Narasimha Purana — Chapter 63
NsP 63.1
सत्यम् उक्तं त्वया ब्रह्मन् वैदिकः परमो विधिः विष्णोर् देवातिदेवस्य पूजनं प्रति मे ऽधुना
satyam uktaṃ tvayā brahman vaidikaḥ paramo vidhiḥ viṣṇor devātidevasya pūjanaṃ prati me 'dhunā
"You have spoken truly, brahman: the Vedic injunction is supreme, concerning the worship of Viṣṇu, the god beyond the gods — (so it is) for me now."
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NsP 63.2
अनेन विधिना ब्रह्मन् पूज्यते मधुसूदनः वेदज्ञैर् एव नान्यैस् तु तस्मात् सर्वहितं वद
anena vidhinā brahman pūjyate madhusūdanaḥ vedajñair eva nānyais tu tasmāt sarvahitaṃ vada
By this rule, brahman, Madhusūdana is worshipped only by knowers of the Veda and not by others; therefore tell (me) that which benefits all.
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NsP 63.3
अष्टाक्षरेण देवेशं नरसिंहम् अनामयम् गन्धपुष्पादिभिर् नित्यम् अर्चयेद् अच्युतं नरः
aṣṭākṣareṇa deveśaṃ narasiṃham anāmayam gandhapuṣpādibhir nityam arcayed acyutaṃ naraḥ
With the eight-syllable (mantra) a man should daily worship the lord of gods, Narasiṃha, the unailing Acyuta, with fragrances, flowers and the rest.
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NsP 63.4
राजन्न् अष्टाक्षरो मन्त्रः सर्वपापहरः परः समस्तयज्ञफलदः सर्वशान्तिकरः शुभः
rājann aṣṭākṣaro mantraḥ sarvapāpaharaḥ paraḥ samastayajñaphaladaḥ sarvaśāntikaraḥ śubhaḥ
O king, the eight-syllable mantra is supreme, remover of all sins, giver of the fruit of all sacrifices, auspicious, effecting peace in all things.
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NsP 63.5
गन्धपुष्पादिसकलम् अनेन वै निवेदयेत् अनेनाभ्यर्चितो देवः प्रीतो भवति तत्क्षणात्
gandhapuṣpādisakalam anena vai nivedayet anenābhyarcito devaḥ prīto bhavati tatkṣaṇāt
With this (mantra) one should offer everything—fragrance, flowers and the rest; worshipped with this, the god becomes pleased that very instant.
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NsP 63.6
किं तस्य बहुभिर् मन्त्रैः किं तस्य बहुभिर् व्रतैः ॐ नमो नारायणायेति मन्त्रः सर्वार्थसाधकः
kiṃ tasya bahubhir mantraiḥ kiṃ tasya bahubhir vrataiḥ oṃ namo nārāyaṇāyeti mantraḥ sarvārthasādhakaḥ
What need has he of many mantras, what need of many vows? The mantra "oṃ namo nārāyaṇāya" accomplishes every aim.
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NsP 63.7
इमं मन्त्रं जपेद् यस् तु शुचिर् भूत्वा समाहितः सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो विष्णुसायुज्यम् आप्नुयात्
imaṃ mantraṃ japed yas tu śucir bhūtvā samāhitaḥ sarvapāpavinirmukto viṣṇusāyujyam āpnuyāt
And whoever, having become pure and composed, recites this mantra, freed from all sins would attain union with Viṣṇu.
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NsP 63.8
सर्वतीर्थफलं ह्य् एतत् सर्वतीर्थवरं नृप हरेर् अर्चनम् अव्यग्रं सर्वयज्ञफलं नृप
sarvatīrthaphalaṃ hy etat sarvatīrthavaraṃ nṛpa harer arcanam avyagraṃ sarvayajñaphalaṃ nṛpa
For this is the fruit of all sacred fords, and the best of all fords, O king; undistracted worship of Hari is the fruit of all sacrifices, O king.
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NsP 63.9
तस्मात् कुरु नृपश्रेष्ठ प्रतिमादिषु चार्चनम् दानानि विप्रमुखेभ्यः प्रयच्छ विधिना नृप एवं कृते नृपश्रेष्ठ नरसिंहप्रसादतः प्राप्नोति वैष्णवं तेजो यत् काङ्क्षन्ति मुमुक्षवः
tasmāt kuru nṛpaśreṣṭha pratimādiṣu cārcanam dānāni vipramukhebhyaḥ prayaccha vidhinā nṛpa evaṃ kṛte nṛpaśreṣṭha narasiṃhaprasādataḥ prāpnoti vaiṣṇavaṃ tejo yat kāṅkṣanti mumukṣavaḥ
Therefore, best of kings, perform worship in images and the like, and bestow gifts on the foremost of brahmins according to rule, O king. When this is done, best of kings, by the grace of Narasiṃha one obtains the Vaiṣṇava splendour which those desiring release long for.
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NsP 63.10
पुरा पुरंदरो राजन् स्त्रीत्वं प्राप्तो ऽपधर्मतः तृणबिन्दुमुनेः शापान् मुक्तो ह्य् अष्टाक्षराज् जपात्
purā puraṃdaro rājan strītvaṃ prāpto 'padharmataḥ tṛṇabindumuneḥ śāpān mukto hy aṣṭākṣarāj japāt
Formerly, O king, Puraṃdara attained womanhood through an unrighteous act, by the curse of the sage Tṛṇabindu, and was freed indeed by the recitation of the eight-syllable (mantra).
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NsP 63.11
एतत् कथय भूदेव देवेन्द्रस्याघमोचनम् को ऽपधर्मः कथं स्त्रीत्वं प्राप्तो मे वद कारणम्
etat kathaya bhūdeva devendrasyāghamocanam ko 'padharmaḥ kathaṃ strītvaṃ prāpto me vada kāraṇam
Tell this, O earth-god (brahmin): the release of the lord of gods from his sin. What was the unrighteous act? How did he attain womanhood? Tell me the reason.
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NsP 63.12
राजेन्द्र महद् आख्यानं शृणु कौतूहलान्वितम् विष्णुभक्तिप्रजननं शृण्वतां पठताम् इदम्
rājendra mahad ākhyānaṃ śṛṇu kautūhalānvitam viṣṇubhaktiprajananaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ paṭhatām idam
O foremost of kings, hear this great tale, full of wonder, which generates devotion to Viṣṇu in those who hear and recite it.
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NsP 63.13
पुरा पुरंदरस्यैव देवराज्यं प्रकुर्वतः वैराग्यस्यापि जननं संभूतं बाह्यवस्तुषु
purā puraṃdarasyaiva devarājyaṃ prakurvataḥ vairāgyasyāpi jananaṃ saṃbhūtaṃ bāhyavastuṣu
Formerly, while Puraṃdara himself was exercising the kingship of the gods, there arose in him also a dispassion toward external things.
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NsP 63.14
इन्द्रस् तदाभूद् विषमस्वभावो राज्येषु भोगेष्व् अपि सो ऽप्य् अचिन्तयत् ध्रुवं विरागीकृतमानसानां स्वर्गस्य राज्यं न च किंचिद् एव
indras tadābhūd viṣamasvabhāvo rājyeṣu bhogeṣv api so 'py acintayat dhruvaṃ virāgīkṛtamānasānāṃ svargasya rājyaṃ na ca kiṃcid eva
Indra then became of uneven temper toward kingdoms and toward enjoyments too, and he reflected: "Surely, for those whose minds have been made dispassionate, even the kingship of heaven is nothing at all."
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NsP 63.15
राज्यस्य सारं विषयेषु भोगो भोगस्य चान्ते न च किंचिद् अस्ति विमृश्य चैतन् मुनयो ऽप्य् अजस्रं मोक्षाधिकारं परिचिन्तयन्ति
rājyasya sāraṃ viṣayeṣu bhogo bhogasya cānte na ca kiṃcid asti vimṛśya caitan munayo 'py ajasraṃ mokṣādhikāraṃ paricintayanti
"The essence of kingship is enjoyment among the objects of sense, and at the end of enjoyment there is nothing at all; and having pondered this, even the sages ceaselessly reflect upon the claim to liberation."
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NsP 63.16
सदैव भोगाय तपःप्रवृत्तिर् भोगावसाने हि तपो विनष्टम् मैत्र्यादिसंयोगपराङ्मुखानां विमुक्तिभाजां न तपो न भोगः
sadaiva bhogāya tapaḥpravṛttir bhogāvasāne hi tapo vinaṣṭam maitryādisaṃyogaparāṅmukhānāṃ vimuktibhājāṃ na tapo na bhogaḥ
"Always the undertaking of austerity is for the sake of enjoyment, and at the ending of enjoyment the austerity is destroyed; for those who turn away from association with friendliness and the rest and who partake of liberation, there is neither austerity nor enjoyment."
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NsP 63.17
विमृश्य चैतत् स सुराधिनाथो विमानम् आरुह्य सकिङ्किणीकम् नूनं हराराधनकारणेन कैलासम् अभ्येति विमुक्तिकामः
vimṛśya caitat sa surādhinātho vimānam āruhya sakiṅkiṇīkam nūnaṃ harārādhanakāraṇena kailāsam abhyeti vimuktikāmaḥ
And having pondered this, that lord of the gods, mounting his little-bell-hung aerial car, surely for the sake of worshipping Hara approaches Kailāsa, desiring liberation.
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NsP 63.18
स एकदा मानसम् आगतः सन् संवीक्ष्य तां यक्षपतेश् च कान्ताम् समर्चयन्तीं गिरिजाङ्घ्रियुग्मं ध्वजाम् इवानङ्गमहारथस्य
sa ekadā mānasam āgataḥ san saṃvīkṣya tāṃ yakṣapateś ca kāntām samarcayantīṃ girijāṅghriyugmaṃ dhvajām ivānaṅgamahārathasya
He, once having come to (Lake) Mānasa, saw her, the beloved of the lord of the Yakṣas, worshipping the pair of feet of the Mountain-born (Pārvatī)—like the banner of the great chariot of the Bodiless One (Kāma),
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NsP 63.19
प्रधानजाम्बूनदशुद्धवर्णां कर्णान्तसंलग्नमनोज्ञनेत्राम् सुसूक्ष्मवस्त्रान्तरदृश्यगात्रां नीहारमध्याद् इव चन्द्रलेखाम्
pradhānajāmbūnadaśuddhavarṇāṃ karṇāntasaṃlagnamanojñanetrām susūkṣmavastrāntaradṛśyagātrāṃ nīhāramadhyād iva candralekhām
(her) of the pure colour of finest gold, with lovely eyes reaching to the ears, her limbs visible through her very fine garment, like the crescent moon from within the mist,
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NsP 63.20
तां वीक्ष्य वीक्षणसहस्रभरेण कामं कामाङ्गमोहितमतिर् न ययौ तदानीम् दूराध्वगं स्वगृहम् एत्य सुसंचितार्थस् तस्थौ तदा सुरपतिर् विषयाभिलाषी
tāṃ vīkṣya vīkṣaṇasahasrabhareṇa kāmaṃ kāmāṅgamohitamatir na yayau tadānīm dūrādhvagaṃ svagṛham etya susaṃcitārthas tasthau tadā surapatir viṣayābhilāṣī
Having gazed at her with the weight of his thousand eyes, his mind bewildered by the limbs of the desirable one, he did not go on then; coming to his own house that lay far along the road, his purpose well settled, the lord of the gods then remained, longing for the object of his desire.
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NsP 63.21
पूर्वं वरं स्यात् सुकुले ऽपि जन्म ततो हि सर्वाङ्गशरीररूपम् ततो धनं दुर्लभम् एव पश्चाद् धनाधिपत्यं सुकृतेन लभ्यम्
pūrvaṃ varaṃ syāt sukule 'pi janma tato hi sarvāṅgaśarīrarūpam tato dhanaṃ durlabham eva paścād dhanādhipatyaṃ sukṛtena labhyam
"First, birth in a good family would be best; then a body with all its limbs well-formed; then wealth, which is indeed hard to get; and afterwards lordship over wealth, obtainable by merit."
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NsP 63.22
स्वर्गाधिपत्यं च मया प्रलब्धं तथापि भोगाय न चास्ति भाग्यम् यः स्वं परित्यज्य विमुक्तिकामस् तिष्ठामि मे दुर्मतिर् अस्ति चित्ते
svargādhipatyaṃ ca mayā pralabdhaṃ tathāpi bhogāya na cāsti bhāgyam yaḥ svaṃ parityajya vimuktikāmas tiṣṭhāmi me durmatir asti citte
"And sovereignty over heaven has been obtained by me, yet even so there is no good fortune for enjoyment. Am I one who, abandoning his own, desiring release, (merely) stands here? There is an evil-mindedness in my heart."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 63.23
मोक्षो ऽमुना यद्य् अपि मोहनीयो मोक्षे ऽपि किं कारणम् अस्ति राज्ये क्षेत्रं सुपक्वं परिहृत्य द्वारे किं नाम चारण्यकृषिं करोति
mokṣo 'munā yady api mohanīyo mokṣe 'pi kiṃ kāraṇam asti rājye kṣetraṃ supakvaṃ parihṛtya dvāre kiṃ nāma cāraṇyakṛṣiṃ karoti
"Even if release be alluring to this (mind), what reason is there for release when one has a kingdom? Having abandoned a well-ripened field at one's own door, who indeed practises farming in the forest?"
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NsP 63.24
संसारदुःखोपहता नरा ये कर्तुं समर्था न च किंचिद् एव अकर्मिणो भाग्यविवर्जिताश् च वाञ्छन्ति ते मोक्षपथं विमूढाः
saṃsāraduḥkhopahatā narā ye kartuṃ samarthā na ca kiṃcid eva akarmiṇo bhāgyavivarjitāś ca vāñchanti te mokṣapathaṃ vimūḍhāḥ
"Those men who, struck down by the suffering of worldly existence, are capable of doing nothing at all — inactive and bereft of fortune — they, the utterly deluded, long for the path of release."
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NsP 63.25
एतद् विमृश्य बहुधा मतिमान् प्रवीरो रूपेण मोहितमना धनदाङ्गनायाः सर्वाधिर् आकुलमतिः परिमुक्तधैर्यः सस्मार मारम् अमराधिपचक्रवर्ती
etad vimṛśya bahudhā matimān pravīro rūpeṇa mohitamanā dhanadāṅganāyāḥ sarvādhir ākulamatiḥ parimuktadhairyaḥ sasmāra māram amarādhipacakravartī
Having reflected on this in many ways, the wise hero, the emperor and lord of the immortals, his mind bewitched by the beauty of the wealth-lord's woman, all anxiety, his thought agitated, his composure entirely let go, called Māra to mind.
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NsP 63.26
समागतो ऽसौ परिमन्दमन्दं कामो ऽतिकामाकुलचित्तवृत्तिः पुरा महेशेन कृताङ्गनाशो धैर्याल् लयं गच्छति को विशङ्कः
samāgato 'sau parimandamandaṃ kāmo 'tikāmākulacittavṛttiḥ purā maheśena kṛtāṅganāśo dhairyāl layaṃ gacchati ko viśaṅkaḥ
He came, very slowly and gently — Kāma, whose mental workings are agitated by excessive desire, who long ago was made bodiless by Maheśa: who is unafraid (that) he goes to ruin through firmness?
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NsP 63.27
आदिश्यतां नाथ यद् अस्ति कार्यं को नाम ते संप्रति शत्रुभूतः शीघ्रं समादेशय मा विलम्बं तस्यापदं संप्रति भो दिशामि
ādiśyatāṃ nātha yad asti kāryaṃ ko nāma te saṃprati śatrubhūtaḥ śīghraṃ samādeśaya mā vilambaṃ tasyāpadaṃ saṃprati bho diśāmi
"Let it be commanded, lord, whatever task there is. Who indeed is now your enemy? Command quickly, do not delay — I shall right now, sir, appoint his downfall."
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NsP 63.28
श्रुत्वा तदा तस्य वचो अभिरामं मनोगतं तत् परमं तुतोष निष्पन्नम् अर्थं सहसैव मत्वा जगाद वाक्यं स विहस्य वीरः
śrutvā tadā tasya vaco abhirāmaṃ manogataṃ tat paramaṃ tutoṣa niṣpannam arthaṃ sahasaiva matvā jagāda vākyaṃ sa vihasya vīraḥ
Hearing then his pleasing speech, that supreme (speech) matching his own mind, he was delighted; and thinking the matter accomplished at once, that hero laughed and spoke these words.
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NsP 63.29
रुद्रो ऽपि येनार्धशरीरमात्रश् चक्रे ऽप्य् अनङ्गत्वम् उपागतेन सोढुं समर्थो ऽथ परो ऽपि लोके को नाम ते मार शराभिघातम्
rudro 'pi yenārdhaśarīramātraś cakre 'py anaṅgatvam upāgatena soḍhuṃ samartho 'tha paro 'pi loke ko nāma te māra śarābhighātam
"He by whom even Rudra was made a mere half-body, and who himself became bodiless — who else in the world, Māra, is able to bear the striking of your arrows?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 63.30
एकाग्रचित्ता गिरिजार्चने ऽपि या मोहयत्य् एव ममात्र चित्तम् एताम् अनङ्गायतलोचनाख्यां मदङ्गसङ्गैकरसां विधेहि
ekāgracittā girijārcane 'pi yā mohayaty eva mamātra cittam etām anaṅgāyatalocanākhyāṃ madaṅgasaṅgaikarasāṃ vidhehi
"She who, though single-minded in the worship of the mountain's daughter, bewitches my heart here — make her, called Anaṅgāyatalocanā, take her one delight in union with my body."
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NsP 63.31
स एवम् उक्तः सुरवल्लभेन स्वकार्यभावाधिकगौरवेण संधाय बाणं कुसुमायुधो ऽपि सस्मार मारः परिमोहनं सुधीः
sa evam uktaḥ suravallabhena svakāryabhāvādhikagauraveṇa saṃdhāya bāṇaṃ kusumāyudho 'pi sasmāra māraḥ parimohanaṃ sudhīḥ
Thus addressed by the beloved of the gods, with a respect exceeding (his) sense of his own task, the flower-weaponed Māra too, wise one, fitted an arrow and called to mind (the arrow) Parimohana.
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NsP 63.32
संमोहिता पुष्पशरेण बाला कामेन कामं मदविह्वलाङ्गी विहाय पूजां हसते सुरेशं कः कामकोदण्डरवं सहेत
saṃmohitā puṣpaśareṇa bālā kāmena kāmaṃ madavihvalāṅgī vihāya pūjāṃ hasate sureśaṃ kaḥ kāmakodaṇḍaravaṃ saheta
The girl, utterly bewitched by Kāma's flower-arrow, her body faint with passionate intoxication, abandoning the worship, smiles at the lord of the gods — who could withstand the twang of Kāma's bow?
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NsP 63.33
विलोलनेत्रे अयि कासि बाले सुराधिपो वाक्यम् इदं जगाद संमोहयन्तीव मनांसि पुंसां कस्येह कान्ता वद पुण्यभाजः
vilolanetre ayi kāsi bāle surādhipo vākyam idaṃ jagāda saṃmohayantīva manāṃsi puṃsāṃ kasyeha kāntā vada puṇyabhājaḥ
"O girl of restless eyes, who are you?" — the lord of the gods spoke this speech — "you who as it were bewitch the minds of men; whose beloved are you here? Tell (me) — of what meritorious man?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.34
उक्तापि बाला मदविह्वलाङ्गी रोमाञ्चसंस्वेदसकम्पगात्रा कृताकुला कामशिलीमुखेन सगद्गदं वाक्यम् उवाच मन्दम्
uktāpi bālā madavihvalāṅgī romāñcasaṃsvedasakampagātrā kṛtākulā kāmaśilīmukhena sagadgadaṃ vākyam uvāca mandam
Though thus addressed, the girl, her body faint with intoxication, her limbs bristling, sweating and trembling, made agitated by Kāma's arrow, spoke words softly, with faltering voice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.35
कान्ता धनेशस्य च यक्षकन्या प्राप्ता च गौरीचरणार्चनाय प्रब्रूहि कार्यं च तवास्ति नाथ कस् त्वं वदेस् तिष्ठसि कामरूपः
kāntā dhaneśasya ca yakṣakanyā prāptā ca gaurīcaraṇārcanāya prabrūhi kāryaṃ ca tavāsti nātha kas tvaṃ vades tiṣṭhasi kāmarūpaḥ
"I am the beloved of the lord of wealth, a yakṣa maiden, and I have come to worship Gaurī's feet. Tell (me), lord, what business you have; who are you? Speak — you stand here in the form of Kāma."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.36
सा त्वं समागच्छ भजस्व मां चिरान् मदङ्गसङ्गोत्सुकतां व्रजाशु त्वया विना जीवितम् अप्य् अनल्पं स्वर्गस्य राज्यं मम निष्फलं स्यात्
sā tvaṃ samāgaccha bhajasva māṃ cirān madaṅgasaṅgotsukatāṃ vrajāśu tvayā vinā jīvitam apy analpaṃ svargasya rājyaṃ mama niṣphalaṃ syāt
"You, being such, come, love me; go at once to eagerness for union with my body. Without you even a long life and the kingdom of heaven would be fruitless for me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.37
उक्ता च सैवं मधुरं च तेन कन्दर्पसंतापितचारुदेहा विमानम् आरुह्य चलत्पताकं सुरेशकण्ठग्रहणं चकार
uktā ca saivaṃ madhuraṃ ca tena kandarpasaṃtāpitacārudehā vimānam āruhya calatpatākaṃ sureśakaṇṭhagrahaṇaṃ cakāra
And she, thus sweetly addressed by him, her lovely body inflamed by Kandarpa, mounted the chariot with its fluttering banner and clasped the neck of the lord of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.38
जगाम शीघ्रं स हि नाकनाथः साकं तया मन्दरकन्दरासु अदृष्टदेवासुरसंचरासु विचित्ररत्नाङ्कुरभासुरासु
jagāma śīghraṃ sa hi nākanāthaḥ sākaṃ tayā mandarakandarāsu adṛṣṭadevāsurasaṃcarāsu vicitraratnāṅkurabhāsurāsu
Swiftly indeed that lord of heaven went with her into the caverns of Mandara, untraversed by gods or asuras, shining with sprouting jewels of many kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.39
रेमे तया साकम् उदारवीर्यश् चित्रं सुरैश्वर्यगतादरो ऽपि स्वयं च यस्या लघुपुष्पशय्यां चकार चातुर्यनिधिः सकामः
reme tayā sākam udāravīryaś citraṃ suraiśvaryagatādaro 'pi svayaṃ ca yasyā laghupuṣpaśayyāṃ cakāra cāturyanidhiḥ sakāmaḥ
He of noble valour made love with her — strange, though he had regard for the sovereignty of the gods — and that treasury of skill, full of desire, himself made her a light bed of flowers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.40
जातः कृतार्थो ऽमरवृन्दनाथः सकामभोगेषु सदा विदग्धः मोक्षाधिकं स्नेहरसातिमृष्टं पराङ्गनालिङ्गनसङ्गसौख्यम्
jātaḥ kṛtārtho 'maravṛndanāthaḥ sakāmabhogeṣu sadā vidagdhaḥ mokṣādhikaṃ sneharasātimṛṣṭaṃ parāṅganāliṅganasaṅgasaukhyam
The lord of the host of immortals became one whose aim was fulfilled, ever adept in the pleasures of love; more than release, and made most sweet by the savour of affection, is the joy of embracing and union with another's wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.41
अथागता यक्षपतेः समीपं नार्यो ऽनुवर्ज्यैव च चित्रसेनाम् ससंभ्रमाः संभ्रमखिन्नगात्राः सगद्गदं प्रोचुर् असाहसज्ञाः
athāgatā yakṣapateḥ samīpaṃ nāryo 'nuvarjyaiva ca citrasenām sasaṃbhramāḥ saṃbhramakhinnagātrāḥ sagadgadaṃ procur asāhasajñāḥ
Then the women came into the presence of the yakṣa lord, having left Citrasenā behind, flurried, their bodies wearied by their haste, and, knowing no boldness, spoke with faltering voices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.42
नूनं समाकर्णय यक्षनाथ विमानम् आरोप्य जगाम कश्चित् संवीक्षमाणः ककुभो ऽपि कान्तां विगृह्य वेगाद् इह सो ऽपि तस्करः
nūnaṃ samākarṇaya yakṣanātha vimānam āropya jagāma kaścit saṃvīkṣamāṇaḥ kakubho 'pi kāntāṃ vigṛhya vegād iha so 'pi taskaraḥ
"Hear this, surely, O lord of the yakṣas: someone, having placed (her) on a flying chariot, has gone off, looking about at the quarters too; that thief, having seized (your) beloved by force, (has gone) from here."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.43
वचो निशम्याथ धनाधिनाथो विषोपमं जातमषीनिभाननः जगाद भूयो न च किंचिद् एव बभूव वै वृक्ष इवाग्निदग्धः
vaco niśamyātha dhanādhinātho viṣopamaṃ jātamaṣīnibhānanaḥ jagāda bhūyo na ca kiṃcid eva babhūva vai vṛkṣa ivāgnidagdhaḥ
Then, having heard that speech, poison-like, the lord of wealth, his face turned the colour of ink, spoke no more at all, and became like a tree burnt by fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.44
विज्ञापितार्थो वरकन्यकाभिर् यश् चित्रसेनासहचारिणीभिः मोहापनोदाय मतिं दधानः स कण्ठकुब्जो ऽपि समाजगाम
vijñāpitārtho varakanyakābhir yaś citrasenāsahacāriṇībhiḥ mohāpanodāya matiṃ dadhānaḥ sa kaṇṭhakubjo 'pi samājagāma
He, Kaṇṭhakubja, informed of the matter by the excellent maidens who were Citrasenā's companions, setting his mind on dispelling (the king's) stupor, also came (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.45
श्रुत्वागतं वीक्ष्य स राजराज उन्मीलिताक्षो वचनं जगाद विनिःश्वसन् गाढसकम्पगात्रः स्वस्थं मनो ऽप्य् आशु विधाय दीनः
śrutvāgataṃ vīkṣya sa rājarāja unmīlitākṣo vacanaṃ jagāda viniḥśvasan gāḍhasakampagātraḥ svasthaṃ mano 'py āśu vidhāya dīnaḥ
That king of kings, having heard and seen (him) come, opened his eyes and spoke a word, sighing, his body violently trembling, wretched, though he quickly made his mind steady.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.46
तद् यौवनं यद् युवतीविनोदो धनं तु चैतत् स्वजनोपयोगि तं जीवितं यत् क्रियते सुधर्मस् तद् आधिपत्यं यदि नष्टविग्रहम्
tad yauvanaṃ yad yuvatīvinodo dhanaṃ tu caitat svajanopayogi taṃ jīvitaṃ yat kriyate sudharmas tad ādhipatyaṃ yadi naṣṭavigraham
That is youth, wherein there is dalliance with young women; and that is wealth which serves one's own people; that is life by which good dharma is done; that is sovereignty, if it has no enemy left.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 63.47
धिङ् मे धनं जीवितम् अत्यनल्पं राज्यं बृहत् संप्रति गुह्यकानाम् विशामि चाग्निं न च वेद कश्चित् पराभवो ऽस्तीति च को मृतानाम्
dhiṅ me dhanaṃ jīvitam atyanalpaṃ rājyaṃ bṛhat saṃprati guhyakānām viśāmi cāgniṃ na ca veda kaścit parābhavo 'stīti ca ko mṛtānām
Damn my wealth, my all-too-scanty life, and the great kingdom of the guhyakas that is now (mine)! I shall enter the fire, and let no one know; and what humiliation is there for the dead?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.48
पार्श्वे स्थितस्यापि च जीवितो मे गता तडागं गिरिजार्चनाय हृता च केनापि वयं न विद्मो ध्रुवं न तस्यास्ति भयं च मृत्योः
pārśve sthitasyāpi ca jīvito me gatā taḍāgaṃ girijārcanāya hṛtā ca kenāpi vayaṃ na vidmo dhruvaṃ na tasyāsti bhayaṃ ca mṛtyoḥ
Though I was alive and standing at her side, she went to the pond to worship the daughter of the mountain, and was carried off by someone—we do not know (whom); surely he has no fear of death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.49
जगाद वाक्यं स च कण्ठकुब्जो मोहापनोदाय विभोः स मन्त्री आकर्ण्यतां नाथ न चास्ति योग्यः कान्तावियोगे निजदेहघातः
jagāda vākyaṃ sa ca kaṇṭhakubjo mohāpanodāya vibhoḥ sa mantrī ākarṇyatāṃ nātha na cāsti yogyaḥ kāntāviyoge nijadehaghātaḥ
And that Kaṇṭhakubja, the minister, spoke a speech to dispel his master's stupor: "Listen, my lord—killing one's own body is not fitting at separation from a beloved."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.50
एका पुरा रामवधूर् हृता च निशाचरेणापि मृतो न सो ऽपि अनेकशः सन्ति तवात्र नार्यः को नाम चित्ते क्रियते विषादः
ekā purā rāmavadhūr hṛtā ca niśācareṇāpi mṛto na so 'pi anekaśaḥ santi tavātra nāryaḥ ko nāma citte kriyate viṣādaḥ
"Long ago Rāma's wife too was carried off by a night-rover, and even he did not die. You have many women here; why then is grief made in the heart?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.51
विमुच्य शोकं कुरु विक्रमे मतिं धैर्यं समालम्बय यक्षराज भृशं न जल्पन्ति रुदन्ति साधवः पराभवं बाह्यकृतं सहन्ते
vimucya śokaṃ kuru vikrame matiṃ dhairyaṃ samālambaya yakṣarāja bhṛśaṃ na jalpanti rudanti sādhavaḥ parābhavaṃ bāhyakṛtaṃ sahante
"Let go of grief, set your mind on valour, take firm hold of steadfastness, O king of yakṣas. Good men do not chatter or weep much; they endure the humiliation inflicted from outside."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.52
कृतं हि कार्यं गुरु दर्शयन्ति सहायवान् वित्तप कातरो ऽसि किम् सहायकार्यं कुरुते हि संप्रति स्वयं हि यस्यावरजो विभीषणः
kṛtaṃ hi kāryaṃ guru darśayanti sahāyavān vittapa kātaro 'si kim sahāyakāryaṃ kurute hi saṃprati svayaṃ hi yasyāvarajo vibhīṣaṇaḥ
"Indeed, they show a great deed done. You have a helper, O guardian of wealth—why are you faint-hearted? For he whose younger brother is Vibhīṣaṇa has a helper who will do the task now of himself."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 63.53
विभीषणो मे प्रतिपक्षभूतो दायादभावं न विमुञ्चतीति ध्रुवं प्रसन्ना न भवन्ति दुर्जनाः कृतोपकारा हरिवज्रनिष्ठुराः
vibhīṣaṇo me pratipakṣabhūto dāyādabhāvaṃ na vimuñcatīti dhruvaṃ prasannā na bhavanti durjanāḥ kṛtopakārā harivajraniṣṭhurāḥ
"Vibhīṣaṇa has become my adversary; he does not give up the attitude of a co-heir. Surely wicked men, even when a favour has been done them, do not become gracious—they are as hard as Indra's thunderbolt."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.54
न चोपकारैर् न गुणैर् न सौहृदैः प्रसादम् आयाति मनो हि गोत्रिणः उवाच वाक्यं स च कण्ठकुब्जो युक्तं त्वयोक्तं च धनाधिनाथ
na copakārair na guṇair na sauhṛdaiḥ prasādam āyāti mano hi gotriṇaḥ uvāca vākyaṃ sa ca kaṇṭhakubjo yuktaṃ tvayoktaṃ ca dhanādhinātha
"Not by favours, not by virtues, not by friendly acts does the mind of a kinsman come to graciousness." And Kaṇṭhakubja spoke a word: "What you have said is right, O lord of wealth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.55
परस्परं घ्नन्ति च ते विरुद्धास् तथापि लोके न पराभवो ऽस्ति पराभवं नान्यकृतं सहन्ते नोष्णं जलं ज्वालयते तृणानि
parasparaṃ ghnanti ca te viruddhās tathāpi loke na parābhavo 'sti parābhavaṃ nānyakṛtaṃ sahante noṣṇaṃ jalaṃ jvālayate tṛṇāni
"They fight each other when at odds; yet even so there is no disgrace in the world (in that). They do not endure a humiliation inflicted by another—hot water does not set grass ablaze."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 63.56
तस्मात् समागच्छ धनाधिनाथ पार्श्वं न वेगेन विभीषणस्य स्वबाहुवीर्यार्जितवित्तभोगिनां स्वबन्धुवर्गेषु हि को विरोधः
tasmāt samāgaccha dhanādhinātha pārśvaṃ na vegena vibhīṣaṇasya svabāhuvīryārjitavittabhogināṃ svabandhuvargeṣu hi ko virodhaḥ
"Therefore, O lord of wealth, go to Vibhīṣaṇa's side, and not in haste. For those who enjoy wealth won by the strength of their own arms, what enmity can there be among their own kinsfolk?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.57
इत्युक्तः स तदा तेन कण्ठकुब्जेन मन्त्रिणा विभीषणस्य सामीप्यं जगामाशु विचारयन्
ityuktaḥ sa tadā tena kaṇṭhakubjena mantriṇā vibhīṣaṇasya sāmīpyaṃ jagāmāśu vicārayan
Addressed thus then by that minister Kaṇṭhakubja, he went at once, reflecting, into Vibhīṣaṇa's presence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.58
ततो लङ्काधिपः श्रुत्वा बान्धवं पूर्वजं तदा प्राप्तं प्रत्याजगामाशु विनयेन समन्वितः
tato laṅkādhipaḥ śrutvā bāndhavaṃ pūrvajaṃ tadā prāptaṃ pratyājagāmāśu vinayena samanvitaḥ
Then the lord of Laṅkā, hearing that his kinsman, his elder brother, had come, went out to meet him at once, filled with courtesy.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.59
ततो विभीषणो दृष्ट्वा तदा दीनं च बान्धवम् संतप्तमानसो भूप जगादेदं वचो महत्
tato vibhīṣaṇo dṛṣṭvā tadā dīnaṃ ca bāndhavam saṃtaptamānaso bhūpa jagādedaṃ vaco mahat
Then Vibhīṣaṇa, seeing his kinsman wretched, O king, with a burning heart spoke this weighty word:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.60
कथं दीनो ऽसि यक्षेश किं कष्टं तव चेतसि निवेदयाधुनास्माकं निश्चयान् मार्जयामि तत्
kathaṃ dīno 'si yakṣeśa kiṃ kaṣṭaṃ tava cetasi nivedayādhunāsmākaṃ niścayān mārjayāmi tat
"Why are you wretched, lord of yakṣas? What trouble is in your heart? Tell it to us now; I will wipe it away for certain."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.62
भ्रातः कान्तां न पश्यामि चित्रसेनां मनोरमाम् एतद् बन्धो महत् कष्टं मम नारीसमुद्भवम्
bhrātaḥ kāntāṃ na paśyāmi citrasenāṃ manoramām etad bandho mahat kaṣṭaṃ mama nārīsamudbhavam
"Brother, I do not see my lovely wife Citrasenā. This, kinsman, is my great trouble, arisen from a woman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.64
कः समर्थो ऽधुनास्माकं हर्तुं नाथ तृणस्य च ततो विभीषणस् तत्र नाडीजङ्घां निशाचरीम्
kaḥ samartho 'dhunāsmākaṃ hartuṃ nātha tṛṇasya ca tato vibhīṣaṇas tatra nāḍījaṅghāṃ niśācarīm
"Who now, lord, is able to carry off even a blade of grass of ours?" Then Vibhīṣaṇa (spoke) there to the night-roaming woman Nāḍījaṅghā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.65
भृशं संजल्पयाम्_अस नानामायागरीयसीम् धनदस्य च या कान्ता चित्रसेनाविधानतः
bhṛśaṃ saṃjalpayām_asa nānāmāyāgarīyasīm dhanadasya ca yā kāntā citrasenāvidhānataḥ
and he spoke to her at length, (her) who was weighty with manifold magical arts: "She who is the beloved of Dhanada (Kubera), by name Citrasenā—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 63.66
सा च केन हृता लोके मनसे सरसि स्थिता तां च जानीहि संवीक्ष्य देवराजादिवेश्मसु
sā ca kena hṛtā loke manase sarasi sthitā tāṃ ca jānīhi saṃvīkṣya devarājādiveśmasu
by whom in the world has she been carried off, (she who) was staying at Lake Mānasa? Find her out by looking about in the houses of the king of the gods and the rest."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.67
ततो निशाचरी भूप कृत्वा मायामयं वपुः जगाम त्रिदिवं शीघ्रं देवराजादिवेश्मसु
tato niśācarī bhūpa kṛtvā māyāmayaṃ vapuḥ jagāma tridivaṃ śīghraṃ devarājādiveśmasu
Then, O king, the night-roaming woman, having made herself a body composed of magic, went swiftly to heaven, to the houses of the king of the gods and the rest—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.68
यया दृष्ट्या क्षणं दृष्टो मोहं यास्यति चोपलः यस्याः समं ध्रुवं रूपं विद्यते न चराचरे
yayā dṛṣṭyā kṣaṇaṃ dṛṣṭo mohaṃ yāsyati copalaḥ yasyāḥ samaṃ dhruvaṃ rūpaṃ vidyate na carācare
(a body) by which, seen with the eye for a moment, even a stone would fall into infatuation, whose form's equal surely does not exist among moving or unmoving things.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.69
एतस्मिन्न् एव काले च देवराजो ऽपि भूपते संप्राप्तो मन्दराच् छीघ्रं प्रेरितश् चित्रसेनया
etasminn eva kāle ca devarājo 'pi bhūpate saṃprāpto mandarāc chīghraṃ preritaś citrasenayā
And at just this time, O lord of the earth, the king of the gods too arrived swiftly from Mandara, sent by Citrasenā
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.70
ग्रहीतुं दिव्यपुष्पाणि नन्दनप्रभवाणि च तत्र पश्यन् स तां तन्वीं निजस्थाने सभागताम्
grahītuṃ divyapuṣpāṇi nandanaprabhavāṇi ca tatra paśyan sa tāṃ tanvīṃ nijasthāne sabhāgatām
to gather divine flowers that grow in the Nandana grove; and there he saw that slender woman, come into his presence in his own place,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.71
अतीवरूपसंपन्नां गीतगानपरायणाम् तां वीक्ष्य देवराजो ऽपि स कामवशगो ऽभवत्
atīvarūpasaṃpannāṃ gītagānaparāyaṇām tāṃ vīkṣya devarājo 'pi sa kāmavaśago 'bhavat
exceedingly endowed with beauty, devoted to singing songs. Seeing her, even the king of the gods came under the sway of desire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.72
ततः संप्रेरयाम्_अस देववैद्यौ सुराधिपः तस्याः पार्श्वे समानेतुं ध्रुवं चान्तःपुरे तदा
tataḥ saṃprerayām_asa devavaidyau surādhipaḥ tasyāḥ pārśve samānetuṃ dhruvaṃ cāntaḥpure tadā
Then the lord of the gods dispatched the two divine physicians to her side, to bring her surely into the inner apartments then.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.73
देववैद्यौ तदागत्य जल्पतश् चाग्रतः स्थितौ आगच्छ भव तन्वङ्गि देवराजसमीपगा
devavaidyau tadāgatya jalpataś cāgrataḥ sthitau āgaccha bhava tanvaṅgi devarājasamīpagā
The two divine physicians, coming then, stood before her and said: "Come, slender-limbed one, be one who goes near the king of the gods.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.75
तस्य वाच्यं च कर्तव्यं नान्यथा सर्वथा मया तौ तदा वासवं गत्वा ऊचतुर् वचनं शुभम्
tasya vācyaṃ ca kartavyaṃ nānyathā sarvathā mayā tau tadā vāsavaṃ gatvā ūcatur vacanaṃ śubham
"And what he says must be done; not otherwise at all by me." Then those two, going to Vāsava, spoke the auspicious word.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 63.76
समादेशय तन्वङ्गि किं कर्तव्यं मयाधुना सर्वदा दासभूतस् ते याचसे तद् ददाम्य् अहम्
samādeśaya tanvaṅgi kiṃ kartavyaṃ mayādhunā sarvadā dāsabhūtas te yācase tad dadāmy aham
"Command (me), slender-limbed one: what is to be done by me now? I am always become your servant; what you ask, that I give."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.77
याचितं यदि मे नाथ दास्यसीति न संशयः ततो ऽहं वशगा देव भविष्यामि न संशयः
yācitaṃ yadi me nātha dāsyasīti na saṃśayaḥ tato 'haṃ vaśagā deva bhaviṣyāmi na saṃśayaḥ
"If, lord, you will give me what is asked—no doubt of it—then, god, I shall become subject to you, without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.78
अद्य त्वं दर्शयास्माकं सर्वः कान्तापरिग्रहः मम रूपसमा रामा कान्ता ते चास्ति वा न वा
adya tvaṃ darśayāsmākaṃ sarvaḥ kāntāparigrahaḥ mama rūpasamā rāmā kāntā te cāsti vā na vā
Today show me your whole collection of wives: is there a woman among your wives equal to my beauty, or not?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.79
तया चोक्ते च वचने स भूयो वासवो ऽवदत् दर्शयिष्यामि सर्वं ते देवि कान्तापरिग्रहम्
tayā cokte ca vacane sa bhūyo vāsavo 'vadat darśayiṣyāmi sarvaṃ te devi kāntāparigraham
And when that word had been spoken by her, Vāsava spoke again: "I shall show you, goddess, my whole collection of wives."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.80
स सर्वं दर्शयाम्_अस वासवो ऽन्तःपुरं तदा ततो जगाद भूयः स किंचिद् गूढं मम स्थितम्
sa sarvaṃ darśayām_asa vāsavo 'ntaḥpuraṃ tadā tato jagāda bhūyaḥ sa kiṃcid gūḍhaṃ mama sthitam
Then Vāsava showed her the whole inner apartment; then he spoke again: "There is something of mine kept hidden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.82
तां च ते दर्शयिष्यामि नाख्येयं कस्यचित् त्वया ततः स देवराजो ऽपि तया सार्धं च भूपते
tāṃ ca te darśayiṣyāmi nākhyeyaṃ kasyacit tvayā tataḥ sa devarājo 'pi tayā sārdhaṃ ca bhūpate
Her too I shall show you; it must not be told by you to anyone." Then that king of the gods too, together with her, O lord of the earth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.83
गच्छन्न् एवाम्बरे भूप मन्दरं प्रति भूधरम् तस्य वै गच्छमानस्य विमानेनार्कवर्चसा
gacchann evāmbare bhūpa mandaraṃ prati bhūdharam tasya vai gacchamānasya vimānenārkavarcasā
went through the sky, O king, toward the mountain Mandara; and as he was going in a chariot with the splendour of the sun,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.84
दर्शनं नारदस्यापि तस्य जातं तदाम्बरे तं वीक्ष्य नारदं वीरो लज्जमानो ऽपि वासवः
darśanaṃ nāradasyāpi tasya jātaṃ tadāmbare taṃ vīkṣya nāradaṃ vīro lajjamāno 'pi vāsavaḥ
there occurred then in the sky a sighting of Nārada as well. Seeing that Nārada, the hero Vāsava, though ashamed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.85
नमस्कृत्य जगादोच्चैः क्व यास्यसि महामुने ततः कृताशीः स मुनिर् अवदत् त्रिदेवेश्वरम्
namaskṛtya jagādoccaiḥ kva yāsyasi mahāmune tataḥ kṛtāśīḥ sa munir avadat trideveśvaram
made obeisance and said aloud: "Where will you go, great sage?" Then that sage, having given his blessing, said to the lord of the three gods:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.86
गच्छामि मानसे स्नातुं देवराज सुखी भव नाडीजङ्घे ऽस्ति कुशलं राक्षसानां महात्मनाम्
gacchāmi mānase snātuṃ devarāja sukhī bhava nāḍījaṅghe 'sti kuśalaṃ rākṣasānāṃ mahātmanām
"I am going to bathe in Lake Mānasa; be well, king of the gods. Nāḍījaṅghā, the great-souled rākṣasas are in good health,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.87
विभीषणो ऽपि ते भ्राता सुखी तिष्ठति सर्वदा एवम् उक्ता च मुनिना सा कृष्णवदनाभवत्
vibhīṣaṇo 'pi te bhrātā sukhī tiṣṭhati sarvadā evam uktā ca muninā sā kṛṣṇavadanābhavat
and your brother Vibhīṣaṇa too is always well." And when she was addressed thus by the sage, her face went dark.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.88
विस्मितो देवराजो ऽपि छलितो दुष्टयानया नारदो ऽपि गतः स्नातुं कैलासे मानसं सरः
vismito devarājo 'pi chalito duṣṭayānayā nārado 'pi gataḥ snātuṃ kailāse mānasaṃ saraḥ
The king of the gods too was astonished, (seeing that) he had been deceived by that wicked woman; and Nārada went off to bathe in Lake Mānasa on Kailāsa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.89
इन्द्रस् तां हन्तुकामो ऽपि आगच्छन् मन्दराचलम् यत्राश्रमो ऽस्ति वै नूनं तृणबिन्दोर् महात्मनः
indras tāṃ hantukāmo 'pi āgacchan mandarācalam yatrāśramo 'sti vai nūnaṃ tṛṇabindor mahātmanaḥ
Indra, wanting to kill her, came to Mount Mandara, where indeed the hermitage of the great-souled Tṛṇabindu stands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.90
क्षणं विश्रम्य तत्रैव धृत्वा केशेषु राक्षसीम् हन्तुम् इच्छति देवेशो नाडीजङ्घां निशाचरीम्
kṣaṇaṃ viśramya tatraiva dhṛtvā keśeṣu rākṣasīm hantum icchati deveśo nāḍījaṅghāṃ niśācarīm
Having rested a moment right there, the lord of the gods, holding the rākṣasī by the hair, wishes to kill Nāḍījaṅghā, the night-roamer.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.91
तावत् तत्र समायातस् तृणबिन्दुर् निजाश्रमात् धृता क्रन्दति सा राजन्न् इन्द्रेणापि निशाचरी
tāvat tatra samāyātas tṛṇabindur nijāśramāt dhṛtā krandati sā rājann indreṇāpi niśācarī
Just then Tṛṇabindu came there from his own hermitage; held fast by Indra, that night-roamer was crying out, O king:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.92
मा मां रक्षति पुण्यात्मा हन्यमानां च सांप्रतम् तदागत्य मुनिश्रेष्ठस् तृणबिन्दुर् महातपाः
mā māṃ rakṣati puṇyātmā hanyamānāṃ ca sāṃpratam tadāgatya muniśreṣṭhas tṛṇabindur mahātapāḥ
"Protect me! Let a holy soul protect me, who am being slain this very moment!" Then the best of sages, Tṛṇabindu of great austerity, came
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.93
जगाद पुरतः स्थित्वा मुञ्चेमां महिलां वने जल्पत्य् एवं मुनौ तस्मिन् महेन्द्रेण निशाचरी
jagāda purataḥ sthitvā muñcemāṃ mahilāṃ vane jalpaty evaṃ munau tasmin mahendreṇa niśācarī
and, standing before (him), said: "Release this woman in the forest!" While the sage was speaking thus, the night-roamer was, by great Indra,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.94
वज्रेण निहता भूयः कोपयुक्तेन चेतसा स चुकोप मुनिश्रेष्ठः प्रेक्षमाणो मुहुर् मुहुः
vajreṇa nihatā bhūyaḥ kopayuktena cetasā sa cukopa muniśreṣṭhaḥ prekṣamāṇo muhur muhuḥ
struck down again with the thunderbolt, his mind filled with anger. That best of sages grew furious, looking on again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.95
यद् एषा युवती दुष्ट निहता मे तपोवने ततस् त्वं मम शापेन निश्चयात् स्त्री भविष्यसि
yad eṣā yuvatī duṣṭa nihatā me tapovane tatas tvaṃ mama śāpena niścayāt strī bhaviṣyasi
"Since this young woman has been killed by you, wicked one, in my grove of austerity, therefore by my curse you shall assuredly become a woman."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.96
एषा नाथ महादुष्टा राक्षसी निहता मया अहं स्वामी सुराणां च शापं मा देहि मे ऽधुना
eṣā nātha mahāduṣṭā rākṣasī nihatā mayā ahaṃ svāmī surāṇāṃ ca śāpaṃ mā dehi me 'dhunā
"Lord, this exceedingly wicked rākṣasī was killed by me, and I am the master of the gods; do not lay a curse on me now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.97
नूनं तपोवने ऽस्माकं दुष्टास् तिष्ठन्ति साधवः ममात्र तपसो भावान् न निघ्नन्ति परस्परम्
nūnaṃ tapovane 'smākaṃ duṣṭās tiṣṭhanti sādhavaḥ mamātra tapaso bhāvān na nighnanti parasparam
Surely in this grove of austerity of ours the wicked pass for good people! Here, because of my ascetic power, they do not kill one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.98
इत्युक्तो हि तदा चेन्द्रः प्राप्तः स्त्रीत्वं न संशयः जगाम त्रिदिवं भूप हतशक्तिपराक्रमः
ityukto hi tadā cendraḥ prāptaḥ strītvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ jagāma tridivaṃ bhūpa hataśaktiparākramaḥ
Being addressed thus, Indra then attained womanhood — there is no doubt — and he went to heaven, O king, his power and prowess destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.99
नासीनो हि भवत्य् एव सर्वदा देवसंसदि देवा दुःखं समापन्ना दृष्ट्वा स्त्रीत्वं गतं हरिम्
nāsīno hi bhavaty eva sarvadā devasaṃsadi devā duḥkhaṃ samāpannā dṛṣṭvā strītvaṃ gataṃ harim
For he does not sit at all in the assembly of the gods any more; and the gods fell into grief, seeing Hari (Indra) turned into a woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.100
ततो देवगणाः सर्वे वासवेन समन्विताः जग्मुश् च ब्रह्मसदनं तथा दीना शची तदा
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve vāsavena samanvitāḥ jagmuś ca brahmasadanaṃ tathā dīnā śacī tadā
Then all the hosts of gods, together with Vāsava, went to Brahmā's abode, and so did the wretched Śacī then.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.101
ब्रह्मा भग्नसमाधिश् च तावत् तत्रैव संस्थिताः देवा ऊचुश् च ते सर्वे वासवेन समन्विताः
brahmā bhagnasamādhiś ca tāvat tatraiva saṃsthitāḥ devā ūcuś ca te sarve vāsavena samanvitāḥ
And Brahmā's meditation was broken; meanwhile they stood right there, and all those gods, together with Vāsava, said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.102
तृणबिन्दोर् मुनेः शापाद् यातः स्त्रीत्वं सुराधिपः स मुनिः कोपवान् ब्रह्मन् नैव गच्छत्य् अनुग्रहम्
tṛṇabindor muneḥ śāpād yātaḥ strītvaṃ surādhipaḥ sa muniḥ kopavān brahman naiva gacchaty anugraham
"By the curse of the sage Tṛṇabindu the lord of the gods has become a woman. That sage is full of anger, O Brahmā, and does not relent at all."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.103
स्वकर्मणोपयातो सौ स्त्रीत्वं स्त्रीवधकारणात्
svakarmaṇopayāto sau strītvaṃ strīvadhakāraṇāt
"By his own deed he has come to womanhood, because of the killing of a woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.104
चकार दुर्नयं देवा देवराजो ऽपि दुर्मदः जहार चित्रसेनां च सुगुप्तां धनदाङ्गनाम्
cakāra durnayaṃ devā devarājo 'pi durmadaḥ jahāra citrasenāṃ ca suguptāṃ dhanadāṅganām
He acted wrongly, O gods; the king of the gods, drunk with pride, carried off Citrasenā, the well-guarded wife of the Giver of Wealth (Kubera);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.105
तथा जघान युवतीं तृणबिन्दोस् तपोवने तेन कर्मविपाकेन स्त्रीभावं वासवो गतः
tathā jaghāna yuvatīṃ tṛṇabindos tapovane tena karmavipākena strībhāvaṃ vāsavo gataḥ
and likewise he killed a young woman in Tṛṇabindu's grove of austerity. By the ripening of that deed Vāsava has come to the state of a woman.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.106
यद् असौ कृतवाञ् शंभोर् दुर्नयं नाथ दुर्मतिः तत् सर्वं साधयिष्यामो वयं शच्या समन्विताः
yad asau kṛtavāñ śaṃbhor durnayaṃ nātha durmatiḥ tat sarvaṃ sādhayiṣyāmo vayaṃ śacyā samanvitāḥ
"Whatever wrong that evil-minded one did to Śambhu, lord, all that we, together with Śacī, shall set right."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 63.107
कान्ता धनाधिनाथस्य गूढा तिष्ठति या विभो तां च तस्मै प्रदास्यामः सर्वे कृत्वा परां मतिम्
kāntā dhanādhināthasya gūḍhā tiṣṭhati yā vibho tāṃ ca tasmai pradāsyāmaḥ sarve kṛtvā parāṃ matim
"The beloved wife of the lord of wealth, who is hidden away, O mighty one — her too we shall give back to him, all of us having formed the highest resolve."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.108
त्रयोदश्यां चतुर्दश्यां देवराजः शचीयुतः नन्दने चार्चनं कर्ता सर्वदा यक्षरक्षसाम्
trayodaśyāṃ caturdaśyāṃ devarājaḥ śacīyutaḥ nandane cārcanaṃ kartā sarvadā yakṣarakṣasām
"On the thirteenth and fourteenth (lunar days) the king of the gods, together with Śacī, shall always perform worship of the yakṣas and rākṣasas in the Nandana grove."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.109
ततः शची तदा गूढं चित्रसेनां विगृह्य च मुमोच यक्षभवनं प्रियकष्टानुवर्तिनीम्
tataḥ śacī tadā gūḍhaṃ citrasenāṃ vigṛhya ca mumoca yakṣabhavanaṃ priyakaṣṭānuvartinīm
Then Śacī, taking Citrasenā aside in secret, released her — she who had followed her beloved through hardship — to the yakṣa's dwelling.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 63.110
एतस्मिन्न् अन्तरे दूतो ऽकाले लङ्कां समागतः धनेशं कथयाम्_अस चित्रसेनासमागमम्
etasminn antare dūto 'kāle laṅkāṃ samāgataḥ dhaneśaṃ kathayām_asa citrasenāsamāgamam
In this interval a messenger came to Laṅkā at an unexpected hour and told the lord of wealth of the return of Citrasenā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.111
शच्या साकं समायाता तव कान्ता धनाधिप सखीं स्वाम् अतुलां प्राप्य चरितार्था बभूव सा
śacyā sākaṃ samāyātā tava kāntā dhanādhipa sakhīṃ svām atulāṃ prāpya caritārthā babhūva sā
"Your beloved has come back together with Śacī, O lord of wealth; having found her own peerless friend, she has attained her purpose."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.113
धनेशो ऽपि कृतार्थो ऽभूज् जगाम निजवेश्मनि पतिहीना यथा नारी नाथहीनं यथा बलम् गोकुलं कृष्णहीनं तु तथेन्द्रेणामरावती
dhaneśo 'pi kṛtārtho 'bhūj jagāma nijaveśmani patihīnā yathā nārī nāthahīnaṃ yathā balam gokulaṃ kṛṣṇahīnaṃ tu tathendreṇāmarāvatī
The lord of wealth too became fulfilled and went to his own house. As a woman without a husband, as an army without a commander, as a cow-herd settlement without Kṛṣṇa — so was Amarāvatī without Indra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.114
जपः क्रिया तपो दानं ज्ञानं तीर्थं च वै प्रभो वासवस्य समाख्याहि यतः स्त्रीत्वाद् विमुच्यते
japaḥ kriyā tapo dānaṃ jñānaṃ tīrthaṃ ca vai prabho vāsavasya samākhyāhi yataḥ strītvād vimucyate
"Muttered recitation, ritual, austerity, giving, knowledge, and pilgrimage — tell (us), O lord, which of these is for Indra, by which he may be freed from womanhood."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 63.115
निहन्तुं न मुनेः शापं समर्थो ऽहं न शंकरः तीर्थं चान्यन् न पश्यामि मुक्त्वैकं विष्णुपूजनम्
nihantuṃ na muneḥ śāpaṃ samartho 'haṃ na śaṃkaraḥ tīrthaṃ cānyan na paśyāmi muktvaikaṃ viṣṇupūjanam
"Neither I nor Śaṃkara is able to undo the sage's curse; and I see no other holy resort except the one thing, the worship of Viṣṇu."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.116
अष्टाक्षरेण मन्त्रेण पूजनं च तथा जपम् करोतु विधिवच् छक्रः स्त्रीत्वाद् येन च मुच्यते
aṣṭākṣareṇa mantreṇa pūjanaṃ ca tathā japam karotu vidhivac chakraḥ strītvād yena ca mucyate
"Let Śakra duly perform worship with the eight-syllable mantra, and likewise its recitation, by which he may be freed from womanhood."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.117
एकाग्रमनसा शक्र स्नात्वा श्रद्धासमन्वितः ॐ नमो नरायणायेति जप त्वम् आत्मशुद्धये
ekāgramanasā śakra snātvā śraddhāsamanvitaḥ oṃ namo narāyaṇāyeti japa tvam ātmaśuddhaye
"With a one-pointed mind, O Śakra, having bathed and filled with faith, recite 'oṃ, homage to Nārāyaṇa' for the purification of yourself."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.118
लक्षद्वये कृते जाप्ये स्त्रीभावान् मुच्यसे हरे इति श्रुत्वा तथाकार्षीद् ब्रह्मोक्तं वचनं हरिः स्त्रीभावाच् च विनिर्मुक्तस् तदा विष्णोः प्रसादतः
lakṣadvaye kṛte jāpye strībhāvān mucyase hare iti śrutvā tathākārṣīd brahmoktaṃ vacanaṃ hariḥ strībhāvāc ca vinirmuktas tadā viṣṇoḥ prasādataḥ
"When the recitation has been made two hundred thousand times, you will be freed from womanhood, O Hari." Having heard this, Hari (Indra) did accordingly, as Brahmā's word had said, and then, by Viṣṇu's grace, he was released from womanhood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.119
इति ते कथितं सर्वं विष्णुमाहात्म्यम् उत्तमम् मया भृगुनियुक्तेन कुरु सर्वम् अतन्द्रितः
iti te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ viṣṇumāhātmyam uttamam mayā bhṛguniyuktena kuru sarvam atandritaḥ
Thus the whole excellent greatness of Viṣṇu has been told to you by me, appointed by Bhṛgu; do it all without sloth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.120
शृण्वन्ति ये विष्णुकथाम् अकल्मषा वीर्यं हि विष्णो ऽखिलकारणस्य ते मुक्तपापाः परदारगामिनो विशन्ति विष्णोः परमं पदं ध्रुवम्
śṛṇvanti ye viṣṇukathām akalmaṣā vīryaṃ hi viṣṇo 'khilakāraṇasya te muktapāpāḥ paradāragāmino viśanti viṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padaṃ dhruvam
Those stainless ones who hear the story of Viṣṇu, indeed the might of Viṣṇu, the cause of all — they, their sins released, even (those who had been) goers to others' wives, enter the supreme, unchanging station of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NsP 63.121
इति सम्बोधितस् तेन मार्कण्डेयेन पार्थिवः नरसिंहं समाराध्य प्राप्तवान् वैष्णवं पदम्
iti sambodhitas tena mārkaṇḍeyena pārthivaḥ narasiṃhaṃ samārādhya prāptavān vaiṣṇavaṃ padam
Thus instructed by that Mārkaṇḍeya, the king, having propitiated Narasiṃha, attained the Vaiṣṇava station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.122
एतत् ते कथितं सर्वं भरद्वाज मुने मया सहस्रानीकचरितं किम् अन्यत् कथयामि ते
etat te kathitaṃ sarvaṃ bharadvāja mune mayā sahasrānīkacaritaṃ kim anyat kathayāmi te
All this has been told to you by me, O sage Bharadvāja — the deeds of Sahasrānīka. What else shall I tell you?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NsP 63.123
कथाम् इमां यस् तु शृणोति मानवः पुरातनीं सर्वविमुक्तिदां च संप्राप्य स ज्ञानम् अतीव निर्मलं तेनैव विष्णुं प्रतिपद्यते जनः
kathām imāṃ yas tu śṛṇoti mānavaḥ purātanīṃ sarvavimuktidāṃ ca saṃprāpya sa jñānam atīva nirmalaṃ tenaiva viṣṇuṃ pratipadyate janaḥ
But the man who hears this ancient tale, which gives complete liberation, having obtained exceedingly pure knowledge, by that very means a person attains Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition