Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 10
NarP 1 10.1
नारद उवाच विष्णुपादाग्रसंभूता या गङ्गेत्यभिधीयते । तदुत्पत्तिं वद भ्रातरनुग्राह्यो ऽस्मि ते यदि
nārada uvāca viṣṇupādāgrasaṃbhūtā yā gaṅgetyabhidhīyate / tadutpattiṃ vada bhrātaranugrāhyo 'smi te yadi
Nārada said: She who is called Gaṅgā, arisen from the tip of Viṣṇu's foot — tell (me) of her origin, brother, if I am one to be favoured by you.
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NarP 1 10.2
सनक उवाच शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि गङ्गोत्पत्तिं तवानघ । वदृतां शृण्वतां चैंव पुण्यदां पापनाशिनीम्
sanaka uvāca śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi gaṅgotpattiṃ tavānagha / vadṛtāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ caiṃva puṇyadāṃ pāpanāśinīm
Sanaka said: Listen, Nārada, I shall tell you, O sinless one, the origin of Gaṅgā, which grants merit and destroys sin for those who speak (of it) and for those who hear (it).
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NarP 1 10.3
आसीदिन्द्रादिदेवानां जनकः कश्यपो मुनिः । दक्षात्मजे तस्य भार्ये दितिश्चादितिरेव च
āsīdindrādidevānāṃ janakaḥ kaśyapo muniḥ / dakṣātmaje tasya bhārye ditiścāditireva ca
There was the sage Kaśyapa, father of Indra and the other gods; his two wives were daughters of Dakṣa, Diti and Aditi.
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NarP 1 10.4
अगदितिर्देवमातास्ति दैत्यानां जननी दितिः । ते तयोरात्मजा विप्र परस्परजयैषिणः
agaditirdevamātāsti daityānāṃ jananī ditiḥ / te tayorātmajā vipra parasparajayaiṣiṇaḥ
Aditi is the mother of the gods, Diti the mother of the Daityas; those sons of the two, O brahmin, each sought to conquer the other.
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NarP 1 10.5
सदा सपूर्वदेवास्तु यतो दैत्याः प्रकीर्तिताः । आदिर् दैत्यो दितेः पुत्रो हिरण्यकशिपुर्बली
sadā sapūrvadevāstu yato daityāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / ādir daityo diteḥ putro hiraṇyakaśipurbalī
Since (they) are always with the elder gods, the Daityas are (so) proclaimed; the first Daitya, Diti's son, was the mighty Hiraṇyakaśipu.
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NarP 1 10.6
प्रह्लादस्तस्य पुत्रो ऽभूत्सुमहान्दैत्यसत्तमः । विरोचन स्तस्य सुतो बभूव द्विजभक्तिमान्
prahlādastasya putro 'bhūtsumahāndaityasattamaḥ / virocana stasya suto babhūva dvijabhaktimān
His son was Prahlāda, a very great one, best of the Daityas; his son was Virocana, devoted to the twice-born.
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NarP 1 10.7
तस्य पुत्रो ऽतितेजस्वी बलिरासीत्प्रतापवान् । स एव वाहिनीपालो दैत्यानामभवन्मुनेः
tasya putro 'titejasvī balirāsītpratāpavān / sa eva vāhinīpālo daityānāmabhavanmuneḥ
His son was Bali, exceedingly brilliant and mighty in valour; he indeed became the commander of the army of the Daityas, O sage.
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NarP 1 10.8
बलेन महता युक्तो बुभुजे मेदिनीमिमाम् । विजित्य वसुधां सर्वां स्वर्गं जेतुं मनो दधे
balena mahatā yukto bubhuje medinīmimām / vijitya vasudhāṃ sarvāṃ svargaṃ jetuṃ mano dadhe
Endowed with great strength he enjoyed this earth; and having conquered the whole world he set his mind on conquering heaven.
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NarP 1 10.9
गजाश्च यस्यायुतकोटिलक्षास्तावन्त एवाश्चरथा मुनीन्द्र । गजेगजे पञ्चशती पदातेः किं वर्ण्यते तस्य चमूर्वरिष्टा
gajāśca yasyāyutakoṭilakṣāstāvanta evāścarathā munīndra / gajegaje pañcaśatī padāteḥ kiṃ varṇyate tasya camūrvariṣṭā
He whose elephants numbered myriads, crores and lakhs, and just as many were his horses and chariots, O best of sages; for every elephant five hundred foot-soldiers — how can his supreme army be described?
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NarP 1 10.10
अमात्यकोट्यग्रसरावमात्यौ कुम्भाण्डनामाप्यथ कूपकर्णः । पित्रा समं शौर्यपराक्रमाभ्यां बाणो बलेः पुत्रशतग्रजो ऽभूत्
amātyakoṭyagrasarāvamātyau kumbhāṇḍanāmāpyatha kūpakarṇaḥ / pitrā samaṃ śauryaparākramābhyāṃ bāṇo baleḥ putraśatagrajo 'bhūt
Foremost among his crore of ministers were two ministers, one named Kumbhāṇḍa and also Kūpakarṇa; equal to his father in bravery and prowess was Bāṇa, eldest of Bali's hundred sons.
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NarP 1 10.11
बलिः सुराञ्जेतुमनाः प्रवृत्तः सैन्येन युक्तो महता प्रतस्थे । ध्वजातपर्त्रैर्गगनाबुराशेस्तरङ्गविद्युत्स्मरणं प्रकुर्वन्
baliḥ surāñjetumanāḥ pravṛttaḥ sainyena yukto mahatā pratasthe / dhvajātapartrairgaganāburāśestaraṅgavidyutsmaraṇaṃ prakurvan
Bali, minded to conquer the gods, set out, marching forth joined with a great army, making one recall, with his banners and parasols, the waves and lightnings of the ocean of the sky.
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NarP 1 10.12
अवाप्य वृत्रारिपुरं सुरारी रुरोघ दैत्यैर्मृगराजगाढैः । सुरश्च युद्धाय पुरात्तथैव विनिर्ययुर्वज्रकरादयश्च
avāpya vṛtrāripuraṃ surārī rurogha daityairmṛgarājagāḍhaiḥ / suraśca yuddhāya purāttathaiva viniryayurvajrakarādayaśca
Having reached the city of Vṛtra's foe (Indra), the enemy of the gods pressed on with the Daityas, fierce as lions; and the gods likewise came out from the city for battle, the wielder of the thunderbolt and the others.
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NarP 1 10.13
ततः प्रववृते युद्धं घोरं गीर्वाणदैत्ययो । कल्पान्तमेघानिर्धोषं डिण्डिंमध्वनिसंभ्रमम्
tataḥ pravavṛte yuddhaṃ ghoraṃ gīrvāṇadaityayo / kalpāntameghānirdhoṣaṃ ḍiṇḍiṃmadhvanisaṃbhramam
Then a terrible battle broke out between the gods and the Daityas, roaring like the clouds at the end of an aeon, with a tumult of the noise of drums.
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NarP 1 10.14
मुमुचुः शरजालानि दःत्याः सुमनसां बले । देवाश्च दैत्यसेनासु संग्रामे ऽत्यन्तदारुणे
mumucuḥ śarajālāni daḥtyāḥ sumanasāṃ bale / devāśca daityasenāsu saṃgrāme 'tyantadāruṇe
The Daityas loosed nets of arrows upon the army of the gods, and the gods upon the Daitya hosts, in that exceedingly dreadful battle.
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NarP 1 10.15
जहि दारय भिन्धीते छिन्धि मारय ताडय । इत्येवं सुमहान्घोषो वदतां सेनयोरभूत्
jahi dāraya bhindhīte chindhi māraya tāḍaya / ityevaṃ sumahānghoṣo vadatāṃ senayorabhūt
"Strike! Tear! Split him! Cut! Kill! Beat!" — such was the very great uproar of those shouting in the two armies.
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NarP 1 10.16
शरदुन्दुभिनिध्वानैः सिंहनादैः सिंहनादैः सुरद्विषाम् । भाङ्कारैः स्यन्दनानां च बाणक्रेङ्गारनिःस्वनैः
śaradundubhinidhvānaiḥ siṃhanādaiḥ siṃhanādaiḥ suradviṣām / bhāṅkāraiḥ syandanānāṃ ca bāṇakreṅgāraniḥsvanaiḥ
With the sounds of arrows and drums, with the lion-roars of the enemies of the gods, with the rattling of chariots and the whizzing noises of arrows,
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NarP 1 10.17
अश्वानां हेषितैश्चैव गजानां बृंहितैस्तथा । टङ्गारैर्धनुषां चैव लोकः शब्दत्मयो ऽभवत्
aśvānāṃ heṣitaiścaiva gajānāṃ bṛṃhitaistathā / ṭaṅgārairdhanuṣāṃ caiva lokaḥ śabdatmayo 'bhavat
and with the neighing of horses and the trumpeting of elephants, and with the twanging of bows, the world became nothing but sound.
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NarP 1 10.18
सुरासुरविनिर्मुक्तबाणनिष्पेषजानले । अकालप्रलयं मेने निरीक्ष्य सकलं जगत्
surāsuravinirmuktabāṇaniṣpeṣajānale / akālapralayaṃ mene nirīkṣya sakalaṃ jagat
Seeing the fire born from the clashing of arrows loosed by gods and demons, the whole world thought it was an untimely dissolution.
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NarP 1 10.19
बभौ देवद्विषां सेना स्फुरच्छस्त्रौघधारिणी । चलद्विद्युन्निभा रात्रिश्छादिता जलदैरिव
babhau devadviṣāṃ senā sphuracchastraughadhāriṇī / caladvidyunnibhā rātriśchāditā jaladairiva
The army of the enemies of the gods, bearing a flood of flashing weapons, shone like a night covered with clouds, resembling moving lightning.
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NarP 1 10.20
तस्मिन्युद्धे महाधोरैर्गिरीन् क्षित्पान् सुरारिभिः । नाराचैश्चूर्णयामासुर्वेवास्ते लघुविक्रमाः
tasminyuddhe mahādhorairgirīn kṣitpān surāribhiḥ / nārācaiścūrṇayāmāsurvevāste laghuvikramāḥ
In that battle the enemies of the gods, terribly fierce, pulverized with iron arrows the mountains they hurled — those (demons) of swift prowess.
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NarP 1 10.21
केचित्सताडयामासुर्नागैर्नागान्रथान्रथैः । अश्वैरश्वांश्च केचित्तु गदादण्डैरथार्द्दयन्
kecitsatāḍayāmāsurnāgairnāgānrathānrathaiḥ / aśvairaśvāṃśca kecittu gadādaṇḍairathārddayan
Some struck elephants with elephants, chariots with chariots; and some crushed horses with horses, and then (others) with maces and clubs.
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NarP 1 10.22
परिधैस्ताडिताः केचित्पेतुः शोणितकर्द्दमे । समुक्त्रान्तासवः केचिद्विमानानि समाश्रिताः
paridhaistāḍitāḥ kecitpetuḥ śoṇitakarddame / samuktrāntāsavaḥ kecidvimānāni samāśritāḥ
Some, struck down by iron bars, fell into the mire of blood; some, their lives departed, resorted to (celestial) chariots.
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NarP 1 10.23
ये दैत्या निहता देवैः प्रसह्य सङ्गरे तदा । ते देवभावमापन्ना दैतेयान्समुपाद्रवन्
ye daityā nihatā devaiḥ prasahya saṅgare tadā / te devabhāvamāpannā daiteyānsamupādravan
Those Daityas who were then slain by the gods by force in the battle, having attained the state of gods, fell upon the sons of Diti.
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NarP 1 10.24
अथ दैत्यगणाः क्रुद्वास्तड्यमानाः सुर्वैर्भृशम् । शस्त्रैर्बहुविधैर्द्देवान्निजध्नुरतिदारुणाः
atha daityagaṇāḥ krudvāstaḍyamānāḥ survairbhṛśam / śastrairbahuvidhairddevānnijadhnuratidāruṇāḥ
Then the hosts of Daityas, enraged, being sorely beaten by the gods, most terrible, struck the gods with weapons of many kinds.
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NarP 1 10.25
दृषद्भिर्भिदिपालैश्च खड्गैः परशुतोमरैः । परिधैश्छुरिकाभिश्च कुन्तैश्चक्रैश्च शङ्कुभिः
dṛṣadbhirbhidipālaiśca khaḍgaiḥ paraśutomaraiḥ / paridhaiśchurikābhiśca kuntaiścakraiśca śaṅkubhiḥ
With stones and with bhindipālas (javelins), with swords, with axes and lances, with iron bars and with knives, with spears and discuses and spikes,
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NarP 1 10.26
मुसलैरङ्कुशेश्वैव लाङ्गलैः पट्टिशैस्तथा । शक्त्योपलैः शतघ्रीभिः पाशैश्च तलमुष्टिभिः
musalairaṅkuśeśvaiva lāṅgalaiḥ paṭṭiśaistathā / śaktyopalaiḥ śataghrībhiḥ pāśaiśca talamuṣṭibhiḥ
with pestles and with goads, with ploughs and likewise with paṭṭiśas, with spears and rocks, with śataghnīs, with nooses and with fist-blows,
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NarP 1 10.27
शूलैर्नालीकनाराचैः क्षेपणीयैःसमुद्ररैः । रथाश्वनागपदगैः सङ्कुलो ववृधे रणः
śūlairnālīkanārācaiḥ kṣepaṇīyaiḥsamudraraiḥ / rathāśvanāgapadagaiḥ saṅkulo vavṛdhe raṇaḥ
with pikes, with nālīka and nārāca arrows, with missiles to be hurled, with (weapons) roaring like the ocean — crowded with chariots, horses, elephants and foot-soldiers, the battle swelled.
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NarP 1 10.28
देवाश्च विविधास्त्राणि दैतेयेभ्यः समाक्षिपन् । एवमष्टसहस्राणि युद्धमासीत्सुदारुणम्
devāśca vividhāstrāṇi daiteyebhyaḥ samākṣipan / evamaṣṭasahasrāṇi yuddhamāsītsudāruṇam
And the gods hurled various divine weapons at the sons of Diti. Thus for eight thousand (years) the battle was exceedingly terrible.
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NarP 1 10.29
अथ दैत्यबले वृद्धे पराभूता दिवौकसः । सुरलोकं परित्यतज्य सर्वे भीताः प्रदुद्रुवुः
atha daityabale vṛddhe parābhūtā divaukasaḥ / suralokaṃ parityatajya sarve bhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ
Then, when the army of the Daityas had grown strong, the dwellers in heaven were defeated; abandoning the world of the gods, all of them fled in fear.
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NarP 1 10.30
नररुपपरिच्छन्ना विचेरु रवनीतले । वैरोचनिस्त्रिभुवनं नारायणपरायणः
nararupaparicchannā viceru ravanītale / vairocanistribhuvanaṃ nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ
Concealed in human form they wandered on the surface of the earth. Virocana's son (Bali), devoted to Nārāyaṇa, (enjoyed) the three worlds,
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NarP 1 10.31
बुभुजे ऽव्याहतैश्चर्यप्रवृद्धश्रीर्महाबलः । इत्याज चाश्वमेघैः स विष्णुप्रीणनतत्परः
bubhuje 'vyāhataiścaryapravṛddhaśrīrmahābalaḥ / ityāja cāśvameghaiḥ sa viṣṇuprīṇanatatparaḥ
he of great strength, his glory increased, enjoyed unhindered lordship; and he sacrificed with horse-sacrifices, intent on pleasing Viṣṇu.
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NarP 1 10.32
इन्द्रत्वं चाकरोत्स्वर्गे दिक्पालत्वं तथैव च । देवानां प्रीणनार्थाय यैः क्रियन्ते द्विजैर्मखाः
indratvaṃ cākarotsvarge dikpālatvaṃ tathaiva ca / devānāṃ prīṇanārthāya yaiḥ kriyante dvijairmakhāḥ
And in heaven he exercised the office of Indra and likewise the office of guardian of the quarters. The sacrifices which are performed by the twice-born for the pleasing of the gods —
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NarP 1 10.33
तेषु यज्ञेषु सर्वेषु हविर्भुङ्क्ते स दैत्यराट् । अदितिः स्वात्मजान्वीक्ष्य देवमातातिदुःखिता
teṣu yajñeṣu sarveṣu havirbhuṅkte sa daityarāṭ / aditiḥ svātmajānvīkṣya devamātātiduḥkhitā
in all those sacrifices that king of the Daityas consumed the oblation. Aditi, the mother of the gods, seeing her own sons, was greatly grieved.
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NarP 1 10.35
हरिध्यानपरा भूत्वा तपस्तेपे ऽतिदुष्करम् । किञ्चित्कालं समासीना तिष्टन्ती च ततः परम्
haridhyānaparā bhūtvā tapastepe 'tiduṣkaram / kiñcitkālaṃ samāsīnā tiṣṭantī ca tataḥ param
Becoming intent on meditation on Hari, she performed exceedingly difficult austerity: for some time seated, and after that standing;
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NarP 1 10.36
पादेनैकेन सुचिरं ततः पादाग्रमात्रतः । कञ्चित्कालं फलाहारा ततः शीर्णदलाशना
pādenaikena suciraṃ tataḥ pādāgramātrataḥ / kañcitkālaṃ phalāhārā tataḥ śīrṇadalāśanā
for a long while on one foot, then on the tip of the foot alone; for some time eating fruit, then eating withered leaves;
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NarP 1 10.37
ततो जलाशमा वायुभोजनाहारवर्जिता । सञ्चिदानन्दसन्दोहं ध्यायत्यात्मानमत्मना
tato jalāśamā vāyubhojanāhāravarjitā / sañcidānandasandohaṃ dhyāyatyātmānamatmanā
then living on water, then abstaining from food and eating (only) air; she meditates by herself on the Self, the mass of being, consciousness and bliss.
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NarP 1 10.38
दिव्याब्दानां सहस्रं सा तपो ऽतप्यत नारद । दुरन्तं तत्तपः श्रुत्वा दैतेया मायिनो ऽदितिम्
divyābdānāṃ sahasraṃ sā tapo 'tapyata nārada / durantaṃ tattapaḥ śrutvā daiteyā māyino 'ditim
For a thousand divine years she performed austerity, Nārada. Hearing of that austerity hard to surpass, the sons of Diti, masters of illusion, (approached) Aditi,
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NarP 1 10.39
देवतारुपमास्थाय संप्रोचुर्बलिनोदिताः । किमर्थं तप्यते मातः शरीरपरिशोषणम्
devatārupamāsthāya saṃprocurbalinoditāḥ / kimarthaṃ tapyate mātaḥ śarīrapariśoṣaṇam
and taking on the form of gods, urged by Bali, they said: "For what purpose, mother, is this austerity practised, this drying up of the body?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 10.40
यदि जनन्ति दैतेया महहुखं ततो भवेत् । त्यजेदं दुःखबहुलं कायशोषणकारणम्
yadi jananti daiteyā mahahukhaṃ tato bhavet / tyajedaṃ duḥkhabahulaṃ kāyaśoṣaṇakāraṇam
"If the sons of Diti come to know (of it), great sorrow will result from that. Abandon this, full of pain, the cause of the withering of the body."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 10.41
प्रयाससाध्यं सुकृतं न प्रशंसन्ति पण्डिताः । शरीरं यन्ततो रक्ष्यं धर्मसाधनतत्परैः
prayāsasādhyaṃ sukṛtaṃ na praśaṃsanti paṇḍitāḥ / śarīraṃ yantato rakṣyaṃ dharmasādhanatatparaiḥ
"The learned do not praise merit that is gained through (bodily) toil; the body should be carefully protected by those intent on the means of dharma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 10.42
ये शरीरमुपेक्षन्ते ते स्युरात्मविघातिनः । सुखं त्वं तिष्ट सुभगे पुत्रानस्मान्न खेदय
ye śarīramupekṣante te syurātmavighātinaḥ / sukhaṃ tvaṃ tiṣṭa subhage putrānasmānna khedaya
Those who neglect the body would be destroyers of themselves. Stay at ease, fortunate lady; do not make us, your sons, grieve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 10.43
मात्रा हीना जना मातर्मृतप्राया न संशयः । गावो वा पशवो वापियत्र गावो महीरुहाः
mātrā hīnā janā mātarmṛtaprāyā na saṃśayaḥ / gāvo vā paśavo vāpiyatra gāvo mahīruhāḥ
Mother, people bereft of a mother are as good as dead, no doubt of it — whether cows or cattle, (as) where there are cows (and) trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 10.44
न लभन्ते सुखं किञ्चिन्मात्रा हीना मृतोपमाः । दरिद्रो वापि रोगी वा देशान्तरगतो ऽपि वा
na labhante sukhaṃ kiñcinmātrā hīnā mṛtopamāḥ / daridro vāpi rogī vā deśāntaragato 'pi vā
Bereft of a mother, like the dead, they obtain no happiness at all; whether poor, or sick, or gone to another country,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 10.45
मातुर्दर्शनमात्रेण लभते परमां मुदम् । अन्ने वा सलिले वापि धनादौ वा प्रियासु च
māturdarśanamātreṇa labhate paramāṃ mudam / anne vā salile vāpi dhanādau vā priyāsu ca
by the mere sight of his mother he obtains the highest joy — in food, or in water, or in wealth and the rest, or among beloved women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 10.46
कदाचिद्विमुखो याति जनो मातरि को ऽपि न । यस्य माता गृहे नास्ति यत्र धर्मपरायणा । साध्वी च स्त्री पतिप्राणा गन्तव्यं तेन वै वनम्
kadācidvimukho yāti jano mātari ko 'pi na / yasya mātā gṛhe nāsti yatra dharmaparāyaṇā / sādhvī ca strī patiprāṇā gantavyaṃ tena vai vanam
No person ever goes away turned away (disappointed) from a mother. He in whose house there is no mother devoted to dharma, and no virtuous wife whose life is her husband — he indeed should go to the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 10.47
धर्मश्च नारायणभक्तिहीनां धनं च सद्भोगविवर्जितं हि । गृहं च मार्यातनयेर्विहीनं यथा तथा मातृविहीनमर्त्यः
dharmaśca nārāyaṇabhaktihīnāṃ dhanaṃ ca sadbhogavivarjitaṃ hi / gṛhaṃ ca māryātanayervihīnaṃ yathā tathā mātṛvihīnamartyaḥ
As dharma without devotion to Nārāyaṇa, and wealth deprived of good enjoyment, and a house without wife and sons — so is a mortal without a mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 10.48
तस्माद्देवि परित्राहि दुःखार्तानात्मजांस्तवा । इत्युक्ताप्यदितिर्दैप्यैर्न चचाल समाधितः
tasmāddevi paritrāhi duḥkhārtānātmajāṃstavā / ityuktāpyaditirdaipyairna cacāla samādhitaḥ
Therefore, goddess, save your sons afflicted with suffering. Though thus addressed by the Ādityas, Aditi did not stir from her meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 10.49
एवमुक्त्वासुराः सर्वे हरिध्यानपरायणाम् । निरीक्ष्य क्रोधसंयुक्ता हन्तुं चक्रुर्मनोरथम्
evamuktvāsurāḥ sarve haridhyānaparāyaṇām / nirīkṣya krodhasaṃyuktā hantuṃ cakrurmanoratham
Having spoken thus, all the asuras, seeing her intent on meditation on Hari, filled with anger, formed the wish to kill (her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 10.50
कल्पान्तमेघनिर्घोषाः क्रोधसंरक्तलोचनाः । दंष्ट्रग्रैरसृजन्वह्निं सो ऽदहत्काननं क्षणात्
kalpāntameghanirghoṣāḥ krodhasaṃraktalocanāḥ / daṃṣṭragrairasṛjanvahniṃ so 'dahatkānanaṃ kṣaṇāt
Roaring like the clouds at the end of an aeon, their eyes red with rage, with the tips of their fangs they emitted fire; it burned the forest in an instant —
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NarP 1 10.51
शतयोजनविस्तीर्णं नानाजीवसमाकुलम् । तेनैव दग्धा दैतेया ये प्रधर्षयितुं गताः
śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ nānājīvasamākulam / tenaiva dagdhā daiteyā ye pradharṣayituṃ gatāḥ
(a forest) a hundred yojanas wide, teeming with various living creatures. By that very (fire) were burned the Daityas who had gone to assault (her).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 10.52
सैवावशिष्टा जननी सुराणामब्दाच्छतादच्युतसक्तचिता । संरक्षिता विष्णुसुदर्शनेन दैत्यान्तकेन स्वजनानुकम्पिना
saivāvaśiṣṭā jananī surāṇāmabdācchatādacyutasaktacitā / saṃrakṣitā viṣṇusudarśanena daityāntakena svajanānukampinā
She alone remained, the mother of the gods, her mind fixed on Acyuta for a hundred years, protected by Viṣṇu's Sudarśana, the ender of the Daityas, compassionate toward his own people.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition