Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 13
NarP 2 13.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच उत्थापयित्वा राजानं मोहिनी वाक्यमब्रवीत् । मा शङ्कां कुरु राजेन्द्र कुमारीं विद्ध्यकल्मषाम्
vasiṣṭha uvāca utthāpayitvā rājānaṃ mohinī vākyamabravīt / mā śaṅkāṃ kuru rājendra kumārīṃ viddhyakalmaṣām
Vasiṣṭha said: Having raised the king up, Mohinī spoke these words: Do not doubt, best of kings; know the maiden to be without stain.
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NarP 2 13.2
उद्वहस्व महीपाल गृह्योक्तविधिना हि माम् । अनूढा कन्यका राजन् यदि गर्भं बिभर्ति हि
udvahasva mahīpāla gṛhyoktavidhinā hi mām / anūḍhā kanyakā rājan yadi garbhaṃ bibharti hi
Marry me, ruler of the earth, by the rite prescribed in the domestic (texts); for if an unmarried girl, O king, bears a child in her womb,
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NarP 2 13.3
प्रसूयति दिवाकीर्तिं सर्ववर्णविगर्हितम् । चाण्डालयोनयस्तिस्रः पुराणे कवयो विदुः
prasūyati divākīrtiṃ sarvavarṇavigarhitam / cāṇḍālayonayastisraḥ purāṇe kavayo viduḥ
she gives birth to a 'day-notorious' one, censured by all the classes. The poets in the Purāṇa know three origins of Caṇḍālas.
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NarP 2 13.4
कुमारीसंभवात्वेका सगोत्रापि द्वितीयका । ब्राह्मण्यां शूद्रजनिता तृतीया नृपपुङ्गव
kumārīsaṃbhavātvekā sagotrāpi dvitīyakā / brāhmaṇyāṃ śūdrajanitā tṛtīyā nṛpapuṅgava
One is from birth from an unmarried girl, the second from (a union) with one of the same gotra, and the third, O bull among kings, is one begotten by a Śūdra on a Brāhmaṇa woman.
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NarP 2 13.5
एतस्मात्कारणाद्राजन् कुमारीं मां समुद्वह । ततस्तां चपलापाङ्गीं नृपो रुक्माङ्गदो गिरौ
etasmātkāraṇādrājan kumārīṃ māṃ samudvaha / tatastāṃ capalāpāṅgīṃ nṛpo rukmāṅgado girau
For this reason, O king, marry me while (I am still) a maiden. Then King Rukmāṅgada, on the mountain, (took) her of the restless eye-corners,
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NarP 2 13.6
उद्वाह्य विधिना युक्तस्तस्थौ राजा हसन्निव । राजोवाच न तथा त्रिदिवप्राप्तिः प्रीणयेन्मां वरानने
udvāhya vidhinā yuktastasthau rājā hasanniva / rājovāca na tathā tridivaprāptiḥ prīṇayenmāṃ varānane
and having married (her) by the rite, the king stood joined (to her), as if laughing. The king said: Not so would the attainment of heaven gladden me, O fair-faced one,
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NarP 2 13.7
तवप्राप्तिर्यथा देवि मन्दरे ऽस्मिन्सुखाय वै । मन्ये पुरन्दराद्देवि ह्यात्मानमधिकं क्षितौ
tavaprāptiryathā devi mandare 'sminsukhāya vai / manye purandarāddevi hyātmānamadhikaṃ kṣitau
as the winning of you, goddess, here on Mandara is for my happiness. I count myself, goddess, greater on earth than Indra,
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NarP 2 13.8
त्रैलोक्यसुन्दरीं प्राप्य भार्यां त्वां चारुलोचने । तस्माद्यदनुकूलं ते तत्करोमि प्रशाधि माम्
trailokyasundarīṃ prāpya bhāryāṃ tvāṃ cārulocane / tasmādyadanukūlaṃ te tatkaromi praśādhi mām
having obtained you, the beauty of the three worlds, as my wife, O lovely-eyed one. Therefore whatever is agreeable to you, that I shall do: command me.
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NarP 2 13.9
इहैव रमसे बाले अथवा मन्दिरे मम । मलये मेरुशिखरे वने वा नन्दने वद
ihaiva ramase bāle athavā mandire mama / malaye meruśikhare vane vā nandane vada
Will you take pleasure here itself, O girl, or in my palace, on Malaya, on Meru's peak, in a forest, or in Nandana? Say (which).
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NarP 2 13.10
तच्छ्रुत्वा नृपतेर्वाक्यं मोहिनी मधुरं नृप । उवाचानुशयं राजन्वचनं प्रीतिवर्द्धनम्
tacchrutvā nṛpatervākyaṃ mohinī madhuraṃ nṛpa / uvācānuśayaṃ rājanvacanaṃ prītivarddhanam
Hearing that speech of the king, Mohinī, O king, spoke sweet words of regret, O king, that increased his affection.
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NarP 2 13.11
सपत्नीनां कटाक्षाणां क्षतानि नगरे मम । भविष्यन्ति महीपाल कथं गच्छामि ते पुरम्
sapatnīnāṃ kaṭākṣāṇāṃ kṣatāni nagare mama / bhaviṣyanti mahīpāla kathaṃ gacchāmi te puram
In my (new) city there will be wounds from the sidelong glances of co-wives, ruler of the earth; how shall I go to your city?
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NarP 2 13.12
मास्म सीमन्तिनी काचिद्भवेद्धि क्षितिमण्डले । यस्याः सपत्नीप्रभवं दुःखमामरणं भवेत्
māsma sīmantinī kācidbhaveddhi kṣitimaṇḍale / yasyāḥ sapatnīprabhavaṃ duḥkhamāmaraṇaṃ bhavet
Let there be no woman at all on the circle of the earth for whom there should be, until death, the pain that arises from co-wives.
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NarP 2 13.13
साहं लब्धा महीपाल मनसा वशगा तव । ज्ञात्वा सपत्नीप्रभवं दुःखं भर्ता कृतो मया
sāhaṃ labdhā mahīpāla manasā vaśagā tava / jñātvā sapatnīprabhavaṃ duḥkhaṃ bhartā kṛto mayā
I, having been won, ruler of the earth, am subject to you in my mind; knowing the pain that arises from co-wives, I have made (you) my husband.
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NarP 2 13.14
वत्स्यामि पर्वतश्रेष्ठे बह्वाश्चर्यसमन्विते । न त्वं वससि राजेन्द्र संध्यावल्या विना क्वचित्
vatsyāmi parvataśreṣṭhe bahvāścaryasamanvite / na tvaṃ vasasi rājendra saṃdhyāvalyā vinā kvacit
I shall dwell on this best of mountains, filled with many marvels; but you, best of kings, cannot dwell anywhere without Sandhyāvalī.
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NarP 2 13.15
तस्यास्त्वं विरहे दुःखी सपुत्राया भविष्यसि । दुःखेन भवतो राजन्भूरि दुःखं भवेन्मम
tasyāstvaṃ virahe duḥkhī saputrāyā bhaviṣyasi / duḥkhena bhavato rājanbhūri duḥkhaṃ bhavenmama
You will be miserable in separation from her and from your son; and from your sorrow, O king, great sorrow would come to me.
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NarP 2 13.16
यत्रैव भवतः सौख्यं तत्राहमपि संस्थिता । यत्र त्वं रंस्यसे राजंस्तत्र मे मन्दरो गिरिः
yatraiva bhavataḥ saukhyaṃ tatrāhamapi saṃsthitā / yatra tvaṃ raṃsyase rājaṃstatra me mandaro giriḥ
Wherever there is happiness for you, there I too abide; where you will take your pleasure, O king, there is my Mandara mountain.
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NarP 2 13.17
भर्तृस्थाने हि वस्तव्यमृद्धिहीने ऽपि भार्यया । स मेरुः काञ्चनमयः सन्निधाने प्रचक्षते
bhartṛsthāne hi vastavyamṛddhihīne 'pi bhāryayā / sa meruḥ kāñcanamayaḥ sannidhāne pracakṣate
A wife must dwell in her husband's place, even if it is destitute of prosperity; that (place), in his presence, they declare to be Meru made of gold.
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NarP 2 13.18
मनोरथो नाम मेरुर्यत्र त्वं रमसे विभो । भर्तृस्थानं परित्यज्य स्वपितुर्वापि वर्जितम्
manoratho nāma meruryatra tvaṃ ramase vibho / bhartṛsthānaṃ parityajya svapiturvāpi varjitam
Meru by name is (mere) wishful thinking, O lord, (compared with) where you take your pleasure. Abandoning her husband's place — or even one shunned by her own father —
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NarP 2 13.19
पितृस्थानाश्रयरता नारी तमसि मज्जति । सर्वधर्मविहीनापि नारी भवति सूकरी
pitṛsthānāśrayaratā nārī tamasi majjati / sarvadharmavihīnāpi nārī bhavati sūkarī
A woman who delights in taking shelter in her father's house sinks into darkness; a woman devoid of all duty becomes a sow.
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NarP 2 13.20
एवं जानाम्यहं दोषं कथं वत्स्यामि मन्दरे । ममिष्यामित्वया सार्द्धमीशस्त्वं सुखदुःखयोः
evaṃ jānāmyahaṃ doṣaṃ kathaṃ vatsyāmi mandare / mamiṣyāmitvayā sārddhamīśastvaṃ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ
Thus I know the fault; how shall I dwell on Mandara? I will die together with you — you are the lord of my joy and sorrow.
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NarP 2 13.21
मोहिन्यास्तद्वचः श्रुत्वा राजा संहृष्टमानसः । परिष्वज्य वरारोहामिदं वचनमब्रवीत्
mohinyāstadvacaḥ śrutvā rājā saṃhṛṣṭamānasaḥ / pariṣvajya varārohāmidaṃ vacanamabravīt
Hearing that speech of Mohinī, the king, his mind delighted, embraced the fair-hipped one and spoke these words:
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NarP 2 13.22
भार्याणां मम सर्वासामुपरिष्टाद्भविष्यसि । मा शङ्कां कुरु वामोरु यतो दुःखं भविष्यति
bhāryāṇāṃ mama sarvāsāmupariṣṭādbhaviṣyasi / mā śaṅkāṃ kuru vāmoru yato duḥkhaṃ bhaviṣyati
"You shall be above all my wives; do not harbour doubt, O fair-thighed one, from which sorrow would arise."
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NarP 2 13.25
जीवितादधिका सुभ्रु भविष्यसि गृहे मम । एहि गच्छाव तन्वङ्गि सुखाय नगरं प्रति ॥ नर्प्_२,१३।२३ ॥ भुङ्क्ष्व भोगान्मया सार्द्धं तत्रस्था स्वेच्छया प्रिये ॥ नर्प्_२,१३।२४ ॥ सा त्वेवमुक्ता शशिगौरवक्त्रा रुक्माङ्गदेनात्मविनाशनाय । संप्रस्थिता नूपुरगोषयुक्ता विकर्षयन्ती गिरिजातशोभाम्
jīvitādadhikā subhru bhaviṣyasi gṛhe mama / ehi gacchāva tanvaṅgi sukhāya nagaraṃ prati // narp_2,13.23 // bhuṅkṣva bhogānmayā sārddhaṃ tatrasthā svecchayā priye // narp_2,13.24 // sā tvevamuktā śaśigauravaktrā rukmāṅgadenātmavināśanāya / saṃprasthitā nūpuragoṣayuktā vikarṣayantī girijātaśobhām
"You shall be dearer than life in my house, O fair-browed one. Come, let us two go, O slender-limbed one, to the city, for pleasure. (13.23) Enjoy pleasures together with me, dwelling there at your own will, O beloved. (13.24)" And she, addressed thus by Rukmāṅgada — she of the moon-pale face — set out for her own destruction, accompanied by the sound of her anklets, outshining the beauty born of the mountain.
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