Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 17
SiP 2 17.1
सूत उवाच ।। इत्याकर्ण्य वचस्तस्य ब्रह्मणस्स तु नारदः ।। पुनः पप्रच्छ तं नत्वा विनयेन मुनीश्वराः प्रत्यहं तस्य जननी सुतं गुणनिधिं मृदु।। शास्ति स्नेहार्द्रहृदया ह्युपवेश्य स्म नारद
sūta uvāca || ityākarṇya vacastasya brahmaṇassa tu nāradaḥ || punaḥ papraccha taṃ natvā vinayena munīśvarāḥ pratyahaṃ tasya jananī sutaṃ guṇanidhiṃ mṛdu|| śāsti snehārdrahṛdayā hyupaveśya sma nārada
Sūta said: Having heard that speech of Brahmā, Nārada, bowing to him, asked him again humbly, O best of sages. — Day after day his mother, her heart moist with affection, seats her son Guṇanidhi and instructs him gently, O Nārada.
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SiP 2 17.2
नारद उवाच ।। कदागतो हि कैलासं शंकरो भक्तवत्सलः ।। क्व वा सखित्वं तस्यासीत्कुबेरेण महात्मना संत्यक्तब्राह्मणाचारः संध्यास्नानपराङ्मुखः।। निंदको वेदशास्त्राणां देवब्राह्मणनिंदकः आच्छादयामि ते नित्यं पितुरग्रे कुचेष्टितम्।। लोकमान्योऽस्ति ते तातस्सदाचारैर्न वै धनैः बालचेष्टितमेवैतद्वदंत्यद्यापि ते जनाः ।। अनंतरं हरिष्यंति युक्तां दीक्षिततामिह लब्धा मुद्रा त्वदीयेन पुत्रेणैव समर्पिता ।। मम मातुर्हि पूर्वेद्युर्जित्वा नीतो हि शाटकः व्यग्रास्मि देवपूजार्थमुपहारादिकर्मणि ।। समयोऽयमतिक्रामेदतिथीनां प्रियातिथे अपुत्रत्वं वरं नॄणां कुपुत्रात्कुलपांसनात् ।। त्यजेदेकं कुलस्यार्थे नीतिरेषा सनातनी
nārada uvāca || kadāgato hi kailāsaṃ śaṃkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ || kva vā sakhitvaṃ tasyāsītkubereṇa mahātmanā saṃtyaktabrāhmaṇācāraḥ saṃdhyāsnānaparāṅmukhaḥ|| niṃdako vedaśāstrāṇāṃ devabrāhmaṇaniṃdakaḥ ācchādayāmi te nityaṃ pituragre kuceṣṭitam|| lokamānyo'sti te tātassadācārairna vai dhanaiḥ bālaceṣṭitamevaitadvadaṃtyadyāpi te janāḥ || anaṃtaraṃ hariṣyaṃti yuktāṃ dīkṣitatāmiha labdhā mudrā tvadīyena putreṇaiva samarpitā || mama māturhi pūrvedyurjitvā nīto hi śāṭakaḥ vyagrāsmi devapūjārthamupahārādikarmaṇi || samayo'yamatikrāmedatithīnāṃ priyātithe aputratvaṃ varaṃ nṝṇāṃ kuputrātkulapāṃsanāt || tyajedekaṃ kulasyārthe nītireṣā sanātanī
Nārada said: When did Śaṅkara, fond of his devotees, come to Kailāsa? And where did his friendship with the great-souled Kubera arise? — (He is) one who has abandoned brahmin conduct, turned away from the twilight rites and from bathing, a reviler of the Vedas and the scriptures, a reviler of gods and brahmins. I always cover up your bad behaviour before your father. Your father, my child, is honoured by the world for his good conduct, not for his wealth. Even now those people call this mere childish behaviour; afterwards they will take away the standing of an initiated man that is his due here. The signet obtained (by them) was handed over by your very own son. Indeed on a former day my mother's cloth was won and carried off. I am busy with the offerings and the rest for the worship of the gods; this appointed time would pass by, O you who love guests, the guests' time. Sonlessness is better for men than a bad son who defiles the family; one should abandon one for the family's sake — this is the ancient rule.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 17.3
किं चकार हरस्तत्र परिपूर्णः शिवाकृतिः ।। एतत्सर्वं समाचक्ष्व परं कौतूहलं मम ।।
kiṃ cakāra harastatra paripūrṇaḥ śivākṛtiḥ || etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva paraṃ kautūhalaṃ mama ||
What did Hara, complete in himself, whose form is auspiciousness (or: whose form is Śivā's), do there? Tell me all this; my curiosity is great.
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SiP 2 17.4
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। शृणु नारद वक्ष्यामि चरितं शशिमौलिनः ।। यथा जगाम कैलासं सखित्वं धनदस्य च
brahmovāca || śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi caritaṃ śaśimaulinaḥ || yathā jagāma kailāsaṃ sakhitvaṃ dhanadasya ca
Brahmā said: Listen, Nārada, I shall tell the deeds of the moon-crested one — how he came to Kailāsa, and (how came about) his friendship with the giver of wealth.
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SiP 2 17.5
असीत्कांपिल्यनगरे सोमयाजिकुलोद्भवः।। दीक्षितो यज्ञदत्ताख्यो यज्ञविद्याविशारदः
asītkāṃpilyanagare somayājikulodbhavaḥ|| dīkṣito yajñadattākhyo yajñavidyāviśāradaḥ
In the city of Kāmpilya there was one born of a family of Soma-sacrificers, an initiate named Yajñadatta, expert in the science of sacrifice,
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SiP 2 17.6
वेदवेदांगवित्प्राज्ञो वेदान्तादिषु दक्षिणः।। राजमान्योऽथ बहुधा वदान्यः कीर्तिभाजनः
vedavedāṃgavitprājño vedāntādiṣu dakṣiṇaḥ|| rājamānyo'tha bahudhā vadānyaḥ kīrtibhājanaḥ
wise, knowing the Vedas and their ancillary sciences, skilled in Vedānta and the rest, honoured by the king, and moreover generous in many ways, a vessel of fame,
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SiP 2 17.7
अग्निशुश्रूषणरतो वेदाध्ययनतत्परः।। सुन्दरो रमणीयांगश्चन्द्रबिंबसमाकृतिः
agniśuśrūṣaṇarato vedādhyayanatatparaḥ|| sundaro ramaṇīyāṃgaścandrabiṃbasamākṛtiḥ
devoted to the tending of the sacred fires, intent on Vedic study, handsome, with lovely limbs, his form like the disc of the moon.
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SiP 2 17.8
आसीद्गुणनिधिर्नाम दीक्षितस्यास्य वै सुतः।। कृतोपनयनस्सोष्टौ विद्या जग्राह भूरिशः।। अथ पित्रानभिज्ञातो यूतकर्मरतोऽभवत्
āsīdguṇanidhirnāma dīkṣitasyāsya vai sutaḥ|| kṛtopanayanassoṣṭau vidyā jagrāha bhūriśaḥ|| atha pitrānabhijñāto yūtakarmarato'bhavat
This initiate had a son named Guṇanidhi. Once his investiture was done, he acquired the eight branches of learning abundantly; but then, unknown to his father, he became addicted to gambling.
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SiP 2 17.9
आदायादाय बहुशो धनं मातुस्सकाशतः।। समदाद्यूतकारेभ्यो मैत्रीं तैश्च चकार सः
ādāyādāya bahuśo dhanaṃ mātussakāśataḥ|| samadādyūtakārebhyo maitrīṃ taiśca cakāra saḥ
Taking money again and again from his mother's keeping, he gave it to the gamblers, and formed friendship with them.
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SiP 2 17.11
स्मृत्याचारविहीनस्तु गीतवाद्यविनोदभाक्।। नटपाखंडभाण्डैस्तु बद्धप्रेमपरंपरः
smṛtyācāravihīnastu gītavādyavinodabhāk|| naṭapākhaṃḍabhāṇḍaistu baddhapremaparaṃparaḥ
Devoid of the traditional rules of conduct, given to the diversion of song and music, he was bound in a chain of affection with actors, heretics and jesters.
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SiP 2 17.12
प्रेरितोऽपि जनन्या स न ययौ पितुरंतिकम् ।। गृहकार्यांतरव्याप्तो दीक्षितो दीक्षितायिनीम्
prerito'pi jananyā sa na yayau pituraṃtikam || gṛhakāryāṃtaravyāpto dīkṣito dīkṣitāyinīm
Even when urged by his mother, he did not go near his father; and the initiate, absorbed in other household duties, (would ask) his initiate's wife...
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SiP 2 17.13
यदा यदैव तां पृच्छेदये गुणनिधिस्सुतः ।। न दृश्यते मया गेहे कल्याणि विदधाति किम्
yadā yadaiva tāṃ pṛcchedaye guṇanidhissutaḥ || na dṛśyate mayā gehe kalyāṇi vidadhāti kim
Whenever he would ask her: "Ah, my good lady, our son Guṇanidhi is not seen by me in the house — what is he doing?"
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SiP 2 17.14
तदा तदेति सा ब्रूयादिदानीं स बहिर्गतः ।। स्नात्वा समर्च्य वै देवानेतावंतमनेहसम्
tadā tadeti sā brūyādidānīṃ sa bahirgataḥ || snātvā samarcya vai devānetāvaṃtamanehasam
then and there she would say: "Just now he has gone out; after bathing and duly worshipping the gods, for so long a time...
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SiP 2 17.15
अधीत्याध्ययनार्थं स द्विजैर्मित्रैस्समं ययौ ।। एकपुत्रेति तन्माता प्रतारयति दीक्षितम्
adhītyādhyayanārthaṃ sa dvijairmitraissamaṃ yayau || ekaputreti tanmātā pratārayati dīkṣitam
...having recited, he went off with his brahmin friends for the sake of study." Thus, (saying) "he is my only son," his mother deceives the initiate.
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SiP 2 17.16
न तत्कर्म च तद्वृत्तं किंचिद्वेत्ति स दीक्षितः ।। सर्वं केशांतकर्मास्य चक्रे वर्षेऽथ षोडशे
na tatkarma ca tadvṛttaṃ kiṃcidvetti sa dīkṣitaḥ || sarvaṃ keśāṃtakarmāsya cakre varṣe'tha ṣoḍaśe
That initiate knew nothing of that conduct of his, nor of what he did. In the sixteenth year he performed for him the whole hair-cutting rite.
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SiP 2 17.17
अथो स दीक्षितो यज्ञदत्तः पुत्रस्य तस्य च।। गृह्योक्तेन विधानेन पाणिग्राहमकारयम्
atho sa dīkṣito yajñadattaḥ putrasya tasya ca|| gṛhyoktena vidhānena pāṇigrāhamakārayam
Then that initiated Yajñadatta had the hand-taking (marriage) performed for that son of his, by the rite prescribed in the Gṛhya (texts).
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SiP 2 17.19
क्रोधनस्तेऽस्ति तनय स महात्मा पितेत्यलम् ।। यदि ज्ञास्यति ते वृत्तं त्वां च मां ताडयिष्यति
krodhanaste'sti tanaya sa mahātmā pitetyalam || yadi jñāsyati te vṛttaṃ tvāṃ ca māṃ tāḍayiṣyati
Your father is irascible, son — that great soul; enough! If he learns of your conduct, he will beat both you and me.
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SiP 2 17.21
ब्राह्मणानां धनं तात सद्विद्या साधुसं- गमः ।। किमर्थं न करोषि त्वं सुरुचिं प्रीतमानसः
brāhmaṇānāṃ dhanaṃ tāta sadvidyā sādhusaṃ- gamaḥ || kimarthaṃ na karoṣi tvaṃ suruciṃ prītamānasaḥ
The wealth of brahmins, dear child, is good learning and the company of the good; why do you not, with a pleased mind, take a fine liking (to that)?
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SiP 2 17.22
सच्छ्रोत्रियास्तेऽनूचाना दीक्षितास्सोमयाजिनः ।। इति रूढिमिह प्राप्तास्तव पूर्वपितामहाः
sacchrotriyāste'nūcānā dīkṣitāssomayājinaḥ || iti rūḍhimiha prāptāstava pūrvapitāmahāḥ
"They are true śrotriyas, versed in reciting, initiated, performers of the soma sacrifice" — such was the standing your forefathers attained here.
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SiP 2 17.23
त्यक्त्वा दुर्वृत्तसंसर्गं साधुसंगरतो भव ।। सद्विद्यासु मनो धेहि ब्राह्मणाचारमाचर
tyaktvā durvṛttasaṃsargaṃ sādhusaṃgarato bhava || sadvidyāsu mano dhehi brāhmaṇācāramācara
Give up contact with the ill-behaved and be devoted to the company of the good; set your mind on good learning, practise the conduct of a brahmin.
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SiP 2 17.24
तातानुरूपो रूपेण यशसा कुलशीलतः ।। ततो न त्रपसे किन्नस्त्यज दुर्वृत्ततां स्वकाम्
tātānurūpo rūpeṇa yaśasā kulaśīlataḥ || tato na trapase kinnastyaja durvṛttatāṃ svakām
You resemble your father in looks, in fame, in family and character; why then are you not ashamed? Abandon your own bad conduct.
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SiP 2 17.25
ऊनविंशतिकोऽसि त्वमेषा षोडशवार्षिकी ।। एतां संवृणु सद्वृत्तां पितृभक्तियुतो भव
ūnaviṃśatiko'si tvameṣā ṣoḍaśavārṣikī || etāṃ saṃvṛṇu sadvṛttāṃ pitṛbhaktiyuto bhava
You are nineteen, she is sixteen years old; take this well-conducted (girl) to yourself and be full of devotion to your father.
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SiP 2 17.26
श्वशुरोऽपि हि ते मान्यस्सर्वत्र गुणशीलतः ।। ततो न त्रपसे किन्नस्त्यज दुर्वृत्ततां सुत
śvaśuro'pi hi te mānyassarvatra guṇaśīlataḥ || tato na trapase kinnastyaja durvṛttatāṃ suta
Your father-in-law too is honoured everywhere for his virtue and character; why then are you not ashamed? Give up your bad conduct, son.
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SiP 2 17.27
मातुलास्तेऽतुलाः पुत्र विद्याशीलकुलादिभिः ।। तेभ्योऽपि न बिभेषि त्वं शुद्धोऽस्युभयवंशतः
mātulāste'tulāḥ putra vidyāśīlakulādibhiḥ || tebhyo'pi na bibheṣi tvaṃ śuddho'syubhayavaṃśataḥ
Your maternal uncles, son, are unequalled in learning, character, family and the rest; you do not fear them either — you are pure from both lines of descent.
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SiP 2 17.28
पश्यैतान्प्रति वेश्मस्थान्ब्राह्मणानां कुमारकान् ।। गृहेऽपि शिष्यान्पश्यैतान्पितुस्ते विनयोचितान्
paśyaitānprati veśmasthānbrāhmaṇānāṃ kumārakān || gṛhe'pi śiṣyānpaśyaitānpituste vinayocitān
Look at these boys of the brahmins who live in the neighbouring houses; and look at these pupils of your father in the house too, well-trained in discipline.
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SiP 2 17.29
राजापि श्रोष्यति यदा तव दुश्चेष्टितं सुत ।। श्रद्धां विहाय ते ताते वृत्तिलोपं करिष्यति
rājāpi śroṣyati yadā tava duśceṣṭitaṃ suta || śraddhāṃ vihāya te tāte vṛttilopaṃ kariṣyati
When the king too hears of your evil doings, son, he will lose his confidence in your father and cut off his livelihood.
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SiP 2 17.31
सर्वेप्याक्षारयिष्यंति तव तातं च मामपि ।। मातुश्चरित्रं तनयो धत्ते दुर्भाषणैरिति
sarvepyākṣārayiṣyaṃti tava tātaṃ ca māmapi || mātuścaritraṃ tanayo dhatte durbhāṣaṇairiti
They will all cast blame on your father and on me as well, saying with evil words: "The son bears his mother's character."
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SiP 2 17.32
पितापि ते न पापीयाञ्छ्रुतिस्मृतिपथानुगः ।। तदंघ्रिलीनमनसो मम साक्षी महेश्वरः
pitāpi te na pāpīyāñchrutismṛtipathānugaḥ || tadaṃghrilīnamanaso mama sākṣī maheśvaraḥ
Your father too is no wicked man; he follows the path of śruti and smṛti. Maheśvara is my witness, whose mind clings to his (husband's) feet.
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SiP 2 17.33
न चर्तुस्नातययापीह मुखं दुष्टस्य वीक्षितम्।। अहो बलीयान्स विधिर्येन जातो भवानिति
na cartusnātayayāpīha mukhaṃ duṣṭasya vīkṣitam|| aho balīyānsa vidhiryena jāto bhavāniti
And not even when bathed after my courses did I look here on the face of a bad man. Ah, that ordinance is strong, by which you were born!
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SiP 2 17.34
प्रतिक्षणं जनन्येति शिक्ष्यमाणोतिदुर्मतिः ।।। न तत्याज च तद्धर्मं दुर्बोधो व्यसनी यतः
pratikṣaṇaṃ jananyeti śikṣyamāṇotidurmatiḥ ||| na tatyāja ca taddharmaṃ durbodho vyasanī yataḥ
Though instructed thus by his mother at every moment, the exceedingly evil-minded one did not give up that practice, since he was dull of understanding and addicted.
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SiP 2 17.35
मृगयामद्यपैशुन्यानृतचौर्यदुरोदरैः ।। स वारदारैर्व्यसनैरेभिः कोऽत्र न खंडितः
mṛgayāmadyapaiśunyānṛtacauryadurodaraiḥ || sa vāradārairvyasanairebhiḥ ko'tra na khaṃḍitaḥ
Hunting, drink, slander, lying, theft, gambling — and with courtesans besides: by these vices who here is not broken?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 17.36
यद्यन्मध्यगृहे पश्येत्तत्तन्नीत्वा सुदुर्मतिः ।। अर्पयेद्द्यूतकाराणां सकुप्यं वसनादिकम्
yadyanmadhyagṛhe paśyettattannītvā sudurmatiḥ || arpayeddyūtakārāṇāṃ sakupyaṃ vasanādikam
Whatever he saw within the house, that the utterly evil-minded one would carry off and hand over to the gamblers — the copper vessels, clothing and the rest.
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SiP 2 17.37
न्यस्तां रत्नमयीं गेहे करस्य पितुरूर्मिकाम् ।। चोरयित्वैकदादाय दुरोदरकरेऽर्पयत्
nyastāṃ ratnamayīṃ gehe karasya piturūrmikām || corayitvaikadādāya durodarakare'rpayat
Once he stole his father's jewelled finger-ring, which had been laid aside in the house, and took it and placed it in a gambler's hand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.38
दीक्षितेन परिज्ञातो दैवाद्द्यूतकृतः करे ।। उवाच दीक्षितस्तं च कुतो लब्धा त्वयोर्मिका
dīkṣitena parijñāto daivāddyūtakṛtaḥ kare || uvāca dīkṣitastaṃ ca kuto labdhā tvayormikā
By chance it was recognised by the initiate on the gambler's hand, and the initiate said to him: "Where did you get this ring?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.39
पृष्टस्तेनाथ निर्बंधादसकृत्तमुवाच सः ।। मामाक्षिपसि विप्रोच्चैः किं मया चौर्यकर्मणा
pṛṣṭastenātha nirbaṃdhādasakṛttamuvāca saḥ || māmākṣipasi viproccaiḥ kiṃ mayā cauryakarmaṇā
Then, being asked by him insistently again and again, he said to him: "Why do you loudly accuse me, brahmin? What have I to do with an act of theft?"
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.41
न केवलं ममैवैतदंगुलीयं समर्पितम् ।। अन्येषां द्यूतकर्तॄणां भूरि तेनार्पितं वसु
na kevalaṃ mamaivaitadaṃgulīyaṃ samarpitam || anyeṣāṃ dyūtakartṝṇāṃ bhūri tenārpitaṃ vasu
Not only was this ring of mine handed over (by him); much wealth was given by him to other gamblers as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.42
रत्नकुप्यदुकूलानि शृंगारप्रभृतीनि च ।। भाजनानि विचित्राणि कांस्यताम्रमयानि च
ratnakupyadukūlāni śṛṃgāraprabhṛtīni ca || bhājanāni vicitrāṇi kāṃsyatāmramayāni ca
Jewels, base metal(ware), fine cloths, cosmetic articles and the like, and vessels of many kinds made of bell-metal and copper.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.43
नग्नीकृत्य प्रतिदिनं बध्यते द्यूतकारिभिः ।। न तेन सदृशः कश्चिदाक्षिको भूमिमंडले
nagnīkṛtya pratidinaṃ badhyate dyūtakāribhiḥ || na tena sadṛśaḥ kaścidākṣiko bhūmimaṃḍale
Every day he is stripped naked and bound by the gamblers; there is no dicer on the circle of the earth equal to him.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.44
अद्यावधि त्वया विप्र दुरोदर शिरोमणिः ।। कथं नाज्ञायि तनयोऽविनयानयकोविदः
adyāvadhi tvayā vipra durodara śiromaṇiḥ || kathaṃ nājñāyi tanayo'vinayānayakovidaḥ
How is it, brahmin, that up to this very day you have not known your son, the crest-jewel of gamblers, an expert in bad conduct and bad policy?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.45
इति श्रुत्वा त्रपाभारविनम्रतरकंधरः ।। प्रावृत्य वाससा मौलिं प्राविशन्निजमन्दिरम्
iti śrutvā trapābhāravinamratarakaṃdharaḥ || prāvṛtya vāsasā mauliṃ prāviśannijamandiram
Hearing this, his neck bowed very low under the weight of shame, he covered his head with his garment and entered his own house.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.46
महापतिव्रतामस्य पत्नी प्रोवाच तामथ ।। स दीक्षितो यज्ञदत्तः श्रौतकर्मपरायणः
mahāpativratāmasya patnī provāca tāmatha || sa dīkṣito yajñadattaḥ śrautakarmaparāyaṇaḥ
Then that consecrated Yajñadatta, devoted to the śrauta rites, spoke to her, his wife, a woman greatly devoted to her husband.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.47
यज्ञदत्त उवाच ।। दीक्षितायनि कुत्रास्ति धूर्ते गुणनिधिस्सुतः ।। अथ तिष्ठतु किं तेन क्व सा मम शुभोर्मिका ।।
yajñadatta uvāca || dīkṣitāyani kutrāsti dhūrte guṇanidhissutaḥ || atha tiṣṭhatu kiṃ tena kva sā mama śubhormikā ||
Yajñadatta said: Wife of the consecrated one, where is that rogue, your son Guṇanidhi? But let that be—what of him? Where is that fine ring of mine,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.48
अंगोद्वर्तनकाले या त्वया मेऽङ्गुलितो हृता ।। सा त्वं रत्नमयी शीघ्रं तामानीय प्रयच्छ मे
aṃgodvartanakāle yā tvayā me'ṅgulito hṛtā || sā tvaṃ ratnamayī śīghraṃ tāmānīya prayaccha me
the jewelled one which was taken by you from my finger at the time of the anointing of my limbs? Bring it quickly and give it to me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.49
इति श्रुत्वाथ तद्वाक्यं भीता सा दीक्षितायनी ।। प्रोवाच स्नानमध्याह्नीं क्रियां निष्पादयत्यथ
iti śrutvātha tadvākyaṃ bhītā sā dīkṣitāyanī || provāca snānamadhyāhnīṃ kriyāṃ niṣpādayatyatha
Hearing that speech of his, the wife of the consecrated one was afraid, and, while completing the bath and the midday rite, said:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 17.51
इदानीमेव पक्वान्नकारणव्यग्रया मया ।। स्थापिता भाजने क्वापि विस्मृतेति न वेद्म्यहम्
idānīmeva pakvānnakāraṇavyagrayā mayā || sthāpitā bhājane kvāpi vismṛteti na vedmyaham
"Just now, being busy with the cooking of the food, I put it down in some vessel or other and forgot it; so I do not know (where it is)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.52
दीक्षित उवाच ।। हं हेऽसत्पुत्रजननि नित्यं सत्यप्रभाषिणि ।। यदा यदा त्वां संपृछे तनयः क्व गतस्त्विति ।।
dīkṣita uvāca || haṃ he'satputrajanani nityaṃ satyaprabhāṣiṇi || yadā yadā tvāṃ saṃpṛche tanayaḥ kva gatastviti ||
The consecrated one said: Ha! you mother of a worthless son, you who always speak the truth! Whenever I ask you, "Where has the boy gone?"—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.53
तदातदेति त्वं ब्रूयान्नथेदानीं स निर्गतः ।। अधीत्याध्ययनार्थं च द्वित्रैर्मित्रैस्सयुग्बहिः
tadātadeti tvaṃ brūyānnathedānīṃ sa nirgataḥ || adhītyādhyayanārthaṃ ca dvitrairmitraissayugbahiḥ
then you would say, "Just now he went out, and, having recited, he is outside together with two or three friends for the sake of study."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.54
कुतस्ते शाटकः पत्नि मांजिष्ठो यो मयार्पितः ।। लभते योऽनिशं धाम्नि तथ्यं ब्रूहि भयं त्यज
kutaste śāṭakaḥ patni māṃjiṣṭho yo mayārpitaḥ || labhate yo'niśaṃ dhāmni tathyaṃ brūhi bhayaṃ tyaja
Where is that madder-red śāṭaka garment of yours, wife, which was given (to him) by me, and which he keeps getting in the house at all hours? Speak the truth, let go of fear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 17.55
सांप्रतं नेक्ष्यते सोऽपि भृंगारो मणिमंडितः ।। पट्टसूत्रमयी सापि त्रिपटी या मयार्पिता
sāṃprataṃ nekṣyate so'pi bhṛṃgāro maṇimaṃḍitaḥ || paṭṭasūtramayī sāpi tripaṭī yā mayārpitā
Now that jewel-studded water-jug too is not to be seen, nor that silken tripaṭī (three-piece cloth) which was given by me.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.56
क्व दाक्षिणात्यं तत्कांस्यं गौडी ताम्रघटी क्व सा ।। नागदंतमयी सा क्व सुखकौतुक मंचिका
kva dākṣiṇātyaṃ tatkāṃsyaṃ gauḍī tāmraghaṭī kva sā || nāgadaṃtamayī sā kva sukhakautuka maṃcikā
Where is that southern bell-metal vessel, and where that Gauḍa copper pot? Where is that ivory couch, a delight and a marvel of comfort?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.57
क्व सा पर्वतदेशीया चन्द्रकांतिरिवाद्भुता ।। दीपकव्यग्रहस्ताग्रालंकृता शालभञ्जिका
kva sā parvatadeśīyā candrakāṃtirivādbhutā || dīpakavyagrahastāgrālaṃkṛtā śālabhañjikā
Where is that (figurine) from the mountain country, wonderful as moonlight, the śālabhañjikā adorned at the tip of its hand, which was occupied with holding a lamp?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 17.58
किं बहूक्तेन कुलजे तुभ्यं कुप्याम्यहं वृथा ।। तदाभ्यवहारिष्येहमुपयंस्याम्यहं यदा
kiṃ bahūktena kulaje tubhyaṃ kupyāmyahaṃ vṛthā || tadābhyavahāriṣyehamupayaṃsyāmyahaṃ yadā
What is the use of much talk, O well-born woman: I am angry with you to no purpose. I shall take food (only) then, when I marry (again).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 2 17.59
अनपत्योऽस्मि तेनाहं दुष्टेन कुलदूषिणा ।। उत्तिष्ठानय पाथस्त्वं तस्मै दद्यास्तिलांजलिम्
anapatyo'smi tenāhaṃ duṣṭena kuladūṣiṇā || uttiṣṭhānaya pāthastvaṃ tasmai dadyāstilāṃjalim
Through that wicked defiler of the family I am childless. Get up, bring water; you should offer him a handful of sesame (as for the dead).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 17.61
स्नात्वा नित्यविधिं कृत्वा तस्मिन्नेवाह्नि कस्यचित् ।। श्रोत्रियस्य सुतां प्राप्य पाणिं जग्राह दीक्षितः
snātvā nityavidhiṃ kṛtvā tasminnevāhni kasyacit || śrotriyasya sutāṃ prāpya pāṇiṃ jagrāha dīkṣitaḥ
Having bathed and performed the daily observance, on that very same day he obtained the daughter of a certain Vedic scholar, and the initiated one took her hand (in marriage).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition