Vamana Purana — Chapter 1

VamP 1.1

त्रैलोक्यराज्यमाक्षिप्य बलेरिन्द्राय यो ददौ । श्रीधराय नमस्तस्मै छद्मवामनरूपिणे

trailokyarājyamākṣipya balerindrāya yo dadau / śrīdharāya namastasmai chadmavāmanarūpiṇe

He who wrested away the kingship of the three worlds from Bali and gave it to Indra—homage to him, Śrīdhara, who took the guise of the dwarf as a stratagem.

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VamP 1.2

पुलस्त्यमुषिमासीनमाश्रमे वाग्विदां वरम् । नारदः परिपप्रच्छ पुराणं वामनाश्रयम्

pulastyamuṣimāsīnamāśrame vāgvidāṃ varam / nāradaḥ paripapraccha purāṇaṃ vāmanāśrayam

Nārada questioned the sage Pulastya, best of those skilled in speech, as he sat in his hermitage, about the Purāṇa that has Vāmana as its subject.

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VamP 1.3

कथं भगवता ब्रह्मन् विष्णुना प्रभविष्णुना । वामनत्वं धृतं पूर्वं तन्ममाचक्ष्व पृच्छतः

kathaṃ bhagavatā brahman viṣṇunā prabhaviṣṇunā / vāmanatvaṃ dhṛtaṃ pūrvaṃ tanmamācakṣva pṛcchataḥ

"How, O brahman, was the state of a dwarf assumed of old by the Lord Viṣṇu, the mighty ruler? Tell me that, since I ask."

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VamP 1.4

कथं च वैष्णवनो भूत्वा प्रह्लादो दैत्यसत्तमः । त्रिदशैर्युयुधे सार्थमत्र मै संशयो महान्

kathaṃ ca vaiṣṇavano bhūtvā prahlādo daityasattamaḥ / tridaśairyuyudhe sārthamatra mai saṃśayo mahān

"And how did Prahlāda, the best of the Daityas, having become a devotee of Viṣṇu, fight together with the thirty gods? In this I have a great doubt."

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VamP 1.5

श्रूयते च द्विजश्रेष्ठ दक्षस्य दुहिता सती । शङ्करस्य प्रिया भार्या बभुव वरवर्णिनी

śrūyate ca dvijaśreṣṭha dakṣasya duhitā satī / śaṅkarasya priyā bhāryā babhuva varavarṇinī

"And it is heard, O best of the twice-born, that Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa, of excellent complexion, became the beloved wife of Śaṅkara."

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VamP 1.6

किमर्थं सा परित्यज्य स्वरीरं वरानना । जाता हिमवतो गेहे गिरीन्द्रस्य महात्मनः

kimarthaṃ sā parityajya svarīraṃ varānanā / jātā himavato gehe girīndrasya mahātmanaḥ

"For what reason did she, the fair-faced one, abandoning her own body, come to be born in the house of Himavat, the great-souled lord of mountains?"

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VamP 1.7

पुनश्च देवदेववस्य पत्नीत्वमगमच्छुभा । एतन्मे संशयं छिन्धि सर्ववित् त्वं मतो ऽसि मे

punaśca devadevavasya patnītvamagamacchubhā / etanme saṃśayaṃ chindhi sarvavit tvaṃ mato 'si me

"And again the auspicious one attained the wifehood of the god of gods. Cut away this doubt of mine; you are held by me to be all-knowing."

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VamP 1.8

तीर्थानां चैव माहात्म्यं दानानां चैव सत्तम । व्रतानां विविधानां च विधिमाचक्ष्व मे द्विज

tīrthānāṃ caiva māhātmyaṃ dānānāṃ caiva sattama / vratānāṃ vividhānāṃ ca vidhimācakṣva me dvija

"And the greatness of the sacred fords and of gifts, O best one, and the rule of the various vows — declare to me, O twice-born."

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VamP 1.9

एवभुक्तो नारदेन पुलस्त्यो सुनिसत्तमः । प्रोवाच वदतां श्रेष्ठो नारदं तपसो निधिम

evabhukto nāradena pulastyo sunisattamaḥ / provāca vadatāṃ śreṣṭho nāradaṃ tapaso nidhima

Thus addressed by Nārada, Pulastya, the best of sages, foremost of speakers, spoke to Nārada, the treasury of austerity.

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VamP 1.10

पुलस्त्य उवाच । पुराणं वामनं वक्ष्ये क्रमान्निखिलमादितः । अवधानं स्थिरं कृत्वा शृणुष्व मुनिसत्त्म

pulastya uvāca / purāṇaṃ vāmanaṃ vakṣye kramānnikhilamāditaḥ / avadhānaṃ sthiraṃ kṛtvā śṛṇuṣva munisattma

Pulastya said: I shall tell the Vāmana Purāṇa entire, in order, from the beginning. Making your attention steady, listen, O best of sages.

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VamP 1.11

पुरा हैमवती देवी मन्दरस्थं महेश्वरम् । उवाच वचनं दृष्ट्वा ग्रीष्मकालमुपस्थितम्

purā haimavatī devī mandarasthaṃ maheśvaram / uvāca vacanaṃ dṛṣṭvā grīṣmakālamupasthitam

Formerly the goddess, daughter of Himavat, seeing that the hot season had arrived, spoke these words to Maheśvara, who was dwelling on Mandara.

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VamP 1.12

ग्रीष्मः प्रवृत्तो देवेश न च ते विद्यते गृहम् । यत्र वातातपौ ग्रीष्मे स्थितयोर्नौ गमिष्यतः

grīṣmaḥ pravṛtto deveśa na ca te vidyate gṛham / yatra vātātapau grīṣme sthitayornau gamiṣyataḥ

"The hot season has set in, O lord of gods, and you have no house. Where shall the two of us go, standing in the wind and heat of summer?"

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VamP 1.13

एवमुक्तो भवान्या तु शङ्करो वाक्यमब्रवीत् । निराश्रयो ऽहं सुदती सदारण्यचरः शुभे

evamukto bhavānyā tu śaṅkaro vākyamabravīt / nirāśrayo 'haṃ sudatī sadāraṇyacaraḥ śubhe

Thus addressed by Bhavānī, Śaṅkara spoke these words: "I am without shelter, O fair-toothed, auspicious one, ever a wanderer in the forest."

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VamP 1.14

इत्युक्ता शङ्करेणाथ वृक्षच्छायासु नारद । निदाघकालमनयत् समं शर्वेण सा सती

ityuktā śaṅkareṇātha vṛkṣacchāyāsu nārada / nidāghakālamanayat samaṃ śarveṇa sā satī

Thus spoken to by Śaṅkara, O Nārada, that Satī passed the hot season in the shade of trees together with Śarva.

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VamP 1.15

निदाघान्ते समुद्रभूतो निर्जनाचरितो ऽद्भुतः । घनान्धकारिताशो वै प्रावृट्कालोषतिरागवान्

nidāghānte samudrabhūto nirjanācarito 'dbhutaḥ / ghanāndhakāritāśo vai prāvṛṭkāloṣatirāgavān

At the end of the hot season, arisen from the ocean, moving where no people were, marvellous, its quarters darkened with clouds, came the rainy season, full of much passion.

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VamP 1.16

तं दृष्ट्वा दक्षतनुजा प्रावृट्कालमुपस्थितम् । प्रोवाच वाक्यं देवेशं सती सप्रणयं तदा

taṃ dṛṣṭvā dakṣatanujā prāvṛṭkālamupasthitam / provāca vākyaṃ deveśaṃ satī sapraṇayaṃ tadā

Seeing that the rainy season had arrived, Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa, then spoke affectionately these words to the lord of gods.

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VamP 1.17

विवान्ति वाता हृदयावदारणा गर्जन्त्यमी लोयधरा महेश्वर । स्फुरन्ति नीलाभ्रगणेषु विद्युतो वाशन्ति केकारवमेव बर्हिणः

vivānti vātā hṛdayāvadāraṇā garjantyamī loyadharā maheśvara / sphuranti nīlābhragaṇeṣu vidyuto vāśanti kekāravameva barhiṇaḥ

"The winds blow, rending the heart; these clouds thunder, O Maheśvara; the lightnings flash amid the masses of dark clouds; the peacocks cry out their kekā-call."

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VamP 1.18

पतन्ति धारा गगनात् परिच्युता बका बलाकाश्च सरन्ति तोयदान् । कदम्बसर्ज्जार्जुनकेतकीद्रुमाः पुष्पाणि मुञ्चन्ति सुमारुताहताः

patanti dhārā gaganāt paricyutā bakā balākāśca saranti toyadān / kadambasarjjārjunaketakīdrumāḥ puṣpāṇi muñcanti sumārutāhatāḥ

"The streams of rain fall, loosed from the sky; the herons and cranes move toward the clouds; the kadamba, sarja, arjuna and ketakī trees, struck by the pleasant wind, release their blossoms."

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VamP 1.19

श्रुत्वैव मघस्य दृढं तु गर्जितं त्यजन्ति हंसाश्च सरांसि तत्क्षणात् । यथाश्रयान् योगिगणः समन्तात् प्रवृद्धमूलानपि संत्यजन्ति

śrutvaiva maghasya dṛḍhaṃ tu garjitaṃ tyajanti haṃsāśca sarāṃsi tatkṣaṇāt / yathāśrayān yogigaṇaḥ samantāt pravṛddhamūlānapi saṃtyajanti

"Just on hearing the deep thunder of the cloud, the geese abandon the lakes that very instant — as a company of yogins on all sides abandons its dwellings, even those whose roots have grown deep."

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VamP 1.20

इमानि यूथानि वने मृगाणां चरन्ति धावन्ति रमन्ति शंभो । तथाचिराभाः सुतरां स्फुरन्ति पश्येह नीलेषु घनेषु देव । नूनं समृद्धिं सलिलस्य दृष्ट्वा चरन्ति शूरास्तरुणद्रुमेषु

imāni yūthāni vane mṛgāṇāṃ caranti dhāvanti ramanti śaṃbho / tathācirābhāḥ sutarāṃ sphuranti paśyeha nīleṣu ghaneṣu deva / nūnaṃ samṛddhiṃ salilasya dṛṣṭvā caranti śūrāstaruṇadrumeṣu

"These herds of deer in the forest roam, run and play, O Śambhu; and the lightnings flash exceedingly — look here, O god, among the dark clouds; surely, seeing the abundance of water, the (peacocks/valiant ones) move about among the young trees."

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VamP 1.21

उद्वत्त्वेगाः सहसैव निम्नगा जाताः शशङ्काङ्कितचारुमैले । किमत्र चित्रं यदनुज्ज्वलं जनं निषेव्य योषिद् भवति त्वशीला

udvattvegāḥ sahasaiva nimnagā jātāḥ śaśaṅkāṅkitacārumaile / kimatra citraṃ yadanujjvalaṃ janaṃ niṣevya yoṣid bhavati tvaśīlā

"The rivers, flowing downward, have suddenly become violent in their swelling current, their lovely (banks?) marked by the moon('s reflection). What is strange in this? For a woman, having served an ignoble man, becomes ill-behaved."

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VamP 1.22

नीलैश्च मेघैश्च समावृतं नभः पुष्षैश्च सर्ज्जा मुकुलैश्च नीपाः । फलैश्च बिल्वाः पयसा तथापगाः पत्रैः सपद्मैश्च महासरांसि

nīlaiśca meghaiśca samāvṛtaṃ nabhaḥ puṣṣaiśca sarjjā mukulaiśca nīpāḥ / phalaiśca bilvāḥ payasā tathāpagāḥ patraiḥ sapadmaiśca mahāsarāṃsi

"The sky is covered over with dark clouds, the sarja trees with flowers, the nīpa trees with buds, the bilva trees with fruits, the rivers likewise with water, and the great lakes with leaves and lotuses."

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VamP 1.23

काले सुरौद्रे ननु ते ब्रवीमि । गृहं कुरुष्वात्र महाचजलोत्तमे सुनिर्वृता येन भवामि शंभो

kāle suraudre nanu te bravīmi / gṛhaṃ kuruṣvātra mahācajalottame sunirvṛtā yena bhavāmi śaṃbho

"In this exceedingly fierce season I do say to you: make a house here, on this best of great mountains, by which I may be thoroughly at ease, O Śambhu."

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VamP 1.24

इत्थं त्रिनेत्रः श्रुतिरामणीयकं श्रुत्वा वचो वाक्यमिदं बभाषे । न मे ऽस्ति वित्तं गृहसंचयार्थे मृगारिचर्मावरणं मम प्रिये

itthaṃ trinetraḥ śrutirāmaṇīyakaṃ śrutvā vaco vākyamidaṃ babhāṣe / na me 'sti vittaṃ gṛhasaṃcayārthe mṛgāricarmāvaraṇaṃ mama priye

Thus the three-eyed one, having heard the words that were charming to the ear, spoke this speech: "I have no wealth for the amassing of a house; my covering is the hide of the deer's foe (the lion/tiger), my dear."

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VamP 1.25

ममोपवीतं भुजगेश्वरः शुभे कर्णे ऽपि पद्मश्च तथैव पिङ्गलः । केयूरमेकं मम कम्बलस्त्वहिर्द्वितीयमन्यो भुजगो धनञ्जयः

mamopavītaṃ bhujageśvaraḥ śubhe karṇe 'pi padmaśca tathaiva piṅgalaḥ / keyūramekaṃ mama kambalastvahirdvitīyamanyo bhujago dhanañjayaḥ

"My sacred thread is the lord of serpents, fair one; on my ear too is Padma, and likewise Piṅgala; one armlet of mine is the snake Kambala, and the second another snake, Dhanañjaya."

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VamP 1.26

सव्येतरे तक्षक उत्तरे तथा । नीलो ऽपि नीलाञ्जनतुल्यवर्णः श्रोणीतटे राजति सुप्रतिष्ठः

savyetare takṣaka uttare tathā / nīlo 'pi nīlāñjanatulyavarṇaḥ śroṇītaṭe rājati supratiṣṭhaḥ

"On the other than the left (i.e. the right) is Takṣaka, and likewise on the north, and Nīla too, whose colour is like blue collyrium, shines firmly set on the slope of (my) hip."

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VamP 1.27

पुलस्त्य उवाच । इति वचनमथोग्रं शङ्करात्सा मृडानी ऋतमपि तदसत्यं श्रीमदाकर्ण्य भीता । अवनितसमवेक्ष्य स्वामिनो वासकृच्छ्रात् परिवदति सरोषं लज्जयोच्छ्वस्य चोष्म्

pulastya uvāca / iti vacanamathograṃ śaṅkarātsā mṛḍānī ṛtamapi tadasatyaṃ śrīmadākarṇya bhītā / avanitasamavekṣya svāmino vāsakṛcchrāt parivadati saroṣaṃ lajjayocchvasya coṣm

Pulastya said: Then Mṛḍānī, having heard from Śaṅkara that harsh speech, true yet untrue to her glory, was frightened; looking down at the ground and considering the hardship of dwelling with her husband, she reproaches (him) angrily, sighing hotly out of shame.

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VamP 1.28

देव्युवाच । कथं हि देवदेवेश प्रावट्कालो गमिष्यति । वृक्षमूले स्थिताया मे सुदुःखेन वदाम्यतः

devyuvāca / kathaṃ hi devadeveśa prāvaṭkālo gamiṣyati / vṛkṣamūle sthitāyā me suduḥkhena vadāmyataḥ

The Goddess said: How then, O lord of the gods of gods, will the rainy season pass for me, who stay at the root of a tree? It is with great sorrow that I speak of this.

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VamP 1.30

शङ्कर उवाच । घनावस्थितदेहायाः प्रावृट्घनखण्डमुन्नतमारुह्य तस्थौ सह दक्षकन्यया । ततो ऽभवन्नाम तेदश्वरस्य जीमूतकेतुस्त्विति विश्रुतं दिवि

śaṅkara uvāca / ghanāvasthitadehāyāḥ prāvṛṭghanakhaṇḍamunnatamāruhya tasthau saha dakṣakanyayā / tato 'bhavannāma tedaśvarasya jīmūtaketustviti viśrutaṃ divi

Śaṅkara said: Having climbed a lofty mass of monsoon cloud, he stood there with Dakṣa's daughter, whose body rested upon the cloud. From that came the name of that lord of the gods, famed in heaven as "Jīmūtaketu" (cloud-bannered).

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