Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 21
NarP 2 21.1
मान्धातोवाच पुत्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा किं चकार महीपतिः । सा चापि मोहिनी ब्रह्मन्प्रिया राज्ञो विधेः सुता
māndhātovāca putrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā kiṃ cakāra mahīpatiḥ / sā cāpi mohinī brahmanpriyā rājño vidheḥ sutā
Māndhātā said: Having heard his son's words, what did the king do? And what of Mohinī, O brahman, the king's beloved, the daughter of Vidhi (Brahmā)?
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NarP 2 21.2
आश्चर्यरूपं कथितमाख्यानं तु सुधोपमम् । विशेषतस्त्वया पुण्यं सर्वसंदेहभञ्जनम्
āścaryarūpaṃ kathitamākhyānaṃ tu sudhopamam / viśeṣatastvayā puṇyaṃ sarvasaṃdehabhañjanam
A tale of wondrous form has been told, like nectar; and especially meritorious as told by you, dispelling all doubts.
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NarP 2 21.3
वसिष्ठ उवाच तत्पुत्रवचनं श्रुत्वा प्रहृष्टो नृपपुङ्गवः । उदतिष्ठत्प्रियायुक्तस्ताः श्रियश्चावलोकयत्
vasiṣṭha uvāca tatputravacanaṃ śrutvā prahṛṣṭo nṛpapuṅgavaḥ / udatiṣṭhatpriyāyuktastāḥ śriyaścāvalokayat
Vasiṣṭha said: Hearing his son's words, that bull among kings, delighted, rose up together with his beloved and looked upon those riches.
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NarP 2 21.4
क्षणं हर्षान्वितो भूप राजा विष्णुपरायणः । नागकन्यास्तु ताः सर्वा वारुणीसहिता मुदा
kṣaṇaṃ harṣānvito bhūpa rājā viṣṇuparāyaṇaḥ / nāgakanyāstu tāḥ sarvā vāruṇīsahitā mudā
For a moment the king, filled with joy, O ruler of the earth, devoted to Viṣṇu, (gave) all those Nāga maidens together with Vāruṇī, gladly —
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NarP 2 21.5
प्रददौ तनये प्रेम्णा भार्यार्थं धर्मभूषणे । शेषं दानवनारीभिर्बहुरत्नसमन्वितम्
pradadau tanaye premṇā bhāryārthaṃ dharmabhūṣaṇe / śeṣaṃ dānavanārībhirbahuratnasamanvitam
— he gave them with affection to his son, that ornament of dharma, to be his wives; and the rest, along with the Dānava women, together with many jewels —
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NarP 2 21.6
मोहिन्यै प्रददौ राजा कामबाणप्रपीडितः । संविभज्य पिता वित्तं धर्माङ्गदसमाहृतम्
mohinyai pradadau rājā kāmabāṇaprapīḍitaḥ / saṃvibhajya pitā vittaṃ dharmāṅgadasamāhṛtam
— the king, tormented by Kāma's arrow, gave to Mohinī, the father thus dividing up the wealth amassed by Dharmāṅgada.
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NarP 2 21.7
पुरोहितमुवाचेदं काले चाहूय भूपतिः । सर्वासां मत्सुतो ब्रह्मन्पाणीन्गृह्णातु धर्मतः
purohitamuvācedaṃ kāle cāhūya bhūpatiḥ / sarvāsāṃ matsuto brahmanpāṇīngṛhṇātu dharmataḥ
And in due time the king summoned the household priest and said this: "Let my son, O brahman, take the hands of them all according to dharma.
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NarP 2 21.8
कुमारीणां कुमारो ऽयं मद्वाक्ये संस्थितः सदा । वैवाह्यलग्ने नक्षत्रे मुहूर्ते सर्वकामदे
kumārīṇāṃ kumāro 'yaṃ madvākye saṃsthitaḥ sadā / vaivāhyalagne nakṣatre muhūrte sarvakāmade
This youth abides always by my word (in the matter) of the maidens. At a marriage-lagna, on a (fit) nakṣatra, at a muhūrta granting every wish,
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NarP 2 21.9
वाचयित्वा द्विजान्स्वस्ति गोस्वर्णांबरतोषितान् । विवाहं कुरु पुत्रस्य मम धर्माङ्गदस्य वै
vācayitvā dvijānsvasti gosvarṇāṃbaratoṣitān / vivāhaṃ kuru putrasya mama dharmāṅgadasya vai
having had the twice-born, gratified with cows, gold and garments, pronounce the benediction, perform the marriage of my son Dharmāṅgada.
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NarP 2 21.10
यः पुत्रस्य पितोद्वाहं न करोतीह मन्दधीः । सस मज्जेन्नरके घोरे ह्यप्रतिष्ठे युगायुतम्
yaḥ putrasya pitodvāhaṃ na karotīha mandadhīḥ / sasa majjennarake ghore hyapratiṣṭhe yugāyutam
The dull-witted father who here does not carry out his son's marriage sinks into a dreadful, bottomless hell for ten thousand ages.
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NarP 2 21.11
तस्माच्चोद्वाहयेत्पुत्रं पिता धर्मसमन्वितः । आत्मा संस्थापितस्तेन येन संस्थापितः सुतः
tasmāccodvāhayetputraṃ pitā dharmasamanvitaḥ / ātmā saṃsthāpitastena yena saṃsthāpitaḥ sutaḥ
Therefore let a father possessed of dharma have his son married; by him by whom a son has been settled, his own self has been settled.
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NarP 2 21.12
सर्वक्रतुफलं तस्य पुत्रोद्वाहे कृते भवेत् । पुत्रस्य गुणयुक्तस्य निर्गुणस्यापि भूसुर
sarvakratuphalaṃ tasya putrodvāhe kṛte bhavet / putrasya guṇayuktasya nirguṇasyāpi bhūsura
When the marriage of a son has been performed, the fruit of all sacrifices is his — whether the son be endowed with virtues or without virtues, O god on earth.
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NarP 2 21.13
पित्रा कारयितव्यो हि विवाहो धर्ममिच्छता । यो न दारैश्च वित्तैश्च पुत्रान्संयोजयेत्पिता
pitrā kārayitavyo hi vivāho dharmamicchatā / yo na dāraiśca vittaiśca putrānsaṃyojayetpitā
For the marriage must be brought about by a father who desires dharma. The father who does not provide his sons with wives and with wealth —
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NarP 2 21.14
न पुमान्स तु विज्ञेय इहामुत्र विगर्हितः । तस्माद्वृत्तियुताः कार्याः पुत्रा दारैः समन्विताः
na pumānsa tu vijñeya ihāmutra vigarhitaḥ / tasmādvṛttiyutāḥ kāryāḥ putrā dāraiḥ samanvitāḥ
He is not to be reckoned a man at all; he is condemned both here and hereafter. Therefore sons should be furnished with a livelihood and provided with wives,
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NarP 2 21.15
यथा रमन्ते ते तुष्टाः सुखं पुत्राः सुमानिताः । तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं राज्ञो द्विजस्तस्य पुरोहितः
yathā ramante te tuṣṭāḥ sukhaṃ putrāḥ sumānitāḥ / tacchrutvā vacanaṃ rājño dvijastasya purohitaḥ
so that they, contented and well honoured, may enjoy themselves in comfort as sons (should). Hearing that speech of the king, the twice-born, his house-priest,
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NarP 2 21.16
धर्माङ्गदविवाहार्थमुद्यतो हर्षसंयुतः । स युवानिच्छमानो ऽपि स्त्रीसौख्यं लज्जाया सुतः
dharmāṅgadavivāhārthamudyato harṣasaṃyutaḥ / sa yuvānicchamāno 'pi strīsaukhyaṃ lajjāyā sutaḥ
set about the marriage of Dharmāṅgada, filled with joy. And that youth, though not desiring the pleasure of women, the son (born) of Lajjā,
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NarP 2 21.17
स्वीचकार पितुर्वाक्याद्दारसंग्रहणं तदा । वरुणात्मजया सार्द्धं नागकन्या मनोहराः
svīcakāra piturvākyāddārasaṃgrahaṇaṃ tadā / varuṇātmajayā sārddhaṃ nāgakanyā manoharāḥ
then consented, at his father's word, to the taking of wives. Together with the daughter of Varuṇa, (there were) the enchanting Nāga maidens—
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NarP 2 21.18
उपयेमे महाबाहू रूपेणाप्रतिमा भुवि । उद्वाहयित्वा सर्वास्ता विधिदृष्टेन कर्मणा
upayeme mahābāhū rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi / udvāhayitvā sarvāstā vidhidṛṣṭena karmaṇā
unequalled on earth in beauty—whom the mighty-armed one wedded; and having married them all with the rite as prescribed,
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NarP 2 21.19
वसुगोरत्नदानानि विप्रेभ्यः प्रददौ मुदा । कृतदारो ववन्दे ऽथ पादान्मातुः पितुर्मुदा
vasugoratnadānāni viprebhyaḥ pradadau mudā / kṛtadāro vavande 'tha pādānmātuḥ piturmudā
he gladly bestowed gifts of wealth, cows and jewels upon the brahmins; then, having taken a wife, he joyfully saluted the feet of his mother and his father.
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NarP 2 21.20
ततः संध्यावलीदेवीमाह धर्माङ्गदः सुतः । पितुर्वाक्येन मे देवि संजातो दारसंग्रहः
tataḥ saṃdhyāvalīdevīmāha dharmāṅgadaḥ sutaḥ / piturvākyena me devi saṃjāto dārasaṃgrahaḥ
Then the son Dharmāṅgada said to queen Saṃdhyāvalī: "O lady, by my father's word this taking of a wife has come about.
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NarP 2 21.21
एतन्मे नास्ति मनसि यत्पित्रोद्वाहितो ह्यहम् । अव्ययं पितरं विज्ञं देवि शुश्रूषये ह्यहम्
etanme nāsti manasi yatpitrodvāhito hyaham / avyayaṃ pitaraṃ vijñaṃ devi śuśrūṣaye hyaham
This is not in my mind, that I have been married by my father; (rather,) O lady, I would serve my imperishable and wise father.
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NarP 2 21.22
दिव्यैर्भोगैर्न मे किञ्चित्स्वर्गेणापि प्रयोजनम् । कार्या मे पितृशुश्रूषा तव चैव दिवानिशम्
divyairbhogairna me kiñcitsvargeṇāpi prayojanam / kāryā me pitṛśuśrūṣā tava caiva divāniśam
I have no concern with divine enjoyments, nor any use even for heaven; my duty is the service of my father, and of you as well, day and night."
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NarP 2 21.23
संध्यावल्युवाच चिरं जीव सुखं पुत्र भुङ्क्ष्व भोगान्मनो ऽनुगान् । पितुः प्रसादाद्दीर्घोयुर्मनो नन्दय मे सुत
saṃdhyāvalyuvāca ciraṃ jīva sukhaṃ putra bhuṅkṣva bhogānmano 'nugān / pituḥ prasādāddīrghoyurmano nandaya me suta
Saṃdhyāvalī said: Live long, my son, enjoy happily the pleasures that follow your wish; by your father's grace (may you be) long-lived—gladden my heart, my son.
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NarP 2 21.24
त्वया सुपुत्रिणी पुत्र जाता गुणवता क्षितौ । सपत्नीनां च सर्वासां हृदये संस्थिता ह्यहम्
tvayā suputriṇī putra jātā guṇavatā kṣitau / sapatnīnāṃ ca sarvāsāṃ hṛdaye saṃsthitā hyaham
By you, my son, endowed with virtue, I have become one blessed with a good son on earth, and I am established in the hearts of all the co-wives.
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NarP 2 21.25
एवमुक्त्वा परिष्वज्य मूर्द्धन्याघ्राय चासकृत् । व्यसर्जयत्ततः पुत्रं राज्यतन्त्रावलोकने
evamuktvā pariṣvajya mūrddhanyāghrāya cāsakṛt / vyasarjayattataḥ putraṃ rājyatantrāvalokane
Having spoken thus, she embraced him and repeatedly kissed him on the head, and then dismissed her son to oversee the business of the kingdom.
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NarP 2 21.26
विसर्जितस्तदा मात्रा मातॄरन्याः प्रणम्य च । राज्यतन्त्रं तदखिलं चक्रे पितृवचः स्थितः
visarjitastadā mātrā mātṝranyāḥ praṇamya ca / rājyatantraṃ tadakhilaṃ cakre pitṛvacaḥ sthitaḥ
Dismissed then by his mother, and having bowed to the other mothers, he carried on that whole administration of the kingdom, abiding by his father's word.
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NarP 2 21.27
दुष्टनिग्रहणं चक्रे शिष्टानां परिपालनम् । अटनं सर्वदेशेषु वीक्षणं सर्वकर्मणाम्
duṣṭanigrahaṇaṃ cakre śiṣṭānāṃ paripālanam / aṭanaṃ sarvadeśeṣu vīkṣaṇaṃ sarvakarmaṇām
He carried out the restraint of the wicked and the protection of the good, travelling through all the lands and inspecting all activities.
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NarP 2 21.28
चक्रे सर्वत्र कार्याणां मासि मासि निरीक्षणम् । हस्त्यश्वपोषणं चक्रे चारचक्रेक्षणं तथा
cakre sarvatra kāryāṇāṃ māsi māsi nirīkṣaṇam / hastyaśvapoṣaṇaṃ cakre cāracakrekṣaṇaṃ tathā
Everywhere he made a month-by-month inspection of affairs; he saw to the feeding of elephants and horses, and likewise to the oversight of the network of spies.
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NarP 2 21.29
वादसंवीक्षणं चक्रे तुलामानं दिने देने । गृहे गृहे नराणां च चक्रे संरक्षणं नृपः
vādasaṃvīkṣaṇaṃ cakre tulāmānaṃ dine dene / gṛhe gṛhe narāṇāṃ ca cakre saṃrakṣaṇaṃ nṛpaḥ
He held examination of disputes, and day by day (checked) weights and measures; and the king provided protection for the people in house after house.
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NarP 2 21.30
स्तनन्धयी क्वचिद्बालः स्तनहीनो न रोदिति । श्वश्रूर्वध्वा न कुत्रापि प्ररोदित्यवमानिता
stanandhayī kvacidbālaḥ stanahīno na roditi / śvaśrūrvadhvā na kutrāpi prarodityavamānitā
Nowhere did a suckling child cry for want of the breast; nowhere did a mother-in-law weep, slighted by her daughter-in-law.
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NarP 2 21.31
क्वचित्समर्थस्तनयः पितरं नहि याचते । न वर्णसंकरो राज्ये केषाञ्चिदभवत्पुनः
kvacitsamarthastanayaḥ pitaraṃ nahi yācate / na varṇasaṃkaro rājye keṣāñcidabhavatpunaḥ
Nowhere did a capable son have to beg from his father; nor again was there for anyone any mixing of the classes in the kingdom.
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NarP 2 21.32
न गूढविभवो लोको धर्मे वदति दूषणम् । न कञ्चुकविहीना तु भवेन्नारी सभर्तृका
na gūḍhavibhavo loko dharme vadati dūṣaṇam / na kañcukavihīnā tu bhavennārī sabhartṛkā
No one with hidden wealth; no one spoke blame of the dharma; no woman with a living husband was without her bodice.
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NarP 2 21.33
गृहान्निष्क्रमणं स्त्रीणां मास्तु राज्ये मदीयके । मा सकेशा हि विधवा मास्त्वकेशा मभर्तृका
gṛhānniṣkramaṇaṃ strīṇāṃ māstu rājye madīyake / mā sakeśā hi vidhavā māstvakeśā mabhartṛkā
"Let there be no going out of the house for women in my kingdom; let no widow keep her hair, and let no woman without hair be husbandless."
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NarP 2 21.34
मा व्रतीह सदाक्रोशी मारण्या नगराश्रयाः । सामान्यवृत्त्यदाता मे राज्ये ऽवसतु निर्घृणः
mā vratīha sadākrośī māraṇyā nagarāśrayāḥ / sāmānyavṛttyadātā me rājye 'vasatu nirghṛṇaḥ
Let there be no perpetually reviling ascetic here, nor forest-dwellers taking refuge in the city; let no pitiless man who does not give (even) the ordinary customary due dwell in my kingdom.
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NarP 2 21.35
गोपालो नगराकाङ्क्षी निर्गुणस्तूपदेशकः । ऋत्विग्वा शास्त्रहीनश्च मा मे राज्ये वसेदिह
gopālo nagarākāṅkṣī nirguṇastūpadeśakaḥ / ṛtvigvā śāstrahīnaśca mā me rājye vasediha
A cowherd who hankers after the city, a worthless man who yet gives instruction, or a priest destitute of scriptural learning — let (such a one) not dwell here in my kingdom.
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NarP 2 21.36
यो हि निष्पादयेन्नीलीं नीलीरङ्गातिसेचकः । निर्वास्यौ तावुभौ पापौ यो वै मद्यं करोति च
yo hi niṣpādayennīlīṃ nīlīraṅgātisecakaḥ / nirvāsyau tāvubhau pāpau yo vai madyaṃ karoti ca
He who produces indigo, and he who oversteeps (cloth) in indigo dye — both those sinners are to be banished, and also he who makes liquor.
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NarP 2 21.37
वृथा मांसं हि यो ऽश्नाति पृष्ठमांसप्रियो हि यः । तस्य वासो न मे राज्ये स्वकलत्रं त्यजेच्च यः
vṛthā māṃsaṃ hi yo 'śnāti pṛṣṭhamāṃsapriyo hi yaḥ / tasya vāso na me rājye svakalatraṃ tyajecca yaḥ
He who eats meat in vain, and he who is fond of back-flesh — for him there is no dwelling in my kingdom; nor for him who abandons his own wife.
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NarP 2 21.38
विष्णुं परित्यज्य वरं सुराणां संपूजयेद्यो ऽन्यतमं हि देवम् । गच्छेत्सगर्भां युवतीं प्रसूतां दण्ड्यश्च वध्यश्च स चास्मदीयैः
viṣṇuṃ parityajya varaṃ surāṇāṃ saṃpūjayedyo 'nyatamaṃ hi devam / gacchetsagarbhāṃ yuvatīṃ prasūtāṃ daṇḍyaśca vadhyaśca sa cāsmadīyaiḥ
He who, forsaking Viṣṇu, the best of the gods, worships some other deity, and he who goes to a pregnant young woman or one who has just given birth — he is to be punished and to be put to death by our men.
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