Narada Purana — Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 9
NarP 2 9.1
सौतिरुवाच रुक्माङ्गदस्तु राजेन्द्रो भुक्त्वा भोगांस्तुमानुषान् । संपूज्य बहुशो देवं पीतांबरधरं हरम्
sautiruvāca rukmāṅgadastu rājendro bhuktvā bhogāṃstumānuṣān / saṃpūjya bahuśo devaṃ pītāṃbaradharaṃ haram
The bard said: But Rukmāṅgada, best of kings, having enjoyed human pleasures, and having worshipped many times the god Hara, the wearer of yellow garments,
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NarP 2 9.2
दत्वा मूर्ध्नि पदं विप्राः शत्रीणां रणशालिनाम् । कृत्वा शून्यं यमपथं जित्वा वैवस्वतं यमम्
datvā mūrdhni padaṃ viprāḥ śatrīṇāṃ raṇaśālinām / kṛtvā śūnyaṃ yamapathaṃ jitvā vaivasvataṃ yamam
having set his foot on the heads of enemies who exulted in battle, O brahmins, having made the path of Yama empty, having conquered Yama the son of Vivasvat,
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NarP 2 9.3
वैकुण्ठस्य तु पन्थानं संपूर्णं मानवैः कृतम् । आहूय तनयं काले धर्माङ्गदमभाषत
vaikuṇṭhasya tu panthānaṃ saṃpūrṇaṃ mānavaiḥ kṛtam / āhūya tanayaṃ kāle dharmāṅgadamabhāṣata
and having made the road of Vaikuṇṭha full of men — in due time he summoned his son and spoke to Dharmāṅgada:
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NarP 2 9.4
एतां वसुमतीं पुत्र वसुपूर्णां समन्ततः । परिपालय वीर्येण स्वधर्मे कृतनिश्चयः
etāṃ vasumatīṃ putra vasupūrṇāṃ samantataḥ / paripālaya vīryeṇa svadharme kṛtaniścayaḥ
"This earth, my son, full of wealth on every side — protect it with valour, firmly resolved upon your own duty.
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NarP 2 9.5
पुत्र समर्थे जाते यो राज्यं न प्रतिपादयेत् । तस्य धर्मस्तथा कीर्तिर्विनस्यति न संशयः
putra samarthe jāte yo rājyaṃ na pratipādayet / tasya dharmastathā kīrtirvinasyati na saṃśayaḥ
When a son has become capable, he who does not hand over the kingdom — his merit and likewise his fame perish, there is no doubt.
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NarP 2 9.6
समर्थेन च पुत्रेण यो न याति पिता सुखम् । अवश्य पातकी सो ऽपि विज्ञेयो भुवनत्रये
samarthena ca putreṇa yo na yāti pitā sukham / avaśya pātakī so 'pi vijñeyo bhuvanatraye
And a father who, having a capable son, does not go to ease — he too is certainly to be known as a sinner in the three worlds.
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NarP 2 9.7
पितुर्भारक्षमः पुत्रो भारं नोद्वहते तु यः । मातुरुच्चारवज्जातो द्विजिह्वो विषवर्जितः
piturbhārakṣamaḥ putro bhāraṃ nodvahate tu yaḥ / māturuccāravajjāto dvijihvo viṣavarjitaḥ
A son able to bear the father's burden who yet does not take up the burden is born like his mother's excrement — a forked-tongue without venom.
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NarP 2 9.8
स पुत्रो यो ऽधिकख्यातः पितुर्भवति भूतले । प्रकाशयति सर्वत्र स्वकरैरिव भास्करः
sa putro yo 'dhikakhyātaḥ piturbhavati bhūtale / prakāśayati sarvatra svakarairiva bhāskaraḥ
He is a son who becomes more renowned than his father on earth, who illuminates everywhere, like the sun with its rays.
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NarP 2 9.9
पुत्रापनयजैर्दुःखै रात्रौ जागर्तिं यत्पिता । स पुत्रो नरकं याति यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्
putrāpanayajairduḥkhai rātrau jāgartiṃ yatpitā / sa putro narakaṃ yāti yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam
That son through whose misdeeds the father lies awake at night with sorrow goes to hell for as long as until the dissolution of beings.
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NarP 2 9.10
पितुर्वचनमादृत्य सर्वं यः कुरुते गृहे । स याति देव सायुज्यं स्तूयमानो दिवि स्थितैः
piturvacanamādṛtya sarvaṃ yaḥ kurute gṛhe / sa yāti deva sāyujyaṃ stūyamāno divi sthitaiḥ
He who, honoring his father's word, does everything in the house — he attains union with the god, praised by those who dwell in heaven.
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NarP 2 9.11
सो ऽहं प्रजाकृते पुत्र आसक्तः कर्मभिः क्षितौ । न भुक्तं नैव सुप्तं तु स्वेच्छया पालने स्थितः
so 'haṃ prajākṛte putra āsaktaḥ karmabhiḥ kṣitau / na bhuktaṃ naiva suptaṃ tu svecchayā pālane sthitaḥ
Such am I, my son: for the sake of the people I have been bound to works upon the earth. I have not eaten, nor slept, at my own pleasure, being set upon (their) protection.
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NarP 2 9.12
असमर्थे त्वयि सुत न प्राप्तं हि मया सुखम् । विष्णुवासरभोक्तॄणां निग्रहे कृतबुद्धिना
asamarthe tvayi suta na prāptaṃ hi mayā sukham / viṣṇuvāsarabhoktṝṇāṃ nigrahe kṛtabuddhinā
While you were not yet capable, son, no happiness was got by me, whose mind was fixed on restraining those who eat on Viṣṇu's day.
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NarP 2 9.13
केचिच्छैवे स्थिता मार्गे सौरे केचिद्व्यवस्थिताः । विरिञ्चिमार्गगाश्चान्ये पार्वत्याश्च स्थिताः परे
kecicchaive sthitā mārge saure kecidvyavasthitāḥ / viriñcimārgagāścānye pārvatyāśca sthitāḥ pare
Some stood in the Śaiva path, some were established in the solar one; others went by Brahmā's path, and still others stood in Pārvatī's.
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NarP 2 9.14
सायं च प्रातरासीना अग्निहोत्रे व्यवस्थिताः । बालो युवा वा वृद्धो वा गुर्विणी वा कुमारिका
sāyaṃ ca prātarāsīnā agnihotre vyavasthitāḥ / bālo yuvā vā vṛddho vā gurviṇī vā kumārikā
And (some), eating evening and morning, were established in the agnihotra: "a child, or a youth, or an old man, or a pregnant woman, or a young girl,
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NarP 2 9.15
सरोगो विकलो वापि न शक्नोति ह्युपोषितुम् । इत्येवं जल्पितं यैस्तु तान्निरस्य समन्ततः
sarogo vikalo vāpi na śaknoti hyupoṣitum / ityevaṃ jalpitaṃ yaistu tānnirasya samantataḥ
or one who is diseased, or even one who is disabled, is surely not able to fast" — those by whom such prattle was uttered, having refuted them on every side,
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NarP 2 9.16
वचोभिस्तु पुराणोक्तैर्वासरैर्बहुभिस्त्वहम् । संबोधयित्वा बहुशः प्रजानां सुखहेतवे
vacobhistu purāṇoktairvāsarairbahubhistvaham / saṃbodhayitvā bahuśaḥ prajānāṃ sukhahetave
and with words spoken in the Purāṇas about the many (holy) days, I, having instructed (them) again and again for the sake of the people's welfare,
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NarP 2 9.17
निगृह्य तान्हरिदिने निराहारान्करोमि च । शास्त्रदृष्ट्या तु विदुषो मूर्खान्दण्डनपूर्वकम्
nigṛhya tānharidine nirāhārānkaromi ca / śāstradṛṣṭyā tu viduṣo mūrkhāndaṇḍanapūrvakam
restraining them, I make them go without food on Hari's day: the learned by (showing them) the view of scripture, and the fools with punishment first.
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NarP 2 9.18
शासयित्वा कृताः सर्वे निराहारा हरेर्दिने । तेन मे न सुखं किञ्चिदवलीढं धरातले
śāsayitvā kṛtāḥ sarve nirāhārā harerdine / tena me na sukhaṃ kiñcidavalīḍhaṃ dharātale
Having chastised (them), all were made to go without food on Hari's day; because of that not a bit of pleasure was tasted by me on the face of the earth.
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NarP 2 9.19
कच्चिन्न दुःखेन जनान्योजयेत्किल पुत्रक । स्वेभ्यो वापि परेभ्यो वा या रक्षेच्च प्रजा नृपः
kaccinna duḥkhena janānyojayetkila putraka / svebhyo vāpi parebhyo vā yā rakṣecca prajā nṛpaḥ
A king should surely never yoke the people to suffering, my little son; and (he) who should protect the subjects, whether from his own people or from strangers —
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NarP 2 9.20
तस्यामी ह्यक्षया लोकाः पुराणेषु प्रकीर्तिताः । सो ऽहं प्रजाकृते सौम्य संस्थितो नात्मनः क्वचित्
tasyāmī hyakṣayā lokāḥ purāṇeṣu prakīrtitāḥ / so 'haṃ prajākṛte saumya saṃsthito nātmanaḥ kvacit
for him these imperishable worlds are proclaimed in the Purāṇas. Such am I, gentle one: established for the people's sake, never for my own.
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NarP 2 9.21
सौख्यमिच्छाम्यहं भोक्तुं मृगयादिसमुद्भवम् । न पानद्यूतजं पुत्र कामये ऽहं कदाचन
saukhyamicchāmyahaṃ bhoktuṃ mṛgayādisamudbhavam / na pānadyūtajaṃ putra kāmaye 'haṃ kadācana
I wish to enjoy the pleasure that arises from hunting and the like; I never desire, my son, that which comes of drink and dice.
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NarP 2 9.22
एषु सक्तो ऽचिरात्पुत्र विनाशं याति पार्थिवः । त्वत्प्रसादादहं पुत्र मृगयाव्याजतो ऽधुना
eṣu sakto 'cirātputra vināśaṃ yāti pārthivaḥ / tvatprasādādahaṃ putra mṛgayāvyājato 'dhunā
A prince attached to these, my son, goes swiftly to ruin. By your grace, son, now under the pretext of the hunt,
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NarP 2 9.23
गिरीन्वनानि सरितः सरांसि विविधानि च । भोक्तुकामः प्रियान्कामांस्त्वयि भारं निवेश्य च
girīnvanāni saritaḥ sarāṃsi vividhāni ca / bhoktukāmaḥ priyānkāmāṃstvayi bhāraṃ niveśya ca
(I wish to enjoy) the mountains, the forests, the rivers and the various lakes — desiring to enjoy the pleasures dear (to me), having laid the burden upon you.
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NarP 2 9.24
एतत्सर्वं समाख्यातं यत्स्थितं हृदये मम । कृते तव महाकीर्तिरकृते नरकस्थितिः
etatsarvaṃ samākhyātaṃ yatsthitaṃ hṛdaye mama / kṛte tava mahākīrtirakṛte narakasthitiḥ
All this that stood in my heart has been declared. If it is done, great fame is yours; if not done, a dwelling in hell.
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NarP 2 9.25
धर्माङ्गद उवाच सर्वमेतत्करिष्यामि भुङ्क्ष्व भोगान्मनो ऽनुगान् । गुर्वीं राज्यधुरं तात त्वदीयामुद्धराम्यहम्
dharmāṅgada uvāca sarvametatkariṣyāmi bhuṅkṣva bhogānmano 'nugān / gurvīṃ rājyadhuraṃ tāta tvadīyāmuddharāmyaham
Dharmāṅgada said: I shall do all this; enjoy the pleasures that follow your mind. Father, I take up your heavy yoke of kingship.
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NarP 2 9.26
नहि मे ऽन्यः स्मृतो धर्मस्त्वद्वाक्यकरणं विना । पितुर्वाक्यमकुर्वाणः कुर्वन्धर्मानधो व्रजेत्
nahi me 'nyaḥ smṛto dharmastvadvākyakaraṇaṃ vinā / piturvākyamakurvāṇaḥ kurvandharmānadho vrajet
For no other duty is known to me apart from the doing of your word. One who does not carry out his father's word, though he performs (other) duties, goes downward.
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NarP 2 9.27
तस्मात्करिष्ये वचनं त्वदीयं प्राञ्जलिः स्थितः । एवमुक्ते तु वचने राजा हृष्टो बभूव ह
tasmātkariṣye vacanaṃ tvadīyaṃ prāñjaliḥ sthitaḥ / evamukte tu vacane rājā hṛṣṭo babhūva ha
Therefore I shall carry out your word — so he stood with joined palms. When this word had been spoken thus, the king became delighted.
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NarP 2 9.28
गन्तुकामो मृगान्भूयोलब्ध्वा ज्ञात्वा वनं ततः । धर्माङ्गदो ऽपि दृष्टात्मा प्रजा आहूय चाब्रवीत्
gantukāmo mṛgānbhūyolabdhvā jñātvā vanaṃ tataḥ / dharmāṅgado 'pi dṛṣṭātmā prajā āhūya cābravīt
Wishing to go, having once more obtained deer and come to know the forest, Dharmāṅgada too, of resolute mind, summoned the subjects and said:
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NarP 2 9.29
पित्रा नियुक्तो भवतां पालनाय हिताय च । पितुर्वाक्यं मया कार्यं सर्वथा धर्ममिच्छता
pitrā niyukto bhavatāṃ pālanāya hitāya ca / piturvākyaṃ mayā kāryaṃ sarvathā dharmamicchatā
I have been appointed by my father for your protection and welfare. My father's word must be carried out by me in every way, since I desire dharma.
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NarP 2 9.30
नान्यो हि धर्मः पुत्रस्य पितुर्वाक्यं विना प्रजाः । मयि दण्डधरे शास्ता न यमो भवति क्वचित्
nānyo hi dharmaḥ putrasya piturvākyaṃ vinā prajāḥ / mayi daṇḍadhare śāstā na yamo bhavati kvacit
For a son there is no other duty apart from his father's word, O subjects; while I hold the rod (of punishment), Yama is nowhere the chastiser.
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NarP 2 9.31
एवं ज्ञात्वा तु युष्माभिः स्मर्तव्यो गरुडध्वजः । ब्रह्मार्पणप्रयोगेण यजनीयो जनार्दनः
evaṃ jñātvā tu yuṣmābhiḥ smartavyo garuḍadhvajaḥ / brahmārpaṇaprayogeṇa yajanīyo janārdanaḥ
Knowing this, you must keep in mind him whose banner is Garuḍa; Janārdana is to be worshipped by the practice of offering (all) to Brahman.
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NarP 2 9.32
ममत्वं हि परित्यज्य स्वजातिविहितेन च । येन वो ह्यक्षया लोका भवेयुर्नात्र संशयः
mamatvaṃ hi parityajya svajātivihitena ca / yena vo hyakṣayā lokā bhaveyurnātra saṃśayaḥ
Indeed, by abandoning the sense of "mine", and by what is prescribed for one's own caste—by that your worlds will become imperishable; there is no doubt here.
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NarP 2 9.33
पितृमार्गाधिको ह्येष भवतां दर्शितः प्रजाः । ब्रह्मार्पणक्रियायुक्ता भवन्तु ज्ञानकोविदाः
pitṛmārgādhiko hyeṣa bhavatāṃ darśitaḥ prajāḥ / brahmārpaṇakriyāyuktā bhavantu jñānakovidāḥ
This, O subjects, which has been shown to you, is superior to the path of the fathers; be devoted to the rite of offering to Brahman and skilled in knowledge.
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NarP 2 9.34
न भोक्तव्यं हरिदिने पैत्रो मार्गस्तु शाश्वतः । विशेषो हि मयाख्यातो भवतां ब्रह्मसंस्थितिः
na bhoktavyaṃ haridine paitro mārgastu śāśvataḥ / viśeṣo hi mayākhyāto bhavatāṃ brahmasaṃsthitiḥ
One should not eat on the Lord's day; but the paternal path is everlasting. This special (rule) has been declared by me for you—(namely) the abiding in Brahman.
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NarP 2 9.35
प्रयोक्तव्या च तत्त्वज्ञैः पुनरावृत्ति दुर्लभा । यदुपोष्यं हरिदिनं तदवश्यमिति स्थितिः
prayoktavyā ca tattvajñaiḥ punarāvṛtti durlabhā / yadupoṣyaṃ haridinaṃ tadavaśyamiti sthitiḥ
And it is to be practised by the knowers of truth, (whereby) return (to birth) becomes hard to come by; that the day of Hari is to be fasted on—that is the rule, without fail.
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NarP 2 9.36
अनुनीय प्रजाः सर्वाः समाश्वात्यत पुनः पुनः । न दिवा न च शर्वर्यां शेते धर्मां गदः सदा
anunīya prajāḥ sarvāḥ samāśvātyata punaḥ punaḥ / na divā na ca śarvaryāṃ śete dharmāṃ gadaḥ sadā
Having conciliated all the subjects, he reassured them again and again; neither by day nor by night does Dharmāṅgada ever sleep.
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NarP 2 9.37
सर्वत्र भ्रमते शौर्यात्कुर्वन्निष्कण्टकां क्षितिम् । पटहो रटते नित्यं मृगारिरिपुमस्तके
sarvatra bhramate śauryātkurvanniṣkaṇṭakāṃ kṣitim / paṭaho raṭate nityaṃ mṛgāriripumastake
Out of valour he roams everywhere, making the earth free of thorns; the drum resounds continually upon the head of the lion's foe (the elephant).
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NarP 2 9.38
अभुक्त्वा द्वादशीं लोका ममत्वेन विवर्जिताः । त्रिविधेषु च कार्येषु देवेशश्चिन्त्यतां हरिः
abhuktvā dvādaśīṃ lokā mamatvena vivarjitāḥ / trividheṣu ca kāryeṣu deveśaścintyatāṃ hariḥ
Without eating on the twelfth, the people (should be) freed from the sense of "mine"; and in the three kinds of acts let Hari, the lord of the gods, be meditated upon.
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NarP 2 9.39
हव्यकव्यवहो देवः स एव पुरुषोत्तमः । सूर्ये यो हि कृशाकाशे विसर्गे जगतां पतिः
havyakavyavaho devaḥ sa eva puruṣottamaḥ / sūrye yo hi kṛśākāśe visarge jagatāṃ patiḥ
The god who carries the oblations to gods and to the fathers—he alone is the Supreme Person; he who (dwells) in the sun, in the thin ether, in emission, is the lord of the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 9.40
स्मर्त्तव्यो मनुजैः सर्वैर्धर्मकामार्थकामुकैः । स्वजातिविहितो ऽप्येवं सन्मार्गे चैव माधवः
smarttavyo manujaiḥ sarvairdharmakāmārthakāmukaiḥ / svajātivihito 'pyevaṃ sanmārge caiva mādhavaḥ
Mādhava is to be remembered by all men who desire duty, pleasure and wealth—thus also by what is prescribed for one's own caste and on the path of the good.
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NarP 2 9.41
स एव भोक्ता भोक्तव्यः स एव पुरुषोत्तमः । विनियोगस्तु तस्यैव सर्वकर्मसु युज्यते
sa eva bhoktā bhoktavyaḥ sa eva puruṣottamaḥ / viniyogastu tasyaiva sarvakarmasu yujyate
He alone is the enjoyer, he alone is to be enjoyed, he alone is the Supreme Person; and the application (of every act) belongs to him alone—it fits in all rites.
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NarP 2 9.42
एवं रटन्ति विप्रेन्द्राः पटहे मेघनिःस्वने । एवं धर्ममवाप्याथ पितां धर्माङ्गदस्य हि
evaṃ raṭanti viprendrāḥ paṭahe meghaniḥsvane / evaṃ dharmamavāpyātha pitāṃ dharmāṅgadasya hi
Thus, O best of brahmins, they proclaim on the drum that sounds like a cloud; and thus, when Dharmāṅgada's father had obtained the law—
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NarP 2 9.43
ज्ञात्वा पुत्रं क्रियोपेतमात्मनो ह्यधिकं द्विजाः । उवाच भार्यां संहृष्टः स्थितां लक्ष्मीमिवापराम्
jñātvā putraṃ kriyopetamātmano hyadhikaṃ dvijāḥ / uvāca bhāryāṃ saṃhṛṣṭaḥ sthitāṃ lakṣmīmivāparām
knowing his son to be endowed with (right) action and superior to himself, O twice-born, he spoke, greatly delighted, to his wife, who stood there like a second Lakṣmī.
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NarP 2 9.44
संध्यावलि ह्यहं धन्यस्त्वं चापि वरवर्णिनी । उभयोर्जनितः पुत्रः शशाङ्कधवलः क्षितौ
saṃdhyāvali hyahaṃ dhanyastvaṃ cāpi varavarṇinī / ubhayorjanitaḥ putraḥ śaśāṅkadhavalaḥ kṣitau
"Saṃdhyāvalī, I am indeed blessed, and you too, O fair-complexioned one: a son has been born of us both, white as the moon, upon the earth.
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NarP 2 9.45
कर्णाभ्यां श्रूयते मोक्षो न दृष्टः केनचित्क्वचित् । सो ऽस्माभिरधिकं प्राप्तो मोक्षः सत्पुत्रसंभवः
karṇābhyāṃ śrūyate mokṣo na dṛṣṭaḥ kenacitkvacit / so 'smābhiradhikaṃ prāpto mokṣaḥ satputrasaṃbhavaḥ
Liberation is heard of with the ears; it has been seen by no one anywhere. That liberation, arising from a good son, has been attained by us in fuller measure.
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NarP 2 9.46
पुत्रे विनयसंपन्ने वृत्ताशौर्यसमन्विते । प्रतापिनि वरारोहे पितुर्मोक्षो गृहे ध्रुवम्
putre vinayasaṃpanne vṛttāśauryasamanvite / pratāpini varārohe piturmokṣo gṛhe dhruvam
When a son is endowed with modesty, possessed of good conduct and valour, majestic and of excellent bearing, the father's liberation is assured (even) at home.
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NarP 2 9.47
आनन्दं ब्रह्मणो रूपं शतानन्दः सुतेन यः । पिता भवति चार्वङ्गि सत्कर्मकरणैः शुभैः
ānandaṃ brahmaṇo rūpaṃ śatānandaḥ sutena yaḥ / pitā bhavati cārvaṅgi satkarmakaraṇaiḥ śubhaiḥ
Bliss is the form of Brahman; and by such a son a father becomes possessed of a hundredfold bliss, O fair-limbed one, through his auspicious performance of good deeds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 2 9.48
नैतत्साम्यं भवेद्देवि लोके स्थावरजङ्गमे । सत्पुत्रः पितुरादाय भारमुद्वहते तु यः
naitatsāmyaṃ bhaveddevi loke sthāvarajaṅgame / satputraḥ piturādāya bhāramudvahate tu yaḥ
There would be nothing equal to this, O goddess, in the world of moving and unmoving things—a good son who takes up his father's burden and bears it.
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NarP 2 9.49
सो ऽहं गमिष्यामि वनाय हृष्टो विहारशीलो मृगहिंसनाय । स्वेच्छाचरश्चाथ विशालनेत्रे विमुक्तपापो जनरक्षणाय
so 'haṃ gamiṣyāmi vanāya hṛṣṭo vihāraśīlo mṛgahiṃsanāya / svecchācaraścātha viśālanetre vimuktapāpo janarakṣaṇāya
So I, delighted, shall go to the forest, inclined to sport, to hunt deer; and, O wide-eyed one, roaming at my own will, freed from sin, for the protection of the people."
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