Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 30

PdP 1 30.1

भीष्म उवाच। यज्ञपवर्तमासाद्य विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना। पदानि चेह दत्तानि किमर्थं पदपद्धतिः

bhīṣma uvāca| yajñapavartamāsādya viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā| padāni ceha dattāni kimarthaṃ padapaddhatiḥ

Bhīṣma said: Having come to the mountain of sacrifice, by Viṣṇu, the all-powerful Viṣṇu, footprints were set down here — for what purpose (was) the track of footprints

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PdP 1 30.2

कृता वै देवदेवेन तन्मे वद महामते। कतमो दानवस्तेन विष्णुना दमितोत्र वै

kṛtā vai devadevena tanme vada mahāmate| katamo dānavastena viṣṇunā damitotra vai

made by the God of gods? Tell me that, O great-minded one. Which dānava was subdued here by that Viṣṇu,

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PdP 1 30.3

कृत्वा वै पदविन्यासं तन्मे शंस महामुने। स्वर्लोके वसतिर्विष्णोर्वैकुंठेऽस्य महात्मनः

kṛtvā vai padavinyāsaṃ tanme śaṃsa mahāmune| svarloke vasatirviṣṇorvaikuṃṭhe'sya mahātmanaḥ

having made the setting down of the footsteps? Declare that to me, O great sage. Viṣṇu's dwelling is in the heavenly world, that of this great-souled one is in Vaikuṇṭha.

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PdP 1 30.4

स कथं मानुषे लोके पदन्यासं चकार ह। देवलोकेषु वै देव देवाः सेंद्रपुरोगमाः

sa kathaṃ mānuṣe loke padanyāsaṃ cakāra ha| devalokeṣu vai deva devāḥ seṃdrapurogamāḥ

How then did he set down footsteps in the human world? In the worlds of the gods indeed, O god, the gods led by Indra,

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PdP 1 30.5

तपसा महता ब्रह्मन्भक्ता ये सततं प्रभुम्। श्रीवराहस्य वसतिर्महर्ल्लोके प्रकीर्तिता

tapasā mahatā brahmanbhaktā ye satataṃ prabhum| śrīvarāhasya vasatirmaharlloke prakīrtitā

by great austerity, O brahmin, are constantly devoted to the Lord. The dwelling of Śrī Varāha is proclaimed to be in Maharloka;

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PdP 1 30.6

नृसिंहस्य तथा प्रोक्ता जनलोके महात्मनः। त्रिविक्रमस्य वसतिस्तपोलोके प्रकीर्तिता

nṛsiṃhasya tathā proktā janaloke mahātmanaḥ| trivikramasya vasatistapoloke prakīrtitā

that of the great-souled Nṛsiṃha is likewise declared to be in Janaloka; the dwelling of Trivikrama is proclaimed to be in Tapoloka.

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PdP 1 30.7

लोकानेतान्परित्यज्य कथं भूमौ पदद्वयम्। क्षेत्रे पैतामहे चास्मिन्पुष्करे यज्ञपर्वते

lokānetānparityajya kathaṃ bhūmau padadvayam| kṣetre paitāmahe cāsminpuṣkare yajñaparvate

Abandoning these worlds, how (did he set) two footsteps upon the earth, in this field of the Grandfather, in Puṣkara, on the mountain of sacrifice?

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PdP 1 30.8

पदानि कृतवान्ब्रह्मन्विस्तरान्मम कीर्तय। श्रुतेन सर्वपापस्य नाशो वै भविता ध्रुवम्

padāni kṛtavānbrahmanvistarānmama kīrtaya| śrutena sarvapāpasya nāśo vai bhavitā dhruvam

He made the footprints, O brahmin — recount that to me at length; by hearing it the destruction of all sin will surely come about.

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PdP 1 30.9

पुलस्त्य उवाच। सम्यक्पृच्छसि भोस्त्वं यत्संशृणु त्वं समाहितः। यथापूर्वं पदन्यासः कृतो देवेन विष्णुना

pulastya uvāca| samyakpṛcchasi bhostvaṃ yatsaṃśṛṇu tvaṃ samāhitaḥ| yathāpūrvaṃ padanyāsaḥ kṛto devena viṣṇunā

Pulastya said: You ask rightly, sir; listen to it with attention — how formerly the setting down of footsteps was made by the god Viṣṇu,

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PdP 1 30.10

यज्ञपर्वतमासाद्य शिलापर्वतरोधसि। पुरा कृतयुगे भीष्म देवकार्यार्थसिद्धये

yajñaparvatamāsādya śilāparvatarodhasi| purā kṛtayuge bhīṣma devakāryārthasiddhaye

having come to the mountain of sacrifice, on the bank at Śilāparvata, long ago in the Kṛta age, O Bhīṣma, for the accomplishment of the gods' purpose;

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PdP 1 30.11

विष्णुना च कृतं पूर्वं पृथिव्यर्थे परंतप। त्रिदिवं सर्वमानीतं दानवैर्बलवत्तरैः

viṣṇunā ca kṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ pṛthivyarthe paraṃtapa| tridivaṃ sarvamānītaṃ dānavairbalavattaraiḥ

and it was done formerly by Viṣṇu for the earth's sake, O scorcher of foes. The whole of the triple heaven had been carried off by the exceedingly powerful dānavas.

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PdP 1 30.12

त्रैलोक्यं वशमानीय जित्वा देवान्सवासवान्। दानवा यज्ञभोक्तारस्तत्रासन्बलवत्तराः

trailokyaṃ vaśamānīya jitvā devānsavāsavān| dānavā yajñabhoktārastatrāsanbalavattarāḥ

Having brought the three worlds under their sway and conquered the gods together with Vāsava, the exceedingly powerful dānavas were there the enjoyers of the sacrifices.

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PdP 1 30.13

कृता बाष्कलिना सर्वे दानवेन बलीयसा। एवंभूते तदा लोके त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे

kṛtā bāṣkalinā sarve dānavena balīyasā| evaṃbhūte tadā loke trailokye sacarācare

All (of this) was brought about by Bāṣkalin, the mightier dānava. When the world was in such a state, the triple world with its moving and unmoving (beings),

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PdP 1 30.14

परमार्तिं ययौ शक्रो निराशो जीविते कृतः। स बाष्कलिर्दानवेंद्रोऽवध्योयं मम संयुगे

paramārtiṃ yayau śakro nirāśo jīvite kṛtaḥ| sa bāṣkalirdānaveṃdro'vadhyoyaṃ mama saṃyuge

Śakra fell into the utmost distress, made hopeless of life: "That Bāṣkalin, lord of dānavas, is unslayable by me in battle,

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PdP 1 30.15

ब्रह्मणो वरदानेन सर्वेषां तु दिवौकसाम्। तदहं ब्रह्मणो लोके वृतः सर्वैर्दिवौकसैः

brahmaṇo varadānena sarveṣāṃ tu divaukasām| tadahaṃ brahmaṇo loke vṛtaḥ sarvairdivaukasaiḥ

by reason of Brahmā's granting of a boon — and (unslayable) by all the dwellers of heaven. Therefore I, surrounded by all the dwellers of heaven, in Brahmā's world

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PdP 1 30.16

व्रजामि शरणं देवं गतिरन्या न विद्यते। एवं विचिंत्य देवेंद्रो वृतः सर्वैर्दिवौकसैः

vrajāmi śaraṇaṃ devaṃ gatiranyā na vidyate| evaṃ viciṃtya deveṃdro vṛtaḥ sarvairdivaukasaiḥ

go for refuge to the god; no other recourse exists." Having thus reflected, the lord of the gods, surrounded by all the dwellers of heaven,

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PdP 1 30.17

जगाम त्वरितो भीष्म यत्र देवः पितामहः। ब्रह्मणः स पदं प्राप्य वृतस्तैश्च दिवौकसैः

jagāma tvarito bhīṣma yatra devaḥ pitāmahaḥ| brahmaṇaḥ sa padaṃ prāpya vṛtastaiśca divaukasaiḥ

He went in haste, O Bhīṣma, to where the god, the Grandfather, was; having reached Brahmā's abode, surrounded by those dwellers of heaven,

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PdP 1 30.18

अब्रवीज्जगतः कार्यं प्राप्तामापदमुत्तमाम्। किं न जानासि वै देव यतो नो भयमागतम्

abravījjagataḥ kāryaṃ prāptāmāpadamuttamām| kiṃ na jānāsi vai deva yato no bhayamāgatam

he told (him) the business of the world, the extreme calamity that had befallen (it): "Do you not know, O god, whence fear has come upon us?

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PdP 1 30.19

दैत्यैर्यदाहृतं सर्वं वरदानाच्च ते प्रभो। कथितं वै मया सर्वं बाष्कलेश्च दुरात्मनः

daityairyadāhṛtaṃ sarvaṃ varadānācca te prabho| kathitaṃ vai mayā sarvaṃ bāṣkaleśca durātmanaḥ

All that has been carried off by the daityas, and that through your granting of a boon, O lord — all this has been told by me, and (the doings) of the evil-souled Bāṣkala.

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PdP 1 30.20

क्रियतां चाविलंबेन पिता त्वं नः पितामहः। तत्त्वं चिंतय देवेश शांत्यर्थं जगतस्त्विह

kriyatāṃ cāvilaṃbena pitā tvaṃ naḥ pitāmahaḥ| tattvaṃ ciṃtaya deveśa śāṃtyarthaṃ jagatastviha

Let (something) be done without delay; you are our father, the grandfather. Consider that truth, O lord of gods, for the sake of the world's quieting here.

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PdP 1 30.21

तेषां च पश्यतां किंचिच्छ्रौतस्मार्तादिकाः क्रियाः। न प्रावर्तन्त हानिस्तु तैरस्माकं दिनेदिने

teṣāṃ ca paśyatāṃ kiṃcicchrautasmārtādikāḥ kriyāḥ| na prāvartanta hānistu tairasmākaṃ dinedine

And while they look on, the rites, śrauta and smārta and the rest, scarcely proceed at all; and by them (there is) loss for us day by day.

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PdP 1 30.22

यथा हि प्राकृतः कश्चित्स्वार्थमुद्दिश्य भाषते। विज्ञाप्यसे तथास्माभिर्निरस्तोपकृतैः सदा

yathā hi prākṛtaḥ kaścitsvārthamuddiśya bhāṣate| vijñāpyase tathāsmābhirnirastopakṛtaiḥ sadā

Just as some common man speaks with his own interest in view, so are you (now) petitioned by us, who have always had (your) past favours cast aside.

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PdP 1 30.23

यद्येनोपकृतं यस्य सहस्रगुणितं पुनः। यो न तस्योपकाराय तत्करोति वृथा मतिः

yadyenopakṛtaṃ yasya sahasraguṇitaṃ punaḥ| yo na tasyopakārāya tatkaroti vṛthā matiḥ

If a benefit has been done by one to another, and he does not do, in return, a thousandfold for that one's benefit, his mind is worthless.

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PdP 1 30.24

तस्योपकारदग्धस्य निस्त्रपस्यासतः पुनः। नरकेष्वपि संवासस्तस्य दुष्कृतकारिणः

tasyopakāradagdhasya nistrapasyāsataḥ punaḥ| narakeṣvapi saṃvāsastasya duṣkṛtakāriṇaḥ

For that shameless and base man, scorched by (unrepaid) benefit, there is furthermore dwelling even in the hells — for that doer of evil.

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PdP 1 30.25

नैतावतैव साधुत्वं कृते यातु प्रतिक्रिया। स्वार्थैकनिष्ठबुद्धीनामेतन्नापि प्रवर्तते

naitāvataiva sādhutvaṃ kṛte yātu pratikriyā| svārthaikaniṣṭhabuddhīnāmetannāpi pravartate

Nor is goodness (attained) merely by this much — let a return be made for what was done; for those whose intelligence is fixed on self-interest alone, even this does not come about.

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PdP 1 30.26

यद्यस्य नाभवत्स्थानं जगतो ह्यत्र दुःखदं। शतधा हृदयं दीर्णं तन्न तृप्तिमुपागतम्

yadyasya nābhavatsthānaṃ jagato hyatra duḥkhadaṃ| śatadhā hṛdayaṃ dīrṇaṃ tanna tṛptimupāgatam

If there was no place for this pain-giving (thing) here for the world — the heart, split a hundredfold, did not come to satisfaction.

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PdP 1 30.27

तत्र वा यत्र गंतास्मि निमग्नानुद्धरस्व नः। उपायकथनेनास्य येन तेजः प्रवर्तते

tatra vā yatra gaṃtāsmi nimagnānuddharasva naḥ| upāyakathanenāsya yena tejaḥ pravartate

Or there, wherever I am to go — raise us up who are sunk, by telling a means by which his (our?) energy may go forward.

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PdP 1 30.28

यथाख्यातं मया दृष्टं जगत्तत्स्थमवेक्ष्य ताम्। निःस्वाध्यायवषट्कारं निवृत्तोत्सवमंगलम्

yathākhyātaṃ mayā dṛṣṭaṃ jagattatsthamavekṣya tām| niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkāraṃ nivṛttotsavamaṃgalam

As has been described by me, so have I seen it, looking upon that world established therein: without recitation of the Veda and without the vaṣaṭ-call, its festivals and auspicious rites ceased,

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PdP 1 30.29

त्यक्ताध्ययनसंयोगं मुक्तवार्ता परिग्रहम्। दंडनीत्या परित्यक्तं श्वासमात्रावशेषितम्

tyaktādhyayanasaṃyogaṃ muktavārtā parigraham| daṃḍanītyā parityaktaṃ śvāsamātrāvaśeṣitam

with the pursuit of study abandoned, with the taking up of (its) affairs let go, forsaken by the rule of the rod, with only breath remaining,

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PdP 1 30.30

जगदार्तिमपि प्राप्तं पुनः कष्टतरां दशां। एतावता हि कालेन वयं ग्लानिमुपागताः

jagadārtimapi prāptaṃ punaḥ kaṣṭatarāṃ daśāṃ| etāvatā hi kālena vayaṃ glānimupāgatāḥ

the world has come to affliction, and further to a still more grievous condition; in so much time as this we have come to exhaustion."

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PdP 1 30.31

ब्रह्मोवाच। जानामि बाष्कलिं तं तु वरदानाच्च गर्वितम्। अजेयं भवतां मन्ये विष्णुसाध्यो भविष्यति

brahmovāca| jānāmi bāṣkaliṃ taṃ tu varadānācca garvitam| ajeyaṃ bhavatāṃ manye viṣṇusādhyo bhaviṣyati

Brahmā said: I know that Bāṣkali, made arrogant by the granting of a boon. I think he is unconquerable by you; he will be manageable by Viṣṇu.

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PdP 1 30.32

निरुध्य संस्थितो ब्रह्मा भावं तत्वमयं तदा। समाधिस्थस्य तस्यैव ध्यानमात्राच्चतुर्भुजः

nirudhya saṃsthito brahmā bhāvaṃ tatvamayaṃ tadā| samādhisthasya tasyaiva dhyānamātrāccaturbhujaḥ

Having restrained (his senses), Brahmā then abode in the state that consists of the (supreme) reality; and from the mere meditation of him, seated in samādhi, the four-armed one —

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PdP 1 30.33

स्तोकेनैव हि कालेन चिंत्यमानः स्वयंभुवा। आजगाम मुहूर्तेन सर्वेषामेव पश्यताम्

stokenaiva hi kālena ciṃtyamānaḥ svayaṃbhuvā| ājagāma muhūrtena sarveṣāmeva paśyatām

in but a short time, being meditated upon by the Self-born, he came in a moment, while all were looking on.

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PdP 1 30.34

विष्णुरुवाच। भो भो ब्रह्मन्निवर्त्तस्व ध्यानादस्मान्निवारितः। यदर्थमिष्यते ध्यानं सोहं त्वां समुपागतः

viṣṇuruvāca| bho bho brahmannivarttasva dhyānādasmānnivāritaḥ| yadarthamiṣyate dhyānaṃ sohaṃ tvāṃ samupāgataḥ

Viṣṇu said: Ho, ho, Brahmā, turn back from this meditation — (I am) stopped by it. That for the sake of which the meditation is undertaken, that very one am I, come to you.

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PdP 1 30.35

ब्रह्मोवाच। महाप्रसाद एषोऽत्र स्वामिनो हि प्रदर्शनम्। कस्यान्यस्य भवेच्चैषा चिन्ता या जगतः प्रभो

brahmovāca| mahāprasāda eṣo'tra svāmino hi pradarśanam| kasyānyasya bhaveccaiṣā cintā yā jagataḥ prabho

Brahmā said: This here is a great favour, the showing of himself by the Master. Whose else could this be, this concern which is for the world, O lord?

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PdP 1 30.36

ममैव तावदुत्पत्तिर्जगदर्थे विनिर्मिता। जगदेतत्त्वदर्थीयं तत्त्वतो नास्ति विस्मयः

mamaiva tāvadutpattirjagadarthe vinirmitā| jagadetattvadarthīyaṃ tattvato nāsti vismayaḥ

Indeed my very coming into being was fashioned for the sake of the world, and this world is for your sake; in truth there is no cause for wonder.

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PdP 1 30.37

भवता पालनं कार्यं संहरेद्रुद्र एव तु। एवंभूते जगत्यस्मिन्शक्रस्यास्य महात्मनः

bhavatā pālanaṃ kāryaṃ saṃharedrudra eva tu| evaṃbhūte jagatyasminśakrasyāsya mahātmanaḥ

“Protection must be done by you; but Rudra alone should destroy. While the world is in such a state, of this great-souled Śakra—

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PdP 1 30.38

हृतं राज्यं बाष्कलिना त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्। भृत्यस्य क्रियतां साह्यं मंत्रदानेन केशव

hṛtaṃ rājyaṃ bāṣkalinā trailokyaṃ sacarācaram| bhṛtyasya kriyatāṃ sāhyaṃ maṃtradānena keśava

—the kingdom has been seized by Bāṣkalin, the three worlds with all that moves and does not move. Let help be given to (your) servant by the giving of counsel, O Keśava.”

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PdP 1 30.39

वासुदेव उवाच। भवतो वरदानेन अवध्यः स तु सांप्रतम्। बुद्धिसाध्यः स वै कार्यो बंधनादिह दानवः

vāsudeva uvāca| bhavato varadānena avadhyaḥ sa tu sāṃpratam| buddhisādhyaḥ sa vai kāryo baṃdhanādiha dānavaḥ

Vāsudeva said: “By your granting of a boon he is at present unslayable; that dānava must indeed be dealt with here by wit, by binding (him).

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PdP 1 30.40

वामनोहं भविष्यामि दानवानां विनाशकः। मया सह व्रजत्वेष बाष्कलेस्तु निवेशनम्

vāmanohaṃ bhaviṣyāmi dānavānāṃ vināśakaḥ| mayā saha vrajatveṣa bāṣkalestu niveśanam

I shall become Vāmana, the destroyer of the dānavas. Let this one (Indra) go with me to Bāṣkali's dwelling.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.41

तत्र गत्वा वरं त्वेष मदर्थे याचतामिमम्। वामनस्यास्य विप्रस्य भूमे राजन्पदत्रयम्

tatra gatvā varaṃ tveṣa madarthe yācatāmimam| vāmanasyāsya viprasya bhūme rājanpadatrayam

Having gone there, let him ask this boon for my sake: ‘O king, three paces of ground for this brahmin Vāmana—

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PdP 1 30.42

प्रयच्छस्व महाभाग याच्ञैषा तु मया कृता। शक्रेणोक्तो दानवेंद्रो दद्यात्स्वमपि जीवितम्

prayacchasva mahābhāga yācñaiṣā tu mayā kṛtā| śakreṇokto dānaveṃdro dadyātsvamapi jīvitam

—bestow (them), greatly fortunate one; this request has been made by me.’ Addressed by Śakra, the lord of the dānavas would give even his own life.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.43

गृह्य प्रतिग्रहं तस्य दानवस्य पितामह। तं बध्वा च ततो यत्नात्कृत्वा पातालवासिनम्

gṛhya pratigrahaṃ tasya dānavasya pitāmaha| taṃ badhvā ca tato yatnātkṛtvā pātālavāsinam

Having taken that dānava's gift, O grandfather, and having bound him and then with effort made him a dweller in Pātāla,

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PdP 1 30.44

सौकरं रूपमास्थाय वधार्थं च दुरात्मनः। भविष्यामि न संदेहो व्रज शक्र त्वरान्वितः

saukaraṃ rūpamāsthāya vadhārthaṃ ca durātmanaḥ| bhaviṣyāmi na saṃdeho vraja śakra tvarānvitaḥ

and taking on a boar's form for the killing of the evil-souled one, I shall come to be—there is no doubt. Go, Śakra, in haste.”

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.45

विरराम तमुक्त्वैवमंतर्द्धानं गतश्च वै। अथ कालांतरे विष्णावदितेर्गर्भतां गते

virarāma tamuktvaivamaṃtarddhānaṃ gataśca vai| atha kālāṃtare viṣṇāvaditergarbhatāṃ gate

Having spoken to him thus he fell silent, and indeed vanished. Then, after an interval of time, when Viṣṇu had come to be in Aditi's womb,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.46

निमित्तान्यतिघोराणि प्रादुर्भूतान्यनेकशः। समस्तजगदाधारे विष्णौ गर्भत्वमागते

nimittānyatighorāṇi prādurbhūtānyanekaśaḥ| samastajagadādhāre viṣṇau garbhatvamāgate

exceedingly terrible portents appeared in many forms, when Viṣṇu, the support of the entire world, had come to the state of being an embryo.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.47

शोभनं हि तदा जातं निमित्तं चैवमूर्जितम्। मालतीकुसुमानां तु सुगंधः सुरभिर्ववौ

śobhanaṃ hi tadā jātaṃ nimittaṃ caivamūrjitam| mālatīkusumānāṃ tu sugaṃdhaḥ surabhirvavau

An auspicious portent too then arose, and thus a mighty one: a fragrant sweet scent of mālatī flowers blew (abroad).

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PdP 1 30.48

अथ विहितविधानं कालमासाद्य देवस्त्रिदशगणहितार्थं सर्वभूतानुकंपी। विमल विरल केशश्चंद्रशंखोदयश्रीरदितितनयभावं देवदेवश्चकार

atha vihitavidhānaṃ kālamāsādya devastridaśagaṇahitārthaṃ sarvabhūtānukaṃpī| vimala virala keśaścaṃdraśaṃkhodayaśrīradititanayabhāvaṃ devadevaścakāra

Then, having reached the appointed time, the god, compassionate to all beings, for the benefit of the host of the Thirty—spotless, with sparse hair, with the splendour of the rising of the moon and of the conch—the god of gods took on the condition of being Aditi's son.

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PdP 1 30.49

अवतरति च विष्णौ सिद्धदेवासुराणामनिमिषनयनानां विप्रसेदुर्मुखानि। अतिविरतरजोभिर्वायुभिः संवहद्भिर्दिनमपि च तदासीज्जन्म विष्णोः सुगर्भे

avatarati ca viṣṇau siddhadevāsurāṇāmanimiṣanayanānāṃ viprasedurmukhāni| ativiratarajobhirvāyubhiḥ saṃvahadbhirdinamapi ca tadāsījjanma viṣṇoḥ sugarbhe

And as Viṣṇu descended, the faces of the siddhas, gods and asuras, their eyes unblinking, grew serene; and with the winds blowing while the dust was wholly stilled, it was then daytime too, at Viṣṇu's birth in the auspicious womb.

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PdP 1 30.50

अदितिरजनगर्भा सापि देवी प्रयांती नतजघनभरार्त्ता मंदसंचाररम्या। अलसवदनखेदं पांडुभावं वहंती गुरुतरमवगाढं गर्भमेवोद्वहंती1.30.

aditirajanagarbhā sāpi devī prayāṃtī natajaghanabharārttā maṃdasaṃcāraramyā| alasavadanakhedaṃ pāṃḍubhāvaṃ vahaṃtī gurutaramavagāḍhaṃ garbhamevodvahaṃtī1.30.

And that goddess Aditi too, bearing in her womb the unborn one, as she walked, was distressed by the burden of her sunken hips, charming with her slow movement, carrying the languid weariness of her face and a pallor, bearing a womb ever heavier and more deeply settled.

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PdP 1 30.51

ततः प्रविष्टे खलु गर्भवासं नारायणे भूतभविष्ययोगात्। विनापदं प्राप्तमनोरथानि भूतानि सर्वाणि तदा बभूवुः

tataḥ praviṣṭe khalu garbhavāsaṃ nārāyaṇe bhūtabhaviṣyayogāt| vināpadaṃ prāptamanorathāni bhūtāni sarvāṇi tadā babhūvuḥ

Then, when Nārāyaṇa had indeed entered into dwelling in the womb, by the conjunction of what was and what would be, all beings then became free of calamity, their wishes attained.

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PdP 1 30.52

समीरणो वाति च मंदमंदं पतत्सु वर्षेषु नगोद्भवेषु। विविक्तमार्गेषु दिगंतरेषु जनेषु वै सत्यमुपागतेषु

samīraṇo vāti ca maṃdamaṃdaṃ patatsu varṣeṣu nagodbhaveṣu| viviktamārgeṣu digaṃtareṣu janeṣu vai satyamupāgateṣu

And the wind blows ever so gently, while rains fall (and) things spring up on the mountains, the roads being clear, and in every quarter, and people indeed having come to truthfulness.

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PdP 1 30.53

विमुच्यमाने गगने रजोभिः शनैश्शनैर्नश्यति चांधकारे। उदरांतर्गते विष्णौ द्रोहबुद्धिस्तदाभवत्

vimucyamāne gagane rajobhiḥ śanaiśśanairnaśyati cāṃdhakāre| udarāṃtargate viṣṇau drohabuddhistadābhavat

While the sky was being freed of its dust, and the darkness perishing little by little—when Viṣṇu had gone into the belly, then there arose the intent to harm.

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PdP 1 30.54

तां निशामय राजेंद्र देवमातुर्यथाक्रमम्। किमनुक्रमणेनैव लंघयामि त्रिविष्टपम्

tāṃ niśāmaya rājeṃdra devamāturyathākramam| kimanukramaṇenaiva laṃghayāmi triviṣṭapam

Hear that (speech) of the mother of the god in due order, O best of kings: “Shall I overleap the triple heaven with but a stride?

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PdP 1 30.55

बाष्कलिं दानवेंद्रं तं कुर्यां पातालवासिनम्। शक्रस्य तु मया दत्तं धनं लावण्यमेव च

bāṣkaliṃ dānaveṃdraṃ taṃ kuryāṃ pātālavāsinam| śakrasya tu mayā dattaṃ dhanaṃ lāvaṇyameva ca

Shall I make that Bāṣkali, lord of the dānavas, a dweller in Pātāla? And wealth and loveliness have been given by me to Śakra.

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PdP 1 30.56

दानवानां विनाशाय एकैव प्रभवाम्यहम्। क्षिपामि शरजालानि चक्रयानान्यनेकशः

dānavānāṃ vināśāya ekaiva prabhavāmyaham| kṣipāmi śarajālāni cakrayānānyanekaśaḥ

For the destruction of the dānavas I alone am capable. I hurl nets of arrows and many discs and vehicles,

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PdP 1 30.57

गदाव्रातांश्च विविधान्दानवानां विनाशने। विबुधान्देवलोकस्थानधोभूमेस्तु दानवान्

gadāvrātāṃśca vividhāndānavānāṃ vināśane| vibudhāndevalokasthānadhobhūmestu dānavān

and manifold clusters of maces, in the destroying of the dānavas; (I strike) the gods who dwell in the world of the gods, and the dānavas (who dwell) below the earth.

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PdP 1 30.58

करोमि कालयोगेन तत्तु कार्यं व्रतेन मे। निस्सृता सहसा वाणी वक्त्रमेवाभिसंस्थिता

karomi kālayogena tattu kāryaṃ vratena me| nissṛtā sahasā vāṇī vaktramevābhisaṃsthitā

That task I shall accomplish through the conjunction of time, by my vow." — Suddenly the utterance came forth, standing right in her mouth.

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PdP 1 30.59

येनेदं चिन्त्यते पूर्वं यन्न दृष्टं न च श्रुतम्। बंधं वै दनुमुख्यस्य कृतं कोपेन पश्य मे

yenedaṃ cintyate pūrvaṃ yanna dṛṣṭaṃ na ca śrutam| baṃdhaṃ vai danumukhyasya kṛtaṃ kopena paśya me

"(Something) by which this is thought out beforehand, which has neither been seen nor heard: look at the binding of Danu's chief (son), effected by my anger!"

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PdP 1 30.60

कश्यपाय पुरा दत्तं धनं लावण्यमेव च। किमयं विगतोत्साहो वायवोथ समाकुलाः

kaśyapāya purā dattaṃ dhanaṃ lāvaṇyameva ca| kimayaṃ vigatotsāho vāyavotha samākulāḥ

"Formerly wealth and beauty itself were given to Kaśyapa; why is he now bereft of vigour? Or are the winds in turmoil?"

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PdP 1 30.61

भ्रमतीव हि मे दृष्टिर्मैतद्रूपं प्रचिंतितम्। आविष्टा किमहं वच्मि केनाप्यसदृशं वचः

bhramatīva hi me dṛṣṭirmaitadrūpaṃ praciṃtitam| āviṣṭā kimahaṃ vacmi kenāpyasadṛśaṃ vacaḥ

"For my sight seems to whirl; is this form (only) imagined by me? Am I possessed, that I speak by someone (else) a speech unbefitting (me)?"

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PdP 1 30.62

विकल्पवशमापन्नाऽभीक्ष्णं हृदिममर्श सा। दधार दिव्यं वर्षाणां सहस्रं दिव्यमीश्वरम्

vikalpavaśamāpannā'bhīkṣṇaṃ hṛdimamarśa sā| dadhāra divyaṃ varṣāṇāṃ sahasraṃ divyamīśvaram

Having fallen under the sway of doubt, she pondered again and again in her heart; she bore the divine Lord for a thousand divine years.

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PdP 1 30.63

ततः समभवत्तस्यां वामनो भूतवामनः। जातेन येन चक्षूंषि दानवानां हृतानि वै

tataḥ samabhavattasyāṃ vāmano bhūtavāmanaḥ| jātena yena cakṣūṃṣi dānavānāṃ hṛtāni vai

Then there came to be in her the Dwarf, the dwarf of (all) beings, by whose very birth the eyes of the dānavas were carried off.

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PdP 1 30.64

जातमात्रे ततस्तस्मिन्देवदेवे जनार्दने। नद्यः स्वच्छांबुवाहिन्यो ववौ गंधवहोऽनिलः

jātamātre tatastasmindevadeve janārdane| nadyaḥ svacchāṃbuvāhinyo vavau gaṃdhavaho'nilaḥ

Then, the moment that god of gods, Janārdana, was born, the rivers ran with clear water, and a fragrance-bearing wind blew.

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PdP 1 30.65

कश्यपोपि सुखं लेभे तेन पुत्रेण भास्वता। सर्वेषां मानसोत्साहस्त्रैलोक्यांतरवासिनाम्

kaśyapopi sukhaṃ lebhe tena putreṇa bhāsvatā| sarveṣāṃ mānasotsāhastrailokyāṃtaravāsinām

Kaśyapa too gained happiness through that radiant son; there was elation of mind in all who dwell within the three worlds.

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PdP 1 30.66

संजातमात्रे तु ततो जनाधिपजनार्दने। स्वर्गलोके दुंदुभयो विनेदुस्तैश्च ताडिताः

saṃjātamātre tu tato janādhipajanārdane| svargaloke duṃdubhayo vinedustaiśca tāḍitāḥ

Then, the moment Janārdana, ruler of men, was born, in the world of heaven the kettledrums, struck by them, resounded.

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PdP 1 30.67

अतिप्रहर्षात्तु जगत्त्रयस्य मोहश्च दुःखानि च नाशमीयुः। जगो च गन्धर्वगणोतिमात्रं भावस्वरैर्भर्तृविमिश्रिताश्च

atipraharṣāttu jagattrayasya mohaśca duḥkhāni ca nāśamīyuḥ| jago ca gandharvagaṇotimātraṃ bhāvasvarairbhartṛvimiśritāśca

But from the exceeding joy of the threefold world, delusion and sorrows came to destruction; and the host of gandharvas sang beyond all measure, and (their women), mingled with their husbands, with feeling-laden notes.

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PdP 1 30.68

सुराङ्गनाश्चापि च भावयुक्ता नृत्यंति तत्राप्सरसां समूहाः। तथैव विद्याधरसिद्धसंघा विमानयानैर्मुदिता भ्रमंति

surāṅganāścāpi ca bhāvayuktā nṛtyaṃti tatrāpsarasāṃ samūhāḥ| tathaiva vidyādharasiddhasaṃghā vimānayānairmuditā bhramaṃti

And the women of the gods too, filled with feeling, dance there — the throngs of apsarases; and likewise the companies of vidyādharas and siddhas, delighted, move about in their flying chariots.

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PdP 1 30.69

वदंति सत्यानृतकार्यनिर्णयं तथाभिरंगं प्रतिदर्शयंति। गायंति गेयं विनिवृत्तरागा मुहुर्मुहुर्दुःखसुखप्रभूताः

vadaṃti satyānṛtakāryanirṇayaṃ tathābhiraṃgaṃ pratidarśayaṃti| gāyaṃti geyaṃ vinivṛttarāgā muhurmuhurduḥkhasukhaprabhūtāḥ

They pronounce the settling of what is true and false in conduct, and they likewise display love-play; with their passion turned away they sing songs, again and again, (songs) sprung from sorrow and from joy.

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PdP 1 30.70

नृत्यंति वै स्वर्गगताश्च ते तु धर्मार्जितं स्वर्गमितो व्रजंति। इति विगतविषादे निर्मले जीवलोके तिमिरनिकरमुक्ता निर्वृतिं प्राप्तुकामाः

nṛtyaṃti vai svargagatāśca te tu dharmārjitaṃ svargamito vrajaṃti| iti vigataviṣāde nirmale jīvaloke timiranikaramuktā nirvṛtiṃ prāptukāmāḥ

And those who have gone to heaven dance; from here they go to the heaven won by dharma. Thus, in the world of the living, free of despondency and stainless, (they,) released from the mass of darkness, desiring to attain release —

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PdP 1 30.71

तत्रोचुः केचिदुर्व्यां जयजय भगवन्संप्रहृष्टाश्च केचित्। त्वेवं प्रोक्तप्रणादैरविरल मनसश्चानुवादैस्तथान्यैः। ध्यायंतेन्ये निगूढं जननभय जरामृत्युविच्छेदहेतो-। रित्येवं कृत्स्नमासीज्जगदिदमखिलं सर्वतः संपृहृष्टम्

tatrocuḥ kecidurvyāṃ jayajaya bhagavansaṃprahṛṣṭāśca kecit| tvevaṃ proktapraṇādairavirala manasaścānuvādaistathānyaiḥ| dhyāyaṃtenye nigūḍhaṃ jananabhaya jarāmṛtyuvicchedaheto-| rityevaṃ kṛtsnamāsījjagadidamakhilaṃ sarvataḥ saṃpṛhṛṣṭam

there some on the earth said, "Victory, victory, O Lord!" and some were greatly delighted; thus with uttered shouts, unbroken, and with minds (intent), and likewise with other repetitions; and others meditated on the hidden one, the cause of the severing of the fear of birth, of old age and death — in this way this whole entire world was on every side thoroughly delighted.

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PdP 1 30.72

परमासाद्य यं विष्णुं ब्रह्माह जगतः कृते। जातोयं भवतामर्थे वामनो यदपीश्वरः

paramāsādya yaṃ viṣṇuṃ brahmāha jagataḥ kṛte| jātoyaṃ bhavatāmarthe vāmano yadapīśvaraḥ

Having approached the highest — that Viṣṇu of whom Brahmā spoke for the world's sake: "This Dwarf has been born for your sake, even though he is the Lord."

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PdP 1 30.73

एष ब्रह्मा च विष्णुश्च एष एव महेश्वरः। एष वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च स्वर्गश्चैष न संशयः

eṣa brahmā ca viṣṇuśca eṣa eva maheśvaraḥ| eṣa vedāśca yajñāśca svargaścaiṣa na saṃśayaḥ

He is Brahmā and Viṣṇu; he alone is Maheśvara; he is the Vedas and the sacrifices, and he is heaven — there is no doubt.

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PdP 1 30.74

विष्णुव्याप्तमिदं सर्वं जगत्स्थावरजंगमम्। एकः स तु पृथ्क्त्वेन स्वयंभूरिति विश्रुतः

viṣṇuvyāptamidaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam| ekaḥ sa tu pṛthktvena svayaṃbhūriti viśrutaḥ

All this world, moving and unmoving, is pervaded by Viṣṇu; but he is one, and by way of distinctness he is known as the Self-existent.

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PdP 1 30.75

यथार्थवर्णके स्थाने विचित्रः स्फाटिको मणिः। ततो गुणवशात्तस्य स्वयंभोरनुवर्त्तनम्

yathārthavarṇake sthāne vicitraḥ sphāṭiko maṇiḥ| tato guṇavaśāttasya svayaṃbhoranuvarttanam

As a crystal gem, when set in a place of actual colours, (appears) many-coloured, so from that, by force of the qualities, comes the conforming (of appearance) to that Self-existent one.

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PdP 1 30.76

यथा हि गार्हपत्योग्निरन्यसंज्ञां पुनर्व्रजेत्। लभेत संज्ञां भगवान्ब्राह्मादिषु तथा ह्यसौ

yathā hi gārhapatyogniranyasaṃjñāṃ punarvrajet| labheta saṃjñāṃ bhagavānbrāhmādiṣu tathā hyasau

For just as the household fire may pass again to another name, so this Lord obtains (different) names among Brahmā and the rest.

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PdP 1 30.77

सर्वथा वामनो देवो देवकार्यं करिष्यति। एवं चिंतयतां तेषां भावितानां दिवौकसाम्

sarvathā vāmano devo devakāryaṃ kariṣyati| evaṃ ciṃtayatāṃ teṣāṃ bhāvitānāṃ divaukasām

"In every way the dwarf god will accomplish the gods' business." While the celestials were thinking thus, their minds set on it—

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PdP 1 30.78

जगाम शक्रसहितो बाष्कलेश्च निवेशनम्। दूरादेव च तां दृष्ट्वा पुरीं तस्य समावृताम्

jagāma śakrasahito bāṣkaleśca niveśanam| dūrādeva ca tāṃ dṛṣṭvā purīṃ tasya samāvṛtām

(he) went, together with Śakra, to Bāṣkali's dwelling; and seeing from afar that city of his, thronged (with people)—

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PdP 1 30.79

पांडुरैः खगमागम्यैः सर्वरत्नोपशोभितैः। शोभितां भवनैर्मुख्यैस्सुविभक्तमहापथैः

pāṃḍuraiḥ khagamāgamyaiḥ sarvaratnopaśobhitaiḥ| śobhitāṃ bhavanairmukhyaissuvibhaktamahāpathaiḥ

—(the city) adorned with white chief mansions, reachable (only) by birds, resplendent with every kind of jewel, with its great roads well laid out;

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PdP 1 30.80

नित्यप्रभिन्नैर्मातंगैरंजनाचलसन्निभैः। देवनागकुलोत्पन्नैः शतसंख्यैर्विराजिताम्

nityaprabhinnairmātaṃgairaṃjanācalasannibhaiḥ| devanāgakulotpannaiḥ śatasaṃkhyairvirājitām

—shining with elephants in perpetual rut, resembling mountains of black collyrium, born of the stock of the gods' elephants, a hundred in number;

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PdP 1 30.81

निर्मांसगात्रैस्तुरगैरल्पकर्णैर्मनोजवैः। दीर्घग्रीवाक्षिकूटैश्च मनोज्ञैरुपशोभिताम्

nirmāṃsagātraisturagairalpakarṇairmanojavaiḥ| dīrghagrīvākṣikūṭaiśca manojñairupaśobhitām

—beautified by lean-limbed horses, small-eared, swift as thought, with long necks and (well-formed) brow-ridges, pleasing (to look at);

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PdP 1 30.82

पद्मगर्भसुवर्णाभाः पूर्णचंद्रनिभाननाः। संल्लापोल्लापकुशलास्तत्र वेश्याः सहस्रशः

padmagarbhasuvarṇābhāḥ pūrṇacaṃdranibhānanāḥ| saṃllāpollāpakuśalāstatra veśyāḥ sahasraśaḥ

There (were) courtesans by the thousands, golden-hued like the heart of a lotus, their faces like the full moon, skilled in conversation and repartee.

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PdP 1 30.83

न तत्पुण्यं न सा विद्या न तच्छिल्पं न सा कला। बाष्कलेर्न पुरेऽस्याथ निवासं प्रतिगच्छति

na tatpuṇyaṃ na sā vidyā na tacchilpaṃ na sā kalā| bāṣkalerna pure'syātha nivāsaṃ pratigacchati

There is no such merit, no such branch of learning, no such craft, no such art (anywhere else); (whatever exists) does not go to take up residence in any city but Bāṣkali's.

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PdP 1 30.84

उद्यानशतसंबाधं समाजोत्सवमालिनि। अन्विते दनुमुख्यैश्च सर्वैरंतकवर्जितैः

udyānaśatasaṃbādhaṃ samājotsavamālini| anvite danumukhyaiśca sarvairaṃtakavarjitaiḥ

(That city was) crowded with a hundred pleasure-gardens, garlanded with assemblies and festivals, filled with all the foremost sons of Danu, who were exempt from death;

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PdP 1 30.85

वीणावेणुमृदंगानां शब्दैः सर्वत्र नादिते। सदा प्रहृष्टा दनुजा बहुरत्नोपशोभिताः

vīṇāveṇumṛdaṃgānāṃ śabdaiḥ sarvatra nādite| sadā prahṛṣṭā danujā bahuratnopaśobhitāḥ

—resounding everywhere with the sounds of lutes, flutes and drums; the sons of Danu, always delighted, adorned with many jewels,

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PdP 1 30.86

क्रीडमानाः प्रदृश्यंते मेराविव यथामराः। ब्रह्मघोषो महांस्तत्र दनुवृद्धैरुदीरितः

krīḍamānāḥ pradṛśyaṃte merāviva yathāmarāḥ| brahmaghoṣo mahāṃstatra danuvṛddhairudīritaḥ

are seen at play, like the immortals on Meru; there the great chanting of the Veda was raised up by the elders of Danu's line.

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PdP 1 30.87

साज्यधूमेन चाग्नीनां वायुना नष्टकिल्बिषे। सुगंधधूपविक्षेप सुरभीकृतमारुते

sājyadhūmena cāgnīnāṃ vāyunā naṣṭakilbiṣe| sugaṃdhadhūpavikṣepa surabhīkṛtamārute

—(the city) where evil was destroyed by the wind bearing the smoke of the fires with their ghee, where the breeze was made fragrant by the scattering of sweet-smelling incense,

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PdP 1 30.88

सुगंधिदनुजाकीर्णे पुरे तस्मिंस्तु बाष्कलि। त्रैलोक्यं तु वशे कृत्वा सुखेनास्ते स दानवः

sugaṃdhidanujākīrṇe pure tasmiṃstu bāṣkali| trailokyaṃ tu vaśe kṛtvā sukhenāste sa dānavaḥ

—in that city of Bāṣkali, thronged with sweet-scented sons of Danu, that Dānava, having brought the three worlds under his sway, dwelt at ease.

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PdP 1 30.89

तत्रस्थः पालयन्नास्ते त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरं। धर्मज्ञश्च कृतज्ञश्च सत्यवादी जितेंद्रियः

tatrasthaḥ pālayannāste trailokyaṃ sacarācaraṃ| dharmajñaśca kṛtajñaśca satyavādī jiteṃdriyaḥ

Established there he remained, protecting the three worlds with all that moves and does not move: knower of dharma, grateful, truthful in speech, his senses subdued;

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PdP 1 30.90

सुदर्शः पूर्वदेवानां नयानयविचक्षणः। ब्रह्मण्यश्च शरण्यश्च दीनानामनुकंपकः

sudarśaḥ pūrvadevānāṃ nayānayavicakṣaṇaḥ| brahmaṇyaśca śaraṇyaśca dīnānāmanukaṃpakaḥ

—fair to look upon, (chief) of the elder gods, discerning in policy and impolicy, devoted to brahmins, a giver of refuge, compassionate to the wretched;

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PdP 1 30.91

वेदमंत्रप्रभूत्साह सर्वशक्तिसमन्वितः। षाड्गुण्यविषयोत्साहः स्मितपूर्वाभिभाषितः

vedamaṃtraprabhūtsāha sarvaśaktisamanvitaḥ| ṣāḍguṇyaviṣayotsāhaḥ smitapūrvābhibhāṣitaḥ

—his energy arising from the Vedic mantras, endowed with every power, his exertion directed to the sixfold (royal) policy, speaking with a smile first;

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PdP 1 30.92

वेदवेदांगतत्वज्ञो यज्ञयाजी तपोरतः। न च दुःशीलनिरतः स सर्वत्राविहिंसकः

vedavedāṃgatatvajño yajñayājī taporataḥ| na ca duḥśīlanirataḥ sa sarvatrāvihiṃsakaḥ

—knowing the truth of the Veda and its ancillary sciences, a performer of sacrifices, devoted to austerity; nor was he given to bad conduct—he did no harm to anyone anywhere.

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PdP 1 30.93

मान्यमानयिता शुद्धः सुमुखः पूज्यपूजकः। सर्वार्थविदनाधृष्यः सुभगः प्रियदर्शनः

mānyamānayitā śuddhaḥ sumukhaḥ pūjyapūjakaḥ| sarvārthavidanādhṛṣyaḥ subhagaḥ priyadarśanaḥ

—honouring those who deserve honour, pure, kindly-faced, worshipping those who deserve worship, knowing every matter, unassailable, fortunate, pleasing to behold;

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PdP 1 30.94

बहुधान्यो बहुधनो बहुयानश्च दानवः। त्रिवर्गसाधको नित्यं त्रैलोक्ये वरपूरुषः

bahudhānyo bahudhano bahuyānaśca dānavaḥ| trivargasādhako nityaṃ trailokye varapūruṣaḥ

—that Dānava had much grain, much wealth, and many vehicles; always accomplishing the three aims (of life), he was the best of persons in the three worlds;

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PdP 1 30.95

स्वपुरीनिलयो नित्यं देवदानवदर्पहा। स चैवं पालयामास त्रैलोक्ये सकलाः प्रजाः

svapurīnilayo nityaṃ devadānavadarpahā| sa caivaṃ pālayāmāsa trailokye sakalāḥ prajāḥ

—always residing in his own city, destroyer of the pride of gods and Dānavas. Thus did he protect all the creatures in the three worlds.

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PdP 1 30.96

नाधमः कश्चिदप्यास्ते तस्मिन्राजनि दानवे। दीनो वा व्यधितो वापि अल्पायुर्वाथ दुःखितः

nādhamaḥ kaścidapyāste tasminrājani dānave| dīno vā vyadhito vāpi alpāyurvātha duḥkhitaḥ

While that Dānava was king, there was not a single wretched person, nor one afflicted, nor diseased, nor short-lived, nor sorrowful,

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PdP 1 30.97

मूर्खो वा मंदरूपो वा दुर्भगो वा निराकृतः। एवं युतं तं विमलैर्गुणौघैर्दृष्ट्वा च मत्वा च निविष्टबुद्धिं

mūrkho vā maṃdarūpo vā durbhago vā nirākṛtaḥ| evaṃ yutaṃ taṃ vimalairguṇaughairdṛṣṭvā ca matvā ca niviṣṭabuddhiṃ

nor any fool, nor one of dull appearance, nor unlucky, nor cast out — seeing him thus endowed with floods of spotless virtues, and knowing (his) mind to be fixed (on giving),

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PdP 1 30.98

प्रसादयन्दैत्यवरं महात्मा पुरंदरस्तं तु दनुप्रधानं। तेजोयुक्तं दानवं तं तपंतमिव भास्करं

prasādayandaityavaraṃ mahātmā puraṃdarastaṃ tu danupradhānaṃ| tejoyuktaṃ dānavaṃ taṃ tapaṃtamiva bhāskaraṃ

the great-souled Purandara, conciliating that best of Daityas, the foremost of Danu's brood, that Dānava endowed with fiery energy, blazing like the sun,

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PdP 1 30.99

त्रैलोक्यधारणे शक्तं विस्मितः सोऽभवत्तदा। इंद्रं पुरागतं दृष्ट्वा दानवेंद्राय पार्थिव

trailokyadhāraṇe śaktaṃ vismitaḥ so'bhavattadā| iṃdraṃ purāgataṃ dṛṣṭvā dānaveṃdrāya pārthiva

(and) able to uphold the three worlds — he then became astonished. Seeing Indra come to the city, (they said) to the lord of Dānavas, O king,

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PdP 1 30.100

इदमूचुस्तदागत्वा दानवा युद्धदुर्मदाः। आश्चर्यमिति वै कृत्वा इंद्रोभ्येति पुरीं तव1.30.

idamūcustadāgatvā dānavā yuddhadurmadāḥ| āścaryamiti vai kṛtvā iṃdrobhyeti purīṃ tava1.30.

the Dānavas, wild with the arrogance of battle, having come, said this then, exclaiming "A marvel!": "Indra is approaching your city,

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PdP 1 30.101

एकाकी द्विजमुख्येन वामनेन सह प्रभो। अस्माभिर्यदनुष्ठेयं सांप्रतं नो वदस्व राट्

ekākī dvijamukhyena vāmanena saha prabho| asmābhiryadanuṣṭheyaṃ sāṃprataṃ no vadasva rāṭ

alone, together with a dwarf who is a chief of the twice-born, O lord. Tell us, O king, what is to be done by us now."

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PdP 1 30.102

दानवानब्रवीत्सर्वान्पुरे तिष्ठत संकुलं। प्रवेश्यतां देवराजः पूज्यः स तु ममाद्य वै

dānavānabravītsarvānpure tiṣṭhata saṃkulaṃ| praveśyatāṃ devarājaḥ pūjyaḥ sa tu mamādya vai

He said to all the Dānavas: "Stay in the city in a throng; let the king of the gods be admitted — he is to be honoured by me today."

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PdP 1 30.103

एतस्मिन्नेव काले तु वामनः स च वासवः। आगतौ दनुनाथेन प्रेम्णा चैवावलोकितौ

etasminneva kāle tu vāmanaḥ sa ca vāsavaḥ| āgatau danunāthena premṇā caivāvalokitau

At just this time that dwarf and that Vāsava arrived, and were looked upon with affection by the lord of Danu's brood.

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PdP 1 30.104

कृतार्थं मन्यतात्मानं प्रणिपातपुरःसरम्। उवाच वचनं राजा दानवानां धुरंधरः

kṛtārthaṃ manyatātmānaṃ praṇipātapuraḥsaram| uvāca vacanaṃ rājā dānavānāṃ dhuraṃdharaḥ

Reckoning himself to have gained his object, with a prostration first, the king, the bearer of the Dānavas' burden, spoke these words:

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PdP 1 30.105

अद्य वै त्रिषु लोकेषु नास्ति धन्यतरो मया। योहं श्रियावृतः शक्रं पश्यामि गृहमागतम्

adya vai triṣu lokeṣu nāsti dhanyataro mayā| yohaṃ śriyāvṛtaḥ śakraṃ paśyāmi gṛhamāgatam

"Today indeed in the three worlds there is none more fortunate than I, who, surrounded by prosperity, behold Śakra come to my house.

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PdP 1 30.106

अर्थित्वकाम्यया यस्तु मामयं याचयिष्यति। गृहागतस्य तस्याहं दास्ये प्राणानपि ध्रुवम्

arthitvakāmyayā yastu māmayaṃ yācayiṣyati| gṛhāgatasya tasyāhaṃ dāsye prāṇānapi dhruvam

And whatever this one shall ask of me out of the desire of a petitioner, to him, come to my house, I will surely give even my life-breaths,

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PdP 1 30.107

दारान्पुत्रांस्तथागारं त्रैलोक्ये का कथा मम। आगत्य संमुखं तस्य अंकमानीय सादरम्

dārānputrāṃstathāgāraṃ trailokye kā kathā mama| āgatya saṃmukhaṃ tasya aṃkamānīya sādaram

wives, sons and dwelling too — what talk is there for me of the three worlds?" Coming before him, respectfully drawing (him) into his lap,

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PdP 1 30.108

परिष्वज्याभिनन्द्यैनं गृहं प्रावेशयत्स्वकम्। तस्य स्वागतमर्घ्याद्यैः कृत्वा पूजां प्रयत्नतः

pariṣvajyābhinandyainaṃ gṛhaṃ prāveśayatsvakam| tasya svāgatamarghyādyaiḥ kṛtvā pūjāṃ prayatnataḥ

embracing and welcoming him, he brought him into his own house; having made him welcome with water for guests and the rest, performing worship with care (he said):

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PdP 1 30.109

अद्य मे सफलं जन्म पूर्णाः सर्वे मनोरथाः। यस्त्वां पश्यामि शक्राद्य स्वयमेव गृहागतम्

adya me saphalaṃ janma pūrṇāḥ sarve manorathāḥ| yastvāṃ paśyāmi śakrādya svayameva gṛhāgatam

"Today my birth has borne fruit, all my wishes are fulfilled, in that I behold you, O Śakra, today, come to my house of your own accord.

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PdP 1 30.110

ख्याप्योहं दनुमुख्यानां देवराज त्वया कृतः। आगच्छता मम गृहं पुण्यता तु परा हि मे

khyāpyohaṃ danumukhyānāṃ devarāja tvayā kṛtaḥ| āgacchatā mama gṛhaṃ puṇyatā tu parā hi me

I have been made renowned among the chiefs of Danu's brood by you, O king of the gods; by your coming to my house my merit is indeed supreme.

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PdP 1 30.111

अग्निष्टोमादिभिर्यज्ञैस्सम्यगिष्टैस्तु यत्फलम्। तत्फलं समवाप्येत त्वयि दृष्टे पुरंदर

agniṣṭomādibhiryajñaissamyagiṣṭaistu yatphalam| tatphalaṃ samavāpyeta tvayi dṛṣṭe puraṃdara

Whatever fruit (comes) from sacrifices such as the Agniṣṭoma properly offered, that fruit would be obtained by beholding you, O Purandara.

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PdP 1 30.112

यत्फलं भूमिदानेन गवां दानेन ऋत्विजे। ममाद्य तत्फलं भूतमथवा राजसूयकम्

yatphalaṃ bhūmidānena gavāṃ dānena ṛtvije| mamādya tatphalaṃ bhūtamathavā rājasūyakam

Whatever fruit (comes) from the gift of land, from the gift of cows to the officiating priest, that fruit has become mine today — or (the fruit) of the Rājasūya.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.113

नाल्पेन तपसा लभ्यं दर्शनं तव वासव। एवं गेहे मया यत्ते प्रियं कार्यं तदुच्यताम्

nālpena tapasā labhyaṃ darśanaṃ tava vāsava| evaṃ gehe mayā yatte priyaṃ kāryaṃ taducyatām

The sight of you is not to be won by slight austerity, O Vāsava. So let it be told what pleasing thing is to be done by me for you in (my) house.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.114

विकल्पोऽन्यो न भवता हृदि कार्यः कथंचन। कृतं च तद्विजानीया यद्यदि स्यात्सुदुष्करं

vikalpo'nyo na bhavatā hṛdi kāryaḥ kathaṃcana| kṛtaṃ ca tadvijānīyā yadyadi syātsuduṣkaraṃ

No other hesitation should be entertained by you in (your) heart in any way; and you should consider it done, even if it should be very hard to do.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.115

पुण्योहं पुण्यतां प्राप्तो दर्शनात्तव शत्रुहन्। यत्ते देव वरैर्वंद्यौ वंदितौ चरणौ मया

puṇyohaṃ puṇyatāṃ prāpto darśanāttava śatruhan| yatte deva varairvaṃdyau vaṃditau caraṇau mayā

I am blessed, I have attained merit from the sight of you, O slayer of foes, in that your feet, O god, which are to be revered by the best (of gods), have been revered by me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.116

किमागमनकृत्यं ते वद सर्वं मयि प्रभो। अत्याश्चर्यमिदं मन्ये तवागमन कारणं

kimāgamanakṛtyaṃ te vada sarvaṃ mayi prabho| atyāścaryamidaṃ manye tavāgamana kāraṇaṃ

Tell me all of it, O lord: what is the business of your coming? I think this reason for your coming most marvellous.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.117

इंद्र उवाच। जानेहं दनुमुख्यानां प्रधानं त्वां तु बाष्कले। नात्याश्चर्यमिदं भाति त्वयि दृष्टेऽसुरोत्तम

iṃdra uvāca| jānehaṃ danumukhyānāṃ pradhānaṃ tvāṃ tu bāṣkale| nātyāścaryamidaṃ bhāti tvayi dṛṣṭe'surottama

Indra said: I know you to be the chief of Danu's foremost (sons), O Bāṣkali; this seems no great wonder, seeing you, best of asuras.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.118

विमुखा नार्थिनो यांति भवतो गृहमागताः। अर्थिनां कल्पवृक्षोसि दाता चान्यो न विद्यते

vimukhā nārthino yāṃti bhavato gṛhamāgatāḥ| arthināṃ kalpavṛkṣosi dātā cānyo na vidyate

Petitioners who come to your house do not go away turned back (empty-handed); you are the wish-granting tree for those who ask, and no other giver is to be found.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.119

प्रभायां सूर्यतुल्योसि गांभीर्ये सागरोपमः। सहिष्णुत्वे धरा चैव श्रिया नारायणोपमः

prabhāyāṃ sūryatulyosi gāṃbhīrye sāgaropamaḥ| sahiṣṇutve dharā caiva śriyā nārāyaṇopamaḥ

In splendour you are the equal of the sun, in depth comparable to the ocean, in forbearance the earth itself, and in majesty like Nārāyaṇa.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.120

ब्राह्मणः कश्यपकुले जातोयं वामनः शुभे। प्रार्थितोहमनेनैवं भूमेर्देहि पदत्रयं

brāhmaṇaḥ kaśyapakule jātoyaṃ vāmanaḥ śubhe| prārthitohamanenaivaṃ bhūmerdehi padatrayaṃ

This dwarf (vāmana) is a brahmin born in the family of Kaśyapa, O fair one; I have been asked by him thus: 'Give (me) three paces of ground.'

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.121

ममाग्निशरणार्थाय यत्र कुर्यां मखं त्वहं। तदस्य कारणं कृत्वा अर्थितैषा मम प्रभो

mamāgniśaraṇārthāya yatra kuryāṃ makhaṃ tvahaṃ| tadasya kāraṇaṃ kṛtvā arthitaiṣā mama prabho

"(A place) for my fire-shelter, where I may perform the sacrifice" — making that his reason, this request of mine (is made), O lord.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.122

लोकत्रयं मेऽपहृतं त्वया विक्रम्य बाष्कले। निर्वृत्तिको निर्धनोस्मि यद्दित्से न तदस्ति मे

lokatrayaṃ me'pahṛtaṃ tvayā vikramya bāṣkale| nirvṛttiko nirdhanosmi yadditse na tadasti me

The three worlds were taken from me by you by force, O Bāṣkali; I am without livelihood and without wealth: whatever you may wish to give, I do not have it.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.123

भवंतं याचयिष्यामि परार्थेनापि चात्मना। अर्थित्त्वेन ममाप्यस्य यद्योग्यं तत्समाचर

bhavaṃtaṃ yācayiṣyāmi parārthenāpi cātmanā| arthittvena mamāpyasya yadyogyaṃ tatsamācara

I will beg you — with myself (acting) for another's sake; since I too am a petitioner for him, do what is fitting.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.124

जातोसि काश्यपे च त्वं वंशे वंशविवर्द्धनः। दित्यास्त्वं गर्भसंभूतः पिता त्रैलोकपूजितः

jātosi kāśyape ca tvaṃ vaṃśe vaṃśavivarddhanaḥ| dityāstvaṃ garbhasaṃbhūtaḥ pitā trailokapūjitaḥ

And you were born in Kaśyapa's line, an increaser of the line; you arose from the womb of Diti, and your father is honoured in the three worlds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.125

एवंभूतमहं ज्ञात्वा तेन त्वां याचयाम्यहम्। अस्याग्निशरणार्थाय दीयतां भू पदत्रयम्

evaṃbhūtamahaṃ jñātvā tena tvāṃ yācayāmyaham| asyāgniśaraṇārthāya dīyatāṃ bhū padatrayam

Knowing (you) to be such, for that reason I beg you: let three paces of ground be given for his fire-shelter.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.126

अतीव ह्रस्वगात्रस्य वामनस्यास्य दानव। भूमिभागे च पारक्ये दातुं न त्वहमुत्सहे

atīva hrasvagātrasya vāmanasyāsya dānava| bhūmibhāge ca pārakye dātuṃ na tvahamutsahe

Bāṣkali said: For this dwarf of exceedingly small body, O dānava — but I do not venture to give a portion of land that belongs to another.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.127

एतदेव मया दत्तं यद्भवानर्थितोसि मे। गुरवो यदि मन्यंते मंत्रिणो वा पदत्रयम्

etadeva mayā dattaṃ yadbhavānarthitosi me| guravo yadi manyaṃte maṃtriṇo vā padatrayam

This much is granted by me, that you have become a petitioner to me; if the elders or the ministers approve, (then) the three paces.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.128

अर्थित्वेन मदीयेन स्वकुले बांधवेपि च। गृहायाते मयि तथा यद्योग्यं तत्समाचर

arthitvena madīyena svakule bāṃdhavepi ca| gṛhāyāte mayi tathā yadyogyaṃ tatsamācara

Since I am a petitioner, and (you are) of my own family and a kinsman, and since I have come to your house — do what is fitting.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.129

यदि ते रुचितं वीर दानवेंद्र महाद्युते। तदस्मै दीयतां शीघ्रं वामनाय महात्मने

yadi te rucitaṃ vīra dānaveṃdra mahādyute| tadasmai dīyatāṃ śīghraṃ vāmanāya mahātmane

If it pleases you, O hero, lord of the dānavas, of great brilliance, then let it be given quickly to this great-souled dwarf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.130

बाष्कलिरुवाच। देवेंद्र स्वागतं तेऽस्तु स्वस्ति प्राप्नुहि मा चिरम्। त्वं समीक्षस्वधात्मानं सर्वेषां च परायणम्

bāṣkaliruvāca| deveṃdra svāgataṃ te'stu svasti prāpnuhi mā ciram| tvaṃ samīkṣasvadhātmānaṃ sarveṣāṃ ca parāyaṇam

Bāṣkali said: Lord of the gods, welcome to you; may you obtain well-being without delay. Look upon yourself, who are the refuge of all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.131

त्वयि भारं समावेश्य सुखमास्ते पितामहः। ध्यानधारणयायुक्तश्चिंतयानः परं पदम्

tvayi bhāraṃ samāveśya sukhamāste pitāmahaḥ| dhyānadhāraṇayāyuktaściṃtayānaḥ paraṃ padam

Having placed the burden upon you, the Grandfather (Brahmā) dwells at ease, engaged in meditation and concentration, contemplating the supreme state.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.132

संग्रामैर्बहुभिः खिन्नो जगच्चिंतामपास्य तु। क्षीराब्धिद्वीपमाश्रित्य सुखं स्वपिति केशवः

saṃgrāmairbahubhiḥ khinno jagacciṃtāmapāsya tu| kṣīrābdhidvīpamāśritya sukhaṃ svapiti keśavaḥ

Wearied by many battles, having cast off care for the world, Keśava sleeps happily, resting on the island in the ocean of milk.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.133

अन्ये च दानवाः सर्वे बलिनः सायुधास्त्वया। असहायेनैव शक्र सर्वेपि विनिपातिताः

anye ca dānavāḥ sarve balinaḥ sāyudhāstvayā| asahāyenaiva śakra sarvepi vinipātitāḥ

And all the other dānavas, strong and bearing weapons, were struck down by you, O Śakra, every one, and that without a helper.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.134

आदित्या द्वादशैवेह रुद्रास्त्वेकादशापि वा। अश्विनौ वसवश्चैव धर्मश्चैव सनातनः

ādityā dvādaśaiveha rudrāstvekādaśāpi vā| aśvinau vasavaścaiva dharmaścaiva sanātanaḥ

The twelve Ādityas here, and the eleven Rudras, the two Aśvins and the Vasus, and eternal Dharma —

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.135

त्वद्बाहुबलमाश्रित्य त्रिदिवे मखभागिनः।

tvadbāhubalamāśritya tridive makhabhāginaḥ|

— relying on the strength of your arms, they have their share of the sacrifice in heaven.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.136

त्वया च घातितो वृत्रो नमुचिः पाकशासन। त्वदाज्ञाकारिणा पूर्वं विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना

tvayā ca ghātito vṛtro namuciḥ pākaśāsana| tvadājñākāriṇā pūrvaṃ viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā

And Vṛtra was slain by you, and Namuci, O chastiser of Pāka, formerly by Viṣṇu the mighty, who acted at your command.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.137

हिरण्यकशिपोर्भ्राता हिरण्याक्षोपि घातितः। हिरण्यकशिपुर्योत्र जङ्घे चारोप्य घातितः

hiraṇyakaśiporbhrātā hiraṇyākṣopi ghātitaḥ| hiraṇyakaśipuryotra jaṅghe cāropya ghātitaḥ

Hiraṇyākṣa too, Hiraṇyakaśipu's brother, was slain; and Hiraṇyakaśipu was slain here, set upon (his) thighs.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.138

वज्रपाणिनमायांतमैरावणशिरोगतम्। संग्रामभूमौ दृष्ट्वा त्वां सर्वे नश्यंति दानवाः

vajrapāṇinamāyāṃtamairāvaṇaśirogatam| saṃgrāmabhūmau dṛṣṭvā tvāṃ sarve naśyaṃti dānavāḥ

Seeing you coming with the thunderbolt in hand, mounted on Airāvata's head, on the field of battle, all the Dānavas perish.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.139

ये त्वया विजिताः पूर्वं दानवा बलवत्तराः। सहस्रांशेन तत्तुल्यो न भवामि कथंचन

ye tvayā vijitāḥ pūrvaṃ dānavā balavattarāḥ| sahasrāṃśena tattulyo na bhavāmi kathaṃcana

Those Dānavas, far mightier (than I), who were formerly conquered by you — I am in no way equal even to a thousandth part of that.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.140

एवंविधोऽसि देवेंद्र मम का गणना भवेत्। मां समुद्धर्तुकामेन त्वयैवागमनं कृतम्

evaṃvidho'si deveṃdra mama kā gaṇanā bhavet| māṃ samuddhartukāmena tvayaivāgamanaṃ kṛtam

Such are you, O lord of the gods; what reckoning could there be of me? It is by you yourself, desiring to lift me up, that this coming was made.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.141

करिष्यामि न संदेहो दास्ये प्राणानपि ध्रुवम्। किमर्थं देवराजोक्ता भूमिरेषा त्वया हि मे

kariṣyāmi na saṃdeho dāsye prāṇānapi dhruvam| kimarthaṃ devarājoktā bhūmireṣā tvayā hi me

I shall do (it), there is no doubt; assuredly I shall give even my life. For what purpose, O king of the gods, was this (mere) piece of ground spoken of by you to me?

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.142

इमे दाराः सुता गावो यच्चान्यद्विद्यते वसु। त्रैलोक्यराज्यमखिलं विप्रस्यास्य प्रदीयताम्

ime dārāḥ sutā gāvo yaccānyadvidyate vasu| trailokyarājyamakhilaṃ viprasyāsya pradīyatām

These wives, sons, cattle, and whatever other wealth exists, and the whole kingdom of the three worlds — let it be given to this brahmin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.143

अपकीर्तिर्भवेन्मह्यं पूर्वेषां च न संशयः। गृहायातस्य शक्रस्य दत्तं बाष्कलिना न तु

apakīrtirbhavenmahyaṃ pūrveṣāṃ ca na saṃśayaḥ| gṛhāyātasya śakrasya dattaṃ bāṣkalinā na tu

Ill fame would come upon me and upon my ancestors, no doubt, if to Śakra come to (my) house nothing were given by Bāṣkalin.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.144

अन्योपि योर्थी मे प्राप्तः समे प्रियतरः सदा। भवानत्र विशेषेण विचारं मा कृथाः क्वचित्

anyopi yorthī me prāptaḥ same priyataraḥ sadā| bhavānatra viśeṣeṇa vicāraṃ mā kṛthāḥ kvacit

Any other petitioner too who comes to me is always dearer (to me) than my own people; you especially here — do not deliberate at all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.145

बृहत्त्रपा मे देवेंद्र यद्भूमेस्तु पदत्रयम्। ब्राह्मणस्य विशेषेण प्रार्थितं तु त्वया विभो

bṛhattrapā me deveṃdra yadbhūmestu padatrayam| brāhmaṇasya viśeṣeṇa prārthitaṃ tu tvayā vibho

It is a great shame to me, O lord of the gods, that only three paces of ground — and of a brahmin especially — should have been requested by you, O mighty one.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.146

दास्ये ग्रामवरानस्य भवतस्तु त्रिविष्टपम्। अश्वान्गजान्भूमिधनं स्त्रियश्चोद्भिन्नचूचुकाः

dāsye grāmavarānasya bhavatastu triviṣṭapam| aśvāngajānbhūmidhanaṃ striyaścodbhinnacūcukāḥ

I shall give him the best of villages, and to you heaven; horses, elephants, land, wealth, and women with budding nipples,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.147

यासां दर्शनमात्रेण वृद्धोपि तरुणायते। ताः स्त्रियो वसुधां चैतां वामनस्य प्रतिग्रहम्

yāsāṃ darśanamātreṇa vṛddhopi taruṇāyate| tāḥ striyo vasudhāṃ caitāṃ vāmanasya pratigraham

women by the mere sight of whom even an old man becomes young — those women, and this earth, as a gift to be accepted by the Dwarf,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.148

प्रतिदास्यामि देवेन्द्र प्रसादः क्रियतां हि मे। एतावदुक्ते वचने तदा बाष्कलिना नृप

pratidāsyāmi devendra prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ hi me| etāvadukte vacane tadā bāṣkalinā nṛpa

I shall give in return, O lord of the gods; let favour be shown to me. When just this much had been said by Bāṣkalin, O king,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.149

पुरोधास्तूशना प्राह दानवेंद्रं तदा वचः। भवान्राजा दानवेंद्र ऐश्वर्येष्टविधे स्थितः

purodhāstūśanā prāha dānaveṃdraṃ tadā vacaḥ| bhavānrājā dānaveṃdra aiśvaryeṣṭavidhe sthitaḥ

the household priest Uśanas then spoke these words to the lord of the Dānavas: "You are a king, O lord of the Dānavas, established in the exercise of sovereign power and sacrifice."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.150

युक्तायुक्तं न जानासि देयं कस्य मया क्वचित्। मंत्रिभिः सुसमालोच्य युक्तायुक्तं परीक्ष्य च 1.30.

yuktāyuktaṃ na jānāsi deyaṃ kasya mayā kvacit| maṃtribhiḥ susamālocya yuktāyuktaṃ parīkṣya ca 1.30.

"You do not know what is fit and unfit, (nor) to whom anything is to be given by me; (only) after well deliberating with the ministers and examining what is fit and unfit —"

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.151

प्राप्तं त्रैलोक्यराज्यत्वं जित्वा देवान्सवासवान्। वाक्यस्यास्यावसानेव भवान्प्राप्स्यति बंधनं

prāptaṃ trailokyarājyatvaṃ jitvā devānsavāsavān| vākyasyāsyāvasāneva bhavānprāpsyati baṃdhanaṃ

"Sovereignty over the three worlds was won by conquering the gods together with Vāsava; at the very end of this utterance you will attain bondage."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.152

य एष वामनो राजन्विष्णुरेव सनातनः। नास्य वै भवता देयं पिता ते घातितः स्वयं

ya eṣa vāmano rājanviṣṇureva sanātanaḥ| nāsya vai bhavatā deyaṃ pitā te ghātitaḥ svayaṃ

"This one who is a dwarf, O king, is none other than the eternal Viṣṇu; nothing at all is to be given to him by you — your father was slain by him himself."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.153

अयं ते पितृहा प्राप्तो मातृहा बंधुघातकः। वंशोच्छेदकरस्तुभ्यं भूतश्चैव भविष्यति

ayaṃ te pitṛhā prāpto mātṛhā baṃdhughātakaḥ| vaṃśocchedakarastubhyaṃ bhūtaścaiva bhaviṣyati

"This slayer of your father has come, the slayer of your mother, the killer of your kin; he has been and will be the destroyer of your lineage."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.154

न चैष धर्मं जानाति शक्रादीनां हिते रतः। मायाविना दानवा ये मायया येन निर्जिताः

na caiṣa dharmaṃ jānāti śakrādīnāṃ hite rataḥ| māyāvinā dānavā ye māyayā yena nirjitāḥ

"And he does not know dharma; he is bent on the welfare of Śakra and the rest — he, the wielder of illusion, by whom the Dānavas were vanquished through illusion."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.155

मायया ब्राह्मणं रूपं वामनं च प्रदर्शितम्। अत्र किं बहुनोक्तेन नास्य देयं तु किंचन

māyayā brāhmaṇaṃ rūpaṃ vāmanaṃ ca pradarśitam| atra kiṃ bahunoktena nāsya deyaṃ tu kiṃcana

"By illusion a brahmin form, and a dwarf('s), has been displayed. What (need) here of much speaking? Nothing at all is to be given to him."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.156

मक्षिकापादमात्रं तु भूमिरस्य प्रतिग्रहः। विनाशमेष्यसि क्षिप्रं सत्यंसत्यं मया श्रुतम्

makṣikāpādamātraṃ tu bhūmirasya pratigrahaḥ| vināśameṣyasi kṣipraṃ satyaṃsatyaṃ mayā śrutam

"(Even if) his gift be but a fly's-foot measure of land, you will swiftly come to destruction — truly, truly, (so) it has been heard by me."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.157

गुरुणाप्येवमुक्तस्तु भूयो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्। धर्मार्थिना मया सर्वं प्रतिज्ञातं गुरो त्विदम्

guruṇāpyevamuktastu bhūyo vākyamathābravīt| dharmārthinā mayā sarvaṃ pratijñātaṃ guro tvidam

Though thus addressed by his teacher, he spoke again these words: "By me, who seek merit, all this has been promised, O teacher."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.158

प्रतिज्ञापालनं कार्यं सतां धर्मः सनातनः। यद्येष भगवान्विष्णुर्नास्ति धन्यतरो मया

pratijñāpālanaṃ kāryaṃ satāṃ dharmaḥ sanātanaḥ| yadyeṣa bhagavānviṣṇurnāsti dhanyataro mayā

The keeping of a promise must be done; it is the eternal law of the good. If this is the Lord Viṣṇu, then there is none more fortunate than I.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.159

गृह्य प्रतिग्रहं मत्तो यदि देवान्बुभूषति। भूयोपि धन्यतां नीतो देवेनानेन वै गुरो

gṛhya pratigrahaṃ matto yadi devānbubhūṣati| bhūyopi dhanyatāṃ nīto devenānena vai guro

If, having taken the gift from me, he wishes to make (them) gods, then I am brought to still greater good fortune by this god, O teacher.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.160

यं योगिनो ध्यानयुक्ता ध्यायमाना हि दर्शनम्। न लभंते तथा विप्रास्सोयं दृष्टो मयाद्य वै

yaṃ yogino dhyānayuktā dhyāyamānā hi darśanam| na labhaṃte tathā viprāssoyaṃ dṛṣṭo mayādya vai

He whom yogins, engaged in meditation and meditating, do not obtain as a vision, and likewise the brahmins (do not) — that very one has today been seen by me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.161

दानानि ये प्रयच्छंति सकुशोदकपाणिना। प्रीयतां भगवान्विष्णुः परमात्मा सनातनः

dānāni ye prayacchaṃti sakuśodakapāṇinā| prīyatāṃ bhagavānviṣṇuḥ paramātmā sanātanaḥ

(As for) those who bestow gifts with a hand holding kuśa grass and water — may the Lord Viṣṇu, the eternal supreme Self, be pleased.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.162

एवमुक्ते तु वचने अपवर्गस्य भागिनः। यदत्र कार्यकरणे विकल्पो मे बभूव ह

evamukte tu vacane apavargasya bhāginaḥ| yadatra kāryakaraṇe vikalpo me babhūva ha

But when these words had been spoken by one who has a share in final release, whatever doubt arose in me here about performing the act (was gone).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.163

उपदिष्टोस्मि भवता बालत्वे चावधारितम्। शत्रावपि गृहायाते मास्त्वदेयं तु किंचन

upadiṣṭosmi bhavatā bālatve cāvadhāritam| śatrāvapi gṛhāyāte māstvadeyaṃ tu kiṃcana

I was instructed by you, and in childhood it was impressed (on me): even when an enemy has come to the house, let there be nothing that must not be given.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.164

एतदेव विचिंत्याहं प्राणानपि स्वकान्गुरो। वामनस्य प्रदास्यामि शक्रस्यापि त्रिविष्टपम्

etadeva viciṃtyāhaṃ prāṇānapi svakānguro| vāmanasya pradāsyāmi śakrasyāpi triviṣṭapam

Considering just this, O teacher, I shall give even my own life-breaths to the dwarf — and heaven too, which belongs to Śakra.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.165

अपीडाकारि यद्दानं तद्दानमिह दीयते। पीडाकारि च यद्दानं तद्दानं समलं स्मृतम्

apīḍākāri yaddānaṃ taddānamiha dīyate| pīḍākāri ca yaddānaṃ taddānaṃ samalaṃ smṛtam

A gift that causes no pain — such a gift is (truly) given here; and a gift that causes pain — such a gift is held to be tainted.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.166

एतच्छ्रुत्वा गुरुस्तत्र त्रपयाधोमुखः स्थितः। बाष्कलिरुवाच। अर्थिता भवतो देव देया सर्वा धरा मया

etacchrutvā gurustatra trapayādhomukhaḥ sthitaḥ| bāṣkaliruvāca| arthitā bhavato deva deyā sarvā dharā mayā

Hearing this, the teacher stood there with his face lowered in shame. Bāṣkali said: You have made a request, O god; the whole earth is to be given by me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.167

त्रपाकरं भवेन्मह्यं यदस्य भूपदत्रयम्। इंद्र उवाच। सत्यमेतद्दानवेन्द्र यदुक्तं भवता हि मे

trapākaraṃ bhavenmahyaṃ yadasya bhūpadatrayam| iṃdra uvāca| satyametaddānavendra yaduktaṃ bhavatā hi me

It would be a cause of shame for me that (I give) him (only) three paces of ground. Indra said: This is true, O lord of the Dānavas, what has been said by you to me.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.168

भूमेः पदत्रयार्थित्वं द्विजेनानेन मे कृतम्। एतावता त्वयं चार्थी मयाप्यस्य कृते भवान्

bhūmeḥ padatrayārthitvaṃ dvijenānena me kṛtam| etāvatā tvayaṃ cārthī mayāpyasya kṛte bhavān

The asking for three paces of ground was made of me by this brahmin; to that extent he is a petitioner, and I too (am), for his sake, of you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.169

दनुपुत्रो याचितोसि वरमेतत्प्रदीयताम्। बाष्कलिरुवाच। पदत्रयं वामनाय देवराज प्रतीच्छ मे

danuputro yācitosi varametatpradīyatām| bāṣkaliruvāca| padatrayaṃ vāmanāya devarāja pratīccha me

O son of Danu, you have been asked; let this boon be granted. Bāṣkali said: O king of the gods, accept from me three paces for the dwarf.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.170

तत्र त्वं सुचिरं कालं सुखी सुरपते वस। एवमुक्त्वा बाष्कलिना वामनाय पदत्रयम्

tatra tvaṃ suciraṃ kālaṃ sukhī surapate vasa| evamuktvā bāṣkalinā vāmanāya padatrayam

Dwell there happily for a very long time, O lord of the gods. Having spoken thus, three paces (were given) by Bāṣkali to the dwarf,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.171

तोयपूर्वं तदा दत्तं प्रीयतां मे हरिः स्वयम्। दत्ते तु दानवेंद्रेण त्यक्त्वा रूपं च वामनम्

toyapūrvaṃ tadā dattaṃ prīyatāṃ me hariḥ svayam| datte tu dānaveṃdreṇa tyaktvā rūpaṃ ca vāmanam

given then with water first, (saying) "may Hari himself be pleased with me." And when it was given by the lord of the Dānavas, (Hari), abandoning the dwarf form,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.172

हरिराचक्रमे लोकान्देवानां हितकाम्यया। यज्ञपर्वतमासाद्य गत्वा चैव उदङ्मुखः

harirācakrame lokāndevānāṃ hitakāmyayā| yajñaparvatamāsādya gatvā caiva udaṅmukhaḥ

Hari strode over the worlds out of desire for the welfare of the gods. Reaching the Sacrifice Mountain and going facing north,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.173

देवस्य वामचरणे निविष्टो दानवालयः। तत्र क्रमं स प्रथमं ददौ सूर्ये जगत्पतिः

devasya vāmacaraṇe niviṣṭo dānavālayaḥ| tatra kramaṃ sa prathamaṃ dadau sūrye jagatpatiḥ

the dwelling of the Dānavas settled on the god's left foot. There the lord of the world set his first stride upon the sun.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.174

द्वितीयं च ध्रुवे देवस्तृतीयेन च पार्थिव। ब्रह्मांडस्ताडितस्तेन देवेनाद्भुतकर्मणा

dvitīyaṃ ca dhruve devastṛtīyena ca pārthiva| brahmāṃḍastāḍitastena devenādbhutakarmaṇā

And the second, O king, the god (set) on Dhruva, and with the third the world-egg was struck by that god of wondrous deeds.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.175

अंगुष्ठाग्रेण भिन्नेंडे जलं भूरि विनिःसृतम्। प्लावयित्वा ब्रह्मलोकान्सर्वान्लोकाननुक्रमात्

aṃguṣṭhāgreṇa bhinneṃḍe jalaṃ bhūri viniḥsṛtam| plāvayitvā brahmalokānsarvānlokānanukramāt

When the egg was split by the tip of his big toe, abundant water gushed forth; flooding the Brahmā-worlds and all the worlds in succession,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.176

ध्रुवस्थानं सूर्यलोकं प्लाव्य तं यज्ञपर्वतम्। प्रविष्टा पुष्करं धारा धौत्वा विष्णुपदानि सा

dhruvasthānaṃ sūryalokaṃ plāvya taṃ yajñaparvatam| praviṣṭā puṣkaraṃ dhārā dhautvā viṣṇupadāni sā

flooding Dhruva's station, the sun's world, and that Sacrifice Mountain, the stream entered Puṣkara, having washed the feet of Viṣṇu.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.177

पदानि यानि जातानि वैष्णवानि धरातले। तत्राश्रमे तु यो गत्वा स्नानं वाप्यां समाचरेत्

padāni yāni jātāni vaiṣṇavāni dharātale| tatrāśrame tu yo gatvā snānaṃ vāpyāṃ samācaret

Those footprints of Viṣṇu that have come to be on the earth's surface — whoever goes to that hermitage there and performs a bath in the step-well,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.178

अश्वमेधफलं तस्य दर्शनादेव जायते। एकविंशगणोपेतो वैकुंठे वासमाप्नुयात्

aśvamedhaphalaṃ tasya darśanādeva jāyate| ekaviṃśagaṇopeto vaikuṃṭhe vāsamāpnuyāt

for him the fruit of a horse-sacrifice arises from the mere sight (of them); accompanied by twenty-one troops (of kin) he would obtain a dwelling in Vaikuṇṭha.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.179

भुक्त्वा तु विपुलान्भोगान्कल्पानां तु शतत्रयम्। तदंते जायते राजा सार्वभौमः क्षिताविह

bhuktvā tu vipulānbhogānkalpānāṃ tu śatatrayam| tadaṃte jāyate rājā sārvabhaumaḥ kṣitāviha

And having enjoyed abundant pleasures for three hundred kalpas, at the end of that he is born here on earth as a king, a universal sovereign.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.180

तोयधारा तु सा भीष्म अंगुष्ठाग्राद्विनिःसृता। नदी सा वैष्णवी प्रोक्ता विष्णुपादसमुद्भवा

toyadhārā tu sā bhīṣma aṃguṣṭhāgrādviniḥsṛtā| nadī sā vaiṣṇavī proktā viṣṇupādasamudbhavā

But that stream of water, Bhīṣma, which issued from the tip of the toe — that river is called Vaiṣṇavī, arisen from Viṣṇu's foot.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.181

अनेन कारणेनाभूद्गंगा विष्णुपदी नृप। यया सर्वमिदं व्याप्तं त्रैलोक्यं सचराचरम्

anena kāraṇenābhūdgaṃgā viṣṇupadī nṛpa| yayā sarvamidaṃ vyāptaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

For this reason, O king, the Gaṅgā became 'Viṣṇu-footed' (Viṣṇupadī), she by whom all this triple world with its moving and unmoving beings was pervaded.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.182

अंगुष्ठाग्रक्षतादंडाद्यत्प्रविष्टं जलं शुभम्। प्राप्तं देवनदीत्वं तु यातु विष्णुपदी नदी

aṃguṣṭhāgrakṣatādaṃḍādyatpraviṣṭaṃ jalaṃ śubham| prāptaṃ devanadītvaṃ tu yātu viṣṇupadī nadī

The auspicious water that entered from the egg (of Brahmā) pierced by the tip of the toe attained the status of a divine river: let the river Viṣṇupadī go (forth).

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.183

देवनद्या तया व्याप्तं ब्रह्मांडं सचराचरम्। विभूतिभिर्महाभाग सर्वानुग्रहकाम्यया

devanadyā tayā vyāptaṃ brahmāṃḍaṃ sacarācaram| vibhūtibhirmahābhāga sarvānugrahakāmyayā

By that divine river the cosmic egg with its moving and unmoving beings was pervaded, O greatly fortunate one, with (her) manifestations, out of the desire to favour all.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.184

स बाष्कलिर्वामनेन उक्तः पूरय मे क्रमान्। अधोमुखस्तदा जात उत्तरं नास्य विंदति

sa bāṣkalirvāmanena uktaḥ pūraya me kramān| adhomukhastadā jāta uttaraṃ nāsya viṃdati

That Bāṣkali was told by Vāmana, "Fill up my strides!" Then he became downcast-faced; he found no answer.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.185

मौनीभूतं तु तं दृष्ट्वा पुरोधा वाक्यमब्रवीत्। स्वाभाविकी दानशक्तिर्न तु स्रष्टुं वयं क्षमाः

maunībhūtaṃ tu taṃ dṛṣṭvā purodhā vākyamabravīt| svābhāvikī dānaśaktirna tu sraṣṭuṃ vayaṃ kṣamāḥ

But seeing him fallen silent, the family priest spoke these words: "The power of giving is natural (to him), but we are not able to create (more)."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.186

यावतीयं धरा देव सा दत्तानेन ते प्रभो। उक्तो बाष्कलिना विष्णुर्यावन्मात्रा वसुंधरा

yāvatīyaṃ dharā deva sā dattānena te prabho| ukto bāṣkalinā viṣṇuryāvanmātrā vasuṃdharā

"As much earth as this is, O god, that has been given to you by him, O lord." Viṣṇu was told by Bāṣkali, "As great in measure as the earth is,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.187

या सृष्टा भवता पूर्वं सा मया न च गोपिता। अल्पाभूमिर्भवान्दीर्घो न तु सृष्टेरहं क्षमः

yā sṛṣṭā bhavatā pūrvaṃ sā mayā na ca gopitā| alpābhūmirbhavāndīrgho na tu sṛṣṭerahaṃ kṣamaḥ

that which was created by you formerly — that has not been withheld by me. My ground is small, you are vast; but I am not capable of creating.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.188

इच्छाशक्तिः प्रभवति प्रभोस्ते देव सर्वदा। निरुत्तरस्तदा विष्णुर्मत्वा तं सत्यवादिनम्

icchāśaktiḥ prabhavati prabhoste deva sarvadā| niruttarastadā viṣṇurmatvā taṃ satyavādinam

The power of will always prevails, O god, for you, the lord." Then Viṣṇu, without a rejoinder, considering him a speaker of truth,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.189

ब्रूहि दानवमुख्य त्वं कं ते कामं करोम्यहम्। मम हस्तगतं तोयं त्वया दत्तं तु दानव

brūhi dānavamukhya tvaṃ kaṃ te kāmaṃ karomyaham| mama hastagataṃ toyaṃ tvayā dattaṃ tu dānava

(said:) "Speak, chief of the Dānavas — what wish of yours shall I fulfil? The water in my hand was given by you, O Dānava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

PdP 1 30.190

तेन त्वं वरयोग्योसि वराणां भाजनं शुभं। दास्येहं भवतः काममर्थीयेन वृणुष्व ह

tena tvaṃ varayogyosi varāṇāṃ bhājanaṃ śubhaṃ| dāsyehaṃ bhavataḥ kāmamarthīyena vṛṇuṣva ha

By that you are worthy of a boon, an auspicious vessel of boons. I shall grant your lordship's wish; choose, indeed, according to your desire."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

PdP 1 30.191

विज्ञप्तो हि तदा तेन देवदेवो जनार्दनः। भक्तिं वृणोमि देवेश त्वद्धस्तान्मरणं हि मे

vijñapto hi tadā tena devadevo janārdanaḥ| bhaktiṃ vṛṇomi deveśa tvaddhastānmaraṇaṃ hi me

Then the god of gods, Janārdana, was petitioned by him: "I choose devotion, O lord of gods, and death at your hand for me.

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PdP 1 30.192

व्रजामि श्वेतद्वीपं ते दुर्लभं तु तपस्विनाम्। आहैवमुक्ते विष्णुस्तं तिष्ठस्वैव युगांतरम्

vrajāmi śvetadvīpaṃ te durlabhaṃ tu tapasvinām| āhaivamukte viṣṇustaṃ tiṣṭhasvaiva yugāṃtaram

I would go to your Śvetadvīpa, hard to reach even for ascetics." When this had been said, Viṣṇu said to him: "Stay just (where you are) for another age.

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PdP 1 30.193

वाराहरूपी यदाहं प्रवेक्ष्यामि धरातलम्। तदा हनिष्येहं त्वां तु मदग्रे च यदैष्यसि

vārāharūpī yadāhaṃ pravekṣyāmi dharātalam| tadā haniṣyehaṃ tvāṃ tu madagre ca yadaiṣyasi

When I, in the form of a boar, shall enter the surface of the earth, then I shall slay you, when you come before me."

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PdP 1 30.194

उक्तोथ दानवस्तेन अपासर्प्पत्तदग्रतः। वामनेन समाक्रांताः सर्वे लोकास्तदा नृप

uktotha dānavastena apāsarppattadagrataḥ| vāmanena samākrāṃtāḥ sarve lokāstadā nṛpa

Then, having been thus addressed by him, the Dānava withdrew from before him; and then, O king, all the worlds were traversed by Vāmana.

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PdP 1 30.195

असुरैस्तैस्तदा त्यक्तं देवानां सत्यभाषणम्। देवो हृत्वा तु त्रैलोक्यं जगामादर्शनं विभुः

asuraistaistadā tyaktaṃ devānāṃ satyabhāṣaṇam| devo hṛtvā tu trailokyaṃ jagāmādarśanaṃ vibhuḥ

Then by those Asuras the truthful speaking of the gods was abandoned; and the lord god, having taken away the triple world, passed out of sight.

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PdP 1 30.196

पातालनिलयश्चापि सुखमास्ते स बाष्कलि। शक्रोपि पालयामास विपश्चिद्भुवनत्रयम्

pātālanilayaścāpi sukhamāste sa bāṣkali| śakropi pālayāmāsa vipaścidbhuvanatrayam

And that Bāṣkali too, dwelling in Pātāla, abides happily; and Śakra, wise, ruled the three worlds.

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PdP 1 30.197

अयं त्रैविक्रमो नाम प्रादुर्भावो जगद्गुरोः। गंगासंभवसंयुक्तस्सर्वकल्मषनाशनः

ayaṃ traivikramo nāma prādurbhāvo jagadguroḥ| gaṃgāsaṃbhavasaṃyuktassarvakalmaṣanāśanaḥ

This is the manifestation of the world's teacher called Trivikrama ("of the three strides"), joined with the origin of the Gaṅgā, destroying all impurity.

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PdP 1 30.198

विष्णोः पदानामेषा ते उत्पत्तिः कथिता नृप। यां श्रुत्वा तु नरो लोके सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते

viṣṇoḥ padānāmeṣā te utpattiḥ kathitā nṛpa| yāṃ śrutvā tu naro loke sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

This origin of the footsteps of Viṣṇu has been told to you, O king; having heard it, a man in this world is freed from all sins.

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PdP 1 30.199

दुःस्वप्नं दुर्विचिंत्यं च दुःष्करं दुःष्कृतानि च। क्षिप्रं हि नाशमायांति दृष्टे विष्णुपदत्रये

duḥsvapnaṃ durviciṃtyaṃ ca duḥṣkaraṃ duḥṣkṛtāni ca| kṣipraṃ hi nāśamāyāṃti dṛṣṭe viṣṇupadatraye

Bad dreams, evil thoughts, hard misfortune, and misdeeds all swiftly come to destruction when the three footsteps of Viṣṇu are seen.

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PdP 1 30.200

युगानुक्रमशो दृष्ट्वा पापिनो जंतवस्तथा। सूक्ष्मता दर्शिता भीष्म विष्णुना पददर्शने1.30.

yugānukramaśo dṛṣṭvā pāpino jaṃtavastathā| sūkṣmatā darśitā bhīṣma viṣṇunā padadarśane1.30.

Seeing that creatures were sinful in the successive order of the ages, subtlety was displayed by Viṣṇu, O Bhīṣma, in the showing of (his) footsteps.

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PdP 1 30.201

यस्त्वारोहति तस्मिंस्तु मौनवान्मानवो भुवि। कृत्वा त्रिपुष्करी यात्रामश्वमेधफलं व्रजेत्

yastvārohati tasmiṃstu maunavānmānavo bhuvi| kṛtvā tripuṣkarī yātrāmaśvamedhaphalaṃ vrajet

But the man on earth who climbs up there keeping silence, having made the pilgrimage of the three Puṣkaras, would attain the fruit of a horse sacrifice.

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PdP 1 30.202

मुच्यते सर्वपापैश्च मृतो विष्णुपुरं व्रजेत्

mucyate sarvapāpaiśca mṛto viṣṇupuraṃ vrajet

And he is freed from all sins; when dead he goes to the city of Viṣṇu.

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