Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita — Chapter 25
SiP 4 25.1
।। सूत उवाच ।। कदाचिद्गौतमेनैव जलार्थं प्रेषिता निजाः ।। शिष्यास्तत्र गता भक्त्या कमंडलुकरा द्विजाः
|| sūta uvāca || kadācidgautamenaiva jalārthaṃ preṣitā nijāḥ || śiṣyāstatra gatā bhaktyā kamaṃḍalukarā dvijāḥ
Sūta said: Once, sent by Gautama himself to fetch water, his own pupils, twice-born men with water-pots in hand, went there with devotion.
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SiP 4 25.2
शिष्याञ्जलसमीपे तु गतान्दृष्ट्वा न्यषेधयन् ।। जलार्थमगतांस्तत्र चर्षिपत्न्योप्यनेकशः
śiṣyāñjalasamīpe tu gatāndṛṣṭvā nyaṣedhayan || jalārthamagatāṃstatra carṣipatnyopyanekaśaḥ
But seeing the pupils who had gone near the water — who had come there for water — the wives of the sages, many of them, forbade them.
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SiP 4 25.3
ऋषिपत्न्यो वयं पूर्वं ग्रहीष्यामो विदूरतः ।। पश्चाच्चैव जलं ग्राह्यमित्येवं पर्यभर्त्सयन्
ṛṣipatnyo vayaṃ pūrvaṃ grahīṣyāmo vidūrataḥ || paścāccaiva jalaṃ grāhyamityevaṃ paryabhartsayan
"We are the wives of the sages; we shall take (water) first — stand off at a distance! Only afterwards is the water to be taken by you" — thus they scolded (them).
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SiP 4 25.4
परावृत्य तदा तैश्च ऋषिपत्न्यै निवेदितम् ।। सा चापि तान्समादाय समाश्वास्य च तैः स्वयम् आविर्बभूव च तदा प्रसन्नो हि गणेश्वरः ।। उवाच वचनं तत्र भक्ताधीनः फलप्रदः यदा च भवतां दुःखं जातं चानशनात्पुरा ।। तदा सुखं प्रदत्तं वै गौतमेन महर्षिणा कंपमाना च सा गत्वा तत्र तद्वरयोगतः ।। व्रीहीन्संभक्षयामास यवांश्च मुनिसत्तमाः तस्माद्गच्छान्यतस्त्वं च परिवारसमन्वितः ।। विलम्बं कुरु नैव त्वं धेनुहन्पापकारक ऋषय ऊचुः ।। निष्कृतिं हि विना शुद्धिर्जायते न कदाचन ।। तस्मात्त्वं देहशुद्ध्यर्थं प्रायश्चित्तं समाचर
parāvṛtya tadā taiśca ṛṣipatnyai niveditam || sā cāpi tānsamādāya samāśvāsya ca taiḥ svayam āvirbabhūva ca tadā prasanno hi gaṇeśvaraḥ || uvāca vacanaṃ tatra bhaktādhīnaḥ phalapradaḥ yadā ca bhavatāṃ duḥkhaṃ jātaṃ cānaśanātpurā || tadā sukhaṃ pradattaṃ vai gautamena maharṣiṇā kaṃpamānā ca sā gatvā tatra tadvarayogataḥ || vrīhīnsaṃbhakṣayāmāsa yavāṃśca munisattamāḥ tasmādgacchānyatastvaṃ ca parivārasamanvitaḥ || vilambaṃ kuru naiva tvaṃ dhenuhanpāpakāraka ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || niṣkṛtiṃ hi vinā śuddhirjāyate na kadācana || tasmāttvaṃ dehaśuddhyarthaṃ prāyaścittaṃ samācara
Then, having turned back, the matter was reported by them to the sage's wife (Ahalyā). And she too, taking them along and reassuring them, herself... And then Gaṇeśvara, being pleased, became manifest; there he spoke words, he who is subject to his devotees and grants fruits: "When formerly suffering arose for you from fasting, then happiness was given (to you) by the great sage Gautama." And she, trembling, having gone there, by the power of that boon, ate up the rice and the barley, O best of sages. "Therefore go elsewhere, you, together with your retinue; make no delay, you cow-killer, doer of evil!" The sages said: "Without expiation purification never comes about; therefore, for the purifying of your body, perform a penance."
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SiP 4 25.5
जलं नीत्वा ददौ तस्मै गौतमाय तपस्विनी ।। नित्यं निर्वाहयामास जलेन ऋषिसत्तमः
jalaṃ nītvā dadau tasmai gautamāya tapasvinī || nityaṃ nirvāhayāmāsa jalena ṛṣisattamaḥ
The ascetic woman, having brought water, gave it to that Gautama; the best of sages carried on his daily observances with that water.
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SiP 4 25.6
ताश्चैवमृषिपत्न्यस्तु क्रुद्धास्तां पर्यभर्त्सयन् ।। परावृत्य गतास्सर्वास्तूटजान्कुटिलाशयाः
tāścaivamṛṣipatnyastu kruddhāstāṃ paryabhartsayan || parāvṛtya gatāssarvāstūṭajānkuṭilāśayāḥ
And the wives of the sages, angry in this way, scolded her; and all of them, crooked of intent, turned back and went to their leaf-huts.
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SiP 4 25.7
स्वाम्यग्रे विपरीतं च तद्वृत्तं निखिलं ततः।। दुष्टाशयाभिः स्त्रीभिश्च ताभिर्वै विनिवेदितम्
svāmyagre viparītaṃ ca tadvṛttaṃ nikhilaṃ tataḥ|| duṣṭāśayābhiḥ strībhiśca tābhirvai viniveditam
Then, before their husbands, that whole affair was reported inverted by those women of evil intent.
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SiP 4 25.8
अथ तासां वचः श्रुत्वा भाविकर्मवशात्तदा ।। गौतमाय च संकुद्धाश्चासंस्ते परमर्षयः
atha tāsāṃ vacaḥ śrutvā bhāvikarmavaśāttadā || gautamāya ca saṃkuddhāścāsaṃste paramarṣayaḥ
Then, hearing their speech, by the force of destined karma, those supreme sages became enraged at Gautama.
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SiP 4 25.9
विघ्नार्थं गौतमस्यैव नानापूजोपहारकैः।। गणेशं पूजयामासुस्संकुद्धास्ते कुबुद्धयः
vighnārthaṃ gautamasyaiva nānāpūjopahārakaiḥ|| gaṇeśaṃ pūjayāmāsussaṃkuddhāste kubuddhayaḥ
In order to obstruct Gautama, those enraged men of evil mind worshipped Gaṇeśa with manifold worship-offerings.
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SiP 4 25.11
गणेश उवाच ।। प्रसन्नोऽस्मि वरं ब्रूत यूयं किं करवाण्यहम् ।। तदीयं तद्वचः श्रुत्वा ऋषयस्तेऽबुवंस्तदा
gaṇeśa uvāca || prasanno'smi varaṃ brūta yūyaṃ kiṃ karavāṇyaham || tadīyaṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā ṛṣayaste'buvaṃstadā
Gaṇeśa said: "I am pleased; ask a boon — what shall I do for you?" Hearing that speech of his, those sages then said:
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SiP 4 25.12
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। त्वया यदि वरो देयो गौतमस्स्वाश्रमाद्बहिः ।। निष्कास्यं नो ऋषिभिः परिभर्त्स्य तथा कुरु
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || tvayā yadi varo deyo gautamassvāśramādbahiḥ || niṣkāsyaṃ no ṛṣibhiḥ paribhartsya tathā kuru
The sages said: "If a boon is to be given by you, then act so that Gautama is driven out of his own hermitage by us sages, after being reviled."
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SiP 4 25.13
सूत उवाच ।। स एवं प्रार्थितस्तैस्तु विहस्य वचनं पुनः ।। प्रोवाचेभमुखः प्रीत्या बोधयंस्तान्सतां गतिः
sūta uvāca || sa evaṃ prārthitastaistu vihasya vacanaṃ punaḥ || provācebhamukhaḥ prītyā bodhayaṃstānsatāṃ gatiḥ
Sūta said: Thus entreated by them, the elephant-faced one laughed and spoke again, out of affection, instructing them — he who is the refuge of the good.
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SiP 4 25.14
गणेश उवाच ।। श्रूयतामृषयस्सर्वे युक्तं न क्रियतेऽधुना ।। अपराधं विना तस्मै क्रुध्यतां हानिरेव च
gaṇeśa uvāca || śrūyatāmṛṣayassarve yuktaṃ na kriyate'dhunā || aparādhaṃ vinā tasmai krudhyatāṃ hānireva ca
Gaṇeśa said: "Listen, all you sages: what is proper is not being done now. For those who are angry at him without an offence, there is only loss."
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SiP 4 25.15
उपस्कृतं पुरा यैस्तु तेभ्यो दुःखं हितं न हि ।। यदा च दीयते दुःखं तदा नाशो भवेदिह
upaskṛtaṃ purā yaistu tebhyo duḥkhaṃ hitaṃ na hi || yadā ca dīyate duḥkhaṃ tadā nāśo bhavediha
"To those by whom a favour was formerly done, suffering is certainly no benefit; and when suffering is given (to them), then destruction comes about here."
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SiP 4 25.16
ईदृशं च तपः कृत्वा साध्यते फलमुत्तमम् ।। शुभं फलं स्वयं हित्वा साध्यते नाहितं पुनः
īdṛśaṃ ca tapaḥ kṛtvā sādhyate phalamuttamam || śubhaṃ phalaṃ svayaṃ hitvā sādhyate nāhitaṃ punaḥ
"And by performing such austerity, the highest fruit is attained; but by oneself abandoning an auspicious fruit, no good is achieved again."
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SiP 4 25.17
सूत उवाच ।। इत्येवं वचनं श्रुत्वा तस्य ते मुनिसत्तमाः ।। बुद्धिमोहं तदा प्राप्ता इदमेव वचोऽब्रुवन्
sūta uvāca || ityevaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā tasya te munisattamāḥ || buddhimohaṃ tadā prāptā idameva vaco'bruvan
Sūta said: Having heard this speech of his, those best of sages, then falling into confusion of mind, spoke just this word:
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SiP 4 25.18
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। कर्तव्यं हि त्वया स्वामिन्निदमेव न चान्यथा ।। इत्युक्तस्तु तदा देवो गणेशो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || kartavyaṃ hi tvayā svāminnidameva na cānyathā || ityuktastu tadā devo gaṇeśo vākyamabravīt
The sages said: "This very thing must be done by you, Lord, and not otherwise." Being thus addressed, the god Gaṇeśa then spoke these words:
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SiP 4 25.19
गणेश उवाच ।। असाधुस्साधुतां चैव साधुश्चासाधुतां तथा ।। कदाचिदपि नाप्नोति ब्रह्मोक्तमिति निश्चितम्
gaṇeśa uvāca || asādhussādhutāṃ caiva sādhuścāsādhutāṃ tathā || kadācidapi nāpnoti brahmoktamiti niścitam
Gaṇeśa said: "A bad man never attains goodness, nor likewise a good man badness — this has been declared by Brahmā, and so it is settled."
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SiP 4 25.21
इदानीं वै भवद्भिश्च तस्मै दुःखं प्रदीयते ।। नेतद्युक्ततमं लोके सर्वथा सुविचार्यताम्
idānīṃ vai bhavadbhiśca tasmai duḥkhaṃ pradīyate || netadyuktatamaṃ loke sarvathā suvicāryatām
"Now suffering is being inflicted by you upon him; this is not at all the most proper thing in the world — let it be well considered in every way."
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SiP 4 25.22
स्त्रीबलान्मोहिता यूयं न मे वाक्यं करिष्यथ ।। एतद्धिततमं तस्य भविष्यति न संशयः
strībalānmohitā yūyaṃ na me vākyaṃ kariṣyatha || etaddhitatamaṃ tasya bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
"Deluded by the power of a woman, you will not act on my word. Yet this would be most beneficial for him — there is no doubt."
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SiP 4 25.23
पुनश्चायमृषिश्रेष्ठो दास्यते वस्सुखं ध्रुवम् ।। तारणं न च युक्तं स्याद्वरमन्यं वृणीत वै
punaścāyamṛṣiśreṣṭho dāsyate vassukhaṃ dhruvam || tāraṇaṃ na ca yuktaṃ syādvaramanyaṃ vṛṇīta vai
"And again, this best of sages will surely give you happiness. But the deliverance (of the drought) would not be proper — choose some other boon."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 4 25.24
सूत उवाच ।। इत्येवं वचनं तेन गणेशेन महात्मना ।। यद्यप्युक्तमृषिभ्यश्च तदप्येते न मेनिरे
sūta uvāca || ityevaṃ vacanaṃ tena gaṇeśena mahātmanā || yadyapyuktamṛṣibhyaśca tadapyete na menire
Sūta said: Although such a speech was spoken to the sages by that great-souled Gaṇeśa, even that they did not accept.
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SiP 4 25.25
भक्ताधीनतया सोथ शिवपुत्रोब्रवीत्तदा ।। उदासीनेन मनसा तानृषीन्दुष्टशेमुषीन्
bhaktādhīnatayā sotha śivaputrobravīttadā || udāsīnena manasā tānṛṣīnduṣṭaśemuṣīn
Then, out of his dependence on his devotees, that son of Śiva spoke to those sages of evil intent with an indifferent mind.
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SiP 4 25.26
गणेश उवाच ।। भवद्भिः प्रार्थ्यते यच्च करिष्येऽहं तथा खलु ।। पश्चाद्भावि भवेदेव इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे पुनः
gaṇeśa uvāca || bhavadbhiḥ prārthyate yacca kariṣye'haṃ tathā khalu || paścādbhāvi bhavedeva ityuktvāṃtardadhe punaḥ
Gaṇeśa said: What you request, that indeed I shall do; what is to come afterwards will simply come to be. Having said this, he vanished again.
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SiP 4 25.27
गौतमस्स न जानाति मुनीनां वै दुराशयम् ।। आनन्दमनसा नित्यं पत्न्या कर्म चकार तत्
gautamassa na jānāti munīnāṃ vai durāśayam || ānandamanasā nityaṃ patnyā karma cakāra tat
That Gautama did not know the sages' evil intent; with a joyful mind he performed that work constantly along with his wife.
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SiP 4 25.28
तदन्तरे च यज्जातं चरितं वरयोगतः ।। तद्दुष्टर्षिप्रभावात्तु श्रूयतां तन्मुनीश्वराः
tadantare ca yajjātaṃ caritaṃ varayogataḥ || tadduṣṭarṣiprabhāvāttu śrūyatāṃ tanmunīśvarāḥ
And in the meantime, what happened by the working of that boon — that event, brought about by the power of those wicked sages — hear it, O lords among sages.
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SiP 4 25.29
गौतमस्य च केदारे तत्रासन्व्रीहयो यवाः ।। गणेशस्तत्र गौर्भूत्वा जगाम किल दुर्बला
gautamasya ca kedāre tatrāsanvrīhayo yavāḥ || gaṇeśastatra gaurbhūtvā jagāma kila durbalā
In Gautama's field there were rice-plants and barley; there Gaṇeśa, having become a cow, went — feeble, indeed.
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SiP 4 25.31
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे दैवाद्गौतमस्तत्र चागतः ।। स दयालुस्तृणस्तंम्बैर्वारयामास तां तदा
etasminnantare daivādgautamastatra cāgataḥ || sa dayālustṛṇastaṃmbairvārayāmāsa tāṃ tadā
At that moment, by fate, Gautama too came there; being compassionate, he then warded her off with a clump of grass.
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SiP 4 25.32
तृणस्तंबेन सा स्पृष्टा पपात पृथिवीतले ।। मृता च तत्क्षणादेव तदृषेः पश्यतस्तदा
tṛṇastaṃbena sā spṛṣṭā papāta pṛthivītale || mṛtā ca tatkṣaṇādeva tadṛṣeḥ paśyatastadā
Touched by the clump of grass, she fell to the ground, and died that very instant, while that sage looked on.
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SiP 4 25.33
ऋषयश्छन्नरूपास्ते ऋषिपत्न्यस्तथाशुभाः ।। ऊचुस्तत्र तदा सर्वे किं कृतं गौतमेन च
ṛṣayaśchannarūpāste ṛṣipatnyastathāśubhāḥ || ūcustatra tadā sarve kiṃ kṛtaṃ gautamena ca
Those sages in concealed form, and likewise the inauspicious wives of the sages — all of them then said there: "What has Gautama done!"
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SiP 4 25.34
गौतमोऽपि तथाहल्यामाहूयासीत्सुविस्मितः ।। उवाच दुःखतो विप्रा दूयमानेन चेतसा
gautamo'pi tathāhalyāmāhūyāsītsuvismitaḥ || uvāca duḥkhato viprā dūyamānena cetasā
Gautama too, greatly astonished, called Ahalyā and spoke out of sorrow, O brahmins, with a grieving heart.
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SiP 4 25.35
गौतम उवाच ।। किं जातं च कथं देवि कुपितः परमेश्वरः ।। किं कर्तव्यं क्व गन्तव्यं हत्या च समुपस्थिता
gautama uvāca || kiṃ jātaṃ ca kathaṃ devi kupitaḥ parameśvaraḥ || kiṃ kartavyaṃ kva gantavyaṃ hatyā ca samupasthitā
Gautama said: What has happened, and how, O lady? Is the Supreme Lord angered? What is to be done, where is one to go? A killing has come upon (me).
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SiP 4 25.36
सूत उवाच ।।एतस्मिन्नन्तरे विप्रो गौतमं पर्यभर्त्सयन् ।। विप्रपत्न्यस्तथाऽहल्यां दुर्वचोभिर्व्यथां ददुः
sūta uvāca ||etasminnantare vipro gautamaṃ paryabhartsayan || viprapatnyastathā'halyāṃ durvacobhirvyathāṃ daduḥ
Sūta said: At that moment the brahmin(s) reviled Gautama, and the brahmins' wives likewise gave pain to Ahalyā with harsh words.
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SiP 4 25.37
दुर्बुद्धयश्च तच्छिष्यास्सुतास्तेषां तथैव च ।। गौतम परिभर्त्स्यैव प्रत्यूचुर्धिग्वचो मुहुः
durbuddhayaśca tacchiṣyāssutāsteṣāṃ tathaiva ca || gautama paribhartsyaiva pratyūcurdhigvaco muhuḥ
And the evil-minded pupils of those (sages), and their sons as well, reviling Gautama, retorted again and again with words of "Shame!"
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SiP 4 25.38
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। मुखं न दर्शनीयं ते गम्यतां गम्यतामिति ।। दृष्ट्वा गोघ्नमुखं सद्यस्सचैलं स्नानमाचरेत्
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || mukhaṃ na darśanīyaṃ te gamyatāṃ gamyatāmiti || dṛṣṭvā goghnamukhaṃ sadyassacailaṃ snānamācaret
The sages said: Your face is not to be looked at; go away, go away! Having seen the face of a cow-killer, one should at once bathe together with one's clothes.
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SiP 4 25.39
यावदाश्रममध्ये त्वं तावदेव हविर्भुजः ।। पितरश्च न गृह्णंति ह्यस्मद्दत्तं हि किञ्चन
yāvadāśramamadhye tvaṃ tāvadeva havirbhujaḥ || pitaraśca na gṛhṇaṃti hyasmaddattaṃ hi kiñcana
So long as you are within the hermitage, just so long the eaters of oblations and the ancestors do not accept anything given by us.
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SiP 4 25.41
सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा ते च तं सर्वे पाषाणैस्समताडयन् ।। व्यथां ददुरतीवास्मै त्वहल्यां च दुरुक्तिभिः
sūta uvāca || ityuktvā te ca taṃ sarve pāṣāṇaissamatāḍayan || vyathāṃ daduratīvāsmai tvahalyāṃ ca duruktibhiḥ
Sūta said: Having said this, they all struck him with stones, and gave exceeding pain to him, and to Ahalyā with foul speech.
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SiP 4 25.42
ताडितो भर्त्सितो दुष्टैर्गौतमो गिरमब्रवीत् ।। इतो गच्छामि मुनयो ह्यन्यत्र निवसाम्यहम्
tāḍito bhartsito duṣṭairgautamo giramabravīt || ito gacchāmi munayo hyanyatra nivasāmyaham
Beaten and reviled by the wicked ones, Gautama uttered these words: "I go from here, O sages; I shall dwell elsewhere."
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SiP 4 25.43
इत्युक्त्वा गौतमस्तस्मात्स्थानाच्च निर्गतस्तदा।। गत्वा क्रोशं तदा चक्रे ह्याश्रमं तदनुज्ञया
ityuktvā gautamastasmātsthānācca nirgatastadā|| gatvā krośaṃ tadā cakre hyāśramaṃ tadanujñayā
Having said this, Gautama then went out from that place, and going a krośa away he made a hermitage there, with their permission.
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SiP 4 25.44
यावच्चैवाभिशापो वै तावत्कार्य्यं न किंचन।। न कर्मण्यधिकारोऽस्ति दैवे पित्र्येऽथ वैदिके ।
yāvaccaivābhiśāpo vai tāvatkāryyaṃ na kiṃcana|| na karmaṇyadhikāro'sti daive pitrye'tha vaidike |
As long as the curse (lasts), so long nothing at all is to be done (by way of rite); there is no entitlement to ritual action, whether for the gods, for the ancestors, or that prescribed by the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 25.45
मासार्धं च ततो नीत्वा मुनीन्संप्रार्थयत्तदा ।। गौतमो मुनिवर्य्यस्स तेन दुःखेन दुखितः
māsārdhaṃ ca tato nītvā munīnsaṃprārthayattadā || gautamo munivaryyassa tena duḥkhena dukhitaḥ
Then, having passed half a month, that best of sages Gautama, afflicted by that grief, made his entreaty to the sages.
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SiP 4 25.46
गौतम उवाच ।। अनुकंप्यो भवद्भिश्च कथ्यतां क्रियते मया।। यथा मदीयं पापं च गच्छत्विति निवेद्यताम्
gautama uvāca || anukaṃpyo bhavadbhiśca kathyatāṃ kriyate mayā|| yathā madīyaṃ pāpaṃ ca gacchatviti nivedyatām
Gautama said: I should be shown compassion by you; let it be told (to me), and I shall do it. Let it be declared how this sin of mine may depart.
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SiP 4 25.47
सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्तास्ते तदा विप्रा नोचुश्चैव परस्परम् ।। अत्यंतं सेवया पृष्टा मिलिता ह्येकतस्स्थिताः
sūta uvāca || ityuktāste tadā viprā nocuścaiva parasparam || atyaṃtaṃ sevayā pṛṣṭā militā hyekatassthitāḥ
Sūta said: Thus addressed, those brahmins then said nothing to one another; asked most earnestly with attendance (upon them), they gathered and stood together in one place.
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SiP 4 25.48
गौतमो दूरतः स्थित्वा नत्वा तानृषिसत्तमान्।। पप्रच्छ विनयाविष्टः किं कार्यं हि मयाधुना
gautamo dūrataḥ sthitvā natvā tānṛṣisattamān|| papraccha vinayāviṣṭaḥ kiṃ kāryaṃ hi mayādhunā
Gautama, standing at a distance and bowing to those best of seers, filled with humility, asked: What indeed is to be done by me now?
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SiP 4 25.49
इत्युक्ते मुनिना तेन गौतमेन महात्मना ।। मिलितास्सकलास्ते वै मुनयो वाक्यमब्रुवन्
ityukte muninā tena gautamena mahātmanā || militāssakalāste vai munayo vākyamabruvan
When this had been said by that sage, the great-souled Gautama, all those sages, gathered together, spoke these words:
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SiP 4 25.51
त्रिवारं पृथिवीं सर्वां क्रम पापं प्रकाशयन् ।। पुनरागत्य चात्रैव चर मासव्रतं तथा
trivāraṃ pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ krama pāpaṃ prakāśayan || punarāgatya cātraiva cara māsavrataṃ tathā
Traverse the whole earth three times, proclaiming your sin; then, coming back here again, likewise observe a month's vow.
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SiP 4 25.52
शतमेकोत्तरं चैव ब्रह्मणोऽस्य गिरेस्तथा ।। प्रक्रमणं विधायैवं शुद्धिस्ते च भविष्यति
śatamekottaraṃ caiva brahmaṇo'sya girestathā || prakramaṇaṃ vidhāyaivaṃ śuddhiste ca bhaviṣyati
And having performed one hundred and one circuits of this mountain of Brahmā in this way, there will be purification for you.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 4 25.53
अथवा त्वं समानीय गंगास्नानं समाचर ।। पार्थिवानां तथा कोटिं कृत्वा देवं निषेवय
athavā tvaṃ samānīya gaṃgāsnānaṃ samācara || pārthivānāṃ tathā koṭiṃ kṛtvā devaṃ niṣevaya
Or else, having brought (the Ganges) here, perform a bath in the Ganges, and having made a crore of earthen (liṅgas), worship the god.
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SiP 4 25.54
गंगायां च ततः स्नात्वा पुनश्चैव भविष्यति ।। पुरा दश तथा चैकं गिरेस्त्वं क्रमणं कुरु
gaṃgāyāṃ ca tataḥ snātvā punaścaiva bhaviṣyati || purā daśa tathā caikaṃ girestvaṃ kramaṇaṃ kuru
And then, bathing in the Ganges, it will be so again; earlier (make) ten and one — do you make (that many) circuits of the mountain.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 4 25.55
शत कुंभैस्तथा स्नात्वा पार्थिवं निष्कृतिर्भवेत् ।। इति तैर्षिभिः प्रोक्तस्तथेत्योमिति तद्वचः
śata kuṃbhaistathā snātvā pārthivaṃ niṣkṛtirbhavet || iti tairṣibhiḥ proktastathetyomiti tadvacaḥ
Likewise, having bathed with a hundred pots (of water), (and worshipped) an earthen (liṅga), there would be expiation. Thus addressed by those seers, (he uttered) that word of assent, "So be it, om."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 4 25.56
पार्थिवानां तथा पूजां गिरेः प्रक्रमणं तथा ।। करिष्यामि मुनिश्रेष्ठा आज्ञया श्रीमतामिह
pārthivānāṃ tathā pūjāṃ gireḥ prakramaṇaṃ tathā || kariṣyāmi muniśreṣṭhā ājñayā śrīmatāmiha
I shall perform the worship of the earthen (liṅgas) and likewise the circumambulation of the mountain, O best of sages, here, by the command of you illustrious ones.
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SiP 4 25.57
इत्युक्त्वा सर्षिवर्यश्च कृत्वा प्रक्रमणं गिरेः ।। पूजयामास निर्माय पार्थिवान्मुनिसत्तमः
ityuktvā sarṣivaryaśca kṛtvā prakramaṇaṃ gireḥ || pūjayāmāsa nirmāya pārthivānmunisattamaḥ
Having said this, that best of seers, having performed the circumambulation of the mountain, fashioned earthen (liṅgas) and worshipped them, that most excellent of sages.
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SiP 4 25.58
अहल्या च ततस्साध्वी तच्च सर्वं चकार सा ।। शिष्याश्च प्रतिशिष्याश्च चक्रुस्सेवां तयोस्तदा
ahalyā ca tatassādhvī tacca sarvaṃ cakāra sā || śiṣyāśca pratiśiṣyāśca cakrussevāṃ tayostadā
And then the virtuous Ahalyā too did all that; and the pupils and the pupils' pupils then rendered service to the two of them.
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