Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita — Chapter 6
SiP 4 6.1
सूत उवाच ।। गौश्चैकाप्यभवत्तत्र ह्यंगणे बंधिता शुभा ।। तदैव ब्राह्मणो रात्रावाजगाम बहिर्गतः
sūta uvāca || gauścaikāpyabhavattatra hyaṃgaṇe baṃdhitā śubhā || tadaiva brāhmaṇo rātrāvājagāma bahirgataḥ
Sūta said: There was also a fine cow there, tied up in the courtyard; and just then the brahmin, who had gone outside, came in during the night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 6.2
स उवाच प्रियां स्वीयां दृष्ट्वा गामंगणे स्थिताम् ।। अदुग्धां खेदनिर्विण्णो दोग्धुकामो मुनीश्वराः
sa uvāca priyāṃ svīyāṃ dṛṣṭvā gāmaṃgaṇe sthitām || adugdhāṃ khedanirviṇṇo dogdhukāmo munīśvarāḥ
He spoke to his own wife, having seen the cow standing in the courtyard unmilked; dejected with vexation, he wished to milk her, O lords among sages.
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SiP 4 6.3
गौः प्रिये नैव दुग्धा ते सेत्युक्ता वत्समानयत् ।। दोहनार्थं समाहूय स्त्रियं शीघ्रतरं तदा
gauḥ priye naiva dugdhā te setyuktā vatsamānayat || dohanārthaṃ samāhūya striyaṃ śīghrataraṃ tadā
"Dear, the cow has not been milked by you at all" — so addressed, she brought the calf, having quickly summoned the woman then for the sake of milking.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 4 6.4
वत्सं कीले स्वयं बद्धुं यत्नं चैवाकरोत्तदा।। ब्राह्मणस्स गृहस्वामी मुनयो दुग्धलालसः श्रूयतां पुत्र मे दुःखं वक्तुं शक्नोम्यहं न हि।। दुष्टेन ताडितत्वं च तेन दुःखं ममाप्यभूत् ।। वत्स उवाच ।। यद्येवं च विजानामि पुनश्च रुदनं कुतः ।। कृत्वा च साध्यते किञ्चित्तस्माद्दुःखं त्यजाधुना गौरुवाच।। एवं जानाम्यहं पुत्र माया मां न जहात्यसौ।। त्वद्दुःखेन सुदुःखं मे तस्मै दास्ये तदेव हि दोहनस्य तदा काले ब्राह्मणः स्वसुतं प्रति।। उवाच गंतुकामश्च कार्यार्थं कुत्रचिच्च सः ब्राह्मणश्च तदा पान्र्थौ दृष्ट्वाश्चर्यं विनिर्गतः ।। यत्र गौश्च गतस्तत्र तामनु ब्राह्मणो गतः वैशाखे चैव संप्राप्ते सप्तम्याश्च दिने शुभे ।। सितेपक्षे सदा गंगा ह्यायाति द्विजसत्तम
vatsaṃ kīle svayaṃ baddhuṃ yatnaṃ caivākarottadā|| brāhmaṇassa gṛhasvāmī munayo dugdhalālasaḥ śrūyatāṃ putra me duḥkhaṃ vaktuṃ śaknomyahaṃ na hi|| duṣṭena tāḍitatvaṃ ca tena duḥkhaṃ mamāpyabhūt || vatsa uvāca || yadyevaṃ ca vijānāmi punaśca rudanaṃ kutaḥ || kṛtvā ca sādhyate kiñcittasmādduḥkhaṃ tyajādhunā gauruvāca|| evaṃ jānāmyahaṃ putra māyā māṃ na jahātyasau|| tvadduḥkhena suduḥkhaṃ me tasmai dāsye tadeva hi dohanasya tadā kāle brāhmaṇaḥ svasutaṃ prati|| uvāca gaṃtukāmaśca kāryārthaṃ kutracicca saḥ brāhmaṇaśca tadā pānrthau dṛṣṭvāścaryaṃ vinirgataḥ || yatra gauśca gatastatra tāmanu brāhmaṇo gataḥ vaiśākhe caiva saṃprāpte saptamyāśca dine śubhe || sitepakṣe sadā gaṃgā hyāyāti dvijasattama
Then he himself made an effort to tie the calf to the peg — that brahmin, the master of the house, O sages, greedy for the milk. "Hear my grief, son; indeed I am not able to tell it. I was beaten by that wicked one, and from him grief came to me also." The calf said: "If I understand it thus, then why weep again? By acting, something is accomplished; therefore give up your grief now." The cow said: "I know it so, son, but this māyā does not let go of me. By your suffering I suffer greatly; therefore I shall give him just that." Then, at the time of milking, the brahmin (spoke) to his own son; he spoke, wishing to go somewhere for some business. And the brahmin then, seeing a marvel, went out for the sake of drinking(?); where the cow went, there the brahmin went after her. "When Vaiśākha has come, on the auspicious seventh day, in the bright fortnight, Gaṅgā always comes, O best of the twice-born."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 4 6.5
वत्सोपि कर्षमाणश्च पादे वै पादपीडनम् ।। चकार ब्राह्मणश्चैव कष्टं प्राप्तश्च सुव्रताः
vatsopi karṣamāṇaśca pāde vai pādapīḍanam || cakāra brāhmaṇaścaiva kaṣṭaṃ prāptaśca suvratāḥ
The calf too, being dragged, pressed (his) foot with its foot; and the brahmin, O you of good vows, came to pain.
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SiP 4 6.6
तेन पादप्रहारेण स द्विजः क्रोधमूर्छितः ।। वत्सं च ताडयामास कूपैर्दृढतरं तदा
tena pādaprahāreṇa sa dvijaḥ krodhamūrchitaḥ || vatsaṃ ca tāḍayāmāsa kūpairdṛḍhataraṃ tadā
By that blow of the foot that twice-born, stupefied with rage, then beat the calf all the harder with sticks.
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SiP 4 6.7
वत्सोपि पीडितस्तेन श्रांतश्चैवाभवत्तदा ।। दुग्धा गौर्मोचितो वत्सो न क्रोधेन द्विजन्मना
vatsopi pīḍitastena śrāṃtaścaivābhavattadā || dugdhā gaurmocito vatso na krodhena dvijanmanā
The calf too, tormented by him, then became exhausted. The cow was milked; the calf was not released by the enraged twice-born.
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SiP 4 6.8
गौर्दोग्धुं महत्प्रीत्या रोदनं चाकरोत्तदा ।। दृष्ट्वा च रोदनं तस्या वत्सो वाक्यमथाब्रवीत्
gaurdogdhuṃ mahatprītyā rodanaṃ cākarottadā || dṛṣṭvā ca rodanaṃ tasyā vatso vākyamathābravīt
Out of great affection (for the calf) the cow, while being milked, then wept; and seeing her weeping, the calf spoke these words.
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SiP 4 6.9
वत्स उवाच ।। कथं च रुद्यते मातः किन्ते दुःखमुपस्थितम्।। तन्निवेदय मे प्रीत्या तच्छ्रुत्वा गौरवोचत
vatsa uvāca || kathaṃ ca rudyate mātaḥ kinte duḥkhamupasthitam|| tannivedaya me prītyā tacchrutvā gauravocata
The calf said: Why do you weep, mother? What grief has come upon you? Tell that to me out of affection. Hearing that, the cow said:
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SiP 4 6.11
सूत उवाच ।। स्वमातुर्वचनं श्रुत्वा स वत्सः प्रत्यबोधयत् ।। प्रत्युवाच स्वजननीं प्रारब्धपरिनिष्ठितः
sūta uvāca || svamāturvacanaṃ śrutvā sa vatsaḥ pratyabodhayat || pratyuvāca svajananīṃ prārabdhapariniṣṭhitaḥ
Sūta said: Having heard his own mother's words, that calf instructed her; he answered his own mother, being settled in (the doctrine of) destiny already set in motion.
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SiP 4 6.12
किं कर्त्तव्यं क्व गंतव्यं कर्मबद्धा वयं यतः।। कृतं चैव यथापूर्वं भुज्यते च तथाधुना
kiṃ karttavyaṃ kva gaṃtavyaṃ karmabaddhā vayaṃ yataḥ|| kṛtaṃ caiva yathāpūrvaṃ bhujyate ca tathādhunā
What is to be done, where is one to go, since we are bound by karma? Just as it was done before, so it is now undergone.
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SiP 4 6.13
हसता क्रियते कर्म रुदता परिभुज्यते।। दुःखदाता न कोप्यस्ति सुखदाता न कश्चन
hasatā kriyate karma rudatā paribhujyate|| duḥkhadātā na kopyasti sukhadātā na kaścana
Karma is done by one who laughs; it is undergone by one who weeps. There is no one at all who gives sorrow, and no one who gives happiness.
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SiP 4 6.14
सुखदुःखे परो दत्त इत्येषा कुमतिर्मता।। अहं चापि करोम्यत्र मिथ्याज्ञानं तदोच्यते
sukhaduḥkhe paro datta ityeṣā kumatirmatā|| ahaṃ cāpi karomyatra mithyājñānaṃ tadocyate
"Pleasure and pain are given by another" — this is reckoned a bad notion; and "I too act here" — that is called false knowledge.
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SiP 4 6.15
स्वकर्मणा भवेद्दुखं सुखं तेनैव कर्मणा।। तस्माच्च पूज्यते कर्म सर्वं कर्मणि संस्थितम
svakarmaṇā bhaveddukhaṃ sukhaṃ tenaiva karmaṇā|| tasmācca pūjyate karma sarvaṃ karmaṇi saṃsthitama
By one's own karma comes sorrow, and by that same karma happiness; therefore karma is honoured, (for) everything rests upon karma.
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SiP 4 6.16
त्वं चैवाहं च जननी इमे जीवादयश्च ये ।। ते सर्वे कर्मणा बद्धा न शोच्याः कर्हिचित्त्वया
tvaṃ caivāhaṃ ca jananī ime jīvādayaśca ye || te sarve karmaṇā baddhā na śocyāḥ karhicittvayā
You and I, mother, and these creatures beginning with the living beings — all of them are bound by karma; they are never to be grieved over by you.
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SiP 4 6.17
सूत उवाच ।। एवं श्रुत्वा स्वपुत्रस्य वचनं ज्ञानगर्भितम् ।। पुत्रशोकान्विता दीना सा च गौरब्रवीदिदम्
sūta uvāca || evaṃ śrutvā svaputrasya vacanaṃ jñānagarbhitam || putraśokānvitā dīnā sā ca gaurabravīdidam
Sūta said: Having thus heard her son's speech, filled with knowledge, that cow, wretched and possessed by grief for her son, said this.
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SiP 4 6.18
गौरुवाच ।। वत्स सर्वं विजानामि कर्माधीनाः प्रजा इति ।। तथापि मायया ग्रस्ता दुःखं प्राप्नोम्यहं पुनः
gauruvāca || vatsa sarvaṃ vijānāmi karmādhīnāḥ prajā iti || tathāpi māyayā grastā duḥkhaṃ prāpnomyahaṃ punaḥ
The cow said: Son, I know it all, that creatures are subject to karma; yet, swallowed up by māyā, I come to sorrow again.
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SiP 4 6.19
रोदनं च कृतं भूरि दुःखशान्तिर्भवेन्नहि ।। इत्येतद्वचनं श्रुत्वा प्रसूं वत्सोऽब्रवीदिदम्
rodanaṃ ca kṛtaṃ bhūri duḥkhaśāntirbhavennahi || ityetadvacanaṃ śrutvā prasūṃ vatso'bravīdidam
Much weeping has been done, (yet) there is no quieting of the sorrow. Hearing this speech, the calf said this to his mother.
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SiP 4 6.21
।। सूत उवाच ।। एवं पुत्रवचः श्रुत्वा तन्माता दुःखसंयुता ।। निःश्वस्याति तदा धेनुर्वत्सं वचनमब्रवीत्
|| sūta uvāca || evaṃ putravacaḥ śrutvā tanmātā duḥkhasaṃyutā || niḥśvasyāti tadā dhenurvatsaṃ vacanamabravīt
Sūta said: Having thus heard her son's words, his mother, joined with sorrow, the cow, sighing deeply then, spoke these words to the calf.
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SiP 4 6.22
गौरुवाच ।। मम दुःखं तदा गच्छेद्यथा दुखं तथाविधम् ।। भवेद्धि ब्राह्मणस्यापि सत्यमेतद्ब्रवीम्यहम्
gauruvāca || mama duḥkhaṃ tadā gacchedyathā dukhaṃ tathāvidham || bhaveddhi brāhmaṇasyāpi satyametadbravīmyaham
The cow said: My sorrow would then depart, if sorrow of the same kind should come to the brahmin also; I say this truly.
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SiP 4 6.23
प्रातश्चैव मया पुत्र शृंगाभ्यां हि हनिष्यते ।। हतस्य जीवितं सद्यो यास्यत्यस्य न संशयः
prātaścaiva mayā putra śṛṃgābhyāṃ hi haniṣyate || hatasya jīvitaṃ sadyo yāsyatyasya na saṃśayaḥ
In the morning, son, he will be killed by me with my two horns; the life of him thus struck will depart at once — there is no doubt.
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SiP 4 6.24
वत्स उवाच।। प्रथमं यत्कृतं कर्म तत्फलं भुज्यतेऽधुना ।। अस्याश्च ब्रह्महत्याया मातः किं फलमाप्स्यसे
vatsa uvāca|| prathamaṃ yatkṛtaṃ karma tatphalaṃ bhujyate'dhunā || asyāśca brahmahatyāyā mātaḥ kiṃ phalamāpsyase
The calf said: The karma that was done before — its fruit is being undergone now. And of this slaying of a brahmin, mother, what fruit will you obtain?
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SiP 4 6.25
समाभ्यां पुण्यपापाभ्यां भवेज्जन्म च भारते ।। तयोः क्षये च भोगेन मातर्मुक्तिरवाप्यते
samābhyāṃ puṇyapāpābhyāṃ bhavejjanma ca bhārate || tayoḥ kṣaye ca bhogena mātarmuktiravāpyate
When merit and demerit are equal, birth takes place in Bhārata; and when those two are exhausted through being experienced, mother, liberation is attained.
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SiP 4 6.26
कदापि कर्मणो नाशः कदा भोगः प्रजायते।। तस्माच्च पुनरेवं त्वं कर्म मा कर्तुमुद्यता
kadāpi karmaṇo nāśaḥ kadā bhogaḥ prajāyate|| tasmācca punarevaṃ tvaṃ karma mā kartumudyatā
There is never a destruction of action (except by) when its fruition comes about; therefore do not again set about doing such a deed.
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SiP 4 6.27
अहं कुतस्ते पुत्रोद्य त्वं माता कुत एव च।। वृथाभिमानः पुत्रत्वे मातृत्वे च विचार्य्यताम्
ahaṃ kutaste putrodya tvaṃ mātā kuta eva ca|| vṛthābhimānaḥ putratve mātṛtve ca vicāryyatām
How am I your son now, and how are you a mother at all? Let it be considered that the notion of being a son and of being a mother is empty.
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SiP 4 6.28
क्व माता क्व पिता विद्धि क्व स्वामी क्व कलत्रकम् ।। न कोऽपि कस्य चास्तीह सर्वेपि स्वकृतं भुजः
kva mātā kva pitā viddhi kva svāmī kva kalatrakam || na ko'pi kasya cāstīha sarvepi svakṛtaṃ bhujaḥ
Know this: where is a mother, where a father, where a husband, where a wife? No one here belongs to anyone; all alike consume what they themselves have done.
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SiP 4 6.29
एवं ज्ञात्वा त्वया मातर्दुःखं त्याज्यं सुयत्नतः ।। सुभगाचरणं कार्यं परलोकसुखेप्सया
evaṃ jñātvā tvayā mātarduḥkhaṃ tyājyaṃ suyatnataḥ || subhagācaraṇaṃ kāryaṃ paralokasukhepsayā
Knowing this, mother, you should with good effort give up grief; auspicious conduct should be practised, out of desire for happiness in the world beyond.
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SiP 4 6.31
पुनश्च ब्रह्महत्याया नाशो यत्र भवेदिह।। तत्स्थलं च मया दृष्टं हत्या मे हि गमिष्यति
punaśca brahmahatyāyā nāśo yatra bhavediha|| tatsthalaṃ ca mayā dṛṣṭaṃ hatyā me hi gamiṣyati
And further, that place where the destruction of brahmin-slaying comes about here — that place I have seen; my slaying-guilt will surely depart.
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SiP 4 6.32
सूत उवाच।। इत्येतद्वचनं श्रुत्वा स्वमातुर्गोर्द्विजोत्तमाः।। मौनत्वं स्वीकृतं तत्र वत्सेनोक्तं न किञ्चन
sūta uvāca|| ityetadvacanaṃ śrutvā svamāturgordvijottamāḥ|| maunatvaṃ svīkṛtaṃ tatra vatsenoktaṃ na kiñcana
Sūta said: Having heard this speech of his mother the cow, O best of the twice-born, the calf took up silence there and said nothing.
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SiP 4 6.33
तयोस्तदद्भुतं वृत्तं श्रुत्वा पान्थो द्विजस्तदा ।। हृदा विचारयामास विस्मितो हि मुनीश्वराः
tayostadadbhutaṃ vṛttaṃ śrutvā pāntho dvijastadā || hṛdā vicārayāmāsa vismito hi munīśvarāḥ
Having heard that wondrous doing of those two, the wayfaring brahmin then pondered in his heart, amazed indeed, O lords of sages.
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SiP 4 6.34
इदमत्यद्भुतं वृत्तं दृष्ट्वा प्रातर्मया खलु ।। गंतव्यं पुनरेवातो गंतव्यं तत्स्थलं पुनः
idamatyadbhutaṃ vṛttaṃ dṛṣṭvā prātarmayā khalu || gaṃtavyaṃ punarevāto gaṃtavyaṃ tatsthalaṃ punaḥ
'Having seen this most wondrous event, in the morning I must certainly go from here again; that place must be gone to once more.'
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SiP 4 6.35
।। सूत उवाच ।। विचार्येति हृदा विप्रः स द्विजाः सेवकेन च ।। सुष्वाप तत्र जननीभक्तः परमविस्मितः
|| sūta uvāca || vicāryeti hṛdā vipraḥ sa dvijāḥ sevakena ca || suṣvāpa tatra jananībhaktaḥ paramavismitaḥ
Sūta said: Having pondered thus in his heart, that brahmin, O twice-born ones, together with his servant, slept there, devoted to his mother and utterly amazed.
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SiP 4 6.36
प्रातःकाले तदा जाते गृहस्वामी समुत्थितः।। बोधयामास तं पान्थं वचनं चेदमब्रवीत्
prātaḥkāle tadā jāte gṛhasvāmī samutthitaḥ|| bodhayāmāsa taṃ pānthaṃ vacanaṃ cedamabravīt
Then when morning had come, the master of the house rose up, woke that wayfarer, and spoke this speech.
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SiP 4 6.37
द्विज उवाच ।। स्वपिषि त्वं किमर्थं हि प्रातःकालो भवत्यलम्।। स्वयात्रां कुरु तं देशं गमनेच्छा च यत्र ह
dvija uvāca || svapiṣi tvaṃ kimarthaṃ hi prātaḥkālo bhavatyalam|| svayātrāṃ kuru taṃ deśaṃ gamanecchā ca yatra ha
The brahmin said: Why do you sleep? It is fully morning. Make your journey to that country where indeed your wish to go lies.
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SiP 4 6.38
तेनोक्तं श्रूयताम्ब्रह्मञ्च्छरीरे सेवकस्य मे।। वर्तते हि व्यथा स्थित्वा मुहूर्तं गम्यते ततः
tenoktaṃ śrūyatāmbrahmañccharīre sevakasya me|| vartate hi vyathā sthitvā muhūrtaṃ gamyate tataḥ
He said: "Listen, brahmin — in the body of my servant there is pain; after we wait a short while, then we shall go."
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SiP 4 6.39
सूत उवाच ।। इत्येवं च मिषं कृत्वा सुष्वाप पुरुषस्तदा ।। तद्वृत्तमखिलं ज्ञातुमद्भुतं विस्मयावहम्
sūta uvāca || ityevaṃ ca miṣaṃ kṛtvā suṣvāpa puruṣastadā || tadvṛttamakhilaṃ jñātumadbhutaṃ vismayāvaham
Sūta said: And having thus made a pretext, the man then went to sleep, in order to learn that whole business, which was marvellous and productive of astonishment.
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SiP 4 6.41
पितोवाच।। मया तु गम्यते पुत्र कार्यार्थं कुत्रचित्पुनः ।। धेनुर्दोह्या त्वया वत्स सावधानादियं निजा
pitovāca|| mayā tu gamyate putra kāryārthaṃ kutracitpunaḥ || dhenurdohyā tvayā vatsa sāvadhānādiyaṃ nijā
The father said: But I am going somewhere on business, son; the cow is to be milked by you, child — carefully, for she is our own.
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SiP 4 6.42
सूत उवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा ब्राह्मणवरस्स जगाम च कुत्रचित् ।। पुत्रः समुत्थितस्तत्र वत्सं च मुक्तवांस्तदा
sūta uvāca || ityuktvā brāhmaṇavarassa jagāma ca kutracit || putraḥ samutthitastatra vatsaṃ ca muktavāṃstadā
Sūta said: Having said this, that best of brāhmaṇas went off somewhere; the son then got up there and released the calf.
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SiP 4 6.43
माता च तस्य दोहार्थमाजगाम स्वयन्तदा ।। द्विजपुत्रस्तदा वत्सं खिन्नं कीलेन ताडितम्
mātā ca tasya dohārthamājagāma svayantadā || dvijaputrastadā vatsaṃ khinnaṃ kīlena tāḍitam
And his mother came there herself then for the milking; and the brāhmaṇa's son at that time struck the tired calf with a peg (or: with a stake),
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SiP 4 6.44
बंधनार्थं हि गोः पार्श्वमनयद्दुग्धलालसः ।। पुनर्गौश्च तदा क्रुद्धा शृंगेनाताडयच्च तम्
baṃdhanārthaṃ hi goḥ pārśvamanayaddugdhalālasaḥ || punargauśca tadā kruddhā śṛṃgenātāḍayacca tam
and, eager for the milk, he led (it) to the cow's side in order to tie it up; then the cow, angered, struck him with her horn.
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SiP 4 6.45
पपात मूर्च्छां संप्राप्य सोपि मर्मणि ताडितः ।। लोकाश्च मिलितास्तत्र गवा बालो विहिंसितः
papāta mūrcchāṃ saṃprāpya sopi marmaṇi tāḍitaḥ || lokāśca militāstatra gavā bālo vihiṃsitaḥ
And he too, struck in a vital spot, fainted and fell; and people gathered there (saying), "The boy has been hurt by the cow!"
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SiP 4 6.46
जलं जलं वदन्तस्ते पित्राद्या यत्र संस्थिताः ।। यत्नश्च क्रियते यावत्तावद्बालो मृतस्तदा
jalaṃ jalaṃ vadantaste pitrādyā yatra saṃsthitāḥ || yatnaśca kriyate yāvattāvadbālo mṛtastadā
Saying "Water! Water!", they, his father and the rest, stood where (he lay); and while the effort was being made, meanwhile the boy died.
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SiP 4 6.47
मृते च बालके तत्र हाहाकारो महानभूत् ।। तन्माता दुःखिता ह्यासीद्रुरोद च पुनः पुनः
mṛte ca bālake tatra hāhākāro mahānabhūt || tanmātā duḥkhitā hyāsīdruroda ca punaḥ punaḥ
And when the child died there, a great cry of "Alas! Alas!" arose; his mother was stricken with grief and wept again and again.
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SiP 4 6.48
किं करोमि क्व गच्छामि को मे दुःखं व्यपोहति ।। रुदित्वेति तदा गां च ताडयित्वा व्यमोचयत्
kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi ko me duḥkhaṃ vyapohati || ruditveti tadā gāṃ ca tāḍayitvā vyamocayat
"What shall I do? Where shall I go? Who will take away my sorrow?" Having wept thus, she then struck the cow and let it loose.
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SiP 4 6.49
श्वेतवर्णा तदा सा गौर्द्रुतं श्यामा व्यदृश्यत ।। अहो च दृश्यतां लोकाश्चुक्रुशुश्च परस्परम्
śvetavarṇā tadā sā gaurdrutaṃ śyāmā vyadṛśyata || aho ca dṛśyatāṃ lokāścukruśuśca parasparam
Then that cow, which had been white in colour, was suddenly seen to be black; and the people cried out to one another, "Oh! Just look at this!"
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SiP 4 6.51
ऊर्ध्वपुच्छं तदा कृत्वा शीघ्रं गौर्नर्मदां प्रति ।। आगत्य नन्दिकस्यास्य समीपे नर्मदाजले
ūrdhvapucchaṃ tadā kṛtvā śīghraṃ gaurnarmadāṃ prati || āgatya nandikasyāsya samīpe narmadājale
Then, raising her tail, the cow (went) swiftly toward the Narmadā, and coming to the water of the Narmadā near this Nandika,
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SiP 4 6.52
संनिमज्य त्रिवारं तु श्वेतत्वं च गता हि सा ।। यथागतं गता सा च ब्राह्मणो विस्मयं गतः
saṃnimajya trivāraṃ tu śvetatvaṃ ca gatā hi sā || yathāgataṃ gatā sā ca brāhmaṇo vismayaṃ gataḥ
having plunged in three times, she regained her whiteness, and she went back as she had come; and the brahmin was filled with wonder.
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SiP 4 6.53
अहो धन्यतमं तीर्थं ब्रह्महत्यानिवारणम् ।। स्वयं ममज्ज तत्रासौ ब्राह्मणस्सेवकस्तथा
aho dhanyatamaṃ tīrthaṃ brahmahatyānivāraṇam || svayaṃ mamajja tatrāsau brāhmaṇassevakastathā
"Oh, most blessed is this sacred ford, which averts (even) the killing of a brahmin!" Then he himself, the brahmin, plunged in, and his servant likewise.
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SiP 4 6.54
निमज्ज्य हि गतौ तौ च प्रशंसन्तौ नदी च ताम् ।। मार्गे च मिलिता काचित्सुन्दरी भूषणान्विता
nimajjya hi gatau tau ca praśaṃsantau nadī ca tām || mārge ca militā kācitsundarī bhūṣaṇānvitā
Having bathed, the two went on, praising that river; and on the road some beautiful woman, adorned with ornaments, met (them).
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SiP 4 6.55
तयोक्तं तं च भोः पांथ कुतो यासि सुविस्मितः ।। सत्यं ब्रूहि च्छलं त्यक्त्वा विप्रवर्य ममाग्रतः
tayoktaṃ taṃ ca bhoḥ pāṃtha kuto yāsi suvismitaḥ || satyaṃ brūhi cchalaṃ tyaktvā vipravarya mamāgrataḥ
She said to him: "Ho, traveller, where are you going, so full of astonishment? Speak the truth before me, best of brahmins, abandoning deceit."
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SiP 4 6.56
सूत उवाच ।। एवं वचस्तदा श्रुत्वा द्विजेनोक्तं यथातथम् ।। पुनश्चायं द्विजस्तत्र स्त्रियोक्तः स्थीयतां त्वया
sūta uvāca || evaṃ vacastadā śrutvā dvijenoktaṃ yathātatham || punaścāyaṃ dvijastatra striyoktaḥ sthīyatāṃ tvayā
Sūta said: Having then heard such words, the brahmin told (it) exactly as it was; and again this brahmin was told there by the woman: "You must stay (a moment)."
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SiP 4 6.57
तयोक्तं च समाकर्ण्य स्थितस्य ब्राह्मणस्ततः।। प्रत्युवाच विनीतात्मा कथ्यते किं वदेति च
tayoktaṃ ca samākarṇya sthitasya brāhmaṇastataḥ|| pratyuvāca vinītātmā kathyate kiṃ vadeti ca
And having heard what was said by her, the brahmin, standing there, replied with humble mind: "It shall be told—what do you say?"
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SiP 4 6.58
सा चाह पुनरेवात्र त्वया दृष्टं स्थलं च यत् ।। तत्राधुना क्षिपास्थीनि मातुः किं गम्यतेऽन्यतः
sā cāha punarevātra tvayā dṛṣṭaṃ sthalaṃ ca yat || tatrādhunā kṣipāsthīni mātuḥ kiṃ gamyate'nyataḥ
And she spoke again: "That place which was seen by you—throw the bones of your mother there now; why go elsewhere?
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SiP 4 6.59
तव माता पान्थवर्य्य साक्षाद्दिव्यमयं वरम् ।। देहं धृत्वा द्रुतं साक्षाच्छंभोर्यास्यति सद्गतिम्
tava mātā pānthavaryya sākṣāddivyamayaṃ varam || dehaṃ dhṛtvā drutaṃ sākṣācchaṃbhoryāsyati sadgatim
Best of travellers, your mother, taking on visibly a divine and excellent body, will swiftly go to the good state (attained) directly from Śambhu.
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SiP 4 6.61
अद्यैव सप्तमी या सा गंगारूपास्ति तत्र वै।। इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे देवी सा गंगा मुनिसत्तमाः
adyaiva saptamī yā sā gaṃgārūpāsti tatra vai|| ityuktvāntardadhe devī sā gaṃgā munisattamāḥ
This very day is that seventh (lunar day) on which she exists there in the form of the Gaṅgā." Having said this, the goddess, that Gaṅgā, vanished, O best of sages.
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SiP 4 6.62
निवृत्तश्च द्विजः सोपि मात्रस्थ्यर्द्धं स्ववस्त्रतः ।। क्षिपेद्यावत्तत्र तीर्थे तावच्चित्रमभूत्तदा
nivṛttaśca dvijaḥ sopi mātrasthyarddhaṃ svavastrataḥ || kṣipedyāvattatra tīrthe tāvaccitramabhūttadā
And that brahmin turned back, and just as he was about to throw the half of his mother's bones from his own cloth into that sacred ford, at that moment a marvel occurred:
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SiP 4 6.63
दिव्यदेहत्वमापन्ना स्वमाता च व्यदृश्यत ।। धन्योसि कृतकृत्योसि पवित्रं च कुलं त्वया
divyadehatvamāpannā svamātā ca vyadṛśyata || dhanyosi kṛtakṛtyosi pavitraṃ ca kulaṃ tvayā
his own mother was seen, having attained a divine body: "You are blessed, you have accomplished your task, and the family has been purified by you.
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SiP 4 6.64
धनं धान्यं तथा चायुर्वंशो वै वर्द्धतां तव ।। इत्याशिषं मुहुर्दत्त्वा स्वपुत्राय दिवं गता
dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ tathā cāyurvaṃśo vai varddhatāṃ tava || ityāśiṣaṃ muhurdattvā svaputrāya divaṃ gatā
May your wealth, grain, and likewise lifespan and lineage increase." Having given such a blessing to her son again and again, she went to heaven.
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SiP 4 6.65
तत्र भुक्त्वा सुखं भूरि चिरकालं महोत्तमम् ।। शंकरस्य प्रसादेन गता सा ह्युत्तमां गतिम्
tatra bhuktvā sukhaṃ bhūri cirakālaṃ mahottamam || śaṃkarasya prasādena gatā sā hyuttamāṃ gatim
There, having enjoyed abundant and most excellent happiness for a long time, she went, by the grace of Śaṃkara, to the highest goal.
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SiP 4 6.66
ब्राह्मणश्च सुतस्तस्याः क्षिप्त्वास्थीनि पुनस्ततः ।। प्रसन्नमानसोऽभूत्स शुद्धात्मा स्वगृहं गतः
brāhmaṇaśca sutastasyāḥ kṣiptvāsthīni punastataḥ || prasannamānaso'bhūtsa śuddhātmā svagṛhaṃ gataḥ
And the brahmin, her son, having again thrown the bones there, became glad in mind, and, purified in soul, went to his own house.
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