Linga Purana — Chapter 64
LiP 64.1
कथं हि रक्षसा शक्तिर् भक्षितः सो ऽनुजैः सह वासिष्ठो वदतां श्रेष्ठ सूत वक्तुमिहार्हसि
kathaṃ hi rakṣasā śaktir bhakṣitaḥ so 'nujaiḥ saha vāsiṣṭho vadatāṃ śreṣṭha sūta vaktumihārhasi
How indeed was Śakti the Vāsiṣṭha devoured by the rākṣasa together with his younger brothers? O Sūta, best of speakers, you ought to tell it here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.2
राक्षसो रुधिरो नाम वसिष्ठस्य सुतं पुरा शक्तिं स भक्षयामास शक्तेः शापात्सहानुजैः
rākṣaso rudhiro nāma vasiṣṭhasya sutaṃ purā śaktiṃ sa bhakṣayāmāsa śakteḥ śāpātsahānujaiḥ
Formerly a rākṣasa named Rudhira devoured Vasiṣṭha's son Śakti, together with his younger brothers, through Śakti's own curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.3
वसिष्ठयाज्यं विप्रेन्द्रास् तदादिश्यैव भूपतिम् कल्माषपादं रुधिरो विश्वामित्रेण चोदितः
vasiṣṭhayājyaṃ viprendrās tadādiśyaiva bhūpatim kalmāṣapādaṃ rudhiro viśvāmitreṇa coditaḥ
O best of brahmins, Rudhira, urged on by Viśvāmitra, having marked out that king Kalmāṣapāda, for whom Vasiṣṭha performed sacrifices, (did this).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 64.4
भक्षितः स इति श्रुत्वा वसिष्ठस्तेन रक्षसा शक्तिः शक्तिमतां श्रेष्ठो भ्रातृभिः सह धर्मवित्
bhakṣitaḥ sa iti śrutvā vasiṣṭhastena rakṣasā śaktiḥ śaktimatāṃ śreṣṭho bhrātṛbhiḥ saha dharmavit
Hearing "He has been devoured by that rākṣasa" — Śakti, the best of the powerful, along with his brothers — Vasiṣṭha, the knower of dharma,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.5
हा पुत्र पुत्र पुत्रेति क्रन्दमानो मुहुर्मुहुः अरुन्धत्या सह मुनिः पपात भुवि दुःखितः
hā putra putra putreti krandamāno muhurmuhuḥ arundhatyā saha muniḥ papāta bhuvi duḥkhitaḥ
crying out again and again "Alas, my son, my son, my son!", the sage, stricken with grief, fell to the ground together with Arundhatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.6
नष्टं कुलमिति श्रुत्वा मर्तुं चक्रे मतिं तदा स्मरन्पुत्रशतं चैव शक्तिज्येष्ठं च शक्तिमान्
naṣṭaṃ kulamiti śrutvā martuṃ cakre matiṃ tadā smaranputraśataṃ caiva śaktijyeṣṭhaṃ ca śaktimān
Hearing that his line was destroyed, the mighty one then made up his mind to die, remembering his hundred sons and Śakti, the eldest.
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LiP 64.7
न तं विनाहं जीविष्ये इति निश्चित्य दुःखितः
na taṃ vināhaṃ jīviṣye iti niścitya duḥkhitaḥ
Grieving, he resolved: "I will not live without him."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.8
आरुह्य मूर्धानम् अजात्मजो ऽसौ तयात्मवान् सर्वविद् आत्मविच्च धराधरस्यैव तदा धरायां पपात पत्न्या सह साश्रुदृष्टिः
āruhya mūrdhānam ajātmajo 'sau tayātmavān sarvavid ātmavicca dharādharasyaiva tadā dharāyāṃ papāta patnyā saha sāśrudṛṣṭiḥ
Then that son of the Unborn (Brahmā), self-possessed, all-knowing and knower of the Self, having climbed with her to the summit of a mountain, fell to the earth with his wife, his eyes full of tears.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.9
धराधरात्तं पतितं धरा तदा दधार तत्रापि विचित्रकण्ठी करांबुजाभ्यां करिखेलगामिनी रुदन्तमादाय रुरोद सा च
dharādharāttaṃ patitaṃ dharā tadā dadhāra tatrāpi vicitrakaṇṭhī karāṃbujābhyāṃ karikhelagāminī rudantamādāya ruroda sā ca
Then the earth held him as he fell from the mountain; and there too she of the lovely throat, moving with the sport of an elephant, taking up with her two lotus-hands him who was weeping, wept herself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.10
तदा तस्य स्नुषा प्राह पत्नी शक्तेर्महामुनिम् वसिष्ठं वदतां श्रेष्ठं रुदन्ती भयविह्वला
tadā tasya snuṣā prāha patnī śaktermahāmunim vasiṣṭhaṃ vadatāṃ śreṣṭhaṃ rudantī bhayavihvalā
Then his daughter-in-law, Śakti's wife, weeping and overcome with fear, spoke to the great sage Vasiṣṭha, the best of speakers:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.11
भगवन्ब्राह्मणश्रेष्ठ तव देहम् इदं शुभम् पालयस्व विभो द्रष्टुं तव पौत्रं ममात्मजम्
bhagavanbrāhmaṇaśreṣṭha tava deham idaṃ śubham pālayasva vibho draṣṭuṃ tava pautraṃ mamātmajam
"Lord, best of brahmins, preserve this auspicious body of yours, O mighty one, so as to see your grandson, my son."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.12
न त्याज्यं तव विप्रेन्द्र देहमेतत्सुशोभनम् गर्भस्थो मम सर्वार्थसाधकः शक्तिजो यतः
na tyājyaṃ tava viprendra dehametatsuśobhanam garbhastho mama sarvārthasādhakaḥ śaktijo yataḥ
"This most beautiful body of yours must not be abandoned, O lord of brahmins, since the one in my womb, born of Śakti, will accomplish all purposes for me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.13
एवमुक्त्वाथ धर्मज्ञा कराभ्यां कमलेक्षणा उत्थाप्य श्वशुरं नत्वा नेत्रे संमृज्य वारिणा
evamuktvātha dharmajñā karābhyāṃ kamalekṣaṇā utthāpya śvaśuraṃ natvā netre saṃmṛjya vāriṇā
Having spoken thus, the lotus-eyed knower of dharma, raising her father-in-law up with her two hands and bowing to him, and wiping his eyes with water,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.14
दुःखितापि परित्रातुं श्वशुरं दुःखितं तदा अरुन्धतीं च कल्याणीं प्रार्थयामास दुःखिताम्
duḥkhitāpi paritrātuṃ śvaśuraṃ duḥkhitaṃ tadā arundhatīṃ ca kalyāṇīṃ prārthayāmāsa duḥkhitām
though grieving herself, in order to rescue her grieving father-in-law she then entreated the grieving and blessed Arundhatī as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.15
स्नुषावाक्यं ततः श्रुत्वा वसिष्ठ उत्थाय भूतलात् संज्ञामवाप्य चालिङ्ग्य सा पपात सुदुःखिता
snuṣāvākyaṃ tataḥ śrutvā vasiṣṭha utthāya bhūtalāt saṃjñāmavāpya cāliṅgya sā papāta suduḥkhitā
Then, hearing the daughter-in-law's words, Vasiṣṭha rose from the ground and regained consciousness; and she, embracing him, fell down in deep grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.16
अरुन्धती कराभ्यां तां संस्पृश्यास्राकुलेक्षणाम् रुरोद मुनिशार्दूलो भार्यया सुतवत्सलः
arundhatī karābhyāṃ tāṃ saṃspṛśyāsrākulekṣaṇām ruroda muniśārdūlo bhāryayā sutavatsalaḥ
Arundhatī touched with her two hands her whose eyes were flooded with tears; and the tiger among sages, fond of his son, wept with his wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.17
अथ नाभ्यंबुजे विष्णोर् यथा तस्याश्चतुर्मुखः आसीनो गर्भशय्यायां कुमार ऋचमाह सः
atha nābhyaṃbuje viṣṇor yathā tasyāścaturmukhaḥ āsīno garbhaśayyāyāṃ kumāra ṛcamāha saḥ
Then, seated on the bed of the womb as the four-faced one is on the lotus of Viṣṇu's navel, that boy in her uttered a Ṛg verse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.18
ततो निशम्य भगवान् वसिष्ठ ऋचमादरात् केनोक्तमिति संचिन्त्य तदातिष्ठत्समाहितः
tato niśamya bhagavān vasiṣṭha ṛcamādarāt kenoktamiti saṃcintya tadātiṣṭhatsamāhitaḥ
Then the venerable Vasiṣṭha, having heard the verse with reverence, wondering "By whom was it spoken?", stood there with concentrated mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.19
व्योमाङ्गणस्थो ऽथ हरिः पुण्डरीकनिभेक्षणः वसिष्ठमाह विश्वात्मा घृणया स घृणानिधिः
vyomāṅgaṇastho 'tha hariḥ puṇḍarīkanibhekṣaṇaḥ vasiṣṭhamāha viśvātmā ghṛṇayā sa ghṛṇānidhiḥ
Then Hari, whose eyes are like white lotuses, standing in the courtyard of the sky, the Self of all, that treasury of compassion, out of compassion spoke to Vasiṣṭha:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.20
भो वत्स वत्स विप्रेन्द्र वसिष्ठ सुतवत्सल तव पौत्रमुखाम्भोजाद् ऋग् एषाद्य विनिःसृता
bho vatsa vatsa viprendra vasiṣṭha sutavatsala tava pautramukhāmbhojād ṛg eṣādya viniḥsṛtā
"Ho, child, child, lord of brahmins, Vasiṣṭha, fond of your son! This Ṛg verse has now issued from the lotus mouth of your grandson."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.21
मत्समस्तव पौत्रो ऽसौ शक्तिजः शक्तिमान्मुने तस्मादुत्तिष्ठ संत्यज्य शोकं ब्रह्मसुतोत्तम
matsamastava pautro 'sau śaktijaḥ śaktimānmune tasmāduttiṣṭha saṃtyajya śokaṃ brahmasutottama
"That grandson of yours, born of Śakti, is powerful and equal to me, O sage; therefore rise up, abandoning grief, O best of Brahmā's sons."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.22
रुद्रभक्तश् च गर्भस्थो रुद्रपूजापरायणः रुद्रदेवप्रभावेण कुलं ते संतरिष्यति
rudrabhaktaś ca garbhastho rudrapūjāparāyaṇaḥ rudradevaprabhāveṇa kulaṃ te saṃtariṣyati
And (the child) in the womb is a devotee of Rudra, wholly given to the worship of Rudra; by the power of the god Rudra he will carry your lineage across.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.23
एवमुक्त्वा घृणी विप्रं भगवान् पुरुषोत्तमः वसिष्ठं मुनिशार्दूलं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
evamuktvā ghṛṇī vipraṃ bhagavān puruṣottamaḥ vasiṣṭhaṃ muniśārdūlaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata
Having spoken thus to the brahmin Vasiṣṭha, tiger among sages, the compassionate Lord, the Supreme Person, vanished right there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.24
ततः प्रणम्य शिरसा वसिष्ठो वारिजेक्षणम् अदृश्यन्त्या महातेजाः पस्पर्शोदरमादरात्
tataḥ praṇamya śirasā vasiṣṭho vārijekṣaṇam adṛśyantyā mahātejāḥ pasparśodaramādarāt
Then Vasiṣṭha, of great splendour, having bowed with his head to the lotus-eyed one, reverently touched Adṛśyantī's womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.25
हा पुत्र पुत्र पुत्रेति पपात च सुदुःखितः ललापारुन्धती प्रेक्ष्य तदासौ रुदतीं द्विजाः
hā putra putra putreti papāta ca suduḥkhitaḥ lalāpārundhatī prekṣya tadāsau rudatīṃ dvijāḥ
And, exceedingly grieved, he fell down (crying) "Alas, my son, my son, my son!"; then, O brahmins, seeing Arundhatī weeping, he lamented.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.26
स्वपुत्रं च स्मरन् दुःखात् पुनरेह्येहि पुत्रक तव पुत्रमिमं दृष्ट्वा भो शक्ते कुलधारणम्
svaputraṃ ca smaran duḥkhāt punarehyehi putraka tava putramimaṃ dṛṣṭvā bho śakte kuladhāraṇam
And remembering his own son, out of grief (he said): "Come back, come back, my little son! Look at this son of yours, O Śakti, the upholder of the lineage!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.27
तवान्तिकं गमिष्यामि तव मात्रा न संशयः एवमुक्त्वा रुदन्विप्र आलिङ्ग्यारुन्धतीं तदा
tavāntikaṃ gamiṣyāmi tava mātrā na saṃśayaḥ evamuktvā rudanvipra āliṅgyārundhatīṃ tadā
"I shall go to you, along with your mother — no doubt of it." Having spoken thus, the brahmin, weeping, then embraced Arundhatī,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.28
पपात ताडयन्तीव स्वस्य कुक्षी करेण वै अदृश्यन्ती जघानाथ शक्तिजस्यालयं शुभा
papāta tāḍayantīva svasya kukṣī kareṇa vai adṛśyantī jaghānātha śaktijasyālayaṃ śubhā
and fell down as if beating his own two sides with his hand; and then the lovely Adṛśyantī struck the dwelling-place of Śakti's son —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.29
स्वोदरं दुःखिता भूमौ ललाप च पपात च अरुन्धति तदा भीता वसिष्ठश् च महामतिः
svodaraṃ duḥkhitā bhūmau lalāpa ca papāta ca arundhati tadā bhītā vasiṣṭhaś ca mahāmatiḥ
her own belly — and, grief-stricken, lamented and fell to the ground; then Arundhatī was frightened, and so was the great-minded Vasiṣṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.30
समुत्थाप्य स्नुषां बालाम् ऊचतुर्भयविह्वलौ
samutthāpya snuṣāṃ bālām ūcaturbhayavihvalau
Raising up the young daughter-in-law, the two, overwhelmed with fear, spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.31
विचारमुग्धे तव गर्भमण्डलं करांबुजाभ्यां विनिहत्य दुर्लभम् कुलं वसिष्ठस्य समस्तमप्यहो निहन्तुमार्ये कथमुद्यता वद
vicāramugdhe tava garbhamaṇḍalaṃ karāṃbujābhyāṃ vinihatya durlabham kulaṃ vasiṣṭhasya samastamapyaho nihantumārye kathamudyatā vada
"O you who are bewildered in judgement, having struck with your two lotus hands the circle of your womb, hard to obtain — alas! — how, noble lady, are you set upon destroying the whole lineage of Vasiṣṭha? Tell (us)!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.32
तवात्मजं शक्तिसुतं च दृष्ट्वा चास्वाद्य वक्त्रामृतम् आर्यसूनोः त्रातुं यतो देहमिमं मुनीन्द्रः सुनिश्चितः पाहि ततः शरीरम्
tavātmajaṃ śaktisutaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā cāsvādya vaktrāmṛtam āryasūnoḥ trātuṃ yato dehamimaṃ munīndraḥ suniścitaḥ pāhi tataḥ śarīram
"Since the lord of sages is firmly resolved (to keep) this body only in order to see your son, the son of Śakti, and to taste the nectar of the noble one's son's face, therefore protect your body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.33
एवं स्नुषामुपालभ्य मुनिं चारुन्धती स्थिता अरुन्धती वसिष्ठस्य प्राह चार्तेति विह्वला
evaṃ snuṣāmupālabhya muniṃ cārundhatī sthitā arundhatī vasiṣṭhasya prāha cārteti vihvalā
Having thus reproached her daughter-in-law and (also) the sage, Arundhatī stood there; and Arundhatī, distressed and overwhelmed, spoke to Vasiṣṭha:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.34
त्वय्येव जीवितं चास्य मुनेर् यत् सुव्रते मम जीवितं रक्ष देहस्य धात्री च कुरु यद्धितम्
tvayyeva jīvitaṃ cāsya muner yat suvrate mama jīvitaṃ rakṣa dehasya dhātrī ca kuru yaddhitam
"Since the life of this sage and my own life rest in you alone, O you of good vows, protect (it); be the nurse of (his) body and do what is beneficial.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.35
मया यदि मुनिश्रेष्ठस् त्रातुं वै निश्चितं स्वकम् ममाशुभं शुभं देहं कथंचित् पालयाम्यहम्
mayā yadi muniśreṣṭhas trātuṃ vai niścitaṃ svakam mamāśubhaṃ śubhaṃ dehaṃ kathaṃcit pālayāmyaham
"If the best of sages is resolved to be preserved by me, then somehow I shall guard this body of mine, inauspicious (yet) auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 64.36
प्रियदुःखमहं प्राप्ता ह्य् असती नात्र संशयः मुने दुःखादहं दग्धा यतः पुत्री मुने तव
priyaduḥkhamahaṃ prāptā hy asatī nātra saṃśayaḥ mune duḥkhādahaṃ dagdhā yataḥ putrī mune tava
"I have surely incurred the grief of my beloved, being unchaste — there is no doubt of it. O sage, I am burnt by grief, since I am your daughter, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 64.37
अहो ऽद्भुतं मया दृष्टं दुःखपात्री ह्यहं विभो दुःखत्राता भव ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्मसूनो जगद्गुरो
aho 'dbhutaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ duḥkhapātrī hyahaṃ vibho duḥkhatrātā bhava brahman brahmasūno jagadguro
"Oh, a wonder has been seen by me: I am indeed a vessel of sorrow, O mighty one. Be a rescuer from sorrow, O brahmin, son of Brahmā, teacher of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.38
तथापि भर्तृरहिता दीना नारी भवेदिह पाहि मां तत आर्येन्द्र परिभूता भविष्यति
tathāpi bhartṛrahitā dīnā nārī bhavediha pāhi māṃ tata āryendra paribhūtā bhaviṣyati
"Even so, a woman bereft of her husband becomes wretched in this world; protect me, therefore, O chief of the noble — (else) she will be despised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.39
पिता माता च पुत्राश्च पौत्राः श्वशुर एव च एते न बान्धवाः स्त्रीणां भर्ता बन्धुः परा गतिः
pitā mātā ca putrāśca pautrāḥ śvaśura eva ca ete na bāndhavāḥ strīṇāṃ bhartā bandhuḥ parā gatiḥ
"Father and mother and sons, grandsons, and the father-in-law too — these are not the kinsmen of women; the husband is (their) kinsman, (their) highest resort.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.40
आत्मनो यद्धि कथितम् अप्यर्धमिति पण्डितैः तदप्यत्र मृषा ह्यासीद् गतः शक्तिरहं स्थिता
ātmano yaddhi kathitam apyardhamiti paṇḍitaiḥ tadapyatra mṛṣā hyāsīd gataḥ śaktirahaṃ sthitā
"And what has been said by the learned, that (the wife) is half of one's own self — even that has proved false here: Śakti is gone, and I remain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.41
अहो ममात्र काठिन्यं मनसो मुनिपुङ्गव पतिं प्राणसमं त्यक्त्वा स्थिता यत्र क्षणं यतः
aho mamātra kāṭhinyaṃ manaso munipuṅgava patiṃ prāṇasamaṃ tyaktvā sthitā yatra kṣaṇaṃ yataḥ
"Alas, the hardness of my mind in this, O bull among sages, in that, having lost a husband dear as life, I have remained (alive) even a moment!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.42
वसिष्ठाश्वत्थमाश्रित्य ह्य् अमृता तु यथा लता निर्मूलाप्यमृता भर्त्रा त्यक्ता दीना स्थिताप्यहम्
vasiṣṭhāśvatthamāśritya hy amṛtā tu yathā latā nirmūlāpyamṛtā bhartrā tyaktā dīnā sthitāpyaham
For just as a creeper, though its root be cut, stays alive by clinging to a tree, so I, abandoned by my husband, wretched though I am, remain alive by clinging to the aśvattha-tree that is Vasiṣṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.43
स्नुषावाक्यं निशम्यैव वसिष्ठो भार्यया सह तदा चक्रे मतिं धीमान् यातुं स्वाश्रममाश्रमी
snuṣāvākyaṃ niśamyaiva vasiṣṭho bhāryayā saha tadā cakre matiṃ dhīmān yātuṃ svāśramamāśramī
As soon as he had heard his daughter-in-law's words, the wise Vasiṣṭha, dweller in the hermitage, then made up his mind to go to his own hermitage together with his wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.44
कृच्छ्रात्सभार्यो भगवान् वसिष्ठः स्वाश्रमं क्षणात् अदृश्यन्त्या च पुण्यात्मा संविवेश स चिन्तयन्
kṛcchrātsabhāryo bhagavān vasiṣṭhaḥ svāśramaṃ kṣaṇāt adṛśyantyā ca puṇyātmā saṃviveśa sa cintayan
With difficulty the blessed Vasiṣṭha, of holy soul, in a moment entered his own hermitage with his wife and with Adṛśyantī, brooding as he went.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.45
सा गर्भं पालयामास कथंचिन्मुनिपुङ्गवाः कुलसंधारणार्थाय शक्तिपत्नी पतिव्रता
sā garbhaṃ pālayāmāsa kathaṃcinmunipuṅgavāḥ kulasaṃdhāraṇārthāya śaktipatnī pativratā
She, the wife of Śakti, faithful to her husband, somehow guarded the embryo, O foremost of sages, for the sake of upholding the family line.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.46
ततः सासूत तनयं दशमे मासि सुप्रभम् शक्तिपत्नी यथा शक्तिं शक्तिमन्तमरुन्धती
tataḥ sāsūta tanayaṃ daśame māsi suprabham śaktipatnī yathā śaktiṃ śaktimantamarundhatī
Then, in the tenth month, she gave birth to a son of fair radiance: the wife of Śakti (bore) a mighty one, as Arundhatī (bore) Śakti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.47
असूत सा दितिर्विष्णुं यथा स्वाहा गुहं सुतम् अग्निं यथारणिः पत्नी शक्तेः साक्षात्पराशरम्
asūta sā ditirviṣṇuṃ yathā svāhā guhaṃ sutam agniṃ yathāraṇiḥ patnī śakteḥ sākṣātparāśaram
She gave birth, as Diti bore Viṣṇu, as Svāhā bore her son Guha, as the fire-stick bears fire — thus Śakti's wife bore Parāśara himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 64.48
यदा तदा शक्तिसूनुर् अवतीर्णो महीतले शक्तिस्त्यक्त्वा तदा दुःखं पितॄणां समतां ययौ
yadā tadā śaktisūnur avatīrṇo mahītale śaktistyaktvā tadā duḥkhaṃ pitṝṇāṃ samatāṃ yayau
When Śakti's son had descended to the surface of the earth, then Śakti, casting off his grief, attained equality with the fathers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.49
भ्रातृभिः सह पुण्यात्मा आदित्यैर् इव भास्करः रराज पितृलोकस्थो वासिष्ठो मुनिपुङ्गवाः
bhrātṛbhiḥ saha puṇyātmā ādityair iva bhāskaraḥ rarāja pitṛlokastho vāsiṣṭho munipuṅgavāḥ
Together with his brothers, that holy soul, the son of Vasiṣṭha, shone in the world of the fathers like the sun among the Ādityas, O foremost of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.50
जगुस्तदा च पितरो ननृतुश् च पितामहाः प्रपितामहाश् च विप्रेन्द्रा ह्य् अवतीर्णे पराशरे
jagustadā ca pitaro nanṛtuś ca pitāmahāḥ prapitāmahāś ca viprendrā hy avatīrṇe parāśare
Then the fathers sang, and the grandfathers danced, and the great-grandfathers too, O chief of brahmins, when Parāśara was born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.51
ये ब्रह्मवादिनो भूमौ ननृतुर् दिवि देवताः पुष्कराद्याश् च ससृजुः पुष्पवर्षं च खेचराः
ye brahmavādino bhūmau nanṛtur divi devatāḥ puṣkarādyāś ca sasṛjuḥ puṣpavarṣaṃ ca khecarāḥ
Those who expound the brahman danced upon the earth, and the deities in heaven; and Puṣkara and the others, and the sky-travellers, sent forth a shower of flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.52
पुरेषु राक्षसानां च प्रणादं विषमं द्विजाः आश्रमस्थाश् च मुनयः समूहुर्हर्षसंततिम्
pureṣu rākṣasānāṃ ca praṇādaṃ viṣamaṃ dvijāḥ āśramasthāś ca munayaḥ samūhurharṣasaṃtatim
And in the cities of the rākṣasas there was a dreadful outcry, O twice-born; while the sages dwelling in the hermitages bore an unbroken stream of joy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.53
अवतीर्णो यथा ह्यण्डाद् भानुः सो ऽपि पराशरः अदृश्यन्त्याश्चतुर्वक्त्रो मेघजालाद्दिवाकरः
avatīrṇo yathā hyaṇḍād bhānuḥ so 'pi parāśaraḥ adṛśyantyāścaturvaktro meghajālāddivākaraḥ
And he, Parāśara, four-faced, descended from Adṛśyantī as the sun (rises) from the egg, as the day-maker (emerges) from a mass of clouds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 64.54
सुखं च दुःखमभवद् अदृश्यन्त्यास्तथा द्विजाः दृष्ट्वा पुत्रं पतिं स्मृत्वा अरुन्धत्या मुनेस्तथा
sukhaṃ ca duḥkhamabhavad adṛśyantyāstathā dvijāḥ dṛṣṭvā putraṃ patiṃ smṛtvā arundhatyā munestathā
And so, O twice-born, there came to Adṛśyantī both joy and sorrow — seeing her son, and remembering her husband — and likewise to Arundhatī, the sage's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.55
दृष्ट्वा च तनयं बाला पराशरमतिद्युतिम् ललाप विह्वला बाला सन्नकण्ठी पपात च
dṛṣṭvā ca tanayaṃ bālā parāśaramatidyutim lalāpa vihvalā bālā sannakaṇṭhī papāta ca
And the young woman, seeing her son Parāśara of surpassing brilliance, lamented, overcome; the girl, her throat choked, fell down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.56
सा पराशरमहो महामतिं देवदानवगणैश् च पूजितम् जातमात्रम् अनघं शुचिस्मिता बुध्य साश्रुनयना ललाप च
sā parāśaramaho mahāmatiṃ devadānavagaṇaiś ca pūjitam jātamātram anaghaṃ śucismitā budhya sāśrunayanā lalāpa ca
Recognising Parāśara — ah, that one of great mind, honoured by the hosts of gods and dānavas, faultless, just born — she of pure smile, her eyes filled with tears, lamented.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.57
हा वसिष्ठसुत कुत्रचिद्गतः पश्य पुत्रमनघं तवात्मजम् त्यज्य दीनवदनां वनान्तरे पुत्रदर्शनपरामिमां प्रभो
hā vasiṣṭhasuta kutracidgataḥ paśya putramanaghaṃ tavātmajam tyajya dīnavadanāṃ vanāntare putradarśanaparāmimāṃ prabho
"Alas, son of Vasiṣṭha, where have you gone? Look at your faultless son, your own offspring — having abandoned in the depth of the forest this woman of piteous face, whose one longing is to see her son, O lord!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.58
शक्ते स्वं च सुतं पश्य भ्रातृभिः सह षण्मुखम् यथा महेश्वरो ऽपश्यत् सगणो हृषिताननः
śakte svaṃ ca sutaṃ paśya bhrātṛbhiḥ saha ṣaṇmukham yathā maheśvaro 'paśyat sagaṇo hṛṣitānanaḥ
"O Śakti, look upon your own son, as the great Lord, with his hosts and with joyful face, looked upon the six-faced one together with his brothers."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.59
अथ तस्यास्तदालापं वसिष्ठो मुनिसत्तमः श्रुत्वा स्नुषामुवाचेदं मा रोदीर् इति दुःखितः
atha tasyāstadālāpaṃ vasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ śrutvā snuṣāmuvācedaṃ mā rodīr iti duḥkhitaḥ
Then Vasiṣṭha, best of sages, hearing that lament of hers, sorrowing, said this to his daughter-in-law: "Do not weep."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.60
आज्ञया तस्य सा शोकं वसिष्ठस्य कुलाङ्गना त्यक्त्वा ह्यपालयद्बालं बाला बालमृगेक्षणा
ājñayā tasya sā śokaṃ vasiṣṭhasya kulāṅganā tyaktvā hyapālayadbālaṃ bālā bālamṛgekṣaṇā
By his command, by Vasiṣṭha's, that woman of the family put aside her grief, and the young girl with the eyes of a young deer nursed the child.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.61
दृष्ट्वा तामबलां प्राह मङ्गलाभरणैर् विना आसीनामाकुलां साध्वीं बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणाम्
dṛṣṭvā tāmabalāṃ prāha maṅgalābharaṇair vinā āsīnāmākulāṃ sādhvīṃ bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇām
Seeing her, the frail one, without her auspicious ornaments, seated, distraught, chaste, her eyes clouded with tears, he said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.62
अम्ब मङ्गलविभूषणैर् विना देहयष्टिरनघे न शोभते वक्तुमर्हसि तवाद्य कारणं चन्द्रबिंबरहितेव शर्वरी
amba maṅgalavibhūṣaṇair vinā dehayaṣṭiranaghe na śobhate vaktumarhasi tavādya kāraṇaṃ candrabiṃbarahiteva śarvarī
"Mother, without the auspicious ornaments your slender body does not shine, O sinless one; you ought to tell me the reason for this today — (you are) like the night bereft of the moon's disc."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.63
मातर्मातः कथं त्यक्त्वा मङ्गलाभरणानि वै आसीना भर्तृहीनेव वक्तुमर्हसि शोभने
mātarmātaḥ kathaṃ tyaktvā maṅgalābharaṇāni vai āsīnā bhartṛhīneva vaktumarhasi śobhane
"Mother, O mother, why have you laid aside the auspicious ornaments and sit like one bereft of her husband? You ought to speak, O lovely one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.64
अदृश्यन्ती तदा वाक्यं श्रुत्वा तस्य सुतस्य सा न किंचिद् अब्रवीत् पुत्रं शुभं वा यदि वेतरत्
adṛśyantī tadā vākyaṃ śrutvā tasya sutasya sā na kiṃcid abravīt putraṃ śubhaṃ vā yadi vetarat
Then Adṛśyantī, having heard that speech of her son, said nothing to the boy, whether good or otherwise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.65
अदृश्यन्तीं पुनः प्राह शाक्तेयो भगवान्मम मातः कुत्र महातेजाः पिता वद वदेति ताम्
adṛśyantīṃ punaḥ prāha śākteyo bhagavānmama mātaḥ kutra mahātejāḥ pitā vada vadeti tām
Again the son of Śakti spoke to Adṛśyantī: "Mother, where is my venerable father of great splendour? Tell me, tell me" — so (he said) to her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.66
श्रुत्वा रुरोद सा वाक्यं पुत्रस्यातीव विह्वला भक्षितो रक्षसा तातस् तवेति निपपात च
śrutvā ruroda sā vākyaṃ putrasyātīva vihvalā bhakṣito rakṣasā tātas taveti nipapāta ca
Hearing her son's words she wept, exceedingly overcome, and (saying) "Your father was devoured by a rākṣasa," she fell down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.67
श्रुत्वा वसिष्ठो ऽपि पपात भूमौ पौत्रस्य वाक्यं स रुदन्दयालुः अरुन्धती चाश्रमवासिनस्तदा मुनेर्वसिष्ठस्य मुनीश्वराश् च
śrutvā vasiṣṭho 'pi papāta bhūmau pautrasya vākyaṃ sa rudandayāluḥ arundhatī cāśramavāsinastadā munervasiṣṭhasya munīśvarāś ca
Hearing his grandson's words, Vasiṣṭha too, compassionate, fell weeping to the ground, and so did Arundhatī and the dwellers of the sage Vasiṣṭha's hermitage and the lords among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.68
भक्षितो रक्षसा मातुः पिता तव मुखादिति श्रुत्वा पराशरो धीमान् प्राह चास्राविलेक्षणः
bhakṣito rakṣasā mātuḥ pitā tava mukhāditi śrutvā parāśaro dhīmān prāha cāsrāvilekṣaṇaḥ
"Your father was devoured by a rākṣasa" — hearing this from his mother's mouth, wise Parāśara spoke, his eyes clouded with tears:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.69
अभ्यर्च्य देवदेवेशं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम् क्षणेन मातः पितरं दर्शयामीति मे मतिः
abhyarcya devadeveśaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram kṣaṇena mātaḥ pitaraṃ darśayāmīti me matiḥ
"Having worshipped the God of gods, my intent is that in an instant, mother, I will show (you) my father — and the three worlds with all that moves and does not move."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 64.70
सा निशम्य वचनं तदा शुभं सस्मिता तनयमाह विस्मिता तथ्यम् एतदिति तं निरीक्ष्य सा पुत्र पुत्र भवमर्चयेति च
sā niśamya vacanaṃ tadā śubhaṃ sasmitā tanayamāha vismitā tathyam etaditi taṃ nirīkṣya sā putra putra bhavamarcayeti ca
Hearing then that auspicious speech, she, smiling and amazed, said to her son, gazing at him, "This is true," and, "Son, son, worship Bhava."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.71
ज्ञात्वा शक्तिसुतस्यास्य संकल्पं मुनिपुङ्गवः वसिष्ठो भगवान्प्राह पौत्रं धीमान् घृणानिधिः
jñātvā śaktisutasyāsya saṃkalpaṃ munipuṅgavaḥ vasiṣṭho bhagavānprāha pautraṃ dhīmān ghṛṇānidhiḥ
Knowing the resolve of this son of Śakti, the bull among sages, the venerable and wise Vasiṣṭha, a treasury of compassion, said to his grandson:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.72
स्थाने पौत्र मुनिश्रेष्ठ संकल्पस्तव सुव्रत तथापि शृणु लोकस्य क्षयं कर्तुं न चार्हसि
sthāne pautra muniśreṣṭha saṃkalpastava suvrata tathāpi śṛṇu lokasya kṣayaṃ kartuṃ na cārhasi
"Your resolve is fitting, grandson, best of sages, of good vows; still, listen: you ought not to bring about the destruction of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.73
राक्षसानामभावाय कुरु सर्वेश्वरार्चनम् त्रैलोक्यं शृणु शाक्तेय अपराध्यति किं तव
rākṣasānāmabhāvāya kuru sarveśvarārcanam trailokyaṃ śṛṇu śākteya aparādhyati kiṃ tava
Perform the worship of the Lord of all for the annihilation of the rākṣasas. Listen, son of Śakti: how do the three worlds offend against you?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.74
ततस्तस्य वसिष्ठस्य नियोगाच्छक्तिनन्दनः राक्षसानामभावाय मतिं चक्रे महामतिः
tatastasya vasiṣṭhasya niyogācchaktinandanaḥ rākṣasānāmabhāvāya matiṃ cakre mahāmatiḥ
Then, at that Vasiṣṭha's command, the son of Śakti, of great understanding, set his mind on the annihilation of the rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.75
अदृश्यन्तीं वसिष्ठं च प्रणम्यारुन्धतीं ततः कृत्वैकलिङ्गं क्षणिकं पांसुना मुनिसन्निधौ
adṛśyantīṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca praṇamyārundhatīṃ tataḥ kṛtvaikaliṅgaṃ kṣaṇikaṃ pāṃsunā munisannidhau
Then, having bowed to Adṛśyantī, to Vasiṣṭha and to Arundhatī, having made a single momentary liṅga out of dust in the sage's presence,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.76
सम्पूज्य शिवसूक्तेन त्र्यंबकेन शुभेन च जप्त्वा त्वरितरुद्रं च शिवसंकल्पमेव च
sampūjya śivasūktena tryaṃbakena śubhena ca japtvā tvaritarudraṃ ca śivasaṃkalpameva ca
having worshipped (it) with the Śiva-sūkta and with the auspicious Tryambaka (hymn), and having recited the Tvarita-rudra and the Śiva-saṃkalpa,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.77
नीलरुद्रं च शाक्तेयस् तथा रुद्रं च शोभनम् वामीयं पवमानं च पञ्चब्रह्म तथैव च
nīlarudraṃ ca śākteyas tathā rudraṃ ca śobhanam vāmīyaṃ pavamānaṃ ca pañcabrahma tathaiva ca
and the Nīlarudra, and likewise the beautiful Rudra (hymn), the Vāmīya, the Pavamāna and the Pañcabrahma too — so did the son of Śakti;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.78
होतारं लिङ्गसूक्तं च अथर्वशिर एव च अष्टाङ्गमर्घ्यं रुद्राय दत्त्वाभ्यर्च्य यथाविधि
hotāraṃ liṅgasūktaṃ ca atharvaśira eva ca aṣṭāṅgamarghyaṃ rudrāya dattvābhyarcya yathāvidhi
and the Hotṛ (hymn) and the Liṅga-sūkta and the Atharvaśiras — having given the eightfold arghya to Rudra and worshipped him according to rule,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.79
भगवन्रक्षसा रुद्र भक्षितो रुधिरेण वै पिता मम महातेजा भ्रातृभिः सह शङ्कर
bhagavanrakṣasā rudra bhakṣito rudhireṇa vai pitā mama mahātejā bhrātṛbhiḥ saha śaṅkara
"O Lord Rudra, my father of great splendour was devoured, with his blood, by a rākṣasa, together with my brothers, O Śaṅkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.80
द्रष्टुमिच्छामि भगवन् पितरं भ्रातृभिः सह एवं विज्ञापयांल्लिङ्गं प्रणिपत्य मुहुर्मुहुः
draṣṭumicchāmi bhagavan pitaraṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha evaṃ vijñāpayāṃlliṅgaṃ praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ
I wish to see my father together with my brothers, O Lord" — thus he made his plea to the liṅga, bowing again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.81
हा रुद्र रुद्र रुद्रेति रुरोद निपपात च तं दृष्ट्वा भगवान्रुद्रो देवीमाह च शङ्करः
hā rudra rudra rudreti ruroda nipapāta ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavānrudro devīmāha ca śaṅkaraḥ
"Alas, Rudra, Rudra, Rudra!" — he wept and fell down. Seeing him, the venerable Rudra, Śaṅkara, spoke to the Goddess:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.82
पश्य बालं महाभागे बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणम् ममानुस्मरणे युक्तं मदाराधनतत्परम्
paśya bālaṃ mahābhāge bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇam mamānusmaraṇe yuktaṃ madārādhanatatparam
"Look at the boy, greatly blessed one, his eyes clouded with tears, intent upon remembering me, devoted to worshipping me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.83
सा च दृष्ट्वा महादेवी पराशरमनिन्दिता दुःखात् संक्लिन्नसर्वाङ्गम् अस्राकुलविलोचनम्
sā ca dṛṣṭvā mahādevī parāśaramaninditā duḥkhāt saṃklinnasarvāṅgam asrākulavilocanam
And that great Goddess, seeing the blameless Parāśara, all his limbs drenched with grief, his eyes filled with tears—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.84
लिङ्गार्चनविधौ सक्तं हर रुद्रेति वादिनम् प्राह भर्तारमीशानं शङ्करं जगतामुमा
liṅgārcanavidhau saktaṃ hara rudreti vādinam prāha bhartāramīśānaṃ śaṅkaraṃ jagatāmumā
—engaged in the rite of worshipping the liṅga, crying "Hara! Rudra!"—Umā spoke to her husband Īśāna Śaṅkara, (lord) of the worlds:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.85
ईप्सितं यच्छ सकलं प्रसीद परमेश्वर निशम्य वचनं तस्याः शङ्करः परमेश्वरः
īpsitaṃ yaccha sakalaṃ prasīda parameśvara niśamya vacanaṃ tasyāḥ śaṅkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ
"Grant (him) all that he desires; be gracious, Supreme Lord!" Hearing her words, Śaṅkara, the Supreme Lord,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.86
भार्यामार्यामुमां प्राह ततो हालाहलाशनः रक्षाम्येनं द्विजं बालं फुल्लेन्दीवरलोचनम्
bhāryāmāryāmumāṃ prāha tato hālāhalāśanaḥ rakṣāmyenaṃ dvijaṃ bālaṃ phullendīvaralocanam
—he who consumed the hālāhala poison—then said to his noble wife Umā: "I shall protect this brahmin boy whose eyes are like blossoming blue lotuses;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.87
ददामि दृष्टिं मद्रूपदर्शनक्षम एष वै एवमुक्त्वा गणैर् दिव्यैर् भगवान्नीललोहितः
dadāmi dṛṣṭiṃ madrūpadarśanakṣama eṣa vai evamuktvā gaṇair divyair bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ
I grant (him) the sight (by which) he shall be able to behold my form." Having spoken thus, the Lord Nīlalohita, with his divine hosts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.88
ब्रह्मेन्द्रविष्णुरुद्राद्यैः संवृतः परमेश्वरः ददौ च दर्शनं तस्मै मुनिपुत्राय धीमते
brahmendraviṣṇurudrādyaiḥ saṃvṛtaḥ parameśvaraḥ dadau ca darśanaṃ tasmai muniputrāya dhīmate
the Supreme Lord, surrounded by Brahmā, Indra, Viṣṇu, Rudra and the rest, gave his appearance to that wise son of the sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.89
सो ऽपि दृष्ट्वा महादेवम् आनन्दास्राविलेक्षणः निपपात च हृष्टात्मा पादयोस्तस्य सादरम्
so 'pi dṛṣṭvā mahādevam ānandāsrāvilekṣaṇaḥ nipapāta ca hṛṣṭātmā pādayostasya sādaram
And he too, beholding Mahādeva, his eyes clouded with tears of joy, fell reverently at his feet with a delighted heart.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.90
पुनर्भवान्याः पादौ च नन्दिनश् च महात्मनः सफलं जीवितं मे ऽद्य ब्रह्माद्यांस्तांस्तदाह सः
punarbhavānyāḥ pādau ca nandinaś ca mahātmanaḥ saphalaṃ jīvitaṃ me 'dya brahmādyāṃstāṃstadāha saḥ
And again at the feet of Bhavānī and of the great-souled Nandin (he fell); then he said to Brahmā and those others: "Today my life has borne fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.91
रक्षार्थमागतस्त्वद्य मम बालेन्दुभूषणः को ऽन्यः समो मया लोके देवो वा दानवो ऽपि वा
rakṣārthamāgatastvadya mama bālendubhūṣaṇaḥ ko 'nyaḥ samo mayā loke devo vā dānavo 'pi vā
"He who is adorned with the crescent moon has come today for my protection; who else in the world is equal to me, whether god or demon?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.92
अथ तस्मिन्क्षणादेव ददर्श दिवि संस्थितम् पितरं भ्रातृभिः सार्धं शाक्तेयस्तु पराशरः
atha tasminkṣaṇādeva dadarśa divi saṃsthitam pitaraṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ sārdhaṃ śākteyastu parāśaraḥ
Then in that very instant Parāśara, the son of Śakti, saw his father standing in the sky together with his brothers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.93
सूर्यमण्डलसंकाशे विमाने विश्वतोमुखे भ्रातृभिः सहितं दृष्ट्वा ननाम च जहर्ष च
sūryamaṇḍalasaṃkāśe vimāne viśvatomukhe bhrātṛbhiḥ sahitaṃ dṛṣṭvā nanāma ca jaharṣa ca
in a chariot resembling the orb of the sun, facing in all directions; seeing (him) together with his brothers, he bowed and rejoiced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.94
तदा वृषध्वजो देवः सभार्यः सगणेश्वरः वसिष्ठपुत्रं प्राहेदं पुत्रदर्शनतत्परम्
tadā vṛṣadhvajo devaḥ sabhāryaḥ sagaṇeśvaraḥ vasiṣṭhaputraṃ prāhedaṃ putradarśanatatparam
Then the god whose banner is the bull, with his wife and with the lord of the hosts, said this to the son of Vasiṣṭha, who was intent on seeing his son:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.95
शक्ते पश्य सुतं बालम् आनन्दास्राविलेक्षणम् अदृश्यन्तीं च विप्रेन्द्र वसिष्ठं पितरं तव
śakte paśya sutaṃ bālam ānandāsrāvilekṣaṇam adṛśyantīṃ ca viprendra vasiṣṭhaṃ pitaraṃ tava
"Śakti, behold your son, the boy, his eyes clouded with tears of joy; and, best of brahmins, (behold) Adṛśyantī and your father Vasiṣṭha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.96
अरुन्धतीं महाभागां कल्याणीं देवतोपमाम् मातरं पितरं चोभौ नमस्कुरु महामते
arundhatīṃ mahābhāgāṃ kalyāṇīṃ devatopamām mātaraṃ pitaraṃ cobhau namaskuru mahāmate
and greatly blessed Arundhatī, auspicious, like a goddess; bow to both your mother and your father, O great-minded one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.97
तदा हरं प्रणम्याशु देवदेवमुमां तथा वसिष्ठं च तदा श्रेष्ठं शक्तिर् वै शङ्कराज्ञया
tadā haraṃ praṇamyāśu devadevamumāṃ tathā vasiṣṭhaṃ ca tadā śreṣṭhaṃ śaktir vai śaṅkarājñayā
Then Śakti, at Śaṅkara's command, swiftly bowed to Hara, god of gods, and likewise to Umā, and then to the excellent Vasiṣṭha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.98
मातरं च महाभागां कल्याणीं पतिदेवताम् अरुन्धतीं जगन्नाथनियोगात्प्राह शक्तिमान्
mātaraṃ ca mahābhāgāṃ kalyāṇīṃ patidevatām arundhatīṃ jagannāthaniyogātprāha śaktimān
and to his mother, the greatly blessed, auspicious Arundhatī, for whom her husband was her god; and then the mighty (Śakti), by the Lord of the world's direction, spoke:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.99
भो वत्स वत्स विप्रेन्द्र पराशर महाद्युते रक्षितो ऽहं त्वया तात गर्भस्थेन महात्मना
bho vatsa vatsa viprendra parāśara mahādyute rakṣito 'haṃ tvayā tāta garbhasthena mahātmanā
"Ah, child, child, best of brahmins, Parāśara of great splendour! I was protected by you, dear son, great-souled one, while you were still in the womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.100
अणिमादिगुणैश्वर्यं मया वत्स पराशर लब्धमद्याननं दृष्टं तव बाल ममाज्ञया
aṇimādiguṇaiśvaryaṃ mayā vatsa parāśara labdhamadyānanaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ tava bāla mamājñayā
By me, child Parāśara, lordship over the powers beginning with aṇimā has been obtained; today, by my command, boy, your face has been seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.101
अदृश्यन्तीं महाभागां रक्ष वत्स महामते अरुन्धतीं च पितरं वसिष्ठं मम सर्वदा
adṛśyantīṃ mahābhāgāṃ rakṣa vatsa mahāmate arundhatīṃ ca pitaraṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ mama sarvadā
Protect, child, great-minded one, the greatly blessed Adṛśyantī, and Arundhatī, and my father Vasiṣṭha, always.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.102
अन्वयः सकलो वत्स मम संतारितस्त्वया पुत्रेण लोकाञ्जयतीत्य् उक्तं सद्भिः सदैव हि
anvayaḥ sakalo vatsa mama saṃtāritastvayā putreṇa lokāñjayatīty uktaṃ sadbhiḥ sadaiva hi
"My whole lineage has been carried across by you, child; for it has always been said by the good that a man conquers the worlds through a son."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.103
ईप्सितं वरयेशानं जगतां प्रभवं प्रभुम् गमिष्याम्यभिवन्द्येशं भ्रातृभिः सह शङ्करम्
īpsitaṃ varayeśānaṃ jagatāṃ prabhavaṃ prabhum gamiṣyāmyabhivandyeśaṃ bhrātṛbhiḥ saha śaṅkaram
"Ask Īśāna, the origin of the worlds, the Lord, for the boon (you) desire; I shall go, having saluted the Lord Śaṅkara, together with (my) brothers."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 64.104
एवं पुत्रमुपामन्त्र्य प्रणम्य च महेश्वरम् निरीक्ष्य भार्यां सदसि जगाम पितरं वशी
evaṃ putramupāmantrya praṇamya ca maheśvaram nirīkṣya bhāryāṃ sadasi jagāma pitaraṃ vaśī
Having thus taken leave of his son and bowed to Maheśvara, and having looked upon his wife in the assembly, the self-controlled one went to his father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.105
गतं दृष्ट्वाथ पितरं तदाभ्यर्च्यैव शङ्करम् तुष्टाव वाग्भिर् इष्टाभिः शाक्तेयः शशिभूषणम्
gataṃ dṛṣṭvātha pitaraṃ tadābhyarcyaiva śaṅkaram tuṣṭāva vāgbhir iṣṭābhiḥ śākteyaḥ śaśibhūṣaṇam
Then, seeing that his father had gone, Śākteya (the son of Śakti), having duly worshipped Śaṅkara, praised the moon-adorned one with cherished words.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.106
ततस्तुष्टो महादेवो मन्मथान्धकमर्दनः अनुगृह्याथ शाक्तेयं तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
tatastuṣṭo mahādevo manmathāndhakamardanaḥ anugṛhyātha śākteyaṃ tatraivāntaradhīyata
Then Mahādeva, the crusher of Manmatha and of Andhaka, being pleased, showed favour to Śākteya and vanished right there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.107
गते महेश्वरे सांबे प्रणम्य च महेश्वरम् ददाह राक्षसानां तु कुलं मन्त्रेण मन्त्रवित्
gate maheśvare sāṃbe praṇamya ca maheśvaram dadāha rākṣasānāṃ tu kulaṃ mantreṇa mantravit
When Maheśvara had gone with Ambā, the knower of mantras, having bowed to Maheśvara, burned up the race of the rākṣasas with a mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.108
तदाह पौत्रं धर्मज्ञो वसिष्ठो मुनिभिर् वृतः अलम् अत्यन्तकोपेन तात मन्युमिमं जहि
tadāha pautraṃ dharmajño vasiṣṭho munibhir vṛtaḥ alam atyantakopena tāta manyumimaṃ jahi
Then Vasiṣṭha, the knower of dharma, surrounded by sages, said to his grandson: "Enough of this extreme rage; dear child, slay this wrath."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.109
राक्षसा नापराध्यन्ति पितुस् ते विहितं तथा मूढानामेव भवति क्रोधो बुद्धिमतां न हि
rākṣasā nāparādhyanti pitus te vihitaṃ tathā mūḍhānāmeva bhavati krodho buddhimatāṃ na hi
"The rākṣasas are not at fault; what was ordained for your father was thus. Anger belongs only to the deluded, not to the wise."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.110
हन्यते तात कः केन यतः स्वकृतभुक्पुमान् संचितस्यातिमहता वत्स क्लेशेन मानवैः
hanyate tāta kaḥ kena yataḥ svakṛtabhukpumān saṃcitasyātimahatā vatsa kleśena mānavaiḥ
"Who, dear child, is slain by whom, since a man enjoys (the fruit of) what he himself has done — of what men have accumulated, child, with very great toil..."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
LiP 64.111
यशसस्तपसश्चैव क्रोधो नाशकरः स्मृतः अलं हि राक्षसैर् दग्धैर् दीनैर् अनपराधिभिः
yaśasastapasaścaiva krodho nāśakaraḥ smṛtaḥ alaṃ hi rākṣasair dagdhair dīnair anaparādhibhiḥ
Anger is declared to be the destroyer of fame and of austerity; enough, then, of the burning of the wretched, unoffending rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.112
सत्रं ते विरमत्वेतत् क्षमासारा हि साधवः एवं वसिष्ठवाक्येन शाक्तेयो मुनिपुङ्गवः
satraṃ te viramatvetat kṣamāsārā hi sādhavaḥ evaṃ vasiṣṭhavākyena śākteyo munipuṅgavaḥ
"Let this sacrifice of yours cease, for the good have forbearance as their substance." Thus, by Vasiṣṭha's word, Śākteya, the bull among sages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.113
उपसंहृतवान् सत्रं सद्यस्तद्वाक्यगौरवात् ततः प्रीतश् च भगवान् वसिष्ठो मुनिसत्तमः
upasaṃhṛtavān satraṃ sadyastadvākyagauravāt tataḥ prītaś ca bhagavān vasiṣṭho munisattamaḥ
at once brought the sacrifice to a close, out of deference to his words. Then the blessed Vasiṣṭha, best of sages, was pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.114
सम्प्राप्तश् च तदा सत्रं पुलस्त्यो ब्रह्मणः सुतः वसिष्ठेन तु दत्तार्घ्यः कृतासनपरिग्रहः
samprāptaś ca tadā satraṃ pulastyo brahmaṇaḥ sutaḥ vasiṣṭhena tu dattārghyaḥ kṛtāsanaparigrahaḥ
And at that time Pulastya, the son of Brahmā, arrived at the sacrifice; by Vasiṣṭha he was offered water for welcome and made to accept a seat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.115
पराशरमुवाचेदं प्रणिपत्य स्थितं मुनिः वैरे महति यद्वाक्याद् गुरोर् अद्याश्रिता क्षमा
parāśaramuvācedaṃ praṇipatya sthitaṃ muniḥ vaire mahati yadvākyād guror adyāśritā kṣamā
The sage said this to Parāśara, who stood bowing before him: "Since, at the word of (your) teacher, forbearance has today been resorted to"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.116
त्वया तस्मात्समस्तानि भवाञ्छास्त्राणि वेत्स्यति संततेर्मम न छेदः क्रुद्धेनापि यतः कृतः
tvayā tasmātsamastāni bhavāñchāstrāṇi vetsyati saṃtatermama na chedaḥ kruddhenāpi yataḥ kṛtaḥ
"by you in so great an enmity, therefore you shall know all the śāstras — since even in anger you did not make a severing of my line."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.117
त्वया तस्मान्महाभाग ददाम्यन्यं महावरम् पुराणसंहिताकर्ता भवान्वत्स भविष्यति
tvayā tasmānmahābhāga dadāmyanyaṃ mahāvaram purāṇasaṃhitākartā bhavānvatsa bhaviṣyati
"Therefore, greatly blessed one, I grant another great boon: you, child, shall become the maker of a Purāṇa-collection."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.118
देवतापरमार्थं च यथावद्वेत्स्यते भवान् प्रवृत्तौ वा निवृत्तौ वा कर्मणस् ते ऽमला मतिः
devatāparamārthaṃ ca yathāvadvetsyate bhavān pravṛttau vā nivṛttau vā karmaṇas te 'malā matiḥ
"And you shall know, as it truly is, the highest reality concerning the deity; and your mind regarding action, whether in engagement or in withdrawal (from it), (shall be) spotless,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.119
मत्प्रसादादसंदिग्धा तव वत्स भविष्यति ततश् च प्राह भगवान् वसिष्ठो वदतां वरः
matprasādādasaṃdigdhā tava vatsa bhaviṣyati tataś ca prāha bhagavān vasiṣṭho vadatāṃ varaḥ
"and by my grace it shall become free of doubt, child." And then the blessed Vasiṣṭha, the best of speakers, said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.120
पुलस्त्येन यदुक्तं ते सर्वमेतद्भविष्यति अथ तस्य पुलस्त्यस्य वसिष्ठस्य च धीमतः
pulastyena yaduktaṃ te sarvametadbhaviṣyati atha tasya pulastyasya vasiṣṭhasya ca dhīmataḥ
"All this that has been said to you by Pulastya shall come to pass." Then, of that Pulastya and of the wise Vasiṣṭha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.121
प्रसादाद्वैष्णवं चक्रे पुराणं वै पराशरः षट्प्रकारं समस्तार्थसाधकं ज्ञानसंचयम्
prasādādvaiṣṇavaṃ cakre purāṇaṃ vai parāśaraḥ ṣaṭprakāraṃ samastārthasādhakaṃ jñānasaṃcayam
by the grace (of them both) Parāśara composed the Vaiṣṇava Purāṇa, of six kinds, accomplishing every aim, a store of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.122
षट्साहस्रमितं सर्वं वेदार्थेन च संयुतम् चतुर्थं हि पुराणानां संहितासु सुशोभनम्
ṣaṭsāhasramitaṃ sarvaṃ vedārthena ca saṃyutam caturthaṃ hi purāṇānāṃ saṃhitāsu suśobhanam
The whole (of it) measures six thousand (verses) and is joined with the meaning of the Vedas; it is the fourth among the Purāṇas, most excellent among the compendia.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
LiP 64.123
एष वः कथितः सर्वो वासिष्ठानां समासतः प्रभवः शक्तिसूनोश् च प्रभावो मुनिपुङ्गवाः
eṣa vaḥ kathitaḥ sarvo vāsiṣṭhānāṃ samāsataḥ prabhavaḥ śaktisūnoś ca prabhāvo munipuṅgavāḥ
Thus all this has been told to you in brief — the origin of the Vasiṣṭhas and the might of Śakti's son, O foremost of sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition