Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda — Chapter 105

PdP 2 105.1

कुञ्जल उवाच- गता सा नन्दनवनं सखीभिः सह क्रीडितुम्। तत्राकर्ण्य महद्वाक्यमप्रियं तु तदा पितुः

kuñjala uvāca- gatā sā nandanavanaṃ sakhībhiḥ saha krīḍitum| tatrākarṇya mahadvākyamapriyaṃ tu tadā pituḥ

Kuñjala said: She had gone to the Nandana grove to play with her friends; and there she heard a momentous utterance, unwelcome to her father,

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PdP 2 105.2

चारणानां सुसिद्धानां भाषतां हर्षणेन तु। आयोर्गेहे महावीर्यो विष्णुतुल्यपराक्रमः

cāraṇānāṃ susiddhānāṃ bhāṣatāṃ harṣaṇena tu| āyorgehe mahāvīryo viṣṇutulyaparākramaḥ

spoken with delight by the well-perfected Cāraṇas: "In Āyu's house one of great might, whose prowess is equal to Viṣṇu's,

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PdP 2 105.3

भविष्यति सुतश्रेष्ठो हुण्डस्यांतं करिष्यति । एवंविधं महद्वाक्यमप्रियं दुःखदायकम्

bhaviṣyati sutaśreṣṭho huṇḍasyāṃtaṃ kariṣyati | evaṃvidhaṃ mahadvākyamapriyaṃ duḥkhadāyakam

a most excellent son, will be born; he will make an end of Huṇḍa." Such a momentous utterance, unwelcome and productive of sorrow,

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PdP 2 105.4

समाकर्ण्य समायाता पितुरग्रे निवेदितम् । समासेन तया तस्य पुरतो दुःखदायकम्

samākarṇya samāyātā pituragre niveditam | samāsena tayā tasya purato duḥkhadāyakam

having heard, she came and reported it before her father; in brief, by her, before him, the sorrow-bringing (news)

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PdP 2 105.5

पितुरग्रे जगादाथ पिता श्रुत्वा स विस्मितः । शापमशोकसुंदर्याः सस्मार च पुराकृतम्

pituragre jagādātha pitā śrutvā sa vismitaḥ | śāpamaśokasuṃdaryāḥ sasmāra ca purākṛtam

was told before her father; and her father, having heard it, was astonished, and remembered the curse of Aśokasundarī, uttered long before.

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PdP 2 105.6

एतस्यार्थे तपस्तेपे सेयं चाशोकसुंदरी । गर्भस्य नाशनायैव इंदुमत्याः स दानवः

etasyārthe tapastepe seyaṃ cāśokasuṃdarī | garbhasya nāśanāyaiva iṃdumatyāḥ sa dānavaḥ

"For this purpose she, this Aśokasundarī, performed austerities." And that dānava, precisely for the destruction of Indumatī's embryo,

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PdP 2 105.7

विचक्रे उद्यमं दुष्टः कालाकृष्टो दुरात्मवान् । छिद्रान्वेषी ततो भूत्वा इंदुमत्यास्तु नित्यशः

vicakre udyamaṃ duṣṭaḥ kālākṛṣṭo durātmavān | chidrānveṣī tato bhūtvā iṃdumatyāstu nityaśaḥ

the wicked one, evil-souled, dragged along by fate, made his effort; thereafter, becoming a constant seeker of a weak point in Indumatī,

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PdP 2 105.8

यदा पश्यति तां राज्ञीं रूपौदार्यगुणान्विताम् । दिव्यतेजः समायुक्तां रक्षितां विष्णुतेजसा

yadā paśyati tāṃ rājñīṃ rūpaudāryaguṇānvitām | divyatejaḥ samāyuktāṃ rakṣitāṃ viṣṇutejasā

whenever he looked at that queen, endowed with the qualities of beauty and nobility, joined with divine splendour, guarded by Viṣṇu's splendour —

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PdP 2 105.9

दिव्येन तेजसा युक्तां सूर्यबिंबोपमां तु ताम् । तस्याः पार्श्वे महाभाग रक्षणार्थं स्थितः सदा

divyena tejasā yuktāṃ sūryabiṃbopamāṃ tu tām | tasyāḥ pārśve mahābhāga rakṣaṇārthaṃ sthitaḥ sadā

her, endowed with divine splendour, like the orb of the sun — at her side, O greatly blessed one, (he) always stood for her protection.

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PdP 2 105.10

दूरात्स दानवो दुष्टस्तस्याश्च बहुदर्शयन् । नानाविद्यां महोग्रां च भीषिकां सुविभीषिकाम्

dūrātsa dānavo duṣṭastasyāśca bahudarśayan | nānāvidyāṃ mahogrāṃ ca bhīṣikāṃ suvibhīṣikām

From a distance that wicked dānava displayed to her much: manifold and most terrible magic, and frights and dreadful terrors.

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PdP 2 105.11

गर्भस्य तेजसा युक्ता रक्षिता विष्णुतेजसा । भयं न जायते तस्या मनस्येव कदापुनः

garbhasya tejasā yuktā rakṣitā viṣṇutejasā | bhayaṃ na jāyate tasyā manasyeva kadāpunaḥ

Endowed with the splendour of the embryo, guarded by Viṣṇu's splendour, no fear ever arose in her mind at all.

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PdP 2 105.12

विफलो दानवो जात उद्यमश्च निरर्थकः । मनीप्सितं नैव जातं हुंडस्यापि दुरात्मनः

viphalo dānavo jāta udyamaśca nirarthakaḥ | manīpsitaṃ naiva jātaṃ huṃḍasyāpi durātmanaḥ

The Dānava was frustrated, and his effort was fruitless; what he wished for did not come about, not even for the evil-souled Huṇḍa.

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PdP 2 105.13

एवं वर्षशतं पूर्णं पश्यमानस्य तस्य च । प्रसूता सा हि पुत्रं च स्वर्भानोस्तनया तदा

evaṃ varṣaśataṃ pūrṇaṃ paśyamānasya tasya ca | prasūtā sā hi putraṃ ca svarbhānostanayā tadā

Thus a full hundred years passed while he watched, and then that daughter of Svarbhānu gave birth to a son.

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PdP 2 105.14

रात्रावेव सुतश्रेष्ठ तस्याः पुत्रो व्यजायत । तेजसातीव भात्येष यथा सूर्यो नभस्तले

rātrāveva sutaśreṣṭha tasyāḥ putro vyajāyata | tejasātīva bhātyeṣa yathā sūryo nabhastale

It was at night, O best of sons, that her son was born; he shone exceedingly with splendour, like the sun in the sky.

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PdP 2 105.15

सूत उवाच- अथ दासी महादुष्टा काचित्सूतिगृहागता । अशौचाचारसंयुक्ता महामंगलवादिनी

sūta uvāca- atha dāsī mahāduṣṭā kācitsūtigṛhāgatā | aśaucācārasaṃyuktā mahāmaṃgalavādinī

Sūta said: Then a certain very wicked maidservant came to the birth-chamber, given to impure conduct, (yet) loudly proclaiming auspicious words.

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PdP 2 105.16

तस्याः सर्वं समाज्ञाय स हुंडो दानवाधमः । दास्या अंगं प्रविश्यैव प्रविष्टश्चायुमन्दिरे

tasyāḥ sarvaṃ samājñāya sa huṃḍo dānavādhamaḥ | dāsyā aṃgaṃ praviśyaiva praviṣṭaścāyumandire

Learning all this from her, that Huṇḍa, lowest of Dānavas, entered into the maidservant's body and so entered Āyu's palace.

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PdP 2 105.17

महाजने प्रसुप्ते च निद्रयातीवमोहिते । तं पुत्रं देवगर्भाभमपहृत्य बहिर्गतः

mahājane prasupte ca nidrayātīvamohite | taṃ putraṃ devagarbhābhamapahṛtya bahirgataḥ

When the great household was fast asleep and utterly stupefied by slumber, he carried off that son, who resembled a child of the gods, and went out.

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PdP 2 105.18

कांचनाख्यपुरे प्राप्तः स्वकीये दानवाधमः । समाहूय प्रियां भार्यां विपुलां वाक्यमब्रवीत्

kāṃcanākhyapure prāptaḥ svakīye dānavādhamaḥ | samāhūya priyāṃ bhāryāṃ vipulāṃ vākyamabravīt

Having reached his own city named Kāñcana, that lowest of Dānavas summoned his dear wife Vipulā and spoke these words:

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PdP 2 105.19

वधस्वैनं महापापं बालरूपं रिपुं मम । पश्चात्सूदस्य वै हस्ते भोजनार्थं प्रदीयताम्

vadhasvainaṃ mahāpāpaṃ bālarūpaṃ ripuṃ mama | paścātsūdasya vai haste bhojanārthaṃ pradīyatām

"Kill this great sinner, my enemy in the form of a child; afterwards let him be handed over to the cook for a meal.

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PdP 2 105.20

नानाभेदैर्विभेदैश्च पाचयस्व हि निर्घृणम् । सूदहस्तान्महाभागे पश्चाद्भोक्ष्ये न संशयः

nānābhedairvibhedaiśca pācayasva hi nirghṛṇam | sūdahastānmahābhāge paścādbhokṣye na saṃśayaḥ

Have (him) cooked, pitilessly, in various pieces and portions; then, O greatly fortunate one, I shall eat (him) from the cook's hand—no doubt of it."

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PdP 2 105.21

वाक्यमाकर्ण्य तद्भर्तुर्विपुला विस्मिताभवत् । कस्मान्निर्घृणतां याति भर्त्ता मम सुनिष्ठुरः

vākyamākarṇya tadbharturvipulā vismitābhavat | kasmānnirghṛṇatāṃ yāti bharttā mama suniṣṭhuraḥ

Hearing that speech of her husband, Vipulā was astonished: "Why does my husband turn so pitiless and utterly harsh?

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PdP 2 105.22

सर्वलक्षणसंपन्नं देवगर्भोपमं सुतम् । कस्य कस्मात्प्रभक्ष्येत क्षमाहीनः सुनिर्घृणः

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ devagarbhopamaṃ sutam | kasya kasmātprabhakṣyeta kṣamāhīnaḥ sunirghṛṇaḥ

Whose son is this, endowed with every (auspicious) mark, like a child of the gods? Why should he be devoured by one merciless and quite pitiless?"

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PdP 2 105.23

इत्येवं चिंतयामास कारुण्येन समन्विता । पुनः पप्रच्छ भर्तारं कस्माद्भक्ष्यसि बालकम्

ityevaṃ ciṃtayāmāsa kāruṇyena samanvitā | punaḥ papraccha bhartāraṃ kasmādbhakṣyasi bālakam

Thus she reflected, filled with compassion, and again she asked her husband: "Why will you eat the child?

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PdP 2 105.24

कस्माद्भवसि संक्रुद्धो अतीव निरपत्रपः । सर्वं मे कारणं ब्रूहि तत्त्वेन दनुजेश्वर

kasmādbhavasi saṃkruddho atīva nirapatrapaḥ | sarvaṃ me kāraṇaṃ brūhi tattvena danujeśvara

Why have you become so enraged and utterly shameless? Tell me the whole reason truly, O lord of the Danu-born."

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PdP 2 105.25

आत्मदोषं च वृत्तांतं समासेन निवेदितम् । शापमशोकसुंदर्या हुंडेनापि दुरात्मना

ātmadoṣaṃ ca vṛttāṃtaṃ samāsena niveditam | śāpamaśokasuṃdaryā huṃḍenāpi durātmanā

And his own fault and the whole story was told in brief, (as was) the curse by Aśokasundarī—by the evil-souled Huṇḍa (himself).

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PdP 2 105.26

तया ज्ञातं तु तत्सर्वं कारणं दानवस्य वै । वध्योऽयं बालकः सत्यं नो वा भर्त्ता मरिष्यति

tayā jñātaṃ tu tatsarvaṃ kāraṇaṃ dānavasya vai | vadhyo'yaṃ bālakaḥ satyaṃ no vā bharttā mariṣyati

By her all that reason of the Dānava was understood: "Truly this boy is to be killed, or else my husband will die."

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PdP 2 105.27

इत्येवं प्रविचार्यैव विपुला क्रोधमूर्च्छिता । मेकलां तु समाहूय सैरंध्रीं वाक्यमब्रवीत्

ityevaṃ pravicāryaiva vipulā krodhamūrcchitā | mekalāṃ tu samāhūya sairaṃdhrīṃ vākyamabravīt

Having deliberated thus, Vipulā, stupefied with anger, summoned the chambermaid Mekalā and spoke these words:

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PdP 2 105.28

जह्येनं बालकं दुष्टं मेकलेऽद्य महानसे । सूदहस्ते प्रदेहि त्वं हुण्डभोजनहेतवे

jahyenaṃ bālakaṃ duṣṭaṃ mekale'dya mahānase | sūdahaste pradehi tvaṃ huṇḍabhojanahetave

"Kill this wicked boy today in the kitchen, Mekalā; hand him over to the cook, for Huṇḍa's meal."

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PdP 2 105.29

मेकला बालकं गृह्य सूदमाहूय चाब्रवीत् । राजादेशं कुरुष्वाद्य पचस्वैनं हि बालकम्

mekalā bālakaṃ gṛhya sūdamāhūya cābravīt | rājādeśaṃ kuruṣvādya pacasvainaṃ hi bālakam

Mekalā took the boy, called the cook, and said: "Carry out the king's order today; cook this boy."

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PdP 2 105.30

एवमाकर्णितं तेन सूदेनापि महात्मना । आदाय बालकं हस्ताच्छस्त्रमुद्यम्य चोद्यतः

evamākarṇitaṃ tena sūdenāpi mahātmanā | ādāya bālakaṃ hastācchastramudyamya codyataḥ

This was heard by that cook too, a great-souled man; taking the boy in his hand and raising the knife, he set about it.

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PdP 2 105.31

एष वै देवदेवस्य दत्तात्रेयस्य तेजसा । रक्षितस्त्वायुपुत्रश्च स जहास पुनः पुनः

eṣa vai devadevasya dattātreyasya tejasā | rakṣitastvāyuputraśca sa jahāsa punaḥ punaḥ

"This one indeed is protected by the power of Dattātreya, the god of gods — and he is Āyu's son!" And he laughed again and again.

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PdP 2 105.32

हसंतं तं समालोक्य स सूदः कृपयान्वितः । सैरंध्री च कृपायुक्ता सूदं तं प्रत्यभाषत

hasaṃtaṃ taṃ samālokya sa sūdaḥ kṛpayānvitaḥ | sairaṃdhrī ca kṛpāyuktā sūdaṃ taṃ pratyabhāṣata

Seeing him laughing, that cook was filled with pity; and the serving-maid too, filled with pity, spoke to that cook.

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PdP 2 105.33

नैष वध्यस्त्वया सूद शिशुरेव महामते । दिव्यलक्षणसंपन्नः कस्य जातः सुसत्कुले

naiṣa vadhyastvayā sūda śiśureva mahāmate | divyalakṣaṇasaṃpannaḥ kasya jātaḥ susatkule

"He is not to be killed by you, cook; he is only an infant, O great-minded one. Endowed with divine marks, in whose very good family was he born?"

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PdP 2 105.34

सूद उवाच- सत्यमुक्तं त्वया भद्रे वाक्यं वै कृपयान्वितम् । राजलक्षणसंपन्नो रूपवान्कस्य बालकः

sūda uvāca- satyamuktaṃ tvayā bhadre vākyaṃ vai kṛpayānvitam | rājalakṣaṇasaṃpanno rūpavānkasya bālakaḥ

The cook said: "You have spoken truly, good lady, a speech indeed filled with pity. Whose is this boy, handsome, endowed with royal marks?"

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PdP 2 105.35

कस्माद्भोक्ष्यति दुष्टात्मा हुंडोऽयं दानवाधमः । येन वै रक्षितो वंशः पूर्वमेव सुकर्मणा

kasmādbhokṣyati duṣṭātmā huṃḍo'yaṃ dānavādhamaḥ | yena vai rakṣito vaṃśaḥ pūrvameva sukarmaṇā

"Why should this evil-souled Huṇḍa, lowest of Dānavas, eat him — he by whose good deeds his lineage was protected long before?"

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PdP 2 105.36

आपत्स्वपि स जीवेत दुर्गेषु नान्यथा भवेत् । सिंधुवेगेन नीतस्तु वह्निमध्ये गतोऽथवा

āpatsvapi sa jīveta durgeṣu nānyathā bhavet | siṃdhuvegena nītastu vahnimadhye gato'thavā

Even amid calamities and in dire straits he would live; it could not be otherwise — even if carried off by the ocean's current, or gone into the midst of fire,

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PdP 2 105.37

जीवतेनात्र संदेहो यश्च कर्मसहायवान् । तस्माद्धि क्रियते कर्म धर्मपुण्यसमन्वितम्

jīvatenātra saṃdeho yaśca karmasahāyavān | tasmāddhi kriyate karma dharmapuṇyasamanvitam

he lives — there is no doubt here — whoever has (his) karma as helper. Therefore indeed one performs action joined with dharma and merit.

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PdP 2 105.38

आयुष्मंतो नरास्तेन प्रवदंति सुखं ततः । तारकं पालकं कर्म रक्षते जाग्रते हि तत्

āyuṣmaṃto narāstena pravadaṃti sukhaṃ tataḥ | tārakaṃ pālakaṃ karma rakṣate jāgrate hi tat

By that men are long-lived, and thereafter they speak of happiness. Action is a ferrier and a protector; it protects, for it stays awake.

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PdP 2 105.39

मुक्तिदं जायते नित्यं मैत्रस्थानप्रदायकम् । दानपुण्यान्वितं कर्म प्रियवाक्यसमन्वितम्

muktidaṃ jāyate nityaṃ maitrasthānapradāyakam | dānapuṇyānvitaṃ karma priyavākyasamanvitam

It becomes ever a giver of liberation, a bestower of a place of friendship — action joined with the merit of giving and accompanied by kind speech.

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PdP 2 105.40

उपकारयुतं यश्च करोति शुभकृत्तदा । तमेव रक्षते कर्म सर्वदैव न संशयः

upakārayutaṃ yaśca karoti śubhakṛttadā | tameva rakṣate karma sarvadaiva na saṃśayaḥ

And whoever, a doer of good, then performs (action) joined with benefit to others, that very action protects him always, without doubt.

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PdP 2 105.41

अन्ययोनिं प्रयाति स्म प्रेरितः स्वेन कर्मणा । किं करोति पिता माता अन्ये स्वजनबान्धवाः

anyayoniṃ prayāti sma preritaḥ svena karmaṇā | kiṃ karoti pitā mātā anye svajanabāndhavāḥ

One goes to another womb, driven by one's own karma; what can a father do, or a mother, or other kinsmen and relatives?

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PdP 2 105.42

कर्मणा निहतो यस्तु न स्युस्तस्य च रक्षणे । सूत उवाच- येनैव कर्मणा चैव रक्षितश्चायुनंदनः

karmaṇā nihato yastu na syustasya ca rakṣaṇe | sūta uvāca- yenaiva karmaṇā caiva rakṣitaścāyunaṃdanaḥ

But he who is struck down by (his own) karma — they would be of no use in protecting him. Sūta said: By that very karma by which the son of Āyu was protected,

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PdP 2 105.43

तस्मात्कृपान्वितो जातः सूदः कर्मवशानुगः । सैरंध्री च तथा जाता प्रेरिता तस्य कर्मणा

tasmātkṛpānvito jātaḥ sūdaḥ karmavaśānugaḥ | sairaṃdhrī ca tathā jātā preritā tasya karmaṇā

by that the cook, following the power of karma, became filled with pity; and the serving-maid too became so, impelled by his karma.

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PdP 2 105.44

द्वाभ्यामेव सुतश्चायो रक्षितश्चारुलक्षणः । रात्रावेव प्रणीतोऽसौ तस्माद्गेहान्महाश्रमे

dvābhyāmeva sutaścāyo rakṣitaścārulakṣaṇaḥ | rātrāveva praṇīto'sau tasmādgehānmahāśrame

By these two alone was the son of Āyu, of lovely marks, protected; that very night he was carried away from that house to a great hermitage,

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PdP 2 105.45

वशिष्ठस्याश्रमे पुण्ये सैरंध्र्या पुण्यकर्मणा । शुभे पर्णकुटीद्वारे तस्मिन्नेव महाश्रमे

vaśiṣṭhasyāśrame puṇye sairaṃdhryā puṇyakarmaṇā | śubhe parṇakuṭīdvāre tasminneva mahāśrame

to Vasiṣṭha's holy hermitage, by the serving-maid of meritorious deed, (and set down) at the auspicious door of a leaf-hut in that very great hermitage.

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PdP 2 105.46

गता सा स्वगृहं पश्चान्निक्षिप्य बालकोत्तमम् । एणं निपात्य सूदेन पाचितं मांसमेव हि

gatā sā svagṛhaṃ paścānnikṣipya bālakottamam | eṇaṃ nipātya sūdena pācitaṃ māṃsameva hi

Afterwards she went to her own house, having laid down the excellent boy; and the cook, having felled a deer, cooked its flesh.

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PdP 2 105.47

भोजयित्वा सुदैत्येंद्रो हुंडो हृष्टोभवत्तदा । शापमशोकसुंदर्या मोघं मेने तदासुरः

bhojayitvā sudaityeṃdro huṃḍo hṛṣṭobhavattadā | śāpamaśokasuṃdaryā moghaṃ mene tadāsuraḥ

Having fed (him), Huṇḍa, that lord of the Daityas, became delighted then; the demon then reckoned Aśokasundarī's curse to be in vain.

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PdP 2 105.48

हर्षेण महताविष्टः स हुंडो दानवेश्वरः । कुंजल उवाच- प्रभाते विमले जाते वशिष्ठो मुनिसत्तमः

harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭaḥ sa huṃḍo dānaveśvaraḥ | kuṃjala uvāca- prabhāte vimale jāte vaśiṣṭho munisattamaḥ

That Huṇḍa, lord of the Dānavas, was possessed by great joy. Kuñjala said: When bright morning had come, Vasiṣṭha, best of sages,

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PdP 2 105.49

बहिर्गतो हि धर्मात्मा कुटीद्वारात्प्रपश्यति । संपूर्णं बालकं दृष्ट्वा दिव्यलक्षणसंयुतम्

bahirgato hi dharmātmā kuṭīdvārātprapaśyati | saṃpūrṇaṃ bālakaṃ dṛṣṭvā divyalakṣaṇasaṃyutam

the righteous one, having gone outside, looks out from the door of the hut; seeing there a whole (living) boy endowed with divine marks,

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PdP 2 105.50

संपूर्णेंदुप्रतीकाशं सुंदरं चारुलोचनम् । वशिष्ठ उवाच- पश्यंतु मुनयः सर्वे यूयमागत्य बालकम्

saṃpūrṇeṃdupratīkāśaṃ suṃdaraṃ cārulocanam | vaśiṣṭha uvāca- paśyaṃtu munayaḥ sarve yūyamāgatya bālakam

resembling the full moon, beautiful, with lovely eyes — Vasiṣṭha said: Let all you sages come and look at the boy!

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PdP 2 105.51

कस्य केन समानीतं रात्रौ द्वारांगणे मम । देवगंधर्वगर्भाभं राजलक्षणसंयुतम्

kasya kena samānītaṃ rātrau dvārāṃgaṇe mama | devagaṃdharvagarbhābhaṃ rājalakṣaṇasaṃyutam

By whom, and how, has (this child) been brought at night to the courtyard of my door — one with the radiance of a child of the gods or gandharvas, endowed with the marks of royalty?

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PdP 2 105.52

कंदर्पकोटिसंकाशं पश्यंतु मुनयोऽमलम् । महाकौतुकसंयुक्ता हृष्टा द्विजवरास्ततः

kaṃdarpakoṭisaṃkāśaṃ paśyaṃtu munayo'malam | mahākautukasaṃyuktā hṛṣṭā dvijavarāstataḥ

Let the sages behold him, spotless, resembling ten million Kandarpas! Then the best of the twice-born, filled with great wonder, delighted,

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PdP 2 105.53

समपश्यन्सुतं ते तु आयोश्चैव महात्मनः । वशिष्ठः स तु धर्मात्मा ज्ञानेनालोक्य बालकम्

samapaśyansutaṃ te tu āyoścaiva mahātmanaḥ | vaśiṣṭhaḥ sa tu dharmātmā jñānenālokya bālakam

they beheld the son of the great-souled Āyu; but that Vasiṣṭha, whose nature was righteousness, having observed the boy by (his) knowledge,

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PdP 2 105.54

आयुपुत्रं समाज्ञातं चरित्रेण समन्वितम् । वृत्तांतं तस्य दुष्टस्य हुण्डस्यापि दुरात्मनः

āyuputraṃ samājñātaṃ caritreṇa samanvitam | vṛttāṃtaṃ tasya duṣṭasya huṇḍasyāpi durātmanaḥ

recognised him fully as Āyu's son, endowed with (good) conduct, and (knew) the whole story of that wicked one, the evil-souled Huṇḍa too.

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PdP 2 105.55

कृपया ब्रह्मपुत्रस्तु समुत्थाय सुबालकम् । कराभ्यामथ गृह्णाति यावद्द्विजो वरोत्तमः

kṛpayā brahmaputrastu samutthāya subālakam | karābhyāmatha gṛhṇāti yāvaddvijo varottamaḥ

Then out of compassion the son of Brahmā rose up, and just as that most excellent twice-born was taking the fine boy in both his hands,

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PdP 2 105.56

तावत्पुष्पसुवृष्टिं च चक्रुर्देवाः सुतोपरि । ललितं सुस्वरं गीतं जगुर्गंधर्वकिन्नराः

tāvatpuṣpasuvṛṣṭiṃ ca cakrurdevāḥ sutopari | lalitaṃ susvaraṃ gītaṃ jagurgaṃdharvakinnarāḥ

at that moment the gods made a fine rain of flowers upon the son, and the gandharvas and kinnaras sang a lovely song in sweet voice.

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PdP 2 105.57

ऋषयो वेदमंत्रैस्तु स्तुवंति नृपनंदनम् । वशिष्ठस्तं समालोक्य वरं वै दत्तवांस्तदा

ṛṣayo vedamaṃtraistu stuvaṃti nṛpanaṃdanam | vaśiṣṭhastaṃ samālokya varaṃ vai dattavāṃstadā

The seers praised the king's son with Vedic mantras; and Vasiṣṭha, looking upon him, then granted a boon:

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PdP 2 105.58

नहुषेत्येव ते नाम ख्यातं लोके भविष्यति । हुषितो नैव तेनापि बालभावैर्नराधिप

nahuṣetyeva te nāma khyātaṃ loke bhaviṣyati | huṣito naiva tenāpi bālabhāvairnarādhipa

"Your name shall be renowned in the world as 'Nahuṣa', for by him too (i.e., Huṇḍa) you were not injured by (your) childish state, O lord of men;

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PdP 2 105.59

तस्मान्नहुष ते नाम देवपूज्यो भविष्यसि। जातकर्मादिकं कर्म तस्य चक्रे द्विजोत्तमः

tasmānnahuṣa te nāma devapūjyo bhaviṣyasi| jātakarmādikaṃ karma tasya cakre dvijottamaḥ

therefore your name is Nahuṣa, and you will be honoured by the gods." The best of the twice-born performed for him the birth rites and the rest,

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PdP 2 105.60

व्रतदानं विसर्गं च गुरुशिष्यादिलक्षणम्। वेदं चाधीत्य संपूर्णं षडंगं सपदक्रमम्

vratadānaṃ visargaṃ ca guruśiṣyādilakṣaṇam| vedaṃ cādhītya saṃpūrṇaṃ ṣaḍaṃgaṃ sapadakramam

the giving of vows and the discharge (from them), the rules governing teacher and pupil and the rest; and having studied the Veda in full, with its six auxiliaries, with pada and krama recitation,

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PdP 2 105.61

सर्वाण्येव च शास्त्राणि अधीत्य द्विजसत्तमात्। वशिष्ठाच्च धनुर्वेदं सरहस्यं महामतिः

sarvāṇyeva ca śāstrāṇi adhītya dvijasattamāt| vaśiṣṭhācca dhanurvedaṃ sarahasyaṃ mahāmatiḥ

and having studied all the sciences from the best of the twice-born, and from Vasiṣṭha the science of archery together with its secrets, the great-minded one (learned)

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PdP 2 105.62

शस्त्राण्यस्त्राणि दिव्यानि ग्राहमोक्षयुतानि च। ज्ञानशास्त्रादिकं न्याय राजनीतिगुणादिकान्

śastrāṇyastrāṇi divyāni grāhamokṣayutāni ca| jñānaśāstrādikaṃ nyāya rājanītiguṇādikān

weapons and divine missiles, together with (the formulas for) their seizing and release, the science of knowledge and the rest, logic, the qualities of statecraft and so on —

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PdP 2 105.63

वशिष्ठादायुपुत्रश्च शिष्यरूपेण भक्तिमान्। एवं स सर्वनिष्पन्नो नाहुषश्चातिसुंदरः

vaśiṣṭhādāyuputraśca śiṣyarūpeṇa bhaktimān| evaṃ sa sarvaniṣpanno nāhuṣaścātisuṃdaraḥ

the son of Āyu (learned all this) from Vasiṣṭha, devoted, in the form of a pupil. Thus he, Nāhuṣa, exceedingly handsome, became accomplished in all things,

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PdP 2 105.64

वशिष्ठस्य प्रसादाच्च चापबाणधरोभवत्

vaśiṣṭhasya prasādācca cāpabāṇadharobhavat

and by the grace of Vasiṣṭha he became a bearer of bow and arrow.

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