimādhavau
You have offended, O king, Vasiṣṭha, the highest of sages; that is why Earth and Mādhava did not come at your mere remembering of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.57
तस्मात्त्वं मित्र बुध्यस्व कौटिल्यं हरिमेधसः । नाधुना युज्यते भौम तवोदासीनताकृतिः
tasmāttvaṃ mitra budhyasva kauṭilyaṃ harimedhasaḥ | nādhunā yujyate bhauma tavodāsīnatākṛtiḥ
Therefore, friend, recognise the crookedness of the one whose mind is Hari's; now, Bhauma, this pose of indifference of yours is not fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 39.58
यत्ते मनसि तातोऽयमिति सम्प्रत्ययः स ते । वराह एव ते तातः स च लोकान्तरं गतः
yatte manasi tāto'yamiti sampratyayaḥ sa te | varāha eva te tātaḥ sa ca lokāntaraṃ gataḥ
That conviction in your mind, 'this one is my father' — the Boar indeed was your father, and he has gone to another world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.59
वराहोऽपि हरेरंश इति यच्छ्रयते त्वया । तस्यांश इत्यनुक्रोशः केन वा क्रियते वद
varāho'pi hareraṃśa iti yacchrayate tvayā | tasyāṃśa ityanukrośaḥ kena vā kriyate vada
And as for your relying on the idea that the Boar too is a portion of Hari — tell me, by whom is compassion shown just because 'he is a portion of him'?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 39.60
तस्मात्त्वं कुरु शम्भोर्वा ब्रह्मणो वाधुनार्च्चनम् । स ते प्रसन्नः परममिष्टकामं प्रदास्यति
tasmāttvaṃ kuru śambhorvā brahmaṇo vādhunārccanam | sa te prasannaḥ paramamiṣṭakāmaṃ pradāsyati
Therefore perform now the worship of Śambhu or of Brahmā; he, pleased with you, will grant your highest desired wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.61
विघ्नो वा मुनिशापो वा महेतिर्वातिपीडकः । विधौ प्रसन्ने शम्भौ वा नचिरात्क्षयमेष्यति
vighno vā muniśāpo vā mahetirvātipīḍakaḥ | vidhau prasanne śambhau vā nacirātkṣayameṣyati
An obstacle, or a sage's curse, or a great calamity that torments exceedingly — when Vidhi (Brahmā) or Śambhu is pleased, it will come to an end before long.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.62
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। जातसम्प्रत्ययो भौमो बाणस्य वचनात् तदा । सुप्रीतः समुवाचेदं धीरघर्घरनिःस्वनः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || jātasampratyayo bhaumo bāṇasya vacanāt tadā | suprītaḥ samuvācedaṃ dhīraghargharaniḥsvanaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Then Bhauma, his confidence born from Bāṇa's words, well pleased, spoke this with a deep, rumbling voice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.63
।। भौम उवाच ।। यत् त्वया गदितं बाण हितं मे मित्रवत्सल । तत् कार्यमचिरादेव तपश्चरणमुत्तमम्
|| bhauma uvāca || yat tvayā gaditaṃ bāṇa hitaṃ me mitravatsala | tat kāryamacirādeva tapaścaraṇamuttamam
Bhauma said: What you have said for my good, Bāṇa, O you who are fond of your friends — that must be done very soon: the highest practice of austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.64
विष्णुर्नाराधनीयो मे तत्र हेतुस्त्वयोदितः । नैवाराध्यस्तथा शम्भुरन्तर्गुप्तः स मे पुरे
viṣṇurnārādhanīyo me tatra hetustvayoditaḥ | naivārādhyastathā śambhurantarguptaḥ sa me pure
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 39.65
तस्माद् ब्रह्मा समाराध्यो वचनात् तव मित्रक । तत्पुत्रस्य महाबाहो लौहित्यस्याम्बुसन्निधौ
tasmād brahmā samārādhyo vacanāt tava mitraka | tatputrasya mahābāho lauhityasyāmbusannidhau
Therefore, by your word, O little friend, Brahmā is to be duly worshipped, O mighty-armed one, near the waters of the Lauhitya, who is his son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 39.66
शिष्योऽथ भवताध्यापितश्चाहं गुरुणा यथा । मित्रं मित्रं यथा धीर साम्ना परमवल्गुना
śiṣyo'tha bhavatādhyāpitaścāhaṃ guruṇā yathā | mitraṃ mitraṃ yathā dhīra sāmnā paramavalgunā
"And I am your pupil, taught by you as by a teacher; and a friend (is) a friend, O steadfast one" — (so he spoke) with exceedingly sweet conciliatory words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 39.67
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा स महाबाहुर्बाणं वज्रध्वजस्तदा । यथावत् पूजयामास तन्मित्रं मित्रवत्सलः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || ityuktvā sa mahābāhurbāṇaṃ vajradhvajastadā | yathāvat pūjayāmāsa tanmitraṃ mitravatsalaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having spoken thus, that mighty-armed Vajradhvaja then duly honored Bāṇa, that friend of his, being affectionate toward friends.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.68
अर्चयित्वा यथायोग्यं प्रस्थाप्य च बलेः सुतम् । ब्रह्माराधनमत्युग्रं कर्तुमिच्छन् क्षितेः सुतः
arcayitvā yathāyogyaṃ prasthāpya ca baleḥ sutam | brahmārādhanamatyugraṃ kartumicchan kṣiteḥ sutaḥ
Having honored (him) as was fitting, and having sent off the son of Bali, the son of the Earth, wishing to perform a most severe propitiation of Brahmā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.69
स तीरे नदराजस्य लौहित्यस्य महात्मनः । ब्रह्माचलं समारुह्य तपस्तप्तुमुपस्थितः
sa tīre nadarājasya lauhityasya mahātmanaḥ | brahmācalaṃ samāruhya tapastaptumupasthitaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 39.70
स मानुषेण मानेन क्षितिपुत्रः शतं समाः । जलाहारव्रतेनैव समानर्च पितामहम्
sa mānuṣeṇa mānena kṣitiputraḥ śataṃ samāḥ | jalāhāravratenaiva samānarca pitāmaham
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 39.71
सन्तुष्टः शतवर्षान्ते ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः । प्रत्यक्षीभूय नरकस्याग्रतः समुपस्थितः
santuṣṭaḥ śatavarṣānte brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ | pratyakṣībhūya narakasyāgrataḥ samupasthitaḥ
At the end of the hundred years Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds, being satisfied, became visible and stood before Naraka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.72
प्रीतोऽस्मि ते वरं दास्ये वरं वरय सुव्रत । इति चोवाच नरकं स तदा कमलासनः
prīto'smi te varaṃ dāsye varaṃ varaya suvrata | iti covāca narakaṃ sa tadā kamalāsanaḥ
"I am pleased with you; I shall grant a boon — choose a boon, O you of good vows" — so then the lotus-seated one (Brahmā) spoke to Naraka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.73
स दृष्ट्वा सर्वलोकेशं प्रत्यक्षं कमलासनम् । प्रणम्य प्राञ्जलिः प्रोचे विनयानतकन्धरः
sa dṛṣṭvā sarvalokeśaṃ pratyakṣaṃ kamalāsanam | praṇamya prāñjaliḥ proce vinayānatakandharaḥ
He, seeing the lord of all worlds, the lotus-seated one, before his very eyes, bowed and with joined palms, his neck bent in humility, spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.74
।। भौमो वाच ।। देवासुरेभ्यो रक्षोभ्यः सर्वेभ्यो देवयोनितः । अवध्यत्वं सुरश्रेष्ठ वरमेकं प्रयच्छ मे
|| bhaumo vāca || devāsurebhyo rakṣobhyaḥ sarvebhyo devayonitaḥ | avadhyatvaṃ suraśreṣṭha varamekaṃ prayaccha me
Bhauma said: "O best of the gods, grant me one boon: that I be unslayable by gods, asuras, rākṣasas, and all (beings) of divine origin."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.75
अविच्छिन्ना सन्ततिर्मे यावच्चन्द्रो रविस्तपेत् । तावद्भवतु लोकेश द्वितीयोऽयं वरो मम
avicchinnā santatirme yāvaccandro ravistapet | tāvadbhavatu lokeśa dvitīyo'yaṃ varo mama
"Let my line of descent be unbroken so long as the moon and the sun shall shine — let it be so, Lord of the world; this is my second boon."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.76
तिलोत्तमाद्या या देव्यः सद्रूपगुणसंयुताः । तास्ता मे दयिताः सन्तु सहस्राणि तु षोडश
tilottamādyā yā devyaḥ sadrūpaguṇasaṃyutāḥ | tāstā me dayitāḥ santu sahasrāṇi tu ṣoḍaśa
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 39.77
अजेयत्वं सदा श्रीर्मां न जहातु कदाचन । इति पञ्च वरा मेऽद्य वृतास्वत्तः पितामह
ajeyatvaṃ sadā śrīrmāṃ na jahātu kadācana | iti pañca varā me'dya vṛtāsvattaḥ pitāmaha
Invincibility always, and may Fortune never abandon me — these are the five boons I have chosen from you today, O Grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.78
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। मायया मोहितो भौमो मुनिशापं विस्मृत्य च । अन्यद्वरान्तरं वव्रे मुनिशापस्तथा स्थितः
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || māyayā mohito bhaumo muniśāpaṃ vismṛtya ca | anyadvarāntaraṃ vavre muniśāpastathā sthitaḥ
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Bhauma, bewildered by illusion and forgetting the sage's curse, chose other boons instead; and so the sage's curse remained (in force).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.79
एवमस्त्विति तान् सर्वान् वरान् दत्त्वा पितामहः । उवाचेदं द्वापरान्ते सन्ध्यायां सुरकन्यकाः । तिलोत्तमाद्यास्ते जाया: सम्भविष्यन्ति भूतले
evamastviti tān sarvān varān dattvā pitāmahaḥ | uvācedaṃ dvāparānte sandhyāyāṃ surakanyakāḥ | tilottamādyāste jāyā: sambhaviṣyanti bhūtale
Saying "So be it," the Grandfather granted him all those boons and spoke thus: "At the end of the Dvāpara, in the twilight period, those celestial maidens, Tilottamā and the rest, will come into being on earth as your wives."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.80
न यावन्नारदो याति वज्रध्वज पुरं तव । तावन्न मैथुने योज्या भवता ताः क्षितेः सुत
na yāvannārado yāti vajradhvaja puraṃ tava | tāvanna maithune yojyā bhavatā tāḥ kṣiteḥ suta
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 39.81
इत्युक्त्वा सर्वलोकेशः क्षणादन्तर्हितोऽभवत् । मुदमासाद्य परमां स्वस्थानं नरकोऽभ्यगात्
ityuktvā sarvalokeśaḥ kṣaṇādantarhito'bhavat | mudamāsādya paramāṃ svasthānaṃ narako'bhyagāt
Having spoken thus, the Lord of all worlds vanished in an instant; and Naraka, having attained the highest joy, went to his own place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.82
ततो मुदितलोकं तं नगरं श्रीनिषेवितम् । सदा सोत्साहसम्पूर्णभीतिविघ्नविवर्जितम्
tato muditalokaṃ taṃ nagaraṃ śrīniṣevitam | sadā sotsāhasampūrṇabhītivighnavivarjitam
Then that city, its people delighted, frequented by prosperity, always full of zeal and free from fear and hindrance,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.83
अभवत् पशुसंधैश्च वाजिवारणकुम्भकैः । सम्पूर्णं देवराजस्य दयितेवामरावती
abhavat paśusaṃdhaiśca vājivāraṇakumbhakaiḥ | sampūrṇaṃ devarājasya dayitevāmarāvatī
— tr. refused: cyber
KaP 39.84
उत्तीर्णतपसं श्रुत्वा बाणो दत्तवरं तथा । स्वयं पुनरुपातिष्ठद् भौमं वज्रध्वजं तदा
uttīrṇatapasaṃ śrutvā bāṇo dattavaraṃ tathā | svayaṃ punarupātiṣṭhad bhaumaṃ vajradhvajaṃ tadā
Hearing that (Naraka) had completed his austerities and had thus been granted a boon, Bāṇa himself, whose banner was the thunderbolt, then again went up to the son of Earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.85
स गत्वा भौमनगरं बाणः प्राग्ज्योतिषाह्वयम् । पप्रच्छ नरकं मित्रं तपसः सन्निवेशनम्
sa gatvā bhaumanagaraṃ bāṇaḥ prāgjyotiṣāhvayam | papraccha narakaṃ mitraṃ tapasaḥ sanniveśanam
Having gone to the son of Earth's city called Prāgjyotiṣa, Bāṇa asked his friend Naraka about the site of his austerities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.86
।। बाण उवाच ।। कुत्र त्वया तपस्तप्तं किं वा चीर्णं त्वया व्रतम् । कीदृशो वा वरो लब्धस्त्वं ममाख्यातुमर्हसि
|| bāṇa uvāca || kutra tvayā tapastaptaṃ kiṃ vā cīrṇaṃ tvayā vratam | kīdṛśo vā varo labdhastvaṃ mamākhyātumarhasi
Bāṇa said: Where were the austerities performed by you, or what vow was observed by you, and what sort of boon was obtained? You ought to tell me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.87
दृष्टं तव पुरं सर्वं प्रहृष्टजनसंकुलम् । वाजिवारणरत्नौघैः पूरितं मङ्गलस्वनैः
dṛṣṭaṃ tava puraṃ sarvaṃ prahṛṣṭajanasaṃkulam | vājivāraṇaratnaughaiḥ pūritaṃ maṅgalasvanaiḥ
I have seen all your city, thronged with delighted people, filled with hosts of horses, elephants and jewels, and with auspicious sounds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.88
दृश्यतेऽद्य त्वया पाल्यं शस्यपूर्णमनामयम् । कथ्यतां वा कथं ब्रह्मा वरं तुभ्यं प्रदत्तवान्
dṛśyate'dya tvayā pālyaṃ śasyapūrṇamanāmayam | kathyatāṃ vā kathaṃ brahmā varaṃ tubhyaṃ pradattavān
Today (the land) to be protected by you is seen full of crops and free of affliction. Tell, then, how Brahmā bestowed the boon upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.89
।। भौम उवाच ।। ब्रह्मा स्वयं पर्वतरूपधारी कामेश्वरीं धर्तुमिहावतीर्णः । तत्र स्वयं सम्प्रति घस्रमेति पुरा न यावच्छपते वसिष्ठः
|| bhauma uvāca || brahmā svayaṃ parvatarūpadhārī kāmeśvarīṃ dhartumihāvatīrṇaḥ | tatra svayaṃ samprati ghasrameti purā na yāvacchapate vasiṣṭhaḥ
Bhauma said: Brahmā himself, taking the form of a mountain, descended here to hold Kāmeśvarī; there he himself now spends his days, as of old, until Vasiṣṭha curses (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 39.90
सोऽयं पुरे मे बलिपुत्र राजते देवौघसेव्योऽप्यमरोत्तमांशः। तत्राहमेको वरतोयभोजनो वर्षाण्यकार्षं च तपः शतानि वै
so'yaṃ pure me baliputra rājate devaughasevyo'pyamarottamāṃśaḥ| tatrāhameko varatoyabhojano varṣāṇyakārṣaṃ ca tapaḥ śatāni vai
That very (mountain), O son of Bali, shines in my city, fit to be attended by hosts of gods, being a portion of the best of immortals. There I, alone, taking excellent water as my food, performed austerities for hundreds of years.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.91
लौहित्यतीरे घनवायुसेविते मनोहरे प्राणभृतां सुखप्रदे तपः प्रवृत्तस्य सुखं समागमच्छरद् यथैका शरदां शतानि मे
lauhityatīre ghanavāyusevite manohare prāṇabhṛtāṃ sukhaprade tapaḥ pravṛttasya sukhaṃ samāgamaccharad yathaikā śaradāṃ śatāni me
On the bank of the Lauhitya, frequented by moisture-laden winds, delightful, giving pleasure to living beings, to me engaged in austerity hundreds of autumns passed pleasantly, as if a single autumn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.92
ततः स तुष्टश्चतुराननोऽभवत् प्रत्यक्षतो मां न्यगदच्च मद्धितम् । तव प्रसन्नोऽस्मि वरं तथेप्सितं दास्ये गृहाणेति पुरोऽथ भूत्वा
tataḥ sa tuṣṭaścaturānano'bhavat pratyakṣato māṃ nyagadacca maddhitam | tava prasanno'smi varaṃ tathepsitaṃ dāsye gṛhāṇeti puro'tha bhūtvā
Then the four-faced one was pleased, and appearing before my eyes he spoke to me what was for my good: "I am gracious to you; I shall give the boon you desire — take it" — thus having come before (me).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.93
अवध्यता मे सुरयोनित: सुरा-दच्छिन्नसन्तानमजेयता तथा । सदा विभूतिर्न जहातु मामिति वराश्च नार्यो नवयौवनान्विताः
avadhyatā me surayonita: surā-dacchinnasantānamajeyatā tathā | sadā vibhūtirna jahātu māmiti varāśca nāryo navayauvanānvitāḥ
"Unslayability for me from the race of the gods (var. reading: from a god), unbroken lineage, likewise invincibility, and may prosperity never abandon me" — and (also) excellent women endowed with fresh youth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.94
एते वराः पञ्च मया ततो वृताः सोऽपि प्रतिश्रुत्य गतो निजास्पदम्
ete varāḥ pañca mayā tato vṛtāḥ so'pi pratiśrutya gato nijāspadam
These five boons were then chosen by me; and he, having promised (them), went to his own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.95
ततोऽहमभ्येत्य पुरं निजं मुदा मन्त्रिप्रवीरैः सहितः पुनस्तान् । पौरान् सबन्धून् सगणानमोदयम् दानेन मानेन च भोजनेन
tato'hamabhyetya puraṃ nijaṃ mudā mantripravīraiḥ sahitaḥ punastān | paurān sabandhūn sagaṇānamodayam dānena mānena ca bhojanena
Then I, coming joyfully to my own city, together with my chief ministers and heroes, again gladdened those citizens with their kinsmen and retinues by gifts, by honour, and by feasting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.96
।। मार्कण्डेय उवाच ।। इतीरितं तस्य बलेः सुतस्तदा भौमस्य श्रुत्वा मुमुदे न तत्क्षणात् । इदं तदोचे वचनं क्षितेः सुतं तत्कालयुक्तं न च सूनृतोद्भवम्
|| mārkaṇḍeya uvāca || itīritaṃ tasya baleḥ sutastadā bhaumasya śrutvā mumude na tatkṣaṇāt | idaṃ tadoce vacanaṃ kṣiteḥ sutaṃ tatkālayuktaṃ na ca sūnṛtodbhavam
Mārkaṇḍeya said: Having heard this spoken by Bhauma, the son of Bali did not at that moment rejoice; he then said to the son of Earth this speech, suited to that occasion but not arising from kindly truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.97
।। बाण उवाच ।। न ते मुने: शापमतीत्य गन्तुं भूता मतिर्मित्र तदा विधेः पुरः । कथं तु भद्रं भविता तवेह भावीत्यवश्यं क्षितिपुत्र नित्यम्
|| bāṇa uvāca || na te mune: śāpamatītya gantuṃ bhūtā matirmitra tadā vidheḥ puraḥ | kathaṃ tu bhadraṃ bhavitā taveha bhāvītyavaśyaṃ kṣitiputra nityam
Bāṇa said: Your mind, O friend, was not (turned) to go beyond the sage's curse then, in the Creator's presence. But how will there be welfare for you here, since what is to be, O son of Earth, is always inevitable?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 39.98
कृतस्य करणं नास्ति दैवाधिष्ठितकर्मणः । भावीत्यवश्यं यद्भाव्यं तत्र ब्रह्माप्यबाधकः
kṛtasya karaṇaṃ nāsti daivādhiṣṭhitakarmaṇaḥ | bhāvītyavaśyaṃ yadbhāvyaṃ tatra brahmāpyabādhakaḥ
There is no re-doing of what has been done, of an act ordained by fate. What is to be must inevitably be; therein even Brahmā is no hinderer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.99
तस्मात् त्वं सुमहावीरानसुरान् पावकोपमान् । सन्ध्याय च पुरस्कृत्य साचिव्ये विनियोजय
tasmāt tvaṃ sumahāvīrānasurān pāvakopamān | sandhyāya ca puraskṛtya sācivye viniyojaya
Therefore, having taken counsel and having put forward the very mighty, fire-like asuras, appoint (them) to the office of ministers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.100
द्वारि संस्थाप्य वै वीरान् देवैरपि दुरासदान् । अतिक्रमस्व देवेशं यदि लब्धवरो भवान्
dvāri saṃsthāpya vai vīrān devairapi durāsadān | atikramasva deveśaṃ yadi labdhavaro bhavān
Stationing at the gate heroes hard for even the gods to approach, transgress against the lord of the gods, if you have received a boon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KaP 39.101
विधिना यो वरो दत्तो भवते तत् परीक्षणम् । कतुमर्हसि जायायामपुत्रो जनकात्मजम्
vidhinā yo varo datto bhavate tat parīkṣaṇam | katumarhasi jāyāyāmaputro janakātmajam
The boon that was given to you by the Creator — you ought to make a test of it. Being sonless, (beget) upon your wife the daughter of Janaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KaP 39.102
इत्युक्त्वा प्रययौ बाणो यथावत् तेन पूजितः । नरको मित्रवचनं कर्तुं समुपचक्रमे
ityuktvā prayayau bāṇo yathāvat tena pūjitaḥ | narako mitravacanaṃ kartuṃ samupacakrame
Having said this, Bāṇa departed, duly honoured by him; and Naraka set about carrying out his friend's words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition