Vamana Purana — Chapter 36
VamP 36.1
पुलस्त्य उवाच । ततो मुरारिभवनं समभ्येत्य सुरास्ततः । ऊचुर्देवं नमस्कृत्य जगत्संक्षुब्धिकारणम्
pulastya uvāca / tato murāribhavanaṃ samabhyetya surāstataḥ / ūcurdevaṃ namaskṛtya jagatsaṃkṣubdhikāraṇam
Pulastya said: Then the gods, having come to the dwelling of Murāri, bowed to the god and told (him) the cause of the world's agitation.
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VamP 36.2
तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवान् प्राह गच्छामो हरमन्दिरम् । स तव्त्स्यति महाज्ञानी जगत्क्षुब्धं चरचरम्
tacchrutvā bhagavān prāha gacchāmo haramandiram / sa tavtsyati mahājñānī jagatkṣubdhaṃ caracaram
Hearing that, the Lord said: "Let us go to Hara's abode. That greatly wise one will know what has agitated the world with its moving and unmoving (beings)."
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VamP 36.3
तयोक्ता वासुदेवेनन देवाः शक्रपुरोगमाः । जनार्दनं पुरस्कृत्य प्रजाग्मुर्मन्दरं गिरिम् । न तत्र देवं न वृषं न देवीं न च नन्दिनम्
tayoktā vāsudevenana devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ / janārdanaṃ puraskṛtya prajāgmurmandaraṃ girim / na tatra devaṃ na vṛṣaṃ na devīṃ na ca nandinam
Thus addressed by Vāsudeva, the gods led by Śakra, placing Janārdana in front, went to Mount Mandara; there (they saw) neither the god, nor the bull, nor the goddess, nor Nandin.
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VamP 36.4
शून्यं गिरिमपश्यन्त अज्ञानतिमिरावृताः । तान् मूढदृष्टीन् संप्रोक्ष्य देवान् विष्णुर्महाद्युतिः
śūnyaṃ girimapaśyanta ajñānatimirāvṛtāḥ / tān mūḍhadṛṣṭīn saṃprokṣya devān viṣṇurmahādyutiḥ
Enveloped in the darkness of ignorance, they saw the mountain as empty. Viṣṇu of great splendour, sprinkling those gods whose sight was deluded,
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VamP 36.5
प्रोवाच किं न पश्यध्वं महेशं पुरतः स्थितम् । तमूचुर्नैव देवेशं पश्यामो गिरिजापतिम्
provāca kiṃ na paśyadhvaṃ maheśaṃ purataḥ sthitam / tamūcurnaiva deveśaṃ paśyāmo girijāpatim
said: "Why do you not see Maheśa standing before you?" They said to him: "We do not see the lord of gods at all, the husband of the mountain-born."
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VamP 36.6
न विद्मः कारणं तच्च येन दृष्टिर्हता हि नः । तानुवाच जगन्मूर्तिर्यूयं देवस्य सागसः
na vidmaḥ kāraṇaṃ tacca yena dṛṣṭirhatā hi naḥ / tānuvāca jaganmūrtiryūyaṃ devasya sāgasaḥ
"And we do not know the cause by which our sight has been destroyed." The one whose body is the world said to them: "You are offenders against the god,
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VamP 36.7
पापिष्ठा गर्भहन्तारो मृडान्याः स्वार्थतत्पराः । तेन ज्ञानविवेको वै हृतो देवेवन शूलिना
pāpiṣṭhā garbhahantāro mṛḍānyāḥ svārthatatparāḥ / tena jñānaviveko vai hṛto devevana śūlinā
most sinful, killers of Mṛḍānī's unborn child, bent on your own advantage; therefore your discernment of knowledge has been taken away by the trident-bearing god,
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VamP 36.8
येनाग्रतः स्थितमपि पश्यन्तो ऽपि न पश्यथ । तस्मात् कायविशुद्ध्यर्थं देवदृष्ट्यर्थमादरात्
yenāgrataḥ sthitamapi paśyanto 'pi na paśyatha / tasmāt kāyaviśuddhyarthaṃ devadṛṣṭyarthamādarāt
by which, though he stands before you, even while looking you do not see. Therefore, for the purification of the body and for the sight of the god, respectfully
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VamP 36.9
तप्तकृच्छ्रेम संशुद्धाः कुरुध्वं स्नानमीश्वरे । क्षीरस्नाने प्रयुञ्जीत सार्द्ध कुम्भशतं सुराः
taptakṛcchrema saṃśuddhāḥ kurudhvaṃ snānamīśvare / kṣīrasnāne prayuñjīta sārddha kumbhaśataṃ surāḥ
purified by the taptakṛcchra (penance), perform the bathing of Īśvara. For the milk-bath, O gods, you should employ one hundred and fifty pots;
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VamP 36.10
दधिस्नाने चुतःषष्टिर्द्वात्रिंशद्धविषोर्ऽहणे । पञ्चगव्यस्य शुद्धस्य कुम्भाः षोडश कीर्तिताः
dadhisnāne cutaḥṣaṣṭirdvātriṃśaddhaviṣor'haṇe / pañcagavyasya śuddhasya kumbhāḥ ṣoḍaśa kīrtitāḥ
for the curd-bath, sixty-four; thirty-two for the offering of ghee; of pure pañcagavya sixteen pots are declared;
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VamP 36.11
मदुनो ऽष्टौ जलस्योक्ताः सर्वे ते द्विगुणाः सुराः । ततो रोचनया देवमष्टोत्तरशतेन हि
maduno 'ṣṭau jalasyoktāḥ sarve te dviguṇāḥ surāḥ / tato rocanayā devamaṣṭottaraśatena hi
eight of honey are prescribed, and of water all those doubled, O gods. Then (one should anoint) the god with yellow pigment with one hundred and eight (applications),
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VamP 36.12
अनुलिम्पेत् कुङ्कुमेन चन्दनेन च भक्तितः । बिल्वपत्रैः सकमलैः धत्तूरसुरचन्दनैः
anulimpet kuṅkumena candanena ca bhaktitaḥ / bilvapatraiḥ sakamalaiḥ dhattūrasuracandanaiḥ
and should anoint (him) with saffron and with sandal, out of devotion; with bilva leaves together with lotuses, with dhattūra flowers and divine sandal,
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VamP 36.13
मन्दारैः पारिजातैश्च अतिमुक्तैस्तथार्ऽचयेत् । अगुरुं सह कालेयं चन्दनेनापि धूपयेत्
mandāraiḥ pārijātaiśca atimuktaistathār'cayet / aguruṃ saha kāleyaṃ candanenāpi dhūpayet
with mandāra and pārijāta flowers and with atimukta (blossoms) one should worship (him); one should fumigate (him) with aloe-wood together with kāleya and also with sandal.
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VamP 36.14
जप्तव्यं शतरूद्रीयं ऋग्वेदोक्तैः पदक्रमैः । एवं कृते तु देवेशं पश्यध्वं नेतरेण च
japtavyaṃ śatarūdrīyaṃ ṛgvedoktaiḥ padakramaiḥ / evaṃ kṛte tu deveśaṃ paśyadhvaṃ netareṇa ca
The Śatarudrīya should be recited with the word-sequences stated in the Ṛgveda. When this is done, you shall see the lord of gods, and not otherwise.
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VamP 36.15
इत्युक्ता वासुदेवेन देवाः केशवमब्रुवन् । विधानं तप्तकृच्छ्रस्य कथ्यतां मधुसूदन । यस्मिश्चिर्णे कायशुद्धिर्भवते सार्वकालिकी
ityuktā vāsudevena devāḥ keśavamabruvan / vidhānaṃ taptakṛcchrasya kathyatāṃ madhusūdana / yasmiścirṇe kāyaśuddhirbhavate sārvakālikī
Thus addressed by Vāsudeva, the gods said to Keśava: "Let the procedure of the taptakṛcchra be told, Madhusūdana, by the performance of which bodily purity for all times comes about."
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VamP 36.16
वासुदेव उवाच । त्र्यहमुष्णं पिबेदापः त्र्यहमुष्णं पयः पिवेत् । त्र्यहमुष्णं पिबेत्सर्पिर्वायुभक्षो दिनत्रयम्
vāsudeva uvāca / tryahamuṣṇaṃ pibedāpaḥ tryahamuṣṇaṃ payaḥ pivet / tryahamuṣṇaṃ pibetsarpirvāyubhakṣo dinatrayam
Vāsudeva said: For three days one should drink hot water, for three days one should drink hot milk, for three days one should drink hot ghee, and for three days one should live on air (alone).
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VamP 36.17
पला द्वादश तोयस्य पलाष्टौ पयसः सुराः । षट्पलं सर्पिषः प्रोक्तं दिवसे दिवसे पिबेत्
palā dvādaśa toyasya palāṣṭau payasaḥ surāḥ / ṣaṭpalaṃ sarpiṣaḥ proktaṃ divase divase pibet
Twelve palas of water, O gods, eight palas of milk, and six palas of ghee is prescribed — this one should drink day by day.
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VamP 36.18
पुलस्त्य उवाच । इत्येवमुक्ते वचने सुराः कायविशुद्धये । तप्तकृच्छ्ररहस्यं वै चक्रुः शक्रपुरोगमाः
pulastya uvāca / ityevamukte vacane surāḥ kāyaviśuddhaye / taptakṛcchrarahasyaṃ vai cakruḥ śakrapurogamāḥ
Pulastya said: When this speech had thus been spoken, the gods, headed by Śakra, performed the secret (rite) of the taptakṛcchra for the purification of the body.
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VamP 36.19
ततो व्रते सुराश्चीर्णे विमुक्ताः पापतो ऽभवन् । विमुक्तपापा देवेशं वासुदेवमथाब्रुवन्
tato vrate surāścīrṇe vimuktāḥ pāpato 'bhavan / vimuktapāpā deveśaṃ vāsudevamathābruvan
Then, when the observance had been carried out, the gods became freed from sin; and freed of sin they then spoke to Vāsudeva, the lord of the gods.
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VamP 36.20
क्वासौ वद जगन्नाथ शंभुस्तिष्ठति केशव । यं क्षीराद्यभिषेकेण स्नापयामो विधानतः
kvāsau vada jagannātha śaṃbhustiṣṭhati keśava / yaṃ kṣīrādyabhiṣekeṇa snāpayāmo vidhānataḥ
"Tell (us), lord of the world, Keśava, where that Śambhu abides, whom we may bathe according to the rule with an ablution of milk and the rest."
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VamP 36.21
अथोवाच सुरान्विष्णुरेव तिष्ठति शङ्करः । मद्देहे किं न पश्यध्वं योगाश्चायं प्रतिष्ठितः
athovāca surānviṣṇureva tiṣṭhati śaṅkaraḥ / maddehe kiṃ na paśyadhvaṃ yogāścāyaṃ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
Then Viṣṇu said to the gods: "Śaṅkara abides right here. Why do you not see (him) in my body? And he is established in union (with me)."
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VamP 36.22
तमूचुर्नैव पश्यामस्त्वत्तो वै त्रिपुरान्तकम् । सत्यं वद सुरेशान महेशानः क्व तिष्ठति
tamūcurnaiva paśyāmastvatto vai tripurāntakam / satyaṃ vada sureśāna maheśānaḥ kva tiṣṭhati
They said to him: "We do not see the destroyer of Tripura as distinct from you. Speak the truth, lord of the gods: where does Maheśāna abide?"
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VamP 36.23
ततो ऽव्ययात्मा स हरिः स्वहृत्पङ्कजशायिनम् । दर्शयामास देवानां मुरारिर्लिङ्गमैश्वरम्
tato 'vyayātmā sa hariḥ svahṛtpaṅkajaśāyinam / darśayāmāsa devānāṃ murārirliṅgamaiśvaram
Then that Hari of imperishable self, Murāri, showed the gods the liṅga of the Lord, reclining in the lotus of his own heart.
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VamP 36.24
ततः सुराः क्रमेणैव क्षीरादिभिरनन्तरम् । स्नापयाञ्चक्रिरे लिङ्गं शाश्वतं ध्रुवमव्ययम्
tataḥ surāḥ krameṇaiva kṣīrādibhiranantaram / snāpayāñcakrire liṅgaṃ śāśvataṃ dhruvamavyayam
Then the gods, in due order and without interruption, had the liṅga — eternal, fixed, imperishable — bathed with milk and the rest.
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VamP 36.25
गोरोचनया त्वालिप्य चन्दनेन सुगन्धिना । बिल्वपत्राम्बुजैर्देवं पूजयामासुरञ्जसा
gorocanayā tvālipya candanena sugandhinā / bilvapatrāmbujairdevaṃ pūjayāmāsurañjasā
Having anointed (it) with gorocanā pigment and with fragrant sandal, they at once worshipped the god with bilva leaves and lotuses.
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VamP 36.26
प्रधूप्यागुरुणा भक्त्या निवेद्य परमैषधीः । जप्त्वाष्टशतनामानं प्रणामं चक्रिरे ततः
pradhūpyāguruṇā bhaktyā nivedya paramaiṣadhīḥ / japtvāṣṭaśatanāmānaṃ praṇāmaṃ cakrire tataḥ
Having censed (him) with aguru incense, having with devotion offered the finest herbs, having muttered the one hundred and eight names, they then made obeisance.
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VamP 36.27
इत्येवं चिन्तयन्तश्च देवावेतौ हरीश्वरौ । कथं योगत्वमापन्नौ सत्त्वान्धतमसोद्भवौ
ityevaṃ cintayantaśca devāvetau harīśvarau / kathaṃ yogatvamāpannau sattvāndhatamasodbhavau
And thus they pondered: "These two gods, Hari and Īśvara, arisen from sattva and from blinding darkness — how have they come to be united?"
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VamP 36.28
सुराणां चिन्तितं ज्ञात्वा विश्वमूर्तिभूद्विभुः । सर्वलक्षणसंयुक्तः सर्वायुधधरो ऽव्ययः
surāṇāṃ cintitaṃ jñātvā viśvamūrtibhūdvibhuḥ / sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyuktaḥ sarvāyudhadharo 'vyayaḥ
Knowing what the gods were pondering, the mighty imperishable one became the one of universal form, endowed with all the (auspicious) marks and bearing all weapons —
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VamP 36.29
सार्द्धं त्रिनेत्रं कमलाहिकुण्डलं जटागुडाकेशखगर्षभध्वजम् । समाधवं हारभुजङ्गवक्षसं पीताजिनाच्छन्नकटिप्रदेशम्
sārddhaṃ trinetraṃ kamalāhikuṇḍalaṃ jaṭāguḍākeśakhagarṣabhadhvajam / samādhavaṃ hārabhujaṅgavakṣasaṃ pītājinācchannakaṭipradeśam
half (of each), three-eyed, with lotus and serpent earrings, with matted locks and the hair of Guḍākeśa, having the bird and the bull for banners, together with Mādhava, with garland and serpent upon his chest, his hips covered with yellow cloth and with a hide,
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VamP 36.30
चक्रासिहस्तं हलशार्ङ्गपाणिं पिनाकशूलाजगवान्वितं च । कपर्दखट्वाङ्गकपालघण्टासशङ्खटङ्काररवं महर्षे
cakrāsihastaṃ halaśārṅgapāṇiṃ pinākaśūlājagavānvitaṃ ca / kapardakhaṭvāṅgakapālaghaṇṭāsaśaṅkhaṭaṅkāraravaṃ maharṣe
with discus and sword in hand, with plough and Śārṅga bow in hand, and furnished with Pināka, trident and the ajagava bow, having the braided hair, the khaṭvāṅga staff, skull and bell, with the resounding blare of the conch, O great sage —
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VamP 36.31
दृष्ट्वैव देवा हरिशङ्करं तं नमो ऽस्तु ते सर्वगताव्ययेति । प्रोक्त्वा प्रणामं कमलासनाद्याश्चक्रुर्मतिं चैकतरां नियुज्य
dṛṣṭvaiva devā hariśaṅkaraṃ taṃ namo 'stu te sarvagatāvyayeti / proktvā praṇāmaṃ kamalāsanādyāścakrurmatiṃ caikatarāṃ niyujya
the very moment they saw that Hari-Śaṅkara, the gods, Brahmā the lotus-seated and the others, saying "Homage be to you, all-pervading and imperishable one," made obeisance, fixing their mind upon (him as) one single (being).
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VamP 36.32
तानेकचित्तान् विज्ञाय देवान् देवपतिर्हरिः । प्रगृह्याभ्यद्रवत्तूर्णं कुरुक्षेत्रं स्वमाश्रमम
tānekacittān vijñāya devān devapatirhariḥ / pragṛhyābhyadravattūrṇaṃ kurukṣetraṃ svamāśramama
Knowing those gods to be of one mind, Hari, the lord of gods, took (them) and swiftly went to Kurukṣetra, his own hermitage.
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VamP 36.33
ततो ऽपश्यन्त देवेशं स्थाणुभूतं जले शुचिम् । दृष्ट्वानमः स्थाणवेति प्रोक्त्वा सर्वेह्युपाविशन्
tato 'paśyanta deveśaṃ sthāṇubhūtaṃ jale śucim / dṛṣṭvānamaḥ sthāṇaveti proktvā sarvehyupāviśan
Then they saw the lord of gods, become a pillar (Sthāṇu), pure, in the water; and seeing (him), saying "Homage to Sthāṇu," they all sat down.
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VamP 36.34
ततो ऽब्रवीत् सुरपतिरेह्येहि दीयतां वरः । क्षुब्धं जगज्जगन्नाथ उन्मज्जस्व प्रियातिथे
tato 'bravīt surapatirehyehi dīyatāṃ varaḥ / kṣubdhaṃ jagajjagannātha unmajjasva priyātithe
Then the lord of the gods said: "Come, come, let a boon be given! The world is in turmoil, lord of the world — rise up, O beloved guest!"
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VamP 36.35
ततस्तां मधुरां वाणीं शुश्राव वृषभध्वजः । श्रुत्वोत्तस्थौ च वैगेन सर्वव्यापी निरञ्जनः
tatastāṃ madhurāṃ vāṇīṃ śuśrāva vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ / śrutvottasthau ca vaigena sarvavyāpī nirañjanaḥ
Then the bull-bannered one heard that sweet speech, and having heard it, he who pervades all and is without taint rose up in haste.
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VamP 36.36
नमो ऽस्तु स्र्वदेभ्यः प्रोवाच प्रहसन् हरः । स चागतः सुरैः सेन्द्रः प्रणतो विनयान्वितैः
namo 'stu srvadebhyaḥ provāca prahasan haraḥ / sa cāgataḥ suraiḥ sendraḥ praṇato vinayānvitaiḥ
"Homage be to all the gods!" said Hara, laughing; and he came to (them), while Indra and the gods, filled with modesty, bowed (before him).
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VamP 36.37
तमूचुर्देवताः सर्वस्त्यज्यतां शङ्करद्रत्म् । महाव्रतं त्रयो लोकाः क्षुब्धास्त्वत्तेसावृताः
tamūcurdevatāḥ sarvastyajyatāṃ śaṅkaradratm / mahāvrataṃ trayo lokāḥ kṣubdhāstvattesāvṛtāḥ
All the gods said to him: "Let the Śaṅkara-vow be given up! (O you of) the great vow, the three worlds are shaken, overwhelmed by you."
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VamP 36.38
अथोवाच महादेवो मया त्यक्तो महाव्रतः । ततः सुरा दिवं जग्मुर्हृष्टाः प्रयतमानसाः
athovāca mahādevo mayā tyakto mahāvrataḥ / tataḥ surā divaṃ jagmurhṛṣṭāḥ prayatamānasāḥ
Then Mahādeva said: "The great vow has been given up by me." Thereupon the gods, delighted and with composed minds, went to heaven.
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VamP 36.39
ततो ऽपि कम्पते पृथ्वी साब्धिद्वीपाचला मुने । ततो ऽभिचिन्तयद्रुद्रः किमर्थं क्षुभिता मही
tato 'pi kampate pṛthvī sābdhidvīpācalā mune / tato 'bhicintayadrudraḥ kimarthaṃ kṣubhitā mahī
Even after that the earth trembled, with its oceans, islands and mountains, O sage; then Rudra reflected: "For what reason is the earth shaken?"
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VamP 36.40
ततः पर्यचरच्छूली कुरुक्षेत्रं समन्ततः । ददर्शोघवतीतीरे उशनसं तपोनिधिम्
tataḥ paryacaracchūlī kurukṣetraṃ samantataḥ / dadarśoghavatītīre uśanasaṃ taponidhim
Then the trident-bearer roamed all about Kurukṣetra, and on the bank of the Oghavatī he saw Uśanas (Śukra), a treasury of ascetic power.
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VamP 36.41
ततो ऽब्रवीत्सुरपतिः किमर्थं तप्यते तपः । जगत्क्षोभकरं विप्र तच्छीघ्रं कथ्यतां मम
tato 'bravītsurapatiḥ kimarthaṃ tapyate tapaḥ / jagatkṣobhakaraṃ vipra tacchīghraṃ kathyatāṃ mama
Then the lord of the gods said: "For what purpose is this austerity being practised? O brahmin, tell me quickly that (austerity) which agitates the world."
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VamP 36.42
उशना उवाच । तवाराधनकामार्थं तप्यते हि महत्तपः । संजीवनीं शुभां विद्यां ज्ञातुमिच्छे त्रिलोचन
uśanā uvāca / tavārādhanakāmārthaṃ tapyate hi mahattapaḥ / saṃjīvanīṃ śubhāṃ vidyāṃ jñātumicche trilocana
Uśanas said: "Indeed this great austerity is practised for the sake of the desire to propitiate you; I wish to know the auspicious Saṃjīvanī science, O three-eyed one."
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VamP 36.43
हर उवाच । तपसा परितुष्टो ऽस्मि सुतप्तेन तपोधन । तस्मात् संजीवनींविद्यां भवान् ज्ञास्यति तत्तवत्तः
hara uvāca / tapasā parituṣṭo 'smi sutaptena tapodhana / tasmāt saṃjīvanīṃvidyāṃ bhavān jñāsyati tattavattaḥ
Hara said: "I am well pleased by your austerity, well performed, O you whose wealth is austerity; therefore you shall know the Saṃjīvanī science exactly as it is."
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VamP 36.44
वरं लब्ध्वा ततः शुक्रस्तपसः संन्यवर्त्तत । तथापि चलते पृथ्वी साब्धिभूभृन्नगावृता
varaṃ labdhvā tataḥ śukrastapasaḥ saṃnyavarttata / tathāpi calate pṛthvī sābdhibhūbhṛnnagāvṛtā
Having obtained the boon, Śukra then desisted from his austerity; even so the earth moved, encompassed by oceans, mountains and hills.
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VamP 36.45
ततो ऽगमन्महादेवः सप्तसारस्वतं शुचिः । ददर्श नृत्यमानं च ऋषिं मङ्कणसंज्ञितम्
tato 'gamanmahādevaḥ saptasārasvataṃ śuciḥ / dadarśa nṛtyamānaṃ ca ṛṣiṃ maṅkaṇasaṃjñitam
Then Mahādeva, pure, went to (the tīrtha) Saptasārasvata, and he saw a sage named Maṅkaṇaka dancing.
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VamP 36.46
भावेन पोप्लूयति बालवत् स भुजौ प्रसार्यैव ननर्त्त वेगात् । तस्यैव वेगेन समाहता तु चचाल भूर्भूमिधरैः सहैव
bhāvena poplūyati bālavat sa bhujau prasāryaiva nanartta vegāt / tasyaiva vegena samāhatā tu cacāla bhūrbhūmidharaiḥ sahaiva
He was leaping about with emotion like a child, and stretching out his arms he danced violently; and struck by that very violence, the earth shook together with its mountains.
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VamP 36.47
तं शङ्गरो ऽभ्येत्य करे निगृह्य प्रोवाच वाक्यं प्रहसन् महर्षे । किं भावितो नृत्यसि केन हेतुना वदस्व मामेत्य किमत्र तुष्टिः
taṃ śaṅgaro 'bhyetya kare nigṛhya provāca vākyaṃ prahasan maharṣe / kiṃ bhāvito nṛtyasi kena hetunā vadasva māmetya kimatra tuṣṭiḥ
Śaṅkara approached him, seized him by the hand, and laughing spoke these words: "O great sage, why do you dance in this rapture? For what reason? Tell me, coming (to me), what is your delight here?"
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VamP 36.48
स ब्राह्मणः प्राह ममाद्य तुष्टिर्येनेह जाता शृणु तद् द्विजेन्द्र । बहून् गणान् वै मम तप्यतस्तपः संवत्सरान् कायविशोषणार्थम्
sa brāhmaṇaḥ prāha mamādya tuṣṭiryeneha jātā śṛṇu tad dvijendra / bahūn gaṇān vai mama tapyatastapaḥ saṃvatsarān kāyaviśoṣaṇārtham
That brahmin said: "Hear, O best of the twice-born, that by which this delight has arisen in me today: for many a group of years I was practising austerity, for the drying up of the body."
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VamP 36.49
ततो ऽनुपश्यामि करात् क्षतोत्थं निर्गच्छते शाकरसं ममेह । तेनाद्य तुष्टो ऽस्मि भृशं द्विजेन्द्र येनास्मि नृत्यामि सुभावितात्मा
tato 'nupaśyāmi karāt kṣatotthaṃ nirgacchate śākarasaṃ mameha / tenādya tuṣṭo 'smi bhṛśaṃ dvijendra yenāsmi nṛtyāmi subhāvitātmā
"Then I see, arising from a wound in my hand, vegetable juice coming out of me here; by that I am today exceedingly pleased, O best of the twice-born, wherefore I dance, my self well filled with emotion."
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VamP 36.50
तं प्राह शंभुर्द्विज पश्य मह्यं भस्म प्रवृत्तो ऽङ्गुलितो ऽतिशुक्लम् । संताडनादेव न च प्रहर्षो ममास्ति नृनं हि भवान् प्रमत्तः
taṃ prāha śaṃbhurdvija paśya mahyaṃ bhasma pravṛtto 'ṅgulito 'tiśuklam / saṃtāḍanādeva na ca praharṣo mamāsti nṛnaṃ hi bhavān pramattaḥ
Śambhu said to him: "Brahmin, look: ash, exceedingly white, has come forth from my finger; yet from that mere striking I have no delight—surely you are deluded."
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VamP 36.51
श्रुत्वाथ वाक्यं वृषभध्वजस्य मत्वा मुनिर्मङ्कणको महर्षे । नृत्यं परित्यज्य सुविस्मितो ऽथ ववन्द पादौ विनयावनम्रः
śrutvātha vākyaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajasya matvā munirmaṅkaṇako maharṣe / nṛtyaṃ parityajya suvismito 'tha vavanda pādau vinayāvanamraḥ
Then, having heard the words of the bull-bannered one and having understood, O great sage, the sage Maṅkaṇaka, giving up his dance, greatly astonished, bowed low in humility and saluted (his) feet.
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VamP 36.52
तमाह शंभुर्द्विज गच्छ लोकं तं ब्रह्मणो दुर्गममव्ययस्य । इदं च तीर्थं प्रवरं पृथिव्यां पृथूदकस्यास्तु समं फलेन
tamāha śaṃbhurdvija gaccha lokaṃ taṃ brahmaṇo durgamamavyayasya / idaṃ ca tīrthaṃ pravaraṃ pṛthivyāṃ pṛthūdakasyāstu samaṃ phalena
Śambhu said to him: "Brahmin, go to that hard-to-reach world of the imperishable Brahmā; and let this tīrtha, foremost on earth, be equal in fruit to Pṛthūdaka."
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VamP 36.53
सांनिध्यमत्रैव सुरासुराणां गन्धर्वविद्याधरकिन्नराणाम् । सदास्तु धर्मस्य निधानमग्र्यं सारस्वतं पापमलापहारि
sāṃnidhyamatraiva surāsurāṇāṃ gandharvavidyādharakinnarāṇām / sadāstu dharmasya nidhānamagryaṃ sārasvataṃ pāpamalāpahāri
"Right here let there be the presence of gods and demons, of gandharvas, vidyādharas and kinnaras; let this Sārasvata (tīrtha) always be the foremost repository of dharma, removing the stain of sin."
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VamP 36.54
सुप्रभा काञ्चानाक्षी च सुवेणुर्विमलोदका । मनोहरा चौघवती विशाला च सरस्वती
suprabhā kāñcānākṣī ca suveṇurvimalodakā / manoharā caughavatī viśālā ca sarasvatī
Suprabhā, Kāñcanākṣī, Suveṇu, Vimalodakā, Manoharā, Oghavatī, and Viśālā the Sarasvatī—
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VamP 36.55
एताः सप्त सरस्वत्यो निविसिष्यन्ति नित्यशः । सोमपालफलं सर्वाः प्रयच्छन्ति सुपुण्यदाः
etāḥ sapta sarasvatyo nivisiṣyanti nityaśaḥ / somapālaphalaṃ sarvāḥ prayacchanti supuṇyadāḥ
these seven Sarasvatīs shall dwell (here) perpetually; all of them, bestowers of great merit, grant the fruit of the soma-sacrifice.
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VamP 36.56
भवानपि कुरुक्षेत्रे मूर्तिं स्थाप्य गरीयसीम् । गमिष्यति महापुण्यं ब्रह्मलोकं सुदुर्गमम्
bhavānapi kurukṣetre mūrtiṃ sthāpya garīyasīm / gamiṣyati mahāpuṇyaṃ brahmalokaṃ sudurgamam
"You too, having set up a most venerable image at Kurukṣetra, shall go to the greatly meritorious Brahmaloka, which is very hard to reach."
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VamP 36.57
इत्येवमुक्तो देवेन शङ्करेम तपोधनः । मूर्त्ति स्थाप्य कुरुक्षेत्रे ब्रह्मलोकमगाद् वशी
ityevamukto devena śaṅkarema tapodhanaḥ / mūrtti sthāpya kurukṣetre brahmalokamagād vaśī
Thus addressed by the god Śaṅkara, that ascetic rich in penance, self-controlled, set up an image at Kurukṣetra and went to Brahmaloka.
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VamP 36.58
गते मङ्कणके पृथ्वी निश्चला समजायत । अथागान्मन्दरं शंभुर्निजमावसथं शुचिः
gate maṅkaṇake pṛthvī niścalā samajāyata / athāgānmandaraṃ śaṃbhurnijamāvasathaṃ śuciḥ
When Maṅkaṇaka had departed, the earth became steady; then Śambhu, pure, went to Mandara, his own dwelling.
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VamP 36.59
एतत् तवोक्तं द्विज शङ्करस्तु गतस्तदासीत् तपसे ऽथ शैले । शून्ये ऽभ्यगाद् दृष्टमतिर्हि देव्या संयोधितो येन हि कारणेन
etat tavoktaṃ dvija śaṅkarastu gatastadāsīt tapase 'tha śaile / śūnye 'bhyagād dṛṣṭamatirhi devyā saṃyodhito yena hi kāraṇena
This has been told to you, brahmin: and Śaṅkara then went to the mountain for austerity; he went to an empty (place), his mind fixed (on it), for the very reason that he had been contended with by the Goddess.
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