Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 14
NarP 2 14.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच संप्रस्थितावुभौ राजन्गिरिशीर्षाद्धरातलम् । पश्यमानौ बहून्भावान्गिरिजातान्मनोहरमनोहरान्
vasiṣṭha uvāca saṃprasthitāvubhau rājangiriśīrṣāddharātalam / paśyamānau bahūnbhāvāngirijātānmanoharamanoharān
Vasiṣṭha said: The two of them set out, O king, from the mountain's summit to the surface of the earth, looking at many mountain-born forms, each more charming than the last.
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NarP 2 14.2
केचिद्विद्रुमसंकाशाः केचिद्रजतसन्निभाः । केचिन्नीलसमप्रख्याः केचित्काञ्चनसत्विषः
kecidvidrumasaṃkāśāḥ kecidrajatasannibhāḥ / kecinnīlasamaprakhyāḥ kecitkāñcanasatviṣaḥ
Some resembled coral, some looked like silver, some appeared like sapphire, some had the lustre of gold.
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NarP 2 14.3
केचित्स्फाटिकवर्णाभा हरितालनिभाः परे । अन्योन्यश्लेषतां प्राप्तौ सकलैः स्थावरैरिव
kecitsphāṭikavarṇābhā haritālanibhāḥ pare / anyonyaśleṣatāṃ prāptau sakalaiḥ sthāvarairiva
Some had the hue of crystal, others were like yellow orpiment; the two came to cling to one another, as it were, with all the immovable things (around them).
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NarP 2 14.4
सप्राप्य वसुधां भूपो ह्यपश्यद्वाजिनां वरम् । खन्यमानं खुरेणोर्वी कुलिशाभेन वेगिना
saprāpya vasudhāṃ bhūpo hyapaśyadvājināṃ varam / khanyamānaṃ khureṇorvī kuliśābhena veginā
Having reached the ground, the king saw the best of horses — the earth being dug up by its swift hoof, like a thunderbolt.
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NarP 2 14.5
तस्य दारयतः पृथ्वीं सुतीक्ष्णेन खुरेण हि । गृहगोधाभवत्तस्मिन् भूभागान्तर्गता किल
tasya dārayataḥ pṛthvīṃ sutīkṣṇena khureṇa hi / gṛhagodhābhavattasmin bhūbhāgāntargatā kila
As it was tearing the earth with its very sharp hoof, there was a house-lizard there, gone inside within that patch of ground.
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NarP 2 14.6
निर्गच्छमाना नृपते खुरेण विदलीकृता । विदीर्यमाणां नृपतिरपश्यत्स दयापरः
nirgacchamānā nṛpate khureṇa vidalīkṛtā / vidīryamāṇāṃ nṛpatirapaśyatsa dayāparaḥ
As it was coming out, O king, it was crushed by the hoof; and the king, being full of compassion, saw it being torn apart.
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NarP 2 14.7
अभ्यधावत वेगेन हा हतेति प्रियां वदन् । ततः स वृक्षपत्रेण कोमलेन महीपतिः
abhyadhāvata vegena hā hateti priyāṃ vadan / tataḥ sa vṛkṣapatreṇa komalena mahīpatiḥ
He ran up in haste, saying to his beloved, "Alas, it is killed!" Then the lord of the earth, with a soft tree-leaf,
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NarP 2 14.8
उत्सार्य तां खुरादाशु प्राक्षिपत्तृणशाद्वले । ततस्तु मोहिनीं प्राह प्रेक्ष्य मूर्च्छागतां हि ताम्
utsārya tāṃ khurādāśu prākṣipattṛṇaśādvale / tatastu mohinīṃ prāha prekṣya mūrcchāgatāṃ hi tām
quickly lifted it away from the hoof and laid it down on the grassy turf. Then, seeing that it had fallen into a swoon, he said to Mohinī:
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NarP 2 14.9
शीघ्रमाहर चार्वङ्गिजलं जलजलोचने । येन मूर्च्छागतां सिंचे गृहगोधां विमर्द्दिताम्
śīghramāhara cārvaṅgijalaṃ jalajalocane / yena mūrcchāgatāṃ siṃce gṛhagodhāṃ vimardditām
"Quickly bring water, O fair-limbed one, O lotus-eyed one, with which I may sprinkle the crushed house-lizard that has fallen into a swoon."
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NarP 2 14.10
सा भर्तुर्वचनाच्छीघ्रमानयच्छीतलं जलम् । तेनाभ्यषिं चन्नृपतिर्गृहगोधां विमूर्च्छिताम्
sā bharturvacanācchīghramānayacchītalaṃ jalam / tenābhyaṣiṃ cannṛpatirgṛhagodhāṃ vimūrcchitām
At her husband's word she quickly brought cool water, and with it the king sprinkled the swooning house-lizard.
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NarP 2 14.11
अवाप चेतनां राजन् शीतलाज्जलसेचनात् । अभिघातेषु सर्वेषु शस्तं वारिप्रसेचनम्
avāpa cetanāṃ rājan śītalājjalasecanāt / abhighāteṣu sarveṣu śastaṃ vāriprasecanam
It regained consciousness, O king, from the sprinkling of cool water; in all cases of blows, the sprinkling of water is commended.
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NarP 2 14.12
अथवा क्लिन्नवस्त्रेण सहसा बन्धनं हितम् । संप्राप्तचेतना भूप गोधा वचनमब्रवीत्
athavā klinnavastreṇa sahasā bandhanaṃ hitam / saṃprāptacetanā bhūpa godhā vacanamabravīt
Or else binding at once with a wet cloth is beneficial. Having regained consciousness, O king, the lizard spoke these words,
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NarP 2 14.13
राजानमग्रतो वीक्ष्य वेदनार्ता शनैः शनैः । रुक्माङ्गद महाबाहो निबोध मम चेष्टितम्
rājānamagrato vīkṣya vedanārtā śanaiḥ śanaiḥ / rukmāṅgada mahābāho nibodha mama ceṣṭitam
seeing the king before her, and, tormented by pain, very slowly (said): "Rukmāṅgada, mighty-armed one, learn of my doings.
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NarP 2 14.14
शाकले नगरे रम्ये भार्याहं ह्यग्रजन्मनः । रूपयौवनसंपन्ना तस्य नातिप्रिया विभो
śākale nagare ramye bhāryāhaṃ hyagrajanmanaḥ / rūpayauvanasaṃpannā tasya nātipriyā vibho
In the pleasant city of Śākala I was the wife of a brahmin; though endowed with beauty and youth, I was not much loved by him, O lord.
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NarP 2 14.15
सदा विद्वेषसंयुक्तो मयि निष्ठुरजल्पकः । नान्यस्य कस्यचिद्द्वेष्टा स तु मे नृपते पतिः
sadā vidveṣasaṃyukto mayi niṣṭhurajalpakaḥ / nānyasya kasyaciddveṣṭā sa tu me nṛpate patiḥ
He was always filled with aversion, speaking harshly to me; he hated no one else at all, but he was my husband, O king.
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NarP 2 14.16
ततो ऽह क्रोधसंयुक्ता वशीकरणलंभनात् । अपृच्छं प्रमदा राजन्यास्त्यक्ताः पतिभिः किल
tato 'ha krodhasaṃyuktā vaśīkaraṇalaṃbhanāt / apṛcchaṃ pramadā rājanyāstyaktāḥ patibhiḥ kila
Then I, filled with anger, in order to obtain a means of subjugation, asked, O king, some women who had, it seems, been abandoned by their husbands.
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NarP 2 14.17
ताभिरुक्ता ह्यहं भूप वश्यो भर्ता भविष्यति । अस्माकं प्रत्ययो जातो भर्तृत्यागावमाननात्
tābhiruktā hyahaṃ bhūpa vaśyo bhartā bhaviṣyati / asmākaṃ pratyayo jāto bhartṛtyāgāvamānanāt
By them I was told, O king: "Your husband will become submissive. Our own conviction arose from (our) being abandoned and slighted by our husbands.
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NarP 2 14.18
प्रव्रज्याभेषजैर्वश्या जाता हि पतयस्तु नः । त्वं पृच्छ तां वरारोहे दास्यते भेषजं शुभम्
pravrajyābheṣajairvaśyā jātā hi patayastu naḥ / tvaṃ pṛccha tāṃ varārohe dāsyate bheṣajaṃ śubham
"For our husbands have indeed been made submissive by the wandering ascetic woman's drugs. You, fair-hipped one, ask her; she will give a fine medicine.
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NarP 2 14.19
न विकल्पस्त्वया कार्यो भविता दासवत्पतिः । ततो ऽहं त्वरितं गत्वा तासां वाक्येन भूपते
na vikalpastvayā kāryo bhavitā dāsavatpatiḥ / tato 'haṃ tvaritaṃ gatvā tāsāṃ vākyena bhūpate
"You must have no hesitation; your husband will become like a slave." Then, O lord of the earth, I went quickly, in accordance with their words,
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NarP 2 14.20
प्रासादः कथितस्तस्याः पृच्छन्त्या मम मानवैः । शतस्तंभसमायुक्तः कान्तिमत्सुधया युतः
prāsādaḥ kathitastasyāḥ pṛcchantyā mama mānavaiḥ / śatastaṃbhasamāyuktaḥ kāntimatsudhayā yutaḥ
and as I asked, her palace was pointed out to me by people — furnished with a hundred pillars and coated with gleaming plaster.
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NarP 2 14.21
प्रविश्य तं सुतेजस्कामपश्यं ब्रह्यचारिणीम् । प्रावृतां दीर्घवस्त्रेण सन्ध्यारागसवर्णिनीम्
praviśya taṃ sutejaskāmapaśyaṃ brahyacāriṇīm / prāvṛtāṃ dīrghavastreṇa sandhyārāgasavarṇinīm
Entering it, I saw a woman of great splendour, a celibate ascetic, wrapped in a long garment of the colour of the twilight glow.
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NarP 2 14.22
दीर्घाभिः सा जटाभिस्तु संवृता दीप्तिसयुता । परिचारकैस्तु संयुक्ता वीज्यमाना शनैः शनैः
dīrghābhiḥ sā jaṭābhistu saṃvṛtā dīptisayutā / paricārakaistu saṃyuktā vījyamānā śanaiḥ śanaiḥ
She was covered with long matted locks and full of radiance, attended by servants who fanned her slowly, slowly.
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NarP 2 14.23
अक्षसूत्रकरा सा तु जपन्ती भगमालिनी । सर्ववश्यकरं मन्त्रं क्षोभकं प्रत्ययावहम्
akṣasūtrakarā sā tu japantī bhagamālinī / sarvavaśyakaraṃ mantraṃ kṣobhakaṃ pratyayāvaham
With a rosary in her hand, she was muttering, wearing a garland (of flowers? / named Bhagamālinī), the mantra that subjugates all, that agitates, that brings about certainty.
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NarP 2 14.24
ततो ऽहं प्रणता भूत्वा पद्भ्यां न्यस्याङ्गलीयकम् । मृदुकाञ्चनसंभूतं अतिरिक्तप्रभान्वितम्
tato 'haṃ praṇatā bhūtvā padbhyāṃ nyasyāṅgalīyakam / mṛdukāñcanasaṃbhūtaṃ atiriktaprabhānvitam
Then I, having bowed down, placed at her feet a ring made of soft gold, possessed of exceeding brilliance.
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NarP 2 14.25
ततो हृष्टाभवद्दृष्ट्वा पदस्थं चाङ्गुलीयकम् । अपृष्टया तया ज्ञातं मम भर्त्तुर्विमाननम्
tato hṛṣṭābhavaddṛṣṭvā padasthaṃ cāṅgulīyakam / apṛṣṭayā tayā jñātaṃ mama bhartturvimānanam
Then she was delighted on seeing the ring lying at her foot; without being asked, she understood the slighting of me by my husband.
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NarP 2 14.26
तयोक्ताहं ततो भूप तापस्या प्रणता स्थिता । चूर्णो रक्षान्वितो ह्येष सर्वभूतवशानुगः
tayoktāhaṃ tato bhūpa tāpasyā praṇatā sthitā / cūrṇo rakṣānvito hyeṣa sarvabhūtavaśānugaḥ
Then, O king, as I stood bowed down, I was addressed by that ascetic woman: "This powder, together with an amulet, brings all beings under control.
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NarP 2 14.27
त्वया भर्तरि संयोज्यो रक्ष्यं ग्रीवाशयाङ्कुरम् । भविष्यति पतिर्वश्यो नान्यां यास्यति सुन्दरीम्
tvayā bhartari saṃyojyo rakṣyaṃ grīvāśayāṅkuram / bhaviṣyati patirvaśyo nānyāṃ yāsyati sundarīm
"It is to be administered by you to your husband, and the sprout-amulet is to be bound on his neck. Your husband will become submissive; he will not go to another beautiful woman."
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NarP 2 14.28
चूर्णरक्षां गृहीत्वाहं प्राप्ताभर्तृगृहं पुनः । प्रदोषे पयसा युक्तश्चूर्णो भर्तरि योजितः
cūrṇarakṣāṃ gṛhītvāhaṃ prāptābhartṛgṛhaṃ punaḥ / pradoṣe payasā yuktaścūrṇo bhartari yojitaḥ
Taking the powder and the amulet, I reached my husband's house again; at nightfall the powder, mixed with milk, was administered to my husband,
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NarP 2 14.29
ग्रीवायां हि कृता रक्षा न विचारो मया कृतः । यदा स पीतचूर्णस्तु भर्ता नृपवरोत्तमा
grīvāyāṃ hi kṛtā rakṣā na vicāro mayā kṛtaḥ / yadā sa pītacūrṇastu bhartā nṛpavarottamā
and the amulet was fastened on his neck; no reflection was made by me. When my husband had drunk that powder, O best of excellent kings,
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NarP 2 14.30
तदहः क्षयरोगो ऽभूत्पतिः क्षीणो दिने दिने । गुह्ये तु क्रिमयो जाताः क्षतदुष्टव्रणोद्भवाः
tadahaḥ kṣayarogo 'bhūtpatiḥ kṣīṇo dine dine / guhye tu krimayo jātāḥ kṣataduṣṭavraṇodbhavāḥ
that very day consumption arose; my husband wasted away day by day, and worms were produced in his private parts, arising from sores and foul ulcers.
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NarP 2 14.31
दिनैः कतिपयैर्जातैर्दीपवद्रविदर्शनात् । हततेजास्तथा भर्त्ता मामुवाचाकुलेन्द्रियः
dinaiḥ katipayairjātairdīpavadravidarśanāt / hatatejāstathā bharttā māmuvācākulendriyaḥ
After a few days had passed, my husband, his vigour destroyed like a lamp deprived of oil, his senses distraught, said to me,
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NarP 2 14.32
क्रन्दमानो दिवा रात्रौ दासो ऽस्मि तव शोभने । त्राहि मां शरणं प्राप्तं न गच्छेयं परिस्त्रियम्
krandamāno divā rātrau dāso 'smi tava śobhane / trāhi māṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptaṃ na gaccheyaṃ paristriyam
weeping day and night: "I am your slave, O lovely one; save me, who have come to you for refuge; I will not go to another man's wife."
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NarP 2 14.33
तत्तस्य रुदितं श्रुत्वा भयभीता महीपते । तस्यां निवेदितं सर्वं कथं भर्ता भवेत्सुखी
tattasya ruditaṃ śrutvā bhayabhītā mahīpate / tasyāṃ niveditaṃ sarvaṃ kathaṃ bhartā bhavetsukhī
Having heard that weeping of his, terrified, O lord of the earth, I reported everything to her: how might my husband become well?
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NarP 2 14.34
तयापि भेषजं दत्तं द्वितीयं दाहशान्तये । दत्ते तु भेषजे तस्मिन्सुस्थो ऽभूत्तत्क्षणात्पतिः
tayāpi bheṣajaṃ dattaṃ dvitīyaṃ dāhaśāntaye / datte tu bheṣaje tasminsustho 'bhūttatkṣaṇātpatiḥ
And she gave a second medicine for the quelling of the burning; and when that medicine had been given, my husband became well that very moment.
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NarP 2 14.35
पूर्वचूर्णोद्भवो दाहः शान्तस्तेनौषधेन ह । ततः प्रभृति मे भर्ता वश्यो ऽभूद्वचने स्थितः
pūrvacūrṇodbhavo dāhaḥ śāntastenauṣadhena ha / tataḥ prabhṛti me bhartā vaśyo 'bhūdvacane sthitaḥ
The burning produced by the earlier powder was quelled by that drug. From then on my husband was submissive and stood by my word.
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NarP 2 14.36
कालेन पञ्चतां प्राप्ता गता नरकयातनाम् । ताम्रभ्राष्ट्रे ह्यहं दग्धा युगानि दश पञ्च च
kālena pañcatāṃ prāptā gatā narakayātanām / tāmrabhrāṣṭre hyahaṃ dagdhā yugāni daśa pañca ca
In time (I) met death and went to the torment of hell; indeed I was burned in a copper frying-pan for fifteen ages.
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NarP 2 14.37
सूक्ष्माणि तिलमात्राणि कृत्वा खण्डान्यनेकशः । किञ्चित्पातकशेषेण धरायामवतारिता
sūkṣmāṇi tilamātrāṇi kṛtvā khaṇḍānyanekaśaḥ / kiñcitpātakaśeṣeṇa dharāyāmavatāritā
Having been made into many pieces, fine, no bigger than sesame seeds, with some remainder of sin (still left) I was sent down onto the earth.
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NarP 2 14.38
गृहगोधामयं रूपं कृतं भास्करजेन मे । साहमत्र स्थिता भूप वर्षाणामयुतं पुरा
gṛhagodhāmayaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtaṃ bhāskarajena me / sāhamatra sthitā bhūpa varṣāṇāmayutaṃ purā
A form consisting of a house-lizard was made for me by the son of the sun; and I, O king, have stayed here for ten thousand years past.
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NarP 2 14.39
यान्यापि युवतिर्भूप भर्तुर्वश्यं समाचरेत् । वृथाधर्मा दुराचारा दह्यते ताम्रभ्राष्ट्रके
yānyāpi yuvatirbhūpa bharturvaśyaṃ samācaret / vṛthādharmā durācārā dahyate tāmrabhrāṣṭrake
And whatever young woman, O king, should work a spell of subjection upon her husband — she of futile piety, of evil conduct, is burned in the copper frying-pan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.40
भर्ता नाथो गतिर्भर्ता दैवतं गुरुरेव च । तस्य वश्यं चरेद्या तु सा कथं सुखमाप्नुयात्
bhartā nātho gatirbhartā daivataṃ gurureva ca / tasya vaśyaṃ caredyā tu sā kathaṃ sukhamāpnuyāt
The husband is (her) lord, the husband is (her) recourse, (her) deity and indeed (her) teacher; but she who works subjection upon him — how could she obtain happiness?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.41
तिर्यग्योनिशतं याति क्रिमिकुष्ठसमन्विता । तस्माद्भूपाल कर्तव्यं स्त्रीभिर्भर्तृवचः सदा
tiryagyoniśataṃ yāti krimikuṣṭhasamanvitā / tasmādbhūpāla kartavyaṃ strībhirbhartṛvacaḥ sadā
She goes to a hundred animal births, afflicted with worms and leprosy; therefore, O protector of the earth, the husband's word must always be done by women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.42
साहं यास्ये पुनर्योनिं कुत्सितां पातकान्विताम् । यदि नोद्धरसे राजन्नद्य मां शरणागताम्
sāhaṃ yāsye punaryoniṃ kutsitāṃ pātakānvitām / yadi noddharase rājannadya māṃ śaraṇāgatām
So I shall go again to a despised womb, attended by sin, if you do not rescue me today, O king, who have come to you for refuge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.43
सुकृतस्य प्रदानेन विजयाजनितेन हि । या त्वया संगमे पुण्ये कृता श्रवणद्वादशी
sukṛtasya pradānena vijayājanitena hi / yā tvayā saṃgame puṇye kṛtā śravaṇadvādaśī
By the gift of that merit, indeed, produced by the Vijayā (twelfth) — the Śravaṇa-twelfth which was observed by you at the holy confluence,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.44
सरय्वाश्चैव गङ्गायाः पापनाशविधायके । प्रेतनिर्यातनी पुण्या मानसेप्सितदायिनी
sarayvāścaiva gaṅgāyāḥ pāpanāśavidhāyake / pretaniryātanī puṇyā mānasepsitadāyinī
(the confluence) of the Sarayū and the Gaṅgā, which brings about the destruction of sins — (that twelfth) which releases (one) from the state of a ghost, holy, granting what is desired in the mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.45
यस्यां गृहे ऽपि भूपाल संस्मृतो मनुजैर्हरिः । सर्वतीर्थफलावाप्तिं कुरुते नात्र संशयः
yasyāṃ gṛhe 'pi bhūpāla saṃsmṛto manujairhariḥ / sarvatīrthaphalāvāptiṃ kurute nātra saṃśayaḥ
on which (day), O protector of the earth, Hari, when remembered by men even in the house, brings about the obtaining of the fruit of all sacred fords — there is no doubt here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.46
दत्तं जप्तं हुतं यच्च कृतं देवार्चनादिकम् । सर्वं तदक्षयं भूप यत्कृतं विजयादिने
dattaṃ japtaṃ hutaṃ yacca kṛtaṃ devārcanādikam / sarvaṃ tadakṣayaṃ bhūpa yatkṛtaṃ vijayādine
Whatever is given, muttered (in recitation), offered in fire, and whatever worship of the god and the like is performed — all that, O king, is imperishable, which is done on the Vijayā day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.47
एवंविधं फलं यस्यास्तद्देहि सुकृतं मम । द्वादश्यामुपवासेन त्रयोदश्यां तु पारणे
evaṃvidhaṃ phalaṃ yasyāstaddehi sukṛtaṃ mama / dvādaśyāmupavāsena trayodaśyāṃ tu pāraṇe
Give me that merit, the fruit of which is of such a kind — (that of) fasting on the twelfth and breaking the fast on the thirteenth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.48
द्वादशाब्दोपवासस्य फलं प्राप्तोत्युपोषणे । दयां कृत्वा महीपाल धर्ममूर्तिर्भवान् क्षितौ
dvādaśābdopavāsasya phalaṃ prāptotyupoṣaṇe / dayāṃ kṛtvā mahīpāla dharmamūrtirbhavān kṣitau
By that fast one obtains the fruit of twelve years' fasting. Show compassion, O king; you are the very embodiment of dharma on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.49
वैवस्वतपथध्वंसी परित्राहि सुदुःखिताम् । गृहगोधावचः श्रुत्वा मोहिनी वाक्यमब्रवीत्
vaivasvatapathadhvaṃsī paritrāhi suduḥkhitām / gṛhagodhāvacaḥ śrutvā mohinī vākyamabravīt
You who destroy the path of Vaivasvata (Yama) — rescue (me) who am greatly suffering! Having heard the house-lizard's speech, Mohinī spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.50
स्वकृतं तु जनो ऽश्नाति सुखदुःखात्मकं बिभो । तस्मात्किमनया कार्यं पापया भर्तुदुष्टया
svakṛtaṃ tu jano 'śnāti sukhaduḥkhātmakaṃ bibho / tasmātkimanayā kāryaṃ pāpayā bhartuduṣṭayā
A person consumes what he himself has done, consisting of pleasure and pain, O lord; therefore what business is there with this sinful woman, evil toward her husband?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.51
यया भर्ता वशं नीतो रक्षाचूर्णादिभिर्नृप । साधुभ्यो यत्कृतं राजन्यशःस्वर्गकरं भवेत्
yayā bhartā vaśaṃ nīto rakṣācūrṇādibhirnṛpa / sādhubhyo yatkṛtaṃ rājanyaśaḥsvargakaraṃ bhavet
By whom the husband was brought under control by protective powders and the like, O king — what is done for the good, O king, becomes productive of fame and heaven;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.52
उभयोर्भ्रं शतामेति पापेभ्यो यत्कृतं भवेत् । शर्करामिश्रितं क्षीरं काद्रवेये नियोजितम्
ubhayorbhraṃ śatāmeti pāpebhyo yatkṛtaṃ bhavet / śarkarāmiśritaṃ kṣīraṃ kādraveye niyojitam
what is done for the wicked leads to the ruin of both. Milk mixed with sugar, given to a snake (son of Kadru),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.53
विषवृद्धिं करोत्येव तद्वत्पापकृतं भवेत् । परित्यजेमां त्वं पापां गच्छावो नगराय वै
viṣavṛddhiṃ karotyeva tadvatpāpakṛtaṃ bhavet / parityajemāṃ tvaṃ pāpāṃ gacchāvo nagarāya vai
only increases its venom; just so is what is done for the sinful. Abandon this sinful woman; let us two go to the city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.54
जन्मव्यापारसक्तानामात्मसौख्यं विनश्यति । रुक्माङ्गद उवाच ब्रह्मात्मजे कथं वाक्यमीदृशं व्याहृतदं त्वया । न साधूनामिदं वृत्तं भवतीति वरानने
janmavyāpārasaktānāmātmasaukhyaṃ vinaśyati / rukmāṅgada uvāca brahmātmaje kathaṃ vākyamīdṛśaṃ vyāhṛtadaṃ tvayā / na sādhūnāmidaṃ vṛttaṃ bhavatīti varānane
For those attached to the affairs of (this) birth, one's own happiness is destroyed. Rukmāṅgada said: O daughter of Brahmā, how has such a speech been uttered by you? This is not the conduct of the good, O fair-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.55
आत्मसौख्यकराः पापा भवन्ति परतापिनः । विप्रपन्ना वरारोहे परोपकरणाय वै
ātmasaukhyakarāḥ pāpā bhavanti paratāpinaḥ / viprapannā varārohe paropakaraṇāya vai
Those who make their own happiness (alone), tormenting others, are sinners; (the good), O fair-hipped one, are devoted to doing good for others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 14.56
शशी सूर्यो ऽथ पर्जन्यो मेदिनी हुतभुग्जलम् । चन्दनं पादपाः संतः परोपकरणाय वै
śaśī sūryo 'tha parjanyo medinī hutabhugjalam / candanaṃ pādapāḥ saṃtaḥ paropakaraṇāya vai
The moon, the sun, and the rain-cloud, the earth, fire and water, sandalwood, trees, and the good — (all exist) indeed for the helping of others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.57
श्रूयते किल राजासीद्धरिश्चन्द्रो वरानने । चाण्डालमन्दिरावासी भार्यातनयविक्रयी
śrūyate kila rājāsīddhariścandro varānane / cāṇḍālamandirāvāsī bhāryātanayavikrayī
It is heard, O fair-faced one, that there was a king Hariścandra, who dwelt in the house of a Cāṇḍāla and sold his wife and son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.58
असत्यवचनाद्भीतो दुःखाद्दुःखतरं गतः । तस्य सत्येन संतुष्टादेवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः
asatyavacanādbhīto duḥkhādduḥkhataraṃ gataḥ / tasya satyena saṃtuṣṭādevāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ
Afraid of speaking untruth, he went from sorrow to greater sorrow; pleased with his truthfulness, the gods with Śakra at their head
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.59
वरेण छन्दयाञ्चक्रुर्हरिश्चन्द्रं महीपतिम् । तेन सत्यवता चोक्ता देवा ब्रह्मपुरोगमाः । यदि तुष्टा हि विबुधा वरं मे दातुमर्हथ
vareṇa chandayāñcakrurhariścandraṃ mahīpatim / tena satyavatā coktā devā brahmapurogamāḥ / yadi tuṣṭā hi vibudhā varaṃ me dātumarhatha
offered a boon to Hariścandra, lord of the earth; and that truthful man said to the gods, led by Brahmā: "If indeed you are pleased, O wise ones, you should grant me a boon:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.60
एषा हि नगरी सर्वा सद्रुमा ससरीसृपा । सबालवृद्धतरुणा सनारी सचतुष्पदा
eṣā hi nagarī sarvā sadrumā sasarīsṛpā / sabālavṛddhataruṇā sanārī sacatuṣpadā
this whole city of mine, with its trees, with its creeping creatures, with its children, old people and youths, with its women, with its four-footed beasts —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.61
प्रयातु कृतपापापिस्वर्गतिं नगरी मम । अयोध्यापातकं गृह्य गन्ताहं नरकं ध्रुवम्
prayātu kṛtapāpāpisvargatiṃ nagarī mama / ayodhyāpātakaṃ gṛhya gantāhaṃ narakaṃ dhruvam
let my city, though it has committed sins, go to heaven; taking on Ayodhyā's sin, I shall surely go to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.62
एकाकी नहि गच्छामि परित्यज्य जनं क्षितौ । स्वर्गं विबुधशार्दूलाः सत्यमेतन्मयेरितम्
ekākī nahi gacchāmi parityajya janaṃ kṣitau / svargaṃ vibudhaśārdūlāḥ satyametanmayeritam
I will not go alone to heaven, abandoning my people on the earth, O tigers among gods; this that I have said is the truth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.63
तस्य तां स्थिरतां ज्ञात्वा सह तेनैव सा पुरी । जगाम स्वर्गलोकं च इन्द्रादीनामनुज्ञया
tasya tāṃ sthiratāṃ jñātvā saha tenaiva sā purī / jagāma svargalokaṃ ca indrādīnāmanujñayā
Knowing that firmness of his, that city too, together with him, went to the world of heaven, by the permission of Indra and the others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.64
सो ऽपि स्वर्गे स्थितो राजा स्वपुरेण समन्वितः । कामगेन विमानेन पूज्यमानो ऽमरैरपि
so 'pi svarge sthito rājā svapureṇa samanvitaḥ / kāmagena vimānena pūjyamāno 'marairapi
And he, the king, remained in heaven together with his own city, with a chariot going wherever he wished, honoured even by the immortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.65
अस्थिदानं कृतं देवि कृपया हि दधीचिना । देवानामुपकारार्थं श्रुत्वा दैत्यैः पराजितान्
asthidānaṃ kṛtaṃ devi kṛpayā hi dadhīcinā / devānāmupakārārthaṃ śrutvā daityaiḥ parājitān
The gift of his bones was made, O goddess, out of compassion, by Dadhīci, for the sake of helping the gods, when he heard that they had been defeated by the Daityas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.66
कपोतार्थं स्वमांसानि शिबिना भूभुजा पुरा । प्रदत्तानि वरारोहे श्येनाय क्षुधिताय वै
kapotārthaṃ svamāṃsāni śibinā bhūbhujā purā / pradattāni varārohe śyenāya kṣudhitāya vai
For the sake of a dove, his own flesh was given long ago by King Śibi, O fair-hipped one, to a hungry hawk.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.67
जीमूतवाहनो राजा पुरासीत्क्षितिमण्डले । तेनापि जीवितं दत्तं पन्नगाय वरानने
jīmūtavāhano rājā purāsītkṣitimaṇḍale / tenāpi jīvitaṃ dattaṃ pannagāya varānane
There was formerly on the circle of the earth a king named Jīmūtavāhana; by him too his life was given for a serpent, O fair-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.68
तस्माद्दयालुना देवि भवितव्यं महीभुजा । शुचावमेध्ये ऽपि शुभे समं वर्षति वारिदः
tasmāddayālunā devi bhavitavyaṃ mahībhujā / śucāvamedhye 'pi śubhe samaṃ varṣati vāridaḥ
Therefore, O goddess, a king should be compassionate: the rain-cloud rains alike on the pure and the impure and the auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.69
चाण्डालपतितौ चन्द्रो ह्लादयेच्च निजैः करैः । तस्मादिमां वरारोहे गृह गोधां सुदुःखिताम्
cāṇḍālapatitau candro hlādayecca nijaiḥ karaiḥ / tasmādimāṃ varārohe gṛha godhāṃ suduḥkhitām
And the moon refreshes with its own rays both the Cāṇḍāla and the fallen; therefore, O fair-hipped one, this house-lizard, greatly suffering,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.70
उद्धरिष्ये निजैः पुण्यैर्दैहित्रैर्नाहुषो यथा । विमोहिनीं तिरस्कृत्य गृहगोधामुवाच ह
uddhariṣye nijaiḥ puṇyairdaihitrairnāhuṣo yathā / vimohinīṃ tiraskṛtya gṛhagodhāmuvāca ha
I shall rescue by my own merits, as Nāhuṣa (was rescued) by his daughter's sons. Having rebuffed Vimohinī, he said to the house-lizard:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.71
दत्तं दत्तं मया पुण्यं विजयासंभवं तव । गच्छ विष्णुगतांल्लोकान्विधूताशेषकल्मषा
dattaṃ dattaṃ mayā puṇyaṃ vijayāsaṃbhavaṃ tava / gaccha viṣṇugatāṃllokānvidhūtāśeṣakalmaṣā
"Given, given by me is the merit arising from Vijayā (the eleventh-day vow) — it is yours. Go to the worlds attained by Viṣṇu, with all your sin shaken off."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.72
तद्वाक्यात्सहसा भूप दिव्याभरणभूषिता । विमुच्य देहं तज्जीर्णं गृहगोधासमुद्भवम्
tadvākyātsahasā bhūpa divyābharaṇabhūṣitā / vimucya dehaṃ tajjīrṇaṃ gṛhagodhāsamudbhavam
At those words, O king, at once, adorned with divine ornaments, having released that worn-out body born as a house-lizard,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.73
जगामामन्त्र्य तं भूपं द्योतयन्ती दिशो दश । सीमन्तमिव कुर्वाणा वैष्णवं पदमुद्भुतम्
jagāmāmantrya taṃ bhūpaṃ dyotayantī diśo daśa / sīmantamiva kurvāṇā vaiṣṇavaṃ padamudbhutam
she took leave of that king and went, illuminating the ten directions, making as it were a parting-line, to the wondrous station of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 14.74
यद्योगिगम्यं हुतभुक्प्रकाशं वरं वरेण्यं परमात्मभूतम् । तम्मादियं चैव शिखिप्रदीपा जगत्प्रकाशाय नृपप्रसूता
yadyogigamyaṃ hutabhukprakāśaṃ varaṃ vareṇyaṃ paramātmabhūtam / tammādiyaṃ caiva śikhipradīpā jagatprakāśāya nṛpaprasūtā
That which is accessible to yogis, of the radiance of fire, excellent, most to be chosen, being the supreme Self — from that, this very (woman), a flame-lamp, was born of a king for the illumination of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain