Vamana Purana — Chapter 22
VamP 22.1
नारद उवाच । पुलस्त्य कथ्यतां तावद् देव्या भूयः समुद्भवः । महत्कौतूहलं मे ऽद्य विस्तराद् ब्रह्मवित्तम
nārada uvāca / pulastya kathyatāṃ tāvad devyā bhūyaḥ samudbhavaḥ / mahatkautūhalaṃ me 'dya vistarād brahmavittama
Nārada said: Pulastya, let the Goddess's coming into being again now be told; great is my curiosity today — (tell it) in detail, O best of the knowers of Brahman.
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VamP 22.2
पुलस्त्य उवाच । श्रूयतां कथयिष्यामि भूयो ऽस्याः संभवं मुने । शुम्भासुरवधार्थाय लोकानां हितकाम्यया
pulastya uvāca / śrūyatāṃ kathayiṣyāmi bhūyo 'syāḥ saṃbhavaṃ mune / śumbhāsuravadhārthāya lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā
Pulastya said: Listen, I shall tell of her coming into being again, O sage — for the sake of slaying the Asura Śumbha, out of desire for the welfare of the worlds.
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VamP 22.3
या सा हिमवतः पुत्री भवेनोढा तपोधना । उमा नाम्ना च तस्याः सा कोशाञ्जाता तुकौशिकी
yā sā himavataḥ putrī bhavenoḍhā tapodhanā / umā nāmnā ca tasyāḥ sā kośāñjātā tukauśikī
She who was the daughter of Himavat, rich in ascetic power, wedded by Bhava, and Umā by name — from her sheath was born Kauśikī.
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VamP 22.4
संभीय विन्ध्यं गत्वा च भृयो भूतगणैर्वृता । शुम्भं चैव निशुम्भं च वधिष्यति वरायुधैः
saṃbhīya vindhyaṃ gatvā ca bhṛyo bhūtagaṇairvṛtā / śumbhaṃ caiva niśumbhaṃ ca vadhiṣyati varāyudhaiḥ
Having come into being and gone to the Vindhya, again, surrounded by the hosts of beings, she will slay Śumbha and Niśumbha with excellent weapons.
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VamP 22.5
नारद उवाच । ब्रह्मंस्त्वया समाख्याता मृता दक्षत्मजा सती । सा जाता हिमवत्पुत्रीत्येवं मे वक्तुमर्हसि
nārada uvāca / brahmaṃstvayā samākhyātā mṛtā dakṣatmajā satī / sā jātā himavatputrītyevaṃ me vaktumarhasi
Nārada said: O Brahman, you have told that Satī, the daughter of Dakṣa, died; that she was born as the daughter of Himavat — this you ought to tell me.
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VamP 22.6
यथा च पार्वतीकोशात् समुद्धभूता हि कौशिकी । यथा हतवती शुम्भं निसुम्भं च महासुरम्
yathā ca pārvatīkośāt samuddhabhūtā hi kauśikī / yathā hatavatī śumbhaṃ nisumbhaṃ ca mahāsuram
And how Kauśikī arose from the sheath of Pārvatī, and how she slew Śumbha and the great Asura Niśumbha;
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VamP 22.7
कस्य चेमौ सुतौ वीरौ ख्यातौ शुम्भनिशुम्भकौ । एतद् विस्तरतः सर्वं यथावद् वक्तुमर्हसि
kasya cemau sutau vīrau khyātau śumbhaniśumbhakau / etad vistarataḥ sarvaṃ yathāvad vaktumarhasi
and whose sons were these two heroes, renowned as Śumbha and Niśumbha — all this you ought to tell me in detail, as it was.
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VamP 22.8
पुलस्त्य उवाच । एतत्ते कथयिष्यामि पार्वत्याः संभवं मुने । शृणुष्वावहितो भूत्वा स्कन्दोत्पत्तिं च शाश्वतीम्
pulastya uvāca / etatte kathayiṣyāmi pārvatyāḥ saṃbhavaṃ mune / śṛṇuṣvāvahito bhūtvā skandotpattiṃ ca śāśvatīm
Pulastya said: I shall tell you this, the coming into being of Pārvatī, O sage; listen attentively, and (also) the eternal (account of the) birth of Skanda.
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VamP 22.11
रुद्रः सत्यां प्रणष्टायां ब्रह्मचारिव्रते स्तितः । निराश्रयत्वमापन्नस्तपस्तप्तुं व्यवस्थितः ॥ वम्प्_२२।९ ॥ स चासीद् देवसेनानीर्दैत्यदर्फविनाशनः ॥ वम्प्_२२।१० ॥ ततो निराकृता देवाः सेनानाथेन शंभुना । दानवेन्द्रेण विक्रम्य महिषेण पराजिताः
rudraḥ satyāṃ praṇaṣṭāyāṃ brahmacārivrate stitaḥ / nirāśrayatvamāpannastapastaptuṃ vyavasthitaḥ // vamp_22.9 // sa cāsīd devasenānīrdaityadarphavināśanaḥ // vamp_22.10 // tato nirākṛtā devāḥ senānāthena śaṃbhunā / dānavendreṇa vikramya mahiṣeṇa parājitāḥ
When Satī had perished, Rudra remained in the vow of a celibate; having become without support, he settled down to practise austerity. [22.9] And he (Skanda) was to be the commander of the gods' army, the destroyer of the pride of the Daityas. [22.10] Then the gods, driven off by Śambhu, lord of the host, were defeated by the lord of the Dānavas, the buffalo (Mahiṣa), by his valour.
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VamP 22.12
ततो जग्मुः मुरेशानं द्रष्टुं चक्रगदाधरम् । श्वेत्दवीपे महाहंसं प्रपन्नाः शरणं हरिम्
tato jagmuḥ mureśānaṃ draṣṭuṃ cakragadādharam / śvetdavīpe mahāhaṃsaṃ prapannāḥ śaraṇaṃ harim
Then they went to see the lord of Murā's foe(?), the bearer of discus and mace; on Śvetadvīpa they took refuge with Hari, the great swan.
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VamP 22.13
तानागतान् सुरान् दृष्ट्वा ततः शक्रपुरोगमान् । विहस्य मेघगम्भीरं प्रोवाच पुरुषोत्तमः
tānāgatān surān dṛṣṭvā tataḥ śakrapurogamān / vihasya meghagambhīraṃ provāca puruṣottamaḥ
Then, seeing those gods arrived, headed by Śakra, the Supreme Person laughed and spoke in a voice deep as a cloud.
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VamP 22.14
किं जितास्त्वसुरेन्द्रेण महिषेण दुरात्मना । येन सर्वे समेत्यैवं मम पार्श्वमुपागताः
kiṃ jitāstvasurendreṇa mahiṣeṇa durātmanā / yena sarve sametyaivaṃ mama pārśvamupāgatāḥ
"Have you then been defeated by Mahiṣa, the lord of the asuras, that evil-souled one, since you have all come together thus and approached my side?"
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VamP 22.15
तद् युष्माकं हितार्थाय यद् वदामि सुरोत्तमाः । तत्कुरुध्वं जयो येन समाश्रित्य भवेद्धि वः
tad yuṣmākaṃ hitārthāya yad vadāmi surottamāḥ / tatkurudhvaṃ jayo yena samāśritya bhaveddhi vaḥ
"Therefore, best of gods, what I say for your benefit — do that, by relying on which victory will indeed be yours."
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VamP 22.16
य एते पितरो दिव्यास्त्वग्निष्वात्तेति विश्रुताः । अमीषां मानसी कन्या मेना नाम्नास्ति देवताः
ya ete pitaro divyāstvagniṣvātteti viśrutāḥ / amīṣāṃ mānasī kanyā menā nāmnāsti devatāḥ
"These divine fathers who are known as the Agniṣvāttas — theirs is a mind-born daughter, Menā by name, O deities."
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VamP 22.17
तामाराध्य महातिथ्यां श्रद्धया परयामराः । प्रार्थयध्वं सतीं मेनां प्रालेयाद्रेरिहार्थतः
tāmārādhya mahātithyāṃ śraddhayā parayāmarāḥ / prārthayadhvaṃ satīṃ menāṃ prāleyādrerihārthataḥ
"Having propitiated her with the utmost faith on the great lunar day, O immortals, ask for the virtuous Menā, for the sake of the Snow Mountain (Himālaya) here."
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VamP 22.18
तस्यां सा रूपसंयुक्ता भविष्यति तपस्विनी । दक्षकोपाद् यया मुक्तं मलवज्जीवितं प्रियम्
tasyāṃ sā rūpasaṃyuktā bhaviṣyati tapasvinī / dakṣakopād yayā muktaṃ malavajjīvitaṃ priyam
"In her will be born that ascetic woman endowed with beauty, by whom, on account of Dakṣa's anger, her dear life was abandoned like something soiled."
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VamP 22.19
सा शङ्करात् स्वतेज्ॐऽशं जनयिष्यति यं सुतम् । स हनिष्यति दैत्येन्द्रं महिषं सपदानुगम्
sā śaṅkarāt svatejoṃ'śaṃ janayiṣyati yaṃ sutam / sa haniṣyati daityendraṃ mahiṣaṃ sapadānugam
"The son whom she will bear from Śaṅkara as a portion of his own fiery energy — he will slay Mahiṣa, the lord of the Daityas, together with his followers."
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VamP 22.20
तस्माद् गच्छत पुण्यं तत् कुरुक्षेत्रं महाफलम् । तत्र पृथूदके तीर्थे पूज्यन्तां पितरो ऽव्ययः
tasmād gacchata puṇyaṃ tat kurukṣetraṃ mahāphalam / tatra pṛthūdake tīrthe pūjyantāṃ pitaro 'vyayaḥ
"Therefore go to that holy Kurukṣetra of great fruit; there, at the Pṛthūdaka sacred ford, let the imperishable fathers be worshipped."
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VamP 22.21
महातिथ्यां महापुण्ये यदि शत्रुपराभवम् । जिहासतात्मनः सर्वे इत्थं वै क्रियतामिति
mahātithyāṃ mahāpuṇye yadi śatruparābhavam / jihāsatātmanaḥ sarve itthaṃ vai kriyatāmiti
"On the great, highly meritorious lunar day — if you all wish to bring about the defeat of the enemy for yourselves, then let it be done in just this way."
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VamP 22.22
पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्युक्त्वा वासुदेवेन देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । कृताञ्जलिपुटा भूत्वा पप्रच्छुः परम्श्वरम्
pulastya uvāca / ityuktvā vāsudevena devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ / kṛtāñjalipuṭā bhūtvā papracchuḥ paramśvaram
Pulastya said: When Vāsudeva had spoken thus, the gods led by Śakra, making their palms folded, questioned the supreme lord.
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VamP 22.23
देवा ऊचुः । को ऽयं कुरुक्षेत्र इति यत्र पुण्यं पृथूदकम् । उद्भवं तस्य तीर्थस्य भगवान् प्रब्रवीतु नः
devā ūcuḥ / ko 'yaṃ kurukṣetra iti yatra puṇyaṃ pṛthūdakam / udbhavaṃ tasya tīrthasya bhagavān prabravītu naḥ
The gods said: "What is this Kurukṣetra, where the holy Pṛthūdaka is? Let the Blessed One tell us the origin of that sacred ford."
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VamP 22.24
केयं प्रोक्ता महापुण्या तिथीनामुत्तमा तिथिः । यस्यां हि पितरो दिव्याः पूज्यास्माभिः प्रयन्ततः
keyaṃ proktā mahāpuṇyā tithīnāmuttamā tithiḥ / yasyāṃ hi pitaro divyāḥ pūjyāsmābhiḥ prayantataḥ
"Which is this greatly meritorious day that has been called the best of lunar days, on which the divine fathers are to be worshipped by us with restraint?"
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VamP 22.25
ततः सुराणां वचनान्मुरारिः कैटभार्दनः । कुरुक्षेत्रोद्भवं पुण्यं प्रोक्तवांस्तां तिथीमपि
tataḥ surāṇāṃ vacanānmurāriḥ kaiṭabhārdanaḥ / kurukṣetrodbhavaṃ puṇyaṃ proktavāṃstāṃ tithīmapi
Then, at the gods' words, Murāri, the crusher of Kaiṭabha, told the holy origin of Kurukṣetra and that lunar day as well.
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VamP 22.26
श्रीभगवानुवाच । सोमवंशोद्भवो राजा ऋक्षो नाम महाबलः । कृस्यादौ समभवदृक्षात् संवरणो ऽवत्
śrībhagavānuvāca / somavaṃśodbhavo rājā ṛkṣo nāma mahābalaḥ / kṛsyādau samabhavadṛkṣāt saṃvaraṇo 'vat
The Blessed Lord said: There was a king born in the lunar dynasty, named Ṛkṣa, of great strength... and from Ṛkṣa was born Saṃvaraṇa.
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VamP 22.27
स च पित्रा निजे राज्ये बाल एवाभिषेचितः । बाल्ये ऽपि धर्मनिरतो मद्भक्तश्च सदाभवत्
sa ca pitrā nije rājye bāla evābhiṣecitaḥ / bālye 'pi dharmanirato madbhaktaśca sadābhavat
And he was consecrated by his father in his own kingdom while still a boy; even in boyhood he was devoted to dharma and was always my devotee.
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VamP 22.28
पुरोहितस्तु तस्यासीद् वसिष्ठो वरुणात्मजः । स चास्याध्यापयामास साङ्गान् वेदानुदारधीः
purohitastu tasyāsīd vasiṣṭho varuṇātmajaḥ / sa cāsyādhyāpayāmāsa sāṅgān vedānudāradhīḥ
His household priest was Vasiṣṭha, the son of Varuṇa; and he, of lofty mind, taught him the Vedas together with their ancillary sciences.
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VamP 22.29
ततो जगाम चारण्यं त्वनध्याये नृपात्मजः । सर्वकर्मसु निक्षिप्य वसिष्ठं तपसां निधिम्
tato jagāma cāraṇyaṃ tvanadhyāye nṛpātmajaḥ / sarvakarmasu nikṣipya vasiṣṭhaṃ tapasāṃ nidhim
Then, on a day of no study, the king's son went to the forest, having laid all the duties upon Vasiṣṭha, that treasury of austerities.
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VamP 22.30
ततो मृगयाव्याक्षेपाद् एकाकी विजनं वनम् । वैभ्राजं स जगामाथ अथोन्मादनमभ्ययात्
tato mṛgayāvyākṣepād ekākī vijanaṃ vanam / vaibhrājaṃ sa jagāmātha athonmādanamabhyayāt
Then, being drawn away by the hunt, alone he went to the deserted Vaibhrāja forest, and then came upon Unmādana.
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VamP 22.31
ततस्तु कौतुकाविष्टः सर्वतुकुसुमे वने । अवितृपतः सुगन्धस्य समन्ताद् व्यचरद् वनम्
tatastu kautukāviṣṭaḥ sarvatukusume vane / avitṛpataḥ sugandhasya samantād vyacarad vanam
Then, filled with curiosity, unsated of the fragrance, he roamed about the wood on every side, in that forest flowering in every season.
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VamP 22.32
स वनन्तं च ददृशे फुल्लकोकनदावृतम् । कह्लारपद्मकुमुदैः कमलेन्दीवरैरपि
sa vanantaṃ ca dadṛśe phullakokanadāvṛtam / kahlārapadmakumudaiḥ kamalendīvarairapi
And he saw the interior of the wood covered with blossoming red lotuses, and with kahlāras, padmas, and kumudas, and with white and blue lotuses too.
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VamP 22.33
तत्र क्रीडन्ति सततमप्सरो ऽमरकन्यकाः । तासां मध्ये ददर्शाथ कन्यां संवरणो ऽधिकाम्
tatra krīḍanti satatamapsaro 'marakanyakāḥ / tāsāṃ madhye dadarśātha kanyāṃ saṃvaraṇo 'dhikām
There apsarases and daughters of the gods play continually; and in their midst Saṃvaraṇa then saw a maiden surpassing (them all).
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VamP 22.34
दर्शनादेव स नृपः काममार्गणपीडितः । जातः सा च तमीक्ष्यैव कामबाणातुराभवत्
darśanādeva sa nṛpaḥ kāmamārgaṇapīḍitaḥ / jātaḥ sā ca tamīkṣyaiva kāmabāṇāturābhavat
From the mere sight (of her) that king became pierced by the arrows of desire, and she too, on merely seeing him, grew sick with love's shafts.
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VamP 22.35
उभौ तौ पीडितौ मोहं जग्मतुः काममार्गणैः । राजा चलासनो भूम्यां निपपात तुरङ्गमात्
ubhau tau pīḍitau mohaṃ jagmatuḥ kāmamārgaṇaiḥ / rājā calāsano bhūmyāṃ nipapāta turaṅgamāt
Both of them, tormented, fell into a swoon from the arrows of desire; the king, his seat unsteady, fell from his horse to the ground.
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VamP 22.36
तमभ्येत्य महात्मानो गन्धर्वाः कामरूपिणः । सिषिचुर्वारिणाभ्येत्य लब्धसंज्ञो ऽभवत् क्षणात्
tamabhyetya mahātmāno gandharvāḥ kāmarūpiṇaḥ / siṣicurvāriṇābhyetya labdhasaṃjño 'bhavat kṣaṇāt
Great-souled gandharvas, who take any form at will, came up to him and sprinkled him with water, and in a moment he regained consciousness.
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VamP 22.37
सा चाप्सरोभिरुत्पात्य नीता पितृकुलं निजम् । ताभिराश्वासिता चापि मधुरैर्वचनाम्बुभिः
sā cāpsarobhirutpātya nītā pitṛkulaṃ nijam / tābhirāśvāsitā cāpi madhurairvacanāmbubhiḥ
And she was lifted up by the apsarases and taken to her own father's household, and was comforted by them with the water of sweet words.
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VamP 22.38
स चाप्यरुह्य तुरगं प्रतिष्ठानं पुरोत्तमम् । गतस्तु मेरुशिखरं कामचारी यथामरः
sa cāpyaruhya turagaṃ pratiṣṭhānaṃ purottamam / gatastu meruśikharaṃ kāmacārī yathāmaraḥ
And he too, mounting his horse, (went) to Pratiṣṭhāna, the best of cities, but (in mind) went to the peak of Meru, moving at will like a god.
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VamP 22.39
यदाप्रभृति सा दृष्टा आर्क्षिणा तपती गिरौ । तदाप्रभृति नाश्नाति दिवा स्वपिति नो निशि
yadāprabhṛti sā dṛṣṭā ārkṣiṇā tapatī girau / tadāprabhṛti nāśnāti divā svapiti no niśi
From the time that Tapatī was seen on the mountain by the son of Ṛkṣa, from that time on he neither eats by day nor sleeps by night.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 22.40
ततः सर्वविदव्यग्रोविदित्वा वरुणात्मजः । तपतीतापितं वीरं पार्थिवं तपसां निधिः
tataḥ sarvavidavyagroviditvā varuṇātmajaḥ / tapatītāpitaṃ vīraṃ pārthivaṃ tapasāṃ nidhiḥ
Then the all-knowing, unperturbed son of Varuṇa, a treasury of austerities, having learned that the heroic king was tormented by Tapatī —
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VamP 22.41
समुत्पत्य महायोगी गगनं रविमण्डलम् । विवेश देवं तिग्मांशु ददर्श स्यन्दने स्थितम्
samutpatya mahāyogī gaganaṃ ravimaṇḍalam / viveśa devaṃ tigmāṃśu dadarśa syandane sthitam
the great yogin flew up into the sky and entered the disk of the sun, and saw the sharp-rayed god seated on his chariot.
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VamP 22.42
तं दृष्ट्वा भास्करं देवं प्रणमद् द्विजसत्तमः । प्रतिप्रणमितश्चासौ भास्करेणाविशद् रथे
taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhāskaraṃ devaṃ praṇamad dvijasattamaḥ / pratipraṇamitaścāsau bhāskareṇāviśad rathe
Seeing that god Bhāskara, the best of the twice-born bowed; and being bowed to in return by Bhāskara, he took his place on the chariot.
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VamP 22.43
ज्वलज्जटाकलापो ऽसौ दिवाकरसमीपगः । शोभते वारुणिः श्रीमान् द्वितीय इव भास्करः
jvalajjaṭākalāpo 'sau divākarasamīpagaḥ / śobhate vāruṇiḥ śrīmān dvitīya iva bhāskaraḥ
With his mass of matted hair ablaze, standing near the maker of day, the glorious son of Varuṇa shone like a second sun.
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VamP 22.44
ततः संपूजितोर्ऽघार्भास्करेण तपोधनः । पृष्टश्चागमने हेतुं प्रत्युवाच दिवाकरम्
tataḥ saṃpūjitor'ghārbhāskareṇa tapodhanaḥ / pṛṣṭaścāgamane hetuṃ pratyuvāca divākaram
Then, honored with arghya offerings by Bhāskara, that ascetic, being asked the reason for his coming, replied to the maker of day:
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VamP 22.45
समायातो ऽस्मि देवेश याचितुं त्वां महाद्युते । सुतां संवरणस्यार्थे तस्य त्वं दातुमर्हसि
samāyāto 'smi deveśa yācituṃ tvāṃ mahādyute / sutāṃ saṃvaraṇasyārthe tasya tvaṃ dātumarhasi
"I have come, lord of gods, greatly radiant one, to ask you for your daughter for Saṃvaraṇa's sake; you ought to give her to him."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 22.46
ततो वसिष्ठाय दिवाकरेण निवेदिता सा तपती तनूजा । गृहागताय द्विजपुङ्गवाय राज्ञोर्ऽथतः संवरणस्य देवाः
tato vasiṣṭhāya divākareṇa niveditā sā tapatī tanūjā / gṛhāgatāya dvijapuṅgavāya rājñor'thataḥ saṃvaraṇasya devāḥ
Then, O gods, that daughter Tapatī was presented by the maker of day to Vasiṣṭha, the bull among the twice-born who had come to his house, for the sake of King Saṃvaraṇa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 22.47
सावित्रिमादाय ततो वसिष्ठः स्वमाश्रमं पुण्यमुपाजगाम । सा चापि संस्मृत्य नृपात्मजं तं कृताञ्जलिर्वारुणिमाह देवी
sāvitrimādāya tato vasiṣṭhaḥ svamāśramaṃ puṇyamupājagāma / sā cāpi saṃsmṛtya nṛpātmajaṃ taṃ kṛtāñjalirvāruṇimāha devī
Then Vasiṣṭha, taking Sāvitrī (the Sun's daughter), came to his own holy hermitage; and she too, remembering that prince, with folded hands the goddess spoke to Varuṇa's son:
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VamP 22.48
तपत्युवाच । ब्रह्मन् मया खेदमुपेत्य यो हि सहाप्सरोभिः परिचारिकाभिः । दृष्टो ह्यरण्ये ऽमरगर्भतुल्यो नृपात्मजो लक्षणतो ऽभिजाने
tapatyuvāca / brahman mayā khedamupetya yo hi sahāpsarobhiḥ paricārikābhiḥ / dṛṣṭo hyaraṇye 'maragarbhatulyo nṛpātmajo lakṣaṇato 'bhijāne
Tapatī said: "Brahman, the one who was seen by me in the forest, when I had gone out (there) with the apsarases, my attendants — a prince equal to a child of the immortals — I recognize him by his marks:
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VamP 22.49
पादौ शुभौ चक्रगदासिचिह्नौ जङ्घे तथोरू करिहस्ततुल्यौ । कटिस्तथा सिंहकटिर्यथैव क्षामं च मध्यं त्रिबलीनिबद्धम्
pādau śubhau cakragadāsicihnau jaṅghe tathorū karihastatulyau / kaṭistathā siṃhakaṭiryathaiva kṣāmaṃ ca madhyaṃ tribalīnibaddham
"His two feet are lovely, marked with wheel, mace and sword; his shanks and thighs are like an elephant's trunk; his waist is just like a lion's waist, and his slender middle is bound with three folds;
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VamP 22.50
ग्रीवास्य शङ्खाकृतिमादधाति भुजौ च पीनौ कठनौसुदीर्घौ । हस्तौ तथा पद्मदलोद्भवाङ्कौ छत्राकृतिस्तस्य शिरो विभाति
grīvāsya śaṅkhākṛtimādadhāti bhujau ca pīnau kaṭhanausudīrghau / hastau tathā padmadalodbhavāṅkau chatrākṛtistasya śiro vibhāti
"his neck holds the shape of a conch, his arms are stout, firm and very long; his hands too are marked with (marks) arising like lotus petals, and his head shines with the shape of a parasol;
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VamP 22.51
नीलाश्च केशाः कुटिलाश्च तस्य कर्णौ समांसौ सुसमा च नासा । दीर्घाश्च तस्याङ्गुलयः सुपर्वाः पद्भ्यां कराभ्यां दशनाश्च सुभ्राः
nīlāśca keśāḥ kuṭilāśca tasya karṇau samāṃsau susamā ca nāsā / dīrghāśca tasyāṅgulayaḥ suparvāḥ padbhyāṃ karābhyāṃ daśanāśca subhrāḥ
"his hair is dark and curling, his ears are fleshy, his nose well-proportioned; his fingers and toes are long and well-jointed, and his teeth handsome;
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VamP 22.52
समुन्नतः षड्भिरुदारवीर्यस्त्रिभिर्गभीरस्त्रिपु च प्रलम्बः । रक्तस्तथा पञ्चसु राजपुत्रः कृष्णश्चतुर्भिस्त्रिभिरानतो ऽपि
samunnataḥ ṣaḍbhirudāravīryastribhirgabhīrastripu ca pralambaḥ / raktastathā pañcasu rājaputraḥ kṛṣṇaścaturbhistribhirānato 'pi
"the prince, of noble valor, is raised in six (parts), deep in three, and long in three; red in five, black in four, and curved in three;
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VamP 22.53
द्वाभ्यां च शुक्लः सुराभिश्चतुर्भिः दृश्यन्ति पद्मानि दशैव चास्य । वृतः स भर्ता भगवान् हि पूर्वं तं राजपुत्रं भुवि संविचिन्त्य
dvābhyāṃ ca śuklaḥ surābhiścaturbhiḥ dṛśyanti padmāni daśaiva cāsya / vṛtaḥ sa bhartā bhagavān hi pūrvaṃ taṃ rājaputraṃ bhuvi saṃvicintya
"white in two and fragrant in four; and ten lotuses are seen on him. He, the blessed one, was chosen by me before as husband — having in mind that prince on earth,
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VamP 22.54
ददस्व मां नाथ तपस्विने ऽस्मै गुणोपपन्नाय समीहिताय । नेहान्यकामां प्रवदन्ति सन्तो दातुं तथान्यस्य विभो क्षमस्व
dadasva māṃ nātha tapasvine 'smai guṇopapannāya samīhitāya / nehānyakāmāṃ pravadanti santo dātuṃ tathānyasya vibho kṣamasva
"Give me, lord, to this ascetic, who is endowed with virtues and who is desired (by me); the good do not declare that a woman whose desire is set on another should be given here to another — therefore, O mighty one, forgive (me)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 22.55
देवदेव उवाच । इत्येवमुक्तः सवितुश्च पुत्र्या ऋषिस्तदा ध्यानपरो बभूव । ज्ञात्वा च तत्रार्कसुतां सकामां मुदा युतो वाक्यमिदं जगाद
devadeva uvāca / ityevamuktaḥ savituśca putryā ṛṣistadā dhyānaparo babhūva / jñātvā ca tatrārkasutāṃ sakāmāṃ mudā yuto vākyamidaṃ jagāda
The God of gods said: Thus addressed by the daughter of the Sun, the sage then became absorbed in meditation; and, knowing the Sun's daughter there to be in love, filled with joy he spoke these words.
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VamP 22.56
स एव पुत्रि नृपतेस्तनूजो दृष्टः पुरा कामयसे यमद्य । स एव चायाति ममाश्रमं वै ऋक्षात्मजः संवरणो हि नाम्ना
sa eva putri nṛpatestanūjo dṛṣṭaḥ purā kāmayase yamadya / sa eva cāyāti mamāśramaṃ vai ṛkṣātmajaḥ saṃvaraṇo hi nāmnā
"That very one, daughter, is the king's son whom you saw before and desire today; and he himself is coming to my hermitage — Ṛkṣa's son, Saṃvaraṇa by name."
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VamP 22.57
अथाजगाम स नृपस्य पुत्रस्तमाश्रमं ब्राह्मणपुङ्कवस्य । दृष्ट्वा वसिष्ठं प्रणिपत्य मूर्ध्ना स्थितस्त्वपश्यत् तपतीं नरेन्द्रः
athājagāma sa nṛpasya putrastamāśramaṃ brāhmaṇapuṅkavasya / dṛṣṭvā vasiṣṭhaṃ praṇipatya mūrdhnā sthitastvapaśyat tapatīṃ narendraḥ
Then that son of the king came to the hermitage of that bull among brahmins; and seeing Vasiṣṭha, bowing with his head (to him), the lord of men stood and beheld Tapatī.
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VamP 22.58
दृष्ट्वा च तां पद्मविशालनेत्रां तां पूर्वदृष्टामिति चिन्तयित्वा । पप्रच्छ केयं ललना द्विजेन्द्र स वारुणिः प्राह नराधिपेन्द्रम्
dṛṣṭvā ca tāṃ padmaviśālanetrāṃ tāṃ pūrvadṛṣṭāmiti cintayitvā / papraccha keyaṃ lalanā dvijendra sa vāruṇiḥ prāha narādhipendram
And seeing her, wide-eyed as a lotus, thinking "this is she whom I saw before," he asked, "Who is this lady, best of brahmins?" That son of Varuṇa replied to the lord of kings.
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VamP 22.59
इयं विवस्वद्दुहिता नरेन्द्र नाम्ना प्रसिद्धा तपती पृथिव्याम् । मया तवार्थाय दिवाकरो ऽर्थितः प्रादान्मया त्वाश्रममानिनिन्ये
iyaṃ vivasvadduhitā narendra nāmnā prasiddhā tapatī pṛthivyām / mayā tavārthāya divākaro 'rthitaḥ prādānmayā tvāśramamānininye
"This, O king, is the daughter of Vivasvat, famed on earth by the name Tapatī. By me the Sun was petitioned for your sake; he gave (her), and I brought (her) to the hermitage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 22.60
तस्मात् मसुत्तिष्छ नरेन्द्र देव्याः पाणिं तपत्या विधिवद् गृहाण । इत्येवमुक्तो नृपतिः प्रहृष्टो जग्राह पाणिं विधिवत् तपत्याः
tasmāt masuttiṣcha narendra devyāḥ pāṇiṃ tapatyā vidhivad gṛhāṇa / ityevamukto nṛpatiḥ prahṛṣṭo jagrāha pāṇiṃ vidhivat tapatyāḥ
"Therefore rise up, O king, and take the hand of the goddess Tapatī according to the rite." Thus addressed, the king, greatly delighted, took Tapatī's hand according to the rite.
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VamP 22.61
सा तं पतिं प्राप्य मनो ऽभिरामं सूर्यामजा शक्रसमाप्रभावम् । रराम तन्वी भवनोत्तमेषु यता महैन्द्रं दिवि दैत्यकन्या
sā taṃ patiṃ prāpya mano 'bhirāmaṃ sūryāmajā śakrasamāprabhāvam / rarāma tanvī bhavanottameṣu yatā mahaindraṃ divi daityakanyā
Having obtained that husband, pleasing to the mind and equal in power to Śakra, the slender daughter of the Sun took delight in the finest of palaces, as a daitya maiden (delights) in the great Indra's (abode) in heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition