Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 7
NarP 2 7.1
प्राप्तं तात मया सार्द्धं वेदाङ्घ्रिनमने हितम् । नाहं गच्छामि योगान्तं पुनरेव जगत्पते
prāptaṃ tāta mayā sārddhaṃ vedāṅghrinamane hitam / nāhaṃ gacchāmi yogāntaṃ punareva jagatpate
O father, what is beneficial has been obtained by me together (with you) in bowing at the feet of the Veda(?); I shall not go again to the end of the yoga, O lord of the world.
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NarP 2 7.2
प्रशासति महीं भूपेहाटकाङ्गदसंज्ञके । तमेकं देवताश्रेष्ठं संप्राप्ते हरिवासरे
praśāsati mahīṃ bhūpehāṭakāṅgadasaṃjñake / tamekaṃ devatāśreṣṭhaṃ saṃprāpte harivāsare
While the king named Hāṭakāṅgada was ruling the earth, (he worshipped) him alone, the foremost of deities, when Hari's day came round.
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NarP 2 7.3
यदि चालयसे धैर्यात्ततो ऽहं तव किङ्करः । स मे शत्रुर्महान्देव तेन लुप्तः पटो मम
yadi cālayase dhairyāttato 'haṃ tava kiṅkaraḥ / sa me śatrurmahāndeva tena luptaḥ paṭo mama
"If you can shake (him) from his firmness, then I am your servant. He is my great enemy, O god; by him my register has been robbed.
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NarP 2 7.4
तमेकं भोजयित्वा तु कार्ष्णे ऽहनि महीपतिम् । कृतकृत्यो भविष्यामि गयापिण्डप्रदो यथा
tamekaṃ bhojayitvā tu kārṣṇe 'hani mahīpatim / kṛtakṛtyo bhaviṣyāmi gayāpiṇḍaprado yathā
But by feeding that one king on Kṛṣṇa's day (the eleventh?), I shall have accomplished my purpose, like one who offers the piṇḍa at Gayā.
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NarP 2 7.5
अद्य प्रभृति देवेशोयैर्नरैः संस्मृतो हरिः । उपोषितः स्तुतोवापि न नियम्या मया हि ते
adya prabhṛti deveśoyairnaraiḥ saṃsmṛto hariḥ / upoṣitaḥ stutovāpi na niyamyā mayā hi te
"From today onward, O lord of gods, those men by whom Hari is remembered, or fasted for, or praised — they are not to be restrained by me.
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NarP 2 7.6
हरिरिति सहसा ये संगृणन्तिच्छलेन जननिजठरमार्गात्ते विमुक्ते विमुक्ता हि मर्त्याः । मम पटविलिपिं ते नो विशन्ति प्रवीणा दिविचरवरसंघैस्ते नमस्या भवन्ति । सौतिरुवाच
haririti sahasā ye saṃgṛṇanticchalena jananijaṭharamārgātte vimukte vimuktā hi martyāḥ / mama paṭavilipiṃ te no viśanti pravīṇā divicaravarasaṃghaiste namasyā bhavanti / sautiruvāca
Those mortals who suddenly utter "Hari," even by a pretext — they are released, released from the passage of the mother's womb; those skilled ones do not enter the writing on my cloth, and they become worthy of homage by the hosts of the best of sky-travellers. Sūta said:
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NarP 2 7.7
वैवस्वतस्य कार्येण तत्सम्मानचिकीर्षयया । र्चितयामास देवेशो विरिञ्चिः कुशलाञ्छनः
vaivasvatasya kāryeṇa tatsammānacikīrṣayayā / rcitayāmāsa deveśo viriñciḥ kuśalāñchanaḥ
For the sake of Vaivasvata's (Yama's) business, and wishing to do him honour, the lord of gods Viriñci (Brahmā), skilled and clever, honoured (him).
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NarP 2 7.8
चिन्तयित्वा क्षणं देवः सर्वभूतैश्च भूषितः । भूतत्रासनमात्रं तु रूपं स जगृहे विभुः
cintayitvā kṣaṇaṃ devaḥ sarvabhūtaiśca bhūṣitaḥ / bhūtatrāsanamātraṃ tu rūpaṃ sa jagṛhe vibhuḥ
Having reflected a moment, the god, adorned with all beings, the mighty one, took on a form that was merely terrifying to beings.
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NarP 2 7.9
तस्मिन्नुत्पादयामास प्रमदां लोकमोहिनीम् । सर्वयोषिद्वरा देवीमनसा निर्भिता बभौ
tasminnutpādayāmāsa pramadāṃ lokamohinīm / sarvayoṣidvarā devīmanasā nirbhitā babhau
In that (form) he produced a woman who bewildered the world; the goddess, foremost of all women, fashioned by his mind, shone forth.
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NarP 2 7.10
सा बभूवाग्रतस्तस्य सर्वालङ्कारभीषिता । दृष्ट्वा पितामहस्तां तु रूपद्रविणसंयुताम्
sā babhūvāgratastasya sarvālaṅkārabhīṣitā / dṛṣṭvā pitāmahastāṃ tu rūpadraviṇasaṃyutām
She stood before him, adorned with every ornament; and the Grandfather, seeing her endowed with the wealth of beauty—
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NarP 2 7.11
प्राहेमान् पश्यतो ह्येतां स्वकान्वै काममोहितान् । प्रत्यवायभयाद्ब्रह्या चक्षुषी संन्यमीलयत्
prāhemān paśyato hyetāṃ svakānvai kāmamohitān / pratyavāyabhayādbrahyā cakṣuṣī saṃnyamīlayat
—said this, seeing his own (sons) infatuated with desire as they gazed at her; and from fear of transgression Brahmā closed both his eyes.
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NarP 2 7.12
सरागेणेह मनसा सरागेणेह चक्षुषा । चिन्तयेद्वीक्षयेद्वापि जननीं वा सुतामपि
sarāgeṇeha manasā sarāgeṇeha cakṣuṣā / cintayedvīkṣayedvāpi jananīṃ vā sutāmapi
"Whoever here with a passionate mind and here with a passionate eye should think of, or look upon, a mother or even a daughter,
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NarP 2 7.13
वधूं वा भ्रातृजायां वा गुरोभार्यां नृपस्त्रियम् । स याति नरकं घोरं संचिन्त्य श्वपचीमपि
vadhūṃ vā bhrātṛjāyāṃ vā gurobhāryāṃ nṛpastriyam / sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ saṃcintya śvapacīmapi
or a son's wife, or a brother's wife, or a teacher's wife, or a king's wife — he goes to a terrible hell, even for (thus) thinking of a dog-cooker woman.
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NarP 2 7.14
दृष्ट्वा हि प्रमदा ह्येता यः क्षोभं व्रजते नरः । तस्य जन्मकृतं पुण्यं वृथा भवति नान्यथा
dṛṣṭvā hi pramadā hyetā yaḥ kṣobhaṃ vrajate naraḥ / tasya janmakṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ vṛthā bhavati nānyathā
Indeed, the man who, on seeing these women, falls into agitation — his merit accumulated in (this) birth becomes fruitless; it cannot be otherwise.
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NarP 2 7.15
प्रसंगे दशसाहस्रं पुण्यमायाति संक्षयम् । पुण्यस्य संक्षयात्पापी पाषाणाखुर्भवेद्ध्रुवम्
prasaṃge daśasāhasraṃ puṇyamāyāti saṃkṣayam / puṇyasya saṃkṣayātpāpī pāṣāṇākhurbhaveddhruvam
In (such) an encounter the merit of ten thousand (years?) comes to destruction; and from the destruction of merit the sinner surely becomes a stone-mouse.
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NarP 2 7.16
तस्मान्न चिन्तये त्प्राज्ञो ह्येता रागेण चक्षुषा । जनन्या अपि पादौ तु नादेयौ द्वादशाब्दिकैः
tasmānna cintaye tprājño hyetā rāgeṇa cakṣuṣā / jananyā api pādau tu nādeyau dvādaśābdikaiḥ
Therefore let the wise man not think of these (women) with a passionate eye; and even a mother's feet are not to be given (to be washed) by those twelve years old.
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NarP 2 7.17
सुतैस्त्वभ्यङ्गकरणे पुनर्यौवनसंस्थितैः । षष्ट्यतीतां सुतो ऽभ्यङ्गे नियुञ्जीत विचक्षणः
sutaistvabhyaṅgakaraṇe punaryauvanasaṃsthitaiḥ / ṣaṣṭyatītāṃ suto 'bhyaṅge niyuñjīta vicakṣaṇaḥ
But when sons who have again reached youth are to perform the oil-rubbing — a discerning son may employ (himself) in the rubbing of a woman past sixty.
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NarP 2 7.18
वृद्धो वापि युवा वापि न पादौ धावयेद्वधूम् । उभयोः पतनं प्रोक्तं रौरवे ऽङ्गारसंचये
vṛddho vāpi yuvā vāpi na pādau dhāvayedvadhūm / ubhayoḥ patanaṃ proktaṃ raurave 'ṅgārasaṃcaye
Whether old or young, one should not have one's feet washed by a son's wife; the fall of both is declared, into Raurava, into the heap of embers.
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NarP 2 7.19
या वधूर्दर्शयेदङ्गं विवृतं श्वशुरस्य हि । पाणिपादाहता राजन् क्रिमिभक्ष्या भवेत्तु सा । वधूहस्तेन यः पापः पादशौचं करोति हि
yā vadhūrdarśayedaṅgaṃ vivṛtaṃ śvaśurasya hi / pāṇipādāhatā rājan krimibhakṣyā bhavettu sā / vadhūhastena yaḥ pāpaḥ pādaśaucaṃ karoti hi
The son's wife who shows her uncovered body to her father-in-law — O king, she becomes food for worms, struck on hands and feet. And the sinner who has his feet washed by the hand of his son's wife,
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NarP 2 7.20
स्नानं वाप्यथवाभ्यङ्गं तस्याप्येवंविधा गतिः । सूचीमुखैः कृष्णवक्त्रोर्भुज्यते कल्पसंस्थितिम्
snānaṃ vāpyathavābhyaṅgaṃ tasyāpyevaṃvidhā gatiḥ / sūcīmukhaiḥ kṛṣṇavaktrorbhujyate kalpasaṃsthitim
or (has) a bath, or an oil-rubbing (from her) — his course too is of the same kind: he is devoured by needle-mouthed, black-faced (creatures) for the duration of a kalpa.
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NarP 2 7.21
तस्मान्न वीक्षयेन्नारीं सुतां वापि वधूं नरः । साभिलाषेण मनसा तत्क्षणात्पतते नरः
tasmānna vīkṣayennārīṃ sutāṃ vāpi vadhūṃ naraḥ / sābhilāṣeṇa manasā tatkṣaṇātpatate naraḥ
Therefore a man should not gaze at a woman, whether a daughter or a son's wife, with a desiring mind: at that very moment the man falls.
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NarP 2 7.22
एवं संचिन्तयित्वा च सूक्ष्मां दृष्टिं चकार ह । यदिदं वर्तुलं वक्त्रं सोन्नतं दृश्यते शुभम्
evaṃ saṃcintayitvā ca sūkṣmāṃ dṛṣṭiṃ cakāra ha / yadidaṃ vartulaṃ vaktraṃ sonnataṃ dṛśyate śubham
Having thus reflected, he directed a subtle gaze (and thought): "This face which is seen as round, raised, and beautiful —
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NarP 2 7.23
अस्थिपञ्जरमेतद्धि चर्ममांसावृतं त्विति । वसा मेदो ऽथ नयने सोज्वले स्त्रीषु संस्थिते
asthipañjarametaddhi carmamāṃsāvṛtaṃ tviti / vasā medo 'tha nayane sojvale strīṣu saṃsthite
“For this is a cage of bones, covered over with skin and flesh; fat, marrow — and then the eyes, gleaming, set in women.
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NarP 2 7.24
अत्युच्छ्रितमिदं मांसं स्तनयोः समवस्थितम् । निम्नांशतां दर्शयति त्रिवली जठरस्थिता
atyucchritamidaṃ māṃsaṃ stanayoḥ samavasthitam / nimnāṃśatāṃ darśayati trivalī jaṭharasthitā
This flesh, heaped up very high, is set upon the two breasts; the triple fold lying on the belly displays a hollowed portion.
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NarP 2 7.25
पुनरेवाधिकं क्षिप्तं मांसं जघनवत्मनि । मूत्रद्वारमिदं गुह्यं यत्र मुग्धं जगत्त्रयम्
punarevādhikaṃ kṣiptaṃ māṃsaṃ jaghanavatmani / mūtradvāramidaṃ guhyaṃ yatra mugdhaṃ jagattrayam
Again, still more flesh is thrown on upon the track of the hips; this is the urinary opening, the private part, at which the three worlds are besotted.
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NarP 2 7.26
अपानवायुना जुष्टं सदैव प्रतिकुत्सितम् । भस्त्रावर्गाधिकं क्षिप्तं मांसं जघनवर्त्मनि
apānavāyunā juṣṭaṃ sadaiva pratikutsitam / bhastrāvargādhikaṃ kṣiptaṃ māṃsaṃ jaghanavartmani
(It is) constantly frequented by the downward breath, always disgusting; flesh more abundant than a mass of bellows is thrown on upon the track of the hips.
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NarP 2 7.27
कृतं यद्विद्द्विधा काष्ठं तद्वज्जङ्घा द्विधा ध्रुवम् । शुक्रास्थिपूरितं मांसैः कथं सुन्दरतां व्रजेत्
kṛtaṃ yadviddvidhā kāṣṭhaṃ tadvajjaṅghā dvidhā dhruvam / śukrāsthipūritaṃ māṃsaiḥ kathaṃ sundaratāṃ vrajet
Just as a log of wood is made into two by splitting, so surely the two lower legs. Filled with semen and bone, (covered) with flesh — how could it come to be beautiful?
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NarP 2 7.28
मांसमेदोवसासारे किं सारं देहिनां वद । विष्ठामूत्रमलैः पुष्टे को देहे रज्यते नरः
māṃsamedovasāsāre kiṃ sāraṃ dehināṃ vada / viṣṭhāmūtramalaiḥ puṣṭe ko dehe rajyate naraḥ
Tell (me), in a body whose essence is flesh, fat and marrow, what is the essence for embodied beings? What man takes delight in a body nourished by excrement, urine and impurities?
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NarP 2 7.29
एवं विचार्य बहुधा विरिञ्चिर्ज्ञानचक्षुषा । धैर्यं कृत्वा व नारीं तामुवाच गजगामिनीम्
evaṃ vicārya bahudhā viriñcirjñānacakṣuṣā / dhairyaṃ kṛtvā va nārīṃ tāmuvāca gajagāminīm
Having reflected thus in many ways with the eye of knowledge, Viriñci (Brahmā), having gathered his composure, spoke to that woman of elephant-like gait.
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NarP 2 7.30
यथाहि मनसा सृष्टा मया त्वं वरवर्णिनी । तथा भूतासि चार्वङ्गि मानसोन्मादकारिणी
yathāhi manasā sṛṣṭā mayā tvaṃ varavarṇinī / tathā bhūtāsi cārvaṅgi mānasonmādakāriṇī
“Just as you, O lady of fair colour, were created by me with my mind, so you have indeed become, O fair-limbed one, a maker of madness in the mind.”
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NarP 2 7.31
तमुवाच तदा सा तु प्रणम्य चतुराननम् । पश्य मूच्छान्वतनाथ जगत्स्थावरजङ्गमम्
tamuvāca tadā sā tu praṇamya caturānanam / paśya mūcchānvatanātha jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam
Then she, bowing to the four-faced one, said to him: “Look, O lord, at the world of moving and unmoving things, filled with swooning.
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NarP 2 7.32
मोहितं मम रूपेण सयोगि यदकल्मषम् । स नास्ति त्रिषु लोकेषु यः पुमान्मम दर्शनात्
mohitaṃ mama rūpeṇa sayogi yadakalmaṣam / sa nāsti triṣu lokeṣu yaḥ pumānmama darśanāt
Whatever is sinless, even a yogin, is deluded by my beauty; there is no man in the three worlds who (is not so) from the sight of me —
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NarP 2 7.33
भवन्त मादितः कृत्वा न क्षोभं याति पद्मज । आत्मस्तुतिर्न कर्तव्या केनचिच्छुभमिच्छता
bhavanta māditaḥ kṛtvā na kṣobhaṃ yāti padmaja / ātmastutirna kartavyā kenacicchubhamicchatā
— excepting you from the start, (there is none) who does not fall into agitation, O lotus-born. Yet self-praise should not be indulged in by anyone who desires what is good.
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NarP 2 7.34
स्तवनान्नरकं याति विशुद्धो ऽपि च मानवः । तथापि स्तवनं ब्रह्मन् कर्तव्यं कार्यहेतुना
stavanānnarakaṃ yāti viśuddho 'pi ca mānavaḥ / tathāpi stavanaṃ brahman kartavyaṃ kāryahetunā
Through boasting a man goes to hell, even one who is pure; nevertheless, O brahman, boasting must be done when there is a purpose to be served.
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NarP 2 7.35
साहं सृष्टा त्वया ब्रह्मन् कस्यचित्क्षोभणाय वै । तमादिश जगन्नाथ क्षोभयिष्ये न संशयः
sāhaṃ sṛṣṭā tvayā brahman kasyacitkṣobhaṇāya vai / tamādiśa jagannātha kṣobhayiṣye na saṃśayaḥ
I, being such, have been created by you, O brahman, surely for the agitating of someone. Point him out, O lord of the world; I shall agitate (him), there is no doubt.
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NarP 2 7.36
मां दृष्ट्वापि क्षितौ देव भूधरश्चापि मुह्यति । किं पुनश्चेतनोपेतः श्वासोच्छासी नरस्त्विति
māṃ dṛṣṭvāpi kṣitau deva bhūdharaścāpi muhyati / kiṃ punaścetanopetaḥ śvāsocchāsī narastviti
Even a mountain, O god, on seeing me upon the earth, is bewildered — how much more a man, endowed with consciousness, who breathes in and out!
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NarP 2 7.37
तथा चोक्तं पुराणेषु नारीवीक्षणवर्णनम् । उन्मादकरणं नॄणां दुश्चरव्रतनाशनम्
tathā coktaṃ purāṇeṣu nārīvīkṣaṇavarṇanam / unmādakaraṇaṃ nṝṇāṃ duścaravratanāśanam
And so it is said in the Purāṇas, in the description of a woman's glance, that it produces madness in men and destroys vows hard to keep:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.38
सन्मार्गे तावदास्ते प्रभवति पुरुषस्तावदेवेन्द्रियाणां लज्जां तावद्विधत्ते विनयमपि समालंबते तावदेव । भ्रूचापाक्षेपयुक्ताः श्रवणपथगता नीलपक्ष्माण एते यावल्लीलावतीनां न हृदि धृतिमुषो दृष्टिबाणाः पतन्ति
sanmārge tāvadāste prabhavati puruṣastāvadevendriyāṇāṃ lajjāṃ tāvadvidhatte vinayamapi samālaṃbate tāvadeva / bhrūcāpākṣepayuktāḥ śravaṇapathagatā nīlapakṣmāṇa ete yāvallīlāvatīnāṃ na hṛdi dhṛtimuṣo dṛṣṭibāṇāḥ patanti
“A man remains on the good path, and he has mastery over his senses, and he maintains modesty, and he holds to good conduct — only just so long as these arrows of the glance of playful women, black-lashed, reaching to the ear, shot with the bending of the bow of the brows, thieves of steadfastness, have not fallen upon his heart.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.39
धिक्तस्य मूढमनसः कुकवेः कवित्वं यः स्त्रीमुखं च शशिनं च समीकरोति । भ्रूक्षेपविस्मितकटाक्षनिरीक्षनिरीक्षितानि कोपप्रसादहसितानि कुतः शशाङ्के
dhiktasya mūḍhamanasaḥ kukaveḥ kavitvaṃ yaḥ strīmukhaṃ ca śaśinaṃ ca samīkaroti / bhrūkṣepavismitakaṭākṣanirīkṣanirīkṣitāni kopaprasādahasitāni kutaḥ śaśāṅke
“Fie on the poetic skill of that dull-witted bad poet who makes a woman's face equal to the moon! Whence in the moon are those glances looked out from the corner of the eye, wondering, with a play of the brows, and those angers, favours and smiles?”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.40
पीतं हि मद्यं मनुजेन नाथ करोति मोहं सुविचक्षणस्य । स्मृता च दृष्टा युवती नरेण विमोहयेदेव सुराधिका हि
pītaṃ hi madyaṃ manujena nātha karoti mohaṃ suvicakṣaṇasya / smṛtā ca dṛṣṭā yuvatī nareṇa vimohayedeva surādhikā hi
“Wine, when drunk by a man, O lord, produces bewilderment even in one who is very discerning; but a young woman, merely remembered and seen by a man, will bewilder him utterly — she is indeed more (potent) than wine.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.41
मोहनार्थं त्वया सृष्टा नराणां प्रपितामह । तमादिशजगन्नाथ त्रैलोक्यं मोहयाम्यहम्
mohanārthaṃ tvayā sṛṣṭā narāṇāṃ prapitāmaha / tamādiśajagannātha trailokyaṃ mohayāmyaham
“You created me for the bewildering of men, O great-grandfather; point him out, O lord of the world, and I shall bewilder the three worlds.”
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.42
ब्रह्मोवाच सत्यमुक्तं त्वया देवि नासाध्यं भुवनत्रये । नागनासोरु सुभगे मत्तमातङ्गगामिनि
brahmovāca satyamuktaṃ tvayā devi nāsādhyaṃ bhuvanatraye / nāganāsoru subhage mattamātaṅgagāmini
Brahmā said: “Truly have you spoken, goddess; there is nothing unattainable for you in the three worlds, O fortunate one with thighs like an elephant's trunk, who walk like a rutting elephant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.43
या त्वं दूषयसे चेतो ममापि वरवर्णिनि । तन्मया सुगृहीतं तु कृतं ज्ञानाङ्कुशेन हि
yā tvaṃ dūṣayase ceto mamāpi varavarṇini / tanmayā sugṛhītaṃ tu kṛtaṃ jñānāṅkuśena hi
You who corrupt even my mind, O woman of excellent hue — that (mind) of mine was firmly held in check by me with the goad of knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.44
सा त्वं कथं न लोकानां चेतांस्यपहरिष्यसि । सत्यमेतद्विशालाक्षि तव रूपं विमोहनम्
sā tvaṃ kathaṃ na lokānāṃ cetāṃsyapahariṣyasi / satyametadviśālākṣi tava rūpaṃ vimohanam
Being such, how will you not steal away the minds of the worlds? This is true, O wide-eyed one: your beauty bewilders.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.45
सामरं हि जगत्सर्वं निश्चेष्टमपि लक्षये । यन्निमित्तं मया सृष्टा तत्साधय वरानने
sāmaraṃ hi jagatsarvaṃ niśceṣṭamapi lakṣaye / yannimittaṃ mayā sṛṣṭā tatsādhaya varānane
Indeed I observe the whole world, together with the gods, to be motionless (as it were). Accomplish that for the sake of which you were created by me, O fair-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.46
वैदिशे नगरे राजा नाम्ना रुक्माङ्गदः क्षितौ । यस्य सन्ध्यावली भार्या तव रूपोपमा शुभे
vaidiśe nagare rājā nāmnā rukmāṅgadaḥ kṣitau / yasya sandhyāvalī bhāryā tava rūpopamā śubhe
In the city of Vaidiśa on earth (there is) a king named Rukmāṅgada, whose wife is Sandhyāvalī, comparable to you in beauty, O lovely one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.47
यस्यां धर्माङ्गदो जातो पितुरत्यधिकः सुतः । दशनागायु तबलः प्रतापेन रविर्यथा
yasyāṃ dharmāṅgado jāto pituratyadhikaḥ sutaḥ / daśanāgāyu tabalaḥ pratāpena raviryathā
In her was born Dharmāṅgada, a son surpassing his father, with the strength and vigour of ten elephants, like the sun in majesty.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.48
यः क्षान्त्या धरया तुल्यो गांभीर्ये सांगरोपमः । तेजसा वह्निवद्द्वीप्तः क्रोधे वैवस्वतोपमः
yaḥ kṣāntyā dharayā tulyo gāṃbhīrye sāṃgaropamaḥ / tejasā vahnivaddvīptaḥ krodhe vaivasvatopamaḥ
He who in patience is equal to the earth, in depth resembles the ocean, in brilliance blazes like fire, in anger is like the son of Vivasvat (Yama).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.49
त्यागे वैरौचनिर्यद्वद्गतौ हि पवनोपमः । सौम्यत्वे शशितुल्यस्तु रूपवान् मन्मथो यथा
tyāge vairaucaniryadvadgatau hi pavanopamaḥ / saumyatve śaśitulyastu rūpavān manmatho yathā
In generosity he is like the son of Virocana (Bali), in motion like the wind, in gentleness equal to the moon, and in beauty like Manmatha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.50
जीवभार्गवयोस्तुल्यो यो नीतौ राजनन्दनः । पित्रा भुक्तं समस्तैकं जंबूद्वीपं वरानने
jīvabhārgavayostulyo yo nītau rājanandanaḥ / pitrā bhuktaṃ samastaikaṃ jaṃbūdvīpaṃ varānane
That prince, who in policy is equal to Jīva (Bṛhaspati) and Bhārgava (Śukra) — the whole single Jambūdvīpa was enjoyed by his father, O fair-faced one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.51
धर्माङ्गदेन द्वीपानि संजितान्यपराण्यपि । पित्रोस्तु व्रीडया येन न ज्ञातं प्रमदासुखम्
dharmāṅgadena dvīpāni saṃjitānyaparāṇyapi / pitrostu vrīḍayā yena na jñātaṃ pramadāsukham
And other islands too were conquered by Dharmāṅgada; but out of modesty before his parents he never came to know the pleasure of women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.52
स्वयं प्राप्ताः परित्यक्ता येन भार्याः सहस्रशः । यो न वाक्याद्विचलते सहैव हि पितुर्गृहे
svayaṃ prāptāḥ parityaktā yena bhāryāḥ sahasraśaḥ / yo na vākyādvicalate sahaiva hi piturgṛhe
By him wives who came of their own accord were abandoned by the thousands; he does not deviate from the (parents') word, living together in his father's house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.53
यस्य वै त्रीणि सुभगे मातॄणां चारुहासिनि । शतानि कनकाभासे त्वविशेषेण पश्यति
yasya vai trīṇi subhage mātṝṇāṃ cāruhāsini / śatāni kanakābhāse tvaviśeṣeṇa paśyati
He who has indeed three hundred mothers, O lovely one of charming laughter, O you of golden lustre, and he looks upon them without distinction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.54
चस्य धर्मप्रधानस्य पुत्ररत्नाञ्चितस्य च । समीपं गच्छ चार्वङ्गि मन्दरे पर्वतोत्तमे
casya dharmapradhānasya putraratnāñcitasya ca / samīpaṃ gaccha cārvaṅgi mandare parvatottame
Go into the presence of that man, whose chief concern is dharma and who is adorned with the jewel of a son, O fair-limbed one, on Mandara, best of mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.55
तत्र वत्स्यति राजा वै तुरगेणातिवाहितः । तव गीतेन चार्वङ्गि मोहितो ऽश्वं विहाय चकत
tatra vatsyati rājā vai turageṇātivāhitaḥ / tava gītena cārvaṅgi mohito 'śvaṃ vihāya cakata
There the king will dwell, carried far off by his horse; bewildered by your song, O fair-limbed one, he will abandon the horse and (approach?).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 7.56
अधिरुह्य गिरेः पृष्ठं स संगं यास्यति त्वया । तत्र देवि त्वयावाच्यं मिलित्वा भूभुजा त्विह
adhiruhya gireḥ pṛṣṭhaṃ sa saṃgaṃ yāsyati tvayā / tatra devi tvayāvācyaṃ militvā bhūbhujā tviha
Having climbed the mountain's ridge he will unite with you; there, O goddess, when you have met the king, this is to be said by you here:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.57
अहं भार्या भविष्यामि तव राजन्न संशयः । यद्ब्रवीमि ह्यहं नाथ तत्कार्यं हि त्वया ध्रुवम्
ahaṃ bhāryā bhaviṣyāmi tava rājanna saṃśayaḥ / yadbravīmi hyahaṃ nātha tatkāryaṃ hi tvayā dhruvam
"I shall become your wife, O king, without doubt; but whatever I say, O lord, that must certainly be done by you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.58
मोहितस्तव रूपेण तथैव प्रतिपद्यते । यतस्तं शपथैर्धृत्वा दक्षिणेन करेण वै
mohitastava rūpeṇa tathaiva pratipadyate / yatastaṃ śapathairdhṛtvā dakṣiṇena kareṇa vai
Bewildered by your beauty, he will agree to just that; therefore, having bound him with oaths, by (his) right hand,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.59
वाच्यः कतिपयैः सुभ्रु दिनैरपगतैस्त्विति । सुरते तव चार्वङ्गि यदा मुग्धो हि लक्ष्यते
vācyaḥ katipayaiḥ subhru dinairapagataistviti / surate tava cārvaṅgi yadā mugdho hi lakṣyate
he is to be addressed, O fair-browed one, when a few days have passed — thus: when, O fair-limbed one, he is seen to be besotted in lovemaking with you,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.60
तदा प्रहस्य राज्ञो वै स्मारणीयं पुरा वचः । यस्त्वया शपथो राजन्कृतो मद्वाक्यपालने
tadā prahasya rājño vai smāraṇīyaṃ purā vacaḥ / yastvayā śapatho rājankṛto madvākyapālane
then, laughing, the king's former word is to be recalled (to him): "That oath which was made by you, O king, concerning the keeping of my word —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.61
तत्पालयमहीपाल मन्ये ऽहं समयस्त्विति । एवमुक्ते त्वया मुग्धो राजा वै सत्यगौरवात्
tatpālayamahīpāla manye 'haṃ samayastviti / evamukte tvayā mugdho rājā vai satyagauravāt
keep it, O ruler of the earth; I consider that the time (for it) has come." When this is said by you, the king, besotted, out of regard for truth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.62
पालयामि न संदेहो ब्रूहि किं ते ददाम्यहम् । एवमुक्ते तु वचने त्वया वाच्यो वरानने
pālayāmi na saṃdeho brūhi kiṃ te dadāmyaham / evamukte tu vacane tvayā vācyo varānane
(will say): "I shall keep it, there is no doubt; say what I am to give you." And when that word is spoken, you are to say, O fair-faced one:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.63
रुक्माङ्गदो महीपालो धर्माङ्गदपिता शुभे । नोपवासस्त्वया कार्यो जातु वै हरिवासरे
rukmāṅgado mahīpālo dharmāṅgadapitā śubhe / nopavāsastvayā kāryo jātu vai harivāsare
"(It is) Rukmāṅgada the king, the father of Dharmāṅgada, O lovely one. You must never keep a fast on Hari's day."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.64
सुरतस्रं सकारी मे ह्युपवासो भवेत्प्रिय । सुमुग्धां यौवनोपेतां स्वभार्यां यो न सेवते
suratasraṃ sakārī me hyupavāso bhavetpriya / sumugdhāṃ yauvanopetāṃ svabhāryāṃ yo na sevate
"A fast would be a thing that destroys lovemaking for me, my dear. He who does not serve his own wife, charming and endowed with youth—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 7.65
पर्वापेक्षी दुराचारः स याति नरकं ध्रुवम् । त्रिरात्रमपविद्धाहं त्वया भूप उपोषणात्
parvāpekṣī durācāraḥ sa yāti narakaṃ dhruvam / trirātramapaviddhāhaṃ tvayā bhūpa upoṣaṇāt
"—but instead watches for the (holy) lunar days, is of evil conduct and surely goes to hell. For three nights I have been cast aside by you, O king, on account of fasting."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.66
नाहं निमेषमप्येकं स्थातुं शक्ता त्वया विना । श्राद्धकाले तु संप्राप्ते उपाविष्टैर्द्विजैः किल
nāhaṃ nimeṣamapyekaṃ sthātuṃ śaktā tvayā vinā / śrāddhakāle tu saṃprāpte upāviṣṭairdvijaiḥ kila
"I am not able to remain even for a single blink without you. Indeed, when the time of the śrāddha has come and the brahmins are already seated,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.67
याचते संगमं भार्या यदि भोग्या तदैव सा । एवं संबोध्यमानो ऽपि यदा राजा वचस्तव
yācate saṃgamaṃ bhāryā yadi bhogyā tadaiva sā / evaṃ saṃbodhyamāno 'pi yadā rājā vacastava
"if the wife asks for union, she is to be enjoyed then and there." Even when thus admonished, when the king does not act on your word—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.68
न करिष्यति चार्वङ्गि तदा वाच्यं परं वचः । यदि न त्यजसे राजन्नुपवासं हरेर्दिने
na kariṣyati cārvaṅgi tadā vācyaṃ paraṃ vacaḥ / yadi na tyajase rājannupavāsaṃ harerdine
—will not do it, O fair-limbed one, then a further word is to be spoken: "If, O king, you do not give up the fast on Hari's day,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.69
स्वहस्तेन शिरश्च्छित्वा स्वपुत्रस्य वरासिना । धर्माङ्गदस्य राजेन्द्र ममोत्संगेक्षिप स्वयम्
svahastena śiraścchitvā svaputrasya varāsinā / dharmāṅgadasya rājendra mamotsaṃgekṣipa svayam
then, cutting off with your own hand, with a fine sword, the head of your own son Dharmāṅgada, O chief of kings, throw it yourself into my lap.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.70
यद्येतन्मत्प्रियं त्वं हि न करोषि महीपते । धर्मक्षीणो भवान् गन्ता नरके नात्र संशयः
yadyetanmatpriyaṃ tvaṃ hi na karoṣi mahīpate / dharmakṣīṇo bhavān gantā narake nātra saṃśayaḥ
If you do not do this thing that is dear to me, O lord of the earth, then, drained of merit, you will go to hell—there is no doubt here."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.71
श्रुत्वा त्वदीयं वचनं वराङ्गने न हिंस्यते प्राणसमं च पुत्रम् । संगृह्य वाक्यं वसुधामराणां सम्भोक्ष्यते माधववासंरे ऽसौ
śrutvā tvadīyaṃ vacanaṃ varāṅgane na hiṃsyate prāṇasamaṃ ca putram / saṃgṛhya vākyaṃ vasudhāmarāṇāṃ sambhokṣyate mādhavavāsaṃre 'sau
On hearing your words, O fair-limbed one, he will not kill the son who is dear to him as his own breath; taking up the word of the gods on earth (the brahmins), he will eat on Mādhava's day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.72
ततो जनो यास्यति पूर्ववच्च यमान्तिकं किङ्करपाशबद्धः । लिपिप्रमाणं नरकाधिवासी भविष्यते साधु कृतं त्वया हि
tato jano yāsyati pūrvavacca yamāntikaṃ kiṅkarapāśabaddhaḥ / lipipramāṇaṃ narakādhivāsī bhaviṣyate sādhu kṛtaṃ tvayā hi
Then the man will go, as before, into Yama's presence, bound by the noose of (Yama's) servants, and will become a dweller in hell to the measure of the written record—and you will have done well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 2 7.73
अथ यदि निहन्ति तनयं राजा सत्येन संयुतः श्रीमान् । निःशेषामरपूज्यं व्रजति पदं पद्मनाभस्य
atha yadi nihanti tanayaṃ rājā satyena saṃyutaḥ śrīmān / niḥśeṣāmarapūjyaṃ vrajati padaṃ padmanābhasya
But if the illustrious king, holding to truth, kills his son, he goes to the station of Padmanābha, worshipped by all the immortals without exception.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition