Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 25

NarP 2 25.1

वसिष्ठ उवाच तद्वाक्यं ब्राह्मणाः श्रुत्वा मोहिन्या समुदीरितम् । तथ्यमित्येवमुक्त्वा तु राजानं वाक्यमब्रुवन्

vasiṣṭha uvāca tadvākyaṃ brāhmaṇāḥ śrutvā mohinyā samudīritam / tathyamityevamuktvā tu rājānaṃ vākyamabruvan

Vasiṣṭha said: Hearing that speech uttered by Mohinī, the brahmins said, "It is true," and then spoke these words to the king.

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NarP 2 25.2

ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः यस्त्वया नृपते पुण्यः कृतो ऽयं शपथः किल । एकादश्यां न भोक्तव्यं पक्षयोरुभयोरपि

brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ yastvayā nṛpate puṇyaḥ kṛto 'yaṃ śapathaḥ kila / ekādaśyāṃ na bhoktavyaṃ pakṣayorubhayorapi

The brahmins said: This meritorious oath that you have taken, O king — that one must not eat on the eleventh day, in either fortnight —

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NarP 2 25.3

न कृतः शास्त्रदृष्ट्या तु स्वबुद्ध्यैव प्रकल्पितः । साग्रीनां प्राशनं प्रोक्तमुभयोः संध्ययोः किल

na kṛtaḥ śāstradṛṣṭyā tu svabuddhyaiva prakalpitaḥ / sāgrīnāṃ prāśanaṃ proktamubhayoḥ saṃdhyayoḥ kila

it was not made with regard to scripture, but was devised by your own judgement; for those who maintain the sacred fires, eating is prescribed at both twilights.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

NarP 2 25.4

होमोच्छिष्टप्रभोक्तारस्त्रयो वर्णाः प्रकीर्तिताः । विशेषाद्भूमिपालानां कथं युक्तमुपोषणम्

homocchiṣṭaprabhoktārastrayo varṇāḥ prakīrtitāḥ / viśeṣādbhūmipālānāṃ kathaṃ yuktamupoṣaṇam

The three (upper) classes are declared to be eaters of the remnants of the oblation; how then can fasting be fitting, especially for protectors of the earth,

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NarP 2 25.5

सर्वदोद्यतशस्त्राणां दुष्टसंयमिनां विभो । शास्त्रतो ऽशास्त्रतो वापि यस्त्वया शपथः कृतः

sarvadodyataśastrāṇāṃ duṣṭasaṃyamināṃ vibho / śāstrato 'śāstrato vāpi yastvayā śapathaḥ kṛtaḥ

whose weapons are always raised and who restrain the wicked, O lord? Whether according to scripture or not according to scripture, the oath which you have taken

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NarP 2 25.6

परिपूर्णो भवत्यद्य वाक्येन हि द्विजन्मनाम् । व्रतभङ्गो न ते ऽस्तीह भुक्ष्वं विप्रसमन्वितः

paripūrṇo bhavatyadya vākyena hi dvijanmanām / vratabhaṅgo na te 'stīha bhukṣvaṃ viprasamanvitaḥ

becomes fully complete today by the word of the twice-born. There is no breaking of your vow in this: eat, together with the brahmins.

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NarP 2 25.7

परितापो न ते कार्यो विप्रवाक्यं महत्तरम् । यो ऽन्यथा मन्यते वाक्यं विप्राणां नृपसत्तम

paritāpo na te kāryo vipravākyaṃ mahattaram / yo 'nyathā manyate vākyaṃ viprāṇāṃ nṛpasattama

You need feel no distress; the word of brahmins is weightier. Whoever thinks otherwise of the word of brahmins, O best of kings,

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NarP 2 25.8

स याति राक्षसीं योनिं जन्मानि दश पञ्च च । तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं रोद्रं राजा कोपसमन्वितः

sa yāti rākṣasīṃ yoniṃ janmāni daśa pañca ca / tacchrutvā vacanaṃ rodraṃ rājā kopasamanvitaḥ

he goes to a demonic birth for fifteen lifetimes. Hearing that harsh speech, the king, filled with anger,

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NarP 2 25.9

उवाच स्फुरमाणौष्टस्तान्विप्रान्श्लक्ष्णया गिरा । सर्वेषामेव भूतानां भवन्तो मार्गदर्शिनः

uvāca sphuramāṇauṣṭastānviprānślakṣṇayā girā / sarveṣāmeva bhūtānāṃ bhavanto mārgadarśinaḥ

with quivering lips spoke to those brahmins in a smooth voice: "You gentlemen are indeed the guides of the path for all beings.

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NarP 2 25.10

यतीनां विधवानां च श्लोको ऽयं पठ्यते द्विजाः । विमार्गगामिनां चैतन्मतं न सात्वतां क्वचित्

yatīnāṃ vidhavānāṃ ca śloko 'yaṃ paṭhyate dvijāḥ / vimārgagāmināṃ caitanmataṃ na sātvatāṃ kvacit

This verse (of yours) is recited by ascetics and widows, O twice-born, and it is the opinion of those who go by the wrong path, never of the devotees (of Viṣṇu).

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NarP 2 25.11

यद्भवद्भिः समुद्दिष्टं राज्ञां नोपोषणं स्मृतम् । तत्र वाक्यानि शृणुत वैष्णवा चारलक्षणे

yadbhavadbhiḥ samuddiṣṭaṃ rājñāṃ nopoṣaṇaṃ smṛtam / tatra vākyāni śṛṇuta vaiṣṇavā cāralakṣaṇe

As for what you have declared, that fasting is not enjoined for kings — hear the words on that in the (treatise) on the marks of Vaiṣṇava conduct:

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NarP 2 25.12

न शङ्खेन पिबेत्तोयं न हन्यात्कूर्मसूकरौ । एका दश्यां न भोक्तव्यं पक्षयोरुभयोरपि

na śaṅkhena pibettoyaṃ na hanyātkūrmasūkarau / ekā daśyāṃ na bhoktavyaṃ pakṣayorubhayorapi

"One should not drink water from a conch; one should not kill a tortoise or a boar; one must not eat on the eleventh day, in either fortnight."

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NarP 2 25.13

न पातव्यं हि मद्य तु न हन्तव्यो द्विजः क्वचित् । क्रीडेन्नाक्षैस्तु धर्मज्ञो नाश्नीयाद्धरिवासरे

na pātavyaṃ hi madya tu na hantavyo dvijaḥ kvacit / krīḍennākṣaistu dharmajño nāśnīyāddharivāsare

"Liquor is not to be drunk; a brahmin is never to be killed; one who knows dharma should not play at dice, nor eat on Hari's day."

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NarP 2 25.14

अभक्ष्य भक्षणं पापं परदाराभिमर्शनम् । एकादश्यां भोजनं च पतनस्यैव कारणम्

abhakṣya bhakṣaṇaṃ pāpaṃ paradārābhimarśanam / ekādaśyāṃ bhojanaṃ ca patanasyaiva kāraṇam

"Eating what should not be eaten, sin, touching another's wife, and eating on the eleventh day — these alone are the cause of one's fall."

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NarP 2 25.15

अकार्यकरणं कृत्वा किं जीवेच्छरदां शतम् । को हि संचेष्टमानस्तु भुनक्ति हरिवासरे

akāryakaraṇaṃ kṛtvā kiṃ jīveccharadāṃ śatam / ko hi saṃceṣṭamānastu bhunakti harivāsare

Having done what ought not to be done, what use is it to live a hundred autumns? For who, while being active (in duty), eats on Hari's day?

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NarP 2 25.16

चतुष्पदेभ्यो ऽपि जनैर्नान्नं देयं हरेर्दिने । उत्तराशास्थितैर्विप्रैर्विष्णुधर्मपरायणैः

catuṣpadebhyo 'pi janairnānnaṃ deyaṃ harerdine / uttarāśāsthitairviprairviṣṇudharmaparāyaṇaiḥ

On the Lord's day, food should not be given by people even to four-footed beasts — (so say) the brahmins dwelling in the northern region who are devoted to the dharma of Viṣṇu.

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NarP 2 25.17

सो ऽहं कथं करोम्यद्य अभक्ष्यस्य तु भक्षणम् । नोपक्षीणशरीरो ऽहं नामयावी द्विजोत्तमाः

so 'haṃ kathaṃ karomyadya abhakṣyasya tu bhakṣaṇam / nopakṣīṇaśarīro 'haṃ nāmayāvī dvijottamāḥ

So how am I to do today the eating of what is not to be eaten? My body is not wasted away, nor am I sick, O best of the twice-born.

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NarP 2 25.18

स कथं हि व्रतं त्यक्षे विमार्गस्थद्विजोक्तितः । धर्मभूषणसंज्ञेन रक्ष्यमाणे धरातले

sa kathaṃ hi vrataṃ tyakṣe vimārgasthadvijoktitaḥ / dharmabhūṣaṇasaṃjñena rakṣyamāṇe dharātale

How then shall I abandon the vow at the word of a brahmin who stands on the wrong path, while the earth is being protected by him named Dharmabhūṣaṇa?

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NarP 2 25.19

न च रक्षाविहीनो ऽहं शत्रुः को ऽपिन मे ऽस्ति च । एवं ज्ञात्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठा वैष्णवव्रतशालिनः

na ca rakṣāvihīno 'haṃ śatruḥ ko 'pina me 'sti ca / evaṃ jñātvā dvijaśreṣṭhā vaiṣṇavavrataśālinaḥ

Nor am I devoid of protection, and I have no enemy at all. Knowing this, O best of the twice-born, you who possess the Vaiṣṇava vow —

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NarP 2 25.20

भवद्भिर्नोचितं वक्तुं प्रतिकूलं व्रतापहम् । असंपरीक्ष्य ये दद्युः प्रायश्चित्तं द्विजातयः

bhavadbhirnocitaṃ vaktuṃ pratikūlaṃ vratāpaham / asaṃparīkṣya ye dadyuḥ prāyaścittaṃ dvijātayaḥ

— it is not fitting for you to speak what is contrary (to it) and destroys the vow. Those twice-born who would prescribe an expiation without properly examining (the case) —

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NarP 2 25.21

तेषामेव हि तत्पापं स्मृतिवैकल्यसम्भवम् । देवो वा दानवो वापि गन्धर्वो राक्षसो ऽपि वा

teṣāmeva hi tatpāpaṃ smṛtivaikalyasambhavam / devo vā dānavo vāpi gandharvo rākṣaso 'pi vā

that sin is theirs alone, arising from a lapse of memory (of the sacred law). Whether a god, or a demon, or a gandharva, or even a rākṣasa,

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NarP 2 25.22

सिद्धो वा ब्राह्मणो वापि पितास्माकं स्वयं वदेत् । हरिर्वापि हरो वापि मोहिनीजनको ऽपि वा

siddho vā brāhmaṇo vāpi pitāsmākaṃ svayaṃ vadet / harirvāpi haro vāpi mohinījanako 'pi vā

or a siddha, or a brahmin, or our own father should himself say (so), or Hari, or Hara, or even Mohinī's father,

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NarP 2 25.23

दिनकृल्लोकपालो वा नो भोक्ष्ये हरिवासरे । यो हि रुक्माङ्गदो राजा विख्यातो भूतले द्विजाः

dinakṛllokapālo vā no bhokṣye harivāsare / yo hi rukmāṅgado rājā vikhyāto bhūtale dvijāḥ

or the sun, or a guardian of the world (should say so) — I will not eat on Hari's day. For the king who is Rukmāṅgada, renowned on the face of the earth, O brahmins,

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NarP 2 25.24

सत्यप्रतिज्ञां विफलां न कदाचित्करोति हि । द्युपतेः क्षीयते तेजो हिमवान्परिवर्त्तते

satyapratijñāṃ viphalāṃ na kadācitkaroti hi / dyupateḥ kṣīyate tejo himavānparivarttate

never makes a truthful promise fruitless. The lord of heaven's radiance may wane, Himavat may be overturned,

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NarP 2 25.25

जलधिः शोषमायाति पावकश्चोष्णतां त्यजेत् । तथापि न त्यजे विप्रा व्रतमेकादशीदिने

jaladhiḥ śoṣamāyāti pāvakaścoṣṇatāṃ tyajet / tathāpi na tyaje viprā vratamekādaśīdine

the ocean may go dry, and fire may give up its heat — even so, O brahmins, I will not abandon the vow on the eleventh day.

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NarP 2 25.26

प्रसिद्धिरेषा भुवनत्रये ऽपि आरट्यते मे पटहेन विप्राः । ग्रामेषु देशेषु परेषु वापि ये भुञ्जते रुक्मविभूषणस्य

prasiddhireṣā bhuvanatraye 'pi āraṭyate me paṭahena viprāḥ / grāmeṣu deśeṣu pareṣu vāpi ye bhuñjate rukmavibhūṣaṇasya

This is well known even in the three worlds; it is proclaimed by me with the drum, O brahmins: those who eat, in the villages, in the lands, or in others (still), of Rukmavibhūṣaṇa (Rukmāṅgada) —

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NarP 2 25.27

दण्ड्याश्च वध्याश्च सपुत्रकास्ते न चापि वासो विषये हि तेषाम् । हरेर्दिने सर्वमखप्रधाने पापापहे धर्मविवर्द्धने च

daṇḍyāśca vadhyāśca saputrakāste na cāpi vāso viṣaye hi teṣām / harerdine sarvamakhapradhāne pāpāpahe dharmavivarddhane ca

they are to be punished and to be killed together with their sons, and there is to be no dwelling for them in the realm — (namely those who eat) on Hari's day, which is foremost of all sacrifices, which removes sin and increases dharma,

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NarP 2 25.28

मोक्षप्रदे जन्मनिकृन्तनाख्ये तेजो निधौ सर्वजनप्ररूढे । एंवविधे प्रोद्गत एव शब्दे यद्यस्मि भोक्ता वृजिनस्य कर्त्ता

mokṣaprade janmanikṛntanākhye tejo nidhau sarvajanaprarūḍhe / eṃvavidhe prodgata eva śabde yadyasmi bhoktā vṛjinasya karttā

which bestows liberation, which is called the cutter-off of (further) birth, a treasury of splendour, established among all people — when the proclamation has gone forth in such terms, if I am one who eats, a doer of wrong,

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NarP 2 25.29

अमेध्यलिप्तः पटहो भवेत्तदा संछादितो नीलमयेन वाससा । उत्पाद्य कीर्तिं स्वयमेव जतुर्निकृन्तति प्राणभयाच्च पापात्

amedhyaliptaḥ paṭaho bhavettadā saṃchādito nīlamayena vāsasā / utpādya kīrtiṃ svayameva jaturnikṛntati prāṇabhayācca pāpāt

then let the drum be smeared with filth and covered with a cloth of dark blue; for having himself produced renown, a man cuts it off out of fear for his life and out of sin.

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NarP 2 25.30

यस्तस्य वासो निरये युगानां षष्टिर्भवेद्वा क्रिमिदंशसंज्ञे । वृथा हि सूता मम सा जनित्री भवेन्निराशा द्विजपितृदेवाः

yastasya vāso niraye yugānāṃ ṣaṣṭirbhavedvā krimidaṃśasaṃjñe / vṛthā hi sūtā mama sā janitrī bhavennirāśā dvijapitṛdevāḥ

And his dwelling would be in hell for sixty ages, or in the (hell) named Krimidaṃśa; in vain indeed did that mother of mine bear me, and the brahmins, the fathers and the gods would be left without hope,

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NarP 2 25.31

वैवस्वतो हर्षमुपाश्रयेच्च सलेखको मे व्रतभङ्ग एव । किं तेन जातेन दुरात्मना हि ददाति हर्षं रिपुसुंदरीणाम्

vaivasvato harṣamupāśrayecca salekhako me vratabhaṅga eva / kiṃ tena jātena durātmanā hi dadāti harṣaṃ ripusuṃdarīṇām

and the son of Vivasvat, along with his recorder, would take delight, if there were a breaking of my vow. What use is that evil-souled one, once born, who gives joy to the fair women of his enemies?

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NarP 2 25.32

कुकर्मणा पापरतिः कुजातिः सर्वस्य नाशी त्वशुचिस्स मूढः । न मन्यते वेदपुराणशास्त्रानन्ते पुरीं याति दिनेशसूनोः

kukarmaṇā pāparatiḥ kujātiḥ sarvasya nāśī tvaśucissa mūḍhaḥ / na manyate vedapurāṇaśāstrānante purīṃ yāti dineśasūnoḥ

By his evil deeds he delights in sin, is of base birth, a destroyer of everything, impure, a fool; he does not honour the Vedas, Purāṇas and śāstras, and in the end he goes to the city of the Sun's son.

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NarP 2 25.33

कृत्वैव वान्तिं पुनरत्ति तां यस्तद्वत्प्रतिज्ञाव्रतभङ्गकारी । वेदा न शास्त्रं न च तत्पुराणं न चापि सन्तः स्मृतयो न च स्युः

kṛtvaiva vāntiṃ punaratti tāṃ yastadvatpratijñāvratabhaṅgakārī / vedā na śāstraṃ na ca tatpurāṇaṃ na cāpi santaḥ smṛtayo na ca syuḥ

He who, having vomited, eats that vomit again — such is the one who breaks a promise and a vow. For him there would be no Vedas, no śāstra, no Purāṇa of theirs, no holy men, and no Smṛtis.

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NarP 2 25.36

ये माधवस्य प्रियकृत्ययोग्ये वदन्ति शुद्धे ऽह्नि भुजिक्रियां तु । श्राद्धेन तेनापि न चास्ति तृप्तिः पितुश्च चीर्णेन हरेर्दिने तु ॥ नर्प्_२,२५।३४ ॥ व्रतेन यद्विष्णुपदप्रदेन साकं क्षयाहेन वदन्तु मूढाः ॥ नर्प्_२,२५।३५ ॥ एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु तद्वाक्यं मोहिनी ज्वलितान्तरा । कोपसंरक्तनयना भर्तारं पर्यभाषत्

ye mādhavasya priyakṛtyayogye vadanti śuddhe 'hni bhujikriyāṃ tu / śrāddhena tenāpi na cāsti tṛptiḥ pituśca cīrṇena harerdine tu // narp_2,25.34 // vratena yadviṣṇupadapradena sākaṃ kṣayāhena vadantu mūḍhāḥ // narp_2,25.35 // etacchrutvā tu tadvākyaṃ mohinī jvalitāntarā / kopasaṃraktanayanā bhartāraṃ paryabhāṣat

Those who speak of the act of eating on that pure day, which is fit for doing what is dear to Mādhava — by such a śrāddha too there is no satisfaction of the father. But by the vow observed on Hari's day, which grants the state of Viṣṇu — let the fools speak of it together with the death-anniversary day! [25.34–35] Hearing that speech of his, Mohinī, burning within, her eyes red with anger, addressed her husband:

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NarP 2 25.37

करोषि चेन्न मे वाक्यं धर्मबाह्यो भविष्यसि । धर्मबाह्यो हि पुरुषः पांशुना तुल्यतां व्रजेत्

karoṣi cenna me vākyaṃ dharmabāhyo bhaviṣyasi / dharmabāhyo hi puruṣaḥ pāṃśunā tulyatāṃ vrajet

"If you do not act on my word, you will become an outcast from dharma; and a man outside dharma goes to equality with dust."

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NarP 2 25.38

पांशुना पूर्यते गर्तः स गर्तखनको भवेत् । त्वया ममार्पितः पाणिर्वराय पृथिवीपते

pāṃśunā pūryate gartaḥ sa gartakhanako bhavet / tvayā mamārpitaḥ pāṇirvarāya pṛthivīpate

A pit is filled up with dust, and (yet) he becomes the digger of the pit. Your hand was given to me in marriage, O lord of the earth.

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NarP 2 25.39

तामुल्लङ्घ्य प्रतिज्ञां स्वां पालयिष्यासि नो यदि । कृतकृत्या तदा यास्ये प्राप्तो धर्मो मया तव

tāmullaṅghya pratijñāṃ svāṃ pālayiṣyāsi no yadi / kṛtakṛtyā tadā yāsye prāpto dharmo mayā tava

If, transgressing that (promise), you will not keep your own vow, then, having accomplished my purpose, I shall go: the dharma (owed) by you has been obtained by me.

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NarP 2 25.40

न चाहं ते प्रिया भार्या न च त्वं मे पतिर्नृप । उपधानं करिष्यामि स्वकं बाहुं न ते युधि

na cāhaṃ te priyā bhāryā na ca tvaṃ me patirnṛpa / upadhānaṃ kariṣyāmi svakaṃ bāhuṃ na te yudhi

I am not your dear wife, nor are you my husband, O king. I shall make my own arm my pillow, not (rest) on you in the fight.

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NarP 2 25.41

धिक् त्वां धर्मक्षयकरं स्ववचोलोपकारकम् । म्लेच्छेष्वपि न दृश्येत त्वादृशो धर्मलोपकः

dhik tvāṃ dharmakṣayakaraṃ svavacolopakārakam / mleccheṣvapi na dṛśyeta tvādṛśo dharmalopakaḥ

Shame on you, destroyer of dharma, breaker of your own word! Not even among the mlecchas would one like you, a violator of dharma, be seen.

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NarP 2 25.42

सत्याच्चलितमद्यत्वां परित्यक्ष्ये सुपापिनम् । एवमुक्त्वा वरारोहा ह्युदतिष्ठत्त्वरान्विता

satyāccalitamadyatvāṃ parityakṣye supāpinam / evamuktvā varārohā hyudatiṣṭhattvarānvitā

Today I shall abandon you, fallen from truth, utterly sinful. Having spoken thus, the fair-hipped woman rose up in haste.

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NarP 2 25.43

यथा सती हरं त्यक्त्वा दिव्याभरणभूषिता । प्रस्थिता सा तदा तन्वी भूसुरैश्च समन्विता

yathā satī haraṃ tyaktvā divyābharaṇabhūṣitā / prasthitā sā tadā tanvī bhūsuraiśca samanvitā

As Satī, adorned with divine ornaments, abandoned Hara, so that slender woman then set out, accompanied by the brahmins.

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NarP 2 25.44

वरं मद्यस्य संस्पर्शो नास्य संगो नृपस्य वै । वरं नीलांबरस्पर्शो नास्य धर्मच्युतस्य हि

varaṃ madyasya saṃsparśo nāsya saṃgo nṛpasya vai / varaṃ nīlāṃbarasparśo nāsya dharmacyutasya hi

Better the touch of liquor than union with this king; better the touch of a nīlāmbara (dark-robed one) than of this man fallen from dharma.

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NarP 2 25.45

एवं हि मोहिनी रुष्टा प्रलपन्ती तदा भृशम् । गौतमादिसमायुक्ता निर्जगाम गृहाद्ब्रहिः

evaṃ hi mohinī ruṣṭā pralapantī tadā bhṛśam / gautamādisamāyuktā nirjagāma gṛhādbrahiḥ

Thus indeed Mohinī, enraged, lamenting greatly then, accompanied by Gautama and the others, went out from the house.

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NarP 2 25.46

हा तात हा जगन्नाथ सृष्टिस्थित्त्यन्तकारक । इत्येव शब्दं क्रोशन्ती ब्रह्मणोमानसोद्भवा

hā tāta hā jagannātha sṛṣṭisthittyantakāraka / ityeva śabdaṃ krośantī brahmaṇomānasodbhavā

"Alas, father! Alas, Lord of the world, maker of creation, preservation, and end!" — thus crying out this cry, she who was born from Brahmā's mind (went).

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NarP 2 25.47

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वाजिराजं समास्थितः । अटित्वा सकलामुर्वीं संप्राप्तो धर्मभूषणः

etasminneva kāle tu vājirājaṃ samāsthitaḥ / aṭitvā sakalāmurvīṃ saṃprāpto dharmabhūṣaṇaḥ

At just this time, mounted on his fine horse, having ranged over the whole earth, Dharma's ornament (Dharmāṅgada) arrived.

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NarP 2 25.48

संमुखो ऽभूज्जनन्यास्तु त्वरायुक्तो विमत्सरः । कर्णाभ्यां तस्य शब्दो ऽसौ विश्रुतः पितृवत्सलः

saṃmukho 'bhūjjananyāstu tvarāyukto vimatsaraḥ / karṇābhyāṃ tasya śabdo 'sau viśrutaḥ pitṛvatsalaḥ

He came face to face with his mother, hastening, free of ill-will; and that cry was heard by his two ears — he who was devoted to his father.

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NarP 2 25.49

मोहिनीवक्त्रसंभूतो विप्रवाक्योपबृंहितः । धर्माङ्गदो धर्ममूर्तिः रुक्मागदसुतस्तदा

mohinīvaktrasaṃbhūto vipravākyopabṛṃhitaḥ / dharmāṅgado dharmamūrtiḥ rukmāgadasutastadā

(That cry,) issuing from Mohinī's mouth, amplified by the words of the brahmins — then Dharmāṅgada, the very embodiment of dharma, the son of Rukmāṅgada,

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NarP 2 25.50

अवरुह्य हयात्तूर्णं ययौ तातपदान्तिके । पुनरुत्थाय विप्रेन्द्रान्ननाम विहिताञ्जलिः

avaruhya hayāttūrṇaṃ yayau tātapadāntike / punarutthāya viprendrānnanāma vihitāñjaliḥ

quickly dismounting from his horse, went to his father's feet; then rising again he bowed to the chief brahmins with folded hands.

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NarP 2 25.51

ततः शीघ्रगतिं दृष्ट्वा मोहिनीं रुष्टमानसाम् । आलक्ष्य तरसा मातः प्राह राजन् कृताञ्जलिः

tataḥ śīghragatiṃ dṛṣṭvā mohinīṃ ruṣṭamānasām / ālakṣya tarasā mātaḥ prāha rājan kṛtāñjaliḥ

Then, seeing Mohinī going swiftly with an angry mind, having quickly observed (this), he spoke, O king, with folded hands: "Mother!"

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NarP 2 25.52

केनावमानिता देवि कथं रुष्टा पितुः प्रिये । एतैर्द्विजेन्द्रैः सहिता क्व त्वं संप्रस्थिताधुना

kenāvamānitā devi kathaṃ ruṣṭā pituḥ priye / etairdvijendraiḥ sahitā kva tvaṃ saṃprasthitādhunā

"By whom have you been insulted, goddess? Why are you angry, beloved of my father? Together with these chief brahmins, where are you now setting out?"

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NarP 2 25.53

धर्माङ्गदवचः श्रुत्वा मोहिनी वाक्यमब्रवीत् । पिता तवानृती पुत्र करो येन वृथा कृतः

dharmāṅgadavacaḥ śrutvā mohinī vākyamabravīt / pitā tavānṛtī putra karo yena vṛthā kṛtaḥ

Hearing Dharmāṅgada's words, Mohinī spoke these words: "Your father is a liar, my son, by whom the hand (given in pledge) has been made futile.

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NarP 2 25.56

यः कर्त्ता सुकृतं भूरि रक्ताशोकाकृतिः स्थितः । ध्वजाङ्कुशाङ्कितः श्रीमान्दक्षिणः कनकाङ्गदः ॥ नर्प्_२,२५।५४ ॥ रुक्माङ्गदेन ते पित्रा न चाहं वस्तुमुत्सहे ॥ नर्प्_२,२५।५५ ॥ धर्माङ्गद उवाच यद्ववीषि वचो देवि तत्कर्त्ताहं न संशयः । मा कोपं कुरु मातस्त्वं निवर्त्ततस्व पितुः प्रिये

yaḥ karttā sukṛtaṃ bhūri raktāśokākṛtiḥ sthitaḥ / dhvajāṅkuśāṅkitaḥ śrīmāndakṣiṇaḥ kanakāṅgadaḥ // narp_2,25.54 // rukmāṅgadena te pitrā na cāhaṃ vastumutsahe // narp_2,25.55 // dharmāṅgada uvāca yadvavīṣi vaco devi tatkarttāhaṃ na saṃśayaḥ / mā kopaṃ kuru mātastvaṃ nivarttatasva pituḥ priye

He who is the doer of much good, whose form is like the red aśoka, marked with banner and goad, glorious, favourable, with golden armlets — (verse 54) — with Rukmāṅgada, your father, I am not willing to dwell. (verse 55) Dharmāṅgada said: Whatever word you speak, goddess, that I shall do, no doubt. Do not be angry, mother; turn back, beloved of my father.

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NarP 2 25.57

मोहिन्युवाच अनेन समयेनाहं त्वत्पित्रा मन्दराचले । कृता भार्या शिवः साक्ष्ये स्थितो यत्र सुराधिपः

mohinyuvāca anena samayenāhaṃ tvatpitrā mandarācale / kṛtā bhāryā śivaḥ sākṣye sthito yatra surādhipaḥ

Mohinī said: On this condition was I made a wife by your father on Mount Mandara, where Śiva stood as witness, and the lord of the gods (Indra).

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NarP 2 25.58

समयात्स च्युतः सम्यक्पिता ते रुक्मभूपणः । न प्रयच्छति मे देयं तस्य वृद्धिं विचिन्तये

samayātsa cyutaḥ samyakpitā te rukmabhūpaṇaḥ / na prayacchati me deyaṃ tasya vṛddhiṃ vicintaye

Your father Rukmabhūṣaṇa has utterly fallen from that agreement. He does not give me what is to be given; I am considering his increase (welfare).

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NarP 2 25.59

न याचे काञ्चनं धान्यं हस्त्यश्वं ग्रामवाससी । येन तस्य भवेद्धानिर्न याचे तन्नृपात्मज

na yāce kāñcanaṃ dhānyaṃ hastyaśvaṃ grāmavāsasī / yena tasya bhaveddhānirna yāce tannṛpātmaja

I do not ask for gold, grain, elephants and horses, villages or garments; I do not ask for that by which loss would come to him, O son of the king.

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NarP 2 25.60

येनासौ प्रीणयेद्देहं स्वकीयं देहिनां वर । तन्मया प्रार्थितं पुत्र स मोहान्न प्रयच्छति

yenāsau prīṇayeddehaṃ svakīyaṃ dehināṃ vara / tanmayā prārthitaṃ putra sa mohānna prayacchati

That by which he might gratify his own body, O best of embodied beings — that is what was asked by me, my son, and out of delusion he does not give it.

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NarP 2 25.63

तस्यैव चोपकाराय शरीरस्य नृपात्मज । याचितः सुखहेतोस्तु मया नृपतिसत्तमः ॥ नर्प्_२,२५।६१ ॥ स्थितः सो ऽद्यानृते घोरे सुरापानसमे विभुः ॥ नर्प्_२,२५।६२ ॥ सत्यच्युतं निष्ठुरवाक्यभाषिणं विमुक्तधर्मं त्वनृतं शठं च । परित्यजेयं जनकं तवाधमं नैव स्थितिर्मे भविता हि तेन

tasyaiva copakārāya śarīrasya nṛpātmaja / yācitaḥ sukhahetostu mayā nṛpatisattamaḥ // narp_2,25.61 // sthitaḥ so 'dyānṛte ghore surāpānasame vibhuḥ // narp_2,25.62 // satyacyutaṃ niṣṭhuravākyabhāṣiṇaṃ vimuktadharmaṃ tvanṛtaṃ śaṭhaṃ ca / parityajeyaṃ janakaṃ tavādhamaṃ naiva sthitirme bhavitā hi tena

And for the very benefit of that body, O prince, the best of kings was asked by me for the sake of (his) pleasure. // Today that lord stands in a dreadful untruth, equal to the drinking of liquor. // Fallen from truth, speaking harsh words, having let go of dharma, false and crooked — such a base father of yours I would abandon; for with him there will be no staying for me.

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NarP 2 25.64

तच्छ्रुत्वा मोहिनीवाक्यं पुत्रो धर्माङ्गदो ऽब्रवीत् । मयि जीवति तातो मे न भवेदनृती क्वचित्

tacchrutvā mohinīvākyaṃ putro dharmāṅgado 'bravīt / mayi jīvati tāto me na bhavedanṛtī kvacit

Hearing that speech of Mohinī, the son Dharmāṅgada said: "While I live, my father shall never become a speaker of untruth."

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NarP 2 25.65

निवर्तस्व वरारोहे करिष्ये ऽहं तवेप्सितम् । पित्रा मे नानृतं देवि पूर्वमुक्तं कदाचन

nivartasva varārohe kariṣye 'haṃ tavepsitam / pitrā me nānṛtaṃ devi pūrvamuktaṃ kadācana

"Turn back, O fair-hipped one; I shall do what you desire. Never before, O goddess, has an untruth been spoken by my father.

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NarP 2 25.66

स कथं मयि जाते तु वदिष्यति महीपतिः । यस्य सत्ये स्थिता लोकाः सदेवासुरमानुषाः

sa kathaṃ mayi jāte tu vadiṣyati mahīpatiḥ / yasya satye sthitā lokāḥ sadevāsuramānuṣāḥ

How shall that lord of the earth speak (untruth), when I have been born — he in whose truth the worlds stand, together with gods, demons and men,

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NarP 2 25.67

वैवस्वतगृहं येन कृतं शून्यं हि पापिभिः । विजृंभते यस्य कीर्तिर्व्याप्तं ब्रह्माण्डमण्डलम्

vaivasvatagṛhaṃ yena kṛtaṃ śūnyaṃ hi pāpibhiḥ / vijṛṃbhate yasya kīrtirvyāptaṃ brahmāṇḍamaṇḍalam

by whom the house of the son of the Sun (Yama) has been made empty of sinners, whose fame spreads abroad, filling the whole sphere of the universe —

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NarP 2 25.68

स कथं जायते भूपो मिथ्यावचनसंस्थितः । अश्रुतं भूपतेर्वाक्यं परोक्षे श्रद्दधे कथम्

sa kathaṃ jāyate bhūpo mithyāvacanasaṃsthitaḥ / aśrutaṃ bhūpatervākyaṃ parokṣe śraddadhe katham

how does that king come to be one established in false speech? How can a word of the king, not heard (by me), be believed in his absence?

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NarP 2 25.69

ममोपरि दयां कृत्वा निवर्तस्व शुभानने । एतद्धर्माङ्गदेनोक्तं वाक्यमाकर्ण्य मोहिनी

mamopari dayāṃ kṛtvā nivartasva śubhānane / etaddharmāṅgadenoktaṃ vākyamākarṇya mohinī

Show mercy toward me and turn back, O fair-faced one." Hearing this word spoken by Dharmāṅgada, Mohinī

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NarP 2 25.70

न्यवर्तत महीपालपुत्रस्कन्धावलंबिनी । यत्र रुक्माङ्गदः शेते मृतकल्पो रविप्रभः

nyavartata mahīpālaputraskandhāvalaṃbinī / yatra rukmāṅgadaḥ śete mṛtakalpo raviprabhaḥ

turned back, leaning on the shoulder of the king's son, to where Rukmāṅgada lay, like one dead, (though) radiant as the sun.

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NarP 2 25.71

तस्मिन्निवेशयामास शयने काञ्चनान्विते । दीपरत्नैः सुप्रकाशे विद्रुमैश्चित्रिते वरे

tasminniveśayāmāsa śayane kāñcanānvite / dīparatnaiḥ suprakāśe vidrumaiścitrite vare

She settled him on that bed inlaid with gold, well lit by jewel-lamps, excellent, variegated with coral,

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NarP 2 25.72

आखण्डलास्त्रमणिभिः कृतपादे सुकोमले । दीर्घविस्तारसंयुक्ते ह्यनौपम्ये मनोहरे

ākhaṇḍalāstramaṇibhiḥ kṛtapāde sukomale / dīrghavistārasaṃyukte hyanaupamye manohare

its feet made of gems (bright as) the weapon of Indra, very soft, of great length and breadth, incomparable, delightful.

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NarP 2 25.73

ततः कृताञ्जलिः प्राहपितरं श्लक्ष्णया गिरा । तातैषा जननी मे ऽद्य त्वां वदत्यनृती त्विति

tataḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ prāhapitaraṃ ślakṣṇayā girā / tātaiṣā jananī me 'dya tvāṃ vadatyanṛtī tviti

Then, with joined palms, he spoke to his father in a gentle voice: "Father, this mother of mine today calls you a liar.

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NarP 2 25.74

कस्मात्त्वमनृती भूप भविष्यसि महीतले । सकोषरत्ननिचये गजाश्वरथसंयुते

kasmāttvamanṛtī bhūpa bhaviṣyasi mahītale / sakoṣaratnanicaye gajāśvarathasaṃyute

Why, O king, will you become a liar upon the earth — while the kingdom is being ruled, with its treasury and heaps of jewels, furnished with elephants, horses and chariots,

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NarP 2 25.75

राज्ये प्रशास्यमाने तु सप्तोदधिसमन्विते । प्रदेहि सकलं ह्यस्यै यत्त्या श्रावितं विभो

rājye praśāsyamāne tu saptodadhisamanvite / pradehi sakalaṃ hyasyai yattyā śrāvitaṃ vibho

bounded by the seven oceans? Give her all of it, whatever you caused her to hear, O lord.

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NarP 2 25.76

मयि चापधरे तात को व्यलीकं चरेत्तव । देहि शक्रपदं देव्यै जितं विद्धि पुरन्दरम्

mayi cāpadhare tāta ko vyalīkaṃ carettava / dehi śakrapadaṃ devyai jitaṃ viddhi purandaram

And while I hold the bow, father, who could act falsely toward you? Give the goddess the station of Indra: know Purandara as (already) conquered.

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NarP 2 25.77

वैरिञ्च्यं दुर्ल्लभं यच्च योगिगम्यं निरञ्जनम् । तच्चाप्यहं प्रदास्यामि तपसा तोष्य पद्मजम्

vairiñcyaṃ durllabhaṃ yacca yogigamyaṃ nirañjanam / taccāpyahaṃ pradāsyāmi tapasā toṣya padmajam

And that state of Brahmā, hard to win, stainless, attainable (only) by yogins — that too I shall give, pleasing the lotus-born by austerity.

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NarP 2 25.78

समीहते यज्जननी मदीया रसातले वापि धरातले वा । त्रिविष्टपे वापि परे पदे वा दास्यामि जित्वा नरदेवदानवान्

samīhate yajjananī madīyā rasātale vāpi dharātale vā / triviṣṭape vāpi pare pade vā dāsyāmi jitvā naradevadānavān

Whatever my mother wishes for — in the nether world, or on the earth, or in heaven, or in the highest station — I shall give it, conquering men, gods and demons.

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NarP 2 25.79

अहं हि दासस्तव भूप यस्माद्विक्रीयतां मामथवा तृणाय । हस्ते हि पापस्य दिवाप्रकीर्तेर्वत्स्यामि तत्कर्मकरः सुभुक्तः

ahaṃ hi dāsastava bhūpa yasmādvikrīyatāṃ māmathavā tṛṇāya / haste hi pāpasya divāprakīrtervatsyāmi tatkarmakaraḥ subhuktaḥ

For I am your slave, O king; therefore let me be sold, even for a blade of grass. I shall live in the hand of a sinner of ill fame, doing his work, well fed.

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NarP 2 25.80

यद्दुष्करं भूमिपते त्रिलोक्यां नादेयमस्तीह तदिष्टंभावात् । तच्चापि राजेन्द्र ददस्व देव्यै मज्जीवितं मज्जननीभवं वा

yadduṣkaraṃ bhūmipate trilokyāṃ nādeyamastīha tadiṣṭaṃbhāvāt / taccāpi rājendra dadasva devyai majjīvitaṃ majjananībhavaṃ vā

Whatever is hard to do in the three worlds, O lord of the earth, that is not ungivable here, since it is desired by her; so give even that to the goddess, O chief of kings — my life, or my mother's existence.

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NarP 2 25.81

तेनैव सद्यो नृपनाथ लोके सत्कीर्तियुक्तो भव सर्वदैव । विराजयित्वा स्वगुणैर्नृपौघान्करैरिवात्मप्रभवैः खशोभैः

tenaiva sadyo nṛpanātha loke satkīrtiyukto bhava sarvadaiva / virājayitvā svaguṇairnṛpaughānkarairivātmaprabhavaiḥ khaśobhaiḥ

By that very (deed), O lord of kings, be at once and forever endowed with good fame in the world, having made the hosts of kings shine by your own virtues, as (the sun does) by its own-born rays that adorn the sky.

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NarP 2 25.82

कीर्तिप्रभङ्गे वृजिनं भविष्यति प्रजावधे यन्मनुराह सत्यम् । संमार्जयित्वा विमलं यशः स्वं कथं सुखी स्यां नृपते ततः क्षमः

kīrtiprabhaṅge vṛjinaṃ bhaviṣyati prajāvadhe yanmanurāha satyam / saṃmārjayitvā vimalaṃ yaśaḥ svaṃ kathaṃ sukhī syāṃ nṛpate tataḥ kṣamaḥ

In the breaking of fame there will be sin, (and) in the destruction of one's offspring — what Manu said is true. Having wiped away my own spotless glory, how, O king, could I be happy? Hence (I am) fit (for it)?

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