Matsya Purana — Chapter 154
MtP 154.1
प्रादुरासीत्प्रतीहारः शुभ्रनीलाम्बुजाम्बरः स जानुभ्यां महीं गत्वा पिहितास्यः स्वपाणिना
prādurāsītpratīhāraḥ śubhranīlāmbujāmbaraḥ sa jānubhyāṃ mahīṃ gatvā pihitāsyaḥ svapāṇinā
A doorkeeper appeared, his garment (blue) like a bright blue lotus; touching the ground with both knees, his mouth covered with his own hand,
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MtP 154.2
उवाचानाविलं वाक्यम् अल्पाक्षरपरिस्फुटम् दैत्येन्द्रमर्कवृन्दानां बिभ्रतं भास्वरं वपुः
uvācānāvilaṃ vākyam alpākṣaraparisphuṭam daityendramarkavṛndānāṃ bibhrataṃ bhāsvaraṃ vapuḥ
he spoke an untroubled speech, of few syllables and quite distinct, to the lord of the Daityas, who bore a shining body (like) a host of suns:
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MtP 154.3
कालनेमिः सुरान्बद्धांश् चादाय द्वारि तिष्ठति स विज्ञापयति स्थेयं क्व बन्दिभिरिति प्रभो
kālanemiḥ surānbaddhāṃś cādāya dvāri tiṣṭhati sa vijñāpayati stheyaṃ kva bandibhiriti prabho
"Kālanemi stands at the gate, having brought the gods in bonds. He asks: where are the captives to be kept, O lord?"
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MtP 154.4
तन्निशम्याब्रवीद्दैत्यः प्रतीहारस्य भाषितम् यथेष्टं स्थीयतामेभिर् गृहं मे भुवनत्रयम्
tanniśamyābravīddaityaḥ pratīhārasya bhāṣitam yatheṣṭaṃ sthīyatāmebhir gṛhaṃ me bhuvanatrayam
Hearing that speech of the doorkeeper, the Daitya said: "Let them stay wherever they please: the three worlds are my house—
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MtP 154.5
केवलं पाशबन्धेन विमुक्तैरविलम्बितम् एवं कृते ततो देवा दूयमानेन चेतसा
kevalaṃ pāśabandhena vimuktairavilambitam evaṃ kṛte tato devā dūyamānena cetasā
only let them be released from the binding of the nooses, without delay." When this had been done, the gods, with grieving minds,
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MtP 154.6
जग्मुर्जगद्गुरुं द्रष्टुं शरणं कमलोद्भवम् निवेदितास्ते शक्राद्याः शिरोभिर्धरणिं गताः तुष्टुवुः स्पष्टवर्णार्थैर् वचोभिः कमलासनम्
jagmurjagadguruṃ draṣṭuṃ śaraṇaṃ kamalodbhavam niveditāste śakrādyāḥ śirobhirdharaṇiṃ gatāḥ tuṣṭuvuḥ spaṣṭavarṇārthair vacobhiḥ kamalāsanam
went to see the teacher of the world, the refuge, the lotus-born. Announced, Śakra and the others, touching the ground with their heads, praised the lotus-seated one with words whose syllables and sense were clear:
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MtP 154.7
त्वम्ॐकारो ऽस्यङ्कुराय प्रसूतो विश्वस्यात्मानन्तभेदस्य पूर्वम् सम्भूतस्यानन्तरं सत्त्वमूर्ते संहारेच्छोस्ते नमो रुद्रमूर्ते
tvamoṃkāro 'syaṅkurāya prasūto viśvasyātmānantabhedasya pūrvam sambhūtasyānantaraṃ sattvamūrte saṃhārecchoste namo rudramūrte
"You are the syllable Oṃ, brought forth at the beginning for the sprouting of this universe, whose self is of endless divisions; and afterwards, O you whose form is sattva, when (the world) has come into being, homage to you, whose form is Rudra, who desire its withdrawal.
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MtP 154.8
व्यक्तिं नीत्वा त्वं वपुः स्वं महिम्ना तस्मादण्डात् साभिधानादचिन्त्यः द्यावापृथ्व्योर् ऊर्ध्वखण्डावराम्यां ह्य् अण्डादस्मात्त्वं विभागं करोषि
vyaktiṃ nītvā tvaṃ vapuḥ svaṃ mahimnā tasmādaṇḍāt sābhidhānādacintyaḥ dyāvāpṛthvyor ūrdhvakhaṇḍāvarāmyāṃ hy aṇḍādasmāttvaṃ vibhāgaṃ karoṣi
Having brought your own body into manifestation by your greatness out of that egg together with its name, you are inconceivable; for out of this egg you make the division of heaven and earth into upper and lower portions.
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MtP 154.9
व्यक्तं मेरौ यज्जनायुस्तवाभूद् एवं विद्मस्त्वत्प्रणीतश्चकास्ति व्यक्तं देवा जन्मनः शाश्वतस्य द्यौस्ते मूर्धा लोचने चन्द्रसूर्यौ
vyaktaṃ merau yajjanāyustavābhūd evaṃ vidmastvatpraṇītaścakāsti vyaktaṃ devā janmanaḥ śāśvatasya dyauste mūrdhā locane candrasūryau
That your race of beings became manifest upon Meru—thus we know; led forth by you it shines. Manifest (too) are the gods, of eternal birth. Heaven is your head, the moon and the sun your two eyes;
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MtP 154.10
व्यालाः केशाः श्रोत्ररन्ध्रा दिशस्ते पादौ भूमिर्नाभिरन्ध्रे समुद्राः मायाकारः कारणं त्वं प्रसिद्धो वेदैः शान्तो ज्योतिषा त्वं विमुक्तः
vyālāḥ keśāḥ śrotrarandhrā diśaste pādau bhūmirnābhirandhre samudrāḥ māyākāraḥ kāraṇaṃ tvaṃ prasiddho vedaiḥ śānto jyotiṣā tvaṃ vimuktaḥ
serpents are your hair, the quarters your ear-openings, the earth your feet, the oceans the hollow of your navel. You are the fashioner of illusion, the cause, well known through the Vedas; you are tranquil, and released, together with light.
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MtP 154.11
वेदार्थेषु त्वां विवृण्वन्ति बुद्ध्वा हृत्पद्मान्तःसंनिविष्टं पुराणम् त्वामात्मानं लब्धयोगा गृणन्ति सांख्यैर्यास्ताः सप्त सूक्ष्माः प्रणीताः
vedārtheṣu tvāṃ vivṛṇvanti buddhvā hṛtpadmāntaḥsaṃniviṣṭaṃ purāṇam tvāmātmānaṃ labdhayogā gṛṇanti sāṃkhyairyāstāḥ sapta sūkṣmāḥ praṇītāḥ
In the meanings of the Vedas they expound you, having recognised you as the Ancient One seated within the lotus of the heart; those who have gained yoga proclaim you as the Self—(you) who are those seven subtle (principles) set forth by the Sāṃkhyas.
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MtP 154.12
तासां हेतुर्याष्टमी चापि गीता तस्यां तस्यां गीयसे वै त्वमन्तम् दृष्ट्वा मूर्तिं स्थूलसूक्ष्मां चकार देवैर्भावाः कारणैः कैश्चिदुक्ताः
tāsāṃ heturyāṣṭamī cāpi gītā tasyāṃ tasyāṃ gīyase vai tvamantam dṛṣṭvā mūrtiṃ sthūlasūkṣmāṃ cakāra devairbhāvāḥ kāraṇaiḥ kaiściduktāḥ
And their cause, which is sung of as the eighth—in each and every one of these you are sung as the end. Having seen (this), he made a form gross and subtle; by the gods certain states were declared to be causes.
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MtP 154.13
सम्भूतास्ते त्वत्त एवादिसर्गे भूयस्तां तां वासनां ते ऽभ्युपेयुः त्वत्संकल्पेनान्तमायाप्तिगूढः कालो मेयो ध्वस्तसंख्याविकल्पः
sambhūtāste tvatta evādisarge bhūyastāṃ tāṃ vāsanāṃ te 'bhyupeyuḥ tvatsaṃkalpenāntamāyāptigūḍhaḥ kālo meyo dhvastasaṃkhyāvikalpaḥ
They came into being from you alone in the first creation, and again they take on that same latent disposition of theirs. By your will, time—hidden by the reach of endless illusion—becomes measurable, the alternatives of its numbering destroyed.
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MtP 154.14
भावाभावव्यक्तिसंहारहेतुस् त्वं सो ऽनन्तस्तस्य कर्तासि चात्मन् ये ऽन्ये सूक्ष्माः सन्ति तेभ्यो ऽभिगीतः स्थूला भावाश्चावृतारश्च तेषाम्
bhāvābhāvavyaktisaṃhārahetus tvaṃ so 'nantastasya kartāsi cātman ye 'nye sūkṣmāḥ santi tebhyo 'bhigītaḥ sthūlā bhāvāścāvṛtāraśca teṣām
You are the cause of being and non-being, of manifestation and withdrawal; you are that endless one, and you are its maker, O Self. Whatever other subtle (principles) there are, you are sung of as beyond them—and (so too are) the gross entities and what covers them.
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MtP 154.15
तेभ्यः स्थूलैस्तैः पुराणैः प्रतीतो भूतं भव्यं चैवमुद्भूतिभाजाम् भावे भावे भावितं त्वा युनक्ति युक्तं युक्तं व्यक्तिभावान्निरस्य इत्थं देवो भक्तिभाजां शरण्यस् त्राता गोप्ता नो भवानन्तमूर्तिः
tebhyaḥ sthūlaistaiḥ purāṇaiḥ pratīto bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ caivamudbhūtibhājām bhāve bhāve bhāvitaṃ tvā yunakti yuktaṃ yuktaṃ vyaktibhāvānnirasya itthaṃ devo bhaktibhājāṃ śaraṇyas trātā goptā no bhavānantamūrtiḥ
Beyond them you are known through those ancient gross (forms), and thus the past and the future of those subject to origination. In state after state, being conceived, it joins you, the ever-joined, casting (you) out of the condition of manifestation. So, O God, refuge of those who have devotion, be our saviour and protector, you whose form is endless."
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MtP 154.16
विरेमुरमराः स्तुत्वा ब्रह्माणमविकारिणम् तस्थुर्मनोभिर् इष्टार्थसम्प्राप्तिप्रार्थनास्ततः
viremuramarāḥ stutvā brahmāṇamavikāriṇam tasthurmanobhir iṣṭārthasamprāptiprārthanāstataḥ
The immortals fell silent, having praised the unchanging Brahmā, and then stood, praying in their minds for the attainment of the object they desired.
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MtP 154.17
एवं स्तुतो विरिञ्चिस्तु प्रसादं परमं गतः अमरान्वरदेनाह वामहस्तेन निर्दिशन्
evaṃ stuto viriñcistu prasādaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ amarānvaradenāha vāmahastena nirdiśan
Thus praised, Viriñci became supremely gracious, and spoke to the immortals, gesturing with his boon-giving left hand:
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MtP 154.18
नारी याभर्तृकाकस्मात् तनुस्ते त्यक्तभूषणा न राजते तथा शक्र म्लानवक्त्रशिरोरुहा
nārī yābhartṛkākasmāt tanuste tyaktabhūṣaṇā na rājate tathā śakra mlānavaktraśiroruhā
"As a woman who is suddenly without a husband, thin, her ornaments laid aside, does not shine, so too, O Śakra, is your body, its face and hair withered.
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MtP 154.19
हुताशनविमुक्तो ऽपि न धूमेन विराजसे भस्मनेव प्रतिच्छन्नो दग्धदावश्चिरोषितः
hutāśanavimukto 'pi na dhūmena virājase bhasmaneva praticchanno dagdhadāvaściroṣitaḥ
Though released from the fire, you do not shine because of the smoke, covered over as if by ash, like a forest-blaze long since burnt out.
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MtP 154.20
यमामयमये नैव शरीरे त्वं विराजसे दण्डस्यालम्बनेनेव ह्य् अकृच्छ्रस्तु पदे पदे
yamāmayamaye naiva śarīre tvaṃ virājase daṇḍasyālambaneneva hy akṛcchrastu pade pade
Yama, you do not shine at all in a body made of sickness, (moving) as if by leaning on your staff, (yet) without difficulty at every step.
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MtP 154.21
रजनीचरनाथो ऽपि किं भीत इव भाषसे राक्षसेन्द्र क्षताराते त्वमरातिक्षतो यथा
rajanīcaranātho 'pi kiṃ bhīta iva bhāṣase rākṣasendra kṣatārāte tvamarātikṣato yathā
Though you are lord of the night-rangers, why do you speak as if afraid, O chief of rākṣasas, you whose foes are cut down—as though you yourself were cut down by foes?
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MtP 154.22
तनुस्ते वरुणोच्छुष्का परीतस्येव वह्निना विमुक्तरुधिरं पाशं फणिभिः प्रविलोकयन्
tanuste varuṇocchuṣkā parītasyeva vahninā vimuktarudhiraṃ pāśaṃ phaṇibhiḥ pravilokayan
Your body, Varuṇa, is dried up as if encircled by fire, as you gaze upon your noose, drained of blood, with its serpents.
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MtP 154.23
वायो भवान् विचेतस्कस् त्वं स्निग्धैरिव निर्जितः किं त्वं बिभेषि धनद संन्यस्यैव कुबेरताम्
vāyo bhavān vicetaskas tvaṃ snigdhairiva nirjitaḥ kiṃ tvaṃ bibheṣi dhanada saṃnyasyaiva kuberatām
Vāyu, you are out of your wits, as if vanquished by soft, oily things; why do you fear, giver of wealth, as if you had given up being Kubera?
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MtP 154.24
रुद्रास्त्रिशूलिनः सन्तो वदध्वं बहुशूलताम् भवन्तः केन तत्क्षिप्तं तेजस्तु भवतामपि
rudrāstriśūlinaḥ santo vadadhvaṃ bahuśūlatām bhavantaḥ kena tatkṣiptaṃ tejastu bhavatāmapi
You Rudras, being trident-bearers, proclaim (your) many-spearedness; by whom has that splendour of yours too been cast away?
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MtP 154.25
अकिंचित्करतां यातः करस्ते न विभासते अलं नीलोत्पलाभेन चक्रेण मधुसूदन
akiṃcitkaratāṃ yātaḥ karaste na vibhāsate alaṃ nīlotpalābhena cakreṇa madhusūdana
Your hand has come to be good for nothing; it does not shine. Enough of the discus with the sheen of a blue lotus, Madhusūdana!
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MtP 154.26
किं त्वयानुदरालीनभुवनप्रविलोकनम् क्रियते स्तिमिताक्षेण भवता विश्वतोमुख
kiṃ tvayānudarālīnabhuvanapravilokanam kriyate stimitākṣeṇa bhavatā viśvatomukha
Why is this gazing at the worlds hidden within your belly being done by you, with unblinking eyes, O you who face in every direction?
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MtP 154.27
एवमुक्ताः सुरास्तेन ब्रह्मणा ब्रह्ममूर्तिना वाचां प्रधानभूतत्वान् मारुतं तमचोदयन्
evamuktāḥ surāstena brahmaṇā brahmamūrtinā vācāṃ pradhānabhūtatvān mārutaṃ tamacodayan
The gods, thus addressed by that Brahmā whose form is brahman, urged on the Wind, since he was the foremost in speech.
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MtP 154.28
अथ विष्णुमुखैर्देवैः श्वसनः प्रतिबोधितः चतुर्मुखं तदा प्राह चराचरगुरुं विभुम्
atha viṣṇumukhairdevaiḥ śvasanaḥ pratibodhitaḥ caturmukhaṃ tadā prāha carācaraguruṃ vibhum
Then the Wind, prompted by the gods led by Viṣṇu, spoke to the four-faced lord, the teacher of the moving and the unmoving.
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MtP 154.30
त्वमनन्त करोषि जगद्भवतां सचराचरगर्भविभिन्नगुणाम् अमरासुरमेतदशेषमपि त्वयि तुल्यमहो जनको ऽसि यतः
tvamananta karoṣi jagadbhavatāṃ sacarācaragarbhavibhinnaguṇām amarāsurametadaśeṣamapi tvayi tulyamaho janako 'si yataḥ
You, O endless one, make the world come to be, its qualities differentiated in the womb, together with what moves and what does not; this whole (host), gods and asuras alike, is equal in you—ah, since you are their begetter.
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MtP 154.31
पितुरस्ति तथापि मनोविकृतिः सगुणो विगुणो बलवानबलः भवतो वरलाभनिवृत्तभयः कुलिशाङ्गसुतो दितिजो ऽतिबलः
piturasti tathāpi manovikṛtiḥ saguṇo viguṇo balavānabalaḥ bhavato varalābhanivṛttabhayaḥ kuliśāṅgasuto ditijo 'tibalaḥ
Yet even a father has a partiality of mind: (one son) endowed with qualities, (another) devoid of them, one strong, one weak. The son of Kuliśāṅga, born of Diti, exceedingly strong, has had his fear removed by winning a boon from you.
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MtP 154.32
सचराचरनिर्मथने किमिति कितवस्तु कृतो विहितो भवता किल देव त्वया स्थितये जगतां महदद्भुतचित्रविचिगुणाः
sacarācaranirmathane kimiti kitavastu kṛto vihito bhavatā kila deva tvayā sthitaye jagatāṃ mahadadbhutacitraviciguṇāḥ
Why then was a cheat made and appointed by you for the churning up of all that moves and does not move? Surely by you, O god, for the stability of the worlds—(these) great, wondrous, variegated, diverse qualities.
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MtP 154.33
अपि तुष्टिकृतः श्रुतकामफला विहिता द्विजनायक देवगणाः अपि नाकमभूत्किल यज्ञभुजां भवतो विनियोगवशात्सततम्
api tuṣṭikṛtaḥ śrutakāmaphalā vihitā dvijanāyaka devagaṇāḥ api nākamabhūtkila yajñabhujāṃ bhavato viniyogavaśātsatatam
And the hosts of gods were made content, O lord of the twice-born, their desired fruits being (those) heard (in the Vedas); and heaven surely belonged to the eaters of the sacrifice, constantly, by force of your appointment.
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MtP 154.34
अपहृत्य विमानगणं स कृतो दितिजेन महामरुभूमिसमः कृतवानसि सर्वगुणातिशयं यमशेषमहीधरराजतया
apahṛtya vimānagaṇaṃ sa kṛto ditijena mahāmarubhūmisamaḥ kṛtavānasi sarvaguṇātiśayaṃ yamaśeṣamahīdhararājatayā
Having carried off the host of celestial cars, the son of Diti made it (heaven) like a great desert waste; (yet) you had made (Meru) surpassing in every quality, by (appointing) him king of all mountains.
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MtP 154.35
सममिङ्गितभावविधिः स गिरिर् गगनेन सदोच्छ्रयतां हि गतः अधिवासविहारविधावुचितो दितिजने पविक्षतशृङ्गतटः
samamiṅgitabhāvavidhiḥ sa girir gaganena sadocchrayatāṃ hi gataḥ adhivāsavihāravidhāvucito ditijane pavikṣataśṛṅgataṭaḥ
That mountain, whose disposition conformed to (their) every hint, always attained a height equal to the sky; fit for dwelling and for pleasure-taking among the Diti-born, its peaks and slopes gashed by the thunderbolt.
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MtP 154.36
परिलुण्ठितरत्नगुहानिवहो बहुदैत्यसभाश्रयतां गमितः सुरराज स तस्य भयेन गतं व्यदधादशरीर इतो ऽपि वृथा
pariluṇṭhitaratnaguhānivaho bahudaityasabhāśrayatāṃ gamitaḥ surarāja sa tasya bhayena gataṃ vyadadhādaśarīra ito 'pi vṛthā
Its mass of jewel-caves plundered all round, it was made to serve as assembly-hall for many daityas; O king of gods, out of fear of him the bodiless one made (his) going from here too fruitless.
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MtP 154.37
उपयोग्यतया विवृतं सुचिरं विमलद्युतिपूरितदिग्वदनम् भवतैव विनिर्मितमादियुगे सुरहेतिसमूहम् अनुत्थमिदम्
upayogyatayā vivṛtaṃ suciraṃ vimaladyutipūritadigvadanam bhavataiva vinirmitamādiyuge surahetisamūham anutthamidam
This mass of divine weapons, never surpassed, fashioned by you yourself in the first age, filling the faces of the quarters with unclouded radiance, was long displayed as fit for use.
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MtP 154.38
दितिजस्य शरीरमवाप्य गतं शतधा मतिभेदमिवाल्पमनाः आसारधूलिध्वस्ताङ्गा द्वारस्थाः स्मः कदर्थिनः लब्धप्रवेशाः कृच्छ्रेण वयं तस्यामरद्विषः
ditijasya śarīramavāpya gataṃ śatadhā matibhedamivālpamanāḥ āsāradhūlidhvastāṅgā dvārasthāḥ smaḥ kadarthinaḥ labdhapraveśāḥ kṛcchreṇa vayaṃ tasyāmaradviṣaḥ
Reaching the body of the son of Diti, it went to pieces a hundredfold, like the wavering resolve of a small-minded man. Our limbs battered by dust-storms, we stood at the gate, humiliated; with difficulty did we, at that foe of the gods', obtain entry.
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MtP 154.39
सभायाममरा देव निकृष्टे ऽप्युपवेशिताः वेत्रहस्तैर् अजल्पन्तस् ततो ऽपहसितास्तु तैः
sabhāyāmamarā deva nikṛṣṭe 'pyupaveśitāḥ vetrahastair ajalpantas tato 'pahasitāstu taiḥ
In the assembly hall, O god, the immortals were seated even in a degraded place by the staff-bearers, and, keeping silent, were then laughed at by them.
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MtP 154.40
महार्थाः सिद्धसर्वार्था भवन्तः स्वल्पभाषिणः चाटुयुक्तमथो कर्म ह्य् अमरा बहु भाषत
mahārthāḥ siddhasarvārthā bhavantaḥ svalpabhāṣiṇaḥ cāṭuyuktamatho karma hy amarā bahu bhāṣata
"You, whose aims are great, who have achieved all your ends, are sparing of speech, whereas the immortals talk much, their words full of flattery, [and their] deeds [likewise]" —
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MtP 154.41
समयं दैत्यसिंहस्य सशक्रस्य नु संस्थिताः वदतेति च दैत्यस्य प्रेष्यैर्विहसिता बहु
samayaṃ daityasiṃhasya saśakrasya nu saṃsthitāḥ vadateti ca daityasya preṣyairvihasitā bahu
"Declare your submission to the lion among daityas, you together with Śakra!" — thus they were much derided by the daitya's servants as they stood there.
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MtP 154.42
ऋतवो मूर्तिमन्तस्तम् उपासन्ते ह्यहर्निशम् कृतापराधसंत्रासं न त्यजन्ति कदाचन
ṛtavo mūrtimantastam upāsante hyaharniśam kṛtāparādhasaṃtrāsaṃ na tyajanti kadācana
The seasons in bodily form wait upon him day and night; in dread of having committed some offence, they never leave him.
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MtP 154.43
तन्त्रीत्रयलयोपेतं सिद्धगन्धर्वकिंनरैः सुरागम् उपधा नित्यं गीयते तस्य वेश्मसु
tantrītrayalayopetaṃ siddhagandharvakiṃnaraiḥ surāgam upadhā nityaṃ gīyate tasya veśmasu
In his dwellings a sweet melody, set to the harmony of the three strings, is constantly sung by siddhas, gandharvas and kinnaras.
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MtP 154.44
हन्ताकृतोपकरणैर् मित्राणि गुरुलाघवैः शरणागतसंत्यागी त्यक्तसत्यपरिश्रयः
hantākṛtopakaraṇair mitrāṇi gurulāghavaiḥ śaraṇāgatasaṃtyāgī tyaktasatyapariśrayaḥ
Alas! — making friends into mere instruments by weighing them as important or slight, he is one who casts off those who have come for refuge, who has abandoned all reliance on truth.
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MtP 154.45
इति निःशेषमथवा निःशेषं वै न शक्यते तस्याविनयमाख्यातुं स्रष्टा तत्र परायणम्
iti niḥśeṣamathavā niḥśeṣaṃ vai na śakyate tasyāvinayamākhyātuṃ sraṣṭā tatra parāyaṇam
Thus in sum — or rather, it is not possible to tell his misconduct in full; in this matter the Creator is our recourse.
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MtP 154.46
इत्युक्तः स्वात्मभूर्देवः सुरैर्दैत्यविचेष्टितम् सुरानुवाच भगवांस् ततः स्मितमुखाम्बुजः
ityuktaḥ svātmabhūrdevaḥ surairdaityaviceṣṭitam surānuvāca bhagavāṃs tataḥ smitamukhāmbujaḥ
Thus told by the gods of the daitya's doings, the self-born god, the Blessed One, his lotus face then smiling, spoke to the gods.
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MtP 154.47
अवध्यस्तारको दैत्यः सर्वैरपि सुरासुरैः यस्य वध्यः स नाद्यापि जातस्त्रिभुवने पुमान्
avadhyastārako daityaḥ sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ yasya vadhyaḥ sa nādyāpi jātastribhuvane pumān
The daitya Tāraka cannot be slain even by all the gods and asuras together; the man by whom he is to be slain is not yet born in the three worlds.
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MtP 154.48
मया स वरदानेन छन्दयित्वा निवारितः तपसः सांप्रतं राजा त्रैलोक्यदहनात्मकात्
mayā sa varadānena chandayitvā nivāritaḥ tapasaḥ sāṃprataṃ rājā trailokyadahanātmakāt
That king was checked by me, gratified with the gift of a boon, from an austerity whose very nature was the burning of the three worlds.
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MtP 154.49
स च वव्रे वधं दैत्यः शिशुतः सप्तवासरात् स सप्तदिवसो बालः शंकराद्यो भविष्यति
sa ca vavre vadhaṃ daityaḥ śiśutaḥ saptavāsarāt sa saptadivaso bālaḥ śaṃkarādyo bhaviṣyati
And the daitya chose that his death come from a child of seven days; that seven-day-old boy shall have Śaṃkara for his origin.
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MtP 154.50
तारकस्य निहन्ता स भास्कराभो भविष्यति सांप्रतं चाप्यपत्नीकः शंकरो भगवान्प्रभुः
tārakasya nihantā sa bhāskarābho bhaviṣyati sāṃprataṃ cāpyapatnīkaḥ śaṃkaro bhagavānprabhuḥ
He, with the radiance of the sun, shall be the slayer of Tāraka; but at present the blessed lord Śaṃkara is without a wife.
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MtP 154.51
यच्चाहमुक्तवान्यस्या ह्य् उत्तानकरता सदा उत्तानो वरदः पाणिर् एष देव्याः सदैव तु
yaccāhamuktavānyasyā hy uttānakaratā sadā uttāno varadaḥ pāṇir eṣa devyāḥ sadaiva tu
And as to what I said, that her hand is always upturned — this upturned hand of the goddess is ever boon-bestowing.
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MtP 154.52
हिमाचलस्य दुहिता सा तु देवी भविष्यति तस्याः सकाशाद्यः शर्वस् त्व् अरण्यां पावको यथा
himācalasya duhitā sā tu devī bhaviṣyati tasyāḥ sakāśādyaḥ śarvas tv araṇyāṃ pāvako yathā
She shall become the daughter of Himālaya; from her presence Śarva, as fire (is produced) in the araṇi wood,
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MtP 154.53
जनयिष्यति तं प्राप्य तारको ऽभिभविष्यति मयाप्युपायः स कृतो यथैवं हि भविष्यति
janayiṣyati taṃ prāpya tārako 'bhibhaviṣyati mayāpyupāyaḥ sa kṛto yathaivaṃ hi bhaviṣyati
having obtained her, shall beget him, and Tāraka shall be overcome. And that device has been contrived by me, so that it will indeed come about thus.
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MtP 154.54
शेषश्चाप्यस्य विभवो विनश्येत्तदनन्तरम् स्तोककालं प्रतीक्षध्वं निर्विशङ्केन चेतसा
śeṣaścāpyasya vibhavo vinaśyettadanantaram stokakālaṃ pratīkṣadhvaṃ nirviśaṅkena cetasā
And what remains of his power shall perish thereafter. Wait a short while with mind free of doubt.
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MtP 154.55
इत्युक्तास्त्रिदशास्तेन साक्षात्कमलजन्मना जग्मुस्तं प्रणिपत्येशं यथायोगं दिवौकसः
ityuktāstridaśāstena sākṣātkamalajanmanā jagmustaṃ praṇipatyeśaṃ yathāyogaṃ divaukasaḥ
So addressed by him, the lotus-born himself, the thirty gods, dwellers in heaven, bowed to that lord and went, each as was fitting.
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MtP 154.56
ततो गतेषु देवेषु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः निशां सस्मार भगवान् स्वतनोः पूर्वसंभवाम्
tato gateṣu deveṣu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ niśāṃ sasmāra bhagavān svatanoḥ pūrvasaṃbhavām
Then, when the gods had gone, the blessed Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds, called to mind Night, who had formerly been born from his own body.
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MtP 154.57
ततो भगवती रात्रिर् उपतस्थे पितामहम् तां विविक्ते समालोक्य ब्रह्मोवाच विभावरीम्
tato bhagavatī rātrir upatasthe pitāmaham tāṃ vivikte samālokya brahmovāca vibhāvarīm
Then the blessed Night presented herself before the grandfather; and beholding her in a solitary place, Brahmā spoke to Vibhāvarī.
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MtP 154.58
विभावरि महत्कायं विबुधानामुपस्थितम् तत्कर्तव्यं त्वया देवि शृणु कार्यस्य निश्चयम्
vibhāvari mahatkāyaṃ vibudhānāmupasthitam tatkartavyaṃ tvayā devi śṛṇu kāryasya niścayam
"Vibhāvarī, a great task has arisen for the gods; that is to be done by you, goddess. Hear the settled plan of the undertaking.
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MtP 154.59
तारको नाम दैत्येन्द्रः सुरकेतुरनिर्जितः तस्याभावाय भगवाञ् जनयिष्यति चेश्वरः
tārako nāma daityendraḥ suraketuranirjitaḥ tasyābhāvāya bhagavāñ janayiṣyati ceśvaraḥ
There is an unconquered lord of daityas named Tāraka, a baleful portent for the gods; and for his undoing the blessed Lord shall beget
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MtP 154.60
सुतं स भविता तस्य तारकस्यान्तकारकः शंकरस्याभवत्पत्नी सती दक्षसुता तु या
sutaṃ sa bhavitā tasya tārakasyāntakārakaḥ śaṃkarasyābhavatpatnī satī dakṣasutā tu yā
He will have a son who brings about the end of that Tāraka. And she who was Śaṃkara's wife, Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa —
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MtP 154.61
सा मृता कुपिता देवी कस्मिंश्चित्कारणान्तरे भविता हिमशैलस्य दुहिता लोकभाविनी
sā mṛtā kupitā devī kasmiṃścitkāraṇāntare bhavitā himaśailasya duhitā lokabhāvinī
— that goddess, angered on some other occasion, died; she will become the daughter of the Snow Mountain, she who brings the worlds into being.
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MtP 154.62
विरहेण हरस्तस्या मत्वा शून्यं जगत्त्रयम् तपस्यन्हिमशैलस्य कन्दरे सिद्धसेविते
viraheṇa harastasyā matvā śūnyaṃ jagattrayam tapasyanhimaśailasya kandare siddhasevite
Hara, through separation from her, reckoning the three worlds empty, practising austerities in a cave of the Snow Mountain frequented by Siddhas,
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MtP 154.63
प्रतीक्षमाणस्तज्जन्म कंचित्कालं निवत्स्यति तयोः सुतप्ततपसोर् भविता यो महाबलः
pratīkṣamāṇastajjanma kaṃcitkālaṃ nivatsyati tayoḥ sutaptatapasor bhavitā yo mahābalaḥ
awaiting her birth, will dwell (there) for some time. Of those two, when they have performed intense austerity, there will be (a son) of great strength.
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MtP 154.64
स भविष्यति दैत्यस्य तारकस्य विनाशकः जातमात्रा तु सा देवी स्वल्पसंज्ञा च भामिनी
sa bhaviṣyati daityasya tārakasya vināśakaḥ jātamātrā tu sā devī svalpasaṃjñā ca bhāminī
He will be the destroyer of the daitya Tāraka. But that goddess, newly born and of slight awareness, the lovely woman,
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MtP 154.65
विरहोत्कण्ठिता गाढं हरसंगमलालसा तयोः सुतप्ततपसोः संयोगः स्याच्छुभानने
virahotkaṇṭhitā gāḍhaṃ harasaṃgamalālasā tayoḥ sutaptatapasoḥ saṃyogaḥ syācchubhānane
deeply longing in separation, eager for union with Hara — of those two, who have performed intense austerity, there will be a joining, O fair-faced one.
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MtP 154.66
ततस्ताभ्यां तु जनितः स्वल्पो वाक्कलहो भवेत् ततो ऽपि संशयो भूयस् तारकं प्रति दृश्यते
tatastābhyāṃ tu janitaḥ svalpo vākkalaho bhavet tato 'pi saṃśayo bhūyas tārakaṃ prati dṛśyate
Then a slight quarrel of words will arise between the two of them; and from that, again, danger is seen with regard to Tāraka.
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MtP 154.67
तयोः संयुक्तयोस्तस्मात् सुरतासक्तिकारणे विघ्नस्त्वया विधातव्यो यथा ताभ्यां तथा शृणु
tayoḥ saṃyuktayostasmāt suratāsaktikāraṇe vighnastvayā vidhātavyo yathā tābhyāṃ tathā śṛṇu
Therefore, when the two are joined, in the matter of their attachment to lovemaking an obstacle is to be made by you; hear how (it is to be done) with them.
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MtP 154.68
गर्भस्थाने च तन्मातुः स्वेन रूपेण रञ्जय ततो विहाय शर्वस्तां विश्रान्तो नर्मपूर्वकम्
garbhasthāne ca tanmātuḥ svena rūpeṇa rañjaya tato vihāya śarvastāṃ viśrānto narmapūrvakam
And in the womb-place of his mother, tinge (it) with your own form. Then Śarva, having left her, at ease, in jest,
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MtP 154.69
भर्त्सयिष्यति तां देवीं ततः सा कुपिता सती प्रयास्यति तपश्चर्तुं तत्तस्मात्तपसे पुनः
bhartsayiṣyati tāṃ devīṃ tataḥ sā kupitā satī prayāsyati tapaścartuṃ tattasmāttapase punaḥ
will rebuke that goddess; then she, being angered, will go off to practise austerity — therefore (she goes) to austerity again.
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MtP 154.70
जनयिष्यति यं शर्वा दयितद्युतिमण्डितम् स भविष्यति हन्ता वै सुरारीणामसंशयम्
janayiṣyati yaṃ śarvā dayitadyutimaṇḍitam sa bhaviṣyati hantā vai surārīṇāmasaṃśayam
He whom Śarvā will bear, adorned with a beloved radiance, will assuredly be the slayer of the gods' foes, without doubt.
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MtP 154.71
त्वयापि दानवा देवि हन्तव्या लोकदुर्जयाः यावच्च न सती देहसंक्रान्तगुणसंचया
tvayāpi dānavā devi hantavyā lokadurjayāḥ yāvacca na satī dehasaṃkrāntaguṇasaṃcayā
By you too, O goddess, the Dānavas, hard for the world to conquer, are to be slain; and so long as Satī, the store of whose qualities has passed into (that) body,
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MtP 154.72
तत्संगमेन तावत्त्वं दैत्यान्हन्तुं न शक्ष्यसे एवं कृते तपस्तप्त्वा सृष्टिसंहारकारिणी
tatsaṃgamena tāvattvaṃ daityānhantuṃ na śakṣyase evaṃ kṛte tapastaptvā sṛṣṭisaṃhārakāriṇī
— so long, by union with him, you will not be able to slay the Daityas. When this has been done, she who effects creation and destruction, having performed austerity,
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MtP 154.73
समाप्तनियमा देवी यदा चोमा भविष्यति तदा स्वमेव तद्रूपं शैलजा प्रतिपत्स्यते
samāptaniyamā devī yadā comā bhaviṣyati tadā svameva tadrūpaṃ śailajā pratipatsyate
and when the goddess, her observances completed, becomes Umā, then the mountain-born one will take on that form which is her very own.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.74
तनुस्तवापि सहजा सैकानंशा भविष्यति रूपांशेन तु संयुक्ता त्वमुमायां भविष्यसि
tanustavāpi sahajā saikānaṃśā bhaviṣyati rūpāṃśena tu saṃyuktā tvamumāyāṃ bhaviṣyasi
Your body too, born along with (hers), will be that Ekānaṃśā; and joined by a portion of (her) form, you will abide in Umā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.75
एकानंशेति लोकस्त्वां वरदे पूजयिष्यति भेदैर्बहुविधाकारैः सर्वगा कामसाधिनी
ekānaṃśeti lokastvāṃ varade pūjayiṣyati bhedairbahuvidhākāraiḥ sarvagā kāmasādhinī
People will worship you, O giver of boons, as Ekānaṃśā, with distinctions of many kinds of forms — you the all-pervading, the accomplisher of desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.76
ॐकारवक्त्रा गायत्री त्वमिति ब्रह्मवादिभिः आक्रान्तिरूर्जिताकारा राजभिश्च महाभुजैः
oṃkāravaktrā gāyatrī tvamiti brahmavādibhiḥ ākrāntirūrjitākārā rājabhiśca mahābhujaiḥ
By the expounders of the Veda, as 'You are Gāyatrī, whose mouth is the syllable Oṃ'; and by kings of mighty arms, as Ākrānti (Conquest), of forceful form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.77
त्वं भूरिति विशां माता शूद्रैः शैवीति पूजिता क्षान्तिर्मुनीनामक्षोभ्या दया नियमिनामिति
tvaṃ bhūriti viśāṃ mātā śūdraiḥ śaivīti pūjitā kṣāntirmunīnāmakṣobhyā dayā niyamināmiti
'You are Bhū', the mother of the vaiśyas; worshipped by śūdras as Śaivī; the forbearance of sages, the unshakable one, the compassion of those who keep vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.78
त्वं महोपायसंदोहा नीतिर्नयविसर्पिणाम् परिच्छित्तिस्त्वमर्थानां त्वमीहा प्राणिहृच्छया
tvaṃ mahopāyasaṃdohā nītirnayavisarpiṇām paricchittistvamarthānāṃ tvamīhā prāṇihṛcchayā
You are the mass of great expedients, the policy of those who proceed by statecraft; you are the discrimination of aims, you are striving, the desire that lies in the hearts of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.79
त्वं मुक्तिः सर्वभूतानां त्वं गतिः सर्वदेहिनाम् त्वं च कीर्तिमतां कीर्तिस् त्वं मूर्तिः सर्वदेहिनाम्
tvaṃ muktiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ gatiḥ sarvadehinām tvaṃ ca kīrtimatāṃ kīrtis tvaṃ mūrtiḥ sarvadehinām
You are the liberation of all beings, you are the goal of all embodied ones; you are the fame of the famous, you are the form of all who have bodies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.80
रतिस्त्वं रक्तचित्तानां प्रीतिस्त्वं हृष्टदर्शिनाम् त्वं कान्तिः कृतभूषाणां त्वं शान्तिर्दुःखकर्मणाम्
ratistvaṃ raktacittānāṃ prītistvaṃ hṛṣṭadarśinām tvaṃ kāntiḥ kṛtabhūṣāṇāṃ tvaṃ śāntirduḥkhakarmaṇām
You are the passion of those whose minds are enamoured, you are the delight of those who look with joy; you are the loveliness of those who have adorned themselves, you are the calm of those whose deeds bring sorrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.81
त्वं भ्रान्तिः सर्वबोधानां त्वं गतिः क्रतुयाजिनाम् जलधीनां महावेला त्वं च लीला विलासिनाम्
tvaṃ bhrāntiḥ sarvabodhānāṃ tvaṃ gatiḥ kratuyājinām jaladhīnāṃ mahāvelā tvaṃ ca līlā vilāsinām
You are the delusion of all cognitions, you are the goal of those who offer sacrifices; you are the great shoreline of the oceans, and the sport of those who take pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.82
संभूतिस्त्वं पदार्थानां स्थितिस्त्वं लोकपालिनी त्वं कालरात्रिर्निःशेषभुवनावलिनाशिनी
saṃbhūtistvaṃ padārthānāṃ sthitistvaṃ lokapālinī tvaṃ kālarātrirniḥśeṣabhuvanāvalināśinī
You are the coming-into-being of (all) things, you are their abiding, protectress of the worlds; you are Kālarātri, the night of doom, who destroys the whole succession of worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.83
प्रियकण्ठग्रहानन्ददायिनी त्वं विभावरी इत्यनेकविधैर्देवि रूपैर्लोके त्वमर्चिता
priyakaṇṭhagrahānandadāyinī tvaṃ vibhāvarī ityanekavidhairdevi rūpairloke tvamarcitā
You are the night that gives the delight of clasping a lover's neck; thus, O Goddess, you are worshipped in the world in forms of many kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.84
ये त्वां स्तोष्यन्ति वरदे पूजयिष्यन्ति वापि ये ते सर्वकामानाप्स्यन्ति नियता नात्र संशयः
ye tvāṃ stoṣyanti varade pūjayiṣyanti vāpi ye te sarvakāmānāpsyanti niyatā nātra saṃśayaḥ
Those who will praise you, O granter of boons, or those who will worship you — they, being disciplined, will obtain all their desires; there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.85
इत्युक्ता तु निशा देवी तथेत्युक्त्वा कृताञ्जलिः जगाम त्वरिता तूर्णं गृहं हिमगिरेः परम्
ityuktā tu niśā devī tathetyuktvā kṛtāñjaliḥ jagāma tvaritā tūrṇaṃ gṛhaṃ himagireḥ param
Thus addressed, the goddess Night said "So be it," and with hands folded in reverence went swiftly and quickly to the far house on the Snowy Mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.86
तत्रासीनां महाहर्म्ये रत्नभित्तिसमाश्रयाम् ददर्श मेनामापाण्डुच्छविवक्त्रसरोरुहाम्
tatrāsīnāṃ mahāharmye ratnabhittisamāśrayām dadarśa menāmāpāṇḍucchavivaktrasaroruhām
There she saw Menā, seated in the great mansion, leaning against a wall of jewels, the lotus of her face pale of hue,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.87
किंचिच् छ्याममुखोदग्रस्तनभारावनामिताम् महौषधिगणाबद्धमन्त्रराजनिषेविताम्
kiṃcic chyāmamukhodagrastanabhārāvanāmitām mahauṣadhigaṇābaddhamantrarājaniṣevitām
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 154.88
उद्वहत्कनकोन्नद्धजीवरक्षामहोरगाम् मणिदीपगणज्योतिर् महालोकप्रकाशिते
udvahatkanakonnaddhajīvarakṣāmahoragām maṇidīpagaṇajyotir mahālokaprakāśite
(and her) wearing the great serpent-amulet for the protection of life, bound about with raised gold — (in a chamber) lit up with great brightness by the light of a host of jewel-lamps,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.89
प्रकीर्णबहुसिद्धार्थे मनोजपरिवारके शुचिन्यंशुकसंछन्नभूशय्यास्तरणोज्ज्वले
prakīrṇabahusiddhārthe manojaparivārake śucinyaṃśukasaṃchannabhūśayyāstaraṇojjvale
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 154.90
धूपामोदमनोरम्ये सर्जगन्धोपयोगिके ततः क्रमेण दिवसे गते दूरं विभावरी
dhūpāmodamanoramye sarjagandhopayogike tataḥ krameṇa divase gate dūraṃ vibhāvarī
(in the chamber) delightful with the pleasing scent of incense, fitted out with the fragrance of sarja resin — then, as the day gradually passed far away, the night
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.91
व्यजृम्भत सुखोदर्के ततो मेना महागृहे प्रसुप्तप्रायपुरुषे निद्राभूतोपचारिके
vyajṛmbhata sukhodarke tato menā mahāgṛhe prasuptaprāyapuruṣe nidrābhūtopacārike
stretched itself out; then Menā, in the great house of happy issue, where the people were all but fast asleep and the attendants had turned to slumber,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.92
स्फुटालोके शशभृति भ्रान्तिरात्रिविहंगमे रजनीचरभूतानां संघैरावृतचत्वरे
sphuṭāloke śaśabhṛti bhrāntirātrivihaṃgame rajanīcarabhūtānāṃ saṃghairāvṛtacatvare
— when the hare-marked moon shone with clear light, when the birds of night were roaming about, when the courtyards were thronged with crowds of night-wandering spirits;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.93
गाढकण्ठग्रहालग्नसुभगेष्टजने ततः किंचिदाकुलतां प्राप्ते मेनानेत्राम्बुजद्वये
gāḍhakaṇṭhagrahālagnasubhageṣṭajane tataḥ kiṃcidākulatāṃ prāpte menānetrāmbujadvaye
— when dear and lovely folk clung together in close embraces about the neck, and then when Menā's pair of lotus-eyes had become somewhat clouded (with drowsiness):
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.94
आविवेश मुखे रात्रिः सुचिरस्फुटसंगमा जन्मदाया जगन्मातुः क्रमेण जठरान्तरे
āviveśa mukhe rātriḥ sucirasphuṭasaṃgamā janmadāyā jaganmātuḥ krameṇa jaṭharāntare
The night, whose union (with the day) had long been apparent, entered the face of the world-mother, the giver of birth, and gradually (passed) into the interior of her womb.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.95
आविवेशान्तरं जन्म मन्यमाना क्षपा तु वै अरञ्जयच्छविं देव्या गुहारण्ये विभावरी
āviveśāntaraṃ janma manyamānā kṣapā tu vai arañjayacchaviṃ devyā guhāraṇye vibhāvarī
And the night, thinking that the birth (was) within, entered inside; the darkness dimmed the goddess's radiance in (the place of) the firestick of Guha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.96
ततो जगत्पतिप्राणहेतुर्हिमगिरिप्रिया ब्राह्मे मुहूर्ते सुभगे व्यसूयत गुहारणिम्
tato jagatpatiprāṇaheturhimagiripriyā brāhme muhūrte subhage vyasūyata guhāraṇim
Then she who is the cause of the life-breath of the lord of the world, the beloved of the snow-mountain, in the auspicious Brāhma hour brought forth the kindling-stick of Guha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.97
तस्यां तु जायमानायां जन्तवः स्थाणुजङ्गमाः अभवन्सुखिनः सर्वे सर्वलोकनिवासिनः
tasyāṃ tu jāyamānāyāṃ jantavaḥ sthāṇujaṅgamāḥ abhavansukhinaḥ sarve sarvalokanivāsinaḥ
And as she was being born, all creatures, unmoving and moving, dwellers in every world, became happy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.98
नारकाणामपि तदा सुखं स्वर्गसमं महत् अभवत्क्रूरसत्त्वानां चेतः शान्तं च देहिनाम्
nārakāṇāmapi tadā sukhaṃ svargasamaṃ mahat abhavatkrūrasattvānāṃ cetaḥ śāntaṃ ca dehinām
Then even for the denizens of hell there was great happiness, equal to heaven; and the minds of cruel creatures, of (all) embodied beings, became calm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.99
ज्योतिषामपि तेजस्त्वम् अभवत्सुरतोन्नता वनाश्रिताश्चौषधयः स्वादुवन्ति फलानि च
jyotiṣāmapi tejastvam abhavatsuratonnatā vanāśritāścauṣadhayaḥ svāduvanti phalāni ca
Even the heavenly lights had (increased) brilliance, and (their) radiance was heightened; and the herbs growing in the forests and the fruits became sweet-tasting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.100
गन्धवन्ति च माल्यानि विमलं च नभो ऽभवत् मारुतश्च सुखस्पर्शो दिशश्च सुमनोहरा
gandhavanti ca mālyāni vimalaṃ ca nabho 'bhavat mārutaśca sukhasparśo diśaśca sumanoharā
The garlands became fragrant, the sky became cloudless, the wind pleasant to the touch, and the directions most charming.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.101
तेन चोद्भूतफलितपरिपाकगुणोज्ज्वलाः अभवत्पृथिवी देवी शालिमालाकुलापि च
tena codbhūtaphalitaparipākaguṇojjvalāḥ abhavatpṛthivī devī śālimālākulāpi ca
And thereby the earth goddess became radiant with the excellence of (crops) sprung up, fruited, and ripened, and thick with rows of rice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.102
तपांसि दीर्घचीर्णानि मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम् तस्मिन्गतानि साफल्यं काले निर्मलचेतसाम्
tapāṃsi dīrghacīrṇāni munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām tasmingatāni sāphalyaṃ kāle nirmalacetasām
The austerities long practised by the sages, whose selves were disciplined and whose minds were spotless, attained their fruition at that time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.103
विस्मृतानि च शस्त्राणि प्रादुर्भावं प्रपेदिरे प्रभावस्तीर्थमुख्यानां तदा पुण्यतमो ऽभवत्
vismṛtāni ca śastrāṇi prādurbhāvaṃ prapedire prabhāvastīrthamukhyānāṃ tadā puṇyatamo 'bhavat
And weapons that had been forgotten came forth into manifestation; the power of the chief holy places then became most purifying.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.104
अन्तरिक्षे सुराश्चासन् विमानेषु सहस्रशः समहेन्द्रहरिब्रह्मवायुवह्निपुरोगमाः
antarikṣe surāścāsan vimāneṣu sahasraśaḥ samahendraharibrahmavāyuvahnipurogamāḥ
And in the sky the gods were there by the thousands in their aerial cars, led by Mahendra, Hari, Brahmā, Vāyu and Agni.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.105
पुष्पवृष्टिं प्रमुमुचुस् तस्मिंस्तु हिमभूधरे जगुर्गन्धर्वमुख्याश्च ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः
puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ pramumucus tasmiṃstu himabhūdhare jagurgandharvamukhyāśca nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ
They released a rain of flowers there upon the snow-mountain, and the chief Gandharvas sang and the hosts of Apsarases danced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.106
मेरुप्रभृतयश्चापि मूर्तिमन्तो महाबलाः तस्मिन्महोत्सवे प्राप्ते दिव्यप्रभृतपाणयः
meruprabhṛtayaścāpi mūrtimanto mahābalāḥ tasminmahotsave prāpte divyaprabhṛtapāṇayaḥ
And Meru and the others too, embodied and of great strength, (came) to that great festival when it arrived, with divine gifts in their hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.107
सरितः सागराश्चैव समाजग्मुश्च सर्वशः हिमशैलो ऽभवल्लोके तथा सर्वैश्चराचरैः
saritaḥ sāgarāścaiva samājagmuśca sarvaśaḥ himaśailo 'bhavalloke tathā sarvaiścarācaraiḥ
The rivers and the oceans too came together from every side; thus the Himalaya mountain became (thronged) in the world with all beings moving and unmoving.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.108
सेव्यश्चाप्यभिगम्यश्च स श्रेयांश्चाचलोत्तमः अनुभूयोत्सवं देवा जग्मुः स्वानालयान्मुदा
sevyaścāpyabhigamyaśca sa śreyāṃścācalottamaḥ anubhūyotsavaṃ devā jagmuḥ svānālayānmudā
And that best of mountains (became) worthy of service, worthy of being approached, and more excellent; and the gods, having taken part in the festival, went joyfully to their own abodes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.109
देवगन्धर्वनागेन्द्रशैलशीलावनीगुणैः हिमशैलसुता देवी स्वयंपूर्विकया ततः
devagandharvanāgendraśailaśīlāvanīguṇaiḥ himaśailasutā devī svayaṃpūrvikayā tataḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 154.110
क्रमेण वृद्धिमानीता लक्ष्मीवानलसैर्बुधैः क्रमेण रूपसौभाग्यप्रबोधैर्भुवनत्रयम्
krameṇa vṛddhimānītā lakṣmīvānalasairbudhaiḥ krameṇa rūpasaubhāgyaprabodhairbhuvanatrayam
Step by step she was brought to growth by wise (attendants) who were prosperous and untiring; step by step, by her beauty, her loveliness and her awakening (intelligence), the three worlds—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.111
अजयद्भूषयच्चापि निःसाधारैर्नगात्मजा एतस्मिन्नन्तरे शक्रो नारदं देवसंमतम्
ajayadbhūṣayaccāpi niḥsādhārairnagātmajā etasminnantare śakro nāradaṃ devasaṃmatam
—the mountain's daughter conquered and also adorned with (qualities) that had no parallel. Meanwhile Śakra (called to mind) Nārada, esteemed by the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.112
देवर्षिमथ सस्मार कार्यसाधनसत्वरम् स्मृतिं शक्रस्य विज्ञाय जातां तु भगवांस्तदा
devarṣimatha sasmāra kāryasādhanasatvaram smṛtiṃ śakrasya vijñāya jātāṃ tu bhagavāṃstadā
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 154.113
आजगाम मुदा युक्तो महेन्द्रस्य निवेशनम् तं स दृष्ट्वा सहस्राक्षः समुत्थाय महासनात्
ājagāma mudā yukto mahendrasya niveśanam taṃ sa dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaḥ samutthāya mahāsanāt
(he) came, filled with joy, to Great Indra's dwelling; and seeing him, the Thousand-eyed rose up from his great seat,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.114
यथार्हेण तु पाद्येन पूजयामास वासवः शक्रप्रणीतां तां पूजां प्रतिगृह्य यथाविधि
yathārheṇa tu pādyena pūjayāmāsa vāsavaḥ śakrapraṇītāṃ tāṃ pūjāṃ pratigṛhya yathāvidhi
And Vāsava honoured (him) with water for the feet, as was fitting; having accepted that honour offered by Śakra according to rule,
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MtP 154.115
नारदः कुशलं देवम् अपृच्छत्पाकशासनम् पृष्टे च कुशले शक्रः प्रोवाच वचनं प्रभुः
nāradaḥ kuśalaṃ devam apṛcchatpākaśāsanam pṛṣṭe ca kuśale śakraḥ provāca vacanaṃ prabhuḥ
Nārada asked the god, the chastiser of Pāka, about his welfare; and when he had been asked about his welfare, the lord Śakra spoke these words:
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MtP 154.116
कुशलस्याङ्कुरे तावत् सम्भूते भुवनत्रये तत्फलोद्भवसंपत्तौ त्वं भवातन्द्रितो मुने
kuśalasyāṅkure tāvat sambhūte bhuvanatraye tatphalodbhavasaṃpattau tvaṃ bhavātandrito mune
"Since the sprout of well-being has just now come forth in the three worlds, be you unwearied, O sage, (in bringing about) the full attainment of the arising of its fruit."
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MtP 154.117
वेत्सि चैतत्समस्तं त्वं तथापि परिचोदकः निर्वृतिं परमां याति निवेद्यार्थं सुहृज्जने
vetsi caitatsamastaṃ tvaṃ tathāpi paricodakaḥ nirvṛtiṃ paramāṃ yāti nivedyārthaṃ suhṛjjane
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 154.118
तद्यथा शैलजा देवी योगं यायात्पिनाकिना शीघ्रं तदुद्यमः सर्वैर् अस्मत्पक्षैर्विधीयताम्
tadyathā śailajā devī yogaṃ yāyātpinākinā śīghraṃ tadudyamaḥ sarvair asmatpakṣairvidhīyatām
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 154.119
अवगम्यार्थमखिलं तत आमन्त्र्य नारदः शक्रं जगाम भगवान् हिमशैलनिवेशनम्
avagamyārthamakhilaṃ tata āmantrya nāradaḥ śakraṃ jagāma bhagavān himaśailaniveśanam
Having grasped the whole matter, the venerable Nārada then took leave of Śakra and went to the dwelling on the Himālaya mountain.
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MtP 154.120
तत्र द्वारे स विप्रेन्द्रश् चित्रवेत्रलताकुले वन्दितो हिमशैलेन निर्गतेन पुरो मुनिः
tatra dvāre sa viprendraś citravetralatākule vandito himaśailena nirgatena puro muniḥ
There at the gate, thronged with painted canes and creepers, that best of brahmins, the sage, was saluted by Himaśaila, who had come out before (him).
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MtP 154.121
सह प्रविश्य भवनं भुवो भूषणतां गतम् निवेदिते स्वयं हैमे हिमशैले न विस्तृते
saha praviśya bhavanaṃ bhuvo bhūṣaṇatāṃ gatam nivedite svayaṃ haime himaśaile na vistṛte
Entering together the palace, which had become an ornament of the earth, when Himaśaila himself had presented (to him) a broad golden (seat) —
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MtP 154.122
महासने मुनिवरो निषसादातुलद्युतिः यथार्हं चार्घ्यपाद्यं च शैलस्तस्मै न्यवेदयत्
mahāsane munivaro niṣasādātuladyutiḥ yathārhaṃ cārghyapādyaṃ ca śailastasmai nyavedayat
— the best of sages, of matchless brilliance, sat down upon the great seat; and the Mountain presented to him, as was fitting, water for guest-offering and for the feet.
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MtP 154.123
मुनिस्तु प्रतिजग्राह तमर्घं विधिवत्तदा गृहीतार्घं मुनिवरम् अपृच्छच्छ्लक्ष्णया गिरा
munistu pratijagrāha tamarghaṃ vidhivattadā gṛhītārghaṃ munivaram apṛcchacchlakṣṇayā girā
The sage accepted that guest-offering according to rule; and (the Mountain) asked the best of sages, whose offering had been received, in a smooth voice —
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MtP 154.124
कुशलं तपसः शैलः शनैः फुल्लाननाम्बुजः मुनिरप्यद्रिराजानम् अपृच्छत्कुशलं तदा
kuśalaṃ tapasaḥ śailaḥ śanaiḥ phullānanāmbujaḥ munirapyadrirājānam apṛcchatkuśalaṃ tadā
— the Mountain, the lotus of his face slowly opening, (asked) after the welfare of his austerities; and the sage too then asked the king of mountains after his welfare.
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MtP 154.125
अहो ऽवतारिताः सर्वे संनिवेशे महागिरे पृथुत्वं मनसा तुल्यं कन्दराणां तथाचल
aho 'vatāritāḥ sarve saṃniveśe mahāgire pṛthutvaṃ manasā tulyaṃ kandarāṇāṃ tathācala
"Ah, all are surpassed by your dwelling-place, great mountain; and the breadth of your caverns, O unmoving one, is equal to that of the mind.
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MtP 154.126
गुरुत्वं ते गुणौघानां स्थावरादतिरिच्यते प्रसन्नता च तोयस्य मनसो ऽप्यधिका च ते
gurutvaṃ te guṇaughānāṃ sthāvarādatiricyate prasannatā ca toyasya manaso 'pyadhikā ca te
The weight of your masses of virtues exceeds (even) that of a mountain; and the clearness of your water is greater even than that of the mind.
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MtP 154.127
न लक्षयामः शैलेन्द्र शिष्यते कन्दरोदरात् न च लक्ष्मीस्तथा स्वर्गे कुत्राधिकतया स्थिता
na lakṣayāmaḥ śailendra śiṣyate kandarodarāt na ca lakṣmīstathā svarge kutrādhikatayā sthitā
We do not perceive, lord of mountains, anything left over beyond the interior of your caverns; nor is such splendour set anywhere in heaven in greater measure.
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MtP 154.128
नानातपोभिर्मुनिभिर् ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभैः पावनैः पावितो नित्यं त्वत्कन्दरसमाश्रितैः
nānātapobhirmunibhir jvalanārkasamaprabhaiḥ pāvanaiḥ pāvito nityaṃ tvatkandarasamāśritaiḥ
(You are) ever purified by purifying sages of manifold austerities, whose radiance equals fire and the sun, who have taken shelter in your caverns;
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MtP 154.129
अवमत्य विमानानि स्वर्गवासविरागिणः पितुर्गृह इवासन्ना देवगन्धर्वकिंनराः
avamatya vimānāni svargavāsavirāgiṇaḥ piturgṛha ivāsannā devagandharvakiṃnarāḥ
Gods, gandharvas and kinnaras, having scorned their celestial cars, losing their taste for dwelling in heaven, have settled (here) as though in their father's house.
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MtP 154.130
अहो धन्यो ऽसि शैलेन्द्र यस्य ते कन्दरं हरः अध्यास्ते लोकनाथो ऽपि समाधानपरायणः
aho dhanyo 'si śailendra yasya te kandaraṃ haraḥ adhyāste lokanātho 'pi samādhānaparāyaṇaḥ
Ah, you are fortunate, lord of mountains, you whose cavern Hara, though he is lord of the world, inhabits, intent on meditation."
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MtP 154.131
इत्युक्तवति देवर्षौ नारदे सादरं गिरा हिमशैलस्य महिषी मेना मुनिदिदृक्षया
ityuktavati devarṣau nārade sādaraṃ girā himaśailasya mahiṣī menā munididṛkṣayā
When the divine seer Nārada had spoken thus with respectful words, Menā, the queen of Himaśaila, out of a wish to see the sage,
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MtP 154.132
अनुयाता दुहित्रा तु स्वल्पालिपरिचारिका लज्जाप्रणयनम्राङ्गी प्रविवेश निवेशनम्
anuyātā duhitrā tu svalpāliparicārikā lajjāpraṇayanamrāṅgī praviveśa niveśanam
followed by her daughter, with only a few female friends as attendants, her body bent with modesty and affection, entered the hall.
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MtP 154.133
तत्र स्थितो मुनिवरः शैलेन सहितो वशी दृष्ट्वा तु तेजसो राशिं मुनिं शैलप्रिया तदा
tatra sthito munivaraḥ śailena sahito vaśī dṛṣṭvā tu tejaso rāśiṃ muniṃ śailapriyā tadā
There the best of sages, self-controlled, was seated together with the Mountain; and the Mountain's beloved, seeing the sage, that heap of splendour,
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MtP 154.134
ववन्दे गूढवदना पाणिपद्मकृताञ्जलिः तां विलोक्य महाभागो महर्षिर् अमितद्युतिः
vavande gūḍhavadanā pāṇipadmakṛtāñjaliḥ tāṃ vilokya mahābhāgo maharṣir amitadyutiḥ
saluted him with her face veiled, making the añjali with her lotus hands; and beholding her, the greatly blessed great seer of measureless brilliance
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MtP 154.135
आशीर्भिर् अमृतोद्गाररूपाभिस्तां व्यवर्धयत् ततो विस्मितचित्ता तु हिमवद्गिरिपुत्रिका
āśīrbhir amṛtodgārarūpābhistāṃ vyavardhayat tato vismitacittā tu himavadgiriputrikā
blessed her with benedictions that were like an outpouring of nectar; then the daughter of the Himavat mountain, her mind filled with wonder,
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MtP 154.136
उदैक्षन्नारदं देवी मुनिमद्भुतरूपिणम् एहि वत्सेति चाप्युक्ता ऋषिणा स्निग्धया गिरा
udaikṣannāradaṃ devī munimadbhutarūpiṇam ehi vatseti cāpyuktā ṛṣiṇā snigdhayā girā
the goddess gazed up at Nārada, the sage of wondrous form; and being addressed by the seer with a tender voice, "Come, child,"
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MtP 154.137
कण्ठे गृहीत्वा पितरम् उत्सङ्गे समुपाविशत् उवाच माता तां देवीम् अभिवन्दय पुत्रिके
kaṇṭhe gṛhītvā pitaram utsaṅge samupāviśat uvāca mātā tāṃ devīm abhivandaya putrike
she took her father by the neck and sat down in his lap. The mother said to that goddess, "Salute (him), little daughter;
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MtP 154.138
भगवन्तं ततो धन्यं पतिमाप्स्यसि संमतम् इत्युक्ता तु ततो मात्रा वस्त्रान्तपिहितानना
bhagavantaṃ tato dhanyaṃ patimāpsyasi saṃmatam ityuktā tu tato mātrā vastrāntapihitānanā
then you will obtain a blessed, esteemed lord as husband." Thus addressed by her mother, her face covered with the edge of her garment,
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MtP 154.139
किंचित्कम्पितमूर्धा तु वाक्यं नोवाच किंचन ततः पुनरुवाचेदं वाक्यं माता सुतां तदा
kiṃcitkampitamūrdhā tu vākyaṃ novāca kiṃcana tataḥ punaruvācedaṃ vākyaṃ mātā sutāṃ tadā
her head shaking a little, she spoke not a word. Then the mother again spoke this speech to her daughter:
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MtP 154.140
वत्से वन्दय देवर्षिं ततो दास्यामि ते शुभम् रत्नक्रीडनकं रम्यं स्थापितं यच्चिरं मया
vatse vandaya devarṣiṃ tato dāsyāmi te śubham ratnakrīḍanakaṃ ramyaṃ sthāpitaṃ yacciraṃ mayā
"Child, salute the divine sage; then I shall give you the lovely, fine jewelled toy that I have kept aside for so long."
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MtP 154.141
इत्युक्ता तु ततो वेगाद् उद्धृत्य चरणौ तदा ववन्दे मूर्ध्नि संधाय करपङ्कजकुड्मलम्
ityuktā tu tato vegād uddhṛtya caraṇau tadā vavande mūrdhni saṃdhāya karapaṅkajakuḍmalam
Being told this, she then quickly rose to her feet and made obeisance, joining at her head the lotus-buds that were her hands.
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MtP 154.142
कृते तु वन्दने तस्या माता सखीमुखेन तु चोदयामास शनकैस् तस्याः सौभाग्यशंसिनाम्
kṛte tu vandane tasyā mātā sakhīmukhena tu codayāmāsa śanakais tasyāḥ saubhāgyaśaṃsinām
When her salutation had been made, her mother, through the mouth of a friend, gently urged (him to speak) about her bodily marks that foretell good fortune —
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MtP 154.143
शरीरलक्षणानां तु विज्ञानाय तु कौतुकात् स्त्रीस्वभावाद्यद्दुहितुश् चिन्तां हृदि समुद्वहन्
śarīralakṣaṇānāṃ tu vijñānāya tu kautukāt strīsvabhāvādyadduhituś cintāṃ hṛdi samudvahan
— out of curiosity, for the knowing of the bodily marks, since it is women's nature; (and the father too,) bearing in his heart anxiety for his daughter.
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MtP 154.144
ज्ञात्वा तदिङ्गितं शैलो महिष्या हृदयेन तु अनुद्गीर्णो ऽक्षतिर्मेने रम्यमेतदुपस्थितम्
jñātvā tadiṅgitaṃ śailo mahiṣyā hṛdayena tu anudgīrṇo 'kṣatirmene ramyametadupasthitam
Recognising, by the queen's heart, that hint of hers, the mountain, without letting it out, unhurt (by it), thought that this pleasant matter had presented itself.
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MtP 154.145
चोदितः शैलमहिषीसख्या मुनिवरस्तदा स्मिताननो महाभागो वाक्यं प्रोवाच नारदः
coditaḥ śailamahiṣīsakhyā munivarastadā smitānano mahābhāgo vākyaṃ provāca nāradaḥ
Urged on by the friend of the mountain's queen, the best of sages, the greatly fortunate Nārada, with a smiling face, then spoke these words:
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MtP 154.146
न जातो ऽस्याः पतिर्भद्रे लक्षणैश्च विवर्जिता उत्तानहस्ता सततं चरणैर्व्यभिचारिभिः स्वछायया भविष्येयं किमन्यद्बहु भाष्यते
na jāto 'syāḥ patirbhadre lakṣaṇaiśca vivarjitā uttānahastā satataṃ caraṇairvyabhicāribhiḥ svachāyayā bhaviṣyeyaṃ kimanyadbahu bhāṣyate
"No husband has been born for her, good lady, and she is devoid of (auspicious) marks; her palms are always turned upward, her feet are irregular — she will (have to) be (content) with her own shadow. What more need be said at length?"
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MtP 154.147
श्रुत्वैतत्संभ्रमाविष्टो ध्वस्तधैर्यो महाबलः नारदं प्रत्युवाचाथ साश्रुकण्ठो महागिरिः
śrutvaitatsaṃbhramāviṣṭo dhvastadhairyo mahābalaḥ nāradaṃ pratyuvācātha sāśrukaṇṭho mahāgiriḥ
Hearing this, the greatly powerful one, seized with agitation, his firmness shattered, the great mountain then replied to Nārada with tears in his throat:
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MtP 154.148
संसारस्यातिदोषस्य दुर्विज्ञेया गतिर्यतः सृष्ट्यां चावश्यभाविन्यां केनाप्यतिशयात्मना
saṃsārasyātidoṣasya durvijñeyā gatiryataḥ sṛṣṭyāṃ cāvaśyabhāvinyāṃ kenāpyatiśayātmanā
"Since the course of this exceedingly flawed round of existence is hard to fathom, and since creation must necessarily occur, by someone of surpassing nature
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MtP 154.149
कर्त्रा प्रणीता मर्यादा स्थिता संसारिणामियम् यो जायते हि यद्बीजो जनितुः स ह्यसार्थकः
kartrā praṇītā maryādā sthitā saṃsāriṇāmiyam yo jāyate hi yadbījo janituḥ sa hyasārthakaḥ
— by the Maker — this limit was laid down and stands for those in the round of existence: for whoever is born, of whatever seed, he is indeed of no purpose to the begetter.
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MtP 154.150
जनिता चापि जातस्य न कश्चिदिति यत्स्फुटम् स्वकर्मणैव जायन्ते विविधा भूतजातयः
janitā cāpi jātasya na kaściditi yatsphuṭam svakarmaṇaiva jāyante vividhā bhūtajātayaḥ
And that there is no begetter at all of one who is born — this is evident: the various classes of beings are born by their own karma alone.
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MtP 154.151
अण्डजो ह्यण्डजाज्जातः पुनर्जायेत मानवः मानुषाच्च सरीसृप्यां मनुष्यत्वेन जायते
aṇḍajo hyaṇḍajājjātaḥ punarjāyeta mānavaḥ mānuṣācca sarīsṛpyāṃ manuṣyatvena jāyate
For an egg-born creature, born of an egg-born one, may be born again as a man; and from a man, in a reptile('s womb), one is born (again) in human form.
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MtP 154.152
तत्रापि जातौ श्रेष्ठायां धर्मस्योत्कर्षणेन तु अपुत्रजन्मिनः शेषाः प्राणिनः समवस्थिताः
tatrāpi jātau śreṣṭhāyāṃ dharmasyotkarṣaṇena tu aputrajanminaḥ śeṣāḥ prāṇinaḥ samavasthitāḥ
There too, in the highest class of birth, through the pre-eminence of dharma, the remaining creatures stand as ones whose birth (yields) no son.
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MtP 154.153
मनुजास्तत्र जायन्ते यतो न गृहधर्मिणः क्रमेणाश्रमसंप्राप्तिर् ब्रह्मचारिव्रतादनु
manujāstatra jāyante yato na gṛhadharmiṇaḥ krameṇāśramasaṃprāptir brahmacārivratādanu
Since men are born there who are not householders, the attainment of the (successive) stages of life comes in order, after the vow of studentship.
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MtP 154.154
तस्य कर्तुर्नियोगेन संसारो येन वर्धितः संसारस्य कुतो वृद्धिः सर्वे स्युर्यदतिग्रहाः
tasya karturniyogena saṃsāro yena vardhitaḥ saṃsārasya kuto vṛddhiḥ sarve syuryadatigrahāḥ
By the ordinance of that Maker the round of existence has been increased thereby; (else) whence would there be increase of the round of existence, if all were exceedingly self-restrained?
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MtP 154.155
अतः कर्त्रा तु शास्त्रेषु सुतलाभः प्रशंसितः प्राणिनां मोहनार्थाय नरकत्राणसंश्रयात्
ataḥ kartrā tu śāstreṣu sutalābhaḥ praśaṃsitaḥ prāṇināṃ mohanārthāya narakatrāṇasaṃśrayāt
Therefore by the Maker the obtaining of a son has been praised in the scriptures, in order to delude living beings, by relying on (the promise of) rescue from hell.
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MtP 154.156
स्त्रिया विरहिता सृष्टिर् जन्तूनां नोपपद्यते स्त्रीजातिस्तु प्रकृत्यैव कृपणा दैन्यभाषिणी शास्त्रालोचनसामर्थ्यम् उज्झितं तासु वेधसा
striyā virahitā sṛṣṭir jantūnāṃ nopapadyate strījātistu prakṛtyaiva kṛpaṇā dainyabhāṣiṇī śāstrālocanasāmarthyam ujjhitaṃ tāsu vedhasā
Without woman the procreation of creatures does not come about; but the female kind is by its very nature pitiable and speaks in wretchedness — the capacity for pondering the scriptures was withheld from them by the Creator.
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MtP 154.157
शास्त्रेषूक्तमसंदिग्धं बहुवारं महाफलम् दशपुत्रसमा कन्या या न स्याच्छीलवर्जिता
śāstreṣūktamasaṃdigdhaṃ bahuvāraṃ mahāphalam daśaputrasamā kanyā yā na syācchīlavarjitā
It is stated in the scriptures, without doubt and many times over, as of great fruit: a daughter equals ten sons, provided she is not lacking in good conduct.
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MtP 154.158
वाक्यमेतत्फलभ्रष्टं पुंसि ग्लानिकरं परम् कन्या हि कृपणा शोच्या पितुर्दुःखविवर्धिनी
vākyametatphalabhraṣṭaṃ puṃsi glānikaraṃ param kanyā hi kṛpaṇā śocyā piturduḥkhavivardhinī
This saying is void of fruit and only brings weariness to a man; for a daughter is pitiable, a thing to be grieved over, an increaser of her father's sorrow —
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MtP 154.159
यापि स्यात्पूर्णसर्वाढ्या पतिपुत्रधनादिभिः किं पुनर्दुर्भगा हीना पतिपुत्रधनादिभिः
yāpi syātpūrṇasarvāḍhyā patiputradhanādibhiḥ kiṃ punardurbhagā hīnā patiputradhanādibhiḥ
even she who may be complete and rich in everything, in husband, sons, wealth and the rest; how much more the ill-fated one, destitute of husband, sons, wealth and the rest.
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MtP 154.160
त्वं चोक्तवान्सुताया मे शरीरे दोषसंग्रहम् अहो मुह्यामि शुष्यामि ग्लामि सीदामि नारद
tvaṃ coktavānsutāyā me śarīre doṣasaṃgraham aho muhyāmi śuṣyāmi glāmi sīdāmi nārada
And you have said that there is an accumulation of faults in the body of my daughter. Alas, I am bewildered, I wither, I droop, I sink, Nārada.
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MtP 154.161
अयुक्तमथ वक्तव्यम् अप्राप्यमपि सांप्रतम् अनुग्रहेण मे छिन्द्धि दुःखं कन्याश्रयं मुने
ayuktamatha vaktavyam aprāpyamapi sāṃpratam anugraheṇa me chinddhi duḥkhaṃ kanyāśrayaṃ mune
Even if it be improper to say, and even if it be unattainable, still now, out of favour to me, cut off this grief that rests upon my daughter, O sage.
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MtP 154.162
परिच्छिन्ने ऽप्यसंदिग्धे मनः परिभवाश्रयम् तृष्णा मुष्णाति निष्णाता फललोभाश्रयाशुभा
paricchinne 'pyasaṃdigdhe manaḥ paribhavāśrayam tṛṣṇā muṣṇāti niṣṇātā phalalobhāśrayāśubhā
Even when (a matter) is settled and free of doubt, craving—practised, inauspicious, resting on greed for results—steals away the mind, which becomes a seat of humiliation.
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MtP 154.163
स्त्रीणां हि परमं जन्म कुलानामुभयात्मनाम् इहामुत्र सुखायोक्तं सत्पतिप्राप्तिसंज्ञितम्
strīṇāṃ hi paramaṃ janma kulānāmubhayātmanām ihāmutra sukhāyoktaṃ satpatiprāptisaṃjñitam
For the highest birth of women, (and) of the families on both sides, is declared to be for happiness here and hereafter, and it is called the obtaining of a good husband.
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MtP 154.164
दुर्लभः सत्पतिः स्त्रीणां विगुणो ऽपि पतिः किल न प्राप्यते विना पुण्यैः पतिर्नार्या कदाचन
durlabhaḥ satpatiḥ strīṇāṃ viguṇo 'pi patiḥ kila na prāpyate vinā puṇyaiḥ patirnāryā kadācana
A good husband is hard for women to get; indeed even a husband lacking in virtues is not obtained—a husband is never (won) by a woman without merits.
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MtP 154.165
यतो निःसाधनो धर्मः परिमाणोज्झिता रतिः धनं जीवितपर्याप्तं पत्यौ नार्याः प्रतिष्ठितम्
yato niḥsādhano dharmaḥ parimāṇojjhitā ratiḥ dhanaṃ jīvitaparyāptaṃ patyau nāryāḥ pratiṣṭhitam
Since for a woman religious duty without other means, pleasure beyond measure, and wealth sufficient for life—(all these) are established in her husband.
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MtP 154.166
निर्धनो दुर्भगो मूर्खः सर्वलक्षणवर्जितः दैवतं परमं नार्याः पतिरुक्तः सदैव हि
nirdhano durbhago mūrkhaḥ sarvalakṣaṇavarjitaḥ daivataṃ paramaṃ nāryāḥ patiruktaḥ sadaiva hi
Penniless, luckless, a fool, devoid of all (auspicious) marks—still the husband is always declared to be a woman's highest deity.
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MtP 154.167
त्वया चोक्तं हि देवर्षे न जातो ऽस्याः पतिः किल एतद्दौर्भाग्यमतुलम् असंख्यं गुरु दुःसहम्
tvayā coktaṃ hi devarṣe na jāto 'syāḥ patiḥ kila etaddaurbhāgyamatulam asaṃkhyaṃ guru duḥsaham
And you have said, O divine sage, that her husband is not (yet) born; this is an unequalled misfortune, immeasurable, heavy, hard to bear.
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MtP 154.168
चराचरे भूतसर्गे यदद्यापि च नो मुने न स जात इति ब्रूषे तेन मे व्याकुलं मनः
carācare bhūtasarge yadadyāpi ca no mune na sa jāta iti brūṣe tena me vyākulaṃ manaḥ
And that even today, O sage, in the whole creation of beings, moving and unmoving, he is not born—since you say this, my mind is distraught.
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MtP 154.169
मनुष्यदेवजातीनां शुभाशुभनिवेदकम् लक्षणं हस्तपादादौ विहितैर्लक्षणैः किल
manuṣyadevajātīnāṃ śubhāśubhanivedakam lakṣaṇaṃ hastapādādau vihitairlakṣaṇaiḥ kila
For the human and divine kinds, the mark that announces good and ill is (read) in the hand, foot and so on, by the marks laid down (in the science).
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MtP 154.170
सेयम् उत्तानहस्तेति त्वयोक्ता मुनिपुंगव उत्तानहस्तता प्रोक्ता याचतामेव नित्यदा
seyam uttānahasteti tvayoktā munipuṃgava uttānahastatā proktā yācatāmeva nityadā
You said, O bull among sages, that she has an upturned hand; and an upturned hand is declared (to belong) only to those who are always begging,
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MtP 154.171
शुभोदयानां धन्यानां न कदाचित्प्रयच्छताम् स्वछाययास्याश्चरणौ त्वयोक्तौ व्यभिचारिणौ
śubhodayānāṃ dhanyānāṃ na kadācitprayacchatām svachāyayāsyāścaraṇau tvayoktau vyabhicāriṇau
never to the fortunate, of auspicious destiny, who give (to others). And her two feet were said by you to be erring with respect to their own shadow.
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MtP 154.172
तत्रापि श्रेयसां ह्याशा मुने न प्रतिभाति नः शरीरलक्षणाश्चान्ये पृथक्फलनिवेदिनः
tatrāpi śreyasāṃ hyāśā mune na pratibhāti naḥ śarīralakṣaṇāścānye pṛthakphalanivedinaḥ
In that too, O sage, no hope of good things appears to us. And the other bodily marks each announce their separate results.
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MtP 154.173
सौभाग्यधनपुत्रायुः पतिलाभानुशंसनम् तैश्च सर्वैर्विहीनेयं त्वमात्थ मुनिपुंगव
saubhāgyadhanaputrāyuḥ patilābhānuśaṃsanam taiśca sarvairvihīneyaṃ tvamāttha munipuṃgava
Good fortune, wealth, sons, long life, the gaining of a husband—these they foretell; and she is bereft of them all, so you have said, O bull among sages.
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MtP 154.174
त्वं मे सर्वं विजानासि सत्यवागसि चाप्यतः मुह्यामि मुनिशार्दूल हृदयं दीर्यतीव मे
tvaṃ me sarvaṃ vijānāsi satyavāgasi cāpyataḥ muhyāmi muniśārdūla hṛdayaṃ dīryatīva me
You know everything about me, and you are besides a speaker of truth; therefore I am bewildered, O tiger among sages—my heart seems to be splitting.
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MtP 154.175
इत्युक्त्वा विरतः शैलो महादुःखविचारणात् श्रुत्वैतदखिलं तस्माच् छैलराजमुखाम्बुजात् स्मितपूर्वमुवाचेदं नारदो देवचोदितः
ityuktvā virataḥ śailo mahāduḥkhavicāraṇāt śrutvaitadakhilaṃ tasmāc chailarājamukhāmbujāt smitapūrvamuvācedaṃ nārado devacoditaḥ
Having said this, the mountain fell silent from brooding on his great grief. Having heard all this from that lotus-mouth of the king of mountains, Nārada, urged on by the god, smiled and spoke thus:
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MtP 154.176
हर्षस्थाने ऽपि महति त्वया दुःखं निरूप्यते अपरिच्छिन्नवाक्यार्थे मोहं यासि महागिरे
harṣasthāne 'pi mahati tvayā duḥkhaṃ nirūpyate aparicchinnavākyārthe mohaṃ yāsi mahāgire
Even where there is great occasion for joy, you see grief; you fall into confusion, O great mountain, when the sense of the words has not been determined.
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MtP 154.177
इमां शृणु गिरं मत्तो रहस्यपरिनिष्ठिताम् समाहितो महाशैल मयोक्तस्य विचारणे
imāṃ śṛṇu giraṃ matto rahasyapariniṣṭhitām samāhito mahāśaila mayoktasya vicāraṇe
Hear this speech from me, grounded in a secret, being attentive, O great mountain, in pondering what I have said.
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MtP 154.178
न जातो ऽस्याः पतिर्देव्या यन्मयोक्तं हिमाचल न स जातो महादेवो भूतभव्यभवोद्भवः शरण्यः शाश्वतः शास्ता शंकरः परमेश्वरः
na jāto 'syāḥ patirdevyā yanmayoktaṃ himācala na sa jāto mahādevo bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ śaraṇyaḥ śāśvataḥ śāstā śaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ
When I said, O Himālaya, that this goddess's husband is not born—the one not born is Mahādeva, the source of what has been, will be, and is, the refuge, the eternal, the ruler, Śaṃkara, the supreme lord.
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MtP 154.179
ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रमुनयो जन्ममृत्युजरार्दिताः तस्यैते परमेशस्य सर्वे क्रीडनका गिरे
brahmaviṣṇvindramunayo janmamṛtyujarārditāḥ tasyaite parameśasya sarve krīḍanakā gire
Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra and the sages are afflicted by birth, death and old age; all these are but playthings of that supreme lord, O mountain.
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MtP 154.180
आस्ते ब्रह्मा तदिच्छातः सम्भूतो भुवनप्रभुः विष्णुर्युगे युगे जातो नानाजातिर्महातनुः
āste brahmā tadicchātaḥ sambhūto bhuvanaprabhuḥ viṣṇuryuge yuge jāto nānājātirmahātanuḥ
Brahmā, the lord of the worlds, exists having come into being from his will; Viṣṇu is born age after age, of many births, of great body.
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MtP 154.181
मन्यसे मायया जातं विष्णुं चापि युगे युगे आत्मनो न विनाशो ऽस्ति स्थावरान्ते ऽपि भूधर
manyase māyayā jātaṃ viṣṇuṃ cāpi yuge yuge ātmano na vināśo 'sti sthāvarānte 'pi bhūdhara
You may think that Viṣṇu too is born by illusion, age after age; (but) there is no destruction of the self, O bearer of the earth, even down to the immobile things at the end (of the scale).
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MtP 154.182
संसारे जायमानस्य भ्रियमाणस्य देहिनः नश्यते देह एवात्र नात्मनो नाश उच्यते
saṃsāre jāyamānasya bhriyamāṇasya dehinaḥ naśyate deha evātra nātmano nāśa ucyate
For an embodied being who is born and who is maintained in the round of rebirth, it is the body alone that perishes here; no destruction of the self is spoken of.
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MtP 154.183
ब्रह्मादिस्थावरान्तो ऽयं संसारो यः प्रकीर्तितः स जन्ममृत्युदुःखार्तो ह्य् अवशः परिवर्तते
brahmādisthāvarānto 'yaṃ saṃsāro yaḥ prakīrtitaḥ sa janmamṛtyuduḥkhārto hy avaśaḥ parivartate
This round of rebirth which is declared to extend from Brahmā down to immobile things — it revolves helplessly, afflicted by the pain of birth and death.
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MtP 154.184
महादेवो ऽचलः स्थाणुर् न जातो जनको ऽजरः भविष्यति पतिः सो ऽस्या जगन्नाथो निरामयः
mahādevo 'calaḥ sthāṇur na jāto janako 'jaraḥ bhaviṣyati patiḥ so 'syā jagannātho nirāmayaḥ
Mahādeva, unmoving, the Pillar, unborn, the begetter, ageless — he will be her husband, the lord of the world, free of affliction.
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MtP 154.185
यदुक्तं च मया देवी लक्षणैर्वर्जिता तव शृणु तस्यापि वाक्यस्य सम्यक्त्वेन विचारणम्
yaduktaṃ ca mayā devī lakṣaṇairvarjitā tava śṛṇu tasyāpi vākyasya samyaktvena vicāraṇam
And as to what I said, that your goddess (daughter) is devoid of the (auspicious) marks — hear the proper examination of that statement too.
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MtP 154.186
लक्षणं दैविको ह्यङ्कः शरीरावयवाश्रयः सर्वायुर्धनसौभाग्यपरिमाणप्रकाशकः
lakṣaṇaṃ daiviko hyaṅkaḥ śarīrāvayavāśrayaḥ sarvāyurdhanasaubhāgyaparimāṇaprakāśakaḥ
A mark is indeed a divine sign, residing in a limb of the body, which reveals the measure of one's whole lifespan, wealth and good fortune.
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MtP 154.187
अनन्तस्याप्रमेयस्य सौभाग्यस्यास्य भूधर नैवाङ्को लक्षणाकारः शरीरे संविधीयते
anantasyāprameyasya saubhāgyasyāsya bhūdhara naivāṅko lakṣaṇākāraḥ śarīre saṃvidhīyate
For this good fortune, which is endless and immeasurable, O bearer of the earth, no sign in the shape of a mark is set down on the body.
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MtP 154.188
अतो ऽस्या लक्षणं गात्रे शैल नास्ति महामते यथाहमुक्तवानस्या ह्य् उत्तानकरतां सदा
ato 'syā lakṣaṇaṃ gātre śaila nāsti mahāmate yathāhamuktavānasyā hy uttānakaratāṃ sadā
Therefore there is no mark on her body, O mountain of great mind. And as I said of her, that her palm is always turned upward —
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MtP 154.189
उत्तानो वरदः पाणिर् एष देव्याः सदैव तु सुरासुरमुनिव्रातवरदेयं भविष्यति
uttāno varadaḥ pāṇir eṣa devyāḥ sadaiva tu surāsuramunivrātavaradeyaṃ bhaviṣyati
this upturned palm of the goddess is boon-giving, and always so: it will be the granting of boons to the hosts of gods, demons and sages.
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MtP 154.190
यथा प्रोक्तं तदा पादौ स्वच्छायाव्यभिचारिणौ अस्याः शृणु ममात्रापि वाग्युक्तिं शैलसत्तम
yathā proktaṃ tadā pādau svacchāyāvyabhicāriṇau asyāḥ śṛṇu mamātrāpi vāgyuktiṃ śailasattama
And as was said then, that her two feet do not accord with their own shadow — hear my explanation of this too, O best of mountains.
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MtP 154.191
चरणौ पद्मसंकाशाव् अस्याः स्वच्छनखोज्ज्वलौ सुरासुराणां नमतां किरीटमणिकान्तिभिः
caraṇau padmasaṃkāśāv asyāḥ svacchanakhojjvalau surāsurāṇāṃ namatāṃ kirīṭamaṇikāntibhiḥ
Her two feet, resembling lotuses, bright with clear nails, by the radiance of the crown-jewels of the gods and demons bowing (before her) —
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MtP 154.192
विचित्रवर्णैर्भासन्तौ स्वच्छायाप्रतिबिम्बितौ भार्या जगद्गुरोर्ह्येषा वृषाङ्कस्य महीधर
vicitravarṇairbhāsantau svacchāyāpratibimbitau bhāryā jagadgurorhyeṣā vṛṣāṅkasya mahīdhara
— shine with variegated colours and are reflected in their own shadow. For she, O upholder of the earth, is the wife of the world's teacher, him whose emblem is the bull.
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MtP 154.193
जननी लोकधर्मस्य सम्भूता भूतभावनी शिवेयं पावनायैव त्वत्क्षेत्रे पावकद्युतिः
jananī lokadharmasya sambhūtā bhūtabhāvanī śiveyaṃ pāvanāyaiva tvatkṣetre pāvakadyutiḥ
This Śivā, the mother of the world's law, come into being, the sustainer of beings, with the brilliance of fire, (has appeared) in your domain for purification alone.
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MtP 154.194
तद्यथा शीघ्रमेवैषां योगं यायात्पिनाकिना तथा विधेयं विधिवत् त्वया शैलेन्द्रसत्तम अत्यन्तं हि महत्कार्यं देवानां हिमभूधर
tadyathā śīghramevaiṣāṃ yogaṃ yāyātpinākinā tathā vidheyaṃ vidhivat tvayā śailendrasattama atyantaṃ hi mahatkāryaṃ devānāṃ himabhūdhara
Therefore you must duly arrange it, O best of mountain-lords, in such a way that she may quickly attain union with the bearer of the Pināka; for this is an exceedingly great business of the gods, O snowy mountain.
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MtP 154.195
एवं श्रुत्वा तु शैलेन्द्रो नारदात्सर्वमेव हि आत्मानं स पुनर्जातं मेने मेनापतिस्तदा
evaṃ śrutvā tu śailendro nāradātsarvameva hi ātmānaṃ sa punarjātaṃ mene menāpatistadā
Having heard all this from Nārada, the lord of mountains, the husband of Menā, then considered himself born again.
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MtP 154.196
नमस्कृत्य वृषाङ्काय तदा देवाय धीमते उवाच सो ऽपि संहृष्टो नारदं तु हिमाचलः
namaskṛtya vṛṣāṅkāya tadā devāya dhīmate uvāca so 'pi saṃhṛṣṭo nāradaṃ tu himācalaḥ
Having then made obeisance to the wise god whose emblem is the bull, Himālaya too, greatly delighted, said to Nārada:
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MtP 154.197
दुस्तरान्नरकाद्घोराद् उद्धृतो ऽस्मि त्वया मुने पातालादहमुद्धृत्य सप्तलोकाधिपः कृतः
dustarānnarakādghorād uddhṛto 'smi tvayā mune pātālādahamuddhṛtya saptalokādhipaḥ kṛtaḥ
"I have been drawn up by you, O sage, out of a dreadful hell hard to cross; having drawn me up from the netherworld you have made me lord of the seven worlds.
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MtP 154.198
हिमाचलो ऽस्मि विख्यातस् त्वया मुनिवराधुना हिमाचले ऽचलगुणां प्रापितो ऽस्मि समुन्नतिम्
himācalo 'smi vikhyātas tvayā munivarādhunā himācale 'calaguṇāṃ prāpito 'smi samunnatim
I am now renowned as Himācala because of you, O best of sages; on Himācala I have been brought to a loftiness that has the quality of immovability.
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MtP 154.199
आनन्ददिवसाहारि हृदयं मे ऽधुना मुने नाध्यवस्यति कृत्यानां प्रविभागविचारणम् यदि वाचामधीशः स्यां त्वद्गुणानां विचारणे
ānandadivasāhāri hṛdayaṃ me 'dhunā mune nādhyavasyati kṛtyānāṃ pravibhāgavicāraṇam yadi vācāmadhīśaḥ syāṃ tvadguṇānāṃ vicāraṇe
My heart now, O sage, ... a day of joy, does not settle upon the discrimination of the divisions of my duties. If I were to be a master of words in considering your virtues —
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MtP 154.200
भवद्विधानां नियतम् अमोघं दर्शनं मुने तवास्मान्प्रति चापल्यं व्यक्तं मम महामुने
bhavadvidhānāṃ niyatam amoghaṃ darśanaṃ mune tavāsmānprati cāpalyaṃ vyaktaṃ mama mahāmune
The sight of ones such as you is surely never fruitless, sage; and your eager concern toward us is plain to me, great sage.
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MtP 154.201
भवद्भिरेव कृत्यो ऽहं निवासायात्मरूपिणाम् मुनीनां देवतानां च स्वयंकर्तापि कल्मषम्
bhavadbhireva kṛtyo 'haṃ nivāsāyātmarūpiṇām munīnāṃ devatānāṃ ca svayaṃkartāpi kalmaṣam
By you alone am I to be made a dwelling-place for sages and gods who are the embodiments of the Self — though I myself am a doer of sin.
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MtP 154.202
तथापि वस्तुन्येकस्मिन्न् आज्ञा मे सम्प्रदीयताम् इत्युक्तवति शैलेन्द्रे स तदा हर्षनिर्भरे
tathāpi vastunyekasminn ājñā me sampradīyatām ityuktavati śailendre sa tadā harṣanirbhare
Even so, let a command be given to me in one matter. When the lord of mountains had spoken thus, being then filled with joy, he (Nārada) —
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MtP 154.203
तथा च नारदो वाक्यं कृतं सर्वमिति प्रभो सुरकार्ये य एवार्थस् तवापि सुमहत्तरः
tathā ca nārado vākyaṃ kṛtaṃ sarvamiti prabho surakārye ya evārthas tavāpi sumahattaraḥ
— and so Nārada (spoke these) words: "All has been accomplished, lord; the very purpose that lies in the gods' business is a far greater one for you as well."
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MtP 154.204
इत्युक्त्वा नारदः शीघ्रं जगाम त्रिदिवं प्रति स गत्वा शक्रभवनम् अमरेशं ददर्श ह
ityuktvā nāradaḥ śīghraṃ jagāma tridivaṃ prati sa gatvā śakrabhavanam amareśaṃ dadarśa ha
Having said this, Nārada swiftly went off toward heaven; going to Śakra's dwelling, he beheld the lord of the immortals.
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MtP 154.205
ततो ऽभिरूपे स मुनिर् उपविष्टो महासने पृष्टः शक्रेण प्रोवाच हिमजासंश्रयां कथाम्
tato 'bhirūpe sa munir upaviṣṭo mahāsane pṛṣṭaḥ śakreṇa provāca himajāsaṃśrayāṃ kathām
Then the sage, seated on a fine great seat, being questioned by Śakra, related the account concerning Himavat's daughter.
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MtP 154.206
समूह्य यत्तु कर्तव्यं तन्मया कृतमेव हि किं तु पञ्चशरस्यैव समयो ऽयमुपस्थितः
samūhya yattu kartavyaṃ tanmayā kṛtameva hi kiṃ tu pañcaśarasyaiva samayo 'yamupasthitaḥ
"Having put it all together, whatever was to be done has indeed been done by me; but now this very moment has arrived for the five-arrowed one."
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MtP 154.207
इत्युक्तो देवराजस्तु मुनिना कार्यदर्शिना चूताङ्कुरास्त्रं सस्मार भगवान्पाकशासनः
ityukto devarājastu muninā kāryadarśinā cūtāṅkurāstraṃ sasmāra bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ
Addressed thus by the sage who saw what must be done, the lord Pākaśāsana, king of the gods, called to mind him whose weapon is the mango-shoot.
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MtP 154.208
संस्मृतस्तु तदा क्षिप्रं सहस्राक्षेण धीमता उपतस्थे रतियुतः सविलासो झषध्वजः प्रादुर्भूतं तु तं दृष्ट्वा शक्रः प्रोवाच सादरम्
saṃsmṛtastu tadā kṣipraṃ sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā upatasthe ratiyutaḥ savilāso jhaṣadhvajaḥ prādurbhūtaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā śakraḥ provāca sādaram
And being thus quickly remembered by the wise thousand-eyed one, the fish-bannered one presented himself, together with Rati and full of amorous play; and seeing him appear, Śakra spoke respectfully:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.209
उपदेशेन बहुना किं त्वां प्रति वदे प्रियम् मनोभवो ऽसि तेन त्वं वेत्सि भूतमनोगतम्
upadeśena bahunā kiṃ tvāṃ prati vade priyam manobhavo 'si tena tvaṃ vetsi bhūtamanogatam
"What need of much instruction? What pleasing thing should I say to you? You are the mind-born; therefore you know what passes in the minds of beings.
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MtP 154.210
तद्यथार्थकमेव त्वं कुरु नाकसदां प्रियम् शंकरं योजय क्षिप्रं गिरिपुत्र्या मनोभव संयुतो मधुना चैव ऋतुराजेन दुर्जय
tadyathārthakameva tvaṃ kuru nākasadāṃ priyam śaṃkaraṃ yojaya kṣipraṃ giriputryā manobhava saṃyuto madhunā caiva ṛturājena durjaya
So do just that which meets the purpose, the delight of the dwellers in heaven: quickly join Śaṃkara with the mountain's daughter, O mind-born, together with Madhu, the king of seasons, O hard-to-conquer one."
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MtP 154.211
इत्युक्तो मदनस्तेन शक्रेण स्वार्थसिद्धये प्रोवाच पञ्चबाणो ऽथ वाक्यं भीतः शतक्रतुम्
ityukto madanastena śakreṇa svārthasiddhaye provāca pañcabāṇo 'tha vākyaṃ bhītaḥ śatakratum
Addressed thus by that Śakra for the accomplishment of his own aim, the five-arrowed Madana then, in fear, spoke these words to Śatakratu:
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MtP 154.212
अनया देवसामग्र्या मुनिदानवभीमया दुःसाध्यः शंकरो देवः किं न वेत्सि जगत्प्रभो
anayā devasāmagryā munidānavabhīmayā duḥsādhyaḥ śaṃkaro devaḥ kiṃ na vetsi jagatprabho
"With this equipment of the gods, terrifying to sages and dānavas, the god Śaṃkara is hard to subdue — do you not know it, lord of the world?
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MtP 154.213
तस्य देवस्य वेत्थ त्वं कारणं तु यदव्ययम् प्रायः प्रसादः कोपो ऽपि सर्वो हि महतां महान्
tasya devasya vettha tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ tu yadavyayam prāyaḥ prasādaḥ kopo 'pi sarvo hi mahatāṃ mahān
But you know the cause pertaining to that god, which is imperishable: with the great, generally, their favour and their anger too — everything — is great.
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MtP 154.214
सर्वोपभोगसारा हि सुन्दर्यः स्वर्गसंभवाः अध्याश्रितं च यत्सौख्यं भवता नष्टचेष्टितम्
sarvopabhogasārā hi sundaryaḥ svargasaṃbhavāḥ adhyāśritaṃ ca yatsaukhyaṃ bhavatā naṣṭaceṣṭitam
For the lovely women born in heaven are the essence of all enjoyment, and the happiness that is relied upon (would be), by you, (a thing whose) working is ruined.
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MtP 154.215
प्रमादादथ विभ्रश्येद् ईशं प्रति विचिन्त्यताम् प्रागेव चेह दृश्यन्ते भूतानां कार्यसंभवाः
pramādādatha vibhraśyed īśaṃ prati vicintyatām prāgeva ceha dṛśyante bhūtānāṃ kāryasaṃbhavāḥ
And should one fall away through heedlessness, let thought be given to the Lord; for here the outcomes of beings' actions are seen in advance.
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MtP 154.216
विशेषं काङ्क्षतां शक्र सामान्याद्भ्रंशनं फलम् श्रुत्वैतद्वचनं शक्रस् तमुवाचामरैर्युतः
viśeṣaṃ kāṅkṣatāṃ śakra sāmānyādbhraṃśanaṃ phalam śrutvaitadvacanaṃ śakras tamuvācāmarairyutaḥ
For those who crave the extraordinary, Śakra, the fruit of the ordinary is a falling away." Hearing this speech, Śakra, surrounded by the immortals, said to him:
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MtP 154.217
वयं प्रमाणास्ते ह्यत्र रतिकान्त न संशयः संदेशेन विना शक्तिर् अपकारस्य नेष्यते कस्यचिच् च क्वचिद्दृष्टं सामर्थ्यं न तु सर्वतः
vayaṃ pramāṇāste hyatra ratikānta na saṃśayaḥ saṃdeśena vinā śaktir apakārasya neṣyate kasyacic ca kvaciddṛṣṭaṃ sāmarthyaṃ na tu sarvataḥ
"We are your authority in this matter, beloved of Rati, there is no doubt; without a command, the power to do harm is not sanctioned; and someone's capability is seen in some particular place, but not everywhere."
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MtP 154.218
इत्युक्तः प्रययौ कामः सखायं मधुमाश्रितः रतियुक्तो जगामाशु प्रस्थं तु हिमभूभृतः
ityuktaḥ prayayau kāmaḥ sakhāyaṃ madhumāśritaḥ ratiyukto jagāmāśu prasthaṃ tu himabhūbhṛtaḥ
Addressed thus, Kāma set out, taking his friend Madhu with him; accompanied by Rati he swiftly went to the tableland of the snowy mountain.
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MtP 154.219
स तु तत्राकरोच्चिन्तां कार्यस्योपायपूर्विकाम् महार्था ये हि निष्कम्पा मनस्तेषां सुदुर्जयम्
sa tu tatrākaroccintāṃ kāryasyopāyapūrvikām mahārthā ye hi niṣkampā manasteṣāṃ sudurjayam
But there he made a reflection, beginning with the means to the task: "For those whose aims are great and who are unshaken, the mind is very hard to conquer.
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MtP 154.220
तदादावेव संक्षोभ्य नियतं सुजयो भवेत् संसिद्धिं प्राप्नुयुश्चैव पूर्वं संशोध्य मानसम्
tadādāveva saṃkṣobhya niyataṃ sujayo bhavet saṃsiddhiṃ prāpnuyuścaiva pūrvaṃ saṃśodhya mānasam
Therefore, if (he) is thrown into agitation at the very outset, he would surely be easy to conquer; and (those who act so) would attain success, having first cleansed (his) mind.
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MtP 154.221
कथं च विविधैर्भावैर् द्वेषानुगमनं विना क्रोधः क्रूरतरासङ्गाद् भीषणेर्ष्यां महासखीम्
kathaṃ ca vividhairbhāvair dveṣānugamanaṃ vinā krodhaḥ krūratarāsaṅgād bhīṣaṇerṣyāṃ mahāsakhīm
And how, without the following-up of hatred by manifold moods, (is there) anger? Out of attachment to what is crueller (I shall bring on) terrifying envy, its great companion.
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MtP 154.222
चापल्यमूर्ध्नि विध्वस्तधैर्याधारां महाबलाम् तामस्य विनियोक्ष्यामि मनसो विकृतिं पराम्
cāpalyamūrdhni vidhvastadhairyādhārāṃ mahābalām tāmasya viniyokṣyāmi manaso vikṛtiṃ parām
That supreme deformity of mind, mighty in strength, whose prop of steadfastness is shattered upon the head of fickleness — that I shall let loose upon him.
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MtP 154.223
पिधाय धैर्यद्वाराणि संतोषमपकृष्य च अवगन्तुं हि मां तत्र न कश्चिदतिपण्डितः
pidhāya dhairyadvārāṇi saṃtoṣamapakṛṣya ca avagantuṃ hi māṃ tatra na kaścidatipaṇḍitaḥ
Having shut the doors of steadfastness and dragged contentment away — for there no one, however very learned, can detect me.
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MtP 154.224
विकल्पमात्रावस्थाने वैरूप्यं मनसो भवेत् पश्चान्मूलक्रियारम्भगम्भीरावर्तदुस्तरः
vikalpamātrāvasthāne vairūpyaṃ manaso bhavet paścānmūlakriyārambhagambhīrāvartadustaraḥ
When (the mind) rests in mere wavering, deformity of the mind comes about; and afterwards (it becomes) hard to cross, with deep whirlpools at the launching of the root-act.
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MtP 154.225
हरिष्यामि हरस्याहं तपस्तस्य स्थिरात्मनः इन्द्रियग्राममावृत्य रम्यसाधनसंविधिः
hariṣyāmi harasyāhaṃ tapastasya sthirātmanaḥ indriyagrāmamāvṛtya ramyasādhanasaṃvidhiḥ
I shall carry off the austerity of Hara, of him whose self is unshaken, hemming in the whole troop of his senses — for I have at my disposal delightful means.
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MtP 154.226
चिन्तयित्वेति मदनो भूतभर्तुस्तदाश्रमम् जगाम जगतीसारं सरलद्रुमवेदिकम्
cintayitveti madano bhūtabhartustadāśramam jagāma jagatīsāraṃ saraladrumavedikam
Having thought thus, Madana went to that hermitage of the lord of beings, the very essence of the earth, with its terraces of straight trees.
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MtP 154.227
शान्तसत्त्वसमाकीर्णम् अचलप्राणिसंकुलम् नानापुष्पलताजालं गगनस्थगणेश्वरम्
śāntasattvasamākīrṇam acalaprāṇisaṃkulam nānāpuṣpalatājālaṃ gaganasthagaṇeśvaram
(a hermitage) filled all over with tranquil creatures, thronged with motionless living things, a web of flowering vines of many kinds, where the lord of hosts abides in the sky.
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MtP 154.228
निर्व्यग्रवृषभाध्युष्टनीलशाद्वलसानुकम् तत्रापश्यत्त्रिनेत्रस्य रम्यं कंचिद्द्वितीयकम्
nirvyagravṛṣabhādhyuṣṭanīlaśādvalasānukam tatrāpaśyattrinetrasya ramyaṃ kaṃciddvitīyakam
with hill-slopes of blue turf occupied by untroubled bulls. There he saw a certain charming second (self) of the three-eyed one:
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MtP 154.229
वीरकं लोकवीरेशम् ईशानसदृशद्युतिम् यक्षकुङ्कुमकिञ्जल्कपुञ्जपिङ्गजटासटम्
vīrakaṃ lokavīreśam īśānasadṛśadyutim yakṣakuṅkumakiñjalkapuñjapiṅgajaṭāsaṭam
Vīraka, lord of the world's heroes, with lustre like Īśāna's, the mane of his matted locks tawny as a mass of yakṣa-saffron filaments,
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MtP 154.230
वेत्रपाणिनम् अव्यग्रम् उग्रभोगीन्द्रभूषणम् ततो निमीलितोन्निद्रपद्मपत्राभलोचनम्
vetrapāṇinam avyagram ugrabhogīndrabhūṣaṇam tato nimīlitonnidrapadmapatrābhalocanam
cane in hand, unruffled, adorned with fierce lords of serpents; then (he saw Śiva), his eyes closed, resembling petals of an opened lotus,
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MtP 154.231
प्रेक्षमाणमृजुस्थानं नासिकाग्रं सुलोचनैः श्रवस्तरससिंहेन्द्रचर्मलम्बोत्तरीयकम्
prekṣamāṇamṛjusthānaṃ nāsikāgraṃ sulocanaiḥ śravastarasasiṃhendracarmalambottarīyakam
gazing with his fine eyes at the tip of his nose, the place straight ahead, with the hide of a lion-king hanging as an upper garment,
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MtP 154.232
श्रवणाहिफलन्मुक्तनिःश्वासानलपिङ्गलम् प्रेङ्खत्कपालपर्यन्ततुम्बिलम्बिजटाचयम्
śravaṇāhiphalanmuktaniḥśvāsānalapiṅgalam preṅkhatkapālaparyantatumbilambijaṭācayam
tawny with the breath-fire released by the hissing snake at his ear, the mass of his matted hair hanging with gourds about the swinging skulls,
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MtP 154.233
कृतवासुकिपर्यङ्कनाभिमूलनिवेशितम् ब्रह्माञ्जलिस्थपुच्छाग्रनिबद्धोरगभूषणम्
kṛtavāsukiparyaṅkanābhimūlaniveśitam brahmāñjalisthapucchāgranibaddhoragabhūṣaṇam
with Vāsuki made his couch, set at the root of the navel, wearing a serpent-ornament bound at the tail-tip which rested in a brahmā-añjali:
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MtP 154.234
ददर्श शंकरं कामः क्रमप्राप्तान्तिकं शनैः ततो भ्रमरझङ्कारमालम्बिद्रुमसानुकम्
dadarśa śaṃkaraṃ kāmaḥ kramaprāptāntikaṃ śanaiḥ tato bhramarajhaṅkāramālambidrumasānukam
thus Kāma saw Śaṃkara, having slowly come near by stages; then (in that place) whose tree-clad slopes were pervaded by the humming of bees,
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MtP 154.235
प्रविष्टः कर्णरन्ध्रेण भवस्य मदनो मनः शंकरस्तमथाकर्ण्य मधुरं मदनाश्रयम्
praviṣṭaḥ karṇarandhreṇa bhavasya madano manaḥ śaṃkarastamathākarṇya madhuraṃ madanāśrayam
Madana entered Bhava's mind through the opening of his ear; and Śaṃkara, hearing that sweet (sound) which was love's abode,
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MtP 154.236
सस्मार दक्षदुहितारं दयितां रक्तमानसः ततः सा तस्य शनकैस् तिरोभूयातिनिर्मला
sasmāra dakṣaduhitāraṃ dayitāṃ raktamānasaḥ tataḥ sā tasya śanakais tirobhūyātinirmalā
with mind grown passionate, remembered his beloved, the daughter of Dakṣa. Then that utterly spotless (concentration) of his slowly faded away,
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MtP 154.237
समाधिभावना तस्थौ लक्ष्यप्रत्यक्षरूपिणी ततस्तन्मयतां यातः प्रत्यूहापिहिताशयः
samādhibhāvanā tasthau lakṣyapratyakṣarūpiṇī tatastanmayatāṃ yātaḥ pratyūhāpihitāśayaḥ
and (in its place) stood the imagining of meditation, taking the form of the object made present to sight; then, becoming wholly absorbed in that, his mind veiled by the obstruction,
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MtP 154.238
वशित्वेन बुबोधेशो विकृतिं मदनात्मिकाम् ईषत्कोपसमाविष्टो धैर्यमालम्ब्य धूर्जटिः
vaśitvena bubodheśo vikṛtiṃ madanātmikām īṣatkopasamāviṣṭo dhairyamālambya dhūrjaṭiḥ
the Lord, by his mastery, understood the alteration to be Madana himself; slightly filled with anger, Dhūrjaṭi took hold of his firmness
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MtP 154.239
निरासे मदनस्थित्या योगमायासमाव्रतः स तया माययाविष्टो जज्वाल मदनस्ततः
nirāse madanasthityā yogamāyāsamāvrataḥ sa tayā māyayāviṣṭo jajvāla madanastataḥ
and in dismissing (him), being wholly enveloped in yoga-māyā by reason of Madana's presence — and Madana, possessed by that māyā, thereupon burst into flame.
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MtP 154.240
इच्छाशरीरो दुर्जेयो रोषदोषमहाश्रयः हृदयान्निर्गतः सो ऽथ वासनाव्यसनात्मकः
icchāśarīro durjeyo roṣadoṣamahāśrayaḥ hṛdayānnirgataḥ so 'tha vāsanāvyasanātmakaḥ
Having a body made of will, hard to overcome, a great abode of the taint of rage, he then issued forth from the heart, his very nature longing and obsession.
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MtP 154.241
बहिःस्थलं समालम्ब्य ह्य् उपतस्थौ झषध्वजः अनुयातो ऽथ हृद्येन मित्रेण मधुना सह
bahiḥsthalaṃ samālambya hy upatasthau jhaṣadhvajaḥ anuyāto 'tha hṛdyena mitreṇa madhunā saha
Taking his stand on the outer ground, the fish-bannered one presented himself, followed then by his heart-dear friend Madhu (Spring).
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MtP 154.242
सहकारतरौ दृष्ट्वा मृदुमारुतनिर्धुतम् स्तबकं मदनो रम्यं हरवक्षसि सत्वरम्
sahakāratarau dṛṣṭvā mṛdumārutanirdhutam stabakaṃ madano ramyaṃ haravakṣasi satvaram
Seeing on the mango tree a lovely blossom-cluster shaken by the soft breeze, Madana swiftly, upon Hara's breast—
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MtP 154.243
मुमोच मोहनं नाम मार्गणं मकरध्वजः शिवस्य हृदये शुद्धे नाशशाली महाशरः
mumoca mohanaṃ nāma mārgaṇaṃ makaradhvajaḥ śivasya hṛdaye śuddhe nāśaśālī mahāśaraḥ
—the makara-bannered one released the shaft named Mohana (Bewilderer) at Śiva's pure heart, a great arrow apt to destroy.
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MtP 154.244
पपात परुषप्रांशुः पुष्पबाणो विमोहनः ततः करणसंदेहो विद्धस्तु हृदये भवः
papāta paruṣaprāṃśuḥ puṣpabāṇo vimohanaḥ tataḥ karaṇasaṃdeho viddhastu hṛdaye bhavaḥ
The flower-arrow Vimohana, harsh and towering, fell; thereupon Bhava, pierced in the heart, became uncertain of his faculties.
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MtP 154.245
बभूव भूधरौपम्यधैर्यो ऽपि मदनोन्मुखः ततः प्रभुत्वाद्भावानां नावेशं समपद्यत
babhūva bhūdharaupamyadhairyo 'pi madanonmukhaḥ tataḥ prabhutvādbhāvānāṃ nāveśaṃ samapadyata
Though his steadfastness was like a mountain's, he became inclined toward love; yet then, by his mastery over the states of feeling, he did not fall into possession by it.
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MtP 154.246
बाह्यं बहु समासाद्य प्रत्यूहप्रसवात्मकम् ततः कोपानलोद्भूतघोरहुङ्कारभीषणे
bāhyaṃ bahu samāsādya pratyūhaprasavātmakam tataḥ kopānalodbhūtaghorahuṅkārabhīṣaṇe
Meeting much of it outwardly, productive of counter-resistance, then, in (him) made fearful by the dreadful huṅkāra arisen from the fire of his anger—
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MtP 154.247
बभूव वदने नेत्रं तृतीयमनलाकुलम् रुद्रस्य रौद्रवपुषो जगत्संहारभैरवम्
babhūva vadane netraṃ tṛtīyamanalākulam rudrasya raudravapuṣo jagatsaṃhārabhairavam
—there arose in the face of Rudra of terrible form a third eye filled with fire, frightful as the world's destruction.
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MtP 154.248
तदन्तिकस्थे मदने व्यस्फारयत धूर्जटिः तन्नेत्रविस्फुलिङ्गेन क्रोशतां नाकवासिनाम्
tadantikasthe madane vyasphārayata dhūrjaṭiḥ tannetravisphuliṅgena krośatāṃ nākavāsinām
Upon Madana, who stood close by, Dhūrjaṭi opened it wide; and by a spark of that eye, while the dwellers of heaven cried out,
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MtP 154.249
गमितो भस्मसात्तूर्णं कन्दर्पः कामिदर्पकः स तु तं भस्मसात्कृत्वा हरनेत्रोद्भवो ऽनलः
gamito bhasmasāttūrṇaṃ kandarpaḥ kāmidarpakaḥ sa tu taṃ bhasmasātkṛtvā haranetrodbhavo 'nalaḥ
Kandarpa, who makes lovers proud, was at once reduced to ashes; but that fire born of Hara's eye, having reduced him to ashes,
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MtP 154.250
व्यजृम्भत जगद्दग्धुं ज्वालाहुङ्कारघस्मरः ततो भवो जगद्धेतोर् व्यभवज्जातवेदसम्
vyajṛmbhata jagaddagdhuṃ jvālāhuṅkāraghasmaraḥ tato bhavo jagaddhetor vyabhavajjātavedasam
gaped wide to burn up the world, ravenous with flames and roarings; then Bhava, for the world's sake, distributed the fire born of it—
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MtP 154.251
सहकारे मधौ चन्द्रे सुमनःसु परेष्वपि भृङ्गेषु कोकिलास्येषु विभागेन स्मरानलम्
sahakāre madhau candre sumanaḥsu pareṣvapi bhṛṅgeṣu kokilāsyeṣu vibhāgena smarānalam
the fire of Smara, dividing it into the mango tree, into spring, into the moon, into flowers and other things, into bees, and into the mouths of cuckoos.
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MtP 154.252
स बाह्यान्तरविद्धेन हरेण स्मरमार्गणः रागस्नेहसमिद्धान्तर्धावंस्तीव्रहुताशनः
sa bāhyāntaraviddhena hareṇa smaramārgaṇaḥ rāgasnehasamiddhāntardhāvaṃstīvrahutāśanaḥ
That arrow of Smara, (shot) by Hara pierced without and within, became a fierce fire racing inside, kindled by passion and affection,
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MtP 154.253
विभक्तलोकसंक्षोभकरो दुर्वारजृम्भितः सम्प्राप्य स्नेहसंपृक्तं कामिनां हृदयं किल
vibhaktalokasaṃkṣobhakaro durvārajṛmbhitaḥ samprāpya snehasaṃpṛktaṃ kāmināṃ hṛdayaṃ kila
causing turmoil in the world it had been divided among, gaping unstoppably; and having reached the heart of lovers, steeped in affection,
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MtP 154.254
ज्वलत्यहर्निशं भीमो दुश्चिकित्स्यमुखात्मकः विलोक्य हरहुङ्कारज्वालाभस्मकृतं स्मरम्
jvalatyaharniśaṃ bhīmo duścikitsyamukhātmakaḥ vilokya harahuṅkārajvālābhasmakṛtaṃ smaram
it burns day and night, dreadful, hard to cure at its very source. Seeing Smara reduced to ash by the flame of Hara's huṅkāra,
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MtP 154.255
विललाप रतिः क्रूरं बन्धुना मधुना सह ततो विलप्य बहुशो मधुना परिसान्त्विता
vilalāpa ratiḥ krūraṃ bandhunā madhunā saha tato vilapya bahuśo madhunā parisāntvitā
Rati lamented bitterly along with her kinsman Madhu; then, having lamented much and been consoled by Madhu,
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MtP 154.256
जगाम शरणं देवम् इन्दुमौलिं त्रिलोचनम् भृङ्गानुयातां संगृह्य पुष्पितां सहकारजाम्
jagāma śaraṇaṃ devam indumauliṃ trilocanam bhṛṅgānuyātāṃ saṃgṛhya puṣpitāṃ sahakārajām
she went for refuge to the god who is moon-crowned and three-eyed, having taken a flowering mango creeper attended by bees,
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MtP 154.257
लतां पवित्रकस्थाने पाणौ परभृतां सखीम् निर्बध्य तु जटाजूटं कुटिलैर् अलकै रतिः
latāṃ pavitrakasthāne pāṇau parabhṛtāṃ sakhīm nirbadhya tu jaṭājūṭaṃ kuṭilair alakai ratiḥ
the creeper in place of the sacred ring of grass, and in her hand her friend the cuckoo; and having bound up her hair in a matted knot with her curling locks, Rati,
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MtP 154.258
उद्ध्वल्य गात्रं शुभ्रेण हृद्येन स्मरभस्मना जानुभ्यामवनीं गत्वा प्रोवाचेन्दुविभूषणम्
uddhvalya gātraṃ śubhreṇa hṛdyena smarabhasmanā jānubhyāmavanīṃ gatvā provācenduvibhūṣaṇam
having smeared her body with the bright, dear ash of Smara, and coming down to the ground on her knees, spoke to the moon-adorned one:
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MtP 154.259
नमः शिवायास्तु निरामयाय नमः शिवायास्तु मनोमयाय नमः शिवायास्तु सुरार्चिताय तुभ्यं सदा भक्तकृपापराय
namaḥ śivāyāstu nirāmayāya namaḥ śivāyāstu manomayāya namaḥ śivāyāstu surārcitāya tubhyaṃ sadā bhaktakṛpāparāya
"Homage be to Śiva, the unafflicted; homage be to Śiva, who is made of mind; homage be to Śiva, worshipped by the gods—to you, ever intent on compassion for the devoted."
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MtP 154.260
नमो भवायास्तु भवोद्भवाय नमो ऽस्तु ते ध्वस्तमनोभवाय नमो ऽस्तु ते गूढमहाव्रताय नमो ऽस्तु मायागहनाश्रयाय
namo bhavāyāstu bhavodbhavāya namo 'stu te dhvastamanobhavāya namo 'stu te gūḍhamahāvratāya namo 'stu māyāgahanāśrayāya
Homage be to Bhava, the source of existence; homage to you who destroyed the mind-born (Kāma); homage to you of the hidden great vow; homage to you whose refuge is the depth of māyā.
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MtP 154.261
नमो ऽस्तु शर्वाय नमः शिवाय नमो ऽस्तु सिद्धाय पुरातनाय नमो ऽस्तु कालाय नमः कलाय नमो ऽस्तु ते ज्ञानवरप्रदाय
namo 'stu śarvāya namaḥ śivāya namo 'stu siddhāya purātanāya namo 'stu kālāya namaḥ kalāya namo 'stu te jñānavarapradāya
Homage to Śarva, homage to Śiva; homage to the perfected, the ancient one; homage to Kāla (time), homage to Kala; homage to you, the giver of the boon of knowledge.
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MtP 154.262
नमो ऽस्तु ते कालकलातिगाय नमो निसर्गामलभूषणाय नमो ऽस्त्वमेयान्धकमर्दकाय नमः शरण्याय नमो ऽगुणाय
namo 'stu te kālakalātigāya namo nisargāmalabhūṣaṇāya namo 'stvameyāndhakamardakāya namaḥ śaraṇyāya namo 'guṇāya
Homage to you who go beyond the parts of time; homage to him whose ornament is naturally spotless; homage to the immeasurable crusher of Andhaka; homage to the giver of refuge, homage to the quality-less one.
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MtP 154.263
नमो ऽस्तु ते भीमगणानुगाय नमो ऽस्तु नानाभुवनादिकर्त्रे नमो ऽस्तु नानाजगतां विधात्रे नमो ऽस्तु ते चित्रफलप्रयोक्त्रे
namo 'stu te bhīmagaṇānugāya namo 'stu nānābhuvanādikartre namo 'stu nānājagatāṃ vidhātre namo 'stu te citraphalaprayoktre
Homage to you who are followed by terrible hosts; homage to the maker of the beginning of the many worlds; homage to the ordainer of the manifold universes; homage to you who dispense variegated fruits (of action).
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MtP 154.264
सर्वावसाने ह्यविनाशनेत्रे नमो ऽस्तु चित्राध्वरभागभोक्त्रे नमो ऽस्तु भक्ताभिमतप्रदात्रे नमः सदा ते भवसङ्गहर्त्रे
sarvāvasāne hyavināśanetre namo 'stu citrādhvarabhāgabhoktre namo 'stu bhaktābhimatapradātre namaḥ sadā te bhavasaṅgahartre
Homage to the imperishable eye at the end of all; homage to the enjoyer of a share in varied sacrifices; homage to the giver of what devotees desire; homage always to you who remove attachment to worldly existence.
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MtP 154.265
अनन्तरूपाय सदैव तुभ्यम् असह्यकोपाय नमो ऽस्तु तुभ्यम् शशाङ्कचिह्नाय सदैव तुभ्यम् अमेयमानाय नमः स्तुताय
anantarūpāya sadaiva tubhyam asahyakopāya namo 'stu tubhyam śaśāṅkacihnāya sadaiva tubhyam ameyamānāya namaḥ stutāya
To you of endless forms always; homage to you whose anger cannot be borne; to you always who bear the moon as your mark; homage to the praised one whose measure cannot be measured.
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MtP 154.266
वृषेन्द्रयानाय पुरान्तकाय नमः प्रसिद्धाय महौषधाय नमो ऽस्तु भक्त्याभिमतप्रदाय नमो ऽस्तु सर्वार्तिहराय तुभ्यम्
vṛṣendrayānāya purāntakāya namaḥ prasiddhāya mahauṣadhāya namo 'stu bhaktyābhimatapradāya namo 'stu sarvārtiharāya tubhyam
To him whose vehicle is the bull-lord, the ender of the (three) cities, homage; to the renowned one, the great medicine; homage to the giver of what is desired through devotion; homage to you, the remover of all pain.
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MtP 154.267
चराचराचारविचारवर्यम् आचार्यम् उत्प्रेक्षितभूतसर्गम् त्वामिन्दुमौलिं शरणं प्रपन्ना प्रियाप्रमेयं महतां महेशम्
carācarācāravicāravaryam ācāryam utprekṣitabhūtasargam tvāmindumauliṃ śaraṇaṃ prapannā priyāprameyaṃ mahatāṃ maheśam
(I) have gone for refuge to you, the moon-crested, the best in discerning the conduct of moving and unmoving beings, the teacher, who oversaw the creation of beings, the beloved, the immeasurable, the great lord of the great.
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MtP 154.268
प्रयच्छ मे कामयशःसमृद्धिं पुनः प्रभो जीवतु कामदेवः प्रियं विना त्वां प्रियजीवितेषु त्वत्तो ऽपरः को भुवनेष्विहास्ति
prayaccha me kāmayaśaḥsamṛddhiṃ punaḥ prabho jīvatu kāmadevaḥ priyaṃ vinā tvāṃ priyajīviteṣu tvatto 'paraḥ ko bhuvaneṣvihāsti
Grant me the abundance of Kāma's glory; let Kāmadeva live again, O lord. Apart from you, who else here in the worlds is (a refuge) for those whose life is their beloved, without their beloved?
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MtP 154.269
प्रभुः प्रियायाः प्रसवः प्रियाणां प्रणीतपर्यायपरापरार्थः त्वमेवमेको भुवनस्य नाथो दयालुरुन्मूलितभक्तभीतिः
prabhuḥ priyāyāḥ prasavaḥ priyāṇāṃ praṇītaparyāyaparāparārthaḥ tvamevameko bhuvanasya nātho dayālurunmūlitabhaktabhītiḥ
(You are) the lord of the beloved lady, the origin of dear things, in whom the higher and lower goods are set out in due order; you alone thus are the master of the world, compassionate, uprooting the fear of devotees.
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MtP 154.270
इत्थं स्तुतः शंकर ईड्य ईशो वृषाकपिर्मन्मथकान्तया तु तुतोष दोषाकरखण्डधारी उवाच चैनां मधुरं निरीक्ष्य
itthaṃ stutaḥ śaṃkara īḍya īśo vṛṣākapirmanmathakāntayā tu tutoṣa doṣākarakhaṇḍadhārī uvāca caināṃ madhuraṃ nirīkṣya
Thus praised by the beloved of Manmatha, Śaṃkara, the praiseworthy lord, Vṛṣākapi, bearer of a piece of the moon (the mine of night), was pleased, and looking at her sweetly, he spoke.
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MtP 154.271
भवितेति च कामो ऽयं कालात्कान्तो ऽचिरादपि अनङ्ग इति लोकेषु स विख्यातिं गमिष्यति
bhaviteti ca kāmo 'yaṃ kālātkānto 'cirādapi anaṅga iti lokeṣu sa vikhyātiṃ gamiṣyati
"This Kāma shall come to be, your husband, before long, in due time; and in the worlds he will become known as Anaṅga (the bodiless)."
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MtP 154.272
इत्युक्ता शिरसावन्द्य गिरिशं कामवल्लभा जगामोपवनं रम्यं रतिस्तु हिमभूभृतः
ityuktā śirasāvandya giriśaṃ kāmavallabhā jagāmopavanaṃ ramyaṃ ratistu himabhūbhṛtaḥ
So addressed, the beloved of Kāma bowed with her head to Giriśa; and Rati went to the lovely grove of the snow-mountain.
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MtP 154.273
रुरोद चापि बहुशो दीना रम्ये स्थले तु सा मरणव्यवसायात्तु निवृत्ता सा हराज्ञया
ruroda cāpi bahuśo dīnā ramye sthale tu sā maraṇavyavasāyāttu nivṛttā sā harājñayā
And wretched, she wept much in that lovely place; but she turned back from her resolve to die, by Hara's command.
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MtP 154.274
अथ नारदवाक्येन चोदितो हिमभूधरः कृताभरणसंस्कारां कृतकौतुकमङ्गलाम्
atha nāradavākyena codito himabhūdharaḥ kṛtābharaṇasaṃskārāṃ kṛtakautukamaṅgalām
Then the snow-mountain, urged by Nārada's words, (took) her, adorned with ornaments and with the auspicious wedding-thread rite performed,
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MtP 154.275
स्वर्गपुष्पकृतापीडां शुभ्रचीनांशुकाम्बराम् शराभ्यां संयुतां शैलो गृहीत्वा स्वसुतां ततः
svargapuṣpakṛtāpīḍāṃ śubhracīnāṃśukāmbarām śarābhyāṃ saṃyutāṃ śailo gṛhītvā svasutāṃ tataḥ
wearing a chaplet made of heavenly flowers, clad in bright Chinese silk garments, accompanied by the two (Śara maidens) — the mountain, taking his own daughter, then
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MtP 154.276
जगाम शुभयोगेन तदा सम्पूर्णमानसः सकाननान्युपाक्रम्य वनान्युपवनानि च
jagāma śubhayogena tadā sampūrṇamānasaḥ sakānanānyupākramya vanānyupavanāni ca
went at an auspicious conjunction, his mind then fulfilled, passing along the forest tracts, the woods and the groves.
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MtP 154.277
ददर्श रुदतीं नारीम् अप्रतर्क्यमहौजसम् रूपेणासदृशीं लोके रम्येषु वनसानुषु
dadarśa rudatīṃ nārīm apratarkyamahaujasam rūpeṇāsadṛśīṃ loke ramyeṣu vanasānuṣu
He saw a woman weeping, of inconceivable great vigour, unequalled in the world in beauty, on the lovely wooded slopes.
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MtP 154.278
कौतुकेन परामृश्य तां दृष्ट्वा रुदतीं गिरिः उपसर्प्य ततस्तस्या निकटे सो ऽभ्यपृच्छत
kautukena parāmṛśya tāṃ dṛṣṭvā rudatīṃ giriḥ upasarpya tatastasyā nikaṭe so 'bhyapṛcchata
Having considered her with curiosity, and seeing her weeping, the mountain then approached and asked, standing near her:
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MtP 154.279
कासि कस्यासि कल्याणि किमर्थं चापि रोदिषि नैतदल्पमहं मन्ये कारणं लोकसुन्दरि
kāsi kasyāsi kalyāṇi kimarthaṃ cāpi rodiṣi naitadalpamahaṃ manye kāraṇaṃ lokasundari
"Who are you? Whose are you, good lady? And why do you weep? I do not think this a small matter, O beauty of the world."
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MtP 154.280
सा तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा उवाच मधुना सह रुदती शोकजननं श्वसती दैन्यवर्धनम्
sā tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā uvāca madhunā saha rudatī śokajananaṃ śvasatī dainyavardhanam
She, having heard his words, spoke with sweetness, weeping, sighing in a way that bred sorrow and increased (his) pity.
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MtP 154.281
कामस्य दयितां भार्यां रतिं मां विद्धि सुव्रत गिरावस्मिन्महाभाग गिरिशस्तपसि स्थितः
kāmasya dayitāṃ bhāryāṃ ratiṃ māṃ viddhi suvrata girāvasminmahābhāga giriśastapasi sthitaḥ
Know me, O firm in vows, as Rati, the beloved wife of Kāma; on this mountain, O greatly fortunate one, the mountain-dweller (Śiva) is set in ascetic practice.
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MtP 154.282
तेन प्रत्यूहरुष्टेन विस्फार्यालोक्य लोचनम् दग्धो ऽसौ झषकेतुस्तु मम कान्तो ऽतिवल्लभः
tena pratyūharuṣṭena visphāryālokya locanam dagdho 'sau jhaṣaketustu mama kānto 'tivallabhaḥ
By him, angered at the obstruction, opening wide and casting his eye, that Fish-bannered one, my lover, most dear to me, was burnt up.
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MtP 154.283
अहं तु शरणं याता तं देवं भयविह्वला स्तुतवत्यथ संस्तुत्या ततो मां गिरिशो ऽब्रवीत्
ahaṃ tu śaraṇaṃ yātā taṃ devaṃ bhayavihvalā stutavatyatha saṃstutyā tato māṃ giriśo 'bravīt
But I, overcome with fear, went for refuge to that god, and praised (him); then, because of the praise, the mountain-dweller said to me:
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MtP 154.284
तुष्टो ऽहं कामदयिते कामो ऽयं ते भविष्यति त्वत्स्तुतिं चाप्यधीयानो नरो भक्त्या मदाश्रयः लप्स्यते काङ्क्षितं कामं निवर्त्य मरणादितः
tuṣṭo 'haṃ kāmadayite kāmo 'yaṃ te bhaviṣyati tvatstutiṃ cāpyadhīyāno naro bhaktyā madāśrayaḥ lapsyate kāṅkṣitaṃ kāmaṃ nivartya maraṇāditaḥ
"I am pleased, beloved of Kāma; this desire of yours shall come to be. And a man who recites your hymn of praise, devoted, taking refuge in me, shall obtain the desire he longs for, having turned (it) back from death here."
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MtP 154.285
प्रतीक्षन्ती च तद्वाक्यम् आशावेशादिभिर्ह्यहम् शरीरं परिरक्षिष्ये कंचित्कालं महाद्युते
pratīkṣantī ca tadvākyam āśāveśādibhirhyaham śarīraṃ parirakṣiṣye kaṃcitkālaṃ mahādyute
And awaiting that promise, by such means as absorption in hope, I shall preserve my body for some time, O greatly radiant one.
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MtP 154.286
इत्युक्तस्तु तदा रत्या शैलः संभ्रमभीषितः पाणावादाय हि सुतां गन्तुमैच्छत्स्वकं पुरम्
ityuktastu tadā ratyā śailaḥ saṃbhramabhīṣitaḥ pāṇāvādāya hi sutāṃ gantumaicchatsvakaṃ puram
Thus addressed then by Rati, the mountain, alarmed and frightened, taking his daughter by the hand, wished to go to his own city.
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MtP 154.287
भाविनो ऽवश्यभावित्वाद् भवित्री भूतभाविनी लज्जमाना सखिमुखैर् उवाच पितरं गिरिम्
bhāvino 'vaśyabhāvitvād bhavitrī bhūtabhāvinī lajjamānā sakhimukhair uvāca pitaraṃ girim
But since what is to be must inevitably be, she who was to become, and had become, (what she was to be), shy, spoke to her father the mountain through the mouths of her friends:
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MtP 154.288
दुर्भाग्येण शरीरेण किं ममानेन कारणम् कथं च तादृशं प्राप्तं सुखं मे स पतिर्भवेत्
durbhāgyeṇa śarīreṇa kiṃ mamānena kāraṇam kathaṃ ca tādṛśaṃ prāptaṃ sukhaṃ me sa patirbhavet
What use to me is this ill-fated body? And how could such happiness be attained by me, that he should become my husband?
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MtP 154.289
तपोभिः प्राप्यते ऽभीष्टं नासाध्यं हि तपस्यतः दुर्भगत्वं वृथा लोको वहते सति साधने
tapobhiḥ prāpyate 'bhīṣṭaṃ nāsādhyaṃ hi tapasyataḥ durbhagatvaṃ vṛthā loko vahate sati sādhane
By austerities what is desired is obtained, for nothing is unattainable to one who practises austerity; the world bears ill fortune in vain, when the means (of remedy) exists.
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MtP 154.290
जीविताद्दुर्भगाच्छ्रेयो मरणं ह्यतपस्यतः भविष्यामि न संदेहो नियमैः शोषये तनुम्
jīvitāddurbhagācchreyo maraṇaṃ hyatapasyataḥ bhaviṣyāmi na saṃdeho niyamaiḥ śoṣaye tanum
Better than an ill-fated life is death, for one who does not practise austerity; I shall become (his), there is no doubt: by observances I will dry up this body.
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MtP 154.291
तपसि भ्रष्टसंदेह उद्यमो ऽर्थजिगीषया साहं तपः करिष्यामि यदहं प्राप्य दुर्लभा
tapasi bhraṣṭasaṃdeha udyamo 'rthajigīṣayā sāhaṃ tapaḥ kariṣyāmi yadahaṃ prāpya durlabhā
In austerity doubt is destroyed; effort (arises) from the wish to win the goal. So I will perform austerity, by attaining which I, hard to attain, (shall win him).
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MtP 154.292
इत्युक्तः शैलराजस्तु दुहित्रा स्नेहविक्लवः उवाच वाचा शैलेन्द्रः स्नेहगद्गदवर्णया
ityuktaḥ śailarājastu duhitrā snehaviklavaḥ uvāca vācā śailendraḥ snehagadgadavarṇayā
Thus addressed by his daughter, the king of mountains, unmanned by affection, the lord of mountains spoke with a voice whose syllables faltered with affection:
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MtP 154.293
उमेति चपले पुत्रि न क्षमं तावकं वपुः सोढुं क्लेशस्वरूपस्य तपसः सौम्यदर्शने
umeti capale putri na kṣamaṃ tāvakaṃ vapuḥ soḍhuṃ kleśasvarūpasya tapasaḥ saumyadarśane
"Umā! O fickle daughter, your body is not able to bear austerity, which is by nature affliction, O gentle-looking one.
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MtP 154.294
भावीन्यभिविचार्याणि पदार्थानि सदैव तु भाविनो ऽर्था भवन्त्येव हठेनानिच्छतो ऽपि वा
bhāvīnyabhivicāryāṇi padārthāni sadaiva tu bhāvino 'rthā bhavantyeva haṭhenānicchato 'pi vā
Things that are to be are always to be well considered; but things that are to be do indeed come about, by force, even for one who does not wish it.
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MtP 154.295
तस्मान्न तपसा ते ऽस्ति बाले किंचित्प्रयोजनम् भवनायैव गच्छामश् चिन्तयिष्यामि तत्र वै
tasmānna tapasā te 'sti bāle kiṃcitprayojanam bhavanāyaiva gacchāmaś cintayiṣyāmi tatra vai
Therefore, child, you have no need at all of austerity; let us go home, and there indeed I shall consider (the matter)."
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MtP 154.296
इत्युक्ता तु यदा नैव गुहायाभ्येति शैलजा ततः स चिन्तयाविष्टो दुहितां प्रशशंस च
ityuktā tu yadā naiva guhāyābhyeti śailajā tataḥ sa cintayāviṣṭo duhitāṃ praśaśaṃsa ca
But when, though thus addressed, the mountain's daughter would not come to the cave, then he, filled with anxiety, praised his daughter.
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MtP 154.297
ततो ऽन्तरिक्षे दिव्या वाग् अभूद्भुवनभूतले उमेति चपले पुत्रि त्वयोक्ता तनया ततः
tato 'ntarikṣe divyā vāg abhūdbhuvanabhūtale umeti capale putri tvayoktā tanayā tataḥ
Then in the sky there arose a divine voice (heard) on the earth's surface: "Since your daughter was addressed by you as 'Umā, O fickle daughter',
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MtP 154.298
उमेति नाम तेनास्या भुवनेषु भविष्यति सिद्धिं च मूर्तिमत्येषा साधयिष्यति चिन्तिताम्
umeti nāma tenāsyā bhuvaneṣu bhaviṣyati siddhiṃ ca mūrtimatyeṣā sādhayiṣyati cintitām
therefore her name in the worlds shall be Umā; and she, embodied, will accomplish the perfection she has in mind."
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MtP 154.299
इति श्रुत्वा तु वचनम् आकाशात्काशपाण्डुरः अनुज्ञाय सुतां शैलो जगामाशु स्वमन्दिरम्
iti śrutvā tu vacanam ākāśātkāśapāṇḍuraḥ anujñāya sutāṃ śailo jagāmāśu svamandiram
Having heard this speech from the sky, (the mountain,) pale as kāśa grass, gave his daughter leave and quickly went to his own dwelling.
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MtP 154.300
शैलजापि ययौ शैलम् अगम्यमपि दैवतैः सखीभ्यामनुयाता तु नियता नगराजजा
śailajāpi yayau śailam agamyamapi daivataiḥ sakhībhyāmanuyātā tu niyatā nagarājajā
The mountain's daughter too went to the mountain, though inaccessible even to the gods; the daughter of the king of mountains, resolute, followed by her two friends.
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MtP 154.301
शृङ्गं हिमवतः पुण्यं नानाधातुविभूषितम् दिव्यपुष्पलताकीर्णं सिद्धगन्धर्वसेवितम्
śṛṅgaṃ himavataḥ puṇyaṃ nānādhātuvibhūṣitam divyapuṣpalatākīrṇaṃ siddhagandharvasevitam
(She went to) the holy peak of Himavat, adorned with various minerals, strewn with divine flowers and creepers, frequented by Siddhas and Gandharvas,
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MtP 154.302
नानामृगगणाकीर्णं भ्रमरोद्घुष्टपादपम् दिव्यप्रस्रवणोपेतं दीर्घिकाभिरलंकृतम्
nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ bhramarodghuṣṭapādapam divyaprasravaṇopetaṃ dīrghikābhiralaṃkṛtam
crowded with many herds of deer, its trees loud with bees, furnished with divine springs, embellished with long pools,
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MtP 154.303
नानापक्षिगणाकीर्णं चक्रवाकोपशोभितम् जलजस्थलजैः पुष्पैः प्रोत्फुल्लैरुपशोभितम्
nānāpakṣigaṇākīrṇaṃ cakravākopaśobhitam jalajasthalajaiḥ puṣpaiḥ protphullairupaśobhitam
crowded with many flocks of birds, graced by cakravāka geese, made beautiful with fully opened flowers born of water and born of land,
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MtP 154.304
चित्रकन्दरसंस्थानं गुहागृहमनोहरम् विहङ्गसंघसंजुष्टं कल्पपादपसंकटम्
citrakandarasaṃsthānaṃ guhāgṛhamanoharam vihaṅgasaṃghasaṃjuṣṭaṃ kalpapādapasaṃkaṭam
having wonderfully formed ravines, delightful with its cave-dwellings, thronged by flocks of birds, densely packed with wish-granting trees.
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MtP 154.305
तत्रापश्यन्महाशाखं शाखिनं हरितच्छदम् सर्वर्तुकुसुमोपेतं मनोरथशतोज्ज्वलम्
tatrāpaśyanmahāśākhaṃ śākhinaṃ haritacchadam sarvartukusumopetaṃ manorathaśatojjvalam
There she saw a tree with great branches and green foliage, possessing blossoms of every season, radiant as a hundred wishes (fulfilled),
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MtP 154.306
नानापुष्पसमाकीर्णं नानाविधफलान्वितम् नतं सूर्यस्य रुचिभिर् भिन्नसंहृतपल्लवम्
nānāpuṣpasamākīrṇaṃ nānāvidhaphalānvitam nataṃ sūryasya rucibhir bhinnasaṃhṛtapallavam
strewn with many kinds of flowers, endowed with fruits of many kinds, bowed down, its sprouts parted and drawn together by the sun's rays.
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MtP 154.307
तत्राम्बराणि संत्यज्य भूषणानि च शैलजा संवीता वल्कलैर्दिव्यैर् दर्भनिर्मितमेखला
tatrāmbarāṇi saṃtyajya bhūṣaṇāni ca śailajā saṃvītā valkalairdivyair darbhanirmitamekhalā
There the mountain's daughter, casting off her garments and her ornaments, clad in divine bark-garments, with a girdle made of darbha grass,
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MtP 154.308
त्रिःस्नाता पाटलाहारा बभूव शरदां शतम् शतमेकेन शीर्णेन पर्णेनावर्तयत्तदा
triḥsnātā pāṭalāhārā babhūva śaradāṃ śatam śatamekena śīrṇena parṇenāvartayattadā
bathing three times (a day), living on pāṭala flowers, remained so for a hundred autumns; then she passed a hundred (years) on a single withered leaf.
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MtP 154.309
निराहारा शतं साभूत् समानां तपसां निधिः तत उद्वेजिताः सर्वे प्राणिनस्तत्तपो ऽग्निना
nirāhārā śataṃ sābhūt samānāṃ tapasāṃ nidhiḥ tata udvejitāḥ sarve prāṇinastattapo 'gninā
She was without food for a hundred years, a treasury of austerities; then all living beings were made to tremble by the fire of that austerity.
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MtP 154.310
ततः सस्मार भगवान् मुनीन्सप्त शतक्रतुः ते समागम्य मुनयः सर्वे समुदितास्ततः
tataḥ sasmāra bhagavān munīnsapta śatakratuḥ te samāgamya munayaḥ sarve samuditāstataḥ
Then the lord of a hundred sacrifices called to mind the seven sages; and those sages, all having come together, were assembled there.
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MtP 154.311
पूजिताश्च महेन्द्रेण पप्रच्छुस्तं प्रयोजनम् किमर्थं तु सुरश्रेष्ठ संस्मृतास्तु वयं त्वया
pūjitāśca mahendreṇa papracchustaṃ prayojanam kimarthaṃ tu suraśreṣṭha saṃsmṛtāstu vayaṃ tvayā
And, honoured by great Indra, they asked him his purpose: "For what reason, O best of gods, have we been called to mind by you?"
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MtP 154.312
शक्रः प्रोवाच शृण्वन्तु भगवन्तः प्रयोजनम् हिमाचले तपो घोरं तप्यते भूधरात्मजा तस्या ह्यभिमतं कामं भवन्तः कर्तुमर्हथ
śakraḥ provāca śṛṇvantu bhagavantaḥ prayojanam himācale tapo ghoraṃ tapyate bhūdharātmajā tasyā hyabhimataṃ kāmaṃ bhavantaḥ kartumarhatha
Śakra said: Let your reverences hear the purpose. On the Himālaya the mountain's daughter is practising terrible austerity; you ought to accomplish the desire she has in mind.
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MtP 154.313
ततः समापतन्देव्या जगदर्थं त्वरान्विताः तथेत्युक्त्वा तु शैलेन्द्रं सिद्धसंघातसेवितम्
tataḥ samāpatandevyā jagadarthaṃ tvarānvitāḥ tathetyuktvā tu śailendraṃ siddhasaṃghātasevitam
Then, saying "So be it," they set out in haste to the goddess for the world's sake, (going to) the lord of mountains frequented by throngs of Siddhas.
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MtP 154.314
ऊचुरागत्य मुनयस् तामथो मधुराक्षरम् पुत्रि किं ते व्यवसितः कामः कमललोचने
ūcurāgatya munayas tāmatho madhurākṣaram putri kiṃ te vyavasitaḥ kāmaḥ kamalalocane
Having arrived, the sages then spoke to her in sweet words: "Daughter, what is the desire you have resolved upon, O lotus-eyed one?"
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MtP 154.315
तानुवाच ततो देवी सलज्जा गौरवान्मुनीन् तपस्यतो महाभागाः प्राप्य मौने भवादृशान्
tānuvāca tato devī salajjā gauravānmunīn tapasyato mahābhāgāḥ prāpya maune bhavādṛśān
Then the goddess, bashful, spoke to the sages out of respect: "O greatly blessed ones, for one practising austerity in silence, having obtained (the sight of) such as you,
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MtP 154.316
वन्दनाय नियुक्ता धीः पावयत्यविकल्पितम् प्रश्नोन्मुखत्वाद्भवतां युक्तमासनमादितः
vandanāya niyuktā dhīḥ pāvayatyavikalpitam praśnonmukhatvādbhavatāṃ yuktamāsanamāditaḥ
a mind directed to salutation purifies (one) without question. Since you are intent on asking, a seat is proper first.
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MtP 154.317
उपविष्टाः श्रमोन्मुक्तास् ततः प्रक्ष्यथ मामतः इत्युक्त्वा सा ततश्चक्रे कृतासनपरिग्रहान्
upaviṣṭāḥ śramonmuktās tataḥ prakṣyatha māmataḥ ityuktvā sā tataścakre kṛtāsanaparigrahān
Seated and freed of fatigue, you may then question me." Having said this, she then had them accept the seats offered.
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MtP 154.318
सा तु तान्विधिवत्पूज्यान् पूजयित्वा विधानतः उवाचादित्यसंकाशान् मुनीन्सप्त सती शनैः
sā tu tānvidhivatpūjyān pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ uvācādityasaṃkāśān munīnsapta satī śanaiḥ
And she, virtuous, having duly worshipped according to rule those who deserved worship, spoke softly to the seven sages, who were like suns.
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MtP 154.319
त्यक्त्वा व्रतात्मकं मौनं मौनं जग्राह ह्रीमयम् भावं तस्यास्तु मौनान्तं तस्याः सप्तर्षयो यथा
tyaktvā vratātmakaṃ maunaṃ maunaṃ jagrāha hrīmayam bhāvaṃ tasyāstu maunāntaṃ tasyāḥ saptarṣayo yathā
Abandoning the silence that was her vow, she took up a silence made of modesty; and her feeling was silent to the end, as the seven seers (perceived) of her.
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MtP 154.320
गौरवाधीनतां प्राप्ताः पप्रच्छुस्तां पुनस्तथा सापि गौरवगर्भेण मनसा चारुहासिनी
gauravādhīnatāṃ prāptāḥ papracchustāṃ punastathā sāpi gauravagarbheṇa manasā cāruhāsinī
Having become subject to (her) dignity, they asked her again in that way; and she too, sweetly smiling, with a mind full of deference,
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MtP 154.321
मुनीञ्शान्तकथालापान् प्रेक्ष्य प्रोवाच वाग्यमम् भगवन्तो विजानन्ति प्राणिनां मानसं हितम्
munīñśāntakathālāpān prekṣya provāca vāgyamam bhagavanto vijānanti prāṇināṃ mānasaṃ hitam
seeing the sages engaged in peaceable talk, uttered measured speech: "The venerable ones know what is beneficial for the minds of living creatures.
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MtP 154.322
मनोगतीभिरत्यर्थं कदर्थन्ते हि देहिनः केचित् तु निपुणास्तत्र घटन्ते विबुधोद्यमैः
manogatībhiratyarthaṃ kadarthante hi dehinaḥ kecit tu nipuṇāstatra ghaṭante vibudhodyamaiḥ
For embodied beings are exceedingly tormented by the movements of the mind; but some, skilful in this, apply themselves with intelligent efforts.
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MtP 154.323
उपायैर्दुर्लभान्भावान् प्राप्नुवन्ति ह्यतन्द्रिताः अपरे तु परिच्छिन्ना नानाकाराभ्युपक्रमाः
upāyairdurlabhānbhāvān prāpnuvanti hyatandritāḥ apare tu paricchinnā nānākārābhyupakramāḥ
Untiring, they attain by (proper) means the states that are hard to win; but others, being limited, with undertakings of many sorts,
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MtP 154.324
देहान्तरार्थमारम्भम् आश्रयन्ति हितप्रदम् मम त्वाकाशसम्भूतपुष्पदामा विभूषितम्
dehāntarārthamārambham āśrayanti hitapradam mama tvākāśasambhūtapuṣpadāmā vibhūṣitam
resort to an enterprise that bestows benefit (only) for the sake of another body. But my (mind), adorned with a garland of flowers grown in the sky,
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MtP 154.325
वन्ध्या सुतं प्राप्तुकामा मनः प्रसरते मुहुः अहं किल भवं देवं पतिं प्राप्तुं समुद्यता
vandhyā sutaṃ prāptukāmā manaḥ prasarate muhuḥ ahaṃ kila bhavaṃ devaṃ patiṃ prāptuṃ samudyatā
like a barren woman wishing to obtain a son, my mind runs forth again and again: I, forsooth, have set out to obtain the god Bhava as husband —
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MtP 154.326
प्रकृत्यैव दुराधर्षं तपस्यन्तं तु संप्रति सुरासुरैरनिर्णीतं परमार्थक्रियाश्रयम्
prakṛtyaiva durādharṣaṃ tapasyantaṃ tu saṃprati surāsurairanirṇītaṃ paramārthakriyāśrayam
him who is by his very nature hard to assail, and who is now practising austerity, who has not been fathomed by gods or demons, the ground of the highest-purpose action,
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MtP 154.327
सांप्रतं चापि निर्दग्धमदनं वीतरागिणम् कथमाराधयेदीशं मादृशी तादृशं शिवम्
sāṃprataṃ cāpi nirdagdhamadanaṃ vītarāgiṇam kathamārādhayedīśaṃ mādṛśī tādṛśaṃ śivam
and who now, moreover, has burnt up Kāma and is free of passion. How should one such as I propitiate such a lord, Śiva?"
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MtP 154.328
इत्युक्ता मुनयस्ते तु स्थिरतां मनसस्ततः ज्ञातुमस्या वचः प्रोचुः प्रक्रमात्प्रकृतार्थकम्
ityuktā munayaste tu sthiratāṃ manasastataḥ jñātumasyā vacaḥ procuḥ prakramātprakṛtārthakam
Thus addressed, those sages, in order to learn the steadiness of her mind, spoke words in due sequence bearing on the matter at hand:
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MtP 154.329
द्विविधं तु सुखं तावत् पुत्रि लोकेषु भाव्यते शरीरस्यास्य संभोगैश् चेतसश्चापि निर्वृतिः
dvividhaṃ tu sukhaṃ tāvat putri lokeṣu bhāvyate śarīrasyāsya saṃbhogaiś cetasaścāpi nirvṛtiḥ
"Now happiness, daughter, is conceived of in the worlds as twofold: through the enjoyments of this body, and also (as) the contentment of the mind.
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MtP 154.330
प्रकृत्या स तु दिग्वासा भीमः पितृवणेशयः कपाली भिक्षुको नग्नो विरूपाक्षः स्थिरक्रियः
prakṛtyā sa tu digvāsā bhīmaḥ pitṛvaṇeśayaḥ kapālī bhikṣuko nagno virūpākṣaḥ sthirakriyaḥ
But he is by nature clad in the (bare) directions, terrible, lying in the forest of the dead, a skull-bearer, a mendicant, naked, of misshapen eyes, unwavering in his practice,
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MtP 154.331
प्रमत्तोन्मत्तकाकारो बीभत्सकृतसंग्रहः यतिना तेन कस्ते ऽर्थो मूर्तानर्थेन काङ्क्षितः
pramattonmattakākāro bībhatsakṛtasaṃgrahaḥ yatinā tena kaste 'rtho mūrtānarthena kāṅkṣitaḥ
with the look of one drunk or mad, who collects loathsome things. What object of yours is desired by that ascetic, that misfortune made flesh?
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MtP 154.332
यदि ह्यस्य शरीरस्य भोगमिच्छसि सांप्रतम् तत्कथं ते महादेवाद् भयभाजो जुगुप्सितात्
yadi hyasya śarīrasya bhogamicchasi sāṃpratam tatkathaṃ te mahādevād bhayabhājo jugupsitāt
For if you now desire the enjoyment of this body, then how (can it come) to you from Mahādeva, who is a thing of fear and of disgust,
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MtP 154.333
स्रवद्रक्तवसाभ्यक्तकपालकृतभूषणात् श्वसदुग्रभुजंगेन्द्रकृतभूषणभीषणात्
sravadraktavasābhyaktakapālakṛtabhūṣaṇāt śvasadugrabhujaṃgendrakṛtabhūṣaṇabhīṣaṇāt
whose ornaments are made of skulls smeared with flowing blood and fat, made frightful by ornaments made of hissing, dreadful lordly serpents,
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MtP 154.334
श्मशानवासिनो रौद्रप्रमथानुगतात् सति सुरेन्द्रमुकुटव्रातनिघृष्टचरणो ऽरिहा
śmaśānavāsino raudrapramathānugatāt sati surendramukuṭavrātanighṛṣṭacaraṇo 'rihā
a dweller in the cremation ground, attended by fierce Pramathas, O good lady? (Whereas) the slayer of foes, whose feet are rubbed by the throng of the crowns of the lords of the gods —
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MtP 154.335
हरिरस्ति जगद्धाता श्रीकान्तो ऽनन्तमूर्तिमान् नाथो यज्ञभुजामस्ति तथेन्द्रः पाकशासनः
harirasti jagaddhātā śrīkānto 'nantamūrtimān nātho yajñabhujāmasti tathendraḥ pākaśāsanaḥ
there is Hari, upholder of the world, beloved of Śrī, of endless form; and there is the lord of those who eat the sacrifice, Indra, the chastiser of Pāka;
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MtP 154.336
देवतानां निधिश्चास्ति ज्वलनः सर्वकामकृत् वायुरस्ति जगद्धाता यः प्राणः सर्वदेहिनाम्
devatānāṃ nidhiścāsti jvalanaḥ sarvakāmakṛt vāyurasti jagaddhātā yaḥ prāṇaḥ sarvadehinām
and there is the treasury of the gods, Fire, who accomplishes all desires; there is Vāyu, upholder of the world, who is the breath of all embodied beings;
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MtP 154.337
तथा वैश्रवणो राजा सर्वार्थमतिमान्विभुः एभ्य एकतमं कस्मान् न त्वं सम्प्राप्तुमिच्छसि
tathā vaiśravaṇo rājā sarvārthamatimānvibhuḥ ebhya ekatamaṃ kasmān na tvaṃ samprāptumicchasi
and likewise king Vaiśravaṇa, a mighty one possessed of all wealth and wisdom. Why do you not wish to obtain some one of these?
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MtP 154.338
उतान्यदेहसंप्राप्त्या सुखं ते मनसेप्सितम् एवमेतत्तवाप्यत्र प्रभवो नाकसंपदाम् अस्मिन्नेव पराः सर्वाः कल्याणप्राप्तयस्तव
utānyadehasaṃprāptyā sukhaṃ te manasepsitam evametattavāpyatra prabhavo nākasaṃpadām asminneva parāḥ sarvāḥ kalyāṇaprāptayastava
Or if the happiness desired by your mind (is to be had) by obtaining another body — even so, here too you have command of the riches of heaven; in this very (place) are all your highest attainments of good fortune.
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MtP 154.339
पितुरेवास्ति तत्सर्वं सुरेभ्यो यन्न विद्यते अतस्तत्प्राप्तये क्लेशः स वाप्यत्राफलस्तव
piturevāsti tatsarvaṃ surebhyo yanna vidyate atastatprāptaye kleśaḥ sa vāpyatrāphalastava
All that which is not to be found among the gods belongs to your father alone; therefore the trouble taken to obtain it is likewise fruitless for you here.
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MtP 154.340
प्रायेण प्रार्थितो भद्रे सुस्वल्पो ह्यतिदुर्लभः अस्य ते विधियोगस्य धाता कर्तात्र चैव हि
prāyeṇa prārthito bhadre susvalpo hyatidurlabhaḥ asya te vidhiyogasya dhātā kartātra caiva hi
"Generally, good lady, what is asked for is very slight, yet very hard to obtain; and in this ordering of your case the Creator is the doer here too."
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MtP 154.341
इत्युक्ता सा तु कुपिता मुनिवर्येषु शैलजा उवाच कोपरक्ताक्षी स्फुरद्भिर्दशनच्छदैः
ityuktā sā tu kupitā munivaryeṣu śailajā uvāca koparaktākṣī sphuradbhirdaśanacchadaiḥ
Addressed thus, the mountain's daughter, angered at those best of sages, with eyes reddened by wrath and with quivering lips, spoke.
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MtP 154.342
असद्ग्रहस्य का प्रीतिर् व्यसनस्य क्व यन्त्रणा विपरीतार्थबोद्धारः सत्पथे केन योजिताः
asadgrahasya kā prītir vyasanasya kva yantraṇā viparītārthaboddhāraḥ satpathe kena yojitāḥ
"What pleasure is there in clinging to what is bad? Where is the restraint of an addiction? By whom have those who understand meanings in reverse been set on the good path?"
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MtP 154.343
एवं मां वेत्थ दुष्प्रज्ञां ह्य् अस्थानासद्ग्रहप्रियाम् न मां प्रतिविचारो ऽस्ति यत्रेहासद्ग्रहावितौ
evaṃ māṃ vettha duṣprajñāṃ hy asthānāsadgrahapriyām na māṃ prativicāro 'sti yatrehāsadgrahāvitau
"So you take me to be of bad judgment, fond of a wrong clinging in a wrong place; for me there is no reconsidering, where here (you say I am) protected by a clinging to the unreal."
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MtP 154.344
प्रजापतिसमाः सर्वे भवन्तः सर्वदर्शिनः नूनं न वेत्थ तं देवं शाश्वतं जगतः प्रभुम्
prajāpatisamāḥ sarve bhavantaḥ sarvadarśinaḥ nūnaṃ na vettha taṃ devaṃ śāśvataṃ jagataḥ prabhum
"You are all equal to Prajāpati, all-seeing — surely you do not know that god, the eternal lord of the world,"
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MtP 154.345
अजमीशानमव्यक्तम् अमेयमहिमोदयम्
ajamīśānamavyaktam ameyamahimodayam
"the unborn, the ruler, the unmanifest, whose greatness arises immeasurably."
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MtP 154.346
आस्तां तद्धर्मसद्भावसंबोधस्तावदद्भुतः विदुर्यं न हरिब्रह्मप्रमुखा हि सुरेश्वराः
āstāṃ taddharmasadbhāvasaṃbodhastāvadadbhutaḥ viduryaṃ na haribrahmapramukhā hi sureśvarāḥ
"Let be the awakening to the true nature of his dharma — that indeed is a marvel — whom the lords of the gods headed by Hari and Brahmā do not know;"
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MtP 154.347
यत्तस्य विभवात्स्वोत्थं भुवनेषु विजृम्भितम् प्रकटं सर्वभूतानां तदप्यत्र न वेत्थ किम्
yattasya vibhavātsvotthaṃ bhuvaneṣu vijṛmbhitam prakaṭaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tadapyatra na vettha kim
"but that which, arisen of itself from his power, has unfolded in the worlds, manifest to all beings — do you not know even that here?"
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MtP 154.348
कस्यैतद्गगनं भूरितः कस्याग्निः कस्य मारुतः कस्य भूः कस्य वरुणः कश्चन्द्रार्कविलोचनः
kasyaitadgaganaṃ bhūritaḥ kasyāgniḥ kasya mārutaḥ kasya bhūḥ kasya varuṇaḥ kaścandrārkavilocanaḥ
"Whose is this sky? Whose the earth, whose the fire, whose the wind? Whose the earth, whose Varuṇa? Who is he that has the moon and sun for eyes?"
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MtP 154.349
कस्यार्चयन्ति लोकेषु लिङ्गं भक्त्या सुरासुराः यं ब्रुवन्तीश्वरं देवा विधीन्द्राद्या महर्षयः
kasyārcayanti lokeṣu liṅgaṃ bhaktyā surāsurāḥ yaṃ bruvantīśvaraṃ devā vidhīndrādyā maharṣayaḥ
"Whose liṅga do gods and demons worship with devotion in the worlds — whom the gods, and the great sages headed by Brahmā and Indra, call the Lord?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.350
प्रभावं प्रभवं चैष तेषामपि न वेत्थ किम् अदितिः कस्य मातेयं कस्माज्जातो जनार्दनः
prabhāvaṃ prabhavaṃ caiṣa teṣāmapi na vettha kim aditiḥ kasya māteyaṃ kasmājjāto janārdanaḥ
"Do you not know his power and his origination even of those (gods)? Whose mother is this Aditi? From whom was Janārdana born?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.351
अदितेः कश्यपाज्जाता देवा नारायणादयः मरीचेः कश्यपः पुत्रो ह्य् अदितिर्दक्षपुत्रिका
aditeḥ kaśyapājjātā devā nārāyaṇādayaḥ marīceḥ kaśyapaḥ putro hy aditirdakṣaputrikā
"The gods, Nārāyaṇa and the rest, were born of Aditi from Kaśyapa; Kaśyapa was the son of Marīci, and Aditi the daughter of Dakṣa."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.352
मरीचिश्चापि दक्षश्च पुत्रौ तौ ब्रह्मणः किल ब्रह्मा हिरण्मयात्त्वण्डाद् दिव्यसिद्धिविभूतिकम्
marīciścāpi dakṣaśca putrau tau brahmaṇaḥ kila brahmā hiraṇmayāttvaṇḍād divyasiddhivibhūtikam
"And both Marīci and Dakṣa were sons of Brahmā, they say; and Brahmā, from the golden egg, possessed of divine perfection and power —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.353
कस्य प्रादुरभूद्ध्यानात् प्रक्षुब्धाः प्राकृतांशकाः प्रकृतौ तु तृतीयायां मधुद्विड्जननक्रिया
kasya prādurabhūddhyānāt prakṣubdhāḥ prākṛtāṃśakāḥ prakṛtau tu tṛtīyāyāṃ madhudviḍjananakriyā
"from whose meditation did he appear, when the portions of prakṛti were stirred up? But in the third prakṛti occurs the act of generating the foe of Madhu."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.354
जाता ससर्ज षड्वर्गान् बुद्धिपूर्वान् स्वकर्मजान् अजातको ऽभवद्वेधा ब्रह्मणो ऽव्यक्तजन्मनः
jātā sasarja ṣaḍvargān buddhipūrvān svakarmajān ajātako 'bhavadvedhā brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ
"Once born, she brought forth the six groups, preceded by intellect, produced from her own action; and the Creator, Brahmā of unmanifest birth, became one without birth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.355
यः स्वयोगेन संक्षोभ्य प्रकृतिं कृतवानिदम् ब्रह्मणः सिद्धसर्वार्थम् ऐश्वर्यं लोककर्तृताम्
yaḥ svayogena saṃkṣobhya prakṛtiṃ kṛtavānidam brahmaṇaḥ siddhasarvārtham aiśvaryaṃ lokakartṛtām
"He who, by his own yoga, having agitated prakṛti, made this (world), and (gave) Brahmā lordship in which all aims are accomplished, and the making of the worlds —"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.356
विदुर्विष्ण्वादयो यच्च स्वमहिम्ना सदैव हि कृत्वान्यं देहम् अन्या दृक् तादृक् कृत्वा पुनर्हरिः
vidurviṣṇvādayo yacca svamahimnā sadaiva hi kṛtvānyaṃ deham anyā dṛk tādṛk kṛtvā punarhariḥ
"and which Viṣṇu and the others know ever by his own greatness; and Hari, having made another body, with another vision, having made himself such again,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.357
कुरुते जगतः कृत्यम् उत्तमाधममध्यमम् एवमेव हि संसारो यो जन्ममरणात्मकः
kurute jagataḥ kṛtyam uttamādhamamadhyamam evameva hi saṃsāro yo janmamaraṇātmakaḥ
"performs the work of the world, high, low, and middling. Just so indeed is saṃsāra, which consists of birth and death;"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.358
कर्मणश्च फलं ह्येतन् नानारूपसमुद्भवम् अथ नारायणो देवः स्वकां छायां समाश्रयत्
karmaṇaśca phalaṃ hyetan nānārūpasamudbhavam atha nārāyaṇo devaḥ svakāṃ chāyāṃ samāśrayat
"and this is the fruit of action, arising in manifold forms. Then the god Nārāyaṇa took recourse to his own shadow."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.359
तत्प्रेरितः प्रकुरुते जन्म नानाप्रकारकम् सापि कर्मण एवोक्ता प्रेरणा विवशात्मनाम्
tatpreritaḥ prakurute janma nānāprakārakam sāpi karmaṇa evoktā preraṇā vivaśātmanām
"Impelled by that, he brings about birth of many kinds; and that impelling of those who are not their own masters is said to come from action alone."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.360
यथोन्मादादिजुष्टस्य मतिरेव हि सा भवेत् इष्टान्येव यथार्थानि विपरीतानि मन्यते
yathonmādādijuṣṭasya matireva hi sā bhavet iṣṭānyeva yathārthāni viparītāni manyate
For just as with one seized by madness and the like, such indeed does his mind become: he takes just the things he wishes for to be the real ones, (though) they are the reverse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.361
लोकस्य व्यवहारेषु सृष्टेषु सहते सदा धर्माधर्मफलावाप्तौ विष्णुरेव निबोधितः
lokasya vyavahāreṣu sṛṣṭeṣu sahate sadā dharmādharmaphalāvāptau viṣṇureva nibodhitaḥ
In the dealings of the world, once they have been created, it is Viṣṇu alone who—when he is made aware (of them)—always bears with the reaping of the fruits of dharma and non-dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.362
अथानादित्वमस्यास्ति सामान्यात्तु तदात्मना न ह्यस्य जीवितं दीर्घं दृष्टं देहे तु कुत्रचित्
athānāditvamasyāsti sāmānyāttu tadātmanā na hyasya jīvitaṃ dīrghaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ dehe tu kutracit
Now, beginninglessness belongs to him only by way of a general (resemblance) to that nature; for nowhere has a long life been seen in his case, when he is in a body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.363
भवद्भिर्यस्य नो दृष्टम् अन्तरग्रमथापि वा देहिनां धर्म एवैष क्वचिज्जायेत्कचिन्म्रियेत्
bhavadbhiryasya no dṛṣṭam antaragramathāpi vā dehināṃ dharma evaiṣa kvacijjāyetkacinmriyet
whose inner core—or (whose) interior—has not been seen by you: this is precisely the law of embodied beings, that here one is born and there one dies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.364
क्वचिद्गर्भगतो नश्येत् क्वचिज् जीवेज्जरामयः क्वचित्समाः शतं जीवेत् क्वचिद्बाल्ये विपद्यते
kvacidgarbhagato naśyet kvacij jīvejjarāmayaḥ kvacitsamāḥ śataṃ jīvet kvacidbālye vipadyate
In one case he perishes while still in the womb; in another he lives until old age and disease; in another he lives a hundred years; in another he dies in childhood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.365
शतायुः पुरुषो यस्तु सो ऽनन्तः स्वल्पजन्मनः जीवितो न म्रियत्यग्रे तस्मात्सो ऽमर उच्यते
śatāyuḥ puruṣo yastu so 'nantaḥ svalpajanmanaḥ jīvito na mriyatyagre tasmātso 'mara ucyate
But the man whose lifespan is a hundred years, he is endless in comparison with one of short life; being alive, he does not die at once, and therefore he is called immortal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.366
अदृष्टजन्मनिधना ह्य् एवं विष्ण्वादयो मताः एतत्संशुद्धमैश्वर्यं संसारे को लभेदिह
adṛṣṭajanmanidhanā hy evaṃ viṣṇvādayo matāḥ etatsaṃśuddhamaiśvaryaṃ saṃsāre ko labhediha
Thus Viṣṇu and the rest are held to be those whose birth and death have not been seen. This wholly pure sovereignty—who in saṃsāra could attain it here?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.367
तत्र क्षयादियोगात्तु नानाश्चर्यस्वरूपिणि तस्माद्दिवश्चरान्सर्वान् मलिनान्स्वल्पभूतिकान्
tatra kṣayādiyogāttu nānāścaryasvarūpiṇi tasmāddivaścarānsarvān malinānsvalpabhūtikān
But there, since decay and the like do apply in (this world) of many marvellous forms—therefore all the sky-going (gods), impure and of slight power,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.368
नाहं भद्राः किलेच्छामि ऋते शर्वात्पिनाकिनः स्थितं च तारतम्येन प्राणिनां परमं त्विदम्
nāhaṃ bhadrāḥ kilecchāmi ṛte śarvātpinākinaḥ sthitaṃ ca tāratamyena prāṇināṃ paramaṃ tvidam
—these, good sirs, I do not desire, apart from Śarva, the bearer of the Pināka; and this highest (state) of living beings is established by gradations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.369
धीबलैश्वर्यकार्यादिप्रमाणं महतां महत् यस्मान्न किंचिदपरं सर्वं यस्मात्प्रवर्तते
dhībalaiśvaryakāryādipramāṇaṃ mahatāṃ mahat yasmānna kiṃcidaparaṃ sarvaṃ yasmātpravartate
The measure of intelligence, strength, sovereignty, works and the rest belonging to the great is (itself) great; (but he) than whom there is nothing else, from whom everything proceeds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.370
यस्यैश्वर्यमनाद्यन्तं तमहं शरणं गता एष मे व्यवसायश्च दीर्घो ऽतिविपरीतकः
yasyaiśvaryamanādyantaṃ tamahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā eṣa me vyavasāyaśca dīrgho 'tiviparītakaḥ
he whose sovereignty is without beginning or end—to him I have gone for refuge. And this resolve of mine is long-standing and utterly contrary (to your counsel).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.371
यात वा तिष्ठतैवाथ मुनयो मद्विधायकाः एवं निशम्य वचनं देव्या मुनिवरास्तदा
yāta vā tiṣṭhataivātha munayo madvidhāyakāḥ evaṃ niśamya vacanaṃ devyā munivarāstadā
So go, or else just stay, O sages who would prescribe for me! Having heard the goddess speak thus, the best of sages then,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.372
आनन्दाश्रुपरीताक्षाः सस्वजुस्तां तपस्विनीम् ऊचुश्च परमप्रीताः शैलजां मधुरं वचः
ānandāśruparītākṣāḥ sasvajustāṃ tapasvinīm ūcuśca paramaprītāḥ śailajāṃ madhuraṃ vacaḥ
their eyes brimming with tears of joy, embraced her, the ascetic woman, and, greatly pleased, spoke sweet words to the mountain's daughter:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.373
अत्यद्भुतास्यहो पुत्रि ज्ञानमूर्तिरिवामला प्रसादयति नो भावं भवभावप्रतिश्रयात्
atyadbhutāsyaho putri jñānamūrtirivāmalā prasādayati no bhāvaṃ bhavabhāvapratiśrayāt
"Ah, daughter, you are most wonderful, spotless as though you were knowledge itself in bodily form; you gladden our hearts by your reliance on love for Bhava."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.374
ननु विद्मो वयं तस्य देवस्यैश्वर्यमद्भुतम् त्वन्निश्चयस्य दृढतां वेत्तुं वयमिहागताः
nanu vidmo vayaṃ tasya devasyaiśvaryamadbhutam tvanniścayasya dṛḍhatāṃ vettuṃ vayamihāgatāḥ
"Surely we do know the wondrous sovereignty of that god; we came here (only) to learn the firmness of your resolve."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.375
अचिरादेव तन्वङ्गि कामस्ते ऽयं भविष्यति क्वादित्यस्य प्रभा याति रत्नेभ्यः क्व द्युतिः पृथक्
acirādeva tanvaṅgi kāmaste 'yaṃ bhaviṣyati kvādityasya prabhā yāti ratnebhyaḥ kva dyutiḥ pṛthak
"Very soon, slender-limbed one, this desire of yours will come to be. Where does the sun's light go apart (from the sun)? Where does the sparkle go apart from the gems?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.376
को ऽर्थो वर्णालिकाव्यक्तः कथं त्वं गिरिशं विना यामो नैकाभ्युपायने तमभ्यर्थयितुं वयम्
ko 'rtho varṇālikāvyaktaḥ kathaṃ tvaṃ giriśaṃ vinā yāmo naikābhyupāyane tamabhyarthayituṃ vayam
"What use is a purpose made plain only by the shape of letters? How could you be without Giriśa? We are going, and not by a single means of approach, to entreat him."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.377
अस्माकमपि वै सो ऽर्थः सुतरां हृदि वर्तते अतस्त्वमेव सा बुद्धिर् यतो नीतिस्त्वमेव हि
asmākamapi vai so 'rthaḥ sutarāṃ hṛdi vartate atastvameva sā buddhir yato nītistvameva hi
"That very aim dwells exceedingly in our hearts too; therefore you yourself are that wisdom, since you yourself are (right) policy."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.378
अतो निःसंशयं कायं शंकरो ऽपि विधास्यति इत्युक्त्वा पूजिता याता मुनयो गिरिकन्यया
ato niḥsaṃśayaṃ kāyaṃ śaṃkaro 'pi vidhāsyati ityuktvā pūjitā yātā munayo girikanyayā
"Therefore, beyond doubt, Śaṃkara too will bring it about." Having said this, and having been honoured by the mountain's daughter, the sages departed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.379
प्रययुर्गिरिशं द्रष्टुं प्रस्थं हिमवतो महत् गङ्गाम्बुप्लावितात्मानं पिङ्गबद्धजटासटम्
prayayurgiriśaṃ draṣṭuṃ prasthaṃ himavato mahat gaṅgāmbuplāvitātmānaṃ piṅgabaddhajaṭāsaṭam
They went to the great tableland of Himavat to see Giriśa—him whose body is bathed in the Ganges' water, whose tawny mane of matted hair is bound up,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.380
भृङ्गानुयातपाणिस्थमन्दारकुसुमस्रजम् गिरेः सम्प्राप्य ते प्रस्थं ददृशुः शंकराश्रमम्
bhṛṅgānuyātapāṇisthamandārakusumasrajam gireḥ samprāpya te prasthaṃ dadṛśuḥ śaṃkarāśramam
(Him) with a garland of mandāra flowers in his hand, followed by bees — reaching that plateau of the mountain, they saw Śaṃkara's hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.381
प्रशान्ताशेषसत्त्वौघं नवस्तिमितकाननम् निःशब्दाक्षोभसलिलप्रपातं सर्वतोदिशम्
praśāntāśeṣasattvaughaṃ navastimitakānanam niḥśabdākṣobhasalilaprapātaṃ sarvatodiśam
(a hermitage) where the whole host of creatures was at peace, whose groves were freshly still, whose waterfalls had soundless, unruffled water — on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.382
तत्रापश्यंस्ततो द्वारि वीरकं वेत्रपाणिनम् सप्त ते मुनयः पूज्या विनीताः कार्यगौरवात्
tatrāpaśyaṃstato dvāri vīrakaṃ vetrapāṇinam sapta te munayaḥ pūjyā vinītāḥ kāryagauravāt
There, then, at the gate, those seven venerable sages saw Vīraka with a staff in his hand; they were deferential because of the weight of their errand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.383
ऊचुर्मधुरभाषिण्या वाचा ते वाग्मिनां वराः द्रष्टुं वयमिहायाताः शरण्यं गणनायकम्
ūcurmadhurabhāṣiṇyā vācā te vāgmināṃ varāḥ draṣṭuṃ vayamihāyātāḥ śaraṇyaṃ gaṇanāyakam
Those best of speakers spoke with sweetly-speaking words: "We have come here to see the refuge-giving leader of the hosts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.384
त्रिलोचनं विजानीहि सुरकार्यप्रचोदिताः त्वमेव नो गतिस्तत्त्वं यथा कालानतिक्रमः
trilocanaṃ vijānīhi surakāryapracoditāḥ tvameva no gatistattvaṃ yathā kālānatikramaḥ
know (that we seek) the three-eyed one; we are urged on by the business of the gods. You indeed are our recourse, truly, since time cannot be overstepped.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.385
सा प्रार्थनैषा प्रायेण प्रतीहारमयः प्रभुः इत्युक्तो मुनिभिः सो ऽथ गौरवात्तानुवाच सः
sā prārthanaiṣā prāyeṇa pratīhāramayaḥ prabhuḥ ityukto munibhiḥ so 'tha gauravāttānuvāca saḥ
That is our petition; the lord is, as a rule, (reached) by way of the doorkeeper." Addressed thus by the sages, he then, out of respect, replied to them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.386
सवनस्यापरां संध्यां स्नातुं मन्दाकिनीजले क्षणेन भविता विप्रास् तत्र द्रक्ष्यथ शूलिनम्
savanasyāparāṃ saṃdhyāṃ snātuṃ mandākinījale kṣaṇena bhavitā viprās tatra drakṣyatha śūlinam
"At the later twilight of the pressing-time he will (go) to bathe in the water of the Mandākinī; in a moment, brahmins, you will see the trident-bearer there."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.387
इत्युक्ता मुनयस्तस्थुस् ते तत्कालप्रतीक्षिणः गम्भीराम्बुधरं प्रावृट्तृषिताश्चातका यथा
ityuktā munayastasthus te tatkālapratīkṣiṇaḥ gambhīrāmbudharaṃ prāvṛṭtṛṣitāścātakā yathā
Addressed thus, the sages stood waiting for that time, like cātaka birds thirsting in the rains for a deep rain-cloud.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.388
ततः क्षणेन निष्पन्नसमाधानक्रियाविधिः वीरासनं बिभेदेशो मृगचर्मनिवासितम्
tataḥ kṣaṇena niṣpannasamādhānakriyāvidhiḥ vīrāsanaṃ bibhedeśo mṛgacarmanivāsitam
Then in a moment the lord, his prescribed practice of meditation completed, broke his hero's posture, clad in a deerskin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.389
ततो विनीतो जानुभ्याम् अवलम्ब्य महीस्थितिम् उवाच वीरको देवं प्रणामैकसमाश्रयः
tato vinīto jānubhyām avalambya mahīsthitim uvāca vīrako devaṃ praṇāmaikasamāśrayaḥ
Then Vīraka, deferential, resting his station on the earth with both knees, taking obeisance as his sole support, said to the god:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.390
सम्प्राप्ता मुनयः सप्त त्वां द्रष्टुं दीप्ततेजसः विभो समादिश द्रष्टुम् अवगन्तुम् इहार्हसि ते ऽब्रुवन्देवकार्येण तव दर्शनलालसाः
samprāptā munayaḥ sapta tvāṃ draṣṭuṃ dīptatejasaḥ vibho samādiśa draṣṭum avagantum ihārhasi te 'bruvandevakāryeṇa tava darśanalālasāḥ
"Seven sages of blazing splendour have arrived to see you; O all-pervading one, command (them); you should grant (them) to see (you) and to approach here — they said they were longing for the sight of you on account of the gods' business."
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MtP 154.391
इत्युक्तो धूर्जटिस्तेन वीरकेण महात्मना भूभङ्गसंज्ञया तेषां प्रवेशाज्ञां ददौ तदा
ityukto dhūrjaṭistena vīrakeṇa mahātmanā bhūbhaṅgasaṃjñayā teṣāṃ praveśājñāṃ dadau tadā
Addressed thus by that great-souled Vīraka, Dhūrjaṭi then gave them permission to enter by a sign made with a movement of his brow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.392
मूर्ध्नः कम्पेन तान्सर्वान् वीरको ऽपि महामुनीन् आजुहावाविदूरस्थान् दर्शनाय पिनाकिनः
mūrdhnaḥ kampena tānsarvān vīrako 'pi mahāmunīn ājuhāvāvidūrasthān darśanāya pinākinaḥ
And Vīraka, by a nod of his head, called all those great sages, who were standing not far off, to the sight of the Pināka-bearer.
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MtP 154.393
त्वराबद्धार्धचूडास्ते लम्बमानाजिनाम्बराः विविशुर्वेदिकां सिद्धां गिरिशस्य विभूतिभिः
tvarābaddhārdhacūḍāste lambamānājināmbarāḥ viviśurvedikāṃ siddhāṃ giriśasya vibhūtibhiḥ
With their half-made topknots hastily tied, their deerskin garments hanging loose, they entered the altar-terrace made perfect by Giriśa's ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.394
बद्धपाणिपुटाक्षिप्तनाकपुष्पोत्करास्ततः पिनाकिपादयुगलं वन्द्यं नाकनिवासिनाम्
baddhapāṇipuṭākṣiptanākapuṣpotkarāstataḥ pinākipādayugalaṃ vandyaṃ nākanivāsinām
Then, casting heaps of heavenly flowers from their joined cupped hands, (they honoured) the pair of feet of the Pināka-bearer, to be revered by the dwellers of heaven.
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MtP 154.395
ततः स्निग्धेक्षिताः शान्ता मुनयः शूलपाणिना मन्मथारिं ततो हृष्टाः समं तुष्टुवुरादृताः
tataḥ snigdhekṣitāḥ śāntā munayaḥ śūlapāṇinā manmathāriṃ tato hṛṣṭāḥ samaṃ tuṣṭuvurādṛtāḥ
Then the sages, gazed on tenderly by the trident-bearer and calmed, honoured and delighted, praised the foe of Manmatha together.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.396
अहो कृतार्था वयमेव सांप्रतं सुरेश्वरो ऽप्यत्र वरो भविष्यति भवत्प्रसादामलवारिसेकतः फलेन काचित् तपसा नियुज्यते
aho kṛtārthā vayameva sāṃprataṃ sureśvaro 'pyatra varo bhaviṣyati bhavatprasādāmalavārisekataḥ phalena kācit tapasā niyujyate
"Ah, we alone are now (truly) accomplished; even the lord of the gods here will become excellent, through the sprinkling of the pure water of your grace — (only) some austerity is joined with fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.397
जयत्यसौ धन्यतरो हिमाचलस् तदाश्रयं यस्य सुता तपस्यति स दैत्यराजो ऽपि महाफलोदयो विमूलिताशेषसुरो हि तारकः
jayatyasau dhanyataro himācalas tadāśrayaṃ yasya sutā tapasyati sa daityarājo 'pi mahāphalodayo vimūlitāśeṣasuro hi tārakaḥ
That Himālaya, the more blessed, is victorious, whose daughter performs austerity with him as her abode; and even that king of the demons has a great fruit arising — for Tāraka has uprooted all the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.398
त्वदीयमंशं प्रविलोक्य कल्मषात् स्वकं शरीरं परिमोक्ष्यते हि यः स धन्यधीर्लोकपिता चतुर्मुखो हरिश्च यत्संभ्रमवह्निदीपितः
tvadīyamaṃśaṃ pravilokya kalmaṣāt svakaṃ śarīraṃ parimokṣyate hi yaḥ sa dhanyadhīrlokapitā caturmukho hariśca yatsaṃbhramavahnidīpitaḥ
For he who, beholding a portion of you, will free his own body from sin — he is of blessed understanding; and (so are) the four-faced father of the worlds and Hari, who is kindled by the fire of his agitation.
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MtP 154.399
त्वदङ्घ्रियुग्मं हृदयेन बिभ्रतो महाभितापप्रशमैकहेतुकम् त्वमेव चैको विविधाकृतक्रियः किलेति वाचा विधुरैर् विभाष्यते
tvadaṅghriyugmaṃ hṛdayena bibhrato mahābhitāpapraśamaikahetukam tvameva caiko vividhākṛtakriyaḥ kileti vācā vidhurair vibhāṣyate
Of those who bear in the heart your two feet, the sole cause of the quelling of great affliction — "and you alone are the one whose acts take many forms" — so it is said in words by the stricken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.400
अथाद्य एकस्त्वमवादि नान्यथा जगत्तथा निर्घृणतां तव स्पृशेत् न वेत्सि वा दुःखमिदं प्रजात्मकं विहन्यते ते खलु सर्वतः क्रिया
athādya ekastvamavādi nānyathā jagattathā nirghṛṇatāṃ tava spṛśet na vetsi vā duḥkhamidaṃ prajātmakaṃ vihanyate te khalu sarvataḥ kriyā
And now today you alone have spoken, not otherwise; so the world would impute pitilessness to you. Or else you do not know this suffering, which consists of (your) creatures — surely your activity is being frustrated on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.401
उपेक्षसे चेज् जगतामुपद्रवं दयामयत्वं तव केन कथ्यते स्वयोगमायामहिमागुहाश्रयं न विद्यते निर्मलभूतिगौरवम्
upekṣase cej jagatāmupadravaṃ dayāmayatvaṃ tava kena kathyate svayogamāyāmahimāguhāśrayaṃ na vidyate nirmalabhūtigauravam
If you overlook the affliction of the worlds, by whom will your compassionate nature be spoken of? There is no dignity of stainless majesty that has its hiding-place in the greatness of your own yoga-māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.402
वयं च ते धन्यतराः शरीरिणां यदीदृशं त्वां प्रविलोकयामहे अदर्शनं तेन मनोरथो यथा प्रयाति साफल्यतया मनोगतम्
vayaṃ ca te dhanyatarāḥ śarīriṇāṃ yadīdṛśaṃ tvāṃ pravilokayāmahe adarśanaṃ tena manoratho yathā prayāti sāphalyatayā manogatam
And we are the most fortunate of embodied beings, if we behold you in such a form; for by that, as when one is not seen, the heart's wish, being fulfilled, attains what is in the mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.403
जगद्विधानैकविधौ जगन्मुखे करिष्यसे ऽतो बलभिच्चरा वयम् विनेमुरित्थं मुनयो विसृज्य तां गिरं गिरीशश्रुतिभूमिसंनिधौ
jagadvidhānaikavidhau jaganmukhe kariṣyase 'to balabhiccarā vayam vinemuritthaṃ munayo visṛjya tāṃ giraṃ girīśaśrutibhūmisaṃnidhau
You will act in the one procedure of world-ordering, O foremost (mouth) of the world; therefore we are the emissaries of Indra, the Bala-cleaver. So the sages bowed, having uttered that speech in the vicinity of the range of the Mountain-lord's hearing.
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MtP 154.404
उत्कृष्टकेदार इवावनीतले सुबीजमुष्टिं सुफलाय कर्षकाः
utkṛṣṭakedāra ivāvanītale subījamuṣṭiṃ suphalāya karṣakāḥ
— as farmers (cast) a handful of good seed on an excellent field on the earth's surface, for the sake of good fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.405
तेषां श्रुत्वा तु तां रम्यां प्रक्रमोपक्रमक्रियाम् वाचं वाचस्पतिस्तुष्टः प्रोवाच स्मितसुन्दरीम्
teṣāṃ śrutvā tu tāṃ ramyāṃ prakramopakramakriyām vācaṃ vācaspatistuṣṭaḥ provāca smitasundarīm
But having heard that pleasing speech of theirs, with its procedure of approach and undertaking, the Lord of Speech, pleased, spoke words made lovely by a smile.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.406
जाने लोकविधानस्य कन्या सत्कार्यमुत्तमम् जाता प्रालेयशैलस्य संकेतकनिरूपणाः
jāne lokavidhānasya kanyā satkāryamuttamam jātā prāleyaśailasya saṃketakanirūpaṇāḥ
"I know the excellent good task of the world's ordering: a daughter has been born to the Mountain of Snow; (you are) those who set forth the arrangement."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.407
सत्यमुत्कण्ठिताः सर्वे देवकार्यार्थमुद्यताः तेषां त्वरन्ति चेतांसि किंतु कार्यं विवक्षितम्
satyamutkaṇṭhitāḥ sarve devakāryārthamudyatāḥ teṣāṃ tvaranti cetāṃsi kiṃtu kāryaṃ vivakṣitam
"True, all are eager, ready for the gods' business; their minds are in haste — yet the task must be stated."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.408
लोकयात्रानुगन्तव्या विशेषेण विचक्षणैः सेवन्ते ते यतो धर्मं तत्प्रामाण्यात्परे स्थिताः
lokayātrānugantavyā viśeṣeṇa vicakṣaṇaiḥ sevante te yato dharmaṃ tatprāmāṇyātpare sthitāḥ
"The course of the world is to be followed, especially by the discerning; for when they practise dharma, others stand (firm) on the authority of that."
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MtP 154.409
इत्युक्ता मुनयो जग्मुस् त्वरितास्तु हिमाचलम् तत्र ते पूजितास्तेन हिमशैलेन सादरम् ऊचुर्मुनिवराः प्रीताः स्वल्पवर्णं त्वरान्विताः
ityuktā munayo jagmus tvaritāstu himācalam tatra te pūjitāstena himaśailena sādaram ūcurmunivarāḥ prītāḥ svalpavarṇaṃ tvarānvitāḥ
Addressed thus, the sages went in haste to the Snow Mountain. There, honoured by that Mountain of Snow with respect, the best of sages, pleased and in haste, spoke few words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.410
देवो दुहितरं साक्षात् पिनाकी तव मार्गते तच्छीघ्रं पावयात्मानम् आहुत्येवानलार्पणात्
devo duhitaraṃ sākṣāt pinākī tava mārgate tacchīghraṃ pāvayātmānam āhutyevānalārpaṇāt
"The god Pinākin himself asks for your daughter; therefore purify yourself quickly, as by an oblation offered into the fire."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.411
कार्यमेतच्च देवानां सुचिरं परिवर्तते जगदुद्धरणायैष क्रियतां वै समुद्यमः
kāryametacca devānāṃ suciraṃ parivartate jagaduddharaṇāyaiṣa kriyatāṃ vai samudyamaḥ
"And this business of the gods has been turning about for a very long time; let this effort be made for the raising up of the world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.412
इत्युक्तस्तैस्तदा शैलो हर्षाविष्टो ऽवदन्मुनीन् असमर्थो ऽभवद्वक्तुम् उत्तरं प्रार्थयञ्छिवम्
ityuktastaistadā śailo harṣāviṣṭo 'vadanmunīn asamartho 'bhavadvaktum uttaraṃ prārthayañchivam
Addressed thus by them, the mountain, filled with joy, spoke to the sages; he was unable to say a word in reply, entreating Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.413
ततो मेना मुनीन्वीक्ष्य प्रोवाच स्नेहविक्लवा दुहितुस्तान्मुनींश्चैव चरणाश्रयम् अर्थवित्
tato menā munīnvīkṣya provāca snehaviklavā duhitustānmunīṃścaiva caraṇāśrayam arthavit
Then Menā, looking at the sages, overcome with affection, spoke — she who knew the matter — (making) her daughter's resort at the feet of those sages.
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MtP 154.414
यदर्थं दुहितुर्जन्म नेच्छन्त्यपि महाफलम् तदेवोपस्थितं सर्वं प्रक्रमेणैव सांप्रतम्
yadarthaṃ duhiturjanma necchantyapi mahāphalam tadevopasthitaṃ sarvaṃ prakrameṇaiva sāṃpratam
"That for the sake of which a daughter's birth (is desired) — the great fruit, even by one not desiring it — all of that has now presented itself of itself, in due course."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.415
कुलजन्मवयोरूपविभूत्यृद्धियुतो ऽपि यः वरस्तस्यापि चाहूय सुता देया ह्ययाचतः
kulajanmavayorūpavibhūtyṛddhiyuto 'pi yaḥ varastasyāpi cāhūya sutā deyā hyayācataḥ
"Even a suitor who is endowed with family, birth, youth, beauty, splendour and prosperity — to him too, though he has not asked, a daughter must be given after inviting him."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.416
तत्समस्ततपोघोरं कथं पुत्री प्रयास्यति पुत्रीवाक्याद्यदत्रास्ति विधेयं तद्विधीयताम्
tatsamastatapoghoraṃ kathaṃ putrī prayāsyati putrīvākyādyadatrāsti vidheyaṃ tadvidhīyatām
"But how will my daughter go to him whose whole (way) is terrible austerity? Whatever here is to be settled in accordance with my daughter's word, let that be settled."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.417
इत्युक्ता मुनयस्ते तु प्रियया हिमभूभृतः ऊचुः पुनरुदारार्थं नारीचित्तप्रसादकम्
ityuktā munayaste tu priyayā himabhūbhṛtaḥ ūcuḥ punarudārārthaṃ nārīcittaprasādakam
Addressed thus by the beloved wife of the Snow-bearing mountain, those sages spoke again with lofty purport, gladdening the woman's mind:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.418
ऐश्वर्यमवगच्छस्व शंकरस्य सुरासुरैः आराध्यमानपादाब्जयुगलत्वात्सुनिर्वृतैः
aiśvaryamavagacchasva śaṃkarasya surāsuraiḥ ārādhyamānapādābjayugalatvātsunirvṛtaiḥ
"Understand the sovereignty of Śaṃkara, whose pair of lotus-feet is worshipped by gods and demons, who are thereby made wholly content."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.419
यस्योपयोगि यद्रूपं सा च तत्प्राप्तये चिरम् घोरं तपस्यते बाला तेन रूपेण निर्वृतिः
yasyopayogi yadrūpaṃ sā ca tatprāptaye ciram ghoraṃ tapasyate bālā tena rūpeṇa nirvṛtiḥ
"Whatever form is suited to him — and she, the girl, for the attaining of that, performs terrible austerity for a long time; by that form there is contentment."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.420
यस्तद्व्रतानि दिव्यानि नयिष्यति समापनम् तत्र सावहिता तावत् तस्मात् सैव भविष्यति
yastadvratāni divyāni nayiṣyati samāpanam tatra sāvahitā tāvat tasmāt saiva bhaviṣyati
"Whoever shall bring those divine vows to their completion — upon him she is meanwhile intent; therefore she alone will become (his)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.421
इत्युक्त्वा गिरिणा सार्धं ते ययुर्यत्र शैलजा जितार्कज्वलनज्वाला तपस्तेजोमयी ह्युमा
ityuktvā giriṇā sārdhaṃ te yayuryatra śailajā jitārkajvalanajvālā tapastejomayī hyumā
Having said this, together with the Mountain they went to where the daughter of the rock was — Umā, made of the fire of austerity, whose blaze had surpassed the flaming of the sun.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.422
प्रोचुस्तां मुनयः स्निग्धं संमान्य पथमागतम् रम्यं प्रियं मनोहारि मा रूपं तपसा दह
procustāṃ munayaḥ snigdhaṃ saṃmānya pathamāgatam ramyaṃ priyaṃ manohāri mā rūpaṃ tapasā daha
The sages spoke to her tenderly, when she had honoured (them) as they arrived along the path: "Do not burn away with austerity your form, which is delightful, dear and captivating."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.423
प्रातस्ते शंकरः पाणिम् एष पुत्रि ग्रहीष्यति वयमर्थितवन्तस्ते पितरं पूर्वमागताः
prātaste śaṃkaraḥ pāṇim eṣa putri grahīṣyati vayamarthitavantaste pitaraṃ pūrvamāgatāḥ
"At dawn, daughter, this Śaṅkara will take your hand; we, having come first, made the request to your father."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.424
पित्रा सह गृहं गच्छ वयं यामः स्वमन्दिरम्
pitrā saha gṛhaṃ gaccha vayaṃ yāmaḥ svamandiram
"Go home with your father; we shall go to our own dwelling."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.425
इत्युक्ता तपसः सत्यं फलमस्तीति चिन्त्य सा त्वरमाणा ययौ वेश्म पितुर्दिव्यार्थशोभितम्
ityuktā tapasaḥ satyaṃ phalamastīti cintya sā tvaramāṇā yayau veśma piturdivyārthaśobhitam
Addressed thus, the virtuous one, thinking "There is indeed a true fruit of austerity," went in haste to her father's house, adorned with divine objects.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.426
सा तत्र रजनीं मेने वर्षायुतसमां सती हरदर्शनसंजातमहोत्कण्ठा हिमाद्रिजा
sā tatra rajanīṃ mene varṣāyutasamāṃ satī haradarśanasaṃjātamahotkaṇṭhā himādrijā
There the chaste daughter of the snow-mountain reckoned the night as equal to ten thousand years, so great was the longing born in her for the sight of Hara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.427
ततो मुहूर्ते ब्राह्मे तु तस्याश्चक्रुः सुरस्त्रियः नानामङ्गलसंदोहान् यथावत्क्रमपूर्वकम्
tato muhūrte brāhme tu tasyāścakruḥ surastriyaḥ nānāmaṅgalasaṃdohān yathāvatkramapūrvakam
Then, at the hour of Brahmā, the women of the gods performed for her the many collections of auspicious rites, properly and in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.428
दिव्यमण्डनमङ्गानां मन्दिरे बहुमङ्गले उपासत गिरिं मूर्ता ऋतवः सार्वकामिकाः
divyamaṇḍanamaṅgānāṃ mandire bahumaṅgale upāsata giriṃ mūrtā ṛtavaḥ sārvakāmikāḥ
(There was) divine adornment of her limbs in the palace filled with auspiciousness; and the seasons, embodied and yielding every desire, waited upon the Mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.429
वायवो वारिदाश्चासन् संमार्जनविधौ गिरेः हर्म्येषु श्रीः स्वयं देवी कृतनानाप्रसाधना
vāyavo vāridāścāsan saṃmārjanavidhau gireḥ harmyeṣu śrīḥ svayaṃ devī kṛtanānāprasādhanā
The winds and the rain-clouds were engaged in the sweeping of the Mountain('s halls); in the mansions the goddess Śrī herself made the various decorations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.430
कान्तिः सर्वेषु भावेषु ऋद्धिश्चाभवदाकुला चिन्तामणिप्रभृतयो रत्नाः शैलं समन्ततः
kāntiḥ sarveṣu bhāveṣu ṛddhiścābhavadākulā cintāmaṇiprabhṛtayo ratnāḥ śailaṃ samantataḥ
Beauty was in all things, and Prosperity was busy (with everything); jewels, the wish-granting gem and the rest, (stood) about the mountain on every side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.431
उपतस्थुर्नगाश्चापि कल्पकाममहाद्रुमाः ओषध्यो मूर्तिमत्यश्च दिव्यौषधिसमन्विताः
upatasthurnagāścāpi kalpakāmamahādrumāḥ oṣadhyo mūrtimatyaśca divyauṣadhisamanvitāḥ
The trees too attended, the great wish-fulfilling trees, and the healing herbs in embodied form, together with the divine medicinal plants.
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MtP 154.432
रसाश्च धातवश्चैव सर्वे शैलस्य किंकराः किंकरास्तस्य शैलस्य व्यग्राश्चाज्ञानुवर्तिनः
rasāśca dhātavaścaiva sarve śailasya kiṃkarāḥ kiṃkarāstasya śailasya vyagrāścājñānuvartinaḥ
And the mineral juices and the metals, all servants of the Mountain — servants of that Mountain, busy and obedient to his command.
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MtP 154.433
नद्यः समुद्रा निखिलाः स्थावरं जङ्गमं च यत् तत्सर्वं हिमशैलस्य महिमानमवर्धयत्
nadyaḥ samudrā nikhilāḥ sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ ca yat tatsarvaṃ himaśailasya mahimānamavardhayat
The rivers, all the oceans, and whatever is stationary or moving — all that increased the greatness of the Snow-Mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.434
अभवन्मुनयो नागा यक्षगन्धर्वकिंनराः शंकरस्यापि विबुधा गन्धमादनपर्वते
abhavanmunayo nāgā yakṣagandharvakiṃnarāḥ śaṃkarasyāpi vibudhā gandhamādanaparvate
The sages, the nāgas, the yakṣas, gandharvas and kiṃnaras, and the gods too, were on Mount Gandhamādana for Śaṅkara's sake.
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MtP 154.435
सर्वे मण्डनसंभारास् तस्थुर्निर्मलमूर्तयः शर्वस्यापि जटाजूटे चन्द्रखण्डं पितामहः
sarve maṇḍanasaṃbhārās tasthurnirmalamūrtayaḥ śarvasyāpi jaṭājūṭe candrakhaṇḍaṃ pitāmahaḥ
All the materials of adornment stood there with spotless forms; and on Śarva's mass of matted hair the Grandfather (set) the crescent of the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.436
बबन्ध प्रणयोदारविस्फारितविलोचनः कपालमालां विपुलां चामुण्डा मूर्ध्न्यबन्धयत्
babandha praṇayodāravisphāritavilocanaḥ kapālamālāṃ vipulāṃ cāmuṇḍā mūrdhnyabandhayat
He bound it, his eyes wide open with generous affection; and Cāmuṇḍā fastened on (his) head a vast garland of skulls.
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MtP 154.437
उवाच चापि वचनं पुत्रं जनय शंकर यो दैत्येन्द्रकुलं हत्वा मां रक्तैस्तर्पयिष्यति
uvāca cāpi vacanaṃ putraṃ janaya śaṃkara yo daityendrakulaṃ hatvā māṃ raktaistarpayiṣyati
And she also spoke these words: "Beget a son, Śaṅkara, who, slaying the race of the demon-lords, will satisfy me with their blood."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.438
सौरिर् ज्वलच्छिरोरत्नमुकुटं चानलोल्बणम् भुजगाभरणं गृह्य सज्जं शंभोः पुरो ऽभवत्
saurir jvalacchiroratnamukuṭaṃ cānalolbaṇam bhujagābharaṇaṃ gṛhya sajjaṃ śaṃbhoḥ puro 'bhavat
The son of Śūra (Viṣṇu), taking the diadem with its blazing crest-jewel, fierce as fire, and the serpent-ornament, stood ready before Śambhu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.439
शक्रो गजाजिनं तस्य वसाभ्यक्ताग्रपल्लवम् दध्रे सरभसं स्विद्यद् विस्तीर्णमुखपङ्कजम्
śakro gajājinaṃ tasya vasābhyaktāgrapallavam dadhre sarabhasaṃ svidyad vistīrṇamukhapaṅkajam
Śakra impetuously held out for him the elephant hide, its edge-tips smeared with fat, his broad lotus-face sweating.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.440
वायुश्च विपुलं तीक्ष्णशृङ्गं हिमगिरिप्रभम् वृषं विभूषयामास हरयानं महौजसम्
vāyuśca vipulaṃ tīkṣṇaśṛṅgaṃ himagiriprabham vṛṣaṃ vibhūṣayāmāsa harayānaṃ mahaujasam
And Vāyu adorned the great bull, broad, sharp-horned, bright as the snow-mountain, Hara's mount, of vast power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.441
वितेनुर्नयनान्तःस्थाः शम्भोः सूर्यानलेन्दवः स्वां द्युतिं लोकनाथस्य जगतः कर्मसाक्षिणः
vitenurnayanāntaḥsthāḥ śambhoḥ sūryānalendavaḥ svāṃ dyutiṃ lokanāthasya jagataḥ karmasākṣiṇaḥ
The sun, the fire and the moon, seated within the eyes of Śambhu, lord of the worlds, witness of the world's deeds, spread out their own radiance.
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MtP 154.442
चिताभस्म समाधाय कपाले रजतप्रभम् मनुजास्थिमयीं मालाम् आबबन्ध च पाणिना
citābhasma samādhāya kapāle rajataprabham manujāsthimayīṃ mālām ābabandha ca pāṇinā
Placing on his skull(-crest) the silver-gleaming ash of the funeral pyre, he also bound on with his hand a garland made of human bones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.443
प्रेताधिपः पुरो द्वारे सगदः समवर्तत नानाकारमहारत्नभूषणं धनदाहृतम्
pretādhipaḥ puro dvāre sagadaḥ samavartata nānākāramahāratnabhūṣaṇaṃ dhanadāhṛtam
The lord of the pretas (Yama) took his place in front at the gate, club in hand. The ornament of great jewels of many shapes, brought by the giver of wealth (Kubera) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.444
विहायोदग्रसर्पेन्द्रकटकेन स्वपाणिना कर्णोत्तंसं चकारेशो वासुकिं तक्षकं स्वयम्
vihāyodagrasarpendrakaṭakena svapāṇinā karṇottaṃsaṃ cakāreśo vāsukiṃ takṣakaṃ svayam
— the Lord, discarding it, with his own hand, which wore a bracelet of the upreared king of serpents, himself made Vāsuki and Takṣaka his ear-ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.445
जलाधीशाहृतां स्थास्नुप्रसूनावेष्टितां पृथक् ततस्तु ते गणाधीशा विनयात्तत्र वीरकम्
jalādhīśāhṛtāṃ sthāsnuprasūnāveṣṭitāṃ pṛthak tatastu te gaṇādhīśā vinayāttatra vīrakam
(and the garland) brought by the lord of the waters, wreathed separately with lasting blossoms. Then those chiefs of the gaṇas, out of deference, (said) to Vīraka there:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.446
प्रोचुर्व्यग्राकृते त्वं गां समावेदय शूलिने निष्पन्नाभरणं देवं प्रसाध्येशं प्रसाधनैः
procurvyagrākṛte tvaṃ gāṃ samāvedaya śūline niṣpannābharaṇaṃ devaṃ prasādhyeśaṃ prasādhanaiḥ
They said: "O you of ready bearing, announce the word to the trident-bearer" — the god whose adorning was finished, the Lord having been decked out with the ornaments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.447
सप्त वारिधयस्तस्थुः कर्तुं दर्पणविभ्रमम् ततो विलोकितात्मानं महाम्बुधिजलोदरे
sapta vāridhayastasthuḥ kartuṃ darpaṇavibhramam tato vilokitātmānaṃ mahāmbudhijalodare
The seven oceans stood still to play the part of a mirror; then, himself beheld in the watery depth of the great sea, —
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MtP 154.448
धरामालिङ्ग्य जानुभ्यां स्थाणुं प्रोवाच केशवः शोभसे देव रूपेण जगदानन्ददायिना
dharāmāliṅgya jānubhyāṃ sthāṇuṃ provāca keśavaḥ śobhase deva rūpeṇa jagadānandadāyinā
— Keśava, embracing the earth with his knees, said to Sthāṇu: "You shine, O god, with a form that gives joy to the world."
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MtP 154.449
मातरः प्रेरयन् कामवधूं वैधव्यचिह्निताम् कालो ऽयमिति चालक्ष्य प्रकारेङ्गितसंज्ञया
mātaraḥ prerayan kāmavadhūṃ vaidhavyacihnitām kālo 'yamiti cālakṣya prakāreṅgitasaṃjñayā
The Mothers urged forward Kāma's wife, marked with widowhood, signalling with a hint of manner, "This is the moment."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.450
ततस्ताश्चोदिता देवम् ऊचुः प्रहसिताननाः रतिः पुरस्तव प्राप्ता नाभाति मदनोज्झिता
tatastāścoditā devam ūcuḥ prahasitānanāḥ ratiḥ purastava prāptā nābhāti madanojjhitā
Then they, thus prompted, with laughing faces said to the god: "Rati has come before you; bereft of Madana she has no beauty."
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MtP 154.451
ततस्तां संनिर्वायाह वामहस्ताग्रसंज्ञया प्रयाणं गिरिजावक्त्रदर्शनोत्सुकमानसः
tatastāṃ saṃnirvāyāha vāmahastāgrasaṃjñayā prayāṇaṃ girijāvaktradarśanotsukamānasaḥ
Then, having consoled her, with a sign of the tip of his left hand he announced the setting out, his mind eager to see the face of the mountain's daughter.
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MtP 154.452
ततो हरो हिमगिरिकन्दराकृतिं सितं कशामृदुहतिभिः प्रचोदयत् महावृषं गणतुमुलाहितेक्षणं स भूधरानशनिरिव प्रकम्पयन्
tato haro himagirikandarākṛtiṃ sitaṃ kaśāmṛduhatibhiḥ pracodayat mahāvṛṣaṃ gaṇatumulāhitekṣaṇaṃ sa bhūdharānaśaniriva prakampayan
Then Hara urged on, with soft strokes of the whip, the great white bull, shaped like a cavern of the snow-mountain, its eyes made hostile by the tumult of the gaṇas — he, like a thunderbolt, setting the mountains trembling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.453
ततो हरिर्द्रुतपदपद्धतिः पुरः पुरःसरान्द्रुमनिकरेषु संश्रितान् धरारजःशबलितभूषणो ऽब्रवीत् प्रयात मा कुरुत पथो ऽस्य संकटम्
tato harirdrutapadapaddhatiḥ puraḥ puraḥsarāndrumanikareṣu saṃśritān dharārajaḥśabalitabhūṣaṇo 'bravīt prayāta mā kuruta patho 'sya saṃkaṭam
Then Hari, going in front with rapid steps, his ornaments dappled with the dust of the earth, said to the forerunners who had taken to the thickets of trees: "Move on, do not make this path narrow."
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MtP 154.454
प्रभोः पुनः प्रथमनियोगमूर्जयन् सुतो ऽब्रवीद् भ्रुकुटिमुखो ऽपि वीरकः वियच्चरा वियति किमस्ति कान्तकं प्रयात नो धरणिधराविदूरतः
prabhoḥ punaḥ prathamaniyogamūrjayan suto 'bravīd bhrukuṭimukho 'pi vīrakaḥ viyaccarā viyati kimasti kāntakaṃ prayāta no dharaṇidharāvidūrataḥ
Again, giving force to the lord's first command, the son Vīraka, though with frowning face, said: "You sky-goers, is there anything desirable in the sky? Move on, not far from the mountain, ahead of us."
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MtP 154.455
महार्णवाः कुरुत शिलोपमं पयः सुरद्विषागमनमहातिकर्दमम् गणेश्वराश् चपलतया न गम्यतां सुरेश्वरैः स्थिरमतिभिर् निरीक्ष्यते
mahārṇavāḥ kuruta śilopamaṃ payaḥ suradviṣāgamanamahātikardamam gaṇeśvarāś capalatayā na gamyatāṃ sureśvaraiḥ sthiramatibhir nirīkṣyate
"O great oceans, make your water like stone — the coming of the gods' foes has made a vast, excessive mire; O lords of the gaṇas, let there be no going with unsteadiness: you are being watched by the lords of the gods, who are firm of mind."
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MtP 154.456
न भृङ्गिणा स्वतनुमवेक्ष्य नीयते पिनाकिनः पृथुमुखमण्डम् अग्रतः वृथा यमः प्रकटितदन्तकोटरं त्वमायुधं वहसि विहाय संभ्रमम्
na bhṛṅgiṇā svatanumavekṣya nīyate pinākinaḥ pṛthumukhamaṇḍam agrataḥ vṛthā yamaḥ prakaṭitadantakoṭaraṃ tvamāyudhaṃ vahasi vihāya saṃbhramam
"Bhṛṅgin, looking at his own body, does not carry in front the broad-faced vessel of the Pinākin; in vain, Yama, do you bear your weapon with the hollows of your teeth bared — give up this flurry."
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MtP 154.457
पदं न यद्रथतुरगैः पुरद्विषः प्रमुच्यते बहुतरमातृसंकुलम् अमी सुराः पृथगनुयायिभिर्वृताः पदातयो द्विगुणपथान् हरप्रियाः
padaṃ na yadrathaturagaiḥ puradviṣaḥ pramucyate bahutaramātṛsaṃkulam amī surāḥ pṛthaganuyāyibhirvṛtāḥ padātayo dviguṇapathān harapriyāḥ
"Since the footing of the city-foe's chariot-horses is not left free, so crowded is it with the many Mothers, these gods, dear to Hara, each surrounded by his own followers, go on foot by paths twice as long."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.458
स्ववाहनैः पवनविधूतचामरैश् चलध्वजैर्व्रजत विहारशालिभिः सुराः स्वकं किमिति सरागमूर्जितं विचार्यते नियतलयत्रयानुगम्
svavāhanaiḥ pavanavidhūtacāmaraiś caladhvajairvrajata vihāraśālibhiḥ surāḥ svakaṃ kimiti sarāgamūrjitaṃ vicāryate niyatalayatrayānugam
"Go, O gods, with your own vehicles, their yak-tail fans stirred by the wind, their banners moving, splendid in their sport; why is one's own (music), impassioned and forceful, following the three fixed tempos, being deliberated over?"
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MtP 154.459
न किंनरैर् अभिभवितुं हि शक्यते विभूषणचयसमुद्भवो ध्वनिः अजातिजाः किमिति न षड्जमध्यम् अपृथुस्वरं बहुतरमत्र वक्ष्यते
na kiṃnarair abhibhavituṃ hi śakyate vibhūṣaṇacayasamudbhavo dhvaniḥ ajātijāḥ kimiti na ṣaḍjamadhyam apṛthusvaraṃ bahutaramatra vakṣyate
"The sound arising from the mass of ornaments cannot be drowned out by the kiṃnaras; why should those not born to the art utter here at length what is neither ṣaḍja nor madhyama and lacks full tone?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.460
नतानतानतनततानतां गताः पृथक्तया समयकृता विभिन्नताम् विशङ्किता भवदतिभेदशीलिनः प्रयान्त्यमी द्रुतपदमेव गौडकाः
natānatānatanatatānatāṃ gatāḥ pṛthaktayā samayakṛtā vibhinnatām viśaṅkitā bhavadatibhedaśīlinaḥ prayāntyamī drutapadameva gauḍakāḥ
Having arrived at the condition of bent, unbent, bowed and bent tānas, made distinct by convention in their separateness, hesitant, given to excessive divergence — these men of Gauḍa move only in the quick measure (drutapada).
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MtP 154.461
विसंहताः किमिति न षाड्गवादयः स्वगीतकैर् ललितपदप्रयोगजैः प्रभोः पुरो भवति हि यस्य चाक्षतं समुद्गतार्थकमिति तत्प्रतीयते
visaṃhatāḥ kimiti na ṣāḍgavādayaḥ svagītakair lalitapadaprayogajaiḥ prabhoḥ puro bhavati hi yasya cākṣataṃ samudgatārthakamiti tatpratīyate
Why are the ṣāḍgava and the rest not disjoined, (singing) with their own songs born of the use of graceful words? For before the Lord that is unimpaired whose meaning comes out fully — so it is understood.
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MtP 154.462
अमी पृथग्विरचितरम्यरासकं विलासिनो बहुगमकस्वभावकम् प्रयुञ्जते गिरिशयशोविसारिणं प्रकीर्णकं बहुतरनागजातयः
amī pṛthagviracitaramyarāsakaṃ vilāsino bahugamakasvabhāvakam prayuñjate giriśayaśovisāriṇaṃ prakīrṇakaṃ bahutaranāgajātayaḥ
These sportive ones — the many races of Nāgas — perform the lovely rāsaka, separately composed, having many gamakas by nature, and the prakīrṇaka that spreads abroad the fame of Giriśa.
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MtP 154.463
अमी कथं ककुभि कथाः प्रतिक्षणं ध्वनन्ति ते विविधवधूविमिश्रिताः न जातयो ध्वनिमुरजासमीरिता न मूर्छिताः किमिति च मूर्छनात्मकाः
amī kathaṃ kakubhi kathāḥ pratikṣaṇaṃ dhvananti te vividhavadhūvimiśritāḥ na jātayo dhvanimurajāsamīritā na mūrchitāḥ kimiti ca mūrchanātmakāḥ
How is it that these tales resound moment by moment in the kakubha (mode), mingled with women of many kinds? Are the jātis not sounded forth together with drum-notes? And why are they not 'swooned' (mūrchita), since they consist of mūrchanās?
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MtP 154.465
इतीरते गिरिमवधानशालिनः सुरासुराः सपदि तु वीरकाज्ञया नियामिताः प्रययुरतीव हर्षिताश् चराचरं जगदखिलं ह्यपूरयन्
itīrate girimavadhānaśālinaḥ surāsurāḥ sapadi tu vīrakājñayā niyāmitāḥ prayayuratīva harṣitāś carācaraṃ jagadakhilaṃ hyapūrayan
Thus the gods and asuras, full of attention, speak of the mountain; but at once, held in check by Vīraka's order, they went forward exceedingly delighted, and filled the whole world, moving and unmoving.
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MtP 154.466
इति स्तनत्ककुभि रसन्महार्णवे स्तनद्घने विदलितशैलकंदरे जगत्यभूत्तुमुल इवाकुलीकृतः पिनाकिना त्वरितगतेन भूधरः
iti stanatkakubhi rasanmahārṇave stanadghane vidalitaśailakaṃdare jagatyabhūttumula ivākulīkṛtaḥ pinākinā tvaritagatena bhūdharaḥ
Thus, with the quarters thundering, the great ocean roaring, the clouds rumbling, the mountain caverns split open, there was in the world as it were an uproar; and the mountain was thrown into turmoil by the swift-moving Bearer of the Pināka.
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MtP 154.467
परिज्वलत्कनकसहस्रतोरणं क्वचिन्मिलन्मरकतवेश्मवेदिकम् क्वचित् क्वचिद् विमलविदूरवेदिकं क्वचिद् गलज्जलधररम्यनिर्झरम्
parijvalatkanakasahasratoraṇaṃ kvacinmilanmarakataveśmavedikam kvacit kvacid vimalavidūravedikaṃ kvacid galajjaladhararamyanirjharam
(The city) had a thousand blazing golden archways; here terraces of emerald houses meeting together, there a terrace of clear beryl, and elsewhere lovely waterfalls of descending rain-clouds.
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MtP 154.468
चलद्ध्वजप्रवरसहस्रमण्डितं सुरद्रुमस्तबकविकीर्णचत्वरम् सितासितारुणरुचिधातुवर्णिकं श्रियोज्ज्वलं प्रविततमार्गगोपुरम्
caladdhvajapravarasahasramaṇḍitaṃ suradrumastabakavikīrṇacatvaram sitāsitāruṇarucidhātuvarṇikaṃ śriyojjvalaṃ pravitatamārgagopuram
adorned with a thousand fine fluttering banners, its squares strewn with clusters of blossoms from the celestial trees, coloured with mineral pigments white, black and red, brilliant with beauty, its gateways on broad avenues,
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MtP 154.470
तं प्रविशन्तमगात्प्रविलोक्य व्याकुलतां नगरं गिरिभर्तुः व्यग्रपुरन्ध्रिजनं जययुक्तं धावितमार्गजनाकुलरथ्यम्
taṃ praviśantamagātpravilokya vyākulatāṃ nagaraṃ giribhartuḥ vyagrapurandhrijanaṃ jayayuktaṃ dhāvitamārgajanākularathyam
Seeing him entering, the city of the mountain-lord fell into agitation: its women hurrying about, cries of victory raised, its streets thronged with people running along the roads,
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MtP 154.471
हर्म्यगवाक्षगतामरनारीलोचननीलसरोरुहमालम् सुप्रकटा समदृश्यत काचित् स्वाभरणांशुवितानविगूढा
harmyagavākṣagatāmaranārīlocananīlasaroruhamālam suprakaṭā samadṛśyata kācit svābharaṇāṃśuvitānavigūḍhā
garlanded with the blue lotuses that were the eyes of the immortal women at the mansion windows. One woman, hidden by the canopy of rays from her own ornaments, was seen all too plainly.
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MtP 154.472
काप्यखिलीकृतमण्डनभूषा त्यक्तसखीप्रणया हरम् ऐक्षत् काचिदुवाच कलं गतमाना कातरतां सखि मा कुरु मूढे
kāpyakhilīkṛtamaṇḍanabhūṣā tyaktasakhīpraṇayā haram aikṣat kāciduvāca kalaṃ gatamānā kātaratāṃ sakhi mā kuru mūḍhe
One, with her adorning and ornaments left unfinished, abandoning affection for her friend, gazed at Hara; another, her pride gone, said softly: "Do not be faint-hearted, friend; do not, foolish girl."
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MtP 154.473
दग्धमनोभव एव पिनाकी कामयते स्वयमेव विहर्तुम् काचिदपि स्वयमेव पतन्ती प्राह परां विरहस्खलिताङ्गीम्
dagdhamanobhava eva pinākī kāmayate svayameva vihartum kācidapi svayameva patantī prāha parāṃ virahaskhalitāṅgīm
"The Bearer of the Pināka, by whom the Mind-born (Kāma) was burnt, himself desires to take his pleasure." And one, falling down of her own accord, said to another whose limbs faltered with love's separation:
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MtP 154.474
मा चपले मदनव्यतिषङ्गं शंकरजं स्खलनेन वद त्वम् कापि कृतव्यवधानमदृष्ट्वा युक्तिवशाद्गिरिशो ह्ययमूचे
mā capale madanavyatiṣaṅgaṃ śaṃkarajaṃ skhalanena vada tvam kāpi kṛtavyavadhānamadṛṣṭvā yuktivaśādgiriśo hyayamūce
"Fickle girl, do not speak with a stumble of the love-union born of Śaṃkara." And one, not seeing the screen that had been set up, said by force of inference: "Surely this is Giriśa!"
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MtP 154.475
एष स यत्र सहस्रमखाद्या नाकसदामधिपाः स्वयमुक्तैः नामभिर् इन्दुजटं निजसेवाप्राप्तफलाय नतास्तु घटन्ते
eṣa sa yatra sahasramakhādyā nākasadāmadhipāḥ svayamuktaiḥ nāmabhir indujaṭaṃ nijasevāprāptaphalāya natāstu ghaṭante
"This is he before whom the lords of the heaven-dwellers, the Performer of a Thousand Sacrifices and the rest, bowing, strive with names uttered by themselves to reach the moon-crested one, for the fruit won by their own service."
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MtP 154.476
एष न चैष स एष यदग्रे चर्मपरीततनुः शशिमौली धावति वज्रधरो ऽमरराजो मार्गममुं विवृतीकरणाय
eṣa na caiṣa sa eṣa yadagre carmaparītatanuḥ śaśimaulī dhāvati vajradharo 'mararājo mārgamamuṃ vivṛtīkaraṇāya
"This is he — and this is not he; for the one who runs in front, his body wrapped in a hide, moon-crested, is the wielder of the thunderbolt, the king of the gods, (going) to clear this road."
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MtP 154.477
एष स पद्मभवो ऽयमुपेत्य प्रांशुजटामृगचर्मनिगूढः सप्रणयं करघट्टितवक्त्रः किंचिदुवाच मितं श्रुतिमूले
eṣa sa padmabhavo 'yamupetya prāṃśujaṭāmṛgacarmanigūḍhaḥ sapraṇayaṃ karaghaṭṭitavaktraḥ kiṃciduvāca mitaṃ śrutimūle
"This is he, the lotus-born; and he, coming up, concealed in a tall mass of matted hair and a deerskin, his mouth covered by his hand, said something briefly and fondly close to (Śiva's) ear."
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MtP 154.478
एवमभूत्सुरनारिकुलानां चित्तविसंष्ठुलता गुरुरागात् शंकरसंश्रयणाद् गिरिजायाजन्मफलं परमं त्विति चोचुः
evamabhūtsuranārikulānāṃ cittavisaṃṣṭhulatā gururāgāt śaṃkarasaṃśrayaṇād girijāyājanmaphalaṃ paramaṃ tviti cocuḥ
In this way the throngs of divine women suffered unsteadiness of mind from great passion; and they said: "For the mountain's daughter, the supreme fruit of birth comes from her taking refuge with Śaṃkara."
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MtP 154.479
ततो हिमगिरेर्वेश्म विश्वकर्मनिवेदितम् महानीलमयस्तम्भं ज्वलत्काञ्चनकुट्टिमम्
tato himagirerveśma viśvakarmaniveditam mahānīlamayastambhaṃ jvalatkāñcanakuṭṭimam
Then (they saw) the dwelling of Himagiri, made ready by Viśvakarman, with pillars of great sapphire and a pavement of blazing gold,
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MtP 154.480
मुक्ताजालपरिष्कारं ज्वलितौषधिदीपितम् क्रीडोद्यानसहस्राढ्यं काञ्चनाम्बुजदीर्घिकम्
muktājālapariṣkāraṃ jvalitauṣadhidīpitam krīḍodyānasahasrāḍhyaṃ kāñcanāmbujadīrghikam
decorated with networks of pearls, lit up by glowing herbs, rich with a thousand pleasure-gardens, with long pools of golden lotuses.
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MtP 154.481
महेन्द्रप्रमुखाः सर्वे सुरा दृष्ट्वा तदद्भुतम् नेत्राणि सफलान्यद्य मनोभिरिति ते दधुः
mahendrapramukhāḥ sarve surā dṛṣṭvā tadadbhutam netrāṇi saphalānyadya manobhiriti te dadhuḥ
All the gods led by great Indra, seeing that marvel, held in their minds: "Today our eyes have borne fruit."
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MtP 154.482
विमर्दक्षीणकेयूरा हरिणा द्वारि रोधिताः कथंचित्प्रमुखास्तत्र विविशुर्नाकवासिनः
vimardakṣīṇakeyūrā hariṇā dvāri rodhitāḥ kathaṃcitpramukhāstatra viviśurnākavāsinaḥ
Their armlets crushed and battered in the press, held back at the door by Hari, the dwellers in heaven — the foremost among them — somehow got inside there.
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MtP 154.483
प्रणतेनाचलेन्द्रेण पूजितो ऽथ चतुर्मुखः चकार विधिना सर्वं विधिमन्त्रपुरःसरम्
praṇatenācalendreṇa pūjito 'tha caturmukhaḥ cakāra vidhinā sarvaṃ vidhimantrapuraḥsaram
Then the Four-faced One, honoured by the bowing lord of mountains, performed the whole (rite) according to the prescribed manner, with the ritual mantras going first.
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MtP 154.484
शर्वस्य पाणिग्रहणम् अग्निसाक्षिकमक्षतम् दाता महीभृतां नाथो होता देवश्चतुर्मुखः
śarvasya pāṇigrahaṇam agnisākṣikamakṣatam dātā mahībhṛtāṃ nātho hotā devaścaturmukhaḥ
Śarva's taking of the hand (in marriage) was flawless, with Fire as witness; the giver (of the bride) was the lord of the earth-bearers, the officiant the four-faced god.
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MtP 154.485
वरः पशुपतिः साक्षात् कन्या विश्वारणिस्तथा चराचराणि भूतानि सुरासुरवराणि च
varaḥ paśupatiḥ sākṣāt kanyā viśvāraṇistathā carācarāṇi bhūtāni surāsuravarāṇi ca
The bridegroom was Paśupati himself, and the bride Viśvāraṇi; (the witnesses were) the moving and unmoving beings and the foremost of gods and asuras.
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MtP 154.486
तत्राप्येते नियमतो ह्य् अभवन्व्यग्रमूर्तयः मुमोचाभिनवान्सर्वान् सस्यशालीन्रसौषधीः
tatrāpyete niyamato hy abhavanvyagramūrtayaḥ mumocābhinavānsarvān sasyaśālīnrasauṣadhīḥ
There too these (beings) were, by rule, of distracted form; (she) released all fresh grains, rice-crops, saps and herbs.
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MtP 154.487
व्यग्रा तु पृथिवी देवी सर्वभावमनोरमा गृहीत्वा वरुणः सर्वरत्नान्याभरणानि च
vyagrā tu pṛthivī devī sarvabhāvamanoramā gṛhītvā varuṇaḥ sarvaratnānyābharaṇāni ca
And the goddess Earth was busy, delightful in her every aspect; and Varuṇa, having taken all the jewels and the ornaments,
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MtP 154.488
पुण्यानि च पवित्राणि नानारत्नमयानि तु तस्थौ साभरणो देवो हर्षदः सर्वदेहिनाम्
puṇyāni ca pavitrāṇi nānāratnamayāni tu tasthau sābharaṇo devo harṣadaḥ sarvadehinām
and the auspicious, purifying (things) made of various gems — the god stood adorned with ornaments, giving joy to all embodied beings.
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MtP 154.489
धनदश्चापि दिव्यानि हैमान्याभरणानि च जातरूपविचित्राणि प्रयतः समुपस्थितः
dhanadaścāpi divyāni haimānyābharaṇāni ca jātarūpavicitrāṇi prayataḥ samupasthitaḥ
And the Giver of Wealth too, with divine golden ornaments variegated with fine gold, stood ready, purified (for the rite).
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MtP 154.490
वायुर्ववौ सुसुरभिः सुखसंस्पर्शनो विभुः छत्रमिन्दुकरोद्भासि सुसितं च शतक्रतुः
vāyurvavau susurabhiḥ sukhasaṃsparśano vibhuḥ chatramindukarodbhāsi susitaṃ ca śatakratuḥ
Vāyu the lord blew, richly fragrant and pleasant to the touch; and Śatakratu, a bright white parasol gleaming like moonbeams —
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MtP 154.491
जग्राह मुदितः स्रग्वी बाहुभिर्बहुभूषणैः जगुर्गन्धर्वमुख्याश्च ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः
jagrāha muditaḥ sragvī bāhubhirbahubhūṣaṇaiḥ jagurgandharvamukhyāśca nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ
— he took it up, delighted, wearing a garland, with his arms richly ornamented; and the chief gandharvas sang, and the hosts of apsarases danced.
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MtP 154.492
वादयन्तो ऽतिमधुरं जगुर् गन्धर्वकिंनराः मूर्ताश्च ऋतवस्तत्र जगुश्च ननृतुश्च वै
vādayanto 'timadhuraṃ jagur gandharvakiṃnarāḥ mūrtāśca ṛtavastatra jaguśca nanṛtuśca vai
Playing (their instruments) most sweetly, the gandharvas and kinnaras sang; and the seasons, embodied there, both sang and danced.
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MtP 154.493
चपलाश्च गणास्तस्थुर् लोलयन्तो हिमाचलम् उत्तिष्ठन्क्रमशश्चात्र विश्वभुग्भगनेत्रहा
capalāśca gaṇāstasthur lolayanto himācalam uttiṣṭhankramaśaścātra viśvabhugbhaganetrahā
And the restless troops stood shaking Himālaya; and there, rising up in due order, Viśvabhuj, the destroyer of Bhaga's eye,
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MtP 154.494
चकारौद्वाहिकं कृत्यं पत्न्या सह यथोचितम् दत्तार्घो गिरिराजेन सुरवृन्दैर् विनोदितः
cakāraudvāhikaṃ kṛtyaṃ patnyā saha yathocitam dattārgho girirājena suravṛndair vinoditaḥ
performed the wedding rite as was fitting, together with his wife; honoured with the argha-offering by the king of mountains, he was entertained by the throngs of gods.
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MtP 154.495
अवसत्तां क्षपां तत्र पत्न्या सह पुरान्तकः ततो गन्धर्वगीतेन नृत्येनाप्सरसामपि
avasattāṃ kṣapāṃ tatra patnyā saha purāntakaḥ tato gandharvagītena nṛtyenāpsarasāmapi
The Ender of the Citadel dwelt there that night with his wife; then, by the song of the gandharvas and by the dance of the apsarases,
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MtP 154.496
स्तुतिभिर् देवदैत्यानां विबुद्धो विबुधाधिपः आमन्त्र्य हिमशैलेन्द्रं प्रभाते चोमया सह जगाम मन्दरगिरिं वायुवेगेन शृङ्गिणा
stutibhir devadaityānāṃ vibuddho vibudhādhipaḥ āmantrya himaśailendraṃ prabhāte comayā saha jagāma mandaragiriṃ vāyuvegena śṛṅgiṇā
and by the praises of gods and daityas, the lord of the gods awoke; at dawn, taking leave of the lord of the snowy mountain, he went with Umā to Mount Mandara with the speed of the wind, on the horned one.
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MtP 154.497
ततो गते भगवति नीललोहिते सहोमया रतिमलभन्न भूधरः सबान्धवो भवति च कस्य नो मनो विह्वलं च जगति हि कन्यकापितुः
tato gate bhagavati nīlalohite sahomayā ratimalabhanna bhūdharaḥ sabāndhavo bhavati ca kasya no mano vihvalaṃ ca jagati hi kanyakāpituḥ
Then, when the blessed dark-red one had gone away with Umā, the earth-bearer with his kinsfolk found no delight; and whose mind in this world is not distressed — a maiden's father's?
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MtP 154.498
ज्वलन्मणिस्फटिकहाटकोत्कटं स्फुटद्युति स्फटिकगोपुरं पुरम् हरो गिरौ चिरमनुकल्पितं तदा विसर्जितामरनिवहो ऽविशत्स्वकम्
jvalanmaṇisphaṭikahāṭakotkaṭaṃ sphuṭadyuti sphaṭikagopuraṃ puram haro girau ciramanukalpitaṃ tadā visarjitāmaranivaho 'viśatsvakam
That city, towering with blazing gems, crystal and gold, of brilliant radiance, with crystal gateways, long since made ready for him on the mountain — Hara, having dismissed the throng of gods, then entered it as his own.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.499
तदोमासहितो देवो विजहार भगाक्षिहा पुरोद्यानेषु रम्येषु विविक्तेषु वनेषु च
tadomāsahito devo vijahāra bhagākṣihā purodyāneṣu ramyeṣu vivikteṣu vaneṣu ca
Then the god, the destroyer of Bhaga's eye, together with Umā, roamed in the lovely city-gardens and in secluded forests,
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MtP 154.500
सुरक्तहृदयो देव्या मकराङ्कपुरःसरः ततो बहुतिथे काले सुतकामा गिरेः सुता
suraktahṛdayo devyā makarāṅkapuraḥsaraḥ tato bahutithe kāle sutakāmā gireḥ sutā
his heart deeply enamoured of the goddess, with the crocodile-marked one (Love) going before him. Then, after a long time, the mountain's daughter, desiring a son,
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MtP 154.501
सखीभिः सहिता क्रीडां चक्रे कृत्रिमपुत्रकैः कदाचिद्गन्धतैलेन गात्रमभ्यज्य शैलजा
sakhībhiḥ sahitā krīḍāṃ cakre kṛtrimaputrakaiḥ kadācidgandhatailena gātramabhyajya śailajā
together with her friends played with artificial little sons. Once, the mountain-born one, having anointed her body with scented oil,
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MtP 154.502
चूर्णैरुद्वर्तयामास मलिनान्तरितां तनुम् तदुद्वर्तनकं गृह्य नरं चक्रे गजाननम्
cūrṇairudvartayāmāsa malināntaritāṃ tanum tadudvartanakaṃ gṛhya naraṃ cakre gajānanam
She rubbed her body, which was covered over with dirt, with (fragrant) powders; and taking that scrubbing-paste she made of it a man with an elephant's face.
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MtP 154.503
पुत्रकं क्रीडती देवी तं चाप्यर्पयदम्भसि जाह्नव्यास्तु शिवासख्यास् ततः सो ऽभूद्बृहद्वपुः
putrakaṃ krīḍatī devī taṃ cāpyarpayadambhasi jāhnavyāstu śivāsakhyās tataḥ so 'bhūdbṛhadvapuḥ
The Goddess, playing with the little son, set him too into the water of the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā), Śivā's friend; thereupon he became huge of body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.504
कायेनातिविशालेन जगदापूरयत्तदा पुत्रेत्युवाच ते देवी पुत्रेत्यूचे च जाह्नवी
kāyenātiviśālena jagadāpūrayattadā putretyuvāca te devī putretyūce ca jāhnavī
With his exceedingly vast body he then filled the world; the Goddess said to him "son!" and Jāhnavī too said "son!"
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MtP 154.505
गाङ्गेय इति देवैस्तु पूजितो ऽभूद्गजाननः विनायकाधिपत्यं च ददावस्य पितामहः
gāṅgeya iti devaistu pūjito 'bhūdgajānanaḥ vināyakādhipatyaṃ ca dadāvasya pitāmahaḥ
So the elephant-faced one was honoured by the gods as "Gāṅgeya" (son of Gaṅgā), and the Grandfather (Brahmā) gave him lordship over the Vināyakas.
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MtP 154.506
पुनः सा क्रीडनं चक्रे पुत्रार्थं वरवर्णिनी मनोज्ञमङ्कुरं रूढम् अशोकस्य शुभानना
punaḥ sā krīḍanaṃ cakre putrārthaṃ varavarṇinī manojñamaṅkuraṃ rūḍham aśokasya śubhānanā
Again that lady of excellent complexion, fair of face, made a plaything for the sake of a son: a lovely sprout of an aśoka tree that had grown up.
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MtP 154.507
वर्धयामास तं चापि कृतसंस्कारमङ्गला बृहस्पतिमुखैर्विप्रैर् दिवस्पतिपुरोगमैः
vardhayāmāsa taṃ cāpi kṛtasaṃskāramaṅgalā bṛhaspatimukhairviprair divaspatipurogamaiḥ
And, having auspiciously performed the (consecratory) rites, she made it grow, with brahmins headed by Bṛhaspati and led by the lord of heaven (Indra).
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MtP 154.508
ततो देवैश्च मुनिभिः प्रोक्ता देवी त्विदं वचः भवानि भवती भव्या सम्भूता लोकभूतये
tato devaiśca munibhiḥ proktā devī tvidaṃ vacaḥ bhavāni bhavatī bhavyā sambhūtā lokabhūtaye
Then this word was spoken to the Goddess by the gods and the sages: "Bhavānī, you, the blessed one, have come into being for the welfare of the world.
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MtP 154.509
प्रायः सुतफलो लोकः पुत्रपौत्रैश्च लभ्यते अपुत्राश्च प्रजाः प्रायो दृश्यन्ते दैवहेतवः
prāyaḥ sutaphalo lokaḥ putrapautraiśca labhyate aputrāśca prajāḥ prāyo dṛśyante daivahetavaḥ
For the most part the world has sons as its fruit, and (its end) is attained through sons and grandsons; and offspring without sons are for the most part seen to have fate as their cause.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 154.510
अधुना दर्शिते मार्गे मर्यादां कर्तुमर्हसि फलं किं भविता देवि कल्पितैस्तरुपुत्रकैः इत्युक्ता हर्षपूर्णाङ्गी प्रोवाचोमा शुभां गिरम्
adhunā darśite mārge maryādāṃ kartumarhasi phalaṃ kiṃ bhavitā devi kalpitaistaruputrakaiḥ ityuktā harṣapūrṇāṅgī provācomā śubhāṃ giram
Now that the way has been shown, you ought to set the rule (for it): what fruit, O Goddess, will there be from these tree-sons that have been fashioned?" Thus addressed, Umā, her limbs filled with joy, spoke an auspicious word.
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MtP 154.511
एवं निरुदके देशे यः कूपं कारयेद्बुधः बिन्दौ बिन्दौ च तोयस्य वसेत्संवत्सरं दिवि
evaṃ nirudake deśe yaḥ kūpaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ bindau bindau ca toyasya vasetsaṃvatsaraṃ divi
"Thus: the wise man who has a well dug in a waterless region — for each and every drop of the water he shall dwell a year in heaven.
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MtP 154.512
दशकूपसमा वापी दशवापीसमो ह्रदः दशह्रदसमः पुत्रो दशपुत्रसमो द्रुमः एषैव मम मर्यादा नियता लोकभाविनी
daśakūpasamā vāpī daśavāpīsamo hradaḥ daśahradasamaḥ putro daśaputrasamo drumaḥ eṣaiva mama maryādā niyatā lokabhāvinī
A tank equals ten wells, a lake equals ten tanks, a son equals ten lakes, and a tree equals ten sons. This very rule of mine is fixed, and it shall be so for the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.513
इत्युक्तास्तु ततो विप्रा बृहस्पतिपुरोगमाः जग्मुः स्वमन्दिराण्येव भवानीं वन्द्य सादरम्
ityuktāstu tato viprā bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ jagmuḥ svamandirāṇyeva bhavānīṃ vandya sādaram
Thus addressed, the brahmins headed by Bṛhaspati then reverently saluted Bhavānī and went off to their own dwellings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.514
गतेषु तेषु देवो ऽपि शंकरः पर्वतात्मजाम् पाणिनालम्ब्य वामेन शनैः प्रावेशयच्छुभाम्
gateṣu teṣu devo 'pi śaṃkaraḥ parvatātmajām pāṇinālambya vāmena śanaiḥ prāveśayacchubhām
When they had gone, the god Śaṃkara too, taking the daughter of the mountain by the left hand, slowly led the lovely one inside —
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MtP 154.515
चित्तप्रसादजननं प्रासादमनुगोपुरम् लम्बमौक्तिकदामानं मालिकाकुलवेदिकम्
cittaprasādajananaṃ prāsādamanugopuram lambamauktikadāmānaṃ mālikākulavedikam
— into a palace that gladdens the mind, with a gateway adjoining, hung with strings of pearls, its terraces thick with garlands,
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MtP 154.516
निर्धौतकलधौतं च क्रीडागुहमनोरमम् प्रकीर्णकुसुमामोदमत्तालिकुलकूजितम्
nirdhautakaladhautaṃ ca krīḍāguhamanoramam prakīrṇakusumāmodamattālikulakūjitam
of burnished gold, delightful with its pleasure-grottoes, resounding with swarms of bees intoxicated by the fragrance of the scattered flowers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.517
किंनरोद्गीतसंगीतगृहान्तरितभित्तिकम् सुगन्धिधूपसंघातमनःप्रार्थ्यमलक्षितम्
kiṃnarodgītasaṃgītagṛhāntaritabhittikam sugandhidhūpasaṃghātamanaḥprārthyamalakṣitam
its walls partitioned off by chambers of music sung aloud by Kiṃnaras, (a place) unseen, to be longed for by the mind for its masses of sweet-scented incense,
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MtP 154.518
क्रीडन्मयूरनारीभिर् वृतं वै ततवादिभिः हंससंघातसंघुष्टं स्फटिकस्तम्भवेदिकम्
krīḍanmayūranārībhir vṛtaṃ vai tatavādibhiḥ haṃsasaṃghātasaṃghuṣṭaṃ sphaṭikastambhavedikam
encircled by peahens at play and by players of stringed instruments, loud with flocks of geese, its terraces set with crystal pillars,
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MtP 154.519
अनाविलमसंभ्रान्त्या बहुशः किंनराकुलम् शुकैर्यत्राभिहन्यन्ते पद्मरागविनिर्मिताः
anāvilamasaṃbhrāntyā bahuśaḥ kiṃnarākulam śukairyatrābhihanyante padmarāgavinirmitāḥ
unclouded (in clarity), and thick with Kiṃnaras many times over through their mistaking (the crystal for water) — where the walls, made of ruby, are pecked at by parrots
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MtP 154.520
भित्तयो दाडिमभ्रान्त्या प्रतिबिम्बितमौक्तिकाः तत्राक्षक्रीडया देवी विहर्तुमुपचक्रमे
bhittayo dāḍimabhrāntyā pratibimbitamauktikāḥ tatrākṣakrīḍayā devī vihartumupacakrame
in the mistaken belief that they are pomegranates, with pearls reflected in them. There the Goddess set about amusing herself with a game of dice.
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MtP 154.521
स्वच्छेन्द्रनीलभूभागे क्रीडने यत्र धिष्ठितौ वपुःसहायतां प्राप्तौ विनोदरसनिर्वृतौ
svacchendranīlabhūbhāge krīḍane yatra dhiṣṭhitau vapuḥsahāyatāṃ prāptau vinodarasanirvṛtau
On a floor of clear sapphire, where the two of them were seated at play, having gained (each) the other's bodily support, delighted with the savour of the diversion —
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MtP 154.522
एवं प्रक्रीडतोस्तत्र देवीशंकरयोस्तदा प्रादुर्भवन्महाशब्दस् तद्गृहोदरगोचरः
evaṃ prakrīḍatostatra devīśaṃkarayostadā prādurbhavanmahāśabdas tadgṛhodaragocaraḥ
While the Goddess and Śaṃkara were thus playing there, a great noise arose, coming from within their house.
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MtP 154.523
तच्छ्रुत्वा कौतुकाद्देवी किमेतदिति शंकरम् पप्रच्छ तं शुभतनुर् हरं विस्मयपूर्वकम्
tacchrutvā kautukāddevī kimetaditi śaṃkaram papraccha taṃ śubhatanur haraṃ vismayapūrvakam
Hearing it, the Goddess of lovely body, out of curiosity and with astonishment, asked Śaṃkara, Hara: "What is this?"
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MtP 154.524
उवाच देवीं नैतत्ते दृष्टपूर्वं सुविस्मिते एते गणेशाः क्रीडन्ते शैले ऽस्मिन्मत्प्रियाः सदा
uvāca devīṃ naitatte dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ suvismite ete gaṇeśāḥ krīḍante śaile 'sminmatpriyāḥ sadā
He said to the Goddess: "O greatly astonished one, this has not been seen by you before. These are the Gaṇa-lords, dear to me, who always play on this mountain.
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MtP 154.525
तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण नियमैः क्षेत्रसेवनैः यैरहं तोषितः पूर्वं त एते मनुजोत्तमाः
tapasā brahmacaryeṇa niyamaiḥ kṣetrasevanaiḥ yairahaṃ toṣitaḥ pūrvaṃ ta ete manujottamāḥ
"These are the best of men, by whom I was formerly gratified through austerity, chastity, observances, and service at the (holy) places.
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MtP 154.526
मत्समीपमनुप्राप्ता मम हृद्याः शुभानने कामरूपा महोत्साहा महारूपगुणान्विताः
matsamīpamanuprāptā mama hṛdyāḥ śubhānane kāmarūpā mahotsāhā mahārūpaguṇānvitāḥ
"They have come near to me and are dear to my heart, O fair-faced one: able to take any form at will, of great energy, endowed with great beauty and virtues.
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MtP 154.527
कर्मभिर्विस्मयं तेषां प्रयामि बलशालिनाम् चराचरस्य जगतः सृष्टिसंहरणक्षमाः
karmabhirvismayaṃ teṣāṃ prayāmi balaśālinām carācarasya jagataḥ sṛṣṭisaṃharaṇakṣamāḥ
"I marvel at the deeds of those mighty ones, who are capable of creating and destroying the world with its moving and unmoving (beings).
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MtP 154.528
ब्रह्मविष्ण्विन्द्रगन्धर्वैः सकिंनरमहोरगैः समावृतो ऽप्यहं नित्यं नैभिर्विरहितो रमे
brahmaviṣṇvindragandharvaiḥ sakiṃnaramahoragaiḥ samāvṛto 'pyahaṃ nityaṃ naibhirvirahito rame
"Though I am ever surrounded by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Indra and the Gandharvas, together with the Kiṃnaras and the great serpents, I take no pleasure when deprived of these.
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MtP 154.529
हृद्या मे चारुसर्वाङ्गि त एते क्रीडिता गिरौ इत्युक्ता तु ततो देवी त्यक्त्वा तद्विस्मयाकुला
hṛdyā me cārusarvāṅgi ta ete krīḍitā girau ityuktā tu tato devī tyaktvā tadvismayākulā
"They are dear to me, O you of lovely limbs in every part—those who play on the mountain." Thus addressed, the Goddess then, filled with astonishment at that, left (him),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.530
गवाक्षान्तरमासाद्य प्रेक्षते विस्मितानना यावन्तस्ते कृशा दीर्घा ह्रस्वाः स्थूला महोदराः
gavākṣāntaramāsādya prekṣate vismitānanā yāvantaste kṛśā dīrghā hrasvāḥ sthūlā mahodarāḥ
and, reaching a window, looks out with amazed face: as many as they are—lean, tall, short, stout, big-bellied,
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MtP 154.531
व्याघ्रेभवदनाः केचित् केचिन्मेषाजरूपिणः अनेकप्राणिरूपाश्च ज्वालास्याः कृष्णपिङ्गलाः
vyāghrebhavadanāḥ kecit kecinmeṣājarūpiṇaḥ anekaprāṇirūpāśca jvālāsyāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgalāḥ
some with the faces of tigers and elephants, some in the shape of rams and goats, and (some) with the forms of many creatures, flame-mouthed, black and tawny,
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MtP 154.532
सौम्या भीमाः स्मितमुखाः कृष्णपिङ्गजटासटाः नानाविहङ्गवदना नानाविधमृगाननाः
saumyā bhīmāḥ smitamukhāḥ kṛṣṇapiṅgajaṭāsaṭāḥ nānāvihaṅgavadanā nānāvidhamṛgānanāḥ
gentle, terrible, smiling-faced, with black and tawny matted locks and manes, with the faces of various birds, with the faces of many kinds of beasts,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.533
कौशेयचर्मवसना नग्नाश्चान्ये विरूपिणः गोकर्णा गजकर्णाश्च बहुवक्त्रेक्षणोदराः
kauśeyacarmavasanā nagnāścānye virūpiṇaḥ gokarṇā gajakarṇāśca bahuvaktrekṣaṇodarāḥ
clothed in silk and in hides, and others naked and misshapen, cow-eared and elephant-eared, with many mouths, eyes and bellies,
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MtP 154.534
बहुपादा बहुभुजा दिव्यनानास्त्रपाणयः अनेककुसुमापीडा नानाव्यालविभूषणाः
bahupādā bahubhujā divyanānāstrapāṇayaḥ anekakusumāpīḍā nānāvyālavibhūṣaṇāḥ
many-footed, many-armed, with various divine weapons in their hands, wearing crowns of many flowers, adorned with various snakes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 154.535
वृकाननायुधधरा नानाकवचभूषणाः विचित्रवाहनारूढा दिव्यरूपा वियच्चराः
vṛkānanāyudhadharā nānākavacabhūṣaṇāḥ vicitravāhanārūḍhā divyarūpā viyaccarāḥ
wolf-faced, bearing weapons, adorned with various armours, mounted on strange vehicles, of divine form, moving through the sky,
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MtP 154.536
वीणावाद्यमुखोद्घुष्टा नानास्थानकनर्तकाः गणेशांस्तांस्तथा दृष्ट्वा देवी प्रोवाच शंकरम्
vīṇāvādyamukhodghuṣṭā nānāsthānakanartakāḥ gaṇeśāṃstāṃstathā dṛṣṭvā devī provāca śaṃkaram
resounding with the sound of vīṇā music at their mouths, dancing in various postures. Seeing those Gaṇa-lords so, the Goddess spoke to Śaṃkara:
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MtP 154.537
गणेशाः कतिसंख्याताः किंनामानः किमात्मकाः एकैकशो मम ब्रूहि धिष्ठिता ये पृथक्पृथक्
gaṇeśāḥ katisaṃkhyātāḥ kiṃnāmānaḥ kimātmakāḥ ekaikaśo mama brūhi dhiṣṭhitā ye pṛthakpṛthak
"How many in number are the Gaṇa-lords? What are their names? What is their nature? Tell me one by one about those who are stationed here separately."
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MtP 154.538
कोटिसंख्या ह्यसंख्याता नानाविख्यातपौरुषाः जगदापूरितं सर्वैर् एभिर्भीमैर्महाबलैः
koṭisaṃkhyā hyasaṃkhyātā nānāvikhyātapauruṣāḥ jagadāpūritaṃ sarvair ebhirbhīmairmahābalaiḥ
"They number crores, indeed they are innumerable, of various renowned prowess; the world is filled by all these terrible, greatly powerful ones.
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MtP 154.539
सिद्धक्षेत्रेषु रथ्यासु जीर्णोद्यानेषु वेश्मसु दानवानां शरीरेषु बालेषून्मत्तकेषु च एते विशन्ति मुदिता नानाहारविहारिणः
siddhakṣetreṣu rathyāsu jīrṇodyāneṣu veśmasu dānavānāṃ śarīreṣu bāleṣūnmattakeṣu ca ete viśanti muditā nānāhāravihāriṇaḥ
"Into perfected places, into streets, into decayed gardens, into houses, into the bodies of the Dānavas, into children and into the mad—into these they enter joyfully, roaming about with various kinds of food.
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MtP 154.540
ऊष्मपाः फेनपाश्चैव धूमपा मधुपायिनः रक्तपाः सर्वभक्षाश्च वायुपा ह्यम्बुभोजनाः
ūṣmapāḥ phenapāścaiva dhūmapā madhupāyinaḥ raktapāḥ sarvabhakṣāśca vāyupā hyambubhojanāḥ
"(Some are) drinkers of heat, drinkers of foam, drinkers of smoke, drinkers of honey, drinkers of blood, eaters of everything, drinkers of wind, and feeders on water,
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MtP 154.541
गेयनृत्योपहाराश्च नानावाद्यरवप्रियाः न ह्येषां वै अनन्तत्वाद् गुणान्वक्तुं हि शक्यते
geyanṛtyopahārāśca nānāvādyaravapriyāḥ na hyeṣāṃ vai anantatvād guṇānvaktuṃ hi śakyate
"and (they take) song and dance as their offerings, and are fond of the sounds of various instruments. Indeed, their qualities cannot be told, because they are endless.
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MtP 154.542
मार्गत्वगुत्तरासङ्गशुद्धाङ्गो मुञ्जमेखली मानशिलेन कल्केन चपलो रञ्जिताननः
mārgatvaguttarāsaṅgaśuddhāṅgo muñjamekhalī mānaśilena kalkena capalo rañjitānanaḥ
(He wore) a deer-hide as upper garment, his limbs clean, girt with a muñja-grass girdle; restless, his face painted with a paste of realgar (red arsenic).
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MtP 154.543
पिनद्धोत्पलस्रग्दामा सुकान्तो मधुराकृतिः पाषाणशकलोत्तानकांस्यतालप्रवर्तकः
pinaddhotpalasragdāmā sukānto madhurākṛtiḥ pāṣāṇaśakalottānakāṃsyatālapravartakaḥ
Wearing a garland-wreath of blue lotuses, very lovely, of sweet form, beating out the time with stone chips and upturned bronze cymbals.
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MtP 154.544
असौ गणेश्वरो देवः किंनामा किंनरानुगः य एष गणगीतेषु दत्तकर्णो मुहुर्मुहुः
asau gaṇeśvaro devaḥ kiṃnāmā kiṃnarānugaḥ ya eṣa gaṇagīteṣu dattakarṇo muhurmuhuḥ
That god, lord of the gaṇas, attended by kiṃnaras — what is his name? — he who again and again lends his ear to the songs of the gaṇas?
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MtP 154.545
स एष वीरको देवि सदा मद्धृदयप्रियः नानाश्चर्यगुणाधारो गणेश्वरगणार्चितः
sa eṣa vīrako devi sadā maddhṛdayapriyaḥ nānāścaryaguṇādhāro gaṇeśvaragaṇārcitaḥ
This, O goddess, is Vīraka, ever dear to my heart, the vessel of many wondrous qualities, honoured by the troops of the lords of the gaṇas.
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MtP 154.546
ईदृशस्य सुतस्यास्ति ममोत्कण्ठा पुरान्तक कदाहम् ईदृशं पुत्रं द्रक्ष्याम्यानन्ददायिनम्
īdṛśasya sutasyāsti mamotkaṇṭhā purāntaka kadāham īdṛśaṃ putraṃ drakṣyāmyānandadāyinam
I have a longing for such a son, O destroyer of the (three) cities: when shall I see such a son, a giver of joy?
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MtP 154.547
एष एव सुतस्ते ऽस्तु नयनानन्दहेतुकः त्वया मात्रा कृतार्थो ऽस्तु वीरको ऽपि सुमध्यमे
eṣa eva sutaste 'stu nayanānandahetukaḥ tvayā mātrā kṛtārtho 'stu vīrako 'pi sumadhyame
Let this very one be your son, a cause of delight to the eyes; let Vīraka too, O slender-waisted one, have his purpose fulfilled through you as mother.
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MtP 154.548
इत्युक्ता प्रेषयामास विजयां हर्षणोत्सुका वीरकानयनायाशु दुहिता हिमभूभृतः
ityuktā preṣayāmāsa vijayāṃ harṣaṇotsukā vīrakānayanāyāśu duhitā himabhūbhṛtaḥ
Thus addressed, the daughter of the snow-mountain, eager with joy, sent Vijayā at once to bring Vīraka.
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MtP 154.549
सावरुह्य त्वरायुक्ता प्रासादादम्बरस्पृशः विजयोवाच गणपं गणमध्ये प्रवर्तिता
sāvaruhya tvarāyuktā prāsādādambaraspṛśaḥ vijayovāca gaṇapaṃ gaṇamadhye pravartitā
She, in haste, descended from the sky-touching palace, and Vijayā, having made her way into the midst of the gaṇas, spoke to the gaṇa-chief:
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MtP 154.550
एहि वीरक चापल्यात् त्वया देवः प्रकोपितः किमुत्तरं वदत्यर्थे नृत्यरङ्गे तु शैलजा
ehi vīraka cāpalyāt tvayā devaḥ prakopitaḥ kimuttaraṃ vadatyarthe nṛtyaraṅge tu śailajā
"Come, Vīraka! By your restlessness the god has been provoked. What answer does the mountain's daughter give in the matter, there in the dancing-arena?"
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MtP 154.551
इत्युक्तस्त्यक्तपाषाणशकलो मार्जिताननः आहूतस्तु तयोद्भूतमूलप्रस्तावशंसकः
ityuktastyaktapāṣāṇaśakalo mārjitānanaḥ āhūtastu tayodbhūtamūlaprastāvaśaṃsakaḥ
So addressed, he threw away the stone chips and wiped his face; and being summoned by her, he recited the opening prelude that had arisen (from the theme).
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MtP 154.552
देव्याः समीपमागच्छद् विजयानुगुप्तः शनैः प्रासादशिखरात्फुल्लरक्ताम्बुजनिभद्युतिः
devyāḥ samīpamāgacchad vijayānuguptaḥ śanaiḥ prāsādaśikharātphullaraktāmbujanibhadyutiḥ
Kept close by Vijayā, he came slowly into the goddess's presence, his radiance like a full-blown red lotus from the palace's summit.
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MtP 154.553
तं दृष्ट्वा प्रस्रुतानल्पस्वादुक्षीरपयोधरा गिरिजोवाच सस्नेहं गिरा मधुरवर्णया
taṃ dṛṣṭvā prasrutānalpasvādukṣīrapayodharā girijovāca sasnehaṃ girā madhuravarṇayā
Seeing him, the mountain-born one, her breasts flowing with abundant sweet milk, spoke affectionately in a voice of sweet tones.
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MtP 154.576
क्षणं सिंहनादाकुले गण्डशैले सृजद्रत्नजाले बृहत्सालताले क्षणं फुल्लनानातमालालिकाले क्षणं वृक्षमूले विलोलो मराले
kṣaṇaṃ siṃhanādākule gaṇḍaśaile sṛjadratnajāle bṛhatsālatāle kṣaṇaṃ phullanānātamālālikāle kṣaṇaṃ vṛkṣamūle vilolo marāle
For a moment on a crag loud with lions' roars, shedding a network of jewels; on a great sāl and palm tree; for a moment in the bee-time of the many blossoming tamāla trees; for a moment at the foot of a tree, restless among the flamingos —
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MtP 154.577
क्षणे स्वल्पपङ्के जले पङ्कजाढ्ये क्षणं मातुरङ्के शुभे निष्कलङ्के परिक्रीडते बाललीलाविहारी गणेशाधिपो देवतानन्दकारी निकुञ्जेषु विद्याधरैर्गीतशीलः पिनाकीव लीलाविलासैः सलीलः
kṣaṇe svalpapaṅke jale paṅkajāḍhye kṣaṇaṃ māturaṅke śubhe niṣkalaṅke parikrīḍate bālalīlāvihārī gaṇeśādhipo devatānandakārī nikuñjeṣu vidyādharairgītaśīlaḥ pinākīva līlāvilāsaiḥ salīlaḥ
— for a moment in water rich with lotuses and with little mud, for a moment in his mother's lap, auspicious and spotless: so plays the lord of the gaṇa-chiefs, sporting in childish play, giving joy to the gods, sung of by the Vidyādharas in the thickets, playful with sportive dalliance like the bearer of the Pināka himself.
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MtP 154.578
प्रकाश्य भुवनाभोगी ततो दिनकरे गते देशान्तरं तदा पश्चाद् दूरमस्तावनीधरम्
prakāśya bhuvanābhogī tato dinakare gate deśāntaraṃ tadā paścād dūramastāvanīdharam
Then, when the all-encompassing sun, having lit up the world, had gone to another region, thereafter the far western mountain (came into view) behind.
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MtP 154.579
उदयास्ते पुरोभावी यो हि चास्ते ऽवनीधरः मित्रत्वमस्य सुदृढं हृदये परिचिन्त्यताम्
udayāste purobhāvī yo hi cāste 'vanīdharaḥ mitratvamasya sudṛḍhaṃ hṛdaye paricintyatām
The mountain that stands present before (him) at his rising and setting — let its firm friendship (with the sun) be pondered in the heart.
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MtP 154.580
नित्यमाराधितः श्रीमान् पृथुमूलः समुन्नतः नाकरोत्सेवितुं मेरुर् उपहारं पतिष्यतः
nityamārādhitaḥ śrīmān pṛthumūlaḥ samunnataḥ nākarotsevituṃ merur upahāraṃ patiṣyataḥ
Meru, glorious, broad of base, lofty, though always worshipped, did not make an offering to serve him who was about to set.
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MtP 154.581
जले ऽप्येषा व्यवस्थेति संशयेताखिलं बुधः दिनान्तानुगतो भानुः स्वजनत्वमपूरयत्
jale 'pyeṣā vyavastheti saṃśayetākhilaṃ budhaḥ dināntānugato bhānuḥ svajanatvamapūrayat
"Is this rule the same even in water?" — thus might a wise man doubt everything; (yet) the sun, going along with the day's end, fulfilled his kinship.
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MtP 154.582
संध्याबद्धाञ्जलिपुटा मुनयो ऽभिमुखा रविम् याचन्त्यागमनं शीघ्रं निवार्यात्मनि भाविताम्
saṃdhyābaddhāñjalipuṭā munayo 'bhimukhā ravim yācantyāgamanaṃ śīghraṃ nivāryātmani bhāvitām
At twilight the sages, with hollowed palms joined, facing the sun, beg for his swift return, checking within themselves the thought (of loss).
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MtP 154.583
व्यजृम्भत तथा लोके क्रमाद्वैभावरं तमः कुटिलस्येव हृदये कालुष्यं दूषयन्मनः
vyajṛmbhata tathā loke kramādvaibhāvaraṃ tamaḥ kuṭilasyeva hṛdaye kāluṣyaṃ dūṣayanmanaḥ
Then in the world the darkness of night gradually spread out, defiling the mind, like the foulness in a crooked man's heart.
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MtP 154.584
ज्वलत्फणिफणारत्नदीपोद्द्योतितभित्तिके शयनं शशिसंघातशुभ्रवस्त्रोत्तरच्छदम्
jvalatphaṇiphaṇāratnadīpoddyotitabhittike śayanaṃ śaśisaṃghātaśubhravastrottaracchadam
In (the chamber) whose walls were lit up by the jewel-lamps of the flaming serpents' hoods, (there was) a couch whose upper covering was cloth as white as a mass of moons,
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MtP 154.585
नानारत्नद्युतिलसच्छक्रचापविडम्बकम् रत्नकिङ्किणिकाजालं लम्बमुक्ताकलापकम्
nānāratnadyutilasacchakracāpaviḍambakam ratnakiṅkiṇikājālaṃ lambamuktākalāpakam
(a couch) mimicking a rainbow with the flashing radiance of manifold jewels, netted with little jewelled bells, with hanging clusters of pearls,
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MtP 154.586
कमनीयचलल्लोलवितानाच्छादिताम्बरम् मन्दिरे मन्दसंचारः शनैर्गिरिसुतायुतः
kamanīyacalallolavitānācchāditāmbaram mandire mandasaṃcāraḥ śanairgirisutāyutaḥ
its sky (i.e. canopy) covered over with a lovely, swaying, restless awning — in the palace he moved slowly, going gently along with the mountain's daughter,
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MtP 154.587
तस्थौ गिरिसुताबाहुलतामीलितकंधरः शशिमौलिसितज्योत्स्ना शुचिपूरितगोचरः
tasthau girisutābāhulatāmīlitakaṃdharaḥ śaśimaulisitajyotsnā śucipūritagocaraḥ
and he stood, his neck encircled by the creeper-arm of the mountain's daughter, the field (of vision) around him filled with the pure white moonlight of the moon on his crest.
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MtP 154.588
गिरिजाप्यसितापङ्गी नीलोत्पलदलच्छविः विभावर्या च संपृक्ता बभूवातितमोमयी तमुवाच ततो देवः क्रीडाकेलिकलायुतम्
girijāpyasitāpaṅgī nīlotpaladalacchaviḥ vibhāvaryā ca saṃpṛktā babhūvātitamomayī tamuvāca tato devaḥ krīḍākelikalāyutam
And the mountain-born one too, with dark eye-corners, with the sheen of a blue lotus petal, joined with the night, became wholly made of darkness. Then the god spoke to her, who was engaged in playful sport and dalliance:
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