Matsya Purana — Chapter 47
MtP 47.1
अथ देवो महादेवः पूर्वं कृष्णः प्रजापतिः विहारार्थं स देवेशो मानुषेष्विह जयते
atha devo mahādevaḥ pūrvaṃ kṛṣṇaḥ prajāpatiḥ vihārārthaṃ sa deveśo mānuṣeṣviha jayate
Now the god, the great god, who formerly was Kṛṣṇa, the lord of creatures, that lord of the gods is born here among men for the sake of (his) play.
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MtP 47.2
देवक्यां वसुदेवस्य तपसा पुष्करेक्षणः चतुर्बाहुस्तदा जातो दिव्यरूपो ज्वलञ्श्रिया
devakyāṃ vasudevasya tapasā puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ caturbāhustadā jāto divyarūpo jvalañśriyā
By the ascetic power of Vasudeva, the lotus-eyed one was then born of Devakī, four-armed, of divine form, blazing with splendour.
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MtP 47.3
श्रीवत्सलक्षणं देवं दृष्ट्वा दिव्यैश्च लक्षणैः उवाच वसुदेवस्तं रूपं संहर वै प्रभो
śrīvatsalakṣaṇaṃ devaṃ dṛṣṭvā divyaiśca lakṣaṇaiḥ uvāca vasudevastaṃ rūpaṃ saṃhara vai prabho
Seeing the god marked with the śrīvatsa and with divine marks, Vasudeva said to him: "Withdraw this form, O lord.
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MtP 47.4
भीतो ऽहं देव कंसस्य ततस्त्वेतद्ब्रवीमि ते मम पुत्रा हतास्तेन ज्येष्ठास्ते भीमविक्रमाः
bhīto 'haṃ deva kaṃsasya tatastvetadbravīmi te mama putrā hatāstena jyeṣṭhāste bhīmavikramāḥ
I am afraid of Kaṃsa, O god; therefore I say this to you. My elder sons, of terrible valour, were killed by him."
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MtP 47.5
वसुदेववचः श्रुत्वा रूपं संहरते ऽच्युतः अनुज्ञाप्य ततः शौरिं नन्दगोपगृहे ऽनयत्
vasudevavacaḥ śrutvā rūpaṃ saṃharate 'cyutaḥ anujñāpya tataḥ śauriṃ nandagopagṛhe 'nayat
Hearing Vasudeva's words, the Imperishable One withdrew the form; then, having taken leave of Śauri (Vasudeva), he was carried to the house of Nanda the cowherd.
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MtP 47.6
दत्त्वैनं नन्दगोपस्य रक्ष्यतामिति चाब्रवीत् अतस्तु सर्वकल्याणं यादवानां भविष्यति अयं तु गर्भो देवक्यां जातः कंसं हनिष्यति
dattvainaṃ nandagopasya rakṣyatāmiti cābravīt atastu sarvakalyāṇaṃ yādavānāṃ bhaviṣyati ayaṃ tu garbho devakyāṃ jātaḥ kaṃsaṃ haniṣyati
Giving him to Nanda the cowherd, he said, "Let him be guarded"; from this all good fortune will come to the Yādavas; but this (other) embryo, born of Devakī, will kill Kaṃsa.
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MtP 47.7
क एष वसुदेवस्तु देवकी च यशस्विनी नन्दगोपश्च कस्त्वेष यशोदा च महाव्रता
ka eṣa vasudevastu devakī ca yaśasvinī nandagopaśca kastveṣa yaśodā ca mahāvratā
But who is this Vasudeva, and the illustrious Devakī, and who is this Nanda the cowherd, and Yaśodā of great vows?
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MtP 47.8
यो विष्णुं जनयामास यं च तातेत्यभाषत या गर्भं जनयामास या चैनं त्व् अभ्यवर्धयत्
yo viṣṇuṃ janayāmāsa yaṃ ca tātetyabhāṣata yā garbhaṃ janayāmāsa yā cainaṃ tv abhyavardhayat
He who begot Viṣṇu, and whom (Viṣṇu) addressed as "father"; she who bore the embryo, and she who reared him?
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MtP 47.9
पुरुषः कश्यपस्त्वासीद् अदितिस्तु प्रिया स्मृता ब्रह्मणः कश्यपस्त्वंशः पृथिव्यास्त्वदितिस्तथा
puruṣaḥ kaśyapastvāsīd aditistu priyā smṛtā brahmaṇaḥ kaśyapastvaṃśaḥ pṛthivyāstvaditistathā
The man was Kaśyapa, and Aditi is remembered as (his) beloved; Kaśyapa is a portion of Brahmā, and Aditi likewise of the Earth.
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MtP 47.10
अथ कामान्महाबाहुर् देवक्याः समपूरयत् ये तया काङ्क्षिता नित्यम् अजातस्य महात्मनः
atha kāmānmahābāhur devakyāḥ samapūrayat ye tayā kāṅkṣitā nityam ajātasya mahātmanaḥ
Then the mighty-armed one fulfilled the desires of Devakī, those which she had always longed for from the unborn great one.
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MtP 47.11
सो ऽवतीर्णो महीं देवः प्रविष्टो मानुषीं तनुम् मोहयन्सर्वभूतानि योगात्मा योगमायया
so 'vatīrṇo mahīṃ devaḥ praviṣṭo mānuṣīṃ tanum mohayansarvabhūtāni yogātmā yogamāyayā
That god, descended to the earth, entered a human body, bewildering all beings, he whose self is yoga, by his yoga-māyā.
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MtP 47.12
नष्टे धर्मे तथा जज्ञे विष्णुर्वृष्णिकुले प्रभुः कर्तुं धर्मस्य संस्थानम् असुराणां प्रणाशनम्
naṣṭe dharme tathā jajñe viṣṇurvṛṣṇikule prabhuḥ kartuṃ dharmasya saṃsthānam asurāṇāṃ praṇāśanam
Thus, when dharma had perished, the lord Viṣṇu was born in the family of the Vṛṣṇis, to establish dharma and to destroy the asuras.
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MtP 47.13
रुक्मिणी सत्यभामा च सत्या नाग्नजिती तथा सुभामा च तथा शैब्या गान्धारी लक्ष्मणा तथा
rukmiṇī satyabhāmā ca satyā nāgnajitī tathā subhāmā ca tathā śaibyā gāndhārī lakṣmaṇā tathā
Rukmiṇī, Satyabhāmā, and Satyā the daughter of Nagnajit, and Subhāmā, and Śaibyā, Gāndhārī, and Lakṣmaṇā,
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MtP 47.14
मित्रविन्दा च कालिन्दी देवी जाम्बवती तथा सुशीला च तथा माद्री कौशल्या विजया तथा एवमादीनि देवीनां सहस्राणि च षोडश
mitravindā ca kālindī devī jāmbavatī tathā suśīlā ca tathā mādrī kauśalyā vijayā tathā evamādīni devīnāṃ sahasrāṇi ca ṣoḍaśa
and Mitravindā and Kālindī, and queen Jāmbavatī, and Suśīlā, and Mādrī, Kauśalyā and Vijayā — these and such were the sixteen thousand queens.
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MtP 47.15
रुक्मिणी जनयामास पुत्रान्रणविशारदान् चारुदेष्णं रणे शूरं प्रद्युम्नं च महाबलम्
rukmiṇī janayāmāsa putrānraṇaviśāradān cārudeṣṇaṃ raṇe śūraṃ pradyumnaṃ ca mahābalam
Rukmiṇī bore sons skilled in battle: Cārudeṣṇa, a hero in war, and Pradyumna of great strength,
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MtP 47.16
सुचारुं भद्रचारुं च सुदेष्णं भद्रमेव च परशुं चारुगुप्तं च चारुभद्रं सुचारुकम् चारुहासं कनिष्ठं च कन्यां चारुमतीं तथा
sucāruṃ bhadracāruṃ ca sudeṣṇaṃ bhadrameva ca paraśuṃ cāruguptaṃ ca cārubhadraṃ sucārukam cāruhāsaṃ kaniṣṭhaṃ ca kanyāṃ cārumatīṃ tathā
Sucāru and Bhadracāru, and Sudeṣṇa, and Bhadra, and Paraśu and Cārugupta and Cārubhadra, Sucāruka, and Cāruhāsa the youngest, and a daughter, Cārumatī.
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MtP 47.17
जज्ञिरे सत्यभामायां भानुर्भ्रमरतेक्षणः रोहितो दीप्तिमांश्चैव ताम्रश् चक्रो जलंधमः
jajñire satyabhāmāyāṃ bhānurbhramaratekṣaṇaḥ rohito dīptimāṃścaiva tāmraś cakro jalaṃdhamaḥ
Of Satyabhāmā were born Bhānu, Bhramara, Ateksaṇa (?), Rohita and Dīptimān, Tāmra, Cakra, Jalaṃdhama.
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MtP 47.18
चतस्रो जज्ञिरे तेषां स्वसारस्तु यवीयसीः जाम्बवत्याः सुतो जज्ञे साम्बः समितिशोभनः
catasro jajñire teṣāṃ svasārastu yavīyasīḥ jāmbavatyāḥ suto jajñe sāmbaḥ samitiśobhanaḥ
Four sisters, younger than they, were born; of Jāmbavatī was born the son Sāmba, splendid in assembly (or: in battle).
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MtP 47.19
मित्रवान्मित्रविन्दश्च मित्रविन्दा वराङ्गना मित्रबाहुः सुनीथश्च नाग्नजित्याः प्रजा हि सा
mitravānmitravindaśca mitravindā varāṅganā mitrabāhuḥ sunīthaśca nāgnajityāḥ prajā hi sā
Mitravān and Mitravinda, and Mitravindā the fair-limbed woman, Mitrabāhu and Sunītha — that was the offspring of Nāgnajitī.
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MtP 47.20
एवमादीनि पुत्राणां सहस्राणि निबोधत शतं शतसहस्राणां पुत्राणां तस्य धीमतः
evamādīni putrāṇāṃ sahasrāṇi nibodhata śataṃ śatasahasrāṇāṃ putrāṇāṃ tasya dhīmataḥ
Learn that the thousands of (his) sons began thus: a hundred hundred-thousands of sons had that wise one.
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MtP 47.21
अशीतिश्च सहस्राणि वासुदेवसुतास्तथा लक्षमेकं तथा प्रोक्तं पुत्राणां च द्विजोत्तमाः
aśītiśca sahasrāṇi vāsudevasutāstathā lakṣamekaṃ tathā proktaṃ putrāṇāṃ ca dvijottamāḥ
And eighty thousand were the sons of Vāsudeva; and thus one lakh of sons is declared, O best of the twice-born.
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MtP 47.22
उपसङ्गस्य तु सुतौ वज्रः संक्षिप्त एव च भूरीन्द्रसेनो भूरिश्च गवेषणसुताव् उभौ
upasaṅgasya tu sutau vajraḥ saṃkṣipta eva ca bhūrīndraseno bhūriśca gaveṣaṇasutāv ubhau
But Upasaṅga's two sons were Vajra and Saṃkṣipta; Bhūrīndrasena and Bhūri were both sons of Gaveṣaṇa.
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MtP 47.23
प्रद्युम्नस्य तु दायादो वैदर्भ्यां बुद्धिसत्तमः अनिरुद्धो रणे ऽरुद्धो जज्ञे ऽस्य मृगकेतनः
pradyumnasya tu dāyādo vaidarbhyāṃ buddhisattamaḥ aniruddho raṇe 'ruddho jajñe 'sya mṛgaketanaḥ
But Pradyumna's heir by the Vidarbha princess was the most excellent in wisdom, Aniruddha, unchecked in battle; to him was born (a son) whose emblem was the deer.
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MtP 47.24
काश्या सुपार्श्वतनया साम्बाल्लेभे तरस्विनः सत्यप्रकृतयो देवाः पञ्च वीराः प्रकीर्तिताः
kāśyā supārśvatanayā sāmbāllebhe tarasvinaḥ satyaprakṛtayo devāḥ pañca vīrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
From vigorous Sāmba the Kāśī woman, daughter of Supārśva, obtained five heroes, gods by nature truthful, so they are proclaimed.
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MtP 47.25
तिस्रः कोट्यः प्रवीराणां यादवानां महात्मनाम् षष्टिः शतसहस्राणि वीर्यवन्तो महाबलाः
tisraḥ koṭyaḥ pravīrāṇāṃ yādavānāṃ mahātmanām ṣaṣṭiḥ śatasahasrāṇi vīryavanto mahābalāḥ
Three crores of great-souled Yādava champions, and sixty hundred-thousands, valorous and of great strength.
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MtP 47.26
देवांशाः सर्व एवेह ह्य् उत्पन्नास्ते महौजसः देवासुरे हता ये च त्व् असुरा ये महाबलाः
devāṃśāḥ sarva eveha hy utpannāste mahaujasaḥ devāsure hatā ye ca tv asurā ye mahābalāḥ
All of them, of great vigour, were born here as portions of the gods; and those asuras of great strength who were slain in the war of gods and asuras —
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MtP 47.27
इहोत्पन्ना मनुष्येषु बाधन्ते सर्वमानवान् तेषामुत्सादनार्थाय उत्पन्नो यादवे कुले
ihotpannā manuṣyeṣu bādhante sarvamānavān teṣāmutsādanārthāya utpanno yādave kule
born here among men, they oppress all mankind; for the sake of destroying them (Viṣṇu) was born in the Yādava line.
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MtP 47.28
कुलानां शतमेकं च यादवानां महात्मनाम् सर्वमेतत्कुलं यावद् वर्तते वैष्णवे कुले
kulānāṃ śatamekaṃ ca yādavānāṃ mahātmanām sarvametatkulaṃ yāvad vartate vaiṣṇave kule
And there is one hundred of the lineages of the great-souled Yādavas; all this lineage, as far as it extends, proceeds within the line of Viṣṇu.
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MtP 47.29
विष्णुस्तेषां प्रणेता च प्रभुत्वे च व्यवस्थितः निदेशस्थायिनस्तस्य कथ्यन्ते सर्वयादवाः
viṣṇusteṣāṃ praṇetā ca prabhutve ca vyavasthitaḥ nideśasthāyinastasya kathyante sarvayādavāḥ
Viṣṇu is their leader and is established in lordship; all the Yādavas are said to abide by his direction.
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MtP 47.30
सप्तर्षयः कुबेरश्च यक्षो माणिचरस्तथा शालकिर् नारदश्चैव सिद्धो धन्वन्तरिस्तथा
saptarṣayaḥ kuberaśca yakṣo māṇicarastathā śālakir nāradaścaiva siddho dhanvantaristathā
The seven sages, and Kubera, and the yakṣa Māṇicara, and Śālaki, and Nārada, and the siddha Dhanvantari,
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MtP 47.31
आदिदेवस्तथा विष्णुर् एभिस्तु सह दैवतः किमर्थं संघशो भूताः स्मृताः सम्भूतयः कति
ādidevastathā viṣṇur ebhistu saha daivataḥ kimarthaṃ saṃghaśo bhūtāḥ smṛtāḥ sambhūtayaḥ kati
and the primal god Viṣṇu together with these as his divine (company) — for what purpose have they come to be in a body, and how many births of them are recorded?
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MtP 47.32
भविष्याः कति चैवान्ये प्रादुर्भावा महात्मनः ब्रह्मक्षत्रेषु शान्तेषु किमर्थमिह जायते
bhaviṣyāḥ kati caivānye prādurbhāvā mahātmanaḥ brahmakṣatreṣu śānteṣu kimarthamiha jāyate
And how many other future manifestations of the great-souled one (will there be)? When brahmins and kṣatriyas are at peace, for what purpose is he born here?
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MtP 47.33
यदर्थमिह सम्भूतो विष्णुर्वृष्ण्यन्धकोत्तमः पुनः पुनर्मनुष्येषु तन्नः प्रब्रूहि पृच्छताम्
yadarthamiha sambhūto viṣṇurvṛṣṇyandhakottamaḥ punaḥ punarmanuṣyeṣu tannaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām
For what purpose Viṣṇu, foremost of the Vṛṣṇis and Andhakas, has come to be here again and again among men — tell us that, who ask.
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MtP 47.34
त्यक्त्वा दिव्यां तनुं विष्णुर् मानुषेष्विह जायते युगे त्व् अथ परावृत्ते काले प्रशिथिले प्रभुः
tyaktvā divyāṃ tanuṃ viṣṇur mānuṣeṣviha jāyate yuge tv atha parāvṛtte kāle praśithile prabhuḥ
Abandoning his divine body, Viṣṇu the lord is born here among men when the age has turned about and time has grown slack.
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MtP 47.35
देवासुरविमर्देषु जायते हरिरीश्वरः हिरण्यकशिपौ दैत्ये त्रैलोक्यं प्राक्प्रशासति
devāsuravimardeṣu jāyate harirīśvaraḥ hiraṇyakaśipau daitye trailokyaṃ prākpraśāsati
Hari the lord is born in the crushings of gods and asuras: when the daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu formerly ruled the three worlds,
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MtP 47.36
बलिनाधिष्ठिते चैव पुरा लोकत्रये क्रमात् सख्यमासीत्परमकं देवानामसुरैः सह
balinādhiṣṭhite caiva purā lokatraye kramāt sakhyamāsītparamakaṃ devānāmasuraiḥ saha
and when in olden times the three worlds were occupied in turn by Bali, there was the highest friendship of the gods with the asuras.
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MtP 47.37
युगाख्यासुरसम्पूर्णं ह्य् आसीद् अत्याकुलं जगत् निदेशस्थायिनश्चापि तयोर्देवासुराः समम्
yugākhyāsurasampūrṇaṃ hy āsīd atyākulaṃ jagat nideśasthāyinaścāpi tayordevāsurāḥ samam
For the world was filled with asuras named after the age and was utterly disordered; and gods and asuras alike abode under the command of those two.
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MtP 47.38
मृधो बलिविमर्दाय सम्प्रवृद्धः सुदारुणः देवानामसुराणां च घोरः क्षयकरो महान्
mṛdho balivimardāya sampravṛddhaḥ sudāruṇaḥ devānāmasurāṇāṃ ca ghoraḥ kṣayakaro mahān
A battle, very terrible, grew up for the crushing of Bali, dreadful and greatly destructive of gods and asuras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.39
कर्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थानं जायते मानुषेष्विह भृगोः शापनिमित्तं तु देवासुरकृते तदा
kartuṃ dharmavyavasthānaṃ jāyate mānuṣeṣviha bhṛgoḥ śāpanimittaṃ tu devāsurakṛte tadā
To establish the ordering of dharma, (he) is born here among men; but the curse of Bhṛgu was the cause, in the affair of the gods and the asuras, at that time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.40
कथं देवासुरकृते व्यापारं प्राप्तवान्स्वतः देवासुरं यथा वृत्तं तन्नः प्रब्रूहि पृच्छताम्
kathaṃ devāsurakṛte vyāpāraṃ prāptavānsvataḥ devāsuraṃ yathā vṛttaṃ tannaḥ prabrūhi pṛcchatām
How did (he) of himself come to be engaged in the affair of the gods and asuras? Tell us, who ask, how the (war of the) gods and asuras came about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.41
तेषां दायनिमित्तं ते संग्रामास्तु सुदारुणाः वराहाद्या दश द्वौ च शण्डामर्कान्तरे स्मृताः
teṣāṃ dāyanimittaṃ te saṃgrāmāstu sudāruṇāḥ varāhādyā daśa dvau ca śaṇḍāmarkāntare smṛtāḥ
For the sake of their inheritance those battles were exceedingly terrible; twelve of them, beginning with the Boar (war), are recorded, with the Śaṇḍa-and-Marka (war) as the last.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.42
नामतस्तु समासेन शृणुतैषां विवक्षतः प्रथमो नारसिंहस्तु द्वितीयश्चापि वामनः
nāmatastu samāsena śṛṇutaiṣāṃ vivakṣataḥ prathamo nārasiṃhastu dvitīyaścāpi vāmanaḥ
Hear them briefly by name, as (I) wish to declare them: the first is that of the Man-Lion, and the second that of the Dwarf,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.43
तृतीयस्तु वराहश्च चतुर्थो ऽमृतमन्थनः संग्रामः पञ्चमश्चैव संजातस्तारकामयः
tṛtīyastu varāhaśca caturtho 'mṛtamanthanaḥ saṃgrāmaḥ pañcamaścaiva saṃjātastārakāmayaḥ
the third the Boar, the fourth the churning of the nectar, and the fifth battle that arose was the one concerning Tāraka,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.44
षष्ठो ह्य् आडीबकाख्यस्तु सप्तमस्त्रैपुरस्तथा अन्धकाख्यो ऽष्टमस्तेषां नवमो वृत्रघातकः
ṣaṣṭho hy āḍībakākhyastu saptamastraipurastathā andhakākhyo 'ṣṭamasteṣāṃ navamo vṛtraghātakaḥ
the sixth is the one called Āḍībaka, and the seventh that of Tripura; the eighth of them is called Andhaka, the ninth the slaying of Vṛtra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.45
धात्रश्च दशमश्चैव ततो हालाहलः स्मृतः प्रथितो द्वादशस्तेषां घोरः कोलाहलस्तथा
dhātraśca daśamaścaiva tato hālāhalaḥ smṛtaḥ prathito dvādaśasteṣāṃ ghoraḥ kolāhalastathā
and the tenth is that of Dhātṛ; thereafter Hālāhala is recorded; and the twelfth of them, renowned and dreadful, is Kolāhala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.46
हिरण्यकशिपुर् दैत्यो नारसिंहेन पातितः वामनेन बलिर् बद्धस् त्रैलोक्याक्रमणे पुरा
hiraṇyakaśipur daityo nārasiṃhena pātitaḥ vāmanena balir baddhas trailokyākramaṇe purā
The Daitya Hiraṇyakaśipu was struck down by the Man-Lion; Bali was bound by the Dwarf of old, when he was overrunning the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.47
हिरण्याक्षो हतो द्वंद्वे प्रतिघाते तु दैवतैः दंष्ट्रया तु वराहेण समुद्रस्तु द्विधा कृतः
hiraṇyākṣo hato dvaṃdve pratighāte tu daivataiḥ daṃṣṭrayā tu varāheṇa samudrastu dvidhā kṛtaḥ
Hiraṇyākṣa was slain in single combat, in the counter-attack by the gods; and by the Boar with his tusk the ocean was made twofold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.48
प्रह्लादो निर्जितो युद्धे इन्द्रेणामृतमन्थने विरोचनस्तु प्राह्लादिर् नित्यम् इन्द्रवधोद्यतः
prahlādo nirjito yuddhe indreṇāmṛtamanthane virocanastu prāhlādir nityam indravadhodyataḥ
Prahlāda was vanquished in the battle by Indra at the churning of the nectar; and Virocana, son of Prahlāda, was ever intent on killing Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.49
इन्द्रेणैव तु विक्रम्य निहतस्तारकामये अशक्नुवन्स देवानां सर्वं सोढुं सदैवतम्
indreṇaiva tu vikramya nihatastārakāmaye aśaknuvansa devānāṃ sarvaṃ soḍhuṃ sadaivatam
But by Indra himself, striding forth, he was slain in the war concerning Tāraka, since he was unable to withstand all (the host) of the gods together with the deities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.50
निहता दानवाः सर्वे त्रैलोक्ये त्र्यम्बकेण तु असुराश्च पिशाचाश्च दानवाश्चान्धकाहवे
nihatā dānavāḥ sarve trailokye tryambakeṇa tu asurāśca piśācāśca dānavāścāndhakāhave
All the Dānavas in the three worlds were slain by the Three-Eyed One; and asuras and piśācas and dānavas (were slain) in the Andhaka battle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.51
हता देवमनुष्ये स्वे पितृभिश्चैव सर्वशः संपृक्तो दानवैर्वृत्रो घोरो हालाहले हतः
hatā devamanuṣye sve pitṛbhiścaiva sarvaśaḥ saṃpṛkto dānavairvṛtro ghoro hālāhale hataḥ
They were slain among gods and men and by the fathers on all sides; Vṛtra, joined with the Dānavas, dreadful, was slain in the Hālāhala (war).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.52
तदा विष्णुसहायेन महेन्द्रेण निवर्तितः हतो ध्वजे महेन्द्रेण मायाच्छन्नस्तु योगवित् ध्वजलक्षणमाविश्य विप्रचित्तिः सहानुजः
tadā viṣṇusahāyena mahendreṇa nivartitaḥ hato dhvaje mahendreṇa māyācchannastu yogavit dhvajalakṣaṇamāviśya vipracittiḥ sahānujaḥ
Then he was turned back by great Indra with Viṣṇu as his helper; and Vipracitti, knower of yoga, veiled by magic, together with his younger brother, having entered into the form of a banner, was slain by great Indra at the banner.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.53
दैत्यांश्च दानवांश्चैव संयतान्किल संयुतान् जयन्कोलाहले सर्वान् देवैः परिवृतो वृषा
daityāṃśca dānavāṃścaiva saṃyatānkila saṃyutān jayankolāhale sarvān devaiḥ parivṛto vṛṣā
Surrounded by the gods, the Bull (Śiva) conquering in the Kolāhala (war) all the Daityas and Dānavas, restrained and assembled—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.54
यज्ञस्यावभृथे दृश्यौ शण्डामर्कौ तु दैवतैः एते देवासुरे वृत्ताः संग्रामा द्वादशैव तु
yajñasyāvabhṛthe dṛśyau śaṇḍāmarkau tu daivataiḥ ete devāsure vṛttāḥ saṃgrāmā dvādaśaiva tu
and Śaṇḍa and Marka were seen by the gods at the final ablution of the sacrifice. These twelve battles took place between gods and asuras,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.55
देवासुरक्षयकराः प्रजानां तु हिताय वै हिरण्यकशिपू राजा वर्षाणामर्बुदं बभौ
devāsurakṣayakarāḥ prajānāṃ tu hitāya vai hiraṇyakaśipū rājā varṣāṇāmarbudaṃ babhau
causing the destruction of gods and asuras, but for the welfare of created beings. King Hiraṇyakaśipu flourished for a hundred million years,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.56
द्विसप्तति तथान्यानि नियुतान्यधिकानि च अशीतिं च सहस्राणि त्रैलोक्यैश्वर्यतां गतः
dvisaptati tathānyāni niyutānyadhikāni ca aśītiṃ ca sahasrāṇi trailokyaiśvaryatāṃ gataḥ
and seventy-two more lakhs besides, and eighty thousand, having attained the lordship of the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.57
पर्यायेण नु राजाभूद् बलिर्वर्षायुतं पुनः षष्टिवर्षसहस्राणि नियुतानि च विंशतिः
paryāyeṇa nu rājābhūd balirvarṣāyutaṃ punaḥ ṣaṣṭivarṣasahasrāṇi niyutāni ca viṃśatiḥ
Then Bali in turn was king for ten thousand years again, (and) sixty thousand years and twenty lakhs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.58
बले राज्याधिकारस्तु यावत्कालं बभूव ह तावत्कालं तु प्रह्लादो निवृत्तो ह्य् असुरैः सह
bale rājyādhikārastu yāvatkālaṃ babhūva ha tāvatkālaṃ tu prahlādo nivṛtto hy asuraiḥ saha
For as long a time as Bali held authority over the kingdom, for just that long Prahlāda, together with the asuras, was in retirement.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.59
इन्द्रास्त्रयस्ते विज्ञेया असुराणां महौजसः दैत्यसंस्थमिदं सर्वम् आसीद्दशयुगं पुनः
indrāstrayaste vijñeyā asurāṇāṃ mahaujasaḥ daityasaṃsthamidaṃ sarvam āsīddaśayugaṃ punaḥ
Those three are to be known as Indras of the asuras of great might; this whole (world) rested with the Daityas — again for ten yugas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.60
त्रैलोक्यमिदमव्यग्रं महेन्द्रेणानुपाल्यते असपत्नमिदं सर्वम् आसीद्दशयुगं पुनः
trailokyamidamavyagraṃ mahendreṇānupālyate asapatnamidaṃ sarvam āsīddaśayugaṃ punaḥ
This triple world is guarded undisturbed by great Indra; this whole (world) was without a rival — again for ten yugas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.61
प्रह्लादस्य हते तस्मिंस् त्रैलोक्ये कालपर्ययात् पर्यायेण तु सम्प्राप्ते त्रैलोक्यं पाकशासने ततो ऽसुरान्परित्यज्य शुक्रो देवानगच्छत
prahlādasya hate tasmiṃs trailokye kālaparyayāt paryāyeṇa tu samprāpte trailokyaṃ pākaśāsane tato 'surānparityajya śukro devānagacchata
When that triple world of Prahlāda was destroyed by the turning of time, and the triple world had come by rotation to the Chastiser of Pāka (Indra), then Śukra abandoned the asuras and went to the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.62
यज्ञे देवानथ गतं दितिजाः काव्यमाह्वयन् किं त्वं नो मिषतां राज्यं त्यक्त्वा यज्ञं पुनर्गतः
yajñe devānatha gataṃ ditijāḥ kāvyamāhvayan kiṃ tvaṃ no miṣatāṃ rājyaṃ tyaktvā yajñaṃ punargataḥ
Then, when he had gone to the gods at a sacrifice, the sons of Diti called out to Kāvya (Śukra): "Why have you abandoned the kingdom, while we look on, and gone again to a sacrifice?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.63
स्थातुं न शक्नुमो ह्य् अत्र प्रविशामो रसातलम् एवमुक्तो ऽब्रवीद्दैत्यान् विषण्णान्सान्त्वयन्गिरा
sthātuṃ na śaknumo hy atra praviśāmo rasātalam evamukto 'bravīddaityān viṣaṇṇānsāntvayangirā
"We cannot remain here; we shall enter Rasātala." Addressed thus, he spoke to the dejected Daityas, comforting them with speech:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.64
मा भैष्ट धारयिष्यामि तेजसा स्वेन वो ऽसुराः मन्त्राश्चौषधयश्चैव रसा वसु च यत्परम्
mā bhaiṣṭa dhārayiṣyāmi tejasā svena vo 'surāḥ mantrāścauṣadhayaścaiva rasā vasu ca yatparam
"Do not be afraid; I shall sustain you by my own power, O asuras — the mantras, the herbs, the saps, and whatever wealth is highest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.65
कृत्स्नानि मयि तिष्ठन्ति पादस्तेषां सुरेषु वै तत्सर्वं वः प्रदास्यामि युष्मदर्थे धृता मया
kṛtsnāni mayi tiṣṭhanti pādasteṣāṃ sureṣu vai tatsarvaṃ vaḥ pradāsyāmi yuṣmadarthe dhṛtā mayā
all of these abide in me; a (mere) quarter of them is among the gods. All that I shall give to you; it has been held by me for your sake."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.66
ततो देवास्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा वृतान्काव्येन धीमता संमन्त्रयन्ति देवा वै संविज्ञास्तु जिघृक्षया
tato devāstu tāndṛṣṭvā vṛtānkāvyena dhīmatā saṃmantrayanti devā vai saṃvijñāstu jighṛkṣayā
Then the gods, seeing them chosen (protected) by the wise Kāvya, took counsel together — the gods, aware (of this), out of a wish to seize (the three worlds).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.67
काव्यो ह्य् एष इदं सर्वं व्यावर्तयति नो बलात् साधु गच्छामहे तूर्णं यावन्नाध्यापयिष्यति
kāvyo hy eṣa idaṃ sarvaṃ vyāvartayati no balāt sādhu gacchāmahe tūrṇaṃ yāvannādhyāpayiṣyati
"For this Kāvya is turning all this away from us by force. Best that we go quickly, before he instructs (them),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.68
प्रसह्य हत्वा शिष्टांस्तु पातालं प्रापयामहे ततो देवास्तु संरब्धा दानवान् उपसृत्य ह
prasahya hatvā śiṣṭāṃstu pātālaṃ prāpayāmahe tato devāstu saṃrabdhā dānavān upasṛtya ha
and having overpowered and killed (them), let us send the rest to Pātāla." Then the gods, enraged, advanced upon the Dānavas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.69
ततस्ते वध्यमानास्तु काव्यमेवाभिदुद्रुवुः ततः काव्यस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा तूर्णं देवैर् अभिद्रुतान्
tataste vadhyamānāstu kāvyamevābhidudruvuḥ tataḥ kāvyastu tāndṛṣṭvā tūrṇaṃ devair abhidrutān
Then those (asuras), being slain, ran to Kāvya alone; then Kāvya, seeing them swiftly assailed by the gods —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.70
रक्षां काव्येन संहृत्य देवास्ते ऽप्यसुरार्दिताः काव्यं दृष्ट्वा स्थितं देवा निःशङ्कमसुराञ्जहुः
rakṣāṃ kāvyena saṃhṛtya devāste 'pyasurārditāḥ kāvyaṃ dṛṣṭvā sthitaṃ devā niḥśaṅkamasurāñjahuḥ
having drawn together a protection by Kāvya (his spell), the gods too were oppressed by the asuras; (but) seeing Kāvya standing (there), the gods slew the asuras without fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.71
ततः काव्यो ऽनुचिन्त्याथ ब्राह्मणो वचनं हितम् तानुवाच ततः काव्यः पूर्वं वृत्तमनुस्मरन्
tataḥ kāvyo 'nucintyātha brāhmaṇo vacanaṃ hitam tānuvāca tataḥ kāvyaḥ pūrvaṃ vṛttamanusmaran
Then the brahmin Kāvya, having reflected on beneficial speech, spoke to them, recalling what had happened before:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.72
त्रैलोक्यं वो हृतं सर्वं वामनेन त्रिभिः क्रमैः बलिर्बद्धो हतो जम्भो निहतश्च विरोचनः
trailokyaṃ vo hṛtaṃ sarvaṃ vāmanena tribhiḥ kramaiḥ balirbaddho hato jambho nihataśca virocanaḥ
"Your whole triple world was carried off by Vāmana with three strides; Bali was bound, Jambha was killed, and Virocana was slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.73
महासुरा द्वादशसु संग्रामेषु सुरैर् हताः तैस्तैरुपायैर्भूयिष्ठं निहता वः प्रधानतः
mahāsurā dvādaśasu saṃgrāmeṣu surair hatāḥ taistairupāyairbhūyiṣṭhaṃ nihatā vaḥ pradhānataḥ
The great asuras were killed by the gods in twelve battles; by those various means the greater part of you, your chief ones, have been slain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.74
किंचिच्छीष्टास्तु यूयं वै युद्धं मास्त्विति मे मतम् नीतिं यां वो ऽभिधास्यामि तिष्ठध्वं कालपर्ययात्
kiṃcicchīṣṭāstu yūyaṃ vai yuddhaṃ māstviti me matam nītiṃ yāṃ vo 'bhidhāsyāmi tiṣṭhadhvaṃ kālaparyayāt
You are but a few left over; my view is that there should be no war. Abide by the policy that I shall declare to you, until the turn of time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.75
यास्याम्यहं महादेवं मन्त्रार्थं विजयावहम् अप्रतीपांस्ततो मन्त्रान् देवात्प्राप्य महेश्वरात् युध्यामहे पुनर्देवांस् ततः प्राप्स्यथ वै जयम्
yāsyāmyahaṃ mahādevaṃ mantrārthaṃ vijayāvaham apratīpāṃstato mantrān devātprāpya maheśvarāt yudhyāmahe punardevāṃs tataḥ prāpsyatha vai jayam
I shall go to Mahādeva for the sake of mantras that bring victory; then, having obtained irresistible mantras from the god Maheśvara, we shall fight the gods again, and then you will win victory."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.76
ततस्ते कृतसंवादा देवान् ऊचुस्तदासुराः न्यस्तशस्त्रा वयं सर्वे निःसंनाहा रथैर्विना
tataste kṛtasaṃvādā devān ūcustadāsurāḥ nyastaśastrā vayaṃ sarve niḥsaṃnāhā rathairvinā
Then those asuras, having made an agreement, said to the gods: "We have all laid down our weapons, without armour, without chariots;
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MtP 47.77
वयं तपश्चरिष्यामः संवृता वल्कलैर्वने प्रह्लादस्य वचः श्रुत्वा सत्याभिव्याहृतं तु तत्
vayaṃ tapaścariṣyāmaḥ saṃvṛtā valkalairvane prahlādasya vacaḥ śrutvā satyābhivyāhṛtaṃ tu tat
clad in bark garments, we shall practise austerity in the forest." Hearing that speech of Prahlāda, truthfully uttered,
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MtP 47.78
ततो देवा न्यवर्तन्त विज्वरा मुदिताश्च ते न्यस्तशस्त्रेषु दैत्येषु विनिवृत्तास्तदा सुराः
tato devā nyavartanta vijvarā muditāśca te nyastaśastreṣu daityeṣu vinivṛttāstadā surāḥ
then the gods turned back, free of fever and delighted; when the Daityas had laid down their weapons, the gods then withdrew.
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MtP 47.79
ततस्तानब्रवीत्काव्यः कंचित्कालमुपास्यथ निरुत्सिक्तास् तपोयुक्ताः कालं कार्यार्थसाधकम्
tatastānabravītkāvyaḥ kaṃcitkālamupāsyatha nirutsiktās tapoyuktāḥ kālaṃ kāryārthasādhakam
Then Kāvya said to them: "Wait for some time, unpuffed-up and devoted to austerity — time is what brings a purpose to fulfillment."
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MtP 47.80
पितुर्ममाश्रमस्था वै मां प्रतीक्षत दानवाः तत्संदिश्यासुरान्काव्यो महादेवं प्रपद्यत
piturmamāśramasthā vai māṃ pratīkṣata dānavāḥ tatsaṃdiśyāsurānkāvyo mahādevaṃ prapadyata
"Dwell in my father's hermitage, O Dānavas, and wait for me." Having so instructed the Asuras, Kāvya went to Mahādeva (for refuge).
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MtP 47.81
मन्त्रानिच्छाम्यहं देव ये न सन्ति बृहस्पतौ पराभवाय देवानाम् असुराणां जयाय च
mantrānicchāmyahaṃ deva ye na santi bṛhaspatau parābhavāya devānām asurāṇāṃ jayāya ca
"O god, I desire those spells which are not in Bṛhaspati's possession, for the defeat of the gods and the victory of the Asuras."
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MtP 47.82
एवमुक्तो ऽब्रवीद्देवो व्रतं त्वं चर भार्गव पूर्णं वर्षसहस्रं तु कणधूममवाक्शिराः यदि पास्यसि भद्रं ते ततो मन्त्रानवाप्स्यसि
evamukto 'bravīddevo vrataṃ tvaṃ cara bhārgava pūrṇaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu kaṇadhūmamavākśirāḥ yadi pāsyasi bhadraṃ te tato mantrānavāpsyasi
Addressed thus, the god said: "Undertake a vow, Bhārgava: if for a full thousand years you will drink the smoke of grain-chaff, head downward — good fortune to you — then you will obtain the spells."
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MtP 47.83
तथेति समनुज्ञाप्य शुक्रस्तु भृगुनन्दनः पादौ संस्पृश्य देवस्य बाढमित्यब्रवीद्वचः व्रतं चराम्यहं देव त्वयादिष्टो ऽद्य वै प्रभो
tatheti samanujñāpya śukrastu bhṛgunandanaḥ pādau saṃspṛśya devasya bāḍhamityabravīdvacaḥ vrataṃ carāmyahaṃ deva tvayādiṣṭo 'dya vai prabho
Śukra, the son of Bhṛgu, assented with "So be it," and touching the god's feet said these words, "Very well; I will perform the vow, O god, as commanded by you this day, O lord."
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MtP 47.84
ततो ऽनुसृष्टो देवेन कुण्डधारो ऽस्य धूमकृत् तदा तस्मिन्गते शुक्रे ह्य् असुराणां हिताय वै मन्त्रार्थं तत्र वसति ब्रह्मचर्यं महेश्वरे
tato 'nusṛṣṭo devena kuṇḍadhāro 'sya dhūmakṛt tadā tasmingate śukre hy asurāṇāṃ hitāya vai mantrārthaṃ tatra vasati brahmacaryaṃ maheśvare
Then Kuṇḍadhāra was assigned to him by the god as his smoke-maker. So, when Śukra had gone for the good of the Asuras, for the sake of the spells he dwelt there in chastity with Maheśvara.
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MtP 47.85
तद्बुद्ध्वा नीतिपूर्वं तु राज्ये न्यस्ते तदासुरैः अस्मिंश्छिद्रे तदामर्षाद् देवास्तान्समुपाद्रवन् दंशिताः सायुधाः सर्वे बृहस्पतिपुरःसराः
tadbuddhvā nītipūrvaṃ tu rājye nyaste tadāsuraiḥ asmiṃśchidre tadāmarṣād devāstānsamupādravan daṃśitāḥ sāyudhāḥ sarve bṛhaspatipuraḥsarāḥ
Learning this, when the kingdom had been entrusted (to others) by the Asuras with due policy, the gods, in this weak point, then out of resentment rushed upon them, all armoured and armed, with Bṛhaspati at their head.
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MtP 47.86
दृष्ट्वासुरगणा देवान् प्रगृहीतायुधान्पुनः उत्पेतुः सहसा ते वै संत्रस्तास्तान्वचो ऽब्रुवन्
dṛṣṭvāsuragaṇā devān pragṛhītāyudhānpunaḥ utpetuḥ sahasā te vai saṃtrastāstānvaco 'bruvan
Seeing the gods again with weapons taken up, the hosts of Asuras started up all at once, and terrified they spoke these words to them:
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MtP 47.87
न्यस्ते शस्त्रे ऽभये दत्त आचार्ये व्रतमास्थिते दत्त्वा भवन्तो ह्य् अभयं सम्प्राप्ता नो जिघांसया
nyaste śastre 'bhaye datta ācārye vratamāsthite dattvā bhavanto hy abhayaṃ samprāptā no jighāṃsayā
"When our weapons were laid down, when safety had been granted, when our teacher had undertaken a vow — you, sirs, having granted safety, have come upon us with intent to kill!"
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MtP 47.88
अनाचार्या वयं देवास् त्यक्तशस्त्रास्त्ववस्थिताः चीरकृष्णाजिनधरा निष्क्रिया निष्परिग्रहाः
anācāryā vayaṃ devās tyaktaśastrāstvavasthitāḥ cīrakṛṣṇājinadharā niṣkriyā niṣparigrahāḥ
"We are without a teacher, O gods, and we stand with weapons abandoned, wearing bark garments and black antelope skins, performing no rites, holding no possessions."
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MtP 47.89
रणे विजेतुं देवांश्च न शक्ष्यामः कथंचन अयुद्धेन प्रपत्स्यामः शरणं काव्यमातरम्
raṇe vijetuṃ devāṃśca na śakṣyāmaḥ kathaṃcana ayuddhena prapatsyāmaḥ śaraṇaṃ kāvyamātaram
"And we shall not be able in any way to defeat the gods in battle; without fighting we shall go for refuge to Kāvya's mother."
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MtP 47.90
यापयामः कृच्छ्रमिदं यावदभ्येति नो गुरुः निवृत्ते च तथा शुक्रे योत्स्यामो दंशितायुधाः
yāpayāmaḥ kṛcchramidaṃ yāvadabhyeti no guruḥ nivṛtte ca tathā śukre yotsyāmo daṃśitāyudhāḥ
"Let us get through this distress until our teacher comes to us; and when Śukra has returned, we shall fight, armoured and armed."
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MtP 47.91
एवमुक्त्वा ततो ऽन्योन्यं शरणं काव्यमातरम् प्रापद्यन्त ततो भीतास् तेभ्यो ऽदादभयं तु सा
evamuktvā tato 'nyonyaṃ śaraṇaṃ kāvyamātaram prāpadyanta tato bhītās tebhyo 'dādabhayaṃ tu sā
Having spoken thus to one another, they then, being afraid, went for refuge to Kāvya's mother; and she granted them safety.
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MtP 47.92
न भेतव्यं न भेतव्यं भयं त्यजत दानवाः मत्संनिधौ वर्ततां वो न भीर् भवितुमर्हति
na bhetavyaṃ na bhetavyaṃ bhayaṃ tyajata dānavāḥ matsaṃnidhau vartatāṃ vo na bhīr bhavitumarhati
"Do not fear, do not fear; give up fear, O Dānavas. Let it be that in my presence no fear of yours can arise."
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MtP 47.93
तया चाभ्युपपन्नांस्तान् दृष्ट्वा देवास्ततो ऽसुरान् अभिजग्मुः प्रसह्यैतान् अविचार्य बलाबलम्
tayā cābhyupapannāṃstān dṛṣṭvā devāstato 'surān abhijagmuḥ prasahyaitān avicārya balābalam
And seeing that those Asuras had been taken under her protection, the gods then attacked them forcibly, without considering their relative strength.
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MtP 47.94
ततस्तान्बाध्यमानांस्तु देवैर्दृष्ट्वासुरांस्तदा देवी क्रुद्धाब्रवीद्देवान् अनिन्द्रान्वः करोम्यहम्
tatastānbādhyamānāṃstu devairdṛṣṭvāsurāṃstadā devī kruddhābravīddevān anindrānvaḥ karomyaham
Then, seeing the Asuras being harried by the gods, the goddess in anger said to the gods: "I shall make you Indra-less!"
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MtP 47.95
संभृत्य सर्वसम्भारान् इन्द्रं साभ्यचरत्तदा तस्तम्भ देवी बलवद् योगयुक्ता तपोधना
saṃbhṛtya sarvasambhārān indraṃ sābhyacarattadā tastambha devī balavad yogayuktā tapodhanā
Having gathered all the requisites, she then performed the rite against Indra; and the goddess, joined to yoga and rich in austerity, paralysed him mightily.
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MtP 47.96
ततस्तं स्तम्भितं दृष्ट्वा इन्द्रं देवाश्च मूकवत् प्राद्रवन्त ततो भीता इन्द्रं दृष्ट्वा वशीकृतम्
tatastaṃ stambhitaṃ dṛṣṭvā indraṃ devāśca mūkavat prādravanta tato bhītā indraṃ dṛṣṭvā vaśīkṛtam
Then, seeing Indra paralysed and as if dumb, the gods, frightened, fled, seeing Indra brought under her power.
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MtP 47.97
गतेषु सुरसंघेषु शक्रं विष्णुरभाषत मां त्वं प्रविश भद्रं ते नयिष्ये त्वां सुरोत्तम
gateṣu surasaṃgheṣu śakraṃ viṣṇurabhāṣata māṃ tvaṃ praviśa bhadraṃ te nayiṣye tvāṃ surottama
When the hosts of gods had gone, Viṣṇu said to Śakra: "Enter into me — good fortune to you — I shall carry you off, O best of gods."
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MtP 47.98
एवमुक्तस्ततो विष्णुं प्रविवेश पुरंदरः विष्णुना रक्षितं दृष्ट्वा देवी क्रुद्धा वचो ऽब्रवीत्
evamuktastato viṣṇuṃ praviveśa puraṃdaraḥ viṣṇunā rakṣitaṃ dṛṣṭvā devī kruddhā vaco 'bravīt
Addressed thus, Puraṃdara then entered into Viṣṇu; and seeing him protected by Viṣṇu, the goddess in anger spoke these words:
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MtP 47.99
एषा त्वां विष्णुना सार्धं दहामि मघवन्बलात् मिषतां सर्वभूतानां दृश्यतां मे तपोबलम्
eṣā tvāṃ viṣṇunā sārdhaṃ dahāmi maghavanbalāt miṣatāṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ dṛśyatāṃ me tapobalam
"I here will burn you by force together with Viṣṇu, O Maghavan; let all beings look on, let my power of austerity be seen."
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MtP 47.100
तया ऽभिभूतौ तौ देवाव् इन्द्राविष्णू बभूवतुः कथं मुच्येव सहितौ विष्णुरिन्द्रम् अभाषत
tayā 'bhibhūtau tau devāv indrāviṣṇū babhūvatuḥ kathaṃ mucyeva sahitau viṣṇurindram abhāṣata
Overcome by her, those two gods, Indra and Viṣṇu, became (helpless); Viṣṇu said to Indra, "How can we two, being together, get free?"
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MtP 47.101
इन्द्रो ऽब्रवीज्जहि ह्येनां यावन्नौ न दहेत्प्रभो विशेषणाभिभूतो ऽस्मि त्वत्तो ऽहं जहि मा चिरम्
indro 'bravījjahi hyenāṃ yāvannau na dahetprabho viśeṣaṇābhibhūto 'smi tvatto 'haṃ jahi mā ciram
Indra said: "Kill her, O lord, before she burns us both. I am overwhelmed even more (than you); kill her, do not delay."
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MtP 47.102
ततः समीक्ष्य विष्णुस्तां स्त्रीवधे कृच्छ्रम् आस्थितः अभिध्याय ततश्चक्रम् आपदुद्धरणे तु तत्
tataḥ samīkṣya viṣṇustāṃ strīvadhe kṛcchram āsthitaḥ abhidhyāya tataścakram āpaduddharaṇe tu tat
Then Viṣṇu, looking at her, was in a hard strait over the killing of a woman; then he called to mind the discus, that (weapon) which delivers from calamity.
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MtP 47.103
ततस्तु त्वरया युक्तः शीघ्रकारी भयान्वितः ज्ञात्वा विष्णुस्ततस्तस्या क्रूरं देव्याश्चिकीर्षितम् क्रुद्धः स्वमस्त्रमादाय शिरश्चिच्छेद वै भिया
tatastu tvarayā yuktaḥ śīghrakārī bhayānvitaḥ jñātvā viṣṇustatastasyā krūraṃ devyāścikīrṣitam kruddhaḥ svamastramādāya śiraściccheda vai bhiyā
Then, seized with haste, acting swiftly, filled with fear, Viṣṇu, knowing the cruel intention of that goddess, in anger took up his own weapon and out of fear cut off her head.
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MtP 47.104
तं दृष्ट्वा स्त्रीवधं घोरं चुक्रोध भृगुरीश्वरः ततो ऽभिशप्तो भृगुणा विष्णुर् भार्यावधे तदा
taṃ dṛṣṭvā strīvadhaṃ ghoraṃ cukrodha bhṛgurīśvaraḥ tato 'bhiśapto bhṛguṇā viṣṇur bhāryāvadhe tadā
Seeing that terrible slaying of a woman, the lord Bhṛgu grew angry; then Viṣṇu was cursed by Bhṛgu for the killing of (his) wife.
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MtP 47.105
यस्मात्ते जानतो धर्मप्रवध्या स्त्री निषूदिता तस्मात्त्वं सप्तकृत्वेह मानुषेषूपपत्स्जसे
yasmātte jānato dharmapravadhyā strī niṣūditā tasmāttvaṃ saptakṛtveha mānuṣeṣūpapatsjase
"Since by you, who know dharma, a woman who ought not to be killed was slain, therefore you shall be born here among men seven times."
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MtP 47.106
ततस्तेनाभिशापेन नष्टे धर्मे पुनःपुनः लोकस्य च हितार्थाय जायते मानुयेष्विह
tatastenābhiśāpena naṣṭe dharme punaḥpunaḥ lokasya ca hitārthāya jāyate mānuyeṣviha
Then, by that curse, whenever dharma is destroyed, again and again, and for the welfare of the world, he is born here among men.
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MtP 47.107
अनुव्याहृत्य विष्णुं स तदादाय शिरस्त्वरन् समानीय ततः कायम् असौ गृह्येदमब्रवीत्
anuvyāhṛtya viṣṇuṃ sa tadādāya śirastvaran samānīya tataḥ kāyam asau gṛhyedamabravīt
Having pronounced (the curse) upon Viṣṇu, he quickly took up that head, brought it to the body, and, holding (it), said this:
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MtP 47.108
एषा त्वं विष्पुना देवि हता संजीवयाम्यहम् ततस्तां योज्य शिरसा अभिजीवेति सो ऽब्रवीत्
eṣā tvaṃ viṣpunā devi hatā saṃjīvayāmyaham tatastāṃ yojya śirasā abhijīveti so 'bravīt
"O goddess, you here have been slain by Viṣṇu; I shall bring you back to life." Then, joining her with the head, he said, "Come alive!"
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MtP 47.109
यदि कृत्स्नो मया धर्मो ज्ञायते चरितो ऽपि वा तेन सत्येन जीवस्व यदि सत्यं वदाम्यहम्
yadi kṛtsno mayā dharmo jñāyate carito 'pi vā tena satyena jīvasva yadi satyaṃ vadāmyaham
"If dharma is known by me entirely, and also practised, by that truth live—if I speak the truth."
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MtP 47.110
ततस्तां प्रोक्ष्य शीताभिर् अद्भिर् जीवेति सो ऽब्रवीत् ततो ऽभिव्याहृते तस्य देवी संजीविता तदा
tatastāṃ prokṣya śītābhir adbhir jīveti so 'bravīt tato 'bhivyāhṛte tasya devī saṃjīvitā tadā
Then, sprinkling her with cold water, he said, "Live!" Then, at his utterance, the goddess was brought back to life.
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MtP 47.111
ततस्तां सर्वभूतानि दृष्ट्वा सुप्तोत्थितामिव साधु साध्विति चक्रुस्ते वचसा सर्वतोदिशम्
tatastāṃ sarvabhūtāni dṛṣṭvā suptotthitāmiva sādhu sādhviti cakruste vacasā sarvatodiśam
Then all beings, seeing her like one risen from sleep, made the cry "Well done! Well done!" with their voices in every direction.
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MtP 47.112
एवं प्रत्याहृता तेन देवी सा भृगुणा तदा मिषतां देवतानां हि तदद्भुतम् इवाभवद्
evaṃ pratyāhṛtā tena devī sā bhṛguṇā tadā miṣatāṃ devatānāṃ hi tadadbhutam ivābhavad
Thus the goddess was brought back by him, by Bhṛgu, at that time; before the eyes of the gods that was like a marvel.
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MtP 47.113
असंभ्रान्तेन भृगुणा पत्नी संजीविता पुनः दृष्ट्वा चेन्द्रो नालभत शर्म काव्यभयात्पुनः प्रजागरे ततश्चेन्द्रो जयन्तीमिदमब्रवीत्
asaṃbhrāntena bhṛguṇā patnī saṃjīvitā punaḥ dṛṣṭvā cendro nālabhata śarma kāvyabhayātpunaḥ prajāgare tataścendro jayantīmidamabravīt
The wife was brought back to life again by the unflurried Bhṛgu; and Indra, seeing (this), found no comfort, again from fear of Kāvya, in his sleeplessness. Then Indra said this to Jayantī:
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MtP 47.114
संचिन्त्य मतिमान् वाक्यं स्वां कन्यां पाकशासनः एष काव्यो ह्यमित्राय व्रतं चरति दारुणम् तेनाहं व्याकुलः पुत्रि कृतो मतिमता भृशम्
saṃcintya matimān vākyaṃ svāṃ kanyāṃ pākaśāsanaḥ eṣa kāvyo hyamitrāya vrataṃ carati dāruṇam tenāhaṃ vyākulaḥ putri kṛto matimatā bhṛśam
The wise chastiser of Pāka, having pondered his words, (said) to his own daughter: "This Kāvya is performing a terrible vow to (harm his) enemy; by him, the wise one, I have been made utterly distraught, daughter."
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MtP 47.115
गच्छ संसाधयस्वैनं श्रमापनयनैः शुभैः तैस्तैर्मनोनुकूलैश्च ह्य् उपचारैर् अतन्द्रिता
gaccha saṃsādhayasvainaṃ śramāpanayanaiḥ śubhaiḥ taistairmanonukūlaiśca hy upacārair atandritā
"Go and win him over with auspicious means of removing (his) fatigue, and with those various attentions agreeable to his mind, being untiring."
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MtP 47.116
काव्यमाराधयस्वैनं यथा तुष्येत स द्विजः गच्छ त्वं तस्य दत्ताऽसि प्रयत्नं कुरु मत्कृते
kāvyamārādhayasvainaṃ yathā tuṣyeta sa dvijaḥ gaccha tvaṃ tasya dattā'si prayatnaṃ kuru matkṛte
"Propitiate this Kāvya, so that that twice-born may be pleased. Go—you are given to him; make the effort for my sake."
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MtP 47.117
एवमुक्ता जयन्ती सा वचः संगृह्य वै पितुः अगच्छद्यत्र घोरं स तप आरभ्य तिष्ठति
evamuktā jayantī sā vacaḥ saṃgṛhya vai pituḥ agacchadyatra ghoraṃ sa tapa ārabhya tiṣṭhati
So addressed, Jayantī, taking up her father's words, went to where he was standing, having begun that dreadful austerity.
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MtP 47.118
तं दृष्ट्वा तु पिबन्तं सा कणधूमम् अवाङ्मुखम् यक्षेण पात्यमानं च कुण्डधारेण पातितम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu pibantaṃ sā kaṇadhūmam avāṅmukham yakṣeṇa pātyamānaṃ ca kuṇḍadhāreṇa pātitam
But seeing him drinking smoke with (its) particles, his face downturned, and being cast down by the Yakṣa, thrown down by Kuṇḍadhāra—
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MtP 47.119
दृष्ट्वा च तं पात्यमानं देवी काव्यमवस्थितम् स्वरूपं ध्यानशाम्यन्तं दुर्बलं भूतिमास्थितम् पित्रा यथोक्तं वाक्यं सा काव्ये कृतवती तदा
dṛṣṭvā ca taṃ pātyamānaṃ devī kāvyamavasthitam svarūpaṃ dhyānaśāmyantaṃ durbalaṃ bhūtimāsthitam pitrā yathoktaṃ vākyaṃ sā kāvye kṛtavatī tadā
And seeing him being thrown down, Kāvya standing there, his own form fading in meditation, weakened, reduced to ashes, she then spoke to Kāvya the words her father had told her.
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MtP 47.120
गीर्भिश्चैवानुकूलाभिः स्तुवती वल्गुभाषिणी गात्रसंवाहनैः काले सेवमाना त्वचः सुखैः व्रतचर्यानुकूलाभिर् उवास बहुलाः समाः
gīrbhiścaivānukūlābhiḥ stuvatī valgubhāṣiṇī gātrasaṃvāhanaiḥ kāle sevamānā tvacaḥ sukhaiḥ vratacaryānukūlābhir uvāsa bahulāḥ samāḥ
Praising (him) with agreeable words, speaking sweetly, serving him at the proper times with rubbings of his limbs and with pleasant touchings of the skin, she dwelt (there) many years with practices in keeping with his vow-observance.
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MtP 47.121
पूर्णे धूमव्रते तस्मिन् घोरे वर्षसहस्रके वरेण च्छन्दयामास काव्यं प्रीतो भवस्तदा
pūrṇe dhūmavrate tasmin ghore varṣasahasrake vareṇa cchandayāmāsa kāvyaṃ prīto bhavastadā
When that dreadful smoke-vow of a thousand years was completed, Bhava, being pleased, then offered Kāvya a boon of his choice.
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MtP 47.122
एतद्व्रतं त्वयैकेन चीर्णं नान्येन केनचित् तस्माद्वै तपसा बुद्ध्या श्रुतेन च बलेन च
etadvrataṃ tvayaikena cīrṇaṃ nānyena kenacit tasmādvai tapasā buddhyā śrutena ca balena ca
"This vow has been carried out by you alone, by no one else; therefore, by austerity, by intellect, by sacred learning and by strength,
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MtP 47.123
तेजसा च सुरान्सर्वांस् त्वमेको ऽभिभविष्यसि यच्चाभिलषितं ब्रह्मन् विद्यते भृगुनन्दन
tejasā ca surānsarvāṃs tvameko 'bhibhaviṣyasi yaccābhilaṣitaṃ brahman vidyate bhṛgunandana
and by fiery energy, you alone shall surpass all the gods; and whatever is desired (by you), O brahmin, exists, O son of Bhṛgu —
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MtP 47.124
प्रपत्स्यसे तु तत्सर्वं नानुवाच्यं तु कस्यचित् सर्वाभिभावी तेन त्वं भविष्यसि द्विजोत्तम
prapatsyase tu tatsarvaṃ nānuvācyaṃ tu kasyacit sarvābhibhāvī tena tvaṃ bhaviṣyasi dvijottama
you shall obtain all that, but it is not to be repeated to anyone. By that you shall become the surpasser of all, O best of the twice-born."
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MtP 47.125
एतान्दत्त्वा वरांस्तस्मै भार्गवाय भवः पुनः प्रजेशत्वं धनेशत्वम् अवध्यत्वं च वै ददौ
etāndattvā varāṃstasmai bhārgavāya bhavaḥ punaḥ prajeśatvaṃ dhaneśatvam avadhyatvaṃ ca vai dadau
Having given these boons to that descendant of Bhṛgu, Bhava further granted him lordship over creatures, lordship over wealth, and invulnerability.
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MtP 47.126
एतांल्लब्ध्वा वरान्काव्यः सम्प्रहृष्टतनूरुहः हर्षात्प्रादुर्बभौ तस्य दिव्यस्तोत्रं महेश्वरे तथा तिर्यक्स्थितश्चैव तुष्टुवे नीललोहितम्
etāṃllabdhvā varānkāvyaḥ samprahṛṣṭatanūruhaḥ harṣātprādurbabhau tasya divyastotraṃ maheśvare tathā tiryaksthitaścaiva tuṣṭuve nīlalohitam
Having obtained these boons, Kāvya, the hair of his body bristling with delight, out of joy there appeared to him a divine hymn to Maheśvara, and standing aslant he praised Nīlalohita.
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MtP 47.127
नमो ऽस्तु शितिकण्ठाय कनिष्ठाय सुवर्चसे लेलिहानाय काव्याय वत्सरायान्धसः पते
namo 'stu śitikaṇṭhāya kaniṣṭhāya suvarcase lelihānāya kāvyāya vatsarāyāndhasaḥ pate
Homage to the Blue-throated one, to the youngest, to the well-radiant, to the one who licks (his lips), to Kāvya, to Vatsara, to the lord of food.
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MtP 47.128
कपर्दिने करालाय हर्यक्ष्णे वरदाय च संस्तुताय सुतीर्थाय देवदेवाय रंहसे
kapardine karālāya haryakṣṇe varadāya ca saṃstutāya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṃhase
To the one with matted hair, to the gaping-jawed, to the tawny-eyed, to the giver of boons, to the much-praised, to the one of good fords, to the god of gods, to Swiftness.
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MtP 47.129
उष्णीषिणे सुवक्त्राय बहुरूपाय वेधसे वसुरेताय रुद्राय तपसे चित्रवाससे
uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya bahurūpāya vedhase vasuretāya rudrāya tapase citravāsase
To the turban-wearer, to the fair-faced, to the one of many forms, to the ordainer, to the one whose seed is wealth, to Rudra, to Austerity, to the one of variegated garments.
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MtP 47.130
ह्रस्वाय मुक्तकेशाय सेनान्ये रोहिताय च कवये राजवृक्षाय तक्षकक्रीडनाय च
hrasvāya muktakeśāya senānye rohitāya ca kavaye rājavṛkṣāya takṣakakrīḍanāya ca
To the short one, to the one with loosened hair, to the army-leader, to the red one, to the seer, to the royal tree, to the one who plays with the snake Takṣaka.
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MtP 47.131
सहस्रशिरसे चैव सहस्राक्षाय मीधुषे वराय भव्यरूपाय श्वेताय पुरुषाय च
sahasraśirase caiva sahasrākṣāya mīdhuṣe varāya bhavyarūpāya śvetāya puruṣāya ca
And to the thousand-headed, to the thousand-eyed, to the bestower, to the excellent, to the one of auspicious form, to the white one, and to Puruṣa.
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MtP 47.132
गिरिशाय नमो ऽर्काय बलिने आज्यपाय च सुतृप्ताय सुवस्त्राय धन्विने भार्गवाय च
giriśāya namo 'rkāya baline ājyapāya ca sutṛptāya suvastrāya dhanvine bhārgavāya ca
Homage to the mountain-dweller, to the sun, to the strong one, to the drinker of ghee, to the well-satisfied, to the well-clothed, to the bowman, and to Bhārgava.
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MtP 47.133
निषङ्गिणे च ताराय स्वक्षाय क्षपणाय च ताम्राय चैव भीमाय उग्राय च शिवाय च
niṣaṅgiṇe ca tārāya svakṣāya kṣapaṇāya ca tāmrāya caiva bhīmāya ugrāya ca śivāya ca
And to the quiver-bearer, to Tāra, to the fair-eyed, to the destroyer, and to the copper-red one, to the terrible, to the fierce, and to the benign.
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MtP 47.134
महादेवाय शर्वाय विश्वरूपशिवाय च हिरण्याय वरिष्ठाय ज्येष्ठाय मध्यमाय च
mahādevāya śarvāya viśvarūpaśivāya ca hiraṇyāya variṣṭhāya jyeṣṭhāya madhyamāya ca
To Mahādeva, to Śarva, and to the one benign in all forms, to the golden one, to the most excellent, to the eldest, and to the middle one.
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MtP 47.135
वास्तोष्पते पिनाकाय मुक्तये केवलाय च मृगव्याधाय दक्षाय स्थाणवे भीषणाय च
vāstoṣpate pinākāya muktaye kevalāya ca mṛgavyādhāya dakṣāya sthāṇave bhīṣaṇāya ca
O Vāstoṣpati! To the bearer of the Pināka, to Release, to the Solitary, to the deer-hunter, to the skillful, to the Pillar, and to the frightful one.
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MtP 47.136
बहुनेत्राय धुर्याय त्रिनेत्रायेश्वराय च कपालिने च वीराय मृत्यवे त्र्यम्बकाय च
bahunetrāya dhuryāya trinetrāyeśvarāya ca kapāline ca vīrāya mṛtyave tryambakāya ca
To the many-eyed, to the foremost (yoke-bearer), to the three-eyed, and to the Lord, and to the skull-bearer, to the hero, to Death, and to the three-eyed Tryambaka.
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MtP 47.137
बभ्रवे च पिशङ्गाय पिङ्गलायारुणाय च पिनाकिने चेषुमते चित्राय रोहिताय च
babhrave ca piśaṅgāya piṅgalāyāruṇāya ca pinākine ceṣumate citrāya rohitāya ca
And to the brown one, to the reddish-yellow, to the tawny, and to the ruddy, and to the Pināka-bearer, to the one with arrows, to the variegated, and to the red one.
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MtP 47.138
दुन्दुभ्यायैकपादाय अजाय बुद्धिदाय च आरण्याय गृहस्थाय यतये ब्रह्मचारिणे
dundubhyāyaikapādāya ajāya buddhidāya ca āraṇyāya gṛhasthāya yataye brahmacāriṇe
To the drum, to the one-footed, to the unborn (or: to the goat), and to the giver of intelligence, to the forest-dweller, to the householder, to the ascetic, to the chaste student.
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MtP 47.139
सांख्याय चैव योगाय व्यापिने दीक्षिताय च अनाहताय शर्वाय भव्येशाय यमाय च
sāṃkhyāya caiva yogāya vyāpine dīkṣitāya ca anāhatāya śarvāya bhavyeśāya yamāya ca
To Sāṃkhya and to Yoga, to the pervading one, to the consecrated one, to the unstruck (or unvanquished) one, to Śarva, to the lord of what is to be, and to Yama,
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MtP 47.140
रोधसे चेकितानाय ब्रह्मिष्ठाय महर्षये चतुष्पदाय मेध्याय रक्षिणे शीघ्रगाय च
rodhase cekitānāya brahmiṣṭhāya maharṣaye catuṣpadāya medhyāya rakṣiṇe śīghragāya ca
to Rodas (the obstructor), to the discerning one, to the most devoted to brahman, to the great seer, to the four-footed one, to the pure/sacrificially fit one, to the protector, and to the swift-moving one,
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MtP 47.141
शिखण्डिने करालाय दंष्ट्रिणे विश्ववेधसे भास्वराय प्रतीताय सुदीप्ताय सुमेधसे
śikhaṇḍine karālāya daṃṣṭriṇe viśvavedhase bhāsvarāya pratītāya sudīptāya sumedhase
to the crested one, to the gaping-mouthed (terrible) one, to the tusked one, to the all-piercing (or all-creating) one, to the shining one, to the well-known one, to the brightly blazing one, to the very wise one,
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MtP 47.142
क्रूरायाविकृतायैव भीषणाय शिवाय च सौम्याय चैव मुख्याय धार्मिकाय शुभाय च
krūrāyāvikṛtāyaiva bhīṣaṇāya śivāya ca saumyāya caiva mukhyāya dhārmikāya śubhāya ca
to the cruel one and to the unaltered one, to the terrifying one and to the benign (Śiva) one, and to the gentle one, to the foremost one, to the righteous one and to the auspicious one,
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MtP 47.143
अवध्यायामृतायैव नित्याय शाश्वताय च व्यापृताय विशिष्टाय भरताय च साक्षिणे
avadhyāyāmṛtāyaiva nityāya śāśvatāya ca vyāpṛtāya viśiṣṭāya bharatāya ca sākṣiṇe
to the unslayable one and to the immortal one, to the eternal one and to the everlasting one, to the one engaged (in all activity), to the distinguished one, to the sustainer, and to the witness,
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MtP 47.144
क्षेमाय सहमानाय सत्याय चामृताय च कर्त्रे परशवे चैव शूलिने दिव्यचक्षुषे
kṣemāya sahamānāya satyāya cāmṛtāya ca kartre paraśave caiva śūline divyacakṣuṣe
to well-being, to the enduring (conquering) one, to the true one and to the immortal one, to the maker, and to the axe(-bearer), to the trident-bearer, to the one with divine eyes,
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MtP 47.145
सोमपायाज्यपायैव धूमपायोष्मपाय च शुचये परिधानाय सद्योजाताय मृत्यवे
somapāyājyapāyaiva dhūmapāyoṣmapāya ca śucaye paridhānāya sadyojātāya mṛtyave
to the drinker of soma, to the drinker of ghee, to the drinker of smoke and to the drinker of vapour, to the pure one, to the enveloping one (or to the garment), to the newly born one, to death,
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MtP 47.146
पिशिताशाय सर्वाय मेघाय विद्युताय च व्यावृत्ताय वरिष्ठाय भरिताय तरक्षवे
piśitāśāya sarvāya meghāya vidyutāya ca vyāvṛttāya variṣṭhāya bharitāya tarakṣave
to the eater of flesh, to Sarva (the all), to the cloud and to the lightning, to the one turned away (or revolved), to the most excellent one, to the sustained (nourished) one, to the hyena,
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MtP 47.147
त्रिपुरघ्नाय तीर्थाया-वक्राय रोमशाय च तिग्मायुधाय व्याख्याय सुसिद्धाय पुलस्तये
tripuraghnāya tīrthāyā-vakrāya romaśāya ca tigmāyudhāya vyākhyāya susiddhāya pulastaye
to the slayer of Tripura, to the ford, to the straight (uncrooked) one and to the hairy one, to the one with sharp weapons, to the expounder, to the one perfectly accomplished, to Pulasti,
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MtP 47.148
रोचमानाय चण्डाय स्फीताय ऋषभाय च व्रतिने युञ्जमानाय शुचये चोर्ध्वरेतसे
rocamānāya caṇḍāya sphītāya ṛṣabhāya ca vratine yuñjamānāya śucaye cordhvaretase
to the shining one, to the fierce one, to the swollen (abundant) one and to the bull, to the observer of vows, to the one yoking (himself in discipline), to the pure one, and to the one whose seed is drawn upward,
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MtP 47.149
असुरघ्नाय स्वाघ्नाय मृत्युघ्ने यज्ञियाय च कृशानवे प्रचेताय वह्नये निर्मलाय च
asuraghnāya svāghnāya mṛtyughne yajñiyāya ca kṛśānave pracetāya vahnaye nirmalāya ca
to the slayer of asuras, to the slayer of his own (or of dogs), to the slayer of death, and to the one worthy of sacrifice, to Kṛśānu (fire), to the wise one, to the fire, and to the stainless one,
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MtP 47.150
रक्षोघ्नाय पशुघ्नायाविघ्नाय श्वसिताय च विभ्रान्ताय महान्ताय अर्णवे दुर्गमाय च
rakṣoghnāya paśughnāyāvighnāya śvasitāya ca vibhrāntāya mahāntāya arṇave durgamāya ca
to the slayer of demons, to the slayer of beasts, to the unobstructed one, and to the breathing one, to the one who roams about, to the great one, to the ocean, and to the hard-to-reach one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.151
कृष्णाय च जयन्ताय लोकानामीश्वराय च अनाश्रिताय वेध्याय समत्वाधिष्ठिताय च
kṛṣṇāya ca jayantāya lokānāmīśvarāya ca anāśritāya vedhyāya samatvādhiṣṭhitāya ca
and to the dark one, to Jayanta, and to the lord of the worlds, to the unsupported one, to the one to be pierced (or the target), and to the one established in equality,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.152
हिरण्यबाहवे चैव व्याप्ताय च महाय च सुकर्मणे प्रसह्याय चेशानाय सुचक्षुषे
hiraṇyabāhave caiva vyāptāya ca mahāya ca sukarmaṇe prasahyāya ceśānāya sucakṣuṣe
and to the golden-armed one, and to the pervading one, and to the great one, to the one of good works, to the overpowering one, and to Īśāna, to the one with fair eyes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.153
क्षिप्रेषवे सदश्वाय शिवाय मोक्षदाय च कपिलाय पिशङ्गाय महादेवाय धीमते
kṣipreṣave sadaśvāya śivāya mokṣadāya ca kapilāya piśaṅgāya mahādevāya dhīmate
to the one with swift arrows, to the one with good horses, to Śiva, and to the giver of release, to the tawny one, to the reddish-brown one, to the great god, to the wise one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.154
महाकायाय दीप्ताय रोदनाय सहाय च दृढधन्विने कवचिने रथिने च वरूथिने
mahākāyāya dīptāya rodanāya sahāya ca dṛḍhadhanvine kavacine rathine ca varūthine
to the one of great body, to the blazing one, to the one who makes (others) weep, and to the mighty one, to the one with a firm bow, to the mailed one, to the charioteer, and to the one with a chariot-guard,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.155
भृगुनाथाय शुक्राय गह्वरेष्ठाय वेधसे अमोघाय प्रशान्ताय सुमेधाय वृषाय च
bhṛgunāthāya śukrāya gahvareṣṭhāya vedhase amoghāya praśāntāya sumedhāya vṛṣāya ca
to the lord of Bhṛgu, to Śukra, to the one dwelling in the cave (or depth), to the creator, to the unerring one, to the tranquil one, to the one of good wisdom, and to the bull,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.156
नमो ऽस्तु तुभ्यं भगवन् विश्वाय कृत्तिवाससे पशूनां पतये तुभ्यं भूतानां पतये नमः
namo 'stu tubhyaṃ bhagavan viśvāya kṛttivāsase paśūnāṃ pataye tubhyaṃ bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ
Homage be to you, O Blessed One, to the universe, to the one clothed in a hide; homage to you, the lord of beasts, homage to the lord of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.157
प्रणवे ऋग्यजुःसाम्ने स्वाहाय च स्वधाय च वषट्कारात्मने चैव तुभ्यं मन्त्रात्मने नमः
praṇave ṛgyajuḥsāmne svāhāya ca svadhāya ca vaṣaṭkārātmane caiva tubhyaṃ mantrātmane namaḥ
To the syllable Om, to the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman, and to (the cry) svāhā and to svadhā, and to the one whose self is the utterance vaṣaṭ — homage to you whose self is mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.158
त्वष्ट्रे धात्रे तथा कर्त्रे चक्षुःश्रोत्रमयाय च भूतभव्यभवेशाय तुभ्यं कर्मात्मने नमः
tvaṣṭre dhātre tathā kartre cakṣuḥśrotramayāya ca bhūtabhavyabhaveśāya tubhyaṃ karmātmane namaḥ
To Tvaṣṭṛ, to Dhātṛ, and likewise to the maker, and to the one consisting of eye and ear, to the lord of what has been, what will be, and what is — homage to you whose self is action.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.159
वसवे चैव साध्याय रुद्रादित्यसुराय च विषाय मारुतायैव तुभ्यं देवात्मने नमः
vasave caiva sādhyāya rudrādityasurāya ca viṣāya mārutāyaiva tubhyaṃ devātmane namaḥ
To the Vasu and to the Sādhya, to Rudra, Āditya and the god, to Viṣa (poison?) and to the Marut — to you, whose self is the gods, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.160
अग्नीषोमविधिज्ञाय पशुमन्त्रौषधाय च स्वयम्भुवे ह्य् अजायैव अपूर्वप्रथमाय च प्रजानां पतये चैव तुभ्यं ब्रह्मात्मने नमः
agnīṣomavidhijñāya paśumantrauṣadhāya ca svayambhuve hy ajāyaiva apūrvaprathamāya ca prajānāṃ pataye caiva tubhyaṃ brahmātmane namaḥ
To the knower of the rites of Agni and Soma, to (the lord of) sacrificial animals, mantras and herbs, to the self-born, to the unborn, to the first who has none before him, and to the lord of creatures — to you, whose self is Brahman, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.161
आत्मेशायात्मवश्याय सर्वेशातिशयाय च सर्वभूताङ्गभूताय तुभ्यं भूतात्मने नमः
ātmeśāyātmavaśyāya sarveśātiśayāya ca sarvabhūtāṅgabhūtāya tubhyaṃ bhūtātmane namaḥ
To the lord of the self, to him whose self is under (his own) control, to him who surpasses all lords, to him who is the limbs of all beings — to you, whose self is (all) beings, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.162
निर्गुणाय गुणज्ञाय व्याकृतायामृताय च निरुपाख्याय मित्राय तुभ्यं सांख्यात्मने नमः
nirguṇāya guṇajñāya vyākṛtāyāmṛtāya ca nirupākhyāya mitrāya tubhyaṃ sāṃkhyātmane namaḥ
To the one without qualities, to the knower of the qualities, to the manifested, to the immortal, to the one who cannot be designated, to the friend — to you, whose self is Sāṃkhya, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.163
पृथिव्यै चान्तरिक्षाय दिव्याय च महाय च जनस्तपाय सत्याय तुभ्यं लोकात्मने नमः
pṛthivyai cāntarikṣāya divyāya ca mahāya ca janastapāya satyāya tubhyaṃ lokātmane namaḥ
To the earth, to the mid-region, to the heavenly (world), to Mahat, to Jana, to Tapas and to Satya — to you, whose self is the worlds, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.164
अव्यक्ताय च महते भूतादेरिन्द्रियाय च आत्मज्ञाय विशेषाय तुभ्यं सर्वात्मने नमः
avyaktāya ca mahate bhūtāderindriyāya ca ātmajñāya viśeṣāya tubhyaṃ sarvātmane namaḥ
To the unmanifest and to the great (principle), to the origin of the elements and to the senses, to the knower of the self, to the particular — to you, whose self is all, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.165
नित्याय चात्मलिङ्गाय सूक्ष्मायैवेतराय च बुद्धाय विभवे चैव तुभ्यं मोक्षात्मने नमः
nityāya cātmaliṅgāya sūkṣmāyaivetarāya ca buddhāya vibhave caiva tubhyaṃ mokṣātmane namaḥ
To the eternal, to him whose mark is the self, to the subtle and to the other (the gross), to the awakened one and to the all-pervading — to you, whose self is liberation, homage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.166
नमस्ते त्रिषु लोकेषु नमस्ते परतस् त्रिषु सत्यान्तेषु महाद्येषु चतुर्षु च नमो ऽस्तु ते
namaste triṣu lokeṣu namaste paratas triṣu satyānteṣu mahādyeṣu caturṣu ca namo 'stu te
Homage to you in the three worlds, homage to you beyond the three; and in the four (worlds) beginning with Mahat and ending with Satya, let there be homage to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.167
नमः स्तोत्रे मया ह्य् अस्मिन् यदि न व्याहृतं भवेत् मद्भक्त इति ब्रह्मण्य तत्सर्वं क्षन्तुमर्हसि
namaḥ stotre mayā hy asmin yadi na vyāhṛtaṃ bhavet madbhakta iti brahmaṇya tatsarvaṃ kṣantumarhasi
Homage! If in this hymn of praise something has been left unuttered by me, O you who are devoted to brahman, you ought to forgive it all, (thinking) 'he is my devotee.'
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.168
एवमाभाष्य देवेशम् ईश्वरं नीललोहितम् प्रह्वो ऽभिप्रणतस्तस्मै प्राञ्जलिर्वाग्यतो ऽभवत्
evamābhāṣya deveśam īśvaraṃ nīlalohitam prahvo 'bhipraṇatastasmai prāñjalirvāgyato 'bhavat
Having thus addressed the lord of gods, the master, the dark-red one, he bowed low, prostrated himself before him, and with palms joined remained silent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.169
काव्यस्य गात्रं संस्पृश्य हस्तेन प्रीतिमान्भवः निकामं दर्शनं दत्त्वा तत्रैवान्तरधीयत
kāvyasya gātraṃ saṃspṛśya hastena prītimānbhavaḥ nikāmaṃ darśanaṃ dattvā tatraivāntaradhīyata
Touching Kāvya's body with his hand, Bhava, well pleased, having granted (him) the sight (of himself) to his heart's content, vanished there and then.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.170
ततः सो ऽन्तर्हिते तस्मिन् देवेशे ऽनुचरीं तदा तिष्ठन्तीं पार्श्वतो दृष्ट्वा जयन्तीमिदमब्रवीत्
tataḥ so 'ntarhite tasmin deveśe 'nucarīṃ tadā tiṣṭhantīṃ pārśvato dṛṣṭvā jayantīmidamabravīt
Then, when that lord of gods had vanished, seeing the attendant Jayantī standing at his side, he said this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.171
कस्य त्वं सुभगे का वा दुःखिते मयि दुःखिता महता तपसा युक्ता किमर्थं मां निषेवसे
kasya tvaṃ subhage kā vā duḥkhite mayi duḥkhitā mahatā tapasā yuktā kimarthaṃ māṃ niṣevase
"Whose are you, fair lady, and who are you, who grieve when I grieve? Engaged in great austerity, for what purpose do you attend upon me?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.172
अनया संस्तुतो भक्त्या प्रश्रयेण दमेन च स्नेहेन चैव सुश्रोणि प्रीतो ऽस्मि वरवर्णिनि
anayā saṃstuto bhaktyā praśrayeṇa damena ca snehena caiva suśroṇi prīto 'smi varavarṇini
"By this devotion, by (your) humility and self-restraint, and by (your) affection, I am praised; I am pleased, fair-hipped one, of lovely complexion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.173
किमिच्छसि वरारोहे कस्ते कामः समृध्यताम् तत्ते सम्पादयाम्यद्य यद्यपि स्यात्सुदुष्करः
kimicchasi varārohe kaste kāmaḥ samṛdhyatām tatte sampādayāmyadya yadyapi syātsuduṣkaraḥ
What do you wish, lady of beautiful thighs? Let your desire be fulfilled. That I will accomplish for you today, even if it should be very hard to do."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.174
एवमुक्ताब्रवीदेनं तपसा ज्ञातुमर्हसि चिकीर्षितं हि मे ब्रह्मंस् त्वं हि वेत्थ यथातथम्
evamuktābravīdenaṃ tapasā jñātumarhasi cikīrṣitaṃ hi me brahmaṃs tvaṃ hi vettha yathātatham
Thus addressed, she said to him: "By your austerity you are able to know it; for you know, brahmin, just as it is, what I wish to do."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.175
एवमुक्तो ऽब्रवीदेनां दृष्ट्वा दिव्येन चक्षुषा मया सह त्वं सुश्रोणि दश वर्षाणि भामिनि
evamukto 'bravīdenāṃ dṛṣṭvā divyena cakṣuṣā mayā saha tvaṃ suśroṇi daśa varṣāṇi bhāmini
Thus addressed, having looked with his divine eye, he said to her: "You, fair-hipped, radiant lady, (wish to be) with me for ten years,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.176
सर्वभूतैरदृश्या च संप्रयोगमिहेच्छसि देवि चेन्दीवरश्यामे वरार्हे वामलोचने एवं वृणोषि कामं त्वं मत्तो वै वल्गुभाषिणि
sarvabhūtairadṛśyā ca saṃprayogamihecchasi devi cendīvaraśyāme varārhe vāmalocane evaṃ vṛṇoṣi kāmaṃ tvaṃ matto vai valgubhāṣiṇi
and unseen by all beings you desire union here. O goddess, dark as the blue lotus, worthy of choosing, lovely-eyed one — such is the desire you choose from me, sweet-speaking lady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.177
एवं भवतु गच्छामो गृहान्नो मत्तकाशिनि ततः स्वगृहमागत्य जयन्त्याः पाणिमुद्वहन्
evaṃ bhavatu gacchāmo gṛhānno mattakāśini tataḥ svagṛhamāgatya jayantyāḥ pāṇimudvahan
Let it be so; let us go to our house, you of intoxicating looks." Then, coming to his own house, taking Jayantī's hand (in marriage),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.178
तया सहावसद्देव्या दश वर्षाणि भार्गवः अदृश्यः सर्वभूतानां मायया संवृतः प्रभुः
tayā sahāvasaddevyā daśa varṣāṇi bhārgavaḥ adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ māyayā saṃvṛtaḥ prabhuḥ
the descendant of Bhṛgu lived with that goddess for ten years, unseen by all beings, the mighty one being veiled by (his) magic power.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.179
कृतार्थमागतं दृष्ट्वा काव्यं सर्वे दितेः सुताः अभिजग्मुर्गृहं तस्य मुदितास्ते दिदृक्षवः
kṛtārthamāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā kāvyaṃ sarve diteḥ sutāḥ abhijagmurgṛhaṃ tasya muditāste didṛkṣavaḥ
Seeing that Kāvya had come back with his purpose accomplished, all the sons of Diti went to his house, delighted and eager to see (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.180
यदा गता न पश्यन्ति मायया संवृतं गुरुम् लक्षणं तस्य तद्बुद्ध्वा प्रतिजग्मुर्यथागतम्
yadā gatā na paśyanti māyayā saṃvṛtaṃ gurum lakṣaṇaṃ tasya tadbuddhvā pratijagmuryathāgatam
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 47.181
बृहस्पतिस्तु संरुद्धं काव्यं ज्ञात्वा वरेण तु तुष्ट्यर्थं दश वर्षाणि जयन्त्या हितकाम्यया
bṛhaspatistu saṃruddhaṃ kāvyaṃ jñātvā vareṇa tu tuṣṭyarthaṃ daśa varṣāṇi jayantyā hitakāmyayā
But Bṛhaspati, knowing that Kāvya (Śukra) was bound for ten years by the boon (he had granted), for Jayantī's satisfaction, out of a wish for her welfare —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.182
बुद्ध्वा तदन्तरं सो ऽपि दैत्यानामिन्द्रनोदितः काव्यस्य रूपमास्थाय असुरान् समुपाह्वयत्
buddhvā tadantaraṃ so 'pi daityānāmindranoditaḥ kāvyasya rūpamāsthāya asurān samupāhvayat
— he too, having learned of that interval, urged on by Indra, assumed the form of Kāvya and summoned the asuras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.183
ततस्तानागतान्दृष्ट्वा बृहस्पतिरुवाच ह स्वागतं मम याज्यानां प्राप्तो ऽहं वो हिताय च
tatastānāgatāndṛṣṭvā bṛhaspatiruvāca ha svāgataṃ mama yājyānāṃ prāpto 'haṃ vo hitāya ca
Then, seeing them arrived, Bṛhaspati said: "Welcome to those for whom I am to officiate! I have come for your benefit."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.184
अहं वो ऽध्यापयिष्यामि विद्याः प्राप्तास्तु या मया ततस्ते हृष्टमनसो विद्यार्थमुपपेदिरे
ahaṃ vo 'dhyāpayiṣyāmi vidyāḥ prāptāstu yā mayā tataste hṛṣṭamanaso vidyārthamupapedire
"I shall teach you the sciences that have been acquired by me." Then they, with gladdened minds, came to (him) for the sake of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.185
पूर्णे काव्यस्तदा तस्मिन् समये दशवार्षिके समयान्ते देवयानी तदोत्पन्ना इति श्रुतिः बुद्धिं चक्रे ततः सो ऽथ याज्यानां प्रत्यवेक्षणे
pūrṇe kāvyastadā tasmin samaye daśavārṣike samayānte devayānī tadotpannā iti śrutiḥ buddhiṃ cakre tataḥ so 'tha yājyānāṃ pratyavekṣaṇe
When that ten-year term was completed, then Kāvya (Śukra) — at the end of the term Devayānī was born then, so tradition says — then set his mind on visiting his sacrificial patrons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.186
देवि गच्छाम्यहं द्रष्टुं मम याज्याञ्शुचिस्मिते विभ्रान्तवीक्षिते साध्वि त्रिवर्णायतलोचने
devi gacchāmyahaṃ draṣṭuṃ mama yājyāñśucismite vibhrāntavīkṣite sādhvi trivarṇāyatalocane
"Goddess, I am going to see my sacrificial patrons, O bright-smiling one, O virtuous one of roving glance, whose long eyes are of three colours."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.187
एवमुक्ताब्रवीद् एनं भज भक्तान्महाव्रत एष धर्मः सतां ब्रह्मन् न धर्मं लोपयामि ते
evamuktābravīd enaṃ bhaja bhaktānmahāvrata eṣa dharmaḥ satāṃ brahman na dharmaṃ lopayāmi te
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 47.188
ततो गत्वासुरान्दृष्ट्वा देवाचार्येण धीमता वञ्चितान्काव्यरूपेण ततः काव्यो ऽब्रवीत्तु तान्
tato gatvāsurāndṛṣṭvā devācāryeṇa dhīmatā vañcitānkāvyarūpeṇa tataḥ kāvyo 'bravīttu tān
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 47.189
काव्यं मां वो विजानीध्वं तोषितो गिरिशो विभुः वञ्चिता बत यूयं वै सर्वे शृणुत दानवाः
kāvyaṃ māṃ vo vijānīdhvaṃ toṣito giriśo vibhuḥ vañcitā bata yūyaṃ vai sarve śṛṇuta dānavāḥ
"Know me to be Kāvya (Śukra), yours; the mighty Giriśa has been propitiated (by me). Alas, you have all indeed been deceived — listen, O Dānavas!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.190
श्रुत्वा तथा ब्रुवाणं तं संभ्रान्तास्ते तदाभवन् प्रेक्षन्तस् ताव् उभौ तत्र स्थितासीनौ सुविस्मिताः
śrutvā tathā bruvāṇaṃ taṃ saṃbhrāntāste tadābhavan prekṣantas tāv ubhau tatra sthitāsīnau suvismitāḥ
Hearing him speaking thus, they then became bewildered, gazing at the two of them there, the one standing and the one seated, greatly astonished.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.191
सम्प्रमूढास् ततः सर्वे न प्राबुध्यन्त किंचन अब्रवीत् सम्प्रमूढेषु काव्यस्तानसुरांस्तदा
sampramūḍhās tataḥ sarve na prābudhyanta kiṃcana abravīt sampramūḍheṣu kāvyastānasurāṃstadā
Then they were all utterly bewildered and could not make out anything at all. While they were thus bewildered, Kāvya (Śukra) then said to those Asuras:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.192
आचार्यो वो ह्य् अहं काव्यो देवाचार्यो ऽयमङ्गिराः अनुगच्छत मां दैत्यास् त्यजतैनं बृहस्पतिम्
ācāryo vo hy ahaṃ kāvyo devācāryo 'yamaṅgirāḥ anugacchata māṃ daityās tyajatainaṃ bṛhaspatim
"I am indeed your teacher, Kāvya; this one is Aṅgiras (Bṛhaspati), the teacher of the gods. Follow me, O Daityas; abandon this Bṛhaspati!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.193
इत्युक्ता ह्य् असुरास्तेन ताव् उभौ समवेक्ष्य च यदासुरा विशेषं तु न जानन्त्युभयोस्तयोः
ityuktā hy asurāstena tāv ubhau samavekṣya ca yadāsurā viśeṣaṃ tu na jānantyubhayostayoḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 47.194
बृहस्पतिर् उवाचैनान् असम्भ्रान्तस्तपोधनः काव्यो वो ऽहं गुरुर्दैत्या मद्रूपो ऽयं बृहस्पतिः
bṛhaspatir uvācainān asambhrāntastapodhanaḥ kāvyo vo 'haṃ gururdaityā madrūpo 'yaṃ bṛhaspatiḥ
Bṛhaspati, unflustered, rich in austerities, said to them: "I am Kāvya (Śukra), your teacher, O Daityas; this one, who has my form, is Bṛhaspati."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.195
संमोहयति रूपेण मामकेनैष वो ऽसुराः श्रुत्वा तस्य ततस्ते वै समेत्य तु ततो ऽब्रुवन्
saṃmohayati rūpeṇa māmakenaiṣa vo 'surāḥ śrutvā tasya tataste vai sametya tu tato 'bruvan
"This one deludes you, O asuras, by (assuming) my form!" Having heard that (speech) of his, they then came together and said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.196
अयं नो दश वर्षाणि सततं शास्ति वै प्रभुः एष वै गुरुरस्माकम् अन्तरेप्सुरयं द्विजः
ayaṃ no daśa varṣāṇi satataṃ śāsti vai prabhuḥ eṣa vai gururasmākam antarepsurayaṃ dvijaḥ
"This lord has been teaching us continually for ten years; he indeed is our teacher — this (other) brahmin is one seeking an opening (i.e. a weak point)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.197
ततस्ते दानवाः सर्वे प्रणिपत्याभिनन्द्य च वचनं जगृहुस्तस्य चिराभ्यासे न मोहिताः
tataste dānavāḥ sarve praṇipatyābhinandya ca vacanaṃ jagṛhustasya cirābhyāse na mohitāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 47.198
ऊचुस् तमसुराः सर्वे क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनाः अयं गुरुर् हितो ऽस्माकं गच्छ त्वं नासि नो गुरुः
ūcus tamasurāḥ sarve krodhasaṃraktalocanāḥ ayaṃ gurur hito 'smākaṃ gaccha tvaṃ nāsi no guruḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
MtP 47.199
भार्गवो वाङ्गिरा वापि भगवानेष नो गुरुः स्थिता वयं निदेशे ऽस्य साधु त्वं गच्छ माचिरम्
bhārgavo vāṅgirā vāpi bhagavāneṣa no guruḥ sthitā vayaṃ nideśe 'sya sādhu tvaṃ gaccha māciram
"Whether a Bhārgava or an Āṅgirasa, this lord is our teacher; we stand under his command. Very well—you go, and do not delay."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.200
एवमुक्त्वासुराः सर्वे प्रापद्यन्त बृहस्पतिम् यदा न प्रत्यपद्यन्त काव्येनोक्तं महद्धितम्
evamuktvāsurāḥ sarve prāpadyanta bṛhaspatim yadā na pratyapadyanta kāvyenoktaṃ mahaddhitam
Having spoken thus, all the asuras resorted to Bṛhaspati; (thus) they did not accept the great benefit spoken by Kāvya (Śukra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.201
चुकोप भार्गवस्तेषाम् अवलेपेन तेन तु बोधिता हि मया यस्मान् न मां भजथ दानवाः
cukopa bhārgavasteṣām avalepena tena tu bodhitā hi mayā yasmān na māṃ bhajatha dānavāḥ
The Bhārgava grew angry at their contempt, (saying): "Since, though instructed by me, you do not resort to me, O Dānavas—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.202
तस्मात्प्रनष्टसंज्ञा वै पराभवमवाप्स्यथ इति व्याहृत्य तान्काव्यो जगामाथ यथागतम्
tasmātpranaṣṭasaṃjñā vai parābhavamavāpsyatha iti vyāhṛtya tānkāvyo jagāmātha yathāgatam
"—therefore, your consciousness lost, you shall meet with defeat." Having said this to them, Kāvya then went off as he had come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.203
शप्तांस्तानसुराञ्ज्ञात्वा काव्येन स बृहस्पतिः कृतार्थः स तदा हृष्टः स्वरूपं प्रत्यपद्यत
śaptāṃstānasurāñjñātvā kāvyena sa bṛhaspatiḥ kṛtārthaḥ sa tadā hṛṣṭaḥ svarūpaṃ pratyapadyata
Knowing that those asuras had been cursed by Kāvya, that Bṛhaspati, his purpose accomplished, then, delighted, resumed his own form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.204
बुद्ध्यासुरान् हताञ्ज्ञात्वा कृतार्थो ऽन्तरधीयत ततः प्रनष्टे तस्मिंस्तु विभ्रान्ता दानवाभवन्
buddhyāsurān hatāñjñātvā kṛtārtho 'ntaradhīyata tataḥ pranaṣṭe tasmiṃstu vibhrāntā dānavābhavan
Knowing that the asuras had been destroyed by (his) stratagem, his purpose accomplished, he vanished. Then, when he had disappeared, the Dānavas became bewildered.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.205
अहो विवञ्चिताः स्मेति परस्परमथाब्रुवन् पृष्ठतो ऽभिमुखाश्चैव ताडिताङ्गिरसेन तु
aho vivañcitāḥ smeti parasparamathābruvan pṛṣṭhato 'bhimukhāścaiva tāḍitāṅgirasena tu
"Alas, we have been deceived!" they then said to one another, struck by Āṅgirasa both from behind and to their faces.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.206
वञ्चिताः सोपधानेन स्वे स्वे वस्तुनि मायया ततस्त्वपरितुष्टास्ते तमेव त्वरिता ययुः प्रह्लादमग्रतः कृत्वा काव्यस्यानुपदं पुनः
vañcitāḥ sopadhānena sve sve vastuni māyayā tatastvaparituṣṭāste tameva tvaritā yayuḥ prahlādamagrataḥ kṛtvā kāvyasyānupadaṃ punaḥ
Deceived with a trick by (his) magic, each in his own concern, then, dissatisfied, they hurried to that very one (Kāvya), placing Prahlāda in front, again following in Kāvya's footsteps.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.207
ततः काव्यं समासाद्य उपतस्थुरवाङ्मुखाः समागतान्पुनर्दृष्ट्वा काव्यो याज्यानुवाच ह
tataḥ kāvyaṃ samāsādya upatasthuravāṅmukhāḥ samāgatānpunardṛṣṭvā kāvyo yājyānuvāca ha
Then, reaching Kāvya, they stood before him with faces downcast; and Kāvya, seeing his patrons assembled again, spoke.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.208
मया संबोधिताः सर्वे यस्मान्मा नाभिनन्दथ ततस्तेनावमानेन गता यूयं पराभवम्
mayā saṃbodhitāḥ sarve yasmānmā nābhinandatha tatastenāvamānena gatā yūyaṃ parābhavam
"Since all of you, though instructed by me, did not welcome me, therefore by that slighting you have gone to defeat."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.209
एवं ब्रुवाणं शुक्रं तु बाष्पसंदिग्धया गिरा प्रह्लादस्तं तदोवाच मा नस्त्वं त्यज भार्गव
evaṃ bruvāṇaṃ śukraṃ tu bāṣpasaṃdigdhayā girā prahlādastaṃ tadovāca mā nastvaṃ tyaja bhārgava
But to Śukra as he spoke thus, Prahlāda then said, in a voice choked with tears: "Do not abandon us, O Bhārgava."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.210
स्वाश्रयान् भजमानांश्च भक्तांस्त्वं भज भार्गव त्वय्यदृष्टे वयं तेन देवाचार्येण मोहिताः भक्तानर्हसि वै ज्ञातुं तपोदीर्घेण चक्षुषा
svāśrayān bhajamānāṃśca bhaktāṃstvaṃ bhaja bhārgava tvayyadṛṣṭe vayaṃ tena devācāryeṇa mohitāḥ bhaktānarhasi vai jñātuṃ tapodīrgheṇa cakṣuṣā
"Favour us, O Bhārgava, who take refuge in you, who serve you, who are devoted to you. While you were not to be seen, we were deluded by that teacher of the gods. You should indeed recognise your devotees with the eye made far-reaching by austerity."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.211
यदि नस्त्वं न कुरुषे प्रसादं भृगुनन्दन अपध्यातास् त्वया ह्य् अद्य प्रविशामो रसातलम्
yadi nastvaṃ na kuruṣe prasādaṃ bhṛgunandana apadhyātās tvayā hy adya praviśāmo rasātalam
"If you show us no favour, O son of Bhṛgu, then, thought ill of by you, this very day we enter the nether world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.212
ज्ञात्वा काव्यो यथातत्त्वं कारुण्यादनुकम्पया एवं प्रत्यनुनीतो वै ततः कोपं नियम्य सः उवाचैतान्न भेतव्यं न गन्तव्यं रसातलम्
jñātvā kāvyo yathātattvaṃ kāruṇyādanukampayā evaṃ pratyanunīto vai tataḥ kopaṃ niyamya saḥ uvācaitānna bhetavyaṃ na gantavyaṃ rasātalam
Kāvya, knowing how things truly were, out of compassion and pity, thus conciliated, then restrained his anger and said to them: "You need not fear; you must not go to the nether world."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.213
अवश्यं भाविनो ह्य् अर्थाः प्राप्तव्या मयि जाग्रति न शक्यमन्यथा कर्तुं दिष्टं हि बलवत्तरम्
avaśyaṃ bhāvino hy arthāḥ prāptavyā mayi jāgrati na śakyamanyathā kartuṃ diṣṭaṃ hi balavattaram
"Things that must inevitably come to be must be met with, even while I am watchful; it cannot be made otherwise, for fate is stronger."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.214
संज्ञा प्रनष्टा या वो ऽद्य तामेतां प्रतिपत्स्यथ देवाञ्जित्वा सकृच्चापि पातालं प्रतिपत्स्यथ
saṃjñā pranaṣṭā yā vo 'dya tāmetāṃ pratipatsyatha devāñjitvā sakṛccāpi pātālaṃ pratipatsyatha
"The consciousness of yours that is lost today—that very thing you shall regain; and, having conquered the gods once, you shall (then) attain to Pātāla."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.215
प्राप्ते पर्यायकाले च हीति ब्रह्माभ्यभाषत मत्प्रसादाच्च त्रैलोक्यं भुक्तं युष्माभिरूर्जितम्
prāpte paryāyakāle ca hīti brahmābhyabhāṣata matprasādācca trailokyaṃ bhuktaṃ yuṣmābhirūrjitam
"'And when the time of the turn has come'—so Brahmā declared. And by my favour the three worlds were enjoyed by you in full vigour."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.216
युगाख्या दश सम्पूर्णा देवानाक्रम्य मूर्धनि एतावन्तं च कालं वै ब्रह्मा राज्यमभाषत
yugākhyā daśa sampūrṇā devānākramya mūrdhani etāvantaṃ ca kālaṃ vai brahmā rājyamabhāṣata
"Ten full periods called yugas, treading upon the heads of the gods—Brahmā declared the sovereignty (to last) just this long."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.217
राज्यं सावर्णिके तुभ्यं पुनः किल भविष्यति लोकानामीश्वरो भाव्यस् तव पौत्रः पुनर्बलिः
rājyaṃ sāvarṇike tubhyaṃ punaḥ kila bhaviṣyati lokānāmīśvaro bhāvyas tava pautraḥ punarbaliḥ
"In the Sāvarṇika (Manu's period) the kingship will, it is said, be yours again; your grandson Bali is again to be lord of the worlds."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.218
एवं किल मिथः प्रोक्तः पौत्रस्ते विष्णुना स्वयम् वाचा हृतेषु लोकेषु तास्तास्तस्याभवन्किल
evaṃ kila mithaḥ proktaḥ pautraste viṣṇunā svayam vācā hṛteṣu lokeṣu tāstāstasyābhavankila
Thus, it is said, your grandson was addressed in private by Viṣṇu himself; when the worlds had been taken away by (a mere) word, those (worlds) became his, so it is said.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.219
यस्मात्प्रवृत्तयश्चास्य संकाशाद् अभिसंधिताः तस्माद्वृत्तेन प्रीतेन तुभ्यं दत्तं स्वयम्भुवा
yasmātpravṛttayaścāsya saṃkāśād abhisaṃdhitāḥ tasmādvṛttena prītena tubhyaṃ dattaṃ svayambhuvā
Since his undertakings were resolved upon from (his) presence, therefore by the Self-existent One, pleased with (your) conduct, (this) was granted to you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.220
देवराज्ये बलिर्भाव्य इति मामीश्वरो ऽब्रवीत् तस्माददृश्यो भूतानां कालापेक्षः स तिष्ठति
devarājye balirbhāvya iti māmīśvaro 'bravīt tasmādadṛśyo bhūtānāṃ kālāpekṣaḥ sa tiṣṭhati
"Bali is to become (king) in the sovereignty of the gods" — so the Lord told me; therefore he abides unseen by beings, awaiting his time.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.221
प्रीतेन चापरो दत्तो वरस्तुभ्यं स्वयम्भुवा तस्मान्निरुत्सुकस्त्वं वै पर्यायं सहितो ऽसुरैः
prītena cāparo datto varastubhyaṃ svayambhuvā tasmānnirutsukastvaṃ vai paryāyaṃ sahito 'suraiḥ
And another boon was given to you by the Self-existent One, who was pleased; therefore be free of anxiety, together with the asuras, about (your) turn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.222
न हि शक्यं मया तुभ्यं पुरस्ताद् विप्रभाषितुम् ब्रह्मणा प्रतिषिद्धो ऽहं भविष्यं जानता विभो
na hi śakyaṃ mayā tubhyaṃ purastād viprabhāṣitum brahmaṇā pratiṣiddho 'haṃ bhaviṣyaṃ jānatā vibho
For it is not possible for me to speak out to you beforehand: I was forbidden, O mighty one, by Brahmā, who knows what will be.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.223
इमौ च शिष्यौ द्वौ मह्यं समाव् एतौ बृहस्पतेः दैवतैः सह संसृष्टान् सर्वान्वो धारयिष्यतः
imau ca śiṣyau dvau mahyaṃ samāv etau bṛhaspateḥ daivataiḥ saha saṃsṛṣṭān sarvānvo dhārayiṣyataḥ
And these two pupils of mine, these two equal to Bṛhaspati, will sustain all of you who are engaged with the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.224
इत्युक्ता ह्य् असुराः सर्वे काव्येनाक्लिष्टकर्मणा हृष्टास्तेन ययुः सार्धं प्रह्लादेन महात्मना
ityuktā hy asurāḥ sarve kāvyenākliṣṭakarmaṇā hṛṣṭāstena yayuḥ sārdhaṃ prahlādena mahātmanā
Thus addressed by Kāvya of untiring deeds, all the asuras were delighted and went with him, with the great-souled Prahlāda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.225
अवश्यं भाव्यमर्थं तु श्रुत्वा शुक्रेण भाषितम् सकृदाशंसमानास्तु जयं शुक्रेण भाषितम् दंशिताः सायुधाः सर्वे ततो देवान्समाह्वयन्
avaśyaṃ bhāvyamarthaṃ tu śrutvā śukreṇa bhāṣitam sakṛdāśaṃsamānāstu jayaṃ śukreṇa bhāṣitam daṃśitāḥ sāyudhāḥ sarve tato devānsamāhvayan
But having heard the matter that must inevitably come to pass, as spoken by Śukra, yet hoping for victory even once — (as) spoken by Śukra — all of them, armoured and bearing weapons, then challenged the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.226
देवास्तदासुरान्दृष्ट्वा संग्रामे समुपस्थितान् सर्वे संभृतसम्भारा देवास्तान् समयोधयन्
devāstadāsurāndṛṣṭvā saṃgrāme samupasthitān sarve saṃbhṛtasambhārā devāstān samayodhayan
Then the gods, seeing the asuras arrayed for battle, all of them with their equipment gathered, the gods fought them.
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MtP 47.227
देवासुरे तदा तस्मिन् वर्तमाने शतं समाः अजयन्नसुरा देवांस् ततो देवा ह्य् अमन्त्रयन्
devāsure tadā tasmin vartamāne śataṃ samāḥ ajayannasurā devāṃs tato devā hy amantrayan
While that (war) between gods and asuras went on then for a hundred years, the asuras defeated the gods; thereupon the gods took counsel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.228
यज्ञेनोपाह्वयामस् तौ ततो जेष्यामहे ऽसुरान् तदोपामन्त्रयन्देवाः शण्डामर्कौ तु ताव् उभौ
yajñenopāhvayāmas tau tato jeṣyāmahe 'surān tadopāmantrayandevāḥ śaṇḍāmarkau tu tāv ubhau
"Let us invite those two by a sacrifice; then we shall conquer the asuras." Then the gods invited both of those two, Śaṇḍa and Marka.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.229
यज्ञे चाहूय तौ प्रोक्तौ त्यजेतामसुरान् द्विजौ वयं युवां भजिष्यामः सह जित्वा तु दानवान्
yajñe cāhūya tau proktau tyajetāmasurān dvijau vayaṃ yuvāṃ bhajiṣyāmaḥ saha jitvā tu dānavān
And having summoned them to the sacrifice, the two brahmins were told: "Abandon the asuras; we will honour you two, once we have together conquered the Dānavas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.230
एवं कृताभिसंधी तौ शण्डामर्कौ सुरास्तथा ततो देवा जयं प्रापुर् दानवाश्च पराजिताः
evaṃ kṛtābhisaṃdhī tau śaṇḍāmarkau surāstathā tato devā jayaṃ prāpur dānavāśca parājitāḥ
In this way those two, Śaṇḍa and Marka, and likewise the gods, made a pact; then the gods gained victory and the Dānavas were defeated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.231
शण्डामर्कपरित्यक्ता दानवा ह्य् अबलास्तथा एवं दैत्याः पुरा काव्यशापेनाभिहतास्तदा
śaṇḍāmarkaparityaktā dānavā hy abalāstathā evaṃ daityāḥ purā kāvyaśāpenābhihatāstadā
Forsaken by Śaṇḍa and Marka, the Dānavas were thus without strength. Thus were the Daityas of old struck down then by Kāvya's curse.
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MtP 47.232
काव्यशापाभिभूतास्ते निराधाराश्च सर्वशः निरस्यमाना देवैश्च विविशुस्ते रसातलम्
kāvyaśāpābhibhūtāste nirādhārāśca sarvaśaḥ nirasyamānā devaiśca viviśuste rasātalam
Overwhelmed by Kāvya's curse and utterly without support, and being cast out by the gods, they entered Rasātala.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.233
एवं निरुद्यमा देवैः कृताः कृच्छ्रेण दानवाः ततः प्रभृति शापेन भृगोर्नैमित्तिकेन तु
evaṃ nirudyamā devaiḥ kṛtāḥ kṛcchreṇa dānavāḥ tataḥ prabhṛti śāpena bhṛgornaimittikena tu
Thus were the Dānavas with difficulty made powerless by the gods. From that time on, by the curse of Bhṛgu, which had its occasion (in this),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.234
जज्ञे पुनः पुनर्विष्णुर् धर्मे प्रशिथिले प्रभुः कुर्वन्धर्मव्यवस्थानम् असुराणां प्रणाशनम्
jajñe punaḥ punarviṣṇur dharme praśithile prabhuḥ kurvandharmavyavasthānam asurāṇāṃ praṇāśanam
Viṣṇu the Lord was born again and again when dharma had grown slack, effecting the establishment of dharma and the destruction of the asuras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.235
प्रह्लादस्य निदेशे तु न स्थास्यन्त्यसुराश्च ये मनुष्यवध्यास्ते सर्वे ब्रह्मेति व्याहरत्प्रभुः
prahlādasya nideśe tu na sthāsyantyasurāśca ye manuṣyavadhyāste sarve brahmeti vyāharatprabhuḥ
"And those asuras who will not abide by Prahlāda's command are all to be slain by a man" — so the Lord Brahmā declared.
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MtP 47.236
धर्मान्नारायणस्यांशः सम्भूतश् चाक्षुषे ऽन्तरे यज्ञं वै वर्तयामासुर् देवा वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे
dharmānnārāyaṇasyāṃśaḥ sambhūtaś cākṣuṣe 'ntare yajñaṃ vai vartayāmāsur devā vaivasvate 'ntare
A portion of Nārāyaṇa came into being from Dharma in the Cākṣuṣa interval; the gods carried on the sacrifice in the Vaivasvata interval.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.237
प्रादुर्भावे ततस्तस्य ब्रह्मा ह्य् आसीत्पुरोहितः युगाख्यायां चतुर्थ्यां तु आपन्नेषु सुरेषु वै
prādurbhāve tatastasya brahmā hy āsītpurohitaḥ yugākhyāyāṃ caturthyāṃ tu āpanneṣu sureṣu vai
At his manifestation, then, Brahmā was the officiating priest; but in the fourth of the yugas by name, when the gods had fallen into distress,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.238
सम्भूतस्तु समुद्रान्ते हिरण्यकशिपोर्वधे द्वितीये नरसिंहाख्ये रुद्रो ह्य् आसीत्पुरोहितः
sambhūtastu samudrānte hiraṇyakaśiporvadhe dvitīye narasiṃhākhye rudro hy āsītpurohitaḥ
he came into being at the ocean's edge, for the slaying of Hiraṇyakaśipu; in the second (manifestation), called Narasiṃha, Rudra was the officiating priest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.239
बलिसंस्थेषु लोकेषु त्रेतायां सप्तमं प्रति तृतीये वामनस्यार्थे धर्मेण तु पुरोधसा
balisaṃstheṣu lokeṣu tretāyāṃ saptamaṃ prati tṛtīye vāmanasyārthe dharmeṇa tu purodhasā
In the worlds subject to Bali, in the Tretā, toward the seventh (age), (there was) the third (manifestation), for Vāmana's purpose, with Dharma as chaplain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.240
एतास् तिस्रः स्मृतास्तस्य दिव्याः सम्भूतयो द्विजाः मानुषाः सप्त यान्यास्तु शापजास्ता निबोधत
etās tisraḥ smṛtāstasya divyāḥ sambhūtayo dvijāḥ mānuṣāḥ sapta yānyāstu śāpajāstā nibodhata
These three are remembered as his divine manifestations, O twice-born; but the human ones are seven — learn of those, which arose from a curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.241
त्रेतायुगे तु प्रथमे दत्तात्रेयो बभूव ह नष्टे धर्मे चतुर्थांशे मार्कण्डेयपुरःसरः
tretāyuge tu prathame dattātreyo babhūva ha naṣṭe dharme caturthāṃśe mārkaṇḍeyapuraḥsaraḥ
In the first Tretā age Dattātreya came into being, when dharma had perished by a fourth part, with Mārkaṇḍeya going before (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.242
पञ्चमः पञ्चदश्यां च त्रेतायां संबभूव ह मान्धाता चक्रवर्ती तु तदोत्तङ्कपुरःसरे
pañcamaḥ pañcadaśyāṃ ca tretāyāṃ saṃbabhūva ha māndhātā cakravartī tu tadottaṅkapuraḥsare
And the fifth came into being in the fifteenth Tretā: Māndhātā the universal emperor, with Uttaṅka then going before (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.243
एकोनविंश्यां त्रेतायां सर्वक्षत्रान्तकृद्विभुः जामदग्न्यस्तथा षष्ठो विश्वामित्रपुरःसरः
ekonaviṃśyāṃ tretāyāṃ sarvakṣatrāntakṛdvibhuḥ jāmadagnyastathā ṣaṣṭho viśvāmitrapuraḥsaraḥ
In the nineteenth Tretā, the mighty one who made an end of all the kṣatriyas, the son of Jamadagni, was thus the sixth, with Viśvāmitra going before (him).
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MtP 47.244
चतुर्विंशे युगे रामो वसिष्ठेन पुरोधसा सप्तमो रावणस्यार्थे जज्ञे दशरथात्मजः
caturviṃśe yuge rāmo vasiṣṭhena purodhasā saptamo rāvaṇasyārthe jajñe daśarathātmajaḥ
In the twenty-fourth age, Rāma, with Vasiṣṭha as chaplain, the seventh, was born as Daśaratha's son on account of Rāvaṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.245
अष्टमे द्वापरे विष्णुर् अष्टाविंशे पराशरात् वेदव्यासस्तथा जज्ञे जातूकर्ण्यपुरःसरः
aṣṭame dvāpare viṣṇur aṣṭāviṃśe parāśarāt vedavyāsastathā jajñe jātūkarṇyapuraḥsaraḥ
In the eighth, in the Dvāpara, in the twenty-eighth (age), Viṣṇu was born from Parāśara as Vedavyāsa, with Jātūkarṇya going before (him).
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MtP 47.246
कर्तुं धर्मव्यवस्थानम् असुराणां प्रणाशनम् बुद्धो नवमको जज्ञे तपसा पुष्करेक्षणः देवसुन्दररूपेण द्वैपायनपुरःसरः
kartuṃ dharmavyavasthānam asurāṇāṃ praṇāśanam buddho navamako jajñe tapasā puṣkarekṣaṇaḥ devasundararūpeṇa dvaipāyanapuraḥsaraḥ
To bring about the settled order of dharma and the destruction of the asuras, the ninth was born as the Buddha, lotus-eyed, through ascetic power, in a form beautiful as a god's, with Dvaipāyana going before (him).
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MtP 47.247
तस्मिन्नेव युगे क्षीणे संध्याशिष्टे भविष्यति कल्की तु विष्णुयशसः पाराशर्यपुरःसरः
tasminneva yuge kṣīṇe saṃdhyāśiṣṭe bhaviṣyati kalkī tu viṣṇuyaśasaḥ pārāśaryapuraḥsaraḥ
When that very age is spent, with only its twilight remaining, there will be Kalki, (son) of Viṣṇuyaśas, with Pārāśarya going before (him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
MtP 47.248
दशमो भाव्यसम्भूतो याज्ञवल्क्यपुरःसरः सर्वांश्च भूतांस् तिमितान् पाषण्डांश्चैव सर्वशः
daśamo bhāvyasambhūto yājñavalkyapuraḥsaraḥ sarvāṃśca bhūtāṃs timitān pāṣaṇḍāṃścaiva sarvaśaḥ
The tenth, arisen as one yet to be, with Yājñavalkya going before (him), (will destroy) all the beings that are measured out(?) and the heretics entirely,
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MtP 47.249
प्रगृहीतायुधैर् विप्रैर् वृतः शतसहस्रशः
pragṛhītāyudhair viprair vṛtaḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
surrounded by hundreds of thousands of brahmins with weapons taken up.
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MtP 47.250
निःशेषाञ्छूद्रराज्ञस्तु तदा स तु करिष्यति ब्रह्मद्विषः सपत्नांस्तु संहृत्यैव च तद्वपुः
niḥśeṣāñchūdrarājñastu tadā sa tu kariṣyati brahmadviṣaḥ sapatnāṃstu saṃhṛtyaiva ca tadvapuḥ
Then he will make the Śūdra kings (to be) without remnant; and having destroyed the brahmin-hating rivals, (he will destroy) that body (of theirs) too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
MtP 47.251
पञ्चविंशे स्थितः कल्किश् चरितार्थः ससैनिकः शूद्रान् संशोधयित्वा तु समुद्रान्तं च वै स्वयम्
pañcaviṃśe sthitaḥ kalkiś caritārthaḥ sasainikaḥ śūdrān saṃśodhayitvā tu samudrāntaṃ ca vai svayam
Kalki, established in the twenty-fifth (age), his object achieved, together with his army, having himself purged the Śūdras as far as the ocean's edge,
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MtP 47.252
प्रवृत्तचक्रो बलवान् संहारं तु करिष्यति उत्सादयित्वा वृषलान् प्रायशस्तानधार्मिकान्
pravṛttacakro balavān saṃhāraṃ tu kariṣyati utsādayitvā vṛṣalān prāyaśastānadhārmikān
with his wheel set rolling, the strong one will carry out the destruction, having uprooted those low-born ones, for the most part unrighteous.
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MtP 47.253
ततस्तदा स वै कल्किश् चरितार्थः ससैनिकः प्रजास्तं साधयित्वा तु समृद्धास्तेन वै स्वयम्
tatastadā sa vai kalkiś caritārthaḥ sasainikaḥ prajāstaṃ sādhayitvā tu samṛddhāstena vai svayam
Then, at that time, Kalki, his object achieved, together with his army — having brought the subjects (into order), they being made prosperous by him himself.
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MtP 47.254
अकस्मात्कोपितान्योन्यं भविष्यन्तीह मोहिताः क्षपयित्वा तु ते ऽन्योन्यं भाविनार्थेन चोदिताः
akasmātkopitānyonyaṃ bhaviṣyantīha mohitāḥ kṣapayitvā tu te 'nyonyaṃ bhāvinārthena coditāḥ
Suddenly angered against one another they will become here, deluded; and having destroyed one another, impelled by the purpose that is to come —
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MtP 47.255
ततः काले व्यतीते तु स देवो ऽन्तरधीयत नृपेष्वथ प्रनष्टेषु प्रजानां संग्रहात्तदा
tataḥ kāle vyatīte tu sa devo 'ntaradhīyata nṛpeṣvatha pranaṣṭeṣu prajānāṃ saṃgrahāttadā
Then, when the time had passed, that god disappeared; and when the kings had perished, since the holding-together of the subjects (was gone),
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MtP 47.256
रक्षणे विनिवृत्ते तु हत्वा चान्योन्यमाहवे परस्परं च हत्वा तु निराक्रन्दाः सुदुःखिताः
rakṣaṇe vinivṛtte tu hatvā cānyonyamāhave parasparaṃ ca hatvā tu nirākrandāḥ suduḥkhitāḥ
and protection had ceased, killing one another in battle, and slaying each other, with no one to cry out for them, in great misery,
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MtP 47.257
पुराणि हित्वा ग्रामांश्च तुल्यत्वे निष्परिग्रहाः प्रनष्टाश्रमधर्माश्च नष्टवर्णाश्रमास्तथा
purāṇi hitvā grāmāṃśca tulyatve niṣparigrahāḥ pranaṣṭāśramadharmāśca naṣṭavarṇāśramāstathā
abandoning cities and villages, in a state of levelling, without possessions, the duties of the āśramas destroyed, and likewise the classes and stages of life destroyed.
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MtP 47.258
अट्टशूला नानपदाः शिवशूलाश्चतुष्पथाः प्रमदाः केशशूलाश्च भविष्यन्ति युगक्षये
aṭṭaśūlā nānapadāḥ śivaśūlāścatuṣpathāḥ pramadāḥ keśaśūlāśca bhaviṣyanti yugakṣaye
At the ending of the age the lands will be without dwellings and bristling with market-stalls, the crossroads bristling with Śivas, and women bristling with hair.
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MtP 47.259
ह्रस्वदेहायुषश्चैव भविष्यन्ति वनौकसः सरित्पर्वतवासिन्यो मूलपत्त्रफलाशनाः
hrasvadehāyuṣaścaiva bhaviṣyanti vanaukasaḥ saritparvatavāsinyo mūlapattraphalāśanāḥ
And (people) will be short in body and lifespan, dwellers in the woods; (their women) living by rivers and on mountains, feeding on roots, leaves and fruit.
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MtP 47.260
चीरचर्माजिनधराः संकरं घोरमाश्रिताः उत्पातदुःखाः स्वल्पार्था बहुबाधाश्च ताः प्रजाः
cīracarmājinadharāḥ saṃkaraṃ ghoramāśritāḥ utpātaduḥkhāḥ svalpārthā bahubādhāśca tāḥ prajāḥ
Wearing rags, hides and skins, given over to dreadful intermixture (of castes), pained by portents, possessing little, and beset by many afflictions — such will those creatures be.
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MtP 47.261
एवं कष्टमनुप्राप्ताः काले संध्यंशके तदा ततः क्षयं गमिष्यन्ति सार्धं कलियुगेन तु
evaṃ kaṣṭamanuprāptāḥ kāle saṃdhyaṃśake tadā tataḥ kṣayaṃ gamiṣyanti sārdhaṃ kaliyugena tu
Thus, having come to such distress at the time of the twilight portion (of the age), they will then go to destruction together with the Kali age.
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MtP 47.262
क्षीणे कलियुगे तस्मिंस् ततः कृतमवर्तत इत्येतत्कीर्तितं सम्यग् देवासुरविचेष्टितम्
kṣīṇe kaliyuge tasmiṃs tataḥ kṛtamavartata ityetatkīrtitaṃ samyag devāsuraviceṣṭitam
When that Kali age was spent, thereupon the Kṛta (age) came round. Thus has this been fully recounted — the doings of the gods and the asuras.
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MtP 47.263
यदुवंशप्रसङ्गेन समासाद्वैष्णवं यशः तुर्वसोस्तु प्रवक्ष्यामि पूरोर् द्रुह्योस्तथा ह्य् अनोः
yaduvaṃśaprasaṅgena samāsādvaiṣṇavaṃ yaśaḥ turvasostu pravakṣyāmi pūror druhyostathā hy anoḥ
In connection with the lineage of Yadu the glory of Viṣṇu (has been told) in brief; but now I shall set forth (the line) of Turvasu, and of Pūru, of Druhyu, and likewise of Anu.
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