Vamana Purana — Chapter 37
VamP 37.1
नाराद उवाच । गतो ऽन्धकस्तु पाताले किमचेष्टत दानवः । शङ्करो मन्दरस्थो ऽपि यच्चाकार तदुच्यताम्
nārāda uvāca / gato 'ndhakastu pātāle kimaceṣṭata dānavaḥ / śaṅkaro mandarastho 'pi yaccākāra taducyatām
Nārada said: When the dānava Andhaka had gone to Pātāla, what did he do? And what Śaṅkara did, dwelling on Mandara — let that be told.
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VamP 37.2
पुलास्त्य उवाच । पातालस्थो ऽन्धको ब्रह्मन् बाध्यते मदनाग्निना । संत्पतविग्रहः सर्वान् दानवानिदमब्रवीत्
pulāstya uvāca / pātālastho 'ndhako brahman bādhyate madanāgninā / saṃtpatavigrahaḥ sarvān dānavānidamabravīt
Pulastya said: Andhaka, staying in Pātāla, O brahmin, was tormented by the fire of love; his body burning, he said this to all the dānavas:
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VamP 37.3
स मे सुहृत्स मे बन्धुः स भ्रात स पिता मम । यस्तामद्रिसुतां शीघ्नं ममान्ति कमुपानयेत्
sa me suhṛtsa me bandhuḥ sa bhrāta sa pitā mama / yastāmadrisutāṃ śīghnaṃ mamānti kamupānayet
"He is my friend, he is my kinsman, he is my brother, he is my father — whoever quickly brings that daughter of the mountain into my presence."
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VamP 37.4
एवं ब्रुवति दैत्येन्दे अन्धके मदनान्धके । मेघगम्भीरनिर्घोषं प्रहलादो वाक्यमब्रवीत्
evaṃ bruvati daityende andhake madanāndhake / meghagambhīranirghoṣaṃ prahalādo vākyamabravīt
When the lord of the daityas, Andhaka, blinded by love, spoke thus, Prahlāda said these words with a voice deep as a cloud's:
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VamP 37.5
येयं गिरिसुता वीर सा माता धर्मतस्तव । पिता त्रिनयनो देवः श्रूयतामत्र कारणम्
yeyaṃ girisutā vīra sā mātā dharmatastava / pitā trinayano devaḥ śrūyatāmatra kāraṇam
"This daughter of the mountain, O hero, is by right your mother, and the three-eyed god is your father; hear the reason for this.
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VamP 37.6
तव पित्रा ह्यपुत्रेम धर्मनित्येन दानव । आराधितो महादेवः पुत्रार्थाय पुरा किल
tava pitrā hyaputrema dharmanityena dānava / ārādhito mahādevaḥ putrārthāya purā kila
For by your father, who was sonless and ever devoted to dharma, O dānava, Mahādeva was once propitiated for the sake of a son.
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VamP 37.7
तस्मै त्रिलोचननासीद् दत्तो ऽन्धो ऽप्येव दानव । पुत्रकः पुत्रकामास्य प्रोक्त्वेत्यं वचनं विभो
tasmai trilocananāsīd datto 'ndho 'pyeva dānava / putrakaḥ putrakāmāsya proktvetyaṃ vacanaṃ vibho
To him the three-eyed one gave (a son), blind though he was, O dānava — a little son to him who desired a son — having spoken these words, O lord:
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VamP 37.8
नेत्रत्रयं हिरण्याक्ष नर्मार्थमुमया मम । पिहितं योगसंस्थस्य ततो ऽन्धमभवत्तमः
netratrayaṃ hiraṇyākṣa narmārthamumayā mama / pihitaṃ yogasaṃsthasya tato 'ndhamabhavattamaḥ
'My three eyes, Hiraṇyākṣa, were covered in play by Umā while I was absorbed in yoga; from that there came darkness, blind.
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VamP 37.9
तस्माच्च तमसो जातो भूतो नीलघनस्वनः । तदितं गृह्यतां दैत्य तवोपयिकमात्मजम्
tasmācca tamaso jāto bhūto nīlaghanasvanaḥ / taditaṃ gṛhyatāṃ daitya tavopayikamātmajam
And from that darkness was born a being whose sound was that of a dark cloud; take this one, daitya, as a son suited to you.
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VamP 37.10
यदा तु लोकविद्विष्टं दुष्टं कर्म करिष्यति । त्रैलोक्यजननीं चापि अभीवाञ्छिष्यते ऽधमः
yadā tu lokavidviṣṭaṃ duṣṭaṃ karma kariṣyati / trailokyajananīṃ cāpi abhīvāñchiṣyate 'dhamaḥ
But when he shall do a wicked deed hated by the world, and when the base one shall desire even the mother of the three worlds,
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VamP 37.11
घातयिष्यति वा विप्रं यदा प्रक्षिप्त चासुरान् । तदास्य स्वयमेवाहं करिष्ये कायशोधनम्
ghātayiṣyati vā vipraṃ yadā prakṣipta cāsurān / tadāsya svayamevāhaṃ kariṣye kāyaśodhanam
or when he shall have a brahmin killed and shall cast down the asuras, then I myself shall carry out the purification of his body.'
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VamP 37.12
एवमुक्त्वा गतः शंभुं स्वस्थानं मन्दराचलम् । त्वत्पितापि समभ्यागात् त्वामादाय रसातलम्
evamuktvā gataḥ śaṃbhuṃ svasthānaṃ mandarācalam / tvatpitāpi samabhyāgāt tvāmādāya rasātalam
Having said this, Śambhu went to his own place, Mount Mandara; and your father too came back to the nether world, taking you with him.
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VamP 37.13
एतेन कारणेनाम्बा शैलेयी भविता तव । सर्वस्यापीह जगतो गुरुः शंभुः पिता ध्रुवम्
etena kāraṇenāmbā śaileyī bhavitā tava / sarvasyāpīha jagato guruḥ śaṃbhuḥ pitā dhruvam
For this reason the mountain's daughter is to be your mother, and Śambhu, the teacher of this whole world, is assuredly your father.
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VamP 37.14
भवानपि तपोयुक्तः शास्त्रवेत्ता गुणाप्लुतः । नेदृशे पापसंकल्पे मतिं कुर्याद् भवद्विधः
bhavānapi tapoyuktaḥ śāstravettā guṇāplutaḥ / nedṛśe pāpasaṃkalpe matiṃ kuryād bhavadvidhaḥ
And you too are joined to austerity, a knower of the scriptures, steeped in good qualities; one like you should not set his mind on such a sinful intention.
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VamP 37.15
त्रैलोक्यप्रभुरव्यक्तो भवः सर्वैर्नमस्कृतः । अजेयस्तस्य भार्येयं न त्वमर्हे ऽमरार्दन
trailokyaprabhuravyakto bhavaḥ sarvairnamaskṛtaḥ / ajeyastasya bhāryeyaṃ na tvamarhe 'marārdana
Bhava is the unmanifest lord of the three worlds, saluted by all, unconquerable; she is his wife, and you have no claim to her, O crusher of the immortals.
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VamP 37.16
न चापि शक्तः प्राप्तुं तां भवाञ्शैलनृपात्मजाम् । अजित्वा सगणं रुद्रं स च कामो ऽद्य दुर्लभः
na cāpi śaktaḥ prāptuṃ tāṃ bhavāñśailanṛpātmajām / ajitvā sagaṇaṃ rudraṃ sa ca kāmo 'dya durlabhaḥ
Nor are you able to obtain her, the daughter of the mountain king, without defeating Rudra together with his hosts; and that desire is now hard to fulfil.
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VamP 37.17
यस्तरेत् सागरं दोर्भ्या पातयेद् भुवि भास्करम् । मेरुमुत्पाटयेद् वापि स जयेच्छूलपाणिनम्
yastaret sāgaraṃ dorbhyā pātayed bhuvi bhāskaram / merumutpāṭayed vāpi sa jayecchūlapāṇinam
He who could cross the ocean with his two arms, who could bring the sun down to the earth, or who could uproot Mount Meru — he might conquer the bearer of the trident.
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VamP 37.18
उताहोस्विदिमाः शक्याः क्रियाः कर्तुं नरेर्बलात् । न च शक्यो हरो जेतुं सत्यं सत्यं मयोदितम्
utāhosvidimāḥ śakyāḥ kriyāḥ kartuṃ narerbalāt / na ca śakyo haro jetuṃ satyaṃ satyaṃ mayoditam
Or rather, these deeds may be possible to do by a man's strength; but Hara cannot be conquered — truly, truly is it spoken by me.
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VamP 37.19
किं त्वया न श्रुतं दैत्य यथा दण्डो महीपलिः । परस्त्रीकामवान् मूढः सराष्ट्रो नाशमाप्तवान्
kiṃ tvayā na śrutaṃ daitya yathā daṇḍo mahīpaliḥ / parastrīkāmavān mūḍhaḥ sarāṣṭro nāśamāptavān
Have you not heard, O Daitya, how Daṇḍa, the lord of the earth, a fool who lusted after another's wife, met destruction along with his kingdom?
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VamP 37.20
आसीद् दण्डो नाम नृपः प्रभूतबलवाहनः । स च वव्रे महातेजाः पौरोहित्याय भार्गवम्
āsīd daṇḍo nāma nṛpaḥ prabhūtabalavāhanaḥ / sa ca vavre mahātejāḥ paurohityāya bhārgavam
There was a king named Daṇḍa, possessed of abundant forces and mounts; and he, of great splendour, chose the Bhārgava (Śukra) for his priesthood.
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VamP 37.21
ईजे च विविधैर्यज्ञैर्नृपतिः शुक्रपावलितः । सुक्रस्यासीच्च दुहिता अरजा नाम नामतः
īje ca vividhairyajñairnṛpatiḥ śukrapāvalitaḥ / sukrasyāsīcca duhitā arajā nāma nāmataḥ
And the king, protected by Śukra, sacrificed with various sacrifices; and Śukra had a daughter, Arajā by name.
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VamP 37.22
शुक्रः कदाचिदगमद् वृषुपर्वाणमासुरम् । तेनार्चितश्चिरं तत्र तस्थौ भार्गवसत्त्मः
śukraḥ kadācidagamad vṛṣuparvāṇamāsuram / tenārcitaściraṃ tatra tasthau bhārgavasattmaḥ
Once Śukra went to the Asura Vṛṣaparvan; honoured by him, that best of the Bhārgavas stayed there a long time.
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VamP 37.23
अरजा स्वगृहे वह्निं शुश्रुषन्ती महासुर । अतिष्ठत सुचार्वङ्गी ततो ऽब्यागान्नराधिपः
arajā svagṛhe vahniṃ śuśruṣantī mahāsura / atiṣṭhata sucārvaṅgī tato 'byāgānnarādhipaḥ
Arajā, O great Asura, remained in her own house tending the (sacrificial) fire, she of very lovely limbs; then the king came there.
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VamP 37.24
स पप्रच्छ क्व शुक्रोति तमूचुः परिचारिकाः । गतः स भगवान् शुक्रो याजनाय दनोः सुतम्
sa papraccha kva śukroti tamūcuḥ paricārikāḥ / gataḥ sa bhagavān śukro yājanāya danoḥ sutam
He asked, "Where is Śukra?" The attendant women said to him: "That lord Śukra has gone to perform a sacrifice for the son of Danu."
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VamP 37.25
पप्रच्छ नृपतिः का तु तिष्ठते भार्गवाश्रमे । तास्तमूचुर्गुरोः पुत्री संतिष्ठत्यरजा नृप
papraccha nṛpatiḥ kā tu tiṣṭhate bhārgavāśrame / tāstamūcurguroḥ putrī saṃtiṣṭhatyarajā nṛpa
The king asked, "But who is it that stays in the Bhārgava's hermitage?" They said to him, "It is the teacher's daughter Arajā who dwells (there), O king."
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VamP 37.26
तामाश्रमे शुक्रसुतां द्रष्टुमिक्ष्वाकुनन्दनः । प्रविवेश महाबाहुर्ददर्शारजसं ततः
tāmāśrame śukrasutāṃ draṣṭumikṣvākunandanaḥ / praviveśa mahābāhurdadarśārajasaṃ tataḥ
To see her, Śukra's daughter, in the hermitage, the mighty-armed son of Ikṣvāku entered, and then beheld Arajā.
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VamP 37.27
तां तृष्ट्वा कामसंतप्तस्तत्क्षणादेव पार्थिवः । संजातो ऽन्धक दण्डस्तु कृतान्तबलचोदितः
tāṃ tṛṣṭvā kāmasaṃtaptastatkṣaṇādeva pārthivaḥ / saṃjāto 'ndhaka daṇḍastu kṛtāntabalacoditaḥ
On seeing her, that very instant the king was inflamed with desire, O Andhaka — Daṇḍa, driven by the power of death.
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VamP 37.28
ततो विसर्जयामास भृत्यान् भ्रातृन् सुहृत्तमान् । शुक्रशिष्यानपि बली एकाकी नृप आव्रजत्
tato visarjayāmāsa bhṛtyān bhrātṛn suhṛttamān / śukraśiṣyānapi balī ekākī nṛpa āvrajat
Then he dismissed his servants, his brothers and his dearest friends, and Śukra's pupils too; and the mighty king went (to her) alone.
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VamP 37.29
तमागतं शुक्रसुता प्रत्युत्थाय यशस्विनी । पूजयामास संहृष्टा भ्रातृभावेन दानव
tamāgataṃ śukrasutā pratyutthāya yaśasvinī / pūjayāmāsa saṃhṛṣṭā bhrātṛbhāvena dānava
When he had come, the illustrious daughter of Śukra rose to meet him and, delighted, honoured him with the feeling due to a brother, O Dānava.
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VamP 37.30
ततस्तामाह नृपतिर्बाले कामाग्निवारिणा । मां समाह्लादयस्वाद्य स्वपरिष्वङ्गवारिणा
tatastāmāha nṛpatirbāle kāmāgnivāriṇā / māṃ samāhlādayasvādya svapariṣvaṅgavāriṇā
Then the king said to her: "Girl, gladden me today with the water for the fire of desire, the water of your embrace."
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VamP 37.31
सापि प्राह नृपश्रेष्ठ मा विनीनस आतुरः । पिता मम महाक्रोधात् त्रिदशानपि निर्दहेत्
sāpi prāha nṛpaśreṣṭha mā vinīnasa āturaḥ / pitā mama mahākrodhāt tridaśānapi nirdahet
She replied: "Best of kings, do not, being afflicted, destroy yourself; my father in his great wrath would burn up even the thirty gods."
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VamP 37.32
मूढबुद्धे भवान् भ्राता ममासि त्वनयाप्लुतः । भगिनी धर्मतस्ते ऽहं भवाञ्शिष्यः पितुर्मम
mūḍhabuddhe bhavān bhrātā mamāsi tvanayāplutaḥ / bhaginī dharmataste 'haṃ bhavāñśiṣyaḥ piturmama
"O dull-witted one, you are my brother, and you are overwhelmed by this wrongdoing; by dharma I am your sister, and you are my father's pupil."
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VamP 37.33
सो ऽब्रोवीद् भीरु मां शुक्रः कालेन परिधक्ष्यति । कामाग्निर्निर्दहति मामद्यैव तनुमध्यमे
so 'brovīd bhīru māṃ śukraḥ kālena paridhakṣyati / kāmāgnirnirdahati māmadyaiva tanumadhyame
He said: "Timid one, Śukra will burn me in (due) time, but the fire of desire is burning me this very day, O slender-waisted one."
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VamP 37.34
सा प्राह दण्डं नृपातिं मुहूर्त परिपालय । तमेव याचस्व गुरुं स ते दास्यत्यसंशयम्
sā prāha daṇḍaṃ nṛpātiṃ muhūrta paripālaya / tameva yācasva guruṃ sa te dāsyatyasaṃśayam
She said to Daṇḍa, the lord of men: "Wait a while; ask the teacher himself — he will give me to you, without a doubt."
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VamP 37.35
दण्डो ऽब्रवीत् सुतन्वङ्गि कालक्षेपो न मे क्षमः । च्युतावसरकर्तृत्वे विघ्नो जायेत सुन्दरि
daṇḍo 'bravīt sutanvaṅgi kālakṣepo na me kṣamaḥ / cyutāvasarakartṛtve vighno jāyeta sundari
Daṇḍa said: "Fair-limbed one, delay is not tolerable for me; when the (right) moment is lost in the doing, an obstacle would arise, O beautiful one."
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VamP 37.36
ततो ऽब्रवीच्च विरजा नाहं त्वां पार्थिवात्मज । दातुं शक्ता स्वमात्मानं स्वतन्त्रा न हि योषितः
tato 'bravīcca virajā nāhaṃ tvāṃ pārthivātmaja / dātuṃ śaktā svamātmānaṃ svatantrā na hi yoṣitaḥ
Then Virajā (Arajā) said: "O son of a king, I am not able to give myself to you; for women are not independent."
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VamP 37.37
किं वा ते बहुनोक्तेन मा त्वं नाशं नराधिप । गच्छस्व शुक्रशापेन सभृत्यज्ञातिबान्धवः
kiṃ vā te bahunoktena mā tvaṃ nāśaṃ narādhipa / gacchasva śukraśāpena sabhṛtyajñātibāndhavaḥ
What need of much speaking to you? Do not (bring about) your own destruction, O lord of men! Go, lest by Śukra's curse (you perish) together with your servants, kinsmen and relatives.
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VamP 37.38
ततो ऽऽब्रवीन्नरपतिः सुतनु शृणु चेष्टितम् । चित्राङ्गदाया यद् वृत्तं पुरा देवयुगे शुभे
tato ''bravīnnarapatiḥ sutanu śṛṇu ceṣṭitam / citrāṅgadāyā yad vṛttaṃ purā devayuge śubhe
Then the king said: Slender-limbed one, hear what was done, what happened to Citrāṅgadā long ago in the auspicious age of the gods.
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VamP 37.39
विश्वकर्णसुता साध्वी नाम्ना चित्राङ्गदाभवत् । रूपयौवनसंपन्ना पद्महीनेव पद्मिनी
viśvakarṇasutā sādhvī nāmnā citrāṅgadābhavat / rūpayauvanasaṃpannā padmahīneva padminī
There was a virtuous daughter of Viśvakarṇa, Citrāṅgadā by name, endowed with beauty and youth, like a lotus-pond without lotuses.
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VamP 37.40
सा कदाचिन्महारण्यं सखीभिः परिवारिता । जगाम नेमिषं नाम स्नातुं कमललोचना
sā kadācinmahāraṇyaṃ sakhībhiḥ parivāritā / jagāma nemiṣaṃ nāma snātuṃ kamalalocanā
Once, surrounded by her friends, that lotus-eyed one went to the great forest called Nemiṣa to bathe.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 37.42
सा स्नातुमवतीर्णा च अथाभ्यागान्नरेश्वरः । सुदेवतनयो धीमान् सुरथो नाम नामतः । ॥ तां ददर्श च तन्वङ्गीं शुभाङ्गो मदनातुरः ॥ वम्प्_३७।४१ ॥ तं दृष्ट्वा सा सखीराह वचनं सत्यसंयुतम् । असौ नराधिपसुतो मदनेन सदर्थ्यते
sā snātumavatīrṇā ca athābhyāgānnareśvaraḥ / sudevatanayo dhīmān suratho nāma nāmataḥ / // tāṃ dadarśa ca tanvaṅgīṃ śubhāṅgo madanāturaḥ // vamp_37.41 // taṃ dṛṣṭvā sā sakhīrāha vacanaṃ satyasaṃyutam / asau narādhipasuto madanena sadarthyate
She had gone down to bathe, and then a lord of men arrived, the wise son of Sudeva, Suratha by name; and he, fair of limb and stricken with love, saw her of slender limbs. Seeing him, she spoke to her friends a word joined with truth: This son of a king is being tormented by love.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 37.43
मदर्थे च क्षमं मे ऽस्य स्वप्रदानं सुरूपिणः । सख्यस्तामब्रुवन् बाला न प्रगल्भऽसि सुन्दरि
madarthe ca kṣamaṃ me 'sya svapradānaṃ surūpiṇaḥ / sakhyastāmabruvan bālā na pragalbha'si sundari
And for my sake it is fitting for me to give myself to this handsome one. Her friends said to her: You are a girl, you are not (to be) so bold, beautiful one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 37.44
अस्वातन्त्र्यं तवास्तीह प्रदाने स्वत्मनो ऽनघे । पिता तवास्ति धर्मिष्ठः सर्वशिल्पविशारदः
asvātantryaṃ tavāstīha pradāne svatmano 'naghe / pitā tavāsti dharmiṣṭhaḥ sarvaśilpaviśāradaḥ
You have no independence here in the giving away of yourself, O faultless one; you have a father, most righteous, skilled in all crafts.
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VamP 37.45
न ते युक्तमिहात्मानं दातुं नरपतेः स्वयम् । एतस्मिन्नन्तरे राजा सुरथः सत्यवात् सुधी
na te yuktamihātmānaṃ dātuṃ narapateḥ svayam / etasminnantare rājā surathaḥ satyavāt sudhī
It is not proper for you to give yourself here to the king on your own. Meanwhile the king Suratha, truthful and wise,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 37.46
समभ्येत्याब्रबीदेनां कन्दर्पशरपीडितः । त्वं मुग्धे मोहयसि मां दृष्ट्यैव मदिरेक्षणे
samabhyetyābrabīdenāṃ kandarpaśarapīḍitaḥ / tvaṃ mugdhe mohayasi māṃ dṛṣṭyaiva madirekṣaṇe
approaching, said to her, pained by Kandarpa's arrow: You, O innocent one, bewilder me by your very glance, O intoxicating-eyed one.
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VamP 37.47
त्वद्दृष्टिरपातेन स्मरेणाभ्येत्य ताडितः । तन्मां कुचतले तल्पे अभिशायितुमर्हसि
tvaddṛṣṭirapātena smareṇābhyetya tāḍitaḥ / tanmāṃ kucatale talpe abhiśāyitumarhasi
By the falling of your glance I have been struck, Smara having come upon me; therefore you ought to lay me down on the couch that is the surface of your breasts.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 37.48
नोचेत् प्रधक्ष्यते कामो भूयो भूयो ऽतिदर्शनात् । ततः सा चारुसर्वाङ्गी राज्ञो राजीवलोचना
nocet pradhakṣyate kāmo bhūyo bhūyo 'tidarśanāt / tataḥ sā cārusarvāṅgī rājño rājīvalocanā
Otherwise Kāma will burn (me) up, from seeing (you) too much again and again. Then she, fair in all her limbs, lotus-eyed, of the king—
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VamP 37.49
वार्यमाणा सखीभिस्तु प्रादादात्मानमात्मना । एवं पुरा तया तैन्व्या परित्रातः स भूपतिः
vāryamāṇā sakhībhistu prādādātmānamātmanā / evaṃ purā tayā tainvyā paritrātaḥ sa bhūpatiḥ
though restrained by her friends, gave herself by her own act. Thus long ago that slender one rescued that lord of the earth.
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VamP 37.50
तस्मान्मामपि सुश्रोणि त्वं परित्रातुमर्हसि । अरजस्काब्रवीद् दण्डं तस्या यद् वृत्तमुत्तरम्
tasmānmāmapi suśroṇi tvaṃ paritrātumarhasi / arajaskābravīd daṇḍaṃ tasyā yad vṛttamuttaram
Therefore you too, fair-hipped one, ought to rescue me. Arajaskā (Virajā) spoke of the punishment, what happened to her afterwards:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 37.51
किं त्वया न पिरज्ञातं तस्मात् ते कथयाम्यहम् । तदा तया तु तन्वङ्ग्या सुरथस्य महीपतेः
kiṃ tvayā na pirajñātaṃ tasmāt te kathayāmyaham / tadā tayā tu tanvaṅgyā surathasya mahīpateḥ
Was it not known to you? Therefore I shall tell you. Then by that slender-limbed one, to Suratha the lord of the earth,
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VamP 37.52
आत्मा प्रदत्तः स्वातन्त्र्यात् ततस्तामशपत् पिता । यस्माद् धर्मं परित्यज्य स्त्रीभावान् मन्दचेतसे
ātmā pradattaḥ svātantryāt tatastāmaśapat pitā / yasmād dharmaṃ parityajya strībhāvān mandacetase
herself was given away on her own authority; thereupon her father cursed her: Since, abandoning dharma, out of womanly nature, dull-witted one,
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VamP 37.53
आत्मा प्रदत्तस्तस्माद्धि न विवाहो भविष्यति । विवाहरहिता नैव सुखं लप्स्यसि भर्तृतः
ātmā pradattastasmāddhi na vivāho bhaviṣyati / vivāharahitā naiva sukhaṃ lapsyasi bhartṛtaḥ
you gave yourself away, therefore there shall be no marriage (for you); and being without marriage you shall never obtain happiness from a husband,
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VamP 37.54
न च पुत्रफलं नैव पतिना योगमेष्यसि । उत्सृष्टमात्रे शापे तु ह्यपोवाह त्रयोदश । अपकृष्टे नपरपतौ सापि मोहमुपागता
na ca putraphalaṃ naiva patinā yogameṣyasi / utsṛṣṭamātre śāpe tu hyapovāha trayodaśa / apakṛṣṭe naparapatau sāpi mohamupāgatā
nor the fruit that is a son, nor will you come to union with a husband. And as soon as the curse was released it carried (her) away thirteen (leagues); when the lord of men had been dragged off, she too fell into a swoon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 37.55
अकृतार्थं नरपतिं योजनानि त्रयोदश । अपकृष्टे नपरपतौ सापि मोहमुपागता
akṛtārthaṃ narapatiṃ yojanāni trayodaśa / apakṛṣṭe naparapatau sāpi mohamupāgatā
(The curse carried) the king off unfulfilled thirteen leagues; and when the lord of men had been dragged away, she too fell into a swoon.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 37.56
ततस्तां सिषिचुः सख्यः सरस्वत्या जलेन हि । सा सिच्यमाना सुतरां शिशिरेणाप्यथाम्भसा
tatastāṃ siṣicuḥ sakhyaḥ sarasvatyā jalena hi / sā sicyamānā sutarāṃ śiśireṇāpyathāmbhasā
Then her friends sprinkled her with the water of the Sarasvatī; and she, being sprinkled abundantly with that water, though it was cool,
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VamP 37.57
मृतकल्पा महाबाहो विश्वकर्मसुताभवत् । तां मृतामिति विज्ञाय जग्मुः सख्यस्त्वरान्विताः
mṛtakalpā mahābāho viśvakarmasutābhavat / tāṃ mṛtāmiti vijñāya jagmuḥ sakhyastvarānvitāḥ
the daughter of Viśvakarman became as if dead, O mighty-armed one. Thinking her dead, her friends went off in haste—
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VamP 37.58
काष्ठान्याहर्तुमपरा वह्निमानेतुमाकुलाः । सा च तास्वपि सर्वासु गतासु वनमुत्तमम्
kāṣṭhānyāhartumaparā vahnimānetumākulāḥ / sā ca tāsvapi sarvāsu gatāsu vanamuttamam
Some (of the friends), distraught, (went) to fetch firewood, others to bring fire; and she, when all of them too had gone off into the great forest,
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VamP 37.59
संज्ञां लेभे सुचार्वङ्गी दिशश्चाप्यवलोकयत् । अपश्यन्ती नापतिं तथा स्निग्धं सखीजनम्
saṃjñāṃ lebhe sucārvaṅgī diśaścāpyavalokayat / apaśyantī nāpatiṃ tathā snigdhaṃ sakhījanam
regained consciousness, the fair-limbed one, and looked about in every direction; and not seeing her husband, nor her affectionate companions,
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VamP 37.60
निपपात सरस्वत्याः पयसि स्फुरितेक्षणा । तां वेगात् काञ्चनाक्षी तु महानद्यां नरेश्वर
nipapāta sarasvatyāḥ payasi sphuritekṣaṇā / tāṃ vegāt kāñcanākṣī tu mahānadyāṃ nareśvara
she fell, her eyes flickering, into the water of the Sarasvatī; but Kāñcanākṣī (took) her swiftly, O lord of men, and in the great river
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VamP 37.61
गोमत्यां परिचिक्षेप तरङ्कुटिले जले । तयापि तस्यास्तद्भाव्यं विदित्वाथ विशां पते
gomatyāṃ paricikṣepa taraṅkuṭile jale / tayāpi tasyāstadbhāvyaṃ viditvātha viśāṃ pate
flung her into the Gomatī, into water crooked with waves; and she too, O lord of peoples, knowing what was destined for her,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 37.62
महावने परिक्षिप्ता सिंहव्याघ्रभयाकुले । एवं तस्याः स्वतन्त्राया एषावस्था श्रुता मया
mahāvane parikṣiptā siṃhavyāghrabhayākule / evaṃ tasyāḥ svatantrāyā eṣāvasthā śrutā mayā
cast (her) out into a great forest thronged with the terror of lions and tigers. Such, I have heard, was the state of that woman left to herself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 37.63
तां प्राह पुत्रि कस्यासि सुता सुरसुतोपमा । किमर्थमागतासीह निर्मनुष्यमृगे वने
tāṃ prāha putri kasyāsi sutā surasutopamā / kimarthamāgatāsīha nirmanuṣyamṛge vane
(A sage) said to her: "Daughter, whose child are you, resembling a god's daughter? For what purpose have you come here, into a forest without men or deer?"
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VamP 37.64
ततः सा प्राह तमृषिं यथातथ्यं कृशोदरी । श्रुत्वार्षिः कोपमगमदशपच्छिल्पिनां वपम्
tataḥ sā prāha tamṛṣiṃ yathātathyaṃ kṛśodarī / śrutvārṣiḥ kopamagamadaśapacchilpināṃ vapam
Then she, the slender-waisted one, told that sage exactly how it was; and hearing it the sage fell into anger and cursed the best of artisans:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 37.65
यस्मात् स्वतनुजातेयं परदेयापि पापिना । योजिता नैव पतिना तस्माच्छाखामृगो ऽस्तु सः
yasmāt svatanujāteyaṃ paradeyāpi pāpinā / yojitā naiva patinā tasmācchākhāmṛgo 'stu saḥ
"Since this girl, born of his own body, though (already) given to another, was by that sinner not united with her husband, therefore let him become a branch-dwelling beast (a monkey)."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 37.66
इत्युक्त्वा स महायोगी भूयः स्नात्वा विधानतः । उपास्य पश्विमां सन्ध्यां पूजयामास शङ्करम्
ityuktvā sa mahāyogī bhūyaḥ snātvā vidhānataḥ / upāsya paśvimāṃ sandhyāṃ pūjayāmāsa śaṅkaram
Having said this, that great yogin bathed again according to the rule, and attending upon the evening twilight he worshipped Śaṅkara.
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VamP 37.67
संपूज्य देवदेवेशं यथोक्तविधिना हरम् । उवाचागम्यतां सुभ्रूं सुदतीं पतिलालसाम्
saṃpūjya devadeveśaṃ yathoktavidhinā haram / uvācāgamyatāṃ subhrūṃ sudatīṃ patilālasām
Having worshipped Hara, the lord of the gods of gods, by the prescribed rite, he spoke to the fair-browed, fine-toothed girl who was longing for her husband, (bidding her) come near:
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
VamP 37.68
गच्छस्व सुभगे देशं सप्तगोदावरं शुभम् । तत्रोपास्य महेशानं महान्तं हाटकेश्वरम्
gacchasva subhage deśaṃ saptagodāvaraṃ śubham / tatropāsya maheśānaṃ mahāntaṃ hāṭakeśvaram
"Go, blessed one, to the auspicious region of the Seven Godāvarīs; there, having attended upon the great Maheśāna, Hāṭakeśvara —
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VamP 37.69
तत्र स्थिताया रम्भोरु ख्याता देववती शुभा । आगमिष्यति दैत्यस्य पुत्री कन्दरमालिनः
tatra sthitāyā rambhoru khyātā devavatī śubhā / āgamiṣyati daityasya putrī kandaramālinaḥ
while you stay there, O woman with thighs like plantain stems, there will come the renowned, auspicious Devavatī, daughter of the demon Kandaramālin,
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VamP 37.70
तथान्या सुह्यकसुता नन्दयन्तीति विश्रुता । अञ्जनस्यैव तत्रापि समेष्यति तपस्विनी । तथापरा वेदवती पर्जन्यदुहिता शुभा
tathānyā suhyakasutā nandayantīti viśrutā / añjanasyaiva tatrāpi sameṣyati tapasvinī / tathāparā vedavatī parjanyaduhitā śubhā
and another, the daughter of Suhyaka, well known as Nandayantī; there too will come the ascetic woman (daughter) of Añjana; and yet another, the auspicious Vedavatī, daughter of Parjanya.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
VamP 37.71
यदा तिस्रः समेष्यन्ति सप्तगोदावरे जले । हाटकाख्ये महादेव तदा संयोगमेष्यसि
yadā tisraḥ sameṣyanti saptagodāvare jale / hāṭakākhye mahādeva tadā saṃyogameṣyasi
When the three come together in the water of the Seven Godāvarīs, at (the shrine) named Hāṭaka, O great goddess, then you will obtain union (with your husband)."
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VamP 37.72
इत्येवमुक्ता मुनिना बाला चित्राङ्गदा तदा । सप्तगोदावरं तीर्थमगमत् त्वरिता ततः
ityevamuktā muninā bālā citrāṅgadā tadā / saptagodāvaraṃ tīrthamagamat tvaritā tataḥ
Thus addressed by the sage, the girl Citrāṅgadā then went in haste from there to the sacred site of the Seven Godāvarīs.
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VamP 37.73
संप्राप्य तत्र देवेशं पूजयन्ती त्रिलोचनम् । समध्यास्ते शुचिपरा फलमूलाशनाभवत्
saṃprāpya tatra deveśaṃ pūjayantī trilocanam / samadhyāste śuciparā phalamūlāśanābhavat
Arriving there, worshipping the lord of gods, the three-eyed one, she dwelt there intent on purity, living on fruits and roots.
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VamP 37.74
स चर्षिर्ज्ञानसंपन्नः श्रीकण्ठायतने ऽलिखत् । श्लोकमेकं महाख्यानं तस्याश्च प्रियकाम्यया
sa carṣirjñānasaṃpannaḥ śrīkaṇṭhāyatane 'likhat / ślokamekaṃ mahākhyānaṃ tasyāśca priyakāmyayā
And that sage, endowed with knowledge, inscribed on the temple of Śrīkaṇṭha a single verse, a great announcement, out of a wish to do her a kindness:
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VamP 37.75
न सो ऽस्ति कश्चित् त्रिदशो ऽसुरो वा यक्षो ऽथ मर्त्यो रजनीचरो वा । इदं हि दुःखं मृगशावनेत्र्या निर्मार्जयेद् यः स्वपराक्रमेण
na so 'sti kaścit tridaśo 'suro vā yakṣo 'tha martyo rajanīcaro vā / idaṃ hi duḥkhaṃ mṛgaśāvanetryā nirmārjayed yaḥ svaparākrameṇa
"There is no one — no god, no demon, no Yakṣa, no mortal, no night-roamer — who could wipe away by his own valour this sorrow of the woman whose eyes are those of a fawn."
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VamP 37.76
इत्येवमुक्त्वा स मुनिर्जगाम द्रष्टुं विभुं पुष्करनाथमीड्यम् । नदीं पयोष्णीं मुनिवृन्दवन्द्यां संचिन्तयन्नेव विशालनेत्राम्
ityevamuktvā sa munirjagāma draṣṭuṃ vibhuṃ puṣkaranāthamīḍyam / nadīṃ payoṣṇīṃ munivṛndavandyāṃ saṃcintayanneva viśālanetrām
Having said this, the sage went to see the praiseworthy lord, the master of Puṣkara, and the river Payoṣṇī, revered by throngs of sages, all the while thinking of the wide-eyed girl.
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