Vamana Purana — Chapter 35
VamP 35.1
ब्रह्मोवाच । परदाराभिगमनं पापीयांसोपसेवनम् । पारुष्यं सर्वभूतानां प्रथमं नरकं स्मृतम्
brahmovāca / paradārābhigamanaṃ pāpīyāṃsopasevanam / pāruṣyaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ prathamaṃ narakaṃ smṛtam
Brahmā said: Approaching another's wife, associating with those who are worse (than oneself), and harshness toward all beings — that is declared the first hell.
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VamP 35.2
फलस्तेयं महापापं फलहीनं तथाटनम् । छेदनं वृक्षजातीनां द्वितीयं नरकं स्मृतम्
phalasteyaṃ mahāpāpaṃ phalahīnaṃ tathāṭanam / chedanaṃ vṛkṣajātīnāṃ dvitīyaṃ narakaṃ smṛtam
Stealing fruit, a great sin; likewise roaming about fruitlessly; and cutting down the kinds of trees — that is declared the second hell.
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VamP 35.3
वर्ज्यादानं तथा दुष्टमवध्यवधबन्धनम् । विवादमर्थहेतूत्थं तृतीयं नरकं स्मृतम्
varjyādānaṃ tathā duṣṭamavadhyavadhabandhanam / vivādamarthahetūtthaṃ tṛtīyaṃ narakaṃ smṛtam
Taking what is to be avoided, likewise what is evil; killing and binding what should not be killed; and dispute arising for the sake of wealth — that is declared the third hell.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 35.4
भयदं सर्वसत्त्वानां भवभूति विनाशनम् । भ्रंशनं निजधर्माणां चतुर्थं नरकं स्मृतम्
bhayadaṃ sarvasattvānāṃ bhavabhūti vināśanam / bhraṃśanaṃ nijadharmāṇāṃ caturthaṃ narakaṃ smṛtam
Causing fear to all creatures, destroying (others') welfare and prosperity, and causing (people) to fall from their own duties — that is declared the fourth hell.
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VamP 35.5
मारणं मित्रकौटिल्यं लिथ्याभिशपनं च यत् । मिष्टौकाशनमित्युक्तं पञ्चमं तु नृपाचनम्
māraṇaṃ mitrakauṭilyaṃ lithyābhiśapanaṃ ca yat / miṣṭaukāśanamityuktaṃ pañcamaṃ tu nṛpācanam
Killing, crookedness toward a friend, and false accusation, and eating only sweet things — this is said to be the fifth cooking of men.
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VamP 35.6
यन्त्रः फलादिहरणं यमनं योगनाशनम् । यानयुग्यस्य हरणं षष्ठमुक्तं नृपाचनम्
yantraḥ phalādiharaṇaṃ yamanaṃ yoganāśanam / yānayugyasya haraṇaṃ ṣaṣṭhamuktaṃ nṛpācanam
Taking away fruit and the like by contrivances, restraining (others), destroying yoga, and stealing a vehicle or draught animal — this is said to be the sixth cooking of men.
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VamP 35.7
राजभागहरं मूढं राजजायानिषेवणम् । राज्ये त्वहितकारित्वं सप्तमं निरयं स्मृतम्
rājabhāgaharaṃ mūḍhaṃ rājajāyāniṣevaṇam / rājye tvahitakāritvaṃ saptamaṃ nirayaṃ smṛtam
Foolishly taking the king's share, resorting to the king's wife, and acting against the welfare of the kingdom — that is declared the seventh hell.
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VamP 35.8
लुब्धत्वं लोलुपत्वं च लब्धधर्मार्थनाशनम् । लालासंकीर्णमेवोक्तमष्टमं नरकं स्मृतम्
lubdhatvaṃ lolupatvaṃ ca labdhadharmārthanāśanam / lālāsaṃkīrṇamevoktamaṣṭamaṃ narakaṃ smṛtam
Greediness and covetousness, and destroying the merit and wealth one has obtained — that is called 'smeared with saliva', declared the eighth hell.
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VamP 35.9
विप्रोष्यं ब्रह्महरणं ब्राह्मणानां विनिन्दनम् । विरोधं बन्धुभिश्चोक्तं नवमं नरपाचनम्
viproṣyaṃ brahmaharaṇaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ vinindanam / virodhaṃ bandhubhiścoktaṃ navamaṃ narapācanam
Exile(?), stealing sacred knowledge, reviling brahmins, and hostility toward kinsmen — that is called the ninth cooking of men.
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VamP 35.10
शिष्टाचारविनाशं च शिष्टद्वेषं शिशोर्वधम् । शास्त्रस्तेयं धर्मनाशं दशमं परिकीर्तितम्
śiṣṭācāravināśaṃ ca śiṣṭadveṣaṃ śiśorvadham / śāstrasteyaṃ dharmanāśaṃ daśamaṃ parikīrtitam
Destroying the conduct of the cultivated, hatred of the cultivated, killing a child, stealing scripture, destroying dharma — that is proclaimed the tenth.
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VamP 35.11
षडङ्गनिधनं घोरं षाङ्गुण्यप्रतिषेधनम् । एकादशममेवोक्तं नरकं सद्भिरुत्तमम्
ṣaḍaṅganidhanaṃ ghoraṃ ṣāṅguṇyapratiṣedhanam / ekādaśamamevoktaṃ narakaṃ sadbhiruttamam
The dreadful destruction of the six limbs (of the Veda), and the blocking of the six-fold policy — that is called by the good the eleventh, the highest hell.
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VamP 35.12
सत्सु नित्यं सदा वैरमनाचारमसत्क्रिया । संस्कारपरिहीनत्वमिदं द्वादशमं स्मृतम्
satsu nityaṃ sadā vairamanācāramasatkriyā / saṃskāraparihīnatvamidaṃ dvādaśamaṃ smṛtam
Constant, perpetual enmity toward the good, bad conduct, evil deeds, and being devoid of the sacraments — this is remembered as the twelfth (hell).
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VamP 35.13
हानिर्धर्मार्थकामनामपवर्गस्य हारणम् । संभेदः संविदामेतत् त्रयोदशममुच्यते
hānirdharmārthakāmanāmapavargasya hāraṇam / saṃbhedaḥ saṃvidāmetat trayodaśamamucyate
The loss of dharma, wealth and pleasure, the destruction of liberation, and the breaking of agreements — this is called the thirteenth.
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VamP 35.14
कृपणं धर्महीनं च यद् वर्ज्यं यच्च वह्निदम् । चतुद्र्दशममोवोक्तं नरकं तद् विगर्हितम्
kṛpaṇaṃ dharmahīnaṃ ca yad varjyaṃ yacca vahnidam / catudrdaśamamovoktaṃ narakaṃ tad vigarhitam
What is miserly and devoid of dharma, what is to be shunned, and what sets fire — that reprehensible hell is called the fourteenth.
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VamP 35.15
अज्ञानं चाप्यमुयत्वमशौचमशुभावहम् । स्मृतं तत् पञ्चदशममस्त्यवचनानि च
ajñānaṃ cāpyamuyatvamaśaucamaśubhāvaham / smṛtaṃ tat pañcadaśamamastyavacanāni ca
Ignorance, and unrestrainedness, impurity that brings misfortune, and untrue speech — that is remembered as the fifteenth.
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VamP 35.16
आलस्यं वै षोडशममाक्रोशं च विशेषतः । सर्वस्य चाततायित्वलमावासेष्वग्निदीपनम्
ālasyaṃ vai ṣoḍaśamamākrośaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ / sarvasya cātatāyitvalamāvāseṣvagnidīpanam
Indolence indeed is the sixteenth, and especially abuse, and being a violent assailant of everyone, and setting fire to dwellings.
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VamP 35.17
इच्छा च परदारेषु नरकाय निगद्यते । ईर्षर्याभावश्च सत्येषु उद्धृत्तं तु विगर्हितम्
icchā ca paradāreṣu narakāya nigadyate / īrṣaryābhāvaśca satyeṣu uddhṛttaṃ tu vigarhitam
And desire for others' wives is declared (to lead) to hell, and envy, and (want of) sincerity toward the truthful; but insolence is reprehensible.
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VamP 35.18
एतैस्तु पापैः पुरुषः पुन्नमाद्यैर्न संशयः । संयुक्तः प्रीणयेद् देवं संतत्या जगतः पतिम्
etaistu pāpaiḥ puruṣaḥ punnamādyairna saṃśayaḥ / saṃyuktaḥ prīṇayed devaṃ saṃtatyā jagataḥ patim
But a man joined with these sins, beginning with the one named puṃ (i.e. puṃnāma hell), without doubt, should please the Lord of the world, the god, by offspring.
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VamP 35.19
प्रीतः सृष्ट्या तु शुभया स पापाद्येन मुच्यते । पुंनामनरकं घोरं विनाशयति सर्वतः
prītaḥ sṛṣṭyā tu śubhayā sa pāpādyena mucyate / puṃnāmanarakaṃ ghoraṃ vināśayati sarvataḥ
Pleased by that auspicious procreation, he is freed from the foremost of sins; (the son) utterly destroys the dreadful hell named puṃ.
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VamP 35.20
एतस्मात् कारणात् साध्य सुतः पुत्रेति गद्यते । अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि शेषपापस्य लक्षणम्
etasmāt kāraṇāt sādhya sutaḥ putreti gadyate / ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi śeṣapāpasya lakṣaṇam
For this reason, Sādhya, a son is called "putra." Next I shall declare the marks of the remaining sin.
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VamP 35.21
ऋमं देवर्षिभूतानां मनुष्याणां विशेषतः । पितृणां च द्विजश्रेष्ठ सर्वर्वणेषु चैकता
ṛmaṃ devarṣibhūtānāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ / pitṛṇāṃ ca dvijaśreṣṭha sarvarvaṇeṣu caikatā
Debt to the gods, the seers, the beings, and especially to men, and to the fathers, O best of the twice-born, and (…) unity among all the classes.
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VamP 35.22
ओङ्कारादपि निर्वृत्तिः पापकार्यकृतश्च यः । मत्स्यादश्च महापापमगम्यागमनं तथा
oṅkārādapi nirvṛttiḥ pāpakāryakṛtaśca yaḥ / matsyādaśca mahāpāpamagamyāgamanaṃ tathā
Turning away even from the syllable Oṃ, and he who does sinful deeds, and the eater of fish, and great sin, and likewise intercourse with a woman one may not approach.
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VamP 35.23
घृतादिविक्रयं घोरं चण्डालादिपरिग्रहः । स्वदोषाच्छादनं पापं परदोषप्रकाशनम्
ghṛtādivikrayaṃ ghoraṃ caṇḍālādiparigrahaḥ / svadoṣācchādanaṃ pāpaṃ paradoṣaprakāśanam
The dreadful sale of ghee and the like, taking a Caṇḍāla woman or such (in marriage), the sin of concealing one's own faults and publishing the faults of others,
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VamP 35.24
मत्सरित्वं वाग्दुष्टत्वं निष्टुरत्वं तथा परम् । टाकित्वं तालवादित्वं नाम्ना वाचाप्यधर्मजम्
matsaritvaṃ vāgduṣṭatvaṃ niṣṭuratvaṃ tathā param / ṭākitvaṃ tālavāditvaṃ nāmnā vācāpyadharmajam
envy, foulness of speech, and further harshness, being a thief(?), being a drummer, and what is born of unrighteousness in name and in word,
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VamP 35.25
दारुणत्वमधार्मिक्यं नरकावहमुच्यते । एतैश्च पापैः संयुक्तः प्रीणयेद् यदि शङ्करम्
dāruṇatvamadhārmikyaṃ narakāvahamucyate / etaiśca pāpaiḥ saṃyuktaḥ prīṇayed yadi śaṅkaram
cruelty, unrighteousness — (all this) is said to bring hell. And if one joined with these sins should please Śaṅkara,
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VamP 35.26
ज्ञानाधिरमशेषेण शेषपापं जयेत् ततः । शारीरं वाचिकं यत् तु मानसं कायिकं तथा
jñānādhiramaśeṣeṇa śeṣapāpaṃ jayet tataḥ / śārīraṃ vācikaṃ yat tu mānasaṃ kāyikaṃ tathā
then, by knowledge entirely (?), he would conquer the remaining sin — whether it is of the body, of speech, of the mind, or bodily,
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VamP 35.27
पितृमातृकृतं यच्च कृतं यच्चाश्रितैर्नरैः । भ्रातृभिर्बान्धवैश्चापि तस्मिन् जन्मनि धर्मज
pitṛmātṛkṛtaṃ yacca kṛtaṃ yaccāśritairnaraiḥ / bhrātṛbhirbāndhavaiścāpi tasmin janmani dharmaja
and what was done by father and mother, and what was done by dependent men, and by brothers and kinsmen, in that birth, O son of Dharma —
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VamP 35.28
तत्सर्वं विलयं याति स धर्मः सुतशिष्ययोः । विपरीते भवेत् साध्य विपरीतः पदक्रमः
tatsarvaṃ vilayaṃ yāti sa dharmaḥ sutaśiṣyayoḥ / viparīte bhavet sādhya viparītaḥ padakramaḥ
all that goes to dissolution; that dharma belongs to son and pupil. In the opposite case, Sādhya, the sequence of steps would be the reverse.
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VamP 35.29
तस्मात् पुत्रश्च शिष्यश्च विधातव्यौ विपश्चिता । एतदर्थमभिध्याय शिष्याच्छ्रेष्ठतरः सुतः । सेषात् तारयते शिष्यः सर्वतो ऽपि हि पुत्रकः
tasmāt putraśca śiṣyaśca vidhātavyau vipaścitā / etadarthamabhidhyāya śiṣyācchreṣṭhataraḥ sutaḥ / seṣāt tārayate śiṣyaḥ sarvato 'pi hi putrakaḥ
Therefore both a son and a pupil should be provided for by the wise man. Considering this purpose, a son is better than a pupil: the pupil delivers (only) from what remains, but a son (delivers) from everything.
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VamP 35.30
पुलस्त्य उवाच । पितामहवचः श्रुत्वा साध्यः प्राह तपोधनः । त्रिः सत्यं तव पुत्रो ऽहं देव योगं वदस्व मे
pulastya uvāca / pitāmahavacaḥ śrutvā sādhyaḥ prāha tapodhanaḥ / triḥ satyaṃ tava putro 'haṃ deva yogaṃ vadasva me
Pulastya said: Having heard the words of the Grandfather, Sādhya, rich in austerity, said: "Thrice truly I am your son, O god; tell me the yoga."
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VamP 35.31
तमुवाच महायोगी त्वन्मातापिररौ यदि । दास्येते च ततः सूनुर्दायादो मे ऽसि पुत्रक
tamuvāca mahāyogī tvanmātāpirarau yadi / dāsyete ca tataḥ sūnurdāyādo me 'si putraka
The great yogin said to him: "If your mother and father give (you) up, then, my boy, you are my son and heir."
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VamP 35.32
सनत्कुमारः प्रोवाच दायादपरिकल्पना । येयं हि भवता प्रोक्ता तां मे व्याख्यातुमर्हसि
sanatkumāraḥ provāca dāyādaparikalpanā / yeyaṃ hi bhavatā proktā tāṃ me vyākhyātumarhasi
Sanatkumāra said: This designation of heirs which you have stated — you should explain it to me.
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VamP 35.33
तदुक्तं साध्यमुख्येन वाक्यं श्रुत्वा पितामहः । प्राह प्रहस्य भगवान् क्श्रुणु वत्सेति नारद
taduktaṃ sādhyamukhyena vākyaṃ śrutvā pitāmahaḥ / prāha prahasya bhagavān kśruṇu vatseti nārada
Hearing that speech uttered by the chief of the Sādhyas, the Grandfather, the Lord, laughed and said, "Listen, my child," O Nārada.
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VamP 35.34
ब्रह्मोवाच । औरसः क्षेत्रजश्चैव दत्तः कृत्रिम एव च । गुढोत्पन्नो ऽपविद्धश्च दायादा बान्धवास्तु षट्
brahmovāca / aurasaḥ kṣetrajaścaiva dattaḥ kṛtrima eva ca / guḍhotpanno 'paviddhaśca dāyādā bāndhavāstu ṣaṭ
Brahmā said: The son of one's own body, the son begotten on one's wife (by another), the given son, the artificial son, the one born in secret, and the abandoned one — these six are heirs and kinsmen.
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VamP 35.35
अमीषु षट्पु पुत्रेषु ऋमपिण्डधनक्रियाः । गोत्रस्म्यं कुले वृत्तिः प्रतिष्ठ शाश्वती तथा
amīṣu ṣaṭpu putreṣu ṛmapiṇḍadhanakriyāḥ / gotrasmyaṃ kule vṛttiḥ pratiṣṭha śāśvatī tathā
In the case of these six sons there are the rites of debt, funeral cake and property, kinship of lineage (gotra), maintenance in the family, and likewise perpetual standing.
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VamP 35.36
कानीनश्च सहोढश्च क्रीतः पौनर्भवस्तथा । स्वयेदत्तः पारशवः षडदायादबन्धवाः
kānīnaśca sahoḍhaśca krītaḥ paunarbhavastathā / svayedattaḥ pāraśavaḥ ṣaḍadāyādabandhavāḥ
The son of an unmarried girl, the one received along (with the bride), the purchased one, likewise the son of a remarried woman, the one who gives himself, and the son by a Śūdra woman — these six are kinsmen who are not heirs.
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VamP 35.37
अमीभिरृणपिण्डादिकथा नैवेह विद्यते । नामधारका एवेह न गोत्रकुलसंमताः
amībhirṛṇapiṇḍādikathā naiveha vidyate / nāmadhārakā eveha na gotrakulasaṃmatāḥ
With these there is here no talk of debt, funeral cake and the rest; they merely bear the name here, and are not acknowledged as of the gotra and family.
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VamP 35.38
तत् तस्य वचनं श्रुत्वा ब्रह्मणः सनकाग्रजः । उवाचैषां विशेषं मे ब्रह्मन् व्याख्यातुमहसि
tat tasya vacanaṃ śrutvā brahmaṇaḥ sanakāgrajaḥ / uvācaiṣāṃ viśeṣaṃ me brahman vyākhyātumahasi
Hearing that speech of Brahmā, the eldest brother of Sanaka said: "O Brahman, you should explain to me the particulars of these."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.39
ततो ऽब्रवीत् सुरपतिर्विशेषं शृणु पुत्रक । औरसो यः स्वयं जातः प्रतिबिम्बमिवात्मनः
tato 'bravīt surapatirviśeṣaṃ śṛṇu putraka / auraso yaḥ svayaṃ jātaḥ pratibimbamivātmanaḥ
Then the lord of the gods said: "Hear the particulars, my child. The son of one's own body is he who is born from oneself, like a reflection of oneself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.40
क्लीबोन्मत्ते व्यसनिनि पत्यौ तस्याज्ञया तु या । भार्या ह्यनातुरा पुत्रं जनयेत् क्षेत्रजस्तु सः
klībonmatte vyasanini patyau tasyājñayā tu yā / bhāryā hyanāturā putraṃ janayet kṣetrajastu saḥ
When the husband is impotent, mad, or addicted to vice, the wife who, herself not diseased, begets a son by his permission — that one is the kṣetraja (son begotten on one's field).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.41
मातापितृभ्यां यो दत्तः स दत्तः परिगीयते । मित्रपुत्रं मित्रदत्तं कृत्रिमं प्राहुरुत्तमाः
mātāpitṛbhyāṃ yo dattaḥ sa dattaḥ parigīyate / mitraputraṃ mitradattaṃ kṛtrimaṃ prāhuruttamāḥ
He who is given by his mother and father is celebrated as the "given" son; the son of a friend, given by a friend, the best (of authorities) call the "artificial" son.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.42
न ज्ञायते गृहे केन जातस्त्विति स गूञकः । बाह्मतः स्वयमानीतः सो ऽपविद्धः प्रकीर्तितः
na jñāyate gṛhe kena jātastviti sa gūñakaḥ / bāhmataḥ svayamānītaḥ so 'paviddhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ
When it is not known in the house by whom he was begotten, he is the "secretly born"; brought by oneself from outside, he is proclaimed the "abandoned" one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.43
कन्याजातस्तु कानीनः सगर्भोढः सहोकः । मूल्यैर्गृहीतः क्रीतः स्याद् द्विविधः स्यात् पुनर्भवः
kanyājātastu kānīnaḥ sagarbhoḍhaḥ sahokaḥ / mūlyairgṛhītaḥ krītaḥ syād dvividhaḥ syāt punarbhavaḥ
Born of an unmarried girl he is the kānīna; married while already pregnant, (her son is) the sahoḍha; taken for a price he would be the purchased one; the son of a remarried woman is of two kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.44
दत्त्वैकस्य च या कन्या हृत्वान्यस्य प्रदीयते । तज्जालस्तनयो ज्ञेयो लोके पौनर्भवो मुने
dattvaikasya ca yā kanyā hṛtvānyasya pradīyate / tajjālastanayo jñeyo loke paunarbhavo mune
And the girl who, after being given to one man, is taken away and bestowed on another — her son is to be known in the world as the paunarbhava, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.45
दुर्भिक्षे व्यसने चापि येनात्मा विनिवेदितः । स स्वयन्दत्त इत्युस्तथान्यः कारणान्तरैः
durbhikṣe vyasane cāpi yenātmā viniveditaḥ / sa svayandatta ityustathānyaḥ kāraṇāntaraiḥ
He by whom himself is offered up in a famine or in a calamity, he is called the "self-given"; and likewise another (so given) through other causes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.46
ब्राह्मणस्य सुतः शूद्रयां जायते यस्तु सुव्रत । ऊढायां वाप्यनूढायां स पारशव उच्यते
brāhmaṇasya sutaḥ śūdrayāṃ jāyate yastu suvrata / ūḍhāyāṃ vāpyanūḍhāyāṃ sa pāraśava ucyate
The son of a Brahmin that is born of a Śūdra woman, O you of good vows, whether she be married or unmarried, he is called the pāraśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.47
एतस्मात् कारणात् पुत्र न स्वयं दातुमर्हसि । स्वमात्मानं गच्छ शीघ्रं पितरौ समुपाह्वय
etasmāt kāraṇāt putra na svayaṃ dātumarhasi / svamātmānaṃ gaccha śīghraṃ pitarau samupāhvaya
For this reason, my son, you may not give yourself of your own accord; go quickly and summon your parents.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.48
ततःस मातापितरौ सस्मार वचनाद् विभोः । तावाजग्मतुरीशानं द्रष्टुं वै दम्पती मुने
tataḥsa mātāpitarau sasmāra vacanād vibhoḥ / tāvājagmaturīśānaṃ draṣṭuṃ vai dampatī mune
Then, at the Lord's word, he called to mind his mother and father; and those two, the wedded pair, came to see Īśāna, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.49
धर्मो ऽहिंसा च देवेशं प्रणिपत्य न्यषीदताम् । उपविष्टौ सुखासीनौ साध्यो वचनमब्रवीत्
dharmo 'hiṃsā ca deveśaṃ praṇipatya nyaṣīdatām / upaviṣṭau sukhāsīnau sādhyo vacanamabravīt
Dharma and Ahiṃsā bowed to the lord of the gods and sat down; when they were seated and comfortably settled, the Sādhya spoke these words:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.50
सनत्कुमार उवाच । योगं जिगमिषुस्तात व्रह्माणं समचूचुदम् । स चोक्तवान् मां पुत्रार्थे तस्मात् त्वं दातुमर्हसि
sanatkumāra uvāca / yogaṃ jigamiṣustāta vrahmāṇaṃ samacūcudam / sa coktavān māṃ putrārthe tasmāt tvaṃ dātumarhasi
Sanatkumāra said: Wishing to attain yoga, father, I urged Brahmā; and he told me it was a matter for (my) parents — therefore you should give (me).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 35.51
तावेवमुक्तौ पुत्रेण योगाचार्यं पितामहम् । उक्तवन्तौ प्रभो ऽयं हि आवयोस्तनयस्तव
tāvevamuktau putreṇa yogācāryaṃ pitāmaham / uktavantau prabho 'yaṃ hi āvayostanayastava
The two, thus addressed by their son, said to the Grandfather, the teacher of yoga: "O Lord, this son of ours is indeed yours."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.52
अद्यप्रभृत्ययं पुत्रस्तव ब्रह्मन् भविष्यति । इत्युक्त्वा जग्मतुर्सूर्ण येनैवाब्यागतौ यथा
adyaprabhṛtyayaṃ putrastava brahman bhaviṣyati / ityuktvā jagmatursūrṇa yenaivābyāgatau yathā
"From today on, brahman, this shall be your son." Having said this, the two went off swiftly, just by the way they had come.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.53
पितामहो ऽपि तं पुत्रं साध्यं सद्धिनयान्वितम् । सनत्कुमारं प्रोवाच योगं द्वादशपत्रकम्
pitāmaho 'pi taṃ putraṃ sādhyaṃ saddhinayānvitam / sanatkumāraṃ provāca yogaṃ dvādaśapatrakam
And the Grandfather (Brahmā) spoke to that son Sādhya, endowed with good discipline, to Sanatkumāra, of the yoga of the twelve petals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 35.54
शिखासंश्थं तु ओङ्कारं मेषो ऽस्य शिरसि स्थितः । मासो वैशाखनामा च प्रथमं पत्रकं स्मृतम्
śikhāsaṃśthaṃ tu oṅkāraṃ meṣo 'sya śirasi sthitaḥ / māso vaiśākhanāmā ca prathamaṃ patrakaṃ smṛtam
The syllable Oṃ stands at the crown-tuft; Aries is placed at his head; and the month named Vaiśākha — that is held to be the first petal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.55
नकारो मुखसंस्थो हि वृषस्तत्र प्रकीर्तितः । ज्येष्ठमासाश्च तत्पत्रं द्वितीयं परिकीर्तितम्
nakāro mukhasaṃstho hi vṛṣastatra prakīrtitaḥ / jyeṣṭhamāsāśca tatpatraṃ dvitīyaṃ parikīrtitam
The syllable 'na' rests at the face; Taurus is declared to be there; and the month Jyeṣṭha — that petal is called the second.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.56
मोकारो भुजयोर्युग्मं मिथुनस्तत्र संस्थितः । मासो आषाढनामा च तृतीयं पत्रकं स्मृतम्
mokāro bhujayoryugmaṃ mithunastatra saṃsthitaḥ / māso āṣāḍhanāmā ca tṛtīyaṃ patrakaṃ smṛtam
The syllable 'mo' is the pair of arms; Gemini is stationed there; and the month named Āṣāḍha — that is held to be the third petal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.57
भकारं नेत्रयुगलं तत्र कर्कटकः स्थितः । मासः श्रावण इत्युक्तश्चतुर्थं पत्रकं स्मृतम्
bhakāraṃ netrayugalaṃ tatra karkaṭakaḥ sthitaḥ / māsaḥ śrāvaṇa ityuktaścaturthaṃ patrakaṃ smṛtam
The syllable 'bha' is the pair of eyes; Cancer is placed there; the month is called Śrāvaṇa — that is held to be the fourth petal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.58
गकारं हृदयं प्रोक्तं सिंहो वसति तत्र च । मासो भाद्रस्तथा प्रोक्तः पञ्चमं पत्रकं स्मृतम्
gakāraṃ hṛdayaṃ proktaṃ siṃho vasati tatra ca / māso bhādrastathā proktaḥ pañcamaṃ patrakaṃ smṛtam
The syllable 'ga' is said to be the heart, and the Lion (Leo) dwells there; the month is likewise declared to be Bhādra — that is held to be the fifth petal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.59
वकारं कवचं विद्यात् कन्या तत्र प्रतिषिठता । मासश्चाश्वयुजो नाम ष्ष्ठं तत् पत्रकं स्मृतम्
vakāraṃ kavacaṃ vidyāt kanyā tatra pratiṣiṭhatā / māsaścāśvayujo nāma ṣṣṭhaṃ tat patrakaṃ smṛtam
One should know the syllable 'va' as the armour; Virgo is established there; and the month named Āśvayuja (Āśvina) — that is held to be the sixth petal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.60
तेकारमस्त्रग्रामं च तुलाराशिः कृताश्रयः । मासश्च कार्तिको नाम सप्तमं पत्रकं स्मृतम्
tekāramastragrāmaṃ ca tulārāśiḥ kṛtāśrayaḥ / māsaśca kārtiko nāma saptamaṃ patrakaṃ smṛtam
And the syllable 'te' is the array of weapons; the sign Libra has made its abode there; and the month named Kārtika — that is held to be the seventh petal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.61
वाकारं नाभिसंयुक्तं स्थितस्तत्र तु वृश्चिकः । मासो मार्गशिरो नाम त्वष्टमं पत्रकं स्मृतम्
vākāraṃ nābhisaṃyuktaṃ sthitastatra tu vṛścikaḥ / māso mārgaśiro nāma tvaṣṭamaṃ patrakaṃ smṛtam
The syllable 'vā' is joined to the navel; Scorpio stands there; the month named Mārgaśira — that is held to be the eighth petal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.62
सुकारं जघनं प्रोक्तं तत्रस्थश्च धनुर्धरः । पौषति गदितो मासो नवमं परिकीर्तितम्
sukāraṃ jaghanaṃ proktaṃ tatrasthaśca dhanurdharaḥ / pauṣati gadito māso navamaṃ parikīrtitam
The syllable 'su' is said to be the loins, and the Archer (Sagittarius) stands there; the month is declared to be Pauṣa — that is called the ninth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.63
देकारश्चोरुयुगलं मकरो ऽप्यत्र संस्थितः । माघो निगदितो मासः पत्रकं दशमं स्मृतम्
dekāraścoruyugalaṃ makaro 'pyatra saṃsthitaḥ / māgho nigadito māsaḥ patrakaṃ daśamaṃ smṛtam
The syllable 'de' is the pair of thighs; Capricorn too is stationed here; the month is declared Māgha — that is held to be the tenth petal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.64
वाकारो जनुयुग्मं च कुम्भस्तत्रादिसंस्थितः । पत्रकं फाल्गुनं प्रोक्तं तदेकादशमुत्तमम्
vākāro januyugmaṃ ca kumbhastatrādisaṃsthitaḥ / patrakaṃ phālgunaṃ proktaṃ tadekādaśamuttamam
And the syllable 'vā' is the pair of knees; Aquarius is stationed there from the first; the petal is said to be Phālguna — that excellent eleventh one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.65
पादौ यकारो मीनो ऽपि स चैत्रे वसते मुने । इदं द्वादशमं प्रोक्तं पत्रं वै केशवस्य हि
pādau yakāro mīno 'pi sa caitre vasate mune / idaṃ dvādaśamaṃ proktaṃ patraṃ vai keśavasya hi
The feet are the syllable 'ya', and Pisces too; it dwells in Caitra, O sage. This is declared the twelfth petal of Keśava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.66
द्वादशारं तथा चक्रं षष्णाभि द्वियुतं तथा । त्रिव्यूहमेकमूर्तिश्च तथोक्तः परमेश्वरः
dvādaśāraṃ tathā cakraṃ ṣaṣṇābhi dviyutaṃ tathā / trivyūhamekamūrtiśca tathoktaḥ parameśvaraḥ
And so the wheel has twelve spokes and a hub of six coupled with two; and the Supreme Lord is thus said to be of three groupings and one form.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 35.67
एतत् तवोक्तं देवस्य रूपं द्वादशपत्रकम् । यस्मिन् ज्ञाते मुनिश्रेष्ठ न भूयो मरणं भवेत्
etat tavoktaṃ devasya rūpaṃ dvādaśapatrakam / yasmin jñāte muniśreṣṭha na bhūyo maraṇaṃ bhavet
This twelve-petalled form of the God has been told to you; when it is known, O best of sages, there is no death again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.68
द्वितीयमुक्तं सत्त्वाढ्यं चतुर्वर्णं चतुर्मुखम् । चतुर्बाहुमुदाराङ्गं श्रीवत्सधरमव्ययम्
dvitīyamuktaṃ sattvāḍhyaṃ caturvarṇaṃ caturmukham / caturbāhumudārāṅgaṃ śrīvatsadharamavyayam
The second (form) is declared to be rich in sattva, of four colours, four-faced, four-armed, of noble limbs, bearing the śrīvatsa, imperishable.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.69
तृतीयस्तमसो माम शेषमूर्तिः सहस्रपात् । सहस्रवदनः श्रीमान् प्रजाप्रलयकारकः
tṛtīyastamaso māma śeṣamūrtiḥ sahasrapāt / sahasravadanaḥ śrīmān prajāpralayakārakaḥ
The third is named 'of darkness' (tāmasa), the Śeṣa-form, thousand-footed, thousand-mouthed, glorious, the bringer-about of the dissolution of creatures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.70
चतुर्थो राजसो नाम रक्तवर्णश्चतुर्मुखः । द्विभुजो धारयन् मालं सृष्टिकृच्चादिपूरुषः
caturtho rājaso nāma raktavarṇaścaturmukhaḥ / dvibhujo dhārayan mālaṃ sṛṣṭikṛccādipūruṣaḥ
The fourth is named rājasa, red in colour, four-faced, two-armed, holding a garland, the maker of creation and the primal Person.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.71
अव्याक्तात् मभवन्त्येते त्रयो व्यक्ता महामुने । अतो मरीचिप्रमुखास्तथान्ये ऽपि सहस्रशः
avyāktāt mabhavantyete trayo vyaktā mahāmune / ato marīcipramukhāstathānye 'pi sahasraśaḥ
From the Unmanifest these three manifest ones came to be, O great sage; from it also Marīci and the rest, and others too by the thousands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 35.72
एतत् तवोक्तं मुनिवर्य रूपं विभोः पुराणं मतिपुष्टिवर्धनम् । चुतुर्भुजं तं स मुरुर्दुरात्मा कृतान्तवाक्यात् पुनराससाद
etat tavoktaṃ munivarya rūpaṃ vibhoḥ purāṇaṃ matipuṣṭivardhanam / cuturbhujaṃ taṃ sa mururdurātmā kṛtāntavākyāt punarāsasāda
This ancient form of the all-pervading (Lord), which increases the strength of the mind, has been declared to you, best of sages. That evil-souled Muru, on the word of Kṛtānta (Death), approached the four-armed one again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.73
तमागतं प्राह मुने मधुघ्नः प्राप्तो ऽसि केनासुर कारणेन । स प्राह योद्धुं सह वै त्वयाद्य तं प्राह भूयः सुरशत्रुहन्ता
tamāgataṃ prāha mune madhughnaḥ prāpto 'si kenāsura kāraṇena / sa prāha yoddhuṃ saha vai tvayādya taṃ prāha bhūyaḥ suraśatruhantā
O sage, the slayer of Madhu said to him as he came: "For what reason have you come, demon?" He replied, "To fight with you this very day." Then the destroyer of the enemies of the gods spoke to him again.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.75
३५।७४ इत्येवमुक्तो मधुसूदनेन मुरुस्तदा स्वे हृदये स्वहस्तम् । कथं क्व कस्येति मुहुस्तथोक्त्वा निपातयामास विपन्नबुद्धिः
35.74 ityevamukto madhusūdanena murustadā sve hṛdaye svahastam / kathaṃ kva kasyeti muhustathoktvā nipātayāmāsa vipannabuddhiḥ
Thus addressed by Madhusūdana, Muru then, his understanding ruined, saying over and over "How? Where? Whose?", let his own hand fall upon his own breast.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 35.76
हरिश्च चक्रं मृदुलाघवेन मुमोच तद्धतकमलस्य शत्रोः । चिच्छेद देवास्तु गतव्यथाभवन् देवं प्रसंसन्ति च पद्मनाभम्
hariśca cakraṃ mṛdulāghavena mumoca taddhatakamalasya śatroḥ / ciccheda devāstu gatavyathābhavan devaṃ prasaṃsanti ca padmanābham
And Hari, with a soft lightness (of hand), released the discus at that enemy whose lotus (of the heart?) had been struck, and cut (him) down; the gods became free of pain and praise the lotus-naveled god.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 35.77
एतत् तवोक्तं मुरदैत्यनाशनं कृतं हि युक्त्या शितचक्रपाणिना । अतः प्रसिद्धिं समुपाजगाम मुरारिरित्येव विभुर्नृसिंहः
etat tavoktaṃ muradaityanāśanaṃ kṛtaṃ hi yuktyā śitacakrapāṇinā / ataḥ prasiddhiṃ samupājagāma murārirityeva vibhurnṛsiṃhaḥ
This destruction of the demon Mura has been told to you—accomplished indeed by skill by him who holds the sharp discus in his hand. Hence the all-pervading Man-Lion came to be renowned precisely as "Murāri" (foe of Mura).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition