Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 18
PdP 1 18.1
भीष्मउवाच। अत्यद्भुतमिदं ब्रह्मन्श्रुतवानस्मि तत्त्वतः। अभिषेकं तु गायत्र्याः सदस्यत्र तथा कृतम्
bhīṣmauvāca| atyadbhutamidaṃ brahmanśrutavānasmi tattvataḥ| abhiṣekaṃ tu gāyatryāḥ sadasyatra tathā kṛtam
Bhīṣma said: Most wonderful is this that I have heard truly, O brahman—the consecration of Gāyatrī, and what was done there in the assembly,
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PdP 1 18.2
विरोधं चैव सावित्र्या शापदानं तथा कृतम्। विष्णुना च यथा देवी सर्वस्थानेषु कीर्तिता
virodhaṃ caiva sāvitryā śāpadānaṃ tathā kṛtam| viṣṇunā ca yathā devī sarvasthāneṣu kīrtitā
and the quarrel with Sāvitrī, and the pronouncing of the curse thus made, and how the goddess was celebrated by Viṣṇu in all places,
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PdP 1 18.3
गायत्री चापि रुद्रेण स्तुता च वरवर्णिनी। तं श्रुत्वा प्रतिमात्मानं विस्तरेण पितामहम्
gāyatrī cāpi rudreṇa stutā ca varavarṇinī| taṃ śrutvā pratimātmānaṃ vistareṇa pitāmaham
and how Gāyatrī of excellent colour was praised by Rudra—having heard that at length concerning the Grandfather, who is his own likeness,
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PdP 1 18.4
प्रहृष्टानि च रोमाणि प्रशांतं च मनो मम। श्रुत्वा मे परमा प्रीतिः कौतूहलमथैव हि
prahṛṣṭāni ca romāṇi praśāṃtaṃ ca mano mama| śrutvā me paramā prītiḥ kautūhalamathaiva hi
my hairs stand bristling and my mind has become calm; from hearing it there is supreme delight in me, and also curiosity.
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PdP 1 18.5
नारायणस्तु भगवान्कृत्वा तां परमां च वै। ब्रह्मपत्न्याः स्तुतिं भक्त्या न्यस्यतां पर्वतोपरि
nārāyaṇastu bhagavānkṛtvā tāṃ paramāṃ ca vai| brahmapatnyāḥ stutiṃ bhaktyā nyasyatāṃ parvatopari
But the Lord Nārāyaṇa, having made with devotion that supreme praise of Brahmā's wife, set it down upon the mountain top,
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PdP 1 18.6
उवाच वचनं विष्णुस्तुष्टिपुष्टिप्रदायकम्। श्रीमति ह्रीमती चैव या च देवीश्वरी तथा
uvāca vacanaṃ viṣṇustuṣṭipuṣṭipradāyakam| śrīmati hrīmatī caiva yā ca devīśvarī tathā
and Viṣṇu spoke a speech bestowing satisfaction and nourishment: "O you possessed of Śrī, possessed of Hrī, and she who is the sovereign goddess—"
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PdP 1 18.7
एतदेव श्रुतं ब्रह्मंस्तव वक्त्राद्विनिःसृतम्। उत्तरं तत्र यद्भूतं यच्च तस्मिन्स्थले कृतम्
etadeva śrutaṃ brahmaṃstava vaktrādviniḥsṛtam| uttaraṃ tatra yadbhūtaṃ yacca tasminsthale kṛtam
Just this I have heard, O brahman, as it issued from your mouth; what came after that, and what was done at that place—
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PdP 1 18.8
आनुपूर्व्या च तत्सर्वं भगवान्वक्तुमर्हति। श्रुतेन मे देहशुद्धिर्भविष्यति न संशयः
ānupūrvyā ca tatsarvaṃ bhagavānvaktumarhati| śrutena me dehaśuddhirbhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
all that the Lord ought to tell in due order; by hearing it there will be purification of my body, without doubt.
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PdP 1 18.9
पुलस्त्य उवाच। यजतः पुष्करे तस्य देवस्य परमेष्ठिनः। शृणुराजन्निदं चित्रं पूर्वमेव यथाकृतम्
pulastya uvāca| yajataḥ puṣkare tasya devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ| śṛṇurājannidaṃ citraṃ pūrvameva yathākṛtam
Pulastya said: While that god, the Supreme One, was sacrificing at Puṣkara — hear, O king, this wondrous thing, just as it was done in that former time.
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PdP 1 18.10
आदौ कृतयुगे तस्मिन्यजमाने पितामहे। मरीचिरंगिराश्चैव पुलस्त्यः पुलहः क्रतुः
ādau kṛtayuge tasminyajamāne pitāmahe| marīciraṃgirāścaiva pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ
In the beginning, in the Kṛta age, when the Grandfather (Brahmā) was the sacrificer, Marīci and Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu,
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PdP 1 18.11
दक्षः प्रजापतिश्चैव नमस्कारं प्रचक्रिरे। विद्योतमानाः पुरुषाः सर्वाभरणभूषिताः
dakṣaḥ prajāpatiścaiva namaskāraṃ pracakrire| vidyotamānāḥ puruṣāḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitāḥ
and Dakṣa Prajāpati made obeisance (to him) — shining men, adorned with every ornament.
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PdP 1 18.12
उपनृत्यंति देवेशं विष्णुमप्सरसां गणाः। ततो गंधर्वतूर्यैस्तु प्रतिनंद्य विहायसि
upanṛtyaṃti deveśaṃ viṣṇumapsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ| tato gaṃdharvatūryaistu pratinaṃdya vihāyasi
Troops of apsarases dance before Viṣṇu, the lord of gods; then, with the gandharvas' instruments, hailing (him) in the sky,
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PdP 1 18.13
बहुभिः सह गंधर्वैः प्रगायति च तुंबरुः। महाश्रुतिश्चित्रसेन ऊर्णायुरनघस्तथा
bahubhiḥ saha gaṃdharvaiḥ pragāyati ca tuṃbaruḥ| mahāśrutiścitrasena ūrṇāyuranaghastathā
Tumbaru sings along with many gandharvas: Mahāśruti, Citrasena, Ūrṇāyu, and Anagha,
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PdP 1 18.14
गोमायुस्सूर्यवर्चाश्च सोमवर्चाश्च कौरव। युगपच्च तृणायुश्च नंदिश्चित्ररथस्तथा
gomāyussūryavarcāśca somavarcāśca kaurava| yugapacca tṛṇāyuśca naṃdiścitrarathastathā
Gomāyu and Sūryavarcas and Somavarcas, O Kaurava, and Yugapat and Tṛṇāyu, and Nandi and Citraratha,
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PdP 1 18.15
त्रयोदशः शालिशिराः पर्जन्यश्च चतुर्दशः। कलिः पंचदशश्चात्र तारकश्चात्र षोडशः
trayodaśaḥ śāliśirāḥ parjanyaśca caturdaśaḥ| kaliḥ paṃcadaśaścātra tārakaścātra ṣoḍaśaḥ
the thirteenth Śāliśiras, and Parjanya the fourteenth; Kali is the fifteenth here, and Tāraka here the sixteenth,
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PdP 1 18.16
हाहाहूहूश्च गंधर्वो हंसश्चैव महाद्युतिः। इत्येते देवगंधर्वा उपगायंति ते विभुम्
hāhāhūhūśca gaṃdharvo haṃsaścaiva mahādyutiḥ| ityete devagaṃdharvā upagāyaṃti te vibhum
and the gandharva Hāhā and Hūhū, and Haṃsa of great splendour: these divine gandharvas sing before that mighty one.
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PdP 1 18.17
तथैवाप्सरसो दिव्या उपनृत्यंति तं विभुं। धातार्यमा च सविता वरुणोंशो भगस्तथा
tathaivāpsaraso divyā upanṛtyaṃti taṃ vibhuṃ| dhātāryamā ca savitā varuṇoṃśo bhagastathā
So too the heavenly apsarases dance before that mighty one. Dhātā and Aryaman and Savitā, Varuṇa, Aṃśa, and Bhaga,
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PdP 1 18.18
इंद्रो विवस्वान्पूषा च त्वष्टा पर्जन्य एव च। इत्येते द्वादशादित्या ज्वलंतो दीप्ततेजसः
iṃdro vivasvānpūṣā ca tvaṣṭā parjanya eva ca| ityete dvādaśādityā jvalaṃto dīptatejasaḥ
Indra, Vivasvān, and Pūṣā, Tvaṣṭā, and Parjanya as well: these are the twelve Ādityas, blazing with flaming brilliance.
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PdP 1 18.19
चक्रुरस्मिन्सुरेशाश्च नमस्कारं पितामहे। मृगव्याधश्च शर्वश्च निर्ऋतिश्च महायशाः
cakrurasminsureśāśca namaskāraṃ pitāmahe| mṛgavyādhaśca śarvaśca nirṛtiśca mahāyaśāḥ
And the lords of the gods made obeisance here to the Grandfather; and Mṛgavyādha and Śarva and Nirṛti of great fame,
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PdP 1 18.20
अजैकपादहिर्बुध्न्यः पिनाकी चापराजितः। भवो विश्वेश्वरश्चैव कपर्दी च विशांपते
ajaikapādahirbudhnyaḥ pinākī cāparājitaḥ| bhavo viśveśvaraścaiva kapardī ca viśāṃpate
Ajaikapād, Ahirbudhnya, the bearer of the Pināka, and Aparājita, Bhava and Viśveśvara, and Kapardī, O lord of peoples,
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PdP 1 18.21
स्थाणुर्भगश्च भगवान्रुद्रास्तत्रावतस्थिरे। अश्विनौ वसवश्चाष्टौ मरुतश्च महाबलाः
sthāṇurbhagaśca bhagavānrudrāstatrāvatasthire| aśvinau vasavaścāṣṭau marutaśca mahābalāḥ
Sthāṇu and the lord Bhaga — the Rudras took their place there; and the two Aśvins, the eight Vasus, and the Maruts of great strength,
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PdP 1 18.22
विश्वेदेवाश्च साध्याश्च तस्मै प्रांजलयः स्थिताः। शेषाद्यास्तु महानागा वासुकिप्रमुखाहयः
viśvedevāśca sādhyāśca tasmai prāṃjalayaḥ sthitāḥ| śeṣādyāstu mahānāgā vāsukipramukhāhayaḥ
and the Viśvedevas and the Sādhyas stood before him with joined palms; and the great serpents beginning with Śeṣa, the snakes headed by Vāsuki,
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PdP 1 18.23
काश्यपः कंबलश्चापि तक्षकश्च महाबलः। एते नागा महात्मानस्तस्मै प्रांजलयः स्थिताः
kāśyapaḥ kaṃbalaścāpi takṣakaśca mahābalaḥ| ete nāgā mahātmānastasmai prāṃjalayaḥ sthitāḥ
Kāśyapa and Kambala too, and Takṣaka of great strength: these great-souled nāgas stood before him with joined palms.
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PdP 1 18.24
तार्क्ष्यश्चारिष्टनेमिश्च गरुडश्च महाबलः। वारुणिश्चैवारुणिश्च वैनतेया व्यवस्थिताः
tārkṣyaścāriṣṭanemiśca garuḍaśca mahābalaḥ| vāruṇiścaivāruṇiśca vainateyā vyavasthitāḥ
Tārkṣya and Ariṣṭanemi and Garuḍa of great strength, and Vāruṇi and Āruṇi — the sons of Vinatā — took their stations.
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PdP 1 18.25
नारायणश्च भगवान्स्वयमागत्य लोकवान्। प्राह लोकगुरुं श्रीमान्सहसर्वैर्महर्षिभिः
nārāyaṇaśca bhagavānsvayamāgatya lokavān| prāha lokaguruṃ śrīmānsahasarvairmaharṣibhiḥ
And the lord Nārāyaṇa, who possesses the worlds, coming himself, the glorious one, together with all the great seers, spoke to the teacher of the world:
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PdP 1 18.26
त्वया ततमिदं सर्वं त्वया सृष्टं जगत्पते। तस्माल्लोकेश्वरश्चासि पद्मयोने नमोस्तु ते
tvayā tatamidaṃ sarvaṃ tvayā sṛṣṭaṃ jagatpate| tasmāllokeśvaraścāsi padmayone namostu te
"By you all this is spread out, by you the world was created, O lord of the world; therefore you are the lord of the worlds. O lotus-born one, homage to you.
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PdP 1 18.27
यदत्र ते मया कार्यं कर्तव्यं च तदादिश। एवं प्रोवाच भगवान्सार्धं देवर्षिभिः प्रभुः
yadatra te mayā kāryaṃ kartavyaṃ ca tadādiśa| evaṃ provāca bhagavānsārdhaṃ devarṣibhiḥ prabhuḥ
Whatever is to be done by me for you here, and ought to be done — command that." Thus the lord, the master, spoke together with the divine seers,
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PdP 1 18.28
नमस्कृत्य सुरेशाय ब्रह्मणेऽव्यक्तजन्मने। स च तत्रस्थितो ब्रह्मा तेजसा भासयन्दिशः
namaskṛtya sureśāya brahmaṇe'vyaktajanmane| sa ca tatrasthito brahmā tejasā bhāsayandiśaḥ
having made obeisance to Brahmā, the lord of the gods, whose birth is unmanifest. And that Brahmā, standing there, illuminating the directions with his radiance,
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PdP 1 18.29
श्रीवत्सलोमसंच्छन्नो हेमसूत्रेण राजता। सुरर्षिप्रतिमः श्रीमान्स्वयंभूर्भूतभावनः
śrīvatsalomasaṃcchanno hemasūtreṇa rājatā| surarṣipratimaḥ śrīmānsvayaṃbhūrbhūtabhāvanaḥ
Covered with the śrīvatsa mark of hair, with a gleaming golden thread, resembling the seer of the gods, glorious, self-existent, the bringer-into-being of beings —
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PdP 1 18.30
शुचिरोमा महावक्षाः सर्वतेजोमयः प्रभुः। यो गतिः पुण्यशीलानामगतिः पापकर्मणां
śuciromā mahāvakṣāḥ sarvatejomayaḥ prabhuḥ| yo gatiḥ puṇyaśīlānāmagatiḥ pāpakarmaṇāṃ
(He) of pure hair, broad-chested, made wholly of splendour, the Lord, who is the goal of those of meritorious conduct and no goal for those of evil deeds;
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PdP 1 18.31
योगसिद्धा महात्मानो यं विदुर्लोकमुत्तमं। यस्याष्टगुणमैश्वर्यं यमाहुर्देवसत्तमम्
yogasiddhā mahātmāno yaṃ vidurlokamuttamaṃ| yasyāṣṭaguṇamaiśvaryaṃ yamāhurdevasattamam
Whom the great-souled ones perfected in yoga know as the highest world, whose lordship has the eight qualities, whom they call the best of the gods;
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PdP 1 18.32
यं प्राप्य शाश्वतं विप्रा नियता मोक्षकांक्षिणः। जन्मनो मरणाच्चैव मुच्यंते योगभाविताः
yaṃ prāpya śāśvataṃ viprā niyatā mokṣakāṃkṣiṇaḥ| janmano maraṇāccaiva mucyaṃte yogabhāvitāḥ
Having reached whom, the eternal one, the disciplined brahmins who long for release, matured by yoga, are freed from birth and from death;
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PdP 1 18.33
यदेतत्तप इत्याहुः सर्वाश्रमनिवासिनः। सेवंसेवं यताहारा दुश्चरं व्रतमास्थिताः
yadetattapa ityāhuḥ sarvāśramanivāsinaḥ| sevaṃsevaṃ yatāhārā duścaraṃ vratamāsthitāḥ
Whom the dwellers in all the āśramas call "this austerity," serving and serving (him) with restricted food, undertaking the hard-to-practise vow;
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PdP 1 18.34
योनंत इति नागेषु प्रोच्यते सर्वयोगिभिः। सहस्रमूर्द्धा रक्ताक्षः शेषादिभिरनुत्तमैः
yonaṃta iti nāgeṣu procyate sarvayogibhiḥ| sahasramūrddhā raktākṣaḥ śeṣādibhiranuttamaiḥ
Who among the nāgas is proclaimed by all the yogins as "Ananta," thousand-headed, red-eyed, (and) by Śeṣa and the other unsurpassed ones;
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PdP 1 18.35
यो यज्ञ इति विप्रेंद्रैरिज्यते स्वर्गलिप्सुभिः। नानास्थानगतिः श्रीमानेकः कविरनुत्तमः
yo yajña iti vipreṃdrairijyate svargalipsubhiḥ| nānāsthānagatiḥ śrīmānekaḥ kaviranuttamaḥ
Who is worshipped by the foremost brahmins, desirous of heaven, as "the sacrifice," going to many places, glorious, the one unsurpassed seer;
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PdP 1 18.36
यं देवं वेत्ति वेत्तारं यज्ञभागप्रदायिनं। वृषाग्निसूर्यचंद्राक्षं देवमाकाशविग्रहं
yaṃ devaṃ vetti vettāraṃ yajñabhāgapradāyinaṃ| vṛṣāgnisūryacaṃdrākṣaṃ devamākāśavigrahaṃ
Which god one knows as the knower, the giver of shares in the sacrifice, having the bull, fire, sun and moon for his eyes, the god whose body is space —
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PdP 1 18.37
तं प्रपद्यामहे देवं भगवन्शरणार्थिनः। शरण्यं शरणं देवं सर्वदेवभवोद्भवं
taṃ prapadyāmahe devaṃ bhagavanśaraṇārthinaḥ| śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ sarvadevabhavodbhavaṃ
To that god we resort, O Lord, seeking refuge — the god who is a refuge, the shelter, the origin of the becoming of all the gods,
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PdP 1 18.38
ऋषीणां चैव स्रष्टारं लोकानां च सुरेश्वरं। प्रियार्थं चैव देवानां सर्वस्य जगतः स्थितौ
ṛṣīṇāṃ caiva sraṣṭāraṃ lokānāṃ ca sureśvaraṃ| priyārthaṃ caiva devānāṃ sarvasya jagataḥ sthitau
And the creator of the seers and of the worlds, the lord of the gods, and for the pleasure of the gods and for the stability of the whole world,
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PdP 1 18.39
कव्यं पितॄणामुचितं सुराणां हव्यमुत्तमं। येन प्रवर्तितं सर् तं नतास्मस्सुरोत्तमं
kavyaṃ pitṝṇāmucitaṃ surāṇāṃ havyamuttamaṃ| yena pravartitaṃ sar taṃ natāsmassurottamaṃ
By whom the kavya fitting for the fathers and the excellent havya for the gods (and) all (that) was set in motion — to him, the best of the gods, we bow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.40
त्रेताग्निना तु यजता देवेन परमेष्ठिना। यथासृष्टिः कृता पूर्वं यज्ञसृष्टिस्तथा पुनः
tretāgninā tu yajatā devena parameṣṭhinā| yathāsṛṣṭiḥ kṛtā pūrvaṃ yajñasṛṣṭistathā punaḥ
But by the god Parameṣṭhin, sacrificing with the threefold fire — as the creation was made formerly, so again (was made) the creation of the sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.41
तथा ब्रह्माप्यनंतेन लोकानां स्थितिकारिणा। अन्वास्यमानो भगवान्वृद्धोप्यथ च बुद्धिमान्
tathā brahmāpyanaṃtena lokānāṃ sthitikāriṇā| anvāsyamāno bhagavānvṛddhopyatha ca buddhimān
So too Brahmā the Lord, though aged and wise, being attended by Ananta, who effects the stability of the worlds,
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PdP 1 18.42
यज्ञवाटमचिंत्यात्मा गतस्तत्र पितामहः। धनाढ्यैर्ऋत्विजैः पूर्णं सदस्यैः परिपालितम्
yajñavāṭamaciṃtyātmā gatastatra pitāmahaḥ| dhanāḍhyairṛtvijaiḥ pūrṇaṃ sadasyaiḥ paripālitam
the grandfather, whose self is unthinkable, went there to the sacrificial enclosure, which was filled with priests rich (in offerings) and guarded by the members of the assembly.
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PdP 1 18.43
गृहीतचापेन तदा विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना। दैत्यदानवराजानो राक्षसानां गणाः स्थिताः
gṛhītacāpena tadā viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā| daityadānavarājāno rākṣasānāṃ gaṇāḥ sthitāḥ
Then, with Viṣṇu the mighty having taken up his bow, the kings of the daityas and dānavas and the hosts of the rākṣasas stood (aside).
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PdP 1 18.44
आत्मानमात्मना चैव चिंतयामास वै द्रुतं। चिंतयित्वा यथातत्वं यज्ञं यज्ञः सनातनः
ātmānamātmanā caiva ciṃtayāmāsa vai drutaṃ| ciṃtayitvā yathātatvaṃ yajñaṃ yajñaḥ sanātanaḥ
And he swiftly contemplated himself by himself; having contemplated the sacrifice according to its true nature, the eternal one, (who is himself) the sacrifice —
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PdP 1 18.45
वरणं तत्र भगवान्कारयामास ऋत्विजाम्। भृग्वाद्या ऋत्विजश्चापि यज्ञकर्मविचक्षणाः
varaṇaṃ tatra bhagavānkārayāmāsa ṛtvijām| bhṛgvādyā ṛtvijaścāpi yajñakarmavicakṣaṇāḥ
There the Lord had the choosing of the officiating priests carried out; and the priests, Bhṛgu and the rest, skilled in the rites of sacrifice,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.46
चक्रुर्बह्वृचमुख्यैश्च प्रोक्तं पुण्यं यदक्षरं। शुश्रुवुस्ते मुनिश्रेष्ठा वितते तत्र कर्मणि
cakrurbahvṛcamukhyaiśca proktaṃ puṇyaṃ yadakṣaraṃ| śuśruvuste muniśreṣṭhā vitate tatra karmaṇi
performed, together with the chief reciters of the many verses, the holy imperishable (word) that was uttered; those best of sages listened, while the rite was being spread out there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.47
यज्ञविद्या वेदविद्या पदक्रमविदां तथा। घोषेण परमर्षीणां सा बभूव निनादिना
yajñavidyā vedavidyā padakramavidāṃ tathā| ghoṣeṇa paramarṣīṇāṃ sā babhūva ninādinā
The science of sacrifice, the science of the Veda, and that of those who know the word-order and the krama — it became resounding with the chanting of the supreme seers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.48
यज्ञसंस्तरविद्भिश्च शिक्षाविद्भिस्तथा द्विजैः। शब्दनिर्वचनार्थज्ञैः सर्वविद्याविशारदैः
yajñasaṃstaravidbhiśca śikṣāvidbhistathā dvijaiḥ| śabdanirvacanārthajñaiḥ sarvavidyāviśāradaiḥ
And by the twice-born who knew the laying out of the sacrifice and who knew phonetics, who understood the sense of the etymologies of words, expert in all the sciences,
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PdP 1 18.49
मीमांसा हेतुवाक्यज्ञैः कृता नानाविधा मुखे। तत्र तत्र च राजेंद्र नियतान्संशितव्रतान्
mīmāṃsā hetuvākyajñaiḥ kṛtā nānāvidhā mukhe| tatra tatra ca rājeṃdra niyatānsaṃśitavratān
Various kinds of inquiry (mīmāṃsā) were carried on aloud by those skilled in reasoned argument; and here and there, O lord of kings, (they saw) brahmins who were disciplined and of strict vows,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.50
जपहोमपरान्मुख्यान्ददृशुस्तत्रवै द्विजान्। यज्ञभूमौ स्थितस्तस्यां ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः५० 1.18.
japahomaparānmukhyāndadṛśustatravai dvijān| yajñabhūmau sthitastasyāṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ50 1.18.
foremost among the twice-born, devoted to muttered recitation and oblation — them they saw there. Standing on that sacrificial ground was Brahmā, the grandfather of the worlds,
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PdP 1 18.51
सुरासुरगुरुः श्रीमान्सेव्यमानः सुरासुरैः। उपासते च तत्रैनं प्रजानां पतयः प्रभुं
surāsuraguruḥ śrīmānsevyamānaḥ surāsuraiḥ| upāsate ca tatrainaṃ prajānāṃ patayaḥ prabhuṃ
the teacher of gods and demons, the glorious one, attended by gods and demons; and there the lords of creatures wait upon him, the mighty one —
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PdP 1 18.52
दक्षो वसिष्ठः पुलहो मरीचिश्च द्विजोत्तमः। अंगिरा भृगुरत्रिश्च गौतमो नारदस्तथा
dakṣo vasiṣṭhaḥ pulaho marīciśca dvijottamaḥ| aṃgirā bhṛguratriśca gautamo nāradastathā
Dakṣa, Vasiṣṭha, Pulaha, and Marīci best of the twice-born, Aṅgiras, Bhṛgu, Atri, Gautama, and Nārada as well,
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PdP 1 18.53
विद्यामानमंतरिक्षं वायुस्तेजो जलं मही। शब्दः स्पर्शश्च रूपं च रसो गंधस्तथैव च
vidyāmānamaṃtarikṣaṃ vāyustejo jalaṃ mahī| śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpaṃ ca raso gaṃdhastathaiva ca
knowledge(?), the mind, the intermediate space, wind, fire, water, earth; sound, touch, form, taste, and likewise smell,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.54
विकृतश्च विकारश्च यच्चान्यत्कारणं महत्। ऋग्यजुः सामाथर्वाख्या वेदाश्चत्वार एव च
vikṛtaśca vikāraśca yaccānyatkāraṇaṃ mahat| ṛgyajuḥ sāmātharvākhyā vedāścatvāra eva ca
the modified and modification, and whatever other great cause there is; and the four Vedas named Ṛg, Yajus, Sāma and Atharva,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.55
शब्दः शिक्षा निरुक्तं च कल्पश्च्छंदः समन्विताः। आयुर्वेद धनुर्वेदौ मीमांसा गणितं तथा
śabdaḥ śikṣā niruktaṃ ca kalpaścchaṃdaḥ samanvitāḥ| āyurveda dhanurvedau mīmāṃsā gaṇitaṃ tathā
grammar (śabda), phonetics, etymology, ritual procedure, and metrics together with them; the science of medicine and the science of archery, exegesis, and likewise mathematics,
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PdP 1 18.56
हस्त्यश्वज्ञानसहिता इतिहाससमन्विताः। एतैरंगैरुपांगैश्च वेदाः सर्वे विभूषिताः
hastyaśvajñānasahitā itihāsasamanvitāḥ| etairaṃgairupāṃgaiśca vedāḥ sarve vibhūṣitāḥ
along with the knowledge of elephants and horses, and together with the epic lore — with these limbs and sub-limbs all the Vedas are adorned;
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PdP 1 18.57
उपासते महात्मानं सहोंकारं पितामहं। तपश्च क्रतवश्चैव संकल्पः प्राण एव च
upāsate mahātmānaṃ sahoṃkāraṃ pitāmahaṃ| tapaśca kratavaścaiva saṃkalpaḥ prāṇa eva ca
(they) wait upon the great-souled grandfather together with the syllable Oṃ; and asceticism, the sacrifices, intention, and breath as well,
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PdP 1 18.58
एते चान्ये च बहवः पितामहमुपस्थिताः। अर्थो धर्मश्च कामश्च द्वेषो हर्षश्च सर्वदा
ete cānye ca bahavaḥ pitāmahamupasthitāḥ| artho dharmaśca kāmaśca dveṣo harṣaśca sarvadā
these and many others stand attending the grandfather: gain, duty, and desire, hatred and joy, always,
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PdP 1 18.59
शुक्रो बृहस्पतिश्चैव संवर्तो बुध एव च। शनैश्चरश्च राहुश्च ग्रहाः सर्वे तथैव च
śukro bṛhaspatiścaiva saṃvarto budha eva ca| śanaiścaraśca rāhuśca grahāḥ sarve tathaiva ca
Śukra and Bṛhaspati, Saṃvarta and Budha too, Śanaiścara and Rāhu, and likewise all the planets,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.60
मरुतो विश्वकर्मा च पितरश्चापि भारत। दिवाकरश्च सोमश्च ब्रह्माणं पर्युपासते
maruto viśvakarmā ca pitaraścāpi bhārata| divākaraśca somaśca brahmāṇaṃ paryupāsate
the Maruts and Viśvakarman, and the ancestors too, O Bhārata, and the sun and the moon attend upon Brahmā;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.61
गायत्री दुर्गतरणी वाणी सप्तविधा तथा। अक्षराणि च सर्वाणि नक्षत्राणि तथैव च
gāyatrī durgataraṇī vāṇī saptavidhā tathā| akṣarāṇi ca sarvāṇi nakṣatrāṇi tathaiva ca
Gāyatrī, Durgataraṇī, and Speech in her seven kinds, and all the syllables, and the lunar mansions likewise,
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PdP 1 18.62
भाष्याणि सर्वशास्त्राणि देहवंति विशांपते। क्षणा लवा मुहूर्ताश्च दिनं रात्रिस्तथैव च
bhāṣyāṇi sarvaśāstrāṇi dehavaṃti viśāṃpate| kṣaṇā lavā muhūrtāśca dinaṃ rātristathaiva ca
the commentaries and all the treatises, embodied, O lord of men, and the moments, instants and hours, and day and night as well,
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PdP 1 18.63
अर्द्धमासाश्च मासाश्च क्रतवः सर्व एव च। उपासते महात्मानं ब्रह्माणं दैवतैः सह
arddhamāsāśca māsāśca kratavaḥ sarva eva ca| upāsate mahātmānaṃ brahmāṇaṃ daivataiḥ saha
and the half-months and the months, and all the sacrifices too — they wait upon the great-souled Brahmā together with the gods;
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PdP 1 18.64
अन्याश्च देव्यः प्रवरा ह्रीः कीर्तिर्द्युतिरेव च। प्रभा धृतिः क्षमा भूतिर्नीतिर्विद्या मतिस्तथा
anyāśca devyaḥ pravarā hrīḥ kīrtirdyutireva ca| prabhā dhṛtiḥ kṣamā bhūtirnītirvidyā matistathā
and other eminent goddesses: Modesty, Fame, and Splendour, Radiance, Firmness, Patience, Prosperity, Right Conduct, Learning, and Understanding,
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PdP 1 18.65
श्रुतिः स्मृतिस्तथा क्षांतिः शांतिः पुष्टिस्तथा क्रिया। सर्वाश्चाप्सरसो दिव्या नृत्यगीतविशारदाः
śrutiḥ smṛtistathā kṣāṃtiḥ śāṃtiḥ puṣṭistathā kriyā| sarvāścāpsaraso divyā nṛtyagītaviśāradāḥ
Revelation, Memory, and Forbearance, Peace, Nourishment, and Action; and all the heavenly apsarases, skilled in dance and song,
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PdP 1 18.66
उपतिष्ठंति ब्रह्माणं सर्वास्ता देवमातरः। विप्रचित्तिः शिविः शंकुरयःशंकुस्तथैव च
upatiṣṭhaṃti brahmāṇaṃ sarvāstā devamātaraḥ| vipracittiḥ śiviḥ śaṃkurayaḥśaṃkustathaiva ca
all those mothers of the gods stand in attendance on Brahmā; Vipracitti, Śivi, Śaṅku, and Ayaḥśaṅku too,
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PdP 1 18.67
वेगवान्केतुमानुग्रः सोग्रो व्यग्रो महासुरः। परिघः पुष्करश्चैव सांबोश्वपतिरेव च
vegavānketumānugraḥ sogro vyagro mahāsuraḥ| parighaḥ puṣkaraścaiva sāṃbośvapatireva ca
Vegavān, Ketumān, Ugra, that Ogra, Vyagra the great demon, Parigha and Puṣkara, Sāmba and Aśvapati too,
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PdP 1 18.68
प्रह्लादोथ बलि कुंभः संह्रादो गगनप्रियः। अनुह्रादो हरिहरौ वराहश्च कुशो रजः
prahlādotha bali kuṃbhaḥ saṃhrādo gaganapriyaḥ| anuhrādo hariharau varāhaśca kuśo rajaḥ
Prahlāda, then Bali, Kumbha, Saṃhrāda, Gaganapriya, Anuhrāda, Hari and Hara, Varāha, Kuśa, Rajas,
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PdP 1 18.69
योनिभक्षो वृषपर्वा लिंगभक्षोथ वै कुरुः। निःप्रभः सप्रभः श्रीमांस्तथैव च निरूदरः
yonibhakṣo vṛṣaparvā liṃgabhakṣotha vai kuruḥ| niḥprabhaḥ saprabhaḥ śrīmāṃstathaiva ca nirūdaraḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 18.70
एकचक्रो महाचक्रो द्विचक्रः कुलसंभवः। शरभः शलभश्चैव क्रपथः क्रापथः क्रथः
ekacakro mahācakro dvicakraḥ kulasaṃbhavaḥ| śarabhaḥ śalabhaścaiva krapathaḥ krāpathaḥ krathaḥ
Ekacakra, Mahācakra, Dvicakra, Kulasaṃbhava, Śarabha and Śalabha, Krapatha, Krāpatha, Kratha.
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PdP 1 18.71
बृहद्वांतिर्महाजिह्वः शंकुकर्णो महाध्वनिः। दीर्घजिह्वोर्कनयनो मृडकायो मृडप्रियः
bṛhadvāṃtirmahājihvaḥ śaṃkukarṇo mahādhvaniḥ| dīrghajihvorkanayano mṛḍakāyo mṛḍapriyaḥ
Bṛhadvānti (of great wind), Mahājihva (great-tongued), Śaṅkukarṇa (spike-eared), Mahādhvani (of mighty sound), Dīrghajihva (long-tongued), Arkanayana (sun-eyed), Mṛḍakāya (having Mṛḍa's body), Mṛḍapriya (dear to Mṛḍa),
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PdP 1 18.72
वायुर्गरिष्ठो नमुचिश्शम्बरो विज्वरो विभुः। विष्वक्सेनश्चंद्रहर्ता क्रोधवर्द्धन एव च
vāyurgariṣṭho namuciśśambaro vijvaro vibhuḥ| viṣvaksenaścaṃdrahartā krodhavarddhana eva ca
Vāyu, Gariṣṭha, Namuci, Śambara, Vijvara, Vibhu, Viṣvaksena, Candrahartā ("seizer of the moon"), and Krodhavardhana ("increaser of wrath").
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PdP 1 18.73
कालकः कलकांतश्च कुंडदः समरप्रियः। गरिष्ठश्च वरिष्ठश्च प्रलंबो नरकः पृथुः
kālakaḥ kalakāṃtaśca kuṃḍadaḥ samarapriyaḥ| gariṣṭhaśca variṣṭhaśca pralaṃbo narakaḥ pṛthuḥ
Kālaka and Kalakānta, Kuṇḍada, Samarapriya, Gariṣṭha and Variṣṭha, Pralamba, Naraka, Pṛthu,
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PdP 1 18.74
इंद्रतापन वातापी केतुमान्बलदर्पितः। असिलोमा सुलोमा च बाष्कलि प्रमदो मदः
iṃdratāpana vātāpī ketumānbaladarpitaḥ| asilomā sulomā ca bāṣkali pramado madaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 18.75
सृगालवदनश्चैव केशी च शरदस्तथा। एकाक्षश्चैव राहुश्च वृत्रः क्रोधविमोक्षणः
sṛgālavadanaścaiva keśī ca śaradastathā| ekākṣaścaiva rāhuśca vṛtraḥ krodhavimokṣaṇaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 18.76
एते चान्ये च बहवो दानवा बलवर्द्धनाः। ब्रह्माणं पर्युपासंत वाक्यं चेदमथोचिरे
ete cānye ca bahavo dānavā balavarddhanāḥ| brahmāṇaṃ paryupāsaṃta vākyaṃ cedamathocire
These and many other Dānavas, of increasing strength, waited upon Brahmā and then spoke this speech:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.77
त्वया सृष्टाः स्म भगवंस्त्रैलोक्यं भवता हि नः। दत्तं सुरवरश्रेष्ठ देवेभ्यधिकाः कृताः
tvayā sṛṣṭāḥ sma bhagavaṃstrailokyaṃ bhavatā hi naḥ| dattaṃ suravaraśreṣṭha devebhyadhikāḥ kṛtāḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 18.78
भगवन्निह किं कुर्मो यज्ञे तव पितामह। यद्धितं तद्वदास्माकं समर्थाः कार्यनिर्णये
bhagavanniha kiṃ kurmo yajñe tava pitāmaha| yaddhitaṃ tadvadāsmākaṃ samarthāḥ kāryanirṇaye
"O Lord, what shall we do here at your sacrifice, O Grandfather? Tell us what is beneficial for us; we are competent in the settling of the task."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.79
किमेभिस्ते वराकैश्च अदितेर्गर्भसंभवैः। दैवतैर्निहतैः सर्वैः पराभूतैश्च सर्वदा
kimebhiste varākaiśca aditergarbhasaṃbhavaiḥ| daivatairnihataiḥ sarvaiḥ parābhūtaiśca sarvadā
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 18.80
पितामहोसि सर्वेषामस्माकं दैवतैः सह।
pitāmahosi sarveṣāmasmākaṃ daivataiḥ saha|
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 18.81
श्रियं प्रति विरोधश्च भविष्यति न संशयः। इदानीं प्रेक्षणं कुर्मः सहिताः सर्वदानवैः
śriyaṃ prati virodhaśca bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ| idānīṃ prekṣaṇaṃ kurmaḥ sahitāḥ sarvadānavaiḥ
"And there will be a conflict over Śrī (the goddess of fortune), no doubt of it. Now let us make the inspection, together with all the Dānavas."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.82
पुलस्त्य उवाच। सगर्वं तु वचस्तेषां श्रुत्वा देवो जनार्दनः। शक्रेण सहितः शंभुमिदमाह महायशाः
pulastya uvāca| sagarvaṃ tu vacasteṣāṃ śrutvā devo janārdanaḥ| śakreṇa sahitaḥ śaṃbhumidamāha mahāyaśāḥ
Pulastya said: But having heard their arrogant speech, the god Janārdana, of great renown, together with Śakra, said this to Śambhu:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.83
विघ्नं प्रकर्तुं वै रुद्र आयाता दनुपुंगवाः। ब्रह्मणामंत्रिताश्चेह विघ्नार्थं प्रयतंति ते
vighnaṃ prakartuṃ vai rudra āyātā danupuṃgavāḥ| brahmaṇāmaṃtritāśceha vighnārthaṃ prayataṃti te
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 18.84
अस्माभिस्तु क्षमाकार्या यावद्यज्ञः समाप्यते।
asmābhistu kṣamākāryā yāvadyajñaḥ samāpyate|
But by us forbearance must be practised, until the sacrifice is completed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.85
यथानिर्दानवा भूमिस्तथा कार्यं त्वया विभो। जयार्थं चेह शक्रस्य भवता च मया सह
yathānirdānavā bhūmistathā kāryaṃ tvayā vibho| jayārthaṃ ceha śakrasya bhavatā ca mayā saha
— tr. refused: cyber
PdP 1 18.86
द्विजानां परिवेष्टारो मरुतः परिकल्पिताः। दानवानां धनं यच्च गृहीत्वा तद्यजामहे
dvijānāṃ pariveṣṭāro marutaḥ parikalpitāḥ| dānavānāṃ dhanaṃ yacca gṛhītvā tadyajāmahe
The Maruts have been appointed as servers (of food) for the twice-born; and whatever wealth belongs to the Dānavas, having taken that, we perform the sacrifice with it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.87
अत्रागतेषु विप्रेषु दुःखितेषु जनेष्विह। व्ययं तस्य करिष्यामो दासभावे निवेशिताः
atrāgateṣu vipreṣu duḥkhiteṣu janeṣviha| vyayaṃ tasya kariṣyāmo dāsabhāve niveśitāḥ
When brahmins come here, and people in distress, we shall spend that (wealth on them), having placed ourselves in the position of servants.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.88
वदंतमेवं तं विष्णुं ब्रह्मा वचनमब्रवीत्। एते दनुसुताः क्रुद्धा युष्माकं कोपनेप्सिताः
vadaṃtamevaṃ taṃ viṣṇuṃ brahmā vacanamabravīt| ete danusutāḥ kruddhā yuṣmākaṃ kopanepsitāḥ
To Viṣṇu, as he was speaking thus, Brahmā spoke these words: "These sons of Danu are enraged, bent on provoking your anger."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.89
भवता च क्षमा कार्या रुद्रेण सह दैवतैः।
bhavatā ca kṣamā kāryā rudreṇa saha daivataiḥ|
And by you, together with Rudra and the gods, forbearance should be practised.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.90
मया च प्रेषिता यूयमेते च दनुपुंगवाः। संधिर्वा विग्रहो वापि सर्वैः कार्यस्तदैव हि
mayā ca preṣitā yūyamete ca danupuṃgavāḥ| saṃdhirvā vigraho vāpi sarvaiḥ kāryastadaiva hi
And you were sent by me, as were these bulls among the Dānavas; so either a treaty or a war must be made by all right now.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.91
पुलस्त्य उवाच। पुनस्तान्दानवान्ब्रह्मा वाक्यमाह स्वयंप्रभुः। दानवैर्न विरोधोत्र यज्ञे मम कथंचन
pulastya uvāca| punastāndānavānbrahmā vākyamāha svayaṃprabhuḥ| dānavairna virodhotra yajñe mama kathaṃcana
Pulastya said: Again Brahmā, the self-existent lord, spoke these words to those Dānavas: "There is to be no hostility here at my sacrifice with the Dānavas in any way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.92
मैत्रभावस्थिता यूयमस्मत्कार्ये च नित्यशः। दानवा ऊचुः। सर्वमेतत्करिष्यामः शासनं ते पितामह
maitrabhāvasthitā yūyamasmatkārye ca nityaśaḥ| dānavā ūcuḥ| sarvametatkariṣyāmaḥ śāsanaṃ te pitāmaha
You are to remain in a friendly disposition, and always (engaged) in our business." The Dānavas said: "We shall do all this, your command, O grandfather.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.93
अस्माकमनुजा देवा भयं तेषां न विद्यते। पुलस्त्य उवाच। एतच्छुत्वा तदा तेषां परितुष्टः पितामहः
asmākamanujā devā bhayaṃ teṣāṃ na vidyate| pulastya uvāca| etacchutvā tadā teṣāṃ parituṣṭaḥ pitāmahaḥ
The gods are our younger brothers; there is no fear from them." Pulastya said: Hearing this from them, the grandfather was then well pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.94
मुहूर्तं तिष्ठतां तेषामृषिकोटिरुपागता। श्रुत्वा पैतामहं यज्ञं तेषां पूजां तु केशवः
muhūrtaṃ tiṣṭhatāṃ teṣāmṛṣikoṭirupāgatā| śrutvā paitāmahaṃ yajñaṃ teṣāṃ pūjāṃ tu keśavaḥ
While they stayed there a moment, a crore of sages arrived, having heard of Brahmā's sacrifice; and Keśava (did) the honouring of them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.95
आसनानि ददौ तेषां तदा देवः पिनाकधृत्। वसिष्ठोर्घं ददौ तेषां ब्रह्मणा परिचोदितः
āsanāni dadau teṣāṃ tadā devaḥ pinākadhṛt| vasiṣṭhorghaṃ dadau teṣāṃ brahmaṇā paricoditaḥ
Then the god who bears the Pināka gave them seats, and Vasiṣṭha, urged on by Brahmā, gave them the guest-offering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.96
गामर्घं च ततो दत्वा पृष्ट्वा कुशलमव्ययम्। निवेशं पुष्करे दत्वा स्थीयतामिति चाब्रवीत्
gāmarghaṃ ca tato datvā pṛṣṭvā kuśalamavyayam| niveśaṃ puṣkare datvā sthīyatāmiti cābravīt
And then, having given a cow as the guest-gift and having asked after their unfailing welfare, having given them lodging at Puṣkara, he said, "Let (you) stay."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.97
ततस्ते ऋषयः सर्वे जटाजिनधरास्तथा। शोभयंतः सरःश्रेष्ठं गङ्गामिव दिवौकसः
tataste ṛṣayaḥ sarve jaṭājinadharāstathā| śobhayaṃtaḥ saraḥśreṣṭhaṃ gaṅgāmiva divaukasaḥ
Then all those sages, wearing matted hair and animal skins, adorned that best of lakes, as the dwellers of heaven adorn the Gaṅgā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.98
मुंडाः काषायिणश्चैके दीर्घश्मश्रुधराः परे। विरलैर्दशनैः केचिच्चिपिटाक्षास्तथा परे
muṃḍāḥ kāṣāyiṇaścaike dīrghaśmaśrudharāḥ pare| viralairdaśanaiḥ keciccipiṭākṣāstathā pare
Some were shaven-headed and clad in ochre robes, others wore long beards; some had gap-toothed teeth, and others were flat-eyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.99
बृहत्तनूदराः केपि केकराक्षास्तथापरे। दीर्घकर्णा विकर्णाश्च कर्णैश्च त्रुटितास्तथा
bṛhattanūdarāḥ kepi kekarākṣāstathāpare| dīrghakarṇā vikarṇāśca karṇaiśca truṭitāstathā
Some had large bodies and bellies, others had squinting eyes; some had long ears, some deformed ears, and some had ears torn off.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.100
दीर्घफाला विफालाश्च स्नायुचर्मावगुंठिताः। निर्गतं चोदरं तेषां मुनीनां भावितात्मनां१०० 1.18.
dīrghaphālā viphālāśca snāyucarmāvaguṃṭhitāḥ| nirgataṃ codaraṃ teṣāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanāṃ100 1.18.
Some had long foreheads, some no foreheads, (all) wrapped in sinew and skin; and the bellies of those sages of disciplined selves protruded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.101
दृष्ट्वा तु पुष्करं तीर्थं दीप्यमानं समंततः। तीर्थलोभान्नरव्याघ्र तस्य तीरे व्यवस्थिताः
dṛṣṭvā tu puṣkaraṃ tīrthaṃ dīpyamānaṃ samaṃtataḥ| tīrthalobhānnaravyāghra tasya tīre vyavasthitāḥ
But seeing the holy place Puṣkara blazing on every side, out of eagerness for the holy place, O tiger among men, they settled on its bank.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.102
वालखिल्या महात्मानो ह्यश्मकुट्टास्तथापरे। दंतोलूखलिनश्चान्ये संप्रक्षालास्तथापरे
vālakhilyā mahātmāno hyaśmakuṭṭāstathāpare| daṃtolūkhalinaścānye saṃprakṣālāstathāpare
There were the great-souled Vālakhilyas, and others who pounded (their food) with stones, and others who used their teeth for a mortar, and others who washed (their food) thoroughly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.103
वायुभक्षा जलाहाराः पर्णाहारास्तथापरे। नाना नियमयुक्ताश्च तथा स्थंडिलशायिनः
vāyubhakṣā jalāhārāḥ parṇāhārāstathāpare| nānā niyamayuktāśca tathā sthaṃḍilaśāyinaḥ
Some fed on air, some took water for food, others fed on leaves; and (they were) bound by various observances, and (some) slept on the bare ground.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.104
सरस्यस्मिन्मुखं दृष्ट्वा सुरूपास्याः क्षणादभुः। किमेतदिति चिंत्याथ निरीक्ष्य च परस्परम्
sarasyasminmukhaṃ dṛṣṭvā surūpāsyāḥ kṣaṇādabhuḥ| kimetaditi ciṃtyātha nirīkṣya ca parasparam
Seeing their faces in this lake, in an instant they became fair-faced. Then, wondering "What is this?" and looking at one another,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.105
अस्मिंस्तीर्थे दर्शनेन मुखस्येह सुरूपता। मुखदर्शनमित्येव नाम कृत्वा तु तापसाः
asmiṃstīrthe darśanena mukhasyeha surūpatā| mukhadarśanamityeva nāma kṛtvā tu tāpasāḥ
(they said,) "In this holy place, by the mere seeing of the face here, there is beauty of face." So the ascetics gave it the name Mukhadarśana ("face-seeing"),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.106
स्नाता नियमयुक्ताश्च सुरूपास्ते तदाभवन्। देवपुत्रोपमा जाता अनौपम्य गुणान्विताः
snātā niyamayuktāśca surūpāste tadābhavan| devaputropamā jātā anaupamya guṇānvitāḥ
and having bathed and observed the vows, they became beautiful then, become like sons of the gods, endowed with incomparable qualities.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.107
शोभमाना नरश्रेष्ठ स्थिताः सर्वे वनौकसः। यज्ञोपवीतमात्रेण व्यभजंस्तीर्थमंजसा
śobhamānā naraśreṣṭha sthitāḥ sarve vanaukasaḥ| yajñopavītamātreṇa vyabhajaṃstīrthamaṃjasā
Shining, O best of men, all those forest-dwellers remained (there); with the sacred thread alone they straightway divided the holy place among themselves.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.108
जुह्वतश्चाग्निहोत्राणि चक्रुश्च विविधाः क्रियाः। चिंतयंतो हि राजेंद्र तपसा दग्धकिल्बिषाः
juhvataścāgnihotrāṇi cakruśca vividhāḥ kriyāḥ| ciṃtayaṃto hi rājeṃdra tapasā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ
Offering their Agnihotra oblations, they performed various rites; and reflecting, O lord of kings, their sins burnt away by austerity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.109
न यास्यामो परं तीर्थं ज्येष्ठभावेत्विदं सरः। ज्येष्ठपुष्करमित्येव नाम चक्रुर्द्विजातयः
na yāsyāmo paraṃ tīrthaṃ jyeṣṭhabhāvetvidaṃ saraḥ| jyeṣṭhapuṣkaramityeva nāma cakrurdvijātayaḥ
"We shall not go to another holy place; this lake is (best) in respect of seniority" — and so the twice-born gave it the very name Jyeṣṭha-puṣkara ("the eldest Puṣkara").
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.110
तत्र कुब्जान्बहून्दृष्ट्वा स्थितांस्तीर्थसमीपतः। बभूवुर्विस्मितास्तत्र जना ये च समागताः
tatra kubjānbahūndṛṣṭvā sthitāṃstīrthasamīpataḥ| babhūvurvismitāstatra janā ye ca samāgatāḥ
Seeing there many hunchbacks standing near the holy place, the people who had assembled there became amazed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.111
दत्वा दानं द्विजातिभ्यो भांडानि विविधानि च। श्रुत्वा सरस्वतीं प्राचीं स्नातुकामा द्विजागताः
datvā dānaṃ dvijātibhyo bhāṃḍāni vividhāni ca| śrutvā sarasvatīṃ prācīṃ snātukāmā dvijāgatāḥ
Having given gifts and vessels of various kinds to the twice-born, and having heard of the Sarasvatī to the east, the assembled brahmins desired to bathe (there).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.112
सरस्वतीतीर्थवरा नानाद्विजगणैर्युता। बदरेंगुदकाश्मर्य प्लक्षाश्वत्थविभीतकैः
sarasvatītīrthavarā nānādvijagaṇairyutā| badareṃgudakāśmarya plakṣāśvatthavibhītakaiḥ
The Sarasvatī, best of holy places, was thronged with flocks of various birds, and with jujube, iṅguda, kāśmarya, plakṣa, aśvattha and vibhītaka trees;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.113
पौलोमैश्च पलाशैश्च करीरैः पीलुभिस्तथा। सरस्वतीतीर्थरुहैर्धन्वनैः स्यंदनैस्तथा
paulomaiśca palāśaiśca karīraiḥ pīlubhistathā| sarasvatītīrtharuhairdhanvanaiḥ syaṃdanaistathā
and with paulomas and palāśas, with karīras and pīlus likewise, with dhanvana and syandana trees growing on the banks of the Sarasvatī;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.114
कपित्थैः करवीरैश्च बिल्वैराम्लातकैस्तथा। अतिमुक्तकपंडैश्च पारिजातैश्च शोभिता
kapitthaiḥ karavīraiśca bilvairāmlātakaistathā| atimuktakapaṃḍaiśca pārijātaiśca śobhitā
adorned with wood-apple and karavīra trees, with bilva and āmrātaka, with atimuktaka creepers and pāṇḍa trees, and with pārijātas;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.115
कदंबवनभूयिष्ठा सर्वसत्वमनोरमा। वाय्वंबुफलपर्णादैर्दंतोलूखलिकैरपि
kadaṃbavanabhūyiṣṭhā sarvasatvamanoramā| vāyvaṃbuphalaparṇādairdaṃtolūkhalikairapi
abounding in kadamba groves, delightful to all creatures, (frequented) by those who feed on air, water, fruit and leaves, and by those who use their teeth for a mortar,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.116
तथाश्मकुट्टमुख्यैश्च वरिष्ठैर्मुनिभिर्वृता। स्वाध्यायघोषसंघुष्टा मृगयूथशताकुला
tathāśmakuṭṭamukhyaiśca variṣṭhairmunibhirvṛtā| svādhyāyaghoṣasaṃghuṣṭā mṛgayūthaśatākulā
and so surrounded by the most excellent sages, chief among them the stone-pounders, resounding with the sound of Vedic recitation, crowded with hundreds of herds of deer,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.117
अहिंसैर्धर्मपरमैस्तथा चातीव शोभिता। सुप्रभा कांचनाख्या च प्राची नंदा विशालका
ahiṃsairdharmaparamaistathā cātīva śobhitā| suprabhā kāṃcanākhyā ca prācī naṃdā viśālakā
and exceedingly adorned by the non-injuring ones devoted supremely to dharma: (its streams are) Suprabhā, Kāñcanākhyā, Prācī, Nandā, and Viśālakā.
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PdP 1 18.118
स्रोतोभिः पंचभिस्तत्र वर्तते पुष्करे नदी। पितामहस्य सदसि वर्त्तमाने महीतले
srotobhiḥ paṃcabhistatra vartate puṣkare nadī| pitāmahasya sadasi varttamāne mahītale
There at Puṣkara the river flows with five streams, while the Grandfather('s sacrifice) was taking place in the assembly on the surface of the earth.
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PdP 1 18.119
वितते यज्ञवाटे तु स्वागतेषु द्विजादिषु। पुण्याहघोषैर्विततैर्देवानां नियमैस्तथा
vitate yajñavāṭe tu svāgateṣu dvijādiṣu| puṇyāhaghoṣairvitatairdevānāṃ niyamaistathā
When the sacrificial enclosure had been spread out, when the brahmins and others had been welcomed, with widespread cries of "an auspicious day!" and with the observances of the gods,
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PdP 1 18.120
देवेषु चैव व्यग्रेषु तस्मिन्यज्ञविधौ तथा। तत्र चैव महाराज दीक्षिते च पितामहे
deveṣu caiva vyagreṣu tasminyajñavidhau tathā| tatra caiva mahārāja dīkṣite ca pitāmahe
and when the gods were busy with that sacrificial rite, and there too, O great king, when the Grandfather had been consecrated,
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PdP 1 18.121
यजतस्तस्य सत्रेण सर्वकामसमृद्धिना। मनसा चिंतिता ह्यर्था धर्मार्थकुशलास्तथा
yajatastasya satreṇa sarvakāmasamṛddhinā| manasā ciṃtitā hyarthā dharmārthakuśalāstathā
as he sacrificed with that soma-rite abounding in all desired things, the objects merely thought of in the mind, and those skilled in dharma and artha,
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PdP 1 18.122
उपतिष्ठंति राजेंद्र द्विजातींस्तत्र तत्र ह। जगुश्च देवगंधर्वा ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः
upatiṣṭhaṃti rājeṃdra dvijātīṃstatra tatra ha| jaguśca devagaṃdharvā nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ
presented themselves, O lord of kings, to the twice-born in each place; and the gods and gandharvas sang, and the troops of apsarases danced.
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PdP 1 18.123
वादित्राणि च दिव्यानि वादयामासुरंजसा। तस्य यज्ञस्य संपत्या तुतुषुदेर्वता अपि
vāditrāṇi ca divyāni vādayāmāsuraṃjasā| tasya yajñasya saṃpatyā tutuṣudervatā api
And they at once made divine instruments sound. At the abundance of that sacrifice even the gods were pleased.
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PdP 1 18.124
विस्मयं परमं जग्मुः किमु मानुषयोनयः। वर्तमाने तथा यज्ञे पुष्करस्थे पितामहे
vismayaṃ paramaṃ jagmuḥ kimu mānuṣayonayaḥ| vartamāne tathā yajñe puṣkarasthe pitāmahe
They came to the utmost amazement — how much more those of human birth! While the sacrifice was thus proceeding, the Grandfather being at Puṣkara,
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PdP 1 18.125
अब्रुवन्नृषयो भीष्म तदा तुष्टास्सरस्वतीम्। सुप्रभां नाम राजेंद्र नाम्ना चैव सरस्वतीम्
abruvannṛṣayo bhīṣma tadā tuṣṭāssarasvatīm| suprabhāṃ nāma rājeṃdra nāmnā caiva sarasvatīm
the seers, O Bhīṣma, then, being pleased, addressed the Sarasvatī — Suprabhā by name, O lord of kings, and also Sarasvatī by name.
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PdP 1 18.126
ते दृष्ट्वा मुनयः सर्वे वेगयुक्तां सरस्वतीम्। पितामहं भासयंतीं क्रतुं ते बहु मेनिरे
te dṛṣṭvā munayaḥ sarve vegayuktāṃ sarasvatīm| pitāmahaṃ bhāsayaṃtīṃ kratuṃ te bahu menire
All those sages, seeing the Sarasvatī rushing swiftly and making the Grandfather's rite resplendent, thought highly of it.
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PdP 1 18.127
एवमेषा सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा पुष्करेषु सरस्वती। पितामहार्थं सम्भूता तुष्ट्यर्थं च मनीषिणाम्
evameṣā saricchreṣṭhā puṣkareṣu sarasvatī| pitāmahārthaṃ sambhūtā tuṣṭyarthaṃ ca manīṣiṇām
Thus this Sarasvatī, best of rivers, came into being at Puṣkara for the Grandfather's sake and for the satisfaction of the wise.
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PdP 1 18.128
पुण्यस्य पुण्यताकारि पंचस्रोतास्सरस्वती। सुप्रभा नाम राजेंन्द्र नाम्ना चैव सरस्वती
puṇyasya puṇyatākāri paṃcasrotāssarasvatī| suprabhā nāma rājeṃndra nāmnā caiva sarasvatī
The five-streamed Sarasvatī makes even the holy holy; she is Suprabhā by name, O lord of kings, and also Sarasvatī by name.
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PdP 1 18.129
यत्र ते मुनयश्शान्ता नानास्वाध्यायवादिनः। ते समागत्य ऋषयस्सस्मरुर्वै सरस्वतीम्
yatra te munayaśśāntā nānāsvādhyāyavādinaḥ| te samāgatya ṛṣayassasmarurvai sarasvatīm
There the sages, tranquil, reciters of the various Vedic texts — those seers, having assembled, called Sarasvatī to mind.
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PdP 1 18.130
साभिध्याता महाभागा ऋषिभिः सत्रयाजिभिः। समास्थिता दिशं पूर्वां भक्तिप्रीता महानदी
sābhidhyātā mahābhāgā ṛṣibhiḥ satrayājibhiḥ| samāsthitā diśaṃ pūrvāṃ bhaktiprītā mahānadī
Meditated upon thus by the seers who were performing the sacrificial session, the greatly blessed great river, pleased by their devotion, took her stand toward the eastern direction.
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PdP 1 18.131
प्राची पूर्वावहा नाम्ना मुनिवंद्या सरस्वती। इदमन्यन्महाराज शृण्वाश्चर्यवरं भुवि
prācī pūrvāvahā nāmnā munivaṃdyā sarasvatī| idamanyanmahārāja śṛṇvāścaryavaraṃ bhuvi
Eastward-flowing, called Prācī ("the eastern one"), is Sarasvatī, praised by the sages. Hear now, great king, another thing, the greatest wonder on earth.
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PdP 1 18.132
क्षतो मंकणको विप्रः कुशाग्रेणेति नः श्रुतम्। क्षतात्किल करे तस्य राजन्शाकरसोस्रवत्
kṣato maṃkaṇako vipraḥ kuśāgreṇeti naḥ śrutam| kṣatātkila kare tasya rājanśākarasosravat
The brahmin Maṅkaṇaka was cut by the tip of a kuśa blade — so we have heard; and from the cut, O king, vegetable juice flowed onto his hand.
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PdP 1 18.133
स वै शाकरसं दृष्ट्वा हर्षाविष्टः प्रनृत्तवान्। ततस्तस्मिन्प्रनृत्ते तु स्थावरं जंगमं च यत्
sa vai śākarasaṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣāviṣṭaḥ pranṛttavān| tatastasminpranṛtte tu sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ ca yat
Having seen the vegetable juice, he, filled with joy, began to dance; and then, when he was dancing, whatever is immobile and mobile —
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PdP 1 18.134
प्रानृत्यत जगत्सर्वं तेजसा तस्य मोहितम्। शक्रादिभिस्सुरै राजन्नृषिभिश्च तपोधनैः
prānṛtyata jagatsarvaṃ tejasā tasya mohitam| śakrādibhissurai rājannṛṣibhiśca tapodhanaiḥ
the whole world danced, bewildered by his power. By the gods headed by Śakra, O king, and by the seers rich in austerity,
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PdP 1 18.135
विज्ञप्तस्तत्र वै ब्रह्मा नायं नृत्येत्तथा कुरु। आदिष्टो ब्रह्मणा रुद्र ऋषेरर्थे नराधिप
vijñaptastatra vai brahmā nāyaṃ nṛtyettathā kuru| ādiṣṭo brahmaṇā rudra ṛṣerarthe narādhipa
Brahmā was there petitioned: "Act so that this man does not dance." Instructed by Brahmā, O ruler of men, Rudra, for the seer's sake —
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PdP 1 18.136
नायं नृत्येद्यथा भीम तथा त्वं वक्तुमर्हसि। गत्वा रुद्रो मुनिं दृष्ट्वा हर्षाविष्टमतीव हि
nāyaṃ nṛtyedyathā bhīma tathā tvaṃ vaktumarhasi| gatvā rudro muniṃ dṛṣṭvā harṣāviṣṭamatīva hi
"You should speak, O formidable one, in such a way that this man will not dance." Rudra went, and seeing the sage exceedingly filled with joy, (said):
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PdP 1 18.137
भो भो विप्रर्षभ त्वं हि नृत्यसे केन हेतुना। नृत्यमानेन भवता जगत्सर्वं च नृत्यति
bho bho viprarṣabha tvaṃ hi nṛtyase kena hetunā| nṛtyamānena bhavatā jagatsarvaṃ ca nṛtyati
"Ho, ho, bull among brahmins, for what reason do you dance? While you are dancing, the whole world too dances."
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PdP 1 18.138
तेनायं वारितः प्राह नृत्यन्वै मुनिसत्तमः। मुनिरुवाच। किं न पश्यसि मे देव कराच्छाकरसोस्रवत्
tenāyaṃ vāritaḥ prāha nṛtyanvai munisattamaḥ| muniruvāca| kiṃ na paśyasi me deva karācchākarasosravat
Restrained by him, the best of sages, still dancing, spoke. The sage said: "Do you not see, god, that from my hand vegetable juice has flowed?
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PdP 1 18.139
तं तु दृष्ट्वाप्र नृत्तोहं हर्षेण महतावृतः। तं प्रहस्याब्रवीद्देवो मुनिं रागेण मोहितम्
taṃ tu dṛṣṭvāpra nṛttohaṃ harṣeṇa mahatāvṛtaḥ| taṃ prahasyābravīddevo muniṃ rāgeṇa mohitam
Seeing that, I have begun to dance, overcome with great joy." Laughing, the god said to the sage who was deluded by passion:
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PdP 1 18.140
अहं न विस्मयं विप्र गच्छामीह प्रपश्य मां। एवमुक्तो मुनिश्रेष्ठो महादेवेन कौरव
ahaṃ na vismayaṃ vipra gacchāmīha prapaśya māṃ| evamukto muniśreṣṭho mahādevena kaurava
"I feel no astonishment at this, brahmin; look at me." Addressed thus by Mahādeva, O Kaurava, the best of sages,
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PdP 1 18.141
ध्यायमानस्तदा कोयं प्रतिषिद्धोस्मि येन हि। अंगुल्यग्रेण राजेंद्र स्वांगुष्ठस्ताडितस्तथा
dhyāyamānastadā koyaṃ pratiṣiddhosmi yena hi| aṃgulyagreṇa rājeṃdra svāṃguṣṭhastāḍitastathā
pondering then, "Who is this by whom I have been forbidden?" — and, O king of kings, (the god's) own thumb was struck with the tip of a finger.
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PdP 1 18.142
ततो भस्मक्षताद्राजन्निर्गतं हिमपांडुरं। तद्दृष्ट्वा व्रीडितश्चासौ प्राह तत्पादयोः पतन्
tato bhasmakṣatādrājannirgataṃ himapāṃḍuraṃ| taddṛṣṭvā vrīḍitaścāsau prāha tatpādayoḥ patan
Then, O king, from the ash-wound there came forth (ash) pale as snow. Seeing that, he was abashed and spoke, falling at his feet:
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PdP 1 18.143
नान्यद्देवादहं मन्ये रुद्रात्परतरं महत्। चराचरस्य जगतो गतिस्त्वमसि शूलधृत्
nānyaddevādahaṃ manye rudrātparataraṃ mahat| carācarasya jagato gatistvamasi śūladhṛt
"I hold that there is nothing else greater, higher than the god Rudra. You, bearer of the trident, are the goal of the world of moving and unmoving beings.
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PdP 1 18.144
त्वया सृष्टमिदं सर्वं वदंतीह मनीषिणः। त्वामेव सर्वं विशति पुनरेव युगक्षये
tvayā sṛṣṭamidaṃ sarvaṃ vadaṃtīha manīṣiṇaḥ| tvāmeva sarvaṃ viśati punareva yugakṣaye
The wise say here that all this was created by you; and into you alone does everything enter again at the destruction of the age.
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PdP 1 18.145
देवैरपि न शक्यस्त्वं परिज्ञातुं मया कुतः। त्वयि सर्वे च दृश्यन्ते सुरा ब्रह्मादयोपि ये
devairapi na śakyastvaṃ parijñātuṃ mayā kutaḥ| tvayi sarve ca dṛśyante surā brahmādayopi ye
You cannot be fully known even by the gods — how then by me? And in you all the gods are seen, even those beginning with Brahmā.
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PdP 1 18.146
सर्वस्त्वमसि देवानां कर्ता कारयिता च यः। त्वत्प्रसादात्सुराः सर्वे भवंतीहाकुतोभयाः
sarvastvamasi devānāṃ kartā kārayitā ca yaḥ| tvatprasādātsurāḥ sarve bhavaṃtīhākutobhayāḥ
You are all of the gods, you who are the doer and the one who causes to act. By your grace all the gods here become free from fear from any quarter.
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PdP 1 18.147
एवं स्तुत्वा महादेवमृषिश्च प्रणतोब्रवीत्। भगवंस्त्वत्प्रसादेन तपो न क्षीयते त्विह
evaṃ stutvā mahādevamṛṣiśca praṇatobravīt| bhagavaṃstvatprasādena tapo na kṣīyate tviha
Having thus praised Mahādeva, the seer bowed and said: "Lord, by your grace my austerity does not here diminish."
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PdP 1 18.148
ततो देवः प्रीतमनास्तमृषिं पुनरब्रवीत्। तपस्ते वर्द्धतां विप्र मत्प्रसादात्सहस्रधा
tato devaḥ prītamanāstamṛṣiṃ punarabravīt| tapaste varddhatāṃ vipra matprasādātsahasradhā
Then the god, pleased in mind, spoke again to that seer: "Let your austerity increase a thousandfold, brahmin, by my grace.
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PdP 1 18.149
प्राचीमेवेह वत्स्यामि त्वया सार्द्धमहं सदा। सरस्वती महापुण्या क्षेत्रे चास्मिन्विशेषतः
prācīmeveha vatsyāmi tvayā sārddhamahaṃ sadā| sarasvatī mahāpuṇyā kṣetre cāsminviśeṣataḥ
"Here in the east I shall always dwell together with you; and Sarasvatī is greatly holy, especially in this field."
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PdP 1 18.150
न तस्य दुर्लर्भं किंचिदिह लोके परत्र च। सरस्वत्युत्तरे तीरे यस्त्यजेदात्मनस्तनुम्१५० 1.18.
na tasya durlarbhaṃ kiṃcidiha loke paratra ca| sarasvatyuttare tīre yastyajedātmanastanum150 1.18.
Nothing is hard for him to obtain, in this world or the next, who gives up his own body on the northern bank of the Sarasvatī.
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PdP 1 18.151
प्राचीतटे जाप्यपरो न चेह म्रियते पुनः। आप्लुतो वाजिमेधस्य फलमाप्स्यति पुष्कलं
prācītaṭe jāpyaparo na ceha mriyate punaḥ| āpluto vājimedhasya phalamāpsyati puṣkalaṃ
One devoted to muttering (prayers) on the eastern bank is not born to die here again; having bathed, he will obtain the abundant fruit of a horse-sacrifice.
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PdP 1 18.152
नियमैश्चोपवासैश्च कर्शयन्देहमात्मनः। जलाहारो वायुभक्षः पर्णाहारश्च तापसः
niyamaiścopavāsaiśca karśayandehamātmanaḥ| jalāhāro vāyubhakṣaḥ parṇāhāraśca tāpasaḥ
And (the) ascetic, emaciating his own body by observances and fasts, living on water, feeding on air, or feeding on leaves,
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PdP 1 18.153
तथा स्थंडिलशायी च ये चान्ये नियमाः पृथक्। करोति यो द्विजश्रेष्ठो नियमांस्तान्व्रतानि च
tathā sthaṃḍilaśāyī ca ye cānye niyamāḥ pṛthak| karoti yo dvijaśreṣṭho niyamāṃstānvratāni ca
likewise one who sleeps on bare ground, and whatever other observances there are severally — that best of twice-born who performs those observances and vows,
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PdP 1 18.154
स याति शुद्धदेहश्च ब्रह्मणः परमं पदं। तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यैर्दत्तं तिलमात्रं तु कांचनं
sa yāti śuddhadehaśca brahmaṇaḥ paramaṃ padaṃ| tasmiṃstīrthe tu yairdattaṃ tilamātraṃ tu kāṃcanaṃ
he, with body made pure, goes to the supreme station of Brahman. And by those who give in that tīrtha even a sesame-seed's worth of gold,
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PdP 1 18.155
मेरुदानसमं तत्स्यात्पुरा प्राह प्रजापतिः। तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु ये श्राद्धं करिष्यंति हि मानवाः
merudānasamaṃ tatsyātpurā prāha prajāpatiḥ| tasmiṃstīrthe tu ye śrāddhaṃ kariṣyaṃti hi mānavāḥ
that would be equal to the gift of Meru — so Prajāpati declared of old. And those men who will perform a śrāddha at that tīrtha,
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PdP 1 18.156
एकविंशकुलोपेताः स्वर्गं यास्यंति ते नराः। पितॄणां च शुभं तीर्थं पिंडेनैकेन तर्पिताः
ekaviṃśakulopetāḥ svargaṃ yāsyaṃti te narāḥ| pitṝṇāṃ ca śubhaṃ tīrthaṃ piṃḍenaikena tarpitāḥ
those men, along with twenty-one generations of their family, will go to heaven. And it is an auspicious tīrtha of the ancestors: satisfied with a single rice-ball,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.157
ब्रह्मलोकं गमिष्यंति स्वपुत्रेणेह तारिताः। भूयश्चान्नं न चेच्छंति मोक्षमार्गं व्रजंति ते
brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyaṃti svaputreṇeha tāritāḥ| bhūyaścānnaṃ na cecchaṃti mokṣamārgaṃ vrajaṃti te
they will go to Brahmā's world, carried across here by their own son; and they do not desire food again, (but) go the path of liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.158
प्राचीनत्वं सरस्वत्या यथा भूतं शृणुष्व तत्। सरस्वती पुरा प्रोक्ता देवैः सर्वैः सवासवैः
prācīnatvaṃ sarasvatyā yathā bhūtaṃ śṛṇuṣva tat| sarasvatī purā proktā devaiḥ sarvaiḥ savāsavaiḥ
Hear how the eastwardness of the Sarasvatī came about. Long ago the Sarasvatī was addressed by all the gods together with Vāsava:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.159
तटं त्वया प्रयातव्यं प्रतीच्यां लवणोदधेः। वडवाग्निमिमं नीत्वा समुद्रे निक्षिपस्व ह
taṭaṃ tvayā prayātavyaṃ pratīcyāṃ lavaṇodadheḥ| vaḍavāgnimimaṃ nītvā samudre nikṣipasva ha
"You must go to the shore of the salt ocean in the west; taking this mare-fire, cast it into the sea.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.160
एवं कृते सुराः सर्वे भवंति भयवर्जिताः। अन्यथा वाडवाग्निस्तु दहते स्वेन तेजसा
evaṃ kṛte surāḥ sarve bhavaṃti bhayavarjitāḥ| anyathā vāḍavāgnistu dahate svena tejasā
When this is done all the gods become free of fear; otherwise the mare-fire burns with its own heat.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.161
तस्माद्रक्षस्व विबुधानेतस्मादचिराद्भयात्। मातेव भव सुश्रोणि सुराणामभयप्रदा
tasmādrakṣasva vibudhānetasmādacirādbhayāt| māteva bhava suśroṇi surāṇāmabhayapradā
Therefore protect the gods from this imminent danger; be like a mother, fair-hipped one, granting safety to the gods."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.162
एवमुक्ता तु सा देवी विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना। आह नाहं स्वतंत्रास्मि पिता मे व्रियतां स्वराट्
evamuktā tu sā devī viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā| āha nāhaṃ svataṃtrāsmi pitā me vriyatāṃ svarāṭ
Addressed thus by Viṣṇu the mighty, that goddess said: "I am not independent; let my father, the self-ruler, be entreated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.163
तदाज्ञाकारिणी नित्यं कुमारीह धृतव्रता। पित्रादेशाद्विना नाहं पदमेकमपि क्वचित्
tadājñākāriṇī nityaṃ kumārīha dhṛtavratā| pitrādeśādvinā nāhaṃ padamekamapi kvacit
I am always one who does his bidding, a maiden here holding to her vow; without my father's command I do not go a single step anywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.164
गच्छामि तस्मात्कोप्यन्य उपायश्चिंत्यतामहो। तदाशयं विदित्वाहुस्ते समेत्य पितामहं
gacchāmi tasmātkopyanya upāyaściṃtyatāmaho| tadāśayaṃ viditvāhuste sametya pitāmahaṃ
Therefore let some other means be thought of, sirs." Knowing her intent, they went to the Grandfather and said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.165
नान्येन शक्यते नेतुं वडवाग्निः पितामह। अदृष्टदोषाम्मुक्त्वैकां कुमारीं तनयां तव
nānyena śakyate netuṃ vaḍavāgniḥ pitāmaha| adṛṣṭadoṣāmmuktvaikāṃ kumārīṃ tanayāṃ tava
"The mare-fire cannot be carried by anyone else, Grandfather, except by one maiden, your daughter, in whom no fault is seen."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.166
सरस्वतीं समानीय कृत्वांके वरवर्णिनीं। शिरस्याघ्रायसस्नेहमुवाचाथसरस्वतीम्
sarasvatīṃ samānīya kṛtvāṃke varavarṇinīṃ| śirasyāghrāyasasnehamuvācāthasarasvatīm
Having had Sarasvatī of lovely colour brought and set on his lap, and having affectionately kissed her on the head, he then said to Sarasvatī:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.167
मां च देवि सुराः प्राहुः स त्वं ब्रूहि यशस्विनीम्। नीत्वा विनिक्षिपेदेनं बाडवं लवणांबुनि
māṃ ca devi surāḥ prāhuḥ sa tvaṃ brūhi yaśasvinīm| nītvā vinikṣipedenaṃ bāḍavaṃ lavaṇāṃbuni
"The gods have spoken to me, goddess; so I tell you, glorious one: taking this Bāḍava (fire) away, one should cast it into the salt water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.168
पितुर्वाक्यं हि तच्छ्रुत्वा वियुक्ता कुररी यथा। पित्रा तदैव सा कन्या रुरुदे दीनमानसा
piturvākyaṃ hi tacchrutvā viyuktā kurarī yathā| pitrā tadaiva sā kanyā rurude dīnamānasā
Hearing that speech of her father, that girl, wretched in mind, at once wept like an osprey separated from her mate — (separated) by her father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.169
शोभते तन्मुखं तस्याः शोकबाष्पाविलेक्षणं। सितं विकसितं तद्वत्पद्मं तोयकणोक्षितम्
śobhate tanmukhaṃ tasyāḥ śokabāṣpāvilekṣaṇaṃ| sitaṃ vikasitaṃ tadvatpadmaṃ toyakaṇokṣitam
That face of hers shone, its eyes clouded with the tears of grief, like a white, fully opened lotus sprinkled with drops of water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.170
तत्तथाविधमालोक्य पितामहपुरस्सराः। विबुधाः शोकभावस्य सर्वे वशमुपागताः
tattathāvidhamālokya pitāmahapurassarāḥ| vibudhāḥ śokabhāvasya sarve vaśamupāgatāḥ
Seeing her in that state, the gods, with the Grandfather (Brahmā) at their head, all fell under the sway of grief.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.171
संस्तभ्य हृदयं तस्याः शोकसंतापितं तदा। पितामहस्तामुवाच मा रोदीर्नास्ति ते भयम्
saṃstabhya hṛdayaṃ tasyāḥ śokasaṃtāpitaṃ tadā| pitāmahastāmuvāca mā rodīrnāsti te bhayam
Then, steadying her heart that was burning with sorrow, the Grandfather said to her: "Do not weep; you have nothing to fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.172
मान लाभश्च भविता तव देवानुभावतः। नीत्वा क्षारोदमध्ये तु क्षिपस्व ज्वलनं सुते
māna lābhaśca bhavitā tava devānubhāvataḥ| nītvā kṣārodamadhye tu kṣipasva jvalanaṃ sute
Honour and gain shall be yours through the majesty of the gods. Carry the fire and cast it into the midst of the salt ocean, daughter."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.173
एवमुक्ता तु सा बाला बाष्पाकुलितलोचना। प्रणम्य पद्मजन्मानं गच्छाम्युक्तवती तु सा
evamuktā tu sā bālā bāṣpākulitalocanā| praṇamya padmajanmānaṃ gacchāmyuktavatī tu sā
Addressed thus, that girl, her eyes brimming with tears, bowed to the lotus-born one and said, "I am going."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.174
मा भैरुक्ता पुनस्तैस्तु पित्रा चापि तथैव सा। त्यक्त्वा भयं हृष्टमनाः प्रयातुं समवस्थिता
mā bhairuktā punastaistu pitrā cāpi tathaiva sā| tyaktvā bhayaṃ hṛṣṭamanāḥ prayātuṃ samavasthitā
"Do not be afraid," she was told again by them, and by her father likewise; so, casting off fear, glad at heart, she stood ready to set out.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.175
तस्याः प्रयाणसमये शंखदुंदुभिनिस्वनैः। मंगलानां च निर्घोषैर्जगदापूरितं शुभैः
tasyāḥ prayāṇasamaye śaṃkhaduṃdubhinisvanaiḥ| maṃgalānāṃ ca nirghoṣairjagadāpūritaṃ śubhaiḥ
At the time of her departure the world was filled with the sounds of conches and drums and with the auspicious noises of benedictions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.176
सितांबरधराधन्या सितचंदनमंडिता। शरदंबुजसच्छाय तारहारविभूषिता
sitāṃbaradharādhanyā sitacaṃdanamaṃḍitā| śaradaṃbujasacchāya tārahāravibhūṣitā
Wearing white garments, blessed, adorned with white sandal paste, having the lustre of an autumn lotus, decked with a necklace of pearls,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.177
संपूर्णचंद्रवदना पद्मपत्रायतेक्षणा। शुभां कीर्तिं सुरेशस्य पूरयंती दिशो दश
saṃpūrṇacaṃdravadanā padmapatrāyatekṣaṇā| śubhāṃ kīrtiṃ sureśasya pūrayaṃtī diśo daśa
her face the full moon, her eyes long as lotus petals, filling the ten directions with the auspicious glory of the lord of the gods,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.178
स्वतेजसा तद्धृदयान्निःसृता भासयज्जगत्। अनुव्रजन्ती तां गंगा तयोक्ता वरवर्णिनी
svatejasā taddhṛdayānniḥsṛtā bhāsayajjagat| anuvrajantī tāṃ gaṃgā tayoktā varavarṇinī
having come forth from his heart, lighting up the world with her own radiance—to her, as Gaṅgā of fair complexion walked behind her, she said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.179
द्रक्ष्यामि त्वां पुनरहं प्रयासि कुत्र मे सखि। एवमुक्ता तु सा गंगा प्रोवाच मधुरां गिरम्
drakṣyāmi tvāṃ punarahaṃ prayāsi kutra me sakhi| evamuktā tu sā gaṃgā provāca madhurāṃ giram
"Shall I see you again? Where are you going, my friend?" Addressed thus, Gaṅgā spoke sweet words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.180
यदैवायास्यसि प्राचीं दिशं मां पश्यसे शुभे। विबुधैस्त्वं परिवृता दर्शनं तव संश्रये
yadaivāyāsyasi prācīṃ diśaṃ māṃ paśyase śubhe| vibudhaistvaṃ parivṛtā darśanaṃ tava saṃśraye
"Whenever you come to the eastern quarter, you will see me, O auspicious one; surrounded by the gods, I depend upon the sight of you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.181
उदङ्मुखी तदा भूत्वा त्यज शोकं शुचिस्मिते। अहं चोदङ्मुखी पुण्या त्वं तु प्राची सरस्वति
udaṅmukhī tadā bhūtvā tyaja śokaṃ śucismite| ahaṃ codaṅmukhī puṇyā tvaṃ tu prācī sarasvati
Then, turning northward, give up your grief, O bright-smiling one: I am the holy one who flows north, but you, Sarasvatī, flow east.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.182
तत्र क्रतुशतं पुण्यं स्नानदानेन सुव्रते। श्राद्धदाने तथा नित्यं पितॄणां दत्तमक्षयम्
tatra kratuśataṃ puṇyaṃ snānadānena suvrate| śrāddhadāne tathā nityaṃ pitṝṇāṃ dattamakṣayam
There, O you of good vows, by bathing and giving there is the merit of a hundred sacrifices; and likewise in the giving of śrāddha offerings, what is constantly given to the ancestors is imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.183
ये करिष्यंति मनुजा विमुक्तास्त्ते ऋणैस्त्रिभिः। मोक्षमार्गं गमिष्यंति विचारो नात्र विद्यते
ye kariṣyaṃti manujā vimuktāstte ṛṇaistribhiḥ| mokṣamārgaṃ gamiṣyaṃti vicāro nātra vidyate
Those men who do this are freed from the three debts; they will go by the path of liberation—there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.184
तामुवाच ततो गंगा पुनर्दर्शनमस्तु ते। गच्छ स्वमालयं भद्रे स्मर्तव्याहं त्वयानघे
tāmuvāca tato gaṃgā punardarśanamastu te| gaccha svamālayaṃ bhadre smartavyāhaṃ tvayānaghe
Then Gaṅgā said to her: "May there be a seeing of you again. Go to your own abode, good lady; I am to be remembered by you, O sinless one."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.185
यमुनापि तथैवं सा गायत्री च मनोरमा। सावित्र्या सहिताः सर्वाः सखीं संप्रैषयंस्तथा
yamunāpi tathaivaṃ sā gāyatrī ca manoramā| sāvitryā sahitāḥ sarvāḥ sakhīṃ saṃpraiṣayaṃstathā
Yamunā too in the same way, and lovely Gāyatrī: all of them, together with Sāvitrī, thus sent their friend on her way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.186
ततो विसृज्य तान्देवान्नदी भूत्वा सरस्वती। उत्तंकस्याश्रमपद उद्भूता सा मनस्विनी
tato visṛjya tāndevānnadī bhūtvā sarasvatī| uttaṃkasyāśramapada udbhūtā sā manasvinī
Then, taking leave of those gods, Sarasvatī became a river, and that spirited one welled up at the site of Uttaṅka's hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.187
अधस्तात्प्लक्षवृक्षस्य अवरोप्य च तां तनुम्। अवतीर्णा महाभागा देवानां पश्यतां तदा
adhastātplakṣavṛkṣasya avaropya ca tāṃ tanum| avatīrṇā mahābhāgā devānāṃ paśyatāṃ tadā
Below the plakṣa tree, laying down that body (of hers), the greatly blessed one flowed down, while the gods looked on.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.188
विष्णुरूपस्तरुः सोत्र सर्वदेवैस्तु वंदितः। संसेव्यश्च द्विजैर्नित्यं फलहेतोर्महोदयः
viṣṇurūpastaruḥ sotra sarvadevaistu vaṃditaḥ| saṃsevyaśca dvijairnityaṃ phalahetormahodayaḥ
That tree here has the form of Viṣṇu and is saluted by all the gods, and is ever to be attended upon by the twice-born, being of great efficacy for the sake of its fruit (i.e. the results it grants).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.189
अनेकशाखाविततश्चतुर्मुख इवापरः। तत्कोटरकुटीकोटि प्रविष्टानां द्विजन्मनाम्
anekaśākhāvitataścaturmukha ivāparaḥ| tatkoṭarakuṭīkoṭi praviṣṭānāṃ dvijanmanām
Spread out with many branches, (it was) like a second four-faced (Brahmā); and of the twice-born who have entered the crores of hut-like hollows of it—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.190
श्रूयंते विविधा वाचः सुराणां रक्तचेतसाम्। वनस्पतिरपुष्पोपि पुष्पितश्चोपलक्ष्यते
śrūyaṃte vividhā vācaḥ surāṇāṃ raktacetasām| vanaspatirapuṣpopi puṣpitaścopalakṣyate
—manifold voices are heard, (and voices) of gods whose minds are impassioned; and the tree, though flowerless, is observed as if in flower.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.191
जातीचंपकवत्पुष्पैः शाखालग्नैः शुकैः शुभैः। केतकीभिः सुरभिभिरशोभत सरिद्वरा
jātīcaṃpakavatpuṣpaiḥ śākhālagnaiḥ śukaiḥ śubhaiḥ| ketakībhiḥ surabhibhiraśobhata saridvarā
With flowers like jasmine and campaka, with fine parrots clinging to the branches, and with fragrant ketakī plants, the best of rivers was resplendent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.192
कोकिलाभिस्स मालेव फेनकैः पुष्पितेव सा। हरेणेव यथा गंगा प्लक्षेणैव हि सा तथा
kokilābhissa māleva phenakaiḥ puṣpiteva sā| hareṇeva yathā gaṃgā plakṣeṇaiva hi sā tathā
With the cuckoos she was like a garland; with the foam-flakes she was as if in flower; as the Ganges is with Hara, so indeed was she with the plakṣa tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.194
एवमुक्तेन सा तेन प्रत्युक्ता विष्णुना तदा। न ते दाहभयं त्याज्यस्त्वयायं वह्निराट्स्वयम्
evamuktena sā tena pratyuktā viṣṇunā tadā| na te dāhabhayaṃ tyājyastvayāyaṃ vahnirāṭsvayam
When (she) had spoken thus, she was then answered by that Viṣṇu: "You have no fear of burning; this fire-king himself is to be released by you—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.195
पश्चिमं सागरं नेतुं वाडवज्वलनं शुभे। एवं क्रमेण गच्छंत्या तदापं प्राप्स्यते शुभे
paścimaṃ sāgaraṃ netuṃ vāḍavajvalanaṃ śubhe| evaṃ krameṇa gacchaṃtyā tadāpaṃ prāpsyate śubhe
"—to carry the submarine fire to the western ocean, O fair one; as you go on step by step, then, O fair one, it will reach the water."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.196
ततस्तं शातकुंभस्थं कृत्वासौ वडवानलं। समर्पयत गोविंदः सरस्वत्या महोदरे
tatastaṃ śātakuṃbhasthaṃ kṛtvāsau vaḍavānalaṃ| samarpayata goviṃdaḥ sarasvatyā mahodare
Then Govinda, having placed that submarine fire in a golden jar, deposited it in the great belly of Sarasvatī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.197
सा तं गृहीत्वा सुश्रोणी प्रतीच्यभिमुखी ययौ। अंतर्द्धानेन संप्राप्ता पुष्करं सा महानदी
sā taṃ gṛhītvā suśroṇī pratīcyabhimukhī yayau| aṃtarddhānena saṃprāptā puṣkaraṃ sā mahānadī
Taking it, the fair-hipped one went facing the west; and that great river, moving unseen, reached Puṣkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.198
मर्यादापर्वते तस्मिन्संभूता विमला सरित्। पुष्करारण्यं विपुलं सुरसिद्धनिषेवितम्
maryādāparvate tasminsaṃbhūtā vimalā sarit| puṣkarāraṇyaṃ vipulaṃ surasiddhaniṣevitam
On that boundary mountain the spotless river arose; (there was) the vast Puṣkara forest, frequented by gods and siddhas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.199
पितामहेन यत्रासीद्यज्ञसत्रं निषेवितम्। सिध्यर्थं मुनिमुख्यानामागतासौ महानदी
pitāmahena yatrāsīdyajñasatraṃ niṣevitam| sidhyarthaṃ munimukhyānāmāgatāsau mahānadī
where the sacrificial session was performed by the Grandfather; that great river came for the sake of the success of the chief sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.200
येषु तत्र कृतो होमः कुंडेष्वासीद्विरिंचिना। तानि सर्वाणि संप्लाव्य तोयेनाप्युद्गता हि सा२०० 1.18.
yeṣu tatra kṛto homaḥ kuṃḍeṣvāsīdviriṃcinā| tāni sarvāṇi saṃplāvya toyenāpyudgatā hi sā200 1.18.
Those fire-pits in which the oblation was there made by Viriñci—flooding all of them with water, she indeed rose up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.201
तत्र क्षेत्रे महापुण्या पुष्करे सा तथोत्थिता। तेन तत्पूरणं प्रोक्तं वायुना जगदायुषा
tatra kṣetre mahāpuṇyā puṣkare sā tathotthitā| tena tatpūraṇaṃ proktaṃ vāyunā jagadāyuṣā
There in that most holy field, at Puṣkara, she rose up thus; therefore that filling (of the pits) was declared by the Wind, the life of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.202
सापि तत्क्षेत्रमासाद्य पुण्यं पुण्या महानदी। सरस्वती स्थिता देवी मर्त्यानां पापनाशिनी
sāpi tatkṣetramāsādya puṇyaṃ puṇyā mahānadī| sarasvatī sthitā devī martyānāṃ pāpanāśinī
She too, the holy great river, having reached that holy field—the goddess Sarasvatī abides (there), destroying the sins of mortals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.203
तत्र ये शुभकर्माणः पुष्करस्थां सरस्वतीम्। पश्यंति ते न पश्यंति सुघोरां तामधोगतिं
tatra ye śubhakarmāṇaḥ puṣkarasthāṃ sarasvatīm| paśyaṃti te na paśyaṃti sughorāṃ tāmadhogatiṃ
Those of good deeds there who behold Sarasvatī abiding in Puṣkara—they do not behold that most terrible downward course.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.204
यः पुनस्तत्र भावेन नरः स्नानं समाचरेत्। स ब्रह्मलोकमासाद्य ब्रह्मणा सह मोदते
yaḥ punastatra bhāvena naraḥ snānaṃ samācaret| sa brahmalokamāsādya brahmaṇā saha modate
And the man who there performs his bath with (true) feeling, he attains the world of Brahmā and rejoices together with Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.205
यस्तु दद्यात्तत्र दधि ब्राह्मणाय मनोरमम्। सोप्यग्निलोकमासाद्य भुंक्ते भोगान्सुशोभनान्
yastu dadyāttatra dadhi brāhmaṇāya manoramam| sopyagnilokamāsādya bhuṃkte bhogānsuśobhanān
And he who there gives delightful curds to a brahmin, he too attains the world of Agni and enjoys most splendid pleasures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.206
वरं प्रावरणं योपि भक्त्या दद्याद्द्विजातये। सोपि सद्वस्त्रदानस्य फलं दशगुणं लभेत्
varaṃ prāvaraṇaṃ yopi bhaktyā dadyāddvijātaye| sopi sadvastradānasya phalaṃ daśaguṇaṃ labhet
And whoever with devotion gives an excellent upper garment to a twice-born, he too obtains tenfold the fruit of the gift of good cloth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.207
ज्येष्ठकुंडे नरः स्नात्वा यः संतर्पयते पितॄन्। स तानुद्धरते सर्वान्नरकादपि शुद्धधीः
jyeṣṭhakuṃḍe naraḥ snātvā yaḥ saṃtarpayate pitṝn| sa tānuddharate sarvānnarakādapi śuddhadhīḥ
The man who, having bathed in the Jyeṣṭha pool, satisfies the ancestors—he, of purified mind, raises them all up, even out of hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.208
क्षेत्रे पैतामहे पूते पुण्यां प्राप्य सरस्वतीम्। नरः किं प्रार्थयेदन्यत्तीर्थं ब्रह्मसुतोब्रवीत्
kṣetre paitāmahe pūte puṇyāṃ prāpya sarasvatīm| naraḥ kiṃ prārthayedanyattīrthaṃ brahmasutobravīt
In the purified field of the Grandfather, having obtained the holy Sarasvatī, what other holy place should a man ask for?—so said the son of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.209
तस्मात्सर्वेषु तीर्थेषु स्नातः प्राप्नोति यत्फलम्। तत्सर्वं प्राप्नुयान्मर्त्यो ज्येष्ठकुंडे सकृत्प्लुतः
tasmātsarveṣu tīrtheṣu snātaḥ prāpnoti yatphalam| tatsarvaṃ prāpnuyānmartyo jyeṣṭhakuṃḍe sakṛtplutaḥ
Therefore whatever fruit one who has bathed in all the holy places obtains, all that a mortal would obtain by plunging once in the Jyeṣṭha pool.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.210
किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन क्षेत्रं तीर्थं गतिश्शुभा। येनैतत्त्रितयं प्राप्तं प्राप्ता तेन गतिः परा
kimatra bahunoktena kṣetraṃ tīrthaṃ gatiśśubhā| yenaitattritayaṃ prāptaṃ prāptā tena gatiḥ parā
What is the use of much speaking here? The holy field, the ford, and the auspicious goal — he by whom these three have been obtained has obtained the highest goal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.211
काले क्षेत्रे तथा तीर्थे स्नात्वा हुत्वापि तत्र यः। प्रयच्छते द्विजायार्थं सोनंतं सुखमश्नुते
kāle kṣetre tathā tīrthe snātvā hutvāpi tatra yaḥ| prayacchate dvijāyārthaṃ sonaṃtaṃ sukhamaśnute
He who, at the (right) time, in the holy field and in the ford, bathes and also offers oblation there, and gives wealth to a brahmin, enjoys endless happiness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.212
कार्त्तिके मासि शुक्ले च वैशाखे शशिभूषणे। चंद्रसूर्योपरागे च काले च कुरुजांगले
kārttike māsi śukle ca vaiśākhe śaśibhūṣaṇe| caṃdrasūryoparāge ca kāle ca kurujāṃgale
In the month of Kārttika and in the bright (fortnight), in Vaiśākha, (in the month) marked by the moon, and at an eclipse of the moon or the sun, and at the (right) time in Kurujāṅgala—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.213
क्षेत्रेष्वेतेषु तीर्थानि यान्युक्तानि मुनीश्वरैः। तेषां पुण्यतमं तीर्थमिदमाह पितामहः
kṣetreṣveteṣu tīrthāni yānyuktāni munīśvaraiḥ| teṣāṃ puṇyatamaṃ tīrthamidamāha pitāmahaḥ
Of those fords in these holy fields that have been declared by the lords of sages, this ford the Grandfather (Brahmā) declared the most meritorious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.214
कुंडे तु मध्यमे स्नात्वा कार्तिक्यां यः पुमान्द्विजे। प्रयच्छते चापि द्रव्यं सोश्वमेधमवाप्नुयात्
kuṃḍe tu madhyame snātvā kārtikyāṃ yaḥ pumāndvije| prayacchate cāpi dravyaṃ sośvamedhamavāpnuyāt
But the man who bathes in the middle pool on the Kārttika full-moon day and also gives goods to a brahmin obtains (the fruit of) a horse sacrifice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.215
एवं कनिष्ठकेप्यत्र कुंडे स्नात्वा समाधिना। यः प्रयच्छति विप्राय सुरूपामपि शालिकाम्
evaṃ kaniṣṭhakepyatra kuṃḍe snātvā samādhinā| yaḥ prayacchati viprāya surūpāmapi śālikām
So too, he who bathes here with concentration in the smallest pool and gives to a brahmin even a beautiful young girl—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.216
स प्रयाति नरः क्षिप्रमग्निलोकं मनोरमम्। त्रिःसप्तकुलसंयुक्तो भुंक्ते तत्र महाफलम्
sa prayāti naraḥ kṣipramagnilokaṃ manoramam| triḥsaptakulasaṃyukto bhuṃkte tatra mahāphalam
that man swiftly goes to the delightful world of Agni; joined with thrice-seven generations of his family, he enjoys great fruit there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.217
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन गमनाय मतिः स्थिरा। पुरुषेण तु कर्तव्या पुष्करावाप्तये शुभा
tasmātsarvaprayatnena gamanāya matiḥ sthirā| puruṣeṇa tu kartavyā puṣkarāvāptaye śubhā
Therefore a man should, with every effort, make his mind firm and auspicious upon going, so as to reach Puṣkara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.218
पुष्करारण्यमासाद्य प्राची यत्र सरस्वती। मतिः स्मृतिः शुभा प्रज्ञा मेधा बुद्धिर्दयापरा
puṣkarāraṇyamāsādya prācī yatra sarasvatī| matiḥ smṛtiḥ śubhā prajñā medhā buddhirdayāparā
Having reached the Puṣkara forest, where the Sarasvatī flows eastward: mati, smṛti, śubhā, prajñā, medhā, and buddhi, devoted to compassion—
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PdP 1 18.219
सरस्वत्यास्तु पर्यायाष्षडेते संप्रकीर्तिताः। ततः प्रभृति यत्रासौ प्राचीभूता सरस्वती
sarasvatyāstu paryāyāṣṣaḍete saṃprakīrtitāḥ| tataḥ prabhṛti yatrāsau prācībhūtā sarasvatī
These six are proclaimed as synonyms of Sarasvatī. From that point on, where she, the Sarasvatī, has become east-flowing—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.220
तत्रस्थं तज्जलं येपि पश्यंति तटसंस्थिताः। तेप्यश्वमेधस्यफलं लभंते नात्र संशयः
tatrasthaṃ tajjalaṃ yepi paśyaṃti taṭasaṃsthitāḥ| tepyaśvamedhasyaphalaṃ labhaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ
Even those who, standing on the bank, look at that water situated there — they too obtain the fruit of a horse sacrifice; there is no doubt in this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.221
योवतीर्य पुनस्तत्र कश्चित्स्नानं समाचरेत्। नरः समाधियुक्तो वै ब्रह्मणोनुचरो भवेत्
yovatīrya punastatra kaścitsnānaṃ samācaret| naraḥ samādhiyukto vai brahmaṇonucaro bhavet
And whoever, going down there again, performs a bath — that man, endowed with concentration, becomes an attendant of Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.222
शाकादिनापि हि पितॄन्यस्तत्रार्चयते नरः। सोप्येति विपुलान्भोगांस्तेषामेवानुभावतः
śākādināpi hi pitṝnyastatrārcayate naraḥ| sopyeti vipulānbhogāṃsteṣāmevānubhāvataḥ
And the man who honours the ancestors there even with vegetables and the like — he too attains abundant enjoyments, by their power alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.223
ये पुनर्विधिना तत्र श्राद्धं कुर्वंति मानवाः। ते नयंति पितॄन्स्वर्गं नरकादपि दुःखदात्
ye punarvidhinā tatra śrāddhaṃ kurvaṃti mānavāḥ| te nayaṃti pitṝnsvargaṃ narakādapi duḥkhadāt
And those men who perform the śrāddha there according to rule lead their ancestors to heaven, even out of sorrow-giving hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.224
तृप्यंति पितरस्तस्य यस्तत्र कुशमिश्रितम्। स्नात्वा प्रयच्छते तोयं पूतं तेषां तिलान्वितम्
tṛpyaṃti pitarastasya yastatra kuśamiśritam| snātvā prayacchate toyaṃ pūtaṃ teṣāṃ tilānvitam
The ancestors of that man are satisfied who, having bathed there, offers to them purified water mixed with kuśa grass and with sesame.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.225
सर्वेषामेव तीर्थानामिदमेवाधिकं स्मृतम्। आदितीर्थमिदं तस्मात्तीर्थानां भुवि विश्रुतम्
sarveṣāmeva tīrthānāmidamevādhikaṃ smṛtam| āditīrthamidaṃ tasmāttīrthānāṃ bhuvi viśrutam
Established as a place of play and as a treasury of dharma and liberation; and again, joined with the Sarasvatī, richer in virtues.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.226
धर्मापवर्गयोःनक्रीडाननिधिभूतमवस्थितम्। सरस्वत्यानपुनश्चैवनसमेतंनगुणवत्तरम्
dharmāpavargayoḥnakrīḍānanidhibhūtamavasthitam| sarasvatyānapunaścaivanasametaṃnaguṇavattaram
It bestows all four — dharma, wealth, pleasure, and liberation. And those men who have entered the water here for the destruction of impurity—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.227
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां चतुर्णामपि दायकम्। येप्यत्र मलनाशाय पुमांसो विविशुर्जलम्
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ caturṇāmapi dāyakam| yepyatra malanāśāya pumāṃso viviśurjalam
For them the fruit would be equal, and easily so, to the gift of a cow; the wise say it is equal to the gift of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.228
गोप्रदानसमं तेषां सुखेनैव फलं भवेत्। सुवर्णदानेन सममेवमाहुर्मनीषिणः
gopradānasamaṃ teṣāṃ sukhenaiva phalaṃ bhavet| suvarṇadānena samamevamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ
By the water-offering and the offering of rice-balls, the ancestors, though established even in the hells, go to heaven there, delivered by their son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.229
तर्पणात्पिण्डदानाच्च नरकेष्वपि संस्थिताः। स्वर्गं प्रयान्ति पितरस्तत्र पुत्रेण तारिताः
tarpaṇātpiṇḍadānācca narakeṣvapi saṃsthitāḥ| svargaṃ prayānti pitarastatra putreṇa tāritāḥ
Through the water-offering and the offering of rice-balls, the fathers, though placed even in the hells, go to heaven, delivered there by their son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.230
पुष्करेपि सरस्वत्यां ये पिबन्ति जलं जनाः। ते लभन्तेऽक्षयान्लोकान्ब्रह्मविश्वेशवंदितान्
puṣkarepi sarasvatyāṃ ye pibanti jalaṃ janāḥ| te labhante'kṣayānlokānbrahmaviśveśavaṃditān
Those people who drink the water of the Sarasvatī at Puṣkara also — they obtain imperishable worlds, honoured by Brahmā and the Lord of the universe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.231
स्वर्गनिश्रेणिकाभूता पुष्करे च सरस्वती। सा पुण्यवद्भिस्संप्राप्तुं पुंभिश्शक्या महानदी
svarganiśreṇikābhūtā puṣkare ca sarasvatī| sā puṇyavadbhissaṃprāptuṃ puṃbhiśśakyā mahānadī
And the Sarasvatī at Puṣkara has become a ladder to heaven; that great river can be reached by men who possess merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.232
मुनिभर्धर्मतत्त्वज्ञैस्तत्र तत्र निषेविता। तस्मात्सर्वत्र सा देवी पवित्रा सर्वतस्स्थिता
munibhardharmatattvajñaistatra tatra niṣevitā| tasmātsarvatra sā devī pavitrā sarvatassthitā
She is frequented here and there by sages who know the truth of dharma; therefore that goddess is purifying everywhere, standing (present) on all sides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.233
पुष्करे तु विशेषेण पूतात्पूततमा हि सा। नदी सरस्वती पुण्या सुलभा जगति स्थिता
puṣkare tu viśeṣeṇa pūtātpūtatamā hi sā| nadī sarasvatī puṇyā sulabhā jagati sthitā
But at Puṣkara especially she is purer than the pure; the holy river Sarasvatī stands easily accessible in the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.234
दुर्लभा सा कुरुक्षेत्रे प्रभासे पुष्करे तथा। तत्तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थानां प्रवरं विहितं भुवि
durlabhā sā kurukṣetre prabhāse puṣkare tathā| tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ vihitaṃ bhuvi
She is hard to obtain at Kurukṣetra, at Prabhāsa, and likewise at Puṣkara; that sacred place has been ordained the foremost of all sacred places on earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.235
धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां चतुर्णामपि साधकम्। प्राचीं सरस्वतीं प्राप्य योन्यत्तीर्थं हि मार्गते
dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ caturṇāmapi sādhakam| prācīṃ sarasvatīṃ prāpya yonyattīrthaṃ hi mārgate
It accomplishes all four — dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation; having reached the eastward Sarasvatī, whoever still seeks another sacred place —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.236
स करस्थं समुत्सृज्य ह्यमृतं विषमिच्छति। ज्येष्ठे ज्येष्ठा प्रयागस्य मध्यमे मध्यमा स्मृता
sa karasthaṃ samutsṛjya hyamṛtaṃ viṣamicchati| jyeṣṭhe jyeṣṭhā prayāgasya madhyame madhyamā smṛtā
he, casting away the nectar that is in his hand, wants poison. At the eldest (Puṣkara) the eldest (Sarasvatī) of Prayāga is held to be, at the middle one the middle.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.237
प्रदक्षिणं ततो गच्छेत्कनीयांसं विचक्षणः। त्रिष्वप्येतेषु स्नायीत कुर्याच्चापि प्रदक्षिणम्
pradakṣiṇaṃ tato gacchetkanīyāṃsaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ| triṣvapyeteṣu snāyīta kuryāccāpi pradakṣiṇam
Then the discerning man should go rightwards (in circumambulation) to the smallest one; he should bathe in all three of these and also perform the circumambulation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.238
प्रयच्छति पितृभ्यो यस्तोयं तेषां तिलान्वितम्। तेपि तुष्टाः पुनस्तस्य प्रयच्छंत्यमितं फलम्
prayacchati pitṛbhyo yastoyaṃ teṣāṃ tilānvitam| tepi tuṣṭāḥ punastasya prayacchaṃtyamitaṃ phalam
He who offers water mixed with sesame to the fathers — they too, being pleased, in turn grant him immeasurable fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.239
यः स्नात्वा प्रयतो नित्यं ततः पश्येत्पितामहम्। अनुलोमविलोमाभ्यां तथा व्यस्तसमस्तयोः
yaḥ snātvā prayato nityaṃ tataḥ paśyetpitāmaham| anulomavilomābhyāṃ tathā vyastasamastayoḥ
He who, restrained, bathes there daily and then beholds the Grandfather (Brahmā) — with the forward and reverse order, and with the separate and combined (orders) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.240
स्नातव्यं पुष्करे नित्यं ब्रह्मलोकमभीप्सिता। त्रीणि शृंगाणि शुभ्राणि त्रीणि प्रस्रवणानि च
snātavyaṃ puṣkare nityaṃ brahmalokamabhīpsitā| trīṇi śṛṃgāṇi śubhrāṇi trīṇi prasravaṇāni ca
One who desires the world of Brahmā should bathe at Puṣkara constantly. Three bright peaks and three springs —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.241
पुष्कराणि प्रसिद्धानि न विद्मस्तत्र कारणं। कनीयांसं मध्यमं च तृतीयं ज्येष्ठपुष्करं
puṣkarāṇi prasiddhāni na vidmastatra kāraṇaṃ| kanīyāṃsaṃ madhyamaṃ ca tṛtīyaṃ jyeṣṭhapuṣkaraṃ
the Puṣkaras are well known; we do not know the reason for that. The lesser one, the middle one, and the third, the greatest Puṣkara —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.242
शृंगशद्बाभिधानानि शुभप्रस्रवणानि च। धर्मार्थकाममोक्षाणां संकल्पैरफलं नरः
śṛṃgaśadbābhidhānāni śubhaprasravaṇāni ca| dharmārthakāmamokṣāṇāṃ saṃkalpairaphalaṃ naraḥ
they bear the designation "peak," and (there are) the auspicious springs. A man, by (mere) resolves, (obtains) the fruit of the four — dharma, wealth, pleasure and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.243
यस्तत्र संत्यजेद्देहं मोक्षं प्राप्नोत्यसंशयम्। प्रयतः संयतस्तस्यां स्नात्वा दद्याद्विजे शुभाम्
yastatra saṃtyajeddehaṃ mokṣaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam| prayataḥ saṃyatastasyāṃ snātvā dadyādvije śubhām
Whoever gives up his body there attains liberation, without doubt. Restrained and self-controlled, having bathed in her, one should give to a brahmin an excellent
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.244
गामेकां मंत्रपूतां च लोकानाप्नोतिमोक्षदान्। किमत्र बहुनोक्तेन रात्रावपि हि योर्थिने
gāmekāṃ maṃtrapūtāṃ ca lokānāpnotimokṣadān| kimatra bahunoktena rātrāvapi hi yorthine
single cow consecrated with mantras, and he obtains the worlds that grant liberation. What need of much speaking here? Even by night, he who to a petitioner
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.245
अर्थं प्रयच्छते स्नात्वा सोनन्तं सुखमश्नुते। तत्र दानं प्रशंसंति तिलानां मुनिसत्तमाः
arthaṃ prayacchate snātvā sonantaṃ sukhamaśnute| tatra dānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tilānāṃ munisattamāḥ
gives wealth after bathing — he enjoys endless happiness. The best of sages praise the gift of sesame seeds there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.246
कृष्णपक्षे चतुर्दश्यां स्नानं च विहितं सदा। पिण्याकेन गुडेनापि पिंडं योत्र प्रयच्छति
kṛṣṇapakṣe caturdaśyāṃ snānaṃ ca vihitaṃ sadā| piṇyākena guḍenāpi piṃḍaṃ yotra prayacchati
And bathing on the fourteenth of the dark fortnight is always enjoined. He who there, even with oil-cake or with molasses, offers a rice-ball
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.247
पितॄणां प्रयतो भूत्वा पितृलोकं स यछति। पुष्करारण्यमासाद्य पुनस्तस्मात्सरस्वती
pitṝṇāṃ prayato bhūtvā pitṛlokaṃ sa yachati| puṣkarāraṇyamāsādya punastasmātsarasvatī
to the fathers, being purified, he goes to the world of the fathers. Having reached the Puṣkara forest, the Sarasvatī again from there
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.248
अंतर्द्धानं गता गंतुं प्रवृत्तागपश्चिमामुखी। नातिदूरे ततस्तस्य पुष्करस्य सुशोभना
aṃtarddhānaṃ gatā gaṃtuṃ pravṛttāgapaścimāmukhī| nātidūre tatastasya puṣkarasya suśobhanā
went into disappearance, and set out to go, facing west; not too far from that Puṣkara, the lovely one,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.249
खर्जूरवनमासाद्य फलपुष्पोपशोभितं। तत्रोषित्वा पुनर्देवी वने मुनिमनोरमे
kharjūravanamāsādya phalapuṣpopaśobhitaṃ| tatroṣitvā punardevī vane munimanorame
having reached a date-palm grove adorned with fruits and flowers, and having dwelt there, the goddess again (went) into a forest delightful to the mind of sages,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.250
सर्वर्तुकुसुमाकीर्णे सिद्धचारणसेविते। नंदा नाम सरिच्छ्रेष्ठा त्रिषुलोकेषु विश्रुता२५० 1.18.
sarvartukusumākīrṇe siddhacāraṇasevite| naṃdā nāma saricchreṣṭhā triṣulokeṣu viśrutā250 1.18.
In (that forest) strewn with blossoms of every season, frequented by Siddhas and Cāraṇas, (there flows) the best of rivers named Nandā, renowned in the three worlds,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.251
मीननक्रझषोपेता विमलोदकपूरिता। सूत उवाच। अथ देवव्रतःप्राह किमन्या सा सरिद्वरा
mīnanakrajhaṣopetā vimalodakapūritā| sūta uvāca| atha devavrataḥprāha kimanyā sā saridvarā
filled with fish, crocodiles and other water-creatures, brimming with clear water. Sūta said: Then Devavrata (Bhīṣma) asked: What other (river) is that best of rivers?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.252
एतन्मे कौतुकं ब्रह्मन्नंदा शब्दा सरस्वती। यथाभूता येन कृता कारणेन सरिद्वरा
etanme kautukaṃ brahmannaṃdā śabdā sarasvatī| yathābhūtā yena kṛtā kāraṇena saridvarā
This is my curiosity, O brahman: (why is) Sarasvatī called Nandā? How did she come to be, by whom was she made, and for what reason (did she become) the best of rivers?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.253
एवमुक्ते पुलस्त्यः स भीष्मायैतत्पुरातनं। आख्यातुमुपचक्राम नंदा नाम यतस्स्मृतं
evamukte pulastyaḥ sa bhīṣmāyaitatpurātanaṃ| ākhyātumupacakrāma naṃdā nāma yatassmṛtaṃ
When he had been thus addressed, Pulastya began to relate to Bhīṣma this ancient (tale), from which the name Nandā is remembered (i.e. derived).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.254
क्षत्रव्रतधरो नित्यमासीद्राजा प्रभंजनः। प्रवृत्तोसौ मृगान्हंतुं वने तस्मिन्महाबलः
kṣatravratadharo nityamāsīdrājā prabhaṃjanaḥ| pravṛttosau mṛgānhaṃtuṃ vane tasminmahābalaḥ
There was a king, Prabhañjana, ever holding to the kṣatriya vow; that mighty one set out to kill deer in that forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.255
स ददर्श ततस्तस्मिन्मृगीं गुल्मांतरे स्थितां। मार्गणेन सुतीक्ष्णेन तां विव्याध पुरोगतां
sa dadarśa tatastasminmṛgīṃ gulmāṃtare sthitāṃ| mārgaṇena sutīkṣṇena tāṃ vivyādha purogatāṃ
Then he saw there a doe standing within a thicket, and as she went ahead of (him) he pierced her with a very sharp arrow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.256
सा विलोक्य दिशः सर्वास्तं दृष्ट्वा शरपाणिनं। आह किं ते कृतं मूढ त्वयैतत्कर्मदुष्करं
sā vilokya diśaḥ sarvāstaṃ dṛṣṭvā śarapāṇinaṃ| āha kiṃ te kṛtaṃ mūḍha tvayaitatkarmaduṣkaraṃ
She, looking in all directions and seeing him with arrow in hand, said: What have you done, fool? This deed of yours is a hard (i.e. cruel) one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.257
स्तनं तावत्प्रयच्छामि सुतस्याधोमुखी स्थिता। मांसलोभेन विद्धाहं तरसा ह्यकुतोभया
stanaṃ tāvatprayacchāmi sutasyādhomukhī sthitā| māṃsalobhena viddhāhaṃ tarasā hyakutobhayā
"I was just giving the teat to my son, standing with my head bent down; out of greed for meat I have been pierced, swiftly, though I feared nothing from any side.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.258
पिबंतं गुप्तवत्सं च गूढमैथुनमागतं। एवंविधं मृगं राजन्न हन्यात्प्राङ्मया श्रुतं
pibaṃtaṃ guptavatsaṃ ca gūḍhamaithunamāgataṃ| evaṃvidhaṃ mṛgaṃ rājanna hanyātprāṅmayā śrutaṃ
(A deer) that is drinking, one with a hidden fawn, one come to secret coupling — such a deer, O king, one should not kill: so I have heard before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.259
स्तनं तु तनयस्यास्य प्रयच्छंती त्वया हता। बाणेनाशनिकल्पेन निर्दोषा वनमागता
stanaṃ tu tanayasyāsya prayacchaṃtī tvayā hatā| bāṇenāśanikalpena nirdoṣā vanamāgatā
But I, offering the teat to this son (of mine), have been struck down by you with an arrow like a thunderbolt — I, blameless, who had come to the forest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.260
तस्मात्त्वमपि दुर्बुद्धे क्रव्यादत्वमवाप्स्यसि। वनेस्मिन्कंटकाकीर्णे व्याघ्ररूपं त्वमाप्नुहि
tasmāttvamapi durbuddhe kravyādatvamavāpsyasi| vanesminkaṃṭakākīrṇe vyāghrarūpaṃ tvamāpnuhi
Therefore you too, evil-minded one, shall attain the state of a flesh-eater; in this forest strewn with thorns may you take on the form of a tiger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.261
शापप्रदानं श्रुत्वैवं स राजापुरतः स्थितः। प्रोवाच प्रांजलिर्भूत्वा तां मृगीं व्यथितेन्द्रियः
śāpapradānaṃ śrutvaivaṃ sa rājāpurataḥ sthitaḥ| provāca prāṃjalirbhūtvā tāṃ mṛgīṃ vyathitendriyaḥ
Hearing the pronouncing of the curse thus, that king, standing before (her), with palms joined and his senses agitated, said to the doe:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.262
स्तनं तु तनयस्येह प्रयच्छंती न मे मता। अज्ञानेन हता भद्रे प्रसीद सुसमाधिना
stanaṃ tu tanayasyeha prayacchaṃtī na me matā| ajñānena hatā bhadre prasīda susamādhinā
"It was not my intention (to strike you) here as you were giving the teat to your son; you were slain out of ignorance, good lady — be gracious, with a well-composed mind.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.263
व्याघ्ररूपमहं त्यक्त्वा प्राप्स्यामि मानुषं कदा। एवंविधस्य शापस्य विमोक्षं शंस मे मृगि
vyāghrarūpamahaṃ tyaktvā prāpsyāmi mānuṣaṃ kadā| evaṃvidhasya śāpasya vimokṣaṃ śaṃsa me mṛgi
When shall I abandon the tiger's form and regain human (form)? Tell me, O doe, the release from such a curse.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.264
एवमुक्ते मृगी तस्य प्रोवाच वचनं शुभम्। राजन्नब्दशतांते तु शापस्यागतया गवा
evamukte mṛgī tasya provāca vacanaṃ śubham| rājannabdaśatāṃte tu śāpasyāgatayā gavā
When he had thus spoken, the doe uttered to him an auspicious word: O king, at the end of a hundred years, by a cow that comes (to you),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.265
नंदया सह संवादमासाद्यांतो भविष्यति। मृग्योक्ते वचने राजा व्याघ्र एवाभवत्तदा
naṃdayā saha saṃvādamāsādyāṃto bhaviṣyati| mṛgyokte vacane rājā vyāghra evābhavattadā
through obtaining a conversation with Nandā, the end (of the curse) will come. When the doe had spoken these words, the king then became a tiger indeed,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.266
नखदंष्ट्रायुधोपेतो व्याघ्ररूपोति भीषणः। तत्रासौ भक्षयन्नास्ते मृगान्हत्वा चतुष्पदः
nakhadaṃṣṭrāyudhopeto vyāghrarūpoti bhīṣaṇaḥ| tatrāsau bhakṣayannāste mṛgānhatvā catuṣpadaḥ
equipped with claws and fangs for weapons, exceedingly terrifying in tiger form. There he lived killing four-footed beasts and devouring them,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.267
द्विपदानपि तत्रस्थान्कालेन क्रमयोजितान्। एवं तत्र वने तस्य संवत्सरशतं गतम्
dvipadānapi tatrasthānkālena kramayojitān| evaṃ tatra vane tasya saṃvatsaraśataṃ gatam
and also two-footed (creatures) who were there, brought in turn by time. Thus a hundred years passed for him there in that forest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.268
आत्मानं निंदमानस्य मृगमांसानि खादतः। कदाहं मानुषं भावं गमिष्यामीदृशं पुनः
ātmānaṃ niṃdamānasya mṛgamāṃsāni khādataḥ| kadāhaṃ mānuṣaṃ bhāvaṃ gamiṣyāmīdṛśaṃ punaḥ
as he reproached himself while eating the flesh of deer: "When shall I again reach such a human state?
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PdP 1 18.269
कुत्सितं न करिष्यामि वियोनिकरणं महत्। कुर्वता मांसलोभेन मृगयां परिधावता
kutsitaṃ na kariṣyāmi viyonikaraṇaṃ mahat| kurvatā māṃsalobhena mṛgayāṃ paridhāvatā
I will not do the despicable (deed), the great cause of (birth in) a wrong womb. By me, who out of greed for meat kept hunting and ranging about,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.270
आपदासहितं प्राप्तं मानुषाणां भयावहम्। दर्शनं दुःखदं मह्यं मृगाणां मानुषैः सह
āpadāsahitaṃ prāptaṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ bhayāvaham| darśanaṃ duḥkhadaṃ mahyaṃ mṛgāṇāṃ mānuṣaiḥ saha
The sight of men, attended by calamity, bringing fear, has come upon (me); painful to me is the meeting of deer with men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.271
पापेन पापतां नीतो ह्यपापेऽपि सतां कुले। उत्पन्नो विकृतिं नीतः पश्य कालस्य पर्ययम्
pāpena pāpatāṃ nīto hyapāpe'pi satāṃ kule| utpanno vikṛtiṃ nītaḥ paśya kālasya paryayam
By an evil (deed) he was brought to evil, though born in a sinless family of the good; he was brought to distortion — behold the reversal of time!
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PdP 1 18.272
तस्मान्मे सुकृतं नास्ति हिंसाप्येका विगर्हिता। तया तु प्राप्यते दुःखं न च मोक्षो भविष्यति
tasmānme sukṛtaṃ nāsti hiṃsāpyekā vigarhitā| tayā tu prāpyate duḥkhaṃ na ca mokṣo bhaviṣyati
Therefore I have no good deed done; and there is that one reprehensible thing, violence; by it suffering is obtained, and there will be no release.
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PdP 1 18.273
कथं मे भविता मोक्षः कथं सत्या मृगी भवेत्। गते वर्षशते तस्य वसतस्तद्वने तदा
kathaṃ me bhavitā mokṣaḥ kathaṃ satyā mṛgī bhavet| gate varṣaśate tasya vasatastadvane tadā
How shall there be release for me, how may the doe prove true (in her word)? Then, when a hundred years had passed for him dwelling in that forest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.274
आयातं गोकुलं काले यवसोदककारणात्। गोवाटवाटीसंस्थानं तत्तत्र समवस्थितम्
āyātaṃ gokulaṃ kāle yavasodakakāraṇāt| govāṭavāṭīsaṃsthānaṃ tattatra samavasthitam
a herd of cattle came at that time on account of grass and water; that arrangement of cow-pens and enclosures was set up there,
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PdP 1 18.275
वनोपकण्ठे मंथानरवेणापूरितं च यत्। क्षीबैर्गोपैः समाकीर्णं पादपैरपितद्वनम्
vanopakaṇṭhe maṃthānaraveṇāpūritaṃ ca yat| kṣībairgopaiḥ samākīrṇaṃ pādapairapitadvanam
and at the forest's edge it was filled with the noise of churning-sticks, crowded with intoxicated cowherds — and that forest with its trees,
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PdP 1 18.276
निशिवंशरवोपेतं गोपीनां च शुभप्रदम्। एवं तु वसतस्तस्य खर्जूरवनसंसदि
niśivaṃśaravopetaṃ gopīnāṃ ca śubhapradam| evaṃ tu vasatastasya kharjūravanasaṃsadi
attended at night by the sound of flutes and bringing good to the cowherd women. As he was dwelling thus in the gathering-place of the date-palm grove —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.277
हृष्टा तुष्टा च पुष्टा च नंदा वै नाम नामतः। गोमंडलस्य सामुख्या हंसवर्णा घटस्रवा
hṛṣṭā tuṣṭā ca puṣṭā ca naṃdā vai nāma nāmataḥ| gomaṃḍalasya sāmukhyā haṃsavarṇā ghaṭasravā
Hṛṣṭā, and Tuṣṭā, and Puṣṭā, and indeed one Nandā by name — foremost of the circle of cows, swan-coloured, streaming (milk) by the potful,
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PdP 1 18.278
दीर्घघोणा विभक्तांगी बंधुरांगी तनुत्वचा। नीलकंठा शुभग्रीवा घंटाली मधुरस्वना
dīrghaghoṇā vibhaktāṃgī baṃdhurāṃgī tanutvacā| nīlakaṃṭhā śubhagrīvā ghaṃṭālī madhurasvanā
long-muzzled, with well-proportioned limbs, with shapely body and thin hide, dark-throated, with a fine neck, wearing a bell, sweet-voiced.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.279
सा च यूथस्य सर्वस्य पुरश्चरति निर्भया। घासस्थानं चरेच्छन्नं गत्वैका च यथासुखम्
sā ca yūthasya sarvasya puraścarati nirbhayā| ghāsasthānaṃ carecchannaṃ gatvaikā ca yathāsukham
And she walks fearless in front of the whole herd, and going alone she would graze a covered grazing-ground as she pleased.
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PdP 1 18.280
यथेष्टकामा सुरभी छन्नं चरति वै तृणम्। रोहितो नाम तत्रान्यः पर्वतः सरितस्तटे
yatheṣṭakāmā surabhī channaṃ carati vai tṛṇam| rohito nāma tatrānyaḥ parvataḥ saritastaṭe
The cow, having her desires as she wished, grazes the hidden grass. There was another mountain there named Rohita, on the bank of a river,
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PdP 1 18.281
अनेककंदरदरी गुहासत्व निषेवितः। तस्य पूर्वोत्तरेभागे घोरे तृणसमाकुले
anekakaṃdaradarī guhāsatva niṣevitaḥ| tasya pūrvottarebhāge ghore tṛṇasamākule
frequented by many chasms, clefts, caves and creatures; in its north-eastern region, dreadful and thick with grass,
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PdP 1 18.282
संकटे विषमे दुर्गे भैरवे लोमहर्षणे। मृगसिंहसमाकीर्णे बहु श्वापद सेविते
saṃkaṭe viṣame durge bhairave lomaharṣaṇe| mṛgasiṃhasamākīrṇe bahu śvāpada sevite
narrow, rough, hard of access, terrible, hair-raising, filled with deer and lions, haunted by many beasts of prey,
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PdP 1 18.283
वल्लीवृक्षादिगहने शिवाशत निनादिते। दुर्गेस्मिन्वसते रौद्रः कामरूपी भयंकरः
vallīvṛkṣādigahane śivāśata ninādite| durgesminvasate raudraḥ kāmarūpī bhayaṃkaraḥ
dense with creepers and trees and the rest, resounding with hundreds of jackals — in this fastness there dwells a fierce, shape-shifting, terrifying
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.284
द्वीपी शोणित दिग्धांसो घोरदंष्ट्रानखायुधः। नंदो नाम स धर्मात्मा स च गोपीहिते रतः
dvīpī śoṇita digdhāṃso ghoradaṃṣṭrānakhāyudhaḥ| naṃdo nāma sa dharmātmā sa ca gopīhite rataḥ
leopard, its shoulders smeared with blood, whose weapons are dread fangs and claws. And there was one named Nanda, righteous of soul, devoted to the good of the cows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.285
अच्छिन्नाग्रैस्तृणैर्दीर्घैर्गोधनं परिरक्षति। तस्य यूथपरिभ्रष्टा सानंदा तृणलिप्सया
acchinnāgraistṛṇairdīrghairgodhanaṃ parirakṣati| tasya yūthaparibhraṣṭā sānaṃdā tṛṇalipsayā
With long grasses whose tips are uncut he guards the wealth of cattle. Strayed from his herd, that Nandā, from a desire for grass,
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PdP 1 18.286
चरंती व्याघ्रपुरतः सा धेनुः प्रत्युपस्थिता। अभ्यद्रवच्च तां द्वीपी तिष्ठतिष्ठेति चाब्रवीत्
caraṃtī vyāghrapurataḥ sā dhenuḥ pratyupasthitā| abhyadravacca tāṃ dvīpī tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti cābravīt
grazing, that cow came to stand right in front of the tiger; and the leopard rushed at her and said, "Stop, stop!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.287
त्वमद्य विहितो भक्षः स्वयं प्राप्तासि धेनुके। द्वीपिनश्च वचः श्रुत्वा निष्ठुरं रोमहर्षणं
tvamadya vihito bhakṣaḥ svayaṃ prāptāsi dhenuke| dvīpinaśca vacaḥ śrutvā niṣṭhuraṃ romaharṣaṇaṃ
"You are appointed as my food today; you have come of your own accord, little cow." And hearing the leopard's harsh, hair-raising speech,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.288
शुक्लरूपान्वितं बालं भद्रमिंदुसमप्रभम्। वत्सं स्मरति सा धेनुः स्नेहाक्ता गद्गदाक्षरम्
śuklarūpānvitaṃ bālaṃ bhadramiṃdusamaprabham| vatsaṃ smarati sā dhenuḥ snehāktā gadgadākṣaram
that cow, wet with affection, with stammering voice, remembers her calf, white of form, a young one, fair, bright as the moon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.289
दह्यंती पुत्रशोकेन नंदा सा पुत्रवत्सला। रुदंती करुणं चैव निराशा पुत्रदर्शने
dahyaṃtī putraśokena naṃdā sā putravatsalā| rudaṃtī karuṇaṃ caiva nirāśā putradarśane
Burning with grief for her son, that Nandā, fond of her son, weeping piteously, hopeless of seeing her son —
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PdP 1 18.290
द्वीपी दृष्ट्वा तु तां धेनुं क्रंदमानां सुदुःखिताम्। उवाच वचनं घोरं धेनुके किं प्ररुद्यते
dvīpī dṛṣṭvā tu tāṃ dhenuṃ kraṃdamānāṃ suduḥkhitām| uvāca vacanaṃ ghoraṃ dhenuke kiṃ prarudyate
But the panther, seeing that cow crying out and greatly grieved, spoke a terrible word: "Little cow, why do you weep?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.291
दैवात्सुखोपपन्नासि भक्षस्त्वं मे यदृच्छया। रुदंत्या वा हसंत्या वा तवात्तं जीवितं भवेत्
daivātsukhopapannāsi bhakṣastvaṃ me yadṛcchayā| rudaṃtyā vā hasaṃtyā vā tavāttaṃ jīvitaṃ bhavet
"By fate you have come to me comfortably; you are my food, come by chance. Whether you weep or laugh, your life shall be devoured."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.292
विहितं भुज्यते लोके स्वयंप्राप्तासि धेनुके। मृत्युस्ते विहितोद्यैव वृथा किमनुशोचसि
vihitaṃ bhujyate loke svayaṃprāptāsi dhenuke| mṛtyuste vihitodyaiva vṛthā kimanuśocasi
"What is ordained is enjoyed in the world; you have come of your own accord, little cow. Your death is ordained this very day — why do you grieve in vain?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.293
पप्रच्छ तां पुनर्द्वीपी किमर्थं रुदितं त्वया। कौतुकं चात्र मे जातं महन्मे कथयस्व वै
papraccha tāṃ punardvīpī kimarthaṃ ruditaṃ tvayā| kautukaṃ cātra me jātaṃ mahanme kathayasva vai
The panther asked her again: "For what reason was there weeping by you? Curiosity about this has arisen in me — tell me, it is a great (matter) for me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.294
व्याघ्रस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा नंदा वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्। क्षंतुमर्हसि मे नाथ कामरूपिन्नमोस्तु ते
vyāghrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā naṃdā vākyamathābravīt| kṣaṃtumarhasi me nātha kāmarūpinnamostu te
Having heard the tiger's speech, Nandā then spoke these words: "You should forgive me, lord; O you who take any form at will, homage to you."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.295
त्वां समासाद्य लोकस्य परित्राणं न विद्यते। जीवितार्थं न शोचामि प्राप्तव्यं मरणं मया
tvāṃ samāsādya lokasya paritrāṇaṃ na vidyate| jīvitārthaṃ na śocāmi prāptavyaṃ maraṇaṃ mayā
"Once one has met with you, there is no deliverance for the world. I do not grieve for the sake of life; death must be attained by me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.296
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च। तस्मादपरिहार्येर्थे न शोचामि मृगाधिप
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruvaṃ janma mṛtasya ca| tasmādaparihāryerthe na śocāmi mṛgādhipa
"For death is certain for one born, and birth is certain for one dead; therefore in a matter that cannot be averted I do not grieve, O lord of beasts."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.297
देवैरपि यथा सर्वैर्मर्त्तव्यमवशैर्ध्रुवम्। तस्मात्तु नाहमेवैका व्याघ्र शोचामि जीवितम्
devairapi yathā sarvairmarttavyamavaśairdhruvam| tasmāttu nāhamevaikā vyāghra śocāmi jīvitam
"Since even by all the gods, helpless, it must certainly be died, therefore it is not I alone, O tiger, who grieve for life."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.298
किंतु स्नेहेन वै साधो दुःखेन रुदितं मया। अस्ति मे हृदि संतापस्तं च त्वं श्रोतुमर्हसि
kiṃtu snehena vai sādho duḥkhena ruditaṃ mayā| asti me hṛdi saṃtāpastaṃ ca tvaṃ śrotumarhasi
"But out of affection, good sir, I wept from sorrow; there is a grief in my heart, and you should hear it."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.299
प्रथमे वयसि प्राप्ते प्रसूताहं मृगाधिप। इष्टः प्रथमजातश्च सुतस्तु मम बालकः
prathame vayasi prāpte prasūtāhaṃ mṛgādhipa| iṣṭaḥ prathamajātaśca sutastu mama bālakaḥ
"When my first youth had come, I gave birth, O lord of beasts, and my child, a son, first-born, is dear (to me)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.300
क्षीरपायी च मे वत्सस्तृणं नाद्यापि जिघ्रति। स च गोपकुले बद्धः क्षुधार्तो मामवेक्षते३०० 1.18.
kṣīrapāyī ca me vatsastṛṇaṃ nādyāpi jighrati| sa ca gopakule baddhaḥ kṣudhārto māmavekṣate300 1.18.
"And my calf is a milk-drinker; he does not yet even sniff at grass. And he, tied up in the cowherds' settlement, tormented by hunger, looks out for me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.301
तमहं चानुशोचामि कथं जीविष्यते सुतः। तस्येच्छामि स्तनं दातुं पुत्रस्नेहवशं गता
tamahaṃ cānuśocāmi kathaṃ jīviṣyate sutaḥ| tasyecchāmi stanaṃ dātuṃ putrasnehavaśaṃ gatā
"And I grieve for him: how will my son live? Overcome by love for my son, I wish to give him the teat."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.302
पाययित्वा स्तनं वत्समवलिह्य च मूर्द्धनि। सखीनामर्पयित्वा तु संदिश्य च हिताहितम्
pāyayitvā stanaṃ vatsamavalihya ca mūrddhani| sakhīnāmarpayitvā tu saṃdiśya ca hitāhitam
"Having let the calf drink the teat, and having licked him on the head, and having entrusted (him) to my friends and instructed (him) in what is good and not good—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.303
पुनः प्रत्यागमिष्यामि यथेष्टं भक्षयिष्यसि। स नंदाया वचः श्रुत्वा मृगेंद्रः पुनरब्रवीत्
punaḥ pratyāgamiṣyāmi yatheṣṭaṃ bhakṣayiṣyasi| sa naṃdāyā vacaḥ śrutvā mṛgeṃdraḥ punarabravīt
—I shall come back again; you will eat (me) as you please." Having heard Nandā's words, the lord of beasts spoke again:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.304
किं ते पुत्रेण कर्त्तव्यं मरणं किं न बुध्यसे। त्रस्यंति सर्वभूतानि म्रियंते मां निरीक्ष्य च
kiṃ te putreṇa karttavyaṃ maraṇaṃ kiṃ na budhyase| trasyaṃti sarvabhūtāni mriyaṃte māṃ nirīkṣya ca
"What have you to do with your son? Do you not understand death? All beings tremble, and they die, at the sight of me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.305
त्वं पुनः कृपयाविष्टा पुत्रपुत्रेति भाषसे। न पुत्रा न तपो दानं न माता न पिता गुरुः
tvaṃ punaḥ kṛpayāviṣṭā putraputreti bhāṣase| na putrā na tapo dānaṃ na mātā na pitā guruḥ
"You, on the other hand, filled with tenderness, keep saying 'son, son.' Neither sons nor austerity nor giving, nor mother nor father nor teacher—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.306
शक्नुवंति परित्रातुं नरं कालप्रपीडितम्। कथं त्वं गोकुलं गत्वा गोपीजनसमाकुलम्
śaknuvaṃti paritrātuṃ naraṃ kālaprapīḍitam| kathaṃ tvaṃ gokulaṃ gatvā gopījanasamākulam
—are able to rescue a man afflicted by Time. How will you, having gone to the cow-settlement crowded with the cowherd women—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.307
वृषभैर्नादितं दिव्यं बालवत्सविभूषितम्। भूषणं देवलोकस्य स्वर्गतुल्यं न संशयः
vṛṣabhairnāditaṃ divyaṃ bālavatsavibhūṣitam| bhūṣaṇaṃ devalokasya svargatulyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
—(that settlement) resounding with bulls, divine, adorned with young calves, an ornament of the world of the gods, equal to heaven without doubt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.308
नित्यं प्रमुदितं दिव्यं सर्वदेवप्रपूजितम्। यत्पवित्रं पवित्राणां मंगलानां च मंगलम्
nityaṃ pramuditaṃ divyaṃ sarvadevaprapūjitam| yatpavitraṃ pavitrāṇāṃ maṃgalānāṃ ca maṃgalam
ever joyful, divine, worshipped by all the gods, which is the purifier of purifiers and the auspiciousness of auspicious things,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.309
यत्तीर्थं सर्वतीर्थानां धन्यानां धन्यमुत्तमम्। समस्तगुणसंपन्नमीश्वरायतनं महत्
yattīrthaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ dhanyānāṃ dhanyamuttamam| samastaguṇasaṃpannamīśvarāyatanaṃ mahat
which is the sacred ford of all fords, the highest blessing of the blessed, endowed with every virtue, the great abode of the Lord—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.310
यत्ख्यातं सर्वतीर्थानां भूमिस्वर्गमनुत्तमम्। गोपीमंथनशब्देन बालवत्सरवेण च
yatkhyātaṃ sarvatīrthānāṃ bhūmisvargamanuttamam| gopīmaṃthanaśabdena bālavatsaraveṇa ca
which is famed among all holy places as an unsurpassed heaven on earth, with the sound of the cowherd women's churning and the lowing of the young calves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.311
गवां हुंकारशब्देन अलक्ष्मीः प्रतिहन्यते। यत्र वत्साश्च हुंकारं करुणं मातृकांक्षया
gavāṃ huṃkāraśabdena alakṣmīḥ pratihanyate| yatra vatsāśca huṃkāraṃ karuṇaṃ mātṛkāṃkṣayā
—by the lowing sound of the cows ill fortune is driven off—where the calves too (utter) a piteous lowing out of longing for their mothers;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.312
यद्गोपैः पालितं शूरैर्बाहुयुद्धकृतश्रमैः। प्रगीतनृत्यसंलापं नंदितास्फोटनादितम्
yadgopaiḥ pālitaṃ śūrairbāhuyuddhakṛtaśramaiḥ| pragītanṛtyasaṃlāpaṃ naṃditāsphoṭanāditam
which is guarded by valiant cowherds who take their exercise in wrestling, (a place) of song, dance and talk, resounding with the slapping (of arms) in delight;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.313
इतस्ततः स्थितैर्वत्सैर्नर्द्यमानं समंततः। सरोवद्राजते गोष्टं चलद्भिरिव पंकजैः
itastataḥ sthitairvatsairnardyamānaṃ samaṃtataḥ| sarovadrājate goṣṭaṃ caladbhiriva paṃkajaiḥ
the cow-pen, bellowed in on all sides by the calves standing here and there, shines like a lake with its lotuses stirring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.314
तं श्रीनिकेतनं सौम्यं हृष्टपुष्टजनाकुलम्। गोलोकप्रतिमं दृष्ट्वा कथं प्रत्यागमिष्यसि
taṃ śrīniketanaṃ saumyaṃ hṛṣṭapuṣṭajanākulam| golokapratimaṃ dṛṣṭvā kathaṃ pratyāgamiṣyasi
Having seen that abode of prosperity, pleasant, thronged with glad and well-fed people, the very likeness of Goloka, how will you come back (here)?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.315
पंचभूतानि मे भद्रे पिबंतु रुधिरं तव। न निर्विण्णानि भूतानि वाङ्मात्रेण करोम्यहम्
paṃcabhūtāni me bhadre pibaṃtu rudhiraṃ tava| na nirviṇṇāni bhūtāni vāṅmātreṇa karomyaham
Let the five elements drink your blood, good lady! The elements are not to be put off (satisfied) — I (say) this by mere word.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.316
नंदोवाच। एवं प्रथमवत्साया मृगेंद्र शृणु मे वचः। दृष्ट्वा सखीः सुतं बालं गोपांश्च प्रतिपालकान्
naṃdovāca| evaṃ prathamavatsāyā mṛgeṃdra śṛṇu me vacaḥ| dṛṣṭvā sakhīḥ sutaṃ bālaṃ gopāṃśca pratipālakān
Nanda said: Thus (spoke) the cow that had calved for the first time: O lion among beasts, hear my word. Having seen my companions, my young calf, and the cowherds who tend (us),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.317
गोपीजनमुपामंत्र्य जननीं च विशेषतः। शपथैरागमिष्यामि मन्यसे यदि मुंच मां
gopījanamupāmaṃtrya jananīṃ ca viśeṣataḥ| śapathairāgamiṣyāmi manyase yadi muṃca māṃ
and having taken leave of the cowherd folk and of my mother in particular, I will come back — (I swear it) with oaths; if you agree, release me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.318
यत्पापं ब्रह्मवध्यायां मातृपितृवधेषु च। तेन पापेन लिप्येहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः
yatpāpaṃ brahmavadhyāyāṃ mātṛpitṛvadheṣu ca| tena pāpena lipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ
Whatever sin there is in the slaying of a brahmin and in the killings of mother and father — let me be stained with that sin if I do not come back again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.319
यत्पापं लुब्धकानां तु म्लेच्छानां गरदायिनाम्। तेन पापेन लिप्येहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः
yatpāpaṃ lubdhakānāṃ tu mlecchānāṃ garadāyinām| tena pāpena lipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ
Whatever sin belongs to hunters, to barbarians, to poison-givers — let me be stained with that sin if I do not come back again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.320
गोषु विघ्नांश्च ये कुर्युः स्वपंतीं ताडयंति च। तेन पापे नलिप्येहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः
goṣu vighnāṃśca ye kuryuḥ svapaṃtīṃ tāḍayaṃti ca| tena pāpe nalipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ
Those who do harm to cows and strike one that is lying asleep — let me be stained with that sin if I do not come back again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.321
सकृद्दत्वा तु यः कन्यां द्वितीये दातुमिच्छति। तस्य पापेन लिप्येहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः
sakṛddatvā tu yaḥ kanyāṃ dvitīye dātumicchati| tasya pāpena lipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ
He who, having once given away a girl (in marriage), wishes to give her to a second (man) — let me be stained with his sin if I do not come back again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.322
यस्त्वनर्हान्बलीवर्दान्विषमे वाहयेत्पुमान्। कथायां कथ्यमानायां विघ्नं कारयते तु यः
yastvanarhānbalīvardānviṣame vāhayetpumān| kathāyāṃ kathyamānāyāṃ vighnaṃ kārayate tu yaḥ
And the man who drives unfit oxen over rough ground, and he who causes obstruction while a sacred story is being recited —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.323
तेन पापेन लिप्येहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः। गृहे यस्यागतं मित्रं निराशं प्रतिगच्छति
tena pāpena lipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ| gṛhe yasyāgataṃ mitraṃ nirāśaṃ pratigacchati
let me be stained with that sin if I do not come back again. He from whose house a friend who has come goes back disappointed —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.324
तस्य पापेन लिप्येहं यद्यहं नागमे पुनः। इत्येतैः पातकैर्घोरैरागमिष्याम्यहं पुनः
tasya pāpena lipyehaṃ yadyahaṃ nāgame punaḥ| ityetaiḥ pātakairghorairāgamiṣyāmyahaṃ punaḥ
let me be stained with his sin if I do not come back again. So, (binding myself) by these dreadful sins, I shall return again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.325
बुध्वा संप्रत्ययं द्वीपी पुनर्वचनमब्रवीत्। व्याघ्र उवाच। संजातः प्रत्ययोस्माकं शपथैर्धेनुके तव
budhvā saṃpratyayaṃ dvīpī punarvacanamabravīt| vyāghra uvāca| saṃjātaḥ pratyayosmākaṃ śapathairdhenuke tava
Recognizing (her) trustworthiness, the panther spoke words again. The tiger said: Trust in you has arisen in us, O cow, through your oaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.326
कदाचिन्मन्यसे गत्वा मूर्खोयं वंचितो मया। अत्रापि केचिद्वक्ष्यंति शपथे नास्ति पातकम्
kadācinmanyase gatvā mūrkhoyaṃ vaṃcito mayā| atrāpi kecidvakṣyaṃti śapathe nāsti pātakam
Perhaps, once you have gone, you will think: 'This fool has been tricked by me.' And here too some will say: 'In an oath there is no sin —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.327
कामिनीषु विवाहेषु गवां मुक्तौ तथैव च। प्राणत्यागे समुत्पन्ने श्रद्धातव्यं न च त्वया
kāminīṣu vivāheṣu gavāṃ muktau tathaiva ca| prāṇatyāge samutpanne śraddhātavyaṃ na ca tvayā
in the case of women, of marriages, and likewise of the freeing of cows, and when loss of life is at hand.' But you must not believe (that).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.328
लोकेस्मिन्नास्तिकाः केचिन्मूर्खाः पंडितमानिनः। भ्रामयिष्यंति ते चित्तं चक्रारूढमिव क्षणात्
lokesminnāstikāḥ kecinmūrkhāḥ paṃḍitamāninaḥ| bhrāmayiṣyaṃti te cittaṃ cakrārūḍhamiva kṣaṇāt
In this world there are some unbelievers, fools who fancy themselves learned; they will set your mind spinning in an instant, as though it were mounted on a wheel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.329
कुतर्कहेतुवृत्तांतैरज्ञानावृतचेतसः। मोहयंति नराः क्षुद्रा आगमानविशारदाः
kutarkahetuvṛttāṃtairajñānāvṛtacetasaḥ| mohayaṃti narāḥ kṣudrā āgamānaviśāradāḥ
With tales of specious reasoning and false grounds, their minds shrouded in ignorance, petty men unskilled in the scriptures cause bewilderment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.330
अतथ्यान्यपि तथ्यानि दर्शयंत्यतिपेशलाः। समे निम्नोन्नतानीव चित्रकर्मविदो जनाः
atathyānyapi tathyāni darśayaṃtyatipeśalāḥ| same nimnonnatānīva citrakarmavido janāḥ
Exceedingly skilled men show even untrue things as true, just as those versed in painting (show) hollows and elevations on a flat surface.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.331
प्रायः कृतार्थो लोकोयं मन्यते नोपकारिणम्। वत्सः क्षीरक्षयं दृष्ट्वा परित्यजति मातरम्
prāyaḥ kṛtārtho lokoyaṃ manyate nopakāriṇam| vatsaḥ kṣīrakṣayaṃ dṛṣṭvā parityajati mātaram
Generally this world, once its purpose is accomplished, gives no thought to the benefactor; the calf, seeing the milk exhausted, abandons its mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.332
न तं पश्यामि लोकेस्मिन्कृते प्रतिकरोति यः। सर्वस्य हि कृतार्थस्य मतिरन्या प्रवर्तते
na taṃ paśyāmi lokesminkṛte pratikaroti yaḥ| sarvasya hi kṛtārthasya matiranyā pravartate
I do not see in this world one who returns a favour that has been done; for in everyone whose purpose has been achieved a different mind arises.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.333
ऋषिदेवासुरनरैः शपथाः कार्यसिद्धये। कृताः परस्परं पूर्वं तान्न मन्यामहे वयम्
ṛṣidevāsuranaraiḥ śapathāḥ kāryasiddhaye| kṛtāḥ parasparaṃ pūrvaṃ tānna manyāmahe vayam
Oaths were sworn to one another formerly by sages, gods, demons and men for the accomplishment of their aims; we give no credit to them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.334
सत्येनापि शपेद्यस्तु देवाग्निगुरुसन्निधौ। तस्य वैवस्वतो राजा धर्मस्यार्द्धं निकृंतति
satyenāpi śapedyastu devāgnigurusannidhau| tasya vaivasvato rājā dharmasyārddhaṃ nikṛṃtati
But whoever swears, even truthfully, in the presence of the gods, the fire and the teacher — of him Vaivasvata (Yama) the king cuts away half his merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.335
मा ते बुद्धिर्भवेदेवं शपथैरेष वंचितः। त्वयैव दर्शितं सर्वं यथेष्टं कुरु सांप्रतं
mā te buddhirbhavedevaṃ śapathaireṣa vaṃcitaḥ| tvayaiva darśitaṃ sarvaṃ yatheṣṭaṃ kuru sāṃprataṃ
Let it not be your thought that this one has been deceived by oaths: everything has been shown by you yourself; now do as you please.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.336
नंदोवाच। एवमेव महासाधो कस्त्वां वंचयितुं क्षमः। आत्मैव वंचितस्तेन यः परं वंचयिष्यति
naṃdovāca| evameva mahāsādho kastvāṃ vaṃcayituṃ kṣamaḥ| ātmaiva vaṃcitastena yaḥ paraṃ vaṃcayiṣyati
Nanda said: Just so, great virtuous one; who is able to deceive you? He who would deceive another has deceived his own self by that very act.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.337
द्वीप्युवाच। धेनुके पश्य गच्छ त्वं पुत्रकं पुत्रवत्सले। पाययित्वा स्तनं वत्समवलिह्य च मूर्द्धनि
dvīpyuvāca| dhenuke paśya gaccha tvaṃ putrakaṃ putravatsale| pāyayitvā stanaṃ vatsamavalihya ca mūrddhani
The tiger said: Cow, look — go, you, to your little son, O you who love your child; having let the calf drink at your udder and having licked him on the head,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.338
मातरं भ्रातरं दृष्ट्वा सखीस्वजनबांधवान्। सत्यमेवाग्रतः कृत्वा शीघ्रमागमनं कुरु
mātaraṃ bhrātaraṃ dṛṣṭvā sakhīsvajanabāṃdhavān| satyamevāgrataḥ kṛtvā śīghramāgamanaṃ kuru
and having seen your mother, your brother, your friends, kin and relatives, keeping truth foremost, make your return quickly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.339
एवं सा शपथं कृत्वा धेनुर्वै सत्यवादिनी। अनुज्ञाता मृगेंद्रेण प्रयाता पुत्रवत्सला
evaṃ sā śapathaṃ kṛtvā dhenurvai satyavādinī| anujñātā mṛgeṃdreṇa prayātā putravatsalā
Thus the cow, speaking truth, having sworn the oath, permitted by the lion of beasts, set out, loving her child,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.340
अश्रुपूर्णमुखीदीना वेपमाना सुदुःखिता। हंभारवं प्रमुंचंती पतिता शोकसागरे
aśrupūrṇamukhīdīnā vepamānā suduḥkhitā| haṃbhāravaṃ pramuṃcaṃtī patitā śokasāgare
her face full of tears, wretched, trembling, deeply grieved, letting out a lowing cry, fallen into an ocean of sorrow,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.341
करीव चरणग्राहं गृहीतः सलिलाशये। अशक्ता स्वपरित्राणे विलपंती मुहुर्मुहुः
karīva caraṇagrāhaṃ gṛhītaḥ salilāśaye| aśaktā svaparitrāṇe vilapaṃtī muhurmuhuḥ
like an elephant seized by a crocodile at the foot in a pool of water, powerless to save herself, lamenting again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.342
सा तत्र गोकुलं प्राप्ता हरिन्नद्यास्तटे स्थितम्। श्रुत्वा वत्सं तु क्रोशंतं पर्यधावत संमुखी
sā tatra gokulaṃ prāptā harinnadyāstaṭe sthitam| śrutvā vatsaṃ tu krośaṃtaṃ paryadhāvata saṃmukhī
She reached there the cow-settlement, situated on the bank of the Harin river; and hearing the calf crying out, she ran up to meet him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.343
उपसृप्य च तं बालं बाष्पपर्याकुलेक्षणम्। संप्राप्य मातरं वत्सः शंकितः परिपृच्छति
upasṛpya ca taṃ bālaṃ bāṣpaparyākulekṣaṇam| saṃprāpya mātaraṃ vatsaḥ śaṃkitaḥ paripṛcchati
And creeping up to that child, her eyes clouded with tears — the calf, on reaching his mother, anxiously asks:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.344
न ते पश्याम्यहं स्वास्थ्यं धैर्यं नैवाद्य लक्षये। उद्विग्ना चापि ते दृष्टिर्भीता चातीव लक्ष्यसे
na te paśyāmyahaṃ svāsthyaṃ dhairyaṃ naivādya lakṣaye| udvignā cāpi te dṛṣṭirbhītā cātīva lakṣyase
"I do not see well-being in you, nor do I perceive any firmness today; your gaze is agitated, and you seem exceedingly afraid."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.345
नन्दोवाच। पिब पुत्र स्तनं मेद्य कारणं यदि पृच्छसि। अशक्ताहं तवाख्यातुं कुरु तृप्तिं यथेप्सिताम्
nandovāca| piba putra stanaṃ medya kāraṇaṃ yadi pṛcchasi| aśaktāhaṃ tavākhyātuṃ kuru tṛptiṃ yathepsitām
Nanda said: Drink at the udder, my son; if you ask the reason, I am unable to tell you — take your fill as you wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.346
अपश्चिमं तु ते पुत्र दुर्लभं मातृदर्शनम्। एकाहमद्य मे पीत्वा प्रभाते कस्य पास्यसि
apaścimaṃ tu te putra durlabhaṃ mātṛdarśanam| ekāhamadya me pītvā prabhāte kasya pāsyasi
But this sight of your mother, son, is the last, hard to come by; having drunk from me this one day, at dawn from whom will you drink?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.347
त्वां त्यक्त्वा पुत्र गंतव्यं शपथैरागता ह्यहम्। क्षुत्क्षामस्य च व्याघ्रस्य दातव्यमात्मजीवितम्
tvāṃ tyaktvā putra gaṃtavyaṃ śapathairāgatā hyaham| kṣutkṣāmasya ca vyāghrasya dātavyamātmajīvitam
Leaving you, son, I must go, for I have come (here) under oaths; and my own life must be given to the tiger, gaunt with hunger.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.348
नंदायाश्च वचः श्रुत्वा वत्सो वचनमब्रवीत्। वत्स उवाच। अहं तत्र गमिष्यामि यत्र त्वं गंतुमिच्छसि
naṃdāyāśca vacaḥ śrutvā vatso vacanamabravīt| vatsa uvāca| ahaṃ tatra gamiṣyāmi yatra tvaṃ gaṃtumicchasi
And hearing Nandā's words, the calf spoke these words. The calf said: I shall go there, where you wish to go.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.349
श्लाघ्यं ममापि मरणं त्वया सह न संशयः। एकाकिनापि मर्तव्यं मयार्तेन त्वया विना
ślāghyaṃ mamāpi maraṇaṃ tvayā saha na saṃśayaḥ| ekākināpi martavyaṃ mayārtena tvayā vinā
My dying too, together with you, is praiseworthy — no doubt of it; for even alone I, afflicted, must die without you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.350
यदि मां संहितं मातर्वने व्याघ्रो हनिष्यति। या गतिर्मातृभक्तानां ध्रुवं सा मे भविष्यति३५० 1.18.
yadi māṃ saṃhitaṃ mātarvane vyāghro haniṣyati| yā gatirmātṛbhaktānāṃ dhruvaṃ sā me bhaviṣyati350 1.18.
If, mother, a tiger kills me while I am together (with you) in the forest, that state which belongs to those devoted to their mothers will surely be mine.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.351
तस्मादवश्यं यास्यामि त्वया सह न संशयः। अथवा तिष्ठ मातस्त्वं शपथाः संतु ते मम
tasmādavaśyaṃ yāsyāmi tvayā saha na saṃśayaḥ| athavā tiṣṭha mātastvaṃ śapathāḥ saṃtu te mama
Therefore I will certainly go with you, there is no doubt; or else, mother, you stay here — let my oaths be (binding) upon you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.352
जनन्या च वियुक्तस्य जीविते किं प्रयोजनम्। अनाथस्य वने नित्यं को मे नाथो भविष्यति
jananyā ca viyuktasya jīvite kiṃ prayojanam| anāthasya vane nityaṃ ko me nātho bhaviṣyati
And for one separated from his mother, what use is life? For one who is without a protector always in the forest, who will be my protector?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.353
नास्ति मातृसमो बंधुर्बालानां क्षीरजीविनाम्। नास्ति मातृसमो नाथो नास्ति मातृसमा गतिः
nāsti mātṛsamo baṃdhurbālānāṃ kṣīrajīvinām| nāsti mātṛsamo nātho nāsti mātṛsamā gatiḥ
For children who live on milk there is no kinsman like a mother; there is no protector like a mother, there is no refuge like a mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.354
नास्ति मातृसमः स्नेहो नास्ति मातृसमं मुखम्। नास्ति मातृसमो देव इहलोके परत्र च
nāsti mātṛsamaḥ sneho nāsti mātṛsamaṃ mukham| nāsti mātṛsamo deva ihaloke paratra ca
There is no affection like a mother's, there is no face like a mother's; there is no deity like a mother, in this world or the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.355
एवं वै परमो धर्मः प्रजापतिविनिर्मितः। ये तिष्ठंति सदा पुत्रास्ते यांति परमां गतिम्
evaṃ vai paramo dharmaḥ prajāpativinirmitaḥ| ye tiṣṭhaṃti sadā putrāste yāṃti paramāṃ gatim
Thus indeed is the highest duty, fashioned by Prajāpati: those sons who always abide (in it) go to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.356
नंदोवाच। ममैव विहितो मृत्युर्न त्वं पुत्रागमिष्यसि। न चायमन्यजीवानां मृत्युः स्यादन्यमृत्युना
naṃdovāca| mamaiva vihito mṛtyurna tvaṃ putrāgamiṣyasi| na cāyamanyajīvānāṃ mṛtyuḥ syādanyamṛtyunā
Nanda said: Death is ordained for me alone; you, son, shall not come. Nor would this death of other living beings come about through another's death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.357
अपश्चिममिमं पुत्र मातृसंदेशमुत्तमम्। अत्रातिष्ठस्व मद्वाक्यात्ततः शुशूषणं पुनः
apaścimamimaṃ putra mātṛsaṃdeśamuttamam| atrātiṣṭhasva madvākyāttataḥ śuśūṣaṇaṃ punaḥ
Son, (heed) this last and highest instruction of your mother; abide in it, according to my words, and thereafter (show) obedience again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.358
जलेस्थले च विचरन्प्रमादं तात मा कुरु। प्रमादात्सर्वभूतानि विनश्यंति न संशयः
jalesthale ca vicaranpramādaṃ tāta mā kuru| pramādātsarvabhūtāni vinaśyaṃti na saṃśayaḥ
Moving about in water and on land, dear child, do not be careless; from carelessness all beings perish, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.359
न च लोभेन चर्तव्यं विषमस्थं तॄणं क्वचित्। लोभाद्विनाशः सर्वेषामिहलोके परत्र च
na ca lobhena cartavyaṃ viṣamasthaṃ tṝṇaṃ kvacit| lobhādvināśaḥ sarveṣāmihaloke paratra ca
And one should never out of greed go after grass standing in a dangerous place; from greed comes the destruction of all, in this world and the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.360
समुद्रमटवीं पुत्र विशंति लोभमोहिताः। लोभादकार्यमत्युग्रं विद्वानपि समाचरेत्
samudramaṭavīṃ putra viśaṃti lobhamohitāḥ| lobhādakāryamatyugraṃ vidvānapi samācaret
Deluded by greed, son, (people) enter the ocean and the wilderness; out of greed even a learned man will do what is most terrible and ought not to be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.361
लोभात्प्रमादाद्विस्रंभात्त्रिभिर्नाशो भवेन्नॄणाम्। तस्माल्लोभं न कुर्वीत न प्रमादं न विश्वसेत्
lobhātpramādādvisraṃbhāttribhirnāśo bhavennṝṇām| tasmāllobhaṃ na kurvīta na pramādaṃ na viśvaset
By these three — greed, carelessness, and (misplaced) confidence — men come to ruin; therefore one should not be greedy, nor careless, nor trusting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.362
आत्मा हि सततं पुत्र रक्षितव्यः प्रयत्नः। सर्वेभ्यः श्वापदेभ्यश्च म्लेच्छचोरादिसंकटात्
ātmā hi satataṃ putra rakṣitavyaḥ prayatnaḥ| sarvebhyaḥ śvāpadebhyaśca mlecchacorādisaṃkaṭāt
For oneself, son, must always be guarded with effort, from all beasts of prey and from the danger of barbarians, thieves, and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.363
तिरश्चां पापयोनीनामेकत्र वसतामपि। विपरीतानि चित्तानि विज्ञायंते न पुत्रक
tiraścāṃ pāpayonīnāmekatra vasatāmapi| viparītāni cittāni vijñāyaṃte na putraka
Even of animals of low birth living in one place, the contrary (hostile) intentions are not known, little son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.364
नखिनां च नदीनां च शृंगिणां शस्त्रधारिणाम्। न विश्वासस्त्वया कार्यः स्त्रीणां प्रेष्यजनस्य च
nakhināṃ ca nadīnāṃ ca śṛṃgiṇāṃ śastradhāriṇām| na viśvāsastvayā kāryaḥ strīṇāṃ preṣyajanasya ca
In those with claws, in rivers, in those with horns, in those bearing weapons, in women and in servants, you should place no trust.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.365
न विश्वसेदविश्वस्ते विश्वस्तेनाति विश्वसेत्। विश्वासाद्भयमुत्पन्नं मूलान्यपि निकृंतति
na viśvasedaviśvaste viśvastenāti viśvaset| viśvāsādbhayamutpannaṃ mūlānyapi nikṛṃtati
One should not trust the untrustworthy, and one should not trust even the trusted overmuch; fear arisen out of trust cuts away even the roots.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.366
न विश्वसेत्स्वदेहेपि बलिष्ठे भीतचेतसि। वक्ष्यंति गूढमत्यर्थं सुप्तं मत्तं प्रमादतः
na viśvasetsvadehepi baliṣṭhe bhītacetasi| vakṣyaṃti gūḍhamatyarthaṃ suptaṃ mattaṃ pramādataḥ
One should not trust even one's own body, nor a stronger being, nor one whose mind is afraid; they will strike at one who is deeply hidden, asleep, drunk, or off guard.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.367
गंधः सर्वत्र सततमाघ्रातव्यः प्रयत्नतः। गावः पश्यंति गंधेन राजानश्चारचक्षुषा
gaṃdhaḥ sarvatra satatamāghrātavyaḥ prayatnataḥ| gāvaḥ paśyaṃti gaṃdhena rājānaścāracakṣuṣā
Everywhere and always the scent should be smelled out carefully; cows see by scent, and kings by the eye of their spies.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.368
नैकस्तिष्ठेद्वनेघोरे धर्ममेकं च चिंतयेत्। नचोद्वेगस्त्वयाकार्यः सर्वस्य मरणं ध्रुवं
naikastiṣṭhedvaneghore dharmamekaṃ ca ciṃtayet| nacodvegastvayākāryaḥ sarvasya maraṇaṃ dhruvaṃ
One should not stand alone in a dreadful forest, and one should think on dharma alone; and you should not be agitated — death is certain for all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.369
यथा हि पथिकः कश्चिच्छायामाश्रित्य तिष्ठति। विश्रम्य च पुनर्याति तद्वद्भूतसमागमः
yathā hi pathikaḥ kaścicchāyāmāśritya tiṣṭhati| viśramya ca punaryāti tadvadbhūtasamāgamaḥ
For just as some traveller halts, taking shelter in the shade, and having rested goes on again — such is the meeting of beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.370
पुत्र नित्यं जगत्सर्वं तत्रैकः शोचसे कथं। तावत्त्वं शोकमुत्सृज्य मद्वाक्यमनुपालय
putra nityaṃ jagatsarvaṃ tatraikaḥ śocase kathaṃ| tāvattvaṃ śokamutsṛjya madvākyamanupālaya
"Son, the whole world is (ever) thus — why do you alone grieve at it? For now let go of grief and heed my words."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.371
शिरस्याघ्राय तं पुत्रमवलिह्य च मूर्द्धनि। शोकेन महताविष्टा बाष्पव्याकुललोचना
śirasyāghrāya taṃ putramavalihya ca mūrddhani| śokena mahatāviṣṭā bāṣpavyākulalocanā
Having smelled that son on his head and licked him on the crown, overcome by great grief, her eyes troubled with tears,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.372
विनिःश्वसंती नागीव दीर्घमुष्णं मुहुर्मुहुः। पुत्रहीनं जगच्छून्यं प्रपश्यंतीव साऽभवत्
viniḥśvasaṃtī nāgīva dīrghamuṣṇaṃ muhurmuhuḥ| putrahīnaṃ jagacchūnyaṃ prapaśyaṃtīva sā'bhavat
sighing long and hot again and again like a she-serpent, she became as if seeing the world empty, bereft of her son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.373
महापंकनिमग्नेव तिष्ठंती चावसीदती। विलप्य नंदिनी पुत्रमुवाचेदं पुनर्वचः
mahāpaṃkanimagneva tiṣṭhaṃtī cāvasīdatī| vilapya naṃdinī putramuvācedaṃ punarvacaḥ
As though sunk in a great mire, standing and yet sinking down, Nandinī, having lamented, spoke this word again to her son:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.374
नास्ति पुत्रसमः स्नेहो नास्तिपुत्रसमं सुखं। नास्ति पुत्रसमा प्रीतिर्नास्ति पुत्रसमा गतिः
nāsti putrasamaḥ sneho nāstiputrasamaṃ sukhaṃ| nāsti putrasamā prītirnāsti putrasamā gatiḥ
"There is no affection like (that for) a son, no happiness like a son; there is no joy like a son, no refuge like a son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.375
अपुत्रस्य जगच्छून्यमपुत्रस्य गृहेऽसुखम्। पुत्रेण लभते लोकमपुत्रो नरकं व्रजेत्
aputrasya jagacchūnyamaputrasya gṛhe'sukham| putreṇa labhate lokamaputro narakaṃ vrajet
For one without a son the world is empty; for one without a son there is no ease at home. Through a son one gains the (higher) world; one without a son would go to hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.376
लोको वदति वाक्यानि चंदनं किल शीतलं। पुत्रगात्रपरिष्वंगश्चंदनादतिशीतलः
loko vadati vākyāni caṃdanaṃ kila śītalaṃ| putragātrapariṣvaṃgaścaṃdanādatiśītalaḥ
People say in their sayings that sandal is cool; (but) the embrace of a son's limbs is cooler than sandal."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.377
इति पुत्रगुणानुक्त्वा निरीक्ष्य च पुनःपुनः। स्वमातरं सखीर्गोपीस्त्वरमाणा च पृच्छति
iti putraguṇānuktvā nirīkṣya ca punaḥpunaḥ| svamātaraṃ sakhīrgopīstvaramāṇā ca pṛcchati
Having thus spoken the virtues of a son, and gazing (at him) again and again, in haste she asks her own mother, her friends, and the cowherd women:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.378
यूथस्याग्रे चरंतीं मामाससाद मृगाधिपः। मुक्ताहं तेन शपथैः पुनर्यास्यामि तत्र वै
yūthasyāgre caraṃtīṃ māmāsasāda mṛgādhipaḥ| muktāhaṃ tena śapathaiḥ punaryāsyāmi tatra vai
"As I was grazing at the head of the herd, the lord of beasts fell upon me. I was released by him on my oaths; I shall indeed go back there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.379
सुतं च मातरं चैव सखीर्द्रष्टुं च गोकुलं। आगता सत्यवाक्येन पुनर्यास्यामि तत्र वै
sutaṃ ca mātaraṃ caiva sakhīrdraṣṭuṃ ca gokulaṃ| āgatā satyavākyena punaryāsyāmi tatra vai
I have come to see my son and my mother and my friends and the cow-settlement, (bound) by a true word; I shall indeed go back there.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.380
मातः क्षमस्व तत्सर्वं दौःशील्यादि कृतं मम। बालस्तवायं दौहित्रः किमत्रान्यद्ब्रवीम्यहं
mātaḥ kṣamasva tatsarvaṃ dauḥśīlyādi kṛtaṃ mama| bālastavāyaṃ dauhitraḥ kimatrānyadbravīmyahaṃ
Mother, forgive all that — the bad behaviour and the rest that I did. This child is your daughter's son; what more shall I say here?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.381
विपुले चंपके मातर्भद्रे सुरभि मानिनि। वसुधारे प्रियानंदे महानंदे घटस्रवे
vipule caṃpake mātarbhadre surabhi mānini| vasudhāre priyānaṃde mahānaṃde ghaṭasrave
O Vipulā, O Campakā, mother Bhadrā, Surabhi, Māninī, Vasudhārā, Priyānandā, Mahānandā, Ghaṭasravā —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.382
अज्ञानाज्ज्ञानतो वापि यदुक्तं किंचिदप्रियं। तत्क्षमध्वं महाभागा यच्चान्यच्च कृतं मया
ajñānājjñānato vāpi yaduktaṃ kiṃcidapriyaṃ| tatkṣamadhvaṃ mahābhāgā yaccānyacca kṛtaṃ mayā
whatever unkind thing I have said, whether from ignorance or knowingly, forgive that, O greatly fortunate ones, and whatever else I have done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.383
सर्वाः सर्वगुणोपेताः सर्वा लोकस्य मातरः। सर्वाः सर्वप्रदा नित्यं रक्षध्वं मम बालकं
sarvāḥ sarvaguṇopetāḥ sarvā lokasya mātaraḥ| sarvāḥ sarvapradā nityaṃ rakṣadhvaṃ mama bālakaṃ
All of you are endowed with every virtue, all of you are mothers of the world, all of you are always givers of everything: protect my little one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.384
अनाथं विकलं दीनं रक्षध्वं मम पुत्रकं। मातृशोकाभिसंतप्तं भगिन्यः पालयिष्यथ
anāthaṃ vikalaṃ dīnaṃ rakṣadhvaṃ mama putrakaṃ| mātṛśokābhisaṃtaptaṃ bhaginyaḥ pālayiṣyatha
Protect my little son, who is without a protector, helpless and pitiable; sisters, you will care for him, scorched by grief for his mother.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.385
यस्मादनाथमबलं पुत्रवत्पालयिष्यथ। क्षमध्वं च महाभागा यास्यामि सत्यसंश्रयात्
yasmādanāthamabalaṃ putravatpālayiṣyatha| kṣamadhvaṃ ca mahābhāgā yāsyāmi satyasaṃśrayāt
Since you will care, as for your own son, for one without protector and without strength — forgive me too, O greatly fortunate ones; I shall go, out of adherence to truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.386
न चिंता महती कार्या सखीभिश्च कथंचन। प्रथमस्यास्य जातस्य स्थितं मरणमग्रतः
na ciṃtā mahatī kāryā sakhībhiśca kathaṃcana| prathamasyāsya jātasya sthitaṃ maraṇamagrataḥ
And no great worry should be made by my friends in any way: for this one, once born, death has stood in front from the first.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.387
श्रुत्वा तु नंदावचनं माता सख्यश्च दुःखिताः। विषादं परमं जग्मुरिदमूचुश्च विस्मिताः
śrutvā tu naṃdāvacanaṃ mātā sakhyaśca duḥkhitāḥ| viṣādaṃ paramaṃ jagmuridamūcuśca vismitāḥ
But hearing Nandā's words, her mother and her friends, grieved, fell into utmost dejection and, astonished, said this:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.388
अहोऽत्र महदाश्चर्यं यद्व्याघ्रवचनं त्वया। प्रकर्तुमुद्यतं भीमं नंदा त्वं सत्यवादिनी
aho'tra mahadāścaryaṃ yadvyāghravacanaṃ tvayā| prakartumudyataṃ bhīmaṃ naṃdā tvaṃ satyavādinī
"Ah, here is a great marvel, that (you gave) your word to the tiger, who was set upon doing a dreadful thing — Nandā, you are one who speaks truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.389
शपथैः सत्यवाक्येन वंचयित्वा महाभयं। नाशनीयं प्रयत्नेन न गंतव्यं कथंचन
śapathaiḥ satyavākyena vaṃcayitvā mahābhayaṃ| nāśanīyaṃ prayatnena na gaṃtavyaṃ kathaṃcana
Having tricked that great danger by oaths and a true word, it should be destroyed by effort; you must not go, on any account.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.390
नंदे न चैव गंतव्यमधर्मः क्रियते त्वया। यद्बालं स्वसुतं त्यक्त्वा सत्यलोभेन गम्यते
naṃde na caiva gaṃtavyamadharmaḥ kriyate tvayā| yadbālaṃ svasutaṃ tyaktvā satyalobhena gamyate
"Nandā, you must not go; an unrighteous thing is being done by you, in that you abandon your own small child and go off out of eagerness for truth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.391
अत्र गाथा पुरा प्रोक्ता ऋषिभिर्ब्रह्मवादिभिः। प्राणत्यागे समुत्पन्ने शपथैर्नास्ति पातकं
atra gāthā purā proktā ṛṣibhirbrahmavādibhiḥ| prāṇatyāge samutpanne śapathairnāsti pātakaṃ
On this a verse was spoken long ago by the seers who expound the Veda: when loss of life has arisen, there is no sin (incurred) by oaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.392
उक्त्वानृतं भवेद्यत्र प्राणिनां प्राणरक्षणं। अनृतं तत्र सत्यं स्यात्सत्यमप्यनृतं भवेत्
uktvānṛtaṃ bhavedyatra prāṇināṃ prāṇarakṣaṇaṃ| anṛtaṃ tatra satyaṃ syātsatyamapyanṛtaṃ bhavet
Where, by speaking an untruth, the lives of living beings would be preserved, there the untruth would be truth, and even the truth would become untruth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.393
कामिनीषु विवाहेषु गवां मुक्तौ तथैव च। ब्राह्मणानां विपत्तौ च शपथैर्नास्ति पातकं
kāminīṣu vivāheṣu gavāṃ muktau tathaiva ca| brāhmaṇānāṃ vipattau ca śapathairnāsti pātakaṃ
In matters of women, in marriages, and likewise in the freeing of cows, and in danger to brahmins, there is no sin (incurred) by oaths.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.394
नंदोवाच। परेषां प्राणरक्षार्थं वदाम्येवानृतं वचः। नात्मार्थमुत्सहे वक्तुं जीवितार्थे कथंचन
naṃdovāca| pareṣāṃ prāṇarakṣārthaṃ vadāmyevānṛtaṃ vacaḥ| nātmārthamutsahe vaktuṃ jīvitārthe kathaṃcana
Nandā said: For the sake of protecting the lives of others I would indeed speak an untrue word, but for my own sake I cannot bring myself to speak it, not in any way, even to save my life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.395
एकः संश्लिष्यते गर्भे मरणे भरणे तथा। भुंक्ते चैकः सुखं दुःखमतः सत्यं वदाम्यहम्
ekaḥ saṃśliṣyate garbhe maraṇe bharaṇe tathā| bhuṃkte caikaḥ sukhaṃ duḥkhamataḥ satyaṃ vadāmyaham
Alone one is joined (to a body) in the womb, and likewise in dying and in being sustained; and alone one experiences pleasure and pain — therefore I speak the truth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.396
सत्ये प्रतिष्ठिता लोका धर्मः सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितः। उदधिस्सत्यवाक्येन मर्यादां न विलंघते
satye pratiṣṭhitā lokā dharmaḥ satye pratiṣṭhitaḥ| udadhissatyavākyena maryādāṃ na vilaṃghate
The worlds are established on truth; dharma is established on truth; by a word of truth the ocean does not transgress its boundary.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.397
विष्णवे पृथिवीं दत्वा बलि पातालमाश्रितः। छद्मनापि बलिर्बद्धः सत्यवाक्यं न चात्यजत्
viṣṇave pṛthivīṃ datvā bali pātālamāśritaḥ| chadmanāpi balirbaddhaḥ satyavākyaṃ na cātyajat
Having given the earth to Viṣṇu, Bali took refuge in the netherworld; though bound by a trick, Bali did not abandon his truthful word.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.398
प्रवर्धमानः शैलेंद्रः शतशृंगः समुत्थितः। सत्येन संस्थितो विंध्यः प्रबन्धं नातिवर्तते
pravardhamānaḥ śaileṃdraḥ śataśṛṃgaḥ samutthitaḥ| satyena saṃsthito viṃdhyaḥ prabandhaṃ nātivartate
The lord of mountains, growing, rose up with a hundred peaks; the Vindhya, held firm by truth, does not overstep its restraint.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.399
स्वर्गापवर्गनरकाः सत्यवाचि प्रतिष्ठिताः। यस्तु लोपयते वाचमशेषं तेन लोपितं
svargāpavarganarakāḥ satyavāci pratiṣṭhitāḥ| yastu lopayate vācamaśeṣaṃ tena lopitaṃ
Heaven, liberation and the hells are established upon truthful speech; but he who breaks his word — by him everything without remainder has been broken.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.400
योऽन्यथा संतमात्मानमन्यथा प्रतिपद्यते। किं तेन न कृतं पापं चोरेणात्मापहारिणा४०० 1.18.
yo'nyathā saṃtamātmānamanyathā pratipadyate| kiṃ tena na kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ coreṇātmāpahāriṇā400 1.18.
He who, being one thing, presents himself as another — what sin has not been committed by him, a thief who steals his own self?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.401
यास्यामि नरकं घोरं विलोप्यात्मानमात्मना। तस्य वैवस्वतो राजा धर्मस्यार्धं निकृंतति
yāsyāmi narakaṃ ghoraṃ vilopyātmānamātmanā| tasya vaivasvato rājā dharmasyārdhaṃ nikṛṃtati
"I shall go to a terrible hell," (says he who has) destroyed himself by himself; for such a one King Vaivasvata cuts away half his merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.402
अगाधे सलिले शुद्धे सत्य तीर्थे क्षमा ह्रदे। स्नात्वा पापविनिर्मुक्तः प्रयाति परमां गतिं
agādhe salile śuddhe satya tīrthe kṣamā hrade| snātvā pāpavinirmuktaḥ prayāti paramāṃ gatiṃ
Bathing in the fathomless, pure water at the ford of truth, in the pool of forbearance, one is freed of sin and goes to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.403
अश्वमेधसहस्रं च सत्यं च तुलया धृतं। अश्वमेधसहस्राद्धि सत्यमेव विशिष्यते
aśvamedhasahasraṃ ca satyaṃ ca tulayā dhṛtaṃ| aśvamedhasahasrāddhi satyameva viśiṣyate
A thousand horse-sacrifices and truth were weighed on a balance: truth alone proved superior to a thousand horse-sacrifices.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.404
सत्यं साधुफलं श्रुतं च परमं क्लेशादिभिर्वर्जितं। साधूनां निकटं सतां कुलधनं सर्वाश्रमाणां फलं। यस्मात्तं समवाप्य गच्छति दिवं संत्यज्यतेऽसौ कथं। लोकैरत्र समागमे प्रतिदिनं सत्यं वदध्वं ध्रुवं
satyaṃ sādhuphalaṃ śrutaṃ ca paramaṃ kleśādibhirvarjitaṃ| sādhūnāṃ nikaṭaṃ satāṃ kuladhanaṃ sarvāśramāṇāṃ phalaṃ| yasmāttaṃ samavāpya gacchati divaṃ saṃtyajyate'sau kathaṃ| lokairatra samāgame pratidinaṃ satyaṃ vadadhvaṃ dhruvaṃ
Truth is the fruit of the good and is heard to be supreme, free from affliction and the rest; it is close at hand to the good, the family-wealth of the virtuous, the fruit of all the stages of life; since by attaining it one goes to heaven, how can it be given up? People, at a gathering here, speak the truth every day, unfailingly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.405
सख्य ऊचुः। नंदे सा त्वं नमस्कार्या सर्वैरपि सुरासुरैः। या त्वं परमसत्वेन प्राणांस्त्यजसि दुस्त्यजान्
sakhya ūcuḥ| naṃde sā tvaṃ namaskāryā sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ| yā tvaṃ paramasatvena prāṇāṃstyajasi dustyajān
The friends said: Nandā, you are one to be saluted by all the gods and demons alike, you who with the highest resolve give up the breaths that are so hard to give up.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.406
ब्रूमः किं तत्र कल्याणि या त्वं धर्मधुरंधरा। त्यागेनानेन नाऽप्राप्यं त्रैलोक्ये वस्तु किंचन
brūmaḥ kiṃ tatra kalyāṇi yā tvaṃ dharmadhuraṃdharā| tyāgenānena nā'prāpyaṃ trailokye vastu kiṃcana
What are we to say about it, good lady, you who bear the yoke of dharma? By this renunciation there is nothing in the three worlds that cannot be obtained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.407
अवियोगं च पश्यामस्त्यागादस्मात्सुतेन हि। नार्याः कल्याणचित्तायानापदः संति कुत्रचित्
aviyogaṃ ca paśyāmastyāgādasmātsutena hi| nāryāḥ kalyāṇacittāyānāpadaḥ saṃti kutracit
And we foresee, from this very renunciation, no separation from your son; for a woman whose mind is set on the good there are no calamities anywhere.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.408
दृष्ट्वा गोपीजनं सर्वं परिक्रम्य च गोकुलं। नंदा संप्रस्थिता देवान्वृक्षांश्चापृच्छ्य सा पुनः
dṛṣṭvā gopījanaṃ sarvaṃ parikramya ca gokulaṃ| naṃdā saṃprasthitā devānvṛkṣāṃścāpṛcchya sā punaḥ
Having seen all the cowherd folk and circumambulated Gokula, Nandā set out, taking leave once more of the gods and the trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.409
क्षितिं वरुणमग्निं च वायुं चापि निशाकरं। दशदिग्देवतावृक्षान्नक्षत्राणि ग्रहैः सह
kṣitiṃ varuṇamagniṃ ca vāyuṃ cāpi niśākaraṃ| daśadigdevatāvṛkṣānnakṣatrāṇi grahaiḥ saha
(Taking leave of) earth, Varuṇa, fire, wind, and also the moon, the deities of the ten directions, the trees, the lunar mansions together with the planets —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.410
सर्वान्विज्ञापयामास प्रणिपत्य मुहुर्मुहुः। ये संश्रिता वने सिद्धाः सर्वाश्च वनदेवताः
sarvānvijñāpayāmāsa praṇipatya muhurmuhuḥ| ye saṃśritā vane siddhāḥ sarvāśca vanadevatāḥ
Bowing again and again, she made her request to them all: "You Siddhas who dwell in the forest, and all you forest deities—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.411
वने चरंतं च तृणं ते रक्षंतु सुतं मम। चंपकाशोक पुन्नागास्सरलार्जुनकिंशुकाः
vane caraṃtaṃ ca tṛṇaṃ te rakṣaṃtu sutaṃ mama| caṃpakāśoka punnāgāssaralārjunakiṃśukāḥ
"—and you grass in the forest, may you protect my son as he wanders. O campaka, aśoka, punnāga, sarala, arjuna and kiṃśuka trees—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.412
शृण्वंतु पादपाः सर्वे संदेशं मम विक्लवं। वत्समेकाकिनं दीनं चरंतं विषमे वने
śṛṇvaṃtu pādapāḥ sarve saṃdeśaṃ mama viklavaṃ| vatsamekākinaṃ dīnaṃ caraṃtaṃ viṣame vane
"—let all the trees hear my distressed message: my calf, alone, wretched, wandering in the perilous forest—"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.413
रक्षध्वं वत्सकं बालं स्नेहात्पुत्रमिवौरसं। मात्रापित्राविहीनं च अनाथं दीनमानसं
rakṣadhvaṃ vatsakaṃ bālaṃ snehātputramivaurasaṃ| mātrāpitrāvihīnaṃ ca anāthaṃ dīnamānasaṃ
"—protect the young calf out of affection, as (you would) a son born of your own body—one bereft of mother and father, without protector, dejected in mind,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.414
विचरंतमिमां भूमिं क्रंदमानं सुदुःखितं। तस्येह क्रंदमानस्य मत्पुत्रस्य महावने
vicaraṃtamimāṃ bhūmiṃ kraṃdamānaṃ suduḥkhitaṃ| tasyeha kraṃdamānasya matputrasya mahāvane
"—roaming over this earth, crying out, deeply grieved. Of him, my son, crying here in the great forest,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.415
महाशोकाभिभूतस्य क्षुत्पिपासातुरस्य च। शून्यस्यैकाकिनः सर्वं जगच्छून्यं प्रपश्यतः
mahāśokābhibhūtasya kṣutpipāsāturasya ca| śūnyasyaikākinaḥ sarvaṃ jagacchūnyaṃ prapaśyataḥ
"—overwhelmed by great grief, tormented by hunger and thirst, empty, alone, seeing the whole world as empty,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.416
चरमाणस्य कर्तव्यं सानुक्रोशैस्तु रक्षणं। संदिश्य नंदा प्रीत्यैवं पुत्रस्नेहवशं गता
caramāṇasya kartavyaṃ sānukrośaistu rakṣaṇaṃ| saṃdiśya naṃdā prītyaivaṃ putrasnehavaśaṃ gatā
"—as he wanders, protection must be given by those who have compassion." Having thus instructed (them) with affection, Nandā, overcome by love for her son, went (on her way).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.417
शोकाग्निना च सन्दीप्ता विच्छिन्ना पुत्रदर्शने। वियुक्ता चक्रवाकीव लतेव पतिता तरोः
śokāgninā ca sandīptā vicchinnā putradarśane| viyuktā cakravākīva lateva patitā taroḥ
Blazing with the fire of grief, cut off from the sight of her son, separated like a cakravākī bird, like a creeper fallen from its tree,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.418
अंधेव दृष्टिरहिता प्रस्खलंती पदे पदे। अगच्छत्सा पुनस्तत्र यत्रासौ पिशिताशनः
aṃdheva dṛṣṭirahitā praskhalaṃtī pade pade| agacchatsā punastatra yatrāsau piśitāśanaḥ
like a blind woman deprived of sight, stumbling at every step, she went back again to that place where that flesh-eater was.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.419
आस्ते विस्फूर्जितमुखस्तीक्ष्णदंष्ट्रो भयावहः। तावत्तस्याः सुतो वत्स ऊर्द्ध्वपुच्छोतिवेगवान्
āste visphūrjitamukhastīkṣṇadaṃṣṭro bhayāvahaḥ| tāvattasyāḥ suto vatsa ūrddhvapucchotivegavān
He was there with roaring mouth, sharp-fanged, terrifying. Just then her son, the calf, with tail raised, moving very fast,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.420
आगत्य मातुरग्रेसौ मृगेंद्रस्याग्रतोऽभवत्। आगतं तु सुतं दृष्ट्वा मृत्युं तमग्रतः स्थितं
āgatya māturagresau mṛgeṃdrasyāgrato'bhavat| āgataṃ tu sutaṃ dṛṣṭvā mṛtyuṃ tamagrataḥ sthitaṃ
came before his mother and stood in front of the lion of beasts. But seeing her son come, and that death standing before (him),
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.421
व्याघ्रं दृष्ट्वा तु सा धेनुरिदं वचनमब्रवीत्। भोभो मृगेंद्रागताहं सत्यधर्मव्रते स्थिता
vyāghraṃ dṛṣṭvā tu sā dhenuridaṃ vacanamabravīt| bhobho mṛgeṃdrāgatāhaṃ satyadharmavrate sthitā
seeing the tiger, that cow spoke these words: "Ho, ho, lord of beasts! I have come, standing firm in the vow of truth and duty."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.422
कुरु तृप्तिं यथाकाममस्मन्मांसेन सांप्रतम्। संतर्पय स्वभूतानि पिब त्वं शोणितं मम
kuru tṛptiṃ yathākāmamasmanmāṃsena sāṃpratam| saṃtarpaya svabhūtāni piba tvaṃ śoṇitaṃ mama
"Now satisfy yourself as you please with my flesh; gratify your creatures, drink my blood."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.423
मृतायां तु मयि त्वं भो भक्षयेमं तु बालकम्। द्वीप्युवाच। स्वागतं तव कल्याणि धेनुके सत्यवादिनी
mṛtāyāṃ tu mayi tvaṃ bho bhakṣayemaṃ tu bālakam| dvīpyuvāca| svāgataṃ tava kalyāṇi dhenuke satyavādinī
"And when I am dead, sir, then eat this child." The tiger said: "Welcome to you, good lady, O truthful cow!"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.424
न हि सत्यवतां किंचिदशुभं भवति क्वचित्। त्वयोक्तं धेनुके पूर्वं सत्यं प्रत्यागमे पुनः
na hi satyavatāṃ kiṃcidaśubhaṃ bhavati kvacit| tvayoktaṃ dhenuke pūrvaṃ satyaṃ pratyāgame punaḥ
"For to those who keep truth nothing inauspicious ever happens anywhere. What you said before, O cow, about returning again, is true."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.425
तेन मे कौतुकं प्राप्तं प्राप्ता गच्छेत्कथं पुनः। तव सत्यपरीक्षार्थं प्रेषितासि मया पुनः
tena me kautukaṃ prāptaṃ prāptā gacchetkathaṃ punaḥ| tava satyaparīkṣārthaṃ preṣitāsi mayā punaḥ
"By that a curiosity arose in me: how could one who had gotten away come back again? So I sent you away, to test your truthfulness."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.426
अन्यथा मां समासाद्य जीवंती यास्यसे कथम्। यच्च नः कौतुकं जातं सत्यमन्वेषणं मम
anyathā māṃ samāsādya jīvaṃtī yāsyase katham| yacca naḥ kautukaṃ jātaṃ satyamanveṣaṇaṃ mama
"Otherwise, having come into my reach, how would you go away alive? And that curiosity of mine arose (only as) my search for truth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.427
तस्मादनेन सत्येन मुक्तासि च मयाऽधुना। भगिनी भवती मह्यं भागिनेयः सुतस्तव
tasmādanena satyena muktāsi ca mayā'dhunā| bhaginī bhavatī mahyaṃ bhāgineyaḥ sutastava
"Therefore, by this truth, you are now released by me. You are a sister to me, and your son is my sister's son,"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.428
दत्तोपदेशस्य शुभे मम पापिष्ठकर्मणः। सत्ये प्रतिष्ठिता लोका धर्मः सत्ये प्रतिष्ठितः
dattopadeśasya śubhe mama pāpiṣṭhakarmaṇaḥ| satye pratiṣṭhitā lokā dharmaḥ satye pratiṣṭhitaḥ
"—since instruction has been given, O auspicious one, to me, a doer of the most sinful deeds. The worlds are established in truth; dharma is established in truth."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.429
सत्येन गौः क्षीरधारां प्रमुंचति हविः प्रियाम्। स वै धन्यतमो गोपो यस्त्वत्क्षीरेण जीवति
satyena gauḥ kṣīradhārāṃ pramuṃcati haviḥ priyām| sa vai dhanyatamo gopo yastvatkṣīreṇa jīvati
"By truth the cow releases her stream of milk, dear as oblation. That cowherd is most blessed indeed who lives by your milk."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.430
भूमिप्रदेशा धन्यास्ते सतृणा वीरुधः शुभे। ते धन्याश्च कृतार्थाश्च तैरेव सुकृतं कृतम्
bhūmipradeśā dhanyāste satṛṇā vīrudhaḥ śubhe| te dhanyāśca kṛtārthāśca taireva sukṛtaṃ kṛtam
Blessed are those tracts of earth with their grass and creepers, O fair one; blessed too and fulfilled are they, and by them alone has good been done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.431
तैराप्तं जन्मनः सारं ये पिबंति पयस्तव। मृगेंद्रः प्रत्ययं गत्वा विस्मयं परमं गतः
tairāptaṃ janmanaḥ sāraṃ ye pibaṃti payastava| mṛgeṃdraḥ pratyayaṃ gatvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ
By them the essence of birth has been obtained, who drink your milk. The lion of beasts (the tiger), having come to conviction, was struck with the greatest wonder.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.432
प्रत्यादेशोऽयमस्माकं सत्यं देवैः प्रदर्शितः। सत्यमिष्टं गवां दृष्ट्वा न मे वाञ्छास्ति जीवितुम्
pratyādeśo'yamasmākaṃ satyaṃ devaiḥ pradarśitaḥ| satyamiṣṭaṃ gavāṃ dṛṣṭvā na me vāñchāsti jīvitum
This is a rebuke to us; the truth has been shown by the gods. Having seen the truthfulness dear to cows, I have no wish to live.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.433
तत्करिष्याम्यहं कर्म येन मुच्येय किल्बिषात्। मया जीवसहस्राणि भक्षितानि शतानि च
tatkariṣyāmyahaṃ karma yena mucyeya kilbiṣāt| mayā jīvasahasrāṇi bhakṣitāni śatāni ca
Therefore I shall do that act by which I may be freed from sin; by me thousands and hundreds of living beings have been eaten.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.434
गतिं कामिह गच्छामि दृष्ट्वा गोः सत्यमीदृशम्। अहं पापो दुराचारो नृशंसो जीवघातकः
gatiṃ kāmiha gacchāmi dṛṣṭvā goḥ satyamīdṛśam| ahaṃ pāpo durācāro nṛśaṃso jīvaghātakaḥ
What course do I go to here, having seen such truthfulness of a cow? I am sinful, of evil conduct, cruel, a slayer of living beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.435
कांस्तु लोकान्गमिष्यामि कृत्वा कर्म सुदारुणम्। गमिष्ये पुण्यतीर्थानि करिष्ये पापशोधनम्
kāṃstu lokāngamiṣyāmi kṛtvā karma sudāruṇam| gamiṣye puṇyatīrthāni kariṣye pāpaśodhanam
To what worlds shall I go, having done a most terrible deed? I shall go to the holy fords, I shall perform a cleansing of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.436
पतिष्ये गिरिमारुह्य प्रवेक्ष्ये वा हुताशनम्। धेनोऽद्य यन्मया कार्यं तपः पापाद्विशुद्धये
patiṣye girimāruhya pravekṣye vā hutāśanam| dheno'dya yanmayā kāryaṃ tapaḥ pāpādviśuddhaye
I shall climb a mountain and throw myself down, or I shall enter the fire. O cow, tell me what austerity is to be done by me today for purification from sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.437
तदादिशस्व संक्षेपान्न कालो विस्तरस्य तु। धेनुरुवाच। तपः कृते प्रशंसंति त्रेतायां ज्ञानमेव च
tadādiśasva saṃkṣepānna kālo vistarasya tu| dhenuruvāca| tapaḥ kṛte praśaṃsaṃti tretāyāṃ jñānameva ca
So instruct (me) in brief; there is no time for elaboration. The cow said: In the Kṛta age they praise austerity, and in the Tretā, knowledge;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.438
द्वापरे यज्ञमित्याहुर्दानमेकं कलौ युगे। सर्वेषामेव दानानामिदमेवैकमुत्तमम्
dvāpare yajñamityāhurdānamekaṃ kalau yuge| sarveṣāmeva dānānāmidamevaikamuttamam
in the Dvāpara they say sacrifice, and in the Kali age giving alone. Of all gifts whatsoever, this one alone is the best:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.439
अभयं सर्वभूतानां नास्ति दानमतः परम्। चराचराणां भूतानामभयं यः प्रयच्छति
abhayaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ nāsti dānamataḥ param| carācarāṇāṃ bhūtānāmabhayaṃ yaḥ prayacchati
freedom from fear for all beings — there is no gift beyond that. He who bestows freedom from fear on beings moving and unmoving,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.440
स च सर्वभयान्मुक्तः परं ब्रह्माधिगच्छति। नास्त्यहिंसा समं दानं नास्त्यहिंसा समं तपः
sa ca sarvabhayānmuktaḥ paraṃ brahmādhigacchati| nāstyahiṃsā samaṃ dānaṃ nāstyahiṃsā samaṃ tapaḥ
he too, released from all fear, attains the supreme Brahman. There is no gift equal to non-injury, no austerity equal to non-injury.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.441
यथा हस्तिपदेष्वन्यत्पदं सर्वं प्रलीयते। सर्वे धर्मास्तथा व्याघ्र प्रलीयंते ह्यहिंसया
yathā hastipadeṣvanyatpadaṃ sarvaṃ pralīyate| sarve dharmāstathā vyāghra pralīyaṃte hyahiṃsayā
As every other footprint is absorbed in the footprints of an elephant, so, O tiger, all duties are absorbed in non-injury.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.442
योगवृक्षस्य छाया या तापत्रयविनाशिनी। धर्मज्ञाने च पुष्पाणि स्वर्गमोक्षौ फलानि च
yogavṛkṣasya chāyā yā tāpatrayavināśinī| dharmajñāne ca puṣpāṇi svargamokṣau phalāni ca
The shade of the tree of yoga is that which destroys the three torments; dharma and knowledge are its flowers, and heaven and liberation its fruits.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.443
दुःखत्रयाभितप्तस्य छाया योगतरोः स्मृता। न बाध्यते पुनर्दुःखैः प्राप्य निर्वाणमुत्तमम्
duḥkhatrayābhitaptasya chāyā yogataroḥ smṛtā| na bādhyate punarduḥkhaiḥ prāpya nirvāṇamuttamam
For one scorched by the three sorrows, the shade of the yoga-tree is prescribed. He is no longer afflicted by sorrows, having attained the supreme extinction.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.444
इत्येतत्परमं श्रेयः कीर्तितं ते समासतः। ज्ञातं चैव त्वया सर्वं केवलं मां तु पृच्छसि
ityetatparamaṃ śreyaḥ kīrtitaṃ te samāsataḥ| jñātaṃ caiva tvayā sarvaṃ kevalaṃ māṃ tu pṛcchasi
Thus this highest good has been declared to you in brief. And all of it is already known to you; you merely ask me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.445
द्वीप्युवाच। अहं मृग्या पुरा शप्तो व्याघ्ररूपेण संस्थितः। ततः प्राणिवधात्सर्वमशेषं मम विस्मृतम्
dvīpyuvāca| ahaṃ mṛgyā purā śapto vyāghrarūpeṇa saṃsthitaḥ| tataḥ prāṇivadhātsarvamaśeṣaṃ mama vismṛtam
The tiger said: I was formerly cursed by a doe(?) and have remained in the form of a tiger; then, from the killing of living creatures, everything without remainder was forgotten by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.446
त्वत्संपर्कोपदेशाभ्यां संजातं स्मरणं पुनः। त्वं चाप्यनेन सत्येन गमिष्यसि परां गतिं
tvatsaṃparkopadeśābhyāṃ saṃjātaṃ smaraṇaṃ punaḥ| tvaṃ cāpyanena satyena gamiṣyasi parāṃ gatiṃ
By contact with you and by your instruction, remembrance has arisen again. And you too, by this truthfulness, will go to the highest state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.447
तदहं त्वां पुनः पृच्छे प्रश्नमेकं हृदि स्थितम्। साग्रं वर्षशतं जातं चिंतयानस्य मे शुभे
tadahaṃ tvāṃ punaḥ pṛcche praśnamekaṃ hṛdi sthitam| sāgraṃ varṣaśataṃ jātaṃ ciṃtayānasya me śubhe
So I ask you again one question that stands in my heart: a full hundred years and more have passed for me as I pondered it, O fair one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.448
भवत्या भाग्ययोगेन कदाचित्स्वर्गशोभने। कृतं धर्मस्य संस्थानं सतां मार्गे प्रतिष्ठितम्
bhavatyā bhāgyayogena kadācitsvargaśobhane| kṛtaṃ dharmasya saṃsthānaṃ satāṃ mārge pratiṣṭhitam
By your good fortune, O you who adorn heaven, at some time an establishment of dharma has been made, set firm on the path of the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.449
किं तेऽभिधानं कल्याणि ब्रूहि मेऽज्ञस्य सुव्रते। नंदोवाच। मम नंदेति संज्ञा तु कृता नंदेन स्वामिना
kiṃ te'bhidhānaṃ kalyāṇi brūhi me'jñasya suvrate| naṃdovāca| mama naṃdeti saṃjñā tu kṛtā naṃdena svāminā
What is your name, O auspicious one? Tell me, an ignorant one, O you of good vows. Nandā said: My name 'Nandā' was given by my master Nanda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.450
सांप्रतं भक्षयामीति ह्यतिष्ठः केन हेतुना। नंदेति श्रुत्वा तन्नाम मुक्तशापः प्रभंजनः४५० 1.18.
sāṃprataṃ bhakṣayāmīti hyatiṣṭhaḥ kena hetunā| naṃdeti śrutvā tannāma muktaśāpaḥ prabhaṃjanaḥ450 1.18.
"Now I shall eat (you)" — (so I said), (yet) for what reason did you stand still?" Hearing that name, "Nandā," Prabhañjana was released from the curse. (450)
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.451
पुनर्नृपत्वमापन्नो बलरूपसमन्वितः। एतस्मिन्नंतरे धर्मस्तां ज्ञात्वा सत्यवादिनीम्
punarnṛpatvamāpanno balarūpasamanvitaḥ| etasminnaṃtare dharmastāṃ jñātvā satyavādinīm
He attained kingship again, endowed with strength and beauty. Meanwhile Dharma, knowing her to be a speaker of truth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.452
द्रष्टुं समागतस्तत्र प्राब्रवीच्च पयस्विनीम्। तव सत्यव्रताद्धृष्टो धर्मोहमिह चागतः
draṣṭuṃ samāgatastatra prābravīcca payasvinīm| tava satyavratāddhṛṣṭo dharmohamiha cāgataḥ
came there to see (her), and said to the milk-giving (cow): "Pleased by your vow of truth, I am Dharma, and I have come here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.453
नंदे वृणीष्व भद्रं ते वरं वरतमं हि यत्। एवमुक्ता हि सा देवी नंदा तं प्रार्थयद्वरम्
naṃde vṛṇīṣva bhadraṃ te varaṃ varatamaṃ hi yat| evamuktā hi sā devī naṃdā taṃ prārthayadvaram
Nandā, choose — blessings on you — whatever boon is the very highest." Thus addressed, that goddess Nandā asked him for a boon:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.454
तवानुभावात्ससुता गच्छामि पदमुत्तमम्। भवेदिदं शुभं तीर्थं मुनीनां धर्मदायकम्
tavānubhāvātsasutā gacchāmi padamuttamam| bhavedidaṃ śubhaṃ tīrthaṃ munīnāṃ dharmadāyakam
"By your power may I go, together with my offspring, to the highest station; and may this become an auspicious sacred ford, bestowing merit on the sages;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.455
मन्नाम्ना च सरिदियं नंदा नाम सरस्वती। वरप्रदानाद्देवेश तदेतत्प्रार्थितं मया
mannāmnā ca saridiyaṃ naṃdā nāma sarasvatī| varapradānāddeveśa tadetatprārthitaṃ mayā
and may this river Sarasvatī (be called) by my name, Nandā. Since you grant a boon, lord of gods, this is what is asked by me."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.456
पुलस्त्य उवाच। सा तत्क्षणाद्गता देवी स्थानं सत्यवतां शुभम्। प्रभंजनोपि तद्राज्यं संप्राप्तः प्रागुपार्जितम्
pulastya uvāca| sā tatkṣaṇādgatā devī sthānaṃ satyavatāṃ śubham| prabhaṃjanopi tadrājyaṃ saṃprāptaḥ prāgupārjitam
Pulastya said: That goddess went that very instant to the auspicious abode of the truthful; and Prabhañjana too regained that kingdom he had won before.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.457
नंदा येन गता स्वर्गं नंदां प्राप्य सरस्वतीम्। तेनाख्यया बुधैस्तस्याः प्रोक्ता नंदा सरस्वती
naṃdā yena gatā svargaṃ naṃdāṃ prāpya sarasvatīm| tenākhyayā budhaistasyāḥ proktā naṃdā sarasvatī
Because Nandā went to heaven upon reaching the Sarasvatī, for that reason it was called by the learned by her name, "Nandā Sarasvatī."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.458
सरस्वती पुनस्तस्माद्वनात्खर्जूरसंज्ञितात्। दक्षिणेन पुनर्याता प्लावयंती धरातलम्
sarasvatī punastasmādvanātkharjūrasaṃjñitāt| dakṣiṇena punaryātā plāvayaṃtī dharātalam
Then the Sarasvatī, from that forest called Kharjūra, went on again southward, flooding the surface of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.459
आगच्छन्नपि यस्तस्या नाम गृह्णाति मानवः। जीवन्सुखं स आप्नोति मृतो भवति खेचरः
āgacchannapi yastasyā nāma gṛhṇāti mānavaḥ| jīvansukhaṃ sa āpnoti mṛto bhavati khecaraḥ
Even a man who, while (merely) approaching her, utters her name obtains happiness while alive, and when dead becomes a sky-traveller.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.460
तत्र ये शुभकर्माणस्त्यजंति स्वां तनुं नराः। ते विद्याधरराजानो भवंति सुखिनो जनाः
tatra ye śubhakarmāṇastyajaṃti svāṃ tanuṃ narāḥ| te vidyādhararājāno bhavaṃti sukhino janāḥ
Those men of auspicious deeds who give up their bodies there become kings of the Vidyādharas, happy beings.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.461
नराणां स्वर्गनिःश्रेणी स्नानात्पानात्सरस्वती। तत्र स्नानं प्रकुर्वन्ति येष्टम्यां सुसमाहिताः
narāṇāṃ svarganiḥśreṇī snānātpānātsarasvatī| tatra snānaṃ prakurvanti yeṣṭamyāṃ susamāhitāḥ
By bathing (in her) and drinking (of her), the Sarasvatī is a ladder to heaven for men. Those who, well composed, perform bathing there on the eighth day —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.462
ते मृताः स्वर्गमासाद्य मोदंते सुमनोरमाः। सरस्वती सदा स्त्रीणां तत्र सौभाग्यदायिका
te mṛtāḥ svargamāsādya modaṃte sumanoramāḥ| sarasvatī sadā strīṇāṃ tatra saubhāgyadāyikā
they, when dead, reach heaven and rejoice, very delightful (in form). There the Sarasvatī is always the giver of good fortune to women.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.463
उपोषिता तृतीयायामपि सौभाग्यभाजना। तत्र तद्दर्शनेनापि मुच्यते पापसंचयात्
upoṣitā tṛtīyāyāmapi saubhāgyabhājanā| tatra taddarśanenāpi mucyate pāpasaṃcayāt
A woman who has fasted on the third day too becomes a vessel of good fortune; there, even by the sight of her, one is freed from the accumulation of sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.464
स्पृशंति ये नराः केचित्तेपि ज्ञेया मुनीश्वराः। रजतस्य प्रदानेन रूपवान्जायते नरः
spṛśaṃti ye narāḥ kecittepi jñeyā munīśvarāḥ| rajatasya pradānena rūpavānjāyate naraḥ
Those men who touch (her) — they too are to be known as lords among sages. By the gift of silver a man is born handsome.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.465
पुण्या पुण्यजलोपेता नदीयं ब्रह्मणः सुता। नंदा नामेति विपुला प्रवृत्ता दक्षिणामुखी
puṇyā puṇyajalopetā nadīyaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sutā| naṃdā nāmeti vipulā pravṛttā dakṣiṇāmukhī
Holy, endowed with holy waters, this river is the daughter of Brahmā; broad, named Nandā, she flowed on facing south.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.466
गत्वा ततो नातिदूरं पुनर्याता पराङ्मुखी। ततः प्रभृति सा देवी प्रसभं प्रकटा स्थिता
gatvā tato nātidūraṃ punaryātā parāṅmukhī| tataḥ prabhṛti sā devī prasabhaṃ prakaṭā sthitā
Having gone from there not too far, she went on again turning away (westward); from that point on that goddess remained forcibly manifest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.467
तस्यास्तटेषु पुण्येषु तीर्थान्यायतनानि च। संसेवितानि मुनिभिः सिद्धैश्चापि समंततः
tasyāstaṭeṣu puṇyeṣu tīrthānyāyatanāni ca| saṃsevitāni munibhiḥ siddhaiścāpi samaṃtataḥ
On her holy banks are sacred fords and shrines, frequented all around by sages and by Siddhas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.468
तेषु सर्वेषु भवति धर्महेतुस्सरस्वती। स्नानात्पानात्प्रदानाद्वा हिरण्यस्य महानदी
teṣu sarveṣu bhavati dharmahetussarasvatī| snānātpānātpradānādvā hiraṇyasya mahānadī
At all of them the Sarasvatī, the great river, becomes a cause of merit — through bathing, through drinking, or through the giving of gold.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.469
हाटकक्षितिगौरीणां नंदातीर्थे महोदयं। दानं दत्तं नरैः स्नातैर्जनयत्यक्षयं फलं
hāṭakakṣitigaurīṇāṃ naṃdātīrthe mahodayaṃ| dānaṃ dattaṃ naraiḥ snātairjanayatyakṣayaṃ phalaṃ
A gift of gold, land, and cows given at the Nandā ford by men who have bathed brings great prosperity and produces imperishable fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.470
धान्यप्रदानं प्रवदंति शस्तं वसुप्रदानं च तथा मुनींद्राः । यैस्तेषु तीर्थेषु नरैः प्रदत्तं तद्धर्महेतुः प्रवरं प्रदिष्टम्
dhānyapradānaṃ pravadaṃti śastaṃ vasupradānaṃ ca tathā munīṃdrāḥ | yaisteṣu tīrtheṣu naraiḥ pradattaṃ taddharmahetuḥ pravaraṃ pradiṣṭam
The best of sages declare the gift of grain to be commended, and likewise the gift of wealth; whatever is given by men at those sacred fords is declared to be the foremost cause of merit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.471
प्रायोपवेशं प्रयतः प्रयत्नाद्यस्तत्र कुर्यात्प्रमदा पुमान्वा। तीर्थेषु सायुज्यमवाप्य सोऽयं भुङ्क्ते फलं ब्रह्मगृहे यथेष्टं
prāyopaveśaṃ prayataḥ prayatnādyastatra kuryātpramadā pumānvā| tīrtheṣu sāyujyamavāpya so'yaṃ bhuṅkte phalaṃ brahmagṛhe yatheṣṭaṃ
Whoever, woman or man, self-restrained, should there with effort undertake fasting unto death, attaining union (with the deity) at those fords, he enjoys the reward in Brahmā's abode as he pleases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.472
तस्योपकंठे तु मृतास्तु ये वै कर्मक्षयात्स्थावरजंगमाश्च। तैश्चापि सर्वैः सहसा प्रसह्य लभ्येत यज्ञस्य फलं दुरापम्
tasyopakaṃṭhe tu mṛtāstu ye vai karmakṣayātsthāvarajaṃgamāśca| taiścāpi sarvaiḥ sahasā prasahya labhyeta yajñasya phalaṃ durāpam
And those, both immobile and moving beings, who die in its vicinity through the exhaustion of their karma — by all of them too, at once and forcibly, the hard-to-win fruit of a sacrifice is obtained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 18.473
ततस्तु सा धर्मफलप्रदा भवेज्जन्मादि दुःखार्दित चेतसां नृणाम्। सर्वात्मना पुण्यफला सरस्वती सेव्या प्रयत्नात्पुरुषैर्महानदी
tatastu sā dharmaphalapradā bhavejjanmādi duḥkhārdita cetasāṃ nṛṇām| sarvātmanā puṇyaphalā sarasvatī sevyā prayatnātpuruṣairmahānadī
Therefore she becomes the bestower of the fruit of dharma for men whose minds are afflicted by the sufferings of birth and the rest; with the whole being, Sarasvatī, the great river whose fruit is merit, should be resorted to diligently by men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 18.913
तत्रांभस्था तदा देवं प्रोवाचाथ जनार्दनम्। समर्पयस्व तं वह्निं देवादेशं करोम्यहम्
tatrāṃbhasthā tadā devaṃ provācātha janārdanam| samarpayasva taṃ vahniṃ devādeśaṃ karomyaham
Then she who abode there in the water spoke to the god Janārdana: "Consign that fire (to me); I shall carry out the god's command."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain