Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 143
SiP 2 143.1
व्यास उवाच ।। दैत्यराजे दीक्षिते च मायिना तेन मोहिते ।। किमुवाच तदा मायी किं चकार स दैत्यपः
vyāsa uvāca || daityarāje dīkṣite ca māyinā tena mohite || kimuvāca tadā māyī kiṃ cakāra sa daityapaḥ
Vyāsa said: When the demon king had been initiated and deluded by that master of illusion, what then did the illusionist say, and what did that lord of demons do?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.2
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। दीक्षां दत्त्वा यतिस्तस्मा अरिहन्नारदादिभिः।। शिष्यैस्सेवितपादाब्जो दैत्यराजानमब्रवीत् यथा वितृषिताः स्याम पीत्वा पेयं मुदा वयम् ।। तृषितास्तु तथान्येपि न विशेषोऽल्पकोधिकः न हिंसासदृशं पापं त्रैलोक्ये सचराचरे ।। हिंसको नरकं गच्छेत्स्वर्गं गच्छेदहिंसकः वासनासहिते क्लेशसमुच्छेदे सति ध्रुवम् ।। अज्ञानो परमो मोक्षो विज्ञेयस्तत्त्वचिंतकैः सत्वरं गत्वरो देहः संचयास्सपरिक्षयाः ।। इति विज्ञाय विज्ञाता देहसौख्यं प्रसाधयेत् स्त्रीधर्मं खंडयामास पातिव्रत्यपरं महत् ।। जितेन्द्रियत्वं सर्वेषां पुरुषाणां तथैव सः या लक्ष्मीस्तपसा तेषां लब्धा देवेश्वरादरात् ।। बहिर्गता परित्यज्य नियोगाद्ब्रह्मणः प्रभोः
sanatkumāra uvāca || dīkṣāṃ dattvā yatistasmā arihannāradādibhiḥ|| śiṣyaissevitapādābjo daityarājānamabravīt yathā vitṛṣitāḥ syāma pītvā peyaṃ mudā vayam || tṛṣitāstu tathānyepi na viśeṣo'lpakodhikaḥ na hiṃsāsadṛśaṃ pāpaṃ trailokye sacarācare || hiṃsako narakaṃ gacchetsvargaṃ gacchedahiṃsakaḥ vāsanāsahite kleśasamucchede sati dhruvam || ajñāno paramo mokṣo vijñeyastattvaciṃtakaiḥ satvaraṃ gatvaro dehaḥ saṃcayāssaparikṣayāḥ || iti vijñāya vijñātā dehasaukhyaṃ prasādhayet strīdharmaṃ khaṃḍayāmāsa pātivratyaparaṃ mahat || jitendriyatvaṃ sarveṣāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ tathaiva saḥ yā lakṣmīstapasā teṣāṃ labdhā deveśvarādarāt || bahirgatā parityajya niyogādbrahmaṇaḥ prabhoḥ
Sanatkumāra said: Having given him the initiation, Arihan, whose lotus-feet were served by disciples such as Nārada, spoke to the demon king: Just as we become free of thirst, having joyfully drunk a drink, so too are others thirsty; there is no distinction of less or more. There is no sin like injury in the three worlds with all that moves and does not move; the injurer would go to hell, the non-injurer would go to heaven. When there is a complete cutting off of the afflictions together with the latent impressions, then surely supreme liberation, free of ignorance, is to be known by those who reflect on truth. The body passes away swiftly; accumulations end in loss. Knowing this, the knower should provide for the body's comfort. He broke down the duty of women, the great state devoted to fidelity to the husband, and likewise the sense-control of all men. That prosperity of theirs which had been obtained by austerity through the favour of the lord of gods went away, abandoning (them), by the command of the lord Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 143.3
अरिहन्नुवाच ।। शृणु दैत्यपते वाक्यं मम सञ्ज्ञानगर्भितम् ।। वेदान्तसारसर्वस्वं रहस्यं परमोत्तमम्
arihannuvāca || śṛṇu daityapate vākyaṃ mama sañjñānagarbhitam || vedāntasārasarvasvaṃ rahasyaṃ paramottamam
Arihan said: Hear my words, O lord of demons, pregnant with true knowledge — the whole essence of the Vedānta, a secret, supremely excellent.
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SiP 2 143.4
अनादिसिद्धस्संसारः कर्तृकर्मविवर्जितः ।। स्वयं प्रादुर्भवत्येव स्वयमेव विलीयते
anādisiddhassaṃsāraḥ kartṛkarmavivarjitaḥ || svayaṃ prādurbhavatyeva svayameva vilīyate
The round of transmigration is established without beginning, devoid of an agent and of action; it comes into being of itself and of itself dissolves.
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SiP 2 143.5
ब्रह्मादिस्तंबपर्यन्तं यावद्देहनिबंधनम् ।। आत्मैवैकेश्वरस्तत्र न द्वितीयस्तदीशिता
brahmādistaṃbaparyantaṃ yāvaddehanibaṃdhanam || ātmaivaikeśvarastatra na dvitīyastadīśitā
From Brahmā down to a clump of grass, as far as there is bondage to a body, there the Self alone is the one lord; there is no second that rules it.
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SiP 2 143.6
यद्ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्राख्यास्तदाख्या देहिनामिमाः ।। आख्यायथास्मदादीनामरिहन्नादिरुच्यते
yadbrahmaviṣṇurudrākhyāstadākhyā dehināmimāḥ || ākhyāyathāsmadādīnāmarihannādirucyate
The names "Brahmā," "Viṣṇu," "Rudra" — those names are (just) these names of embodied beings, as the names of such as us are spoken as "Arihan" and so on.
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SiP 2 143.7
देहो यथास्मदादीनां स्वकालेन विलीयते ।। ब्रह्मादि मशकांतानां स्वकालाल्लीयते तथा
deho yathāsmadādīnāṃ svakālena vilīyate || brahmādi maśakāṃtānāṃ svakālāllīyate tathā
As the body of such as us dissolves in its own time, so too the bodies of beings from Brahmā down to a gnat dissolve in their own time.
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SiP 2 143.8
विचार्यमाणे देहेऽस्मिन्न किंचिदधिकं क्वचित् ।। आहारो मैथुनं निद्रा भयं सर्वत्र यत्समम्
vicāryamāṇe dehe'sminna kiṃcidadhikaṃ kvacit || āhāro maithunaṃ nidrā bhayaṃ sarvatra yatsamam
When this body is examined, there is nowhere anything superior: food, copulation, sleep, fear — that is the same everywhere.
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SiP 2 143.9
निराहारपरीमाणं प्राप्य सर्वो हि देहभृत् ।। सदृशीमेव संतृप्तिं प्राप्नुयान्नाधिकेतराम्
nirāhāraparīmāṇaṃ prāpya sarvo hi dehabhṛt || sadṛśīmeva saṃtṛptiṃ prāpnuyānnādhiketarām
For every bearer of a body, on reaching the measure of foodlessness (i.e. hunger), attains just a like satisfaction, none greater.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 143.11
०।। संतु नार्यः सहस्राणि रूपलावण्यभूमयः ।। परं निधुवने काले ह्यैकेवेहोपयुज्यते
0|| saṃtu nāryaḥ sahasrāṇi rūpalāvaṇyabhūmayaḥ || paraṃ nidhuvane kāle hyaikevehopayujyate
Let there be thousands of women, grounds of beauty and loveliness — yet at the time of intercourse only one is here made use of.
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SiP 2 143.12
अश्वाः परश्शतास्संतु संत्वेनेकैप्यनेकधा।। अधिरोहे तथाप्येको न द्वितीयस्तथात्मनः
aśvāḥ paraśśatāssaṃtu saṃtvenekaipyanekadhā|| adhirohe tathāpyeko na dvitīyastathātmanaḥ
Let there be more than a hundred horses, let there be many of many kinds — still, for mounting there is one; there is no second for oneself.
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SiP 2 143.13
पर्यंकशायिनां स्वापे सुखं यदुपजायते।। तदेव सौख्यं निद्राभिर्भूतभूशायिनामपि
paryaṃkaśāyināṃ svāpe sukhaṃ yadupajāyate|| tadeva saukhyaṃ nidrābhirbhūtabhūśāyināmapi
Whatever pleasure arises in the sleep of those who lie on couches, that same pleasure comes, through sleep, even to those who lie on the bare ground.
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SiP 2 143.14
यथैव मरणाद्भीतिरस्मदादिवपुष्मताम् ।। ब्रह्मादिकीटकांतानां तथा मरणतो भयम्
yathaiva maraṇādbhītirasmadādivapuṣmatām || brahmādikīṭakāṃtānāṃ tathā maraṇato bhayam
Just as we and other embodied beings have fear of death, so too do all from Brahmā down to the worm have fear of death.
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SiP 2 143.15
सर्वे तनुभृतस्तुल्या यदि बुद्ध्या विचार्य्यते ।। इदं निश्चित्य केनापि नो हिंस्यः कोऽपि कुत्रचित्
sarve tanubhṛtastulyā yadi buddhyā vicāryyate || idaṃ niścitya kenāpi no hiṃsyaḥ ko'pi kutracit
All bearers of bodies are equal, if one examines with intelligence. Having determined this, no one anywhere should be harmed by anyone.
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SiP 2 143.16
धर्मो जीवदयातुल्यो न क्वापि जगतीतले ।। तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन कार्या जीवदया नृभिः
dharmo jīvadayātulyo na kvāpi jagatītale || tasmātsarvaprayatnena kāryā jīvadayā nṛbhiḥ
Nowhere on the surface of the earth is there a duty equal to compassion for living beings; therefore men should practise compassion for living beings with every effort.
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SiP 2 143.17
एकस्मिन्रक्षिते जीवे त्रैलोक्यं रक्षितं भवेत् ।। घातिते घातितं तद्वत्तस्माद्रक्षेन्न घातयेत्
ekasminrakṣite jīve trailokyaṃ rakṣitaṃ bhavet || ghātite ghātitaṃ tadvattasmādrakṣenna ghātayet
When a single living being is protected, the three worlds are protected; when one is slain, they are likewise slain — therefore one should protect and not cause slaughter.
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SiP 2 143.18
अहिंसा परमो धर्मः पापमात्मप्रपीडनम् ।। अपराधीनता मुक्तिस्स्वर्गोऽभिलषिताशनम्
ahiṃsā paramo dharmaḥ pāpamātmaprapīḍanam || aparādhīnatā muktissvargo'bhilaṣitāśanam
Non-injury is the highest duty; sin is the tormenting of oneself; liberation is not being subject to another; heaven is eating what one desires.
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SiP 2 143.19
पूर्वसूरिभिरित्युक्तं सत्प्रमाणतया ध्रुवम् ।। तस्मान्न हिंसा कर्त्तव्यो नरैर्नरकभीरुभिः
pūrvasūribhirityuktaṃ satpramāṇatayā dhruvam || tasmānna hiṃsā karttavyo narairnarakabhīrubhiḥ
This was said by the earlier wise ones, and is firmly established as valid authority; therefore injury should not be done by men who fear hell.
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SiP 2 143.21
संति दानान्यनेकानि किं तैस्तुच्छफलप्रदैः ।। अभीतिसदृशं दानं परमेकमपीह न
saṃti dānānyanekāni kiṃ taistucchaphalapradaiḥ || abhītisadṛśaṃ dānaṃ paramekamapīha na
There are many gifts — what use are they, which yield trifling fruit? Here there is not even one gift beyond the gift of freedom from fear.
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SiP 2 143.22
इह चत्वारि दानानि प्रोक्तानि परमर्षिभिः ।। विचार्य नानाशास्त्राणि शर्मणेऽत्र परत्र च
iha catvāri dānāni proktāni paramarṣibhiḥ || vicārya nānāśāstrāṇi śarmaṇe'tra paratra ca
Here four gifts have been declared by the supreme sages, after examining the various scriptures, for well-being in this world and the next.
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SiP 2 143.23
भीतेभ्यश्चाभयं देयं व्याधितेभ्यस्तथोषधम् ।। देया विद्यार्थिनां विद्या देयमन्नं क्षुधातुरे
bhītebhyaścābhayaṃ deyaṃ vyādhitebhyastathoṣadham || deyā vidyārthināṃ vidyā deyamannaṃ kṣudhāture
Safety should be given to the frightened, and medicine to the diseased; knowledge should be given to those who seek knowledge, and food to one afflicted by hunger.
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SiP 2 143.24
यानि यानीह दानानि बहुमुन्युदितानि च ।। जीवाभयप्रदानस्य कलां नार्हंति षोडशीम्
yāni yānīha dānāni bahumunyuditāni ca || jīvābhayapradānasya kalāṃ nārhaṃti ṣoḍaśīm
Whatever gifts here have been proclaimed by many sages, they do not amount to a sixteenth part of the gift of safety to living beings.
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SiP 2 143.26
अर्थानुपार्ज्य बहुशो द्वादशायतनानि वै ।। परितः परिपूज्यानि किमन्यैरिह पूजितैः
arthānupārjya bahuśo dvādaśāyatanāni vai || paritaḥ paripūjyāni kimanyairiha pūjitaiḥ
Having earned wealth abundantly, the twelve abodes are to be fully worshipped on all sides; what is gained here by worshipping others?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 143.27
पंचकर्मेन्द्रियग्रामाः पंच बुद्धींद्रियाणि च ।। मनो बुद्धिरिह प्रोक्तं द्वादशायतनं शुभम्
paṃcakarmendriyagrāmāḥ paṃca buddhīṃdriyāṇi ca || mano buddhiriha proktaṃ dvādaśāyatanaṃ śubham
The group of five organs of action, the five organs of cognition, and mind and intellect — this is here declared to be the auspicious set of twelve abodes.
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SiP 2 143.28
इहैव स्वर्गनरकौ प्राणिनां नान्यतः क्वचित् ।। सुखं स्वर्गः समाख्याता दुःखं नरकमेव हि
ihaiva svarganarakau prāṇināṃ nānyataḥ kvacit || sukhaṃ svargaḥ samākhyātā duḥkhaṃ narakameva hi
Heaven and hell for living beings are right here, nowhere else: pleasure is called heaven, and pain is precisely hell.
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SiP 2 143.29
अविचिंत्य प्रभावं हि मणिमंत्रौषधं बलम् ।। तदभ्यस्यं प्रयत्नेन नामार्थोपार्जनाय वै सुखेषु भुज्यमानेषु यत्स्याद्देहविसर्जनम् ।। अयमेव परो मोक्षो विज्ञेयस्तत्त्वचिंतकैः
aviciṃtya prabhāvaṃ hi maṇimaṃtrauṣadhaṃ balam || tadabhyasyaṃ prayatnena nāmārthopārjanāya vai sukheṣu bhujyamāneṣu yatsyāddehavisarjanam || ayameva paro mokṣo vijñeyastattvaciṃtakaiḥ
For the power of gem, mantra and herb is of inconceivable efficacy; that should be practised with effort for the acquisition of fame and wealth. And when pleasures are being enjoyed, if the casting off of the body occurs — this very thing is to be known by those who reflect on reality as the supreme liberation.
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SiP 2 143.31
प्रामाणिकी श्रुतिरियं प्रोच्यते वेदवादिभिः ।। न हिंस्यात्सर्वभूतानि नान्या हिंसा प्रवर्तिका
prāmāṇikī śrutiriyaṃ procyate vedavādibhiḥ || na hiṃsyātsarvabhūtāni nānyā hiṃsā pravartikā
This śruti is declared authoritative by those who expound the Veda: "One should not injure any beings"; no other śruti that instigates injury (is authoritative).
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SiP 2 143.32
अग्निष्टोमीयमिति या भ्रामिका साऽसतामिह ।। न सा प्रमाणं ज्ञातॄणां पश्वालंभनकारिका
agniṣṭomīyamiti yā bhrāmikā sā'satāmiha || na sā pramāṇaṃ jñātṝṇāṃ paśvālaṃbhanakārikā
That misleading (text) which says "this belongs to the Agniṣṭoma" is, here, of the wicked; it is no authority for those who know, since it brings about the slaughter of animals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.33
वृक्षांश्छित्वा पशून्हत्वा कृत्वा रुधिरकर्दमम् ।। दग्ध्वा वह्नौ तिलाज्यादि चित्रं स्वर्गोऽभिलष्यते
vṛkṣāṃśchitvā paśūnhatvā kṛtvā rudhirakardamam || dagdhvā vahnau tilājyādi citraṃ svargo'bhilaṣyate
Having felled trees, killed animals, made a mire of blood, and burnt sesame, ghee and the rest in the fire — strange that heaven is desired (by such means)!
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SiP 2 143.34
इत्येवं स्वमतं प्रोच्य यतिस्त्रिपुरनायकम् ।। श्रावयित्वाखिलान् पौरानुवाच पुनरादरात्
ityevaṃ svamataṃ procya yatistripuranāyakam || śrāvayitvākhilān paurānuvāca punarādarāt
Having thus declared his own doctrine, the ascetic, having made the lord of Tripura and all the townspeople hear it, spoke again respectfully.
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SiP 2 143.35
दृष्टार्थप्रत्ययकरान्देहसौख्यैकसाधकान् ।। बौद्धागम विनिर्दिष्टान्धर्मान्वेदपरांस्ततः
dṛṣṭārthapratyayakarāndehasaukhyaikasādhakān || bauddhāgama vinirdiṣṭāndharmānvedaparāṃstataḥ
(He then spoke of) the duties that produce conviction only in visible ends, that accomplish bodily pleasure alone, that are set forth in the Buddhist scriptures and that go beyond the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 143.36
आनंदं ब्रह्मणो रूपं श्रुत्यैवं यन्निगद्यते ।। तत्तथैव ह मंतव्यं मिथ्या नानात्वकल्पना
ānaṃdaṃ brahmaṇo rūpaṃ śrutyaivaṃ yannigadyate || tattathaiva ha maṃtavyaṃ mithyā nānātvakalpanā
"Bliss is the form of Brahman" — since it is thus declared by śruti, just that is to be held so; the supposition of manifoldness is false.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.37
यावत्स्वस्थमिदं वर्ष्म यावन्नेन्द्रियविक्लवः ।। यावज्जरा च दूरेऽस्ति तावत्सौख्यं प्रसाधयेत्
yāvatsvasthamidaṃ varṣma yāvannendriyaviklavaḥ || yāvajjarā ca dūre'sti tāvatsaukhyaṃ prasādhayet
So long as this body is sound, so long as the senses are not impaired, and so long as old age is far off, for that long let one secure pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.38
अस्वास्थ्येन्द्रियवैकल्ये वार्द्धके तु कुतस्सुखम् ।। शरीरमपि दातव्यमर्थिभ्योऽतस्सुखेप्सुभिः
asvāsthyendriyavaikalye vārddhake tu kutassukham || śarīramapi dātavyamarthibhyo'tassukhepsubhiḥ
But in ill health, in defect of the senses, in old age — whence pleasure? Therefore even the body should be given away to petitioners by those who desire pleasure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.39
याचमानमनोवृत्तिप्रीणने यस्य नो जनिः ।। तेन भूर्भारवत्येषा समुद्रागद्रुमैर्न हि
yācamānamanovṛttiprīṇane yasya no janiḥ || tena bhūrbhāravatyeṣā samudrāgadrumairna hi
He by whom no gratifying of a beggar's mental wish ever arises — by him this earth is burdened, and not by the oceans and the trees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 143.41
श्ववाय सकृमीणां च प्रातर्भोज्यमिदं वपुः ।। भस्मांतं तच्छरीरं च वेदे सत्यं प्रपठ्यते
śvavāya sakṛmīṇāṃ ca prātarbhojyamidaṃ vapuḥ || bhasmāṃtaṃ taccharīraṃ ca vede satyaṃ prapaṭhyate
This body is a morning meal for dogs, crows and worms; and "that body ends in ashes" — that truth is recited in the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.42
मुधा जातिविकषोयं लोकेषु परिकल्प्यते ।। मानुष्ये सति सामान्ये कोऽधर्मः कोऽथ चोत्तमः
mudhā jātivikaṣoyaṃ lokeṣu parikalpyate || mānuṣye sati sāmānye ko'dharmaḥ ko'tha cottamaḥ
In vain is this drawing of caste-distinctions devised among people: when humanity is common (to all), who then is base and who superior?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.43
ब्रह्मादिसृष्टिरेषेति प्रोच्यते वृद्धपूरुषैः ।। तस्य जातौ सुतौ दक्षमरीची चेति विश्रुतौ
brahmādisṛṣṭireṣeti procyate vṛddhapūruṣaiḥ || tasya jātau sutau dakṣamarīcī ceti viśrutau
"This is the creation beginning with Brahmā" — so it is told by men of old; two sons were born to him, well known as Dakṣa and Marīci.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.44
मारीचेन कश्यपेन दक्षकन्यास्सुलोचनाः ।। धर्मेण किल मार्गेण परिणीतास्त्रयोदश
mārīcena kaśyapena dakṣakanyāssulocanāḥ || dharmeṇa kila mārgeṇa pariṇītāstrayodaśa
By Kaśyapa, son of Marīci, thirteen fair-eyed daughters of Dakṣa were married, and by a lawful way, so they say.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.45
अपीदानींतनैर्मर्त्यैरल्पबुद्धिपराक्रमैः ।। अपि गम्यस्त्वगम्योऽयं विचारः क्रियते मुधा
apīdānīṃtanairmartyairalpabuddhiparākramaiḥ || api gamyastvagamyo'yaṃ vicāraḥ kriyate mudhā
And even by present-day mortals, of little intelligence and little power, this inquiry, though inaccessible, is vainly made as though accessible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 143.46
मुखबाहूरुसञ्जातं चातुर्वर्ण्य सहोदितम् ।। कल्पनेयं कृता पूर्वैर्न घटेत विचारतः
mukhabāhūrusañjātaṃ cāturvarṇya sahoditam || kalpaneyaṃ kṛtā pūrvairna ghaṭeta vicārataḥ
The fourfold class-order, said to have arisen together from mouth, arms and thighs — this fancy, made by the ancients, would not hold up under examination.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.47
एकस्यां च तनौ जाता एकस्माद्यदि वा क्वचित् ।। चत्वारस्तनयास्तत्किं भिन्नवर्णत्वमाप्नुयुः
ekasyāṃ ca tanau jātā ekasmādyadi vā kvacit || catvārastanayāstatkiṃ bhinnavarṇatvamāpnuyuḥ
And if in one body, or from one (father), four sons are born somewhere, then how should they come to have different classes?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.48
वर्णावर्णविभागोऽयं तस्मान्न प्रतिभासते ।। अतो भेदो न मंतव्यो मानुष्ये केनचित्क्वचित्
varṇāvarṇavibhāgo'yaṃ tasmānna pratibhāsate || ato bhedo na maṃtavyo mānuṣye kenacitkvacit
Therefore this division into the classes and the outcastes does not stand to reason; hence no difference should be supposed by anyone anywhere within humanity.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.49
सनत्कुमार उवाच ।। इत्थमाभाष्य दैत्येशं पौरांश्च स यतिर्मुने ।। सशिष्यो वेदधर्माश्च नाशयामास चादरात्
sanatkumāra uvāca || itthamābhāṣya daityeśaṃ paurāṃśca sa yatirmune || saśiṣyo vedadharmāśca nāśayāmāsa cādarāt
Sanatkumāra said: Having spoken thus to the lord of the Daityas and to the townsfolk, O sage, that ascetic together with his pupils diligently destroyed the Vedic observances —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.51
देवधर्मान्विशेषेण श्राद्धधर्मांस्तथैव च ।। मखधर्मान्व्रतादींश्च तीर्थश्राद्धं विशेषतः
devadharmānviśeṣeṇa śrāddhadharmāṃstathaiva ca || makhadharmānvratādīṃśca tīrthaśrāddhaṃ viśeṣataḥ
especially the duties owed to the gods, and likewise the rules of the śrāddha, the rules of sacrifice, vows and the rest, and above all the śrāddha at holy fords;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.52
शिवपूजां विशेषेण लिंगाराधनपूर्विकाम् ।। विष्णुसूर्यगणेशादिपूजनं विधिपूर्वकम्
śivapūjāṃ viśeṣeṇa liṃgārādhanapūrvikām || viṣṇusūryagaṇeśādipūjanaṃ vidhipūrvakam
especially the worship of Śiva, headed by the veneration of the liṅga, and the worship of Viṣṇu, Sūrya, Gaṇeśa and the others performed according to rule;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.53
स्नानदानादिकं सर्वं पर्वकालं विशेषतः ।। खंडयामास स यतिर्मायी मायाविनां वरः
snānadānādikaṃ sarvaṃ parvakālaṃ viśeṣataḥ || khaṃḍayāmāsa sa yatirmāyī māyāvināṃ varaḥ
all bathing, giving and the like, and especially the times of the sacred conjunctions — that ascetic, the illusionist, the best of masters of illusion, broke to pieces.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.54
किं बहूक्तेन विप्रेन्द्र त्रिपुरे तेन मायिना ।। वेदधर्माश्च ये केचित्ते सर्वे दूरतः कृताः
kiṃ bahūktena viprendra tripure tena māyinā || vedadharmāśca ye kecitte sarve dūrataḥ kṛtāḥ
What use is much talk, O chief of brahmins: by that illusionist in Tripura, whatever Vedic observances there were, all of them were put far away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.55
पतिधर्माश्रयाः सर्वा मोहितास्त्रिपुरांगनाः ।। भर्तृशुश्रूषणवतीं विजहुर्मतिमुत्तमाम्
patidharmāśrayāḥ sarvā mohitāstripurāṃganāḥ || bhartṛśuśrūṣaṇavatīṃ vijahurmatimuttamām
All the women of Tripura, who had relied on duty toward their husbands, being deluded, gave up that excellent disposition which consists in serving one's husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.56
अभ्यस्याकर्षणीं विद्यां वशीकृत्यमयीमपि ।। पुरुषास्सफलीचक्रुः परदारेषु मोहिताः
abhyasyākarṣaṇīṃ vidyāṃ vaśīkṛtyamayīmapi || puruṣāssaphalīcakruḥ paradāreṣu mohitāḥ
Having practised the spell of attraction and also the one made of subjugation, the men, deluded, made (them) succeed upon the wives of others.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 143.57
अंतःपुरचरा नार्यस्तथा राजकुमारकाः ।। पौराः पुरांगनाश्चापि सर्वे तैश्च विमोहिताः
aṃtaḥpuracarā nāryastathā rājakumārakāḥ || paurāḥ purāṃganāścāpi sarve taiśca vimohitāḥ
The women who moved in the inner apartments, and likewise the princes, the townsmen and the city women too — all were utterly deluded by them.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.58
एवं पौरेषु सर्वेषु निजधर्मेषु सर्वथा।। पराङ्मुखेषु जातेषु प्रोल्ललास वृषेतरः
evaṃ paureṣu sarveṣu nijadharmeṣu sarvathā|| parāṅmukheṣu jāteṣu prollalāsa vṛṣetaraḥ
Thus, when all the townspeople had in every way become averse to their own duties, the enemy of dharma ("the other than the bull [of dharma]") exulted greatly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.59
माया च देवदेवस्य विष्णोस्तस्याज्ञया प्रभो ।। अलक्ष्मीश्च स्वयं तस्य नियोगात्त्रिपुरं गता
māyā ca devadevasya viṣṇostasyājñayā prabho || alakṣmīśca svayaṃ tasya niyogāttripuraṃ gatā
And the Māyā of Viṣṇu, the god of gods, went to Tripura at his command, O lord, and Alakṣmī herself went by his appointment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.61
बुद्धिमोहं तथाभूतं विष्णो र्मायाविनिर्मितम् ।। तेषां दत्त्वा क्षणादेव कृतार्थोऽभूत्स नारदः
buddhimohaṃ tathābhūtaṃ viṣṇo rmāyāvinirmitam || teṣāṃ dattvā kṣaṇādeva kṛtārtho'bhūtsa nāradaḥ
Having given them, in an instant, that delusion of mind, fashioned by Viṣṇu's Māyā, Nārada had accomplished his purpose.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 143.62
नारदोपि तथारूपो यथा मायी तथैव सः ।। तथापि विकृतो नाभूत्परमेशादनुग्रहात्
nāradopi tathārūpo yathā māyī tathaiva saḥ || tathāpi vikṛto nābhūtparameśādanugrahāt
Nārada too had a form just like that of the magician (Viṣṇu's illusion-form); yet he did not become deformed, by the grace of the Supreme Lord.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 143.63
आसीत्कुंठितसामर्थ्यो दैत्यराजोऽपि भो मुने ।। भ्रातृभ्यां सहितस्तत्र मयेन च शिवेच्छया
āsītkuṃṭhitasāmarthyo daityarājo'pi bho mune || bhrātṛbhyāṃ sahitastatra mayena ca śivecchayā
The king of the demons too, O sage, became blunted in his power there, together with his two brothers and with Maya, by Śiva's will.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition