Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda — Chapter 43
PdP 1 43.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच-। प्रादुरासीत्प्रतीहारः शुभ्रचीनांशुकांबरः। स जानुभ्यां महीं गत्वा पिहितास्यश्च पाणिना
pulastya uvāca-| prādurāsītpratīhāraḥ śubhracīnāṃśukāṃbaraḥ| sa jānubhyāṃ mahīṃ gatvā pihitāsyaśca pāṇinā
Pulastya said: A doorkeeper appeared, robed in bright fine silk. Touching the ground with his knees, and covering his mouth with his hand,
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PdP 1 43.2
उवाचानाविलं वाक्यमल्पाक्षरपरिष्कृतम्। दैत्येंद्रमर्कवृंदाभं बिभ्रतं भास्वरं वपुः
uvācānāvilaṃ vākyamalpākṣarapariṣkṛtam| daityeṃdramarkavṛṃdābhaṃ bibhrataṃ bhāsvaraṃ vapuḥ
he spoke an unclouded speech, refined and of few syllables, to the Daitya lord, who bore a blazing body like a host of suns:
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PdP 1 43.3
कालनेमिः सुरान्बद्ध्वा प्रादाय द्वारि तिष्ठति। स विज्ञापयति स्थेयं क्व वंदिनि च यैः प्रभो
kālanemiḥ surānbaddhvā prādāya dvāri tiṣṭhati| sa vijñāpayati stheyaṃ kva vaṃdini ca yaiḥ prabho
"Kālanemi, having bound the gods and brought them, stands at the door; he asks where he is to remain with them in custody, O lord."
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PdP 1 43.4
तन्निशम्याब्रवीद्दैत्यः प्रतीहारस्य भाषितम्। यथेष्ठं स्थीयतामेभिर्गृहं मे भुवनत्रयं
tanniśamyābravīddaityaḥ pratīhārasya bhāṣitam| yatheṣṭhaṃ sthīyatāmebhirgṛhaṃ me bhuvanatrayaṃ
Hearing that, the Daitya replied to the doorkeeper's speech: "Let them stay with these wherever they please; the three worlds are my house.
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PdP 1 43.5
केवलं वासवं त्वेकं मुंडयित्वा विमुच्यताम्। सितवस्त्रपरिच्छन्नं शुनःपादेन चिह्नितम्
kevalaṃ vāsavaṃ tvekaṃ muṃḍayitvā vimucyatām| sitavastraparicchannaṃ śunaḥpādena cihnitam
Only Vāsava, that one alone, is to be released after his head is shaved, wrapped in white cloth and branded with a dog's foot."
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PdP 1 43.6
एवं कृते ततो देवा दूयमानेन चेतसा। जग्मुर्जगद्गुरुं द्रष्टुं शरणं कमलोद्भवम्
evaṃ kṛte tato devā dūyamānena cetasā| jagmurjagadguruṃ draṣṭuṃ śaraṇaṃ kamalodbhavam
When this had been done, the gods, with grieving mind, went to see the teacher of the world, the lotus-born, as their refuge.
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PdP 1 43.7
विनिर्विण्णास्तमासाद्य शिरोभिर्द्धरणीं गताः। तुष्टुवुः सुष्ठु वर्णाढ्यैर्वचोभिः कमलासनम्
vinirviṇṇāstamāsādya śirobhirddharaṇīṃ gatāḥ| tuṣṭuvuḥ suṣṭhu varṇāḍhyairvacobhiḥ kamalāsanam
Utterly disheartened, having reached him, they touched the ground with their heads and praised the lotus-seated one well, with words rich in fine syllables.
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PdP 1 43.8
देवा ऊचुः-। नमस्त्वोंकारांकुरादिप्रसूत्यै विश्वस्थानानंतभेदस्य पूर्वम्। संभूतस्यानंतरं सत्वमूले संहारेच्छोस्ते नमः सत्वमूर्त्ते
devā ūcuḥ-| namastvoṃkārāṃkurādiprasūtyai viśvasthānānaṃtabhedasya pūrvam| saṃbhūtasyānaṃtaraṃ satvamūle saṃhārecchoste namaḥ satvamūrtte
The gods said: Homage to you, the begetting of the first sprout of the syllable Oṃ, prior to the endless divisions of the world's regions; and thereafter, at the root of what has come into being — homage to you who will to withdraw it, O you whose form is being itself.
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PdP 1 43.9
व्यक्तीनां त्वामादिभूतं महिम्ना चास्मादस्मानभिधानाद्विचिंत्य। द्यावापृथ्व्योरूर्द्ध्वलोकांस्तथाधश्चांडादस्मात्त्वं विभागं चकर्थ
vyaktīnāṃ tvāmādibhūtaṃ mahimnā cāsmādasmānabhidhānādviciṃtya| dyāvāpṛthvyorūrddhvalokāṃstathādhaścāṃḍādasmāttvaṃ vibhāgaṃ cakartha
Having considered you, by your greatness, to be the primal being of all manifest things — (known) from this, and (naming) us from this designation — you made the division of heaven and earth, of the upper worlds and likewise those below, out of this egg.
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PdP 1 43.10
व्यक्तं मेरुर्यज्जरायुस्तवाभूदेवं विद्मस्त्वत्प्रणीतोवकाशः। व्यक्तं देवा जज्ञिरे यस्य देहाद्देहस्यांतश्चारिणो देहभाजः
vyaktaṃ meruryajjarāyustavābhūdevaṃ vidmastvatpraṇītovakāśaḥ| vyaktaṃ devā jajñire yasya dehāddehasyāṃtaścāriṇo dehabhājaḥ
It is manifest that Meru became your amnion; thus we know that space was brought forth by you. It is manifest that the gods were born from his body, embodied beings moving within that body.
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PdP 1 43.11
द्यौस्ते मूर्द्धा लोचने चंद्रसूर्यौ व्यालाः केशाः श्रोत्ररंध्रे दिशस्ते। गात्रं यज्ञः सिंधवः संधयो वै पादौ भूमिस्तूदरं ते समुद्राः
dyauste mūrddhā locane caṃdrasūryau vyālāḥ keśāḥ śrotraraṃdhre diśaste| gātraṃ yajñaḥ siṃdhavaḥ saṃdhayo vai pādau bhūmistūdaraṃ te samudrāḥ
The sky is your head, your two eyes the moon and the sun, serpents your hair, the directions your ear-openings; sacrifice is your body, the rivers indeed your joints, the earth your feet, and the oceans your belly.
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PdP 1 43.12
मायाकारः कारणं त्वं प्रसिद्धो वेदैः शांतो ज्योतिरर्कस्त्वमुक्तः। वेदार्थेन त्वां विवृण्वंति बुद्ध्या हृत्पद्मांतः संनिविष्टं पुराणम्
māyākāraḥ kāraṇaṃ tvaṃ prasiddho vedaiḥ śāṃto jyotirarkastvamuktaḥ| vedārthena tvāṃ vivṛṇvaṃti buddhyā hṛtpadmāṃtaḥ saṃniviṣṭaṃ purāṇam
You are the maker of māyā, renowned as the cause; by the Vedas you are declared the tranquil one, light, the sun. Through the meaning of the Vedas they unfold you with the intellect—the ancient one seated within the lotus of the heart.
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PdP 1 43.13
त्वां चात्मानं लब्धयोगा गृणंति सांख्यैर्याः स्ताः सप्तसूक्ष्माः प्रणीताः। तासां हेतुर्याष्टमी चापि गीता तास्वंतस्थो जीवभूतस्त्वमेव
tvāṃ cātmānaṃ labdhayogā gṛṇaṃti sāṃkhyairyāḥ stāḥ saptasūkṣmāḥ praṇītāḥ| tāsāṃ heturyāṣṭamī cāpi gītā tāsvaṃtastho jīvabhūtastvameva
And those who have attained yoga proclaim you as the Self; those seven subtle (principles) that are set forth by the Sāṃkhyas—their cause is sung as the eighth as well; and you alone, abiding within them, are (their) living being.
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PdP 1 43.14
दृष्ट्वा मूर्त्तिं स्थूलसूक्ष्मांचकार ये वै भावाः कारणे केचिदुक्ताः। संभूतास्ते त्वत्त एवादिसर्गे भूयस्तास्त्वां वासनां तेभ्युपेयाः
dṛṣṭvā mūrttiṃ sthūlasūkṣmāṃcakāra ye vai bhāvāḥ kāraṇe keciduktāḥ| saṃbhūtāste tvatta evādisarge bhūyastāstvāṃ vāsanāṃ tebhyupeyāḥ
Having seen (your) form, he made it gross and subtle; whatever states are spoken of as existing in the cause, these came into being from you alone at the first creation, and again they go to you as (their) latent residue.
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PdP 1 43.15
त्वत्संकेतस्त्वंतरायो निगूढः कालोऽमेयो ध्वस्तसंख्याविकल्पः। भावाभावाव्यक्तिसंहारहेतुः सोऽनंतस्त्वं तस्य कर्ता निधानम्
tvatsaṃketastvaṃtarāyo nigūḍhaḥ kālo'meyo dhvastasaṃkhyāvikalpaḥ| bhāvābhāvāvyaktisaṃhārahetuḥ so'naṃtastvaṃ tasya kartā nidhānam
Your signal is the hidden interval; time is immeasurable, with all reckoning and distinction destroyed—the cause of being and non-being, of manifestation and dissolution; that (time) is endless, and you are its maker and its resting place.
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PdP 1 43.16
स्थूलस्सर्वोऽनर्थभूतस्ततोन्यस्सोऽर्थस्सूक्ष्मो यो हि तेभ्योपिगीतः। स्थूला भावाश्चावृता यैश्च तेषां तेभ्यः स्थूलस्त्वं पुराणे प्रणीतः
sthūlassarvo'narthabhūtastatonyasso'rthassūkṣmo yo hi tebhyopigītaḥ| sthūlā bhāvāścāvṛtā yaiśca teṣāṃ tebhyaḥ sthūlastvaṃ purāṇe praṇītaḥ
All that is gross is without (real) purpose; other than that is that which is the purpose, the subtle, which is indeed sung as beyond them. And the gross states are those by which they are covered; beyond them you are declared in the Purāṇa as the gross one.
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PdP 1 43.17
भूतंभूतं भूतिमद्भूतभावं भावेभावे भावितं त्वं युनक्षि। युक्तंयुक्तं व्यक्तिभावान्निरस्य स्थानेस्थाने व्यक्तिवृत्तिं करोषि
bhūtaṃbhūtaṃ bhūtimadbhūtabhāvaṃ bhāvebhāve bhāvitaṃ tvaṃ yunakṣi| yuktaṃyuktaṃ vyaktibhāvānnirasya sthānesthāne vyaktivṛttiṃ karoṣi
Being after being, having existence, of the nature of beings—in state after state you join what has been brought into being; and, removing the joined and unjoined from manifest existence, in place after place you bring about the activity of manifestation.
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PdP 1 43.18
इत्थं देवो व्यक्तिभाजां शरण्यस्त्राता गोप्ता भावितोऽनंतमूर्तिः। विरेमुरमरास्तु त्वा ब्रह्माणमिति कारणम्
itthaṃ devo vyaktibhājāṃ śaraṇyastrātā goptā bhāvito'naṃtamūrtiḥ| viremuramarāstu tvā brahmāṇamiti kāraṇam
Thus the god, the refuge of those who take on manifest form, the deliverer, the protector, was contemplated, he of endless form. And the immortals fell silent, (saying) "you (are) Brahmā, the cause."
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PdP 1 43.19
तस्थुर्मनोभिरिष्टार्थसंप्राप्ति प्रार्थनास्ततः। एवं स्तुतो विरिंचिस्तु प्रसादं परमं गतः
tasthurmanobhiriṣṭārthasaṃprāpti prārthanāstataḥ| evaṃ stuto viriṃcistu prasādaṃ paramaṃ gataḥ
They stood there, with their minds praying for the attainment of their desired object. Thus praised, Viriñci (Brahmā) became supremely gracious.
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PdP 1 43.20
अमरान्वरदोप्याह वामहस्तेन निर्दिशन्। ब्रह्मोवाच-। नारी वा भर्तृका कस्माद्धस्तसंत्यक्तभूषणा
amarānvaradopyāha vāmahastena nirdiśan| brahmovāca-| nārī vā bhartṛkā kasmāddhastasaṃtyaktabhūṣaṇā
And the giver of boons spoke to the immortals, pointing with his left hand. Brahmā said: Why (are you) like a woman whose husband (is gone), her hand stripped of ornaments?
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PdP 1 43.21
न राजसे कुतश्शक्रा म्लानवक्त्रसरोरुहः। हुताशनवियुक्तोपि धूमेन न विराजसे
na rājase kutaśśakrā mlānavaktrasaroruhaḥ| hutāśanaviyuktopi dhūmena na virājase
You do not shine—why, O Śakra, with the lotus of your face withered? Even though parted from the fire, you do not shine, because of the smoke.
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PdP 1 43.22
तृणौघेन प्रतिच्छन्नो दग्धदावश्चिरोषितः। यमामयशरीरेण क्लिष्टो नाद्य विराजसे
tṛṇaughena praticchanno dagdhadāvaściroṣitaḥ| yamāmayaśarīreṇa kliṣṭo nādya virājase
Covered over by a mass of grass, like a long-quenched forest fire—O Yama, afflicted with a diseased body, you do not shine today.
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PdP 1 43.23
दंडेनालंबनेनेव कृष्टो येन पदेपदे। रजनीचरनाथ त्वं किं भीत इव भाषसे
daṃḍenālaṃbaneneva kṛṣṭo yena padepade| rajanīcaranātha tvaṃ kiṃ bhīta iva bhāṣase
As if dragged at every step by a staff used for support—O lord of the night-rangers (Moon?), why do you speak as though afraid?
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PdP 1 43.24
राक्षसेंन्द्रकृतादाने त्वमरातिक्षतो यथा। तनुस्ते वरुणोच्छुष्कापरीतस्येव वह्निना
rākṣaseṃndrakṛtādāne tvamarātikṣato yathā| tanuste varuṇocchuṣkāparītasyeva vahninā
In the seizure carried out by the lord of the rākṣasas, you are as if wounded by the enemy; your body, O Varuṇa, is as if dried up and enveloped by fire.
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PdP 1 43.25
विमुक्तरुधिरं चाथ पदं त्वं प्रविलोकय। वायो भवान्विचेतस्कः खड्गाग्रैरिव निष्कृतः
vimuktarudhiraṃ cātha padaṃ tvaṃ pravilokaya| vāyo bhavānvicetaskaḥ khaḍgāgrairiva niṣkṛtaḥ
And now look at your bloodless place (rank/station); O Vāyu, you are out of your senses, as if cut down by sword-points.
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PdP 1 43.26
किं त्वं नतोसि धनद संत्यज्येव कुबेरतां। रुद्रास्त्रिशूलिनः संतोऽविदध्वं बहुशूरतां
kiṃ tvaṃ natosi dhanada saṃtyajyeva kuberatāṃ| rudrāstriśūlinaḥ saṃto'vidadhvaṃ bahuśūratāṃ
Why are you bowed down, O giver of wealth, as if you had abandoned your Kubera-hood? And you Rudras, bearers of the trident, being what you are, you have not displayed your great heroism.
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PdP 1 43.27
भवतां केन चाक्षिप्ता तीव्रता नस्तदुच्यतां। एवमुक्ताः सुरास्तेन ब्रह्मणा ब्रह्मवर्तिना
bhavatāṃ kena cākṣiptā tīvratā nastaducyatāṃ| evamuktāḥ surāstena brahmaṇā brahmavartinā
And by whom has your fierceness been taken away? Let that be told to us. Thus addressed by that Brahmā, who abides in the Brahman, the gods—
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PdP 1 43.28
वाचां प्रधानभूतत्वात्ते मारुतमचोदयन्। अथ शक्रमुखैर्देवैः पवनः प्रतिचोदितः
vācāṃ pradhānabhūtatvātte mārutamacodayan| atha śakramukhairdevaiḥ pavanaḥ praticoditaḥ
—since he is foremost among (masters of) speech, urged the Wind on. Then the Wind, thus urged by the gods headed by Śakra,
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PdP 1 43.29
प्राह देवं चतुर्वक्त्रं भवान्वेत्ति चराचरं। पुरहूतमुखाः सबला निमिषा विजिताः प्रसभं किल दैत्यशतैः
prāha devaṃ caturvaktraṃ bhavānvetti carācaraṃ| purahūtamukhāḥ sabalā nimiṣā vijitāḥ prasabhaṃ kila daityaśataiḥ
spoke to the four-faced god: You know (all that) moves and does not move. The unblinking ones headed by Purahūta (Indra), together with their forces, have been forcibly vanquished, it seems, by hundreds of daityas.
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PdP 1 43.30
क्रतवो विहिता भवता स्थितये जगतां च महाद्भुतचित्रगुणाः। अपि यज्ञकृतः श्रुतकामफला विहिता ॠषयस्तत एव पुरः
kratavo vihitā bhavatā sthitaye jagatāṃ ca mahādbhutacitraguṇāḥ| api yajñakṛtaḥ śrutakāmaphalā vihitā ṝṣayastata eva puraḥ
Sacrifices were ordained by you for the stability of the worlds, with greatly wondrous and varied qualities; and the performers of sacrifice, whose desired fruits are heard of (in scripture), and the seers too were ordained by you from the very beginning.
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PdP 1 43.31
अपि नाकमभूत्किल यज्ञभुजां भवतो विनियोगवशात्सततम्। अपहृत्यविमानगणं सकृतो दनुजेन महाकरभूमिसमः
api nākamabhūtkila yajñabhujāṃ bhavato viniyogavaśātsatatam| apahṛtyavimānagaṇaṃ sakṛto danujena mahākarabhūmisamaḥ
Indeed the heaven of the sacrifice-eaters, which was ever (theirs) by your apportioning — its host of aerial cars having been carried off — was made by the son of Danu like a land under heavy taxation.
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PdP 1 43.32
कृतवानसि सर्वगुणातिशयं यमशेषमहीधरराजतया। मखभूषितमंशुमतामवधिं सुरधामगिरिं गगनेपि सदा
kṛtavānasi sarvaguṇātiśayaṃ yamaśeṣamahīdhararājatayā| makhabhūṣitamaṃśumatāmavadhiṃ suradhāmagiriṃ gaganepi sadā
You made the mountain that is the gods' abode — surpassing in every quality, adorned with sacrifices, the boundary of the sun's rays — (to stand) always even in the sky, by (giving it) kingship over all mountains whatsoever.
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PdP 1 43.33
अधिवासविहारविधानुचितो दनुजेन परिष्कृतशृंगतटः। प्रविलम्बितरत्नगुहानिवहो बहुदैत्यसमाश्रयतां गमितः
adhivāsavihāravidhānucito danujena pariṣkṛtaśṛṃgataṭaḥ| pravilambitaratnaguhānivaho bahudaityasamāśrayatāṃ gamitaḥ
Fit for the arrangement of dwelling and pleasure, its peaks and slopes trimmed out by the son of Danu, its many jewel-caves hanging down, it was made the common resort of many Daityas.
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PdP 1 43.34
असुरस्य च तस्य भयेन गतं सविषाद शरीरनिमित्ततया। उपभोग्यतयाधिकृतं सुचिरं विमलद्युतिपूरितदिग्वदनं
asurasya ca tasya bhayena gataṃ saviṣāda śarīranimittatayā| upabhogyatayādhikṛtaṃ suciraṃ vimaladyutipūritadigvadanaṃ
And through fear of that asura it went sorrowing, because of its body('s beauty); for a very long time it was appropriated as a thing to be enjoyed, it that filled the face of the quarters with pure radiance.
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PdP 1 43.35
भवतैव विनिर्मितमादियुगे सुरहेतिसमूहवरं कुलिशं। दितिजस्य शरीरमवाप्यगतं शतधा मतिभेदमिवाल्पविदः
bhavataiva vinirmitamādiyuge surahetisamūhavaraṃ kuliśaṃ| ditijasya śarīramavāpyagataṃ śatadhā matibhedamivālpavidaḥ
The thunderbolt, best of the whole array of the gods' weapons, fashioned by you yourself in the first age, on reaching the body of Diti's son went into a hundred pieces, like the mind of a man of little knowledge splitting apart.
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PdP 1 43.36
बाणैश्च युधि विद्धांगा द्वारि द्वास्थैर्निदर्शिताः। लब्धप्रवेशाः कृच्छ्रेण वयं तस्यामरद्विषः
bāṇaiśca yudhi viddhāṃgā dvāri dvāsthairnidarśitāḥ| labdhapraveśāḥ kṛcchreṇa vayaṃ tasyāmaradviṣaḥ
And in the battle, our limbs pierced with arrows, we were kept on display at the gate by the doorkeepers; with difficulty we, (the envoys) of that enemy of the immortals, gained entry.
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PdP 1 43.37
सभायाममरादेव प्रकृष्योपनिवेशिताः। वेत्रहस्तैरजल्पंतस्तथोपहसिताः परैः
sabhāyāmamarādeva prakṛṣyopaniveśitāḥ| vetrahastairajalpaṃtastathopahasitāḥ paraiḥ
In the assembly, O god, we immortals were dragged along by men with canes and seated (there), and, saying nothing, we were thus laughed at by the others.
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PdP 1 43.38
महार्थाः सिद्धसर्वार्था भवंतः स्वल्पभाषिणः। शास्त्रयुक्तमथ ब्रूत मामरा बहुभाषिणः
mahārthāḥ siddhasarvārthā bhavaṃtaḥ svalpabhāṣiṇaḥ| śāstrayuktamatha brūta māmarā bahubhāṣiṇaḥ
"You great-purposed ones, who have accomplished all your aims, speak but little; then speak to me something in accord with the treatises, O immortals who are (otherwise) so talkative."
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PdP 1 43.39
सभेयं दैत्यसिंहस्य न शक्रस्य विशृंखला। वदद्भिरिति दैत्यस्य प्रेष्यैर्विहसिता बहु
sabheyaṃ daityasiṃhasya na śakrasya viśṛṃkhalā| vadadbhiriti daityasya preṣyairvihasitā bahu
"This unruly assembly is the lion of the Daityas', not Śakra's" — saying such things, the demon's servants mocked (us) much.
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PdP 1 43.40
ॠतवो मूर्तिमंतश्चाप्यहर्निशमुपासते। कृतापराधं सत्रासं न त्यजंति कथंचन
ṝtavo mūrtimaṃtaścāpyaharniśamupāsate| kṛtāparādhaṃ satrāsaṃ na tyajaṃti kathaṃcana
And the seasons too, in embodied form, wait upon (him) day and night; out of fear they in no way forsake him who has committed an offence.
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PdP 1 43.41
तंत्रीलयनयोपेतं सिद्धगंधर्वकिन्नरैः। सरागमुपधाविष्टं गीयते तस्य वेश्मसु
taṃtrīlayanayopetaṃ siddhagaṃdharvakinnaraiḥ| sarāgamupadhāviṣṭaṃ gīyate tasya veśmasu
In his dwellings there is sung, by Siddhas, Gandharvas and Kinnaras, song furnished with string-music and measure, full of melody and pervaded by flattery.
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PdP 1 43.42
कृताकृतोपकरणैर्मित्रादि गुरुलाघवः। शरणागतसंत्यागी त्यक्तसत्यप्रतिश्रयः
kṛtākṛtopakaraṇairmitrādi gurulāghavaḥ| śaraṇāgatasaṃtyāgī tyaktasatyapratiśrayaḥ
He reckons friends and the rest as weighty or slight according to services done or not done; he abandons those who have come for refuge, and has cast off truth as his support.
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PdP 1 43.43
इति निश्शेषमथवा निश्शेषं केन शक्यते। तस्याविनयमाख्यातुं स्रष्टा तत्र परायणम्
iti niśśeṣamathavā niśśeṣaṃ kena śakyate| tasyāvinayamākhyātuṃ sraṣṭā tatra parāyaṇam
So (it is) — or rather, by whom can his misconduct be told exhaustively? In that matter the Creator is the (only) recourse.
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PdP 1 43.44
इत्युक्त्वा व्यरमद्वायुः शनैर्देवविचेष्टितं। सुरानुवाच भगवांस्ततः स्मितमुखांबुजः
ityuktvā vyaramadvāyuḥ śanairdevaviceṣṭitaṃ| surānuvāca bhagavāṃstataḥ smitamukhāṃbujaḥ
Having said this, Vāyu, who had softly (recounted) the plight of the gods, fell silent; then the Lord, his lotus face smiling, spoke to the gods.
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PdP 1 43.45
ब्रह्मोवाच। अवध्यस्तारको दैत्यः सर्वैरपि सुरासुरैः। यस्य वध्यस्स नाद्यापि जातस्त्रिभुवने पुमान्
brahmovāca| avadhyastārako daityaḥ sarvairapi surāsuraiḥ| yasya vadhyassa nādyāpi jātastribhuvane pumān
Brahmā said: The Daitya Tāraka cannot be slain by all the gods and asuras together; the male by whom he is to be slain is not yet born in the three worlds.
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PdP 1 43.46
मया स वरदानेन छंदयित्वा निवारितः। तपसः सांप्रतं राजा त्रैलोक्यदहनात्मकः
mayā sa varadānena chaṃdayitvā nivāritaḥ| tapasaḥ sāṃprataṃ rājā trailokyadahanātmakaḥ
He was turned aside by me from his austerity by being gratified with the grant of a boon; and now the king is of a nature to burn up the three worlds.
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PdP 1 43.47
स तु वव्रे वधं दैत्यश्शिशुतः सप्तवासरात्। स तु सप्तदिनो बालः शंकराद्यो भविष्यति
sa tu vavre vadhaṃ daityaśśiśutaḥ saptavāsarāt| sa tu saptadino bālaḥ śaṃkarādyo bhaviṣyati
But the Daitya chose (that) his death (should come) from a child of seven days; and that seven-day-old boy shall arise from Śaṃkara.
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PdP 1 43.48
तारकस्य निहंता स भास्कराभो भविष्यति। सांप्रतं चाप्यपत्नीकः शंकरो भगवान्प्रभुः
tārakasya nihaṃtā sa bhāskarābho bhaviṣyati| sāṃprataṃ cāpyapatnīkaḥ śaṃkaro bhagavānprabhuḥ
He, with the sheen of the sun, shall be the slayer of Tāraka; but at present the lord Śaṃkara, the Blessed One, is without a wife.
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PdP 1 43.49
हिमाचलस्य दुहिता या च देवी भविष्यति। तस्याः सकाशाद्यः सूनुररण्याः पावको यथा
himācalasya duhitā yā ca devī bhaviṣyati| tasyāḥ sakāśādyaḥ sūnuraraṇyāḥ pāvako yathā
And she who shall be the goddess, the daughter of Himālaya — the son that (comes) from her presence, as fire from the araṇi wood —
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PdP 1 43.50
जनयिष्यति तं प्राप्य तारको न भविष्यति। मयाऽभ्युपायः कथितो यथैष हि भविष्यति1.43.
janayiṣyati taṃ prāpya tārako na bhaviṣyati| mayā'bhyupāyaḥ kathito yathaiṣa hi bhaviṣyati1.43.
she shall bring forth; and once he is obtained, Tāraka will be no more. The means has been told by me, in the way this will indeed come about.
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PdP 1 43.51
शेषं चाप्यस्य विभवं विभजध्वमनंतरं। स्तोककालं प्रतीक्षध्वं निर्विशंकेन चेतसा
śeṣaṃ cāpyasya vibhavaṃ vibhajadhvamanaṃtaraṃ| stokakālaṃ pratīkṣadhvaṃ nirviśaṃkena cetasā
"And divide up among yourselves whatever else of his power remains, straightaway; wait a short while with an untroubled mind."
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PdP 1 43.52
इत्युक्तास्त्रिदशास्तेन साक्षात्कमलयोनिना। जग्मुस्ते प्रणिपत्येशं यथायोगं दिवौकसः
ityuktāstridaśāstena sākṣātkamalayoninā| jagmuste praṇipatyeśaṃ yathāyogaṃ divaukasaḥ
Thus addressed by him, the lotus-born himself, the thirty gods, dwellers in heaven, bowed to the Lord and went, each as was fitting.
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PdP 1 43.53
ततो यातेषु देवेषु ब्रह्मा लोकपितामहः। निशां सस्मार भगवांस्तां देवीं पूर्वसंभवां
tato yāteṣu deveṣu brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ| niśāṃ sasmāra bhagavāṃstāṃ devīṃ pūrvasaṃbhavāṃ
Then, when the gods had departed, the blessed Brahmā, grandfather of the worlds, called to mind Night, that goddess born in an earlier time.
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PdP 1 43.54
ततो भगवती रात्रिरुपतस्थे पितामहं। तां विविक्ते समालोक्य ब्रह्मोवाच विभावरीम्
tato bhagavatī rātrirupatasthe pitāmahaṃ| tāṃ vivikte samālokya brahmovāca vibhāvarīm
Then the blessed Night presented herself before the Grandfather; seeing her in a solitary place, Brahmā spoke to Vibhāvarī (the night).
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PdP 1 43.55
ब्रह्मोवाच-। विभावरि महत्कार्यं देवानां समुपस्थितं। तत्कर्तव्यं त्वया देवि शृणु कार्यस्य निश्चयं
brahmovāca-| vibhāvari mahatkāryaṃ devānāṃ samupasthitaṃ| tatkartavyaṃ tvayā devi śṛṇu kāryasya niścayaṃ
Brahmā said: "Vibhāvarī, a great task of the gods has arisen; it must be carried out by you, O goddess. Hear the resolve concerning the task."
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PdP 1 43.56
तारकोनाम दैत्येंद्रः सुरशत्रुरनिर्जितः। तस्या भवाय भगवान्जनयिष्यति चेश्वरः
tārakonāma daityeṃdraḥ suraśatruranirjitaḥ| tasyā bhavāya bhagavānjanayiṣyati ceśvaraḥ
"There is a lord of the Daityas named Tāraka, foe of the gods, unconquered; and for his undoing the blessed Lord (Śiva) will beget"
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PdP 1 43.57
सुतं स भविता तस्य तारकस्यांतकः किल। शंकरस्याभवत्पत्नी सती दक्षसुता तु या
sutaṃ sa bhavitā tasya tārakasyāṃtakaḥ kila| śaṃkarasyābhavatpatnī satī dakṣasutā tu yā
"a son, who will indeed be the ender of that Tāraka. Now she who was Satī, Dakṣa's daughter, became Śaṅkara's wife."
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PdP 1 43.58
सा पितुः कुपिता देवी कस्मिंश्चित्कारणांतरे। भवित्री हिमशैलस्य दुहिता लोकभाविनी
sā pituḥ kupitā devī kasmiṃścitkāraṇāṃtare| bhavitrī himaśailasya duhitā lokabhāvinī
"That goddess, angered at her father over some other matter, will become the daughter of the Snow Mountain, she who brings the worlds into being."
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PdP 1 43.59
विरहेण हरस्तस्या मत्वा शून्यं जगत्त्रयं। स तस्य हिमशैलस्य कंदरे सिद्धसेविते
viraheṇa harastasyā matvā śūnyaṃ jagattrayaṃ| sa tasya himaśailasya kaṃdare siddhasevite
"Hara, reckoning the three worlds empty through separation from her, in a cave of that Snow Mountain frequented by Siddhas,"
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PdP 1 43.60
प्रतीक्षमाणस्तज्जन्म किंचित्कालं निवत्स्यति। तयोः सुतप्ततपसोर्भविता यो महान्सुतः
pratīkṣamāṇastajjanma kiṃcitkālaṃ nivatsyati| tayoḥ sutaptatapasorbhavitā yo mahānsutaḥ
"awaiting her birth, will dwell for some time. The great son who shall be (born) of those two, when their austerity has been well performed,"
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PdP 1 43.61
भविष्यति स दैत्यस्य तारकस्य विनाशकः। जातमात्रा च सा देवी स्वल्पसंज्ञेव भामिनी
bhaviṣyati sa daityasya tārakasya vināśakaḥ| jātamātrā ca sā devī svalpasaṃjñeva bhāminī
"he will be the destroyer of the Daitya Tāraka. And that goddess, the lovely one, as soon as she is born, as though of but slight awareness,"
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PdP 1 43.62
विरहोत्कंठिता गाढं हरसंगमलालसा। तयोः सुतप्ततपसोः संयोगः स्याच्छुभावहः
virahotkaṃṭhitā gāḍhaṃ harasaṃgamalālasā| tayoḥ sutaptatapasoḥ saṃyogaḥ syācchubhāvahaḥ
"deeply pining in separation, longing for union with Hara — the joining of those two, whose austerity has been well performed, would bring about good."
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PdP 1 43.63
ततस्ताभ्यां तु जनितः स्वल्पो वाक्कलहो भवेत्। ततस्तु संशयो भूयस्तारकस्य च दृश्यते
tatastābhyāṃ tu janitaḥ svalpo vākkalaho bhavet| tatastu saṃśayo bhūyastārakasya ca dṛśyate
"Then a small quarrel of words would be started by the two of them; and from that a further danger from Tāraka is foreseen."
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PdP 1 43.64
तयोः संयुक्तयोस्तस्मात्सुरतासक्तिकारणे। विघ्नं त्वया विधातव्यं यथा ताभ्यां तथा शृणु
tayoḥ saṃyuktayostasmātsuratāsaktikāraṇe| vighnaṃ tvayā vidhātavyaṃ yathā tābhyāṃ tathā śṛṇu
"Therefore, when those two are joined, an obstacle is to be made by you in the matter of their absorption in lovemaking; how it is to be done to them, hear thus:"
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PdP 1 43.65
गर्भस्थमेवतन्मातुः स्वेन रूपेण संज्ञया। ततो विहस्य शर्वस्तां विषण्णो नर्मपूर्वकं
garbhasthamevatanmātuḥ svena rūpeṇa saṃjñayā| tato vihasya śarvastāṃ viṣaṇṇo narmapūrvakaṃ
"(You are to make known) to the mother, in your own form, by a sign, that (child) while it is still in the womb. Then Śarva, laughing, dejected, in jest,"
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PdP 1 43.66
भर्त्सयिष्यति तां देवीं ततः सा कुपिता सती। प्रयास्यति तपश्चर्तुं ततः सा तपसा युता
bhartsayiṣyati tāṃ devīṃ tataḥ sā kupitā satī| prayāsyati tapaścartuṃ tataḥ sā tapasā yutā
"will rebuke that goddess; then she, being angered, will go off to practise austerity; then she, endowed with that austerity,"
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PdP 1 43.67
जनयिष्यति तं शर्वादमितद्युतिमंडलं। संभविष्यति हंतासौ सुरारीणामसंशयम्
janayiṣyati taṃ śarvādamitadyutimaṃḍalaṃ| saṃbhaviṣyati haṃtāsau surārīṇāmasaṃśayam
"will bring forth from Śarva that one with a disc of measureless radiance; he will come to be the slayer of the gods' enemies, without doubt."
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PdP 1 43.68
त्वयापि दानवा देवि हंतव्या लोकदुर्जयाः। यावत्सुरेश्वरी देहसंक्रांतगुणसंचया
tvayāpi dānavā devi haṃtavyā lokadurjayāḥ| yāvatsureśvarī dehasaṃkrāṃtaguṇasaṃcayā
"By you too, O goddess, must the Dānavas, unconquerable in the worlds, be slain — as long as the queen of the gods has the mass of her qualities passed into (your) body;"
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PdP 1 43.69
तत्संगमेन तावत्त्वं दैत्यान्हंतुं न शक्यसे। एवं कृते तपस्तप्त्वा त्वया सर्वं करिष्यति
tatsaṃgamena tāvattvaṃ daityānhaṃtuṃ na śakyase| evaṃ kṛte tapastaptvā tvayā sarvaṃ kariṣyati
"until then, by union with her, you will not be able to slay the Daityas. When this has been done, having performed austerity, she will accomplish everything through you."
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PdP 1 43.70
तदा स्वमेव सा रूपं शैलजा प्रतिपत्स्यते
tadā svameva sā rūpaṃ śailajā pratipatsyate
"Then the mountain-born one will take on her own form again."
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PdP 1 43.71
तदा त्वयापि सहिता भवानी सा भविष्यति। रूपांशेन तु संयुक्ता उमायास्त्वं भविष्यसि
tadā tvayāpi sahitā bhavānī sā bhaviṣyati| rūpāṃśena tu saṃyuktā umāyāstvaṃ bhaviṣyasi
Then, joined with you as well, she will become Bhavānī; and you, united with a portion of (her) form, will become (a part) of Umā.
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PdP 1 43.72
एकानंशेति लोकस्त्वां वरदे पूजयिष्यति। भेदैर्बहुविधाकारैः सर्वगां कामसाधिनीम्
ekānaṃśeti lokastvāṃ varade pūjayiṣyati| bhedairbahuvidhākāraiḥ sarvagāṃ kāmasādhinīm
As "Ekānaṃśā," O giver of boons, the world will worship you—under distinctions of many kinds of form—as the all-pervading fulfiller of desires.
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PdP 1 43.73
ॐकारवक्त्रा गायत्री त्वमिति ब्रह्मवादिभिः। आक्रांतैरूर्जिताकारा राजभिश्च महाभुजैः
oṃkāravaktrā gāyatrī tvamiti brahmavādibhiḥ| ākrāṃtairūrjitākārā rājabhiśca mahābhujaiḥ
"You are Gāyatrī, whose mouth is the syllable Oṃ"—so (you are called) by those who expound the Veda; and by great-armed kings who have overrun (the earth) you are (worshipped as) one of mighty form.
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PdP 1 43.74
त्वं भूरिति विशां माता शूद्रैश्शैवेति पूजिता। क्षांतिर्मुनीनामक्षोभ्या दया नियमिनामपि
tvaṃ bhūriti viśāṃ mātā śūdraiśśaiveti pūjitā| kṣāṃtirmunīnāmakṣobhyā dayā niyamināmapi
You are "Bhū," the mother of the vaiśyas; worshipped by the śūdras as "Śaivī"; you are the unshakable forbearance of ascetics, and the compassion of those who keep the observances.
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PdP 1 43.75
त्वं महोपायसंदेहो नीतिर्नयविसर्पिणाम्। परिचित्तिस्त्वमर्थानां त्वमीहा प्राणिहृच्छया
tvaṃ mahopāyasaṃdeho nītirnayavisarpiṇām| paricittistvamarthānāṃ tvamīhā prāṇihṛcchayā
You are the great resource in doubt, the statecraft of those who move by policy; you are the discernment of goods, you are the striving that lies in the hearts of living beings.
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PdP 1 43.76
त्वं मुक्तिस्सर्वभूतानां त्वं गतिः सर्वदेहिनाम्। रतिस्त्वं रतचित्तानां प्रीतिस्त्वं हृदि देहिनाम्
tvaṃ muktissarvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ gatiḥ sarvadehinām| ratistvaṃ ratacittānāṃ prītistvaṃ hṛdi dehinām
You are the release of all beings, you are the goal of all embodied ones; you are the pleasure of those whose minds are on love-play, you are the affection in the hearts of the embodied.
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PdP 1 43.77
त्वं कीर्तिः सत्यभूतानां त्वं शांतिर्दुष्टकर्मणाम्। त्वं भ्रांतिः सर्वभूतानां त्वं गतिः क्रतुयाजिनाम्
tvaṃ kīrtiḥ satyabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ śāṃtirduṣṭakarmaṇām| tvaṃ bhrāṃtiḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ tvaṃ gatiḥ kratuyājinām
You are the renown of those who are truthful, you are the quelling of evil deeds; you are the bewilderment of all beings, you are the goal of those who offer sacrifices.
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PdP 1 43.78
जलधीनां महावेला त्वं च लीलाविलासिनी। प्रियकंठग्रहानंददायिनी त्वं विभावरी
jaladhīnāṃ mahāvelā tvaṃ ca līlāvilāsinī| priyakaṃṭhagrahānaṃdadāyinī tvaṃ vibhāvarī
You are the great shoreline of the oceans, and you are she who sports in play; you are the night, giver of the joy of clasping a lover's neck.
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PdP 1 43.79
इत्यनेकविधैर्देवी रूपैर्लोके त्वमर्चिता। ये त्वां स्तोष्यंति वरदे पूजयिष्यंति चापि ये
ityanekavidhairdevī rūpairloke tvamarcitā| ye tvāṃ stoṣyaṃti varade pūjayiṣyaṃti cāpi ye
Thus, O goddess, you are honored in the world under many kinds of form. Those who will praise you, O giver of boons, and those who will worship you—
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PdP 1 43.80
ते सर्वकामानाप्स्यंति नियता नात्र संशयः। इत्युक्ता तु निशा देवी तथेत्युक्त्वा कृताञ्जलि
te sarvakāmānāpsyaṃti niyatā nātra saṃśayaḥ| ityuktā tu niśā devī tathetyuktvā kṛtāñjali
—they, being disciplined, will obtain all their desires; there is no doubt in this. Addressed thus, the goddess Night said "so be it," and with hands folded
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PdP 1 43.81
जगाम त्वरिता तूर्णं गृहं हिमगिरेर्महत्। तत्रासीनां महाहर्म्ये रत्नभित्तिसमाश्रयाम्
jagāma tvaritā tūrṇaṃ gṛhaṃ himagirermahat| tatrāsīnāṃ mahāharmye ratnabhittisamāśrayām
went swiftly and at once to the great house of the Snow Mountain (Himālaya). There, seated in the great mansion, leaning against a wall of jewels,
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PdP 1 43.82
ददर्श मेनामापाण्डुच्छविवक्त्रसरोरुहाम्। किंचित्क्षामां मुखोदग्रस्तनभारावनामिताम्
dadarśa menāmāpāṇḍucchavivaktrasaroruhām| kiṃcitkṣāmāṃ mukhodagrastanabhārāvanāmitām
she saw Menā, the lotus of whose face was of a somewhat pale hue, somewhat wasted, bent down by the weight of her breasts with upturned tips,
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PdP 1 43.83
महौषधिगणाबद्ध मंत्रराजनिषेविताम्। उदूढकनकोन्नद्ध जीवरक्षा मनोरमाम्
mahauṣadhigaṇābaddha maṃtrarājaniṣevitām| udūḍhakanakonnaddha jīvarakṣā manoramām
girt about with a collection of great healing herbs, attended by the foremost of mantras, lovely with a life-protecting amulet bound on and fastened with gold.
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PdP 1 43.84
मणिदीपगणज्योतिर्महालोकप्रकाशिते। प्रकीर्णबहुसिद्धार्थमनोज्ञपरिचारके
maṇidīpagaṇajyotirmahālokaprakāśite| prakīrṇabahusiddhārthamanojñaparicārake
(in a chamber) lit up by the great light of the radiance of a host of jewelled lamps, with pleasing attendants and white mustard seeds strewn about,
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PdP 1 43.85
शुद्धचीनांशुकच्छत्र भूशय्यास्तरणोज्ज्वले। धूपामोदमनोरम्ये सज्ज सर्वोपयोगिके
śuddhacīnāṃśukacchatra bhūśayyāstaraṇojjvale| dhūpāmodamanoramye sajja sarvopayogike
gleaming with canopies of pure Chinese silk and with spreads for the bed on the floor, delightful with the fragrance of incense, made ready with everything of use—
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PdP 1 43.86
ततः क्रमेण दिवसे गते दूरं विभावरी। विजृंभितसुखोदर्के ततो मेना महागृहे
tataḥ krameṇa divase gate dūraṃ vibhāvarī| vijṛṃbhitasukhodarke tato menā mahāgṛhe
Then, when the day had gradually gone far off, and night, whose issue was swelling pleasure, (had come), then in Menā's great house,
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PdP 1 43.87
प्रसुप्तप्रायपुरुषे निद्राभूतोपचारके। स्फुटालोके शशभृति भ्रान्तरात्रिविहंगमे
prasuptaprāyapuruṣe nidrābhūtopacārake| sphuṭāloke śaśabhṛti bhrāntarātrivihaṃgame
when the men were nearly all asleep, when the attendants had become sleep itself, when the moon's light was clear, when the birds of the night were flitting about,
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PdP 1 43.88
रजनीचर संचारभूतैरावृत चत्वरे। गाढकंठग्रहालग्ने शुभगोष्टजने ततः
rajanīcara saṃcārabhūtairāvṛta catvare| gāḍhakaṃṭhagrahālagne śubhagoṣṭajane tataḥ
when the courtyard was filled with creatures that roam by night, when the people of the fine household were locked in close neck-embraces, then,
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PdP 1 43.89
किंचिदाकुलतां प्राप्ते मेना नेत्रांबुजद्वये। आविवेश मुखे रात्रिः सुखमद्भुतसंगमा
kiṃcidākulatāṃ prāpte menā netrāṃbujadvaye| āviveśa mukhe rātriḥ sukhamadbhutasaṃgamā
when Menā's pair of lotus-eyes had grown somewhat heavy, Night, whose coming together (with her) was wondrous, entered pleasantly into her mouth,
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PdP 1 43.90
उन्मादाय जगन्मातुः क्रमेण जठरांतरे। आविवेशातुलं जन्म मन्यमाना कदा तु वै
unmādāya jaganmātuḥ krameṇa jaṭharāṃtare| āviveśātulaṃ janma manyamānā kadā tu vai
and gradually entered within her womb, for the rapture of the mother of the world, (Menā) wondering, "When indeed will this incomparable birth be?"
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PdP 1 43.91
अरंजयद्गृहं देव्या गुहारण्ये विभावरी। ततो जगत्या निर्वाणहेतुर्हिमगिरिप्रिया
araṃjayadgṛhaṃ devyā guhāraṇye vibhāvarī| tato jagatyā nirvāṇaheturhimagiripriyā
The night made the goddess's house full of delight for (the birth of) Guha's kindling‑stick; then she who is dear to the Snow‑Mountain, the cause of the world's liberation,
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PdP 1 43.92
ब्राह्मे मुहूर्ते सुभगे प्रासूयत गुहारणिं। तस्यां तु जायमानायां जंतवः स्थाणुजंगमाः
brāhme muhūrte subhage prāsūyata guhāraṇiṃ| tasyāṃ tu jāyamānāyāṃ jaṃtavaḥ sthāṇujaṃgamāḥ
at the auspicious Brahmā hour, O fortunate one, gave birth to Guha's kindling‑stick; and while she was being born, creatures both fixed and moving
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PdP 1 43.93
अभवन्सुखिनः सर्वे सर्वलोकनिवासिनः। नारकाणामपि तदा सुखं स्वर्गसमं महत्
abhavansukhinaḥ sarve sarvalokanivāsinaḥ| nārakāṇāmapi tadā sukhaṃ svargasamaṃ mahat
all became happy, all those dwelling in every world; even for the inhabitants of hell there was then great happiness, equal to heaven's.
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PdP 1 43.94
अभवत्क्रूरसत्वानां चेतः शांतं च देहिनाम्। ज्योतिषामपि तेजस्तु सुतरां चाभवत्तदा
abhavatkrūrasatvānāṃ cetaḥ śāṃtaṃ ca dehinām| jyotiṣāmapi tejastu sutarāṃ cābhavattadā
The minds of cruel creatures and of (all) embodied beings became peaceful; and the brilliance of the luminaries too became far greater then.
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PdP 1 43.95
वनाश्रिताश्चोषधयः स्वादवंति फलानि च। गंधवंति च माल्यानि विमलं च नभोऽभवत्
vanāśritāścoṣadhayaḥ svādavaṃti phalāni ca| gaṃdhavaṃti ca mālyāni vimalaṃ ca nabho'bhavat
And the herbs growing in the forests and the fruits became tasty, the garlands fragrant, and the sky became clear.
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PdP 1 43.96
मारुतश्च सुखस्पर्शो दिशश्च सुमनोहराः। ॠतूद्भूतफलायोग परिपाकगुणोज्ज्वला
mārutaśca sukhasparśo diśaśca sumanoharāḥ| ṝtūdbhūtaphalāyoga paripākaguṇojjvalā
And the wind was pleasant to the touch, and the directions were most charming; (the earth,) radiant with the quality of the full ripening brought about by the union of the fruits produced by the seasons—
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PdP 1 43.97
अभवत्पृथिवी देवी शालिमालाकुलापि च। तपांसि दीर्घचीर्णानि मुनीनां भावितात्मनाम्
abhavatpṛthivī devī śālimālākulāpi ca| tapāṃsi dīrghacīrṇāni munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām
—the goddess Earth became thick with rows of rice; and the long‑practised austerities of the sages whose selves were disciplined
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PdP 1 43.98
तस्मिन्गतानि साफल्यं काले निर्मलचेतसाम्। विस्मृतानि च शास्त्राणि प्रादुर्भावं प्रपेदिरे
tasmingatāni sāphalyaṃ kāle nirmalacetasām| vismṛtāni ca śāstrāṇi prādurbhāvaṃ prapedire
attained their fruition at that time, (the austerities) of those of spotless minds; and the scriptures that had been forgotten came into manifestation.
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PdP 1 43.99
प्रभावस्तीर्थमुख्यानां तदा पुण्यतमस्त्वभूत्। अंतरिक्षेऽमराश्चासन्विमानेषु सहस्रशः
prabhāvastīrthamukhyānāṃ tadā puṇyatamastvabhūt| aṃtarikṣe'marāścāsanvimāneṣu sahasraśaḥ
The power of the chief holy fords became then most sanctifying; and in mid‑air were the immortals in their aerial cars by the thousands.
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PdP 1 43.100
समहेंद्रजलाधीश वायु वह्नि पुरोगमाः। पुष्पवृष्टिं प्रमुमुचुस्तस्मिंस्तुहिन भूधरे1.43.
samaheṃdrajalādhīśa vāyu vahni purogamāḥ| puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ pramumucustasmiṃstuhina bhūdhare1.43.
With great Indra, the lord of the waters, Vāyu and Agni at their head, they let fall a rain of flowers on that snow‑bearing mountain.
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PdP 1 43.101
जगुर्गंधर्वमुख्याश्च ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः। मेरुप्रभृतयश्चापि मूर्तिमंतो महाचलाः
jagurgaṃdharvamukhyāśca nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ| meruprabhṛtayaścāpi mūrtimaṃto mahācalāḥ
The chief Gandharvas sang and the troops of Apsarases danced; and Meru and the other great mountains too, taking bodily form,
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PdP 1 43.102
तस्मिन्महोत्सवे प्राप्ते दिव्याः प्रसृतपाणयः। सागरास्सरितश्चैव समाजग्मुश्च सर्वशः
tasminmahotsave prāpte divyāḥ prasṛtapāṇayaḥ| sāgarāssaritaścaiva samājagmuśca sarvaśaḥ
when that great festival had come, the divine ones with hands outstretched—and the oceans and the rivers as well—came together from all sides.
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PdP 1 43.103
हिमशैलोऽभवल्लोके तदा सर्वैश्चराचरैः। संसेव्यश्चाधिगम्यश्च साश्रयश्चाचलोत्तमः
himaśailo'bhavalloke tadā sarvaiścarācaraiḥ| saṃsevyaścādhigamyaśca sāśrayaścācalottamaḥ
The Snow‑Mountain became then, for all beings moving and unmoving in the world, one to be served, to be approached, and a refuge—the best of mountains.
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PdP 1 43.104
अनुभूयोत्सवं देवा जग्मुः स्वान्निलयास्तदा। देवनागेंद्रगंधर्वशैललीलावती गणैः
anubhūyotsavaṃ devā jagmuḥ svānnilayāstadā| devanāgeṃdragaṃdharvaśailalīlāvatī gaṇaiḥ
Having enjoyed the festival, the gods then went to their own abodes; (attended) by the troops of the gods, the lords of Nāgas, the Gandharvas, and the mountains' playful ones,
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PdP 1 43.105
हिमशैलसुता देवी त्वहंपूर्विकया ततः। क्रमेण बुद्धिमानीता विद्याञ्चानलसैर्बुधैः
himaśailasutā devī tvahaṃpūrvikayā tataḥ| krameṇa buddhimānītā vidyāñcānalasairbudhaiḥ
the goddess, the daughter of the Snow‑Mountain, was then step by step brought to intelligence and learning by unwearied wise men, each vying to be first.
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PdP 1 43.106
क्रमेण रूपसौभाग्यप्रबोधैर्भुवनत्रये। संपूर्णलक्षणा जाता हिमालयसुता तथा
krameṇa rūpasaubhāgyaprabodhairbhuvanatraye| saṃpūrṇalakṣaṇā jātā himālayasutā tathā
Thus in due course, by her beauty, good fortune and awakened understanding, Himālaya's daughter came to have all the marks complete in the three worlds.
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PdP 1 43.107
एतस्मिन्नंतरे शक्रो नारदं देवसंमतम्। देवर्षिमथ सस्मार कार्यसाधनतत्परः
etasminnaṃtare śakro nāradaṃ devasaṃmatam| devarṣimatha sasmāra kāryasādhanatatparaḥ
Meanwhile Śakra, intent on accomplishing his purpose, called to mind Nārada, the divine sage esteemed by the gods.
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PdP 1 43.108
स तु शक्रस्य विज्ञाय कांक्षितं भगवांस्तदा। आजगाम मुदा युक्तो महेंद्रस्य निवेशनम्
sa tu śakrasya vijñāya kāṃkṣitaṃ bhagavāṃstadā| ājagāma mudā yukto maheṃdrasya niveśanam
And he, the lord, knowing then what Śakra desired, came filled with joy to great Indra's dwelling.
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PdP 1 43.109
तं तु दृष्ट्वा सहस्राक्षः समुत्थाय महासनात्। यथार्हेण तु पाद्येन पूजयामास वासवः
taṃ tu dṛṣṭvā sahasrākṣaḥ samutthāya mahāsanāt| yathārheṇa tu pādyena pūjayāmāsa vāsavaḥ
Seeing him, the thousand‑eyed Vāsava rose from his great seat and honoured him fittingly with water for the feet.
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PdP 1 43.110
शक्रप्रणिहितां पूजां प्रतिगृह्य यथाविधि। नारदः कुशलं देवमपृच्छत्पाकशासनम्
śakrapraṇihitāṃ pūjāṃ pratigṛhya yathāvidhi| nāradaḥ kuśalaṃ devamapṛcchatpākaśāsanam
Having accepted the honour offered by Śakra according to rule, Nārada asked the god, the chastiser of Pāka, after his welfare.
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PdP 1 43.111
पृष्टे च कुशले शक्रः प्रोवाच वचनं प्रभुः। इंद्र उवाच-। कुशलस्यांकुरस्तावत्संवृत्तो भुवनत्रये
pṛṣṭe ca kuśale śakraḥ provāca vacanaṃ prabhuḥ| iṃdra uvāca-| kuśalasyāṃkurastāvatsaṃvṛtto bhuvanatraye
And when he had been asked about his welfare, the lord Śakra spoke these words. Indra said: The sprout of welfare has indeed sprung up in the three worlds.
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PdP 1 43.112
तत्फलोद्भवसंपत्तौ त्वं मया विदितो मुने। वेत्स्येव तत्समस्तं त्वं तथापि परिचोदितः
tatphalodbhavasaṃpattau tvaṃ mayā vidito mune| vetsyeva tatsamastaṃ tvaṃ tathāpi paricoditaḥ
As for the full attainment of the arising of its fruit, you are known to me (in this matter), O sage; you will surely know all of it yourself, yet you are being prompted (to hear it).
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PdP 1 43.113
निर्वृतिं परमां याति निवेद्यार्थं सुहृज्जने। तद्यथाशैलजा देवी योगं यायात्पिनाकिना
nirvṛtiṃ paramāṃ yāti nivedyārthaṃ suhṛjjane| tadyathāśailajā devī yogaṃ yāyātpinākinā
One attains the highest satisfaction by declaring a matter to a friend. So (hear) how the mountain-born goddess may come to union with the bearer of the Pināka.
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PdP 1 43.114
शीघ्रं तथोद्यमः सर्वैरस्मत्पक्षैर्विधीयताम्। अवगम्यार्थमखिलं तत आमंत्र्य नारदः
śīghraṃ tathodyamaḥ sarvairasmatpakṣairvidhīyatām| avagamyārthamakhilaṃ tata āmaṃtrya nāradaḥ
And let an effort toward that be quickly made by all who are on our side. Then, having understood the whole matter, Nārada took his leave,
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PdP 1 43.115
शीघ्रं जगाम भगवान्हिमशैलनिकेतनम्। तत्र द्वारे स विप्रेंद्रश्चित्रवेत्रलताकुले
śīghraṃ jagāma bhagavānhimaśailaniketanam| tatra dvāre sa vipreṃdraścitravetralatākule
and the blessed one quickly went to the dwelling of the snow-mountain. There at the gate, which was thick with variegated cane-creepers, that chief of brahmins
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PdP 1 43.116
वंदितो हिमशैलेन निर्गतेन पुरो मुनिः। सह प्रविश्य भवनं भुवो भूषणतां गतम्
vaṃdito himaśailena nirgatena puro muniḥ| saha praviśya bhavanaṃ bhuvo bhūṣaṇatāṃ gatam
—the sage, greeted by Himavat, who had come out before him—entered together (with him) the palace, which had become an ornament of the earth.
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PdP 1 43.117
निवेदिते स्वयं हैमे हिमशैलेन विस्तृते। महासने मुनिवरो निषसादातुलद्युतिः
nivedite svayaṃ haime himaśailena vistṛte| mahāsane munivaro niṣasādātuladyutiḥ
When a broad golden great seat had been offered by Himavat himself, the best of sages, of incomparable radiance, sat down.
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PdP 1 43.118
यथार्हमर्घ्यं पाद्यं च शैलस्तस्मै न्यवेदयेत्। मुनिः स प्रतिजग्राह तमर्घ्यं विधिवत्तदा
yathārhamarghyaṃ pādyaṃ ca śailastasmai nyavedayet| muniḥ sa pratijagrāha tamarghyaṃ vidhivattadā
The mountain presented to him, as was fitting, the guest-offering and the water for the feet; and the sage then accepted that guest-offering according to rule.
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PdP 1 43.119
गृहीतार्घम्मुनिश्रेष्ठमपृच्छत्श्लक्ष्णया गिरा। कुशलं तपसः शैलः शनैः फुल्लाननांबुजः
gṛhītārghammuniśreṣṭhamapṛcchatślakṣṇayā girā| kuśalaṃ tapasaḥ śailaḥ śanaiḥ phullānanāṃbujaḥ
With his lotus-face blossoming, the mountain slowly asked the best of sages, who had received the guest-offering, in gentle speech about the welfare of his austerity.
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PdP 1 43.120
मुनिरप्यद्रिराजानमपृच्छत्कुशलं तदा। नारद उवाच-। अहो धर्मोचितस्तेऽस्ति संनिवेशो महागिरे
munirapyadrirājānamapṛcchatkuśalaṃ tadā| nārada uvāca-| aho dharmocitaste'sti saṃniveśo mahāgire
The sage too then asked the king of mountains about his welfare. Nārada said: Ah, your dwelling-place is well suited to dharma, O great mountain!
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PdP 1 43.121
पृथुत्वं मनसा तुल्यं कंदराणां तवानघ। गुरुत्वं ते गुणौघानां स्थावरादतिरिच्यते
pṛthutvaṃ manasā tulyaṃ kaṃdarāṇāṃ tavānagha| gurutvaṃ te guṇaughānāṃ sthāvarādatiricyate
The breadth of your caverns is equal to (that of) the mind, O faultless one; the weight of your masses of virtues exceeds (even) that of a mountain.
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PdP 1 43.122
प्रसन्नता च तोयस्य मुनिभ्यश्चाधिका तव। न लक्षयामः शैलेन्द्र कुत्राविनयिता स्थिता
prasannatā ca toyasya munibhyaścādhikā tava| na lakṣayāmaḥ śailendra kutrāvinayitā sthitā
And the clarity of your waters is greater even than that of the sages; we do not perceive, O lord of mountains, where any want of good conduct might reside in you.
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PdP 1 43.123
नाना तपोभिर्मुनिभिर्ज्वलनार्कसमप्रभैः। पावनैः पावितो नित्यं त्वं कंदरसमाश्रयैः
nānā tapobhirmunibhirjvalanārkasamaprabhaiḥ| pāvanaiḥ pāvito nityaṃ tvaṃ kaṃdarasamāśrayaiḥ
You are constantly purified by various purifying sages, whose splendour is like fire and the sun, who dwell in your caverns because of your austerities.
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PdP 1 43.124
अवमत्य विमानानि स्वर्गवासविरागिणः। पितुर्गृहइवासीना देवगंधर्वकिन्नराः
avamatya vimānāni svargavāsavirāgiṇaḥ| piturgṛhaivāsīnā devagaṃdharvakinnarāḥ
Gods, gandharvas and kinnaras, having disdained their celestial cars and lost their taste for dwelling in heaven, sit (here) as though in their father's house.
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PdP 1 43.125
अहो धन्योसि शैलेन्द्र यस्य ते कंदरं हरः। अध्यास्ते लोकनाथो हि रामध्यानपरायणः
aho dhanyosi śailendra yasya te kaṃdaraṃ haraḥ| adhyāste lokanātho hi rāmadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ
Ah, you are blessed, lord of mountains, you in whose cavern Hara, the lord of the worlds, dwells, intent on meditation upon Rāma!
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PdP 1 43.126
इत्युक्तवति देवर्षौ नारदे सादरं गिरा। हिमशैलस्य महिषी मेना मुनिदिदृक्षया
ityuktavati devarṣau nārade sādaraṃ girā| himaśailasya mahiṣī menā munididṛkṣayā
When the divine sage Nārada had spoken thus with respectful speech, Menā, the queen of the snow-mountain, wishing to see the sage,
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PdP 1 43.127
अनुयाता दुहित्रा तु स्वल्पालिपरिचारिका। लज्जाप्रणयनम्राङ्गी प्रविवेश निकेतनम्
anuyātā duhitrā tu svalpāliparicārikā| lajjāpraṇayanamrāṅgī praviveśa niketanam
followed by her daughter and with but few companions as attendants, her body bent with modesty and affection, entered the hall
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PdP 1 43.128
यत्र स्थितो मुनिवरः शैलेन सहितो वशी। तं दृष्ट्वा तेजसो राशिं मुनिं शैलप्रिया तदा
yatra sthito munivaraḥ śailena sahito vaśī| taṃ dṛṣṭvā tejaso rāśiṃ muniṃ śailapriyā tadā
where the best of sages, the self-controlled one, was seated together with the mountain. Seeing him, that mass of splendour, the sage, the mountain's beloved then
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PdP 1 43.129
ववंदे गूढवदना पाणिपद्मकृताञ्जलि। तां विलोक्य महाभागां देवर्षिरमितद्युतिः
vavaṃde gūḍhavadanā pāṇipadmakṛtāñjali| tāṃ vilokya mahābhāgāṃ devarṣiramitadyutiḥ
bowed to him, her face concealed, making the añjali with her lotus hands. Beholding her, the greatly blessed lady, the divine sage of boundless radiance
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PdP 1 43.130
आशीर्भिरमृतोद्गाररूपाभिस्तां व्यवर्द्धयत्। ततो विस्मितचित्ता तु हिमवद्गिरिपुत्रिका
āśīrbhiramṛtodgārarūpābhistāṃ vyavarddhayat| tato vismitacittā tu himavadgiriputrikā
caused her to prosper with blessings that were like an outpouring of nectar. Then the daughter of the Himavat mountain, her mind filled with wonder,
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PdP 1 43.131
एक्षिष्ट नारदं देवी मुनिमद्भुतरूपिणम्। एहि वत्सेति साप्युक्ता ॠषिणा स्निग्धया गिरा
ekṣiṣṭa nāradaṃ devī munimadbhutarūpiṇam| ehi vatseti sāpyuktā ṝṣiṇā snigdhayā girā
The goddess looked upon Nārada, the sage of wondrous form. And she was addressed by the seer with affectionate speech: "Come, child."
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PdP 1 43.132
कंठे गृहीत्वा पितरमङ्के सा तु समाविशत्। उवाच माता तां देवीमभिवंदय पुत्रिके
kaṃṭhe gṛhītvā pitaramaṅke sā tu samāviśat| uvāca mātā tāṃ devīmabhivaṃdaya putrike
Clasping her father by the neck, she settled into his lap. Her mother said to that goddess: "Salute (him), daughter,
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PdP 1 43.133
भगवंतं तपोधन्यं पतिमाप्स्यसि संमतम्। इत्युक्ता तु ततो मात्रा वस्त्रेण पिहितानना
bhagavaṃtaṃ tapodhanyaṃ patimāpsyasi saṃmatam| ityuktā tu tato mātrā vastreṇa pihitānanā
(and) you will obtain the blessed one, rich in austerity, as an approved husband." Thus addressed by her mother, her face covered with her garment,
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PdP 1 43.134
किंचित्कंपितमूर्द्धा तु वाक्यं नोवाच किंचन। ततः पुनरुवाचेदं वाक्यं माता सुतां तदा
kiṃcitkaṃpitamūrddhā tu vākyaṃ novāca kiṃcana| tataḥ punaruvācedaṃ vākyaṃ mātā sutāṃ tadā
her head trembling a little, she spoke not a word. Then again the mother spoke this speech to her daughter:
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PdP 1 43.135
वत्से वंदय देवर्षिं ततो दास्यामि ते शुभम्। रत्नक्रीडनकं रम्यं स्थापितं यच्चिरं मया
vatse vaṃdaya devarṣiṃ tato dāsyāmi te śubham| ratnakrīḍanakaṃ ramyaṃ sthāpitaṃ yacciraṃ mayā
"Child, salute the divine sage, and then I shall give you that lovely thing, the beautiful jewelled plaything that has long been kept by me."
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PdP 1 43.136
इत्युक्ता सा ततो वेगादुद्गत्य चरणौ तदा। ववंदे मूर्ध्नि संधाय पाणिपंकजकुड्मलम्
ityuktā sā tato vegādudgatya caraṇau tadā| vavaṃde mūrdhni saṃdhāya pāṇipaṃkajakuḍmalam
Thus addressed, she then rose up quickly and saluted his feet, joining upon her head the bud of her lotus-hands.
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PdP 1 43.137
कृते तु वंदने तस्या माता सखिमुखेन तु। चोदयामास शनकैस्तस्याः सौभाग्यदर्शिताम्
kṛte tu vaṃdane tasyā mātā sakhimukhena tu| codayāmāsa śanakaistasyāḥ saubhāgyadarśitām
When her salutation was made, her mother, through the mouth of a friend, gently urged him to show her good fortune (in marriage),
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PdP 1 43.138
शरीरलक्षणानां च परिज्ञानाय कौतुकात्। स्त्रीस्वभावात्स्वदुहितुश्चिंतां हृदि समुद्वहन्
śarīralakṣaṇānāṃ ca parijñānāya kautukāt| strīsvabhāvātsvaduhituściṃtāṃ hṛdi samudvahan
and, out of curiosity, for full knowledge of the marks of her body — bearing in his heart, from a woman's nature, anxiety about his own daughter.
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PdP 1 43.139
ज्ञात्वा तदिंगितं शैलो महिष्याहृदयेन तु। अनुदीर्णाकृतिर्मेने रम्यमेतदुपस्थितम्
jñātvā tadiṃgitaṃ śailo mahiṣyāhṛdayena tu| anudīrṇākṛtirmene ramyametadupasthitam
The mountain, knowing that hint through his queen's heart, with his features unstirred, thought that this pleasant matter had come up.
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PdP 1 43.140
चोदितः शैलमहिषी सख्या मुनिवरस्ततः। स्मिताननो महाभागो वाक्यं प्रोवाच नारदः
coditaḥ śailamahiṣī sakhyā munivarastataḥ| smitānano mahābhāgo vākyaṃ provāca nāradaḥ
So urged by the mountain's queen through her friend, that best of sages, the greatly fortunate Nārada, with smiling face spoke these words:
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PdP 1 43.141
न जातोऽस्याः पतिर्भद्रे लक्षणैश्च विवर्जितः। उत्तानहस्ता सततं चरणैर्व्यभिचारिभिः
na jāto'syāḥ patirbhadre lakṣaṇaiśca vivarjitaḥ| uttānahastā satataṃ caraṇairvyabhicāribhiḥ
"Her husband is not (yet) born, good lady, and he is devoid of the (auspicious) marks; her hands are always upturned, and her feet are erratic.
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PdP 1 43.142
सुच्छायास्या भविष्येयं किमन्यद्बहु भाष्यते। श्रुत्वैतत्संभ्रमाविष्टो ध्वस्तधैर्यो हिमाचलः
succhāyāsyā bhaviṣyeyaṃ kimanyadbahu bhāṣyate| śrutvaitatsaṃbhramāviṣṭo dhvastadhairyo himācalaḥ
She will be of fair complexion — what more is to be said at length?" Hearing this, Himālaya was seized with agitation and his composure was shattered.
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PdP 1 43.143
नारदं प्रत्युवाचाथ साश्रुकंठो महागिरिः। हिमवानुवाच-। संसारस्यातिदोषस्य दुर्विज्ञेया गतिर्यतः
nāradaṃ pratyuvācātha sāśrukaṃṭho mahāgiriḥ| himavānuvāca-| saṃsārasyātidoṣasya durvijñeyā gatiryataḥ
Then the great mountain, his throat choked with tears, replied to Nārada. Himavat said: Since the course of saṃsāra, which is full of fault, is hard to understand,
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PdP 1 43.144
सृष्ट्या चावश्यभाविन्या केनाप्यतिशयात्मना। कर्त्रा प्रणीता मर्यादा स्थिता संसारिणामियम्
sṛṣṭyā cāvaśyabhāvinyā kenāpyatiśayātmanā| kartrā praṇītā maryādā sthitā saṃsāriṇāmiyam
and since by some maker of surpassing nature, through a creation that must necessarily come to be, this limit has been laid down and stands fixed for those in saṃsāra —
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PdP 1 43.145
यो जायते हि यद्बीजाज्जनितुः सोर्थसाधकः। जनिता चापि जातस्य न कश्चिदिति च स्फुटम्
yo jāyate hi yadbījājjanituḥ sorthasādhakaḥ| janitā cāpi jātasya na kaściditi ca sphuṭam
He who is born from whose seed, he accomplishes the purpose of the begetter; and it is also plain that no one is the begetter of what is born.
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PdP 1 43.146
स्वकर्मणैव जायंते विवधा भूतजातयः। अंडजोह्यंडजाज्जातः पुनर्जायेत मानवः
svakarmaṇaiva jāyaṃte vivadhā bhūtajātayaḥ| aṃḍajohyaṃḍajājjātaḥ punarjāyeta mānavaḥ
By their own karma alone the various kinds of beings are born: the egg-born is born from the egg-born, (and) a man may be born again (as a man).
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PdP 1 43.147
मानुषोपि सरीसृप्यां मानुषत्वेन जायते। तत्रापि जातौ श्रेष्ठायां धर्मस्योत्कर्षणेन तु
mānuṣopi sarīsṛpyāṃ mānuṣatvena jāyate| tatrāpi jātau śreṣṭhāyāṃ dharmasyotkarṣaṇena tu
Even a human being is born, in a reptile (birth), with the state of a human; and there too, in the highest birth, through the excellence of dharma —
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PdP 1 43.148
अपुत्रजन्मनः शेषाः प्राणिनः समवस्थिताः। मनुजास्तत्र सुतरां नयेन सहधर्मिणः
aputrajanmanaḥ śeṣāḥ prāṇinaḥ samavasthitāḥ| manujāstatra sutarāṃ nayena sahadharmiṇaḥ
The remaining creatures stand as ones whose birth is sonless; men there, far more, are by rule sharers in dharma.
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PdP 1 43.149
क्रमेणाश्रमसंप्राप्तिर्ब्रह्मचारिव्रतादनु। तस्य कर्तुर्नियोगेन संसारो येन वर्धितः
krameṇāśramasaṃprāptirbrahmacārivratādanu| tasya karturniyogena saṃsāro yena vardhitaḥ
In due order comes the attainment of the (next) stage of life after the vow of the student, by the ordinance of that maker by whom saṃsāra has been made to increase.
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PdP 1 43.150
संसारस्य हि नोत्पत्तिः सर्वे स्युर्यदि निर्गृहाः। कर्त्रा तु शास्त्रेषु सदा सुतलाभः प्रशंसितः1.43.
saṃsārasya hi notpattiḥ sarve syuryadi nirgṛhāḥ| kartrā tu śāstreṣu sadā sutalābhaḥ praśaṃsitaḥ1.43.
For there would be no arising of saṃsāra if all were without households; therefore by the maker the gaining of a son is always praised in the scriptures.
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PdP 1 43.151
प्राणिनां मोहनार्थाय नरकत्राणकारणात्। स्त्रिया विरहिता सृष्टिर्जंतूनां नोपपद्यते
prāṇināṃ mohanārthāya narakatrāṇakāraṇāt| striyā virahitā sṛṣṭirjaṃtūnāṃ nopapadyate
For the deluding of living beings, and because (woman) is the means of deliverance from hell — creation of creatures without woman does not come about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.152
स्त्रीजातिस्तु प्रकृत्यैव कृपणा दैन्यभागिनी। शास्त्रालोचनसामर्थ्याद्दूषितं तासु कर्तृणा
strījātistu prakṛtyaiva kṛpaṇā dainyabhāginī| śāstrālocanasāmarthyāddūṣitaṃ tāsu kartṛṇā
But the female kind is by its very nature wretched, sharing in misery; because of (their lack of) capacity for the study of the śāstras, a defect was set in them by the Creator.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.153
तस्यां नोपरिभावज्ञा भवेदेति च वेधसा। शास्त्रेषूक्तमसंदिग्धं बहुवारं महाफलं
tasyāṃ noparibhāvajñā bhavedeti ca vedhasā| śāstreṣūktamasaṃdigdhaṃ bahuvāraṃ mahāphalaṃ
And (thinking) 'let her not be one who knows contempt in her' — so by the Creator; in the śāstras it is stated without doubt, many times over, as of great fruit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.154
दशपुत्रसमा कन्या यापि स्याच्छीलवर्जिता। वाक्यमेतत्फलभ्रष्टं पुंसां ग्लानिकरं फलं
daśaputrasamā kanyā yāpi syācchīlavarjitā| vākyametatphalabhraṣṭaṃ puṃsāṃ glānikaraṃ phalaṃ
'A daughter is equal to ten sons' — even she who may be devoid of good conduct: this saying is bereft of fruit, a fruit that brings weariness to men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.155
कन्या हि कृपणा शोच्या पितुर्दुःखविवर्द्धिनी। यापि स्यात्पूर्णसर्वार्था पतिपुत्रसमन्विता
kanyā hi kṛpaṇā śocyā piturduḥkhavivarddhinī| yāpi syātpūrṇasarvārthā patiputrasamanvitā
For a daughter is a wretched thing, to be grieved over, an increaser of her father's sorrow — even she who may have all her aims fulfilled and be provided with husband and sons.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.156
किं पुनर्दुर्भगा हीना पतिपुत्रधनादिभिः। त्वं चोक्तवान्सुता या मे शरीरे दोषसंग्रहम्
kiṃ punardurbhagā hīnā patiputradhanādibhiḥ| tvaṃ coktavānsutā yā me śarīre doṣasaṃgraham
How much more one who is ill-fated, bereft of husband, sons, wealth and the rest! And you have said that my daughter has an accumulation of defects in her body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.157
अहो मुह्यामि शुष्यामि ग्लामि सीदामि नारद। अयुक्तमपि वक्तव्यमप्राप्यमपि सांप्रतम्
aho muhyāmi śuṣyāmi glāmi sīdāmi nārada| ayuktamapi vaktavyamaprāpyamapi sāṃpratam
Ah, I am bewildered, I dry up, I wither, I sink, Nārada. Even what is improper must be spoken now, even what cannot be attained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.158
अनुग्रहाय मे छिन्धि दुःखं कन्याश्रयं मुने। परिच्छिन्नेप्यसंदिग्धे मनः परिभवाश्रयात्
anugrahāya me chindhi duḥkhaṃ kanyāśrayaṃ mune| paricchinnepyasaṃdigdhe manaḥ paribhavāśrayāt
As a favour to me, cut off my sorrow that rests on my daughter, sage. Even when (the matter) is settled and beyond doubt, the mind, out of a sense of humiliation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.159
तृष्णा मुष्णाति निष्णातं फललोभाश्रयात्पुनः। स्त्रीणां हि परमं जन्म कुलानामुभयात्मनाम्
tṛṣṇā muṣṇāti niṣṇātaṃ phalalobhāśrayātpunaḥ| strīṇāṃ hi paramaṃ janma kulānāmubhayātmanām
— craving robs even the well-versed man, again through its dependence on greed for results. For women, birth is the highest thing for families of both kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.160
इहामुत्र सुखायोक्तं सत्पतिप्राप्तिसंज्ञितम्। दुर्लभत्वात्सतः स्त्रीणां विगुणोपि पतिः किल
ihāmutra sukhāyoktaṃ satpatiprāptisaṃjñitam| durlabhatvātsataḥ strīṇāṃ viguṇopi patiḥ kila
It is said to be for happiness here and hereafter, and is named 'the obtaining of a good husband'. Since a good one is hard for women to get, even a husband without merits (will do).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.161
न प्राप्यते विना पुण्यैः पतिर्नार्याः कदाचन। यतो निस्साधनो धर्मः परिणामोत्थिता रतिः
na prāpyate vinā puṇyaiḥ patirnāryāḥ kadācana| yato nissādhano dharmaḥ pariṇāmotthitā ratiḥ
Never is a husband obtained by a woman without merits; for dharma has no (other) instrument, and pleasure arises as a ripening (of past deeds).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.162
धनं जीवितपर्यंतं पत्यौ नार्याः प्रतिष्ठितम्। निर्द्धनो दुर्मुखो मूर्खः सर्वलक्षणवर्जितः
dhanaṃ jīvitaparyaṃtaṃ patyau nāryāḥ pratiṣṭhitam| nirddhano durmukho mūrkhaḥ sarvalakṣaṇavarjitaḥ
For a woman, her wealth to the end of life is established in her husband; (even if he be) penniless, ill-featured, a fool, devoid of all auspicious marks —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.163
दैवतं परमं नार्याः पतिरुक्तः सदैव हि। त्वया देवर्षिणा प्रोक्तं न जातोऽस्याः पतिः किल
daivataṃ paramaṃ nāryāḥ patiruktaḥ sadaiva hi| tvayā devarṣiṇā proktaṃ na jāto'syāḥ patiḥ kila
— the husband is declared to be always the supreme deity of a woman. But by you, the divine seer, it has been said that no husband has been born for her.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.164
एतद्दौर्भाग्यमतुलमसंख्यं च दुरुद्वहम्। चराचरे भूतसर्गे चिंता सा व्यापिनी मुने
etaddaurbhāgyamatulamasaṃkhyaṃ ca durudvaham| carācare bhūtasarge ciṃtā sā vyāpinī mune
This misfortune is unequalled, immeasurable, and hard to bear; in the creation of beings, moving and unmoving, that anxiety is all-pervading, sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.165
स न जात इति श्रुत्वा ममेदं व्याकुलं मनः। मनुष्यदेवजातीनां शुभाशुभनिवेदकम्
sa na jāta iti śrutvā mamedaṃ vyākulaṃ manaḥ| manuṣyadevajātīnāṃ śubhāśubhanivedakam
Hearing 'he has not been born', this mind of mine is distraught. (There is) that which declares the good and ill of the human and divine kinds —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.166
लक्षणं हस्तपादाभ्यां लक्षणं विहितं किल। सेयमुत्तानहस्तेति त्वयोक्ता मुनिपुंगव
lakṣaṇaṃ hastapādābhyāṃ lakṣaṇaṃ vihitaṃ kila| seyamuttānahasteti tvayoktā munipuṃgava
— the mark: by hands and feet a mark has indeed been laid down; and 'this girl has an upturned hand', so it was said by you, bull among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.167
उत्तानहस्तता प्रोक्ता याचतामेव नित्यका। शुभोदयानां धन्यानां न कदाचित्प्रयच्छताम्
uttānahastatā proktā yācatāmeva nityakā| śubhodayānāṃ dhanyānāṃ na kadācitprayacchatām
Having an upturned hand is declared to be constant only for beggars, never for the fortunate ones of auspicious fortune who give.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.168
सुच्छाययास्याश्चरणौ त्वयोक्तौ व्यभिचारिणौ। तत्रापि श्रेयसी ह्याशा मुने न प्रतिभाति नः
succhāyayāsyāścaraṇau tvayoktau vyabhicāriṇau| tatrāpi śreyasī hyāśā mune na pratibhāti naḥ
Her two feet, with their fine sheen, were called by you wayward; even in that, sage, no better hope shines forth for us.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.169
शरीरलक्षणाश्चान्ये पृथक्फलनिवेदिनः। इत्युक्त्वा विरते शैले महादुःखविचारिणि
śarīralakṣaṇāścānye pṛthakphalanivedinaḥ| ityuktvā virate śaile mahāduḥkhavicāriṇi
And the other bodily marks each declare their separate fruit.' Having spoken thus, when the mountain, brooding on his great sorrow, had fallen silent,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.170
स्मितपूर्वमुवाचेदं नारदो देवपूजितः। नारद उवाच-। हर्षस्थाने च महति त्वया दुःखं निरुच्यते
smitapūrvamuvācedaṃ nārado devapūjitaḥ| nārada uvāca-| harṣasthāne ca mahati tvayā duḥkhaṃ nirucyate
Nārada, honoured by the gods, said this with a smile beforehand: Nārada said: In a great occasion for joy, sorrow is being uttered by you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.171
अपरिच्छिन्नवाक्यार्थो मोहं यासि महागिरे। इमां शृणु गिरं मत्तो रहस्यपरिनिष्ठिताम्
aparicchinnavākyārtho mohaṃ yāsi mahāgire| imāṃ śṛṇu giraṃ matto rahasyapariniṣṭhitām
Not having discerned the sense of (my) words, you fall into confusion, O great mountain. Hear from me this speech, which rests upon a secret.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.172
समाहितो महाशैल मयोक्तस्य विचारणाम्। न जातोस्याः पतिर्देव्या यन्मयोक्तं हिमाचल
samāhito mahāśaila mayoktasya vicāraṇām| na jātosyāḥ patirdevyā yanmayoktaṃ himācala
With attentive mind, O great rock, (hear) the examination of what was said by me: "There is no husband born for this goddess" — that which was said by me, O Himālaya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.173
स न जातो महादेवो भूतभव्यभवोद्भवः। शरण्यः शाश्वतः शास्ता शंकरः परमेश्वरः
sa na jāto mahādevo bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ| śaraṇyaḥ śāśvataḥ śāstā śaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ
He, the Great God, is not born — he from whom arise the past, the future, and the present — the refuge, the eternal, the ruler, Śaṃkara, the supreme lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.174
ब्रह्मरुद्रेन्द्रमुनयो गर्भजन्मजरार्दिताः। तस्य ते परमेशस्य सर्वे क्रीडनका गिरे
brahmarudrendramunayo garbhajanmajarārditāḥ| tasya te parameśasya sarve krīḍanakā gire
Brahmā, Rudra, Indra and the sages are afflicted by womb-birth and old age; they are all playthings of that supreme lord, O mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.175
ब्रह्मांडतस्तदिच्छातः संभूतो भुवनप्रभुः। आत्मनो न विनाशोस्ति स्थावरांतेपि भूधर
brahmāṃḍatastadicchātaḥ saṃbhūto bhuvanaprabhuḥ| ātmano na vināśosti sthāvarāṃtepi bhūdhara
By his will the lord of the world came to be out of the cosmic egg. For the self there is no destruction, even down to immobile beings, O bearer of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.176
संसारे जायमानस्य म्रियमाणस्य देहिनः। नश्यते देह एवात्र नात्मनो नाश उच्यते
saṃsāre jāyamānasya mriyamāṇasya dehinaḥ| naśyate deha evātra nātmano nāśa ucyate
Of an embodied being being born and dying in the round of existence, it is the body alone that perishes here; no destruction of the self is spoken of.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.177
ब्रह्मादिस्थावरांतोऽयं संसारो यः प्रकीर्तितः। स जन्ममृत्युदुःखार्तो ह्यनिशं परिवर्तते
brahmādisthāvarāṃto'yaṃ saṃsāro yaḥ prakīrtitaḥ| sa janmamṛtyuduḥkhārto hyaniśaṃ parivartate
This round of existence which is proclaimed, extending from Brahmā down to immobile things — it, afflicted by the pain of birth and death, revolves ceaselessly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.178
महादेवोऽचलःस्थाणुर्न जातो जनकोऽजरः। भविष्यति पतिः सोऽस्या जगन्नाथो निरामयः
mahādevo'calaḥsthāṇurna jāto janako'jaraḥ| bhaviṣyati patiḥ so'syā jagannātho nirāmayaḥ
The Great God, unmoving, the pillar, unborn, the begetter, ageless — he, the lord of the world, free from ill, will be her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.179
यदुक्तं च मया देवी लक्षणैर्वर्जिता तव। शृणु तस्यापि वाक्यस्य सम्यक्त्वेन विचारणम्
yaduktaṃ ca mayā devī lakṣaṇairvarjitā tava| śṛṇu tasyāpi vākyasya samyaktvena vicāraṇam
And as for what was said by me, that your daughter is devoid of (auspicious) marks — hear the correct examination of that statement too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.180
लक्षणं दैविको ह्यंकः शरीरावयवाश्रयः। स चायुर्धनसौभाग्यपरिणामप्रकाशकः
lakṣaṇaṃ daiviko hyaṃkaḥ śarīrāvayavāśrayaḥ| sa cāyurdhanasaubhāgyapariṇāmaprakāśakaḥ
A mark is a divine sign residing on a limb of the body, and it makes manifest the outcome regarding lifespan, wealth and good fortune.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.181
अनंतस्याप्रमेयस्य सौभाग्यस्य तु भूधर। नैवांको लक्षणाकारः शरीरे संविधीयते
anaṃtasyāprameyasya saubhāgyasya tu bhūdhara| naivāṃko lakṣaṇākāraḥ śarīre saṃvidhīyate
But of good fortune that is endless and immeasurable, O bearer of the earth, no sign in the form of a mark is set down on the body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.182
अतोऽस्या लक्षणं गात्रे शैल नास्ति महामते। यच्चाहमुक्तवानस्या उत्तानकरता सदा
ato'syā lakṣaṇaṃ gātre śaila nāsti mahāmate| yaccāhamuktavānasyā uttānakaratā sadā
Therefore there is no mark on her body, O mountain of great mind. And as for what I said of her, that her hand is always turned upward —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.183
उत्तानो वरदः पाणिरेष देव्याः सदैव तु। सुरासुरमुनिव्रातवरदात्री भविष्यति
uttāno varadaḥ pāṇireṣa devyāḥ sadaiva tu| surāsuramunivrātavaradātrī bhaviṣyati
this hand of the goddess, turned upward, is always boon-granting: she will be the giver of boons to the host of gods, demons and sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.184
यच्च प्रोक्तं मया पादौ सुच्छायौ व्यभिचारिणौ। मत्तः शृणु त्वमस्यापि व्याख्योक्तिं शैलसत्तम
yacca proktaṃ mayā pādau succhāyau vyabhicāriṇau| mattaḥ śṛṇu tvamasyāpi vyākhyoktiṃ śailasattama
And as for what was said by me, that (her) two feet, with their fine sheen, are wandering (inconstant) — hear from me the explanation of this too, O best of mountains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.185
चरणौ पद्मसंकाशौ स्वच्छावस्या नखोज्वलौ। सुरासुराणां नमतां किरीटमणिकांतिभिः
caraṇau padmasaṃkāśau svacchāvasyā nakhojvalau| surāsurāṇāṃ namatāṃ kirīṭamaṇikāṃtibhiḥ
Her two feet resemble lotuses, are spotless, brilliant with nails, and by the lustres of the crown-jewels of gods and demons bowing (before her) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.186
विचित्रवर्णैः पश्यद्भिः सुच्छायौ प्रतिबिंबितौ। एषा भार्या जगद्भर्तुर्वृषांकस्य महीधर
vicitravarṇaiḥ paśyadbhiḥ succhāyau pratibiṃbitau| eṣā bhāryā jagadbharturvṛṣāṃkasya mahīdhara
as they gaze, they are reflected, of fine sheen with manifold colours. She is the wife of the world's supporter, of him whose emblem is the bull, O bearer of the earth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.187
जननी सर्वलोकस्य संभूताभूतभाविनी। शिवेयं पावनायैव त्वत्क्षेत्रे पावनद्युतिः
jananī sarvalokasya saṃbhūtābhūtabhāvinī| śiveyaṃ pāvanāyaiva tvatkṣetre pāvanadyutiḥ
She is the mother of all the world, come into being, she who is (both) unborn and about to be. This Śivā, of purifying radiance, (has appeared) in your domain just for purification.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.188
तद्यथाशीघ्रमेवैषा योगं यायात्पिनाकिनः। तथा विधेयं विधिवत्त्वया शैलेंद्रसत्तम
tadyathāśīghramevaiṣā yogaṃ yāyātpinākinaḥ| tathā vidheyaṃ vidhivattvayā śaileṃdrasattama
Therefore, best of the lords of mountains, you must duly so arrange it that she may come to union with the bearer of the Pināka as swiftly as possible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.189
अस्त्यत्र हि महत्कार्यं देवानां हिमभूधर। एवं श्रुत्वा तु शैलेंद्रो नारदात्सर्वमेव हि
astyatra hi mahatkāryaṃ devānāṃ himabhūdhara| evaṃ śrutvā tu śaileṃdro nāradātsarvameva hi
For there is a great matter of the gods at stake here, O snowy mountain. Having thus heard all this from Nārada, the lord of mountains —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.190
स्वमात्मानं पुनर्जातं मेने मेनापतिस्तदा। उवाच चापि संहृष्टो नारदं तु हिमाचलः
svamātmānaṃ punarjātaṃ mene menāpatistadā| uvāca cāpi saṃhṛṣṭo nāradaṃ tu himācalaḥ
then the husband of Menā deemed himself born again; and Himālaya, greatly delighted, said to Nārada:
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PdP 1 43.191
दुस्तरान्नरकाद्घोरादुद्धृतोस्मि त्वया विभो। पातालादहमुद्धृत्य सप्तलोकाधिपः कृतः
dustarānnarakādghorāduddhṛtosmi tvayā vibho| pātālādahamuddhṛtya saptalokādhipaḥ kṛtaḥ
"I have been lifted up by you, O lord, out of a dreadful hell hard to cross; having raised me up from the underworld, you have made me master of the seven worlds."
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PdP 1 43.192
हिमाचलोस्मि विख्यातस्त्वया मुनिवराधुना। हिमाचलाच्छतगुणां प्रापितोस्मि समुन्नतिं
himācalosmi vikhyātastvayā munivarādhunā| himācalācchataguṇāṃ prāpitosmi samunnatiṃ
"Now, best of sages, I am famed as Himācala through you; you have brought me to an eminence a hundred times (higher) than Himācala."
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PdP 1 43.193
आनंदादेव चाहारि हृदयं मे महामुने। नाध्यवस्यति कृत्यानां विभागप्रविचारणम्
ānaṃdādeva cāhāri hṛdayaṃ me mahāmune| nādhyavasyati kṛtyānāṃ vibhāgapravicāraṇam
"And my heart is carried away by sheer joy, great sage; it cannot settle upon considering the apportionment of what must be done."
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PdP 1 43.194
भवद्विधानां नियतममोघं दर्शनं मुने। भवद्भिरेव हि प्रोक्तं निवासायात्मरूपिणाम्
bhavadvidhānāṃ niyatamamoghaṃ darśanaṃ mune| bhavadbhireva hi proktaṃ nivāsāyātmarūpiṇām
"The sight of such as you, sage, is assuredly never fruitless; for it has been declared by you yourselves, (who dwell) for the sake of the abiding of those whose form is the Self."
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PdP 1 43.195
मुनीनां देवतानां च स्वयं कर्तास्मि कल्मषम्। तथापि वस्तुन्येकस्मिन्नाज्ञा मे संप्रदीयताम्
munīnāṃ devatānāṃ ca svayaṃ kartāsmi kalmaṣam| tathāpi vastunyekasminnājñā me saṃpradīyatām
"I myself am one who causes defilement to sages and to gods; nevertheless, let a command be given to me in one matter."
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PdP 1 43.196
इत्युक्तवति शैलेंद्रे स तदा हर्षनिर्भरः। उवाच नारदो वाक्यं कृतं सर्वमिति प्रभो
ityuktavati śaileṃdre sa tadā harṣanirbharaḥ| uvāca nārado vākyaṃ kṛtaṃ sarvamiti prabho
When the lord of mountains had spoken thus, Nārada, then brimming with delight, spoke these words: "All has been done, lord."
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PdP 1 43.197
सुरकार्ये स एवार्थस्तवापि सुमहत्तरः। इत्युक्त्वा नारदः शीघ्रं जगाम त्रिदिवं ततः
surakārye sa evārthastavāpi sumahattaraḥ| ityuktvā nāradaḥ śīghraṃ jagāma tridivaṃ tataḥ
"In the affair of the gods that very same purpose is for you too, and far greater." Having said this, Nārada then swiftly went to heaven.
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PdP 1 43.198
स गत्वा देवभवनं महेंद्रं संददर्श ह। ततोनुरूपे स मुनिरुपविष्टो महासने
sa gatvā devabhavanaṃ maheṃdraṃ saṃdadarśa ha| tatonurūpe sa munirupaviṣṭo mahāsane
He, having gone to the dwelling of the gods, saw great Indra; then that sage sat down upon a great seat befitting (him).
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PdP 1 43.199
पृष्टः शक्रेण प्रोवाच गिरिजासंश्रयां कथाम्। नारद उवाच-। यन्मह्यमुक्तं कर्तव्यं तन्मया कृतमेव हि
pṛṣṭaḥ śakreṇa provāca girijāsaṃśrayāṃ kathām| nārada uvāca-| yanmahyamuktaṃ kartavyaṃ tanmayā kṛtameva hi
Questioned by Śakra, he told the tale concerning the mountain's daughter. Nārada said: What was told me to be done, that indeed has been done by me.
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PdP 1 43.200
किंतु पंचशरस्येषु गोचरत्वमपेक्षितम्। इत्युक्तो देवराजस्तु मुनिना कार्यदर्शिना1.43.
kiṃtu paṃcaśarasyeṣu gocaratvamapekṣitam| ityukto devarājastu muninā kāryadarśinā1.43.
"But (her) coming within range of the five-arrowed one's shafts is (still) to be looked to." Thus addressed by the sage who saw what needed doing, the king of the gods
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PdP 1 43.201
चूतांकुरास्त्रं सस्मार भगवान्पाकशासनः। सस्मृतस्तु तदा क्षिप्रं सहस्राक्षेण धीमता
cūtāṃkurāstraṃ sasmāra bhagavānpākaśāsanaḥ| sasmṛtastu tadā kṣipraṃ sahasrākṣeṇa dhīmatā
—the blessed chastiser of Pāka—called to mind the mango-shoot weapon. And being thus called to mind by the wise thousand-eyed one, straightaway
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PdP 1 43.202
उपतस्थे रतियुतः सविलासो झषध्वजः। प्रादुर्भूतं च तं दृष्ट्वा शक्रः प्रोवाच मन्मथम्
upatasthe ratiyutaḥ savilāso jhaṣadhvajaḥ| prādurbhūtaṃ ca taṃ dṛṣṭvā śakraḥ provāca manmatham
the fish-bannered one presented himself, accompanied by Rati and full of allure. And seeing him manifested, Śakra spoke to Manmatha.
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PdP 1 43.203
शक्र उवाच-। उपदेशेन बहुना किं त्वां प्रति रतिप्रिय। मनोभवोसि तेन त्वं वेत्सि भूतमनोगतम्
śakra uvāca-| upadeśena bahunā kiṃ tvāṃ prati ratipriya| manobhavosi tena tvaṃ vetsi bhūtamanogatam
Śakra said: What need of much instruction toward you, beloved of Rati? You are the mind-born; therefore you know what passes in the minds of beings.
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PdP 1 43.204
तद्यथानुक्रमं तु त्वं कुरु नाकसदां प्रियम्। शंकरं योजय क्षिप्रं गिरिपुत्र्या मनोभव
tadyathānukramaṃ tu tvaṃ kuru nākasadāṃ priyam| śaṃkaraṃ yojaya kṣipraṃ giriputryā manobhava
"So do you, in due order, what is dear to the dwellers of heaven; quickly join Śaṃkara with the mountain's daughter, O mind-born."
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PdP 1 43.205
संयुक्तो मधुनानेन गच्छ रत्या सहायवान्। इत्युक्तो मदनस्तेन शक्रेण स्वार्थसिद्धये
saṃyukto madhunānena gaccha ratyā sahāyavān| ityukto madanastena śakreṇa svārthasiddhaye
"Joined with this Madhu (Spring), go, having Rati for your helper." Thus addressed by that Śakra, for the accomplishing of his own aim,
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PdP 1 43.206
प्रोवाच पंचबाणोथ वाक्यं भीतः शतक्रतुम्। काम उवाच-। अनया देव सामग्र्या मुनिदानवभीमया
provāca paṃcabāṇotha vākyaṃ bhītaḥ śatakratum| kāma uvāca-| anayā deva sāmagryā munidānavabhīmayā
the five-arrowed one then, afraid, spoke words to the performer of a hundred sacrifices. Kāma said: With this equipage, O god, terrible to sages and dānavas,
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PdP 1 43.207
दुःसाध्यश्शंकरो देवः किं न वेत्सि जगत्प्रभो। तस्य देवस्य वेत्थ त्वं कारणं पदमव्ययम्
duḥsādhyaśśaṃkaro devaḥ kiṃ na vetsi jagatprabho| tasya devasya vettha tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ padamavyayam
"the god Śaṃkara is hard to master—do you not know it, lord of the world? Of that god you know the cause, the imperishable station."
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PdP 1 43.208
प्रायः प्रसादे कोपेपि सर्वं हि महतां महत्। सर्वोपभोगसारं हि सौदर्यं स्वर्गसंभवम्
prāyaḥ prasāde kopepi sarvaṃ hi mahatāṃ mahat| sarvopabhogasāraṃ hi saudaryaṃ svargasaṃbhavam
"For the most part, in favour and in anger alike, everything of the great is great. For the essence of all enjoyment is the loveliness that arises in heaven."
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PdP 1 43.209
विशेषं कांक्षतां शक्र सामान्याद्भ्रंशनं फलात्। श्रुत्वैतद्वचनं शक्रस्तमुवाचामरैर्युतः
viśeṣaṃ kāṃkṣatāṃ śakra sāmānyādbhraṃśanaṃ phalāt| śrutvaitadvacanaṃ śakrastamuvācāmarairyutaḥ
"For those who crave the extraordinary, Śakra, there is a falling away even from the ordinary reward." Hearing this speech, Śakra, together with the immortals, said to him:
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PdP 1 43.210
शक्र उवाच-। वयं प्रमाणं ते तत्र रतिकांत न संशयः। संदंशेन विना शक्तिरयस्कारस्य नेष्यते
śakra uvāca-| vayaṃ pramāṇaṃ te tatra ratikāṃta na saṃśayaḥ| saṃdaṃśena vinā śaktirayaskārasya neṣyate
Śakra said: We are your authority in that matter, beloved of Rati, no doubt of it. Without tongs, the smith's power is not held to be effective.
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PdP 1 43.211
कस्यचिच्च क्वचिद्दृष्टं सामर्थ्यं न तु सर्वतः। इत्युक्तः प्रययौ कामः सखायं मधुमाश्रितः
kasyacicca kvaciddṛṣṭaṃ sāmarthyaṃ na tu sarvataḥ| ityuktaḥ prayayau kāmaḥ sakhāyaṃ madhumāśritaḥ
"And someone's capability has been observed somewhere, but not in every case." Thus addressed, Kāma set out, resorting to his friend Madhu (spring).
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PdP 1 43.212
रतियुक्तो जगामाशु प्रस्थं तुहिनभूभृतः। स तु प्राप्याकरोच्चिंतां कार्यस्योपायपूर्विकाम्
ratiyukto jagāmāśu prasthaṃ tuhinabhūbhṛtaḥ| sa tu prāpyākarocciṃtāṃ kāryasyopāyapūrvikām
Joined by Rati he went swiftly to the tableland of the snowy mountain; but on arriving he fell to thinking about the means for his task.
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PdP 1 43.213
महात्मानो हि निष्कंपा मनस्तेषां सुदुर्जयम्। तदादावेव संक्षोभ्य नेत्थं तस्य जयो भवेत्
mahātmāno hi niṣkaṃpā manasteṣāṃ sudurjayam| tadādāveva saṃkṣobhya netthaṃ tasya jayo bhavet
For great-souled ones are unshakable, and their mind is very hard to conquer; unless (it) is agitated at the very outset, his conquest cannot come about in this way.
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PdP 1 43.214
संसिद्धिः प्रायशश्चैव पूर्वं संशोध्य मानसम्। कथमेवंविधैर्भावैर्द्वेषानुगमनं विना
saṃsiddhiḥ prāyaśaścaiva pūrvaṃ saṃśodhya mānasam| kathamevaṃvidhairbhāvairdveṣānugamanaṃ vinā
And success comes, for the most part, by first purifying the mind; how (could it come) with dispositions of this sort, without the following-up of hatred?
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PdP 1 43.215
क्रोधः क्रूरतरात्संगाद्भीषणेर्ष्या महासखी। चापल्यान्मूर्ध्नि विध्वस्त धैर्याधारमहाबला
krodhaḥ krūratarātsaṃgādbhīṣaṇerṣyā mahāsakhī| cāpalyānmūrdhni vidhvasta dhairyādhāramahābalā
Anger (arises) from very cruel company; terrible Envy is (its) great companion; from fickleness, (she is) shattered upon the head, (she whose) great strength is the support of steadfastness(?).
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PdP 1 43.216
तामस्य विनियोक्ष्यामि मनसो विकृतिं पुरः। पिधाय धैर्यद्वाराणि संतोषमपकृष्य च
tāmasya viniyokṣyāmi manaso vikṛtiṃ puraḥ| pidhāya dhairyadvārāṇi saṃtoṣamapakṛṣya ca
I shall first apply to him this distortion of the mind, having shut the doors of steadfastness and drawn away contentment.
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PdP 1 43.217
अवगंतुं हि मां तत्र न कश्चिदिह पंडितः। विकल्पमात्रसंस्थानं विरूपाक्षमनोभवम्
avagaṃtuṃ hi māṃ tatra na kaścidiha paṃḍitaḥ| vikalpamātrasaṃsthānaṃ virūpākṣamanobhavam
For no learned one here is able to perceive me there, (me who) subsist as mere fancy and arise in the mind of the odd-eyed one.
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PdP 1 43.218
प्रविश्याथ क्रियारंभी गंभीरावर्तदुस्तरः। भविष्यामि हरस्याहं तपःस्थस्य स्थिरात्मनः
praviśyātha kriyāraṃbhī gaṃbhīrāvartadustaraḥ| bhaviṣyāmi harasyāhaṃ tapaḥsthasya sthirātmanaḥ
Having entered, then, as the one who begins the action, hard to cross with (my) deep whirlpools, I shall become (that) for Hara, who abides in ascetic practice with a steady self.
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PdP 1 43.219
इंद्रियग्राममावृत्य रम्यसाधनसंविधिः। चिंतयित्वेति मदनो भूतभर्तुस्तदाश्रमम्
iṃdriyagrāmamāvṛtya ramyasādhanasaṃvidhiḥ| ciṃtayitveti madano bhūtabhartustadāśramam
Having enveloped the host of the senses, with his arrangement of delightful means, Madana, having thought thus, (went to) that hermitage of the lord of beings,
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PdP 1 43.220
जगाम जगतीसारं सरलद्रुम वेदिकम्। शांतसत्वसमाकीर्णमचलं प्राणिसंकुलम्
jagāma jagatīsāraṃ saraladruma vedikam| śāṃtasatvasamākīrṇamacalaṃ prāṇisaṃkulam
—he went to the essence of the earth, whose altars were the straight trees, thronged with peaceful creatures, the mountain crowded with living beings,
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PdP 1 43.221
नानापुष्पलताजालं सानुसंस्थगणेश्वरम्। निर्व्यग्रवृषभोद्घुष्टं नीलशाद्वलसानुकम्
nānāpuṣpalatājālaṃ sānusaṃsthagaṇeśvaram| nirvyagravṛṣabhodghuṣṭaṃ nīlaśādvalasānukam
with its network of manifold flowers and creepers, with the lord of the hosts stationed on its slopes, resounding with untroubled bulls, its slopes green with grass.
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PdP 1 43.222
तत्रापश्यत्त्रिनेत्रस्य रम्यंकं चिद्द्वितीयकम्। वीरकं वीरलोकेशमीशानसदृशद्युतिम्
tatrāpaśyattrinetrasya ramyaṃkaṃ ciddvitīyakam| vīrakaṃ vīralokeśamīśānasadṛśadyutim
There he saw the three-eyed one's delightful (attendant), a very second self as it were, Vīraka, lord of the world of heroes, of a splendour like Īśāna's,
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PdP 1 43.223
पक्वं कुंकुमकिंजल्कपुंजपिंगजटासटम्। वेत्रपाणितमव्यग्रमुग्रं चाभद्रभूषणम्
pakvaṃ kuṃkumakiṃjalkapuṃjapiṃgajaṭāsaṭam| vetrapāṇitamavyagramugraṃ cābhadrabhūṣaṇam
(his) mane of matted hair tawny like a mass of ripe saffron filaments, cane in hand, unhurried, fierce, and wearing inauspicious ornaments.
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PdP 1 43.224
ततो निमीलितोन्निद्र पद्मपत्रांतलोचनम्। प्रेक्षमाणमृजुस्थानं नासावंशाग्रगोचरम्
tato nimīlitonnidra padmapatrāṃtalocanam| prekṣamāṇamṛjusthānaṃ nāsāvaṃśāgragocaram
Then (he saw Śiva), his eyes closed yet wakeful, (like) the inner edges of lotus petals, gazing straight before him, his view fixed on the tip of the ridge of his nose,
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PdP 1 43.225
अतीवरम्यसिंहेंद्र चर्मलंबोत्तरीयकम्। श्रवणाहिफणोन्मुक्त निश्वासानलपिंगलं
atīvaramyasiṃheṃdra carmalaṃbottarīyakam| śravaṇāhiphaṇonmukta niśvāsānalapiṃgalaṃ
with the exceedingly lovely hide of the lord of lions hanging as an upper garment, tawny from the fire of the breath released from the hoods of the serpents at his ears,
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PdP 1 43.226
प्रेंखत्कपोलपर्यंत चुंबिलंबिजटाचयम्। कृतवासुकिपर्यंत नाभिमूलनिवेशितम्
preṃkhatkapolaparyaṃta cuṃbilaṃbijaṭācayam| kṛtavāsukiparyaṃta nābhimūlaniveśitam
his mass of hanging matted locks kissing the edges of his swaying cheeks, (the serpent) Vāsuki made into a girdle and set at the root of the navel,
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PdP 1 43.227
ब्रह्मांजलिस्थनासाग्र निबद्धोरगभूषणम्। ददर्श शंकरं कामः क्रमप्राप्तांतिकः शनैः
brahmāṃjalisthanāsāgra nibaddhoragabhūṣaṇam| dadarśa śaṃkaraṃ kāmaḥ kramaprāptāṃtikaḥ śanaiḥ
with a serpent for ornament bound at the tip of the nose, (his hands) placed in the brahmāñjali — Kāma saw Śaṃkara, having gradually come near him, step by step.
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PdP 1 43.228
ततो भ्रमरझंकारमालंब्य द्रुमसानुगम्। प्रविष्टः कर्णरंध्रेण भवस्य मदनो मनः
tato bhramarajhaṃkāramālaṃbya drumasānugam| praviṣṭaḥ karṇaraṃdhreṇa bhavasya madano manaḥ
Then, taking on the humming of a bee that follows the trees on the slopes, Madana entered the mind of Bhava through the opening of his ear.
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PdP 1 43.229
शंकरस्तमथाकर्ण्य मधुरं मदनाश्रयम्। सस्मार दक्षतनयां दयितां रंतुमानसः
śaṃkarastamathākarṇya madhuraṃ madanāśrayam| sasmāra dakṣatanayāṃ dayitāṃ raṃtumānasaḥ
Then Śaṃkara, hearing that sweet (sound) which was the vehicle of Madana, remembered Dakṣa's daughter, his beloved, his mind (turned) to love.
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PdP 1 43.230
ततः शिवस्य शनकैस्तिरोधा याति निर्मला। समाधिभावना तस्थौ लक्ष्य प्रत्यक्षरूपिणी
tataḥ śivasya śanakaistirodhā yāti nirmalā| samādhibhāvanā tasthau lakṣya pratyakṣarūpiṇī
Then Śiva's spotless contemplation in samādhi slowly went to vanishing, and (she), the object (of his thought), stood there in visible form.
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PdP 1 43.231
ततस्तन्मयतां यातः प्रत्यूह पिहिताशयः। विवेश विबुधाधीशो विकृतिं मदनात्मिकाम्
tatastanmayatāṃ yātaḥ pratyūha pihitāśayaḥ| viveśa vibudhādhīśo vikṛtiṃ madanātmikām
Then, becoming wholly filled with that, his mind sealed up by the obstruction, the lord of the gods entered upon a transformation consisting of love.
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PdP 1 43.232
ईषत्क्रोधसमाविष्टो धैर्यमालंब्य धूर्जटिः। निरस्यमदनंस्थित्वायोगमायासमावृतः
īṣatkrodhasamāviṣṭo dhairyamālaṃbya dhūrjaṭiḥ| nirasyamadanaṃsthitvāyogamāyāsamāvṛtaḥ
Slightly seized by anger, taking hold of his firmness, Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva), driving away Madana, stood enveloped in yogic māyā.
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PdP 1 43.233
स तया माययाविष्टो जज्वाल मदनस्ततः। इच्छाशरीरो दुर्ज्ञेयो दोषावासो महाशयः
sa tayā māyayāviṣṭo jajvāla madanastataḥ| icchāśarīro durjñeyo doṣāvāso mahāśayaḥ
Then Madana, possessed by that māyā, blazed up — he whose body is desire, hard to know, a dwelling of faults, of vast intent.
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PdP 1 43.234
हृदयान्निर्गतः सोथ वासनाव्यसनात्मकः। बहिस्थलं समासाद्य उपतस्थे झषध्वजः
hṛdayānnirgataḥ sotha vāsanāvyasanātmakaḥ| bahisthalaṃ samāsādya upatasthe jhaṣadhvajaḥ
Then he, having issued from the heart, consisting of latent inclination and craving, the fish-bannered one, reaching the outer place, took his stand there.
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PdP 1 43.235
अनुयातो हि साह्येन मित्रेण मधुना सह। सहकारतरोर्दृष्ट्वा मंदमारुतनिर्धुतं
anuyāto hi sāhyena mitreṇa madhunā saha| sahakāratarordṛṣṭvā maṃdamārutanirdhutaṃ
Followed indeed by his helpful friend Madhu (Spring), having caught sight, on a mango tree shaken by a soft breeze,
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PdP 1 43.236
स्तबकं मदनो रम्यं हरवक्षसि सत्वरं। मुमोच मोहनं नाम मार्गणं मकरध्वजः
stabakaṃ madano ramyaṃ haravakṣasi satvaraṃ| mumoca mohanaṃ nāma mārgaṇaṃ makaradhvajaḥ
of a lovely blossom-cluster — Madana, the makara-bannered one, swiftly released at Hara's breast the arrow named Mohana (the Deluder).
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PdP 1 43.237
स तस्य हृदये शुद्धे नामशाली महाशरः। पपात परुषः प्रांशुः पुष्पबाणो विमोहनः
sa tasya hṛdaye śuddhe nāmaśālī mahāśaraḥ| papāta paruṣaḥ prāṃśuḥ puṣpabāṇo vimohanaḥ
That great arrow, well named, fell upon his pure heart — harsh, tall, a flower-shaft, a bewilderer.
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PdP 1 43.238
ततः करणसंदोहे विद्धे तु हृदये भवः। बभूव भूतपो कंप्य धैर्योपि मदनोन्मुखः
tataḥ karaṇasaṃdohe viddhe tu hṛdaye bhavaḥ| babhūva bhūtapo kaṃpya dhairyopi madanonmukhaḥ
Then, when the assemblage of the faculties and the heart was pierced, Bhava, the lord of beings, though of unshakable firmness, became turned toward love.
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PdP 1 43.239
ततः प्रभुत्वाद्भावानामावेशं स्वमपश्यत। वाक्यं बहु बभाषेथ प्रत्यूहप्रसवात्मकं
tataḥ prabhutvādbhāvānāmāveśaṃ svamapaśyata| vākyaṃ bahu babhāṣetha pratyūhaprasavātmakaṃ
Then, because of the mastery of the emotions, he perceived his own possession (by them), and he spoke many words productive of obstruction.
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PdP 1 43.240
ततः कोपानलोद्भूत घोर हुंकारभीषणे। बभूव वदने नेत्रं तृतीयमनलाकुलं
tataḥ kopānalodbhūta ghora huṃkārabhīṣaṇe| babhūva vadane netraṃ tṛtīyamanalākulaṃ
Then, in his face, made fearsome by a terrible huṃkāra arisen from the fire of anger, there appeared a third eye seething with flame.
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PdP 1 43.241
रुद्रस्य रौद्रवपुषो जगत्संहारभैरवम्। तदंतिकस्थे मदने व्यस्फारयत धूर्जटिः
rudrasya raudravapuṣo jagatsaṃhārabhairavam| tadaṃtikasthe madane vyasphārayata dhūrjaṭiḥ
Dhūrjaṭi, Rudra of fearsome form, opened wide upon Madana, who stood near him, that (eye) dreadful with the destruction of the world.
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PdP 1 43.242
तन्नेत्रविस्फुलिंगेन क्रोशतां नाकवासिनाम्। गमितो भस्मतां तूर्णं कंदर्पः कामदर्पकः
tannetravisphuliṃgena krośatāṃ nākavāsinām| gamito bhasmatāṃ tūrṇaṃ kaṃdarpaḥ kāmadarpakaḥ
By a spark from that eye, while the dwellers of heaven cried out, Kandarpa, the maker of the pride of desire, was swiftly reduced to ashes.
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PdP 1 43.243
स तु तं भस्मसात्कृत्वा हरनेत्रोद्भवोनलः। व्यजृंभत जगद्दग्धुं ज्ञात्वा हुंकारघस्मरं
sa tu taṃ bhasmasātkṛtvā haranetrodbhavonalaḥ| vyajṛṃbhata jagaddagdhuṃ jñātvā huṃkāraghasmaraṃ
But that fire born of Hara's eye, having made him ashes, stretched itself out to burn the world, having become known as the devourer by the huṃkāra.
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PdP 1 43.244
ततो भवो जगद्धेतोर्व्यभजज्जातवेदसम्। सहकारे मधौ चन्द्रे सुमनः स्स्वपरेष्वपि
tato bhavo jagaddhetorvyabhajajjātavedasam| sahakāre madhau candre sumanaḥ ssvapareṣvapi
Then Bhava, for the sake of the world, distributed that fire: into the mango tree, into spring, into the moon, into flowers, and into others too,
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PdP 1 43.245
भृंगेषु कोकिलास्ये च विभागेन स्मरानलं। स बाह्याभ्यंतरे विद्धो हरोथ स्मरमार्गणैः
bhṛṃgeṣu kokilāsye ca vibhāgena smarānalaṃ| sa bāhyābhyaṃtare viddho harotha smaramārgaṇaiḥ
and into bees and into the cuckoo's voice — the fire of Smara, by apportionment. And he, Hara, pierced without and within by Smara's arrows,
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PdP 1 43.246
भागेष्वेतेषु संविष्टं वीक्षती बहुनाशनं। विभक्तं लोकसंक्षोभकरं दुर्वारजृंभितं
bhāgeṣveteṣu saṃviṣṭaṃ vīkṣatī bahunāśanaṃ| vibhaktaṃ lokasaṃkṣobhakaraṃ durvārajṛṃbhitaṃ
seeing it lodged in these portions, destructive of much, divided, causing agitation to the world, expanding unstoppably,
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PdP 1 43.247
तत्प्राप्तिस्नेहसंपूर्णकामेन हृदये किल। ज्वलन्नहर्निशं भीमो दुःखस्य वशगोऽभवत्
tatprāptisnehasaṃpūrṇakāmena hṛdaye kila| jvalannaharniśaṃ bhīmo duḥkhasya vaśago'bhavat
with desire filled with longing to obtain her, burning day and night in his heart, the terrible one came under the sway of suffering.
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PdP 1 43.248
विलोक्य हरहुंकार ज्वालाभस्मीकृतं स्मरं। विललाप रतिः क्रूरं बंधुना मधुना सह
vilokya harahuṃkāra jvālābhasmīkṛtaṃ smaraṃ| vilalāpa ratiḥ krūraṃ baṃdhunā madhunā saha
Seeing Smara reduced to ashes by the flame of Hara's huṃkāra, Rati lamented bitterly together with her kinsman Madhu.
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PdP 1 43.249
ततो विलप्य बहुशो मधुना परिसांत्विता। जगाम शरणं देवमिंदुमौलित्रिलोचनं
tato vilapya bahuśo madhunā parisāṃtvitā| jagāma śaraṇaṃ devamiṃdumaulitrilocanaṃ
Then, having lamented much, and being consoled by Madhu, she went for refuge to the god who is moon-crested and three-eyed.
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PdP 1 43.250
भृंगानुयातां संगृह्य पुष्पितां सहकारजां। लतां पत्रद्रुमच्छन्नां जातां परभृतां सखीं 1.43.
bhṛṃgānuyātāṃ saṃgṛhya puṣpitāṃ sahakārajāṃ| latāṃ patradrumacchannāṃ jātāṃ parabhṛtāṃ sakhīṃ 1.43.
Having taken a flowering creeper sprung from a mango, followed by bees, covered by the leafy tree, become a friend to the cuckoos,
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PdP 1 43.251
निबध्य तु जटाजूटं कुटिलैरलकै रतिः। उद्वर्त्य गात्रं शुभ्रेण हृद्येन स्मरभस्मना
nibadhya tu jaṭājūṭaṃ kuṭilairalakai ratiḥ| udvartya gātraṃ śubhreṇa hṛdyena smarabhasmanā
Rati, having bound up her matted hair-knot with her curling locks, and having rubbed her limbs with the bright, pleasing ash of Smara (Kāma),
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PdP 1 43.252
जानुभ्यामवनिं गत्वा प्रोवाचेन्दुविभूषणम्। रतिरुवाच। नमः शिवायास्तु मनोमयाय जगन्मयायाद्भुतवर्त्मने नमः
jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā provācenduvibhūṣaṇam| ratiruvāca| namaḥ śivāyāstu manomayāya jaganmayāyādbhutavartmane namaḥ
touching the ground with her knees, spoke to the moon-adorned one. Rati said: Homage be to Śiva, who is made of mind, who is made of the world; homage to him whose course is wondrous.
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PdP 1 43.253
नमः शिवायास्तु सुरार्चिताय तुभ्यं सदा भक्तकृपापराय। नमो भवायास्तु भवोद्भवाय नमोस्तु ते ध्वस्तमनोभवाय
namaḥ śivāyāstu surārcitāya tubhyaṃ sadā bhaktakṛpāparāya| namo bhavāyāstu bhavodbhavāya namostu te dhvastamanobhavāya
Homage be to Śiva, worshipped by the gods; to you, ever intent on compassion for devotees. Homage be to Bhava, the source of becoming; homage be to you, who destroyed the mind-born one (Kāma).
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PdP 1 43.254
नमोस्तु मायामदनाश्रयाय नमो निसर्गामलभूषिताय। नमोस्त्वमेयाय गुणायनाय नमोस्तु सिद्धाय पुरातनाय
namostu māyāmadanāśrayāya namo nisargāmalabhūṣitāya| namostvameyāya guṇāyanāya namostu siddhāya purātanāya
Homage be to him who is the resort of illusion and of passion; homage to him adorned by his own innate purity. Homage to the immeasurable, the abode of the qualities; homage to the perfected one, the ancient one.
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PdP 1 43.255
नमः शरण्याय नमो गुणाय नमोस्तु ते भीमगणानुगाय। नमोस्तु नानाभुवनर्द्धिकर्त्रे नमोस्तु भक्ताभिमतप्रदाय
namaḥ śaraṇyāya namo guṇāya namostu te bhīmagaṇānugāya| namostu nānābhuvanarddhikartre namostu bhaktābhimatapradāya
Homage to the giver of refuge, homage to the qualified one; homage be to you, attended by terrible hosts. Homage to the maker of the prosperity of the manifold worlds; homage to the granter of what devotees desire.
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PdP 1 43.256
नमोथ कर्मप्रसवे नमः सदा अनंतरूपाय सदैव तुभ्यम्। असह्यकोपाय सदैव तुभ्यं शशांकचिह्नाय नमोस्तु तुभ्यम्
namotha karmaprasave namaḥ sadā anaṃtarūpāya sadaiva tubhyam| asahyakopāya sadaiva tubhyaṃ śaśāṃkacihnāya namostu tubhyam
And homage to the begetter of action, homage always; to you, ever of endless form; to you, ever of unbearable wrath; homage be to you, marked with the moon.
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PdP 1 43.257
असीमलीलापरमस्तुताय वृषेंद्रयानाय पुरांतकाय। नमः प्रसिद्धाय महौषधाय नमोस्तु नानाविधरूपकाय
asīmalīlāparamastutāya vṛṣeṃdrayānāya purāṃtakāya| namaḥ prasiddhāya mahauṣadhāya namostu nānāvidharūpakāya
(Homage) to him supremely praised for his boundless play, who rides the lord of bulls, the ender of the cities; homage to the renowned one, the great remedy; homage to him who has forms of many kinds.
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PdP 1 43.258
नमोस्तु कालाय नमः कलाय नमोस्तु ते कालकलातिगाय। चराचराचार्यविचार्यवर्यमाचार्यमुत्प्रेक्षितभूतसर्गं
namostu kālāya namaḥ kalāya namostu te kālakalātigāya| carācarācāryavicāryavaryamācāryamutprekṣitabhūtasargaṃ
Homage be to Time, homage to the maker of parts; homage be to you who go beyond Time and its parts. (Homage to) the teacher, best of what is to be pondered by the teachers of the moving and unmoving, who has surveyed the creation of beings.
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PdP 1 43.259
त्वामिंदुमौलिशरणं प्रपन्ना प्रियाप्तयेहं सहसा महेशं। प्रयच्छ मे कामयशः समृद्धिं पतिं विना तं भगवन्न जीवे
tvāmiṃdumauliśaraṇaṃ prapannā priyāptayehaṃ sahasā maheśaṃ| prayaccha me kāmayaśaḥ samṛddhiṃ patiṃ vinā taṃ bhagavanna jīve
I have gone for refuge to you, the moon-crested Great Lord, for the swift regaining of my beloved. Grant me the fulfilment of desire, glory and abundance; without that husband, Lord, I shall not live.
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PdP 1 43.260
प्रियः प्रियायाः पुरुषेश नित्यस्ततो परः को भुवनेष्विहास्ति। प्रभुः प्रभावी प्रभवः प्रियाणां प्रवीणपर्याय परापरं तपः
priyaḥ priyāyāḥ puruṣeśa nityastato paraḥ ko bhuvaneṣvihāsti| prabhuḥ prabhāvī prabhavaḥ priyāṇāṃ pravīṇaparyāya parāparaṃ tapaḥ
O lord of men, the beloved (husband) is forever dear to the beloved (wife); who here in the worlds is higher than he? (You are) the lord, the powerful, the source of dear things, whose successions are skilful, the higher-and-lower austerity.
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PdP 1 43.261
त्वमेव नाथो भुवनस्य गोप्तां दयालुरुन्मूलितभक्तभीतिः। इत्थं स्तुतः शंकरइंद्रमौलिर्वृषाकपिर्मन्मथकांतया तु
tvameva nātho bhuvanasya goptāṃ dayālurunmūlitabhaktabhītiḥ| itthaṃ stutaḥ śaṃkaraiṃdramaulirvṛṣākapirmanmathakāṃtayā tu
You alone are the master, the protector of the world, compassionate, who uproots the fear of devotees. Thus was Śaṃkara, whose crest is the lord of the moon, Vṛṣākapi, praised by Manmatha's beloved;
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PdP 1 43.262
तुतोष दोषाकरखंडधारी उवाच चैनां मधुरं निरीक्ष्य। शंकर उवाच। भविष्यति च कामोयं काले कांते चिरादथ
tutoṣa doṣākarakhaṃḍadhārī uvāca caināṃ madhuraṃ nirīkṣya| śaṃkara uvāca| bhaviṣyati ca kāmoyaṃ kāle kāṃte cirādatha
and the bearer of the crescent of the night-maker was pleased, and gazing at her sweetly he spoke. Śaṃkara said: This Kāma will come to be in time, dear lady, after a long while;
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PdP 1 43.263
अनंग इति लोकेषु स विख्यातिं गमिष्यति। इत्युक्ता शिरसा वंद्य गिरीशं कामवल्लभा
anaṃga iti lokeṣu sa vikhyātiṃ gamiṣyati| ityuktā śirasā vaṃdya girīśaṃ kāmavallabhā
and he will attain renown among the worlds as "Anaṅga" (the Bodiless). Thus addressed, Kāma's beloved, having saluted Girīśa with her head,
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PdP 1 43.264
जगामोपवनं चान्यद्रतिस्तुहिन पर्वते। रुरोद चापि बहुशो दीना रम्ये स्थले स्थले
jagāmopavanaṃ cānyadratistuhina parvate| ruroda cāpi bahuśo dīnā ramye sthale sthale
Rati went to another grove on the snowy mountain, and, wretched, she wept much in one lovely spot after another.
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PdP 1 43.265
मरणव्यवसायापि निवृत्ता च शिवाज्ञया। अथ नारदवाक्येन चोदितो हिमभूधरः
maraṇavyavasāyāpi nivṛttā ca śivājñayā| atha nāradavākyena codito himabhūdharaḥ
Though bent on dying, she turned back from it at Śiva's command. Then Himavat, the mountain, urged by Nārada's words,
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PdP 1 43.266
कृताभरणसंस्कारां कृतकौतुकमंगलां। स्वर्गपुष्पकृतापीडां शुभ्रचीनांशुकांबराम्
kṛtābharaṇasaṃskārāṃ kṛtakautukamaṃgalāṃ| svargapuṣpakṛtāpīḍāṃ śubhracīnāṃśukāṃbarām
(took) her whose adorning with ornaments had been done, for whom the festive auspicious rites had been performed, whose chaplet was made of heavenly flowers, clad in bright fine silk—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.267
सखीभ्यां संयुतां शैलो गृहीत्वा स्वसुतां ततः। जगाम सुभगे योगे तदा संपूर्णमानसः
sakhībhyāṃ saṃyutāṃ śailo gṛhītvā svasutāṃ tataḥ| jagāma subhage yoge tadā saṃpūrṇamānasaḥ
the mountain, taking his own daughter, accompanied by two friends, then went, at an auspicious conjunction, with his heart fulfilled.
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PdP 1 43.268
सकाननान्युपाक्रम्य वनान्युपवनानि च। ददर्श रुदतीं नारीमप्रतर्क्यां महौजसम्
sakānanānyupākramya vanānyupavanāni ca| dadarśa rudatīṃ nārīmapratarkyāṃ mahaujasam
Coming upon woods with their thickets and the groves, he saw a woman weeping, unimaginable, of great vigour.
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PdP 1 43.269
न रूपेणेदृशी लोके रम्येषु वनसानुषु। कौतुकेन परामृष्टस्तां दृष्ट्वा रुदतीं गिरिः
na rūpeṇedṛśī loke ramyeṣu vanasānuṣu| kautukena parāmṛṣṭastāṃ dṛṣṭvā rudatīṃ giriḥ
There is no woman like her in beauty in the world, (there) on the lovely forest ridges. Seized by curiosity, the mountain, seeing her weeping,
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PdP 1 43.270
उपसृप्य ततस्तस्या निकटं सोप्यपृच्छत। हिमवानुवाच-। कासि कस्यासि कल्याणि किमर्थं चापि रोदिषि
upasṛpya tatastasyā nikaṭaṃ sopyapṛcchata| himavānuvāca-| kāsi kasyāsi kalyāṇi kimarthaṃ cāpi rodiṣi
then crept up near to her and asked. Himavat said: Who are you, whose are you, fair lady, and why do you weep?
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PdP 1 43.271
नैतदल्पमहं मन्ये कारणं लोकसुंदरि। सा तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा उवाच मधुना सह
naitadalpamahaṃ manye kāraṇaṃ lokasuṃdari| sā tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā uvāca madhunā saha
“I do not think this cause of yours a slight one, O beauty of the world.” She, having heard his words, spoke sweetly,
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PdP 1 43.272
रुदंती शोकवचनं श्वसंती दैन्यवर्धनं। रतिरुवाच-। कामस्य दयितां भार्यां रतिं मां विद्धि सुव्रत
rudaṃtī śokavacanaṃ śvasaṃtī dainyavardhanaṃ| ratiruvāca-| kāmasya dayitāṃ bhāryāṃ ratiṃ māṃ viddhi suvrata
weeping, (uttering) words of grief, sighing, (a sigh) that deepened her wretchedness. Rati said: Know me, O you of good vows, to be Rati, the beloved wife of Kāma.
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PdP 1 43.273
गिरावस्मिंश्च भगवान्गिरिशस्तपसि स्थितः। तेन प्रत्यूहरुष्टेन क्रोधाद्विस्फार्य लोचनं
girāvasmiṃśca bhagavāngiriśastapasi sthitaḥ| tena pratyūharuṣṭena krodhādvisphārya locanaṃ
On this very mountain the lord Giriśa was established in austerity; and he, angered at being thwarted, in wrath opened his eye wide,
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PdP 1 43.274
विमुच्याग्निशिखाज्वालां कामो भस्मावशेषितः। अहं तु शरणं याता तं देवं भयविह्वला
vimucyāgniśikhājvālāṃ kāmo bhasmāvaśeṣitaḥ| ahaṃ tu śaraṇaṃ yātā taṃ devaṃ bhayavihvalā
and, releasing the blaze of a flame of fire, Kāma was left as nothing but ashes. But I, faltering with fear, went for refuge to that god,
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PdP 1 43.275
स्तुतवत्यथ संतुष्टस्ततो मां गिरिशोऽब्रवीत्। तुष्टोहं कामदयिते कामोत्पत्तिर्भविष्यति
stutavatyatha saṃtuṣṭastato māṃ giriśo'bravīt| tuṣṭohaṃ kāmadayite kāmotpattirbhaviṣyati
and praised (him); then Giriśa, being pleased, said to me: “I am pleased, O beloved of Kāma; the arising (again) of Kāma shall come to pass.
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PdP 1 43.276
त्वत्स्तुतिं चाप्यधीयानो नरो भक्त्या मदाश्रयः। लप्स्यते कांक्षितं कामं निवर्तमरणादपि
tvatstutiṃ cāpyadhīyāno naro bhaktyā madāśrayaḥ| lapsyate kāṃkṣitaṃ kāmaṃ nivartamaraṇādapi
And a man who recites the hymn to you with devotion, taking refuge in me, shall obtain the desire he longs for, (a desire) that turns back even from death.”
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PdP 1 43.277
प्रतीक्षमाणा तद्वाक्यमाशावेशवशादहं। शरीरं परिरक्षिष्ये किंचित्कालं महाद्युते
pratīkṣamāṇā tadvākyamāśāveśavaśādahaṃ| śarīraṃ parirakṣiṣye kiṃcitkālaṃ mahādyute
Awaiting that word (of his), swayed by the hold of hope, I shall keep this body guarded for some time, O greatly radiant one.
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PdP 1 43.278
इत्युक्तस्तु तया रत्या शैलः संभ्रमभीषणः। पाणावादाय तनयां गंतुमैच्छत्स्वकं पुरं
ityuktastu tayā ratyā śailaḥ saṃbhramabhīṣaṇaḥ| pāṇāvādāya tanayāṃ gaṃtumaicchatsvakaṃ puraṃ
Thus addressed by that Rati, the mountain, made fearsome by his agitation, wished to take his daughter by the hand and go to his own city.
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PdP 1 43.279
भाविनोऽवश्यभावित्वाद्भवित्री भूतभाविनी। लज्जमाना सखिमुखैरुवाच पितरं गिरिं
bhāvino'vaśyabhāvitvādbhavitrī bhūtabhāvinī| lajjamānā sakhimukhairuvāca pitaraṃ giriṃ
Since what is to be must inevitably be, she who was to be (all that), the destined one of beings, being bashful, spoke to her father the mountain through the mouths of her friends.
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PdP 1 43.280
शैलपुत्र्युवाच-। दुर्भगेन शरीरेण किं ममानेन कारणं। कथं च तां दशां प्राप्तश्शङ्करो मे पतिर्भवेत्
śailaputryuvāca-| durbhagena śarīreṇa kiṃ mamānena kāraṇaṃ| kathaṃ ca tāṃ daśāṃ prāptaśśaṅkaro me patirbhavet
The mountain's daughter said: What purpose have I with this ill-fated body of mine? And how, having reached that condition, could Śaṅkara become my husband?
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PdP 1 43.281
तपोभिः प्राप्यतेभीष्टं नासाध्यं तु तपस्यतः। दुर्भगत्वं वृथा लोके विहिते सति साधने
tapobhiḥ prāpyatebhīṣṭaṃ nāsādhyaṃ tu tapasyataḥ| durbhagatvaṃ vṛthā loke vihite sati sādhane
By austerities the desired thing is attained; for one who practises austerity nothing is unachievable. Ill-fortune in the world is pointless when a means (of remedy) has been laid down.
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PdP 1 43.282
तपसि भ्रष्टसंदेहा ततः स्वार्थजिगीषया। एवं तपः करिष्येहं यामीत्युक्तवतीं सुताम्
tapasi bhraṣṭasaṃdehā tataḥ svārthajigīṣayā| evaṃ tapaḥ kariṣyehaṃ yāmītyuktavatīṃ sutām
Then, her doubts about austerity dispelled, out of the wish to win her own end, (she said) “Thus shall I perform austerity; I am going” — and to the daughter who had spoken so,
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PdP 1 43.283
उवाच वाचा शैलेंद्रो गद्गदस्वरवर्णया। हिमवानुवाच-। उमेति चापलं पुत्रि न क्षमं तावकं वपुः
uvāca vācā śaileṃdro gadgadasvaravarṇayā| himavānuvāca-| umeti cāpalaṃ putri na kṣamaṃ tāvakaṃ vapuḥ
the lord of mountains spoke in a voice whose syllables were choked. Himavān said: “‘Oh no!’ — daughter, this is rashness; your body is not able
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PdP 1 43.284
सोढुं क्लेशानुरूपस्य तपसः सौम्यदर्शने। भावीन्यपि च कार्याणि पदार्थानि सदैव तु
soḍhuṃ kleśānurūpasya tapasaḥ saumyadarśane| bhāvīnyapi ca kāryāṇi padārthāni sadaiva tu
to bear an austerity of a kind that matches its hardship, O gentle-faced one. And things that are destined, and the objects (of one's aims), always
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.285
भाविनोर्था भवंत्येव बहवोऽनिच्छतोपि हि। तस्मान्न तपसा तेस्ति बाले किंचित्प्रयोजनम्
bhāvinorthā bhavaṃtyeva bahavo'nicchatopi hi| tasmānna tapasā testi bāle kiṃcitprayojanam
— destined things do indeed come about, many of them, even for one who does not want them. Therefore there is no use at all in austerity for you, child.
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PdP 1 43.286
भवनं चैव गच्छामि चिंतयिष्यामि तत्र वै। इत्युक्ता तु यदा नैव गृहमन्वेति शैलजा
bhavanaṃ caiva gacchāmi ciṃtayiṣyāmi tatra vai| ityuktā tu yadā naiva gṛhamanveti śailajā
And I am going to my house; there indeed I shall think it over.” But when, being thus addressed, the mountain-born girl did not follow him home,
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PdP 1 43.287
ततोद्रिश्चिंतयाविष्टः स्वसुतां प्रशशंस च। ततोंतरिक्षे दिव्या च वागभूद्भुवनत्रये
tatodriściṃtayāviṣṭaḥ svasutāṃ praśaśaṃsa ca| tatoṃtarikṣe divyā ca vāgabhūdbhuvanatraye
then the mountain, possessed by anxiety, praised his own daughter; and then in mid-air there came a divine voice (heard) in the three worlds:
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PdP 1 43.288
उमेति चापलं पुत्रि त्वयोक्ता तनया यतः। उमेति नाम तेनास्या भुवनेषु भविष्यति
umeti cāpalaṃ putri tvayoktā tanayā yataḥ| umeti nāma tenāsyā bhuvaneṣu bhaviṣyati
“Since, O father, you said ‘Oh no!’ (u mā) to your daughter, calling it rashness, by that her name in the worlds shall be Umā.
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PdP 1 43.289
सिद्धिर्मूर्तिमती त्वेषा साधयिष्यति चिंतितम्। इति श्रुत्वा तु वचनं स तदाकाशमंडले
siddhirmūrtimatī tveṣā sādhayiṣyati ciṃtitam| iti śrutvā tu vacanaṃ sa tadākāśamaṃḍale
She indeed is Accomplishment embodied; she will accomplish what is intended.” Having heard that speech there in the circle of the sky,
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PdP 1 43.290
अनुज्ञाय सुतां शैलो जगामाशु स्वमंदिरम्। पुलस्त्य उवाच-। शैलजापि ययौ शैलमगम्यमपि दैवतैः
anujñāya sutāṃ śailo jagāmāśu svamaṃdiram| pulastya uvāca-| śailajāpi yayau śailamagamyamapi daivataiḥ
the mountain, having given his daughter leave, went swiftly to his own dwelling. Pulastya said: The mountain-born one too went to a peak unapproachable even by the gods.
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PdP 1 43.291
सखीभ्यामनुयाता तु नियता नगराजजा। शृंगं हिमवतः पुण्यं नानाधातुविभूषितम्
sakhībhyāmanuyātā tu niyatā nagarājajā| śṛṃgaṃ himavataḥ puṇyaṃ nānādhātuvibhūṣitam
But the daughter of the mountain king, disciplined, followed by her two companions, (went to) the holy peak of Himavat, adorned with various minerals,
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PdP 1 43.292
दिव्यपुष्पलताकीर्णं भ्रमरोद्घुष्टपादपम्। दिव्यप्रस्रवणोपेतं मनोरथशतोज्ज्वलम्
divyapuṣpalatākīrṇaṃ bhramarodghuṣṭapādapam| divyaprasravaṇopetaṃ manorathaśatojjvalam
strewn with divine flowers and creepers, its trees loud with bees, furnished with divine springs, radiant with a hundred delights,
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PdP 1 43.293
नानापक्षिसमायुक्तं चक्रवाकोपशोभितम्। जलजस्थलजैः पुण्यैः प्रफुल्लैरुपशोभितम्
nānāpakṣisamāyuktaṃ cakravākopaśobhitam| jalajasthalajaiḥ puṇyaiḥ praphullairupaśobhitam
filled with birds of many kinds, made lovely by cakravāka geese, adorned with holy blossoming (flowers) both water-born and land-born,
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PdP 1 43.294
चित्रकंदरसंगुह्यं दिव्यगेहसमन्वितम्। विहंगसंघसंघुष्टं कल्पपादपसंकटम्
citrakaṃdarasaṃguhyaṃ divyagehasamanvitam| vihaṃgasaṃghasaṃghuṣṭaṃ kalpapādapasaṃkaṭam
with hidden recesses in its varied caverns, provided with divine dwellings, resounding with flocks of birds, thick with wish-granting trees,
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PdP 1 43.295
तत्रापश्यन्महाशाखं शाखिनं हरितच्छदम्। सर्वर्तुकुसुमोपेतं चक्रवाकोपशोभितम्
tatrāpaśyanmahāśākhaṃ śākhinaṃ haritacchadam| sarvartukusumopetaṃ cakravākopaśobhitam
There she saw a tree with great branches and green foliage, bearing flowers of every season, made lovely by cakravāka geese,
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PdP 1 43.296
नानापुष्पशताकीर्णं नानाविधफलान्वितम्। त्यक्तं सूर्यस्य रुचिभिर्भिन्नसंहतपल्लवम्
nānāpuṣpaśatākīrṇaṃ nānāvidhaphalānvitam| tyaktaṃ sūryasya rucibhirbhinnasaṃhatapallavam
strewn with hundreds of flowers of many kinds, furnished with fruits of many sorts, untouched by the rays of the sun, with its massed leaves parted here and there.
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PdP 1 43.297
तत्रांबराणि संत्यज्य भूषणानि च शैलजा। संवीता वल्कलैर्दिव्यैर्दर्भनिर्मितमेखला
tatrāṃbarāṇi saṃtyajya bhūṣaṇāni ca śailajā| saṃvītā valkalairdivyairdarbhanirmitamekhalā
There the mountain's daughter, casting off her garments and ornaments, was clothed in divine bark, with a girdle made of darbha grass;
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PdP 1 43.298
त्रिःस्नाता पाटलाहारा बभूव शरदां शतम्। शतमेकेन जीर्णेन पर्णेनावर्त्तयत्तदा
triḥsnātā pāṭalāhārā babhūva śaradāṃ śatam| śatamekena jīrṇena parṇenāvarttayattadā
bathing three times (a day), eating pāṭalā flowers, she remained for a hundred autumns; then for a hundred (years) she subsisted on a single withered leaf.
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PdP 1 43.299
निराहारा शतं साभूत्समानां तपसो निधिः। तत उद्वेजिताः सर्वे प्राणिनस्तपसोग्निना
nirāhārā śataṃ sābhūtsamānāṃ tapaso nidhiḥ| tata udvejitāḥ sarve prāṇinastapasogninā
For a hundred years she remained without food, a treasury of austerity; then all living beings were made to tremble by the fire of her austerity.
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PdP 1 43.300
ततः सस्मार भगवान्मुनीन्सप्त शतक्रतुः। ते समागम्य मुदिताः सर्वे समुदितास्तथा1.43.
tataḥ sasmāra bhagavānmunīnsapta śatakratuḥ| te samāgamya muditāḥ sarve samuditāstathā1.43.
Then the lord of a hundred sacrifices called the seven sages to mind; and they all, delighted, came together and assembled.
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PdP 1 43.301
पूजितास्ते महेंद्रेण पप्रच्छुस्तत्प्रयोजनम्। किमर्थं हि सुरश्रेष्ठ संस्मृतास्तु वयं त्वया
pūjitāste maheṃdreṇa papracchustatprayojanam| kimarthaṃ hi suraśreṣṭha saṃsmṛtāstu vayaṃ tvayā
Honored by great Indra, they asked the purpose of it: "For what reason, best of the gods, have we been summoned to mind by you?"
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PdP 1 43.302
शक्रः प्रोवाच शृण्वंतु भगवंतः प्रयोजनम्। हिमाचले तपो घोरं तप्यते भूधरात्मजा
śakraḥ provāca śṛṇvaṃtu bhagavaṃtaḥ prayojanam| himācale tapo ghoraṃ tapyate bhūdharātmajā
Śakra said: Let the venerable ones hear the purpose. On the snowy mountain the daughter of the mountain is practicing fierce austerity.
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PdP 1 43.303
तस्याभिमतयोगेन भवंतः कर्तुमर्हथ। तपः समापनं देव्या जगदर्थे त्वरान्विताः
tasyābhimatayogena bhavaṃtaḥ kartumarhatha| tapaḥ samāpanaṃ devyā jagadarthe tvarānvitāḥ
By means of (fulfilling) what she desires, you ought to bring the Devī's austerity to its conclusion, for the sake of the world—make haste.
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PdP 1 43.304
तथेत्युक्त्वा ततः शैलं सिद्धसंघातसेवितम्। ऊचुरागम्य मुनयस्तामथो मधुराक्षरम्
tathetyuktvā tataḥ śailaṃ siddhasaṃghātasevitam| ūcurāgamya munayastāmatho madhurākṣaram
Saying "So be it," the sages then came to the mountain frequented by throngs of siddhas and spoke to her in sweet syllables:
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PdP 1 43.305
पुत्रि कस्ते व्यवसितः कामः कमललोचने। तानुवाच ततो देवी सादरं गौरवान्मुनीन्
putri kaste vyavasitaḥ kāmaḥ kamalalocane| tānuvāca tato devī sādaraṃ gauravānmunīn
"Daughter, what desire have you resolved upon, lotus-eyed one?" Then the Devī, out of reverence, addressed the sages respectfully.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.306
देव्युवाच-। तपस्यंतो महाभागाः प्रोह्य मौनं भवादृशां। वंदनाय नियुक्ता धीर्याचयत्यविकल्पितम्
devyuvāca-| tapasyaṃto mahābhāgāḥ prohya maunaṃ bhavādṛśāṃ| vaṃdanāya niyuktā dhīryācayatyavikalpitam
The Devī said: O greatly fortunate ones, (you) practicing austerity—having set aside the silence of such as you, (my) resolve, enjoined for the sake of salutation, asks without hesitation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.307
सुप्रसन्नमुखा यूयं गृहीत्वासनमादितः। उपविष्टाः श्रमं मुक्त्वा ततः प्रक्ष्यथ मामनु
suprasannamukhā yūyaṃ gṛhītvāsanamāditaḥ| upaviṣṭāḥ śramaṃ muktvā tataḥ prakṣyatha māmanu
With well-pleased faces, taking a seat first, and being seated, let go of your fatigue, and then question me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.308
इत्युक्तास्ते ततश्चक्रुस्तत्रासनपरिग्रहम्। सा च तान्विधिवत्पूर्वं पूजयित्वा विधानतः
ityuktāste tataścakrustatrāsanaparigraham| sā ca tānvidhivatpūrvaṃ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ
Thus addressed, they then accepted the seats there; and she, having first honored them duly, according to the prescribed manner,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.309
उवाचादित्यसंकाशान्मुनीन्सप्तॠषीन्शनैः। त्यक्त्वा व्रतात्मकं मौनं नत्वा च विधिवन्मुनीन्
uvācādityasaṃkāśānmunīnsaptaṝṣīnśanaiḥ| tyaktvā vratātmakaṃ maunaṃ natvā ca vidhivanmunīn
spoke softly to the seven sages, who resembled the sun, having relinquished the silence that constituted her vow and having bowed duly to the sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.310
भगवंतोपि मौनांते तस्याः सप्तर्षयोप्यथ। गौरवाधारतां प्राप्तां पप्रच्छुस्तां पुनस्तथा
bhagavaṃtopi maunāṃte tasyāḥ saptarṣayopyatha| gauravādhāratāṃ prāptāṃ papracchustāṃ punastathā
And the venerable seven sages, at the end of her silence, then questioned her again, she who had become a vessel of (their) esteem.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.311
सापि गौरवगर्भेण मनसा चारुहासिनी। मुनीन्सर्वांस्तथालोक्य प्रोवाच प्रोह्य वाग्यमम्
sāpi gauravagarbheṇa manasā cāruhāsinī| munīnsarvāṃstathālokya provāca prohya vāgyamam
And she too, with a mind pregnant with respect, sweetly smiling, looking upon all the sages thus, spoke, setting aside her vow of silence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.312
भगवंतो विजानीथ प्राणिनां मनसेप्सितम्। शरीरादिभिरत्यर्थं कदर्थ्यं ते हि देहिनः
bhagavaṃto vijānītha prāṇināṃ manasepsitam| śarīrādibhiratyarthaṃ kadarthyaṃ te hi dehinaḥ
"Reverend ones, you know what is desired in the minds of living beings; for embodied creatures are exceedingly tormented by the body and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.313
केचित्तु निपुणास्तत्र घटंते विविधोद्यमैः। उपायैर्दुर्लभान्भावान्प्राप्नुवंति ह्यतंद्रिताः
kecittu nipuṇāstatra ghaṭaṃte vividhodyamaiḥ| upāyairdurlabhānbhāvānprāpnuvaṃti hyataṃdritāḥ
But some, being skilled, strive there with manifold efforts, and, being unwearied, obtain by (their) means things hard to get.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.314
अपरे तु परिच्छिद्य नानाकारानुपक्रमान्। देहांतरार्थं सारंभमाश्रयंति हि तद्व्रतम्
apare tu paricchidya nānākārānupakramān| dehāṃtarārthaṃ sāraṃbhamāśrayaṃti hi tadvratam
Others, however, having determined undertakings of various kinds, for the sake of another body resort with zeal to that observance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.315
ममत्वाकाशसंभूतकुसुमस्रग्विभूषितम्। विंध्यशृंगं स्प्रष्टुकामो हस्तः प्रसरते मुहुः
mamatvākāśasaṃbhūtakusumasragvibhūṣitam| viṃdhyaśṛṃgaṃ spraṣṭukāmo hastaḥ prasarate muhuḥ
Wishing to touch the peak of the Vindhya, adorned with a garland of flowers grown in the sky of 'mine-ness', the hand stretches out again and again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.316
अहं किल भवं देवं पतिं प्राप्तुं समुद्यता। प्रकृत्यैव दुराराध्यं तपस्यंतं च संप्रति
ahaṃ kila bhavaṃ devaṃ patiṃ prāptuṃ samudyatā| prakṛtyaiva durārādhyaṃ tapasyaṃtaṃ ca saṃprati
I, indeed, have set out to obtain as husband the god Bhava, who by his very nature is hard to propitiate, and who at present is practising austerity;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.317
सुरासुरैरनिर्णीतं परमार्थक्रियाश्रयं। सांप्रतं चापि निर्दग्धो मदनो वीतरागिणा
surāsurairanirṇītaṃ paramārthakriyāśrayaṃ| sāṃprataṃ cāpi nirdagdho madano vītarāgiṇā
(him) not determined even by gods and demons, the ground of action toward the highest goal — and now too Madana has been burnt up by (that) passionless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.318
कथमाराधयेदीशं मादृशी तादृशं शिवम्। इत्युक्ता मुनयस्ते तु स्थिरतां मनसस्ततः
kathamārādhayedīśaṃ mādṛśī tādṛśaṃ śivam| ityuktā munayaste tu sthiratāṃ manasastataḥ
How could one like me propitiate such a lord Śiva?" Thus addressed, those sages, to know thereafter the firmness of her mind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.319
ज्ञातुमस्या वचः प्रोचुः प्रक्रमात्प्रकृतार्थकम्। मुनय ऊचुः-। द्विविधन्तु सुखं तावत्पुत्रि लोके विभाव्यते
jñātumasyā vacaḥ procuḥ prakramātprakṛtārthakam| munaya ūcuḥ-| dvividhantu sukhaṃ tāvatputri loke vibhāvyate
spoke words in due order bearing on the matter at hand. The sages said: Pleasure, daughter, is conceived in the world as twofold:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.320
शरीरस्यास्य संयोगश्चेतसश्चापि निर्वृतिः। प्रकृत्या तु स दिग्वासा भीमो भस्मास्थिभूषणः
śarīrasyāsya saṃyogaścetasaścāpi nirvṛtiḥ| prakṛtyā tu sa digvāsā bhīmo bhasmāsthibhūṣaṇaḥ
union of this body, and also the contentment of the mind. But by nature he is clad in the directions (naked), terrible, adorned with ashes and bones,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.321
कपाली भिक्षुको नग्नो विरूपाक्षोऽस्थिरक्रियः। प्रमत्तोन्मत्तकाकारो बीभत्सो कृतसंग्रहः
kapālī bhikṣuko nagno virūpākṣo'sthirakriyaḥ| pramattonmattakākāro bībhatso kṛtasaṃgrahaḥ
a skull-bearer, a beggar, naked, with misshapen eyes, unsteady in his acts, of the appearance of one drunk and mad, loathsome, having made no accumulation (of property).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.322
पत्या न तेन चास्त्यर्थो मूर्तानर्थेन कांक्षितः। यदि स्वस्य शरीरस्य सुखमिच्छसि शाश्वतम्
patyā na tena cāstyartho mūrtānarthena kāṃkṣitaḥ| yadi svasya śarīrasya sukhamicchasi śāśvatam
With such a husband there is no gain, no object desired by one who has form — if you wish lasting happiness for your own body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.323
तत्कथं ते महादेवाद्भूतभाजो जुगुप्सितात्। स्रवन्नरवसासास्थिकपालकृतभूषणात्
tatkathaṃ te mahādevādbhūtabhājo jugupsitāt| sravannaravasāsāsthikapālakṛtabhūṣaṇāt
So how (can there be happiness) for you from the Great God, who is served by ghosts, who is repulsive, whose ornaments are made of oozing human fat, bones and skulls,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.324
श्वसदुग्रभुजंगेन्द्रकृतभूषणभूषितात्। श्मशानवासिनो रौद्रप्रमथानुगतादपि
śvasadugrabhujaṃgendrakṛtabhūṣaṇabhūṣitāt| śmaśānavāsino raudrapramathānugatādapi
who is adorned with ornaments made of hissing fierce lords of serpents, who dwells in cremation grounds, and who is followed by dreadful Pramathas?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.325
सुरेन्द्रमकुटव्रातनिघृष्टचरणोऽरिहा। हरिरस्ति जगद्धाता श्रीकान्तोऽनन्तमूर्तिमान्
surendramakuṭavrātanighṛṣṭacaraṇo'rihā| harirasti jagaddhātā śrīkānto'nantamūrtimān
There is Hari, whose feet are rubbed by the mass of the crowns of the lords of gods, the slayer of foes, the sustainer of the world, the beloved of Śrī, of endless forms;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.326
जप्यो यज्ञभुजामस्ति तथेन्द्रः पाकशासनः। देवतानां निधिश्चास्ति ज्वलनस्सर्वकामधुक्
japyo yajñabhujāmasti tathendraḥ pākaśāsanaḥ| devatānāṃ nidhiścāsti jvalanassarvakāmadhuk
there is he who is to be invoked by the eaters of sacrifice, and Indra the chastiser of Pāka; and there is the treasury of the gods, Fire, who yields all desires;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.327
वायुरस्ति जगद्धाता यः प्राणस्सर्वदेहिनाम्। तथा वैश्रवणो राजा सर्वार्थमहिमा प्रभुः
vāyurasti jagaddhātā yaḥ prāṇassarvadehinām| tathā vaiśravaṇo rājā sarvārthamahimā prabhuḥ
there is Vāyu, sustainer of the world, who is the breath of all embodied beings; and likewise king Vaiśravaṇa, the lord whose greatness is all wealth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.328
एभ्य एकतमं कस्मान्न त्वं संप्राप्तुमिच्छसि। उतान्यस्मादिह प्राप्यं सुखं ते मनसे हितम्
ebhya ekatamaṃ kasmānna tvaṃ saṃprāptumicchasi| utānyasmādiha prāpyaṃ sukhaṃ te manase hitam
Why do you not wish to obtain some one of these? Or rather, happiness beneficial to your mind is to be got here from another (than Śiva).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.329
एवमेतत्तथा पुत्रि प्रभावो लोकसम्पदाम्। अस्मिन्देहे परे वापि कल्याणप्राप्तये तव
evametattathā putri prabhāvo lokasampadām| asmindehe pare vāpi kalyāṇaprāptaye tava
So it is, daughter — such is the power of the world's riches, for your attainment of well-being in this body or in another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.330
पितुरेवास्ति ते सर्वं सुरेभ्यो यन्निवेदितम्। वरस्य प्राप्तये क्लेशस्स चाप्यत्राफलस्तरुः
piturevāsti te sarvaṃ surebhyo yanniveditam| varasya prāptaye kleśassa cāpyatrāphalastaruḥ
All that was declared to the gods belongs to your father himself; and the toil for obtaining a husband is here too a fruitless tree.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.331
प्रायेण प्रार्थितो ह्यर्थस्समर्थो ह्यतिदुर्लभः। स्वस्थानविनियोगित्वात्पुत्रि तत्रापि लभ्यते
prāyeṇa prārthito hyarthassamartho hyatidurlabhaḥ| svasthānaviniyogitvātputri tatrāpi labhyate
Generally an aim that is prayed for, if it is within one's power, is exceedingly hard to attain; (yet) because it is applied in its own proper place, daughter, even there it is obtained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.332
इत्युक्तवत्सु कुपिता मुनिवर्येषु शैलजा। उवाच क्रोधरक्ताक्षी विस्फुरद्दशनच्छदा
ityuktavatsu kupitā munivaryeṣu śailajā| uvāca krodharaktākṣī visphuraddaśanacchadā
When the best of sages had spoken thus, the daughter of the mountain, angered, her eyes red with rage and her lips quivering, said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.333
देव्युवाच-। असद्ग्रहस्य का नीतिर्व्यसनस्य क्व यंत्रणा। विपरीतार्थबोद्धारः सत्पथे केन योजिताः
devyuvāca-| asadgrahasya kā nītirvyasanasya kva yaṃtraṇā| viparītārthaboddhāraḥ satpathe kena yojitāḥ
The Goddess said: What guidance is there for one who clings to what is false? Where is any restraint for addiction? Those who grasp meanings in reverse — by whom have they ever been set on the right road?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.334
एवं मां वित्थ दुष्प्रज्ञामस्थानासद्ग्रहप्रियाम्। न मां प्रतिविचारोस्ति यदहंकारमानिनी
evaṃ māṃ vittha duṣprajñāmasthānāsadgrahapriyām| na māṃ prativicārosti yadahaṃkāramāninī
So you take me to be of poor understanding, fond of clinging to wrong things in wrong places; there is no arguing back at me, since I am one who prides herself on her own self-conceit.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.335
प्रजापतिसमाः सर्वे भवंतः सर्वदर्शिनः। न नूनं वित्थ तं देवं शाश्वतं जगतः प्रभुम्
prajāpatisamāḥ sarve bhavaṃtaḥ sarvadarśinaḥ| na nūnaṃ vittha taṃ devaṃ śāśvataṃ jagataḥ prabhum
You are all the equals of Prajāpati, seers of everything; yet surely you do not know that god, the eternal lord of the world,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.336
अजमीशानमव्यक्तममेयमहिमोदयम्। आस्तां तत्कर्मसद्भावं संबोधं तावदावृतम्
ajamīśānamavyaktamameyamahimodayam| āstāṃ tatkarmasadbhāvaṃ saṃbodhaṃ tāvadāvṛtam
the unborn, the ruler, the unmanifest, whose greatness's arising is beyond measure. Let the true nature of his action stand aside — even the mere understanding (of him) is so far veiled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.337
विदुस्तं न हरि ब्रह्ममुखा अपि सुरेश्वराः। यत्तस्यविभवं स्वोत्थं भुवनेषु विजृंभितम्
vidustaṃ na hari brahmamukhā api sureśvarāḥ| yattasyavibhavaṃ svotthaṃ bhuvaneṣu vijṛṃbhitam
Neither Hari nor the lords of the gods headed by Brahmā know him — (nor) that power of his, arisen from himself, which is spread abroad among the worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.338
प्रकटं सर्वभूतानां तदप्यथ न वित्थ किं। कस्यैतद्गगनं मूर्तिः कस्याग्निः कस्य मारुतः
prakaṭaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ tadapyatha na vittha kiṃ| kasyaitadgaganaṃ mūrtiḥ kasyāgniḥ kasya mārutaḥ
And that too, which is plain to all beings — do you not know it? Whose form is this sky? Whose is fire? Whose is the wind?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.339
कस्य भूः कस्य वरुणः कश्चंद्रार्कविलोचनः। कस्यार्चयंति लोकेषु लिंगं भक्त्या सुरासुराः
kasya bhūḥ kasya varuṇaḥ kaścaṃdrārkavilocanaḥ| kasyārcayaṃti lokeṣu liṃgaṃ bhaktyā surāsurāḥ
Whose is the earth? Whose is Varuṇa? Who has the moon and the sun for eyes? Whose liṅga do gods and demons worship with devotion in the worlds?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.340
यच्च ब्रह्मेश्वरा देवा विष्ण्विन्द्राद्या महर्षयः। प्रभावं प्रभवं वापि तेषामपि न वित्थ किं
yacca brahmeśvarā devā viṣṇvindrādyā maharṣayaḥ| prabhāvaṃ prabhavaṃ vāpi teṣāmapi na vittha kiṃ
And the might, or even the origin, of Brahmā, Īśvara, the gods, Viṣṇu, Indra and the rest, and of the great sages — do you not know that of them either?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.341
अदितेः कश्यपाज्जाता देवा नारायणादयः। मरीचेः कश्यपः पुत्रो ह्यदितिर्दक्षपुत्रिका
aditeḥ kaśyapājjātā devā nārāyaṇādayaḥ| marīceḥ kaśyapaḥ putro hyaditirdakṣaputrikā
The gods, Nārāyaṇa and the others, were born of Aditi by Kaśyapa; Kaśyapa was the son of Marīci, and Aditi the daughter of Dakṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.342
मरीचिश्चापि दक्षश्च पुत्रौ तौ ब्रह्मणः किल। ब्रह्मा हिरण्मयादंडादेव सिद्धविभूतिकः
marīciścāpi dakṣaśca putrau tau brahmaṇaḥ kila| brahmā hiraṇmayādaṃḍādeva siddhavibhūtikaḥ
And Marīci and Dakṣa, those two, were sons of Brahmā, so they say; and Brahmā, whose powers were perfected, (arose) from the golden egg itself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.343
कस्य प्रादुरभूद्ध्यानात्प्राकृतः प्राकृतांशकः। अथ नारायणेनैव स्वकीयेच्छा समाश्रयात्
kasya prādurabhūddhyānātprākṛtaḥ prākṛtāṃśakaḥ| atha nārāyaṇenaiva svakīyecchā samāśrayāt
From whose meditation did that one, belonging to primal nature and a portion of primal nature, come forth? And then, by Nārāyaṇa himself, through recourse to his own will —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.344
तत्प्रेरितः प्रयात्वेष जन्म नारायणात्मकम्। सापि कर्मण एवोक्ता प्रेरणाविवशात्मनाम्
tatpreritaḥ prayātveṣa janma nārāyaṇātmakam| sāpi karmaṇa evoktā preraṇāvivaśātmanām
impelled by that, let this one go to a birth whose essence is Nārāyaṇa. And that (impulse) too is said to belong to karma, in the case of those whose selves are helpless under such impulsion.
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PdP 1 43.345
यथोन्मादादि दुष्टस्य मतिरेव हि साभवेत्। इष्टानेव पदार्थान्वै विपरीतान्हि मन्यते
yathonmādādi duṣṭasya matireva hi sābhavet| iṣṭāneva padārthānvai viparītānhi manyate
Just as, for one afflicted with madness and the like, it would be his own mind alone (that drives him): he takes the very things that are wholesome to be the opposite.
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PdP 1 43.346
लोकस्य व्यवहारेषु दृष्टेषु हसते सदा। धर्माधर्मफलप्राप्तौ विष्णुमेव निबोधत
lokasya vyavahāreṣu dṛṣṭeṣu hasate sadā| dharmādharmaphalaprāptau viṣṇumeva nibodhata
He laughs always at the world's transactions as he sees them. Understand that it is Viṣṇu alone in the gaining of the fruits of dharma and non-dharma.
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PdP 1 43.347
विदध्वमित्थं मुनयोऽसकृच्च मे गिरं गिरीशश्रुतिभूमिसन्निधौ। उत्कृष्टकेदार इवावनीतले सुबीजमुष्टिं सुफलाय कर्षकाः
vidadhvamitthaṃ munayo'sakṛcca me giraṃ girīśaśrutibhūmisannidhau| utkṛṣṭakedāra ivāvanītale subījamuṣṭiṃ suphalāya karṣakāḥ
Sages, place my word thus, and more than once, in the near presence of the field that is Girīśa's ear — as farmers place a handful of good seed for a good crop on the earth's surface, as in a well-ploughed paddy field.
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PdP 1 43.348
ते तां श्रुत्वा हि तां रम्यां प्रक्रमात्प्रक्रमक्रियाम्। वाचंवाचां पतिप्रख्याः प्रोचुश्चस्मितसुंदराः
te tāṃ śrutvā hi tāṃ ramyāṃ prakramātprakramakriyām| vācaṃvācāṃ patiprakhyāḥ procuścasmitasuṃdarāḥ
Having heard that lovely speech of hers, well-ordered in its progression, they, resembling the Lord of Speech, beautiful with their smiles, spoke:
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PdP 1 43.349
मुनय ऊचुः-। जाते लोकविधाने तु सत्यं तत्कार्यमुत्तमम्। प्रायः प्रालेयशैलस्य शंका तत्कालरूपिणः
munaya ūcuḥ-| jāte lokavidhāne tu satyaṃ tatkāryamuttamam| prāyaḥ prāleyaśailasya śaṃkā tatkālarūpiṇaḥ
The sages said: When the ordering of the world has come to pass, truly that is the highest task to be done; but generally there is misgiving about the snow-mountain, which has the form of that (?) time.
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PdP 1 43.350
सत्यमुत्कंठिताः सर्वे ये ये कार्यार्थमुद्यताः। तेषां त्वरंते चेतांसि किंतु नाममहात्मनाम्1.43.
satyamutkaṃṭhitāḥ sarve ye ye kāryārthamudyatāḥ| teṣāṃ tvaraṃte cetāṃsi kiṃtu nāmamahātmanām1.43.
It is true that all those who are set upon some task are impatient; their minds make haste — but not, indeed, the minds of the great-souled.
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PdP 1 43.351
लोकयात्रानुगंतव्या विशेषेण विवक्षितैः। यतस्तद्धर्ममेधंते तत्प्रामाण्यं परे धृताः
lokayātrānugaṃtavyā viśeṣeṇa vivakṣitaiḥ| yatastaddharmamedhaṃte tatprāmāṇyaṃ pare dhṛtāḥ
The way of the world must be followed, especially by those who wish to make (their meaning) heard; since thereby dharma prospers, others have held to that as authoritative.
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PdP 1 43.352
इत्युक्त्वा मुनयो जग्मुस्त्वरितास्तुहिनाचलम्। तत्र ते पूजितास्तेन हिमशैलेन सादरम्
ityuktvā munayo jagmustvaritāstuhinācalam| tatra te pūjitāstena himaśailena sādaram
Having said this, the sages went in haste to the Snowy Mountain. There they were honoured respectfully by that Himālaya.
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PdP 1 43.353
ऊचुर्मुनिवराः प्रीताः स्वल्पकं तु त्वरान्विताः। मुनय ऊचुः-। देवो दुहितरं साक्षात्पिनाकी तव मार्गते
ūcurmunivarāḥ prītāḥ svalpakaṃ tu tvarānvitāḥ| munaya ūcuḥ-| devo duhitaraṃ sākṣātpinākī tava mārgate
The best of sages, pleased, spoke briefly, being in haste. The sages said: The god Pinākin himself seeks your daughter.
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PdP 1 43.354
तच्छीघ्रं पावयात्मानमाहुत्येवानले हुतम्। कार्यं हि तच्च देवानां सुचिरं परिवर्तते
tacchīghraṃ pāvayātmānamāhutyevānale hutam| kāryaṃ hi tacca devānāṃ suciraṃ parivartate
Therefore quickly purify yourself, as (one is purified) by an oblation offered into the fire; for that business of the gods has been long in coming round.
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PdP 1 43.355
जगदुद्धारणायैष विधातव्यः समुद्यमः। इत्युक्तस्तु तदा शैलो हर्षावेशवशान्मुनीन्
jagaduddhāraṇāyaiṣa vidhātavyaḥ samudyamaḥ| ityuktastu tadā śailo harṣāveśavaśānmunīn
This effort must be made for the deliverance of the world. Thus addressed, the mountain then, overcome by an access of joy, (looked upon) the sages,
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PdP 1 43.356
असमर्थोभवद्वक्तुमुत्तरं प्रार्थयन्निव। ततो मेना मुनीन्वंद्य प्रोवाच स्नेहविक्लवा
asamarthobhavadvaktumuttaraṃ prārthayanniva| tato menā munīnvaṃdya provāca snehaviklavā
and was unable to speak a reply, as though begging (them to continue). Then Menā, bowing to the sages, faltering with affection, spoke
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PdP 1 43.357
दुहितुस्तान्मुनींश्चैव वचनं स्वयमर्थवत्। मेनोवाच-। यदर्थं दुहितुर्जन्म चेच्छंत्यपि महाफलं
duhitustānmunīṃścaiva vacanaṃ svayamarthavat| menovāca-| yadarthaṃ duhiturjanma cecchaṃtyapi mahāphalaṃ
words of her own that were to the point, about her daughter, to those sages. Menā said: That for the sake of which the birth of a daughter is desired, though its fruit be great —
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PdP 1 43.358
तदेवोपस्थितं सर्वं प्रक्रमेणैव सांप्रतम्। कुलजन्मवयोरूपविभुत्वैस्सहितोपि यः
tadevopasthitaṃ sarvaṃ prakrameṇaiva sāṃpratam| kulajanmavayorūpavibhutvaissahitopi yaḥ
all of that has now presented itself in due course. But even a suitor endowed with family, birth, age, beauty and power —
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PdP 1 43.359
वरस्तस्यापि नाहूय सुता देया ह्ययाचतः। दिग्वासा जटिलः शूली दग्धकामोपि कामदः
varastasyāpi nāhūya sutā deyā hyayācataḥ| digvāsā jaṭilaḥ śūlī dagdhakāmopi kāmadaḥ
even to him a daughter should not be given unasked, by inviting (him). He is clad in the (bare) directions, matted-haired, trident-bearing; though desire is burnt up in him, he grants desires.
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PdP 1 43.360
स तु मत्सुतया घोरः कथं नाम उपास्यते। मुनय ऊचुः-। ऐश्वर्यमवगच्छस्व शंकरस्य सुरासुराः
sa tu matsutayā ghoraḥ kathaṃ nāma upāsyate| munaya ūcuḥ-| aiśvaryamavagacchasva śaṃkarasya surāsurāḥ
But how indeed is that terrible one to be served by my daughter? The sages said: Understand the lordship of Śaṃkara — gods and demons,
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PdP 1 43.361
आराध्यमानपादाब्ज युगलाश्च सुनिर्वृताः। यस्योपयोगि यद्रूपं तेन तत्प्रार्थ्यते चिरम्
ārādhyamānapādābja yugalāśca sunirvṛtāḥ| yasyopayogi yadrūpaṃ tena tatprārthyate ciram
with the pair of his lotus feet being worshipped (by them), are wholly content. Whatever form of his is fitting for someone, by that person that form is long prayed for.
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PdP 1 43.362
घोरं तपस्यते बाला तेन रूपेण निर्वृता। यत्सा व्रतानि दिव्यानि नयिष्यति समापनम्
ghoraṃ tapasyate bālā tena rūpeṇa nirvṛtā| yatsā vratāni divyāni nayiṣyati samāpanam
The girl practises terrible austerity, content with that form (of his), so that she will bring her divine vows to completion.
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PdP 1 43.363
तदत्रावहिता तावदस्मास्वेव भविष्यति। इत्युक्त्वा गिरिणा सार्द्धं ययुर्यत्रास्ति शैलजा
tadatrāvahitā tāvadasmāsveva bhaviṣyati| ityuktvā giriṇā sārddhaṃ yayuryatrāsti śailajā
Therefore, being attentive here, she will for the present be (attentive) toward us alone. Having said this, they went with the mountain to where the daughter of the mountain was —
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PdP 1 43.364
जितार्कज्वलनज्वाला तपस्तेजोमयीह्युमा। प्रोक्ता सा मुनिभिः स्निग्धं मानिन्याह वचोर्थवत्
jitārkajvalanajvālā tapastejomayīhyumā| proktā sā munibhiḥ snigdhaṃ māninyāha vacorthavat
Umā, who had surpassed the flames of sun and fire, made wholly of the radiance of austerity. Addressed affectionately by the sages, she, proud, spoke words to the point:
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PdP 1 43.365
नाहं क्षुद्रात्किलेच्छामि ॠते शर्वात्पिनाकिनः। स्थितं च तारतम्येन प्राणिनां परमर्द्धिदं
nāhaṃ kṣudrātkilecchāmi ṝte śarvātpinākinaḥ| sthitaṃ ca tāratamyena prāṇināṃ paramarddhidaṃ
I certainly do not desire (anyone) petty, apart from Śarva the trident-bearer. And among living beings there stands, by gradation, that which grants the highest prosperity:
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PdP 1 43.366
धीरतैश्वर्यकार्याणि प्रमाणमतुलं महत्। यस्मान्न किंचिदपरं यच्च यस्मात्प्रवर्तते
dhīrataiśvaryakāryāṇi pramāṇamatulaṃ mahat| yasmānna kiṃcidaparaṃ yacca yasmātpravartate
steadfastness, lordship, deeds — the great, unequalled standard; than which there is nothing else, and from which everything proceeds.
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PdP 1 43.367
यस्यैश्वर्यमनाद्यंतं तमहं शरणं गता। समः सव्यवसायश्च दीर्घेण विपरीतकः
yasyaiśvaryamanādyaṃtaṃ tamahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatā| samaḥ savyavasāyaśca dīrgheṇa viparītakaḥ
He whose lordship is without beginning or end — to him I have gone for refuge. (The word) sama, together with effort (i.e. with a following syllable?), becomes its opposite when lengthened.
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PdP 1 43.368
एवं निशम्य ते वाचं देव्या मुनिवरास्तदा। आनंदाश्रुपरीताक्षाः सस्वजुस्तां तपस्विनीं
evaṃ niśamya te vācaṃ devyā munivarāstadā| ānaṃdāśruparītākṣāḥ sasvajustāṃ tapasvinīṃ
Having heard this speech of the goddess, the best of sages then, their eyes filled with tears of joy, embraced her, the ascetic woman,
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PdP 1 43.369
ऊचुश्च परमप्रीताः शैलजां मधुरं वचः। ॠषय ऊचुः। अत्यद्भुतमहो पुत्रि ज्ञानमूर्तिरिवामला
ūcuśca paramaprītāḥ śailajāṃ madhuraṃ vacaḥ| ṝṣaya ūcuḥ| atyadbhutamaho putri jñānamūrtirivāmalā
and, exceedingly pleased, spoke sweet words to the daughter of the mountain. The seers said: How utterly wonderful, daughter — you are spotless, like knowledge embodied.
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PdP 1 43.370
प्रसादयसि नो भावं भवभावप्रतिश्रयात्। ननु विद्मो वयं तस्य देवस्यैश्वर्यमद्भुतम्
prasādayasi no bhāvaṃ bhavabhāvapratiśrayāt| nanu vidmo vayaṃ tasya devasyaiśvaryamadbhutam
You gladden our hearts by your reliance on devotion to Bhava. Surely we know the wondrous lordship of that god;
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PdP 1 43.371
त्वन्निश्चयस्य दृढतां वेत्तुं वयमिहागताः। अचिरादेव तन्वंगि कामस्त्वेष भविष्यति
tvanniścayasya dṛḍhatāṃ vettuṃ vayamihāgatāḥ| acirādeva tanvaṃgi kāmastveṣa bhaviṣyati
"We have come here to learn the firmness of your resolve. Very soon, slender one, this desire of yours will come to be."
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PdP 1 43.372
आदित्यस्स प्रभो याति रत्नेभ्यः का द्युतिः पृथक्। कोऽर्थो वर्णान्स्वकांस्त्यक्त्वा तथा त्वं गिरिशं विना
ādityassa prabho yāti ratnebhyaḥ kā dyutiḥ pṛthak| ko'rtho varṇānsvakāṃstyaktvā tathā tvaṃ giriśaṃ vinā
"He is the sun, the lord; what brilliance do gems have apart (from him)? What purpose have colors, once they abandon their own hues? So too are you without the mountain-dweller (Śiva)."
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PdP 1 43.373
यामो नेकाभ्युपायेन तमभ्यर्थयितुं वयम्। अस्माकमपि चैषोर्थः सुतरां हृदि वर्तते
yāmo nekābhyupāyena tamabhyarthayituṃ vayam| asmākamapi caiṣorthaḥ sutarāṃ hṛdi vartate
"We go, by many means, to entreat him; and this aim dwells very strongly in our hearts as well."
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PdP 1 43.374
अतस्त्वमेव सा बुद्धिर्यतो नीतिस्त्वमेव हि। अतो निःसंशयं कार्यं शंकरोपि विधास्यति
atastvameva sā buddhiryato nītistvameva hi| ato niḥsaṃśayaṃ kāryaṃ śaṃkaropi vidhāsyati
"Therefore you yourself are that wisdom, since you yourself are the (right) policy; hence Śaṅkara too will without doubt bring the matter about."
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PdP 1 43.375
इत्युक्त्वा पूजितास्सर्वे मुनयो गिरिकन्यया। प्रययुर्गिरिशं द्रष्टुं प्रस्थं हिमवतो महत्
ityuktvā pūjitāssarve munayo girikanyayā| prayayurgiriśaṃ draṣṭuṃ prasthaṃ himavato mahat
Having spoken thus, all the sages, honored by the mountain's daughter, went off to see the mountain-dweller (Śiva), to the great tableland of Himavat.
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PdP 1 43.376
गंगांभः प्लावितात्मानः पिंगाबद्धजटासटाः। भृंगानुयातपाणिस्थ मंदारकुसुमस्रजः
gaṃgāṃbhaḥ plāvitātmānaḥ piṃgābaddhajaṭāsaṭāḥ| bhṛṃgānuyātapāṇistha maṃdārakusumasrajaḥ
Their bodies bathed in the water of the Gaṅgā, their tawny masses of matted hair bound up, holding in their hands garlands of mandāra flowers followed by bees—
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PdP 1 43.377
संप्राप्य तु गिरेः प्रस्थं ददृशुः शंकराश्रमम्। प्रशांताशेषसत्वौघं पर्यस्तिमितकाननम्
saṃprāpya tu gireḥ prasthaṃ dadṛśuḥ śaṃkarāśramam| praśāṃtāśeṣasatvaughaṃ paryastimitakānanam
On reaching the mountain's tableland they saw Śaṅkara's hermitage, where every host of creatures was stilled, its woods hushed all around,
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PdP 1 43.378
निःशब्दक्षोभसलिल प्रयातं सर्वतो दिशम्। तत्रापश्यंस्ततोद्वारि वीरकं वेत्रपाणिनम्
niḥśabdakṣobhasalila prayātaṃ sarvato diśam| tatrāpaśyaṃstatodvāri vīrakaṃ vetrapāṇinam
its waters flowing without sound or agitation in every direction. There at its gate they saw Vīraka, staff in hand.
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PdP 1 43.379
तमेते मुनयः पूज्या विनीताः कार्यगौरवात्। ऊचुर्मधुरभाषाभिस्ते वाचं वाग्मिनां वराः
tamete munayaḥ pūjyā vinītāḥ kāryagauravāt| ūcurmadhurabhāṣābhiste vācaṃ vāgmināṃ varāḥ
These venerable sages, humble because of the weight of their errand—best of speakers—addressed speech to him in sweet words:
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PdP 1 43.380
द्रष्टुं वयमिहायाताः शंकरं गुणनायकं। त्रिलोचनं विजानीहि सुरकार्यप्रचोदिताः
draṣṭuṃ vayamihāyātāḥ śaṃkaraṃ guṇanāyakaṃ| trilocanaṃ vijānīhi surakāryapracoditāḥ
"Know that we have come here, urged on by the gods' business, to see Śaṅkara, the leader of the virtues, the three-eyed one.
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PdP 1 43.381
त्वमेव नो गतिस्तत्र यथाकालानतिक्रमः। स्यात्प्रार्थनैषा प्रायेण प्रतीहारमयी प्रभो
tvameva no gatistatra yathākālānatikramaḥ| syātprārthanaiṣā prāyeṇa pratīhāramayī prabho
"You alone are our recourse in this, so that the proper time is not let slip. Such a request, lord, is generally one made to the doorkeeper."
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PdP 1 43.382
इत्युक्तो मुनिभिः सोथ गौरवात्तानुवाच ह। सवनस्यापरां संध्यां कर्तुं मंदाकिनीं गतः
ityukto munibhiḥ sotha gauravāttānuvāca ha| savanasyāparāṃ saṃdhyāṃ kartuṃ maṃdākinīṃ gataḥ
Thus addressed by the sages, he then, out of respect, said to them: "He has gone to the Mandākinī to perform the latter twilight rite of the savana.
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PdP 1 43.383
क्षणेन भाविता विप्रास्ततो द्रक्ष्यथ शूलिनम्। इत्युक्ता मुनयस्तस्थुर्यत्नात्कार्यविचक्षणाः
kṣaṇena bhāvitā viprāstato drakṣyatha śūlinam| ityuktā munayastasthuryatnātkāryavicakṣaṇāḥ
"In a moment, brahmins, it will happen; then you shall see the trident-bearer." So addressed, the sages, skilled in affairs, waited attentively,
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PdP 1 43.384
गंभीरांबुधरं प्रावृट्तृषिताश्चातका यथा। तथा क्षणेन निष्पन्न समाचारक्रियाविधिम्
gaṃbhīrāṃbudharaṃ prāvṛṭtṛṣitāścātakā yathā| tathā kṣaṇena niṣpanna samācārakriyāvidhim
as thirsty cātaka birds (wait) for a deep raincloud in the rainy season—so (they beheld) him whose round of prescribed observances was completed in a moment,
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PdP 1 43.385
वीरासनकृतोद्देशं मृगचर्मनियामितम्। ततो विनीतो जानुभ्यामवलंब्य महीं मुदा
vīrāsanakṛtoddeśaṃ mṛgacarmaniyāmitam| tato vinīto jānubhyāmavalaṃbya mahīṃ mudā
marked out by his hero's posture, seated upon a deerskin. Then Vīraka, humbly, touching the ground with his knees, joyfully
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PdP 1 43.386
उवाच वीरको देवं प्रणयैकसमाश्रयम्। संप्राप्ता मुनयः सप्त द्रष्टुं त्वां दीप्ततेजसं
uvāca vīrako devaṃ praṇayaikasamāśrayam| saṃprāptā munayaḥ sapta draṣṭuṃ tvāṃ dīptatejasaṃ
said to the god, the sole resort of affection: "Seven sages have arrived to see you, whose splendor blazes.
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PdP 1 43.387
विभो समादिश द्रष्टुं ततो ध्यानमिहार्हसि। इत्युक्तो धूर्जटिस्तेन वीरकेण महात्मना
vibho samādiśa draṣṭuṃ tato dhyānamihārhasi| ityukto dhūrjaṭistena vīrakeṇa mahātmanā
"O pervading one, give the order (to admit them) for the seeing; after that you may resume meditation here." Thus addressed by that great-souled Vīraka, the matted-haired one
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PdP 1 43.388
भ्रूभंगसंज्ञया तेषां प्रवेशाज्ञां ददौ तदा। मूर्द्धकंपेन तान्सप्त वीरकोपि महामुनीन्
bhrūbhaṃgasaṃjñayā teṣāṃ praveśājñāṃ dadau tadā| mūrddhakaṃpena tānsapta vīrakopi mahāmunīn
then gave permission for their entry by the sign of a lift of his brows; and Vīraka too, with a nod of his head, (summoned) those seven great sages
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PdP 1 43.389
आजुहाव विदूरस्थान्दर्शनाय पिनाकिनः। त्वराबद्धजटास्ते च लंबकृष्णानिजांबराः
ājuhāva vidūrasthāndarśanāya pinākinaḥ| tvarābaddhajaṭāste ca laṃbakṛṣṇānijāṃbarāḥ
—he called them, standing far off, to the audience of the Pināka-bearer. And they, their matted hair bound up in haste, wearing their hanging black antelope-skin garments,
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PdP 1 43.390
विविशुर्वेदिकां दिव्यां गिरीशस्य विभोस्ततः। बद्धपाणिपुटा क्षिप्त नाकपुष्पोत्त्करास्ततः
viviśurvedikāṃ divyāṃ girīśasya vibhostataḥ| baddhapāṇipuṭā kṣipta nākapuṣpottkarāstataḥ
then entered the divine altar-terrace of the lord, the mountain-dweller; then, with hands joined in a hollow, having scattered heaps of heavenly flowers,
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PdP 1 43.391
पिनाकिपादयुगलं वंद्य नाकनिवासिनः। ततः स्निग्धेक्षिताः संतो मुनयः शूलपाणिना
pinākipādayugalaṃ vaṃdya nākanivāsinaḥ| tataḥ snigdhekṣitāḥ saṃto munayaḥ śūlapāṇinā
Having saluted the pair of feet of the Pināka-bearer, the dwellers in heaven (did so too); then the good sages (were) looked upon with affection by the Trident-bearer.
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PdP 1 43.392
गिरीशं ते ततो दृष्ट्वा ते समं तुष्टवुर्मुदा
girīśaṃ te tato dṛṣṭvā te samaṃ tuṣṭavurmudā
Then, having seen the Mountain-lord, they all together praised (him) with joy.
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PdP 1 43.393
मुनय ऊचुः-। अहो कृतार्था वयमेव सांप्रतं सुरेश्वरैर्वंदितपादपल्लवम्। विलोकयामो गुणगौरवर्द्धिभिः समादिशेः कार्यमशेषरक्षणम्
munaya ūcuḥ-| aho kṛtārthā vayameva sāṃprataṃ sureśvarairvaṃditapādapallavam| vilokayāmo guṇagauravarddhibhiḥ samādiśeḥ kāryamaśeṣarakṣaṇam
The sages said: Ah, we alone are now fulfilled, in that we behold (him) whose tender feet are saluted by the lords of the gods — command (us), you who abound in the weight of (good) qualities, the task (which is) the protection of all.
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PdP 1 43.394
ततः प्रहस्य सर्वज्ञ उवाच मुनिसत्तमान्। भवतां यद्धृदिगतं कार्यं तत्कुरुताधुना
tataḥ prahasya sarvajña uvāca munisattamān| bhavatāṃ yaddhṛdigataṃ kāryaṃ tatkurutādhunā
Then the All-knowing One, laughing, said to the best of sages: Whatever task is in your heart, do that now.
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PdP 1 43.395
इत्युक्ता मुनयस्तूर्णं ययुर्यत्र च शैलजा। बभाषिरे विभागज्ञा गिरिजां गिरिगह्वरे। रम्यं प्रियमनोहारि मारूपं तपसादह
ityuktā munayastūrṇaṃ yayuryatra ca śailajā| babhāṣire vibhāgajñā girijāṃ girigahvare| ramyaṃ priyamanohāri mārūpaṃ tapasādaha
Thus addressed, the sages went at once to where the Mountain's daughter was; knowing the divisions (of things), they spoke to Girijā in the mountain cave: "Lovely, dear and captivating is your form, (though) burnt by austerity."
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PdP 1 43.396
प्रीतस्ते शंकरः पाणिमेष प्रतिग्रहीष्यति। वयमर्थितवंतस्ते पितरं पूर्वमागताः
prītaste śaṃkaraḥ pāṇimeṣa pratigrahīṣyati| vayamarthitavaṃtaste pitaraṃ pūrvamāgatāḥ
Śaṃkara is pleased with you; he will accept your hand. We, having come first, have made the request to your father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.397
पित्रा सह गृहं गच्छ वयं यामः स्वमंदिरं। इत्युक्ता तपसः सत्यं फलमस्तीति चिंत्य सा
pitrā saha gṛhaṃ gaccha vayaṃ yāmaḥ svamaṃdiraṃ| ityuktā tapasaḥ satyaṃ phalamastīti ciṃtya sā
Go home with your father; we shall go to our own dwelling. Thus addressed, she, thinking "the fruit of austerity is real,"
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PdP 1 43.398
त्वरमाणा ययौ वेश्म पितुर्दिव्यं सुशोभितं। सा तत्र रजनीं मेने वर्षायुतसमां सती
tvaramāṇā yayau veśma piturdivyaṃ suśobhitaṃ| sā tatra rajanīṃ mene varṣāyutasamāṃ satī
hurrying, went to her father's splendid, richly adorned house; there the virtuous woman reckoned the night as equal to ten thousand years,
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PdP 1 43.399
हरदर्शनसंजात समुत्कंठा हिमाद्रिजा। ततो मुहूर्त्ते ब्राह्मे तु तस्याश्चक्रुः सुहृत्क्रियां
haradarśanasaṃjāta samutkaṃṭhā himādrijā| tato muhūrtte brāhme tu tasyāścakruḥ suhṛtkriyāṃ
the daughter of Himālaya, in whom longing had arisen from the sight of Hara. Then, in the Brahmā hour, (her) friends performed for her the (auspicious) rites,
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PdP 1 43.400
नानामंगलसंदोहान्यथावत्क्रमपूर्वकम्। दिव्यमंगलसंयोगान्मंदिरे बहुमंगले 1.43.
nānāmaṃgalasaṃdohānyathāvatkramapūrvakam| divyamaṃgalasaṃyogānmaṃdire bahumaṃgale 1.43.
the various collections of auspicious things, in due order, in the palace full of auspiciousness, by the conjunction of divine auspicious (signs).
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PdP 1 43.401
उपासत गिरिं मूर्त्ता ॠतवः सर्वकामिकाः। वायवः सुखदाश्चासन्संमार्जनविधौ गिरेः
upāsata giriṃ mūrttā ṝtavaḥ sarvakāmikāḥ| vāyavaḥ sukhadāścāsansaṃmārjanavidhau gireḥ
The seasons, embodied, granting all desires, waited upon the mountain; and the winds were bringers of pleasure in the task of sweeping the mountain('s halls).
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PdP 1 43.402
हर्म्येषु श्रीः स्वयं देवी कृतनाना प्रसाधना। कांतिः सर्वेषु भावेषु ॠद्धिश्च भरणाकुला
harmyeṣu śrīḥ svayaṃ devī kṛtanānā prasādhanā| kāṃtiḥ sarveṣu bhāveṣu ṝddhiśca bharaṇākulā
In the mansions the goddess Śrī herself, having made various adornments, and Beauty in all the objects, and Prosperity busied with maintenance (were present).
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PdP 1 43.403
चिंतामणिप्रभृतयो रत्नाश्शैलं समंततः। उपतस्थुर्लताश्चापि कल्पकाद्या महाद्रुमाः
ciṃtāmaṇiprabhṛtayo ratnāśśailaṃ samaṃtataḥ| upatasthurlatāścāpi kalpakādyā mahādrumāḥ
Jewels beginning with the wish-granting gem attended the mountain on all sides, and creepers too, and the great trees beginning with the kalpaka.
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PdP 1 43.404
ओषध्यो मूर्तिमत्यश्च दिव्यौषधिसमन्विताः। रसाश्च धातवश्चैव सर्वे शैलस्य किंकराः
oṣadhyo mūrtimatyaśca divyauṣadhisamanvitāḥ| rasāśca dhātavaścaiva sarve śailasya kiṃkarāḥ
And the herbs, embodied, furnished with divine medicinal plants, and the juices and the minerals — all were servants of the mountain.
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PdP 1 43.405
किंकरास्तस्य शैलस्य व्यग्राश्चाश्रमवर्तिनः। नद्यः समुद्रा निखिलाः स्थावरं जंगमं च यत्
kiṃkarāstasya śailasya vyagrāścāśramavartinaḥ| nadyaḥ samudrā nikhilāḥ sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ ca yat
Servants of that mountain, busy, dwelling in the hermitage; the rivers, all the oceans, and whatever is immobile and mobile —
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PdP 1 43.406
ते सर्वे हिमशैलस्य महिमानमवर्द्धयन्। अभवन्मुनयो नागा यक्षा गंधर्वकिन्नराः
te sarve himaśailasya mahimānamavarddhayan| abhavanmunayo nāgā yakṣā gaṃdharvakinnarāḥ
all these increased the greatness of the Snow-mountain; sages, nāgas, yakṣas, gandharvas and kinnaras (also) were (there).
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PdP 1 43.407
शंकरस्यापि विबुधा गंधमादनपर्वते। सज्जमंडनसंभारास्तस्थुर्निर्मल मूर्त्तयः
śaṃkarasyāpi vibudhā gaṃdhamādanaparvate| sajjamaṃḍanasaṃbhārāstasthurnirmala mūrttayaḥ
And for Śaṃkara's sake the gods, on Mount Gandhamādana, with the materials of adornment made ready, stood with spotless forms.
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PdP 1 43.408
शर्वस्याथ जटाजूटे चंद्रखंडं पितामहः। बबंध प्रणयोदार विस्फारितविलोचनः
śarvasyātha jaṭājūṭe caṃdrakhaṃḍaṃ pitāmahaḥ| babaṃdha praṇayodāra visphāritavilocanaḥ
Then the Grandfather bound the crescent of the moon in Śarva's matted hair, his eyes wide open with generous affection.
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PdP 1 43.409
कपालमालां विपुलां चामुंडा मूर्ध्नि बध्नती। उवाच गिरिशं काली पुत्रं जनय शंकर
kapālamālāṃ vipulāṃ cāmuṃḍā mūrdhni badhnatī| uvāca giriśaṃ kālī putraṃ janaya śaṃkara
Cāmuṇḍā, binding a great garland of skulls on (his) head — Kālī said to the Mountain-dweller: "Beget a son, O Śaṃkara,
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PdP 1 43.410
यो दैत्येंद्रकुलं हत्वा मां रक्तैस्तर्पयिष्यति। शौरिर्वतंसिकारत्नं कंठाभरणमुज्वलम्
yo daityeṃdrakulaṃ hatvā māṃ raktaistarpayiṣyati| śaurirvataṃsikāratnaṃ kaṃṭhābharaṇamujvalam
one who, slaying the race of the demon-lords, will satisfy me with their blood." Śauri (took up) a jewel for the ear-ornament, a brilliant neck-ornament,
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PdP 1 43.411
भुजंगाभरणं गृह्य सज्जश्शंभोः पुरोऽभवत्। शक्रो गजाजिनं तस्य वसाभ्यक्ताग्रपल्लवम्
bhujaṃgābharaṇaṃ gṛhya sajjaśśaṃbhoḥ puro'bhavat| śakro gajājinaṃ tasya vasābhyaktāgrapallavam
Taking up the serpent as an ornament, (he) stood ready before Śambhu; Śakra (took) his elephant-hide, whose fringe-tips were smeared with fat —
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PdP 1 43.412
दध्रे सरभसं स्विद्यद्विस्तीर्ण मुखपंकजम्। वायवश्च ववुस्तीक्ष्णास्तीक्ष्णं हिमगिरिप्रभम्
dadhre sarabhasaṃ svidyadvistīrṇa mukhapaṃkajam| vāyavaśca vavustīkṣṇāstīkṣṇaṃ himagiriprabham
— (he) took (it) up eagerly, his broad lotus-face sweating; and the winds blew sharp — the fierce (bull), bright as the snow-mountain,
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PdP 1 43.413
वृषं विभूषयामासुर्हरयानं मनोजवम्। विरेजुर्नयनान्तस्थाः शंभोः सूर्यानलेंदवः
vṛṣaṃ vibhūṣayāmāsurharayānaṃ manojavam| virejurnayanāntasthāḥ śaṃbhoḥ sūryānaleṃdavaḥ
— (they) adorned the bull, Hara's mount, swift as thought; and the sun, fire and moon, standing at the corners of Śambhu's eyes, shone,
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PdP 1 43.414
स्वां द्युतिं लोकनाथस्य जगतः कर्मसाक्षिणः। चिताभस्मसमाधत्त कपाले रजतप्रभम्
svāṃ dyutiṃ lokanāthasya jagataḥ karmasākṣiṇaḥ| citābhasmasamādhatta kapāle rajataprabham
(placing) their own radiance (there). The ash of the cremation ground settled itself upon the silver-gleaming skull of the Lord of the worlds, the witness of the world's deeds.
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PdP 1 43.415
मनुजास्थिमयीं मालां निबंबंध च पाणिना। प्रेताधिपः पुरे दूरे सभयः समवर्तत
manujāsthimayīṃ mālāṃ nibaṃbaṃdha ca pāṇinā| pretādhipaḥ pure dūre sabhayaḥ samavartata
And with his hand (he) bound on the garland made of human bones; the lord of the dead, in fear, kept himself far off in the city.
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PdP 1 43.416
नानाकारमहारत्नभूषणं धनदाहृतम्। विहायोदीप्तसर्पेंद्र कटकेन स्वपाणिना
nānākāramahāratnabhūṣaṇaṃ dhanadāhṛtam| vihāyodīptasarpeṃdra kaṭakena svapāṇinā
Setting aside the ornament of great gems of many shapes brought by the giver of wealth (Kubera), with his own hand, bangled with a blazing serpent-king,
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PdP 1 43.417
कर्णोत्तंसं चकारेशो ह्यमलं तक्षकं स्वयम्। निष्पन्नाभरणं चैव प्रसाध्येशं प्रसाधनैः
karṇottaṃsaṃ cakāreśo hyamalaṃ takṣakaṃ svayam| niṣpannābharaṇaṃ caiva prasādhyeśaṃ prasādhanaiḥ
the Lord himself made the spotless Takṣaka his ear-ornament; and having thus adorned with adornments the Lord, whose ornamentation was now complete,
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PdP 1 43.418
तत्राप्येषा नियमतो ह्यभवन्व्यग्रमूर्तयः। मुमोचाभिनवान्सर्वरम्यशालिरसौषधीन्
tatrāpyeṣā niyamato hyabhavanvyagramūrtayaḥ| mumocābhinavānsarvaramyaśālirasauṣadhīn
there too these (beings), by rule, became busy in body; (she) put forth all fresh, delightful rice-saps and herbs.
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PdP 1 43.419
व्यग्रा तु पृथिवी देवी सर्वभावात्मनोरमा। गृहीत्वा वरुणः साक्षाद्रत्नाढ्याभरणानि च
vyagrā tu pṛthivī devī sarvabhāvātmanoramā| gṛhītvā varuṇaḥ sākṣādratnāḍhyābharaṇāni ca
And the goddess Earth was busy, delightful in her very nature to all beings; and Varuṇa in person, taking ornaments rich with gems,
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PdP 1 43.420
पुष्पाणि च विचित्राणि नानारत्नमयानि तु। तस्थौ साभरणो देवः सर्वज्ञः सर्वदेहिनाम्
puṣpāṇi ca vicitrāṇi nānāratnamayāni tu| tasthau sābharaṇo devaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvadehinām
and variegated flowers made of many jewels — (thus) the god stood ornamented, who knows all embodied beings.
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PdP 1 43.421
ज्वलनश्चापि दिव्यानि हैमान्याभरणानि च। जातरूपपवित्राणि प्रयतः समुपस्थितः
jvalanaścāpi divyāni haimānyābharaṇāni ca| jātarūpapavitrāṇi prayataḥ samupasthitaḥ
And Fire too, self-restrained, attended with divine golden ornaments, purified with native gold.
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PdP 1 43.422
वायुर्ववौ च सुरभिः सुखसंस्पर्शनो विभुम्। छत्रं चंद्रकरोद्दामं हासितं च शतक्रतुः
vāyurvavau ca surabhiḥ sukhasaṃsparśano vibhum| chatraṃ caṃdrakaroddāmaṃ hāsitaṃ ca śatakratuḥ
And the wind blew fragrant and pleasant to the touch upon the mighty one; and Śatakratu, (holding up) the parasol brilliant with moonbeams and gleaming white,
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PdP 1 43.423
जग्राह मुदितः श्रीमान्बाहुभिर्वज्रभूषणः। जगुर्गंधर्वमुख्याश्च ननृतुश्चाप्सरोगणाः
jagrāha muditaḥ śrīmānbāhubhirvajrabhūṣaṇaḥ| jagurgaṃdharvamukhyāśca nanṛtuścāpsarogaṇāḥ
the glorious one, delighted, ornamented with the thunderbolt, grasped it with his arms; and the chief gandharvas sang, and the troops of apsarases danced.
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PdP 1 43.424
वादयंतोतिमधुरं जगुर्गंधर्वकिन्नराः। मुहूर्तादृतवस्तत्र जगुश्च ननृतुश्च वै
vādayaṃtotimadhuraṃ jagurgaṃdharvakinnarāḥ| muhūrtādṛtavastatra jaguśca nanṛtuśca vai
Playing very sweetly, the gandharvas and kinnaras sang; and in a moment the seasons there both sang and danced.
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PdP 1 43.425
चपलाश्च गणास्तस्थुर्लोडयंतो हिमाचलम्। उपविष्टः क्रमाद्धाता विश्वकृद्भगनेत्रहा
capalāśca gaṇāstasthurloḍayaṃto himācalam| upaviṣṭaḥ kramāddhātā viśvakṛdbhaganetrahā
And the restless hosts stood there, shaking the Himalaya; in due course the Ordainer, maker of the universe, destroyer of Bhaga's eye, was seated and
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PdP 1 43.426
चकारौद्वाहिकं कृत्यं पत्न्या सह यथोदितम्। दत्तार्घ्यो गिरिराजेन सुरवृंदैर्विनोदितः
cakāraudvāhikaṃ kṛtyaṃ patnyā saha yathoditam| dattārghyo girirājena suravṛṃdairvinoditaḥ
performed the wedding rite with his wife as has been prescribed; having been given the guest-offering by the king of mountains, and entertained by the throngs of gods,
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PdP 1 43.427
अवसत्तां क्षपां तत्र पत्न्या सह पुरांतकः। ततो गंधर्वगीतेन नृत्येनाप्सरसामपि
avasattāṃ kṣapāṃ tatra patnyā saha purāṃtakaḥ| tato gaṃdharvagītena nṛtyenāpsarasāmapi
the ender of the citadel spent that night there with his wife; then, with the gandharvas' song and the dancing of the apsarases,
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PdP 1 43.428
स्तुतिभिर्देवदैत्यानां विबुद्धो विबुधाधिपः। आमंत्र्य हिमशैलेंद्रं प्रभाते जायया सह
stutibhirdevadaityānāṃ vibuddho vibudhādhipaḥ| āmaṃtrya himaśaileṃdraṃ prabhāte jāyayā saha
and with the praises of gods and demons, the lord of the gods awoke; and taking leave of the Himalaya, lord of mountains, at dawn, together with his bride,
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PdP 1 43.429
जगाम मंदरगिरिं वायुवेगेन शृंगिणा। ततो गते भगवति नीललोहिते सहोमया रतिमनुभूतभूधरः
jagāma maṃdaragiriṃ vāyuvegena śṛṃgiṇā| tato gate bhagavati nīlalohite sahomayā ratimanubhūtabhūdharaḥ
he went to Mount Mandara with the speed of wind, on the horned one (the bull). Then, when the blessed dark-red one had gone, having enjoyed love with Umā, the mountain
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PdP 1 43.430
सबांधवो भवति हि कस्य नो मनो विशृंखलं जगति हि कन्यका पितुः। पुरोद्यानेषु रम्येषु विविक्तेषु वनेषु च
sabāṃdhavo bhavati hi kasya no mano viśṛṃkhalaṃ jagati hi kanyakā pituḥ| purodyāneṣu ramyeṣu vivikteṣu vaneṣu ca
was with his kinsmen — for whose mind in this world is not unrestrained? Indeed a daughter belongs to her father. And in lovely city-gardens and in secluded forests,
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PdP 1 43.431
सुरक्तहृदयो देव्या विजहार भगाक्षिहा। ततो बहुतिथे काले पुत्रनाम्ना गिरेः सुता
suraktahṛdayo devyā vijahāra bhagākṣihā| tato bahutithe kāle putranāmnā gireḥ sutā
With heart full of love, the destroyer of Bhaga's eye (Śiva) took his pleasure with the Goddess. Then, after a long time, the mountain's daughter,
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PdP 1 43.432
सखीभिः सहिता क्रीडां चक्रे कृत्रिम पुत्रकैः। कदाचिद्गंधतैलेन गात्रमभ्यज्य शैलजा
sakhībhiḥ sahitā krīḍāṃ cakre kṛtrima putrakaiḥ| kadācidgaṃdhatailena gātramabhyajya śailajā
together with her friends, played with artificial little sons. Once, having smeared her body with scented oil, the mountain-born one
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PdP 1 43.433
चूर्णैरुद्वर्तयामास मलेनापूरितां तनुम्। तदुद्वर्त्तनकं गृह्य नरं चक्रे गजाननम्
cūrṇairudvartayāmāsa malenāpūritāṃ tanum| tadudvarttanakaṃ gṛhya naraṃ cakre gajānanam
rubbed off with powders the body that had become filled with dirt; and taking that rubbed-off paste, she made a man with an elephant's face.
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PdP 1 43.434
पुरुषं क्रीडती देवी तच्चाप्यक्षिपदंभसि। जाह्नव्या शिवया सख्या ततः सोभूद्बृहत्तनुः
puruṣaṃ krīḍatī devī taccāpyakṣipadaṃbhasi| jāhnavyā śivayā sakhyā tataḥ sobhūdbṛhattanuḥ
The Goddess, at play, threw that man too into the water; then, by Jāhnavī (Gaṅgā), the friend of Śivā, he became huge of body,
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PdP 1 43.435
कायेनातिविशालेन जगदापूरयत्तदा। पुत्रेत्युवाच तं देवी पुत्रेत्यूचे च जाह्नवी
kāyenātiviśālena jagadāpūrayattadā| putretyuvāca taṃ devī putretyūce ca jāhnavī
and with his exceedingly vast body he then filled the world. The Goddess called him "son", and Jāhnavī too called him "son".
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PdP 1 43.436
गांगेय इति देवैस्तु पूजितोऽभूद्गजाननः। विनायकाधिपत्यं च ददावस्य पितामहः
gāṃgeya iti devaistu pūjito'bhūdgajānanaḥ| vināyakādhipatyaṃ ca dadāvasya pitāmahaḥ
So the elephant-faced one was honoured by the gods as "Gāṅgeya" (son of Gaṅgā); and the Grandfather (Brahmā) gave him the overlordship of the Vināyakas.
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PdP 1 43.437
पुनः सा क्रीडती चक्रे तरुं च वरवर्णिनी। मनोज्ञमंकुरं रूढमशोकस्य शुभानना
punaḥ sā krīḍatī cakre taruṃ ca varavarṇinī| manojñamaṃkuraṃ rūḍhamaśokasya śubhānanā
Again, at play, that lady of lovely colour, fair of face, made a tree — a pleasing aśoka shoot that had sprung up;
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PdP 1 43.438
वर्द्धयामास तं चापि कृतसंस्कारमंगलम्। बृहस्पतिमुखैर्विप्रैर्दिवस्पतिपुरोहितैः
varddhayāmāsa taṃ cāpi kṛtasaṃskāramaṃgalam| bṛhaspatimukhairviprairdivaspatipurohitaiḥ
and she had it made to grow, the auspicious rite of consecration being performed for it by brahmins headed by Bṛhaspati, the priests of the lord of heaven.
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PdP 1 43.439
ततो देवैः समुनिभिः प्रोक्ता देवी त्विदं वचः। अधुना दर्शिते मार्गे मर्यादां कर्तुमर्हसि
tato devaiḥ samunibhiḥ proktā devī tvidaṃ vacaḥ| adhunā darśite mārge maryādāṃ kartumarhasi
Then the Goddess was addressed by the gods together with the sages with this speech: "Now that the way has been shown, you ought to lay down the rule.
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PdP 1 43.440
फलं किं भविता देवि कल्पितैस्तरुपुत्रकैः। इत्युक्ता हर्षपूर्णांगी प्रोवाचातिशुभां गिरं
phalaṃ kiṃ bhavitā devi kalpitaistaruputrakaiḥ| ityuktā harṣapūrṇāṃgī provācātiśubhāṃ giraṃ
What will be the fruit, O Goddess, of these fashioned tree-sons?" Thus addressed, her limbs filled with joy, she spoke most auspicious words:
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PdP 1 43.441
एकं निरुदके ग्रामे यः कूपं कारयेद्बुधः। बिंदौबिंदौ च तोयस्य स वसेद्वत्सरं दिवि
ekaṃ nirudake grāme yaḥ kūpaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ| biṃdaubiṃdau ca toyasya sa vasedvatsaraṃ divi
"The wise man who has a single well dug in a village without water — for each single drop of its water he dwells a year in heaven.
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PdP 1 43.442
दशकूपसमावापी दशवापीसमो ह्रदः। दशह्रदसमा कन्या दशकन्यासमो द्रुमः
daśakūpasamāvāpī daśavāpīsamo hradaḥ| daśahradasamā kanyā daśakanyāsamo drumaḥ
A step-well equals ten wells, a lake equals ten step-wells, a daughter equals ten lakes, and a tree equals ten daughters.
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PdP 1 43.443
एषा वै शुभ मर्यादा नियता लोकभाविनी। इत्युक्तास्तु ततो विप्रा बृहस्पतिपुरोगमाः
eṣā vai śubha maryādā niyatā lokabhāvinī| ityuktāstu tato viprā bṛhaspatipurogamāḥ
This indeed is the auspicious rule, fixed and destined to hold for the world." Thus addressed, the brahmins headed by Bṛhaspati
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PdP 1 43.444
जग्मुः स्वमंदिराण्येव भवानीं वंद्य मातरं। गतेषु तेषु देवोपि शंकरः पर्वतात्मजां
jagmuḥ svamaṃdirāṇyeva bhavānīṃ vaṃdya mātaraṃ| gateṣu teṣu devopi śaṃkaraḥ parvatātmajāṃ
went to their own dwellings, after saluting mother Bhavānī. When they had gone, the god Śaṅkara too, with the mountain's daughter
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PdP 1 43.445
पाणिनालम्ब्यमानेन न स्वमावासमगच्छत। चित्तप्रसादजननं प्रासादाट्टालगोपुरं
pāṇinālambyamānena na svamāvāsamagacchata| cittaprasādajananaṃ prāsādāṭṭālagopuraṃ
clinging to him by the hand, did not go to his own abode, but (to that pleasure-house) which brings delight to the mind, with its mansions, turrets and gate-towers,
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PdP 1 43.446
लंबमौक्तिकदामानं मालिकाकुलवेदिकं। सुनद्धकलधौतं च क्रीडागृहमनोगतं
laṃbamauktikadāmānaṃ mālikākulavedikaṃ| sunaddhakaladhautaṃ ca krīḍāgṛhamanogataṃ
hung with strings of pearls, its terraces thick with garlands, well overlaid with gold — a pleasure-house after one's own heart,
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PdP 1 43.447
प्रकीर्णकुसुमामोद मत्तालिकुलकूजितम्। किन्नरोद्गीतसंगीत गृहांतरितभित्तिकम्
prakīrṇakusumāmoda mattālikulakūjitam| kinnarodgītasaṃgīta gṛhāṃtaritabhittikam
humming with swarms of bees maddened by the fragrance of the scattered flowers, its inner walls (resounding) with the concert sung by kinnaras,
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PdP 1 43.448
सुगंधिधूपसंघातं मनःप्राप्यमलक्षितं। क्रीडामयूरनारीभिरभितो रभसार्पितं
sugaṃdhidhūpasaṃghātaṃ manaḥprāpyamalakṣitaṃ| krīḍāmayūranārībhirabhito rabhasārpitaṃ
with masses of sweet-smelling incense, unseen (yet) reachable by the mind, on every side eagerly beset by pet peacocks and by women,
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PdP 1 43.449
हंससंघातसंदिष्ट स्फटिकस्तभंतोरणं। अनाविलमसंभ्रांत्या बहुशः किन्नराकुलं
haṃsasaṃghātasaṃdiṣṭa sphaṭikastabhaṃtoraṇaṃ| anāvilamasaṃbhrāṃtyā bahuśaḥ kinnarākulaṃ
its crystal pillars and archways marked out by flocks of geese, unclouded, thronged again and again by kinnaras without any confusion,
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PdP 1 43.450
शुकैर्यत्राभिदृश्यंते पद्मरागविनिर्मिताः। भित्तयो जातिसंभ्रांत्या प्रतिबिंबितमौक्तिकाः1.43.
śukairyatrābhidṛśyaṃte padmarāgavinirmitāḥ| bhittayo jātisaṃbhrāṃtyā pratibiṃbitamauktikāḥ1.43.
where the walls, made of ruby, are stared at by parrots through a mistaking of species, with pearls reflected in them.
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PdP 1 43.451
तत्राक्षैः प्रियया देवो विहर्तुमुपचक्रमे। स्वछेंद्रनीलभूभागे क्रीडंतौ यत्र संस्थितौ
tatrākṣaiḥ priyayā devo vihartumupacakrame| svacheṃdranīlabhūbhāge krīḍaṃtau yatra saṃsthitau
There the god set about amusing himself at dice with his beloved, on a floor of flawless sapphire, where the two of them sat playing.
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PdP 1 43.452
वपुः सहायतां प्राप्तौ विनोदरसनिर्वृतौ। एवं प्रक्रीडतोस्तत्र देवीशंकरयोस्तदा
vapuḥ sahāyatāṃ prāptau vinodarasanirvṛtau| evaṃ prakrīḍatostatra devīśaṃkarayostadā
Their bodies came to be a support to each other, and they were content with the savour of their diversion. As the Goddess and Śaṃkara were thus playing there,
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PdP 1 43.453
प्रादुर्भूतो महाशब्दः पतितांबरगोचरः। तच्छ्रुत्वा कौतुकाद्देवी किमेतदिति शंकरम्
prādurbhūto mahāśabdaḥ patitāṃbaragocaraḥ| tacchrutvā kautukāddevī kimetaditi śaṃkaram
a great sound arose, falling within the compass of the sky. Hearing it, the Goddess out of curiosity (asked) Śaṃkara, "What is this?"
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PdP 1 43.454
पर्यपृच्छत्सुरवरं हरं विस्मितपूर्वकं। उवाच देवो नैतत्ते दृष्टपूर्वं शुचिस्मिते
paryapṛcchatsuravaraṃ haraṃ vismitapūrvakaṃ| uvāca devo naitatte dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ śucismite
She questioned Hara, the best of gods, with astonishment. The god said: "This has not been seen by you before, O bright-smiling one.
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PdP 1 43.455
एते गणेशाः क्रीडंते शैलेस्मिन्मत्प्रियाः सदा। तपसा ब्रह्मचर्येण नामभिः क्षेत्रसेवनैः
ete gaṇeśāḥ krīḍaṃte śailesminmatpriyāḥ sadā| tapasā brahmacaryeṇa nāmabhiḥ kṣetrasevanaiḥ
These lords of hosts, ever dear to me, are playing on this mountain—by austerity, by chastity, by (my) names, by service at (my) holy places,
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PdP 1 43.456
यैरहं तोषितः पूर्वं त एते मनुजोत्तमाः। मत्समीपमनुप्राप्ता मम हृद्याः शुभानने
yairahaṃ toṣitaḥ pūrvaṃ ta ete manujottamāḥ| matsamīpamanuprāptā mama hṛdyāḥ śubhānane
by which I was pleased of old: these are the best of men, who have come into my presence, dear to my heart, O fair-faced one.
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PdP 1 43.457
कामरूपा महोत्साहा महारूपगुणान्विताः। कर्मभिर्विस्मयं तेषां प्रयामि बलशालिनाम्
kāmarūpā mahotsāhā mahārūpaguṇānvitāḥ| karmabhirvismayaṃ teṣāṃ prayāmi balaśālinām
They take what form they wish, they are of great vigour, endowed with great beauty and qualities; I am filled with wonder at the deeds of those mighty ones,
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PdP 1 43.458
सामरस्यास्य जगतः सृष्टिसंहरणक्षमाः। ब्रह्मचन्द्रेंद्र गंधर्वैस्सकिन्नरमहोरगैः
sāmarasyāsya jagataḥ sṛṣṭisaṃharaṇakṣamāḥ| brahmacandreṃdra gaṃdharvaissakinnaramahoragaiḥ
who are able to create and destroy this world together with its gods. Though I am forsaken by Brahmā, the moon, Indra, and the gandharvas with the kinnaras and great serpents,
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PdP 1 43.459
विवर्जितोप्यहं नित्यं नैभिर्विरहितो रमे। हृद्या मे चारुसर्वाङ्गि त एते क्रीडिता गिरौ
vivarjitopyahaṃ nityaṃ naibhirvirahito rame| hṛdyā me cārusarvāṅgi ta ete krīḍitā girau
still I never take pleasure when parted from these. They are dear to me, O you of lovely limbs—these who play upon the mountain."
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PdP 1 43.460
इत्युक्ता तु तदा देवी त्यक्त्वा तं विस्मयाकुला। गवाक्षांतरमासाद्य प्रेक्षते चकितानना
ityuktā tu tadā devī tyaktvā taṃ vismayākulā| gavākṣāṃtaramāsādya prekṣate cakitānanā
Thus addressed, the Goddess, overcome with wonder, left him then, and reaching a window she looks out, her face startled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.461
यावंतस्ते कृशा दीर्घा ह्रस्वाः स्थूला महोदराः। व्याघ्रेभवदनाः केचित्केचिन्मेषाजरूपिणः
yāvaṃtaste kṛśā dīrghā hrasvāḥ sthūlā mahodarāḥ| vyāghrebhavadanāḥ kecitkecinmeṣājarūpiṇaḥ
All of them as they were: lean, tall, short, bulky, huge-bellied; some with the faces of tigers and elephants, some with the forms of rams and goats,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.462
अनेकप्राणिरूपाश्च ज्वालास्याः कृष्णपिंगलाः। सौम्या भीमाः स्मितमुखाः कृष्णपिंगजटास्सदा
anekaprāṇirūpāśca jvālāsyāḥ kṛṣṇapiṃgalāḥ| saumyā bhīmāḥ smitamukhāḥ kṛṣṇapiṃgajaṭāssadā
and having the shapes of many (kinds of) creatures, with flaming mouths, black and tawny; some mild, some terrible, some smiling-faced, with matted locks ever black and tawny,
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PdP 1 43.463
नानाविहंगवदना नानाविधसुराननाः। कौशेयचर्मवसना नग्नाश्चान्यो विरूपिणः
nānāvihaṃgavadanā nānāvidhasurānanāḥ| kauśeyacarmavasanā nagnāścānyo virūpiṇaḥ
with the faces of various birds, with the countenances of various gods, clothed in silk and in hides, and others naked and misshapen,
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PdP 1 43.464
गोकर्णा गजकर्णाश्च बहुवक्त्रेक्षणोदराः। बहुपादा बहुभुजा दिव्यनानास्त्रपाणयः
gokarṇā gajakarṇāśca bahuvaktrekṣaṇodarāḥ| bahupādā bahubhujā divyanānāstrapāṇayaḥ
cow-eared and elephant-eared, with many mouths, eyes and bellies, many-footed, many-armed, holding various divine weapons in their hands,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.465
अनेककुसुमापीडा नानाव्याकुलभीषणाः। कृतनानायुधधरा नानाकवचभूषणाः
anekakusumāpīḍā nānāvyākulabhīṣaṇāḥ| kṛtanānāyudhadharā nānākavacabhūṣaṇāḥ
wearing garlands of many flowers, frightful with their manifold confusion, bearing weapons of many kinds that had been made, adorned with various armour,
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PdP 1 43.466
विचित्रवाहनारूढा दिव्यरूपा वियच्चराः। वीणावाद्यरवोद्घुष्टा नानास्थानकनर्तकाः
vicitravāhanārūḍhā divyarūpā viyaccarāḥ| vīṇāvādyaravodghuṣṭā nānāsthānakanartakāḥ
mounted on wondrous vehicles, of divine form, moving through the air, resounding with the sound of the playing of lutes, dancing in various postures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.467
गणेशांस्तांस्तथा दृष्ट्वा देवी प्रोवाच शंकरम्। देव्युवाच-। गणेशाः कतिसंख्याताः किंनामानः किमात्मकाः
gaṇeśāṃstāṃstathā dṛṣṭvā devī provāca śaṃkaram| devyuvāca-| gaṇeśāḥ katisaṃkhyātāḥ kiṃnāmānaḥ kimātmakāḥ
Seeing those lords of hosts thus, the Goddess spoke to Śaṃkara. The Goddess said: "How many are the lords of hosts reckoned to be? What are their names? What is their nature?
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PdP 1 43.468
एकैकशो मम ब्रूहि निष्ठिता ये पृथक्पृथक्। शंकर उवाच-। कोटिकोटिश्च संख्याता नानाविख्यातपौरुषाः
ekaikaśo mama brūhi niṣṭhitā ye pṛthakpṛthak| śaṃkara uvāca-| koṭikoṭiśca saṃkhyātā nānāvikhyātapauruṣāḥ
Tell me one by one of those who stand each apart." Śaṃkara said: "They are reckoned as crores upon crores, their manly powers renowned in many ways.
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PdP 1 43.469
जगदापूरितं सर्वमेभिर्भीमैर्महाबलैः। सिद्धक्षेत्रेषु रथ्यासु जीर्णोद्यानेषु वेश्मसु
jagadāpūritaṃ sarvamebhirbhīmairmahābalaiḥ| siddhakṣetreṣu rathyāsu jīrṇodyāneṣu veśmasu
This whole world is filled by these terrible, greatly powerful ones. Into the fields of the siddhas, into streets, into decayed gardens, into houses,
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PdP 1 43.470
दानवानां शरीरेषु बालेषून्मत्तकेषु च। एते विशंति मुदिता नानाहारविहारिणः
dānavānāṃ śarīreṣu bāleṣūnmattakeṣu ca| ete viśaṃti muditā nānāhāravihāriṇaḥ
into the bodies of the dānavas, into children and into the mad—into these they enter joyfully, roaming about with (their) various foods.
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PdP 1 43.471
ऊष्मपाः फेनपाश्चैव धूमपा मधुपायिनः। मेदाहारारुधिरपास्सर्वभक्षा ह्यभोजनाः
ūṣmapāḥ phenapāścaiva dhūmapā madhupāyinaḥ| medāhārārudhirapāssarvabhakṣā hyabhojanāḥ
Steam-drinkers and foam-drinkers, smoke-drinkers and honey-drinkers, eaters of fat, drinkers of blood, eaters of everything, and those who eat nothing at all —
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PdP 1 43.472
देवादास्तापसाहारा नानावाद्यरतिप्रियाः। न हि वक्तुमनंतत्वाच्छक्यन्ते हि गणाः पृथक्
devādāstāpasāhārā nānāvādyaratipriyāḥ| na hi vaktumanaṃtatvācchakyante hi gaṇāḥ pṛthak
eaters of what is offered to the gods, those whose food is ascetics' fare, lovers of various instrumental music and of pleasure — for the hosts cannot be told one by one, since they are endless.
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PdP 1 43.473
देव्युवाच-। नागत्वगुत्तरासंगः शुद्धांगो मुंजमेखली। मनःशिलेन कल्केन चपलो रंजिताननः
devyuvāca-| nāgatvaguttarāsaṃgaḥ śuddhāṃgo muṃjamekhalī| manaḥśilena kalkena capalo raṃjitānanaḥ
The Goddess said: With an upper garment of snake-skin, pure of limb, girt with a muñja-grass belt, that nimble one with his face reddened with a paste of realgar,
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PdP 1 43.474
भृंगदष्टोत्पलानां च स्रग्दामा मधुराकृतिः। पाषाणशकलोत्तान कांस्यतालप्रवर्तकः
bhṛṃgadaṣṭotpalānāṃ ca sragdāmā madhurākṛtiḥ| pāṣāṇaśakalottāna kāṃsyatālapravartakaḥ
wearing a garland of lotuses bitten by bees, sweet of form, holding up a fragment of stone, beating bronze cymbals —
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PdP 1 43.475
असौ गणेश्वरो देव किंनामा किन्नरानुगः। य एष गणगीतेषु दत्तकर्णो मुहुर्मुहुः
asau gaṇeśvaro deva kiṃnāmā kinnarānugaḥ| ya eṣa gaṇagīteṣu dattakarṇo muhurmuhuḥ
who is this lord of hosts, O god, and what is his name, this one followed by kinnaras, who again and again lends his ear to the songs of the hosts?
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PdP 1 43.476
शर्व उवाच-। स एष वीरको देवि सदा मे हृदयप्रियः। नानाश्चर्यगुणाधारो गणेश्वर गणार्चितः
śarva uvāca-| sa eṣa vīrako devi sadā me hṛdayapriyaḥ| nānāścaryaguṇādhāro gaṇeśvara gaṇārcitaḥ
Śarva said: That one is Vīraka, O Goddess, always dear to my heart, the repository of many wondrous qualities, a lord of hosts honoured by the hosts.
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PdP 1 43.477
देव्युवाच। ईदृशस्य सुतस्यास्ति ममोत्कंठा पुरांतक। कदाहमीदृशं पुत्रं द्रक्ष्याम्यानंददायकं
devyuvāca| īdṛśasya sutasyāsti mamotkaṃṭhā purāṃtaka| kadāhamīdṛśaṃ putraṃ drakṣyāmyānaṃdadāyakaṃ
The Goddess said: I have a longing for such a son, O ender of Pura; when shall I behold such a son, a giver of delight?
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PdP 1 43.478
शर्व उवाच-। एष एव सुतस्तेस्तु नयनानंदकारकः। त्वया मात्रा कृतार्थो हि वीरकोपि सुमध्यमे
śarva uvāca-| eṣa eva sutastestu nayanānaṃdakārakaḥ| tvayā mātrā kṛtārtho hi vīrakopi sumadhyame
Śarva said: Let this very one be your son, one who brings delight to your eyes; for with you as his mother even Vīraka has attained his purpose, O fair-waisted one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.479
इत्युक्त्वा प्रेषयामास विजयां हर्षणोत्सुकां। वीरकानयनायाशु दुहिता भूभृतः सखीं
ityuktvā preṣayāmāsa vijayāṃ harṣaṇotsukāṃ| vīrakānayanāyāśu duhitā bhūbhṛtaḥ sakhīṃ
Having said this, he at once sent Vijayā, the mountain-daughter's friend, eager with joy, to bring Vīraka.
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PdP 1 43.480
सावरुह्य त्वरायुक्ता प्रासादादंबरस्पृशः। गणपं गणमध्यस्थं सूर्यकोटिप्रवर्तनम्
sāvaruhya tvarāyuktā prāsādādaṃbaraspṛśaḥ| gaṇapaṃ gaṇamadhyasthaṃ sūryakoṭipravartanam
She, filled with haste, descended from the sky-touching palace (and approached) the lord of the hosts, who stood in the midst of the hosts, shining forth like ten million suns.
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PdP 1 43.481
विजयोवाच-। एहि वीरक चापल्यात्त्वया देवी प्रतोषिता। त्वामाह्वयति चेत्युक्तस्त्यक्त्वा पाषाणखंडकम्
vijayovāca-| ehi vīraka cāpalyāttvayā devī pratoṣitā| tvāmāhvayati cetyuktastyaktvā pāṣāṇakhaṃḍakam
Vijayā said: Come, Vīraka; by your nimbleness you have pleased the Goddess, and she summons you. Thus addressed, he cast aside the piece of stone,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.482
देव्याः सपीपमागच्छद्विजयानुगतः शनैः। प्रासादशिखरोत्फुल्लरक्तांबुजनिभ द्युतिः
devyāḥ sapīpamāgacchadvijayānugataḥ śanaiḥ| prāsādaśikharotphullaraktāṃbujanibha dyutiḥ
and slowly came near the Goddess, following behind Vijayā, his radiance like a red lotus blooming on the summit of the palace.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.483
तं दृष्ट्वा प्रस्थितानल्पस्वादुक्षीरपयोधरा। गिरिजोवाच-। पिब क्षीरमिदं वत्स स्रुतं पिब यथेच्छकम्
taṃ dṛṣṭvā prasthitānalpasvādukṣīrapayodharā| girijovāca-| piba kṣīramidaṃ vatsa srutaṃ piba yathecchakam
Seeing him approach, she whose breasts (flowed with) abundant sweet milk — Girijā said: Drink this milk, my child, it is flowing; drink as much as you wish.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.484
उवाच देवी सस्नेहं गिरा मधुरवर्णया। एहि सद्यो हि जातोसि मे पुत्रको देवदेवेन दत्तोधुना वीरक
uvāca devī sasnehaṃ girā madhuravarṇayā| ehi sadyo hi jātosi me putrako devadevena dattodhunā vīraka
The Goddess spoke affectionately, in a voice of sweet tone: Come, for you are this very moment born as my little son, given to me now by the god of gods, O Vīraka.
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PdP 1 43.485
उक्तवत्यंकआधाय पर्यष्वजत्तं कपोले चुचुंबागराण्नंदिनी। मूर्ध्न्युपाघ्राय संमार्ज्य गात्राणि चाभूषयामास दिव्यैः स्वयंभूषणैः
uktavatyaṃkaādhāya paryaṣvajattaṃ kapole cucuṃbāgarāṇnaṃdinī| mūrdhnyupāghrāya saṃmārjya gātrāṇi cābhūṣayāmāsa divyaiḥ svayaṃbhūṣaṇaiḥ
Having spoken, she set him on her lap and embraced him, and the mountain's daughter kissed him on the cheek; smelling his head, wiping his limbs, she adorned him with her own divine ornaments:
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PdP 1 43.486
किंकिणीमेखलानूपुरैः सन्मणिप्रोतकेयूरहारैरमूल्यैर्गुणैः। कोमलैः पल्लवैश्चित्रितश्चारुभिर्मंगलैः कंकणैर्दिव्यमंत्रोद्भवैः
kiṃkiṇīmekhalānūpuraiḥ sanmaṇiprotakeyūrahārairamūlyairguṇaiḥ| komalaiḥ pallavaiścitritaścārubhirmaṃgalaiḥ kaṃkaṇairdivyamaṃtrodbhavaiḥ
with little bells, girdle and anklets, with armlets and necklaces strung with fine gems, with priceless cords, and with lovely auspicious bracelets, variegated with soft sprouts, arisen from divine mantras.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.487
तस्य शुद्धैस्ततोभूरिभिश्चाकरोन्मिश्रसिद्धार्थकैरङ्गरक्षाविधिं। एवमादाय चोवाच कृत्वा स्रजं मूर्ध्नि गोरोचनापत्रभंगोज्ज्वलैः
tasya śuddhaistatobhūribhiścākaronmiśrasiddhārthakairaṅgarakṣāvidhiṃ| evamādāya covāca kṛtvā srajaṃ mūrdhni gorocanāpatrabhaṃgojjvalaiḥ
Then with pure and plentiful mixed white-mustard seeds she performed for him the rite of guarding the body; and having thus taken him up she spoke, after placing on his head a garland bright with gorocanā and leaf-designs.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.488
वत्सवत्साधुना क्रीड सार्द्धं गणैरप्रमत्तो व्रज श्वभ्रवर्जं शनैः। व्यालमालाकुलाः शैलसानुद्रुमादंतिभिर्भग्नशाखाः परं भंगिनः
vatsavatsādhunā krīḍa sārddhaṃ gaṇairapramatto vraja śvabhravarjaṃ śanaiḥ| vyālamālākulāḥ śailasānudrumādaṃtibhirbhagnaśākhāḥ paraṃ bhaṃginaḥ
Child, dear child, now play together with the hosts; go carefully, avoiding pits, and slowly; the trees on the mountain slopes are thronged with rows of snakes, their branches broken by elephants and extremely brittle.
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PdP 1 43.489
जाह्नवीमंडलक्षुब्धतोयाकुलं मा विशेथा बहुव्याघ्रजुष्टे वने। वत्स संख्येषु दुर्गेषु यद्वीरक पुत्र भावायतां स्वच्छचित्तो जनः
jāhnavīmaṃḍalakṣubdhatoyākulaṃ mā viśethā bahuvyāghrajuṣṭe vane| vatsa saṃkhyeṣu durgeṣu yadvīraka putra bhāvāyatāṃ svacchacitto janaḥ
Do not enter the forest frequented by many tigers, troubled with waters churned by the swirl of the Jāhnavī. Child, in battles and in difficult places — O son Vīraka — let a man of clear mind be watchful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
PdP 1 43.490
प्रार्थितं भव्यमायातिभाविन्यसौ भाव्यतां सोपि निर्वर्त्यसर्वैर्गुणैः। एवमुक्तोऽनया वीरको मातरं सस्मयन्नाह लीलावशाविष्टधीः
prārthitaṃ bhavyamāyātibhāvinyasau bhāvyatāṃ sopi nirvartyasarvairguṇaiḥ| evamukto'nayā vīrako mātaraṃ sasmayannāha līlāvaśāviṣṭadhīḥ
What is prayed for, if it is auspicious, comes about in time; let that too be brought about, perfected with all good qualities. Thus addressed by her, Vīraka, his mind given over to playfulness, smiled and said to his mother:
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PdP 1 43.491
एष मात्रा स्वयं मे कृतः कंकणः पत्रकश्चित्रितः पाटलैर्बिंदुभिः। चारुपुष्पैरियं मालतीभिः कृतामालिका मे शिरस्याहिता कोमला
eṣa mātrā svayaṃ me kṛtaḥ kaṃkaṇaḥ patrakaścitritaḥ pāṭalairbiṃdubhiḥ| cārupuṣpairiyaṃ mālatībhiḥ kṛtāmālikā me śirasyāhitā komalā
"This bracelet was made for me by my mother herself, and the leaf-ornament painted with pale-red dots; this soft garland, made of lovely mālatī blossoms, was placed on my head by her."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
PdP 1 43.492
तोषयामीश्वरीमित्ययं सत्वरं चिंतयित्वा व्रजद्बाह्यतः क्रीडनम्। स्वैर्गणैः संयुतो वीरको हर्षितो दक्षिणात्पश्चिमं पश्चिमादुत्तरम्
toṣayāmīśvarīmityayaṃ satvaraṃ ciṃtayitvā vrajadbāhyataḥ krīḍanam| svairgaṇaiḥ saṃyuto vīrako harṣito dakṣiṇātpaścimaṃ paścimāduttaram
"Thus I shall please the Goddess" — so thinking, he quickly went outside to play; joined by his own troop of attendants, Vīraka in his delight went from the south to the west, and from the west to the north.
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PdP 1 43.493
उत्तरात्पूर्वमभ्येत्य सख्यायुता प्रेक्षते तं गवाक्षांतराद्वीरकं। शैलपुत्री बहिः क्रीडितारं जगत्स्नेहतः पुत्रलुब्धायतस्सोत्र कः
uttarātpūrvamabhyetya sakhyāyutā prekṣate taṃ gavākṣāṃtarādvīrakaṃ| śailaputrī bahiḥ krīḍitāraṃ jagatsnehataḥ putralubdhāyatassotra kaḥ
Coming from the north to the east, accompanied by her friend, the Mountain's daughter watched that Vīraka through the window-lattice, as he played outside; out of affection for him — for who in this world is not greedy for a son?
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PdP 1 43.494
मोहमायाति यः स्वल्पवेत्ता जडो मांसविण्मूत्रसंघातदेहोद्वहः। द्रष्टुमभ्यंतरं नाकवासेश्वरेष्विन्दुमौलिप्रविष्टेषु कक्षांतरम्
mohamāyāti yaḥ svalpavettā jaḍo māṃsaviṇmūtrasaṃghātadehodvahaḥ| draṣṭumabhyaṃtaraṃ nākavāseśvareṣvindumaulipraviṣṭeṣu kakṣāṃtaram
He who knows little, dull, bearing a body that is a heap of flesh, dung and urine, falls into delusion; (whereas) the lords who dwell in heaven, admitted into the moon-crested one's presence, (may) see the inner chamber, the space within the enclosure.
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PdP 1 43.495
वाहनान्येवमारोहमाणास्ततो लोकपालास्त्रपूगं मुहूर्त्तावधि। खड्ग एषो विखड्गाकरो निर्मलः कृंतकः कस्य केनाहृतो ब्रूत नः
vāhanānyevamārohamāṇāstato lokapālāstrapūgaṃ muhūrttāvadhi| khaḍga eṣo vikhaḍgākaro nirmalaḥ kṛṃtakaḥ kasya kenāhṛto brūta naḥ
Thus the (Guardians of the quarters) were mounting their vehicles; then, for a moment, (the attendants examined) the array of weapons of the World-Guardians: "This is a sword, formless as a sword, spotless, a cutter — whose is it, and by whom was it brought here? Tell us."
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PdP 1 43.496
नोभवेद्धस्तदंडेन किं ब्रूमहे भीममूर्त्यं गणे नास्ति कृत्यं गिरौ। पाश एषोस्ति तेनात्र को बध्यते मा वृथा लोकपालानुगास्तिष्ठत
nobhaveddhastadaṃḍena kiṃ brūmahe bhīmamūrtyaṃ gaṇe nāsti kṛtyaṃ girau| pāśa eṣosti tenātra ko badhyate mā vṛthā lokapālānugāstiṣṭhata
"With a staff in hand it cannot be — what shall we say? There is no work for a terrible form among the troop on the mountain. This is a noose; by it, who is to be bound here? Do not, O followers of the World-Guardians, stand about in vain."
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PdP 1 43.497
एवमेवैतदित्यब्रुवंस्ते तदा वीक्ष्य देवानुगं वीरकं रक्षकं। प्राह देवी वने पर्वते निर्जराध्यग्निशालामुखे भूतले भूतपाः
evamevaitadityabruvaṃste tadā vīkṣya devānugaṃ vīrakaṃ rakṣakaṃ| prāha devī vane parvate nirjarādhyagniśālāmukhe bhūtale bhūtapāḥ
"It is just so" — thus they were saying then, when, seeing Vīraka, the god's follower, the guardian, the Goddess said: "O guardians of beings, in the forest, on the mountain, at the waterfalls, at the entrance of the fire-hall, on the ground —
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PdP 1 43.498
निर्झरांभो निपातेषु नो मज्जतात्पुष्पजालावनद्धेषु धामस्वपि। प्रोच्चनानाद्रिकुंजावगाहेष्वथो मारुतास्फोटसंरक्षणे कामतः
nirjharāṃbho nipāteṣu no majjatātpuṣpajālāvanaddheṣu dhāmasvapi| proccanānādrikuṃjāvagāheṣvatho mārutāsphoṭasaṃrakṣaṇe kāmataḥ
"— at the fallings of the waterfall's water let him not sink; also in the dwellings enclosed by nets of flowers, in the plunges into the mountain thickets where (creatures) cry aloud, and in protection from the buffeting of the wind — (guard him) as you wish."
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PdP 1 43.499
कांचनोत्तुंग शृंगावरोहक्षितौ हैमरेणूत्करासंगपिंगद्युतिः। खेचराणां वने चापि रम्ये बभौ रूपसंपत्प्रकारोगणो वासितुम्
kāṃcanottuṃga śṛṃgāvarohakṣitau haimareṇūtkarāsaṃgapiṃgadyutiḥ| khecarāṇāṃ vane cāpi ramye babhau rūpasaṃpatprakārogaṇo vāsitum
On ground where the high golden peaks descend, tawny-radiant from the clinging masses of golden dust, and also in the pleasant forest of the sky-travellers, the troop shone in its abundance of beauty, ready to settle there.
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PdP 1 43.500
मंदरेकंदरे चारुवापीतटे कुन्दमंदारपुष्पप्रवालांबुजे। सिद्धनारीभिरापीतरूपामृतं विस्तृतैर्नेत्रमात्रैरनुन्मेषिभिः1.43.
maṃdarekaṃdare cāruvāpītaṭe kundamaṃdārapuṣpapravālāṃbuje| siddhanārībhirāpītarūpāmṛtaṃ vistṛtairnetramātrairanunmeṣibhiḥ1.43.
In a cave of Mandara, on the bank of a lovely pool bearing kunda and mandāra flowers, shoots and lotuses, the nectar of (his) beauty was drunk in by the Siddha women with wide eyes alone, unblinking.
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PdP 1 43.501
वीरकं शैलपुत्री निमेषांतरादस्मरत्पुत्रगृध्नुर्विनोदार्थिनी। सोपि तादृक्क्षणावाप्तपुण्योदयो यो हि जन्मांतरेऽस्यात्मजत्वं ततः
vīrakaṃ śailaputrī nimeṣāṃtarādasmaratputragṛdhnurvinodārthinī| sopi tādṛkkṣaṇāvāptapuṇyodayo yo hi janmāṃtare'syātmajatvaṃ tataḥ
After the space of a blink the Mountain's daughter, greedy for a son and seeking diversion, remembered Vīraka; and he too, having in such a moment obtained the rising of merit — for indeed in another birth he attains the state of being her son — thereupon...
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PdP 1 43.502
क्रीडतस्तस्य तृप्तिः कथं जायते योपि भावाज्यग? द्वेधसा तेजसा। कलिपतःप्रेक्षणं दिव्यगीतक्षणं नृत्यलोलैर्गणैशैः प्रवृत्यक्षणं
krīḍatastasya tṛptiḥ kathaṃ jāyate yopi bhāvājyaga? dvedhasā tejasā| kalipataḥprekṣaṇaṃ divyagītakṣaṇaṃ nṛtyalolairgaṇaiśaiḥ pravṛtyakṣaṇaṃ
How could satiety arise for him as he played, he who ... by the twofold (?) splendour: the moment of watching the ..., the moment of divine song, the moment of activity with the attendants eager for dancing;
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PdP 1 43.503
सिंहनादाकुले गंडशैले ज्वलद्रत्नजाले बृहत्सालतालेक्षणम्। फुल्लनाना तमालालिकालेक्षणं वृक्षमूले विलोलोमरालेक्षणम्
siṃhanādākule gaṃḍaśaile jvaladratnajāle bṛhatsālatālekṣaṇam| phullanānā tamālālikālekṣaṇaṃ vṛkṣamūle vilolomarālekṣaṇam
on a boulder-crag loud with lions' roars, in a network of blazing gems, the sight of great sāla and tāla trees; the sight of rows of bees on the many blossoming tamāla trees; at the foot of a tree the sight of restless flamingoes;
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PdP 1 43.504
स्वल्पपंके जले पंकजांकेक्षणं मातुरंके शुभे निष्कलंकेक्षणम्। परिक्रीडते बाललीलाविसारी गणेशाधिपा देवतानंदकारी
svalpapaṃke jale paṃkajāṃkekṣaṇaṃ māturaṃke śubhe niṣkalaṃkekṣaṇam| parikrīḍate bālalīlāvisārī gaṇeśādhipā devatānaṃdakārī
in water with little mud the sight of lotus-marks; in his mother's auspicious lap the sight of the spotless one — thus he plays about, spreading childish play, the lord of the chiefs of the Gaṇas, giving joy to the gods,
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PdP 1 43.505
निकुंजेषु विद्याधरोद्गीतशीलः पिनाकीव लीलाविलासैः सलीलः। प्रकाश्य भुवनं गोभिस्ततो दिनकरे गते
nikuṃjeṣu vidyādharodgītaśīlaḥ pinākīva līlāvilāsaiḥ salīlaḥ| prakāśya bhuvanaṃ gobhistato dinakare gate
in the thickets accustomed to the loud song of the Vidyādharas, playful with playful sports like the Trident-bearer. Then, when the sun, having lit up the world with its rays, had gone
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PdP 1 43.506
देशांतरं तदा पश्चाद्दूरस्थो धरणीधरः। मित्रत्वमस्य सुदृढं हृदये द्योतयन्निव
deśāṃtaraṃ tadā paścāddūrastho dharaṇīdharaḥ| mitratvamasya sudṛḍhaṃ hṛdaye dyotayanniva
to another region, thereafter the mountain, standing far off, as though displaying in his heart his firm friendship for him,
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PdP 1 43.507
नित्यमाराधितो विप्रैः श्रीमान्विघनसः सुतः। नाकरोत्सवितुर्मेरुरुपकारं पतिष्यतः
nityamārādhito vipraiḥ śrīmānvighanasaḥ sutaḥ| nākarotsaviturmerurupakāraṃ patiṣyataḥ
— the glorious Meru, the cloud-dispelling (?) son, ever worshipped by the brahmins — did no service to the sun as he was about to set.
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PdP 1 43.508
जनेष्वेषा व्यवस्थेति श्रूयते स्रवलितो ह्यधः। दिनेनानुगतो भानुः स्वजनं परिपूरयन्
janeṣveṣā vyavastheti śrūyate sravalito hyadhaḥ| dinenānugato bhānuḥ svajanaṃ paripūrayan
"This is the way among people" — so it is heard; for (the sun) glided downward, the sun followed by the day, filling up his own people.
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PdP 1 43.509
संध्याबद्धांजलिपुटा मुनयोभिमुखा रविम्। यावदद्यासते शीघ्रं निवार्योष्णाभिभाविताम्
saṃdhyābaddhāṃjalipuṭā munayobhimukhā ravim| yāvadadyāsate śīghraṃ nivāryoṣṇābhibhāvitām
At twilight the sages, with cupped hands joined, facing the sun, sit today only until (sunset), having warded off the overpowering of the heat.
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PdP 1 43.510
व्यजृंभताथ लोकेस्मिन्क्रमाद्वैभावरं तमः। कुटिलस्येव हृदये कालुष्यं दूषयन्मनः
vyajṛṃbhatātha lokesminkramādvaibhāvaraṃ tamaḥ| kuṭilasyeva hṛdaye kāluṣyaṃ dūṣayanmanaḥ
Then in this world the darkness of night gradually spread out, defiling the mind like the foulness in the heart of a crooked man.
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PdP 1 43.511
ज्वलत्फणिफणारत्नदीपोद्योतित भित्तिके। शयने शशसंघात रत्नवस्त्रोत्तरच्छदे
jvalatphaṇiphaṇāratnadīpodyotita bhittike| śayane śaśasaṃghāta ratnavastrottaracchade
— on a bed whose surrounding walls were lit up by the lamp-like blazing jewels in the hoods of serpents, (heaped) with a mass of hare's fur and having a jewelled cloth for its upper coverlet;
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PdP 1 43.512
नानारत्नद्युतिलसच्छक्रचापविडंबके। रत्नैः किंकिणिजालेन लसन्मुक्ताकलापके
nānāratnadyutilasacchakracāpaviḍaṃbake| ratnaiḥ kiṃkiṇijālena lasanmuktākalāpake
— (a bed) that mocked the rainbow with the gleaming lustre of its many jewels, glistening with gems, with a net of little bells and with clusters of pearls;
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PdP 1 43.513
कमनीयचलल्लीला वितानाच्छादितांबरे। मंदरे मंन्दसंचारं गते गिरिसुतायुतः
kamanīyacalallīlā vitānācchāditāṃbare| maṃdare maṃndasaṃcāraṃ gate girisutāyutaḥ
— on Mandara, whose expanse (of sky) was covered over by a lovely, gently moving, graceful canopy: having gone there with slow steps, together with the mountain's daughter,
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PdP 1 43.514
तस्थौ गिरिसुता बाहुलता मिलितकंधरः। शशिमौलिः सितज्योत्स्नास्फारपूरितगोचरः
tasthau girisutā bāhulatā militakaṃdharaḥ| śaśimauliḥ sitajyotsnāsphārapūritagocaraḥ
the moon-crested one stood, his neck encircled by the creeper-arms of the mountain's daughter, the whole field of vision filled with abundant white moonlight.
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PdP 1 43.515
गिरिजाप्यसितापांगी नीलोत्पलदलच्छविः। विभावर्या च संपृक्ता बभूवातीव गोमयी
girijāpyasitāpāṃgī nīlotpaladalacchaviḥ| vibhāvaryā ca saṃpṛktā babhūvātīva gomayī
And Girijā too, dark at the corners of her eyes, with the hue of a blue lotus petal, joined with the night, became exceedingly (dark) as a cow-pen (?).
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PdP 1 43.516
तामुवाच ततो देवः क्रीडाकेलिकलायुताम्
tāmuvāca tato devaḥ krīḍākelikalāyutām
Then the god spoke to her, who was engaged in the arts of amorous play.
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