Vamana Purana — Chapter 11
VamP 11.1
नारद उवाच । यदेतद् भवता प्रोक्तं सुकेशिनकरो ऽम्बरात् । पातितो भुवि सूर्योण तत्कदा कुत्र कुत्र च
nārada uvāca / yadetad bhavatā proktaṃ sukeśinakaro 'mbarāt / pātito bhuvi sūryoṇa tatkadā kutra kutra ca
Nārada said: As for this that you have said, that Sukeśin's city was cast down from the sky to the earth by the sun — when was that, and where, and where?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.2
सुकेशीति च कश्चासौ केन दत्तः पुरो ऽस्य च । किमर्थं पातितो भूम्यामाकाशाद् भास्करेण हि
sukeśīti ca kaścāsau kena dattaḥ puro 'sya ca / kimarthaṃ pātito bhūmyāmākāśād bhāskareṇa hi
And who was this Sukeśin, and by whom was his city given to him? For what reason was it cast down from the sky to the earth by the sun?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.3
पुलस्त्य उवाच। । शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा कथामेतां पुरातनीम् । यथोक्तवान् स्वयंभूर्मां कथ्यमानां मयानघ
pulastya uvāca/ / śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā kathāmetāṃ purātanīm / yathoktavān svayaṃbhūrmāṃ kathyamānāṃ mayānagha
Pulastya said: Listen attentively to this ancient tale, as the Self-existent one told it to me, now told by me, O sinless one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.4
आसीन्निशाचरपतिर्विद्युत्केशीति विश्रुतः । तस्य पुत्रो गुणज्येष्ठः सुकेशिरभवत्ततः
āsīnniśācarapatirvidyutkeśīti viśrutaḥ / tasya putro guṇajyeṣṭhaḥ sukeśirabhavattataḥ
There was a lord of the night-wanderers, renowned as Vidyutkeśin; his son, foremost in good qualities, was Sukeśin, born thereafter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.5
तस्य तुष्टस्तथेशानः पुरमाकाशचारिणम् । प्रादादजेयत्वमपि शत्रुभिश्चाप्यवध्यताम्
tasya tuṣṭastatheśānaḥ puramākāśacāriṇam / prādādajeyatvamapi śatrubhiścāpyavadhyatām
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VamP 11.6
स चापि शङ्करात् प्राप्य वरं गगनगं पुरम् । रेमे निशाचरैः सार्द्धू सदा धर्मपथि स्थितः
sa cāpi śaṅkarāt prāpya varaṃ gaganagaṃ puram / reme niśācaraiḥ sārddhū sadā dharmapathi sthitaḥ
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VamP 11.7
स कदाचिद् गतो ऽरण्यं मागधं राक्षसेश्वरः । तत्राश्रमांस्तु ददृशो ऋषीणां भावितात्मनाम्
sa kadācid gato 'raṇyaṃ māgadhaṃ rākṣaseśvaraḥ / tatrāśramāṃstu dadṛśo ṛṣīṇāṃ bhāvitātmanām
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VamP 11.8
महर्षिन् स तदा दृष्ट्वा प्रणिपत्याभिवाद्य च। प्रत्युवाच ऋषीन् सर्वान् कृतासनपरिग्रहः
maharṣin sa tadā dṛṣṭvā praṇipatyābhivādya ca/ pratyuvāca ṛṣīn sarvān kṛtāsanaparigrahaḥ
Seeing the great sages then, and bowing down and saluting (them), he took the seat (offered him) and addressed all the sages in reply.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.9
सुकेशिरुवाच । प्रष्टुमिच्छामि भवतः संशयो ऽयं हृदि स्थितः । कथयन्तु भवन्तो मे न चौवाज्ञापयाम्यहम्
sukeśiruvāca / praṣṭumicchāmi bhavataḥ saṃśayo 'yaṃ hṛdi sthitaḥ / kathayantu bhavanto me na cauvājñāpayāmyaham
Sukeśin said: I wish to ask you (something); this doubt rests in my heart. May your honours tell me — and I am not issuing a command.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.10
किंस्विच्छ्रेयः परे लोके किमु चेह द्विजोत्तमाः । केन पूज्यस्तथा सत्सु केनासौ सुखमेधते
kiṃsvicchreyaḥ pare loke kimu ceha dvijottamāḥ / kena pūjyastathā satsu kenāsau sukhamedhate
What indeed is better in the next world, and what here, O best of the twice-born? By what (means) is a man honoured among the good, and by what does he flourish in happiness?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.11
पुलस्त्य उवाच। । इत्थं सुकेशिवचनं निशम्य परमर्षयः । प्रोचुर्विमृस्य श्रेयोर्ऽथमिह लोके परत्र च
pulastya uvāca/ / itthaṃ sukeśivacanaṃ niśamya paramarṣayaḥ / procurvimṛsya śreyor'thamiha loke paratra ca
Pulastya said: Having heard Sukeśin's words thus, the great seers, after reflecting, spoke of what is beneficial in this world and in the next.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.12
ऋष ऊचुः । श्रूयतां कथयिष्यामस्तव राक्षसपुङ्गव । यद्धि श्रेयो भवेद् वीर इह चामुत्र चाव्ययम्
ṛṣa ūcuḥ / śrūyatāṃ kathayiṣyāmastava rākṣasapuṅgava / yaddhi śreyo bhaved vīra iha cāmutra cāvyayam
The seers said: Let it be heard — we shall tell you, O foremost of rākṣasas, what indeed would be beneficial, O hero, and imperishable, both here and in the hereafter.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.13
श्रेयो धर्मः परे लोके इह च क्षणदाचर । तस्मिन् समाश्रितः सत्सु पूज्यस्तेन सुखी भवेत्
śreyo dharmaḥ pare loke iha ca kṣaṇadācara / tasmin samāśritaḥ satsu pūjyastena sukhī bhavet
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VamP 11.14
सुकेशिरुवाच । किंलक्षणो भवेद् धर्मः किमाचरणसत्क्रियः । यमाश्रित्य न सीदन्ति देवाद्यास्तु तदुच्यताम्
sukeśiruvāca / kiṃlakṣaṇo bhaved dharmaḥ kimācaraṇasatkriyaḥ / yamāśritya na sīdanti devādyāstu taducyatām
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VamP 11.15
ऋषय ऊचुः । देवानां परमो धर्मः सदा यज्ञादिकाः क्रियाः । स्वाध्यायवेदवेत्तृत्वं विष्णुपूजारतिः स्मृता
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / devānāṃ paramo dharmaḥ sadā yajñādikāḥ kriyāḥ / svādhyāyavedavettṛtvaṃ viṣṇupūjāratiḥ smṛtā
The seers said: The highest duty of the gods is always the rites of sacrifice and the rest; private recitation (of scripture), being a knower of the Veda, and delight in the worship of Viṣṇu — so it is handed down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.16
दैत्यानां बाहुशलित्वं मात्सर्यं युद्धसत्क्रिया । वेदनं नीतिशास्त्राणां हरभक्तिरुदाहृता
daityānāṃ bāhuśalitvaṃ mātsaryaṃ yuddhasatkriyā / vedanaṃ nītiśāstrāṇāṃ harabhaktirudāhṛtā
Of the Daityas (the duties) are declared (to be): being strong of arm, rivalry, the proper conduct of battle, knowledge of the treatises on statecraft, and devotion to Hara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.17
सिद्धानामुदितो धर्मो योगयुक्तिरनुत्तमा । स्वाध्यायं ब्रह्मविज्ञानं भक्तिर्द्वाभ्यामपि स्थिरा
siddhānāmudito dharmo yogayuktiranuttamā / svādhyāyaṃ brahmavijñānaṃ bhaktirdvābhyāmapi sthirā
The dharma of the Siddhas has been declared (to be): unsurpassed practice of yoga, private recitation (of the Veda), knowledge of Brahman, and firm devotion to both (Hara and Bhavānī).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 11.18
उत्कृष्टोपासनं ज्ञेयं नृत्यवाद्येषु वेदिता । सरस्वत्यां स्थिरा भक्तिर्गान्धर्वो धर्म उच्यते
utkṛṣṭopāsanaṃ jñeyaṃ nṛtyavādyeṣu veditā / sarasvatyāṃ sthirā bhaktirgāndharvo dharma ucyate
Worship of the eminent is to be known (as their duty), expertise in dance and instrumental music, and firm devotion to Sarasvatī: this is called the dharma of the Gandharvas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 11.19
विद्याधरत्वमतुलं विज्ञानं पौरुषे मतिः । विद्याधराणां धर्मो ऽयं भवान्यां भक्तिरेव च
vidyādharatvamatulaṃ vijñānaṃ pauruṣe matiḥ / vidyādharāṇāṃ dharmo 'yaṃ bhavānyāṃ bhaktireva ca
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VamP 11.20
गन्धर्वविद्यावेदित्वं भक्तिर्भानौ तथा स्थिरा । कौशल्यं सर्वशिल्पानां धर्मः किंपुरुषः स्मृतः
gandharvavidyāveditvaṃ bhaktirbhānau tathā sthirā / kauśalyaṃ sarvaśilpānāṃ dharmaḥ kiṃpuruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ
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VamP 11.21
ब्रह्मचर्यममानित्वं योगाभ्यासरतिर्दृढा । सर्वत्र कामचारितवं धर्मो ऽयं पैतृकः स्मृतः
brahmacaryamamānitvaṃ yogābhyāsaratirdṛḍhā / sarvatra kāmacāritavaṃ dharmo 'yaṃ paitṛkaḥ smṛtaḥ
Chastity, freedom from conceit, firm delight in the practice of yoga, and moving at will everywhere — this is declared to be the dharma of the fathers (pitṛs).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.22
ब्रह्मचर्यं यताशित्वं जप्यं ज्ञानं च राक्षस । नियमाद्धर्मवेदित्वमार्थो धर्मः प्रचक्ष्यते
brahmacaryaṃ yatāśitvaṃ japyaṃ jñānaṃ ca rākṣasa / niyamāddharmaveditvamārtho dharmaḥ pracakṣyate
Chastity, restraint in eating, muttered recitation, and knowledge, O rākṣasa; knowledge of dharma through observance — (this) is proclaimed the ārṣa (?) dharma.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 11.23
स्वाध्यायं ब्रह्मचर्यं च दानं यजनमेव च । अकार्पण्यमनायासं दयाहिंसा क्षमा दमः
svādhyāyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca dānaṃ yajanameva ca / akārpaṇyamanāyāsaṃ dayāhiṃsā kṣamā damaḥ
Recitation of one's own Vedic text, chastity, giving, and sacrificing, freedom from miserliness, freedom from strain, compassion, non-injury, patience, self-restraint,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.24
जितेन्द्रियत्वं शौचं च माङ्गल्यं भक्तिरच्युते । शङ्करे भास्करे देव्यां धर्मो ऽयं मानवः स्मृतः
jitendriyatvaṃ śaucaṃ ca māṅgalyaṃ bhaktiracyute / śaṅkare bhāskare devyāṃ dharmo 'yaṃ mānavaḥ smṛtaḥ
conquest of the senses, purity, auspicious conduct, devotion to Acyuta, to Śaṅkara, to Bhāskara, to the Goddess — this is remembered as the dharma of men.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.25
धनाधिपत्यं भोगानि स्वाध्यायं शकरर्चनम् । अहङ्कारमशौण्डीर्यं धर्मो ऽयं गुह्यकेष्विति
dhanādhipatyaṃ bhogāni svādhyāyaṃ śakararcanam / ahaṅkāramaśauṇḍīryaṃ dharmo 'yaṃ guhyakeṣviti
Lordship over wealth, enjoyments, private recitation (of scripture), worship of Śaṅkara, egotism and lack of valour — this is the dharma among the Guhyakas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.26
परदारावमर्शित्वं पारक्येर्ऽथे च लोलुपा । स्वाध्यायं त्र्यम्बके भक्तिर्धर्मो ऽयं राक्षसः स्मृतः
paradārāvamarśitvaṃ pārakyer'the ca lolupā / svādhyāyaṃ tryambake bhaktirdharmo 'yaṃ rākṣasaḥ smṛtaḥ
Molesting others' wives, greed for what belongs to others, private recitation (of scripture), devotion to the Three-eyed One — this is declared the dharma of the Rākṣasas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.27
अविवेकमथाज्ञानं शौचहानिरसत्यता । पिशाचानामयं धर्मः सदा चामिषगृध्नुता
avivekamathājñānaṃ śaucahānirasatyatā / piśācānāmayaṃ dharmaḥ sadā cāmiṣagṛdhnutā
Lack of discernment, then ignorance, loss of purity, untruthfulness, and constant craving for flesh — this is the dharma of the Piśācas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.28
योनयो द्वादशैवैतास्तासु धर्माश्च राक्षस । ब्रह्मणा कथिताः पुण्या द्वादशैव गतिप्रदाः
yonayo dvādaśaivaitāstāsu dharmāśca rākṣasa / brahmaṇā kathitāḥ puṇyā dvādaśaiva gatipradāḥ
These, O Rākṣasa, are just twelve births, and (twelve) are the dharmas within them; twelve meritorious (dharmas), granting (their respective) destinies, have been declared by Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.29
सुकेशिरुवाच । भवद्भिरुक्ता ये धर्माः शाश्वता द्वादशाव्ययाः । तत्र ये मानवा धर्मास्तान् भूयो वक्तुमर्हथ
sukeśiruvāca / bhavadbhiruktā ye dharmāḥ śāśvatā dvādaśāvyayāḥ / tatra ye mānavā dharmāstān bhūyo vaktumarhatha
Sukeśin said: Of the twelve eternal, imperishable dharmas that you have stated, among them (tell me) those that are the dharmas of men — please be so good as to state them again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.30
ऋषय ऊचुः । शृणुष्व मनुजादीनां धर्मास्तु क्षणदाचर । ये वसन्ति महीपृष्ठे नरा द्वीपेषु सप्तसु
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / śṛṇuṣva manujādīnāṃ dharmāstu kṣaṇadācara / ye vasanti mahīpṛṣṭhe narā dvīpeṣu saptasu
The sages said: Hear, O night-roamer, the dharmas of men and the rest — of those men who dwell on the surface of the earth in the seven continents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.31
योजनानां प्रमाणेणन पञ्चाशत्कोटिरायता । जलोपरि महीयं हि नौरिवास्ते सरिज्जले
yojanānāṃ pramāṇeṇana pañcāśatkoṭirāyatā / jalopari mahīyaṃ hi naurivāste sarijjale
By measure it extends fifty crore yojanas; for this earth rests upon the water like a boat on the water of a river.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.32
तस्योपरि च देवेशो ब्रह्म शौलेन्द्रमुत्तमम् । कर्णिकाकारमत्युच्चं स्थापयामास सत्त्म
tasyopari ca deveśo brahma śaulendramuttamam / karṇikākāramatyuccaṃ sthāpayāmāsa sattma
And above it the lord of gods, Brahmā, set up the excellent best of mountains, shaped like the pericarp (of a lotus) and very lofty, O good one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 11.33
तस्येमां निर्ममे पुण्यां प्रजां देवश्चतुर्दिशम् । स्थानानि द्वीपसंज्ञानि कृतवांश्च प्रजापतिः
tasyemāṃ nirmame puṇyāṃ prajāṃ devaścaturdiśam / sthānāni dvīpasaṃjñāni kṛtavāṃśca prajāpatiḥ
For it the god fashioned this holy progeny in the four directions, and the Lord of Creatures made the regions called continents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 11.34
तत्र मध्ये च कृतवाञ्जम्बूद्वीपमिति श्रुतम् । तल्लक्षं योजनानां च प्रमाणेन निगद्यते
tatra madhye ca kṛtavāñjambūdvīpamiti śrutam / tallakṣaṃ yojanānāṃ ca pramāṇena nigadyate
And in the middle of it he made what is known as Jambūdvīpa; it is said to be a hundred thousand yojanas by measure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.35
ततो जलनिधी रौद्रो बाह्यतो द्विगुणः स्थितः । तस्यापि द्विगुणः प्लक्षो बाह्यतः संप्रतिष्ठितः
tato jalanidhī raudro bāhyato dviguṇaḥ sthitaḥ / tasyāpi dviguṇaḥ plakṣo bāhyataḥ saṃpratiṣṭhitaḥ
Beyond that, on the outside, lies the terrible salt ocean, twice as large; and outside of that too Plakṣa (dvīpa), twice as large, is established.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.36
ततस्त्विक्षुरसोदश्च बाह्यतो वलयासृतिः । द्विगुणः शाल्मलिद्वीपो द्विगुणो ऽस्य महोदधेः
tatastvikṣurasodaśca bāhyato valayāsṛtiḥ / dviguṇaḥ śālmalidvīpo dviguṇo 'sya mahodadheḥ
Then, outside, the ocean of sugarcane juice, encircling like a ring; twice as large is Śālmali-dvīpa, and twice that (island) is its great ocean.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 11.37
सुरोदो द्विगुणस्तस्य तस्माच्च द्विगुणः कुशः । घृतोदो द्विगुणश्चैव कुशद्वीपात् प्रकीर्तितः
surodo dviguṇastasya tasmācca dviguṇaḥ kuśaḥ / ghṛtodo dviguṇaścaiva kuśadvīpāt prakīrtitaḥ
The liquor-ocean is twice that, and twice that is Kuśa (dvīpa); and the ghee-ocean is declared to be twice Kuśadvīpa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.38
घृतोदाद् द्विगुणः प्रोक्तः क्रौञ्चद्वीपो निशाचर । ततो ऽपि द्विगुणः प्रोक्तः समुद्रो दधिसंज्ञितः
ghṛtodād dviguṇaḥ proktaḥ krauñcadvīpo niśācara / tato 'pi dviguṇaḥ proktaḥ samudro dadhisaṃjñitaḥ
Twice the ghee-ocean, O night-walker, is said to be Krauñcadvīpa; and twice that again is said to be the ocean named curds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.39
समुद्राद् द्विगुणः शाकः शाकाद् दुग्धाब्धिरुत्तमः । द्विगुणः संस्थितो यत्र शेषपर्यङ्कगो हरिः । एते च द्विगुणाः सर्वे परस्परमपि स्थिताः
samudrād dviguṇaḥ śākaḥ śākād dugdhābdhiruttamaḥ / dviguṇaḥ saṃsthito yatra śeṣaparyaṅkago hariḥ / ete ca dviguṇāḥ sarve parasparamapi sthitāḥ
Twice that ocean is Śāka (dvīpa); twice Śāka is the excellent ocean of milk, where Hari rests upon the couch of Śeṣa; and all these are situated each twice (the size of) the other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.40
चत्वारिंशदिमाः कोट्यो लक्षाश्च नवतिः स्मृताः । योजनानां राक्षसेन्द्र पञ्च चाति सुवुस्तृताः । जम्बूद्वीपात् समारभ्य यावत्क्षीराब्धिरन्ततः
catvāriṃśadimāḥ koṭyo lakṣāśca navatiḥ smṛtāḥ / yojanānāṃ rākṣasendra pañca cāti suvustṛtāḥ / jambūdvīpāt samārabhya yāvatkṣīrābdhirantataḥ
These, O lord of Rākṣasas, are reckoned as forty crore and ninety-five lakh yojanas in extent, beginning from Jambūdvīpa up to the milk-ocean at the end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 11.41
तस्माच्च पुष्करद्वीपः स्वादूदस्तदनन्तरम् । कोट्यश्चतस्रो लक्षाणां द्विपञ्चाशच्च राक्षस
tasmācca puṣkaradvīpaḥ svādūdastadanantaram / koṭyaścatasro lakṣāṇāṃ dvipañcāśacca rākṣasa
And beyond that is Puṣkaradvīpa, and immediately after it the ocean of sweet water — four crore and fifty-two lakh (yojanas), O Rākṣasa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.42
पुष्करद्वीपमानो ऽयं तावदेव तथोदधिः । लक्षमण्डकटाहेन समन्तादिभिपूरितम्
puṣkaradvīpamāno 'yaṃ tāvadeva tathodadhiḥ / lakṣamaṇḍakaṭāhena samantādibhipūritam
This is the measure of Puṣkaradvīpa, and the ocean is just so much; it is filled all around by the shell-vessel of a hundred thousand (yojanas).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 11.43
एवं द्वीपास्त्विमे सप्त पृथग्धर्माः पृथक्क्रियाः । गदिष्यामस्तव वयं शृमुष्व त्वं निशाचर
evaṃ dvīpāstvime sapta pṛthagdharmāḥ pṛthakkriyāḥ / gadiṣyāmastava vayaṃ śṛmuṣva tvaṃ niśācara
Thus these seven continents have separate dharmas and separate practices; we shall tell you of them — listen, O night-walker.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.44
प्लक्षादिषु नरा वीर ये वसन्ति सनातनाः । शाकान्तेषु न तेष्वस्ति युगावस्था कथञ्चन
plakṣādiṣu narā vīra ye vasanti sanātanāḥ / śākānteṣu na teṣvasti yugāvasthā kathañcana
O hero, the everlasting men who dwell in Plakṣa and the rest, up to Śāka, have no condition of the yugas at all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.45
मोदन्ते देववत्तेषां धर्मो दिव्य उदाहृतः । कल्पान्ते प्रलयस्तेषां निगद्येत महाभुज
modante devavatteṣāṃ dharmo divya udāhṛtaḥ / kalpānte pralayasteṣāṃ nigadyeta mahābhuja
They take their pleasure like gods; their law is declared to be divine; their dissolution comes at the end of a kalpa, O mighty-armed one — so it is said.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.46
ये जनाः पुष्करद्वीपे वसन्ते रौद्रदर्शने । पैशाचमाश्रिता धर्मं कर्मान्ते ते विनाशिनः
ye janāḥ puṣkaradvīpe vasante raudradarśane / paiśācamāśritā dharmaṃ karmānte te vināśinaḥ
Those people who dwell on Puṣkara island, of dreadful appearance, having taken to the law of the piśācas — they perish when their deeds come to an end.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 11.47
सुकेशिरुवाच । किमर्थं पुष्कद्वीपो भवद्भिः समुदाहृतः । दुर्दर्शः शौचरहितो घोरः कर्मान्तनाशकृत्
sukeśiruvāca / kimarthaṃ puṣkadvīpo bhavadbhiḥ samudāhṛtaḥ / durdarśaḥ śaucarahito ghoraḥ karmāntanāśakṛt
Sukeśin said: For what reason has Puṣkara island been described by you as hard to look upon, devoid of purity, terrible, and a destroyer of the completion of (ritual) works?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.48
तस्मिन् निशाचर द्वीपे नरकाः सन्ति दारुणाः । रौरवाद्यास्ततो रौद्रः पुष्करो घोरदर्शनः
tasmin niśācara dvīpe narakāḥ santi dāruṇāḥ / rauravādyāstato raudraḥ puṣkaro ghoradarśanaḥ
On that island, O night-wanderer, there are the fearsome hells, Raurava and the rest; therefore Puṣkara is dreadful and terrible to look upon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.49
सुकेशिरुवाच । कियन्त्येतानि रौद्राणि नरकाणि तपोधनः । कियन्मात्राणि मार्गेण का च तेषु स्वरूपता
sukeśiruvāca / kiyantyetāni raudrāṇi narakāṇi tapodhanaḥ / kiyanmātrāṇi mārgeṇa kā ca teṣu svarūpatā
Sukeśin said: How many are these dreadful hells, O you rich in austerity? Of what extent are they in their span, and what is their nature?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.50
ऋषय ऊचुः । शृणुष्व राक्षसश्रेष्ठ प्रमाणं लक्षणं तथा । सर्वेषां रौरवादीनां संख्या या त्वेकविंशतिः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ / śṛṇuṣva rākṣasaśreṣṭha pramāṇaṃ lakṣaṇaṃ tathā / sarveṣāṃ rauravādīnāṃ saṃkhyā yā tvekaviṃśatiḥ
The sages said: Hear, O best of rākṣasas, the measure and the marks of all of them, Raurava and the rest, whose number is twenty-one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.51
द्वे सहस्रे योजनानां ज्वलिताङ्गारविस्तृते । रौरवो नाम नरकः प्रथमः परिकीर्त्तितः
dve sahasre yojanānāṃ jvalitāṅgāravistṛte / rauravo nāma narakaḥ prathamaḥ parikīrttitaḥ
Two thousand yojanas across, spread with blazing coals, is the hell named Raurava, proclaimed the first.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.52
तप्तताम्रमयी भूमिरधस्ताद्वाह्नितापिता । द्वितीयो द्विगुस्तस्मान्महारौरव उच्यते
taptatāmramayī bhūmiradhastādvāhnitāpitā / dvitīyo dvigustasmānmahāraurava ucyate
Its ground is made of heated copper, scorched by fire from below. The second, twice as large as that, is called Mahāraurava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.53
ततो ऽपि द्विःस्थितश्चान्यस्तमिस्रो नरकः स्मृतः । अन्धतामिस्रको नाम चतुर्थो द्विगुमः परः
tato 'pi dviḥsthitaścānyastamisro narakaḥ smṛtaḥ / andhatāmisrako nāma caturtho dvigumaḥ paraḥ
Twice as large again as that is another, the hell known as Tamisra; the fourth, named Andhatāmisra, is twice as large again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.54
ततस्तु कालचक्रेति पञ्चमः परिगीयते । अप्रतिष्ठं च नरकं घटीयन्त्रं च सप्तमम्
tatastu kālacakreti pañcamaḥ parigīyate / apratiṣṭhaṃ ca narakaṃ ghaṭīyantraṃ ca saptamam
Then the fifth is celebrated as Kālacakra; and (the sixth is) the hell Apratiṣṭha, and Ghaṭīyantra the seventh.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.55
असिपत्रवनं चान्यत्सहस्राणि द्विसप्ततिः । योजनानां परिख्यातमष्टमं नरकोत्तमम्
asipatravanaṃ cānyatsahasrāṇi dvisaptatiḥ / yojanānāṃ parikhyātamaṣṭamaṃ narakottamam
And another is Asipatravana, reckoned at seventy-two thousand yojanas, the eighth, the greatest of the hells.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.56
नमकं तप्तकुम्भं च दशमं कूटशाल्मलिः । करपत्रस्तथैवोक्तस्तथान्यः श्वानभोजनः
namakaṃ taptakumbhaṃ ca daśamaṃ kūṭaśālmaliḥ / karapatrastathaivoktastathānyaḥ śvānabhojanaḥ
The ninth is Taptakumbha, the tenth Kūṭaśālmali; Karapatra is likewise named, and another, Śvānabhojana.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 11.57
संदंशो लोहपिण्डश्च करम्भसिकता तथा । घोरा क्षारनदी चान्या तथान्यः कृमिभोजनः । तथाष्टादशमी प्रोक्ता घोरा वैतरणी नदी
saṃdaṃśo lohapiṇḍaśca karambhasikatā tathā / ghorā kṣāranadī cānyā tathānyaḥ kṛmibhojanaḥ / tathāṣṭādaśamī proktā ghorā vaitaraṇī nadī
Saṃdaṃśa, and Lohapiṇḍa, and Karambhasikatā likewise, and another, the terrible river Kṣāranadī, and another, Kṛmibhojana; and the eighteenth is declared to be the terrible river Vaitaraṇī.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 11.58
तथापरः शोणितपूयभोजनः क्षुराग्रधारो निशितश्च चक्रकः । संशोषणो नाम तथाप्यनन्तः प्रोक्तास्तवैते नरकाः सुकेशिन्
tathāparaḥ śoṇitapūyabhojanaḥ kṣurāgradhāro niśitaśca cakrakaḥ / saṃśoṣaṇo nāma tathāpyanantaḥ proktāstavaite narakāḥ sukeśin
And another is Śoṇitapūyabhojana, and Kṣurāgradhāra, and the sharp Cakraka, and the one named Saṃśoṣaṇa, and further Ananta: these hells have been declared to you, Sukeśin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition