Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 35
NarP 2 35.1
यम उवाच विबुधेश जगन्नाथ चराचरगुरो प्रभो । मोहिनी निष्फला जाता वन्ध्या स्त्री जनने यथा
yama uvāca vibudheśa jagannātha carācaraguro prabho / mohinī niṣphalā jātā vandhyā strī janane yathā
Yama said: O lord of the gods, lord of the world, teacher of the moving and the unmoving, O master — Mohinī has turned out fruitless, like a barren woman in childbearing.
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NarP 2 35.2
रुक्माङ्गदप्रणीतेन मार्गेण कुशलाञ्छन । लोकः प्रयाति वैकुंण्ठं न मां कश्चित्प्रपद्यते
rukmāṅgadapraṇītena mārgeṇa kuśalāñchana / lokaḥ prayāti vaikuṃṇṭhaṃ na māṃ kaścitprapadyate
By the path laid down by Rukmāṅgada, O sinless one, the world goes to Vaikuṇṭha; no one comes to me.
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NarP 2 35.3
गते ऽपि भूमिनाथेशे देहं देवस्य चक्रिणः । तथापि सर्वभूतानां न बुद्धिः परिवर्तते
gate 'pi bhūminātheśe dehaṃ devasya cakriṇaḥ / tathāpi sarvabhūtānāṃ na buddhiḥ parivartate
Even though the lord of the earth's lords has gone to the body of the god who bears the discus, still the mind of all beings does not turn back (from that path).
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NarP 2 35.4
उपोष्य वासरं विष्णोराकुमारात्तु मानवाः । प्रयान्ति परमं लोकं लुप्तपापाः पितामह
upoṣya vāsaraṃ viṣṇorākumārāttu mānavāḥ / prayānti paramaṃ lokaṃ luptapāpāḥ pitāmaha
Having fasted on Viṣṇu's day, human beings from childhood onward go to the highest world, their sins wiped away, O Grandfather.
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NarP 2 35.5
पुत्री ते व्रीडिता देवी मोहिनी मोहमागता । नायाति तव सामीप्यं न भुङ्क्ते लोकगर्हिता
putrī te vrīḍitā devī mohinī mohamāgatā / nāyāti tava sāmīpyaṃ na bhuṅkte lokagarhitā
Your daughter, the goddess Mohinī, is ashamed and has fallen into bewilderment; she does not come near you, she does not eat, being blamed by the world.
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NarP 2 35.6
निर्व्यापारस्त्वहं जातः किं करोमि प्रशाधि माम् । रविपुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा प्रोवाच कमलासनः
nirvyāpārastvahaṃ jātaḥ kiṃ karomi praśādhi mām / raviputravacaḥ śrutvā provāca kamalāsanaḥ
I have become without occupation; what shall I do? Instruct me. Hearing the words of the Sun's son, the lotus-seated one spoke.
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NarP 2 35.7
गच्छामः सहिताः सर्वे मोहिनीं प्रतिबोधितुम् । मोहिन्यां प्रतिबुद्धायां करिष्यामो दिवाकरे
gacchāmaḥ sahitāḥ sarve mohinīṃ pratibodhitum / mohinyāṃ pratibuddhāyāṃ kariṣyāmo divākare
Let us all go together to rouse Mohinī; when Mohinī has been awakened, we shall act, O son of the day-maker.
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NarP 2 35.8
तव कार्यं न संदेहः संभ्रमस्त्यज्यतामयम् । ततो देव गणाः सर्वे शतक्रतुपुरोगमाः
tava kāryaṃ na saṃdehaḥ saṃbhramastyajyatāmayam / tato deva gaṇāḥ sarve śatakratupurogamāḥ
Your task (will be done), there is no doubt; let this agitation be abandoned. Then all the hosts of gods, with the performer of a hundred sacrifices at their head,
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NarP 2 35.9
ब्रह्मणा सहिताः पृथ्वीं विमानैः सूर्यसप्रभैः । समायाता महीपाल नारीं तां प्रतिबोधितुम्
brahmaṇā sahitāḥ pṛthvīṃ vimānaiḥ sūryasaprabhaiḥ / samāyātā mahīpāla nārīṃ tāṃ pratibodhitum
together with Brahmā, came to the earth in chariots bright as the sun, O protector of the earth, to rouse that woman.
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NarP 2 35.10
ते विमानैः समन्तात्तु परिवार्य शुभाननाम् । तेजोहीनां निरानन्दां शुष्कतोयां नदीमिव
te vimānaiḥ samantāttu parivārya śubhānanām / tejohīnāṃ nirānandāṃ śuṣkatoyāṃ nadīmiva
They, with their chariots, surrounded on all sides the fair-faced one, who was bereft of splendour and without joy, like a river whose water has dried up,
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NarP 2 35.11
शशिहीनां निशां भूप ऋत्विग्घीनां क्रियामिव । पराजितो यथा मर्त्यः प्रल्मानकुसुमं यथा
śaśihīnāṃ niśāṃ bhūpa ṛtvigghīnāṃ kriyāmiva / parājito yathā martyaḥ pralmānakusumaṃ yathā
like a night without the moon, O king, like a rite without a priest, like a mortal who has been defeated, like a withered flower,
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NarP 2 35.12
निवृत्तोत्सववेदीव विद्रुमं धवलं यथा । गतशालिस्तु केदारो निष्प्र यथा
nivṛttotsavavedīva vidrumaṃ dhavalaṃ yathā / gataśālistu kedāro niṣpra yathā
like an altar when the festival is over, like coral that has turned white, like a rice-field whose grain is gone, like a ... (text defective),
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NarP 2 35.13
मण्ड वा गतोद्वा यथा सरः । मन्थानं नवनीते वा उद्धृते धरणीपते
maṇḍa vā gatodvā yathā saraḥ / manthānaṃ navanīte vā uddhṛte dharaṇīpate
like ... (scum? ) or like a lake whose water has gone, or like a churning-stick when the butter has been drawn off, O lord of the earth,
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NarP 2 35.14
असंस्कृता यथा वाणी मर्दिता च यथा चमूम् । हत नाथां तु युवतीं धान्यहीनां प्रजां यथा
asaṃskṛtā yathā vāṇī marditā ca yathā camūm / hata nāthāṃ tu yuvatīṃ dhānyahīnāṃ prajāṃ yathā
like speech that is unpolished, and like an army that has been crushed, like a young woman whose husband has been slain, like a populace without grain,
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NarP 2 35.15
मन्त्रहीनविधिं युद्धं धर्मं च दयया विना । पृथ्वीं भूपालहीना वा मन्त्रही यथा नृप
mantrahīnavidhiṃ yuddhaṃ dharmaṃ ca dayayā vinā / pṛthvīṃ bhūpālahīnā vā mantrahī yathā nṛpa
like a rite without mantras, like a battle, like dharma without compassion, like an earth without a king, or like one bereft of counsel, O king,
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NarP 2 35.16
धनधान्यविहीनं वा गृहं नृपवरोत्तम । जलहीनं यथा कुंभं पङ्कस्थं गोपतिं यथा
dhanadhānyavihīnaṃ vā gṛhaṃ nṛpavarottama / jalahīnaṃ yathā kuṃbhaṃ paṅkasthaṃ gopatiṃ yathā
or like a house without wealth and grain, O best of kings, like a pot without water, like a bull stuck in mud,
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NarP 2 35.17
गृहस्थं भार्यया हीनं राष्ट्रभ्रष्टं च भूपतिम् । भग्नक्रियं यथा वैद्यं भग्नशाखं यथा द्रुमम्
gṛhasthaṃ bhāryayā hīnaṃ rāṣṭrabhraṣṭaṃ ca bhūpatim / bhagnakriyaṃ yathā vaidyaṃ bhagnaśākhaṃ yathā drumam
like a householder without a wife, like a king fallen from his kingdom, like a physician whose treatment has failed, like a tree whose branches are broken,
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NarP 2 35.18
तेजोहीनं यथागारं निर्जलं वा घनं यथा । विधूम इव सप्तार्चिर्विरश्मिरिव भास्करः
tejohīnaṃ yathāgāraṃ nirjalaṃ vā ghanaṃ yathā / vidhūma iva saptārcirviraśmiriva bhāskaraḥ
like a house without light, or like a cloud without water, like the seven-flamed fire without smoke, like the sun without rays,
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NarP 2 35.19
मतिभ्रष्टो यथा मर्त्यः पर्वसंगी यथा नरः । अतृप्तः कान्तया कान्तः पन्नगश्च विषोज्झितः
matibhraṣṭo yathā martyaḥ parvasaṃgī yathā naraḥ / atṛptaḥ kāntayā kāntaḥ pannagaśca viṣojjhitaḥ
like a mortal fallen from his wits, like a man who consorts (with his wife) on the forbidden lunar days, like a lover unsatisfied by his beloved, like a snake deprived of its venom,
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NarP 2 35.20
लूनपक्षो यथा पक्षी वृत्तिहीनो यथा द्विजः । शिरोभ्रष्टा यथा माला पर्वतो धातुवर्जितः
lūnapakṣo yathā pakṣī vṛttihīno yathā dvijaḥ / śirobhraṣṭā yathā mālā parvato dhātuvarjitaḥ
Like a bird whose wings are clipped, like a twice-born man without a livelihood, like a garland that has slipped from the head, like a mountain devoid of ores,
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NarP 2 35.21
प्रभ्रष्टलिपि शास्त्रं वा ऋग्यजुर्विस्वरं यथा । स्वरहीनं यथा साम पद्महीनं यथा सरः
prabhraṣṭalipi śāstraṃ vā ṛgyajurvisvaraṃ yathā / svarahīnaṃ yathā sāma padmahīnaṃ yathā saraḥ
or like a treatise whose writing has become corrupt, like the Ṛg and Yajus verses mispronounced in their accents, like a Sāman chant without its melody, like a pond without lotuses,
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NarP 2 35.22
यथा मार्गं तृणै रुद्धं पद्मं पत्रविवर्जितम् । ज्ञानं ममत्वसंयुक्तं पुमांसं प्रकृतिं विना
yathā mārgaṃ tṛṇai ruddhaṃ padmaṃ patravivarjitam / jñānaṃ mamatvasaṃyuktaṃ pumāṃsaṃ prakṛtiṃ vinā
like a road choked with weeds, like a lotus stripped of its petals, like knowledge bound up with the sense of "mine," like puruṣa without prakṛti,
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NarP 2 35.23
सांख्यानि तत्त्वहीनानि धर्मं दंभान्वितं यथा । तेजोहीनां तथापश्यन् मोहिनीं ते दिवौकसः
sāṃkhyāni tattvahīnāni dharmaṃ daṃbhānvitaṃ yathā / tejohīnāṃ tathāpaśyan mohinīṃ te divaukasaḥ
like Sāṃkhya teachings lacking their principles, like religious duty coupled with hypocrisy — so did those dwellers in heaven behold Mohinī, drained of her lustre.
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NarP 2 35.24
ध्यायमानां निरुत्साहां दृश्यमानां जनैः प्रभो । आक्रोशवचनैः क्रूरैः पुत्रहत्यासमन्विताम्
dhyāyamānāṃ nirutsāhāṃ dṛśyamānāṃ janaiḥ prabho / ākrośavacanaiḥ krūraiḥ putrahatyāsamanvitām
(They saw her) brooding, without spirit, stared at by people, O lord, (assailed) with cruel words of reproach, and implicated in the killing of a son;
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NarP 2 35.25
दुःशीलां धर्मसंत्यक्तां तद्वाक्यपरिमोषिताम् । स्ववाक्यपालनां चण्डामुचुर्देवाः समागताः
duḥśīlāṃ dharmasaṃtyaktāṃ tadvākyaparimoṣitām / svavākyapālanāṃ caṇḍāmucurdevāḥ samāgatāḥ
ill-behaved, forsaken by dharma, cheated of the effect of his words, yet keeping her own word, and fierce — (to her) the assembled gods spoke:
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NarP 2 35.26
मां शोकं कुरु वामोरु पौरुषं हि त्वया कृतम् । नहि माधवभक्तानां विद्यते मानखण्डनम्
māṃ śokaṃ kuru vāmoru pauruṣaṃ hi tvayā kṛtam / nahi mādhavabhaktānāṃ vidyate mānakhaṇḍanam
"Do not grieve, O fair-thighed one; a manly deed indeed has been done by you. For there is no breaking of the honour of Mādhava's devotees.
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NarP 2 35.27
सा त्वं हरिणशावाक्षि देवकार्यार्थमागता । तन्न सिद्धं वरारोहे स प्रयातो ऽधुनाभवम्
sā tvaṃ hariṇaśāvākṣi devakāryārthamāgatā / tanna siddhaṃ varārohe sa prayāto 'dhunābhavam
You, doe-eyed lady, came for the sake of the gods' business; that has not been accomplished, O lovely-hipped one — he has now departed.
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NarP 2 35.28
विघ्नविध्वंसिनीं पूर्वं कृता रुक्माङ्गदेन हि । एकादशी महापुण्या मोहिनी माधवे सिते
vighnavidhvaṃsinīṃ pūrvaṃ kṛtā rukmāṅgadena hi / ekādaśī mahāpuṇyā mohinī mādhave site
For formerly the greatly meritorious eleventh-day (fast) called Mohinī, in the bright fortnight of Mādhava (Vaiśākha), was made a destroyer of obstacles by Rukmāṅgada;
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NarP 2 35.29
संवत्सरं विशालाक्षि कृच्छ्रपादप्रपूजिता । तस्यैवाध्युष्टिरतुला यत्सत्याचच्चलितो न हि
saṃvatsaraṃ viśālākṣi kṛcchrapādaprapūjitā / tasyaivādhyuṣṭiratulā yatsatyācaccalito na hi
for a whole year, O large-eyed one, O wide-eyed one, it was worshipped by him with arduous discipline; his dwelling upon it was beyond compare, since he did not waver from truth.
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NarP 2 35.30
विघ्नराज्ञी तु वै नारी लोकेषु परिगीयते । कर्मणा मनसा वाचा पुत्रव्यापादने मतिम्
vighnarājñī tu vai nārī lokeṣu parigīyate / karmaṇā manasā vācā putravyāpādane matim
But the woman is sung of throughout the worlds as the queen of obstacles: having set her mind, by act, by thought and by word, upon the destruction of the son,
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NarP 2 35.31
कृत्वा चोद्धृत्य खङ्गं च त्यक्त्वा स्नेहं सुदूरुरतः । तादृशं निकषं प्रोक्ष्य भगवान्मधुसूदनः
kṛtvā coddhṛtya khaṅgaṃ ca tyaktvā snehaṃ sudūrurataḥ / tādṛśaṃ nikaṣaṃ prokṣya bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ
and having drawn the sword and cast off affection — ... — the Lord Madhusūdana, having observed such a touchstone (of trial),
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NarP 2 35.32
हनिष्यति प्रियं पुत्रं न भुङ्क्ते हरिवासरे । पुत्रस्य च प्रियायाश्च भावं प्रेक्ष्य नृपस्य च
haniṣyati priyaṃ putraṃ na bhuṅkte harivāsare / putrasya ca priyāyāśca bhāvaṃ prekṣya nṛpasya ca
(thinking) "he will slay his own dear son, he will not eat on Hari's day" — and having observed the disposition of the son, of the beloved wife, and of the king,
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NarP 2 35.33
विष्णुना परेतुष्टेन नीताः स्वभवने त्रयः । सदेहाः क्षीणकर्माणो ह्य् अङ्गारो ऽग्निरिवाहितः
viṣṇunā paretuṣṭena nītāḥ svabhavane trayaḥ / sadehāḥ kṣīṇakarmāṇo hy aṅgāro 'gnirivāhitaḥ
the three were taken by Viṣṇu, greatly pleased, to his own abode, in their very bodies, their karma consumed like a coal cast into fire.
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NarP 2 35.34
फलं कर्मणि चारब्धे यदि देवी न सिद्ध्यति । सर्वयत्नेन सुभगे दोषः को ऽत्र तवाधुना
phalaṃ karmaṇi cārabdhe yadi devī na siddhyati / sarvayatnena subhage doṣaḥ ko 'tra tavādhunā
If, O goddess, the fruit of an action once begun is not achieved despite every effort, O fortunate one, what fault in this is yours now?
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NarP 2 35.35
एतस्माद् वरदाः सर्वे संप्राप्ता विबुधाः शुभे । सिद्धौ वाप्यथ वासिद्धौ कर्मकृत्स्याद्दृथा न हि
etasmād varadāḥ sarve saṃprāptā vibudhāḥ śubhe / siddhau vāpyatha vāsiddhau karmakṛtsyāddṛthā na hi
For this reason all the gods have come as granters of boons, O auspicious one; whether in success or in failure, the doer of the deed should not go empty-handed.
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NarP 2 35.36
भर्तव्यो भृत्यवर्गश्च भूभुजा धर्ममिच्छता । सद्भावे घटमानस्य यदि कर्म न सिद्ध्यति
bhartavyo bhṛtyavargaśca bhūbhujā dharmamicchatā / sadbhāve ghaṭamānasya yadi karma na siddhyati
And the body of servants must be maintained by a king who desires dharma; if the work of one who strives in good faith does not succeed,
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NarP 2 35.37
देयं वेतनमात्रं तु न च तुष्टिफलं भवेत् । यो न तस्मै प्रयच्छेत जीवनं जीवनाय वै
deyaṃ vetanamātraṃ tu na ca tuṣṭiphalaṃ bhavet / yo na tasmai prayaccheta jīvanaṃ jīvanāya vai
then merely the wage should be given, but not the reward of (the master's) satisfaction; and he who would not grant him a living for his livelihood
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NarP 2 35.38
गोवधं समवाप्नोति स नरो नात्र संशयः । तस्माद् देयं वरारोहे अभीष्टं वरसुन्दरि
govadhaṃ samavāpnoti sa naro nātra saṃśayaḥ / tasmād deyaṃ varārohe abhīṣṭaṃ varasundari
— that man incurs the guilt of killing a cow, there is no doubt of it. Therefore what is desired must be given, O lovely-hipped one, O most beautiful lady.
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NarP 2 35.39
सद्भावेन कृते सम्यग्विघ्नं कार्यं दिवौकसाम् । किं न कुर्वन्ति विबुधास् त्वया सह वरानने
sadbhāvena kṛte samyagvighnaṃ kāryaṃ divaukasām / kiṃ na kurvanti vibudhās tvayā saha varānane
The obstruction of the gods' purpose was carried out by you properly and in good faith; what would the gods not do together with you, O fair-faced one?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.40
द्वादश्यास् तेजसा भग्ना याम् आहुर् विघ्रनाशिनीम् । विबुधैर् एवम् उक्ता तु मोहिनी लोकमोहिनी
dvādaśyās tejasā bhagnā yām āhur vighranāśinīm / vibudhair evam uktā tu mohinī lokamohinī
(She was) shattered by the power of the twelfth-day (vow), which they call the destroyer of obstacles. Thus addressed by the gods, Mohinī, the deluder of the world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.41
उवाच सा निरानन्दा पतिहीनातिदुःखिता । धिगिदं जीवितं मह्यं येन कार्यं न साधितम्
uvāca sā nirānandā patihīnātiduḥkhitā / dhigidaṃ jīvitaṃ mahyaṃ yena kāryaṃ na sādhitam
—joyless, husbandless, exceedingly grieved—she said: "A curse on this life of mine, by which the task was not accomplished!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.42
न कृतो जनसंबाधो यममार्गो ऽमराधिपाः । न तु लुप्तं हरिदिनं न भुक्तं हरिवासरे
na kṛto janasaṃbādho yamamārgo 'marādhipāḥ / na tu luptaṃ haridinaṃ na bhuktaṃ harivāsare
"No crowd of people was made (on) Yama's road, O lords of the immortals; nor was Hari's day cut short, nor was (food) eaten on Hari's day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.43
भूभुजा तेन वीरेण कृतः पुत्रवधो मुदा । गतो मूर्ध्नि पदं दत्वा मम रुक्माङ्गदो हरिम्
bhūbhujā tena vīreṇa kṛtaḥ putravadho mudā / gato mūrdhni padaṃ datvā mama rukmāṅgado harim
"By that heroic king the slaying of his son was done with joy; and setting his foot on my head, Rukmāṅgada has gone to Hari—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.44
अप्रमेयगुणं विष्णुं निर्मलं निर्मलाश्रयम् । हंसं शुचिपदं व्योम प्रणवं बीजमव्ययम्
aprameyaguṇaṃ viṣṇuṃ nirmalaṃ nirmalāśrayam / haṃsaṃ śucipadaṃ vyoma praṇavaṃ bījamavyayam
—to Viṣṇu whose qualities are immeasurable, stainless, the support of the stainless, the swan, the pure abode, the sky, the syllable Om, the imperishable seed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.45
निराकारं निराभासं निष्प्रपञ्चं निरञ्जनम् । शून्यं वियत्स्वरूपं च ध्येयध्यानविवर्जितम्
nirākāraṃ nirābhāsaṃ niṣprapañcaṃ nirañjanam / śūnyaṃ viyatsvarūpaṃ ca dhyeyadhyānavivarjitam
formless, without appearance, free of manifoldness, unblemished, void, of the nature of space, devoid of any object of meditation and of meditation itself,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.46
अस्ति नास्तीति यं प्राहुर्न दूरे नापि चान्तिके । परं धाम मनोग्राह्यं पुरुषाख्यं जगन्मयम्
asti nāstīti yaṃ prāhurna dūre nāpi cāntike / paraṃ dhāma manogrāhyaṃ puruṣākhyaṃ jaganmayam
whom they call 'it is' and 'it is not', who is neither far nor near, the supreme abode, graspable by the mind, named Puruṣa, consisting of the world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.47
हृत्पङ्कजसमासीनं तेजोरूपं सनातनम् । तस्मिंल् लयम् अनुप्राप्ते किं नु मे जीविते फलम्
hṛtpaṅkajasamāsīnaṃ tejorūpaṃ sanātanam / tasmiṃl layam anuprāpte kiṃ nu me jīvite phalam
seated in the lotus of the heart, having the form of light, everlasting. Since he has attained dissolution into that, what fruit is there for me in living?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.48
असाधिते तु यः कार्ये नरो गृह्णाति वेतनम् । स्वामिनं तु परित्यज्य प्रयाति नरकं ध्रुवम्
asādhite tu yaḥ kārye naro gṛhṇāti vetanam / svāminaṃ tu parityajya prayāti narakaṃ dhruvam
"The man who takes wages when the task has not been accomplished, abandoning his master, surely goes to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.49
न साधयन्ति ये कार्यं स्वामिनां तु दिवौकसः । भृत्या वेतनभोक्तारो जायन्ते भूतले हयाः
na sādhayanti ye kāryaṃ svāmināṃ tu divaukasaḥ / bhṛtyā vetanabhoktāro jāyante bhūtale hayāḥ
"Those servants, O dwellers in heaven, who do not accomplish their masters' task and yet enjoy the wages, are born as horses on the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.50
असाधिनीयं कार्यस्य भर्तृपुत्रविनाशिनी । कथं वरं तु गृह्णामि भवतां नाकवासिनाम्
asādhinīyaṃ kāryasya bhartṛputravināśinī / kathaṃ varaṃ tu gṛhṇāmi bhavatāṃ nākavāsinām
"Being one who could not accomplish the task, and a destroyer of my husband and my son, how am I to accept a boon from you, dwellers in heaven?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.51
देवा ऊचुः ब्रूहि मोहिनि दास्यामि यत्ते हृदि समीहितम् । अनृणास्तु भविष्यामः कृत्वा चोपकृतिं तव
devā ūcuḥ brūhi mohini dāsyāmi yatte hṛdi samīhitam / anṛṇāstu bhaviṣyāmaḥ kṛtvā copakṛtiṃ tava
The gods said: Speak, Mohinī; I shall give whatever is desired in your heart. Let us be free of debt by doing you a kindness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.52
परिश्रमः कृतो देवि त्वया राजप्रयोजने । तस्य त्वं फलभाग्देवि तादृशार्थे कृतस्य तु
pariśramaḥ kṛto devi tvayā rājaprayojane / tasya tvaṃ phalabhāgdevi tādṛśārthe kṛtasya tu
Toil was undertaken by you, goddess, in the king's matter; you have a share in the fruit of that, goddess, of what was done for such a purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.53
एवमुच्चरमाणानां देवतानां महीपते । नृपतेराजगामाथ पुरोधाः पावकप्रभः
evamuccaramāṇānāṃ devatānāṃ mahīpate / nṛpaterājagāmātha purodhāḥ pāvakaprabhaḥ
While the gods were speaking thus, O lord of the earth, the king's household priest, radiant as fire, then arrived.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.54
उषितो जलमध्ये तु प्राणायामरतो मुनिः । द्वादशाब्दे ततः पूर्णे निर्गतो जलमध्यतः
uṣito jalamadhye tu prāṇāyāmarato muniḥ / dvādaśābde tataḥ pūrṇe nirgato jalamadhyataḥ
The sage had dwelt in the midst of the water, devoted to breath-control; then, when the twelfth year was complete, he came out from the midst of the water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.55
निर्गतेन श्रुतं तेन मोहिनीचेष्टितं नृप । सक्रोधो मुनिशार्दूलो देववृन्दमुपागतः
nirgatena śrutaṃ tena mohinīceṣṭitaṃ nṛpa / sakrodho muniśārdūlo devavṛndamupāgataḥ
On coming out he heard, O king, what Mohinī had done; and the tiger among sages, filled with anger, approached the assembly of gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.56
उवाच विबुधान्सर्वान्मोहिनीवरदायिनः । धिगिमां धिग्देवसंघं कर्म धिक्पापसंज्ञितम्
uvāca vibudhānsarvānmohinīvaradāyinaḥ / dhigimāṃ dhigdevasaṃghaṃ karma dhikpāpasaṃjñitam
He said to all the gods, the boon-givers to Mohinī: "A curse on her, a curse on the host of gods, a curse on the deed called sinful,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.57
भवतां भावनाशाय पुरुषार्थे प्ररोहकम् । भवन्तो यच्च दातारो मोहिन्या वाञ्छितं वरम्
bhavatāṃ bhāvanāśāya puruṣārthe prarohakam / bhavanto yacca dātāro mohinyā vāñchitaṃ varam
"which is for the destruction of your own good intent, and which sprouts (again) in (the pursuit of) human aims — and (a curse) on you who are givers of the boon desired by Mohinī!
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.58
हत्यायुता भर्तृसुतोपघातिनी विहिनवृत्तिश्च मराशिरूपा । नास्मा हि लोके भवतीह शुद्धिः समिद्धवह्नौ पतने ऽपि देवाः
hatyāyutā bhartṛsutopaghātinī vihinavṛttiśca marāśirūpā / nāsmā hi loke bhavatīha śuddhiḥ samiddhavahnau patane 'pi devāḥ
"Endowed with ten thousand murders, a slayer of husband and son, and of degraded conduct, of the form of a heap of corpses — for her there is no purification here in this world, O gods, even by falling into a blazing fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.59
"हत्यायुतं भर्तृवधो निरर्थकमेतत्समं विप्रवरैः पुराकृतम् । न चापि चास्या भवतीह शुद्धिः समिद्भवह्नौ पतने ऽपि देवाः"
"hatyāyutaṃ bhartṛvadho nirarthakametatsamaṃ vipravaraiḥ purākṛtam / na cāpi cāsyā bhavatīha śuddhiḥ samidbhavahnau patane 'pi devāḥ"
"The killing of a husband is (equal to) ten thousand murders — this, done formerly, is fruitless and equal to (the killing) of the best of brahmins; and for her there is no purification here, O gods, even by falling into a fire of kindled faggots."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.60
न चापि वासो नरकेषु देवा अस्याः स्थितिः क्क त्रिदिवे ऽल्पबुद्धेः । न चापि राज्ञो निकटे च देवा नाप्येतु विष्णोः पदमव्ययं यत्
na cāpi vāso narakeṣu devā asyāḥ sthitiḥ kka tridive 'lpabuddheḥ / na cāpi rājño nikaṭe ca devā nāpyetu viṣṇoḥ padamavyayaṃ yat
And there is no dwelling for her in the hells, O gods; where then would this dull-witted woman have a station in heaven? Nor (may she dwell) near the king, O gods, nor let her reach that imperishable state of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.61
न लोकवादेन विदूषिताया लोकेषु कुत्रापि भवेच्च वासः । धिरजीवनं कर्ग्मविगर्हिताया देवाः सदा पापसमारतायाः
na lokavādena vidūṣitāyā lokeṣu kutrāpi bhavecca vāsaḥ / dhirajīvanaṃ kargmavigarhitāyā devāḥ sadā pāpasamāratāyāḥ
For one defiled by the talk of the world there could be no dwelling anywhere in the worlds; shame on the life of a woman censured for her deeds, O gods, of one always intent on sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.62
पतिं हत्वा सुतं हत्वा सपत्नीं जननीसमाम् । हत्वा धरां समस्तां वा कां गतिं यास्यते सुराः
patiṃ hatvā sutaṃ hatvā sapatnīṃ jananīsamām / hatvā dharāṃ samastāṃ vā kāṃ gatiṃ yāsyate surāḥ
Having killed her husband, having killed her son, having killed a co-wife who was like a mother, or (having killed) the whole earth — what course will she go to, O gods?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.63
इयं पापतरा देवा धर्मविध्वंसिनी हरेः । सर्वदाप्यनया प्रोक्तं भुज्यतां हरिवासरे
iyaṃ pāpatarā devā dharmavidhvaṃsinī hareḥ / sarvadāpyanayā proktaṃ bhujyatāṃ harivāsare
This woman is exceedingly sinful, O gods, a destroyer of Hari's dharma; for it was always said by her: "Let food be eaten on Hari's day."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.64
प्राणसंवर्द्धनार्थाय तेषामेवाप्यधोगतिः । भुज्यतां वासरे विष्णोर्हन्यतां गौर्द्विजान्विता
prāṇasaṃvarddhanārthāya teṣāmevāpyadhogatiḥ / bhujyatāṃ vāsare viṣṇorhanyatāṃ gaurdvijānvitā
"For the sake of nourishing the vital breaths" — but that is precisely their downward course. "Let food be eaten on Viṣṇu's day; let a cow be killed together with brahmins."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.65
अपेयं पीयता मुक्त्वा कथं वासं लभेद्दिवि । एतदज्ञानिनां प्रोक्तं ज्ञाननां तु न निर्णयः
apeyaṃ pīyatā muktvā kathaṃ vāsaṃ labheddivi / etadajñānināṃ proktaṃ jñānanāṃ tu na nirṇayaḥ
"Let what is not to be drunk be drunk" — having abandoned (right conduct), how could one obtain a dwelling in heaven? This has been declared for the ignorant; for the knowing there is no such ruling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.66
अज्ञानाव्द्याहृते वाक्ये भुज्यतां हरिवासरे । तस्यापि शुद्धिर्गदिता प्राणायामशतेन हि
ajñānāvdyāhṛte vākye bhujyatāṃ harivāsare / tasyāpi śuddhirgaditā prāṇāyāmaśatena hi
When out of ignorance the words "let food be eaten on Hari's day" have been uttered, purification even for that is declared, namely by a hundred breath-restraints.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.67
अथवाप्युपवासेन एकादश्या दिवौकसः । ऋक्षेण संयुतायास्तु ज्येष्ठकुण्डाप्लवेन वा
athavāpyupavāsena ekādaśyā divaukasaḥ / ṛkṣeṇa saṃyutāyāstu jyeṣṭhakuṇḍāplavena vā
Or else by a fast on the eleventh day, O dwellers in heaven, when it is joined with the (proper) lunar mansion, or by a plunge in the Jyeṣṭha pool,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.68
शौकरस्पर्शना द्वापि नरो देवार्चनेन वा । व्याहृते कथितं विप्रैः सेयमद्य सुनिष्ठुरा
śaukarasparśanā dvāpi naro devārcanena vā / vyāhṛte kathitaṃ vipraiḥ seyamadya suniṣṭhurā
or by the touching of a boar, or a man (may be purified) by worship of the god. When that had been said by the brahmins, this same very cruel woman today
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.69
भोजने पापनिरता दिने विष्णोर्दुरासदे । भर्तुर्वाक्यं व्यपोह्यैव घातयित्वा सुतं प्रियम्
bhojane pāpaniratā dine viṣṇordurāsade / bharturvākyaṃ vyapohyaiva ghātayitvā sutaṃ priyam
is bent on the sin of eating on Viṣṇu's hard-to-attain day, and, thrusting aside her husband's word, has had her own dear son killed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.70
वाक्यज्ञं वाक्यनिरतं मातॄणां तु हिते रतम् । विष्णुधर्मप्रलोप्त्रीयं बहुपापसमन्विता
vākyajñaṃ vākyanirataṃ mātṝṇāṃ tu hite ratam / viṣṇudharmapraloptrīyaṃ bahupāpasamanvitā
(a son) who knew the (scriptural) word, who was devoted to the word, who was intent on the welfare of his mothers. She is a destroyer of Viṣṇu's dharma, laden with many sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.71
नैषा स्पृश्यास्ति देवेशाः कथमस्या वरप्रदाः । भवन्तो न्याययुक्तेषु धर्मयुक्तेषु तत्पराः
naiṣā spṛśyāsti deveśāḥ kathamasyā varapradāḥ / bhavanto nyāyayukteṣu dharmayukteṣu tatparāḥ
She is not to be touched, O lords of the gods; how can you be granters of boons to her? You are devoted to those who abide by justice and by dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.72
पालनं पापयुक्तस्य न कुर्वन्ति दिवौकसः । धर्माधाराः स्मृता देवा धर्मो वेदेसमास्थितः
pālanaṃ pāpayuktasya na kurvanti divaukasaḥ / dharmādhārāḥ smṛtā devā dharmo vedesamāsthitaḥ
The dwellers in heaven do not give protection to one joined with sin; the gods are remembered as the supports of dharma, and dharma rests in the Vedas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.73
वेदैः शुश्रूषणं भर्तुः स्त्रीणां धर्मः प्रकीर्तितः । यद्ब्रवीति पतिः किञ्चित्तत्कार्यमाविशङ्कया
vedaiḥ śuśrūṣaṇaṃ bhartuḥ strīṇāṃ dharmaḥ prakīrtitaḥ / yadbravīti patiḥ kiñcittatkāryamāviśaṅkayā
By the Vedas, obedient service to the husband is proclaimed as the dharma of women: whatever the husband says, that is to be done without hesitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.74
शुक्लं शुक्लमिति ब्रूयात्कृष्णं कृष्णेति चामराः । शुश्रूषा सा हि विज्ञेया न शुश्रूषा हि सेवनम्
śuklaṃ śuklamiti brūyātkṛṣṇaṃ kṛṣṇeti cāmarāḥ / śuśrūṣā sā hi vijñeyā na śuśrūṣā hi sevanam
If he should say of white "it is white," or of black "black," O immortals — that is to be known as (true) obedient service; mere waiting upon (him) is not obedient service.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.75
भर्तुराज्ञा हता देवा आत्माज्ञास्थापनेच्छया । तस्मात्पापा न संदेहो मोहिनी सर्वयोषिताम् । सत्यस्य साधनार्थाय शपथैर्यन्त्रितो नृपः
bharturājñā hatā devā ātmājñāsthāpanecchayā / tasmātpāpā na saṃdeho mohinī sarvayoṣitām / satyasya sādhanārthāya śapathairyantrito nṛpaḥ
The husband's command was destroyed, O gods, out of a wish to establish her own command; therefore she is sinful, there is no doubt — Mohinī, the deluder of all women. In order to make good his truthfulness, the king, bound by his oaths,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.78
उवाच विविधं वाक्यं सा नैच्छत्पुत्रघातिनी । तेन मोक्षं गतो राजा पापमस्यां विसृज्य च ॥ नर्प्_२,३५।७६ ॥ सेयं पापशरीरा हि हत्यायुतसमन्विता ॥ नर्प्_२,३५।७७ ॥ दातारं सर्वदानानां ब्रह्मण्यं हरिदैवतम् । प्रजारञ्जनशीलं च हरिवासरसेविनम्
uvāca vividhaṃ vākyaṃ sā naicchatputraghātinī / tena mokṣaṃ gato rājā pāpamasyāṃ visṛjya ca // narp_2,35.76 // seyaṃ pāpaśarīrā hi hatyāyutasamanvitā // narp_2,35.77 // dātāraṃ sarvadānānāṃ brahmaṇyaṃ haridaivatam / prajārañjanaśīlaṃ ca harivāsarasevinam
spoke words of many kinds; (but) she, the killer of her son, did not consent. By that the king went to release, having cast the sin upon her. // 76 // This same woman is one of a sinful body, laden with ten thousand murders. // 77 // (Her husband was) a giver of all gifts, devoted to brahmins, having Hari as his deity, of a nature that delighted his subjects, an observer of Hari's day,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 35.79
परदारेषु निःस्नेहं विषये विगतस्पृहम् । परार्थत्यक्तकामं च सदा मखनिषेविणम्
paradāreṣu niḥsnehaṃ viṣaye vigataspṛham / parārthatyaktakāmaṃ ca sadā makhaniṣeviṇam
without affection for others' wives, free of longing for sense-objects, one who gave up desire for the sake of others, always engaged in sacrifices,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.80
सदैव दुष्टदमने वर्तमानं धरातले । व्यसनैः सप्तभिर्घोरैरनाक्रान्तं महीपतिम्
sadaiva duṣṭadamane vartamānaṃ dharātale / vyasanaiḥ saptabhirghorairanākrāntaṃ mahīpatim
always occupied on the face of the earth in subduing the wicked, a lord of the earth unassailed by the seven terrible vices —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.81
संनिरस्य दुराचारा वरयोग्या कथं भवेत् । यो ऽस्याः पक्षेतु वर्तेत देवो वा दानवो ऽपि वा
saṃnirasya durācārā varayogyā kathaṃ bhavet / yo 'syāḥ pakṣetu varteta devo vā dānavo 'pi vā
having utterly cast (him) off, how could this ill-conducted woman be fit for a boon? Whoever should take her side, be he god or demon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.84
तं चापि भस्मसात्कुर्यां क्षणेन सुरसत्तमाः । मोहिन्या रक्षणे यस्तु प्रयत्नं कुरुते सुराः ॥ नर्प्_२,३५।८२ ॥ तस्य तज्जायते पापं यन्मोहिन्यां व्यवस्थितम् ॥ नर्प्_२,३५।८३ ॥ स एवमुक्त्वा नृपते द्विजेन्द्रः संगृह्य पाणौ सलिलं च तीव्रम् । क्रोधेन संवीक्ष्य विधिप्रसूतां चिक्षेप तन्मूर्घ्न्यनलप्रकाशम्
taṃ cāpi bhasmasātkuryāṃ kṣaṇena surasattamāḥ / mohinyā rakṣaṇe yastu prayatnaṃ kurute surāḥ // narp_2,35.82 // tasya tajjāyate pāpaṃ yanmohinyāṃ vyavasthitam // narp_2,35.83 // sa evamuktvā nṛpate dvijendraḥ saṃgṛhya pāṇau salilaṃ ca tīvram / krodhena saṃvīkṣya vidhiprasūtāṃ cikṣepa tanmūrghnyanalaprakāśam
"And him too I would reduce to ashes in an instant, O best of gods. Whoever makes an effort to protect Mohinī, O gods, // 35.82 // to him accrues that sin which stands (charged) upon Mohinī." // 35.83 // Having spoken thus, O king, that best of brahmins took water in his hand and, gazing with fierce anger at her who was born of Vidhi (Brahmā), flung it upon her head, blazing like fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.85
निक्षिप्तमात्रे सलिले महीप सद्यः प्रजज्वाल च तच्छरीरम् । संपश्यतां नाकनिवासिनां तु तृण्या यथा वह्निशिखावलीढा
nikṣiptamātre salile mahīpa sadyaḥ prajajvāla ca taccharīram / saṃpaśyatāṃ nākanivāsināṃ tu tṛṇyā yathā vahniśikhāvalīḍhā
The moment the water was cast, O ruler of the earth, that body of hers at once blazed up, while the dwellers of heaven looked on — like a blade of grass licked by tongues of flame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 35.86
कोपं विभो संहर संहरेति यावद्गिरः खे मरुतां बभूवुः । तावत्स वह्निर्द्विजवाक्यमृष्टो भस्मावशेषां प्रमदां चकार
kopaṃ vibho saṃhara saṃhareti yāvadgiraḥ khe marutāṃ babhūvuḥ / tāvatsa vahnirdvijavākyamṛṣṭo bhasmāvaśeṣāṃ pramadāṃ cakāra
While the words of the Maruts (wind-gods) in the sky were still going on — "Withhold your wrath, O lord, withhold it!" — that fire, whetted by the brahmin's utterance, reduced the woman to a residue of ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition