Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 28

NarP 2 28.1

काष्ठीलोवाच राक्षसं धावमानं तु कालान्तकयमोपमम् । दृष्ट्वा सा राक्षसी प्राह भर्तारं मम शङ्किता

kāṣṭhīlovāca rākṣasaṃ dhāvamānaṃ tu kālāntakayamopamam / dṛṣṭvā sā rākṣasī prāha bhartāraṃ mama śaṅkitā

Kāṣṭhīlā said: Seeing the rākṣasa running on, like Yama the ender at the end of time, that rākṣasī, alarmed, said to my husband:

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NarP 2 28.2

प्रक्षिपस्वानलप्रख्यां शक्तिं हेमविभूषिताम् । ममायं पञ्चतां यातु दिगंबररिपुप्रिय

prakṣipasvānalaprakhyāṃ śaktiṃ hemavibhūṣitām / mamāyaṃ pañcatāṃ yātu digaṃbararipupriya

"Hurl the gold-adorned spear that resembles fire; for my sake let him meet his death, O beloved of the enemy of the naked one!"

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NarP 2 28.3

तस्या वाक्यान्मम पतिः पौरुषे तु व्यवस्थितः । मुमोच विपुलां शक्तिं रक्षोवक्षस्थल प्रति

tasyā vākyānmama patiḥ pauruṣe tu vyavasthitaḥ / mumoca vipulāṃ śaktiṃ rakṣovakṣasthala prati

At her word my husband, resolute in his manliness, released the great spear at the rākṣasa's chest —

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NarP 2 28.4

ज्वलन्ती ज्वलनप्रख्या द्योतयन्ती दिशो दश । दिव्यांशुतीक्ष्ण वक्त्राता किङ्किणीशतनादिता

jvalantī jvalanaprakhyā dyotayantī diśo daśa / divyāṃśutīkṣṇa vaktrātā kiṅkiṇīśatanāditā

blazing, like fire, lighting up the ten directions, its point sharp with divine rays, resounding with a hundred bells,

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NarP 2 28.5

रक्तचन्दनलिप्ताङ्गी रक्तवस्त्रोपशोभिता । हृदि तस्य निपत्यासौ शक्तिर्विप्रकरच्युता

raktacandanaliptāṅgī raktavastropaśobhitā / hṛdi tasya nipatyāsau śaktirviprakaracyutā

its body smeared with red sandal, adorned with red cloth — and that spear, loosed from the brahmin's hand, fell upon his heart.

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NarP 2 28.6

कृत्वा भस्मावशेषं तु राक्षसं गगनं ययौ । पातयित्वा स्वभर्तारं विप्रहस्तेन राक्षसी

kṛtvā bhasmāvaśeṣaṃ tu rākṣasaṃ gaganaṃ yayau / pātayitvā svabhartāraṃ viprahastena rākṣasī

Having reduced the rākṣasa to a residue of ashes, it went up to the sky; and the rākṣasī, having had her own husband struck down by the brahmin's hand,

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NarP 2 28.7

कृतकृत्यमिवात्मानं मेने हृष्टतनूरुहा । अथोवाच द्विजं हृष्टा राक्षसी शुभलोचनम्

kṛtakṛtyamivātmānaṃ mene hṛṣṭatanūruhā / athovāca dvijaṃ hṛṣṭā rākṣasī śubhalocanam

considered herself as though her purpose were accomplished, the hair of her body bristling (with joy); then, delighted, the rākṣasī spoke to the fair-eyed brahmin:

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NarP 2 28.8

एहि कान्त गुहां रम्यां प्रविश त्वं यदृच्छया । भुङ्क्ष्व भोगान्मया सार्द्धं ये दिव्या ये च मानुषाः

ehi kānta guhāṃ ramyāṃ praviśa tvaṃ yadṛcchayā / bhuṅkṣva bhogānmayā sārddhaṃ ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ

"Come, beloved, enter the lovely cave at your will; enjoy together with me the pleasures that are divine and those that are human."

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NarP 2 28.9

तथेति प्राणनाथो मे प्राहहृष्टवपुस्तदा । ततः सादाय मे कान्तं स्वां प्रविष्टा गुहां मुदा

tatheti prāṇanātho me prāhahṛṣṭavapustadā / tataḥ sādāya me kāntaṃ svāṃ praviṣṭā guhāṃ mudā

"So be it," my life's lord said then, his body thrilled; then, taking my beloved, she entered her own cave with delight.

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NarP 2 28.10

असंवीक्ष्यैव तद्भस्म भर्तृदेहसमुद्भवम् । कुचाभ्यामुन्नताभ्यां सा मद्भर्तारमपीडयत्

asaṃvīkṣyaiva tadbhasma bhartṛdehasamudbhavam / kucābhyāmunnatābhyāṃ sā madbhartāramapīḍayat

Without so much as looking at that ash that had come from her husband's body, she pressed my husband with her high breasts.

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NarP 2 28.11

दर्शयामास तां तन्वीं कुमारीं शयने स्थिताम् । इयं तेनासितापाङ्गी बिम्बोष्ठी काञ्चनप्रभा

darśayāmāsa tāṃ tanvīṃ kumārīṃ śayane sthitām / iyaṃ tenāsitāpāṅgī bimboṣṭhī kāñcanaprabhā

She showed him that slender maiden seated on the bed: "This one, dark at the corners of her eyes, with bimba-red lips, golden in radiance,

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NarP 2 28.12

भार्यार्थे समुपानीता वाराणस्या द्विजोत्तम । यस्याः सीमां न लङ्घन्ति पातकानि ह्यशेषतः

bhāryārthe samupānītā vārāṇasyā dvijottama / yasyāḥ sīmāṃ na laṅghanti pātakāni hyaśeṣataḥ

was brought by him from Vārāṇasī to be his wife, O best of brahmins — (that city) whose boundary sins do not cross at all,

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NarP 2 28.13

शक्तिक्षेत्रं च तां प्राहुः पुण्यं पापक्षयङ्करम् । या गृहं त्रिपुरारेश्च पञ्चगव्यूतिसंस्थिता

śaktikṣetraṃ ca tāṃ prāhuḥ puṇyaṃ pāpakṣayaṅkaram / yā gṛhaṃ tripurāreśca pañcagavyūtisaṃsthitā

And they call her the field of Śakti, holy, destroyer of sin — she who is the house of the foe of Tripura (Śiva), extending over five gavyūtis.

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NarP 2 28.14

यस्यां मृताः पुनर्मर्त्या गर्भवासं विशन्ति न । स त्वमस्या गृहं पित्र्यं पुनर्नय सुलोचनाम्

yasyāṃ mṛtāḥ punarmartyā garbhavāsaṃ viśanti na / sa tvamasyā gṛhaṃ pitryaṃ punarnaya sulocanām

In which mortals, once dead, do not again enter dwelling in a womb — so you, take this fair-eyed girl back to her father's house.

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NarP 2 28.15

इमानि तव रत्नानि शयनान्यासनानि च । मया सह समस्तानि विक्रीणीहि निजेच्छया

imāni tava ratnāni śayanānyāsanāni ca / mayā saha samastāni vikrīṇīhi nijecchayā

These jewels of yours, and the couches and the seats — sell them all together with me, as you yourself wish.

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NarP 2 28.16

त्वदर्थे राक्षसो घोरो मया ब्रह्मन्निषूदितः । मुग्धया तव रूपेण प्रेषितो यमसादनम्

tvadarthe rākṣaso ghoro mayā brahmanniṣūditaḥ / mugdhayā tava rūpeṇa preṣito yamasādanam

For your sake, brahmin, a fearsome rākṣasa was slain by me; bewildered by your beauty, I sent him to Yama's abode.

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NarP 2 28.17

तस्मान्ममोपिरि विभो कृत्वा विश्वासमात्मना । भजस्व मां विशालाक्ष भक्तां वै कामरूपिणीम्

tasmānmamopiri vibho kṛtvā viśvāsamātmanā / bhajasva māṃ viśālākṣa bhaktāṃ vai kāmarūpiṇīm

Therefore, O lord, placing trust in me with your whole heart, take me to yourself, O wide-eyed one — devoted, and able to take any form at will.

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NarP 2 28.18

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं भर्ता मे चारुलोचने । राक्षस्याः कामतप्तायाः कुमार्याः सन्निधौ शुभे

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ bhartā me cārulocane / rākṣasyāḥ kāmataptāyāḥ kumāryāḥ sannidhau śubhe

But having heard this speech, O fair-eyed one, my husband — (the speech) of the rākṣasī burning with desire — in the presence of the maiden, O lovely one,

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NarP 2 28.19

उवाच राक्षसीं तां तु सशङ्को मधुरं वचः । सुभगे नीतिशास्त्रेषु विश्वस्तव्या न योषितः

uvāca rākṣasīṃ tāṃ tu saśaṅko madhuraṃ vacaḥ / subhage nītiśāstreṣu viśvastavyā na yoṣitaḥ

spoke, apprehensive, sweet words to that rākṣasī: "O fortunate one, in the treatises on policy women are not to be trusted."

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NarP 2 28.22

कौमारं या पतिं हन्ति सा कथं मां न हिंसति । मत्तो रूपाधिकं मत्वा परं पुरुषलंपटा ॥ नर्प्_२,२८।२० ॥ सो ऽहं विश्वासभावेन विश्वस्तस्ते वरानने ॥ नर्प्_२,२८।२१ ॥ अद्य वाथ परेद्युर्वा पक्षे मासे ऽथ वत्सरे । व्यापादय यथेच्छं वा त्वां प्रपन्नो ऽस्मि भामिनि

kaumāraṃ yā patiṃ hanti sā kathaṃ māṃ na hiṃsati / matto rūpādhikaṃ matvā paraṃ puruṣalaṃpaṭā // narp_2,28.20 // so 'haṃ viśvāsabhāvena viśvastaste varānane // narp_2,28.21 // adya vātha paredyurvā pakṣe māse 'tha vatsare / vyāpādaya yathecchaṃ vā tvāṃ prapanno 'smi bhāmini

"She who kills the husband of her girlhood — how would she not harm me, if, greedy for men, she thought another surpassed me in beauty? Yet such as I am, in a spirit of trust I do trust you, O fair-faced one. Today, or tomorrow, or in a fortnight, a month, or a year — kill me as you please: I have taken refuge in you, O passionate lady."

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NarP 2 28.23

एवमेव त्वया कार्यं नाद्य चोपकृतं तव । आत्मा ते सर्वथा देयः प्रतीकारस्य हेतवे

evameva tvayā kāryaṃ nādya copakṛtaṃ tava / ātmā te sarvathā deyaḥ pratīkārasya hetave

"In just this way must you act; and today no favour has been done to you (by me). Your own self must by all means be given for the sake of requital."

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NarP 2 28.24

मदर्थे निहतो भर्ता त्वया निःशङ्कया यतः । ततो ऽहं नोत्तरं वच्मि परं किञ्चित्सुलोचने

madarthe nihato bhartā tvayā niḥśaṅkayā yataḥ / tato 'haṃ nottaraṃ vacmi paraṃ kiñcitsulocane

"Since a husband was slain by you for my sake without hesitation, therefore I say no further word at all, O fair-eyed one."

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NarP 2 28.25

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य मद्भर्तुः साब्रवीदिदम् । विश्वस्तहिंसनं ब्रह्मन् ब्रह्महत्या समं भवेत्

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya madbhartuḥ sābravīdidam / viśvastahiṃsanaṃ brahman brahmahatyā samaṃ bhavet

Hearing that speech of his, of my husband, she said this: "To kill one who trusts you, brahmin, would be equal to killing a brahmin."

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NarP 2 28.26

यद्येवं राक्षसीं क्रूरां मन्यसे पतिघातिनीम् । पतिं तथापि गर्हेयं विश्वस्तं घातये कथम्

yadyevaṃ rākṣasīṃ krūrāṃ manyase patighātinīm / patiṃ tathāpi garheyaṃ viśvastaṃ ghātaye katham

"Even if you thus regard me as a cruel rākṣasī, a slayer of her husband, and (regard) a husband as (thereby) blameworthy — how should I kill one who trusts me?"

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NarP 2 28.27

सूक्ष्मा हि धर्मस्य गतिर्न ज्ञायेत कथञ्चन । केनापि कुत्रचिद्देवदैत्यराक्षसकादिना । केचिन्मनुष्याः पटवो धर्मसूक्ष्मत्वचिन्तने

sūkṣmā hi dharmasya gatirna jñāyeta kathañcana / kenāpi kutraciddevadaityarākṣasakādinā / kecinmanuṣyāḥ paṭavo dharmasūkṣmatvacintane

"For the course of dharma is subtle; it can in no way be known by anyone anywhere — god, demon, rākṣasa or the like. Some men are skilled in pondering the subtlety of dharma,"

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NarP 2 28.28

ये ऽनित्येन शरीरेण नैष्कर्म्यं साधयन्त्युत । श्रूयते च पुराणेषु किञ्चिदत्र निगद्यते

ye 'nityena śarīreṇa naiṣkarmyaṃ sādhayantyuta / śrūyate ca purāṇeṣu kiñcidatra nigadyate

"who indeed accomplish freedom from action by means of the impermanent body. And it is heard in the Purāṇas; something of it is told here."

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NarP 2 28.29

धर्मस्यैवानुकूल्येन विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । दशावतारग्रहणे दुःखं प्राप्तमनेकधा

dharmasyaivānukūlyena viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā / daśāvatāragrahaṇe duḥkhaṃ prāptamanekadhā

"By Viṣṇu, the almighty, merely out of conformity with dharma, in assuming the ten incarnations, suffering was undergone in many ways."

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NarP 2 28.30

क्व सीतार्थं श्रीनिवासो रामो लक्ष्मणसंयुतः । विलापं कुरुते नागपाशबन्धादिकर्मसु

kva sītārthaṃ śrīnivāso rāmo lakṣmaṇasaṃyutaḥ / vilāpaṃ kurute nāgapāśabandhādikarmasu

"How is it that Rāma, the abode of Śrī, together with Lakṣmaṇa, laments for Sītā's sake in such matters as the binding by the serpent-noose?"

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NarP 2 28.31

क्व देवदेवो वसुदेवसूनुर्विज्ञानरूपो निखलप्रपञ्ची । हा कष्टमित्यस्रदृगादिचेष्टः पार्थोग्रसनादिकभृत्यकृत्यः

kva devadevo vasudevasūnurvijñānarūpo nikhalaprapañcī / hā kaṣṭamityasradṛgādiceṣṭaḥ pārthograsanādikabhṛtyakṛtyaḥ

"How is it that the god of gods, the son of Vasudeva, whose form is pure knowledge, who unfolds the whole manifold world, behaved with tearful eyes and cries of 'Ah, alas!', and did a servant's tasks such as going before (driving for) Pārtha?"

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NarP 2 28.32

ईशस्य कृत्यं द्विज दुर्विभाव्यं धर्मानुकूल्येन समास्थितस्य । व्यासः स्वयं वेदविभागकर्त्ता पाराशरिस्तत्त्वदृगिज्यमूर्तिः । कन्यात्वविध्वसकवीर्यजन्मा कानीनसंज्ञो ऽनुजदारगामी

īśasya kṛtyaṃ dvija durvibhāvyaṃ dharmānukūlyena samāsthitasya / vyāsaḥ svayaṃ vedavibhāgakarttā pārāśaristattvadṛgijyamūrtiḥ / kanyātvavidhvasakavīryajanmā kānīnasaṃjño 'nujadāragāmī

"The doing of the Lord, O twice-born, is hard to fathom when he has taken his stand in conformity with dharma. Vyāsa himself, the divider of the Veda, son of Parāśara, seer of truth, embodiment of sacrifice, born from a sage's seed with the destruction of a girl's virginity, called kānīna (son of an unwed girl), and one who went in to his younger brother's wife;"

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NarP 2 28.33

परिवेत्ता च दिधिषूः शन्तनुः स्वःसरित्पत्तिः । दिधिषू तनयः साक्षाद्वसुः स्त्रीवादमृत्युभाक्

parivettā ca didhiṣūḥ śantanuḥ svaḥsaritpattiḥ / didhiṣū tanayaḥ sākṣādvasuḥ strīvādamṛtyubhāk

"and Śantanu, who married before his elder brother and took to wife a woman remarried, was husband of the heavenly river; and his son, the son of such a wife, was Vasu himself (Bhīṣma), who met death through a quarrel over a woman."

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NarP 2 28.36

ये गोलकसुताः कुण्डाः पाण्डवाः समयोनिगाः । तेषां संकीर्तनं पुण्यं पवित्रं पापनाशनम् ॥ नर्प्_२,२८।३४ ॥ यं ध्यायन्ति स्मरन्त्यद्धा योगमूर्तिः सनातनः ॥ नर्प्_२,२८।३५ ॥ विष्णुर्वेश्यासमासक्तः प्रह्लादाद्युपदेशकृत् । श्रीनृसिंहो ऽसुरध्वंसी देवदेवाधिदैवतम्

ye golakasutāḥ kuṇḍāḥ pāṇḍavāḥ samayonigāḥ / teṣāṃ saṃkīrtanaṃ puṇyaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam // narp_2,28.34 // yaṃ dhyāyanti smarantyaddhā yogamūrtiḥ sanātanaḥ // narp_2,28.35 // viṣṇurveśyāsamāsaktaḥ prahlādādyupadeśakṛt / śrīnṛsiṃho 'suradhvaṃsī devadevādhidaivatam

"Those who are sons of a golaka, kuṇḍas, the Pāṇḍavas born from one womb — the recital of their names is holy, purifying, sin-destroying. He whom they meditate upon and directly remember, the eternal embodiment of yoga, Viṣṇu, was attached to a courtesan; he is the giver of instruction to Prahlāda and the others, Śrī Nṛsiṃha the destroyer of the asuras, the supreme deity of the gods of gods."

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NarP 2 28.37

संसारवासनाध्वंसी देवदेवाधिदैवतम् । संसारवासनाध्वंसी स्वर्णाक्षभवनस्थितिः

saṃsāravāsanādhvaṃsī devadevādhidaivatam / saṃsāravāsanādhvaṃsī svarṇākṣabhavanasthitiḥ

Destroyer of the latent cravings of worldly existence, god of gods, deity above deities; destroyer of the latent cravings of worldly existence, dwelling in the house of Svarṇākṣa (the golden-eyed one).

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NarP 2 28.38

जामदग्न्यः स्वयं सिद्धस्तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषः । ईश्वरः क्षत्रसंहारभ्रूणहत्यादिकर्मकृत्

jāmadagnyaḥ svayaṃ siddhastapasā dagdhakilbiṣaḥ / īśvaraḥ kṣatrasaṃhārabhrūṇahatyādikarmakṛt

The son of Jamadagni (Paraśurāma), self-perfected, his taint burnt away by austerity, a lord — yet the doer of such deeds as the destruction of the kṣatriyas and the killing of an embryo.

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NarP 2 28.39

स्वयमेवर्षभो योगी लोकशिक्षापरो द्विजः । लोकग्लानिकरो जातः कुर्वन्धर्मानुरोधतः

svayamevarṣabho yogī lokaśikṣāparo dvijaḥ / lokaglānikaro jātaḥ kurvandharmānurodhataḥ

Ṛṣabha himself, a yogin, a twice-born devoted to instructing the world, was born as one who caused the world's revulsion, acting in conformity with dharma.

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

NarP 2 28.40

नारदो नारदो भूयो भूयो भूयो ऽपि नारदः । नारायणपरो नारो नरो नरहितो ऽमरः

nārado nārado bhūyo bhūyo bhūyo 'pi nāradaḥ / nārāyaṇaparo nāro naro narahito 'maraḥ

Nārada, Nārada, and again, again, again Nārada — devoted to Nārāyaṇa, a Nāra, a man, a benefactor of men, immortal.

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

NarP 2 28.41

गौतमो गौतमो विप्र गोपचेष्टापरायणः । वेदबाह्यार्थसंयुक्तशास्त्री वेदोपकार कृत्

gautamo gautamo vipra gopaceṣṭāparāyaṇaḥ / vedabāhyārthasaṃyuktaśāstrī vedopakāra kṛt

Gautama, Gautama, O brahmin, wholly given to the ways of cows(?), a scholar versed in treatises joined with matters outside the Veda, yet a doer of service to the Veda.

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

NarP 2 28.42

वसुष्ठश्चोर्वशीजातो ऽगस्त्यो ऽपि स्वयमीश्वरौ । येन लोकोपकारार्थं वासिष्ठं शास्त्रमुत्तमम्

vasuṣṭhaścorvaśījāto 'gastyo 'pi svayamīśvarau / yena lokopakārārthaṃ vāsiṣṭhaṃ śāstramuttamam

And Vasiṣṭha, born of Urvaśī, and Agastya too — both lords in themselves; by whom, for the world's benefit, the excellent Vāsiṣṭha treatise (was made) —

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NarP 2 28.43

कृतं यस्मिन्पुराणानि वेदाः साम्यत्वमागताः । यः स्वयं रामचन्द्रस्य गुरुः सर्वेश्वरस्य च

kṛtaṃ yasminpurāṇāni vedāḥ sāmyatvamāgatāḥ / yaḥ svayaṃ rāmacandrasya guruḥ sarveśvarasya ca

— was composed, in which the Purāṇas and the Vedas attained equality; he who was himself the teacher of Rāmacandra, the lord of all —

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NarP 2 28.44

स कथं गाधिजाशप्तस्तिर्यग्योनिमुपागमत् । यो दमित्वा विभुर्विन्ध्यं वातापिं सागरं स्थितः

sa kathaṃ gādhijāśaptastiryagyonimupāgamat / yo damitvā vibhurvindhyaṃ vātāpiṃ sāgaraṃ sthitaḥ

how was he cursed by the son of Gādhi and come to an animal birth? He, the mighty one, who having subdued the Vindhya, Vātāpi and the ocean, remained (there) —

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NarP 2 28.45

स कथं मृतकादाता दुष्करं समुपासते । यो विधिः कर्मसाक्ष्यादिवन्द्यो मान्यः पितामहः

sa kathaṃ mṛtakādātā duṣkaraṃ samupāsate / yo vidhiḥ karmasākṣyādivandyo mānyaḥ pitāmahaḥ

how did he, a receiver (of gifts) from the dead, serve what is hard to do? He who is Vidhi (Brahmā), to be revered by the witnesses of deeds and the rest, the honoured grandfather —

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NarP 2 28.46

मोहिनीमोहितो देहमुत्ससर्ज कथं स च । यः शिवः शिवदः साक्षात्प्रकृतीशः परात्परः

mohinīmohito dehamutsasarja kathaṃ sa ca / yaḥ śivaḥ śivadaḥ sākṣātprakṛtīśaḥ parātparaḥ

and how did he, bewitched by Mohinī, cast off his body? He who is Śiva, the giver of good, directly the lord of Prakṛti, higher than the highest —

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NarP 2 28.47

स कथं देवपत्नीगः श्मशानाशुभचेष्टितः । तस्माद्द्विज सदाचारो निषेव्यो विधिना विधिः

sa kathaṃ devapatnīgaḥ śmaśānāśubhaceṣṭitaḥ / tasmāddvija sadācāro niṣevyo vidhinā vidhiḥ

how did he go to another god's wife and behave impurely in cremation grounds? Therefore, O brahmin, the rule is to be observed by rule, with good conduct.

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NarP 2 28.48

तमहंभावनायुक्तो नो हेयाद्यो विदां वरः । स शान्तिमाप्नुयादग्र्यां धम्यामुभयसंस्थिताम्

tamahaṃbhāvanāyukto no heyādyo vidāṃ varaḥ / sa śāntimāpnuyādagryāṃ dhamyāmubhayasaṃsthitām

He who, joined with the notion 'I am that', is not to be rejected, foremost among the knowing — he would attain the highest peace, righteous, established in both (worlds).

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NarP 2 28.49

आपवर्ग्यः स्मृतो धर्मो धनं धर्मैकसाधनम् । तन्मया साधितो धर्मः सर्वोत्तमधनात्मना

āpavargyaḥ smṛto dharmo dhanaṃ dharmaikasādhanam / tanmayā sādhito dharmaḥ sarvottamadhanātmanā

Dharma is declared to lead to release, and wealth is the one means to dharma; therefore dharma has been accomplished by me, whose very self is the best of all wealth.

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

NarP 2 28.50

शृणु विप्रात्र धर्मस्य गतिं सूक्ष्मां वदाम्यहम् । यदा समागतो भर्ता मम कन्यां समाहरन्

śṛṇu viprātra dharmasya gatiṃ sūkṣmāṃ vadāmyaham / yadā samāgato bhartā mama kanyāṃ samāharan

Listen, brahmin: here I shall tell the subtle course of dharma. When my husband came, carrying off a maiden,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 28.51

त्वां पश्यन् निजकर्मस्थं को ऽपि दोषो न तस्य वै । मया पृष्टः कथं नाम कन्येयं समुपाहृता

tvāṃ paśyan nijakarmasthaṃ ko 'pi doṣo na tasya vai / mayā pṛṣṭaḥ kathaṃ nāma kanyeyaṃ samupāhṛtā

seeing you standing in your own duty — there was no fault at all in him. When I asked, "Why exactly has this maiden been carried off?"

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

NarP 2 28.52

तदा तेन मृषा वाक्यमुक्तं मद्भक्षणार्थकम् । तन्निशम्याह मां बद्धा स्वयं चास्थानि दर्शनात्

tadā tena mṛṣā vākyamuktaṃ madbhakṣaṇārthakam / tanniśamyāha māṃ baddhā svayaṃ cāsthāni darśanāt

then a false statement was spoken by him, aimed at my being deceived(?); hearing that, (she) said, I was bound, and of myself (I) ... from the sight.

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

NarP 2 28.53

ये वदन्ति च दांपत्ये भार्या मोक्षविरोधिनी । न ते तत्त्वदृशो ज्ञेया न सा भार्या विरोधिनी

ye vadanti ca dāṃpatye bhāryā mokṣavirodhinī / na te tattvadṛśo jñeyā na sā bhāryā virodhinī

And those who say that in wedlock a wife is an obstacle to liberation — they are not to be regarded as seers of truth; that wife is no obstacle.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 28.54

भार्या समुद्धरेत्पापात्पतन्तं निरये पतिम् । सा भार्यान्या कर्मवल्लीरूपा संसारदायीनी

bhāryā samuddharetpāpātpatantaṃ niraye patim / sā bhāryānyā karmavallīrūpā saṃsāradāyīnī

A wife may raise up her husband from sin as he falls into hell; that is a wife — another kind, having the form of the creeper of karma, is a giver of saṃsāra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 28.55

पापं किमत्र तन्मत्तः सम्यक्छृणु स्वयं वर । अलीकं नैव वक्तव्यं प्राणैः कण्ठगतैरपि

pāpaṃ kimatra tanmattaḥ samyakchṛṇu svayaṃ vara / alīkaṃ naiva vaktavyaṃ prāṇaiḥ kaṇṭhagatairapi

What sin is there here? Hear that fully from me, O you who are yourself excellent: a falsehood must never be spoken, even when the breath is in the throat.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 28.56

सत्यमेवाचरेत्सत्ये साक्षाद्धर्मे व्यवस्थितः । सत्ये समास्थितो ब्रह्मा सत्ये सन्तः समास्थिताः

satyamevācaretsatye sākṣāddharme vyavasthitaḥ / satye samāsthito brahmā satye santaḥ samāsthitāḥ

One should practise truth alone; in truth, established directly in dharma. In truth Brahmā stands firm, in truth the good stand firm.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 28.57

सत्ये समास्थितं विश्वं सर्वदा सचराचरम् । सत्यं ब्रूयादिति वचो वेदान्तेषु प्रगीयते

satye samāsthitaṃ viśvaṃ sarvadā sacarācaram / satyaṃ brūyāditi vaco vedānteṣu pragīyate

On truth the whole world, with all that moves and does not move, is always established; "One should speak the truth" — this saying is chanted in the Vedāntas.

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NarP 2 28.58

सत्यं ब्रह्मस्वरूपं हि तत्सत्यमभिधीमहि । सत्यं तु सर्वदा विप्र मङ्गलं मङ्गलप्रदम्

satyaṃ brahmasvarūpaṃ hi tatsatyamabhidhīmahi / satyaṃ tu sarvadā vipra maṅgalaṃ maṅgalapradam

Truth indeed is the very form of Brahman; that truth we declare. And truth, O brahmin, is always auspicious and bestows auspiciousness.

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NarP 2 28.59

असत्यमात्मक्षयदं सद्यः प्रत्ययकारकम् । स्त्रीषु सत्यं न वक्तव्यं तत्रापि शृणु कारणम्

asatyamātmakṣayadaṃ sadyaḥ pratyayakārakam / strīṣu satyaṃ na vaktavyaṃ tatrāpi śṛṇu kāraṇam

Falsehood brings destruction of oneself, though it at once produces confidence; the truth is not to be told to women — hear the reason for that too.

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

NarP 2 28.60

निधिं स्त्रियै न कथयेदित्यादौ दोषवारणम् । उक्तं तद्धर्मजनकं धर्मसूक्ष्मत्वदर्शकम्

nidhiṃ striyai na kathayedityādau doṣavāraṇam / uktaṃ taddharmajanakaṃ dharmasūkṣmatvadarśakam

In such (precepts) as "one should not tell a woman of a hoard," the warding off of fault is stated — a (precept) that generates dharma and displays the subtlety of dharma.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 28.61

कुशा द्विजा जलं वह्निर्वेदा भूकालदिक्सुराः । साक्ष्ये यत्र विवाहेषु दांपत्यं तदुदीरितम्

kuśā dvijā jalaṃ vahnirvedā bhūkāladiksurāḥ / sākṣye yatra vivāheṣu dāṃpatyaṃ tadudīritam

Where in marriages kuśa grass, brahmins, water, fire, the Vedas, the earth, time, the directions and the gods stand as witness, that is declared to be wedlock.

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NarP 2 28.62

समङ्गीकरणं कर्म विवाहे तु विधीयते । स्त्रीपुंसोर्द्विजसंस्कारे निर्दिष्टं गुरुशिष्ययोः

samaṅgīkaraṇaṃ karma vivāhe tu vidhīyate / strīpuṃsordvijasaṃskāre nirdiṣṭaṃ guruśiṣyayoḥ

In marriage a rite of mutual acceptance is prescribed for woman and man; in the sacrament of the twice-born it is enjoined for teacher and pupil.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 28.63

तस्मात्परस्परं ज्ञेयो गुरुशिष्यौ वधूवरौ । नानयोरणुमात्रो ऽपि भेदो बोध्यो विजानता

tasmātparasparaṃ jñeyo guruśiṣyau vadhūvarau / nānayoraṇumātro 'pi bhedo bodhyo vijānatā

Therefore bride and groom are to be known as teacher and pupil to each other; by one who understands, not even an atom's worth of difference between these two is to be recognized.

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NarP 2 28.64

तत्तत्कर्मानुरूपत्वात्प्राधान्यस्त्रीनियोज्ययोः । क्वचिद्व्यत्ययदोषश्चेद्दैवमेवात्र कारणम्

tattatkarmānurūpatvātprādhānyastrīniyojyayoḥ / kvacidvyatyayadoṣaśceddaivamevātra kāraṇam

Because of conformity with their respective duties, there is precedence for (the husband) and subordination for the wife; if anywhere there is the fault of a reversal, fate alone is the cause of it.

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

NarP 2 28.65

दैवाधीनं जगत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम् । दैवं तत्पूर्वजन्मानि संचिताः कर्मवासनाः

daivādhīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam / daivaṃ tatpūrvajanmāni saṃcitāḥ karmavāsanāḥ

The whole world, with gods, demons and men, is subject to fate; fate is the karmic dispositions accumulated in those former births.

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NarP 2 28.66

प्राप्तं निषेवन्नन्योन्यं वर्तते कामकारकम् । शुभं वाप्यशुभं विप्र तं तु शान्तं विदुर्बुधाः

prāptaṃ niṣevannanyonyaṃ vartate kāmakārakam / śubhaṃ vāpyaśubhaṃ vipra taṃ tu śāntaṃ vidurbudhāḥ

Experiencing what has come to him, he lives on with one another (as it comes), acting as he pleases, whether it be good or bad, O brahmin — but him the wise call tranquil.

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

NarP 2 28.67

शान्तः सत्यसमाचारो जन्तुर्लोकप्रतारकः । एवमादि विदित्वा तु नायं भर्ता निपातितः

śāntaḥ satyasamācāro janturlokapratārakaḥ / evamādi viditvā tu nāyaṃ bhartā nipātitaḥ

A tranquil creature of truthful conduct carries people across; knowing this and the like, this husband (of mine) was not struck down (by you alone).

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

NarP 2 28.68

कन्यात्वध्वंसकात्पापात्पूतो मदुपकारतः । गतिं प्रयातः कृतिनां त्वद्धस्तविनिपातितः

kanyātvadhvaṃsakātpāpātpūto madupakārataḥ / gatiṃ prayātaḥ kṛtināṃ tvaddhastavinipātitaḥ

Purified by the help I gave him from the sin of destroying (her) maidenhood, he has gone to the state of the meritorious, felled by your hand.

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NarP 2 28.69

मया तूपकृतं पत्ये जानन्त्या धर्मसूक्ष्यताम् । त्वत्प्राणरक्षणे धर्मो ममाभूद्द्विजसत्तम

mayā tūpakṛtaṃ patye jānantyā dharmasūkṣyatām / tvatprāṇarakṣaṇe dharmo mamābhūddvijasattama

But I did a service to my husband, knowing the subtlety of dharma; in protecting your life dharma accrued to me, O best of the twice-born.

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NarP 2 28.70

तेन धर्मेण किं प्राप्तमिति सम्यङ्निबोध मे । राक्षसीं योनिमापन्ना राक्षसस्य प्रिया ह्यहम्

tena dharmeṇa kiṃ prāptamiti samyaṅnibodha me / rākṣasīṃ yonimāpannā rākṣasasya priyā hyaham

Learn well from me what was obtained by that dharma: having come to a rākṣasī's womb, I am indeed the beloved of a rākṣasa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 28.71

कामरूपा ब्राह्मणी तु संजाता धर्मकारणात् । धर्मकामदुघा धेनुः संतोषो नन्दनं वनम्

kāmarūpā brāhmaṇī tu saṃjātā dharmakāraṇāt / dharmakāmadughā dhenuḥ saṃtoṣo nandanaṃ vanam

But by reason of dharma I have become a brahmin woman able to take any form at will; dharma is the cow that yields desires, contentment is the Nandana grove;

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NarP 2 28.72

विद्या मोक्षकरी प्रोक्ता तृष्णा वैतरणी नदी । वैतरण्यां पतन्भर्ता मयोद्धृत इहाभवत्

vidyā mokṣakarī proktā tṛṣṇā vaitaraṇī nadī / vaitaraṇyāṃ patanbhartā mayoddhṛta ihābhavat

knowledge is called the giver of liberation, thirst is the river Vaitaraṇī; my husband, falling into the Vaitaraṇī, was here lifted out by me.

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NarP 2 28.73

अस्याश्चोपकृतं विप्र वर्णोत्तमनिवेशनात् । इयं त्वसंगिनी भार्या भविष्यति पितुर्गृहे

asyāścopakṛtaṃ vipra varṇottamaniveśanāt / iyaṃ tvasaṃginī bhāryā bhaviṣyati piturgṛhe

And a service has been done to her, O brahmin, by settling her with one of the highest class; but she will remain a wife not united (with you), in her father's house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 28.74

अहं तवास्याश्च सदा रक्षिका धर्मबोधिनी । मत्संगमात्पूर्वमेव या भार्या विप्र ते ऽभवत्

ahaṃ tavāsyāśca sadā rakṣikā dharmabodhinī / matsaṃgamātpūrvameva yā bhāryā vipra te 'bhavat

I shall always be the protectress and the instructor in dharma of you and of her; and she who, O brahmin, was your wife even before my union (with you) —

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NarP 2 28.75

इयं त्वत्संगिनी भार्या भविष्यति वरानना । सापि तिर्यग्गतिं प्राप्य मुच्यते मदनुग्रहात्

iyaṃ tvatsaṃginī bhāryā bhaviṣyati varānanā / sāpi tiryaggatiṃ prāpya mucyate madanugrahāt

she, the fair-faced one, will be the wife who unites with you; and she too, having gone to an animal birth, is released by my favour.

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NarP 2 28.76

अहं पुरा भवे ऽभूवं रमणी लोकसुन्दरी । कन्दलीति च विख्याता तनयौर्वमुनेर्द्विज

ahaṃ purā bhave 'bhūvaṃ ramaṇī lokasundarī / kandalīti ca vikhyātā tanayaurvamunerdvija

Formerly, in a (past) existence, I was a lovely woman, the beauty of the world, known as Kandalī, the daughter of the sage Aurva, O brahmin.

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NarP 2 28.77

तपः प्रभावात्संजाता यमला मिथुनन्धरा । पुरुषो मे सहभवो दमितो धर्मकारणात्

tapaḥ prabhāvātsaṃjātā yamalā mithunandharā / puruṣo me sahabhavo damito dharmakāraṇāt

By the power of (his) austerity we were born as twins, forming a pair; the male born together with me was subdued for the sake of dharma.

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NarP 2 28.78

तेनैवौर्वेण शिष्टाहं दत्ता दुर्वाससे भवम् । तं पतिं प्राप्य विप्रेन्द्र प्राक्कर्मवशागा ह्यहम्

tenaivaurveṇa śiṣṭāhaṃ dattā durvāsase bhavam / taṃ patiṃ prāpya viprendra prākkarmavaśāgā hyaham

By that same Aurva I was instructed and given to Durvāsas; having obtained him as husband, O best of brahmins, I was indeed under the sway of former deeds.

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

NarP 2 28.79

कलहाभिरता पत्या शप्ता भस्मत्वमागता । किञ्चित्पापावशेषेण राक्षसीं योनिमागता

kalahābhiratā patyā śaptā bhasmatvamāgatā / kiñcitpāpāvaśeṣeṇa rākṣasīṃ yonimāgatā

Being addicted to quarrelling, I was cursed by (my) husband and reduced to ashes; through some remainder of sin I came into the womb of a rākṣasī.

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NarP 2 28.80

तत्र योनौ मया लब्धो भर्तायं राक्षसाधिपः । गोभिलो नाम तेजस्वी स त्वया विनिपातितः

tatra yonau mayā labdho bhartāyaṃ rākṣasādhipaḥ / gobhilo nāma tejasvī sa tvayā vinipātitaḥ

In that birth I obtained as husband this lord of rākṣasas, the fiery one named Gobhila; he was struck down by you.

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NarP 2 28.81

शोपो ऽस्य पूर्ववयसिबभूव द्विजसत्तम । कस्याश्चिद्राजकन्यायाः स्त्रियाऽरब्धा मृतिस्तव

śopo 'sya pūrvavayasibabhūva dvijasattama / kasyāścidrājakanyāyāḥ striyā'rabdhā mṛtistava

His curse came about in a former age, O best of the twice-born; your death was undertaken by a woman, some king's daughter.

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NarP 2 28.82

अहं तु राक्षसीभावरहिता पूर्वकर्मणः । शुभस्य बलमापन्ना जाता तव सहायिनी

ahaṃ tu rākṣasībhāvarahitā pūrvakarmaṇaḥ / śubhasya balamāpannā jātā tava sahāyinī

But I, freed from the rākṣasī nature, having attained the force of former good deeds, have become your helper.

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NarP 2 28.83

दुःखिताहं कृता भर्त्रा कुमार्याहरणात्पुरा । भार्याथ पापिना ब्रह्मंस्तेन व्यापादितो मया

duḥkhitāhaṃ kṛtā bhartrā kumāryāharaṇātpurā / bhāryātha pāpinā brahmaṃstena vyāpādito mayā

I was made miserable by (my) husband long ago through his carrying off a maiden as a wife; and so, O brahmin, that sinner was destroyed by me.

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NarP 2 28.84

विश्वस्तो हि यतस्त्वं वै मम सर्वेण चेतसा । ततस्त्वां गोपयिष्यामि सर्वभावेन कामुक

viśvasto hi yatastvaṃ vai mama sarveṇa cetasā / tatastvāṃ gopayiṣyāmi sarvabhāvena kāmuka

Since you are trusted by me with my whole heart, therefore I shall protect you with my whole being, O lover.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 28.85

एष ते शपथः सत्यः पञ्चभूतोपसाक्षिकः । कृत्स्नस्य पुरुषस्येह सन्निधौ व्याहृतो मया

eṣa te śapathaḥ satyaḥ pañcabhūtopasākṣikaḥ / kṛtsnasya puruṣasyeha sannidhau vyāhṛto mayā

This oath of yours is true, with the five elements as witnesses; it has been uttered by me here in the presence of every person.

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NarP 2 28.86

न करोषि द्विजश्रेष्ठ संविदं ह्यन्यथा क्वचित् । मद्वाक्ये भवता स्थेयं सर्वकृत्येषु मानद

na karoṣi dvijaśreṣṭha saṃvidaṃ hyanyathā kvacit / madvākye bhavatā stheyaṃ sarvakṛtyeṣu mānada

You must never anywhere break the agreement, O best of the twice-born; you must abide by my word in all undertakings, O giver of honour.

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NarP 2 28.87

एतच्छ्रुत्वा तु वचनं राक्षस्या परिभाषितम् । प्रतिपेदे वचः सर्वं यत्कृतं हि तया तदा

etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ rākṣasyā paribhāṣitam / pratipede vacaḥ sarvaṃ yatkṛtaṃ hi tayā tadā

Having heard this speech spoken by the rākṣasī, he agreed to all she said, and to what was then done by her.

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NarP 2 28.88

ततः सा राक्षसी सर्वं संप्रगृह्य गुहाधनम् । करेणुरूपिणी भूत्वा पृष्ठे कृत्वा पतिं मम

tataḥ sā rākṣasī sarvaṃ saṃpragṛhya guhādhanam / kareṇurūpiṇī bhūtvā pṛṣṭhe kṛtvā patiṃ mama

Then that rākṣasī, taking up all the wealth of the cave, became a she-elephant in form and set my husband on her back,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

NarP 2 28.89

तया सह विशालाक्ष्या रत्नावल्या मुदान्विता । ययावाकाशमार्गेण काशीमभि मुलोचने

tayā saha viśālākṣyā ratnāvalyā mudānvitā / yayāvākāśamārgeṇa kāśīmabhi mulocane

and together with her, the wide-eyed Ratnāvalī, filled with joy, she went by the path of the sky towards Kāśī, O fair-eyed one.

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