Narasimha Purana — Chapter 13
NsP 13.1
विचित्रेयं कथा तात वैदिकी मे त्वयेरिता अन्याः पुण्याश् च मे ब्रूहि कथाः पापप्रणाशिनीः
vicitreyaṃ kathā tāta vaidikī me tvayeritā anyāḥ puṇyāś ca me brūhi kathāḥ pāpapraṇāśinīḥ
Father, this Vedic story you have told me is marvellous; tell me other meritorious tales too, ones that destroy sin.
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NsP 13.2
अहं ते कथयिष्यामि पुरावृत्तम् अनुत्तमम् पतिव्रतायाः संवादं कस्यचिद् ब्रह्मचारिणः
ahaṃ te kathayiṣyāmi purāvṛttam anuttamam pativratāyāḥ saṃvādaṃ kasyacid brahmacāriṇaḥ
I shall tell you an unsurpassed thing that happened of old: the conversation of a devoted wife with a certain celibate student.
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NsP 13.3
कश्यपो नीतिमान् नाम ब्राह्मणो वेदपारगः सर्वशास्त्रार्थतत्त्वज्ञो व्याख्याने परिनिष्ठितः
kaśyapo nītimān nāma brāhmaṇo vedapāragaḥ sarvaśāstrārthatattvajño vyākhyāne pariniṣṭhitaḥ
There was a brahmin named Kaśyapa Nītimān, who had gone to the far shore of the Vedas, who knew the true meaning of all the treatises and was accomplished in exposition.
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NsP 13.4
स्वधर्मकार्यनिरतः परधर्मपराङ्मुखः ऋतुकालाभिगामी च अग्निहोत्रपरायणः
svadharmakāryanirataḥ paradharmaparāṅmukhaḥ ṛtukālābhigāmī ca agnihotraparāyaṇaḥ
Devoted to the duties of his own dharma, turned away from another's dharma, approaching (his wife) at the fertile season, and given wholly to the agnihotra.
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NsP 13.5
सायंप्रातर् महाभाग हुत्वाग्निं तर्पयन् द्विजान् अतिथीन् आगतान् गेहं नरसिंहं च पुजयत्
sāyaṃprātar mahābhāga hutvāgniṃ tarpayan dvijān atithīn āgatān gehaṃ narasiṃhaṃ ca pujayat
Evening and morning, that greatly fortunate one, having offered into the fire, satisfied brahmins, and honoured the guests who came to his house, and Narasiṃha.
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NsP 13.6
तस्य पत्नी महाभागा सावित्री नाम नामतः पतिव्रता महाभागा पत्युः प्रियहिते रता
tasya patnī mahābhāgā sāvitrī nāma nāmataḥ pativratā mahābhāgā patyuḥ priyahite ratā
His wife was the greatly blessed one named Sāvitrī by name, a devoted wife, greatly blessed, intent on what was dear and good to her husband.
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NsP 13.7
भर्तुः शुश्रूषणेनैव दीर्घकालम् अनिन्दिता परोक्षज्ञानम् आपन्ना कल्याणी गुणसंमता
bhartuḥ śuśrūṣaṇenaiva dīrghakālam aninditā parokṣajñānam āpannā kalyāṇī guṇasaṃmatā
By her service to her husband alone, over a long time, blameless, she attained knowledge of things beyond sight—auspicious, esteemed for her virtues.
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NsP 13.8
तया सह स धर्मात्मा मध्यदेशे महामतिः नन्दिग्रामे वसन् धीमान् स्वानुष्ठानपरायणः
tayā saha sa dharmātmā madhyadeśe mahāmatiḥ nandigrāme vasan dhīmān svānuṣṭhānaparāyaṇaḥ
Together with her that righteous, great-minded, wise man dwelt in the Middle Country, in the village of Nandi, wholly given to his own observances.
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NsP 13.9
अथ कौशलिको विप्रो यज्ञशर्मा महामतिः तस्य भार्याभवत् साध्वी रोहिणी नाम नामतः
atha kauśaliko vipro yajñaśarmā mahāmatiḥ tasya bhāryābhavat sādhvī rohiṇī nāma nāmataḥ
Now there was a brahmin of Kauśalika (descent), Yajñaśarmā, of great mind; his wife was a virtuous woman, Rohiṇī by name.
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NsP 13.10
सर्वलक्षणसंपन्ना पतिशुश्रूषणे रता सा प्रसूता सुतं त्व् एकं तस्माद् भर्तुर् अनिन्दिता
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannā patiśuśrūṣaṇe ratā sā prasūtā sutaṃ tv ekaṃ tasmād bhartur aninditā
Endowed with all (auspicious) marks, intent on serving her husband, that blameless woman bore just one son from that husband.
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NsP 13.11
स यायावरवृत्तिस् तु पुत्रे जाते विचक्षणः जातकर्म तदा चक्रे स्नात्वा पुत्रस्य मन्त्रतः
sa yāyāvaravṛttis tu putre jāte vicakṣaṇaḥ jātakarma tadā cakre snātvā putrasya mantrataḥ
That discerning man, whose livelihood was that of a yāyāvara (itinerant priest), when the son was born, then bathed and performed the birth-rite for his son with mantras.
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NsP 13.12
द्वादशे ऽहनि तस्यैव देवशर्मेति बुद्धिमान् पुण्याहं वाचयित्वा तु नाम चक्रे यथाविधि
dvādaśe 'hani tasyaiva devaśarmeti buddhimān puṇyāhaṃ vācayitvā tu nāma cakre yathāvidhi
On the twelfth day, the wise man, having had the day declared auspicious, gave him the name Devaśarmā according to rule.
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NsP 13.13
उपनिष्क्रमणं चैव चतुर्थे मासि यत्नतः तथान्नप्राशनं षष्ठे मासि चक्रे यथाविधि
upaniṣkramaṇaṃ caiva caturthe māsi yatnataḥ tathānnaprāśanaṃ ṣaṣṭhe māsi cakre yathāvidhi
And he carefully performed the first taking-out (of the child) in the fourth month, and likewise the first feeding of solid food in the sixth month, according to rule.
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NsP 13.14
संवत्सरे ततः पूर्णे चूडाकर्म च धर्मवित् कृत्वा गर्भाष्टमे वर्षे व्रतबन्धं चकार सः
saṃvatsare tataḥ pūrṇe cūḍākarma ca dharmavit kṛtvā garbhāṣṭame varṣe vratabandhaṃ cakāra saḥ
Then, when a full year had passed, that knower of dharma performed the tonsure rite, and in the eighth year from conception he performed the binding of the vow (initiation).
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NsP 13.15
सोपनीतो यथान्यायं पित्रा वेदम् अधीतवान् स्वीकृते त्व् एकवेदे तु पिता स्वर्लोकम् आस्थितः
sopanīto yathānyāyaṃ pitrā vedam adhītavān svīkṛte tv ekavede tu pitā svarlokam āsthitaḥ
Having been initiated in due form by his father, he studied the Veda; but when one Veda had been mastered, the father departed to the heavenly world.
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NsP 13.16
मात्रा सहास दुःखी स पितर्य् उपरते सुतः धैर्यम् आस्थाय मेधावी साधुभिः प्रेरितः पुनः
mātrā sahāsa duḥkhī sa pitary uparate sutaḥ dhairyam āsthāya medhāvī sādhubhiḥ preritaḥ punaḥ
When his father had died, that son, grieving, (lived) together with his mother; but the wise (youth), taking hold of his resolve, urged on again by good men,
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NsP 13.17
प्रेतकार्याणि कृत्वा तु देवशर्मा गतः सुतः गङ्गादिषु सुतीर्थेषु स्नानं कृत्वा यथाविधि
pretakāryāṇi kṛtvā tu devaśarmā gataḥ sutaḥ gaṅgādiṣu sutīrtheṣu snānaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi
having performed the funeral rites, the son Devaśarman went off, and having bathed according to rule at the Gaṅgā and other holy fords,
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NsP 13.18
तम् एव प्राप्तवान् ग्रामं यत्रास्ते सा पतिव्रता संप्राप्य विश्रुतः सो ऽथ ब्रह्मचारी महामते
tam eva prāptavān grāmaṃ yatrāste sā pativratā saṃprāpya viśrutaḥ so 'tha brahmacārī mahāmate
he reached that very village where that devoted wife dwelt; and having arrived there, O great-minded one, he became renowned as a celibate student.
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NsP 13.19
भिक्षाटनं तु कृत्वासौ जपन् वेदम् अतन्द्रितः कुर्वन्न् एवाग्निकार्यं तु नन्दिग्रामे च तस्थिवान्
bhikṣāṭanaṃ tu kṛtvāsau japan vedam atandritaḥ kurvann evāgnikāryaṃ tu nandigrāme ca tasthivān
Going about for alms, muttering the Veda untiringly, and duly performing the fire-rite, he stayed in Nandigrāma.
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NsP 13.20
मृते भर्तरि तन्माता पुत्रे प्रव्रजिते तु सा दुःखाद् दुःखम् अनुप्राप्ता नियतं रक्षकं विना
mṛte bhartari tanmātā putre pravrajite tu sā duḥkhād duḥkham anuprāptā niyataṃ rakṣakaṃ vinā
With her husband dead and her son gone forth (as an ascetic), his mother, having no settled protector, passed from sorrow to sorrow.
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NsP 13.21
अथ स्नात्वा तु नद्यां वै ब्रह्मचारी स्वकर्पटम् क्षितौ प्रसार्य शोषार्थं जपन्न् आसीत वाग्यतः
atha snātvā tu nadyāṃ vai brahmacārī svakarpaṭam kṣitau prasārya śoṣārthaṃ japann āsīta vāgyataḥ
Now, having bathed in the river, the student spread his own cloth on the ground to dry, and sat muttering (his recitation), keeping silence.
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NsP 13.22
काको बलाका तद् वस्त्रं परिगृह्याशु जग्मतुः तौ दृष्ट्वा भर्त्सयाम्_अस देवशर्मा ततो द्विजः
kāko balākā tad vastraṃ parigṛhyāśu jagmatuḥ tau dṛṣṭvā bhartsayām_asa devaśarmā tato dvijaḥ
A crow and a crane seized that garment and quickly flew off; seeing those two, the brahmin Devaśarman then rebuked them.
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NsP 13.23
विष्ठाम् उत्सृज्य वस्त्रे तु जग्मतुस् तस्य भर्त्सनात् रोषेण वीक्षयाम्_अस खे यान्तौ पक्षिणौ तु सः
viṣṭhām utsṛjya vastre tu jagmatus tasya bhartsanāt roṣeṇa vīkṣayām_asa khe yāntau pakṣiṇau tu saḥ
At his rebuke they dropped dung on the garment and flew away; and he in rage glared at the two birds as they went through the sky.
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NsP 13.24
तद्रोषवह्निना दग्धौ भूम्यां निपतितौ खगौ स दृष्ट्वा तौ क्षितिं यातौ पक्षिणौ विस्मयं गतः
tadroṣavahninā dagdhau bhūmyāṃ nipatitau khagau sa dṛṣṭvā tau kṣitiṃ yātau pakṣiṇau vismayaṃ gataḥ
Burnt by the fire of his rage, the two birds fell to the ground; and seeing those birds fallen to the earth, he was filled with amazement.
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NsP 13.25
तपसा न मया कश्चित् सदृशो ऽस्ति महीतले इति मत्वा गतो भिक्षाम् अटितुं ग्रामम् अञ्जसा
tapasā na mayā kaścit sadṛśo 'sti mahītale iti matvā gato bhikṣām aṭituṃ grāmam añjasā
"There is no one on earth equal to me in ascetic power" — thinking thus, he went straight to the village to wander for alms.
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NsP 13.26
अटन् ब्राह्मणगेहेषु ब्रह्मचारी तपःस्मयी प्रविष्टस् तद् गृहं वत्स गृहे यत्र पतिव्रता
aṭan brāhmaṇageheṣu brahmacārī tapaḥsmayī praviṣṭas tad gṛhaṃ vatsa gṛhe yatra pativratā
Wandering among the houses of brahmins, the student, proud of his asceticism, entered that house, my child, the house where the devoted wife was.
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NsP 13.27
तं दृष्ट्वा याच्यमानापि तेन भिक्षां पतिव्रता वाग्यता पूर्वं विज्ञाय भर्तुः कृत्वानुशासनम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā yācyamānāpi tena bhikṣāṃ pativratā vāgyatā pūrvaṃ vijñāya bhartuḥ kṛtvānuśāsanam
Though seeing him and being asked by him for alms, the devoted wife kept silent, since she had first attended to her husband, carrying out his instruction.
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NsP 13.28
क्षालयाम्_अस तत्पादौ भूय उष्णेन वारिना आश्वास्य स्वपतिं सा तु भिक्षां दातुं प्रचक्रमे
kṣālayām_asa tatpādau bhūya uṣṇena vārinā āśvāsya svapatiṃ sā tu bhikṣāṃ dātuṃ pracakrame
She washed her husband's feet again with warm water, and having comforted her own husband, she then set about giving the alms.
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NsP 13.29
ततः क्रोधेन रक्ताक्षो ब्रह्मचारी पतिव्रताम् दग्धुकामस् तपोवीर्यात् पुनः पुनर् उदैक्षत सावित्री तु निरीक्ष्यैवं हसन्ती सा तम् अब्रवीत्
tataḥ krodhena raktākṣo brahmacārī pativratām dagdhukāmas tapovīryāt punaḥ punar udaikṣata sāvitrī tu nirīkṣyaivaṃ hasantī sā tam abravīt
Then the student, his eyes red with anger, wishing to burn up the devoted wife by the power of his austerity, looked at her again and again; but Sāvitrī, seeing this, laughed and said to him:
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NsP 13.30
न काको न बलाकाहं त्वत्क्रोधेन तु यौ मृतौ नदीतीरे ऽद्य कोपात्मन् भिक्षां मत्तो यदीच्छसि
na kāko na balākāhaṃ tvatkrodhena tu yau mṛtau nadītīre 'dya kopātman bhikṣāṃ matto yadīcchasi
"I am neither the crow nor the crane, the two that died today by your anger on the river bank, O wrathful-minded one — if you want alms from me (wait)."
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NsP 13.31
तयैवम् उक्तः सावित्र्या भिक्षाम् आदाय सो ऽग्रतः चिन्तयन् मनसा तस्याः शक्तिं दूरार्थवेदिनीम्
tayaivam uktaḥ sāvitryā bhikṣām ādāya so 'grataḥ cintayan manasā tasyāḥ śaktiṃ dūrārthavedinīm
Thus addressed by that Sāvitrī, he took the alms and (went) ahead, pondering in his mind her power that knew things far away.
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NsP 13.32
एत्याश्रमे मठे स्थाप्य भिक्षापात्रं प्रयत्नतः पतिव्रतायां भुक्तायां गृहस्थे निर्गते पतौ
etyāśrame maṭhe sthāpya bhikṣāpātraṃ prayatnataḥ pativratāyāṃ bhuktāyāṃ gṛhasthe nirgate patau
Coming to the hermitage, he carefully set the alms-bowl down in the hut. When the devoted wife had eaten and her householder husband had gone out,
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NsP 13.34
विप्रकृष्टार्थविज्ञानं कथम् आशु तवाभवत् इत्युक्ता तेन सा साध्वी सावित्री तु पतिव्रता
viprakṛṣṭārthavijñānaṃ katham āśu tavābhavat ityuktā tena sā sādhvī sāvitrī tu pativratā
"How did knowledge of a matter so far off come to you so quickly?" Thus addressed by him, that virtuous woman, Sāvitrī the devoted wife,
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NsP 13.35
तं ब्रह्मचारिणं प्राह पृच्छन्तं गृहम् एत्य वै शृणुष्वावहितो ब्रह्मन् यन् मां त्वं परिपृच्छसि
taṃ brahmacāriṇaṃ prāha pṛcchantaṃ gṛham etya vai śṛṇuṣvāvahito brahman yan māṃ tvaṃ paripṛcchasi
spoke to that student who was questioning her, having come to the house: "Listen attentively, brahmin, to what you ask me.
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NsP 13.36
तत् ते ऽहं संप्रवक्ष्यामि स्वधर्मपरिबृंहितम् स्त्रीणां तु पतिशुश्रूषा धर्म एष परिस्थितः
tat te 'haṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi svadharmaparibṛṃhitam strīṇāṃ tu patiśuśrūṣā dharma eṣa paristhitaḥ
I shall declare it to you fully, as strengthened by (my) own duty: for women, service to the husband — this is the established duty.
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NsP 13.37
तम् एवाहं सदा कुर्यां नान्यम् अस्मि महामते दिवारात्रम् असंदिग्धं श्रद्धया परितोषणम्
tam evāhaṃ sadā kuryāṃ nānyam asmi mahāmate divārātram asaṃdigdhaṃ śraddhayā paritoṣaṇam
Him alone would I always serve, and no other, O greatly wise one; day and night, without any doubt, (my duty is) his satisfaction with faith.
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NsP 13.38
कुर्वन्त्या मम संभूतं विप्रकृष्टार्थदर्शनम् अन्यच् च ते प्रवक्ष्यामि निबोध त्वं यदीच्छसि
kurvantyā mama saṃbhūtaṃ viprakṛṣṭārthadarśanam anyac ca te pravakṣyāmi nibodha tvaṃ yadīcchasi
For me who acts thus, the perception of distant matters has arisen. And I shall tell you something else — listen, if you wish.
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NsP 13.39
पिता यायावरः शुद्धस् तस्माद् वेदम् अधीत्य वै मृते पितरि कृत्वा तु प्रेतकार्यम् इहागतः
pitā yāyāvaraḥ śuddhas tasmād vedam adhītya vai mṛte pitari kṛtvā tu pretakāryam ihāgataḥ
(Your) father was a wandering (yāyāvara) ascetic, pure; from him, having studied the Veda — and when (your) father died, having performed the funeral rites — you came here.
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NsP 13.40
उत्सृज्य मातरं द्रष्टुं वृद्धां दीनां तपस्विनीम् अनाथां विधवाम् अत्र नित्यं स्वोदरपोसकः
utsṛjya mātaraṃ draṣṭuṃ vṛddhāṃ dīnāṃ tapasvinīm anāthāṃ vidhavām atra nityaṃ svodaraposakaḥ
Having abandoned (your) mother here — old, wretched, suffering, without protector, a widow — in order to look (only) after your own belly always.
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NsP 13.41
यया गर्भे धृतः पूर्वं पालितो लालितस् तथा तां त्यक्त्वा विपिने धर्मं चरन् विप्र न लज्जसे
yayā garbhe dhṛtaḥ pūrvaṃ pālito lālitas tathā tāṃ tyaktvā vipine dharmaṃ caran vipra na lajjase
By whom you were formerly carried in the womb, and (then) protected and fondled — having forsaken her, practising dharma in the forest, brahmin, are you not ashamed?
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NsP 13.42
यया तव कृतं ब्रह्मन् बाल्ये मलनिकृन्तनम् दुःखितां तां गृहे त्यक्त्वा किं भवेद् विपिने ऽटतः
yayā tava kṛtaṃ brahman bālye malanikṛntanam duḥkhitāṃ tāṃ gṛhe tyaktvā kiṃ bhaved vipine 'ṭataḥ
By whom, brahmin, your filth was cleaned away in childhood — having left her sorrowing at home, what good can come to you who roam in the forest?
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NsP 13.43
मातृदुःखेन ते वक्त्रं पूतिगन्धम् इदं भवेत् पित्रैव संस्कृतो यस्मात् तस्माच् छक्तिर् अभूद् इयम्
mātṛduḥkhena te vaktraṃ pūtigandham idaṃ bhavet pitraiva saṃskṛto yasmāt tasmāc chaktir abhūd iyam
Through your mother's grief your mouth has come to have this foul smell. Because you were consecrated by your father alone, therefore this power came to be (in you).
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NsP 13.44
पक्षी दग्धः सुदुर्बुद्धे पापात्मन् सांप्रतं वृथा वृथा स्नानं वृथा तीर्थं वृथा जप्तं वृथा हुतम्
pakṣī dagdhaḥ sudurbuddhe pāpātman sāṃprataṃ vṛthā vṛthā snānaṃ vṛthā tīrthaṃ vṛthā japtaṃ vṛthā hutam
The bird has been burnt, O very evil-minded one, O wicked soul — now (all is) in vain: in vain the bathing, in vain the pilgrimage-place, in vain the muttered prayer, in vain the oblation.
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NsP 13.45
स जीवति वृथा ब्रह्मन् यस्य माता सुदुःखिता यो रक्षेत् सततं भक्त्या मातरं मातृवत्सलः
sa jīvati vṛthā brahman yasya mātā suduḥkhitā yo rakṣet satataṃ bhaktyā mātaraṃ mātṛvatsalaḥ
He lives in vain, brahmin, whose mother is deeply grieved; but he who, loving his mother, would always protect his mother with devotion —
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NsP 13.46
तस्येहानुष्ठितं सर्वं फलं चामुत्र चेह हि मातुश् च वचनं ब्रह्मन् पालितं यैर् नरोत्तमैः
tasyehānuṣṭhitaṃ sarvaṃ phalaṃ cāmutra ceha hi mātuś ca vacanaṃ brahman pālitaṃ yair narottamaiḥ
— for him everything (needful) has been performed here, and the fruit (is his) both there and here. And those best of men, brahmin, by whom a mother's word has been kept —
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NsP 13.47
ते मान्यास् ते नमस्कार्या इह लोके परत्र च अतस् त्वं तत्र गत्वाद्य यत्र माता व्यवस्थिता
te mānyās te namaskāryā iha loke paratra ca atas tvaṃ tatra gatvādya yatra mātā vyavasthitā
— they are to be honoured, they are to be bowed to, in this world and the next. Therefore go today to where (your) mother dwells.
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NsP 13.48
तां त्वं रक्षय जीवन्तीं तद्रक्षा ते परं तपः क्रोधं परित्यजैनं त्वं दृष्टादृष्टविघातकम्
tāṃ tvaṃ rakṣaya jīvantīṃ tadrakṣā te paraṃ tapaḥ krodhaṃ parityajainaṃ tvaṃ dṛṣṭādṛṣṭavighātakam
Protect her while she lives; that protection of her is your highest austerity. Give up this anger, which destroys both the seen and the unseen (i.e. this world and the next).
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NsP 13.49
तयोः कुरु वधे शुद्धिं पक्षिणोर् आत्मशुद्धये याथातथ्येन कथितम् एतत् सर्वं मया तव
tayoḥ kuru vadhe śuddhiṃ pakṣiṇor ātmaśuddhaye yāthātathyena kathitam etat sarvaṃ mayā tava
For the killing of those two birds perform an expiation, for your own purification. All this has been told by me to you just as it is.
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NsP 13.50
ब्रह्मचारिन् कुरुष्व त्वं यदीच्छसि सतां गतिम् इत्य् उक्त्वा विररामाथ द्विजपुत्रं पतिव्रता
brahmacārin kuruṣva tvaṃ yadīcchasi satāṃ gatim ity uktvā virarāmātha dvijaputraṃ pativratā
O celibate student, do it if you desire the way of the good. Having said this to the brahmin's son, the faithful wife then fell silent.
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NsP 13.51
सो ऽपि ताम् आह भूयो ऽपि सावित्रीं तु क्षमापयन् अज्ञानात् कृतपापस्य क्षमस्व वरवर्णिनि
so 'pi tām āha bhūyo 'pi sāvitrīṃ tu kṣamāpayan ajñānāt kṛtapāpasya kṣamasva varavarṇini
And he too spoke to her again, asking Sāvitrī's pardon: "Forgive one who has done wrong out of ignorance, O lady of fair complexion.
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NsP 13.52
मया तवाहितं यच् च कृतं क्रोधनिरीक्षणम् तत् क्षमस्व महाभागे हितम् उक्तं पतिव्रते
mayā tavāhitaṃ yac ca kṛtaṃ krodhanirīkṣaṇam tat kṣamasva mahābhāge hitam uktaṃ pativrate
And the harm done to you by me, the angry glare — forgive that, O greatly fortunate one; what you said, O faithful wife, was for my good.
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NsP 13.53
तत्र गत्वा मया यानि कर्माणि तु शुभव्रते कार्याणि तानि मे ब्रूहि यथा मे सुगतिर् भवेत्
tatra gatvā mayā yāni karmāṇi tu śubhavrate kāryāṇi tāni me brūhi yathā me sugatir bhavet
Tell me those acts which, having gone there, are to be performed by me, O you of auspicious vows, so that a good course may be mine."
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NsP 13.54
तेनैवं उक्ता साप्य् आह तं पृच्छन्तं पतिव्रता यानि कार्याणि वक्ष्यामि त्वया कर्माणि मे शृणु
tenaivaṃ uktā sāpy āha taṃ pṛcchantaṃ pativratā yāni kāryāṇi vakṣyāmi tvayā karmāṇi me śṛṇu
Thus addressed by him, the faithful wife too said to him as he asked: "I shall tell what is to be done; hear from me the acts (to be done) by you.
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NsP 13.55
पोष्या माता त्वया तत्र निश्चयं भैक्षवृत्तिना अत्र वा तत्र वा ब्रह्मन् प्रायश्चित्तं च पक्षिणोः
poṣyā mātā tvayā tatra niścayaṃ bhaikṣavṛttinā atra vā tatra vā brahman prāyaścittaṃ ca pakṣiṇoḥ
There you must certainly support your mother, living by begging; and the expiation for the two birds, brahmin, (may be done) either here or there.
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NsP 13.56
यज्ञशर्मसुता कन्या भार्या तव भविष्यति तां गृह्णीष्व च धर्मेण गते त्वयि स दास्यति
yajñaśarmasutā kanyā bhāryā tava bhaviṣyati tāṃ gṛhṇīṣva ca dharmeṇa gate tvayi sa dāsyati
The maiden, Yajñaśarman's daughter, will become your wife; take her according to dharma — when you have gone (there) he will give her.
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NsP 13.57
पुत्रस् ते भविता तस्याम् एकः संततिवर्धनः यायावरधनाद् वृत्तिः पितृवत् ते भविष्यति
putras te bhavitā tasyām ekaḥ saṃtativardhanaḥ yāyāvaradhanād vṛttiḥ pitṛvat te bhaviṣyati
You will have from her one son, an increaser of the lineage; your livelihood will come, as your father's did, from the wealth of the yāyāvara (wandering) priests.
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NsP 13.58
पुनर् मृतायां भार्यायां भविता त्वं त्रिदण्डकः स यत्याश्रमधर्मेण यथोक्त्यानुष्ठितेन च नरसिंहप्रसादेन वैष्णवं पदम् आप्स्यसि
punar mṛtāyāṃ bhāryāyāṃ bhavitā tvaṃ tridaṇḍakaḥ sa yatyāśramadharmeṇa yathoktyānuṣṭhitena ca narasiṃhaprasādena vaiṣṇavaṃ padam āpsyasi
Then, when your wife has died, you will become a bearer of the triple staff (a renouncer); and by the duty of the ascetic order, practised as prescribed, you will attain the Vaiṣṇava state by the grace of Narasiṃha.
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NsP 13.59
भाव्यम् एतत् तु कथितं मया तव हि पृच्छतः मन्यसे नानृतं त्व् एतत् कुरु सर्वं हि मे वचः
bhāvyam etat tu kathitaṃ mayā tava hi pṛcchataḥ manyase nānṛtaṃ tv etat kuru sarvaṃ hi me vacaḥ
This that is to come has been told by me to you, since you asked; do not think it untrue — carry out all my words.
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NsP 13.60
गच्छामि मातृरक्षार्थम् अद्यैवाहं पतिव्रते करिष्ये त्वद्वचः सर्वं तत्र गत्वा शुभेक्षणे
gacchāmi mātṛrakṣārtham adyaivāhaṃ pativrate kariṣye tvadvacaḥ sarvaṃ tatra gatvā śubhekṣaṇe
"I go this very day to protect my mother, O faithful wife; having gone there I shall do all that you say, O fair-eyed one."
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NsP 13.61
इत्य् उक्त्वा गतवान् ब्रह्मन् देवशर्मा ततस् त्वरन् संरक्ष्य मातरं यत्नात् क्रोधमोहविवर्जितः
ity uktvā gatavān brahman devaśarmā tatas tvaran saṃrakṣya mātaraṃ yatnāt krodhamohavivarjitaḥ
Having said this, O brahmin, Devaśarman then went in haste and, free of anger and delusion, carefully protected his mother.
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NsP 13.62
कृत्वा विवाहम् उत्पाद्य पुत्रं वंशकरं शुभम् मृतभार्यश् च संन्यस्य समलोष्टाश्मकाञ्चनः नरसिंहप्रसादेन परां सिद्धिम् अवाप्तवान्
kṛtvā vivāham utpādya putraṃ vaṃśakaraṃ śubham mṛtabhāryaś ca saṃnyasya samaloṣṭāśmakāñcanaḥ narasiṃhaprasādena parāṃ siddhim avāptavān
Having married and begotten a good son who continued the line, and, when his wife had died, having renounced — regarding clod, stone and gold alike — he attained the highest perfection by the grace of Narasiṃha.
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NsP 13.63
पतिव्रताशक्तिर् इयं तवेरिता धर्मश् च मातुः परिरक्षणं परम् संसारवृक्षं च निहत्य बन्धनं छित्वा च विष्णोः पदम् एति मानवः
pativratāśaktir iyaṃ taveritā dharmaś ca mātuḥ parirakṣaṇaṃ param saṃsāravṛkṣaṃ ca nihatya bandhanaṃ chitvā ca viṣṇoḥ padam eti mānavaḥ
This power of the faithful wife has been declared to you, and that the highest duty is the protection of one's mother; and, having felled the tree of saṃsāra and cut its bond, a man goes to the abode of Viṣṇu.
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