Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 11

NarP 1 11.1

नारद उवाच अहो ह्यत्यद्भुतं प्रोक्तं त्वया भ्रातरिदं मम । स वह्निरदितिं मुक्त्वा कथं तानदहत्क्षणात्

nārada uvāca aho hyatyadbhutaṃ proktaṃ tvayā bhrātaridaṃ mama / sa vahniraditiṃ muktvā kathaṃ tānadahatkṣaṇāt

Nārada said: Ah, most wonderful indeed is this that you have told me, brother! How did that fire, sparing Aditi, burn them in an instant?

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NarP 1 11.2

वदादितेर्महासत्त्वं विशेषाश्चर्यकारणम् । परोपदेशनिरताः सज्जना हि मुनीश्वराः

vadāditermahāsattvaṃ viśeṣāścaryakāraṇam / paropadeśaniratāḥ sajjanā hi munīśvarāḥ

Tell (me) the great strength of Aditi, the cause of this special marvel; for good men, lords among sages, delight in instructing others.

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NarP 1 11.3

सनक उवाच शृणु नारद माहात्म्यं हरिभक्तिरतात्मनाम् । हरिध्यानपरान्साधून्कः समर्थः प्रबाधितुम्

sanaka uvāca śṛṇu nārada māhātmyaṃ haribhaktiratātmanām / haridhyānaparānsādhūnkaḥ samarthaḥ prabādhitum

Sanaka said: Hear, Nārada, the greatness of those whose selves delight in devotion to Hari. Who is able to harass good men intent on meditation on Hari?

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NarP 1 11.4

हरिभक्तिपरो यत्र तत्र ब्रह्मा हरिः शिवः । देवाः सिद्धा मुनीश्वाश्च नित्यं तिष्टन्ति सत्तमाः

haribhaktiparo yatra tatra brahmā hariḥ śivaḥ / devāḥ siddhā munīśvāśca nityaṃ tiṣṭanti sattamāḥ

Where there is one devoted to Hari, there Brahmā, Hari, Śiva, the gods, the Siddhas and the lords of sages, the best of beings, always abide.

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NarP 1 11.5

हरिरास्ते महाभाग हृदये शान्तचेतसाम् । हरिनामपराणां च किमु ध्यानरतात्मनाम्

harirāste mahābhāga hṛdaye śāntacetasām / harināmaparāṇāṃ ca kimu dhyānaratātmanām

Hari dwells, greatly fortunate one, in the heart of those of tranquil mind, and of those devoted to Hari's name — how much more of those whose selves delight in meditation!

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NarP 1 11.6

शिवपूजारतो वापि विष्णुपूजापरो ऽपि वा । यत्र तिष्टति तत्रैव लक्ष्मीः सर्वाश्च देवताः

śivapūjārato vāpi viṣṇupūjāparo 'pi vā / yatra tiṣṭati tatraiva lakṣmīḥ sarvāśca devatāḥ

Whether one devoted to the worship of Śiva or one intent on the worship of Viṣṇu — where he abides, there indeed are Lakṣmī and all the deities.

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NarP 1 11.7

यत्र पूजापरो विष्णोर्वह्निस्तत्र न बाधते । राजा वा तस्करो वापि व्याधयश्च न सन्ति हि

yatra pūjāparo viṣṇorvahnistatra na bādhate / rājā vā taskaro vāpi vyādhayaśca na santi hi

Where there is one intent on the worship of Viṣṇu, fire does not afflict (him) there; nor is there king or thief, and diseases too are absent.

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NarP 1 11.8

प्रेताः पिशाचाः कूष्माण्डग्रहा बालग्रहास्तथा । डाकिन्यो राक्षसाश्चैव न बाधन्ते ऽच्युतार्चकम्

pretāḥ piśācāḥ kūṣmāṇḍagrahā bālagrahāstathā / ḍākinyo rākṣasāścaiva na bādhante 'cyutārcakam

Pretas, piśācas, kūṣmāṇḍa-demons, and likewise child-seizing spirits, ḍākinīs and rākṣasas do not afflict the worshipper of Acyuta.

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NarP 1 11.10

परपीडारता ये तु भूतवेतालकादयः । नश्यन्ति यत्र सद्भक्तो हरिलक्ष्म्यर्चने रतः ॥ नर्प्_१,११।९॥ट जितेन्द्रियः सर्वहितो धर्मकर्मपरायणः । यत्र तिष्टति तत्रैव सर्वतीर्थानि देवताः

parapīḍāratā ye tu bhūtavetālakādayaḥ / naśyanti yatra sadbhakto harilakṣmyarcane rataḥ // narp_1,11.9//ṭa jitendriyaḥ sarvahito dharmakarmaparāyaṇaḥ / yatra tiṣṭati tatraiva sarvatīrthāni devatāḥ

Those bhūtas, vetālas and the like who delight in harming others perish where a true devotee is intent on the worship of Hari and Lakṣmī. // Where one who has conquered his senses, is a benefactor of all, and is devoted to dharma and rites abides — there indeed are all the sacred fords and the deities.

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NarP 1 11.11

निमिषं निमिषार्द्धं वा यत्र तिष्टन्ति योगिनः । तत्रैव सर्वश्रेयांसि तत्तीर्थं तत्तपोवनम्

nimiṣaṃ nimiṣārddhaṃ vā yatra tiṣṭanti yoginaḥ / tatraiva sarvaśreyāṃsi tattīrthaṃ tattapovanam

Where yogins stay for a moment, or even half a moment, there indeed are all blessings; that is the sacred ford, that is the grove of austerity.

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NarP 1 11.12

यन्नामोच्चारणादेव सर्वे नश्यन्त्युपद्रवाः । स्तोत्रैर्वाप्यर्हणाभिर्वा किमु ध्यानेन कथ्यते

yannāmoccāraṇādeva sarve naśyantyupadravāḥ / stotrairvāpyarhaṇābhirvā kimu dhyānena kathyate

By the mere utterance of whose name all calamities perish—whether by hymns or by acts of worship—what then is to be said of meditation (on him)?

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NarP 1 11.13

एवं तेनाग्निना विप्र दग्धं सासुरकाननम् । सादितिर्नैव दग्धाभूद्विष्णुचक्राभिर क्षिता

evaṃ tenāgninā vipra dagdhaṃ sāsurakānanam / sāditirnaiva dagdhābhūdviṣṇucakrābhira kṣitā

Thus, O brahmin, by that fire the forest together with the demons was burnt; but Aditi was not burnt, being protected by Viṣṇu's discus.

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NarP 1 11.14

ततः प्रसन्नवदनः पह्मपत्रायतेक्षणः । प्रादुरासीत्समीपे ऽस्याः शङ्खचक्रगदाधरः

tataḥ prasannavadanaḥ pahmapatrāyatekṣaṇaḥ / prādurāsītsamīpe 'syāḥ śaṅkhacakragadādharaḥ

Then, with a serene face and eyes long as lotus petals, the bearer of conch, discus and mace appeared near her.

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NarP 1 11.15

ईषद्वास्यस्फुरद्दन्तप्रभाभाषितदिङ्मुखः । स्पृशन्करेण पुण्येन प्राह कश्यपवल्लभाम्

īṣadvāsyasphuraddantaprabhābhāṣitadiṅmukhaḥ / spṛśankareṇa puṇyena prāha kaśyapavallabhām

With the quarters lit up by the radiance of his teeth glittering in a slight smile, touching (her) with his holy hand, he spoke to Kaśyapa's beloved.

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NarP 1 11.16

श्रीभगवाननुवाच देवमातः प्रसन्नो ऽस्मि तपसाराधितस्त्वया । चिरं श्रान्तासि भद्रं ते भविशष्यति न संशयः

śrībhagavānanuvāca devamātaḥ prasanno 'smi tapasārādhitastvayā / ciraṃ śrāntāsi bhadraṃ te bhaviśaṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

The Blessed Lord said: Mother of the gods, I am pleased; you have propitiated me by austerity. Long have you wearied yourself; good fortune shall be yours, there is no doubt.

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NarP 1 11.17

वरं वरय दास्यामि यत्ते मनसि रोचते । मा भैर्भद्रे महाभागे ध्रुवं श्रेयो भविष्यति

varaṃ varaya dāsyāmi yatte manasi rocate / mā bhairbhadre mahābhāge dhruvaṃ śreyo bhaviṣyati

Choose a boon; I shall grant whatever pleases your mind. Do not fear, good lady, greatly fortunate one; welfare will certainly come about.

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NarP 1 11.18

इत्युक्तादेवमाता सा देवदेवेन चक्रिणा । तुष्टाव प्रणिपत्यैनं सर्वलोकसुखावहम्

ityuktādevamātā sā devadevena cakriṇā / tuṣṭāva praṇipatyainaṃ sarvalokasukhāvaham

Thus addressed by the god of gods, the discus-bearer, that mother of the gods bowed to him and praised him, the bringer of happiness to all the worlds.

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NarP 1 11.19

अदितिरुवाच नमस्ते देवदेवेश सर्वव्यापिञ्जनार्दना । सत्त्वादिगुणभेदेन लोकव्यापारकारण

aditiruvāca namaste devadeveśa sarvavyāpiñjanārdanā / sattvādiguṇabhedena lokavyāpārakāraṇa

Aditi said: Homage to you, lord of the gods of gods, all-pervading Janārdana, cause of the world's activity through the distinction of the qualities beginning with sattva.

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NarP 1 11.20

नमस्ते बहुपरुपायारुपाय च महात्मने । सर्वैकरुपरुपाय निर्गुणाय गुणात्मने

namaste bahuparupāyārupāya ca mahātmane / sarvaikaruparupāya nirguṇāya guṇātmane

Homage to you, of many forms and of no form, the great Self, whose form is the single form of all, without qualities and yet having the qualities as your nature.

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NarP 1 11.21

नमस्ते लोकनाथाय परमज्ञानरुपिणे । सद्भक्तजनवात्सल्यशालिने मङ्गलात्मने

namaste lokanāthāya paramajñānarupiṇe / sadbhaktajanavātsalyaśāline maṅgalātmane

Homage to you, lord of the world, embodiment of supreme knowledge, abounding in tenderness toward good devotees, whose nature is auspiciousness.

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NarP 1 11.22

यस्यावताररुपाणि ह्यर्चयन्ति मुनीश्वराः । तमादिपुरुषं देवं नमामि ह्यर्थसिद्धये

yasyāvatārarupāṇi hyarcayanti munīśvarāḥ / tamādipuruṣaṃ devaṃ namāmi hyarthasiddhaye

That god, the primal Person, whose incarnate forms the lords of sages worship—him I salute, for the attainment of my purpose.

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NarP 1 11.23

श्रुतयो यं न जानन्ति न जानन्ति च सूरयः । तं नमामि जगद्धेतुं समायं चाप्यमायिनम्

śrutayo yaṃ na jānanti na jānanti ca sūrayaḥ / taṃ namāmi jagaddhetuṃ samāyaṃ cāpyamāyinam

Him whom the Vedic scriptures do not know, and whom the learned do not know—him I salute, the cause of the world, possessed of māyā and yet free of māyā.

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NarP 1 11.24

यस्यावलोकनं चित्रं मायोपद्रवकारणम् । जगद्रूपं जगद्धेतुं तं वन्दें सर्ववन्दितम्

yasyāvalokanaṃ citraṃ māyopadravakāraṇam / jagadrūpaṃ jagaddhetuṃ taṃ vandeṃ sarvavanditam

Him whose wondrous glance is the cause of the affliction that is māyā, who has the world as his form and is the world's cause—him I praise, praised by all.

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NarP 1 11.25

यत्पादाम्बुजकिञ्जल्कसेवारक्षितमस्तकाः । अवापुः परमां सिद्धिं तं वन्दे कमलाधवम्

yatpādāmbujakiñjalkasevārakṣitamastakāḥ / avāpuḥ paramāṃ siddhiṃ taṃ vande kamalādhavam

Those whose heads were protected by service to the pollen of whose lotus feet attained the supreme perfection—him, the husband of Kamalā, I praise.

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NarP 1 11.26

यस्य ब्रह्मादयो देवा महिमानं न वै विदुः । अत्यासन्नं च भक्तानां तं वन्दे भक्तसंगिनम्

yasya brahmādayo devā mahimānaṃ na vai viduḥ / atyāsannaṃ ca bhaktānāṃ taṃ vande bhaktasaṃginam

Him whose greatness the gods beginning with Brahmā do not know, yet who is very near to his devotees—him, the companion of devotees, I praise.

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NarP 1 11.27

यो देवस्त्यक्तसङ्गानां शान्तानं करुणार्णवः । करोति ह्यात्मनः सङ्गं तं देवं सङ्गवर्जितम्

yo devastyaktasaṅgānāṃ śāntānaṃ karuṇārṇavaḥ / karoti hyātmanaḥ saṅgaṃ taṃ devaṃ saṅgavarjitam

The god who, an ocean of compassion, forms his own attachment to those who are tranquil and have given up attachment—that god, himself free of attachment (I salute).

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NarP 1 11.28

यज्ञेश्वरं यज्ञकर्मसु निष्टितम् । नमामि यज्ञफलदं यज्ञकर्मप्रबोधकम्

yajñeśvaraṃ yajñakarmasu niṣṭitam / namāmi yajñaphaladaṃ yajñakarmaprabodhakam

I salute the lord of sacrifice, established in the rites of sacrifice, the giver of the fruit of sacrifice, who awakens (men) to the acts of sacrifice.

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NarP 1 11.29

अजामिलो ऽपि पापात्मा यन्नामोच्चारणादनु । प्रात्पवान्परमं धाम तं वन्दे लोकसाक्षिणम्

ajāmilo 'pi pāpātmā yannāmoccāraṇādanu / prātpavānparamaṃ dhāma taṃ vande lokasākṣiṇam

Even Ajāmila, a man of sinful soul, after uttering whose name reached the supreme abode—him, the witness of the world, I praise.

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NarP 1 11.30

हरिरुपी महादेवः शिवरुपी जनार्दनः । इति लोकस्य नेता यस्तं नमामि जगद्गुरुम्

harirupī mahādevaḥ śivarupī janārdanaḥ / iti lokasya netā yastaṃ namāmi jagadgurum

Mahādeva in the form of Hari, Janārdana in the form of Śiva—he who is thus the leader of the world, that teacher of the universe I salute.

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NarP 1 11.31

ब्रह्माद्या अपि देवेशा यन्मायापाशयन्त्रिताः । न जानन्ति परं भावं तं वन्दे सर्वनायकम्

brahmādyā api deveśā yanmāyāpāśayantritāḥ / na jānanti paraṃ bhāvaṃ taṃ vande sarvanāyakam

Even Brahmā and the other lords of the gods, bound by the noose of his māyā, do not know his supreme nature — him, the leader of all, I salute.

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NarP 1 11.32

ह्यत्पह्मस्थो ऽपिञ्योग्यानां दूरस्थ इव भासते । प्रमाणातीतसद्भावस्तं वन्दे ज्ञानसाक्षिणम्

hyatpahmastho 'piñyogyānāṃ dūrastha iva bhāsate / pramāṇātītasadbhāvastaṃ vande jñānasākṣiṇam

Though seated in the heart, to the unfit he appears as though standing far off; his true being lies beyond the means of knowledge — him, the witness of knowledge, I salute.

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NarP 1 11.33

यन्मुखः द्र्वाह्यणो जातो बाहुभ्यां क्षत्रियो ऽजनि । ऊर्वोर्वैश्यः समुत्पन्नः पद्यां शूद्रो ऽभ्यजायत

yanmukhaḥ drvāhyaṇo jāto bāhubhyāṃ kṣatriyo 'jani / ūrvorvaiśyaḥ samutpannaḥ padyāṃ śūdro 'bhyajāyata

From whose mouth the brahmin was born, from (whose) two arms the kṣatriya came to be, from the thighs the vaiśya arose, and from the feet the śūdra was born.

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NarP 1 11.34

मनसश्चन्द्रमा जातो जातः सूर्यश्च चक्षुषः । मुखादग्निस्तर्थेन्द्रश्च प्राणाद्वायुरजायत

manasaścandramā jāto jātaḥ sūryaśca cakṣuṣaḥ / mukhādagnistarthendraśca prāṇādvāyurajāyata

From (his) mind the moon was born, and the sun was born from (his) eye; from the mouth fire and likewise Indra, and from the breath the wind came to be.

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NarP 1 11.35

ऋग्यजुःसामरुपाय सत्यस्वरगतात्मने । षडङ्गरुपिणे तुभ्यं भूयोभूयो नमो नमः

ṛgyajuḥsāmarupāya satyasvaragatātmane / ṣaḍaṅgarupiṇe tubhyaṃ bhūyobhūyo namo namaḥ

To you whose form is the Ṛg, Yajus and Sāman, whose self abides in the true tones, who take the form of the six ancillary sciences — again and again, salutation upon salutation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NarP 1 11.36

त्वमिन्द्रः पवनः सोमस्त्वमीशानस्त्वमन्तकः । त्वमग्निर्निरृतिश्चैव वरुणस्त्वं दिवाकरः

tvamindraḥ pavanaḥ somastvamīśānastvamantakaḥ / tvamagnirnirṛtiścaiva varuṇastvaṃ divākaraḥ

You are Indra, the wind, Soma; you are Īśāna, you are the Ender (Death); you are Agni and Nirṛti too, you are Varuṇa, you are the sun.

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NarP 1 11.37

देवाश्च स्थावराश्चैव पिशाचाश्चैव राक्षसाः । गिरयः सिद्धगन्धर्वानद्यो भूमिश्च सागराः

devāśca sthāvarāścaiva piśācāścaiva rākṣasāḥ / girayaḥ siddhagandharvānadyo bhūmiśca sāgarāḥ

(You are) the gods and the immovable things, the piśācas and the rākṣasas, the mountains, siddhas and gandharvas, the rivers, the earth and the oceans.

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NarP 1 11.38

त्वमेव जगतामीशो यत्रासि त्वं परात्परः । त्वद्रूपमखिलं देव तस्मान्नित्यं नमो ऽस्तु ते

tvameva jagatāmīśo yatrāsi tvaṃ parātparaḥ / tvadrūpamakhilaṃ deva tasmānnityaṃ namo 'stu te

You alone are the lord of the worlds; wherever (anything) is, you are, higher than the highest. All this is your form, O god; therefore let salutation be to you always.

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NarP 1 11.39

अनाथानाथ सर्वज्ञ भूतदेवेन्द्रविग्रह । दैतेयैर्बाधितान्पुत्रान्मम पाहि जनार्दन

anāthānātha sarvajña bhūtadevendravigraha / daiteyairbādhitānputrānmama pāhi janārdana

O refuge of the refugeless, all-knowing one, whose body is the elements, the gods and Indra — protect my sons, oppressed by the sons of Diti, O Janārdana.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.40

इति स्तुत्वा देवमाता देवं नत्वा पुनः पुनः । उवाच प्राञ्जलिर्भूत्वा हर्षाश्रुक्षालितस्तनी

iti stutvā devamātā devaṃ natvā punaḥ punaḥ / uvāca prāñjalirbhūtvā harṣāśrukṣālitastanī

Having praised (him) thus, the mother of the gods bowed to the god again and again and, with palms joined and her breasts washed with tears of joy, spoke.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.41

अनुग्राह्यास्मि देवेंश त्वया सर्वादिकारण । अकण्टकां श्रियां देहि मत्सुतानां दिवौकसाम्

anugrāhyāsmi deveṃśa tvayā sarvādikāraṇa / akaṇṭakāṃ śriyāṃ dehi matsutānāṃ divaukasām

I am (one) to be favoured by you, O lord of the gods, O first cause of all: grant to my sons, the dwellers in heaven, a prosperity free of thorns.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.42

अन्तर्य्यामिञ्जगद्रूप सर्वज्ञा परमेश्वर । अज्ञातं किं तव श्रीश किं मामीहयसि प्रभो

antaryyāmiñjagadrūpa sarvajñā parameśvara / ajñātaṃ kiṃ tava śrīśa kiṃ māmīhayasi prabho

O inner controller, you whose form is the world, all-knowing supreme lord — what is unknown to you, O husband of Śrī? Why do you make me ask, O master?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NarP 1 11.43

तथापि तव वक्ष्यामि यन्मे मनसि रोचते । वृथापुत्रास्मि देवेश दैतेयैः परिपीडिता

tathāpi tava vakṣyāmi yanme manasi rocate / vṛthāputrāsmi deveśa daiteyaiḥ paripīḍitā

Even so I will tell you what pleases my mind: I am one whose sons are in vain, O lord of the gods, being tormented by the sons of Diti.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.44

तान्न हिंसितुमिच्छामि यतस्ते ऽपि सुता मम । तानहत्वा श्रियं देहि मत्सुतेभ्यः सुरेश्वर

tānna hiṃsitumicchāmi yataste 'pi sutā mama / tānahatvā śriyaṃ dehi matsutebhyaḥ sureśvara

I do not wish them to be harmed, since they too are my sons; without killing them, grant prosperity to my sons, O lord of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.45

इत्युक्तो देवेदेवेशः पुनः प्रीतिमुपागतः । उवाच हर्षयन्विप्र देवमातरमादरात्

ityukto devedeveśaḥ punaḥ prītimupāgataḥ / uvāca harṣayanvipra devamātaramādarāt

Addressed thus, the god of gods, lord (of all), was pleased once more, and gladdening the mother of the gods, he spoke to her with regard, O brahmin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.46

श्रीभगवानुवाच प्रीतो ऽस्मि देवि भद्रं ते भविष्यामि सुतो ह्यहम् । यतः सपन्तिपुत्रेषु वात्सल्यं देवि दुर्लभम्

śrībhagavānuvāca prīto 'smi devi bhadraṃ te bhaviṣyāmi suto hyaham / yataḥ sapantiputreṣu vātsalyaṃ devi durlabham

The Blessed Lord said: I am pleased, goddess; good fortune to you — indeed I shall become your son, since, goddess, such tenderness towards rival sons is hard to find.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NarP 1 11.47

त्वया तु यत्कृतं स्तोत्रं तत्पठान्ति नरास्तु ये । तेषां संपद्वरा पुत्रा न हीयन्ते कदाचन

tvayā tu yatkṛtaṃ stotraṃ tatpaṭhānti narāstu ye / teṣāṃ saṃpadvarā putrā na hīyante kadācana

And those men who recite this hymn made by you — their wealth and excellent sons are never diminished.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.48

त्वात्मजे वान्यपुत्रे वा यः समत्वेन वर्तते । न तस्य पुत्रशोकः स्यादेष धर्मः सनातनः

tvātmaje vānyaputre vā yaḥ samatvena vartate / na tasya putraśokaḥ syādeṣa dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ

Whoever acts with equality towards his own son or another's son — he shall have no grief for a son: this is the eternal law.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.49

अदितिरुवाच ताह वोढुं क्षमा देव त्वामाद्यपुरुषं परम् । असंख्याताण्डरोमाणं सर्वेशं सर्वकारणम्

aditiruvāca tāha voḍhuṃ kṣamā deva tvāmādyapuruṣaṃ param / asaṃkhyātāṇḍaromāṇaṃ sarveśaṃ sarvakāraṇam

Aditi said: I am not able to bear you, O god, the supreme primal Person, whose hairs are countless world-eggs, the lord of all, the cause of all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NarP 1 11.50

यत्प्रभावं न जानन्ति श्रुतयः सर्वदेवताः । तमहं देवदेवेशं धारयाम किथं प्रभो

yatprabhāvaṃ na jānanti śrutayaḥ sarvadevatāḥ / tamahaṃ devadeveśaṃ dhārayāma kithaṃ prabho

Him whose power the Vedas and all the deities do not know — how, O master, shall I bear that lord of the gods of gods?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.51

अणोरणीयांसमजं परात्परतरं प्रभुम् । धारयामि कथं देव त्वामहं पुरुषोत्तमम्

aṇoraṇīyāṃsamajaṃ parātparataraṃ prabhum / dhārayāmi kathaṃ deva tvāmahaṃ puruṣottamam

How, O God, shall I bear you—smaller than the smallest, unborn, higher than the highest, the Lord, the Supreme Person?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.52

महायातकयुक्तो ऽपि यन्नामस्मृतिमात्रतः । मुच्यते स कथं देवोग्राम्येषु जनिमर्हति

mahāyātakayukto 'pi yannāmasmṛtimātrataḥ / mucyate sa kathaṃ devogrāmyeṣu janimarhati

Even one joined with the great sins is freed by the mere remembrance of his name—how, O God, does he deserve birth among villagers?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NarP 1 11.53

यथा शूकरमत्स्याद्या अवतारास्तव प्रभो । तथायमपि को वेद तव विश्वेश चेष्टितम्

yathā śūkaramatsyādyā avatārāstava prabho / tathāyamapi ko veda tava viśveśa ceṣṭitam

Just as the boar, the fish and the rest are your incarnations, O Lord, so too is this one; who knows your doing, O Lord of the universe?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.54

त्वत्पादपह्मप्रणतात्वन्नामस्मृतितत्परा । त्वामेव चिन्तये देव यथेच्छासि तथा कुरु

tvatpādapahmapraṇatātvannāmasmṛtitatparā / tvāmeva cintaye deva yathecchāsi tathā kuru

Bowed to your lotus feet, intent upon the remembrance of your name, I think of you alone, O God; do as you wish.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.55

सनक उवाच तयोक्तं वचनं श्रुत्वा देवदेवो जनार्दनः । दत्त्वाभयं देवमातुरिदं वचनमब्रवीत्

sanaka uvāca tayoktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā devadevo janārdanaḥ / dattvābhayaṃ devamāturidaṃ vacanamabravīt

Sanaka said: Having heard the speech spoken by her, Janārdana, the god of gods, granting (her) fearlessness, spoke this word to the mother of the gods.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.56

श्रीभगवानुवाच सत्यमुक्तं महाभागे त्वया नास्त्यत्र संशयः । तथापि शृणु वक्ष्यामि गुह्याद्गुह्यतरं शुभे

śrībhagavānuvāca satyamuktaṃ mahābhāge tvayā nāstyatra saṃśayaḥ / tathāpi śṛṇu vakṣyāmi guhyādguhyataraṃ śubhe

The Blessed Lord said: What you have said is true, greatly blessed one; there is no doubt in this. Yet listen, I shall tell (you) what is more secret than the secret, O auspicious one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.57

रागद्वेषविहीना ये मद्भक्ता मत्परायणाः । वंहति सततं तें मां गतासूया अदाम्भिकाः

rāgadveṣavihīnā ye madbhaktā matparāyaṇāḥ / vaṃhati satataṃ teṃ māṃ gatāsūyā adāmbhikāḥ

Those who are free of passion and hatred, my devotees, devoted to me, they bear me constantly, free of envy, without hypocrisy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.58

परोपतापविमुखाः शिवभक्तिपरायणः । मत्कथाश्रवणासक्ता वहन्ति सततं हि माम्

paropatāpavimukhāḥ śivabhaktiparāyaṇaḥ / matkathāśravaṇāsaktā vahanti satataṃ hi mām

Those averse to causing pain to others, devoted to devotion to Śiva, attached to hearing stories of me—they indeed bear me constantly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.59

पतिव्रताः परिप्राणाः पतिभक्तिपरायणाः । वहन्ति सततं देवि स्त्रियो ऽपि त्यक्तप्रत्सराः

pativratāḥ pariprāṇāḥ patibhaktiparāyaṇāḥ / vahanti satataṃ devi striyo 'pi tyaktapratsarāḥ

Women too, devoted to their husbands, to whom (their husbands) are their very life, given over to devotion to their husbands, who have abandoned rivalry—they bear (me) constantly, O goddess.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.60

मातापित्रोश्च शुश्रूषुर्गुरुभक्तो ऽतिथिप्रियः । हितकृद्वाह्यणानां यः स मां वहति सर्वदा

mātāpitrośca śuśrūṣurgurubhakto 'tithipriyaḥ / hitakṛdvāhyaṇānāṃ yaḥ sa māṃ vahati sarvadā

He who serves his mother and father, is devoted to his teacher, is fond of guests, and does what is beneficial to brahmins—he bears me always.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.61

पुण्यतीर्थरता नित्यं सत्सङ्गनिरतास्तथा । लोकानुग्रहशीलाश्च सततं ते वहन्ति माम्

puṇyatīrtharatā nityaṃ satsaṅganiratāstathā / lokānugrahaśīlāśca satataṃ te vahanti mām

Those ever delighting in holy places of pilgrimage, likewise devoted to the company of the good, and of a nature to favour the world—they bear me constantly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.62

परोपकारविरताः परद्रव्यपराङ्मुखाः । नषुंसकाः परस्त्रीषु ते वहन्ति च मां सदा

paropakāraviratāḥ paradravyaparāṅmukhāḥ / naṣuṃsakāḥ parastrīṣu te vahanti ca māṃ sadā

Those intent on helping others, turned away from others' property, eunuchs with regard to others' wives—they too bear me always.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.63

तुलस्युपासनरताः सदा नामपरायणाः । गोरक्षणपरा ये च सततं मां वहन्ति ते

tulasyupāsanaratāḥ sadā nāmaparāyaṇāḥ / gorakṣaṇaparā ye ca satataṃ māṃ vahanti te

Those delighting in the worship of tulasī, ever devoted to the Name, and those intent on protecting cows—they bear me constantly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.64

प्रतिग्रहनिवृत्ता ये परान्नविमुखास्तथा । अन्नोदकप्रदातारो वहॄन्ति सततं हि माम्

pratigrahanivṛttā ye parānnavimukhāstathā / annodakapradātāro vahṝnti satataṃ hi mām

Those who have desisted from accepting gifts, and likewise are averse to others' food, and are givers of food and water—they indeed bear me constantly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.65

त्वं तु देवि पतिप्राणा साध्वी भूतहिते रता । संप्राप्य पुत्रभावं ते साधयिष्ये मनोरथम्

tvaṃ tu devi patiprāṇā sādhvī bhūtahite ratā / saṃprāpya putrabhāvaṃ te sādhayiṣye manoratham

But you, O goddess, to whom your husband is your life, virtuous, delighting in the welfare of beings—having attained the state of being your son, I shall accomplish (your) heart's desire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.66

इत्युक्त्वा देवेदेवशो ह्यदितिं देवमातरम् । दत्त्वा कण्ठगतां मालामभयं च तिरोदधे

ityuktvā devedevaśo hyaditiṃ devamātaram / dattvā kaṇṭhagatāṃ mālāmabhayaṃ ca tirodadhe

Having said this to Aditi, the mother of the gods, the Lord of the gods of gods, giving (her) the garland that was on his neck and (a promise of) safety, vanished.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.67

सा तु संहृष्टमनसा देवसीर्दक्षनन्दिनी । प्रणम्य कमलाकान्तं पुनः स्वस्थआनमाव्रजत्

sā tu saṃhṛṣṭamanasā devasīrdakṣanandinī / praṇamya kamalākāntaṃ punaḥ svasthaānamāvrajat

And she, the daughter of Dakṣa, with a mind greatly delighted, having bowed to the beloved of Kamalā, went again to her own place.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.68

ततो ऽदितिर्महाभागा सुप्रीता लोकवन्दिता । असूत समये पुत्रं सर्वलोकनमस्कृतम्

tato 'ditirmahābhāgā suprītā lokavanditā / asūta samaye putraṃ sarvalokanamaskṛtam

Then Aditi, greatly blessed, well pleased, praised by the world, in due time bore a son honoured by all the worlds—

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.69

शङ्गचक्रधरं शान्तं चन्द्रमण्डलमध्यगम् । सुधाकलशदध्यन्नकरं वामनसंज्ञितम्

śaṅgacakradharaṃ śāntaṃ candramaṇḍalamadhyagam / sudhākalaśadadhyannakaraṃ vāmanasaṃjñitam

—bearing conch and discus, tranquil, standing in the middle of the moon's orb, holding in his hand a pot of nectar (and food), named Vāmana,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.70

सहस्रादित्यसंकाशं व्याकोशकमलेक्षणम् । सर्वाभरणंसंयुक्तं पीताम्बरधरं हरिम्

sahasrādityasaṃkāśaṃ vyākośakamalekṣaṇam / sarvābharaṇaṃsaṃyuktaṃ pītāmbaradharaṃ harim

—like a thousand suns, with eyes like opened lotuses, furnished with all ornaments, wearing yellow garments, Hari.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.71

स्तुत्यं मुनिगणैर्युक्तं सर्वलोकैकनायकम् । आविर्भूतं हरिं ज्ञात्वा कश्यपो हर्षविह्वलः । प्रणम्य प्रञ्जलिर्भूत्व स्तोतुं समुपचक्रमे

stutyaṃ munigaṇairyuktaṃ sarvalokaikanāyakam / āvirbhūtaṃ hariṃ jñātvā kaśyapo harṣavihvalaḥ / praṇamya prañjalirbhūtva stotuṃ samupacakrame

(He was) worthy of praise, attended by the throngs of sages, the sole leader of all the worlds. Recognizing that Hari had appeared, Kaśyapa, overwhelmed with joy, bowed down and, with palms joined, began to praise (him).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.72

कश्यप उवाच नमोनमस्ते ऽखिलकारणाय नमोनमस्ते ऽखैलपालकाय । नमोनमस्ते ऽमरनायकाय नमोनमो दैतेयविनाशनाय

kaśyapa uvāca namonamaste 'khilakāraṇāya namonamaste 'khailapālakāya / namonamaste 'maranāyakāya namonamo daiteyavināśanāya

Kaśyapa said: Homage, homage to you, the cause of all; homage, homage to you, the protector of all; homage, homage to you, the leader of the immortals; homage, homage to the destroyer of the sons of Diti.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.73

नमोनमो भक्तजनप्रियाय नमोनमः सज्जनरञ्जिताय । नमोनमो दुर्जननाशनाय नमो ऽस्तु तस्मै जगदीश्वराय

namonamo bhaktajanapriyāya namonamaḥ sajjanarañjitāya / namonamo durjananāśanāya namo 'stu tasmai jagadīśvarāya

Homage, homage to him who is dear to devoted folk; homage, homage to him in whom good people delight; homage, homage to the destroyer of the wicked; homage be to him, the lord of the world.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.74

नमोनमः कारणवामनाय नारायणायामितविक्रमाय । सशार्ङ्गचक्रासिगदाधाराय नमो ऽस्तु तस्मै पुरुषोत्तमाय

namonamaḥ kāraṇavāmanāya nārāyaṇāyāmitavikramāya / saśārṅgacakrāsigadādhārāya namo 'stu tasmai puruṣottamāya

Homage, homage to the Dwarf (who came) for a purpose, to Nārāyaṇa of measureless stride, to the bearer of the Śārṅga bow, discus, sword and mace — homage be to him, the highest Person.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.75

नमः पयोराशिनिवासनाय नमो ऽस्तु सद्धृत्कमलस्थिताय । नमो ऽस्तु सूर्याद्यमितप्रभाय नमोनमः पुण्यकथागताय

namaḥ payorāśinivāsanāya namo 'stu saddhṛtkamalasthitāya / namo 'stu sūryādyamitaprabhāya namonamaḥ puṇyakathāgatāya

Homage to him who dwells in the ocean of waters; homage be to him who abides in the lotus of the hearts of the good; homage be to him whose radiance is beyond measure, (greater than) the sun and the rest; homage, homage to him who is reached through holy narratives.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.76

नमोनमोर्ऽकेन्दुविलोचनाय नमो ऽस्तु ते यज्ञफलप्रदाय । नमो ऽस्तु यज्ञाङ्गविराजिताय नमो ऽस्तु ते सज्जनवल्लभाय

namonamor'kenduvilocanāya namo 'stu te yajñaphalapradāya / namo 'stu yajñāṅgavirājitāya namo 'stu te sajjanavallabhāya

Homage, homage to him whose eyes are sun and moon; homage be to you, the giver of the fruit of sacrifice; homage be to him who shines with the limbs of the sacrifice; homage be to you, beloved of the good.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.77

नमो जगत्कारणकारणाय नमो ऽस्तु शब्दादिविवर्जिताय । नमो ऽस्तु ते दिव्यसुखप्रदाय नमो नमो भक्तमनोगताय

namo jagatkāraṇakāraṇāya namo 'stu śabdādivivarjitāya / namo 'stu te divyasukhapradāya namo namo bhaktamanogatāya

Homage to the cause of the cause of the world; homage be to him who is free of sound and the other (sense-objects); homage be to you, the giver of divine bliss; homage, homage to him who has entered the minds of his devotees.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.78

नमो ऽस्तु ते ध्वान्तविनाशकाय नमो ऽस्तु शब्दादिविवर्जिताय । नमो ऽस्तु ते ध्वान्तविनाशकाय मन्दरधारकाय । नमो ऽस्तु ते यज्ञवराहनाम्ने नमो हिरण्याक्षविदारकाय

namo 'stu te dhvāntavināśakāya namo 'stu śabdādivivarjitāya / namo 'stu te dhvāntavināśakāya mandaradhārakāya / namo 'stu te yajñavarāhanāmne namo hiraṇyākṣavidārakāya

Homage be to you, destroyer of darkness; homage be to him who is free of sound and the rest; homage be to you, destroyer of darkness, upholder of Mandara; homage be to you whose name is the Sacrificial Boar; homage to the render of Hiraṇyākṣa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.79

नमो ऽस्तु ते वामनरुपभाजे नमो ऽस्तु ते क्षत्रकुलान्तकाय । नमो ऽस्तु ते रावणमर्दनाय नमो ऽस्तु ते नन्दसुताग्रजाय

namo 'stu te vāmanarupabhāje namo 'stu te kṣatrakulāntakāya / namo 'stu te rāvaṇamardanāya namo 'stu te nandasutāgrajāya

Homage be to you who bear the dwarf's form; homage be to you, the ender of the kṣatriya lines; homage be to you, the crusher of Rāvaṇa; homage be to you, the elder brother of Nanda's son.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.80

नमस्ते कमलाकान्त नमस्ते सुखदायिने । स्मृतार्तिनाशिने तुभ्यं भूयो भूयो नमोनमः

namaste kamalākānta namaste sukhadāyine / smṛtārtināśine tubhyaṃ bhūyo bhūyo namonamaḥ

Homage to you, beloved of Kamalā; homage to you, giver of happiness; to you who destroy the affliction of one who remembers (you), again and again homage, homage.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.81

यज्ञेश यज्ञविन्यास यज्ञविन्घविनाशन । यज्ञरुप यजद्रूप यज्ञाङ्गं त्वां यजाम्यहम्

yajñeśa yajñavinyāsa yajñavinghavināśana / yajñarupa yajadrūpa yajñāṅgaṃ tvāṃ yajāmyaham

O lord of sacrifice, arranger of sacrifice, destroyer of the obstacles of sacrifice, O form of sacrifice, O form of the sacrificer, I worship you as the limb of the sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.83

इति स्तुतः स देवेशो वामनो लोकपावनः ॥ उवाच प्रहसन्हर्षं वर्ध्दयन्कश्यपस्य सः ॥ नर्प्_१,११।८२ ॥ श्रीभगवानुवाच तात तुष्टो ऽस्मि भद्रं ते भविष्यति सुरार्चिता । अचिरात्साधयिष्यामि निखिलं त्वन्मनोरथम्

iti stutaḥ sa deveśo vāmano lokapāvanaḥ // uvāca prahasanharṣaṃ vardhdayankaśyapasya saḥ // narp_1,11.82 // śrībhagavānuvāca tāta tuṣṭo 'smi bhadraṃ te bhaviṣyati surārcitā / acirātsādhayiṣyāmi nikhilaṃ tvanmanoratham

Thus praised, that lord of gods, the Dwarf, purifier of the worlds, spoke smiling, increasing Kaśyapa's joy. || 82 || The Blessed Lord said: Dear one, I am pleased; good fortune will be yours; (she) is honoured by the gods. Before long I shall accomplish your every wish.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.84

अहं जन्मद्वये त्वेवं युवयोः पुत्रघतां गतः । अस्मिञ्जन्मन्यपि तथा सादयाम्युत्तमं सुखम्

ahaṃ janmadvaye tvevaṃ yuvayoḥ putraghatāṃ gataḥ / asmiñjanmanyapi tathā sādayāmyuttamaṃ sukham

In two births I thus came to the state of being the son of you two; in this birth also I shall likewise bring about the highest happiness (for you).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.85

अत्रान्तरे बलिर्दैत्यो दीर्घसत्रं महामखम् । आरेभे गुरुणा युक्तः काव्येन च मुनीश्वरैः

atrāntare balirdaityo dīrghasatraṃ mahāmakham / ārebhe guruṇā yuktaḥ kāvyena ca munīśvaraiḥ

Meanwhile the demon Bali, together with his teacher Kāvya (Śukra) and with the lords of sages, began a long sacrificial session, a great sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.86

तस्मिन्मखे समाहूतो विष्णुर्लक्ष्मीसमन्वितः । हविः स्वीकरणार्थाय ऋषिभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः

tasminmakhe samāhūto viṣṇurlakṣmīsamanvitaḥ / haviḥ svīkaraṇārthāya ṛṣibhirbrahmavādibhiḥ

To that sacrifice Viṣṇu, accompanied by Lakṣmī, was summoned by the Veda-reciting seers, in order that he might accept the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.87

प्रवृद्धैश्वर्यर्दैत्यस्य वर्त्तमाने महाक्रतौ । आमन्त्र्य मातापितरौ स बटुर्वामनो ययौ

pravṛddhaiśvaryardaityasya varttamāne mahākratau / āmantrya mātāpitarau sa baṭurvāmano yayau

While the great rite of the demon, whose dominion had grown great, was in progress, the dwarf boy took leave of his mother and father and went (there).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.88

स्मितेन मोहयंल्लोकं वामनो भक्तवत्सलः । हविर्भोक्तुमिवायातो बलेः प्रत्यक्षतो हरिः

smitena mohayaṃllokaṃ vāmano bhaktavatsalaḥ / havirbhoktumivāyāto baleḥ pratyakṣato hariḥ

Bewildering the world with his smile, the Dwarf, fond of his devotees, Hari, came into Bali's presence, as if to eat the oblation.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.89

दुर्वृत्तो वा सुवृत्तो वा जडो वायं हितो ऽपि वा । यो भक्तियुक्तस्तस्यान्तः सदा संनिहितो हरिः

durvṛtto vā suvṛtto vā jaḍo vāyaṃ hito 'pi vā / yo bhaktiyuktastasyāntaḥ sadā saṃnihito hariḥ

Whether he be of bad conduct or of good conduct, dull, or even well-disposed — whoever is possessed of devotion, within him Hari is always present.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.90

आयान्तं वामनं दृष्ट्वा ऋषयो ज्ञानचक्षौषः । ज्ञात्वा नारायणं देवमुद्ययुः सभ्यसंयुताः

āyāntaṃ vāmanaṃ dṛṣṭvā ṛṣayo jñānacakṣauṣaḥ / jñātvā nārāyaṇaṃ devamudyayuḥ sabhyasaṃyutāḥ

Seeing the Dwarf coming, the seers, whose eyes are knowledge, recognized him as the god Nārāyaṇa and rose up together with those in the assembly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.91

एतज्ज्ञात्वा दैत्यगुरुरेकान्ते बलिमब्रवीत् । स्वसारमविचार्यैव खलाः कार्याणि कुर्वते

etajjñātvā daityagururekānte balimabravīt / svasāramavicāryaiva khalāḥ kāryāṇi kurvate

Knowing this, the demons' teacher said to Bali in private — (though) it is knaves who do their deeds without at all considering their own good:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NarP 1 11.92

शुक्र उवाच भो भो दैत्यपते सौम्य ह्यपहर्ता तव श्रियम् । विष्णुर्वामनरुपेण ह्यदितेः पुत्रातां गतः

śukra uvāca bho bho daityapate saumya hyapahartā tava śriyam / viṣṇurvāmanarupeṇa hyaditeḥ putrātāṃ gataḥ

Śukra said: Ho, ho, lord of the Daityas, gentle one! The one who will carry off your fortune — Viṣṇu, in dwarf form, has become a son of Aditi.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.93

तवाध्वरं स आयाति त्वया तस्यासुरेश्वर । न किञ्चिदपि दातव्यं मन्मतं शृणु पण्डित

tavādhvaraṃ sa āyāti tvayā tasyāsureśvara / na kiñcidapi dātavyaṃ manmataṃ śṛṇu paṇḍita

He is coming to your sacrifice, O lord of the asuras; by you nothing at all is to be given to him. Hear my counsel, O learned one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.96

आत्मबुद्धिः सुखकरी गुरुबुद्धिर्विशेषतः । परबुद्धिर्विनाशाय स्त्रीबुध्दिः प्रलयङ्करी ॥ नर्प्_१,११।९४ ॥ शत्रूणां हितकृतद्यस्तु स हन्तव्यो विशेषतः ॥ नर्प्_१,११।९५ ॥ बलिरुवाच एवं गुरो न वक्तव्यं धर्ममार्गविरोधतः । यदादत्ते स्वयं विष्णुः किमस्मादधिकं वरम्

ātmabuddhiḥ sukhakarī gurubuddhirviśeṣataḥ / parabuddhirvināśāya strībudhdiḥ pralayaṅkarī // narp_1,11.94 // śatrūṇāṃ hitakṛtadyastu sa hantavyo viśeṣataḥ // narp_1,11.95 // baliruvāca evaṃ guro na vaktavyaṃ dharmamārgavirodhataḥ / yadādatte svayaṃ viṣṇuḥ kimasmādadhikaṃ varam

One's own judgement brings happiness, and the teacher's judgement especially so; another's judgement leads to ruin, and a woman's judgement brings destruction. (94) But whoever does good to enemies, he especially is to be slain. (95) Bali said: Teacher, you should not speak thus, since it opposes the path of dharma. When Viṣṇu himself takes, what boon is greater than that?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.97

कुर्वन्ति विदुषो यज्ञान्विष्णुप्रीणनकारणात् । स चेत्साक्षाद्धविर्भोगी मत्तः को ऽभ्यधिको भुवी

kurvanti viduṣo yajñānviṣṇuprīṇanakāraṇāt / sa cetsākṣāddhavirbhogī mattaḥ ko 'bhyadhiko bhuvī

The wise perform sacrifices for the sake of pleasing Viṣṇu; if he himself is the enjoyer of the oblation, who on earth is greater than I?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.98

दरिद्रेणापि यत्किञ्चिद्दीयते विष्णवे गुरो । तदेव परमं दानं दत्तं भवति चाक्षयम्

daridreṇāpi yatkiñciddīyate viṣṇave guro / tadeva paramaṃ dānaṃ dattaṃ bhavati cākṣayam

Whatever little is given to Viṣṇu, even by a poor man, O teacher, that alone is the highest gift, and once given it becomes imperishable.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.99

स्मृतो ऽपि परया भक्त्या पुनाति पुरुषोत्तमः । येन केनाप्यर्चितश्वेद्ददाति परमां गतिम्

smṛto 'pi parayā bhaktyā punāti puruṣottamaḥ / yena kenāpyarcitaśveddadāti paramāṃ gatim

Even when merely remembered with supreme devotion, the Supreme Person purifies; if he is worshipped by anyone at all, he grants the highest destination.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.100

हरिर्हरति पापानिदुष्टचित्तैरपि स्मृतः । अनिच्छयापि संस्पृष्टो दहत्येव हि पावकः

harirharati pāpāniduṣṭacittairapi smṛtaḥ / anicchayāpi saṃspṛṣṭo dahatyeva hi pāvakaḥ

Hari takes away sins even when remembered by those of wicked mind; for fire burns even when touched unintentionally.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.101

जिह्वाग्रे वसते यस्य हरि रित्यक्षरद्वयम् । स विष्णुलोकमान्पोति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्

jihvāgre vasate yasya hari rityakṣaradvayam / sa viṣṇulokamānpoti punarāvṛttidurlabham

He on whose tongue-tip dwell the two syllables "Ha-ri" attains the world of Viṣṇu, from which return is hard to come by.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.102

गोविन्देति सदा ध्यायेद्यस्तु रागादिवर्जितः । स याति विष्णुभवनमिति प्राहुर्मनीषिणः

govindeti sadā dhyāyedyastu rāgādivarjitaḥ / sa yāti viṣṇubhavanamiti prāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ

He who, free of passion and the rest, always meditates saying "Govinda," goes to Viṣṇu's abode — so the wise have declared.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.103

अग्नौ वा ब्रह्मणे वापिहूयते यद्वविर्गुरो । हरिभक्त्या महाभाग तेन विष्णुः प्रसीदति

agnau vā brahmaṇe vāpihūyate yadvavirguro / haribhaktyā mahābhāga tena viṣṇuḥ prasīdati

Whatever oblation is offered, O teacher, either into the fire or to a brahmin, with devotion to Hari — by that, O greatly fortunate one, Viṣṇu is pleased.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.104

अहं तु हरितुष्य्यर्थं करोम्यध्वरमुत्तमम् । स्वयमायाति चेद्विष्णुः कृतार्थो ऽस्मि न संशयः

ahaṃ tu harituṣyyarthaṃ karomyadhvaramuttamam / svayamāyāti cedviṣṇuḥ kṛtārtho 'smi na saṃśayaḥ

And I perform this excellent sacrifice for the sake of pleasing Hari; if Viṣṇu comes himself, I have attained my aim, without doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.105

एवं वदति दैत्यन्द्रे विष्णुर्वामनरुपधृक् । प्रविवेशाध्वरस्थानं हुतवह्निमनोरमम्

evaṃ vadati daityandre viṣṇurvāmanarupadhṛk / praviveśādhvarasthānaṃ hutavahnimanoramam

While the lord of the Daityas was speaking thus, Viṣṇu, bearing the dwarf's form, entered the sacrificial ground, lovely with its blazing fire.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.106

तं दृष्ट्वा कोटिसूर्याभं योग्यावयवसुन्दरम् । वामनं सहसोत्थाय प्रत्यगृह्णात्कृताञ्जलिः

taṃ dṛṣṭvā koṭisūryābhaṃ yogyāvayavasundaram / vāmanaṃ sahasotthāya pratyagṛhṇātkṛtāñjaliḥ

Seeing him — the Dwarf, shining like ten million suns, beautiful with well-proportioned limbs — he rose up at once and received him with palms joined.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.107

दत्त्वासनं च प्रक्षाल्य पादौ वामनरुपिणम् । सकुटुंबो वहन्मूर्ध्ना परमां मुदमात्पवान्

dattvāsanaṃ ca prakṣālya pādau vāmanarupiṇam / sakuṭuṃbo vahanmūrdhnā paramāṃ mudamātpavān

And having given (him) a seat and washed the feet of the one in dwarf form, together with his family, bearing (that water) on his head, he obtained the highest joy.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.108

विष्णवे ऽस्मै जगद्धान्मे दत्त्वार्घ्यं विधिवदूलिः । रोमाञ्चिततनुर्भूत्वा हर्षाश्रुनयनो ऽब्रवीत्

viṣṇave 'smai jagaddhānme dattvārghyaṃ vidhivadūliḥ / romāñcitatanurbhūtvā harṣāśrunayano 'bravīt

Having given water of welcome according to rule to this Viṣṇu, the support of the world, with his body's hairs bristling and his eyes with tears of joy, he spoke.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.109

बलिरुवाच अद्य मे सफलं जन्म अद्य मे सफलो मरवः । जीवितं सफलं मे ऽद्य कृतार्थो ऽस्मि न संशयः

baliruvāca adya me saphalaṃ janma adya me saphalo maravaḥ / jīvitaṃ saphalaṃ me 'dya kṛtārtho 'smi na saṃśayaḥ

Bali said: Today my birth is fruitful, today my death is fruitful, today my life is fruitful; I have attained my aim, there is no doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.110

अमोघामृतवृष्टिर्मे समायातातिदुर्लभा । त्वदागमनमात्रेण ह्यनायासो महोत्सवः

amoghāmṛtavṛṣṭirme samāyātātidurlabhā / tvadāgamanamātreṇa hyanāyāso mahotsavaḥ

An unfailing rain of nectar, most hard to obtain, has come to me; by your mere coming there is a great festival with no effort.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.111

एते च ऋषयः सर्वे कृतार्थां नात्र संशयः । यैः पूर्वं हि तपस्तप्तं तदद्य सफलं प्रभो

ete ca ṛṣayaḥ sarve kṛtārthāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ / yaiḥ pūrvaṃ hi tapastaptaṃ tadadya saphalaṃ prabho

And all these sages have attained their aim, there is no doubt of it; the austerity that was formerly practised by them has today borne fruit, O Lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.112

कृतार्थो ऽस्मि कृतार्थो ऽस्मि कृतार्थो ऽस्मि न संशयः । तस्मात्तुभ्यं नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तुभ्यं नमस्तुभ्यं नमोनमः

kṛtārtho 'smi kṛtārtho 'smi kṛtārtho 'smi na saṃśayaḥ / tasmāttubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ namastubhyaṃ namonamaḥ

I have attained my aim, I have attained my aim, I have attained my aim, no doubt of it; therefore homage to you, homage to you, homage to you, homage to you, homage again and again.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.113

त्वदाज्ञया त्वन्नियोगं साधयामीति मन्मनः । अत्युत्साहसमायुक्तं समाज्ञापय मां प्रभो

tvadājñayā tvanniyogaṃ sādhayāmīti manmanaḥ / atyutsāhasamāyuktaṃ samājñāpaya māṃ prabho

"At your command I shall accomplish your charge" — such is my mind; command me, filled with the utmost eagerness, O Lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.114

एवमुर्के दीक्षितेन प्रहसन्वामनो ऽब्रवीत् । देहि मे तपसि स्थातुं भूमिं त्रिपदसंमिताम्

evamurke dīkṣitena prahasanvāmano 'bravīt / dehi me tapasi sthātuṃ bhūmiṃ tripadasaṃmitām

When this was said by the initiate (Bali), the dwarf laughed and said: "Give me a piece of ground measured by three paces, to stand on for my ascetic practice."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.115

एतच्छृआत्वा बलिः प्राह राज्यं याचितवान्नहि । ग्रामं वा नगरं चापि धनं वा किं कृतं त्वया

etacchṛātvā baliḥ prāha rājyaṃ yācitavānnahi / grāmaṃ vā nagaraṃ cāpi dhanaṃ vā kiṃ kṛtaṃ tvayā

Hearing this, Bali said: "You have not asked for a kingdom, nor a village, nor a city, nor wealth — what is it you have done?"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.116

तन्निशम्य बलिं प्राह विष्णुः सर्वशरीरभृत् । आसन्नभ्रष्टराज्यस्य वैराग्यं जनमन्निवा

tanniśamya baliṃ prāha viṣṇuḥ sarvaśarīrabhṛt / āsannabhraṣṭarājyasya vairāgyaṃ janamannivā

Hearing that, Viṣṇu, the bearer of all bodies, said to Bali: "Detachment arises in a man whose kingdom is on the verge of being lost."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NarP 1 11.117

श्रीभगवानुवाच शृणु दैत्यन्द्र वक्ष्यामि गुह्याद्गुह्यतमं परम् । सर्वसंगविहीनानां किमर्थैः साध्यतेवद

śrībhagavānuvāca śṛṇu daityandra vakṣyāmi guhyādguhyatamaṃ param / sarvasaṃgavihīnānāṃ kimarthaiḥ sādhyatevada

The Blessed Lord said: Listen, chief of the Daityas, I shall declare what is supreme, more secret than the secret. For those who are free of all attachment, what is achieved by wealth? Tell me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.118

अहं तु सर्वभूतानामन्तर्यामीति भावय । मयि सर्वमिदं दैत्य किमन्यैः साध्यते वद

ahaṃ tu sarvabhūtānāmantaryāmīti bhāvaya / mayi sarvamidaṃ daitya kimanyaiḥ sādhyate vada

Contemplate thus: "I am the inner controller of all beings." All this is in me, O Daitya — what is achieved by other things? Tell me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.119

रागद्वेषविहीनानां शान्तानां त्यक्तमायिनाम् । नित्यानन्दस्वरुपाणां किमन्यैः साध्यते धनैः

rāgadveṣavihīnānāṃ śāntānāṃ tyaktamāyinām / nityānandasvarupāṇāṃ kimanyaiḥ sādhyate dhanaiḥ

For those free of passion and hatred, tranquil, who have abandoned illusion, whose nature is eternal bliss — what is achieved by other riches?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.120

आत्मवत्सर्वभूतानि पश्यतां शान्तचेतसाम् । अभिन्नमात्मनः सर्वं को दाता दीयते च किम्

ātmavatsarvabhūtāni paśyatāṃ śāntacetasām / abhinnamātmanaḥ sarvaṃ ko dātā dīyate ca kim

For those of tranquil mind who see all beings as themselves — all is not different from the self: who is the giver, and what is given?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.121

पृथ्वीयं क्षत्रियवशा इति शास्त्रेषु निश्चितम् । तदाज्ञायां स्थिताः सर्वे लभन्ते परमं सुखम्

pṛthvīyaṃ kṣatriyavaśā iti śāstreṣu niścitam / tadājñāyāṃ sthitāḥ sarve labhante paramaṃ sukham

"This earth is subject to the kṣatriyas" — so it is settled in the scriptures; all who abide by that command obtain the highest happiness.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.122

दातव्यो मुनिभिश्चापि षष्टांशो भूभुजे बले । महीयं ब्राह्मणानां तु दातव्या सर्व यत्नतः

dātavyo munibhiścāpi ṣaṣṭāṃśo bhūbhuje bale / mahīyaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tu dātavyā sarva yatnataḥ

Even by sages a sixth share is to be given to the king, O Bali; but this earth is to be given to brahmins with every effort.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.123

भूमिदानस्य माहात्म्यं न भूतं न भविष्यति । परं निर्वाणमान्पोति भूमिदो नात्र संशयः

bhūmidānasya māhātmyaṃ na bhūtaṃ na bhaviṣyati / paraṃ nirvāṇamānpoti bhūmido nātra saṃśayaḥ

The greatness of the gift of land has never been and never will be (equalled); the giver of land attains supreme extinction — there is no doubt here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.124

स्वल्पामपि महीं दत्त्वा श्रोत्रियायाहिताग्नये । ब्रह्मलोकमवाप्नोति पुनरावृत्तिदुर्लभम्

svalpāmapi mahīṃ dattvā śrotriyāyāhitāgnaye / brahmalokamavāpnoti punarāvṛttidurlabham

Having given even a little land to a Vedic scholar who maintains the sacred fires, one attains the world of Brahmā, from which return is hard (to come by).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.125

भूमिदः सर्वदः प्रोक्तो भूमिदो मोक्षभाग्भवेत् । अतिदानं तु तज्ज्ञेयं सर्वपापप्राणाशनम्

bhūmidaḥ sarvadaḥ prokto bhūmido mokṣabhāgbhavet / atidānaṃ tu tajjñeyaṃ sarvapāpaprāṇāśanam

The giver of land is called the giver of everything; the giver of land shall have a share in liberation. That is to be known as the supreme gift, destroying all sins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.126

महापातकयुक्तो वा युक्तो वा सर्वपातकैः । दशहस्तां महीं दत्त्वा सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

mahāpātakayukto vā yukto vā sarvapātakaiḥ / daśahastāṃ mahīṃ dattvā sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

Whether joined with a great sin or joined with all sins, one who gives land of ten cubits is released from all sins.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.127

सत्पात्रे भूमिदाता यः सर्वदानफलं लभेत् । भूमिदानसमं नान्यत्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते

satpātre bhūmidātā yaḥ sarvadānaphalaṃ labhet / bhūmidānasamaṃ nānyatriṣu lokeṣu vidyate

He who gives land to a worthy recipient obtains the fruit of all gifts; nothing equal to the gift of land is found in the three worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.128

द्विजाय वृत्तिहीनाय यः प्रदद्यान्महीं बले । तस्य पुण्यफलं वक्तुं न क्षमो ऽब्दशतैरहम्

dvijāya vṛttihīnāya yaḥ pradadyānmahīṃ bale / tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ na kṣamo 'bdaśatairaham

He who gives land to a brahmin who lacks a livelihood, O Bali — I am not able to tell his fruit of merit in a hundred years.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.129

सक्ताय देवपूजासु वृत्तिहीनाय दैत्यप । स्वल्पामपि महीं दद्याद्यः स विष्णुर्न संशयः

saktāya devapūjāsu vṛttihīnāya daityapa / svalpāmapi mahīṃ dadyādyaḥ sa viṣṇurna saṃśayaḥ

He who gives even a little land to one devoted to the worship of the gods and lacking a livelihood, O lord of the Daityas — he is Viṣṇu, no doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.130

इक्षुगोधूम तुवरीपूगवृक्षादिसंयुता । पृथ्वी प्रदीयते येन स विष्णुर्नात्र संशयः

ikṣugodhūma tuvarīpūgavṛkṣādisaṃyutā / pṛthvī pradīyate yena sa viṣṇurnātra saṃśayaḥ

He by whom land furnished with sugarcane, wheat, pigeon-pea, areca trees and the like is given — he is Viṣṇu, there is no doubt here.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.131

वृत्तिहीनाय विप्राय दरिद्राय कुटुम्बिने । स्वल्पामपि महीन्दत्त्वा विष्णुसायुज्यमान्पुयात्

vṛttihīnāya viprāya daridrāya kuṭumbine / svalpāmapi mahīndattvā viṣṇusāyujyamānpuyāt

Having given even a little land to a brahmin without livelihood, poor, and with a family to support, one would attain union with Viṣṇu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.132

सक्ताय देवपूजासु विप्रायाढकिकां महीम् । दत्त्वा लभेत गङ्गायां त्रिरात्रस्नानजं फलम्

saktāya devapūjāsu viprāyāḍhakikāṃ mahīm / dattvā labheta gaṅgāyāṃ trirātrasnānajaṃ phalam

Having given to a brahmin devoted to the worship of the gods land of an āḍhaka measure, one would obtain the fruit born of bathing three nights in the Gaṅgā.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.133

विप्राय वृत्तिहीनाय सदाचाररताय च । द्रोणिकां पृथिवीं दत्त्वा यत्फलं लभते शृणु

viprāya vṛttihīnāya sadācāraratāya ca / droṇikāṃ pṛthivīṃ dattvā yatphalaṃ labhate śṛṇu

Hear what fruit one obtains by giving land of a droṇa measure to a brahmin who lacks a livelihood and is devoted to good conduct.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.134

गङ्गातीर्थाश्वमेधानां शतानि विधिवन्नरः । कृत्वा यत्फलमान्पोति तदाप्नोति स पुष्कलम्

gaṅgātīrthāśvamedhānāṃ śatāni vidhivannaraḥ / kṛtvā yatphalamānpoti tadāpnoti sa puṣkalam

That abundant fruit which a man obtains by performing, according to rule, hundreds of horse-sacrifices at the sacred fords of the Gaṅgā — that he obtains (by such a gift).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.135

ददाति खारिकां भूमिं दरिद्राय द्विजाय यः । तस्य पुण्यं प्रवक्ष्यामि वदतो मे निशामय

dadāti khārikāṃ bhūmiṃ daridrāya dvijāya yaḥ / tasya puṇyaṃ pravakṣyāmi vadato me niśāmaya

He who gives a khārikā of land to a poor brahmin — I shall declare his merit; listen to me as I speak.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.136

अश्वमेधसहस्राणि वाजपेयशतानि च । विधाय जाह्नवीतीरे पत्फलं तल्लभेद्धुवम्

aśvamedhasahasrāṇi vājapeyaśatāni ca / vidhāya jāhnavītīre patphalaṃ tallabheddhuvam

The fruit that (one gets) by performing a thousand horse-sacrifices and a hundred vājapeya rites on the bank of the Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā) — that he surely obtains.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.137

भूमिदानं महादानमतिदानं प्रकीर्त्तितम् । सर्वपापप्रशमनमपवर्गफलप्रदम्

bhūmidānaṃ mahādānamatidānaṃ prakīrttitam / sarvapāpapraśamanamapavargaphalapradam

The gift of land is declared to be the great gift, the surpassing gift; it quells all sins and bestows the fruit of final release.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.138

अत्रोतिहासं वक्ष्यामि शृणु दैत्यकुलेश्वर । यच्छुत्वा श्रद्धया युक्तो भूमिदानफलं लभेत्

atrotihāsaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇu daityakuleśvara / yacchutvā śraddhayā yukto bhūmidānaphalaṃ labhet

On this I shall tell an old tale; listen, lord of the demon race — hearing which, a man endowed with faith gains the fruit of a gift of land.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.139

आसीत्पुरा द्विजवरो ब्राह्मकल्पे महामतिः । दरिद्रो वृत्तिहीनश्च नाम्ना भद्रमतिर्बले

āsītpurā dvijavaro brāhmakalpe mahāmatiḥ / daridro vṛttihīnaśca nāmnā bhadramatirbale

Formerly, in the Brāhma-kalpa, there was a foremost brahmin of great intelligence, poor and without means of livelihood, named Bhadramati, O Bala.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.140

श्रुतानि सर्वशास्त्राणि तेन वेददिवानिशम् । श्रुतानि च पुराणानि धर्मशास्त्राणि सर्वशः

śrutāni sarvaśāstrāṇi tena vedadivāniśam / śrutāni ca purāṇāni dharmaśāstrāṇi sarvaśaḥ

By him all the treatises had been heard, and the Vedas day and night; and the Purāṇas and the law-books had been heard in their entirety.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.141

अभवंस्तस्य षट्पत्न्यः श्रुतिः सिन्धुर्यशोवती । कामिनी मालिनी चैव शोभा चेति प्रकीर्तिताः

abhavaṃstasya ṣaṭpatnyaḥ śrutiḥ sindhuryaśovatī / kāminī mālinī caiva śobhā ceti prakīrtitāḥ

He had six wives: Śruti, Sindhu, Yaśovatī, Kāminī, Mālinī, and Śobhā — so they are named.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.142

आसु पन्तीषु तस्यासञ्चत्वरिंशच्छतद्वयम् । पुत्राणामसुरश्रेष्ठ सर्वे नित्यं बुभुक्षिताः

āsu pantīṣu tasyāsañcatvariṃśacchatadvayam / putrāṇāmasuraśreṣṭha sarve nityaṃ bubhukṣitāḥ

By these wives he had two hundred and forty sons, O best of demons, and all of them were perpetually hungry.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.143

अकिञ्चनो भद्रमतिः क्षुधार्त्तानात्मजान्प्रियाः । पश्यन्स्वयं क्षुधार्त्तश्च विललापाकुलेन्द्रियः

akiñcano bhadramatiḥ kṣudhārttānātmajānpriyāḥ / paśyansvayaṃ kṣudhārttaśca vilalāpākulendriyaḥ

Penniless Bhadramati, seeing his dear sons afflicted with hunger, and himself afflicted with hunger, lamented, his senses distraught.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.144

धिग्जन्म भाग्यरहितं धिग्जन्म धनवर्जितम् । धिग्जन्म धर्मरहितं धिग्जन्म ख्यातिवर्जितम्

dhigjanma bhāgyarahitaṃ dhigjanma dhanavarjitam / dhigjanma dharmarahitaṃ dhigjanma khyātivarjitam

"Damn a birth devoid of good fortune, damn a birth bereft of wealth; damn a birth without merit, damn a birth bereft of renown.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.145

नरस्य बह्वपत्यस्य धिग्जन्मैश्वर्यवार्जितम् । अहो गुणाः सौम्यता च विद्वत्ता जन्म सत्कुले

narasya bahvapatyasya dhigjanmaiśvaryavārjitam / aho guṇāḥ saumyatā ca vidvattā janma satkule

For a man with many children, damn a birth bereft of affluence! Ah — good qualities, gentleness, learning, birth in a good family:

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.146

दारिद्याम्बुधिमग्नस्य सर्वमेतन्न शोभते । प्रियाः पुत्राश्चपौत्राश्च बान्धवा भ्रातरस्तथा

dāridyāmbudhimagnasya sarvametanna śobhate / priyāḥ putrāścapautrāśca bāndhavā bhrātarastathā

for one sunk in the ocean of poverty, all this does not shine. Dear sons and grandsons, kinsmen and likewise brothers,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.147

शिष्याश्च सर्वमनुजास्त्यजन्त्यैश्वर्यवार्जितम् । चाण्डालो वा द्विजो वापि भाग्यवानेव पूज्यते

śiṣyāśca sarvamanujāstyajantyaiśvaryavārjitam / cāṇḍālo vā dvijo vāpi bhāgyavāneva pūjyate

and pupils, and all men, abandon him who is bereft of affluence. Whether a Cāṇḍāla or a brahmin, it is only the fortunate man who is honoured.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.148

दरिद्रः पुरुषो लोके शववल्लोकनिन्दितः । अहो संपत्संमायुक्तो निष्टुरो वाप्यनिष्ठुरः

daridraḥ puruṣo loke śavavallokaninditaḥ / aho saṃpatsaṃmāyukto niṣṭuro vāpyaniṣṭhuraḥ

A poor man in the world is censured by people like a corpse. Ah — one endowed with prosperity, be he harsh or not harsh,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.149

गुणहीनो ऽपि गुणवान्मूर्खो वाप्यथ पण्डितः । ऐश्वर्यगुणयुक्तश्चेत्पूज्य एव न संशयः

guṇahīno 'pi guṇavānmūrkho vāpyatha paṇḍitaḥ / aiśvaryaguṇayuktaścetpūjya eva na saṃśayaḥ

devoid of virtues or virtuous, a fool or else a scholar — if he is endowed with the quality of affluence he is honoured indeed, there is no doubt.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.150

अहो दरिद्रता दुःखं तत्राप्याशातिदुःखदा । आशाभिभूताः पुरुषा दुःखमश्नुवते ऽक्षयम्

aho daridratā duḥkhaṃ tatrāpyāśātiduḥkhadā / āśābhibhūtāḥ puruṣā duḥkhamaśnuvate 'kṣayam

Ah, poverty is a misery, and in it hope is a giver of yet greater misery: men overcome by hope reap unending sorrow.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.151

आशयादासा ये दासास्ते सर्वलोकस्य । आशा दासी येषां तेषां दासायते लोकः

āśayādāsā ye dāsāste sarvalokasya / āśā dāsī yeṣāṃ teṣāṃ dāsāyate lokaḥ

Those who are slaves through hope are slaves of the whole world; those whose slave-girl hope is, to them the world becomes a slave.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.152

मानो हि महतां लोके धनमक्षयमुच्यते । तस्मिन्नाशाख्यरिपुणा माने नष्टे दरिद्रता

māno hi mahatāṃ loke dhanamakṣayamucyate / tasminnāśākhyaripuṇā māne naṣṭe daridratā

For self-respect is called the imperishable wealth of the great in this world; when that self-respect is destroyed by the enemy named hope, there is poverty.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.153

सर्वशास्त्रार्थवेत्तापि दरिद्रो भाति मूर्खवत् । नैष्किञ्चन्यमहाग्राहग्रस्तानां को विमोचचकः

sarvaśāstrārthavettāpi daridro bhāti mūrkhavat / naiṣkiñcanyamahāgrāhagrastānāṃ ko vimocacakaḥ

Even one who knows the meaning of all the treatises, if poor, appears like a fool. For those seized by the great crocodile of destitution, who is the deliverer?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.154

अहो दुःखमहो दुःखमहो दुःखं दरिद्रता । तत्रापि पुत्रभार्याणां बाहुल्यमतिदुःखदम्

aho duḥkhamaho duḥkhamaho duḥkhaṃ daridratā / tatrāpi putrabhāryāṇāṃ bāhulyamatiduḥkhadam

Alas, misery! Alas, misery! Alas, poverty is misery! And in that state a multitude of sons and wives is exceedingly painful.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.155

एवमुक्त्वा भद्रमतिः सर्वशास्त्रार्थपारगः । अन्यमैश्वर्यदं धर्मं मनसाचिन्तयत्तदा

evamuktvā bhadramatiḥ sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ / anyamaiśvaryadaṃ dharmaṃ manasācintayattadā

Having spoken thus, Bhadramati, who had mastered the meaning of all the scriptures, then pondered in his mind another duty (rite) that bestows lordly wealth.

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NarP 1 11.156

भूमिदानं विनिश्चित्य सर्वदानोत्तमोत्तमम् । दानेन यो ऽनुमन्ताति स एव कृतवान्पुरा

bhūmidānaṃ viniścitya sarvadānottamottamam / dānena yo 'numantāti sa eva kṛtavānpurā

Having determined that the gift of land is the very best of all gifts — the very one which he who assents to (such) giving had performed of old.

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NarP 1 11.157

प्रापकं परमं धर्मं सर्वकामफलप्रदम् । दानानामुत्तमं दानं भूदानं परिकीर्तितम्

prāpakaṃ paramaṃ dharmaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam / dānānāmuttamaṃ dānaṃ bhūdānaṃ parikīrtitam

The gift of land is proclaimed the highest of gifts, the supreme dharma that leads (one) onward and grants the fruit of every desire.

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NarP 1 11.158

यद्दत्त्वा समवान्पोति यद्यदिष्टतमं नरः । इति निश्चत्य मतिमान्धीरो भद्रमतिर्बले

yaddattvā samavānpoti yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ naraḥ / iti niścatya matimāndhīro bhadramatirbale

By giving which a man obtains whatever is most desired by him — having thus resolved, the wise and steadfast Bhadramati (went) to Bali.

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NarP 1 11.159

कौशाम्बींनाम नगरीं कलत्रापत्ययुग्ययौ । सुघोषनामविप्रेन्द्रं सर्वैश्वर्यसमन्वलितम्

kauśāmbīṃnāma nagarīṃ kalatrāpatyayugyayau / sughoṣanāmaviprendraṃ sarvaiśvaryasamanvalitam

(He went) to the city named Kauśāmbī together with wife, children and conveyance, (and approached) the foremost of brahmins named Sughoṣa, endowed with every kind of wealth.

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NarP 1 11.160

गत्वा याचितवान्भूमिं पञ्चहस्तायतां बले । सुघोषो धर्मनिरतस्तं निरीक्ष्य कुटुम्बिक्रम्

gatvā yācitavānbhūmiṃ pañcahastāyatāṃ bale / sughoṣo dharmaniratastaṃ nirīkṣya kuṭumbikram

Having gone (there) he begged for land five cubits in extent for Bali('s sake); and Sughoṣa, devoted to dharma, looking at him, the householder,

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NarP 1 11.161

मनसा प्रीयमाणेन समभ्यर्च्येदमब्रवीत् । कृतार्थो ऽहं भद्रमते सफलं मम जन्म च

manasā prīyamāṇena samabhyarcyedamabravīt / kṛtārtho 'haṃ bhadramate saphalaṃ mama janma ca

honoured (him) with a delighted mind and said this: "I am fulfilled, Bhadramati, and my birth has borne fruit;

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NarP 1 11.162

मत्कुल पावनं जातं त्वदनुग्रहतो द्विज । इत्युक्त्वा तं समभ्यर्च्य सुघोषो धर्मतत्परः

matkula pāvanaṃ jātaṃ tvadanugrahato dvija / ityuktvā taṃ samabhyarcya sughoṣo dharmatatparaḥ

through your favour, O twice-born, my family has become purified." Having said this and honoured him, Sughoṣa, intent upon dharma,

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NarP 1 11.163

पञ्चहस्तमितां भूमिं ददौ तस्मै महामतिः । पृथिवी वैष्णवी पुण्या पृथिवीं विष्णुपालिता

pañcahastamitāṃ bhūmiṃ dadau tasmai mahāmatiḥ / pṛthivī vaiṣṇavī puṇyā pṛthivīṃ viṣṇupālitā

that great-minded one gave him land measured at five cubits: "The earth belongs to Viṣṇu, it is holy, the earth is protected by Viṣṇu;

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NarP 1 11.164

पृथिव्यास्तु प्रदानेन प्रीयतां मे जनार्दनः । मन्त्रेणानेन दैत्येन्द्र सुघोषस्तं द्विजोत्तमम्

pṛthivyāstu pradānena prīyatāṃ me janārdanaḥ / mantreṇānena daityendra sughoṣastaṃ dvijottamam

by this gift of earth may Janārdana be pleased with me" — with this formula, O lord of the Daityas, Sughoṣa (honoured) that best of brahmins,

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NarP 1 11.165

विष्णुबुद्ध्या समभ्यर्च्य तावतीं पृथिवीं ददौ । सो ऽपि भद्रमतिर्विप्रो धीमता याचितां भुवम्

viṣṇubuddhyā samabhyarcya tāvatīṃ pṛthivīṃ dadau / so 'pi bhadramatirvipro dhīmatā yācitāṃ bhuvam

and having worshipped (him) with the thought that he was Viṣṇu, he gave just that much earth; and that brahmin Bhadramati too (gave away) the land begged from the wise man,

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NarP 1 11.166

दत्तवान्हरिभक्ताय श्रोत्रियाय कुटुम्बिने । सुघोषो भूमिदानेन कोटिवंशसमन्वितः

dattavānharibhaktāya śrotriyāya kuṭumbine / sughoṣo bhūmidānena koṭivaṃśasamanvitaḥ

he gave (it) to a devotee of Hari, a Vedic scholar, a householder. Sughoṣa, by the gift of land, together with ten million (generations of) his lineage,

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NarP 1 11.167

प्रपेदे विष्णुभवनं यत्र गत्वा न शोचति । बले भद्रमतिश्चापि यतः प्रार्थितवाञ्छ्रियम्

prapede viṣṇubhavanaṃ yatra gatvā na śocati / bale bhadramatiścāpi yataḥ prārthitavāñchriyam

attained the abode of Viṣṇu, going where one does not grieve. And Bhadramati too, since he had asked Bali for prosperity,

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NarP 1 11.168

स्थितवान्विष्णुभवने सकुटुम्बो युगायुतम् । तथैव ब्रह्मसदने स्थित्वा कोटियुगायुतम्

sthitavānviṣṇubhavane sakuṭumbo yugāyutam / tathaiva brahmasadane sthitvā koṭiyugāyutam

dwelt with his family in Viṣṇu's abode for ten thousand yugas; and likewise, having stayed in Brahmā's abode for ten thousand crores of yugas,

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NarP 1 11.169

ऐन्द्रं पदं समासाद्य स्थितवान्कल्पपञ्चकम् । ततो भुवं समासाद्य सर्वैश्वर्यसमन्वितः

aindraṃ padaṃ samāsādya sthitavānkalpapañcakam / tato bhuvaṃ samāsādya sarvaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ

having attained Indra's station he remained (there) for five kalpas; then, coming to earth, endowed with every kind of lordly wealth,

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NarP 1 11.170

जातिस्मरो महाभागो बुभुजे भोगमुत्तमम् । ततो भद्रमतिर्दैत्य निष्कामो विष्णुतत्परः

jātismaro mahābhāgo bubhuje bhogamuttamam / tato bhadramatirdaitya niṣkāmo viṣṇutatparaḥ

remembering his (former) births, that greatly fortunate one enjoyed the highest enjoyments. Then, O Daitya, Bhadramati, free of desire and intent upon Viṣṇu,

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NarP 1 11.171

पृथिवीं वृत्तिहीनेभ्यो ब्रह्मणेभ्यः प्रदत्तवान् । तस्य विष्णुः प्रसन्नात्मा तत्त्वैशअवर्यमनुत्तमम्

pṛthivīṃ vṛttihīnebhyo brahmaṇebhyaḥ pradattavān / tasya viṣṇuḥ prasannātmā tattvaiśaavaryamanuttamam

gave the earth to brahmins who had no livelihood. Viṣṇu, gracious in heart towards him, (gave) that unsurpassed lordship,

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NarP 1 11.172

कोटिवंशसमेतस्य ददौ मोक्षमनुत्तमम् । तस्माद्दैत्यपते मह्यं सर्वधर्मपरायण

koṭivaṃśasametasya dadau mokṣamanuttamam / tasmāddaityapate mahyaṃ sarvadharmaparāyaṇa

and gave unsurpassed liberation to him along with ten million (generations of) his lineage. Therefore, O lord of the Daityas, devoted to all dharma, to me

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NarP 1 11.173

तपश्चरिष्येमोक्षाय देहि मे त्रिपदां महीम् । वैरोचनिस्ततो दृष्टः कलशं जलपूरितम्

tapaścariṣyemokṣāya dehi me tripadāṃ mahīm / vairocanistato dṛṣṭaḥ kalaśaṃ jalapūritam

— I shall practise austerity for liberation — give me earth of three paces. Then the son of Virocana was seen (taking up) a pot filled with water,

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NarP 1 11.174

आददे पृथिवीं दातुं वर्णिने वामनाय । विष्णुः सर्वगतोज्ञात्वा जलधारावरोधिनम्

ādade pṛthivīṃ dātuṃ varṇine vāmanāya / viṣṇuḥ sarvagatojñātvā jaladhārāvarodhinam

(Bali) took up (the pot) in order to give the earth to the brahmin-student Vāmana; but Viṣṇu, the all-pervading, knew (Śukra) to be the one blocking the flow of water.

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NarP 1 11.175

काव्यं हस्तस्थदर्भाग्रं तच्छरे संन्यवेशयत् । दर्भाग्रे ऽभून्महाशास्त्रं कोटिसूर्यसमप्रभम्

kāvyaṃ hastasthadarbhāgraṃ tacchare saṃnyaveśayat / darbhāgre 'bhūnmahāśāstraṃ koṭisūryasamaprabham

(Viṣṇu) inserted into that hollow the tip of darbha grass that was in the hand of Kāvya (Śukra); on the tip of the darbha there arose a great weapon, blazing like ten million suns.

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NarP 1 11.176

अमोधं ब्रह्ममत्युग्रं काव्याक्षिग्रासलोलुपम् । आयाय भार्गवसुरानसुरानेकचक्षुषा

amodhaṃ brahmamatyugraṃ kāvyākṣigrāsalolupam / āyāya bhārgavasurānasurānekacakṣuṣā

unfailing, the brahmā-weapon, exceedingly fierce, avid to devour Kāvya's eye — ... having come, Bhārgava (looked upon) the gods and the asuras with a single eye.

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NarP 1 11.177

पश्येति वान्दिदेशे च दर्भाग्रं शस्त्रसन्निभम् । बलिर्ददौ महाविष्णोर्महीं त्रिपदसंमिताम्

paśyeti vāndideśe ca darbhāgraṃ śastrasannibham / balirdadau mahāviṣṇormahīṃ tripadasaṃmitām

Saying "Look!" he pointed out the darbha tip that resembled a weapon; and Bali gave to the great Viṣṇu the earth measured by three steps.

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NarP 1 11.178

ववृधे सो ऽपि विश्वात्मा आब्रह्मभुवनं तदा । अमिमीत महीं द्वाभ्यां पद्भ्यां विश्वतनुर्हरिः

vavṛdhe so 'pi viśvātmā ābrahmabhuvanaṃ tadā / amimīta mahīṃ dvābhyāṃ padbhyāṃ viśvatanurhariḥ

And he too, the Self of all, grew as far as Brahmā's world; with two steps Hari, whose body is the universe, measured out the earth.

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NarP 1 11.179

स आब्रह्मकटाहान्तपदान्येतानि सप्रभः । पादाङ्कुष्टाग्रनिर्भिन्नं ब्रह्माण्डं विभिदे द्विधा

sa ābrahmakaṭāhāntapadānyetāni saprabhaḥ / pādāṅkuṣṭāgranirbhinnaṃ brahmāṇḍaṃ vibhide dvidhā

Blazing, he (set) these steps as far as the end of the shell (of the cosmic egg) up to Brahmā; the egg of Brahmā, split open by the tip of his big toe, broke in two.

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NarP 1 11.180

तद्दारा बाह्यसलिलं बहुधारं समागतम् । धौतविष्णुपदं तोयं निर्मलं लोकपावनम्

taddārā bāhyasalilaṃ bahudhāraṃ samāgatam / dhautaviṣṇupadaṃ toyaṃ nirmalaṃ lokapāvanam

Through that (opening) the water outside came in, in many streams — water that had washed Viṣṇu's foot, stainless, purifier of the worlds.

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NarP 1 11.183

अजाण्डबाह्यनिलयं धारारुपमवर्त्तत । तज्जलं पावनं श्रेष्ठं ब्रह्मादीन्पावयत्सुरान् ॥ नर्प्_१,११।१८१ ॥ सत्पर्षिसेवितं चैव न्यपतन्मेरुमूर्द्धनि ॥ नर्प्_१,११।१८२ ॥ एतद्दष्ट्वाद्भुतं कर्म ब्रह्माद्या देवतागणाः । ऋषयो मनवश्चैव ह्यस्तुवन्हर्षविह्वलाः

ajāṇḍabāhyanilayaṃ dhārārupamavarttata / tajjalaṃ pāvanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ brahmādīnpāvayatsurān // narp_1,11.181 // satparṣisevitaṃ caiva nyapatanmerumūrddhani // narp_1,11.182 // etaddaṣṭvādbhutaṃ karma brahmādyā devatāgaṇāḥ / ṛṣayo manavaścaiva hyastuvanharṣavihvalāḥ

It became, in the form of a stream, that which dwells outside the egg of the Unborn; that water, purifying and most excellent, purified the gods beginning with Brahmā; (11.181) and, resorted to by the true sages, it fell upon the summit of Meru. (11.182) Seeing this wondrous deed, the hosts of deities headed by Brahmā, and the sages and the Manus, overwhelmed with joy, praised (him).

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NarP 1 11.184

देवा ऊचुः नमः परेशाय परात्मरुपिणे परात्परायापररुपधारिणे । ब्रह्मात्मने ब्रह्मरतात्मबुद्धये नमो ऽस्तु ते ऽव्याहतकर्मशीलिने

devā ūcuḥ namaḥ pareśāya parātmarupiṇe parātparāyāpararupadhāriṇe / brahmātmane brahmaratātmabuddhaye namo 'stu te 'vyāhatakarmaśīline

The gods said: Homage to the supreme Lord, whose form is the supreme Self, higher than the highest, who takes on another form; whose self is brahman, whose mind is intent on delight in brahman — homage be to you, whose course of action is unobstructed.

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NarP 1 11.185

परेश परमानन्द परमात्मन्परात्पर । सर्वात्मने जगन्मूर्त्ते प्रमाणातीत ते नमः

pareśa paramānanda paramātmanparātpara / sarvātmane jaganmūrtte pramāṇātīta te namaḥ

O supreme Lord, supreme bliss, supreme Self, higher than the highest — homage to you, the Self of all, whose body is the world, who are beyond all measure.

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NarP 1 11.186

विश्वतश्वक्षुषे तुभ्यं विश्वतो बाहवे नमः । विश्वतः शिरसे चैव विश्वतो गतये नमः

viśvataśvakṣuṣe tubhyaṃ viśvato bāhave namaḥ / viśvataḥ śirase caiva viśvato gataye namaḥ

To you who have eyes on every side, homage to you who have arms on every side; and to you who have heads on every side, homage to you whose going is on every side.

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NarP 1 11.187

एवंर स्तुतो महाविष्णुर्ब्रह्माद्यैः स्वर्द्दवौकसाम् । दत्त्वाभयं च मुमुदे देवदेवः सनातनः

evaṃra stuto mahāviṣṇurbrahmādyaiḥ svarddavaukasām / dattvābhayaṃ ca mumude devadevaḥ sanātanaḥ

Thus praised by Brahmā and the other dwellers of heaven, the great Viṣṇu, the eternal God of gods, granted them freedom from fear and rejoiced.

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NarP 1 11.188

विरोचनात्मजं दैत्यं पदैकार्थं बबन्ध ह । ततः प्रपन्नं तु बलिं ज्ञात्वा चास्मै रसातलम् । ददौ तद्वारपालश्च भक्तवश्यो बभूव ह

virocanātmajaṃ daityaṃ padaikārthaṃ babandha ha / tataḥ prapannaṃ tu baliṃ jñātvā cāsmai rasātalam / dadau tadvārapālaśca bhaktavaśyo babhūva ha

He bound the daitya, the son of Virocana, on account of the one (remaining) step. Then, knowing Bali to be one who had surrendered, he gave him Rasātala, and became its doorkeeper — so he came under the sway of his devotee.

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NarP 1 11.189

नारद उवाच रसातले महाविष्णुर्विरोचनसुतस्य वै । किं भोज्यं कल्पयामास घोरे सर्पभयाकुले

nārada uvāca rasātale mahāviṣṇurvirocanasutasya vai / kiṃ bhojyaṃ kalpayāmāsa ghore sarpabhayākule

Nārada said: What food did the great Viṣṇu appoint in Rasātala for the son of Virocana, in that dreadful place infested with the terror of serpents?

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NarP 1 11.190

सनक उवाच अमन्त्रितं हविर्यत्तु हूयते जातवेदसि । अपात्रे दीयते यच्च तद्धोरं भोगसाधनम्

sanaka uvāca amantritaṃ haviryattu hūyate jātavedasi / apātre dīyate yacca taddhoraṃ bhogasādhanam

Sanaka said: The oblation that is offered into the fire without mantras, and whatever is given to an unfit recipient — that is the means of enjoyment in that dreadful place.

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NarP 1 11.191

हुतं हविरशुचिना दृत्तं सत्कर्म यत्कृतम् । तत्सर्वं तत्र भोगार्हमधः पातफलप्रदम्

hutaṃ haviraśucinā dṛttaṃ satkarma yatkṛtam / tatsarvaṃ tatra bhogārhamadhaḥ pātaphalapradam

An oblation offered by one who is impure, and good works performed with arrogance — all that is what may be enjoyed there, for it yields the fruit of falling downward.

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NarP 1 11.192

एवं रसातलं विष्णुर्बलये सासुराय तु । दत्त्वाभयं च सर्वेषां सुराणां त्रिदिवं ददौ

evaṃ rasātalaṃ viṣṇurbalaye sāsurāya tu / dattvābhayaṃ ca sarveṣāṃ surāṇāṃ tridivaṃ dadau

Thus Viṣṇu gave Rasātala to Bali together with the asuras, and granting freedom from fear to all, he gave heaven to the gods.

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NarP 1 11.193

पूज्यमानो ऽमरगणैः स्तूयमानो महर्षिभिः । गन्धर्वैर्गीयमानश्च पुनर्वामनतां गतः

pūjyamāno 'maragaṇaiḥ stūyamāno maharṣibhiḥ / gandharvairgīyamānaśca punarvāmanatāṃ gataḥ

Worshipped by the hosts of immortals, praised by the great sages, and sung of by the gandharvas, he again assumed the state of the dwarf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.194

एतद्दृष्ट्वा महत्कर्ममुनो ब्रह्मवादिनः । परस्परे स्मितमुखाः प्रणेभुः पुरुषोत्तमम्

etaddṛṣṭvā mahatkarmamuno brahmavādinaḥ / paraspare smitamukhāḥ praṇebhuḥ puruṣottamam

Seeing this great deed, the sages who discourse on brahman, with smiles on their faces toward one another, bowed to the Supreme Person.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.195

सर्वभूतत्मको विष्णुर्वामनत्वमुपागतः । मोहयन्निखिलं लोकं प्रपेदे तपसे वनम्

sarvabhūtatmako viṣṇurvāmanatvamupāgataḥ / mohayannikhilaṃ lokaṃ prapede tapase vanam

Viṣṇu, the Self of all beings, having taken on dwarfhood, bewildering the whole world, went to the forest for ascetic practice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 1 11.196

एवं प्रभावा सा देवी गङ्गा विष्णुपदोद्भवा । यस्याः स्मरणमात्रेण मुच्यते सर्वपातकैः

evaṃ prabhāvā sā devī gaṅgā viṣṇupadodbhavā / yasyāḥ smaraṇamātreṇa mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ

Of such power is that goddess Gaṅgā, sprung from Viṣṇu's foot, by the mere remembering of whom one is freed from all sins.

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NarP 1 11.197

इदं तु गङ्गामाहात्म्यं यः पठे च्छृणुयादपि । देवालये नदीतीरे सो ऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्

idaṃ tu gaṅgāmāhātmyaṃ yaḥ paṭhe cchṛṇuyādapi / devālaye nadītīre so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

And whoever recites or even hears this greatness of the Gaṅgā, in a temple or on a river bank, he obtains the fruit of a horse sacrifice.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition