Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 19
NarP 2 19.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच सो ऽनुज्ञातो महीपालः प्रियाभिः प्रियकामुकः । प्रहर्षमतुलं लेभे धर्माङ्गदमुवाच ह
vasiṣṭha uvāca so 'nujñāto mahīpālaḥ priyābhiḥ priyakāmukaḥ / praharṣamatulaṃ lebhe dharmāṅgadamuvāca ha
Vasiṣṭha said: Thus given leave by his beloved wives, the guardian of the earth, eager for love, obtained incomparable joy, and said to Dharmāṅgada:
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NarP 2 19.2
एतां द्वीपवतीं पृथ्वीं परिपालय पुत्रक । कृत्वा दुष्टवधं त्वादावप्रमत्तः सदोद्यतः
etāṃ dvīpavatīṃ pṛthvīṃ paripālaya putraka / kṛtvā duṣṭavadhaṃ tvādāvapramattaḥ sadodyataḥ
"Protect this earth with its islands, my son, having first made an end of the wicked, unheedless of nothing, always ready.
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NarP 2 19.3
सदावसरसंयुक्तः सदाचारनिरीक्षकः । सदा चेतनसंयुक्तः सदा वाणिज्यवल्लभः
sadāvasarasaṃyuktaḥ sadācāranirīkṣakaḥ / sadā cetanasaṃyuktaḥ sadā vāṇijyavallabhaḥ
Always mindful of the right occasion, always watchful over good conduct, always possessed of alertness, always favourable to trade;
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NarP 2 19.4
सदा भ्रमणशीलश्च सदा दानरतिर्भव । सदा कौटिल्यहीनश्च सदाचाररतः सदा
sadā bhramaṇaśīlaśca sadā dānaratirbhava / sadā kauṭilyahīnaśca sadācārarataḥ sadā
and be always given to going about (on inspection), always delighting in giving, always free from crookedness, always devoted to good conduct.
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NarP 2 19.5
अपरं शृणु मे पुत्र यत्कर्त्तव्यं त्वयाधुना । अविश्वासस्तु सर्वत्र भूमिपानां प्रशस्यते
aparaṃ śṛṇu me putra yatkarttavyaṃ tvayādhunā / aviśvāsastu sarvatra bhūmipānāṃ praśasyate
Hear from me something further, son, which you must now do: distrust in all matters is what is commended for kings.
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NarP 2 19.8
कोषस्य च परिज्ञानं जनानां जनवल्लभ । रसवद्द्रव्यमाकर्षेः पुष्पेभ्य इव षट्पदः ॥ नर्प्_२,१९।६ ॥ त्वया पुत्रेण संप्राप्तं पुनरेवेह यौवनम् ॥ नर्प्_२,१९।७ ॥ इमामपूर्वां वररूपमोहिनीं संप्राप्य भार्यां द्विजराजवक्त्राम् । सुखेन संयोज्य च ते ऽद्य भारं सप्तोदधिद्वीपभवं प्ररंस्ये
koṣasya ca parijñānaṃ janānāṃ janavallabha / rasavaddravyamākarṣeḥ puṣpebhya iva ṣaṭpadaḥ // narp_2,19.6 // tvayā putreṇa saṃprāptaṃ punareveha yauvanam // narp_2,19.7 // imāmapūrvāṃ vararūpamohinīṃ saṃprāpya bhāryāṃ dvijarājavaktrām / sukhena saṃyojya ca te 'dya bhāraṃ saptodadhidvīpabhavaṃ praraṃsye
And (you must have) full knowledge of the treasury and of the people, O beloved of the people; you should draw off the sap-bearing substance as a bee does from flowers. (19.6) Through you, my son, youth has been regained here once more. (19.7) Having obtained this unprecedented wife, Mohinī of surpassing beauty, whose face is the moon, and having gladly laid upon you today the burden (of the realm) extending over the seven seas and islands, I shall take my pleasure.
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NarP 2 19.9
व्रीडाकरस्तात मनुष्यलोके समर्थपुत्रे सुरताभिकामी । भवेत्पिता चेद्ब्रलिभिश्च युक्तो जीर्णद्विजः श्वेतशिरोरुहश्च
vrīḍākarastāta manuṣyaloke samarthaputre suratābhikāmī / bhavetpitā cedbralibhiśca yukto jīrṇadvijaḥ śvetaśiroruhaśca
It is a cause of shame, dear son, in the world of men, if a father, when he has a capable son, longs for love-making — a man covered with wrinkles, with worn-out teeth and white hair.
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NarP 2 19.10
जीर्णो ऽप्यजीर्णस्तव सौख्यवृद्धो वाञ्छे इमां लोकवरां वरार्हाम् । संत्यज्य देवान्मम हेतुमागतामनङ्गबाणाभिहतां सुनेत्राम्
jīrṇo 'pyajīrṇastava saukhyavṛddho vāñche imāṃ lokavarāṃ varārhām / saṃtyajya devānmama hetumāgatāmanaṅgabāṇābhihatāṃ sunetrām
Though aged, I am unaged, grown great in pleasure through you; I desire this woman, best in the world, worthy to be chosen, who, forsaking the gods, has come for my sake, struck by the arrows of the bodiless one, fair-eyed.
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NarP 2 19.11
कामं रमिष्ये द्रुतकां चनाभां ह्येकान्तशीलः परिपूर्णचेताः । भूत्वा तु गुप्तो वननिर्झरेषु रम्येषु दिव्येषु नदीतटेषु
kāmaṃ ramiṣye drutakāṃ canābhāṃ hyekāntaśīlaḥ paripūrṇacetāḥ / bhūtvā tu gupto vananirjhareṣu ramyeṣu divyeṣu nadītaṭeṣu
At will I shall take my pleasure with her of the hue of molten gold, keeping to solitude, with wholly contented mind, remaining hidden by forest waterfalls and on lovely, divine river-banks.
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NarP 2 19.12
इयं पुरन्ध्री मम जीविताधिका सुखेन धार्या त्रिदिवैकनारी । अस्यास्तु हेतोर्विबुधा विमूढा यथा रमायै धरणीशसंघाः
iyaṃ purandhrī mama jīvitādhikā sukhena dhāryā tridivaikanārī / asyāstu hetorvibudhā vimūḍhā yathā ramāyai dharaṇīśasaṃghāḥ
This lady is dearer to me than life and must be maintained in comfort, the one woman of the three heavens; for her sake the gods themselves are besotted, as throngs of kings are for Ramā.
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NarP 2 19.13
तद्वाक्यमाकर्ण्य पितुः सुबुद्धिः प्रणम्य भक्त्या जननीसमेतम् । नृपोत्तमं तं नृपनन्दनो ऽसौ दिदेश भोगार्थमनेकवित्तम्
tadvākyamākarṇya pituḥ subuddhiḥ praṇamya bhaktyā jananīsametam / nṛpottamaṃ taṃ nṛpanandano 'sau dideśa bhogārthamanekavittam
Hearing that speech of his father, the clear-minded prince bowed with devotion to that best of kings together with his mother, and assigned him abundant wealth for his enjoyment.
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NarP 2 19.14
आज्ञाविधेयांस्तु पितुर्नियोज्य दासांश्च दासीश्च हिरण्यकण्ठीः । मत्स्यध्वजार्त्तस्य सुखाय पुत्रस्ततो महीरक्षणमाचचार
ājñāvidheyāṃstu piturniyojya dāsāṃśca dāsīśca hiraṇyakaṇṭhīḥ / matsyadhvajārttasya sukhāya putrastato mahīrakṣaṇamācacāra
Having appointed manservants and maidservants with golden necklaces, obedient to his father's command, the son then undertook the protection of the earth for the pleasure of the afflicted Matsyadhvaja.
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NarP 2 19.15
नृपैस्तुतो धर्मविभूषणो ऽसौ समावृतो द्वीपवतीं समग्राम् । तस्येत्थमुर्वीं चरतश्च भूप न पापबुद्धिं कुरुते जनैघः
nṛpaistuto dharmavibhūṣaṇo 'sau samāvṛto dvīpavatīṃ samagrām / tasyetthamurvīṃ carataśca bhūpa na pāpabuddhiṃ kurute janaighaḥ
Praised by kings, he whose ornament was dharma, escorted (by them), (ruled) the whole island-bearing earth; and while he thus went about the earth, O king, the multitude of people formed no sinful thought.
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NarP 2 19.16
न चापि वृक्षः फलपुष्पहीनो न क्षेत्रमासीद्यवशालिहीनम् । स्रवन्ति गावो घटपूरदुग्धं घृताधिकं शर्करवत्सुमिष्टम्
na cāpi vṛkṣaḥ phalapuṣpahīno na kṣetramāsīdyavaśālihīnam / sravanti gāvo ghaṭapūradugdhaṃ ghṛtādhikaṃ śarkaravatsumiṣṭam
Nor was there a tree bereft of fruit and flower, nor a field without barley and rice; the cows streamed pot-filling milk, thick with ghee, sweet as sugar —
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NarP 2 19.17
क्षीरं सुपेयं सकलार्तिनाशनं पापापहं पुष्टिविवर्धनं च । जनो न कश्चिद्विभवस्य गोप्ता भर्तुहिं भार्या न कटूक्तिवादिनी
kṣīraṃ supeyaṃ sakalārtināśanaṃ pāpāpahaṃ puṣṭivivardhanaṃ ca / jano na kaścidvibhavasya goptā bhartuhiṃ bhāryā na kaṭūktivādinī
milk good to drink, destroying every affliction, removing sin and increasing strength. No one hoarded his wealth, no wife spoke bitter words to her husband.
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NarP 2 19.18
पुत्रो विनीतः पितृशासने रतो वधूः स्थिता हस्तपुटे च श्वश्रोः । द्विजोपदेशे हि जनो व्यवस्थितो वेदोक्तधर्माचरणाद्द्विजोत्तमाः
putro vinītaḥ pitṛśāsane rato vadhūḥ sthitā hastapuṭe ca śvaśroḥ / dvijopadeśe hi jano vyavasthito vedoktadharmācaraṇāddvijottamāḥ
The son was well-trained, devoted to his father's command; the daughter-in-law stood in the hollow of her mother-in-law's hand; the people abided by the instruction of the twice-born, and the twice-born were foremost through the practice of the dharma declared in the Veda.
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NarP 2 19.19
न भुञ्जते माधववासरे जना न यान्ति शोषं भुविः निम्नगास्तु । संभुज्य माना नहि यान्ति संपदः संभोगयुक्तैरपि मानवैः क्षयम्
na bhuñjate mādhavavāsare janā na yānti śoṣaṃ bhuviḥ nimnagāstu / saṃbhujya mānā nahi yānti saṃpadaḥ saṃbhogayuktairapi mānavaiḥ kṣayam
People did not eat on Mādhava's day; the rivers on the earth did not run dry; riches, though enjoyed, did not come to ruin, nor did men, though given to enjoyment, come to decay.
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NarP 2 19.20
विवृद्धिमायान्ति जलैरिवोर्द्ध्वं दूर्वातृणं शाद्वलतामुपैति । कृती च लोको ह्यभवत्समस्तो धर्माङ्गदे पालनसंप्रवृत्ते
vivṛddhimāyānti jalairivorddhvaṃ dūrvātṛṇaṃ śādvalatāmupaiti / kṛtī ca loko hyabhavatsamasto dharmāṅgade pālanasaṃpravṛtte
(Plants) grow upward as if by (abundant) waters; the dūrvā grass turns to green turf; and the whole people became meritorious indeed, when Dharmāṅgada had undertaken (their) protection.
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NarP 2 19.21
भुक्त्वा तु सौख्यानि च यान्ति मानवा हरेः पदं तद्दिनसेवनेन । द्वाराणि सध्वान्तनिशासु भूप गुप्तानि कुर्वन्ति न दस्यु भीताः
bhuktvā tu saukhyāni ca yānti mānavā hareḥ padaṃ taddinasevanena / dvārāṇi sadhvāntaniśāsu bhūpa guptāni kurvanti na dasyu bhītāḥ
And men, having enjoyed pleasures, go to Hari's abode by the service of that day; O king, in nights of thick darkness they do not keep their doors barred, not being afraid of thieves.
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NarP 2 19.22
न चापि गोपेषु ददन्ति वृत्तिं स्वेच्छाचरा मन्दिरमाव्रजन्ति । क्षीरं क्षरन्त्यो घटवत्सुभूरिशो वत्सप्रियाः शान्तिकराश्च गावः
na cāpi gopeṣu dadanti vṛttiṃ svecchācarā mandiramāvrajanti / kṣīraṃ kṣarantyo ghaṭavatsubhūriśo vatsapriyāḥ śāntikarāśca gāvaḥ
Nor do (people) give wages to the cowherds; (the cows) go to the house wandering as they please, shedding milk pot after pot most abundantly, fond of their calves and giving peace.
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NarP 2 19.23
अकृष्टपच्या धरणी समस्ता प्ररूढसस्या किल लाङ्गलं विना । मातुः पयोभिः शिशवः सुपुष्टा भर्तुः प्रयोगैः प्रमदाः सुपुष्टाः
akṛṣṭapacyā dharaṇī samastā prarūḍhasasyā kila lāṅgalaṃ vinā / mātuḥ payobhiḥ śiśavaḥ supuṣṭā bhartuḥ prayogaiḥ pramadāḥ supuṣṭāḥ
The whole earth ripened (its crops) unploughed, with grain grown up indeed without the plough; infants were well nourished by their mother's milk, women well nourished by their husband's attentions.
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NarP 2 19.24
नृपैः सुगुप्तास्तु जनाः सुपुष्टाः सत्याभियुक्तो हि वृषः सुपुष्टः । एवं विधे धर्मरतिप्रधाने जने प्रवृत्ते हरिभक्तियुक्ते । संरक्ष्यमाणे हि नृपात्मजेन जगाम कालः सुखहे तुभूतः
nṛpaiḥ suguptāstu janāḥ supuṣṭāḥ satyābhiyukto hi vṛṣaḥ supuṣṭaḥ / evaṃ vidhe dharmaratipradhāne jane pravṛtte haribhaktiyukte / saṃrakṣyamāṇe hi nṛpātmajena jagāma kālaḥ sukhahe tubhūtaḥ
The people, well guarded by kings, were well nourished; the bull yoked to truth was well nourished. When the people had thus set out (on the path) with delight in dharma foremost and joined to devotion to Hari, and were being protected by the king's son, time passed, having become one of happiness.
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NarP 2 19.25
निरामयो भूतिसमन्वितश्च सभूरिवर्षोत्सवकारकश्च । पृथ्वीपतिश्चातिविमोहितश्च विमोहिनीचेष्टितसौख्ययुक्तः
nirāmayo bhūtisamanvitaśca sabhūrivarṣotsavakārakaśca / pṛthvīpatiścātivimohitaśca vimohinīceṣṭitasaukhyayuktaḥ
He was free of disease and endowed with prosperity, and a maker of festivals like abundant rain; and the lord of the earth was utterly bewildered, joined to the pleasures wrought by Vimohinī.
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NarP 2 19.26
विमोहिनीसंगमने नृपस्य बभूव शक्तिस्त्वधिका मनोजे । यथा यथा सेवत एव भूपस्तथा तथा वृद्धिमियर्ति वीर्यम् । पक्षेषु शुक्लेष्विव शीतभानुर्न क्षीयते संततसेवनेन
vimohinīsaṃgamane nṛpasya babhūva śaktistvadhikā manoje / yathā yathā sevata eva bhūpastathā tathā vṛddhimiyarti vīryam / pakṣeṣu śukleṣviva śītabhānurna kṣīyate saṃtatasevanena
In union with Vimohinī the king's power became greater than the god of love's; the more the king enjoyed (her), the more his virility increased, and, like the cool-rayed moon in the bright fortnights, it did not wane through constant enjoyment.
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NarP 2 19.27
वृन्दारकः पीतसुधारसो यथा संस्पृश्य संस्पृश्य पुनर्नवो ऽसौ । पिबंस्तु पानं सुमनोहरं हि शृण्वंस्तु गीतं सुपदप्रयुक्तम्
vṛndārakaḥ pītasudhāraso yathā saṃspṛśya saṃspṛśya punarnavo 'sau / pibaṃstu pānaṃ sumanoharaṃ hi śṛṇvaṃstu gītaṃ supadaprayuktam
As one of the gods who has drunk the essence of nectar, so he, touching her again and again, was renewed again — drinking drink most delightful, and hearing song set to fine words.
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NarP 2 19.29
पश्यंश्च रूपं स नितंबिनीनां स्पृशन्स्पृशन्मोहिनिवक्त्रचन्द्रम् । विमर्द्दमानस्तु करेण तुङ्गौ सुखेन पीनौ पिशितोपरूढौ
paśyaṃśca rūpaṃ sa nitaṃbinīnāṃ spṛśanspṛśanmohinivaktracandram / vimarddamānastu kareṇa tuṅgau sukhena pīnau piśitoparūḍhau
And gazing on the beauty of the broad-hipped women, touching again and again the moon of Mohinī's face, and pressing with his hand her two high, full breasts pleasantly, grown thick with flesh —
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NarP 2 19.30
घनस्तनौ काञ्चनकुंभतुल्यौ प्रच्छादितौ हारविभूषणेन । वलित्रयं नातिविवर्द्धमानं मनोहरं लोमशराजिशोभम्
ghanastanau kāñcanakuṃbhatulyau pracchāditau hāravibhūṣaṇena / valitrayaṃ nātivivarddhamānaṃ manoharaṃ lomaśarājiśobham
her firm breasts, like golden jars, covered over by the ornament of her necklace; the three folds (of her belly), not too pronounced, charming, graced with the line of down —
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NarP 2 19.31
स्तनस्य रूपं परितो विलोक्य दध्रे वराङ्ग्याः शुभलोचनायाः । नहीदृशं चारुतरं नितान्तं नितंबिनीनां मनसो ऽभिरामम्
stanasya rūpaṃ parito vilokya dadhre varāṅgyāḥ śubhalocanāyāḥ / nahīdṛśaṃ cārutaraṃ nitāntaṃ nitaṃbinīnāṃ manaso 'bhirāmam
gazing all around on the form of the breasts of that fair-limbed, bright-eyed woman, he reflected: "There is nothing like this, so exceedingly lovely, so delightful to the mind, among broad-hipped women —
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NarP 2 19.32
यादृग्विधं मोहिनमोहनार्थं विनिर्मितं यद्विधिना स्वरूपम् । मृगेन्द्रशत्रोःकरसन्निकाशे जङ्घे विलोमे द्रुतकाञ्चनाभे
yādṛgvidhaṃ mohinamohanārthaṃ vinirmitaṃ yadvidhinā svarūpam / mṛgendraśatroḥkarasannikāśe jaṅghe vilome drutakāñcanābhe
such as this form is, which was fashioned by the Creator for the bewitching of the bewitcher: her calves, hairless, resembling the trunk of the lion's enemy (the elephant), of the hue of molten gold;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 19.33
शशाङ्ककान्तिर्द्दशनस्य पङ्क्तिर्निगूढगुल्फे जनमोहनार्थम् । आपादशीर्षं किल तत्स्वरूपं संपश्यतच्चारुविशालनेत्र्याः
śaśāṅkakāntirddaśanasya paṅktirnigūḍhagulphe janamohanārtham / āpādaśīrṣaṃ kila tatsvarūpaṃ saṃpaśyataccāruviśālanetryāḥ
the row of her teeth with the moon's radiance, her ankles hidden — (all) for the bewildering of people": beholding, from foot to head, that form of hers, the fair, wide-eyed one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 19.34
मेने सुराणामधिकं हि राजा कृतार्थमात्मानमतीव हर्षात् । अहो सुतन्वी विपुलेक्षणेयं याचिष्यते यच्च तदेव देयम्
mene surāṇāmadhikaṃ hi rājā kṛtārthamātmānamatīva harṣāt / aho sutanvī vipulekṣaṇeyaṃ yāciṣyate yacca tadeva deyam
the king, out of exceeding joy, deemed himself more fulfilled than the gods: "Ah, this slender-bodied, wide-eyed woman — whatever she shall ask, that very thing is to be given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 19.35
अस्यास्तु रम्ये सुरते शुभाया दास्यामि चान्ते निजवित्तजातम् । सुदुर्लभं देयमदेयमन्यैर्दास्यामि चास्या यदि वाप्यदेयम्
asyāstu ramye surate śubhāyā dāsyāmi cānte nijavittajātam / sudurlabhaṃ deyamadeyamanyairdāsyāmi cāsyā yadi vāpyadeyam
In the delightful lovemaking of this auspicious woman I shall give in the end all the wealth that is my own; whatever is hard to obtain, whether to be given or not to be given by others, I shall give it to her, even if it is not to be given.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 19.36
यद्यप्यदेयं मम जीवितं हि याचिष्यते चेद्यदि हेमवर्णा । दास्यामि चेदं न विचारयिष्ये पुत्रं विना नास्ति नदेयमस्याः
yadyapyadeyaṃ mama jīvitaṃ hi yāciṣyate cedyadi hemavarṇā / dāsyāmi cedaṃ na vicārayiṣye putraṃ vinā nāsti nadeyamasyāḥ
Even if it be not to be given — my own life — if the golden-hued one shall ask for it, I shall give this too, I shall not deliberate; except for my son, there is nothing that is not to be given to her."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition