Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 15
KuP 1 15.1
सूत उवाच प्रजाः सृजेति व्यादिष्टः पूर्वं दक्षः स्वयंभुवा । ससर्ज देवान् गन्धर्वान् ऋषींश्चैवासुरोरगान्
sūta uvāca prajāḥ sṛjeti vyādiṣṭaḥ pūrvaṃ dakṣaḥ svayaṃbhuvā / sasarja devān gandharvān ṛṣīṃścaivāsuroragān
Sūta said: Commanded formerly by the Self-existent one, "Create creatures," Dakṣa created gods, gandharvas, seers, and asuras and serpents.
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KuP 1 15.2
यदास्य सृजमानस्य न व्यवर्धन्त ताः प्रजाः । तदा ससर्ज भूतानि मैथुनेनैव धर्मतः
yadāsya sṛjamānasya na vyavardhanta tāḥ prajāḥ / tadā sasarja bhūtāni maithunenaiva dharmataḥ
When, as he created, those creatures did not multiply, then he created beings by copulation, according to dharma.
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KuP 1 15.3
असिक्न्यां जनयामास वीरणस्य प्रजापतेः । सुतायां धर्मयुक्तायां पुत्राणां तु सहस्त्रकम्
asiknyāṃ janayāmāsa vīraṇasya prajāpateḥ / sutāyāṃ dharmayuktāyāṃ putrāṇāṃ tu sahastrakam
Upon Asiknī, the daughter of the Lord of Creatures Vīraṇa, a woman joined to dharma, he begot a thousand sons.
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KuP 1 15.4
तेषु पुत्रेषु नष्टेषु मायया नारदस्य सः । षष्टिं दक्षो ऽसृजत् कन्या वैरण्यां वै प्रजापतिः
teṣu putreṣu naṣṭeṣu māyayā nāradasya saḥ / ṣaṣṭiṃ dakṣo 'sṛjat kanyā vairaṇyāṃ vai prajāpatiḥ
When those sons were lost through the magic of Nārada, Dakṣa the Lord of Creatures produced sixty daughters upon Vairaṇī.
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KuP 1 15.5
ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश । विंशत् सप्त च सोमाय चतस्त्रो ऽरिष्टनेमिने
dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa / viṃśat sapta ca somāya catastro 'riṣṭanemine
He gave ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, twenty-seven to Soma, four to Ariṣṭanemi,
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KuP 1 15.6
द्वे चैव बहुपुत्राय द्वे कृशाश्वाय धीमते । द्वे चैवाङ्गिरसे तद्वत् तासां वक्ष्ये ऽथ निस्तरम्
dve caiva bahuputrāya dve kṛśāśvāya dhīmate / dve caivāṅgirase tadvat tāsāṃ vakṣye 'tha nistaram
two to Bahuputra, two to the wise Kṛśāśva, and likewise two to Aṅgiras. Now I shall tell of them in detail.
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KuP 1 15.7
अरुन्धती वसुर्जामी लम्बा भानुर्मरुत्वती । संकल्पा च मुहूर्ता च साध्या विश्वा च भामिनी
arundhatī vasurjāmī lambā bhānurmarutvatī / saṃkalpā ca muhūrtā ca sādhyā viśvā ca bhāminī
Arundhatī, Vasu, Jāmī, Lambā, Bhānu, Marutvatī, Saṃkalpā, Muhūrtā, Sādhyā, and the lovely Viśvā —
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KuP 1 15.8
धर्मपत्न्यो दश त्वेतास्तासां पुत्रान् निबोधत । विश्वाया विश्वदेवास्तु साध्या साध्यानजीजनत्
dharmapatnyo daśa tvetāstāsāṃ putrān nibodhata / viśvāyā viśvadevāstu sādhyā sādhyānajījanat
these ten are the wives of Dharma; learn of their sons. From Viśvā came the Viśvadevas, and Sādhyā gave birth to the Sādhyas.
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KuP 1 15.9
मरुत्वन्तो मरुत्वत्यां वसवो ऽष्टौ वसोः सुताः । भानोस्तु भानवश्चैव मुहूर्ता वै मुहूर्तजाः
marutvanto marutvatyāṃ vasavo 'ṣṭau vasoḥ sutāḥ / bhānostu bhānavaścaiva muhūrtā vai muhūrtajāḥ
The Marutvants (were born) of Marutvatī; the eight Vasus are the sons of Vasu; of Bhānu the Bhānus, and the Muhūrtas are born of Muhūrtā.
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KuP 1 15.10
लम्बायाश्चाथ घोषो वै नागवीथी तु जामिजा । पृथिवीविषयं सर्वमरुन्दत्यामजायत । संकल्पायास्तु संकल्पो धर्मपुत्रा दश स्मृताः
lambāyāścātha ghoṣo vai nāgavīthī tu jāmijā / pṛthivīviṣayaṃ sarvamarundatyāmajāyata / saṃkalpāyāstu saṃkalpo dharmaputrā daśa smṛtāḥ
Of Lambā (was born) Ghoṣa; Nāgavīthī was born of Jāmī; of Arundhatī was born everything that pertains to the earth; and of Saṃkalpā, Saṃkalpa. These are said to be the ten offspring of Dharma.
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KuP 1 15.11
आपो ध्रुवश्च सोमश्च धरश्चैवानिलो ऽनलः । प्रत्यूषश्च प्रभासश्च वसवो ऽष्टौ प्रकीर्तिताः
āpo dhruvaśca somaśca dharaścaivānilo 'nalaḥ / pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaśca vasavo 'ṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ
Āpa, Dhruva, Soma, Dhara, Anila, Anala, Pratyūṣa and Prabhāsa — these are proclaimed as the eight Vasus.
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KuP 1 15.12
आपस्य पुत्रो वैतण्ड्यः श्रमः श्रान्तो धुनिस्तथा । ध्रुवस्य पुत्रो भगवान् कालो लोकप्रकालनः
āpasya putro vaitaṇḍyaḥ śramaḥ śrānto dhunistathā / dhruvasya putro bhagavān kālo lokaprakālanaḥ
Āpa's sons were Vaitaṇḍya, Śrama, Śrānta, and Dhuni; Dhruva's son was the lord Kāla, who drives on the worlds.
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KuP 1 15.13
सोमस्य भगवान् वर्चा धरस्य द्रविणः सुतः । पुरोजवो ऽनिलस्य स्यादविज्ञातगतिस्तथा
somasya bhagavān varcā dharasya draviṇaḥ sutaḥ / purojavo 'nilasya syādavijñātagatistathā
Soma's (son) was the lord Varcas; Dhara's son was Draviṇa; Anila's (sons) would be Purojava and Avijñātagati.
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KuP 1 15.14
कुमारो ह्यनलस्यासीत् सेनापतिरिति स्मृतः । देवलो भगवान् योगी प्रत्यूषस्याभवत् सुतः । विश्वकर्मा प्रभासस्य शिल्पकर्ता प्रजापतिः
kumāro hyanalasyāsīt senāpatiriti smṛtaḥ / devalo bhagavān yogī pratyūṣasyābhavat sutaḥ / viśvakarmā prabhāsasya śilpakartā prajāpatiḥ
Anala's (son) was Kumāra, known as the commander of the army; Pratyūṣa's son was the lord Devala, a yogin; Prabhāsa's (son) was Viśvakarman, the maker of crafts, a lord of creatures.
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KuP 1 15.15
अदितिर्दितिर्दनुस्तद्वदरिष्टा सुरसा तथा । सुरभिर्विनता चैव ताम्र क्रोधवशा इरा । कद्रुर्मुनिश्च धर्मज्ञा तत्पुत्रान् वै निबोधत
aditirditirdanustadvadariṣṭā surasā tathā / surabhirvinatā caiva tāmra krodhavaśā irā / kadrurmuniśca dharmajñā tatputrān vai nibodhata
Aditi, Diti, Danu, likewise Ariṣṭā and Surasā, Surabhi and Vinatā, Tāmrā, Krodhavaśā, Irā, Kadru and Muni — O you who know the law, learn now of their sons.
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KuP 1 15.16
अंशो धाता भगस्त्वष्टा मित्रो ऽथ वरुणोर्ऽयमा । विवस्वान् सविता पूषा ह्यंशुमान् विष्णुरेव च
aṃśo dhātā bhagastvaṣṭā mitro 'tha varuṇor'yamā / vivasvān savitā pūṣā hyaṃśumān viṣṇureva ca
Aṃśa, Dhātā, Bhaga, Tvaṣṭā, then Mitra, Varuṇa, Aryaman, Vivasvān, Savitā, Pūṣā, and indeed Aṃśumān and Viṣṇu.
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KuP 1 15.17
तुषिता नाम ते पूर्वं चाक्षुषस्यान्तरे मनोः । वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे प्रोक्ता आदित्याश्चादितेः सुताः
tuṣitā nāma te pūrvaṃ cākṣuṣasyāntare manoḥ / vaivasvate 'ntare proktā ādityāścāditeḥ sutāḥ
Formerly, in the interval of Manu Cākṣuṣa, they were named the Tuṣitas; in the Vaivasvata interval they are called the Ādityas, the sons of Aditi.
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KuP 1 15.18
दितिः पुत्रद्वयं लेभे कश्यपाद् बलसंयुतम् । हिरण्यकशिपुं ज्येष्ठं हिरण्याक्षं तथापरम्
ditiḥ putradvayaṃ lebhe kaśyapād balasaṃyutam / hiraṇyakaśipuṃ jyeṣṭhaṃ hiraṇyākṣaṃ tathāparam
Diti obtained from Kaśyapa a pair of sons endowed with strength: Hiraṇyakaśipu the elder, and Hiraṇyākṣa the other.
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KuP 1 15.19
हिरण्यकशिपुर्दैत्यो महाबलपराक्रमः । आराध्य तपसा देवं ब्रह्माणं परमेष्ठिनम् । दृष्ट्वालेभेवरान् दिव्यान् स्तुत्वासौ विविधैः स्तवै
hiraṇyakaśipurdaityo mahābalaparākramaḥ / ārādhya tapasā devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam / dṛṣṭvālebhevarān divyān stutvāsau vividhaiḥ stavai
The Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu, of great strength and valour, having propitiated by austerity the god Brahmā, the highest lord, and having seen him, obtained divine boons, praising him with various hymns.
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KuP 1 15.20
अथ तस्य बलाद् देवाः सर्व एव सुरर्षयः । बाधितास्ताडिता जग्मुर्देवदेवं पितामहम्
atha tasya balād devāḥ sarva eva surarṣayaḥ / bādhitāstāḍitā jagmurdevadevaṃ pitāmaham
Then, on account of his strength, all the gods and the divine seers, oppressed and beaten, went to the god of gods, the grandfather (Brahmā).
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KuP 1 15.21
शरण्यं शरणं देवं शंभुं सर्वजगन्मयम् । ब्रह्माणं लोककर्तारं त्रातारं पुरुषं परम् । कूटस्थं जगतामेकं पुराणं पुरुषोत्तमम्
śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ śaṃbhuṃ sarvajaganmayam / brahmāṇaṃ lokakartāraṃ trātāraṃ puruṣaṃ param / kūṭasthaṃ jagatāmekaṃ purāṇaṃ puruṣottamam
(They went) to the god who is the refuge of those seeking refuge, Śaṃbhu, consisting of all the worlds, to Brahmā, the maker of the worlds, the protector, the supreme Person, the one unmoved (kūṭastha) among worlds, the ancient one, the best of persons.
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KuP 1 15.22
स याचितो देववरैर्मुनिभिश्च मुनीश्वराः । सर्वदेवहितार्थाय जगाम कमलासनः
sa yācito devavarairmunibhiśca munīśvarāḥ / sarvadevahitārthāya jagāma kamalāsanaḥ
Being entreated by the chief gods and by the sages, O lords of sages, he who is seated on the lotus went, for the good of all the gods.
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KuP 1 15.23
संस्तूयमानः प्रणतैर्मुनीन्द्रैरमरैरपि । क्षीरोदस्योत्तरं कूलं यत्रास्ते हरिरीश्वरः
saṃstūyamānaḥ praṇatairmunīndrairamarairapi / kṣīrodasyottaraṃ kūlaṃ yatrāste harirīśvaraḥ
Being praised by the bowing chiefs of sages and by the immortals too, (he went) to the northern shore of the Milk Ocean, where Hari the lord dwells.
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KuP 1 15.24
दृष्ट्वा देवं जगद्योनिं विष्णुं विश्वगुरुं शिवम् । ववन्दे चरणौ मूर्ध्ना कृताञ्जलिरभाषत
dṛṣṭvā devaṃ jagadyoniṃ viṣṇuṃ viśvaguruṃ śivam / vavande caraṇau mūrdhnā kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata
Seeing the god, the womb of the world, Viṣṇu, the teacher of all, the auspicious one, he saluted his feet with his head and, with joined palms, spoke.
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KuP 1 15.25
ब्रह्मोवाच त्वं गतिः सर्वभूतानामनन्तो ऽस्यखिलात्मकः । व्यापी सर्वामरवपुर्महायोगी सनातनः
brahmovāca tvaṃ gatiḥ sarvabhūtānāmananto 'syakhilātmakaḥ / vyāpī sarvāmaravapurmahāyogī sanātanaḥ
Brahmā said: You are the goal of all beings, endless, the self of all this, all-pervading, whose body is all the immortals, the great yogin, the eternal one.
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KuP 1 15.26
त्वमात्मा सर्वभूतानां प्रधानं प्रकृतिः परा । वैराग्यैश्वर्यनिरतो रागातीतो निरञ्जनः
tvamātmā sarvabhūtānāṃ pradhānaṃ prakṛtiḥ parā / vairāgyaiśvaryanirato rāgātīto nirañjanaḥ
You are the self of all beings, the primal matter, the supreme nature, devoted to detachment and sovereignty, gone beyond passion, spotless.
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KuP 1 15.27
त्वं कर्ता चैव भर्ता च निहन्ता सुरविद्विषाम् । त्रातुमर्हस्यनन्तेश त्राता हि परमेश्वरः
tvaṃ kartā caiva bhartā ca nihantā suravidviṣām / trātumarhasyananteśa trātā hi parameśvaraḥ
You are the maker and the sustainer and the destroyer of the enemies of the gods; you ought to protect (us), O endless lord, for the supreme lord is the protector.
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KuP 1 15.28
इत्थं स विष्णुर्भगवान् ब्रह्मणा संप्रबोधितः । प्रोवाचोन्निद्रपद्माक्षः पीतवासासुरद्विषः
itthaṃ sa viṣṇurbhagavān brahmaṇā saṃprabodhitaḥ / provāconnidrapadmākṣaḥ pītavāsāsuradviṣaḥ
Thus roused by Brahmā, the lord Viṣṇu, the lotus-eyed one whose sleep was broken, clad in yellow, foe of the Asuras, spoke.
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KuP 1 15.29
किमर्थं सुमहावीर्याः सप्रजापतिकाः सुराः । इमं देशमनुप्राप्ताः किं वा कार्यं करोमि वः
kimarthaṃ sumahāvīryāḥ saprajāpatikāḥ surāḥ / imaṃ deśamanuprāptāḥ kiṃ vā kāryaṃ karomi vaḥ
For what purpose have you gods of very great might, together with the lord of creatures, come to this place? Or what task shall I do for you?
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KuP 1 15.30
देवा ऊचुः हिरण्यकशिपुर्नाम ब्रह्मणो वरदर्पितः । बाधते भगवन् दैत्यो देवान् सर्वान् सहर्षिभिः
devā ūcuḥ hiraṇyakaśipurnāma brahmaṇo varadarpitaḥ / bādhate bhagavan daityo devān sarvān saharṣibhiḥ
The gods said: A Daitya named Hiraṇyakaśipu, made arrogant by Brahmā's boon, oppresses, O lord, all the gods along with the seers.
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KuP 1 15.31
अवध्यः सर्वभूतानां त्वामृते पुरुषोत्तम । हन्तुमर्हसि सर्वेषां त्वं त्रातासि जगन्मय
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvāmṛte puruṣottama / hantumarhasi sarveṣāṃ tvaṃ trātāsi jaganmaya
He cannot be slain by any beings except you, O best of persons; you ought to kill (him), for you are the protector of all, O you who are the world.
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KuP 1 15.32
श्रुत्वा तद्दैवतैरुक्तं स विष्णुर्लोकभावनः । वधाय दैत्यमुख्यस्य सो ऽसृजत् पुरुषं स्वयम्
śrutvā taddaivatairuktaṃ sa viṣṇurlokabhāvanaḥ / vadhāya daityamukhyasya so 'sṛjat puruṣaṃ svayam
Having heard what was said by the gods, that Viṣṇu, the fashioner of the worlds, himself created a Man for the slaying of the chief of the Daityas.
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KuP 1 15.33
मेरुपर्वतवर्ष्माणं घोररूपं भयानकम् । शङ्खचक्रगदापाणिं तं प्राह गरुडध्वजः
meruparvatavarṣmāṇaṃ ghorarūpaṃ bhayānakam / śaṅkhacakragadāpāṇiṃ taṃ prāha garuḍadhvajaḥ
(He was) of the bulk of Mount Meru, of dreadful form, terrifying, with conch, discus and mace in his hands; to him the one whose banner is Garuḍa spoke.
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KuP 1 15.34
हत्वा तं दैत्यराजं त्वं हिरण्यकशिपुं पुनः । इमं देशं समागन्तुं क्षिप्रमर्हसि पौरुषात्
hatvā taṃ daityarājaṃ tvaṃ hiraṇyakaśipuṃ punaḥ / imaṃ deśaṃ samāgantuṃ kṣipramarhasi pauruṣāt
"Having slain that king of the Daityas, Hiraṇyakaśipu, you should come back quickly to this place, by your manly strength."
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KuP 1 15.35
निशम्य वैष्णवं वाक्यं प्रणम्य पुरुषोत्तमम् । महापुरुषमव्यक्तं ययौ दैत्यमहापुरम्
niśamya vaiṣṇavaṃ vākyaṃ praṇamya puruṣottamam / mahāpuruṣamavyaktaṃ yayau daityamahāpuram
Having heard Viṣṇu's words, and having bowed to the Supreme Person, the Great Person, the unmanifest, he went to the great city of the Daityas.
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KuP 1 15.36
विमुञ्चन् भैरवं नादं शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः । आरुह्य गरुडं देवो महामेरुरिवापरः
vimuñcan bhairavaṃ nādaṃ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ / āruhya garuḍaṃ devo mahāmerurivāparaḥ
Letting loose a fearsome roar, bearing conch, discus and mace, the god mounted Garuḍa, like a second great Meru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.37
आकर्ण्य दैत्यप्रवरा महामेघरवोपमम् । समाचचक्षिरे नादं तदा दैत्यपतेर्भयात्
ākarṇya daityapravarā mahāmegharavopamam / samācacakṣire nādaṃ tadā daityapaterbhayāt
Hearing the roar, like the noise of a great cloud, the foremost Daityas then reported it out of fear of the lord of the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.38
असुरा ऊचुः कश्चिदागच्छति महान् पुरुषो देवचोदितः । विमुञ्चन् भैरवं नादं तं जानीमो ऽमरार्दन
asurā ūcuḥ kaścidāgacchati mahān puruṣo devacoditaḥ / vimuñcan bhairavaṃ nādaṃ taṃ jānīmo 'marārdana
The Asuras said: Some great Man is coming, urged on by the gods, letting loose a fearsome roar; we do not know him, O crusher of the immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.39
ततः सहासुरवरैर्हिरण्यकशिपुः स्वयम् । संनद्धैः सायुधैः पुत्रैः प्रह्रादाद्यैस्तदा ययौ
tataḥ sahāsuravarairhiraṇyakaśipuḥ svayam / saṃnaddhaiḥ sāyudhaiḥ putraiḥ prahrādādyaistadā yayau
Then Hiraṇyakaśipu himself went forth, together with the foremost Asuras and with his sons, Prahrāda and the rest, armoured and bearing weapons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.40
दृष्ट्वा तं गरुडासीनं सूर्यकोटिसमप्रभम् । पुरुषं पर्वताकारं नारायणमिवापरम्
dṛṣṭvā taṃ garuḍāsīnaṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham / puruṣaṃ parvatākāraṃ nārāyaṇamivāparam
Seeing him seated on Garuḍa, of splendour equal to ten million suns, a Man of the shape of a mountain, like a second Nārāyaṇa —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.41
दुद्रुवुः केचिदन्योन्ममूचुः संभ्रान्तलोचनाः । अयं स देवो देवानां गोप्ता नारायणो रिपुः
dudruvuḥ kecidanyonmamūcuḥ saṃbhrāntalocanāḥ / ayaṃ sa devo devānāṃ goptā nārāyaṇo ripuḥ
some fled, others, with eyes rolling in confusion, cried out to one another: "This is that god, the protector of the gods, Nārāyaṇa, our enemy,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.42
अस्माकमव्ययो नूनं तत्सुतो वा समागतः । इत्युक्त्वा शस्त्रवर्षाणि ससृजुः पुरुषाय ते । तानि चाशेषतो देवो नाशयामास लीलया
asmākamavyayo nūnaṃ tatsuto vā samāgataḥ / ityuktvā śastravarṣāṇi sasṛjuḥ puruṣāya te / tāni cāśeṣato devo nāśayāmāsa līlayā
the imperishable one, surely; or else his son has come." Having said this, they poured showers of weapons upon the Man; and the god destroyed them all, entirely, in play.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.43
तदा हिरण्यकशिपोश्चत्वारः प्रथितौजसः । पुत्रा नारायणोद्भूतं युयुधुर्मेघनिः स्वनाः । प्रह्रादश्चाप्यनुह्रादः संह्रादो ह्राद एव च
tadā hiraṇyakaśipoścatvāraḥ prathitaujasaḥ / putrā nārāyaṇodbhūtaṃ yuyudhurmeghaniḥ svanāḥ / prahrādaścāpyanuhrādaḥ saṃhrādo hrāda eva ca
Then Hiraṇyakaśipu's four sons of renowned might, roaring like clouds, fought with him who had sprung from Nārāyaṇa: Prahrāda, and Anuhrāda, Saṃhrāda, and Hrāda too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.44
प्रह्रादः प्राहिणोद् ब्राह्ममनुह्रादो ऽथ वैष्णवम् । संह्रादश्चापि कौमारमाग्नेयं ह्राद एव च
prahrādaḥ prāhiṇod brāhmamanuhrādo 'tha vaiṣṇavam / saṃhrādaścāpi kaumāramāgneyaṃ hrāda eva ca
Prahrāda hurled the Brahmā-weapon, Anuhrāda then the Vaiṣṇava, Saṃhrāda the Kaumāra, and Hrāda the Āgneya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.45
तानि तं पुरुषं प्राप्य चत्वार्यस्त्राणि वैष्णवम् । न शेकुर्बाधितुं विष्णुं वासुदेवं यथा तथा
tāni taṃ puruṣaṃ prāpya catvāryastrāṇi vaiṣṇavam / na śekurbādhituṃ viṣṇuṃ vāsudevaṃ yathā tathā
Those four weapons, reaching that Man of Viṣṇu, were unable to harm him, just as they could not harm Viṣṇu Vāsudeva himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.46
अथासौ चतुरः पुत्रान् महाबाहुर्महाबलः । प्रगृह्य पादेषु करैः संचिक्षेप ननाद च
athāsau caturaḥ putrān mahābāhurmahābalaḥ / pragṛhya pādeṣu karaiḥ saṃcikṣepa nanāda ca
Then he of mighty arms and great strength, seizing the four sons by the feet with his hands, flung them away and roared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.47
विमुक्तेष्वथ पुत्रेषु हिरण्यकशिपुः स्वयम् । पादेन ताडयामास वेगेनोरसि तं बली
vimukteṣvatha putreṣu hiraṇyakaśipuḥ svayam / pādena tāḍayāmāsa vegenorasi taṃ balī
Then, when his sons had been let go, the mighty Hiraṇyakaśipu himself struck him on the chest with his foot, with force.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.48
स तेन पीडितो ऽत्यर्थं गरुडेन तथाऽशुगः । अदृश्यः प्रययौ तूर्णं यत्र नारायणः प्रभुः । गत्वा विज्ञापयामास प्रवृत्तमखिलं तथा
sa tena pīḍito 'tyarthaṃ garuḍena tathā'śugaḥ / adṛśyaḥ prayayau tūrṇaṃ yatra nārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ / gatvā vijñāpayāmāsa pravṛttamakhilaṃ tathā
Grievously afflicted by him, he went swiftly, invisible, borne fast by Garuḍa, to where the lord Nārāyaṇa was; and having gone, he reported all that had happened.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.49
संचिन्त्य मनसा देवः सर्वज्ञानमयो ऽमलः । नरस्यार्धतनुं कृत्वा सिंहस्यार्धतनुं तथा
saṃcintya manasā devaḥ sarvajñānamayo 'malaḥ / narasyārdhatanuṃ kṛtvā siṃhasyārdhatanuṃ tathā
Reflecting in his mind, the stainless god, made of all knowledge, having made half his body that of a man and half that of a lion —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.50
नृसिंहवपुरव्यक्तो हिरण्यकशिपोः पुरे । आविर्बभूव सहसा मोहयन् दैत्यपुङ्गवान्
nṛsiṃhavapuravyakto hiraṇyakaśipoḥ pure / āvirbabhūva sahasā mohayan daityapuṅgavān
the unmanifest one, in the body of a man-lion, suddenly appeared in the city of Hiraṇyakaśipu, bewildering the bulls among the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.51
दंष्ट्राकरालो योगात्मा युगान्तदहनोपमः । समारुह्यात्मनः शक्तिं सर्वसंहारकारिकाम् । भाति नारायणो ऽनन्तो यथा मध्यन्दिने रविः
daṃṣṭrākarālo yogātmā yugāntadahanopamaḥ / samāruhyātmanaḥ śaktiṃ sarvasaṃhārakārikām / bhāti nārāyaṇo 'nanto yathā madhyandine raviḥ
Fearsome with his fangs, his self being yoga, like the fire at the end of an age, having mounted his own power that effects the destruction of all, endless Nārāyaṇa shines like the sun at midday.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.52
दृष्ट्वा नृसिंहवपुषं प्रह्रादं ज्येष्ठपुत्रकम् । वधाय प्रेरयामास नरसिहस्य सो ऽसुरः
dṛṣṭvā nṛsiṃhavapuṣaṃ prahrādaṃ jyeṣṭhaputrakam / vadhāya prerayāmāsa narasihasya so 'suraḥ
Seeing (the Lord) in the man-lion form, that demon urged on his eldest son Prahrāda to slay the man-lion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.53
इमं नृसिंहवपुषं पूर्वस्माद् बहुशक्तिकम् । सहैव त्वनुजैः सर्वैर्नाशयाशु मयेरितः
imaṃ nṛsiṃhavapuṣaṃ pūrvasmād bahuśaktikam / sahaiva tvanujaiḥ sarvairnāśayāśu mayeritaḥ
"This one in man-lion form has more power than the former (form): together with all your younger brothers, destroy him quickly, at my bidding."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.54
तत्संनियोगादसुरः प्रह्रादो विष्णुमव्ययम् । युयुधे सर्वयत्नेन नरसिंहेन निर्जितः
tatsaṃniyogādasuraḥ prahrādo viṣṇumavyayam / yuyudhe sarvayatnena narasiṃhena nirjitaḥ
At that command the demon Prahrāda fought with all his effort against the imperishable Viṣṇu, and was defeated by the man-lion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.55
ततः संचोदितो दैत्यो हिरण्याक्षस्तदानुजः । ध्यात्वा पशुपतेरस्त्रं ससर्ज च ननाद च
tataḥ saṃcodito daityo hiraṇyākṣastadānujaḥ / dhyātvā paśupaterastraṃ sasarja ca nanāda ca
Then the Daitya Hiraṇyākṣa, his younger brother, being urged on, called to mind the weapon of Paśupati, and hurled it, and roared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.56
तस्य देवादिदेवस्य विष्णोरमिततेजसः । न हानिमकरोदस्त्रं यथा देवस्य शूलिनः
tasya devādidevasya viṣṇoramitatejasaḥ / na hānimakarodastraṃ yathā devasya śūlinaḥ
The weapon did no harm to that god of gods, Viṣṇu of measureless splendour, just as (it would do none) to the trident-bearing god (Śiva).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.57
दृष्ट्वा पराहतं त्वस्त्रं प्रह्रादो भाग्यगौरवात् । मेने सर्वात्मकं देवं वासुदेवं सनातनम्
dṛṣṭvā parāhataṃ tvastraṃ prahrādo bhāgyagauravāt / mene sarvātmakaṃ devaṃ vāsudevaṃ sanātanam
Seeing the weapon repelled, Prahrāda, by the weight of his good fortune, recognized the god as the self of all, the eternal Vāsudeva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.58
संत्यज्य सर्वशस्त्राणि सत्त्वयुक्तेन चेतसा । ननाम शिरसा देवं योगिनां हृदयेशयम्
saṃtyajya sarvaśastrāṇi sattvayuktena cetasā / nanāma śirasā devaṃ yogināṃ hṛdayeśayam
Abandoning all his weapons, with a mind possessed of sattva, he bowed his head to the god who lies in the hearts of yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.59
स्तुत्वा नारायणैः स्तोत्रैः ऋग्यजुः सामसंभवैः । निवार्य पितरं भ्रातृन् हिरण्याक्षं तदाब्रवीत्
stutvā nārāyaṇaiḥ stotraiḥ ṛgyajuḥ sāmasaṃbhavaiḥ / nivārya pitaraṃ bhrātṛn hiraṇyākṣaṃ tadābravīt
Having praised (him) with the Nārāyaṇa hymns arisen from the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman, and having restrained his father and his brothers, he then said to Hiraṇyākṣa:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.60
अयं नारायणो ऽनन्तः शाश्वतो भगवानजः । पुराणपुरुषो देवो महायोगी जगन्मयः
ayaṃ nārāyaṇo 'nantaḥ śāśvato bhagavānajaḥ / purāṇapuruṣo devo mahāyogī jaganmayaḥ
"This is Nārāyaṇa, the endless, the everlasting, the Lord, the unborn, the ancient Person, the god, the great yogin, made of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.61
अयं धाता विधाता च स्वयञ्ज्योतिर्निरञ्जनः । प्रधानपुरुषस्तत्त्वं मूलप्रकृतिरव्ययः
ayaṃ dhātā vidhātā ca svayañjyotirnirañjanaḥ / pradhānapuruṣastattvaṃ mūlaprakṛtiravyayaḥ
"He is the establisher and the ordainer, self-luminous, without stain, the Person that is the pradhāna, the (supreme) reality, the root nature, imperishable;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.62
ईश्वरः सर्वभूतानामन्तर्यामी गुणातिगः । गच्छध्वमेनं शरणं विष्णुमव्यक्तमव्ययम्
īśvaraḥ sarvabhūtānāmantaryāmī guṇātigaḥ / gacchadhvamenaṃ śaraṇaṃ viṣṇumavyaktamavyayam
"the lord of all beings, the inner controller, gone beyond the guṇas. Go for refuge to him, Viṣṇu, the unmanifest, the imperishable."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.63
एवमुक्ते सुदुर्बुद्धिर्हिरण्यकशिपुः स्वयम् । प्रोवाच पुत्रमत्यर्थं मोहितो विष्णुमायया
evamukte sudurbuddhirhiraṇyakaśipuḥ svayam / provāca putramatyarthaṃ mohito viṣṇumāyayā
When this had been said, Hiraṇyakaśipu of very evil mind, himself utterly deluded by Viṣṇu's māyā, spoke to his son:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.64
अयं सर्वात्मना वध्यो नृसिंहो ऽल्पपराक्रमः । समागतो ऽस्मद्भवनमिदानीं कालचोदितः
ayaṃ sarvātmanā vadhyo nṛsiṃho 'lpaparākramaḥ / samāgato 'smadbhavanamidānīṃ kālacoditaḥ
"This man-lion, of little valour, is by every means to be slain; driven by time he has now come to our dwelling."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.65
विहस्य पितरं पुत्रो वचः प्राह महामतिः । मा निन्दस्वैनमीशानं भूतानामेकमव्ययम्
vihasya pitaraṃ putro vacaḥ prāha mahāmatiḥ / mā nindasvainamīśānaṃ bhūtānāmekamavyayam
Laughing at his father, the son of great understanding spoke these words: "Do not revile him, the ruler of beings, the one, the imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.66
कथं देवो महादेवः शाश्वतः कालवर्जितः । कालेन हन्यते विष्णुः कालात्मा कालरूपधृक्
kathaṃ devo mahādevaḥ śāśvataḥ kālavarjitaḥ / kālena hanyate viṣṇuḥ kālātmā kālarūpadhṛk
"How can the god, the great god, the everlasting, who is free of time, Viṣṇu, whose self is time and who wears the form of time, be slain by time?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.67
ततः सुवर्णकशिपुर्दुरात्मा विधिचोदितः । निवारितो ऽपि पुत्रेण युयोध हरिमव्ययम्
tataḥ suvarṇakaśipurdurātmā vidhicoditaḥ / nivārito 'pi putreṇa yuyodha harimavyayam
Then Suvarṇakaśipu (Hiraṇyakaśipu), the evil-souled, driven by fate, though restrained by his son, fought with the imperishable Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.68
संरक्तनयनो ऽन्तो हिरण्यनयनाग्रजम् । नखैर्विदारयामास प्रह्रादस्यैव पश्यतः
saṃraktanayano 'nto hiraṇyanayanāgrajam / nakhairvidārayāmāsa prahrādasyaiva paśyataḥ
With eyes reddened, the Endless One tore apart with his claws the elder brother of the golden-eyed one (Hiraṇyākṣa), while Prahrāda himself looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.69
हते हिरण्यकशिपौ हिरण्याक्षो महाबलः । विसृज्य पुत्रं प्रह्रादं दुद्रुवे भयविह्वलः
hate hiraṇyakaśipau hiraṇyākṣo mahābalaḥ / visṛjya putraṃ prahrādaṃ dudruve bhayavihvalaḥ
When Hiraṇyakaśipu had been slain, the mighty Hiraṇyākṣa, overcome with fear, abandoned his son Prahrāda and fled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.70
अनुह्रादादयः पुत्रा अन्ये च शतशो ऽसुराः । नृसिंहदेहसंभूतैः सिंहैर्नोता यमालयम्
anuhrādādayaḥ putrā anye ca śataśo 'surāḥ / nṛsiṃhadehasaṃbhūtaiḥ siṃhairnotā yamālayam
Anuhrāda and the other sons, and hundreds of other demons, were led to Yama's abode by lions born from the man-lion's body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.71
ततः संहृत्य तद्रूपं हरिर्नारायणः प्रभुः । स्वमेव परमं रूपं ययौ नारायणाह्वयम्
tataḥ saṃhṛtya tadrūpaṃ harirnārāyaṇaḥ prabhuḥ / svameva paramaṃ rūpaṃ yayau nārāyaṇāhvayam
Then, withdrawing that form, Hari Nārāyaṇa the lord went to his own supreme form, which bears the name Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.72
गते नारायणे दैत्यः प्रह्रादो ऽसुरसत्तमः । अभिषेकेण युक्तेन हिरण्याक्षमयोजयत्
gate nārāyaṇe daityaḥ prahrādo 'surasattamaḥ / abhiṣekeṇa yuktena hiraṇyākṣamayojayat
When Nārāyaṇa had gone, the Daitya Prahlāda, best of Asuras, installed Hiraṇyākṣa (in kingship) with the proper consecration.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.73
स बाधयामास सुरान् रणे जित्वा मुनीनपि । लब्ध्वान्धकं महापुत्रं तपसाराध्य शङ्करम्
sa bādhayāmāsa surān raṇe jitvā munīnapi / labdhvāndhakaṃ mahāputraṃ tapasārādhya śaṅkaram
He harassed the gods, conquering them in battle, and the sages too, having obtained as his great son Andhaka by propitiating Śaṅkara with austerity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.74
देवाञ्जित्वा सदेवेन्द्रान् बध्वाच धरणीमिमाम् । नीत्वा रसातलं चक्रे वन्दीमिन्दीवरप्रभाम्
devāñjitvā sadevendrān badhvāca dharaṇīmimām / nītvā rasātalaṃ cakre vandīmindīvaraprabhām
Having conquered the gods together with Indra, and having bound this earth and carried her to Rasātala, he made her a captive, she who has the sheen of a blue lotus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.75
ततः सब्रह्मका देवाः परिम्लानमुखश्रियः । गत्वा विज्ञापयामासुर्विष्णवे हरिमन्दिरम्
tataḥ sabrahmakā devāḥ parimlānamukhaśriyaḥ / gatvā vijñāpayāmāsurviṣṇave harimandiram
Then the gods, along with Brahmā, their faces' beauty withered, went to Hari's abode and made (this) known to Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.76
स चिन्तयित्वा विश्वात्मा तद्वधोपायमव्ययः । सर्वेदेवमयं शुभ्रं वाराहं वपुरादधे
sa cintayitvā viśvātmā tadvadhopāyamavyayaḥ / sarvedevamayaṃ śubhraṃ vārāhaṃ vapurādadhe
He, the Self of the universe, the imperishable, having pondered the means of his slaying, assumed a radiant boar form composed of all the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.77
गत्वा हिरण्यनयनं हत्वा तं पुरुषोत्तमः । दंष्ट्रयोद्धारयामास कल्पादौ धरणीमिमाम्
gatvā hiraṇyanayanaṃ hatvā taṃ puruṣottamaḥ / daṃṣṭrayoddhārayāmāsa kalpādau dharaṇīmimām
Going (there) and slaying that Hiraṇyanayana (Golden-eye), the Supreme Person lifted up this earth with his tusk at the beginning of the aeon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.78
त्यक्त्वा वराहसंस्थानं संस्थाप्य च सुरद्विजान् स्वामेव प्रकृतिं दिव्यां ययौ विष्णुः परं पदम्
tyaktvā varāhasaṃsthānaṃ saṃsthāpya ca suradvijān svāmeva prakṛtiṃ divyāṃ yayau viṣṇuḥ paraṃ padam
Abandoning the boar's shape and establishing the gods and the twice-born (in their places), Viṣṇu went to his own divine nature, the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.79
तस्मिन् हते ऽमररिपौ प्रह्रादौ विष्णुतत्परः । अपालयत् स्वकंराज्यं भावं त्यक्त्वा तदाऽसुरम्
tasmin hate 'mararipau prahrādau viṣṇutatparaḥ / apālayat svakaṃrājyaṃ bhāvaṃ tyaktvā tadā'suram
When that enemy of the immortals was slain, Prahlāda, intent on Viṣṇu, ruled his own kingdom, having then abandoned the asuric disposition.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.80
इयाज विधिवद् देवान् विष्णोराराधने रतः । निः सपत्नं तदा राज्यं तस्यासीद् विष्णुवैभवात्
iyāja vidhivad devān viṣṇorārādhane rataḥ / niḥ sapatnaṃ tadā rājyaṃ tasyāsīd viṣṇuvaibhavāt
Devoted to the worship of Viṣṇu, he sacrificed to the gods according to rule; his rule was then without rival, through Viṣṇu's power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.81
ततः कदाचिदसुरो ब्राह्मणं गृहमागतम् । तापसं नार्चयामास देवानां चैव मायया
tataḥ kadācidasuro brāhmaṇaṃ gṛhamāgatam / tāpasaṃ nārcayāmāsa devānāṃ caiva māyayā
Then once the Asura, through the illusion of the gods, did not honour an ascetic Brahmin who had come to his house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.82
स तेन तापसो ऽत्यर्थं मोहितेनावमानितः । शशापासुरराजानं क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनः
sa tena tāpaso 'tyarthaṃ mohitenāvamānitaḥ / śaśāpāsurarājānaṃ krodhasaṃraktalocanaḥ
That ascetic, exceedingly slighted by him who was (thus) deluded, his eyes reddened with anger, cursed the king of the Asuras:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.83
यत्तद्वलं समाश्रित्य ब्राह्मणानवमन्यसे । सा भक्तिर्वैष्णवी दिव्या विनाशं ते गमिष्यति
yattadvalaṃ samāśritya brāhmaṇānavamanyase / sā bhaktirvaiṣṇavī divyā vināśaṃ te gamiṣyati
"That power on which you rely in slighting Brahmins — that divine Vaiṣṇava devotion of yours shall go to destruction."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.84
इत्युक्त्वा प्रययौ तूर्णं प्रह्रादस्य गृहाद् द्विजः । मुमोह राज्यसंसक्तः सो ऽपि शापबलात् ततः
ityuktvā prayayau tūrṇaṃ prahrādasya gṛhād dvijaḥ / mumoha rājyasaṃsaktaḥ so 'pi śāpabalāt tataḥ
Having said this, the twice-born went swiftly from Prahlāda's house; and he too, attached to his kingdom, then became deluded by the force of the curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.85
बाधयामास विप्रेन्द्रान् न विवेद जनार्दनम् । पितुर्वधमनुस्मृत्य क्रोधं चक्रे हरिं प्रति
bādhayāmāsa viprendrān na viveda janārdanam / piturvadhamanusmṛtya krodhaṃ cakre hariṃ prati
He harassed the chief of Brahmins; he did not recognise Janārdana; remembering his father's slaying, he grew angry towards Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.86
तयोः समभवद् युद्धं सुघोरं रोमहर्षणम् । नारायणस्य देवस्य प्रह्रादस्यामरद्विषः
tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ sughoraṃ romaharṣaṇam / nārāyaṇasya devasya prahrādasyāmaradviṣaḥ
A most terrible, hair-raising battle took place between the two — the god Nārāyaṇa and Prahlāda, the foe of the immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.87
कृत्वा तु सुमहद् युद्धं विष्णुना तेन निर्जितः । पुर्वसंस्कारमाहात्म्यात् परस्मिन् पुरुषे हरौ । संजातं तस्य विज्ञानं शरण्यं शरणं ययौ
kṛtvā tu sumahad yuddhaṃ viṣṇunā tena nirjitaḥ / purvasaṃskāramāhātmyāt parasmin puruṣe harau / saṃjātaṃ tasya vijñānaṃ śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ yayau
Having waged a very great battle, he was defeated by that Viṣṇu; through the greatness of his former disposition, knowledge of the supreme Person Hari arose in him, and he went for refuge to (Him who is) the refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.88
ततः प्रभृति दैत्येन्द्रो ह्यनन्यां भक्तिमुद्वहन् । नारायणे महायोगमवाप पुरुषोत्तमे
tataḥ prabhṛti daityendro hyananyāṃ bhaktimudvahan / nārāyaṇe mahāyogamavāpa puruṣottame
From then on the lord of the Daityas, bearing devotion to none other, attained great yoga in Nārāyaṇa, the Supreme Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.89
हिरण्यकशिपोः पुत्रे योगसंसक्तचेतसि । अवाप तन्महद् राज्यमन्धको ऽसुरपुङ्गवः
hiraṇyakaśipoḥ putre yogasaṃsaktacetasi / avāpa tanmahad rājyamandhako 'surapuṅgavaḥ
When Hiraṇyakaśipu's son had his mind fixed on yoga, Andhaka, the bull among Asuras, obtained that great kingdom.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.90
हिरण्यनेत्रतनयः शंभोर्देहसमुद्भवः । मन्दरस्थामुमां देवीं चकमे पर्वतात्मजाम्
hiraṇyanetratanayaḥ śaṃbhordehasamudbhavaḥ / mandarasthāmumāṃ devīṃ cakame parvatātmajām
The son of Hiraṇyanetra, born from Śambhu's body, desired the goddess Umā, daughter of the mountain, who dwelt on Mandara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.91
पुरा दारुवने पुण्ये मुनयो गृहमेधिनः । ईश्वराराधनार्थाय तपश्चेरुः सहस्त्रशः
purā dāruvane puṇye munayo gṛhamedhinaḥ / īśvarārādhanārthāya tapaśceruḥ sahastraśaḥ
Formerly, in the holy Dāru forest, householder sages by the thousands performed austerity in order to propitiate the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.92
ततः कदाचिन्महति कालयोगेन दुस्तरा । अनावृष्टिरतीवोग्रा ह्यासीद् भूतविनाशिनी
tataḥ kadācinmahati kālayogena dustarā / anāvṛṣṭiratīvogrā hyāsīd bhūtavināśinī
Then at some time, by the working of time, there came a hard-to-endure and exceedingly terrible drought, destroying living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.93
समेत्य सर्वे मुनयो गौतमं तपसां निधिम् । अयाचन्त क्षुधाविष्टा आहारं प्राणधारणम्
sametya sarve munayo gautamaṃ tapasāṃ nidhim / ayācanta kṣudhāviṣṭā āhāraṃ prāṇadhāraṇam
All the sages, coming together to Gautama, that treasury of austerities, being stricken with hunger, begged for food to sustain their lives.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.94
स तेभ्यः प्रददावन्नं मृष्टं बहुतरं बुधः । सर्वे बुबुजिरे विप्रा निर्विशङ्केन चेतसा
sa tebhyaḥ pradadāvannaṃ mṛṣṭaṃ bahutaraṃ budhaḥ / sarve bubujire viprā nirviśaṅkena cetasā
That wise one gave them food, savoury and in great abundance; all the brahmins ate with untroubled mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.95
गते तु द्वादशे वर्षे कल्पान्त इव शङ्करी । बभूव वृष्टिर्महती यथापूर्वमभूज्जगत्
gate tu dvādaśe varṣe kalpānta iva śaṅkarī / babhūva vṛṣṭirmahatī yathāpūrvamabhūjjagat
But when the twelfth year had passed, a great rain came, like Śaṅkara's (rain) at the end of an aeon, and the world became as it was before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.96
ततः सर्वे मुनिवराः समामन्त्र्य परस्परम् । महर्षि गौतमं प्रोचुर्गच्छाम इति वेगतः
tataḥ sarve munivarāḥ samāmantrya parasparam / maharṣi gautamaṃ procurgacchāma iti vegataḥ
Then all those best of sages, having consulted with one another, said to the great seer Gautama, "We are going, quickly."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.97
निवारयामास च तान् कञ्चित् कालं यथासुखम् । उषित्वा मद्गृहे ऽवश्यं गच्छध्वमिति पण्डिताः
nivārayāmāsa ca tān kañcit kālaṃ yathāsukham / uṣitvā madgṛhe 'vaśyaṃ gacchadhvamiti paṇḍitāḥ
And he restrained them: "Having stayed in my house for some time at your ease, then by all means go, O learned ones."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.98
ततो मायामयीं सृष्ट्वा कृशां गां सर्व एव ते । समीपं प्रापयामासुगौतमस्य महात्मनः
tato māyāmayīṃ sṛṣṭvā kṛśāṃ gāṃ sarva eva te / samīpaṃ prāpayāmāsugautamasya mahātmanaḥ
Then all of them, having created by illusion a lean cow, brought it near to the great-souled Gautama.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.99
सो ऽनुवीक्ष्य कृपाविष्टस्तस्याः संरक्षणोत्सुकः । गोष्ठे तां बन्धयामास स्पृष्टमात्रा ममार सा
so 'nuvīkṣya kṛpāviṣṭastasyāḥ saṃrakṣaṇotsukaḥ / goṣṭhe tāṃ bandhayāmāsa spṛṣṭamātrā mamāra sā
Seeing it, he was filled with pity and eager to protect it, and tied it up in the cow-pen; merely at his touch it died.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.100
स शोकेनाभिसंतप्तः कार्याकार्यं महामुनिः । न पश्यति स्म सहसा तादृशं मुनयो ऽब्रुवन्
sa śokenābhisaṃtaptaḥ kāryākāryaṃ mahāmuniḥ / na paśyati sma sahasā tādṛśaṃ munayo 'bruvan
That great sage, burnt with grief, did not at once see what should and should not be done; the sages said such a thing (as follows):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.101
गोवध्येयं द्विजश्रेष्ठ यावत् तव शरीरगा । तावत् ते ऽन्नं न भोक्तव्यं गच्छामो वयमेव हि
govadhyeyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha yāvat tava śarīragā / tāvat te 'nnaṃ na bhoktavyaṃ gacchāmo vayameva hi
"Best of brahmins, as long as this cow-slaughter clings to your body, so long your food must not be eaten; we, indeed, are going."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.102
तेन ते मुदिताः सन्तो देवदारुवनं शुभम् । जग्मुः पापवशं नीतास्तपश्चर्तुं यथा पुरा
tena te muditāḥ santo devadāruvanaṃ śubham / jagmuḥ pāpavaśaṃ nītāstapaścartuṃ yathā purā
By that they, delighted, went to the auspicious Devadāru forest to practise austerity as before—(though) brought under the power of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.103
स तेषां मायया जातां गोवध्यां गौतमो मुनिः । केनापि हेतुना ज्ञात्वा शशापातीवकोपनः
sa teṣāṃ māyayā jātāṃ govadhyāṃ gautamo muniḥ / kenāpi hetunā jñātvā śaśāpātīvakopanaḥ
The sage Gautama, having learned by some means that the cow-slaughter had arisen from their illusion, exceedingly angered, cursed (them):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.104
भविष्यन्ति त्रयीबाह्या महापातकिभिः समाः । बभूवुस्ते तथा शापाज्जायमानाः पुनः पुनः
bhaviṣyanti trayībāhyā mahāpātakibhiḥ samāḥ / babhūvuste tathā śāpājjāyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
"They shall be outside the three Vedas, equal to the great sinners." And so they became by the curse, being born again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.105
सर्वे संप्राप्य देवेशं शङ्करं विष्णुमव्ययम् । अस्तुवन् लौकिकैः स्तोत्रैरुच्छिष्टा इव सर्वगौ
sarve saṃprāpya deveśaṃ śaṅkaraṃ viṣṇumavyayam / astuvan laukikaiḥ stotrairucchiṣṭā iva sarvagau
All of them, having reached the lord of gods, Śaṅkara, and the imperishable Viṣṇu, praised those two all-pervading ones with worldly hymns, like outcastes (or: like leavings).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.106
देवदेवौ महादेवौ भक्तानामार्तिनाशनौ । कामवृत्त्या महायोगौ पापान्नस्त्रातुमर्हथः
devadevau mahādevau bhaktānāmārtināśanau / kāmavṛttyā mahāyogau pāpānnastrātumarhathaḥ
"O two gods of gods, two great gods, destroyers of the affliction of devotees, two great yogins acting at will, you two ought to save us from sin."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.107
तदा पार्श्वस्थितं विष्णुं संप्रेक्ष्य वृषभध्वजः । किमेतेषां भवेत् कार्यं प्राह पुण्यैषिणामिति
tadā pārśvasthitaṃ viṣṇuṃ saṃprekṣya vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ / kimeteṣāṃ bhavet kāryaṃ prāha puṇyaiṣiṇāmiti
Then the bull-bannered one, looking at Viṣṇu standing at his side, said, "What should be done for these who seek merit?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.108
ततः स भगवान् विष्णुः शरण्यो भक्तवत्सलः । गोपतिं प्राह विप्रेन्द्रानालोक्य प्रणतान् हरिः
tataḥ sa bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śaraṇyo bhaktavatsalaḥ / gopatiṃ prāha viprendrānālokya praṇatān hariḥ
Then that blessed Viṣṇu, the refuge, fond of his devotees, Hari, having looked at the bowing chief brahmins, said to the lord of cattle (Śiva):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.109
न वेदबाह्ये पुरुषे पुण्यलेशो ऽपि शङ्कर । संगच्छते महादेव धर्मो वेदाद् विनिर्बभौ
na vedabāhye puruṣe puṇyaleśo 'pi śaṅkara / saṃgacchate mahādeva dharmo vedād vinirbabhau
"In a man outside the Veda, O Śaṅkara, not even a particle of merit is found; O Mahādeva, dharma has shone forth out of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.110
तथापि भक्तवात्सल्याद् रक्षितव्या महेश्वर । अस्माभिः सर्व एवेमे गन्तारो नरकानपि
tathāpi bhaktavātsalyād rakṣitavyā maheśvara / asmābhiḥ sarva eveme gantāro narakānapi
Yet still, out of affection for devotees, O Maheśvara, they must be protected by us—all these who are otherwise bound for the hells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.111
तस्माद् वै वेदबाह्यानां रक्षणार्थाय पापिनाम् । विमोहनाय शास्त्राणि करिष्यामो वृषध्वज
tasmād vai vedabāhyānāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya pāpinām / vimohanāya śāstrāṇi kariṣyāmo vṛṣadhvaja
Therefore, in order to protect these sinners who are outside the Veda, we shall make treatises for their deluding, O bull-bannered one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.112
एवं संबोधितो रुद्रो माधवेन मुरारिणा । चकार मोहशास्त्राणि केशवो ऽपि शिवेरितः
evaṃ saṃbodhito rudro mādhavena murāriṇā / cakāra mohaśāstrāṇi keśavo 'pi śiveritaḥ
Thus instructed by Mādhava, the slayer of Mura, Rudra composed the scriptures of delusion; and Keśava too, prompted by Śiva, (did the same).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.113
कापालं नाकुलं वामं भैरवं पूर्वपश्चिमम् । पञ्चरात्रं पाशुपतं तथान्यानि सहस्त्रशः
kāpālaṃ nākulaṃ vāmaṃ bhairavaṃ pūrvapaścimam / pañcarātraṃ pāśupataṃ tathānyāni sahastraśaḥ
The Kāpāla, the Nākula, the Vāma, the Bhairava (both) eastern and western, the Pāñcarātra, the Pāśupata, and others by the thousands —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.114
सृष्ट्वा तानूचतुर्देवौ कुर्वाणाः शास्त्रचोदितम् । पतन्तो निरये घोरे बहून् कल्पान् पुनः पुनः
sṛṣṭvā tānūcaturdevau kurvāṇāḥ śāstracoditam / patanto niraye ghore bahūn kalpān punaḥ punaḥ
having created them, the two gods said: "Those who practise what is enjoined by these scriptures, falling into dreadful hell again and again for many kalpas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.115
जायन्तो मानुषे लोके क्षीणपापचयास्ततः । ईश्वराराधनबलाद् गच्छध्वं सुकृतां गतिम् । वर्तध्वं मत्प्रसादेन नान्यथा निष्कृतिर्हि वः
jāyanto mānuṣe loke kṣīṇapāpacayāstataḥ / īśvarārādhanabalād gacchadhvaṃ sukṛtāṃ gatim / vartadhvaṃ matprasādena nānyathā niṣkṛtirhi vaḥ
then being born in the world of men with their heap of sins worn away, by the power of worshipping the Lord you shall go to the goal of those who have done good. Live by my grace; for you there is no other release."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.116
एवमीश्वरविष्णुभ्यां चोदितास्ते महर्षयः । आदेशं प्रत्यपद्यन्त शिरसासुरविद्विषोः
evamīśvaraviṣṇubhyāṃ coditāste maharṣayaḥ / ādeśaṃ pratyapadyanta śirasāsuravidviṣoḥ
Thus urged by the Lord (Śiva) and Viṣṇu, those great sages accepted with (bowed) head the command of the two foes of the asuras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.117
चक्रुस्ते ऽन्यानि शास्त्राणि तत्र तत्र रताः पुनः । शिष्यानध्यापयामासुर्दर्शयित्वा फलानि तु
cakruste 'nyāni śāstrāṇi tatra tatra ratāḥ punaḥ / śiṣyānadhyāpayāmāsurdarśayitvā phalāni tu
They composed still other scriptures, each devoted to (his own) here and there, and taught (them to their) pupils, after displaying the rewards.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.118
मोहयन्त इमं लोकमवतीर्य महीतले । चकार शङ्करो भिक्षां हितायैषां द्विजैः सह
mohayanta imaṃ lokamavatīrya mahītale / cakāra śaṅkaro bhikṣāṃ hitāyaiṣāṃ dvijaiḥ saha
While they were deluding this world, Śaṅkara descended to the earth's surface and went begging together with brahmins, for the benefit of these (people).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.119
कपालमालाभरणः प्रेतभस्मावगुण्ठितः । विमोहयंल्लोकमिमं जटामण्डलमण्डितः
kapālamālābharaṇaḥ pretabhasmāvaguṇṭhitaḥ / vimohayaṃllokamimaṃ jaṭāmaṇḍalamaṇḍitaḥ
Adorned with a garland of skulls, smeared over with the ashes of corpses, deluding this world, decked with a mass of matted hair —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.120
निक्षिप्य पार्वतीं देवीं विष्णावमिततेजसि । नियोज्याङ्गभवं रुद्रं भैरवं दुष्टनिग्रहे
nikṣipya pārvatīṃ devīṃ viṣṇāvamitatejasi / niyojyāṅgabhavaṃ rudraṃ bhairavaṃ duṣṭanigrahe
having placed the goddess Pārvatī in the keeping of Viṣṇu of immeasurable splendour, and appointed Bhairava, Rudra born of his own body, to the restraint of the wicked,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.121
दत्त्वा नारायणे देवीं नन्दिनं कुलनन्दिनम् । संस्थाप्य तत्र गणपान् देवानिन्द्रपुरोगमान्
dattvā nārāyaṇe devīṃ nandinaṃ kulanandinam / saṃsthāpya tatra gaṇapān devānindrapurogamān
having given the Goddess over to Nārāyaṇa, and stationed there Nandin, the delight of the family, and the lords of the hosts, and the gods headed by Indra —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.122
प्रस्थिते ऽथ महादेवे विष्णुर्विश्वतनुः स्वयम् । स्त्रीरूपधारी नियतं सेवते स्म महेश्वरीम्
prasthite 'tha mahādeve viṣṇurviśvatanuḥ svayam / strīrūpadhārī niyataṃ sevate sma maheśvarīm
then, when Mahādeva had set out, Viṣṇu himself, whose body is the universe, taking on a woman's form, constantly served Maheśvarī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.123
ब्रह्मा हुताशनः शक्रो यमो ऽन्ये सुरपुङ्गवाः । सिषेविरे महादेवीं स्त्रीवेशं शोभनं गताः
brahmā hutāśanaḥ śakro yamo 'nye surapuṅgavāḥ / siṣevire mahādevīṃ strīveśaṃ śobhanaṃ gatāḥ
Brahmā, the fire-god, Śakra, Yama and the other chief among the gods served the Great Goddess, having assumed beautiful female guise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.124
नन्दीश्वरश्च भगवान् शंभोरत्यन्तवल्लभः । द्वारदेशे गणाध्यक्षो यथापूर्वमतिष्ठत
nandīśvaraśca bhagavān śaṃbhoratyantavallabhaḥ / dvāradeśe gaṇādhyakṣo yathāpūrvamatiṣṭhata
And the lord Nandīśvara, exceedingly dear to Śambhu, chief of the hosts, stood at the doorway as before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.125
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे दैत्यो ह्यन्धको नाम दुर्मतिः । आहर्तुकामो गिरिजामाजगामाथ मन्दरम्
etasminnantare daityo hyandhako nāma durmatiḥ / āhartukāmo girijāmājagāmātha mandaram
In this interval a demon of evil mind named Andhaka, wishing to carry off the mountain-born goddess, came to Mandara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.126
संप्राप्तमन्धकं दृष्ट्वा शङ्करः कालभैरवः । न्यषेधयदमेयात्मा कालरूपधरो हरः
saṃprāptamandhakaṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṅkaraḥ kālabhairavaḥ / nyaṣedhayadameyātmā kālarūpadharo haraḥ
Seeing Andhaka arrived, Śaṅkara as Kālabhairava, Hara of immeasurable spirit, bearing the form of Time, blocked him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.127
तयोः समभवद् युद्धं सुघोरं रोमहर्षणम् । शूलेनोरसि तं दैत्यमाजघान वृषध्वजः
tayoḥ samabhavad yuddhaṃ sughoraṃ romaharṣaṇam / śūlenorasi taṃ daityamājaghāna vṛṣadhvajaḥ
A most dreadful, hair-raising battle took place between the two; the bull-bannered one struck that demon on the chest with his trident.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.128
ततः सहस्त्रशो दैत्यः ससर्जान्धकसंज्ञितान् । नन्दिषेणादयो दैत्यैरन्धकैरभिनिर्जिताः
tataḥ sahastraśo daityaḥ sasarjāndhakasaṃjñitān / nandiṣeṇādayo daityairandhakairabhinirjitāḥ
Then the demon produced by the thousands (others) named Andhaka; Nandiṣeṇa and the rest were overcome by the Andhaka demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.129
घण्टाकर्णो मेघनादश्चण्डेशश्चण्डतापनः । विनायको मेघवाहः सोमनन्दी च वैद्युतः
ghaṇṭākarṇo meghanādaścaṇḍeśaścaṇḍatāpanaḥ / vināyako meghavāhaḥ somanandī ca vaidyutaḥ
Ghaṇṭākarṇa, Meghanāda, Caṇḍeśa, Caṇḍatāpana, Vināyaka, Meghavāha, Somanandin and Vaidyuta —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.130
सर्वे ऽन्धकं दैत्यवरं संप्राप्यातिबलान्विताः । युयुधुः शूलशक्त्यृष्टिगिरिकूटपरश्वधैः
sarve 'ndhakaṃ daityavaraṃ saṃprāpyātibalānvitāḥ / yuyudhuḥ śūlaśaktyṛṣṭigirikūṭaparaśvadhaiḥ
all of them, endowed with great strength, reached Andhaka the chief of demons and fought with tridents, spears, lances, mountain-peaks and axes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.131
भ्रामयित्वाथ हस्ताभ्यां गृहीतचरणद्वयाः । दैत्येन्द्रेणातिबलिना क्षिप्तास्ते शतयोजनम्
bhrāmayitvātha hastābhyāṃ gṛhītacaraṇadvayāḥ / daityendreṇātibalinā kṣiptāste śatayojanam
Then, seized by both feet with (his) two hands and whirled about by the exceedingly mighty lord of the demons, they were flung a hundred yojanas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.132
ततो ऽन्धकनिसृष्टास्ते शतशो ऽथ सहस्त्रशः । कालसूर्यप्रतीकाशा भैरवं त्वभिदुद्रुवुः
tato 'ndhakanisṛṣṭāste śataśo 'tha sahastraśaḥ / kālasūryapratīkāśā bhairavaṃ tvabhidudruvuḥ
Then, sent forth by Andhaka, they—by hundreds and by thousands, resembling the sun at the world's end—rushed upon Bhairava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.133
हा हेति शब्दः सुमहान् बभूवातिभयङ्करः । युयोध भैरवो रुद्रः शूलमादाय भीषणम्
hā heti śabdaḥ sumahān babhūvātibhayaṅkaraḥ / yuyodha bhairavo rudraḥ śūlamādāya bhīṣaṇam
A very great cry of "Alas! Alas!" arose, exceedingly terrifying; and Bhairava Rudra fought, taking up his dreadful trident.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.134
दृष्ट्वान्धकानां सुबलं दुर्जयं तर्जितो हरः । जगाम शरणं देवं वासुदेवमजं विभुम्
dṛṣṭvāndhakānāṃ subalaṃ durjayaṃ tarjito haraḥ / jagāma śaraṇaṃ devaṃ vāsudevamajaṃ vibhum
Seeing the great, unconquerable army of the Andhakas, Hara, hard pressed, went for refuge to the god Vāsudeva, the unborn, the mighty one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.135
सो ऽसृजद् भगवान् विष्णुर्देवीनां शतमुत्तमम् । देवीपार्श्वस्थितो देवो विनाशायामरद्विषाम्
so 'sṛjad bhagavān viṣṇurdevīnāṃ śatamuttamam / devīpārśvasthito devo vināśāyāmaradviṣām
That lord Viṣṇu, the god standing at the Goddess's side, created an excellent hundred of goddesses for the destruction of the enemies of the immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.136
तथान्धकसहस्त्रं तु देवीभिर्यमसादनम् । नीतं केशवमाहात्म्याल्लीलयैव रणाजिरे
tathāndhakasahastraṃ tu devībhiryamasādanam / nītaṃ keśavamāhātmyāllīlayaiva raṇājire
And so a thousand Andhakas were led to Yama's abode by the goddesses, as if in mere play, on the field of battle, through the greatness of Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.137
दृष्ट्वा पराहतं सैन्यमन्धको ऽपि महासुरः । पराङ्मुखोरणात् तस्मात् पलायत महाजवः
dṛṣṭvā parāhataṃ sainyamandhako 'pi mahāsuraḥ / parāṅmukhoraṇāt tasmāt palāyata mahājavaḥ
Seeing his army struck down, even Andhaka, the great demon, turned his face away and fled from that battle with great speed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.138
ततः क्रीडां महादेवः कृत्वा द्वादशवार्षिकीम् । हिताय लोके भक्तानामाजगामाथ मन्दरम्
tataḥ krīḍāṃ mahādevaḥ kṛtvā dvādaśavārṣikīm / hitāya loke bhaktānāmājagāmātha mandaram
Then Mahādeva, having carried on his sport for twelve years for the welfare of the devotees in the world, came to Mandara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.139
संप्राप्तमीश्वरं ज्ञात्वा सर्व एव गणेश्वराः । समागम्योपतस्थुस्तं भानुमन्तमिव द्विजाः
saṃprāptamīśvaraṃ jñātvā sarva eva gaṇeśvarāḥ / samāgamyopatasthustaṃ bhānumantamiva dvijāḥ
Knowing that the Lord had arrived, all the lords of the hosts came together and attended upon him, as the twice-born do upon the sun, O brahmins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.140
प्रविश्य भवनं पुण्यमयुक्तानां दुरासदम् । ददर्श नन्दिनं देवं भैरवं केशवं शिवः
praviśya bhavanaṃ puṇyamayuktānāṃ durāsadam / dadarśa nandinaṃ devaṃ bhairavaṃ keśavaṃ śivaḥ
Entering the holy dwelling, hard of access for the unyoked, Śiva saw the god Nandin, Bhairava, and Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.141
प्रणामप्रवणं देवं सो ऽनुगृह्याथ नन्दिनम् । आघ्राय मूर्धनीशानः केशवं परिषस्वजे
praṇāmapravaṇaṃ devaṃ so 'nugṛhyātha nandinam / āghrāya mūrdhanīśānaḥ keśavaṃ pariṣasvaje
Then, having shown favour to the god Nandin who was bent low in salutation, Īśāna kissed him on the head and embraced Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.142
दृष्ट्वा देवी महादेवं प्रीतिविस्फारितेक्षणा । ननाम शिरसा तस्य पादयोरीश्वरस्य सा
dṛṣṭvā devī mahādevaṃ prītivisphāritekṣaṇā / nanāma śirasā tasya pādayorīśvarasya sā
The Goddess, seeing Mahādeva, her eyes wide with delight, bowed with her head at the feet of that Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.143
निवेद्य विजयं तस्मै शङ्करायाथ शङ्करी । भैरवो विष्णुमाहात्म्यं प्रणतः पार्श्वगो ऽवदत्
nivedya vijayaṃ tasmai śaṅkarāyātha śaṅkarī / bhairavo viṣṇumāhātmyaṃ praṇataḥ pārśvago 'vadat
Then Śaṅkarī announced the victory to Śaṅkara, and Bhairava, bowing at his side, spoke of the greatness of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.144
श्रुत्वा तद्विजयं शंभुर्विक्रमं केशवस्य च । समास्ते भगवानीशो देव्या सह वरासने
śrutvā tadvijayaṃ śaṃbhurvikramaṃ keśavasya ca / samāste bhagavānīśo devyā saha varāsane
Having heard of that victory and of the valour of Keśava, the lord Śambhu, the ruler, sat together with the Goddess on the excellent seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.145
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे मरीचिप्रमुखा द्विजाः । आजग्मुर्मन्दरं द्रुष्टं देवदेवं त्रिलोचनम्
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve marīcipramukhā dvijāḥ / ājagmurmandaraṃ druṣṭaṃ devadevaṃ trilocanam
Then all the hosts of gods, with Marīci at their head, O brahmins, came to Mandara to see the three-eyed god of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.146
येन तद् विजितं पूर्वं देवीनां शतमुत्तमम् । समागतं दैत्यसैन्यमीश्दर्शनवाञ्छया
yena tad vijitaṃ pūrvaṃ devīnāṃ śatamuttamam / samāgataṃ daityasainyamīśdarśanavāñchayā
That excellent hundred of goddesses, by whom the demon army had earlier been conquered, assembled with the wish to see the Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.147
दृष्ट्वा वरासनासीनं देव्या चन्द्रविभूषणम् । प्रणेमुरादराद् देव्यो गायन्ति स्मातिलालसाः
dṛṣṭvā varāsanāsīnaṃ devyā candravibhūṣaṇam / praṇemurādarād devyo gāyanti smātilālasāḥ
Seeing him who is adorned with the moon seated with the Goddess on the excellent seat, the goddesses bowed reverently and sang, exceedingly eager.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.148
प्रणेमुर्गिरिजां देवीं वामपार्श्वे पिनाकिनः । देवासनगतं देवं नारायणमनामयम्
praṇemurgirijāṃ devīṃ vāmapārśve pinākinaḥ / devāsanagataṃ devaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam
They bowed to the goddess Girijā on the left side of the bearer of the Pināka, and to the god Nārāyaṇa, free of ailment, seated on the divine seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.149
दृष्ट्वा सिंहासनासीनं देव्या नारायणेन च । प्रणम्य देवमीशानं पृष्टवत्यो वराङ्गनाः
dṛṣṭvā siṃhāsanāsīnaṃ devyā nārāyaṇena ca / praṇamya devamīśānaṃ pṛṣṭavatyo varāṅganāḥ
Seeing (him) seated on the lion-throne with the Goddess and with Nārāyaṇa, those excellent women bowed to the god Īśāna and asked (him):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.150
कन्या ऊचुः कस्त्वं विभ्राजसे कान्त्या केयं बालरविप्रभा । को ऽन्वयं भ्ति वपुषा पङ्कजायतलोचनः
kanyā ūcuḥ kastvaṃ vibhrājase kāntyā keyaṃ bālaraviprabhā / ko 'nvayaṃ bhti vapuṣā paṅkajāyatalocanaḥ
The maidens said: Who are you, who shine with loveliness? Who is this woman, radiant as the young sun? And who is this one, lotus-wide-eyed, who gleams with his body?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.151
निशम्य तासां वचनं वृषेन्द्रवरवाहनः । व्याजहार महायोगी भूताधिपतिरव्ययः
niśamya tāsāṃ vacanaṃ vṛṣendravaravāhanaḥ / vyājahāra mahāyogī bhūtādhipatiravyayaḥ
Hearing their words, he whose excellent mount is the bull, the great yogin, the imperishable lord of beings, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.152
अहं नारायणो गौरी जगन्माता सनातनी । विभज्य संस्थितो देवः स्वात्मानं बहुधेश्वरः
ahaṃ nārāyaṇo gaurī jaganmātā sanātanī / vibhajya saṃsthito devaḥ svātmānaṃ bahudheśvaraḥ
"I am Nārāyaṇa; Gaurī is the eternal Mother of the world. The God, the Lord, having divided his own self manifoldly, abides (thus)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.153
न मे विदुः परं तत्त्वं देवाद्या न महर्षयः । एको ऽयं वेद विश्वात्मा भवानी विष्णुरेव च
na me viduḥ paraṃ tattvaṃ devādyā na maharṣayaḥ / eko 'yaṃ veda viśvātmā bhavānī viṣṇureva ca
"Neither the gods and the rest nor the great seers know my supreme reality. This one alone knows (it) — the Self of all, (that is) Bhavānī and Viṣṇu indeed."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.154
अहं हि निष्क्रियः शान्तः केवलो निष्परिग्रहः । मामेव केशवं देवमाहुर्देवीमथाम्बिकाम्
ahaṃ hi niṣkriyaḥ śāntaḥ kevalo niṣparigrahaḥ / māmeva keśavaṃ devamāhurdevīmathāmbikām
"For I am actionless, tranquil, alone, without possessions; and it is me they call the god Keśava, and (me) the goddess Ambikā."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.155
एष धाता विधाता च कारणं कार्यमेव च । कर्ता कारयिता विष्णुर्भुक्तिमुक्तिफलप्रदः
eṣa dhātā vidhātā ca kāraṇaṃ kāryameva ca / kartā kārayitā viṣṇurbhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ
"He is the establisher and the ordainer, the cause and the effect too; Viṣṇu is the doer and the one who causes (others) to act, the giver of the fruits of enjoyment and of liberation."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.156
भोक्ता पुमानप्रमेयः संहर्ता कालरूपधृक् । स्त्रष्टा पाता वासुदेवो विश्वात्मा विश्वतोमुखः
bhoktā pumānaprameyaḥ saṃhartā kālarūpadhṛk / straṣṭā pātā vāsudevo viśvātmā viśvatomukhaḥ
"He is the enjoyer, the immeasurable Person, the destroyer who takes on the form of Time; Vāsudeva is the creator and the protector, the Self of all, facing in every direction."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.157
कृटस्थो ह्यक्षरो व्यापी योगी नारायणः स्वयम् । तारकः पुरुषो ह्यात्मा केवलं परमं पदम्
kṛṭastho hyakṣaro vyāpī yogī nārāyaṇaḥ svayam / tārakaḥ puruṣo hyātmā kevalaṃ paramaṃ padam
"He is indeed the one standing at the summit, imperishable, all-pervading, the yogin, Nārāyaṇa himself; he is the ferryman, the Person, the Self, the sole supreme state."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.158
सैषा माहेश्वरी गौरी मम शक्तिर्निरञ्जना । सान्ता सत्या सदानन्दा परं पदमिति श्रुतिः
saiṣā māheśvarī gaurī mama śaktirnirañjanā / sāntā satyā sadānandā paraṃ padamiti śrutiḥ
"This same Gaurī, belonging to the Great Lord, is my power, spotless, tranquil, real, ever-blissful; the Vedic text (calls her) the supreme state."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.159
अस्याः सर्वमिदं जातमत्रैव लयमेष्यति । एषैव सर्वभूतानां गतीनामुत्तमा गतिः
asyāḥ sarvamidaṃ jātamatraiva layameṣyati / eṣaiva sarvabhūtānāṃ gatīnāmuttamā gatiḥ
"From her all this has come to be, and into her alone it will go to dissolution; she alone, of (all) the goals of all beings, is the highest goal."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.160
तयाहं संगतो देव्या केवलो निष्कलः परः । पश्याम्यशेषमेवेदं यस्तद् वेद स मुच्यते
tayāhaṃ saṃgato devyā kevalo niṣkalaḥ paraḥ / paśyāmyaśeṣamevedaṃ yastad veda sa mucyate
"Joined with that Goddess, I, alone, without parts, supreme, behold all this without remainder; whoever knows that is liberated."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.161
तस्मादनादिमद्वैतं विष्णुमात्मानमीश्वरम् । एकमेव विजानीध्वं ततो यास्यथ निर्वृतिम्
tasmādanādimadvaitaṃ viṣṇumātmānamīśvaram / ekameva vijānīdhvaṃ tato yāsyatha nirvṛtim
"Therefore know Viṣṇu — beginningless, non-dual, the Self, the Lord — as one only; thereby you will attain peace."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.162
मन्यन्ते विष्णुमव्यक्तमात्मानं श्रद्धयान्विताः । ये भिन्नदृष्ट्यापीशानं पूजयन्तो न मे प्रियाः
manyante viṣṇumavyaktamātmānaṃ śraddhayānvitāḥ / ye bhinnadṛṣṭyāpīśānaṃ pūjayanto na me priyāḥ
"Those endowed with faith regard Viṣṇu as the unmanifest Self; but those who worship the Lord with a view that (he is) divided are not dear to me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.163
द्विषन्ति ये जगत्सूतिं मोहिता रौरवादिषु । पच्यमाना न मुच्यन्ते कल्पकोटिशतैरपि
dviṣanti ye jagatsūtiṃ mohitā rauravādiṣu / pacyamānā na mucyante kalpakoṭiśatairapi
"Those who, deluded, hate the source of the world, being cooked in Raurava and the other (hells), are not released even in hundreds of millions of aeons."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.164
तसमादशेषभूतानां रक्षको विष्णुरव्ययः । यथावदिह विज्ञाय ध्येयः सर्वापदि प्रभुः
tasamādaśeṣabhūtānāṃ rakṣako viṣṇuravyayaḥ / yathāvadiha vijñāya dhyeyaḥ sarvāpadi prabhuḥ
"Therefore Viṣṇu, the imperishable, is the protector of all beings without exception; having known this here as it truly is, the Lord is to be meditated upon in every calamity."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.165
श्रुत्वा भगवतो वाक्यं देव्यः सर्वगणेश्वराः । नेमुर्नारायणं देवं देवीं च हिमशैलजाम्
śrutvā bhagavato vākyaṃ devyaḥ sarvagaṇeśvarāḥ / nemurnārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ devīṃ ca himaśailajām
Having heard the Lord's words, the goddesses and all the lords of the hosts bowed to the god Nārāyaṇa and to the goddess born of the snow-mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.166
प्रार्थयामासुरीशाने भक्तिं भक्तजनप्रिये । भवानीपादयुगले नारायणपदाम्बुजे
prārthayāmāsurīśāne bhaktiṃ bhaktajanapriye / bhavānīpādayugale nārāyaṇapadāmbuje
They prayed for devotion to the Lord — O you who are dear to devoted people! — to the pair of Bhavānī's feet and to the lotus-feet of Nārāyaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.167
ततो नारायणं देवं गणेशा मातरो ऽपि च । न पश्यन्ति जगत्सूतिं तद्भुतमिवाभवत्
tato nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ gaṇeśā mātaro 'pi ca / na paśyanti jagatsūtiṃ tadbhutamivābhavat
Then the lords of the hosts and the Mothers too did not see the god Nārāyaṇa, the source of the world; that was as if a marvel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.168
तदन्तरे महादैत्यो ह्यन्धको मन्मथार्दितः । मोहितो गिरिजां देवीमाहर्तुं गिरिमाययौ
tadantare mahādaityo hyandhako manmathārditaḥ / mohito girijāṃ devīmāhartuṃ girimāyayau
In that interval the great demon Andhaka, tormented by Love and deluded, came to the mountain to carry off the goddess Girijā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.169
अथानन्तवपुः श्रीमान् योगी नारायणो ऽमलः । तत्रैवाविरभूद् दैत्यैर्युद्धाय पुरुषोत्तमः
athānantavapuḥ śrīmān yogī nārāyaṇo 'malaḥ / tatraivāvirabhūd daityairyuddhāya puruṣottamaḥ
Then the glorious, stainless yogin Nārāyaṇa, whose body is endless, the highest Person, appeared right there to do battle with the demons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.170
कृत्वाथ पार्श्वे भगवन्तमीशो युद्धाय विष्णुं गणदेवमुख्यैः । शिलादपुत्रेण च मातृकाभिः स कालरुद्रो ऽभिजगाम देवः
kṛtvātha pārśve bhagavantamīśo yuddhāya viṣṇuṃ gaṇadevamukhyaiḥ / śilādaputreṇa ca mātṛkābhiḥ sa kālarudro 'bhijagāma devaḥ
Then the Lord, having placed the Lord Viṣṇu at his side, that god Kālarudra went forth to battle together with the chief gods of the hosts, with Śilāda's son, and with the Mothers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.171
त्रिशूलमादाय कृशानुकल्पं स देवदेवः प्रययौ पुरस्तात् । तमन्वयुस्ते गणराजवर्या जगाम देवो ऽपि सहस्त्रबाहुः
triśūlamādāya kṛśānukalpaṃ sa devadevaḥ prayayau purastāt / tamanvayuste gaṇarājavaryā jagāma devo 'pi sahastrabāhuḥ
Taking up his trident, like fire (in brilliance), that God of gods went in front; the foremost lords of the hosts followed him, and the thousand-armed god (Viṣṇu) went too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.172
रराज मध्ये भगवान् सुराणां विवाहनो वारिदवर्णवर्णः । तदा सुमेरोः शिखराधिरूढ- स्त्रिलोकदृष्टिर्भगवानिवार्कः
rarāja madhye bhagavān surāṇāṃ vivāhano vāridavarṇavarṇaḥ / tadā sumeroḥ śikharādhirūḍha- strilokadṛṣṭirbhagavānivārkaḥ
In the midst of the gods the Lord shone, cloud-coloured in hue, without a vehicle, like the blessed sun risen upon the peak of Sumeru, the eye of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.173
जगत्यनादिर्भगवानमेयो हरः सहस्त्राकृतिराविरासीत् । त्रिशूलपाणिर्गगने सुघोषः पपात देवोपरि पुष्पवृष्टिः
jagatyanādirbhagavānameyo haraḥ sahastrākṛtirāvirāsīt / triśūlapāṇirgagane sughoṣaḥ papāta devopari puṣpavṛṣṭiḥ
The beginningless, immeasurable Lord Hara, of a thousand forms, appeared in the world; trident in hand, loud-roaring in the sky — a rain of flowers fell upon the god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.174
समागतं वीक्ष्य गणेशराजं समावृतं देवरिपुर्गणेशैः । युयोध शक्रेण समातृकाभि- र् गणैरशेषैरमपप्रधानैः
samāgataṃ vīkṣya gaṇeśarājaṃ samāvṛtaṃ devaripurgaṇeśaiḥ / yuyodha śakreṇa samātṛkābhi- r gaṇairaśeṣairamapapradhānaiḥ
Seeing the king of the lords of hosts arrived, surrounded by the lords of hosts, the enemy of the gods fought with Śakra, together with the Mothers and with all the hosts and their chief ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.175
विजित्य सर्वानपि बाहुवीर्यात् स संयुगे शंभुमनन्तधाम । समाययौ यत्र स कालरुद्रो विमानमारुह्य विहीनसत्त्वः
vijitya sarvānapi bāhuvīryāt sa saṃyuge śaṃbhumanantadhāma / samāyayau yatra sa kālarudro vimānamāruhya vihīnasattvaḥ
Having conquered all by the strength of his arms in the battle, drained of vigour, he mounted his aerial car and came to where that Kālarudra, Śambhu of endless splendour, was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.176
दृष्ट्वान्धकं समयान्तं भगवान् गरुडध्वजः । व्याजहार महादेवं भैरवं भूतिभूषणम्
dṛṣṭvāndhakaṃ samayāntaṃ bhagavān garuḍadhvajaḥ / vyājahāra mahādevaṃ bhairavaṃ bhūtibhūṣaṇam
Seeing Andhaka drawing near, the Lord whose banner is Garuḍa spoke to Mahādeva, the terrible one, adorned with ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.177
हन्तुमर्हसि दैत्येशमन्धकं लोककण्टकम् । त्वामृते भगवान् शक्तो हन्ता नान्यो ऽस्य विद्यते
hantumarhasi daityeśamandhakaṃ lokakaṇṭakam / tvāmṛte bhagavān śakto hantā nānyo 'sya vidyate
"You ought to slay Andhaka, the lord of the Daityas, the thorn of the world; apart from you, O Lord, there is no other able to be his slayer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.178
त्वं हर्ता सर्वलोकानां कालात्मा ह्यैश्वरी तनुः । स्तूयते विविधैर्मन्त्रर्वेदविद्भिर्विचक्षणैः
tvaṃ hartā sarvalokānāṃ kālātmā hyaiśvarī tanuḥ / stūyate vividhairmantrarvedavidbhirvicakṣaṇaiḥ
You are the destroyer of all the worlds, whose self is Time; yours is the sovereign body, and you are praised with manifold mantras by discerning knowers of the Veda."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.179
स वासुदेवस्य वचो निशम्य भगवान् हरः । निरीक्ष्य विष्णुं हनने दैत्यन्द्रस्य मतिं दधौ
sa vāsudevasya vaco niśamya bhagavān haraḥ / nirīkṣya viṣṇuṃ hanane daityandrasya matiṃ dadhau
Having heard the words of Vāsudeva, the Lord Hara, looking at Viṣṇu, set his mind upon the slaying of the Daitya lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.180
जगाम देवतानीकं गणानां हर्षमुत्तमम् । स्तुवन्ति भैरवं देवमन्तरिक्षचरा जनाः
jagāma devatānīkaṃ gaṇānāṃ harṣamuttamam / stuvanti bhairavaṃ devamantarikṣacarā janāḥ
The army of the gods and of the hosts came to the highest joy; the beings that move in the air praise the god Bhairava:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.181
जयानन्त महादेव कालमूर्ते सनातन । त्वमग्निः सर्वभूतानामन्तश्चरसि नित्यशः
jayānanta mahādeva kālamūrte sanātana / tvamagniḥ sarvabhūtānāmantaścarasi nityaśaḥ
"Victory, O endless one, Mahādeva, embodiment of Time, everlasting! You are the fire that moves perpetually within all beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.182
त्वं यत्रज्ञस्त्वं वषट्कारस्त्वं धाता हरिरव्ययः । त्वं ब्रह्मा त्वं महादेवस्त्वं धाम परमं पदम्
tvaṃ yatrajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkārastvaṃ dhātā hariravyayaḥ / tvaṃ brahmā tvaṃ mahādevastvaṃ dhāma paramaṃ padam
You are the sacrifice, you are the utterance vaṣaṭ, you are the ordainer, you are Hari the unchanging; you are Brahmā, you are Mahādeva, you are the abode, the supreme station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.183
ओङ्कारमूर्तिर्योगात्मा त्रयीनेत्रस्त्रिलोचनः । महाविभूतिर्देवेशो जयाशेषजगत्पते
oṅkāramūrtiryogātmā trayīnetrastrilocanaḥ / mahāvibhūtirdeveśo jayāśeṣajagatpate
Embodied as the syllable Om, whose self is yoga, whose eye is the triple Veda, three-eyed, of great might, lord of gods — victory to you, lord of the entire world!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.184
ततः कालाग्निरुद्रो ऽसौ गृहीत्वान्धकमीश्वरः । त्रिशूलाग्रेषु विन्यस्य प्रननर्त सतां गतिः
tataḥ kālāgnirudro 'sau gṛhītvāndhakamīśvaraḥ / triśūlāgreṣu vinyasya prananarta satāṃ gatiḥ
Then that Kālāgnirudra, the Lord, seizing Andhaka and setting him on the points of his trident, danced — he, the refuge of the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.185
दृष्ट्वान्धकं देवगणाः शूलप्रोतं पितामहः । प्रणेमुरीश्वरं देवं भैरवं भवमोचकम्
dṛṣṭvāndhakaṃ devagaṇāḥ śūlaprotaṃ pitāmahaḥ / praṇemurīśvaraṃ devaṃ bhairavaṃ bhavamocakam
Seeing Andhaka impaled on the trident, the hosts of gods and the Grandfather bowed to the god, the Lord Bhairava, the releaser from existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.186
अस्तुवन् मुनयः सिद्धा जगुर्गन्धर्विकिंनराः । अन्तरिक्षे ऽप्सरः सङ्घा नृत्यन्तिस्म मनोरमाः
astuvan munayaḥ siddhā jagurgandharvikiṃnarāḥ / antarikṣe 'psaraḥ saṅghā nṛtyantisma manoramāḥ
The sages and Siddhas praised (him), the Gandharvas and Kinnaras sang, and in the sky the delightful throngs of Apsarases were dancing.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.187
संस्थापितो ऽथशूलाग्रे सो ऽन्धको दग्धकिल्बिषः । उत्पन्नाखिलविज्ञानस्तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्
saṃsthāpito 'thaśūlāgre so 'ndhako dagdhakilbiṣaḥ / utpannākhilavijñānastuṣṭāva parameśvaram
Then Andhaka, fixed on the point of the trident, his sin burnt away, with complete knowledge arisen in him, praised the supreme Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.188
अन्धक उवाच नमामि मूर्ध्ना भगवन्तमेकं समाहिता यं विदुरीशतत्त्वम् । पुरातनं पुण्यमनन्तरूपं कालं कविं योगवियोगहेतुम्
andhaka uvāca namāmi mūrdhnā bhagavantamekaṃ samāhitā yaṃ vidurīśatattvam / purātanaṃ puṇyamanantarūpaṃ kālaṃ kaviṃ yogaviyogahetum
Andhaka said: With my head I bow to the one blessed Lord, whom the concentrated know as the essence of the Lord — ancient, holy, of endless forms, Time, the wise seer, the cause of union and separation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.189
दंष्ट्राकरालं दिवि नृत्यमानं हुताशवक्त्रं ज्वलनार्करूपम् । सहस्त्रपादाक्षिशिरोभियुक्तं भवन्तमेकं प्रणमामि रुद्रम्
daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ divi nṛtyamānaṃ hutāśavaktraṃ jvalanārkarūpam / sahastrapādākṣiśirobhiyuktaṃ bhavantamekaṃ praṇamāmi rudram
Grim with fangs, dancing in the sky, with a mouth of devouring fire, in the form of blazing sun, joined with a thousand feet and eyes and heads — to you, the one Rudra, I bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.190
जयादिदेवामरपूजिताङ्घ्रे विभागहीनामलतत्त्वरूप । त्वमग्निरेको बहुधाभिपूज्यसे वाय्वादिभेदैरखिलात्मरूप
jayādidevāmarapūjitāṅghre vibhāgahīnāmalatattvarūpa / tvamagnireko bahudhābhipūjyase vāyvādibhedairakhilātmarūpa
Victory, you whose feet are worshipped by the first gods and the immortals, whose form is the pure reality without division! You alone are the fire, and you are worshipped in many ways under the distinctions of wind and the rest, you whose form is the self of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.191
त्वामेकमाहुः पुरुषं पुराणम् आदित्यवर्णं तमसः परस्तात् । त्वं पश्यसीदं परिपास्यजस्त्रं त्वमन्तको योगिगणाभिजुष्टः
tvāmekamāhuḥ puruṣaṃ purāṇam ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt / tvaṃ paśyasīdaṃ paripāsyajastraṃ tvamantako yogigaṇābhijuṣṭaḥ
They call you the one ancient Puruṣa, sun-coloured, beyond darkness; you behold this (world), you protect it unceasingly, you are the ender, resorted to by the throngs of yogins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.192
एको ऽन्तरात्मा बहुधा निविष्टो देहेषु देहादिविशेषहीनः । त्वमात्मशब्दं परमात्मतत्त्वं भवन्तमाहुः शिवमेव केचित्
eko 'ntarātmā bahudhā niviṣṭo deheṣu dehādiviśeṣahīnaḥ / tvamātmaśabdaṃ paramātmatattvaṃ bhavantamāhuḥ śivameva kecit
One inner Self, entered manifoldly into bodies, (yet) free of the particularities of body and the rest — you are what the word "self" means, the reality of the supreme Self; some call you Śiva alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.193
त्वमक्षरं ब्रह्म परं पवित्र- मानन्दरूपं प्रणवाभिधानम् । त्वमीश्वरो वेदपदेषु सिद्धः स्वयं प्रभो ऽशेषविशेषहीनः
tvamakṣaraṃ brahma paraṃ pavitra- mānandarūpaṃ praṇavābhidhānam / tvamīśvaro vedapadeṣu siddhaḥ svayaṃ prabho 'śeṣaviśeṣahīnaḥ
You are the imperishable Brahman, supreme, pure, whose form is bliss, whose name is the praṇava (Om); you are the Lord established in the words of the Vedas, self-existent, O Master, devoid of every particular distinction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.194
त्वमिन्द्ररूपो वरुणाग्निरूपो हंसः प्राणो मृत्युरन्तासि यज्ञः । प्रजापतिर्भगवानेकरुद्रो नीलग्रीवः स्तूयसे वेदविद्भिः
tvamindrarūpo varuṇāgnirūpo haṃsaḥ prāṇo mṛtyurantāsi yajñaḥ / prajāpatirbhagavānekarudro nīlagrīvaḥ stūyase vedavidbhiḥ
You have Indra's form, you have the form of Varuṇa and Agni; you are the swan, the life-breath, death, the end, the sacrifice; as Prajāpati, as the blessed sole Rudra, as the blue-throated one you are praised by the knowers of the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.195
नारायणस्त्वं जगतामथादिः पितामहस्त्वं प्रपितामहश्च । वेदान्तगुह्योपनिषत्सु गीतः सदाशिवस्त्वं परमेश्वरो ऽसि
nārāyaṇastvaṃ jagatāmathādiḥ pitāmahastvaṃ prapitāmahaśca / vedāntaguhyopaniṣatsu gītaḥ sadāśivastvaṃ parameśvaro 'si
You are Nārāyaṇa, and the beginning of the worlds; you are the grandfather and the great-grandfather; sung of in the secret Upaniṣads at the end of the Vedas, you are Sadāśiva, you are the supreme Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.196
नमः परस्तात् तमसः परस्मै परात्मने पञ्चपदान्तराय । त्रिशक्त्यतीताय निरञ्जनाय सहस्त्रशक्त्यासनसंस्थिताय
namaḥ parastāt tamasaḥ parasmai parātmane pañcapadāntarāya / triśaktyatītāya nirañjanāya sahastraśaktyāsanasaṃsthitāya
Homage to the one beyond darkness, to the supreme, to the supreme Self, to the one who is within the five stations; to the one transcending the three powers, to the stainless one, to the one seated on the throne of a thousand powers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.197
त्रिमूर्तये ऽनन्दपदात्ममूर्ते जगन्निवासाय जगन्मयाय । नमो ललाटार्पितलोचनाय नमो जनानां हृदि संस्थिताय
trimūrtaye 'nandapadātmamūrte jagannivāsāya jaganmayāya / namo lalāṭārpitalocanāya namo janānāṃ hṛdi saṃsthitāya
To the one of three forms, O you whose form is the very self of the state of bliss, to the dwelling of the world, to the one who is the world: homage to him whose eye is set on his forehead; homage to him who abides in the hearts of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.198
फणीन्द्रहाराय नमो ऽस्तु तुभ्यं मुनीन्द्रसिद्धार्चितपादयुग्म । ऐश्वर्यधर्मासनसंस्थिताय नमः परान्ताय भवोद्भवाय
phaṇīndrahārāya namo 'stu tubhyaṃ munīndrasiddhārcitapādayugma / aiśvaryadharmāsanasaṃsthitāya namaḥ parāntāya bhavodbhavāya
Homage be to you, who has the lord of serpents for a garland, whose two feet are worshipped by the foremost sages and the siddhas; homage to the one seated on the throne of lordship and dharma, to the one beyond the supreme, to the source of becoming.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.199
सहस्त्रचन्द्रार्कविलोचनाय नमो ऽस्तु ते सोम सुमध्यमाय । नमो ऽस्तु ते देव हिरण्यबाहो नमो ऽम्बिकायाः पतये मृडाय
sahastracandrārkavilocanāya namo 'stu te soma sumadhyamāya / namo 'stu te deva hiraṇyabāho namo 'mbikāyāḥ pataye mṛḍāya
Homage be to you whose eyes are as a thousand moons and suns; homage to you, O Soma, of fair waist; homage be to you, O god of golden arms; homage to Mṛḍa, the husband of Ambikā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.200
नमो ऽतिगुह्याय गुहान्तराय वेदान्तविज्ञानसुनिश्चिताय । त्रिकालहीनामलधामधाम्ने नमो महेशाय नमः शिवाय
namo 'tiguhyāya guhāntarāya vedāntavijñānasuniścitāya / trikālahīnāmaladhāmadhāmne namo maheśāya namaḥ śivāya
Homage to the exceedingly secret one, to him who dwells in the cave, to him who is well ascertained by the knowledge of the Vedānta; homage to him who is the light of the stainless light free of the three times, homage to Maheśa, homage to Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.201
एवं स्तुवन्तं भगवान् शूलाग्रादवरोप्य तम् । तुष्टः प्रोवाच हस्ताभ्यां स्पृष्ट्वाथ परमेश्वरः
evaṃ stuvantaṃ bhagavān śūlāgrādavaropya tam / tuṣṭaḥ provāca hastābhyāṃ spṛṣṭvātha parameśvaraḥ
As he was praising thus, the blessed supreme Lord, pleased, brought him down from the point of the trident, touched him with both hands, and then spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.202
प्रीतो ऽहं सर्वथा दैत्य स्तवेनानेन सांप्रतम् । संप्राप्य गाणपत्यं मे सन्निधाने वसामरः
prīto 'haṃ sarvathā daitya stavenānena sāṃpratam / saṃprāpya gāṇapatyaṃ me sannidhāne vasāmaraḥ
"I am wholly pleased now, O demon, with this hymn of praise. Having obtained lordship over my hosts, dwell in my presence, immortal,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.203
अरोगश्छिन्नसंदेहो देवैरपि सुपूजितः । नन्दीश्वरस्यानुचरः सर्वदुः खविवर्जितः
arogaśchinnasaṃdeho devairapi supūjitaḥ / nandīśvarasyānucaraḥ sarvaduḥ khavivarjitaḥ
free of disease, your doubt cut away, well honoured even by the gods, an attendant of Nandīśvara, rid of all suffering."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.204
एवं व्याहृतमात्रे तु देवदेवेन देवताः । गणेश्वरा महादेवमन्धकं देवसन्निधौ
evaṃ vyāhṛtamātre tu devadevena devatāḥ / gaṇeśvarā mahādevamandhakaṃ devasannidhau
The moment this was uttered by the god of gods, the deities and the lords of the hosts (beheld) Andhaka, in the presence of the god, (before) Mahādeva —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.205
सहस्त्रसूर्यसंकाशं त्रिनेत्रं चन्द्रचिह्नितम् । नीलकण्ठं जटामौलिं शूलासक्तमहाकरम्
sahastrasūryasaṃkāśaṃ trinetraṃ candracihnitam / nīlakaṇṭhaṃ jaṭāmauliṃ śūlāsaktamahākaram
— (Mahādeva) resembling a thousand suns, three-eyed, marked with the moon, blue-throated, with matted hair as his crown, his great hand grasping the trident.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.206
दृष्ट्वा तं तुष्टुवुर्दैत्यमाश्चर्यं परमं गताः । उवाच भगवान् विष्णुर्देवदेवं स्मयन्निव
dṛṣṭvā taṃ tuṣṭuvurdaityamāścaryaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ / uvāca bhagavān viṣṇurdevadevaṃ smayanniva
Seeing that, they praised the demon, having reached the utmost astonishment; and the blessed Viṣṇu, as if smiling, said to the god of gods:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.207
स्थाने तव महादेव प्रभावः पुरुषो महान् । नेक्षते ऽज्ञानजान् दोषान् गृह्णाति च गुणानपि
sthāne tava mahādeva prabhāvaḥ puruṣo mahān / nekṣate 'jñānajān doṣān gṛhṇāti ca guṇānapi
"It is fitting, O Mahādeva, that your power (should be such): the great Person does not regard faults born of ignorance, and takes note even of virtues."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.208
इतीरितो ऽथ भैरवो गणेशदेवपुङ्गवैः । सकेशवः सहान्धको जगाम शङ्करान्तिकम्
itīrito 'tha bhairavo gaṇeśadevapuṅgavaiḥ / sakeśavaḥ sahāndhako jagāma śaṅkarāntikam
Thus addressed, Bhairava, together with Keśava and with Andhaka, went, along with the foremost gods and lords of the hosts, into Śaṅkara's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.209
निरीक्ष्य देवमागतं सशङ्करः सहान्धकम् । समाधवं समातृकं जगाम निर्वृतिं हरः
nirīkṣya devamāgataṃ saśaṅkaraḥ sahāndhakam / samādhavaṃ samātṛkaṃ jagāma nirvṛtiṃ haraḥ
Seeing the god arrived with Śaṅkara and with Andhaka, together with Mādhava and with the Mothers, Hara attained contentment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.210
प्रगृह्य पाणिनेश्वरो हिरण्यलोचनात्मजम् । जगाम यत्र शैलजा विमानमीशवल्लभा
pragṛhya pāṇineśvaro hiraṇyalocanātmajam / jagāma yatra śailajā vimānamīśavallabhā
The Lord, taking by the hand the son of Hiraṇyalocana, went to the celestial car where Śailajā, the Lord's beloved, was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.211
विलोक्य सा समागतं भवं भवार्तिहारिणम् । अवाप सान्धकं सुखं प्रसादमन्धकं प्रति
vilokya sā samāgataṃ bhavaṃ bhavārtihāriṇam / avāpa sāndhakaṃ sukhaṃ prasādamandhakaṃ prati
Seeing that Bhava, the remover of the pain of existence, had come, she gained happiness together with Andhaka, and favour toward Andhaka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.212
अथान्धको महेश्वरीं ददर्श देवपार्श्वगाम् । पपात दण्डवत्क्षितौ ननाम पादपद्मयोः
athāndhako maheśvarīṃ dadarśa devapārśvagām / papāta daṇḍavatkṣitau nanāma pādapadmayoḥ
Then Andhaka saw Maheśvarī standing at the god's side; he fell to the ground like a staff and bowed at (her) lotus feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.213
नमामि देववल्लभामनादिमद्रिजामिमाम् । यतः प्रधानपूरुषौ निहन्ति याखिलं जगत्
namāmi devavallabhāmanādimadrijāmimām / yataḥ pradhānapūruṣau nihanti yākhilaṃ jagat
"I bow to her, the beloved of the god, the beginningless daughter of the mountain, from whom (arise) both pradhāna and puruṣa, and who destroys the whole world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.214
विभाति या शिवासने शिवेन साकमव्यया । हिरण्मये ऽतिनिर्मले नमामि तामिमामजाम्
vibhāti yā śivāsane śivena sākamavyayā / hiraṇmaye 'tinirmale namāmi tāmimāmajām
"She who, imperishable, shines together with Śiva on the golden, utterly spotless seat of Śiva — to her, the unborn, I bow."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.215
यदन्तराखिलं जगज्जगन्ति यान्ति संक्षयम् । नमामि यत्र तामुमामशेषबेदवर्जिताम्
yadantarākhilaṃ jagajjaganti yānti saṃkṣayam / namāmi yatra tāmumāmaśeṣabedavarjitām
"Within whom the entire world (abides), and where the worlds go to their dissolution — to her, Umā, free of every distinction, I bow."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.216
न जायते नहीयते न वर्धते च तामुमाम् । नमामि या गुणातिगा गिरीशपुत्रिकामिमाम्
na jāyate nahīyate na vardhate ca tāmumām / namāmi yā guṇātigā girīśaputrikāmimām
"To that Umā who is not born, does not decay and does not grow, who is beyond the guṇas — to her, the daughter of the lord of the mountain, I bow."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.217
क्षमस्व देवि शैलजे कृतं मया विमाहतः । सुरासुरैर्यदर्चितं नमामि ते पदाम्बुजम्
kṣamasva devi śailaje kṛtaṃ mayā vimāhataḥ / surāsurairyadarcitaṃ namāmi te padāmbujam
"Forgive, O goddess, born of the mountain, what was done by me out of delusion; I bow to your lotus foot, which is worshipped by gods and asuras."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.218
इत्थं भगवती गौरी भक्तिनम्रेण पार्वती । संस्तुता दैत्यपतिना पुत्रत्वे जगृहे ऽन्धकम्
itthaṃ bhagavatī gaurī bhaktinamreṇa pārvatī / saṃstutā daityapatinā putratve jagṛhe 'ndhakam
Thus praised by the lord of the daityas, bowed down with devotion, the blessed Gaurī Pārvatī accepted Andhaka as her son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.219
ततः स मातृभिः सार्धं भैरवो रुद्रसंभवः । जगामानुज्ञया शंभोः पातालं परमेश्वरः
tataḥ sa mātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ bhairavo rudrasaṃbhavaḥ / jagāmānujñayā śaṃbhoḥ pātālaṃ parameśvaraḥ
Then that Bhairava, born of Rudra, the supreme lord, went with the Mothers, by Śambhu's permission, to the netherworld,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.220
यत्र सा तामसी विष्णोर्मूर्तिः संहारकारिका । समास्ते हरिरव्यक्तो नृसिंहाकृतिरीश्वरः
yatra sā tāmasī viṣṇormūrtiḥ saṃhārakārikā / samāste hariravyakto nṛsiṃhākṛtirīśvaraḥ
where that dark (tāmasa) form of Viṣṇu that effects destruction abides — Hari, the unmanifest lord, in the shape of the man-lion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.221
ततो ऽनन्ताकृतिः शंभुः शेषेणापि सुपूजितः । कालाग्निरुद्रो भगवान् युयोजात्मानमात्मनि
tato 'nantākṛtiḥ śaṃbhuḥ śeṣeṇāpi supūjitaḥ / kālāgnirudro bhagavān yuyojātmānamātmani
Then Śambhu of endless form, well worshipped by Śeṣa too, the blessed Kālāgnirudra, joined himself to himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.222
युञ्जतस्तस्य देवस्य सर्वा एवाथ मातरः । बुभुक्षिता महादेवं प्रणम्याहुस्त्रिशूलिनम्
yuñjatastasya devasya sarvā evātha mātaraḥ / bubhukṣitā mahādevaṃ praṇamyāhustriśūlinam
While the god was thus absorbed, all the Mothers, being hungry, bowed to Mahādeva, the trident-bearer, and said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.223
मातर ऊचुः बुभुक्षिता महादेव अनुज्ञा दीयतां त्वया । त्रैलोक्यं भक्षयिष्यामो नान्यथा तृप्तिरस्तिनः
mātara ūcuḥ bubhukṣitā mahādeva anujñā dīyatāṃ tvayā / trailokyaṃ bhakṣayiṣyāmo nānyathā tṛptirastinaḥ
The Mothers said: "We are hungry, Mahādeva; let permission be given by you. We shall devour the three worlds; otherwise there is no satisfaction for us."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.224
एतावदुक्त्वा वचनं मातरो विष्णुसंभवाः । भक्षयाञ्चक्रिरे सर्वं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्
etāvaduktvā vacanaṃ mātaro viṣṇusaṃbhavāḥ / bhakṣayāñcakrire sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram
Having spoken just this much, the Mothers, sprung from Viṣṇu, devoured the whole triple world with its moving and unmoving beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.225
ततः स भैरवो देवो नृसिंहवपुषं हरिम् । दध्यौ नारायणं देवं क्षणात्प्रादुरभूद्धरिः
tataḥ sa bhairavo devo nṛsiṃhavapuṣaṃ harim / dadhyau nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ kṣaṇātprādurabhūddhariḥ
Then that god Bhairava meditated on Hari, the god Nārāyaṇa whose body is the man-lion; in an instant Hari appeared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.226
विज्ञापयामास च तं भक्षयन्तीह मातरः । निवारयाशु त्रैलोक्यं त्वदीया भगवन्निति
vijñāpayāmāsa ca taṃ bhakṣayantīha mātaraḥ / nivārayāśu trailokyaṃ tvadīyā bhagavanniti
And he informed him: "The Mothers here are devouring the three worlds; restrain them quickly, blessed one — they are yours."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.227
संस्मृता विष्णुना देव्यो नृसिंहवपुषा पुनः । उपतस्थुर्महादेवं नरसिंहाकृतिं च तम्
saṃsmṛtā viṣṇunā devyo nṛsiṃhavapuṣā punaḥ / upatasthurmahādevaṃ narasiṃhākṛtiṃ ca tam
Called to mind again by Viṣṇu in his man-lion body, the goddesses attended upon Mahādeva and upon him of the man-lion shape.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.228
संप्राप्य सन्निधिं विष्णोः सर्वाः संहारकारिकाः । प्रददुः शंभवे शक्तिं भैरवायातितेजसे
saṃprāpya sannidhiṃ viṣṇoḥ sarvāḥ saṃhārakārikāḥ / pradaduḥ śaṃbhave śaktiṃ bhairavāyātitejase
Having attained the presence of Viṣṇu, all those effecters of destruction gave their power to Śambhu, to Bhairava of surpassing splendour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.229
अपश्यंस्ता जगत्सूतिं नृसिंहमथ भैरवम् । क्षणादेकत्वमापन्नं शेषाहिं चापि मातरः
apaśyaṃstā jagatsūtiṃ nṛsiṃhamatha bhairavam / kṣaṇādekatvamāpannaṃ śeṣāhiṃ cāpi mātaraḥ
Then the Mothers saw the man-lion, the source of the world, and Bhairava, and also the serpent Śeṣa, become one in an instant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.230
व्याजहार हृषीकेशो ये भक्ताः शूलपाणिनः । ये च मां संस्मरन्तीह पालनीयाः प्रयत्नतः
vyājahāra hṛṣīkeśo ye bhaktāḥ śūlapāṇinaḥ / ye ca māṃ saṃsmarantīha pālanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ
Hṛṣīkeśa declared: "Those who are devotees of the trident-bearer, and those who here remember me, are to be protected with effort."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.231
ममैव मूर्तिरतुला सर्वसंहारकारिका । महेश्वरांशसंभूता भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदा त्वियम्
mamaiva mūrtiratulā sarvasaṃhārakārikā / maheśvarāṃśasaṃbhūtā bhuktimuktipradā tviyam
"This incomparable form that effects the destruction of all is indeed mine, arisen from a portion of Maheśvara, and it grants enjoyment and liberation."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.232
अनन्तो भगवान् कालो द्विधावस्था ममैव तु । तामसी राजसी मूर्तिर्देवदेवश्चतुर्मुखः
ananto bhagavān kālo dvidhāvasthā mamaiva tu / tāmasī rājasī mūrtirdevadevaścaturmukhaḥ
The Lord Time is endless; but there are two conditions of me alone: the tāmasic form and the rājasic (form), (the latter being) the four-faced god of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
KuP 1 15.233
सो ऽयं देवो दुराधर्षः कालो लोकप्रकालनः । भक्षयिष्यति कल्पान्ते रुद्रात्मा निखिलं जगत्
so 'yaṃ devo durādharṣaḥ kālo lokaprakālanaḥ / bhakṣayiṣyati kalpānte rudrātmā nikhilaṃ jagat
This god, hard to assail, Time, the destroyer of the worlds, whose self is Rudra, will at the end of the aeon devour the entire universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.234
या सा विमोहिका मूर्तिर्मम नारायणाह्वया । सत्त्वोद्रिक्ताजगत् कृत्स्नं संस्थापयति नित्यदा
yā sā vimohikā mūrtirmama nārāyaṇāhvayā / sattvodriktājagat kṛtsnaṃ saṃsthāpayati nityadā
That deluding form of mine that bears the name Nārāyaṇa, abounding in sattva, constantly sustains the whole world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.235
स हि विष्णुः परं ब्रह्म परमात्मा परा गतिः । मूलप्रकृतिरव्यक्ता सदानन्देति कथ्यते
sa hi viṣṇuḥ paraṃ brahma paramātmā parā gatiḥ / mūlaprakṛtiravyaktā sadānandeti kathyate
For he is Viṣṇu, the supreme Brahman, the supreme Self, the highest goal; he is spoken of as the unmanifest root-nature, as eternal bliss.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.236
इत्येवं बोधिता देव्यो विष्णुना विश्वमातरः । प्रपेदिरे महादेवं तमेव शरणं हरिम्
ityevaṃ bodhitā devyo viṣṇunā viśvamātaraḥ / prapedire mahādevaṃ tameva śaraṇaṃ harim
Thus instructed by Viṣṇu, the goddesses, the mothers of the universe, took refuge in that very Mahādeva, Hari.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
KuP 1 15.237
एतद् वः कथितं सर्वं मयान्धकनिबर्हणम् । माहात्म्यं देवदेवस्य भैरवस्यामितौजसः
etad vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ mayāndhakanibarhaṇam / māhātmyaṃ devadevasya bhairavasyāmitaujasaḥ
All this has been told to you by me — the slaying of Andhaka, the greatness of the god of gods, Bhairava of measureless might.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition