Kurma Purana — Purva Vibhaga — Chapter 26
KuP 1 26.1
सूत उवाच ततो लब्धवरः कृष्णो जाम्बवत्यां महेश्वरात् । अजीजनन्महात्मानं साम्बमात्मजमुत्तमम्
sūta uvāca tato labdhavaraḥ kṛṣṇo jāmbavatyāṃ maheśvarāt / ajījananmahātmānaṃ sāmbamātmajamuttamam
Sūta said: Then Kṛṣṇa, having obtained the boon from Maheśvara, begot upon Jāmbavatī a great-souled, excellent son, Sāmba.
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KuP 1 26.2
प्रद्युम्नस्याप्यभूत् पुत्रो ह्यनिरुद्धो महाबलः । तावुभौ गुणसंपन्नौ कृष्णस्यैवापरे तनू
pradyumnasyāpyabhūt putro hyaniruddho mahābalaḥ / tāvubhau guṇasaṃpannau kṛṣṇasyaivāpare tanū
And Pradyumna too had a son, Aniruddha of great strength. Both of them, endowed with (fine) qualities, were other bodies of Kṛṣṇa himself.
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KuP 1 26.3
हत्वा च कंसं नरकमन्यांश्च शतशो ऽसुरान् । विजित्य लीलया शक्रं जित्वा बाणं महासुरम्
hatvā ca kaṃsaṃ narakamanyāṃśca śataśo 'surān / vijitya līlayā śakraṃ jitvā bāṇaṃ mahāsuram
And having slain Kaṃsa, Naraka, and hundreds of other demons, having conquered Śakra in play, and having defeated the great demon Bāṇa,
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KuP 1 26.4
स्थापयित्वा जगत् कृत्स्नं लोके धर्मांश्च शाश्वतान् । चक्रे नारायणो गन्तुं स्वस्थानं बुद्धिमुत्तमाम्
sthāpayitvā jagat kṛtsnaṃ loke dharmāṃśca śāśvatān / cakre nārāyaṇo gantuṃ svasthānaṃ buddhimuttamām
and having established the whole world and the eternal duties in the world, Nārāyaṇa formed the excellent resolve to go to his own abode.
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KuP 1 26.5
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विप्रा भृग्वाद्याः कृष्णमीश्वरम् । आजग्मुर्द्वारकां द्रष्टुं कृतकार्यं सनातनम्
etasminnantare viprā bhṛgvādyāḥ kṛṣṇamīśvaram / ājagmurdvārakāṃ draṣṭuṃ kṛtakāryaṃ sanātanam
In the meantime, O brahmins, Bhṛgu and the others came to Dvārakā to see Kṛṣṇa the Lord, the eternal one whose task was accomplished.
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KuP 1 26.6
स तानुवाच विश्वात्मा प्रणिपत्याभिपूज्य च । आसनेषूपविष्टान् वै सह रामेण धीमता
sa tānuvāca viśvātmā praṇipatyābhipūjya ca / āsaneṣūpaviṣṭān vai saha rāmeṇa dhīmatā
He, the Self of all, having bowed to them and honoured them, spoke to them as they were seated on seats, together with wise Rāma:
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KuP 1 26.7
गमिष्ये तत् परं स्थानं स्वकीयं विष्णुसंज्ञितम् । कृतानि सर्वकार्याणि प्रसीदध्वं मुनीश्वराः
gamiṣye tat paraṃ sthānaṃ svakīyaṃ viṣṇusaṃjñitam / kṛtāni sarvakāryāṇi prasīdadhvaṃ munīśvarāḥ
"I shall go to that supreme abode, my own, called Viṣṇu('s). All the tasks have been done. Be gracious, O lords of sages.
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KuP 1 26.8
इदं कलियुगं घोरं संप्राप्तमधुनाशुभम् । भविष्यन्ति जनाः सर्वे ह्यस्मिन् पापानुवर्तिनः
idaṃ kaliyugaṃ ghoraṃ saṃprāptamadhunāśubham / bhaviṣyanti janāḥ sarve hyasmin pāpānuvartinaḥ
This dreadful Kali age, inauspicious, has now arrived; in it all people will be followers of sin.
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KuP 1 26.9
प्रवर्तयध्वं मज्ज्ञानं ब्राह्मणानां हितावहम् । येनेमे कलिजैः पापैर्मुच्यन्ते हि द्विजोत्तमाः
pravartayadhvaṃ majjñānaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ hitāvaham / yeneme kalijaiḥ pāpairmucyante hi dvijottamāḥ
“Spread abroad my knowledge, which brings benefit to the brahmins, by which these best of the twice-born are freed from the sins born of the Kali age.
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KuP 1 26.10
ये मां जनाः संस्मरन्ति कलौ सकृदपि प्रभुम् । तेषां नश्यतु तत् पापं भक्तानां पुरुषोत्तमे
ye māṃ janāḥ saṃsmaranti kalau sakṛdapi prabhum / teṣāṃ naśyatu tat pāpaṃ bhaktānāṃ puruṣottame
Those people who remember me, the Lord, in the Kali age, even once — let that sin of theirs, devotees of the Supreme Person, perish.
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KuP 1 26.11
येर्ऽचयिष्यन्तिमां भक्त्या नित्यं कलियुगे द्विजाः । विधाना वेददृष्टेन ते गमिष्यन्ति तत् पदम्
yer'cayiṣyantimāṃ bhaktyā nityaṃ kaliyuge dvijāḥ / vidhānā vedadṛṣṭena te gamiṣyanti tat padam
Those twice-born who will worship me with devotion constantly in the Kali age, by the rule seen in the Veda, will go to that station.
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KuP 1 26.12
ये ब्राह्मणा वंशजाता युष्माकं वै सहस्त्रशः । तेषां नारायणे भक्तिर्भविष्यति कलौ युगे
ye brāhmaṇā vaṃśajātā yuṣmākaṃ vai sahastraśaḥ / teṣāṃ nārāyaṇe bhaktirbhaviṣyati kalau yuge
Those brahmins born in your lineage, by the thousands — in the Kali age devotion to Nārāyaṇa will arise in them.
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KuP 1 26.13
परात् परतरं यान्ति नारायणपरायणाः । न ते तत्र गमिष्यन्ति ये द्विषन्ति महेश्वरम्
parāt parataraṃ yānti nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ / na te tatra gamiṣyanti ye dviṣanti maheśvaram
Those devoted to Nārāyaṇa go to what is higher than the highest; but those who hate Maheśvara will not go there.
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KuP 1 26.14
ध्यानं होमं तपस्तप्तं ज्ञानं यज्ञादिको विधिः । तेषां विनश्यति क्षिप्रं ये निन्दन्ति पिनाकिनम्
dhyānaṃ homaṃ tapastaptaṃ jñānaṃ yajñādiko vidhiḥ / teṣāṃ vinaśyati kṣipraṃ ye nindanti pinākinam
Meditation, oblation, austerity practised, knowledge, the rite of sacrifice and the rest — all this quickly perishes for those who revile the bearer of the Pināka.
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KuP 1 26.15
यो मां समाश्रयेन्नित्यमेकान्तं भावमाश्रितः । विनिन्द्य देवमीशानं स याति नरकायुतम्
yo māṃ samāśrayennityamekāntaṃ bhāvamāśritaḥ / vinindya devamīśānaṃ sa yāti narakāyutam
He who should constantly resort to me, having taken up a single-minded disposition, yet reviles the god Īśāna, goes to ten thousand hells.
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KuP 1 26.16
तस्मात् सा परिहर्तव्या निन्दा पशुपतौ द्विजाः । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा तद्भक्तेष्वपि यत्नतः
tasmāt sā parihartavyā nindā paśupatau dvijāḥ / karmaṇā manasā vācā tadbhakteṣvapi yatnataḥ
Therefore, O twice-born, that reviling of Paśupati is to be avoided by deed, mind and word, and carefully with regard to his devotees too.
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KuP 1 26.17
ये तु दक्षाध्वरे शप्ता दधीयेन द्विजोत्तमाः । भविष्यन्ति कलौ भक्तैः परिहार्याः प्रयत्नतः
ye tu dakṣādhvare śaptā dadhīyena dvijottamāḥ / bhaviṣyanti kalau bhaktaiḥ parihāryāḥ prayatnataḥ
But those best of the twice-born who were cursed by Dadhīca at Dakṣa's sacrifice will exist in the Kali age; they are to be carefully avoided by (my) devotees.
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KuP 1 26.18
द्विषन्तो देवमीशानं युष्माकं वंशसंभवाः । शप्ताश्च गौतमेनोर्व्यां न संभाष्या द्विजोत्तमैः
dviṣanto devamīśānaṃ yuṣmākaṃ vaṃśasaṃbhavāḥ / śaptāśca gautamenorvyāṃ na saṃbhāṣyā dvijottamaiḥ
Those born in your lineage who hate the god Īśāna, and those cursed by Gautama on earth, are not to be conversed with by the best of the twice-born.
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KuP 1 26.19
इत्येवमुक्ताः कृष्णेन सर्व एव महर्षयः । ओमित्युक्त्वा ययुस्तूर्णंस्वानि स्थानानि सत्तमाः
ityevamuktāḥ kṛṣṇena sarva eva maharṣayaḥ / omityuktvā yayustūrṇaṃsvāni sthānāni sattamāḥ
Thus addressed by Kṛṣṇa, all the great seers, those most excellent ones, said “Om” and went at once to their own abodes.
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KuP 1 26.20
ततो नारायणः कृष्णो लीलयैव जगन्मयः । संहृत्य स्वकुलं सर्वं ययौ तत् परमं पदम्
tato nārāyaṇaḥ kṛṣṇo līlayaiva jaganmayaḥ / saṃhṛtya svakulaṃ sarvaṃ yayau tat paramaṃ padam
Then Nārāyaṇa Kṛṣṇa, who is the whole world, having withdrawn his entire family by mere play, went to that supreme station.
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KuP 1 26.21
इत्येष वः समासेन राज्ञां वंशो ऽनुकीर्तितः । न शक्यो विस्तराद् वक्तुं किं भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छथ
ityeṣa vaḥ samāsena rājñāṃ vaṃśo 'nukīrtitaḥ / na śakyo vistarād vaktuṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchatha
Thus this lineage of kings has been recounted to you in brief; it cannot be told at length. What further do you wish to hear?
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KuP 1 26.22
यः पठेच्छृणुयाद् वापि वंशानां कथनं शुभम् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः स्वर्गलोके महीयते
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyād vāpi vaṃśānāṃ kathanaṃ śubham / sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ svargaloke mahīyate
Whoever recites or even hears this auspicious account of the lineages is freed from all sins and is honoured in the world of heaven.
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