Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 14
KuP 1 14.1
नैमिषीया ऊचुः देवानां दानवानां च गन्धर्वोरगरक्षसाम् । उत्पत्तिं विस्तरात् सूत ब्रूहि वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे
naimiṣīyā ūcuḥ devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca gandharvoragarakṣasām / utpattiṃ vistarāt sūta brūhi vaivasvate 'ntare
The men of Naimiṣa said: Tell us at length, Sūta, the origin of the gods, the dānavas, the gandharvas, the serpents and the rākṣasas in the Vaivasvata interval.
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KuP 1 14.2
स शप्तः शंभुना पूर्वं दक्षः प्राचेतसो नृपः । किमकार्षोन्महाबुद्धे श्रोतुमिच्छाम सांप्रतम्
sa śaptaḥ śaṃbhunā pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ prācetaso nṛpaḥ / kimakārṣonmahābuddhe śrotumicchāma sāṃpratam
That Dakṣa, the son of the Pracetases, the king, who was formerly cursed by Śambhu—what did he do, O you of great intelligence? We wish to hear that now.
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KuP 1 14.3
सूत उवाच वक्ष्ये नारायणेनोक्तं पूर्वकल्पानुषङ्गिकम् । त्रिकालबद्धं पापघ्नं प्रजासर्गस्य विस्तरम्
sūta uvāca vakṣye nārāyaṇenoktaṃ pūrvakalpānuṣaṅgikam / trikālabaddhaṃ pāpaghnaṃ prajāsargasya vistaram
The Sūta said: I shall declare what was told by Nārāyaṇa, connected with the earlier kalpa, bound up with the three times, destroying sin: the full account of the creation of beings.
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KuP 1 14.4
स शप्तः शंभुना पूर्वं दक्षः प्राचेतसो नृपः । विनिन्द्य पूर्ववैरेण गङ्गाद्वरे ऽयजद् भवम्
sa śaptaḥ śaṃbhunā pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ prācetaso nṛpaḥ / vinindya pūrvavaireṇa gaṅgādvare 'yajad bhavam
That Dakṣa, the son of the Pracetases, the king who had formerly been cursed by Śambhu, out of his former enmity reviled Bhava and performed a sacrifice at Gaṅgādvāra (leaving him out).
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KuP 1 14.5
देवाश्च सर्वे भागार्थमाहूता विष्णुना सह । सहैव मुनिभिः सर्वैरागता मुनिपुङ्गवाः
devāśca sarve bhāgārthamāhūtā viṣṇunā saha / sahaiva munibhiḥ sarvairāgatā munipuṅgavāḥ
And all the gods, summoned for their shares, came together with Viṣṇu, and the foremost of sages came along with all the sages.
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KuP 1 14.6
दृष्ट्वा देवकुलं कृत्स्नं शङ्करेण विनागतम् । दधीचो नाम विप्रर्षिः प्राचेतसमथाब्रवीत्
dṛṣṭvā devakulaṃ kṛtsnaṃ śaṅkareṇa vināgatam / dadhīco nāma viprarṣiḥ prācetasamathābravīt
Seeing the whole company of the gods arrived without Śaṅkara, the brahmin sage named Dadhīca then said to the son of the Pracetases:
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KuP 1 14.7
दधीच उवाच ब्रह्मादयः पिशाचान्ता यस्याज्ञानुविधायिनः । स देवः सांप्रतं रुद्रो विधिना किं न पूज्यते
dadhīca uvāca brahmādayaḥ piśācāntā yasyājñānuvidhāyinaḥ / sa devaḥ sāṃprataṃ rudro vidhinā kiṃ na pūjyate
Dadhīca said: That god Rudra, whose command all from Brahmā down to the piśācas carry out—why is he not now worshipped according to the rule?
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KuP 1 14.8
दक्ष उवाच सर्वेष्वेव हि यज्ञेषु न भागः परिकल्पितः । न मन्त्रा भार्यया सार्धं शङ्करस्येति नेज्यते
dakṣa uvāca sarveṣveva hi yajñeṣu na bhāgaḥ parikalpitaḥ / na mantrā bhāryayā sārdhaṃ śaṅkarasyeti nejyate
Dakṣa said: In no sacrifices at all is a share assigned, nor are there mantras, for Śaṅkara together with his wife; therefore he is not worshipped.
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KuP 1 14.9
विहस्य दक्षं कुपितो वचः प्राह महामुनिः । शृण्वतां सर्वदेवानां सर्वज्ञानमयः स्वयम्
vihasya dakṣaṃ kupito vacaḥ prāha mahāmuniḥ / śṛṇvatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ sarvajñānamayaḥ svayam
Laughing at Dakṣa, the great sage, angered, spoke these words, himself made wholly of knowledge, while all the gods listened.
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KuP 1 14.10
दधीच उवाच यतः प्रवृत्तिर्विश्वेषां यश्चास्य परमेश्वरः । संपूज्यते सर्वयज्ञैर्विदित्वा किल शङ्करः
dadhīca uvāca yataḥ pravṛttirviśveṣāṃ yaścāsya parameśvaraḥ / saṃpūjyate sarvayajñairviditvā kila śaṅkaraḥ
Dadhīca said: He from whom is the origination of all things, and who is the supreme lord of this (universe) — surely it is Śaṅkara who, being known, is worshipped by all sacrifices.
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KuP 1 14.11
न ह्यं शङ्करो रुद्रः संहर्ता तामसो हरः । नग्नः कपाली विकृतो विश्वात्मा नोपपद्यते
na hyaṃ śaṅkaro rudraḥ saṃhartā tāmaso haraḥ / nagnaḥ kapālī vikṛto viśvātmā nopapadyate
For this Śaṅkara is not (merely) Rudra the destroyer, the dark (tāmasic) Hara, naked, skull-bearing, misshapen — (such a one) as the Self of all does not stand to reason.
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KuP 1 14.12
ईश्वरो हि जगत्स्त्रष्टा प्रभुर्नारायणः स्वराट् । सत्त्वात्मको ऽसौ भगवानिज्यते सर्वकर्मसु
īśvaro hi jagatstraṣṭā prabhurnārāyaṇaḥ svarāṭ / sattvātmako 'sau bhagavānijyate sarvakarmasu
For the lord, the maker of the world, the master, is Nārāyaṇa the self-ruling; that Blessed One, whose nature is sattva, is worshipped in all rites.
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KuP 1 14.13
दधीच उवाच किं त्वया भगवानेष सहस्त्रांशुर्न दृश्यते । सर्वलोकैकसंहर्ता कालात्मा परमेश्वरः
dadhīca uvāca kiṃ tvayā bhagavāneṣa sahastrāṃśurna dṛśyate / sarvalokaikasaṃhartā kālātmā parameśvaraḥ
Dadhīca said: Do you not see this blessed thousand-rayed one, the sole destroyer of all worlds, whose self is Time, the supreme lord?
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KuP 1 14.14
यं गृणन्तीह विद्वांसो धार्मिका ब्रह्मवादिनः । सो ऽयं साक्षी तीव्ररोचिः कालात्मा शाङ्करीतनुः
yaṃ gṛṇantīha vidvāṃso dhārmikā brahmavādinaḥ / so 'yaṃ sākṣī tīvrarociḥ kālātmā śāṅkarītanuḥ
He whom the learned, the righteous, the speakers of brahman here proclaim — this is that witness, of fierce radiance, whose self is Time, the body of Śaṅkara.
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KuP 1 14.15
एष रुद्रो महादेवः कपर्दे च घृणी हरः । आदित्यो भगवान् सूर्यो नीलग्रीवो विलोहितः
eṣa rudro mahādevaḥ kaparde ca ghṛṇī haraḥ / ādityo bhagavān sūryo nīlagrīvo vilohitaḥ
This is Rudra, the great god, and in (his) braided hair the shining Hara; (he is) Āditya, the blessed Sūrya, blue-necked and deep-red.
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KuP 1 14.16
संस्तूयते सहस्त्रांशुः सामगाध्वर्युहोतृभिः । पश्यैनं विश्वकर्माणं रुद्रमूर्ति त्रयीमयम्
saṃstūyate sahastrāṃśuḥ sāmagādhvaryuhotṛbhiḥ / paśyainaṃ viśvakarmāṇaṃ rudramūrti trayīmayam
The thousand-rayed one is praised by the Sāman-singers, the Adhvaryus and the Hotṛs. Behold him, the all-maker, whose form is Rudra, consisting of the three Vedas.
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KuP 1 14.17
दक्ष उवाच य एते द्वादशादित्या आगता यज्ञभागिनः । सर्वे सूर्या इति ज्ञेया न ह्यान्यो विद्यते रविः
dakṣa uvāca ya ete dvādaśādityā āgatā yajñabhāginaḥ / sarve sūryā iti jñeyā na hyānyo vidyate raviḥ
Dakṣa said: These twelve Ādityas who have come as sharers in the sacrifice — all are to be known as suns; for no other sun exists.
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KuP 1 14.18
एवमुक्ते तु मुनयः समायाता दिदृक्षवः । बाढमित्यब्रुवन् वाक्यं तस्य साहाय्यकारिणः
evamukte tu munayaḥ samāyātā didṛkṣavaḥ / bāḍhamityabruvan vākyaṃ tasya sāhāyyakāriṇaḥ
When this had been said, the sages who had come, wishing to see, spoke the word "Very well," being his supporters.
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KuP 1 14.19
तमसाविष्टमनसो न पश्यन्ति वृषध्वजम् । सहस्त्रशो ऽथ शतशो भूय एव विनिन्द्यते
tamasāviṣṭamanaso na paśyanti vṛṣadhvajam / sahastraśo 'tha śataśo bhūya eva vinindyate
Their minds pervaded by darkness, they do not see him whose banner is the bull; and by thousands and by hundreds he is reviled yet again.
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KuP 1 14.20
निन्दन्तो वैदिकान् मन्त्रान् सर्वभूतपतिं हरम् । अपूजयन् दक्षवाक्यं मोहिता विष्णुमायया
nindanto vaidikān mantrān sarvabhūtapatiṃ haram / apūjayan dakṣavākyaṃ mohitā viṣṇumāyayā
Reviling the Vedic mantras and Hara, the lord of all beings, they honoured Dakṣa's word, deluded by Viṣṇu's māyā.
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KuP 1 14.21
देवाश्च सर्वे भागार्थमागता वासवादयः । नापश्यन् देवमीशानमृते नारायणं हरिम्
devāśca sarve bhāgārthamāgatā vāsavādayaḥ / nāpaśyan devamīśānamṛte nārāyaṇaṃ harim
And all the gods, Vāsava and the rest, who had come for their shares, did not see the god Īśāna — except for Nārāyaṇa Hari.
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KuP 1 14.22
हिरण्यगर्भो भगवान् ब्रह्मा ब्रह्मविदां वरः । पश्यतामेव सर्वेषां क्षणादन्तरधीयत
hiraṇyagarbho bhagavān brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ / paśyatāmeva sarveṣāṃ kṣaṇādantaradhīyata
The blessed Hiraṇyagarbha, Brahmā, best of the knowers of brahman, vanished in an instant, while all were looking on.
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KuP 1 14.23
अन्तर्हिते भगवति दक्षो नारायणं हरिम् । रक्षकं जगतां देवं जगाम शरणं स्वयम्
antarhite bhagavati dakṣo nārāyaṇaṃ harim / rakṣakaṃ jagatāṃ devaṃ jagāma śaraṇaṃ svayam
When the Blessed One had vanished, Dakṣa himself went for refuge to Nārāyaṇa Hari, the god who protects the worlds.
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KuP 1 14.24
प्रवर्तयामास च तं यज्ञं दक्षो ऽथ निर्भयः । रक्षते भगवान् विष्णुः शरणागतरक्षकः
pravartayāmāsa ca taṃ yajñaṃ dakṣo 'tha nirbhayaḥ / rakṣate bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śaraṇāgatarakṣakaḥ
And then Dakṣa, free of fear, set that sacrifice in motion: the blessed Viṣṇu, protector of those who come for refuge, protects (it).
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KuP 1 14.25
पुनः प्राह च तं दक्षं दधीचो भगवानृषिः । संप्रेक्ष्यर्षिगणान् देवान् सर्वान् वै ब्रह्मविद्विषः
punaḥ prāha ca taṃ dakṣaṃ dadhīco bhagavānṛṣiḥ / saṃprekṣyarṣigaṇān devān sarvān vai brahmavidviṣaḥ
And the blessed seer Dadhīca spoke again to that Dakṣa, looking at the hosts of sages and the gods, all of them haters of brahman.
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KuP 1 14.26
अपूज्यपूजने चैव पूज्यानां चाप्यपूजने । नरः पापमवाप्नोति महद् वै नात्र संशयः
apūjyapūjane caiva pūjyānāṃ cāpyapūjane / naraḥ pāpamavāpnoti mahad vai nātra saṃśayaḥ
In honouring the unworthy of honour, and also in not honouring those worthy of honour, a man incurs great sin — of this there is no doubt.
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KuP 1 14.27
असतां प्रग्रहो यत्र सतां चैव विमानना । दण्डो देवकृतस्तत्र सद्यः पतति दारुणः
asatāṃ pragraho yatra satāṃ caiva vimānanā / daṇḍo devakṛtastatra sadyaḥ patati dāruṇaḥ
Where there is favour to the bad and disregard of the good, there a terrible god-wrought punishment falls at once.
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KuP 1 14.28
एवमुक्त्वा तु विप्रर्षिः शशापेश्वरविद्विषः । समागतान् ब्राह्मणांस्तान् दक्षसाहाय्यकारिणः
evamuktvā tu viprarṣiḥ śaśāpeśvaravidviṣaḥ / samāgatān brāhmaṇāṃstān dakṣasāhāyyakāriṇaḥ
Having spoken thus, the brahman-seer cursed those haters of the Lord, the brahmins assembled there who were Dakṣa's helpers.
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KuP 1 14.29
यस्माद् बहिष्कृता वेदा भवद्भिः परमेश्वरः । विनिन्दितो महादेवः शङ्करो लोकवन्दितः
yasmād bahiṣkṛtā vedā bhavadbhiḥ parameśvaraḥ / vinindito mahādevaḥ śaṅkaro lokavanditaḥ
"Since the Vedas have been cast out by you, and the supreme Lord, the great god Śaṅkara, praised by the world, has been reviled (by you) —
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KuP 1 14.30
भविष्यध्वं त्रयीबाह्याः सर्वे ऽपीश्वरविद्विषः । निन्दन्तो ह्यैश्वरं मार्गं कुशास्त्रासक्तमानसाः
bhaviṣyadhvaṃ trayībāhyāḥ sarve 'pīśvaravidviṣaḥ / nindanto hyaiśvaraṃ mārgaṃ kuśāstrāsaktamānasāḥ
you shall all become outsiders to the three Vedas, haters of the Lord, reviling the path of Īśvara, your minds attached to false doctrines,
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KuP 1 14.31
मिथ्याधीतसमाचारा मिथ्याज्ञानप्रलापिनः । प्राप्य घोरं कलियुगं कलिजैः किल पीडिताः
mithyādhītasamācārā mithyājñānapralāpinaḥ / prāpya ghoraṃ kaliyugaṃ kalijaiḥ kila pīḍitāḥ
with false learning and conduct, prattlers of false knowledge; reaching the terrible Kali age, you will indeed be afflicted by those born in the Kali (age).
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KuP 1 14.32
त्यक्त्वा तपोबलं कृत्स्नं गच्छध्वं नरकान् पुनः । भविष्यति हृषीकेशः स्वाश्रितो ऽपि पराङ्मुखः
tyaktvā tapobalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ gacchadhvaṃ narakān punaḥ / bhaviṣyati hṛṣīkeśaḥ svāśrito 'pi parāṅmukhaḥ
Having lost the whole power of your austerity, you shall go again to the hells; Hṛṣīkeśa, even though you take refuge in him, will turn his face away."
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KuP 1 14.33
एवमुक्त्वा तु विप्रर्षिर्विरराम तपोनिधिः । जगाम मनसा रुद्रमशेषाघविनाशनम्
evamuktvā tu viprarṣirvirarāma taponidhiḥ / jagāma manasā rudramaśeṣāghavināśanam
Having spoken thus, the sage among brahmins, the treasury of austerity, fell silent, and went in mind to Rudra, the destroyer of all sins.
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KuP 1 14.34
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे देवी महादेवं महेश्वरम् । पतिं पशुपतिं देवं ज्ञात्वैतत् प्राह सर्वदृक्
etasminnantare devī mahādevaṃ maheśvaram / patiṃ paśupatiṃ devaṃ jñātvaitat prāha sarvadṛk
Meanwhile the Goddess, who sees all, having come to know of this, spoke to Mahādeva, Maheśvara, (her) husband, the god Paśupati:
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KuP 1 14.35
देव्युवाच दक्षो यज्ञेन यजते पिता मे पूर्वजन्मनि । विनिन्द्य भवतो भावमात्मानं चापि शङ्कर
devyuvāca dakṣo yajñena yajate pitā me pūrvajanmani / vinindya bhavato bhāvamātmānaṃ cāpi śaṅkara
The Goddess said: "Dakṣa, my father in a former birth, is performing a sacrifice, having reviled your nature and yourself too, O Śaṅkara.
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KuP 1 14.36
देवाः सहर्षिभिश्चासंस्तत्र साहाय्यकारिणः । विनाशयाशु तं यज्ञं वरमेकं वृणोम्यहम्
devāḥ saharṣibhiścāsaṃstatra sāhāyyakāriṇaḥ / vināśayāśu taṃ yajñaṃ varamekaṃ vṛṇomyaham
And the gods together with the sages were there as his helpers. Destroy that sacrifice at once — this one boon I ask."
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KuP 1 14.37
एवं विज्ञापितो देव्या देवो देववरः प्रभुः । ससर्ज सहसा रुद्रं दक्षयज्ञजिघांसया
evaṃ vijñāpito devyā devo devavaraḥ prabhuḥ / sasarja sahasā rudraṃ dakṣayajñajighāṃsayā
Thus informed by the Goddess, the god, the best of gods, the Lord, at once created Rudra, with the wish to destroy Dakṣa's sacrifice —
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KuP 1 14.38
सहस्त्रशीर्षपादं च सहस्त्राक्षं महाभुजम् । सहस्त्रपाणिं दुर्धर्षं युगान्तानलसन्निभम्
sahastraśīrṣapādaṃ ca sahastrākṣaṃ mahābhujam / sahastrapāṇiṃ durdharṣaṃ yugāntānalasannibham
(one) with a thousand heads and feet, a thousand eyes, mighty-armed, with a thousand hands, hard to assail, like the fire at the end of an age,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.39
दंष्ट्राकरालं दुष्प्रेक्ष्यं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरम् । दण्डहस्तं महानादं शार्ङ्गिणं भूतिभूषणम्
daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ duṣprekṣyaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharam / daṇḍahastaṃ mahānādaṃ śārṅgiṇaṃ bhūtibhūṣaṇam
gaping with fangs, hard to look upon, bearing conch, discus and mace, with a staff in hand, loud-roaring, holding the horn bow, adorned with ashes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.40
वीरभद्र इति ख्यातं देवदेवसमन्वितम् । स जातमात्रो देवेशमुपतस्थे कृताञ्जलिः
vīrabhadra iti khyātaṃ devadevasamanvitam / sa jātamātro deveśamupatasthe kṛtāñjaliḥ
known as Vīrabhadra, endowed with (the nature of) the god of gods. As soon as he was born he stood before the lord of gods with palms joined.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.41
तमाह दक्षस्य मखं विनाशय शिवोस्त्विति । विनिन्द्य मां स यजते गङ्गाद्वारे गणेश्वर
tamāha dakṣasya makhaṃ vināśaya śivostviti / vinindya māṃ sa yajate gaṅgādvāre gaṇeśvara
(Śiva) said to him: "Destroy Dakṣa's sacrifice — may there be welfare! Reviling me, he sacrifices at the gate of the Gaṅgā, O lord of the hosts."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.42
ततो बन्धुप्रयुक्तेन सिंहेनैकेन लीलया । वीरभद्रेण दक्षस्य विनाशमगमत् क्रतुः
tato bandhuprayuktena siṃhenaikena līlayā / vīrabhadreṇa dakṣasya vināśamagamat kratuḥ
Then by Vīrabhadra alone, a lion sent by (his) kinsman, Dakṣa's sacrifice came to destruction, as if in play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 14.43
मन्युना चोमया सृष्टा भद्रकाली महेश्वरी । तया च सार्धं वृषभं समारुह्य ययौ गणः
manyunā comayā sṛṣṭā bhadrakālī maheśvarī / tayā ca sārdhaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ samāruhya yayau gaṇaḥ
And out of wrath Umā created Bhadrakālī, the great goddess; and together with her the (chief of the) host mounted the bull and went.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.44
अन्ये सहस्त्रशो रुद्रा निसृष्टास्तेन धीमता । रोमजा इति विख्यातास्तस्य साहाय्यकारिणः
anye sahastraśo rudrā nisṛṣṭāstena dhīmatā / romajā iti vikhyātāstasya sāhāyyakāriṇaḥ
Other Rudras by the thousand were sent forth by that wise one, famed as the "born of hairs," as his helpers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.45
शूलशक्तिगदाहस्ताष्टङ्कोपलकरास्तथा । कालाग्निरुद्रसंकाशा नादयन्तो दिशो दश
śūlaśaktigadāhastāṣṭaṅkopalakarāstathā / kālāgnirudrasaṃkāśā nādayanto diśo daśa
with tridents, spears and maces in their hands, and with chisels and stones in their hands, resembling Rudra as the fire of time, making the ten directions resound,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 14.46
सर्वे वृषासनारूढाः सभार्याश्चातिभीषणाः । समावृत्य गणश्रेष्ठं ययुर्दक्षमखं प्रति
sarve vṛṣāsanārūḍhāḥ sabhāryāścātibhīṣaṇāḥ / samāvṛtya gaṇaśreṣṭhaṃ yayurdakṣamakhaṃ prati
all mounted on bull-seats, with their wives, exceedingly terrible; surrounding the chief of the hosts they went toward Dakṣa's sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.47
सर्वे शंप्राप्य तं देशं गङ्गाद्वारमिति श्रुतम् । ददृशुर्यज्ञदेशं तं दक्षस्यामिततेजसः
sarve śaṃprāpya taṃ deśaṃ gaṅgādvāramiti śrutam / dadṛśuryajñadeśaṃ taṃ dakṣasyāmitatejasaḥ
All of them, having reached that place known as the Gate of the Gaṅgā, beheld that sacrificial ground of Dakṣa of immeasurable splendour,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.48
देवाङ्गनासहस्त्राढ्यमप्सरोगीतनादितम् । वीणावेणुनिनादाढ्यं वेदवादाभिनादितम्
devāṅganāsahastrāḍhyamapsarogītanāditam / vīṇāveṇuninādāḍhyaṃ vedavādābhināditam
rich with thousands of divine women, resounding with the songs of apsarases, filled with the sound of lutes and flutes, echoing with the recitation of the Vedas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.49
दृष्ट्वा सहर्षिभिर्देवैः समासीनं प्रजापतिम् । उवाच भद्रया रुद्रैर्वोरभद्रः स्मयन्निव
dṛṣṭvā saharṣibhirdevaiḥ samāsīnaṃ prajāpatim / uvāca bhadrayā rudrairvorabhadraḥ smayanniva
Seeing Prajāpati seated together with the sages and the gods, Vīrabhadra, with Bhadrā and the Rudras, spoke, as if smiling:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.50
वयं ह्यनुचराः सर्वे शर्वस्यामिततेजसः । भागाभिलप्सया प्राप्ता भागान् यच्छध्वमीप्सितान्
vayaṃ hyanucarāḥ sarve śarvasyāmitatejasaḥ / bhāgābhilapsayā prāptā bhāgān yacchadhvamīpsitān
"We are all attendants of Śarva of measureless splendour; we have come out of a desire to obtain a share. Give (us) the shares we wish for.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.51
अथ चेत् कस्यचिदियमाज्ञा मुनिसुरोत्तमाः । भागो भवद्भ्यो देयस्तु नास्मभ्यमिति कथ्यताम् । तं ब्रूताज्ञापयति यो वेत्स्यामो हि वयं ततः
atha cet kasyacidiyamājñā munisurottamāḥ / bhāgo bhavadbhyo deyastu nāsmabhyamiti kathyatām / taṃ brūtājñāpayati yo vetsyāmo hi vayaṃ tataḥ
But if, O best of sages and gods, this is someone's command—that a share is to be given to you but not to us—let that be said. Tell (us) who it is that so commands, that we may then know."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.52
एवमुक्ता गणेशेन प्रजापतिपुरः सराः । देवा ऊचुर्यज्ञभागे न च मन्त्रा इति प्रभुम्
evamuktā gaṇeśena prajāpatipuraḥ sarāḥ / devā ūcuryajñabhāge na ca mantrā iti prabhum
Thus addressed by the lord of the gaṇas, the gods, with Prajāpati at their head, said to that lord: "There is no share in the sacrifice (for you), nor are there mantras."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.53
मन्त्रा ऊचुः सुरान् यूयं तमोपहतचेतसः । ये नाध्वरस्य राजानं पूजयध्वं महेश्वरम्
mantrā ūcuḥ surān yūyaṃ tamopahatacetasaḥ / ye nādhvarasya rājānaṃ pūjayadhvaṃ maheśvaram
The mantras said to the gods: "You, whose minds are stricken by darkness, in that you do not worship Maheśvara, the king of the sacrifice—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.54
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानां सर्वभूततनुर्हरः । पूज्यते सर्वयज्ञेषु सर्वाभ्युदसिद्धिदः
īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ sarvabhūtatanurharaḥ / pūjyate sarvayajñeṣu sarvābhyudasiddhidaḥ
Hara, the lord of all beings, whose body is all beings, is worshipped in all sacrifices, the giver of all prosperity and success."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.55
एवमुक्ता अपीशानं मायया नष्टचेतसः । न मेनिरे ययुर्मन्त्रा देवान् मुक्त्वा स्वमालयम्
evamuktā apīśānaṃ māyayā naṣṭacetasaḥ / na menire yayurmantrā devān muktvā svamālayam
Though thus addressed, they, their minds destroyed by (his) māyā, did not acknowledge the Lord; and the mantras, leaving the gods, went to their own abode.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.56
ततः स रुद्रो भगवान् सभार्यः सगणेश्वरः । स्पृशन् कराभ्यां ब्रह्मर्षि दधीचं प्राह देवताः
tataḥ sa rudro bhagavān sabhāryaḥ sagaṇeśvaraḥ / spṛśan karābhyāṃ brahmarṣi dadhīcaṃ prāha devatāḥ
Then that lord Rudra, together with his consort and with the lord of the gaṇas, touching with both hands the brahmin sage Dadhīca, said to the gods:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.57
मन्त्राः प्रमाणं न कृता युष्माभिर्बलगर्वितैः । यस्मात् प्रसह्य तस्माद् वो नाशयाम्यद्य गर्वितम्
mantrāḥ pramāṇaṃ na kṛtā yuṣmābhirbalagarvitaiḥ / yasmāt prasahya tasmād vo nāśayāmyadya garvitam
"Since the mantras were not made an authority by you, puffed up with strength, therefore I shall today forcibly destroy your pride."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.58
इत्युक्त्वा यज्ञशालां तां ददाह गणपुङ्गवः । गणेश्वराश्च संक्रुद्धा यूपानुत्पाट्य चिक्षिपुः
ityuktvā yajñaśālāṃ tāṃ dadāha gaṇapuṅgavaḥ / gaṇeśvarāśca saṃkruddhā yūpānutpāṭya cikṣipuḥ
Having said this, the bull among the gaṇas burned down that sacrificial hall; and the lords of the gaṇas, greatly enraged, tore up the sacrificial posts and hurled (them away).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.59
प्रस्तोत्रा सह होत्रा च अश्वं चैव गणेश्वराः । गृहीत्वा भीषणाः सर्वे गङ्गास्त्रोतसि चिक्षिपुः
prastotrā saha hotrā ca aśvaṃ caiva gaṇeśvarāḥ / gṛhītvā bhīṣaṇāḥ sarve gaṅgāstrotasi cikṣipuḥ
And the lords of the gaṇas, all terrifying, seizing the prastotṛ along with the hotṛ, and the horse as well, flung (them) into the current of the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.60
वीरभद्रो ऽपि दीप्तात्मा शक्रस्योद्यच्छतः करम् । व्यष्टम्भयददीनात्मा तथान्येषां दिवौकसाम्
vīrabhadro 'pi dīptātmā śakrasyodyacchataḥ karam / vyaṣṭambhayadadīnātmā tathānyeṣāṃ divaukasām
And Vīrabhadra too, blazing of soul, undaunted, paralysed the arm of Śakra as he raised it, and likewise (the arms) of the other dwellers in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.61
भगस्य नेत्रे चोत्पाट्य करजाग्रेण लीलया । निहत्य मुष्टिना दन्तान् पूष्णश्चैवमपातयत्
bhagasya netre cotpāṭya karajāgreṇa līlayā / nihatya muṣṭinā dantān pūṣṇaścaivamapātayat
And tearing out Bhaga's eyes with the tip of his nail in sport, and striking with his fist, he likewise knocked out Pūṣan's teeth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.62
तथा चन्द्रमसं देवं पादाङ्गुष्ठेन लीलया । धर्षयामास बलवान् स्मयमानो गणेश्वरः
tathā candramasaṃ devaṃ pādāṅguṣṭhena līlayā / dharṣayāmāsa balavān smayamāno gaṇeśvaraḥ
So too the mighty lord of the gaṇas, smiling, with his big toe in sport violently assaulted the god Moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.63
वह्नेर्हस्तद्वयं छित्त्वा जिह्वामुत्पाट्य लीलया । जघान मूर्ध्नि पादेन मुनीनपि मुनीश्वराः
vahnerhastadvayaṃ chittvā jihvāmutpāṭya līlayā / jaghāna mūrdhni pādena munīnapi munīśvarāḥ
Cutting off both hands of Fire and tearing out his tongue in sport, he struck even the sages on the head with his foot, O lords of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.64
तथा विष्णुं सहरुडं समायान्तं महाबलः । विव्याध निशेतैर्बाणैः स्तम्भयित्वा सुदर्शनम्
tathā viṣṇuṃ saharuḍaṃ samāyāntaṃ mahābalaḥ / vivyādha niśetairbāṇaiḥ stambhayitvā sudarśanam
Likewise the greatly powerful one, having immobilised the Sudarśana (discus), pierced with sharp arrows Viṣṇu, who came on together with Garuḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.65
समालोक्य महाबाहुरागत्य गरुडो गणम् । जघान पक्षैः सहसा ननादाम्बुनिधिर्यथा
samālokya mahābāhurāgatya garuḍo gaṇam / jaghāna pakṣaiḥ sahasā nanādāmbunidhiryathā
Seeing this, the mighty-armed Garuḍa came and suddenly struck the gaṇa with his wings, roaring like the ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.66
ततः सहस्त्रशो भद्रः ससर्ज गरुडान् स्वयम् । वैनतेयादभ्यधिकान् गरुडं ते प्रदुद्रुवुः
tataḥ sahastraśo bhadraḥ sasarja garuḍān svayam / vainateyādabhyadhikān garuḍaṃ te pradudruvuḥ
Then Bhadra himself created garuḍas by the thousands, surpassing Vainateya; they rushed upon Garuḍa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.67
तान् दृष्ट्वा गरुडो धीमान् पलायत महाजवः । विसृज्य माधवं वेगात् तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्
tān dṛṣṭvā garuḍo dhīmān palāyata mahājavaḥ / visṛjya mādhavaṃ vegāt tadadbhutamivābhavat
Seeing them, the wise Garuḍa of great speed fled, swiftly abandoning Mādhava; that was like a marvel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.68
अन्तर्हिते वैनतेये भगवान् पद्मसंभवः । आगत्य वारयामास वीरभद्रं च केशवम्
antarhite vainateye bhagavān padmasaṃbhavaḥ / āgatya vārayāmāsa vīrabhadraṃ ca keśavam
When Vainateya had vanished, the lord born from the lotus came and restrained both Vīrabhadra and Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.69
प्रसादयामास च तं गौरवात् परमेष्ठिनः । संस्तूय भगवानीशः साम्बस्तत्रागमत् स्वयम्
prasādayāmāsa ca taṃ gauravāt parameṣṭhinaḥ / saṃstūya bhagavānīśaḥ sāmbastatrāgamat svayam
And out of respect for the Highest One (Brahmā) he conciliated him; and when (Brahmā) had praised him, the Lord Īśa himself, together with Ambā, came there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.70
वीक्ष्य देवाधिदेवं तं साम्बं सर्वगणैर्वृतम् । तुष्टाव भगवान् ब्रह्मा दक्षः सर्वे दिवौकसः
vīkṣya devādhidevaṃ taṃ sāmbaṃ sarvagaṇairvṛtam / tuṣṭāva bhagavān brahmā dakṣaḥ sarve divaukasaḥ
Seeing that God of gods, (Śiva) with Ambā, surrounded by all his hosts, the Lord Brahmā praised (him), and Dakṣa, and all the dwellers in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.71
विशेषात् पार्वतीं देवीमीश्वरार्धशरीरिणीम् । स्तोत्रैर्नानाविधैर्दक्षः प्रणम्य च कृताञ्जलिः
viśeṣāt pārvatīṃ devīmīśvarārdhaśarīriṇīm / stotrairnānāvidhairdakṣaḥ praṇamya ca kṛtāñjaliḥ
And especially Dakṣa, with hands joined, bowing, (praised) the goddess Pārvatī, who forms half the body of the Lord, with hymns of many kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.72
ततो भगवती देवी प्रहसन्ती महेश्वरम् । प्रसन्नमानसा रुद्रं वचः प्राह घृणानिधिः
tato bhagavatī devī prahasantī maheśvaram / prasannamānasā rudraṃ vacaḥ prāha ghṛṇānidhiḥ
Then the blessed Goddess, smiling, her mind well-pleased, a treasury of compassion, spoke a word to Maheśvara, to Rudra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.73
त्वमेव जगतः स्त्रष्टा शासिता चैव रक्षकः । अनुग्राह्यो भगवता दक्षश्चापि दिवौकसः
tvameva jagataḥ straṣṭā śāsitā caiva rakṣakaḥ / anugrāhyo bhagavatā dakṣaścāpi divaukasaḥ
"You alone are the creator of the world, and its ruler and protector; Dakṣa too, and the dwellers in heaven, are to be favoured by the Lord."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.74
ततः प्रहस्य भगवान् कपर्दे नीललोहितः । उवाच प्रणतान् देवान् प्राचेतसमथो हरः
tataḥ prahasya bhagavān kaparde nīlalohitaḥ / uvāca praṇatān devān prācetasamatho haraḥ
Then the Lord, the blue-red one with the braided knot of hair, Hara, laughing, spoke to the bowing gods and to the son of Pracetas (Dakṣa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.75
गच्छध्वं देवताः सर्वाः प्रसन्नो भवतामहम् । संपूज्यः सर्वयज्ञेषु न निन्द्यो ऽहं विशेषतः
gacchadhvaṃ devatāḥ sarvāḥ prasanno bhavatāmaham / saṃpūjyaḥ sarvayajñeṣu na nindyo 'haṃ viśeṣataḥ
"Go, all you gods; I am well-pleased with you. I am to be worshipped in all sacrifices; I in particular am not to be reviled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.76
त्वं चापि शृणु मे दक्ष वचनं सर्वरक्षणम् । त्यक्त्वा लोकैषणामेतां मद्भक्तो भव यत्नतः
tvaṃ cāpi śṛṇu me dakṣa vacanaṃ sarvarakṣaṇam / tyaktvā lokaiṣaṇāmetāṃ madbhakto bhava yatnataḥ
And you too, Dakṣa, hear my word, which protects all: abandoning this craving for the world, become my devotee with effort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.77
भविष्यसि गणेशानः कल्पान्ते ऽनुग्रहान्मम । तावत् तिष्ठ ममादेशात् स्वाधिकारेषु निर्वृतः
bhaviṣyasi gaṇeśānaḥ kalpānte 'nugrahānmama / tāvat tiṣṭha mamādeśāt svādhikāreṣu nirvṛtaḥ
By my favour you will become a lord of the hosts at the end of the aeon; till then remain, by my command, content in your own offices."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.78
एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान् सपत्नीकः सहानुगः । अदर्शनमनुप्राप्तो दक्षस्यामिततेजसः
evamuktvā sa bhagavān sapatnīkaḥ sahānugaḥ / adarśanamanuprāpto dakṣasyāmitatejasaḥ
Having spoken thus, that Lord, with his consort and with his followers, passed out of the sight of Dakṣa of measureless splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.79
अन्तर्हिते महादेवे शङ्करे पद्मसंभवः । व्याजहार स्वयं दक्षमशेषजगतो हितम्
antarhite mahādeve śaṅkare padmasaṃbhavaḥ / vyājahāra svayaṃ dakṣamaśeṣajagato hitam
When the great god Śaṅkara had vanished, the Lotus-born himself spoke to Dakṣa what was for the good of the entire world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.80
ब्रह्मोवाच किं तवापगतो मोहः प्रसन्ने वृषभध्वजे । यदाचष्ट स्वयं देवः पालयैतदतन्द्रितः
brahmovāca kiṃ tavāpagato mohaḥ prasanne vṛṣabhadhvaje / yadācaṣṭa svayaṃ devaḥ pālayaitadatandritaḥ
Brahmā said: Has your delusion departed, now that the bull-bannered one is pleased? Guard diligently that which the god himself declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.81
सर्वेषामेव भूतानां हृद्येष वसतीश्वरः । पश्यन्त्येनं ब्रह्मभूता विद्वांसो वेदवादिनः
sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ hṛdyeṣa vasatīśvaraḥ / paśyantyenaṃ brahmabhūtā vidvāṃso vedavādinaḥ
This Lord dwells in the heart of all beings indeed; those who have become Brahman, the learned, the speakers of the Veda, see him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.82
स आत्मा सर्वभूतानां स बीजं परमा गतिः । स्तूयते वैदिकैर्मन्त्रैर्देवदेवो महेश्वरः
sa ātmā sarvabhūtānāṃ sa bījaṃ paramā gatiḥ / stūyate vaidikairmantrairdevadevo maheśvaraḥ
He is the Self of all beings, he is the seed, the highest goal; the God of gods, Maheśvara, is praised by the Vedic mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.83
तमर्चयति यो रुद्रं स्वात्मन्येकं सनातनम् । चेतसा भावयुक्तेन स याति परमं पदम्
tamarcayati yo rudraṃ svātmanyekaṃ sanātanam / cetasā bhāvayuktena sa yāti paramaṃ padam
He who worships that Rudra, the one eternal (being), within his own self, with a mind filled with devotion, goes to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.84
तस्मादनादिमध्यान्तं विज्ञाय परमेश्वरम् । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा समाराधय यत्नतः
tasmādanādimadhyāntaṃ vijñāya parameśvaram / karmaṇā manasā vācā samārādhaya yatnataḥ
Therefore, having known the Supreme Lord who is without beginning, middle, or end, propitiate (him) diligently with act, mind, and speech.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.85
यत्नात् परिहरेशस्य निन्दामात्मविनाशनीम् । भवन्ति सर्वदोषाय निन्दकस्य क्रिया यतः
yatnāt parihareśasya nindāmātmavināśanīm / bhavanti sarvadoṣāya nindakasya kriyā yataḥ
Carefully avoid the reviling of the Lord, which destroys the self, since for the reviler (all his) rites turn to utter fault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.86
यस्तवैष महायोगी रक्षको विष्णुरव्ययः । स देवदेवो भगवान् महादेवो न संशयः
yastavaiṣa mahāyogī rakṣako viṣṇuravyayaḥ / sa devadevo bhagavān mahādevo na saṃśayaḥ
This great yogin of yours, the imperishable Viṣṇu, your protector — he is the God of gods, the Lord, Mahādeva; there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.87
मन्यन्ते ये जगद्योनिं विभिन्नं विष्णुमीश्वरात् । मोहादवेदनिष्ठत्वात् ते यान्ति नरकं नराः
manyante ye jagadyoniṃ vibhinnaṃ viṣṇumīśvarāt / mohādavedaniṣṭhatvāt te yānti narakaṃ narāḥ
Those men who, out of delusion, from not being grounded in the Veda, think Viṣṇu, the womb of the world, to be different from Īśvara — they go to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.88
वेदानुवर्तिनो रुद्रं देवं नारायणं तथा । एकीभावेन पश्यन्ति मुक्तिभाजो भवन्ति ते
vedānuvartino rudraṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ tathā / ekībhāvena paśyanti muktibhājo bhavanti te
Those who follow the Veda see the god Rudra and Nārāyaṇa as one in being; they become partakers of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.89
यो विष्णुः स स्वयं रुद्रो यो रुद्रः स जनार्दनः । इति मत्वा यजेद् देवं स याति परमां गतिम्
yo viṣṇuḥ sa svayaṃ rudro yo rudraḥ sa janārdanaḥ / iti matvā yajed devaṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
He who is Viṣṇu is himself Rudra; he who is Rudra is Janārdana. Knowing this, one who worships the god goes to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.90
सृजत्येतज्जगत् सर्वं विष्णुस्तत् पश्यतीश्वरः । इत्थं जगत् सर्वमिदं रुद्रनारायणोद्भवम्
sṛjatyetajjagat sarvaṃ viṣṇustat paśyatīśvaraḥ / itthaṃ jagat sarvamidaṃ rudranārāyaṇodbhavam
Viṣṇu creates this whole world, (and) the Lord (Īśvara) watches it. Thus this whole world arises from Rudra and Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.91
तस्मात् त्यक्त्वा हरेर्निन्दां विष्णावपि समाहितः । समाश्रयेन्महादेवं शरण्यं ब्रह्मवादिनाम्
tasmāt tyaktvā harernindāṃ viṣṇāvapi samāhitaḥ / samāśrayenmahādevaṃ śaraṇyaṃ brahmavādinām
Therefore, abandoning blame of Hari, and composed in mind toward Viṣṇu too, let one take refuge in Mahādeva, the giver of shelter to those who speak of Brahman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.92
उपश्रुत्याथ वचनं विरिञ्चस्य प्रजापतिः । जगाम शरणं देवं गोपतिं कृत्तिवाससम्
upaśrutyātha vacanaṃ viriñcasya prajāpatiḥ / jagāma śaraṇaṃ devaṃ gopatiṃ kṛttivāsasam
Then, having heard the words of Viriñca (Brahmā), the Lord of Creatures went for refuge to the god, the lord of cattle, clad in a hide.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.93
ये ऽन्ये शापाग्निनिर्दग्धा दधीचस्य महर्षयः । द्विषन्तो मोहिता देवं संबभूवुः कलिष्वथ
ye 'nye śāpāgninirdagdhā dadhīcasya maharṣayaḥ / dviṣanto mohitā devaṃ saṃbabhūvuḥ kaliṣvatha
The other great sages who were burnt by the fire of Dadhīca's curse, hating the god and deluded, were born in the Kali ages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.94
त्यक्त्वा तपोबलं कृत्स्नं विप्राणां कुलसंभवाः । पूर्वसंस्कारमहात्म्याद् ब्रह्मणो वचनादिह
tyaktvā tapobalaṃ kṛtsnaṃ viprāṇāṃ kulasaṃbhavāḥ / pūrvasaṃskāramahātmyād brahmaṇo vacanādiha
Having lost all the power of their austerity, they were born in families of brahmins here, through the greatness of their former consecration and by the word of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.95
मुक्तशापास्ततः सर्वे कल्पान्ते रौरवादिषु । निपात्यमानाः कालेन संप्राप्यादित्यवर्चसम् । ब्रह्माणं जगतामीशमनुज्ञाताः स्वयंभुवा
muktaśāpāstataḥ sarve kalpānte rauravādiṣu / nipātyamānāḥ kālena saṃprāpyādityavarcasam / brahmāṇaṃ jagatāmīśamanujñātāḥ svayaṃbhuvā
Then all of them, released from the curse, being cast in the course of time at the end of the aeon into Raurava and the other (hells), reached Brahmā, the lord of the worlds, whose splendour is that of the sun, and were given leave by the Self-existent one;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 14.96
समाराध्य तपोयोगादीशानं त्रिदशाधिपम् । भविष्यन्ति यथा पूर्वं शङ्करस्य प्रसादतः
samārādhya tapoyogādīśānaṃ tridaśādhipam / bhaviṣyanti yathā pūrvaṃ śaṅkarasya prasādataḥ
and having propitiated by austerity and yoga Īśāna, the lord of the thirty (gods), they will become as they were before, by the grace of Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 14.97
एतद् वः कथितं सर्वं दक्षयज्ञनिषूदनम् । शृणुध्वं दक्षपुत्रीणां सर्वासां चैव संततिम्
etad vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ dakṣayajñaniṣūdanam / śṛṇudhvaṃ dakṣaputrīṇāṃ sarvāsāṃ caiva saṃtatim
All this has been told to you, the destruction of Dakṣa's sacrifice. Hear now the offspring of all the daughters of Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition