Narasimha Purana — Chapter 39
NsP 39.1
अतःपरं हरेः पुण्यं प्रादुर्भावं नराधिप वाराहं ते प्रवक्ष्यामि समाहितमनाः शृणु
ataḥparaṃ hareḥ puṇyaṃ prādurbhāvaṃ narādhipa vārāhaṃ te pravakṣyāmi samāhitamanāḥ śṛṇu
Next, O ruler of men, I shall declare to you the meritorious Boar manifestation of Hari; listen with concentrated mind.
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NsP 39.2
आबन्तप्रलये प्राप्ते ब्रह्मणस् तु दिनक्षये त्रैलोक्यम् अखिलं व्याप्य तिष्ठन्त्य् अम्भांसि सत्तम
ābantapralaye prāpte brahmaṇas tu dinakṣaye trailokyam akhilaṃ vyāpya tiṣṭhanty ambhāṃsi sattama
When the dissolution of the waters(?) has come, at the ending of Brahmā's day, the waters stand pervading the whole triple world, O best one.
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NsP 39.3
त्रैलोक्ये ऽखिलसत्त्वानि यानि राजेन्द्र तानि वै ग्रस्त्वा विष्णुस् ततः शेते तस्मिन्न् एकार्णवे जले
trailokye 'khilasattvāni yāni rājendra tāni vai grastvā viṣṇus tataḥ śete tasminn ekārṇave jale
Whatever beings there are in the triple world, O lord of kings, having swallowed them, Viṣṇu then sleeps in that water of the single ocean.
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NsP 39.4
अनन्तभोगशयने सहस्रफणशोभिते रात्रिं युगसहस्रान्तां ब्रह्मरूपी जगत्पतिः
anantabhogaśayane sahasraphaṇaśobhite rātriṃ yugasahasrāntāṃ brahmarūpī jagatpatiḥ
On the couch of Ananta's coils, adorned with a thousand hoods, (he sleeps through) a night ending with a thousand yugas, the lord of the world in the form of Brahmā.
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NsP 39.5
दितेः पुत्रो महान् आसीत् कश्यपाद् इति नः श्रुतम् हिरण्याक्ष इति ख्यातो महाबलपराक्रमः
diteḥ putro mahān āsīt kaśyapād iti naḥ śrutam hiraṇyākṣa iti khyāto mahābalaparākramaḥ
Diti had a great son by Kaśyapa—so we have heard—renowned as Hiraṇyākṣa, of great strength and prowess.
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NsP 39.6
पाताले निवसन् दैत्यो देवान् उपरुरोध सः यज्विनाम् अपाकाराय यतते स तु भूतले
pātāle nivasan daityo devān uparurodha saḥ yajvinām apākārāya yatate sa tu bhūtale
Dwelling in Pātāla, that daitya obstructed the gods; and he strove on the surface of the earth to do away with the sacrificers.
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NsP 39.7
अथ भूम्युपरि स्थित्वा मर्त्या यक्ष्यन्ति देवताः तेन तेषां बलं वीर्यं तेजश् चापि भविष्यति
atha bhūmyupari sthitvā martyā yakṣyanti devatāḥ tena teṣāṃ balaṃ vīryaṃ tejaś cāpi bhaviṣyati
"Now, standing upon the earth, mortals will sacrifice to the gods; by that, strength, valour and energy will accrue to them."
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NsP 39.8
इति मत्वा हिरण्याक्षः कृतसर्गं तु ब्रह्मणा भूमेर् या धारणाशक्तिस् तां नीत्वा स महासुरः
iti matvā hiraṇyākṣaḥ kṛtasargaṃ tu brahmaṇā bhūmer yā dhāraṇāśaktis tāṃ nītvā sa mahāsuraḥ
Thinking thus, Hiraṇyākṣa, that great asura, took away the sustaining power of the earth, whose creation had been made by Brahmā,
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NsP 39.9
विवेश तोयमध्ये तु रसातलतलं नृप विना शक्त्या च जगती प्रविवेश रसातलम्
viveśa toyamadhye tu rasātalatalaṃ nṛpa vinā śaktyā ca jagatī praviveśa rasātalam
and entered into the midst of the water, to the floor of Rasātala, O king; and the earth, without that power, sank into Rasātala.
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NsP 39.10
निद्रावसाने सर्वात्मा क्व स्थिता मेदिनीति वै संचिन्त्य ज्ञात्वा योगेन रसातलतलं गताम्
nidrāvasāne sarvātmā kva sthitā medinīti vai saṃcintya jñātvā yogena rasātalatalaṃ gatām
At the end of his sleep, the Self of all, pondering "Where is the earth?", knew by yoga that she had gone to the floor of Rasātala.
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NsP 39.11
अथ वेदमयं रूपं वाराहं वपुर् आस्थितम् वेदपादं यूपदंष्ट्रं केतुवक्त्रं नराधिप
atha vedamayaṃ rūpaṃ vārāhaṃ vapur āsthitam vedapādaṃ yūpadaṃṣṭraṃ ketuvaktraṃ narādhipa
Then he took on a form made of the Veda, a Boar body: with the Vedas for feet, the sacrificial post for tusks, the sacrifice(?) for face, O ruler of men—
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NsP 39.12
व्यूढोरस्कं महाबाहु पृथुवक्त्रं नराधिप अग्निजिह्वं स्रुचं तुण्डं चन्द्रार्कनयनं महत्
vyūḍhoraskaṃ mahābāhu pṛthuvaktraṃ narādhipa agnijihvaṃ srucaṃ tuṇḍaṃ candrārkanayanaṃ mahat
broad-chested, mighty-armed, wide-faced, O ruler of men, with fire for tongue, the sruc-ladle for snout, sun and moon for eyes, huge,
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NsP 39.13
पूर्तेष्टधर्मश्रवणं दिव्यं तत् सामनिःस्वनम् प्राग्वंशकायं हविर्नासं कुशदर्भतनूरुहम्
pūrteṣṭadharmaśravaṇaṃ divyaṃ tat sāmaniḥsvanam prāgvaṃśakāyaṃ havirnāsaṃ kuśadarbhatanūruham
with charitable works, sacrifices and dharma for hearing, its voice the divine Sāman, its body the prāgvaṃśa hall, the oblation its nose, kuśa and darbha grass its body-hair,
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NsP 39.14
सर्ववेदमयं तच् च पुण्यसूक्तमहासटम् नक्षत्रताराहारं च प्रलयावर्तभूषणम्
sarvavedamayaṃ tac ca puṇyasūktamahāsaṭam nakṣatratārāhāraṃ ca pralayāvartabhūṣaṇam
And that (form) was made of all the Vedas, having the holy hymns for its great mane, having the lunar mansions and stars for its necklace, having the whirlpools of the dissolution for its ornaments.
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NsP 39.15
इत्थं कृत्वा तु वाराहं प्रविवेश वृषाकपिः रसातलं नृपश्रेष्ठ सनकाद्यैर् अभिष्टुतः
itthaṃ kṛtvā tu vārāhaṃ praviveśa vṛṣākapiḥ rasātalaṃ nṛpaśreṣṭha sanakādyair abhiṣṭutaḥ
Having thus made (himself) a boar, Vṛṣākapi entered the netherworld, O best of kings, praised by Sanaka and the others.
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NsP 39.16
प्रविश्य च हिरण्याक्षं युद्धे जित्वा वृषाकपिः दंष्ट्राग्रेण ततः पृथ्वीम् समुद्धृत्य रसातलात्
praviśya ca hiraṇyākṣaṃ yuddhe jitvā vṛṣākapiḥ daṃṣṭrāgreṇa tataḥ pṛthvīm samuddhṛtya rasātalāt
And having entered, Vṛṣākapi conquered Hiraṇyākṣa in battle, and then, lifting up the earth from the netherworld with the tip of his tusk,
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NsP 39.17
स्तूयमानो ऽमरगणैः स्थापयाम्_अस पूर्ववत् संस्थाप्य पर्वतान् सर्वान् यथास्थानम् अकल्पयत्
stūyamāno 'maragaṇaiḥ sthāpayām_asa pūrvavat saṃsthāpya parvatān sarvān yathāsthānam akalpayat
being praised by the hosts of immortals, he set (it) in place as before; and having set it firm, he arranged all the mountains, each in its place.
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NsP 39.18
विहाय रूपं वाराहं तीर्थे कोकेति विश्रुते वैष्णवानां हितार्थाय क्षेत्रं तद् गुप्तम् उत्तमम्
vihāya rūpaṃ vārāhaṃ tīrthe koketi viśrute vaiṣṇavānāṃ hitārthāya kṣetraṃ tad guptam uttamam
Abandoning the boar-form at the ford famed as Kokā, for the welfare of the Vaiṣṇavas — that hidden, excellent holy field —
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NsP 39.19
ब्रह्मरूपं समास्थाय पुनः सृष्टिं चकार सः विष्णुः पाति जगत् सर्वम् एवंभूतो युगे युगे हन्ति चान्ते जगत् सर्वं रुद्ररूपी जनार्दनः
brahmarūpaṃ samāsthāya punaḥ sṛṣṭiṃ cakāra saḥ viṣṇuḥ pāti jagat sarvam evaṃbhūto yuge yuge hanti cānte jagat sarvaṃ rudrarūpī janārdanaḥ
assuming the form of Brahmā, he made creation again. Viṣṇu protects the whole world; having become such, age after age; and at the end Janārdana, in the form of Rudra, destroys the whole world.
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NsP 39.20
वेदान्तवेद्यः पुरुषो वृषाकपेः कथाम् इमां यश् च शृणोति मानवः दृढां मतिं यज्ञतनौ विवेश्य वै विहाय पापं च नरो हरिं व्रजेत्
vedāntavedyaḥ puruṣo vṛṣākapeḥ kathām imāṃ yaś ca śṛṇoti mānavaḥ dṛḍhāṃ matiṃ yajñatanau viveśya vai vihāya pāpaṃ ca naro hariṃ vrajet
He is the Person to be known through the Vedānta; and whatever man listens to this tale of Vṛṣākapi, having fixed his mind firmly on him whose body is the sacrifice, that man, casting off sin, would go to Hari.
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