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Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 37

NarP 2 37.1

मोहिन्युवाच एकादशीसमं देवाः पावनं नापरं भवेत् । यया पूता महापापा गच्छन्ति हरिमन्दिरम्

mohinyuvāca ekādaśīsamaṃ devāḥ pāvanaṃ nāparaṃ bhavet / yayā pūtā mahāpāpā gacchanti harimandiram

Mohinī said: O gods, there would be no other purifier equal to the eleventh day, purified by which great sinners go to Hari's abode.

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NarP 2 37.2

तत्समीपे मम स्थानं युक्तं भाति विचार्यताम् । देवा ऊचुः वेधो निशीथे देवानामुपकाराय मोहिनी

tatsamīpe mama sthānaṃ yuktaṃ bhāti vicāryatām / devā ūcuḥ vedho niśīthe devānāmupakārāya mohinī

"A place for me near it seems fitting — let this be considered." The gods said: "O Mohinī, at midnight, for the benefit of the gods, by the Creator..."

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NarP 2 37.3

सूर्योदये सुराणां च हरिणा परिकल्पितः । पारणं च त्रयोदश्यामुपवासविनाशनम्

sūryodaye surāṇāṃ ca hariṇā parikalpitaḥ / pāraṇaṃ ca trayodaśyāmupavāsavināśanam

and at sunrise (it was) arranged by Hari for the gods; and the breaking of the fast is on the thirteenth, (otherwise) the fast is destroyed.

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NarP 2 37.4

महाद्वादशिका ह्यष्टौ याः स्मृता वैष्णवागमे । तास्तु ह्येकादशीभिन्ना उपोष्यन्ते च वैष्णवैः

mahādvādaśikā hyaṣṭau yāḥ smṛtā vaiṣṇavāgame / tāstu hyekādaśībhinnā upoṣyante ca vaiṣṇavaiḥ

For the eight great twelfth-day (observances) which are recorded in the Vaiṣṇava scripture — these, being distinct from the eleventh, are also fasted upon by the Vaiṣṇavas.

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NarP 2 37.5

एकादशीव्रतं भिन्नं वैष्णवानां महात्मनाम् । नित्यं पक्षद्वये प्रोक्तं विधिना त्रिदिनात्मके

ekādaśīvrataṃ bhinnaṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ mahātmanām / nityaṃ pakṣadvaye proktaṃ vidhinā tridinātmake

The eleventh-day vow of the great-souled Vaiṣṇavas is separate; it is declared perpetual in both fortnights, by a rule consisting of three days.

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NarP 2 37.6

सायं प्रातस्त्यजेद्भुक्तिं क्रमात्पूर्वापराह्णयोः । एकादशी यदा भिन्ना उपोष्या हि परे ऽहनि । द्वादश्यां हि व्रतं कार्यं निरंबु समुपोषणम्

sāyaṃ prātastyajedbhuktiṃ kramātpūrvāparāhṇayoḥ / ekādaśī yadā bhinnā upoṣyā hi pare 'hani / dvādaśyāṃ hi vrataṃ kāryaṃ niraṃbu samupoṣaṇam

In the evening and in the morning one should give up eating, in order, in the forenoon and the afternoon. When the eleventh is divided, it is to be fasted on the following day; and on the twelfth the vow is to be performed — a complete fast without water.

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NarP 2 37.7

लङ्घने त्वसमर्थानां जलं शाकं फलं पयः । नैवेद्यं वा हरेः प्रोक्तं स्वाहारात्पादसंमितम्

laṅghane tvasamarthānāṃ jalaṃ śākaṃ phalaṃ payaḥ / naivedyaṃ vā hareḥ proktaṃ svāhārātpādasaṃmitam

But for those unable to abstain, water, a vegetable, fruit, milk, or the food offered to Hari is prescribed, amounting to a quarter of one's (usual) food.

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NarP 2 37.8

स्वाती सूर्योदये विद्धो त्यजन्त्यकादशीं सति । निष्कामा मध्यरात्रे च विद्धां मुञ्चन्ति याम्यया

svātī sūryodaye viddho tyajantyakādaśīṃ sati / niṣkāmā madhyarātre ca viddhāṃ muñcanti yāmyayā

O good lady, (people) abandon an eleventh that is pierced (by the tenth) at sunrise; and the desireless abandon one pierced at midnight by the southern (i.e. Yama's) tithi.

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NarP 2 37.9

सर्वेष्वपि तु लोकेषु विदिता दशमी तिथिः । यमस्य तस्याः प्रान्ति तु स्थितिः कार्या त्वयानघे

sarveṣvapi tu lokeṣu viditā daśamī tithiḥ / yamasya tasyāḥ prānti tu sthitiḥ kāryā tvayānaghe

In all the worlds the tenth tithi is known as Yama's; O sinless one, your abode is to be made at its end.

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NarP 2 37.10

एतेन देवकार्यं च सिद्धं भवति शोभने । सूर्येन्दुचारा तिथ्यास्तु दशम्याः प्रान्तगामिनी

etena devakāryaṃ ca siddhaṃ bhavati śobhane / sūryenducārā tithyāstu daśamyāḥ prāntagāminī

By this, O lovely one, the gods' purpose is accomplished; and the course of sun and moon (makes) the tithi reach the end of the tenth.

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NarP 2 37.11

भुवि तीर्थानि चैव त्वं स्वाघनाशाय संचर । अरुणोदयमारभ्य यावत्सूर्योदयो भवेत्

bhuvi tīrthāni caiva tvaṃ svāghanāśāya saṃcara / aruṇodayamārabhya yāvatsūryodayo bhavet

And do you roam the sacred fords on earth for the destruction of your own sin — beginning from the reddening of dawn until sunrise occurs.

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NarP 2 37.12

तदन्तस्त्वं व्रते प्राप्ता लभस्वैकादशीफलम् । यः कश्चित्कुरुते विद्धं त्वया ह्येकादशीव्रतम्

tadantastvaṃ vrate prāptā labhasvaikādaśīphalam / yaḥ kaścitkurute viddhaṃ tvayā hyekādaśīvratam

Reaching within that (interval) during the vow, obtain the fruit of the eleventh. Whoever performs the eleventh-day vow when it is pierced by you —

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NarP 2 37.13

स तीपकारकस्तुभ्यं भविष्यति सुरप्रिये । मुहूर्तद्वयमात्रं तु ज्ञेयं चात्रारुणोदयम्

sa tīpakārakastubhyaṃ bhaviṣyati surapriye / muhūrtadvayamātraṃ tu jñeyaṃ cātrāruṇodayam

he will become a benefactor to you, O beloved of the gods. And here the dawn-twilight is to be known as just two muhūrtas.

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NarP 2 37.14

मूहूर्ताः पञ्चदश च स्मृता रात्रेर्दिनस्य च । ज्ञेयास्ते ह्रस्वदीर्घत्वे त्रैराशिक विधानतः

mūhūrtāḥ pañcadaśa ca smṛtā rātrerdinasya ca / jñeyāste hrasvadīrghatve trairāśika vidhānataḥ

Fifteen muhūrtas are reckoned for the night and (fifteen) for the day; when these are short or long they are to be known by the rule of three.

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NarP 2 37.15

त्रयोदशान्मुहूर्तान्त्तु रात्रैरूर्द्ध्वा समागता । सब्ध्वोपवासिनां पुण्यं स्वस्था भव शुचिस्मिते

trayodaśānmuhūrtānttu rātrairūrddhvā samāgatā / sabdhvopavāsināṃ puṇyaṃ svasthā bhava śucismite

Come, having arisen above thirteen muhūrtas by night(?), (take) the merit of those who fast; be at ease, O you of bright smile.

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NarP 2 37.18

यमसंस्थापनार्थाय वैकुण्ठध्वंसनाय च । पाखण्डानां विवृद्ध्यर्थं पापसंचनाय च ॥ नर्प्_२,३७।१६ ॥ दत्तं ते मोहिनि स्थानं प्रत्यूषसमयाङ्कितम् ॥ नर्प्_२,३७।१७ ॥ विद्धं त्वयैकादशिकाव्रतं ये कुर्वन्ति कर्तार इह प्रयत्नात् । तेषां भवेद्यत्सुकृतं शुभे फलं भुङ्क्ष्व प्रसन्ना भव भूसुरे त्वम्

yamasaṃsthāpanārthāya vaikuṇṭhadhvaṃsanāya ca / pākhaṇḍānāṃ vivṛddhyarthaṃ pāpasaṃcanāya ca // narp_2,37.16 // dattaṃ te mohini sthānaṃ pratyūṣasamayāṅkitam // narp_2,37.17 // viddhaṃ tvayaikādaśikāvrataṃ ye kurvanti kartāra iha prayatnāt / teṣāṃ bhavedyatsukṛtaṃ śubhe phalaṃ bhuṅkṣva prasannā bhava bhūsure tvam

For the establishing of Yama, for the ruin of Vaikuṇṭha, for the increase of heretics, and for the heaping up of sin — a place marked by the time of early dawn has been given to you, O Mohinī. Those doers who here diligently perform the eleventh-day vow when it is pierced by you — whatever good merit would be theirs, O auspicious one, enjoy that as your fruit; be gracious, be a goddess on earth.

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NarP 2 37.19

एवं प्रदिष्टा कमलासनाद्यैः सा मोहिनी हृष्टतरा बभूव । मेने कृतार्थं निजजीवितं च स्वपापतीर्थाभिनिषेवणेन

evaṃ pradiṣṭā kamalāsanādyaiḥ sā mohinī hṛṣṭatarā babhūva / mene kṛtārthaṃ nijajīvitaṃ ca svapāpatīrthābhiniṣevaṇena

Thus instructed by the lotus-seated one and the others, that Mohinī became exceedingly delighted, and she considered her own life fulfilled by her resort to the fords of her own sin.

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NarP 2 37.20

संसाधितं कार्यमिदं सुराणां भस्मावशेषं हि गते ऽपि देहे । चैतन्यमात्रे पवनात्मके ऽस्मिन् संमार्जितो भूपकृतस्तु पन्थाः

saṃsādhitaṃ kāryamidaṃ surāṇāṃ bhasmāvaśeṣaṃ hi gate 'pi dehe / caitanyamātre pavanātmake 'smin saṃmārjito bhūpakṛtastu panthāḥ

"This task of the gods has been accomplished, since even when the body is gone with only ashes remaining — in this mere consciousness, of the nature of wind, the path made by the king has been swept clean."

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NarP 2 37.21

नीतं मया चात्मकृतं हि वाक्यं प्रहृष्टया वै यदुदाहृतं हि । एवं विमृश्य क्षिप्तिपालदे वान्प्रणम्य हृष्टा च पुरोधसं स्वम्

nītaṃ mayā cātmakṛtaṃ hi vākyaṃ prahṛṣṭayā vai yadudāhṛtaṃ hi / evaṃ vimṛśya kṣiptipālade vānpraṇamya hṛṣṭā ca purodhasaṃ svam

"And the word made by myself has been carried out by me, delighted, which was indeed uttered." Having thus reflected, and having bowed to the gods, the guardians of the earth(?), delighted, and to her own priest,

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NarP 2 37.22

प्रान्ते स्थिता सूर्यविहीनसंज्ञे काले दशम्या जनमोहनाय । कृच्छ्रान्तरूपा च दिनं च भुङ्क्ते प्रकृष्टरूपा नरकाय नॄणाम्

prānte sthitā sūryavihīnasaṃjñe kāle daśamyā janamohanāya / kṛcchrāntarūpā ca dinaṃ ca bhuṅkte prakṛṣṭarūpā narakāya nṝṇām

she stood at the end (of the tenth), at the time called "devoid of the sun," for the deluding of people; being of a form (that brings) trouble, she consumes the day, and in her heightened form (leads) men to hell.

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NarP 2 37.25

प्रान्तस्थितां तां रविजो निरीक्ष्य प्रहृष्टवक्त्रो वचनं जगाद । त्वया प्रतिष्ठा मम चारुनेत्रे कृतात्र लोके पुनरेव सम्यक् । विभोदितो रुक्मविभूषणस्य मत्तेभसंस्थः पटहः सुघैषः ॥ नर्प्_२,३७।२३ ॥ दृष्टे कार्ये जनः सर्वः प्रत्ययं कुरुते त्विति ॥ नर्प्_२,३७।२४ ॥ सूर्योदय स्पृषा ह्येषा दशमी गर्हिता सदा । अस्पृष्टमुदयं नॄणां मोहनाय भविष्यति

prāntasthitāṃ tāṃ ravijo nirīkṣya prahṛṣṭavaktro vacanaṃ jagāda / tvayā pratiṣṭhā mama cārunetre kṛtātra loke punareva samyak / vibhodito rukmavibhūṣaṇasya mattebhasaṃsthaḥ paṭahaḥ sughaiṣaḥ // narp_2,37.23 // dṛṣṭe kārye janaḥ sarvaḥ pratyayaṃ kurute tviti // narp_2,37.24 // sūryodaya spṛṣā hyeṣā daśamī garhitā sadā / aspṛṣṭamudayaṃ nṝṇāṃ mohanāya bhaviṣyati

Seeing her standing at the end, the son of the Sun, his face delighted, spoke these words: "By you, O fair-eyed one, my establishment in this world has again been rightly made. The drum of the gold-ornamented one, set on a rutting elephant, has been well sounded with loud noise. When the deed is seen, all people place their trust in it." This tenth, touching sunrise, is always censured; not touching sunrise, it will serve for the deluding of men.

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NarP 2 37.26

विहाय तां यत्प्रिययोगभुक्तिं पादस्थिता सापि ह्यदृष्यरूपा । सत्यं हि ते नाम विशालनेत्रे यन्मोहिनीत्येव जनो ब्रवीति

vihāya tāṃ yatpriyayogabhuktiṃ pādasthitā sāpi hyadṛṣyarūpā / satyaṃ hi te nāma viśālanetre yanmohinītyeva jano bravīti

Having abandoned that enjoyment of union with her beloved, she too stands at the foot (of the tithi) with a form unseen. Truly your name is fitting, wide-eyed one, in that people call you Mohinī, "the Bewilderer."

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NarP 2 37.27

विमोहयित्वा हि जनं समस्तं पटे मदीये लिखितं करोषि । इत्येव मुक्त्वा तनयो विवस्वतः प्रणम्य तां ब्रह्मसुतां प्रहृष्टः

vimohayitvā hi janaṃ samastaṃ paṭe madīye likhitaṃ karoṣi / ityeva muktvā tanayo vivasvataḥ praṇamya tāṃ brahmasutāṃ prahṛṣṭaḥ

For having bewildered all people, you cause (your name) to be written on my scroll. Having said just this, the son of Vivasvat (Yama), delighted, bowed to her, the daughter of Brahmā,

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NarP 2 37.28

जगाम देवैः सह नाकलोकं करे गृहीत्वा लिपिलेखितारम् । गतेषु देवेषु विमोहिनी सा ब्रह्माणमासाद्य सुरासुरेशम्

jagāma devaiḥ saha nākalokaṃ kare gṛhītvā lipilekhitāram / gateṣu deveṣu vimohinī sā brahmāṇamāsādya surāsureśam

and went with the gods to the world of heaven, taking by the hand the writer of the records. When the gods had gone, that Vimohinī approached Brahmā, the lord of gods and demons,

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NarP 2 37.29

विज्ञापयामास पितः पुरोधा ममायमत्युग्रतरश्च कोपात् । दग्धं शरीरं मम लोकनाथ पुनः प्रपत्स्ये ऽथ तथा कुरुष्व

vijñāpayāmāsa pitaḥ purodhā mamāyamatyugrataraśca kopāt / dagdhaṃ śarīraṃ mama lokanātha punaḥ prapatsye 'tha tathā kuruṣva

and informed (him): "Father, this priest of mine is exceedingly fierce, and out of anger my body has been burnt, O lord of the world; I shall obtain (a body) again — so bring it about.

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NarP 2 37.30

विमोहितं चैव जगन्मयेदं प्रान्ते समास्थाय यमस्य तिथ्याः । जितो हि राज्ञा शमनः पुराद्य कृतो जयी तात तव प्रभावात्

vimohitaṃ caiva jaganmayedaṃ prānte samāsthāya yamasya tithyāḥ / jito hi rājñā śamanaḥ purādya kṛto jayī tāta tava prabhāvāt

And this whole world has been bewildered by me, taking my stand at the end of Yama's lunar day; today the Restrainer (Yama) has been conquered by the king, and made victorious, father, by your power.

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NarP 2 37.31

तव कृत्यमिदं तात यत्पुनर्देहधारिणी । भूयामहं जगन्नाथ ब्रह्मणं सांत्ययस्व भोः

tava kṛtyamidaṃ tāta yatpunardehadhāriṇī / bhūyāmahaṃ jagannātha brahmaṇaṃ sāṃtyayasva bhoḥ

This is your task, father, that I may again become one bearing a body; O lord of the world, conciliate the brahmin, sir.

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NarP 2 37.32

तच्छ्रुत्वा मोहिनीवाक्यं ब्रह्मा लोकविधानकृत् । ब्राह्मणं सांत्वयामास पुनरेव सुताकृते

tacchrutvā mohinīvākyaṃ brahmā lokavidhānakṛt / brāhmaṇaṃ sāṃtvayāmāsa punareva sutākṛte

Hearing that speech of Mohinī, Brahmā, the ordainer of the world, conciliated the brahmin once more for his daughter's sake.

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NarP 2 37.33

वसो तात निबोधेदं यद्ब्रवीमि हितावहम् । तव चास्या महाभाग सर्वलोकहिताय च

vaso tāta nibodhedaṃ yadbravīmi hitāvaham / tava cāsyā mahābhāga sarvalokahitāya ca

"Vasu, my son, understand this that I say, which brings benefit — to you and to her, O greatly fortunate one, and for the welfare of all the worlds.

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NarP 2 37.34

त्वयेयं मोहिनी कोपात्कृता भस्मावशेषिता । पुनः शरीरं याचेत तदाज्ञां देहि मानद

tvayeyaṃ mohinī kopātkṛtā bhasmāvaśeṣitā / punaḥ śarīraṃ yāceta tadājñāṃ dehi mānada

This Mohinī has been reduced by you in anger to nothing but ashes; she asks for a body again — so give permission for that, O giver of honour.

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NarP 2 37.35

मत्पुत्री तव याज्येयं दुर्गतिं तात गच्छति । त्वया मया च सपाल्या कृतकार्या तपस्विनी

matputrī tava yājyeyaṃ durgatiṃ tāta gacchati / tvayā mayā ca sapālyā kṛtakāryā tapasvinī

She is my daughter, and your patron (for whom you sacrifice); she is coming to a bad state, my son. She must be protected by you and by me — an ascetic woman whose task has been accomplished.

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NarP 2 37.36

यदि त्वं शुद्धभावेन मां ज्ञापयसि मानद । तातो ऽहमस्या भूयो ऽपि देहमुत्पादयाम्यहम्

yadi tvaṃ śuddhabhāvena māṃ jñāpayasi mānada / tāto 'hamasyā bhūyo 'pi dehamutpādayāmyaham

If you make it known to me with a pure heart, O giver of honour, I, being her father, will produce a body for her once again.

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NarP 2 37.37

किन्तु विष्णुदिनस्यैषा वैरिणी पापकारिणी । यथा शुद्ध्येति विप्रेन्द्र तथैवाशु विधीयताम्

kintu viṣṇudinasyaiṣā vairiṇī pāpakāriṇī / yathā śuddhyeti viprendra tathaivāśu vidhīyatām

But she is the enemy of Viṣṇu's day and a doer of evil; let it quickly be arranged, O best of brahmins, in such a way that she becomes pure."

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NarP 2 37.38

तच्छ्रुत्वा वचनं तस्य ब्रह्मणः स पुरोहितः । याज्याया देहयोगार्थमादिदेश मुदान्वितः

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya brahmaṇaḥ sa purohitaḥ / yājyāyā dehayogārthamādideśa mudānvitaḥ

Hearing that speech of Brahmā's, that household priest, filled with joy, gave his direction for the joining of a body to his patroness.

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NarP 2 37.39

विप्रवाक्यं समाकर्ण्य ब्रह्मा लोकपितमहः । कमण्डलुजलेनौक्षन्मोहिन्या देहभस्म तत्

vipravākyaṃ samākarṇya brahmā lokapitamahaḥ / kamaṇḍalujalenaukṣanmohinyā dehabhasma tat

Hearing the brahmin's word, Brahmā, the grandfather of the world, sprinkled the ashes of Mohinī's body with water from his water-pot.

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NarP 2 37.40

समुक्षिते ब्रह्मणा लोककर्त्रा सा मोहिनी देहयुता बभूव । प्रणम्य तातं च वसोः पुरोधसो जग्राह पादौ विनयेन नत्वा

samukṣite brahmaṇā lokakartrā sā mohinī dehayutā babhūva / praṇamya tātaṃ ca vasoḥ purodhaso jagrāha pādau vinayena natvā

When it had been sprinkled by Brahmā, the maker of the world, that Mohinī came to have a body; and bowing to her father, and bending down with humility, she took the feet of Vasu, the household priest.

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NarP 2 37.41

ततो वसुर्याजक एव राज्ञो मुदान्वितो याज्यनितंबिनीं ताम् । विमोहिनीं स्वामिसुतोञ्ज्झितां च जगाद वाक्यं विदुतामवीराम्

tato vasuryājaka eva rājño mudānvito yājyanitaṃbinīṃ tām / vimohinīṃ svāmisutoñjjhitāṃ ca jagāda vākyaṃ vidutāmavīrām

Then Vasu, the very sacrificer of the king, filled with joy, spoke words to her, that fair-hipped patroness Vimohinī, forsaken by the son of her lord, distressed and without a hero (protector):

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NarP 2 37.42

वसुरुवाच क्रोधस्त्यक्तो मया देवि ब्रह्मणो वचनादथ । गतिं ते कारयिष्यामि तीर्थस्नानादिकर्मणा

vasuruvāca krodhastyakto mayā devi brahmaṇo vacanādatha / gatiṃ te kārayiṣyāmi tīrthasnānādikarmaṇā

Vasu said: My anger has been given up by me, goddess, at Brahmā's word; I will bring about a (good) course for you by acts such as bathing at holy fords.

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NarP 2 37.43

इत्युक्त्वा मोहिनीं विप्रो ब्रह्माणां जगतां पतिम् । विससर्ज नमस्कृत्य मोहिनीपितरं मुदा

ityuktvā mohinīṃ vipro brahmāṇāṃ jagatāṃ patim / visasarja namaskṛtya mohinīpitaraṃ mudā

Having said this to Mohinī, the brahmin, bowing with joy to Brahmā, lord of the worlds and father of Mohinī, took his leave (of him).

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NarP 2 37.44

मोहिन्या वसुना चैव प्रीत्या ब्रह्मा विसर्जितः । जगाम लोकं तमसः परमव्यक्तवर्त्मना

mohinyā vasunā caiva prītyā brahmā visarjitaḥ / jagāma lokaṃ tamasaḥ paramavyaktavartmanā

Brahmā, dismissed with affection by Mohinī and by Vasu, went to the world beyond darkness by the path of the unmanifest.

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