Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 20
NarP 2 20.1
वसिष्ठ उवाच एवं सुरतमूढस्य राज्ञो रुक्माङ्गदस्य च । त्रीणि पञ्च च वर्षाणि व्यतीतानि सुखेन वै
vasiṣṭha uvāca evaṃ suratamūḍhasya rājño rukmāṅgadasya ca / trīṇi pañca ca varṣāṇi vyatītāni sukhena vai
Vasiṣṭha said: Thus, for king Rukmāṅgada, infatuated with lovemaking, three years and five passed by in happiness.
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NarP 2 20.2
संप्राप्ते नवमे वर्षे पुत्रो धर्माङ्गदो बली । जित्वा विद्याधरान्पञ्च मलये पर्वतोत्तमे
saṃprāpte navame varṣe putro dharmāṅgado balī / jitvā vidyādharānpañca malaye parvatottame
When the ninth year had arrived, his mighty son Dharmāṅgada, having conquered five vidyādharas on Malaya, the best of mountains,
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NarP 2 20.3
आजहार मणीन्पञ्च सर्वकामप्रदान् शुभान् । एकं काञ्चनदातारं कोटिकोटिगुणं शुभम्
ājahāra maṇīnpañca sarvakāmapradān śubhān / ekaṃ kāñcanadātāraṃ koṭikoṭiguṇaṃ śubham
brought back five auspicious gems that grant all desires: one a giver of gold, auspicious, of ten-million-times-ten-million potency;
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NarP 2 20.4
द्वितीयं वस्त्रभूषादिलक्षकोटिप्रदं तथा । तृतीयममृतस्रावि पुनर्यौवनकारकम्
dvitīyaṃ vastrabhūṣādilakṣakoṭipradaṃ tathā / tṛtīyamamṛtasrāvi punaryauvanakārakam
the second granting a hundred thousand crores of garments, ornaments and the like; the third exuding nectar and making (one) young again;
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NarP 2 20.5
सभागृहप्रकर्तारं चतुर्थं चान्नसाधकम् । पञ्चमं व्योभगतिदं त्रैलोक्यपरिसर्पणम्
sabhāgṛhaprakartāraṃ caturthaṃ cānnasādhakam / pañcamaṃ vyobhagatidaṃ trailokyaparisarpaṇam
The fourth (gem) creates assembly halls and procures food; the fifth grants motion through the sky and roaming over the three worlds.
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NarP 2 20.6
तान्मणीन्गृह्य मनसा विद्याधरसमन्वितः । स्त्रीभिर्विद्याधराणां च साश्रुनेत्राभिरावृतः
tānmaṇīngṛhya manasā vidyādharasamanvitaḥ / strībhirvidyādharāṇāṃ ca sāśrunetrābhirāvṛtaḥ
Taking those gems with (his) mind (set on it), accompanied by the Vidyādharas, and surrounded also by the women of the Vidyādharas, their eyes full of tears,
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NarP 2 20.7
ववन्दे चरणौ मातुः पितू रुक्माङ्गदस्य च । मणीन्पञ्च समर्प्याथ पादयोः प्राह संनतः
vavande caraṇau mātuḥ pitū rukmāṅgadasya ca / maṇīnpañca samarpyātha pādayoḥ prāha saṃnataḥ
he saluted the feet of his mother and of his father Rukmāṅgada; and having presented the five gems at (their) feet, bowed low, he said:
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NarP 2 20.8
इमे जिता मया तात पञ्च विद्याधरा रणे । मलये भूधरश्रेष्ठे वैष्णवास्त्रेण भूपते
ime jitā mayā tāta pañca vidyādharā raṇe / malaye bhūdharaśreṣṭhe vaiṣṇavāstreṇa bhūpate
"These five Vidyādharas were conquered by me in battle, father, on Malaya, best of mountains, with the Vaiṣṇava weapon, O king.
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NarP 2 20.9
इमे ते भृत्यतां प्राप्ताः सस्त्रीका नृपसत्तम । मणीन्प्रयच्छ मोहिन्यै भुजभूषणहेतवे
ime te bhṛtyatāṃ prāptāḥ sastrīkā nṛpasattama / maṇīnprayaccha mohinyai bhujabhūṣaṇahetave
These, together with their women, have come into your servitude, O best of kings; give the gems to Mohinī, to be ornaments for her arms.
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NarP 2 20.10
सर्वकामप्रदा ह्येते पुनर्यौवनकारिणः । जीर्णदन्ताः पुनर्बाला भवन्ति मणिधारणात्
sarvakāmapradā hyete punaryauvanakāriṇaḥ / jīrṇadantāḥ punarbālā bhavanti maṇidhāraṇāt
For these grant every desire and restore youth again: those whose teeth are worn become children again through wearing the gems.
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NarP 2 20.11
वस्त्रहर्म्यसुवर्णानां स्वर्गतेरमृतस्य च । दातारो मासयुद्धेन साधितास्तव तेजसा
vastraharmyasuvarṇānāṃ svargateramṛtasya ca / dātāro māsayuddhena sādhitāstava tejasā
The givers of garments, mansions, and gold, of the journey to heaven and of the nectar, were subdued by a month's fighting through your might.
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NarP 2 20.12
साधितानि मया कृच्छ्रात्सप्तद्वीपानि भूपते । करदानिसमस्तानि कृतानि तव तेजसा
sādhitāni mayā kṛcchrātsaptadvīpāni bhūpate / karadānisamastāni kṛtāni tava tejasā
With difficulty the seven continents were subdued by me, O king; they have all been made tribute-paying through your might.
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NarP 2 20.13
समुद्रे च प्रविष्टस्य गतः संवत्सरो मम । जिता भोगवती तात मया नागसमावृता
samudre ca praviṣṭasya gataḥ saṃvatsaro mama / jitā bhogavatī tāta mayā nāgasamāvṛtā
A year passed for me while I had entered into the ocean; Bhogavatī, thronged with Nāgas, was conquered by me, father.
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NarP 2 20.14
आहृता नागकन्याश्च मया चायुतसंख्यकाः । तत्रापि हाररत्नानि सुबहून्याहृतानि च
āhṛtā nāgakanyāśca mayā cāyutasaṃkhyakāḥ / tatrāpi hāraratnāni subahūnyāhṛtāni ca
And Nāga maidens numbering ten thousand were brought back by me, and there too very many necklaces and jewels were carried off.
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NarP 2 20.15
पुनश्चाहं गतस्तात दानवानां पुरं महत् । तान्निर्जित्यं च कन्यानां सुरूपाणां सुवर्चसाम्
punaścāhaṃ gatastāta dānavānāṃ puraṃ mahat / tānnirjityaṃ ca kanyānāṃ surūpāṇāṃ suvarcasām
And again, father, I went to the great city of the Dānavas, and having vanquished them, of the maidens fair of form and of bright splendour
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NarP 2 20.16
आहृतानि मया त्रीणि सहस्राणि च पञ्च च । दशकोट्यस्तु रत्नानां दीपकर्म निशागमे
āhṛtāni mayā trīṇi sahasrāṇi ca pañca ca / daśakoṭyastu ratnānāṃ dīpakarma niśāgame
three thousand and five were brought back by me; and ten crores of jewels, which do the work of lamps at nightfall,
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NarP 2 20.17
कुर्वतां ते महीपाल आनीतास्तव मन्दिरे । ततो ऽहं वारुणं लोकं रसातलतलस्थितम्
kurvatāṃ te mahīpāla ānītāstava mandire / tato 'haṃ vāruṇaṃ lokaṃ rasātalatalasthitam
performing (that) for you, O ruler of the earth, were brought to your palace. Then I (went) to Varuṇa's world, situated at the bottom of Rasātala—
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NarP 2 20.18
गतो वीर्यबलोत्सिक्तस्त्वदङ्घ्रियुगसेवकः । तत्रोक्तो वरुणो देवः स्थीयतां मत्पिन्तुर्वशे
gato vīryabalotsiktastvadaṅghriyugasevakaḥ / tatrokto varuṇo devaḥ sthīyatāṃ matpinturvaśe
I went, flushed with heroism and strength, a servant of your pair of feet; there the god Varuṇa was told: 'Remain under the sway of my father,
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NarP 2 20.19
रुक्माङ्गदस्य नृपतेर्यदि जीवितुमिच्छसि । कुपितो मम वाक्येन वरुणो योद्धुमागतः
rukmāṅgadasya nṛpateryadi jīvitumicchasi / kupito mama vākyena varuṇo yoddhumāgataḥ
of King Rukmāṅgada, if you wish to live.' Angered by my words, Varuṇa came to fight.
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NarP 2 20.20
तेन संवत्सरं युद्धं घोरं जातं रसातले । जितो नारायणास्त्रेण मया स जलनायकः
tena saṃvatsaraṃ yuddhaṃ ghoraṃ jātaṃ rasātale / jito nārāyaṇāstreṇa mayā sa jalanāyakaḥ
With him a terrible battle went on for a year in Rasātala; that lord of the waters was conquered by me with the Nārāyaṇa weapon.
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NarP 2 20.21
न हतः प्रमदावाक्यैस्तस्य जीवितरक्षणे । निर्जितेनायुतं दत्तं वाजिनां वातरंहसाम्
na hataḥ pramadāvākyaistasya jīvitarakṣaṇe / nirjitenāyutaṃ dattaṃ vājināṃ vātaraṃhasām
He was not killed—at the words of the women, for the saving of his life. By him, when defeated, ten thousand horses swift as the wind were given,
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NarP 2 20.22
एकतः श्यामकर्णानां शुभ्राणां चन्द्रवर्चसाम् । तृणतोयविहीना ये जीवन्ति बहुशः समाः
ekataḥ śyāmakarṇānāṃ śubhrāṇāṃ candravarcasām / tṛṇatoyavihīnā ye jīvanti bahuśaḥ samāḥ
white ones with black ears on one side, with the lustre of the moon, which live for many years without grass or water.
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NarP 2 20.23
एकां कन्यां सुरूपां मे पुरस्कृत्य स्वलङ्कृताम् । भार्यार्थे वरुणः प्रादात्साप्यानीता मया शुभा
ekāṃ kanyāṃ surūpāṃ me puraskṛtya svalaṅkṛtām / bhāryārthe varuṇaḥ prādātsāpyānītā mayā śubhā
And Varuṇa gave me one maiden, beautiful and well adorned, putting her forward, for a wife; that fair one too was brought back by me.
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NarP 2 20.24
कुमारी तु समानीताः बहुवित्तसमन्विता । तन्निस्ति त्रिषु लोकेषु स्थानं तात सुदुर्गमम्
kumārī tu samānītāḥ bahuvittasamanvitā / tannisti triṣu lokeṣu sthānaṃ tāta sudurgamam
And the maiden was brought (here) together with much wealth. Hence there is no place in the three worlds, father, too hard to reach
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NarP 2 20.25
यन्मया न जितं ह्यस्ति तवाङ्घ्रिपरिसेवनात् । तदुत्तिष्ठ परीक्षस्व त्वत्प्रसादार्जितां श्रियम्
yanmayā na jitaṃ hyasti tavāṅghriparisevanāt / taduttiṣṭha parīkṣasva tvatprasādārjitāṃ śriyam
There is indeed nothing that I have not conquered, through my service at your feet; therefore rise up and inspect the wealth won by your favour.
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NarP 2 20.26
अहं च संपदः सर्वास्त्वदधीना विशांपते । यः पुत्रस्तात वदति मया लक्ष्मीः समर्जिता
ahaṃ ca saṃpadaḥ sarvāstvadadhīnā viśāṃpate / yaḥ putrastāta vadati mayā lakṣmīḥ samarjitā
And I and all these riches are subject to you, O lord of peoples. The son, father, who says, "By me has this wealth been gathered" —
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NarP 2 20.27
न देया भूमिदेवेभ्यः सो ऽपि वै नरकं व्रजेत् । आत्मसंभावनं तात न कर्तव्यं सुतेन हि
na deyā bhūmidevebhyaḥ so 'pi vai narakaṃ vrajet / ātmasaṃbhāvanaṃ tāta na kartavyaṃ sutena hi
— (his wealth) should not be given to the gods on earth (the brahmins); he too goes to hell. Self-glorification, father, must not be practised by a son.
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NarP 2 20.28
कुठारदात्रसदृशः पुत्रः संपत्समुच्चये । पितुः शौर्येण पुत्रस्य वर्द्धते धनसंचयः
kuṭhāradātrasadṛśaḥ putraḥ saṃpatsamuccaye / pituḥ śauryeṇa putrasya varddhate dhanasaṃcayaḥ
A son is like an axe or a sickle in the heaping up of riches; it is by the father's valour that a son's store of wealth increases.
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NarP 2 20.29
तैजसं दात्रमादाय लुनाति तृणसंचयान् । वायुना पूरितं वस्त्रं तारयेन्नौगतं जले
taijasaṃ dātramādāya lunāti tṛṇasaṃcayān / vāyunā pūritaṃ vastraṃ tārayennaugataṃ jale
Taking a metal sickle one mows down heaps of grass; a cloth filled by the wind carries one who is in a boat across the water.
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NarP 2 20.30
यथा दारुमयी योषा चेष्टते कुहकेच्छया । तथाहि पितृवीर्येण पुत्रास्तेजोबलान्विताः
yathā dārumayī yoṣā ceṣṭate kuhakecchayā / tathāhi pitṛvīryeṇa putrāstejobalānvitāḥ
As a woman made of wood moves at the wish of the puppeteer, so indeed are sons possessed of strength and energy by the father's power.
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NarP 2 20.31
तस्मादियं माधवदेववल्लभा विलोकयस्वाद्य मयोपनीता । आत्मेच्छया यच्छतु रक्षताद्वा स्वसंपदो मातृसमूहवर्याः
tasmādiyaṃ mādhavadevavallabhā vilokayasvādya mayopanītā / ātmecchayā yacchatu rakṣatādvā svasaṃpado mātṛsamūhavaryāḥ
Therefore look today upon her whom I have brought, the beloved of the god Mādhava; let her, the best of the host of mothers, by her own wish bestow or guard her own riches.
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